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This alert article notes that warns of distressing material in any these trigger warn - video, picture, novel, etc. These ings are mis-guided many warnings are now calling into and “disastrous for question free speech and the PC cul - education—and speech brought about revolution like she’s been employing these warnings ture that’s starting to emerge. mental health.” The the civil rights movement: since the beginning of her lecture ca - Comedian Jerry Seinfeld re - article asserts that “In the name of “And so when I hear, for exam - reer and that they are not an invita - cently stated that he will no longer emotional well-being, college stu - ple, folks on college campuses say - tion to simply skip class or perform on college campuses: “I dents are increasingly demanding ing, ‘We’re not going to allow homework assignments when stu - don’t play colleges, but I hear a lot of protection from words and ideas they somebody to speak on our campus dents feel uneasy. “It is to allow people tell me, ‘Don’t go near col - don’t like.” because we disagree with their ideas those who are sensitive to these sub - leges. They’re so PC.’ I’ll give you an The piece details the movement or we feel threatened by their ideas,’ jects to prepare themselves for read - example: My daughter’s 14. My wife that is arising where campuses are I think that’s a recipe for dogmatism ing about them and better manage says to her, ‘Well, you know, in the “scrubbing” themselves clean of and I think you’re not going to be as their reactions.” next couple years, I think maybe works, ideas and subjects that may effective.” Manne argues that these warn - you’re going to want to be hanging cause discomfort. The author cau - The article was published by ings are simply to help students cope around the city more on the week - tions against “the dangers” that this The Foundation for Individual with their reactions and prepare ends, so you can see boys.’ You movement could pose “to scholar - Rights in Education (FIRE). They themselves beforehand so as not to know what my daughter says? She ship and to the quality of American are a nonprofit educational founda - get “triggered” in class. She draws a says, ‘That’s universi - tion that strives to unite “civil rights parallel between these warnings and sexist.’ They Should students be ties.” and civil liberties leaders, scholars, those given before movies or TV just want to In addi - journalists, and public intellectuals shows. “It’s not about coddling any - use these warned of potentially tion, Presi - from across the political and ideolog - one. It’s about enabling everyone’s words: ‘That’s dent Barack ical spectrum on behalf of individual rational engagement.” racist’; ‘That’s Obama pub - rights, freedom of expression, aca - Maybe we should simply just sexist’; ‘That’s unsavory content? licly de - demic freedom, due process, and take President Obama’s advice and prejudice.’ fended the rights of conscience at our nation’s understand the point of discussion They don’t know what they’re talking importance of free speech on cam - colleges and universities.” FIRE’s and living in a democracy, “The pur - about.” pus in an interview with ABC News’ main mission is to preserve liberty pose of that kind of free speech is to Comedian Chris Rock has also George Stephanopoulos. President across American campuses. make sure that we are forced to use followed suit. Obama has addressed this issue for Obama’s words came on the argument and reason and words in Many may question why, and it the second time this year. He ex - heels of the turmoil that is plaguing making our democracy work. And, seems to be the increased culture of plains that “Being a good citizen, Missouri. you know, you don’t have to be fear - political correctness or perhaps, as being an activist, involves hearing the Kate Manne, assistant professor ful of somebody spouting bad ideas. Seinfeld suggests, a misunderstand - other side and making sure that you at Cornell University, gives her ex - Just out-argue them. Beat ’em. Make ing overall. Comedy shows such as are engaging in a dialogue because planation for the use of trigger warn - the case as to why they’re wrong. these would have to come with trig - that’s also how change happens.” ings in her aptly named New York Win over adherents. That’s how ger warnings—and really what is the President Obama continues to Times article, “Why I Use Trigger things work in a democracy.” point of comedy then? What really is name notable instances where free Warnings.” Manne explains how
Campus News | December 2015 | Page 3 Some stress-busting ideas for students Today’s college students are been employed. The campus li - ◘ Video games to help students finding new ways to cope with the brary, where students often spend distract themselves and let off steam. stressors of classes, exams, being hours on end studying and writing ◘ Puzzles to both relax and away from home and finding work papers, now contains a “stress-bust - make the brain more nimble. post-graduation. Universities, like Ni - ing station” equipped with the follow - ◘ Healthy snacks, like popcorn, agara University in upstate New ing during peak times: to feed the body and mind. York, are being creative in finding ◘ A coloring area where students ◘ A putting green to help break Popcorn, coloring ways to help relieve anxiety. can release their inner child and free up the many hours of physical inac - books and puzzles. At the university's Lewiston, New their minds. Crayons and adult col - tivity. York campus near Buffalo, a num - oring books are there for undergrads ◘ A Lego creation station for art ber of innovative programs have to use at any time. therapy. There was also music, coffee, hot cocoa and hot cider.
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Campus News | December 2015 | Page 4 dren and teens to adults. All UAS pro - In defense of the English major Emily Smith really what engages readers and helps used to improve competitiveness in New York City, where admissions re - Campus News sell services and products,” Shenker science and technology development – quirements have changed in order to wrote. “I’ve taken courses over the in other words, it’s the education plan lure more English majors to the Pursuing a degree in English has years to strengthen my business skills that aids America in global leadership. school. The humanities-oriented pro - long been considered a useless pursuit and learned a lot about marketing the - Recently, academics have discussed gram, known as HuMed, encourages for a profitless career. But, as employ - ory from colleagues and reading, but incorporating a fifth letter into the students to study anything from Eng - ers begin to value new skills and the the skills I learned as an English major acronym: A for arts, which includes lish to medieval studies, then guaran - atmosphere of the modern office are equally important.” the English department. tees admission into the medical evolves, it appears English majors are It seems like Shenker’s statement “STEAM will make things hap - program by a student’s sophomore making strides toward becoming the is becoming increasingly true in the pen,” Nicholas Dirks, Chancellor of year. The program, founded by Dr. superstar employees of the future. workplace. University of California-Berkeley, Nathan Kase, is rooted in the belief According to Steven Rothberg, The sudden desire for English said. “It suggests combustion, it sug - that science is the foundation for a President and Founder of College Re - majors may be reflecting the change in gests the transformation of elements medical education, but a well- cruiter, employers prefer problem- contemporary work environments. from one stage to another.” wounded humanist is best suited to solving candidates with strong critical Many of the job openings at Buz - And it’s true. The arts, including take advantage of that education. thinking skills and information filters – zFeed, for example, require the same English, are as essential to global lead - HuMed, which will soon expand that is, employees who question data qualifications: emotional intelligence ership as they are to the human condi - its doors to other schools and majors, and double-check the facts. Luckily, and the ability to consider the per - tion. And business owners would be acts as an anecdote for “pre-med syn - these are the exact skills English ma - spective of others are equally as im - well advised to hire English majors to drome,” an industry term for students jors are taught; not so luckily, only 12 portant for editors as they are for compete in the global marketplace. striving for straight-As and high test percent of graduates with an English interns. These qualities are rampant in So, what exactly are English ma - scores. What the school and the major find a job within six months of English majors, since those who read jors qualified to do? The problem greater medical community found was graduation. So why the divide? fiction have higher levels of cognitive isn’t that there aren’t any options – it’s that the “syndrome” made applicants, “Employers may value the ability empathy. In several studies, empathy that there are too many. While gradu - and therefore physicians, too single- to think critically, but need to weigh has been associated with increased ates of an English program can pursue minded. In short, they made bad doc - that skill against another such as a jobs in publishing, academia or tors. Similarly, certain students who demonstrated ability by a salesperson ‘The problem is journalism, the flexibility of the de - struggled to take courses like organic to make 60 outbound calls a day,” gree also allows for non-traditional chemistry during their traditional pre- Rothberg explained. “In a perfect paths to alternative careers. Antici - med tracks found the struggle toward world, that employer may be able to not too few, but pating the value in a liberal-arts ed - medical school less of an obstacle hire someone with both attributes, but ucation, some schools have when given the opportunity to take an - may need to settle for someone with too many options.’ revamped their programs to attract other route. When Kase was asked just one of the two skills.” English majors and students with what he would have pursued in college Since qualitative skills are harder sales, top performing managers of similar degrees to pursue higher edu - had his track not been quite so tradi - to measure than quantitative ones, product development and greater effi - cation. tional, he replied in the vein of graduates with the latter skill almost al - ciency. According to the University of HuMed. ways win out. Some workplaces even physically Arizona, philosophy and English are “Literature – English lit,” Kase Nancy A. Shenker, one time Vice support these qualities. Face-to-face common undergraduate majors for said. “I read voraciously as a kid, and President of both CitiBank and Mas - interactions, which encourage empa - physicians. The value of that founda - that almost came to a complete stand - terCard International, argued that her thy between coworkers, are incredibly tion is certainly not lost on the Icahn still in college because there was just English degree has been invaluable important in the workplace and im - School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in no time to breathe.” during the course of her career. Al - prove performance. That’s why Face - though her major seemed “fluffy” at book settled its employees into a the time – she wrote plays and ana - single, mile-long room and why Yahoo lyzed novels – her storytelling abilities revoked mobile phone privileges on and eye for detail landed her a job at campus. Indeed, the greatest ideas several Fortune 500 companies. Now, don’t occur in front of a blank com - Shenker is the Founder and CEO of puter screen, but during interactions marketing company theONswitch and and collaborations with other people. a blogger for The Huffington Post. The English major can also look “A marketing major probably to the rethinking of STEM (Science, would have sucked all the life out of Technology, Engineering and Math) me. I’ve come to realize that while an - education in America as a promise of alytics are critical to the marketing better career prospects in the future. process, creative thinking, writing, sto - As explained by the U.S. Department rytelling, and visualization of data are of Education, STEM is the curriculum
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It was done by staging dramatic and women are looked at as weak and frag - that he could not see himself voting for and he said he felt emasculated when - sometimes provocative demonstrations ile or even as a damsel in distress. Just a woman President. Once this interview ever he spoke to his male friends about to bring attention to women’s needs for like a man a woman can be strong and began to circulate he retracted his state - how women are not looked at as equal. liberation. There was no fire and no can be her own protector. We are all ment and changed it to, “My comments As a woman this struck a nerve with women taking off their bras; about women running for President me. Why would it emasculate a man what they did do was toss gir - were unequivocally insensitive and just because he wants to help a different dles, make-up, high heels, and ‘Why is a man seen wrong, I sincerely apologize to anyone I sex, why would this make him less of a bras into a trash can they offended.” man? I had to take a second to realize named the “Freedom Trash supporting a woman He may have offended some but that the people I go to College with are Can.” From this came the false he most likely did not offend most. still growing; they still look at the world memory that bras were burned “emasculated”?’ This is an ongoing trend when it comes from a young person’s point of view. A but they never were. to women in politics, actually this is a lot of the people who go to community I decided to define what a common trend when it comes to college are right out of High School and feminist was just so people would have strong; to be exact we just have to stop women and anything associated with thinking about the outside world is not a better understanding of the word. The looking at each other as male and fe - competing in a male dominated field. a major focus for some of them right best definition I found was: A feminist male and look at each other as human Politics, Corporate America, and even now. This made me think, could a man is someone who advocates or supports beings. We all have souls and feelings in the household women are not be identified as a feminist? the rights and equality of women. If a and we must all care that not everyone looked at as equal but to some solely as I asked several of my male class - man wants to stand up and advocate or is treated as equal within a society. If a filler. We must know by now that not mates and people I associate with who show support for women, let him do so. more men continue to speak on the all men feel the same ways as T.I.P, are also in College if A woman just like everyone else wants rights of women, that can open the eyes they knew what it to feel as though the work they do is ap - and ears of the younger generation. meant to be a femi - preciated and respected. I had a family Think about the mothers, sisters, and nist. For myself, I de - member who resigned from her job be - daughters that want to be able to suc - fine a feminist as cause she was passed over for a promo - ceed economically and how much someone who wants tion. Working for the company for over harder they have to work in order to all women to be able five years the position was given to a succeed at this. As a future college grad - to achieve the same male who was less qualified than her. uate when I begin to compete for a job goals as their male After the fact she was told that the per - in my field of study, I hope the decision counterparts socially, son who received the job was in a frater - to hire me will be based on my degree economically, and po - nity with the hiring manager. Women and work experience and not based on litically. When I asked are passed over all the time compared my gender. I hope by the time the next some of my male to their male counterparts. generation graduates from college they classmates what they Presidential hopeful Bernie can compete in a market place with thought being a femi - Sanders speaks on the rights of women equal pay for all. All it takes is for one nists meant I pretty frequently in his Presidential campaign. person to stand up and say all the words much came across the He stated in one of his speeches, “We a community needs to hear. same response: Femi - are not going back. Not only are we not nist hate men, do not going to retreat on women’s rights, we Takara wear bras, and they are going to expand them. We are Lawrence is a never shave. These going forward not backwards.” This is a Marketing Major are stereotypes, these promising statement to make for all at Nassau Com - are some of the women. Even with the gender pay gap munity College, stereotypes that are as - women still make 81 cents for every She hopes to one sociated with being a dollar a man earns. Yes, this is up com - day act, write, feminist. Yes, there is pared to when women were only mak - and produce her a misconception that ing 70 cents to every dollar but own television at the 1968 Miss unfortunately it is still not equal. show.
Campus News | December 2015 | Page 7 Op-ed: Do prisoners need Pell Grants? Lloyd Bentsen IV larger amounts of applicants and higher likely to obtain post-release employ - ing programs. Institutions should focus Special to Campus News expenses isn’t the way to go. Instead, ment. on providing incentives for inmates to we should look at a program with simi - Vocational education programs are participate in these programs, like re - States are looking for a way to re - lar intentions and proven success: voca - particularly effective when they empha - ducing sentence times for every pro - duce their prison costs, and rightly so. tional education programs. size occupations that are in high de - gram completed. According to the National Association Vocational education programs are mand. In Indiana, the state works with Though academic education also of State Budget Officers, the states col - actually far more effective in producing the Indiana Department of Workforce reduces recidivism, vocational students lectively spent $52 billion on prisons in employment for formerly incarcerated to find and emphasize occupations that have a higher success rate. Because in - fiscal year 2012. In a new pilot pro - individuals: are classified as “low supply and high mates already have access to some gram, the Department of Education • Vocational form of academic training or vocational has recently made Pell Grants available training prepares individ - training, Pell Grants are an unnecessary for students in federal or state prisons – uals for jobs by giving ‘Vocational programs added cost to taxpayers. Instead, in - but this move could induce higher them specific training mates should receive funds for targeted costs and fewer results than traditional relevant to that job, and are effective.’ vocational training in order to use tax vocational training programs. often results in a certifi - dollars in the most effective and effi - It’s no secret that increasing access cation. cient way. to education reduces recidivism rates. • In many cases, vocational edu - demand.” Targeting and providing According to a 2013 RAND stud, every cation programs continue to help indi - training for these jobs allow inmates to Lloyd dollar spent on correctional education viduals after release through find employment quickly after release. Bentsen IV is a for inmates saved taxpayers five dollars employment identification assistance. Despite the proven effectiveness of senior research that would have otherwise been used • According to a 2013 RAND vocational education programs, only 27 fellow at the Na - towards reincarceration costs. With 9.3 meta-analysis, individuals who partici - percent of state prison inmates and 31 tional Center for million students already receiving $35.7 pated in vocational programs were 28 percent of federal prison inmates have Policy Analysis. billion in Pell Grants – and the Con - percent more likely to get a job than participated in vocational or job train - gressional Budget Office already rec - those who did not, whereas individuals ommending tightening eligibility – who participated in purely academic perhaps opening up Pell Grants to programs were only 8 percent more
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Campus News | December 2015 | Page 8 Online freedom has declined since 2010 Kelvin Suddason sonal data, such as location, thus un - Kelly, this Scripps Howard Foundation Wire dermining user anonymity. Govern - means that ments can then monitor online corrupt offi - This year’s Freedom on the Net activity of opposition activists and cials could report is out and carries a bleak con - sanction then. wipe out past clusion: Online freedom has de - For example, Syrian blogger, criminal clined for the fifth consecutive year. journalist and human rights activist charges from “Out of 65 countries that we as - Assad Hanna was stabbed in his Is - online sessed in the past 12 months, 32 tanbul apartment for his criticism of searches. have experience overall declines Syria’s ruling regime. He said that There since June 2014,” Sanja Kelly, proj - the attack could not have been a co - are now ect director at Freedom House, said incident, especially after receiving more people at the Google offices for the report multiple threats from political living in release in November. groups. countries “While Internet use is on the classified as rise, so too is the cen - “Not Free” sorship and political Of the 3 billion people than there surveillance,” Sen. are in “Free” Brian Schatz, D- on the Internet, countries, Hawaii, said. Kelly said. disconnected Internet or mobile This year’s Free - Out of the 3 billion people that phone access in the past year. dom on the Net report 61 percent are censored. are connected to the Internet, 61 Despite the bleak figures, the re - is out and carries a percent live in countries where criti - port noted that digital activism has bleak conclusion: On - Kelly also brought up the right to cism of the government, military or been and remains a vital driver of line freedom has declined for the be forgotten as one of the emerging ruling family has been subject to cen - change around the world, particu - fifth consecutive year. areas in the field of online freedom. sorship. Nearly half of them live in larly in societies that lack political “Out of 65 countries that we as - The Court of Justice of the Euro - countries where individuals have rights and press freedom. sessed in the past 12 months, 32 pean Union, ruling in May 2014, been attacked or killed for online ac - “People everywhere ought to have experience overall declines gave individuals the right to request tivities since June 2014. Nearly a enjoy freedoms expression, assembly since June 2014,” Sanja Kelly, proj - that information that is irrelevant or third of these 3 billion people live and association, online and offline,” ect director at Freedom House, said no longer accurate about them be under governments that sometimes Schatz said. at the Google offices for the report hidden by search engines. release Wednesday. While this ruling applies to peo - “While Internet use is on the ple living in the EU, its application in rise, so too is the censorship and po - other countries with notably less litical surveillance,” Sen. Brian transparent and accountable system Schatz, D-Hawaii, said. could cause prejudice to millions. Governments are making it For instance, Russia allows public of - harder for users to disguise their per - ficials to exercise this right. For
Sanja Kelly Photo by Author Campus News | December 2015 | Page 9 New adults face challenges in housing market Maren Machles affordable-housing and fair-lending Scripps Howard Foundation Wire policies that would encourage more lending, others blame the excessive de - Millennials made up 27 percent of mand for housing and lowered stan - the U.S. population and 32 percent of dards for lending. As a result of the all home buyers in the last year, the bubble, the number of houses sold an - largest percent of all home purchasers. nually was cut in half to in two years. That’s according a survey by the In January, the FHA reduced National Association of Realtors. mortgage insurance premiums, or the This may come as a shock due to premium people have to pay when the stereotype that millennials are a their loan is insured by the FHA, by transient generation with a dim eco - half a percent, saving those who quali - nomic future. 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It is of applying for a short term internship just cause and can assist in organized chaos and a wild ride for or shadowing experience can be vital in helping your resume. Espe - those who become proactive. Below is a blending theory of class with practice of cially during the holiday sea - description of various paths to consider the real world. Keeping in touch with son, agencies can always use in having fun, learning and remaining professors with holiday notes and possi - college students. active during the upcoming winter ses - ble reference letters, reading or writ - There’s nothing like sion and college break. ing/journaling casually, applying to signing up for a new class or Potentially enrolling in a winter scholarships and internships are things joining an indoor sports course to boost GPA and remain active to consider. Check with his Internship league to get you active. in keeping your mind fresh is a smart or Career Services office before coming Martial arts, intermural choice. If you want to stay home for home to explore options for internships sports and/or even a book break but are interested a few extra and externships. club at your local library can credits, consider an intersession class at Exercise is brutal when winter be fun and worthwhile. It is a local college. The class pace is faster, comes, but don’t use snowy weather as a fantastic way to stay active but you receive more attention for the an excuse. Instead, work out at home and you may make some professor. However, check with the in - with a workout DVD, buy a few pieces new friends or learn some stitution prior to be sure credits will of equipment such as dumb bells, and new skills in the process. able action steps is a key way to start. transfer. Certain schools may have win - pull up bar, jump rope and/or elastic Setting a smart goal that you then This type of goal-setting allows you to ter trips or field experiences, short term bands to stretch. The best part about break down into smaller, more achiev - focus on the bigger picture of your im - study abroad opportunities as well. This working out from home is possibly mediate future and dreams.
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Campus News | December 2015 | Page 11 Surveillance cameras under $200 Here is a new type of item for the products, and both are priced about the space and sending alerts with the option The SmartCam also allows you just Gift Guide. When we put out our query same: The Samsung SmartCam HD to watch live via mobile when any un - to select a particular part of the room for for holiday gift ideas Pro’s MSRP is $189 usual activity occurs. motion detection – say you have a pet for college students we and the Canary is One Canary user actually caught a dog; you can set the camera only to warn didn’t think about this $199. Both can be robbery in progress on the Upper East you of movement higher than three feet, one – personal dorm operated by An - Side of Manhattan. He posted the for example. It also seems good at ignor - security. This can also droid or iPhone footage after on YouTube in a video ti - ing minor movements, such as curtains work in a small house apps. tled “Break in NYC UES.” In it, you can blowing, which could result in annoying or apartment. The Samsung see that the fish-eye style lens captures false alarms. Reportedly, there SmartCam HD Pro the whole scene. We clearly see a robber We like the look of the Canary a bit are an average of introduces advanced climb through his window, get scared off more, and also its uniqueness as a small 11,000 burglaries a features, such as 128 by a neighbor and a chirping siren goes business that was crowd-funded at one year on campuses. degree ultra-wide off. point in time. With these devices, angle security cover - Both products offer very vivid video Both products are a good idea and while you may not pre - age, mechanical IR with a 1080p wide-angle lens. This isn’t work well for video monitoring, with vent the burglary, you may gather evi - Cut filter for night surveillance and up to the grainy surveillance video you see on some differences in other features. dence to help campus security recover 64 GB of video storage, to “ensure stu - the nightly news police reports. You can Know what is going on in your room your item. dents can virtually monitor their dorms just set these up on a table. Both were in - when you are not there, and be alerted if Two companies let us try out their and campus apartments in peace,” ac - tuitive to use and use your normal wi-fi. there is some major movement. cording to a Samsung The Samsung product allows you to spokesperson. talk to the intruder or whomever is in “Canary’s night-vision, bevy your space. The Canary also lets you of sensors that detect motion, monitor temperature, humidity and air temperature, air quality, and quality in your room. You can even have night vision may capture more it hooked up to contact the police. Ca - than Santa making his way into nary gives you the past 12 hours of sur - your room,” noted a Canary veillance for free. You can get more representative. Canary “auto- hours for a low monthly monitoring fee. arms” when you leave your The Samsung SmartCam HD Canary home and auto-disarms when comes in white while the Canary comes Samsung SmartCam you return, monitoring your in black, white or silver.
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ConnectSense Campus News | December 2015 | Page 12 7 tips to prep you for transfer (cont. from cover) ple professors with courses required to allocate expenses in the future. night, but a 2008 study by the Uni - reusable mugs with tap water. Ac - in your program to send you a syl - Not only will budget planning recog - versity of Alberta found that students cording to National Geographic, bot - labus through email. Developing a nize areas of weakness but also iden - who consumed a balanced diet (fruit, tled water is not healthier than tap positive relationship with faculty tify areas of improvement over time. vegetables, protein and fiber, with water. Not only is tap water more rig - early is a great way to get your name less calorie intake from fat) did bet - orously regulated than bottled water out there for opportunities awaiting Know the community ter on literacy tests than students in the United States, but reused plas - such as internships. 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Campus News | December 2015 | Page 13 Welcome back, Phil Collins (and bands that no longer seem so bad, in retrospect) Darren Johnson mainstream, and, thus, automatically uncool. Campus News But they aren’t overplayed now, With the recent announcement and, in this digital age, we can ac - that Phil Collins was “un-retiring,” I quire all of their music, not just the got to thinking: My hatred of the guy A-sides. Doing so, we reveal that back in the day was a bit unfair. In these artists were deeper and their recent years, I’ve found myself music richer than what was marketed singing some of his songs. They actu - back when. ally are quite catchy. And there are Here are the top four bands I’ve other acts like him, who people, like changed my mind on. They aren’t me – who were snobby about their bad, after all. In fact, more often, music back in the day – used to be - they are quite good. rate. But, really, maybe we were jeal - ous, or we had a fear of success? Phil Collins Phil Collins Then I saw the recent John Den - Why we didn’t respect him back ver documentary, “John Denver, in the day: He was the drummer for Why he may be worth a listen Why she may be worth a listen Country Boy,” now on Netflix, and the band Genesis and replaced the now: As we get older, our lives are now: Her voice is rich and crystal realized that these artists really strug - much more avant-garde Peter more complicated. This guy just clear; I tend to like the earlier stuff, gled against the way they were slickly Gabriel as lead once Gabriel went gives us fun songs that aren’t all that like “Snowbird” and “Danny’s marketed, and were hurt by the criti - solo. For a while, Collins had a solo elaborate with a little story in them, Song,” which I can play over and cism they faced. Another documen - effort going, as well, and that and the clearly stated, and sometimes witty. over. “Snowbird” is particularly com - tary, “Supermensch: The Legend of Genesis effort were constantly on the They can help us de-stress a bit. plicated; it has an upbeat tempo, but radio. It was hard The truth about how I feel now: is about some unrequited affair a to tell the differ - I’m not running out to buy “No woman can’t take to the next level, ence between Jacket Required,” but I don’t flip the so she suffers in silence. Thus, the Collins’ solo work dial as fast as I did in the 1980s when soccer mom look she sported makes and Genesis work, this guy’s voice comes on. “Like sense now, as I’m older and wiser to as they sounded China,” off of the “Hello, I Must Be the secrets of the world. alike – very main - Going” album, is really cool, and in The truth about how I feel now: stream, as well. one of my mp3 directories. While in the car, I roll up the win - Collins didn’t have dows when listening to her songs, for Shep Gordon,” also on Netflix, a fine singing voice, and sometimes Anne Murray fear of being found out. But, as changed my mind about Anne Mur - he was goofy, such as releasing the Why we didn’t respect her back Christmas is approaching, look for ray, as she plays a role in it, and it is song, “Sussudio,” which is just baby in the day: Our mothers liked her. the 1979 “A Johnny Cash Christmas” noted how uncool she was compared talk, because he couldn’t think of She was kind of cutesy, at first, and on YouTube. It stars three of my fa - to bands of the era. Her agent, Gor - better lyrics. Also, he was just the then quickly became kind of frumpy. vorites – Cash, Murray and come - don, who is the subject of the docu - drummer, after all. No one respects She was a staple guest on corny vari - dian Andy Kaufman. What a lineup! mentary, wisely got her to pose in the the drummer! ety shows. Too many love songs. It may be the best Christmas special photo below with more rebellious ever, that you’d likely artists (l-r) John Lennon, Harry Nils - never heard about. son, Alice Cooper and Mickey Dolenz, to help her image. The Monkees Maybe we didn’t like these Why we didn’t respect bands because they were overplayed, them back in the day: A and we wanted to hear other bands lot of reasons. First, they get air time, instead. Maybe because had that stupid TV show. we heard their music in elevators and Second, in an era where shopping malls. Maybe because they authenticity was prized, played their music on channels our they were tagged as “man - parents had in their presets. These Anne Murray with ufactured,” meaning they overplayed bands were popular, Monkee Mickey Campus News | December 2015 | Page 14 Dolenz, far right continued on page 23 MAKE ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE Your Next Transition.
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Campus News | December 2015 | Page 16 A…”exhibit is on display at the La - Guardia Gallery of Photographic Arts December exhibits through Dec. 31, 2015. Viewing hours “Not A...” is a portrait photo series are 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through taken by LaGuardia Community College The photos sparked a YouTube Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, and alum Ricardo Aca. He is a graduate of video, which drew worldwide attention closed on Sunday. LaGuardia’s highly-regarded commercial and led to interviews for Aca in The photography program. New York Times, Los Angeles Times, AIDS Quilt Aca’s work began as a reaction to CNN, Univision, and other outlets. Sections of the internationally cele - Donald Trump’s statements about Mexi - Many of the articles noted that Aca brated AIDS Memorial Quilt – the 54- can immigrants. Aca photographed peo - works at a restaurant in the Trump ton, handmade tapestry that stands as a ple attending an outdoor soccer game, SoHo Building. memorial to more than 94,000 individu - the Gold Cup finals in Philadelphia, This exposure led to an invitation to als lost to AIDS – will be on view Tues - holding banners: “Not a Killer,” “Not a speak at Harvard College’s Act on a day, Dec. 1, through Monday, Dec. 7, at Ricardo Aca photo Rapist,” “Not a Drug Dealer,” as coun - Dream group, a student-led group fo - Mohawk Valley Community College in terpoints to Trump’s statements. cused on supporting student immigrants. the lobby of Payne Hall on the Utica Campus. This free display of The AIDS with a single 3 x 6 foot panel created in During his visit, Aca took photos of Har - San Francisco in 1987. Today, The vard students Memorial Quilt is being hosted by MVCC’s LGBTQ Committee and is Quilt is composed of more than 48,000 from many dif - individual 3 x 6 foot panels, each one ferent back - sponsored by MVCC Student Activities. The committee will be selling red AIDS commemorating the life of someone grounds, holding who has died of AIDS. These panels signs that re - awareness ribbons as a fundraiser for the AIDS Hike for Life from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. come from every state in the nation, flected their self- every corner of the globe, and have been descriptions, e.g., Dec. 1 in Payne Hall lobby. Established in 1987, The NAMES sewn by hundreds of thousands of “Leader,” friends, lovers, and family members into “Dreamer,” and Project Foundation is the international organization that is the custodian of The this epic memorial, the largest piece of AIDS Quilt “American.” ongoing community art in the world. The “Not AIDS Memorial Quilt. The Quilt began FINISH YOUR DEGREE EARN 3 CREDITS IN 3 WEEKS WINTER SESSION AT SCHENECTADY COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DECEMBER 28-JANUARY 15 Most classes online and in Albany. Easy registration. $147/credit, NYS resident.
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Campus News | December 2015 | Page 17 Polished Apples: a new idea in NYC Polished Apples is a great new idea ples a brand; for it to be recognized as But the two are that hopes to catch on and expand re - the safe place to buy/sell/trade. We are reunited again. gionally, if not nationally and beyond. taking the sleaze out of the second-hand Like the Apple Considering that Apple really hit its industry.” company, that at stride in recent years with its iPhones, These products are far from obso - one time teetered iPads, MacBooks and more, these lete, too. “People don’t realize that the on bankruptcy, durable products still keep ticking even exact same components are in the iMac they are back and after their first owners are done with desktop computer in 2012 as in 2015, re-energized. them. and we upgrade them with the latest OS “Travis is like a In comes Polished Apples, which and more memory.” big brother to me,” thoroughly tests them, refurbishes This reporter was able to test a Safa said. “He’s al - them (if needed) and certifies them 21.5” iMac that had been refurbished ways been my men - for resale. But these aren’t old elec - by the store and it blows away the PC tor since I was tronics — the store even has products normally used as far as speed, young. If I had not that were released in 2015, such as clarity/brightness of display, sound qual - worked for him, I the iPhone 6 series. ity and more. It works perfectly and is would not be this As Apple now has 70 percent of just plain fun! The one tested was successful.” the phone market as well as significant priced at $899. The college student What Safa parts of the tablet and notebook mar - price would be just under $810. Forget learned as a busi - kets, more and more of its best items upgrading to Windows 10. Just get an nessman is this: are becoming available for resale. iMac all-in-one. “Focus on one So far, Polished Apples has its flag - thing at a time and ship store, at 600 6th Ave. in the Second Chances just focus on that Chelsea section of Manhattan (phone: Polished Apples is not just a place one thing and do it 646-895-9677). People can buy, sell and for iPhones and iPads to get a second right. Don’t get trade relatively new Apple products chance. Friends for almost 30 years, sidetracked.” there. They also repair all types of de - Lake and Safa were born salesmen who Safa believes also were given a second Polished Apples is chance. that thing, and In the 1990s, Lake takes a lot of pride had opened a bunch of in talking about its Sprint Stores in and exceptional quality around the City. Safa and service. “Drop managed Manhattan lo - off your broken Travis Lake cations. As well, they phone and in the each had airport kiosk time it takes you to paper for college students, Lake offered businesses. get a cup of coffee, we’ll have it fixed this advice for readers who may con - Then, 9-11 hap - and good as new,” he added. MacBook, $799. sider starting their own businesses: pened. Not only did While taking photos, this reporter “Once you know what you want to traffic in the City dimin - noticed a local trades worker on lunch do, take a job in a similar business and vices, including cracked screens. ish, but airports also saw a dramatic de - break come in from the rain, eying an take all of their knowledge, and then go Co-owners are Travis Lake, Jose crease in business. iPad Mini. Safa warmed him up with on and do it all for yourself. It will save Safa and Hassan Muyir. They are They went from $11M in sales in conversation, but the tradesman did not you tens of thousands of dollars and gal - also building a web site, www.pol - 2001 to just $3M in 2002, with lots of want to commit and left. Minutes later, lons of tears.” ishedapples.com. College students: overhead. he came back Ask for a 10% discount. “We ran out of reserves,” Lake in and put Polished Apples is the first busi - said with a deep sigh, pausing. “It was down a cash ness of its kind, devoted wholly to rela - devastating.” deposit to hold tively new Apple products, but, because The two parted ways. the Mini until it’s independent, it’s not beholden to Lake went into construction for a payday. Safa Apple for its pricing. They can and do decade while the younger Safa contin - seemed to have undercut corporate pricing for refur - ued sales in some kiosks. He also was genuine joy in bished products. an exclusive seller of Beats head - having made “Each week is better and better as phones, but, when Apple bought the the deal. far as business is going,” Lake said. company, they restricted independent As Cam - “We are trying to make Polished Ap - sales and Safa was out of luck. pus News is a Campus News | December 2015 | Page 18 The store at 600 6th Ave., NYC. Experts: global warming and strong hurricanes Maren Machles in the North Atlantic analyzing the Scripps Howard Foundation Wire temperature and current of water in the continental shelf to better forecast It was an early morning in July hurricanes. He is using something 2014, and a team from the Woods called the cold pool to predict Hole Oceanographic Institution was weather. preparing to brave the rough oceans “During the summertime in the off the coast of the Northeast. Hurri - Northeast, there is a cold body of cane Arthur was fast approaching, water underneath the warm surface,” and satellite observations showed that Gawarkiewicz said. “When that it would be devastating. mixes up, it removes energy from the The group wanted to capture storm. Getting the ocean mixing right data from the water in the storm’s is a very important part of improving predicted path by deploying equip - hurricane forecasts.” ment on the continental shelf. The Hurricane Irene in August 2011 continental shelf is the edge of a con - dropped from a category 1 hurricane tinent that lies beneath the ocean and to a tropical storm when it hit land in eventually drops off into deeper the U.S., although it caused 45 deaths ocean. and $7.3 billion in damage. Gliders, storm buoys and floats During the storm, surface water are used to measure temperature and mixed with the deep water. The sur - currents in the water so scientists can face temperature of the water in the Michael McDonald and better predict the intensity of the North Atlantic was 75 degrees, and Steve Jayne. Photo by author. storm. When the water is too hot, the the water below the surface was 50 storm gains strength and can be more degrees. After the storm passed, the tionary. His team, the Cooperative ‘Uh, they are about to close the har - destructive – an issue, according to surface temperature was 64 degrees. Institute for the North Atlantic Re - bor because a container ship nearly experts, that is caused by global The 11 degree gion, or CINAR Tempest, has been overturned.’ That’s not a fun thing warming. drop weakened the studying the coastal ocean through when you are on the ship,” he said. Over the storm. ‘Colder water in something called rapid response. The team is made up of re - last 13 years, This is why Rapid response allows the team searchers from five institutes: Woods water temper - New England the Northeast used to situate equipment hours before a Hole, the University of Maine, the atures along rarely has coastal storm hits and get information imme - University of Maryland, the Gulf of the continen - storms – the water diately about the ocean. Maine Research Institute and Rutgers tal shelf have to lessen storms.’ is too cold to foster Prior to his team’s research, all University. The group received $5.5 increased. damaging weather other data collections concerning the million of the $309 million disaster While many factors could be playing condition. ocean during storms were done by assistance fund given to the National a role in this trend – global warming Woods Hole, in Cape Cod, looking at the deep ocean. Oceanographic and Atmospheric Ad - is one – oceanographer Glen Mass., a nonprofit ocean research in - “This is a real game-changer,” ministration after Hurricane Sandy Gawarkiewicz, said these warmer stitution, is most famous for Bob Bal - Gawarkiewicz said. “This is ab - for research and development in hur - temperatures are causing increasing lard’s discovery of the Titanic in the solutely transformative in that we are ricane forecasting. severity in storms. 1980s. Last year, the institute found taking a regional approach to this The research has found signifi - Gawarkiewicz, who works at something that would have a big im - rapid response. We are tracing the cant results, and Gawarkiewicz said Woods Hole and specializes in pact on storm responses. storm right after it forms to it’s jour - he expects to find more in the com - coastal waters, is working with a team Gawarkiewicz’s research is revo - ney to the beach.” ing years. All the team needs is more lu - The data collection is done storms to study. through the robotics revolution that “I’ve worked on a lot of projects Have an interesting has gained momentum over the last throughout my career, but I have to five years. The technology allows re - say I have never really worked on a searchers to essentially see straight project that is going to end up affect - community college into the core of the storm and study ing so many people,” he said. “If we how the water is mixing, without can improve the forecasts, then we story to tell? being there. can affect everybody along the coasts “I’ve been out when typhoons and the whole Northeast. I am more are around, having 21 foot seas, and used to writing papers that 10 people Send us a message at [email protected]! having the two scientists say to you, read.” Campus News | December 2015 | Page 19 9 to 5 by Harley Schwadron
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And, it turns (Stephen Stills, later of Crosby, Stills out, as seen in “The Wrecking and Nash, didn’t make the audition Crew” documentary, a lot of top mu - to help high schoolers cut because he alleged he wasn’t sicians of that era had used the same Dr. Steady H. Moono, SCCC Scholars summer courses are held at good looking enough). Third, the studio help. President, announced in November the College and are very costly,” said sugary sweet Brit Davey Jones, who The truth about how I feel now: that The Schenectady Foundation has Dr. Martha J. Asselin, Vice President only could play the tambourine, ob - I never really disliked the Monkees awarded a $135,000 grant to support of Student Affairs at SCCC. “Without viously was just added for commer - or believed the negative hype. I was the Schenectady Smart Scholars Early this help from The Schenectady cial appeal because of the British happy to hear the Dolenz-led College High School Program at the Foundation, we might not be able to Invasion. He even appeared on a “Going Down” in my favorite TV se - College. This award will support the afford to host these students, and they “Brady Bunch” episode. Last, their ries, “Breaking Bad.” That was the summer college credit program held would miss out on the vital experi - early work largely was performed in B-side to “Daydream Believer,” at SCCC by helping to pay for tuition, ence of being on a college campus. studio by more serious musicians, which, unfortunately, gets about books, transportation and covering We thank The Schenectady Founda - now known as the Wrecking Crew. 1000 times the air time, even now. the entire cost of scientific calculators tion for this generous grant and all of Why they may be worth a listen Avoid the greatest hits, which seem for each student their help.” now: The band actually did gel and so far removed from their deeper “We are grateful to The Sch - In order to get in to the Smart go beyond their Screen Gems cast - tracks, as far as style goes. enectady Foundation for recognizing Scholars program, students must have ing call, and played their own instru - the importance of this program and average grades between 65% and 85% ments. They recorded tons of songs, making such a generous contribution and be first-generation college-bound not just the overplayed A-sides, like ‘Maybe your to help support it,” said Dr. Moono. students. In 2014, the College's Smart “Daydream Believer.” Their later “We are very proud of our Smart Scholars had a graduation rate of work is actually quite experimental. mom’s music Scholars Early College High School 92%. In 2015, the Smart Scholars And the musicians – other than the Program and of everything we do to graduation rate rose to 97%. By the late Jones – really could play. wasn’t so bad.’ help high school students get a head time of graduation, the Smart Schol - Michael Nesmith (the tall one, with start on higher education. It's impor - ars students earn 22 college credits at the hat, heir to the White Out (or is tant to give young people exposure to no cost to them. A large number of it Liquid Paper?) fortune) has an ex - higher education and the options they graduates from the program are going cellent voice and really pulls to - John Denver have, especially first-generation col - on to attend college, many of them at gether “What Am I Doing Hangin’ Why we didn’t respect him back lege students. This grant is another SCCC. ‘Round?,” where, at the song’s cli - in the day: Those circular glasses, testament to the value of the program “The results of SCCC's Early max, he actually does resemble the and the wild popularity of his songs and will go far to foster continued suc - College High School Program are train whistle he is singing about. with people of all ages. That, and his cess.” truly impressive,” said Robert A. Car - Peter Tork is a real talent, as well, corny persona that he used on vari - 500 students, including 150 fresh - reau, Executive Director of The Sch - and Mickey Dolenz is a great all-pur - ety shows – and nothing was worse men, are currently enrolled in the enectady Foundation, which has been pose player and the most relatable than a 1970s variety show! Plus, it Schenectady Smart Scholars Early involved with the program since its in - singer. As far as having been “manu - was just him on a guitar with rela - College High School Program. This is ception. “When we see young people factured,” by today’s standards, tively simple songs. Meanwhile, the sixth year that the Smart Scholars from our community thriving, and ad - where it seems that every note is bands like the Talking Heads and program has accepted incoming fresh - vancing their education and future ca - separately tracked and put together Ramones were just emerging – much men. About half of the students in the reer opportunities, it's clearly an via computer, with musicians send - better choices for the young spirit. program take summer classes, dedi - investment worth making and sustain - ing in various bits via email world - Why he may be worth a listen cating several weeks of their summer ing. We are hopeful that we can con - wide and never really meeting each now: But this writer isn’t young any - vacation from high school to take ad - tinue to build on the tremendous more, and there’s something to the vantage of these courses. “The Smart outcomes achieved thus far.” clarity of his recordings that does resonate with the older soul. That, and the documentary referenced ceiving a record player as a novelty acoustic authenticity are refreshing. above did make the late Denver and finding one of his old albums in Anyway, you get my drift. Times seem much more three-dimensional a dollar bin at a flea market. While it change. Maybe the mainstream was than I’d recalled. He really was as is cringe-worthy when he has kids right about a few of these folks back honest as his songs made him out to singing the chorus on at least one of when. Give them another try – and, be; no weird skeletons in the closet, his songs, this guy for sure was welcome back, Phil! like we seem to have found with earnest and real. Compared to today, other former 1970s stars. where all the music we are fed is It’s New to You! was established The truth about how I feel now: highly overproduced and digitally in 2010 and finds hidden gems on I finally listened to him again – after manufactured, Denver’s honesty and Netflix. John Denver 30 years of radio silence – after re - Campus News | December 2015 | Page 23 ucts do hang be purchased on World Vision’s web graphic well and look to site, http://donate.worldvision.org/ways- data to se - be worth the to-give/gift-catalog?campaign=1136161. lect the Stocking stuffers price. 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Campus News | December 2015 | Page 24 Theater: ‘Dunces,’ the play, is worthy of the novel Darren Johnson Irene (played ex - Campus News citedly by Anita Gillette in this Finally – one of my favorite play). books, “A Confederacy of Dunces,” The play uses has been adapted in script form, with his relationship a major comedic actor playing the with his mother lead character – and it’s very well as the thread that done. ties all the may - Nick Offerman (“Parks and hem together. Recreation”) dons a fat suit and as - Most prominent sumes one of literature’s most singu - to the plot is the lar characters, Ignatius J. Reilly, on seedy New Or - stage at Boston University’s Hunting - leans bar/strip ton Theatre Company Avenue of the club Night of Joy, Arts through December 20. which better Nick Offerman as Ignatius J. lends itself to Reilly and Phillip James Brannon as being recreated Burma Jones. on stage. Phillip This is big news, considering the James Brannon very rocky history of the book. It as Burma Jones, the underpaid, dis - read the book, and they both seemed Maybe the Wheel of Fortuna will took forever for the book to reach criminated-against custodian, also is to enjoy it just as well as I did. It’s a spin the other way and this will never the mainstream – in 1980, 11 years important to keeping the plot tied to - ridiculous spectacle with a dour lead be seen again after the 20th. So this after author John Kennedy Toole’s gether and does an exceptional job. surrounded by tons of life in colorful may be your only chance to see this suicide – and has been caught in a Ultimately, the show rides on New Orleans. We all know someone bizarre character come to life. Like further quagmire as far as its adapta - Offerman, who plays the obnoxious horrible like Ignatius, and to make Ignatius, your pyloric valve will tion goes. Ultimately, this should be 30-year-old man-child, lives with a us cheer for him by end of this is a spasm with excitement. a movie, or, better, a TV mini-series, closet-drinking wonderful feat accomplished by the but finally get - mom, is afraid to troupe. For more information, visit hunt - ting even a Nick Offerman leave the city limits, So, if you can, take the trek to ingtontheatre.org. play is a has a master’s de - Boston. Tick - major step. plays the 30-year- gree, adheres to the ets are $25-99 The teachings of (full-time col - book, which Boethius, and is lege students eventually old man-child. pretty much unem - under 25 qual - won the ployable. And Of - ify for special Pulitzer, has, let’s estimate, 100 hilar - ferman is hilarious; he is worthy of $20 tickets). ious premises in it. It’s so chock-full one of literature’s hardest-to-cast There is park - of fun, I had to read every page at roles. Many top comic actors have ing a block half speed, and it took me two joyous been proposed over the years to play away and months to finish. this part, but the role is said to be restaurants in Obviously, a two-and-a-half-hour cursed. Offerman has broken the the area, in - play can’t do all that. The adaptation curse, and Boston surely just is the cluding an by Jeffrey Hatcher perhaps pulls out start of something bigger for this Uno’s right 20 of these funny premises, which is role. next door. fine. This stage version helps cele - David Esbjornson’s fluid direc - Consider - brate the highlights of the book’s tion doesn’t use props and nicely ing how long it craziness. It’s a “best of” compilation transitions from scene to scene. has been for of stunts from the book. Segues are performed by David L. this story to fi - For those familiar with the book, Harris on trombone, reminding us, nally see a my favorite aspects were Ignatius’s after all, that we are in a city of sin, stage and a se - working with Levy Pants and then despite Ignatius’s prudish protests. rious theatri - the hot dog cart, along with his views cal effort, and on the arts, academia and pop cul - One does not need to have read considering ture, the costume party and the dy - the book to attend this play. I at - “the curse,” Nick Offerman as Ignatius J. Reilly. namic with his frazzled mother, tended this with people who had not who knows?
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Nassau Lions capturing the 2015 Di - Division I - After vision III NJCAA Men’s Soccer Na - beating last year’s Na - tional Championship and Suffolk tional Runner-up and Sharks grabbing the 2015 Division #3 nationally ranked III NJCAA Women’s Cross Country Monroe Mustangs in Championship. the Region XV Championship, ASA Men’s Soccer College shocked Division III - The Nassau Lions everyone once again (21-2-1) steamrolled their way by upsetting #2 na - through the Region XV Men’s Soc - tionally ranked Mer - cer Championship throughout late cer County in the October and carried the success District Tournament Suffolk cross country through to nationals. In the end, the to earn themselves school captured its first National title their second NJCAA berth in three three team members finished in the FIT’s Sara Lucas earned a top 10 fin - in 17 years as they defeated Bunker years. Seeded eleventh, ASA failed top 15 to earn All-American recogni - ish, placing seventh overall by com - Hill 4-0 in the Final. to advance out of Pool B at the tion. pleting the five kilometer race in As the #3 seed in the tourna - NJCAA tournament, losing a close 1- Freshman Ryleigh Donegan, 19:44.2. ment was led by a balanced effort on 0 decision to #2 Tyler (TX), the who earned a pair of National Ath - The Sharks claimed the national both sides of the field. Four different team that ultimately lost in the lete of the Week honors during the championship with 64 points, leading Lions scored in the clincher while Championship game. Tyler defeated season, was second-place the team only yielded two shots on Schoolcraft in Pool Play to advance the first Suf - Harper by 23 goal in the game. and end ASA’s season. folk student- Two Suffolk runners points overall. Reece Dalton got the scoring athlete to started in the 36th minute. After Women’s Cross Country cross the fin - earned All-American Men’s leading 1-0 at the half, Nassau com - Suffolk claimed their program's ish line, Cross Country mitted to adding insurance goals. second ever national title and first cracking the honors. The They received just that from Ben - since 2007 in the 2015 NJCAA Divi - top five with a Sharks’ male jamin Alonge (63’), Marvin Eveillard sion III Women’s Cross Country time of 19:26.7. Sophomore Leana counterparts also performed ad - (78’) and Franky Villegas (89’). Championship. A pair of Sharks Wiebelt finished just behind Done - mirably at Nationals. Two Suffolk Head coach Dan Fisher earned placed in the top 10 nationally and gan in sixth place with a time of runners earned All-American honors 19:35.9. by finishing in the top 15. Christo - Kayla pher Swenson placed 4th with a time Clements of 27:19.2 in the 8k race, and Ryan just fin - Evans earned a 13th place finish with ished out - a time of 28:27.7. As a team, Suffolk side of the finished fifth out of the field of 20 top 10. teams. Her time of 20:06.3 Women’s Soccer earned her Division III - Suffolk’s women’s an eleventh soccer team advanced out of Region place fin - XV as the tournament’s top seed. ish. Addi - They began by defeating their Long tionally, continued on next page Nassau soccer Campus News | December 2015 | Page 27 Region XV sports (cont.) Island rivals Nassau 3-0 on the Champions with 28 points, earned two Championship before moving on to individual national titles as Kiana Brooks the District G Championship. There, won #5 singles and Maia Sepulveda took they dominated Holyoke 4-1 to earn the crown at #6 singles. This perform - a NJCAA berth. Their run was short- ance marks the fifth straight season the lived, as the #7 Sharks matched up Tigers have placed in the top three at against eventual National Champion Nationals without capturing the overall Brookdale. They played a tight game team championship. but ultimately lost 1-0. Division I - Monroe made a run Volleyball at repeating as National Champions Nassau ran through the bracket after emerging out of their pool over at the Region XV Tournament as the heavily favored Tyler. The Mustangs #1 seed, ousting the #3 Queensbor - couldn’t knock off top-seeded East - ough Tigers in the Final in straight ern Florida State in the semi-finals, sets. Coach of the Year Kristine however. A 2-1 loss ended Monroe’s Abrams saw her squad earn the #8 National Championship bid. seed in the NJCAA tournament and drew #1 Madison in the quarterfinals Football but couldn’t pull off the upset. Globe finished their regular sea - son 8-2 and earned a Bowl bid as the Basketball #19 ranked team in the country. Region XV Basketball teams They’re set to face Ellsworth Com - kicked off their seasons in the late munity College on December 6th at part of October and early part of No - Globe’s Anthony Cruz 11AM in the Graphic Edge Bowl, vember. Early on, Sullivan appears which will be held in Cedar Falls, to be the class of the Region in Iowa. Division III “We are so on the proud of our play - LaGuardia starts men’s side. ers,” said Head Ranked Coach and Globe hoops season 5-1. 10th in the AD Cameron nation in Chadwick. “They have worked so the preseason poll, the Generals hard to get this bowl bid. The coach - have started their season 8-0, in - ing staff knew that we had a chance cluding 6-0 in regional play as of at a great season after our first prac - November 24th. Bronx, Nassau tice. Every player has committed and LaGuardia are also off to hot themselves to making this season a 5-1 starts. Last year’s national historic one. I know the players and contenders BMCC have started coaching staff are up for the chal - slow at 5-3, while Hostos, who lenge that awaits us.” made the NJCAA Final Four last Globe’s Darius Webb ranks first year, is scuffling at 2-9. in the nation in rushing yards per On the women’s side, Sullivan game with 172.3. Webb is also garnered the #13 spot in the presea - ranked second in the nation with 18 son polls and began their season 3-0 total touchdowns. in Regional play. LaGuardia is also starting out hot, winning five of their Tennis first six games and losing only to Di - FIT and Suffolk both made bids to vision II Howard. become National Champions at the Division I ASA ranked #15 NJCAA DIII Women’s Tennis Cham - in the nation in the pre-season pionships, but fell just short. The teams and has come out of the gate win - placed second and third, respectively, as ning their first six contests, scor - Oxford Emory scored 35.5 points to ing an average of 86.7 points per grab the team title. FIT, who trailed the game in those victories.
Campus News | December 2015 | Page 28 Nassau volleyball coach brings team into focus
Anastacia Hodge build a trust between each other and the coaches. My biggest two Campus News goals are hard work and 100% com - Kristen Abrams has been coach - mitment.” ing the Nassau Community College All athletes follow a certain reg - women’s volleyball team for last ten imen that are established by their years; this season has been Abrams coaches. Coach Abrams has also es - most highlighted team in her career tablished one as well; Abrams so far. states, “All of the players are full The women’s volleyball team time students, some play two sports. was nationally ranked No. 10, as of They have a busy day. We started this writing, with an overall 27-9 practice in August with long prac - record for the whole season. tices to work on conditioning and Abrams has been a well deco - also to work on our game. Once rated athlete and as well as coach. school began we shortened prac - Abrams got her start playing sports tices so the ladies can focus on their such as volleyball and basketball schoolwork and volleyball. Some since she was a young girl. Having a of the young ladies work during the passion for playing the game Abrams day before practice or after prac - continued to play sports all through - tice. These ladies are very busy. But out her high school and college ca - they find a good balance to get it all Coach of the Year Kristine Abrams and all-tourney honorees Valerie Fischer, reer. She played volleyball and done.” Lauren Strezenec and Taylor Chambers, and assistant Alexa Borresen. basketball for SUNY New Paltz, In order to have a successful where she later got her degrees. team, coaches practice strategies to everybody, we try to build that at - The other two players are Val After graduating SUNY New strengthen the cohesiveness of the mosphere daily. These ladies work Fischer and Deja Hooks, who “are Paltz, Abrams started to work for team. Abrams states, “Our strategies so very hard all through August that also two contributors on the team. Nassau Community College as the are to work on our strengths to make when games begin and they see the Val also got on the All Region First head volleyball coach for the them stronger and our weaknesses to fruits of their labor, it becomes very Team and Deja made the All Region women’s team. Abrams had a suc - make them stronger. We work hard, easy to motivate them to strive as a Second Team. They have really been cessful winning streak of three con - we stay conditioned and we focus on team. But we also work on making helpful at the net, but on the team so secutive regional wins for years 2008, working as a team. In between we them strive to be a better athlete and many of the ladies play an important 2009 and 2010. Some may say that is sprinkle in some fun to keep per - human being individually. Be a self- role.” how Coach Abrams’ 2015 team is spective and enjoyment of the game thinker, be responsible for your ac - Nassau Community College doing better than her previous win - as our tions. Set goals and work to achieve women’s volleyball team has three ning teams in that “there is more of a main them.” captains. They are Grace Staudt, Val sense of unity,”Abrams states. focus. But ‘I do my best to show All teams Fischer, and Gloria Rossini. Grace Abrams states that previous play - we have have players and Val are sophomores and Gloria ers on her teams weren’t focused as goals and that display is a freshman returning next year. they should be due to NCC being a we work them a different level exceptional But the 2015 team has some - commuter college and with many stu - towards talent and pas - thing different that the other previ - dents working as well as attending them on a of commitment.’ sion for the ous teams didn’t not possess, which school; it became hard to keep play - daily sport. The is that “everyone has something to ers on the team. Another difficulty basis.” NCC team is bring to the table and every single Coach Abrams faced is that NCC is a All coaches try to motivate their no different; Coach Abrams talks player on the team holds their own two year school unlike many others players to strive for more, Abrams about three particular players that weight,” stated Coach Abrams. that are four year which makes it dif - states, “I do my best to show them a stand out to her. The first player is This year’s team is very talented ficult to have the same successful different level of commitment than Lauren Strezenec, the Setter on the and obviously has great passion for players from the previous season. they may have been used to, but I try team. “The entire offense runs the game. With the guidance of As a typical coach Abrams ex - daily to push them past what they through her. She was awarded Re - Coach Abrams, the 2015 volleyball pects her players to work hard. “I ex - thought they were capable of. If they gion XV All Region First Team team would bring back home an - pect 100% commitment. I expect see they are capable of more, then Honors, as well as Region XV Tour - other stellar season. them to also be good students. I ex - they can begin to set some self-goals. nament MVP. She is a solid player, pect them to build I try to make them understand the hustles ALL of the time. She is a a family unit with this team so they direct correlation with hard work and freshman player, but a sophomore learn to respect each other and rely achievement. When an student graduating in December on each other fully. I expect them to athlete achieves, it is exciting. For 2015 with a 4.0.” Campus News | December 2015 | Page 29 How student debt can weigh on you David L. Podos students (undergrads) who will be close credit rating, which lenders (banks) schools that draw some of the best bril - Campus News to $50,000 in debt. love. Obviously this is something every liant minds, both faculty as well as stu - For–profit colleges. “At first student should strive for. Having a his - dents, there are as equally many top In the volume 12 issue 2 of Cam - glance, there’s been an alarming in - tory of paying your debt and paying on notch public schools that do the same pus News, Jaelynn Grisso’s article, “Stu - crease in the number of four-year col - time offers you so much; loans for a thing. dent loan debt weighs more on lege graduates with very large debt. house, car loans, personal loans, etc., Check your school out for any and dropouts,” brings to light a very impor - Back in 2004, only 1% of students who and at competitive interest rates. That all scholarships that they offer. Both pri - tant and growing problem, student debt. earned a bachelor’s degree that year being said it is a very different story for vate and public schools have many types Ms. Grisso‘s focus on the debt problem had borrowed $ 50,000 or more, ad - those coming out of school with debt of scholarships, and they can signifi - for those who never graduate is spot on. justed for inflation. That grew to 10% in and (for any number of reasons) are un - cantly lower your tuition cost. Many Those students (as mentioned in her ar - 2012.” able to pay back that debt and or have state and federal government employers ticle) are four times as likely to default Dropouts. Baum states, “People sporadic payments, paying on time for a offer a college loan forgiveness benefit on college loans because of low income who didn’t complete their degrees ac - few months then missing entire pay - to their employees after working for jobs and overall higher unemployment count for 59 % ments for just as many them for a number of years, usually ten. rates compared to those who finish of the student months. The employer will pay off any remain - their degree. Because this is such a debt. Baum That burden can be ing college loans you have, (up to a cer - huge problem (college loan debt has further goes on daunting for any young adult tain cap) but it’s a great benefit surpassed credit card debt in this coun - to say, “Those that is trying to “make it” in particularly for those students who have try), I would like to expand on what she without college the world. Defaulting on your very large loans to pay off. had to say. degrees are less loans will create havoc for you Finally, don’t think that colleges, From the Hechinger Report, June likely to pay in the long run. You may not both private as well as public, are not 8, 2015, and titled, “Heaviest Debt Bur - back their stu - be able to get other loans as aware of the ever increasing debt load dens Fall On Three Types of Students,” dent loan.” easily as the student who has that students are facing, and the anxiety Sandy Baum states, “It’s really important (also noted in re-paid, your interest rates that many students are experiencing. to understand exactly which are the peo - Grisso’ s article.) Baum mentions that (providing you are able to get a loan in These students are their customers, and ple who are borrowing unmanageable on average the debts for these dropouts the first place) will be high, and you if they want to see their enrollment rates amounts of money.” She identifies three are between $1 and $10,000. may not be able to borrow the amount go north not south, they have to get into categories of student debtors who de - While this figure certainly is you need as lending organizations will the mix and try and find and offer solu - serve attention. nowhere near the crushing debt of a see you as a financial risk and severely tions to this growing problem. Graduate Students. “The reason student who may owe in the tens or limit the amount of money they will A great example is in my own that the “average” student debt is so hundreds of thousands of dollars, never lend you. Then there are the health fac - home town in Utica, New York, where high, almost $23,000, is because the fig - the less this is real debt and each per - tors that come into play. Over the years we have one of the best private colleges ure includes the loans of graduate stu - son’s situation (economically speaking) I have talked to hundreds of students in the country, Utica College. Utica Col - dents, who are permitted to borrow may or may not make it possible for facing financial burdens due to college lege (started by Syracuse University in unlimited amounts from the federal that debt to be re-paid. loans. They sleep less, eat poorly, they 1946 and in 2008 became a totally inde - government up to the cost of atten - Of course there are other consider - tell me their stress levels are high, they pendent college), announced last month dance. Sixty-five percent of 2012 gradu - ations as well. Students coming out of are depressed and anxious. Student that it would be cutting its tuition costs ates who borrowed $ 50,000 or more school with debt face many obstacles; debit is not a pretty thing. Yet, we are by 42 percent from just under $34,000 were graduate students.” Keep in min,d however, if they are able to re-pay, it told that college is our way to a better per year to just under $20,000 per year. Baum states this is an average. I happen will create a debt history for them — standard of living, and truth be told, the I applaud this bold move, and look to to know personally of faculty who are one that will be rewarded with a high statistics (so far) do point that out. Over - see if other schools follow suit. I am over $100,000 in student loan debt, and all, college students do make more than hopeful that will take place and that our those without a college degree, but (for - political leaders will work closely will give the pun) there is a price to pay. our colleges and universities to come up So what to do? I certainly would with realistic viable solutions – we owe it not discourage anyone who wants to at - to our current and future generations of tend college, nor would I discourage my students. students from “going on” and complete at minimum their bachelor’s degree, David L. Podos is an adjunct in - (most professional jobs require at least structor for the this level of education today if not a Center for Social master’s). But, use a little common Sciences, Busi - sense, and give yourself some options. ness and Infor - First, do you have to attend a private mation Sciences school? Maybe, but maybe not. While at MVCC. there are many top notch private Campus News | December 2015 | Page 30 Andrew Chioza B.S. in Business Administration - Finance ’16 TRANSFER DAYS ALL FOUR CAMPUSES DEC. 7 DEC. 14 DEC. 21
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