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Volume 13, Issue 1 Batavia, NY December 2, 2010 In infamy it remains GCC launches By Jordan Mufford JOU 101-66 Student Writer “Sunday College” in “One plane came right down at us. The guy opened the January 2011 hatch to his plane and dropped Courtesy of MarCom his torpedo, waved at me and Genesee Community College will launch “Sunday College,” a new took off,” George Smith said in academic initiative that will make college courses available on Sundays at the journalgazette.com. “The next Genesee’s Batavia Campus for the first time, in January 2011, Associate thing I knew there was a Vice President and Dean of Math, Science and Career Education Michael S. big explosion.” Stoll reported to the Board of Trustees. Smith, now 83 years-old, The course schedule will be designed so that students can complete was one of nearly 2,000 people an Associate’s Degree in General Studies in as little as 16 months, Stoll said. who attended the ceremony The Sunday courses will follow a “modular” schedule, with each course in Pearl Harbor last year on running for an eight-week period. To accelerate degree completion students December 7th. For the first time, can combine Sunday classroom courses with four-week distance learning the U.S.S. Oklahoma received a courses. monument for the 489 military Students who enroll for any combination of four eight-week men who served on it. USS Arizona, Pearl Harbor Memorial, Hawaii, 9/8/2001 courses over a semester achieve full-time status and may qualify for full Though families gather Photo by Anders Brownworth, http://www.arders.com financial aid, Stoll said. and celebrate during the holidays, Every year it seems as though December 7th The Sunday courses will be especially helpful to men and women one of the most important dates in comes and goes usually unnoticed. Maybe the six who have family and work responsibilities that prevent them from attend- history is sometimes overlooked. o’clock news will run a few clips, and sometimes a ing classes during the week, said Stoll. However, any student may register The day after the attack friend will remind you that it’s the day the United for the courses. that killed over 2,000, President States suffered the bombing at Pearl Harbor. Courses offered during the Mod 1 of the Spring 2011 semester Franklin Roosevelt, called However, for those who lived it, and for (January23 to March 13) include Introduction to Computers (CIS102), December 7th “a date which will the few who survived, December 7th will never be World Civilizations 1 (HIS101), and College Composition (ENG101). live in infamy.” forgotten. “We’re honoring the people who were Mod 2 courses (March 20 to May 15) include Career and Educational The speech sent chills killed. We’re not here for ourselves, we’re here for Planning (CEP101), English Communications 2 (ENG102), and Human through those who tuned in, and them,” Smith said in journalgazette.com. Biology (BIO102). Courses will meet in one of three blocks, 9:00 to 11:45 it eventually lead to Congress Though we get caught up in the holiday a.m., 12:00 noon to 2:45 p.m., and 3:00 to 5:45 p.m. Additional courses agreeing with Roosevelt spirit, it’s important to remember the fallen will be added in future semesters, Dean Stoll said. to declare war on Japan. heroes of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Batavia Campus Library is already open from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. Sundays, giving students the opportunity to use reference materials The attack was planned At 6 a.m. the first Japanese attack The attack brought the or check out materials. All courses will be offered in the College’s Con- weeks in advance. wave of 83 planes took off and United States into World War II. 18 ships were hit. able Technology Building and “D” Wing, so staff will not need to open all Batavia Campus buildings. The United States unleashed two atomic bombs on Faculty and staff studied weekend college programs at other com- The attack took munity colleges, and discovered that Sunday courses are popular with place on The day after the attack August 6th & 9th eventually leading to the Japanese December 7, 1941. the U.S. and Britain empire surrender in World War II. many students – often more popular than Saturday courses. “We are very declared war on Japan. pleased and excited about Sunday College,” Stoll told trustees. “It will fill a need in our communities and bring higher education to more residents.” The 2011 Tale for Three Counties Pearl Harbor Timeline of Events By Geoffrey Becker Staff Writer On October 18th, the Tale for Three Counties committee announced WGCC Rockfest “raps” it up its 2011 book selection, Mudbound by Hilary Jordan. The book was WGCC-FM Radio Buffalo-based comedian who chosen based on a list of criteria determined by librarians from Genesee celebrated its 25th year on the air is also program director of Community College and from public libraries in Genesee, Orleans, and with the annual Rockfest concert WEDG-FM 103.3 The Edge Wyoming Counties. on November 5th at the GCC in Buffalo. He is also the Mudbound takes place just after World War II and has some key Forum. midday on air personality for issues, such as racism. Reference Librarian In past years, the concert the station. and Co-Chairman for the Tale for Three had focused primarily on rock Rockfest is an annual Counties, Michele Asmus said, “It is music. This year, they presented event at GCC. This year, all very well written and will capture your something completely different. proceeds went attention,” she said. “Nerdcore” rapper MC Chris to the radio Asmus enjoys working on the headlined the event, supported by station to Schäffer committee because of its goal is to bring fellow nerdcore artist Schäffer the the Darklord. improve Photo by James people together. “We want to have members Darklord and stand-up comedian promotions Blanchard of the community coming to GCC who James Kurdziel. and reach would normally never come here,” she Aside from his music, across the said. “Also, it’s great to have students MC Chris is also known as a GLOW reading the same book and discussing it voiceover artist, most famously region. together.” contributing to Adult Swim’s Mudbound will be available in the Aqua Teen Hunger Force and MC Chris spring semester and for GCC students the appears on the ATHF motion (above) Photo by Lori Mould cost is free with their student ID. Staff and picture soundtrack. James Kurdziel faculty pay $13. There are some copies James Kurdziel is a (right) Photo by Lori Mould available for loan now in the library. Algonquin Books © 2008 News...... 3-5 It Gets Better Project Finals Oh No! page 6-7 Center focus...... 6-7 page 5 Hungry? People...... 9 page 10 Entertainment..... 10-11 Sports...... 12 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR This month’s guest writer is Instructor of the community in Greensburg, Indiana let this only emulating what they hear from parents, Psychology, Candice Faulring, who has been boy down? Could something like this happen in what they see on TV, or what they hear from active in educating GCC on bullying. She, along our community? Absolutely. It already has. their minister on Sunday? with her club Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA), held an Slonje & Smith describe bullying Since Billy’s suicide, reports have anti-bullying march and a silent vigil, all covered as repeated, intentional, aggressive acts or surfaced that many people were aware that by the local media. behaviors against another person, often someone he was being bullied. Even the principal of who cannot easily defend him or herself, and the high school, Phil Chapple, acknowledges A few weeks ago I read a story about often due to a systematic imbalance of power that bullying is a problem in the high school, a 15-year-old boy named Billy Lucas, and it (2008). I would argue that bullying is also although he denies any specific knowledge of absolutely broke my heart. Billy was a freshman perpetrated by groups in positions of power onto Billy’s situation. at Greensburg High School in Indiana. Billy groups that hold less power. So, where does that leave us? What can never told anyone that he was gay, and he did Therefore, when powerful political we do? The only way that this will change is not self-identify with being gay. “…when powerful political institutions lobby against if each of us acknowledges the seriousness of But Billy was different, and institutions lobby against equality, when fringe this problem, cares enough about the destructive because of this, day after day religious leaders preach nature of it, and acts on the behalf of those who for years, students threatened to equality, when fringe religious hate and condemnation, and have been or may be bullied. beat Billy up. They pushed him leaders preach hate and when our own government We can never replace those we have around; they repeatedly called condemnation, and when our legalizes discrimination, they lost, but we can save lives now. So, listen! him a “faggot” and a “queer”; own government legalizes teach bullies that what they’re Speak-up! Be heard! You never know who might they told him that he “didn’t discrimination, they teach bul- doing is acceptable. It gives be listening. And you never know how your deserve to live” and that “he lies that what they’re doing is bullies “legitimate” cover actions might impact a Billy Lucas right here should go hang himself.” acceptable. It gives bullies to use words and phrases in Batavia, Albion, Warsaw, Dansville, Medina, Billy tried to defend “legitimate” cover to use like “dyke” or “faggot” Lima, or Arcade. himself; in fact he alerted words and phrases like ‘dyke’ or “that’s so gay.” Why Tips for on the spot bullying his mother and school or ‘faggot’ or ‘that’s so gay.’” shouldn’t they? As Cindy intervention, adapted from Dan Olweus administrators about the McCain said in a recent (the father of bullying research). bullying. On September 9th of this year, after public service announcement, “Our political being harassed at school, he stood up for himself and religious leaders tell LGBT youth that Do not participate, tolerate, or support hate and let the students who were picking on him they have no future and our government treats speech, even in casual conversation. “have it.” Evidently, in his anger he swore and the gay and lesbian community like second Immediately stop the bullying. for that he was suspended from school. class citizens, so why shouldn’t bullies?” And Refer to the bullying behavior and to the After school he went home, he spent since gays and lesbians are so despised, bullies relevant school/locality rules against bullying. time with the horses and lambs that he cared repeatedly, intentionally, and aggressively Support the bullied person in a way that for and then called 911 and told the dispatcher humiliate anyone who is different by using allows him or her to regain self-control, to that he was, “causing problems for his mom and anti-gay hate speech. “save face,” and to feel supported and safe people should come.” An hour later, his mother What happened to Billy Lucas is exactly from retaliation. found him hanging from the rafters of the barn. what one should expect when we look at Include bystanders in the conversation, and Billy had hanged himself with the lead from one what is tolerated and even encouraged by give them guidance about how they might of his beloved horses. various factions of our society. When I was appropriately intervene or get help next time. How is it that something like this Do not require the bully and the bullied to three and said “damn it” after hitting my head meet and “work things out.” Unlike conflicts, happens? Why is it that when a 15-year-old boy getting out of the car at church, everyone knew bullying involves a power imbalance, which finds himself in a place so dark and so painful, he I had learned that from my mom. Why are we means this strategy will not work and can feels his only option is to end his life? How did surprised that children bully when they are re-traumatize the person who was bullied.

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A man's ethical behavior 9 Staff Genesee Community College Newspaper Since 1 66 " should be based The New Courier Staff Genesee Community College Student Newspaper Since 1966 effectually on sympathy, Genesee Community College education, and social ties; One College Rd. Batavia, NY 14020 no religious basis is necessary. Man would Dr. Stuart Steiner, president indeed be in a poor way if Editor-in-Chief he had to be restrained by Kristine R. Dassinger Assistant Proofreader fear of punishment and Tracy Ford hope of reward Toni DeFranco – JOU 101-66 instructor after death. Design " Jasmine L. Cole Albert Einstein Staff writers Mike Anauo Alex Maxwell Geoffrey Becker Jordan Mufford Thank You Moriah Davis Terrell Rankin to Tony DeFranco’s Introduction to Journalism online class, Kaileigh Domster Alex Selim to my students who volunteered to write and photograph, Mike Galbraith Kris Wiedermann and to others in the GCC community who contributed to this issue. You made this possible! 2 College News Free laptops GCC student bloggers share their for GCC college experiences Courtesy of MarCom From documenting travels abroad to sharing video that enhance the reader’s experience. Photos, slideshows, video library goers clips and photos of campus events and College Village clips, and links provide for an engaging digital conversation The Alfred C. O’Connell weekend excursions, students at Genesee Community College between the student blogger and the reader. Library is pleased to announce that are blogging about their personal college experiences. GCC A third blog that GCC has developed is the “GCC starting in December 2010, it will be has created two new student blogs that feature current students GLOW Region History Co-Op” blog, spearheaded by GCC offering 24 laptop computers for in- writing about what’s happening on campus and where they History Instructor, Derek Maxfield. This blog is dedicated library use by students. have been traveling. to promoting and preserving the rich historical landscape The laptops are loaded with all The first blog is the “GCC Abroad” that features students of Western New York. The blog can be found at www. of the same software that is available participating in study abroad experiences and can be found glowhistory.wordpress.com. on the library’s desktop PCs and will at www.GCCBlogs.wordpress.com. The second blog “Blogging in general encourages an exchange of allow students to work on papers, is called the “GCC Campus” and currently features stories and information, and we are delighted that some check their email, and access the two students blogging about the various student- of our students are sharing their GCC experiences with a library’s catalog and online databases, centered events at GCC in Batavia and can be found at wider audience through the Internet,” said Eunice Bellinger, internet, etc. www.GCCCampusBlog.wordpress.com. executive vice president for Academic Affairs. “On any given “Individual students and In the “GCC Abroad” blog, Leah Reino of day there is just so much happening here, and blogging offers the SGA have been requesting more Farmersville, NY, documents her travels to Australia as a the perfect platform for students to express their first-hand computers in the library for some Biotechnology student spending eight weeks in Brisbane in knowledge about college life and learning. Readers not only time,” said Library Director Nina a Medical-Pathology study abroad program. She departed appreciate what’s happening on or around campus, but they Warren, “and we’ve been limited in August and recently returned on October 8th. In the near can comment on the postings and the bloggers can write back.” in our ability to add new desktop future, this blog will continue to showcase various students Currently, Genesee’s new Study Abroad / Study workstations, so we’re excited that and faculty members as they travel beyond Batavia and Away webpage boasts several upcoming opportunities for these laptops will bring a 41% increase the GLOW region for academic studies. From Australia students to earn college credit at locations far removed in the number of computers available to The Netherlands, Costa Rica, Ireland, and Brazil, this from the GLOW region, including the Dominican to students in the library.” blog will be a resource for classmates, friends, family Republic, Costa Rica, New York City, Ireland, the She also said that laptops and colleagues to experience life in a foreign country Netherlands, and Australia. For more information go to will provide more flexible research or far-away place through the eyes of a GCC student or http://www.genesee.edu/academics/studyabroad/ and study options, as students can faculty member. To find out more visit all three Genesee Community sit in any location in the library and The second blog, “GCC Campus,” features two GCC College blogs at www.wordpress.com. create their own group or individual students, Kiley Conklin of Geneva, NY and Ebony Reece workspaces. As with any loaned or of the Bronx, NY as they document an assortment of events Meet Kiley and Ebony! shared computer, students will need to and opportunities happening at or around the College. Both www.GCCCampusBlog.wordpress.com have a flash drive or use email to save students live at College Village, and they highlight various their work in their SkyDrive or other events and outings that College Village offers to residents. Travel with Leah! location. They documented trips to Darien Lake and the Lockport http://gccblogs.wordpress.com/ Laptops will be available Caves, as well as campus events such as salsa dancing and live from the Circulation Desk to students performances by local musicians. The blog not only features Learn your history! with GCC ID cards. their commentary on the event but also multimedia elements http://glowhistory.wordpress.com/ Students preserve history in GLOW region By Derek Maxfield Instructor of History The GCC history faculty are proud to introduce The GLOW Region History Co-op. The co-op is a partnership with historians and historical organizations in the four county area (GLOW region) served by GCC. The mission is to preserve and promote the rich historical landscape of western New York. In support of this mission, a new blog has been created to chronicle these efforts. You can visit at http://glowhistory. wordpress.com. Beginning with the Fall 2010 semester, history faculty have employed student learners to support museums, such as the Jell-O Museum, and historical agencies. Service Learning is a powerful marriage of the history community and students, and students gain real world appreciation for the challenges faced by historical societies and museums and also a new understanding of how the study of history is relevant to their lives. Local historical organizations, many of which are struggling financially – with some on the brink of closure – also benefit from the energy and fresh perspective of college students. Projects that have been shelved for years might now be accomplished with this helping hand. To follow the exploits and adventures of GCC history students as they “do history,” go to the There’s Always Room for Jell-O! The Jell-O museum “glowhistory” blog. Photo by Lynne Belluscio is located in LeRoy, NY. 3 College News Campus Center Highlights CAMPUS CORNER CAMPUS CORNER WarsawLife challenges met, Albion By Allen Kidder Student Art Show: Associate Dean student now excels at The Albion GCC Warsaw Campus hosted a formal High school graduation is an event Artists’ Reception for that signifies the completion of one important the Albion Campus Fall phase of development and formal education Student Art Show on and the beginning of new avenues for growth, November 17th from 5 such as college, work, and service. This is to 6:30 p.m. The exhibit especially meaningful for some students. will feature a multi-media Maghon Barkley graduated from display of student art work Warsaw High School in June 2010 and went from Adjunct Art Instructor on to successfully complete two college credit Overcoming Obstacles. Karen Todd’s Drawing 1 & 2 and 2-Dimensional Design courses. The summer courses through Genesee Community GCC Student Maghon Barkley worked hard public is invited to the reception and refreshments will be served. The College at the Warsaw Campus Center in to succeed in school with autism. Pictured are exhibit will showcase the work of 30 GCC students and will be on GCC’s Promise Plus program. Vicky Aubert, GCC academic advisor, Barkley, display thru December 13th. The story begins years earlier when and her mom, Helen. Art instructor Karen Todd also plays viola for the Genesee her mother, Helen Barkley realized that Photo by Donna Ramsey Symphony Orchestra (which is affiliated with Genesee Community Barkley was not progressing as expected classroom aides, school board members, and College as Orchestra in Residence), the West Side String Quartet, The for a two-year-old child. It was unusual administrators who have worked with them Velvet Edge, and the Tommy Brunett Band. The West Side String Quartette that her child never crawled but advanced through very challenging issues, and they played at the Albion Campus 20th Anniversary Celebration in April. directly to walking, and a great concern appreciate the fortitude required to make The Albion Campus, located at 456 West Avenue (Rte. 31) was that Barkley was actually regressing, difficult decisions. in Albion, has been designated as a Genesee-Orleans Regional Arts failing to continue verbal and social skills Barkley benefited from having Council (GO-ART!) satellite gallery. In addition to the fall and spring she had displayed earlier in her short life. an aid in the classroom for one-on-one semester student art shows, Albion also hosts a minimum of four formal When taken for evaluation, Barkley was assistance through the eighth grade. When GO-ART exhibits each year. Earlier this fall, the exhibits included diagnosed with autism, immediately started ready to move into the ninth grade, she was Jen Scott’s Visual Statements multi-media display and Idris Salih’s on a Pre-K program at home, and moved determined to navigate her future school days students’ group exhibit Elements of Photography. Gallery hours are into a community Pre-K program of “Kid independently, and following consultation Monday – Thursday 9 AM to 9 PM and Fridays, 9 AM to 4 PM. Start” at Holcomb House in Geneseo, NY with her parents and ARC staff, she found she when determined appropriate by ARC could manage on her own in the classroom. “Go-Green” Initiative: professionals and her mother. The family has She has learned from her friends, and The Albion Campus learned to highly respect the ARC approach they have been a big influence regarding has also initiated an effort to work with the child’s disability but acceptable behavior. With much help, she has to “Go Green” by planting emphasize the abilities. This began the years overcome the hurdles of her disability and new trees, upgrading to of getting the help Barkley needed with fine now shows no effects of it. She has worked high efficiency lighting, and and large motor skills, learning social skills, a great deal on communication skills and installing a recycling center and of having occupational, physical, speech admits she still realizes the importance of in the student lounge. The and music therapy, and adaptive physical thinking about what she intends to say before 7’ recycling cabinet replaces education. speaking. classroom trash cans, and Concurrently with the ARC Barkley has come a long way, features a Formica top with interventions, initiatives and programs from being an autistic child who received openings designed to sort evolved at Barkley’s Warsaw Central School assistance from ARC, to recently receiving waste into four bins: paper and cardboard; 5-cent returnable containers; system. Warsaw’s “Strive for Success” an academic scholarship from an ARC trash; and glass, metal, and plastic containers. This corresponds with program arranged for her kindergarten selection group (who didn’t realize she was revisions to the contract with our management company to include teacher to “loop” (continue) with Barkley’s a past ARC student). She thrived this summer separation of recyclable materials. class in order to also teach in her first grade at GCC Warsaw, and Gertrude Houston (who Posters were developed for our computer labs that feature step- class, providing the continuity important for also works on shows like the Discovery by-step “How To” guides for printing efficiently. Tips include printing Barkley and several other students. While Channel Deadliest Catch) is putting together double-sided, controlling print settings and selecting pages, saving Barkley was in third grade, a procedure shift a short documentary about her and some documents and web pages as PDF files, and using flash drives and e-mail was put in place to have the Special Education other students. to save and transport information. teacher instruct special needs students in the Barkley’s goal is to become a music Students and faculty contribute to our ongoing efforts by standard classroom instead of requiring the therapist. She has always responded to music, submitting ideas for going green. Student Work Study Chelsea Tomeno disabled students to leave their classroom even in her youngest days when nothing else developed a slideshow for display in our student lounge titled, “Think for another location to receive their special seemed to calm her, and she understands Green,” which provides facts and guidance on reducing, re-using, instruction, which had been the procedure for the value of music therapy from firsthand and recycling. years. experience. She learned to read music and Though the family often had to learn played clarinet in school. She said she new realities and then to clearly explain their blossomed with the help of music teachers CAMPUS CORNER child’s unique needs, at every roadblock there Tom Hollobaugh and Ray Suriani and went ArcadeGCC at Arcade hosts baby shower was help. Barkley and her mother have the on to All State and All County Solofest. Genesee Community College at Arcade is hosting Everybody’s highest respect and appreciation for all of Barkley is continuing her music education on Baby Shower, a community project sponsored by Community Action. the ARC staff, therapists, school teachers, piano with Lynn Saxton and on clarinet with This drive’s ultimate goal is to collected 100,000 items for local Ray Suriani, both from Warsaw. infants by the beginning of the holiday season. The Center is urging students to donate baby supplies for infants 0-3, including diapers, Warsaw campus busy as ever formula, cereals, clothing, blankets, books, toys, pacifiers, etc. The Warsaw Student Activities Career and Transfer Center on October In addition to providing a place to drop off the items, the Arcade club has been meeting every Monday. 25th. Lively participation and questions Campus is also featuring “donor appreciation days,” with appreciation Although it’s a small group, there are by the students filled the allotted time with gifts for the first ten donors per day and a raffle for a $50 Tops Gift Card. The lots of ideas and activities. Snack Week dialog on résumé writing, so a separate drive will continue until the end of was held the week of October 4th with program specifically on interviewing and the semester. free pizza each day for students and tacos job searches will be slotted for the spring Lack of basic necessities for served on Wednesday to vary the menu. semester to follow up on the interest children is now a growing problem The club sponsored a pumpkin painting voiced by students planning to graduate due to the recession. It is estimated contest/movie night October 22nd with ain May. that 56% of children who live in about ten students attending the event. The Warsaw Campus Center Art rural areas experience some degree The pumpkins decorated the lobby, Show opened at the GCC Batavia Library of poverty. Community Action is and students voted on the best one, with November 19th and will continue through helping to verbalize the needs of a prize going to the decorator of the January. The student artists from Margaret children who are too young to ask best pumpkin. VanArsdale’s Warsaw Art classes were on for help. With staff and instructor hand to greet and meet visitors to the show For more information or to encouragement, students filled a on opening day, November 19th to discuss arrange a donation, contact Lee classroom at Warsaw Campus Center for their work. Stop by the library display to Wekenmann at the Arcade Campus a presentation by John McGowan of the experience the work of our budding artists! 4 Center at (585) 492-5265. College News Career Fair draws a crowd Finals: OH, NO! By Kris Wiedemann By Susan Chiddy, Learning Specialist JOU 101-66 Student Writer Center for Academic Progress A local career fair at the Doubletree Hotel in Henrietta drew a Oh, yes! crowd of 3,500. The fair featured several local companies including Finals week is getting closer. You have been reviewing class work daily and Paychex and Mott. With a slowly recovering economy these companies reviewing all the course material learned on a weekly basis. Therefore, you are prepared are looking to find people to replace the employees they had to lay off. and only need a light review because you have mastered the material. With a competitive job market, career fairs allow people to discover the If the above scenario isn’t you, here are some strategies to help you prepare and types of jobs that interest them as well as learn about local companies. study for final exams: The fair attracted a variety of people in both age and work experience. *Prepare for your exams over several days, such as five days before each exam. By Attendees included recent college graduates as well as those who had been continually going over the material and spreading it over several days, it can be laid off. Career fairs provide new college graduates an idea as to what future retained without loss of sleep and sanity, which comes with cramming. employees are looking for. They also help those who are laid off to learn about new skills they may need to know about to keep up with a changing Try the Countdown to Testing strategy: work environment. before the exam, do an overview of materials for the test. Recent college graduates who have either moved to Rochester Five days Divide notes, flashcards, handouts, etc. into three parts. or graduated from Rochester could benefit from attending career fairs do a detailed review of the first third of the material. This because they provide essential information about the businesses in the Day four includes rehearsing the material by reciting or writing. greater Rochester area. For example, out of state graduates may not be do a detailed review of the second third of the material. aware of all of the businesses the University of Rochester assists or that Day threeThis includes rehearsing the material by reciting the University is a leader in technology. or writing. For employees who have been laid off, career fairs provide them with the knowledge of any changes that have occurred or new skills again do a detailed review of the last third of the material. necessary for the businesses they wish to return to. Armed with this Day two This includes rehearsing the material by reciting or writing. information could put them ahead of others when competing for jobs. before do a final review of all the material. Pay attention Participating in career fairs is also an excellent way for businesses One day to any weak areas, rehearse, test yourself, get rest, have a to recruit talent and promote themselves. It is also a good way for new positive attitude. college students to learn about different careers. Blast off! Eat a nutritious breakfast, arrive at school early to GCC holds many job fairs every semester. For more information, Test day avoid feeling rushed and stressed, and approach the exam contact the Career and Transfer office or search for “job fairs” on the with confidence. You have just spent five days preparing; you are ready! GCC homepage.

Drug and alcohol abuse in college By Geoffrey Becker JOU 101-66 Student Writer College students everywhere are using Partying use to be saved for the weekends Stephanie Zuchoski has heard stories over the past drugs and alcohol; they can even be found on college when college work wouldn’t matter, but now Thursday couple of years regarding dorm room drug and campuses, including the dorms. Consuming alcohol nights are becoming regular party nights. Local clubs alcohol use. “Last year there was one story I heard may not seem that bad, but going to class with a and bars are even offering drink specials on some of the about a guy being busted in his dorm for having hangover won’t help you ace the test. Drug use could other weekdays. marijuana and ended up being kicked out,” she said. lead to addiction and more likely the development Genesee Community College (GCC) is Though there have been studies conducted of bad grades. Though college students might read no exception to drug and alcohol use. Every year showing the increase use of drugs and alcohol on about drugs and alcohol, many may not believe that students hear about or witness students being caught college campuses, there are no immediate solutions it is happening at their college. with alcohol or drugs in the dorms. GCC student to resolving the problem.

5 Definitions of bullying: Bullying is a form of abuse. It involves repeated acts over time attempting to create or enforce one group or person’s power over another group or person, thus an “imbalance of power”. The “imbalance of power” may be social power and/or physical power. The victim of bullying is sometimes referred to as a target. Bullying consists of three basic types of abuse – emotional, verbal and physical. It typically involves subtle methods of coercion such as psychological manipulation. Bullying is the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something Bullying includes behaviors and actions that are verbal, physical and/or Stop the Hate. anti-social, such as exclusion, gossip and non-verbal body language. It can GCC students and faculty occur at school or in transit between school and home. turned out for a “Stop the Bullying” march around GCC on October 21st. Protestors marched around IT GETS BETTER PROJECT GCC, shouting “Hey, hey. www.ItGetsBetterProject.com Ho, ho. Bullying has got to go.” The March ended Many LGBT youth can’t picture what their lives might be like as openly gay in the GCC Forum, where adults. They can’t imagine a future for themselves. So let’s show them what students shared personal our lives are like, let’s show them what the future may hold in store for them. stories about bullying and Justin Aaberg. Billy Lucas. Cody Barker. Asher Brown. Seth Walsh. Raymond stories about friends who Chase. Tyler Clementi. All the names of American teenagers who in recent committed suicide because months have taken their own lives after being bullied in school. they were bullied. The March was in response to the recent suicides committed by For too long, LGBT youth have been forced to struggle through their formative teenagers who were bullied years suffering from bullies in their schools, churches and homes — and with because they were gay or no support system to provide them any help. perceived to be gay. Photos by Maggie Rapp Noted writer and media pundit Dan Savage founded the It Gets Better Project in September 2010 as a unique way for supporters everywhere to tell LGBT Youth that — it gets better. Genesee Community College Closed-minded school administrators and parents may not let LGBT adults talk directly to their children about their futures, but we don’t have to get Gay-Straight-Alliance permission to tell kids that life gets better. That’s why we’re compiling GSA offers support and empowers gay and lesbian students, a video archive to share the stories of people overcoming bullying and faculty, and staff. They work to educate the campus about finding happiness. sexual orientation issues.

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8 College People Building Diversity 2 students win scholarship award By Mike Galbraith Two Genesee County 2010 high school graduates won the JOU 101-66 Student Writer St. Jerome Guild Health Professional Scholarship award. More and more minorities are heading Applicants must have a strong academic record, performed off to college, while Caucasian student community service, and a recommendation from a sponsor who is enrollment rates are going down. The United employed or affiliated with UMMC or the St. Jerome Guild. The States Department of Education’s Institution award winner(s) must be accepted into a health care profession at of Education Sciences revealed that minority Genesee Community College. enrollment has risen four percent over the past The award winners are Shelby Cross from Byron- ten years, while the Caucasian population has Bergen and Emily Hoffmeister from Byron-Bergen. Both fallen four percent during that time. Colleges recipients were accepted into the Genesee Community Winners! Shelby Cross and Emily are progressively building more diverse College Nursing program for the Fall 2010 semester. Hoffmeister won the St. Jerome Guild environments for students every year. Last year’s recipient was Stacie Cassatt, a graduate of Elba Health Professional Scholarship and will be According to the research, thirty years Central School, who entered the Genesee Community College studying nursing at GCC. ago if you were to walk on to a college campus, PTA program in the Fall 2009 semester. Photo by Lindsay Carney only three out of twenty would be minority students. Today, if you were to walk on that same campus, one in three is a minority student. Passion. Fashion. Genesee: College campuses have become DECA is busy working on fashion show melting pots of different cultures. More By Kolette Amendola African American, Hispanic American, and Fashion is the means of self expression, making a bold Besides clothing and bags, we also Asian American students are enrolling in statement wherever you go. It is an art, a job, an obsession. participated in the Club Fair, placing third college each year. The Hispanic American Ultimately fashion is everywhere; it is the way we live. overall for visual display for our creating the population increased two percent over the past Over the past ten weeks, DECA club has been working setting of being in the big city while sticking ten years. The African American population very hard to express its fashion creativity, from designing our own to the western theme. We even hired our own increased one and a half percent, and the Asian tote bags and sweatshirts and participating in the Club Fair while “naked cowboy” (inspired by New York City’s American population increased half a percent setting up informational meetings. Naked Cowboy) who was active in taking over the past ten years. Last year as freshman, we received two plain t-shirts pictures with prospective volunteer students. These students are bringing more while the sophomores received track jackets and tote bags, in Along with that we run discussions than just books to campus; they are bringing addition to the t-shirts. This year we wanted to bring something during informational meetings for all fashion diversity as well. different to the table and create exactly what we thought would merchandising majors. This involves setting represent us as a group. The tote bags, which were given to the up discussions, supplying the food and drink, Indian cigarette tax fashion program, are black and have a design on them created by and making sure the guest speaker is properly sophomore Roxanne Browne. This design says, “GCC,” over a thanked for his or her time. still in debate bejeweled crown representing luxury and strength. The hard copy This year will be the 30th anniversary By Alex Maxwell of this design was given to Brian Kemp, a GCC alumnus, who of the Annual Fashion Show, and we hope that JOU 101-66 Student Writer owns T-shirt etc. in downtown Batavia; Kemp then helped make all the hard work we are doing now will show, The battle over taxing Native American this label into a graphic. and we will be able to put on the best show cigarettes has become prominent issue as The sweatshirts we created have a GCC Fashion label on the this school has seen. If you are interested in tribal leaders fight against appellate courts for top right, which was created by Michelle Fuller. On the back is our strong getting involved in the fashion show on April their sovereignty. statement “Passion. Fashion. Genesee,” invented by Jessica Veltre. 30th, 2011 please contact Kolette Amendola at The state government has targeted the The different textures and font of each word were picked out as a [email protected]. Oneida, Cayuga, and Seneca Indian nations, group until we felt it was exactly what we wanted. who will have to tax non- Indian customers $4.35 per pack for reservation cigarettes if “Camping Out for a Cause” at Genesee Community College the bill goes through. Federal Judge Richard Courtesy of MarCom Arcara extended his temporary restraining The Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) International Honor to sleep in. order preventing collection of this tax in Society, Alpha Iota Upsilon chapter at GCC, is sponsored a Students collected non-perishable goods Cayuga and Seneca reservations. “Camping Out for a Cause” event to promote awareness about that will be donated to the Genesee Community The Indian Nations who are targeted homelessness and hunger in the GLOW Region on October 29th College Food Pantry and winter clothes to the by this tax are fighting back in court to uphold The night began with a presentation on GCC’s Honors Community Action Center of Genesee and their rights as members of the Six Nations. In Action Project. As soon as the presentation was over, Orleans Counties. According to the Nations, this cigarette tax participants moved to the Student Union Professor Raphael invades the Federal treaty that has given them where there were performances from A l i c e a - M a l d o n a d o the right to govern themselves. One resident students and the Forum Players. Attendees said, “It was a night of from the Cattaraugus reservation said, “The watched the movie Pursuit of Happyness reflection and camaraderie.” U.S. government has been intruding on our starring Will Smith. Students brought tents This event is lands from the beginning – they pushed us and/or cardboard boxes and sleeping bags part of the Volunteerism from our lands and now they want to force us and Service requirement to pay their taxes and suck us dry – these taxes for the GCC Leadership are going to kill our businesses!” Certificate Program Supporters of this bill believe that the and is co-sponsored Indian reservations should have to pay some by Campus Activities form of tax because their businesses have an Board and the Student advantage over others in the area. Others say Government Association. Americans who visit the reservations shouldn’t be able to avoid paying taxes. Whether or not Camping Out for a Cause. this bill will come into effect is still up in GCC students camped out in the Student Union the air and for local Indians and reservation to promote awareness about homelessness customers alike, the tension of the unknown is and hunger. quite stressful. Photos by Lori Mould

Review of the GCC Library’s “Geocaching for Adventurous Adults” workshop By Elizabeth Downie Secretary for the MSCE Business Division The GCC Library held a workshop on on the internet at a website set up specifically for mega-event at Letchworth State Park, completed geocaching in late October. With only 20 seats this hobby: www.geocaching.com. Other cachers the Great Lakes Seaway Trail GeoTrail (www. available for the workshop, they had a great turnout of then set out to find this new cache, using a Global seawaytrail.com/geotrail), and are awaiting 15 people. The event was aimed towards adventurous Positioning System Receiver (GPSr) unit. When approval for a cache we placed. It really is a great adults and seniors in the community who had interest found, the cacher physically signs the paper log and hobby that gets you away from the television to go in the hobby of geocaching. Michelle Tomaszewski, then, if they choose to, trade items within the cache, outside to explore vast areas of scenery and history Systems and Electronic Services librarian at GCC, taking one and leaving something in its place. Upon around the world – and it is GREAT exercise! hosted the event. I was a proud attendee of this returning home, the cacher will then go to the website The workshop was funded through the workshop and must rave about the experience! and electronically log their find with their comments President’s Innovation Award (PIA), which is a grant What is geocaching? Geocaching consists regarding their experience with the cache they just given to help fund events and projects that promote of hiding and finding geocaches or caches for short. found. positive community and student involvement with Caches generally consist of a logbook for the finder My husband and I are avid geocachers and go the College. Ten GPSr units were purchased with this to sign. Some caches include small trinkets and by the name “authorized users” when logging our finds. grant, specifically for this workshop, which will be trade items which are usually family-oriented items. We started caching on July 31, 2010 and have been available for loan through the GCC Library in the Once a cache is hidden and approved, the owner obsessed, for lack of a better term, ever since. To date, near future. then places its latitude and longitude coordinates we have found over 100 caches, attended a geocaching contimuned on page 11. 9 College Entertainment “RED: retired, extremely dangerous.” By Kaileigh Domster Staff Writer If you have not gone You should also go see this and seen the latest action movie RED, movie if you are a fan of Bruce Willis you should go soon. It is a must see. or Morgan Freeman. Bruce Willis is At the beginning I was a little famous for his role in the Die Hard skeptical, but ended up really liking it. movies. Morgan Freeman plays Someone who holds power is giving an important role as God in Bruce instructions to kill retired CIA agents Almighty and Evan Almighty. and people who were interviewed at As RED progresses, the plot an incident in Guatemala. A group of just became better and juicer with each CIA agents come together again to event. It was the best action movie of How to make delicious holiday meatballs fight. Who is the person behind these the year that will make you laugh and By Alex Maxwell murders? Will they find out? fall in love at the same time. JOU 101-66 Student Writer Cooking is an art. There are two invaluable rules to being a good cook. First, trial and error make for the best recipes that Betty Crocker can’t even touch. Jackass 3-D: for the vulgar at heart Second, simple ingredients don’t always mean simple taste. By Terrell Rankin of objects being fired at you, vomit To save you the time of coming up with a recipe for a dish to bring for This year has coming towards you, and a real up Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner, this Swedish meatballs recipe is not only simple seemed like the year close look at some of the pain they go and quick to make, I offer this Swedish meatballs recipe, which is not only simple of 3-dimensional movies. They cost a through when stunts go wrong. and quick to make, but but you will probably be hailed as the next Martha Stewart! couple of extra dollars, but if you are For the most part, this movie This is a great recipe if you are short on time and low on cash. It’s always going to see Jackass 3-D, it will be will have you in tears, laughing. a hit. Enjoy! well worth your money. This movie will appeal to a Although there are a couple brainless Swedish Meatballs younger audience with a bawdy sense stunts they performed where you Preheat the oven to 350°. Grease In a saucepan, combine one of humor, but they must have a strong knew what was going to happen, the 1 a large baking dish if you plan 4 16 oz. can or jar of chili sauce, stomach for some of the gross pranks movie is very amusing. So if you are to use a lower fat ground beef. and one 16 oz. jar of grape jelly. the cast pull. looking for a movie that will keep you Put the chili sauce in first, and as The 3-D effects makes it laughing check out Jackass 3-D. In a large mixing bowl, I always do, add the grape jelly to better because it gives you the feeling 2combine 3 eggs, 3 tablespoons the sauce to your liking. Mix until of Italian seasoning, and 2 cups of jelly is dissolved and there are breadcrumbs (I find that crushed no clumps. Dimmu Borgir: croutons or chopped Italian bread Behind the Pack By Alex Selim work just as well). Pour sauce in the Staff Writer 5 baking dish, and Picture a walking corpse. Pale faced with long dark gangly hair. Fold in 3 lbs. of ground beef, bake uncovered for The smell of raggedy clothing and rotten flesh. The bowels prepare for expulsion. 3 and then form meatballs about one hour. Slowly he creeps towards you with his broken foot dragging along the ground. an inch in size. Put the meatballs At this point very little goes through one’s mind except for instinct. It is time for in the baking dish. fight or flight. But what if this cannibalistic corpse was just a little girl, ready for a night of trick or treating? The scare factor is all washed up and hung out to dry. If modern black metal can be compared to the little girl on Halloween, then the former properties of black metal would be the zombie. The swift chop from Abrahdabra officially severed Norwegian metal monster, Dimmu Borgir’s, head. They have turned themselves into little trick or treating girls. It was released with great anticipation, after their last failure with In Sorte Diaboli. Dedicated Dimmu fans demanded new, reformed material after the incredible let down in 2007. It is very sad to say that the new release is incapable of patching up their already decimated reputation as the alpha male of black metal. The largest portion of this album is dominated by the incredible deliverance of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra and choir. In previous albums like Death Cult Armageddon and Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia, the orchestra and choir are subtle. They accentuate the music that the band provides with their powerful melodies and brutal riffs. The two were seamlessly bound together. In Abrahdabra, the orchestra and choir engulf the band with epic strides. At times the band is so quiet compared to the orchestra it seems more like this is a classical CD instead of a metal one. This is most obvious in “Gateways” (track three), “Dimmu Borgir” (track five) and “Demiurge Molecules” (track seven). Maybe if they were trying to make a dark and grim classical album with a band behind them, it would make sense. Dimmu’s fan base’s common goal is to head bang, fist pump and start mosh pits. This can only be delivered with fast, brutal, raw black metal, not a string and brass section. The amount of simplicity that the band offers is enough to make an eye twitch. The technicalities of their former albums, which can be considered master pieces in comparison, were god-like. This caliber of technicality attributed to their former catchiness. Motivation and adrenaline are spurred up when listening to an old Dimmu album. Abrahdabra is very hard to listen to in comparison with its crisp clean guitar chops and slow easy drum beats that stare blankly behind a huge orchestra that booms and bangs. It gets very boring at times. Although they do bring in a couple guest vocalists, it offers little variance in the long run. Very few people are able to replace bassist and back up vocalist Vortex and his epic voice. The parts that female vocalist Agnete Kjølsrud and male vocalist Kristoffer Rygg fill are small, totaling two songs. Rygg reminds me of an operatic Jonathan Davis, which is not saying much, and Kjølsrud’s voice may sound like that of a stereotypical witch, say one from The Wizard of Oz. Luckily, Kjølsrud only gets to ruin one song, “Gateways.” This song surely had some potential as filler for the rest of the album, but the overpowering choir and a strange voice that reminds me of Zordon, the talking head from Power Rangers, drown out the guitar and bass. If implemented correctly these vocals could have proved useful. But Dimmu drops the ball on this one as well. There must be some credit given to Shagrath, Silenoz, and Galder, the three remaining members of the band. They have lost many members over the years, and it can be hard to maintain an established vision of the music that they first put out in 1993. With the loss of drummer Nicholas Barker and Vortex, an incredible song writer, bassist, and vocalist, it may be hard to remain a dedicated fan. Their music has definitely grown and evolved over the years. But to say that it is still evolving would be making a stretch. After 1997, with the release of Enthrone Darkness Triumphant, their music stopped evolving and began degrading as far as raw black metal is concerned. Although there were a couple continued on page 11. 10 College Entertainment By Moriah Davis characters from the movie. eye-catching fashions, start rumors, and flirt, Columnist The GND is almost at the opposite end of screaming for attention. Meanwhile the GND waves There are the proverbial spectrum: She is pretty but perhaps not a quiet greeting and smiles sweetly as her eyes sparkle many personality exaggerated and glamorous. She is sweet and friendly, from a freckled face, and she continues walking down types into which which is the true beauty others see in her. The GND is the hall with her hands in the pockets of her favorite teenage and young-adult compassionate and wishes she could befriend everyone; jeans. Boys start to notice that she stands out precisely society can be divided. American she doesn’t know why she attracts the attention of boys because she doesn’t stand out. high school halls are jungles where these and often would rather not be noticed. The GND likely has an interest in a boy personalities collide, complement, and clash. Among The Plastics and GNDs of America have been she knows well, but he’s always going out with one girls, there are (among others) two highly noticeable in a cold war of sorts for generations. High schools Plastic or another. She is a permanent fixture in his types; I will call them the Plastics and the Girls Next provide the backdrop for extensive unneeded drama everyday life. She cheers when he overcomes a tough Door (GNDs). that nevertheless plays out year after year. A Plastic school project; she sympathizes when his girlfriend Anyone who has seen or heard the plot of the is accustomed to receiving attention from any and leaves him. She always knows just the thing to say movie Mean Girls knows what I mean by “Plastics.” all males in close proximity. Therefore, she is also when he’s feeling down and keeps him in line when The Plastics were a clique of popular, preppy, accustomed to dismissing said attention on a whim he acts out. He takes this girl for granted, expecting picture-perfect girls; they were also cruel, and they if she so chooses, since another boy will come along she will always be there -- until one day, he realizes constantly mocked those they considered beneath before she can miss the last. She is secure in the he’s had enough of dating Plastics. After one poor them (which meant everyone). While appearance knowledge that she is noticed and will always get her relationship too many, he swears off relationships does not always correlate with personality, I have way somehow. altogether, only to realize that the GND is just the come to use the term “Plastic” to describe girls with The GND receives more subtle attention girl he wants. And guess what? She’s been there similar personality traits, not physical features, to the from boys. The Plastics smear on makeup and sport all along. Geochaching Dimmu continued from page 10. continued from page 10. To begin the workshop, an introduction to geocaching they went. Following the arrow on the GPS, the group made their good albums after 1997, as was provided by Michelle in the Library classroom via an way to the location of the first leg of the cache. Michelle helped a whole the music became interactive lecture, a PowerPoint presentation and a short video. the group program the newly found cords into the units. After a melodic or symphonic black The introduction consisted of what geocaching is, who partakes few minutes, they were off to the final! metal. in the hobby, how to geocache, and how to set up a free account The final was found rather easily by the group. It The purpose of black online to log your finds. She also discussed some of the types consisted of a nicely hidden matchstick container that held metal is to hate it. It is the of containers, trinkets, tradeables, and trackables that would be a log for finders to sign as a statement of, “I found it!” The disgusting, vile, or raw nature found while caching. group signed the log as “GCC Geocaching Class,” and that disables it from becoming Those who attended had different experiences with the smiling faces among the group were a sure sign of the popular. Dimmu Borgir’s geocaching. Some had only heard about it and wanted to get more proud accomplishment. most recent attempt officially information while others had tried it once or twice in the past After the group headed back to the Library classroom, converted them from and wanted to revisit the hobby sport, while the remainder had Michelle answered a lot of great questions and the motre underground to mainstream. been involved with it for some time. It was a great experience experienced cachers shared some of their caching experiences If there were any true fans for everyone to get to know each other, learn about previous and journeys with the group. Many created their online accounts, left, Abrahdabra cut them off. experiences, and ask questions. searched for caches local to their homes via the geocaching.com This release is a disgrace to After the introduction, Michelle took the group outside website, and researched items to trade. black metal. As rigor mortis sets in Dimmu Borgir will to show them first-hand how geocaching is done. The cache that At the conclusion of the workshop, each attendee received surely see the big bucks roll was chosen for the workshop was GCC (Geo-Cachers College a custom trinket for attending the workshop. The trinket was a in with this new release. They Cache). This cache is a multi-cache located on the grounds of wooden coin that can be dropped in a cache. On one side of the have come a long way from the Batavia campus, which involves two or more locations to wooden coin, the words, “Genesee Community College Library” their humble beginnings of find. The first coordinates, also known as “cords,” take you to appeared with a compass image and the year. On the other side of raw black metal and playing a location where you need to find additional coordinates. The the wooden coin, the words, “Where you are the search engine” in bars. Huge festivals, tons additional coordinates will then take you to another location for appeared with an image of a person reading a book. of money, and even bigger more coordinates or to the final cache location. In this case, this The workshop was an overall success! Many thanks go production jobs than this will is only a two-leg cache, so after the first cords were found, the to Michelle and the GCC Library for putting this together! As come their way. Maybe it is final was next. I’ve been told, there may be another workshop in the spring, so time for Shagrath, Silonez, She handed each attendee a GPSr that had the first keep your eyes open for the announcement! and Galder to disperse and go dinates already programmed in. The group made their way For more information on geocaching, please visit www. on to bigger and better things outdoors, set their units to find the first set of cords, and away geocaching.com. Now, grab your GPS and go caching! Enjoy! than Dimmu Borgir.

11 GCC Sports Women’s soccer team first in the nation Courtesy of MarCom It’s been an exciting season for Genesee Community College Women’s Soccer and Volleyball teams, and the thrill continued as both teams headed off to National and Insane sports management! By Mike Anauo District competitions, respectively. Columnist With their heads held high, Genesee’s Women’s Here we are, one month into the NHL trade saw Chris Drury come to Buffalo in Soccer Team departed for a second consecutive NJCAA regular season, and the Buffalo Sabres are near exchange for Rhett Warrener. Regeir hasn’t National Tournament appearance, held this year at Prince the bottom of the Eastern Conference again. made a big splash in free agency recently. He George’s Community College in Maryland. Ranked as the It is an understatement to say they did attempt to sign Drury and Briere after the top NJCAA Women’s Soccer team in the nation for several are struggling. They are inconsistent and take ’06-’07 season, but his offers weren’t enough. weeks, they had great expectations for the game against stupid penalties. They have yet to win a game To be successful in the NHL, or any at home. The special teams are horrible. On sport, a team needs players who produce. Ocean Community College on Nov. 4th, 2010. rd On October 30th at Tompkins County Community November 3 against Boston, the Sabres gave The Detroit Red Wings are competitive every College, GCC’s Women’s Soccer team (17-1-2) defeated up two shorthanded goals. Derek Roy led the season because they sign big name players. The Mohawk Valley Community College (12-4-3) 3-2 in an league in goals at one point. What went wrong? same can be said of the Chicago Blackhawks, exciting overtime win to earn the NJCAA Region IIIA Title. I hate to beat a dead horse, but the who won the Cup in June. They signed former As 2010 Region III Award Winners, GCC also Buffalo Sabres have not been the same team Sabres defenseman Brian Campbell before the captured other major honors with Coach Kelly Gillow since Chris Drury and Daniel Briere got away ’08-’09 season. He was one of the Sabres’ top named NJCAA Region III Coach of the Year, and sophomore through free agency. Darcy Regeir has not defenseman. Another big free agent signing captain Jessie Jaszko (Batavia, NY) named NJCAA Region brought in anyone to replace them. Yes, when by the Hawks was Marian Hossa. He was a III Player of the Year. The All-Tournament soccer team Jaroslav Spacek left, Craig Rivet did become the big reason why the Red Wings made the Cup players from Genesee included Jessie Jaszko (Batavia, NY), new captain (Briere and Drury were co captains). finals in ’09. Good teams have players that can Adele Zeh (Nunda, NY), and Ali Cashmore (Akron, NY). Rivet is on the tail end of his career; Briere produce, and Buffalo doesn’t have anybody The Tournament MVP was Catherine Mucha (Dalton, NY). and Drury both reached their prime who can produce consistently. However, one “It has been an amazing year with the team consistently in Buffalo. can’t blame management for everything. coming together both on the offense and defense,” Gillow said. The free agent acquisitions of this past Some responsibility falls on the head “We are looking forward to continuing the synergy in another summer did not impress me. For some reason, coach’s shoulders. heated game.” the Sabres management thinks the team needs Lindy Ruff has been coaching in the to get tougher and have more of a physical NHL for 13 years. He has spent his entire mentality to it. Currently, opposing teams know career in Buffalo. I think his message is not they can knock the Sabres around and get away getting through to his players. The core players Golf team prepares for with it. For this reason, Rob Niedermayer, have been listening to the message for over five Shaone Morrison, and Jordan Leopold were years. Ruff’s strategy has not won Buffalo a Spring 2011 season signed. Niedermayer won the Stanley Cup Cup, though they have come close three times. The GCC golf team started preparation for Spring with Anaheim in 2007, but his most productive In 1999, they lost to the Dallas Stars in six games 2011 with several intra-squad scrimmages and two WNYAC years are behind him. Morrison and Leopold in the Stanley Cup finals; in ’06 and ’07 they scrimmages in the Fall 2010 semester. have never won the Cup but add size to the were beaten in the Eastern Conference finals. GCC won a home WNYAC Scrimmage against blue liners. Leopold went to the Cup finals with In ’06, they came within a game of reaching NCCC and finished in the middle of the pack in an away Calgary in ’04. the Cup finals. Ruff either needs to change scrimmage at MVCC’s Skenandoa Golf Club in Clinton, NY. There is a commercial on NHL Network his strategy or the Sabres need a new coach. Although GCC will miss Jeff Marcy, last year’s that makes me angry every time I see it. Ryan There are certainly plenty of candidates out number one player, the team has several returning players Miller is throwing tennis balls off a wall and there. Michel Therrien coached the Pittsburgh who have stepped up their game considerably, and the team catching them. In the background, two men Penguins to the Cup finals in ’08. He would be a has a couple new prospects that should help the team show are talking about the team. One of them says good candidate. Tom Renney used to coach the overall improvement in Spring 2011. the Sabres are probably going to be contenders New York Rangers. Maybe a change of scenery Head Coach Tom Tucker will also have a new again because all of the core players are coming would be good for Tom. A change in coaching assistant coach in Tom Moynihan, who adds more game and back. The problem is that the core players have would probably be good for the Sabres. teaching experience to the mix. been struggling and inconsistent for a couple The Sabres are plagued with Returning players are team captain Matt Ferdinand, of years. It is frustrating that rather than trying inconsistency, lack of motivation, and injuries. Mark DeCook, Alex Muench, and Mike Estela. New players to get players who can produce, the Sabres get I hate using injuries as an excuse, but it’s true. are Corey Kocent and Adam Bishop. It is also anticipated tough players. What they really need are some Jason Pomminville has missed time because that two more very strong players will be on the squad in players who can score. of a concussion. Defensemen have been the spring. Maybe Darcy Regeir, the Sabres in and out of the lineup with injuries. The The team’s fall activities have included practice and general manager, needs to be replaced. He special teams are faltering. Maybe it’s time play at the Batavia Country Club - GCC’s home course - as has been signing players to increase size and to change things up a little bit. The definition well as early morning weight workouts in the GCC fitness toughness for way too long. If it hasn’t worked of insanity is doing something over and over center, which continue through the end of the semester. Spring yet, why does he think that it will work now? but expecting a different result. According 2011 season conditioning and skill workouts commence on The last time Ruff made a trade for a decent to that definition, the Buffalo Sabres are an January 24th, 2011. player was prior to the 2003-04 season. That insane team. Tucker is looking for good players who may be interested in playing on the team, especially female players, since GCC’s lone female player had to drop off the team GENESEE CENTER due to other commitments. BOOKSTOREA LOT OF EXCITING NEWS THINGS ARE HAPPENING He may be contacted at [email protected] FOR THE ARTS SOON AT THE or (716) 474-3005. BOOKSTORE! 19TH THEATRICAL SEASON FROM NOVEMBER 29th Spring 2010 CALENDAR OF EVENTS THROUGH DECEMBER 3rd, WE ARE SAYING THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE In the Blood Tony Brown and the Faithful STAFF AND FACULTY BY OFFERING 25% OFF ALL by Suzan-Lori Parks OF OUR NON-TEXT MERCHANDISE! THAT MEANS ALL With Opening Act – Swati CLOTHING, TRADEBOOKS, AND GIFT ITEMS! Performed by the Forum Players Friday, February 25th, 2011 7 p.m. Thursday – Saturday, Feb. 3rd, 4th, and 5th 2011 Featuring “Tony Brown and the Faithful” with PLEASE HAVE A VALID EMPLOYEE ID AVAILABLE. @ 7:30 p.m. YOU CAN ALSO SELL YOUR BOOKS BACK TO an opening act of “Swati”, presented by the th th In the Blood is a modern interpretation of Fine and Performing Arts committee, Friday, US FROM DECEMBER 6 THROUGH 17 . WE WILL Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic novel, The February 25th, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. GIVE YOU CASH, UP TO 50%, FOR YOUR USED Scarlet Letter. The play follows the daily trials Tony Brown, a former member of upstate NY TEXTBOOKS! PLEASE HAVE A VALID STUDENT ID OR of Hester, an illiterate, single, homeless, African infamous Ozone, now tours with his band the DRIVERS LICENSE WITH A GCC ISSUED BILL READY. American woman who must find a way to rise Faithful, a gathering of experienced, eclectic IF YOU HAVE HAD YOUR EYE ON A CERTAIN above and care for her five children. musicians hailing from around the globe. HOODIE IN THE STORE, IT WILL BE ON SALE FOR Tickets: $8 Adults, $5 Seniors (55+), Students, and Brown’s soulful, powerful voice, along with the 25% OFF FROM NOVEMBER 29th THROUGH GCC Faculty/Staff, $3 GCC students with valid ID acoustic world vibe that his band mates DECEMBER 17th. THEY MAKE GREAT HOLIDAY and a $2 discount for GCC Alum with Alum Id! bring, creates a sound that mixes blues, folk, GIFTS FOR EVERYONE! and alternative rock. Opening act, Swati, a STONE ROW CONCERT NYC native who began her musical career in Virtual Enterprise Saturday, March 12th, 2011 at 8 p.m. the classical world, plays a twelve-string Trade Fair Stone Row concert, presented by the Fine and guitar that has been fitted with eight. She GCC Forum Performing Arts committee, Saturday, March sings and plays in a style that is gripping, Thursday, December 9th percussive, honest, and contains hints of 12, 2011 at 8pm 10:15 a.m. -12:15 p.m. Stone Row, a fusion of Celtic, Folk, Country and her Indian heritage. Together, these two Rock, combines the local talent of four acts should produce a night packed with The Virtual Enterprise program helps high school dynamically versatile musicians. Each band originality and talent! students develop business skills and experience by linking them to member brings to the table a whole new spin Tickets: $12 Adults, $10 Seniors (55+), other students from around the country and around the world in a by their diversified attitudes and styles. Join $5 Students (18-), and GCC Faculty/Staff, $3 GCC network of “practice firms.” Virtual Enterprises conduct business us for a wonderful evening! students with valid ID and a $2 discount for GCC with one another in a simulated environment via various forms of Tickets: $10 Adults, $8 Seniors (55+), $5 Students Alum with Alum Id! electronic communication. EVERYONE IS INVITED to support our local schools as they market (18-), and GCC Faculty/Staff, $3 GCC students with their virtual products and services. You will receive your “Virtual valid IDand a $2 discount for GCC Alum with Alum Id! Dollars” at the door so you can “shop till you drop” at the Virtual Enterprise Trade Fair. For ticket reservations contact the SPONSORED BY THE FOLLOWING: Genesee Community College College Tech Prep Office ACE Programs Office 12 [email protected] or 585-345-6814