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Volume 16, Issue 4 FREE! IT’S COLD OUT! MID-WINTER 2017-18 To intern or not to intern... To intern or not to intern? It’s a pretty serious question for a com - munity college student. Then the next question is, should you insist on being paid? Let’s break down all the possibilities, and leave it for you to decide.

IN THE PLAYOFFS 6 What Is an Internship? An internship is a paid or un - paid work opportunity at an out - side employer, usually done for IT’S NEW TO YOU! 22 credit (but not always), that is re - lated to your major course of study and should give you a taste of what to expect when you grad - uate and enter the white-collar work world. Some students do an THE COURTS 19 internship and realize they don’t like this field, saving themselves valuable time as they can now place where they had interned Your Internship Office alter their pursuits; others make after graduation. Internships professional connections and may Community colleges usually help bolster your resume. ON GRAMMAR 30 even land a full-time job at the continued on page 5 Mid-year checklist Spring courses were just posted mum credits, giving you some online. Now what? scheduling wiggle room in the Here ’s our list of things you weeks ahead? Now, if you are only should do this winter break – be - sporting a 2.0 GPA, you may not fore you get swept up by too much want to take 18, but if you ’re oth - holiday cheer – to save time and erwise academically strong, con - lots of money. sider 15-18 credits. To graduate on time, you need to average 15 cred - its a semester. You may want to try Sign Up for 15-18 the occasional 18-credit semester In most states, 12 credits costs so that your final year will be eas - the same as 18 credits (though ier. Also, by signing up for 18, you extra fees and book costs could add up). Why not sign up for the maxi - continued on page 2 Checklist (cont.) lock in your courses, guaran - On Renting teeing your seat. You could al - Remember, if you are rent - ways drop a course later. ing, you can ’t order the book too soon; else, you will have to ship Think of Your Sanity it back sooner, maybe before the semester ends. 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A literary journal leaves print, goes digital Gianluca Russo these last two years), students Campus News definitely prefer the accessibility of online magazines,” said Yese - In a time when print media is nia Coello, a member of dwindling away, the magazine Rhythms during the 2016-2017 and writing industries have school year. made the switch to digital plat - forms, staying up to date with From photos to poems to the desires of the everyday con - short stories, the members of sumer. Among these publica - Rhythms were able to pull to - tions are literary journals: gether a large group of students collections of gorgeous creative to submit their original work. writing that range from simple There were downfalls and poetry to extensive pieces of fic - bumps in the road, of course, but tion. Still though, literary jour - the group powered through, de - nals have taken a hit when it termined to bring the magic of comes to readership. A group of creative writing to the SCCC students at Schenectady County community. Community College is aiming at “Literary magazines are a changing that. place for anyone’s voice to have A small yet mighty group, the spotlight and college stu - SCCC’s literary club, Rhythms, dents are interested in seeing is working hard to spark cre - how others view the world as ative writing on campus. The well as discovering new pieces club has been active for many which fascinate them. Further - years, but as time went on, in - more, literary magazines are an - terest deceased. With the depar - other way for hopeful writers ture of its prominent faculty and poets to get published, leader, the club was unable to something that most yearn for,” publish a journal during the said Noah Smith, former Vice 2015-2016 school year. It was a President of Rhythms. A recent cover sad time for members of the Coello added, “When I first group, and the following year, joined Rhythms as a freshman I 2018 issue. start that up again which was they came back determined and was determined to take the op - Buell, along with other mem - fantastic, but that was not our ready to regain momentum. portunity to work with litera - aim,” explained Smith. “Our aim ture. Having come from a high bers, refused to accept that “Creative writing and literary “print is dead,” however. So, was to spark creativity upon col - journals help us express hard- school where there were no lit - lege students and to get them to erary magazines or monthly after digitally publishing the lit - to-talk about topics or things erary journal last May, they re - explore a side of themselves they that might not come up in nor - publications, you could say I was may not be familiar with. With a bit deprived. Literary maga - leased a limited copy of printed mal conversation. Especially the journals as well. the small group we have assem - pieces published in literary mag - zines are a great way for bud - bled, we were able to help each azines; they bring light to things ding writers to acquaint “There’s just something so in - other grow upon our skills and we wouldn’t normally talk themselves with the editing and timate about physical literature. learn to view life from many dif - about,” said Lindsay Buell, cur - publishing process. In Rhythms Since most of us live our lives ferent angles.” rent President of Rhythms. we would regularly review sub - behind a screen it’s nice to take missions and send them back for a break from it and physically Planning began at the start of revision for grammar mistakes, interact with the fruits of some - Regular contributor Gianluca the fall semester to ensure a lit - etc. Even working as an editor one’s labor,” she said. Russo is a freelance writer who at - erary journal would be pub - under the guidance of fantastic tended lished in Spring 2017. The As the group continues to professors has made me a better Schenec - question arose as whether the grow and flourish, they look for - editor!” tady magazine should stay in print or ward to elevating their journal The group received great and increasing the amount of County go digital. The choice was made Commu - to publish it electronically. feedback upon publication, both students interested in creative from students and faculty. Many writing on campus. nity College “Since more magazines are reached out about joining the and now being published electronically “The goal of Rhythms was team, and the group, currently attends (as was the case of Rhythms for never to just publish a literary UAlbany. led by Buell, is gearing up for its magazine. Sure, we were able to Campus News | December 2017 | Page 4 Internships (cont.) have a person or multiple peo - lege or recent grads. Many hold ple in charge of internships; down part-time, low-paying jobs however, they don’t publish as waiters, baristas, cashiers, nearly as many opportunities as etc. The internship is a needed a four-year college, so you may financial adjunct while they are have to be more proactive to in school,” said Susan M. land a “dream internship.” Sec - Tellem, a partner in Tellem ond, it may be harder to negoti - Grody PR, Inc., a firm that does ate credits for a community pay interns. “Today, when col - college internship, and, if you lege expenses are skyrocketing, do, these credits may or may not doing an unpaid internship on transfer cleanly when you head top of a minimum wage job to a four-year college. You may seems just plain mean.” decide to just intern less for - According to the mally, not for credit, in commu - NACE’s”Class of 2017 Student nity college and more formally Survey Report,” the typical upon transfer. Some students paid internship offers $18/hour. also find informal internship op - For those private companies portunities through their pro - that do pay at least minimum fessors – ask them for advice! wage, however, you may be re - On a resume, quired to do whether or non-acade - not an in - ‘Employers should mic-related ternship was examine their work – say for credit fetch coffee, does not mat - legal and moral clean up or ter; though park cars. some college obligations to these For private majors re - companies quire you young people.’ that offer un - perform a paid intern - credited internship. ships or stipends – and follow the law – you won’t have to do Should You Get Paid? any of that menial labor. Though the problem is, many Experts we contacted were private employers are offering adamant that you should seek unpaid internships and then a paid internship. However, treating the students like a this question isn’t as easy to slave labor pool. answer as that. According to the National Association of Col - Tellem added: “With the leges and Employers, approxi - economy in the toilet and col - mately 40% of internships are lege grads trying desperately unpaid; non-profits and gov - to find jobs that do not exist, ernment agencies do not have employers should carefully ex - to pay, by law, though many do. amine their legal and moral Private companies are required obligations to these young to pay at least minimum wage, people.” unless they can prove that Too, many people believe their internship experience is that unpaid internships favor 100% education related and students from wealthier fami - aligns with a college academic lies, who not only can allow program. Some private compa - their children to essentially nies may be skirting the law a work for free, but to also pay for bit. their room and board in some “Most interns are still in col - place like Manhattan. Unpaid continued on page7 Regional NJCAA fall season closes Peter Briguglio Campus News

The Fall athletic season came to a close with many of Region XV’s programs achieving na - tional success. Let’s take a look at how each sport’s postseason ended up.

Women’s Soccer ASA had a once in a lifetime opportunity heading into the Di - vision I women’s soccer National Tournament. The #6 ranked Avengers entered the main event a perfect 11-0 on the sea - son after marching through the ASA Region and District tourna - ments. The team had no issues whatsoever in pool play, defeat - Men’s Soccer eventual runner-up Harper. Championship match as Oxford ing Moraine Valley 5-0 and Suffolk advanced to the Divi - After being swept by the tourna - Emory swept all matches en Laramie County 7-3, setting up sion III national tournament ment’s top seed 3-0, Queensbor - route to winning the tourna - a semifinal match against while Monroe won the District ough fell to #5 St. Cloud Tech ment by a 16.5 point margin, Phoenix. The Avengers earned Tournament to earn a berth into and #7 Jamestown in the conso - lation rounds to finish 8th over - the 2-1 victory, setting up the the Division I dance. Neither Women’s Cross Country chance to end their year 15-0 team found much success all in the tournament. Kingsborough and FIT placed with a national title to their though, failing to advance into Monroe’s women also had a 3rd and 4th respectively in this credit. The title match was set their respective tournaments’ quick exit at the DI national year’s Division III Women’s against Tyler Junior College. semifinal rounds. Monroe placed tournament. The Mustangs Cross Country national tourna - After withstanding 85 minutes second out of their three team earned the #12 seed in the 16 ment. The Wave’s Tyesha James of defensive, scoreless play, it pool while Suffolk lost to Cam - team event and got beaten 3-0 finished 4th individually in the took a perfectly executed free den in the quarterfinals by a by #5 ranked Hill. #4 ranked women’s 5k race with a time of kick by Tyler to open and ulti - score of 2-1. Western Nebraska then edged 19:22.0, earning herself First mately conclude the scoring Monroe 3-2 in the first round of Team All-American honors. as the Avengers were denied the consolation bracket. They ‘Suffolk’s Dabalski Nassau’s Catherine Matteo, who their storybook ending. Kay - ended their season with a 20-11 ran as an individual, finished lane Araujo, Sara Suarez overall record. earned Second- 14th overall, which earned her Quevedo and Tamara All-American Honorable Men - Queiroz all earned All-Tour - Team All-American Women’s Tennis tion status. On the Division I nament honors for their per - side, Monroe’s women finished formances. honors.’ Suffolk and Kingsborough both made appearances at the 14th out of the 44 team National In the Division III tourna - DIII Women’s Tennis national event. ment, Nassau finished sixth tournament in Peachtree City, overall after entering as the Volleyball Georgia last month. The Sharks tournament’s 8th seed. They fell Men’s Cross Country After winning the Regional placed 4th overall with 14.5 into the consolation bracket title and returning to the points while Kingsborough It was a similar result on the after losing 4-2 to top seed and NJCAA DIII Women’s Volley - earned an 8th place finish with men’s side as two of the Region’s eventual runner-up Herkimer. ball tournament for the second 3 points in the 10 team field. teams placed in the top 4 at the Then, they earned a tournament straight season, the Queensbor - Suffolk’s Joan Dabalski earned Division III Tournament. Suf - victory by defeating 5th ranked ough Tigers didn’t have their Second-Team All-American hon - folk finished second with 100 Madison 2-1. In the 5th place best performance. The Tigers ors after finishing runner up in points, narrowly missing out on game, Erie Community college pulled the tournament’s #8 seed, the 6th flight singles event. She a National Championship by 16 edged the Lions 2-1, ending earning them a first-round was the only Region XV per - points to Harper, who swept their season with a 16-8-1 over - matchup against top seed and former to earn a berth in a both the men’s and women’s all record in 2017. Campus News | December 2017 | Page 6 continued on page 10 derstand or admit that the vast majority of students cannot af - Internships (cont.) ford to work for free. They need internships may also skew to transfer and still fit in a decent to pay for school, rent, and food. favor white students, based on internship. First, usually a com - The Fair Labor Standards Act is such economics. munity college student transfers in-place to protect these and other employees from each other Can You Get Internship- in liberal education courses – not major courses – so will have and employers who are willing Like Experience in Other to pay less than the minimum Ways? to be brought up to speed by the four-year program first – that wage. Sure. You could volunteer may make graduating on time If you can’t schedule an in - your degree-related efforts for a more difficult. Second, commu - ternship during your first four local non-profit during winter nity college students largely years of study, you may have to and summer breaks. If you have to work hourly service jobs perform a post-graduation in - would like to get paid, you can to help pay their expenses – the ternship instead – essentially, do work such as freelancing. On idea of doing an exotic intern - this is an apprenticeship the campus, you can join any hands- ship – especially for free – may summer after you graduate. on club or class that is relevant not be feasible. – the school paper, the auto re - However, if you can fit in an pair class, the radio station, etc. “[We believe] that all interns internship, whether paid or un - These experiences can be writ - should be paid, whether they paid, formal or informal, during ternship for a private company ten up on your resume in a way work for corporations, non-prof - your college years, your job got a job offer prior to gradua - that shows what take-away its, or government agencies,” prospects may widen upon grad - tion, and it was a higher salary skills you gathered from these said Steven Rothberg, President uation. offer than for others. This com - practical experiences. and Founder of College Re - According to a 2014 report by pares to just 40 percent for cruiter. “To the employers who those who did an unpaid intern - Internships and Transfer the National Association of Col - claim they cannot afford to pay leges and Employers, 65 percent ship and 39 percent who did no It’s particularly hard for com - their interns, they need to un - of students who did a paid in - internship. munity college students to

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Campus News | December 2017 | Page 7 There’s more than just Christmas Telijah Patterson Kwanza a was founded in 1966 20 . Known as the Festival of freshments. The event starts at Campus News to reconnect African Americans Lights, Hanukkah is a Jewish 12:00 pm and admission is free. to their ancestral roots and pro - holiday to commemorate the Winter in the Northeast is mote stronger family ties. It is rededication of the holy temple. closely associated with cold tem - Swahili for first fruits of the A popular feature of the festival Three Kings Day, Saturday, peratures, school recesses, shop - harvest. Kwanzaa is celebrated is the nightly menorah lighting January 6. Also referred to as ping sales, broken bank over a seven day period and which is placed in front of win - “The Feast of the Epiphany,” accounts, and Christmas cele - each day is named after a differ - dows and doorways. During the Three Kings Day marks the end brations. Ancient cultures ent African principle referred to holiday fried foods are custom - of Christmas for many in Latin across the globe revered the as the Nguzo Saba. The celebra - arily eaten such as latkes, chil - America. The celebration memo - winter solstice, viewing this as a tions promote self- rializes the arrival of the time of renewal and rebirth of determination, col - three kings, also known the sun. Today, it is still a time lective work, and as the three magi or for families to reunite and bond. sharing. Music, wise men who were led However, housing two of the food, dancing, and by a star in the sky to most ethnically diverse cities in cultural education welcome baby Jesus. the country, New York City and are signature fea - The kings brought gifts Jersey City, Christmas isn’t the tures of this holi - of gold and fine fra - only holiday that will be ob - day. grance to the baby’s fam - ily. Celebrations vary served in the Northeast. Find Kaylee Johnson photo out about a few of the other mul - Where to cele - across the globe, but ticultural holidays taking place brate: The Ameri - gift-giving and family can Museum of this winter: dren play with dreidel, and cash dinners are always in - Natural History will have its cel - cluded. ebration on Saturday, December gifts are given to encourage pos - The Festival of Our Lady of 30, 2017 from noon - 5pm in the itive behavior in children. Where to Celebrate: 41st annual El Museo del Barrio Guadalupe, Tuesday, December Milstein Hall of Ocean Life. Tick - Where to Celebrate: Kick 12 . Guadalupe is the most exalted ets are free for members or with off the first day of Hanukkah by Three King’s Day Parade travels saint in Mexico. She is known as museum admission. observing the World’s Largest from 106th Street and Lexing - the virgin who gave birth to Menorah Lighting on Tuesday, ton Avenue to 115th Street and Jesus. According to Catholic tra - December 12, at Grand Army Third Avenue in New York City dition, the Festival of the Lady of Mawlid is the celebration of Plaza in Brooklyn at 5:30 pm. on Friday, January 5, 2018 at Guadalupe commemorates the Birthday of the Islamic 11:30 am. Admission is free. Guadalupe’s apparition appear - Prophet Muhammad. It is ob - served in all majority-Muslim St. Nicholas Day, Wednes - ing in St. Juan Diego in Mexico Dongzhi, Friday, December City where she requested a nations and across various Is - day, December 6. Often recog - lamic denominations with the nized as being the predecessor of 22. Dongzhi is the celebration of church be built on the Hill of Te - the Winter solstice originally ob - peyac. Today, the church is one of exception of Saudi Arabia and Santa Claus, St. Nicholas day is Qatar. The festivities include a time of gift giving. It is mostly served in China, but also extend - the most popular pilgrimage sites ing to Korea, Taiwan, and Japan for Catholics. Following the com - street parades, special home observed in Europe and in the and mosque decorations, food, United States, where there are under varying names. Dongzhi mand of Guadalupe, Juan Diego means “extreme winter” and is a brought a tilma with roses from gift-giving, offering of prayers, strong German influences. Chil - and storytelling of the Prophet dren are often rewarded with time for reflection and unity. It is the hill back to the bishop where - a public holiday in Macau and upon opening it he saw the roses Muhammad. small presents such as candy for their good behavior. In some held in high regard in China, had been transformed into an Where to Celebrate: Join Taiwan, and Korea. image of the Virgin Mary in tra - the New York Sufi Center at countries, children receive a gift Where to Celebrate: Al - ditional Aztec garments. It is also their main event on Sunday, De - under their pillow as they sleep though there are no official cele - believed that she spoke in Nahu - cember 3 from 4-8 pm for Sufi at night and in others children brations in the Northeast region atl, an Aztec language. This led to songs and Mawlid Celebrations may find gifts in their shoes. for Dongzhi you can try the sta - mass conversions numbering into at Church of Holy Apostles att Where to Celebrate: Par - ple food of this holiday, called the millions. This holiday is ob - 296 9th Ave, Manhattan, NY. take in the Dutch holiday cele - Tangyuan, a sweet glutinous served all across Mexico and in For more information email: brations on Saturday, December rice ball at many Chinese bak - Mexican communities by attend - [email protected]. 2 at the Philipse Manor Hall lo - eries. The best can be found at ing special celebrations at church. cated at 29 Warburton Ave, Yonkers, NY 10701. There will Sheng Wang at 27 Eldridge Hanukkah, Tuesday. Decem - be live music, storytelling, craft Street, New York, NY 10002. Kwanza. Tuesday December ber 12 - Wednesday December 26 - Monday, January 1. making, baked goods and re - Campus News | December 2017 | Page 8 So you want to be a Philosophy major? Aumma Begum long term. Campus News According to Aristotle, there Asking “what is your major” are three criteria that should be is a popular question that many met to judge if something makes college students ask one another us happy or not. The three crite - upon meeting. As students from ria are (1) chosen for its own more “practical” majors such as sake, (2) self-sufficient and (3) Business and Engineering try to choice-worthy. If we can say grasp why others major in the that we are in college because Humanities, conversations often (1) we genuinely want to be in get heated. One of the most college, (2) the reason we are in looked-down upon majors within college is independent of its Humanities is Philosophy. own, and (3) that being in col - When Philosophy majors utter lege is the best thing to do at their major, people often ask, this time, then we are fulfilling “What are you going to do with our human function – to be philosophy?” The worst of all is happy. Otherwise, we are wast - when they ask “everyone knows ing our time and money when how to think, so what is the we could be doing something point of philosophy if it only meaningful. In addition, when teaches how to think?” The aim we are happy, we contribute to of this article is to emphasize the overall happiness of our how philosophy helps us in our community. If what we are everyday lives. doing right now does not make us happy, then we should recon - from false claims. In his “Medi - open-minded to being wrong The word “philosophia” de - sider our duty and do what tation on First Philosophy,” and appreciate other ways of rives from Greek and it means would make us happy. This very Descartes writes that since thinking. Accepting that we are the “love of wisdom.” It is con - simple yet essential philosophi - much of our dreams seem so wrong is not a crime. Philosophy sidered the mother of all sci - cal idea can take us a long way vivid, how do we know that we would lead us to have more tol - ences, as thinking rationally to a better and happier future are not actually dreaming in erant leaders who would make and providing evidence for for all. this life? The answer he gives is political decisions based on evi - claims is required for all the that he must exist for him to dence instead of whim, bias, and other sciences. Philosophers Another thing that philoso - phy teaches is to broaden our doubt his existence. Therefore, assumptions. Everyone knows made the first attempt to under - even if he does not exist in real - how to think, but some ways of stand the world and ity, he must exist somewhere thinking are better than others make sense of our uni - ‘Descartes slowly else metaphysically where he is just as some opinions are wor - verse. dreaming of the known world. thier than others. A philosopher who realized that facts Descartes concludes with com - Philosophy gives us the skills sums up the purpose of plete certainty that he exists. to make wise decisions, which life is Aristotle, who he thought to be true From this singular knowledge, makes this major very practical makes it clear that the he continues to search for truth because making wise decisions purpose of life is to be were false. ’ and shows us how hard it is to via critical thinking are neces - happy. In other words, prove something with solid evi - sary for all jobs. Some of the jobs we wake up, wash, and eat. horizon by opening our minds to dence. By the end of the Sixth that best fit this major are work - Some of us go to school to get a different perspectives. Consider Meditation, he claims to prove ing in law firms, civil services, degree so we can have better- Rene Descartes, who came up many things as facts such as the publishing companies and much paying jobs after we graduate with a few basic rules for what existence of God and the concern more. Majoring in Philosophy because we want to be finan - counts as knowledge. In the of evil. would be excellent for people cially secure and enjoy comfort - 1600s, Galileo disproved the Descartes teaches us some - who wish to go to law school. In able lives all to be happy. It is, geocentric theory by providing thing very simple: not to judge addition, Philosophy is good then, clear that behind every act evidence for the heliocentric the - so easily. He reminds us that preparation for graduate school of inquiry lies an attempt to be ory. Descartes slowly realized many of the claims made by ex - as it teaches intense analytical happy. Whether we are aware of that facts he thought to be true perts can be mere assumptions, writing. For these reasons, it or not, behind every act lies were false. He then decided to yet we put our faith in them every college student should advantages, even if some of it make up axiom that anyone can anyway. If we take Descartes’ take an introductory philosophy turns out to be harmful in the use to justify true knowledge advice, then we would be more class to gauge interest.

Campus News | December 2017 | Page 9 Sports (cont.) competitions. Kingsborough had Women’s Wrestling New baseball coach a strong showing on the men’s Earlier this season, Nassau Cayuga Commu - talent. Gamba side as well, placing 4th with announced the formation of the nity College has an - played collegiately 177 points. Region’s first ever women’s nounced the hiring for Ithaca College’s Individually, Kingsborough’s wrestling program. The team of Auburn native legendary coach Humberto Wallace finished 3rd features two wrestlers this sea - TJ Gamba as its George Valesente overall with a time of 26:26.7 in son and expects to grow their head baseball and was drafted by the 8K race. The Wave’s D’An - roster to 8-12 participants next coach. Gamba and the Indians’ organi - dre Mighty (7th), Nassau’s year. Kristen Walsh, one of the the Spartan staff zation out of Ithaca Gabriel Dasilva (10th), and Suf - team’s two inaugural members, will immediately College in 1986. He folk’s Ilya Wilson (13th) and competed in Nassau’s first ever start recruiting for played profession - Steven Beyer (15th) also placed tournament back on November baseball, which will ally for three years in the top 15 at the national race 18th in Missouri. While Walsh begin play officially in Batavia, Water - to earn All-American recogni - left the event with a losing in the Spring of loo, Iowa, and Kin - tion. record, she did record the first 2019. The College recently an - ston, N.C., and later coached victory in program history at the nounced a partnership with the Ithaca Bombers as an as - tournament. the City of Auburn for the use sistant for three seasons. He Football of Falcon Park that is the cur - also served his alma mater as “I wanted to win,” Walsh said. rent home of the Auburn Dou - varsity coach at the Auburn ASA football posted an 8-1 “It’s the first female team from bledays minor league baseball Enlarged School District and record this fall and has earned a New York.” bowl bid for the second straight team. has spent the past two sum - The duo will continue to com - year. The nation’s #16 ranked Gamba has a wealth of mers working in professional pete in tournaments nation- program will travel to Mesa, AZ playing and coaching experi - baseball as an assistant coach wide as they continue to grow to take on Mesa in the Valley of ence that will be very attrac - for the Miami Marlins Single Nassau’s recognition both on the Sun Bowl. tive to prospective baseball A affiliate in Batavia. Long Island and nationally.

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through the first half of the se - stein, assistant academic chair mester turning what started and professor of radio and tele - SCCC’s radio station out as a storage room and a vision production. Playing “your fresh new vari - The new station was con - dream into a fully functional, “The greatest aspect of this ety of hits from yesterday and structed over the summer adja - live internet radio station,” new station is that we are here today,” Suffolk County Commu - cent to the college’s radio and McKay added. “This dream has to stay. We will be on the web, nity College’s first-ever radio television production studios. finally become a reality.” 24/7, 365 days a year, from this station began streaming on Programming will be pre “Accessibility is the key to point forward. So settle back Wednesday, November 15, at recorded by students and our station,” said Alan Bern - and enjoy us.” 11:15 a.m. when College Presi - streamed 24 hours per dent Dr. Shaun L. McKay threw day at scccir.com. the switch to make the station “This is a unique op - live. portunity that provides our radio and television production students the opportunity to work with state-of-the-art technology that is in - corporated into our cur - riculum,” McKay said. “Our faculty, staff and especially our students worked very hard over the summer and

9 to 5 by Harley Schwadron Weatherman to play Scrooge on GCC stage The Genesee Community College History Club is excited to kick off the holiday season as Charles Dickens, played by WKBW-TV’s Meteorologist Mike Randall, presents “A Christmas Carol.” All are in - vited to the Batavia Campus on December 18 at 7 p.m. to enjoy this heart-warming sto - rytelling experience. A multifaceted actor, Ran - dall studied both theatre and Mike Randall meteorology in school and since 1983, Randall has re - and a half ago, Dickens’ per - ported the weather on WKBW- formances were completely TV in Buffalo. An sold out in Buffalo. For the last award-winning reporter, his decade, with only a replica of interview repertoire includes Dickens’ famous velvet, such talents as Willie Nelson, fringed reading lectern and a Jerry Lewis, John Candy, copy of “A Christmas Carol,” Steve Allen, Gregory Peck and Randall has been transforming Robert Goulet. himself into Dickens, recreat - Back in 1868, Charles Dick - ing the original tour atmos - ens toured the country bring - phere in stages, halls, and ing his classic novel, “A classrooms. Randall performs Christmas Carol” to audiences in a period costume with a everywhere. Nearly century beard and wavy hair. Campus News | December 2017 | Page 16 Proposal for military students Sometimes, there aren’t sences and can negatively af - professors to set their course Nassau profs any choices in life. For all the fect a class grade. schedules, which means that State University of New If, however, too much time setting guidelines on how garner grant York students with manda - is missed to effectively and many classes can be missed Nassau Community College tory military drills and train - efficiently make up any is standard on many syllabi. Profs. Georgette Grier-Key and ing their obligations to their missed course work then the Military students will be Stephanie Sapiie have received a country come before class - resolution calls for the stu - held to the same policies on $49,000 Long Island Community room attendance policies. dents to at least be allowed grading and course work, but History Initiative Grant from the But SUNY’s University Fac - to withdraw from the class letting them take excused Robert David Lion Gardiner Foun - ulty Senate is looking to help without penalty and that it absences during training and dation. The grant kicks off a three- them. would also not affect any fi - drills gives them the chance year initiative engaging students, A UFS resolution calls on nancial aid. to get a degree while also the public, local historical soci - the SUNY chancellor and serving their country. The eties—including the Association of “We feel it’s important to students will still be held to Board of Trustees to adopt a show our students in the mil - Suffolk County Historical Societies policy that takes into ac - the same rigor and expecta - and historical societies in Queens itary that we support them tions on course work and count all absences from class in the classroom and in life,” and Brooklyn — and others in an during military exercises as deadlines as all other stu - effort to preserve their community said UFS President Gwen dents in their classes. excused absences. What that Kay. “The SUNY Student history. means is that time away Assembly and our own UFS The University Faculty The grant will provide space from class will not count Student Life Committee Senate is a deliberative body and resources for participants to against students who are at - overwhelming support the that serves as a resource on record oral history, scan family tending formal drills or idea. Helping our students in educational policies. It is documents and help preserve per - training exercises. Some - the military is the right comprised of representa - sonal collections and family ge - times such absences are thing to do.” tives from each of the 64 nealogy for public access. counted as unexcused ab - campuses. Academic freedom allows

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Campus News | December 2017 | Page 18 CUNY court interpreter program grows The students of CUNY make up Alex Wieckowski an unbelievably diverse student Campus News body with a total of 174 lan - With a growing demand for guages spoken by students. qualified language interpreters, Chancellor Milliken goes on New York ’s state court system is to say that “these internships teaming up with The City Uni - offer an exciting way for our stu - versity of New York to launch an dents to capitalize on their lan - internship program to prepare guage skills and to benefit the multilingual college students for city and state. ” the state ’s court-interpreter The internship program of - screening exams, the first step fers 20- and 100-hour intern - to attaining full- and part-time ships. The 20-hour internship is jobs as court interpreters. an introductory program while In Kings County Family Court: Omar Reyes Macias A piloted internship program the 100-hour internship is a (John Jay), Miguel Miranda (LaGuardia) and Paloma ran last spring with 42 students more comprehensive full-semes - Rios (Hunter) with staff Blanca Alonso and Kwok Ng. and received positive feedback ter program. Students will have from the interns. Past interns the opportunity to observe pro - partment of Education and Lan - places all around the world, have said that the program and ceedings in Family, Civil, and guage Acquisition at LaGuardia, courts in New York provided in - mentors were amazing. Student Criminal Courts while learning says that the New York Court terpreters in 119 languages in Maria Maldonado said, “I never about the role of a court inter - system has visited LaGuardia the last 12 months. knew this could be a career, and preter. twice this semester to recruit I love it. ” According to the New York ’s The 20-hour internships have students. court system 2017 “Ensuring The program is particularly been especially popular with Professor Boumlik believes Language Access: A Strategic attractive to the students of students from LaGuardia since this is an excellent opportunity Plan for the New York State schools such as LaGuardia Com - it doesn ’t require students to for students to market Courts, ” court interpreters are munity College because the their knowledge of a sec - needed all over the state. There school has language interpreta - ond language and make a is high demand for interpreters tion and translation programs, ‘LCC students speak possible career out of their in suburban and rural areas, and a diverse range of multilin - language skills. She adds where interpreters are far less gual students. Spanish, Chinese, that this internship will available than in cities. Students at LaGuardia speak Korean, Polish, Urdu, allow students to improve Court interpreters play a vital a wide range of languages in - their oral and writing role in New York ’s State courts. cluding Spanish, Chinese, Ko - Thai and more. ’ skills while learning the They ensure that everyone, re - rean, and Polish, as well as many aspects of the legal gardless of the type of case or rarer languages such as Urdu, major in a specific language to system. the economic status of a person, Nepali, and Thai. Rare lan - participate. Undergraduates The CUNY-court system part - is given equal access to legal guages are in especially high-de - from all majors and school years nership presents multilingual proceedings. Courts hire inter - mand for New York State can apply. The internship also college students a chance to gain preters for a variety of services courts. only requires a high school diploma. hands-on experience in a court including trials, conferences, The program officially setting, while serving as a gate - and interviews. launched this semester as the Both internships are expected way to a fulfilling career as an Interns from the program are Unified Court System Intern Pro - to expand and attract more stu - interpreter. encouraged to apply for the in - gram in Court Interpreting, and dents next semester. The pro - In addition to sharpening terpreting exam, the first step in has a total of 37 students from gram will also expand to more their language skills, interns becoming an interpreter for the LaGuardia Community College, campuses in the spring of 2018. learn legal terminology, theory, New York State courts. Those Hunter College, and John Jay With two million New York - protocol, and the boundaries of a who pass the exam could earn College for Criminal Justice. ers who are not fluent in English court interpreter. Interns may up to $170 for half a day and One reason that may help ex - and five million state residents even shadow current court in - $300 a day for translating in the plain why the partnership was that speak one or more of 150 terpreters in ongoing cases and courts. formed with CUNY is that languages other than English, assist with interpreting in set - For students that want to “thirty-nine percent of CUNY there is high demand for court- tings such as Help Centers and learn more or are interested in students speak a native lan - interpreters. information windows. the program, visit www.ny - guage other than English, ” said Dr. Habiba Boumlik, who is Due to New York ’s diverse courts.gov or email Courtinter - Chancellor James B. Milliken. an associate professor in the De - culture with people coming from [email protected]. Campus News | December 2017 | Page 19 Cassidy, a legend ... lovingly manufactured Prof. Alan Williams hit single per hour (compare the up, and in hushed tones, Special to Campus News time taken to record the entire folks would reluctantly Monkees catalog to that of the reveal that they had The passing of musician David Beatles who spent more than been big fans, and truly Cassidy on Nov. 21 appears to 100 hours just crafting the mourned the loss of have resonated for a far larger album “Sgt. Pepper ’s Lonely someone they had not lis - number of people than one might Hearts Club Band ”). The Mon - tened to in decades. have expected, given that his last kees pulled together all of these The guilty pleasure. Top 40 chart appearance in the strands in a coordinated effort to U.S. was more than 25 years ago. The cognitive dissonance keep middle-aged industry pros one feels when trying to But for folks coming of age in the employed by tapping the piggy early 1970s, David Cassidy, and reconcile an attraction to banks of young listeners not yet things that should not be his alter-ego Keith Partridge on turned on and tuned out. “The Partridge Family ” – a sit - attractive. Things one com about a fictitious family rock As a TV show, “The Partridge didn ’t admit in public, band, the Partridges – was the Family ” was conceived to work but might secretly har - very model of a modern, major in exactly the same manner as bor an abiding love for. rock star. He looked good, he “The Monkees ” – to sell records As an 8-year-old, I loved sounded good and he good na - by these artists. Sometimes, the Partridge Family turedly suffered scripted jokes at both shows used the same song - without hesitation, with - his expense every week on na - writers and publishers and out shame. But as my far tional television. hired the famed L.A. session older (three years) cousin and a host of classic pop Phil musicians referred to as “The mocked me mercilessly for my Spector productions. And acts Television, with its proven Wrecking Crew ” to record the lowbrow tastes, I began to un - like Miley Cyrus, Britney power to market pop music, was pop hits featured on these derstand that there was good Spears, and Justin Timberlake, the raison d ’être of “The Par - broadcasts. It was crass com - music and bad music, hip and all children of the same type of tridge Family, ” and by extension mercialism without apology. But unhip, cool and uncool. And TV-based “package ” as Cassidy, Cassidy ’s career. With the mas - a funny thing happened on the David Cassidy was decidedly are considered serious, worth - sive success of The Monkees – way to the bank – David Cas - uncool. All of my cousin ’s friends while pop acts. the pre-fab four whose records sidy, who sang lead on Partridge knew it. And all the critics that outsold The Beatles during their In the 1970s, having hits on Family songs. The miracle of wrote for the magazines he and the radio was a scarlet letter, commercial peak years in the Cassidy was that for all of his his friends read knew it. And mid-1960s while starring in a proof of an inauthentic collabo - good looks and comedic talent as sadly, it turns out, David Cas - ration with the evil pop music TV show of the same name – the an actor, he somehow managed sidy knew it too. That ’s why he entertainment industry had industry. But in our current era, to convey a sense of authenticity agreed to an interview with the pop hits are legit. Taylor Swift, found a way to reclaim their in his vocal performance, under then ultra-hip magazine Rolling dominance over the popular Adele, Beyoncé – pleasures the most contrived circum - Stone, and posed nude for the without guilt. And had David music realm that had been com - stances imaginable. And his accompanying article – to prove pletely upended by upstarts like Cassidy come on the scene as ability to do so meant that mil - that he knew his records were part of the Disney Channel em - The Beatles, Bob Dylan and the lions of listeners not only tuned garbage, that his career was the finely honed outlier machine pire of the 1990s, he might have in weekly and bought the result of big money pulling big actually become the serious that was Motown Records. Tele - records according to plan, but strings. And gradually, his audi - vision made money from its artist he knew he could never developed a true bond with the ence accepted this as truth and pretend to be. And his fans sponsors. Musical acts on TV performer. stopped listening. sold records to the millions of would champion his music – viewers who tuned in to variety I was one of those fans, and But while the costumes and their music – with the pride and shows like “The Ed Sullivan while the deaths of John arrangements now look and joy of an innocent 8-year-old. Show. ” Songwriters earned de - Lennon, Marvin Gaye, David sound as dated as one might ex - Come on, get happy! cent money from record sales, Bowie, Prince, and Tom Petty pect, re-watching a “Partridge but earned far more income all impacted me predictably, I Family ” episode demonstrates Alan Williams is the chairman from the negotiated royalties was somewhat taken aback at the near-magical power of Cas - of the Department of Music at the that came from network broad - the sadness that overcame me sidy to transcend the prefabri - University of Massachusetts Low - casts. Record companies maxi - with the news of Cassidy ’s pass - cated TV sets and scenarios. The ell, and records and performs mized their return on ing. Over the week since his records themselves make that with his band, Birdsong At investment by hiring highly death, in conversation with peo - even easier to experience – and Morning. He traded in his Par - skilled professional musicians ple in my age group, eventually why not? The same musicians tridge Family LPs back in middle who could deliver gold-record the subject of Cassidy and the played on the now revered school, but now owns the com - performances at the rate of one Partridge Family would come Beach Boys album “Pet Sounds ” plete series on DVD. Campus News | December 2017 | Page 20 content. For theater informa - ster Jazz Ensemble under the tion call, 631-451-4265 or visit co-direction of Robert Shaut and Winter music, plays sunysuffolk.edu/spotlight. Dan Shaut in this invigorating Suffolk County Community pus in Selden will also have of - SUNY Ulster in Stone annual concert. Theater will present some sea - ferings: Ridge will host a series of con - “Choral Concert & Guitar En - sonal shows. In conjunction with the Suf - certs, including: semble” on Thursday, December “Snowkus Pocus” will be folk County Community College “Honors Recital” on Friday, 7, 7:30 p.m., Quimby Theater. A staged at the Van Nostrand Department of Music, a Winter December 1, 3:00 p.m., Quimby tapestry of many moods, musi - Theatre on the Michael J. Concerts series will present spe - Theater. Faculty-selected solo cal genres, and themes per - Grant Campus , Brentwood, on cial common hour concerts and and chamber performances by formed by the College Chorus Sunday December 10, at 2 p.m. master classes in the students in the applied lesson and Vocal Ensemble under the Think Cirque meets The Nut - Southampton Building re - program, chosen based on out - direction of Janet Gehres and cracker! Partake in a fully hearsal Hall, H-20. Two concert standing performances at the accompanied by Edward Leav - adaptable journey to a fantastic nights featuring student per - convocation series. itt, and SUNY Ulster’s Guitar winter wonderland of circus formance ensembles are on De - Ensemble under the direction of spectacle and icy derring-do. cember 7 and 8 at 7 p.m. “String Ensemble” on Mon - Greg Dinger. day, December 4, 7:30 p.m., See the Nutcracker guard juggle Concerts are free and open to “Tuba Christmas” on snowflakes and balance icicles. the public. Tickets not required. Quimby Theater. The College String Ensemble performs its Wednesday, December 13, 7:30 Award winning magician and Over in Ammerman’s Shea p.m., Clinton Hall. Tuba and eu - host, Eric Walton, creates an af - winter concert under the direc - Theatre , Islip Arts Building, a tion of Anastasia Solberg. phonium players of all ages per - ternoon of pure delight. Tickets “Tournament of Plays” will be form Christmas music from are $18. Students 16 years of staged. These are a student di - “Community Band/Jazz En - around the world. Participants age or younger: $10. Veterans rected and produced 10-minute- semble” on Wednesday, Decem - perform the free concert begin - and Suffolk County Community plays competition taking place ber 6, 7:30 p.m., College ning at 7:30 p.m. College students with current December 15 and 16 at 7 p.m. Lounge. 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It ’s In the paranoid 2015 docu - tall and loud and full of thigh mentary “Soaked in Bleach, ” bruises. star Tom Grant, the ham-and- egger private investigator Love But one of my favorite movies hired to check on Cobain when ‘Kurt and Courtney’ is the underappreciated 1999 he became incommunicado, says Andy Kaufman biopic “Man on that the Nirvana estate is the the Moon, ” where also under - motive for Love arranging for appreciated Jim Carrey plays the alleged killing of Cobain. He ‘Cobain ’s universal adoration the late comic and Love plays believes he was hired as a his girlfriend, Lynne Marguiles. stooge. She ’d found him via the and Love ’s scorn may be Carrey, at the peak of his abili - phone book. This documentary ties, does an amazing job as falls into the trap of “conspiracy a double standard. ’ theory ” report - when we meet her moon-unit fa - doc, we meet the nanny, who ing, as so many ther, who tormented her with took care of their child, Frances, documentaries pitbulls as a kid and now makes and who had few kind words for on Netflix do. money writing books about Love. The nanny says Love was Lots of unreli - Cobain, including buying into always asking him about his able witnesses the conspiracy theories. We get will. We meet Cobain ’s first and and fake science to meet their former drugged- only other significant girlfriend, – for example, adled friends. And we find some whose messy house is a shrine to suggesting that of the people Love had stepped him (Cobain ’s art hangs on her Kaufman, for sure, but Love also Cobain had ingested too much on on the way up, including a walls; it ’s excellent and probably conveys a glowing, genuine ex - heroin the night of his suicide to former boyfriend, Rozz Rezabek, worth a fortune). Most notably, citement in that movie that por - have had the physical strength a Portland musician Love first we meet his aunt, who sheds trays a deeper artist. to pull the trigger on his shot - dated and who she tried to light on Cobain ’s own lousy Then, let ’s admit that while gun. brand into a Cobain until it childhood, and plays some of his Nirvana is great, their legacy However, at the time of broke him, apparently. early recordings. She says he does benefit by Cobain ’s sad en - Cobain ’s death, it was not clear Then Love and Cobain met in was always suicidal, so does not trance into the 27 Club, and what this estate would become. Seattle as the grunge scene was buy in to the conspiracies. His they really only have two all- There were comparable bands of just starting out; two opposite suicide note was written to his time great albums “Nevermind ” that era. Maybe, without the personalities, for sure. In the continued on next page and “In Utero. ” Love ’s band, suicide, they would have faded Hole, also has two great albums, into predictability like Pearl as well, “Live Through This, ” Jam. And maybe Hole was a ca - which is hard-edged and ener - sualty of this death, as well. getically persistent, and “Celebrity Skin, ” more polished The 1998 documentary “Kurt and subdued but still with a and Courtney, ” now on Starz commanding female voice and and Amazon Instant, is much lyrics. In fact, Love was railing better – though certainly Love is against the hypocrisy of sexually not happy with this one. At least harassing men in entertainment filmmaker Nick Bloomfield from the very beginning. Over doesn ’t buy into the conspiracy the years, I have given both Nir - theories, though he addresses vana and Hole a lot of listening them. Love is portrayed as a time, and usually prefer the lat - very controlling, irate woman, but we learn to understand why, ‘Sid and Nancy’ Campus News | December 2017 | Page 22 Ways to get involved. Write for us! And online! Many community college and four‐year college stu‐ Help us grow our dents have wri#en for us over the years. They gradu‐ web site, social ate and then we look for the next genera"on of media and other writers. We need sports, arts and news stories. Con‐ digital offerings. sider wri"ng for us. You don’t have to be all that pol‐ Contact us to write ished, yet. 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only had lationship with Cobain mirrored rey and his role in “Man on the one real “Sid and Nancy ’s, ” to a degree, Moon,” titled “Jim & Andy: Love (cont.) album, and this movie came out well be - The Great Beyond.” childhood imaginary friend, are one of fore Nirvana and Boddah. the most overrated bands of all before she even time. They had a cool name and knew Cobain. So, can one come away from band members took on personas this film still liking Love? Sure. Watching and like Vicious and Johnny Rotten, We ’re all products of our envi - listening to all of which has helped their legacy. ronments to a degree, no? If one these works shows Vicious (played ably in “Sid and sees her moreso as a wife who us Love has a Nancy ” by Gary Oldman) was a also had her own problems, and sense of destiny, very minor member of this not as a calculating killer – however tragic. short-lived band, playing bass which I also don ’t believe – one for a stint. Whether this topic Earlier this year can give her a pass on what hap - deserved a whole movie is de - on Lifetime, Love pened. batable, but the character of made a comeback Then, almost by accident, I Nancy Spungen (Chloe Webb) of sorts – and was caught the 1986 film “Sid and was interesting – though played quickly offed, play - Nancy ” on Epix (it ’s also on a bit over the top and not as al - ing Mary Menen - Spectrum on Demand). It ’s luringly as archival photos of dez, the sick mom about the Sex Pistols’ Sid Vi - Spungen suggest. While watch - in “Menendez: cious and his girlfriend, who ing the film, I imagined that Blood Brothers. ” had a heroin-fueled relationship Courtney Love would have been She also makes that ended with him stabbing perfect for the Nancy role – and an appearance in her to death, and then his sui - the interesting new then Love appeared as a minor ‘Man on the Moon’ cide. character in the movie. documentary on Now, the Sex Pistols, who Odd, considering how her re - Netflix about Car - Campus News | December 2017 | Page 23 Top marketer The Marketing 4 Club at Nassau Com - POTATOES AU GRATIN munity College se - 4 lected its brand new APPLE TARTLETS club President, Jonathan Salazar, as the Marketing Club Member for the Gi ve a littl e month for November. Prof. Bob Tilden, Jonathan ® Jonathan is a deter - Salazar, NCC Pres. W. Hubert mined marketing Keen, and Prof. Whitney Glass. TEND ERNE SS honor student who * 2 has already managed and S AVE 75% on Omaha S teaks PORK into a stronger and endless in - CHOPS to accrue nearly 5 years of work dustry. Helping students recog - experience working as a Sales 34 GOURM ET ITEMS! nize the importance of Consultant at Great Neck Nis - creativeness, networking, and san and is currently employed social responsibility will benefit The Family at Powerhouse Solutions, Inc. them and allow students to where he helps manage all mar - Gourmet Buffet reach their self-actualization keting campaigns for the com - goals in their careers.” 2 (5 oz.) Filet Mignons 2 pany including press releases, 2 (5 oz.) Top Sirloins FILET Jonathan has been instrumen - MIGNONS newsletters, social media plat - 2 (4 oz.) Boneless Pork Chops tal in increasing membership 2 forms, and business develop - 4 Boneless Chicken TOP SIRLOINS and bringing attention to the ment projects. His ambitious Breasts (1 lb. pkg.) Marketing Club and he is ac - goal as the new President is to 4 (3 oz.) Kielbasa Sausages tively pursuing volunteering ef - lay a new foundation for the 4 (4 oz.) Omaha Steaks Burgers forts for the club. Anyone who club in order to grow and en - 4 (3 oz.) Potatoes au Gratin is interested in knowing more hance the clubs mission to the 4 (4 oz.) Caramel Apple Tartlets about the Marketing Club, vol - NCC campus and community. Omaha Steaks Seasoning Packet (.33 oz.) unteer for events, or are inter - When asked what he hopes to do 51689RMG | $199.90 * separately ested in joining can email the for the club during his last year 4 club at studentmarketing.ncc BONELESS at NCC Jonathan replied “In $ 99 CHICKEN @gmail.com for more informa - Combo Price BREASTS this global market of digital ex - 49 tion. perience, marketing has grown

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See what we are up to in cyberspace. Follow Campus_News – don’t forget the underscore! Campus News | December 2017 | Page 28 J Hudson names president The State University of New of Microbiology and Anatomy uity and recently served as the York Board of Trustees re - and Physiology, chair of Biol - organization’s Commissioner cently announced the appoint - ogy, associate dean of STEM for Academic, Student and ment of Dr. Roger A. and dean of Academic Affairs. Community Development. He Ramsammy as the seventh Ramsammy has earned nu - also was awarded the Martin president of Hudson Valley merous awards for leadership, Luther King Jr. Cultural Community College. effective and inventive teach - Foundation Outstanding Edu - Ramsammy comes to Hud - ing, online instruction and aca - cator Award for his dedication son Valley with more than 30 demic program development, to educational services for un - years of higher education expe - including the Virginia Gover - derserved populations. rience, including academic and nor’s Award for the most inno - Ramsammy is a first-gener - lected as president of Hudson administrative leadership posi - vative STEM program; the ation college student. Prior to Valley Community College, an tions at three of the largest Florida Association of Commu - a post-doctoral fellowship at institution with a national rep - multi-campus colleges in the nity Colleges and Palm Beach Georgetown University’s Lom - utation for academic excellence US. He is the former president State College “Professor of the bardi Cancer Center, he and exemplary service to its of the West Campus of Miami Year” awards; and the Adjunct earned a Ph.D. in Molecular students and the greater com - Dade College and previously Professor of the Year award at Biology and a master’s in Ge - munity. I am excited to begin served as provost and chief ac - Broward College. netics from Howard Univer - working with the college’s fac - ulty and staff, community and ademic officer at Northern Vir - Ramsammy is an American sity. He holds a bachelor’s in government stakeholders and ginia Community College. Association of Community Col - Biology from the University of SUNY leaders to advance this Prior to that, at Palm Beach leges past Commissioner for the District of Columbia. already exceptional institu - State College, he was professor Diversity, Inclusion and Eq - “It is a great honor to be se - tion,” said Ramsammy.

Suffolk culinary STEM Expo students give back at MassBay This past Thanksgiv - MassBay Community Col - ing, Suffolk County lege will hold a Fall STEM Expo Community College’s on Wednesday, December 13, Culinary Arts program from 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. at its students prepared Wellesley Hills location. Stu - about 200 dinners for dents in the Engineering, Math, Community Action Computer Science and Biotech - Southold Town’s nology fields will be presenting. (CAST) Greenport food The STEM Expo is an oppor - pantry in what has be - tunity for MassBay students to come an annual and showcase their creativity and happy undertaking for innovation through the projects the college’s culinary they have completed during program and its stu - munity,” said Suffolk County Community this semester. Guests learn dents. This marks the ninth year Suffolk College President Dr. Shaun L. McKay. about the students’ research as County Community College students and About 40 students and faculty chefs from well as the processes that went faculty have happily volunteered their culi - the college’s culinary program prepared the into the creation of their work. nary expertise to support the holiday cook - meal whose ingredients are provided by At a time when businesses are ing. CAST -- more than 20 turkeys; 100 pounds clamoring for employees who “We celebrate Thanksgiving by cooking of mashed potatoes; 50 pounds of sweet po - have skills in the high-demand and sharing our favorite foods, being with tatoes; 80 pounds of stuffing; 25 pounds of STEM fields, MassBay is pro - the ones we love and giving thanks for all assorted vegetables and 20 each of apple viding a much needed source of that we have. Our college and students, fac - and pumpkin pies. And, of course, gravy – “middle-skills.” workers. ulty and staff enjoy giving back to our com - more than 5 gallons of it! Campus News | December 2017 | Page 29 Tips to improve your grammar Laura LaVacca place in academic writing. One Campus News punctuation mark is sufficient. Grammar. A word that makes Text writing is just that — students cringe. The English artless, abbreviated and re - language is so complex that once served for these casual techno - a rule is learned, there’s quickly logical exchanges. a rule that undoes it. The ap - Understanding audience and proach to grammar and writing the type of piece should be ac - should be more about giving stu - knowledged first. In correct dents tools rather rules that are writing, lowercase i’s do not often confusing or, worse yet, exist nor do lowercase letters be - boring. ginning sentences. Avoid “LOL” or smiley faces. These are faux Roy Peter Clark’s “Writing pas that professors certainly Tools” strives to do just that. A don’t want to see. key text for any freshman to ref - erence, Clark breaks down Another helpful tip from Clark includes being mindful of advice. Mignon Fogerty, author and new/knew. grammar into digestible “tools” of “101 Troublesome Words — 50 to be exact. verb choice. Often, students The apostrophe, therefore, is write passively with their verbs You’ll Master in No Time,” used in two different ways — On the most basic level, stu - coming first and subjects sec - breaks down her website into one being contractions and the dents should be aware of punc - ond. Clark urges, “Use verbs in approachable grammar rules other being possession. Leaving tuation and how it affects the their strongest form, the simple and topics. These range from an apostrophe off a word indi - pace and rhythm of one’s own present or past. Strong verbs ending a word with a preposi - cates pluralization and changes writing. The various punctua - create action, save words, and tion to using quotation marks the meaning of the sentence en - tion marks are confusing but reveal the players.” correctly. This is a website tirely, often resulting in non - Clark likens them to the flow of every college freshman should Start with the subject of your sense. Take the sentence: “The traffic. A period is a stop sign; a have bookmarked. sentence and let him do the ac - teacher’s students were passion - semi-colon is a speed bump; a Other common grammar area ate about grammar.” The stu - dash is a branch in the road. tion. Be forceful and assertive. These are your sentences; this is to be mindful of are indefinite dents belong to the teacher, as Grammar do’s include vary - your story. Get rid of weak ad - pronouns. Understand that indicated by the apostrophe. Re - ing the use of punctuation to verbs or modifiers like “sort of” some are plural and some are move the apostrophe and sud - show control but also to ensure or “kind of.” These do not en - singular. Don’t shift them denly there’s more than one the reader reads your writing hance the verb nor enrich your halfway through an essay. teacher in the sentence and the the way you intended them to. A sentences. Good writing is con - Using “one” is a neutral pronoun meaning is unclear. period is more of a dramatic cise and to the point. that is Small errors pause than a comma would be, often Enhance writing by “seeking ‘Get rid of weak lead to big for example. Punctuation don’ts used in original images,” says Tool #8 in problems — include excessive exclamation college “Writing Tools.” Simply put, adverbs and modifiers unclear mean - points, especially in serious writing. avoid clichés. The very defini - ing, incorrect pieces like academic research It doesn’t tion has the word “over-used” in like “sort of ” sentences and papers. Also, using more than cause it. These cheapen writing and loss of points. one exclamation point or ques - confusion are unoriginal. Strive for origi - and “kind of. ”’ tion mark, perhaps as students and is The list of nal plays on words. “Never use are used to doing in text mes - certainly more sophisticated grammar do’s and don’ts is exten - a metaphor, simile, or other fig - saging for emphasis, has no than “you.” Reserve the second sive. Get down to the basics. Un - ure of speech which person for letters, emails, texts derstand why it matters. Hit up you are used to see - — when you really are talking to your college’s Writing Center and ing in print,” writes that specific reader. any free workshops if you’re George Orwell. struggling. Good grammar helps Understand that it’s and its With a similar far beyond the college years when are two different words with approachable tone, you’re in a career setting, sending very different agendas. The for - the Grammar Girl mass emails to colleagues or mer being a contraction for “it of Quickand - when applying for a job and fixing is” and the latter showing pos - DirtyTips.com, of - up your resume. Knowing how to session. There’s no such word as fers up some equally write and write well matters, in - its’. Other homophone errors in - helpful grammar side and outside the classroom. clude to/too, their/they’re/there Campus News | December 2017 | Page 30

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