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November 2009 WWW.BERGEN.EDU/THETORCH VOLUME - 15 ISSUE - 3 Tips About Nüvifone: Best or Bust Men and Women - pg 15 pgs 12, 16 Michael Jackson’s Secrets to Last Stand - pg 14 Happiness - pg 15 The Torch Vacationing While Professor Mindell’s Schooling? - pg 9 THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF BERGEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE Achievement - pg 3 Bergen Hosts Bus Service Getting You Late to Class? Three Fairs For Soaring Higher After BCC Ah Young Han Contributing Writer “We are looking for a life experience beside GPA. We prefer non- traditional students with outstanding achievements before traditional students,” said Kary blower, a senior admissions manager of Columbia University while visiting BCC for Transfer Fair held at the college. According to Blower, many community college students are transferring to the university annually and maintaining good academic standing after transfer. Students who are a part of scholarship clubs, such as Phi Theta Kappa and Honors Association, can be on a continuing opportunity of scholarship after transfer. Forty-eight universities set tables in the lobby with their packets to provide See tranSfer on pg 6 The Gift of Giving Ayelet Shimron Staff Writer Students at the Garden State Plaza board a bus to BCC that In today’s busy society, it is uncommon to see people give back to sometimes arrives unusually early or late. those who are less fortunate. Bergen Natalia Ciesla and trains instead of their cars. for young people, namely students, to gave students the perfect opportunity In our state of New Jersey, The get where they need to go in a timely by holding a volunteer fair on campus. Staff Writer New Jersey Transit Corporation manner. There were approximately sixty tables is the leading provider of public Bergen County has more than 30 set up, each representing a volunteer According to Publictransportation. org, “Individuals who ride public transportation. As of the official different bus lines running, making organization, available to those who new release on October 16th, 2009, it seemingly easier for student bus feel empowered by contributing their transportation can save on average $9,062 annually based on the October NJTRANSIT declared itself as “the commuters to get to their desired time and service. nation’s largest statewide public destination. Yet, there are still several Majority of us are unaware that one 5, 2009 national average gas price and the national unreserved monthly transportation system providing more towns from which one needs to make in six American children face food than 895,000 weekday trips on 240 several transfers just to get to a place insecurity, a term used to describe parking rate.” The “Transit Savings Calculator” featured on the site allows bus routes.” New Jersey is one of less than ten miles away. It is alarming actual hunger or food deprivation. This the most heavily populated states in extent of starvation puts children at visitors to calculate the amount of See BuS Service on pg 17 money they would save on gasoline if the nation and a bus system is vital. great risk that can potentially threaten Despite this, it is still very difficult Photo by Erwin Del Pino their health. they were to utilize buses, light rails, Some of the volunteer opportunities available were to help those suffering from diabetes, cancer, arthritis, Junot Diaz: Inspiration See volunteer on pg 5 to BCC Students Jobs For Sale Lydia Snyder Paterson University and Bergen Ted E. Sim Tech, a number of classes from Contributing Writer BCC that were encouraged to go Contributing Writer by their professors and a good The patrons of this year’s job fair, Junot Diaz, author, Pulitzer representation of Latinos and held on October 7th, gathered in a field Prize winner and proud particularly Dominicans. Diaz of tables adorned with colorful signs, Dominican, stood on the stage at is only the second Latino to be pamphlets, and banners right in our the Anna Maria Ciccone Theater awarded the Pulitzer Prize. school gymnasium. and reminded us to “be human”, The Brief and Wondrous Companies ranging in all sizes that we are “of this world”, and Life of Oscar Wao is a novel and familiarity from local “mom and that having an education is not the about a Dominican ghetto nerd pop” shops, like the Ho Ho Kus Inn same as being educated. and his family who seem to be & Tavern run by the family of Gordan He came to speak at BCC in dealing with both Dominican and Hamm, to big time corporations, celebration of Latino Heritage American pressures. The excerpt like Macys, Petsmart, and Toy’s R Month on October 19th. He began that Diaz read was from Chapter Us, came to share their names and by reading an excerpt from his II, Wildwood, where Lola is in the the opportunities they offer. Future most recent novel, The Brief and bathroom with her mother. employees and employers alike had Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao After he finished, Diaz much to say about the event itself. followed by a Q and A session. answered questions from the Mohammed Hamza, a fellow BCC This was open to the public, audience like, “Why were there student, felt that the job fair offered so that by the time his speech See Junot Diaz on pg 17 us “a better chance to get a position began, the theatre was packed. See JoBS on pg 17 Junot Diaz and his collection of short stories, Drown There were students from William Photo by Huma Munir Winner for News & Arts and Entertainment Writing Award and Layout & Design 2008-2009, Winner of the General Excellence Award 2007-2008 New Jersey Press Foundation Better College Newspaper Contest Page 2 BCC News November 2009 BCC NEWS Welcoming a Green New Life Erwin Del Pino in and outside of the school premises. As many of you may have noticed by Staff Writer now, the college did not print a paper catalog for the fall semester, the library Why would anyone want to reduce and free time labs’ default printing are the total green house gases our campus double sided, composting bins have emits in two years and work towards been installed by the cafeteria, and becoming a carbon neutral campus in recycling bins have been placed next to thirty years? every trash can on the hallways. “Because it’s hard,” said P.J. Ricatto Such along with many other (Dean of Math and Science and the actions that were not listed are not a Advisor for the Environmental Club) coincidence but the collective effort who agreed to an interview with the of students, clubs, staff and faculty Torch. This was an opportunity to learn members working together to meet a more about him and his committee sustainable goal. “So far the school has that is essentially driving the Green saved an enormous amount of money Movement at BCC. that is planned on being used towards P.J. Ricatto, along with two bigger projects,” said Dean Ricatto, other sustainability officers, Rachel who shared with us the project he is Wieland and William Shapiro, began currently looking forward to most; a committee called the Green Team the integration of a sustainability that is currently working on meeting requirement that is very much like the sustainability goals. Dean Ricatto is diversity requirement soon to be added the liaison assigned for this project. From left to right: Amanda Nesheiwat, Charlie Stelling, Prof. Rachel Wieland, Cynthia Carv- to the school’s curriculum. In which Wieland is a Mathematics professor and alho and Nirva Singh presenting recycling lids painted by the Art Club. students in their two years at BCC will the Coordinator for the Environmental have to take a class, attend a lecture appliances and integrate sustainability projects. He worked with a team of or be informed on how environmental Club and the Green Team. Shapiro is across the academic curriculum. scientists and professors at Stevens a Chemistry professor and an engineer issues overlap with economic issues More information on regarding Tech for the Center of Environmental and social issues. by trade who deals with the regulatory goals and deadlines mentioned on Engineering, while being a professor issues. “For instance if one day in your the document can be found at: www. of Chemistry at BCC. He is highly sociology class you attend a lecture or Together, with the help of many presidentsclimatecommitment.org/ regarded by his colleagues and students students, they are working on do an assignment on population control about/commitment. not only for of his achievements but for that would count for a sustainability meeting the deadlines proposed in Dean Ricatto—who currently has his character. the ACUPCC (American Colleges topic, or if you read a novel in your two U.S. patents and one pending in “He is an outstanding example of literature class with topics related to & Universities Presidents’ Climate the fields of chemistry, physics and character; he does not just talk the talk, Commitment) document. Some of the environment that would count electronics—also has many years of but also walks it,” Professor Wieland said as a sustainability topic…this is not their goals include: achieve climate experience working with environmental about the Dean who leads by example neutrality, adopt energy efficient Photo by Erwin Del Pino Tango Performance at BCC ‘New Art’ Composed and Performed on Stage at BCC Stanley Yates onstage at Anna Maria Ciccone Theatre. Nicole De Los Santos the United States. Greta Feeney sang a beautiful aria, Carlos costes and Amanda Michels take the dance floor. Contributing Writer “Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5” (also by Villa-Lobos) to Yate’s guitar; her Carina Tesone their performance takes me back to To celebrate Latino Heritage cantilena voice rang throughout the the streets of Buenos Aires, where the Week, Bergen Community College theatre’s very room in a show fit for News Editor dance was popularized.

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