C_ P7 C773: “Striving to Report the News Accurately, Fairly and Fully” TheTheThe Campus Press Student Newspaper of Camden County College www.camdencc.edu Volume 31, Issue 7 December 2017 BYY7J`...BYY7J` A C HRISTMAS MEMORY : Big Holiday in the Big Apple • Hear ye, hear ye! By S7` M-GJ``J about it was serviceable. The Madison Literary MAD LIT Society of Campus Press Writer and Columnist Christmas Day was typical, but charming. We Camden County College will be hosng the got our presents, took pictures, and smiles were club’s semesterly recitaon contest hristmas: by shared. The night far one of the before, our “Poec Idol” on Thursday, December 7th in C most friends, brother the CIM Auditorium. Signups for anticipated days of and I spent the contestants are at 6:30 p.m. Showme is at the year; when night watching 7 p.m. Refreshments will be served. For families and friends Christmas get together, either specials. Keep in further informaon, contact the club’s for religious mind, we’re Sonic faculty advisor Keith O’Shaughnessy at celebration or just to the Hedgehog [email protected]. show their fans, so we made appreciation and the YouTube love for each other. animatic series Such a holiday can Christmas with create the most Sonic our yearly Photo: Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree: media.meout.com cherished and tradition; catching wonderful of memories, and I’m pretty sure that up with the older ones and watching the latest anyone can tell at least one Christmas story that one. It’s a bit goofy, but we still loved it. And I means a lot to them. have no shame in acknowledging it. Myself, on the other hand… I tend to be quite Reminder: Camden County College is forgetful. But I do have a story to tell. Night on the Town commied to promong the good health of My favorite Christmas memory is the one time The next few days could be summed up as a our students, employees and the enre my family and I went to New York with our friends. series of misadventures. One night, we went to an Sounds superficial at first; I mean, New York is Alvin Ailey dance show at the theatre named college community by providing a healthy basically the land of commercialism and business, after him; kind of reluctantly since I didn’t know environment in which to learn and work hidden in flashing neon lights. Yet a little charm, about it until the night of. At this point, I wasn’t while furthering the mission of the college. fun memories and friendship cleaned out the that interested in theater, so I didn’t get that According to Camden County College’s cynicism in me. much out of it initially. But when I reflect on it now, it’s the kind of situation when I appreciate Board of Trustee Policy #221, smoking is Small Accommodations the show overtime. Dance is an art form, like prohibited on all college properes. Throughout our holiday vacation, we stayed at a many others I admire, and I would be more open small apartment, owned by our friend’s mother’s to seeing such a show again. Continued on Page 3 friend. And when I say small, I do mean small; there Another night, we planned on going to a was only one bed, so we had our mothers sleep on popular restaurant to eat, but our reservations MUSIC COLUMN : M Y PICK OF 5 that, while the rest of us slept in our sleeping bags. were all disorganized and carried a long wait NOMINEES FOR THE 2018 It was kind of cramped, I think I was crunched time. We eventually got tired of waiting and between the walls some nights. But we got used to decided to go somewhere else to eat. Several ROCK & R OLL HALL OF FAME it, because a cramped up apartment isn’t enough to hours of driving and walking led us to a little B1 CGJJ` A. B+`7 bring down our vacation. That, and everything else Continued on Page 2 Campus Press Music Columnist s I wrote in a COLUMN : Coping with Cumulative Stressors Triggering Meltdowns A previous B1 GJ` A`37+ order to redirect all of that blood. All of this and column, getting Campus Press Columnist more happens inside of an autistic person in a into the Rock meltdown, showing that meltdowns have a and Roll Hall of eltdowns are not usually physical Fame is very triggered by one thing, though. Part 2 of 2 component and hard. This year’s M It may seem to the layman are not just nominees are that what triggered the meltdown was psychological or, maybe biting something mild, like a single bright as some people their nails until light or forgetting medication, but would see it, the final 2018 Rock and Roll Hall of they’re actually the cumulative effects naughty behavior. selections Fame Nominee Kate Bush. of stressors that attack the mind of the revealed. This Photo: Rateyourmusic.com person throughout the day. That’s why Punishment is year there are a you often see more meltdowns in the Not the Answer number of surprised nominees and a number late afternoon and evening. The fact of the of others who should already be in the hall. matter is that a The voters are going to have a hard time Meltdowns in Persons with Autism meltdown should picking from worthy artists this year. But Have a Physical Component not be punished or here are the 2018 nominee artists who I What you don’t see is what’s treated like a believe should get into the Rock and Roll Hall happening inside of an autistic person. simple case of of Fame. The fight-or-flight system is prepared acting out. No Depeche Mode: If you read my column on to run from or fight a “predator.” The amount of yelling, Four Artists Deserving to be in The Rock and lungs work overtime to bring extra time-outs, naughty Roll Hall of Fame in the October 2017 edition oxygen into the body (hence, you get steps, groundings, of The Campus Press, then you already know the hyperventilation.) The muscles or smackings and why I believe they should get in the Hall of tense, ready for action that isn’t spankings will stop the meltdown, and, if Fame this year. This electric band from Essex, needed. Blood is directed away from the digestive anything, they will stress the child out further, England has influenced countless artists like system and toward the muscles, leading to the thus making things worse. Instead, figure out Lady Gaga and Linkin Park and many more. feeling of nausea that often accompanies extreme stress. The heart pounds harder and faster in Continued on Page 7 Continued on Page 7 Read The Campus Press Online: hp://www.camdencc.edu/studentlife/campuspress.cfm 2 The Campus Press ▪ December 2017 Public Service Announcement A Christmas Memory Continued from Page 1 shack where we got a Mexican restaurant’s attempt at burgers. We did go back to our intended choice for their desserts, at least that was worth the wait. The Main Event And I can’t mention New York without bringing up Times Square. Sure, there are other places in the city, but the residing businesses and entertainment vendors don’t want you to know that. The first one was just us walking around at night, catching a view of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree . A great place to shoot festive pictures, the tree’s lights were bright and the structure was as large as expected. It was nice to end the day there, after a period of walking around the city and looking around. Last Day in the Big Apple The last day of our Christmas vacation gave us a trip to Time Square’s rendition of Toys R’ Us . You’d think it wouldn’t a big deal, it’s one toy store among many in a (now crumbling) franchise. But this store was HUGE: multiple floors with toys and games galore. There’s even a Ferris wheel, that’s how large this store was. My younger self would’ve called it Heaven if he had gone as an 8-year-old or so. I didn’t do a whole lot there, but I did look around quite a bit and got Donkey Kong Country Returns for my 3DS. I still have it because I got it in New York, on top of the game being fun. To “Wrap” Things Up My Christmas trip to New York may not be the most casual approach, and for all I know, I could be missing specific details; as I said before, my memory isn’t great. But it’s still one of my favorite Christmas tales, especially since I spent Christmas with both my friends and my family. I’ll still cherish what I can remember, especially memories like these. Tune into Camden County College Radio Station WDBK 91.5 FM Follow @915WDBK on For The Record Twitter and Instagram. In a column on professional wrestling by writer Chrisan A. Browne in the November 2017 Edion of The Campus Press, a former champion wrestler Listen online with the was listed as Bubby Rogers. His correct name was Buddy Rogers who also TuneIn mobile app went by the nickname of Nature Boy. Rogers, bon in Camden, N.J., died in or on 91.5 FM. 1992. He was a huge influence on the career of professional wrestler Ric Flair.