VOL. 100, NO. 2 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2018 RANDOLPH, N.J. HE OUNGTOWN DITION T Y COUNTY COLLEGE OF MORRIS’E AWARD-WINNING STUDENT NEWSPAPER PHOTO FROM TITANS DIRECT The homepage of Titans Direct, CCM’s new online registration network. WebAdvisor phasing out, Titans Direct phasing in CCM to change online registration, academic planning system BY BRETT when class sign-ups for fall 2018 enrollment. With it, students can how many students plan to take list policy, a Titans Direct feature FRIEDENSOHN open Monday, April 2, according view a list of all classes they need them. released early to the old system. Editor-in-Chief to Dean of Students Jan Caffie. to take for their decided major, Titans Direct was first intro- If a spot opens for a full class, The college aims to phase map out which classes they will duced to criminal justice, public the student first on the list re- A pilot network initially only out its current WebAdvisor sys- take in which semesters and reg- health, respiratory therapy, and ceives an email notification and opened to returning County Col- tem to shut it down by spring ister directly with it. Also, college dance majors for fall 2017 enroll- holds the right to register for that lege of Morris students from four 2019 registration in exchange administrators will be able to use ment because of the small size of class for about 24 hours, accord- for Titans Direct, the new sys- the academic planning feature those programs. majors has gone live to the public ing to Caffie. After that time, the and will allow all of the college’s tem whose purpose is to central- to help determine which classes WebAdvisor introduced for student body to enroll with it ize academic planning and online have more of a need based on spring 2018 registration a wait- CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 ‘Spotlight: Morris County’ SGA ponders push to feature campus community for meditation room BY TED ORBACH Contributor Muslim Student Association County College of Morris sponsoring request employees and students work- BY GINA N. FICO so long as it is for everyone is ing in the DeCroce Media Cen- Features Editor perfectly fine,” Bristol said. “I ter have started producing a 30 want a prayer room that is also minute talk show titled Spotlight: Members of County Col- a meditation room, some place Morris County every Tuesday af- lege of Morris’ Muslim Student for people to go that is for ev- ternoon in the spring semester to Association have continued eryone. They do not have the feature guests from CCM and the to campaign for the establish- right to disrupt others’ prayer local community. ment of an interfaith meditation or meditation, and they should Julian Costa, a CCM pro- room, a proposal first presented not be in that room because that fessor who teaches in both the from the club to the Student is to be a place for peace, quiet, business and communication de- PHOTO BY TED ORBACH Government Association in the and for people to relax, pray, or partments, is at the helm of this Brenda Todd and Peter Maguire on set of ‘Spotlight: Morris County.’ fall 2017 semester. meditate.” production and said he hopes to MSA members have been However, Rizk said that release the show in mid-February. and languages and ESL depart- neer at CCM, said that students talking with Don Phelps, asso- while talks for a “prayer room” The pilot episode, recorded in ment chairperson James Hart. working on this project gain a dif- ciate director of campus life and began last semester, the room January, host Ethan Walsh fea- “The first [goal] is to give the ferent experience than they would Student Government Associa- will be a “meditation room” tured CCM student Al Turrisi. students a real production experi- in a television production class. tion adviser, according to MSA that will be open to all faiths The show will air on the col- ence,” Costa said. “Writing your “It takes them out of the faculty adviser and mathemat- and help with students’ stress. lege’s YouTube channel as well own stuff and creating your own classroom setting because ics professor Gitanjali Rizk, “I think a room like this will as on Morris Educational Televi- stuff is certainly wonderful and this isn’t a class,” Cleary said. who said having the Student provide students a place where sion (METV) which can be found exciting, but it’s not really prepar- “They’re not getting graded for it. Associations on board with the they can go and pray, meditate, on Cablevision channel 77 and ing you for a real career in TV.” This is something they’re volun- idea has been a challenge. reflect on things around them, FiOS channel 40. The show was developed not teering to do, so it has a different Matthew J. Bristol, former and as such, provide an avenue “My bachelor’s degree was only as a way for the CCM broad- feel for them.” SGA vice president who served to relieve stress,” Rizk said. in television production, and I’ve casting facilities to be put to more Cleary, who has worked pre- in fall 2017, said that some “This should further help them done this as an undergrad,” Costa use, but to also help CCM stu- viously with William Paterson MSA members had initially concentrate more on their edu- said. “I did a lot of work in live dents gain real world experience University and Verizon, is tasked suggested a “prayer room,” but cation.” television and community televi- in television, according to Costa. with keeping the TV studios run- SGA members had proposed The president of MSA, sion, so I’m decided to put some- “We have a lot of people here ning, and works with Costa on the that the campaign be changed to Yassar Kahn said the opportu- thing together.” that are very interested in that ca- set of ‘Spotlight: Morris County.’ a meditation room. Phelps said nity for people to meditate is Some guests include Peter reer path,” Costa said. “And I’d “I handle the technical as- the campaign is currently listed not just limited to students. Maguire of the English depart- like to give them something re- pects, which are: making sure the under both names and a final “It’s a really good addi- ment, business department chair- alistic that they can put on their studio is up and running, lighting name is yet to be determined. tion to the campus for not only person Maureen Sutton, former resumes.” “I think that a prayer room CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 Randolph mayor Christine Carey, Daniel Cleary, a media engi- CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 PAGE 2 THE YOUNGTOWN EDITION POLITICS FEBRUARY 7, 2018 Students concerned about how gender, racial pay gaps may impact their futures BY CAROLINE ence may also be due to differ- racial or ethnic group. The hour- childhood education major at the issue of gender pay gaps. O’BRIEN ences in behavior among genders, ly earnings of Asian and white CCM, said she is concerned gen- Dr. Karen Danna, a sociol- Contributor such as risk aversion or negotia- women, on average, are higher der may impact her future in- ogy professor at CCM, suggested tion. The remaining gaps are of- than those of black and Hispanic come. holding companies publicly ac- ten attributed to discrimination. women and men. “I don’t feel like it’s a race While recent research show- countable to publish wages and According to a 2016 Pew White and Asian college- problem as much as much as gen- ing lower earned wages, on aver- justify variations in pay may also Research Center article, “Racial, educated women earn roughly 80 der inequality; women get paid age, for minority groups, some help to close these gaps. County College of Morris stu- gender wage gaps persist in U.S. percent the hourly wages of white less,” Holman said. “I can’t do “If in fact, a company has to dents feeling concerned about despite some progress,” between college-educated men while anything about that.” publish the wages that they pay, their careers after graduation. full-time and part-time workers, black and Hispanic women with O’Donovan Coke, a business black Americans in 2015 earned a college degree earn only about administration major, expressed for example, their male or female A 2013 Pew Research Cen- 75 percent as much as whites 70 percent of the hourly wages of concern about racial wage gaps. ter survey found that about 18 or employees of different colors in median hourly earnings, and similarly educated white men. “There are wage gaps be- percent of women say they have with similar educational back- women earned 83 percent as Approximately 27 percent of tween colors and between sexes,” faced gender discrimination at ground, are they going to look the much as men. women say their gender has made Coke said. “White males are work, including 12 percent who same, or are they going to look Pew research shows that it harder for them to succeed in proven to make more money than widely different?” Danna said. say they have earned less than Black and Hispanic men have life, compared with 7 percent of black males; black women are a man performing the same job made no progress in narrowing men. Men are also more likely proven to make the least amount “Then, they have to justify those because of their gender. In com- this wage gap since 1980 earn- than women to say their gender of money when compared to oth- different variations.