Monroe Community College "Respect All, Fear None" The 8 Pages, FREE W98 • Volume 39 Issue 1 News MCC's Geese Could Be Briefs Barking Up The Wrong Tree This Year Alice Young: Almost Four Decades Of by Pepper-Marie Russell Service To MCC Editor-in-Chief MONROE After 37 years on the Monroe COMMUNITY Community College board, Alice MCC has hired a new employee lem for years now. Since these Young will step down as an ap- this year to contain the geese popu- geese are residents of the MCC pointed trustee. lation that reside on campus every ISO#: 5081 2885 0169 1457 pond area, they can not be re- summer and fall. His name is Luke LUKE moved. In fact, MCC is commit- However, in no way does this and he's a Border Collie. THE DOG ted to the health, safety and hu- mean she will leave MCC. As a Staff mane treatment of the geese. Ev- tradition at MCC, former mem- Luke is a trained herding dog. LIB#: 2 2939 01694303 0 ery year, the geese prove to be an bers may sit on the board even He is well mannered and well be- inconvenience as well as a high after they've retired. Young will haved. However, he is not a pet. maintenance addition on campus. be able to speak but unable to Ronald Fess, Supervisor of Cam- In efforts to minimize the impact vote. She plans to continue pro- pus Grounds, stresses the impor- the geese have on the students and moting the funding of MCC's tance of not attempting to feed, pet the up-keep of the grounds, MCC technology needs. She will also or play with him. Since Luke grew Luke is a working employee, he's has tried numerous tactics. urge new board members to con- up on a farm and is "skiddish" They have tried discouraging centrate on what is best for the around people. "Luke is a work- here to do a job" feeding, installing noise deterrents student body as well as the com- ing employee," said Fess, "he is and installing netting to discour- munity. here to do a job." He is also still Ron Fess is Luke's owner, he Luke's job is to contain up to 300 age nesting. These attempts have adjusting to the traffic on campus and Luke go home and come to geese on an almost daily basis. failed repeatedly. and it is asked that students as well work together every day. At work, as faculty be on the look-out for Luke's main priority is the pond The geese population has been him. area, located in the back of MCC. an irritating and reoccurring prob- Young has been a member of MCC Among Top 10 Community Colleges: the board since 1961. Have You Seen More Students Complete Our Bus? Degrees at MCC than at 99% of the Monroe Community College unveiled the area's latest "wrapped" bus March 12th, a 39 Nation's Community Colleges foot traveling billboard bringing the MCC message to Monroe County roadways. Monroe Community College ranks 10th in the nation among MCC outranked community tion (6th) and protective services Reinforcing key college mes- two-year colleges awarding the colleges in Houston, TX, Philadel- (6th). sages, the bus emphasizes MCC's most associate degrees, according phia, PA, and Tulsa, OK, all of [position as one of the nation's top to Community College Week, an which are larger than MCC and Community College Week an- community colleges, reminds the independent, biweekly newspaper Greater Rochester. nually ranks two- and four-year community of MCC's two cam- focusing on the nation's 1,200 colleges based on data submitted puses — Damon City and community colleges. Since Community College by colleges to the US Department Week began ranking colleges six of Education. The latest rankings cont'd on pg.3 MCC outranked colleges from years ago, MCC has consistently are based on 1995-96 data. much larger metropolitan areas ranked in the top 15 colleges, ris- [INSIDE and with larger student bodies. ing as high as ninth in 1996. According to MCC President Dr. News 1-3 Peter A. Spina, MCC's commit- MCC fared well on Community ment to students is the difference Club Notices 4-5 College Week's sub-category lists between just enrolling students as well. Opinion 6 and ensuring that they graduate. MCC was among the top 50 col- Arts 7 MCC President leges in associate's degrees con- "This report has two significant ferred in liberal arts and sciences Entertainment 8 messages," Spina said. "First, our Peter Spina (22nd), business management and commitment to advising students, administrative services (17th), to excellent teachers willing to that larger institutions from more communications technologies work personally with students and populated metropolitan areas (3rd), criminal justice and correc- The Monroe to appropriate support services graduate fewer students clearly tions (5th) and fire protection Doctrine is printed ensures that students who desire says something about the level of (33rd). MCC made it on to two top on recycled paper the associate's degree have every confidence the Greater Rochester 10 lists, for associate's degrees in and is recyclable in Monroe County. opportunity to earn it. Secondly, community places in MCC." marketing operation and distribu- The Monroe Doctrine 2 Week of September 8,1998 Zakery Weiss: Winner of the 1998 Annual Student Art Exhibition Art Achievement Purchase Award by Ashley Chase Mercer Gallery Zakery Weiss takes a raw, no entitled (It's Like Being Eaten) In- "If artte holds barred approach to his highly corporating medical paraphernalia charged work. He takes seemingly and red toast with image and text, meant to ordinary objects out of their origi- Zakery gives you pause for some nal context and transforms them provocative thought. He also has into uninhibited, thought provok- three other interesting pieces in the provoke or ing works of art. He has no fear of show that you won't want to miss. rampant imagination or the initial The silver, mixed media piece en- disturb, impulse. Here in, lies the beauty titled (Bulb) shown on the tight of his work.He totally gives him- rear pedestal was sold shortly af- self over to the creative process. ter the show opened. This piece and Zakery has He has no fear of total immersion. the smaller wall hanging work en- Zakery would rather not come into titled (In. Out. Breathe Easy ) had done his a project with a lot of already captured a lot attention preconcepfion.He prefers to work when they were previously hung on a subconscious, emotional in the art hallway. Both of these work well" level, where ever that takes him, projects were accomplished in Pro- using himself as the medium. I fessor Vincent Massaro's Three Dimensional Design class. A hy- Zakery's largest piece entitled rugated plastic hosing. July he took a trip to investigate If art is meant to provoke or dis- podermic needle and enema tub- (The Center of Love) was a project the Pratt Institute of Art in New turb, Zakery has done his work ing cleverly combined with treated he completed in Professor Chuck Zakery has one more semester York where he has been accepted well.It's impossible to view his texture seem to take on some type Haas's class. This mysterious, vis- to complete at MCC. This fall he to continue his studies in art. Paint- strange and unusual pieces with- of haunted, body cavity quality. It ceral feeling piece hanging on the expects to take Sculpture, Draw- ing is his intended major. With out experiencing some emotional was impossible not to stop and rear wall of the gallery is an amaz- ing 11 and an Art Seminar class. Zakery's artistic talent, vivid reaction. He was presented with look at the peculiar baby doll head ing testament to the absolute and In addition to his summer classes, imagination, and no fear attitude, the Art Achievement Purchase suspended in the original wall uninhibited exploration of paint, Zakery volunteered as an attendant I believe that there will be no lim- Award for his mixed media piece hanging. panty hose, animal bones and cor- in the Mercer Art Gallery. In early its to his future endeavors. SEPTEMBER 1998 at DAMON CITY CAMPUS SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY VOLUNTEERS^ LOAN entrance NEEDED t*^ TH to serve as note-takers and/ interviews every NEW! IN 4 FLOOR LOUNGE or readers for students with Tuesday at 2:00, disabilities. Contact Student Student Services Or. Financial Aid Workshop Financial Aid Workshop Services Center for details. Call 262-1670 3:30, Student Services Ctr. 3:30, Student Services Ctr. 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