VOLUME Issue Number “Delay is preferable to error.” XXXVI One, November - Thomas Jefferson "The A lie Voice of the Student Body" A Word From Our President Welcome to the 1998-99 academic year. I trust your semester is going well. It is hard to believe that we are approaching our first break. I am delighted that the editors of the Crier have asked me to submit an article for publication. It is my hope that I can do this on a periodic basis. Coming Community College is a unique place. Its mission combines transfer and career education. Its funding combines public support with private philanthropy. Its governance combines empowerment with accountability. All of our actions are fueled by a deep commitment to our motto, Students Are The Focus Of All That We Do. The tenants of my administration at Coming Community College are: a. We celebrate the art and science of teaching and learning. b. Nurture the growth of the individual student in a supportive environment. c. Establish an atmosphere of mutual respect and tolerance. It is my hope that the actions of all who work at Coming Community College reflect the above. Coming Community College is a teaching institution. You will find that the members of the faculty are master teachers. They make it their first priority to communicate knowledge. At research institutions this is not the case. There faculty members become preoccupied to a greater or lesser degree with the advancement of knowledge rather than the translation of knowledge. What makes Coming Community College even more special is that we are not satisfied just with being a good teaching college. We are ever evolving into a learner-centered institution. This means that our actions in the classroom and outside of the classroom are all geared to ensuring that you as the individual student, not only get the information but are provided with the tools that are necessary to critically analyze information received and proficiently communicate the lessons learned. We also recognize that learning does not take place in the classroom alone. We recognize the importance of extracurricular activities that are designed to ensure that your experience at Coming Community College is a well rounded one. Everything at this College is geared around what is best for the student. Administrators facilitate the work of faculty, support staff facilitate the work of the administrators and faculty, cleaners and maintainers ensure that the excellence that takes place in the classroom transcends to the physical plant as well. In short, we do everything in our power to provide an environment that is conducive to learning. Yes, we believe in empowering the student. But empowerment without accountability becomes an entitlement. We make the student accountable at Coming Community College. The rigor of our curriculum is bolstered by an effective assessment test for basic skill deficiencies and an excellent program of remediation. We are not shy about our emphasis on remediation. You see, without remediation, we could not have the open admissions policy. We would either have to lower our standards or flunk a very large percentage of our entering class. Our remedial effort that provides us with the assurance that our students can meet the rigor of our curriculum once they enter college-level courses. And it is because of the strong remedial program that Coming Community College can boast about its excellence in the academic area. Proof of the importance of our remedial program lies in the length of time that students spend at our institution. Research indicates that only 16% of the entering students graduate in two years. Yet if you extend the data to three years, you find that over 40% of those who entered graduate. This simply means that our students require at least one more year to bolster their deficiencies so they can meet the rigors of our curriculum. We are proud of our quality. We are proud of our open admissions policy. At Coming Community College we nurture the growth of the individual student in a supportive environment. Under the leadership of Dean Jack Kelley and his staff, we have excellent student support services. Nevertheless, we recognize that there is always the need to improve. This year I am challenging our staff to dedicate all of their efforts to the issue of student success. I have asked Dean Kelley and Dean Jon Gibralter, Dean of Academic Affairs, to work with the Steering Committee on Student retention and prepare a plan of action for our institution to address student success. We recognize that each one of you is an individual. However, we also believe that we can put in place systems that can be utilized by a number of you. We believe that we need to address the issue of student advising, scheduling of classes, and yes, even parking. I am confi- dent that as years go by we will continue to improve in this area. (continued on page two.) The Crier Also in this Issue: Continuation of cover story: pg.2 Editorials & contributions: pg.#2 & 3 Poetry: pg. 4 Et Cetera: pg.5 On Campus Affairs: pg. 7 The Last Words: pg. 8 All contributions are welcome! A Editorials President (continuation from page one.) Finally, during my administration I expect all individuals associated with Coming Community College to exercise mutual respect and tolerance for differing points of views. I am not asking that the entire population of our College be of one mind. I believe that each one of us has the right and the responsibility to speak out for our own principles. However, I do believe that within that right we have to provide the opposing point of view with similar opportunity. Also, as our College is composed of diverse populations, men, women, old and young, different ethnic groups, it is important that we respect one another in every one of our actions. The code of discipline for students is clearly spelled out in the College catalogue and those of you who are returning know that during my administration this code will be enforced. In conclusion, I wish you all the best. You are associated with an exciting group of individuals and as many of your fellow alumns attest, the experience that you are receiving while being a student at Coming Community College will be truly unforgettable. Good Luck. President Marti Todd speaks up. Hi! Last year I was elected as the President of the Student Association. During my campaign I asked students what they would like to see. Most of them did not know what the Student Association was. So, during the summer meetings - yes, we meet in the summer - I brought up that many of the students do not know who we are or what we do. The response I got was, “Let’s fix it.” This is what we came up •with: 1. In order to better serve the students we should talk to them. There are going to be posters with our office hours, picture, e-mail addresses, phone, and fax numbers. Communication is a big deal to us. 2. Every Friday, we will be hosting a “take on the Executive Board” event. Here’s how it works. You get a bunch of people together and think of a game in which you think you can beat us. Again, there will be posters around campus. 3. We are going to be hosting luncheons to talk to people about what is going on around campus. Look for posters. 4. We are going to have a table either in the lobby or outside the commons to talk to people. We will have signs on our table. 5. Open “rap” sessions for any questions directed to or about the Executive Board. Look for posters. Basically, we have opened our selves to any and all questions, criticisms, and suggestions that you can give to us. I have consistently referred to an “us” or “we,” we are: Todd Cranston, President; Kelley Spencer, Vice President; Matt Edminster, Student Trustee; Katie Frawley, Secretary; Scott Scranston, Treasurer; and Tom Peet, Auditing Treasurer. We are a receptive bunch; come talk to us. Todd Cranton is the president of the Student Association which in conjugation with Woody Knowles, Director of Student Activities gives us the ability to bring you this fine publication. You can find the SA office in the downstairs of the commons. Another Slice -By Stephanie Krause I never got a chance to responded to an article from last semester entitled, “I Like Cake,” but I always wanted to. So, here I am this semester with my response. For those of you who missed the article, it was someone’s reflections of what love is , isn’t or should be. I’ve had seven or eight months now to sit back and reflect on the matter myself, and I’d like to share with you my own thoughts on what love is. Love is finding someone, who despite all of your flaws and all of your mistakes and all of your screw-ups, is still willing to be with you. Someone who will not only share the good times with you, but will stick a round during the bad times as well. Just being there, listening, holding and comforting you, no matter how petty and small your problems are. Love is not the big, flashy, expensive gifts like the diamond rings and the ruby necklaces. Love is the little, personal gestures, like a heart shaped rock you found during a walk, or a small wooden box with a small note of appreciation tucked inside. And when you look at these gifts during the day, a smile spreads across your face, and you get that warm feeling inside of you, and you remember that there is someone who cherishes you. I recently agonized over what to get someone dear to me for their birthday, and I was so frustrated when I walked away from the stores empty handed. I wanted to find the proverbial ‘perfect gift’. Instead, I arranged to take this person out to dinner, and had asked one of my bosses at the restaurant where I work to bake me this person’s favorite cake. But I still didn’t have a present. Finally, the birthday was here, and still I had no present. On my way to school, I stopped at the store and picked up a Sara Lee cake and got the decorations and everything and brought it in to them. Maybe my present didn’t come in a big box with fancy wrapping paper and a flashy price tag, but the dinner and everything meant so much more to that person than some item from the mall. After the celebrations were over and the birthday became just another day, I finally found the perfect gift. I bought a ninety cent wooden box from a local department store, and spent two days sanding, polishing, staining, varnishing, and painting this box until it was ‘perfect’. Before I gave it away, I tucked a little note of appreciation inside of it, saying that when they look at their little wooden box, they remember that someone does love them very much. Love is that personal touch only one person can give to a gift like that. We all say and do things we wish we hadn’t, and we try so hard to make things right again. Some people just walk away, some people never talk about it again, some people keep it inside until it festers and destroys them and everyone around them. And some, no matter how painful it might be, tell the truth and try to set things straight again And through all the tears and the hurt and the pain, love is being able to say; “I’m sorry. I was wrong, and I’ll do anything to make it up to you.” I don’t know if this has cleared anything up for any of you out there, but I hope this has touched at least one person on this campus. And I hope that one person realizes that I mean it when I say “I love you”. For yourself or a friend. Go prepaid with MobileMinutes(R) for just $7.50 a month. CELLULAR PHONE I FREE ACTIVATION I $30 PREPAID CALLING CARD I FOR JUST $99.95 COMPLETE CONTROL - NO CREDIT CHECK. NO CONTRACT AND NO BILL. [ Call for next day delivery 1.800.676.3543 ] Available at: frontier CELLULAR(R) CORNING 17 East Market Street (607) 937-3870 LAKEWOOD Chautauqua Mall 763-7500 OLEAN 3048 West State Street 373-2056 ( Open Sunday) •Price assumes monthly use of less than 14 local minutes. Phone model may vary. Editorials Observations by Amy Dugliss Hey, welcome back to CCC, our good old ‘Harvard on the Hill.’ Hope everyone is off to a good semester, and if not, don’t worry. You still have a few days to drop classes with a ‘”W”. I was thinking about my audience for this column and remembering the average age of CCC students is 27. I thought I’d put my insomnia to use and pull a column out in the middle of the night, as long as I’m not sleeping anyway. So here are the ramblings and ideas of a twenty-year-old college girl. I think that insomniacs must attract eath other. My boyfriend is even worse than I am, he refuses to see the light of day unless he has to work. We both neglected to tell each other about our weird sleeping patterns before we moved in together, but it has worked out okay for us and now we live in insomno-maniacal bliss. We share midnight dinners, 1 a.m. movies, chess tournaments starting at 2, and talks at any hour of the night. Now that I’m back in school I bought him a pair of sunglasses and asked him to try to handle a few more hours of daylight so I can catch a little sleep and still see him. For a while there, trying to get some sleep for school well near ruined the all-night dynamics of our relationship. It’s hard to switch into school mode from summer mode (unless you’re one of those responsible people that keeps the same schedule year round, but I don’t have that problem). I love the fun and impulsiveness, and being able to stay up all night with friends that summer affords. Although I like a lot of things about school, I hate that it forces me to shorten my nights. Especially since I have to try to live harmoniously with an insomniac boyfriend. We’ve worked it out so that we get a couple good hours together between me getting up early enough in the morning that he hasn’t gone to bed yet and when he wakes up in the evening to start his day. This is a little random, but what is it about John Madden that drives a large percentage of the female population to commit violent acts against their TV sets worldwide? This isn’t a riddle, I really want to know. (If you’re not familiar with John Madden, you’re very fortunate and probably haven't had to replace your TV lately.) He’s a sports caster for FOX now, after being head football coach for the Oakland Raiders. And he has the most annoying voice in the known universe. I know this not because I am an avid football fan, but because my boyfriend has a Playstation and a football game hosted by John Madden; Madden 99. I know of a guy whose wife made him return the game to the store because she couldn’t take it anymore. I don’t blame her. If I have to hear his fat, pompous, fake, nasal, assuming voice bleat out “Now that’s how you’re supposed to kick a field goal!” one more time, I will not be responsible for my actions against the TV. Okay, I feel much better after that little vent. It’s been real, but I have to get to bed. That is unless my boyfriend and/or that fat ass Madden keep me up all night. Too Much Power? By: Jeremiah Lahnum In my opinion there is a blatant abuse of power taking place at this college that the students need to be made aware of. I’m talking about the authoritative power that the computer department exercises in its enforcement of the computer code of conduct. Various actions that both Mike Mann and Jayne Peaslee took last semester concerning the enforcement of this code were in my opinion extreme and unwarranted. I refer to an incident that took place during the Spring semester of 1998 to illustrate this. Two students, whom I happen to be acquainted with, were involved in a violation of the computer code of conduct. As a result of their actions they both lost the following privileges. They may never go to the computer department for a job reference. They are both computer students, so this hurts them quite badly. They were watched closely for the remainder of last semester so that they would not infringe upon the rules again. They had to write a term paper on computer ethics, that was presented to their data structures class. If they had further broken the computer code of conduct they were going to have their computer privileges taken away permanently. As they are both computer science students this would have caused them to drop out of college. So, you might ask what grave crime was committed? Tom Fraley showed Matt Furhman how to use Netscape Mail to send a message. They thought they had gained permission from one of their friends to use his E-mail account to send E-mail to another account in his name. Now, for those of you not familiar with Netscape Mail, this process involves putting personal information such as you name and E-mail address onto the computer. Now, when Tom left the computer room, he made sure that this student’s E-mail information was removed from the computer. Matt, however simply forgot. He had no malicious intent; he made a mistake, which all of us do from time to time. As a result, another undetermined person used the information to E-mail a person in New York City. The nature of the mail sent was offensive and caused the individual who received it to file a formal complaint with Coming Community College. Coming then attacked the third student, blaming him of sending the mail. He proved that he was not involved and Coming dropped all charges against him. As a result of that the individual in New York City decided to drop charges as well. Coming however, decided that they weren’t through persecuting people for the crimes of another. The investigation finally discovered Matt and Tom’s actions. After finding this out, the third student decided he didn’t wish to pursue charges either. This meant that the two wronged parties had both decided to drop the matter. Coming however decided that they would bring Matt and Tom before the board for sentencing. (Notice there was no trial.) At first Coming was charging them with breaking into the third student’s account, even though he had told them repeatedly that this did not occur. After it was finally clarified that Tom and Matt did not break into the account, Coming came to a verdict that would be handed down to Matt and Tom in a couple of days. After the breaking in charges were dropped, Matt and Tom were never really told what they had done wrong; they were just sentenced. Tom was not satisfied with being tried for a crime when no one would tell him what the crime was. So, he set out to find out what he’d been convicted of. He first talked with Jayne Peaslee and told her how he disagreed with being punished for something he had no knowledge of. Jayne Peaslee not only couldn’t inform Tom of what he’d done wrong; but also went on to threaten him with removal of his computer privileges if he continued to dispute the decision. Tom then went to the Dean of Students and asked him to explain what he’d done. The Dean admitted to Tom that he had no idea what had occurred, but backed both Jayne Peaslee and Mike Mann’s decisions fully. He instructed him to meet with Mike Mann to find out what he’d done. A couple of days later Tom arranged to meet with Mike Mann and discuss how he had infringed upon the computer code of conduct. Mike Mann informed Tom that no student was to use Netscape Mail for any reason. Tom asked why if no one was supposed to use it, how come it was made available on the computers for students. (continued on page four) Poetry So you have those eyes So you have those eyes the kind you can sink into they’re always wet you have your dyed hair your mermaid smile the kind of mouth that says everything without moving you seem like god to me and i hate myself for it i hate looking at you and thinking of you and dreaming of your touch of taking your hand with all the silver rings into mine that, I want to fuck you and hold your heart i want to kiss you in the moonlight i want to touch you all the time i want to be your angel i want to fall asleep in you. -by Lark Griswold One Fingered Sign By: Angela Perry I saw a baby around the age of two With a ten-year old boy holding hands, as few do I watched from my car as the boy raised The baby’s hand Bent all the baby’s fingers, except for one To give passers by a sign, on that day done A sign, a one fingered sign One that just about blew my mind. I looked closer, I thought it couldn’t be But alas it wasn’t a sign for all to see The tiny hand of a two year old Offering this gesture, on that day told A story of these hellish days And through all the hell just what we raised I hoped the two just might learn As I gave that sign in return How it felt to receive such a sign That is and was a thumbs up sign -by Angela Perry One Such Thing One such thought or action can provoke another The ripple effect. A small stone hits the water Society or a facet thereof causes a reaction People, sisters and bothers We can feel deprivation, see the slaughter of the innocent Unless we are so blind, so unkind Just to look the other way and assume that it (responsibility) belongs elsewhere Where have we grown? How far have we really come We are almost a damned society, yet ironically Physically and vocally we are happy where we are We are secure or at least we believe we are in our own minds But I’m not so sure we are spiritually or in the sense of well being We have forgotten our sense and purpose We need to come back, we must to be saved of our ignorance, our selfishness, society’s greatest sins the ripple effect must take a new effect People must stop to love Show charity and a striving within Love can conquer all If one then one hundred stand to shout of sing one hundred tome one hundred Reach far and wide Gather together in one such thing So that a union of charity, a loving team in one such thing one such purpose, one such vision and the reality of one such dream will be accomplished Possible? of course, Start now! make your own ripple drop in your stone and it will all be possible somehow. -by George Ira Bragg Safety in Numbers crouched in a comer my childlike personality is easier to believe, this heartache and madness is telling me to let it release. I fold in fetus position, a comforting emotion of womb-like safety, too late, you enter the room and I smell the dye in your hair and watch the strut of your walk as you make your way towards my comer, soft like feathers are your hands as they place themselves on my shoulders bent in penance. I am further away from you than you ever believed and your voice echoes the hurt that is rolling inside my gut. Choices that sing of dying and swimming in blood, sweat and tears. Too much. I sang alongwith the entities of kindness. I swam beside them. -by Lark Griswold Et Cetera INSIDE THE SQUARED CIRCLE -by Stephanie Krause Sometimes you have to laugh, because if you don’t, you’ll cry. This whole deal with Scott Hall being a drunk, it’s not entertainment in the least. Alcoholism is not funny, and anyone who has unfortunately had an addiction touch their lives in some way knows this. Scott Hall has two beautiful children and a loving wife behind the scenes. Dana Hall has recently left Scott and taken his kids. When he does get to spend time with them, she doesn’t feel safe letting him be unsupervised with the kids. Scott has battled drug and alcohol addiction for the past twenty years or so, and had lost family and friends as a result of it. WCW has enabled Hall. There have been many times where he should have been fired, where he clearly broke company policy. They put him in rehab twice, but it did no good. So now they’re doing the next best thing: making money off of him. This is not entertainment. This is wrong. Anyway, I guess I’d better move on to a lighter subject, eh? Hey, did y’all see Big Sexy on THE MOVIE LOUNGE a few weekends ago? Yeah...I got a Rocky III story...Frank Stallone cleans my pool! But that whole fishnets comment makes one think. Could be good, could be bad. I guess it all depends on what trips your trigger. They need a better host for that show though. Whoever they’ve got now isn’t that interesting, he’s just not very responsive to his guests. They should let Big Sexy host. He’d be a better host than whoever they’ve got now. He’d be a better champion than DDP too. We don’t have to worry about DDP being the champ now. Goldberg took care of that. I don’t understand DDP’s popularity anymore. Remember when he was a fat, lazy bastard who didn’t care about the fans? When he didn’t want their adoration? Now all of a sudden he’s the greatest man to grace the sport??? Whatever. Maybe Nash can win World War III, then get a shot at Goldberg in February, at Superbrawl. Then beat Goldberg, win the belt, and flaunt it in Hogan’s face!!!!! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! Hacksaw’s doing fine and well. You all know by now that he underwent surgery to remove a cancerous kidney earlier this month. He will no longer wrestle for WCW, but he will stick around the company, doing ticket sale appearances and such. Why does K-Dogg only get mid-card respect?? He’s bigger than Hogan in Mexico, and he’s a great wrestler. But he’s only got mid-card respect in WCW. Just look at a good number of his matches... The other Nitro (10/ 5) was great. That was one of the best shows in a while. The Wolfpack kicked ass! Sting kicked ass! Nash kicked ass! Reed Flair kicked ass! The only downer was this whole LWO thing. Give up!! Give up with your offshoot rebel groups. Give up! I had to wonder though, Hall and Nash rolling around on a pool table and then shutting themselves in the men’s room... Hmmmmmm.... WCW on QVC rocked. Not only did I get to see Big Sexy two nights in a row, but that Goldberg is one hell of a funny guy! He’s quite sarcastic as well! And it was nice to have someone ask about Syxx, even though Kev couldn’t say much about him. That's yet another reason why Eric is a jerk. And I know you all ordered me that very snazzy autographed Nash shirt, didn’t you??? Hey, one more things before I go. That “Secrets of Pro Wrestling” thing on NBC the other night left me quite disappointed. No, not because they showed how the moves are fake. I knew that. Any moron knows that crap. I just thought we were gonna hear really juicy secrets, like what really goes on in the locker rooms and stuff like that. Y’know, who’s sleeping with who, how Mean Gene and Mike Tenay really get those hot-off-the-press news bits...stuff like that! Well, that’s all I’ve got this time. Attica! Attica! Attica! New Staff and Faculty Welcomed With the start of the new academic year, Coming Community College has welcomed new faculty and staff members into the college family. New full time employees and their positions are: Ms. Lori Barrett-Williams, instructor for the Technology Division Dr. Guibao Yang, assistant professor for Health and Phys Ed. Ms. Susan St. John, instructor for the Social Science Division Mr. Michael Bilynsky, instructor for the BAD Ms. Deborah Dann, instructor for Biology. Ms. Virginia Gillespie, secretary. Ms. Linda Miller, coordinator for Technical Preparation Mr. Stephen Pryslopski, Public Safety Ms. Kristyn Sorber, staff writer for the OIA. Ms. Michele Turner, receptionist for Welcome Center Ms. Timmie-Lee Yastremski, staff assistant for Nurse Education Division Mr. Gregory Bocchino, VATEA career counselor Ms. Elizabeth Galpin, coordinator for the Office of Institutional Advancement’s Information System Ms. Renee Gross, staff assistant in the Communications Learning Center Ms. Lisa Hargraves, typist for Physical Plant Mr. Dana LeFever, staff assistant for the Business Development Center Mr. James Nolan, college security guard for Public Safety We welcome all the new staff and wish them the best of luck! A MARYMOUNT GRADUATE HAS MORE THAN A NAME TO ADD TO HER RollingStone(R) RESUME. LIZ These days, your first job often requires more than a degree. That's why Marymount offers an extensive CNN(R) internship program. One-third of our students receive job offers from the firms where they have interned. And with an average class size of 16, you'll have the personal attention you need. Scholarships and financial aid available. For more information, call (914) 332-8295. TEXACO MARYMOUNT COLLEGE Tarry town, New York On Campus CCC Activities Office Staff: Woody Knowles, Director of Student Activities Debbie Prutsman, Coordinator of Intramural and Recreation Bobbi Shaut, Secretary Kate Sojka, Program Coordinator Hours of Oneration: Academic Year Monday - Friday, 7:30 AM to 7:30 PM Summer: Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM Contact Information: 800-358-7171 ext.245 (607) 962-9245 Library Hours Fall and Spring Sessions Mon. & Wed. 8 a.m.- 7:30 p.m. Tues. & Thurs. 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Friday 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Summer Session Mon. - Fri. 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. When classes are not in session: Mon. - Fri. CLC Drop-In Hours Fall 1998 Monday and Wednesday 8-9 a.m. Noon - 1 p.m. 2-4 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday 8-11 a.m. Noon - 2 p.m. 3-4 p.m. Friday 8 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Visit our Web Site for online help! e-mail: clcstaff@corning-cc.edu Computer Labs Open Hours Fall 1998 Monday c002 8-6 cl07a 8-9, 3-4 c08 8-9, 3-4 c109 8-9, 10-11 c004 8-9, 10-12, 3:15-6 Tuesday c002 8-8 c107a 8-9:30, 12:15-1:30 c108 12:15-2 c109 12-2 c004 8-2, 4-8 Wednesday c002 8-8 c107a 8-9, 3-4 cl08 8-9, 3-4 c109 8-9, 10-11 c004 3:15-5 Thursday c002 8-8 c107a 8-9:30, 12:15-1:30 c108 12:15-2 c109 12-2 c004 8-2, 4-8 Friday c002 8-5 c107a 8-9, 3-4 cl08 8-9, 3-4 c109 8-9 c004 8-5 Saturday c002 1-5 C205 Computer Lab Open Hours Fall 1998 For assistance in writing, word processing and Internet research projects, stop in C205 Computer Lab during the following open hours Monday Noon - 2 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday 1p.m. - 3p.m. Any questions about the lab, its open or additional help, visit us in C207 or at our Web Site for online help! e-mail: clcstaff@coming-cc.edu Make It Count! Mathematics Learning Center Science Building - Room 113 Services include: Tutoring for Math Skills to Calculus II Self-Directed Classes Math Skills - MS91, 92, 93 section 01 Math Skills - MS96 section 15 section 15 Elementary Algebra - MA100 section 15 Also: • Professional assistance • Individual study • Small group work • Personal Computers • Math computer software • Video tapes • Reference material • Practice exams • Solution manuals MLC Hours On Campus: Monday - Thursday Friday Saturday 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. 9 a.m. - Noon Elmira Free Academy: Tuesday and Wednesday 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Evening and off-campus site hours will begin the second week of classes. Additional off-campus tutoring sites and special hours during break weeks and summer sessions will be announced and posted. Telephone: 962-9380 or 1-800-358-7171 ext. 380 On Campus Hello fellow Coming Community College students. Part of the college experience here at Coming is in our extracurricular activities, ranging from cultural awareness to taking to the stage to act. It is the job of educators to give us the skills we need for our new careers in life, but it is our job to learn to live. Now I'm not saying that being the Treasurer for the Happiness club is going to eventually lead to you being elected President of the United States of America, but it couldn’t hurt.... AFRICAN AMERICAN SOCIETY To enhance the club members' and the college community's knowledge about African American Culture. Advisor: Linda Branch (962-9335) BUSINESS CLUB To gain experience in running a business. To develop the ability to work as a team To use teamwork to create revenue for the club. Advisor: Robert Kephart (962-9260) CHRISTIAN CLUB Fellowship with other students of similar interests and to foster Christian growth and living among members of various faiths within our club. Advisor: Sally Carr (962-9312) COMPUTER CLUB To advance the field of computer science. To further advance the role computers play in today's society. To educate and provide information to students and instructors. Advisor: Barb Powell (962-9300) TWO-BIT PLAYERS To foster theater activities on campus. To provide a social and cultural forum for interested students, faculty, staff, and community members Advisors: Clare Reidy (962-9311) and Fran Wells (962-9200 THE CRIER To report news of concern to the general student body. To give interested students practical journalism experience. To provide an independent avenue for students to express their opinions. Advisor: Renee Gross (962-9454) CRIMINAL JUSTICE SOCIETY To provide extracurricular activity which will expand members' knowledge of the criminal justice field. Advisor: Dan Kane (962-9469) EARTH SPIRIT SOCIETY To educate the campus and community through awareness. Including environmental issues, human and animal rights, also, to become involved with the campus recycling efforts. Advisor: Lisa Camacho (962-9372) HUMAN SERVICE CLUB To increase vocational awareness in the human service field. To expand the horizons of the club and it members while serving the community. Advisor: Ann D'Ulisse (962-9397) INTERNATIONAL CLUB To increase the club members and college community's interests and knowledge about other countries and cultures. Advisor: Lee Ann Sever (962-9228) and Kim Koval (962-9387) LAW SOCIETY To provide information about the role of the law in our daily lives. To organize law-related activities for students, faculty, and staff. To meet people with the same interest in the law. Advisor: Greg Dalton (962-9424) MUSIC GUILD To foster, encourage, and support a wide variety of musical experiences and activities both on campus and in the community. Advisor: Dr. Jim Hudson (962-9298) NURSING SOCIETY To provide a social support group for nursing majors. To provide community service. To provide free educational activities and free entertainment to the entire student body. Advisor: Jean Swinnerton (962-9287) OUTDOOR ADVENTURE CLUB To broaden the perspective of the outdoor experience while increasing social skills via teamwork but at the same time, gain a sense of self-confidence. Advisor: Dave Rockwell (962-9400) PHI THETA KAPPA HONOR SOCIETY To recognize and foster scholarship among students who have completed 12 credit hours with a cumulative GPA of 3.5. Advisors: Ruth Wenner (962-9374) and Joe Hanak (962-9208) SCIENCE SKI CLUB Meets every Tuesday in LC105 at 12:30. corning community college I&R Video Store CLUB To provide students interested in science an outlet to explore science outside of the classroom through field trips, volunteer projects and speakers Advisor:Cathie Gunselman (962-9370) STUDENT ASSOCIATION To support all campus-wide activities sponsored by the Student Activities Fund. To foster co-curricular activities where the primary focus is to promote personal development. Advisor: Woody Knowles (962-9383) TECH GUILD To stimulate an interest in technology as an occupational goal and to exemplify to the Guild's members the importance of technology in today's world. To establish a social rapport between technology, students, and faculty. Advisor: Al Gerth (962-9225) WCEB 91.9FM To give students on-air broadcasting experience. To develop communication and interpersonal skills. Upcoming Events WCEB will be hosting a benefit Barbeque for the Coming Public Library on Friday, November 13th. The event will take place from 12-3 in the Main Dining Room of the commons. Two dollars will get you food and local Iive music. Any questions then stop on by the Station in the Commons. Store Hours: Monday - Friday 9am-5pm (while classes are in session) Location: First floor Commons, by the Cafeteria. (sorry no reservations, first come, first serve.) You must show a valid CCC Student ID/ or a CCC Employee Badge to rent videos. CCC Student price: $ 1.00 per video (mon-wed) CCC Employee price: $ 1.50 per video (mon-wed) Videos rented on Monday through Wednesday are due back two days later at noon. Videos rented Thursday and Friday are due Monday by noon. Thursday prices for return on friday are $.50 for students and $.75 for Employees. Thursday to Monday prices are $2.00 for students and $2.50 for employees. Limit of two videos per Student/Employee until returned. Late Fees: Videos returned after noon and before 5pm are subject to a $.50 fee per video. One day late $ 1.00 per video. Second day late $2.00 per video. * Excessive late video returns will result in loss of rental privileges. The Last Words A VOICE OF WISDOM BY: Jeremy Lahnum I recently had the chance to experience something I feel the world could use a little bit more of these days; wisdom. This wasn’t your ordinary run of the mill parent, or teacher wisdom. It was genuinely handed down to me from a man named Paul Stillman. He’s a historian who tours college campuses acting out the personas of various historical figures. He also happens to be a member of the Seneca tribe of Native Americans. This is the little piece of wisdom he gave to my class, and I feel in turn I should pass it on to all of you, but let’s talk about hate first though. It seems more and more these days when you turn to the front page of your morning paper and see another grisly tale of violence based on race, sexual preference, or any other number of stupid little reasons to kill your fellow inhabitants of earth. Just recently a student at the University of Wyoming was beaten to death for being a homosexual. Another example is the doctor who was just killed because extreme anti-abortion activists felt he deserved to die. When, when did hate become so common place in our society? Why do we have to turn on each other over what in the end are no more than petty differences in who we really are? The thing that scares me most about this whole mind set, is that we aren't just keeping to ourselves any more. We are passing it on to the youths of the nation, and they are buying into it, because people like their parents are teaching them the way of hate. The most frightening thing about that whole scenario is the fact that so many people are jumping on his band wagon of hate. It is a tide is sweeping our nation, and we are desperately in need of decency. That's why I'm glad when I see that people like Paul Stillman are talking to the nation's youth. It gives me hope that we may will have a tommorrow without hate. Well, now that I’ve ranted a little, it's time for that wisdom part isn't it? Well, if I wanted to boil it down to the bare essentials, it would simply be, tolerance. Tolerance is the key to his whole message. When Mr. Stillman first spoke, he spoke of his life as a Seneca, and the ideals that his people lived by. He taught my class in the space of an hour and fifteen minutes as much about the Senecas as was humanly possible. Chief among their ideals is the belief that everyone should be accepted as a person. He spoke of how the Senecas accepted everyone, no matter what religion, race, sex, criminal past, sexual preference, etc. He said that only people such as murderers and rapists wouldn’t be welcome in a Seneca encampment. This completely took me by surprise, it was nothing I'd ever heard before. It's an ideal we'd all like to see in our daily lives, yet one we can't seem to attain as people. Hate has become too comfortable these days. It is too easy to hate someone different and never look beyond their outside appearances. We need more voices like Paul Stillman's, we need more people to show us tolerance. We need to step back as a culture, a nation, a world and think about why hate crimes like the abuse of Matthew Shepard, a twenty one year old student who died because he was a homosexual, happen everyday. Power (continuation from page three.) Mike Mann replied with the statement “You got past all the blocks.” Tom went on to say to me afterwards that it seemed like the whole meeting was a waste of time to Mike Mann, and that at times Mann was almost rude with him. Now, these security measures that supposedly exist don’t seem to in my opinion. Anyone with a little computer literacy can figure the complex security system out in the space of about five minutes. There is no password feature, no I.D. number you have to input or any other security method. All that is required to do is provide the computer with a return E-mail address, a name, and the name of you particular Internet server. It is not exactly high level security. There is one last line of feeble defense that Mike Mann has in place. The computer lab monitors go through the computer rooms about once a week and wipe off any of the information Netscape asks you for. So it won’t be there when someone else who knows how to use the program sits down to E-mail someone. Hardly a high tech solution to what appears to be one of the biggest problems in the computer labs. How can we as students allow people like this to dictate what we can and cannot do? They make rules that are in my opinion unnecessary and restrictive. They make rules that are so general that people break them without knowing it. It sets them up with an easy way to control students whom they don’t like or they feel are problems. I was mistaken. Horoscopes by Dr.Logic or November 1998 Aquarius January 20 - February 18 Though you want to get out and do it all today, pace yourself. Avoid relying on facts alone, trust your own instincts. Do not eat Mexican food on the Nineteenth. Pisces February 19 - March 20 Don’t argue over the small things in life. Money may be important but it can’t replace friends. Wear orange on Thursdays to ensure romantic success. Aires March 21 - April 19 Don't worry about being alone, things are bound to pick up for you. Never floss with masking tape. Taurus April 20 - May 20 Slow down to enjoy to life. Moving too fast will make you miss the finer things in life. Don’t pick up any musical instruments with your bare hands. Gemini May 21 - June 20 Even as you move upward, time conspires to push you down. Only with a clear mind and a large clock can you make the grade. Caffeine is your ally this month. Cancer June 21 - July 22 Unlike Elmira, life is a great deal of the two way streets known as compromises. Be careful that you do not work against those who care for you. A guy named Stan is in your near future. Leo July 23- August 22 Go out dancing before a test and see where it gets you.- Words of wisdom I do believe. Gals should avoid swing dancing in platform heels. I suppose the same can be said for guys too. Virgo August 23 -September 22 To please others you need to put your own needs on the back burner. To avoid Third degree bums make sure the stove isn’t on when you do. Libra September 23 - October 22 Be original this month. For more information see Taurus. Scorpio October 23 - November 21 Life is like a handbag wielded by your grandmother. Full of interesting things that have no apparent use but you can’t stand to throw out, plus if you look long enough you’ll find tic-tacs....mmmm... orange. Sagittarius November 22 - December 19 A wise man once said never pet a burning dog. I have no idea what he meant but I’m sure it will affect you deeply. Never deep fat fry in the nude. Capricorn December 21 - January 19 Never give advice on two hours sleep. To obtain true enlightenment takes years. Or a box of Ho-Ho’s in Canada during moose mating season.