The Crier
Thursday, February 5, 2009	Issue 17_________Spring	2009
What’s Happening in Student Government?
By Anthony Popkin
Each week your Student Association Government Assembly (SAGA) meets to discuss issues and concerns that affect students, college wide. You may be asking, what is SAGA? As any other governing body, it is comprised of several different levels of government in order to keep a form of checks and balances. It consists of the Executive Board, the Student Senate, and the House of Representatives, each of which plays a significant role in allowing communication, between students, staff, faculty, and administration.
Your SAGA began meeting the second week of the semester; below are some of the areas that have been going on and are being discussed. Your feedback is important, so if you have any questions, concerns, or comments please see members of your SAGA, located in the lower level of the Commons building.
Guest Speaker
Calvin Williams, Assistant Director of the Physical Plant, came to SAGA to discuss snow removal. During the meeting, Williams discussed the procedures taken when preparing for snow storms and snow removal and what his role is.
Williams pointed out that members of the physical plant arrive to the campus early, when needed to salt and shovel in a timely manner so that the campus is cleared by 7:30 a.m. He further pointed out that when there is only a light dusting of snow, members of physical plant come in at their normal time (7:00 a.m.) and salt.
When conditions are bad, physical plant members work hard to ensure that the campus is cleared for students and at times spend a large part of their day working on the roads and sidewalks. Currently the physical plant purchases 25 palettes a year (each containing 2,500 pounds of ice melt) to clear the sidewalks and also use four to five hundred tons of salt, received from the county as part of a deal to clear Spencer Hill Road and Chemung Street as well as the campus roads and parking lots.
Elections
Election packets are now available for pickup in the Student Life Office. If you are interested in becoming a member of the Student Government or have any questions, please see Anthony Popkin or Woody Knowles. Elections will be taking place the last week of April on Myccc.
The following positions will be available during the elections - President, Vice President, Student Trustee, Auditing Treasurer, Treasurer, Secretary, 5 Senators, and 10 Judiciary Candidates
Senator Ratifications
The Student Senate recently ratified four new Senators who will be filling their respective positions for the duration of the spring semester.
Vanessa Blye, majoring in Liberal Arts: Humanities and Sciences, is in her second semester at CCC. “I joined the Senate to be a part of activities and I housing for students is a big issue for me.”
Brittany Kenney, majoring in Fine Arts and Design, looks forward to her service for the Student Senate. “I want to be able to helps students by answering the questions they may have, the green campus initiative is also important to me.”
Aaron Crastley, majoring in Liberal Arts, is in his first semester at CCC. “I want to be a Student Senator because I like to help people and I would also like to touch up on my leadership."
Ally House, majoring in Math/Science, was a member of Student Government at Alaska University and is in here first semester at CCC. "I had a great time in Student Government in Alaska, I would like to help out and I will listen to everybody."
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives
Nominations were taken during the SAGA meeting for the Deputy Speaker. Mickey Lawrence was nominated and accepted the nomination. Lawrence will be giving a speech at the next SAGA meeting and a vote will occur for the position.
The Crier is currently looking for someone to fill the position of Student Association Representative
Duties:
- Act as a liason between Student Association and The Crier
- Attend The Crier meetings on Tuesdays at 12:40 p.m. and SAGA meetings on Thursdays at 1:00 p.m.
- Contribute weekly to The Crier
- Attend student leadership meetings
This is an Executive Board position that looks great on resumes and applications, and is a great vjay to get involved! If you are interested, contact our editors at criernevjspaper@yahoo.com
Speaker Jean Fedora addresses a member of the audience at the Ultimate Road Trip event held in the Triangle Lounge on Tuesday, Febraury 3.
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So.... Why Not Go See a Tutor?
By Michael Coates
As ic turns out, this campus is packed with people eager to help you succeed- that's right, you, personally, because they all love you so much.
Not only are there advisors, counselors, and professors aplenty, but also an overabundance of student tutors, eagerly awaiting an opportunity to help you with course work, or homework, or whatever you might need help with.
With the first break fast approaching and a slew of deadlines and first exams in just about every course, a little extra help couldn't hurt—and it might be the difference between a very relaxing and a very stressful week off.
So why not check out one of the tutoring centers? It’s free, and even if you decide you don’t need any help, it can’t hurt to be familiar with where to find it, just in case.
The Spencer Hill campus has four main tutoring resources: the Math and Science Learning Centers, both located on the first floor of the Science Building (just follow the signs), the Writing Center, located on the second floor of the classroom building (again, it’s clearly marked, and right at the top of the stairs), and the Academic Study Center, located in the lower level of the Library in L 106.
Whether you need serious help or just a little bit of a review, the friendly peer-tutors at the various centers are eager to help with just about anything, all at no cost to you.
Don’t put it off until you’re seriously behind: check out the tutoring centers today!
The Crier Staff
	Advisor
Editor	Paul McNaney
Lindsay Woodruff	
	Reporters
Assistant Editor	Michael Coates
Jacquelyn Goebel	
	Daniel Gustina
Treasurer	
Michael Coates	Anthony Popkin
Secretary	Photographer
Caitlin Woodruff	Jeffrey Barrett
Tip of the Week from Student Administration Services
Certificate of Residency
Please ensure that your certificate of residency has been filed with Student Administrative Services by February 12th. All certificates are due within 30 days from the start of the semester. This certificate qualifies students to pay the in-state tuition rate. Without it, you are also liable for the out-of-state tuition charge.
Student Health Insurance
Do you or your dependents need health insurance? All students carrying 4.5 or more credit hours are eligible to purchase Student Health Insurance. The cost to the student is $269.00. Optional dependent coverage is also available for an additional cost. TO ENROLL: CONTACT STUDENT ADMINISTRATION SERVICES BY FEBRUARY 13, 2009.
Financial Aid Disbursement Checks
Now that your enrollment status has been frozen based on your registration at the end of the third week of classes, Financial Aid will be certifying your actual financial aid awards. These awards will be paid to your student account beginning February 11 th.
All student accounts will be reviewed and any excess funds after tuition, fees, bookstore and/or other miscellaneous charges are covered, will be disbursed to you. Disbursement checks will be issued and mailed beginning Friday, February 13th. Students must maintain enrollment in at least six credit hours to remain eligible for their loans. Remember that if you have borrowed Student Loan monies for the Spring semester only, your lender will send those funds in two disbursements - one in February and the second one at the end of March.
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As Pimp C Would Put It: “Never Have Sex Without a Rubber.”
By Daniel Gustina
I just finished taking a condom fact quiz and scored 20 out of 22 correct. The two that I got wrong I did purposefully lor more information for this article. I am proud to say that I like condoms; they face the brunt of many cruel jokes, are a popular topic in the locker room, and are the best invention. Ever. The computer has nothing on a condom coated with spermicidal lube. Not even Apple Inc. could produce something so spectacular. Condoms do great things: most important, in my opinion, is that when one wraps his junk, he doesn't create a fetus. Of course I'm lying; most important is that they come in a multitude of flavors and pleasure models. But beyond that, condoms keep anyone who is sexually active from getting STIs or STDs, including HIV. Contrary to popular belief, you cannot get AIDs from the air; however, you can get it from a penis or a vagina or needles.
Here’s a statistic; youths age 25 or younger that do not use plastic wrap for the sexy-time have a 25% chance of getting a horrid little bug up their urethra or vaginal canal. Yes, HIV is counted, if you’re questioning it. That means you have a one in four shot of scoring it big with gonorrhea or the Clap (Chlamydia). So if you go to a party and hook up with four people- whatever their gender or orientation, whether all at once or one at a time- one of those people may give your downstairs one bad case of the itchies, or worse, something that could kill you. And I’m sure many people know basic sex rules and everything about STIs and STDs, but some schools don’t offer preventative plans for children. Some schools don’t even offer plans. And of the college students, how long has it been since you’ve been briefed on those naughty tools you thought were just fun in the sack?
My first sexual education course was seven years ago: the boys went to one room, and the girls went to another. The girls learned about imminent vaginal bleeding, eggs, uteruses, and what have you. The boys learned about ejaculation, erections, and development. Most important, we learned that you can catch diseases with your hoo hoo or haa haa. We weren’t informed how, but we knew that these diseases were really bad, and we would learn about it in a year or so.
Middle school proved to be a breeding ground for sexual encounters and rumors so blown out of proportion you would have thought Weekly World News had published them. I believe it was in seventh grade when I learned about vaginas and penises all over again, but with girls. Cooties were a thing of the past: drugs, HIV, herpes, and sex were where it was at.
My seventh grade teacher was possibly the coolest lady I had ever met, and persisted to inform us that condoms make life easier. I learned that you can go without sex as well; it won’t kill you to keep it in your pants. If you’re feeling lonely, you know what to do... Watch the Cosby show. In this situation, abstinence was more or less a factor of life, in that you had the option of not being sexually active, and if you're not, you probably won’t catch an STI or STD. But if you’re going
to become a prostitute, you should probably just play it safe. It’s better to have a couple seconds of awkward adjusting than to have a lifetime of medication, gaping sores, and green discharge.
High school health class was about the same level of learning. In fact, in my case, it was, as the teacher was not qualified and taught us seventh grade level sexual education. She was taken care of; don’t worry about your child’s education in Corning. However, from my memories it definitely did not seem like the same stuff in seventh grade. I learned even more about bleeding cooch-ies and the speed at which ding dongs ejaculate.
I learned how uterine lining is shed and how babies are made. If you do not know how babies are made, they’re actually created by elves in hollowed out trees, much like cookies. I also learned how best to protect myself from nasty infections and diseases. It was out of this education I realized that there is nothing better than a condom, other than a purposefully induced heart palpitation, overstimulation of the nerves, an endorphin rush, and a blast of adrenaline.
Why is there such a stigma around sex-ed? Is it really that big of a deal that children learn about their body from a teacher or group of teachers? Some parents feel that they should be the ones to talk about it, which is completely understandable, but who is to say what your mother knows is totally accurate? My mother is a nurse practitioner so penises, vaginas, and sex are about as normal as knees, elbows, and brain surgery. Maybe that is why I’m so comfortable with sexual education in primary and secondary education facilities.
Merely touching the religious aspect to the discomfort around sexual education would be enough to start a wild fire, and my job isn’t to start fires but merely to give people the matches. Religion should be respected, even if your God tells you grass is purple and ants are sacred beings. However, if your religion is protected by a document thousands of words long, a document so thoroughly debated and structured that Americans need several government-sponsored organizations to defend and prosecute it, then any person’s right to edifying, genial, and nonsecular information on nookie should be protected as well.
There shouldn’t be an argument when it comes to students being taught what bad things can happen if they go about erroneously getting poked and or poking things they shouldn’t or. Besides, if anyone has ever been to public high school, sex is the topic of everyday life much like the weather. Bathroom walls "accurately” describe the naughty doings of Adam and Eve, Adam and Steve, Eve and Mary, and how bongs work. I’m not sure what is worse: someone learning about drugs and sex while excreting bodily fluids, or someone learning about drugs and sex in a well lit, clean, decorated room with desks and a paid learning aide.
Besides, the condom and banana demonstration cannot be accurately displayed on a bathroom wall.
Now For Some Fun Condom Facts!!
1. Youth 25 or younger who do not use condoms have a 1 in 4 (25%) chance of getting an ST I/STD, including HIV.
2. Condoms protect against most types of HPV, and most males carry a form of HPV. Playing it safe can also keep you from getting cancer (for the ladies; men, you don’t have a cervix).
3. Not all condoms are created equal: Novelty wraps like flavored condoms and lambskin condoms DO NOT have to be rated to protect against STDs/ STIs.
4. This fact is not just for boys: Keep your rain coats OUT of your wallets, put them in a cupboard or your dresser drawer, or any other location that is dry and cool with a consistent temperature. This means NO glove compartment backups-the temperature fluctuates too frequently and will cause too much stress on the condoms, leading to breakage.
5. Using two condoms at once is a horrible idea. Absolutely horrible. This can cause a condom to be lost in the vaginal
canal, and is really not effective at all.
6. Use appropriate lube- nothing with oil in it or Vaseline as that too will cause breakage. And don’t use whipped cream.
That’s gross.
7. CONDOMS CANNOT BE REUSED. Yes, this is the Green Year or whatever, but that does not mean you can recycle condoms. Just don’t do it.
Problems with condoms occur, more often than not, because of user error. Just use condoms, and use them right, and you will be child, parasite, and virus free! Use lubricated, latex, polyurethane condoms, pleasure condoms, or anything that is rated to protect against infection.
Colored condoms are neat-o! Discharge and itchies are not.
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