Fall 2014, Issue #2
The Crier Is Sponsored, In Part, By Student Association
October 2, 2014
President’s Corner: Education Pays
By: Dr. Kate Douglas
Welcome to the Fall 2014 semester at Corning Community College. I hope that you have settled into your routine and are finding the resources you need to succeed in your classes.
By choosing to attend Corning Community College, you join millions of community college students across the nation who have made the decision to take advantage of quality educational opportunities that are both accessible and affordable. Community colleges and our graduates play a major role in stimulating the national economy. In fact, President Obama has said that community colleges are needed now more than ever to keep America competitive. Graduates of community colleges will help fill the more than three million livable wage jobs that are currently going unfilled in the United States because students are not entering the fields or obtaining the skills, instruction, and credentials required for these 21st century jobs.
To secure these skills, though, is hard, and I would not blame you for asking yourself if a college education is worth it. As you reflect on that question, I encourage you to consider these facts1.
•	More than 70 percent of community college students who transfer to 4-year schools with an associate degree successfully complete a bachelor’s degree.
•	Those who transfer without the
associate degree increase their likelihood of never succeeding in earning a baccalaureate degree.
•	Students with associate degrees transfer a higher number of credits upon transferring to a Bachelor’s Degree program.
•	Students who transfer without an associate degree are often required to take additional classes or even to repeat classes at the 4-year school, often at three times the cost of community college tuition.
•	In less than five years, 65 percent of all new jobs will require a postsecondary credential.
•	Employers hire people who demonstrate the discipline and determination to finish what they start.
This fall, Corning Community College students have an exciting opportunity to demonstrate the commitment that future employers will expect of you at the upcoming Registration Fairs. Held in support of the national initiative called Commit to Complete, which is sponsored by Phi Theta Kappa, these Fairs are opportunities to signal your commitment to complete your associate degree by registering for the Spring 2015 semester.
It is my hope that you will make plans today not just for the Spring semester, but for each of the semesters you have left in order to complete your degree. I also hope you will discuss your career plans with your faculty advisors and our coun-
seling staff to ensure you are making the best use of your time, money, and ultimately, your future. I also hope you will take advantage of the support networks and learning resources CCC has in place for you to succeed, and finally I hope that you will regularly attend classes, that you are prepared, and choose to actively participate in classroom discussions.
Everyone at CCC is here to help you. At CCC we believe that student success is the focus of all we do and we all want you to succeed. I look forward to seeing you at the Registration Fairs on October 8, 9, and 10.
Appreciatively,
Dr. Kate Douglas, President Corning Community College
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Campus Spin: How have classes been?
By: Brooke Watson
Left: Derek Harris- “I am enjoying my classes at CCC. I have great teachers who care for their students.”
Top: JP Pribulick- “The overall gist of the situation pertaining to classes seems successful, yet the construction has been a hindrance for most, including myself.”
Bottom: Trey Torres- “I think that class is going well, and this semester is going to be great.”
Right: Storm Stanton- “[classes are going] very well. The teachers I have [are] very into what they’re teaching. They tend to make class very fun and interesting. My favorite class by far is psychology with Debra Borden.”
The Look Book: Animal Print Trends
By: Crier Staff
Magdalena Vasquez and Malik Cabness You are Both Wearing Tiger Shirts! How Come?
Malik: I bought mine first at Wal-Mart. She liked it so I bought her one too.
Magdalena: I thought the shirt looked fierce. A tiger is an animal that shows courage and so the shirt speaks to me.
Malik and Magdalena: We both also like wearing black.
Magdalena: Black is a color that is ready to kill any outfit!
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We All Have a Place
By: Adrianne Summers
A misplaced puzzle piece. That is the only way I can describe how we all feel at times. Maybe we are ALL like puzzle pieces, we all have a place to fit, but don't always know where that is. Some, though, just seem to fit easily and quickly. You know that one piece you start with and it easily connects to another, or the four corners that hold the whole thing together — once you find them it seems like smooth sailing. Those may be the fortunate few, but most of us have a harder time with life.
On the other hand, you can be that piece that doesn't seem to fit anywhere; that one piece in a 1000 piece puzzle that you keep looking at and it doesn’t seem to go anywhere. Sometimes, you might even be that puzzle piece that’s dropped under the
table or kicked under the couch, and no one notices it is even missing. That is, until 999 pieces are in place, and that ONE missing piece is nowhere to be found! Yeah, sometimes that is each of us. Just waiting to be slipped into place can leave us feeling like we don’t belong at all, and never will. But that is not the end of the story, nor the end of our stories.
We can only see the darkness of the bottom of the couch we are under. Maybe no one has looked for us yet, because they don’t even know we are missing. In a 1000 piece puzzle, every piece DOES count, but it takes a long time to complete and get to that final piece, which really is the most important, because without it there will be no whole
completed picture. Often, when the chips are down, when life is coming together, when our grades are dropping, or we keep switching majors, we feel lost in a sea of vagueness and confusion. But that is what college and our late teens/ early twenties are all about. It's about finding, and seeking, and then having destiny find us.
So, though it may feel like you are misplaced or forgotten or not important sometimes, there IS a place for you. Somewhere. Someday. The time will happen, when that puzzle missing just one piece will be right in front of your face. And you will fit right in. It just takes time. Don't give up. #WeAllHaveAPlace
President’s Corner Continued from Page 1
By: Dr. Kate Douglas
1: Sources
Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, June 2010
Rosenberg McKay, D. “How Often Do People Change Careers?” Guide to Career Planning since 1997 (2006)
Internationally, College Graduates Fared Better During Recession, Chronicle of Higher Education, September 2010
The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, American Association of Community Colleges, The National Articulation and Transfer Network
With Their Whole Lives Ahead of Them, A Public Agenda Report for The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Commission to Build a Healthier America
American Association of Community Colleges, “Reclaiming the American Dream: Community Colleges and the Nation’s Future”
Center for Community College Student Engagement
U.S. Department of Labor
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Old Music New Ears Live! II
By: Nick Curreri
This year is the 45th anniversary of the original Woodstock Festival, which took place over four days in August. In tribute to the anniversary, Bethel Woods, a place I talked extensively about in my previous article, invited some acts from the original festival back. John Fogerty, one of my favorite artists, came back nearly forty-five years to the day; he played with his band, Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR), on Saturday, August 16th 1969.
Fogerty was the only artist to perform on this night, but he delivered a great show and played over two hours of great music. Although Bethel was not as full as it was for Peter Frampton and the Doobie Brothers, there were still 9,00010,000 people in attendance. What made this concert even more special was the fact that Fogerty only had two scheduled stops in New York this summer.
The concert began around 8 pm, just as it was just getting dark. Fogerty has always been energetic; even at the age of 69, he seemed to be just as enthusiastic about playing as he ever has been. He was also very happy to be back at the location of the original Woodstock Festival; he shared stories from his life and about his time at Woodstock. These were special moments that did not seem like something he usually shares with his audience. It was a very memorable show to say the least, for him as well.
He played most of his hits from his CCR days to his current solo album. Most importantly, his voice was still strong! It is sad to see artists still trying to tour when it is clear their voices have given out. But for anyone who is a Fogerty fan, seeing him live is a must; he is still in great shape and has so much energy. While it may seem amazing, he has never been into drugs or alcohol like his contemporaries, so it is not so hard to believe. This concert was absolutely amazing and I enjoyed every second of it!
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Stress and Carbs
By: Morgan Ergott
As college students with busy lives, classes, homework, studying, work, and trying to maintain somewhat of a social life, our energy levels may run low. Busy schedules, stress, and a lack of sleep can really do a lot of damage to our bodies. Other than just simply trying to get proper amounts of sleep, you can change the way you eat and what you eat. Adding healthy carbohydrates, the bodies preferred fuel, can help to improve your energy, if consumed regularly, and help keep you going throughout the day. There are two different kinds of carbohydrates: simple and complex. Simple carbohydrates are made up of one or two sugar molecules that produce energy quickly, but also digest rapidly. Complex carbohydrates are made up of three sugar molecules that digest much slower, which allows your body to maintain energy over a longer time frame. Here is a list of some healthy carbohydrates that you can begin to include into your diet to help maintain energy throughout the day:
Fruit- gives a quick boost of energy, while also providing your body with many needed vitamins and minerals and fiber.
Whole Grains- takes longer to digest so energy lasts longer, packed with fiber which helps to keep you full longer, on top of helping to stabilize your blood sugar. Try to incorporate more oatmeal, quinoa, rice, and other whole grains into your daily diet.
Leafy Greens- are lower in carbs, but are high in nutrients and high in fiber, both of which help to control blood sugar levels. Look for darker greens when adding these into your diet, such as kale, spinach, collard greens, or swiss chard. The darker the color, the more nutrients it contains.
Legumes- beans, lentils, and peas are a great low fat source of protein, iron, magnesium, calcium, potassium, and B vitamins, which help maintain proper energy levels. To add to all the nutritional benefits, legumes are a great food for your heart. A healthy heart means more oxygen is delivered throughout the body, which will also help with energy levels.
Starchy Vegetables- such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, and pumpkins. Starch within plants is used to produce stored energy. It likewise does the same thing within the human body in the form of glucose, otherwise known as blood sugar. This means that the energy provided by these foods will last for a longer period of time, while also providing your body with needed vitamins and minerals.
On top of including these foods into your daily diet, you should always make sure that to start your day off with a healthy breakfast and stay properly hydrated throughout the day. Drinking enough water, at least six to eight 8 oz. glasses a day, helps to deliver nutrients to the cells within your body, allowing your body to absorb the energy from your food properly. So try to start your morning with a glass of water, followed by a healthy breakfast. These changes, along with proper amount of sleep and exercise, should help give you that much needed boost of energy to help you stay awake and alert through your day.
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Professor Coble: How I Got Here
By: Instructor Dann Coble
It’s no secret that I flip-flopped majors in college. Starting out in Astronomy, I jumped ship almost more times than I can count, going from the hard sciences to theology and to just about everything in between. By the time I hit senior year, none of my classes matched into a degree program; I had to pick something that had a lot of electives. English! I accidentally declared an English major. From this lack of commitment, however, I ended up finding my life’s true passion.
I was on a subway in New York City when I first heard the phrase, “If you see something, say something.” This directive asks the public to report suspicious things like unattended luggage to the authorities in an effort to prevent domestic terrorism. But something about it made me giggle. I started asking myself, “What counts as ‘something?’ If I see some ABC gum on the seats, does that count?” I even made fun at the second part, “What do I have to say? Wakka wakka doo?” I thought I was so clever. But at this point, I was so inundated with papers, my cheating ex girlfriend, and other things, that I really didn’t pay much attention beyond that.
Another time I was at an airport. The threat-level was orange; or so blared the loudspeaker.
I had some time to waste before my flight, so I looked up the threat explanation on the airport’s wireless. Orange was almost maximum threat; yellow meant, “Elevated.” It hadn’t been below yellow for the life of the system. First, I started thinking, well, if it’s never below “elevated,” doesn’t that mean that is the baseline, not the elevated line? I also asked myself why they used colors; they are essentially meaningless without the connection to words like “elevated” or “high.”
The whole system didn’t make any sense.
There was a pattern to it all. The “see something, say something,” the color threat-level system, everything. I wanted to learn what it was all about, to understand the mechanics behind this system. This was the moment when I became a true English major.
Being an English Major is like living the Wizard of Oz in reverse. I see this old, innocent man talking to me. Then, I pull back the curtain and boom, there’s this giant evil face screaming in my face and shooting flames. It’s pure adrenaline.
With the student of language, suddenly the world became my textbook. For example, when I went to the car dealership and the salesman told me the exhaust coming out of the Prius was cleaner than the air around the car. I could analyze the evidence for accuracy, sufficiency, and relevance. I could also make sense of how the lie was supposed to impact me, specifically, and choose to accept the argument or not.
When I watched political debates, I now had answers for why politicians don’t answer the questions posed to them; instead, they answer the question they want to hear. I learned why they always begin debates by thanking the venue for hosting them instead of addressing the prompt. I learned what the color of a politician’s tie means—a lot more than I had originally thought.
Suddenly, all my electives actually did contribute to the same thing; I could see the human argument in every field. In history, great movements are only made possible by great arguments—Gandhi couldn’t just go on hunger strikes; neither could Alice Paul. They had to be backed up by words, by arguments. Physics and Math don’t happen in a
vacuum. They have to earn grants through writing; they publish and share ideas in writing; they overcome public ignorance through argument. Even the boring old literature in the pure English classes held elements of this cool, new English class. The Canterbury Tales contains all manner of hidden arguments about respect for women, questioning religious institutions, and theology.
While the latter two aren’t so important to me personally, we are still struggling towards gender equality to this day.
I devoted my life to the study of argument, Rhetoric. Even though I feel like Dorothy, I can’t ever go back home again and I don’t want to! The Ruby Slippers changed me into Boromir, or Saruman from The Lord of the Rings. I originally loved to study rhetoric to defend against the unethical use of it. However, ultimately, I am corrupted by its influence. I love rhetoric for rhetoric’s sake and enjoy reading inflammatory arguments; I love to analyze how to win an argument unethically and ethically. I’ve researched how facts lie, how math is manipulated, how one can prove any point even if one doesn’t actually believe it is the “right” point. In fact, since I’ve studied Rhetoric in-depth, I rarely believe there is a “right” point at all anymore.
I finished my Master’s with a degree in writing and wrote my thesis on fear strategies in political elec-tions—I ultimately argued how the public is goaded into a panic state during each election season to make them susceptible to impulse voting instead of reasoned, logical voting based on platform stance. Instead of researching people long dead, ultimately unchanging, I was actively engaged in current events, interviewing Super PACs!(Politcal Action Committees) My investigation prompted several attack ads to be
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Professor Coble: Here and Now Continued
By: Professor Dan Coble
mysteriously absent from YouTube; however, no amount of phone calls is going to get Chaucer to revoke “The Knight’s Tale.” I’m in a field where I have a real impact on my world.
For those who want to pull back the curtain, I recommend taking just a few more English classes. Look out for anything called “Rhetoric and Propaganda” or “Rhetoric: Then and Now,” at your 4-year universities (and, hopefully coming soon to CCC). There is more to this discipline than meets the eye.
Creole Bowl Delight
By: Nick Curreri
Food seems to be a steaming debate here on “The Hill.” Although I do not live on campus, I eat the food quite regularly. I mainly consume Fusion Grill items or wraps. On September 17, 2014 around 12:15 p.m., I tasted one of the most amazing things I have ever eaten. It was easily in the top three of all “school” foods I have ever eaten.
The Fusion Station was serving a “Creole Bowl” that consisted of “dirty rice”, creole sauce, and shrimp. Just looking at the ingredients, it does not appear to be anything special. It really depends on how good the sauce is. I have always enjoyed the Fusion
Station and have written about its great food in the past, but I was blown away by this dish. It had amazing flavor and really lit up my taste buds.
If this is ever served again, then I would recommend it to anyone. It was a top quality dish that is easily appreciated. Usually the Fusion Grill serves up amazing food, but this was beyond anything I expected!
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Scottish Independence
By: Megan Pradichith
On September 18th, the people of Scotland were given the historic opportunity to vote on whether or not their country should declare its independence. For a few hundred years, the country has been a part of the United Kingdom (along with England, Wales, and Northern Ireland). Before then, it was a kingdom that had fought successfully for its independence against the Kingdom of England during the Wars of Scottish Independence during the late 13th to early 14th century. In 1603 however, the kingdom found itself forming an unlikely union when its former enemy, Queen Elizabeth I of England, passed away. Because she was childless, her cousin King James VI of Scotland was chosen to become her successor. Although the merge began at that point, it wasn’t considered to be an official union until the Act of Union went into effect in 1707.
The Scottish Independence Referendum voting has been declared to be one of the biggest turnouts in Scotland’s history, and that alone shows how much the Scottish people care deeply for their county and its well-being. However, the debate has split the population in half. The supporters of independence do not agree with how the government of the United Kingdom is run, instead wanting their country to be in full control of its own politics, laws, and cultural identity. Despite its small size, they firmly believe the country’s economy will thrive thanks to the oil reserves in the North Sea. However, those who are against independence fear that both Scotland and the United Kingdom will become weaker if the two breakup. They believe that independence would be extremely detrimental to the economy and power of both countries and the oil reserves may not be enough to keep Scotland thriving. They are also concerned with the transition involving the conflicts of currency, and how it would handle its national debt which is shared with the United Kingdom.
In the end, the majority, which makes up 55.5% of the voters, declared that Scotland shall remain within the United Kingdom. While it does sound like an end to the story, the debate itself has not ended. It is possible that Scotland may become independent sometime in the future, but the numbers suggest it will most likely not be happening anytime soon.
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Sweet Potato Fries
By: Morgan Ergott
What you need:
2 lb Sweet Potatoes 2 tbsp Olive Oil 1/8 tsp Salt 1/8 tsp Pepper
Either Maple Syrup, or honey as dipping sauce What to do:
Preheat oven to 450.
Line baking sheet with parchment paper.
Cut sweet potatoes into 1/4" fries.
Toss fries in olive oil to coat.
Spread fries out on prepared baking sheet. Cook 20 minutes turning occasionally or until
fries are golden brown.
Channeling History: A Brief History of Popcorn
By: CCC History Club
Popcorn has an ancient past. Anthropologists believe the first varieties of maize, 4000 years ago, were not cob corn, but popcorn. In 1948 Harvard students discovered popped kernels in a prehistoric New Mexican site known as the Bat Cave. The Spaniards reported the Mesoamericans loved the food and the “white flower” it produced. The Aztecs, or Mexica, called it momo-chitl.
Long before apple pies were baked, corn was popped. It was not served at the original “Thanksgiving”, in fact it was not a cultivar grown east of the Mississippi River. It was enjoyed in the Southwest, Central, and South America. It appeared in The United States in the 1820’s and was known as Valparaiso corn.
This suggests this variety might have had Chilean origins. Before the Civil War, vendors sold it in cities and at events.
The wire corn popper (1830) made kernel kinetics possible and in the 1920’s the electric home popper emerged. Movie theaters of the Great Depression noticed patrons buying the snack outside and bringing it in. They realized, as cheap as it was, they could make as much or more off popcorn sales than ticket sales! Between 1970 and 1990, American farmers tripled their popcorn production. I have grown it in my home garden several times. It is FANTASTIC! It is the essence of popcorn, its freshness defies adjectives. Popcorn is a truly historic food source. Look to purchase lo-
cally grown popcorn this year. Butter and salt is optional though; I personally enjoy both.
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Rollin’ on a River: CCC Kayak Trips
By: Joey Wagner
On September 21st, in an event sponsored by the Southern Tier Kayak Tours, Friends of the Chemung River Watershed and of course the Year of Water, me and around 20 other students and faculty members from CCC, embarked on a 6 mile long journey by kayak down the Chemung River. Once we were all finally assigned our kayaks and were on our way down the river, I was truly surprised at the beauty of it all. The vegetation was vibrant and the river just seemed alive. There were some geese and ducks, and we even saw a few Bald Eagles and one of their nests. I have seen them in zoos and the like, but actually seeing them in their natural habitat was truly amazing. I expected to see more trash, but there was hardly any, no doubt in part due to the efforts of Friends of the Chemung River Watershed and their volunteers with the clean up events they organize throughout the year. The only “issue”, and it was barely that, was that the water levels were a bit low; sometimes we would hit rocky parts and would
have to drag ourselves along with our hands until we got to deeper waters, or if we really got stuck, we would have to get out and carry the kayak to a good spot and get back in.
About halfway through the trek, we took a stop at a small island and there our guides taught us about the ecosystem and the ecology of the river, with a focus on macroinvertebrates such as water pennies, various types of flies, and crawfish. As we lifted up rocks, we could see all of them, and it showed that the river really did have a vibrant community of animals living in it. One of the facts I personally found most interesting was about a relationship between two of the rivers’ native species. In the past, the mussels in the river attached themselves to the inside of a giant salamanders gills so that they can be dropped off elsewhere, much like how a bee pollinates flowers. This salamander, called a Hellbender, can no longer be found in the river and, as a result, the mussel populations have decreased because the Hellbenders can
no longer move them around. The guides also explained how the river actually was in great condition despite the growing influence of humans on the environment and that you could tell by the various aforementioned animals that live there. Multiple different “levels” of animals live there and you can judge how healthy a river is based on the absence of some of these levels.
Overall, I thought the trip was a ton of fun and very educational, and everyone I spoke to about it wholeheartedly agreed. Although some people may not be too interested in the educational portion and just wanted to go for the actual kayaking, it was non-invasive and interesting enough that it wasn’t a detriment to the experience at all.
It also truly made me care more about the environment and more conscious of what I am doing to it. Even though my arms were pretty sore from it, even the day after, I would definitely do it again in a heartbeat if given the opportunity.
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CCC Midday Concerts - Fall 2014
Thursdays. 12:30-1:30, R0C4
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Sep. 25
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Dejo Llevar recorded by Dionne Warwick S. Chuck Jackson on BMG and by
Evelyn Champagne King on RCA.
Jammm with Jogo , his musical
segment, airs regularly on Good Morning Twin Tiers , with Laura Caso
Oct. 9
CCC Vocal & Instrumental Performing Ensembles
Featuring the music of George Gershwin
Directed by Loueda Bleilerand Mel Williams
Nov. 6
Mansfield University Opera Theater
Performing Puccini s one-act comic opera Gianni Schica
Directed by Todd Raney and Young Kim
Nov. 20
Sungmin Shin, Classical Guitar
Korean Amen can guitansucom poser Sungmin Shin finds a unique balance
between his classical training and deep roots in rock and popular guitar styles
Dec. 4
CCC Student Recita
Featunng individual students wtio have prepared performance literature dunng
their lessons this semester
Dec. 11
CCC Vocal & Instrumental Performing Ensembles
Directed by Loueda Bleilerand Mel Williams
For more information!: Loueda Bleiler, CCC Director of Musical Activities
{6D7j 962-9298, Ibleilei fBcomino-cc.edu
These programs are free and open to the public.
Co-sponsored by the CCC Student Association
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Staff
Tim LeRoyer: Editor-in-Chief Sherry Sheehy: Assistant Editor Tracy Goins: Assistant Editor Hope Mancini: Secretary Brooke Watson: Treasurer Nicholas Curreri: SAGA Representative/Layout Editor
Advisors Dann Coble Erin Wilburn Christine Atkins Leslie Root
Across
1.	Taste the Explosion
4.	Taste the rainbow
5.	Double your pleasure, double your fun
6.	For the kid in you 8. Unexplainably juicy
10.	Get the sensation
11.	Pick a side
12.	First its's candy, then it's gum
13.	You're not you when you're hungry
14.	Lik a stix
Down
2.	Layered Halloween Candy
3.	Crispety, crunchety, peanut-buttery
7.	Gimmie a break
8.	It's a kick in the mouth
9.	How many licks does it take?
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