Fall 2012, Issue 1
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AVI Fresh: Good or Bad? By Paula Cersoli
A student getting lunch from an AVI Fresh employee
The new food service wasn’t something I was expecting to see the first day of the semester. Looking at the menus, I noticed at once that there are some new options. Unfortunately, this also meant that we lost some favorites that were previously on the menu such as wingdings, hot dogs, and the daily food special. So what are some of those new food options? Well, there are some new wraps that can also be made as a salad. There is also now a Mexican Grille, new hamburgers and chicken sandwiches. There are also some side options to go with your pizza. But how is this new food that we have now? I have gotten a few things there that I’ve liked. But some people told me to stay away from certain things.
Corning Caterers had some food that everyone liked, and people were
sad to see them leave. That also meant price changes as well and people are never happy about prices going up.
But this article wouldn’t be complete without the student’s opinion. First, I have overheard people mention issues with their food cards because the math was done wrong. Student s have also said, while standing in line, that that the workers are too slow. Someone else mentioned that health standards weren’t being followed. A couple of students agreed to give their opinion. Mel said that, “they are overpriced, there are not enough options, half the time there is no taste to the food, their customer service skills are not up to par with Corning Caterers, the size of the meals went down but yet the price went up, business isn’t run efficiently, they don’t prepare the food as it’s
ordered most of the time, they are not time efficient, food cards aren’t adequate for this type of environment. We need Corning Caterers back, end of story.” The other student decided to remain anonymous, but they said they haven’t eaten in the cafeteria often but the couple times they have, they noticed that to food was uncovered and it shouldn’t have been and this worried them because of the possibility of a bug flying into the food.
This is what students have said. They miss the old caterer. In time things may improve with the new food service, it is hard to say, it’s still early in the semester. All in all being that the food service we have now is new, they are doing okay and even though there are some issues, those can get fixed in time once everyone get used things being changed.
Welcome to CCC
By Roland C. Brown
Welcome to CCC new and returning students!
I would like to remind everyone about Corning Community College’s smoking policy. CCC is a non-smoking campus; you
cannot smoke on campus at all.
This also means you cannot smoke in your car, so please if you do get caught smoking by Public Safety, do not give them a hard time. Thank you.
Let’s all have a great semester!
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Student Spin: What do you think of the new food service AVI-Fresh?
Adam Shaffer: There’s always a line backed up to the salad bar and it’s hard to pay with your pre-paid card. One time last week they even served hamburgers that were not fully cooked.
Alicia Warrin-
er: They run out of fries and burgers all the time. The service is way too slow and the taco meat is always cold!
Marian Abangan: The
other food service was definitely better. There’s no comparison! Plus the french fries now are bad.
Edie McElduff:
I bought a roast beef sandwich togo one day and the meat was purple, yellow and green! I had to throw it out.
Penny’s Pet Peeves
By Penny Kelley
Well it is the start of a new year, time for more pet peeves which was a big hit last year. I want to start off with an invitation to everyone who has a pet peeve to contact me and let me know yours. I’d like to give others a chance to air their pet peeves.
With the start of a new year there is yet more construction on I-86. I keep asking myself “when will it ever end!?” What annoys me about the
construction is the merging down to one lane. It never fails that there are always a couple of cars that come speeding past everybody who has moved into the correct lane. What we end up with is a bottle neck of cars slowing everybody down. Thursday morning the morons that didn’t merge but speed up to try to be the next in line almost brought traffic to a standstill. I travel all the way from Sayre and I see these incidents happen every time I go to Corning. Why in the hell are these people driving this way;
do they actually think it is faster or are they just not paying attention to the road signs? Whatever the reason it’s time to wake up and drive responsibly. When you know there is construction going on leave a little earlier and don’t make driving more difficult than it already is.
If you want to share your pet peeve or have a comment you can contact me at pkelley6@corning-cc.edu
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Max Harvey-Sampson: Photography Installation
By Grace Deming
On Saturday, September 15, Max Harvey-Sampson held a gallery opening for his photography installation. The initial gallery opening took place at Bella Cappelli Salon, located on West Market St, and is still on display for viewing. His was the first art gallery opening at the salon, and he obtained the space from his connections to the Art Council.
Despite the limited wall space, Max was able to create a grand gallery showing. He used three different subjects, all who were people he knew. I sat down with Max outside of Walker Cake Co. on Market St after the show to ask him some one-on-one questions over a latte and the grand slam breakfast he ordered. The type of collage he used was what he calls a “cluster”. A “cluster” is images ranging from big to small. When asked about the concept behind the show, Max answered that there were two parts: one, the lateral thought and hierarchy of scale and two, the installation aspect. Max explained that the clusters demonstrate the hierarchy of scale, in which the bigger image or images are more important, and the smaller the image the less significant and
vice versa. Using blue painter’s tape to hold the images up represents the construction and reconstruction of our memories, constantly changing and creating. This embodies the installation’s main concept.
Before a photo can be displayed in a gallery, however, there is an editing and printing process involved. Max says his process of editing includes Photoshop, and formatting, which he dislikes most (in his own words “it sucks!”). From taking the photos to processing them it’s ambiguous how much time was put into them, but he can say approximately one hundred hours or more. Installing the gallery took ten hours and promoting took anywhere from ten to fifteen hours.
As far as inspiration goes behavioral science and psychology greatly influence his works. For this particular gallery Max references the famous quote by Aristotle: “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts”. He is also inspired by his studies, such as the hierarchy of scales.
It’s only Max’s second year here at CCC, and he’s already got his first solo gallery. Although he was disap-
pointed at the lack of a younger audience, he did have 40 or more guests, including professors and other local artists. He says this won’t be his last show.
In his future plans Max says he has a “lame-o” answer and “edgy” answer. The “lame-o” answer would be that he is currently working on two photography books, and he hopes to develop the cluster idea further. He adds, “This show wasn’t the finished concept or final, 100%. It was a good step but not finished with the concept.” His “edgy” answer is that he plans to “relax, rest, take a lot of pictures and step up my game, including 3AM colored strobe lights, DSLR and long exposure.”
The Health Hub: Kale
By Sydney Mixon
Eat more kale! Have you seen this phrase anywhere before? Many people support it upon their t-shirts or on banners, but what is kale? Well, kale is a dark green leafy veggie that looks similar to lettuce or cabbage and contains nutrients galore! Many have gone so far as to say it’s the healthiest vegetable you could eat! So just what is in this super food that makes it so awesome? One big benefit this leafy green has
is its cancer busting power. It can lower the risk of 5 different types of cancer: bladder, breast, colon, ovary, and prostate. Kale has this ability because it contains high levels of vitamin K which, according to a study done by the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, can reduce risks of developing or dying from cancer. Kale is also loaded with tons of antioxidants and can lower cholesterol from the fiber it holds. Just one cup of kale has 5 grams of fiber, 15% of your daily calcium and vitamin B6, 180% of your vitamin A, 200% of your vitamin C, and 1,020%
of your vitamin K. It also contains minerals such as copper, potassium, iron, manganese, and phosphorus. Cool! Kale’s awesome, but what do I do with it? A super popular way that kale is eaten is steamed, many people like kale chips which are salty dehydrated pieces of kale, or some (like me) prefer it raw. Any way you like it, kale is extremely versatile and can be the main part of your salad or a yummy steamed side to your steak and potatoes. If you want more recipes head over to eatmorekale.com!
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9/1 1 Retrospective
By Amanda Killian
I was seven. I realize now that this puts me in an odd position for remembering things; I was only barely old enough to have a comprehension of events outside my own wants and needs, but I will eventually outlive those who were much older than me and could understand better. I also remember being five years old and waiting in a sticky elevator with my uncle, going up to the top of some building in New York and seeing the twin towers firsthand. That’s a privilege not many people my age living outside the city have.
In any case, September 11, 2001 started out as a normal day for me. I cannot remember much. I remember the feeling of the day; children remember times they have gotten in trouble, and at the time I had thought that my entire class was about to be punished because my teacher kept leaving the room. My second grade teacher was a woman who stood like a ruler, and who had a voice even more rigid than her posture. Her appearance was one of extreme neatness and strictness, not even softened by the feminine cotton dresses she favored. And yet that
morning she was frazzled, stressed, constantly picking up the phone and eyeing us nervously. I remember being unsure as to whether we were about to be yelled at or about to be given a treat. We had a substitute teacher with us by 10:30, and a different one by 1:00. It felt strange; I could tell something was wrong. But I didn’t have to do any math that day, and for 7-year-old me that was all that really mattered. Instead of understanding what the nation had gone through all morning, I went to the parent pick-up ready to tell my mom about my math-free day. It was only when she hugged me that I realized something was the matter. She hugged me and picked me up and carried me all the way to the car. I had gotten lost in grocery stores before, and the hug she gave me was the hug of a parent who has temporarily lost sight of their young child. She smothered me a little against the pink polyester of her fleece jacket- I remember the feel of it on my face. When I asked what was going on she would only whisper, “Some bad men hit Uncle Mike’s work,” in a very scared voice. I found out later that my mom’s brother Mike was supposed to be in a meeting in one of the
towers that morning but had been running late, and was several blocks away from the attack. At that age most of the terror everyone felt went over my head completely, but I know now that the phone lines were down and that for about 18 hours everyone in family thought my uncle was dead.
The emotions the adults must have felt are simply inaccessible to me. I eventually grasped a primitive understanding of what had happened, and we tried to talk about it in school, in a watered-down sort of way. If the nation had felt pain as one, I shed no tears, because I didn’t know I was supposed to. Looking back on the day, my memories have a horror-film quality of realness about them- I remember sharp details and feel a sense of dread which is, perhaps, a bit synthetic. My generation has been shaped by the war on terror in ways I still can’t quantify, yet I’m still not sure how 9/11 really impacted me. I was old enough to remember, but too young to understand anything worth remembering.
Deafness
By Staci Kuppe
My name is Staci Kuppe and I’m deaf. Don’t look for pity or apologize for it. It’s a part of me. There is no reason to be afraid to approach a deaf person if interested in getting to know one, and even a friendship might bloom from it. It’s not easy being deaf, but I don’t see it a hindrance to what I want to do in life.
Being deaf at CCC brings its own set of challenges that could be a bit unfamiliar. One such thing is that I don’t really get to interact with my classmates much because I have to pay attention to the inter-
preter to understand what the teacher or someone is saying. Another challenge I meet daily is the misconception that my hearing aid is a miracle device. It’s not. It’s just something that assists me a bit, and lip reading isn’t effective like people like to believe. Sometimes it’s hard to get access for subtitles on internet videos if shown in class, and other times, the subtitles does not make any sense at all. There are some advantages however, like not hearing bad things that come out such as gossip and rumors. It also helps to see things from an out-
sider’s perspective and could be applied to solve a problem or to help. Hearing isn’t everything like people are led to believe.
My suggestion is, if you’re curious to experience how it’s like being deaf, is to plug your ears completely and rely on your other senses, especially your eyes to navigate the world. It’s not so bad, sometimes it’s more of an advantage than hearing.
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From Wall Street to Street Art
By Kelsey Johnson
On Tuesday, September 11, the distinct odor of spray paint lingered across campus as Artist Joe brought his Spray Can Art to Corning.
In an interesting twist of fate, Artist Joe is actually native to New York City, where he worked on Wall Street until 1998. He explained how one day he saw a man on the streets doing this style of painting and making a living selling his art to spectators. He said that in the days that followed, a friend of his convinced him to go on the roof of their building and watch as storms rolled over the city. That night he was struck by lightning where he heard a voice tell him to just do it. He quit his job in the following days and set out to be a street artist. He kept his first painting, but quickly drew in a crowd and has sold every painting since.
Joe eventually moved to Orlando with his partner, Lefty, where they
Left: Artist Joe and Dan work on custom paintings. Right: A memorial painting by Artist Joe
were able to tour the country. Eight years ago, however, he began working with Dan, who accompanied him to Corning. Dan also works as a graphic designer and a web page designer in his spare time, but like Joe, he decided he didn’t like his career and decided to give it up to be an artist.
While they were visiting Corning Community College, Joe and Dan turned out free, custom 5x7 paint-
ings to students and staff in about 5 minutes each. The artists use common household items such as plastic bags, paper, pot lids, and putty knifes to manipulate and layer the paint. Paintings included an array of space scenes, landscapes, beach scenes and fantasy.
For more information on Artist Joe’s Spray Can Artists visit www.spraycanartists.com.
High School Students Get a Taste of Campus Life
By Amelia Kimble
It’s clear from a brief look around campus that Corning Community College teaches more than just your average aged college students. Obviously, there are tons of older adults learning here too. But do you know how many 16 and 17 year olds there are on campus? There is a huge group of students still in high school; a few dozen seniors between East and West high schools, taking classes at the college instead or in addition to their high school courses.
But why start college early, you may ask? For one, the seniors like being able to choose from a wider array of classes. East High senior Catherine Ryckman says, “CCC offers a variety of classes for every interest as well as a more diverse, friendly, and collective student body than the high school does.” Being up at the college allows students to create an individualized schedule fitted to their own interests and plans. At the same time, they can meet new people.
Being at CCC is also a good choice for seniors ready to be out of the confinement of high school. “It’s a very different setting and the freedom is really nice compared to the cramped halls of high school,” said West high senior Sydney Mixon. Instead of earning open campus privileges and being penalized for being late, the seniors at CCC are getting a taste of the real world and learning responsibility as they can come and go as they please.
Some high schoolers are at CCC in revolt of the International Baccalaureate program. A very revered program, graduating with an IB diploma takes tons of required classes, lots of study and community service hours, and excellent scores on exams. Even though it costs the district a lot to implement, very few students actually graduate with the diploma, and there are few other advanced placement classes at the Corning high schools now besides IB. “Taking classes up here seemed like a better alternative
to taking IB classes at East because IB’s a lot of work and the credits don’t even transfer to most colleges,” said East high senior Brett Dick.
While some of these seniors are at the college full time, others choose to be part -time college student and part-time high school student. East High senior Josh Drewno still goes to the high school for calculus and gym. About college courses, Drewno says, “It’s different because the teachers aren’t pushing you to do work; I like the responsibility!” Many other twelfth graders from East and West do part day at each school so they can get a head start on college credits, while at the same time enjoying being a senior and not losing touch with their high school culture.
So, take a closer look around campus; there are more youngsters than you might think. You have to admire those students pushing themselves in college courses a year sooner than most of their peers.
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Left: Mitt Romney, Republican candidate
Right: President Barak Obama
Channeling History
by The C.C.C. History Club
The 2012 presidential election rapidly approaches. Following two perfunctory conventions the race remains close. The incumbent Barak Obama and the challenger Mitt Romney will soon compete in a series of debates, debates that in recent history have provided a disproportionate intimacy between candidates and voters. The televised debate entered the American living room in 1960 when Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy dueled. Today it is a global election feature. In 2009 Afghanistan, Mongolia and Iran featured their first televised debates. President Obama was yet to be born during the famous Nixon V. JFK competition, challenger Romney was thirteen. The choice of no make-up for Nixon and JFK’s elicit pulchritude brought momentum and attention to the young Massachusetts liberal. Television (perhaps more accurately visual media) as an influencer of the electorate is a proven phenomena in modern politics. Text messaging traffic and debate commentary add another layer of immediate influence.
Modern debates feature the “worm”, a real-time response measure from a pre-chosen cross-section of undecided voters. These “worm” groups are often split screened and undecided voters at home can witness the visceral response of their fencesitting brethren. Incumbent Obama and challenger Romney will debate
three times. Their vice-presidential representatives will have one shot at each other. Recent history has demonstrated that debate performance can have a direct bearing on the outcome.
In 1980 challenger Ronald Reagan and incumbent James Carter only debated one time. Reagan’s, “there you go again” line portrayed him as whimsical and witty. His post debate bump gave him momentum in a close race. John Kerry in his second debate with then President Bush in 2004 referred to Bush’s Clear Skies Bill as,” an Orwellian name you just pull out of the sky”. I remember watching that debate and thinking, “I am not sure how that reference is going to play nationally”. The key to a successful debate is to appear both pedestrian and intellectual at the same time. Like Reagan, Romney’s main challenge will be to present an approachable trustworthy persona to the American public. The president did well versus John McCain in 2008 but he did not have to defend a less than laudable record. His greatest strength is the stump speech. He will have to be careful as to strike a balance between contrition (for the economy) and confi-
dence. He often can appear egotistical and dismissive in debate formats. He will need to temper this.
The 1960 debate featured a tired, recently healed Richard Nixon. He was underweight, without makeup and one would have thought real-tree camouflage designed his suit to blend him into the background. During cutaways Nixon is seen wiping sweat from his brow, clearly uncomfortable. JFK was fresh off a California campaign trip. His So Cal tan and youthful vivaciousness were a stark contrast. Those who listened to the debate on radio proclaimed Nixon the winner. The 70,000,000 viewers declared JFK the winner. The tangible qualities of charisma, wit, calculated reserve will be under observation on October 3rd (Denver) during the first debate. With a race that is close by all accounts the TV debates will certainly impact the election results. They are yet another contribution America has made to the political process. The final two debates are scheduled for October 16 (Hofstra U.) and October 22nd (Boca Raton). The undercard features one bout, Biden versus Ryan, October 11 in Kentucky.
Above: 1960 debate between John F. Kennedy (left) and Richard Nixon (right)
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“The Big O”
By Gary Warner
It is time to have a discussion about “The Big O”. While it is not the “O” that initially comes to mind for the more hedonistic sorts ... it is directly related to it. In this case the “O” is overpopulation. I recently had a conversation with my doctor about this subject and was motivated to write this story as a result of that conversation. He is a very religious man and has seven children so I sought a better understanding of his perspective on this topic because mine differs greatly from his. I was shocked by his response and amazed at how different our perspectives actually were.
On the wall of the examination room where this conversation took place is a large aerial photograph of the Finger Lakes region of New York. When I brought up the subject of overpopulation and the consequences that are associated with it, he walked to the photograph on the wall and pointed out several key population centers. These were primarily the larger cities in the Finger Lakes area where there are indeed large concentrations of human beings. But he then pointed out the “green areas” which admitted-
ly were much larger and existed in far greater quantity than the population centers do. He then commented this was indicative that there was no need to be concerned about overpopulation as a result of the abundance of wide open spaces that exist in this and most other areas of the world.
This extremely literal interpretation of overpopulation is what caused my shock. It set my mind racing as to the implications that this perspective has on the long term survival of our species if it were shared by the masses. I then came to the conclusion that if others indeed do share this point of view, maybe it was a good idea to discuss overpopulation.
It is not in any manner possible for our species (or any other) to reach a population level that would cause the physical overcrowding of the existing land masses on this planet. We (as the good doctor correctly pointed out) are not currently in any danger of that happening. This however is not an accurate conceptualization of what overpopulation is.
The danger we face is the ever increasing inability to provide the necessary resources to sustain the human population at the rate it is currently expanding. These resources
Occupy Wall Street Celebrates its 1st Birthday
By Kelsey Johnson
On September 17th, thousands flooded central Manhattan in a movement that was nothing less than celebratory in order to shut down Wall St. The plan was much like that of last November except that this time the occupiers were more prepared. Over the weekend, as activists traveled in from across the country, maps were handed out separating the financial district into quadrants; the education zone, the debt zone, the eco zone, and the 99% zone. Participants broke into small affinity groups to plan individual courses of action before meeting up in the separate zones at seven am on the 17th. They quickly poured into the financial district staging creative actions and traditional sit-ins, blocking intersections and creating a swirl of confusion and distraction as they attempted to infiltrate Wall Street. Glit-
ter and confetti filled the air as the protesters donned party hats and chanted along to what appeared to be a full marching band. While approximately 181 activists were arrested throughout the course of the day, one thing was sure--they were having lots of fun.
Most of the irritation in the financial district was actually the result of police barricades that shut down the NYSE more successfully than any Occupy movement. Barricades closed off all access to Wall Street and its surrounding locations as employees were only allowed to pass through after showing a current work id. After abandoning kettling arrest techniques some time ago, quick and brutal snatch and grabs were a common theme of the weekend. Many protesters were grabbed seemingly off of the sidewalk for no reason.
include food and water to name a few, but the list is much longer than these few basic needs and all are essential for the long term survival of any species, particularly so in our case. We are among the neediest of creatures ever to exist. Many other factors also influence the survivability of a species, but these fundamental needs must be met or survival is unlikely. Science and technology have certainly increased the chances of our continued existence in the short term, but our dependence on them for survival will likely prove problematic in the future. History and the ever increasing group of extinct species on this planet are a testament to the fact that it is a very real possibility that under the right conditions any organism can cease to exist. If we continue to consume the various resources of this planet in the wasteful and greedy manner we currently are and place our needs above those of all others, I believe that not only are we increasing the number of other organisms that no longer exist, we are quickly moving towards becoming yet another of the members of this group ourselves.
What do you think? The Crier wants to know.
Occupiers were able to enter Zuccotti Park as
While the #S17 event may have shown the world that Occupy hasn’t gone anywhere, it is the work that is being done on a day-to-day basis that really counts. InterOccupy conference calls have connected activists from across the country to work collectively on a regular basis. Indeed, Occupy’s first birthday was much less of a festival of past accomplishments, but a rejoicing of what is yet to come.
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iMatter Festival
By Kari Disidoro
Once again the iMatter festival was a big hit. Hundreds of people showed up to listen to great music and support a great cause.
For those who don't know, iMatter is to help people see past differences and accept others. Their logo, “We will not lose hope,” encourages others to keep hold of their hope, even during tough times. For some, iMat-ter is there to take a stand against self harm and suicide. This year’s festival was no different. Pastor Sean Anderson join youth from all
over to give their time in order for the whole operation to run smoothly.
Falling Forward, Bless the Fall, and many other bands interacted with the people there, getting to know their fans and the people who came to support the cause. Even the band, Devil Wears Prada, made an appearance and posed for pictures during an autograph signing. Whether it was through moshing, crowd surfing, or just standing in the crowd, hundreds of people from all walks of life came together for one purpose, to show that they matter along with everybody else.
Above: A participant at iMatter Festival enjoys crowd surfing.
Anti-Islam Film Causes
By Kelsey Johnson
An American-made film has caused uproar in the Middle East due to its anti-Islam message and vulgar depiction of the Prophet Muhammad.
In countries where anti-American attitudes are already high, irate
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demonstrators have acted out violently. At least thirty people have been left dead in seven countries, including the American ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens. Outrage was seen in the United States when the LA Times printed a photo of the de-
ceased ambassador on the front page.
President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton have appeared in U.S. Embassy ads condemning the film in an attempt to suppress resentments towards the United States and neutralize conflict. However, a California judge has denied requests to have the film removed from YouTube.
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