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www.cayugacollegian.com Vol. 57 Issue 2 September 15, 2008

By Andy Brown, Assistant Editor

By Natasha King, Editor-in-chief

By Kenny Alnutt, Staff Writer$4.62 a gallon? On June 30th,

2008 that could have most likely been the words coming out of every American citizen’s mouth that owned an automobile. Fuel prices have been soaring the past couple of years, bouncing up and down, digging deeper and deeper into the American pocket. Recorded on July 11th, 2008 fuel was at its highest ever on record at $147.27 a barrel. Talk to any gas station attendant and they will tell you the same thing “its an everyday task to change the prices on those boards and its starting to hurt my feelings to tell people they have to pay that much to go to work everyday,” says Mobil Express Marts Ruth Plucinik, who has been working as a gas station attendant for a number of years now and has seen the rise and fall of the fuel prices first hand.

Now, it’s September and fuel is at a five month low. Coming in at $106.23 a barrel, its got a lot of people rushing to fill up their tanks before the price goes back up. At the beginning of the summer analysts said that by the end of 2008, fuel would rise to over $5 a gallon. As of September 5th the prices of fuel are down, and pockets are filling back up, but those same analysts are still predicting the same climb in prices by the end of the year.

1.6 to 3.1 percent; that’s how much fueleconomy.gov reports the demand for gasoline is down from last year. Since these high prices for gasoline, a lot of people are “going green” and getting more fuel efficient vehicles such as the Toyota Prius, the highest rated economic car on the market. At 48 MPG in the city you can’t go wrong with one of those. The same could not be said about the

Starting school can be crazy. Especially if you are new to the school. Whether you are moving to a different school for the same grade or moving up to college from high school, it can seem overwhelming either way. However, there are so many differences between college and high school that could possibly make it seem as if it would be harder to adjust, but chances are they will only make the transition easier.

“In high school you have to take the same classes, but in college you can choose your own courses,” says Tamara DeLaCruz, incoming freshman from John V. Lindsay High School, and a Criminal Justice major at CCC. “Everyone is so nice, there are no problems, and everyone speaks to one another,” she continued.

College can also seem impossible because of some of the courses you may have heard about through other students. But DeLaCruz thinks otherwise.

“The workload is bearable

Coming to a new school as a Frosh is a big adjustment. It can be hard to convert your classroom habits to the liking of your new teachers. It can be hard because you’re in a totally new environment than what you’re used to. You don’t know the teachers. You don’t know their likes, their dislikes. How far can you push them until you get kicked out? How do you get on their good

Time for a Horse and Buggymost dreamt about car in the world, the Lamborghini Murcielago. Rated dead last at 8 MPG city and 13 hwy, that would not be the smartest choice in today’s world if you want to

compete with “green cars”. Green Cars are cars with lower emissions and higher gas mileages, pretty much conserving on gas and helping the air quality.

Some citizens are also turning to motorcycles to save them money, some of which can get up to 60 miles to the gallon. Travelers are feeling it as well. With ticket prices going up, its forcing families to cancel vacations, and companies post-pone that business trip that the boss wants you to take to make the company more money, but can’t send you because he can’t afford to make that money! Whether you’re rich or poor, famous or just an average Joe trying to get back and forth to school and/or work, saving money at the pump has got to be the number one thing on your mind. If it’s not, and your pockets are empty, take a step back and look at your odometer and your gas gauge and think about it.

FRESHMAN:Need Classroom Etiquette Tips?

side without kissing tush too much? There are some good tips on how to emulate the “perfect” student.

First of all Cayuga students, read the student handbook and follow that. Sounds boring, but it turns out to be very helpful. Usually most of the things you’re doing wrong are explained in the handbook. Take it from Dave Rowe, a Cayuga professor in the Telecommunications Department.

“When you’re in class don’t forget you’re there to learn,” explains Rowe. “Raise your hand and try hard not to interrupt the professor.”

It sounds easy, but when you have an idea that you want to say, it’s hard not to speak out in the cool classroom environments that Cayuga has.

Also a tip that sounds obvious but happens a lot, Mary Merritt, also a professor in the Telcom Department, explains the use of electronics in class.

“Make sure all listening devices are out of your ears upon entering class. Whether the device is on or not, they shouldn’t be in. Also, eating and drinking is a touchy subject, some professors allow it, but I would just refrain from it altogether.”

Don Fama, who is a retired Math Professor who still does some part- time teaching, explains his tips in three easy ways.

“First of all, you have to be on-time. Second, you have to be prepared to ask questions, conversely, also answer questions. And last, have your assignments done.”

CCC: Surprise for Freshmenbecause you can get help and the teachers aren’t as strict as I thought they would be, and they help you.” says DeLaCruz.

As for the food? “I have not eaten our food yet.” DeLaCruz said with a laugh. “But I’ve heard that it is good, but expensive!”

Even if you are transferring from another college, it can still seem difficult because you are not used to the way things work at that college.

“This course work is a little easier and the campus is much smaller..” Said transfer student Jess Lynn. She transferred to Cayuga from Cedarville University in Ohio. “It’s definitely small, and the people are friendly and helpful.” Lynn stated.

The college has seemed to have adopted the name “FSU,” or “Franklin Street University.” But, that doesn’t affect the student body’s choice in choosing to come here to further their education. DeLaCruz says, there are “a lot of choices here, why not come here?”

The Cayuga Collegian is published on announced publication dates during regular semesters at Cayuga Commu-nity College, 197 Franklin Street, Auburn, NY 13021. Our phone number is 315-255-1743. The Cayuga Collegian is funded by CCC’s Faculty-Student Association through student activity fees. Opinions expressed in columns, news stories, features, interviews or letters to the editor are not necessarily those of the college administration, faculty, staff or students at CCC. The Cayuga Collegian is a member of the Associated Collegiate Press.

Editorial BoardNATASHA KING, Editor in ChiefJESSE CASES, Sports EditorANDY BROWN, Assistant EditorKEN ALNUTT, Chief PhotographerMARY G. MERRITT, Advisor

StaffMICHAEL OUIMETTE JOSH GLEASONMARTHA REUTLINGER ZACH BELLERDINE

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OPINIONS

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Syracuse 1959 v. 2008By Josh Gleason, Staff Writer

Meet the Staff of

Perseverance is defined as a steady persistence in a course of ac-tion of purpose in spite of difficul-ties, obstacles, or discouragement. Well, I believe Greg Robinson’s era as the Head Coach of the Syracuse Orange football team has now run into too many difficulties, obstacles, and too much discouragement to overcome.

Now in the fourth season under Greg Robinson, the Orange has yet to show any improve-ment. They are 7-30 in their last 37 games (7-28 under Robin-son), losing 23 of those games by dou-ble digits. Now they have a disappointing 0-2 record after losing to Northwestern and Akron and come into what is suppose to be a big weekend. “The Express,” a movie about the dramatic life of Syracuse leg-end Ernie Davis, star-ring Dennis Quaid and Rob Brown, makes its debut in Syracuse with the cast, Syracuse legends Art Monk (2008 NFL Hall of Fame Inductee), Jim Brown, and many members of the 1959 undefeated Syracuse team that featured Ernie Davis, will all dawn the Orange Carper on South Salina Street for the debut of the movie. On top of that, the team will be hosting the Penn State Nittany Lions who are currently 2-0 with 111 points scored this season, a feat that took Syracuse eight games to reach last season. The Orange were at least expected to be 1-1 coming into this tough match-up and maybe contend but now, it looks like it’s go-ing to be a blow out and has sucked any enthusiasm out of this game and even the season.

Here are a few more stats to con-sider about Syracuse’s loss to the Akron Zips. Previous to the game,

Akron only had one Bowl-Champi-onship Subdivision (BCS), and that was against a 3-9 North Carolina State team in 2006. Under Head Coach J.D. Brookhart, the Zips have only one bowl appearance, are 8-19 on the road, have been outscored by BCS teams by an average of 36.2-13.7, and have only scored twenty or more points three times with twenty-four being the highest single game total against BCS teams. Like

Syracuse, they just got done losing to a Big 10 team as Akron lost to the Wisconsin Badgers 38-17. All these stats certainly don’t look good for the Zips and nobody is going to argue that they are quite hor-rible. But, Syracuse is even worse! Under Robinson, Syracuse is 1-9 versus non-Big East BCS Teams, 1-11 versus Top 25 teams with their lone vic-

tory coming against a highly over-rated Louisville team that ended up 6-6 on the season, and is only 2-19 in conference (Big East) play. Whereas Paul Pasqualoni only suffered one losing season in fourteen years, Greg Robinson has yet to provide the Or-ange with a single winning season. And, remember how Akron had only scored over twenty point’s three teams with a high of twenty-four versus BCS Teams? Well, the Zips managed to put-up forty-two against the Orange while Syracuse could only muster up twenty-eight points. Now tell me, which team use to be the former Big East power? While neither would be a more correct an-swer, it’s quite obvious Syracuse has lost the shine its bright program use to have. The Orange are going no-where fast under Robinson, and it’s quite clear that the end to the Rob-inson Era needs to come.

The CollegianCayuga Natasha KingEditor-in-chiefHey guys. My name is Natasha and I am the new Editor-In-Chief of The Cayuga Collegian. I graduated from Union Springs High School in 2007. Presently I am studying Telecommunications: focusing on radio broadcasting here at CCC. This is my third semester, or second year, at Cayuga, and my second semester writing with The Collegian. I also work for the radio station as the PSA (Public Service Announcement) Director. You can always find me in the Collegian office or in my office at the radio station, (unless I’m working at Kohls). After this year at CCC, I have no idea what I want to do. I will either go right into the field, or come back here to Cayuga and study business. I am looking forward to this year and I hope everyone is too!

Andrew BrownAssistant EditorHello devoted Cayuga Collegian readers, my name is Andrew Brown. I am the Assistant Editor of the paper. I am, in fact, 19 years of age. I play soccer here at the college, but this is not the only sport I love. I love them all, yes, even badminton. I plan on moving on from Cayuga, hopefully to Ithaca, or Boston

U…maybe, we’ll see what happens. Here at the college, I’m taking Telecommunication courses and hope to some day become a sports anchor/announcer. My dream job is hosting ESPN’s SportsCenter, you know what they say, shoot for the stars, right? In my last bio I told the readers my dislikes, which are still the same, yellow cars and broccoli. Nothing changed there, but here is my hello to the new readers of The Cayuga Collegian. Goodbye.

Jesse CasesSports Editor Well, obviously my name is Jesse and I’m the Sports Editor for The Cayuga Collegian. I’d like to say I’m pretty down to earth but I can act a little crazy at times. I graduated from Jordan-Elbridge High School in 2007. I’m a second year student here at CCC and I’m currently a Liberal Arts major because the school doesn’t have a journalism major, which I’m debating about choosing as a career. I play soccer for the school and do now live in the City of Auburn. When I’m not in the Collegian office or in class you’ll most likely be able to find me in the Rec. Room located about 50 feet from the Collegian office. I like playing pool, maybe a little ping pong now and then and almost any sport because I like to keep myself occupied so I don’t end up bored out of my mind. I hope everyone has a great year and keep reading the Collegian!

Kenny Alnutt Chief PhotographerHi everyone my name is Kenny Alnutt. I am the Chief Photographer for The Cayuga Collegian. I have been interested in photography for a really long time, but only just recently did I develop an understanding in the art. It was former Cayuga Collegian Chief Photographer Ben Bolding who taught me the skills I now know and will be using. I was born in 1986 in Clouis, NM and raised all over the country. Most of my childhood was spent in North Carolina, in a small town on the outskirts of Greensboro, called Randleman. It was there that I went to Elementary, Middle, and High School. I participated in many sports such as football, wrestling, soccer, and

baseball. Currently, I am working toward a degree in Sports Management. I spend my most of my time working here for The Collegian, doing school work, and training for MMA (Mixed Martial Arts). I plan to make the next year here at The Collegian exciting and great for the photography department. I would like to thank my co-workers and Mary Merritt for the opportunity to work for such an incredible organization such as The Collegian!

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SPARTAN SPORTSA New Beginning for CCC Men’s Soccer

By Andy Brown, Assistant Editor

By Jesse Cases, Sports Editor

The Cayuga Community College Men’s Soccer Team started their sea-son off Saturday, August 30th with an opening game win against Clin-ton Community College at home. The game’s only goal was scored by first year player John Applebee off of a corner kick in the first half. The Spartans started off rusty in the sea-son’s first game, but by halftime had already begun to show improvement and dominated Clinton the entire second half. With great possessions, the Spartans held the ball for the majority of the half and had several good scoring opportunities but just failed to capitalize.

The Spartans’ next game was Thursday, September 4th at Niagara Community College. The Spartans started the game off timid and al-lowed Niagara to take control early in the first half with a goal scored off a deflected shot attempt. Niagara did not let up scoring 2 more goals before halftime to take a 3-0 half-time lead. The Spartans saw several good scoring opportunities all saved by Niagara goalie Sean Maurer. Ni-agara capitalized again on a penalty kick midway through the half and

an own goal scored by the Spartans off a corner kick saw the games fi-nal score end 5-0. An unlucky game the Spartans look to get back on the winning track with another away game Saturday September 6th ver-sus a solid Finger Lakes Community College team.

The Spartans suffered their sec-ond straight loss of an early season with a 3-0 loss to a good Finger Lakes Community College team. The Spar-tans played hard but once again un-lucky defensive breakdowns and failing to capitalize on good scoring opportunities cost the Spartans the game. Key injuries to team captains Danny Browne and Jon Mulcahey could also hurt the Spartans in up-coming games. The Spartans played a great first half keeping the game scoreless at halftime but a deflect-ed clear attempt gave Finger Lakes their first goal of the game and with only 20 minutes left in the game, the Spartans had to look for an equal-izer, giving Finger Lakes 2 more op-portunities that led to the 3-0 score. The team’s next game was Tuesday September 9th at Corning Commu-nity College.

The Cayuga Community College Women’s Soccer team started their season off on Wednesday August 27th with an unlucky 1-5 loss to Jamestown-Olean Community Col-lege. The Lady Spartans only goal was scored by Brittany Bigness in the second half. The team played well but was forced to play a man down and failed to capitalize on many scoring opportunities. The team also saw misfortune strike again as first year player Abby Gamba broke her arm late in the second half.

The Lady Spartans second game of the season came on Saturday Au-gust 30th versus Clinton Community College. Once again the Lady Spar-tans failed to capitalize on scoring opportunities and counter attacks by the visitors allowed them to take the lead and never look back. Lead-ing 2-0 at halftime the visitors added another 2 goals in the second half to end the scoring at 4-0. Another un-lucky game for the Lady Spartans.

The Cayuga Community College Women’s Soccer team won their first game of the season on Thursday September 4th with a 2-1 come from

behind, overtime victory over Ni-agara Community College. The La-dies dominated the game but saw an unlucky bounce in the first half give Niagara the lead. Despite the goal the team fought hard as Molly Grin-nell scored the game tying goal with only minutes left and Brittany Big-ness scored the game winner in over-time. A dominating performance by the ladies with a misleading score due to more unluckily failed scoring opportunities.

Playing versus a good Finger Lakes Community College team ranked as one of the team teams in the region, the Lady Spartans saw their winning streak come to an end with a 6-0 loss. Finger Lakes took the lead early in the first half giv-ing them momentum the rest of the half and with a 4-0 halftime lead the game was all but set in stone. The Lady Spartans fought hard with sev-eral opportunities to salvage a score in the second half but just couldn’t get the ball in the back of the net. The ladies next game is Tuesday September 9th at Corning Commu-nity College.

An Unfortunate Beginning for CCC Women’s SoccerBy Jesse Cases, Sports Editor

As some people may know, last year’s lacrosse seasons, both men and women, didn’t go as planned. The ladies didn’t even have a team after their coach resigned in the win-ter, and not enough players showed interest in playing. The men’s team had a team, but it didn’t do as well as they had hoped, winning only one game against Dean College.

So after season’s end, both teams were left without coaches. But not to worry Spartan fans, over the summer two coaches were hired to start recruiting for next year’s seasons by

Cayuga’s

Ath le t i c Director, Pete Liddell.

“It’s always hard to fill coaching p o s i t i o n s here at the college be-cause we only offer a part-time posi-tion, so t h a t limits the

pool of appli-cants. There aren’t

as many as you’d like to see,” says Liddell of

the search for coaches. “But I put an ad in the papers, and

an ad on higheredjobs.com, and in June I hired Debbie Bobbett, and in July I hired Bryan Jenkins.”

Ms. Bobbett, who was teaching at the time, heard about the opening and came in, plus she has coached in Skaneateles and Westhill, so she knows the area well.

Mr. Jenkins actually came all the way from Montana, but is originally

from the Northeast area.Says Liddell of the hirings, “I liked both

a lot because they both answered

q u e s t i o n s about recruit-ment, which is something that we need now more

than ever. Es-pecially with

the way we left things after last

season, with both coaches resigning in the

thick of the usual recruitment stage.”Chris “Jersey” Green, a return-

ing sophomore defender, explains his excitement about the coaching move:

“I met Coach Jenkins, very good guy. I’m very excited about how seri-ous he is about recruiting and doing things right this year. I can’t wait to start playing.”

CCC Lacrosse Looking Forward, Not Backward Every golfer has that mindset af-

ter a round of golf that they could have done better then they had. Brian Walker, a graduate of Auburn High School and a member of the golf team, is no different. Walker is now one of the top golfers on this year’s Cayuga Community College golf team. He has been spending this past summer just like most of his over the years; getting ready for the game of golf. He also said that he has always been proud of his ability to get off of the tee, but wants to improve in the short game.

“I’ve always kept my tee shots straight,” Walker said. “When I play with my friends I may not hit the ball father, but most likely mine is straight. I would like to improve my short game, however.”

Walker started golfing at 12 years old and found it as a way of having fun.

“My parents were on the brink of a divorce,” Walker said. “So my dad wanted me to have some fun that sum-mer. He signed me up for a golf clinic at Cranebrook Country Club and I in-stantly fell in love with the game. Till this day my dad says ‘I never thought that that would be the thing to have gotten you into golf,’ but it did.”

Sure enough Walker built on his interest in the game. He started to take lessons from PGA Professional and owner of Parbreakers in Auburn Tony Biata. That led to him trying and making the golf team at Auburn. It was there that Walker was introduced to another key contributor to his golf game, Maroons golf coach Tony Locas-tro. The two of them have helped guide

Tiger Woods of Auburn?By Zach Bellerdine, Staff Writer

Walker to the Maroons golf team and now to the Dolphins. At Auburn, Walk-er was named Most Improved Player, a two time captain of the golf team and a first team All-Conference player both his junior and senior season.

“I wouldn’t be where I am without Tony or my high school coach Tony Locastro,” Walker said. “They have helped me so much with my game and gotten me to the point I am at now.”

Over the years he’s had so much fun that he would like to become a school teacher and coach High School golf.“If I could have half the success as Coach Tony Locastro,” Walker said, “then I would be happy.”He has also competed in several Junior PGA Tour-naments locally with his best finish a tie for first, but due to score cards second place finish at Woodcrest Golf Club.

“When they put the two scores together I earned second place,” Walker said.Despite the lack of his own first place finish in a Junior PGA Tournament, Walker has found suc-cess throughout his game. During the summer he normally is up at the golf course by at least 10 a.m.

“It’s nice to get that early start,” Walker said.

Walker like most competitors feels there is always playing to improve.

“I might play good one day,” Walk-er said. “But I know I can play better. Then if I play bad I want to go out and play again to only do better. Which I know I can do.”

And just like every golfer- one thing is for sure, Brian Walker would like to only get better.

DID YOU KNOW?

Celebrity Birthdays

Joke of the Week

COLLEGIAN

“A man encounters a pirate in a mall. They strike up a conversa-tion, and the man asks the pirate how he suffered his various injuries. “Arrgh, I lost me leg fighting over buried treasure in the tropics. I lost me ear in a barroom fight with another pirate -- he bit me ear right off.” The other man points to the pirate’s arm and asks, “How’d you get the hook for an arm?” The pirate replies, “Arrgh, I lost me arm when a winch tore it off in a terrible storm at sea.” “And how did you lose your eye?” The pirate says, “Arrgh, I had a terrible itch in me eye.” “You lost your sight because of an itch?” The pirate explains: “Aye, it was me first day with the hook.”’

Movie Trivia Quiz

WORDSEARCH

1. The character Kirk Lazarus from Tropic Thunder was originally written with what accent before being rewritten with an Australian accent?a. Italianb. Irishc. Norwegiand. Russian

2. Who was originally considered for the lead roll before Will Smith landed it?a. Steve Austinb. Brad LeLandc. Dave Chappelled. Samuel Jackson

3. How long did it take to write the original script of The Bucket List?a. 1 monthb. 3 yearsc. 4 daysd. 2 weeks

4. True or False: Phyllidia Lloyd also directed the original ‘Mamma Mia!’ Broadway Play.

5. Burn After Reading is the first Coen Brothers film that was not photographed by who?a. Annie Leibowitzb. Georgia O’Keefec. Roger DeakinsD. David Bailey

September 14 Jerry Coleman1924, Kevin Lyttle 1976

September 15 Prince Harry 1984, Ron Shelton 1945

September 16 Marc Anthony 1968, Nick Jonas 1992

September 17 John Ritter 1948, Phil Jackson 1945

September 18 Jada Pinkett Smith 1971, Lance Armstrong 1971

September 19 Trisha Yearwood 1964, Jimmy Fallon 1974

September 20 Alexander the Great 365BC , Dr. Joyce Brothers 1928

J The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly.

J 1 in 5,000 north Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue.

J When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food.

J The word “nerd” was first coined by Dr. Seuss in “If I Ran the Zoo.”

J The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado

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