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Serving Cayuga Community College for more than 50 years!!! Vol. 54 Issue 12 February 20, 2006

Where are you standing right now? With today’s technology, chances are you can access the internet right there. Thanks to Cayuga Community Col-lege’s OpenCayuga program, students, guests, faculty and staff can access the internet free from any one of the more popular spots on campus. What do you need? Don’t worry – there’s not an as-semblage of fancy wires or an unwieldy manual -- you just need a laptop with a wireless network adapter. The program became available at the beginning of the spring 2006 semester and is funded by the Student Technol-ogy Fee. David Harbaugh, Cayuga’s network administrator, believes that students are getting exactly what they paid for. “We’re glad to be able to put the student’s money toward something they are excited about,” he said. “I, along with other staff members, am also very excited about the program.” Students can access the network from the library, cafeteria, student develop-ment office, the admission’s office lobby and the Nucor conference room. The most popular area around cam-pus when it comes to accessing Open-Cayuga seems to be the library. “While

Surf Here, Surf There, Surf Anywhere: CCC Boasts New Wireless NetworkOpenCayuga: The Open Wireless Network at CayugaBy: Josh Cradduck, Editor-in-Chief and Mathew Krattz, Contributing Writer

I don’t always have direct contact with students, I have gathered that most people use it in the library,” Harbaugh said. Martha Lollis, library director at CCC, agrees. “A lot of students are taking advantage of this opportunity and we’ve seen a lot of use here in the library,” she said. “It is a very com-fortable atmosphere. We have a lot of resources and that presents a really good opportunity for students to work together on projects.” In some instances, some students may not even have to own their own laptops to access the network. “People can choose to bring in their own laptops, but if they don’t have one, the library can loan them out,” Lollis said. You must have a valid library card and picture identification, along with a lap-top loan agreement on file. There is a 2 hour limit-use on the laptops – which are designated for cur-rent students and faculty members only. Harbaugh says that printers may be on the horizon for OpenCayuga. How-ever, there is no set date for complete installation and he does not expect them in the immediate future.

(CP Wire) -- A coalition of student, fac-ulty and civil liberty groups calling itself “Free Exchange on Campus” is condemn-ing a blacklist of 101 professors. The Professors: The 101 Most Danger-ous Academics in America is edited by David Horowitz, who has been instrumen-tal in introducing legislation, the so-called “Academic Bill of Rights” (ABOR), in 24 states. If adopted, ABOR would limit the speech of college and university profes-sors. “The book is purposefully mislead-ing. Mr. Horowitz claims to be protect-ing the classroom, but most of his stories talk about activities that happen outside the classroom. The only thing Horowitz proves in this book is the distance he is willing to go to silence his critics,” said Kathy Sproles, President of the National Education Association’s National Council for Higher Education.The book states on its cover, “Terrorists, racists and communists - you know them as The Professors.” “To hear them tell it, left-wing in-doctrinators control universities without regard for teaching, but their evidence has been either thin or completely fictitious,” said William Scheuerman, vice president of the American Federation of Teachers and a professor of political science at the State University of New York. Last month, at a hearing before Penn-sylvania state lawmakers, Horowitz was forced to retract his previous claims, such as a story about a Penn State University biology professor who had supposedly shown the film Fahrenheit 9/11 to a class of science students. He also backed away from a story about a student allegedly given a lower grade because of his views on abortion. Last month, facing public outrage, a Horowitz protégé at UCLA, Andrew Jones, was forced to abandon a campaign to pay students to spy on professors. Jones is the author of a black-list of UCLA faculty called, “The Dirty Thirty.” In The Professors, Horowitz attacks professors for having communist rela-tives. He cites the distinguished Columbia University history professor Eric Foner, whose uncle was a member of the Com-munist Party. The book also condemns Foner for quoting African-American author and Cold War-era communist Paul Robeson, who said, “The patriot is the person who is never satisfied with his country.” University of Illinois communications professor Robert McChesney, whose

Broad Coalition Decries Blacklist of Professors and Efforts to Limit Free Speech on Campus

students have selected him as an award-winning instructor, comes under attack by Horowitz for raising questions about the news media, its corporate ownership and what effect that has on news coverage. Said McChesney, “They used two quo-tations from my two decade-long career as a teacher as evidence that I somehow use the classroom as a bully pulpit to push liberal causes. This is as illogical as tak-ing two paragraphs from a conservative faculty member and concluding that they propagandize exclusively for conservative ideologies.” Georgetown University law professor Mari Masuda is criticized for her courses that mix the study of law with social activism. Larry Estrada, associate professor of ethnic studies at Western Washington University, is accused of favoring the creation of an independent Hispanic state in America’s Southwest to be called “Atzlan.” Said Estrada, “I think this attack is libelous. They never contacted me or talked to me about my viewpoints. I’ve never advocated secession.” Other professors are attacked seem-ingly for practicing Islam, questioning immigration policies or suggesting that middle-school students can be motivated to learn through rap music. “The college experience is supposed to be about the free exchange of ideas. A good university is supposed to have faculty with a wide range of viewpoints. I don’t agree with everything that is said in my classrooms - nor am I supposed to,” said NEA student chairperson Mandy Plucker of South Dakota State University. “I don’t want to see my professors black-listed for speaking freely and I don’t want the government interfering with decisions that rightfully belong on campus.” “David Horowitz seeks to undermine the well-placed confidence of this nation in its exemplary higher education system,” said Roger Bowen, general secretary of the American Association of University Professors. Added Bowen, “Students from all over the world come to study here because of the quality of education that comes from the free exchange of ideas. David Horowitz, apparently, is afraid of free exchange, and would like the govern-ment to step in and control the flow of information and discussions.” Free Exchange on Campus is a coali-tion of organizations representing college and university faculty, students and civil liberty groups. Coalition members oppose attempts to limit academic freedom and free speech on America’s campuses.

United States Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot a companion with birdshot while hunting quail on a private Texas ranch, injuring the man in the face, neck and chest, the vice president’s office confirmed. Cheney was hunting with Harry Whittington, 78, a prominent Texas law-yer, on the Armstrong Ranch in south Texas. Hearing a covey of birds, Cheney shot at one, not realizing that Whit-tington had startled the quail and that he was in the line of fire. Hospital spokeswoman Yvonne Wheeler said that Whittington is out of intensive care. “He’s in good sprits and

Vice President Cheney Shoots HunterJosh Cradduck, Editor-in-Chief

he had a good night,” she said. Katharine Armstrong, one of the ranch’s owners, said Cheney was using a 28-gauge shotgun, which shoots fewer pel-lets and has a smaller shot pattern than a 12-gauge shotgun, making it harder to hit the target. It was Armstrong’s decision to alert the news media. Cheney’s office made no public announcement, deciding to defer to Armstrong because the inci-dent had taken place on her property. Armstrong called the Corpus Christi Caller-Times about 18 hours after the incident and when a reporter from the paper called the White House, the vice president’s office confirmed the incident.

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NEWSBRIEFSLawyers Group Says Bush Exceeds His Powers• The American Bar Association denounced President Bush’s warrantless domes-tic surveillance program Monday, accusing him of exceeding his powers under the Constitution. The nation’s largest organization of lawyers adopted a policy oppos-ing any future government use of electronic surveillance in the United States for foreign intelligence purposes without first obtaining warrants from a special court set up under the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The 400,000-member ABA said that if the president believes the FISA is inadequate to protect Ameri-cans, he should to ask Congress to amend the act.

Heavy Fuel Oil Spills Off New York Harbor• Up to 30,700 gallons of heavy fuel oil spilled into a waterway off New York Harbor on Monday while the cargo was being transferred from a barge to a Chev-ron plant, authorities said. The Coast Guard and spill-response companies set up booms to contain the oil, floating on the Arthur Kill between Perth Amboy and New York’s Staten Island. The oil escaped during a transfer of about 1.5 million gallons of oil from a barge, the Coast Guard said. The cause was under investigation. Coast Guard officials said Chevron assumed responsibility for the spill and contracted with two companies to help with the cleanup.

Iran Still Backs Nuclear Pact• A day after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned that the country might withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty if international pressure increased, the Foreign Ministry said Sunday that Iran was still committed to the treaty. “We are committed to our commitments within the NPT,” a Foreign Min-istry spokesman said during his weekly news conference, the IRNA news agency reported. “But we cannot accept that the treaty is used as a political instrument.”

Response to Katrina Was ‘Unacceptable,’ Chertoff Says• The Department of Homeland Security fell far short in its response to Hurricane Katrina, Secretary Michael Chertoff acknowledged Monday. But he said the depart-ment is moving fast to improve its capabilities, and he denied that natural disasters take second place to terrorism on the agency’s agenda. “We have to take steps to boost operational effectiveness for routine disasters and for the truly exceptional catastrophe,” Mr. Chertoff told the midyear conference of the National Emergency Management Association in Alexandria, Va.

Hussein on Hunger Strike• A defiant Saddam Hussein marched into court Tuesday and declared that he and his co-defendants had begun a hunger strike to protest their treatment by the authorities. “We have been on a hunger strike for the past three days in protest of the treatment by you and your masters,” Mr. Hussein said to Judge Raouf Abdel-Rahman, who was appointed last month to replace a more lenient judge. As the ex-change heated up, the judge rapped on the table to call the court to order, prompting Mr. Hussein to say, “You should knock your head with your gavel.”

The clock ran out Monday for about 12,000 families left homeless by last year’s hurricanes when a judge agreed to let the federal government cut them from a program that had paid for hous-ing at hotels across the nation. Officials with the Federal Emergen-cy Management Agency said that those evacuated after hurricanes Katrina and Rita would continue to get financial aid that could be used to pay for lodging or to repair homes. After granting several extensions and spending about $522 million on lodging since September, FEMA announced earlier this year that it would not pay for hotel rooms after March 1. “People kind of get into a routine liv-ing in these hotels, and it’s not necessar-ily a good routine,” FEMA spokesman Butch Kinerney said Monday. “You’re living in a hotel, so you don’t have a washer or dryer. It’s harder to get your kids registered in school. It’s just harder to feel like you’re not living a nomadic life.” Attorneys for the evacuees appealed

Bush Promises Tougher Stance on Chinese TradeBy VIKAS BAJAJ

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The Bush administration said in a report released Tuesday that it would exert more pressure on China to adhere to global free trade rules. But the report issued by the United States trade representative, Rob Port-man, did not ask for or threaten any specific sanctions against the Chinese, an omission that will not escape the notice of both Democratic and Repub-lican lawmakers in Washington who have been calling for the administration to take a far tougher line against China particularly as it relates to the value of its currency, the Yuan. The review comes just days after the United States registered a record-set-ting trade deficit with China and the world as a whole. That report has stoked what had already been a heated debate between advocates of globalization and those that say free trade, particularly with China, is costing too many high-paying manufacturing jobs. In a statement issued with the report, Mr. Portman registered concern about

China’s enforcement of intellectual property rights and the openness of its markets to American goods and services, a reference to Chinese restrictions on certain foreign investments and trade. “Despite three consecutive years of growing U.S. exports to China, our bilat-eral trade relationship with China today lacks equity, durability and balance in the opportunities it provides,” he said in the statement. “The time has come to readjust our trade policy with respect to China.” Mr. Portman said that his office would establish a chief counsel for China trade enforcement and that this official would lead a task force to ensure better compliance by China to rules of the World Trade Organization. Other recommendations in the report, which was first disclosed in The Wall Street Journal today, include coordinating China trade policy with other countries and working more closely with Chinese officials on improving business regula-tions.

Judge Lets FEMA Evict 12,000 Families at Hotels“The government is making these families victims all over again.”-P.J. Huffstutter, LA Times

over the weekend to U.S. District Judge Stanwood R. Duval Jr., asking for a temporary restraining order to stop the evictions. The motion claimed that, among other things, the financial assistance from FEMA wasn’t enough to pay for reasonable housing. It also said that bureaucratic mistakes at the agency had prevented thousands of families from getting the trailers they had been prom-ised and that the evictions would force thousands of hurricane victims to live on the streets. Duval denied the temporary restrain-ing order Monday. “We have hundreds of declarations from people telling us that they aren’t getting the checks that FEMA has promised them, or they’ve been prom-ised trailers months ago — and nothing has come of those promises,” said Wil-liam P. Quigley, director of the Gillis Long Poverty Law Center and one of the attorneys who filed the motion. “The government is making these families victims all over again.”

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SPARTAN SPORTS

Rodney Westbrook was the leading scorer in the Spartans February 8th vic-tory over the Lakers 85 to 72. Rodney led the team with 22 points, 2 game changing steals and 5 rebounds. He also made 1 of 2 foul shots at the line mak-ing him 50% on the night. Richard Buckman’s performance at the forward position was also key in the Spartans win. He scored 20 points, had 1 “in your face” block, 3 steals and four rebounds. More importantly, he was a perfect 7 of 7 at the line on the night. Ask any coach this and he will agree that your performance as a team at the

Next year, why don’t they have homeless people from the city the Super Bowl is being played in, to ref the game? They couldn’t do any worse. The refereeing at the Super Bowl was the absolute worst I have ever seen in any game in any sport. I feel robbed. I feel that the referees have stolen a Super Bowl away from us fans, and more importantly the Seattle Seahawks and their fans. How can they ever get over the fact that the game was decided even before the two teams stepped onto the field? I would say this is just my opinion and it is, but since 90% of the coun-try feels the same way I do I would say this opinion is leading more towards being a fact. If you watched the game I don’t need to go into details but for those of you that didn’t watch the game I will show you why I feel the way I do. First of all, doesn’t the football have to cross the plane of the goal line for the touchdown to count? That’s what I thought, but maybe I was wrong, maybe if you’re the Ben Roethlisberger and your head crosses but the ball doesn’t come close it counts. Oops, my mistake, I guess as long as your on the Steelers you couldn’t do anything wrong that night. My favorite penalty had to of been the personal foul for tackling on Matt Hasselbeck. The referee called a low block on the Seattle’s QB when he tackled the Steeler defender who was returning an interception. ARE YOU KIDDING ME!? That was the penalty that sealed the deal in my opinion, on this being the worst officiated Super Bowl ever. To sum this up in one sentence I will say the following: The Seahawks got touchdowns taken away from them on bogus calls and the Steelers were given touchdowns on bogus calls.

World YOUR SOURCE FOR SPORTS BY MATTHEW CACI

Watch out Division III:The 11-10 Spartans are creeping their way to the top!By: Matthew Caci, Sports Editor

foul line is the difference between win-ning and losing a close game. Other key contributors were Gordie Walker with 12 points and a team lead-ing 6 rebounds. He also had 3 steals, 1 of which came late in the second half sealing the Spartans victory. Derek Wat-son also had 6 rebounds tying Walker as the team leader in rebounds. Derek also had an impressive 17 points. Another noteworthy performance was Julius Anderson who had a much needed 14 points on the night. This was a true team effort in a victory over a very talented Finger Lakes team.

This was perhaps the most sloppy Pro Bowl of all time but who cares, it’s the pro bowl. The pro bowl is usually a high scoring fast paced ride to the end, this year’s was somewhat slow paced and full of interceptions. Derrick Brooks, linebacker for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, left the happiest man when he received the Player of the Game honor. “I stand real hum-ble,” said the modest Derrick Brooks. “I’ve been here a few times, and I don’t have many wins. It was just important for me to get the win. Obviously, this award is a reflec-tion of the NFC defense. We went out there and played a fine game.” For winning the Pro Bowl, NFC players earned $40,000 each while the AFC players collected $20,000. Fox and members of his coaching staff earned $15,000 apiece; AFC coach Mike Shana-han and his staff received $10,000 each. The series stretching back to 1971 is tied at 18 a piece. The most effective QB was Michael Vick of the NFC squad who threw 1 touchdown and 1 intercep-tion. The popular Peyton Manning had the worst performance throwing 1 TD and 3 interceptions. That was a very un-Peyton performance. The leading rusher for the AFC was Larry Johnson who had 33 yards on 8 attempts. On the other side the leader for the NFC was Tiki Barber who also had

The NFC Wins for the Second Straight Year- Matthew Caci, Sports Editor

33 yards but on 11 attempts. In the receiving category, the leading receiver for the AFC was Marvin Har-rison who had 4 catches for 74 yards on the day. Meanwhile, Steve Smith was the leading receiver on the NFC squad

with 8 catches for 46 yards. It wasn’t a very good Pro Bowl sta-tistic-wise, but judging by the smiles on the player’s and the fan’s face’s it was very entertaining to say the least. The NFC has the bragging rights for this year, but there is always another year and another pro bowl. Will the AFC get its revenge and the extra 20 grand, stay tuned next February!

Just a Thought…By: Matthew Caci, Sports Editor

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Direct from Ireland, Celtic Woman has arrived on our shores and has been bringing audiences to their feet on its first U.S. Tour! First introduced to American audiences with the release of their debut CD/DVD (Manhattan Records/EMI), and through highly-watched PBS airings of their spectacular 90 minute concert, these five incredibly talented women bring their phenomenal show to the Landmark Theatre for one night only March 9th at 7:30 p.m. The event is sponsored by WCNY Public Television. Celtic Woman features 5 beautiful

February 1976: Senate Elects Amiral to fill FSA Vacancy, New Typesetting System Provides Speed and Efficiency, 12-year CCC Custodian Andrew J. Murphy Dies at 60, SUNY Trustees Regret Budget Cut Back, Construction of Parking Lot Proposed, Robert Klem reviews Paul McCartney’s new album “Venus and Mars,” Pulitzer-Prize winning Poet W.D. Snodgrass to read at CCC.

February 1986: CCC President Helena Howe to Retire after 6 Years, Art Professor Walter K. Long is dead at 81, SGO Booksale ends February 1, Lady Spartans Bas-ketball team moves to 7-3 overall after beating Jefferson College, Comedian Rondell Sheridan to Perform in the Cafeteria, Staff writer Mark Bruzee discusses Challenger 7 tragedy.

February 1996: Hepatitis-B Vaccine Available on Campus, CCC celebrates ‘Na-tional Condom Day,’ $120 Million cut from Tuition Assistance Program by State Legislature, Julie A. Richard Named as Top Aide to CCC President Lawrence Poole, Jacqueline Darquea is named Financial Aid Assistant.

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“SAYWHAT?”“... Moms, dads, if you’re watch-ing right now, I can’t emphasize this enough: Do not let your kids go on hunting trips with the vice president. I don’t care what kind of lucrative contracts they’re trying to land, or energy regulations they’re

trying to get lifted - it’s just not worth it.”

- Comedian John Stewart on Dick Cheney’s hunting accident

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CELTIC WOMAN PLAYS THE LANDMARK THEATREwomen; 4 gifted vocalists – Chloe, Lisa, Deirdre and Orla. Along with Mairead – a brilliant fiddler. Their individual talents are featured in ensemble as well as solo performances. Celtic Woman in concert, opens with an amazing original piece, composed by David Downes, stunning the audience – first into silence and then rapturous applause. Their sound is unique and lends itself to contemporary songs as well as their own versions of traditional Irish songs…all with new and exciting arrangements. The DVD has been certified gold and

the Celtic Woman CD is heading for the gold this fall. The CD has been the #1 World Music album for 25 weeks. With the tremendous response to Celtic Woman’s live performances and soaring sales of CDs and DVDs, Manhattan Records recently released the group’s version of Enya’s “Orinoco Flow” to Adult Contemporary Radio. Tickets are priced at $47.50, $37.50 and $22.50 (includes facility fee). They are on sale now at the Landmark Theatre Box Office and all Ticketmaster outlets.

[1] COLLEGIAN: FIRST THINGS FIRST, WHEN DID YOU BEGIN TO REALIZE YOUR GOAL WAS TO BECOME A TEACHER? HOW AND WHEN DID IT HAPPEN?

MGM: I was looking for a change from my career as a television news executive. I answered an ad in the newspaper.

[2] COLLEGIAN: HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN TEACHING AT CAYUGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE?

MGM: Since 1997

[3] COLLEGIAN: WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU’RE NOT TEACHING?

MGM: I am the President of MGM Word Studio, Inc., a public relations and graphic design agency. I also enjoy spending time with my husband and children. I have three sons: Marshall 16; Drew 14; and Duncan 10.I enjoy traveling, swimming, reading and writ-ing. I volunteer with the Greater Marcellus Chamber and the Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

[4] COLLEGIAN: A LOT OF TEACHERS HAVE AT LEAST ONE SPECIFIC ITEM THEY ENJOY TEACHING, SUCH AS A JOURNALISM PROFESSOR PREFER-RING TO TEACH TV NEWS WRITING OVER NEWSPAPER WRITING. WHAT IS YOUR PREFERENCE WHEN IT COMES TEACHING YOUR SUBJECT?

Getting to Know: Collegian Advisor Mary G. MerrittMGM: I enjoy all aspect of journalism and television/radio production.

[5] COLLE-GIAN: MANY TEACHERS HAVE CERTAIN TEACHING STYLES. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURS?

MGM: I try to be entertain-ing by sharing experiences and discussing current events.

[6] COLLEGIAN: WHAT DO YOU EN-JOY MOST ABOUT YOUR JOB?

MGM: Knowing that you can make a differ-ence in an individual’s life and future simply by inspiring them to live their dreams.

YOUR FAVORITE . . .FOOD: CoffeeMUSIC: Any really; as long as you can understand the lyricsBOOK: To Kill a Mocking BirdTV SHOW (IF ANY): FrasierMOVIE: Gone with the Wind