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From the Publisher’s Desk

Chances are, if you’re holding aphysical copy of Campus Newsright now, you got it from one ofour New York City street boxes.That has been our No. 1 way of dis-tributing since the pandemic. Wehave news boxes right outside ofMetro colleges; about 100 locationsin the boroughs. Now in our 11th year, most of

our previous distribution was in-side colleges, where we have scoresof racks near cafeterias, studentunions and such, and had enjoyeda great pickup rate there until thepandemic hit in March. It lookslike community colleges, where wemostly have our racks, will con-tinue to be mostly shuttered thisspring, so here’s where we are andwhat we need to do to survive an-other academic year:

Change Our AdvertisingPitchesIn the summer of 2019, we

signed up about a dozen advertis-ers for the 2019-20 academic year.This year, we signed up four. Ourprevious pitch was that we reachsuburban and urban communitycolleges, and the advertisers werelargely four-year colleges whowanted to attract transfer stu-dents. Now we’re mostly an urbanand a street paper, picked up byanyone interested in college life.Thus we have to change our adver-tising pitches; the advertisers nowmay be community colleges lookingto get more students from NewYork City, perhaps the military,maybe even grad schools, as somepeople who pick up the paper al-ready have undergraduate de-grees.

Our Pickup Rate RemainsExcellentWe’ve always had a pickup rate

in the 90-something percent range,and, during this pandemic, that’sstill the case. If we drop off 100 pa-pers in a box, 10 or less will be re-maining by month’s end. So we

have made up for ourlost circulation at sub-urban community col-leges by putting moreboxes on the streets.We have permits.

Become the LastMan StandingIn our business,

there’s a theory knownas Last Man Standing– yes, many papers aregoing out of business;especially free papers.See the photo of theManhattan kioskabove. We’re one ofonly just a few papers

still distributing. The owners ofthe kiosks asked us to take moresquares. Sure, why not?! As otherpapers go out of business, perhapswe can take their turf and maybesome of their advertisers.

Starting OverI started this paper 11 years

ago. I had been advising a differentschool paper and thought the ideaof a paper that hit MANY cam-puses had merit. The advertisersagreed. So I have operated withlots of gig workers – now that ad-vertising revenue is barely morethan our print bill, I can’t hire asmany gig workers. So I am now,again, doing everything myself.Even delivering. However, I have weathered sim-

ilar situations before. A nationalcollege advertising agency thatwas giving us ads went out of busi-ness, so I hired another one, whomostly was ripping me off. Andthen Facebook started taking all ofour advertising. I had a freelancead salesman who went rogue at

one point and lost me some big ac-counts. We almost nearly wentbroke numerous times, but per-sisted. I get a day job when timesare tough (see separate story).

Asking for HelpWhat I have to get better at is

asking for help. So here goes: Ifyou have a talent that could helpthis newspaper – writing, sellingads, or maybe you’re just some richperson who likes the puzzles pagesand sees some value in all of this –send me a note. Let’s defy all the odds and win

at publishing an important printpaper that serves the underserved,despite a pandemic.Contact me at editor@cccn.us if

you can help. Thank you, andenjoy this edition!

Darren Johnsonis Publisher ofCampus News.

The ups and downs of a COVID-era paperDarren JohnsonCampus News

We’ve been one of the only papers left in these City kiosks. –dj

Campus News | October 2020 | Page 3

And now let’s hear it for Zoom U!It’s 9:20 a.m.; my wife and daugh-

ter have left for work. My elderly dogis settled down on the plush graysofa we had delivered during thepandemic. A squirrel dances on theporch railing outside the window,red leaves on a fading tree as a back-drop, eliciting a halfhearted yelpfrom the dog. I’m still in the T-shirtI’d put on yesterday, an oversizedcotton advertisement for a charitywalk we did, pre-pandemic, nowwith some food stains, and I proba-bly could use a shave. My Journal-ism class is at 10:20 a.m.I figure I can squeeze in a shower,

though, once in, I realize the tub canuse a scrubbing, and, to save time, Ibring the razor with me and shave,figuring it’s OK if I miss a few spots. I think about my upcoming talk.

I’m going to go over the difference be-tween international, national, re-gional and local news. I’ll show theclass a copy of today’s paper.Current events. It’s obligatory to

talk about the latest Trump antics,in an impartial, objective way.The towel is a novelty towel we’d

gotten on vacation once, with cartoonbears on it, pre-pandemic, maybefrom Atlantic City. They have thosebombed-out bargain stores on theBoardwalk, in between billion-dollarcasinos.I grab random clothes – a Mickey

Mouse shirt, some sweatpants, thesocks don’t exactly match – both areblack, but one has a thin orange linenear the toes, the other doesn’t. Agray flannel jacket is zipped overMickey Mouse. It’s 10 a.m.The dog snores as I put a

Columbian coffee pod into my ma-chine, setting it for 9.5 ounces. I won-der if the Native Americans drankpre-Columbian coffee as it drips. Icheck my phone to see if my collegewill hold classes on Columbus Day,

which still is a thing in partsof Upstate. (They aren’t.)At 10:15 a.m., I power up

the big silver Mac all-in-onedesktop that has been on mykitchen table since the pan-demic. I check my emails; astudent wrote she will missclass due to a migraine. “Getwell!” I write. “And checkCanvas later for the next as-signment.”I post an alert to the whole

class with today’s Zoom link,and mention we’ll have a guestspeaker. I send the guestspeaker a message throughFacebook, reminding him ofhis upcoming appearance. I started teaching at col-

leges 1997, supplementing myjournalism income, and hadtaught 1-4 courses per semes-ter – sometimes even sum-mers and wintersession –until 2018. However, CampusNews was growing – pre-pan-demic, of course – and I took the2019-20 academic year off fromteaching. I guess I missed all of theexcitement. The catastrophe, actu-ally. Where mere mortal instructorshad to suddenly claw to survive insome new shelter-in-place, cyber-re-ality. Yeah, I missed the whole Zoomthing everyone was complainingabout.But then I got

the callback –“Hey, can you teachfive credits?” – and,uh, yeah, consider-ing we’re in themidst of an apoca-lypse for print media, as well, thatmay be prudent. Financial gurus tellus to diversify, after all.It’s 10:25 a.m. and my eleven stu-

dents start to appear as squareicons; mostly blackened screens. Idon’t make them show themselves –I do buy the argument that their

home is a safe haven and nobody’sbusiness – and they answer my jour-nalism questions well enough – I amable to show them the e-replica of mylocal newspaper on their screens.The paper that is also yet untouched,in pulp form, sitting on my porch,near the dancing squirrel. They areable to differentiate which storiesare local and not, and discuss how

this papermakes money.“They charge foro b i t u a r i e s ?Seems shady.”My Facebook

beeps. It’s myguest speaker –

he’s now a national radio personal-ity, but once was the sports editor fora student newspaper I’d advised.He’s having technical difficulties.Eventually he appears, from his car,escaping a screaming baby, he says,bald now with gray in his beard. Myhair is still wet from the shower, so

my grays are slicked and don’t ap-pear on camera, I theorize. The students turn on their cam-

eras and are regaled by the rivetingguest speaker. He is a big to-do now.I record the talk by pressing a but-ton, so that the student with a mi-graine can view later, when she’sfeeling better.Queue to dog barking at the mail-

man. Queue to the guest speakertelling a brush-with-celebrity storythat has all of the students in littleboxes smiling and nodding. Queue togoodbyes, and leaving on a high note. Queue to exit. In sweatpants. My

cup of coffee needing a refill. An eld-erly man dressed as a baby winninga Ford Fiesta on “Let’s Make a Deal!”He doesn’t know he’ll have to pay thetaxes on that, I say to the dog, my feetnow up in a recliner, as I’m looking atmy one sock with the orange line.I’m not sure what the complaints

are about. Zoom is the best!

Darren JohnsonCampus News

‘I’m not sure whatthe complaintsare about.’

–dj

Whether you are beginning yourfirst semester of college or are re-turning to school after summerbreak, you are going to have to ac-climate yourself once again to thedemands of college writing. Formany reasons, this can be a daunt-ing task. The college standard forwriting is much higher than thetypical compare and contrast as-signments you found litteredthroughout your high school ca-reer. Your voice matters muchmore in your collegiate papers,and in order to develop that voice,much practice and preparationneeds to be given.The process of writing an ana-

lytical essay, generally the mostcommon type of essay assigned infirst year writing courses, is a slowand thoughtful task, but there area few things you can be aware of tomake this transition easier foryourself.

The IntroductionProbably the biggest difference

between high school and collegeessay writing is the format andstructure of introductions. Highschool teachers often prescribe amethod that clearly outlines yourtopic and concisely communicatesto your audience a general mean-ing; don’t forget the importance ofthis suggestion, as it is true forcollege as well. But college intro-ductions need to have more of yourpersonality. This requires thor-ough attention to detail and deepthinking. It is essential for you tounderstand that your openingparagraph, even your first line,sets the stage for the rest of youressay, and also decides for youraudience whether or not they wantto continue reading your work. Ofcourse, your professor will alwaysread your essay, no matter the

quality of your introduction,but if you are looking for an Aor A- you’ll have to make sureyour introduction is attentiongrabbing and sharp.

Thesis StatementTechnically, this is part of

the introduction, but it de-serves its own space and men-tion. Your thesis statement isbasically what your essay isabout. High school beganteaching you the importanceof a clear and concise thesisstatement, but in college the-sis statements should not becontained to a single line.Your introduction needs tobuild up to your thesis, mak-ing sure that the final sen-tence of the first paragraphrings loudly in the minds ofyour audience. Ask yourself,“What claim am I making for thispaper? And is that claim com-pletely obvious to someone whodoesn’t know anything about mytopic?” While the answers to thesequestions may seem obvious toyou, you need to consider themfrom different perspectives.

The Body Para-graphsThe paragraphs be-

tween the introduc-tion and conclusionare often referred toas the body para-graphs, what consti-tutes the details and descriptionsof your paper. You should alwaysmake sure that each paragraphbegins with a topic sentence,clearly outlining the point of theparticular paragraph. There reallyisn’t a “right” way to go about this,though. You can keep the commonpoint-counterpoint-solution tem-plate, and you will find that it isoften successful; but in order to at-

tain consistently high marks, youwill need to add your own uniquetouch to how you present thesepoints. Does your essay call foroutside research? If not, considerbringing in a relevant source to so-lidify your own views. Also, youwill want to avoid using cliche re-marks or popularly held points of

view without giving time to decon-struct their meaning. The lastthing you want is for your profes-sor to read your paper and feelthat you have contributed nothingnew to the dialogue surroundingthe topic you wrote about.

The ConclusionHigh school may have taught

you to approach the conclusion asa review of what you have alreadycovered in the rest of your paper.In some ways, this is right. Yourconclusion does need to connect towhat you have already written inyour essay, but, by no means, areyou required to review all the ma-terial over again. What sense isthere in ending your paper by re-stating, in other words, what youjust had your audience read? Theconclusion is the point in yourpaper where you can make connec-tions to your topic that did not nec-essarily fit into your essay or togive a completely new perspectivethat you did not have a chance towrite about. Make sure not to limityourself here either just becauseyou want to end the paper. Yourconclusion is, most likely, the lastthing your professor will read be-fore giving you a grade, so the im-pression you make here is veryimportant.Another big mistake is to re-

arrange the sentences and ideasalready stated in your introduc-

Campus News | October 2020 | Page 4

How to write the college essayProf. Robert CutreraCampus News

‘Make sure each paragraphbegins with a topic,

outlining the point of theparticular paragraph.’

continued on next page

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tion; this is obvious and a waste of space thatcould have been dedicated to a new point orperspective.

ProofreadingWhile this is not technically part of the

essay, it is necessary for the overall quality ofyour essay. By going back and rereading overyour work, you are allowing yourself thechance to catch small grammatical mistakes —never trust the auto-correct function on wordprocessors, as they often guess the wrong word— and to change a sentence or two in order tobetter accommodate the ideas you are trying toexpress. It is so easy to make small mistakesthat you do not catch in the process of writing.If possible, upon completion of your essay,

put a day in between proofreading. This willallow you to approach your writing with fresheyes. Also, if you have someone who is willingto read over your essay and provide construc-

tive feedback, you should look to get their opin-ion. Some professors will offer peer review/edit-ing days in class to allow for this, but, if not,ask a friend or family member.Also, as a side note, make sure to always

meet the minimum page requirement. If yourassignment calls for four pages, that means afull four pages, not three full pages and a para-graph on the fourth page. This is a place wheremany students will lose points unnecessarily.These are just a few tips to help you begin

your writing assignments for the upcomingFall semester. Writing is a very personalprocess that you should take very seriously. Bypracticing and paying detailed attention to howyou write and the multifarious ways you canimprove your writing skills, you will not onlysucceed in many aspects of college, but you willset yourself up for many successes in life aftercollege.

Robert Cutrera teaches English at SUNYNew Paltz.

(cont.) Baston keynotesRockland Community College President

Dr. Michael A. Baston, will be leading aS U N Y - w i d eKeynote discussionon Wednesday, Oc-tober 21 from 3:30to 5:00 pm. Titled“Beginning with theEnd in Mind,” Dr.Baston will discussGuided Pathwaysas a way of stream-lining a student’sjourney through col-lege by providing structured choice, re-vamped support, and clear learningoutcomes. This free virtual event, organizedby Monroe Community College, is open tomembers of any SUNY institution. More information can be found at

www.sunyrockland.edu.

Campus News | October 2020 | Page 6

Asking “what is your major” is apopular question that many collegestudents ask one another uponmeeting. As students from more“practical” majors such as Businessand Engineering try to grasp whyothers major in the Humanities,conversations often get heated. Oneof the most looked-down upon ma-jors within Humanities is Philoso-phy. When Philosophy majors uttertheir major, people often ask, “Whatare you going to do with philoso-phy?” The worst of all is when theyask “everyone knows how to think,so what is the point of philosophy ifit only teaches how to think?” Theaim of this article is to emphasizehow philosophy helps us in oureveryday lives.The word “philosophia” derives

from Greek and it means the “loveof wisdom.” It is considered themother of all sciences, as thinkingrationally and providing evidencefor claims is required for all theother sciences. Philosophers madethe first attempt to understand theworld and make sense of our uni-verse.A philosopher who sums up the

purpose of life is Aristotle, whomakes it clear that the purpose oflife is to be happy. In other words,we wake up, wash, and eat. Some ofus go to school to get a degree so wecan have better-paying jobs after wegraduate because we want to be fi-nancially secure and enjoy comfort-able lives all to be happy. It is, then,clear that behind every act of in-quiry lies an attempt to be happy.Whether we are aware of it or not,behind every act lies advantages,even if some of it turns out to beharmful in the long term.

According to Aristotle, there arethree criteria that should be met tojudge if something makes us happyor not. The three criteria are (1) cho-sen for its own sake, (2) self-suffi-cient and (3) choice-worthy. If wecan say that we are in college be-cause (1) we genuinely want to be incollege, (2) the reason we are in col-lege is independent of its own, and(3) that being in college is the bestthing to do at this time, then we arefulfilling our human function – to behappy. Otherwise, we are wastingour time and money when we couldbe doing something meaningful. Inaddition, when we are happy, wecontribute to the overall happinessof our community. If what we aredoing right now does not make ushappy, then we should reconsiderour duty and do what would makeus happy. This very simple yet es-sential philosophical ideacan take us a long way to abetter and happier futurefor all.Another thing that phi-

losophy teaches is tobroaden our horizon byopening our minds to dif-ferent perspectives. Consider ReneDescartes, who came up with a fewbasic rules for what counts asknowledge. In the 1600s, Galileodisproved the geocentric theory byproviding evidence for the heliocen-tric theory. Descartes slowly real-ized that facts he thought to be truewere false. He then decided to makeup axiom that anyone can use tojustify true knowledge from falseclaims. In his “Meditation on FirstPhilosophy,” Descartes writes thatsince much of our dreams seem sovivid, how do we know that we arenot actually dreaming in this life?The answer he gives is that he mustexist for him to doubt his existence.Therefore, even if he does not exist

in reality, he must exist somewhereelse metaphysically where he isdreaming of the known world.Descartes concludes with complete

certainty that he exists. From thissingular knowledge, he continues tosearch for truth and shows us howhard it is to prove something withsolid evidence. By the end of theSixth Meditation, he claims to provemany things as facts such as the ex-istence of God and the concern ofevil.Descartes teaches us something

very simple: not to judge so easily.He reminds us that many of theclaims made by experts can be mereassumptions, yet we put our faith inthem anyway. If we take Descartes’advice, then we would be moreopen-minded to being wrong andappreciate other ways of thinking.Accepting that we are wrong is nota crime. Philosophy would lead us

to have more tolerant leaders whowould make political decisionsbased on evidence instead of whim,bias, and assumptions. Everyoneknows how to think, but some waysof thinking are better than othersjust as some opinions are worthierthan others.Philosophy gives us the skills to

make wise decisions, which makesthis major very practical becausemaking wise decisions via criticalthinking are necessary for all jobs.Some of the jobs that best fit thismajor are working in law firms, civilservices, publishing companies andmuch more. Majoring in Philosophywould be excellent for people whowish to go to law school. In addition,Philosophy is good preparation forgraduate school as it teaches in-tense analytical writing. For thesereasons, every college studentshould take an introductory philos-ophy class to gauge interest.

Each month, the “So You Want toMajor In...” column investigates adifferent field of study. Want towrite about your major? Send anemail to majors@cccn.us.

Philosophy asks the tough questionsSo You Want to Major In...

‘Descartes teaches ussomething very simple:not to judge so easily.’

Aumma BegumCampus News

Campus News | October 2020 | Page 7

Community colleges drag down enrollment

When COVID-19 first hit earlierthis year, the initial thought was that,this fall, community colleges wouldsee a boom in enrollment. The feeling was, with four-year col-

leges being far more expensive, and,with the pandemic, the “college expe-rience” being co-opted, students wouldjust stay close to home, save a few dol-lars and get their credits at a two-yearschool. After all, the credits will even-tually transfer to the four-year col-lege, once there’s an “all clear.”However, that didn’t happen at all.At the Sept. 15 meeting of the

SUNY Board of Trustees, assessmentnumbers presented paint a much dif-ferent picture, and, as I’ve called var-ious community collegecommunications directors, the reac-tion is disappointment and a bit ofconcern. Some directors note thattheir community colleges are adding“late start” classes, which begin thismonth and may improve their num-bers, but, overall, it looks like the typ-ical SUNY community college will seedouble-digital losses comparing Fall2019 to 2020. Staff furloughs are al-ready happening.Herkimer County Community Col-

lege, which I profiled in our Septem-ber issue, is one of only three SUNYcommunity colleges (out of 30) withpositive numbers. They lead the packwith an 8.2% rise. In my article, theynoted how they bolstered their al-ready robust online offerings, keptdorms open and aggressively recruitedfrom New York City to help theirnumbers. They noted that theywanted to maintain “the college expe-rience” for students. And, thus, is perhaps why other

community colleges aren’t faring aswell. While, initially, community col-leges were thought to be a good alter-native to four-year colleges, thefour-year colleges mostly had an-nounced that they would be “live” this

fall, while community colleges took avery conservative approach, announc-ing they would be mostly virtual, de-spite that community colleges don’thave the same risks as four-year col-leges – SUNY community collegeshave no big-time spectator sports, few(if any) massive parties and limited (ifany) dorm space. Nassau Community College, one of

the largest two-year colleges in theSUNY system and one racked by nu-merous leadership changes in recentyears, is projected to be down over20%, comparing this year to last. Atthe meeting, 10-year numbers werealso looked at, and NCC is down over45% the past 10 years, so the down-ward trend had begun before all this.Nassau is also having trouble attract-ing new students, down 29% compar-ing Fall 2019 to now.Community colleges were ex-

tremely conservative with their courseofferings, with only 12.1% offered in-person. SUNY four-year colleges of-fered between 17.6% to 32.1% ofclasses in-person and 12.6% to 22.2%hybrid (a combination of in-personand online), while community collegesonly offered 12.6% of courses in hybridmode. Over 75% of community collegecourses were completely online, de-spite that it's widely known that com-munity college students have lessaccess to technology and other essen-tials. This compares to 55% to 57% atSUNY four-year technical and com-prehensive colleges.Overall, SUNY four-year colleges

have only dropped from 222,000 to220,000 students over the pastdecade, while community collegeshave dropped from 249,000 to 175,000students, lowering the system's over-all numbers significantly.As for the losses this year, college

officials say that, yes, when times aretough, normally community collegeen-rollment does well – but this year isdifferent. Students are in a bleakersitutation than usual, and the futureis far more uncertain.

Darren JohnsonCampus News

One yearcommunitycollege

losses, left,vs. 10-yearlosses.

Community colleges had the fewest in-person options

Campus News | October 2020 | Page 8

Suffolk County Community Col-lege on Sept. 16 accepted the dona-tion of a 2020 Volkswagen Atlas toits Automotive Technology Programas part of Volkswagen’s Drive Biggerinitiative. Volkswagen and localdealers are donating vehicles to uni-versities, colleges, and technical andtrade schools to develop future Volk-swagen-trained automotive techni-cians.Pictured (L-R):Michael Siegel –

Dealer Principal Legend VW; DanAnderson – VW of America – FixedOperation Manager Northeast Re-

gion; Louis Petrizzo, Interim Presi-dent Suffolk County CommunityCollege; Dave Macholz, AcademicChair, Suffolk Automotive Technol-ogy; Ed Merman – Smithtown Volk-swagen Service Manager; Bill Moran– Donaldson’s Volkswagen ServiceDirector; Suzanne Cochrane – Bay-side Volkswagen General Manager;John Peterson – VW of America Di-rector of Fixed Operations NortheastRegion; Joe Romano – West IslipVW – Service Manager.

SCCC gifted a new VW for auto tech

State University of New YorkChancellor Jim Malatras recently an-nounced SUNY-wide standards forviolators of COVID-19 safety proto-cols to strengthen penalties for reck-less behavior and non-compliance.The comprehensive policy, drafted inconsultation with campuses acrossthe system, provides new uniformrules for campus leadership, and isdesigned to help SUNY’s campusesprotect the public health of students,faculty, staff, and community mem-bers, and ensure campuses can re-main open during the pandemic.Student violators now face immediateacademic and housing suspension, aswell as possible dismissal, and stu-dent organizations in non-complianceface a permanent campus ban.Campuses are required to begin

communicating the new policy to stu-dents, which became effective Oct. 1,and remain in place until further ac-tion by the SUNY Chancellor.The policy sets a range of allowable

sanctions for the infractions listedbelow. Allowable sanctions include asuspension from academic and/orhousing access with continued accessto their academic program via remotelearning only (if available and as sub-

ject to campus policy and process), anacademic and/or housing suspension,or permanent dismissal from the in-stitution. Intentional Violations ofCOVID-Positive Students:

For students who know that•they have tested positive forCOVID-19 or know they have hadclose contact to someone who hastested positive or been treated or issymptomatic for COVID-19, and thenintentionally expose other students.

Failure to Self-Isolate: For•students who fail to self-isolate (be-cause they are COVID-19 positive) asdirected by their SUNY campus orthe State or local Department ofHealth.

Failure to Quarantine: For•students who have been directed bythe institution or Department ofHealth to complete a quarantine (po-tentially positive because of a closecontact with someone who is positive)period, on or off campus, and then en-gage in any conduct that would vio-late such quarantine order.

Prohibited On-Campus or•Off-Campus Gathering (Hosts):For students who host an on-campusor off-campus gathering of any size,whether indoor or outdoor, that vio-

lates campus policy and/or exceedsthe current limitation published bythe SUNY campus, Executive Order,or the Department of Health.

Prohibited On-Campus or•Off-Campus Gathering (Atten-dees): For students who attend agathering of any size (but not as host),whether indoor or outdoor, that vio-lates campus policy and/or exceedsthe current limitation published bythe SUNY campus, Executive Order,or the Department of Health.

Violations of Face Mask and•Social Distancing Requirements:For students found to have commit-ted repeated and/or intentional viola-tions of face mask/covering or socialdistancing requirements of the cam-pus, Executive Order, or the State orlocal Department of Health.

Contact Tracing: For students•who repeatedly fail to comply, inten-tionally or unintentionally.

Failure to Comply with Cam-•pus Health Protocols:For studentswho fail to attend at least two sched-uled appointments, without sufficientexcuse, to obtain diagnostic or sur-veillance COVID-19 testing under thecampus’s published protocol, or forstudents who fail to submit their

daily health screening via the cam-pus’s portal for at least three consec-utive days, the college shallundertake disciplinary action to en-force compliance, including interimsuspension, or administrative meas-ures to electronically deactivate cardaccess and restrict access to anybuildings with the exception of accessrequired to obtain health care serv-ices pursuant to campus policy.This policy is part of SUNY’s three-

pronged approach to address theCOVID-19 crisis to keep campusesopen including: SUNY-wide testing,uniform data transparency, and uni-form enforcement.

Announcing strict COVID-19 protocols

Jim Malatras

Bradley Hershenson (picturedat the Albany Climate Strike in2019), a doctoral student from theCollege of Homeland Security, CyberSecurity, and Emergency Prepared-ness at the University at Albany,was elected as the President of theState University of New York(SUNY) Student Assembly on Fri-day, September 25th at a virtual ple-nary session of elected studentdelegates from SUNY’s 64 campusesacross New York State. PresidentHershenson will serve as an ex-offi-cious (voting) member of the SUNYBoard of Trustees. Student Assem-bly delegates elected Officers for theExecutive Board this past weekendinclude:Eusebio Omar van Reenan, an

international student from Namibiastudying public policy at the Univer-sity at Albany was elected Vice Pres-ident. Bryce Mack, a student ofSUNY New Paltz was re-electedTreasurer. Kelvin (Angel) Cooke,a student studying epidemiology at

Monroe Community College waselected Secretary.“We are honored to represent —

SUNY’s 1.4 million students duringthese challenging times as we allstrive to overcome the impact of thepandemic. The voices of studentsmust be heard in order to ensure wereceive a quality education and stu-dent support services — which areneeded now more than ever. We lookforward to the opportunity to workwith the students, faculty, adminis-tration, and alumni of SUNY as wellas our champions in government tostrengthen academic excellence, ed-ucational opportunity and studentsuccess in public higher education.”said President Hershenson.“SUNY students repay the invest-

ment made now in their higher edu-cation many times over through thetaxes they pay now and after theygraduate. We must protect that in-vestment in the State budget processand continue to advocate for federalaid to New York. SUNY graduates

are essential to the health and well-being of New York’s economy, itsworkforce, and the social fabric,”Hershenson added.

About the Student AssemblyThe Student Assembly of the

State University of New York(SUNY SA) is the recognized studentgovernment organization represent-

ing the nearly 1.4 million students ofthe State University of New York.Comprised of student leaders electedby their peers from across SUNY’s64 campuses, SUNY SA is commit-ted to empowering students through-out the state, and ensuring therepresentation of its members on thestate and national level, as well asthroughout the SUNY system.

Campus News | October 2020 | Page 9

Bradley Hershenson

New SUNY student leaders elected

The City University of New Yorkand its 25 campuses have raised closeto $17 million over the past sixmonths in emergency relief fundsthat have helped thousands of stu-dents weather the economic impact ofthe COVID-19 pandemic.The emergency funds, which are

supported by donors ranging fromphilanthropic foundations to alumniand other individuals, are part of abroad effort by CUNY and its cam-puses to respond to the hardshipsfaced by many of its students andtheir families. In April, the Univer-sity established the Chancellor’sEmergency Relief Fund, the first uni-versity-wide student assistance pro-gram of its kind at CUNY. Thatemergency fund has raised $8.3 mil-lion and thus far disbursed $500

grants to 6,000 students as well as re-tention and completion grants rang-ing from $200 to $1,000 to anadditional 500 students to pay downtuition debts so they can re-enroll. Atthe same time, individual collegesand schools have raised more than$8.6 million on their own, enablingthem to help nearly 10,000 studentson their campuses who were ad-versely impacted by the pandemic.CUNY has also distributed $118

million to students from the federalgovernment’s Coronavirus Aid, Re-lief, and Economic Security (CARES)Act to help cover education-relatedexpenses caused by the pandemic.Some of the campus emergency

funds were created in response to thepandemic while others are estab-lished student assistance programs

that have mounted special fundrais-ing campaigns to assist the largenumber of students in need duringthe crisis. They include a COVIDemergency fund at Hunter Collegethat has raised $1.3 million and pro-vided emergency aid to more than2,000 students, and a campaign byLehman College that raised $1.1 mil-lion and helped 1,200 students.Among CUNY’s professional

schools, the Craig Newmark Gradu-ate School of Journalism created apandemic assistance fund that is pro-viding $1 million in aid to students inneed. CUNY’s community collegeshave also drawn donors to studentemergency funds, with Borough ofManhattan Community College lead-ing the way with a virtual fundraiserthat raised $430,000 and helped more

than 1,000 students.Many of the college emergency

funds have received generous supportfrom long-time CUNY benefactorssuch as the Carroll and Milton PetrieFoundation and Robin Hood. Cam-puses have also conducted onlinefundraising campaigns that haveraised hundreds of thousands of dol-lars from their alumni, faculty andother individuals. CUNY’s 25 cam-puses serve 275,000 degree-seekingstudents whose median household in-come is about $40,000 a year. Nearlyhalf of all CUNY undergraduateswork while in school, and many havefound their jobs and incomes elimi-nated, drastically reduced or threat-ened — exacerbating financialpressures and challenges includingfood and housing insecurity.

CUNY raises $17M to help students

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It’s that time of the year again-back to school! That being said,this year was a little weird. Obvi-ously, given the circumstances, thegeneral atmosphere has been un-usual. I, for one, can speak to thisbecause usually I should be fat andsad right now, and you know anyyear where I’m fit and happy is abad one. People were actually ex-cited to go back to school, which isnot a day I thought I’d live to see.In all the mess, we haven’t seenmany back to school survival

guides – so I thought I’d provideone here today.Organize Your Folders – It’s

important to keep track of all yourpapers, so nothing gets lostthroughout the year. I’ve color-coded my folders so my local out-break tracker, math homeworkand list of places I’d consider mov-ing to if Trump gets reelected don’tget lost.Pack a Healthy Lunch – It’s

important to stay energized duringthe day, so you can be productive.Pack yourself a filling, healthy,Pringle-free lunch so you can stay

on top of your work.Good First Impres-

sions – It’s important to getoff on the right foot withyour teachers. You could trythe classic “bring them anapple” technique, but withsocial distancing guidelines,you may have to throw it atthem.Make New Friends –

You’re always going to meetnew people when you start aschool year, so you might aswell make some friends inthem. Remember, the mostrelevant topics right noware the coronavirus and pol-itics, so make sure youbegin your introductionwith some blend of both.They’ll love it.Stand Out – You don’t

want to just be another student inthe mix, and you need to makeyourself rec-o g n i z a b l e .One tactic isto play “hardto get” whenit comes tohomework. Wear a

Mask – There’s no joke here. Don’tbe an idiot.Find the Bullying Equilib-

rium – You’ve got to find a healthymedium where you’re not theworst bully there, but you’re stillthe boss. You should politely steala kid’s lunch money.B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own

Belongings) – It’s important tokeep to yourself, so you should re-

ally buy and store your own sup-plies. Grab the usual pens, paper,

ruler, calculator,folder, clothes andbinder and youshould be set.There you have it.

Follow these tips andyour school yearshould go flawlessly! I

am legally obligated to say that I’mnot responsible for anything thathappens to you if you use thisguide.

Cody Fitzgeraldis a Schuylerville(NY) High Schoolsenior aspiring tobecome a screen-writer and come-dian.

A COVID-adapted declassifiedschool survival guide

Cody’s Column

Cody FitzgeraldCampus News

‘Pack yourselfa filling, healthy,Pringle-free lunch.’

Campus News | October 2020 | Page 12

“Voices: A Library Lecture Series” ispresented each semester by Hudson Val-ley Community College to broaden andenrich the scope of studies at the collegewith talks on timely and enduring issuesthat are shared with the community.The lectures are 50-minutes long andthis fall will be streamed live online dueto the current COVID-19 restrictions onpublic gatherings. All are welcome to at-tend; each lecture has a unique virtualaddress (see below).Elections 2020: A Perspective

from Albany; Thursday, Oct. 15, 11a.m. to 11:50 a.m.While the United States presidential

election is getting most of our attention,all of New York’s congressional and leg-islative seats are up for re-election. Spec-trum News political reporter SusanArbetter will share her insights on whatcould happen in the national, state, andlocal elections and what those resultscould mean for New York State. Virtualevent: livestream.com/hvccstreaming/events/9235041.Tiny Homes... From Pinterest

Dreams to Affordable Housing;

Tuesday, Oct. 27, 1 to 1:50 p.m.The tiny home trend is everywhere –

on television, on social media and at tinyhome festivals popping up throughoutthe county. The same questions persist:Why go tiny? Who chooses tiny homes?Are these homes really less expensive?Local businesswoman Brittany McAn-drew of Upstate Tiny Homes, whoserved on the board for the Tiny HomeIndustry Association, will illuminatethis new tiny world. Virtual event:livestream.com/hvccstreaming/events/9235043.Using Adversity to Fuel Positive

Change; Wednesday, Nov. 11, noon to12:50 p.m. Bridie Farrell, a three-timeAmerican record-holding speed skater,is the founder of NY Loves Kids, a non-profit advocacy organization for childvictims. Farrell, a national spokespersonfor sexual abuse survivors, will discusshow surviving child sexual abuse be-came a platform for change. Virtualevent: livestream.com/ hvccstreaming/events/9235044.Or visit www.hvcc.edu/culture

to access these links.

HVCC online lectures

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New York True Crime

The Old Washington CountyCourthouse and Jail in Salem deepin Upstate New York attractsparanormal investigators regu-larly. Perhaps they are looking totalk with Martin Wallace.Capital punishment was not ex-

ecuted very often in WashingtonCounty. Greenwich Journal EditorJohn Curtis wrote about two in-stances. The first in 1800 was aman who stabbed another with apocketknife during an argument.The second was in 1809 when aman killed his wife by striking herin the head with a piece of wood.Additionally, there was a murdertrial in the early 1850s in which aman was accused of shooting an-other in revenge for giving “falsetestimony” about him injuring an-other man’s ox. In that case, thejury found the evidence to be in-sufficient to prove guilt. The third person to be hung,

Martin Wallace, claimed to be in-nocent. The Troy Daily Times re-ported the trial in detail. Thevictim, Barney McEntee, was de-scribed as a man over the age of50, “weak and inoffensive, andgiven to the inordinate use of

liquors.” Wallace was colorfullydescribed as a farm laborer “of thelowest character”, with “habits ofdissipation, and he was unable toaccumulate any money.” A couple of days before the Feb-

ruary 16 murder, Wallace hadcompletely run out of money, hisemployer had no work for him inthe middle of winter, the grocerystore refused to give him credit,and his landlord had told him thathe must move his family from therooms he rented in Buskirk’sBridge if he did not come up withany money. Wallace was desperate, but was

he a murderer? He did in factspend the entire day of the murder

with McEntee. They visited sev-eral different places together anddrank in excess on McEntee’s tab.McEntee was reported to havedrunk so much that he was actingsilly and flashing around his wadof money that was wrapped in aten-dollar bill. When the pair left

Joice’s drinkingplace in Buskirk’sBridge around 8o’clock, McEnteewas hardly able tostand. He was ad-vised not to leave,but Wallacepromised to gethim to Posts’ Cor-ners safely.About a half-

mile from Joice’sat 8:30 PM,McEntee’s body

was found lying in theroad. He had two frac-tures to his head — one onthe top and the other theside, blood had pooledfrom the wounds. A bro-ken fencepost was foundnearby, and bark from thepost was on the groundand on McEntee’s head.McEntee’s pocket hadbeen pulled out, and hiswallet emptied. The sus-pect was immediatelyidentified as Wallace.Wallace was in bed with

his wife and infant whenthe Sheriff and an en-tourage went to arresthim. McEntee’s gloves anda five-dollar and a ten-dol-lar bill were found in a coatthat Wallace had not wornin a while. Wallacehollered out, “It is wrong! Idid not do it!” Wallace triedto explain that the moneywas paid to him by Marvin Wallisthe summer before. Wallis later tes-tified that he only paid Wallace a $2bill. The explanation for the moneywas taken as a lie.Wallace was indicted by the

Grand Jury in May. The court-house was packed every day of thetrial. The circumstantial evidenceagainst Wallace was so great thejury deliberated for only an hour.When the jury delivered the ver-dict, Wallace turned pale and sankin his seat. When asked if he hadanything to say, he simply said “Iam not guilty.” Judge Allen sen-tenced him to be hung on the firstday of December. Wallace at-tempted to escape prison but didnot make it out of the corridor.When he was returned to his cell,he appeared to completely break

down. His mental suffering wasgreat. He met with his spiritualadvisor several times, he repentedfor the vices in his life but he didnot mention the murder. On temporary gallows specifi-

cally made for him, Wallace’s an-guish was ended. He no longer hadto face his wife who hystericallysobbed for him. When asked if hewas ready to die, he replied, “Yes,but I am sorry for my poor wife,” I wonder, did Wallace receive

mercy for his soul, or is he haunt-ing Washington County today?

Rachel Clothieris a history buffand legal re-searcher, in theVillage of Green-wich, NY.

Ending with capital punishment UpstateRachel ClothierCampus News

‘Wallace hollered:“It is wrong!

I did not do it!”’Artifacts from the old jail arein the back of the currentcourthouse building. –dj

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Just as ABC was getting readylast night to show "Tiger King" fig-ure Carole Baskin on the dancefloor, the family of her ex-husbanddevised plans to trip her up - andthey weren't difficult to put into mo-tion.Viewers watching ABC affiliates

WFTS in Tampa and WJXX in Jack-sonville at just past 8:30 p.m. Mon-day night saw a commercialfeaturing three daughters of DonLewis, Baskin's second husbandwho has been missing since 1997and was declared legally dead in2002. In the spot, the trio and familyattorney John Phillips ask area res-idents to come forward if they knowanything about Lewis' disappear-ance - or if they know that Baskinwas involved."Don Lewis mysteriously disap-

peared in 1997. His family deservesanswers. They deserve justice," saysPhillips in the commercial. "Do youknow who did this or if CaroleBaskin was involved?" The familymentions a potential reward of$100,000. Baskin's ties to Lewishave been in the spotlight since Net-flix launched "Tiger King" earlierthis year. In the documentary, zooowner Joe Exotic alleges Baskin, arival animal sanctuary operator,murdered Lewis. No one has beenarrested or charged in relation tothe investigation of Lewis' death.ABC welcomes all kinds of com-

mercials on "Dancing With TheStars," where a 30-second spot hasin years past gone for between$100,000 and $120,000. The seriesin 2019 captured nearly $43.4 mil-lion in ad revenue, according to Kan-tar, a tracker of ad spending, fromtop-flight companies such as Target,Eli Lilly and Walmart. But networkexecutives probably didn't appreci-

ate the local ads that cast a negativespotlight on Baskin at a momentwhen one of ABC's most durable se-ries is in the midst of a renovation,with a new host, Tyra Banks; newrestrictions due to the coronaviruspandemic; and a new set.The broadcast networks have lit-

tle control over the local commer-cials that dozens of affiliates sell tosmaller advertisers in their home re-gions. Even though the purpose ofhis commercial would clearly castaspersions on Baskin's appearanceon "DWTS," Phillips says he had notrouble booking his ads on the twoFlorida ABC affiliates. "Nobodygave us any issue," the attorney saysin an interview. "It was tastefullyconceived."Some very large advertisers have

exploited this tiny loophole in thepast. In 2009, MillerCoors put a one-second ad for Miller High Life on 25local NBC stations during the net-work's broadcast of Super BowlXLIII - knowing full well that rivalAnheuser-Busch InBev has lockedup rights to be the sole beer adver-tiser in the national broadcast of theevent. In 2004, TNT, the cable net-work then owned by Time Warner,started running ads on local NBCstations during "E.R." to remind

viewers about the missing-personsdrama "Without A Trace," and to tellthem repeats were available onTNT. The catch? First-run episodesof the series ran opposite "E.R." inthe same time slot on CBS. NBCbanned the ads once executives werealerted to the stunt.Getting a message about Carole

Baskin on the local ABC stationswas easy to do, says Phillips. "It was$6000 for Tampa and $500 for Jack-sonville," he says. Production costnothing, he adds, because his firmhandled those duties on its own.The attorney got the idea to run

the commercial, when an ad-salesstaffer from one of the local stationsapproached him about placing an adfor his law firm on its air. "It was agarden-variety lawyer commercial,"he recalls. "I don't do those." SinceLewis was active as the operator ofan animal sanctuary in Florida, theattorney says, he felt the ads wouldreach viewers who might have runin his circles.Response to the commercials, he

says, has been robust. "The tip lineshave dozens and dozens of calls," hesays, suggesting the family may beinterested in running more TV adsat a later date.

How to run a controversial commercialBrian SteinbergVarietySpecial to Campus News

Carole Baskin

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Since this whole pandemic, quarantine, stay-at-home thing began in mid-March, I have up-loaded a dozen videos to my YouTube channel.The self-produced movies ranged from an inter-view I conducted with my 11-year-old nephew -- I queried him about his passion for Legos -- tosnippets from a few Zoom comedy shows I per-formed for business employees trying to staysane as they juggled work with home schoolingduties.But never have I bounced out of bed, grabbed

my iPhone or video camera and proclaimed,"THIS day will be SO amazing, that I will doc-ument it in its entirety and post it to YouTube,so the entire world can enjoy it!" Another dayspent without a plane to catch, a restaurant toexplore, a health club to sweat in, or humansoutside my immediate family to converse withjust didn't seem worthy of documentation.And yet, some 300,000 aspiring filmmakers

worldwide thought differently. They submittedvideos in hopes of being featured as part of the"Life in a Day 2020" documentary, now in de-velopment.The project, commissioned by YouTube and

directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker KevinMacdonald, invited anyone and everyone to rollout of bed on July 25, record anything theywanted, and submit it to YouTube, hoping Mac-donald will use at least a portion of it in the 90-minute finished product, scheduled to debut atthe Sundance Film Festival in January 2021.Of course, that's assuming the festival isn'tcanceled, postponed, moved to a virtual formator "reevaluated," all very real scenarios if theworld's population keeps insisting on runningaround without masks.Wondering if I had missed a golden opportu-

nity, I scrolled backward though my phone'scalendar, curious to see what I could havefilmed. Tapping July 25, I saw a two-wordphrase that has become synonymous with thepandemic: "No events."I immediately felt better.Had YouTube chosen July 22 to conduct "Life

in a Day 2020," I could have wowed Macdonaldwith a happy birthday Facetime call I made tomy 84-year-old aunt in Michigan. Yes, that wason my calendar. All by itself.

Or June 20, when I actually typed "shred-ding day" into the calendar, a reminder that Icould drop off paper documents at my town halland they would be ground to a pulp, free ofcharge.Oh, wait, forget the shredding event. June 28

was way more scintillating. On that day, Iwatched my niece graduate from Harvard Busi-ness School. Via Zoom. Then there was July 12,the day I reminded myself to "check in withdentist." I specifically remember that call ... all

three minutes of it.Of course, there have been events that I didn't

deem worthy of including in an online calendar."Mow lawn," "walk dog," "record 'Ozark'" and"check beer supply" all come to mind. WouldMacdonald have considered adding a scene of mesticking my head into my refrigerator and decid-ing that, yes, my supply of Coors Light was run-ning low? We'll never know.Incidentally, this isn't Macdonald's first go-

round with the "Life in a Day" concept; he pro-duced a similar film documenting life on July24, 2010. I'm not sure what I was doing thatday but I'm certain it was more interesting

than "pull weeds."According to Variety magazine, a slew of peo-

ple managed to find excitement in their lives onJuly 25, 2020. Submissions included footage ofBlack Lives Matter protesters, Tibetan Bud-dhists and COVID-19 researchers. I do remem-ber indulging in pickleball, my new athleticpassion, on the 25th but footage of me swattingat a yellow Whiffle ball pales in comparison toscientists trying to cure the virus that is causingtumbleweeds to blow through my day planner.This pandemic needs to end. Now. I don't

care how long I have to stand in line, awaitingthe vaccine. For I will spend the time updatingmy calendar, adding entries that involve travel,concerts, weddings and the chance to say good-bye to a loved one at a funeral home or a grave-side service. None of these events may bedocumentary-worthy but all have a nicer ringthan "Delete spam."

Greg Schwem is a corporate stand-up comedianand author of two books: “Text Me If You’reBreathing: Observations, Frus-trations and Life Lessons Froma Low-Tech Dad” and the re-cently released “The Road ToSuccess Goes Through theSalad Bar: A Pile of BS From aCorporate Comedian,” availableat Amazon.com. Visit Greg onthe web atwww.gregschwem.com.

Sorry, YouTube, my life is not that interesting

‘Walk dog, mow lawn...Yes, my supply of CoorsLight is running low.’

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There was a time when my entire life fit in-side two olive-green sea bags. One sea bag con-tained uniforms, and the other my personaleffects. There was a time when my entire lifewas Marine Corps uniforms and my civilian at-tire: half a dozen shirts, many pairs of pantsand three pairs of shoes.I was first issued my sea bags in boot camp

in 2003. There is a specific way that a bagmust be packed. The game of Tetris is madereal when Drill Instructors are screaming“Boots!” “Socks!” “Skivvy shirt!” “Uniformblouse!” “Uniform pants!” “Personal hygienekit!” “More skivvy shirts!” and you must putthe mentioned items in the sea bag exactly asinstructed. However, once completed and fol-lowed to the “T”, one’s life does fully fit insidetwo olive-green sea bags. Apparently, I hadbeen packing things incorrectly my entire life. Packing in this manner not only teaches

valuable visual special abilities, it also teachesone how to prioritize what and where itemsshould be packed. Sea bags are “top load” anddo not have rummage room to dig for things.The most important and readily needed itemsmust be packed last so that they are on top.The heaviest and least likely to break itemsmust be placed at the bottom of the bag. Thiskeeps the bag upright when not being carried.Anything fragile gets wrapped in extra skivvyshirts and placed at the center of the bag,cushioned by clothing on all sides. There were many items that would not fit in

the two bags. Often these items would have tobe left behind or be mailed home. For example,before deploying to Japan, I had to leave be-hind a ten-disc CD player and a car. Theseclearly would not fit in my olive-green seabags. “If it’s not issued to you, then you do notneed it,” quote the Marine Corps. This also in-cludes children, spouses, friends and othersentimental effects, as these items also do notfit in a sea bag. The packing and prioritizingwhat is placed into a sea bag is a critical skill.When full, the sea bags weighed as much as

I did. They were so heavy that if I did not wearone on the front and one as a backpack at thesame time, I would tip over. These two bagstravelled the world with me. They were aneasy marker for “We’ve got a traveling Marineover here” when travelling commercial air. Thesea bag is the iconic marker for military mov-ing from one duty station to another or deploy-ing overseas. Every other month or every threeyears, packing and moving the two olive-greensea bags. Heavy. Bulky. Iconic. Yet simple,practical and easy to heft from one duty sta-tion to the next with minimal logistical plan-ning. Just two olive-green sea bags with mylast name stenciled on the bottoms. My entirelife literally fit in two olive-green sea bags.Today, I sit here gazing across my house.

Open boxes and bins. Stacks of boxes and bins.Hundreds of them. Two couches, three antiquearmchairs, countless bookshelves, three beds,a crib and more and more boxes. Power tools,records, antiques. The list goes on for days. Wesold our house recently, which is causing thismassive logistical nightmare. Kids’ toys, kids’clothing, kids’ furniture. Half of the stuff I amnow paying someone else to move is not evenmine! If I had to find an item of importancenow, I do not believe I could. Moving is awful.Life is now sorted into partially filled misla-beled boxes, broken bins with mismatched lidsand all our sweaters are packed. How did itcome to this? How did two olive-green sea bagsturn into and entire house filled with so muchstuff? Stuff that is not even mine? And whoconvinced me to pay someone else to move it

all? Where did I go wrong in life? Despite the ungodly stress of this move, I

am grateful that I no longer must leave behindthat which does not fit in my olive-green sea

bags. I never again want to leave behind mychildren, my husband or anymore CD players.As stressful as moving is, when placed intoperspective, this move is one of the best relo-cations ever.

Liv Thygesen has been amarine, educator and commu-nity advocate.She owns Sip &Swirl in Greenwich.

Logistics and the art of moving

‘How did two olive-greensea bags turn into

an entire house filledwith so much stuff?’

Liv ThygesenCampus News

Liv It to Me

Campus News | October 2020 | Page 19

Becoming a college student offersyou a chance to experience newthings. As we work our way throughthe COVID challenges this semester,we have to realize that there are stillmany activities happening on yourcampus. One of the ways you canparticipate in your college commu-nity is by joining one of the clubs. Theclubs on campus may have virtualmeetings this semester but they canstill benefit you in many ways.One of reasons why many stu-

dents join a club is to make newfriends. You may be on a new cam-pus this semester and may not knowto many people. So, join a club andyou will meet new people. You will begetting involved and can meet stu-dents with similar interests that youhave. You can also have the chanceto go on trips related to the club andlearn how to balance your time man-agement skills.If you are not sure what major to

pursue, joining a club can help you inthis decision. You will listen to speak-ers in the field who have a first handknowledge of the field. You will alsomeet faculty advisors who haveworked in the field and can answerquestions you may have. Selecting amajor is a big decision and youshould want to learn as much as pos-sible about this. Remember, try andselect a major that you have a pas-sion for as this may well lead to a ca-reer in that field. I spent many yearsas the faculty advisor for the Entre-preneur Club at our college. Ourmeetings and speakers all focused inon developing skills that would helpyou own your own business someday.Leadership skills are valued by

potential employers and are lookedfor in the hiring process. Joining a

club can help you develop this skill bybeing the President or Vice Presidentof a club. You will be leading meet-ings, organizing events, answeringquestions and developing this skill,which will only help you in your ca-reer aspirations.Networking. This is a very im-

portant skill that you must learn tobe successful in your career. The con-ventional way to look for a job is torespond to an ad or send in a resume.Have you ever obtained a job becauseyou knew someone? That is an exam-ple of networking and many jobs areobtained this way. Develop your net-work by meeting people, introducingyourself and promoting yourself. Youcan develop your network by joininga club and meeting people with like-minded interests.

Building your resume is some-thing that you should always be try-ing to do. Being an active participantin a club on campus will help you.This shows that you like to be in-volved in campus activities and wantto better yourself. This is somethingyou can put on your resume andbeing a club leader enhances youeven more.As a member of a club, you can

also learn a skill for your career. Wehave an Accounting Society at Nas-sau Community College. This stu-dent club has speakers who areCertified Public Accountants thatmake presentations to members.This helps students learn about the

skills necessary to be a Certified Pub-lic Accountant. They offer real worldexperiences and let the studentsknow what you to do to be successfulin the field. Learning these skills aresomething that you can learn fromany club.Being involved in a club can also

help you when you transfer to afour-year college or university. Ad-missions officers look for studentswho are involved because they wanttheir students to be involved on theircampuses. Looking at your participa-tion in clubs, athletics, publicationsand leadership positions are all im-portant in the admission process

along with your GPA.College offers you many opportu-

nities to help in your academicgrowth and career aspirations. Join-ing a club on campus can also helpyou in many other ways to have asuccessful college experience.

John DeSpagnais a business pro-fessor at NassauCommunity Col-lege in GardenCity, New York.

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Paula Wunder used to be in daily contactwith convicted murderers, armed robbers andactive members of the Crips and the Bloods.She didn't work in the court system; sheworked as a secretary/teacher's aide in SecondOpportunity School in the Bronx.To make her story even crazier, all these

felons were in seventh and eighth grades.One day a new girl arrived and said to Paula,

"You know what I'm in here for?!" Paulashowed her the folder with her name on it andsaid she did. The girl went on to brag abouthow she and another girl had a fight on the roofof a building and then proudly exclaimed, "Icame down by the stairs — she didn't!" The new girl was in seventh grade.Paula's birth in 1955 put her at the tail end

of the hippie era by the time she was in herteens. She attended Woodstock, the be-all-end-all hippie event, in 1969 at age 14.While she hung out with her older sister (a

"definite, definite hippie,") on West 4th Streetin Greenwich Village (historically a Bohemianstomping ground), she wasn't in it for the longrun."Although it was very interesting, it really

wasn't me," she said. "I needed a firm foot onthe ground in my parents' kind of society whileI dabbled with all these other lifestyles."The public school system not only provided a

grounded career but also provided summersdays off (to comb the beach), which was a majorfactor in pursuing one. Paula received her AA from Kingsborough

Community College, which included a "strictcourse of secretarial sciences" that helped herland a job as a secretary at an NYC publicschool district office in East New York, Brook-lyn.East New York was (and is) a rough neigh-

borhood. But the way the system worked at thetime was the rookies started out in such placesso Paula didn't have a choice.She spent the rest of her career working in

crime-ridden sections of New York City. (Theschools had a "battery fund" to replace thestolen batteries from employees' cars; they

were stolen that often.) Her "official" jobs weresome sort of secretarial position, but sincethese places were always understaffed, she ac-tually worked as a teacher's aide more oftenthan not.It was when the Board of Education started

the Second Opportunity Schools program thatPaula found her niche. This is where studentswho were either convicted of felonies andawaiting sentencing, or were charged withfelonies and awaiting trial, attended school.Middle school.She found being an additional authority fig-

ure in the classroom, but with "a more personalpresence," helped keep the troublemakers incheck.Paula essentially took on the duties of a so-

cial worker, but said, "I did way more than asocial worker ever did. I got involved in all thekids' lives, in a whole different way."While on paper she was a school secretary,

in reality she performed tasks such as pickingthe glass out of students' heads when they werethrown through a window by other students.

She actually treated them as if they were herown children, putting her arm around themand giving them a kiss on the forehead whenthey did something good.Her desire to help these kids went beyond

the walls of the school. This included givingthem food to make meals at home and takingthem roller skating and horseback riding, oftenpaying for everything herself.Armand Tarantelli has a similar story. After

serving in the Army during World War II, heattended the School of Education at New YorkUniversity on the G.I. Bill. (The G.I. Bill waspaid college tuition to veterans as additionalcompensation for fighting in the war. Sevenpoint eight million veterans went to college ortrade school on Uncle Sam's dime.)Armand had learned cabinetmaking while

attending a vocational high school, so it was alogical decision to become a shop teacher.

For decades American high schools had an"industrial arts" curriculum, which includedclasses in anything from auto repair to wood-working to metalworking. Industrial arts wasalso known as "shop."At many schools shop was a dumping ground

for the less academic students. Guidance coun-selors, at a loss for electives for these students,would sign them up for shop.Armand started at Division Avenue High

School in Levittown, New York in 1953.In his early days as a teacher, Armand didn't

have an abundance of behavior problems in theclassroom. He credits this to much of the fac-ulty having been World War II veterans whowere big on discipline.According to Armand, no one wore shorts to

school and the vice principal would actuallysuspend girls if their skirts were too short.However, as the years went on, more and

more students dropped out of high school na-tionwide. By the 1970s, the federal governmentdecided to do something about it.The answer was the School to Employment

Program, or STEP. Armand, or "Mr. T." as hewas affectionately called by his students, tookon the job as the STEP coordinator. He waspretty much left alone to run the program as hesaw fit.The idea was to find these at-risk students

part-time jobs where they'd work during theschool day. They'd attend classes in the morn-ing and then work a job off-campus for the re-mainder of the school day.Mr. T.'s daughter, Claudia, says to this day

she bumps into former students, who are nowsuccessful, who say they got their first jobthanks to her father.However, Mr. T. didn't think this was

enough and went above and beyond for thesekids. His plan was to get each of them into ei-ther college or a trade school.He describes these kids as "hazards," and

"incorrigible." "The teachers wanted them out,"he said. "My biggest enemy was the teachers."He contacted admissions counselors at col-

leges and BOCES on Long Island to see what itwould take for these students to be accepted.He would often borrow the driver's ed car (Mr.T. was also the driver's ed teacher) in the morn-

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Reaching out to at-risk students

‘The teachers wantedthem out. My biggest

enemy was the teachers.’

ing to drop off a student at a college toobserve the place and then pick himup in the afternoon.Mr. T. ran this program for about

10 years, until the federal governmentterminated it. To the best of his mem-ory (he's 95 this month), he believes100% of the students he mentoredwere accepted to college or a tradeschool.Mr. T. retired in 1982 and Paula in

2006. Times have changed enormouslysince then. Industrial arts is just about extinct.

(Sometimes middleschools have "tech-nology" class, whichis a mere shadow ofwhat industrial artswas.) Guidancecounselors use otherelectives as thedumping ground.Teachers can no longer drive with

students in their cars, even if it's thedriver's ed car and they're going to seea college. Employees can no longerfraternize with students outside ofschool and the days of kissing themare definitely over.Although the methods of Mr. T. and

Paula were undeniably successful,they and their schools could be suedfor such actions today, and they couldactually be arrested for them as well.

"I think it is very important to workwith high-risk students, especially incommunities that need quality educa-tors," said Michele de Goeas-Malone,the program director in LaGuardiaCommunity College's education de-partment."As educators, I believe that it's our

job to make quality education accessi-ble to all students. And I don't believethat means taking kids roller skatingor horseback riding. It means invest-ing time working with them on devel-oping the competencies and skillsthey'll need to have to be successfullyemployed," she said.For years Paula was fortunate

enough to have administrators whosupported herefforts. Oneprincipal waslike a father toher. But nearthe end shenot only lost

her administration's support, theymade her a target, and it was then sheknew it was time to go.Paula feels teachers today are walk-

ing on eggshells, constantly avoidingbeing brought up on charges or gettingsued. "Now the welfare people have anew income," she said.It makes one wonder why anyone

would want to work with at-risk chil-dren at all these days. But as Paulasimply puts it, "Somebody has to doit."

(cont.)

‘It's our job to makequality educationaccessible to all.’

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Holyoke to remain onlineAs we approached press time, we got our first press release from a community

college saying their spring courses will be virtual. Look for other community collegesto follow. Holyoke Community College will continue to offer the majority of itsclasses remotely through the 2021 spring semester, HCC president Christina Royalannounced in a message to students, faculty and staff.“So much has happened over the course of the last several months,” Royal said.

“Sometimes it’s hard to imagine how our world will change from one day to thenext. It is difficult to predict what life will look like for HCC months from now; how-ever, we are preparing and planning as best we can for every possible scenario.”In her message, sent in an email yesterday, Royal said that “out of an abundance

of caution,” HCC will continue to operate primarily remotely for the spring 2021semester, with the vast majority of courses offered in a remote or hybrid environ-ment. “We anticipate that no more than 10 percent of courses offered this springwill be held on campus.,” she said.

Online winter coursesSUNY Ulster will begin registering students for its online

accelerated winter session, Winter*net on October 1, 2020.Winter*net classes run from December 26 to January 16, andare a quick and economical way to earn credits toward gradu-ation. Winter*net is open to students at any college. Visitingstudents can transfer these earned credits to the college theyare attending. SUNY Ulster’s Winter*net schedule includesonline courses ranging from Science, Business, and Psychologyto Spanish, History, and Math. Many of these classes are gen-eral education courses required to attain an undergraduate de-gree. The online and accelerated class format is ideal to helpstudents get a jumpstart on the spring 2021 semester, com-plete a required course, or explore a new area of interest.To learn more about Winter*net courses and register online,

visit www.sunyulster.edu/winternet.

Armand "Mr. T." Tarantelli with his dedication from the1981 yearbook. –dp photo

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Movies/TV series now available on video

Stuck at home? Here are somenew video releases:"THE WRETCHED": One of very

few movies to get a theatrical releaseduring the coronavirus pandemic,this independently made thrillerfared well at the box office ... rela-tively speaking, given the limitednumber of theaters that were open tobe able to show it, but it still placed atNo. 1 for its first several weeks. Writ-ten and directed by siblings BrettPierce and Drew T. Pierce, it castsJohn-Paul Howard as a young mandrawn into supernatural doings whenhe goes to live with his divorcing fa-ther. A literal witch ultimately is re-vealed as part of the mayhem, whichinvolves such trademarks of thegenre as possession and strange dis-appearances. Disney Channel vet-eran Piper Curda ("I Didn't Do It")plays the young hero's new friend,who also is given a personal reason toget to the bottom of the mystery. "THE HIGH NOTE": Released to

home viewers vis On Demand at thesame time it opened in whatever the-aters were available for it then, thiscomedy drama gives Tracee EllisRoss ("black-ish") a showcase that hasthe subtext of letting her pay homageto her music-icon mother, DianaRoss. She plays a veteran singerwho's been coasting on her past hitsfor a long time, until her personal as-sistant (Dakota Johnson) -- an aspir-ing music producer -- inspires her tostart working on new material, some-thing their record label is skepticalabout. Plenty of personal and profes-sional complications arise for thewomen; Kelvin Harrison Jr. portraysa would-be musician who factors intotheir dealings; Bill Pullman, IceCube, Eddie Izzard and Melanie Grif-fith also are featured. "BELGRAVIA": "Downton

Abbey" mentor Julian Fellowes

adapted his novel also titled"Belgravia" into this Epix se-ries, writing all six of theepisodes of another periodpiece that weaves many char-acters into a backdrop drawnfrom history ... specifically, theBattle of Quatre Bras, whichpreceded Waterloo. That con-flict has results that play outover many years for figures in-cluding an arms dealer andhis wife (played by PhilipGenister and Tamsin Grieg),who eventually relocate to theprivileged London area knownas Belgravia. There, their ear-lier dealings have unexpectedaftereffects, some of which setthe stage for major emotionalcomplications for others aswell. "AMERICAN MASTERS --

MAE WEST: DIRTY BLONDE":"Come up and see me sometime"isn't the typical line you hear on pub-lic television, but then again, MaeWest hardly was a typical celebrity.The famously salty talent didn't hes-itate to play up her sex appeal, fromher time as one of the raciest moviestars of the 1930s to her tenure as anicon seen in such later films as thecontroversial "Myra Breckinridge."Her decidedly colorful life and timesare recalled in this tellingly titledprofile recently broadcast by PBS,detailing how her independent ap-proach to her career made censorsand even powerful publisher WilliamRandolph Hearst nemeses of hers.Still, she counted such popular ac-tors as Cary Grant and James Stew-art among her leading men.Executive-produced by someone elsewho's famously done things her way,Bette Midler, the program includescomments from Ringo Starr, CandiceBergen and actress-comedian Mar-garet Cho. "THE PHANTOM OF THE

OPERA": There certainly has beenno shortage of screen versions of

Gaston Leroux's classic tale of a dis-figured man who dwells in the bow-els of an opera house. This 1962retelling produced by the renownedHammer Films company -- andnewly offered in a "Collector's Edi-tion" on Blu-ray -- casts HerbertLom, arguably best-known as In-spector Clouseau's ill-tempered bossDreyfus in the "Pink Panther" come-dies -- as the Phantom, whose wor-shipping of a performer (HeatherSears, dubbed by Patricia Clark inthe singing sequences) leads to sus-pense and tragedy. Michael Goughand Patrick Troughton also are inthe cast. Among the special featuresare a longer version of the movie thatwas prepared for television show-ings, and a featurette on the horror-oriented Hammer studio's history. "THE BRITISH INVASION":

Those who know the music of a cer-tain era – and a certain country –likely will recognize the theme of thisset of five documentaries. Several ofthem are separate profiles of three ofthe most prominent rock bands tohail from England during the 1960s,The Rolling Stones, The Who and (ofcourse) The Beatles. The legend of

the latter group also yields separatedocumentaries here on John Lennonand the Fab Four's manager, BrianEpstein. Naturally, there's plenty ofmusical evidence presented that at-tests to why the showcased acts havecontinued to endure in popularityover the succeeding decades. "BATWOMAN: THE COM-

PLETE FIRST SEASON": Withthe exit of star Ruby Rose, The CWwill be installing a new Batwoman inthe series' second season, so here's achance to see the DC Comics-basedshow in its original form. Often whilewearing a terrific costume, Rose doesan extremely and commendablyphysical job of playing Kate Kane,who assumes the absent Batman'smission of protecting Gotham fromcriminal elements -- a pursuit thatoften puts her in conflict with her fa-ther (Dougray Scott), a military vet-eran turned private-security-firmchief. Rachel Skarsten gets to vampit up wonderfully as Kate's half-sis-ter, who turns out to be Batwoman'schief enemy. And if you think yourecognize the voice of Gotham gossipVesper Fairchild ... yes, it's RachelMaddow.

Jay BobbinSpecial to Campus News

“Mae West: Dirty Blonde”

Campus News | October 2020 | Page 23

Back in a bygone era of more well-manneredpolitics, Republican President Ronald Reaganand Democrat House Speaker Thomas “Tip”O’Neill presented an example of how politicscould remain professional even in the face ofdisagreement. To me, they reminded me ofRalph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog from the oldLooney Tunes cartoons. It seemed like theywould punch in at the timeclock, each holdingtheir lunch pail, engage in idle chitchat, andthen begin their day. Their day consisted of theWolf would try to kidnap the sheep, and theSheepdog would constantly stymie the Wolf’splans. Sure enough, the bell would ring, andthey’d punch out at the end of the day, “See youtomorrow Ralph.” “Yes, tomorrow Sam!”Of course, it was not all fun and games.

As Tip O’Neill used to say, “Before 6 PMit's all politics,” and sure enough Reaganverified, they were friends after 6 PM.But before 6, it could be brutal – O’Neillreferred to Reagan once as “the most ig-norant man who ever occupied the WhiteHouse,” and Reagan once referred toO’Neill as “Pac-Man” in a speech, to wit –“a round thing that gobbles up money.” Butthey also ensured that this animus was profes-sional, not personal – they were cordial, andboth had kindnesses to share about the other

in their memoirs.Most importantly, their ability to work to-

gether where they could find common groundmoved the country forward, rather than usingCongress as a place where legislation was sentto die. Famously, Reagan once told his aides,“We don’t have enemies, we have opponents.”The friendship of the late liberal Supreme

Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and conser-vative Justice Antonin Scalia is another thatrepresents civil politics. Although they wereoften diametric opposites in rendering courtopinions, they were close friends with eachother for forty years. Their friendship was epicenough that an opera called “Scalia/Ginsburg”was made about them in 2013. When a friendof Scalia’s jokingly asked “When was the lasttime [Ginsburg] sided with you in an important5-4 decision?” Scalia said, quite seriously,

“Some things are more important than votes.”Indeed. Justice Ginsburg, in turn, acknowl-edged the brilliance of Scalia when she eulo-gized her friend in 2016 – “A jurist ofcaptivating brilliance and wit, with a rare tal-

ent to make even the most sober judge laugh.”As the nation moves forward and evolves, it

is important that we not lose sight of whatthese friendships represent; the common hu-manity that each saw in the other. The vulner-ability that each showed by opening up to theother. The willingness to see the other as morethan just their political opinions. With apologies to the late Justice Scalia,

until we get past the fundamental “jiggery-pok-ery” of populist politics in this country, we can-not get back to the most important free marketin our country – the free marketplace of ideas.When fellow Americans are viewed as enemies,when politics is fundamentally driven by emo-tions, these types of epic friendships will bewritten off as suspect. In a country where some-one who doesn’t agree with you is treated as anenemy, the free marketplace of ideas and ourfundamental humanity is laid to waste. I, forone, am looking forward to America bringingthat kind of politics back.

Lance Allen Wang is aCouncilman in the Town ofWhite Creek who is also anIraq Veteran and retiredArmy Infantry officer. Helives in Eagle Bridge, N.Y.,with his wife Hatti.

More elegant politics from a bygone era

‘Ginsburg and Scaliawere close friends witheach other for 40 years.’

Lance Allen WangCampus News

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

SUNY ADK/SUNY Poly transferSUNY Adirondack and SUNY Polytechnic Institute announced a Dual Admissions Program

between the two institutions, granting students accepted to the community college admittanceinto a bachelor’s degree program at SUNY Poly. “SUNY Adirondack is committed to providing our students seamless pathways to our four-

year partners, including SUNY Polytechnic Institute,” said Kristine Duffy, Ed.D, president ofSUNY Adirondack. “We are excited to provide these opportunities for our students accepted inour Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) programs starting in Fall2021.”The formal transfer agreement stipulates that students accepted into the program must earn

an Associate of Science or Associate of Applied Science degree in a STEAM-based major with agrade point average of at least 2.5 to transfer to a SUNY Poly program within two years of en-rolling at SUNY ADK. The seamless transfer provide students a direct route from SUNY Adirondack degree programs

to SUNY Poly bachelor’s programs. Apply at www.sunyacc.edu/apply. Contact Robert Palmieri,vice president for Enrollment & Student Affairs at Adirondack Community College, atpalmierir@sunyacc.edu with any questions.

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The Funny Page

Bound & Gagged by Dana Summers

Broom Hilda by Russell Myers

Gasoline Alley by Jim Scancarelli

Animal Crackers by Fred Wagner

PuzzleAnswersPage 30

The Inside Scoop

Political Cartoon of the Month by Joel Pett

Opening Up About Going to TherapyRecently, stars Cynthia Erivo, Michelle Williams and La La An-

thony hosted DRK Beauty Healing's Slumber Party, a virtualfundraiser to provide free mental health services for female-identify-ing people of color.The livestream event featured an open conversation among the

hosts and DRK founders Wilma Mae Basta and Danielle Jackson. Ad-ditional panels included voices from mental health professionals Dr.Akua Boateng and Dr. Christine Coleman and activists Joy Strategistand Chris Miss Bright.In the mental health panel, Williams spoke to the challenges of dis-

cussing mental illness with others and reaching out for support.When touring around the country with Destiny's Child, she says shefirst opened up about her depression to her manager, who didn't un-derstand what she was going through."They will say you have nothing to be depressed about, and they

mean well, but they just don't know that [having] successes and ac-complishments and a great itinerary and things going on does noterase what you're feeling in your soul," Williams said.Like Williams, Erivo discussed her experience working on her men-

tal wellness and seeking counseling services. "I always seek help.There was a point I couldn't get to a therapist, so there was a service

that you could get online; you could just chat with a therapist reallyquickly," the Tony winner said, adding that she hopes her story willhelp destigmatize enlisting the help of therapists. "Just to expresswhat is going on and then work through those things -- I'm genuinelytrying to take care of myself holistically."A newcomer to mental health care, Anthony shared she found

ample time during coronavirus-forced lockdowns to reflect on herwellness. She spoke to her experience of working with a new therapistand encouraged others to work with "someone that is not your mom'ssister, aunt or cousin.""This is just someone who's not connected, and comes with an open

mind and feel that you can speak freely," she explained.In order to support therapists, who are currently providing free

services, Erivo encouraged the audience to make a donation to thecause. At the conclusion of the conversation, she celebrated the"magic" of mental health care: "It gives you a language to move for-ward in a way that is very special."

–Janet W. Lee, Variety

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The first estimate of second quar-ter GDP was a doozy. Just how badwas the pandemic's impact from Aprilthrough June? The Bureau of Eco-nomic Analysis said that the US econ-omy contracted at a 32.9%annualized pace. [GDP is reported asa seasonally adjusted annual rate,which means that a 33% Q2 declineis approximately a 9.5% decline fromthe seasonally adjusted Q1 reading,which came in at -5%.] The first halfof 2020 makes the ten-year "slow andlow" recovery period from 2010through 2019 seem positively idyllic.Gone are the days when we can com-plain that the economy was "onlygrowing" by 2.2% to 2.5%.With the economy coming to a sud-

den stop, it should be no surprise thatthe numbers were ugly. According toDaniel Bachman from consultancyDeloitte, "The decline in consumerspending is driving the

downturn...just two key categories ofconsumer spending – food services,accommodations and recreation – to-gether account for 8% of GDP. Andthat doesn't account for the decline inbusiness spending in those areas."The current climate has also accel-

erated the pace of retail bankruptcies.Ascena Retail Group, the owner of

Ann Taylor, LOFT, Lane Bryant, andothers, now joins Neiman Marcus, JCPenney, Brooks Brothers, J.Crew,Pier 1, Modell's, and Lucky Brands inthe bankruptcy club, with new mem-bers likely to arrive throughout theyear. This year could see more bank-ruptcies than 2010 (48), according toS&P Global Market Intelligence.Perhaps the good news about the

rotten GDP reading is that it reflectsthe past. As more states eased restric-tions, spending increased in May andJune. But the very openings thathelped boost economic activity also al-lowed COVID-19 to spread through-out the South and West, prompting

the re-imposition of masking, socialdistancing, and other restrictions,which has meant a slow down in ac-tivity in July.The Census Bureau's Household

Pulse Survey showed the number ofemployed Americans declined byabout 6.7 million from mid-Junethrough mid-July. Other findings::

Households where someone had•a loss in employment income sinceMarch 13: 50.1%.

Expect someone in household to•have a loss in employment income inthe next 4 weeks: 35.1%.

Missed last month's rent or mort-•gage payment, or have slight/no con-fidence that they can pay next monthon time: 26.4%Analysts from Capital Economics

note, strength in the second half ofthe year relies squarely on "how thevirus plays out, and health policy re-sponses to it" and of course, the nextphase of stimulus will play an impor-tant humanitarian and economic role.Kathy Jones Senior Vice President,

Chief Fixed Income Strategist,Schwab Center for Financial Re-

search underscores that the newstimulus money will provide "a fur-ther boost to economy," which "shouldhelp support consumption and em-ployment, lifting expectations for astronger recovery." However, withoutadequate government support, the re-covery could be more painful. To beclear: There will be growth in the sec-ond half of 2020, but few economistsbelieve that it will be strong.Deloitte sees several quarters of

"subdued" growth and the questionand answer they provide about thenext five years is sobering: "Are wereally going to end up where westarted?...The answer is probably no."But Capital Economics thinks

"some of the pessimism about thelonger term economic impact of thevirus may be overdone...For all thesereasons, good public health policy isgood economic policy."

JillSchlesinger,CFP, is a CBSNews businessanalyst.

Sobering numbersJill SchlesingerSpecial to Campus News

Q: Lots of people at work are eagerto attack others. I'm also seeing this inthe news including physical violence.I don't remember ever being so anx-ious that what I say will spark con-flict. How can we work effectivelywhen everyone seems like they're lyingin wait for a big fight?A: Yes be conscious that you're

speaking into a powder keg of trou-bled hearts. Before you speak closelyevaluate how others will hear whatyou say and do. Silence is also a rea-sonable response.You cannot afford to open mouth

and potentially insert foot if you wanteffectiveness during a powder keg at-mosphere. Worst case you say thewrong thing to the wrong person and

end up physically hurt. Best casepeople yell at you.Yesterday driving through my

neighborhood I fully stopped at a stopsign. A scowling guy doing yard workscreamed because he thought I didn'tstop. I blew him a kiss, which sur-prised him, and kept driving. I haveno idea what his life is like. He maybe unemployed, had his wife die ofCOVID-19, or some other tragedy.What I knew for sure is he was mad,super mad, and just looking for anexcuse to vent.Love, silence, or deescalation is the

best response to generalized fury. Atpresent people, just like my ragingneighbor, see what they need to seeto validate their raging.Anger is an easier emotion than

grief. Whatever losses this guy wasexperiencing, his wrath would be

soothed if he could allow the vulner-ability of grief to move through him.Instead he's in his front yard scream-ing at strangers.The question, as we speak into the

powder keg, is not what we tell our-selves others deserve. The question iswhat do we deserve? No matter howwell deserved we feel it is to rage atpeople we're left shaky and upset. Weend up feeding ourselves the poisonwe tell ourselves others deserve.Social change is more complex

than being mad. Social change re-quires hard work, diplomacy, andcreativity. Every big inner or outerchange starts with polarization andconflict. Every important inner orouter change eventually integratesthese opposites into a new higherlevel of functioning.We don't enjoy living with inner or

outer conflict but if we're going togrow up we have to tolerate periodsof intense conflict while commonground develops. If we've learnedhow to withstand these emotions inour inner world we're more patientwhen others freak out.I predict our social tendency to

rage is not going to fade after thepandemic. If someone blows their topat you, use your impulse control towalk away or surprise the crap out ofthem and do something kind. Effec-tive interpersonal choices will im-prove your chances of living in a morepeaceful world during this hostileand divided social time.

Daneen Skube,Ph.D., is an execu-tive coach and ap-pears on FOX’s“Workplace Guru”each Mondaymorning.

Anger spilling over at workDaneen SkubeSpecial to Campus News

Kenya Barris has a lot on hisplate already with three comediesin the "ish" universe already airing,as well as #BlackAF on Netflix (notto mention his overall deal to createnew content with the streamer ingeneral) -- so what made him wantto deliver a fourth "ish" series in"Old-ish," starring "Black-ish's"Laurence Fishburne and JeniferLewis?"Everyone's been wanting to see

Pop and Ruby together becausethey're basically together anyway,"Barris said during a virtual panelfor "Black-ish's" upcoming seasonon Tuesday. "It's the weirdest di-vorce I've ever seen in my life. Andtruthfully in real life there is a hugerecurrence of second time around inthe older demographic...people areliving longer and having experi-ences later in life, and it was justfinding something that we felt wecould tell a good story [about], thatfit with the brand and what we'redoing."Barris went on to add that hav-

ing a good relationship with hispartners at ABC means they can"have fun" with the content beingcreated. "We won't do it unless wefeel good about it," he said. "Old-ish" has "been long-thought aboutand hopefully delivers in a way thatis thoughtful and funny and spe-cial."The company being receptive to

the voices behind the show, Barrissaid, has been essential in otherareas, as well, including finally put-ting the "Please, Baby Please"episode that ABC had never airedon Hulu. "This was more of a situa-tion of 'the timing is right,'" he saidof that episode finally streamingthis summer. "We're in a differentplace with the team. Hulu was the

right place for it. It's a big part ofthe family -- of what ABC-Disney isand what they can do. 'Black-ish'does very well on Hulu, and I thinkit was a way to drive people to thatand to show what kind of a show itcan be in streaming. I really feellike when we [would have] put it onit would have been great, but it wasjust as received and just as timelynow."Network brass listening to con-

cerns about having "voices muted ina time like this" also played a partin getting the show added to the fallschedule after it was originallyscheduled to debut mid-season,actor and executive producer An-thony Anderson said. He sharedthat he had a conversation with"the powers that be" at the networkto explain that keeping the show offthe air at such a pivotal time in his-tory would be "a disservice to ourcommunity, a disservice to our au-dience and a disservice to ourshow."Not only is "Black-ish" back on

the fall schedule with its seventhseason premiere, but just a fewweeks ahead of that, it will drop aspecial two-part election episodethat is a mix of live-action and ani-mation -- the latter anidea brought up by actorand executive producerTracee Ellis Ross out ofher "desire to stay safein COVID," she said. "Inmy conversation withKarey Burke, I was like,'What are some of the ways wecould get back to work quickly?'"Because she knows the show can dobeautiful animation -- and alreadyhas, as evidenced with the "June-teenth" episode, for example" -- andshe was just not ready to return toset as early as it would have re-quired to shoot the episode fullylive-action, she brought it up, and itcame to be.

The election special is directed byOscar winner Matthew A. Cherry,who previously directed "TheGauntlet" episode of the sixth sea-son of "Black-ish," as well as anepisode of its prequel spinoff"Mixed-ish." About working withCherry, Fishburne said: "MatthewCherry is like working with IronMan and we're all the Avengers."

Stacey Abrams guest stars in thespecial as herself, and Barris alsolends his voice to the second half ofthe special. Seeing himself ani-mated, Barris said, made him real-ize "I've had a rough road, guys. I'veoverachieved, to say the least."The art of "Black-ish" is also get-

ting expanded through new key artfor the upcoming season, whichKadir Nelson has been tapped to

paint.Nelson describes his own art as

creating "expressive and emotion-ally resonant paintings that con-nect with viewers from all walks oflife. I often revisit themes of Amer-ican history and the journey of thehero. Primarily through two-dimen-sional oil paintings, I utilize dra-matic lighting and perspective,dynamic compositions, robust andsubtle palettes, and varied texturesto create a visceral visual experi-ence for the viewer.""I feel that art's highest function

is that of a mirror that reflects thebeauty of the human spirit," Nelsonsaid in a statement. "I'm thrilledand honored to have been asked tocreate the key art for 'Black-ish' onABC. I'm a fan of the show, and it'sespecially pleasing to have met andworked with the cast and creatives.

"Black-ish" returns to ABC witha special two-part episode about vot-ing on Oct. 4 and will then kick offits seventh season proper on Oct. 21.

Campus News | October 2020 | Page 27

‘Black-ish’ team talks ‘Old-ish’ spinoff

Jenifer Lewis and LaurenceFishburne in ABC's "black-ish."

‘I've had a rough road,guys. I've overachieved,

to say the least.’

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Cambridge Crossword(solution page 24)

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Want a way to make snack trays for popcorn orchips? Here’s a way to create individual trays byrepurposing the pages of this newspaper. An extrabonus is that, by undoing the last step, the traycollapses flat, making these containers easy totransport.In general, boxes are essentially a symmetrical

arrangement of surfaces, which is a good thing tokeep in mind when making this, as once you learna step, you can be sure that you will be doing itagain in a mirrored way.These directions are made specifically to match

the page size of this Campus News newspaper.Don’t do any cutting. Fold the newspaper evenlyin half: this newspaper is folded, but the middlefold is off-center, so be sure to do the refold. Sincethis newspaper is twice as wide as it is long, fold-ing it in half creates a perfect square. The tray willbe made out of this double thickness of paper(When using a thicker paper, there is no need todouble up).Fold the paper precisely into three columns:

there is no easy way to do this, just keep adjustinguntil there are three equal sections (If you want tomeasure, the Campus News is just shy of being a12-inch square, so use a ruler to make each columnto be just shy of 4 inches wide). When you are sat-isfied that the paper is folded into thirds, press thecrease down firmly, and then unfold the thirds.

Next, refold the first of the three columns overthe middle column. Third step is to fold, then unfold this overlap-

ping column in half so that you see a crease in themiddle of this column.

Fold the top corners of the left column to thecenter line, so that the top of the column looks likea roof. Fold the bottom corners of the column to thecenter fold in the same way as the top. Now refoldthat middle fold of the column and you are donewith the left side.

The symmetrical folding now begins. Just likethe steps made starting with the first column, foldthe last column over the middle column. Fold andunfold this column so there is a crease in the mid-dle of this column. This should be looking familiar.Now all folds look like what was done on the otherside, right up through refolding the first column inhalf.

When you have completed the previous step youwill notice a triangle shape on the top and bottomof what is now a narrow construction. First folddown, then firmly crease each of these triangles to-wards the center, then undo this fold (it’s hard tosee, but in fact this step will define the corneredges of your tray). Now, pull apart the edges thatare meeting in the middle. The sides of the boxwill, almost magically, stand up. Pinch the folds abit to encourage the sides to form the box. All done!My suggestion is to line the tray with a napkin be-fore filling it with snacks. Then, when the snack isgone the napkin can be used to wipe up, and every-thing can be disposed of responsibly.After writing out the directions for this tray I

sent them off to my math professor friend JohnGolden to see what kind of math thinking hemight apply to this construction. Although I hadn’t

mentioned symmetry in myinitial directions, it was thesymmetry that he noticedthe most. In fact, his obser-vation made me think abouthow being aware of the sym-metry is helpful when constructing this box. You might wonder what symmetry has to do

with math, especially if you think of math exclu-sively as facts and calculations. It took me quite along time to realize that number-centric exercisesare tools that can be used to help decipher andcommunicate the relationships between things,but it’s the relationships, not the numbers, thatare what is most interesting to mathematicians. Although there are many kinds of symmetry,

the kind that comes up with this box is most famil-

iar, in that it is like the reflection of a mirror on ei-ther side of the central column. I’ve noticed,through the designs they create and the construc-tions they build, that children have a solid intu-itive understanding of symmetry. Anything thathelps with noticing and developing symmetricalthinking is worthwhile doing. It not only helpswith all sorts of building and design projects, butresearch clearly shows that the spatial thinkingthat is characteristic of symmetry thinking helpsdevelop the mathematical part of the brain.Which, of course means, that after making this

tray, you deserve a snack.

Artist Paula Beardell Krieg ofSalem pioneered methods ofmaking books and other foldedwonders with children startingin late 1980s. She has been con-tinuatively active teaching inclassroom workshops in in NYCand Upstate.

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