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Frankly, it’s a logistical night-mare and probably isn’t going to saveprint journalism, but we’re trying be-cause we do believe that real newspa-pers have value, and we know thatthe vast majority of these papers stillget picked up. It’s just that the adver-tisers have gotten more persnicketyin recent years, due to the hyper-tar-geting that the Internet provides.(Not that Internet advertising actuallyworks…)

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Roxanne Watson, RocklandCommunity College alumna (’87), isworking hard to spread awarenessabout organ donation. She received alife-saving heart transplant in 2010and vowed to honor the donor withher life’s work. While still in the hos-pital recovering, she planned hernew path and ever since, she hasbeen repeatedly recognized at boththe state and local levels for her ac-complishments.

“I suffered a silent heart attackin May of 2006 that went undiag-nosed for 6 weeks when I went to theER with back discomfort. I was toldthen that I had had a heart attack. Iwas completely clueless.”

For the next two years, Watsonreceived cardiac care in her localneighborhood but was not improv-ing. In June of 2008, she was sent toNew York City for an advanced car-diac care evaluation. After nine daysin the hospital, she was placed on theheart transplant wait list and was “inshock.”

For two years Watson battledwith her heart failure and began de-teriorating quickly late in 2009. Shewas eventually placed in the CardiacCritical Care Unit but in April of2010 she received the gift of life

“from a 23 year old Coastguard E3Fireman.” Normally, patients areonly told the sex and age of theirdonor but Watson was featured onthe “Ask Oprah’s All Stars” showwhere Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Ozfound her donor’s family and metthem.

“Meeting that family changed mylife, and I vowed to carry their son’s

heart with honor and continue mywork to spread the word and actuallysign up new organ donors in hisname. This was my best way tohonor him and help others that mayhave find themselves waiting so hor-ribly long like I did.”

Watson started volunteeringnine days after leaving the hospitaland hasn’t stopped since. She is afulltime volunteer for Live on NY.She also began volunteering atSUNY Rockland in 2012 and wonthe Campaign for Life statewide con-test with the help of the student bodyand went on to repeat that win in2013.

“I was so inspired by the stu-dents there I returned to school my-self after an absence of 27 years. Iam now a Culinary Arts Major takingfive classes this semester,” Watsonjoyfully states.

Watson wants everyone to knowthat there are over 121,000 peoplewaiting for life saving organ trans-plants. One person can save eightother people with their organs andimpact up to 50 lives with tissue do-nations. Of the 121,000 waiting,100,000 are for kidneys alone – oneof the two organs that can be do-nated by a living person. The liver isthe other organ that can be donatedwhile still alive because it regener-ates.

She also shares thatthe biggest misconcep-tion she spends time de-bunking is the belief thatdoctors will not work ashard to save a donor’slife.

“Organ donation oc-curs after a patient is de-clared either cardiac

dead or brain dead. Only then will aphysician not legally affiliated thatdeclaration be notified through alocal organ donor procurement au-thorized organization. In fact mydonor had his accident on a Sundaynight, and I did not receive his do-nated heart until the following Fri-day.”

Watson’s current goal is to reach

10,000 new organ, eye and tissuedonors by 2017.

“I am very proud to say I amnow closing in on signing up over9,000 new donors and am one of thetop, most active volunteers in theUnited States and have traveled asfar as Fiji to share my story.”

To date Watson has received al-most 50 major awards and appearedin over 100 media outlets on televi-sion, radio and print. She recentlybecame a Huffington Post contribu-

tor and received a nomination andwin for a 2016 Eddie Award. TheEddie recognized her article, “Whata Silent Heart Attack Sounds Like,”in Heart Insight Magazine for theAmerican Heart Association.

Watson hopes to continue hereducation in the culinary arts andmaybe open a food truck to supple-ment her ultimate goal of starting anorgan donor foundation in the nameof her donor, Michael Bovill.

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Professors allegedly cancelingclasses and reported hate crimes camein the aftermath of the recent presi-dential election on SUNY campuses.

At SUNY Geneseo on the West-ern Tier, a swastika and the word“Trump” were graffitied in a dormcommon area, according to reports.

SUNY Student Assembly Presi-dent Marc J. Cohen and SUNY Gene-seo Student Government PresidentMichael Baranowski issued a joint state-ment in the days following the election:

“This past weekend, more than350 student leaders from across theState University of New York came to-gether for our annual fall conference.We unanimously and vigorously sup-port SUNY’s unwavering dedicationto diversity, equity, and inclusion. Wecondemn the recent abhorrent displayof hate, racial bigotry and anti-Semi-tism at SUNY Geneseo in thestrongest terms, and will continue ourefforts to make all campuses welcom-ing and inclusive places to live andlearn. This glaring reminder that ha-tred and evil exists among us can be

very frightening. We encourage any-one who needs it to avail themselvesof counseling services provided oncampus, and we ask each and everystudent to move forward united andresolved to fight against prejudice andbigotry of any kind.”

Similar graffiti was found in aSUNY New Paltz women’s room. Stu-dents also stormed out of classesthere, according to Mid-Hudson Val-ley Patch, chanting, “We reject thepresident-elect.”

As for instructors allegedly cancel-ing classes, Long Island RepublicanAssemblyman Al Graf sent the adja-cent letter to SUNY ChancellorNancy Zimpher. It is circulating onFacebook, though no such class can-cellations have been substantiated.

The letter reads, in part: “We arein charge of educating doctors, nurses,health care professionals, lawyers …and many other occupations that helpto keep this country running … Howare we preparing our students for reallife when we foster in them that it isacceptable to not perform their cho-

sen occupation because they feelbadly about some unrelated event? …”

It continues: “Under what author-ity did these professors or collegesmake the decision to cancel classes orscheduled tests? Were these actionssanctioned by SUNY administration?”

For her part, the Chancellor didissue a statement the day afterTrump’s win:

“Education – what our students,teachers, schools, and colleges need tobe successful – is the same today as itwas yesterday. We need a championat the top who will make innovativepolicy decisions and implement evi-dence-based programs for teachingand learning that position every stu-dent in America for success.

“That means embracing the col-lective impact approach to education,where everyone with a stake in studentsuccess is working toward a shared vi-sion. It means a commitment to trans-forming teacher training, so that ourstudents not only learn from, but areinspired to become, excellent teach-ers. It means incentivizing collegecompletion, which is the most effec-tive way to minimize student loandebt. And it means delivering qualityhigher education that prepares everygraduate for a rewarding career.

“The State University of NewYork stands ready to work with thenext president to share what we havelearned about identifying what worksand bringing it to scale.”

Cohen added this statement onNovember 15, on behalf of SUNY stu-dents: “The collective students of theState University of New York will notstand for acts of hatred and discrimina-tion on our campuses or in our com-munities. We will not cower in the faceof bigotry, discrimination, or prejudice.We will move forward united in thespirit of equality and meet such adver-sity head-on. Those committing theseheinous crimes should know that youwill be found, prosecuted, and broughtto justice. We call on law enforcementto continue their investigations intothese acts, and we call on students to beactive bystanders. To everyone feelingdiscouraged by the recent messages ofintolerance, know this: you are notalone. We as the elected leaders of theState University of New York’s 600,000students across our 64 campuses willnot be silenced, we will not be intimi-dated, and we will not back down. Wewill keep fighting for diversity, we willkeep fighting for equality, and we willkeep moving forward. We’ve got yourback.”

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The Tony Awards are only a mereseven months away, and the competi-tion has already begun. Though lastyear brought us Lin Manuel Miranda’s“Hamilton,” the 2016-2017 Broadwayseason is turning out to be one of thehottest yet. From Ben Platt to JoshGroban to Bette Midler and PattiLuPone, we certainly have many must-see shows this winter and spring.

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way this season with Andrew LloydWebber’s award winning musical“Cats.” Based on a group of cats thatgather once a year to decide who willgo to the Heaviside Layer and returnto a new life, the original productionopened in 1982 running until 2000,making it the fourth longest runningBroadway show. While many find theplot confusing, the choreography byAndy Blankenbuehler is sure to im-press and stun all theatre lovers.

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wrenching, tear jerking evening,“Falsettos” may be the perfect show

for you. The musical, originally pro-duced on Broadway in 1992, followsMarvin, an intelligent and charmingman, who leaves his wife and son aftercoming out as gay. “Falsettos” is atouching telling of this modern familywho find their way through a situationthat seems impossible. Among the castare Christian Borle as Marvin,Stephanie J. Block as his wife and An-drew Rannells as his lover. The pro-duction closes January 8, 2017.

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film of the same name, “A BronxTale” follows a teenage boy who findshimself trapped between following hisfather or becoming a mob boss. Star-ring Nick Cordero and Richard H.Blake, the show began previews No-vember 3 and officially opened on De-cember 1.

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““HHeelllloo,, DDoollllyy!!””Bette Midler stars as the famed

Dolly Levi in this revival of the 1964

classic musical. Opening in April 2017,the production will be directed by JerryZaks with choreography by WarrenCarlyle. Also joining the cast are KateBaldwin as Irene Molloy, Gavin Creelas Cornelius Hackl, Jennifer Simard asErnestina Money and Donna Murphyas the Dolly Levi alternate.

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son-Lopez, “In Transit” is Broadway’sfirst a cappella musical. The musicalfollows eleven New Yorkers who livesall become intertwined. The cast fea-tures many Broadway favorites includ-ing David Abeles, Justin Guarini, TellyLeung, Erin Mackey, Gerianne Perez,Margo Seibert, and James Snyder.

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“Come From Away” tells the story of agroup of travelers whose planes werediverted to Newfoundland during theattacks of September 11, 2001. Di-rected by Christopher Ashley, the mu-sical features a book, music, and lyrics

by Irene Sankoff and David Hein.“Come From Away” will open onMarch 12 at the Schoenfeld Theatre.

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Broadway classic will feature Jon JonBriones and Eva Noblezada. Based onGiacomo Puccini’s “Madame Butter-fly,” “Miss Saigon” takes place duringthe Vietnam War and centers on theromance of an American GI and Viet-nam bargirl. The musical is Broad-way’s thirteenth longest running show.

““AAmmeelliiee””“Hamilton’s” Phillipa Soo returns

to Broadway this April in this new mu-sical by Dan Messe, Nathan Tysonand Craig Lucas. Based on the 2001film of the same name, the musicaltells the story of a introverted waitresswho decided to help change the livesof those around her. “Amelie” willplay a pre-Broadway run in Los Ange-les this December before transferringto Broadway.

““WWaarr PPaaiinntt””Broadway legends Patti LuPone

and Christine Ebersole return to theGreat White Way in this new musicalfollowing a successful Chicago run.“War Paint,” based on the 2004 bookof the same name and the 2007 film“The Powder & The Glory,” follows arivalry between two 20th century entre-

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America has a big, fat problem.A whopping 13 million Americanchildren are obese — and millionsmore are about to join their ranks.By 2025, according to a report in Pe-diatric Obesity, the nation will house17 million obese kids.

This is alarming. Obesity canlead to a slew of dangerous healthcomplications, like diabetes, hyper-tension, and heart disease. And it im-poses immense costs on the nation’shealthcare system.

To save lives and trim budgets,parents and policymakers alike need

to make sure kids learn about healthhabits early.

Unsurprisingly, the biggest cul-prit in childhood obesity is diet.Only eight in 100 children eat therecommended amount of fruit.Fewer than two in 100 eat enoughvegetables.

Young Americans wolf down alot of junk food, though. One inthree kids eats fast food every singleday. One in four high schoolersdrinks soda daily.

Kids also aren’t getting enoughphysical activity. Right now, less thanhalf of young Americans get the hourof daily exercise recommended bythe U.S. Department of Health andHuman Services.

Insufficient exercise coupledwith poor food choices is a recipe fordisaster. The overwhelming majorityof obese children — 80 percent —don’t shed weight as adults, so aredestined for a lifetime of obesity.

That’s devastating for health, ob-viously, but also for our healthcaresystem. Obesity costs the UnitedStates $210 billion each year. Manychronic diseases stem from obesity —and chronic disease is expected tocost the nation $42 trillion betweennow and 2030. Chronic disease is thetop driver of rising healthcare costs.

Schools are uniquely situated towhip kids into shape. Children spendmost days at school — and typicallyhave at least one meal there. So

teachers and administra-tors could provide studentswith the resources to stayhealthy. But most haven’t.

Only four in 10 highschools — and just two in 10middle schools — requirestudents to learn about nu-trition. Physical education isvanishing, too. More than20 percent of schools haveremoved physical educationrequirements — and fewerthan one in 10 offer dailygym classes.

Better prioritizing nu-trition and providing moreopportunities for exercisecould dramatically improveAmerica’s health — andhelp trim the nation’shealthcare costs.

One study found thatadding an hour of gym classfor students in kindergartenthrough fifth graded re-

duced Body Mass Index by half apoint, on average.

Some schools are embracing cre-ative ways to keep students healthy.

At Pulsaki Elementary School inDelaware, for instance, each studentreceives a fruit or vegetable to eatduring snack time. They also canparticipate in a walking club and re-

ceive fun tokens to decorate theirbackpacks based on the number ofminutes they’ve walked.

The First Lady also has inspiredschools to help kids eat better andexercise more. Thanks to a nationalinitiative called Let’s Move!, manyschools now work with local chefs toensure that meals are healthy andtasty. More than 20,000 schools alsohave committed to integrating 60minutes of physical activity into theirstudent’s daily schedule.

Implementing and participatingin initiatives like these can help stu-dents get healthy — and stay healthythroughout their lives. That’ll drasti-cally help these children — and saveour healthcare system big.

Kenneth Thorpe is professor ofhealth policy atEmory Univer-sity and chair-man of thePartnership toFight ChronicDisease.

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lege’s Culinary Arts program studentsprepared about 125 dinners for long-term patients and home-bound sen-iors of the Dominican Sisters ofHampton Bays in what has becomean annual and happy undertaking forthe culinary pro-gram and its stu-dents.

This marksthe eighth yearSuffolk CountyCommunity Col-lege has happilydone the holidaycooking.

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preparation took place at the SuffolkCounty Community College CulinaryArts & Hospitality Center in River-head, NY.

About 30 students and facultychefs from the college’s culinary pro-gram prepared the meal whose ingre-dients were provided by theDominican Sisters — more than adozen, 20-pound turkeys; 100 poundsof mashed potatoes; 50 pounds of

sweet potatoes; 80 pounds of stuffing;25 pounds of assorted vegetables and18 each of apple and pumpkin pies.And, of course, gravy – more than 5gallons of it!

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celebrated a gift from Astoria Bankfor the college’s esteemed Commer-cial Photography program on Nov. 7.The $8,500 gift will go to scholarshipsfor tuition, books, and other expenses

for students seeking associate degreesin this field, and was presented at anevent held earlier today at the college.

“Astoria Bank’s generous supportwill enable us to ensure that more stu-dents have the opportunity to pursuea career in photography. This gift re-flects the excellence of our visual andperforming arts programs,” said La-Guardia Community College Presi-dent Gail O. Mellow. “Astoria Bankis a great friend to our college and toour students.”

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You may have heard of the terma 401k but are not really sure what itmeans. As you continue your collegecareer, know that you will becomepart of the full time job market whenyou graduate. You will start askingquestions about benefits such as va-cation, tuition reimbursement, holi-days and one of your most importantbenefits will be a 401k. Let’s learn alittle about this now to be ready forthe future.

The last thing on your mind nowis probably retirement. But now isthe time to learn about what youneed to do so you can retire comfort-ably some day. You don’t want to beworking at age 70 because you can’t

afford to retire.In 1935, the Social Security Ad-

ministration was established to givepeople a little something for whenthey retired. Today, the average so-cial security monthly benefit is $1341per month. Do you really think youcan live comfortably on $1341 amonth when you retire? When socialsecurity was set up, we had many em-ployees paying into the system. Withthe Baby Boomers starting to retire,we have fewer and fewer paying intothe system for its future solvency.

Fewer and fewer people have amonthly pension to help them payfor retirement. The last severaldecades, the trend has been that it isincumbent on the individual to beable to pay for his or her retirementand not rely on others.

The 401k was created byCongress so you can con-tribute some of your pay-check on a pre-tax basis to aretirement account that willgrow tax deferred until youstart taking distributions. Youcan contribute a percentage ofeach paycheck to the 401kand this will be taken elec-tronically out of your account.Start small with one percentof your pay and you have theflexibility to increase yourcontributions as your financialposition changes and you becomemore prosperous. The key thinghere is to get started when you areyoung to allow for several decades ofgrowth. You are always going to haveexpenses like college loans, a car

payment, rent or credit cardpayments. You have to makethe effort to start soyou will have some-thing for retirement.

How much canyou put into this401k each year?The maximum con-tribution for thoseunder age 50 is$18,000 per year.Start making a contributionand most companies will offersome type of matching pro-gram. They may match youdollar for dollar on your con-tributions. This is a benefitfrom your employer, so takeadvantage of this

The next step is to investthe money you put into the401k plan. You will probablybe investing this in some typeof mutual funds. The mutualfunds will be professionallymanaged and diversified tohelp you reach your retire-ment goals. I will discuss mu-tual funds in a future column.

Two of the issues you alsohave to face regarding your re-tirement assets are taxes andinflation. Uncle Sam is going

to be an uncle that never forgetsabout you when you get paid andwhen you retire. The impact of taxescannot be minimized along with in-flation. The cost of goods and serv-ices tends to go up every year andyou need to have your retirement as-sets grow. Being too conservative canresult in taxes and inflation eating

away at your assets. You need tomake your assets grow and that willbe a goal of the 401k plan.

You are at a phase in your lifewhere you are investing in yourselfby getting a college education to helpyou be successful. What better in-vestment can you make? When youget out into the work world aftergraduation, start contributing to your401k plan so you can comfortably re-tire someday.

JohnDeSpagna is abusiness profes-sor at NassauCommunityCollege in Gar-den City, NewYork.

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chaotic place, the spread of fake newsis going to affect you as a student.Have you ever had a professor tell younot to use Wikipedia in your citationsbecause it’s untrustworthy? At leastthat site is moderated, and bad infor-mation may soon be righted; but fakenews has no conscience. If you cite afake news site in your paper, a dis-cerning professor may give you alesser grade. Besides, we all want to bebetter-informed citizens; fake newsmakes us wary of all news, which isn’tgood – because some news entities areworking hard to be truthful.

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site is fake or not is to look at theURL. Does it look official, as ny-times.com, usatoday.com or wsj.comdo? Have you heard of the news or-ganization before? Also, ask some-one you trust if they had heard ofthis news organization before.

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look slightly off? Perhaps the colorscheme and fonts are a little different

than the real news organization’sofficial logo. You can find offi-cial logos for a news organizationon Google Image Search.

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miracle creams? Do they havedisgusting images of some med-ical abnormality? Do they tellyou how Mama June lost 150pounds? Do they just seem a bit“off?” Reputable companies will notadvertise on scammy web sites.

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by fake news sites and posts theirlinks, you can use the search engine toat least look up the author’s name.See if he or she has a real journalisticresume, or is this person mostlyknown for writing junk? Or, if there isno byline on the article, it most likelyis biased. A real writer will put his/herreputation on the line and be account-able.

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Google also has a news aggregatorcalled Google News. You can find itatop the search field on the Googlehome page. Type in some of theunique keywords from the article inquestion and see if the article showsup. If it’s fake news, it may not. Ifother, more reputable organizationsare writing similar stories, perhaps usethem instead for your Works Citedpage.

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While there are some web-onlynewspapers that are trustworthy, mostof the trustworthy sites are affiliatedwith a printed newspaper or magazineor a major TV outlet, like ABC, NBCor CBS. Why would a news organiza-tion with a printed or TV edition bemore accountable? They have a physi-cal address, salaried writers (as op-posed to writers who write for clicks)and likely have been around fordecades. Again, they are accountableand can’t disappear into the ether ifthings go wrong, unlike fake-newssites.

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to see at least one newspaper articleon your Works Cited page, and it’sway easier to find newspaper articleson the web vs. in physical print edi-tions, you still should question any-thing you find on the web, as notedabove, before citing it. Fake newsmay make a fool out of you.

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Thanks to a very hands-on disabili-ties program at LaGuardia CommunityCollege in Queens, NY, and a uniquepartnership with JetBlue Airlines, recentgraduate Viviana Guzman is realizingher dream of being employed in thefield she loves, finance.

Guzman, 31, has epilepsy and a fa-cial muscular disorder, and came to theUS in 2010 with her family from Bo-gota, Columbia, not knowing Englishwell. After two years of intensive lan-guage study, she enrolled in LaGuardia’saccounting program and quickly ex-celled, being named to Delta Alpha Pi, anational honor society. She also was re-cently one of just 20 students acceptedinto a JetBlue mentorship program forstudents with disabilities.

“I have enjoyed the JetBlue pro-gram. They treated us with respect. Itwas good that they said, ‘We are notpeople with disabilities, we are peoplewith different abilities,” Guzman noted,adding that moving to the US changedher outlook:

“I faced discrimination because ofmy disabilities in Columbia and lost twojobs there, so I’ve appreciated living inthe United States. It’s a free country andthere is no discrimination based on dis-ability, nor age discrimination. Peopledon’t think disabilities are a big dealhere. You see people with the sameconditions here, and doing the samework. There are also better doctorshere, too.”

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Jhony Nelson, LCC’s director of the of-fice for students with disabilities, who

quickly saw her potential. He said: “We were proud to nomi-

nate Viviana for the program. She hasalways felt discrimination because peo-ple can see her disability. But she was avery strong accounting student and treas-urer of the college honor society. WhenJetBlue interviewed her, she impressedthem.”

“I enjoyed my time at LaGuardiaCommunity College and was very in-volved in the Office for Students WithDisabilities. I was allowed extra time fortests, and they motivated me to continuemy dream to have a better life,” Guz-man said.

“JetBlue takes students with disabili-ties under their wings and teaches themwhat it’s like to be a professional, in aprofessional environment,” Nelsonadded.

As for the work of his office, Nel-son stated: “We help dispel myths forstudents with disabilities. For example,many believe that if they disclose theirdisabilities, people won’t hire them. Butthat’s not true. Many feel that if they dis-close their disability they will be seen aslazy or as expecting preferential treat-ment, and that’s not true, either.

“We don’t look at it as a disabilitybut a ‘diversity of ability.’ Having a dis-ability is not a handicap. It is an issue,but one that can we worked around. Wewill advocate for students, and work withthem to find alternative learning meth-ods; for example, substituting a writtenpaper with an oral presentation.”

The office aims to make the collegeexperience accessible for all studentswith disabilities, and helps develop ac-commodations for students so that theycan succeed. The office also advocatesfor students with professors, administra-tors and potential employers.

Nelson encourages stu-dents with disabilities to call,email or stop by their disabili-ties services office: “Don’t beafraid at all. The reason whythey fear coming in is becausethey don’t know what serviceswe have for them. ... Peoplewho have a disability that isn’tvisible should still come to us,too; own it, live with it; insteadof suffering with it in silence.”

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man has new confidence andsees herself as very employable.

“I feel better here. I feel more com-fortable, and am grateful for the oppor-tunities I have been provided. It can bedifficult to find a job for me. It takes mea little more time to understand andmemorize things. I want a better job andlife, and that’s why I studied at La-Guardia Community College.

“I had mentorship from JetBlue’sfinance department leader, and heshowed me how they work in payroll.We learn that we can grow in the com-pany to a high level because it’s a big

company.“The LaGuardia Office for Stu-

dents with Disabilities has been ex-tremely helpful in providing me withmentoring support and information,”added Guzman. “I’m grateful to Jhony,who reached out to me about JetBlue’sDisability Mentoring Day, knowing myinterest in pursuing a career in airportoperations. It was a huge opportunity forme to meet and network with airportprofessionals, and to learn about thefield first-hand.”

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There are lots of great moviescoming to Netflix this December,from this year’s “Marvel’s CaptainAmerica: Civil War” to 1984’s “Bev-erly Hills Cop” to 1989’s “Honey, IShrunk the Kids” to the recent hom-age to the late Leonard Nimoy, “Forthe Love of Spock.”

But none of the 100 new entriesto the service this holiday season isbetter than 1978’s “National Lam-poon’s Animal House,” definitelythe best college comedy of all time,and some would suggest the bestcomedy film ever.

It may be “new to you” becausethis film isn’t a regular anymore onthe premium channels, and the mostrisque parts get cut out when this airson regular cable. This movie de-serves to be seen as it was originallymade, without commercial interrup-tions. Now you can do just that, viayour Netflix stream all month.

You’ve likely heard a lot aboutthe comedy genius of original “SNL”cast member John Belushi. Well,this movie is his breakout perform-ance. As Bluto Blutarsky, a drunkenstudent on the seven-year plan, heraises a movie, which could have

merely been nostalgic, to an all-timegreat level.

Whenever the John Landis-di-rected movie starts slipping into atone of comfortable reminiscing,Blutarsky saves the day with someoutlandish behavior. It’s a sure thingthis movie would not have been uni-versally great without Belushi’s crazycontribution.

You see, in the 1970s and early1980s, there was a fond nostalgia forthe 1950s and early 1960s, before

the Vietnam and hippie era, andmany movies and TV shows –“Porky’s,” “Happy Days,” “Grease”and “Stand By Me,” for example –catered to the very large Baby Boomgeneration, that was buying movietickets and watching broadcast TV atthe time. It gets confusing, really, asnow it’s nearly 40 years later, but themovies are set nearly 60 years ago. Anew viewer of these films may thinkthey are set in “real time,” meaningwhen the movie was made – not 20years prior.

(It’s like when my young daugh-ter asked me if I had been friendswith the “Little Rascals” as a kid, andif the world was in black-and-whiteduring my youth. (By the way, thehorrible 1994 color remake of “TheLittle Rascals” is also entering Netflixin December – please avoid it!).)

In any case, “Animal House”holds up because of its complexcomedic setups, patient timing and,essentially, drunkenness will alwaysbe a universal theme.

Yes, there are moments thatwould today be considered some-what racist – for example, our all-white delinquents go to an all-blackbar at the edge of town and getscared off – but, then again, is itracist or does it reflect the mindset of

the early 1960s?And there are mo-ments that are defi-nitely problematic.At one point Pinto,played by TomHulce, gets an un-derage towniedrunk and then

weighs the pros and cons of takingadvantage of that situation (he thank-fully decides against date rape;though eventually does do somethingthat today would get him on the sex-offender registry).

But the movie does reflect theparty culture of many private collegeswhen many men attended to avoidbeing drafted. The relationship be-tween the parties and the uptight andsmarmy student government andROTC members is also captured

well, along with the town-and-gownpolitics between the unforgettableDean Wormer (John Vernon) andthe town’s corrupt big-fish mayor.

Having spoken to a lot of collegealumni from that era, and studied thegrowth of colleges simi-lar to the fictionalFaber College, I cantell you that “AnimalHouse” is wiser than itstoga parties, peepingtoms and cafeteria foodfights. It’s a politicallyincorrect moment intime that may never exist again, butjust because it’s bawdy doesn’t meanit should be avoided.

If you want a voyeuristic look atwhat college was like (for some) backbefore we all got distracted by smart

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Welcome to this year’s gift guide. We getthese items, test them, and then usually give themout to our readers and writers. Some will go to win-ners of our weekly football pick ’em contest (seepage 3).

How it works is, we put out a query via a website that hooks up journalists with PR folks. A ton ofPR folks pitch us. Then we arrange with a handful ofthem for a product trial. We only request items thatmay actually be good gifts for college students.

So, let’s begin!You may have seen the myriad of commercials

for Amazon’s Alexa. It’s like Siri for Apple, but lessexpensive and you can set up little units in yourhouse to talk to and ask questions of or command,such as to play you a certain song, what the weatheris like in Cleveland or to call the local pizza place sothat you can order dinner. You get the idea.

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Why this is a good gift for a college student isbecause it doesn’t take up much space and it helpsone save money by turning ordinary tap water intosomething special. This is a better bet than runningto the soda machine to grab a $2 refreshment everyday, and thus pays for itself. We found it easy toput together and get going.

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A new policy at SchenectadyCounty Community College requiresall clubs and organizations to hold oneevent benefiting a charity each year.While many may moan at the soundof this, some clubs are taking advan-tage of the new policy and giving backthis holiday season.

One of these clubs is RhythmsLiterary Club. Each year, the clubholds open submissions from theSCCC campus community and createsa literary magazine. In an attempt tosave money for charity events,Rhythms has decided to make theirmagazine online this year.

In early November, the club heldtheir first open mic night of the year.The event, open to the community,showcased many students and facultymembers and allowed them to shareoriginal work such as poems, songs,and short stories. “It went really well,”

says Rhythms Vice President NoahSmith, a second-year student atSCCC. “We had a number of reallygreat and unique performances as wellas a good turnout exceeding our pro-jected number of attendees.”

The club held a 50/50 raffle dur-ing the open mic night with all pro-ceeds donated to the Boys and GirlsClub of Schenectady. Smith told ushow happy it made him, along withother club members, feel when donat-ing the proceeds to the Boys and GirlsClub on giving that Tuesday.

Now, though their charitable re-quirement has been fulfilled, the clubhas decided to hold another event: abook drive. Rhythms is teaming upwith Books For Africa leading up towinter break to hold a book drive onthe SCCC campus. “We wanted to dosomething to really help kids. Havingdone an open mic and helping localchildren, we wanted to help people in-ternationally,” says Smith. “This was

in part due to our group having anumber of immigrants who spoke vo-cally for us to consider donating to aforeign country.”

According to their website, “Themission of Books For Africa is to endthe book famine in Africa. They areshipped in sea containers paid for bycontributions from people like you. It

costs about 50 cents to send a bookfrom the United States to Africa.” Theorganization has donated more than36 million books to nearly 50 coun-tries since its beginnings in 1988.

Students, faculty, and communitymembers are encouraged to dropbooks off in donation boxes aroundSCCC through winter break.

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Teens often consider communitycolleges to be undesirable and infe-rior, but the two-year institutions canbe a great option for recent graduates,experts say. I have been a volunteeralumni and paid college recruiter.This is both at the two-year and four-year college level. How great two-yearcolleges are is something prospectivestudents don’t know. Some don’t care.The myth, possibly reinforced byguidance counselors, families andpeers, could be the influential factorfor not even considering them.

The financial benefits are a drawfor many students, semester tuition isway less than that of a public or pri-vate four-year school. There are otherreasons for teens unable to attend afour-year institution to consider com-munity college as a viable option afterhigh school.

Students can move at their ownpace. Taking a full course load and

graduating in four years isn’t an optionfor all. Prospective college studentswho need to work a full-time job, haveimportant and personal family obliga-tions or to tend to their own learningand physical disabilities, can benefitfrom the flexibility that communitycolleges provides. Speaking of flexibil-ity, class schedules could be more di-verse, including weekend and nightclasses to accommodate those in need.

Students who struggled academi-cally in high school and have difficultybalancing the demands can benefitfrom the more focused attention thatcommunity college can provide. Theyare smaller in size. So, the great thingis that your professors will know you.The bad part is that your professorswill know you. It is the best kind of“problem.” Additionally, because ofits intimate sense of community, theservices for tutoring, advisement, stu-dent life and counseling are readilyavailable.

I speak from direct experience. Iam first-generation citizen and first

college graduate in my family. I at-tended community college becausemy mother told me. I was naive anddidn’t know about the negative per-ception. I just knew some sort of col-lege was next. My mother knew it wasone of the best in the state and theone I attended was only 35 minutesfrom home. It had leadership oppor-tunities open; if you’re like me andwant bang for your buck, and helpfultransfer advisers, this was great.

Myths of these schools are thatthere is nothing to do, it is 13th and14th grade, you’re a loser because youdidn’t go to a “real” school, etc. Thatis all uneducated, ignorant nonsense.Yes, community colleges are com-muter in nature since they designedfor those within their county. How-ever, most if not all have some kind ofmulticultural or campus life and vol-unteer programs. I’ve traveled a lot;just throughout the state of New Jerseyand each two-year school I visited hadall of that and more. Nationally, 40%percent of all traditional-age college

students start out at community col-lege, according to the U.S. Depart-ment of Education.

If community college is only for“losers,” why do so many start offthere and progress? Why are they stillin business and popular, if these per-ceptions are real? A degree from acommunity college is not as good as auniversity degree is another myth.

A community college AA or ASdegree can take you into the work-force or to a four-year university.Community colleges educate 62% per-cent of allied health professionals andover 80% of law enforcement officersand firefighters. This is all accordingto the American Association of Com-munity Colleges (AACC). Don’t listento myths or the opinions of others.Educate yourself, take pride in thatyou are good enough and take activesteps into pursuing your collegiatedreams. I am a proud member of thecommunity college system and am notthe only one.

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The month of November meantthe crowning of champions for a num-ber of NJCAA Region 15 athletic pro-grams and agonizing defeat for others astheir seasons came to an end. Below werecap the results of some of our teams,and see how they fared against nationalcompetition.

SSoocccceerrTo kick-off championship play

around region XV, we began with theDivision III Men’s soccer teams facingoff on November 1st in the regional fi-nals, where the #2 seed Nassau wouldgo into battle with #1 seed Suffolk. Suf-folk went into the game undefeatedagainst region XV opponents and boast-ing an overall record of 16-1-2. DespiteSuffolk scoring within the first minuteof play and Nassau responding with 2goal outburst just minutes later, the twoteams found themselves locked into adefensive struggle for the remainder ofthe game. Nassau held onto their early2-1 lead, which was first obtained in the19th minute, to finish as region XVchampions and move on to the nationaltournament. In the first round of theNational Championship, which tookplace in Herkimer, NY, #4 Nassau wasupset in the quarterfinals by #5 seedGenesee by a score of 2-1, ending theirseason.

On the DI side, Monroe CollegeMen’s team began national champi-onships pool play in Tyler, TX, on No-vember 14th with an impressive victoryover Southern Nevada, winning by ascore of 9-2. After defeating DaytonaState by a score of 4-0, the Mustangsfinished pool play with the highest goaldifferential in the national champi-onships. Mustangs midfielder AntonioSanchez’s late game heroics would pushMonroe to the NJCAA Championshipmatch, as they defeated Ancilla with agoal netted by Sanchez in the 103rdminute to finish the game with a 4-3lead. Unfortunately, Monroe Collegewas unable to finish their magical yearwith a victory in the NJCAA Finalsmatch. Tyler Junior College defeated

Monroe after scoring 2 goals in the sec-ond half to end the game 2-0. MonroeCollege finished their year with an ad-mirable overall record of 19-1-0.

Penalty kicks were the deciding fac-tor in choosing a winner for the DIIIWomen’s Region XV title, as Nassaudefeated Suffolk in nail-biting fashion toremain undefeated against region XVopponents in 2016. Region XV Coachof the Year Chris Megaloudis was un-doubtedly pleased with the end result.Like the men, Nassau moved on to theNJCAA National Championship,where they were defeated 7-2 by #2seed Montgomery in the quarterfinals.

VVoolllleeyybbaallllThe Queensborough Lady Tigers’

historic volleyball season ended featur-ing a number of all-region individualhonors for multiple players, including aRegion XV Player of the Year honorawarded to Zuri Williams. The sopho-more also earned the Region XV Tour-nament’s Most Valuable Player awardfor her role in the capturing of the LadyTigers’ first Region XV championshipin school history. Queensboroughmade fairly quick work of Nassau, Or-ange and #2 seed Suffolk as they wonall games in 3 sets to grab the trophy.Though Queensborough would exit na-tionals play in the quarterfinals, theLady Tigers won the “Battle of NY”

against Jefferson Community College toearn a 7th place ranking in the consola-tion bracket.

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Women’s teams ran uncontested to se-cure both Region XV Cross CountryDivision Championships. The followingweek, both the Division I and DivisionIII Men and Women’s NJCAA Cham-pionships were held in Canandaigua,NY, where Suffolk County placed in2nd in the overall team standings be-hind Harper Community College forthe Men’s Cross Country meet. In theNJCAA Division I Women’s CrossCountry Championship, Susan Ejore ofMonroe College posted a finishing timeof 17:30.17 placing herself at secondplace in individual overall time.

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Sullivan men’sbasketball beganthe year nation-ally ranked at the#6 and #7 slots,respectively, inthe NJCAA pre-season rankingspoll as they lookto live up to highexpectations in

the early stages of the season. Bronxmen’s basketball has begun the seasonon a 7 game winning streak, including 3wins against regional competition. Addi-tionally, the LaGuardia men surpassedthe 100 point mark in three of their firstfour games this year and posted a 4-1record through the season’s first threeweeks.

Sullivan women’s basketball wentwithout a blemish on their recordthrough the first three weeks of Novem-ber and appear to be the class of theRegion yet again, storming throughtough nationally ranked competitionsuch as Middlesex, Onondaga and La-Guardia.

The basketball season will cooldown throughout the holiday season be-fore getting back into full flight at theturn of the calendar.

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College held a ribbon-cutting eventfor the Mandia Family LearningCommons, a recently renovatedspace dedicated to helping studentssucceed, on Thursday, Nov. 17, inthe Information Technology Build-ing on the Utica Campus.

Through a Title III grant total-ing just over $2 million over fiveyears and a generous donation fromStephen Mandia, an MVCC alum-nus and Alumni of Merit winner,MVCC implemented its Pathway toGraduation Project and was able torelocate the Learning Center (previ-ously 2,830 sq. ft.) into a newLearning Commons (8,714 sq. ft.)space. MVCC learned, through itsmembership in the Achieving theDream coalition, that colleges withLearning Commons achieve ahigher quality of education for stu-dents and a higher rate of gradua-tion.

The Commons will co-locatethe functions of tutoring, studygroups, library resources, computerlabs, technical assistance, an iTeachLearning Lab for faculty/staff, andseminar areas. There will be also befive Com-pletionCoach of-fices in thislocation,who willguide stu-dents in ac-ademics,and per-sonal strug-

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Across the country many col-leges prevent freshman studentsfrom bringing their personal carsonto campus. This practice has beenaround for a long time, but, is it timefor schools to rethink this policy?

One of the more pre-dominant reasons for thiskind of thinking is studentparking happens to be apremium on many cam-puses, thus eliminatingfreshman from “clogging”up the limited parkingspaces makes sense (atleast to the school).

For many students heading off tocollege, it creates a life changingevent filled with a mix of anxiety,doubt, excitement and confusion.For those students who are not com-

muters and will be living on campus,the change can be daunting, particu-larly if the student has moved to acollege that is a long distance fromhis/her hometown. While these emo-tions are real, the challenges of col-lege life as well as adapting to awhole new community are eventsthat can be looked at as life-enhanc-

ing as well. That isa good thing but,for a student whoneeds to travel offcampus for work,or has a need (forwhatever reason) totravel back homeon a frequent basis,

it can be problematic. Martha C. White from NBC-

NEWS.com says, “Many schoolsdon’t allow first-year students tobring their vehicles on campus — and

plenty of students say that's fine withthem, but for some, the conveniencefactor of having a car still wins out.Hasham Ali, heading into his sopho-more year at California Polytechnic,San Luis Obispo,said in the reportthat his experienceas a freshman con-vinced him to bringa vehicle this year.“Living without acar made me heav-ily rely on publictransportation andfriends to take meto places. That was especially trickyon weekends and holidays, whenpublic transportation runs less fre-quently and other students are lesslikely to be around.”

Of course, there are other con-cerns regarding the restrictions ofhaving a student’s vehicle on cam-pus, and they do make some sense.Many parents for instance are nottoo keen on having their child “run-ning around” with their own cars in anew and strange place. They look atit as an added liability. “What if mykid gets into an accident, would hav-ing their own vehicle promote poorbehaviors like partying too much?”

On the academic end the con-cern is that a freshman has enough tocope with and adjust to; having a carwould just add an additional distrac-tion which in turn could affect aca-

demicperformance.

It seems fornow mostschools areholding firmly tothis long heldpolicy, so untilthings change,save your nick-els, dimes and

quarters, you will need them for thebus; or if you’re lucky enough to af-ford it, go in style, call a taxi or anUber driver!

David L. Podos is Collegiate Sci-ence Technology Entry Program Co-ordinator for SUNY Poly Tech. Hewas adjunct in-structor for theCenter for So-cial Sciences,Business and In-formation Sci-ences at MVCC.

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When I woke up on November8th, Election Day, I was ready and pre-pared for my day. I live on Long Islandand I work full-time in retail while simul-taneously going to school full-time. Ihave to travel to the City four times outof the week because I go to school at theFashion Institute of Technology; so asyou can see my days are packed. Onthis day I made sure to speak with myteacher so I could leave early and make

sure I voted. When I got back to LongIsland and went to the establishmentwhere I’m registered to vote, the linewas around the corner. I could not be-lieve that around 8:30 p.m. people werestill out voting. I casted my vote andheaded home. On Monday, the day be-fore voting, I had been having a conver-sation with my co-workers and we allwere talking about who we thought wasgoing to win, and like most peopleeveryone thought Hillary Clinton wasgoing to win with flying colors. I satthere listening to everyone speak and I

zoned out for a bit. I had this sinkingfeeling that we are all too sure that shewas going to win. I expressed this to myco-workers and they all said she had it,all she had to win was the swing states,but I could not shake this feeling. Onthe night of the election I fell asleepearly and I wanted to be surprised whenI woke up the next day. I woke up at sixin the morning and I checked myphone to see who had won. When I sawthat Donald Trump was the President-elect I honestly was not surprised. Whatsurprised me the most was how manystates he won. The whole country wasbleeding red.

On November 9th, the day justfelt off. The air was cold and thestreets were silent. It was onlyWednesday, where was everyone? Ihad to go to the store and when I ar-rived there was no one out shopping.In my mind I was thinking peoplemust really be upset about this elec-tion. This was my second time I wasable to vote and this was one I willforever remember. I will rememberthis one because the whole election itfelt as though the bigger issues werebeing missed. I watched all three de-bates and the only thing I got from itwas he said/she said. I wanted toknow how each candidate would af-fect my life, and this question wasnever answered. It definitely was notanswered whenever Donald Trumpspoke. His tactics of attacking his op-ponents, belittling them, and throwingout hate is how he won over someAmericans. I do not want to say thatwe are living in a divided world butfrom this election it is apparent weare. The most important issues wereoverlooked because we wanted toprove a point. Our lives are at stake,and instead of caring about that, socialmedia influenced our decisions. Wedid not do our research and now wehave to pay for it. Clinton did not doher research either because she didnot spend enough time campaigningin the right states. The states she wasprojected to win she lost. It was devas-tating watching young people cry be-cause she lost. Our President-electDonald Trump was also surprised he

won. He began lawsuits stating the elec-tion was rigged, but when he won hetook them back. The fact that he wouldnot accept if Clinton won speaks to hischaracter. The fact that the people he isappointing want to take steps back isalarming. We are taking rights awayfrom women when laws were passed inthe 70’s to protect them. We will bemaking it harder for people who go tocollege for liberal arts to get loans forschool. We are protesting in the streetsbecause we want to be heard, but noth-ing is coming from it. I know it mayseem as if I’m painting a far-off world,but this is our America. We all interpretit differently, and it’s beginning to affectus all.

I do believe that some of us arejumping to conclusions. Fearing theworse and being pessimistic. Some say-ing they want him to fail but forgettingthat the President is our leader. We alllove America; we just love it differently.We need to stop letting the media influ-ence our lives. We all need to come to-gether and understand one another.This will be the true way to make achange. More people need to bridgethe gap between the divided parties.Use their platforms to start conversa-tions. I want to continue to live in aworld where the American dream isreachable. I hope that the transition willbe helpful. I hope our President-electwill reach out to our current Presidentand seek guidance when needed. Ihope he will remember that we are acountry built from diversity. All walks oflife reside here, and we do not want tobe forgotten. I think the next four yearswill be interesting, and it will definitelybe one of change. I look forward to2020, and hopefully having anotherwomen candidate.

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It’s that stressful time of the yearagain (including for a college studentlike me), worrying about how you’regoing to afford all these gifts that yourloved ones want. From your over-priced textbooks, to transportation, toschool lunch, having an unlimited sup-ply of cash in your pocket, seems likethe best solution to everything. Right?If only that was possible, but since itisn’t, I’ve opted to cut back on myspending these past two months,choosing to pack lunch for schooleveryday and spending more time atthe library and less at the mall andmovies.

I can’t tell you the amount oftimes that I’ve gone to the mall to buyfood and walked out with two bagsfrom Forever 21. Resisting the tempta-tions is hard, especially with a hugesign the word SALE in big bold printin front of the store.

After putting myself on a tightbudget, with the help of my sister, I’venoticed that I’ve been able to save just$50 alone on lunch per week. Isn’t thatsomething?

So with Christmas just around thecorner, I am going to have to thinkvery carefully about what I’m going tobuy and for whom. That shoppingspree I went on these past few years,where I had no clue what I was lookingto buy before stepping into the storesand went home spending hundreds ofdollars on random gifts, isn’t happen-ing this year.

If there’s one thing that I’ve no-ticed it’s that, when you have a list writ-ten of the things you want to buy,you’re less likely to splurge on the un-necessary things. Nobody wants towake up the next day, realizing that themoney you spent on a brand newLouis Vuitton bag could’ve gone to-wards a bill. Just because you don’thave a plethora of cash in your bankaccount, doesn’t mean that you can’timpress your loved ones with amazinggifts.

You just need to shop wisely andthink of alternatives to somethingyou’d find for $500. Here’s a few tips

for gifting on a college budget.

11.. HHoommeemmaaddee jjeewweellrryyIf you can’t afford to buy a bunch

of jewelry for your friends, MAKESOME! DIY projects are always fun;gather your siblings together and GETIT DONE! It might sound dreadful atfirst, but after an hour or so, you’ll askyourself why you didn’t take up on thishobby sooner! From beaded bracelets,to glass stone earrings, you can reallygive a gift that you probably wouldn’tfind in store. Who doesn’t like homemade gifts?!

You can find all of the necessarysupplies at your local Michael’s, Wal-mart, or Joann’s store. If you don’thave any of these type of stores nearyou, you can order them online.There’s a lot of videos that teach be-ginners the art of jewelry making!

22.. HHoommeemmaaddee ccaarrddssHomemade cards with a heart felt

note telling your friend or family mem-ber how much you care about them,will never go out of style! Don’t thinkthat because you’re in college, thatyou’re too old to make cards! If draw-ing isn’t your thing, you can create abeautiful poem or write a favoritememory that you’ve had with that per-son. I’m sure that person will love youeven more for going that extra mileand creating something from the heart.After all, love can’t be bought.

33.. DDIIYY tt--sshhiirrttss,, bbaaggss,, hhaattss,, eettcc..Put on your apron and start your

magic. You can refer to Youtubevideos on how to turn a boring plain t-shirt into a work of art worth beingpraised! Tie dye kits and fabric mark-ers are the best products to use in thisproject... If not, Zazzle.com is the per-fect website to add your own touch to at-shirt, hat, bag and more! For thosewho aren’t familiar with this site,Wikipedia noted Zazzle as “an Ameri-can online marketplace that allows de-signers and customers to create theirown products with independent manu-facturers, as well as use images fromparticipating companies.” You can addyour own picture to it or use their de-

sign given on the web-site! It’s that easy andcheap!

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If you aren’t sogreat with words onpaper, why not tell it ina video? Seek out yourartistic/tech side thatyou never thought youhad, and record your-self singing a song,telling a couple ofjokes, or say anythingthat you know willleave a smile on yourfriend for days!

55.. PPuurrcchhaassee tthheeiirr ffaavvoorriittee CCDDssIf singing/rapping isn’t your thing,

buy your friend a copy of their favoriteartist, and have a cute card attached.

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Join a local knitting group to getstarted. Sign up at your local yarnshop.

77.. LLaammiinnaatteedd MMeemmoorryyIs there a memorable event you

went to this year with your best friendthat was caught on camera? Have thatpicture laminated, frame it and gift it tohim/her!

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Take advantage of the bargainsthat are going on right now with the ex-tended holiday sales and buy a fewbody mists, lotions and candles for thatfavorite person that you can’t live with-out! They’ll thank you for it! At Bathand Body Works, they have a dealwhere you can take away with three oftheir signature body care products, ifyou purchase the same. Isn’t that a bar-gain?! If not, then you can purchasethree of their travel-sized products for$12.

99.. BBuuyy hhoolliiddaayy mmaakkeeuupp sseettss!!Companies like Too Faced has

beautiful looking Christmas sets. Youcan purchase four of their “clutch-sizetubes of bestselling Melted LiquifiedLong Wear Lipstick in original, choco-late and matte formulas,” for $25 andsave loads of money vs. what you’dspend if you bought them the lipsticksindividually. Those four lip glossescan be gifted to four different people ifyou wanted! I can’t deny how much Ilove their Grande Hotel Cafe! Leave itto Too Faced to create such cute pack-ages especially around this time of theyear! Not sure what makeup set to get?Check out Tati’s video “Best HolidayMakeup Gift Sets.”

1100.. SSppeenndd qquuaalliittyy ttiimmee!!We can always get more money,

but time is a priceless gift that we cangive to someone we care about. Step-ping away from our phones for a fewhours to bond with the people withlove this season is a gift that cannot bebought in store! Bake a cake, cooksome food, whatever you do, makesure that you give him/her your undi-vided attention and let them know howmuch you appreciate him/her!

So, the next time you start stress-ing about not having enough money topurchase everybody gifts, know thatmeaningful gifts don’t necessarily haveto be expensive. It’s not the price tagthat counts, it’s the effort behind itthat’ll resonate with people for monthsto come!

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For a few years, I taught FreshmanComposition as an adjunct instructor ata community college. I have degrees inEnglish, and there was a high demandfor contingent instructors. Besides,many of the full-time instructors didn’twant to teach an entry-level course, es-pecially at the oddhours adjuncts usu-ally teach. Usually,my class was 6 to 9p.m., sometimes on aFriday night. Thecampus was tumble-weeds by that time,except for the hand-ful of students andadjuncts and the oc-casional securityguard and janitor. Maybe a night secre-tary might be manning a Xerox ma-chine. Maybe not.

Not being much of a bar hopper,who otherwise usually would just beholed up watching TV or reading on aFriday night anyway, I was happy to beof service to these end-of-week stu-dents, who mostly were worker beeslooking to improve their skills duringoff hours. As for the subject matter, Iwould actually get eye rolls from fellowfaculty when I would declare I likedteaching English 101.

But I really did. I have taught a lot of courses over

my lifetime. The ones I have enjoyedthe most were ones where I could seea marked improvement in the studentwork over the 15 weeks. They weren’tjust reading and regurgitating informa-tion for some Scantron test, to be

quickly forgotten by Christmas, butlearning actual skills that would servethem well in life.

One such course I used to teachlike that was HTML. This course wasperfect for the 15-week timeframe. Atthe beginning, each class I taught knewnothing about such coding. By the endof the semester, they were pumpingout professional looking sites, which

they created by hand.Their confidence grew,and they seemed quiteproud of their progress.

Freshman Compo-sition has a similar fla-vor. Not that suchstudents come in know-ing nothing about writ-ing, but, at thecommunity collegelevel, they usually need

to be brought up to speed to becomebetter formal writers.

Through a series of exercises, fromeasy to creative to critical, freshmanwriters can build confidence to becomecollege-worthy writers. In my classes, Iwould have them start by writing a bioon the student sitting next to them –that way, they made a friend; a difficultfeat at a commuter college. Then, I’dhave them keep journals, based in theJoan Didion essay “On Keeping aNotebook.” I’d have them write moviereviews to pick up critical skills, andthen have them go to a physical placethey’d never been to before to write adescriptive essay, using four senses;these teach one how to expand his orher writing, and to add color.

There were other assignments,but, eventually, the class would endwith a research-style paper using MLA

format, as mostFreshman Composi-tion classes do.

It was at thatpoint in the semesterwhere I’d feel morelike a teacher than amentor; I’d capablyteach them how towrite a passableMLA paper, andmost did end updoing so, but none of our hearts werein it. The final papers would behanded in last class, and I’d offer tosend back the papers to students withmy marks via postal mail or email.Very few wanted the papers back.

Their final topics were obligatory:Pro/con on guns, same-sex marriage,abortion, vaccinations, global warming,ADHD, drug legalization, and so on.

Important issues, yes, but I knewand they knew that their papersweren’t going to change anything.Other people had written on these top-ics, more authoritatively and to muchlarger audiences (the audience in thiscase was one – me). We mostly weregoing through the motions of writingclearly, using a time-tested essay struc-ture, and citing correctly.

While it’s true that future collegeclasses may require the formal essay inMLA format, and these students doneed to learn how to write in that style,it’s too bad the class had to end onsuch an uncreative down note, after allof the previous assignments had in-spired creativity and good feeling.

And, in the real world, few writersuse MLA format. While it’s necessaryto know how and when to cite, mostserious works outside academia tend

to use a quasi-journalistic format. Whydon’t we teach that, more mainstreamstyle, instead?

Instead, to end on a high note, I’dusually bring in green and red holidaycookies for that last class of the fall se-mester, or pink and yellow in thespring. We had been in the trenchestogether for 15 weeks and fought manya battle, ending with a hard-fought vic-tory over the MLA. It was time forgood cheer.

But if I’m ever asked to teachFreshman Composition again – andI’d like to – I think I’d move the MLAstuff to the middle. Maybe make it amidterm of sorts. Learn it, respect it –but move on. So that we can end oursemester proudly, on a high note. And,yes, there will still be holiday cookies!

And that’s the last word … for now!

Darren Johnson has a Master ofFine Arts in Writing and Literature fromSouthampton Col-lege and currentlyteaches PR courses,when he isn’t run-ning Campus News.Reach him at dar-ren@cccn.us.

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