For theatre fans all over the country,the 2015-16 Broadway season was a bless-ing from above. With so many new andoutstanding pieces of theatre at our dis-posal, choosing which to buy a ticket forwas certainly not an easy task. And whilewe are well aware the Lin Manuel Mi-randa’s “Hamilton” is sweeping throughaward season, there are plenty of othermusicals that deserve just as much recog-nition and love. To help guide you

through all the theatre available to watchthis summer, we went ahead and pickedour favorite shows currently running onBroadway (other than “Hamilton”).

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As you likely picked upthis newspaper at a commu-nity college, you, or perhapssomeone you know, may beconsidering transferring to afour-year college soon.However, be careful whichfour-year college – somemay be on the verge of fi-nancial collapse.

Recently Dowling andBriarcliffe colleges on Long

Island and Burlington Col-lege in Vermont announcedsudden closures. Other pri-vate colleges in recent yearsalso announced closings.

While some colleges, in-cluding Southampton Collegeand its recreation as StonyBrook Southampton, gavestudents plenty of time to fin-ish up their programs whenclosures were announcedthere, other colleges – suchas Dowling most recently –

surprised students, fac-ulty and staff with a sud-den announcement thatclasses were ending afterthis current semester.

While reports wereall over the web thatDowling had aging,largely empty dorms andenrollment was known tobe languishing (from

5200 in 2010 to 1700 thisyear), the college did havenotable ad campaigns in the1990s and early 2000s thatmade the College a house-hold name on Long Island.With programs in education

and aviation and lots of teamsports, it seemed to becomethe college for local transferswho didn’t want to leave theIsland. Since then, collegeslike Molloy and St. Joseph’s

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It’s midnight; you’re cramming,writing a paper, or studying for amath test that you’re supposed tocomplete at your 8AM class. You’resweating, frustrated and don’t knowwhat to do.

This situation is all too familiarto many college students, and it maybe completely avoidable. With thehelp of the many resources on cam-puses plus the many educators whotutor students privately, it’s time forstudents to acknowledge they mayneed their help.

There are many reasons studentsshould seek out a tutor, and the rea-sons may be different at differentpoints in their educational career.

“When students don’t know ex-actly where they struggle, but knowthat they do, they should work withtutors to identify those struggles andto begin overcoming them,” Profes-sor Jennifer Marx of FarmingdaleState College, explains.

Marx highlights the need for stu-dents to self-reflect and recognizethat they do need assistance. Perhapsstudents don’t know their problemareas or even understand why theymay be struggling; that’s the job ofthe tutor. Tutors can really shed lighton problem areas andhelp students strategizeand focus on the areathey need to be puttingmost effort in. They canpoint out specifics thatstudents may not evenbe aware of and can usethis information for fu-ture scenarios.

“I had a student that came to mesaying that she was a really bad writerand kept receiving unsatisfactorygrades. She wasn’t a bad writer at all— she just wasn’t aware of the neces-sity of a focused thesis. She hadheard the word but never knew whatit meant,” Professor Michael Bevilac-qua of NCC explains. “Now, she al-ways writes her thesis first and plansthe rest of the paper around it.”

Then, thereare those studentswho know exactlywhat they have dif-ficulties with andmay muddlethrough withoutany support. Per-haps they think itwill get easier orthat they are tryingtheir bestand nothing willwork. This is an-other perfect timewhere studentsshould seek outthe help of a pro-fessional. Marx ex-plains, “Whenstudents know theystruggle with cer-tain elements, they should work withtutors and identify those struggles totheir tutors.”

If students know that they have ahard time with, perhaps, writing pa-pers then there is no reason to workon them alone. When the assignmentis given out, students should make anappointment. Writing labs all acrossthe nation are filled with professorswho can aid in the writing process—from brainstorming to editing.

Of course, this is just one possi-ble scenario. Whether it’s science orphilosophy or psychology, the pointis students who know their weak-nesses should be paying special at-tention to them and receivingguidance along the way. Professionaltutors have many tips and teachingmethods to help students improve.To be successful during one’s collegecareer is to anticipate possible areasof concern and navigate possible

challenges. As Benjamin Franklin re-minds us, “An ounce of preventionis worth a pound of cure.”

Then, there are those timeswhere sporadically students may bepuzzled or confused by a certaintopic or lesson. Tutors are not justthere for students who need helpweek after week, but also there forsupport in the spur of the moment.

“If students feel overwhelmedby an assignment or test, they shouldwork with a tutor to break it down,

generate a plan fortackling it, andstart to formideas,” Marx of-fers.

Another rea-son is that cram-ming doesn’t payoff. Although tu-tors are more than

willing to help, they are not onstandby 24/7:

“Be proactive. Check with yourcampus about center hours. Checkwith your tutor about when he/she isavailable and if it’s okay to send alate email/text when you’re stuck.”Bevilacqua notes, “Make appoint-ments days or even weeks in advanceif you know that an assignment is dueor a test that will potentially worryyou is coming up.”

Tutors on college campuses canbe found in the many resource cen-ters from the writing labs to readingcenters. Nassau Community Collegeis one such campus that has special-ized labs depending on which pro-grams students are enrolled in. Forexample, the Basic Education Pro-gram has a specialized lab for stu-dents enrolled in the program andwho need “reinforcement.” Simi-larly, the math department offersmath and computer lab help. Thesame is true for campuses from Hof-stra to NYIT. Students should con-tact the department directly to findout the services on campus. Theseare free, valuable resources.

If there isn’t a resource on cam-pus that helps with the student’sproblem areas, students should ap-proach their professor for help oreven seek an outside tutor. Many ed-ucators tutor privately and can befound through local libraries or evenonline tutoring sites that pair studentwith educators in their areas. Thismay be necessary for students whoneed multiple hours of support aweek or even summer help.

College campuses are abundantwith faculty and professors who aremore than willing to help studentssucceed…they just have to ask for it.

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Rockland Community College an-nounces Subaru Distributors Corp. asthe first car manufacturer to forge aneducational agreement with RCC’s newHerbert Kurz Automotive TechnologyCenter in Orangeburg, New York.

Barry Wells, Executive Vice Presi-dent of Parts, Service and Logistics forSubaru Distributors Corp., states that,“Subaru is excited to be the first manu-facturer partnering with RocklandCommunity College’s AutomotiveTechnology Program at this new state-of-the art facility. Rockland is one ofthe first schools partnering with SubaruDistributors Corp.’s launch of SubaruUniversity and we feel that it is a solidinvestment in the education of our fu-ture Technicians. This partnership willcertainly go a long way in fulfilling theneed for highly trained automotive

Technicians at our retailers, whilekeeping pace with the explosive growthof the Subaru brand.” Subaru Distribu-tors Corp., incorporated in 1975,serves as an independent distributorfor Subaru operating in New YorkState and Northern New Jersey, repre-senting Subaru of America. The 65franchised dealers within this territoryemploy approximately 500 SubaruTechnicians.

RCC’s new Herbert Kurz Auto-motive Technology Center is anNC3 National Leadership Memberand considered a model facility. TheCollege offers an AAS in AutomotiveTechnology and 15 Snap-On Indus-trial Certifications. The sparklingnew hi-tech facility (27,304 square-feet) includes five classrooms, a certi-fication room, and a Snap-On

Certified Lab with 10 lifts. Dr. CliffL. Wood, President of RCC, statesthat, “RCC’s automotive program of-fers accessible professional technicaleducation to ensure our graduatescan successfully fulfill their career

goals as well as the needs for trainedprofessional technicians in the indus-try. Students are prepared to workimmediately after attaining this de-gree or can continue their educationfor a bachelor’s degree.”

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Mohawk Valley Community Col-lege has established a new programdesigned to assist small- to medium-sized manufacturing companies, inorder to make their individual sys-tems run more efficiently, increaseprofits, develop new innovative prod-ucts, and create and retain jobs.

The Advanced Institute for Man-ufacturing (AIM) has been designatedas a Manufacturing Extension Part-nership (MEP) Center that will pro-vide manufacturing and technologyprograms and training services to asix-county region that includesOneida, Herkimer, Fulton, Mont-gomery, Schoharie, and Otsego coun-ties. This multiple-year, grant-fundedprogram and regional designation isprovided by Empire State Develop-ment’s Division of Sci-ence, Technology andInnovation, and by theNational Institute ofStandards and Technol-ogy’s Manufacturing Ex-tension Partnership.

AIM also is designedto offer assistance tosmall manufacturing

start-ups, assisting them with innova-tion strategies, supply chain manage-ment and technologycommercialization. The program isone of ten MEP-designated centers inNew York State, including a statewidecenter (FuzeHub) that works to con-nect the manufacturing community tostatewide resources.

The Advanced Institute for Man-ufacturing is located at MVCC. Alongwith its partner programs in work-force development, business incuba-tion and STEM, AIM will providemanufacturers a centralized accesspoint for manufacturing and technol-ogy assistance.

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After many months of hard workand dedication, college is finally outand summer vacation has officiallybegun. And while there is still threemonths of relaxation and vacationadventures ahead of us, the fall se-mester will quickly arrive before weeven know it. For those transferringto a four-year university, anxiety lev-els may be at all-time high. A newcampus, new professors, new friends,and a completely new atmospheremay be quite overwhelming. Thank-fully, a number of transfer schoolshave provided support for new stu-dents attending in the fall, includingthe College of Saint Rose.

Founded in 1920 by the Sistersof Saint Joseph of Carondelet, St.Rose is a four year institution locatedin Albany, New York, open to thoseof all religious and cultural back-grounds. Hundreds of transfer stu-dents are accepted each year andwith over 60 different undergraduateprograms, there is a place at St. Rosefor everyone.

What can you expect if transfer-ring to St. Rose? Not only does theschool provide a rich and in-vigorating educational experi-ence, but there are a widevariety of programs and activi-ties to make all students feelaccepted and welcome.Among the over 30 clubs andextracurricular activities avail-able are Colleges AgainstCancer, Best Buddies, the CapitalDistrict Association for the Educa-tion of Young Children, the Ameri-can Choral Director’s Association,the School Psychology Association,and St. Rose Television Club.

Michelina Scotti, current Historymajor at St. Rose, couldn’t be morethrilled with her college experiencethus far. While also minoring inComputer Science, Scotti found thather institution provided a wide array

of activities to suit the interests ofeach student. “St. Rose offers ex-tracurricular activities involving bothacademics and clubs pertaining toparticular activities, such as gamesand dance,” she explains. “Academicgroups allow for students to furthertheir knowledge in a specific fieldwhile special interest activities canallow students of various fields tomeet students from other depart-ments.”

Another great way to meet thosewith similar interest at St. Rose is bypartaking in the school’s communityservice opportunities. These includeparticipating in Social Justice Week,volunteering at Reach Out SaintRose Day, traveling and completingservice at the UN or in Washingtonor Guatemala, or helping to planspring break trips for students inneed.

Unlike many other schools, St.Rose offers guaranteed acceptance tostudents who have completed an as-sociate’s degree at an accredited in-stitution. These students must alsohave a cumulative grade point aver-age of 2.5 or above. This ruling al-lows the acceptance of a very diverseselection of applicants, rounding out

the college’s community of students.Community college students maytransfer up to 70 credits while thosecoming from a four-year institutionmay transfer up to 90. To graduate,students must complete at least 122credit hours.

Though extra-curricular activitiesmay be an added bonus to transfer-ring to St. Rose, the most importantaspect is attaining a strong education.As Scotti explains, the professors at

St. Rose are incredibly kind and re-sourceful, also available to help theirstudents with different problems,whether they be academic or not.The professors also aim to engagestudents in their education and toprepare them fully for future careerendeavors.

“St. Rose is a great choice forcollege because the commu-nity is one that strives toachieve greatness throughcommunity involvement andkindness. Professors are ded-icated to creating excitingclasses and urge students tobecome big parts of the Al-bany community as well as

the St. Rose community,” says Scotti. St. Rose also offers programs for

international and veteran transferstudents. With students from over 25countries attending the institutioneach year, the school provides ahome for everyone.

In 2015, the Veteran Center atSaint Rose was opened to welcomethose of the military and army com-munity to further their education andobtain a degree. Being a Yellow Rib-

bon school, St. Rose provides freetuition to a veteran or dependent thatis eligible under the Post 9/11 GIBill. Up to 15 credits are acceptedfrom military training and many ben-efits and scholarships are available toall transferring veterans.

For those looking to not only ex-pand their education but to acquire afantastic college experience, TheCollege of St. Rose may just be thechoice for you. Nervous about trans-ferring? Scotti left us with a little ad-vice for incoming students.

“My advice to new students is tobe as friendly possible and talk witheveryone and anyone! Obviously itcan be hard when going to a newschool, but the St. Rose communityis extraordinarily kind and outgoing,and all faculty, staff, and studentsmake the shift from high school tocollege or from a different college toSt. Rose a very easy and excitingtime.”

Transfer applications for the fallsemester are due by June 15 whileapplications for the spring are due byDecember 1. For more information,visit www.strose.edu.

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Pursuing a degree in English haslong been considered a useless pursuitfor a profitless career. But, as employ-ers begin to value new skills and the at-mosphere of the modern office evolves,it appears English majors are makingstrides toward becoming the superstaremployees of the future.

According to Steven Rothberg,President and Founder of College Re-cruiter, employers prefer problem-solv-ing candidates with strong criticalthinking skills and information filters –that is, employees who question dataand double-check the facts. Luckily,these are the exact skills English majorsare taught; not so luckily, only 12 per-cent of graduates with an English majorfind a job within six months of gradua-tion. So why the divide?

“Employers may value the ability tothink critically, but need to weigh thatskill against another such as a demon-strated ability by a salesperson to make60 outbound calls a day,” Rothberg ex-plained. “In a perfect world, that em-ployer may be able to hire someonewith both attributes, but may need tosettle for someone with just one of thetwo skills.”

Since qualitative skills are harder tomeasure than quantitative ones, gradu-ates with the latter skill almost alwayswin out.

Nancy A. Shenker, one time VicePresident of both CitiBank and Master-Card International, argued that herEnglish degree has been invaluable dur-ing the course of her career. Althoughher major seemed “fluffy” at the time –she wrote plays and analyzed novels –her storytelling abilities and eye for de-tail landed her a job at several Fortune500 companies. Now, Shenker is theFounder and CEO of marketing com-pany theONswitch and a blogger forThe Huffington Post.

“A marketing major probablywould have sucked all the life out ofme. I’ve come to realize that while ana-lytics are critical to the marketingprocess, creative thinking, writing, story-telling, and visualization of data are re-

ally what engages readers and helps sellservices and products,” Shenker wrote.“I’ve taken courses over the years tostrengthen my business skills andlearned a lot about marketing theoryfrom colleagues and reading, but theskills I learned as an English major areequally important.”

It seems like Shenker’s statementis becoming increasingly true in theworkplace.

The sudden desire for English ma-jors may be reflecting the change incontemporary work environments.Many of the job openings at BuzzFeed,for example, require the same qualifica-tions: emotional intelligence and theability to consider the perspective ofothers are equally as important for edi-tors as they are for interns. These quali-ties are rampant in English majors,since those who read fiction have higherlevels of cognitive empathy. In severalstudies, empathy has been associatedwith increased sales, top performingmanagers of product development andgreater efficiency.

Some workplaces even physicallysupport these qualities. Face-to-face in-teractions, which encourage empathybetween coworkers, are incredibly im-portant in the workplace and improveperformance. That’s why Facebook set-tled its employeesinto a single, mile-long room andwhy Yahoo re-voked mobilephone privilegeson campus. In-deed, the greatestideas don’t occurin front of a blank computer screen, butduring interactions and collaborationswith other people.

The English major can also look tothe rethinking of STEM (Science,Technology, Engineering and Math) ed-ucation in America as a promise of bet-ter career prospects in the future. Asexplained by the U.S. Department ofEducation, STEM is the curriculumused to improve competitiveness in sci-ence and technology development – inother words, it’s the education plan thataids America in global leadership. Re-

cently, academics have discussed incor-porating a fifth letter into the acronym:A for arts, which includes the Englishdepartment.

“STEAM will make things hap-pen,” Nicholas Dirks, Chancellor ofUniversity of California-Berkeley, said.“It suggests combustion, it suggests thetransformation of elements from onestage to another.”

And it’s true. The arts, includingEnglish, are as essential to global leader-ship as they are to the human condi-tion. And business owners would bewell advised to hire English majors tocompete in the global marketplace.

So, whatexactly areEnglish majorsqualified todo? The prob-lem isn’t thatthere aren’tany options –it’s that there

are too many. While graduates of anEnglish program can pursue jobs inpublishing, academia or journalism, theflexibility of the degree also allows fornon-traditional paths to alternative ca-reers. Anticipating the value in a liberal-arts education, some schools haverevamped their programs to attract Eng-lish majors and students with similar de-grees to pursue higher education.

According to the University of Ari-zona, philosophy and English are com-mon undergraduate majors forphysicians. The value of that foundationis certainly not lost on the Icahn School

of Medicine at Mount Sinai in NewYork City, where admissions require-ments have changed in order to luremore English majors to the school. Thehumanities-oriented program, known asHuMed, encourages students to studyanything from English to medieval stud-ies, then guarantees admission into themedical program by a student’s sopho-more year. The program, founded byDr. Nathan Kase, is rooted in the beliefthat science is the foundation for a med-ical education, but a well-wounded hu-manist is best suited to take advantageof that education.

HuMed, which will soon expand itsdoors to other schools and majors, actsas an anecdote for “pre-med syn-drome,” an industry term for studentsstriving for straight-As and high testscores. What the school and the greatermedical community found was that the“syndrome” made applicants, andtherefore physicians, too single-minded.In short, they made bad doctors. Simi-larly, certain students who struggled totake courses like organic chemistry dur-ing their traditional pre-med tracksfound the struggle toward medicalschool less of an obstacle when giventhe opportunity to take another route.When Kase was asked what he wouldhave pursued in college had his tracknot been quite so traditional, he repliedin the vein of HuMed.

“Literature – English lit,” Kasesaid. “I read voraciously as a kid, andthat almost came to a complete stand-still in college because there was just notime to breathe.”

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Have you ever watched anepisode of “Project Runway?” Theshow consists of hopeful designerswho have the opportunity to designand make their own clothes. Oncethose clothes are made the designerspresent the look on the runway infront of the judges. I, like most peo-ple, enjoy watching the show becauseit’s amazing to see the designers cre-ate these clothes from scratch. Thedesigners are presented with a lookand they choose the fabric, cut andsew the garments together and bringthat look to life. When you see any-thing being made from scratch andyou get to finally see the endingproduct, it can be mind-blowing. Iknow for myself it’s extremely awe-some. When I pick up a magazineand they are highlighting the latesttrends, I always try to find similarclothes to make my own look. Whenit comes to fashion I enjoy readingCosmopolitan, Vogue,and Elle. There are manymore magazines highlight-ing fashion, but these arethe ones I enjoy. So,when I was presented withthe opportunity to attendand cover the Nassau CommunityCollege fashion show, I leaped at theoffer. I can honestly say I was blownaway while I sat and watched fromthe audience.

Firstly, I know Nassau has itsown Fashion Department, but what Idid not know was the talent harvest-ing in that department. I’ve neverseen a real fashion show before but Ihave seen some shows online oncethey are made available to the public.I always enjoy the music, the lighting,and the theatric done by the models.Each and every single designer inthis fashion show presented an amaz-ing song to go along with their collec-tion. The music is what captivatedme but the clothes are what made myeyes stay wide open. I caught thefirst show, and one of the collections

I could not keep my eyes off of wasMegan Ruppert. I wear a lot of blackin my everyday style. I wanted sobadly to own her cross front leathertop. The choice of leather made mepicture a fierce femme fatale woman.I grew up listening and admiringAaliyah, so when I saw Kayla Galescollection I immediately thought ofher. I enjoyed this collection be-cause it was simple but fierce andanyone wearing her collection wouldooze confidence. I enjoy a pop ofcolor especially yellow, and when Isaw the Ria Anne Anasagasti collec-tion, I fell in love with it because tome it played homage to the 70’s. I’vegrown to love men’s fashion. What Ilike most about men’s fashion is howsimple but still unique and comfort-able it can be. I became extremelyintrigued once I saw that the showalso had men designers. Yes, I’maware that most designers are menbut still it’s intriguing. I fell in lovewith the Lester Carrillo and ElijahCole collections. I loved Lester’s

jumpsuit, his overalls, and the statureof the model definitely sold the lookto me. Elijah’s collection had acream colour biker jacket and trenchcoat that I wish I could find and pur-chase for my own keep. His collec-tion was angelic and his choice ofusing cream sold me from the begin-ning. When I was on the hunt for afierce prom dress I wish I knew Na-dine Garcon. I liked her bold pop ofcolor and the big arms her dresseshad but this collection would beevery girl’s perfect prom choice. Eliz-abeth Leto’s collection reminded meof an everyday sophisticated chicwoman. She also had this beautifuldress I could definitely see on abridesmaid. Just remember there isonly one bride but many brides-maids. I’m all about making a state-

ment. I think everybody should havethat one piece of clothing that givesthem confidence. Holly Mero’s col-lection would give any woman confi-dence. Her mesh sparkle top gaveme life. I could see myself wearingthis top and breaking many necks inthe process. The show and all thedesigners were put together so per-fectly, and I loved when everyonecame together at the end and had adenim finale. The finale alone wouldwant to make anyone wear whitedenim after Labor Day.

I also had the opportunity tospeak with the designers. I wanted toknow how they found out about thedepartment and majority of the de-signers found out about it from theirhigh school teachers. I like that thehigh schools encouraged the studentsto continue their passions. A lot ofpeople do not continue to follow theirdreams, but if anyone saw this showthey would be made a believer. Allthe clothes were sewn in the class-room and the professor, Rona Casci-ola, provided help with teaching thebasics, but in the end it was the stu-dents that created the clothes. Thedesigners said they will be continuingto pursue fashion after Nassau, mostciting Fashion Institute of Technologyas there first choice. One even saidthey already have an internshi,p andwill be beginning their career after

graduating. One thing I did noticewhen researching the show before at-tending was it was hard to find infor-mation about it. As a NassauCommunity College student, I feel asthough the college should really helphighlight the students in the fashiondepartment. I would make it moreknown to the students, the public, andeven reach out to organizations soeveryone could see the hard work thedesigners put in. I would reach out tomore papers and even see about hav-ing more than one reporter attend theshow. This would be beneficial to thestudents and also the College. I’m ex-tremely happy that I was able to at-tend the fashion show. I enjoyedmeeting the designers and seeingthem in their natural habitat. I can seeanyone of these designers beingAmerica’s next top fashion designer,and I can one day say I went to col-lege with them.

TakaraLawrence is aMarketingMajor at NassauCommunityCollege, Shehopes to oneday act, write,and produceher own televi-sion show.

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The Pentagon has wisely sought to rectify thisimbalance with $2 billion to upgrade and increaseto 4,000 the stockpile of Tomahawk anti-ship cruisemissiles. The new investment will reestablish U.S.naval dominance over all potential comers.

Skeptics, though, are urging the Navy to aban-don this plan and instead develop an expensive newweapons system.

America long dominated the high seas. Duringthe Cold War, the Navy invested in the most cut-ting-edge anti-ship missiles on the globe. The Tom-ahawk reigned, a missile capable of reaching atarget as far as 1,000 miles away. Hostile enemyships didn't stand a chance -- and they knew it.

But they were not happy about it. China hasbeen increasing its military spending by 11 percentannually for the past two decades, especially focus-ing on sea power.

Russia, likewise, is posing a renewed threat,especially under Vladimir Putin. The Office ofNaval Intelligence recently concluded that Putinseeks nothing less than a restoration of Soviet-era sea power over the next five years.

Iran, meanwhile, has spent years buildingup anti-ship missiles, with U.S. warships theirunannounced targets. This year, the IranianRevolutionary Guard detained American sailorswhose boats strayed off course in the PersianGulf, broadcasting video propaganda of the or-deal.

Erratic North Korea's naval ambitions arealso worrisome. Last year, Pyongyang releaseddetails of a new high-speed hovercraft armedwith missiles capable of targeting ships within a100-mile range. Overall, more than 70 nationsnow own a total 75,000 anti-ship missiles.

The Tomahawk is the only weapon that canrestore American deterrence at sea. The GPS-powered system boasts 90 percent reliability. It'sbeen used more than 2,000 times in combat, in-cluding in 2011, where it played a pivotal role inthe NATO-led effort to depose Moammar Gad-hafi in Libya. More recently, U.S. forces havefired Tomahawk missiles against ISIS.

The latest Tomahawk can also receive in-flight target updates to reflect evolving availableintelligence. Given the historical difficulty ofidentifying vessels and determining the level of

threat they pose, this cutting-edge technology di-minishes the risk of error.

That technology, paired with more precisetracker and seeker capabilities to focus on a movingtarget, means the latest iteration of the Tomahawkis a “game-changer,” as the deputy defense secre-tary recently said. The missile is so versatile that “itcan be used by practically our entire surface andsubmarine fleet.”

Yet some defense analysts are pushing for anew weapons system. But the major potential alter-native to the Tomahawk under consideration, theLong-Range Anti-Ship Missile system, is vastlymore expensive and offers only half the range of aTomahawk.

The LRASM can also only be fired from theair, meaning the Navy would need a nearby runwayto use the missile. That's impractical for the westernPacific. Aircraft carriers could work -- but equip-ping a ship for such a weapon can cost hundreds ofmillions of dollars.

Considering that a timely upgrading of theTomahawk will restore our dominance at sea, thispush isn’t wise.

The Pentagon's Tomahawk proposal is an ap-propriate way to reestablish American dominanceat sea. The most effective approach to preservingfreedom of movement on the high seas is to rein-force our deterrent capabilities.

J. Michael Barrett, aformer Naval Intelli-gence Officer, FulbrightScholar, and Director ofStrategy at the WhiteHouse, is currently theDirector of the Centerfor Homeland Securityand Resilience.

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Long Island University’s Post cam-pus has reorganized several of its mostpopular programs under a new banner,the College of Arts, Communicationsand Design, creating an exciting syn-ergy between majors in the performingand visual arts and communicationsand digital technology.

The announcement was made thispast spring, and this new effort not onlystresses inter-disciplinary collaborationsbetween previously separate depart-ments, but also is student-centered:Working one-on-one with professorswho have direct ties to the industry, use-ful internships (including in nearby NewYork City) and understanding the busi-ness aspect of each major are focusesand trademarks of the new College.

“The range and quality of pro-grams offered by our College of Arts,Communications and Design ensuresthat our already flourishing arts educa-tion at LIU Post will continue to attractthe most talented and dedicated stu-dents,” said Dr. Kimberly Cline, presi-

dent of LIU. “We offer close proximityto the arts capital of the world and alsoa beautiful, bucolic Gold Coast campus— truly the best of both worlds for nur-turing creativity — along with a facultyof award-winning professionals.”

The new College encompasses 30majors – everything from Film to Jour-nalism and PR to Theatre to DigitalGame Design to Fashion — so if you’rethinking of attending LIU Post,chances are you will at least have someclasses in this division.

LIU Post has always been goodat stressing top internships and othertypes of hands-on learning, as well.Students in the majors now under theCollege of Arts, Communicationsand Design partner with companieslike HBO, NBC, MTV, Amazon Stu-dios, the Metropolitan Opera, Broad-way shows and more. As well,especially, students in programs likefilm and video game design aretaught how to bring their own prod-ucts directly to market. Graduatesoften land at top entertainment com-panies upon graduation.

“Our alumni and current students

embody the promise of an LIU Postarts education,” said Noel Zahler, deanof the College of Arts, Communica-tions and Design. “It’s where rigormeets nurture and results in creativityand success.”

But it’s not just about sending stu-dents to New York City. LIU Post alsohas its renowned Tilles Center for thePerforming Arts, bringing top nationalacts on campus year-round. Studentswork closely onthese productions,and the acts conductexclusive workshopsand master classeswith the students, aswell. The Post The-atre Company haswon 14 Kennedy Center awards.

“The College is expanding out therole of the arts for all students,” ex-plained Jeffrey Kane, Vice Presidentfor Academic Affairs, in an interview.“And our arts offerings have changeddramatically over time. We now haveembraced digital, and have filmmaking,including documentaries, gaming andgraphic design. … The complexity ofthe arts today requires a larger commit-ment, and we are not only meeting thatcommitment, but also sharing this com-mitment University-wide.”

Currently, nearly 400 students atLIU Post are studying in an arts-relatedfield, and they can specialize to theirtastes. Some students study architecturewhile others study furniture design andothers making apps and the digital arts,Kane said. All students are exposed tothe financial aspect of the arts – how tomake one’s passion a career.

Kane also noted that studentstoday don’t have the technological bar-riers of the past. For example, in thefilm program, LIU Post can now offerall students access to high-end digitalcameras, and open up direct-to-marketstreams that past generations didn’thave access to.

Theatre program students canwrite, produce and direct plays, pro-duced by the University. For writers

and those interested in television, thecampus’ proximity to the City andprofessional access to the dozens ofshows that film there are an easier“in” for students.

“Students learn their craft well be-fore applying for graduation even,”Kane said, noting that many workingexperts in the arts come to LIU Post toteach. “The talent we can draw upon isextraordinary.”

Kane noted that transfer students“can expect the same rich experienceand opportunities in the arts as a tradi-tional, incoming freshman.” LIU hasalways gotten a high number of transferstudents, and works with them to fitright in.

“They could call LIU or they cantalk to their community college transferadvisers, or go to our web site (liu.edu)and see the diversity of course offeringsour students inspire,” Kane added.

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he State University of New Yorkand Nassau Community College inMay announced the appointment ofDr. W. Hubert Keen as president ofNCC. The appointment was approvedat a special meeting of the SUNYBoard of Trustees today and by theBoard of Trustees at the campus inMay.

Dr. Keen has served as the presi-dent of SUNY’s Farmingdale State Col-lege since 2007. His NCC appointmentis effective August 1, 2016, at an annualsalary of $225,000.

“Hubert Keen is a seasoned highereducation professional whose leader-ship within our university system aswell as the Long Island communitymakes him ideally suited to serve asNassau Community College’s nextpresident,” said SUNY Board Chair-man H. Carl McCall. “I commend theBoard of Trustees at the college for hisappointment and look forward to ourcontinued work together on behalf ofthe NCC community.”

“I have every confidence that Dr.Keen’s leadership of Nassau Commu-

nity College will serve as an importantand impactful turning point for thecampus, one that will greatly benefitNCC’s students, faculty, and staff,” saidSUNY Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher.“I want to thank Interim PresidentDolan for his leadership as well as Dr.Gardyn and the Board of Trustees atthe college and the presidential searchcommittee for their dedication to get-ting this appointment exactly right.”

“Dr. Keen brings a wealth of expe-rience and knowledge to Nassau Com-munity College," said Dr. JorgeGardyn, Chair of the Nassau Commu-nity College Board of Trustees. "TheBoard is excited about working withour next president. We look forward toa new era of growth and advancement.”

“I am honored that the NassauCommunity College PresidentialSearch Committee, NCC Board ofTrustees, Chancellor Zimpher, and theSUNY Board of Trustees haveoffered me the opportunity towork with this very important in-stitution,” said Dr. Keen.“While this opportunity is not

one I anticipated, it is one Iam pleased to embrace, andam honored to be entrustedwith NCC’s leadership.”

Dr. W. Hubert Keenbecame president of Farm-ingdale State College in Jan-uary 2007 after serving fortwo years as provost andvice president for AcademicAffairs at Farmingdale and, from 1999to 2005, as special assistant to theSUNY Provost. He previously held po-sitions as interim president at SUNYOld Westbury, provost and vice presi-dent for Academic Affairs at CUNY’sYork College, and professor and deanof Arts and Sciences at SUNY Cort-land.

Dr. Keen’s research, which spansthe fields of ecology, environmental sci-ence, aquatic biology, and biostatistics,has been supported by grants from the

National Science Foundation, the Re-search Foundation for SUNY, the Uni-versity of Virginia’s Biological StationResearch Program and other agencies.Dr. Keen was awarded a Fulbright Fel-lowship, a U.S. Public Health ServiceFellowship, and a Fellowship from theGerman Academic Exchange Service.

Dr. Keen holds a Bachelors ofArts in biology from Pikeville College,an M.S. in biology from Eastern Ken-tucky University, and a Ph.D in ecologyfrom Kent State University.

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If City Water Tunnel No. 2 breaksdown, the boroughs of Brooklyn andQueens will be without running waterfor at least three months. Five millionpeople would be affected.

City Water Tunnel No. 2 is 80years old.

“I would say some engineerswould estimate the lifespan of thesesystems from 80 to 100 years,” saidKevin Bone, director of the Institutefor Sustainable Design at CooperUnion in New York. “And they havenever done a thorough inspection sincethe day the tunnel was brought online.”

As early as 1954 the city acknowl-edged that Tunnel Nos. 1 (built in1917) and 2 needed to be overhauled.But construction did not begin until1970, and progress ground along slowlyfor several decades. The project hascost over $6 billion and has claimedthe lives of 24 workers.

City Water Tunnel No. 1 was fi-nally taken out of service in October2013, over 95years after it wentinto service. Butthere will be noimmediate relieffor Tunnel No.2, as the adminis-tration of Bill deBlasio has shiftedmoney away from the project.

The problems plaguing construc-tion in New York – costs, lack of gov-ernment funding, a system decades outof date – is emblematic of a lot of thecountry’s water infrastructure.

“You listen day in and day out tothe different political parties arguingover how to cut taxes,” Bone said. “Aslong as we gut taxes, we’re hurting ourinfrastructure. This is an investment inour future.”

And the country is falling behind.In 2013, the American Society of CivilEngineers gave the nation’s water infra-structure a D grade and started its re-port by saying, “At the dawn of the 21st

century, much of our drinking water in-frastructure is nearing the end of itsuseful life.”

The report predicted that by 2020,the gap between annual spending andneeds will reach $84.4 billion.

“With older cities, you have distri-bution systems that were put in place100, 150 years ago,” said Brian Pal-lasch, who oversees infrastructure ini-tiatives for the ASCE. “These systemsare reaching the end of their usefullives, and the fact is we can barely re-place the pipes fast enough.”

The ASCE gave low grades tomuch of the country’s infrastructure.But Pallasch and other civil engineerssaid water is perhaps the most essentialof all.

“With some infrastructure, likeroads, you can see progress beingmade,” said Tom Lindberg of DCWater, which oversees the water andsewer system that serves the nation’scapital. “With the pipes, if we do ourjob correctly nobody notices, and so it’snot in people’s minds.”

The median age of Washington’swater pipes is 79 years. Half the pipes

were in-stalled be-fore 1936,and somedate to theCivil War.

Un-surpris-

ingly, these decades-old pipes arebreaking down.

“We have about 240,000 watermain breaks in the United States eachyear. or about a break every two min-utes,” Pallasch said.

The challenges in replacing thesepipes, and especially paying for them,vary around the country. In larger citieslike Washington, large constructionprojects have to overcome a significantamount of red tape before ground canbe broken.

In Los Angeles, the drought hasdecreased water consumption, which inturn has cut revenue.

For smaller municipalities, the costof upgrades outweighs what the com-

munity can afford. Duringa Senate hearing on waterinfrastructure last week,Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., detailed some ofthe challenges facing smalltowns in his home state.

“The town of NewHebron has 400 people.They’re being told theyneed to spend $3 millionto comply with the [Envi-ronmental ProtectionAgency],” he said. “Howare they going to do that?”

Congress has been approvingabout $2.37 billion annually for waterand wastewater infrastructure. It is nosmall amount, but the American WaterWorks Association estimates that thecountry will need to spend over $1 tril-lion to upgrade and expand the na-tion’s water infrastructure in the next25 years.

A number of causes have led tothis enormous cost. But two werespurred by the federal government inthe 1980s.

In 1972, Congress authorized theuse of federal funds to build municipalwastewater treatment plants, as part ofthe Clean Water Act. Through 1984,$41 billion was invested in this pro-gram, making it the largest nonmilitarypublic work since the construction ofthe Interstate highway system. But theprogram was targeted for cuts by theRonald Reagan administration, whichargued that the program had fulfilled itsintent to replace the backlog of sewertreatment system repairs. Instead ofgrants, states were offered loansthrough the Clean Water State Revolv-ing Fund.

As funding was being cut, the EPAincreased the number of regulated con-taminates from 23 in 1986 to 83 in1996. Upgrading water systems to filterout these contaminants became moreexpensive, and federal loans were oftennot enough.

“We’ve had to increase rates, andwe’re on a schedule to increase rates,”said David Berger, who has beenmayor of Lima, Ohio, for 27 years. Up-

grading the water infrastructure in hiscity of just under 40,000 people willcost $110 million. The median house-hold income in Lima is $26,943, and athird of the population lives beneaththe poverty threshold.

In testimony to the Senate Com-mittee on Environment and PublicWorks, Berger said he felt suffocatedby increasing water regulations fromthe EPA without funding assistance.

“For too long, local governmentshave had to deal with the heavy hand ofEPA,” he said. “And our residents, par-ticularly our poorest residents, havebeen left to pay a disproportionate bur-den of the costs.”

Erik Olson, director of the healthprogram at the Natural Resources De-fense Council, disagreed with Berger’sassessment in his testimony.

“As we saw in the case of Flint, theEPA was afraid of its own shadow,” hesaid. “It took almost a year for them totake action. I think the evidence showsthat the EPA is stepping back and treat-ing the states as partners.”

Olson agreed that the federal gov-ernment needs to play a larger role.

“There is a need for federal assis-tance when it comes to funding theseprojects,” he said.

The EPA says plenty of systemsare falling short. In 2013, the EPA re-ported 16,802 health-based violations.Almost half were total coliform bacteriacontamination. Coliform bacteriumcomes from fecal matter, and is usedby the EPA as an indicator of poorsewer water treatment.

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have filled that niche and expanded agood deal. It must have been a stun-ning lack of vision and leadership thatled to Dowling’s fall.

The problem with attending a col-lege like that is, if you don’t haveenough credits to graduate immedi-ately, you will have to transfer yet again.And the new college may not take a lotof those credits, so you will have tospend more money and take moretime to finally graduate. Or, perhaps,your exact program may not be avail-able at another college. If you do grad-uate from a soon-to-be-defunct college,you will be forever tainted by that.Your resume won’t carry the sameweight compared to a resume with a liv-ing, vibrant college that still advertises,has sports teams, gets headlines, etc.

You won’t have the benefit of analumni network, if your college goesbroke. An alumni network not onlyholds reunions and other cool events,but they also help you find work andadvancement.

So, how can you tell if a college issuspect? I would suggest:

1. On the campus tour, do certainbuildings look out of date or poorlymaintained, or are there buildings thatare closed? (Don’t just go on the tourwith the Admissions tour guide, butwander off on your own and lookaround; perhaps asking students whoaren’t on the college payroll what theythink.)

2. Has the college lost significantenrollment in recent years?

3. Have there been articles in thecollege town’s local newspaper aboutfunding issues at the college?

4. Checking out students newspa-per articles online, do any deal withpotential budget fights?

5. Have departments been cut?Teams and activities?

6. Has the college gone through asudden change inadministration/staffing?

7. How many classes have beencut due to lack of enrollment? (Youcan compare the course guide fromthe beginning of the semester to the ac-tual number ofcourses listed on-line after the se-mester hasstarted.)

8. Is the col-lege trying to use high school extensionsite students and graduate students inits overall enrollment numbers?

9. Is the college web site out ofdate?

10. Is the college advertising? Ifthey are cutting back on advertising,usually that is a sign that they don’thave much financial liquidity, and itcreates a cycle – less ads means lessenrollment means less tuition incomefor the college.

These are just some of the redflags I’d consider. Of course, if you areapplying to a large university or a pub-lic college, the odds of it closing in thenext four years are minimal, but forprivate colleges under, say, 3000 stu-dents, you may want to ask these ques-tions.

I also put the question on Profnet,a service that hooks up journalists withexperts, and got these responses:

Craig Meister, president of Tacti-

cal College Consulting (www.tacti-calcc.com), a global college admissionsconsultancy, said: “All students shouldbe very careful about investing theirtime and their money (or their parents’money) in any college – large or small.The college admissions process is notall about ‘getting in.’ It’s just as muchabout students and parents doing theirdue diligence on which colleges are theright fit for their academic and profes-sional goals. With that said, many col-

leges,particularlysmall liberalarts colleges,are in horriblefinancial

shape; therefore, part of a student’sdue diligence must be to research thefinancial health of colleges he or she isconsidering. This means investigatinghow enrollment today compares to en-rollment three years ago vs. five yearsago vs. 10 years ago and how facilitiesare being maintained or not beingmaintained. Are staff members beinglaid off? Are dorms being closed?Does campus look like it has seen bet-ter days? …

“A college closing hurts everyone– alumni, students, and staff, but mostof all alumni because these are thepeople who have to carry the name ontheir professional resumes for the restof their lives. At least current studentswho have not yet graduated can trans-fer and earn their degrees from some-where else – hopefully a school thatpresents a value proposition that themarketplace rewards with both studentapplications and employer demand for

graduates.”Scott Schneider, a lawyer and

head of Fisher & Phillips’ Higher Edu-cation Practice Group who alsoteaches Higher Education Law at Tu-lane’s School of Law, offered:

“About the viability of a school,I’d ask three questions: 1. what is yourcurrent enrollment and projected en-rollment; 2. what is your discounted tu-ition rate; and 3. how big is yourendowment and what percentage ofthe endowment is unrestricted funds?Those three items will tell you prettymuch everything you need to knowabout the fiscal shape of a school andits long-term viability.

“There are short term and longterm negative effects. Over the shortterm, the negative effects are pretty ob-vious: faculty and staff lose their jobsand there is considerable student dis-ruption as students need to transitionto other schools. One of the key longterm issues that the administration of aclosing school should be concernedabout is setting up some clearinghouseso that graduates can obtain necessaryrecords. For example, it’s hardly un-usual for prospective employers orgraduate schools to request transcriptsor verification of graduation. Schoolsthat shut down can make life very com-plicated in these areas for graduates.Similarly, closing schools should workhard to ensure that current studentscan transfer as many credits as possibleto their new institutions.”

The lesson is, ask questions, andfind out about the business end of thecollege before you commit.

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in a loveless marriage, only to unex-pectedly discover she is pregnant.Tony Award winner Jessie Muellerstars as Jenna, breathing life into theBareilles’ beautiful and moving score.Along her side as Drew Gehling asDr. Jim Pomatter, Nick Cordero asEarl Hunterson, Keala Settle asBecky, Kimiko Glenn as Dawn, andChristopher Fitzgerald as Ogie. Theshow is currently running at theBrooks Atkinson Theatre and ticketprices start at $67.

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screen hit, Patrick Bateman comes toBroadway in this thrilling and electri-fying production. With music andlyrics by Duncan Sheik, Tony Awardwinner for “Spring Awakening,” theshow is captivating and exciting,grasping the attention of the audienceas they maneuver through the twistsand turns of Patrick Bateman. In thelead role is Broadway favorite Ben-jamin Walker, along with Alice Rip-ley and Jennifer Damiano. The showopened on April 21st at the Schoen-feld Theatre and tickets begin at $77.

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London based performer makes herBroadway debut in the role Celie,bringing down the house each nightat the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.The musical first premiered onBroadway in 2005 and garneredeleven Tony Award nominations.Now starring Grammy Award winnerHeather Headley as Shug Avery, theproduction has an open ended runwith ticket prices beginning at $75.

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Sometimes a spinoff series takes along time to get percolating.

Recently, I was watching the hilari-ous “John Mulaney: New in Town”comedy special on Netflix, and he hada routine about ““LLaaww && OOrrddeerr:: SSppeecciiaallVViiccttiimmss UUnniitt” and one of its stars, IceT.

It made me scratch my head, as,yes, I kind of remembered that Ice Twas on a cop show – wasn’t that a mil-lion years ago?

This was a show my mother usedto watch – Lord rest her soul. How un-cool of a show could this be?

Then Seasons 13 through 16 of“SVU” recently appeared on Netflix,and I decided to give it a look. It’s ex-cellent. Not only is it based in NewYork, so the settings are familiar, andfictionalizes stories from The New

York Post and Daily News, but, unlikeother cop shows, the ending of eachshow is in doubt.

A show could end with a trial, andthat trial could be a win or a loss for theDA. Or the show could simply end witha police capture, and it’s obvious theperp is guilty. Or a show can end withthe bad guy getting away with it. Some-times the wrong person is accused.

Sometimes there’s corruption orpolice brutality. This Dick Wolffranchise is hitting on all cylinders,after 18 years on TV.

I never gave this show a chanceway back when. First, it was a spin-off of “Law & Order,” a 1990s sta-ple I just wasn’t that into. Again, itwas something for my mother’sgeneration. Also, it was on a net-work, NBC, and network showsusually aren’t as cool as cableshows.

This show has never been thatbig in popularity, usually in the 50sor so, as far as rankings go. Itnever did get the hype of a Top 10show, and certainly doesn’t getmuch press after 18 years, butmaybe a new generation shouldtake a look at it.

And early episodes of “SVU” areon USA Network all the time. I don’t

like them as much as thenewer ones. The main char-acters left now are Ice Tand the show’s biggest star,Mariska Hargitay, who, in-terestingly, is the daughterof 1960s “blond bomb-shell” Jayne Mansfield, andwas in the car as a tot whenMansfield had her fatal acci-

dent. Hargitay is a strong, very believable

presence on the show, calming downvictims and helping piece together sto-ries. It makes the show better now thatthe sex-crime unit is led by a very non-judgmental, female lieutenant.

Perhaps why the recent shows arebetter than the shows from nearly twodecades ago is because TV has changedso much in this time. We’ve had showslike “The Sopranos,” “Dexter” and“Breaking Bad,” which a viewer canmarathon watch. So “SVU,” instead ofmaking a typical network cop show withclosure at the end of each episode,leaves many endings open. Some plot-lines happen over several shows. Somecharacters come back years later. Somecold cases from previous seasons getsolved by new cast members who are alittle better at their jobs.

Somewhat like Hargitay and Mans-

field, “SVU” is not only a spinoff thathas become more popular than its par-ent, “Law & Order,” but it has adaptedto the times and is more interestingthan ever. On NBC, look for season 18sometime this year, as the show was re-cently renewed (it’s always questionableif it will come back). For now, get up tospeed via Netflix.

The other ex-ample of a spinoffthat started slowlyand eventually be-came bigger than itspopular parent is““SSttaarr TTrreekk:: TThheeNNeexxtt GGeenneerraattiioonn..””This is also on Netflix, in full, as well ason the BBC America network.

This show ended in 1994, thusmay be “new to you”; just avoid theearly episodes. You have to remember,the original “Star Trek,” with WilliamShatner and Leonard Nimoy, was leg-endary by the time “TNG” came out in1987, and original creator Gene Rod-denberry was 25 years older, and hadonly alienated himself from show busi-ness in all the years in between the twoseries. He was rusty.

The early episodes of “TNG” arereally out there. The characters seemstilted, act weirdly at times, and don’tseem quite sure of their roles. Plotsdon’t make sense. While the special ef-fects are better than the original series –

how could they not be? – they still seemamateurish at times, with hand-drawncityscapes and ships that look like mod-els on strings.

But, eventually, as happened withHargitay with “SVU,” the best actorsrise to the top and take over the show.Patrick Stewart as Captain Picard, espe-

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In the first two seasons, the onlymemorable bad guy is Q, played byJohn de Lancie (who, interestingly, laterplayed Jane Margolis’s father in “Break-ing Bad”). In Season 2’s “Q Who?” hewarns the crew of a new bad guy, theBorg.

The Borg then become one ofthe best cliffhangers in TV history,ending Season 3 and starting Season4.

So, if you want to try out “StarTrek: The Next Generation,” perhapsstart with the last episode of Season 3.

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While she jokingly refers to herselfas “the oldest living college student”Wakefield, Mass., mother and grand-mother Laurie Anslono has proven thatdreams really can come true if you arewilling to pour your heart and soul intomaking them happen.

In fact, her recent late-in-life experi-ence at North Shore Community Col-lege, capped by her graduation with a 4.0GPA last week, has prompted the for-mer actress and mime to write a book toencourage others to follow in her foot-steps, “I’m Out of Estrogen and I HaveEssays to Write.”

“My college career can be best de-scribed as a dream deferred. As a child, Iwas challenged with learning difficultiesand a college education was not some-thing that I could reach for or attain. Iput the dream on the shelf, and let it col-lect dust for many years. However, thedream never let go of me. I am happy toreport that the dream thieves lost theirbattle,” Anslono said.

Like many other career changers orolder students, Laurie enrolled in thecollege’s Women in Transition (WIT)Program in 2013. “I determined, “I amin it, to win it!” By changing my words, Ichanged my world. I was pleasantly sur-prised to discover how committed theprofessors of North Shore are to the suc-cess of their students. No matter howhigh I wanted to climb academically, orgrow practically through their profes-sional experience, they were willing toclimb with me.”

The program set her on a solidpath to college coursework and along theway she also took advantage of the manyother college activities. She: served asVice President of the WIT Club forwhich she received a Student AssociationService Award; became a member of thePhi Theta Kappa Honor Society andSigma Alpha Pi, The National Society ofLeadership and Success. And, the for-mer professional mime who trainedunder Marcel Marceau, the legendary

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On Equal Pay Day, PresidentBarack Obama designated a new na-tional monument to honor women’sequality while officials all over theDistrict talked pay equity.

The Belmont-Paul Women’sEquality National Museum was des-ignated the newest national monu-ment Tuesday. It has been the sitefor women’s equality for over a cen-tury.

Academy Award winning actressPatricia Arquette and Rep. CarolynMaloney, D-N.Y., spoke at the Na-tional Press Club for Equal Pay Day.

“Is it we the people? Or is it wethe partialpeople? Oris it we thepeople whodeserve tobe paidless?” Ar-quette asked.

Arquettewon an Oscar for best supporting ac-tress for her performance in “Boy-hood.” She ended her acceptancespeech by saying it is time for womento have equal pay.

The Democratic staff of the JointEconomic Committee released a newreport this month with data collectedfrom the U.S. Census Bureau. Thereport shows women working fulltime, year round, on average earn 79percent of what a man earns workingfull time, year round.

Women make up half of thepopulation, and Arquette said thisshould make lawmakers want to ad-dress the issue since they make upthe majority of the voting bloc.

“Instead, women have been im-properly protected from gender-based economic discrimination inthe workplace by our own govern-ment and our leaders,” she said.

Maloney said she is working tohelp women know their rights and toget gender equality in the Constitu-tion by pushing for the Equal RightsAmendment. The ERA has been in-

troduced consistently since a ratifi-cation effort failed in the early 1980s.

“Many women who are sufferingthe effects of gender discriminationmay be unaware that it is occurringor afraid they may be fired if theyask about pay or promotion opportu-nities,” she said.

The report shows the gender paygap grows with age. Women ages 18to 24 earn 88 percent of what theirmale counterparts earn, whilewomen over age 35 earn 76 percent.

“Today is an important reminderof the injustice of unequal pay andthe harm it inflicts on women andtheir families,” Maloney said.

Obama welcomed ranking fe-male officials and professional

women’s tennis player Billie JeanKing to the designation of the Bel-mont-Paul Women’s EqualityNational Museum as a nationalmonument. He singled outSen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md.,the longest-serving femalemember of Congress. She is re-tiring this year.

Obama said pay equalityshould be a fundamental prin-cipal of the economy.

“It’s the idea that whetheryou’re a high school teacher, abusiness executive, or a profes-sional soccer player or tennisplayer, your work should beequally valued and rewarded,whether you are a man or awoman,” Obama said.

Asked about how she be-came an activist for equal pay,Arquette said the financialstruggles her mother facedwhen raising her children andthe financial struggles she facedherself made her want to pushfor change.

“I know what it was like, at 20, tostruggle to buy diapers and foodwhile we lived in a convertedgarage,” she said. “While I’ll tell youit’s not easy, it’s way harder whenyou’re being underpaid.”

In honor of Equal Pay Day,some Democratic women opened alemonade stand for the day acrossthe street from the Republican Partyheadquarters, charging women 79cents per cup and men $1 to demon-

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Herkimer College’s Cogar Gallerywill showcase art from Anne andThomas Contino from Friday, June 3 toSunday, August 3. An artist receptionwill be held on Sunday, June 12 from 2p.m. to 4 p.m.

Anne Contino retired in 2013 fromWhitesboro High School where shetaught music for 33 years. After retire-ment she enrolled in a painting class andfound her work displayed shortly after inthe Munson Williams Side Walk Show.Now three years removed from retire-ment, she will be presenting her very firstshow at Herkimer College. ThomasContino, Anne’s nephew, currently

teaches painting lessons at Ives Hill Re-tirement Community. His artwork con-sists primarily of landscapes.

The Cogar Gallery, located in theRobert McLaughlin College Center, isopen to the public free of charge, 8 a.m.to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Fridaywhen the College is open. For more in-formation, visit herkimer.edu/cogar.

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State University of New York Chan-cellor Nancy L. Zimpher today an-nounced her final year as SUNYchancellor. In a letter to the SUNY fam-ily this morning, Chancellor Zimpherpraised the university system’s progresstoward its strategic goals and outlined pri-orities for her final year, which includecontinuing to increase completion, fur-thering TeachNY, and securing an ex-tension of NYSUNY 2020.

In more than 40 years as an educa-tion professional, Chancellor Zimpherhas attained international recognition forher visionary institutional and commu-nity leadership. She has led three majorpublic research universities throughouther career and, as chancellor of SUNY,is the chief executive of the largest com-prehensive system of higher education inthe country.

Over the course of her distinguishedcareer, Chancellor Zimpher has pusheduniversities to realize their power as eco-nomic engines, spearheaded communityinitiatives that improve education out-comes from cradle to career; helped sethigher standards for clinical teacherpreparation; and developed initiativesthat ensure student mobility, shorten

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In her seven years at SUNY, Chan-cellor Zimpher has forged an unprece-dented level of cross-sector partnershipsthat have resulted in the followingachievements, among others:

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• Completion Agenda – In herannual State of the University Address in2015, Chancellor Zimpher announcedan ambitious Completion Agenda forthe university system with the goal ofawarding 150,000 degrees per year, upfrom 93,000. SUNY continues its workto increase completion by bringing evi-dence-based practices and initiatives toscale across its campuses.

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• Applied Learning – Driven by astrong belief in the power of learning bydoing, Chancellor Zimpher has set thesystem on course to ensure that everySUNY student has access to an appliedlearning opportunity such as cooperativeeducation, even those attending online.

• Cradle to Career – In partner-ship with StriveTogether, a national or-ganization co-founded by ChancellorZimpher, SUNY now supports 12 com-munity partnerships across New York inan effort to mend the state’s educationpipeline and support youth as they pre-pare for college and career.

• SUNY Seamless Transfer – Inservice to the nearly 30,000 students whotransfer within the system each year,SUNY now has the country’s most com-prehensive transfer policy, which assuresthe seamless transfer to and from allcampuses of every course approved forSUNY’s 30 credit general education re-quirement, and the coursework studentsneed to complete the degree require-ments of their major.

• Shared Services – By coordinat-ing services with other campuses in thesystem, each of SUNY’s campuses havebeen able to reinvest cost savings intoservices that directly benefit students.From sharing online tutoring programsand training facilities to collaborating onpurchases and course offerings, SUNYcampuses generated more than $100million in savings.

• SUNY Smart Track – SUNYSmart Track is the nation’s most aggres-sive and comprehensive initiative to en-sure financial aid transparency. SmartTrack resources – including SUNY’sown Net Price Calculator – are designedto help students and families understandcollege costs and develop a financial planfor the future.

• Early College High Schools –

New York now has 20 Early CollegeHigh Schools, 33 P-TECH partnerships,and five New Tech Schools, with sometransitioning to “Smart Schools,” whichwill provide a streamlined programwhere students acquire an associate de-gree in high school—at no cost—and thentransfer to one of SUNY’s four-year col-leges to earn a higher degree. Thesemodels share an average graduation ratethat exceeds 90 percent.

• Open SUNY – Launched inJanuary and growing rapidly, OpenSUNY is on pace to become the world’slargest online learning environmentwhile increasing SUNY enrollment bymore than 100,000 students.

• SUNY Excels – Now in its sec-ond year, the SUNY Excels perform-ance management framework ensuresthat campuses and the system as a wholecontinues to make strides toward itsstrategic planning goals, within five prior-ity areas – Access, Completion, Success,Inquiry, and Engagement.

• Diversity, Equity, and InclusionPolicy – Approved by the SUNY Boardin September, SUNY’s policy will makethe university system the most inclusivein the country.

• NYSUNY 2020 – NYSUNY2020, ground-breaking state legislationchampioned by Governor Cuomo andpassed in 2011, enabled a long-sought ra-tional tuition policy and further posi-tioned SUNY campuses to maximizetheir economic development efforts withcompetitive annual state-funded grants.

• Capitalize Albany – As a resi-dent of downtown Albany and memberof the Capitalize Albany Board of Direc-tors, Chancellor Zimpher has broadenedSUNY’s presence in New York’s capitalcity, including a re-opening of historicSUNY Plaza to the public.

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Saving for your retirement may notbe high on your list of priorities, but itshould be. A January 2016 article from“Pay Scale” and authored by Gina Bellinotes that “only a very small minority ofworkers are saving enough for retire-ment.” According to the article, around50% of households age 55 and olderhave nothing saved for re-tirement. That’s “0” folks,zip, zippo, and while 95%of you reading this are a farcry from 55, many of youhave parents that age!

Belli continues with afew other statistics, statingthat Generation X is shock-ingly unprepared for retire-ment, but, and finally hereis some good news, she notes that theMillennial generation (which most ofyou dear readers of Campus News be-long to) “are doing better at savings.”Now, why is that? One of the reasonsMillennials seem to be saving more

than other generations notes Belle,“They are scared to death of beingbroke!”

Now, that may not be such a badthing; fear sometimes can be a powerfulmotivator, and that seems to be workingin their favor. However, I also believethey are savvy enough to figure thingsout – what’s important and what’s notso important – for amongst all other

previous genera-tions, the Millen-nials have grownup with incredibletechnologicaltools, giving theminformation andaccess to unlim-ited resources.

All that beingsaid, a person must be aware that savingfor their future is one of the most im-portant financial decisions they will evermake; but, even awareness isn’t enough,for the hard cold fact is this: You alsoneed to make enough money to save

money! In today’s economy that can be one

hell of a challenge for many of us.While the country is showing somesigns of recovering from the great reces-sion of 2008, unemployment rates arestill too high and higher yet for minori-ties. Wages have stagnated for mostAmerican workers regardless of gender,ethnicity and/or age. When taking intoconsideration the inflation rate over thepast 40 plus years, wages, if graphedout, look more like a patient whojust went into cardiac arrest; noth-ing on the graph just a flat line.

So, if you’re lucky to have afull-time job after graduation,hope that your new employerprovides you a “livable wage.”But, if you are struggling with alow-wage job, you may still beable to put aside some money for yourfuture retirement. Let’s do a bit of cal-culation on this.

While many financial advisers sug-gest that you start to save as soon as youcan (early 20s seems to be one of thebest scenarios), you also will need tosave as much as you can; most adviserssay you need to set aside at least 10-15%of your annual salary each year, but thatnumber may be out of reach for many.What to do? Remember this, a percent-age of something, anything, set aside forsavings (no matter how small it happensto be) is better than 100% of nothing.Now let’s apply that to the growth ofwealth.

Here’s the recipe: Money, timeand interest create more money – pe-riod! Of course you want to get asmuch interest on your savings as possi-ble, so you need to “shop” around for aplace to park that money, and get thebest interest rate possible all the whiletaking into consideration your “risk tol-erance.”

For the sake of conversation andkeeping it simple, let’s use the followingsituation, which is not far-fetched at all.Upon graduation you land a job paying$35,000 per year and you’re 25 yearsold. If you put just 3% aside towardssavings, that equals $1050 a year. Tak-ing some time to do a little research,you find a moderate risk investment

paying 4-5%, like corporate bonds, forinstance. Let’s say that the interest rateis fixed, not compounded. Even at afixed rate of 5%, if you continue to put$1050 a year away for 40 years, at age65 you will have amassed $42,000 plusinterest of $2100 for a total of $44,100towards your retirement. If your invest-ment was put into an account with com-pound interest (earning interest fromyour interest) your total would be evenmore! Obviously if you were able to

put more away each year as your in-come rises (we all hope for that one),you would create much more wealth!

The other day I was thinking abouthow much I spend on coffee at my fa-vorite coffee bar. I estimated I buy atleast 5-7 cups of coffee each week aver-aging $2 a cup, so that’s $14 a week onthe high end, $10 per week on the lowend. What if I cut that in half, purchas-ing only 3-4 cups per week for a savingsof $8 per week or $32 per month? Mul-tiplying that out, I would save $384year, in 10 years that’s $3840, investingthat with a miserable 2% interest, Iwould be just shy of $4,000!

Finding ways to save, while difficult,can be possible for most of us with a lit-tle sacrifice. So, even a little bit putaside is a good thing, and remember:Time, money and interest make moremoney; and that saving a small percent-age of something is definitely betterthan 100% of nothing – but just don’tcompletely give up the coffee!

David L.Podos is an ad-junct instructorfor the Center forSocial Sciences,Business and In-formation Sci-ences at MVCC.

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Suffolk County Community Col-lege class of 1978 graduate Dr. RobertFrey, pictured below, watched as familymembers unveiled a check from theFrey Family Foundation for $1 millionto the Suffolk Community CollegeFoundation for student scholarshipsand aid in May. The gift to the collegeis the largest ever from a graduate of thecollege.

Suffolk County Community Col-lege President Dr. Shaun L. McKayjoined in the celebration surrounded bymembers of the college and foundationboards of trustees.

Frey made the gift from the FreyFamily Foundation as an honoree ofthe college at its annual gala celebration.

Dr. Frey, now a Research Profes-sor and Director of the Program inQuantitative Finance in the Departmentof Applied Mathematics and Statistics atStony Brook University, was honoredby the Suffolk Community CollegeFoundation’s Annual Salute to Excel-lence for the contributions of The FreyFamily Foundation to the college andwhere Frey made a $1 million donationto the college.

Dr. Frey holds a joint appointmentin the Stony Brook University's Busi-ness School and is the President of theUniversity's Research Center for HighFrequency Finance. He has been an ad-

junct professor and chair of the advisoryboard for the Program on FinancialMathematics at the University ofChicago and currently serves as CEO ofFQS Capital Partners, Ltd., an invest-ment management firm based in NewYork and London, and CEO of Har-bor Financial Management, his familyoffice.

Frey, his wife and daughter are allSuffolk County Community Collegegraduates.

“Robert Frey, a class of '78 grad-uate and advocate for our institution,recognizes the transformative value ofhis contribution and the impact it willhave on the lives of our students,”said Dr. Shaun L. McKay, SuffolkCounty Community College presi-dent. “We cannot thank him enoughfor his generosity.”

“Dr. Frey’s gift is the most gener-ous support received from an alumnusin the 58 year history of the college,”explains Sylvia A. Diaz, Ph.D.,LMSW, executive director of the Suf-folk Community College Foundation.“We are delighted that Dr. Frey andhis family view the community collegeas a bridge to opportunity. This trans-formational gift advances a placewhere lives are changed, careers arelaunched, promises are kept anddreams are realized.”

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As the weeks progressed onlyone student dropped out of the classand the rest of us fought to maintainA’s and B’s in his class, the lowest hewould entertain. Professor Mandelmade us fight and believe in ourinner strength, whatever we liked todo; just be the best that you can be atall times.

One of the best attributes of thisclass were the field trips we wereprivileged to attend, (mandatory asthis was considered a practical class).We ventured to places such as Life-time Fitness, Title Boxing Club, IceWorks and Westbury Theatre. Wealso met with the district manager ofStarbucks, Business Intermediary ofKensington Company and Affiliates,and best of all we all enjoyed meetingMr. Stu Hayim of Ferrari as we tookpictures and wished upon a car.

What a treat! For these “speakerfor the day” events, which were heldat NCC and in outdoor classes, welearned firsthand as the executives ofthese companies told us about theirhard work and dedication it took,and still takes, to keep a successfulbusiness today and tomorrow.

Professor Mandel took the timeto get know all of his students byname in the 15 short weeks we spentwith him, and when he saw you inthe hallways, he never hesitated to ac-knowledge you with the day's greetingand a warm smile.

Professor Mandel became ourcup of coffee, and we are all happy

that we stuck it out, never wanting towithdraw from MKT 100, 7 a.m,class.

From all of us in this class toyou, professor Mandel, we say“thank you for being our cup of cof-fee” and inviting us to only becomingWINNERS. You should be veryproud of your achievements and wehope that the next group of studentsyou encounter at NCC will followyour lead as we did and know thatfinding our niche, opening our eyesto meeting people and teaching ushow to have fun in and out of theclassroom was what you encouragedus to do.

A student’s words: “In classwhen you look at professor Mandel,what you see is a driven, fun, intelli-gent man. He negates all stereotypesof the professor who just doesn’tcare. Professor Mandel’s earth-shat-tering enthusiasm is the go-to adrena-line for any hungry, young studentwho is ready to go. His passion forgiving opportunities to students andempowering them to almost superhu-man levels will always be a significantasset for NCC. He genuinely wantsto see WINNERS.”

As professor Mandel stated,"While classroom theory and text-books are of educational value, prac-titioners from the workplace offertheir experiences and personal in-sights, which often have a strongerimpact on students.”

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Herkimer Generals baseball playerJohn Novenche was named ConferencePlayer of the Year in May, helping histeam to a 22-2 overall conference recordand the program’s fifth consecutiveMountain Valley Conference title underHead Coach Jason Rathbun.

Novenche – a Liberal Arts & Sci-ences: General Studies major atHerkimer College – led the conferencein hits with 37, was second in runsscored (30) and runs batted in (27), thirdin doubles with 10 and 12th in sluggingpercentage (.671) from the leadoff spot

in the lineup. The outfielder’s best gamecame against Hudson Valley on the roadin May where he collected a season-highfour RBI in a 6-5 comeback victory,helping the program to the conferencetitle in the process. Previous to his fourruns batted in, Novenche had threegames with three runs batted in. Theycame in a 21-5 win over SUNY Adiron-dack, 11-6 win over Columbia-Greeneand 10-0 win over Schenectady.

“John had a great year for us andwe will miss him very much,” said JasonRathbun. “I wish we had him longerthan one season, but he became a part ofour family quickly!”

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lege’s Menely Genao was named byState University of New York ChancellorNancy L. Zimpher as one of 78 recipi-ents of the 2015-16 Scholar AthleteAward, that recognizes outstanding aca-demic excellence and athletic achieve-

ment.“Menely is member of two Na-

tional Championship teams,Women’s Cross Country andWomen’s Track and Field,” saidSuffolk County Community CollegePresident Dr. Shaun L. McKay, andshe earned Dean’s List recognitionevery semester for the past two yearswith a 4.0 GPA,” McKay said. “Weare very proud of Menely's academicand athletic accomplishments.”

“Menely is a heart and soul kindof student-athlete. Her modesty may givean impression of nonchalance, butthere's a tiger in there. When she signson, she's there one-hundred percent,”said Women’s Track and Field andWomen's Cross Country CoachMatthew French.

“Menely epitomizes what a studentathlete can achieve here at SuffolkCounty Community College,” said Ath-letic Director Kevin Foley. “In additionto her academic and athletic prowess,

Menely is a wonderful person whose fu-ture is unlimited.”

“Recipients of this award are hon-ored for high achievement in and out ofthe classroom, accomplishment markedby hard work, dedication, and disci-pline,” said SUNY Chancellor Nancy L.Zimpher. “Congratulations to each ofthis year’s SUNY scholar athletes, andthank you to the many faculty, coaches,and staff across SUNY who mentor andsupport them.”

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Suffolk’s impressive spring sea-son began with dual national titles inmen’s and women’s outdoor trackand field — the first in school historyfor each team — at the NJCAA DIIIOutdoor Track and Field Champi-onships on May 7-8. The men’s teambrought home four individual cham-pions and five All-Americans, whilethe women’s team had two nationalchampions and ten All-Americans.

On the track, sprinter Sam Pol-lucci won the women’s 100m dash in12.69 seconds and earned All-Amer-ican status placing second in the200m with a time of 25.74 seconds.Ryleigh Donegan won the women’s5,000 meter run in 19:20.63. Sopho-more Leana Wiebelt broke theschool record in the 10,000 meterrun with a time of 41:31.12, earningAll-American status. Menely Genaoearned All-American in the 1500

running 4:57.94.In the field events, Taylor Van

Nostrand earned All-American hon-ors by vaulting 2.91m (9’6.5”) in thepole vault. All-American EbonieLewis placed second in the shot putwith a throw of 10.58m (34’8.5”).

The women’s 4x100 and 4x800relay teams earned All-American sta-tus running season best times. The4x100 team consisting of TasmereLee, Ashley Mack, Ebonie Lewis,and Sam Pollucci ran the race in48.94 seconds and the 4x800 ran in10:10.90.

On the men’s side, Suffolkcleaned up in field events. Micah-As-sibey Bonsu won the triple jump witha jump of 14.30 meters (46’11”).Cordell Nix won the men’s highjump with a jump of 1.95m (6’4.75”).School record holder Connor Lang-don won the decathlon, placing firstin the decathlon 100, long jump,high jump, 400, 110 hurdles and1500m run. Langdon also placed

second in thehigh jumpwith a jump of1.95m(6’4.75”),earning All-American sta-tus.SophomoreJesse Matteraearned All-American inboth the de-cathlon andthe pole vault.Mattera wonthe decathlon,shot put, dis-cus, javelinand pole vaultwith a personal best vault of 4.05m(13’ 3.5”).

On the track, Sam Chimezie rana 54.22 to win the 400m hurdles byone second. Chimezie also placedsecond in the 110m hurdles with a

time of 15.19 seconds, earning hissecond All-American title.

These successes come after thewomen also claimed the Cross Coun-try national title back in the fall. Themen finished fifth in that event.

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The spring season has all butwrapped up in the Region XV sportsscene, and plenty of teams havefound both regional and national suc-cess. Teams throughout the Regionhave had great success, none more sothan Suffolk Community College,who has made four National appear-ances this spring.

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in the DIII baseball event, marchedthrough the Region XV Tournamentbracket with ease, going a perfect 3-0to punch their ticket to the NJCAAWorld Series. Nassau put up a toughfight in the decisive game 6, but ulti-mately fell by a score of 5-4. The Na-tional Tournament took place May28-June 1 in Kinston, NC.

In Division II action, the #1 seedWestchester Vikings faced more ad-

versity but ultimately came outon top in the Region XVTournament. #3 Sullivanbegan the event by upsettingRockland 9-0 and then blewout the Vikings 10-0, butWestchester was able to re-main alive in the loser’sbracket and defeated Sullivanin consecutive games to claimthe title. Unfortunately,Westchester was unable toemerge from the DistrictChampionship and earn a bid into theNJCAA Tournament.

Similar fate felled the MonroeMustangs. After claiming the RegionXV Division I crown over ASA, Mon-roe advanced to the Eastern DistrictChampionship game but was knockedoff in convincing fashion by Harford.The Mustangs’ 12-4 loss ended theirseason with a record of 38-16.

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managed to make a national appear-ance after going undefeated in the Re-gion XV Tournament and claimingthe District H title against Mont-gomery. The Sharks only needed onegame to eliminate Nassau from con-tention in the Regional event and thenmarched through the District withease. A 13-0 drubbing of Mont-gomery punched their ticket to Na-tionals, however the team earned the#8 seed and was knocked into theloser’s bracket early by eventual na-tional champion Rock Valley. Theythen dropped a tough 7-6 loss toRowan-Gloucester to end their sea-son.

In Division II, Orange earned theRegional title over Monroe but could-n’t advance any further as Region 3’sMercyhurst North East ended theiryear in the District tournament.

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Championship to earn a NJCAA bid,and while the team didn’t find muchsuccess as a whole, Lysander PayanoAlmonte won an individual national

title at #2 singles.

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crown by 40 strokes over second-place Suffolk. Chris Lambrou of theLions led individually by 11 strokes.In additional to the Nassau team, fiveother tournament entrants qualifiedfor the national event, which is sched-uled for June 7-10 in Chautaqua, NY.

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Every few months, I do a productreview column that, hopefully, is perti-nent to our readership; but I want to re-mind you about product reviews ingeneral before proceeding: Most reviewsyou see on the Internet, even in massmedia like TV, are not reviews at all, butpaid product placements.

My process is different: I put outvery specific queries for items that di-rectly apply to college students. I do nottake products that don’t fit, nor do I takepayment for the reviews. These compa-nies also do not place ads in the paper(though they are welcome to!). Often-times, if the product is unique enough, Ican only try it for a short time and haveto, sadly, mail it back. Hopefully, theabove statement lends some credibilityto my reviews that follow.

For this issue, I picked three itemsthat I felt would either be good gradua-tion gifts, Father’s Day gifts or just back-to-school items for the fall.

First, let me talk about headphones.These have been my biggest joy andbiggest frustration in the tech world ofthe past, say, 10 years. There are theBeats-style headphones, which are goodat shutting out outside sounds but areridiculously large (they remind me of theeducational phonics type headphonesfrom the 1970s) and overpriced, thenthere are earbuds, which don’t producenearly as good sound. The Beats are notappropriate for a sweaty workout, whilethe earbuds usually fall out, or, if they fillwith sweat, short out.

Then I tried these RROOAAMM RRooppeess($299), which seem to have the best fea-tures of both types of headphones. Youget the brilliant sound that modern head-

phones have become known for, butthey aren’t frail and clumsy like earbuds.I think these are going to catch on soon.

Their design is ergonomic, so theymove with your body. Their logo has askateboarder wearing them. Theseworked excellently in the gym. They alsowrap around, so they won’t fall off youor tangle up, nor can they be easilysnatched. There is a Bluetooth receiver,and you can use an excellent app onyour smartphone to get the sound justright.

They come in multiple colors anddefinitely are high-end. Their founder,Steven Lamar, helped found Beats backin the day, so he knows the market. Healso donates $100 to Stand Up To Can-cer for every orange pair sold, as his wifeis a cancer survivor. Stop looking likethat kid from the vintage phonics adsand try these Ropes!

Next, I’d never realized how badmy home wi-fi was until I hooked up theNNiigghhtthhaawwkk XX44SS SSmmaarrtt WWiiFFii GGaammiinnggRRoouutteer ($270). Previously, my connec-tion was slow, Madden on the PlaySta-tion lagged, Netflix would buffer for longstretches and just kick out occasionally,and sometimes my cell phone companywould charge me data fees to compen-sate for my slow wi-fi. I just didn’t realizehow bad it was, until I got this.

The Nighthawk X4S eliminated allmy connectivity issues, sped up every de-vice in my house, stopped drops, lagsand long buffers, and all Internet usersrejoiced. We didn’t know how good ourwi-fi could be. If it’s time to get a newrouter – say yours is more than five yearsold – consider this monster. It not onlyis impressive, but is great looking.

I was also very impressed with theAArrlloo QQ, a new home security productfrom Netgear. You can also use it for a

dorm room oreven outdoors.It’s pricier thansimilar products Ihave reviewed inthe past, at $220,but worth it be-cause it is moredurable, weather-proof, and offersmuch more free

cloud storage thancompetitors.

Reportedly,there are an averageof 11,000 burglariesa year on campuses.With this device,while you may notprevent the bur-glary, you maygather evidence tohelp campus secu-rity recover youritem.

The Arlo Q of-fers very vivid videowith a 1080p wide-angle lens. This isn’tthe grainy surveil-lance video you seeon the nightly newspolice reports. Youcan just set this upon a table or hook itto a wall. It is intu-itive to use and usesyour normal wi-fi.You can commandit from your smartphone app fromanywhere.

The Arlo Q al-lows you to talk tothe intruder orwhomever is in yourspace. The com-pany gives you thepast seven days ofcloud-saved surveil-lance for free. You can get more 24/7recording for a low monthly monitoringfee.

It also allows you just to select a par-ticular part of the room for motion de-tection – say you have a pet dog; you canset the camera only to warn you ofmovement higher than three feet, for ex-ample. It also seems good at ignoringminor movements, such as curtainsblowing, which could result in annoyingfalse alarms.

The Arlo Q is a good idea andworks well for video monitoring. Knowwhat is going on in your room when youare not there, and be alerted if there issome major movement.

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