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OTIS EASTERN’S CHARLES JOYCE HONORED BY ASC
Wellsville” pro- paigns at significant levels of finangram where faculty cial commitment. But the time he
and local mer- gives by attending meetings and sharchants host pro- ing ideas is often more important
gram events and than the funds he donates.
food tasting, atAnderson continued, “Charlie
tracting approxi- Joyce quietly supports the communimately 800 visitors ty, and it is very difficult to track all
to the campus. He the private things he does for the
has also regularly community and the region. He is well
supported Alfred deserving of this recognition and
State College with meets the criteria by being active naletters and dona- tionally, regionally, and locally and
President Dr. John M. Anderson, Charles P. Joyce,
president, Otis Eastern Service, Inc., and ASC Council Chair tions as well as by
needs to be publicly recognized for
Patricia K. Fogarty
being a regular par- his giving of both time and funds to
SMILES WERE the order of the day
ticipant in the college‟s capital cam- worthy causes.”
recently as Charles P. (Charlie)
See Charles Joyce, page 5
Joyce, president, Otis Eastern Service, Inc., Wellsville, was presented
with the Alfred State College
Sam McCarthy
“President‟s Medallion” at its annual
President‟s Society Dinner. Presenta- THE CLOUDS MOVING across a
These celebrations included dancing,
tion was made by College President grey-scale sky are heavy-laden battelling stories, and reading fortunes.
Dr. John M. Anderson and Alfred tleships, awaiting the signal to bomThe Celts believed the veil between
State College Council Chair Patricia bard the already damp soil. The naour world and the next was thinnest
K. Fogarty. The medallion, a replica ked branches of trees reach upward
at this time of year. Friends and relaof the one the president wears during and rattle in the brisk winds; their
tives who had died would return;
all academic ceremonies, is “awarded fallen adornments crunch underfoot.
their souls inhabiting an animal, ofto those who have made outstanding The scent of their crunching mixes in
ten a black cat. Black cats have recontributions to Alfred State College. the cold air with the warm smell of
mained a symbol of Halloween to the
The College recognizes and com- smoke and apples. Bright sun flashes
present time.
memorates the efforts of supporters through the armada and the evening
In celebration of the recently
and advocates dedicated to the mis- skies reflect the flames that had encompleted harvest, Celts would give
sion of Alfred State.”
gulfed the trees and now decorate the
offerings of food to their Gods. They
In his remarks, Anderson noted ground. Amid this barrage of the
often went door to door collecting
that “Charlie has always worked senses, a feeling of anticipation befood to donate to their deities. Also,
closely with the Applied Technology gins to grow, some ancient and darkyoung Celts would ask for kindling
campus in Wellsville, often support- shrouded ceremony beckons from the
and wood (for the Samhain bonfire).
ing the college with access to equip- fog and the early growing shadows.
These are two of the possible origins
ment and employees when special Children dressed in the horrible and
of present day “trick or treating.”
items were needed, including access comical disguises empty from ordiSamhain was a fire festival; bonto cranes and operators. He was in- nary houses to fill the dark streets
fires were lit on the tops of hills these
strumental in the college‟s working with tiny lights and mischievous
fires and sacrifices guaranteed that
directly with the IUOE (International laughter. What is this strange transthe sun would burn brightly after a
Union of Operating Engineers) at the formation?
long, dreary winter. Often, they
local and national levels and setting
The origins of the Halloween
would throw the bones of slaughtered
up and attending meetings with na- traditions lie across the sea, in the
cattle into the flames. The word
tional and local representatives. He ancient Celtic people. They held a
“bonfire” is said to be derived from
continues to give Alfred State stu- major celebration near the end of our
these “bone fires.”
The people
dents and instructors access to his m o n t h o f O c t o b e r , c a l l e d
would take an ember from the bonlarger heavy equipment for training “Samhain,” (pronounced: Sam-hane,
fire to their home and re-light the fire
exercises in our heavy equipment sow-en, soow-an, sow-ween, etc.).
in their family hearth.
operations program.”
See Halloween, page 2
In 2006 Charlie participated in
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HALLOWEEN AND SAMHAIN
IN THIS ISSUE
OPINION
~ EDITORIAL
~ ASC.EDU
~ HALLOWEEN (Continued)
Page 2
ENTERTAINMENT
~ MOVIE RAMBLINGS
~ SHORT STORY
~ ILLUSTRATED HUMOR
Page 3
LIFE
~ TASTE OF
WELLSVILLE
~ HORRORSCOPES
~ CHANGE UP
Page 4
NEWS
~ BUV
~ CHARLES
JOYCE (Continued)
~ RAISING MONEY FOR
MDA
Page 5
ANNOUNCEMENTS
~ UPCOMING EVENTS
~ ACTIVITY FAIR
~ BEARD COMPETITON
~ RALPHIE MAY
Page 6
CAMPUS LIFE
~ INTERNATIONAL
CLUB
~ MARTIAL ARTS
~ EOP
Page 7
SPORTS
~ LADY PIONEERS
~ LADY SPIKERS
~ MEN’S AND
WOMEN’S
BASKEBALL
Page 8
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COLLEGE NIGHTMARE
ASC.Edu - Dr. Mike Deville
I woke up screaming last night. And
NO, it wasn‟t because Herman Cain
could be the next president of the
United States. It was even more
„visceral,‟ as my lit teacher used to
say about three times per class.
I was having a full blown nightmare! I dreamed I was BACK IN
HIGH SCHOOL. Look, I don‟t want
to insult you OR your memories of
high school. I know, „those were the
best days of your life,‟ blah, blah,
blah. Hey, I don‟t know you. Maybe,
for you, those were the best days of
your life. But if that‟s true, I guess
things are going south for you from
here on, right….? Better not to explore that logic too far.
The „best years of my life‟ back
in HS were a little different. You
know, a math teacher who just
doesn‟t add up, a biology teacher
who hates the human body, a gym
teacher without enough balls, an English teacher who can barely read, a
one-armed violin teacher… all the
usual reasons to hate school. I
grabbed that diploma and was out of
town by sunset on graduation day.
I can still remember the feeling
of being a HS graduate. In your
mind, you‟re standing on a mountain
top, the sun is shining, you‟re holding
that piece of paper high, shaking it at
the world, ready to kick major butt
and take names. You can almost hear
the doors to „the good life‟ swinging
open to welcome you in! This feeling
only lasts about an hour, of course,
and then reality sets in. The world is
full of high school graduates. Sure,
there is room for one more, namely Y
-O-U, but first you have to get at the
end of a long line….
Later that summer, probably one
night in July, probably hanging out
with some friends around a campfire
deep in the Adirondacks woods, and
probably drinking adult beverages, I
heard a little voice saying, “Hey!
Deville! What‟s the plan? You gotta
have a plan!”
At first I thought it was my conscience reminding me that summer in
the Adirondacks can‟t last forever
and that I should be thinking about
my future. A high school degree
doesn‟t exactly open doors anymore,
and most of the doors it opens have
„McDonalds‟ or „Burger King‟ written on them. Or maybe „Five Guys‟ if
you‟re really lucky.
But no, it was just one of my
campfire friends wondering where
the party was that night. Yes, that
was a great summer, but fast forward
to a few weeks later. I hung a map of
good old NYS on the wall, grabbed a
dart and threw it, and suddenly I‟m
applying for admission to Camp Alfred.
Sure, I made the usual mistake,
thinking I was applying to AU. But
when I got the bill for the first semester, I KNEW it wasn‟t from The U;
way too cheap to be a private college.
So I packed my bag, hopped on the
bus, and landed in „centrally isolated‟
Alfred, New York.
Ok, so it took me a couple of
weeks to get that „Camp Alfred vibe‟
going. But I won‟t lie to you. By the
first snowfall of my freshman year, I
loved this place. Mountains and forests in every direction you look!
Fresh air that probably has never
been breathed before! Water as pure
as your grandmother wishes you still
were! And a cute little town with a
cute little library, a cute little restaurant or two, too many cute little police cars, and a cute little private college across the street.
YOU GET THE PICTURE. By the
end of my first semester, I was a confirmed Alfredite or whatever they are
here…. Sure, I‟ve been through
about five majors since I arrived here.
I‟ve lost a couple of advisors to old
age, death, and retirement. I‟ve
gained and then lost the same 15
pounds about five times (I blame that
on CDH and their sneaky „all-u-caneat‟ policy). I‟ve lived in a single, a
double, and a triple. I‟ve lived in the
„secret‟ luxury dorm on the third
floor of CDH, back when I made
some „$ignificant‟ donation$ to the
college. I even had my own penthouse office on the fifth floor of
Brown Hall until the Dean of Whatever found out and locked me out. (I
got even…I reported the illegal
„football pool‟ he was running in
Brown.)
But enough about me and my
extended stay at Camp Alfred. My
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advisor says I will graduate in May
IF I don‟t change majors again, so by
June, Camp Alfred will be just a
ROM memory for me. And if I ever
have a dream about being back here,
I guarantee it won‟t be a nightmare
like I had about being back in high
school last night.
Some people would be upset if
they took five years to earn a two
year degree, but I never hang on to
that stuff. My Uncle Coupe used to
say „fall down seven times, get up
eight.‟ Of course, he was referring to
his drinking habits, but I figure it also
means you‟re not out of the game as
long as you keep getting up.
I am so ready for the rest of this
semester it is scary! And then, one
shining day next May, I, Mike
Deville, will walk across that shaky
portable stage and get my blank diploma from the college president!
I‟m guessing he‟ll be as happy to see
me finally graduate as I will be. His
nightmare will be over.
Continued from page 1
HALLOWEEN
One explanation for extinguishing their home fires was not to discourage spirit possession, but so that
all the Celtic tribes could relight
their fires from a common source
(the Druidic fire that was kept burning in the Middle of Ireland, at Usinach). The ember would usually be
carried in a holder (often a turnip or
gourd). Hoping to scare away any
evil spirits, they dressed up in costumes and carved scary faces in their
ember holders. It is common to witness hundreds of traditional bonfires
in Ireland every year on Halloween
Night. Children continue to dress up
today in various costumes.
The custom of Halloween was
brought to America in the 1840‟s by
Irish immigrants fleeing their country‟s potato famine. The Irish used
turnips as their “Jack‟s lanterns”
originally, but upon reaching America, they found that pumpkins were
far more plentiful than turnips, so the
Jack-O-Lantern in America was a
hollowed-out pumpkin, lit with an
ember. The term “Jack-o‟-lantern”
came from an Irish folk tale of the
18th century. Jack was an Irishman
who tricked the Devil into climbing
an apple tree, trapping the Devil in
the branches. When Jack died, he
was unable to gain access to Heaven
because of his actions and the Devil
would not allow him into Hell. He
was forced to walk the earth endlessly. The devil took pity on him and
gave him a piece of coal to light his
path which Jack put inside a hollowed-out turnip he had been eating.
So, enjoy your Halloween here
among the frosty hills of upstate New
York, but be careful, you never know
what might be out there in the dark
fog.
COSTUMES
Editorial - Paul Vincent Editor-In-Chief
HALLOWEEN IS COMING up. I
gotta figure out what I‟m doing for a
costume still. In fact I‟m not even
sure that I‟m going to dress up, but
considering most of my friends are I
probably will. That just means I have
less than a week now to actually
choose a costume and find all the
props and clothing necessary for such
an undertaking. In looking at costumes, something struck me. Are
there no female costume that are not
sexually alluring? All the adult female costumes were incredibly provocative or at the very least revealing.
Nothing seemed to be off limits. I
even came across slutty versions of
Chewbacca, Darth Vader, and a
Stormtrooper. Do marketers think
that Halloween is the time for women
to let out their wild side for a night?
Do they think that these costumes are
sexy and that women appreciate
them? Either way, somehow they still
get bought and put on the shelves the
following year. I‟m not saying I don‟t
appreciate the “interesting” costumes,
but some of them just take it too far.
Maybe i should dress in a sexy, slutty
female costume this year, just to
prove a point. I‟m just worried what
point people will think that is.
Brian Quinn
Consultant
Paul Vincent
Editor-in-Chief
Johnny Ayala
Michael Pezzulo
Managing Editor
Sam McCarthy
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THE HUNTER
a Short Story by Hench
AKUMA CITY a place where the the
corrupt and dangerous come to play.
That‟s what they call my home now,
they call it a city of fiends. Where
the hopeless and helpless get prayed
on by those who call themselves men
of power and the pack of wolves that
call themselves gangs. This was once
a proud metropolis where people took
pride in where they came from and
the legacy of the city. This city used
to be a place where you could hold
your head high, crime was almost
always at an all time low, and people
flourished. That is until the current
Governor came into power and began
to suck the life out of the city. My
father used to tell me the stories of
how the city started to go into somewhat of slump when crime started to
rise for then unknown reason and the
economy suffered quite dramatically
at the high point of it all. Then the
mayor at the time Gordon Armstrong
came into such a position of power
that he decided to run for Governor.
My father would say that this position of power was attainable for him
with the help of a large corporation
called BMA backing his campaign
Armstrong had such heavy people in
his corner and nobody legit does political or even business dealings with
BMA, this allowed him to use rough,
aggressive, and even lets say illegal
tactics on his opponent. Illegal to the
point of at first bribery, then attempted black mail, to threatening the your
opponents family.
As anyone could have guessed
for themselves this was all covered
up by Armstrong and BMA. This
made the election rather easy for
Armstrong and when he gained his
new title as Governor of Akuma city,
my father would say that s when the
true fiends came out and stated to run
this city. The year I was born was
basically when things like drugs,
crime, gangs, and violence began to
take over the streets. By the time I
was about 5 the APD began to find
themselves overwhelmed with the
levels of random gangs and organized
crime. This all accumulated with riots
that the police found overwhelming
and could barley contain the rioters. It
took three weeks to put the major
parts of the mobs down and by the
end of it 15 APD officers were dead
and thirty where injured. The number
trolled the crime on all levels in the
city. So now with a private security
company doing most of his bidding
as well as the bidding of BMA, who
uses the guards to control most of the
street gangs and some of the criminal
organizations, Armstrong has
brought crime, drugs, and violence to
the city and divided its living residents to a few different districts, being the sordids where the poorest of
the poor are preyed on by rampant
crime and violence, the Hubs where
the people who have just enough
money to live outside of the sordids,
and lastly the towers an area many
people all over Akuma city nowadays look as a place that they can
only dream about living.
of injured or civilians killed was
said to be at 25, but for those people
who were there, the number was
around 40 to 70 either dead or injured.
After that disaster the Governor
used his emergency powers to get
the old mayor out and appointed one
of his unknown lackeys to take the
job so that he now would have gotten rid of any political official who
was a part of the old Akuma city and
now basically have control over
Akuma city. Armstrong soon called
for a stronger protective force in
Akuma city and used more of his so
called emergency powers to call for
a vote of no confidence on the APD.
As a result of this vote Armstrong
sought out a private security company through his connections with
BMA and as a result he then con-
The Hubs are where I grew up, it
wasn‟t a totally bad place old APD
people still police that area as sort of
low budget cops. There is only so
much they can do with their limited
numbers and underfunding, they did
do enough though to make sure that
the Hubs where at least livable. The
area was still not easy growing up in
especially since the madness that is
the sordids usually spilled over to the
Hubs. So I had to grow up somewhat
tough, but I had this nature about me
where I never wanted to initially
want to be violent. Only really when
I was protecting myself or one of the
so called sheep that seem to be under constant attack in this city by the
wolves of Akuma. That changed
though over time when I got older
something changed in me that
changed a quite common guy from
the Huds into a hunter of fiends. The
man I was in the past is gone all that
remains is The Hunter.
TRICK R’ TREAT
Movie Ramblings - Kyle j. Bowman
IT HAS BEEN quite a while since
I‟ve seen a horror movie that really
surprised me. In fact, until I saw
Trick „R Treat this past weekend, the
last movie to do that was the first
Saw movie. Modern horror tends to
get terribly repetitive with the „X
shows up and kills people‟ shtick.
You can pretty much fill in that „X‟
with anything. Zombies, Freddy, Jason, Jigsaw, werewolves, vampires,
aliens, hillbillies, deranged doctors,
yada yada yada, especially with the
new trend of everything being remade. Thus, I fully admit, I did not
expect much of anything out of Trick
„R Treat. The poster shows me a little
kid with a burlap sack on his head,
which gave me an “oh great, guess
the director saw Friday the 13th Part
2” feeling. However, upon giving it a
chance thanks to the insistence of the
internet, I was extremely pleasantly
surprised.
The movie is not one continuous
story, but more like a series of short
stories that all intertwine. There are a
lot of shocking moments where
something from a previous story gets
brought up. This causes you to have a
lot of very satisfying feelings about
the world of each story still fitting in
to the overall universe of the film.
The actors do a phenomenal job, despite none of them being A-listers as
far as I can tell. They play their roles
absolutely perfectly, from the lowliest extra to the character driving the
plot of each story. Sometimes they
even have to play both of these roles,
making it even more interesting.
Unfortunately, I really feel like
I‟m spoiling the overall experience if
I say anything at all about the plot, so
I‟ll try to be as vague as possible.
Minus the opening and conclusion,
Each story uses a Halloween tradition as its theme. The traditions vary
from being as small as „don‟t blow
out the jack-o-lanterns‟ to as big as
„wear a costume‟ and „give candy to
the trick or treaters‟. „Always check
over your candy‟ even makes a quite
notable appearance. The way they
use the tradition varies from story to
story. Sometimes it‟s very subtle,
other times they bluntly have a character mention it. Both methods are
used excellently, whenever they are
needed.
Overall, it‟s a hell of an interesting film. Each story has its own twist
upon conclusion, and all of them
build into the final twist at the end. It
doesn‟t exactly feel like a movie, it
feels like a legend, told time after
time and only in parts. You only
know the complete legend once
you‟ve heard it from every perspective, and the revelation once you finally know it is amazing.
ILLUSTRATED HUMOR
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SAMPLING THE TASTE OF WELLSVILLE
Shane Schaber
A COUPLE WEEKS ago I had the
chance to go to the Taste of Wellsville. I wasn‟t sure what to expect,
even the weather was unsure what it
wanted. No one I knew wanted to go
except a friend of mine who had to be
there to work at the Bakery during
the event. I was determined to go
anyway, hoping to take advantage of
the open house there to see the campus a bit. I was ready to go but had
no car. I took advantage of the Wellsville student bus and rode it over early in the morning. I got there around
10am even though the event didn‟t
start till 12:30pm. I was greeted by a
couple of large solar panels and an
interesting looking wind turbine
called a wind spire. While I waited
for the main event I took a tour
through the culinary and bakery department. The bakery was smaller
than I expected it to be but from what
I was told there is a morning and
night shift that students work at so it
didn‟t seem so bad. There was a lot
of good information on what the different majors did at the open house
but that‟s not what I was there for.
Finally 12:30pm rolled around
and I grabbed a map and $5 in tickets. On top of various food places
selling samples of their food, the majors on campus had their own events
and demos. As I walked around the
very flat (compared to Alfred) campus, I stopped at a few food places
that set up stands in various buildings. First I stopped by a classroom
where Beef Haus was serving potato
salad and mini beef on weck. The
beef on weck was great, dipped in a
little au jus sauce with its salty bun.
Next I headed over to Giant Food.
They were offering wings and ribs.
They had a long line but it was worth
the large selection of flavors. The
wings were large and flavorful. I almost considered spending all my
tickets there. The weather was holding up well as I continued around the
campus. I stopped by the heavy vehicles area where they were doing the
“Setting the Charge Demo”. Participants had the chance to work a backhoe and try to, what looked like, precisely place a tennis ball into a pipe. I
stopped by the cafeteria and had
some delicious hand rolled meatballs
and mint brownies made by the folks
at Case Catering. The culinary students were serving large calzones as
well but I was getting low on tickets
so I decided to pass them up.
The bakery was having a bake
sale at this time so I stopped by there.
Dozens and dozens of cookies, pies,
fudge, and breads were spread out
buying an assorted dozen cookies. As
I traveled around the campus I noticed that the buildings were not all
that interesting compared to the ones
on the Alfred campus. Most were the
“I almost considered spending all my tickets there.”
across the bakery for sale. Almost all
fresh baked that morning and some of
the fudge was even made right there
in front of the patrons. The free fudge
samples were nothing to complain
about either. I went back out after
same red brick color. At the masonry
area students had Rock-N-Block
where visitors could “lay brick, finish
concrete, and give it a go on the paver brick puzzle.” One thing I ended
up missing was the Green House on
the campus. From what I heard it is a
building on campus that is selfsufficient in its power usage.
Luckily the rain held off and just
as the eateries closed their shops and
I hopped back on the bus at 3:30pm
the rain came down. I had a better
time than I expected and if I‟m
around next year I plan on inviting
my friends along with me. It was fun
and I learned a lot about the campus
and the food services around the area.
The bake sale was definitely worth
hitting up as well.
CELESTIA’S HORRORSCOPES
ARIES: Your identity will be stolen
in the next 7 days. The identity thief
will quickly realize that your identity is so miserable that he will immediately return it to you. Don‟t worry
though, it‟s not like he was an axe
murderer or anything.
fun for you, as we all know, but just
because your favorite character in the
game is able to do three backflips in a
row doesn‟t mean you can. Save your
shenanigans for a day when people
won‟t think you‟re a prop or that any
injuries are fake.
TAURUS: All of the people
with sunglasses and earbuds are actually CIA agents watching you.
Don‟t act too suspicious, but knowing you that‟s a little impossible. At
least you‟ll know what Area 51
looks like!
VIRGO: Halloween is one of
your favorite holidays, it‟s one of the
few times you‟re more than comfortable leaving your house. At least
your usual attire will be confused
with a costume!
GEMINI: Watch out for red
candy in any way it comes, especially the kind that‟s in a transparent
wrapper. Be doubly cautious when
it‟s given to you by a kindly old lady with a limp.
CANCER: Your ideas aren‟t
always the best, and this time it‟s no
exception. This time, you‟re going
to choose the same costume as a
person the police are after. Your
only saving grace is your height.
It‟ll give you a killer Halloween
story though!
LEO: Playing video games is all
LIBRA: You‟ve been a bit of a
hypochondriac lately. I suppose it‟s
not really your fault, but please stop
worrying so much about possibly
being allergic to brown sugar. It‟s
much more likely that an alien is going to lay eggs in your ear while you
sleep. At least when that happens,
you can go to the hospital for a real
reason!
SCORPIO: It‟s a little possible
that you take your obsession with
Halloween a little too far. Try to keep
it in check. Sometimes dressing in
costume for three days and setting up
skeletons in any given hallway might
be a little much. Someone might start
thinking you‟re going to be a serial
killer one day.
SAGITTARIUS: People might
just be lying to you when they say
your costume is cute. You‟ve been
wearing that same one for the past
three years and everyone‟s starting to
notice. It‟s really obvious too, you‟re
out of touch with pop culture and being a „sexy zombie Steve Irwin‟
might have been funny a few years
ago, but now it‟s just old, and when
you‟re a guy, it‟s just starting to be
creepy.
CAPRICORN: We all know that
you just don‟t want to go out on Halloween, for some reason. Your reason
of being the “Invisible Man” might
have worked last year, and might
work a lot online, but eventually people are going to catch on. You can‟t
pretend to go to every party, and you
can‟t just keep on using the same gag.
Come up with new material, or at
least say no next time.
AQUARIUS: Save your fake spiders and silly string for better uses
than just playing pranks the same
people as usual. It‟s expected, it‟s old
hat. Try something new, snakes aren‟t
ever old! It‟ll be good for your self
esteem when people start laughing at
your jokes again, instead of laughing
at you.
PISCES: Keep on holding onto
that childlike love you have for this
holiday. One day you‟ll try to grow
out of it and will start yelling at people to get off of your lawn. In all
probability it‟s going to be November
1, 2011. At least people won‟t bother
you anymore, and you‟ll have a supply of broken eggs and unrolled toilet
paper for a few weeks after Halloween next year!
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ASC’S WINNING BUV FINALLY ARRIVES IN KANANGA
THE AWARD-WINNING 2008
BUV (basic utility vehicle) created
by Alfred State College mechanical
engineering seniors, under the guidance of their project advisers, State
University of New York Distinguished Service Professor and Department Chair Dr. Edward Tezak,
and Ray Gleason, instructional support technician, has finally reached
its destination: Kananga, Congo.
BUVs are, according to the Institute for Affordable Transportation
(IAT), simple, rugged vehicles that
can carry 1,200-pounds of cargo.
Their purpose is to help meet peoples‟ everyday needs at the ends of
the earth. More than cars, BUVs are
geared to provide opportunity and
freedom, promote trade, and reduce
poverty in rural areas of developing
countries.
A BUV should be able to be assembled almost anywhere, by almost
anyone. The necessary equipment is
also very simple: even small repair
shops should have the tools to build a
BUV. Using primarily off-the-shelf
parts, the unassembled BUV skid
pack will cost about $1,300 before
duties and freight. They are designed
for warm climates, slow speeds (up
to 20 mph), and unpaved rural roads.
One major challenge in 2008 was
to design a three-wheeled vehicle
based on the rear clip of a small pickup truck, with a school bus attachment which connects to the rolling
chassis. The bus is intended to serve
school children and orphanages in
Africa.
Tezak received a message, that
after much time and red tape, the
BUV reached its destination where it
will be used as a mobile library.
WANT TO
JOIN THE
TOR ECHO
STAFF?
Meetings are at 5pm on
Tuesdays in the Orvis
Conference room.
Hope to see you there!
Pictured here, this group of BUV “fans” watched as the ASC vehicle made its maiden voyage!
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CHARLES JOYCE
Otis Eastern, founded in 1936, is
one of the nation‟s leading constructors of high-pressure pipelines to
transport oil, natural gas, and petroleum products from producers to the
market.
is chairman of the International Union of Operating Engineers Pipeline
Training Fund; chairman of the Laborers International Union of North
America/Employers Training Fund
and Collection Trust; chairman of the
National Pipeline Policy Committee;
and he serves as the association‟s
liaison to the Interstate Natural Gas
Association of America, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
In 1972, following his graduation
from Cornell University with a BA in
government, Joyce started work with
Joyce Leonard Canada, Ltd., managing construction projects in Western
Canada and Australia. In 1977, he
became the president of Joyce Western Corp. and managed that company‟s construction activities throughout the United States and Canada.
Joyce joined his father, Charles
H. Joyce, at Otis Eastern Service,
Inc., in 1983, as vice president; he
became president in 1995. The company has experienced steady growth
and is recognized as the leading
northeast-based pipeline contractor,
specializing in projects with tough
environmental and logistical challenges. Joyce and Otis Eastern are
also active in the development and
production of oil and natural gas, in
the Appalachian region.
Joyce is active in many industry
and labor groups. He is a director and
past president of the Pipeline Contractors Association, a national group
of contractors and suppliers. He has
been a member of that group‟s Labor
Committee since 1981 and has
chaired the committee since 1995. He
He is also active in the communi-
ty as a member of the Board of Trustees of Alfred University, a past director of Jones Memorial Hospital, a
member of the Income Impact Council of the Allegany County United
Way, and a member of the Board of
Education of Allegany/Cattaraugus
BOCES.
Joyce lives in Wellsville where
he lives with his wife Sherry Walton.
They have two children, both recent
college graduates, Casey and Anna.
ASC WORKERS RAISE $ FOR MDA
FIVE MEMBERS of the Alfred State
College community joined local
leaders around the country recently
who were picked up, locked up, and
assessed a bail amount in order to get
out of “jail.” By trading in their typical work duds for horizontal blackand-white prison stripes, they raised
money for the Muscular Dystrophy
Association. Not only did they “put
the bite on” family, friends, and colleagues to raise “bail,” but three of
the five were the top three moneyraisers at the Hornell site. Dr. Stephen Havlovic, ASC vice president
for Academic Affairs, raised $1,253;
Barbara Davis, secretary to the dean
of the School of Applied Technology
was a close second at $1,220; and
Steven Martinelli, professor, ASC
Computerized Design and Manufacturing Department, who raised two
sons with the disease, raised $840.
Chanel Wright, executive assistant to
the president of ASC, and Evan Enke, assistant professor, ASC Computer and Information Technology Department, were the other college participants. Proceeds enable MDA to
continually provide help and hope to
hundreds of thousands of children
and adults living with neuromuscular
disease.
Donations from the Lock-Up will
support local families and guarantee
that MDA can continue its mission to
find treatments and cures, as well as
provide vital services. Support of the
MDA Lock-Up will also help MDA
provide medical equipment, clinic
visits, support groups and a magical
week of MDA Summer Camp for the
families served by the Association in
our local area.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Alfred Programming Board
has the Student Activities Fair
6-8 on Nov 26th followed by
Casino Night from 8-11.
Rainbow Union has an event
in the Gym from 11-2 on Nov
18th.
AGC is having the lawyer Mr.
Cohen speak on Nov 10th.
International Club is celebrating International Week Nov 611th and having a dinner Nov
19th.
Architecture Club is having a
Spaghetti Dinner Nov 15 from
4-7. tickets will be going on
sale soon.
ORC has Kayak lessons for the
next three Sundays, and the
Beards vs. Braids competition.
Ergo Poetry Reading in the Allegheny room Nov 1st.
BSU recognizing anti bullying
week Nov 14th-18th.
BSU will visit Harriet Tubman‟s house Nov 19th 3$ ticket price.
WETD is having Stress Free
Night Nov 3rd 7:30-9:30 in Orvis Activities Room.
There is a new club, Game Development Club, which is still
determining a meeting time.
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INTERNATIONAL CLUB
MINI-BREAK TRIP
Some of International Club members
went to Niagara Falls during minibreak. The trip schedule was left to
students who joined this trip. Some of
us went to Canadian side of Niagara
Falls; some of us went to a shopping
mall in US side, art museum, aquarium, and Niagara Power Plant. Unfortunately it has been rainy during the
trip; however we could see many
rainbows because of it! We all enjoyed the trip fully.
Night in Canada
as seen from the
US side of Niagara Falls during
Mini–break.
Upcoming Events Information
INTERNATIONAL
EDUCATION WEEK
We will have small event each day on
this week at 2nd floor of Central Dining Hall (CDH) and Orvis Auditorium through 6th - 11th November. For
now, we are planning to do dominos,
dodge ball game, piñata (Mexican
celebration), the game of Diablo, Latin dance teaching, T-shirt Design,
face painting, Japanese Dance Club
and other dance team performance
and more. Join us and have fun!
INTERNATIONAL DINNER
Now we‟re gathering chefs who are
willing to cook for International Dinner, which will be held on Saturday,
19th November. You will need two
meal swipes or $15 cash to attend this
dinner. You must pre register for this
event by Friday November 11th,
space is limited. It might be a little
expensive, but we are sure that it‟s
worth it to taste foreign cuisines from
popular ones to those that you‟ve
never heard of!
Jumping shot in front of Niagara
Falls at Goat Island
THE MARTIAL ARTS AT ALFRED STATE
Paul Bruno
THE MARTIAL ART, it is as old as
the first man who first took a rock
and used it to kill his prey. Over the
millennia, the martial art became a
little more sophisticated than a man
killing an animal. And today it is one
of the most popular and most practiced sports in the world. The martial
arts, like its practitioners, are varied,
diverse, and rich with culture. The
martial art of Tae Kwon Do is something that that I have dedicated over
half of my life to. I earned my black
belt four years ago and I‟m currently
training to earn another in Karate. I
live, breathe, sweat, and have even
bled for the sport. I‟ve taught the
sport to people of all ages and I‟ve
been asked by many of people if they
should or should not train in either
Tae Kwon Do, Karate or any other
martial art, and I‟ll tell them that if
they want to learn focus and gain a
greater control of their body, and lose
a few pounds in the process, then by
all means go for it. As I said before
I‟ve given eight years of my nineteen
-year-old life to the sport, I couldn‟t
imagine doing anything else. And
lucky for anyone else on this campus,
both of these martial arts and more
are offered here on campus, and for
those tight on funds, the classes are
free. I am enrolled in both Karate and
Tae Kwon Do here on campus, and I
will tell you that each program has its
own unique feel and its own charisma. The Tae Kwon Do club is led by
Dr. Steve Tyrell, who is a third degree black belt going on fourth de-
gree. Dr. Tyrell is an intelligent and
diligent instructor who works hard on
perfecting his technique. And for
anyone seeking to shed some pounds,
Dr. Tyrell is the man to talk to, as he
is a fitness nut. He is always looking
to go just one more step on the intensity, and when he gets there, he‟ll
aim to go five more. The Karate club
is instructed by Sensei Marion Kellogg, and if you were to meet her
don‟t be fooled by her small stature;
she is ranked first degree or higher
black belt in seven different martial
arts. She diligently works at perfecting all these martial arts simultane-
ously and yet still finds time to pass
her knowledge onto her students. Because of her vast background her
classes almost take the form of a
sampler platter at a restaurant, filled
with all different flavors of the martial arts. So if you are interested in
joining either club, both Dr. Tyrell
and Sensei Kellogg can be contacted
via the school‟s webmail service at,
[email protected] or [email protected]. And if
punching and kicking aren‟t you‟re
thing then the school offers Kendo,
contact Sensei Kellogg for more information.
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY
Angel Torres
THE EDUCATIONAL Opportunity
Program is a program that helps anyone in need of minor or major help,
no matter what the case may be. In
the EOP lab, there is a lot of help you
can get. The staff in there is great. It
is located inside the Student Development Center (SDC building). It is the
first door on the right with a paper on
the door saying “EOP Lab.” In the
office, there are professionals to help
you step by step when you are having
trouble on your homework. From my
personal experience, I found that Mrs.
Vance and Mr. Grantier helped me a
lot with work I have had trouble on.
Getting help when needed is very
important for a college student. Not
only you are paying for teachers‟ sal-
aries, but you are also paying for the
resources given to you. Taking advantage of the resources given to you
on campus for help can lead to you
being successful in college. I do not
know about you guys, but my success
in college is very important. There is
still a lot of time to finish off the semester strong. Getting help is important, even if you think you are the
smartest person in the world. Getting
a better understanding of what is going on in class and doing the assignments correctly, is what is best in
your college life and experience to be
successful. Be sure that the work you
are doing is the best work you can
do. This will make your college career a success to be proud of.
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LADY SPIKERS EARN 6TH SEED FOR REGIONALS
THE ALFRED STATE College volleyball team will enter this weekend‟s Region III Division III Tournament as the #6 seed. The Lady Pioneers are currently 22-15 and accumulated a 11-6 mark in Region III
Division III contests.
The Pioneers will be in Pool B
with #2 Erie CC, #3 Finger Lakes
CC, and #7 Adirondack CC. The
Pioneers are 0-2 on the season vs.
ECC, 1-1 vs. FLCC, and 1-0 vs.
ACC.
PIONEER CAGERS SEASON
SET TO START
MEN‟S BASKETBALL TEAM
The Alfred State College men‟s basketball team starts its regular season
on Tuesday, November 1, with an
away game against Broome County
CC in Binghamton at 8:00 p.m.
Coach Jerry Jusianiec has high hopes
for this year‟s squad to improve on
last season‟s record of 5 wins and 23
losses.
MEN‟S HOME SCHEDULE
2011-2012:
Alfred State will open up vs.
FLCC at 10 a.m. in the tournament to
be held at Niagara CCC (Sanborn,
NY). ASC will take on the three other teams in their pool in three-game
matches (all three games will be
played to 25) with the top two teams
advancing to the Regional Semifinals
at 11 a.m. on Sunday. The Finals
will held at 1 p.m.
ASC takes on Erie CC at approximately 2:30 p.m. and finishes the
day vs. Adirondack CC at approximately 4 p.m.
The Lady Pioneers are making
their eighth straight trip to the Region
III Division III Tournament.
In 2010, ASC won 20 or more
games for the fifth straight season
and sixth season in the last seven. The Lady Pioneers advanced to
the Region III Tournament with a 2412 record. Two players were named
All-Region and three were named All
-WNYAC following the season.
The volleyball team has a 150-39
record during the past five seasons.
LADY PIONEERS STUMBLE
IN SOCCER SEMIS
WOMEN‟S BASKETBALL
TEAM
Last season the ASC women‟s basketball season went 14 and 14 and
advanced to the Region III Division
II Final Four. This season is starting
with high hopes as the Pioneers travel
to Binghamton to play the Broome
County CC team on November 1.
Five Time Coach of the Year Gina
Boyd has a team of seven first year
players and three sophomores ready
to improve on last year‟s excellent
record.
WOMEN‟S HOME SCHEDULE
2011-2012 .
Nov. 10
vs. CC of Beaver County
Nov. 12
vs. SUNY Orange
Nov. 15
vs. Corning CC
Nov. 19-20 Alfred State Tournament
Nov. 19
vs. Northern Essex CC
Jan. 21
vs. Erie CC
Jan. 26
Nov. 12
vs. SUNY Orange
Nov. 15
vs. Corning CC
Nov. 19-20 Alfred State Tournament
Nov. 19
vs. Hagerstown CC
Nov. 20
vs. Fulton Montgomery CC
Dec. 8
vs. U of Rochester JV
Jan. 21
vs. Erie CC
Jan. 26
vs. Niagara CCC
vs. Niagara CCC
Jan. 28
vs. Mercyhurst North East
Jan. 31
vs. Jamestown-Olean
Feb. 7
vs. Genesee CC
Jan. 28
vs. Mercyhurst North East
Feb. 16
vs. Monroe CC
Feb. 7
vs. Genesee CC
Feb. 18
vs. Lakeland CC
Feb. 16
vs. Roberts Wesleyan JV
Feb. 18
vs. Lakeland CC
Feb. 23
vs. Jamestown CC
Feb. 23
vs. Jamestown CC
HERKIMER CCC scored two
goals eight minutes apart midway
through the 1st half as they defeated
Alfred State 2-1 in the Region III Division III B semifinals. The Lady
Pioneers finish the season with a 12-5
overall record.
The Generals scored two goals on
four shots on the day. Their defense
held off all Pioneer scoring chances
until 1:29 remaining in the game
when Kathryn Noyes (Elmira
Southside) scored her first goal of the
season. Maura Tuffey (Albany/The
Academy of the Holy Names) picked
up the assist.
ASC held a 10 to 4 shot on goal
advantage in the game. Simone
Delaney (Canisteo Greenwood) made
two saves on the day.
The Lady Pioneers allowed two
goals in a game for the first time this
season and finish the season allowing
just eight goals in 17 games.
Herkimer advances to the Region
III Division III B Finals on Saturday
to play the winner of the JCC-Olean/
Onondaga CC contest.
Alfred State was making their
seventh straight trip to the Regional
Tournament and third straight trip to
the tournament semifinals.
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