In Brief Sodexo hopes to exceed expectations Tangerine friday February 11, 2011 Inside Sports Men’s hockey sets program record Utica, n.Y. vol. XLIV Issue 15 the Lobby day Eight UC students and seven UC staff members attended Lobby Day in Albany. Stu- dents and faculty met with legislators, and met with UC alumnus James Salamy, lob- byist for NY State Catholic Conference. Those who at- tended toured both cham- bers, the War room and the million dollar staircase. UC men’s hockey now no. 7 in country Utica College’s men’s hockey team, after winning two conference games, are now nationally ranked sev- enth in the country. The Pioneers have set a school record of 17 wins, the most in the program’s history. They currently have a 6-3 record in their conference. Snow removal in residential parking lots Residence Life, Campus Safety and Facilities are ask- ing students to move their cars to Academic Parking Lots A and B and out of the residence hall parking lots starting Friday, Feb. 11 at 6 p.m. Students are being asked so snow can be re- moved from parking lots. Students must have their cars moved by 10 p.m. Cars may be returned to the resi- dence hall parking lots Sun- day, Feb. 13 at 5 p.m. Failure to move cars will re- sult in the cars being towed at owner’s expense. Residence Hall Association to host annual Crystal Ball The Residence Hall Association will host its annual Crystal Ball Friday, Feb. 18 at 10 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Library Concourse. This year’s theme will be A Night of Passion. The guest DJ will be DJ Viper. Sodexo has been at the helm of the dining locations at Utica College for three weeks, after replacing ARA- MARK on Jan. 18. With a new dining services manage- ment provider, it is only natu- ral that the campus community has high expec- tations. Damian Boehlert, general manager of the dining serv- ices, hopes to live up to the campus’ high expectations. “[Expect] a continued em- phasis on customer focus and great food,” he said. “We want to make the Din- ing Commons and all dining locations on campus exciting and places that everyone in the entire campus commu- nity want to dine at.” Sodexo has already made an impression by hosting programs in several of the dining locations, something ARAMARK has not done in recent years. “Programming in the din- ing commons is necessary because we are able to reach out to approximately 600-800 students per meal,” Boehlert said. “This is a very large audience and we want to make sure that we are keeping things exciting and new in the Din- ing Commons.” Boehlert said that he hopes to achieve long- range customer satisfaction with the programs. “It is a real challenge to keep things exciting for you, our student customers, every day,” he said. “Just imagine if you went to your favorite restaurant every day at least once a day for 15 weeks straight. How would they keep changing things for you so that you would like going there every day? That is what we strive to do in our operations.” With Sodexo’s strong presence so far, students have questioned whether or not the new service provider will get complacent. “It is my role as the gen- eral manager to make sure that we keep the bar raised and that we continue to meet and exceed your ex- pectations,” Boehlert said. “Ultimately, it is my responsi- bility to make sure that this does not happen, but if for any reason students feel that this is starting to occur, I would really like to know about it so we can address it.” Since the beginning of the semester, the dining commons has experienced many changes. The deli sta- tion has returned and the salad FX and global stations are the newest additions, which offers a constantly Cont’d on pg. 5 Inside Campus Student Senate Convenes Inside Lifestyle Asian Student Union rings in lunar new year The Utica College Office of Ad- missions is anticipating its largest group of incoming freshmen to date for the fall 2011 semester based on the amount of applications the of- fice has already received. According to Admissions, before Feb. 1. the highest number of fresh- man applications the office had ever gotten was 2,600 last year. However, Patrick Quinn, vice presi- dent for enrollment management, said the amount of applications re- ceived this year has already sur- passed that. “We have received about 3,000 applications,” Quinn said. “We’ve al- ready processed the ones we can, which is about 70 percent. We have After 30 years of oppression in Egypt by President Muhammad Hosni Sayyid Mubarak, Egyptians took to the streets for over two weeks to protest against Mubarak’s regime. Mubarak became the fourth president of the Egypt when he took office in Oct. 1981. The Egyptian protests have been closely watched by the world, but even more closely watched by Ashraf Elazzazi, assistant professor of physical therapy at Utica College. Elazzazi was born and raised in Egypt and spent 28 years there be- fore migrating to the United States in 1992 for work related purposes. Elazzazi’s parents and siblings, and an extensive number of extended family members still reside in Egypt. Winters in Utica, N.Y. are known for being bitterly cold and having consistent snowfall, but this winter seems to have alarmingly extreme conditions. On a college campus that occupies both faculty and stu- dents, it is imperative that everyone is safe when traveling to classes, fa- cilities and offices. To ensure that this winter is safe, newly appointed Executive Director of Facilities Jack Reader has been dedicated to maintaining a clean campus. Al- though new to the position, Reader brings an unseen enthusiasm and is using all of his effort to provide safe campus conditions for every- one. Reader addressed many points By: Kristin Smith Staff Reporter Freshman applications at a record high PT professor pays close attention to Egypt UC trys to stay on top of inclement weather Cont’d on pg. 2 Cont’d on pg. 3 Cont’d on pg. 3 By: Sonya Joseph Staff Reporter By: Christopher Cooper Editor-in-Chief By: Christopher Copper Editor-in-Chief Sodexo’s calendar of events for February. Photo by Christopher Hoilund
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In Brief Sodexo hopes to exceed expectations
Tangerinefriday
February 11, 2011
Inside Sports
Men’s hockey sets
program record
Utica, n.Y.
vol. XLIV Issue 15
the
Lobby day Eight UC students and seven
UC staff members attended
Lobby Day in Albany. Stu-
dents and faculty met with
legislators, and met with UC
alumnus James Salamy, lob-
byist for NY State Catholic
Conference. Those who at-
tended toured both cham-
bers, the War room and the
million dollar staircase.
UC men’s hockey now
no. 7 in countryUtica College’s men’s
hockey team, after winning
two conference games, are
now nationally ranked sev-
enth in the country. The
Pioneers have set a school
record of 17 wins, the most
in the program’s history.
They currently have a 6-3
record in their conference.
Snow removal in
residential parking lotsResidence Life, Campus
Safety and Facilities are ask-
ing students to move their
cars to Academic Parking
Lots A and B and out of the
residence hall parking lots
starting Friday, Feb. 11 at 6
p.m. Students are being
asked so snow can be re-
moved from parking lots.
Students must have their
cars moved by 10 p.m. Cars
may be returned to the resi-
dence hall parking lots Sun-
day, Feb. 13 at 5 p.m.
Failure to move cars will re-
sult in the cars being towed
at owner’s expense.
Residence Hall
Association to host
annual Crystal Ball
The Residence Hall
Association will host its
annual Crystal Ball Friday,
Feb. 18 at 10 p.m. to 1:30
p.m. in the
Library Concourse. This
year’s theme will be A Night
of Passion. The guest DJ will
be DJ Viper.
Sodexo has been at the
helm of the dining locations
at Utica College for three
weeks, after replacing ARA-
MARK on Jan. 18. With a
new dining services manage-
ment provider, it is only natu-
ral that the campus
community has high expec-
tations.
Damian Boehlert, general
manager of the dining serv-
ices, hopes to live up to the
campus’ high expectations.
“[Expect] a continued em-
phasis on customer focus
and great food,” he said.
“We want to make the Din-
ing Commons and all dining
locations on campus exciting
and places that everyone in
the entire campus commu-
nity want to dine at.”
Sodexo has already made
an impression by hosting
programs in several of the
dining locations, something
ARAMARK has not done in
recent years.
“Programming in the din-
ing commons is necessary
because we are able to
reach out to approximately
600-800 students per
meal,” Boehlert said. “This
is a very large audience
and we want to make sure
that we are keeping things
exciting and new in the Din-
ing Commons.”
Boehlert said that he
hopes to achieve long-
range customer satisfaction
with the programs.
“It is a real challenge to
keep things exciting for you,
our student customers,
every day,” he said. “Just
imagine if you went to your
favorite restaurant every
day at least once a day for
15 weeks straight. How
would they keep changing
things for you so that you
would like going there every
day? That is what we strive
to do in our operations.”
With Sodexo’s strong
presence so far, students
have questioned whether or
not the new service
provider will get complacent.
“It is my role as the gen-
eral manager to make sure
that we keep the bar raised
and that we continue to
meet and exceed your ex-
pectations,” Boehlert said.
“Ultimately, it is my responsi-
bility to make sure that this
does not happen, but if for
any reason students feel
that this is starting to occur,
I would really like to know
about it so we can address
it.”
Since the beginning of
the semester, the dining
commons has experienced
many changes. The deli sta-
tion has returned and the
salad FX and global stations
are the newest additions,
which offers a constantly
Cont’d on pg. 5
Inside CampusStudent Senate
Convenes
Inside Lifestyle
Asian Student Union
rings in lunar new
year
The Utica College Office of Ad-
missions is anticipating its largest
group of incoming freshmen to date
for the fall 2011 semester based on
the amount of applications the of-
fice has already received.
According to Admissions, before
Feb. 1. the highest number of fresh-
man applications the office had
ever gotten was 2,600 last year.
However, Patrick Quinn, vice presi-
dent for enrollment management,
said the amount of applications re-
ceived this year has already sur-
passed that.
“We have received about 3,000
applications,” Quinn said. “We’ve al-
ready processed the ones we can,
which is about 70 percent. We have
After 30 years of oppression inEgypt by President MuhammadHosni Sayyid Mubarak, Egyptianstook to the streets for over twoweeks to protest against Mubarak’sregime. Mubarak became the fourthpresident of the Egypt when he tookoffice in Oct. 1981.
The Egyptian protests have beenclosely watched by the world, buteven more closely watched byAshraf Elazzazi, assistant professorof physical therapy at Utica College.
Elazzazi was born and raised inEgypt and spent 28 years there be-fore migrating to the United Statesin 1992 for work related purposes.Elazzazi’s parents and siblings, andan extensive number of extendedfamily members still reside in Egypt.
Winters in Utica, N.Y. are known
for being bitterly cold and having
consistent snowfall, but this winter
seems to have alarmingly extreme
conditions. On a college campus
that occupies both faculty and stu-
dents, it is imperative that everyone
is safe when traveling to classes, fa-
cilities and offices. To ensure that
this winter is safe, newly appointed
Executive Director of Facilities Jack
Reader has been dedicated to
maintaining a clean campus. Al-
though new to the position, Reader
brings an unseen enthusiasm and
is using all of his effort to provide
safe campus conditions for every-
one.
Reader addressed many points
By: Kristin Smith
Staff Reporter
Freshman
applications at a
record high
PT professor pays
close attention to
Egypt
UC trys to stay on top
of inclement weather
Cont’d on pg. 2Cont’d on pg. 3Cont’d on pg. 3
By: Sonya Joseph
Staff ReporterBy: Christopher Cooper
Editor-in-Chief
By: Christopher Copper
Editor-in-Chief
Sodexo’s calendar of events for February. Photo by Christopher
Hoilund
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According to the Utica
College Code of Student
Conduct students may re-
ceive an “F for Cheating” on
their academic transcript if
they are caught plagiarizing
or cheating
What students consider
cheating and what faculty
may consider cheating, how-
ever, differ.
Some professors may
consider doing homework to-
gether a form of cheating
while others may not. A stu-
dent asking another student
what a test or quiz was like if
they are in a later section
during the day, may be con-
sidered cheating in the eyes
of some professors.
Students may receive an
“F for Cheating” or in ex-
treme cases, they may be
dismissed from the college
all together.
According to Associate
Provost and Dean for Gradu-
ate Studies Robert Halliday,
nine students were dis-
missed from Utica College in
the 2009-2010 academic
year.
Halliday said that the
standards were set to main-
tain the integrity of the col-
lege.
“Also, when anyone
cheats, he or she under-
mines and devalues the de-
gree and the institution,”
Halliday said. “When a stu-
dent graduates from UC we
are certifying that they have
the knowledge and skills ap-
propriate for someone who
has completed a course of
study. If a student cheats to
make it through that course
of study, then they are
cheapening the degree and
harming their fellow stu-
dents. They are also reveal-
ing themselves to be
dishonorable and selfish.”
While professors have
their own ideas about cheat-
ing, students have different
views.
Junior Marise Singh
major believes that there is
one basic form of cheating.
“I think it’s basically just
plagiarism,” Singh said.
“Sometimes you think it’s
your idea but someone has
else has thought of it. Then
you find that out when you
submit it to TurnItIn.com and
you have to start all over
again.”
Singh believes that doing
homework with another stu-
dent is not cheating.
“Doing it together is shar-
ing your ideas,” she said.
Utica College has a sub-
scription to TurnItIn.com, an
online content matching
service that detects plagia-
rism. The submission is then
matched against everything
that has been submitted to
TurnItIn. If something is
flagged as having a large
amount of
matching with something
else the faculty member is
notified.
Students who are still un-
sure about plagiarism can
consult the Student Hand-
book or talk to their
academic advisor.
Students have different views on academic dishonesty
and Facilities staff can anticipate the storms ap-
proaching Utica, N.Y. five days in advance. The
successful system that they have been using al-
lows us to predict weather and possible storms in
Utica based on the weather in Texas and Califor-
nia five days prior. Alongside Reader, Gregg Spon-
burgh, Facilities Services Coordinator, is also
doing the best he can in regards to maintaining
and keeping the necessary equipment updated to
handle the increasingly severe weather. In addi-
tion to the Facilities management Campus Safety
and maintenance also play an important role,
keeping an eye augmenting entry way, keeping
grounds salted and checking entry ways for dan-
gerous icicles to be removed immediately.
Overall, the main tips that Reader emphasized
for students and faculty were to, “be vigilant in
parking and paths that you’re walking, take extra
time in ice and snow to get where you need to go
by planning ahead, be weary of black ice on as-
phalt and be extra cautious when carrying items.”
Reader’s top priority is having a safe campus.
“It is my job to keep the students and faculty safe
by keeping the campus clear of danger,” he said.
Cont’d from pg. 1
UC manages recent inclement weather
Boelhert Hall after one of the snow storms that hit the East Coast. Photo by Christopher Hoilund
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a lot of work ahead of us.
Most applications arrive in
March or April.”
Quinn said he is not
surprised by the amount of
freshman applications this
year.
“We see an increase
every year,” Quinn said. “We
always expect more and
more [applications] each
year.”
Although Admissions cur-
rently has no acting director,
Quinn said that will not affect
the application process at all.
“It really has no impact on
the process,” Quinn said.
“There has been no delay in
getting decisions out. The di-
rector of enrollment
management oversees
the grad and undergrad
application process.”
Quinn said that the only
issue the office has had with
no director is with recruiting
incoming freshman, in which
all of the staff members play
a role in.
“Each staff member has a
region, or high school, that
they recruit in,” Quinn said.
“We had to place some-
one where the [director] had
been recruiting, but we really
haven’t missed a beat there.”
According to Quinn, the
Admissions staff is also in
charge of reviewing
applications.
“All of our staff members
have gone through training to
review the files,” Quinn said.
“We like to take a team ap-
proach to reviewing applica-
tions. The primary reader is
the person who recruited in
that area, so they know the
high school and may have
even talked to the student.”
Quinn said that the sec-
ondary reader of the applica-
tion doesn’t necessarily have
to be another Admissions
staff member.
“We have certain pro-
grams that require additional
review,” Quinn said. “For ex-
ample, PT and OT applica-
tions are reviewed by their
departments. Anyone in-
volved in HEOP or CSTEP is
reviewed by Student Suc-
cess. Students come from a
diverse background and ex-
perience, so we have to ad-
just accordingly.”
Quinn said he is im-
pressed with the amount of
enthusiasm from the faculty
and staff involved in review-
ing student applications.
“People on campus are
really excited about the appli-
cation process,” Quinn said.
“The last two cycles, fac-
ulty and staff on campus
have brought a new energy to
students. We anticipate this
to be another successful
year.”
He said that they are okayand are not in the violenceprone areas of the country.
Elazzazi said he waselated when the revoltsbroke out.
“Yes!” he said. “Finally.Ten years is enough and[Mubarak’s government hasbeen there for way toolong.”
Elazzizi said the violentprotests are a result of con-flicting interests in the coun-try.
“The regime is oppres-sive,” he said. “And thereare people who benefit fromthe practices of the regime.These are the people whowould oppose the change.”
Elazzizi said the peopleof Egypt want change be-cause of their distrust in thegovernment.
“[The regime] has madepromises of reform for 30years,” he said. “And thingspolitically have been goingfrom bad to worse.”
Elazzizi said he hasnever voted before he cameto the US because there hasnever been a call for peopleto vote in a free election.
“The system doesn’tallow contribution,” he said.“It’s a decorated election. Itwas as if we had an elec-tion. It’s rigged and peopleknow it’s rigged so theydon’t bother to go.”
Elazzazi said that hehopes to see an independ-ent government whenMubark and his regime offi-cially leave Egypt.
The 2011 Egyptianprotests have been thelargest in the nation sincethe 1977 Bread Riots and
Elazzazi credits the mediafor this.
“The instant media thatcaptured the change imme-diately prevented theregime from quelling suchuprising to stop it at its in-fancy,” he said. “It went outof hand very quickly and Idefinitely credit Facebookand the Internet.”
“The journalists have fo-cused the cameras on thescene and because of that,the government could notsquash the demonstrationsthe way they used to,” Elaz-zazi said in response to theattack on several journalistsincluding CNN’s AndersonCooper.
Elazzazi said that the ini-tial response from the USgovernment was one he didnot expect.
“It was a response [thatsounded] like the UnitedStates was only interestedin [their own] interests,” hesaid. “I don’t think thatshould be the case. I thinkthe United States shouldlook for a partner in the re-gion. Our interest will alignwith the interests of the
people if the people are al-lowed to rise above the op-pression that they haveexperienced for many, many,years.”
Elazzazi said that as apro-democracy country, theUnited States should lookbeyond its borders becausethe world is now a small vil-lage with the availability ofinstant communication.
“Stability on the accountof oppressions does notwork,” he said.
“What happens in othercountries does affect theUnited States, so we needto develop a good under-standing of why thesethings are happening andwhat our role is in the sup-port of what is right.”
Elazzazi has plans to visithis native country duringthe summer.
“I am hopeful that thingswill return to the better andbrighter side,” he said. “Ihope they ramp up thepeaceful pressure. Changeis not going to happen infive days. I hope that theycan pull together and stayunited.”
Professor Elazzazi and his family in Egypt. Photo from WKTV
Professor paying close attention to Egypt Freshman
applications at a
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Students are getting into
the Valentine’s Day spirit
and looking forward to all
the fun filled events that the
campus has to offer, includ-
ing Africa In Motion’s Sadie
Hawkins Dance and Phi Beta
Sigma Fraternity Inc.’s Blue
Love Dace. With both falling
on the same day, students
are torn between an annual
UC event and the Sigma’s
first Valentine’s Day event.
The Sadie Hawkins
Dance will take place in the
Library Concourse from 9
p.m. - 3 a.m. Admission for
couples is $10 and for $6
singles.
Students have a lot to
look forward to. “It will be a
night to remember under the
stars,” Vice President of AIM
Tyler McCrae said. “People
who attend will get to inter-
act with the AIM members,
meet new people, and show
off their new boo.”
Students are excited to
attend The Sadie Hawkins
Dance for many different
reasons.
“I’m going to the Sadie
Hawkins dance,” freshman
Ruby Gonzales said. “Valen-
tine’s Day isn’t always about
spending time with you and
your loved one. It’s about
celebrating our ability to love
and be loved.”
Blue Love will be held in
the Pioneer Café from 10
p.m. - 3 a.m. The entry fee is
$5 for UC students and $7
for outsiders. This isn’t just
any party for the Sigma’s, it
has sentimental value.
“The reason for Blue Love
is Monday Feb.14 is Valen-
tine’s Day, but it is also my
chapters’ founders day,”
Chapter President Keron Al-
leyne said. “We were
founded in 1984, so it came
long before AIM, BOND,
WIND and any other organi-
zations you may presently
know about. Now that our
chapter has been revised,
tradition must be kept with
the return of alumni to cam-
pus and Black Greet Letter
Organizations. It’s almost
right that the party happens
on that day. Students can ex-
pect strolling, individuals
they’ve never met before
from upstate, downstate and
the whole New York State. ”
“I’m going to Blue Love,”
sophomore Brian Haskins
said. “I went to the Sadie
Hawkins dance last year and
it wasn’t what I expected, so
I’m trying something new
this year.”
Some students have
made their decision based
on the theme of the party.
“I’m going to the Sigma
party because it will proba-
bly be better because Frater-
nities have reputations for
throwing great parties,”
freshmen Dejane Williams
said. “Sadie Hawkins seems
more formal and like prom, I
just want to have fun.”
With two dances taking
place this weekend, it
should be one to remember.
Either bring out your dresses
and ties for Sadie Hawkins
or go causal for Blue Love.
UC students face tough decisions over Valentine’s Day weekend