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College shooting rampages in Oregon and Arizona that left multiple people dead have raised the question of just how safe are the campuses in southern New Jersey. For Atlantic Cape, the numbers

of reported crime are quite low. Atlantic Cape, over the past three years, has had only two aggravated assaults, two cases of illegal weapons on campus, and one drug violation, in addition to the occasional petty theft or vehicular violation. The crime numbers for a commuter campus such as Atlantic Cape, however, differ noticeably from those at a four-year school such as Rowan or Stockton, which have resident student bodies and where a wider range of crime is more common. Stockton, with an on-campus population of 8,674, has reported eight cases of sexual violence since 2012; six of those were in 2014 alone. For Rowan, which has 14,778 students liv-ing on campus, 10 sexual offenses were reported between 2012 and 2013. In 2014, there were four cases of stalking and 13 cases of dating violence, in

addition to numerous alcohol-related violations. The Jeanne Clery Act requires all colleges and universities that receive federal funding to re-cord and share information about crime on campus. The 1990 Clery Act was signed into law in memory of Jeanne Clery, a 19-year-old Lehigh University (Pa.) student who was raped and murdered in her dorm room in 1986. Atlantic Cape students said last week they felt a sense of security in knowing that campus crimes are reported and are available. “It makes me feel better because it’s good to know what things are going on around you so you can watch out,” hospitality major Laura Torres, 18, said. “I see security a lot, which is good, especial-ly in the parking lots, and that makes me feel good because that’s where you expect most crime to hap-pen.” Marguerita Nanfara, a general studies ma-jor, said she believes campus crime is a thing of op-portunity, but knowing what’s going on helps her (Continued on Page 2)

Cape Review photo by Nicole MingoON-SITE SECURITY AT ATLANTIC CAPE IS provided by non-sworn personell. Security officer Stephen Fisk, 23, directs traffic on the Mays Landing campus.

DR. MARTIN ‘MARTY’ MARINO spent 45 years as an Atlantic Cape faculty member.

CAMPUS CRIMEDR. MARTIN MARINO1944 - 2015

How will Dr. Martin ‘Marty’ Marino, who passed away on September 15 at the age of 71 after teaching at Atlantic Cape

Community College for more than 45 years, be remembered? “Unofficialrolemodel,”onecollegedean said. “Positive and inspirational about life,” a current student said. “Funny, smart, and practical,” said a fellow professor. Marino came to Atlantic Cape in 1970 with a Ph.D. from Temple University. The Vietnam War was still raging at that time, but the college campus protests of the 1960s were fading, particularly after the Kent State Massacre in May. President Richard Nixon was midway through his first term; Watergate was still in the fu-ture. And in South Jersey, people had no idea what to do about reviving Atlantic City. A few small voices were starting to mention casino gambling. Marty Marino arrived at an Atlan-tic Cape campus where pickup touch foot-ball games were continuously running on the center-yard grass, students and faculty smoked in class, and both the men’s soccer and basketball teams were among the best junior college squads in the country. An (Continued on Page 2)

By TAYLOR HENRY, Editor

By NICOLE MINGO, Assistant editor

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(Continued from Page 1)feel safe. “I feel more aware, I know what to look out for,” she said. “The security here is everywhere. However, we know anything can happen at any time. The most you can do is make security present.” Maintaining Atlantic Cape campus security, as well as complying with the Clery Act, is the responsibil-ity of Director of Security William Keener and Captain of Security Charles Mettille. “The Act has slowly evolved, going from simple crimes to, now, covering more harassment, sex crimes, and a new section on bullying,” Keener said. “It’s grown over the years to keep up with the different issues on campus.” Atlantic Cape is on par with other New Jersey community colleges. Camden County College, Cumber-land County College and Rowan College at Gloucester combined have less than 10 Clery violations, with no sexual violations or other violent crimes since the 2012 school year. Keener and Mettille say keeping the crime log and all Clery statistics open and public serve as another

way of prevention. “We launched a page on the college website sev-eral years ago with the biggest concern for preventing crime. We’re very proud of it,” he said. “We had active-shooter preparation training up on the website two years ago,” said Keener, who conducts active-shooter preparation training himself. “It might be hard to get people to see it, but it’s there for them. We try to be proactive, and make the web site simple to use.” Working with the local police force, a new emer-gency alert system, a proactive website and dedicated security guards make a good system of protection for col-lege campuses, he said. However, Keener and Mettille both say a student who knows his or her surroundings and being knowledgeable of all crimes that have been reported help to add another level of security. Proactive studentsarethefirststeptopreventingcrimeoncam-pus, they say.

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From the editor: Campus radio station ready to go liveStudents will broadcast news, weather and music when it debuts this semesterNew year, new editor, new mission

Marino

Crime

Choir, once down to 7 members,now one of campus’ largest clubs

TV Club, facing lowmembership, plansFilm Club merger Atlantic Cape’s TV Club and its Film Club will merge, it was announced on Oct. 6 The TV Club risked losing its club status due to low membership, so its advisor, Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems Bo-jan Zilovic, proposed the merger. The merger is in itsfinalphases. Bothclubswillbenefit:FilmClubgetsac-cess to the TV Club recording equipment, and the TV Club gets to continue to produce content while retaining its funding. Combining the clubs is not simple. The budget for the combined clubmust befinalized,andanofficialnameneedstobeapproved. “There were about two pages’ worth of concerns,” film club advisor Senior Adjunct In-structor Richard Monteleone said. “But this is the best way to approach the situation.” Matthew Markawicz, president of the temporarily named TV / Film Club, favors “Atlan-tic Cape Studios” for the new club’s name. Markawicz is already planning ahead for the future of the organization. A bake sale fund-raiserisplanned,andMarkawiczhopestofilmadocumentary about the merger process. “The goal of the club is to give people an opportunity to get experience before they enter the(videoproduction)field,”Markawiczsaid.

The TV/Film club meets in room A110 at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesdays at the Mays Landing campus. This is the club’s current meeting room until the TV pro-duction room in D building is complete.

An Atlantic Cape FM radio station has finallybeenestablishedbytheRadioClub,afterthree years of waiting. College broadcasts used to be strictly on-line, from WaccRadio.org. Now, broadcasts from 107.9 WRML will be in the airwaves as well as online. Call signs, or the letters following the fre-quency, have a meaning to every radio station. The first letter in the call sign represents thecollege’s location, (W means east of the Missis-sippi River), and the RML stands for Radio Mays Landing. Atlantic Cape’s low-powered station will havearadiusoffiveto10milesfromtheMaysLanding campus. The main listening audience will be residents of Atlantic County. Radio Club President Dylan Graef, 25, a communication major with a radio production track, is thankful for the FM station. “We’re no

longer just a college campus radio station,” he said. Though the station can be heard far from the campus, Graef still plans to make the cam-pus and students the most important listeners. Club members plan to report news and weather, along with broadcasting music, when the station launches later this semester. They would also like to interview local personalities who contribute to current events. The club will let students create their own material. One of the goals for Radio Club Secretary Taylor Henry, 20, is to always have a student in the radio booth. Henry said the most exciting part of the new station is that Atlantic Cape stu-dents will be able to listen to their college radio in their cars. Along with the easy access the FM sta-tion will provide, it will also offer another way for local businesses to reach their consumers. The station will allow the purchase of airtime for commercials,andthemoneyraisedwillbenefit

the Radio Club. That money will also help pay for Federal Communication Commission (FCC) fees, which every station must pay to continue broadcasting daily. The FCC governs all U.S. radio stations and enforces airwave rules and regulations.Approximately $20-25,000 in grant money was used to bring about the station, Radio Club Advi-sor Jim Taggart said. The new station will allow students to learn how to speak publicly and broadcast to the masses, plus help build confidence and experi-ence in the radio booth. The participation of the club through the radio station will expand a stu-dent’s resume. “Since there is so much interest in the club,” Henry said, “(the license) was worth buy-ing. It was worth investing.” Graef, who started as treasurer and grew to president of the club, thinks the new station willnotonlybebeneficialtothecollegebutalsoto him. “It’s what I came here to do.”

Atlantic Cape Choir has filled amusical void at the school, and Robyn Mc-Cullough has been a big part of that. In March 2014, McCullough was askedtofillthepositionofadvisorfortheAtlantic Cape Choir. When she took over the roster was down to just seven students; there was only one song in the repertoire. One year later, that very same club had become one of the largest on campus, finishing out the Spring 2015 semesterwith more than 30 members. The club con-tinues to grow. “One of my favorite things about choir is that it’s open to everyone,” Mc-Cullough said. “I once had a student with a clean range of about four or five notes.But that was OK, because he was having a great time, meeting new people and mak-ing the most of his college experience. “We’ve all been there ... trying to do something with limited knowledge or expe-rience,” she said. “But once we are given the opportunity to learn and try something

new, the results can be nothing short of amazing.” Becoming the advisor for the choir has brought McCullough the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of her high school choir teacher, Cheryl Brietzman. “To this day, whenever I’m not sure what to do, I reach out to her and what I continue to learn from her about music and teaching is invaluable. I decided back then that I wanted to be her when I grew up,” McCullough said. Being advisor for the choir has brought that opportunity to McCullough. “While I don’t have a degree in mu-sic and it’s not my full-time job, I am (sort of) a choir director and I hope that I inspire students the way she inspired me, not only in music but in life.” On December 8th, this student club will take the stage under McCullough’s di-rection. Students and the public are invited to attend the Atlantic Cape Choir’s Winter Showcaseatboth1p.m.andat6:30p.m.inthe Walter Edge Theater.

Toourreaders: The Atlantic Cape Review is al-ways evolving. Each year brings a new editor with a new mission for the paper. This is my fourth semester as a journal-istfortheACR,andmyfirstaseditor. My vision is for the ACR to serve as a watchdog for students and readers. Watchdog journalism is when media researches a topic deeply and discovers revealing new information that has an impact on readers. So, if the college or the student government make a decision that affects your education, on-campus lifestyle or safety, we want to tell you about it. Watchdog journalism is meant to protect the readers. This edition features an interview with college President Dr. Peter Mora, in which he covers several is-sues you have probably wondered about. It also features articles about on-campus security, crime and the chal-lenges of transferring. I also want to have more student voices and

opinions being published. What do you think of a certain policy? What are the changes that you want to see? In addition to serving the reader, the purpose of a student newspaper is to give students hands-on experience. The Atlantic Cape Review is always looking for journalists, photographers and graphic designers. We are a laid-back and friendly group ofstudentswhomeetonThursdaysat12:30p.m. in our office in the student life center.

YoucanfindmyselforAssistantEditorNicoleMingointheofficeonMondaysandWednesdays2:00-4:30,Tues-days1:30-4:30andThursdays12:30-4:30. If you have a desire to try working for a news-paper, we would be thrilled to have you. We’re looking for new columns, editorials and story ideas. The paper offers valuable experience for any major. We can be reached at [email protected]. Or you could walk in on one of our Thursday meetings. We don’t mind. Keep on reading! — Taylor Henry, Editor

(Continued from Page 1)air of optimism – a thinking that ‘we can change things, but let’s not take it TOO seriously’ - was dominant. Marino, with a determined bounce in his stride and a fullheadofhairthatwouldsoonbegintorecede,fitrightin. “Besides being funny and smart, Marty was practi-cal,” said English professor Thomas Boghosian, who has been a faculty member as long as Marino. “It was always fun to bounce ideas off him. “I can still hear his responses to various propositions Iwoulddreamup:‘Whatadministratorisgoingtolistenseri-ously to that suggestion? Oh, and what student is able to do that? You’re going to volunteer for what?’” But at the same time, “He did his best to keep us all sane,” Boghosian said. Marino began at Atlantic Cape as an assistant pro-fessor II of psychology. He was promoted to assistant profes-sor I the following year, and to associate professor two years later. He became a professor in 1994. “He was the heart and soul of the social science de-partment,” former Dean of Liberal Studies Ron McArthur said. “His work ethic was an inspiration to new faculty, and he served as an unofficial rolemodel of the dedicatedcommunity college instructor.” Teaching, however, was only part of Marino’s contri-

bution to the college. He also served on various committees for athletics, academic scheduling, academic standards, com-munity and cultural affairs, retention, evaluation appeals, employment searches, promotion and tenure. He counseled new students in the administration office, served as theschool psychological counselor, and was a member of Phi Del-ta Kappa. “He always had something positive and inspirational to say about life,” said communication major Billy McGuire, who took Marino’s psychology class. “He would talk to students after class and help them through their problems. “He wasn’t a professor who saw students as simply their ID numbers,” McGuire said. “He was always working and taking on extra sections and teaching through the summer months,” McArthur said. “His dedication to his students and the college did not dimin-ish over time.” Marino received the Lindback Award for teaching ex-cellence last year and was acknowledged multiple times as Faculty Member of the Year. “He represented the best that we could have for our students,” Atlantic Cape President Dr. Peter Mora said. “He was committed to his practice and was an expert inhisfield.Ifyouhaveexpertiseandyouareagoodteacher,that’s the magic combo.”

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By JESSICA MOUNCE, Staff writer

By JAMES MARTIN, Staff writer

By JENNA DeLUCA, Staff writer

Cape Review photo provided by Choir ClubThe choir will present a Winter Showcase on Dec. 8 in the Walter Edge Theater.

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Cape Review photo courtesy of SGAA family affair. Members of the student government share a laugh at the American Student Government As-sociation conference in Washington.

Members of the Atlantic Cape student government attended the American Student Gov-ernment Association’s international conference, which focused on helping student governments network with each other and learn how to improve their school’s environments. The event was Oct. 1-4 at the Bethesda, Md., North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center. Bethesda is just outside Washington, D.C. “There were a bunch of different subjects but all for one purpose,” Club Coordinator Michell Joga said. “That (purpose) is to have a better im-pact on your campus for all your students.” Conference topics included starting a stu-dent government from scratch, growing as lead-ers, achieving goals, getting students involved, and managing priorities. Although the speeches and presentations were a major part of the conference, roundtables made networking opportunities possible. Six hundred student governments from colleges worldwide gathered around the tables. Members of Atlantic Cape’s student government

networked with students from schools in the Mid-dle East and Egypt. “Even though they are from another coun-try, they all have the same issues,” Student Gov-ernment Secretary Wendy Monjaraz said. “We all have the same issues involving students.” During the conference, Atlantic Cape’s student government split up to acquire the most information. A total of four conferences were held each day; the goal at the end of the day was to meet as an executive board and discuss every de-tail. “Thisismyfirstyearinvolvedinanythinglike this,” sophomore Senator Devin Fahy said. “It’s all new to me, so I wanted to really be successful and make an impact. So mentally I was thinking about things I could take back and do here (on campus).” The student representatives also took a tour of the U. S. Capital building. Atlantic Cape’s attendees said the expe-rience gave them new friendships, tactics to im-prove the way their government works, and the leadership skills needed to make student govern-ment functional.

Atlantic Cape’s art gallery is separated from the library by a mere two staircases, yet few people know it is there. Paintings by Jim McFarlane, president of the American Watercolor Society, currently line the gallery’s wall. The display has 34 pieces that range from 14 x 18 inches to 29 x 37 inches, watercolor to acrylic, color to black and white, $400-$1,800, not-for-sale to private collection. Don’t worry about the priced items, however; entry to the gallery is free. Rita Michalenko, associate professor of art, re-quires her students to visit an art museum or gallery, and is shocked at the number of students who have never gone to one, not even through a grade-school trip. The gallery averages only one or two viewers per day and has had only three classes visit so far this semester. One of the classes wrote about the experience, said Art Gallery Coordinator Joyce Ha-gen. “Half of them indicated they didn’t know it was here.” Hagen has made efforts to call attention to the gallery by contact-ing professors and Dean of Liberal Studies Denise Coulter, stressing how the art is an “academic resource.” “Art can be intimidating,” Hagen said. “I would hope students feel they can come and dip their toe in the water and see what they like.” Students can choose from a myriad of paintings on where they want totravel:acrosstheAtlantictoDublin,overthePacifictoHongKong,orupthe Garden State Parkway to Seaside Heights. “Artists communicate with the viewer, like the way an author com-municates with a reader,” Hagen said. McFarlane seamlessly blends one color into another, such as in his “Rialto Market,” in which he brings your imagination to Italy and allows you to taste the market’s fruit as he brings the scenery to life. At Atlantic Cape, general studies majors are required to take only one art class, and that might not even land them in an art studio if they decide to take a dance or theater class. “Art emphasizes thinking outside the box and using innovative so-

lutions,” Assistant Professor of Art Lydia Lehr said. “Today you have to be a problem-solver and that uses creativity.” EntertheofficeofProfessorMichalenkoandaclusterofartsandcrafts materials surrounding a ready instructor will greet you. She’s excited to tend to her students and uses art to “broaden their horizons,”whetherthey’renursingmajors,financebuffs,orcompletelyun-decided. “I think community college is a place where a student should take chances - if they’re not sure what they want to do, this is their chance to experience different things,” said Michalenko, who has been at Atlantic Cape for nearly 40 years. “Art answers important questions about being a human being,” Lehr added. Aside from the class McFarlane teaches at Atlantic Cape, he will hold four workshops throughout the semester; the next one is Saturday, Nov. 14th. “It offers a venue for people with ideas, and an opportunity to share them,” Michalenko said. These seminars are accessible through continuing education as “Personal Enrichment”, costing just $47. Don’t procrastinate, as his most recent workshop took place on October 10th and was sold out in advance.

SGA goes international

Celebrating Hispanic heritage on campus

Student government conference provides expertise on improving student experience

STEM helps educate localmiddle schoolstudents

By MIKE McDEVITT, Staff writer

By DAYANIRA QUINONES, Staff writer

By KYLE SCHACHNER, Staff writer

How can anybody expect middle-schoolers to be interested in science, technol-ogy, engineering and math (STEM) careers, when they have conducted experiments using only shoeboxes? Many area junior high schools in the area such as Our Lady Star of the Sea School in Atlantic City, Saint Vincent De Paul Regional School in Mays Landing, and Saint Mary’s Re-gional School in Vineland do not have access to science labs, due to lack of funding. Students attending these schools are limited in what they can do because their sci-ence labs consist of shoeboxes on cafeteria tables. Last year, professors at the Atlantic Cape STEM building reached out to these schools to provide science labs to their stu-dents. “The idea was to get the 6th-, 7th-, and 8th-graders interested in STEM careers early on so that, even if they do not end up coming to Atlantic Cape, they’re thinking, ‘Oh, I can go to college for this because I like it,’” said Amy Shelton, an area coordinator and Associ-ate Professor of Mathematics. “We wanted to give them exposure to someoftheSTEMfields.” Shelton was the lead on a grant called the New Jersey Space Grant Consortium (NJSGC), which tries to develop programs to further space science, aerospace and STEM education, as well as to foster research and development in New Jersey. Atlantic Cape was awarded $5,000 last year and $5,000 this year to provide 6th-, 7th-, and 8th-graders with engaging sci-ence lectures through the college. Each grade learns about a different aspect of the STEM field. Sixth-graders learn about earth sci-ence participating in an activity called the Stars Party. In the earth science room, stu-dents are given a lecture about the constel-lations as a planetarium shines stars on the ceiling. Then they are taken to the STEM building’s observatory and stars in the sky are picked out for them to view through tele-scopes. Seventh-graders learn about DNA. They build extracted DNA strands from ba-nanas and strawberries with beads and re-ceive an anatomy lesson in which they observe a pig dissection. Eighth-graders start in the media room and gain experience with green screens by pointing at weather maps to get a feel for the newsroom environment. They also watch shuttles and airplanesfly, are given a dem-onstration about air traffic control, and anexplanation about drones. The math, science and information systems and aviation studies (ISAS) departments provide these programs together. “I was asked to help out with the events,” said Richard Heggan, a middle school science teacher in Medford Lakes and former student at Atlantic Cape. “It was NASA fund-ed, which was pretty cool, and it was almost like working for NASA. It was a great experi-ence for myself and the students.”

Hispanic heritage was highlighted on the Atlantic Cape Mays Landing campus Octo-ber 13, with traditional food, garb and music in the cafeteria. “I am Hispanic and I like to be acknowl-edged that I am Hispanic,” said biomedical sci-ence major Michell Joga, who was handing out platesofflanattheevent. “All the cultures that migrated here from Hispanic countries need acknowledge-ment. It’s important to be represented.” The Hispanic Heritage event drew more than 75 people.

Hidden art in the library

“Souzhou Canal,” One of the many pieces by James McFarlane displayed in the gallery.

“... Community college is a place where a student should take chances - if they’re not sure what they want to do, this is their

chance to experience different things.” - Rita Michalenko

Atlantic City student pursues new career at 50 ATLANTIC CITY – Dana Pleasant is 50 years old and, after a few years away from being a student, he is back behind a desk. Pleasant sits on the left side of the chef in his culinary class of 15 students, who sit in a semicircle. The class is playing jeopardy to pre-pare for their ServSafe exam. The exam will test students’ knowledge on the proper ways to han-dle food. “Where should chemicals be stored?” Chef Sheila Tavarez asks. Pleasant mumbles the an-swer. Lianette Gonzalez, Pleasant’s teammate, laughs as she shushes him. Everyone breaks into laughter. Pleasant, originally from Philadelphia, is a military veteran who now lives in Atlantic City. He is enrolled in the non-credit culinary program at the Atlantic City campus. “I have to reinvent myself, really, even if it’sstillinthesamefield,”Pleasantsaid.“Evenif it is still in culinary, you still reinvent yourself because you can catch up on the new trends.” He’s worked in small restaurants, big chain pizza places such as Domino’s, and at the now-closed Trump Plaza since he left the mili-tary. After losing his job at the Trump Plaza, he started going to the One Stop Career Center

in Pleasantville. The One Stop is a state opera-tionthathelpspeoplegettrainingtofindnewjobopportunities; he received $5,000 to enroll in any training program, and had to pay the remaining balance of $895 from his pocket. “With continuing education, they all had careers before here,” said Chef Tavarez, chef ed-ucator. “So it’s nice to have, for a lack of a better word, the ‘older’ student.” The short-term culi-

nary training program at the Atlantic City cam-pus has been holding classes since October 2014. The program runs for about four months during the fall and spring semesters. Each class, heldMondaythroughFriday,isfivehourslong.At the end of the program students get ServSafe certified,aswellasacompletioncertificate.Stu-dents who complete the program, with As or Bs, may continue on as a full-time student. The training program counts as one full semester of credits. “It was convenient,” Pleasant said. “I didn’t have to worry about day care for my child and transportation…well, I live fiveminutesaway,” he said. He is separated, but hasn’t signed the divorce papers yet because he believes in family. He has a 4-year-old child and four adult-aged children. Since getting involved with One Stop, he has volunteered at the Police Athletic League in Atlantic City to get kids, ages 11 to 16, out of the streets.PAL isanon-profitorganizationthat works with youth. The program ended in July, but he is looking to go back once his school schedule is set. Pleasant knows the challenges city kids face. Pleasantwillfinishtheculinaryprogramthis February. He hopes to transfer as a full-time student at Atlantic Cape afterward. “I’m already ahead of the game,” he said.

By MARIA MORALES, Staff writer

Cape Review photo by Maria MoralesGetting ready to learn: Dana Pleasant, 50, in his culinary class at the Atlantic City campus.



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College students and staff are incredibly vulnerable right now. At the time of the Kent State massacre

in May 1970, which followed increasing school crime in the late 1960s, security departments were changing to police departments at Ameri-can colleges and universities. Today, most four-year institutions have on-site police forces. Even in grade schools, metal detectors and one-way locks have become standard practice. After the recent Umpqua Community College shooting in Oregon, it’s clear that the time has come for community colleges to make similar changes. Atlantic Cape is at a turning point. The administration is considering whether to continue using the security guard / local police department collaboration model (security will call the police department in an emergency)orswitchtoaswornofficermodel(security will be able to handle the emergency with its own staff).

President Dr. Peter Mora, at the urging of Atlantic County Executive Dennis Levinson and others, is forming a committee that will decide on whether to adopt a new method of security. Options include housing an on-campus policesubstation,hiringandtrainingswornoffi-cers, increasing patrols by current security staff (such as on October 5th, the day of the vague threat to Philly-area colleges), or not making any changes. The committee will take into ac-count feasibility, cost and college culture.

Most community colleges don’t have swornofficers.So,ifsomeoneweretoopenfireon the quad tomorrow, avoiding tragedy would depend on how fast the local police can get here. In the seven minutes it took police to arrive at Umpqua, 10 people were murdered. No matter how aware and careful and fast we may be, it’s clear we’re not completely safe with our current security model. Atlantic Cape’s students and staff deserve the same pro-tection provided by any four-year university or college.Weneedswornofficersoncampus. While community colleges are statisti-cally safer than universities in the overall (see Nicole Mingo’s front-page story), we shouldn’t take chances when it comes to our own safety. And while we don’t need the jail and the police cruisers that Stockton University has, having armed and trained professionals on guard on the Atlantic Cape campus should be a right. It is extremely unlikely that Atlantic Cape will be the next Umpqua, but tragedy of that nature can still happen anywhere. And isn’t being preventative what safety is all about?

HERO benefit raises awareness


Turning paperinto miniaturebook pages

By TYLER MCBRIDE, Staff writer

COMMENTARY

By TAYLOR HENRY, Editor

Emilie Wapnick, founder of Puttylike and author of “Renaissance Business,” stands on the stage of a crowded audi-torium and asks the spectators to raise

their hands if they’ve ever been asked the ques-tion, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Hands go up throughout the audience. Then, she asks the audience to raise their hands if the question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” has ever caused them any anxiety. Once again, numerous hands go up. “At some point, ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ goes from the cute exercise it once was to the thing that keeps us up at night,” Wapnick says. I never had an answer to that question. Not as a child, nor as a high school student. And there was pressure that told me I was supposed to know, that I was incompetent if I didn’t know. I felt that I could never amount to the impossible expectations that were put on me (and many others). When I was supposed to be moving forward, I was standing still. I was lost, I was aimless, I was indifferent. Fortunately,IcametofindthatIwasn’talone, and that someone had answers to the questions that left me paralyzed. Scott Dinsmore, a career change strat-egist and founder of Live Your Legend, has helped more than 100,000 people in 48 coun-triesfindtheirpassion.“Ademoralizingexpe-rience at a Fortune 500 job launched me on a quest to understand why 80 percent of adults hate the work they do, and, more importantly, to identify what the other 20 percent were doing differently.” Dinsmore conducted research through interviews, case studies and the reading of more than 300 books. In his interviews, he would ask onesimplequestion:“Whyareyoudoingthework that you’re doing?” Often, the response was:“Well,becausesomeonetoldmeI’msup-posed to.” “It’s the sad state that most people haven’t spent time understanding what actually

matters to them, [people] who keep reaching for something that doesn’t mean anything to [them],” Dinsmore said. “[They’re] climbing their way up this ladder that someone else tells them to climb, and it ends up being leaned up against the wrong wall, or against no wall at all.” Dinsmore created three steps that would helppeoplefindtheirpassion,a“compass”toguide them. “If you don’t know what you’re look-ingfor,”hesaid,“you’renevergoingtofindit.” Hisfirststepistobecomeaself-expert- determine your unique strengths and identify

what gives you an intrinsic reward, what you would do without getting paid. Step two is to identify your values - what it is that drives you, to know what your soul is made of so you don’t sell it to a cause you don’t care about. The third step is to be aware of your experiences-reflectoneverythingyoudo,otherwise it was all for nothing. Dinsmore says this insight provides a roadmap for what has benefitedyourlife-andwhathaspollutedit. But who among us ever heard any of these topics discussed in school, in the guidance counselor’sofficeasyouplannedforcollegeoron any college applications? I certainly never did. Schools and parents put pressure on us to make a decision, to move forward on a path toward success. Yet, no direction is given. No one in our path toward college provides us true guidance, or a format from which we can deter-mine what it is we like, what we’re good at, and where we can apply it. If we’re going to be so consumed by

something like a career, or a life mission, it should be something that consumes the most es-sentialaspectsofourcharacter:somethingthatsatisfiesoursouls. Answers to questions that burn in our souls and keep our eyes wide open in the middle of the night won’t be found in a textbook. It is ourresponsibility,ourdutytoourselves,tofindthem.But,first,youhavetodeterminewhatyou’re searching for. Rita Michalenko, associate professor of art, has been an instructor for nearly 40 years. “College pressures students to pick a major, and I understand that, but we also have a lot of stu-dents that don’t know [where they want to go],” she said. “This is a time when students have to figureoutwhattheywanttodowiththeirlives,and this is the place to do it.” So look inward, take the time out for self-reflection.Takeclassesthatinterestyou. “There’s no major at any university on passion and purpose and career. I don’t know how that’s not a required double major,” Dins-more said. “You spend more time picking out your dorm room’s TV set than you do picking your major.” Go to the counseling and career plan-ningoffices.Visitduringprofessors’officehoursand pick their brains. The best way to learn is from somebody that’s been there. That’s what faculty is here for, to help prepare us for the “real world.” David Pringle, a sadly missed counselor at Atlantic Cape, gave me the simplest advice thatputeverythinginperspective:“Don’tjustdo one thing, do it all.” Wemaynothavearrivedatadefinitionofmypassionandpurposeinhisoffice,butheprovidedmewiththeabilitytofindthatdefini-tion. If you’re one of the people who’s known that they wanted to be a lawyer since kinder-garten, great, I’m happy for you. But if you’ve been searching for your purpose and still aren’t findingit,bepatient.Findingyourselfisapro-cess, just make sure that you participate in it.

What do you want to be when you grow up?By KYLE SCHACHNER, Staff writer

If we’re going to be so consumed by something like a career or a life

mission, it should be something that consumes the most essential

aspects of our character.

Dr. Joy Jones-Carmack had a worthy reason to give her students an extra week of summer break. Jones-Carmack, an assistant professor of communication,spentthefirstweekofSeptem-ber alongside peers from Oxford and Cambridge universities at the International Academy of Management Conference. The conference, held at the National University of Ireland in Galway from Sept. 2-4, presented panels about the future of management education and research. Despitethisbeingherfirstinternationalpresentation, Dr. Jones-Carmack is no stranger to public speaking. As a member of the speaker’s bureau We Speak Worldwide, she has experience in corporate training, and has presented at or-ganizations such as South Jersey Industries and the Leadership Academy Board of Realtors in Oregon. “My passion - my talent - is to motivate and empower those who have been disenfran-chised by society,” Jones-Carmack said. “I have a calling to try to help people get job and interview skills.” Jones-Carmack presented five years’worth of research, titled, “Toward a Situational TheoryofMotivationtoLead:ApplyinganInter-actional Psychology Perspective.” The purpose of Dr. Jones-Carmack’s re-search study was to discover the factors that in-fluenceanindividual’smotivationtolead. “Although people would assume that everyone wants to be a leader, in reality not ev-erybody does,” said Dr. Dail Fields, advisor for Jones’ dissertation. “It is predicted that in the next few years we will have more people leaving the workforce than entering it,” Jones-Carmack said. “We have tofigureoutwaystoretainolderworkersandgetthem to step into leadership, but to also develop younger workers.” Dr. Fields, an expert in leadership and a publisher of more than 50 research studies and book chapters, says that the “inherent limita-tions” of the classroom can be combated by using simulations like launching and running a theo-retical company. “The best way to get leadership experienceistofindanopportunitythatallowsyou to make mistakes and learn from them,” he added. Enter Dr. Jones-Carmack’s classroom, and you may be confused. The students are actu-ally paying attention. “Whenever you can have the opportunity to collaborate with people that are conducting research, people that are coming up with innova-tive ways to teach their classes, people that love

students and want to change students’ lives, you can always bring that back to the classroom,” Jones-Carmack said. Dr. Jones-Carmack’s teaching methods are far more than textbooks and power points - she demonstrates how each lecture will affect students’ lives and career paths. You can hear the passion in her voice and feel the energy in her classroom as she talks about what would usually be mundane subjects like research statistics and textbookdefinitions. After earning her doctorate in organiza-tional leadership from Regent University and working as a production coordinator on sets for ESPN programs such as “Around the Horn” and “Pardon the Interruption,” Jones landed at At-lantic Cape more than six years ago. It was a “perfectfit.” “I love teaching because you can help stu-dentsfigureouthowtomoldtheirlivesandca-reer paths,” Jones-Carmack said. Anita Polanco, assistant director of the Educational Opportunity Fund, focuses on devel-oping students’ leadership qualities and career skills outside of the classroom. “The lecture time is very important and I certainly don’t want to take away from that cru-cial time that the student has with the faculty member, but we can certainly collaborate on hav-ing events that will help enhance the classroom experience,” Polanco said. Dr. Jones-Carmack is already striding in that direction, as she had her students organize the professional development event, “Starting Over:ThePowerofInnovationandSelf-Presen-tation,” in November 2014. The previous year, her students sponsored Atlantic Cape’s 4th An-nual Public Relations Panel Discussion, focusing onthebenefitsofpersonalbranding.

Dr. Jones-Carmack’s excused absencetakes her to conference in Ireland

By KYLE SCHACHNER, Staff writer

Cape Review photo by Joy Jones-Carmack

Jones at the Cliffs of Moher in Ireland.

“Paper can be massaged,” says Rich Russell as he turns a single sheet of paper into a small book. These little books, called Zines, were the subject of a workshop hosted by Rewrites on Oct. 8th. Rewrites is the At-lantic Cape literary magazine and Russell is its advisor. There is an entire sub-culture based on the hand-made books. Russell started off the workshop by having students make a Zine about the creation of Zines. As students cut, folded and tore paper he talked about the histo-ry behind them, which started in the late 1970s and early ’80s. At that time they were used most-ly to promote and get the word out about different underground music scenes that were not being covered by popular maga-zines. They would later expand to encom-pass a variety of subjects. “One of the fun things about Zines isthattheycanbeweirdlyspecific,”Rus-sell said. That point was driven home by a couple of unique examples, such as a Zine about survival by eating roadkill, and an-otheraboutthebenefitsofanarchy. After showing the students how to make two basic Zines, he had them create their own expressive publications. Again the room came alive with the sounds of cutting and folding, and eventually the scribbling of pencils and markers. “I’m a Zines virgin,” said Jacob Ryan, a student who was recently elected as an officer for the Rewrites club. HisZine details the story of a rapper named Sunchips, with the S as a dollar sign. Though Ryan has participated in Rewrites previously, he has never been to one of the Zines workshops, which have been held once a year for three years. He said he truly enjoyed the work-shop and creating the story of Sunchips the rapper. The story is a tragedy, as Sunchips is not a successful performer or songwriter. This was just one of many ec-centric ideas resulting from the workshop. “There are actually Zine festivals all over the United States where Zine en-thusiasts trade or sell their Zines for a nominal fee,” Russell told the students. As an illustration the San Fran-cisco Zine Fest managed to attract 3,500 attendees for its 14th annual event. Russell looks forward to seeing what these newly converted Zine-makers can create, especially with it being such a personal and creative form of publishing. If there is enough interest, he would like to set up a campus-wide Zine festival in November where students can sell and trade Zines themselves. If that’s the case, the story of Sunchips the rapper may come to a wider audience in a month’s time, along with a host of other unique publications from as-piring writers and artists.

Atlantic Cape needs sworn police department

Body armor, air guns, and a banner with student sig-natures pledging to be desig-nated drivers were happening in the gymnasium on October 19th. SGA and the John R. El-liott HERO Campaign for Des-ignated Drivers hosted an Alco-hol Awareness and Hero Games Day. Students participated in battle ball with air pump guns in the gymnasium of the Jona-than Pitney Hall. Players were

separated into two teams and had the objective of getting a beanbag tire into the opponent’s goal without being shot by op-posing players. The event was to cre-ate awareness about the conse-quences of drinking and driv-ing, and other aspects of alcohol abuse, according to SGA Pres-ident Katherine Melo. Students were encour-aged to take the 100,000 HERO Challenge, in which they signed a banner pledging to be desig-nated drivers.

By ERIC CONKLIN, Staff writer

What makes ACCC unique? Our facilities, curriculum and tech-nology and non-credit job training makes us unique. We call it continuing education, but we’ll probably change that name soon be-cause not many know what it means. You getacertificate,eitherfromthecollegeorfrom,say,MicrosoftOfficespecialists. We offer original transfer, associate degrees, and job training, all in one school. We’re one of only two N.J. com-munity colleges (Raritan Valley CC is the other) that cover more than one county. It’s averydifficulttasktohaveathree-campuscollege, so we use technology like interac-tive TV to teach, and also for student club meetings, so people don’t have to drive. We have made a very early and strong commitment to student success. We define that as student retentionand com-pletion. Most every community college is going to say they’re committed to that, and they are, but we’ve done more than the av-erage community college. Counseling, ad-vising, peer tutoring, writing labs, math labs … we have a lot of stuff. I think we’re in the top 25 percent when it comes to student success.

What about the new student center? The new Student Success Center will probably have a groundbreaking in November. We’vedevotedthetopfloortostudentsuccessac-tivitieswithcareercounseling;thebottomflooris a legitimate, old-fashioned student center with officesfortheAtlanticCapeReview,SGA,meet-ing rooms. It’ll take 18 months to build. It’s an ex-pensive resource that shows our commitment to student success. We started building plans eight years ago. Over the past 10 years, well over $65 million has been invested into facilities.

With declining enrollment, is there a fu-ture for the Academy of Culinary Arts? Absolutely. Declining enrollment is a de-mographic issue. If the population of say, Gal-loway Township declines, the schools will have fewer students. Both Atlantic and Cape May counties are seeing significant population de-creases. In reference to the ACA, we are increas-ing marketing to the regional area, right-sizing the budget to the enrollment, looking at patterns of enrollment. What we’ve found is that, over the past 20 years, a high percentage just complete the culinary courses and leave without the as-sociate’s degree. So, instead of only offering a degree, we offerwhattheywant:aone-yearculinarycertifi-cate with 30 credits and no summer activity. We do referral housing … linking students with lo-

cal motels and hotels. Our expectation is that in three years, net enrollment in culinary will grow.

What is the security plan? Especially with this latest situa-tion in Oregon, we must have a campus safety plan. All N.J. colleges are required to submit an annual update of the secu-rity plan with protocol for crimes like accidents, theft, hacks, active shooters, even wild animals on campus. Ninety-nine percent of attention is on the issue of active shooters. Awareness is height-ened. We currently have security guards,notswornofficers,whodial911in emergency situations. We stay close to the Hamilton Township Police De-partment, Atlantic City PD, and Middle Township PD. We practice with them, we meet with them, and we have drills with them. But we have to take another look at that model. We’re putting together a core committee with faculty from all the cam-puses to take a look at the feasibility of movingtothemodelwithswornofficers.Therewillbemorecost-willthebenefitoutweigh the cost, how will we do it, how

do other community colleges do it? It’s unlikely we will replicate a univer-sity’s model. They have a police force, a

jail,theygivetraffictickets,andthey’rearmed.They’re their own city. Students live there. With us, it’s a little different. No one lives here, but there’s still that time when we’re vulnerable. It’s time for us to now discuss with elect-edofficialstheresourcesthatcouldhelpusfig-ure out the best model for this college to use. We could have a police sub-station, where they rotate guards.We could hire our own sworn officers,like Stockton or Rowan. My view is to bring local police departments and our own criminal justice experts in to the planning process because they are experts. The team should be formed by December and we would need about three months; probably by March we will know what we’re going to do. It’s important for us to look at this in a thoughtful way, rational, not panicking, bring experts in, and get a solution that is consistent with the culture of this college.

They gather at 10 p.m. in room J207, guzzling coffee to stay awake. They are students, between the ages 23 and 51, who juggle full-time jobs, family life, and classes. Led by Professor Donald Hoover, they all come together weekly for Human Motivation and Behavior class, offered by Fairleigh Dickinson University. Theresa Collero, a full-time secretary and a single mother of three, values her educa-tion over sleep. The 39-year-old works on essays and midterms while dealing with the demands of motherhood and a career. Despite her fatigue, Collero still asks questions in class. Collero is motivated to work hard. A bach-elor’s degree in hospitality could mean working less hours at her job, earning more money, and being able to cheer on her son at soccer practice in the afternoons. “Some nights, I come straight home af-

ter class, and spend the night studying,” Collero said. “ I just have to remember that once I get my bachelor’s degree, I will get that promotion, and it will all be worth it.” Students such as Collero can stay home, work, and earn a bachelor’s degree with Fair-leigh Dickinson University’s Community College Partnership Program because it offers online and night classes. The program was brought to Atlantic Cape in 2003. Fairleigh Dickinson partners with seven colleges in New Jersey, including Cumber-land County and two Rowan campuses. The majors offered vary from school to school. The Atlantic Cape partnership offers B.A.s in individualized arts, health services and administration, and hospitality. In fact, the Fairleigh Dickinson Hospitality program is rated fourth in the nation, according to the Princeton Review. Fairleigh Dickinson offers perks for its students:Studentscanstudyabroadincountries

such as Italy, China or India. The programs are accelerated, with each term lasting 7 ½ weeks, and one class meeting per week. The small class sizes give a more per-sonalized experience. The low tuition is a perk, too. Students who attend classes at community colleges get 40% off the regular price of classes offered on FDU’s main campus. Students pay $690 per credit and room and board are free. Members of the Phi Theta Kappa honor society receive $50 off each credit. Linda Dry, the Administrative Campus Coordinator for Fairleigh Dickinson at Atlantic Cape, graduated from the program last year. It gave her opportunities to succeed and grow as a person. She says that the effort she put into her education made her stronger, and more diligent in the workplace. “Opportunity may start at Atlantic Cape,” Dry said. “But opportunity gets even big-ger with Fairleigh Dickinson.”

EGG HARBOR CITY - Cedar Creek High School’s recent dual enrollment agreement with Atlantic Cape, along with their Jump Start pro-gram, is lowering the stress on students graduat-ing in June 2016. “Cedar Creek’s guidance department strongly encourages students to join Jump Start, even if they are unsure where they are going to college,” said Sarah Leathers, a guidance coun-selor at Cedar Creek. “The Jump Start Program is a three stepenrollment process,” Leathers says.

Representatives from Atlantic Cape visit threetimesthroughouttheschoolyear.Thefirstvisit is an introductory visit in which students learn about what Atlantic Cape has to offer. Their two-year degree programs, trans-fer programs, and financial aid programs arediscussed. During the second visit, students take their placement tests, and on the third visit they choseclassesfortheirfirstsemester.Thispro-gram was established to make transitioning to Atlantic Cape easier. Another agreement between Atlantic Cape and Cedar Creek is the Dual Enrollment

Program, which now offers 11 advanced place-ment classes. “I believe the relationship between us and the college is great, especially with the grow-ing dual-enrollment program.” James Reina, principal of Cedar Creek said. These are classes in the curriculum that benefitfutureAtlanticCapestudents.Studentscan take certain advanced placement courses at Cedar Creek and earn college credits for them, speeding up their college graduation. Dianna Amaro-Torres, 18, an engineer-ing major, graduated from Cedar Creek this past June. Taking two dual-enrollment classes her senior year, she received college credit at Atlan-tic Cape for advanced placement language and literature classes. Torres claims that taking these classes really helped lessen her stress coming to Atlantic Cape. “I no longer have to worry about taking those courses, and for that reason, I only took three classes this semester,” Torres said. Now she can focus on completing her degree with two classes already out of the way. “I believe I should be completing my de-gree on time,” Torres said.



Fairleigh Dickinson University works for working mom

By JESSICA HOUSTON, Staff writer

The science department has announced that prerequisite courses must now be taken be-fore students can enroll into Human Anatomy and Physiology I (A&P). Previously, students pursuing a career in nursing could enroll into A&P with no prerequi-sites other than remedial courses such as math and English. This change also affects non-nurs-ing majors such as biology and chemistry. Science Department professors, however, thought that students were struggling with A&P because the class had a low prerequisite require-ment, yet still had high standards. “Almost anybody could get into A&P, but the class should be considered an upper-level course,” said Dr. Zhe June Xu, an assistant pro-fessor of science. “There were some questions students

asked me and I could tell they were totally think-ing in the wrong direction. In order to fully ap-preciate A&P, a background in basic chemistry or biology is needed.” The change was announced last spring, but did not take effect until this semester. Nurs-ing majors now must take either chemistry or general biology before enrolling into A&P I. Although the change was initiated by the science department, nursing professors also thought the change in requirement was neces-sary because of the current shift in the nursing field.Thetrendtoday,unlikeyearspast,isthatapersonmustenter thefieldwithabachelor’sdegree in nursing (BSN). “Most BSN programs ask that students have college-level chemistry because nurses do a lot with pharmacology (the study of medical drugs) and the basis for pharmacology is chemis-try,” said Professor Myrna Keklak, an associate professor of nursing.

“According to what scientists have told us, students are actually doing chemistry in the firstseveralweeksofA&P.” The new requirement puts more work into a nursing major’s graduation requirements. However, some nursing majors, despite the in-creased workload, said the change will help stu-dents taking the TEAS test, a pre-admission test used for getting into the nursing program. “I took A&P twice to receive a better grade and overall GPA,” said Sima Shah, 21, a nursing major. “Although there is more work and stress, taking a chemistry or biology course before A&P will be helpful for the TEAS test because there are a lot of questions regarding chemistry and biology on it. “A lot of students have not learned these subjects since high school, so it’s a nice way to refresh our memory.”

Prerequisites now required before enrolling in A&P I By DAYANIRA QUINONES, Staff writer

Dr. Mora on student center, security Dr. Peter Mora has been president of Atlantic Cape Community College since 2005. He recently sat down with Atlantic Cape Review Editor Taylor Henry and Assistant Editor Nicole Mingo and discussed various topics such as declining enrollment, changing security and features for students.

By SARAH FERTSCH, Staff writer

Phi Theta Kappa challenges students to ‘Commit to Complete’ Students who wore pink to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month moved their bright colors to Cafeteria B on Thursday, October 22nd. The Alpha Delta Mu chapter of Phi Theta Kappa and the college administration held the Community College Completion Challenge, also known as “C4.” The event was held in all community colleges in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C., according to Phi Theta Kappa Advisor Holly Schultheis. The event’s purpose was to acknowledge stu-dents’ success and to create support for students who are committing to their education, she said. Three guest speakers includ-ed President Dr. Peter Mora, 2012

graduate Courtney Rice, and current student Cory Young. Event administrators also heldanessaycontest,withfirstplacereceivinga$35giftcertificatetotheschool bookstore. The theme of the essay fo-cused on student goals and how stu-dents expect to achieve them. The third-place winner was Shahrin Ke-bria; second place was split between Adrianna Hill and Lauren Burch, andthefirst-placewinnerwasJess-lynn Nguyen. Each winner had the oppor-tunity to read their speech to the audience. Third-place winner Shah-rin Kebria and second-place winner Adrianna Hill both read their essays. Assistant Professor of English Elinor Mattern volunteered to read the es-says of Burch and Nguyen, who were not in attendance.

By ERIC CONKLIN, Staff writer Essay contest winners. Shahrin Kebria, left, won third place and Adrianna Hill, right, won sec-ond place. The first place winner was not in attendance for the photo.

Cape Review photo by Eric Conklin

Cedar Creek creates ties with Atlantic Cape

Cape Review photo by Nicole Mingo Dr. Peter Mora says he expects that net culinary enrollment will grow in three years.

On-campus food giveway scheduled for Nov. 5 Thefirston-campusfooddistributionwillbeonThursday,Nov.5intheEBuilding,known as the Jonathan Pitney Gynasium. ‘Let Us Eat Please, Inc.,’ is partnering with the student activities department to provide foodforthoseinneedofnon-perishables.Allfoodispre-boxedandwillbegivenoutonafirst-come basis. If you know someone in need of non-perishable food, come to the gymnasium between 10 a.m.-4 p.m. For further information, contact Lisa Givens at [email protected], or 609-343-5010.

Atlantic Cape has a new assistant wom-en’s basketball coach - one who has a history in a Buccaneer jersey. Deborah Tanksley, a former Buccaneer basketball player and 2012 Atlantic Cape gradu-ate, will work under head coach Harold Harris and Assistant Coach Quian Davis, Assistant Di-rector of Athletics Mike Rennick said. Tanksley is the only female coach on the Atlantic Cape staff, and is the only alumna to coach a sport since the athletic program returned to the college 10 years ago. Rennick wants to see Tanksley “grow” in her coaching abilities as the season progresses. “Being a former player is huge,” Rennick said. “She relates to the female players, being a former player herself.” According to Head Coach Harold Har-ris, Tanskley’s hire was suggested by Assistant Coach Quian Davis. Harris said that her main role this season is to develop skills of players at the guard position, enhance man-to-man cover-age, and general ball-handling techniques. Harris wants what he calls “a daughter coming home” to bring “enthusiasm” back to the team. “She’s not far removed from the game, she still plays in summer leagues,” Harris said.

“I think adding her is a great move for us because she is able to let the ladies know to look at the team in a certain way, such as how our current team will affect the future teams.” Tanksley, a Hammonton resident, played high school basketball at Camden Catholic High School as a point guard. At Camden Catholic she was able to help lead her team to multiple play-off appearances. She continued her basketball career at Atlantic Cape, where she obtained her associate’s degree in sociology. Tanksley transferred to Delaware State University with intentions to play basketball for the school’s women’s team, but failed to make the finalrostercut. She continued to play basketball in Dela-ware in a state travel basketball league, before returning to New Jersey to attend Stockton Uni-versity. Tanksley graduated from Stockton this year with a bachelor’s degree in sociology. Tanskley stood on the court with a smile after a recent practice, showing signs of a pleas-ant start to the beginning of basketball season. “Last season, I watched the girls and coaches interact with each other, which made me miss being at ACCC,” she said. “I feel like I can be an asset in general by incorporating what I know and what it was like playing at Atlantic Cape, back to the girls on the team now.”

Cape Review photo by Eric ConklinDeborah Tanksley, Atlantic Cape’s first alumni coach, is also the only female coach on the staff.

By ERIC CONKLIN, Staff writer


Cape May campus turns 10The Cape campus celebrated its 10th anniversary on October 12th with an open house. Vice Presi-dent of Student Affairs and Branch Campus Management Dr. Mitchell Levy and Director of CMCC Student Services Tammy DeFranco cut the birthday cake.

Cape Review photo provided by Amanda McCullough

Tanksley, former Buccaneerplayer, joins coaching staff

By JOHNNY SANCHEZ, Film reviewer

Black Mass stars Johnny Depp as James “Whitey” Bulger in his rise as one of the most notorious gangsters in the United States. The film starts with Whitey andthe Winter Hill Gang controlling South Boston and getting threatened by the ad-vancements of the Angiulo Brothers from North Boston. When childhood friend John Connolly (played by Joel Edgerton) returns to South Boston as an FBI agent tasked with bringing down the Anguilo Brothers, he tries to enlist the help of Whitey. Throughout the filmwe see thebirth of their alliance and the manipula-tion of the FBI by Whitey. Director Scott Cooper has cast an ensemble that delivers outstanding per-formances. Yet the one performance that stands out is without a doubt Johnny Depp’s. This has to be one of Depp’s best performances in years. His portrayal of Whitey Bulger is rather disturbing, and every scene he is in raises tension. He brings an intensity that elevates the en-joyment of this film.There aremomentswhere his charisma is rather contagious, but there are also moments where his vil-lainous side shows how truly evil Whitey was. The supporting cast is strong in its performance as well, with Joel Edgerton portraying a man falling from grace and Benedict Cumberbatch as Senator Wil-liam Bulger, the brother of Whitey. John Connolly is constantly diving deeper into the world of Whitey Bulger. Kevin Bacon and Adam Scott ac-curately display the gullibility of the FBI. Rory Cochrane, Jesse Plemons, and W. Earl Brown help add legitimacy to the leg-end of Whitey. While these performances were engaging and provided the dangers ofBulger’sempire, thefilmhas itsprob-lems. The viewers never get a proper protagonist for Whitey until the very end ofthefilm.Thestoryisveryengagingandshocking but we don’t get the satisfac-tion of Bulger’s empire crumbling. These events get crammed in the end and leave a desire to know how the FBI broke from Whitey’s influence.Thefilmistwohoursin length but its pacing makes it feel lon-ger. It felt as though certain scenes could havebeenmovedtootherpartsofthefilmto build on the inevitable fall. BlackMass is afilmof outstand-ing performances, but slow pacing. Depp’s performance alone warrants the viewing of thefilm,butotherthanthat,thisisafilmthat one could catch on TV or a streaming service with no sense of loss.

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