Viking News

Campus to be fully wireless by 2009

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Most students know OCC now has Wireless Local Area Network, and it can be accessed in the Library, College Center, and Russell Building, and are making use of it.

All buildings soon should be connected. Chip Stoll, director of information technology, said that with Carl D.

Programs for abused presented

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

As part of the celebration of women's history month, OCC played host to Providence House, an organization that helps women who have been victims of domestic abuse. A workshop was held in the Technology Building Mar. 4, and Felicia Mills represented Providence House.

Tuition up again; this time $2 per credit

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The state budget cuts hurt all, especially community-college students, at least that is the sentiment voiced by the Board of Trustees at its Mar. 24 meeting.

Sara Winchester, OCC's vice president of finance, said, "Funding from the state is down 14 percent.

Student opposes increase

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Outfitted with pens and petitions, Martha Molinini set out bright and early Monday morning, Mar. 24, to collect signatures. An engineering student, she decided to collect signatures after reading on Ocean Cruiser another tuition hike had been proposed for OCC.

2 trustees offer aid

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

After voting to increase student tuition by two additional dollars for the fall semester, trustee Robert Fall offered some personal help for those students who will be affected by the increase.

"Students don't sit in all our meetings and see all that we have been through," said Fall, referring to budget meetings.

Institute attended

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The United States Institute of Peace seminar in Washington, D.C., recently included talks with three different scholars and covered three varied topics. The seminar is set up each year by Katherine Tietge, associate professor of philosophy. It is a day set aside strictly for selected OCC students, a conference in which the speakers are accessible and open to questions from the students.

Mount gets 27 to register

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Ever heard young people do not care about politics? That they just do not get it? Do not tell that to Nicole Mount, who answered a challenge by one of her professors with astounding results.

John Brogan, an adjunct instructor of sociology, gave his students a challenge recently to get 10 people to register to vote between February and May.

Gamers Club meets to challenge each other in College Center

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Did you sign up for the Survivor Campus Challenge?

On Mar. 7, the OCC Gamers Club played host to the first campus challenge at 6 p.m.

Students gathered in the Solar Lounge for the reading of the rules and regulations of play; then at 7, the games began.

Two sets of gamers established two games, Halo 3 and Guitar Hero 3-"Let the games begin" was the slogan for the night.

'Health': More smokers need to heed serious risks

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Four thousand chemicals, 60 of which cause cancer; as addictive as cocaine or heroin, according to St. Barnabas Behavioral Health Network; containing arsenic, according to Mardi Richmond at Journeyworks Publishing-all are ingredients in cigarettes.

Most people do not think about the side effects, risks, complications, longterm effects or down sides when they give in and take their first drags.

Vikings open baseball season with 7 wins

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Play ball! The OCC baseball team has begun the season and is 7-2. The season opened with a 3-2 victory over host Mercer County College.

Second baseman Jason Gordon contributed two hits and a stolen base.

Designated hitter Carl Lofaso contributed two doubles and a run batted in.

Softballers play only doubleheaders all season

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The late, great Chicago Cub Ernie Banks once said, "Let's play two." That is exactly what the Viking women's softball team does every time out.

The season began Mar. 15. The Vikings dropped their opening-day pair to Orange County College. The Vikings lost the first game, 11-6.

Increases approach making OCC unaffordable

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Five dollars here; two dollars there; they add up. We keep hearing tuition increases are necessary and not that steep. We keep hearing relative to other schools OCC is still a bargain, but at some point even that so-called bargain can become too expensive.

Yankees, Mets to give NYC 2 leaders

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Spring is in the air. You can hear the ball pounding against leather. You can hear the crack of the bat. America's pastime is back in business this week. In the previous issue, we took an in-depth look at the local teams, so now it is time for a quick run around all of Major League Baseball, this time forecasting the coming season.

'Superhero Movie' same old

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Hollywood has created spoof movies on Star Wars, horror movies and teen flicks. It was only a matter of time, therefore, before a spoof was produced on all the superhero movies that have come across the big screen.

Superhero Movie plays heavily on the Spiderman I theme to get the audience to roar with laughter.

' Game Room': 'Super Smash Bros.' has great style

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The third installment in the Super Smash Brothers series was released last month.

For those unfamiliar with it, Super Smash Brothers is a series of fighting games which star the major characters from Nintendo's flagship series. These include characters like Mario, Link, Pikachu, Samus, Donkey Kong and members of their supporting casts, as well as characters from a few more obscure series.

Flobots offer political rap, other music

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

This is a time in which rap meets rock, and now rap meets folk and indie.

Out of Denver comes Flobots. The group combines political rap, violin, trumpet and indie music to create a creative clash of sound and a deep message. There is an unsullied air of liberty personified into a composition that is free falling into industry.

Hold on Love softer sounds

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The focus is on softer sounds, to calm nerves and maybe even allow thinking. The Toms River acoustic group Hold on Love presented itself to me, and even though the name is a little clichéd for an all-acoustic duo, the group has potential.

The guitar sounds beautiful, and the group draws you in with two enticing voices.