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SUNY Cortland Track & Field

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Top Ten(ish) Tuesday: TMC Easy #2

The #2 most checked out picture book from TMC Easy last year was... We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom! This book has come up on both the lists (for the TMC in general AND TMC Easy), and it's been popular since it arrived... and with good reason! It's definitely worth sharing in the classroom, for its themes, as well as its award-winning illustrations. There are a lot of great ideas out there for lessons you can teach from it.

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"Far from being exceptional in American history, gun-control regulations are the default. If 'Bruen' was designed to nullify the constitutional basis for many gun laws, it ought to fail."

--Robert J. Spitzer, political science professor emeritus at SUNY Cortland

Robert J. Spitzer, professor emeritus at SUNY Cortland outlines the early--and plentiful--history of gun regulation laws in early American history. Consequently, Clarence Thomas's 2022 Bruen decision might not be the disaster for gun control that some people have thought. Below are some excerpts from the article.

In the summer of 1619, the leaders of the fledgling Jamestown colony came together as the first general assembly to enact “just Laws for the happy guiding and governing of the people there inhabiting.” Consisting of the governor, Sir George Yeardley; his four councillors; and 22 elected “burgesses,” or representatives, the group approved more than 30 measures. Among them was the nation’s first gun law:

"That no man do sell or give any Indians any piece, shot, or powder, or any other arms offensive or defensive, upon pain of being held a traitor to the colony and of being hanged as soon as the fact is proved, without all redemption."

After that early example of gun control came many more laws placing restrictions on the ownership and use of firearms. If guns have always been part of American society, so have gun laws. This fact might come as a surprise to some gun-rights advocates, who seem to believe that America’s past was one of unregulated gun ownership. That view received a big assist in 2022, when the Supreme Court declared in "New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen" that the constitutionality of modern gun laws depends on whether they are “consistent with this Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation.” In other words, the constitutional standard for any modern gun law boils down to whether you can find a good precedent for it back in the 1700s or 1800s. The advocates’ assumption is that such precedents are few and far between, but thanks to the work of researchers and the digitization of archival material, thousands of old gun laws, of every imaginable variety, are now available for reference. Far from being exceptional in American history, gun-control regulations are the default. If "Bruen" was designed to nullify the constitutional basis for many gun laws, it ought to fail. [...] Throughout this long period in the history of the republic, up until the beginning of the 20th century, gun laws placed conditions or restrictions on weapons access for a wide variety of citizens—in particular, indentured servants, vagrants, non-Protestants, those who refused to swear an oath of loyalty to the government, felons, foreigners, minors, and those under the influence of alcohol. Numerous laws regulated hunting practices, as well as firearms’ carry, use, storage, and transportation; regulated the manufacture, inspection, storage, and sale of firearms; imposed gun licensing; and restricted dangerous or unusual weapons. Despite the Thomas opinion’s claim that “the historical record yields relatively few 18th- and 19th-century ‘sensitive places’ where weapons were altogether prohibited,” some local authorities outlawed the discharge of firearms in or near towns, buildings, or roads, as well as after dark, on Sundays, at public gatherings, and in cemeteries. In some jurisdictions, any use of a firearm that wasted gunpowder was also an offense. [...] In the post-revolutionary 1800s, as rising violent crime led more people to arm themselves, a total of 42 states (plus the District of Columbia) enacted laws against concealed carry. Three more did so in the early 1900s, so that the total included almost every state in the Union. As many states from the 1700s to 1900s also enacted some form of weapons-licensing law. That’s not all. Over that same period, at least 22 states restricted any gun carrying, including of long guns. Moreover, across the entire period, three-quarters of the states had laws either against “brandishing”—waving a gun around in a menacing or threatening manner—or merely having a weapon on display in public. [...] In addition, even though for much of its history America was an agrarian country...its lawmakers and enforcers were inventive and determined about ensuring public safety. When they perceived a threat to that order from firearms, they passed laws to restrict or prevent them. And back then, by and large, no court struck those laws down. That is what is truly consistent with this nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation. So if we accept the originalist premise of "Bruen," the actual result should be to render a broad array of gun regulations constitutional. [color emphasis added]

[whoreforcaufield]

wait what’s an ib school

what schools did you get into??

IB is the international baccalaureate program, it has the same rigorousness as AP

I applied to 14 schools and I got into 12 of them

I didn’t get into UMICH or Clemson

but I got into OSU, Union, SUNY Cortland, SUNY New Paltz, UHart, LIU, BU, Pace, Utica University, U of A, Dirty Albs, RIT

[kolajmag]

COLLAGE ON VIEW

Altered Logistics

at the Dowd Gallery at SUNY Cortland in Cortland, New York USA through 8 December 2023. For “Altered Logistics: Contemporary Collage and Appropriation Art”, Maximo Tuja (The Weird Show) and D. Dominick Lombardi selected over 50 artists to represent a multinational overview of the state and the influence of collage in Contemporary Art. In thinking about the selection process, Lombardi primarily chose art and artists that push both the boundaries of what one sees as the theory of collage, while still maintaining a clear link to the basis of the genre. When selecting artists for exhibitions or projects, Tuja explores the boundaries of collage as a medium, seeking its connections with other artistic practices that embrace the notions of appropriation and recontextualization, paying little attention to rigid labels and traditions. He is always drawn to that which lacks a definitive name and to the areas where definitions remain elastic and practice precedes discourse. MORE

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When They Point To The Pictures [ch. 1]

Word Count: 480

Warnings: Estrangement, broken friendships, feelings of betrayal

Fandom: Ghostbusters

Pairings: Peter Venkman x Dana Barrett, Egon Spengler x Cathleen Paige (mentioned)

Prepare for angst...

Oscar is ten years old at this point, so it’s 1998. Peter and Dana’s son, Andrew, is six, and their daughter, Kelly, is three. The family moved to Cortland when Peter got his job at SUNY Cortland.

Enjoy!

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Oscar Barrett-Venkman was no stranger to how much change that a person could experience in a short time.

His mother had remarried when he was barely a year old, her new husband Peter had legally adopted him, his birth father was constantly in and out of his life, he had gotten a little brother and a little sister, and his dad had gotten a new job that caused them to move out of the city and into Cortland.

Uncle Ray and Aunt Willow usually came up to visit once a month. Sometimes Uncle Winston and Aunt Tiyah would join them, but Uncle Winston was usually busy with work. He loved playing with Addison and Natalie, even if he thought the way that Addison looked at him reminded him too much of how Sally looked at Linus.

But each time, he always hoped that a few other people would come with them.

He remembered when Uncle Egon and Auntie Cath, then Aunt Janine and Uncle Louis had left. He remembered how angry Dad, Uncle Ray, and Aunt Willow had been, and how sad everyone else was. Addison and Andrew were just babies, so they hadn’t really cared, even if Addison’s face would turn red on the rare occasions that they were mentioned.

A month later had been his birthday. As was tradition, he and his mother would look through his baby book. But when they opened it, he realized that many pictures had been taken out.

When they had moved into the Cortland house, he had finally found the missing photos in the attic.

The photos of him with Uncle Egon and Auntie Cath and Callie and Marie.

He hid them away in his room, amidst the copious amounts of sheet music that he had collected since he started his music lessons.

Sometimes, at night, very much like tonight, he would take them out and look at them.

And it would hit him how much he missed them.

Uncle Egon, and how he never talked to him like he was a baby, even if he had trouble understanding what he was talking about sometimes.

Auntie Cath, and her sweet voice that his mother had mentioned had sung him lullabies as a baby when she was looking after him

Callie, and how she was always able to make any activity fun for him just because he got to play with his big girl cousin.

And Marie, who had still practically been a baby to him, even if she was only nine months younger than him, yet she seemed to be just as smart as Uncle Egon.

Sometimes, he wanted to ask his parents about them. He wanted to know where they were, and if they would come back to visit.

But, each time before he would, he would lose his nerve and say something else.

Maybe tomorrow, he’d try to ask again.

[mybeingthere]

Michael Dickter: "My work engages the natural world ... images of birds or flowers talk to me of connection, of beauty, of freedom, and of the precarious and profoundly precious nature of our world. Making marks on a surface, choosing colours, dripping, obscuring and replacing images talk to this through the act of painting."

Michael Dickter has painted in the Northwest since the 1980's. He studied at the Art Students League and SUNY Cortland. He shows in galleries nationally and in Washington State. In 2017 he was featured in the Woodson Art Museums 42nd Annual “Birds in Art “ exhibition. His painting was bought by the Woodson for their permanent collection. He was also featured this year in Fine Art Connoisseur’s article ‘Today’s Masters - Avian Art Takes Flight!

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March 2010 - The Dragon Chronicle - SUNY Cortland

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FLP CHAPBOOK OF THE DAY: Wind and Water, Leaf and Lake by Carol Mikoda

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Wind and Water, Leaf and Lake begins with close observation of those abundant elements in its title, and the creatures who inhabit this #natural world, but travels far beyond them. These #poems address physical facts of survival and #aging, spiritual themes of grief and gratitude, even contemplation of the individual’s place in the cosmos. The poet’s unique perspective and descriptive skill give each page its fresh outlook and intimate voice.

Carol Mikoda (she/her) walks, sings, and writes from the eastern shore of Seneca Lake in Hector, New York. Her poems draw heavily on natural imagery from her surroundings in the Finger Lakes; as a guest in the original homeland of the living Haudenosaunee Confederacy, she extends her respect and gratitude to the many Indigenous people who call this land home. Her work has appeared in many literary journals and newspapers. Her first chapbook, While You Wait, was published late in 2021.

PRAISE FOR Wind and Water, Leaf and Lake by Carol Mikoda

The tender, attentive poems of Carol Mikoda show us how to look up and outside of ourselves to notice the intricate aliveness at play in clouds, leaves, and water—to feel the whole world. Her poems are sinuous and elemental, each one a lesson in how to find wonder in every small thing around us “that murmurs/trembles with life.”

–James Crews, poet and author of Kindness Will Save the World

Clouds, storms, bees, breezes blow through Carol Mikoda‘s book of poems. As the title suggests, this is a book filled with the things of nature, and a sense of wonder in the face of its beauties and changes. Any nature lover, any poetry lover, will find solace and loveliness in this book.

–Liz Rosenberg, author and poet, CHILDREN OF PARADISE.

Poetry of the environment here now tests the environment of poetry. This collection offers an adventure in sight, sound, touch, and feeling. It unfolds as a performance of reflection, sensation, grace and hope, change and surprise.

–Mary Lynch Kennedy, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emerita, Department of English, SUNY Cortland

Gorgeous rhythms and language await the reader in this pastoral collection from a highly skilled poet weaving catachresis and word play into the mix. Although the temperature of Mikoda’s collection is warm, melancholy remains just below the wind and water. Knowing we all are in need of that hope, that consideration found in our natural world, the poet writes to make that offer: “I will bind those statements together, / extract what secret gems I can find, / and plant each one, like an iris bulb/in its own velvety woodland den” in “Potential.” Mikoda has done just that with these beautiful poems of wind and water, leaf and lake.

–Nancy Avery Dafoe, author of thirteen books, including The House Was Quiet, But the Mind Was Anxious and Innermost Sea.

Carol Mikoda writes poems about nature, and how it speaks of change, especially the changes that come as we age. Some of her work simply presents the wonder and comfort of wind, water, and leaf, other poems speak of “the thin skin between here and There.” Full disclosure: too often I find that well-known and well-thought-of poetry is much too deliberately complex for me to enjoy. Mikoda’s work is deceptively simple. The second time through each poem, you will discover more and more.

–Judith Pratt, playwright and author of the novels, Silijeea Magic and The Dry Country

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What's Here Wednesday: Hidden History: Native Boarding Schools

The truth about what occurred in Indian Boarding Schools is an especially devastating example of history that isn't always told in schools. Intended to supposedly integrate Native American children into "society", the result of these schools was to instead annihilate their culture and sense of identity. There are fortunately many resources out there to explore this topic.

Many informative books have also been published about these residential schools, in a variety of formats, from nonfiction YA books to picture books. A few are pictured, and even more are available in the TMC:

Sweetgrass Basket by Marlene Carvell

I am not a Number by Kathy Kacer

"Fall in line, Holden!" by Daniel W. Vandever

Undefeated by Steve Sheinkin

Children of the Indian Boarding Schools by Holly Littlefield

Indian School: Teaching the White Man's Way by Michael Cooper

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College Football By State - New York.

FBS: Army Black Knights - West Point, New York - They played their first game in 1890. They are an FBS Independent.

Buffalo Bulls - Buffalo, New York - They played their first game in 1894. They are in the MAC.

Syracuse Orange - Syracuse, New York - They played their first game in 1889. They are in the ACC.

FCS: Albany Great Danes - Albany, New York - Their program was established in 1973. They are in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA).

Colgate Raiders - Hamilton, New York - Their program was established in 1890. They are in the Patriot League.

Columbia Lions - New York City - Their program was established in 1870. They are in the Ivy League.

Cornell Big Red - Ithaca, New York - Their program was established in 1887. They are in the Ivy League.

Fordham Rams - New York City - Their program was established in 1881. They are in the Patriot League.

Long Island University Sharks - Brookville, New York - Their program was established in 1957. They are in the Northeast Conference.

Marist Red Foxes - Poughkeepsie, New York - Their program was established in 1965. They are in the Pioneer League.

Stony Brook Seawolves - Stony Brook, New York - Their program was established in 1969. They are in the CAA.

Wagner Seahawks - New York City - Their program was established in 1927. They are in the Northeast Conference.

D2: Pace University Settlers - Pleasantville, New York - They are in the Northeast 10 Conference.

D3: Alfred Saxons - Alfred, New York - They first played in 1895. They are in the Empire 8 Conference.

Alfred State Pioneers - Alfred, New York - They first played in 2003. They are in the Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (ECFC).

Brockport Golden Eagles - Brockport, New York - They first played in 1947. They are in the Empire 8 Conference.

Buffalo State Bengals - Buffalo, New York - They first played in 1981. They are in the Liberty League.

Cortland Red Dragons - Cortland, New York - They first played in 1893. They are in the Empire 8 Conference.

Hamilton Continentals - Clinton, New York - They first played in 1890. They are in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC).

Hartwick Hawks - Oneonta, New York - They first played in 1928. They are in the Empire 8 Conference.

Hilbert Hawks - Hamburg, New York - They played their first game...last year!? They are a D3 Independent.

Hobart Statesmen - Geneva, New York  They first played in 1891. They are in the Liberty League.

Ithaca Bombers - Ithaca, New York - They first played in 1930. They are in the Liberty League.

Merchant Marine Mariners - Kings Point, New York - I believe they are moving down from D2. They are in the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC).

Rochester Yellow Jackets - Rochester, New York - They first played in 1889. They are in the Liberty League.

RPI Engineers - Troy, New York - They first played in 1886. They are in the Liberty League.

St. John Fisher Cardinals - Pittsford, New York - They first played in 1971. They are in the Empire 8 Conference.

St. Lawrence Saints - Canton, New York - They are in the Liberty League.

SUNY Maritime Privateers - Bronx, New York - They first played in 1985. They are in the NEWMAC.

Morrisville Mustangs - Morrisville, New York - They are in the Empire 8.

Union Dutchmen - Schenectady, New York - They first played in 1886. They are in the Liberty League.

Utica Pioneers - Utica, New York - They first played in 2000. They are in the Empire 8.

Awards: My Favorite Mascot - Burninatin' The Empire State with the Cortland Red Dragons. (Though the Marist Red Foxes, Albany Great Danes, LIU Sharks, and the Ithaca Bombers are also cool.)

Boomers Approved - The Ithaca Bombers.

The "Good Dog" Award - The Albany Great Danes.

The "We're Gonna Need A Bigger Boat" Award - The LIU Sharks. They turned the in-board into an out-board.

The "Nick Wilde/Robin Hood" Award - The Marist Red Foxes.

The "Color Wheel" Award - The Cornell Big Red.

The "Power Painters" Award - The Wagner Seahawks.

The "Dispatching The Cavity Creeps" Award - The Colgate Raiders.

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New episode of Crossroads of Rockland History is streaming now. Broadcast aired 2/20/23 on WRCR radio Rockland 1700AM

We recognized February as Black History Month. Host Clare Sheridan revisited her 2011 interview with Dr. Travis Jackson (1934–2021) about his personal memories and his extensive research related to the desegregation of the Hillburn schools and the role that Thurgood Marshall played in this important piece of Rockland history.

Listen at this link, or on any major podcast platform.

To read Dr. Jackson’s article "Mr. Marshall Comes to Hillburn," visit our archived issue of South of the Mountains (vol.47, no. 1, 2003) at:

https://nyheritage.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/hsrc/id/4450/rec/1

About Dr. Travis Jackson: Dr. Travis Jackson was born and raised in Hillburn. He was entering the fourth grade in 1943 when Hillburn families of color and the NAACP worked together to desegregate the Hillburn schools. The experience shaped young Travis Jackson, “I had an early understanding of what segregation does to people," he said in a 2004 interview. "I knew what it felt like, and that's why I became an educator." As an educator, Dr. Jackson was the first African American to teach at Suffern High School. He later became an administrator in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Dr. Jackson was a critical contributor to the quadracentennial celebrations in the county with key leadership roles in both the Tappan Zee Bridge with the Historical Society of Rockland County and the Mighty River Project with the African-American Historical Society of Rockland County, Rockland Community College, and the CEJJES Institute. Other awards included the Distinguished Alumnus at SUNY Cortland, Suffern High School Alumnus of the Year, the Ashby Award, which is the highest award that a Ridgewood teacher or administrator can receive. He was a member of the Rockland County Civil Rights Hall of Fame, and the recipient of the Margaret and John Zehner Award for historic preservation at the County Executive’s Historic Preservation Merit Awards.

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206 w. Cortland St., Groton, NY 13073, United States of America

Located in Groton, 24.1 km from Cornell University and 27.4 km from Ithaca College, Benn Conger Inn offers accommodation with a shared lounge, free Wi-Fi and free private parking for those who drive. The property is approximately 27.4 km from Jim Butterfield Stadium, 32.2 km from Earth Museum and 27.4 km from Sciencenter. The hotel offers family rooms.

All rooms at the hotel have a private bathroom with a bathtub and free toiletries, a flat-screen TV and air conditioning, and some rooms have a terrace. Bed linen and towels are provided in each room at Benn Conger Inn.

The property offers a daily continental and buffet breakfast.

Harriet Tubman House is 43.5 miles from Benn Conger Inn and SUNY Cortland is 17.7 miles away. The nearest airport is Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport, 20.9 miles from the hotel.

[kolajmag]

THIS WEEK AT KOLAJ MAGAZINE

Grinning Tricksters, Comfort of Crows, & Authenticity

FROM THE ARTIST DIRECTORY Stubborn Little Grinning Tricksters Roz Leibowitz | New York, New York, USA

FROM THE PRINT ISSUE Art, artifacts, & authenticity

FROM THE PRINT ISSUE Jane Tardo | New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

FROM THE ARTIST DIRECTORY Experimentation Is a Key Driver Ashley Rainge-Shields | Savannah, Georgia, USA

COLLAGE ON VIEW The Comfort of Crows Billy Renkl at David Lusk Gallery in Nashville, Tennessee, USA

COLLAGE ON VIEW Altered Logistics at the Dowd Gallery at SUNY Cortland in Cortland, New York USA

COLLAGE ON VIEW Paper Made at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center in Brattleboro, Vermont, USA

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SUNY Cortland students spend week in Germany

SUNY Cortland students spend week in Germany

SUNY Cortland students recently spent a week in Germany at a Universität Potsdam (UP) Summer School, focused on teaching the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The U.N.’s goals promote a more ecologically sound, peaceful and equitable world, explained Gigi Peterson, the associate professor of history who guided the Cortland students through their end-of-summer international foray. “We…