{ title: 'The Factory times. volume (Utica, N.Y.) 19??-current, April 01, 2000, Page 1, Image 1', download_links: [ { link: 'http://www.loc.gov/rss/ndnp/ndnp.xml', label: 'application/rss+xml', meta: 'News about NYS Historic Newspapers - RSS Feed', }, { link: '/lccn/np00230001/2000-04-01/ed-1/seq-1/png/', label: 'image/png', meta: '', }, { link: '/lccn/np00230001/2000-04-01/ed-1/seq-1.pdf', label: 'application/pdf', meta: '', }, { link: '/lccn/np00230001/2000-04-01/ed-1/seq-1/ocr.xml', label: 'application/xml', meta: '', }, { link: '/lccn/np00230001/2000-04-01/ed-1/seq-1/ocr.txt', label: 'text/plain', meta: '', }, ] }
Image provided by: SUNY Polytechnic Institute
What did SUNYU/R students do over break? Entertainment Page 3 Photos o f spring on campus Features Page 4 Recap o f Spring Break Trips Sports Page 5 The Factory Times n r- • i r , , T T /n n , 1 , a • _ | £ ■ ■ ^ _ a . A A A f l Official newspaper o f the U/R Student Association Y o u r v o t e C o u n t s Week of March 1 st, 2000 'rJUJUL JJi-Q /j-Q jr& l-O , lis t Vote in the Upcoming URSA Elections April 3rd-5th by Fred Seestadt Co-editor The SUNY Utica/Rome Student Association (URSA) will be holding elections from April 3-5. Students can vote for president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, and six senior senators. Jerry Talerico, URSA president, will be running for his position again this year. He said, “You got to vote. Be an active participant, not a passive bystander.” If enough people don’t vote, which is 10 percent of the student population, elections will be extended until it’s reached. Talerico said they try not to do that because it’s the senior senators responsibility to sit at the election booths. They have schoolwork and other obligations. Sitting at the booths is time consuming for them. Jeffrey Clem, Electrical Engineer major, is running for senior senator. One reason he’s running is because being a senior senator gives him a lot more overview on how things are run on campus. Also, he wants to get more students involved. “I’d like to make it easier for students to get involved in clubs. There’s a lot here that doesn’t get taken advantage of. I’m glad to see people running and getting involved,” according to Clem. “If elected, people can come to me with there problems and I’ll be there to listen.” Business major Paul Sanger is running to give better suggestions to URSA. He said, “The whole student body is welcome to come to me with their gripes and I’ll try to take care of them.” Another senior senator candidate, Scott Hotaling, wants to provide the student body with better representation. “I’m a leader of experience. I’ll be there to listen to and help students. I’d like to bring back the safe transportation bus, and perhaps try to get this school to open up some real restaurants. Many college campuses have Taco Bell’s or McDonalds where students can use their meal plans,” claims Hotaling. URSA welcomes anyone to run for a position and get involved. Talerico said, “It’s an enjoyable learning experience and it makes a difference in how things are done. Put on your game hat, come and play.” On April 3, elections will be held from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the Donovan Basement Bistro. On April 4*, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the Kunsela main lobby and on April 5th they’ll be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Campus Center lobby. Talerico urges students, “Vote, get involved and make a difference.” M É É fô g ë g Ë r â Senior Senator candidate Scott Hotaling, right, tells SUNY U/R student, Howard Moore, how he plans to try and bring back the safe transportation bus, if elected. photo by Fred Seestadt Students Speak at Technology Conference SUNY U/R Communication Students Come Together with R1T at First Joint Program by Tipton Zehr Staff Writer A group of Technical Communica tions students met together at the Roch ester Institute of Technology (RIT) on Friday, March 10, 2000, for a Technical Communications Student Conference. The gathering was comprised of juniors and seniors who had traveled from SUNY U/R, students from RIT, and several pro fessors from both schools. Eight students spoke during the course of the evening on topics such as designing appropriate websites for a tar get audience, to the theoretical. Karen Grisham, a senior from SUNY U/R spoke on searching the Internet ef fectively. It is important to be specific when choosing key words or phrases for a search. Sometimes it is helpful to use more than one phrase to conduct your search. There are several types of search tools: general directories like Yahoo, search engines such as AltaVista, and meta search engines like Metacrawler. When using a meta search engine, it is important give instructions regarding how many other search engines should be used, and how long the search should take. Any tool is only able to search a fraction of the world wide web. There is very little overlap among search engines, because each is scanning a different por tion of the web. This is why metasearch (L-R) (Top) Those who attended the conference included: Carol Boe, Veronica Feesche, Kevin Norris, Andrew Lesser, Glenn Bernius, Karen Grisham, Anne Bazan (Bottom) Rachael Scibior, SUNY U/R Professor Pat Dorazio, Jonelle White, Andrew Quagliato.RIT Professor Pat Scanlon. photo by Tipton le h r on how to design effective websites for senior citizens. She pointed out that 30% of all PC users are 55 and older, and the same audience contains the most dedi cated users of online trading and finance- related websites. Because these older users are also primarily from middle and upper income levels, there has been a strong corporate response to the grow ing market, including Bell Atlantic and Microsoft. Good design for websites aimed at senior citizens uses formats that have the same appearance as printed mat ter. The sites should avoid computer- speak, being careful to use explicit direc tions in easy- to- read fonts. Some of the evening’s liveliest ex changes occurred at the end of a speech with a tongue-twister title: The Relation ship o f Ora! Communication Apprehen sion and Computer Mediated Commu nication Apprehension. Glenn Bernius of RIT put forth the theory that people who are unable to communicate well in person, have discovered a whole new world via e-mail and the Internet. He engines are sometimes the most helpful, since they utilize several of the smaller search engines at once. Jonelle White, a senior from SUNY U/R, discussed designing websites for children. The sites should be easy for children to use, with large icons and age- appropriate material, but the best sites also have elements that require adult guid ance. The activities should be varied and active, offering the child several options to explore. Carol Boe, a SUNY U/R senior, took the other end of the spectrum, speaking
