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• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • CAMPUS • • • • • • NEWS • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 6 Freshman Amy Ruston Sets New Track Record One of the outstanding winners in Lehman athletics this year is freshman track star Amy Ruston, who took first place in the NCAA Division III Atlantic Regional Cross Country Championship. Amy Ruston races to win the CUNY Championships, setting a record pace for the event. With a time of 22:37:9, Ruston edged out the College of New Jersey’s runner at the regionals by 1.2 seconds, winning the individual title against 200 others and setting a new course record. As a result of her win, Ruston went on to represent Lehman as an individual qualifier at the NCAA Division III Championships in Wisconsin, where she finished in 70th place out of 215 national competitors. Earlier in the season, Ruston—who comes from Maine—finished first in the CUNY Athletic Conference Cross Country’s Championships. Suffering through injuries that set back her training, she managed to still hit a record time of 19:00, which beat the CUNY record of 20:27. ◆ Lehman Sports Round-Up: A Mix of Spirit, Action and Talent Marks the Fall Season The Lehman athletic season has witnessed some exciting matches and remarkable performances from both individual players and teams. Here's a round-up of the fall action. WOMEN'S VOLLEY- BALL: Under the direction of first-year head coach Edwin Gonzalez, the team advanced to the CUNY Conference semifinals before losing to Baruch College. Lehman sophomore Yaniza De Los Santos and junior Isabel Lorenzo were chosen for the all-tournament team. Yaniza De Los Santos WOMEN'S TENNIS: The team finished the season in seventh place in the CUNY Athletic Conference, receiving stellar performances from Micaela Tabing, who was named the number one seed for the Lightning. MEN'S SWIMMING: Finishing second overall in the CUNY Conference swim championships, the Lehman team was led by the freshman duo of Darnell James and Hector Pena. James and Pena both were selected as CUNY Conference allstars and recognized by the ECAC Committee. Darnell James WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: This sport at Lehman has returned to the upper echelons of the CUNY Athletic Conference. With an outstanding freshman class and the return of CUNY all-star Shatasia Little, the Lightning surpassed the win total of the previous two seasons Maria Loor races and emerged as a force to down the court. be reckoned with—not only this season but in years to come. Seventhyear head coach Eric Harrison recorded his 100th win in a contest against CUNY's Medgar Evers College, making him the leader for team victories in the history of women's basketball at Lehman. Little and freshman center Maria Loor, who comes to Lehman from Ecuador, were selected as CUNY Conference all-stars. Holding on to the chance of an upset in the CUNY championships, the Lightning made it into the semi-final round, but ran into trouble against the College of Staten Island. Next time around, the team looks forward to both a rematch and another record-breaking season. MEN'S BASKETBALL: The Lehman team continued its dominance in the CUNY Athletic Conference and came very close to maintaining its 2003-04 championship position. In a Conference game against John Jay College, senior forward Miguel Jorge, who Sekani Francis led the team, became the (above) and newest member of the 1,000 Miguel Jorge. point club. The Lightning came into the Conference championships with a 13-game winning streak, but lost in a close match against the College of Staten Island. Junior center 6’10” Sekani Francis, the CUNY Athletic Conference’s Player of the Year, came through for Lehman, scoring 27 points and 11 rebounds. At his side was junior all-star guard Willy Vargas, who contributed 17 points in the game. The season ended on a high note, however, with the ECAC quarterfinals, as Jorge scored at the buzzer, converting a game-winning jump shot that led Lehman to victory against New York University, 63-61, in overtime. ◆ Spring Sports: The Road Ahead WOMEN'S SOFTBALL: The women hope to win their way back to the championship form of three seasons ago. MEN’S BASEBALL: The team is aiming for a return to post-season play in the CUNY AC. MEN’S VOLLEYBALL: The men are becoming a team to be reckoned with. WOMEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: The goal is to continue to advance nationally.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • CAMPUS • • • • • • • NEWS • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ‘College Now’ Helps High School Students Prepare for College Learning College Now at Lehman is giving Bronx high school students the chance to experience college life and earn college credit—at no cost to them. For the past five years, Lehman has partnered with ten Bronx high schools to offer students a variety of high school and college credit-bearing courses, as well as non-credit workshops. All classes are held on the Lehman campus. According to Pedro L. Baez, director of the program, “The College Now experience allows students to envision themselves in college and to ‘demystify’ college life. They get an accurate portrayal of what it takes, particularly in terms of effort and time, to get into and be successful in higher education. “This ultimately leads to students making better choices for themselves,” he believes, “and provides a smoother transition from high school to college.” Baez adds that most students who enter the program could not afford to take college courses while in high school. College Now, funded largely by the CUNY Office of Academic Affairs, covers all expenses, including textbooks. Courses are divided into three groups. Cohort courses are college-level classes that enroll only College Now students. “For these courses, we schedule classes, hire the faculty—with the approval of Lehman department chairpersons—and closely monitor student progress,” explains Baez. Waiver-funded courses are also scheduled and run by Lehman, but the high school Cherry Dazzell started in College Now two years ago, during her sophomore year at Lehman High School. Her goal was to “learn how to study and digest collegelevel material” to become familiar with that style of teaching and learning. At the time, she was not enthusiastic about the prospect of entering college, anticipating “another four years of boredom.” All that changed as a result of her College Now experience, which turned out to be “not only fulfilling but also liberating.” She became more in control of her studies and more engaged in the material she was College Now Director Pedro L. Baez (right), with Corrdinator David Gantz, Program Assistant Khema Chan (left), and Cherry Dazzell, a “graduate” of the program. students take their courses with the rest of the Lehman student body. Students must fulfill academic criteria to be eligible for these classes. There are no academic requirements for non-credit workshops or for courses that carry high school credit. Eleventh- and twelfth-grade students are usually the main participants in College Now, but the program is increasingly recruiting more ninth- and tenth-graders. “At any given time, there is a limited pool of students in our high schools eligible to take college-level courses,” says Baez. “We have to ‘grow’ our students in the early grades to increase the number of eligible students. “We also have to get students talking and thinking about college before they reach eleventh grade. By then, too many critical decisions—and mistakes—have been made.” ◆ Cherry Dazzell Transitions From ‘College Now’ to Lehman Scholar studying. “I learned how to educate myself and contribute my knowledge to others in class discussions.” The program also made her “very confident” about entering college. She chose Lehman both because she felt comfortable on the campus and because of its advantages, including the Lehman Scholars Program for academically gifted students. Today, Cherry Dazzell is a Lehman Scholar, a double major in math and political science, and an aspiring teacher who’s looking forward to getting the most out of her college career. ◆ Student Sculptor Wins Prize Gordon Murray, a Master of Fine Arts student at Lehman, has won the William and Marie Samuels Prize at the National Arts Club Annual Student Exhibition. Gordon Murray and Maria Gulko, with their work. Murray, who worked as a printmaker before entering the master’s program, won the award for a steel-and-stone sculpture that sits on a steel base, which he also created. The piece is meant to capture the contrasts and differences in nature. “I tried to make something that I believe is beautiful, warm and elegant out of this hardedged material,” he explains. Also entering her work in the competition was Maria Gulko, a graduate student with a background, like Murray, in printmaking. She presented a photolithograph featuring an x-ray of her skull with other pieces of imagery stamped into the work. She worked from her own memories of her childhood and life to create the image. Every year, the Art Department selects just two students to present their work at the exclusive exhibition, which draws artists from over 30 colleges and universities. ◆ 7
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