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In This Issue
New Program Opens Doors
New Program Opens Doors to Students
to Students in Manufacturing
Industry
pg. 1
Tunxis Student Named Coca-Cola
in Manufacturing Industry
Leaders of Promise Scholar Sara Triplett
pg. 1 Tunxis Sun reporter
Letter from the Editor
pg. 2
The Constitution Day Debate on
FARMINGTON, CT. - The
the 2nd Amendment Advanced Manufacturing
pg. 2
Technology programs offered
Won’t You Be a Neighbor: The
Civic Engagement Institute, at both Asnuntuck Community
Community, and You College and Tunxis Community
pg. 3
Tunxis Art Club’s Pumpkin
College are designed to prepare
Decorating Contest Pictures graduates for lifetime careers in
pg. 4
manufacturing.
Bristol Schools Give Tunxis
Students Chance to Shape Next Connecticut, a major export
Generation state, is in crisis: the shortage
pg. 5
Lamont Wins Race for Connecticut
of skilled workers is a problem
Governor; Dems’ Dominate in many manufacturing companies
Midterm Elections
pg. 5 currently face.
Tunxis Community College “Pratt & Whitney has firm orders
Halloween Party Pictures for more than 8,000 geared turbo
pg. 6 Photo Credit: Tunxis M. & P.R. Office
Finding Life and Love Through
fan engines,” said Chris LaPorte, LaPorte, “There are 14,000 job All manufacturing students
Music Tunxis Director of Student openings in manufacturing right will have the option to pursue a
pg.7
Activities and the new Advisor now.” certificate or a degree in either
Are You Lost?
pg. 7 for Tunxis’s Manufacturing LaPorte believes that these Advanced Manufacturing Machine
My Name is LIE Department. “It will take them 10- programs will allow students to Technology or Electro-Mechanical
pg. 8 12 years just to build those current
The Fallacy of Intrigue
graduate from Tunxis Community Maintenance Technology. Students
pg. 8 orders to fulfill them, and that’s College with more money in who enroll in the CNC machining
My Road Ahead assuming that they never get one their pockets than those who program will spend Mondays and
pg. 8 more engine order in that next 12 might go to private colleges. Fridays at Asnuntuck Community
Fear Monster years.”
pg. 8 “Graduates from this program,” College, located in Enfield,
Hollow Whispers from Lovers,
Students who graduate from one he said in an interview with a Connecticut, working with the
Forsaken Promises of the upcoming Manufacturing Tunxis Sun reporter, “are going machines. On Tuesdays and
pg. 9
Technology programs are expected to have opportunities to spend an Thursdays, they will focus learning
Death of Tomorrow
pg. 9 to never have to worry about entire career in Connecticut in
Student Works: Krystaline unemployment. According to manufacturing.” cont. pg 3
Gregory
pg. 9
Student Works: Sara Triplett
pg. 9 Tunxis Student Named Coca-Cola
Leaders of Promise Scholar
Late Senator’s Actions Bring
Hope For More Bipartisanship in
Congress To Students
pg. 11
A Caribbean Walking Debt Melissa Lamar a 2018 Coca-Cola Leaders of applicants.
pg. 11 Tunxis Director of Marketing & Promise Scholar by national
Anti-Discrimination Suit Won by Public Relations honors society, Phi Theta Kappa Torvinen lives in Bristol
Cromwell Police Officer for Loss
of Income During Pregnancy (PTK). Torvinen was among and first enrolled at Tunxis
pg. 13
Why Your Vote Counts In Midterm
FARMINGTON—Tunxis 207 PTK members chosen for Community College in 2016.
Elections Community College student the $1,000 scholarship from She is a Computer Information
pg. 13
Customer Service and Retail
Ashley Torvinen was named a pool of more than 1,200 Systems major who works full-
Workers Are People, Too time as a network administrator
pg. 13
Domestic Violence: The Consent
at Whelen Engineering
Conundrum Company. After she graduates,
pg. 14
Girls, Girls, Girls: The Struggle is
she plans to pursue a bachelor’s
Real degree in computer science with
pg. 14
History: Humanity’s Greatest
a concentration in networking
Lifehack or server administration.
pg. 15
Regarding National Landmarks,
Monumental Racism Perseveres Sponsored by the Coca-Cola
pg. 15
Scholars Foundation, Leaders of
Sox’s 9th World Series Win Of
Historic Caliber Promise Scholarship Program
pg. 18
helps new PTK members cover
SGA President Runner Up
Founding Sports Club educational costs while enrolled
pg. 18
in associate degree programs.
Lessons From My First Love
pg. 18 Scholars are also encouraged to
Lt. Julia Gallup Basketball assume leadership roles by
Tournament Pictures
pg. 19
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Photo Credit: Tunxis M. & P.R. Office
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Chris LaPorte believes that the the college’s Interim Dean of prepare students for transfer
Central Connecticut State
new advanced manufacturing Academic Affairs, at afeest@ to bachelor’s degree programs
University, in New Britain,
technology programs will tunxis.edu. More information and employment in areas with
to create what LaPorte calls
not interfere with Tunxis on the programs can be found industry need.
a “pipeline for our students
Community College’s current online, at https://www.tunxis.
to move to their bachelor’s
standing as a Liberal Arts edu/program/advanced- Phi Theta Kappa is the largest
programs.”
manufacturing/. honor society in American
higher education for two-year
Won’t You Be a Neighbor: The Civic college students. The Alpha
Iota Alpha Chapter of PTK at
Engagement Institute, Community, and You Tunxis provides opportunities
for over 300 members in
Paul Hardy and not just “occasional, at the wrong bus stop, that leadership, community service,
Contributing writer episodic, or celebratory.” sees college life as something scholarly fellowship and
academic excellence. Each
To that end, the more than collecting credits,
semester, student members
We now live in an age where CEI relies heavily on data classrooms, or homework,
participate in service and
differences in opinions lead collection, surveys, and then the Civic Engagement research projects to help their
to blood feuds and honest identifying how to best Institute may be for you. college and communities, and
debate seems to be a contest translate that information The Institute strives to are eligible to apply for over
won by whoever shouts to society’s overall benefit. promote thoughtful discussion $90 million in scholarships
loudest. While the real losers It also offers numerous through acceptance of reserved exclusively for PTK
in all of this are civility and opportunities to meet experts divergent opinions. The idea members. For more information
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Arts & Entertainment
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Gerardo Rodriguez
Intrigue me? Just stay away from me.
Arts & Entertainment Editor Gerardo Rodriguez It’s too late now, Once I’m there,
Arts & Entertainment Editor You spoke me, Once I’m in it,
The day I met my fate, You breathed me, I’ll always be with it.
The fool who takes a sip from the You lived me; And you’ll be wishin’
The hours crept past dreadfully, It’s too late now to get rid of me.
cup brimmed by Love That you never said those words
Awaiting the doom in the night, But what you can get rid of now that can’t be forgiven.
Is a fool who has cursed their fate.
The moment of all moments. Are those tears; Keep walking,
Deluding themself for the prospect
I met my fate that night, of a jovial future. Lose them, Keep moving
Suspended in eternity. Because they have costed years of ‘Cause I’ll always be three steps
The path before me is long and my time. behind you,
Though the hour, the day, is marked,
arduous, Waiting for the moment you lose it.
The fool will rue the moment they Time wasted,
As the road stretches there willingly Time invested in you-- My name is LIE,
before me, Marched unto Death, You made the lie, My best wishes to you,
It is dark, and I cannot see any Who came in the guise of Love’s It was you who didn’t want to tell I hope you really try this time to
horizon. fickle embrace. the truth. make things right,
If you could have borne it, Because, unfortunately, if not,
It’s a madness, an infection, I would have let you loose, I’ll be seeing you real soon.
That only leads to folly. But you held on to me,
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Death of Tomorrow
Gerardo Rodriguez become, How hollow my soul, and how Now eternal darkness remains.
Arts & Entertainment Editor How long must I carry on. sorrowful my eyes. I sit and ponder on the futility of
How my eyes are now sallow, Once so filled with love, now existence:
Alas, Life itself is now My heart is heavy, bereft of it. How quickly it all just perishes.
abhorrent! A sullen look is all I can muster, I walk, and though I seem yet to How that time, persisting only,
Lost in all its enchantments, My mind is weary, have life left in me, At candle-burning length;
An increasing sense of crippling A haggard being is what I have This ailing in this still-beating Once the flame is gone,
despair. become, heart, Love is lost,
There is no longer any How my bones now ache. Turns me into naught but a And there is nothing here but
sweetness, There are times, husk. death.
No longer any delights, Where there is nothing inside Light has long gone from this
Due to how embittered I’ve me. world,
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Sports
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Series Win
Tunxis Sun reporter with plans to transfer to Central faces right now is finding a club
Connecticut State Universi- advisor. He’s asked around and
Of Historic
FARMINGTON- Tunxis Com- ty next autumn as a political ideally would like Chris LaPorte
munity College student Sean science major. Students may to be advisor, as he wants some-
Caliber
Donnell has decided to take recognize his name as he ran one involved with the club.
matters into his own hands to for Student Government Asso-
create an environment for sports ciation President against Saige The Tunxis Sports Club will
Brandon Calez fans to discuss sports, as well as Maier this semester. Donnell meet on campus for club meet-
Tunxis Sun reporter participate in games. The idea said he does not regret running ings to discuss sports happen-
came to Donnell from a friend and was grateful for the oppor- ings but will also meet in public
The Boston Red Sox is an who proposed a kickball week. tunity. Now, he can focus his spaces for games and practices.
American baseball team with “I decided maybe we should energy on being President of the If you’re interested in joining
9 World Series wins, including just have a sports club,” Don- sports club. the Sports Club or a faculty
the recent 2018 World Series. nell said in an interview with member interested in being the
The 2018 World Series was a Tunxis Sun reporter, “People Donnell named the officers advisor, contact txccsports-
historical for many reasons, one need recreation, they need exer- for the sports club: Vice Presi- club@gmail.com for more
being the team’s coach was the cise.” dent, Chike Onyiuke; Secretary information.
first Puerto Rican to get them to Sam Spilka, and Mike Piao as
the World Series and to victory. Sean Donnell is a sophomore Treasurer. According to Don-
This has never before happened
in Major League Baseball
history. This playoff run was
also historic because they had
Lessons From My First Love
to go through one of their arch- Jonathan Bruce prices skyrocketed at the last me. For the first time in my life,
nemesis, the New York Yankees. Contributing writer second and we ended up watch- I doubted myself and my ability
ing the game from our hotel to play the game. I even ques-
On Twitter, sports reporter I might as well get it out of the room. I remember seeing them tioned my love for it.
Bryan Hoch quoted New York way right at the start: my first win the game, their third cham- The same can be said
Yankees’ manager, Brian love was the game of football. pionship in the last four seasons, about any kind of love you ex-
Cashman, on the Red Sox, “You Ever since I was little, I put an and I knew that this was my perience in life. At the start, it’s
wonder what their record would enormous amount of my energy team and my sport. always sunshine and rainbows;
be if they weren’t playing us. into it. I’d wake up early in the Not long after that, I there’s a lot of light, happiness,
Because when we go head morning during school vacation reached the age where I was and great times. As time pro-
to head, we do some damage to play Madden, a video game eligible to play flag football, and gresses, that leaves more room
against them and it doesn’t seem emulating the NFL, and I’d stay I did. I had incredible amounts for error, unhappiness, and
like anybody else is capable.” up late to watch the final game of fun each time I stepped on questioning whether what you
The Red Sox had a lot of assets on Sunday, after being on my the field, but I knew I wanted love is worth all your mistakes
this postseason; one being couch all throughout the day to tackle. I wanted to be just and struggles. I can tell you that
pitcher, David Price. watching other games. like the guys I watched on TV with passion, it’s always worth
The funny thing is, I still every weekend: in pads, scoring it.
Price came big in the fifth do that today. I probably don’t touchdowns, and making big I knew that being with
World Series game against the wake up early in the morning hits. The next year, I did. the Bulldogs was no longer the
Los Angeles Dodgers, pitching just to turn on my Xbox and I quickly became a best situation for me, so for
at a high-rate speed, “93.8 mph play video games, but I am con- starting player for the Bristol my final two years before high
with his two-seam fastball stantly involved in watching and Bulldogs, and spent all the years school, I played for the Plain-
and 93.4 mph with his four- following the League. So much I was with the team playing ville Colts. There, I played run-
seam fastball,” according to so, in fact, that I decided years safety. As time progressed and ning back and, for the first time,
Baseball Savant. Arguably, the ago that I wanted to dedicate my I started getting into the later linebacker. I had just as much
Red Sox also had three of the career to covering and writing years of middle school, the town fun as I always did when I first
best outfielders in the Major about the sport-- in particular, changed the rules for weight. I began playing, and I learned an
Leagues. The outfielders were I want to write about the New was always little, though I had a important lesson from it all: If
Jackie Bradley Jr, Andrew England Patriots. My Dad got knack for the ball, speed, quick- you love something (or some-
Benintendi, and Brock Holt. me started on the team. ness, and good change of direc- one), you should always stick
I was born and bred in tion, with high effort and some with it during the tough times.
Now, on the other side of the a Patriots family, and the first big hits. With that said, none of Sometimes a change is
ball, they had great offense; game I saw was during the that mattered when they decided needed, but at the end of the
their leading postseason scorer Superbowl XXXIX in Jackson- to switch to a “no-weight-limit” day, you’ll still have that love.
was J.D. Martinez, with 43 ville, Florida: the Patriots versus rule. This prevented me from At the end of the day, that love
home-runs. There is potential Eagles. My family traveled out seeing the field, as coaches is all that really matters.
for this year’s Red Sox team to there to see the game, but ticket favored the larger players over
go down as one of the best Red
Sox team’s in franchise history
due to the unique and hard-
hitting qualities packed into this
year’s lineup.
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