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Vol. 71, Issue #2

Thursday, September 13, 2018

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KSC’s policies go green for free speech VINCENT MOORE

News editor

“You can be a business major, a computer science major, a film major, a theater major and come to the program and we’ll provide that historical context so that when working in archive you’ll be able to make better sense of the materials that are already there and the materials

Keene State College has recently become a safer space for the freedom of speech, at least according to the Foundation of Individual Rights in Education (FIRE).

According to its website www. thefire.org, FIRE is a non-profit organization whose mission is to “defend and sustain the individual rights of students and faculty members at America’s colleges and universities. FIRE uses a green, yellow, and red light system to rate free speech policies on campuses, with a “green light” rating meaning that there are no free speech inhibiting policies in effect. A “red light” rating meaning that at least one policy clearly violates the freedom of speech. The Equinox reported in an article published on March 10, 2016 when KSC was given a red light rating by FIRE. “The challenge for us to get a green light rating with FIRE was exclusively tied to the language within our policies. The policies haven’t changed, the language of how we define some of the policy details have been aligned with those of Plymouth and UNH,” Interim President Melinda Treadwell said.

Treadwell said that KSC cooperated with FIRE around policies which the organization felt blocked the sharing of free opinion, freedom to assemble and access to information through the college’s networks.

“We just helped clarify what the intention was and, where needed, we put in new language in the policy to help articulate more clearly to someone who is not of our community what we mean by access, by free speech and by those sorts of details. It was translating our language, really, in a way that was more receptive and ensuring freedom and openness of information sharing,” Treadwell said.

Associate Vice President for Institutional Equity and Diversity Dottie Morris said that while the wording of some policies were of concern to FIRE, none of KSC’s actual policies were detrimental to free speech, “The areas that we received the red light we were notified of those by FIRE. We looked at it and had conversations with representatives at FIRE. Our policy was not restrictive of speech; they had concerns of some of the wording, but we were not restricting of speech.”

Morris said that one example of an area of concern for FIRE was KSC students’ right to assemble on campus.

“There was another situation around being able to have a space on campus where people could do spontaneous kinds of presentations, or discussions, or engage in their right to free speech. At one point they thought that we had too many restrictions on how people could get that space and so that was changed.

A lot of those were in place for safety reasons because if we’re [going to] have a large group of people with

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Should the proposal pass, Monadnock Vapor Employee Billy Martin, who is under 21, and other vape and tobacco store employees like him, risk losing their jobs.

Proposal to raise smoking age brought before City Council VINCENT MOORE

News editor Student users of both tobacco products and e-cigarettes who are also under the age of 21 might have their habits threatened next month, should the Keene City Council pass a proposed ordinance.

According to a Keene Sentinel article published on July 26th, 2018, Program Manager for the Cheshire Coalition for Tobacco Free Communities Kate McNally sent a letter to Mayor Kendall Lane and the City Council proposing that the City should adopt an ordinance raising the age to buy or possess tobacco and nicotine products from 18 to 21.

“We would like to see raise the age for sale and purchase of tobacco products which includes the electronic devices from 18 to 21,” McNally said.

McNally explained that the coalition has been in existence since the 1990’s and works on policy development, helping people quit using tobacco products including vaporizers and preventing kids from starting tobacco use.

McNally said that legislation is one of the best strategies to prevent and reduce the use of tobacco products.

“It’s one strategy that’s been pretty robust around the country. There’s over 300 communities around the country

that have implemented this strategy to try and reduce youth tobacco use. There’s a lot of kids between the ages of 15 to 17 that have easy access to tobacco products which includes the vapes, and this is one strategy that’s known to reduce that use for 15 to 17 year olds by about 25 percent,” McNally said.

McNally said that the focus of the ban was to protect children, “We’re not out to prohibit adult use or to ban the products altogether, really our focus is just to find a strategy to get it out of the schools.”

Monadnock Vapor owner Daniel Cavallero estimated that Keene State students make up approximately 20-30 percent of his business, with a majority of that figure being under 21.

“Not only will it affect my business greatly but it’ll affect a lot of the businesses around here. It’ll affect gas stations and other vape shops in the area,” Cavallero said.It’s not just Cavallero’s profits that would be negatively affected should the ban pass; his 18 year old employee, Billy Martin of Northfield, Massachusetts, could lose his job.

“If the ban goes through I won’t be able to work in this store, the Keene, New Hampshire location. So I will probably end up moving locations or who really knows,” Martin said.

Cavallero said his store doesn’t sell tobacco products but rather it sells electronic nicotine delivery systems, in other

words, vaporizers and e-cigarettes.

“A lot of these nicotine juices, or any e-juice, they come in either zero nicotine, usually three milligrams, six milligrams and very rarely do they come in 12 milligrams. And most people wean themselves off down to at least three milligrams, and a lot of people go down to zero. There’s absolutely no tobacco, there’s no combustion, there’s no smoke. It’s just laziness on the part of the FDA. To go even further I don’t even think it’s laziness, I think they purposely put this in the same category as tobacco products because they want to tax it in the same way they tax tobacco,” Cavallero said.

McNally said that even though the government hasn’t yet determined whether or not e-juice is safe, its addictive properties are what makes it dangerous.

“We don’t know exactly what problems it causes. There’s so much research out there that I’m not really sure until I hear from the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) that it’s safe, I’m not going to feel very comfortable about it. One of the dangers I can say right up front is addiction. That’s dangerous. If these products were not sold with nicotine and the flavoring, then they probably wouldn’t be as attractive to younger people.”

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Keene mosquito pool tested New Masters positive for West Nile virus in History and Archives

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equiNox staff The summer may be coming to an end, but that doesn’t mean mosquitoes are gone for the season.

According to Keene’s mosquito control program provider, Municipal Pest Management Services, one mosquito pool in Keene and two in Brattleboro tested positive for West Nile virus. According to the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) website, West Nile is a virus that can be spread via mosquito bite.

The mosquitoes originally contract the virus by biting infected birds, and then spread to other humans and

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History and Archives go hand in hand. History provides the facts while archives provide the story.

At KSC, Master of Arts in History and Archives is a graduate program that allows students studying any major to apply on a part time or full time basis.

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Jeff Holeman: Better defining KSC’s Brand VINCENT MOORE

News editor First-generation college graduate, Jeff Holeman, has been placed at the helm of Keene State College’s efforts to increase enrollment in the newly created position of Vice President of Marketing, Communications, and Enrollment Strategy.

Holeman said that he first worked at Arizona State University (ASU), then for University of California, Berkeley, before resuming work at ASU again.

Between higher education jobs at ASU and KSC, Holeman said he took a break from working in higher education to work in the non-profit healthcare sector: “I left ASU because it was a great opportunity I had to open a children’s hospital and lead the branding and marketing and communications for that initiative and sort of establishing a pediatric brand. It was a once in a lifetime thing to be able to do. I actually thought I would always work in higher ed for my whole life; I had a master’s in higher ed administration; I was teaching master’s level brand courses, and thoroughly enjoyed my time at ASU but this opportunity just came knocking.”

For Holeman, the transition between fields was not a difficult one: “Healthcare has some tremendous similarities. In many ways students are much like patients, faculty members are much like doctors; they’re both industries focused on usually improving the lives of others, focused on creativity and research, a heavy aspect in both industries. Highly regulated, typically non-profit organizations, so it was not difficult at all to make the transition from higher education to healthcare and what it would be to

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that’ll come to you,” Andrew Wilson, PhD, professor of history and philosophy, said.

This graduate program is only just starting, as this semester is the first semester it’s ever been offered on campus.

But so far, students are showing a want and desire to explore what this graduate program has to offer.

“We’ve been including archival work in some of our history classes and the students really enjoy that, and rightly so because it allows them to have direct contact with historical sources,” Wilson said.

“Archives represent more than

go back to the other direction.”

After working in healthcare for several years, Holeman said that he began to miss the interaction with students and his passion for higher education.

“Coming back to higher ed for me was just an opportunity for me to get back to the industry that I really had more passion for. I had always been shaped by my own experiences; I’m a first-generation college graduate from a small town in North Carolina and my life was so positively shaped by both my undergraduate experience and my work experience, particularly in higher education, and that’s why I want to get back into higher ed,” Holeman said.

Holeman said that what drew him to KSC was its impressive leadership team and their focus on building a stronger Keene State College: “When I was looking for my next career opportunity it was important to me to find a place that had a strong sense of community and a dedication to always doing the right thing for students, and I saw that in Keene State College.”

Another aspect that Holeman said drew him to KSC was the opportunity it gave him to help write its story.

“While Keene State has a rich history, it has a great opportunity to tell its story and to shape its story on what the college is going to be for future generations, and I think under [Interim] President Treadwell’s leadership we have the opportunity to shape what it means to be a public liberal arts college and to define the value of a liberal arts education to students whether they are from New Hampshire or anywhere else in the country,” Holeman said.

information,” Professor Rodney Obien, college archivist, said. The graduate program allows to students to dive deeper into understanding the importance of having, maintaining, and obtaining archives.

When thinking about the program, any student who’s interested in the study of history and archives is welcome to apply.

It gives students a solid background in in archives and records and trains students to become well rounded archivists.

“It’s a masters program in history and archives. The core of it is to essentially give students the solid background, a graduate studies background in history, and also train them to become archivists and work with archival material,” Obien explains.

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Interim President Melinda Treadwell said that Holeman’s job will involve cooperation between departments.

“My expectation for him is that he’s going to work with our marketing and communications team, with our admissions team, with financial aid, with our provost and our vice president for student affairs to create a clear strategy for enrollment and for telling our story publically so that we could draw the future student into Keene State,” Treadwell said.

Along with working closely with KSC staff, another part of Holeman’s job will be to interact with students, both currently enrolled and graduated: “Jeff will be creating for Keene State a couple of things: he’ll be doing a lot of listening sessions with current students, with prospective students, with alumni, to understand what it is that defines Keene State...that’s going to be instrumental in helping us shape who is the perfect student to be served by that, and then go after them from an enrollment strategy perspective, make sure we get to them, share the messages, get them connected with us.”

Holeman said that a major focus will be to better define the Keene State brand: “What is Keene State to the people that we serve? To the students, to the prospective students, to the parents. So many people don’t understand what a brand is.

They think a brand it’s a logo, or think it’s colors you use, or think its marketing. That’s not a brand. A brand isn’t what we say it is, it’s what they, our customers, the people we serve, it’s what they say it is.”

Senior math and secondary education major Samantha Sullivan said that KSC’s

Student’s interested in furthering their education don’t have to worry about the hassle of transferring to a new school, they can take the program at KSC, and in no time have their Masters in History and Archives.

Students can apply on the Keene State website (Keene.edu). There you’ll find the Masters of Arts in History and Archives undergraduate studies.

Michael Fremeau, a junior history major at KSC, said he believes there’s a great amount of importance in dealing with history and archives.

“Archives are an important part of society that not many people know a lot about. Archives are where we keep history and anyone can access them if they want to learn,” Fre-

proximity to downtown Keene, autumn atmosphere, and education program made the college stand out to her.

“I really liked the downtown how it was so close to campus, it feels like campus is a part of a little downtown, it’s super cute, and I came in the fall and it’s really pretty here in the fall. Also, they’re really known for their education program and I play lacrosse here too so I came for sports as well,” Sullivan said.

Sullivan said that to help with branding, KSC could coordinate with downtown businesses to have them offer students discounts to increase awareness of all that downtown Keene has to offer, as well as taking advantage of the surrounding countryside: “If they could exploit that, yes we’re in the middle of nowhere, but that’s kind of cool because there’s a lot of things that you can do outside that can bring people in.”

Not everything about KSC’s brand is positive. The Keene Sentinel reported in an article published February 6, 2015, that former KSC President Anne Huot wrote a letter saying that the 2014 Pumpkinfest riots had damaged KSC’s reputation.

Holeman said that while the riots are indeed a part of the college’s history, it’s important to move on from the past: “We’re going to stay focused on the future, and the current students that we have, many if not most of them were not here then, so it’s not something that they were aware of.

So we will be looking at how we support the community and how we focus on getting students to volunteer and support the community, and students can be part of that festival and I think that’ll be an important way to do it.”

meau said.

He also found this graduate program to be extremely important and useful for those who are looking to pursue a career in either history or archives. “I think this graduate program is extremely important because it offers a chance to students to pursue their education further without the hassle of transferring to another school,” Fremeau explained.

“As the school archivist, I almost feel like a keeper. I keep the important stuff that down the line someone will say ‘I need this about this’ and be able to find it in a safe, preserved spot,” Obien said.

Holeman said that a goal for his department is to develop an enrollment strategy that not only benefits KSC and its denizens, but also to attract students from all demographic, socio-economic, and academic backgrounds: “Very generally speaking, that’s the focus first and foremost, is to develop an enrollment strategy that allows us to strategically recruit the right mix of students. In time what we’ll do is we’ll set a specific goal, a numbered goal, that says this is the specific of how many we want to recruit to continue to allow the college to grow over time.”

“Part of what I really appreciated about Jeff when I interviewed him was that he wanted to help write the future story for Keene State. The value of a liberal arts institution, a public liberal arts institution specifically in today’s world, and he’s the right person to do it,” Treadwell said.

Holeman said that ever since he first arrived in Keene he has been receiving positive feedback and support from the greater Keene community regarding both himself with his new title and for the college itself.

“That has been very comforting to me to know that there’s such great support in the community and I really appreciate everything that I’ve been hearing from others and its a daily encounter for me, whenever I tell anyone who I am and what I do, it makes me feel like I made the right choice,” Holeman said.

Vincent Moore can be contacted at vmoore@kscequinox.com

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has over e-juice is how appealing its flavors are to children, having pleasant sounding flavors like gummy bear and bubblegum.

In order to combat the potential ordinance Cavallero said he has written letters to the City Council, Mayor Kendall Lane, and the City Clerk’s office detailing his opposition to the proposal and had scheduled a protest on Tuesday, August 28, which had only an estimated total five people show up, none of whom were under the age of 21, “It was not very effective because the timing was off, Keene State College students were just getting back from summer vacation. I thought [the City Council] were going to be reconvening the day after but they pushed it off another month until September 26th,” Cavallero said.

First-year nursing major Alia Gams, who is 18, said she felt that the current legal age to consume tobacco products was perfectly fine, but if the proposal passes, she would have to quit. “There’s plenty of other places to get it, if it becomes an issue of not being able to use it on campus if you’re under 21 then I probably would have to stop,” Gams said.

Interim President Melinda Treadwell said that should the ban pass her priority would be to educate students on it: “We already have a lot of conversations about our ‘Healthy KSC’ and our ‘Live Well’ and wellness initiatives, and we have some limits on smoking near doorways and other things, and I think if the city does move in this direction I first need to understand what’s the limit of it and what are the true obligations, then the biggest thing I would do is work to educate our students to understand what the city ordinance is and help protect them from running afoul, if you will, of the city ordinance if by simply not being aware of it.” enforced in some of the residential areas. There’s a cooperativeness, Treadwell said city ordinances typically affect adjacent properties but there’s not an obligation for us to accept and enforce all the details while KSC is bound by campus policy unless there is a state or federal of things that are different than our own campus policy,” Treadwell said. requirement, since the college is a state institution. “The best example I can give is the noise ordinances in the city; those tend not to be some» SEE 21 AND UP TO SMOKE ON KSCEQUINOX.COM thing we enforce on our campus Appian way walk structures but they are

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ADT names KSC safest campus in NH AUSTIN COOK

Equinox Staff Keene State is the safest college campus in New Hampshire according to the American District Telegraph (ADT) and its close affiliate Your Local Security Company.

Keene State College’s Director of Campus Safety, Jeff Maher, responded to ADT’s findings with the following written statement, “Keene State College is pleased that we have been recognized as the safest college in New Hampshire

by ADT. This recognition is a culmination of efforts and partnerships between our students, the KSC community and the City of Keene”.

Maher also stated “While the campus remains a safe environment, as noted by this survey, there are steps that the College can take to increase the perception of safety and reduce a fear of crime. One such measure is ensuring well-lit pathways and walkways and ensuring access to emergency ‘blue light’ phones. We also encourage our students who ‘see something to say something.’ Anonymous reports can be submitted by typing ‘reporting’ in the search box on keene.edu.”

Students did not seem surprised by these findings as Brandon Patten, a senior English/Education major, said “I think campus is pretty safe overall”. Patton did comment though “I don’t know how many people are on campus safety but maybe there should be more patrols.”

In a post on one of their webpages (yourlocalsecurity.com), ADT

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“We’ve tried to open up and make very clear declarative statements about the fact that multiple opinions are welcome here.

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“A lot of my course grades are about participation think differently than them,” Donovan said. and discussion, and the professors make everything Despite the aforementioned incidents, Donoabout politics even if the subject has nothing to do with van said she thinks that the college is heading in the politics and I’m not [going to] let my participation grade right direction in regards to freedom of speech, “I think suffer because some students can’t handle the fact that I they’re heading in the right direction for sure. The col-

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animals.

According to the CDC’s website, only eight out of ten people who contract the virus show symptoms. About one in five people develop a flu-like illness, while one in 150 people can develop a serious, fatal illness that affects the central nervous system.

Chief Medical Officer at the Center for Health and Wellness and nurse practitioner, Kristin Eineberg, provided symptoms for students to look out for.

“Symptoms tend to include fever, headache, sometimes muscle and joint pain, some nausea, perhaps vomiting and sometimes a rash… and less than one percent of people who are bitten by a mosquito with West Nile virus will come down with severe neurological symptoms,” Eineberg said.

To avoid getting infected, Eineberg suggests wearing long sleeve clothing and using bug repellent with the highest deet (an ingredient in most bug sprays that makes them more effective) content available. Eineberg also said to be aware of stagnant water around you, like in bird baths, children’s toy, wheelbarrows, etc. because mosquitoes lay their eggs in them, which is what results in large populations of mosquitoes in one’s area.

“The mosquitoes that have been infected tend to be most active between dusk and dawn, so try to be mindful of doing your activities more during the day,” Eineberg said.

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The reason for the uptick in the prevalence of this virus in New England, according to Eineberg, is most likely due to the heavy rainfall in July, as the rain allows for mosquitoes to lay their eggs. As for student awareness about this issue in the Keene community, KSC student Pan Norkiewicz, said, “I had no idea, I haven’t heard about it...You would think something like WMUR, which covers all of New Hampshire, would have said something like ‘West Nile’ in Keene.”

KSC senior Vivian Valengavich also said that it would have been appreciated if students were made aware of the virus in the area, especially for students like them living near Brickyard Pond, where there tends to be a large amount of insects. Despite this, Eineberg said, “We have had students call and ask about West Nile. We’ve had some panicking saying that they were bitten by a mosquito and if should they be screened.” To this, Eineberg said that people who are not symptomatic should not bother being screened.

“There’s no point in screening for West Nile if you don’t have any symptoms. It’s not cost effective and it doesn’t really do anything.”

For additional information, Eineberg suggests that students reference the CDC website.

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lege did decide to back me up when other students complained that I was a quote/unquote threat to their personal safety and security because I liked conservative articles on facebook. So they’re already doing good things and I definitely appreciate more support for differing opinions.”

Morris said that the free speech discussion on campus is an important one to continue.

“We need to have those really complex, nuanced pieces about what does it mean to have a campus where freedom of speech is honored, and is embraced as an important piece, an integral piece, to the educational process and academic excellent,” Morris said.

KSC plans on continuing the discussion on the freedom of speech on campus, according to Treadwell.

“This Fall we’re launching a whole host of listening sessions with students, with faculty and staff, to discuss what is free speech at Keene State, what are the things that would be hate speech for instance, so how do we define our world a little bit, and then we’ll make changes to our policies to be sure we’re there at maintaining that openness, maintaining that space, and we’ll work with FIRE to make sure that we don’t run into language confusion again where they think we aren’t doing something that we actually are in the way that our policies are written. We’re gonna push ourselves to talk about free speech and making sure we hold those values and then make changes to policies and work with FIRE to make sure they don’t misunderstand that openness we’re still committing to,” Treadwell said.

On September 7th, 2018, an email was sent out signed by both Treadwell and Morris announcing the dates of four KSC Campus Community Dialogue opportunities, events open to the KSC community to encourage input and conversation on the issue of freedom of speech on campus.

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anything you have to have some guidelines in place to keep people safe and to not block sidewalks,” Morris said.

Treadwell said that some of the most important changes KSC made to attain the green light rating were those that emphasized KSC’s dedication to open dialogue.

“We’ve tried to open up and make very clear declarative statements about the fact that multiple opinions are welcome here. That as a liberal arts institution we value that. So I think that making it very clear that free speech means all speech and that we hope that we can engage in dialogue, not positional argumentation but dialogue, and that we won’t silence different opinions, instead we have to confront opinions and learn from them, so I think the changes to those elements of our policy just to state our values more, I think those are very important, so the values of openness, the values to commitment to free speech were really important to me and the college,” Treadwell said.

Despite KSC going from a red to green light in FIRE’s rating system, Morris said that she has not noticed any changes to the free speech atmosphere on campus: “Because [the changes] were not that significant I haven’t noticed any changes on campus. No one had filed any complaints that their speech had been restricted in any way.”

To senior communications major Mackenzie Donovan, not all of KSC’s free speech concerns were rooted in policy language. Donovan said that freedom of speech on campus means a lot to her since she said that she had been discriminated against for her conservative views: “I’m very lucky to have found one professor who is okay with me being outspoken with my conservative viewpoints. I’m a research assistant for her as well, even though other professors tried to dissuade her from taking me on because they knew I was conservative.”

Donovan said at the time she felt the need to hide her views in fear of academic consequences.

explained they categorized the schools by campus size, type of campus, location, types of crimes, and data availability. ADT also used information published within the Campus Safety and Security Survey Report as well as the FBI Uniform Crime Report.

These reports collect statistics around criminal offense both on campus, and in campus housing. The Campus Safety and Security Survey Report published the number of reported murders, manslaughter, rape, fondling, incest, robbery, assault, motor vehicle theft, and arson while the FBI Uniform Crime Report captured up to 57 data elements via six types of data segments: administrative, offense, victim, property, offender, and arrested.

ADT reported in the post that only the main campus of each school is evaluated, and in order be included in the report, the college must have 1000 or more enrolled students. The college can offer either a two or four-year degree and can be a public, private, non-profit or a forprofit campus. The final report not only identifies the schools that are safest in the state but also those safest in the nation.

The college’s statistics have remained fairly consistent over the past 3 years as documented by the Campus Safety and Security Survey Report.

Vincent Moore can be contacted at vmoore@kscequinox.com

STUDENT ASSEMBLY

The student assembly was called to order at 6:30 pm, on Tuesday, Sept. 11. The new business section was opened by the introduction of or new provost Dr. Nancy Fey-Yensan.. Interim President Dr. Melinda Treadwell updated the assembly on where they are as a campus. She was happy to report that they finished FY18 on budget. She said that they have a balanced budget for FY19 including some payroll increases and commitment for some investments. She informed the assembly that there was a 7% increase of students’ admittance despite a rigid application process.

According to Interim President Treadwell, KSC has not lost any students this year since the opening. In fact, three students were gained and typically Keene State loses 19 students by this time of year. She said it is a huge statement for Keene State. She talked about reinvestment in infrastructures and student organizations. However, she says the total enrollment will be low because a large class graduated. President Treadwell said we should expect listening sessions and feedback forms for the things that matter to students in the near future as a part of strategic plans with capital fund investments. She has asked students to help her.

Furthermore, Provost Fey-Yensan talked about Keene State going to two-schools model from three-schools model to create synergy between academic programs.

Director of Campus Safety and Compliance, Jeff Maher talked about how the current shuttle is not a cost effective (or perhaps even necessary) service for the College to be paying for. He said the sum of money spent could be reallocated to provide better services to students.

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Clarification: “Chartwells replaces Sodexo as dining service provider” published sept.

06, 2018 The graphic published in the news section of the equinox was attriburted incorrecrtly.

The graphic featured in the aforementioned article is attributed to Luke Sweeny.

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Keene State College determined safest NH college College can be scary; meeting new people, walking to night classes, juggling all our exams in a week.

But wouldn’t it make you feel better if the college you are currently attending or planning on going to was just determined NH’s safest school of 2018?

The city of Keene is a close community protected by the Keene Police Department, The Keene Fire Department, Campus Safety and many other organizations.

Keene State College is a small school founded on April 9, 1909 right here in Keene, NH. There are approximately 3,800 undergraduates attending KSC according to the Keene State website.

According to world population review there are about 23,000 people living in Keene, which makes it the sixth largest city in NH based on the official 2017 population census.

Campus safety has a group of highly motivated staff located in the Keddy House.

There are specific roles for some of the staff that they individually keep an eye on. Members of Campus Safety can sometimes be seen

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in buildings, especially dorms, and they are also constantly roaming the campus looking out for students. There is always a blue emergency button in sight; even though most of us have never had to use it.

Overall, during the day, KSC is very lively and full of energy. When the sun goes down the tension starts to tighten a little.

At night, whether it’s a night class or being at a friend’s house walking home late at night it can be a little scary.

To be honest, walking anywhere at night is frightening for some. Appian Way is lit at night with some building lights on as well.

There is always help just a call away if a student feels too afraid to walk home.

On-campus most would say that it’s overall a very friendly experience, that’s probably why we were named to safest college campus, but what about when we step off KSC soil?

Does that feeling of security change? In a way we, The Equinox, would have to say yes.

Even though we go to class, eat, or walk around campus for a majority of our day, we do have to go home sometime. Leaving

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campus can be more nerve racking than not; especially in the city of Keene. It’s hard to believe crime could be happening less than a mile away from campus.

Some students over the summer and into this school year have said there has actually been break ins; in their cars and their homes. Keene is not the safest place to be walking around at night. People can come onto campus whenever they like regardless of their state of mind or sobriety, which poses a risk for violence and uncertainty of our safety.

Campus Safety has protocols on campus for someone that comes onto KSC grounds and starts to cause a disruption. Hopefully we all know what to do and where to go for a situation like that, because when that happens we’re very vulnerable.

Not having protection on us, due to KSC policies, can make us feel helpless during a time of emergency.

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The KSC website has the Campus crime and safety report of 2014 to 2016, which shows the basic trends of what has happened on and off campus.

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We have had many good experiences talking to staff and other students on campus.

Talking to our peers helps us feel more aware and welcome.

Surrounding yourself in a group while walking at night or to an off campus location is a great way to stay safe. If you’re ever in a situation where you feel threatened or endangered you can reach the Keene Police department at 603-357-9813 and Campus safety at 603-358-2228.

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Some organizations in New Hampshire are bent on curbing tobacco addiction amongst young adults by raising the age from 18 to 21 for purchasing tobacco products.

In the past 18 years, New Hampshire has only raised the cigarette tax five times, which is considerably less than most states like Illinois, New York, and Connecticut. The state also requires licensing and a permit for manufacturing and distributing tobacco products, which continuously hurts businesses and raises prices.

However, America’s Health Rankings (AHR) reported that in 2017 more people of the ages 18 to 44 in New Hampshire are becoming smokers -particularly among people who have low incomes. So, why would the rate of smoking increase among people who have the least amount of disposable income to spare on a pack of cigarettes?

Recent studies show a rapidly growing trend of e-cigarettes among teenagers and young adults. E-cigarettes do not contain tobacco, they contain nicotine and other harmful substances that allow the FDA to classify it as a tobacco product. In August, WMUR reported that 1 in 4 New Hampshire high school students have used tobacco products in the last month, though more than double used e-cigarettes rather than the traditional cigarette.

The Sentinel reported that major tobacco companies such as R.J. Reynolds, American Tobacco, and Altria, all support the vaping industry.

But why would tobacco companies buy into their competitor unless they made some sort of return?

As The Sentinel editorial suggests, the nicotine in e-cigarette products can pull teens by the lungs to eventually embrace tobacco cigarettes. In other words, nicotine is a gateway drug.

The National Academy of Science and Engineering did a study on the use of vaping products among high schoolers and found that the rate of use increased from 1.5 to 16 percent from 2011 to 2015, and is continuously rising.

A more recent study from the Center for Prevention in Youth Risk Behavior reported on ‘vaping’ use by region and found that nearly 37% of high schoolers in the greater Monadnock Region have smoked an e-cigarette at least once.

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Helping out our neighbors ADRIANA DANIEL

Equinox Staff Where do you eat? Are there any chemicals in your vegetables? In our rapidly changing world, clean eating is growing faster than the national debt.

As a full supporter of a clean diet, I think the best way to go about it is purchasing your daily food groups at the farmer’s market. Not only are you purchasing whole, chemical free food, you are also supporting the local and small businesses in your area.

Coming from the crowded state of New Jersey we have farmers markets, but Shoprites and Wegmans are bigger and easier to find. You don’t have to wait for the market to open again, these stores are open almost 12 hours a day.

Big industry markets are easier to access and shop at, but does that make them better? To this day I prefer a farmer’s market; knowing my food doesn’t have any added preservatives or chemicals in them is something I’m willing to pay for.

Farmer’s markets are not a passing trend. They are here to stay with their award winning food and I can’t help but shop there every week.

When shopping at these marketplaces, the customers and the producers foster a deeper relationship. They can proudly say, when cooking, that “Bruce grows apples and Sue makes my cheese.” It’s much more than walking down a shoprite aisle; the family friendly environment and the community feel is something you can’t unsee or unfeel.

In the Monadnock region, the city of Keene has a beautiful marketplace known as The Farmer’s Market of Keene.

On Tuesday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., these carefully curated selection of vendors show off their homemade cheeses, meats, jewelry, and lotions. Keene’s market places has an interesting gig going on. For customers using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, liken to that of Food Stamps, will get every 10 dollars matched to be used at the market.

Through the Granite State Market Match Program Keene is able to do such work. Customers using SNAP now could walk in with 20 dollars of Food Stamps and will get 20 dollars matched to them.

So instead of only having 20 dollars to spend, they are able to spend 40 dollars on healthy food for their families.

A second beneficiary of this state program are the vendors; these home grown farmers are now given the chance to sell more of their produce.

As a college student it is hard to know sometimes where your food is coming from. Especially at Keene State College, we recently moved from a favorite food vendor to a new one, who is less willing to express what is in their food. Having the chance to freely purchase fresh fruits and vegetables can make all the difference in a day.

If you live in the Monadnock region and can take a moment out of your Saturday definitely test out the market.

Sue will sell you the most delicious chocolate cheese in the world, its butter and smooth texture will have your mouth watering for hours and if you see the father son duo Bruce and Jeremiah ask for their crowd favorite winter squash.

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Students living the #dormlife LINDSAY GIBBONS

Equinox Staff Going off to college is a huge event in many people’s lives. For new students, there are many important decisions to make, such as what to major in and which courses to take.

One of the most important decisions will be which dorm to live in.

According to 2010 Census data analyzed by the State Demographer, there were 50,444 people or about 87%, living in “college/university student housing.”

Dorms are often considered giant “live in” hotels for students living on campus. Most dorms have 2 students per room, which contains two beds, two dressers and two desks.

For some new students, the cramped rooms, new roommates and lack of privacy can be disheartening. However, living in a dorm is one of the quintessential college experiences, and it’s important for new students to experience.

Living in a dorm is a social experience like no other. It is an unparalleled experience that can allow you to make friends and feel like part of a community. Most students who attend college have never lived alone before.

Living in a dorm can be a great way to transition from living at home to living independently.

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Dorms can provide a great nurturing environment to help ease the transition, with residential assistants (RA’s), with other counselors and other helpful staff.

Sharing space with a roommate also teaches students how to negotiate, compromise and adapt. Here at Keene State, students have the option to choose their roommate if they would like, but are most

often assigned randomly. For many, this is the first time they have had to share their living space. Roommates won’t agree on everything.

Working out these disagreements often require considerable compromise, flexibility and mutual respect.

These are all important skills to learn early on in life. It also teaches students about the importance of communication skills. Living har-

moniously with another person requires a lot of work.

Living on campus also lets you live much closer to your classes.

Between academics, work and trying to maintain a consistent sleep schedule, hardly anyone wants to think about a commute to class. This is especially important to underclassmen, who are still adjusting to living independently. Living

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right where their classes are can be a huge burden off their shoulders.

Living in the dorms also gives you better access to campus-sponsored events.

A short walk will take you from your room right into the heart of the action for presentations and events.

Living off campus can make it harder to be aware of all the student sponsored events Keene State has to offer. This can make it difficult for incoming freshman to make friends.

At Keene State College, freshman and sophomores are required to live in a dorm. It can help them make the most of their first two years in college.

There are tons of dorms, both new and old, for students to choose from. Freshman can choose from Carle Hall, Fiske Hall, Holloway Hall, the Living Learning Commons and Huntress Hall.

The most important things for new students to do is evaluate which dorm is best for their particular needs. It’s also important to remember that there is always someone there to help. If you’re stressed out or struggling to cope, you can speak with your RA on possible solutions, or the counseling services on the third floor of Elliot Hall.

Newer and smaller innovations by the e-cigarette industries have lead to the JUUL, a smoking device that closely resembles a thumb drive.

The juice in these devices sometimes may contain 59 milligrams of nicotine per milliliter of liquid. This packs quite a punch for people who are not used to smoking the conventional cigarette, but as their tolerance grows, so will their potential to smoke actual cigarettes.

New Hampshire state legislators have not taken account the flexibility of the vaping industry and its ability to skirt regulations. Vaping is a new trend and a grey area for NH state legislatures.

Recently, the city of Dover, NH, passed a bill that raises the age of purchasing tobacco and vaping products to 21. However, libertarians in the NH House of Representatives claim the policy is too intrusive, so they would only pass the bill if it simultaneously lowers the drinking age from 21 to 20.

The proposal to lower the drinking age specifically states that you must be 21 to purchase alcohol, but you only have to be 20 to possess it.

If the state were to pass such a bill, they would be favoring one vice over another. But, it is likely that neither bill will pass, just as The Boston Globe concludes, “no one in Concord expects either bill to get very far.”

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Afterimage pursues their joint passion for music Photo Editor Five students find their forte at Keene State College and are taking New England by storm one performance at a time.

The student-band, Afterimage, consists of five KSC juniors. Afterimage pianist Jason Coburn said the band originated in September of 2016 when the Bassist Casey Daron wanted to participate in KSC’s Battle of the Bands.

He added he is not part of the original band but since the loss of two members who no longer attend KSC, he and Lead Vocalist Griffin Romprey have been in the main line-up since January of 2017.

Since then, Afterimage has played at multiple venues across New Hampshire and are hoping to progress southward.

Coburn said one of his favorite festivals played was at Pizza Stock in Derry, New Hampshire.

Pizza Stock is a locally created concert in remembrance of Derry resident Jason Flood. The concert consists of multiple bands chosen by the organizers and pizza is given out to attendees.

Pizza Stock co-organizer Douglas Flood said the first Pizzastock was too emotional for him at the time to

really retain which bands played well but five months after, he had heard that Afterimage was playing in a bar and went to see them play. Since then, Flood has been to many concerts in support of the band, including this year's Keene Music Festival.

Daron said aside from his father, Flood has been the band’s biggest supporter.

Flood said, “They definitely, over the years, have been getting better. They are getting tighter and they are gelling together better.”

Other venues that appealed to the band members are times such as when they played at a Fisher Cats’ game earlier in May, the Bungalow in Manchester, and other big festivals.

When asked about their music, Daron said that each member of the band contributes in their own way.

He said most of the time he and Guitarist Brandon Curcio write most main melodies, Romprey writes his own lyrics, and Coburn and Drummer Andy LeCuyer figure out how to play along as a “last element” , the structure is similar to improvisational jazz. Daron said the music always seems to work out when they compile their efforts together.

Each member of Afterimage seemed to describe their music as a blended genre. Coburn said, “We’ll

take three or four different sounds and mold them into one… we honestly have a hard time pinpointing what [our music style is].”

While their music may have not have a specific genre to it, Coburn, Romprey and Daron said they are commonly compared to bands like Black Sabbath, Rush and 90s bands like Weezer.

KSC junior Danielle Vallee is a fan of the band and said the music genre is not her go-to but the band’s unique sound and fun dynamic makes concerts enjoyable.

Flood said Afterimage’s effort and talent shows in their performances. “They are really polite and nice kids,” he said.

From when he first met the band two summers ago, he said their music has evolved and become a pleasing mix of older and newer sounds to appeal to a wide range of ages.

He added the band members are genuinely happy to play their music for people.

Romprey said the band has helped him grow his confidence as well as share his message with people.

He said, “It’s more of an outlet than for monetary gain. My friends back home are always like ‘How much money have you made?’ and I [said] ‘I don’t think I’ve

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ever thought about how much money we’ve made from gigs because it was never about that with me.” He added, “It’s always been about having fun and expression.”

As the band prepares for their concert at the Bungalow in Manchester on September 30, Romprey and Daron said their long-term goal is to venture south and spread their music through New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

The band is also currently working on their first album.

Daron said, “I think a lot of people do this as a hobby; they think it’s fun. It is fun for us too but if we could make this our career, we would.” He added the band members have what it takes to push forward and pursue their goals.

Flood said, “The talent is there, the drive seems to be there… either individually or collectively, they can go as far as the want.”

Vallee also said the band has the potential to be successful in their goals, “They can easily do really really well, just somebody needs to spot them.”

Angelique Inchierca can be contacted at ainchierca@kscequinox.com

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children toting firearms and a black gospel choir. Glover opens fire on the choir, a seeming reference to the Charleston church mass shooting of 2015.”

Glover has not made any comment about the symbolism in the video, which leaves it open to interpretation of the viewer.

However, with the title of the song and the imaginy seen in the video it is clearly calling out the issues in current American culture, primarily concerning racism.

As Carmichael puts it, “I think with Glover, he wants to be putting out the concerns of black folk, of folks who are voiceless in this world. And I think he wants to present it in a way where it's as challenging to his audience as it is to those outside on a mass scale."

Another artist that used their music video as a platform to call out issues with our society was Father John Mister, also known as Josh Tillman.

Not receiving as much attention as “This is America”, Tillman released a song in 2017 titled “Pure Comedy.” The song addresses issues of death, injustice, human vanity and politics. Things that Tillman does not see right with our country.

The artist specifically attacks Trump with the lyric, “Where did they find these goons they elected to rule them?” showing images of him in the music video.

While some artists chose to talk the issues we are facing, others have created an escapist lifestyle.

An example of this is the artist Lil Pump and his song “Gucci Gang.”

Lil Pump got his start on the online streaming app, Soundcloud in 2016.

He was later signed to a record label and released his song “Gucci

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Gang.” While the song is in a sense mindless, it creates an escape from everyday life and lets the listener imagine the life they wish they had.

The song is about everything he

can afford now that he has made it big.

This structures the idea that anyone can make it on Soundcloud, YouTube, or any other social media

platform.

Our society right now is instantaneous, which is reflected in our music and who is popular.

What will people see looking

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back at the music of the 2010s? Will they see people that were trying to strive for political and social change?

Or will they see people that

were trying to tune it out, and look the other way?

Erin McNemar can be contacted at emcnemar@kscequinx.com

Poems By Isabel A woman’s life is defined by the space she takes up, Or lack thereof.

Be gentle, be quiet, step softly, don’t speak too loud.

This is how I spent the majority of my years, Shrinking myself down to the smallest I can be, An atom floating in timelessness.

I wore my hair straight, dull.

Drank the kool-aid and kissed boys without tongue, Afraid they would taste my secrets.

Tried to open my third eye elevate my senses Step into the others girls skin and make something Pretty of myself.

I hit mecca, found myself in empty cigarette cartons and tequila bottles, In another mans bed In my own bed In a foggy basement where I sat down and took a space unapologetically.

Once you accept that life is too short To go out quietly, things seem to slow down.

Or speed up maybe, I haven’t seemed to Pay attention to time, just the tune And rhythm of my own fantasies.

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Review: Three Identical Strangers JACQUELINE PANTANO

Equinox Staff Three twin brothers were separated at birth. Each one was adopted by a different family.

Each family part of a different social-economic class. David was adopted by a bluecollar family, Eddy by a middle-class family and Robert by an upper-class family.

The triplets meet for the first time at 19 years old.

They instantly became inseparable. They became a worldwide sensation. Everybody loved them.

Everybody wanted to meet them. However, what appears to be a joyful reunion of three charming triplets now inseparable friends, exciting to the public for its coincidental nature, happy ending and lovable protagonists, hides dark, controversial secrets.

Three Identical Strangers is a documentary unfolding and questioning those secrets.

Questions will be asked and answered through a journey across these triplets’ lives.

2018 Sundance Film Festival award winner for the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Storytelling, with a 97% approval rating

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based on 116 reviews on the site aggregator Rotten Tomatoes and with an 81 score out of 100 based on 28 critics on Metacritic, Three Identical Strangers by Director Tim Wardle is a critically acclaimed film.

Three Identical Strangers engages the viewer successfully by kindling questions such as, why have these twins been separated?

Is it a coincidence that each one was adopted by one of the three basic social-economic classes that make Western society?

Has their separation affected them? Who are their birth parents? The truth is not pleasant. Three Identical Strangers is a documentary on what seems to be a conspiracy theory but isn’t actually a conspiracy theory.

The questions, that as a viewer, you will probably ask yourself, throughout the viewing of the film, will all be valid and treated as such by the filmmaker behind this interesting and amusing documentary.

Trust your instinct. Something feels fishy and it undoubtedly is.

Pictures of the twins growing up, modern-day interviews of the twins throughout the whole film, some reenacted moments of their lives, such as their first encounter, with a voice-over of the twins recounting these

events and footage of their television interviews during their time in the spotlight, take the audience on this trip of discovery.

Discovery of how events, experiences and traumas affected these triplets. You will find out who they are and why.

Three Identical Strangers is capturing because of the uncontrollable desire to find out more about these triplets and their past, moving because you empathize with the twins.

Eddy, Robert and David are all presented as likable, pleasant, endearing characters. It is not hard to feel with them and for them.

Controversial secrets, hidden mysteries shadowed by a pleasant, merry looking scenario, keep the audience hooked. Lovable and charming characters engage the audience emotionally.

The denial must be broken; our instinct must be satisfied, and we must see justice for the characters we now care about.

Three Identical Strangers is all that; a wellcrafted mystery documentary with endearing characters.

Are you interested in writing for A&E?

Arts and Entertainment Editor Erin McNemar (908) 328-9752

Jacqueline Pantano can be contacted at jpantano@kscequinox.com

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The cost of art majors together so you can tie what you’re learning to different areas of interest and be able to connect better to the campus as a whole,” she continued. “In order for the campus to be more well rounded and part of the liberal arts curriculum, it’s important to have art included in that as well.”

Erin McNemar can be contacted at emcnemar@kscequinox. com

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Looking at society through music ERIN MCNEMAR

Arts & EntErtAinmEnt Editor For centuries now music has been one of the most universal forms of expression. It can give people a look into your mind, and help them understand how you think or feel. Most importantly, it can be shared and assist in coming up with a common idea or voice.

Music has become a kind of timeless artifact for future generations to see what society was like in the past. It’s a way to understand the viewpoints and political climates of those that came before us.

Musicians will often find their inspiration by looking at the world around them.

During the Vietnam War, dozens of artists such as The Animals, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Aretha Franklin, released songs expressing their position on the war.

Likewise, similar concepts came out of other controversial periods of time for example the civil rights movement.

One of the most famous time periods of

change in not only the country but in music was the Psychedelia and the Psychedelic movement. The movement is considered to have lasted from 1960-1975.

According to an article written by The Guidance stating the top 50 albums that changed music, 18 out of 50 of the albums came from that 15 year span of time.

The height of the music during the Psychedelic movement is considered to be 1967, otherwise known as The Summer of Love.

The Summer of Love give us albums such as Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, and also debuted music from Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, and the Grateful Dead.

The Summer of Love symbolized a large counterculture movement where the youth of America began to regret the ideals of their parents and the norms of the 1950s.

By listening to the music emerging from this time period, we are able to get a better understand of how the youth of America may have felt rather than just reading about it in a textbook.

With that in mind, it raises the question

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At Keene State College, students are able to pursue their desired field of study while also obtaining a liberal arts education. This is in part due to the college’s Integrative Studies Program [ISP].

The Keene State College website states the following about the ISP program.“Yes, you’ll develop the skills you need to be proficient in your major, but you’ll also understand how those skills are connected by studying the arts and the sciences. That way, if the specific skills you learn, or the career you’ve prepared for, become replaced by something new down the road, you’ll have the flexibility and creativity to adapt to a changing world.”

Part of ISP is completing 1-2 Fine and Performing Arts classes, or IA classes. IA classes include music, art, theater and dance, film, english and architecture. In order to graduate, students will need to take at least one class in one of those fields.

Senior Ashley Chapman, who is majoring in Graphic Design, stated what she thinks the value of having art as an ISP is. “I think it’s important that the art requirement is part of the ISP program,” Chapman said.

First year Christopher DeMarco shared in this opinion explaining that although he is an exercise science major, he thinks that the arts are valuable to learn. “I think it’s important because art allows you to express yourself. Whether it be through film, film production or even just drawing,” DeMarco said.

However part of the criticism of including art as an ISP is the cost of the material for classes.

Students taking studio art classes are required to go out and buy materials as they would for any other class, but these materia l s

carry a large price tag according to some students.

Sophomore Dylan Fitch, who took Drawing 1 last semester, talked about what it was like having to pay for the supplies for the class. “I didn’t like it. From what I have been told the prices fluctuate a lot and last year was better than normal, but still it costs a lot of money for art supplies and they run out pretty quickly. It’s like paying for textbooks that wear out,” Fitch said.

Although the cost of art supplies for these studio art classes is high, Chapman explained there are other options and it’s up to the student to decide what they want to take. “ There are different ways you can fulfill a program. There’s music or dance or studio art or graphic design or theater, there’s a whole bunch of different ones, so it’s really up to the student to decide which one they want to take. If you decide you want to take a studio art class, there should be a notice saying that there will be an expensive list to buy, but at the same time every course has materials that they need to purchase.”

Chapman went on the state her opinion on the ISP program as a whole. “I think the ISP program is important because it’s supposed to integrate all the

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how does current music reflect our culture and how will people look back on it?

We are currently living in a strange period in time. By looking at the results of the 2016 Presidential election, we are able to see the polarization in American especially concerning politics.

The vote was essentially split with Hillary Clinton winning the popular vote, but having the electoral college turn on those that voted democrat and elect Donald Trump.

This means that the country has a president that majority of those that voted didn’t want.

Because of this there has been a rise identity group politics, meaning people expect you to be completely faithful to your political party.

Both parties are now moving further in the specified direction, creating intense disagreement in policy and conflict in America.

As Amy Chua writes in her book, Political Tribes, “The Left believes that right-wing

tribalism—bigotry, racism—is tearing the country apart. The Right believes that leftwing tribalism—identity politics, political correctness—is tearing the country apart.

They are both right.”

Looking at this from the perspective of music, there are two school of thought.

Those that want to use their musical platform to speak out against what they believe is wrong, and those that feel catch in the middle and are looking for an escape.

Back in May of 2018, Childish Gambino, as knowns as Donald Glover, released the music video for his song, “This is America”.

In an analysis of the video done by NPR, NPR Music hip-hop journalist Rodney Carmichael said, "The South African melodies suddenly give way to this really dark Southern American trap music. The rest of the video is this barrage of symbolism and chaos."

According to the article, the video contains “Jim Crow imagery, dancing school-

Many people across the world partake in singing as a daily activity or hobby. Some sing for fun, while others sing competitively or professionally.

Lots of people sing in the shower, or hum while doing chores.

Either way, singing is a significant part in most people’s lives. But have you ever wondered what really happens to your brain when you sing?

Many people say that they feel content when they sing, and there is actually a scientific reason for this. Upon singing, the brain releases chemical hormones called endorphins throughout the body.

Endorphins are most commonly known as the “happy chemicals,” that cause an analgesic effect in a person, and make them smarter, happier, and healthier.

“Singing makes me feel relaxed,” says Caroline Hentz, a Keene State College Sophomore. “I very much enjoy it.

It feels like endorphins are just rushing through my body. I sing almost whenever I can.”

Some people even use singing as a coping mechanism. It’s comforting, and helps people get rid of any negative thoughts. “I can escape reality and kind of go into my own world,” says Alyssa Grosso, a KSC Freshmen.

“I can take whatever I’m feeling in that moment and portray it into the song I’m singing, even if it’s the opposite of what the song is saying.”

Others feel the most like themselves when they sing; real, and genuine.

Singing alone is great for your brain, but what is even better, is singing in a group with others.

According to “The Neuroscience of Singing,” by Cassandra Sheppard, when singing with others, the effects of endorphins are amplified.

“The most recent research suggests that group singing is the most exhilarating and transformative of all,” says Sheppard.

“The research suggests that creating music together evolved as a tool of social living. Groups and tribes sang and danced together to build loyalty, transmit vital information, and ward off enemies.”

While there are many benefits to singing, sometimes it can also be stressful or nerve-wracking for people, especially during something like an audition.

“I feel self-conscious sometimes when I sing, but also, good because it’s fun. It’s kind of a juxtaposition for me.” Laughlin Hentz, a KSC Sophomore says.

During times of stress, especially when someone is dealing with anxiety and nervousness, the vocal cords will tighten, causing the voice to strain resulting in inaccurate pitches.

At this point, the brain is no longer sending endorphins throughout the body. Instead, the hormone cortisol is released to try and reduce stress and anxiety.

It is also very important to know how to deal with anxiety and stress during auditions, so as to prevent damage to the vocal cords.

Doing vocal exercises, and drinking tea before an audition can help reduce stress, and even anxiety, which will avert any harm to the voice.

Overall, singing is a good thing, that makes the brain happy, and protecting the voice during times that anxiety is high, is necessary for maintaining healthy vocal chords.

Whether you are a professional singer, or just like to sing for fun, continue to do it. It can only benefit you in the long run.

Veronica Pamphile can be contacted at vpamphile@kscequinox.com

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Domiciled to resident NH makes it harder for out-of-state students to vote in 2019 SEBASTIEN MEHEGAN

adMinistrativE ExEcutivE Editor With classes, housing, rent and work there are now changes in voting laws that students will have to worry about.

On March 6, 2018 the NH House voted 171144 in favor House Bill (HB) 1264; a bill that specifically focuses on the definitions and differences between “domiciled” versus “resident”. The bill specifies that a voter must be a “resident” of the state in order to be able to vote.

To classify as a resident the voter must have a NH driver’s license or a car registered in the state. Contrary to popular belief, the bill will not take effect during the upcoming elections.

The definitions of these words being specifically classified will make it harder for out of state students to vote as most who come from out of state typically don’t register their cars in state or file for a NH driver’s license.

NextGen America is a political activist organization who, this year, is working on “register[ing], motivat[ing], and turn[ing] out more than 250,000 young people [in America] to vote,” according to their website. NextGen invited KSC students to an off campus event Thursday, August 30, to eat and sign a pledge to vote in this election KSC junior Tara Bateman said she was at the event because it’s important to stay politically active. Tara said her reaction to finding out about HB 1264 was one of surprise. “Just because [voting as an out of state student] was an option before and whenever you take away options it’s always a surprise.”

Former State Representative of Ward 1 Joseph Stallcop said, “I think I had a problem because this, in my opinion, was mainly done in order to yank back on student votes.”

Stallcop said, “Giving people the ability and freedom to voice their opinion to voice their vote and giving them the understanding of all the options available is just the most important thing.”

New Hampshire Media Manager of NextGen America Kristen Morris said she is thankful the bill won’t affect voters until 2019. “It’s

not a factor, you know, this fall. And I think, with how fired up students are, we are going to see an explosion of youth turnout,” Morris said.

Morris’ prediction follows the outcome of the voting turnout for the 2016 election compared to that of 2012. According to a study done by Tufts University the percentage of college students in the US who turned out to vote increased from 45.1% to 48.3%.

NextGen Deputy Organizing Director Bryan Rogers said that many of the people he has spoken to on our campus and over the summer seem to be either misinformed or just outraged. “A lot of students have heard about it already and don’t necessarily know the specifics about it and a lot of students are telling me ‘oh well I can’t vote here this fall. I have to vote back home.’”

Bryan said for out of state students, it makes little sense to have them go home to cast a vote in a place they won’t be living for the next four years.

Stallcop likewise said, “With people coming here and living here... we have to follow the laws of NH so basically you are forced to follow laws by being in a location but having no say in those laws at all.”

Stallcop said his problem with the voting changes isn’t that students won’t be able to vote. “My issue is; could they go ahead and do an absentee ballot? Yes. I think the issue is [that] it’s making things more difficult,” Stallcop said.

NextGen invited KSC students to eat and sign a pledge to vote this election at an off campus event Thursday, August 30.

NextGen also had set up a table in the LP. Young Student Center during the first-year Welcome Days. Their goal on campus was to educate and inform students about HB 1268 and to ask for students’ signatures and to pledge to vote in this 2018 election.

Sebastien Mehegan can be contacted at smehegan@kscequinox.com

Trying to beat the heat CAROLINE PERRY

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Managing ExEcutivE Editor High temperatures on campus in the past week has caused considerable discomfort among the students and faculty, as well as in the classrooms and dorms.

With the lack of AC (air conditioning) in many individual classrooms and dorms, the question now is how unhealthy is it for students to be subjected to these temperatures throughout the day, and how do they affect students daily performance?

According to research done by Dunn and Dunn of Learning, an online assessment platform, studies found that when temperatures are too hot or too cold, the brain is constantly reminding the body to do something about that condition, and because of the constant interruption, it is hard for the student to stay focused.

Another study done by an undergrad at Loyola University found that air temperature has an impact on memory ability.

Researchers used a computer generated memory test, at which 52 students were randomly selected, participated in memory tests in rooms with varying temperatures. Room temperatures were set at 72, 80 and 64 degrees Fahrenheit.

The study found that in the environment with temperatures of 80 or 64 degrees, memory was impacted negatively.

Test scores were significantly higher in the classroom where the temperature was 72 degrees.

As for students, sophomore Brian White said that the temperature in his dorm has been very uncomfortable.

The sophomore, who lives in a single in Holloway, said the lack of AC has made focusing, as far as studying and doing homework, much more difficult. “When it’s that hot you don’t feel like doing anything. You especially don’t want to return to a hot dorm and have to focus on a days worth of homework. That’s why I’ve been going to cooler areas, just so I can finish my homework and cool off,” said White.

Despite having fans and temperatures gradually lowering as the sun goes down, White said it’s been an unusually hot and uncomfortable past couple of weeks. “I’ve just been trying to stay hydrated and get some air flow into my room as the air cools. AC would be a major perk, I think it would definitely help the students academically and just health wise, but again we can’t really control the weather,” said White.

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White hasn’t been the only student feeling the heat, as senior Julia Babbitt has been experiencing the same feeling while attending her class in Morrison Hall.

With no AC or even fans in most of the classrooms on the third floor of Morrison, the temperatures can rise to an easy 90 degrees on any given day.

Last week Babbitt said one of her classes in Morrison was extremely hot, which led to the class being let out early.

“The professor said he could tell people were losing focus because of the heat,” explained Babbitt.

The senior said that the heat is very draining and that

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no matter how much water you drink, nothing seems to help with the fatigue.

“Being in a hot classroom makes me tired and gives me a headache, causing me to lose focus. It doesn’t just affect me while in the classroom, later on I still feel lethargic,” said Babbitt.

She added that often times instead of doing her home-

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One of the biggest challenges that college students face is knowing what they want to do for the rest of their lives and choosing classes accordingly.

A study released by the U.S. Department of Education said about a third of first time college students will change majors within three years. Keene State College has systems in place to accomodate for students still deciding on their future.

Keene State College (KSC) allows for a day during orientation for first-years to sit down with academic advisers to choose their classes for the next semester or to declare their major.

Academic Adviser Gloria Lodge said during this time the academic advisers will choose two classes for the incoming first-years and will then allow the students to choose two more.

Lodge said before she signs the perspective student up for anything she’ll ask some leading questions to steer them in the right direction.

Lodge said, “I’ll say ‘what do you want to do, what interests you? What did you enjoy most in high school as far as classes go? What would you do for a job or career if you didn’t have to worry about how much it pays?”

Lodge said, “There are some people who have a psychology degree and they are high up in management position and make six figures.” She added it depends on what interests you, who you connect with and what you find for jobs to help you move up. “If someone is undecided they are assigned to an adviser in the [Academic and Career Advising] Center and we invite them to come and talk to us a couple of different times in the semester,” Lodge said.

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Seeking out resources for stress that emotional stress with transitioning into those first weeks of college,” said Quigley.

Jessica Caldwell is the President Getting through that first week of school can be tough, but for many college of the Active Minds Club on campus, which students, it doesn’t exactly get easier after is, “...about raising awareness of mental health and fighting the stigma that is it’s over.

Brian Quigley, the Director of The around mental health,” said Caldwell.

Caldwell said that many students Counseling Center says that, “Research shows the first six through eight weeks feel stressed because it may be the first is the most challenging period of college time they moved away from home, and that it, “...can be hard for people to come around that transition.”

Likewise, Quigley said, “For many out of their shell and meet new people.”

John Finneran is an associate people, staying patient through that professor in the addiction option for the period gets them through successfully.”

Luckily for Keene State College Department of Public Health, as well as the Students, there are many resources for get- advisor for the Active Minds Club.

Finneran said that you should ting the help a student may need during never worry alone, and “...there’s no place this adjustment period.

For academic help, Quigley said for the worry to go except to stay inside he suggests taking advantage of help and get bigger,” if you don’t reach out to from professors, advisors, the Aspire someone.

Mental health is, “...a silent epioffice, tutoring resources, the Academic and Career Advising center, and the Dean demic that we don’t talk enough about,” said Finneran. of Students office.

There are also a plethora of ways Many students also struggle emotionally during the transition period, and students can self soothe when they start to Quigley said those student’s should reach feel stressed. Quigley said to, “...find ways out to the counseling center and that they to distract yourself from what’s creating are, “...available to help students during the stress,” like engaging in hobbies, or watching Netflix or Youtube. what is often typical of transition.”

In addition, exercise is also a great The office of Transition and Parent Programs is also a great place for students way to reduce stress. “It releases helpful to seek help. Quigley said that, “She [Casey brain chemicals that help people feel more Justice, director of Transitions and Parent relaxed,” said Finneran.

Quigley said that students should Programs] has a staff whose role is to help students around this transition in a more considering seeking help, “...any time they start to see it as a fearing in their life, in a centralized way,” said Quigley.

In addition, Quigley said the way it’s become hard to manage.”

“At the end of the day if you don’t Center for Health and Wellness is available to, “...support students who would like to know, any time is a good time to reach out see medical professionals for things they to us. No problem is too small,” said Quigley. are struggling with.”

Izzy Harris Other soft resources Quigley can be contacted at suggests to students are staff members iharris@kscequinox.com of residential life. “They are trained and experienced in helping students navigate IZZY HARRIS

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work after dealing with the heat all day, that she instead needs to nap.

“The heat basically sucks the energy out of me,” Babbitt said.

After many recommendations to place fans within Morrison, the hall received several fans in the hottest of classrooms.

The Associate Dean of Student and Director of Residential Life Kent Drake-Deese said that although it is unfortunate that the weather has been in the higher temperatures, that there is not much that can be done. “There was an email with suggestions on how to stay cooler.

So those areas [residential dorms without AC] got it. Unfortunately areas like Huntress and the Owls Nests, it's just not possible to retrofit them with AC,” said Drake-Deese.

Despite not being able to install AC in the dorms without it, KSC is still making sure their students and faculty know how to stay hydrated and stay cooler throughout the day, added Drake-Deese.

With the unexpected heat wave beginning to cool down, students can look forward to cooler rooms and a better ability to focus on their academics.

Caroline Perry can be contacted at cperry@kscequinox.com

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Exploring the local region of Keene HALEIGH PATCH

Equinox Staff As a new semester starts, so does the constant stress of school work, along with adapting to new professors and schedules. When its finally the weekend, there’s socializing and partying to get your mind off of academics and enjoying time with your friends. It’s also when most people enjoy what Keene has to offer off campus.

Let’s start with downtown Keene, where you see students constantly walking up and down Main Street. There’s bookstores, coffee shops, restaurants and bars, just to name a few. Also, most of the restaurants and bars have the kind of deals no college student could resist. Cobblestone Ale House has delicious food and drinks that are affordable. They have 50 cent wings along with daily drink and food specials. You will find a lot of students there enjoying the fun atmosphere without having to spend a ton of money. Ramunto’s offers ‘Late Night Slices’ every Thursday through Saturday night from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. I mean, who could say no to a two dollar slice of pizza after a night of drinking?

Craving Mexican food while ballin’ on a budget? Margaritas offers a ‘College Night’ deal with half off entrees, five dollar margaritas, and three dollar Bud Lights and Tecate every Wednesday. They also have ‘All you can Eat Tacos’ every Tuesday for $9.99 and late night specials every day of the week.

Most places in Keene not located on Main Street have great deals and promotions for students as well.

The Dunkin Donuts on West Street gives students 10 percent off if you display your school ID at the counter. Keene Cinemas movie theater on Key Road gives KSC students a dollar off when purchasing tickets.

You could even get together with a group of friends and go to Yankee Lanes bowling alley for college night on Wednesdays for $1.09 per person, per game and another $1.09

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for shoe rental. They have a bar with cheap drinks and deliver the food you order right to your lane.

There are plenty of other restaurants in Keene students enjoy.

There’s your basic chain restaurants like Applebee’s, LongHorn Steakhouse and Chilis. For the people who love sushi, Koto Japanese Steakhouse is a hibachi and sushi

bar that has half off sushi every Sunday through Thursday all day.

You will find students taking advantage of the more “outdoorsy” activities as well. There are hiking trails such as Ashuelot River park which has a river and bike path along with the trails. Surry Mountain Lake Park offers hiking trails and a beach to swim at. There are

other places to swim such as Otter Brook Beach right off Route 9 and the Gilsum Gorge off of Surry Road where you will find many students and families jumping off rocks into a natural pool of water.

For how small the city of Keene is, there is still the perk of having so many places to go and hang out with friends without even needing a car.

Most are walking distance and create deals to accommodate broke college students and to draw them in, why not take advantage of it?

Haleigh Patch can be contacted at hpatch@kscequinox.com

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Determining the right path cided but I’m leaning more towards this’ we can at least recommend the classes for them to take to get them started on the right courses.”

Lodge said she went to college for social work which she then converted into human resources. From there she moved on to being an assistant vice president of a bank for human resources. She said she came to work at keene state because she likes working with people one-on-one.

“The most important thing is to keep an open mind.”

Lodge said.

KSC Career Adviser Beverly Behrmann said she personally helps, primarily, juniors and seniors look for jobs and internships for when they graduate.

Behrmann also said because she has experience working overseas she plays a big role in helping students either work or intern out of the country.

Behrmann said, “One of the philosophies I hope to instill is to cast a wide net, and keep many possibilities open.”

After behrmann graduated with a degree in history she went to japan and taught english.

She has worked carpentry and now works at Keene state College.

“It’s really good to develop skills and know what you’re good at and know what your interests are, and does that

match what you want to do as a vocation.”

She said she’ll sit down to talk to students about what they see themselves doing and how they could transition from different careers where they might still use the skill they learned at KSC. KSC Alumnis Ryan Murray graduated as a Sustainable Product Design and Innovation (SPDI) major and a management minor in 2016.

Murray said, “Right after college I got a job at Gemini Valve as an engineering technician.” After that Murray Bought a pizza shop close to his hometown.

Ryan said he wanted to buy the shop because it was the place he worked at in high school, he worked at dominos in Keene and he had his minor in management so he knew how to lead and was familiar with risk analysis.

He said he saw that it was for sail and said “Why not.”

Behrmann additionally commented on the fact that in the past very few freshman and sophomores have come by to be advised, however the number has been growing recently.

Sebastien Mehegan can be contacted at smehegan@kscequinox.com

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“What instrument do you play? Were you self-taught or professionally taught?”

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“I used to play Clarinet. [I am] self-taught.”

- Ashley Cox

“I was taught in classes. [I play the] Baritone Saxophone.”

- Liam Mullen

“I used to play the tenner saxophone back in middle school. I wasn’t self-taught, I was taught by the teacher there. It was really a lot of fun.”

- Jeremy Murdock

“I used to play the clarinet when I was in fourth grade, now I play a little bit of piano. [I am] selftaught” - Julia Hawkins

“I play the Flute and the piccolo and piano. [I was taught] professionally.”

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“I used to play the trumpet when I was in elementary school. I took band lessons at school.”

- Khourey Derderian

“I sing and I do guitar. [I am] self-taught.”

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Walking for Cystic Fibrosis

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The KSC sorority Delta Phi Epsilon hosted a walk for Cystic Fibrosis on September 7. Together the sorority walked downtown Keene to show their awareness to the foundation and to the community. All together they raised eight-hundred dollars, only two-hundred dollars away from their original goal.

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A Peculiar Afternoon on Melgrove Fields: Part One JULIA MESSINGER

equinox StAff A soft gust of warm wind ruffled the dry leaves clinging to the maple trees. Their branches were at the stage of almost peeling, the bark fading into a light gray and stripping off in curls.

The rustling of dying leaves is a constant sound in this orchard of maples. Not many like this exist, a whole rolling field of maple trees. In fact, this one might as well be the only.

The weather stays constant over this area. Dim, cloudy skies that seem to stretch on forever, just like the trees do. Every day around noon the sun will fight to peek out from behind the clouds; even muted, the streaming sunlight will warm the springy, green hills enough that any feet traversing the landscape will feel the raw life pulsing up through the earth.

Speaking of feet, it’s rumored that only one pair now feels the cool blades rush underneath their running toes. Currently, that same pair was splayed out in the field beneath one particular maple tree, connected to legs which were spread underneath the heat of the emerging sun.

These legs belonged to a body of broad stature; a torso with wide shoulders which sprouted long arms and a head crowned with rich, red ringlets. In the summer, these ringlets matched perfectly with the deep maroon of maple leaves. Now, the leaves littering the ground around where the curls sat in the grass resembled more the color of the hair of an elder.

A soft, pale hand swung up from its resting position on the ground and scratched lightly at a

spot next to a button nose littered with freckles. Said nose then proceeded to scrunch up, twitching until the itch went away. Emerald green eyes squinted up through feathered eyelashes at the sky, steadily brightening; these eyes knew very well that this would be the peak of brightness today, and that they wouldn’t have to squint much longer once the sun was swallowed by the dark, gray clouds once again.

Dark red, well-groomed eyebrows sat right above these green eyes. Every feature on this fairy’s face stood out in stark contrast to his pale skin.

He’s not the only of his kind.

He remembers often how he and his siblings would frolic about the fields, climbing the ancient trees and taunting each other playfully from the highest branches.

Strangely, at some point that now blurred in his memory, everyone disappeared. The fairy truthfully cannot remember what exactly happened; he doesn’t think that anything tragic ripped his family away from him. It’s just the matter that at one point they were there and then at another they were gone.

The only thing he’s sure of is that his name is Aerus. (Pronounced Air-is. He would always pout stubbornly and whine, “That’s how it’s supposed to be said!”, when his siblings would taunt him by calling him Ay-ee-ris.)

Aerus wonders sometimes if he’s just got something wrong with the part of his brain that’s supposed to remember things.

He thinks this mostly because the only memories he possesses are about his early childhood, up

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until about his thirteenth cycle.

Speaking of, another thing he’s (pretty) sure of is that he just passed his twenty-third earth cycle, which also adds more concern as to why he can’t remember anything substantial past the last Moon Festival.

"Speaking of feet, it’s rumored that only one pair now feels the cool blades rush underneath their running toes."

Have you ever looked at a video on social media, thought, “huh, cool” and moved on?

Well, it happens to the best of us. But what does it really take to create a short, little video on something? My name’s Jesse; I’m a film production major here at Keene State College. I’ve made LOTS of videos, and, well, it’s actually quite a process to make a short film.

There’s five elements: scripting, casting, shooting, editing and producing. The script can be done two ways, either by a text table, or on a professional screenwriting program. The text table is simple: you have 5 columns: scene numbers, action instructions, dialogue, location and special camera features. These columns are a pretty good way of giving instructions to the cast and crew. Using a screenwriting program is tricky though. There is lots of formatting that you have to do, but there are software programs for that. If you’ve ever seen a legit movie script, that’s what it’s like. Even for short videos.

Casting is one of the hardest parts of the video making process. A lot of videos have characters in them. Being on a college campus is hard because you either ask one of your friends who is not a good actor whatsoever, or you ask a kid from the acting department and hope they are not occupied with some other video.

Coordinating shooting times with actors is hard as well. It will sometimes take weeks for a two minute video to finish being shot. As the producer, I also need to coordinate camera equipment and location availabilities along with my actors’ schedules. Then it all comes down to the weather, which simply cannot be controlled.

After all the scenes are done, in multiple takes, the editing begins. Mashing together sometimes hundreds of shots for a video is a long, painstaking process. You pick out the best ones, cut them accordingly and sometimes mess around with the order.

Lastly comes the production. Once the video is edited it is time to save the master file and upload it somewhere. The smaller you are in the industry, the harder it is for people to see your video, so having a stable social network appearance is best. But if you don’t have that, then it takes more time and effort to reach that level.

Well, there you have it. The video-making process in a nutshell.

RECIPE OF THE MONTH

Fall Season Cinnamon Apple Cumb Cake LAURA ROMANIELLO

Art Director It’s becoming that time of year when the air cools down and the leaves start to change. Whether it’s your favorite season or not, fall is exceptionally great because of all the sweet treats you can make during this time of year. With apple picking almost in-season, it’s hard to resist the urge to bake a warm dish to satisfy your sweet tooth and keep your company happy. Everyone loves a homemade dessert! Since apple picking isn’t in full swing yet, I am going to give you something different than the classic apple pie. Today, I’m going to give you the recipe for the best Cinnamon Apple Crumb Cake you’ve ever had in your life. It’s so moist and so delightful! You’ll probably eat the whole cake in one sitting! Let’s get to it:

Ingredients: For cinnamon streusel crumb topping: - 1 and 1/2 cups flour - 1/2 cup brown sugar - 1/4 cup granulated sugar - 1/2 teaspoon salt - 1 teaspoon cinnamon - 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg - 1/2 cup butter -melted - 1/2 teaspoon vanilla - 1 large (or 2 small) tart apples-peeled and chopped For Cake: - 4 Tablespoons butter - 1/2 cup granulated sugar - 1 large egg - 1 teaspoon vanilla - 1/2 cup sour cream - 1 cup flour - 1/4 teaspoon baking soda - 1/4 teaspoon salt - 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

Apple cider glaze: - 1/2 cup powdered sugar - 1 and 1/2 – 2 Tablespoons apple cider Preheat the oven to 350 F. Grease 9x9 cake pan and line the bottom with parchment paper (or use nonstick spray), set aside.

To make cinnamon streusel crumb: first in a bowl, whisk together dry ingredients. Then add melted butter and vanilla and stir until the mixture is evenly moist, set aside, too.

To make the cake: in a large bowl, cream together 4 tbsp butter with 1/2 cup sugar until light and fluffy, then add egg and beat well. Finally, add vanilla and sour cream and beat again.

In another bowl, stir together 1 cup flour, baking soda, salt, and baking powder and add to the butter mixture, stir until just combined.

Spread half the batter at the bottom of the pan (it will be very thin layer). Spread the apple chunks evenly over the batter, then sprinkle about 1 cup of the cinnamon streusel crumbs over the apples. Spread the remaining batter over the crumbs and on top spread the rest of the cinnamon streusel.

Bake for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

To make the glaze, whisk together powdered sugar with apple cider and drizzle over the cake.

The end result is a warm, moist, meltin-your-mouth dessert that will “wow” any guest! Trying to prove to your boyfriend/girlfriend that you can bake? Try this recipe out and they’ll surely be begging for more!

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Meet Nicole Ebbighausen

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KSC’s Newest Assistant Athletic Trainer ASHLEY ARNOLD

SportS Editor In March, 2006, Ebbighausen’s senior year of high school, she was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, taking away her ability to participate in sports.

“Knowing I was going into athletic training, it was nice because I knew I would still get to be around sports. Even though I can’t play, I can still be apart of the athletic world, which has always been a big part of my life growing up,” she said.

Ebbighausen said she attended Springfield College that fall, still undergoing treatment and chemotherapy. Her cancer was in remission of Oct. 2006.

After school at Springfeild, Ebbighausen worked as a solo athletic trainer at Clinton Community College in Plattsburgh, New York from 2012 until 2015.

After that, Ebbighausen moved back home and worked at her old high school in Hinsdale, NH from 2015 until spring of 2018.

She said this was the first time Hinsdale Middle High School had an Athletic Trainer.

“At Hinsdale, I created all the policies on my own. I created everything by scratch.

Nothing was in place. No emergency exit plans, no concussion return to play protocols, no referral processes. Anything like that, I created it all on my own,” she said.

According to Ebbighausen, working in the KSC Athletics Department is a big step in her career.

“I was a little nervous to apply for this job. It’s a lot bigger than what I’m used to. Coming to a big Division III school, with a great Athletics Program is definitely a huge step for me,” she added.

With the addition of three other Athletic Trainers, Ebbighausen said she enjoys working with a team of coworkers.

This is the first time Ebbighausen has worked with an athletic training staff.

“The last two jobs that I had

in the past 6 years, I’ve been the only Athletic Trainer. I know that if I have something that I’m questioning, I can bounce ideas off of them,” she said. “It’s really nice to be in that environment.”

Prior to applying for the

position, Ebbighausen covered KSC basketball camps in the summer and AAU basketball tournaments in the winter.

She was working at a basketball tournament last spring when she found out about the position.

knew that this department was a very small, close-knit department. It seemed that the coaches and the players that I was working with really appreciated the athletic training staff and valued what we do as a profession,” she said.

“The coaches and the students really want to take care of themselves and are willing to allow us to help them.”

Head Athletic Trainer Deborah Wood, described Ebbighausen transition into the KSC athletics program as “nothing short of amazing.”

“She has not only met our expectations but has exceeded them. She’s been a very, very, quick learner.

She’s picked up on everything. She has fit right in and has established her role with the teams and not waited to feel things out. She really just came in and set her path,” Wood said.

Wood said Ebbighausen replaced her as one of KSC’s Assistant Athletic Trainers.

Wood was promoted to Head Athletic Trainer when Bob Merrow retired in May 2018 after 32 years at Keene State.

According to Wood, Ebbighausen’s prior work at Clinton and Hinsdale have prepared her for the role as Keene State’s newest Assistant Athletic Trainer.

“Her history of being an only athletic trainer, I think is what makes her so strong here because she has started programs from nothing and turned them into something.

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“We had a 17-year streak going, so we definitely want to take that back and we definitely have a shot at it for sure,” she added.

Hebert said she wouldn’t pin one team as KSC’s biggest competition, but that the conference as a whole is improving and getting more competitive.

Along with that, Hebert added that new meets will be added to the team’s schedule in order to for them to have stronger competition “We’re racing up in Maine twice, we’re going to Boudon College, so we’ll face NESCAC [New England Small School Athletic Conference] schools, some of those stronger Division III teams that we don’t normally see,” she said.

Hebert added that the team had a small recruiting class of one freshman, but that only makes her and her teammates more determined.

“We’re dealing with the same bodies that we had last year, but it’s an advantage because we know we have to work harder toward our own individual goals,” she said. “Our times have to be stronger, in the top 7 or the top 8,” she said. “It’s a very positive team this year, as a group and we have a great coaching staff.”

Hebert finished the race in third place with a time of 12:38.0. Lauren Perkowski took first at 12:12.8, followed by Alana Olendorf in second place at 12:32.0 First place winner, Lauren Perkowski is a KSC Junior and Environmental Science Major. She said she started running when she was she was in 7th grade, inspired

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by her father.

According to Perkowski, she believes the team can steal back the LEC Title by taking care of themselves and overcoming injuries.

“Right now we have a couple girls that are injured but if they can come back in time, I think that they could help us and if we just stay healthy and take care of our bodies and stay on top of things, I think we could win it for sure,” she said.

The Cross Country season

is longer compared to other fall sports, Perkoski said. The season lasts until October 27th, while the ECAC(Eastern College Athletic Conference) Championship, and the NCAA(National College Athletic Association) Regional & Championship races take place in November. The season officially ends on Nov. 17.

“We have to make sure that we’re mentally keeping it together throughout the season, because it’s

a long season, it’s over two months and that’s a while to stay on top of it mentally, so that will probably be the hardest thing,” Perkoski added.

Perkowski said she’s excited to race at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth on Saturday, Sept. 15, so she can have a general knowledge of where she and her team rank in the LEC. “It’ll be good because at Umass Dartmouth, we’ll see a lot of the schools that we race in the LEC race.

So we’ll be able to see how we do there, and it will definitely give us a good idea,” she said.

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Interventional will be taking place at 10:30 a.m. on the Umass Dartmouth campus.

Students can stay up-to-date on the score at the KSC Athletics Website.

USMNT Lose 2-0 to Brazil in Friendly LUKE STERGIOU

SEnior photographEr The United States Men’s National Team suffered a 2-0 loss to a star-studded Brazil team on Sept.

7 at MetLife Stadium.

Despite playing a youthful and energetic team, the U.S. Men’s National Team couldn’t break down the number three ranked team in the world.

Brazil striker Roberto Firmino proved to be too fast and lethal on the wing for the U.S. to handle, scoring in the 11th minute after winger Douglas Costa played in a cross after flying down the wing, beating USMNT left back Antonee Robinson with his pace.

The Americans would be at a disadvantage again in the 43rd minute when Brazil right back Fabinho was taken down in the box, giving Brazil a penalty.

Neymar would take the penalty and slot it home effortlessly, scoring his 58th international goals in all competitions.

Brazil pretty much controlled the rest of the game, with neither team scoring in the second half.

Although Brazil won, there were mostly positives to take from this game.

Despite the U.S. not scoring and the attacking duo of Gyasi Zardes and Bobby Wood missing the creativeness of Christian Pulisic, this young U.S. tem showed great potential.

Left back Antonee Robinson showed his pace and ability to be lethal on the wing, almost serving as a left wing-back.

With Robinson only being 21 years of age, he still has plenty of time to improve.

U.S. defender Matt Miazga really shined in this game.

The 23 year old New Jersey native, currently playing at Nantes in France on loan from Chelsea FC, demonstrated his incredible defensive capabilities by turning himself into a brick wall.

While the U.S. were repeatedly exposed on the wings, Miazga made it near impossible for the brazilian attack to penetrate the american defense.

He repeatedly stopped Neymar in his tracks, which is a pretty noteworthy feat considering Neymar is considered one of the best players in the world.

Miazga looks to be in a pretty good position to cement a permanent spot in the U.S. Men’s National team roster for the years to come.

Even though there were plenty positives from this loss and it was only a friendly match, this game definitely showed us that the team needs more creativity up front.

The U.S. seemed to be lacking in attack and didn’t cause too many problems for Brazil.

Obviously, the team has plenty of time to fix all these issues, but fans hope to see some improvement when the USMNT play their fiercest rivals Mexico in Nashville, Tennessee on Tuesday, Sept. 11th.

Luke Stergiou can be contacted at lstergiou@kscequinox.com

Ashley Arnold can be contacted at aarnold@kscequinox.com

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Men’s soccer takes in 24 first-years Fantasy Football ASHLEY ARNOLD

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NOAH BOBROWSKI

Equinox Staff ALRIGHT. Draft aside, projections aside and all things fantasy aside.

Yeah, I know, no fantasy talk for a second in a fantasy column, apologies in advance. Who will be the top ten of the week? Which teams will fail?

Most importantly for all you could-be champs in leagues, which players will shine?

Let’s start today’s discussion and analysis with the players who will most likely succeed in this weeks outings. My job is to analyze the entire NFL so to do that and to stay unbiased I will make a ‘team of the week’ projection. This is what I see to be the best possible fantasy football lineup if every player was available.

To begin, the quarterback of the week, Kirk Cousins from the Vikings.

Cousins was traded to the Vikings in the post-season of 2017 and has been looked at as a top 5 QB this season.

Last year the Vikings had some conflict with quarterbacks getting injured, like Sam Bradford. This never stopped the super power team that is the Vikings, as the strong wide receivers Adam Thielen and Stefon Diggs aided in the team’s playoff run. Cousins has always shown elite QB potential and now that he is thrusted into a pretty spot with the dangerous WR duo, it’s open season. Moving onto the wide receivers, Odell Beckham Jr. and DeAndre Hopkins.

There is some concern hovering around Odell’s performance this week in the season opener against Jacksonville but let me calm the nerves on that.

It is true that Odell has had subpar week one games in the past. It is also accurate that Jalen Ramsey may pose a big threat to Odell and Eli Manning’s completion percent.

What is also true is that the Giants now have something to offer that no defense is used to them being a real danger in - the run game. Rookie running back Saquon Barkley is good-togo for his NFL debut, meaning the Giants are ready to unleash the TD predator from Penn State. With Barkley on the field it will be hard for defenses to cover the run game AND pass game. Also for the cherry on top, well more like three cherries, Sterling Shepard, Evan Engram, and Barkley are all potential receivers for defenses to worry about. Odell is ready and excited to comeback from his season ending injury and just signed a heavy 5-year $95 million RECORD deal.

Yeah you play for $95 worth I bet you will try your hardest too. Oh and the other guy, DeAndre Hopkins? Yeah he was a top 10 player and a top 5 WR for three seasons straight. Add a hungry injury-free Deshaun Watson back at the QB helm for hopefully a full season? Game. Over. The two running backs of the week, Alvin Kamara from the Saint and Todd Gurley II from the Rams, have favorable matchups. Kamra faces a shaky Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense that struggled greatly last season and with Mark Ingram’s 4-game suspension Kamara will be the main and only elite RB on the field. Gurley is projected as the number one fantasy player this season, and is playing the Oakland Raiders’ defense, which just lost one of its captains, Khalil Mack, to a trade. The Raiders will most likely have a bumpy start to the season without Mack. The remaining team of the week position are: Travis Kelce, TE, KC Chiefs; LA Rams, D/ST; Greg Zuerlein, K, Rams.

If you are a fantasy team manager and are looking for a quick pick up this week, look towards free agents like Jordy Nelson, WR, Raiders or Jamaal Williams, RB, Packers. Next week will be the breakdown of week one and the week two analysis.

Noah Bobrowski can be contacted at nbobrowski@kscequinox.com

The Keene State Men’s Soccer team is predicted to place 5th in the Little East Conference (LEC), according to a preseason poll voted on by the coaches in the league.

KSC Men’s Soccer Head Coach Rick Scott said, to qualify for the LECs, the team must place at least sixth in the league.

The LEC is made up of nine teams.

The top six teams in the league play in the LEC tournament and the winner is declared the LEC Champion. The winner then moves on to the NCAA tournament to play Division III teams across the country.

This year’s team lost ten seniors from last season, along with 5 to 6 players who did not return to play in 2018, Scott said. The team has welcomed 24 freshmen.

“Some of them[the freshmen] have made the transition quicker than others. A lot of them have played on high level club teams and, or, very good high school teams. Some of the first-year guys will catch up a little later than others, so that’ll be a little bit of a struggle,” Scott said. “We’re throwing a really young team right into the fire, so how they adjust to that will be really critical.”

With such a young team, Scott said with time, players will adapt to the college-level competition and grow from their practice on the field.

“Right now we’re getting an awful lot of scoring opportunities and we’re not putting them away. I think that will come with experience because with experience will come the composure down in the area in the box. As we get more experience I think we’ll start putting our chances away” he added.

Overall, Scott said he believes this team has great potential and he sees the team dynamic is growing stronger over the course of the season.

“I think we’re becoming an exciting team to watch. It’s a very hard working team. We seem to have some very good chemistry.

The freshmen came in working hard from day one. Every single day we get a little bit better. The chemistry gets stronger, and for me chemistry is critical,” he said.

Right Midfielder and KSC Junior, LJ Luster, said the goals of the season are to win the Little East Conference and make it to the NCAA tournament.

According to Luster, the team’s biggest competition is University of Massachusetts Boston and last year’s LEC title winner, Western Connecticut.

Luster was surprised to lose a large number of teammates in the 2018 season, but he doesn’t see that negatively impacting the team.

“It was a shock to lose that many people, but we’re building as a team. We’re just as good as we were. We have a lot of really good young players who are stepping up.

The incoming freshmen are a great group of kids. They’re strong and passionate about

our sport,” he said.

Luster continued by saying the pre-season poll doesn’t represent the team’s potential and many teams underestimate them due to minimal amount of upperclassmen.

“I think it’s kind of a slap in the face, I think we’re a lot better than that. A lot of team rate us as the underdogs and that’s fine.

It only makes us play better,” he added.

KSC Sophomore Defender, Isiah Lovering scored two goals in Tuesday’s match on Sept.

4 versus Rivier.

Lovering said the team has good chemistry which will help them during the season.

“We have a core group of veterans that are really close and I think the team dynamic with the freshmen coming in, even though there’s a lot of them, it works well, and it helps us play better together,” he said.

Lovering continued by saying he expects his team to quality for the LEC tournament due to their drive and passion. “We’ll defi-

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nitely make the playoffs, which is the top 4 teams. I have faith in the team for that and when it’s playoff time, anything can happen.

It just come down to whoever wants it more and I think we could make a run,” he added.

According to Lovering, the LEC is always tough, but his team is ready to take on the league, even if they are labeled the underdogs. “Coach has already told us he talked to some other coaches and they’ve been underestimating us. They aren’t really circling our name on the schedule, but they should be,” he said.

This Saturday, Sept. 15 the Men’s Soccer team will take on, Eastern Connecticut State, their first LEC team of the season. The game with played at KSC with kickoff starting at 7 p.m.

Ashley Arnold can be contacted at aarnold@kscequinox.com

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Three Owls take home LEC weekly awards CAROLINE PERRY

Managing ExEcutivE Editor Three athletes from Keene State College’s very own teams, received Little East Conference (LEC) Athletes of the Week awards.

Two athletes from the men’s cross country team, senior lid Sheikh-Yusuf and first-year Cameron Stinchfield, received the award after their impressive fin-

ishes. Sheikh-Yusuf, a management major from Portland Maine, was named the Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Week after finishing third at the Smith College Invitational. He finished with a time of 27:31.6. The senior finished fourth at the Little East Championships last year, which was the best finish for the Owls.

Freshman Cameron Stinchfield, who is from Wakefield New Hamp-

shire, was named as the Men's Cross Country Rookie Runner of the Week for his sixth place finish in the same event. The first-year crossed the finish line with a time of 28:09.0.

Sophomore Isaiah Lovering from the KSC men’s soccer team, also received an award. Lovering was chosen as the Men's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week. Hailing from Henniker, New Hamp-

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shire, the sophomore led the Owls defense. Lovering hustled to get a 2-0 shutout against Rivier University on September fourth, scoring both goals at the other end of the field.

Caroline Perry can be contacted at cperry@kscequinox.com

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Bailey Wilson: Star setter ALEX HARVEY

Equinox Staff Bailey Wilson, a sophomore from Los Angeles, California, is one of Keene State College’s star athletes.

As a setter she runs the Owls’ offense, “We tend to equate it to a quarterback because more people know football,” she says, “So you run the offense, you make a lot of those choices for the team. So before every play you’re calling everybody on their offense checking out the block. You’re low-key trying to make things happen for your team.”

Bailey was destined to become not just a volleyball player, but a setter. When asked how long she has been playing the game she said, “My dad was semi-pro, so kind of my whole life. When you grow up around it, you want to do it. And he’s actually my position, so I kind of idolized him. I spent a lot of time growing up going to grass and beach tournaments and fell in love. Grass is really casual you don’t do a lot of real tournaments there, beach is really hard, because the sand absorbs so much impact you have to work a lot harder. And grass and beach, you play two on two usually, rather than six on six like in indoor. It’s just differences in the game, you have to be more well-rounded to play beach.”

Originally from Los Angeles, Bailey attended high school at Sierra Canyon High School in Moorpark, California. There she played volleyball and swam competitively. But she knew that the West was not the best, at least not for her. “My coach, Bob Weiner [Who refused request for interview], he and I talked a lot and we really clicked. I knew that I wanted to come back East for school…so I visited up here and loved everything about it,” she said when asked why she chose to come to Keene. Keene was a new place in a familiar region. “I couldn’t have pointed New Hampshire out on a map but New England, yeah I was [familiar with]” she said.

Bailey had a spectacular first-year season at Keene which included 85 kills, 52 service aces, seven block solos, 937 assists (30 of these were in the playoffs) and 159.5 total points scored.

Bailey started her career at Keene State College as a nursing major with a minor in psychology.

But after taking a couple of psychology classes, she decided that was what she really loves and switched her major to psyc holog y.

After college she intends to pursue her doctorate in clinical psychology so that she can treat patients. She is also interested in working with support and service animals, a really big interest

for her. “There are so many animals just sitting there [in the pound] and they could make a great service animal but because of their breed or their size or the ability to take care of them they don’t get selected. I want to help people feel better and I love dogs, I want to help all of those animals in shelters that are packed into a kennel.”

“There was a girl in high school who her committed position was as a setter and I think in her junior or senior year she developed cancer and passed away right after taking her team to state and she was amazing so now every year they pick a setter that embodies being just a dedicated setter.I got selected for that my senior year, which was cool.” [Bailey does not remember the name of this award].

Bailey added, “I got MVP in high school and those general ones, but that’s the one that I’m most proud of.”

When asked about her favorite memory of playing volleyball at Keene she responded with, “It sounds so cheesy but every game I love and I love the environment that we create wherever we go. Bailey said she She has never had much trouble balancing school and sports. She added that she has never gone to school without having an athletic commitment as well, so she learned to manage the two at an early age. “I don’t go out a lot, I’m not a really wild person. I enjoy learning a lot and I enjoy working out with my team. It’s not terribly hard to be honest.”

Bailey loves everything about volleyball. “I love the people that I get to meet, that it keeps me in shape and keeps me accountable for being healthy, it’s opened up a lot of opportunities for me that I wouldn’t have found otherwise.” Bailey She works to get into the proper headspace before each game and she can never end a warm-up on a missed serve because, “Tthe one time I did that in high school I missed ten serves in a game. And I haven’t done it since. I have not missed a serve to end our warm-up yet and I’ve been an okay server so…Our warm-up routine is always the same which is nice because it helps you get into that headspace. I stay calm but get active.” She works hard during the off-season to prepare for the season. “I watch a lot of film, and because my job is to run the offense I have to be very mental about it. I have notebooks at home that are just full of different offensive options for my team, like what we’re looking at for the next year’s incoming new class, people that we’re losing. But I also try not to overloadover-load.”

When asked aboutof her first impression of playing with Bailey, her teammate Cydnee Morgan said, “I thought she was mad good. She was exactly what this team needed. Watching her and the crazy stuff that she can do, she’s awesome.

She does it like every game, she’ll get this pass and she’ll slide on her knees and set a perfect ball, perfect height, perfect position, it’s crazy, not many setters can do that…Sshe brings a lot of consistency to the team. She’s a setter so her defense is sometimes back or forth she’s always there, she gets us our set, she gets us the ball…she’s always got her shit together, she does what she needs to do, she doesn’t get resting bitch face or anything like that…I love Bailey, she’s definitely one of my best friends.”

Alex Harvey can be contacted at aharvey@kscequinox.com

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Women’s Cross Country Takes Top 5 ASHLEY ARNOLD

SportS Editor The Keene State Women’s Cross Country team kicked off the season with a bang, taking all top five spot at the Rust Buster meet on Saturday, Sept. 1, according to the KSC Athletics Website.

Keene State hosted their Rust Buster on their home course at the Owl Athletic Complex. The KSC team ran against Husson University and Northern Vermont University-Johnson. The Keene State Women’s Cross Country team came out on top, winning with 15 points. Husson University came in second with 43 points, and NVU-Johnson took third place with 85 points.

KSC Junior Nutrition major and Women’s Cross Country runner Lynne Hebert said this is the first time the KSC Cross Country team has hosted the Rust Buster.

The Rust Buster has replaced the Alumni meet that usually takes place during the first week of the season.

According to Hebert, the Rust Buster was a two mile race, shorter than the 5 kilometer races taking place in September and the 6 kilometer races starting in October. She said the race was used as a “dress rehearsal” for the rest of the season.

Hebert said the biggest goal for the Women’s Cross Country team in the 2018 season is winning back the LEC Title. The Women’s team had taken home the title from 2000-2016, but lost in 2017 to Eastern Connecticut.

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