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Vol. 71, Issue #3

Thursday, September 20, 2018

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Many owls came home

College partners with local community colleges MATT KAHLMAN

Equinox Staff A new collaboration with Keene State College, River Valley Community College (RVCC) and Nashua Community College (NCC) will be set to take effect in the spring semester of 2020. The three colleges will share classrooms and will focus on expanding the nursing program.

“We plan to expand the opportunities for our students and also for the businesses in the Monadnock region,” Nashua Community College President Lucille Jordan said. “We were restricted because of the space so [we] decided it would be the best to join with KSC in allowing our students to continue their education.”

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Keene State Alumni Association President Scott Kuhnly and Interim President Melinda Treadwell presenting KSCAA Board member Christine Williams an award.

Graduates from past 70 years return to KSC and participate in alumni weekend KIANA WRIGHT

opinionS Editor 12 p.m. Saturday, September 15 kicked off Alumni weekend where faculty, staff, and students welcomed more than 70 years of alumni back to Keene State College. The special day marked the class of 1968’s 50th reunion; transitioning them into the Golden Circle (which is when an alum has been graduated for 50 or more years). The day was filled with awards, food, sports events, art, and a lot of catching up.

At noon the commemoration began with the alums paraded down the iconic Appian Way, separated by class and led by alumnus Mark Polifrone who played the bagpipes.

Andrea Vickers-Sivret, KSC Alumni Reunion Coordinator and alum of 01’ said,

“I think the parade of classes was the most touching or the most impactful.” The parade of classes is traditional event that started off the sunny day.

As everyone completed the Parade of Classes, everyone made their way to the Mabel Brown room; where lunch was served, awards given and history made. Before the awards were given out alums talked about their experiences at KSC, some over 50 years ago.

Gary W. Howard, 1968 graduate of KSC and member of Kappa Delta Phi, said it is his first time being back on campus in 50 years.

He went on to say that when he came on campus he couldn’t find Appian Way: “I was looking for Appian Way and I was standing in front of the library, but I’m looking for a road.”

Howard said when a professor came out and told him he was standing on it, it came as shock; back when Howard came to school here there was a two way road down the center of campus aka Appian Way. Kim Bateman Carter, an alum previously on the basketball and field hockey team, said she also got lost because of all the new architecture on campus. “I have a hard time getting around because the buildings have changed so much… but it’s a beautiful campus, it’s always been a beautiful campus.”

Jim Barry, class 1967 KSC graduate, whose father and brother also attended Keene State agrees that the Keene State campus has a new look to it from what he remembers. “It’s amazing to see all the changes. Everytime we come there are more new buildings. Place looks beautiful.”

Howard said, “I had a wonderful experience at Keene State. I have no regrets whatsoever. I met some great people.”

Carter said, “We had a good time, the studies were good… and the college helped me get a job right away.” Carter has been at that job teaching elementary Physical education at Londonderry, NH for 28 years. “I was well prepared,” she said.

As the alumni began to finish their lunch, it was time for the awards. There were four awards given out: Outstanding service award presented to Bob Merrow, Alumni inspiration award presented to Stephanie Gleeson ‘05, Alumni achievement award presented to Mary Powell ‘80, and the Sprague W. Drenan award presented to Dorothy Jobin ‘62 and Raymond Jobin ‘63 M ‘70. These awards are

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Cohen Center welcomes global Psi Upsilon wins fellow to begin fall semester award for academic excellence RACHEL VITELLO

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Patricia Perez Valdes is bringing her passion for human rights all the way from Santiago, Chile to Keene, New Hampshire this fall semester. On Wednesday September 13, the Holocaust and Genocide Studies department and the Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies held a welcoming ceremony to honor this year’s KSC-AIPR (Keene State CollegeAuschwitz Institute for Peace

and Reconciliation) Global Fellow, Patricia Perez Valdes, in the Student Center atrium.

The KSC-AIPR Global Fellowship is a joint initiative between KSC and AIPR where one individual who has participated in AIPR’s program and has applied for the semester at KSC is chosen to attend a fully funded semester-long fellowship, according to the Auschwitz Institute’s website. Valdes will be the second fellow welcomed on KSC’s campus.

According to assistant profes-

sor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Ashley Greene, “All of the global fellows go through an application process, in the end she was selected as the person we chose for her qualifications and her background and for what we felt she could bring to campus.”

Chair of the Holocaust and Genocide Studies department, James Waller, helped in establishing the Global Fellow program.

“The motivation was if we could give the chance to someone who’s

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ADRIANA SANCHEZ

Social MEdia dirEctor Psi Upsilon, the only co-ed fraternity here on campus has recently been awarded the The Paul D Friday, Theta Theta 1927 Award according to the President of their chapter, Julia Schultzie.

Schultzie is a senior here at

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Keene State College (KSC). She said, “the seniors from last year were encouraging me to apply.”

At the 2018 convention the Delta Nu chapter at Keene State was given the Owl award for exceptional academic performance and the class hands award for outstanding philanthropic and service award.

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Much of the early planning has been undertaken by Keene State Interim President Melinda Treadwell and Nashua Community College President.

Jordan said she has been making the arrangement with RVCC for the collaboration because the community college has been in the middle of hiring a new president.

“This is a great opportunity for students to experience a higher education and maybe switch to a state or university school or later decide they want to go to Keene after finishing their Associates Degree,” Jordan said.

“We want to create a pathway for students after graduating from their associates degree onto their graduate degree at KSC,” Jordan added.

Jordan said students will be able to experience the beauty of being at a college like KSC and hopes that students will make the change in continuing their college career at Keene State.

Interim President of Keene State College Melinda Treadwell said,“The reality is, in higher education, you can’t do everything by yourself.”

By collaborating with RVCC and NCC it will give KSC opportunities to expand creativity and create program opportunities that KSC couldn’t do alone, explained Tredwell.

Treadwell said, “I think we also have the opportunity to get community college students on our campus and classrooms so that they can see that Keene State is a really exciting place that they can be a part of beyond their associates to stay with us for their baccalaureate.”

RVCC was looking to expand the colleges classrooms to KSC because they had exceeded the capacity and KSC had the room.

“We think the community colleges have some relationships par-

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given to alumns that are very special to the school.

One alum, Norma Walker ‘51, is exceptionally special to Keene State for her time she has given back and her love for the school said Vickers-Sivret. “She is the catalyst for so many of the connections, and keeping the golden circle connected.” Vickers-Sivret said Vickers-Sivret said that Walker still works very close with the school, “You never know when she’s going to pop up. She’s like a coworker, which says a lot for a volunteer.”

Walker was commemorated for her excellence from being a student, to a KSC teacher, and now one of our most recognized alumnas. And for this Centennial hall was announced to be the Norma Walker building. When presented this, Walker said she was overwhelmed: “I had no idea. I just can’t [believe it.] I don’t know what to say.”

Dr. Melinda Treadwell, KSC interim president and KSC graduate of class ‘90 said, “[Today’s] been fabulous.

Very emotional to just name a building after Norma Walker; that’s incredible.”

Many recognized each other and reconnected. Carter said even though she saw some familiar faces, she wish there were more. Barry said he saw a couple of his previous teachers from the Wheelock school. Howard described seeing his fellow alums as a sort of paradox.

“This is somewhat like the Twilight Zone, where you haven’t seen people in 50 years and you’re going back in time.”

Treadwell said being an alumna as well as the president is sort of strange: “It’s not a common thing actually for a president of an institution to be an alum of that institution.”

Treadwell said having that past with KSC only makes her position more special. “It’s a huge privilege and honor. And it’s easy to advocate for Keene State because I know what it meant for me. It’s much more personal, and it’s not just a job.”

Students listened to our alumni on campus, sharing their experiences when they were enrolled here and what they did when they left the nest. Vickers-Sivret said, “Often what they are most excited about is when they get to engage with students.”

“We love seeing the kids being as excited as we were, for me 45 years ago now,” Carter said.

The leadership panel included three alums that show leadership and distinction. They spoke about their educational and work related achievements, trying to inspire students to do the same.

Senior Zachary Howe will be graduating just around the corner with three degrees in criminal justice studies, sociology, and Holocaust and genocide studies. Howe said, “I think it’s [alumni weekend] is extremely important. It keeps the years of students just coming back and coming back.”

Howe thinks it’s importance for students to see the alums and heard about their achievements: “It shows what can be and what’s possible.”

Junior early childhood education and informational science major Brook Arruda, said she believes that alumni have the power to encourage students to keep going. Arruda said that seeing alums makes students feel like they can do it and makes them want to be able to come back and do the same: “[graduating students] will move on in their lives, then come back here once a year to share their accomplishments.”

Vickers-Sivret said that even though we have not all graduated together, there is something that connects us. She said that she hopes students see themselves as future alumni owls: “It might seem like a long time while your students, but it won’t be long until you are, and you’ll be one of us.”

Vickers-Sivret said after last years trial of having the reunion in June and September, this year marked the first official reunion in September; ending the usual June celebration. Vickers-Sivret said many of the events over the weekend are traditional including the parade of classes, the luncheon, ice cream social, and the president’s brunch. This year they tried out new events like the KED talks, the leadership panelist, and the tailgate tent.

For any information regarding the KSC alumni association contact Scott Kuhnly from the graduated class of ’88 who is also the Keene State College Alumni Association President. For anything regarding alumni weekend contact Andrea Vickers-Sivret.

Next years alumni weekend will take place sometime in September 2019 and will be celebrating the graduated class of 1969.

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Alumni gather in Mabel Brown Room for luncheon and inspiration awards where Centennial Hall was renamed to the Norma Walker building.

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Phi Mu Delta possibly returning next spring ADRIANA SANCHEZ

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sense to protect the house in these times of heightened scrutiny and focus from both Nationals and the KSC community at large. The failure rests with the current President of the Chapter. I have personally asked the past three presidents on conference calls to please begin communicating with the Alumni Association and allow us to understand their situation and help. That simply did not happen. The active brothers for the past four to six years have failed the Nu Omicron community with their brazen disregard for regulatory constraints that have been put in place which many of us pre2010 never had to deal with.”

Lovanni also blamed alumni.

“Our Alumni have not been able to come together in any meaningful way for the past thirty or forty years which

is a testament to a failure in our process,” Lovanni said.

Lovanni explained in his statement that the reason behind the Alumni Association is to “act as a conduit to Nationals.” PMD is expected to make a return this upcoming spring.

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Fraternity Phi Mu Delta (PMD) might be returning to campus this upcoming spring. According to an Equinox article published February 17, 2016, PMD was expelled from campus three years ago for pervasive alcohol and risk management violations.

The coordinator of Fraternity and Sorority Life, Brandon Mathieu, declined to comment in an email. A recent Keene State College (KSC) graduate who asked not to be named said in an email he wasn’t pleased about this. “They’re going to be a different version of what we were before,” he said.

Another former brother, a recent KSC graduate who asked not to be named,

said, “I’m excited for it to come back and hopefully strengthen the Greek [Life] culture at Keene and I’m looking forward to meeting new brothers alongside myself and the older members.”

According to this brother, since the original punishment was being disaffiliated for five years, if PMD does indeed return to campus back this spring, the school would be effectively overturning PMD’s punishment. Prior to their disaffiliation, Phi Mu Delta was apart of the six fraternities on Keene State.

Chairman Matthew Lovanni, who was in the pledge class of ‘58, posted in the Phi Mu Delta Nu Omicron Alumni Association public’s Facebook group, writing: “The closing of the Nu Omicron chapter is a failure of the active brothers who could not use common

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STAFF COMMENTARY

Preparing for flu season Remembering 9/11: A catalyst for tyranny

AUSTIN COOK

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Some students might think it is too early to begin worrying about the flu, but the earlier a student prepares for flu season the better, at least according to senior biology major and member of the Pre-Medical Club Alex deJesues.

“Get your vaccinations. It’s always a good idea to get vaccinated early, since the stress of finals and midterms really takes a toll on the immune system. So getting your flu shot is a great way to stay prepared,” deJesus said.

Despite the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reporting that the estimated effectiveness of the 2017-2018 influenze vaccine was 36%, Chief Medical Officer of the Center of Health and Wellness and nurse practitioner Kristen Eineberg, APRN explained that the vaccine is still of some use, “Even if the vaccine doesn’t match the virus, it still provides you with some immunity.”

“There has been a lot of data to show there is decreased morbidity of the flu when you are vaccinated. What I mean is, if you get the vaccine and you still get the flu because the viruses and the vaccine did not match, you are very likely to become less ill from the flu and also your chances of death decrease. So, I highly recommend each student get vaccinated,” Eineberg said.

Eineberg also cautioned that students need to be aware of the symptoms, that even though the flu and common cold share some similar symptoms, they are not the same: “Typically the flu has a fever over a hundred and one degrees, significant body aches, often there is either a cough or a sore throat involved. There is usually not a lot of nasal congestion like there is with a cold and there can sometimes be some Gastrointestinal (GI) complaints like nausea, vomiting diarrhea.”

As the flu is far more debilitating and can be deadly in some circumstances, Eineberg said that it’s important to get an early diagnosis and receive treatment.

“Once you think you have the flu, the best thing to do is make an appointment to come see us or go see your primary care provider. This is because there is antiviral therapy available. It is best to start antiviral therapy within the first forty-eight hours of the onset of the symptoms but it can be given up to seventy-two hours from the onset of the symptoms. In most situations, it will shorten the duration of the flu but it will not cure the flu,” Eineberg said.

Dean of students Gail Zimmerman recommended that should a student require extended time to deal with their flu infection, they should

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gone through that program [AIPR] to come here and be with us for a semester to study, to think, to learn, to teach it would be a great gift for the college and a great gift for that person,” Waller said.

Valdes works at the Museum of Memory and Human Rights in Santiago, Chile researching topics related to justice, human rights and education. The museum, according to their website atlasobscura.com, is dedicated to commemorating the lives of the victims of human rights violations in Chile between 1973-1990.

While at KSC, Valdes is developing a human rights curriculum for Chile and the museum where she works.

The welcoming reception for Valdes was put on by the Holocaust and Genocide Studies club. Club President and KSC senior Alexis Sanborn said that although she has not had the chance to meet Valdes outside of the reception, “We’re [the club] hoping to have her come and speak at a meeting, but I think she’s very interested in taking advantage of the resources here on campus, especially with the Cohen Center.”

At the reception, Valdes expressed her gratitude to be at KSC. “I don’t have any words.

You have been so nice to me, so welcome. Latin America has so many things to show to the world, so I feel very honored to be here right now,” said Valdes.

Valdes will be participating in a number of activities during her time here. “She’s sitting in on classes, she’s participating in things like the Holocaust and Geno-

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be in communicate their circumstances to their faculty and notify her office.

“Students always be in direct contact with their faculty when missing class due to illness.

If the illness is to extend a significant length of time or require that the student leave campus for treatment, they should also notify my office – the Dean of Students. It is always the faculty’s prerogative as to how to make considerations for missed work. This may take into account other considerations such as the pedagogy or class requirements such as participation. Most important if for the student to be in timely communication with the faculty and Dean as needed,” Zimmerman said.

According to an article published in the Keene Sentinel, during the 1918 world-wide Spanish Flu

pandemic, in which between 20-40 million people died, in one October alone Keene saw more than one out of every ten of its citizens infected with the flu, with one out of ten of the infected succumbing to the illness. The article reported that more Keene residents died from the flu by 1920 than all of the soldiers from Keene that died in World War I. Eineberg said that influenza vaccines will be available in the Keene State infirmary soon. They are already available in Convenience, Value and Service (CVS) Pharmacy and many urgent care centers.

Austin Cook can be contacted at acook@kscequinox.com

In an address to Congress just days after the 9/11 attacks, President George W. Bush declared that the country was attacked because the terrorists hated our freedom.

Seventeen years have now passed, and our freedom has never been in greater danger, but the danger isn’t from terrorists hiding in caves thousands of miles away; it’s from bureaucrats and politicians living in Washington D.C., who used the 9/11 attacks as a catalyst to turn the United States into an Orwellian police state.

Aside from the wars against Iraq and Afghanistan (which is now the longest ongoing war in American history) that used 9/11 as a casus belli (despite neither country having anything to do with the attacks), the September 11 attacks’ main legacy on the home front is the political changes it helped spur, namely the passing of the poorly named Patriot Act. Former Congressman Ron Paul detailed the passing of the socalled Patriot Act in his book Liberty Defined, where he explained how a little over a month after 9/11 the 300-page bill was only available for reading one hour before debate began. Paul wrote that many of its aspects having been proposed before in previous bills by who he describes as neoconservatives, a clique of so-called “conservatives” who believe in an interventionism and are general warmongers. What was different this time was that after the attacks the American public’s fear was palpable, which the opportunistic neocons took advantage of to offer Americans the illusion of security in exchange for their liberty.

The Patriot Act massively expanded the government’s powers to violate the Fourth Amendment and spy on American citizens without any reasonable suspicion, (the only justification needed is a claim that the investigation is related to terrorism), created a new crime called “domestic terrorism” (which is any action that may cause harm to human life), and too many more infringements to list here.

Politician defenders of the Patriot Act like former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich frequently assert that the Patriot is necessary for keeping Americans safe from terrorism. Their reasoning is that no terrorist attacks on the scale of 9/11 have occurred since the Patriot Act’s passing.

Though they ignore the fact that no

terrorist attack the scale of 9/11 has happened aside from 9/11 itself has occurred before the passing of the bill either.

Those who remain unconvinced and are still comfortable with the government’s numerous rights violation and are willing to trade their liberty in exchange for security will be dismayed to find out that their Faustian bargain was in vain, as the government isn’t particularly good at protecting its own citizens.

Using the TSA as an example again; according to an internal investigation the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), which was also created in response to 9/11, failed to detect 95 percent of the weapons and fake explosives that were smuggled through their security checkpoints by investigators.

Even though the alleged mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks, Osama bin Laden, has long been dead, the so-called War on Terror still rages on, and has only gotten worse. Al-Qaeda’s leadership has been drone struck to smithereens by the Obama administration, a process that killed nearly 3,000 civilians in Pakistan alone (coincidentally roughly the number of Americans killed in the 9/11 attacks), which allowed ISIS to take its place and use the tragedies created by the US’ bombing campaign to fuel their rhetoric and fill their ranks. While Europe has received much of the brunt of ISIS-affiliated terror attacks, events like the San Bernadino and Orlando Night Club massacres illustrate that after 17 years of waging war against an idea, terrorism, no progress has been made.

On September 11, 2001, New Yorkers saw hijacked planes crash into a beloved fixture of their city, along with the deaths of thousands of their fellow denizens. Seventeen years later, advocates of personal liberty look back and see 9/11 as a catalyst for a hijacked government that crashed into a beloved fixture of freedom in our country, the Bill of Rights, along with millions of fellow Americans having their civil liberties violated in the name of fighting the idea of terrorism. Is there still a chance for a majority of Americans to wake up and realize that the War on Terror is a war on freedom, or was Benjamin Franklin correct when he said “They who can give up essential Liberty to obtain a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”

Vincent Moore can be contacted at vmoore@kscequinox.com

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tially within precision manufacturing, health care and a few other areas that our students could have really great opportunities for internships and jobs after graduating,” Treadwell said.

Both schools have been seeing a decline in enrollment over the past few years. KSC enrollment was around 5,000 students from fall 2008 to 2014, before dropping to 3,800 in the fall semester of 2017.

RVCC enrollment went down around five percent between 2014 and 2016, a spokeswoman for the community college system according to a Sentital article from July,6th,2018.

KSC sophomore and Secondary Education Major Tom Lupetin said, “I think the collaboration will work out great for all three of the colleges because it will let community college students see what it’s like to go to a state school, and it might let KSC gain more students.”

Lupetin said he’s glad KSC decided to join with these schools because Keene State offers other classes that the two colleges might not have.

Matthew Kahlman can be contacted at mkahlman@kscequinox.com

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The coordinator of Fraternity and Sorority life, Brandon Mathieu said, “I’m so proud of Julia and her PUJA THAPA / BUSINESS MANAGER accomplishments leading up to her Valdes was welcomed to KSC with a ceremony honoring her as the KSC-AIPR Global Fellow. receiving this award! She was one of cide Studies reading group. Valdes walks away from them to take a wide range of world. I hope I can be a con- 16 recipients’ nationwide. No small She’s also having a chance this experience with many classes,” said Waller. tribution to the college as feat, and something to certainly to engage and interact in our resources and knowledge.

Valdes said that she is well as the learning expe- take pride in! Her commitment to classes and she’s teaching “I hope they [fellows] get a happy to be here through rience that this fellowship Psi Upsilon and to the fraternity/ sorority community at KSC is strong, several guest lectures,” said chance to pause and breathe this program. “This fellow- will be to me,” said Valdes. and receiving this scholarship demGreene. Most Global Fel- and think and do the things ship is such a great opporlows only take eight credits that they typically can’t do tunity to me to learn from Rachel Vitello can be con- onstrates her living the pillars and during their time here, but in their busy jobs. Because other professors, from such tacted at values that guide our community.”

According to the Psi Upsilon according to Waller, Valdes we’re the only major in a proactive and involved rvitello@kscequinox.com website, “The award of Psi Upsilon will be taking four classes Holocaust and Genocide community and to gain a Foundation scholarships is based this semester.

Studies in the country, it’s knowledge that you can not upon demonstrated achievement Waller also hopes that a great opportunity for find in other parts of the

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in the pursuit of moral, intellectual and social excellence.”

Secretary of the Alumni Association, Jay LaPanne, a KSC alumni, said he was very proud of Julia and deserves this award.

Psi Upsilon was founded here at Keene State in April 25th, 2009.

Adriana Sanchez can be contacted at asanchez@kscequinox.com

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Passing on the knowledge “Help someone that is in a similar position and watch them grow. “ When we live miles from our families, and when our friends don’t understand what we’re going through, who do we go to for support?

Before coming to college, most of us lived with our families. Our families through the 18 plus years have helped shaped us throughout our lives. They were there for us when we needed help with our school work, needed assistance in finding a job, and everything inbetween. They didn’t give up on us and even though sometimes they didn’t know what we were learning, they tried their best to help us succeed. But when it comes time, we arrive at college and they aren’t there anymore. Who do we turn to for academic and emotional support?

Coming to college: in a way we’re all a little clueless about what to do and where to go. Lucky for us right off the bat we are given an advisor from the college. An advisor could be a professor that is currently teaching in your major and sits down one on one with us to talk about what we want to do and how we want to achieve it. They also know what classes we have to take, and they get to know us as a student, which can be helpful for many reasons. Advisors can be helpful mentors because they were probably

a student st udy i ng about the same thing a number of years ago, just like us. But what if we find another mentor that isn’t in our major that we really look up to?

Having someone to look up to doesn’t always have to be an older verison of what we think we will be.

They can be a totally different person with different experiences and future goals. We don’t have to exactly be them when we’re older, but we can understand what they’ve been through and their beliefs. Aspiring to be like someone is part of college. Students come to college to be something; be it a scientist, a teacher, a vocalist, or anything else they want. Most of these students want

to be in these careers because someone inspired them. It could’ve been a teacher that really helped a student in grade school and now that student wants to do the same for another student. People that have influences on others don’t necessarily have to be a teacher or one’s family.

Maybe it’s someone that we don’t personally know or can’t actually talk to.

It could be a famous person for example, Einstein or Beyonce; they aren’t there to help you in-person, but they do have an impact on you in a different way.

It’s important to take the knowledge we’ve learned and pass it along. Once we have had years of experience under our belt, we need to think back to who helped us get here.

No one achieves success on their own. Being

a m e nt or can be very rewarding.

A mentor is someone that has had experience in a specific field and is willing to work with another person to help them achieve the same goals they have and more. Having someone that has already been through exactly what we’re currently going through is a gift. They know what you’re feeling because they were in your shoes at one point. They believe in you, they motivate you, and they inspire you to do better than you thought you ever could. But that does not limit who we can look up to. It can be anyone that helps us; school or career wise, emotionally or belief wise, or anyway

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else that changes us into a better person.

But the learning doesn’t stop there. Help someone that is in a similar position and watch them grow. It could change their way of learning and life path.

Know the importance of knowledge passed on.

STAFF COMMENTARY

Dealing with poverty while at school RYAN MEEHAN

Equinox Staff Colleges and Universities often portray themselves as the pathway toward upward financial mobility; toward what we know as the “American Dream.”

While this is largely true, this picture ignores the reality that low-income students often have a harder time focusing on their school work and in some cases can even fail to graduate because of financial pressures that are placed on them.

According to a survey conducted by researchers at Temple University and the Wisconsin HOPE Lab entitled “Still Hungry and Homeless in College”, 36 percent of students say that they are food insecure, another 36 percent say that they are housing insecure, and 9 percent report being homeless altogether.

While the participants in the survey were not random due to the survey being sent online to a school’s entire undergraduate population and there are some concerns about the accuracy of the survey as a result, the broader picture is that financial difficulties can lead to poorer academic performance, which in turn can lead to students failing to graduate.

The list of expenses students have to face are going to be pretty familiar to the readers of this article. Stu-

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dents have to pay for food, student loan payments, utilities and rent if a student is living off campus, and more.

In an article for Vox entitled, “The subtle ways colleges discriminate against poor students, explained with a cartoon,” Alvin Chang points out that only nine percent of the lowest income of students who were born from 1979 to 1982, actually graduated college. Compared to 54 percent of the highest income students.

Along with this, Judith Scott-Clayton and Rachel Yang Zhou document in their policy brief, titled “Does the Federal Work-Study Program Really Work—and for Whom?” that while working during school can have long term benefits, it does negatively impact grades during school. They find that students who participate in the work-study program can have a GPA that is anywhere from 0.02 to 0.06 points lower than they would otherwise.

While the overall results of the program are positive, the juggling of a job with a student’s course load can be challenging for many students.

At Keene State College, this is a rarer sight. The New York Times recently made a tool entitled “Economic Diversity and Student Outcomes at America’s Colleges and Universities: Find Your College”. In it, they document that the average household income for students

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is incredibly effective at quickly providing some cash when students need it the most.

The program isn’t particularly expensive either; Amarillo’s cost $60,000 in the Fall of 2017 with just over 10,000 students attending the school in total.

Despite The Atlantic’s article casting doubt on the effectiveness of many of the schools programs, researchers for the aforementioned Wisconsin HOPE lab write in their report, “Supporting Community College Completion with a Culture of Caring: A Case Study of Amarillo College” that “AC’s No Excuses fund is administered with little fuss and appears to achieve its goal of helping students without burdening them in the process.”

If KSC was to look into this program, our budget would be high on the list of concerns. Given the schools financial difficulties in recent years, this is completely understandable.

However, if Keene State College is serious about its commitment to low-income students, it needs to seriously consider what it can do about student poverty.

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at Keene State is $109,500 and 50 percent of Keene State student come from families in the top 50 percent of U.S income distribution (compared to only 2.7 percent from the bottom 2 percent of the same measure).

On top of this, the opening of the Hungry Owl food pantry, located in the back of Randall Hall, means that Keene State students do not have to go hungry. Whether it be that they had to pay for a textbook or something similar, they won’t have to worry about finding their next meal.

Naturally, all of this means that this issue is less of a problem than it would be elsewhere. However, for the low-income students attending the school, the challenges are still severe. Given that, it’s worth discussing ways the college can alleviate this problem.

In an article for The Atlantic entitled, “Colleges are no match for American Poverty,” Amarillo College’s Russell Lowery-Hart talks about the efforts his school took to combat student poverty. One of the more effective measures was an “Emergency Fund’ for lowincome students that can, “cut a check within hours to cover the car-repair or water bill that could push a student to drop a class—or quit school for good”.

While students do need to provide a bill or receipt to prove that the expense is legitimate, the program

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KSC Students, got sleep?

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All nighters, exam cramming, and 3 cups of coffee later KIANA WRIGHT

opinionS Editor We all love sleep, but do we ever get the chance to catch some? We always think of school, work and life schedules, but what about a sleep schedule? To be honest, I never want to cut time with my friends short. I have to do all my school work, and I also have a lot of other things going on. Sleep works around my schedule, and because of that, I’m usually exhausted.

Not getting the sleep I need makes it much harder to do everything else. According to the National Sleep Foundation (NSF), not getting the sleep you need can make you moody, and will actually make you perform poorly during your everyday tasks.

Why would you let a couple of hours of sleep get in the way of you doing well on your exams? Students value their schoolwork and want to do well.

They will take time out of their sleep schedule to do

so. Whether it involves staying up all night cramming for finals, or waking up early to finish some homework before your 8 a.m., students are cutting into their sleep time. The only problem is doing just this could actually make them do worse. The Time Magazine wrote, “Teens who stay up late at night cramming are more likely to have academic problems the following day — doing poorly on the test they studied for — finds a new study by University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), researchers.”

Sometimes it can be obvious when you need sleep, but sometimes it isn’t. Understanding and keeping track of how many hours you get each day can be important to your health, and in severe cases, other people around. The NSF states, “Remember: A brain that is hungry for sleep will get it, even when you don’t expect it. For example, drowsiness and falling asleep at the wheel cause more than 100,000 car crashes every year. When you do not get enough sleep, you are more

likely to have an accident, injury and/or illness.” Sleep is such an important part of our day, and missing it or cutting it short can make your next day harder. It is also a danger to your health and can affect people near you. Not getting enough sleep can affect your relationships, family, and friends due to mood swings and being on edge.

The good side of it is, it’s preventable! Just get some sleep! NSF says, “Teens need about [eight] to [ten] hours of sleep each night to function best. Most teens do not get enough sleep — one study found that only 15% reported sleeping [eight and a half] hours on school nights.” The NSF then goes on to say that even if you stay up late on the weekends and sleep in late, it doesn’t make it that much better. Not being on a set schedule can affect your quality of sleep and mess up your biological clock.

There are some tricks that you can take to also help your sleep habits that you probably don’t know

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Rest in peace, Mac ADRIANA DANIEL

Equinox Staff On Friday, September 7 the music industry lost one of their own. Malcolm James McCormick better known by his stage name Mac Miller, was found dead in his Los Angeles home.

Miller’s death is still under speculation, however it is thought that his death was due to a drug overdose. Dying at the young age of 26, the rapper left behind thousands of adoring fans who felt the effects of his passing. The artist had been recording albums and selling music for seven years. With his debut album “Blue Slide Park” in 2011, which hit number one on the billboards, foreshadowed how the rest of his career would go.

Miller went on for the next several years selling out “chill” venues as he referred to and performing around the world. Miller played in France, Norway, Sweden, and many more countries.

Having touched the hearts and souls of his fans all over the world, Miller has an extra special connection to the Keene State College campus.

Miller played here at KSC two years ago for the spring concert. Bringing his liveliness and happy energy to Keene State, and leaving his mark on everyone, including the gym wall. In the Spaulding Gym, located on the Keene State campus, visitors can see his signature and a special message on the wall.

Many spectators have washed over Miller’s legacy to be nothing more than the one time boyfriend of the singer Ariana Grande, but fans have blamed Grande for her “part” in his death.

Grande following their breakup in May was very vocal that their breakup was because Miller had trouble with his sobriety, claiming he had

about. Campusmindswork.com said some things to think about to make your sleep time more successful are: Stop using your cell phone 30 minutes before you go to bed, don’t drink caffeine after 3 p.m., and try to incorporate some sunshine into your day.

NSF says, “Many teens suffer from treatable sleep disorders, such as narcolepsy, insomnia, restless legs syndrome or sleep apnea.” If you think that you may be dealing with any of these disorders or sleep habits going to see your doctor could help you get the sleep you need. Taking time out of your day to set a sleep schedule can help you in so many ways.

NSF says, “Sleep is vital to your well-being, as important as the air you breathe, the water you drink and the food you eat.”

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a disease she could not control. Their toxic relationship ended and less than two weeks later Miller crashed his car and was arrested for driving under the influence. Because of moments like this, fans have taken to Grande’s social media platforms to express their opinions on how she broke his heart leading to the end of his life.

Grande has responded to one comment about Miller's death on social media saying, “How absurd that you minimize female self-respect and self-worth by saying someone should stay in a toxic relationship because he wrote an album about them... I am not a baby sitter or a mother and no woman should feel that they need to be.” Grande is not the first girlfriend to be blamed for a performer's death, which is referred to as the “Yoko Effect”.

I have never been one for rap, but a song here and there is more than sufficient. In preparation for this article I dove into Miller’s past albums and begun to realize all the songs I would listen to when I was in the mood for the rap genre were Mac’s.

I didn’t believe that he was more than just another rapper when I first heard Ariana Grande’s song, “The Way.” But his career was much more than that. Miller was a rapper but also a producer that helped many grow their musical dreams.

Miller’s music is heavily influenced by many who came before him; the song “Party on Fifth Ave.” on his first album Blue Slide Park has an old school flare to it with the beats from Dj Kool 80’s hit, “Let Me Clear My Throat.”

He started to proficiently study music at the age of 12 and listeners can easily hear that in his music.

Claiming his core influences come from OutKast, Tribe called Quest, Biggie Smalls, The Beatles, and Sublime. It’s weird to think the Beatles had an effect on Miller, but he was open about how beautiful he believed music was and that to understand it you need to study all the genres and learn to appreciate all the corners.

Performer Pharrell Williams was quoted by MTV saying, “This kid is very talented, there are so many sides he hasn’t shown you yet.” It hurts to think we will not get to experience all the nooks and crannies of Mac Miller’s music, but just like other musicians before him who died way too early, take this time to appreciate his music and spread the words he preached.

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Don’t ‘rush’ your decision ADRIANA SANCHEZ

Social MEdia dirEctor It’s rush week. That means as you walk down Appian Way you’ll be seeing rush boards promoting on campus Greek Life organizations. I say on campus organizations because of the fact that off campus groups are not allowed to promote themselves on campus. Some people might think it’s hard to recruit girls, however there’s an organization that has been thriving for 20 plus years; Sigma Rho Upsilon.

I joined my first semester my first year at KSC and as cliché as this sounds, it’s been one of my best decisions since coming to Keene State College. A lot of people know us as the people that just party, but we do more than that.

Just like on campus organizations, we fundraise, have sisterhood events, do volunteer work and more. One of our alums organizes dances with people with disabilities at the Monadnock Community Center in Keene. Every year you’ll find us there helping out, dancing with them, setting up and cleaning up.

Just like on campus Greek Life, off campus organizations have philanthropies as well. Our philanthropy is the Monadnock Child Advocacy Center.

The other off campus sorority is Tau Phi Xi, and their philanthropy is the Monadnock Humane Society. Basically, what that means is raising money for our philanthropies every semester and donating whenever we can.

But it’s not all fun and games. Being off campus means you can’t be in pictures with your letters, that you worked hard to earn, with on campus organizations.

My sorority can’t have socials with other sororities or fraternities or they’ll get in trouble. But in trouble for what? All simply because we’re off campus? During Greek week it’s the worst; we’re discriminated against. We can’t attend any events that are being held on campus or attend any off campus events.

Despite having people say we’re still Greek life to them, it’s an uncomfortable feeling when you come around and you have eyes staring at you and students whispering, “why are they here?” Let’s not forget all the rumors that are spread about off campus sororities. Let me remind you, they’re not true at all.

Our dues are a major difference. On campus

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organizations have a ridiculously high amount they have to pay. It doesn’t even come close to our semi annual costs. The most I have ever paid was $120 a semester.

I know of some other on campus organizations that pay twice as much. I’m sure many people can say being in an organization has helped them grow up. I’ve learned how to have patience with people, because let’s be real being with girls 24/7 can sometimes get under your skin.

You learn how to adapt to many different personalities, which isn’t always easy. I’ve been Vice President of my sorority for two semesters. I am putting all of my sisters in committees and making sure they’re completing their duties, which is a lot of responsibility on top of being a student.

My sisters have put in just as much time and dedication as other students in on campus organizations. So, this stigma that being off campus is “less than” being on campus is ignorant.

Adriana Sanchez can be contacted at asanchez@kscequinox.com

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While the collegiate music pro- They make it very easy and very gram leaves students responsible comfortable. They make us really for their level of success, first year want to be here.” music education major Jaymison While going through change Griesmer said the professors are can be difficult, it gets better as always willing to help you.

Griesmer explains, “[starting col“I’m coming from a place that lege]It’s definitely harder than I don’t really know how to read you would expect but I’m getting music that well just because I better each week.” never played an instrument,” When times get tough and Griesmer explained. your life becomes stressful it’s a “The professors definitely good feeling to know that you’re know how to help someone who’s not alone Rinkler says. starting from the ground up. It’s “It’s a nice feeling now knowa great program. Everyone is so ing that we’re all in this together,” supportive and they all just want Rinkler continued. “It’s a lot but the best for every single person in if you’re really passionate about the program,” added Griesmer. it, it’s worth it. It’s very different All three girls explained that from a high school program but there was an adjustment period once you get into that rhythm it to the college’s intensive music works out.” program. However, they are all starting to get their footing due Erin McNemar can be to the help of the music staff and contacted at faculty. emcnemar@kscequinox.com Ducharme said, “I feel like the teachers are making it very easy.

They are very understanding of the fact that we’re coming into a very different environment, a very different type of schooling.

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Actors stepping into new roles VERONICA PAMPHILE

Equinox Staff It is a common misconception that acting is an easy profession that people pursue when they do not want to do work, when in reality acting can be an extremely difficult and grueling job. It is one of the most competitive professions, and requires extreme dedication and lots of hard work. Many actors will go through countless auditions, and not make the cut, no matter how much time or preparation went into it. When an actor is eventually cast in a new role, the work does not stop there.

Upon committing to a role, an actor has also committed to hours and hours of memorization, character development, and movement and table work. There is no easy way to fulfill a new role, it is just part of the profession; it is part of the art. “It’s stressful,” said Zoe Cygan, a Keene State College sophomore and theatre major. “There’s a lot of work that goes into it but once you figure it out, and once you feel like you fit into that role, it’s so worth it.”

The process of beginning in a new role is not only difficult because of all of the work that has to be done, but also because of the fact that it is something new, and there is always something an actor may not be prepared for.

“Starting is the hardest part,” said Jaden Rogers, a KSC first year double majoring in theatre and psychology. “It’s like when you’re starting to write an essay and there’s nothing there. The terrifying and blank paper─it’s just the worst feeling. Especially if you feel like you can’t do it, or if you’re doubting yourself,” said Rogers.

There are many steps an actor must take before they are ready for a performance, which can be very time consuming. Memorization is typically the first thing an actor focuses on after accepting a new role. It can sometimes be a tedious process depending on the play, and character.

Some actors have their own methods of memorization such as highlighting and repeating, writing each line multiple times, or even working with a fellow castmate. “I break it off into sections, and then I just constantly read and repeat them─that’s what works best for me.” said Patrick Mullen, a KSC Sophomore and Theatre major.

Along with memorization comes the process of character development. Character development is important and necessary for “finding” the character, and figuring out a characters desires and fears, or weaknesses, are only just the beginning of it; depending on the role, there can be a lot of research that goes into it. “Character development is important. I think that a good way to work on character development is by doing table work and thinking of your vocal inflection, and the relationship with one another in the scene,” said Cygan.

“It’s interesting because you have to approach it differently every time.” said Rogers. “When I approach roles I try very hard to just think as the character. So I’ll look at the script and ask myself, what’s the subtext of the things they’re saying; what’s the

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meaning behind it, and what are they thinking about what they’re saying. By doing that you’re kind of getting to know the character, and you become one with that character,” added Rogers.

Students who were cast in the first mainstage show of the year, The Butterfly’s Evil Spell, are currently working on character portfolios, which will ultimately help them develop ideas, and organize all gathered information on their characters. “It’s a lot of work, it’s a lot of research. It’s hard, it’s not easy. But I think that it is worth it in the long-run, because it really gives you an

idea of who your character is.” says Cygan.

“The character portfolio takes a while. There is a lot of information that goes into it. Such as information about characters, information about the play itself, including the playwright, and the history.” said Mullen.

“If I were to add up all of the hours I put into it, I’d say ten to twelve total.” Theatre majors at KSC currently in the Beginning Acting class, are also working on character portfolios throughout the semester, to prepare for their Mid-Level review. It is important and beneficial to know how to do, especially if a substantial amount of

research is required.

So, why do actors continue to take on new roles if it is so hard to do? It comes down to the love of creativity and art. Lots of actors find happiness on the stage, and cannot see themselves doing anything else. There is raw passion that is put into performances, so much time and hard work, and if it is loved enough by an actor, then there is no reason to do anything else.

Veronica Pamphile can be contacted at vpamphile@kscequinox.com

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Heading in a new direction

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The Nun CAL SYLVIA

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Dr. Nadège Foofat (seen above) and Dr. Joshua Long joined the Keene State College music department faculty this semester. Both musicians focus on conducting.

KSC welcomes new music professors MATTHEW BARRIGA

Equinox Staff This year, Keene State College has received two new music professors; Dr. Nadège Foofat and Dr. Joshua Long.

Dr. Foofat has begun work as the orchestra director, as well as the string coordinator. “I gravitated towards music when I was very young” said Foofat. According to Foofat, she studied at Julliard School in New York for her undergraduate, before receiving her masters degree at Yale. She then went back to New York, where she directed an orchestra for five years. She eventually received her doctorate at the University of Montreal. Before coming to Keene State College, Dr. Foofat spent a year working in as the Assistant Conductor to Kent Nagano at the Hamburg State Opera. Dr. Foofat said a big reason she came to Keene was because of the area. She said she loves outdoor activities such as hiking, and enjoys taking her 12-year-old husky to explore new trails. Specializing in

violin and viola, Dr. Foofat claimed one of her favorite classes she teaches here is String Methods, “It’s fun to teach students who are interested in music who might not have gotten the opportunity to learn string instruments before.” Dr. Foofat said she is really enjoying the students and faculty at KSC and claimed she’s astounded at the talent in the orchestra.

Dr. Long has taken on many roles as well, including concert band director, brass coordinator, and music education lecturer. According to Long, he conducts the concert band, and focuses on teaching low brass instruments such as the trombone and tuba. He has a love for brass instruments, with his personal favorite being the euphonium, a “combination between a french horn and a tuba.”

Before coming to KSC, Long said he worked at Frostburg State University in Maryland. He received his masters at Hartford University in Connecticut, and his doctorate at Pennsylvania State University. Long said that living in Connecticut inspired a love for New England and its

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very excited to be there. One first- year student here at Keene State College, said she was super excited about the theatre program.

When asked why she came to this event she responded, “There is a lot of events at the Redfern that I am excited to attend. I am getting involved in theatre and everything and this is just kind of my scene.”

The student said that she hopes to get involved in many groups such as the ones at the Redfern to make her college experience everything she has hoped for.

But there was not just students at this event, there was many people who are either from Keene or are very involved in the Keene community that decided to come and check it out.

The Redfern staff such as Shannon Mayers was super excited to see everyone there and that it was a nice change of pace to see adults supporting their program said Mayers.

Shannon Mayers then went up and

started talking about each style of art that is shown at the Redfern throughout the year.

The audience was able to hear about the next dance showcase that is coming up next weekend and about the plays that are going on soon.

Viewers even got to see a quick preview of some of the students special work coming up.

At the end of the event, a Keene resident was willing to answer some questions such as how she liked the event.

She said, “It is the first time that I have been in the Redfern Arts Center but I find it very interesting that we are on the actual stage, you don’t normally get to do that. I also liked all the dancing and art that they put on display for us. Overall I really enjoyed it.”

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environment, and when he saw the job opening at Keene State College, he knew it was the perfect fit. He’s spent a lot of time teaching community bands, which was great experience considering the KSC concert band is open to community members as well. “I try to be active in the community as much as I can.” he said. He enjoys running 5k’s and plans to do an upcoming half-marathon.

Will Wright is a junior here at KSC and takes private lessons with Long. Previously, Wright took lessons with Dr. Chesebrough. Wright said that Long has recently been helping him prepare for an upcoming Music Workshop recital. “He’s really knowledgeable. He definitely has a lot on his plate since coming here. Chesebrough got here in 2002, he’d been here for a long time so Dr. Long had a lot to take on. He runs rehearsals in a fun way, and is open to a lot of opportunities” said Wright.

Matthew Barriga can be contacted at mbarriga@kscequinox.com

Poems by Emily Hurt and Sole For many They wear their hearts on their sleeves, Carry the weight on their shoulders, Worry in the grit of their teeth.

But my dad, He carries his emotions in the soles of his feet He walks heavy like carrying two buckets of rain, Dragging his shoulders down, Wobbling side-to-side Walking as fast as his burden can take him But my dad, He never pours them out, He never grows, except crops and trees, that he’ll just chop down.

He will lock himself away rummaging for a key to release himself from his shackles He hasn’t found it yet.

So he reaches for bottles, cans, and that grass to lift his feet, Only then, the weight moves to his eyes and sleeps till sunrise days later.

But my dad, He is selfish, and he is blind He believes that his pain is the worst because he’s carried this stack of books so long it feels like prison chains.

But my dad, He doesn’t notice the aching jaw of my mother, The fire burning inside my brother, The fluttering butterflies that live behind my eyelids, that leave me sleepless in the night.

He will slam his hurt and addictions down with every step, and find no wrong with the holes in our floors, Cracks in the walls, and in this family.

He will whisper his hurt to the back of his teeth, Let it drip to his feet, Have another drink, Fall asleep.

-Emily Hill

The Nun is directed by Corin Hardy, written

by Gary Dauberman and James Wan, produced

by Peter Safran and Wan and stars Demián Bichir, Taissa Farmiga and Jonas Bloquet. It is the fifth feature length entry into the Conjuring Franchise, which follows Marvel, D.C. and the like as a cinematic universe. Unlike Marvel and D.C. however, the Conjuring franchise is not based on pre-existing material.

Before I say anything more, I would like to make clear that I am judging this film based on its aesthetics and as a horror movie, not as a religious movie. Though I am not a Christian, Christian ideas and motifs are okay as long as the movie is good and the ideas taught are not hateful.

Thankfully, no hateful ideas are taught, and the story is solid. After a nun (Charlotte Hope) is unable to escape a building and hangs herself to get away from some unseen force. Her body is found and a priest (Bichir), a woman soon to become a nun (Farmiga) and a farmer, who had a vision/nightmare, (Bloquet) go to investigate.

Without a doubt, this film has some good aesthetics. The visual darkness of the film successfully delivers a feeling of horror to the audience.

Smoke shows that something is amiss. These elements, combined with a basic color scheme, create an ugly look that provides discomfort to viewers. There are many good-looking shots, from one of light shining through trees, to a long shot of the three main characters looking into a room with well framed coffins, to some impressive panoramas and an odd angle that establishes a scary feeling. Sometimes, a blue colored shot successfully provokes misery. There are even some cool shots that arrive too late in the film for me to mention here.

The performances are fine. Nothing great, and the line delivery was underwhelming at times, but nothing was bad enough to detract from the film. The two moments of acting I did find above average were a delivery by a shrouded woman (Bonnie Aarons) a closeup of a horrified Farmiga’s face.

My feelings on the score are mixed. It had a lot of great moments but too often was there a build up to a predictable jump scare or sounding generic.

Predictable jump scares and being generic are, in fact, two of the greatest weaknesses of this film. While there are times when the film looks like it’s about to have a jump scare but doesn’t, and one time when the film doesn’t look like it will have a jump scare but does. The predictable scares outnumbered the times when I thought I would receive a jump scare but didn’t and the time I didn’t think I would receive a jump scare but did. In one scene, an obvious scare ruined a rising ambient score I liked, in another, a predictable scare was accompanied by a surprising lack of music, and one scare was in the trailer.

As for the generics, there were multiple twists I found predictable cliché, one which is commonly used even outside of the horror genre.

Combine that with the fact that the climax and one shot felt like they could come from any other movie; a great number of scenes could come from another horror movie. In turn, much of the movie can be seen from a mile away. If you watch horror movies, you should know that there are a few points that surprise me. Admittedly, there were some points that caught me off guard, but were seemingly few and far between compared to those that I could see coming.

There are a few other complaints I have. At first, I couldn’t tell if I was watching a trailer.

There’s some red colored liquid that is clearly colored water meant to look like blood. Despite some people being from the Vatican and most of the film taking place in Romania, people conveniently speak English. Speaking of Romania, one would imagine that Cold War politics should come into play, as Romania was a Soviet country at the time. One shot was obviously taken from a tripod. Despite the film being set in the 50s, the costumes and production design make it look like it was set in the 1600s or 1700s.

They look impressive but don’t match the time when the film is supposed to take place. Either the priest or the nun says, “Oh my God,” something neither a priest nor a nun would say due to the church’s rules against using God’s name in vain. Some point of view shots are misleading, as they don’t take place where the character actually is.

The deciding factor for whether I would recommend this film to you is its repetitiveness.

Though the film has some interesting touches, too much of the film is the main characters searching around in a dark place. This works fine in the first half hour but gets old after that.

The Nun may have worked best as a short film, in other words.

Cal Sylvia can be contacted at csylvia@kscequinox.com

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How the death of an artist impacts the music industry ERIN MCNEMAR

Arts & EntErtAinmEnt Editor With the rise of the opioid crisis, Americans are seeing the number of deaths due to overdoses climb.

According to Drugabuse.org, the number of deaths due to overdose has increased by about 50% in the last ten years. As these drugs seem to become more common, the news of a celebrity overdosing seems to become more common as well.

On September 7, the music industry lost yet another young artists. 26 year old American rapper, Mac Miller, was found dead in his home is Studio City, California after a suspected drug overdose.

While seeing a celebrity die due to overdose is becoming less unusual, how do we as a society move on from the lost of an artist?

Music has become a universal language. Whether

you like classical or rock, music can help you express feelings and emotions that you may not know how to express otherwise. Sophomore Lydia Ahlstrom explained how music has helped her discover herself. “I feel that music has a really positive impact for me personally. It’s a big part of my identity; what kind of music I listen to. I feel like you can learn a lot and grown a lot listening to it,” Ahlstrom said.

“As a society I think it really develops individuals and also brings individuals together by sharing something like music.”

Not only is music a vital form of expression, but it can be found all around you. Sophomore Emma Brown said, “There is music being played everywhere. I think a lot of people use it as a way to destress or just get their mind off things. I think it’s really important.”

As musician Sean Combs said, “Music is the most powerful form of communication in the world. It brings

us all together. Even religion separates us, but a hit record unites us across religious beliefs, race, politics.”

While music will never go extinct due to its necessity to communication across cultures, how is the industry impacted when the lost an artist?

It’s not uncommon to see other artists sharing their condolences via social media, but what becomes of the artist’s legacy?

Sophomore Emily Spaan explained how the artist’s music becomes open to interpretation by the listener.

“People can only listen to their music, and to get insight from them. I feel like that is going to impact the music industry greatly.”

While there can’t be any new music or insight from artists that have passed away, Brown talked about the growth in the artist’s popularity immediately after their death. “I feel like when we lose an artist all of a sudden their music becomes more popular. It’s being presented

a lot more, and I’ll hear people talking about it.”

However as far as change in the reckless behavior seen by many celebrities nowadays, Brown doesn’t think we will see any. “I think a lot of artists are dealing with drugs and alcohol problems, but I don’t think by this [Mac Miller’s death] happening it will stop them from abusing substances.”

While dealing with the loss of an artist can be painful, the special thing about music is it can help you heal as Ashstrom pointed out.

“It can be difficult at first but the great thing about music is it will be around forever. It can be something you reflect back on and it’s kind of eternal and long lasting. While it might hurt and sting for a bit, it’s really rather bittersweet,” Ashstrom said.

Erin McNemar can be contacted at emcnemar@kscequinox.com

Facing the challenges of Redfern arts college music programs kick off party ERIN MCNEMAR

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The transition from high school to college can be a difficult one. Having to leave your comfort zone and step into an unfamiliar world that may be less forgiving is terrifying. However, if you have a passion, it makes it worthwhile.

For many people attending Keene State College, they decided what they wanted to major in prior to attending. They made these decisions by looking at what classes they enjoyed in high school.

Some students choose science, history, math and so on. And through taking countless numbers of music classes, certain students decided to pursue their passion in college. But how do these music classes in high school compare to the KSC’s music program?

First year music major Colette Rinkler took part in her choral program all four years of high school and was also in her school’s music honors society. Rinkler explained that she finds the college level to be more difficult than her high school experiences, in part due to the groups passion for music. “Music programs at the high school level kind of attribute to all aspects. It doesn’t seem like everyone is going to go into music. It’s all a basic level for everyone that likes music or that wants to get involved,” she continued. “At

a college level everyone is there because they are either a major or minor. They’re studying this for either what they want to do with their life or it’s something that a very big part of their life.”

Because the classes at KSC are not being taught at a basic level, interested students are able to engage in deeper discussions of music at an advanced level.

According to those that major in music, the program is intensive. Students have to take a greater number of classes than other majors, and those classes are worth less credits.

First year student vocal performance and psychology major Samantha Ducharme, was in choir at her high school for all four years. Ducharme explained what makes the music program at KSC more difficult to what she experienced in her high school classes. “The teachers aren’t there to help you learn the part. The teacher expects you to be able to do it yourself and then they will help you prepare it for performance,” Ducharme continued. “They want you to come in knowing the music because in high school we learned how to read music and all that sort of stuff. Now they want us to be able to do it on our own so they can then better us and work on technique and rhythm and such.”

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Equinox stAff On Thursday, September 13 the Redfern Arts Center at Keene State College had its annual kick off party where students and adults of all ages showed up and got to witness some truly beautiful work done by students themselves. For the first time ever, the kick off party was held on stage.

While everyone was enjoying their social hour before the start of the informational session, when looking around the room everyone was able to see many different types of art. Looking off the stage into the audience were dancers in different spots performing various movements called spot dancing that allowed people to see a glance into the dance department.

On stage, there was various paintings and

sculptures placed out for display. There were puppets on display as well as many costume pieces that allowed people to see a part of the theatre department. As everyone was taking everything in, Shannon Mayers, director of the Redfern Arts Center, was open to answering a few questions. Mayers said, “We make changes every year to this event but one change is that we decided was why don't we invite everyone up on stage, we have so many Redfern patrons that usually sit in the audience but most of them have never been on stage.” That may sound like a small change, but as Mayers said, most have never been on a stage before so it's a new experience for all.

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STUDENT LIFE EDITOR Many New Hampshire natives know that one of the most climbed mountains in the world, and also one of the most popular climbs in New England, is Mount Monadnock, soaring at 3,165 feet up. What people may not know is that it’s also one of the most dangerous.

According to The Union Leader in July of this year, “Thirteen volunteers aided Monadnock State Park rangers and conservation officers in carrying a Massachusetts man down the Mount Monadnock Sunday after he fell and hurt his leg, officials said.”

As a popular pastime for students and residents of Cheshire county, Monadnock always seems like a fun filled afternoon hike. That usually is the case when you take the White Dot Trail on the way up, and the White Arrow Trail on the way down, both being the beginner trails on the mountain. There are trailhead entrances in both

Jaffery and Dublin so every climber must know where the beginner trail begins.

When preparing to climb Monadnock it is important to bring several items; snacks, outerwear, and water. Junior at Keene State College Ally McCall, said that her best piece of advice is to always bring something to wear to stay warm.

“Even if it’s hot out that day, bring a sweatshirt, because the top of the mountain is so cold from all the wind. Also, bring two water bottles because it’s about two hours up and two and a half hours down so your going to be on the mountain most of the day,” McCall said.

When asked about how prepared she was before climbing, McCall said that she didn’t realize how physically draining it would be, “It was a lot harder than I thought it would be, when I was on my way there I figured it would be a small hike, like, hiking a hill. I soon found out that it wasn’t a hill at all, it was a huge mountain, I was very sore the next day,”admitted McCall.

The Outdoors Club at Keene State does sev-

eral trips to Mount Monadnock including a midnight hike to see the Northern Lights, and a four a.m hike to watch the sunrise. A student at Keene state Bryce Chouinard said he’s only climbed the mountain a few times.

“I don’t know much about it but I have climbed it more than once and it wasn’t easy,” said Chouninard.

As many New Hampshire and New England natives know, Mount Monadnock seems easy, but if not prepared, could turn deadly at any moment so always be aware.

Cailla Prisco can be contacted at cprisco@kscequinox.com

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Radically Rural event comes to Keene HALEIGH PATCH

Equinox Staff The Hannah Grimes Center for Entrepreneurship is partnering with the Keene Sentinel to host the annual Radically Rural summit on Sept. 27 and 28.

The event will consist of workshops and expert speakers on various topics.

The Hannah Grimes Center will be hosting a special event called the PitchFork Challenge. This event will run as a competition as contestants pitch their own business ideas.

It gives them a chance to connect with investors to make their small local businesses successful. The award consists of two prizes: $1,000 and $10,000 and will be given out at the networking event, CONNECT on Sept.

27.

There will also be a workshop called “Crazy Good” on the first day as well from 10 a.m. to noon which will explain how good business practices affect the community. “Rural Renaissance and Digital Parity” will be held on Sept. 28 from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. This workshop will focus on rural communities and how they can benefit from technology.

One of the topics will be on community journalism.

There will be a “Fake News: Keeping News Real in Rural America” workshop on the first day of the event from 10 a.m. to noon. The guest speakers will talk about how important local journalism is and how they can build trust and maintain accuracy.

The next workshop will be from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. called, “Energizing and Growing Rural Journalism.” It will include information on how small town newspapers can revitalize themselves to keep local journalism relevant even though it may be a struggle.

On the second day there will be a program called, “Building Today’s Newspaper - You be the Editor!” from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m..

This will give participants an idea of how the Sentinel works while giving them the opportunity to roleplay as newspaper editors along with a tour of the Sentinel building at the end.

Arts and culture will be another topic and learning track. “Work in Creative Placemaking” will be held on Sept. 27, from 10 a.m. to noon. This session will be about the arts and how it can affect an entire region.

The second workshop, “Evolving Business Models for Artists” is from 2 to 4 p.m on learning how new technology trends affect artists and their ability to use online markets. The last workshop is called “Arts and Social Change” on Sept. 28, from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. This panel will be about two artists and how they use their work to contribute to social change.

There will be Main Street events happening as well.

“Tactical Innovation for Small and Rural Towns” will be on Sept. 27, from 10 a.m. to noon.

The guest speaker Deb Brown, a pioneer in radical community development, will be talking about how main streets can be improving and filling empty buildings. “Community-Driven Main Street Events with Lasting Economic Results” will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and will focus on different events that will benefit a community and bring it together.

Lastly, Working Lands is another topic being covered.

“Live the New Forest Future” is held on the first day from 10 a.m. to noon. It is about what is to come with traditional uses of forests and opportunities that may arise.

“Changes on Tap: Challenges and Opportunities to Growing Rural Food Businesses” is the next workshop from 2 to 4 p.m and will be primarily focused on entrepreneurs and how they expand their markets and consumer base.

“The New England Food Vision” on Sept. 28 from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m will explain the steps needed to preserve the environment along with how local food production can be increased.

This two-day event is comprised of five learning tracks that teach strategies on how to improve business tactics and help economically in rural areas to make it thrive.

For more information, go to www.radicallyrural.org.

Haleigh Patch can be contacted at hpatch@kscequinox.com

Nontraditional students at KSC JULIA HAWKINS

Equinox Staff Keene State College senior Christine Bryan will be graduating with a degree in communications and philosophy.

Out of 90 of the interviewed students, Christine belongs to the one third of those who are non traditional students, in other words, a student who is older than 25.

Christine works for the food service on campus, which has allowed her to experience the daily life here at KSC firsthand.

These everyday interactions with students sparked Christine’s motivation which soon led her to take classes here at Keene State.

Christine said, “It really, really moved me how much they care and the relationships that develop and I felt like I would love to have that in my life.”

Christine’s priorities are finishing school and graduating with this year’s class. Transfering to Keene State and interacting with college students much younger than herself wasn’t easy. “It was terrifying,” Christine said.

However, some students find that middle age is the perfect time to tackle grad school, said Kirsten Weir with the American Psychological Association (APA).

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later in life can be beneficial to one’s education.

She said she has experienced support during her time at Keene State College.

Like anybody else, she has access to all support systems that are there to help her excel and make good decisions. After graduating from KSC, Christine plans to go forth and continue her education in communications and philosophy.

Christine’s interactions with other students has also made a great impact on her life here in Keene.

Christine said she has learned that everyone here is accepting of her age and is very friendly towards her.

After attending Keene State College for 2 years, Christine’s takeaways are the amazing connections people make and the healthy relationships everyone builds with each other.

Christine found that her relationships with her faculty and peers was quite outstanding.

Christine said, “The most amazing connections among the faculty and genuine support and concern for the students is what I love most about Keene State College”. Her connections here are what is going to make her experience most memorable, and inspire other middle aged adults to return back to school and finish their degrees and education.

Julia Hawkins can be contacted at jhawkins@kscequinox.com

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After winning the 2018 Distinguished Teaching Award, Dr. Hank Knight, Director of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College, talked about how he discovered his passion for religious studies and why he owes a part of his career to his mentors.

Having completed his undergraduate degree in English at the Uni versity of Alabama, a career in teaching, and even genocide studies, were not on his radar.

“It was something that I just fell into accidently, I wasn’t planning for it and I didn’t even know it was something I could make a career out of,” Knight said.

“One day I picked up a book authored

by Elie Wiesel and then another, and then another, and at one point I realized I have read everything the man has ever published,” said Knight.

A mentorship between Knight and Wiesel that stemmed from mutual interests and studies turned into an likely

friendship. Knight said that having him as a mentor, and a friend was a pivotal factor in his career.

“It was a relationship between two scholars that went from a mentorship to a friendship and every time we were in the same city we would try and meet because we both genuinely enjoyed each others company,” Knight said. “We would have dinner and sit in the car and listen to music we both like for hours because it was a real special bond,” added the professor.

Knight’s career progressed as Wiesel opened him up to a world of religious studies and showed him more texts and more information to keep his hunger of knowledge going.

A former student of Professor Knight’s, Darren Morse, said that Knight is constantly reading more books and finding new information and new class topics.

“His classes are always interesting, when I was one of his students he always had a different topic for the class so you were constantly learning new things

and it was never repetitive,” Morse said.

“Being a holocaust and genocide studies major is so much more than one class or one topic and he does a really great job at that,” added Morse.

Knight’s said he owes a lot of his academic accomplishments to his mentors, including college football coach Bear Bryant. Knight played college football at the University of Alabama under his leadership.

Knight said, “Bear Bryant was a great leader for me, he was the type of coach and mentor that supported you and taught you more than just the game of football, he was teaching life lessons, and making us be a team.”

Professor Hank Knight joined the KSC community in 2007 and is now the Acting Director of the Cohen Center.

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CAROLINE PERRY / MANAGING EXECUTIVE EDITOR

The Keene community, along with their four legged friends, came together on Saturday, September 15 in support of the Walk to End Alzheimer’s event. According to act.alz.org, the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s is the world’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research. The Alzheimer’s Association holds the event annually in more than 600 communities nationwide. The registration time began at 8:30 a.m., while the opening ceremony started at 9:30 a.m., and finally the walk began at 10:00 a.m.. In front of the Student Center volunteer groups worked to set up a food table, a coloring station for children, a t-shirt table, a pinwheel table, and a donations table. Multiple stations included photo tapestries, promoting the Walk to End Alzheimer’s logo.

Student Zumba instructors even got the crowd going with three Zumba routines.

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“I grew up listening to Mac Miller, I love his music… it definitely hit me [because he is] an icon from my childhood.”

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Student loans and debt are huge challenges for young adults to take on, especially those who pay for college entirely on their own.

Christian Terry is a senior here at Keene State College, and he is paying every penny himself for his education. “Paying through it on my own is definitely stressful, however rewarding in the end knowing that I worked for my college to be paid for,” said Terry.

Likewise, Senior Alexandra Esandrio also puts herself through college, and said it is very stressful, and has caused her to make sacrifices in both her social life and academic life to do this. “I don’t get to put as much effort into my schoolwork if I’m working a ton, “ Esandrio said.

Esandrio was an Resident Assistant [RA] last year, and Terry is currently an RA. Terry said, “The RA job is great because it pays for room and board.”

During the summer, “I have a full time job at home and save up,” and during the school year, “I work in the NOC [Night Owl Cafe] and the game room,” said Esandrio. In addition to this, she said she also works on a farm for her neighbor during the summer.

As if working 40 hours a week isn’t hard enough, Terry said he often works overtime between his two to three jobs. “I worked an eight a.m. through ten p.m. job besides Tuesdays,” but still worked eight a.m. through four p.m. on Tuesday.

Both students receive scholarships which take a bit of the financial stress off of their shoulders.

“It’s comforting knowing it’s there. It keeps me on track with academics, I love school, [and] I push myself for a good GPA [grade point average] to keep that scholarship,” said Esandrio.

Likewise, Terry said he receives the Presidential Scholarship as well as an annual scholarship of $1,000 that he received in high school. “If I didn’t have a scholarship I’d be working a lot more,” Terry said.

Cathy Mullins is the Director of Financial Aid here at Keene State College. She said it is important that students know what resources are available to students for help, “It can make going into repayment less scarier,” said Mullins.

Mullins said there are many income based payment plans where students can have 20 through 25 years to pay off loans, instead of the average 10 year plan. “If they can get a payment that’s 50-100 or month, that’s more doable than a payment that’s 200-300 a month,” Once students enroll, they can pay as little as zero a month in some cases. “Once you get a job and get yourself settled, then you can increase those payments,” said Mullins.

Both of these students plan to pay off their loans as quickly as possible.

Esandrio said, “My goal I’m really striving for is two years.”

Terry said his goal is to have his loans paid off within 10 years.

While Esandrio said paying college on her own is stressful, she said she feels, “ hopeful that I will have a good future.”

Similarly, Terry said, “It feels rewarding to be able to work and to have my education paid for.”

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ContriButing Writer Single. Single. Double. Those are some of the first words that pop into my head whenever I think of teaching a Zumba class. Zumba is a type of exercise centered around a variety of dance styles as well as strength and flexibility building components.

There are many movement patterns that instructors choose to follow when developing material but the classic style is to perform an action on either side of the body once and then repeat it on the same side twice and continue the pattern.

Becoming a Zumba instructor is intense but extremely exhilarating and worthwhile. I have always been passionate about dance and movement but thought that I wouldn’t be able to continue all styles when I came to school.

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slowly by attending weekly Zumba sessions that are part of the group fitness classes at the recreation center offered for free to students and faculty.

I instantly fell in love with the style of movement as well as the killer workout I got each time. It didn’t take long for me to decide that becoming an instructor was something that I wanted to do. As an education major and a lover of dance, I knew that leading a class was something I could handle and was excited to get started! My first step was to ask the current instructor, a junior at the time, how she got her certification. She told me that she had gotten certified back in high school and has been leading classes ever since.

The process is pretty straightforward.

There’s a Zumba website where anyone can search for programs such as classes, specialized certifications, or conferences/ conventions.

I looked up an instructor certification course and signed up. It’s true though

that not all good things come for free and this was no exception. Certification fees can range between $200 - $350, depending on the course and time of registration.

The course began with a morning-long master class lead by a certified instructor and then we broke down the “Zumba formula” for the rest of the day.

I left with a certification in Basic Steps and contacted the Bodyworks director after that to inquire about teaching a class at school.

I have been leading Zumba classes at the gym for about a year and adore every minute of it.

I think what is so unique about Zumba is that each instructor brings their own flavor to their class.

I tend to emphasize hip-hop and salsa styles while others may bring more of a Columbian or reggae flair. No matter the instructor, it’s certain that you will leave a class feeling satisfied, empowered, and sweaty!

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Living in a dorm with a roommate requires teamwork. You must coordinate everything together in order to have a successful college life. From schedules, sleeping time, music, bringing food in the room and most importantly, lights. Oh yes! You need to make sure both of you either sleep with lights off or on. In a case where you have two different ways, string lights come to the rescue. Even if that’s not the case, they are always beautiful to have in a room. With these night lights, your room will look warm and cozy. Having night lights in the room gives you the right blend of brightness and darkness. They give life to a dull dorm room. In fact, string lights are everywhere these days. So, how do you make it different than others? You make it different by pouring your creativity and a little extra work into it.

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time he didn’t even mind that some of his community would forget that it was the day of his creation. He was just happy to be part of the festivities.

Aerus shook himself out of his fantasy. That’s another thing that has been happening lately; he hasn’t been able to bring himself out of his thoughts as easily as he previously could've. He gripped the blades of grass beneath his fingers, feeling their earthy texture ground his mind from where it had been floating in the clouds.

From that position, Aerus lessened his grip on the grass and pushed himself up into a sitting position. He looked down, smoothed some wrinkles out of his maroon tunic, tight-

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The Moon Festival happens every half-cycle; it also happens to be the day that Aerus himself was born.

The festival was always the occasion Aerus and his siblings got most excited about; they didn’t care much for Grandelwand (the day used for celebration of their almighty Father) or the Chime of the Winds (they had four of these a cycle. At every season change, the fairies would gather at the oldest maple tree and kneel in appreciation for the shift of weather.

Aerus remembers never being able to sit still enough on those days). The Moon Festival was something special in its own right; the elders would gather together and pool their magic to conjure the most wonderful of decorations. Gold-flecked, shimmering streamers would stretch from tree to tree, glinting in the fading evening sun. Floating white lanterns provided warm, yellow light to the grounds of the field. Tables sprung up from the grass, gnarled tree roots sliding up from the earth and twining together to create stools and benches for everyone to use.

The greatest part, the one that Aerus remembers the best, is that there would be an endless supply of the most rich, decadent foods anyone could think of. Roast duck, grilled potatoes and fresh broccoli; berry crisps and wispy sugar strands; mountains upon mountains of the best, most fresh fruits everyone's ever heard of.

Yes, this celebration was the best way for Aerus to celebrate his birthday; most of the

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ened his braided twine belt, then hopped upright onto both feet.

Aerus felt his muscles rejoice in relief as he stretched them out of the position they had been sitting in for hours. He squinted down at his bare feet, then reached down to brush a small bit of dirt off one of his toes.

The fairy slowly brought his head up to survey his surrounding area. As he viewed the gloomy sky, a small tinge of sadness wrought his stomach as the revelation that he would never witness another season change again came to the front of his mind.

Aerus squinted his eyes closed, wishing that he could just remember what happened.

That he could just remember where everyone went. That he could just remember why the seasons stopped changing.

Oddly enough, Aerus heard a branch crack behind him.

Shocked, he whirled around, accidentally smacking his clumsy, gangly left arm against the tree next to him in the process. He cradled his arm with his right hand, grumbling under his breath. He figured that had just been another dying branch snapping itself off of the trunk of a tree, too tired to fight having to hold itself there anymore.

He decided to investigate anyway. What harm could that do, right? He needed to exercise his stiff limbs anyway.

Aerus stepped around

the tree trunk in front of him and scanned the surrounding area. Almost immediately, he recognized the offender; it was a branch laying quite in the middle of things, snapped very cleanly in half.

Aerus furrowed his brow. He had never seen anything quite like this before. What struck it as most odd to him was that it was placed right in the middle of a clean patch of sky; that is, it definitely hadn’t fallen from a tree unless it had managed to bounce itself about five feet into the middle of a clearing.

It was also, once again, snapped cleanly in half. By this point Aerus had stepped further towards the offending branch, squinting down at it from a small distance away. There were no splinters, no uneven edges, nothing to suggest that something else maybe could have crushed it in half.

Aerus closed his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose. I must be going crazy, he thought. This is what happens when you spend ten years of your life completely alone.

Opening his eyes, Aerus sighed, then took another step toward the branch to at least pick it up to examine it.

In what seemed like half an instant, Aerus’ foot stepped on a patch of loose earth with nothing underneath it to hold his weight, and his entire body started plummeting down into a black, earthy hole.

A scream became choked up in his throat, and before he could react, his back made impact with something hard and pain inducing, then, inexplicably, everything went black.

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Thursday, September 20, 2018

Never forget the sacrifices

Luke’s Kickin’ Column

Using sports to honor the fallen heroes of 9/11 LUKE STERGIOU

Senior photographer For many people, sports can be a way of healing in dark times. But for brothers JJ and Connor Downey, sports mean so much more than healing, they serve as a way to honor their grandfather, Ray Downey.

During the attacks on 9/11, Deputy Chief of the New York Fire Department Ray Downey unfortunately lost his life trying to put out the fires and save everyone from the twin towers.

But Ray wasn’t just known as a brave firefighter, he was better known as an incredible person and father.

Nearly a month later in early October, the New York Rangers would open their 2001-2002 season against the Buffalo Sabres at Madison Square Garden. Before the game, the Rangers organization honored the first responders to the attacks, which included several members of the New York Police Department and the New York Fire Department. One of the firefighters decided to skate up to then Rangers captain Mark Messier and ask him to wear his fire helmet, which was embellished with a picture of Ray Downey. Messier, with no hesitation, put on the helmet and honored the lives of not only Ray Downey, but all the other firefighters who lost their lives during the tragedy.

Although JJ and Connor were too young to witness the moment firsthand, it is a memory they will never forget. “We were Rangers fans our whole life, so it was kind of neat how it played out. We got to meet him and then know him on a personal level and not just being a fan of him, so that’s pretty cool,” said JJ. Mark Messier went on to not only maintain contact with the Downey family, but build an actual relationship with them. JJ also added: “We’ve been connected with Mark Messier ever since, we stay in contact with him and have a relationship with him.”

Being from Long Island, New York, both JJ and Connor reflected on the way the people of New York used sports to heal. “It wasn’t just about our grandfather. He was one of the specific things they talked about, but overall it was how every sport came back from the tragedy. Everyone used sports to get through the tragedy that everyone was going through. It used sports to uplift people and make them feel better and basically take their mind off of what happened for a little while.” Connor also noted: “I think after 9/11 I think it brought a unity to the city (New York City) and to the people within. I feel like people got along better and came together as one. It united everyone, especially after George Bush got up and talked.”

When asked how athletics shifted after that day, JJ said, “I don’t know necessarily for both of us, but sports in general changed. Professional sports definitely were affected by it. If

LUKE STERGIOU

Senior photographer USMNT Beats Mexico for the First Time in Three years

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The Downey brothers use sports, not as a way to escape or forget, but as a way to honor their grandfather memory. Shown above is Deputy Chief of the New York Fire Department Ray Downey.

you watch the E60, it talks a lot about how in the weeks following they didn’t play and all the teams didn’t want to play because they felt like it wasn’t the right thing to do and it wasn’t the right time. I don’t think it affected us personally because at the time we were really young and we weren’t sure of the magnitude of what happened, but as we got older I think it’s taken effect a little more and we wear the socks during the games.”

The second Downey brother Connor, added, “I think a lot of what the other families talked about too is an escape, like sports as an escape from what had happened. People turned to sports as a way to get their mind off things and not think about the tragedy that just had happened and revert their attention somewhere else.”

The Downey brothers grandfather said that after their first encouter with the famous hockey player, that they stayed in contact.

“We’ve been connected with Mark Messier ever since, we stay in contact with him and have a relationship with him,” JJ said.

“We carry his legacy every day. Just being here (Keene State) together is cool too. On a day like 9/11, being away from our family is

kind of tough, but having each other is nice.

Having sports, he’s (Connor) on the soccer team and I’m on the lacrosse team. I think we turn to that as, not just with our grandfather, but whenever we’re down or upset, sports are definitely a way to forget about things,” JJ said.

“We were Rangers fans are whole life, so it was kind of neat how it played out. We got to meet him and then know him on a personal level and not just being a fan of him, so that’s pretty cool,” said JJ Despite the damage and trauma that came with 9/11, the Downey brothers belive that the people within the city stil stand together, even stronger than before. “I think after 9/11 I think it brought a unity to the city (New York City) and to the people within. I feel like people got along better and came together as one. It united everyone, especially after George Bush got up and talked.”

“It wasn’t just about our grandfather. He was one of the specific things they talked about, but overall it was how every sport came back from the tragedy. Everyone used sports to get through the tragedy that everyone was going through. It used sports to uplift people and make them feel better and basically take

their mind off of what happened for a little while,” added Connor “It was definitely a little emotional, it hit home because we lost someone we loved on that day so it was like we had to do good and play in their name. My whole team wore the socks. My uncle actually reached out to us and sent up a bunch of socks.”

“To keep his name alive, we have a race every year, a 5k in his name. We set up in a field and we have the 5k. When people are done, they hang out, they have drinks, they eat, and we hand out shirts that have 343 on the back, which was the amount of firefighters lost on that day. In the letters 343 is every single firefighter that passed away on that day. People that are buying the shirt sometimes we’ll see them around town, it’s just great to see people wearing his shirt and keeping his name alive, not only his name but all the firefighters, we’re keeping their names alive. We’re not just going to forget about them, we have to honor them,” Connor said.

Luke Stergiou can be contacted at lstergiou@kscequinox.com

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equinox Staff The coach for the Men’s Club Soccer team is a familiar face not only on the sidelines, but on the field as well.

Coach David Villalobos returned to Keene State College to finish up his final semester.

Villalobos knew he wanted to help the club soccer team he once played for in some fashion this year, but didn’t know how.

Realizing that playing as a member of the team wasn’t an option, because he was no longer eligible, he reached out to the club’s president for some advice.

“Then [the Club Soccer president] came up with the question, ‘How do you think you would like to coach?’”

Villalobos said.

The club soccer president, Jonathan Jimenez, detailed how he offered Villalobos the job.

“David actually played one season with us on the club team… he texted me one day to come to practice for fun, I asked him to coach instead,” Jimenez said.

Jimenez knew having Villalobos on as coach would be helpful for the team.

“Last year as the president I had to control the team on and off the field. Now I can focus on managing the club, while david is controlling the actual play and decisions. I think it’s important for every club team to have a coach,” Jimenez said.

Villalobos Said he immediately knew he had to take the position.

Villalobos is an Athletic Training major at Keene State with hopes of pursuing a career as a head coach for a professional team. Villalobos knew that if he wanted to become a professional coach someday he would have to start somewhere, so he knew he had to take the position.

“I want to start coaching and be able to get all my licenses, and hopefully be able to be a professional coach,” Villalobos said. “So I didn’t even have to think twice about it, because I just wanted to start learning.”

Villalobos said that being a recent alumni does not affect the way he coaches the team. “It’s just really how much I know about the game,” Villalobos said. “I think playing on the varsity team here helped me a lot.”

Jimenez is very happy with the impact Villalobos has made on the team.

“So far he is doing great. He has come in and made an immediate impact. With his great knowledge of soccer, he brings so much to the table. He has given the guys a great boost of energy and motivation,” said Jimenez.

Johnny Lacobucci, a player on the club soccer team, and David Sweeney, the coordinator of intramural sports did not respond before deadline.

Villalobos said he is cherishing the experience he is getting out of coaching. “I love being on the sideline giving out direction, and I love just setting up plays. I really want my players to get the best out of each session.”

Tyler daRosa can be contacted at tdarosa@kscequinox.com

On Sept. 11th, the United States Men’s National Team defeated their bitter rivals Mexico 1-0 for the first time in three years. After a rather disappointing result against Brazil on Sept. 7th, the U.S. were looking to make a statement against Mexico. With the team relatively unchanged from the previous game, this youthful U.S. team were looking to provide pressure early on to break down the young Mexican team.

The first half was relatively uneventful. Each team really didn’t create a lot of pressure or chances either. The U.S. still showed some defensive struggles, despite center back Matt Miazga leading the back line.

Overall the defense showed some improvements from the last game. The first 45 minutes would go by quickly though, as nothing too noteworthy occured.

The second half proved to be a lot more eventful. The U.S. looked rejuvenated and applied lots of pressure to Mexico early on. This pressure would prove to be too much for the Mexican team as forward Ángel Zaldívar received a straight red card for his awful tackle on American captain and midfielder Will Trapp in the 67th minute, forcing the team go play with 10 men. Shortly after that, New York Red Bulls midfielder and youngster Tyler Adams would convert a great chance from Colorado Rapids forward Kellyn Acosta after a great build up in the 71st minute.

Neither team would score again as the United States Men’s National team would beat Mexico 1-0, their first win against their rivals in three years.

Despite this youthful U.S. team showing incredible potential, there are still plenty of kinks to work out with this team. Goalkeeper Zack Steffen has practically cemented his place as first choice goalkeeper for many years to come.

The defense, although having shown great potential with the variety of players on hand, still needs some work. Players like Matt Miazga, Cameron CarterVickers and Eric Lichaj have shown their talents but still need some work as a true unit in the back.

The midfield is definitely lacking a creative central midfielder, and it’s clear that Christian Pulisic’s absence is very notable. Will Trapp is a good player, but he doesn’t have the creative mindset and playing style of Pulisic. Even though the USMNT have a great variety of youthful attacking options, like Gyasi Zardes, Weston Mckennie and Timothy Weah, they are still lacking that creativity in the attacking third. So I hope to see Christian Pulisic heal from his injuries and return to the national team soon, as I feel he is absolutely integral to this U.S. team.

Luke Stergiou can be contacted at lstergiou@kscequinox.

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Thursday, September 20, 2018

New study time policy for first-years Fantasy

Football

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Stereotypical phrases generally associated with sports include “Eye of the tiger,” “Keep your head in the game,” “Keep your eye on the ball,” and others implying success, but only if athletics is your number one priority; An idea that the Keene State Athletics department does not encourage.

The Keene State Athletics department has instated a new “Mandatory Study Time” program for first-year athletes to encourage that a higher priority is given to academics for the students.

The information sent to first-year athletes to update them on the new policy, introduced the initiative by saying, “Mandatory study hours are a great tool to help first year NOAH BOBROWSKI student-athletes get acclimated with univerKSC Equinox Staff sity life by balancing academics and athletics. For many students with this being their IT’S FITZMAGIC! Yeah, I’ve been first time away from home and distractions saying that a little too much since of college, demand requirements for classes Sunday. While we are on that topic, Ryan can be a challenge.”

Fitzpatrick whatever you did to in the Head Coach of the Men’s and Women’s postseason please share that secret with Cross Country/Indoor and Outdoor Track me. Fitzpatrick last year for the Tampa Tom Pickering, said, “This is a new proBay Buccaneers had 7 TDs on 3 INT. But gram that all first year students athletes are Week 1 of 2018? Fitz’s stat sheet already required, in their first semester, to complete is holding up 4 TD and NO INTERCEP- and track a minimum of four hours of study TIONS. What an incredibly massive start time per week in certain places on campus and improvement and Ryan Fitzpatrick that their app, installed on their device, will is only owned in about 30.1% of fantasy register that they were there in that time.” leagues. I don’t think I made myself clear, The application they use is called My PICK UP FITZPATRICK. Greek Study. It gives the user the ability to ANNA HEINDL / EQUINOX STAFF Anyways, I digress on that hype go to a designated area, check in and log train, but a new one is now coming so their hours while they’re there.

Pickering said he and many others in the and there’s a real strict protocol we have to brace. ALVIN KAMARA. I have never Some of the places the application regis- athletic program feel that academic excel- follow when an athlete has to miss a class been more happy to trade half my team ters as an acceptable study place includes the lence should be the number one priority. in order to travel to a meet even though for a player, let’s hope that happiness library, the conference room in the athletics “We never allow there to be an athlete miss- that’s an unexcused absence.” Pickering said stays. Kamara was on my team of the department and the writing center. ing an academic commitment for a practice, the protocol is to have the student-athlete week from last week and he showed up.

Kamara only rushed for 29 yards on 8 attempt, still bringing in 2 TDs, but on top of that 112 yards on 9 receptions with a touchdown. Alvin Kamara did a hat trick in football, say what you want that is incredible.

But enough about the what has happened in football I am sure we have all heard the stats and seen the crazy plays and high scoring games. Now to the real work. How are fantasy teams looking this week. Let’s start with the ‘must adds’ of the week. As previously stated QB Ryan Fitzpatrick is a great pickup for those who need a QB for the week that will pull in solid numbers. Another QB free agent to look for is Patrick Mahomes from Kansas City. Mahomes threw 256 with 4 TDs along with 5 rushes for a total of 21 yards. This was Mahomes’ first game as an official starting QB for the Chiefs and the Chargers defense is no joke, but this Boy Wonder brushed the challenge off with ease.

On the other side of the league if your team is in need of a cleanup look to the wide receivers. The top available WR is DeSean Jackson. Jackson had 146 yards on only 5 receptions for 2 TDs. On the other side of the league are WRs Amari Cooper and Jordy Nelson. Although not having spectacular starts to the season, the Raiders duo is bound to adjust and begin bringing in consistent double digit numbers. You can also look to free agent running backs such as: Chris Thompson, Redskins; Isaiah Crowell, Jets; Austin Ekeler, Chargers. The final must add player of the week is Jared Cook, the tight end for the Raiders. Cook had nine catches to add up to 180 yards in the outing to the Rams and was the favorite target of Derek Carr. Look for repeat numbers this week against the Broncos.

So, is it time for a Team of the Week?

Last week there were some shake ups and surprises with the players that shined brightly, and those that should have shined dimmed a bit. Well given last weeks numbers and this weeks matchups the start to week 2 Team of the Week is the quarterback, Drew Brees from the Saints. Brees is playing the Browns defense, which actually looked pretty good against the Steelers and has rookie Denzel Ward who made Big Ben look like a rookie. Then again, Brees just went for 439 yards against a more formidable team, so expect good numbers from the veteran QB. Let’s move to the running backs. Alvin Kamara gains another Team of the Week spot, especially if Brees airs the ball out like last week again. The other RB of the week is looking like Melvin Gordon from the Chargers. Gordon plays a weak and poorly lead Buffalo defense and is looking to improve from the 64 yards rushing and 102 yards receiving. Look for big performances from receivers, Tyreek Hill, Michael Thomas, and Keenan Allen.

Good luck in week 2 of fantasy all of you SOREN FRANTZ/EQUINOX STAFF would-be analysts!

Lauren Perkowski (Jr.) finishes ninth at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

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approach their respective teacher and tell them they’ll make sure they will make up the work.

Cross Country Athlete Robby St. Laurent said he’s heard of mandatory study time at other schools.

He said, “I totally see the reasoning behind it and it’s hard to really be sure that people are staying on top of their hours without micromanaging them.” St. Laurent said he knows certain people who log in during practice just to log the hours.

St. Laurent said, “I do my homework way ahead of time so I’ve never had an issue with [academics]...I don’t want to get to championship season and then hear our fifth or sixth guys can’t run because he’s not keeping up with his school work and this [program], at least for the new guys, keeps them accountable.”

Pickering said if students are not getting their required four hours of study time per week, until they make it up, they will have to check in with the coach and will not be aloud to participate in practices.

The Mandatory Study Hours program goes for the first-year’s first semester and they must have a 2.7 or better cumulative GPA to be exempt from the program. To be a part of the athletics program at all, a studentathlete must have a GPA of 2.0 or higher.

A study done by Northwest Missouri State University student Ryan Stegall on the different GPA’s of student-athletes vs not, found that student-athletes in the midwest suburban district have a higher average GPA of 3.25 where as non-athletes have an average GPA of 3.01.

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Perkowski Places ninth out of 318

Noah Bobroski can be contacted at nbobrowski@kscequinox.com

Invitational, besting all LEC runners at the race. Perkowski finished the five kilometer race in 18:49.49. She was named LEC Runner of the Week, according to the KSC Athletics Website. The Women’s Cross Country Team placed ninth overall, out of 41

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KAYLA KLEIN (SOPH., FORWARD, #9) SCORED THREE HATTRICKS IN GAMES AGAINST SPRINGFIELD, COLBY-SAWYER, AND UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS: DARTMOUTH. KLEIN HAS TEN GOALS SO FAR FOR THE KSC WOMEN’S FIELD HOCKEY TEAM, WHO ARE UNDEFEATED THIS SEASON (5-0-0).

Three hat-tricks in a row for Klein KIANA WRIGHT

OpiniOns EditOr Sophomore Kayla Klein has recently been dominating the field hockey field, framing her as one of two Keene State College athletes of the week. The field hockey team has started the season off strong and has thus far been undefeated. Klein said she has brought her all this season, and it her teammates and coach can agree it shows on game day.

On Saturday, September 8 the team played against Springfield College. Not only did the KSC field hockey team take home a win, but Klein managed to score a hat trick.

The offensive player assisted three goals during the game, bumping up the scoreboard five to two.

Only four days later, during a game against ColbySawyer College, Klein managed to score another hat

trick. Head Coach Amy Watson said she was ecstatic for the skill level Klein had played at in the two games.

Watson said, “She really came on strong in the last game, three goals are huge.”

KSC senior and one of Klein’s teammates, Julia Babbitt said, “You could tell Kayla had a lot of energy in the last two games, not giving up until her job was done and the ball was in the net.”

Klein has been with the team for two years. Watson said Klein is only becoming more experienced and advanced. “She really made a huge jump from last year to this year,” Watson said.

Babbitt said, “Kayla is noticeably more confident and aggressive compared to last year, with one year under her belt I think she’s less afraid of holding back.”

Klein said it’s a team effort and she had the help of the rest of her teammates to help her achieve those goals. “My first one, my friend Ally, she had a really

good shot to goal and I just tipped it in.” Klein knows it takes more than one person to win a game.

Babbitt said, “Kayla is a team player because she encourages everyone to be better players so we can succeed as a team.”

Klein believes it’s essential to be there for her teammates. “Being a collegiate athlete in general is hard so just being there for your teams when they need someone is important.” Watson said Klein has a great work ethic. “She comes out everyday, works hard, she’s really trained hard over the summer to get ready, she offensively has been strong for us so far this year,” Watson said.

No athlete comes into fall season without a “little” practice; Klein certainly did not, said Watson. “She works hard, she trains hard. She came into this season ready to go. That’s huge. Especially with a fall sport.

You have to do a lot of your preparation over the

summer,” said Watson. Klein came into this season running, and she won’t stop now. Klein and the team have big plans for the rest of this season said Babbitt.

“We are off to an impeccable start and I think that momentum is going to continue to push us to more key victories throughout the season,” said Babbitt.

Without a doubt KSC has faith that these girls are true to their word, and we expect nothing less than what they’ve already brought to the game so far. Klein said, “To be able to win LEC’s for my four years would be awesome. That’s a huge goal for us. Making history for the school.”

Kiana Wright can be contacted at kwright@kscequinox.com

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