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Thursday, October 4, 2018

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Nursing program back on track Holiday EMILY CARSTENSEN

Staff Writer After their two year probation, KSC’s Nursing Program is finally getting on track to retaining their accreditation. The accreditation would mean the program gets the Board of Nursing’s approval, which ultimately allows graduates to be more valuable and competitive in the job market.

The nursing program was put on an approved on probation status by the Board of Nursing in 2016 because of low scores on the National Council Licensure Examination, more commonly referred to as NCLEX. The NCLEX is a national exam that nursing students must take once they’ve graduated to become a registered nurse in the United States and Canada.

When the program was put on the approved status, Dr. Patricia Shinn was brought on to take on the position Director of Nursing. Since her arrival at KSC, students have said the program has seen nothing but positive changes. Each year the NCLEX scores rise higher than the year before.

“This probation has, all-in-all, been very positive for the program. However, it is hurting our recruitment.

Students looking to come to KSC to pursue nursing see that the program has been on probation, and automatically think they’re better off going somewhere else where

they know for sure the school’s program is approved. My ing to enrolled students and choose KSC,” Shinn said. hope is that once these 2019 seniors graduate with the high To be able to join the Nursing Program as an incomNCLEX scores that we’re anticipating, incoming students ing freshman looking to take Pre-Nursing courses, the will start seeing the success that this program is provid- following requirements need to be met: a 3.25 GPA from high school, either “A” or “B” grades in math and science courses and either a 520 math SAT score or a 22 math ACT score. For juniors looking to pursue nursing and take PreLicensure courses, an overall 3.4 GPA is required along with a 3.25 GPA in science courses, either an “A” or “B” grade in the four science courses: Chemistry, Anatomy & Physiology I, Anatomy & Physiology II and Microbiology.

Juniors also need success with the Nursing Basic Math Competency exam, and completion with a “Proficient” scoring on the Test of Essential Academic Skills.

James Halkiotis, a senior Nursing major, said that while some of these requirements are vigorous, they push him to work his hardest to become the best nurse he can be.

“These requirements are rigorous but necessary. You have to be dedicated to this field of work to be a good nurse one day. Other changes include what specific material is focussed on, and where we spend time as far as clinical locations go. These changes have all been beneficial, as seen from last year’s senior class’ massive success with the NCLEX,” Halkiotis said.

The nursing program is now approved on probation,

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Keene State college

New Hampshire

Percentage of passing students

Percentage of passing students

2013

77.78%

2013

83.17%

2014

48.28%

2014

85.53%

2015

62.16%

2015

87.02%

2016

62.5%

2016

81.65%

2017

80%

2017

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Endowed scholarship to be named after KSC employee RACHEL VITELLO

equinox Staff The life of Carole L. Russell, a former employee of the Child Development Center (CDC) at Keene State College who passed away in 2015, will be remembered by an endowed scholarship in her name; The Carole Russell Memorial Endowment Fund.

“If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in,” said poet Rachel

Carson. According to multiple people who knew Carole Russell personally, this was her favorite quote, and it embodied her passion for working with children.

According to an overview of the fund, it will allow local children in economic need to attend the CDC. The CDC is a New Hampshire State Licensed learning community that provides programs for infants to five-yearolds.

Russell’s husband, a former professor of KSC, David Payson, was helping pay students’ tuition at the CDC on his own. Payson said, “After my wife died I wanted to do something

with the CDC. I had initially thought, well for a few years I’ll just fund a tuition scholarship for the CDC for a family that was economically disadvantaged ... I began providing funds out of pocket to support this.”

After two years of doing so, the Advancement Division at KSC stepped in. “The advancement office suggested we should do an endowed scholarship ... I began this because I wanted to preserve my wife’s name in association with CDC ... I wanted some element of that to continue. I thought it was a wonderful idea,” Payson said.

The fund is in collaboration with Keene

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changes CAROLINE PERRY

Managing executive editor Traditionally, Keene State College has a set-in-stone holiday calendar.

However, new contract negotiations are now giving teachers the opportunity to choose which holidays they want to take off, or in other words, floating holiday hours.

The Program Manager for Diversity and Multiculturalism Initiatives/ NEASC Kimberly Schmidl-Gagne said, “It used to be depending on how the holidays fell.

Staff would always have to take at least one vacation day, most years two. Part of what we were able to negotiate was that the college has 13 holidays, and the college gets to decide on a few of them. Some of them aren’t flexible, but there are a few that are. So what we negotiated was instead of the college saying, ‘these are the 13 holidays, done,’ that the college would say, ‘here’s 13 holidays, take one of them, work that day, and it can become a floating holiday for you.’”

“The reasoning/rationale behind this new negotiation was that Keene State College is trying to recruit and maintain staff,” Schmidl-Gagne said.

She added if KSC is trying to recruit a diverse group of people and staff members, then the holidays that those people celebrate are reflective in that diversity.

This keeps the option open to staff to celebrate their personal holidays, even if they are not the generalized holidays.

Schmidl-Gagne said, “Although the new staff contract has only negotiated one floating holiday, KSC hopes to change it to two holidays. You get the one floating holiday and then we go back to the negotiation table in about 18 months.

We want the college and University System of New Hampshire to take a look at how they’re deciding particularly the flexible holidays and allow more choice,” she said.

Schmidl-Gagne said Jewish and Muslim holidays are two categories that often get overlooked.

She added that having the ability to celebrate those holidays will make strides towards constructive changes.

KSC’s website under Religious Diversity Guidelines states, “Staff and faculty must contact their supervisors and make reasonable arrangements to cover their responsibilities to students and other tasks at the college. Employees could trade the holiday off for a campus ‘floating’ holiday or take personal vacation time.”

Schmidl-Gagne believes this new adjustment to staff contracts will create building blocks to a stronger, more diverse, foundation.

Caroline Perry can be contacted at cperry@kscequinox.com

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Smoking age proposal moves forward VINCENT MOORE

News editor The City of Keene just moved one step closer to raising the purchase and possession age of nicotine products.

The Municipal Services, Facilities and Infrastructure Committee met on Thursday, September 28, to discuss a proposal submitted by Program Manager for the Cheshire Coalition for Tobacco Free Communities Kate McNally, which called for the City to raise the minimum age for the purchase and possession of nicotine products from 18 to 21.

The Committee allowed the Program Manager for the Coalition, Kate McNally, to speak before the microphone was opened up for public comment.

“Our real goal is to get the tobacco products, including vapes, out of the middle and high schools, and this strategy will help us to do that,” McNally began.

McNally spoke about the criticism that her proposal had received, particularly regarding the enforcement aspect of raising the possession age to 21.

“We’re not proposing a new initiative to chase down teenagers, we’re actually proposing that we just stop selling to anyone from 18 to 20 so we can keep it out of the middle school and high school,” McNally said.

Despite McNally’s reassurances, City Attorney Thomas Mullins said that, should the City Council adopt the proposal, local law enforcement would have the authority to enforce the possession prohibition.

Mullins also said that having a discrepancy between the possession and sale ages could become problematic, “It seems to me to be a little bit problematic to have a sale prohibition to be 21 but not to have the possession prohibition be the same, it starts to set up unpleasant ambiguities.”

Owner of Monadnock Vapor Daniel Cavallero was one of the many to speak to the Committee against the motion.

“What issue does this solve? It solves no issue. When a person wants to get their hands on something, they’re [going to] get their hands on it. It doesn’t matter if you raise the age from 18 to 21, from 21 to 25, it doesn’t matter. Whatever happens, we’ve never sold to underage kids. Never. Yet, somehow it ends up in the schools,” Cavallero said.

Cavallero said that in light of other health crises the community is facing, vaping shouldn’t be a major concern for the authorities: “The Keene PD already have a lot to worry about. [They have] a heroin epidemic, and now we’re talking about a Juuling epidemic? Are you kidding me? It offends me as a business owner, who built a business from nothing into something, now I’m opening a third store. And it offends me as a libertarian, who believes that young adults should have their rights... when you’re 18; you’re an adult, that’s it.”

After an hour of public comment and more than a dozen different speakers, the Committee discussed the matter amongst themselves.

Chairperson Janis Manwaring said that she was voting in favor of the proposal to protect young people from the negative effects of smoking, vaping, and chewing tobacco products.

“If we can keep young adults from ... doing it and give their brains a bigger chance to develop in a healthy way, that’s great,” Manwaring said.

Councilor Robert Sutherland said that while he thinks that nicotine use is an important issue that needs addressing, it’s an issue that requires the state government’s attention rather than the city’s.

“I would appreciate if the petitioner and Tobacco 21 to focus on Concord instead of city by city, town by

Prepping for flood season AUSTIN COOK

equiNox staff Hurricanes have been a big topic of discussion since Hurricane Florence ripped through the Carolinas.

Hurricanes are uncommon in Keene but flooding is something that happens more frequently. Keene also faced a major hurricane in 1938, in which the wind and rain were so bad it destroyed several buildings and thousands of trees according to an article from the Keene Sentinel.

Bud Winsor, Assistant Director of Keene State’s Physical Plant/Grounds said, “We’ve had water on campus and water in parking lots.

The Winchester parking lot and the athletic fields are prone to flooding.

It’s by design. Those areas are set up as compensatory storage areas for stormwater overflows, and they acutely work— although it is really inconvenient. When we do have flooding, people have to move their cars and sometimes athletic schedules are thrown into disarray. We’ve never had a building itself destroyed by a flooding event though.”

“Keene is prone to flooding. It is in a kind of bowl surrounded by mountains, but the main cause is probably manmade. The worst flood I’ve seen here was in 2005, where it rained six or seven inches overnight,” Winsor said.

He pointed out that since most of the buildings and parking lots are stone or asphalt, they shed water and do not

absorb it. So when there is a big storm, all that water flows off the buildings, streets, and from the parking lots into the Ashuelot River. The river just cannot absorb the volume of water and overflows or floods.

Winsor said that development is a contributing factor for flooding. He said, “With the development of farmland and buildings, Keene has lost the filters that absorb water into the ground. The water flows off the hard stone surfaces, accumulates into storm drains, is dumped into the river, and causes flooding.”

Winsor said that flooding can also happen in the winter: “Ice dams happen in the river and it gets backed up and floods. We had this happen in January and February. People don’t realize that this is a real issue. Flooding in the winter is very treacherous because if it’s not taken care of, that water becomes ice.”

The flood itself causes a lot of damage, but it is only the start of the problem. There are many other kinds of damages that can follow.

Dan Della-Giustina, Corporate Safety Director at Consigli Construction Co., Inc stated that if there is drywall in a building, mold can be a huge problem and health concern.

The water can also rot out a building. Della-Giustina pointed out that insect and vermin infestations are also prominent and can make the flooded area unsanitary and unsafe.

Della-Giustina cautioned,

“Flooding will cause the wires in a building to go bad or short circuit and cause a fire. Believe it or not, floods can and do cause fires.”

David Pesantes, a sophomore safety major at Keene State, raised several concerns such as compensation for property damages in the dorms, damage to vehicles due to flooding or ice damage, as well as where would the college want the vehicles moved to, is there an evacuation plan defined and who would manage the evacuation. Pesantes also wondered what role campus security would play in managing such an event.

Flooding can be avoided in many situations. Winsor said that the City of Keene is taking such steps. “Just recently the City of Keene completed drainage work and cleaned out a lot of drain pipes. The city plans to reroute some of the drain pipes from Ralston Street near the campus to Beaver Brook.

This will help the water flow quicker downstream. Also, we are using new porous materials to build parking lots. The Alumni Center lot has a porous pavement. This material drains the water straight down into the ground. There is no runoff into the river.” said Winsor. He also stated that this technology would be the future way to prevent a lot of city flooding, as it is a great alternative to storm drains, which are not sustainable.

Austin Cook can be contacted at acook@kscequinox.com

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and it’s a big step towards gaining full accreditation, which Dr. Shinn said she believes will happen when she meets with national accreditors on October 2 to October 5.

From a 48.28 percent NCLEX pass rate at KSC in 2014, to now a 93.2 percent NCLEX pass rate in 2018, things are definitely heading in the right direction.

“The 2019 group of seniors are stronger than the 2018. While the 2018 group had NCLEX scores higher than the national average, our goal is to have a 100 percent pass rate with our senior class,” Shinn said.

While a lot of the new success is thanks to the students’ hard work and dedication, Junior Nursing Student Brett Roberts, said they wouldn’t be where they are without the help of their program director, Dr. Patricia Shinn.

“They brought me in because I really know what I’m doing. I’m confident in the curriculum changes we’ve made, and the direction this program is going in. The longest any nursing director at KSC has remained a director is two years.

I think that’s a big reason why the program was struggling so much — because there wasn’t any

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consistency lasting longer than two years. I plan to stay here until I retire and really get this program back on track and on the top,” Shinn said.

Brett Roberts said the nursing program being on probation has actually made students stronger in their field of study and feel more confident about the program.

“I would also like to note that the probationary status of the nursing program has not affected any of us negatively, as it has allowed for the program to strengthen, and better prepares students for lifelong success. Unfortunately, the derogatory meaning of ‘probationary’ has led members of the community to jump to conclusions,” Roberts said.

Emily Carstensen can be contacted at ecarstensen@kscequinox.com

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Daniel Cavallero, owner of Monadnock Vapor, speaking out against the ban to the committee.

town,” Sutherland said.

The meeting ended with a motion to recommend that the full City Council have staff draft an ordinance to change the age of sale and possession of all tobacco and nicotine products from 18 to 21, and have said draft returned to the Committee for first reading.

The motion passed three to one, with Robert Sutherland casting the sole opposing vote.

“This is the very beginning. This is what we do we get public input. We listen to it, we do a recommenda-

tion to the full council, now it goes to full 15-member body next week and there’s going to be a lot more discussion,” Vice Chair Randy Filiault said.

The Keene City Council will convene to meet on Thursday, October 4.

Vincent Moore can be contacted at vmoore@kscequinox.com

Mental trauma seminar hosted at KSC AMANDA BEVIS

equiNox staff Dr. Harlan Fichtenholtz, an assistant professor of psychology at Keene State College, conducted the Science, Sustainability, and Health seminar surrounding psychological trauma.

The presentation revolved around the rationale and research plan for a new grant he was awarded last spring which began this summer, funded by the New Hampshire IDEA Network of Biomedical Excellence group — a network of faculty and students involved in original scientific research.

Fichtenholtz explained that last year, the NH-INBRE group opened up an application process for anyone who does biomedical research to apply for two years of research funding and get new projects started.

“I had given a similar presentation at the annual meeting of the New Hampshire INBRE research group over the summer, and so the school asked since I had done it recently if I would be willing to go at the beginning of the semester, and I didn’t mind,” Fichtenholtz said.

“It is a new seminar series.

I think it’s good because the disciplines that are included in the school of science, sustainability, and health are

incredibly diverse. What I think this will allow for students and faculty is to get to know what’s going on in the other disciplines that we’re now in a school with.”

Prior to giving his lecture, Fichtenholtz said, “I’ve asked some of my students and other psychology students to come so that they can get something out of it for the content because they’ll have an interest, and I think it’s good to show what we, as a psychology department, are doing to the rest of campus.”

First year psychology major Jack Cimino professed that he admired Fichtenholtz and his work.

“I have sat in on a lecture with Dr. Fichtenholtz before, and he piqued my interest with his work about trauma exposure, and it seemed like something that I’d be interested in. So, when presented with another opportunity to see him speak, I jumped at it and hopped over to Morrison,” Cimino said.

Cimino further commented, “It more than met my expectations. I was surprised with how much they had already found out and how prepared Dr. Fichtenholtz was to conduct the experiment. It was definitely really, really informative.”

Two neuroscience majors who work with Dr. Fich-

tenholtz, Grace Vogel and Megan Marshall, expressed how helpful the seminar is in their area of study.

“It gives me a better understanding of what I’m going to be doing in the lab in the future,” said Vogel.

“I think it’s important because it helps students and faculty to really get to know their professors and advisors and the kind of work that they’re getting to know and getting to do,” Marshall said.

Katherine Carpiniello, a junior psychology major, admitted that while she attended the seminar for extra credit and is not a student of Dr. Fichtenholtz, the knowledge she obtained was worthwhile.

Before the seminar, she said she thought it would be interesting, as she did not know much about psychological trauma.

“It’ll give me something that I didn’t already know before, which will be good.

You need to know how to approach certain things, and certain stuff needs a different approach, and I think it’s good to know all the approaches.”

Dr. Fichtenholtz shared his excitement with the lectures as a whole.

“I think that these sorts of seminar series are really good, especially in an undergraduate institution where

“I think it’s good because the disciplines that are included in the school of science, sustainability, and health are incredibly diverse.”

Harlan Fichtenholtz

there aren’t always presentations going on, or there aren’t always pre-established avenues for anyone — whether it’s faculty or students — to present work,” he explained.

“I don’t think it’s going to happen until the spring, but there are a couple of student researchers: one who worked with me and a couple other faculty who graduated last year, and one in the Biology Department, who are going to be able present their work also, so it gives them an avenue to do this as well, in an environment where hopefully there will be a recurring audience.”

Amanda Bevis can be contacted at abevis@kscequionox.com

ENDOWMENT cont. from A1 Housing Kids Collaborative (KHKC), which is a non-profit organization serving kids who live in housing owned or managed by Keene Housing.

The fund will be available to at least one Keene Housing child resident per year. Senior Engagement Officer of the Advancement Division, Sara Barrett, said, “The fund will provide a scholarship of at least $1,125. If we raise more than $25,000, which we aim to do, the scholarship amount can grow and support more children whose families live in Keene Housing.”

According to Barrett, $20,587.66 of the $25,000 goal has already been collected through fundraising.

According to Barrett, the fundraising that is done begins with soliciting parents of past children who attended the CDC and had a positive experience.

Barrett said, “After fundraising at this level ... we take a look at all stakeholder groups and put together a plan to solicit support by mail, e-mail, phone, crowdfunding or other distribution channels. This type of campaign typically brings in many smaller, but very necessary, gifts to help us to reach our goal.”

Barrett also said that The Office of Development plans on keeping donors updated on the progress of the fund, and plan to get a small event together to thank everyone who donated.

According to various people who knew Russell on a personal and professional level, this fund to help children receive early childhood education is the embodiment of her passion for her work at the CDC. Retired journalism professor at KSC Rose Kundanis said, “She always had a smile, she was always enjoying the

children she worked with. The CDC is a valuable thing and Carole in particular was one of the people who made it a very valuable place for the campus.”

Former colleague and friend of Russell’s and current Facilitating Teacher at the CDC, Stacey Fortin, said, “She was a just a good friend in every sense of the word. However you would describe your closest friend, that was her for me.”

Fortin also said that Russell was actively involved with families at the CDC. “Many families have shared personal stories with me about Carole and each story demonstrated how much Carole valued her partnerships with families.”

Russell was also involved with a child gardening and nutrition program at the CDC called Early Sprouts with Dean of Sciences, Sustainability and Health, Karrie Kalich.

Kalich said of the fund, “It’s an initiative that reflects who Carole was and is truly reflective of her dedication to the growth and development of young children.”

The fund will be available for KHKC families to apply for once all the funds are raised.

Donations toward the scholarship can be mailed as checks payable to Keene State College (memo line: Carole Russell Endowment) and addressed to Advancement Services, Keene State College, 229 Main Street-MD2701, Keene, NH 03435.

Donations can also be made online at www.keene.edu/ donate (designation: other — Carole Russell Endowment).

Donations can be made at any time.

Rachel Vitello can be contacted at rvitello@kscequinox.com

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Students gather for vigil on suicide awareness

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Organized by Active Minds at KSC on September 27, students gathered to commemorate Suicide Awareness month and to bring awareness to the issue on campus at the Candle Light Vigil for suicide. Active Minds at KSC’s “About” section on their facebook page describes the group’s mission “to increase students’ awareness of mental health issues and provide information and resources regarding mental health and mental illness.”

Pollinator garden planted on campus AMANDA BEVIS

equinox staff Earlier this month, The New England Wildflower Society visited Keene State College to plant a pollinator garden outside of the Living and Learning Commons.

Debbi Edelstein, the Executive Director of the New England Wildflower Society, was unavailable for an interview. However, Edelstein requested the Director of Public Programs of the Society, Courtney Allen, to be her point person.

Allen described what a pollinator garden is, explaining that they focus on creating a healthy habitat for pollinators like insects and animals.

“The pollinators are very important to us as humans. The pollinators create different kinds of plant diversity that create a healthy ecosystem, and many ecosystems rely on themselves. We as humans are so dependent on pollinators. The important things pollinators are responsible for are our food, preserving landscapes and the plants we see in our daily lives,” Allen said.

As stated by Allen, Keene State’s dedica-

tion to going green was an important factor in the selection of a location for pollinator gardens.

“During the process of Pollinate New England, the Society put out applications.

Keene State College caught our eye with its commitment to sustainability and spreading it further. To have a demonstration pollinator garden at Keene State to further educate is a wonderful outcome,” Allen said.

Audrey Kaiser is a junior biology major with a minor in environmental studies.

She is also one of the leaders of Keene State’s Garden Club, who were able to speak about how they help pollinators on campus.

“We have a lot of plants that promote pollination. Something we’re practicing to promote healthy pollinators is we’re not cutting back our large perennials. By leaving those species up in the winter, you are allowing pollinators a place to stay, hide, and live in.

It provides nutrients for them. It’s good to leave those plants up; it benefits the pollinators,” she elaborated.

“Unfortunately, I was unable to attend the planting or the workshop for the pollinator garden, but with our permaculture

land Wildflower Society: “Through Pollinate New England, as a whole, we interacted and spread to 900 people.”

A manual will be published that will be a synthesis of the different efforts that went into the pollinator gardens.

Allen said that it will include different components of what went into the workshops, lectures and how to install the gardens.

On October 28, The New England Wildflower Society will be holding a pollinator symposium at the Susan N. McLane Audubon Center in Concord, New Hampshire that will go more into the science and research of pollinators and how to promote them. Similarly, the Society has two sanctuaries in New Hampshire.

The Hobbs Fern Sanctuary in Lyman is noted to be the most unique natural area ANNA HEINDL / EQUINOX STAFF owned by the Society, and the Plainfield Sanctuary located in Plainfield has been garden, we are learning about native spe- ture, gardening and learning how to plant designated by New Hampshire’s Critical cies and working toward building a bit of a healthy foods. The club meets in the Science Areas Program to be a “unique area” as well. community.”

Center Courtyard on Fridays at 1:30 p.m.

Amanda Bevis can be contacted at The Garden Club is open to everyAccording to Courtney Allen, there are abevis@kscequionox.com one who wants to learn about permacul- plenty of ways to be a part of the New Eng-

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The Student Assembly was called to order at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 2. In the Discussions and Action section, the Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Club appealed for an increase of $1200. The club had a budget of $1800 for FY19. The budget appeal was approved by the Student Assembly. Student Government Advisor Brandon Mathieu talked about the vacancies in the Student Government. According to him, as of Friday, there are two vacancies for the class of 2019 (representatives), three for the class of 2021 (one for secretary and two for representatives), and all of the class of 2022 are vacant.

Treasurer of Student Assembly Emily Foy told the assembly that she was in the last listening session with Interim President Melinda Treadwell. According to her, the board of trustees had positive things to say about her and mentioned a few concerns. Ultimately, she was considered to be the best option.

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Supporting our teams What if someone said that there were more people on the away side of the bleachers at KSC home games than supporters from KSC? No, students shouldn’t take the fault for that, but they definitely have the opportunity to turn that number around.

According to the Keene State College website, there are 17 sports played here including, but not limited to: basketball, softball, baseball, lacrosse, soccer, field hockey, swimming and diving, and track and field.

There are games weekly on and off campus, and attendance is free.

Students should not feel obligated to participate in these games.

They have homework, clubs, other things that are important to them.

Most of the time the reason is academics which even an athlete would agree, comes first. But to all the students who say they aren’t going to games because they don’t understand the sport or they “have better things” to do, that’s understandable too. Students’ time is valuable, why try something that they’re not necessarily into? Because trying is learning.

Going to a game can be important because it can give someone an opportunity to learn. A student might not know anything about field hockey, then after going to a couple

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games, by just watching, they will start to understand the sport. Someone will not know if they are interested in something until they try it.

It’s a great way to learn something new and relax while doing so. It can have many benefits for someone who chooses to participate in our school’s sports games. Appliedsportpscyh.org states, “Identification with local teams have been shown to be related to lower depression, lower loneliness and feelings of alienation, higher self esteem, higher energy levels and greater levels of trust in people, as well as greater satisfaction in social life.” If you are lonely and depressed…find a sports team to support!” Taking a break from the chaos of a student’s academic life can be great time to either de-stress, unwind, or get excited for the teams that are representing the school athletically; especially if that means getting to be outside in nice weather with friends.

Aside from the personal gain one gets going to sports games, think about the teammates themselves.

For example, if a student in the theater department worked hard all semester to perform at a production in the Redfern, then no one showed up for them, how would that make them feel? It most likely wouldn’t be positive. Having fans, especially

people who are personal to the athletes, can make a difference on an athlete’s mental state during their performance.

Appliedsportpscyh. org wrote, “‘Athletes want to live up to a high paying contract, as well as fan expectations. It is the same with Olympians who strive to live up to expectations. Athletes may say they are immune to fans, but we know better. It is like an adolescent who says they don’t care what their parents think,’ said Daniel L. Wann, who heads the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) Special Interest Group on Fandom, and is an author of Sport Fans: The Psychology and Social Impact of Spectators.”

Students are shown praise for their academic achievements, just as students should be praised for their athletic ones. Taking the time to show pride for the school in anyway possible is a great way to get involved and give back to KSC. Although KSC does not revolve around its athletics like a Division One school, it’s still a school team, and athletes act professionally like any other team would.

If students put their books down, stepped out of their comfort zone and got into the game it would benefit both the teams and the students themselves. Gear up and get your head in the game!

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ufacturing or the trades than they might with an art history degree.” He said that it is more promising to find a career and have a steady income by going to a trade school rather than a four year college art degree. But that doesn’t mean you should do it.

In reality, making the choice to do something that sparks your interest or making a decent income and being able to support yourself is a personal dilemma.

Personally, I would rather go to school and study something that I am really into, rather than make a lot of money and hate my job. But I’m also still in college, and I feel like that opinion might change once I graduate and have to start paying rent again. I really hope my hard work pays off.

Being able to come to a liberal arts school really gives you the opportunity to expand your knowledge.

There are many art, music and writing related majors, as well as biology, management and education. While some may say that going to this type of school is a waste of your time, it’s really what you make out of it. Work hard doing what you think is best, and wish upon a star, hoping it was the right decision.

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In an art class, one is graded not based on how well they can draw various objects, but rather how the message is communicated, as opposed to a math class when an answer wrong it is a wrong answer with no in between.

No matter what I drew, my mom thought it was the best thing she had ever seen, but when I started to have a hard time in my eighth grade physical science class, she told me to get extra help. Science and math have always been hard for me as a student, and because of that, I didn’t enjoy them as much. So when I came to college, I knew I was going to try my best to steer clear of those courses.

But what about the students that are taking those classes? I thought that students that have a science or math related major might have a better chance of finding a job. I wondered, will a science or math degree be valued more than an art, music, or writing related degree?

According to educationcorner.com, “A recent report published by the Georgetown Public Policy Institute (GPPI), a leading public policy program at Georgetown

University, found majors yielding some of the lowest unemployment rates are chemistry, finance and nursing. While recent graduates of engineering, mathematics and computer science programs demanded the highest starting salaries ($56,000+), unemployment rates in these job sectors were about average. It came as no surprise that anthropology, photography and film majors experienced some of the highest rates of unemployment just out of college, however, the report also showed that students who majored in architecture and information systems also experienced relatively high unemployment rates as well. Students who majored in fine arts has some of the lowest starting salaries of any group.” This shows that many graduates with widespread degrees have a hard time finding work. I find it interesting that chemistry, finance and nursing are some of the lowest unemployment rates. Yet it did not come as a surprise that anthropology, photography and film majors experienced some of the highest rates of unemployment, because jobs that would hire them are specific and seem very competitive.

Former U.S. President Barack Obama even said, “[A] lot of young people no longer see the trades and skilled manufacturing as a viable career. But I promise you, folks can make a lot more, potentially, with skilled man-

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Thursday, October 4, 2018

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A smile can go a long way JULIA GUIDI

Equinox Staff When someone commits suicide, opinions begin to flood in. Opinions like “they deserved better” or “they took the easy way out.” The decision a person makes to take their life in no way should be considered easy.

There are many words to describe that situation, but easy would not be on the list.

People often try to blame suicide on something; it could be on society, on other people or on themselves.

At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter who or what you blame — the rising suicide rate makes it clear this is not the end. The way to start raising awareness for suicide is to stop assigning blame, and start to get to the root of the problem, which is mental health.

The fact of the matter is, mental health needs to be discussed more. We’ve all heard the sayings before: “End the Stigma!” But how do we really do that? It’s been turned into a cliche; it’s become “trendy” to be mentally ill. Depression has become an adjective instead of a condition. Anxiety has become a fad instead of an illness. This causes a ripple effect. The stigma surrounding mental illness worsens and people begin to feel isolated from the rest of society. In many cases, this may result in suicide.

More often than not, people commit suicide because they are mentally ill. While this is not always the case, mental illnesses typically play a large factor. Because of the stigma surrounding mental illness, people suffer in silence.

They take the pain, put it in a safe and they throw away the key. They don’t want anyone to see it. In actuality, if we discussed how we were feeling in a truthful way, people would start to feel less alone. If people felt less alone, they would be less likely to commit suicide, as they would realize that what they are going through isn’t uncommon.

Suicide is often swept under the rug. I argue this because people consider it to be an uncomfortable topic.

On some levels, it is. It can be a hard topic to discuss because you never know what others have experienced.

However, I think regardless of this discomfort, it’s an imperative conversation to have. It’s necessary to talk about the truth of the matter. In reality, it’s everywhere. It’s on the news. It’s on social media. It’s in your town.

People seem to be afraid of the idea of suicide. They act as if talking about it would only offend someone; however, this is how lives are saved. You save lives by talking about suicide. You save lives by acknowledging mental illnesses. Communication can save lives.

It’s going to sound awfully cliche to say that a smile can save someone’s life, but it’s true. If you express to people that you care, you provide a sense of hope. Even if it only lasts for a fraction of a second, it can still alter somebody’s day. It can still alter somebody’s life.

This shift that society must make isn’t going to happen overnight.

It is an extremely daunting task to read about something like this and then to be left with just your thoughts. I think the most important thing to remember is to start small. Start with your yourself. Check in with yourself. Then, check in with friends, family, or anyone else that. This way, we can begin to start a new ripple effect.

Julia Guidi can be contacted at jguidi@kscequinox.com

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KSC students gathered for the annual Candlelight Vigil for Suicide Awareness that was held Wednesday, September 26, at 8 p.m. on the Fiske Quad.

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Alex’s international experience “ These places are more than a Hollywood movie; they’re real life. “ ALEXANDRIA SAURMAN

Alex Saurman

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quesWhen surrounded by naked women in a bathhouse while having tion the life choices that my body vigorously scrubbed by a stranger, I realized my view of the brought me here. This lady — perhaps my guardian?

— sat me in the middle room against a wall, then motioned for me to Moroccan culture was like nothing I had read about online.

Rabat, Morocco is the city I will call home for the next three months. stay while she filled up two buckets: One warm, one freezing. I was It’s here I will learn how to eat tagine and couscous without utensils, about one of 15 women in the room — some workers, some women meet renowned journalists and professors whose works fight cultural from the neighborhood and a few of my friends — all stripped down standards and discover how to communicate with someone without a to just underwear.

Within a culture where women dress modestly and refrain from shared language. It’s here I will learn about another culture hands on; An opportunity I could never have sitting in a classroom in rural Keene, exposing so much as their shoulders, I was not prepared to see an abundance of breasts, let alone so much nudity.

New Hampshire.

When the lady returned with two buckets in tote, she grabbed my When I first arrived in Rabat, I didn’t know what to expect. What would my meals look like and when would they be eaten? Should I soap and began scrubbing me voraciously. Then, with a red exfoliating address men differently than women? How big would my host family glove, she vigorously cleaned me, consensually invading what dignity be? Are there any gestures or tones considered rude? What was the cli- I had left. She held my arm against her body, continually ridding my body of every dead skin cell. mate going to be like?

As I sat there, my skin shedding from my body, I wondered how Of course, I had done research prior to departing, but what’s written the other women felt. They appeared comfortable; some sat on the on the Internet does not compare to what one discovers in person. Take, for example, the hammam or bathhouse. No trip to Morocco is com- ground washing themselves, others kissed each other on the cheek plete without a visit to the local Hamman. An Islamic bathhouse vital to as they walked in.

Outside of the Hammams in Rabat, women dressed conserhygiene and perfect skin, a Hammam resembles a large changing room with tile floors, water spigot and naked people. Once inside the chang- vatively. They kept their shoulders and knees covered, at the very least. They traveled in pairs or groups, typically only the young ones ing area, I saw the women around me undress, then I followed suit.

A woman donned in only a pink hairnet and black shorts — ostensi- walked with males.

This is how I was first introduced to the culture, what I first bly an employee, a professional scrubber — must have noticed my conlearned from research. fusion and ushered me into the bathing area.

The room, separated into three smaller sections, was hotter than the outside temperature. Each section rose in temperature too, leading me to SEE ALEX’S INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE AT KSCEQUINOX.COM

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Thursday, October 4, 2018

The release of Kanye West's album JOE GUZMAN

Equinox Staff Kanye West so far has had a very big year in 2018.

We weren’t sure if we were going to hear anything musically from West because of his extremely publicized mental breakdowns and panic attacks on stage during his “Life of Pablo Tour” back in late 2016.

By mid April, more importantly April 19, he was already starting to ease himself into using Twitter again. Then he told the world about the different albums he was releasing with people and as a solo effort for the next upcoming weeks.

All that the public had to do was wait and sit patiently for June 8 to come.

At the time, no one knew when West was going to tell us when he was releasing his own solo album “Ye”. After this, there was a series of controversial statements on Twitter, and interviews with TMZ after his statements on slavery. The public patiently waited through all of this for the rest of the month of May and on Friday, June 1, he shut mouths with his impressive seven track album “Ye”.

For the rest of the summer, people loved West and all of the projects he was working on. From producing Pusha T’s “Daytona” to his own joint collaborative project with rapper/singer Kid Cudi called “Kids see ghosts”, all three different projects were received extremely well from online musical news services. Pitch Fork awarded the two rap icons with a 7.6 out of 10. For the rest of the summer, Kanye kept pretty quiet and to himself. Then September 7 rolled around, and the “Runaway” rapper released a series of shirts and hoodies for the Pornhub Awards. All the clothing was accompanied by a brand new song with him and fellow rap peer, Lil Pump. “I love it” (the name of the song that was released) became the number one song in the world

by September 22.

Before the song reached this high of #1, West posted on the September 17 — a photo without context. It shows a mini disc, and then underneath is a text bubble that says “YANDHI 9 29 18”. The internet went into a frenzy, hip hop heads all around the world started to hypothesize what this one photo meant, as well as the date. If this wasn’t strange enough, on the same day, the hit show Saturday Night Live also announced on Twitter that Kanye will be on their show, guest hosting with the popular

Star Wars actor Adam Diver on September First years at 29.

Keene State College Grace Theories were being exchanged; Yandhi Watson and Robert Taranmay be the sequel to “Yeezus”, his 2013 telli are both students on the album effort due to their similar album opposite sides of the speccovers. Another thing that ties the two trum in terms of hip hop albums together is that they are both plays music. When asked whether on words involving Ye, linking Yeezus to or not they follow hip hop Jesus and Yandhi to Gandhi. Both titles music, and whether or not compare West to a higher power of some they listened to West’s music, sort. By September 22, West had posted Watson answered hesitantly pictures of signs that all said YANDHI 9 with a “slightly ... every so often” 29 18. Then everything halted when West while Tarantelli said confidently tweeted a quick statement on September “Yes. I avidly follow hip hop 27 which said “We’re releasing Yandhi music. It’s my favorite genre. I like Saturday night/ We know it will come in old school music and new school.” number 2 to my brother Lil Wayne and He answered the next question by that’s lovely/ The universe needs Ye and saying “[I listen to Kanye] almost Wayne music at the same time”. everyday. I think he is one of the So there it is, it has been confirmed greatest minds that music has ever

by Yeezus Himself: Yandhi is an album seen. The College Dropout was a revthat is coming out on Saturday, Sept. 29. olutionary project and every one of his However, we have no reports on whether albums is different and has unique and or not the album is a confirmed sequel to innovative sounds.” Douglas Pedroza Yeezus. from Pace University mentioned how Kanye West and his family hold so he has listened to West “A bit. [he] loved much over us because they are all pop cul- [his] Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy as ture icons and his music is loved by many. a whole, but when he drops a new single Interviews were conducted with a wide [he'll] always listen to it.” range of people to see whether or not college students will give this up and coming album a chance just from all the hype.

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REMAKING cont. from A8

same CGI technology to bring its animal cast to life.

The live-action remake continued to not only give audiences the Disney nostalgia and magic they sought, but established itself as one of Hollywood’s main three billion-dollar-money machines — the Disney animated musical, Marvel Cinematic Universe films and the live action fairytale.

However, in 2017, Disney released its greatest weapon yet: Emma Watson.

Indeed, the famous actress’ casting in the live-action “Beauty and the Beast” was one of the greatest headlines in recent film history. For years, people around the world dreamed of the Harry Potter actress portraying the bookish, intelligent princess, yet never dreamed it could come true. Showcasing the same lavish spectacle as “Cinderella” and “The Jungle Book”, as well as featuring something all of the live action remakes had neglected too — the Disney music which has warmed audiences’ hearts for decades. The film made nearly $1.5 billion at the box office.

We now find ourselves preparing for multiple live-action remakes from the company. The recent “Christopher Robin” acted as a sequel, and acted as a smaller, more humble film which epitomizes the word nostalgia and celebrates childhood, as the Winnie the Pooh brand has always done. (Who doesn’t tear up when Christopher Robin says “silly old bear”?) In fact, over 20 live action remakes are in the works. This includes: “Aladdin”, Mulan,” KYLE WILSON / EQUINOX STAFF “The Lion King”, “The Little Mermaid”, “Dumbo”, “Snow White” (titled “Rose Red”), “Pinocchio”, “The Sword in the Stone”, “Peter Pan”, “Chip N’ Dale”, “Winnie the Pooh”, “Chronicles of Prydain”, “Nottingham & Hood”, forward for the Middle Eastern community in film. The company is, underand “Lady and the Tramp”, as well as pelephora of classic Disney films rei- standably, hesitant, especially after false headlines which claimed they were magined from different perspectives (“Cruella”, “Prince Charming”, “Tink”, “browning extras” with spray tans sparked outrage online. “The Lion King” has been met with enthusiasm, with a stellar cast announced to widespread “Genies”, “Fantasia”.)

Some of these announcements, such as “Aladdin” and “Mulan”, were praise, including the one and only Beyonce as Nala, but also must continue met with excitement. Others were met with confusion. A live action “Lion the steps that “Black Panther” made earlier in 2018. Messing either of these King,” all CGI — won’t that basically be the original film, which will only diverse projects up, especially after such spectacular treatment to white be 25 years old as is when the film is released? “Dumbo”, directed by Tim fairy tales “Cinderella” and “Beauty and the Beast”, is, in the current politiBurton — really? Won’t a live action Pinocchio be downright creepy and cal climate, simply not an option for the company.

Ultimately, audiences are excited for the live-action remakes which uncomfortable? And so, as Disney solidifies their monopoly on Hollywood Disney has planned in the upcoming years. One can only imagine the with the acquisition of Fox, the question remains — where do we go from beauty of a live action Agrabah and magic carpet ride of Aladdin and Jashere?

Disney was praised for their regionally appropriate casting of an Indian mine through a diamond sky. It is a representation of Arabic culture which boy in “The Jungle Book”, as well as the feminist themes which Emma audiences have longed for. and the actor casted as Aladdin, Mena Massoud, Watson brought into “Beauty and the Beast”. Therefore, it is not surpris- is not only regionally appropriate, but a new talent, and already capturing ing Disney is looking to adapt various diverse properties alongside current audiences’ hearts with his perfect Aladdin resemblance and charming smile social justice movements. “The Lion King” looks to continue the success of in behind the scenes photos online. Twitter nearly exploded when the first “Black Panther”, while the live-action “Mulan” hopes to be “Black Panther” photos of Chinese actress Liu Yifei as Mulan were released, and these same for the Asian community. Despite being originally being set in Denmark, fans are looking forward to a gorgeous celebration of Chinese culture, as rumors have circulated that black actress Zendaya has been offered the well as seeing the famous female warrior kick some honey buns on screen.

As the Disney brand continues to add onto its list of purchases with Fox, role of Ariel in “The Little Mermaid”. Zendaya is not only incredibly popuit is easy to lose sight of the original Disney brand and the magic it holds for lar, but possesses the mermaid figure for Ariel, and can sing. Furthermore, generations worldwide. Along with releasing sequels (“Finding Dory”, “The using the original Calypso soundtrack as an opportunity to cast a black Incredibles II”, and “Mary Poppins Returns”), one of the company’s greatactress is a clear opportunity which, in Disney’s eyes, cannot be missed.

Interestingly, despite coming out a year later than “Aladdin” and “The Lion est assets is the fairytale which they are famous for — and in the modern King”, “Mulan” is the only new remake which we have seen promotional day, that comes in the form of live action remakes. The future looks bright, yet none can say for sure what this new trend holds in store for the greatest images from.

This move is, by no doubt, a capitalization on the Asian August of 2018 powerhouse in film history.

All must change with the times, and with that includes the famous

by Disney. The month featured game hanging “Crazy Rich Asians”, which Disney fairytale. However, as animation moves to live action, and nostalgia starred an all Asian cast, and also saw success for Netflix’s “To All the Boys grows to surpass new, original content, has the Disney magic been lost? Or I’ve Loved Before”, a rom-com featuring a Korean- American mixed race protagonist, as well as “The Meg”, which included Asian talent on and is it stronger than ever? behind the screen.

Kathryn Spadafora can be contacted at This is also showing, however, of Disney’s fears about “Aladdin”. On the kspadafora@kscequinox.com film’s, and Disney’s, shoulders, lies the responsibility of making large steps

Poems by Sara Intense and Tenacious

Does my assurance in myself intimidate you Does my strength make you cower Are you afraid of my confidence, my strength, my "haughtiness" Do you look at me like I'm crazy Cause I dance and speak like I've got the world by my side Do you feel like less of a man Because I am so much woman I dare not say that at times this upsets me That I think to myself why not tone it down, don't be so overpowering But that absurd, preposterous, sorry its silly There is nothing wrong with being sure of myself and there is also nothing wrong with being so unsure of myself This world is crazy and confusing And I must do what I need to to find myself And your threatened masculinity and my fear of people not liking me can't get in the way of that I would be failing myself and the rest of the world

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Thursday, October 4, 2018

Creating uproars of laughter

Cal's corner

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Almost Famous CAL SYLVIA

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There’s a big rainbow somewhere when that happens. It’s great.” No matter what reason students have for performing, it always comes back to the music which was a common theme between all 3 interviews.

Preparing for a recital can be tough. It requires long hours and never-ending dedication. However, the end product is clearly worth the effort and the wait.

Almost Famous (2000) stars Patrick Fugit, Kate Hudson, Billy Crudup, Jason Lee, Frances McDormand, Zooey Deschanel, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Jimmy Fallon. Written, directed and co-produced by Cameron Crowe. Co-produced by Ian Bryce and Lisa Stewart. The film is based partially off Crowe’s own experience writing as an interviewer for Rolling Stone magazine. Crowe had toured with the Allman Brothers Band, the Eagles, the Who and others. A couple of scenes in the film are inspired by problems he faced touring with them.

Throughout the film, William (Fugit) is torn between two opposite extremes: the well-meaning but overly cautious responses from his mother (McDormand), which she submits over the phone and by paper, and the recklessness of the band he’s touring with: Stillwater. Rather than being able to enjoy his trip with the band, he finds himself more and more alienated by them, developing an interest in a girl named Penny Lane (Hudson) all the while.

As a screenwriter, Crowe depicts the ugly moments on tour beautifully. In total, I wrote down more than 60 lines which I considered pivotal to the film or great at depicting a character—and there are many more lines I didn’t have time to write down.

Two of the most memorable lines are Creem writer Lester Bangs (Hoffman) telling William (Fugit) that the rocks stars will “offer you things, but they’re not your friends,” and to be “honest and unmerciful.” These lines sound even greater when Hoffman and Fugit bring their best performances to the table; you don’t see Hoffman warning Fugit; you see Bangs warning William.

Every actor is amazing. There isn’t one bad performance in the film. Not once did I see the actors; only the characters. Fugit isn’t Fugit; he’s a 15-year-old in 1973 who has a deep interest in rock ‘n’ roll and wants to interview the people behind the music. Lee convinces viewers that he is, indeed, the lead singer of a rock band. He has all of the energy of a front man, and his anger is convincing when he gets momentarily left behind by the tour bus, and later on, when his image is blurred on a t-shirt design. Hedonistic and willfully looking away from the consequences of his actions, Russell (Crudup) is constantly upbeat and smiling. Though he sometimes lets loose and expresses his anger, his frequent, oblivious, sincere grinning makes clear that he’s a careless, cheerful guy. Even Fallon, who plays their tour manager, is a far cry from the friendly, cute-faced The Tonight Show host the world has come to know him as.

He’s demanding and gets what he wants, but he doesn’t have to fight for it. .

I do have a few minor gripes with the film; if you’re watching Almost Famous on DVD, mute the volume and look away for a minute or two after you see the Dreamworks logo—several scenes are shown before the menu arrives, and this is a film you should go into knowing relatively little.

There are one or two inconsistencies with release dates as well. Still, these moments are few and far between, and can be overlooked when considering where the film excels, especially considering its many great scenes.

Though Almost Famous is a script and character driven film, it isn’t without its clever edits. After William(Fugit), Penny (Hudson) and Stillwater sing Elton John’s Tiny Dancer on the band’s tour bus, the film cuts to Elaine (McDorman), who is too distracted by the absence of her son to teach.

She says one of the film’s most memorable lines, (which I won’t spoil here,) and the difference in mood couldn’t be more obvious.

The brief montage that is the film’s ending ties everything together perfectly, ending on a magnificent tone that doesn’t feel tacked on or forced.

I could go on about the film’s many other memorable scenes and its great use of classic rock, but this is a work of art you should see for yourself. Watch it as soon as you can.

You can rent it free in the Mason Library.

Julia Guidi can be contacted at jguidi@kscequinox.com

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On Friday September 28, the Upright Citizens Brigade performed their improv and comedy act on the Main Stage of the Redfern Arts Center at Keene State College.

The Upright Citizens Brigade perform at the Redfern ADRIANA DANIEL

Equinox Staff It’s time to throw away the scripts — the Upright Citizens Brigade is coming to town. Better known as UCB, this motley crew of comedians, actors, mathematicians and financial analyst are sure to keep you laughing all night long.

Friday, September 28, UCB performed in the Redfern Arts Center at Keene State College. The two-hour show was full of laughter and screams from the audience because the show was about them.

The UCB crew uses a gimmick to their performances, making every show different: the performers will ask the audience to write their script. It happens so naturally that it’s hard to notice, but the actors on stage give out questions like “What is Keene State known for?” “Who are the celebrities on campus?” and ask for intriguing one sentence stories about something you have experienced in the last week. The UCB keeps the audience engaged because their stories are the performance.

Some of the events brought up in UCB’s exclusive per-

formance for Keene were “Jumanji”, the battle between Prime Roast and Brewbakers, squirrels, the epidemic of Walmart shopping carts on campus, and KSC interim president Melinda Treadwell.

Before each act began the USB crew will interview one audience member on stage. The random individual is interviewed for about fifteen minutes. The interview was styled like a integration more than a interview, the performers went deep into the audience member's life.

Even with their lack of knowledge about the city of Keene and the campus, the performers were able to display what it means to be a Keene State student.

Making jokes about wanting to live Pondside Three and displaying the love students have with interim President Melinda Treadwell. Sophomore Alyssa Gesualdi says “I couldn’t stop laughing, and it was even better hearing my statements about campus being used.”

The UCB actors were able to perform with the information that was given to them in less than a half hour, with no notes or preconceptions as to what they would be doing.

The only props they used were the air, and four chairs left on stage. In particular, student KelliAnne Cammarata had

an interesting view on UCB actor Patrick Keene’s comedic style: “His humor and entry into his jokes were very reminiscent of John Mulaney.” All four actors brought a different character to the show; Gender was fluid and accents filled the stage.

Audience members stayed post-current call to talk to the four showstoppers. Theatre students took time to ask question about what the UCB performers did to get to a moment like this. The actors answered everything and engaged in starting conversations as well, wondering where the students were from and what their majors where.

Junior at Keene State College Jessica Shawles said “I was really amazed to see the four actors after the show, it was a great opportunity to compliment them on their amazing show.”

Upright Citizens Brigade has stations in New York City, New York and Los Angeles, California where they give classes and clinics. Actors who studied and worked with UCB include Seth Morris, Donald Glover, and Amy Poehler.

Adriana Daniel can be contacted at adaniel@kscequinox.com

The practice that goes into recitals JULIA GUIDI

Equinox Staff Practice makes perfect. Keene State College music students know this all too well.

It’s recital season at KSC. Students all over campus are getting ready for upcoming recitals in the month of November.

Students are spending countless hours rehearsing music in preparation. From German to Italian, students are expanding their musicality and their knowledge of other languages. The first-year and sophomore recital takes place on Saturday, November 3. Juniors and seniors have their recital on Sunday, November 18.

Junior Tyler Martin is a double major in vocal performance and composition.

Martin certainly has had his fair share of experience with learning and preparing music. Martin describes the first thing he does when he gets a new piece of music: “My first step is I lock myself in a practice room for several hours. I try to learn both my part and the piano part to become better connected to the music,” Martin explains.

Another important part of preparing for a recital is how long one spends on learning and perfecting their pieces. Cassidy Doherty, first year student and theatre major, “tries to practice 30 to 45 minutes a day.” As necessary as practicing is, it is also important to find a balance. Martin expresses how he practices 6 days a week but gives himself one day off. He does this in order to give himself a break, and to keep his voice healthy.

Performing is both a personal and public experience. Some people perform for the happiness it gives other people, and others perform because of personal enjoyment. Doherty talked about how performing affects her: “My favorite thing about performing is making other people feel joy.

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free and I have a lot of confidence. Sometimes, I can get really nervous but once I get up there and get into it, I really enjoy it,” Doherty states. On the other hand, Martin enjoys the personal development and growth he can gain from performing.

“Really, it’s not about performing for people.

It’s more about performing for myself. I get this awesome music and it’s great just to be able to perform that for myself,” Martin remarks.

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a BA in music. Joy radiates off of Rinker when she talks about music — you can see it in her face. Rinker explained the reason why performing resonates with her so much: “Sharing what I’m passionate about with my community is the best part. The minute or two before you go on stage you get so scared, but after you walk in you feel all the worry melt onto the floor. Just knowing that there is people there to support you, and combining that with my passion and sharing the beauty that is classical music.

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Remaking the classics KATHRYN SPADAFORA

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"If another Keene State graduate can do it, so can you.”

Aimee Athnos, KSC Class of 2008

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Alumna Aimee Athnos receives a nomination ERIN MCNEMAR

Arts & EntErtAinmEnt Editor Just 10 years after graduating from Keene State College, 2008 alumna Aimee Athnos received her first Emmy nomination for set decoration on the FX show “Atlanta.”

Throughout the years of success Athnos has had, she credits the KSC Film department with helping her build her broad foundation and knowledge of film.

“Overall, I’m happy with my education. The Keene State film program will give you a little bit of everything. It’s very well rounded, and gives you a taste of everything together.

The program gives you a broard experience of film, which I saw as advantage. It’s not specific,” Athnos continued.

“You won’t go into the film industry with a specific mindset of what you want to do that you might have if you went to another school. It sets you up with a different attitude.”

Although she did not win the Emmy, receiving the nomination was a huge honor according to Athnos; she did not see it coming.

“I was definitely surprised, I wasn’t expecting it this year.”

Athnos explained that typically you don’t expect this kind of award until you’re in your 40s or 50s, or as Athnos said, “when you reach your peak years.” Athnos said that the expe-

rience, especially receiving a nomination at such a young age, was very exciting.

Film studies faculty Ted White had Athnos as a student in several classes during her time at KSC. White explained that early on, he was able to see a drive and passion for film in Athnos.

“She was always really enthusiastic. She would get excited about her ideas, which I loved. She just had a sense of confidence that I could sense early on,” White continued.

“She seemed to succeed when she had an opportunity and improve herself and become more confident.”

White expressed the sense of pride the Film Department has in Athnos, and how her success is inspiring current students. “Aimee changed the culture here a little bit. There is a feel among students that they are destined to get a job in the industry and have an exciting life. I feel really good about that,” White said.

One of the students that has been inspired by Athnos is senior Nikki Root. Root explained that she had the opportunity to video chat with Athnos during White’s Career Development in Film and Media class last Fall.

“After speaking with her about Atlanta, she’s made me inspired to move to Atlanta ever since. I’m actually going to Atlanta for a week next month for the first time. I spoke

with Aimee and we are going to meet up and chat up the film opportunities down there,” Root said.

According to Root, Athnos’ Emmy nomination filled her with a sense of hope for what’s to come after Keene in regards to her future film career.

“It’s really awesome that Aimee was nominated for an Emmy and she’s doing Keene so proud, especially the Film community here at Keene. It makes me feel like there is hope for us little ones up in New Hampshire, just because we went to a state school far up north doesn’t mean our learning experience is any different,” Root continued.

“We make such close and personal connections in this program that will stick with us for the rest of our lives. Now, having a connection and alum as successful and wonderful as Aimee, I feel like we can all follow in her footsteps.”

To those who plan to pursue a career in film, Athnos had this to say: “You have to be prepared to start at the bottom.

Your first year is tough, but remember to keep your eye on the prize. If you don’t find something you like at first, keep looking and don’t give up. If another Keene State graduate can do it, so can you.”

Erin McNemar can be contacted at emcnemar@kscequinox.com

“Beauty and the Beast.” “Cinderella”. “Alice in Wonderland.” These titles are but a handful of the titles which, since Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” was released in 2010, the Disney company has decided to remake into live-action. In an age in which both “Ghostbusters” and “Jumanji” were remade, along with other various cult classic films from generations past, it is no wonder Disney is capitalizing on the new phenomenon which has taken over Hollywood: the longing for nostalgia.

“Nostalgia is addicting.” It’s a phrase we have all heard, and experienced all too often. Why else do we rewatch family videos on the old VCR, or flip through scrapbooks?

Yet it has not been until the 20th century that Hollywood has acted upon the human love for nostalgia and heart; and as the Disney company has grown into a multifaceted empire since Bob Iger took helm as the company’s executive officer, they have not failed to be at the forefront of this cinematic movement.

The “Disney live-action remake” began in 2010 with Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” highly stylized and action-oriented film which embraced the zaniness of the 1951 film headed by Walt Disney himself, as well as Lewis Carroll’s original tale. This was followed by a slight detour in the form of a prequel in 2013’s “Oz the Great and Powerful” a prequel to a children’s property previously not adapted by Disney — “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”.

It was however, the release of “Oz the Great and Powerful” which cemented the live action fairytale as a new bracket of the Disney brand, and production photos and teaser trailers were released for the following year’s “Maleficent”,released in 2014.

“Maleficent”, as with the previous two entries to the live action brand, was met with criticism. Once again, Disney took took a slight detour from the original fairytale in that they not only told the tale from the perspective of the infamous villain Maleficent, but changed the tale to offer a new perspective of redemption — a tactic taken straight from 2003’s hit Broadway production “Wicked”, based off of Gregory Maguire’s own line of novels which reimagine classic tales. Unfortunately, “Maleficent” did not share the same success as “Wicked”, and generally divided audiences.

Therefore, for their next project, Disney chose to adapt “Cinderella” just as it was seen in 1950 — only more lavish, colorful and visually stunning. Director Kenneth Branagh, known for his elaborate spectacles and affinity for Shakespeare, was selected to explode the fairytale onto the screen. This tactic was met with unparalleled success for Disney. Although the film earned an entire $250 million less at the box office than “Maleficent”, due to fairly unknown talent Lily James heading rather than megastar Angelina Jolie, it was met which far superior love from fans. Despite multiple criticisms from feminists, reception of the film remained incredibly positive. The delicate, graceful portrayal of the character by Lily James earned her a career.

By 2016, the significance of the Disney live action brand had been established, and over ten live-action remakes were announced to be in the works. The company continued the momentum with their most successful remake yet — Jon Favreau’s “The Jungle Book”, released in 2016.

Featuring revolutionary CGI effects, and young Indian actor Neel Sethi in a breakthrough performance as Mowgli, the film was an astounding success and was praised for capturing the magic of Disney. This success lead to Jon Favreau being given the honor of directing 2019’s “The Lion King”, which plans to use the

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American Historian Deborah Dwork giving her lecture on religion and holocaust studies in the Mabel Brown room on September 26. Dwork is very knowledgable on the history of the Holocaust.

Dr. Dwork discusses her inspirations and why she devoted her life to the history of the Holocaust JULIA HAWKINS

Equinox Staff On Wednesday September 26th, Keene State College hosted its 21st Holocaust memorial lecture. Guest speaker Debórah Dwork is an American Historian who is exceptional in the history of the Holocaust.

Dwork spoke to residents of Keene State College and to anyone else who had been interested in attending her lecture.

In her presentation, Dwork illustrated what it would be like for anyone to experience life back in history when the Holocaust had happened. Not a lot that was said was pleasing, given the entire event in history was

gruesome.

A student who attends KSC said he hopes this presentation will “raise awareness on how America played a bigger role in rescuing Jews”. Many who attended the lecture however were not students at Keene State.

Those who attended who were students at Keene seemed to have general interest in the Holocaust and had plenty of questions to ask Dwork after the presentation was over. A student asked what Dwork’s influence was to writing her first book “Holocaust: A History”.

Dwork said Marjorie McClelland was her original inspiration. Dwork said this is because she was flawed.

Dwork said “she did her best, she did great things, but she was flawed”.

Dwork is a European Historian. She could have focused on any aspect in the past 300 years, however, Dwork said “the history of the Holocaust was the fascinating and challenging subject to study”. She also said that it would have been a waste of her intellectual life if she were to focus on studying anything else other than the history of the Holocaust.

Dwork said that she hopes “these stories open a window for a possibility of action” and “when people think about the past, they challenge themselves to think about the irrational factors at play, and how those factors affected the outcomes”.

Dwork’s presentation lasted about an hour, where she talked about her work, her interests, and of course

the Holocaust studies. She didn’t go into as much detail of what went on as she did about cases about women who were rescuers and those who could not serve in the military. Those who served as rescuers were not well known, and women could not serve in the military.

After Dwork’s presentation, many gathered around to meet her personally. Those who were very interested stayed longer after it was over, and she was even interviewed multiple times by a variety of sources. Dwork will continue to share her knowledge through her many books on the Holocaust and history.

Julia Hawkins can be contacted at jhawkins@kscequinox.com

Aspire program helping KSC students succeed CAILLA PRISCO

StudEnt LifE Editor College can be hard, and the classes can be even harder. Wouldn’t it be nice if there were programs on campus for students to receive one-on-one tutoring, group study sessions, and organizational help?

The Aspire program in the Trio Center offers all of these services, one hundred percent funded by Keene State.

The Aspire program involves student tutors who are matched with students that request help in a specific class or major.

Students can stay with their assigned tutor for the whole semester, and even continue using Aspire for their entire four years at Keene State College.

Katie Robinson, an Educational Program Coordinator at KSC who is also a TRIO staff member said that students should be taking advantage of these

options.

“We are fortunate to have a lot of science and math based programs that can be hard for some students, the math and writing center are working together to assist students as well as with the tutoring center” Robinson said.

The tutoring program is well known to campus, but what some students may not know is that there are programs in Aspire that help with organizational skills, understanding textbooks and time management.

Robinson said that tutoring is in high demand in the math, anatomy and physiology departments, “Psychology is also a big one and we’ve been getting a lot of requests for management and safety, we really see it from all majors and all different levels of classes. We are always looking for more tutors!”

The Aspire program changes every year, in most cases first year students will come to the office located on the first floor of the

Elliot Center, and will stay with the Aspire program until they graduate senior year.

According to the Keene State website, the program also hosts a study night in the Mason Library every week alternating between Monday and Tuesday where students can come in and work with educational counselors.

Robinson said, “We have counselors here that will work with students with anything from time management, how to understand class lecture and how to read their college textbooks. Even that transition from high school to college and finding their own while their here so they can find their success.”

KSC junior and mathematics major Gabby Daniels is a tutor at the Aspire program, she said that tutoring can be really frustrating for both the tutor and the student but in the end, it is so rewarding.

“It gave me the opportunity to step out of my comfort zone and take a leadership

role. There are times when it’s extremely challenging because your tutor just isn’t comprehending the material. When they finally understand it, a huge feeling of relief comes over you and you think to yourself finally, we’re making progress,” she said.

Daniels continued to say that she would always suggest people to tutor if they know their class material, and if they don’t, she recommends that they go get a tutor.

“I think it’s very beneficial for students to work with others when they’re struggling in courses or after passing a course and wanting to share helpful tips about their experience in the course/how they got through it,” she said.

“We have counselors here that will work with students with anything from time management, hot to understand a class lecture, and how to read their college textbooks” -Katie Robinson

Cailla Prisco can be contacted at cprisco@kscequinox.com

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Learn when to say no ALYSSA WISNIEWSKI

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A lot of times in a college career, students are peer pressured into doing things out of their comfort zone.

Debra Barrett, a nurse at Keene State College’s Health and Wellness Center, said: “It makes it hard to say no when all of their friends are doing it… ” “Whatever the activity is, some students just don’t feel comfortable,” Barrett said.

Cierra Taber, a first-year student said, “Peer pressure, for me, happened a lot in the past, and even being here in college.”

Whenever Taber feels uncomfortable, she uses a backup plan that she has arranged with her friend.

“Whenever I’m in a situation that involves peer pressure, I text my best friend ‘XXX’ and she’ll call me and say, ‘I have to talk to you right now.’ That typically helps when I’m pressured by friends,” Taber said. She added, “I’ve never had to use it before, but it’s good to have in case I do.

Josephine M Palmeri at NYU explained that, “Students who enter college determined to remain nondrinkers often give in to peer pressure in order to become a part of the in-group.

“If a friend makes you uncomfortable, then they are not your friends,” Taber says.

In the same journal, Palmeri explains that “vulnerable college groups (e.g., first-years and non-drinkers) will give in to peer pressure in hopes to be socially accepted and have a successful transition to college.”

Debra Barrett said, “Especially first-year students, it being their first time away from home, they see what other people are doing. It can be very hard to not say no.”

Many students fear that if they don’t do what their friends are asking them to do, they might be rejected.

“It’s another stressor that is on students, and sometimes they will just give in,” added Barrett.

Although peer pressure is looked at in a negative light, there is a way to give positive peer pressure.

Taber said, “Sometimes I’ll meet up with my friends in the library to study, even if I don’t want to go. They pressure me into going to help me get better grades on papers and exams.”

Taber also said, “Peer pressure, to me, isn’t always bad. In some ways, it has helped me, but you have to

make sure you find the right group of friends.”

Peer pressure doesn’t always just affect friendships, it also affects romantic relationships.

“If your significant other is pressuring you into drinking, for example, remind them again you’re there for their safety,” Taber said.

Being in a relationship sometimes can make a student feel like they have to say yes.

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“Peer pressure can definitely stress students out Taber added, “I think that students that are going in sexual relationships because they hear what their through this should remind themselves that it’s okay to friends are doing and it makes them feel like they have say no and stay true to yourself. If you don’t like what to do it too,” Barrett added. is happening, just try to remove yourself from the situ“It hurts the trust of the relationship, and could lead ation.” to something unwanted,” Taber said.

Peer pressure can come in many different ways, but Alyssa Wisniewski can be contacted at it’s all about remembering who you are as a person. awisniewski@kscequinox.com

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“It is important to keep rural journalism substantial in the news” -Dane Claussen The room is quiet as Keene Sentinel President Terry Williams turns on the projector and the picture of a printing press appears on the screen in the “Yoube the Editor” seminar.

The news media may seem fickle to outsiders, not knowing how newspapers are put together or which story goes where on what page, is kind of like a puzzle.

But at Radically Rural’s journalistic seminar, “You be the Editor,” the audience participated in making their own front page.

Williams said the session gave readers a chance to see how a newspaper works, “The structure of the front page is all based on what they pick during this event, they are the editors and they have to decide which story is more newsworthy over others,” he said.

An avid reader and local community member of Keene, Eileen Sorson, said she was just really interested in how the paper was published.

“I’ve lived in Keene since 1990 and I have been reading the paper front to back every week since then. I am a very community oriented person who likes to be involved so it was very interesting to come this morning.”

Sorson said that she thinks the Keene Sentinel “does a fabulous job.”

During the interactive event, the room split into two groups and then given several news stories.

As a group, they decided and discussed what stories should go on the front page of a local newspaper.

Also, group members discussed why a local story might take precedent over a more national or even international story.

Executive Editor of the Keene Sentinel Paul Miller walked the audience through the Newsroom’s day-today duties like printing press deadlines, budget of news stories, editing and posting to the web.

Miller said, “We have 17 staff including five general reporters, five copy editors, two sports, and one opinion.” Miller continued to say that. “Everyone copy edits as well, we all work together.”

After making their news choices, the audience went over to the Keene Sentinel to watch the printing of their newspaper.

For some audience members, the news selection choices were familiar ones.

One member was Peter Gilmore, currently an associate writer for the New York Post.

When asked about why he had come so far north to hear about small city journalism he responded with he’s making a “transition to kitchen sink journalism.”

Gilmore said, “In New York titles mean everything, there is so much news that’s written that just ends up being dropped because there just isn’t enough room to fit it all and its all good news too!”

There is a difference between big newspapers like the New York Post, compared to a regional newspaper like the Keene Sentinel. Gilmore said he wants to write about stories that are meaningful.

“I want to write about real people, with real lives and real jobs, stories that matter and that are not just 1,000 word articles about politics or companies that are failing,” said Gilmore.

Another journalist in attendance was Dane Claussen, Editor of the Newspaper Research Journal.

When asked why this summit interested him, he said, “I was already planning on coming this weekend to write about this event for my column and as it turns out, it was a really interesting seminar with a lot of people that attended. I enjoyed it a lot.”

Clauseen acknowledged the value of local news, saying it is, “important to keep rural journalism substantial in the news.”

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Humans of KSC

“Do you attend sport events? Why/Why not?”

Compiled by Angelique Inchierca

“I haven’t this year just because I don’t know a lot of kids who play. But if I had a friend on a team, I would.”

- Camron Leonard

“Yea I do, [because in class] we study about physical education [professionals].”

- Asia Idebil

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“No, [because] I am mostly practicing for basketball and we got a lot of workouts and stuff. It’s hard to make the time to [go], but I’m going to try to.”

- Devon Beasley

“Yes. I like watching sports and I play sports.”

- Mallory Leblanc

“Yes. I am an athlete so I like to support my other teams and hopefully they’ll support me.”

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“Yea. I go to basketball games during the winter because it’s fun.”

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Dungeons and Dragons An inside look at Keene State’s Gamers Guild IZZY HARRIS

Equinox Staff Forbidden Island, Dungeons and Dragons, Lords of Waterdeep and Snake Oil may be games you have never heard of before, but it is a fantasy come alive for some of the members of the Gamers Guild club.

The Gamers Guild club is located right here on campus, and is home to council games, board games, cooperative games and fantasy events.

“The main goal of the club is to have a whole lot of fun, and an additional goal that is not stated is to foster a sense of community within a neglected group of students,” said President of the Gamers Guild Club Joseph Erwin.

Dana Gibson is the advisor of the club and has been playing games since he was a child. “Most gamers are viewed as nerds or geeks, socially maladjusted, not to say they are, but that seems to be the popular concept. [The club] lets them be themselves,” said Gibson.

Erwin said the club is a great place for people who don’t always feel comfortable talking about their favorite games with other people. “It’s unlike any other organization. It’s an organization for people who are into nerdier things and tend to have more niche hobbies,” said Erwin.

“It’s a diversion. It’s a release from the cares of the day, from real life actually. And it’s fun. No pressure to be anything to anyone, just there to have fun,” said Gibson.

This year there has been an increase in club members. Erwin said the club is booming this year, and he now has to check out extra rooms. As of right now, Erwin said they have about 30 to 40 members.

“It’s the one time of the week we get this many people of the same interests together at once,” Erwin said.

Corinne Colgrove is in charge of public relations for the club and has been a part of Gamers Guild Club for four years now. She said one of her favorite things about the club is how relaxed it is.

“There’s no ‘you have to be here from this time to this time,’ you can come and leave whenever.”

Colgrove said that she has met her friends through this club since she started attending meetings Freshman year, and that it has been “...easy to stay there.”

Likewise, Erwin said one his favorite parts of the club is that it’s “... a good relaxing time to get together with people.”

Another one of Colgrove’s jobs is to help welcome new members. “I do a lot of helping with the new members to get acclimated and feel comfortable within the club,” said Colgrove.

As President of the club, Erwin said one of his many responsibilities is to “communicate with members and with eboards, making sure everyone is happy.” In addition to this, Erwin also said that he makes purchases for the club based entirely on what people want.

While being the president of a club can be exhausting, Erwin said he has “Gotten more fun and pleasure out of watching everyone come together and enjoy themselves.”

Izzy Harris can be contacted at iharris@kscequinox.com

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The Demar marathon ended on Appian Way at Keene State College on Sunday, September 30. Runners had the choice to run the half marathon at 7:00 a.m.,which is 13 miles or the full marathon at 8:00 a.m., which is 26 miles. Many Keene community members and KSC students participated, as well as people from around the North East. This race is very popular for runners in the New Hampshire, Vermont, and Massachusetts area.

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Griselda propped her head inside where a lighted lamp spread its radiance over the ceiling, the walls, and the floor. He pushed the door away, and she fell in his arms and sobbed.

“Carlos?” her father said, looking at Victor. “Daniella?”

“We didn’t have the time to bring them,” Victor said and turned his head back at the road, “They were in School.” Griselda’s mother embraced her.

Her mother led her inside the house and placed her on the couch she had been on when Carlos was still sleeping in his crib. Her mother sat next to her and lent her shoulder.

“We’ll bring them home,” her mother said. “Somehow.”

Griselda nodded. “What time is it?”

“Half past eleven,” her father said looking over the clock on the wall behind her. She knew it was there, rattling.

“Soon it will be Daniella’s birthday,” she sighed. “She’ll be six years old. I can’t believe she grew so fast.”She glanced at her husband; he nodded and pursed his lips.

He stared at the void whirling in the pit of her stomach, inching outward a second by second.

“Griselda,” her mother said. “Do you remember Carlos would follow me with his eyes… and he’d turn on his stomach trying to follow me. Hold my skirt.” Griselda nodded with a smile her mother mirrored, rubbing her shoulder.

Her mother turned to face the man across her. “Victor, you don’t know this, but Griselda was teaching Carlos to say daddy. You’d think a mother would want her son to call her first, but no.”

Victor smiled and turned to look at his wife. Griselda wept her eyes and saw his clenched hands. She knew he had never been handcuffed and he felt the burning shame of leaving his children back, but his guilt came from asking her to join him and live in the two-bedroom apartment he had rented. Griselda had found a tricycle on the porch of their apartment when she had arrived.

She had laughed at how silly he was to waste his money like that when Carlos could only lay on his stomach.

Then Victor had done it again, but this time the tricycle was pink with a flower basket before the handle, for Daniella. When he bought the pink tricycle, she had sent him to get some ibuprofen for her. He had even carried her near the bathroom, so she didn’t need to walk far and set the TV remote on the sofa within her reach––no need to bend now.

She yawned, and her mother got up. Then she picked up her legs and fell on the sofa, and Victor came and set

on the floor, near her head placing his palm over her forehead.

“We’ll bring them home, Griselda,” he said.

“Do you believe that?” she said.

He nodded. Griselda shook her head.

Her mother came back with two bowls in a tray and placed it on the floor, steams rose from the soup. Her mother had blocked the light, but Griselda shook her head to the soup. She didn’t want to throw up, so it was better to not give her stomach any reason to churn the remaining food in it. She turned away and hid her face on the pillow.

The next morning, she woke up and stepped out the door. She sat down on the chair against the wall when she caught a glance of her father coming toward the home, and a few men were with him. She squinted her eyes and watched them. She got up, but a middle-aged man gestured for her to be seated.

“My son also came back a few months ago,” he said.

“He was alone.”

She nodded. “So many came with us too.”

“I came back here about four months ago with Javier,” another one said. “And I have no way of knowing where my son is.”

“How old is he?” she asked him.

“He’ll be fifteen in August,” he smiled. She nodded and smiled at him then glanced at her husband at the door. He stood next to her and greeted the men.

“Yours is still a child,” he said. “How could they do this to children?”

She glanced at her husband and stared at him. He pursed his lips and shook his head. Griselda also pursued him to find that pot of happiness and the brighter future for her son and daughter she didn’t know she wanted until she had her; every mother would want that for her children, for the child she suffered discomforts with smiles and joy in anticipation of his arrival. But her happiness was smothered in dreads and drowned in her own tears, for when she planned their future, she didn’t intend to leave them alone and hop in a plane and find herself out of her home. Griselda had only planned to chase them off to colleges. She hadn’t ever intended to leave Daniella a day before her birthday. That wasn’t the kind of mommy Griselda had envisioned she'd be. She hoped Daniella saw her cake in the refrigerator, and Carlos gave her birthday present that he had bought, even if it was a Superman figurine. She stood and turned at her heel and headed for the door. Victor tried to catch her arm before she could fall, but she pressed her palm on the wall, steadied herself, then walked. When she would bring them back home, she would throw her a party that she will never forget, and all her disappoint-

ments and fears would dry and dissipate in the air of her joy.

Victor followed her. “Griselda….”

“Did you hear that?” she shouted. “That man hasn’t found his son, and it has been months. And his son is fifteen. But Carlos is still a baby. And Daniella. They have never been alone before. They are afraid and lonely.

What’ll they eat? How’ll they live? How will they spend nights alone?”

“Please,” Victor said. “Don’t give up, Griselda. Come on. You have to have a little faith in them.”

“They aren’t fifteen,” she shouted. “They don’t know anything. What if they hurt themselves trying to find food? They are crying for me. I know.”

“You have to be strong for them,” he said. “And for me.”

She shook her head in his chest.

That afternoon, Griselda sat down with her mother on the sofa while the unlit candles on the cake stood before her on the table. Her mother had brought out the photo album and the turn of the first page, and the photo of Carlos nestling against his grandmother’s chest came.

She smiled at him. He had his eyes closed, and his thin lips spread fluffing his cheeks.

Victor had left the house at dawn and came without her children evening. He entered the bedroom and made his way around the bed while his eyes counted patterns on the carpet, and she followed his steps with her eyes.

She wondered how many evenings until she would get to see her children.

“I will go with you,” she said.

He glanced up at her. “But where?”

“Wherever you go,” she said. “We put a roof over us once, we can do it again.”

"'Wherever you go,' She said. ' We put a roof over us once, we can do it again.'"

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business Manager This week’s DIY is not about decorating dorms. You must have decorated your dorm enough by now. As time is passing by swiftly, we are getting busier with college, academics, social life and what-not.

Amidst this chaos, I ask you, have you taken enough care of yourself? Please say yes. If not, this is my humble request: Please love yourself. One of the ways to love yourself is by adorning yourself. Wanna know a cool way to do that? HENNA! The painless tattoo.

Yes, putting Henna tattoos on your hands will make them pretty, aromatic and will keep your spirits alive. Putting Henna on hands is not as difficult as it looks. If you are good at icing cupcakes, then trust me, you are already a Henna artist (just kidding). It is pretty similar though. Controlling the weight and the pressure of the hand is key to get the Henna out of the small piping bags. Henna (semiliquid), also known as Mehendi in some South Asian countries, is made out of dry powdered leaves of the plant Lawsonia Inermis or, Henna plant. The art of Henna is part of many cultures in North Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia. It is now weaving its path to the western world.

Step 1: Start with a clean palm. I noticed that people in America love putting Henna on the back of their hand, but Henna gets darker and prettier on your palm (though it’s harder to keep your hand still).

Step 2: I started with making a small circle in the middle of the palm. Then, I bordered it with another ring, and gave it a flower shape.

Step 3: I surrounded the shape with small and big circles to represent petals.

Step 4: Surround it again with wavy circle (I have total of eight bumps).

Step 5: Between every bump, draw some leaves to make it prettier.

Step 6 (Optional): For the final touch, decorate your fingers as well.

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The Making of: A musical composition GEOFFREY EDWARDS

Contributing Writer Composing music is more than just a left to right writing process, especially when composing for multiple instruments.

Deciding which instrument to incorporate is critical when choosing the exact atmosphere intended to be portrayed by the piece. It also determines the roles that might be played by the instruments, since some hold a higher pitch range and some have a lower pitch range. Most instruments have different timbres, which is the sound quality of an instrument.

A piece with different timbres would sound extremely different than a string ensemble setting, when compared to a wind ensemble.

It’s good to have a strong sense of structure within a piece before applying notes and keys. It is a common technique amongst composers to label sections with letters.

For example, an A section followed by a B section. One section in a piece expresses a melody and/or harmony that stands out significantly to the overall

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structure if it were to reappear or be reinterpreted in another section. The compositional form known as a ‘Rondo Form’ can have a structure such as A-B-A-C-AB-A. It’s good to make an overall structure first, then work deeper into the specifics.

When creating a section, it’s good give it a structure as well. Music can be compared to the idea of having a conversation

or story. Therefore a phrase, a musical passage, or multiple phrases can fit in a section of a piece. Within a phrase should be an antecedent and a ‘consequent’.

The antecedent could be like the question.

For example, in the song ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star,’ the first part sung as “twinkle twinkle little star’ would be the antecedent, and the following part ‘how I

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wonder what you are’ would be the consequent. These phrases ensure the direction the piece will go and which passages will sound conclusive, or in music terms, cadential. After the entire structural process, its good to apply and key and the tonal direction the piece goes, meaning which harmonies appear and where key changes may occur. This is determined mainly by the key, which assigns specific notes to the overall sound of the piece.

Some pieces have no keys at all, but have a specific idea or arrangements of notes that need to be followed.

Melodies, motifs and harmonic layouts can all be made once the setting of notes or scale is established to a piece of music; then, it is up the composer to create the art and tell the story they want to express.

Of course, this is considered a common technique. Most music that has led to the music we have now was composed with these characteristics in mind. However, it is possible to experiment and not follow these theories and structures when composing. When practicing composition, it’s good to keep these techniques of form and structure in mind.

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Loseby makes 16 saves against Trinity LUKE STERGIOU

Senior PhotograPher Being a field hockey goalkeeper is no easy feat, but making 16 saves in a game is something Sophomore Rachel Loseby thought she would never do … again.

On Thursday, September 20, Keene State Field Hockey played Trinity College in a regular season game and lost 3-0.

During the game, Trinity put a lot of pressure on Keene State, attempting 28 shots overall.

Even with the constant pressure, Keene State would keep the game scoreless for the first 22 minutes until Trinity finally got their first goal after Caroline Fisher put a shot past Loseby.

Trinity would go on to score after the break, once in the 42nd minute, and the third goal coming later, in the 57th minute.

Despite this game being the first loss of the season, the bigger focus was on sophomore goalkeeper Rachel Loseby.

Loseby noted, “I played them last year, so we knew it was going to be a really tough game, and going into it there was going to be to be a lot of shots. So I just had to mentally prepare knowing it was going to be a very full action game.

I just tried to focus on one shot at a time; after every shot I know there’s going to be another one coming.”

This incredible feat was not even her own personal record.

Loseby added, “Last year, against the same team (Trinity), I had 17 saves.”

What makes this accomplishment even more impressive is the fact that Trinity College Field Hockey sits in 18th place in the NCAA Division 3 national rankings.

Loseby said she looks forward to breaking her record of 17 saves: “It’s a huge goal of mine. Once I got 17 saves, I went into this season expecting a lot of shots from that team [Trinity] and that was my goal for that game. So being one save away was kind of frustrating.

Now I know for next year to work a little bit harder, and get one more save.”

Loseby credits her teammates as being a huge part in helping her reach this goal. Teammate

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Sophomore Rachel Loseby (seen above) making a save during a game against Westfield State University

and Junior Jordan LaRaus credits Loseby for inspiring her to work harder: “For me, I’m super competitive, so seeing her play drives me to work harder, get those extra minutes...”

LaRaus also mentions that she enjoys having Loseby as a teammate: “It’s fun. Between the three of us, we’re all super competitive with each other, we’re all so supportive and with Rachel, everyday

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is always a new adventure, like we don’t know what to expect.”

Head Coach Amy Watson reflects on coaching Loseby: “Rachel’s a great kid.”

When asked about if she (Loseby) were to break her record of 17 saves, Watson added: “She’s only a sophomore, so what she’s doing right now is great. To be honest, when she came in last year, we didn’t know a ton about her. I

think she started off the season as the third choice goalie and now she’s emerged as being number one.”

Coach Watson also commented on Loseby’s work ethic: “She works hard. She’s really coachable.

She’s very open to feedback, and we’ll do whatever needs to come.

Sometimes she’s her own worst enemy but she’ll work really hard.”

Watson also added, “She definitely

leads by example on the field; she’s earned the trust and confidence of her teammates.”

Loseby looks to lead the team further into the season and capture a successive LEC title again this year.

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Being on the swim team helps him kick into gear when it comes to rugby season. “It’s very refreshing after spending six months in the water and then go to running around, swimming gets me in enough shape so I can start running around with minimal difficulty,” Collins said.

Another thing that has helped Collins is the mentality that comes with both sports.

“What I always taught myself and heard from people is ‘get comfortable with being uncomfortable’. So when you’re sitting there in the water, going from one side to the pool to other side, and you can’t breathe, and feel like you’re going to pass out, but you know you’re not going to because you’ve trained for this — it’s uncomfortable, but you learn to deal with it,” he said.

He explains how this helps him with rugby, when it comes to getting hit and wanting to give up.

Collins said he has dedicated his time when it comes to swimming. “I’m very lucky to be able to do both, the school does very well too. I arrange my classes to work around swim season while still getting all the classes I’m required to take,” he said. When it came time for rugby, Collins didn’t have classes that interfered with his practices, so he was able to make it to them.

“I’ve enjoyed both sports so far. It’s a sacrifice of your time, but I look back and I don’t want my college experience to have ‘what ifs’,” Collins said.

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On Wednesday, September 26, Houston Dynamo defeated the Philadelphia Union 3-0 in the final to lift the U.S. Open Cup 2018.

The Texan side dominated the Union throughout the whole game, having the home field advantage on their side.

According to mlssoccer.net, Colombian striker Mauro Manotas scored a brace for the Dynamo, with his first goal coming very early on in the fourth minute of the game. He would then add to Philadelphia’s misery 22 minutes later by just narrowly slotting a shot right past Union goalkeeper Andre Blake. Philadelphia would add to their misery even more when defender Auston Trusty scored a heartbreaking own goal, making it 3-0 to the Dynamo in the 65th minute. This scoreline is the biggest margin of defeat in a domestic cup competition since 1996.

This win for the Houston Dynamo granted the team its first ever U.S. Open Cup trophy in the club’s history. This win also granted the Dynamo the only trophy it could win this season. The Houston side currently sits in tenth place in the Western Conference and 12 points behind sixth place Seattle Sounders, meaning that realistically they can’t make the MLS Cup playoffs this year. The team has struggled much this season, under head coach Wilmer Cabrera’s second season in charge, but this trophy provides some positives to a rather abysmal season. This win also secures qualification to the 2019 Concacaf Champions League.

As for the Philadelphia Union, this loss comes as a big damper to its stellar U.S. Open Cup run. Both teams were looking to win this competition for the first time, but ultimately Houston came out on top. Unfortunately, the Philadelphia Union become the first team in the history of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup to lose in the final on three separate occasions, with back to back losses in 2014 and 2015, and now in 2018. But unlike the Dynamo, the Union currently resides in fifth place in the Eastern Conference, giving the team a good chance of advancing to the MLS Cup playoffs.

But now the Philadelphia Union will try to forget this performance and return their attention to its playoff run.

In a recent interview posted on mlssoccer.net, Philadelphia midfielder and captain Alejandro Bedoya said: “I think it’s OK to be frustrated and be emotional, but tomorrow’s a new day. We’ve got a game on Saturday, it’s a quick turnaround and we’re still in the playoff hunt.” Bedoya also added: “Hopefully we can use this game as a motivation and learn from this. A lot of guys can learn from this and move on and hopefully go into the playoffs.”

The Philadelphia Union team has a pretty tough schedule ahead of them, playing fourth place Columbus Crew on Saturday, September 29th, followed by two home games against Minnesota United and the New York Red Bulls respectively, then finishing off the regular season with an away match against New York City FC. It will be very interesting to see how the Philadelphia Union recovers from the U.S. Open Cup final loss, and how far of a run the team makes in the playoffs.

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Patriots Vs. Dolphins CAROLINE PERRY

Managing ExEcutivE Editor After a rough start to the season, the Patriots bounced back and took a swift victory, destroying the Miami Dolphins 38-7 on Sunday, September 30. This easy win in week four has restored order in the AFC East, and has brought a realization upon Patriots fans that the GOAT is alive, and well.

The Dolphins are still light years away from the Patriots, and their stats do much of the talking. Sunday was the Dolphins’ ninth double-digit road loss in the Adam Gase era. But that doesn’t come close to explaining how awful they have been away from home. They are 7-12 in such games, including the playoffs. They have now lost games by 40, 32, 31 and 24 points on the road with Gase as the coach.

Their average margin of defeat?

9.4 points. Compare that to their 12-6 home record under Gase.

They have scored 22 more points than their opponents in games at Hard Rock Stadium. But if you can’t perform well in away games, then you aren’t much of a contender to begin with.

When the Dolphins receiver, Kenny Stills, who had three catches for 40 yards, was asked what happened, he replied, “We got beat today. But I think a lot of the things that happened out there, we’re hurting ourselves.”

And yes, there were some issues.

Like two turnovers. Like 10 penalties for 89 yards, many of which came on third down. Like third-down execution.”

These mistakes will get you beat by bad teams, but against the Patriots, it will just embarrass you. New England was on track to have the biggest beatdown in the series’ 53-year history until running back Frank Gore caught a garbage time touchdown with 2:42 left. Those were the only points the Dolphins managed to score all game.

When quarterback Ryan Tannehill was asked about the Dolphins’ trend of getting smoked on the road, he replied, “I don’t know what the answer to that is specifically. Nothing was executed the way we wanted to offensively today and when you don’t do that, when you never get anything going, you play a good team on the road, that’s what’s going to happen.”

This major loss not only revealed the gap that still remains between the Patriots (2-2) and Dolphins (3-1), but is also one that could reverberate for weeks to come, because an already injured Dolphins roster got a lot more banged up when cornerback Bobby McCain was knocked out of the game with a knee injury.

But who really cares. The Patriots are back and ready to take away some wins, paving their way to victory once again.

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On Sunday, September 30, an overcast and cool day, Clarence DeMar Marathon runners took their starting positions in honor of the memory of the seven time Boston Marathon winner, Clarence DeMar. Rotary Club Rotarian and head of the DeMar Marathon Fundraiser Ann Henderson said runners can dedicate their training and the race to one of five charities: Follow “ME” And Kids DeMar, Team Service: Central America, Team Partners at the Table, Unsung Hero Scholarship and the Wheelchair Foundation.

Henderson said, “Each runner pledges for the race — at least four hundred dollars — and many of our runners have exceeded that a hundred percent or more.”

Henderson said the reason she is so involved in the race is because she wants to share the mission of the Rotary Club with the community: “If [the community] wants to get involved to support a runner or run, they can do it for something that can give back to the community — like childhood hunger, our sneaker initiative…” . She explained that the sneaker initiative is a program that supplies sneakers to every second grader in the area, to encourage them to run.

Henderson said, “[These initiatives] just close the circle of this being a community event.”

Henderson said everyone in the Rotary Club is really involved in the race. “We pretty much work all year round to put this thing on. Allen Stroshaw is amazing — the attention to detail,” Henderson said.

She said it’s a runner’s race that caters to the needs of the runner. “It’s not an elite runner’s race.

It’s a race for everyone … There are all these great people that are from all over, and it’s a very friendly close race, so you get to meet different people, so it’s really just a great day,” Henderson said.

Henderson said she has run the DeMar five times.

KSC Title Nine Coordinator and marathon participant Jeff Maher said although it’s a great event that serves the community, it’s also nice to just come out and enjoy the day.

Maher said, “It’s a great day. There’s some nice weather. It’s a great event for the Keene community and for the college.” After he had completed the race, Maher said it was a perfect day for the race in terms of weather. “The sun didn’t come out until the last 15 minutes or so, so it was nice and overcast and cool … it was a perfect day for running,” Maher said. Maher said this was the second time he has participated in the DeMar Half Marathon.

KSC alumna Jessica Ricard said, “Last year’s race was about ninety degrees … they were passing out bags of ice along the route because it was so hot, so this year was definitely better temperature wise.”

Ricard said that, originally, she started running the half marathon just as a way to get back in shape after multiple injuries sustained during her gymnastics career. Now however, she uses the DeMar marathon as a reason to come back to Keene.

Ricard said this was her third time running the DeMar Half Marathon.

The DeMar Marathon started in 1978, following Clarence DeMar’s death in 1958.

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Hundreds of people gathered for a full and half marathon dedicated to Clarence DeMar; seven time Boston Marathon winner.

The swim season has started HONOR Cont. from B8

MATTHEW BARRIGA

Equinox Staff The Keene State College swim team has officially begun its season this year, and according to student Patrick Doyle, it’s going to be a very busy one.

“We have practice Monday through Saturday,” said Doyle.

“It’s very heavy on away meets this year. We only have two home meets and the rest are all away, for the rest of the season.”

This is Doyle’s second year on the team and he claims to be very excited for the season and the practices.

According to Doyle, the coach and captains put a big emphasis on strengthening the team.

“The focus during practice is definitely team oriented, they want to get everyone working as hard as they can. We always encourage everyone, and there’s always a general positive feeling to the practices.”

According to sophomore Braeden Huot, the swim team didn’t waste any time getting started.

“First week we were back, we started captains practices. Those generally ran Monday to Friday and were about an hour long. Tuesdays and Thursdays were a lot of running and conditioning, and Monday, Wednesday, Friday was just getting in the pool and getting a good amount of yardage so that we can get ready for the season,” Huot said.

He added that since the season started, it has only gotten busier. “The way my schedule worked out, I have one practice

every morning along with a lift Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. But for some people it’s a lot different, and they have up to three practices a day,” Huot said.

When asked about goals for the early season, Huot claimed that one of the biggest goals was to keep everyone healthy and without injuries.

“Shoulders are huge, and so are knee injuries.” Huot said that many common

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injuries in swim are joint related, and that most injuries occur in the early season.

“That’s always a big one - someone gets injured, and it really throws off your plan for the long run.”

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State University senior forward Michaila Parent earned a spot on the honor roll for the week ending September 16, 2018.”

When Klein was asked how she felt about being recognized at such a national level, she was very humble and had her “eye on the bigger picture.”

“I think this is a very cool experience for our team as a whole, because it’s Keene State being recognized as well,” Klein said. “I am very lucky with the team that I have, and being able to work so well together — because it’s a group effort to get that ball into the net.”

Teammate and defensive player Ally McCall thinks that Kayla’s breakout season is helping everyone on the team.

“She has really grown into herself this season, and I think since she has been doing so well, she has more confidence in her abilities because she is an amazing asset to this team,” said McCall.

When asked about what she predicts for the rest of the season, Klein is still just focused on winning the LEC championship.

“The main goal is LEC, and winning that championship as a team again because that’s really all we are working towards. Being recognized as an individual player is really humbling but it’s not what I’m striving for. I definitely want it a lot more now.” said Klein.

Captain and midfielder Erica Stauffer is proud of Klein’s accomplishments, especially while still being an underclassman.

“I think Kayla is doing a great job, it’s always great to see someone improve and come into their own, and she’s a sophomore so she can only get better from here,” said Stauffer.

Klein has started all ten games so far and has scored more than a third of the total team goals for the current season. Keene State has a home game against Framingham State Saturday, October 6 at 12:00 p.m..

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Zach Collins chooses swimming

over rugby for the fall season

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Senior and Captain of the Men’s Swim Team at Keene State College Zach Collins decided he didn’t want to have so much free time on his hands after the season ended. So he decided to join the Rugby club team here at KSC his sophomore year.

“I felt like I had so much time on my hands, I love to be busy all year long, so for me to not have anything to do in the spring is nice in a certain degree, but also you have a lot of energy and you don’t know what to do,” said Collins. He originally didn’t plan on joining any sport when coming to college. “It was a lot in high school. I would do football in the fall, swimming in the winter and track and field in the spring, so I didn’t know if I wanted college to involve athletics and suck up a lot of my time,” Collins said.

Collins wasn’t recruited for swimming coming to KSC. “I reached out to coach Chris so as soon as I talked to him, he looked at my times. We go into communication and he wanted me to come here and I ended up coming here,” he explained. Collins added, “Swimming keeps me in shape, I love the team, I love swimming and I’m really glad I made the decision to play.”

Coach of the men’s swim team Chris Woolridge said, “Zach has been great, he’s worked hard, he’s

been a good teammate and very involved around the campus, it’s been a pleasure to work with and that’s how he ended up being a captain.”

Collins said his sophomore year, he wanted to do something more physical but team oriented at the same time,, and rugby was that sport. “It’s nice

to run around and do something with my feet,” He said. When talking about how the team chemistry is between both sports, he said, “You all become family by working, winning or losing together, practicing together, working hard, have tough practices you have to get through. Swimming is very individual

and team oriented — in a way where you score points to win meets, but also have individual times you’re trying to beat. Rugby however, you can try to score more, but it’s more team oriented. The whole premise if you guys win or lose not if you did good or bad. It’s a lot more focused on team performance.”

When Collin joined the rugby team, it was his first time playing the sport, so he had to learn the rules on his own time. “It was easy to pick up but hard to master, so I watched lots of game footage of different rugby matches,” he said.

Collins said he usually plays as a prop for rugby. He said, “A prop is usually for bigger guys, usually you have props on either side and pick somebody in the middle upwards... So when you have a scrum — which is two teams going at each other and drop the ball in the middle — the props help move and protect their teammates, and allow the middle teammate their supporting to kick the rugby ball behind them, and get out possession of the ball. It’s a very big physical upfront position.”

If there was enough time in the day he would do both. “I wish I could do both at the same time, and be there and support my rugby team. It’s the same thing in the spring, we have kids doing intramural that are on the swim team,” Collins said. SEE WISHING, B6

“Zach has been great, he’s worked hard, he’s been a good teammate and very involved around the campus, it’s been a pleasure to work with and that’s how he ended up being a captain.”

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Sophmore makes it to honor roll Kayla Klein inducted into the NFHCA CAILLA PRISCO

the school.

These coaches put out weekly and Sophomore Kayla Klein has contin- monthly rankings of the top 20 teams in the ued to dominate the sport of field hockey this nation in each division, weekly awards for season, tallying up 14 goals in ten games so top players and an honor roll where individfar, three of which were her first career hat ual players are ranked based on their inditricks. She is currently the leading scorer on vidual stats.

According to the Little East Conference the Keene State field hockey team this year.

Keene State is not the only one aware of (LEC) website, “Klein is the first KSC player Klein’s success on the field. As of this past to receive national weekly recognition in two week, Klein has been inducted in the National years, since Sami Smith class of ‘17 did so in Field Hockey Coaches Association Honor October 2016. This marks the second consecRoll (NFHCA). This association is made up utive week a LEC field hockey student-athlete of coaches and is separated by the division of garnered weekly honors from the NFHCA after Worcester SEE HONOR ROLL, B6

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