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Vol. 71, Issue #6

Thursday, October 18, 2018

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New Health and Wellness leadership

Pumpkin lobotomy returns this year EMILY CARSTENSEN

Equinox Staff The once long-lasting tradition of Pumpkin Lobotomy is coming back to Keene State College after the 2014 Pumpkin Festival riots put a halt on fall festivities in Keene.

Coordinator of Fraternity/Sorority Life and Student Leadership Brandon Mathieu said Pumpkin Lobotomy was something students and the whole community really looked forward to every year, but after the 2014 Pumpkin Festival, things had to change in Keene.

“I think we wanted to try to be really thoughtful around what this time of year looked like. We used to donate the pumpkins to the festival, and I think there was a perception that because those pumpkins were donated to the old festival as part of the big count, lobotomy was a part

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Doctor Brian Quigley named to Interim Director ALEX HARVEY

Equinox Staff There are changes in the works at the Center for Health and Wellness here at Keene State College. After spending a decade as the director of the Counseling Center, Dr. Brian Quigley has been named the Interim Director of the Center for Health and Wellness, alongside a proposed restructure of the Center for Health and Wellness that would incorporate the Counseling Center.

According to Dean Gail M. Zimmerman, “The director for the Center of Health and Wellness took one of the voluntary separations, so that position has been vacant since February.

And I had been, because both of those positions report to me,

I had been overseeing the Health and Wellness Center. So we have worked with the staff on a plan, not really to merge, but to restructure the services that would then facilitate for a single director, rather than having two directors. There will certainly be, and the proposal includes plans for Chief Clinical Operators, and officers in both of those units. But that reorganization is not finalized, and it’s only in the proposal stage.”

Until these changes have been formalized, Dr. Quigley is responsible for directing both the Counseling Center and the Center for Health and Wellness. While it appears that Dr. Quigley is a likely candidate for permanent director of the Center for Health and Wellness, when and if this restructure occurs, this has not been made official. “That remains to be seen, I can’t answer that question, but personally I would cer-

tainly hope for that. Dr. Quigley is an excellent director and administrator, and he’s done wonderful things with the counseling center, so I would have high hopes in the proposed arrangement,” Zimmerman said.

It is not currently known when this restructuring will be formalized. “I hesitate to call it a merger,” said Dean Zimmerman. “It’s really a restructuring of the units, that will hopefully gain some efficiencies, but from the student perspective, the students are not going to see a dramatic change in counseling services or in the health services or in our wellness promotion programs. Hopefully they will see a more integrated unit, but the individual services, when you go to the counseling center, you are going to receive the same qual-

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KSC prepares for Pumpkinfest weekend ADRIANA DANIEL

Equinox Staff Halloween is a celebratory time on college campuses up and down the country — but what happens when the celebrations go too far, and someone gets hurt?

The Keene State College Campus has been dealing with this issue for years, and has formulated a way to keep problems away and support their students’ celebrations all in one. The answer: closing the campus to non-

student and faculty.

A strict no-guest policy will be enforced during the weekend prior to Halloween.

From Thursday October 25 to Sunday October 28, no guests are allowed to stay over or order a parking pass.

Student Lauren Koldras expressed how her first year Halloweekend was different from her sophomore year because of the guest policy.“Last year it was odd on campus, because we didn’t get to have people up, and

it was kind of annoying,” said, Keene State College Junior Lauren Koldras. Koldras said that she had a friend stay for the weekend her freshman year, and there were no issues, and they had an awesome weekend. Bringing up a point Koldras also said “If you’re living on campus and the RA’s (Resident’s Assistants) are there and monitoring everything, we should be allowed to have people up. We’re in college, we’re adults, we should be allowed to do what we want.”

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Associate Dean of Students and Director of Resident Life Housing Services Kent DrakeDeese made a point to establish that KSC is not looking to ruin students’ weekends, but is looking to protect the students, the college, and the town. Drake-Deese said, “The Pumpkin Fest is for kids, it’s a kiddy event, I don’t know if students even think of it anymore as a big to-do. Obviously Halloween is tradition-

Interim President planning smoking ordinance testimony VINCENT MOORE

nEwS Editor Following the Keene City Council’s October 4 meeting, city staff are drafting an ordinance which raises the age to purchase and possess tobacco and nicotine products from 18 to 21. Once a draft of the ordinance has been written, deliberation and discussion of the ordinance will continue in both the full council and in the Municipal Services, Facilities and Infrastructure committee from whence it came.

Interim President Melinda Treadwell said she had discussed the ordinance during a meeting with the Fire and Police Chiefs, and plans on bringing the issue up at her next meeting with Mayor Kendall Lane.

“I hope I have more detail and some sense from the mayor of where he thinks this will go, and then we’re going to need to have some conversations as a campus for what we do... And this is certainly going to be an issue that the students need to weigh in on,” Treadwell said.

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MCVP asks KSC students to donate unused phones AUSTIN COOK

Equinox Staff The Monadnock Center for Violence Prevention (MCVP) is asking Keene State College students to donate their old or broken phones for October’s Domestic Violence Awareness donation drive.

MCVP is a United Way agency and a New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence member. According to its website, MCVP was founded in 1978 to assist abused women and find options for living without violence. MCVP serves all of Cheshire County and 14 towns in western Hillsborough County. Their crisis hotline provides 24 hour a day, seven day a week access to workers trained in Crisis Intervention. They also offer crisis intervention and peer counseling to victims of domestic and sexual violence, either over the phone or face to face in order to provide emotional support, information about choices and options, assistance with problem-solving, develop safety plans and make appropriate referrals. Selfhelp support groups also provide support and meet weekly in Keene.

Assistant director for MCVP, Shanna Beckwith, said, “We are the only organization in the Monadnock Region that provides services to victims of domestic and sexual violence. We also help stalking victims. We try to prevent violence from occurring, through our education program at schools and throughout the community.”

MCVP programs are funded through private donations and grants from agencies, such as the Shelter Alliance and the United Way. The MCVP also raises money through fund drives. Beckwith pointed out that October is domestic violence awareness month, and every October the MCVP organizes a phone drive to help raise funds for their programs.

Beckwith explained, “We take all the cell phones from the drive and turn them in to Shelter Alliance. We accept all the phones donated regardless of them functioning or the condition. The Shelter Alliance will recycle the phones for us. They will either wipe the data from the phones or disassemble them for recycled parts, depending upon the condition of the phone. We could receive

ten cents to fifty dollars a phone. Any phone can be donated. I’ve gotten phones from the eighties, and we take them all.”

Chester Lapointe, the manager of T-Mobile, explained that phones customers trade in that are broken or unusable are scrapped for parts, and phones that work are just refurbished for the company to resale.

Some Keene State students don’t think about donating phones normally as illustrated by Cameron Thibodeau and Christopher Ansara, both sophomores. Both said, normally they would trade their phones in, or just store them away. “ I never really thought about donating old phones before,” Ansara stated. Both agreed, after hearing about the drive, they would donate their old phones after wiping their data themselves.

Phones can be dropped off up to October 31 at the counseling center, Rec Center, Zorn Dining Commons and across from the info desk at the Student Center.

Austin Cook can be contacted at acook@kscequinox.com

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Infrastructure Committee’s public hearing on the proposed ordinance during the committee’s September 28 meeting last month.

“We should be saying something to the city council about what it means, so I need to get a sense of the students’ opinion of this and what the students are feeling about it so I can give voice to that as the city considers this,” Treadwell said.

Treadwell said that it’s her responsibility to speak on behalf of the college, “My obligation as President is to give voice for the campus for things that are important to the campus and to offer facts about whether we agree or disagree with something, what it will mean, and so that’s the testimony that I will try and put together and deliver by the time this comes back to the council.”

In the meantime, Treadwell said that she needs to go over the facts of the ordinance and get perspectives from the KSC community in order to give a proper response, “We should have an opinion on this, we should say something about it, and again, not knowing what’s in it, what the scope is and what our students, faculty and staff feel about it. I have to get there so that when it comes back later this Fall or by early Spring, I’m ready to go down and say something about it.”

Treadwell said that she has testified before the city in the past on important issues pertaining to KSC and its community, with her first testimony being given in her first few weeks in office when last year’s Pumpkinfest was given a license to be held on Main Street.

“In that instance, not an ordinance per se, but a city action that I weighed in very strongly on, and the city council ultimately voted to go forward with the event and I said I would respect whatever was done but it was important to express the opinion. That was my opinion, but it was informed by the leadership of the college and the concerns of campus at the time,” Treadwell said.

Based on her discussion with the police chief, Treadwell said that the ordinance might take until spring before its developed any further, “The Chief of Police didn’t think this would come back out of being developed until the spring, so there’s time for us to try and understand the implications.”

Treadwell said that in order for her to better understand how to react to the ordinance, she needs input from the student body.

“I need the students’ voice in my mind and helping me understand what this ordinance will mean to them, and give voice to that. I have no problem stepping forward and speaking on behalf of the population of the college before the city, whether its for or against something under deliberation, that’s my job,” Treadwell added.

Senior public health major Katelyn O’Rourke said

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that she is 21 years old, doesn’t use smoke or vape, and supports the city’s ordinance.

“I think probably around 21 the brain is more developed, I think people can make more choices. I know a lot of people that wish that they didn’t start smoking at a younger age, so I think by putting it off to at least 21, I think that it’ll help people prolong the choice to buy the products. I think it’s also a good policy to have in place just to prevent more people from becoming more addicted to nicotine and tobacco products,” O’Rourke said.

First-year film major Chloe Warren said that she is 18 and doesn’t smoke, but doesn’t support the ordinance.

“I feel like generally, when you raise the legal age to own something or consume something, it doesn’t actually have a better effect, it makes it more harder to get, and there’s all these legal problems with people getting fake I.D.s to get tobacco and all that kind of stuff, I think it’s just going to make a messier situation out of what they already have,” Warren said.

Despite not supporting the ordinance, Warren said that vaping has taken a hold on campus, “I was surprised when I got here just like how much people vape all the time. I don’t have a problem with it, but like, it’s surprising and I don’t think there really needs to be a concern for the health of people around people vaping, but there are a lot of people really hooked on nicotine here, which is really a bummer.”

Vincent Moore can be contacted at vmoore@kscequinox.com

“My obligation as President is to give voice for the campus for things that are important to the campus” - Interim President Melinda Treadwell

ally a time to party it up little bit, but again, we’ll be doing things to try and support that and make it fun for everybody.”

There will be events in the residential halls on campus and all of the late night programming will be thematic to the season. There is no change in any other rules for the weekend, or any increased penalty if students are caught for breaking campus rules and regulations, but the RAs (Residential Assistants) are on duty or on call for the entire weekend, and will be checking Owl Card ID’s as students walk in.

Vice President of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management Kemal Atkins did not appear worried about how the special weekend would play out. “It is not just Halloween here in Keene, it’s the same weekend leading up to Halloween everywhere in the United States, so it tends to be an active weekend.

Students and people across the city should expect to see a heightened police presence — like I said, it’s Halloween across the country, so we just want to make sure were providing the proper about of support if necessary,” Atkins said.

Atkins said he was very happy for the students, and proud of them for bringing back a long-standing tradition. Pumpkin Lobotomy was brought back this year by the Student Government events committee — Lobotomy had gone on for decades and had to stop a few years ago.

Atkins said, “I commend the Student Assembly and the Student Activities Council for looking at a previous tradition and putting their own stamp on it, so to speak. It’s a great opportunity for students and even faculty and staff to share a community on campus, and to have a good event that essentially celebrates the fall, and celebrates being here on campus — and again, celebrating the community that is Keene State. I’m really excited about it.”

Adriana Daniel can be contacted at adaniel@kscequinox.com

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of the festival,” Mathieu said.

Mathieu said that he hopes the fair is well perceived this year, as it won’t be as much of a big scale as lobotomy has been in the past.

“Pumpkin Lobotomy is pumpkin carving. We used to order a thousand plus pumpkins back in the day, but we’re not going to do that this year. I think we’re looking at 350 to 500 pumpkins on the Fiske Quad. We want to start of small because it is the first time bringing it back,” Mathieu said.

Along with pumpkin carving, Mathieu said students should be expecting a fair-like atmosphere. Student organizations and campus departments will have booths set up on the Fiske Quad where they can showcase themselves.

Co-Chair member of the Student Assembly’s Events Committee Sarah Dugas said there’s fun for everyone during Pumpkin Lobotomy: “This year, we will be having a variety of events, such as a

Pie-in-the-face, Halloween themed crafts, fall foods and pumpkin carving,” Dugas said.

Along with those activities, Co-Chair member of Student Assembly’s Events Committee Sydney Olson said that through an online sign up form, the committee is able to better gauge what kind of activities to hold.

“There has been a Wufoo, which is an online sign up, sent out to all of the organizations on campus. It is through the Wufoo responses of the clubs and organizations that many of the activities will be coming from,” Olson said.

Mathieu said he hopes after this year, Pumpkin Lobotomy continues as a tradition at KSC, but that all depends on the response from students: “Of course, we hope to bring Pumpkin Lobotomy back as KSC’s classic fall tradition. However, the response from students is what will really decide if that happens or not. We also want

to make sure that we’re really thoughtful with all of this. If the community perceives it as something else, we may not continue the tradition next year.”

While being thoughtful to the community is a big part in the decision to bring Pumpkin Lobotomy back next year, Olson said student feedback is also something that plays a huge role in the decision, “Personally, I do think that Pumpkin Lobotomy will go back into being a tradition on this campus! However, it all depends upon the responses from the students. It is quite important to do have campus-wide events that the students truly enjoy.”

Pumpkin lobotomy will be taking place Friday, October 26 from two p.m. to five p.m. on the Fiske Quad.

Emily Carstensen can be contacted at ecarstensen@kscequinox.com

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Courageous Conversations: Boys will be boys

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The “Courageous Conversations-Boys will be boys: When sexual assault happens, whose life is ruined?” event was held on October 9 in the Madison Street Lounge. The discussion was held from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.. This event is one conversation in a series that allows KSC students to have an open discussion and to allow voices to be heard on complex issues from multiple perspectives. The purpose of the Courageous Conversations series is to foster skills amongst the KSC community and to create safe spaces for regular discussion of important topics. All KSC students and community members are welcomed and even encouraged to come. This event is sponsored by the Courageous Conversations Committee.

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Remembering Schwartz RACHEL VITELLO

equinox staff Keene State College Associate Professor of Film Studies Jonathan Schwartz died last week after a struggle with cancer.

Schwartz had been teaching at KSC since 2008. The news of Schwartz’s death was shared to the KSC community on Tuesday Oct. 9 in an email to all students and staff.

Schwartz is remembered as a professor who was passionate about his work and his students. Schwartz was an awardwinning filmmaker, winning a Whiting award for his research on experimental nonfiction films.

KSC senior and film major Rory Knox had Schwartz as a professor for his film production class. His class was the last class to have Schwartz as a professor, as his last semester teaching was spring 2018.

Knox said, “He really taught me to not doubt myself when I’m making films. He basically taught me to just be fearless and to not have any doubts about my own work and to really produce to the best of my ability without worrying about what the reaction of others will be.”

Knox also said that future film students will miss out on having a professor who would have their best interests in mind, “They’re going to miss a very passionate professor, someone who really cared about his

students. He would be very encouraging. He would always tell me how great of a student I was and how much he liked my work.”

KSC President Melinda Treadwell said that Schwartz’s death is a great loss to the community. “Brilliant, kind, incredible, and just a huge loss… I can’t put it into words just this is a tragic loss for the art community and the film studies department. He was just a remarkable, complicated, incredible guy, and very talented.”

“I’m going to miss walking into class and him giving me a big smile and asking how it’s going. He would always get my spirits up,” Knox said.

KSC is currently planning a campus celebration of Schwartz’s life. Once plans are decided the information will be communicated to students and faculty who would like to participate.

Schwartz set up a trust for his son, Henry. If you would like to donate, checks can be made out to The Henry Levi Schwartz Trust and mailed to Tessa Carpenter , 58 Grove Ave., Brattleboro VT 05301.

Rachel Vitello can be contacted at rvitello@kscequinox.com

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The 478th meeting of the College Senate met Wednesday, October 10 at 4 p.m. in the Mountain View Room in the Student Center.

During the courtesy period, SIG Consultant Bill Reed was given the floor to speak on the state of Keene State’s Information Technology department. Reed said that he had been familiarizing himself with KSC’s IT situation and has held meetings with IT staff. Reed said that his goal was to both to maintain service and find ways to both improve and lower its costs.

Reed asked for comments and experiences, and Professor Mark Timney said that the computers the college gives to all faculty do not meet the needs of all departments. Timney said as an example that Adobe Premiere won’t even start on his office desktop. Reed said that the issue had been brought up before and will be given attention.

Reed said that he will return for an open session for feedback.

A moment of silence followed in honor of the passing of Associate Professor Jonathan Schwartz before the courtesy period ended.

Starting off the subcommittee reports, the Senate Executive Committee charged the Senate Curriculum Committee to streamline honors program proposals, and discussion on the ISP Proposed agenda had to be postponed due to the speaker not being able to make it to the meeting.

The Senate Curriculum Committee met on October 3 and went over the committee’s guidelines and planned for future meetings.

They also discussed business with the music and English programs.

There was no new business.

ity of care that you now receive. When you go for health services, you will receive the same quality of care that you now receive. It’s really an administrative structuring of those services to gain some efficiencies.”

For his part, Dr. Quigley insisted that his new position comes not with challenges, but with opportunities: “Those are opportunities to really re-envision what the delivery of the comprehensive and holistic health services could include on our campus, so it’s really that chance to say ‘let’s step back and look at both the mental health services and the physical health services that we deliver, and the wellness promotion education services that we deliver, and make sure that they are strategically informed and mutually effective for one another.’ It’s really that opportunity that I’ve had to figure out a vision for a more optimal and integrated and holistic health services for students who come to Keene State.” Dr. Quigley also spoke about the process of transitioning into his new position. “We are currently transitioning, it’s been exciting to have the opportunity to spend more time in the clinic getting to know their staff, more time working with Tiffany Matthews [who was unavailable for interview] in the wellness promotion area, getting to know her. So these first few weeks have really involved being on a learning tour of getting to know the Center for Health and Wellness more thoroughly than we have.”

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Student Assembly was called to order at 6:30 p.m. on October 16. Student Government Advisor, Brandon Mathieu talked about L.P. Young Student Center Annual Leadership Retreat. The 2018 retreat will take place Saturday, October 20th, at Camp Takodah in North Swanzey, N.H. from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Team-building activities along with rope course activities are the highlights of the retreat.

Student Body President Sarah Dugas talked about Pumpkin Lobotomy on October 26. The event is taking place on Fiske Quad from 2-5 p.m. There will be Pumpkin Carving and Fall Festivities.

As Courtesies, Student Government Secretary Victoria Bergstrom informed the assembly about the upcoming event, “Take Back the Night”. Speaker of Student Assembly Davis Bernstein mentioned the offcampus housing open house. He also asked the students in the assembly to get registered for voting for the election on November 6.

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Smoking age possibly increasing ‘Give us a valid reason for taking away our rights’ As students hear that the City of Keene is drafting an ordinance, increasing the age to purchase or have tobacco products to 21, there are many mixed feelings. Some students don’t mind the ordinance being passed, while other feel like their rights are being ripped away. The Equinox sides with those students who question is the City of Keene is overstepping its bounds by trying to institute an ordinance that’s almost impossible to enforce.

The ordinance being drafted by city staff, once finished, will be brought back to the Municipal Services, Facilities and Infrastructure Committee for more deliberation before it returns to the full City Council for a vote on whether it will be passed. From the last two meetings on September 26 and October 4, it seems that the council is in favor of the ordinance. But how will this affect the community, specifically KSC students?

City councillors say that young people should not be buying tobacco product or vape items; Yet, those same city council members had that choice when they were 18, and most of the time it was seen as the norm to be smoking cigarettes. It is safe to say that if we traveled back in time about 30 years or so, the student center would have smoke clouds filling it. Back then it was okay, and it was a regular everyday habit. Every ten minutes someone would be pulling out a cigarette on Appian Way. Now those years have passed, and multiple studies have shown that smoking cigarettes and using tobacco products is very dangerous, and can lead to many health related problems. So, fast-forward to today. Many companies have made an alternative or substitute to smokers for them to stop smoking i.e. e-cigs, Juuls, etc. How come these “vapes” are being used primarily by young adults and students who have never even touched a cigarette before? It’s interesting, and one could argue the reason it is so popular is that it’s the “cool” thing to do. What happens to these people in 30 years? Researchers don’t know, and that’s why it’s hard to put a label on how bad vaping can be for a young adult. Having said this, should the

town really be passing a law that describes vaping as unsafe, when results are not even known yet?

In the community of Keene, most students feel pretty safe. But there is crime and problematic trends in Keene that are being looked into, like the opioid epidemic.

What happens when police are checking in stores (that sell tobacco and vape products) and are going searching for KSC students or high schoolers of Keene High? Are other issues pushed aside? It’s hard to say now, but passing this law will make other problems in this community worse.

Does it really affect students? Students across campus are associated with tobacco products — including vape and other nicotine products. After posting a poll on Facebook out of the 260 students who participated 128 of them said they were tobacco or vape users. Not to say that every student who smokes is addicted, but a large portion of students smoke. By walking on campus, it is easy to see students outside of buildings smoking a cigarette, or on their way to their next class, strolling down Appian Way with a vape in their hands. In today’s youth, it is a popular trend. The question that many KSC students are asking: Will the law be enforced by campus?

Keene State College does have to abide by state and national laws, but in this case, they don’t have to follow the city ordinance of the nicotine product possession age. It is a city-wide thing, and actually does not include campus. So if the school decides not to go along with this law, then it is up to the Keene Police Department to enforce it. With enforcement comes protection. Young people need to realize what they have in defence of the law and what the ordinance might be intruding on.

Students and young adults have set rights that are given to them when they reach 18 years of age. They have more personal rights like being able to get piercings and tattoos. But they are also given rights that can directly affect the country and the U.S citizens.

Why should an 18-year-old not be allowed the right to purchase a pack of cigarettes or vape juice, but

no one turns their head when someone as young as 18 decides to risk their life for their country or they step into a ward and vote for the next United States President? It’s concerning that people in power want to take something away from young adults because they want them to be “safe.” Smoking should be not be nearly as prioritized as other things in this country that are hurting young adults. Despite this, some would argue that being given the right to smoke is one of the more harmful legal permissions that an 18 year old is given and should be limited or even revoked.

The people of the board and other citizens of Keene are not targeting young people. In a way, students should see where they’re coming from. Smoking in any way in never good for a person’s health, so even though we don’t know much about vaping, it probably isn’t the best thing to be doing. No, it is not fair for them to control rights like that, but in their eyes, they are doing it for the health of students and young people in Keene.

People in their generation didn’t know much about smoking cigarettes or about other tobacco products, and now most of us know that it is a huge health hazard.

Maybe they are just trying to prevent what they are currently going through from happening again in the future. Maybe it’s for the high schoolers that are not even 18 yet and smoking. Or maybe its to tell students and young people that it isn’t cool. According to ncbi.nlm.nih.gov (The National Center for Biotech-

nology Information), “Tobacco is the leading cause of preventable cancers. WHO [World Health Organization] estimated around 1.27 billion tobacco users world-wide. Tobacco consumption alone accounts for nearly 5.4 million deaths per year and one billion people may die in this century if global tobacco consumption remained at the current levels.” What if statistics like this come out true? What if scientist find out vaping is not better than cigarettes and can lead to future statistic like that one? Would young people then realize that City of Keene could have saved lives?

In the end, to all the students that do not smoke and do not care about the tobacco laws, it still affects and applies to many. Students: keep an eye out on the city calendar. As of right now it’s unsure when staff will have the ordinance drafted; the MSFI committee doesn’t have it’s agenda posted yet.

To keep the rights that were legally given to young adults, it is up to themselves to fight for it.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Never in my life have I been as disappointed in American politics as I am right now. As voters, we elected officials who we believed would protect our rights, and they have done exactly the opposite. Trump, you’ve officially outdone yourself by nominating an alleged rapist for a position on the Supreme Court, the most powerful position in the American Judicial system. Should someone who has lied under oath and has multiple accusations of sexual assault be deciding the fate of the most important court cases in the nation? Probably not.

What does this say to the victims of sexual assault, both young and old, men and women, about coming forward with their experiences? It says that

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ination process has been one of the worst parts of my time at JMU. Over the summer, a sexual assault case was brought to the administration here at James Madison University, and despite the extraordinary efforts of the young woman, the boy walked free and was able to keep his position as Orientation Peer Advisor, where he works with incoming freshman to help them adjust to their new life.

Nominating a rapist for the supreme court speaks volumes about our society as a whole. It speaks to the sexual assault victims that their stories will not be listened to, and it speaks to the sexual assaulters that their actions will go unpunished. Dr. Ford represents the millions of americans who have now been deemed voiceless, an unbelievably scary reality.

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no matter who they are or what they are willing to sacrifice to share their story, their voices will be ignored. Better yet, what does this say to sexual assaulters about their ability to get away with doing whatever they please?

For every thousand rapes in America, 994 assaultants walk free, and for the very few who are prosecuted and charged, such as Brock Turner, the consequences are light. After raping an unconscious woman behind a dumpster and leaving her there to freeze in the middle of January, Brock turner served THREE MONTHS in jail and then walked free. Is this really enough deterrence to stop others from doing the same?

As someone who has watched loves ones experience the mental and physical pain of sexual assault, following Kavanaugh throughout the nom-

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‘Lets go vegetarian’ ARIANNA WHITE

Equinox Staff At the age of fifteen, I became a vegetarian because of a bet I started with my friend in who could last longer without eating meat. My friend lasted about two weeks and I am going on about four years being meat free. Over time I have educated myself and my views on the reasons why I stay meat free and how it has impacted my life immensely. Although not eating animals and being against killing them is a huge part of it, my main reasoning for staying vegetarian is the health benefits.

My friends like to call me a “fake vegan” because I also choose to not eat dairy, but still will eat eggs.

I noticed when I stopped eating meat that I felt more energized and I felt all around more healthy than before. Cutting dairy out of my diet made me feel even better and to the point where I don’t think I would ever go back to eating it.

There’s a lot of false information surrounding vegetarianism including the theory that people cannot get sufficient protein without having meat in their diet; this theory is false and studies have shown that eating a vegetarian diet actually provides more protein than that of a meat eaters diet.

In October, we wear pink for breast cancer JULIA GUIDI

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I also believe in the advocation of animal rights.

If I can get the same exact nutrients and protein while not eating meat, then what’s the point in killing a harmless animal just to eat it. It is not only the fact that meat industries kill the animals but also the inhumane way they kill them. This usually results in intense suffering from the time they are born up until their very early aged death.

In doing some research, I learned that human teeth are not considered carnivore teeth and that we as humans are designed to not eat meat.

Humans also have a digestive track built for a herbi-

vore d i e t whereas if you look at certain animals like lions they have a system built specifically to eat meat.

Personally, I believe that a large percent of illnesses, diseases, and cancers come from a meat eaters diet and that the healthiest lifestyle you can live is through a meat free diet.

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that Keene State College provides good dining options to be on this type of diet but there are definitely some day to day setbacks I still have. KSC offers their Vegan Valley section at the dining commons which contains all non dairy options. They also have the stir fry section (my personal favorite) where they offer tofu and vegetables, along

with the salad sections.

Hoot and Scoot is probably the most non-vegetarian friendly as they usually only offer chicken tenders every single day.

I am no expert on the topic of vegetarianism and I definitely am not one to push my views on what I put into my body on other people. I do think it’s important to at least consider if the things humans eat are actually beneficial to them or if it is just so socially normal that we continue to think it’s what we need.

Arianna White can be contacted at awhite@kscequinox.com

breasts up to two years before a doctor or a patient can feel them.

It is recommended that women start getting annual mammograms around age 40 regardless of family history.

Breast cancer has affected many people, one of those people being me. Seana Brady is my longtime best friend and when we were in fourth grade, her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. Aimee Brady is one of the strongest and most resilient people I know. When you’re nine you don’t really notice much but there is one moment in particular I will never forget. It was a fall day and we had just gotten home from school. I remember looking at her and thinking that she looked different. She noticed me looking and she smiled at me and said, “Kinda different right? I promise it doesn’t hurt or anything.”

I can’t really explain why that impacted me so much. What’s so strikingly amazing to me is that she was sick and she was still actively raising three kids and living her life. No matter how scared she was, she was always thinking about her family. This is a common theme among women with breast cancer. Often, these women have children and if not, they still have people in their lives that they care about. are still thinking about the wellbeing of their loved ones.

For most, October means the start of Fall: Pumpkins, apple cider and foliage. However, this month also carries a more sentimental meaning. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Breast cancer has the potential to affect us all, whether you identify as female or not. For women and men alike, it is a possibility that they could develop breast cancer. Anyone on the gender spectrum could have close family members or friends that could be affected by the disease. That is why we must pay attention to breast cancer, this month and every month.

It’s easy to get caught up with life and forget to care for ourselves. However, self-care is imperative - especially when it can save your life. A mammogram is a x-ray of the breast that is taken with a device that flattens and compresses the breast.

Mammograms are one of the most effective ways of detecting cancer. According to the American College of Radiology, mammography has helped reduce breast cancer mortality in the U.S by 40 percent since 1990.

Additionally, even for women 50 and older, if mammograms were skipped every other year, 30% of the cancers would go undetected.

Mammograms are important because they detect cancer early SEE IN OCTOBER WE WEAR when it is the most treatable. PINK FOR BREAST CANCER They can show changes in the

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Students snacking on campus

The Shane Dawson series: Did he take it too far?

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Is it easier to grab an apple or ice cream before class?

LINDSAY GIBBONS

Equinox Staff It’s a pretty common scene at campus Dining Halls across America: A student walks in, fully intending to eat a healthy, well-balanced meal. However, the limited options and lack of fresh fruit or vegetables, make it difficult to put that intended meal together. It’s easy for that student, who so badly wanted to eat healthy, to simply opt for pizza instead.

But should this really be a surprise?

Here at Keene State College, many of us are bound to campus dining due to a required meal plan or simple convenience. Constantly eating in the Dining Commons with its limited selections can pose all sorts of obstacles for students. College dining halls across the United States of America can get a bad rap, sometimes deservedly so. Meal plans are expensive and food choices are often limited, especially for those who are gluten free, vegan or vegetarian.

The limited hours of the dining hall can also make it challenging for students. On weekdays, the Dining Commons is open from seven a.m. until eight p.m.—although they tend

to lock the doors and stop letting students in between 7:30 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. This can prove difficult for students who have a six o’clock class.

Students who aren’t able to make it to the Dining Commons may be able to use Hoot & Scoot to pick up a meal.

However, if they have already used up their swipes for the week, or if there is nothing they like available, they are simply out of luck. This leads many students to order takeout or delivery, which isn’t good for their wallet or their body.

The gluten free station at KSC isn’t much of a “station”. The area consists of a mini-fridge and microwave.

Although the available options can sometimes vary, the lack of choices can be frustrating to students that have to abide by a gluten free diet.

Although it can be challenging for some students to eat in the Dining Commons during the week, it’s often even harder on the weekends. Stirfry and Vegan Valley are closed most weekends, making it more difficult for students to find healthy options.

This also limits what vegetarians and vegans can eat on the weekends, often meaning they need to opt for pizza or pasta instead. And although the salad

bar is always an option, the limp-looking greens and measly tomatoes are often not very appetizing.

As a result, instant ramen, vending machines and takeout have become a staple across campus. However, these are often not very healthy options either. Vending machines are loaded with high-calorie, processed snacks with minimal to zero nutritional value.

Takeout, such as pizza or Chinese food, is also highly processed and high in saturated fats and calories., Many students fail to realize the potentially serious effects of these unbalanced, highly processed diets.

“The first problems associated with heart disease start in the early twenties,” said Melissa Wdowik, the Director of the Kendall Anderson Nutrition Center. She went on to explain that arteries may begin to harden in college students who lack proper nutrition and rarely eat fruits and vegetables.

According to a study of student eating habits published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, many students aren’t even eating one serving of fruit and vegetables a day — and according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a poor diet can also lead to a higher risk of heart

disease, diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure and osteoporosis.

However, all is not lost, Dr. Wdowik pointed out.

Students can always improve their eating habits, even by making a few good choices each week. “The main thing a college diet lacks is fruit and vegetables,” she says. Wdowik recommends students try to eat a fruit and vegetable every day, if not with every meal. She points out that this is also much simpler than most students realize. A student could simply choose soup with some vegetables in it, or add them to a sandwich. Even one fruit or vegetable a day can lower your chances of developing nutritionalrelated diseases.

To stay healthy, students don’t need to go on extreme diets or count calories. However, it is important to make good decisions about what they are putting in their bodies. Even changing a few of our eating habits can make students more energetic and productive.

Lindsay Gibbons can be contacted at lgibbons@kscequinox.com

Shane Dawson has been a widely loved YouTuber since he started his first channel in July of 2008. In the past, Shane was known for creating skits using different characters that he portrayed himself, but recently, his fame has taken a more controversial turn.

His current main channel, shane, has more than 18 million subscribers all tuning in to watch his conspiracy theory videos - as well as and more importantly, his series on some of the biggest and most controversial names on social media today. The first episode of this series was with another popular YouTuber, grav3yardgirl, whose channel had been slowly declining in viewers for a while. After the series with grav3yardgirl did well, Shane went on to create the series with more controversial issues and people. He revealed the truth about the failed TanaCon, dove into the dark past of Jeffree Star and, in part five of his eight-part series, is delving into why Jake Paul, one of the most controversial people on the internet, does what he does.

Jake Paul with help from his “posse” Team Ten, has lit furniture on fire, duct taped someone to a wall, and has performed other destructive actions that have lead to some questionable fame. So when Shane announced his new series would be on, “The Mind of Jake Paul,” people weren’t totally on board. They were claiming that Shane shouldn’t be giving a platform or trying to make viewers feel bad for someone who in general doesn’t seem like the best person. But that’s not where the problems stopped.

Throughout the series, Shane Dawson asks the over-

arching question, “Is Jake Paul a sociopath?” and even has a therapist come on the video to talk about the traits of a sociopath. However, the video raises questions and issues, because while talking to the therapist, horror-like music and B-roll is edited in.

Viewers claimed this was not the way we should be discussing mental health and that the portrayal of sociopaths was viewed as “evil” and unfair.

Now, even Shane knew that the editing of the video could and should have been better. Is this the right way to talk about mental health?

Some would say that at least it’s being talked about, which in and of itself is a step in the right direction, but having this sort of conversation on an entertainer’s platform? Maybe not the right idea.

A couple days after the video where Shane talks to a therapist, he posted an apology on Snapchat, saying that he edited it the way he did to make it entertaining. Shane Dawson is not to blame for everything. However, talking about such a big issue like mental health can be problematic. Especially on a YouTube channel made primarily for entertainment viewed by both young kids and adults. Doing just this creates the challenge of whether the subject is being discussed properly and without bias. I believe that this can open discussions about mental illness that are truly necessary to have in today’s world and that’s the purpose it should serve. It’s not the end all be all of diagnosing sociopathy, or any other kind of mental illness and as far as entertainment goes, it lives up to the Shane Dawson standard.

Lily Ayotte can be contacted at layotte@kscequinox.com

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Thursday, October 18, 2018

The Butterfly's Evil Spell

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Review: Demolition Man CAL SYLVIA

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From October 9 through October 13, the Keene State College Theatre and Dance Department put on their production of "The Butterfly's Evil Spell." The play was directed by senior Jacob Lavoie and featured other Keene State College students who had gone through the audition process in September.

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you were this mix of fire and honey wild, sweet, unpredictable your toxicity wasn't obvious there were no alarms of bad boy turn around he'll break your heart my mom liked you I got high from your touch you controlled me like you held a voodoo doll with brown hair, blue eyes, and freckles in your pocket you were smooth and sweet I put you in my tea but you burned my lips and your flames suffocated my heart I still have the scars I don't like honey anymore and when I see fire I wish I could picture you burning but I still hear your laugh

“Political correctness” has gained a negative connotation in this day and age. People who believe in it are seen as overly sensitive, and offended by everything. According to those who oppose it, political correctness will bring an end to free speech. It will censor the world, creating a global society where no one is allowed to speak their mind.

This opposition is personified by Demolition Man (1993), directed by Marco Brambilla and written by Peter M. Lenkov, Robert Reneau and Daniel Waters. It is a film that tells the story of L.A.P.D. cop John Spartan (Sylvester Stallone) who, despite apprehending convicted criminal Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes), is simultaneously cryogenically frozen and mentally rehabilitated as punishment for failing to save more than a dozen people from a burning building in the year 1996.

The story continues in August of 2032. Officer Lenina Huxley (Sandra Bullock) mandatorily asks if there has been any activity among prisoners. Both she and Warden William Smithers (Actor) acknowledge that the question is pointless. Every single prisoner is frozen.

Huxley expresses her boredom with a world where nothing ever goes wrong and Smithers tells her that he doesn’t need to think.

In the next half hour, we learn that there have been no murders since September 25, 2010.

This peace has come at a price, however; society has become extremely sensitized to the slightest problem. Profanity, noise pollution and graffiti that can be erased in less than ten seconds are major crimes, because they’re the only crimes society has to worry about.

When Phoenix is tested to see if he is ready for parole, he beats up the unarmed guards and is smart enough to escape. The problems of a morally perfect society comes to a head when the police are unable to stop Phoenix due to their lack of guns. Instead, necessity forces them to unfreeze Spartan, who learns the lengths that society has gone to outlaw offensiveness: “Anything not good for you is bad and hence illegal,” Huxley explains. “Alcohol, caffeine, contact sports, meat.” “Are you s—ttin’ me,” Spartan asks, only to be fined “for a violation of the verbal morality.”

As if the film has not been descriptive enough, in its depiction of a world as politically correct as possible, it further goes on to tell its audience that everyone is implanted with a tracking chip to be monitored. This includes Spartan, before he leaves the building.

It is here that one cannot deny the similarities between this movie and George Orwell’s 1984 (published in 1949.) In both stories, any individual who says something a governing force does not like is punished. It is the tracking chips, however, that make clear that Demolition Man does not recapture any dystopian story. It recaptures the one where those not part of the elite are constantly monitored.

Demolition Man is also similar to Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World (1932,) which tells the story of people that take mood neutralizing drugs. In both stories, a society gives up its freedom in order to constantly feel happy — or at least not sad. One may argue that the society shown in Brave New World is well intentioned, and the same can be argued for the 2032 society of Demolition Man. Unfortunately, these possibly noble intentions do not change their censorship. (On a side note, this comparison is exemplified by the fact that both societies reproduce only asexually, and that Lenina Huxley shares a last name with the author of the novel.)

In short, the film warns that political correctness drains society of its liberty. By choosing to not be offensive, society has chosen to not be free. This is not to say the attempt to rid the world of offensiveness was not well intentioned, but it is to say such an attempt has inevitable negative consequences.

Admittedly, it leaves the door open to whether or not there is a point where political incorrectness becomes tasteless. Racist, homophobic, transphobic and certain sexist slurs are never used at all. The film neither defends nor condemns such words, leaving viewers to decide for themselves what to think of them.

While the film indirectly tells the audience that any speech should be allowed to be used, it lets viewers decide whether or not hate speech should be used. If one is uncertain as to where the film lands on hate speech, he or she should look to a quote by Evelyn Beatrice Hall: “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”

Despite its heavy subject matter, The Demolition Man does find room for fun, with a thrilling car chase and a tense final duel that frequently seems to be over only for it to turn around. There’s a certain excitement in seeing a character half an inch from death only to recover and, one moment later, once again find himself facing a possible demise.

In addition, the soundtrack is amazing, kicking off the film with scary orchestral booms, which increase with the words “Los Angeles 1996.” The music picks up action when the movie does for the first time, and shifts from emotion to pure adrenaline with the first confrontation between Spartan and Phoenix. Composer Elliot Goldenthal is sure to give the film a powerful sound when Spartan learns of the mistake that will land him in prison, and the music and opening credits combine for a mixture of science fiction futurism discomfort and mystery immediately before he is frozen. There are many more great original compositions throughout the film, including one that serves as a recurring motif, but they are too numerous to mention here.

The opening scene also has some of the best camera work in the film. The opening shot, which I would be wrong to describe in detail, offers a frightening view of a crime-torn Los Angeles. Combine this with some great tracking shots, devastating destruction, including a horribly damaged building that much of the opening scene takes place in. Then unaware of the dangers of inoffensiveness, would want to move away from such horrible havoc.

On top of the music and visual aesthetics of Demolition Man, Stallone, Snipes and Bullock fully sell you on the belief that they are the characters they play. When Stallone’s character is told that multiple bodies were lost in a building, the look on his face is one of genuine regret.

He really does look like someone who mourns the deaths of multiple people. Snipes has all the charisma of a violent, sadistic criminal who likes causing a ruckus. Bullock, along with Benjamin Bratt (who also plays a cop) intentionally underact when playing pawns of a system that wants them to be always perfectly happy, and become more emotive as actors when the characters the play break free from the society that has tried to prevent them from feeling negative emotion.

I do have one complaint with the film and it’s extremely minor. Nevertheless, it’s noticeable, and I would have found the movie more enjoyable had it not been part of the movie.

That complaint is Spartan being seemingly bulletproof. There are multiple scenes when he is shot at relentlessly but doesn’t suffer the slightest wound.

On a more positive note, Demolition Man, is anti-corporate consolidation; Spartan is displeased to find out that no restaurants exist other than Taco Bells and by existing in a world with no free speech, this restaurant monopoly becomes part of a politically correct dystopia. In short, what may have originally been intended as no more than a product placement becomes a warning of what could happen if one company or franchise absorbs everything else.

Cal Sylvia can be contacted at csylvia@kscequinox.com

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Thursday, October 18, 2018

Welcome to the Thorne Discovering KSC's on-campus art gallery JOE GUZMAN

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The Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery, for many, goes underlooked. Most students who walk out of the LLC see it and pass it every single day, whether it’s on the way to class, the student center or the dining commons.

Thorne holds a variety of paintings, pictures and video exhibits, created by a couple of well thoughtout artists that range from around the world.

One of the more prominent artists, Andy Warhol, left 20,000 photographs behind when he passed away. His studio donated his works to various universities and colleges such as Keene State, which received 150 of those unique works.

Mark Hogancamp also told a realistic fictional story that reflected his pain at the time in his career through in depth photos taken of dolls and action figures like they were people in a comic book or movie.

The director of the gallery, Brian Wallace, gave a tour focusing on many of the works that the two artists have. Wallace mentioned, that the gallery was first opened 52 years ago, and it has been in ThorneSagendorph since 1991. The first thing he wanted people to know about the gallery is: “That you will see something you have never seen before, and [I] guarantee it. We try to make it a welcoming place.”

When asked about the newest and oldest pieces in the gallery, he pointed across the room at a structure connected to the wall, with a video being projected onto it. He simply said, “It’s called 'US' from 2018, and it was made this year during the summer.

[The artist was] trying to make these evocative shapes.”

When thinking about the oldest piece, Wallace said that the oldest piece in the permanent collection is in storage, but it is a vase from ancient Greece. “It was donated to the Thorne about thirty years ago by a collector, and we think that it’s genuine, but until we can have a scholar of Greek vases come and look at it, I don't wanna put it on display as the real thing. I just want to be cautious and make sure we have all of the facts right about where it’s from exactly.”

Wallace’s personal favorite is a piece by an artist from Switzerland named Pipilotti Rist. The artwork is called ‘Ever is Over All’ and Wallace says, “...it’s really beautiful and disturbing at the same time.” . Wallace said his duties include: “Working with students, we have a lot of student workers who do various important things at the Thorne. We have students who help out with the education programs, and one with social media and lastly some students who do research into certain artist.”He elaborated, saying they find artists to be represented with“...hard work and a lot of time looking at art in person, magazine[s], book[s], and online. [You spend] a lot of time reading about and talking art with other curators and directors.”

During the interview, there were guestsvisting the gallery. An alumni and staff member Shawna Perrin said her favorite piece in the gallery was a film that was shown inside, called “For Those Who Like To Rock”, made in 1997. Perrin said her favorite piece of art in general is Van Gogh's “Starry night”.

When asked whether or not she visits art galleries, she said: “Not as often as I would like to, but sometimes I visit the art gallery in Portland — I visit once

or twice a year.” Perrin said she thinks art galleries should exist as “... a way of seeing things through other people’s eyes, and that’s a big part of liberal arts education and learning through other people’s experiences. Art is a visceral way of doing that.”

Rebecca Putnam is a student worker for the art gallery. When asked about her favorite pieces, Putnam said: “I like the Andy Warhol pieces. I like how Keene has their pieces in their collection.” Putnam said that she doesn’t make visiting galleries a priority: “If I’m visiting a place that has galleries, I’ll check it out, but I won’t scout out places in my free time.”

One of Brian Wallace’s favorite stories involving the gallery is: “I met an artist a couple of years ago, who has a painting in our permanent collection. He hadn’t seen it in close to 40 years because that's when it was donated… So to make a long story short, he came to Throne to see the painting, and he walked in, we chatted for a bit, and then went to look at the painting itself. The really weird thing was the sweater he was wearing was a perfect match for the main color of the painting. It was just a really amazing, freaky coincidence.”

The art gallery, according to Brian Wallace, is free admission. He added that “almost every event we put on is free.” Wallace’s closing comment was clearing up a misconception about the gallery: “I think students don’t know that it can be for them [as well]”.

Joe Guzman can be contacted at jguzman@kscequinox.com

"I like the Andy Warhol pieces.

I liked how Keene has their pieces in their collection."

Rebecca Putnam KSC Student

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different opinion. While she still valued celebrities ability to encourage people to do something as important as voting, O’Connor said there is a fine line between inspiring people to vote and telling them who to vote for. “I think encouraging people to go vote is good, and it’s a good use of their platform. But I don’t think necessarily trying to sway people one way or another is good.

I’m mean obviously I agree with certain people but not on all things,” O’Connor said.

O’Connor also explained a celebrity, even if she liked them, how not influence her opinion on a political issue.

However, if she was not well informed, it could motive her to look into it. “If I don’t don’t completely know about an issue, like it’s new, I might be more inclined to learn more about it,” O’Connor said.

Midterm elections are being held on Tuesday November 6 and the deadline to register in N.H. is Wednesday October 24.

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Rocking on Oya hill

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On Sunday, October 14, SAC hosted their annual Rocktoberfest battle of the bands event at Oya Hill. Pictured above is KSC band Jailbait who won the people's choice vote.

Rocktoberfest returns to Keene State College ERIN MCNEMAR

Arts & EntErtAinmEnt Music could be heard all over campus on Sunday October 14, as Keene State College’s Social Activities Council [SAC] held its annual Rocktoberfest Battle of The Bands.

SAC began the Rocktoberfest tradition in 2017. Due to the event's popularity, SAC has been able to continue putting on the concert every October.

The event began at 1 p.m. at Oya Hill and concluded at 4 p.m. later that day. Rocktoberfest highlighted seven bands, all of which were required to have one KSC student. Lilly Okker, bassist and featured vocalists for the newly created band Jailbait, expressed her thoughts on playing Rocktoberfest.“I’m pretty freaking exciting to play. I’m nervous but

excited at the same time,” Okker said. “The bands that have played are pretty good so far.” Okker explained Rocktoberfest will only be the band’s second show, after playing their first the night before.

This year, Rocktoberfest featured more bands than it had in past years. Rocktoberfest veterans, Afterimage, were also among the bands playing the event. Junior Casey Daron, bassist for Afterimage, said this is the band’s third year playing Rocktoberfest and he has loved seeing the event grow in size every year. “I think there is a huge turn out of bands this year, and every year that we have done it, more and more people get interested in it.

It keeps getting bigger, and it’s really cool,” Daron said.

While Afterimage plays shows all around New Hampshire according to Daron, Rockto-

berfest is one of his favorites to play each year.

“It’s a lot of fun. Afterimage plays all over the place, but it’s always cool to do those Keene State shows. It’s where we started and it’s kind of a nice hometown show. Support local music,” Daron said.

Attending Rocktoberfest along with some of her friends was sophomore Claire Neily.

Neily had never been to Rocktoberfest, but went as a way to get out of her dorm. “My friends are up her visiting and we were looking for something fun to do,” Neily said. Neily explained when she heard the music coming from outside her dorm, her and her friends decided to check it out. Overall, Neily said she was having a good time at the event. “We’re enjoying it. We like the bands a lot, and there is a lot of good food and free t-shirts.”

Neily said her favorite part of the event

was getting some fresh air, while listening to the music around her. “I like just being outside and listening to bands,” Neily said.

When asked if she would come again, Neily said, “definitely.”

This year Afterimage won the judge’s vote, while Jailbait won the people’s choice vote.

Sophomore lead singer and guitarist of Jailbait Alyssa Taylor said, “I didn’t expect it to win to be honest, but I really thankful,” she continued. “Winning just encourages us to keep trying to get more shows and get our name out there.”

Rocktoberfest also featured free food, face painting and other activities.

Erin McNemar can be contacted at emcnemar@kscequinox.com

Encouraging political activity ERIN MCNEMAR

Arts & EntErtAinmEnt Editor With the November Election less than a month away, social media users are being flooded with posts from friends, family, candidates and now celebrities encouraging them to go vote.

On Sunday, October 7, singer Taylor Swift, who normally stays quiet about political issues, took to Instagram stating the she will be throwing her support to democratic candidates Phil Bredesen and Jim Cooper running in Tennessee.

The post continued as Swift encouraged followers to research their candidates and be sure to vote on November 6.

With the continued development of social media and celebrities having the ability to reach out to fans all over the world, Swift has not been the only one to use her platform to ask people to vote.

In the 2016 presidential election, celebrities such as Lin

Manuel Miranda and Ellen DeGeneres stressed to fans via Twitter the importance of voting.

Other celebrities including Miley Cyrus, Alicia Keys and Katy Perry publicly endorsed candidates and attempted to motivate their fans to do the same.

Sophomore Emily Spaan expressed her thoughts on celebrities using their platform to inspire people to vote.

“It think it’s great because it makes the younger generations more aware. They would probably be more influenced by people that they follow on social media,” Spaan said.

While Spaan explained she looks at online news sites as a primary source for political news, especially with the election approaching politics are all over social media.

“I go on social media but I don’t try to look for political things. Obviously it pops up but you can’t believe everything you read,” Spaan said.

Spaan however said that if she saw a celebrity talking

about a political issue or endorsing a candidate, she would be more likely to have views that follow that celebrity.

Sharing a similar view was first-year Ally Kelliher.

When it comes to her knowledge of politics, Keliher said, “I know the basics but I don’t get super involved.”

Keliher, who gets most of her political news from Twitter, explained why she thinks celebrities motivating people to vote is beneficial.

“I think that’s a super good thing because people should go vote. Especially younger people because I know in the last election in 2016 that was a big thing. Everyone was like ‘go vote,’” Keliher said.

Like Spaan, when Keliher was asked if she would be likely to side with a celebrity she liked on a political issue she answered, “Probably, for sure.”

Unlike Spaan and Keliher, senior Hanna O’Connor had a

Hypnosis hits KSC KATHRYN SPADAFORA

Equinox stAff On Thursday, October 11, Keene State College hosted hypnotists — Dan Lornitis. At 8:00 p.m., students gathered in the Mabel Brown Room of the Student Center for a night of comedy and laughs. Many of the show’s audience members came from weekly bingo in the Night Owl Cafe next door.

“We were just playing bingo, and we were told to check it out,” stated Lauren Arsenault, accompanied by Olivia and Madison Pechulis. The group of friends then recalled the previous hypnotist at Keene State and said they were, “excited to see what kind of style he had,” in comparison.

Lornitis showed his own style indeed, as he began his night of comedy. He first began with an explanation of what hypnosis is and how it works — a common misconception. He then took the night’s volunteers, who he assured would be entirely safe and not do anything embarrassing.

With calming music playing, Lornitis started the process of hypnosis. Before long, the volunteers were entertaining the audience with a variety of activities they were asked to do. These ranged from a cow milking contest, where each member gave their hypnotized name for their cow — including a Sir Milks a Lot — to modeling, flying on an airplane and more. Quick- paced and full of humor, the hour-long show never stopped as Lornitis moved from act to act. Audience members laughed and applauded throughout, until the group of volunteers was finally taken out of their hypnosis.

A few volunteers were sent back into the audience, as the hypnosis did not work on them.

Amongst them was Val Mamish, who said, “At the beginning, I was kind of uncomfortable and did not know what he would have us do. At one point, he said we should feel a tingling in our hands, and I didn’t, and I knew it didn’t work.” Mamish thought she must have been too unsure for the hypnosis to work, but ended up enjoying her night in the audience. Those who had been successfully hypnotized, on the other hand, did not remember anything at all. In fact, immediately after the show, friends gathered around to show them the footage they filmed of what they had done while under hypnosis.

Lornitis stayed after the show to talk with audience members. When asked what inspired him to become a hypnotist, he answered, “I was hypnotized in high school, and it just kind of stuck with me and I thought it would be fun to learn.” Lornitis began as a magician, before starting to learn hypnosis. After years of performing as both a magician and a hypnotist, he made the decision to work strictly as a hypnotist. He is now one of the most highly sought comedy hypnotists in the country.

With a performance met with applause and cheers, Keene State students appeared to agree that Lornitis is a master of his trade.

Every audience member seemed to enjoy their time at the show, and left with a smile upon their face. A welcome night of laughs on a Thursday night, Lornitis was indeed a hit with Keene State College students.

Kathryn Spadafora can be contacted at kspadafora@kscequinox.com

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Social Activities Council puts on annual Rocktoberfest JULIA HAWKINS

Equinox Staff This past Sunday, Keene State College students and faculty celebrated the third annual Rocktoberfest.

Rocktoberfest is a day-long event hosted by the Social Activities Council (SAC). Students and faculty blow up slides, give away free t-shirts, enjoy music from local bands from Keene State and drink hot apple cider. Every year, seven bands compete against each other and are judged by pre-selected judges who will determine the winner. The bands who performed this year were Afterimage, Chadus, Caroline James, The Detectives, Tinderman, River Light and Probably Honestly. Rocktoberfest gives students who enjoy playing and listening to music

an opportunity to engage in music, dance and to be with friends and peers in the fall semester.

As the advisor to the Social Activities Council, Britany Gallagher helped coordinate this year’s Rocktoberfest. Along with many other coordinators, they have been planning this event since over the summer. One of the student coordinators, Janae Graham, said that she had been planning since July. Graham put out fliers for those interested in performing at the Rocktober Fest.

Although not all of the members of each band attend Keene State, at least one has to in order for them to participate in performing at Rocktoberfest.

At this year’s Rocktoberfest, it was not only students and faculty who attended the event, but there were also student families there as well. The audience was large,

with most of the area dedicated to the event being filled by students here at Keene State and local community members. A first-year student who attended Rocktoberfest said “it was fun”, and that he would definitely go again next year.

As opposed to other years, this year’s Rocktoberfest happened to take place on a Sunday, rather than a Saturday. In previous years, Rocktoberfest took place on an Admitted Student Day. Gallagher said, “It is a little bit different this year not having that Admitted Student Day crowd coming through, but it was still cool to see the different people that were coming in, getting some food and checking out some music.” Even if Rocktoberfest were to have happened on Admitted Student Day, the outcome of the event still would have been as great

as it was this year,. As Rocktoberfest’s advisor, Gallagher said this year’s turnout was great. Those who helped coordinate the event did an excellent job putting together this activity. Gallagher said, “It’s always nice for me, as their advisor, to go to their events and think back on all their time and energy and effort that they put into planning it … it’s a really rewarding moment.”

Although it took a lot of planning, Rocktoberfest this year met the staff’s expectations, and was a great social event for the Keene community.

Julia Hawkins can be contacted at jhawkins@kscequinox.com

TKE stays in a box for charity KIANA WRIGHT

opinionS Editor Ever heard that great things come in small packages? Well, Tau Kappa Epsilon proved that big boxes can also mean great things when they held their annual TKE in a box this past Monday, October 8.

The fraternity TKE had their annual “TKE in a box” this past week to raise awareness for homelessness especially in the Keene area. Senior business major and president of TKE, Jason White, said, “We put on our yearly fundraiser called ‘TKE in a box.’ It’s a great way to get community service hours and filanciphy dollars and canned goods. Specifically for this event it’s One Hundred Nights and The Community Kitchen benefiting.” To show their support many brothers gathered at the box they built and some even slept inside of it over the course of the four days.

The TKE members build the box every year from scratch with the help of The Home Depot. Michael Patnode, senior economics major and treasurer of TKE said, “We have Home Depot that donates a bunch of supplies to build and construct the 16ft by 8ft by 8ft box to raise awareness for homelessness in Keene.” Rain and shine these members stuck through as much as they could. White said that the water had pooled up at the top and eventually started to leak in. “We did have to shut down roughly a day early due

to the rain, but in terms of cash donations and can donations this was one of our better years.” Thankfully, the rain didn’t get in the way of spreading awareness and getting donations for the local community.

Senior criminal justice major and TKE new member educator, Chris Hamilton said

that in the past they have had problems with getting donations from students and people walking by because they don’t have cash on them but they might have just found a solution. “This year we started something new where we’re accepting Venmo requests too... It makes it easier for people who don’t

always carry their wallet on them or is on their way to class.” Patnode added, “A lot of college students don’t have cash on them, but Venmo is a big thing now.” The box is a very different idea that really helps grabs people’s attention leading them to find out more about their cause and maybe even

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“People are very interested in just seeing a huge box outside the students center. But people are like that’s actually really cool and then they come up and ask “what’s the box

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Forming a Furry Club SEBASTIEN MEHEGAN

AdministrAtive executive editor

Keene State College firstyear Michael Bullen has been putting flyers all over campus to inform the public of his forming of a new club: Furry Club.

Google Dictionary defines a furry as, “[A person with] an enthusiasm for animal characters with human characteristics, in particular a person who dresses up in costume as such a character or uses one as an avatar online.”

Bullen said the premise of the club is for people who can appreciate anthropomorphic art to come together and share in their common interest. Dictionary.com defines anthropomorphic as, “Resembling or made to resemble human form.”

Bullen said, “My goal isn’t really to start this huge club.

It’s just to meet like minded people.” He said that most of the furry community is very diverse and open minded and that was a major reason why he wanted to start a club.

Bullen said although he is a part of the LGBT community, he wants to meet people who share his interests as well. “I know there is already a pride club here [at KSC], but I just wanted to meet people who are more like minded than just that,” Bullen said.

Bullen said he has started working with the Program Support Assistant for LGBT Students Hunter Kirschner in order to get the word out about his club. He said many of the posters he put up around campus have been removed.

Though Bullen’s fliers have been taken down and hasn’t had any club meetings, he’s already started meeting new people who share in this interest. “I met another Mike [Michael Igresti] which was really good.”

Both Bullen and Igresti recognized that the furry community is not very large at KSC. Igresti said his affinity for the furry subculture was one of self expression. “[It’s about] being able to express who you want to be and who you are through something other than what is considered normal.”

He said another reason he is a

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Seen above is KSC first-year Michael Bullen wearing is full fox fur suit. Bullen says this one one of the best things he’s ever bought for himself

part of this culture is that they are a very accepting culture and rarely turn people away.

Igresti said most of the judgement he felt was from his parents, but also society as a whole based on the social stigma attached to the term “furry.”

A subculture and sociology study done by Grinnell

College said that many of sociwety’s ideas of what furries are is wrong. “Not all, or even most, furries wear fursuits; furries do not, on the whole, have traits consistent with personality disorders; not all furries are gay.”

Igresti said when he first started wearing his rainbow fox tail — his furry costume —

it felt very different to when he wears it now. “I wear that all the time. Compared to before I got it, when I got it, and when I wear it now, there has been a huge social shift.”

Bullen said, “The first thing that people think of is that it’s a fetish, and not really a subculture, I guess. I think a lot of the reason has to do with the

furry fandom only getting bad was like dressing up for Comic Furry Club, contact Michael publicity. It’s simply because Con. He said his interest in the Bullen at Michael.Bullen@ksc. it’s just so weird. I’m not going furry subculture is less related keene.edu. to say it’s a normal thing — it’s to his self expression, and pretty weird. There’s not a lot more of just a hobby.

Sebastien Mehegan of people who do it. It’s just Bullen said, “I have my own can be contacted at good fun.” costume ... It’s one of the best smehegan@kscequinox.com Bullen said a lot of people things I’ve bought.” Michael’s see the costume as a crutch fursuit is a full fox suit. used to assist in interacting For more information and with people, but for him, it to get involved in the KSC’s

Yoga class with a twist HALEIGH PATCH

equinox stAff In a mixture between yoga and pilates that incorporates strength, versatility, flexibility and precision of movement into one dynamic class, there is a new group fitness class being held at the Spaulding Gym, called Yogalates. Yogalates works out the core, incorporates weights and focuses on improving posture.

The classes are taught by former Keene State College student Stephanie Clark. Clark said she graduated in 2011 from KSC with a degree in athletic training. Following graduation, she interned at Florida Gulf Coast University as an athletic trainer for women’s soccer, women’s swimming and diving, men’s and women’s tennis and men’s and women’s cheerleading. She then moved back to New Hampshire and worked with a company called Access Sports Medicine, where she obtained a head athletic training role at the Dublin School for three years. She worked as a dorm parent, advisor and science teacher where she would run activities like yoga class, along with creating weekend activities for students. While Clark was at Dublin, she said she was working on her master’s degree in athletic training. She now lives in Keene and is an athletic trainer here at KSC. “It’s been quite the experience working where I went to school, it’s nice to see Keene with a new perspective,” said Clark.

Clark said she also used to teach pilates and foam rolling while she was a student, and she also taught in the community. This is her second year teaching this class; however, it was not always called Yogalates. It used to be focused primarily on yoga and weights, which is still included in Yogalates. It is meant to make the body feel good while incorporating the benefits of both yoga and pilates.

“It is not your average class, it is meant to help people learn how to stretch and strengthen at the same time and work with fascia in the body,” Clark said.

According to Myofascial Release Treatment Centers and Seminars, Fascia is connective tissue that wraps around the entire body and fuses it together. It also helps protect muscle groups, organs and the body as a whole.

Clark said the most people she has ever had attend her Yogalates class was nine, because it is so early in the morning [6:30 a.m.] — which might sound unappealing to some students.

She normally has about four or five people come on a weekly basis, and it is mostly faculty or student athletes. Clark said the class is beneficial and worth it to those who want to attend.

“It is a warm and enjoyable class, the best way to understand it is to come and participate,” Clark said.

Lynn Andrews, Director of Recreational Sports, attends the class every week. Andrews said she used to go to a strength training class with a different trainer. Once that trainer

retired, she moved over to Stephanie’s class and has been going since last spring. She said she joined Yogalates to improve balance, core strengthening and flexibility.

There are about ten group fitness classes that Keene offers. Andrews said there is a good mix between student instructors and professional instructors, but certification can be expensive. She said the gym would like to have more classes, but it is based on how many instructors they actually have. “We offer a good amount of classes that both students and faculty can enjoy,” Andrews said.

Director of Admissions Peg Richmond has been attending Clark’s class for two years. She has also gone to spin classes and the Self-care and Flexibility class as well.

Richmond’s goal was to improve her flexibility, which she has done since participating in Yogalates. “This has also been my biggest challenge, because before I started, I had zero flexibility,” said Richmond.

She said there are not a lot of instructors here at the gym, which makes it more challenging to have classes. She loves Clark’s class so much she said she would do it every day if she could.

Yogalates is every Wednesday morning from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. in the Spaulding Gym.

“It is a warm and enjoyable class, the best way to understand it is to come and participate.”

-Stephanie Clark

Haleigh Patch can be contacted at hpatch@kscequinox.com

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‘Boys will be boys’ SEBASTIEN MEHEGAN

AdministrAtive executive editor On Tuesday, October 9, the Courageous Conversations Committee organized a conversation open to the public, focusing on the idea that “Boys will be Boys.”

Keene State College Counselor Forrest Seymour said the purpose of titling the event “Boys will be Boys” was to rile people into a state of mind that would allow for ideas to be brought forward.

Seymour said, “To be transparent, we put that in there to rile people up a bit.”

Seymour said a big reason for this particular topic, “Boys will be Boys,” was because of the recent Brett Kavanaugh hearings and the controversies surrounding those hearings.

Seymour said, “We try to pick a topic that is sort of currently in the media and in people’s heads, and that is at least a little bit provocative, and we try to frame the prompt so that it’s hopefully not too one sided.” He said the hope is for the discussions to allow students to experience civil discourse about a potentially contentious topic.

Seymour said, “I think it’s great to shed the light of day on sexual assault and allow people to think and talk about sexual assault more. That can only be good for preventing sexual assault and for supporting survivors.”

KSC student Gabriella Dixon-Snell said, “For the girls here, I definitely feel like they kind of gained kind of a confidence push. Like, I have a stronger community supporting me now.”

Seymour said this kind of conversation is really important since most of what

the public is exposed to is the extremes of two sides. “I think it’s good to see the diversity in opinion ... I think it’s important for everyone to see we don’t all agree, and we all have different opinions,” Seymour said.

Dixon-Snell said, “[Boys will be boys] is institutionalized over the ages.” She said it implies girls will be girls, and should “stay inside.” He added that some of the conversation covered the shame aspect of sexual assault, and that his hope is for the present survivors to feel less of that shame.

Program Support Assistant for LGBTQ Students Hunter Kirschner said he had the most disagreement with this conversation compared to past Courageous Conversations, “I wanted to jump in more, I wanted to be engaged and clarify more. It seems like there’s a lot of misinformation in a lot of different ways.”

Kirschner said there’s a lot of harm in this sexual assault and rape culture, and that sometimes that can result in narrowing a person’s field of vision, specifically in trying to find someone to blame.

“I think this is something that touches everyone, and so coming from that kind of place, we can’t always necessarily step back and think about it in a bigger picture ... We would like to be able to find a cause or someone to blame ... to find a resolution, and I think it can limit the view on the issue.”

“I think sexual assault tends to be an issue of concern on college campuses because of the culture, and because of the condensed population of 18 to 22 year olds — just in terms of human development, identity development [and] newfound independence … so this seemed

very appropriate.”

Seymour said, “We use the term ‘boys will be boys’ to excuse behavior that is inexcusable, rather than confront that behavior and confront our society and a system that allows that behavior to happen.”

As a final message, Dixon-Snell said,

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about?’” [and] “what’s the whole fundraiser about?’”

Many student’s cannot imagine of sleeping inside of a box, which leads to an interesting question, “What is life like in the TKE box?”

Hamilton says that living in the box for the time being wasn’t as bad as most students walking by probably thought. “It’s strangely warm in there a lot warmer than outside. We have all of our homework, all of our clothes, and bedding in there. So it’s kind of like home.”

“We stay here all day we take shifts and turns with a bunch of guys that stay here overnight,” said Patnode. Hamilton said that who sleeps varies due to their class schedules and other responsibilities they have. On Monday night, they had eight or nine members sleeping in the box and throughout the week it fluctuate. Hamilton goes on to say, “It [sleeping in the box] is not required, but it is suggested that you spend one continuous night in it just because it brings us together it also kind of presents us a challenge.”

As a TKE tradition, it’s a way that they can all come together and take the time to help their community. Both Patnode and Hamilton said the new rushes see this event as a great experience and actually look forward to it. Patnode said, “They thought it was really cool. When I saw it happening and I learned about it when I was rushing it was one of the things that made me very interested in TKE.” Hamilton said, “It’s a very weirdly fun experience.”

Hamilton said that One Hundred Nights, The Community Kitchen, other organizations and all of the people affected positively from this fundraiser really appreciate what TKE does for them. Hamilton goes on to say, “They love it. They really like that it’s a younger group of people trying to make a difference for a bigger group of people.” TKE has formed a relationship with these people and places and each year they cannot wait for the annual fundraisers. “They’re always very excited and are asking “When’s it starting?” “When’s it starting?”

Look for the big box next year and along the way look out for TKE’s other awareness fundraisers on campus!

Sebastien Mehegan can be contacted at smehegan@kscequinox.com

Humans of KSC

“Have your political views been influenced by a celebrity?”

Compiled by Angelique Inchierca “I would say so... The whole thing right now with the media and the [Kavanaugh case] is not good” - Framchesca Storms

“No, I don’t really always follow celebrities” - Marcy Webster

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“No I don’t believe so, but possibly. I don’t really always pay attention to what they say and if I did then I don’t like to take it as my own opinion. I like to form my own opinions.”

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My friend Cherry ANGELIQUE INCHIERCA

Equinox Staff There was a time when getting on the bus was as exciting as stepping onto a playground for recess. As soon as the bright yellow vehicle turned its wheels and entered my street, I ran out my door and to the stop. I waved to my mother, who was watching from the window, and shined the brightest smile to the driver. She was kind and always smiled back. As I stepped on the bus, I eagerly looked around for my friends who got on before me.

I remember seeing the boys from the building beside mine, the jerks. They always bullied me for being smaller than most middle schoolers. You could tell they were brothers from their similar facial structures, clothing styles and common personalities.

In the very back of the bus were the older kids from the street. I gave them high-fives before sitting down. My guess was they probably thought I was funny for thinking a middle schooler like myself was cool enough to say hello to the big, mature high schoolers.

As I sat, the engine rumbled and the doors closed. One last passenger made her way down the aisle before the bus began to head to our destination. The girl pointed beside me and sat before I could respond to the gesture. That is when I first met Cherry. An unkept young girl who didn’t seem to talk much. Our introduction was short, only consisting of two hellos and my “Hello I am… I live in building... What’s your name?” to which she simply said,

“Cherry.”

I would have never guessed, but we bonded each day after. Soon, our mutual title for one another was under the “best friend” category, it consisted of too many letters that stood for words that never fully made logical sense to say out loud more than once. Terms like B.F.F.L.D.A.B. only existed to make us laugh. Cherry and I were inseparable.

One day, her long beautiful curly hair was straightened and her uniform was ironed. I wanted to comment that she looked real “dolled up” but after our eyes met, she looked down and ignored me. She sat at her desk and didn’t speak a word. The teacher didn’t call on her, and our friends walked away quickly as she approached. She seemed angry with me, but I couldn’t think why she would be. She stared at me, her eyes squinted. I figured I must have said something wrong the other day and hurt her feelings.

The next few days started as any other.

I ran out of the apartment, making sure to reach the bus before the driver left — the old driver seemed to have left too. I sat in the same seat that I had unofficially assigned to myself. Each day I waited and waited for Cherry but she never came.

Soon, my friend had left my daily routine.

She wasn’t even in class. No one called attention to it, I never heard her name in the daily gab.

My days had grown dark. My only real friend had, left and I found myself in a newer and boring routine. The jerk boys must have moved or dropped out because they never took the bus. My high school friends had graduated and gone to do more exciting things in life. I was sure I must have imagined her in my head, as people cannot just disappear… right?

Strange.

It seemed like an eternity had passed by before I saw my friend again. After missing my stop, I had to walk a bit further to reach home. I decided to sit on a park bench for a moment to pass the time.

That’s when I saw her. Overwhelmed, I screamed her name. As her beautiful curls bounced, she quickly dropped a letter beside me and ran away. Tears were slowly making their way down her cheeks before she got into a must-be-new car and

drove off.

I turned to the letter and opened it, it must have been for me of course.

“Dear friend,” it said, “I am sorry that time has slipped away from me. I made sure to keep you in my mind, but sometimes life does not allow you to have what you want. After transferring schools, I changed. I was no longer my bubbly self, but I was angry and confused most days.

Angry at how I didn’t go on the bus that day. Angry with how I could have been with you when you needed me most. After that first day, I could not bare being in that class. Please, stop waiting for me. I cannot live seeing you anymore. My heart was overjoyed as I saw you on the bus my last day… until I realized I didn’t. I leave this note by you to plead for forgiveness for skipping a bus ride home. Please, if you love me and if our friendship is true, stop haunting me. With love, Cherilyn Hobbs.”

Hurt and confused, I stood up and threw the letter on the ground. How could a best friend leave schools? How can she come to see me and then leave without saying a word? How can she — and there it was. A strange wooden peg stood behind the bench. Painted white and surrounded by hand planted flowers. Stuffed animals, pictures, and letters lay against the post. As I turned to the street, I saw the letter from Cherry had blew away. I eagerly chased after it and before I realized it — headlights.

Angelique Inchierca can be contacted at ainchierca@kscequinox.com

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Hang the yarn!

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Materials needed: A branch (I found it behind the Redfern), yarn (got it from Walmart), strong cord (I used jute cord), As a nature-loving person, I love walk- command hooks, and scissors. Let's get ing around and collecting things from the started. natural world. I collect little things like flowers, the colorful leaves of fall, rocks Step 1: Choose a color to go in the and sticks. However, this time, I brought a middle. I chose the red yarn. Cut a 75-inch 28-inch long branch to my dorm. Living in long piece of yarn. Put seven of such yarn Pondside 3 gives me a beautiful environ- strings together and make a knot in the ment to wander around in. The idea was branch. to use the twig as a wall decoration. After Step 2: Make five knots of the yarn. surfing on Pinterest, I came up with an The ends of the yarn won’t be level (Don’t artistic DIY project where I could turn my worry!) rustic branch into a wall decor by hanging Step 3: Repeat step 1 for another color yarn over it. My next stop was Walmart of yarn (I have the white one) and make to get yarn (fiber). It took me an hour, a two knots on each side. total of 60 minutes (can you believe it?) to Step 4: Mix the two different colors and choose two different colors. put together 7 strings of each color. This Finally, I am confident with the color- particular knot will be bigger than the ful yarns I chose to help you make a simi- other knots. Now, braid them. lar DIY. Do this for each side.

Step 5: Add three knots of white yarn for each side. You are almost done with your woven tapestry.

The next steps are the finishing touches: Step 6: Tie a string at two ends of the branch so that it could be hung on your wall as shown in the picture.

Step 7: Install a command hook on your wall. Hang the branch-yarn decor on a command hook . You will see how the yarn is not leveled.

Step 8: Cut the yarn with scissors at the end to give it a shape. You can either cut it making the edges shorter than the middle part (like I did) or keep the edges longer than the middle part.

Step 9: Tada! It’s done. You can use it as a wall decor in your house, your apartment or gift it to your friends. (Note: Use of any fabric decor on the walls inside campus is not allowed). So, probably don’t use it for our dorm decoration.

BuSinESS ManagEr

Puja Thapa can be contacted at pthapa@kscequinox.com

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The Making of: A 3-D sculpture EMMA MEHEGAN

Equinox Staff There is an aspect to every art form — from singing, to painting, to writing — that holds a special kind of allure for me. For some, like painting and singing, the draw is in the process. With three dimensional sculpture, however, that draw also comes from the tangible nature of the final product.

The process of sculpture is indeed very different from the creation of a painting.

This comes from the fact that with sculpture, you are creating something that is meant to take up space. Whether that space be large or small, it differs greatly from the two-dimensional planes of display paintings are planned for. When sculpting, every side of the sculpture has to be considered.

Even with an abstract sculpture, however planned — or not — the sculpture appears, the artist who created it made very conscious decisions in regards to each side and how the piece would interact with the space around it.

Although in my own work I often deal with abstract, my current projects surround realistic representations of mythical creatures. Therefore, the planning stages I deal with also include studying different myths and trying to figure out, based on real creatures, the bone structures and general anatomy of whichever creature I have decided to represent.

There is a lot of trial and error that goes into this, as things can easily go wrong between planning and the final outcome. I have to ask myself what kinds of textures I want the creature to have, and how to create that texture without sacrificing the stability of the design.

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In my opinion, it is the textures that are the most important part of the design, besides the actual structural engineering.

When approaching the final piece, I want it to look convincing; when I touch it, I want it to feel real. I want what is meant to be bone that looks and feels like bone, scales to look and feel like scales.

There are times when, sometimes for hours, I will just think about how I’m going to do something: how to make the structure stable, how to create a necessary texture. It can be daunting, terrifying even, to just get started because of how many things can go wrong because of how much planning there is.

Nevertheless, it is always so rewarding when a piece turns out the way it was meant to. When the textures work, when the design stands, when it’s convincing, it is really the best feeling. The hours of planning and the subsequent hours of hard, painstaking work, become like nothing compared to the satisfaction of standing back from a final product you are proud of.

Emma Mehegan can be contacted at emehegan@kscequinox.com

Halloween originated from the Celtic festival Samhain where people dressed up as ghosts and lit bonfires to ward off evil spirits!

RECIPE

Pumpkin chocolate chip bread LAURA ROMANIELLO

There’s no doubt, everybody is obsessed with pumpkins and apples during the fall.

Whether you lie more on the apple side of the spectrum or the pumpkin side, there is most definitely a dessert for you! I love to make a nice quick bread during this time of the year because they warm you up and make great breakfasts when you’re on the go, which most of us students are. I’m personally a huge fan of banana bread, but for the month of October, I can’t leave out the pumpkin. This week I’m going to give you a simple warm pumpkin chocolate chip bread.

Ingredients:

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Directions:

artS dirEctor

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Grease loaf pan and set aside.

Whisk together flour, baking soda, salt and nutmeg. Set aside.

Beat together sugar, oil and eggs.

Gradually add dry ingredients to egg mixture, beating well. Periodically add the water and continue beating.

Add pumpkin puree and beat to mix well.

Stir in chocolate chips and mix well.

Pour batter into the prepared pan.

Bake for 55 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

Serve warm and enjoy!

Laura can be contacted at lromaniello@kscequinox.com

1 ½ cup Sugar ½ cup Vegetable Oil 2 Eggs 2 cups Flour 1 tsp Baking Soda ½ tsp Nutmeg ½ tsp Salt ½ cup Water 1 cup Pumpkin Puree 1 cup Chocolate Chips CONTRIBUTED BY TASTEOFHOME.COM

CREATIVE COLLECTIONS IS A COMPILATION OF KEENE STATE COLLEGE STUDENTS' WORK. THE MAIN PURPOSE IS TO SHOWCASE THE CREATIVITY OF OUR STUDENTS IN MULTIPLE ART FORMS. ANY ENROLLED KSC STUDENT CAN SUBMIT TO THIS SECTION BY CONTACTING ANGELIQUE INCHIERCA AT [AINCHIERCA@KSCEQUINOX.COM].

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Embracing a new team dynamic

LUKE STERGIOU / SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

The Keene State College men’s soccer team for the first time has a reserve team. The reserve team conisists of mostly first-years and some upperclassman that rotate through for games.

The KSC men’s soccer team implements a reserve team for the first time LUKE STERGIOU

Senior PhotograPher Playing college soccer is a challenge in itself, especially in your first year. But playing for the reserve team is a whole other hurdle.

For the 2018 fall season, the Keene State Men’s Soccer team has implemented a reserve team, consisting of mostly first-year players and other upperclassmen players that rotate between the first team and the reserves.

It’s a unique and sometimes tough situation for some of the players, as some of them are unsure of whether or not they will play with the varsity team. The reserve team plays currently against other club teams in New Hampshire.

First-year defender Noah Munroe reflected on his first collegiate season with the reserve team: “When I first got here, I was expecting it to be a tough competition because it’s college soccer; you have to earn your spot. So coming in and being put on the reserves, it was a damper at first, but then when you start to look at it, it’s like okay, what do I need to focus on and what do I need to get better on?” Munroe also added, “Being put on the reserve team, it motivates you. I saw it as a damper at first, and as time went by, I thought I can use this as a negative, or I can look at is as a positive, work hard, and try to earn my spot.”

Glaudi Bangasimbo, a first-year goalkeeper for the reserves, had a similar feeling to Munroe.

“At first, to be honest, I was bummed out that I wasn’t put on the first team immediately. But, everything happens for a reason. At first, I took it as ‘oh he doesn’t think I’m good enough,’ but then I started looking at it like this way: Now I have time to improve.”

Bangasimbo also said, “It’s definitely a motivation.

It’s my first year, I came in and they put me on the reserve team, so that means I have to work harder in the off season and come back next year and fight again for the starting spot.”

Head Coach Rick Scott said that the term had a reserve team that lasted for five to six years about 10 years ago.

Scott recognized this as being not the most ideal situation for the first year players.

“They’re great kids and it’s a tough situation to be in.

They work very hard, show every day, and hopefully we can get a few more games in for them before the end of the month.” Scott did stand by his decision of having a reserve team and said, “I think it will help them get ready for the next level of the college game. But I think it does help them get ready for that.”

Will Salta, a Keene State soccer alumni, was brought on as assistant coach and the coach of the reserve team.

Salta said this was a different experience for him.

“It feels different, in good and bad ways. Some good, that I’m learning more about the game. The kids are actually teaching me a lot of the stuff that I didn’t notice playing, so that’s really nice. Bad, I just want to get back out there and play a little.”

This is Salta’s first time coaching at the college level, but he has had experience coaching at the club level for 2 years.

He said he enjoys this new role, but still has a lot to learn. “I have so much to learn, it’s ridiculous. It’s nice coming back and coaching with this staff and learning where their points are coming from, now that I see it as a coach instead of a player. But, I can’t wait to see what the future holds for the rest of it though.”

Although Salta has enjoyed the new challenge, he said that he misses playing more than anything. Salta did add he plans on branching out with this new coaching role: “Definitely. One hundred percent. I think I’ll branch out somewhere else and move on, and then maybe come back. That’s the goal.”

The players are happy having Salta as a coach, saying he sees eye to eye with them. Munroe said: “The way he runs practices are a little bit different. But when you look at it, he sees the game the way you see it. He knows the way the coaches think, he knows what they want, he knows what they like to look for. He shows you through his view what they would be looking for. It’s a

huge benefit, I appreciate Will. He helps us a ton.”

Bangasimbo expressed mutual feelings about Salta.

“Having a coach like Will, he knows what he’s talking about. He understands us better, and we understand him better because he played last year. Will understands what we need.”

Rick Scott said he’s glad that Salta is a part of the coaching staff: “Will Salta is doing a real nice job with them. He usually has ten, eleven, twelve kids for practice and he keeps them going. They do a lot of good stuff.”

Scott also stood by his decision to bring on Salta, noting that availability and previous coaching experience was a key factor. Scott said: “He has experience coaching at the club level in the past, and we were lucky that he was in the area.”

Scott expressed uncertainty in having another reserve team next year. “I don’t know if we’ll have a reserve team next year. Right now we [have] some players that play reserves and varsity, and then you have to keep track of their games. So there’s a lot to it, but I give these kids a lot of credit. They show up and work hard every day and hopefully they’ll get rewarded with more games.”

Luke Stergiou can be contacted at lstergiou@kscequinox.com

KSC Swim and Dive team wins season opener CAILLA PRISCO

SPortS editor The Keene State Swim and Dive season opened this past week against Colby Sawyer College where the Owls triumphed.

According to Keene State Athletics, The KSC men posted a 162-22 win, while the women won 176-47.

Not only did the Owls win by a landslide, but many owls placed first in several events, including junior Kyle Shadeck, first Year Sam Allo, senior Katie Brandeberry and junior Sophie Hayes.

Shadeck placed first in the 200 meter butterfly in 1:59.44 minutes as well as the 100 meter individual medley in 56.08 seconds.

Shadeck was was a part of the winning 200 medley relay team, along with AJ DelGiorno, Patrick Doyle and Tomas Langland, as well as the 800 free relay with Zach Payne, Jay Fritz and Michael Morman.

First-year and distance swimmer Sam Allo made his first appearance in a collegiate meet, and placed first in the 500 meter freestyle in 5.35.40 minutes and also placed first in the 1000 meter freestyle in 11.03.32 minutes.

For the Lady Owls, Brandeberry shined as she took home first place in the 100 free in 57.19 seconds and the 100 IM in 1:03.60 minutes, while swimming the anchor leg in both the winning 200 medley relay and the 800 freestyle relay.

Hayes clinched first place in the 200 meter butterfly in 2.22.04 minutes.

As a junior, Hayes said she is, “Becoming more of a leader and mentor” since she is no longer an underclassman.

“I want to do things for the freshman and sophomores that make them feel like they are a part of the team, and guide them so they don’t make the same mistakes that I made,” said Hayes.

Senior and freestyle sprinter Lauren Arsenault said that, “This meet was a great start to the season, obviously we have only been in the pool for a few weeks so we aren’t going to be in the place we were at the end of last season, but everyone was in their target range of where they should be time-wise.”

Arsenault also said that after losing many seniors, they have gained talent in transfers and underclassmen: “The team dynamic is a little different because we do have a lot of new swimmers, which is great. They are very talented and they can only improve from now, which is awesome for us to see because we lost a lot of seniors this past year.”

Not only does Keene State have new talent in swimming, but first year Brianna Feldman was awarded Little East Conference (LEC) Rookie Diver of the Week after making her debut in a collegiate meet.

The Owls will be on the road to Saint Michael’s College, Saturday October 20, for a 1 p.m. start time.

Cailla Prisco can be contacted at cprisco@kscequinox.com

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Thursday, October 18, 2018

Scoring in threes

LUKE STERGIOU / SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

LUKE STERGIOU

Senior PhotograPher October 11, 2017: The day that will curdle the blood of any United States soccer fan’s heart. This was the day that the United States Men’s National team would lose 2-1 to Trinidad and Tobago, therefore being eliminated from World Cup 2018 qualification. But as we look back a year later, has the state of U.S. soccer changed much?

Unfortunately, not much has changed. Since then, U.S. soccer has made some changes, but nothing really significant has happened since. Former U.S. Soccer Association president Sunil Gulati resigned and the former Vice President Carlos Cordeiro replaced him. Bruce Arena also stepped down, with Dave Sarachan taking the position has the new head coach of the USMNT. There has been a lot of other things going on within the organization, such as the other leagues, like Major League Soccer (MLS), United Soccer League (USL) and North American Soccer League (NASL). Unfortunately, change doesn’t seem to be coming any time soon, especially during matches.

On October 11, the United States Men’s National Team faced off against the Colombia national team in an international friendly match.

And from the very beginning, it didn’t look good for the U.S. Despite the team being much younger and containing a lot of fresh faces, the U.S. still struggled in almost every aspect of the game.

There were some notable omissions, like Christian Pulisic, Weston Mckennie and Tyler Adams, all of which were withdrawn from the squad due to injuries. Even with these omissions and some new faces joining the team, the USMNT could not pull off a win against Colombia. In the first ten minutes of the game, the team kept losing possession and nearly gave up 2 goals. Colombia’s attack was just decimating the U.S. defense. Even with the center back partnership of Matt Miazga and John Brooks, the team still had struggles containing the Colombian attack.

Colombian midfielder James Rodriguez took first blood, scoring an unbelievably curling shot past U.S. goalkeeper Zack Steffen in the 35th minute. Kellyn Acosta would eventually equalize in the 49th minute with an incredible run into the box to put it past Colombian goalkeeper David Ospina. The team would show a glimpse of hope, as Bobby Wood scored in the 52nd minute to make the score 2-1 and get the comeback started, but once again, that’s where the team’s struggles came back to haunt them. The USMNT would not be able to maintain the lead as Colombia scored 3 more goals to make it 4-2 to the Colombians.

Despite the team being built around young players who look to build the team’s future, there’s still many problems that the team faces.

Even with the great center back partnership of Miazga and Brooks, the defense still needs work. The team has great young attackers like Tim Weah and Bobby Wood, but without a creative player in the midfield like Christian Pulisic, it’s not easy for the midfield to create chances for the strikers. Overall, the team needs depth, and that’s unfortunately what the USMNT lacks now.

Of course, that is only one of the many problems the United States Men’s National Team and U.S. Soccer faces right now. Hopefully 2019 will be a better year for the team, and it can start rebuilding and focusing towards qualifying for Qatar 2022.

Luke Stergiou can be contacted at lstergiou@kscequinox.com

Bruno scores fourth hat trick of the season CAROLINE PERRY

MANAGING EXECUTIVE EDITOR Sophomore Nina Bruno just scored her fourth hat trick of the year in field hockey against Framingham State.

After receiving Little East Rookie of the Year, getting picked for the All-Little East First Team and getting LEC Rookie of the Week twice, Bruno said she more than pleased with her level of play so far this season. “It was definitely a great achievement getting my fourth hat trick of the season, I was really stoked and can’t wait to see how the rest of the season goes,” Bruno said. Bruno added that a goal that she made for herself this season was to improve her skills from last year, getting more goals and more assists than she did as a first-year. “I’m really working hard to get there and hopefully I can achieve this goal of mine,” Bruno said.

The sophomore said that her team was very supportive of her accomplishment.

“The field hockey team here at Keene State is filled with 24 of the kindest and most supporting group of girls I have ever met. Every girl has supported one another during their good and bad times and I couldn’t be thankful for that. My teammates are so supportive of my accomplishments and always push me to be a better player on and off the field,” Bruno said.

On top of that, her teammates support has pushed her to do even better, Bruno said. “I think my personal success is really contributing to the team’s overall success, but again, I wouldn’t be where I am now as a player without those girls. They make me the best player that I can be and I hope they can say the same,” Bruno said.

Head Coach Amy Watson said that she thinks Bruno is doing very well this season.

“It is a great accomplishment to score a hat

trick in one game so to have done it in four [games] this season is a great accomplishment,” Watson said. Coach Watson added that Nina is only a sophomore and that she was the team’s leading scorer last season, was the second leading scorer in the conference last year and was named conference Rookie of the Year. “I think she shows a lot of promise and has the potential to improve more and more every year. She is a player other teams key in on to stop, so she must continue to work hard every day. I think she has it in her,” Watson said.

As far as inspiring her team, Watson said she thinks anytime the team has a scoring frenzy it psyches the team up. The positive energy directly transfers over to motivational play said Watson. “I think it is important we work hard to highlight our players when they do something well, I think the positive reinforcement keeps people motivated to perform well,” Watson said.

Senior captain Mia Brickley said that Bruno is really stepping up this year as a player and leader.

“We all see her doing well so we continue to push each other and encourage everyone to work hard and play well. We feed off of the energy of others. Tt is awesome that Nina got her fourth hat trick, tt is a huge accomplishment and she keeps working hard day after day,” Brickley said.

The senior added that it’s very important to have players like Bruno because strong players and leaders can be any age and any position. “We have people on the team who lead in different ways, whether it be physical play, communication, positive encouragement. Every team needs multiple leaders and we are lucky to have that,” Brickley said.

Caroline Perry can be contacted at cperry@kscequinox.com

Going above and beyond as a coach Coach Rick Scott helps one of his players through a tough year ADRIANA SANCHEZ

Social Media director Samuel Binogono, Senior and Captain of the Keene State Men’s soccer team, had a unique twist to his college experience.

After his freshman year, he found out he wasn’t able to come back due to his finical aid.

But Coach of KSC Men’s team Rick Scott took him under his wing.

Scott said it was an easy and quick decision for him. “I had complete trust in him, I would go away for a couple of days and I wouldn’t worry about anything,” Scott said. Binogono would pay his rent off, meaning he would help Scott with any labor work when needed.

Scott said he didn’t want Binogono to go back home for that year.

“I thought it would be much healthier for him in many different ways to be around the team, I saw how much the team meant to him after his first year,” Scott said. Jacob Chiza, senior and co-captain agreed. “I thought it was a great idea, because it kept sam out of trouble and it kept him close to the team,” Chiza said.

Binogono said it wasn’t easy not being able to play. “It was tough being on the sideline, and since they didn’t make it into the playoffs, I watched them struggle through that whole thing and couldn’t help them,” he said. Moving in with his coach had him on his toes from the beginning.

He said, “I try to be perfect, I didn’t want the coach to think wrong of me or anything, but he’s a great guy and made me feel welcomed, he made me feel comfortable.”

Bingono explained how he wasn’t surprised that his coach was willing to take him in. He explained how Scott had been helping him already: “I was going through a lot and he was there for me through those tough times,” he said.

His favorite memory of living with Scott would be taking long car rides together. “We would be in the car for two hours, Coach Rick is a funny man. He has stories on top of stories.

It’s like living with your grandparents, you don’t want to leave, you just want to be around them,” Binogono said.

When asked about funniest memories, Scott chuckled thinking about them.

The first time they went shopping it was quite the experience, Scott explained.

“There were many food items he’s never tried, like eggnog and marshmallows, he goes, ‘Coach, what is this?’ and I told him he would like it, it was eggnog. Then when we got home and I gave him a glass of eggnog, and within two days the whole cartoon was gone,” he said.

Not only did living with each other benefit Binogono, but also Scott.

“I started learning backgrounds in refugees camps and what actually goes on, I also started to learn about another culture — something I wouldn’t have never known what they’ve gone through. You appreciate the hardships these kids have gone through,” Scott said.

Their friendship is like no other. Binogono said Scott is like his parent. When he first arrived to Keene, Scott said he would take care of him with whatever he needed.

“I loved living with him, he’s a great guy – this school is lucky to have him, what he does for his team I don’t see many coaches do for their team,” Binogono said.

Scott said he doesn’t regret this at all, “It was a great experience for me, I would do it in a heartbeat.”

Adriana Sanchez can be contacted at asanchez@kscequinox.com CONTRIBUTED BY SAM BINIGONO

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Megan Palmer awarded KSC and LEC player of the week IZZY HARRIS

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“I go into games wanting to win”

- Megan Palmer

Some would say Keene State College women’s volleyball player Megan Palmer is “killing it” this season.

On September 24, 2018, Palmer, an outside hitter for the team, was awarded The Little East Conference (LEC) player of the week. “It was unexpected, I don’t go into games thinking ‘this is what I’m doing it for’, I go into games wanting to win.”

On that Monday morning, Palmer said she went on Instagram and saw that she had been awarded this title. “I was surprised, I really wasn’t expecting it at all,” said Palmer.

KSC Women’s Volleyball Coach Bob Weiner said that in order to be awarded this title, every sports information director submits who they think the player should be when someone in the conference looks at the stats. This week, they determined that Palmer should be the one who was awarded it.

Palmer said she has been playing volleyball since she was in seventh grade and her next goal is to maintain the average amount of kills that she’s getting each game. She also said she doesn’t want to, “... let that fall at this point in the season.”

Weiner said that Palmer brings, “...skills, leadership, determination, energy, a little bit of New York attitude,” to the team.

“She was our first kid off the bench as a freshman, we had no idea that she was going to come in sophomore year and be this person,” said Weiner.

First-year Ali Mclaughlin, who is also an outside hitter for the team, said Palmer is, “...very aggressive, she knows what to do with the ball, she’s very smart with the ball, [a] good team player, [and] brings the team up with her play.”

Mclaughlin said that not only is Palmer a good offensive player, but that she is great at defense as well. “She’s a complete player, she’s good at both aspects of the game, she’s good in both areas so it’s not she’s lagging on one end,” Mclaughlin added.

“For someone who’s going to be 20 in February, she’s got her head really on square for someone that young.

She understands the spot she’s standing on, she seems really balanced,” said Weiner.

Weiner said that as a sophomore, Palmer is already a leader on the team. “She is the best all around player on our team, she can do everything,” said Weiner. “[I] try and be a leader, [and I] try to enforce hard work all the time and not just during games,” said Palmer.

Palmer said that you practice how you play, so she shows up to each practice ready to go, and leaves all the outside stress outside of practice.“Volleyball is an escape from everything,” said Palmer.

Laura Palmer, Megan’s mother, said that as a parent, you want your child to accomplish everything good, and it’s awesome to see Megan doing that.

“She’s accomplishing what she’s set out to do,” said Ms. Palmer.

Fellow teammate Mclaughlin said, “She’s always trying to improve, so that’s a good attitude, she sees ways to make her game better, she’s not just satisfied where she’s at she wants to continue to grow as a player.”

Izzy Harris can be contacted at iharris@kscequinox.com

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Men’s soccer dominates Western Connecticut State University 1-0 CAILLA PRISCO

SportS Editor In a very physical and low scoring match, Keene State triumphed against Western Connecticut State University, winning 1-0.

Keene State Men’s soccer team has dominated in the Little East Conference this season, not losing a single game so far. The win against WestConn solidifies their 6-0 undefeated streak.

First year and former LEC goalkeeper of the week Anthony Pasciuto, saved 6 out of 6 shots made by the Colonials, making this his fifth shutout of the season.

Midfielder and sophomore, Emmanuel Smith was the only player who found the back of the net at the four minute mark during the first half, assisted by first year and forward, Wesley McIntosh.

Smith was awarded LEC Offensive Player of the week after a goal and an assist during a previous game at Southern Maine, making it his fifth goal of the season.

McIntosh received an LEC Rookie of the week award after scoring his fifth goal of the season during a previous game against Southern Maine.

This rivalry game was also Keene State’s Senior Game

where seniors and captains Jacob Chiza and Samuel Binogono were honored.

WestConn came into the game with the Little East’s top offense scoring an average of 2.6 goals every game while Keene State has the Little East’s best defense in the conference allowing 0.2 goals in the net every game.

This win makes Keene State 8-0 in their regular season for the first time since 2005.

After winning this match, Keene State grabbed a pass for the first round in the LEC tournament.

The Owls will be on the road this week at Castleton University on Saturday, October 20th at 7:00 p.m.

Followed by their final conference game at UMass Boston on Saturday, October 27 at 4:00 p.m.

Cailla Prisco can be contacted at cprisco@kscequinox.com

LUKE STERGIOU / SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

First-year Wesley McIntosh going after the ball. He assisted the only goal of the game.

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