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Vol. 71, Issue #8

Thursday, November 1, 2018

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Treadwell officially president RACHEL VITELLO

Equinox Staff Melinda Treadwell is officially the eleventh President of Keene State College, effective November 1. After serving as the Interim President for about one year, the decision was made by the University System of New Hampshire Board of Trustees to appoint Melinda as the official President in a unanimous vote on Friday, October 26. This was announced at a Town Hall meeting at the Redfern Arts Center on Monday October 29.

Treadwell was considered for the position initially because of her previous work at KSC as the Interim Provost. USNH Board of Trustees Chairman John Small said, “When it came time to think about an Interim [President] her name kind of naturally came up. I think at that time she was in her own fork in the road in life thinking about what she wanted to do and decided that it would be a good fit to come back. We were pleased to have it be someone that we knew.”

When it came time to make the decision for a permanent President, the process was greatly influenced by the listening sessions that were held by the Board of Trustees Hiring Committee. The sessions were held on two days in September and

one day in October. These sessions allowed various constituency groups, such as students, faculty, staff and public officials to listen to what Treadwell had to say, ask her questions and then voice their opinions on Treadwell to the Board.

Chair of the Hiring Board of Trustees Hiring Committee Jamie Burnett said, “The sessions themselves were really well attended. I think we lost track at about 260 different people that came to participate, which was impressive. We had full sessions and nobody hesitated to speak up. They were the main component of the whole process.”

While many had positive opinions on Treadwell, the Board remains confident in their decision to still go through the process, rather than appointing her as President without hearing the opinions of the community.

Small said, “I think people want to have the ability to express their opinion, even if it’s positive. The process we did was a really good one because you never know what people might say. Even though we were hoping it would come out this way, the process allowed us to learn some new things and help Melinda be successful.”

In her speech at the Town Hall meeting, Treadwell said, “In the process of this hiring process nothing was assumed, so I wanted to say that I deeply appreciate that we had a hiring

process for this role at Keene State that galvanized my commitment and interest to serve this role.”

Treadwell also stated her hopes for KSC in the future as she moves forward as President. “I promise you we will engage in a strategic planning effort in our work going forward to ensure that Keene State continues being a valuable and incredibly strong contributor to the hiring landscape to our city and to our region.”

There is no limit to how long a President may serve the College. Treadwell’s current contract is for three years. “About one year before that contract is up we start talking about the next contract, it’s a continual contract. In recent history often our second contract to Presidents have been five year contracts,” Small said.

In the time that she will hold this position, Treadwell hopes to serve the College as best she can. “I will always live and breathe Keene State … I’m kind of a yellow lab. I bound around this campus with unending energy and hope and positivity and that’s not going to change. I will find the means and the resources to inspire your best creativity.”

Rachel Vitello can be contacted at rvitello@kscequinox.com

Students walk to ‘Take Back the Night’ EMILY CARSTENSEN

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Keene State College held its third annual Take Back the Night walk on Thursday October 25. Take Back the Night is a movement with a mission to “promote awareness of sexual violence, and to promote a safer community at night,” according to its facebook page.

Student volunteer Brianna Hankel said she supports the movement, because it’s really important to spread awareness about domestic violence.

“The Take Back the Night [walk] is kind of like a metaphor. Like, us as women are going to take back the night, in a sense. We walk to support and raise awareness for those who are too afraid to speak up about the domestic abuse they’re going through,” Hankel said.

The movement began in the 1960s, overseas in Belgium and England, and made its way over to the states in 1973 when a group of women at the University of Southern Florida marched around campus demanding there be a women’s center. Assistant Director of Emotional Health Programming & Outreach and Coordinator of Sexual Violence Prevention Forrest Seymour said it was important to bring this movement to Keene State College because bringing awareness to domestic violence, especially on a college campus, is vital to ensure people are as safe as they can be.

“This is KSC’s third annual Take Back the Night walk, and we do it in October because October is domestic violence awareness month. It’s easy to forget how much women have to think about keeping themselves safe in terms of the choices they make about where they go late at night, changing their route on their way home, looking in the back of their car when they get in, and many more things women have to do to make sure they’re safe and stay safe,” Seymour said.

First-year student Alyssa Rollins said she walks to spread awareness and support those who have been victims of domestic violence.

“As a woman, you often don’t realize that things you do aren’t always seen to be normal. Like looking in the back of your car at night when you go to drive. That’s honestly something I do all the time, and I never really realized that it wasn’t normal to do. I feel like women only have to do this, too, because all our lives we’ve been told to be careful at night and that if we are alone at night to be on extra high alert of our surroundings. So, I walk to hopefully end that and spread awareness,” Rollins said.

Men are encouraged to walk at the event to show their support and that they

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Students participating in Keene State College’s third annual ‘Take Back the Night’ walk marched through the city to raise awareness for domestic violence.

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Winchester lot’s security compromised RACHEL VITELLO

Equinox Staff If you regularly park your car in the Winchester Lot, you should start making sure you leave it locked.

Twelve cars were broken into in the student parking lot on Sunday Oct. 28 at about 6 a.m. The two individuals breaking into the cars were spotted by a Keene State College campus safety officer who was monitoring the 24 hour surveillance in the parking lot.

Director of Campus Safety and Compliance Jeffrey Maher said, “From our dispatch center we have video surveillance all around campus.

The campus safety officer that was working at the time observed individuals going into cars. He subsequently called Keene Police, as well as sent other campus safety officers to the scene.”

The two individuals were then aprehended by Keene Police in the parking lot. They are not KSC students. Their names are not available at this time.

The two people were walking around to cars and seeing if they were unlocked. They did not force open any of the vehicles.

“The vast majority of the vehicles that had been either rummaged or taken from were left unlocked. The individuals simply walked around, tried to open the door and if the door opened access was granted,” Maher said.

It is for this reason that campus safety is encouraging students to make sure they lock their vehicles and also keep valuable items out of sight.

An email was sent out to all students Sunday afternoon from campus safety. Part of the email read, “As a matter of personal security preparedness please make sure your vehicle is always locked, with valuables either secured out of sight or kept with you.”

According to Maher, the items that were taken from vehicles were mostly electronic devices and spare change. “I would say if you have a computer or Apple watch or something of that nature, either take it with you or put it in your trunk. Don’t leave it out lying around,” Maher said.

Campus safety is going to continue to regularly patrol Winchester Lot as they have always done. The surveillance cameras will also continue to be monitored.

If anyone has any information regarding the break-ins, or witnesses suspicious activity in the future, they can call campus safety at (603) 358-2228. Individuals who witness crimes, incidents, or serious policy violations such as these break-ins can also fill out an anonymous witness form by visiting the campus safety page on the KSC website.

Rachel Vitello can be contacted at rvitello@kscequinox.com

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Winter storms imminent AUSTIN COOK

Equinox Staff It could snow any day, and Keene State needs to be ready. Everyone needs to prepare, from the plant and grounds team, to the infirmary, to the students.

The Physical Plant and Grounds team is concerned about keeping the college walkways, parking lots and drives clear of snow and ice. To do that, they need to be ready now and ensure all their equipment is in good condition and ready for the weather.

“We try to have all the plows ready as well as the sanders, and our materials ready to go now. The salt we use is stored at the city garage for us to use as we need it,” Assistant Director of Physical Plant and Grounds Bud Winsor said.

Winsor stressed the need to keep the sidewalks safe and clear.

“For walkways, we use a small plow that doubles as mowers during the summer time. Before a big snow event, we pretreat the walkways, so the snow doesn’t stick and so ice doesn’t form a bond to the pavement.

Ice is always a issue here. We do try to use treated salt which reduces ice from building up, we stay on it and melt it. We don’t use sand for traction because the whole idea is to get rid of the ice as quickly as we can. We try to eliminate ice as much as we possibly can,” Winsor said.

One of the ways to prepare for bad weather is to listen to the weather

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EPARING FOR R P F WI F A NT ST forecast. Everyone, including students, needs to pay attention to the weather forecast. “We have two weather services that we monitor to get the most accurate forecast. Our weather forecasting has gotten much better in the last few years. We have a good handle on when we should start operations. If a storm comes overnight, we start operating around 4 a.m. to clean up the campus and try to keep the campus open. If it’s a bad storm and we need more time to clean up, we communicate that to the president or vice president of finance. They decide if the school is either closed or delayed for that day,” Winsor said.

According to KSC’s Inclement weather webpage, if the college is closed, it is for the safety of the students and the staff. The school will keep on essential personnel such as dining hall staff, student center staff, library, medical, housing, physical plant and grounds on campus to provide services. Students should review with their professors’ absentee policy related to inclement weather.

Windsor said of the region’s harsh winters: “There have been so many bad winters I can’t tell you which one was the worst. I can tell you thought that the worst storms have freezing rain. It’s the worst thing to deal with. It’s almost impossible to drive in and it happens quick. The entire campus ices up right away and you can’t get out there fast enough to try to deal with it and rain on top of

freezing rain is the worst-case scenario. Snow is manageable as long as it’s not like a three-foot storm but, freezing rain is a nightmare.”

Michael Comey, a sophomore, said in preparation for winter he is going to buy jumper cables, a shovel for his car, get the flu shot, and start wearing warmer clothing.

“Plants and grounds do a decent job.

It is pretty safe here all year round,” Comey said.

Even though Keene State College Physical Plant and Grounds team works to keep the walkways clear, ice can still be present at times.

“Safety is always a concern for winter, no matter how well you prepare there will always be slips, trips and falls we try to let people know that they should have proper footwear on in the winter,” Winsor cautioned.

Students also need to prepare for being indoors more, as when you are living indoors with a larger number of people, your risk to catch a cold or the flu increases as noted

by Tiffany Mathews, Coordinator for Wellness Education. She explained that this is due to our heating systems recirculating the same air throughout the facilities. Mathews stressed, “People should definitely do more cleaning during the winter time as more germs are transferred to surfaces. Cleaning rooms is very important as well as getting enough sleep for their immune system. The varying weather conditions can lessen the

immune system, and it is very important that students clean their rooms as well as their laptops, phones or hands especially before eating.” Mathews insisted that students need to get their flu shot.

The cleanup is not over when the weather stops. Students should also be concerned about parking, and making the clean up easier. Winsor emphasised, “When students return to campus after it snows, take a clean spot. Winchester lot is particularly hard to take care of because it is a residential, so if you leave, take a clean spot so we can clear the lot. Residential lots are the most difficult to to clean. We will do them one parking space at a time if we have to.” This ensures that the Physical Plant and Grounds crews can clean the lots and keep them safe.

As stated on the KSC’s inclement weather policy webpage, students need to be aware and vigilant regarding the approach of any storm. Each student should create an account through the Emergency Notification System in order to receive phone calls and text messages regarding delays or cancellations directly. Students can also tune into WMUR, the college TV station, or the Keene State College webpage. Students can also call 603352-1909 directly for information.

Austin Cook can be contacted at acook@kscequinox.com OLIVIA CATTABRIGA / EQUINOX STAFF

Congresswoman Kuster speaks at KSC forum EMILY CARSTENSEN

Equinox Staff Congresswoman Annie Kuster and Congressman Eric Swalwell’s Chief of Staff Alex Evans, both U.S Representatives in the democratic party, visited Keene State College on Wednesday, October 24 to discuss their democratic views and the importance of voting during the midterm elections.

The cost of higher education is something Congresswoman Kuster said is on her list of top priorities. Lowering the cost of higher education and making it more accessible for those who are looking to further their education is something she said is very important to her.

“Obviously the cost of higher education is on everybody’s mind. But whatever generation you are, you can relate to it that way. I think higher education is getting more and more out of reach for middle class American families and granite state families. There are a number of steps that we can take to be helpful, not the least bit which is helping you to finance the education in the first place,” Congresswoman Kuster said.

Congressman Eric Swalwell invited his Chief of Staff Alex Evans to speak on his behalf after Swalwell’s wife went into labor early Wednesday morning. Alex Evans spoke on Swalwell’s behalf and said Congressman Swalwell really believes in the importance of making higher education more affordable for those who wish to further their education.

“One of the things [Congressman Swalwell] talks about is how saddening it is that college now has become associated with debt. When we say college, people say debt.

This is a bad word association. When I went to college, we said college and it meant opportunity, and we need to change that back. We need to bring back this idea that going to college is a way to continue the era,” Evans said.

When asked about healthcare in general but also medicare for all, Congresswoman Kuster said she’s voted 53 times not to repeal the Affordable Care Act. “My goal is to defend universal access to health care. It’s not perfect, I’d be the first to say that Affordable Care Act is not perfect, but it’s not unusual with a big change like this that you would continue to tweak the law and one of the things that I’ve been working on is stabilizing the healthcare marketplace.

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“I think higher education is getting more and more out of reach for middle class American families and granite state families.”

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Congresswoman Annie Kuster spoke on topics including universal healthcare, the rising costs of higher education and issues facing the LGBTQ community.

In terms of the medicare for all, the way I would approach that is to sort of incrementally see if that will work. What I think we should do is expand what often people call a public option on the healthcare stage. You would start medicare at age 50 or 55, and you pay a premium until you reach the age where the medicare was a part of your retirement benefit. You could see your own doctor, you could get access to the care that you need, and that is was at an affordable price point for you,” Kuster said.

LGBTQ activists work towards equality for people who identify as a part of

the LGBTQ community, so when a leaked memo from the Trump Administration suggested the creation of a legal definition of sex, it caused an uproar, as: “this would mean a huge step backwards,” Congresswoman Kuster said.

“Your lives matter and your identities matter. I think it’s a part of [the Trump Administration’s] whole platform that is misogynist, racist, homophobic, and all the rest. I think to anyone out there who is transgender, or loves someone who is transgender, or cares about someone who is transgender, by then I think you include

most all of us, and that this is the lowest of the low and it’s no coincidence that they rolled this out two weeks before the elections. I’m horrified and I’m saddened, and I hope people realize that elections are really important and that they should turn out to vote and turn the tide on all this hate,” Congresswoman Kuster said.

Keene State College will be providing rides to and from the polls on Tuesday, November 6, and Program Manager for Diversity and Multiculturalism Kimberly Schmidl-Gagne said she encourages students to get out and vote: “On November

6, we will be running continuous van rides to the polls. They’ll be meeting behind the Student Center. Students who have registered already are all set, and for students who have not registered, New Hampshire does allow on site registration. The poles are ready for us, they do a great job here in Keene. In the presidential election, we had around 1,800 students registered on site so we really encourage everyone to go out their and cast your vote because it does matter.”

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Empowering women AMANDA BEVIS

Equinox Staff On Saturday afternoon, women in both politics and the community gathered at Keene State College for the Empowering Women Together Rally at the Redfern Arts Center. Speakers included congresswoman Annie Kuster, state Senator Donna Soucy, Elaine Hamel of Girls at Work, Metta Dael and Martha Neubert from Northfield Mount Hermon School located in Massachusetts and keynote speaker Bria Smith.

With about 100 attendees ranging in age and gender, the room was full and attentive throughout the two-hour program.

United States Representative Ann Kuster spoke of her view of empowerment, “This is hopefully, for us, the apex of the misogyny, the racism, and the sexism, and just the hateful behavior that we’ve got to turn around,” Kuster said.

“There really is a moment in our society … women of all ages, young, old, black, white, gay, straight, are fed up and decided to run for congress. They decided having never been in Congress before, dozens of them, hundreds of them, all across this country.”

Molly Kelly, candidate for governor, was unable to attend the rally as originally planned due to a last minute scheduling change. State Senator Donna Soucy spoke on her behalf as a “good friend of hers.”

“Molly, being a strong, empowered woman, will always stand for reproductive rights, for access to legal abortion, and will always stand for funding for Planned Parenthood,” Soucy said. “Don’t underestimate Molly Kelly … She, like so many of you, is an empowered, engaged, and active person,” Soucy said.

Elaine Hamel, the program director and founder of Girls at Work, a program that empowers young girls with the use of power tools, said, “They’re just in a really rough place,” Hamel said of the girls she works with. “To watch them even begin to turn their voice up just by reading something on the walls is pretty amazing.”

“We’ve had over 10,000 girls come into this program scratch-free.

They somehow avoid getting hurt in the shop because they come in wounded, so wounded, you cannot imagine,” Hamel said.

Metta Dael and Martha Neubert next spoke on diversity and justice.

Dael, who is the director of international studies at her workplace, said: “When we’re talking about ally-ship and equality, it’s finding space within white spaces … I truly believe that no women have any space until white men figure out how to make that space for us.” The

crowd clapped in agreement.

Neubert is the Dean of Diversity, Equity and Social Justice at Northfield Mount Hermon School, as well as Dael’s partner.

“If we’re going on the lines of empowering women with the work that we do as educators, much of that for us, what it means is allyship in helping that happen …

Ally-ship is a really big thing, and I think that must be true in New Hampshire as well, and in your state demographic etcetera,” Neubert said.

Bria Smith, the 17-year-old keynote speaker from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is a part of the movement March for Our Lives.

“It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains,” Smith had the crowd repeat after her in the words of black panther Assata Shakur.

“We are [bound] by lots of oppression and seclusion, and we are [bound] by of all these different things that takes away our validation as human beings. But we have nothing else to lose but that. We can make change and create creation and do all these different things, but if we are [bound] by the oppression and the ideas that we can’t move forward to progress, we are not going to destroy those chains,” Smith said.

Following the rally, junior film communication major Peter Kelleher said he hopes to empower women through his work.

“Since I’m interested in making documentary movies and finding people’s stories, I think the way I could help women is to tell their stories and spread their message to as many people as possible,” Kelleher said.

Erin Lynch, a junior social studies education major, said, “To me, [women empowerment] means reminding myself that I have value and skills … I’m learning through programs like these that value has to do more with your skills, and what you bring to the table, as far as helping others ... Having Bria Smith speak really just reminded that she’s 17, and that you don’t have to be 50 and a congresswoman to make a difference, you don’t have to be a president of company or university, you can make a difference when you’re 17 years old.”

“Definitely vote if you value women empowerment or you value your own voice … because like Bria Smith said, you’re not just voting for yourself, you’re voting for other people who may not have a voice,” Lynch said.

RACHEL VITELLO

Equinox Staff Keene State College student government is struggling to get first-years to submit petitions to run for office. The class of 2022 is currently in need of a President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and four class representatives that will sit on assembly. All positions are up for election.

Student government had Vice President for Student Affairs Kemal Atkins sent an email to the student body on Friday October 19 encouraging students to consider the open positions. Attached to the email was the petition that interested students would need to fill out for election.

Chair of the Student Government Elections Committee and KSC junior Sarah Willson said it’s a mystery as to why interest is down among first-year students this year.

“I’m not really sure why. In the past we’ve done the involvement fair and that’s been enough to get people interested enough to apply.

We’ve put it out on Facebook, Instagram and I’ve emailed petitions to certain people who said they were interested,” Willson said.

Willson joined student government her first year. As for why she originally joined and has decided to stay involved, she said, “I think it’s a really good mix of organizing things like dances and student events, and also okay-ing policies and budget reviews. It’s a good way to get involved in a different side of campus you don’t normally see. You get to have a say in things that happen to the College.”

Recently, one first-year student has begun petitioning for the Secretary position. KSC first-year and history and secondary education major Lydia Mardin said she is running for Secretary because she wants to help give the class of 2022 a voice, and because she has always had an interest in politics.

As for why her fellow classmates aren’t running for political positions alongside her, Mardin believes it is due to a few different factors.

“I think that freshmen aren’t running right now because, plain and simple, there is a lack of interest. I also think it might have to do with the fact that most of us are new to the area and are nervous to put ourselves out there,” Mardin said.

According to Mardin, the recent polarizing political climate in America may also be creating the lack of first-years in student government.

“Given the midterms and state elections coming up in early November, I believe most people my age aren’t running because they want to distance themselves from government. Our country as a whole is very divided right now, and I think this also rings true on campus,” Mardin said.

However, running for student government has benefits for first year students, according to Willson. “For me, it really helped me meet people outside of people I had already met. It’s a great way to make connections and get to organize events for your classmates.

Any way you can get involved on campus is always great,” Willson said.

Whatever the reason may be that first-years aren’t rushing to join student government, Willson said that the petitions are able to be passed in until 4 P.M. on Monday, October 29 on the third floor of the Student Center.

Sydney Olson and Sarah Dugas did not respond for comment.

Rachel Vitello can be contacted at rvitello@kscequinox.com

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Prominent speakers including Congresswoman Annie Kuster gathered to speak at the Empowering Women Together Rally at the Redfern Arts Center on Saturday, October 27.

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Student Assembly was called to order at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 30. In the Discussions and Action section, Vice President for Finance and Administration Susan LaPanne and College Budget Coordinator Melissa Laughner came to the Student Assembly meeting.

They gave a brief overview to the new members of the assembly about the process of fee based budgets for the fiscal year of 2022.

Coordinator of Fraternity/Sorority Life & Student Leadership Brandon Mathieu and Director of Campus Life Jennifer Ferrell appreciated the time and energy of the assembly to bring the Pumpkin Lobotomy back after four years. They thanked the students

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stand with women in this battle against domestic violence. Seymour said women are going to go where they want when they want, and men walk with them to show their support and encourage women to feel empowered. “If women want to walk around at night and areas where they sometimes feel like they might get harassed, they’re going to go anyways. And in this case, they’re going to have a lot of men with them. So it’s like men supporting women and saying they can live the kind of life they want to live,” Seymour said.

This is the third year KSC has brought the Take Back the Night movement to campus, and Rollins said she hopes they bring it back next year to continue to spread awareness, “Take Back the Night is a great movement and it’s really empowering to women across the world. It’s also great to see men joining us and showing us that they stand with women and support this cause to spread awareness about domestic violence. I hope they do continue this on campus because it’s really great to see stuff like this.”

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for putting up the event in a short period of time.

Student Government Trustee Nadia Hasan told the assembly that the full presidency of Dr. Melinda Treadwell will come to effect on Nov. 1, 2018.

Sarah Willson presented a committee report on Elections. She said they received five petitions to represent the Class of 2022 — two for Presidents, one for Vice-president, one for Secretary and one for Treasurer. They also received three petitions for the Class of 2021— two for Representatives, and one for Secretary as of now. However, there are two positions open for the Class of 2019 for Representatives.

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Our real life scaries

Everyday nightmares that are a terrifying reality of today In 2018 young adults’ fears go beyond that of regular halloween scares and are founded in areas more realistic i.e. death, money, illness and war.

All that college students do is worry about tests, relationships, or money. Some students worry about their families that they rarely get to see. They worry about their grades, or if their GPA is high enough to enter into a good master’s program. They

Donald Trump write such down right mad things like, “This election is a total sham and a travesty. We are not a democracy!” or back before he was even elected saying, “President Obama - close down the flights from Ebola infected areas right now, before it is too late! What the hell is wrong with you?” How could someone so heartless be the US President? It’s worrying that as a nation, this was our only choice. Now the citizens and other members representing the US is walking on thin ice in other countries, hoping that rights don’t get taken away, and that our democracy doesn’t turn into a dictatorship.

This is a nation where school shootings happen monthly, suicide rates increase yearly, and fear raises each minute. People are nervous to go to the SuperBowl, a school fun run, or to the mall because terrorism is an ever-present threat. It’s a scary time when parents are getting ripped away from their children because their grandparents are from Mexico. This is a reality that many face and are struck with amongst other personal tragedies.

It’s a scary time in the world where people could get killed just based on who they are, who they identify as and who they were born as. People all over the world are suffering and getting killed by their government forces, by their own people.

People sit back and pray that they did enough good enough deeds to be able to get sent to Heaven after they die because of the negligence of human-kind.

In today’s culture there is a lot of pride and acceptance, but where there’s light there’s shadows. Hidden in the dark corners is lingering hate and discrimination. A straight white male might see all the laws passed and all the equality rights that are written in legal statements, but someone who identifies as being gay, bisexual, transgender, a woman and many others still feel the wrath everyday from being in the minority group.

Students here on campus see and hear

about tragedy and ongoing issues in our country around the world. Starting a club, starting a fundraiser, or getting involved in the community could make a small change that grows into something huge.

It’s importance for students to make an effort - they are the next generation to steer with country clear of impurities and dark secrets hidden in corners. That’s something that isn’t as scary. If a student knows it or not they have a lot of power in making a change and making a better world and without a doubt there is a lot of room for that.

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also worry about studying abroad, or to stay off academic probation, to just be able to stay in school. They worry that they don’t have enough time for classes, homework, internships, clubs, and a part time job that they need to be able to afford their rent. While all these fears are present, these students face a problem plaguing many even outside of college. A person cannot be happy while they worry so much.

Then it’s May; there’s graduation and they’re being sent out into the real world.

Along comes the “Will I find a job?” anxiety.

Along with this comes the expectation of starting a whole life house, wife, and kids.

This is why young people worry because what was obligated in the past (starting a family taking care of them) still exists, but with further expectations (being the first in your family to go to school and then hold a prestigious career). Being students and making connections that they learn in class builds their fears to an unsettling length.

Sometimes they forget there are even bigger problems around them. Politically things are all wound up in a ball lately. Politicians, Congress, and many others in power want to help a group of people, but they don’t want to favor them over another group.

People are suffering and worrying every day because there is nothing to be done about important issues.

Women are scared that their health insurance and Planned Parenthood will be taken away from them. Everyone has the right to vote, but no one knows who to trust anymore.

Everyday after scrolling on twitter and watching our United States President

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Education Funding Policies Are on the Ballot on November 6th School Vouchers are a bad idea for New Hampshire. New Hampshire funds 190 public school districts and also funds 28 charter schools, which provide an alternative to public schools.

Together the outcomes from these schools rank NH education quality 3rd in the nation. School Vouchers would spread state education funding to another 135 religious and private schools that have no requirement to meet state guidelines and would have more incentive to compete for public school students and funding. School Vouchers would also reimburse parents for home schooling.

The Legislative Budget Assistant evaluated the School Voucher proposal defeated by the legislature this past year. Annual costs to taxpayers were $21 million and to school districts $16 million by the time 12 grades of stu-

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It’s your property taxes and college tuitions that pick up the cost of this eroding support of public schools and colleges in NH. My Democratic colleagues and I stand up for taxpayers and college students on these issues.

Communities thrive on the reputations of their public schools and colleges. Connections around public schools and colleges define communities—a source of education, workforce, sports, arts and civic involvement.

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STAFF COMMENTARY

What happened to our table manners?

KATIE JENSEN

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Recent studies revealed that Keene State College students are committing more crimes on campus. The Keene Police Department and KSC Office for Campus Safety have worked together to compile data on crimes occurring on campus and in off-campus student housing. This information can be found in the Keene State College Campus Crime and Fire Safety Report, which is published annually.

The report states that the number of rape crimes committed on campus has more than quadrupled since 2015 to 2017, from two to nine. More incidents of stalking have occurred as well, increasing from one incident per year in 2015 to seven in Say thank you when someone holds the door for you

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2017. The report also states that there were six hate crimes committed in 2017, two of which involved damage/destruction of property. Furthermore, most of the crimes were characterized by gender-identity bias and sexual-orientation bias. This is still an improvement since 2016, when twenty hate crimes were committed on campus. Nineteen of the incidents included vandalism and destruction of property, and most were characterized by gender-identity bias. In 2015 there were only two hate crimes committed.

What is causing such outlandish behavior in the KSC community? Well, according to the KSC Crime and Safety Report, more crimes were committed on average in 2016. The most prevalent crimes were burglary, hate crimes, minor alcohol possession, and possession of weapons. This could be due to the 2016 presidential election, when tensions were high and multiple protests were happening on campus, such as the Women’s March and the Bill Clinton rally.

In 2017, more of the crimes committed on campus related to sexual assault. Coincidentally, sexual assault allegations were all over the news in 2017. It started when the New York Times broke the news about Harvey Weinstein’s sexual harassment allegations. Since then, many high profile men in business, Hollywood and politics have been accused of sexual harassment. Among them include President Donald Trump, NBC morning host Matt Lauer, comedian Louis C.K, NPR’s chief editor Michael Oreskes, and most recently, U.S. Supreme Court Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

In both cases, the media seems to be responsible for the uprise in violent behavior. This comes as no surprise, since many hate crimes were reported across college campuses nationwide from 2016 to 2017. The U.S. Department of Education reported a 25 percent increase of campus hate crimes from 2015 to 2016. In 2016, there were 1,250 hate crimes reported, which is quite a jump from the 970 average held in the previous four years.

Nonetheless, students at Keene State College are expected to hold themselves to a certain standard regard-

ing their behavior. In the past, student’s art sculptures, dorms, and off-campus houses have been vandalized.

Not only that, but LGBTQ posters and displays have been ripped down in the student center and dormitories, suggesting there is some hostility towards the LGBTQ community.

It is within every student’s right to express their opinion, no matter their sexual orientation or political views.

People are even able to express fascist or communist views as long as they are not inciting violence, destroying property or breaking any laws. The people committing these crimes may be aggravated by the media and campus politics, but they should not react with violence. It would be more beneficial for these people and the community if they would come out in the open and express their views verbally.

Moreover, almost every student attending Keene State College is spending thousands of dollars per semester to learn and become well-rounded citizens. A collegiate does not have to spray paint someone else’s property or terrorize other people in order to prove a point. Instead, collegiates spend thousands of dollars learning to speak articulately and write effectively; so why not use these skills instead? You can write your ideas down, start a conversation, join a club, participate in a campaign or see a counselor if you have any problems you want to discuss.

Doing any of these things is far more productive than burning swastikas on the bathroom ceiling.

In all, it is within the community’s and the individual’s best interest to not commit crimes on campus. This college strives to maintain a diverse body of students with different viewpoints and backgrounds, so it is expected that we all tolerate one another respectively.

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Explaining the unexplained KIANA WRIGHT

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In this spooky month of October, we dress up in costumes, we watch horror films and we listen to ghost stories. But in the midst of all of this, do we actually believe any of this is real? How can we believe in paranormal activity or the “unexplained” in this day and age where faking things is just an easy click on Photoshop? How can we believe people’s stories if we weren’t there?

Personally, I’ve had unexplained things happen to my family, my close friends and myself. It leads me to believe that there is no other explanation than paranormal entities and things existing whether you believe it or not.

When I was little, I slept on the first floor while the rest of my family slept on the second. I had night terrors all the time, and I would wake up screaming. I knew what it was like to dream, and while it was really hard and scary at the time, I knew it wasn’t real. I felt uncomfortable in my room at times; feeling like someone was looking at me from a distance, even though no one was there. At one point, I think my dad saw how scared I was and (maybe he just did this for my sake) he went into my room and said, “Leave her alone! This is our house.” It’s kind of funny to think about now, but at the time, I felt like it worked somehow. I felt better, and slowly the night terrors went away. I’ve always tried to communicate with spirits by doing childish things, “Show me you’re there, turn the kitchen light off or something!” Nothing happened when I wanted it to. But that didn’t mean strange things didn’t happen... There’s been names called, pictures taken of people who aren’t there, and stuff misplaced in my house. It’s almost as if when you least expect it, or really do not want to be scared, something strange happens.

One night, my mom was in bed watching TV (a paranormal show of course) and she heard footsteps coming up the stairs. She kind of brushed it off because she thought it was my brother or me.

But then no one showed up, and the sound went on. The footsteps traveled up the stairs, around the corner to my parent’s room, and then to the edge of her bed. She turned down the volume of the TV to hear whispers of people faintly talking on my dad’s side of the bed (where he was dead asleep). At this point, my

mom was freaking out because, like anyone, she loves all that scary stuff except when it’s happening to us. The footsteps started back up again — it went from the end of their bed to right beside where she was laying. Silence. Then in a blink of an eye, her radio turned on full blast. Her radioalarm is right next to her bed, and is very difficult to use. She didn’t have an alarm for that time, and especially not one set for the radio setting. My mom instantly turned on something “fluffy” to watch, and decided not to tell me about this or anything else that happened to her until she felt I was old enough to shrug it off.

Paranormal encounters can be upsetting and terrifying. There are many demonic things portrayed in films like the Insidious series, Sinister, and the Conjuring. It’s really hair-raising because some of these movies are based on true stories.

I’ve seen shows where people tell their real life experiences of what happened to them. Sometimes they are even scarier than movies, because the experience was so real, and you can see it on their faces. They went through something, and it changed them. I definitely believe that demons exist, and that people have the power to invite them into their lives. Some people would say, “Well if you believe in the Devil, then what about god? Why can people not summon him?”

I’m not someone that holds faith close to them, but like many, I believe that someone or something above us is their watching us. I think that a demonic action is noticed more than something godly. Blessings and paranormal things from a good source happen too, but sometimes we don’t hear about it as much.

In middle school, my friend Isabel was really into paranormal stuff. When I asked her why she said that, she explained that a few years back she had an experience. Isabel was young girl going to her friend’s house to have a sleep over. That night, she went to bed and then woke up at 2:33 — she looked at the clock before grabbing water and going back into bed. She looked up, and in the doorway, she saw an old woman.

She explained to me that the woman looked like she was just checking up on her friend. In a way it was comforting and she wasn’t frightened at all. Isabel thought it was someone that lived there, maybe a grandparent. She then went to bed. In the morning, Isabel asked her friend if the grandmother she had seen was her mother’s or father’s mother. Her friend, confused, reassured her that no one else lived in the house or was awake at that time. A minute later, the phone rang — the friend’s mother proceeded to pick it up. Her friendly smile turned upside down

and was soaked by tears fiercely running down her face. Her mother had died at 2:33AM. Unexplained paranormal activity is scary when it personally happens to you. My mother and I watch all the scary ghost story shows, all the medium shows and all the new scary movies.

We love it. It’s so interesting to see what other people have experienced, good and bad. It’s hard not to believe people that are mentally scarred from these paranormal encounters they had. When mediums come in and tell people about their visions, its astonishing. How could these people with these powers be faking something that is so personal? What Theresa Caputo on Long Island Medium says to people makes them emotional. There is no way of mistaking this for a sham; the things she brings up about people’s family, friends, husbands and wives are so detailed and unique — things that someone could never find out about on Facebook or online searching.

How can we choose not to believe something that is all around us? We live in a universe that is made up of 75% of dark energy and dark matter which we still do not understand. There is too much evidence and encounters to turn a cold shoulder to the idea of ghosts and an afterlife. I think that more studies should look into this subject, because most of us have someone passed on that we still think about everyday.

And in the end, we will be standing right next to them — whether it be in Heaven or right next to where you’re sitting now…

Kiana Wright can be contacted at kwright@ kscequinox.com

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Setting college students up for a false reality LINDSAY GIBBONS

Equinox Staff There are hundreds of movies that portray college and a college student’s life as a constant party.

Films like “22 Jump Street” and “Monsters University” as well as ads on social media depict the “struggles” of college through a camera’s lens. But for students actually living in the college world, it’s much different from what is shown in the theaters and on our phones.

Media portrayal of college, especially movies, tend to give an unrealistic expectation for how students live day to day. Generally speaking, these media outlets give impractical ideas for how college students behave. They frame them as constant party seekers, lazy students whose lives revolve around social media, and people with all the time in the world. When movies constantly frame college students as nonstop partiers without a care in the world, many students can and do take offense to it. So much stress and hard work are involved in a typical student’s lifestyle that it is unfair to act as though it is nonexistent.

Such is true in the movie “Animal House.” This film follows the story of a man joining a fraternity and some other personal experiences he encounters in college. Him and his friends are seen doing some outrageous things that no student would do on a day-to-day basis, and basically drinking their way through college. This interpretation of college life is wrong on many levels.

Of course there will be students who get drunk and party on a pretty regular basis, but this particular movie makes it appear as if that’s what every college student does on every night of the week. In fact, many things that are done in this movie and others like it are actually felonies, and

offenders could face serious fines or even jail time for committing them. These types of movies are simply not an accurate representation of the general population at college.

YouTube ads such as “How to Be a College Student,” show college life in a somewhat fake yet ultimately humorous way. Some of these ads do a good job of the judgements that are often associated with college students, and how many of them can turn out to be true. Obviously, many of the “steps” to becoming a college student in the video are overstated.

However, they do show some real truths behind becoming a college student in a pretty funny way.

One of the most distorted views of college life in the media industry seems to be how much free time a student has. While it varies from person to person, most students have much less free time than movies are willing to admit. Juggling part-time jobs, relationships, study groups, homework and staying healthy is quite the ordeal. Many students pull all-nighters frequently just to have their homework complete for class the next morning.

Although most students would love to be partying and lounging around all day long, that is simply not the case.

It’s important for students to not let the media’s perception of college cloud their vision of reality. Yes, college is a blast. But, it’s important for students, both new and returning, to not wrap their heads around the portrayal of college by the media industry. These perceptions might be expectations of many, but sooner or later they always come to find out that it is far from reality.

Lindsey Gibbons can be contacted at lgibbons@kscox.com

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"I think it’s a way of getting the community to recognize and be aware of this kind of work."

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On Wednesday, October 24, the Mason Library held an event in which three members of the KSC community had the opportunity to read their creative writing.

Students, staff and faculty read their original work ERIN MCNEMAR

artS & EntErtainmEnt Editor While many people have a passion for writing, creative writing brings it to a new level.

On Wednesday, October 24, the Mason Library hosted a celebration of creative work, presented by the English Department. The event featured Junior Ashley Rollend, Professor Kirsti Sandy and Professor Jeff Friedman reading their original works.

“The English Department organized this to celebrate some of the creative writing that has come out of late. It’s really a celebration and an honoring of the three people that are reading. The event is to recognize their contributions to creative writing,” said Chair of the English Department Brinda Charry.

“Very often faculty and students are doing all of [this] exciting work and no one really knows. I think it’s a way of getting the community to recognize and be aware of this kind of work. It’s a real showcasing,” said Charry.

Junior and reader at the event Ashley Rollend was being

recognized for her achievement of winning the 2018 Surf Grant, as well as the book she created as part of it. Rollend had originally applied for the grant and not received one of the three offered. But after seeking help and reapplying, she received an email saying that a fourth grant was made just for her.

“It was awesome. I’m actually the first English student to win it. It was really cool. I was looking at all the past projects, and I think there has only been four in arts and humanities in general. All of the other ones had been science,” she continued. “It was a lot of pressure especially because they made a new one for me, and I’m the first English major, but I just feel really lucky to be able to have that opportunity,” Rollend said.

Charry also recognized the honor of Rollend receiving the grant. “I think Ashley getting it is really exciting because it usually goes to people in the sciences and social sciences.

This is the first time a creative writer has been awarded the Surf grant,” Charry said.

In addition to writing a book, Rollend also bound and illustrated it. “I was always going to bind the book myself

but I had not incorporated [illustrations] until I just recently added an art minor. The illustration process was really cool for me. It was great to be able to cross mediums like that,” Rollend said.

English and Secondary Education major Emma Brown explained the importance of events like this that give students and faculty an opportunity to show their work. “I think that it’s important for people to showcase their creative nonfiction writing because it helps give them a voice.

Also it helps give other people examples of creative writing and different ways to go about writing,” Brown said.

Overall, Rollend explained she was happy with the outcome of the reading. “I think it went really well. It was really interesting and really cool to be reading. The discussion afterwards went really well too. I didn’t miss any lines or words so it was a good time,” Rollend said.

Erin McNemar can be contact at emcnemar@kscequinox.com

STAFF COMMENTARY

Getting into the halloween spirit JOE GUZMAN

Equinox Staff Scary and Horror movies: we watch them year-round to feel a nervous sensation or a jumpscare.

However, it seems like the time when most horror and scary movies seem to debut is around the spooky holiday of Halloween.

Why is it that people watch more horror and scary movies around this time of year? According to a study by psychologytoday.com, “Dr. Jeffrey Goldstein, a professor of social and organizational psychology at the University of Utrecht [was quoted explaining that] ‘People go to horror films because they want to be frightened or they wouldn't do it twice. You choose your entertainment because you want it to affect you.

That's certainly true of people who go to entertainment products like horror films that have big effects. They want those effects…[Horror films must] provide a just resolution in the end.’” This means that people are trying to get an

exciting response from their media — and if they didn’t like it, they wouldn’t continue to consume that media.

To dig deeper into this theory, three different first years were interviewed.

Christopher Joseph Demarco, Lily Ayotte, and Melissa Field all have different levels of interest in horror and scary movies.

Demarco said he watches them, Ayotte mentioned she does occasionally and Field said that she doesn’t typically watch them. Each mentioned enjoying or appreciating popular horror movies such as the Shining, the Conjuring, Stephen King's It, and Psycho.

All three that were interviewed agreed that horror and scary movies enhance the Halloween experience.

Demarco started first explaining that it: “Has to do with the holiday, it just puts people in a mood and helps them celebrate … the adrenaline [hits] and you go, ‘aw damn, that was good, that really got me’ and just thinking ... wow, somebody actually got you. Then sometimes the suspense actually leads

up to it.” Ayotte mentioned, “It’s a good kind of thing. It gets darker earlier, it’s cold, you can wrap up with a blanket and popcorn, it’s a nice kind of aesthetic. I like jump scares when you don’t see them coming. Some horror movies can be pretty predictable with that kind of stuff, but if it’s out of nowhere you have this moment of fear that can really add to the movie.” Field chuckled and said, “Because there's hype about [the movies] and it’s time to get spooky. [I like] the fact that it scares the s--- out of you and it’s a surprise. Yes, definitely, [these movies enhance the experience.]

I think that it puts everyone on the edge of their seat and in the [Halloween] mood.”

Lastly, they were all asked about joke scary movies like the “Scary Movie” saga and “Haunted House”, Ayotte and Demarco both agreed that they’re hilarious.

Joe Guzman can be contacted at jguzman@kscequinox.com

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Based on the novel by Robert L. Fish and with an adapted script

by Harry Kleiner and Alan Trustman, Peter Yate’s “Bullitt” (1968) tells the story of Frank Bullitt of the San Francisco Police Department (Steve McQueen,) who fails to protect crime witness Johnny Ross (Pat Renella) and must find the original criminal on behalf of Ross, lest he be punished.

To buy time, Bullitt hides the body of Ross and takes things a step further by snatching his records. Furthermore, he seeks to avenge Ross.

As with many mystery crime films, I found the plot of “Bullitt” difficult to follow. Nevertheless, the film has some solid performances, as well as some aesthetic qualities worth pointing out. McQueen was born to play a stern, passive aggressive member of a police force. He is completely natural as someone who manages to be assertive without yelling or raising his voice, someone who can show regret over the death of a man with no more than open, nervous eyes and wavered lips, someone who looks like he’s about to cry but offers no more of a change in expression than a brief look down at the floor.

Robert Vaughn is similarly good is Walter Chalmers, a higher-up with the power to threaten Bullitt if he does something wrong. Just as it is Bullitt, not McQueen, who is calmly angry, it is Chalmers, not Vaughn, who drives home the fact that Bullitt has himself to blame for the assassination of Ross.

His tone is that of a man who is clearly boiling below the surface but has the power to contain his frustration in order to scold a SFPD member who failed to do his job. Combined with a condescending expression from the actor who plays him, Chalmers is to be feared.

“Bullitt” has its high points of dialogue as well. Chalmers’s threat to “personally officiate at your public execution” and “not suffer the consequence of your incompetence” is scary but justified by his truthful assertions that “I’ve got a witness who can’t talk.” Bullitt tries to change the subject to get out of trouble and Chalmer notes that, “You blew it. You knew the significance of his testimony, yet you failed to take adequate measures to protect him.”

Jacqueline Bisset is more than convincing as McQueen’s girlfriend Cathy. Her character genuinely feels like an artist of the 60s, and her performance peaks when Cathy suggests that Bullitt’s job as a police officer has emotionally desensitized him, in turn made him something of a jerk and that she cannot handle his hardened personality. Like Bullitt and Chamber, her words show that she is angry, but she shows that she is sane because her actress constantly speaks in a calm tone.

On top of the performances, “Bullitt” has its share of impressive shots.

One of the earliest is the second of the film, a trippy image accompanied by riffs from the brass family that signals a drop off from calmness to trouble. In one scene, Bullitt appears from behind a fence and is thus separated from the audience. One of the most aesthetically pleasing visuals is a low level one of the hills of San Francisco, surrounded by towering buildings on either side and topped by a blue (but noticeably grainy) sky.

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Editing non-stop VERONICA PAMPHILE

Equinox Staff Rachel Maragnano, a KSC senior and film production major, has been working on something quite incredible for almost a year. Her film is in the style of a black and white Frankenstein movie and was originally shot for her 16mm productions class. It is nearly finished and ready to be viewed by an audience. The film is about a man who tries to bring his dead girlfriend back to life through a doll. It has a sort of mad-scientist feel to it, and plays to the song “Feels Like Summer” by Weezer, which Maragnano believes gives the right effect to her film: “The lyrics in it have a way that it could tie to that Frankenstein idea.” There is a even a Jacob’s Ladder (which is a light that sparks up) featured in the film, that was built using a car battery. “It added to that cheesy horror aesthetic that we were going for,” says Maragnano.

After studying abroad, Maragnano began the filming process, which she described as, “A lot of trial and error.” The process began with the inspiration and idea for her film, followed by pre-production, filming and post production editing, all of which were long processes that required a lot of thought and work. “I’m in the process of digitally transferring it now through a company,” she says. “I can’t wait to finish it, because it’s been so long.”

Maragnano also acted in the film alongside Aleksander Balsewicz, a KSC senior and film major with a dual focus in film production and critical studies. Balsewicz also helped edit the film, mostly working on special effects and working relatively closely with Maragnano. “I’ve known Rachel for about a year,” he says.

“We worked on one of my films in the past. We’ve gotten to know each other very well, along with each other’s work ethic. We just found that we kind of clicked — we kind of filled the gap in each other’s weaknesses. She’s really fun to work with.”

The editing process also took a lot of time and commitment.

After shooting, the film gets sent to a lab to be processed and scanned into a digital film. “In the film department here, we’re fortunate to work with physical film. It’s celluloid — it’s plastic — we bathe it in some chemicals to process it, which is different to what most people are used to.”

The process may have been long, but for Maragnano and Balsewicz, it was worth it. There was a lot of time and passion that went into this four minute film.

“It’s my project that I have continued to do — I thought of it last summer. It’s been a mix between a passion project and a class project,” says Maragnano.

The film will be premiering at Music Video Night this Thursday, Nov. 1 in the Night Owl Café.

Ted White was not availdable for an interview.

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Acting to spread awareness KATHRYN SPADAFORA

Equinox Staff On Thursday, Nov. 1, Keene State College will hold auditions for its spring production of “No Zebras, No Excuses.”

A 10-year tradition at Keene State, “No Zebras” is a production put on for all new KSC students during Orientation to teach students about sexual violence and assault.

The production began when founder Forrest Seymore, who works in the Counseling Center to coordinate sexual violence prevention programs, partnered with director Peggy Rae Johnson of the Theatre Department to bring the production to life after several sexual assault cases occurred on campus and found their way into the local newspapers.

Aware that the previous coordinator of sexual violence prevention had purchased the rights to the “No Zebras, No Excuses” script, Seymore decided to take action and come together with the Theatre Department to make the production happen.

Since, the production has not only educated and impacted thousands of KSC students, but brought in people from around the country and even worldwide.

The importance of “No Zebras” cannot be understated. Created to make a difference, help keep people safe, and intervene in a timely issue, the production both raises awareness on a serious subject matter and influences all of those who witness and participate in it.

“It’s a great production to be in,” stated Tony Gentile, a KSC senior and Orientation Leader who has acted in the production multiple times, “And one of the most impactful parts of the orientation process … I think it’s really important because it’s a volunteer production — we aren’t getting credit or compensation or anything … It’s a lot of work in a short period of time — we have about three to four rehearsal days, usually nine hours a day, so it’s a lot of work, but I keep coming back to it when I can because it’s really important to me and Keene State.”

Actors in the production must participate in four twelve-hour rehearsals, in which they receive extensive stage combat training to handle the physicality of the show.

When casting, director Peggy Rae looks for strong actors who can portray and handle the difficult subject matter, and a group of people who will work together.

Stage Manager Tony DaRosa has also seen the impact the show can make, remarking: “I’ve only done it for two performances, but I’ve already seen the impact the show makes. Since I’ve done it, students have emailed the director Peggy Rae Johnson multiple times saying how meaningful the show was to them.”

“I think it’s such an important show, especially in our time,” he continued. “I just want the students to get out of it even half as much as we put in ... I just feel like what we are seeing is such an important thing.

This stuff does happen and it’s important to listen to.”

“No Zebras, No Excuses” is no ordinary production.

“It’s designed to set a tone and and expectation for us as a community that we are going to be on the watch for sexual violence and stand up as active bystanders,”-- Forrest Seymore, founder of “No Zebras, No Excuses.”

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Summoning Spirits ANGELIQUE INCHIERCA

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Keene State College ended Halloweekend activities with a magic show that transported students into the realm of the supernatural.

Magician for Non-Believers Peter Boie has been performing a show at every KSC Summer Orientation Session for around five years.

This year, KSC’s Student Involvement Office decided to bring him back to perform a different genre of magic for students in one of his newest shows: Summoning Spirits.

Boie said Summoning Spirits is different from his past comedic performances, as this one consists of original videos, projections, and local ghost stories from places around New England. He said he wanted to bring students into a cinematic realm.

“It’s honestly about creating another world … [similar to] if you watch a good movie ... it’s more immersive,” Boie said. He said the more scared the audience is, the more he gets into the performance. “I am spooked by it,” he said. “If I can get into [the stories] then I am part of that with [the audience] ... it gets me more into the feeling that something crazy just happened.”

“We’ve done things similar to this in the past,” KSC Director of Campus life Jennifer Ferrell said. “We’ve done some ghost-hunter things and stuff, but they’ve never had the magic element to it or, quite honestly, the fun that he brings to a show.”

Ferrell said she first saw Boie perform at the National Association for Campus Activities conference (NACA) , ten years ago. “He is a really good performer and a really great magician,” Ferrell said.

Ferrell added that the college liked the idea of bringing a familiar face to campus, and that students would most likely want to go to an event if they recognized the name.

Cathleen Klem, a KSC sophomore double majoring in holocaust and genocide studies and political science, was an orientation leader and said she remembered seeing Boie over the summer and came with her coworkers to see the show. Klem said she came because she knew Boie was a good magician. “[The show] was good. It was scary,” Klem said. Klem was the audience participant for the ending act.

Emily Bridge and said she was terrified despite not believing this show had any real paranormal activity in it, “I was scared, my heart started to race… [I feel] good now, a little scared still [but] good.”

KSC sophomore, biology major and audience participant Cydnee Morgan said she was on the edge of her seat as she participated in an act. “I was freaked out,” she said, “[but] it was cool that for Halloween we could have a magic show.”

She added, “I know it’s magic, but [I believe] ghosts are real.”

Boie said he is more skeptical on real paranormal activity but many do not believe that. “_about not wanting to change views_” Morgan said the show was fun and that she would like to have more magic shows, but at better times: “Some of [the events] were on Saturday night and not many people will come on that night … even during the weekdays I know I wouldn’t … I would rather be doing homework.”

Klem also said she would like to see this event again, but said the Student Involvement office should market to the students more next year.

Boie said he would be happy to come back. “[College students are] the best audience. They haven’t gotten jadded yet, and they’re still in that space where I like to be … you’re able to understand everything but still young enough to not buy into crazy things like ‘there might be ghosts in the house.’ It’s the perfect audience, I love them,” he said.

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On Sunday, October 28, students gathered in the Mabel Brown Room to watch magician Peter Boie perform his paranormal act Summoning Spirits. Boie has performed at KSC Orientation in the past.

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Student Life editor On a Sunday, October 28, the city of Keene hosted The Monadnock Pumpkin Festival for its second consecutive year since 2014.

Many Keene State College students took advantage of the event being so close to campus.

Chock’ Full of Notes, the acapella group at Keene State performed at the festival. Brendan Goodwin, the music director of the group said there’s a lot of new members in the group this year.

This is Chock’ Full of Notes’ third performance this year and has been practicing twice a week, every week.

“We practice every Sunday from seven to ten and eight to ten on Wednesdays,” Goodwin said.

At Pumpkin Fest this year Goodwin said they decided to change their performance from last year’s Pumpkin Fest, “We did new material this year and also paid a lot of attention on the ‘nity gritty’ stuff to make sure we stay together.”

Briana Feldman, A first-year student says she enjoyed the experience of going to pumpkin fest as a Keene State student.

“A lot of people were talking about so my roommate and I decided to go and see it,” Feldman said.

After riots occurred in the 2014 Pumpkin Fest, security has increased to ensure the safety of others and the students on campus. This year, however, students who went to the event this year felt safe and unthreatened.

“The police department was there, but they were just watching to make sure everything was going okay and kept it safe,” Feldman said.

The students who went to the event say they really love the atmosphere at the pumpkin festival.

“There is a lot of music playing and the set up was

so pretty,” Feldman said.

Students also enjoyed seeing all the different designs on the pumpkins.

“It was really cool seeing the different types of work everyone was doing, they had a lot of artistic abilities,” Feldman said.

Some pumpkins at the festival were traditional round but many others came in different shapes and sizes.

“There were so many different shapes and sizes.

There were really tiny ones and really big ones with so many designs,” Feldman said.

Feldman said Pumpkin Festival was a good way for students to spend time with their friends after a stressful week, “It was really nice to get out, and I saw a lot of my friends and a bunch of other keene state students.”

As the event went on some students thought that pumpkin fest didn’t live up to some expectations they were told about before.

“I definitely think there was too much ‘hype’ about [Pumpkin Fest] for what it was, but it was a lot more than I expected too. I wasn’t expecting that many pumpkins,” Feldman said.

Towards the end of the festival, candles were lit to add to the atmosphere at the festival.

“I liked that the vendors were lighting candles and it looked so pretty. Everyone was just in a good mood throughout the day,” Feldman said.

The Monadnock Pumpkin Fest wrapped up around 7 p.m. Sunday night and Keene State College students loved the festival regardless of the security, weather, and doubt.

Alyssa Wisniewski can be contacted at Awisniewski@kscequinox.com

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A Keene State College fall tradition is back: Pumpkin Lobotomy.

This annual event had to say goodbye to the college in 2014 after the infamous Pumpkin Festival riot.

Pumpkin Lobotomy took place on the Fiske Quad on Friday, October 26 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. It consisted of about 24 clubs, student organizations and departments that had tables with activities and raffles.

Some of the participating groups included Mentors in Violence Prevention, sororities and fraternities, the Mason Library, Live Well KSC, Coins for Cancer, the Center for Health and Wellness and KSC Republicans and Democrats and more.

There were games such as corn hole, a small pumpkin toss, food and drinks served, raffles auctioning off different prizes and fundraisers and information about each organization. The main event was pumpkin carving; the carved pumpkins could be taken home or be put in the Student Center or Dining Commons.

The Public Health Department had a table which promoted alcohol awareness, and handed out pamphlets that included blood

alcohol content (BAC) cards which explained how many drinks per hour someone should drink based on their weight.

They also had drunk goggles that impaired vision, just like if someone was intoxicated, students put them on and spun around two times. The students then tried to eat a donut off a string.

First-years Ella Hovde and Emma Manderville were running the table. “This is a fun Halloween activity and a good alternative for people who don’t really party to enjoy as well,” said Manderville.

Hovde and Manderville both said Pumpkin Lobotomy should continue in the future.

The event was brought back by Student Government. Sarah Dugas, a member of Student Government, said they value tradition, and this event used to be a Keene State tradition.

Dugas said KSC has the Spring carnival for a fun Spring tradition, and it would be nice for this to become the Fall equivalent.

She said this event is primarily for current KSC students because of what happened in the past with Pumpkin Fest, but it could change in the future to bring the community together.

Sophomore Emily Cormier said it she hopes they continue this event

in the future. “It’s a perfect fall day and I’m happy they decided to do this event,” Cormier said.

Health Student Educator Tiffany Matthews said Pumpkin Lobotomy used to be set up differently, and that this year it seems to be more proactive.

Mathews said the tables used to be on the outside of the Fiske Quad with the middle completely open, but this new setup makes it easier for everyone to interact.

The tables were all in the middle with students surrounding them, participating in activities or sitting on the grass carving pumpkins. She said this whole weekend was with events for students to enjoy.

“This is the first year in the 11 years that I’ve been here that [Pumpkin lobotomy] is really jam packed with events,” Mathews said.

The college is working together to make it a safe and fun weekend.

Mathews said the Student Involvement Office has found volunteers to help out at Pumpkin Fest, and RAs in residence halls have activities planned for their residents.

“There is definitely more of an emphasis on events this year, which is great,” Mathews said.

Haleigh Patch can be contacted at hpatch@kscequinox.com

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Student Involvement Office’s ‘Monster Mash’ event falls flat ANGELIQUE INCHIERCA

SEnior Staff Filled with free food, music and Halloween decorations, Saturday night’s Monster Mash dance party was figuratively dead.

In an attempt to show the students of Keene State College a fun and safe way to party on Halloweekend, the student involvement office held a monster themed dance party called Monster Mash.

KSC Coordinator of student activities and organization Britany Gallagher said she was excited for the event earlier in the week. “It’s a new thing for this year,” she said, “With Halloween weekend we were asked to put on some additional events … hopefully we see a good bit of students turn out for it.”

On the night of the event, less than two dozen students, most being first-years, had participated over an hour into the event.

KSC first-year elementary education major Elizabeth DeLong said, “I was really looking forward to it because I thought more people would come, but I understand it’s Halloweekend. People are not on campus.”

Many students shared the same view as DeLong in wishing there was more participation. KSC elementary education and sociology dual major Jamie Showalter said, “It’s very exciting [here]. They decorated it very well, but I wish there were more people here to participate in it.” She acknowledged the work put into making the event, commenting positively on the decorations, music, and overall idea.

KSC senior and event DJ Deven Tracy also said the workers did well with creating the event but said he believes it was not marketed well enough. He said he didn’t know about the event until last-minute when he was asked to DJ and when he asked his friends, they had no knowledge of the event. He also said he believes the timing may also have something to do with the lack

of students.

Gallagher said, “We didn’t really know what to expect, but this is good information to be able to [talk about] when planning for next year.” She said the Student Involvement office did a lot more advertising for the events occuring this Halloweekend than past events held by the college.

Despite the low attendance, Tracy said the event was still fun for him. “It’s a little challenging doing music with a limited group of people but it’s still enjoyable,” he said.

Students were still able to dance, eat and play games during their time there.

One game consisted of bouncing balloons around the room, not allowing them to touch the ground. Soon after it began, almost every student was playing. KSC first-year elementary education major Caroline Fuller started the game and said, “I thought it would it be fun [to start throwing balloons around] and we could all do

it together … it was [fun].”

Overall, some attendees thought this event was a good alternative to stereotypical college parties.

DeLong said,“If people don’t want to go out and party, just come anyway. Obviously there is no alcohol here, if you’re not into that. Dress up in costume and just come here.”

Gallagher said, “If students aren’t coming to these events … then it brings up the question on what are they doing.” She added that she hopes students are just being safe with their choices: “At the end of the day, whatever the students are doing, I hope they are being safe and they’re making smart [and healthy] decisions.”

Angelique Inchierca can be contacted at Ainchierca@kscequinox.com

WKNH’s ratings increase after window is installed JULIA HAWKINS

Equinox Staff Keene State College students and faculty who work at the WKNH radio station in the Student Center are active and work hard every day to spread awareness of the radio station itself, and work to inform students of Keene about everyday student life.

The radio station at Keene State is not as well known as they would like to be, and encourage students to listen in on what is next.

Senior Co-general Manager of WKNH Peter Dubois found his place at the radio station during his freshman year at the student involvement fair. He works 10 hours a week scheduling meetings with the eboard, scheduling events and in general just talking on the radio.

About three years ago, the radio station installed a large window on the outside wall facing the lobby of the student center in hopes of exposing the radio station more to the student body here at Keene State.

The radio station has been working on making changes to be heard more by students here at Keene. Dubois said, “In terms of physical changes of the studio, the window is the biggest change yet.”

Their next step in improving the radio station is installing custom tables inside the booth to make their space in the station better to work with and be more visually pleasing.

Member of the radio station Tyler DaRosa does his podcasts

on sports on Friday mornings.

DaRosa said, “With the window there, it helps people be more interested in joining because they can see the studio and see what people are working with.” DaRosa also said that “... without the window there, it would feel like an enclosed little room.”

Since the radio station is rather hidden on the third floor of the Student Center, it is hard for students at Keene State to be aware of and notice what goes on in the radio station. Some might not even know that Keene State has one at all.

A member of the radio station said that having the window “...gives the radio an opportunity for people who don’t know about the radio to see a glimpse of what goes on.” The radio station has previously done a lot of work to upgrade, and still has much more to come.

Having the window in the radio station is beneficial in a couple different ways.

It not only makes the members of the radio station feel more open in physical space, but it also gives Keene State students who are not members of the radio station the chance to have a quick inside look on what goes on in the radio station.

Members of the radio station hope that by having the window there, students of Keene State will be more aware of what goes on in the radio station and maybe even join their team.

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‘Survey says’: Prevent Sexual Violence JULIA GUIDI

Equinox Staff It can be easy to not pay attention to emails nowadays, with the never-ending flow that gets sent to our inboxes.

However, if someone is a student at Keene State College, there is a survey link in their email that they are going to want to pay attention to: the KSC Sexual Assault Survey.

Sexual violence prevention is always a current topic.

Many schools, institutions and colleges are always looking to better their resources on campus. Keene State is no different. KSC’s Sexual Assault Survey is currently circulating and is going to open major doors for resources and education on campus.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness month, which is what Kelli Jo Armstrong, Title IX investigator, informed me of.

This is one of the reasons the survey was pushed out to this time of year.

George Smeaton, Director of Institutional Research, added that they couldn’t push it out right at the beginning of the school year because freshmen need time to experience the atmosphere of campus before answering these questions.

Jeff Maher, Director of Campus Safety and Complaints, said that they are aiming for a three-year cycle because the last time they pushed out the survey was 2015.

The larger goal for this survey is essentially to understand the impact of KSC’s awareness programs on the students.

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This was the overarching theme Another big part of the survey between all three interviewees. is programming. They want to see “Since the survey is anonymous, it how programs like ‘‘No Zebras, No helps to better gather research,” Excuses’’ are impacting students. says Armstrong.

It is also important to take a look

A crucial part of a successful college campus is seeing how everybody grows through education.

Maher also added that, “It will be a tool for continuous improvement.”

If anyone took one thing away from this survey, Armstrong wants them to know that: “There are resources and support for all KSC students. If a student has had these experiences, there are places they can go.”

Both Smeaton and Maher wanted to point out that they need a large number of students to take the survey and they need a diverse population of respondents.

They need people of all different experiences, genders and sexual orientations.

The survey is still open and is still able to be completed.

If completed, you can also get a code to receive 50 Hootie’s Rewards Points.

One of the mottos for this survey is “Be Heard.” Armstrong pointed out that, “The more students’ voices, the better [Title IX] can continue their work.”

It is also important to reiterate that the survey is completely anonymous.

If someone is not comfortable sharing their experience, no one has to know who the survey came from.

The survey can be filled out using this link: Kscsurvey.org.

For more infromation on No Zebras, No Excuses see “Acting to at what students will gain from It will make them more aware. spread awareness” on page A7. taking this survey. Smeaton said, There’s something to asking a ques“Some of the questions will make tion that would make people think Julia Guidi can be contacted at students think more about the topic about things that they normally jguidi@kscequniox.com of sexual violence. would not have thought about.”

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“Have you ever had a paranormal experience?”

Compiled by Angelique Inchierca “Yes [I have]. I was spooked. I was sleeping at night.. and woke up but I wasn’t really awake... it was like I was trapped. I could view my body outside of my body and I could see people’s faces like ghosts...I couldn’t move, talk or scream. I just could lay there and deal with it.”

- Alyssa Gesuadi

“I have not but I’ve seen the movies. The movies are pretty freaky so I wouldn’t want to have one. I don’t know if I believe in [paranormal activity] but maybe.”

- Andrew Smith

“Yes, I have. When I was younger... my mom would walk by my room and she wouls hear me talking to someone so she’d open the door [and ask if I was playing a game] and I’d be like ‘No,no. Don’t you see the little boy there?’ and my mom [said no was there]... she talked to my dad about and he said we should get the house blessed. then a priest came to our house and blessed our house. It was pretty crazy.

- Meghan Lepel

“Sure...door slamming where there is no one on the other side, things moving, or you might just feel like there is something near you.

Yeah, I’ve definitely had that happen before” - Catherine Lee

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“My mom grew up taking us to psychics... a lot. I’ve used Ouija boards before... I guess I kind of have because I have pendulum and I use it a lot and it talks to me and things like that ” - Maia Roderick

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Death is an escape She raced through the trees, feet beating against the forest floor, breath ripping through her burning lungs, but He was inescapable, and she was losing energy.

Branches tore at her clothing, her hair.

Roots and stones caught her feet, and she stumbled often. Dark clouds covered the moon and stars, leaving an empty blackness above her. She could see nothing in front of her, nothing behind her, nothing. But she could hear; the blood-chilling howls of His hounds as they hunted her; His pounding footsteps coming closer and closer. She was losing her lead.

‘Just run,’ she told herself. She had to run until her legs ached, until her feet bled, and keep running. Run until fatigue crippled her whole body, until she could not possibly continue. Then all that would be left for her was a prayer to the gods for a swift death before He could find her.

An involuntary shudder ran up her spine as she thought of Him, and how He had taken her companions, of what He had done to them as she watched helplessly. She attempted to shut the echoes of their screams out of her thoughts as she ran, feeling cold wetness on her cheeks as the air chilled her silent tears.

Her vision blurred and she tripped over a fallen branch, her ankle making a sickly popping sound, her body twisting violently with the force of her momentum as she fell

to the ground. Biting her tongue to keep from shrieking in pain, she looked wildly about for a place to hide, adrenaline coursing through her. She could not quell the thought that the sacrifice of her companions had been for nothing. They had tried to protect her, had hidden her, but she had stayed too long, unable to tear her eyes away from their writhing forms. He had seen her before He had finished with them, and she had run.

But now it was all wasted, she was injured, and He was here.

A dark figure in robes walked towards her through the tall, swaying trees. His feet trod softly on moss and time seemed to slow as His steps brought Him closer to her.

The air thickened, as though the darkness had become tangible and was determined to suffocate her.

“Did you think I would not find you?”

He sneered, letting out a high cruel laugh.

“You are mine.”

Coldness crept into her bones, a darkness invaded her mind and she knew she had lost. Dread filled her as His consciousness crept through her thoughts. And then she knew nothing but overwhelming agony, nothing but burning and freezing, throbbing and aching. Nothing but Him. Her tortured screams filled the grove.

She shrieked with every new pain until her throat bled, until her voice would let her make sound no longer.

But worse of all, His laugh. Cold and constant, it engulfed her entire being until a new

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thought, through the pain, took her mind.

Kill me.

All memory of who she was outside the pain was gone from her. Her entire existence was agony. All she wanted was death.

“Let me die,” she rasped, begging through bloody lips, the effort of it exhausting.

She knew He would not, but she fought Him. Desperately, she struggled against His will to release her own spirit from the battered body that trapped it in hell.

A voice began screaming, and it occurred to her that it was not her own. Its inhuman screech cried in one long, ragged note as she finally let go: Nooooo…

‘I win,’ she thought, and she was gone, leaving Him with only an empty shell.

Emma mehegan can be contacted at emehegan@kscequinox.com

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An autumn favorite: A sweet potato casserole LAURA ROMANIELLO

artS DirEctor There’s nothing like the feeling we get when we know that Thanksgiving is right around the corner. Who doesn’t love Thanksgiving? The food is undoubtedly the best part about the holiday. Everyone’s homemade foods: Grandma’s apple pie, Auntie’s stuffing, Mom’s mashed potatoes. Today I’m going to be giving you my very own mother’s Sweet Potato Casserole recipe. It’s so delicious you can’t help but go back for seconds ... and thirds! It’s so yummy when served warm but just as good when eaten cold! Give this recipe a try, and maybe you’ll be the famous relative on Thanksgiving day.

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Ingredients: 5 sweet potatoes 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup butter 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/3 cup sugar 2 tablespoons milk For the topping: 1/4 cup butter, softened 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar 1/2 cup pecans

Directions: Set oven to 350 degrees and lightly grease a 9x13 inch baking pan.

Bake sweet potatoes for 35 minutes in the oven, or until they start to soften. Cool slightly, peel, and mash.

In a large bowl mix the mashed sweet potato mixture. potatoes, salt, 1/4 cup butter, eggs, vanilla, Bake for 30 minutes or until topping is cinnamon, sugar and milk. Transfer to the crisp and lightly browned. baking dish.

In a medium bowl, combine 1/4 cup butter, Laura can be contacted at flour, brown sugar, and chopped pecans. Mix lromaniello@kscequinox.com until crumbly, and sprinkle all over the sweet

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Stringing fallen leaves PUJA THAPA

BuSinESS ManagEr I love autumn. The gorgeous colored leaves are one of my favorite things about the season. However, the season gets disheartening when the pretty leaves fall from the tree and turn into a boring shade of dull brown.

Before the leaves of Keene decay and lose their vibrancy, preserve them. I did that. On my way to classes and on my way back to the room, I collected bunch of leaves for about a week. I will now tell you from step to step how I preserved them.

Materials needed: Collected leaves, Scotch self-laminating sheets (no machine required), needle and thread and Command hooks.

Step 1: Flatten the leaves, keeping them inside your books. Don’t let it completely dry.

Step 2: Use the self-laminating sheets to laminate

the leaves. I got the sheets from Walmart. I recommend getting different sizes (large, medium, small) because the leaves will be of different sizes.

Step 3: Cut the sheet to the shape of the leaf, but bigger than the original leaf.

Step 4: Poke a hole in the laminated leaf with a needle and get a string (white or grey preferred) inside it. It could be hard to poke the hole through the laminating sheets at first, but you need to push it harder. Trust me, the needle goes through the sheets.

Step 5: Doing that for every leaf you laminated, make a long thread of leaves to the preferred length.

Make small knots at the end of the strings to prevent anything from slipping.

Step 6: Place a Command hook on your wall and hang the thread.

Step 7: Ta-da! Take pictures!

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Scoring one goal in field hockey is something to be proud of, but to score three in one game is truly something special, and Kayla Klein has already done this four times this season.

“Even scoring one goal in a game is an accomplishment, so scoring three goals in four different games is pretty

insane,” said teammate Kelsey Roberts.

Klein is a sophomore here at Keene State, and said she has been playing field hockey since she was 12. “It’s a huge part of my life and it always has been,” said Klein.

“She is a driven teammate, and she’s definitely a hardworking teammate. She takes charge when she needs to which is good, she definitely

cares about everyone which is amazing,” said Roberts.

Sophomore Nina Bruno has also had four hat tricks this season. “She’s my number one push and motivation, it’s me and her up there and we’re the ones scoring the goals. We’re known as the scorers for the team, and without scoring, we can’t win,” Bruno said.

“It’s helped us win, she honestly just stepped up, having both of them

on the same team has upped our game to a new level,” said Roberts.

Klein said that there are a lot of key players that are always on the field that make these hat tricks possible.

So far this season, Klein has already scored 23 goals. “Its unusual to score that many goals in a season, this year’s weird because two people have done it, to have hat tricks on top of that is unusual,” said Head Field Hockey Coach Amy Watson.

Watson said, “It’s helping us win games, if we didn’t have the kind of goal production we’ve been having from her, some of the games that have been wins may not have been if it wasn’t for her.”

“Honestly her drive to win kind of carries us up the field. She definitely wants it really bad which I think really helps everyone,” said Roberts.

Both Roberts and Watson said they described Klein has hard working.

“She’s really hungry to get it in the net,” said Roberts.

“She’s a competitor, I think she hits a different zone once she gets on the

field in a game, her persona kind of changes, she’s a pretty happy kid off the field, but once you get her on the field she’s really focused and driven,” Watson said.

Klein said that her next big goal is to win LEC’s championship.

“We’re coming into our tournament right now, it would be great to get some offensive production from on her on the last stretch of the season.

She’s doing a great job right now and it’s hard to expect more from someone who is already doing a lot. She’s doing her job and putting the ball in the net, and we hope to see her do that in the postseason,” Watson said.

Watson said that there are five forwards on the team, so while Kayla isn’t on the field all of the time, she is most likely on the field 80% of time. “It kind of makes me wonder what she would score it she played 100% of the time.

She’s got a nose for the goal, that’s for sure,” Watson said.

Izzy Harris can be contacted at iharris@kscequinox.com

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Keene State falls to Castleton University slowing down. “We play again soon for the first round of the tournament. We have to really The women’s field hockey come out and play our game, team is currently in the middle and play hard. It’s do or die of an important playoff drive. time,” Watson said.

Team captain Erica Stauffer Recently, the team played Castleton University for the shared a similar attitude about number one seed. After a dis- the next few upcoming games. appointing loss, the team still She also said that while the has high hopes for the rest of team is disappointed, they don’t plan on letting the loss the season.

According to head coach stop them.

“We were competing for the Amy Watson, the team has had a strong season: “We’ve been number one seed, and whopretty strong for the most ever wins the next game hosts part offensively. We’re led by the tournament. So we were four strong seniors, so that’s really looking for that home been great for us too.” Watson field advantage,” said Stauffer. said the team is full of a lot of While the team may not have experienced players, and they been able to get the win from don’t plan on Castleton, Stauffer said the team has a lot of good things going for it.

“We have one of the strongest forward lines, MATTHEW BARRIGA

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I’d say. We have a pretty strong returning mid field line, and especially our goalie. She’s been very strong for us.”

Stauffer said she started playing field hockey in seventh grade, and has played consistently since. Being a senior at Keene State, she’s had plenty of experience playing college field hockey, and said that this year had a very solid start.

“We came out strong in the beginning, and were definitely excited about that. Towards the middle of the season, had a little dip. But we brought it back up,” said Stauffer.

According to Stauffer, there’s more on the line than just a play off drive. “We’ve won our conference the past five years in a row, so this year would be making history for us with the most consecutive LEC (Little East Conference) cham-

pionships in a row.”

Ally McCall, a junior on the team, has taken up an important position on the team.

Stauffer said that after losing two key seniors last year, McCall has stepped up a lot as a center defender in order to fill that role. McCall has been playing field hockey since third grade, and said that the season has been going just as well as previous years: “Personally I feel like it’s gone pretty well. I mean there’s always points in the season when you’re not your best and you get into lulls. That’s definitely happened this year, but we’ve stayed strong and it’s gotten better.”

She also said that the way practices are run has been a big factor into the team’s success: “Every practice is really based off of who we’re competing next with, and when we’re playing them. So if we’re not playing a game for a couple days we’ll definitely do more conditioning. A lot of our drills are based off of what we want to focus on in the game, so it definitely changes every day.”

The team is getting ready for its most important games of the season, and feels confident that they have what it takes to succeed.

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Senior Mia Brickley and Sophomore Rachel Loseby battle Castleton for first place in the LEC Tournament which is also the team’s senior game where they lost in double OT.

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Making her mark in field hockey Claiming Erica Stauffer is picked as an alternate for the Division III All-Star game victory ADRIANA SANCHEZ

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Real Betis Starting Off Strong in the Europa League On October 25, Real Betis Balompié defeated AC Milan 2-1 on matchday 3 of the Europa League groups stages.

The win was impressive for the Sevillan side, beating the Italian giants in their own home stadium, the famous San Siro stadium in Milan. This is the first time the Spanish side has been in the Europa League since the 2013-2014 season. Los Beticos have started off the 2018-2019 Europa League campaign very well, sitting on top of group F, gaining 7 points from three games.

Real Betis played Greek powerhouse Olympiacos in their first group match, walking away with a 0-0 result in Athens. The team’s next group match would come back home to Seville as Real Betis hosted Luxembourg side Dudelange FC, winning the game convincingly 3-0.

This game against AC Milan was a big game for the Spanish side. Going to the San Siro and playing the historically powerful Milan team in their own home is never an easy game. Coming off a convincing win against Dudelange FC, Los Beticos were feeling confident, even in this away match.

Striker Toni Sanabria struck first blood, scoring in the 29th minute.

Later on in the 59th minute, midfielder Giovani Lo Celso would slot one past AC Milan to double the Betico’s lead. Eventually Italian striker and super sub Patrick Cutrone would come on to score a consolation goal for the Rossoneri in the 82nd minute, making the final score 2-1 to Real Betis.

Despite not having as much possession during the game as AC Milan, Real Betis dominated the midfield. The midfield trio of Carvalho, Canales and Lo Celso dictated the tempo of the game and controlled the center third, remaining patient with possession. This allowed Real Betis to move the ball from side to side, causing Milan to be sloppy with possession and for Betis’s left wing back Junior Firpo to be absolutely lethal on the left flank.

Coming off on the team’s best season in a long time, Real Betis look set to dominate the Europa League this season. After beating their bitter rivals Sevilla FC to claim 5th place in the 20172018 season, the Seville side qualified for the Europa League for the first time in nearly 5 years. The team looks to put pressure on rivals Sevilla FC and make a deep run in the Europa League this season, and after a great start and upsetting AC Milan at the San Siro to break their perfect start to the Europa League, it looks set to happen.

Real Betis have three more games in the group stages, hosting AC Milan and Olympiacos at home on November 8 and November 29 respectively, then closing out the group stages with an away match against Dudelange FC in Luxembourg. But at this rate, Los Beticos look to cement their place as a serious contender in the Europa League and potentially maintain their 1st place spot in Group F. Luke Stergiou can be reached at lstergiou@kscequinox.com

The Keene State Field Hockey team has done nothing but succeed through this season. For starters, their record is 10-1. Second, one of the captains has been selected as an alternate for the Division III field hockey Championship allstar game that takes place in Pennsylvania on November 17 and 18.

Captain Erica Stauffer is very proud to be selected.

“I’m very honored, they had a huge poll to choose from, it’s all the seniors in Division III. So I’m definitely honored to be considered with people that were chosen,” Stauffer said.

She said she couldn’t have done this without the support she has received in the four years of playing here at KSC. Her head coach, Amy Watson, is a key factor to where she is now and to the team as a whole.

Watson said she brings leadership and strong presence on the team field with excellent technical skills. In order for players to be nominated the team coaches have to nominate them.

Watson nominated Stauffer because she’s been a key player throughout her four years playing here. “It’s always a great honor to have a player selected to Senior all-star game, it’s an honor that celebrates their complete body of work as an athlete,” said Watson.

“She makes sure everyone stays in their role and [is] working in new people if possible. She’s really good. If something isn’t working, she makes us move on and start something else,” Watson said.

Stauffer takes this achievement not as a personal achievement, but a team achievement. She wouldn’t have been selected it wasn’t for everyone on the team.

Teammate and co-captain Mia Brickley said she’s nothing but happy for Stauffer.

“It’s awesome that Erica was chosen as an alternate. That’s a huge accomplishment, and everyone on the team is very happy for her. She works hard and is a great team motivator so it is nice to see that hard work paying off for her,” Brickley said.

Although Stauffer has only been selected as an alternate, her parents were nothing but honored to find out their daughter was selected.

“My family were posting it all over social media, they were very happy for me,” Stauffer said.

Stauffer said the team’s end goal is to win the LEC championship, but her personal goal is to remain consistent.

“If you have a bad game, it affects the whole team but if you have a great game, you want to maintain that level of high quality play the whole time,” Stauffer said. Adding to this, Stauffer said staying consistent is a major factor on why she believes got her here: “I’ve been pretty consistent through my four years. I was a forward my first two years and those stats helped me, and then I transited to midfielder. So staying consistent with stats and playing-wise really helped me.”

Her first two years, she was a forward and mid-season last year, she transitioned to a midfielder.

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Stauffer playing against Castleton where Keene State lost 5-4 in OT.

Two years ago, two players were selected for the All-Star game, according to Stauffer.

“The people that came before me set a good example and just being encouraging to each other and coming from a successful winning team really just helps influence your style of play, because you want to keep that tradition going,” Stauffer said.

Keeping the team motivated even when, at times, it feels like it’s dragging on, has also helped her keep her mindset of determination going.

“Sometimes people can feel like it’s dragging, but at practices, keeping that high level of intensity and positivity and motivation helps. Being a successful team really helps, because if you’re not doing too well during the season, it’s not

going to be as fun. So we try to make everything as fun as possible and include people,” Stauffer said. The team also does team bonding to keep the chemistry going every Friday. “Even off the field we try to keep everyone together,” Stauffer said.

Stauffer stays active even during off season. In the spring, the team has spring practices and lifts. Over the summer, she plays for a club team. “So pretty much all year I’m focused,” Stauffer said. She started playing in seventh grade. By November 13,, Stauffer will find out if she has been selected.

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Keene ranked second in LEC standings

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Sophomore Emmanuel Smith playing against UMass Boston where the Owls lost 2-1 in overtime CAILLA PRISCO

State during the 19 minutes of the first half, and was assisted by junior LJ Luster and senior Jacob Chiza.

Keene State narrowly fell The Owls outshot the Beato UMass Boston 2-1 in overtime cons by double the amount, totaling during their last conference game in 8-4 during the first half. of the season. Keene secured the The Beacons found the number two seed, giving them a by back of the net during the 85th in the first round of the LEC tour- minute to tie the game with a pennament. alty kick.

Sophomore Emmanuel Sophomore Julio Dasilva Smith was the only scorer for Keene from UMass Boston made the

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second goal for the Beacons a minute and a half into the first overtime period.

LEC awarded goal keeper of the week and player for Keene State Anthony Pasciuto made three saves during the game.

Sophomore, captain, and recently awarded LEC defensive player of the week Isaiah Lovering had one shot on goal and played both halves of the game.

In total, the Owls outshot the Beacons 19-11 during the entire game.

Keene will play the winner of the quarter finals on Friday November 2 in the second round of the LEC tournament at Eastern Connecticut.

Cailla Prisco can be contacted at cprisco@kscequinox.com

Game five, two teams, one World Series title.

All of these factors came together, giving the Red Sox their fourth title since 2004.

Riots broke out as Boston claimed the title, returning to Fenway as World Series champions.

The only other time that the Red Sox and the Dodgers have faced each other in a World series game was in 1916.

During that game Babe Ruth helped pitch the Boston into the championship.

Fast forward 102 years and Boston found themselves winning yet again.

The Red Sox, the golden team, won their fourth World Series Championship in 15 years.

David Price’s pitching, along side with Steve Pearce’s power led Boston to a 5-1 win against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Not only did the team post a record of 108 regular season wins, but they also swept through the American League (AL) playoffs, finishing the season off with a strong win.

Pearce hit two home runs after his homer and three run double the night before.

He also took home the “Most Valuable Player” award for his major hits that he delivered through the series games.

Mookie Betts and J.D. Martinez also connected, hitting three home runs off Dodger pitcher, Clayton Kershaw.

Betts’ hit provided some cushion in the sixth inning.

However, Price also emerged as an unlikely hero, earning his postseason struggles with his level of performance.

This all led to one of the most impressive team seasons.

Capturing the ninth championship in franchise history was only possible because of the dominant performance that the Red Sox displayed on Sunday.

Not to mention that for manager Alex Cora, this was his first World Series victory.

Cora became the first rookie manager since Bob Brenly (from the Arizona Diamondbacks’) to win the World Series.

Chris Sale recorded the final out of the 2018 World series after striking out Manny Machado, who had a fairly disappointing series for the Dodgers.

Boston finished the season with 119 wins, which is the thirdmost in MLB history behind the New York Yankees and Seattle Mariners.

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