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Winchester Lot and Athletics fields flood to make way for weekend rain VINCENT MOORE

Dam operator but I know they’re trying to dump water as quickly as they can,” Winsor said.

The stadium and Winchester lot flooding first Ducks were floating idly in the shallow were by design, as Winsor said that they were lakes that covered the soccer field, adjacent to both built with flood retention in mind to protect the Owl Stadium Complex, the morning after nearby buildings. both the complex and Winchester lots flooded.

“It’s expected, but it’s always disappointing when On Nov. 7 at 9:24 p.m. Campus Safety sent [Owl Stadium] does flood. Luckily all the fall events an email warning students that the Winchester have finished as of yesterday, so it’s not impacting any lot had flooded, urging them to move their vehi- games right now,” Winsor said. cles to higher ground and warning them to not According to Winsor, the only damage the flood has park in faculty/staff, visitor, or any other reserved caused is the Physical Plant’s work schedule. “It slowed parking lots. A little over half an hour later, Campus down our work because we’re trying to blow out the irriSafety sent a second email with an update, saying gation lines but we can’t blow them out until this water that the unaffected parts of the Winchester lot was recedes. It’s kind of messed up our work schedule a little entirely occupied, and that students with a permit for bit, but other than that there’s no physical damage, no the lot were allowed to use the Madison and Holloway buildings flooded,” Winsor said. lots until the water recedes.

Associate Director of Campus Safety Stuart Mitchell said Assistant Director of Physical Plant/Grounds Bud that the last time Campus Safety had to warn students of Winsor said that he suspects the flooding was caused by flooding was in the January of 2018 and that Campus Safethe operators of the Surry Dam compensating for all the rain ty’s role during flooding is to monitor the water levels and the area received in the past month. to protect students. “We monitored the parking lots to check “I think in anticipation of another rain event this weekend, the level of water there and in the river, and when it became they’re letting water out of the dam and within the last two necessary to notify students, we did so. Our goal is to protect weeks. There had been numerous rain storms that had been them from any loss by letting them know beforehand that there an inch and a half or more, so it hasn’t been one big rain storm, is water in these lots,” Mitchell said. it’s been cumulative … I haven’t been in contact with the Surry

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Campus Safety aids ongoing criminal investigation SEBASTIEN MEHEGAN

AdmiNistrAtive editor Even at Keene State College, the safest campus in New Hampshire, as stated by ADT Security Services, thefts still occur.

On Saturday, Nov. 3 Campus Safety was contacted by the Keene Police Department (KPD) and asked to

assist in an investigation that was underway. The investigation was in response to a report of a theft from a car in the Madison Holloway parking lot.

Director of Campus Safety and Compliance Jeff Maher said, “Keene Police had responded and assessed that it appeared as though a car had been broken into.

They had spoken with an individual who was not a student of our college and was visiting up here.”

Maher said because this is an ongoing criminal report filed does not mention it. investigation he could not comment on whether or not Maher described the car as a Toyota Tundra with a there was security camera footage of the theft taking Connecticut plate. place.

Maher said the total value of the items stolen were in Sebastien Mehegan excess of over $2,000. can be contacted at Maher added that he is unaware of whether or not smehegan@kscequinox.com the car was locked at the time of the theft because the

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Remember. Witness. Intervene.

College and community gather to commemorate Kristallnacht RACHEL VITELLO

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The commemorative event was hosted by the Colonial Theater.

On Thursday, Nov. 8, the Colonial Theatre, working with the Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College, hosted the Kristallnacht Commemoration to honor and remember the victims of acts of hate.

Kristallnacht, or The Night of Broken Glass, was the destruction of Jewish synagogues, stores and homes all across Germany in Nov. of 1938. This event marked the turning point of Nazi persecution against Jewish people as going from political and social, becoming violent in nature.

The event began with opening remarks from the Director of Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies Hank Knight that addressed the victims of recent shootings in the U.S. “As we gather this evening to commemorate historic violence from 80 years ago, we do so in the shadows of recent violence just days ago,” Knight said.

Recent attacks, some racist or anti-semitic, have occured in Jeffersontown, KY; Pittsburgh, PA; Tallahassee, FL and Thousand Oaks, CA. The names of victims that are known to the public were read aloud and a moment of silence was held for each attack.

Executive director of the Colonial Theatre Alec Doyle also referenced recent events in his following statements.

“Given the prevailing toxic atmosphere that I think we all have been experiencing, it’s tempting to say that tonight’s message is uniquely relevant. [...] The urgency of our message has always been critical in years past,” Doyle said.

Coordinator of Educational Outreach Tom White gave remarks regarding both the importance of democracy and of listening to targeted groups of people. According to White, the voices of the marginalized will help guide society toward a more fair and just way of life. White ended his remarks by quoting Martin Niemöller: “First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak for me.”

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Teaching forgiveness and reconciliation after conflict EMILY CARSTENSEN

Equinox Staff After the Rwandan Genocide in 1994 that killed most of his family, Dr. Joseph Sebarenzi found himself looking for forgiveness as his mind filled with bitterness. Dr. Sebarenzi spoke on Tuesday November 6 at Keene State College about his journey from bitterness to forgiveness and how it’s easier to forgive then it is to stay angry.

As the Rwandan Civil War started in 1990, the Hutu, an ethnic group that overthrew the Tutsi monarchy, began to take over the government which then led to the genocide of 1994. Once the Hutu had control of the government in Rwanda, they began the mass killing of around 800,000 Rwandans in only 100 days. 70 percent of these people were the Tutsi population, an ethnic group targeted by the Hutu. By July of 1994, there had been 800,000 casualties and 2,000,000 million had either fled or been displaced as refugees. These refugees were mostly Hutu.

Dr. Sebarenzi fled to Ontario, Canada, as a refugee before the genocide began on April 7, 1994. It was there that he tried to convince his family to flee the country and find safety and refuge in other countries but despite his efforts, his family did not leave Rwanda. He learned in July of 1994 that most of his family had been killed when his brother had called him to tell him about

SUBMERGED Cont. from A1 Despite both of Campus Safety’s emails, urging students parked in the Winchester lot to move to the lot’s unaffected higher ground, and then allowing them to park in Holloway and Madison lots, Mitchell said that students might have to park elsewhere. “The size of the Winchester lot just physically with the number of cars it can hold far [supersedes] the capacity of basically any lot on campus. So, if we had to move every vehicle from there onto campus, I doubt we would have capacity in one specific lot to hold those.”

Should all three lots become full, Mitchell said that students still have options on where to safely park.

“Students should park in any legal space. Start over with other commuter lots. Start at the Spaulding Gym lot, [it] is always a good place to go. Parking in Faculty and Staff is not recommended, but we do, in situations like this where we have to displace the students from the Winchester lot or any lot here on campus that is dedicated to them, we relax parking regulations and we’re not going to go out and write people parking tickets for being in commuter lots

what had happened in his home country.

Dr. Sebarenzi said he had to face the hard truth that his entire family had died when he kept naming off family members who had stayed in Rwanda, and his brother cut him off, saying: “Stop asking names, they’re all dead,”.

Associate Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion Dottie Morris said it’s a real privilege to have Dr. Sebarenzi speak at Keene State College and share his wisdom. “We’re very fortunate to be able to have Dr. Sebarenzi speak in front of us because he offers and teaches one of the most valuable lessons in life, and that’s forgiveness. It’s incredible watching him speak because you know that he’s a man that’s really been through so much, yet he’s able to forgive the people that have hurt him in order to maintain a healthy life. And that’s the message that he teaches,” Morris said.

After finding out his family was killed by the Hutu, Dr. Sebarenzi said he found himself getting headaches, stomach aches and not being able to sleep at night. He said he soon realized that these things were happening to him because the anger and bitterness he felt towards the Hutu was starting to take over his mind and body.

“I started noticing things were happening to my body but I wasn’t really sick. It wasn’t until I came to terms with what had happened back home that I realized that I was feeling this way because I was so angry and bitter

about my family being killed. I knew I could not live like this anymore,” Sebarenzi said.

Once Dr. Sebarenzi found out anger was the source behind his problems, he decided it was time to go back to Rwanda to try to find peace and closure. “When I got back to Rwanda, I quickly found out that the situation was unbearable. People were walking around using crutches while they still tried to bury the people who had died. My Tutsi friends had been killed and my Hutu friends had been exiled. When I got to my house, all I found was my home destroyed to the ground. It was a very sad moment for me,” Sebarenzi said.

Dr. Sebarenzi said throughout his journey to forgiveness, he had to first work in Rwanda to provide for his family. It was there that he visited a prison and spoke with a Hutu prisoner that killed Tutsi in his village that he felt compassion. “I felt for this man because he had made mistakes in the past, but now he was living in terrible conditions. I didn’t feel angry or bitter, I felt compassion. He had no money for food, so I gave him some.

It was in this moment that I realized it was easier to forgive this man then to be bitter over his actions for the rest of my life,” Dr. Sebarenzi said.

“To free yourself from bitterness and anger, you must accept that what has happened has happened, and there’s nothing you can do to change that. Once I realized this, I felt like myself again. I could sleep, and

I didn’t get stomach aches or headaches anymore. My mind was healthy and it was all because I chose to forgive those who had hurt me,” Dr. Sebarenzi said.

First-year Maddelynn Buckley said the lesson of forgiveness is something very important to learn because you can’t stop yourself from getting angry, but you can change how it affects you. “Learning how to go from bitterness to forgiveness is helpful for everyone because everyone gets angry in life. It’s something you can’t help, it’s a human emotion we all have. But learning how to change that anger into forgiveness is a valuable lesson that not that many people fully grasp because it’s a hard thing to do. I think if school systems spent more time teaching students how to solve conflict effectively, it would be a lot easier for people to go from bitterness to forgiveness,” Buckley said.

After leaving Rwanda once again as a refugee, Dr. Sebarenzi came to the United States where he got his doctorate degree in Human Rights Law. He now focuses on and speaks about spreading awareness on forgiveness, reconciliation, and peacebuilding.

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when they’re not a commuter student,” Mitchell said.

Regarding vehicles left in the Winchester lot, Winsor said that from what he had seen the water had so far had only reached up to tires but not high enough to reach the floorboards and cause damage.

For future emergency events, Mitchell said he highly recommends that students monitor their KSC emails, sign up for the alert program listed on Campus Safety’s website, and for those with registered vehicles on campus, to make sure that the contact information is theirs and not their parents’ back home.

Winsor said he hoped that the water would recede by Thursday afternoon, but it’s a decision to be made by the dam operator: “It’s really the dam operator who’s in charge of this right now. And I know they wouldn’t do this unless they were really concerned, they wouldn’t let this much water out … I would think that they have brought it up as high as they possibly can, and hopefully they’ll shut it down, because they’ll have complaints not just from us but from other places as well.”

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Thursday morning, the water level in the Owl Athletic Complex field was deep enough for mallard ducks to float comfortably.

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Fire Academy on Campus

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On Saturday, Nov. 10 the Keene Fire Department used one of the empty white houses, 83-85 Blake St., on the Keene State College campus to train new firemen as part of their Fire Academy class; Aerial Ladder Operations. The members of the class were practicing being able to operate to different levels, different windows and being able to potentially rescue out of windows. Keene Fire Department requested access to the building through Campus Safety and Keene State College administration.

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have more questions come up. Even still, I do feel like many people were engaged, exploring, and and trying to articulate what they thought for themselves around this topic.”

In creating a subject to talk about at each Courageous Conversation, Kirschner said, “We try to determine what our topic is pretty soon before our conversation to try and make it timely and relevant. In our conversation at the meeting, it was just after the Tree of Life Congregation Synagogue shooting, and right in the week before that there were all the bombs sent to various politicians and people in the media. Also, there has been this continuation of violent rhetoric, as well as action in terms of school shootings, other use of guns, as well as other forms of violence… It felt very relevant. So, trying to make sense of why people would use violence, because I think it’s very easy to be dismissive, and say, ‘Well these people are just crazy, it doesn’t make sense.’”

Sophomore communications major Joshua Bramble was an active participant in Tuesday’s Courageous Conversation.

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On Tuesday, Program Support Assistant for LGBTQ students Hunter Kirschner facilitated this semester’s final Courageous Conversation, named “By any means necessary? Violence as a tactic for political, social and personal change.”

Kirschner is part of the Courageous Conversations Committee, the group of Keene State College staff that work to put on these events.

“I always get something out of facilitating. I love those conversations a lot. Although I work with students directly, and even have these conversations, I think there’s something about the structure of being a facilitator instead of a participant that lets me better listen to what people have to say, instead of feeling like I have to be an authority in something, or have a wellformed opinion, because I don’t always … I always feel more connected, as well as more intellectually stimulated in terms of these conversations. Not often do I just get to have conversations about a topic and explore and try to make sense of it from what other people say,” Kirschner said.

Kirschner went on, explaining: “I think what we hope is that, in creating this container for participants to engage in these really hard conversations, is to practice listening to other people, and people you might not normally have these conversations with. It’s an open

event, so anybody can come. In being able to hear how other people make sense of it or explain it or their personal experiences around violence, we’re trying to break down the impulse to assume or pre-judge what another person is thinking, because I think we do that often; we think we have people more or less figured out by a few things we might know about them.

We all have a whole host of experiences that are readily visible, and so we’re trying to suspend those judgements and assumptions, and being open to what people have to say or might be thinking and try to make sense of that for ourselves.”

Although the event is formulated around a question, the committee is not looking for a final answer.

Kirschner said, “The point of the conversations isn’t necessarily to come up with an answer, but to at least try to explore it by having more words and an understanding to bring us closer to maybe an answer. At least making people think about the question and being curious about the use of violence, and when one might use violence. It’s not to answer the question, but to U

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to,” Bramble said. “I would come back. The conversation was just really deep, and I feel like I took away a lot of good things that changed my perception on violence on the topic.”

Jake Hansen, a junior education major, was also present at Tuesday evening’s event.

“It was definitely very interesting and thought-provoking. You can definitely think about a lot more than you might in just your everyday life… My biggest takeaway from this conversation was just changing your views, changing how you look at certain things, and [changing] your own actions in your everyday life, to set an example for other people to follow through your own actions,” Hansen said.

Kirschner said, “Another thing that came out of the conversation for me that I’m taking away is that I want for myself to be more conscious and aware of all the ways I am complicit in different instances of power, and different forms of violence that occur… There’s always work to do. None of us are perfect, and none of us are free of responsibility to one another and to the world.”

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STUDENT ASSEMBLY SEBASTIEN MEHEGAN

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Residential Life, Information Technology Group, Recreational Sports, and the Rugby Club presented for an increase in student fees for the fiscal year of 2020.

Rugby Club President Casey Brackett and the treasurer of the club said they had plans to request a $2,140 increase in their budget, to make up for the travel cost of competing in New York. However, because of the team’s loss, Brackett said they no longer needed the money for the trip. Bracket then asked that the increase still be approved to roll over

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into next semester. The assembly deferred the club to the financial committee for approval.

Chief Information Officer of the Information Technology Group Laura Seraichick presented for a 2.5 percent increase in the IT student fees budget.

She cited the uses for the students fees account, saying most of the money is put towards academic purposes including lab equipment and the online academic resources like Canvas. The assembly voted unanimously to approve the increase.

Director of Recreational Sports Lynne Andrews also asked for a 2.5 percent increase in student fees.

Andrews said the Recreational Sports department has picked up the insurance coverage on some of

the student sporting clubs including the dance team, yoga, ski and snowboarding club, and the outing club. Andrews also mentioned that some maintenance has been looked over in areas like the tennis courts, because of lacking money. The Recreational Sports funding request was approved.

The last financial presentation was made by Director of Residential Life Kent Drake-Deese. DrakeDeese made a claim for a 2.5 percent increase as well, reasoning that in the coming year Residential Life is planning on opening Carle and Monadnock Hall once again. Drake-Deese said with these plans in place, Residential Life needs a budget increase to be able to pay the extra residential directors and assis-

tants that the opening halls would require. DrakeDeese’s request was approved.

At the end of the Student Assembly, Coordinator of Fraternity/Sorority Life & Student Leadership Brandon Mathieu let the assembly members know that the Winter Celebration will take place on December 5.

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Being one of a million

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Solving with words not fists JULIA GUIDI

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“The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.”

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Students doing their civic duty on their terms Living in the controversial political climate in America, people are often faced with the mentality that they don’t want to be involved in political drama. With the fear of being criticized due to their certain political beliefs, potential voters would rather stay quiet than voice an opinion on controversial issues.

Robert F. Kennedy once said, “The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.” When students stand up for something they believe in, for example taking the time to vote for people in power, it’s a great start to making change for the better.

However, in a country filled with loud voices shouting “VOTING MATTERS” there are some that remember what it was like after the 2016 presidential elections.

Most people agree voting is a person’s civic duty.

However, when it comes down to it, others will say they don’t want to be forced to vote between two evils. It is a moral obligation in people’s lives to do the right thing.

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In a perfect world one goes into the booth, checks the box, the official elect will follow through with what they promised, and everybody is happy. This is rarely the case in a political system that has time-and-again proven itself untrustworthy. In addition, the people who voted for Trump were bullied and labeled as racists, misogynistic and bigoted. So why bother voting?

Many students believe their vote doesn’t matter. They believe that no matter what the candidates promise the turn out will always be different. They think that both sides are no good. They have good reasons to believe this; while electoral votes don’t add up, candidates lie about what they will be able to accomplish, and New Hampshire legislators and governor are making it more difficult to vote while going to college in another state. Today the governmental system makes it reasonable to feel like individual votes do not matter. But when thousands of college students feel this way and do not vote that’s thou-

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sands of votes that could change the entire outcome.

As election day came, students were bombarded and harassed by other representatives of both parties. They were told they had to vote, “It was their civic duty.” Some people do not have the right to vote, so if students chose not to, whether it is because they didn’t care or because they felt like neither of the candidates represented them, they are wasting their vote. Guessing on the ballot is a result of students being pressured to vote. Students need to do research and understand why they are filling in those circles.

In the end, if a student chooses not to vote, the election is still going to happen. It will affect their friends, their family, and themselves in every way. Voting, keeping up with the candidates progress, and putting your foot down for something that you feel strongly about will make serious changes for the better.

Children are exposed to conflict at a relatively early age. Whether it is Superman fighting crime on TV, or their actual friends having a disagreement,s it is the way children learn to deal with conflict that can greatly affect the rest of their lives.

It is a common idea — children are always being told to use their words. When they point to things they want, their mothers will say, “Honey! Use your words.” However, the opposite thing is often portrayed in society. Fighting is evident in everyday life. Television shows often display physical fights. Video games are filled with violence. Children are expected not to use this type of behavior, but it can be confusing when they are constantly surrounded by it.

Despite this, it is obvious that the best way to solve a problem is not through physical fighting. Being physical doesn’t really solve any problems. It can often escalate the problem and make it worse. When someone is about to fight, the anticipation can cause them to become more nervous and this, in turn, creates another problem. Obviously, when two people physically fight, they both have the potential to become seriously injured. At the end of the fight, now two problems exist. The injuries, which are the aftermath of the fight. And the problem that caused the fight in the first place still hasn’t been solved, but definitely escalated. There are now just more problems to potentially work through.

When it comes to finding a solution to a problem, talking it out is the most productive method. Often, problems are not as big as they seem. Problems can often stem from small misunderstandings. The best way to figure this out is to simply have a conversation with the other person involved. As mad as someone might be, it is important to hear both sides of an issue in order to find a solution — important points can be brought to light. This way, it can be easier to understand where the other person may be coming from.

This skill is especially important for college students. No matter what career path one chooses, mediation and communication skills are essential. This is what talking through problems can teach people. By doing this, students are taught empathy and learn to better understand how humans work. This is helpful in the fields of medicine, journalism, music, theatre, education and many others. If college students can keep conversing as much as they can, it will better prepare them for their futures.

The common thread among every career is communicating. Whether it be communicating with clients, students, co-workers, bosses or even animals, it exists in virtually every aspect of life. Communicating with peers about potential problems prepares students for the prevalence of communication.

It is clear that physically fighting cannot provide the same kind of benefits and it certainly does not provide a way to get to a clear solution. On the other hand, talking out problems is a better way to get to a solution and also teaches valuable communication skills. Put down your fists and start speaking up.

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Did you vote?

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Yes, of course I did No, why even bother LINDSAY GIBBONS

Equinox Staff These last few weeks, midterm elections were in full swing, with voting taking place last Tuesday, Nov. 7. For many students in college, this midterm election was the first time they have had the opportunity to vote, and it’s so important that they do.

Youth are the future, but there won’t be a future valuable for us if we don’t take the steps needed to mold our country to best fit our needs. As the world changes, politics need to change with it. But that won’t be possible if young adults don’t come out to the polls.

According to data from the Census Bureau, the voting turnout for presidential elections in young adults aged 18 to 24 has averaged about 40 percent. In midterm elections, the number is closer to 20 percent.

People aged 65 and older have a very high turnout of 70 percent.

In the 2016 presidential election, the average voting age was 57.

Therefore, the polls seem to be dominated by the older generations, while younger people are often left unheard.

There’s no single answer as to why the voting rates among young people are so low. But it’s essential - more and more young adults need to head to the polls and have their voices heard.

One of the biggest reasons why more young people don’t

vote is because they think that their vote won’t make any difference. But the fact is, one vote can make a difference. Many elections are decided by just a handful of votes. Not voting only ensures that your voice will not be heard. Back in 1839, a former Massachusetts governor won the election by just one vote. That person’s vote mattered a lot. The same can be true for yours. “When it comes to things like, ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ people actually think their vote matters,” former president Barack Obama stated in an interview with CNN. “But a vote in this November’s election actually does matter.”

Many young people, especially college students, will also say that they are too busy to vote. This can be understandable. With classes, extracurriculars and homework, who has time in their schedule to vote on a Tuesday? This is why many states, including Vermont and Massachusetts, have absentee ballots. This allows students and others who can’t make it to the polls to send in their vote ahead of time, so there’s no need to find time in their schedule to vote on a Tuesday.

The youth vote has the potential to be extremely powerful in elections. If more young adults begin voting, experts predict that it’s merely a matter of time before they become the largest, most powerful group of voters who will drive future United States elections. How-

ever, not everyone that can vote actually does. This means that fewer younger people will have a say in topics that really matter to them, including federal job programs and college tuition.

Many people think that choosing a president, governor or senator just isn’t something that will affect their life. However, for many college students, adulthood will bring new challenges, such as paying for student loans, buying a house, health insurance, or even starting a family. All these factors can radically change your perspective on politics. While you can’t predict where you’ll be in life in four years, the candidates being elected right now can have a real impact on you in years to come, so why not have a say in who is representing you? “You wouldn’t let your grandparents pick your playlists,” Barack Obama stated.

“Why would you let them pick your representatives who are going to determine your future?”

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ANGELIQUE INCHIERCA

SEnior Staff For the past few weeks, I have been bombarded with reasons why I need to vote from professors, Next Gen volunteers and friends. While I think people should have a voice and vote for what they want, each time someone asked, “Are you voting?” I knew I could either tell them I’m not and get an earful of reasons why my decision is “incorrect” or I could lie to save time. Incase anyone is still wondering — no, I did not vote.

Why did I not vote? Simple. I didn’t have the time to research the candidates, I know almost nothing about politics (making research disencouraging), I feel politicians are all corrupt and the system is too stressful and I refuse to vote for someone just because my friend told me to.

Growing up, my family never spoke of politics. We didn’t watch it on television, newspapers were used for art projects and pumpkin carving and it was much easier to say I was in the Independent party so I didn’t have to choose side.

This left me far behind other students as I didn’t understand what Far Left and Far Right values were and who was which.

My mother says my sister and I were raised democratic, while my father said “we” are republican. By the time I was a senior in highschool, I saw the terrifying effects of the election pro-

cess for the presidency and was thankful I missed the voting age by two weeks.

When I tell people this, many say I can start learning and vote … but that was maybe a day before the election. I felt incredibly pressured by those around me to vote for who they wanted me to. Whether it was the professor who avidly dislikes Trump, Next Gen’s very democratic-heavy flyers only showcasing the positives of one candidate and not the other, or my friends who think that I will partake in a vote that I have no background research in.

I did not favor the constant interruptions throughout my already-hectic, college day to be given the same papers and the same mini speeches while doing assignments, running from one meeting to the next or trying to sit down and enjoy food at the Dining Commons.

While the people who often did this are probably extremely kind people, I often heard students complaining about hearing about voting all day long.

My Area Coordinator sent a mass email to residents stating, “There have been individuals and groups soliciting within the halls, specifically to vote and in favor of political candidates,” as well as how they were not permitted within the halls and are not affiliated with the school. These extreme tactics to get students to vote actually pushed me from wanting to learn more about voting, this

is commonly known as a boomerang effect. I also felt like I didn’t have access to a non-bias source at the time I began to consider voting.

One thing I will say is that I believe it is wrong to shame people for not voting. I am not the only student who feels this way. Science News’ article ‘Why people don’t vote and what to do about it’ says, “People who received the most shame-heavy mailings also tended to call the number on the mailings — and demand to be left alone.” People may encourage or help explain the process to their friends or family, but pressuring or shaming them can lead one to regret their decisions or feel like they are lower than others. Instead of shoving it down someone’s throat, politic-loving students should encourage their friends and offer educational advice.

Remember that not everyone is comfortable with voting or may have their own personal reasons for not wanting to. Ask them why and don’t counter their opinions with “So you’re just going to waste it?” or “It’s your basic right, if you don’t vote then you’re not supporting America.”

Angelique Inchierca can be contacted at ainchierca@kscequinox.com

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From a violin’s strings to a musician’s soul RYAN BLOOMBERG

Suzuki Method of violin until the end of middle school. The Suzuki method of violin was created

by Shinichi Suzuki, a legendary japanese musiWhen I toured Keene State College, I had not cian. He was a philosopher in finding the perfect heard of the Redfern Music Department, and way to teach children the art of playing violin, when I stepped into the mysterious doors, I had and with his methods, anyone could start learnno idea what was in store. ing how to play and understand the instrument.

When I was much younger, I had a passion No matter if they were 3 years old or even 53, his for music that started in elementary school. That methods worked, and they helped me become passion soon grew into a love for instruments. the violinist I am today.

That is when I picked up both the saxophone and This passion only grew further and further the violin. They were like two different worlds as I signed up for marching band in high school for me: one with jazz and powerful sounds, and and started to branch out in my knowledge of the the other with subtle, beautiful tones. I per- violin. While some nights I was playing in the formed in concert band marching band, cheering against our school’s up into high school, rival, other nights I was performing in local and continued barn dances with the violin, as well as popular my learning museum events for the public. I continued to grow of the musically, from playing at nursing homes and end of the year recitals. I honed my understanding of the violin until it felt like an extension of my arms, and until the music I was playing never left my head. As high school came to a close, I had to leave my saxophone behind. I knew that with all of the things I wanted to achieve in college, I didn’t want to stress myself out with another instrument. When I found Keene State College, I didn’t even know how much I would come to love its undiscovered music rooms and its advanced practice halls.

If you fast forward to today, you’ll almost always find me in the Redfern, whether I’m playing in an ensemble, in a practice room, or even in the recital halls. With a music minor, I strive to perform at the best of my ability, with about 8 hours a week of solo practicing and music classes, on top of the rest of my regular classes. Next semester, I plan to join the orchestra, and continue to thrive in the music department - always

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learning and growing through my triumphs and mistakes. Some might say that playing that many hours is self-destructing, and I disagree.

Even with other classes in my schedule, I find plenty of time to relax and take breaks, before jumping into the next concerto or sonata.

Although sometimes tedious, playing an instrument brings out the best in music, as people can come together as one to achieve something beautiful. Relying and supporting one another in an ensemble is definitely my favorite part of the music I play, as it highlights the different styles of each instrument all in one piece. I believe everyone should try playing an instrument once in their lives, because they’ll never know what they’ve been missing.

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Equinox Staff How we present ourselves on social media is up to us, how we look and are presented can all be changed with a simple filter. Acne, extra weight, hair color, eye color all can be changed, everyone can be flawless. Keene State College senior and Art Major Haley Kean questions the impacts social media has on our lives in her new three part mural.

Since she was young, Kean knew she wanted to be an artist. There was a special bond that she could not break between her and art. As she grew older, Kean realized there was a lot she could say through her talent. Now a senior at Keene State College, Kean has been working on activist art.

“I Post Therefore I Am” is Kean’s latest street mural, displayed outside of the Redfern Arts Center at Keene State College. The three part installation sets out to explain social media impacts. Kean said. “It’s about the voyeuristic qualities of social media and how it allows you to know more about people than you would have ever known, especially strangers. If you think about it, [people] that you follow on Instagram you may have talked to once or maybe never. I thought that was a really interesting concept and I started from there.”

Kean said she got the idea for this project from viewing the puzzling world of social media, and was impacted by the embedded beauty standards and objectification of women. Instagram baddies and Tumblr models both come with standards that constrict society’s standards of beauty from growing.

Each mural depicts something different, but all express how addicting it can be to get our followers’ likes. The first mural of the series is a figure whose face is represented with an emoji in front of a completely black background. It shows how isolating it can be, looking for that perfect picture to post and hoping it get

a high number of likes, displaying the need for validation. Painting number two, or as Kean refers to it, the triptych mural, is a figure on their phone surrounded by happy face emoji. Kean said, “[It]represents how you can be overwhelmed by social media and how you can be basically claustrophobic. Being on social media can make people feel like you need to have the approval of all these people and you need to take that one picture one thousand times even though they all look the same.” The final piece was inspired by the famous artist Pablo Picasso. Squating in public, the figure is all alone with passing shadows of people around it. The figure in each piece is meant to be ambiguous so that all viewers can connect with it in some way.

KSC sophomore and Film Production Major Jessica Moir said, “I feel like the smiley faces are what the world wants her to be, but she’s more serious. It is as if the smiley faces are forced.”

Starting as a personal project, Kean eventually applied for a Student Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) grant to bring her passion to life. Kean said, “I applied for the SURF grant and I got the opportunity to make large scale work, which is something I would never have been able to do without that SURF grant. I was able to fulfill my wildest dreams as an artist and use really large scale prints.”

Redfern Arts Center Director Shannon Mayers said, “I like [the murals,] and I’m glad they are out there and that student artists are able to do this.”

Kean said her goal is not to make others think self expression through social media is bad, but rather that she wants to change the pressure concerning how a person looks.

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Fighting for musical rights JOSEPH GUZMAN

Equinox Staff Typically when you’re an artist of any kind, you want/ any kind of exposure for your music. Well, maybe not all publicity is good publicity. There are some specific musicians who would rather the President of the United States not play their music during his controversial and popular “Trump rallies.” The rallies have been going on since Donald Trump started his campaign for the 2016 election. There have been many artists who have had more than unpleasant exchanges with the president and his team, but here are some of the highlights.

The most recent example that drew this topic back into the eyes of the media involves pop star and icon Rihanna.

On Nov. 4 at around 12 p.m. Rihanna endorsed Democrat politician Andrew Gillum. Just three hours later Philip Rucker, the White House Bureau Chief, tweeted: “It’s been said a million times, [...] Trump’s rallies are unlike anything else in politics. Currently, Rihanna’s “Don’t Stop the Music” is blaring in Chattanooga as aides toss free Trump T-shirts into the crowd, like a ball game. Everyone’s loving it.” It took Rihanna only an hour to find that tweet, then respond with: “Not for much longer… I nor my people would ever be at or around one of those tragic rallies, so thanks for the heads up, Philip!” Insinuating that she will no longer let her music be played there.

The very first person who didn’t want their music to be associated with the at-the-time future president was none other than Canadian singer Neil Young. He wasn’t the happiest when he found that Trump was playing “Rocking in the Free World” and using it as his theme for the official presidential Campaign announcement. When asked to stop using his music at the rallies, Donald Trump's team replied with: “We will respect [Young’s] wish and not use

it because it’s the right thing to do.” Just roughly a week ago, Young decided to speak out against Donald Trump again due to Trump's continued use of the song on his midterm tour. Young said, “DT does not have my permission to use the song ‘Rockin’ in the Free World’ at his appearances,[...] it goes against my wishes. [...] I asked him then, in a widely shared public letter to cease and desist.”

He explained how he believes Trump is hateful and then encouraged people to vote in the midterms.

These are just two out of the 5 incidents that have happened in the past two months. Each continues to snowball, making this issue all the more prevalent. Three first years from Keene State College wanted to ponder this subject too. Darwin Marsh, Jack Amadon, and Giancarlo Turiello were asked their opinions on the hot topic. Off the bat, all three agreed on a lot, saying that the artists should have to say where their music should be played. Marsh even says “I think artists have a right to choose to not have their music played at rallies, especially if the rallies represent a certain political party that the artist doesn't personally affiliate or agree with.” They all also happened to agree with each other in terms of thinking other artists will follow Rihanna and her rejection alongside Neil Young, Guns and Roses, Steven Tyler, and countless others. When asked which of the artists did they know officially say they didn’t like Trump using their songs. Only Amadon Knew saying Rihanna and Queen, two of the 14 artists.

The last thing the three of them agreed on was that they did not believe that Rihanna was in the wrong for the way she responded to Philip Rucker's tweet.

“I think artists have a right to choose to not have their music played at rallies, especially if the rallies represent a certain political party that the artist doesn't personally affiliate or agree with.”

- Darwin Marsh

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The 2016 short film “Thunder Road” is written by, directed by, and stars Jim Cummings, who plays James “Jimmy” Arnaud, (who I’ll refer to as “James” to avoid confusion with the actor who plays him,) a cop who has recently lost his mother. Kitty Barshay, Francesca I. Biasiolo, Melissa Papel and William Daubert have roles as well, as the funeral director, James’s daughter, James’s wife and a police chief.

The film takes place in a single room, the center of a church, and after the funeral director has spoken, James comes up to speak about and pay a tribute to his mother.

Between its title and its closing credits, the short film “Thunder Road” is composed of a single shot, and its events feel especially connected as a result. Additionally, the camera movement of the film provides a fluency which showcases itself especially well when James gets up to speak. Instead of a cut, the camera pans from a bench in the middle of the room where he was sitting to the front of the room and gradually moves closer as he speaks.

The camerawork is not the only aspect of merit here, however; Cummings delivers a fine performance as well, going from calm to teary eyed when his character begins by providing an overview of his mother as a person. He then continues by telling the church that she once donated $100 to a girl with down syndrome, and finishes by grieving over his meanness to his mother despite the support she gave him. Jim Cummings further convinces us that he is a police officer at his mother’s funeral by shedding a tear and wiping it away with a sniffle.

The film continues with James deciding it would be best to play the Bruce Springsteen song “Thunder Road,” (hence the name of the film,) which inspired his mom to move out and do something that would give her life meaning. He accompanies the song with his singing along and dancing, coming off as awkward to the rest of the church and embarrassing his daughter. When he realizes that he looks silly in a moment that should be serious, he tells someone to turn off the music while he carries his daughter in his arms. Though he once more mourns over the death of his mother, gives a teary apology for acting inappropriately at her funeral and tries to reach out to his daughter, his actions mean that he will be looked at in a more negative light by those that do not know him, and he has momentarily alienated his daughter, who turns away when he says her name. To add insult to injury, his dancing and singing is recorded by someone there.

In these moments, Cummings shines bright. During the “Thunder Road” bit of the film, he mixes nervousness, charisma, both physical and vocal, and mourning, for a crushing portrayal of a man who has just lost someone he cares about, when his character realizes how he appears to everyone else, he excels at playing a character who has just become self aware to his own apparent stupidity, when his character tries to get his daughter to forgive him, he sounds like a man in desperation, and when his character fails, he expresses anger, regret and despair.

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Equinox Staff On Nov. 15, 2017, heads were turned when the hiphop scene lost an icon and pioneer in a sub-genre of rap music called “Emo rap.” Born Gustav Elijah Ahr, this icon was more formally known by the stage name of “Lil Peep.”

On that day roughly a year ago, on tour in Arizona, he was found unresponsive on his tour bus. A former Collaborator who goes by the name of “Bexey” had taken a video of the passed out singer, claiming just moments before he was on screen that Lil Peep was in the back of the tour bus working on his muscles and six-pack. When Peep appeared on screen, he was lying/sitting down on a couch with his mouth open and hus head rolled all the way back. Hours later, it was found out that the cause of his death was an accidental fentanyl-Xanax overdose.

A couple of months prior to this, Lil Peep had released his debut album on August 11, 2017. It was called “Come Over When You’re Sober Part One.” Before this, he only had four mixtapes underneath his belt, ten joint collaborative EP’s, as well as one solo effort. “Come Over When You’re Sober Part One” clocked in at a little under 25 minutes and sold 16,000 album equivalent units within the first week.

Managing to scrape itself up the Billboard Hot 200, entering in at 168 and launching itself to the 38th spot. With hit singles such as “Benz Truck” (Гелик), “Awful Things,” and the most popular from this album on Spotify, “Save That S***.” The three of them alone collectively racked in (at the time of November 2) 304,652,469 plays on Spotify.

Shortly after the time of his death, the main producer for Lil Peep, Smokeasac, tweeted: “I and peep aren’t done yet; [I’m] gonna carry on his legacy until the end of my time; we still have unreleased beautiful music that we’ve made

throughout the year.; #lilpeepforever.” Later, his mother referenced a song peep wrote about killing everybody in his hometown in a video remembering her son. This would later to be known to the public as one of the singles that was going to be on his new album. The song is known as “Cry Alone,” and the album is supposed to be sequel to “Come over When You’re Sober Part One.” It currently is over 35 minutes long and will be released Friday, Nov. 9.

The four tracks that have already been released as promo are “Cry Alone” and “Runaway,” appearing on the album while “Falling Down” ft. Xxxtentacion and “Sunlight On Your Skin” ft. Ilovemakonnen were left off as singles.

Excitement for this album hasn’t wavered, and there is a strong following of different types of Lil Peep fans on campus—some more on the casual side, and some more die-hard side. First years and Lil Peep fans Zachary j Feinauer, Michael Beck, and Paige Karavas all represent these types of fans. “I just believe that he has a very niche style of punk hip-hop that teenagers can really connect with.” Said Feinauer when talking what made Peep stand out from his contemporaries. Both Feinauer and Beck’s favorite song from “Come Over When You’re Sober Part 2” is the song “Save that S***”. While Karavas explained “The bright side [...] was my go-to song every time I went on long car rides during hard times. (it’s a) Good song.” Beck came to the conclusion that since Peep had a song with Xxxtentacion that suggests a lot of rappers are very tight-knit. Not knowing that the song made after they both died. Lastly, When all were asked whether or not they think he should deserve a posthumous album. Different opinions were given then expected! Feinauer focused mostly on artist saying “I think his death was tragic and all too common in this age of music. He makes mistakes in his life and regardless of how he died he deserves this album.” While Beck thought

about the album from the standpoint of the label mentioning how “I think he can have a posthumous album if his record label decides it. I see no problem with it.” Karavas had the answer that came mostly out of left field explaining that “I always kind of feel bad when people collaborate different artists together or release music after their passing. Sometimes things aren’t released for a reason, and they should let him rest in peace along with his unfinished music.”

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On Wednesday, November 8, music students performed in the weekly Music Workshop Student Recital series. Students performed a range of classic music both vocally and instrumentally. The performances occur every Wednesday at 2 p.m. The workshop is led by Assistant Professor of music Dr. Christina Wright- Ivanova.

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You could develop carpal tunnel in your wrist and that is going to reduce the mobility in your wrist over time,” Rinker continued. “A lot of instrumentalist work out a lot, especially violinists, because they want their wrist or muscles to be lean and strong in order to not have that happen,” Rinker said.

As Rinker said, instrumentalists work out to develop strong muscles. Foofat said she recommends to her instrument-playing students that they work out regularly. “I

encourage students to go to the gym and working out to stay in general good physical coordination,” Foofat said.

Foofat explained light weight lifting, core exercises and exercises to strengthen their backs will benefit students in building their musical stamina. Foofat said other exercise such as swimming and yoga are good for instrumentalists too.

“Musicians need to take care of themselves, and not forget that we’re completely dependant on our bodies functioning to do our art,” Foofat said Erin McNemar

The story continues KATHRYN SPADAFORA

Equinox Staff Over the past two decades, JK Rowling’s “Harry Potter” series has become a global phenomenon. A story which has changed and defined our generation, “Harry Potter” has expanded to a multi-billion dollar film franchise and a theme park at Universal Studios in Florida. The Wizarding World has even come to Broadway, with the play “The Cursed Child,” which follows the children of Harry and Ginny. The latest expansion, however, has brought us back in time to the 1920s, with “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.” Following magizoologist (zoologist of magical creatures) Newt Scamander, The “Fantastic Beasts” series appeals to an older audience, as the films become darker and follow adult characters. This is not unlike “The Cursed Child,” which features the characters we grew to love as adults raising their children.

A brilliant capitalization on the growing up of the “Harry Potter” generation, the developments which the “Fantastic Beasts” franchise has brought to the Wizarding World sees the story growing alongside its audience. Many, like myself, grew up with “Harry Potter.” Born into a die-hard “Potterhead” family, I cannot remember a time when Harry, Ron and Hermione were not a part of my life, or forget the excitement of finally being old enough to read the books.

For the films, my sisters and I got dressed up with friends to go to the midnight premieres. These, amongst many other memories, made “Harry Potter” my childhood and a special bond I share with friends and family. My story is, I know, similar to many of our generation, and that is exactly what “Fantastic Beasts” looks to capitalize on.

Not only has the story grown with a maturing audience, the “Fantastic Beasts” series expands the world and history of the Wizarding World, as well as makes connections to the “Harry Potter” series and its mythology. In particular, the upcoming film “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald,” the sequel to the first “Fantastic Beasts” film, introduces us to young Dumbledore and his history with Grindelwald, which ends in the most famous wizarding duel in Harry Potter mythology.

For years, fans have learned about Grindelwald’s role in Harry Potter’s story, and the famous duel he had with Albus Dumbledore — all of which they will now get to see play out on the big screen as the mystery unfolds. It also will show the birth of Tom Riddle, the dark wizard who later becomes Harry Potter’s nemesis Voldemort, and the backstory of his snake Nagini. The internet exploded in excitement when, at ComicCon, a trailer was released which revealed Nicholas Flamel — a famous figure who all Potterheads will know as being the maker of the Sorcerer’s Stone. The first book and film from the “Harry Potter” franchise, titled “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” involved the main characters trying to keep the Sorcerer’s Stone out of dangerous hands as Voldemort seeks to find it and use its abilities to make him immortal. These connections not only serve as nostalgic excitement for Potter fans worldwide, but threads to bind the the entire Wizarding World together.

As “Crimes of Grindelwald” releases on November 16, 2018, the hype and excitement amongst fans is at an all-time high, and the longing to return home to Hogwarts is more evident than ever. So raise your wands, wear your house colors, and put on your robes. The worldwide love for “Harry Potter” is in full force, and and as the fans continue to grow, only time will tell when we will next enter the Wizarding World.

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How to save your musical future ERIN MCNEMAR

Arts & EntErtAinmEnt Editor If you have a passion, it can be hard to put the brakes on what you’re trying to accomplish. In some cases however, it’s what is best for your body physically.

Music majors at Keene State College practice their instruments for multiple hours a day. With that kind of repetitive motion, it is not uncommon for musicians to develop overuse injuries.

“Playing an instrument is like playing a sport. If in general you’re not in good physical condition, you can’t just throw yourself into doing something for multiple hours a day. You have to build up endurance,” said Orchestra Director and String Coordinator Dr. Nadege Foofat.

“Just like in sports, you can get repetitive stress injuries or a strain or tendonitis. It’s the same thing for instrumental players. People don’t often think of musicians as athletes, they are really athletes of the smaller muscle groups,” Foofat said.

Pain while playing an instrument can also be caused by the overuse of the muscle flaring up and old injury. First-year Rosemarie Webster began playing the violin around the age of five. When she was ten, Webster broke her arm and developed tendonitis.

Now that she is majoring in music and playing the violin for extended periods of time, Webster is experiencing pain from playing the instrument. “My wrist will start to really hurt.

Then it can go from ‘my hand really hurts and it’s harder to play,’ or it can go to the extent where I can’t feel my hand at all. I’ve been told to rest it, which I have been doing,” Webster said.

With her tendonitis flaring up, Webster has been forced to cut back on the time she spends practicing. “For right now, what I have measured is it starts hurting after an hour and a half of straight up playing,” Webster said.

Webster is currently looking for a physical therapist to help her work on strengthening the her previously injured area.

Before switching to bass, first year Colette Rinker tried her hand at the violin as well.

Rinker explained the importance of holding your instrument correctly to avoid injury.

“If you don’t have the right wrist position physically, you’re going to mess up your wrist.

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Hootie’s Nocturnal Knockout SEBASTIEN MEHEGAN

AdministrAtive executive editor Most students in high school show school spirit during pep rallies. It’s much the same with Owl Nation’s event, Hootie’s Nocturnal Knockout.

At 7:00 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, the Spaulding Gym doors opened for Keene State College students to come for free items ranging from shirts to Celtic game tickets, a routine by the cheer team, another from the dance team and a showcase of the KSC basketball team’s skills.

Owl Nation President and KSC senior Maria Aiello said, “This year we did really focus on kicking off the basketball season.”

KSC first-year and Basketball Point Guard Jeric Cichon said, “We are just doing little dunks and have the crowd into it.” Cichon said the event feels the same as the pep rallies he attended in high school.

Hootie’s Nocturnal Knockout came at a time just before the basketball season started. Their first game was on Saturday, Nov. 9.

Aiello said, “We started about a month ago. The first thing was setting the date.” She said even this task was challenging, considering that the teams and people performing at the event needed their schedules to coincide.

Aiello said another challenge Owl Nation was working on for this year was ensuring that the attendees would stay for the whole event. She said in past years that she’s helped run the event, the attendance was really low and most people in the crowd left before the end of the event. “Last year, it was on a Friday, and it was late at night, so that was another thing. So honestly we had about half turnout last year [compared to this year]. We did the raffle early on in the event [last year] so we decided to do it towards the end to keep the energy up.“ Aiello said that to combat the lack of attendance, she and the E-board of Owl nation changed the date from Friday to Thursday and made it earlier in the night. “We wanted to make it shorter and move the time up to try to get people to stay until the end,” Aiello said. “Another thing that we ended up doing this year is we added a little giveaway at the end of the event so everybody stays, and we added Celtic tickets as a giveaway and they have to be here to win at the end, so that was like two incentives to stay because it should be really fun.”

Owl Nation organized a few games for the attendees to participate in as well.

KSC first-year Selena Legacy said, “I decided to just watch [the games] my first year just to see how it all played out.”

Legacy said she could feel the high energy as the teams came out to showcase their skills: “I was up in the booth, and they all came out screaming and it was just such a great atmosphere.”

Legacy also gave positive comments regarding the skills shown by members of the dance team. Legacy said she heard about the event from flyers posted all over campus and from the Resident Assistant on her floor.

Other attendees such as sophomore Tyler Doherty came for the free shirts at the beginning. “I don’t really know that much of what’s going on but my friend brought me here…[I’m here] to hang out with friends and the free t shirt,” Doherty said.

Aiello said Owl Nation is hoping to do other events specifically for the swim team and other winter teams as well.

Sebastien Mehegan can be contacted at smehegan@kscequinox.com

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It's Alive

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Gamer’s Guild takes over Humans Vs. Zombies ADRIANA DANIEL

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and any interaction with them can lead to explosion of the game. Players were divided into three teams, and in rounds, the players will swap out being zombies and being humans. The goal of the game is to find the one of three ‘bombs’ hidden in the Student Center. Each ‘bomb’ will be labeled with a different team’s number, to win you most find your team’s ‘bomb.’

Daniel Siletti, a junior at Keene, signed up for Gamers Guild with his friends because it sounded fun. When asked if he would ever be a part of rebuilding of the Humans vs. Zombies Club, Siletti said: “I don’t know, I’d probably lean toward no. The reason I was hesitant to sign up was because I get a little annoyed about the whole ‘zombie craze’ that’s going on. It seems a little over the top, and I think it’s a little forced, and that it’s time to move on to a different subject, so I’d say probably no.”

Erwin said: “Primarily we are Gamers Guild, we are giving [Humans vs. Zombies] the same treatment we would give any other Gamers Guild event… essentially we are sponsoring a few events to hopefully to gain new members for it.

Largely this is to build a new player base and make a new e-board.” The Gamers Build does not aspire to have Humans vs.

Zombies be theirs forever. Erwin got the idea to adopt Humans vs. Zombies from an Alumni, Dmitry Borisov. Erwin said “Dmitry Borisov was a part of Humans vs. Zombies while he was here, but right now he is an alumni who just works here.

But he attends Gamers Guild and takes an active role in student life.” Borisov declined to comment.

For seven years on the Keene State College campus, students have been fighting off the zombie race with the oncampus club Humans vs. Zombies. With the club gone, the Gamers Guild has decided it is their turn to save the day.

Humans vs. Zombies, after seven years, has been dissolved as a club on the Keene State College campus. After their final semester in the spring of 2018, the club was left with no new participants and an e-board of graduating seniors. The Gamers Guild has picked up the long-standing game, hoping to keep the fun alive.

President of the Gamers Guild Joseph Erwin said, “All of the e-board graduated at the end of last year, leaving them with no effective command. One of the members of Gamers Guild wanted to make sure Humans vs Zombies was getting enough attention, and we said alright.”

In the past, Humans Vs. Zombies was played outside for a week. A third of the players were zombies who were attempting to “kill” the humans, and the rest of the players were humans trying to stay alive for the entire week. Usually played with 40-60 students, the Gamers Guild weren’t able to gather up the same about of interest from former years.

Erwin said, “We’ve had decent amount of interested [students,] not the largest, but a decent amount. I think we’ve had about 20-25 people who are on the email list.”

With the change of ownership, the Gamers Guild did not be playing the game over a week’s time, but instead an evening. Saturday Nov. 10th, the Gamers Adriana Daniel can be contacted at Guild played their first ever sponsored adaniel@kscequinox.com event for Humans vs. Zombies.

The event was played in the Student Center, at 7 p.m. The Student Center was not closed for the game, since players are instructed to leave “civilians” alone

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Practicing our right to vote ALYSSA WISNIEWSKI

Student Life editor On Tuesday, Nov. 6, students, staff and faculty participated in voting for the midterm election this year.

Keene State College provided shuttles for students to arrive at the polls. Kimberly Schmidl-Gagne, the program manager for Provost, says she believes voting is something that should be an expectation for everyone.

“Voting is one of those things that should be an expectation of all people, this is a democracy and the only way it works is for everyone to be involved and for everyone to be heard,” said Schmidl-Gagne.

Schidml-Gagne also says it’s the school’s responsibility to prepare students for life after college and as actively engaged citizens.

“Part of our responsibility is if we’re going to have [students] be active engaged citizens when they leave for college, is to start getting them engaged in the process now,” said Schidml-Gagne.

For some students, this year’s election was their first time voting. The school provided information on the candidates and the constitutional questions.

“We wanted to get the students ready — it’s not practice, it’s real, — and tried to provide some support to help develop good habits around voting and civic engagement,” said Schidml-Gagne.

To ensure that more students would vote this year, the school provided shuttles as transportation to the wards, a taco truck, and therapy dogs.

“Our job became getting rid of the obstacles, and making it fun for students,” said Schidml-Gagne.

As the shuttle busses brought students to and from the polls, community members were on board volunteering.

“What made [Election day] so special was not only did we have members of the college volunteering, but we also had community members working as shuttle captains. It was really neat and they loved it,” said Schmidl-Gagne.

All these factors led to an increase in the number of students voting from the previous 2016 election.

Schidml-Gagne reported that in 2014, about 12.5

percent of students who were eligible voted in the last midterm election. This year, approximately 23 percent of the student body voted.

Taylor Beaven, junior majoring in political science, believes that voting is a way students can be heard as well as make a difference.

“People die for a right to vote and on top of that, voting is essential for representative democracy to work,” says Beaven.

This year was Beaven’s second time voting, and he felt that it was good for him vote for candidates he believed could make a difference.

“Tuesday was my second time voting, and it felt good to cast my vote for candidates that do larger extent than others that match my American ideals,” says Beaven.

If none of the students voted, then officials cannot advocate for them or the laws affecting them.

“If our elected officials aren’t entirely represented of the 100 percent of the public political demographic, then our elected official cannot advocate for, and create laws support the current American ideals,” says Beaven.

The main reason why students should vote in upcoming elections is so their voices can be heard, and so they can understand what laws could affect them.

“The point in voting, especially for students is to be able to vote for those [who] represent or match to some extent your American ideals,” says Beaven.

Caroline Eber was among the 23 percent of students who voted this year. Voting made Eber feel empowered.

“This was my first time voting, and it made me feel empowered and [like] my voice existed and was valued,” says Eber.

Eber believes that not voting would take away a citizen’s chance to make a difference in the government.

“If we don’t vote, then there’s really no power to the people, and there’s no point in having democracy in the first place,” said Eber.

Alyssa Wisniewski can be contacted at Awisniewski@kscequinox.com

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“You just won five million dollars, what is the first thing you buy?”

Compiled by Angelique Inchierca

“First thing I buy? A car. I’d probably just buy a functioning car or a new laptop… I’d go with a new computer!”

-Jennifer Carlson

“A house. Somewhere on the beach.”

-Jake Dickson

“I’d probably buy a new car. I feel like I need a new car so if I had the money I would buy one.”

-Aurora Caraballo

“My parents a house.

They don’t really like where we live right now.”

-Carli Eber

“I’d pay off my student loans and I’d go to grad school. I’m an exercise science major so I’m going to grad school for occupational therapy.”

-Sarah Willson

“I don’t know if I’d buy anything. I’d probably give some of it to my parents and then maybe donate some of it. My parents have spent so much time and money on me so giving back some to them would be great.”

-Jennifer Weston “Unrealistically, I’d buy myself a hedgehog.

Realistically, I would probably do the same thing [as Sarah] and pay off my undergrad loans and pay for grad school. If [my hedgehog] is a boy, Sonic. If it’s a girl, Lola.”

-Katelyn Fournier

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11:00am - 2:30pm | November 29, 2018 | Zorn Dining Commons

BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwiches Coleslaw Corn on the Cob Spinach Artichoke Dip Themed Cupcakes

No meal plan? No problem! Pay at the door. All you care to eat.

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Campus Apple Streusel Bars Wide Photo Contest!

How to make your own candle holder!

LAURA ROMANIELLO

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These Apple Streusel Bars are soft, moist, full of apples and topped with cinnamon streusel! They’re so good you’ll have a tough time not eating the whole pan! I am a big fan of these bars. The base of the bars is a little more cake-like than brownie-like in that they are less dense. But they’re also not as fluffy as a cake. They are kind of right in the middle. Plus, they have plenty of apples and moisture!

They’ll sure be a hit in your family.

PUJA THAPA

BuSineSS Manager I am from Nepal. Last week, the festival called “Tihar,” also known as “the festival of lights,” was celebrated in my country. I saw photos of my friends and family on social media. Yeah, they seemed like they were enjoying the celebration without me. So I thought I should do something that makes me feel like I’m close to home and close to my culture.

Clay handmade oil lamps are quite popular during the festival. All the houses are bright and decorated with lights and flowers. There was no way I could light an oil lamp in my dorm. However, thanks to American innovation, there are flameless candles. Flameless candles were not enough to make me feel festive though.

So I decided to make a vibrant papier-mâché candle holder.

Ingredients: For the Base and Topping: 1 pouch (17.5 oz) Betty Crocker™ sugar cookie mix ½ cup cold butter, cut into pieces For the filling:

You need the following materials to make one: Tissue paper of your choice of colors, Mod-podge Matte, any glass jar that looks like a candle holder, paint brush, scissors and paper punch if you have any. Let’s get started then!

can (21 oz) more fruit apple pie filling (about 2 1/3 cups) ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

Step 1: Clean the glass jar and let it dry.

Directions:

Step 2: Cut the tissue paper into different small shapes you want. I cut small identical flowers out of them. It took a while. If you have paper punches, you can use them.

Heat oven to 375°F. Spray bottom and sides of 9-inch square pan with cooking spray.

In a large bowl, place cookie mix. Cut in butter, using pastry blender or fork, until mixture is crumbly (do not overmix).

Reserve 1 1/2 cups cookie mixture for topping; set aside.

Press remaining mixture in bottom of pan. Bake 10 minutes.

In a small bowl, mix pie filling and cinnamon until well blended. Spread on top of partially baked crust. Sprinkle with reserved 1 1/2 cups cookie mixture.

Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until light golden brown.

Step 3: Dip the paint brush in the Mod-podge glue and paste the paper flowers (or any shapes you have) on the jar.

Step 4: After the jar is fully decorated, let it dry.

Step 5: Put the candle (the flameless candle) inside your jar and let it shine!

Puja can be contacted at pthapa@kscequinoxcom

Laura can be contacted at lromaniello@kscequinox.com

SHORT STORY

The Puppeteer Part One ALYSSA WISNIEWSKI

Student Life editor “Mom, Dad! Where are you guys?” said Liam. The dark, ominous clouds rolled in as he tried to free himself from the fence that was completely destroyed.

“Liam! We’re right here sweetie,” said his mom. This gave Liam some hope. He knew if he could make it to the basement, that everything would be okay.

Liam opened his eyes to a dark room. He heard rain pouring and claps of thunder as he realized he had already lived the nightmare he just had. He started to cry, he had only lost his parents four months ago. Liam went downstairs to find Uncle John, sitting on the couch drinking the last of his beer.

“Hi Uncle John,” said Liam.

“Kiddo, what are you doing up? It's almost 3 a.m.!” said Uncle John.

“I couldn't sleep, I had the dream again.” Uncle John didn't say anything. He too was dealing with the loss of his sister.

Liam crossed the living room to the very small kitchen looking for a snack to calm his nerves. Liam opened the cabinet to nothing but the back wall of the cupboard. “No food again,” Liam thought to himself. He put his hand in the cabinet trying to see if there were snacks, or just something he could eat. In the corner of the very last cabinet was a small wooden black box. Curiosity struck Liam as he reached for the box. He inspected it and called out to Uncle John, “Uncles John, what is this box for?” Liam waited for a response then realized his

uncle is asleep after finishing his last beer.

Liam took the box to his room. He unlocked the latch and opened it. Inside was a tiny key. Liam’s first instinct was to see if the key was for his bedroom door. Another roll of thunder clapped as the lightning struck. The whole house became dark. ‘I need to know where this key goes to,’ said Liam. He went to his closet and found his bathrobe and a flashlight. He headed down the hallway quietly. He tried all the bedroom and bathroom doors and still the key didn’t fit anywhere.

Liam went back downstairs to try the front door and the coat closet. ‘Darn, I thought for sure the key was for the closet,’ he thought to himself.

The last place to check was the basement. This did not frighten Liam. Liam’s parents taught him that the basement is the safest place to go. He walked over to the basement door, passing his Uncle sleeping on the couch. The key did not work for that door either. With Liam's brain full of wonder, he slowly tried to open the door. To his surprise, it was unlocked.

‘Uncle John always has this door locked and closed. Why is it open?’ he said to himself. Liam looked down the staircase to see complete darkness. He put one foot on the top step and slowly walked down the stairs with his flashlight in one hand, the key in another.

He flashed his light at the darkness. There were many moving-boxes and old tools Uncle John used for work. He kept searching and found a trunk. He wiped off the dust and tried to make out the words written on it. It read: “Property of Mary Barrington.” ‘My mom? I didn't know she even had

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Poems by Sonja Here is the scent of layers of dust and large dead black flies a colony of wood spiders caked white soap urine stained panties so much vomit fluoride tablets that turn teeth hot pink a maelstrom of salty seven-year-old’s tears spectacular fear and over half a century of destructive, lost and life-altering words.

Here is the black habit the black-framed bi-focals the black rosary dangling from that thick black waist.

Here is the devil.

I smell the camphor.

Here is the spittle sprayed in a trunk,’ thought Liam. He looked KYLE WILSN / EQUINOX STAFF rage—it reappears on the desk, at it more this time, paying attenthe floor, our shoes. tion to details. Under his mother’s name was a little lock. So Here is the day I was laid bare small, Liam had not seen it at first. He looked down at the key on the stage. he found. He placed the key in the lock, feeling the key turn.

Here is the flash of brutality Click, the box became unlocked. Eager to see what was inside, just before the punishment.

Liam opened the box, “What in the world is this?”

Here is the sadistic satisfaction.

Alyssa Wisniewski can be contacted at Here is the pain. awisniewski@kscequinox.com Here is our shame.

CREATIVE COLLECTION'S POLICY Creative Collections is a compilation of Keene State College Students' in multiple art forms (fiction writings, photography, graphic arts, ETC.) Any enrolled KSC student can submit to this section by contacting Angelique Inchierca at ainchierca@kscequinox.com

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Here is that day Keith Breen became our hero.

Here is the angry arm drawn back, ruler high overhead eyes maniacal with anticipation before the shocked horror at his single, sacrificial act — a refusal to accept the devil’s self-serving penance.

Here is all of it behind the blackboard.

On the water-stained walls in the frames of the giant, wired windows on the transom above the massive oak door in the memory of those communal tears clapped out in a miasma of chalk dust that floats to the floor from the smoky, soft felt erasers.

Here is all of it — still squeezing shallow breath from weak-kneed children.

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Thursday, November 8, 2018

Back at it again

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Whitney ends her first field hockey season and will make debut on the court ISABELLA HARRIS

Equinox Staff For dual athletes like Tess Whitney, when one season ends, another one begins.

Whitney is a first-year here at Keene State College, and not only is she a goalkeeper on the field hockey team, but she is going to be a forward on the basketball team as soon as field hockey is over.

Head Women’s Basketball Coach Keith Boucher said that athletes who play two different sports have to learn whole different offense and defense skills. “I have a lot of respect for any athlete period, but [especially] athletes that play two sports,” Boucher said.

“It’s a grind, there’s a lot of people walking around campus that could be playing but aren’t and thats because of the sacrifice it takes. It’s not an easy thing to do,” Boucher said.

Whitney said that “the grind” is definitely worth it.

“I’m really passionate about my sports and I appreciate the way it affects how you develop as a person,” Whitney said.

Boucher said this is a lot to throw at Whitney at once. “When it’s back to back, that’s a big commitment. It’s tough, you have to be mentally tough to do that because there’s no break,” Boucher said.

“I love both sports and I was actually sad when I thought I wasn’t going to be able to play basketball, but then I tried and got on,” Whitney said.

Rachel Loseby is also a goalkeeper on the field hockey team. “Even though she doesn’t start, she works her butt off and she’s ready to go in. If there’s a game I’m not playing well, she’s ready to go in and fill the void and bring the team up,” Loseby said.

“She’s constantly keeping up with the speed of

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playing a sport in college,” Loseby said.

Loseby said that by Whitey playing two college sports, “Keeps her in the mindset, [which is a] huge key in playing a college sport.”

Boucher said that Whitney has, “Very good work ethic, great attitude, so I think she’ll fit in well on the team.”

Whitney said that she hopes to play both sports all four years in her college career.

“Being a goalie, I like being able to focus on a specific thing, I can really hone in on my skills as a goalie,” Whitney said.

She also said the two games have two different atmospheres. “I love the strategy and the intensity of basketball,” Whitney said.

“She’s really committed for both [sports] so that’s awesome,” Loseby said.

“I give her a lot of credit,” said Boucher.

The field hockey team is playing their second round of the NCAA’s on Saturday, Nov. 10. “If we win that we’ll go into finals, if not, I think i’m going to transition right into basketball next week,” Whitney said.

“It sucks that they overlapped because basketball has already started and I’m going to have to jump right into it without going through preseason. I need to be in shape and ready for it right then and there so I can go right into games,” Whitney said.

Isabella Harris can be contacted at iharris@kscequinox.com

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Owls surpass Salem state 89-64 Owls are 1-1 after loss to Maritime CAROLINE PERRY

Managing ExEcutivE Editor The men’s basketball team crushed Salem State 89-64 in their first game of the season. The Owls scored 10 consecutive points after giving up the opening basket and never trailed again, steadily pulling away the rest of the game.

Senior and preseason All-American Ty Nichols led the Owls with 22 points, including an 11-of11 showing from the free throw line. On top of that he added a team-high of seven rebounds, three assists and two steals. Sophomore James Anozie added 16 points to the score, 6-of-9 shooting. Sophomores DeVon Beasley (who shot 4-7 from the field and 2-of-3 from deep) and Miguel Prieto each had 12 points of their own. KSC took a 39-29 lead into halftime.

The Owls shot 42% from the field. They made 5-of-10 from long range to pull away in the second half. Nichols kept up the pressure scored four points in a row for a 43-33 advantage with 17:49 left. The teams traded baskets from there and Beasley quickly made it 50-43 at the 14:18 mark. After that the Owls scored 11 consecutive points in less than two minutes to go up 61-43. Nichols had a two different threepoint plays and Diallo made a triple of his own.

Nichols was a scoring machine, scoring 14 of his 22 points after halftime to help lead the Owls to victory. Beasley added nine to the score, helping KSC finish the game out 89-64.

Caroline Perry can be contacted at cperry@kscequinox.com

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First Year Jenny Freedman made her college basketball debut playing against Anna Maria College CAROLINE PERRY

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The women’s basketball team kept up the pace, winning their season opener 64-48 against Anna Maria College. Sophomore Samira Sangare helped with keeping things moving, scoring 12 points to go along with four rebounds, two assists and two steals. Sophomore Lilly Shlimon added ten of her own points and seven rebounds off the bench. Juniors Kenzie Bennett and Hien Thach each scored nine points.

The Owls took a minute to get their footing, but soon began to pull away. Layups from Bennett and Mitchell made it a 21-10 game with 6:13 left until halftime. A buzzer-beating layup following a steal for

McPadden made it a 19-point lead (31-12) going into the locker room.

The Owls maintained a double-digit lead for the entirety of the second half. Two early baskets from Sangare, as well as one from sophomore Tamra Gonyea gave the Owls a game-high 37-14 lead. Bennett added another layup and a triple at the 4:14 mark, which crushed the Amcats momentum. The Owls kept at it during the fourth. Two buckets from sophomore Abby Thut and one from Thach made it 55-37 with 6:45 to go.

The Owls closed out their season opener with a 64-48 victory.

Caroline Perry can be contacted at cperry@kscequinox.com

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Thursday, November 8, 2018

Making herself known

McCall named Defensive Player of the year and MVP in the LEC CAILLA PRISCO

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Louisville City Wins Second Consecutive USL Cup Luke Stergiou Photo Editor Louisville City won the team’s second consecutive USL Cup on thursday night, making the Kentucky club to be the first ever team in the USL to win back-to-back championships.

Both teams were looking to make history in this game. Phoenix Rising FC, coming off their best season ever and winning the western conference of the USL for the first time in the clubs history, looked to add another trophy with a USL Cup win. The Arizona club also had Chelsea FC legend and fan favorite Didier Drogba playing in his last professional game, for the stakes were high for both the clubs and the fans to give him a proper send off.

Louisville City FC were looking to win the club’s second consecutive USL Cup and become the first team in the league to accomplish this feat. Hosting the match and partnered with a sold out crowd that supported them all the way to the final, the Kentucky side did just that. Although in the first half it didn’t look too promising for the purple and gold.

In the fifth minute, Phoenix Rising were awarded a free kick 45 yards out, with the Chelsea FC legend unleashing a deadly dipping ball that forced Louisville City goalkeeper Greg Ranjitsingh to make a parrying save to deny Drogba an early goal.

Rising FC’s best chance would come in the 24th minute after Didier Drogba played an incredible elastico through ball to Jamaican winger Jason Johnson, running through Louisville’s defense and firing a determined effort from 25 yards out.

The ball would deflect off of Louisville defender Paco Craig’s leg, but Greg Ranjitsingh managed to pull of some great reflexes to deny Phoenix Rising a goal. Phoenix Rising would have a few more chances, but ultimately the first half would end 0-0.

In the second half, the hosts started off more confidently. Attacking midfielder Brian Ownby had a great chance five minutes in, taking down a cross with his chest, only to sky it past the left post.

Redemption came for the hosts in the 62nd minute as Louisville City gained a corner kick. Oscar Jimenez sent in a curving corner kick, which was headed across by defender Paco Craig to Ilija Ilic, whose overhead kick was deflected off the line by loanee defender Tristian Blackmon, and then finally was slotted home by forward Luke Spencer to give a 1-0 lead to the hosts.

Brian Ownby nearly made it 2-0 to Louisville City after a breakaway attempt, but Ownby was unable to get the ball past Rising FC goalkeeper Carl Woszczynski. The final whistle would blow only minutes later and Louisville City would go on to win the club’s second consecutive USL Cup title.

This game was not only huge for both teams, but also the fans and the growth of American soccer. Although the MLS playoffs have been just as entertaining, The third division of U.S. Soccer is seeing some massive growth and should definitely not be shrugged off. With leagues like the USL, we could see some much needed growth in the lower levels of U.S. Soccer.

Luke Stergiou can be contacted at lstergiou@kscequinox.com

For most college athletes, being recognized as an athlete of the week is quite an accomplishment, but a select few are so talented they are awarded athlete of the year.

Keene State College junior Ally McCall was awarded Defensive Player of the Year and Most Outstanding Player in the Little East Conference (LEC) Tournament in women’s field hockey.

Along with these major awards, McCall was also honored with LEC Athlete of the Week for Sep. 3 and Nov. 5 as well as being named to the LEC First Team All-Conference.

McCall joins eight other previous Owls that were also awarded Defensive Player of the Year, the most recent being KSC alumna Marita Brothers in 2016.

McCall started all 24 games this season, helping lead the Owls to the Sweet Sixteen in the NCAA Division III Tournament.

Transferring from a Division I program at University of Vermont, McCall had participated in a higher level of competition, giving her a chance to play against different teams.

Both these awards are highly prestigious, and McCall now has made her mark in the Keene State record books.

“I am really lucky to have such a great team supporting me and such a talented team, seven of us being awarded LEC honors including Nina Bruno who won Offensive Player of the Year is so cool,” said McCall.

Joining McCall and Bruno in the First Team All-Conference is senior and midfielder Erica Stauffer and sophomore and forward Kayla Klein.

Seniors Julia Babbitt and Mia Brickley were awarded honorable mentions as well as junior Hailey Beaupre.

McCall continued to say that it is “very humbling” to be awarded

Defensive Player of the Year.

“I never expected to win MVP of the conference tournament, so that was a big surprise to me. It seriously wouldn’t have been possible without the team’s support, we have so many talented players and we trust each other on and off the field,” said McCall.

After the end of the 2018 season, the Owls will lose four key players, three of which were starters and the fourth player appearing in all 24 games.

Senior and captain Courtney Jessup said that McCall “deserves this award.”

“Ally is without a doubt one of the most talented field hockey players I’ve ever gotten to play with.

On the field she is a powerhouse. Her skills are amazing, but she also plays with heart. You can always count on her to put 100 percent into every game and practice which is special.

She can also pretty much play anywhere on the field.,” said Jessup.

Jessup continued to praise her teammate by saying that she is “extremely talented on and off the field.”

“She has the ability to push people and make them better players, including myself” said Jessup, “I do think that her winning most outstanding player of the tournament boosted her confidence because she is such an amazing player and does not always get the recognition she deserves. She also received LEC defensive player of the year and you know what they say, ‘offense wins games, defense wins championships.”

McCall still has another year left to play with the Owls where she will join Erica Chareth, Kelsey Roberts, Hailey Beaupre, and Jordan LaRaus as senior players.

The Owls finished their season after losing to the defending national champion, Middlebury College, 8-0.

Cailla Prisco can be contacted at cprisco@kscequinox.com

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McCall in the first round of the NCAA tournament against SUNY New Paltz winning 4-3

Made up of small numbers MATTHEW BARRIGA

Equinox Staff The women’s basketball team is facing a particular challenge this year with low numbers on the team.

According to senior Emily McPadden, there are currently thirteen players on the basketball roster. While this issue certainly presents a lot of obstacles, McPadden said this isn’t the first time the team has dealt with it.

McPadden has played basketball since her first year at Keene State College, and had played for many years before. She said that low numbers is always a problem that can influence a team, and when it does, it can come with major challenges.

“My freshman and sophomore year we had eighteen players both years,” she said. “My junior year we had about twelve and with injuries we actually didn’t even have a full team.” McPadden is the only returning senior this year, and said that there were many reasons that players couldn’t return for another season.

“It’s for a lot of different reasons. Some people had to leave the team because of school. They had hard majors and had to make the choice. It’s definitely hard for our incoming recruits and some of them realized early, which is good, that they can’t handle both. We’ve always been about academics first and coach always talks about academics being a priority, so they could find that balance and chose the academic route.”

According to McPadden, the majority of challenges come up with positions on the court. “Challenges are definitely for position-specific players.

I’ve had to play a forward just because we’ve had low numbers with injuries and everything which was definitely tough. But if definitely teaches different players how they’re ‘basketball IQ’ needs to expand once they get to college, especially with a small team. They need to know how to play multiple positions and sometimes that can be a strug-

gle for people.”

Junior Mackenzie Bennett has played all three years in college so far, and said that there are noticeable differences in the team this year as opposed to other years.

“The chemistry is different this year. We’re all really close - we spend a lot of time together on and off the court which has made it fun because we can read each other really well,” said Bennett. “It makes for a different kind of basketball too, when you’re playing with your friends.

McPadden shared similar thoughts, saying “With a smaller team it’s easier to bond with people. It also gives everyone an opportunity to play.”

Bennett said that some key players will help drive the team’s success in order to make up for the low numbers.

“We have a junior transfer Samira [Sangare].

She’s playing really well and is going to be a big presence for us rebounding and scoring,” said Bennett. “Jenny [Freedman] one of our freshman has shown a lot of potential and she’s been playing really tough. She definitely keeps the energy up and makes practice very competitive so I think she’ll be a really good defender, and she makes good decisions as a point guard. And then we have three returning players from last year’s lineup, so it’ll be really good to incorporate the new kids with us.”

The players on the team are all confident about the season, despite the challenges they face with such low numbers.

McPadden said “I think our team is doing great right now with the numbers we have. Everyone’s adjusting to their strengths and working on their weaknesses, and I think we have a shot to do really well this year. We just want to win games and work on getting better, and win that conference championship.”

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Defending her title CAILLA PRISCO

SportS Editor

Junior and captain Nicole De Almeida was awarded with Defensive Player of the Year by the Little East Conference (LEC) in Women’s Soccer, something she has been quite familiar with during her collegiate career.

This will be the third consecutive year she has won this award.

De Almeida is a key member of the defensive team for the Owls and started every game in the 2018 season, including one shutout game.

Captaining a young and inexperienced team as a junior was a task that De Almeida was ready to confront.

“It was definitely a great but challenging experience. I loved being someone that the team looked to when they needed something, whether it was help with something on or off the field. It definitely had its challenges, trying to keep people positive and motivated during some of the tougher games,” said De Almedia.

Senior Taylor Bisallion praised her teammate because of her active duties as a captain and coming into her own as a leader.

“Nicole has definitely become more vocal as a player on the team.

Last year it was very overwhelming having 12 seniors on the team and kind of hard to get your input in. This year she definitely got a better chance to voice her opinions and insight,” said Bisallian.

De Almeida said that she loved leading the team and would, “hope to be a captain next year too.”

De Almeida plays the center back position, leading the defensive side of things. She said it gave her, “a whole view of the field and command the field.”

When asked about differences of leadership roles from last season to this season, she said small things have changed.

“I think the biggest difference was I had more of a voice off of the field this year as well at practice and even afterwards,” said De Almeida.

This season was the first year in 20 years that the women’s soccer team did not make the LEC playoffs. The team added 12 new firstyears to their roster and only had 3 returning seniors, so the team did not have a large and seasoned upperclassmen group taking the field every game.

De Almeida said that this year was a “learning year” for the women’s soccer team.

“It was different because with so many newcomers, we were a very young team, where these past two years it was a majority of older players. A lot of the season was more getting to know one another and a lot of learning,” said De Almeida.

Bisallian agreed with De Almeida, stating that it was hard to learn on the field with so many new faces.

“I think the biggest difficulty this season was being able to work as one team. The talent was there, but with so many lost seniors, and other teammates due to injury, it was hard to find the right mesh,” said Bisallian.

Cailla Prisco can be contacted at cprisco@kscequinox.com

“I loved being someone that the team looked to when they needed something, whether it was help with something on or off the field.”

- Nicole De Almeida

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