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Vol. 72 , Issue #24
Thursday, April 25, 2019
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Trespasser on campus poses as resident assistant RACHEL VITELLO
News editor On Wednesday, April 17, all Keene State College students received an email notification from campus safety about a man who had been posing as a Resident Assistant of the College to enter residence halls. According to the email, Andrew J. Sibik was trespassed from campus on Monday, April 15. He was removed from campus and is not allowed to return. Video surveillance footage proved that Sibik had been entering residence halls after
having doors held for him. Sibik has a criminal history dating back to 2010, which includes burglary, criminal trespass, criminal mischief, possession of drugs, disorderly conduct, violation of probation, among other crimes. According to Interim Director of Campus Safety Kevin Williams, when campus safety presented an image of Sibik to Keene Police Department, they were familiar with him. According to Williams, it was residential life employees who had expressed concern about the possibility of a man pretending to be an employee and entering the buildings. “We heard stories prior of a man imper-
sonating a resident assistant. We searched the security camera system when it first came to our attention and were able to identify [him] on April 15,” Williams said. To prevent these situations from occurring, campus safety urges to students to not hold the doors open to pedestrians. If the individual is meant to be there, then they will have their own I.D. to enter the building. If they are a guest to the college, then they should be properly registered and have the student who registered them let them into the building themselves. Williams said that Sibik is banned from
campus and is not permitted to be there. If Sibik returns to campus again he will be immediately arrested for criminal trespass. If anyone sees him on campus they should not approach or attempt to contact him. Campus safety instructs people to take note of what he is wearing and call campus safety at (603) 3582228 and the Keene Police Department at (603) 357-9815. Rachel Vitello can be contacted at rvitello@kscequinox.com.
Elizabeth Warren speaks at KSC
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Presidential candidate and current U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren spoke in the Mabel Brown Room of the Student Center about her future plans for the country to KSC and Keene community members.
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equiNox staff Senator Elizabeth Warren, one of the Democratic presidential candidates for the 2020 Presidential election, came to Keene State College on Saturday, April 20. Senator Warren held a town hall meeting in the Mabel Brown Room where she promoted her campaign for Democratic nomination and shared her vision of an improved America that would work for everyone, not just the rich. Warren began her speech by trying to
connect with the audience with personal anecdotes. She has an older brother who was a combat medic in Vietnam. She talked about why she became involved with politics and what motivated her to run for president. These things include corruption, income equality, and President Donald Trump. Senator Warren specifically cited the Mueller Report and said that President Trump welcomed foreign interference from Russia. “Donald Trump welcomed that help even when the federal government took multi-
ple steps to try to derail that investigation,” Warren said. Warren said that it is now up to Congress to impeach the president, and argued that impeachment is not politically charged. “There are some things that are bigger than politics, this is one of them. We cannot be an America that says it is okay for a president of the United States to try to block investigations to a foreign attack on our country, or investigations into that president’s own misbehavior,” Warren said. Throughout her speech Senator Warren stressed three major ideas. These ideas were
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Warren talked about how in the early 1990s climate scientists began warning about the effects of climate change and initially had bipartisan government support, until the Koch Brothers and oil companies began lobbying politicians. Warren said that the proposal is too complex to be explained in full but offered the audience a sample of some of her ideas. These included ending corporate lobbying, “blocking the revolving door between Wall-Street and Washington,”, and “making the Supreme Court follow basic rules of ethics” and a jab
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government corruption, income equality and restoring democracy. Warren said that government corruption is one of the problems that prevents the government from working for the American people. Warren claimed to have created the largest anti-corruption bill in America since the Watergate era. “When you have a government that works fabulously for those with money and doesn’t work for the rest of the country, that’s corruption, pure and simple, and we need to call it out for what it is,” Warren said.
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Blood Drive
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On Tuesday, April 16 and Wednesday, April 17 a blood drive was hosted in the Mountain View Room on campus. Students, faculty and staff visited the Mountain View Room from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday and 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesday to donate blood for the American Red Cross. For more information about the American Red Cross and future blood drives in the area, visit redcrossblood.org, call 1-800RED CROSS or download the Blood Donor App in the App store.
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at President Trump. “Anyone who wants to run for federal office should have to put their tax returns online,.” Warren said. Growing up, Warren’s family fell into financial distress due to her father’s health issues, and the bank almost foreclosed on their house. Warren’s mother was able to get a minimum wage job which saved the house and the family’s finances. Warren lamented that in 2019 minimum wage would not be enough to do this. Warren also talked about the need to restore democracy in America. She said that the Electoral College needs to be abolished and that this would not require a constitutional amendment. Warren said that to fix the problem of income inequality, the economy must be restructured. She said that large corporations have the freedom to do whatever they want without facing consequences. “They roll over their employees, they roll over their customers, they roll over their communities where they’re located and that’s going to keep happening until we can bring
balance back into the system,” Warren said. She said that the best way to balance power is by bringing more power to the workers. “We need to make it easier to join a union and we need to give unions their say. Unions built America’s middle class and unions will rebuild America’s middle class,” Warren said. Warren also proposed a wealth tax. Warren said that her proposed wealth tax would actually be a property tax that includes luxury items like yachts in addition to real estate. Warren stressed that this wealth tax would only apply to those with a net worth over fifty million dollars. Warren said that the money from this wealth tax could be used to provide universal childcare and preschool, while leaving two trillion dollars leftover. Warren also discussed her support for The Green New Deal. Warren said she believes that there is more that unites the American people than divides them. “I think if we figure out how to make the government work for the people rather than the rich, I think a lot of our divi-
sion will disappear,” said Warren. Davis Bernstein helped organize the town hall meeting with the Keene State College Democrats and introduced Warren to the crowd. Bernstein believes that Warren would be able to heal some of the political polarization in America. “She has a really unifying message. She’s really good on foreign policy and a lot of things that will really benefit America. I think the Democrats are going to unify around reasonably anyone who is nominated,” Bernstein said. Not everyone at the event was enthusiastic about Warren, however. Some people agree with Warren’s policies of fighting corruption and corporatism in America, but also feel Warren is tied to corruption herself. Keene community member Joseph Mirzoeff is bothered by Warren’s connections to Hillary Clinton. Mirzoeff called Clinton corrupt and said her values are the opposite of Warren’s. “Why didn’t she come all out for Bernie and refrain from supporting Hillary?” Mirzoeff said. Mirzoeff
believes that the Democratic Party used illegal means to nominate\ Clinton for the pPresidency, and feels that nominating Clinton cost them the election. In an election between Sanders and Trump, Mirzoeff believes that Sanders would have won. “Bernie was going to swamp Trump. I can’t believe they did what they did to nominate Hillary and they lost the election on account of it,” Mirzoeff said. For more information on Warren and her campaign visit elizabethwarren.com. A Alex Harvey can be contacted at aharvery@kscequinox.com.
Honorary degrees and keynote speakers announced RACHEL VITELLO
News editor At this year’s commencement ceremony, Keene State College will grant two honorary degrees and the annual Granite State Award. Honorary degrees are given to individuals who have represented distinguished work in any field. The Granite State Award is given to an organization or business who has accomplished exemplary work in the state of New Hampshire. Dr. Robert Putnam will receive the Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters. Local business leader and KSC alumnus Leonard Chaloux will receive the Honorary Doctor of Science. The Historical Society of Cheshire County (HSCC) will receive this year’s Granite State Award. Putnam was a faculty member at Harvard University for many years and remains there today as a research professor. He has written 15 books that have been translated into 20 languages. He currently lives in Jaffrey with his wife after making it their home base about 25 years ago. “Because of that, we’ve had some contact with Keene State. I’ve spoken there several times and my wife was a special education teacher so she’s taken some courses there,” Putnam said. “The bottom line is, I think of myself as a neighbor to Keene State and have for a long time.” Putnam’s work over the last 25 years is mostly about communities in the United States and the degree to which people are connecting or not connecting. He spoke at KSC two years ago about his book “Our Kids,” which is about the growing gap between wealthy children and lower class children. He is also currently
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working on what he believes will be his last book about the ups and downs of American society over the last 125 years. “It’s a great pleasure to be honored by essentially your friends and neighbors,” Putnam said. “That’s why this honor from Keene State is so important, because it’s where I live. It’s one thing to get an honor from Oxford or some other place, it’s another thing to get an honor from your own hometown and local university.” Chaloux graduated from KSC in 1974 with an Associates Degree in Science- Manufacturing Process Technology and has lived in Keene for most of his life. After graduating and working in the field for over 25 years, Chaloux got the opportunity to start a company in Keene called Moore Nanotechnology Systems LLC. From the time he started the company in 1997 and was the only employee at the Keene location, he has grown it into a company that needed to build a larger building in Swanzey and now employs just under 100 people. He now has 45 years of industry experience and has travelled to 27 countries for work. “We (Moore Nanotech) approached Keene, the computer science program specifically, and said we’d be interested in some of the computer science graduates you have coming up, but in order to make it more interesting to them and to apply to what we’re doing, it would be good to try to integrate higher level mathematics into the program and some of the general skills that are required from the SPDI program, which is basic programming and processing and design, which Keene State did agree to do,” Chaloux said. His company was then able to work with KSC to help develop that program and were able to hire some of the graduates out of the program directly.
“It’s obviously a tremendous honor and I’m very proud. It’s an honor to get it from the same college I was able get my basic start in education, which makes it very special,” Chaloux said. HSCC is a nonprofit organization that helps keep Cheshire County’s history alive. Through exhibits, events and education, the organization preserves local history. The award will be accepted by HSCC Executive Director Alan Rumrill on behalf of the organization. “We are delighted to be receiving that award as an organization, and we are very pleased with our relationship with the college, all the collaboration we do with them and throughout community to share the history of the region,” Rumrill said. The commencement ceremony will take place on May 11 on Fiske Quad.
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Finalists for Cohen Center director narrowed down
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One of the three Cohen Center director finalists Robert Ehrenreich came to KSC to go over his past relevant experience and what the future Cohen Center would look like under his leadership
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equinox staff As the search for the new Cohen Center director continues, it has now been narrowed down to three finalists. On Thursday, April 18 one of the finalists, Dr. Robert Ehrenreich came to Keene State College and displayed both his past experience and his vision for the future of the Cohen Center. The purpose of the talk was to evaluate the presenter. In the next few weeks the rest of the candidates will give similar talks. The search process has been led by Dean of Arts, Education and Culture Kirsti Sandy. “The talk is about the vision for the Cohen Center at the college, in the region and in the world,” Sandy said. Ehrenreich also has a personal connection to the subject of Holocaust and Genocide studies. According to Ehrenreich, his father escaped Germany as part of the Kindertransport, a program that brought thousands of Jewish children from Europe into Great Britain
during the late 1930s. In addition to being evaluated by a search committed led by Sandy, any attendee at the event had the ability to fill out a form based on what they thought of the candidate’s performance. The committee is made up of staff from the Cohen Center, a Library employee and a representative from the Holocaust and Genocide major. “He is a national leader in Holocaust Studies,” Sandy said. Ehrenreich is currently the University Programs Director at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC. There he has worked with college students, including some of them Holocaust and Genocide Majors from Keene State College. The talk centered around Ehrenreich’s vision for the center but started with why the subject is relevant in today’s world. Ehrenreich talked about changes in “memory and memoriam” in Europe around how the Holocaust was viewed. These changes troubled Ehrenreich, because to him they represented a trend in Europe of countries not taking responsibility for their
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role in the Holocaust. To counter this, Ehrenreich said we need memory, and we need education. Ehrenreich talked about his outreach program at the University of Alabama and other institutions, which focused on bystanders and complicity in Nazi Germany and the Jim Crow south. “We had a very a large, very diverse group that was there,” Ehrenreich said. Ehrenreich pointed out how combining the two subjects brought together people knowledgeable in either subject and taught them about the other. The outgoing Cohen Center Director Hank Knight was in attendance. “Hank is a real community builder,” Sandy said. According to Sandy, while Dr. Knight served as both Cohen Center Director and as a teacher, the next director will not be teaching right away. “I am looking for someone who has the wisdom and the leadership to take the Cohen Center to the next level. I know that you have the kind of wisdom and leadership in Robert and I suspect that you’re going to find that same kinds of wisdom and leadership in the other candidates and it’s going to be a really difficult choice,”
Knight said. Knight is not on the search committee and is trying to keep a distance from the process, as Ehrenreich is an old friend of Knight’s. In addition to talking about the rise of radicalization, Ehrenreich also highlighted the danger in using inflammatory rhetoric such as calling one’s opponent a Nazi. Ehrenreich finished the talk with his vision for the Cohen Center. “Keene State could play a central and unifying role,” Ehrenreich said in reference to Holocaust and Genocide education throughout the country. “I really hope a lot of students, faculty, staff and community members can show up to at least one of these because we really do care what the community thinks,” Sandy said. The next presentations are planned for Wednesday, April 24 and Wednesday, May 15 in the Susan Herman room which is located in the new wing of the Mason library. Teddy Tauscher can be contacted at ttauscher@kscequinox.com.
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The student assembly was called to order at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23. Director of Campus Life and Student Government Advisor Jen Ferrell asked the student leaders if they were interested in being ushers during the commencement. Ferrell asked them to sign up if they wanted to help in any way. Speaker of the Student Assembly Davis Bernstein said that next week, it would be the last assembly of the semester. Student Body Vice President Sydney Olson said that the petitions for leaders who are running again are due on Friday. She further informed that the petitions are posted online. The in-house election is on Tuesday according to Olson. Student Body President Sarah Dugas asked the leaders to sign up to help with the Spring Carnival. In Courtesies, student leader Sara Olson informed the assembly of the Solar Fest on April 27 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Puja Thapa can be contacted a pthapa@kscequinox.com
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Correction: Spring concert sells out; Published April 4, 2019 - Social Activities Council (SAC) was misrepresented as Student Activities Council.
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Self-love LUKE STERGIOU / EQUINOX STAFF
Saturday, April 20, Pride was celebrated by students and allies who marched during the Pride Parade to recognize and celebrate the LGBTQ community and self love. They walked downtown and around campus wearing their signature rainbow that represents harmony.
Putting your foot down to appreciate all your quirkiness You are the boss of your own life. The importance of loving yourself is something that many tend to not prioritize in their lives. However, self love and appreciation can lead to greater self esteem which results in greater success. When you love yourself, you take more opportunities that come your way, you see your worth, your value and you believe in yourself. When it comes to loving yourself and prioritizing yourself in your life, it is important to still be conscious of
working actively towards your aspirations in life and being mindful of others. Don’t let “self-love” transition into self-obsession. Loving yourself is being comfortable with the person you are, despite flaws and mistakes. An individual who is self-obsessed is more concerned about their outward appearance, and what others think of them. People who show themselves love are much more capable of showing it equally to others. Be proud of who you are, not ashamed of how you may seem to other people.
There are many circumstances in life that can push you down and make you feel that you are not enough. In many cases, college is one of them. College is one of the largest transitional times in a person’s life. Nothing is certain, no one really knows what they are doing or who they want to become. Go with what your heart tells you. It’s hard to listen, but sometimes you have to. If you aren’t loving yourself, how are you supposed to feel confident? This trait can help make college a much more
Correction: Sold out after only two hours; April 4, 2019 - Social Activies Council (SAC) was misrepresented at Student Activities Council. The Mabel Brown Room’s max capacity is 748 standing people, not 250 as stated in the article.
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sometimes but you have to. If you don’t show yourself the same care and love that you show others, how can you expect others to show it to you? Love yourself, and others will too. Believe in yourself, and others will believe in you too. Remember; you can never fail at being yourself.
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Correction: These issues are reflecting on KSC; April 4, 2019 - Keene State College enrolls approximately 3,300 students as of Fall 2018, not roughly 5,000 as stated in the article. All students were included in the selection of the Spring Concert artist.
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Earth Day “It is time to start making changes to how sustainable we are, and to start to protect our planet instead of continuing to cause it harm.” OLIVIA CATTABRIGA / ART DIRECTOR
A day to celebrate the planet we live on every day ISABELLA PRATT
equinox Staff Have you thought about the environment lately? If not, you should! Earth Day was this past Monday and there are many things to think about with it. I will talk about three different ways that you can make an impact on Earth Day, then hopefully every day. Despite our President’s beliefs, global climate change is a real problem that will affect all of us and our children. The major cause of this is carbon dioxide emissions, which creates a blanket around our atmosphere that insulates our Earth and is increasing Earth’s core temperature. Sea levels are rising due to melting glaciers and soon our Earth as we know it will be gone. It is time to start making changes to how sustainable we are, and to start to protect our planet instead of continuing to cause it harm. The first way that you can impact our environment in a positive way is to change your diet. Livestock are actually the number one cause of carbon dioxide emissions in the world and use too many resources. Over 60 percent of our food being produced is going to feed livestock, while 70 percent of our antibiotics are also going to these animals. As I mentioned in my last article it takes about
600 gallons of water to make one gallon of milk! This is an unsustainable way to feed our population as the environment will not be able to bear this burden as population continues to grow and temperatures rise. Switching to a diet more based on plants and whole foods will allow you to support the environment with low impact foods that are actually helping the environment. As the weather is getting warmer, try starting a small garden or even planting a tree in your yard, as trees sequester carbon they help us to have clean air to breathe amidst all of the pollution we are creating. The second way that you can help our planet is by reducing your travel times. The second largest contributor of carbon emissions is the transportation sector. Now more than ever people are driving long distances to work and are taking single passenger rides. This can be easily remedied as the weather is getting nicer. Walk into town if you need something, ride a bike, or take public transportation. If you need to get home for the holidays, carpool with some friends from the same area, as it will save you money. It’ll give you someone to talk to and lessen the impact on the Earth. This can also be done by buying locally as well, as everything has a carbon footprint from production and travel, so try to support and make pur-
chases from your area. The last way you can help our environment is by reducing your waste. I am not saying that you need to go zero waste, but by being conscious about the trash that you are producing you will start to make some changes. Try to use more reusable products and stay away from single-use items. Easy switches include having a few hand towels in your room instead of paper towels, a few dishes instead of paper plates, and (the most obvious) a reusable water bottle and travel mug. I have also switched to carrying around a tote bag and this helps me to stay away from those unnecessary plastic bags at grocery stores. Making a conscious effort to see how much trash you are creating and how often you need to empty your trash will definitely force you to think about how much you are contributing to landfills and our oceans. Overall, I urge you to start thinking about how your actions will affect our future. “What we do in the next 10 years will affect the next 100.” Isabella Pratt can be contacted at Ipratt@kscequinox.com
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Was it all worth it? ADRIANA SANCHEZ
Social Media director Deciding if you’re going to college after high school is a tough one, some might say. Now the question is, was it worth it? Some might say no, and some might say of course it was. Being in college isn’t all fun and games. You don’t just wake up go to class, eat, sleep and do it all over again. There’s exams, major studying, semester projects and terrifying presentations. And it’s worse when professors give their exams on the same day. For me, I think it depends on the type of student you became, who you connected with and what you got out of your major you chose to ask if you think college was worth it or not. I know people who didn’t go to college and are doing very well for themselves. Some even have started families or have their own place. My four years being here have been amazing. I have gained so many beautiful friendships. The memories I’ve made I will cherish forever. Being crammed with homework isn’t the best time, but being crammed with homework at the library with your friends who are on the same boat isn’t as bad. Being in college gives you the chance to go only a few doors down your hallway if you need somebody to talk to. I have gained friends who will be in my wedding and potentially even my future roommates. My four years here have prepared me for the real world. I’ve learned how to manage my money and how to live on my own. Moving off campus and having an actual house taught me real life skills— which is something I would’ve learned regardless if I stayed home, but not the way I learned here. In the journalism department, you have the same people in all of your classes. As each semester goes by, you see the same faces. You grow into a family. We all can relate when something goes wrong, whether it’s somebody not getting back for an interview or your hard drive hitting the fan. My professors are people I can lean on. The journalism department isn’t as big as others, which I love. All of my professors know me and I even can say after college I can use them as references or can call them if I need help. I love being a journalism major. I love the reporting, writing and everything about it. But I wish the starting pay wasn’t 20-30,000 dollars a year. Yeah, I know we all have to start somewhere and eventually get to the top, but the pay still isn’t wonderful especially if you’re trying to pay off four years of college debt. Hearing my friends who majored in other majors and talk about how much their starting salary sometimes makes me question if I choose the right one. But when I ask people if they enjoy what they’re doing, some say yes and some say no, “it’s all about the money.” But if you ask me, if I enjoy being a journalist, one hundred percent of the time I will say yes. I love what I do. So in that perspective, I do not regret coming to college. I loved every curveball that has been thrown at me because its made me who I am now, all thanks to Keene State College. Adriana Sanchez can be contacted at asanchez@kscequinox.com
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Escaping through the media ANGELIQUE INCHIERCA
equinox Staff Many college students living on campus can be found with their heads in their electronic devices in between class times, or in the later hours of the night. They may be texting their classmates, surfing social media or binge watching the newest hits on Netflix and Hulu. I often see students passing the time by leaving their laptop on a show while they finish homework. I find myself listening to conversations about the newest films and online series but I am never able to partake in them as I haven’t been on my Netflix account since the summer ended. The odd thing is how excluded one can feel when they are not active in the realm of cinema. I haven’t gone to the Keene Cinema in a year, aside from seeing “Crazy Rich Asians” last fall, and I haven’t binge watched any Netflix shows since the summer ended. Now that I’ve stepped back into the third party, I see how my peers have been completely surrounded by these stories of magic, horror, advanced sciences and perfect romantic endings. I see people identifying and connecting with characters and plots that exist behind the screen of their laptop. This doesn’t seem bad until you offend someone by telling them their favorite character (that they see as a mirror of themselves) is lesser
to another character (that you identify with), then both parties begin to feel a personal attack instead of exchanging personal opinions. These arguments tend to be futile and have no real ending, just two minds ending exactly where they started. I have noticed how defensive people can get when their peers favor other shows or movies over their favorites. Even worse, caring or not caring for your friend’s character may cause disputes that are unnecessarily aggressive. I’m certainly at fault of that as well. I have participated in debates such as DC vs. Marvel, “Star Wars” vs. “Star Trek,” “The Lord of the Rings” vs. “The Hobbit”— and no, anime is not a cartoon. These debates may have started small and contained a lot of jokes, but often grow hostile. There is a whole subculture surrounding film and entertainment. It has evolved drastically throughout its short history and integrated into many of our daily lives. I remember being a child and waiting eagerly for the newest “Harry Potter” movie every November. I remember how important it was for me to find people who agreed with my favorite relationship pairing of these wonderful fictional characters. While my mother always used movie nights at the town’s cinema as a special activity, my father would rent movie disks from Netflix or Redbox and mail them back when we
were done with a season of “Doctor Who” or “Star Trek.” It was our bonding activity and was the foundation for my future involvement in this ever growing fantasy world. While I do not dedicate large amounts of my weeks to these forms of entertainment, it still is prominent part of my social and personal time. I believe this culture is just one large escape. My fellow students can live through these fictional fantasies and breed works of their own stories, release tension from previous stress, or just relax as time passes. These tendencies can be studied and tracked as its own culture grows within our generation’s. As the end of the semester grows near, you will find me in the red, padded chairs in Keene Cinema holding my usual popcorn and fruit punch combo to enjoy the latest Marvel Studio release: “Avengers: Endgame.” Angelique Inchierca can be contacted at ainchierca@kscequinoxcom
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Winter is coming! Students around campus get excited for a new season of "Game of Thrones"
tion in terms of its writing saying, “I think that the characters’ choices are accurate to their developments and this new season will certainly be interesting.”. Mathews also believes this season will be interesting because, “There This past week, three Keene State College students reacted to the are characters that are coming back who don’t have clear directions in the story which leaves me to believe that they may die or serve a bigger purpose much anticipated final season premiere of “Game of Thrones.” “Game of Thrones” is a fantasy drama on HBO that is now on its eighth in this season.” The students also reacted to the fact that this will be the final season and final season. The show is based on George R.R. Martin’s novel series, “A Song of Ice and Fire” and follows nine families fighting for control of the land of the show. Lusardo said that it’s disappointing that this is the final season. of Westeros. The show has been critically acclaimed, winning a drama record Mathews agreed, saying, “It breaks my heart but it really needs to end to 47 primetime Emmy awards for acting, storytelling, and many other things. finally see everything come full circle.” Baade said, “I feel a little sad but it The show stars Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen, Kit Harington as Jon seems like it’s a good time to end the series.” With this being the last season, DecisionData.Org conducted a survey Snow, Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark, and many others. According to CNN, the season premiere aired Sunday, April 14, at 9 p.m. of 1,349 US-based HBO subscribers that watch Game of Thrones. They asked to 17.4 million viewers, breaking the ratings record. Keene students Mad- these subscribers, “How likely it is that you cancel their HBO subscription elyn Mathews, Ryan Lusardo, and Phoebe Baade shared after 'Game of Thrones' ends.” 37 percent of these subscribers voted very this excitement when talking likely or somewhat likely, with 33 percent not sure and 20 percent somewhat about how it’s been almost unlikely or very unlikely. The next episode will premiere Sunday, April 28, at 9 p.m. on HBO. two years since the end of the last season. Cristian Valentin can be contacted at cvalentin@kscequinox.com First-year Madelyn Mathews said, “Honestly it’s been such a long wait and it feels so good to actually see “Honestly it’s been these characters and jump back into their storylines because I miss such a long wait and it them so much.” First-year Phoebe Baade feels so good to actually said something similar, saying she’s glad the see these characters and wait is over so she can see their stories end. All three students said that they enjoyed the jump back into their storypremiere. Baade thought the premiere was a good lines because I miss them set up, saying, “It met expectations, I wasn’t expecting a lot to happen in the first episode.” Lusardo so much.” also enjoyed the show, although he expected -Phoebe Baade more action. Mathews said the premiere showed exactly what she wanted to see and did not disappoint. Baade believes this new season is heading in a good direcCRISTIAN VALENTIN
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Italian film scholar Rossella Catanese visited Keene State
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On Thursday, April 18, Rosella Catanese visted the Putnam theater in the Redfern Arts Center to talk about her experiences and film restoration. Catanese was invited by the Keene Film Department.
Rossella Catanese visits from Italy to talk about film restoration BENAJIL RAI
MultiMedia director The Keene State Film Department invited guest speaker Rossella Catanese from Italy to speak about the Futuristic movement or avant-garde movement of 1910 within cinema in Italian cinema. Dr. Catanese is researcher of film history and a professor of Italian Cinema and Society at Lorenzo de’ Medici institute in Florence. She is also a teacher of the master’s course in Digital Audiovisual Restoration at Sapienza University of Rome. Catanese said she was very happy and excited to be at Keene State College. “It is a wonderful environment. I’m enjoying so much all the people that I met,” said Catanese. KSC senior and film studies major Rachel Maragnano said, “I think it was a really great opportunity to have a professor come from a school that we do have students studying abroad at and give them an opportunity for the ones that don’t get to study abroad, to learn about a different culture…” Maragnano also said Catanese got the opportunity to teach an hour of
a class on ‘A Film Theory.’ “She kind of got to share her experience in the Italian realm of cinema with students here. That makes the opportunity to reconnect with her in the future or [they get] that opportunity now,” said Maragnano. A junior film studies and graphic design major Corinn Colford said she really enjoyed the talk. “It definitely gave me a new perspective on things... And she showed some graphic design pieces too,” said Colford. An adjunct film department Professor Emeritus Dr. Larry Benaquist showed disappointment at seeing a lack of students attending the talk. “...I have a class of 22 freshmen in film history, maybe three would come… They don’t take advantage of what Keene has to offer. Go to Dartmouth, to an event like this, where thousands of people would come, I know, I bet. Here you are lucky to get 20,” said Benaquist. “But I saw some of my students here tonight, some of my best students in class were sitting there and I was impressed, I’m glad that they were there.” Maragnano said, “I think it went very well. A lot of people asked very good questions, they were very involved, many people stayed to talk to her after which is a very good sign. And the topic isn’t one that we get to go
over in depth in our classes. So it was a great opportunity to do that.” The event was sponsored by The Global Education Office and Citizenship Speakers Grant and was organized by Maragnano and Benaquist. Maragnano said she met Catanese when she went to study away in Florence during the 2018 spring semester. “She was my Italian professor for cinema and society and I just thought that she was such a force in the classroom that having her come to Keene would be amazing,” Said Maragnano. Benaquist said film is an international language. “Students go to Florence and Rome to study and now they have a connection. So, I was thinking about the future of our students.” Benaquist said. He also said the KSC film studies program is a thriving program. Benaquist said,“We are little known, but a very strong film program. And we need more outreach or we become shrunken. And that was my thinking. So I was glad that we were able to bring her here.” Benajil Rai can be contacted at brai@kscequinox.com
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Thursday, April 25, 2019
Informing Keene about its past
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On Wednesday, April 17, Larry Benaquist hosted his second installment of his film talks on the coming of sound in film at the Keene Public Library.
Benaquist adds two more talks and viewings to his four part series on the coming of sound in film JOSEPH GUZMAN
Arts & eNtertAiNMeNt eDitor Emeritus faculty member Lawrence Benaquist talked about his four part series of film showings and discussions on the coming of sound to Keene which has been happening at the Keene Public Library. Each of his talks revolve around the coming of sound to Keene. Last week to help convey his message and to teach about the history of sound, he showed a film called “The Singing Fool” which was Al Jolson’s second sound film done for Warner Brothers Studio. This was important, Benaquist stated in an email, because it had some synchronized singing numbers and audio tracks for dialogue. This week was focused on a different film, a melodrama called “The Trespasser” which was Gloria Swanson's first debut on the big screen before bigger films like “Sunset Boulevard” and “Sadie Thompson.”
Benaquist described the film series, saying, “‘1929: Sound Comes to Keene.’ This is a presentation of four films which were shown in the three Keene movie theaters that year, which were among the earliest sound films shown at the theaters in the city. At the beginning of 1929, all the films were silent; months later, virtually all the films were sound, and an entire art form had disappeared.” [...] ‘The Trespasser,’ Gloria Swanson's first sound film, this got her an Oscar nomination. I explained the early sound recording techniques, the primitive nature of the microphones, and the rapidity with which the technology was changing. This film was shown on December 17 and 18, 1929, at the Scenic theater which used to be across the street from the Colonial Theater.” Benaquist shared his insight into the other two other discussions taking place after the Commencement Ceremony has finished. “There are two more films in this series: on May 15 we will screen ‘Broad-
way Melody,’ an excellent 1929 sound musical film, which shows the first use of post-synchronization in movies,” Benaquist said. “On May 22 we will end the series with the 1929 sound comedy, ‘The Cocoanuts,’ the Marx Brothers first film. [It] was so popular in Keene, that the Scenic Theater scheduled it to be brought back to their theater two more times that year.” Benaquist mentioned his biggest takeaway from the event was that, “I think what people learned was the relationship between technology and art, and how quickly an art form can be lost. I also think they left with an appreciation of the real quality of these early sound films, and in a broader sense, the value of popular culture.” Joseph Guzman can be contacted at Jguzman@kscequinox.com
Quella Chris is a New York rapper by way of Detroit. His last record for the Mellow Music Group record label came out March 29 of this year. It’s called “Guns.” It’s about guns. But it is also about everything around guns and the culture of them here in America, where mass shootings of all kinds are far too common. Chris says that the record delves into a lot of major hows and whys of the world we live in today, how we love and live and the ingest the media around us. This album is a continuation of his recent career, flowing and head nodding records that take deep dives into aspects of our current society. His last album, “Being You is Awesome, I Wish I Could Be You More Often,” was a look at all of the complicated ways we relate to ourselves, both good and bad (I do recommend checking that album out). In this more recent release, Chris takes us through images of craving and lust and violence. There are detours of longer compilation along the way in the recurring theme of gun violence. The beats ride gently most of time, pushing you along staticladen waves. There are outliers of less washy, sample fuzzy, kind of beats. The record is thirteen tracks long and not too bloated. The middle of the record sinks a little for me. Things don’t stand out so much. In any case, Chris is carving out a niche for himself as a rapper of extreme ambition and creativity. His flow is dexterous and his concepts are inspiringly bright and creative. We are in an interesting voice in Hip hop. The dominant form on the charts these days, trap, has taken a step back from storytelling and lyrical concepts in favor of hooks and danceability. A voice like Quella Chris is a needed counterpoint and companion to current chart topping rappers. His deft imagination and wit are a crucial contribution to our times. Caroline Seksinsky can be contacted at wknhmusic@gmail.com
Singing for a 100th anniversary
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Singers From the Monadnock region, Keene State and Keene high school are singing PUJA THAPA
BusiNess MANAger On May 5, 2019, five days before the college officially closes for the semester, there is an opportunity for the students and faculty to attend a special performance at the Redfern Arts Center. The Keene Chorale is performing on Sunday,May 5, on the 40th anniversary season of the Chorale and the 100th anniversary of Leonard Bernstein’s birth. The Keene Chorale is preparing to perform Bernstein’s controversial work, “Mass” on the day. According to their website, Keene Chorale is a non-profit organization. It is an eighty-voice chorus that started in 1979 with a handful of choristers. One of the special things of the Keene Chorus is that it is a nonauditioned chorus and is open to all. The Chorale is composed of singers
of all ages across the Monadnock region, as well as local high school and Keene State College singers. According to the Music Director of the Chorale, Cailin Marcel Manson, “There have been on numerous occasions that music students at Keene State College have sung in the Keene State Chorale.” According to Manson, the mission of the Chorale is to promote fine music throughout the region and to encourage participation in it. He further said, “We welcome anyone who’s willing to put in the effort and make the commitment to attend rehearsals and learn the music. If you are willing to come and sing and learn, there’s a spot for you in Keene Chorale.” The Keene Chorale is the winner of 2018 Ewing Arts Award for performance art. Manson describes the achievement as a shot in the arm, or an encouraging experience. Ewing
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Arts Award is an award presented by The Keene Sentinel and Arts Alive! together to celebrate the diversity and excellence of artists in the Monadnock region, according to the website. Suzanne Coble, publicity chair of the Keene Chorale and member of the Chorale, described the experience, “This performance certainly has stretched us a bit. This piece is kind of in constant movement and there is a lot of moving parts. The challenge of it is to be aware of how your part fits into the whole.” Coble added, “It feels like it is a really big collaboration. It is a piece that certainly incorporates a lot of conflict.” It is very challenging in the technical sense according to Coble.
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SHINING BRIGHT THROUGH DANCE 44th Evening of Dance showcases students from all majors KIANA WRIGHT
OpiniOns EditOr Technology infused with movements and emotion was just one part of many pieces during An Evening of Dance. This dance performance marks the 44th year of An Evening of Dance. First-years to seniors were gliding, bouncing, walking and running across the floor during the four showings last week. The movement was everything, but not everything was movement during their showings on April 17 through the 20 in the Redfern Arts Center. The lights and music helped created an atmosphere for each routine. Junior Jocelynn Grabowski, elementary education major and studio art major, said, “A lot of it was, in a good way, anxiety-bringing, but I think it brought a new kind of mood to it. And a feeling into it too.” These movements and music that were bound together, although set with lines and nicely played notes, were far from ballet or classical jazz. It was modern, techno, and ambiguously open. One performance called “Improvisation with Gravity” was even partly made up of on-the-spot moves. Most of the dances did not have any language or speaking in them. Only select few had someone talking or had a voice in the song. But for those that did, Jacob Chiza, a senior studying safety and a KSC athlete, said that it added value. “It’s important—I want people to hear us. Other than us just dancing I want them to hear our voices, cause they don’t really know what our voices sound like,” Chiza said. In the beginning dances, students and other dancers were yelling numbers and actions they were doing. Then in the very last dance, Chiza talked in a narrative style to the audience. There were nine performances split between by an intermission. A few were choreographed by students, some of which represented Keene State College at the New England conference of American College Dance Association hosted by Plymouth State University earlier this month. One of the student choreographers, senior Zachary Robinson, who is majoring in elementary education and dance education, talked about what it’s like having students perform his routines. “It’s honestly the best feeling ever. I am my happiest when I’m making choreography and making movement. Watching my piece is so rewarding because I worked so hard,” Robinson said. This was KSC senior who’s studying middle school math education major with a dance minor Faith Pudlo’s fourth and final year being in The Evening of Dance and her second year in a faculty piece where she got to work directly with her professor. Pudlo said, “This is the most professional out of all of the performances, I feel like. As dancers and a cast and a crew we're set to this really high standard of a lineage of what came before us. And it’s so special to be on the stage and to just know you’re dancing with everybody that has been here, is here now, and that is going to be dancing with you.” These students and everyone else that took part in Evening of Dance chose to be there; they didn’t have to be majoring in any specialization of dance. The only requirement was to be enrolled in one technique class and to audition said Pudlo. Chiza said when he dances, he feels at peace, “I feel calm, I feel excited cause I’m like, you know, I’m in my body. I’m dancing for me, I feel happy.” An Evening of Dance has reached its 44th year of annual performances, making it KSC’s oldest traditional dance performance. The participants in the event urge anyone interested to attend next years showing. Junior Olivia Ladelfa, a Psychology major and an art minor, said that the audience feel involved, especially when you sit close to the stage. She went on to talk about the performance as a whole, “It was really really good, I liked how involved you feel in it.” Grabowski said, “I thought it was very good. They were all very creative and you could tell a lot of the work that went into it was the dancers and the choreographers.” Chiza said, “I just want them to feel our energy, and our vibe. Like, just come enjoy the show and have fun.” He also added, “I recommend a lot of people to come and watch the show.” Kiana Wright can be contacted at kwright@kscequinox.com
“This is the most professional out of all of the performances, I feel like. As dancers and a cast and a crew we're set to this really high standard of a lineage of what came before us.”
- Faith Pudlo SOREN FRANTZ / PHOTO EDITOR
Alayna Massie and Jordan Pierce are Pictured in the top photo and Alayna Massie, Jordan pierce, and Courtney Schleyer are dancing in the Bottom photo. These photos are from the Evening of Dance performance.
Correction: Showcasing Graphic Design; published April 18, 2019 - 14 students participated in the graphics showcase however the story said there were 13 students participating in the graphics showcase. The Mabel Brown Room was spelled incorrectly as Mable Brown Room. Keene State College Senior Molly GcGinley was spelled incorrectly as McGinety. KSC First-year Ariba Rahman was spelled incorrectly as Rahmam. KSC Senior Erica Pritchett was spelled incorrectly as Pitchett.
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Students, faculty and community members marched through downtown Keene for their annual Pride parade on Saturday, April 20. Flags, balloons and posters were brought to show off their pride.
Pride marches through Keene JACK HANSON
Student Life editor KSC Pride held their annual Pride parade on Saturday, April 20, starting in the Madison Street Lounge. The event was originally supposed to take place outside on the Student Center lawn but due to weather conditions, the event was moved into the Madison Street Lounge. KSC Pride is a club to help celebrate and accept the LGBT community on campus. Laurel Mendelsohn is the club’s President this year and said she wants people to see acceptance in their everyday lives, “I really hope that a lot of students will be able to see the visibility of Pride and to be able to connect with others. I hope that people will be able to connect and really feel solid in the fact that they’re accepted at Keene State College and in our community. I hope that they will see that in their everyday.” Mendelsohn also said the club has come a long way in getting activities going for students, “We’ve worked a lot to kind of build the organization for the coming year, especially around this event the Pride parade. We’ve worked to get more tabling and get more activities happening rather than just the march itself.” The volunteers at the door gave out Pride prizes for the first 100 people and participants had the opportunity to make buttons, tie-dye shirts, color, etc. which
was then followed by opening remarks, raffle drawings and guest speakers throughout the day. Chock Full O’ Notes, Keene State’s acapella group, performed three songs and food was provided. President Melinda Treadwell gave the opening speech and thanked everyone for coming. She said that it made her happy to see a sense of community and that she was able to support students. After her speech, Treadwell said that she sometimes worries about the climate some students may feel and wants a safe space for those students. “I care about making sure that we have a safe place and place for folks to become their true authentic self. It’s part of our discussion, always at the cabinet. And I worry because we know that when young people feel isolated and alone they become more vulnerable, more prone to depression, more prone at risk for suicide,” Treadwell said. Treadwell said events like Pride give students an alternative and lets them see opportunities they may have not seen before, “When you come to an event like this you see that there are dozens and dozens and dozens of people who love you, who are their own individual selves and they care just as much about you as you would hope someone does.” For first-year volunteer Colette Rinker, being in the LGBT community has benefitted her life at Keene State, “It’s just a part of me that happens to be like ‘hey, I’m bi, here you go!’ and so being able to know that there is a
community that I can still go to for that part of me is really reassuring and makes me feel more at home. I’ve met great people through it... It’s okay to be who you are, and we want to emphasize there is a community here at Keene State.” First-year Phoebe Baade also said she felt like she made more connections being in the community and has made her more comfortable at Keene State, “I personally made many friends in the LGBT community, it seems like we all just kind of found each other so it was a very good connecting point and literally helped feel more involved in Keene and the community... I think it’s really important considering the past of the LGBT community, that we need to stick together and support each other in times that we feel most alone, or most separate or having political issues, it’s good to have a support system.” Sara Olson, a junior at Keene State, gave a speech on allyship and inclusion on behalf of the Student Government. Olson, who identifies as straight, talked about the importance of being an ally and what it meant to her. “Being an ally, to me, means listening and being supportive of the community, educating yourself whenever necessary without expecting member sof the community to educate you, to go out and educate yourself. It means being an active and visible supporter of the community.” In her speech, Olson talked about her sorority Delta
Phi Epsilon and their new regulations which allows anyone who identifies as transgender or nonbinary to be a sister in the sorority. Olson said the sorority just wants to be inclusive and give opportunities to anyone it can. Students, along with community members, faculty and staff joined together at 2:30 p.m. to march through the campus and downtown of Keene. Mendelsohn said that this year was the first time in a while that Pride was going to march downtown and said it gave the club a better sense of connection to the Keene community and not just the college. Treadwell said that along with pride, other organizations and the students, Keene State can be a welcoming and accepting community, “I want this campus to be better and stand for more... It’s important that we talk about issues of identity and difference and we respect and love through it.” If you would like more information on KSC Pride, you can contact Laurel Mendelsohn at laurel.mendelsohn@ksc.keene.edu Jack Hanson can be contacted at jhanson@kscequinox.com
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Regret and hope
Students struggle thinking about their future SELENA LEGACY
lack of information start [with] research,” Elwig said. Students should start understand all Figuring out the right path can studies within the major and what they sometimes be troublesome. Some stu- skills they haven’t even though that they dent find themselves regretting the path acquired from the experiences. and major they wanted at first. KSC helps “If you love what [you] studied but don’t ensure those students will find something know what [you] can do with it, talking that works for them and guide them the about understanding all the skills you got right way. by studying your major. Did you regret Academic career advisor Louise everything? Or did you regret certain Elwig shared why she think students end classes? But there were other things you up regretting their major, “for first second really loved about the experience through and third year students if they are having the courses, internship experiences, student any moments of doubt, or they don’t know activity experiences and volunteer experiwhat they can do with their major or [if] ences. [Then] zeroing in on what is interestthis major isn’t right for me. They should ing. If its a question of that I would say look be talking to someone, their [advisor] or at your resume and are you highlighting coming and talking to a career advisor.” the skills you developed not only the direct Elwig wants students to really find skills skill from the major but all the transwhat they are passionate about. ferable skills from experiences and what “A really great resource, What Can I Do you studied, that is the argument you want With A Major, is on our (academic career to make to an employer,” Elwig said. advising) website and it breaks If at the end of the day you’re still lost down each major and with what path to take you have to just try what you can do all viable options. with it. If it’s a Elwig said, “you just gotta start somewhere, trial and error, follow a skill that you enjoy, follow an interest area and explore, go work in an industry related to the skills you’ve developed in your program and see where that takes you, you just need to jump in and try different things. It becomes an experiment what do you like what don’t you like. Get involved and join groups. Have conversations. There are so many different way to open up things to explore.” Students end up picking a major in high school. But why do they chose? “They did something well in highschool and they stuck with it, I pursued what I was good at. Others pick certain majors that’ll lead to a job. People may pick majors because other people are suggesting a major. One may not even know what majors they can pick,” Elwig said. Advisors ask those questions and try to see where you work fit best.
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“I doubt there is a person here (KSC) that regretting every single thing about their major, so look at what you did like what skills did you develop by doing it, apply and try to things, explore,” Elwig said. Senior Jeanne Longobardi shared the experiences she gained by switching majors multiple times. “I started off as criminal justice and psychology, then switched halfway through to secondary education and English, then switched to criminal justice and sociology instead.” Longobardi switched multiple times and felt unsure what major was right. Each major she had chosen had upsides and downsides. “I just want to feel like I’m making a difference and feel good about myself and help people in a way,” Longobardi said. When Longobardi switched into education, she thought she wanted to work with children. She then shadowed in a class and her mind had changed. “You lose drive and passion to keep going, with the way they treated the faculty and staff,” Longobardi said. “I had doubt in myself. I wasn’t one hundred percent sure as to what I wanted to do. A lot of people told me that they think I would be a good educator, which is why I jumped into the education program. Then I decided I didn’t want to do it because, again, I was having doubts in myself and I wasn’t exactly sure. I know with education it takes a lot of passion, I didn’t think it was the right fit for me,” Longobardi said. Later, when finally making a decision, Longobardi knew she wanted to be a part of the advocacy and social work. Longobardi said, “The age group didn’t matter as long as I was making a difference.” During this decision making she turned to adults she knew for advice. “I talked to a lot of different people, I talked to a lot of previous teacher from high school, I talked to my parents about decisions,” Longobardi said. “I felt literally nothing other than support.” Longobardi knew criminal justice and sociology was for her when the material came to her so easily. Longobardi said, “My interest in the courses and the stuff came really natural to me, I found them interesting [and pretty easy]. I felt that I knew the material. This is me.” This process consisted of a lot of conversations, but in turn, made her deci-
sion worth it all. “A lot of it was talking to people, getting guidance and assistance communicating with people really helped,” Longobardi said. Students may feel like they regret their major and can’t change it. Well, you always can. “The switch is not bad. It’s relatively easy, most important is focusing on the general classes while you can and give yourself the extra time to figure it out before stressing yourself out,” Longobardi said. “It’s only a piece of paper to change your major.” When you are unsure about your major, just be aware there are always people who can help. “As a freshman, you take your intro courses and general education classes, which helped a lot. The process of switching wasn’t hard at all. Once you declare, you have to find an advisor to sign off. The last time I switched I didn’t have an advisor for a while, I was just undeclared, I was just waiting, I had a professor reach out to me and [she] asked if she could be my advisor,” Longobardi said. “I think having a good advisor and was really nice in making the transition.” Stress, lack of motivation and defeat are all part of finding your path in college, but once you know, you know. Longobardi shared,“Its [the] natural feeling of college, everyone that goes through college can feel overwhelmed and defeated at times, people that know what they want to do and are extremely passionate are really lucky.” As of now, Longobardi is looking forward to being on her way with the majors she ended up choosing. Regret doesn’t have to mean you are unsuccessful. “Just waiting on graduation then finding a job,” Longobardi said. Longobardi wanted students to be aware that,“You’ll have time to figure it out, getting involved really helps you find yourself [as well as] what you want to do.”
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In memoriam of King THERESA DERRY
Time Capsule ediTor One could argue that Martin Luther King was the most influential leader during the Civil Rights Era. King was a figure who worked tirelessly for social justice. He began his work with the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s. Through his efforts in the Civil Rights Movement, he used different methods to strive for social justice. He is well-known for participating in nonviolent protests and delivering impassioned speeches. Through implementing these two particular techniques, King fought for justice and equality for all people regardless of their racial identity. In 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed the King holiday bill into law. Citizens of the United States still see this bill in effect today. Each January, the third Monday is set aside to remember King. Even though one day of the year is set aside to remember King’s legacy, United States citizens often forget the day King was assassinated. King was also the founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). In the spring of 1968, King and other members of the SCLC traveled to Memphis, Tennessee to support a sanitation workers’ strike. On April 3, 1968, upon arriving to Memphis, King delivered his last speech at Mason Temple Church entitled “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop.” Little did the audience know that on the following day, April 4, 1968, King would be assassinated. King was standing and talking to his fellow companions on the second floor balcony of the Lorraine Motel, when all of a sudden a bullet fired and struck him in the neck. King was immediately rushed to the hospital, but only an hour passed by before King was dead. At the young age of thirty-nine, King had become a martyr for civil rights. Through a thorough investigation, it was discovered on June 8, 1968, that criminal James Earl Ray was responsible for King’s assassination. African Americans in the United States during this time saw King’s assassination as an attempt to diminish the equality that was sought for through King’s implementation of nonviolent resistance. The African American population in the United States during this time was inspired by King’s work, and his assassination prompted them to found the Black Power movement and the Black Panther Party in the late 1960s and early 1970s. King’s legacy did not only leave an impression on the African American population. President Lyndon B. Johnson stated that King was the “apostle of nonviolence.” Johnson urged Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act on April 11, 1968, in response to King’s unforeseen assassination. Some of King’s famous words from his self-written eulogy signify the kind of activist he was, “I’d like somebody to mention that day that Martin Luther King, Jr. tried to give his life serving others.” As citizens of this country, we cannot forget King’s legacy that became even more profound after his assassination. Theresa Derry can be contacted at tderry@kscequinox.com
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Tau Kappa Eplison (TKE) held their annual TKE’s Sweetheart pageant on Saturday, April 20, in the Mabel Brown Room. Female contestants had the chance to showcase thier talents and compete for the crown of “TKE’s Sweetheart” for the Lambda Sigma Chapter at Keene State. The contestants could fundraise prior to the event with all proceeds going to St. Jude Children’s Research Hosptial.
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Fire Up The Night
Keene community raises awareness for suicide prevention WILLIAM PATTI
Equinox Staff Fire Up The Night is an event that has been held annually at Keene State College. Fire Up The Night was held in the Young Student Center lawn from 8:00 to 9:00pm. Wednesday, April 16, and is designed to help raise both suicide and depression awareness. The event included a fire dancer, free food, candles to light for loved ones lost to suicide, a table for painting inspirational rocks to leave around campus, ect. Fire up the Night not only raises suicide and depression awareness but it gives students an opportunity to get up on the mic and share their struggles and experiences with suicide and depression. Students attending the event were repeatedly encouraged to talk to counselors if they feel depressed, suicidal, or just need someone to talk to. Keene State Assistant Director of Clinical Operations Dr. Mac Brown was asked for a brief description of the event for students who weren’t able to make it, “This was the fourth annual event for Fire Up The Night, the event is about raising awareness for depression and suicide and more importantly about hope in dark times for people that are going through challenges. So for people who didn’t get to come tonight, there was an opening speech from Keene State President Melinda Treadwell, because when she was an interim president here last year she had the really hard job of informing parents of students who had completed suicide. And we have students come up and talk about their experiences and challenges they’ve had to overcome. We always have a fire performance because fire is a symbol of hope and light, and rebirth. We also have several local organizations come as well to provide information and resources.” Keene State Mental health counselor and Licenced Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) Brenda McEachern worked with Dr. Brown to run the event, and was asked the same question. “It’s about creating
care in the community, not only for people who are struggling from despair themselves but also paying attention to the people around them too so we can be a more caring and supportive community,” McEachern said. McEachern was also asked about the stone painting activity held at the event. She commented, “Last year it became an activity where people would decorate or paint rocks with inspirational words or phrases, to be left in public places around campus in hopes that if somebody is needing a little inspiration that they’ll find it and keep it for however long they need it, then go put it somewhere new for someone else to find. The hashtag we came up with for it is #KSCROCKSHOPE.” Brown said the event matters to him because, “For me I’ve definitely had friends who have struggled with depression and suicide, more recently a college friend of mine has been struggling and she fortunately reached out to myself and other friends and we were able to help support her to get the help that she needed, she’s not out of the woods, but she’s actively doing what she can to support herself and it helps to know she has a team of friends around that love and support her.” McEachern said, “Mac and I have different teams at the counseling center, and the team that were running along with a few other people is depression and suicide prevention. So a big chunk of our work is coming up with programming, such as events like these. Suicide is the second leading cause of death among college students and in New Hampshire the numbers have gone up significantly. It’s a real problem and we can’t prevent suicide if we can’t talk about it, and it’s one of those things people aren’t comfortable talking about because they’re afraid of being judged or being a burden on other people. We’re trying to get talking about it to become more common so we can address the problem instead of just shoving it under the rug.” Lastly, Brown commented, “This event is one of many that we try and hold. Earlier this year we held a film screening of ‘The S Word’ documentary film, we brought the film director here to have a panel discus-
sion afterwards. So this is not the only event we do, but I’d say it’s the largest we hold, and we’re always looking for more ways to get the message across, provide the needed information, and normalize the conversation about suicide. There will definitely continue to be more events and we always look to create and add new ones for the future too.” For those who are looking for help, or need someone to talk to, please visit the counseling center and make an appointment to meet with a counselor. Talking about it can make a world of difference, and don’t be afraid to reach out on someone else’s behalf, it may save their life. Because of the emotional and private nature of the event, students weren’t interviewed to respect and maintain their personal privacy. William Patti can be contacted at wpatti@kscequinox.com
Suicide is the second leading cause of death among college students and in New Hampshire the numbers have gone up significantly. -Brenda McEachern
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Student’s input on campus safety ALYSSA WISNIEWSKI
Equinox Staff Campus Safety is provided by Keene State College to make students feel safe and protected. Recently some students have felt that Campus Safety has not been meeting their expectations. Sophomore Emily Early has had some issues with getting escorts from the Butler Court to the Winchester parking lot. “I started a new job in Dublin, New Hampshire and my shift starts at 6:45 a.m., I don’t like to walk by myself when its dark. So I called campus safety to get an escort and a couple of times they said no with no explanation at all,” said Early. Early believes that Campus Safety should provide the escort services that are listed on the Campus Safety webpage on the KSC website which reads: “Available 24 hours a day, Campus Safety officers provide personal safety escorts to campus community members. These escorts are provided on foot or by vehicle, and are limited to the immediate campus area.” “The problem is they advertise that they’ll give you a ride if you don’t feel safe. They shouldn’t even question it but they do and it’s a huge problem,” said Early. Not every student has had issues with Campus Safety. James McGovern, a first-year, was helped out by Campus Safety staff. “My ex-girlfriend was bothering other people
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and they called me to fill out a report,” said McGovern. “They were being very supportive and caring about our safety because my ex doesn’t go to school here. They made sure that nothing was interfering with our college lifestyle,” said McGovern. Mcgovern also said that Campus Safety called him the next to check in. “They called me the next day to make sure everything was okay. They definitely were more than supportive,” said McGovern. The Campus Safety Interim Director Kevin Williams said that compassion and safety is always something Campus Safety should be providing to the students. “We should always be compassionate about students and we should provide dignity and respect to every member of this community including visitors,” said Williams. For the future, Williams believes that students and campus safety should get to know each other more. “I want more face time with the students, and I want them to know that we care about them, and that we are people that you can come to and trust. Were going to respect you and we just ask for respect back,” said Williams. Williams also has ideas to bring the students and Campus Safety together. “One thing that I would like to do three or four times a year is a meet and greet with our staff. People can just come in and interact and talk about anything. I would also like to add a private sugges-
tion box on how we can improve our service to the community,” said Williams. However, Williams is aware of the issues some students are having with escorts. “We need to be more visible in the field and we need to be more accessible to our customers which are the students,” said Williams. Williams said that the reason some students may not be able to get an escorts is the officers may be busy with other events going on campus “When we tell a student we don’t have anyone available to provide an escort that’s because our resources are tied up doing something else. I will be making changes here and once we come back in the fall there will be much higher visibility in the field and much more accessibility for escorts,” said Williams. The issues with Campus Safety are always shifting, but the department is constantly making changes for better service for students. Alyssa Wisniewski can be contacted at awisniewski@kscequinox.com
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Senate passes bill to boost workplace safety HOLLY RAMER
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This undated photo shows students eating lunch at William Allen School in Rochester, N.H. Students willingly place uneaten produce, unopened milk cartons and other food items into a communal bowl so other students can discreetly take them to supplement their own lunches or bring them home to combat hunger after school. The practice is known as a food rescue or share table, and it's one of several nontraditional approaches Seacoast schools are taking to combat food insecurity.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The 2016 death of a Northfield Highway Department worker has led to the passage of bill aimed at improving workplace safety for New Hampshire's public sector employees. The bill, which passed the House last month and won unanimous support Thursday in the Senate, would require municipalities, school districts, state agencies and other public employers to report serious workplace injuries to the state Department of Labor within 24 hours and deaths within eight hours. The department also would be required to investigate the causes of deaths and when appropriate, recommend precautions that should be taken to avoid future harm. "This bill by codifying requirements of the Department of Labor would create an additional level of reporting that might highlight the need for the department to follow up," said Kevin Cavanaugh, D-Manchester. Relatives of Tom Wooten, a Belmont man who died after getting trapped between a tractor and the trailer it was hauling, watched Thursday's vote from the gallery. His daughter, Samantha Wooten, told senators last week it's unclear how and why the accident happened. "I'm by no means an expert on workplace safety or protocols. However I would have thought that since this accident resulted in the untimely death of my dad that there would be an adequate investigation, and I was proven wrong," she said at a public hearing on the bill. "That lack of investigation made me feel as though my father's life didn't mean as much as someone in the private sector where OSHA would've had jurisdiction." In New Hampshire, public workers are not subject to protections and oversight of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Rudy Ogden, deputy labor commissioner, told lawmakers at the same hearing the department supports the bill, but cautioned it won't lead to the same level of investigation as federal officials would undertake. "The department is trying to do better relative to safety. We do understand that certain individuals in the past have looked at our inspections and said they should have been more thorough," he said. "I would note that we are not OSHA. We do not have the funding or the training."
2020 Democrats clash over impeachment, felons' right to vote STEVE PEOPLES HUNTER WOODAL
AssociAted Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — California Sen. Kamala Harris joined the call for President Donald Trump's impeachment as five leading Democratic presidential contenders clashed in a series of primetime town hall meetings that exposed deep divisions in a party desperate to end the Trump presidency. Harris' unexpected support for impeachment follows Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren's push for Congress to begin the process to remove the Republican president following the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's redacted report — a plan all but certain to fail without significant Republican support. "There is no political inconvenience exception to the United States Constitution," Warren said. "If any other human being in this country had done what's documented in the Mueller report, they would be arrested and put in jail." The impeachment debate, which is raging among Democrats nationwide, played out on national television Monday as five 2020 hopefuls representing different wings of the party addressed young voters in first-inthe-nation primary state New Hampshire. While they took turns on stage, the forum, hosted by CNN, marked the first time this young presidential primary season in which multiple candidates appeared on national television for the same event. The five-hour marathon marked a preview of sorts for the party's first formal presidential debate , set for late June. On Monday, they clashed from afar while taking questions from college students about free college, free health care, gun control and impeachment. A central question faced candidates throughout the night: Who is best positioned to deny Trump a second term? Bernie Sanders, a front-runner in the crowded Democratic field who has pushed much of his party to the left in recent years,
was asked to defend his decision to embrace democratic socialism. "It's a radical idea. Maybe not everyone agrees. But I happen to believe we ought to have a government that represents working families and not just the 1 percent," he said. Republicans, led by Trump, have spent much of the last year warning voters that Democrats would take the country toward socialism should they win in 2020. Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who has cast herself as a Midwestern pragmatist well positioned to appeal to the middle of the country, refused to embrace "Medicare for All," free college or Trump's impeachment. "I wish I could staple a free college diploma to every one of your chairs," Klobuchar told the audience of college students. "I have to be straight with you and tell you the truth." Warren, a champion for her party's more liberal wing, called for an "ultramillionaires' tax" on income over $50 million to help pay for free college, free child care for all children 5 and younger, free universal prekindergarten and studentdebt forgiveness. "We say good for you that you have now gotten this great fortune," she said of the nation's wealthiest taxpayers. "But you gotta pay something back so everybody else gets a chance." The Republicans tasked with helping Trump win re-election paid close attention to the Democrats' answers, seeking political ammunition to tear them down. GOP Chair Ronna McDaniel pounced on Sanders' call to restore the voting rights of felons, including people like the Boston Marathon bomber, who killed three people and injured hundreds in 2013 with a pair of pressure-cooker bombers and was sentenced to death. "I think the right to vote is inherent to our democracy," Sanders said. "Yes, even for terrible people." McDaniel responded on social media: "If you had any doubt about how radical the Democrat Party has become, their 2020 frontrunner wants to let terrorists convicted of murdering American citizens vote from
prison. It's beyond extreme." South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who has generated tremendous buzz recently in the Democratic field, also opposed Sanders' position. The 37-year-old openly gay former military officer said felons should have their voting rights restored only after they leave prison, not before. There was very little discussion of immigration, an issue that has largely defined Trump's presidency. Most of the Democrats seeking the presidency support a pathway to legal status for immigrants in the country illegally, particularly those brought to the country as children. Buttigieg noted that most Americans support such a plan, based on public polls. And he condemned Trump for inflaming immigration tensions for political gain. "We've got a White House that's actually computed that it's better off politically if this problem goes unsolved," Buttigieg said. "It's been used to divide us." Foreign policy was also an afterthought for most of the night, though Sanders drew cheers from the young crowd when he condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for treating Palestinians "unfairly." The Vermont senator said he believes the United States should "deal with the Middle East on a level-playing-field basis." The goal, he continued, must be to try to bring people together and "not just support one country, which is now run by a right-wing, dare I say, racist government." Just five of the roughly 20 Democratic presidential candidates participated in Monday's forum. Former Vice President Joe Biden, expected to announce his candidacy later in the week, was among the missing. CNN did not explain how it chose the participants. The cable network has held prime-time town halls for many of the candidates, including four of the five who appeared Monday. On impeachment, an issue that has
exposed deep divisions within the Democratic Party in recent days, both Harris and Warren broke from Sanders and Klobuchar by openly calling for elected officials to begin proceedings to remove the president from office. Democratic leaders, i ncludi ng Ho u s e Speaker Nancy Pelosi, have urged a more cautious approach because impeachment would be nearly impossible politically without significant Republican support. Harris said the special counsel's recently released report "tells us that this president and his administration engaged in obstruction of justice." "I believe Congress should take the steps toward impeachment," she said. Buttigieg said Trump has "made it pretty clear he deserves impeachment," but that he's focused on delivering the Republican president "an absolute thumping at the ballot box."
K l o b u c h a r, like Sanders, sidestepped direct questions about impeachment. Sanders warned that pushing too hard to remove the president before the next election might distract from Democrats' priorities on health care and the economy. "At the end of the day," he said, "what is most important to me is to see that Donald Trump is not re-elected."
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One event at a time
Multi-event athletes train hard while taking care of their bodies
It’s all the events!
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SportS Editor College athletes are determined, hard working, and productive. But college athletes that compete in multiple events are a different breed of hard-core. Not only do they excel in one sport, but multiple events that require different training. Keene State track and field twins Alexis and Skyler Gotheir run different events that require different types of training, including hurdles, jumps, and multis which can include javelin and shot put. According to KeeneOwls.com Skyler Gauthier was named LEC Field Athlete of the Week after an “impressive showing at the Silfen Invitational, finishing third in the heptathlon, totalling 4,067 points, which is good for 20th nationally.” A heptathlon is when a track and field athlete competes in all seven events. Gauthier’s heptathlon performances included fourth place in the 200 meter dash (27.53 meters), second in the 800 meters (2:36.47), fifth in the 100 hurdles (16.15), third in the high jump (1.52 meters), first place in the shot put (9.77 meters), third in the long jump (4.91 meters), and third in the javelin (25.73 meters). Making the time to put in the practices and the have the time management skills to prioritize training is a challenge. Alexis Gauthier said, “communicating with coaches is important.” “Like any sport your body might have some soreness and tight muscles, we just have to communicate with our coaches about that stuff and if we have too, we’ll switch our training schedule up,” she added, “With multis you just have to take each event at a time and not think about anything that happened in the previous events or ones that are coming up” said Alexis Gauthier. Events like javelin and shot put requires a lot of arm
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and upper body strength while hurdles and sprints require cardio and speed. That means that the athletes must work every part of their body while training and competing. “Maintenance is pretty important, because we work hard throughout the week. You have to take care of your body properly or you won’t perform how you want to,” said Skylar, “The good thing about multis is that
you work on other events you might not always do, so it wThe twins will both compete at the Little East Congives parts of your body some time to recover.” ference (LEC) Championship hosted at Fitchburg State Both Skylar and Alexis competed in the Springfield on Saturday April 27. The start time is 10 a.m. Invitational this past weekend on April 19 and 20. According to Keeneowls.com, Skyler Gauthier won Cailla Prisco can be contacted the 100 hurdles in 16.00 seconds flat and Alexis Gauthat cprisco@kscequinox.com ier was third in the long jump at 5.03 meters, with Skyler Gauthier in fourth at 5.01 meters.
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First-year Ramirez is tenths of seconds off from three Keene State school records AUSTIN SMITH
Equinox Staff Success at any time is something that all athletes enjoy, but success as a first-year is even better. Angel Ramirez, a first-year sprinter, came in second place at the Jim Sheehan Invitational meet on Saturday Mar. 6. In this meet, Ramirez ran the 100 meter dash in 11.37 seconds. Ramirez was just eight hundredths of a second away from the first place finisher. At the Silfen Invitational a week later, Ramirez ran the 100 meter in 11.13 seconds, this was his personal best for the season. He placed ninth in the race with this time. With this time of 11.13, Ramirez is currently about two tenths of a second away from the school record for the 100 meter dash. The current school record for the 100 meter is 10.94 seconds. This record is held by Tom Neary, who set it in 1977. Ramirez is already close to breaking a 42-year-old record, as a first-year. “I really attribute to starting early, really being passionate about it, always working hard,” said Ramirez. According to Ramirez, he has been running track since he was in eighth grade. He ran at Concord high school in New Hampshire. Teammate and Senior Sprinter Tony Jennings said, “He’s gonna get a … of a lot faster, that 200 meter school record is going to be gone honestly.” The 200 meter record is currently at 21.74 seconds, this record is also held by Tom Neary from 1977. At the Jim Sheehan Invitational, Ramirez ran the 200 meter race. In this race he had a time of 23.33 seconds.. Ramirez is also looking at other records. “A few actually, I’m looking for the 200, the 100, the 4x1 we’re working on right now,” Ramirez said. The 4x100 meter record has been held for 44 years, since 1975. The record is 43.3 seconds. According to Ramirez, one of the members of the 4x100 team is out for the season due to injury. The 4x100 is a team of four people that are all running a 100 meter dash around the track. Coach Nick Athanasopoulos said, “He has three more years here, we see a lot of ability. He’s continually improving meet after meet.” With three more years of eligibility, Ramirez will have time to continue to improve on his times.
While Ramirez is going for records, Jennings says he can be one of Keene State’s best runners. “I don’t see anyone beating him, in the near future,” Jennings said. Jennings is also part of the 4x100 team that is trying to break the record. The next meet that Ramirez and Jenning will run in will be the LEC championship meet at Fitchburg State University on April 27. After this meet there are three more meets this season, all championship meets. Ramirez has qualified for the Division III championship meet. Athanasopoulos said, “I don’t necessarily think there is a ceiling, we’ll just keep getting better every day and I think some really good things can happen.” Austin Smith can be contacted at asmith@kscequinox.com
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Owls top Colonials 22-3
Revolution Defeat New York Red Bulls at Home LUKE STERGIOU
Photo Editor The New England Revolution hosted the New York Red Bulls on a very rainy night at Gillette Stadium on April 20, beating the visitors 1-0. With both teams struggling so far this season and sitting in the bottom of the eastern conference, both New England and New York were looking for a win. The reigning supporters shield winners were looking to win away while New England were looking to win another home game and make the fans happy after a home loss against Atlanta United. Both teams debuted their new Adidas x Parley jerseys as well. The game started off relatively quiet, with New England keeping possession and controlling the ball. The first real chance of the game came in the 14th minute when New York were rewarded a free kick. Midfielder Daniel Royer sent a screamer of a shot towards Revolution goalkeeper Cody Cropper, but he caught the shot with ease. New England registered their first shot on target when Carles Gil attempted a strike in the 16th minute, only for it to go wide of the net. New York nearly scored in the 38th minute, after a throw in that eventually met midfielder Mark Rzatkowski controlled a pass and vollied it straight at Cropper, which he comfortably saved. The first half ended 0-0. In the second half, the Revolution nearly made it 1-0 after a corner kick delivered by Diego Fagundez met the head of striker Teal Bunbury who headed it down, only for New York Red Bulls goalkeeper Luis Robles to catch it with no hesitation. Nearly two minutes later, the Revolution caught a break, with striker Juan Agudelo setting up attacking midfielder Diego Fagundez, who took a few extra touches before curving his shot over the net. Fagundez would later be subbed off in the 70th minute by eventual goalscorer, Cristian Penilla. Manager Brad Friedel would be rewarded with his decision as two minutes after coming on, Penilla scored the game winning goal. The New York Red Bulls turned over the ball in the 72nd minute, which caused midfielder Juan Fernando Caicedo to set up Penilla on a run. Penilla slotted the ball past Luis Robles with ease. The Revolution defense managed to contain the Red Bull attack for the rest of the game, sealing the win for New England. Despite the miserable weather, the win was a refreshing one for Revolution fans. New England moved up two places in the Eastern conference with this win, currently sitting in 10th place above the New York Red Bulls and Atlanta United. Along with the win, various Revolution players reached their own accolades: Cristian Penilla scoring his first MLS goal, Diego Fagundez becoming Homegrown player in the MLS to reach 15,000 minutes played and defender Andrew Farrell becoming the 5th Revolution player to reach 17,000 regular season minutes exclusively with New England. The Revolution play Montreal Impact on Wednesday, April 24, and fans are hoping this momentum will reward them with another win and more good momentum going into a 3 game stretch on the road.
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Senior and midfielder Chris Morgan playing against two Western Connecticut State University players where the Keene State Owls won 22-3.
Nutting leads Owls with 6 goals followed by Wiendenfeld who scored 4 goals AUSTIN SMITH
Equinox Staff The Keene State men’s lacrosse team has clinched their seventh straight LEC regular season title. The owls clinched in a dominating 22-3 victory over Western Connecticut State. In the victory 11 different players scored for KSC. The goal leader for the game was sophomore attackman Joe Nutting with six goals. Nutting is currently leading the team in goals with 31. Junior attackman Dave Weidenfeld also added one goal and
four assists giving him seven points. This game marked Keene State’s sixth win in a row and gave them a 7-0 conference record. This game was also KSC’s last regular season home game. This means that this was senior day, a day where the senior athletes were honored. The list of seniors included Steve Hamel, Chris Morgan, Charles Molloy IV, JJ Downey, Gabe Cormier and Bobby Carey. The game was all Keene State from the start, the owls scored five goals in the first quarter and took an eleven goal lead into
the half. Seven more goals were added in the third quarter to make the lead 18-1. The owls scored four more goals in the fourth quarter to Western Connecticut’s two. It seemed like every time the owls shot the ball it was going in. WestConn’s starting goalie had 13 saves on 31 shots, this was good for a .419 save percentage. The owls starting goalie, Chase Chamberlain saved 88 percent of the shots on him. In the game the owls outshot the Colonials, 37-16. This score marks Keene State’s second highest scoring total of the year, only being topped
by their 25 goal outing against Salem State. The owls will play their final regular season game on April 26, against conference rival Southern Maine. After this game the Owls will host the semi-final game against an opponent to be determined. Austin Smith can be contacted at asmith@kscequinox.com
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Brought the fire “Her intensity drives me to be the best player I can be. Her attitude on the field is contagious.” - Lauren Rousseau
Woods named LEC softball player of the week with a .652 batting average IZZY HARRIS
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Sophomore Cassie Woods was named Little East Conference Player of the week on behalf of the women’s softball team. Woods hit a .652 batting average, and as Senior Molly St. Germain said, brought the “fire” to the softball field. “She has this fire that you can’t put in every player and she has it she is always up and in it,” said St. Germain. St. Germain said, “I think Cassie is the perfect person for LEC player of the week because she embodies what Keene State softball is. She can hit the ball so well and every time she gets up to bat I have 100% faith that she will hit the ball and every time the ball is hit to the outfield I’m always positive she will get it.” “It means a lot to be LEC player of the week, it’s a huge honor and it means your one of the best which Cassie is,” St. Germain noted. Sophomore Lauren Rousseau said that Woods is one of the most dedicated players she has ever
played with. “I love playing with her because her intensity drives me to be the best player I can be her attitude on the field is contagious,” said Rousseau. “There’s no doubt in my mind that Cassie is deserving of this, she is the hitter you want up in clutch situations and the center fielder who would throw herself into the fence to catch a ball,” Rosseau noted. Rousseau said, “I think it’s an amazing accomplishment to be named LEC player of the week and I don’t think it could have gone to a more deserving person.” Woods said that while it was an honor to receive LEC player of the week, “...but more importantly we had a good week in the conference so I was excited to help my team accomplish that.” While being awarded LEC player of the week is a huge accomplishment, Woods is not stopping here. Woods said that her, “Long term goal is to continue to enjoy the great game of softball and short term goal is to win LEC’s!” Woods is a transfer student from Southern
Connecticut State University, and she’s positive on and off the field.” this is her second year playing on the KSC Softball Team. Izzy Harris She noted that playing softball can be contacted at at Keene State, “...has helped me iharris@kscequinox.com grow tremendously both on and off the field. I have developed as an athlete thanks to coach Carrah and as an individual becoming more independent and dedicated toward my future goals.” Head Softball Coach Carrah Fisk Hennessey said that she was proud to see Woods named LEC player of the week. “There are 9 teams in the LEC, that’s about 180 softball student athletes in our conference all playing hard this season. To have a KSC softball player named player of the week is definitely a well-earned honor,” said Hennessey. Hennessey noted, “Cassie loves softball. She’s up to date on games around the conference, often providing text message updates to everyone about who did what, when, and where. She promotes Keene State Softball to the campus community and to prospective student athletes. She’s tough, she’s smart, and
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Sophomore Cassie Woods hitting against University of Southern Maine where the Owls ended in a split. First game the Owls lost 3-2 and the second game the Owls came back and won 14-12.
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