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THE EQUINOX The student voice of Keene State College

Vol. 73, Issue #9

Thursday, October 31, 2019

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Optics hub progresses

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Keene man pulls gun on students JACK HANSON

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Monadnock Hall will become a hub for students to connect with local businesses Keene State College plans to replace Monadnock Hall with a new optics hub. This optics hub will function as an academic classroom with the added benefit of connecting students with future employers.

Director of External Relations Steve Fortier said that the hub’s development was in response to a need for more workforce development on the part of colleges in the state.

“The governor had asked each of the three brick and mortar colleges within the university system for proposals of what we do for workforce development with some one-time funding. What we came up with for a plan was to respond to what multinational companies in the optics field had been asking us to do: that they need more of our sustainable product design and innovation program placing students in high-level positions in advanced manufacturing companies,” Fortier said.

Fortier works to connect Keene State with the local community and to bring in resources from the region to Keene State. Fortier works as the liaison for the optics hub project.

“This proposal to the governor was to use the nine million dollars to help create this business partnership hub, of which optics would be the main feature but other community partnerships would evolve from,” Fortier said.

According to the Keene Sentinel, the hub will focus on manufacturing and product design and include a “makerspace”— a space with tools and equipment to encourage innovation and collaboration from students.

What will be in the business hub is added classrooms, interactive classrooms and lab space.

“Some of the corporate partners are offering machines from their floor, so our students will be learning hands-on with the machines that different companies are using,” Fortier said. “Part of the beauty of the plan is that it’s right across the street from the TDS where related courses take place.”

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New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu said he is looking forward to this development.

“I look forward to working collaboratively with all of you in the months ahead to design a fiscally responsible budget that puts the needs of our citizens front and center,” Sununu said.

“It was clear early on the governor’s budget would not survive the legislature. These one-time dollars for special projects got pulled out,” Fortier said.

Keene State College decided to go forward with this project after the governor’s offer of one-time state funding fell through. The college turned to other funding sources for the building of the optics hub. KSC President Melinda Treadwell said that bidding for that funding will be part of this.

“Federal grants and tax credits are part of the fundraising package for this project. We have to bid for those tax credits and aid dollars. That’s all going to start happening between now and February,” Treadwell said.

“Working with the city manager and the chamber of commerce, we went to a plan B. The plan B included Jack Dugen, the CEO and President of the Monadnock Economic Development Corporation. We will not be receiving funding directly from the state of New Hampshire, but Jack has pieced together seven different state and federal funding sources that add up to what we need to develop this space,” Fortier said.

Monadnock Hall will be torn down to allow space for the optics hub to be built. Randall Hall will also be torn down and that space will serve as parking.

“Our plan is to take Monadnock and Randall down and build on that new footprint. We calculated we do not need that in the future, with the president’s focus on not growing beyond 4,000 students. Calculating the residential life space we need, there is no residential value for those buildings. This is a great way to turn that area into value for the campus,” Fortier said. “Once all the funding is in place, hopefully by spring of 2020, and we’ll be raising the buildings in 2021 and then be ready to open the space in 2022.”

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The college plans to use student input in the design and building of this. Business and community partners will also be consulted on the design and structure of the optics hub.

“We’ll be hosting an open process of getting input on conceptualization. Asking what people are looking for in programs and a feel, not just in practical design of this building.

With our ambitious sustainability goals, there’s no doubt it will be a lot like TDS with locally sourced products for construction and fueled by renewable energy,” Fortier said.

Kelly Regan can be contacted at kregan@kscequinox.com.

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way to turn that area into value for the campus.

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A Keene man pulled a gun on Keene State College students outside their house during a fight last Sunday, October 20.

The suspect was identified as David E. Brown, 30. Brown was videotaped arguing with a group of male students outside their rental home on Grove Street.

The footage showed the students, Brown and a woman all yelling at each other in the front yard. The woman is seen trying to pull Brown away from the house and warning the students to go inside and close their door “cause you’re not going to like what happens.”

After one of the students allegedly says that Brown looks ridiculous, Brown pounces on the student, but a student on the porch jumps on Brown and two bystanders join in, punching Brown while the woman tries to pull them off of him. Brown’s shirt then gets ripped off and he pulls a pistol from his waist. He can be seen cocking the gun as the students run inside their home.

Brown was arrested by the Keene Police Department on charges of criminal threatening with a firearm and simple assault. He was later arraigned on Monday, October 21, for charges of felony criminal threatening and misdemeanor simple assault. He was released on personal recognizance bail on the terms that he can not possess any firearms, has to live in a different part of Keene and can have no contact with the students involved.

The students involved declined to comment until this issue is settled in court.

Jack Hanson can be contacted at jhanson@kscequinox.com

“I feel like a lot of people don’t see disability as part of national diversity. As a society, we talk about ethnic diversity, sexual orientation, race, economics, which are all important, but we sometimes forget about ability and disability,” Project SEARCH director and filmmaker Dan Habib said.

Keene State College held the Monadnock Region Transition Fair on October 22, 2019, in the Young Student Center. Habib showed some short films about individuals with disabilities. He spoke about how those individuals transition within the education system and after graduating from their school or college.

The Monadnock Region Transition Fair showed the short film,

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Thursday, October 31, 2019

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Catering Director resigns Dorothy McCoy leaves her position for personal reasons RACHEL VITELLO

News editor Dorothy McCoy has resigned from her position as Catering Director of Zorn Dining Commons effective Thursday, October 17. There is not currently a replacement or interim position, but the dining commons staff are currently in search of one. Director of Campus Life Jennifer Ferrell sent out an email to faculty and staff regarding the vacancy.

The email states, “During this interim vacancy, direction for catering will be covered by the in-house team of Jackie Romito-Carey (Resident District Manager) and Kirstyn Vitovich (Assistant Resident Dining Manager), both with great experience in that area.

Jackie served as Catering Director at a previous institution, and Kirstyn came on board at KSC originally working with catering. A search for the new Catering Director will begin immediately.”

All dining events that are already planned or are currently in process will not be affected by McCoy’s resignation.

According to Romito-Carey, McCoy left for personal reasons. No further information was provided.

KSC President Melinda Treadwell said she hopes the best for McCoy moving forward.

“I think she has another opportunity and it’s just sad to see her go. She’s wonderful and brilliant. She’s got a great aesthetic eye and sets up really beautiful things. I’m going to miss her, but I wish her well,” Treadwell said.

Anyone with additional questions or who is not sure who to get in contact with can contact Ferrell directly at jferrell1@keene.edu.

Vitovich and McCoy did not respond to request for comment.

Rachel Vitello can be contacted at rvitello@kscequinox.com.

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“Garrett Shows: I’m in Charge”. The film is about Garrett Shows, as a sophomore at ConVal high school. After the film, Shows and Habib held a question and answer session.

“I thought it was going to be boring, but I’m really glad that I came because I learned a lot. It was really interesting to see the films and to hear Garret speak,” Keene State student Emily Gosselin said.

“It was good to hear it from a kid with special needs Most of the time their parents or their teachers talk, but he actually talked about it. It was a whole different perspective,” Keene State student Chloe Syr said.

Shows is now 21 years old and works in the oncology ward through Project SEARCH. Project SEARCH is a program for individuals with intellectual or physical disabilities to help them find employment.

“Basically people get together and see which is the best program and individualized for each student. Which one is best for him,” Shows said.

“To be honest, I don’t think college is the right answer for me.”

Education professor Lance Neeper was part of the team at Keene State College that coordinated this event.

“There were faculty members, there were community service providers, there was just a lot of us to help put this together. I coordinated with Dan and some others on this project,” Neeper said.

Keene State students and ConVal high school students attended as well as people from the surrounding communities.

“This was a really diverse crowd. I feel like there were people from colleges, there were non-profits, there were a lot of students here. A lot of education students, but also students from the community. I feel like it’s a great way to bring people who are out in the community of Keene and neighboring communities into the college,” Habib said.

“A lot of future teachers came to learn what the process looks like and what they can do when they get into the classroom,” Neeper said. “It starts with future teachers and with families.”

The Monadnock Region Transition Fair had 18 vendors from local non-profits, community services and education programs. The vendors were local organizations that offered various forms of support to individuals with disabilities.

“I got a lot of information, especially from the vendors. I didn’t really know what kids with special needs did after college. I’m an elementary education major, so we need to prepare them for something and I didn’t really know what we were preparing them for,” Syr said.

“There were a lot of education students here and they should be seeing their future as teaching a wide variety of students, including students with disabilities. There shouldn’t be this wall between regular education and special education,” Habib said.

“I want to get my masters in special education so I think this was nice to see all the films and to know that just because they have a disability, they’re completely capable of anything else. It was just nice to see a visual,” KSC student Lily Perkins said.

“I came for one of my classes, but I’m glad I came to this one. Disability is a huge thing and everyone has to face it at times. I loved the stories that were told and how their lives were impacted,” Keene State student Allen Crosnier said.

Habib’s other films have been shown at Keene State College and Keene State is considering holding similar events to this one in the future.

“We’re definitely thinking about what other ways we can have an impact, if it’s something like this or some other avenue,” Neeper said.

Kelly Regan can be contacted at kregan@kscequinox.com.

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Students learn about the opioid crisis and criminal justice system

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Professor Kirk Sanger discusses effects of opioid addiction CRISTIAN VALENTIN

opiNioNs editor This week a KSC alumnus brought a new side of the issue of the opioid crisis to students’ attention.

Assistant Professor for nursing Dr. Kirk Sanger discussed the roles of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as well as incarceration as effects of opioid addiction. Sanger also talked about improper jail systems that do more harm to victims of opioid addiction than help. He stressed the importance of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) programs in prisons which help addicts gradually wean off of opioids.

According to Sanger, he wants to be able to bridge the gap between people who do not know about these issues and the people struggling. He went about this by showing many statistics about opioid addiction. This includes the fact that 1.4 million incarcerated people have a substance abuse problem. Forty percent of these prisoners have been reported to have PTSD. Sanger says his past as a nurse made this matter to him. “A lot of these people are struggling to stay alive and when it gets to that point,

as a nurse, it just feels like something I should partake in. Everybody I would come in contact with was having such a struggle that it made sense to try to see what’s happening,” said Sanger.

Sanger added that this is important for everybody to know about. “It’s happening all around.

No matter what your major is, it is happening around you. It can be happening to your friends, at your work; anybody can be affected by this,” said Sanger.

Assistant Dean of the School of Sciences, Sustainability and Health Michael Welsh agreed that everybody should know this. “This is the issue of the day in New Hampshire, but increasingly nationwide, and there are going to be more and more politics about it as time goes on. Politics are always better when people are better informed,” said Welsh.

Dr. Sanger seems to have succeeded in spreading this knowledge. Audience member Nicholas Harms said he appreciated the presentation. “I learned how the community deals with opioids and how people get addicted in the first place,” said Harms.

Even professionals such as Welsh, who already knew information on the topic, learned

from the presentation. “I thought it was super factual and full of information I didn’t know and I’ve heard a lot about the opioid crisis. The breakdown of different medically-assisted treatments was something that was more systematically presented than I’ve ever seen,” said Welsh.

Audience members, like junior criminal justice and sociology major Gianna Massa, also said Sanger did a good job keeping them engaged. “I liked how he walked around the room instead of just staying in one place and he sounded very passionate about what he wanted. When somebody is passionate about something it gets you more involved,” said Massa.

This presentation was held in Science Center room 101 as part of the SSH Seminar Series. The next seminar will also be held in Science 101 on Wednesday, October 30 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. and will talk about if the type of food you eat can determine your vulnerability to arsenic poisoning.

Cristian Valentin can be contacted at cvalentin@kscequinox.com

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Thursday, October 31, 2019

President Treadwell presents to Board of Trustees

BENAJIL RAI / MULTIMEDIA DIRECTOR

On Friday, October 25, KSC President Melinda Treadwell presented to the University System of New Hampshire (USNH) Board of Trustees about strategic investments into the college. These investments included improvements to the college’s website, financial affairs and business operations review and realignment, redesign for change management and project management support, I.T. realignment, academic program review and future focus assessment, student support and infrastructure, new program delivery options, capital resources to realign the physical plant and support for new public and private partnerships, like the optics hub.

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Jayson Cassetta was elected as a representative for the class of 2023 at Student Assembly on Monday, October 29, 2019.

Lloyds Marketplace and Hoot ‘n’ Scoot will no longer have plastic bags for customers starting in the spring semester. According to the Director of Campus Life Jennifer Ferrell, members of the Eco-Reps met with administration during a meeting where they put forward the proposal. The proposal was approved by Ferrell.

Associate Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion Dottie Morris came in to talk about diversity on campus and future events.

According to Morris, faculty and students in the Liberal Arts Core committee have been talking about implementing core diversity courses for incoming first year students. The courses would be seperate from the ISP course requirements but would be required for all new students.

On Friday, December 6, there will be a diversity Summit at Granite State College in Concord, New Hampshire for the entire University System of New Hampshire (USNH). The summit will cover topics among diversity and issues on campuses and how to address them.

Morris also said the Liberal Arts Core committee is looking for new ideas to implement into the Orientation and residence hall programs. For more information, you can contact Morris at dmorris@keene.edu.

Student Assembly meets every Monday at 6:30 p.m. in the Mountain View Room.

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Thursday, October 31, 2019

EDITORIAL

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Lasting legacy of hippies DEAR EDITOR:

My name is Stewart Rogers. I’m a “old hippie” living in Durham, NC.

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I’m one of 50 old hippies who recently wrote a collection of memoirs titled What Happened to the Hippies: Voices and Perspectives. Published by McFarland Books, the book describes how we joined the counter-culture movement in the 1960’s and early 70’s, how our values have matured over time, and why we still believe that love, peace, and understanding are the only viable solutions to the problems of the world.

Your readers will be intrigued by our book for several reasons. First, baby boomers and others fascinated by the hippie era will enjoy a fresh look back at this extraordinary time in American history. This period is particularly noteworthy as we remember the 50th anniversary of events such as the Woodstock Music Festival earlier this year.

More importantly, your readers will experience a unique perspective on today’s divisive cultural landscape. We invite those of all political persuasions to consider whether our idealism, grounded in the past, may offer new answers for today.

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For some, hippies symbolized the worst of American youth – dirty, drugcrazed dropouts, listening to the devil’s music, obsessed with free love and LSD, spitting in the faces of hardworking lawabiding citizens who made this country great.

Olivia Cattabriga/ Art Director

The Equinox responses to inaccessibility of reserves account The Equinox’s understanding of a reserve fund is that it is a savings account set aside to meet any routine or unexpected costs or obligations. As far as we know, the student organizations on campus run on budgets approved by the student government. However, the Equinox, unlike other student organizations on campus, has a reserve fund set aside which has been built up over several years through the sale of advertising. According to the fund report in Banner there is $55,811.86 in The Equinox reserve account.

The Equinox recently requested funding from the reserve account to fund part ($3,180) of our trip to Washington, D.C. for the National College Media Convention which is an annual conference that the Equinox has always gone to except for last year due to budget cuts and not being able to access our reserves.

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Life Jennifer Ferrell sent an email on October 17, 2019 to request these funds. Ferrell said in her email, “I support this request, as it is exactly why the group has been holding onto reserves for a number years – for just this type of situation.”

Unfortunately, The Equinox received no response from administration. Student representatives from the Equinox then tried visiting the Vice President for Finance and Administration, to whom the request for funds was sent, only to be met with rudeness and avoidance. It has now forced the Equinox to change its mode of transportation to Washington, D.C. from airplanes to vans. This will increase travel time to 8 hours each way, and puts the students at a higher risk for human error.

This lack of response concerns us for a number of reasons. First, the school stresses the importance of supporting the students but then completely ignore us when we need help to go on an educational trip - and

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to a conference at which The Equinox has been nominated for two prestigious awards.

Second, it is part of the Vice President of Finance and Administration to help students and organization in situations such as this one. Yet there still has been no response 12 days after the request was made.

Perhaps what’s more concerning is the The Equinox Reserves Fund was originally a savings-type account built up by the sale of ads in the newspaper, access to which only required an advisor’s approval. Recently, the account has been switched to a budgeted account, which requires a request be made to Student Involvement and the Vice President of Finance and Administration. Is the money still there? The money the Equinox worked hard for, selling advertisements.

What is being hidden? We are concerned as well because we went to the highest power short of the president and got nothing. Did the school just take the money the newspaper earned?

We strongly believe that student organizations should have access to the money they have raised in the past and in the current year. The money we requested for this national academic conference is money that the Equinox has earned. We have earned it, it is ours, and we will not stop fighting until we have the access to it we deserve.

The way our organization was treated by the administration was unacceptable.

Administrators should remember that without students there is no administrator. This college has a mission, one that perhaps those who serve here should remember and reflect on. At the writing of this editorial, October 29, 2019 at 8p.m., we still have not received any response whatsoever.

But if you look beyond the psychedelic veneer and listen to the voices in our book, you’ll see something in short supply today – hope. We still believe that love is all you need, that flower power can overcome bombs, that kind hearts can dissolve racism, that character is more important than money, and that the American Dream is Dr. King’s dream of a nation with liberty and justice for all.

By reviewing the book, publishing short excerpts, or interviewing one of our writers, your publication can help readers reexamine their own values, feel more hopeful, and imagine new solutions to the world’s seemingly intractable problems.

Please review our website for more details and contact me directly to discuss the possibilities.

Best regards –Stewart www.WhatHappenedtotheHippies. com Stewart@WhatHappenedtotheHippies.com

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Thursday, October 31, 2019

STAFF COMMENTARY

Spooky season in Keene

A student’s thoughts on Harriett Huntress ANDREW CHASE

Equinox Staff Have you ever been in Huntress Hall late at night and heard the squeaking of a wheelchair moving down the hall? If so, you have probably been visited by the ghost of Harriet Huntress.

Harriet Huntress was the board of education director at Keene State College. The Huntress Hall dorm was named after Harriet Huntress and her ghost is believed to haunt residents because she is angry about the fact that the hall is co-ed.

Huntress Hall was turned into a temporary co-ed dorm during World War II. This was because the United States Navy was training pilots in Keene and they housed these troops in the residence halls. During this period of time was when the residents first encountered the ghost of Harriet Huntress.

There is also a rumor that Harriet Huntress’s wheelchair is stored in the attic of Huntress. Even to this day, there are many students who reside in Huntress Hall and report hearing strange noises in the attic at nighttime.

In 2008, a local paranormal group had an investigation of Huntress Hall and found absolutely nothing. Though, in my opinion, all paranormal television shows are a bunch of nonsense.

I feel this way because the majority of the time, they make noises off-screen to give off the appearance that a ghost actually made the noise. Sometimes the producers have their video editors add different sound effects to make it seem like there is something making that noise.

Another thing these shows do to try and fool

viewers is say that they found something with the tools they are using to hunt down ghosts. In reality, these ghost hunters are using the equipment wrong or are not using the right equipment in the first place.

My thoughts on the ghost story of Harriet Huntress haunting Huntress Hall is that it seems like a whole lot of bologna. I have a feeling that there is a reasonable explanation for all of these “ghost stories.”

I believe that a reasonable theory for Harriet Huntress’s “hauntings” is that during World War II, when the first sighting was reported, a few of the residents heard some sort of rodent or pest moving in the attic. Then, these residents might have decided to make up a story about how the ghost of the person who the building was named after is haunting the building. After fabricating this story, they all decided to tell others and the story just became popular.

Over time residents in Huntress Hall were probably just really tired and thought that they heard something when in reality it is literally just nothing. Also, it is natural for people to be afraid of the dark and the unknown. So when someone thinks they are hearing a wheelchair creaking above them in the attic, it’s probably just a mouse or something moving in the attic instead.

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Andrew Chase can be contacted at achase@kscequinox.com

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STAFF COMMENTARY

Patrick’s political talks: Kurds Political candidates’ opinions on Turkey and the Kurds PATRICK HOLDEN

Equinox Staff During the fourth democratic debate last week, candidates were questioned about President Trump’s withdrawal of American troops in northern Syria, a decision that has opened the doors to a Turkish invasion of the region.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan claims that the invasion is an effort in two parts - 1) expel the alliance known as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), composed largely of Kurdish fighters, from the border region between Turkey and Syria; and 2) allow the migration of over three million Syrian refugees currently residing in Turkey back into Syria.

American forces and Kurdish forces in the SDF fought alongside each other against the Islamic State and afterward have worked together to contain and detain surviving ISIS members. However, after Erdoğan

had a phone conversation with President Trump, American troops began pulling out of the region. Within days, Turkish forces were launching airstrikes against SDF targets and rolling ground forces into northern Syria. As a result, hundreds of SDF members have been killed and thousands of Kurdish civilians in the area have been displaced. Along with this, ISIS members that were being held by the Kurds in this area have reportedly escaped.

When Representative Tulsi Gabbard was asked about her statement that American troops should pull out of Syria, she discussed that while she does not believe President Trump handled the pull-out well and “...has the blood of the Kurds on his hand[s],” she calls out both the President and members of Congress from both parties for supporting the ‘regime change war’ in Syria since its start in 2011. She went on to promise to end American intervention in these wars, especially by cutting support

for groups that work as ground troops in these regime changes, including al Qaeda.

Mayor Pete Buttigieg strongly disagreed with her, stating that the apparent slaughter against the Kurds is a result of the President’s order to pull out American troops rather than their presence in the first place.

He claimed that while he didn’t support the deployment of American troops in places such as Iraq and Afghanistan, the situation in Syria is inherently different than those two wars due to them being solely special operations forces.

Rep. Gabbard rebutted by asking Mayor Buttigieg if he’d have American troops stay in Syria indefinitely, to which Buttigieg stated that “you can put an end to endless war without embracing Donald Trump’s policy,” arguing that we are breaking our word and credibility by abandoning the Kurds.

While I praise Rep. Gabbard’s criticism of both Republicans and Democrats regard-

ing their support of regime change conflict throughout the Middle East, I happen to agree much more with Mayor Buttigieg in this instance. American involvement didn’t begin until the last quarter of 2014 as a response to the rise of ISIS, a force that posed a threat to us and our allies in the region and around the world.

Buttigieg also said, there are many reports saying that it was American presence in northern Syria that was preventing the chaos now unfolding with this Turkish invasion. Along with this, both Democrats and Republicans, including military leaders, have criticized this move by the President, furthering the points that this troop pullout allows for ISIS members to regain a foothold in the region and presents a potential humanitarian crisis as evidence builds up that Turkish-backed forces are committing atrocities against Kurdish people.

I agree with Rep. Gabbard that troops should come home; however, I agree with

Buttigieg more in this case because the situation was not stable enough to allow for our troops to come home. When we find ourselves in situations such as Syria, Iraq, or Afghanistan, we cannot simply leave with a nice “job well done” without ensuring that some system is set up to control the situation and ensure some level of stability after we leave.

This is what we didn’t do in Iraq under the Obama administration, and less than five years later, ISIS took control of a huge portion of the country. While I want our troops to come home, I believe Mayor Buttigieg is correct in stating that our presence was vital to the stability of the region, and us pulling out is a betrayal of our values and of our duty to the Kurds.

Patrick Holden can be contacted at Patrick.

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A smile a day can go a long way for others The impact of technology on this generation’s social lives Equinox Staff With college students and people in general on their phones or devices more than ever these days, we often forget to say hello to someone when they walk by or acknowledge someone who is looking for help.

While being at Keene thus far, this is one thing I have noticed. Now, Keene being the only school where this is happening could not be more untrue, but it is certainly happening. When two people who do not know each other are walking toward one another, the easier thing to do these days is to whip out your phone right before that awkward first eye contact and not even look at or speak to that person at all.

People are now too nervous to even say hi to each other and it could keep them from meeting their best friend or love of their life. Emotions are contagious, so if one person starts to make a change by saying hello and asking how someone

is while walking through campus one day, then another might start doing so and then another.

This leads to the creation of new friends.

Maybe not right away, but the more people you say hello to and the more you are kind to others, the greater the chance of meeting people you genuinely like and want to hang out with is. Essentially, spreading positivity and kindness every day and looking up from your device to ask someone how they are doing will do nothing but benefit you and others.

Even just smiling at a fellow student may change their entire mood for the day. This idea is also important because, for some college students, college is their only real home. Many students have the benefit of being able to go home to a loving family whenever they would like to and get support from their parents, but not all have this advantage. Some students are trying to make it through college all on their own with little to no support from any family, and kindness could change their entire experience.

Like I said earlier, emotions are contagious, so if negative people are around you all the time, you will eventually start to get a negative attitude as well. If you start to be positive around those same people consistently enough, then you can change them around too. When you are in a class or walking across campus and see someone who may look down or is all alone, just ask them how they are and say hello. Their whole mood may be changed and you may find a friend that you could have missed.

The only thing that is happening when someone decides to go on their phone instead of say hello to that person who is walking by is that person misses out. They miss out on what possibly could have been a great conversation, a great friendship or just simply a quality hello and smile.

There is nothing to lose in spreading positivity.

William Pruett can be contacted at wpruett@kscequinox.com

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A new trailer awakens

A new Star Wars trailer was released JACK HANSON

BuSinESS ManagEr “The Rise of Skywalker” is rising above expectations.

The last full trailer aired on Monday, October 21, during Monday Night Football.

The trailer showcased a lot of easter eggs, clues, emotion and inspiration. I mean, it was the last trailer for the last movie in the saga; how could it not?

Starting with Rey, this trailer was the first that showed her starting to act and look like a Jedi. In the last two movies, Rey was brought into a conflict she never thought she'd be a part of, so it's fair that she was confused and did not know where she stood.

After the events of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” and her final scene with Leia, you can see that Rey has a new developed understanding and confidence about being a Jedi.

“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” was her introduction; “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” was the story of her realizing what she needed and who she wanted to be; and “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” will be her showing that to everyone.

To quote Rey from “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”: "Something inside me has always been there. But now it’s awake." And now to quote Finn from the opening scenes of the trailer: “It’s an instinct… A feeling." Rey always had the instinct inside of her but she never had the opportunity or chance for it to come out. She is finally accepting that she is destined to be a Jedi.

However, there is still some darkness and confusion within her. Just because she

is now a Jedi doesn't mean she has an understanding of everything there is. She is battling the conflict of being abandoned as a child, the death of Han Solo and the guilt of not being able to turn Kylo Ren to the Light.

There has been foreshadowing of Rey’s turn to the Darkside, particularly in “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” and the special look trailer released at D23 Expo 2019 shows Rey wielding a dual-bladed red lightsaber. There are some strong indications that Rey will face the Darkside a lot throughout this movie, physically and emotionally.

Easter eggs were present throughout the trailer. For example, in the opening shot, the helmet Rey drops appears to be one of the rebel helmets from one of the original films, but the biggest one that has had fans going crazy is actually a rebel ship named Ghost.

For those who don’t know, Ghost was the name of the rebels’ ship in the tv show “Star Wars Rebels” on Disney XD. But who is piloting the ship? Personally, I would love to see Ahsoka Tano come into this film. After “Rebels’” ending, it was clear that Ahsoka’s mission was not over and she had to have encountered Luke Skywalker at some point in time. It would only make sense to see Anakin Skywalker’s apprentice in the final film. Not to mention a lightsaber duel with white sabers would look absolutely stellar on a theater screen.

The trailer did not necessarily reveal any more information about the movie we didn’t know prior to its release, but it definitely emphasized the action and emotion that is present in the film. The score by John Wiliams blew fans away; nothing surpris-

ing. A remastered use of the original “Star Wars” theme song took over the final half of the trailer which showed most of the emotion: what appears to be Rey’s goodbye to Leia, the Resistance fighting the First Order (or whoever it is) for the last time and several Rey and Kylo Ren encounters.

We may not know what is going to happen (for the most part), but this trailer definitely inspired a lot to find out. According to Slashfilm.com, “Earlier this year, ‘Avengers: Endgame’ set a new record for first-hour ticket sales, but ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ just blew it out of the sky.

Atom Tickets reports that the ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ ticket pre-sales set a new first-hour record for the ticket-buying service, out-selling ‘Avengers: Endgame’ by a staggering 45%.” It’s clear that fans are more hyped than ever and proving their dedication to the franchise.

Disney also announced that the film will have a run time of 155 minutes, making it the longest “Star Wars” movie ever.

It is the end of a saga and for many an end to a chapter in their lives. There hasn't been a day I can remember where I didn’t know what “Star Wars” was. Saying goodbye won't be easy for any of us and I just hope this movie blows us away one last time.

To the franchise and characters I and so many have come to know, love, hate and connect to, thank you. We will never forget you.

May the force be with you, always.

Jack Hanson can be contacted at jhanson@kscequinox.com

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Pumpkin Lobotomy returns for second year

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Equinox Staff Keene State College’s annual “Pumpkin Lobotomy” event made its return for the second year in a row since the festivities were put on hold in 2014.

On the morning of Friday, October 25, the autumn leaves set the scene as preparations began for a day of festivities on campus, with hundreds of pumpkins arriving at Fiske Quad for carving. Students, families and community members started trickling in at noon, and the pumpkin carving began almost immediately. Attendees arriving in costume had their names entered into a raffle to win prizes, and the first 200 students to arrive received complimentary T-shirts.

Student organizations from around Keene State set up tables outside Fiske Hall, providing snacks, activities and reading materials to promote their groups and clubs. The Keene State College Democrats hosted a mock election and discussed current presidential candidates at their table, while Live Well KSC provided healthy trail mix with nutritional information. The Film Society’s flyers advertised the evening’s screening of “Rocky Horror Picture Show,” while KSC Scriptor invited attendees to participate in an ongoing Halloween-themed flash fiction contest. Outside of Morrison Hall, Keene State Dining provided snacks for attendees such as chili, nachos, cheesecake, pudding and hot cider.

The Office of Student Involvement not only made and handed out free cotton candy at its table but also hosted a game of bowling with a lane of hay bales, small pumpkins for bowling balls and painted Halloween-themed pins. Jessica Gagne Cloutier, a representative of SI, told interviewers that they had spent the prior week painting their props and preparing activities for the day. She attended the event dressed like a strawberry.

Speakers set up in front of Huntress Hall filled the quad with music until 2 p.m. A live band of seniors arrived and began setting up around 1:30 p.m. The hard rock group Afterimage consists of five KSC seniors: Griffin Romprey, Jason Coburn, Casey Daron, Brandon Curcio, and

Andrew LeCuyer. LeCuyer could not attend, so guest drummer Nathan “Nelly” Nelson substituted for the afternoon. Afterimage played a variety of covers until 3 p.m., talking and joking with the audience and giving shout-outs to students in costume.

The band announced, because of their upcoming graduation, they performed at the Pumpkin Lobotomy for their first and last time and one of their last times in Keene. They wished everyone a good Halloween next week.

Caroline Morgan from KSC Student Government had positive things to say about the day’s turnout of participants, saying it had surpassed their expectations based on the previous year’s event, even within the first hour. As Morgan explained, the Student Government organized and kept track of everyone who signed up to host a table. However, Student Gov also had their own table across from Rhodes hall and hosted a costume contest.

Emily Hill, a sophomore at KSC, worked at the Center for Writing’s table to advertise the center and its activities during the National Day on Writing, such as a scavenger hunt for paper owls. She also arrived wearing a tall foam giraffe head and entered the costume contest.

The festivities began to wind down at 3:30 p.m., and tables outside Fiske and Parker packed up to leave, but the crowds lingered. The mingling and pumpkin carving continued until 4 p.m.

Keene State’s Pumpkin Lobotomy event began with the hopes of becoming an annual campus celebration, but the future of the long-lasting tradition looked uncertain when Pumpkin Fest 2014 saw vandalism and disturbances of the peace, chiefly blamed on partying college students. In the fall of 2018, however, Pumpkin Lobotomy returned with the support of Keene State’s student leadership and campus organizations.

Lonnie Hiltz can be contacted at delaney.hiltz@ksc.keene.edu

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Musician and solo act Id M Theft Able performing his set at the Night Owl Cafe in the Student Center, showcasing his talents in vocal performance and sound art Friday, October 25, at 7:30 p.m.

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artS and EntErtainmEnt Editor The lit-up stage was equipped with four band members from Dover, New Hampshire tuning their instruments by the name of Greed Island.

This WKNH-run event took place Friday night at 7:30 p.m. in the Night Owl Cafe in the Student Center. WKNH invited not only the alternative rock band Greed Island but also self-proclaimed Sound artist, performance artist and composer Id M Theft Able from Portland, Maine. The event was also an open mic after both artists were done performing.

First-year John Patrick Hale, a DJ for WKNH, was in attendance at the event. “We’re putting it on, so I figured why not?” said Hale. Even though he didn’t know anyone performing, he still wanted to show his support.

Hale said, “I met them (WKNH) originally at the student involvement fair along at the beginning of the year. It was one of the things I considered trying and went in, passed the test, and it worked. That's how it came to be!”

Performer Id M Theft Able talked about his style of music and what exactly he does. “I do a lot of extensive vocal techniques. In the sound-art

world they call it ‘sound poetry,’ but it usually implies people are doing odd things with their voice and text. It’s really tough to succinctly describe because in some ways I’m not noise enough for the noise folks. It’s improvisation but it’s not jazz per se. Although it’s influenced by jazz and noise, there are a lot of other influences in there like rock or hip hop; those are a bit less obvious. Those are all a part of it, but the best way to put it is that I’m a sound artist,” said Able.

Able explained his situation. “I forgot several crucial pieces of equipment at home so there's going to be an extra level of improvisation that I even anticipated. I was driving here thinking I knew what the ingredients were but not the recipe, so to speak,” said Abel. He continues “I knew what I had but I didn't know exactly what to do with it. Now I know what I have but I don’t have what I thought I had. Here was a couple of definite things I was gonna do, but those are all out the window. As of right now I know I’m gonna play my amplified surface and do some extended vocal technique stuff with my voice and beyond that I don’t have a single plan. It’s a little nerve-racking and exciting.”

Introducing Greed Island for the was third year was WKNH Station

Manager Jacob Allen. “I’m a part of the E-board and we’re in charge of setting up the event and making the best experience for the artist,” he explained.

Allen mentioned he knew both of the artists performing and reminisced on past open mic and concert nights. “Even before I started working at WKNH I started going just because of how much fun it is. It’s not everyday where you have two bands from around and, sometimes, outside New England to play a show here,” he said.

For the open mic portion of the night, Allen said he was planning on performing. “It’s going to be loud and hopefully we can make everyone laugh,” he said.

Joe Guzman can be contacted at jguzman@kscequinox.com

Welcome to the show KSC Film Society hosts a showing of the film and an accompanying costume party Equinox Staff The Rocky Horror Picture Show Friday night at the Putnam Theater in the Redfern provided a different type of movie to watch during this spooky season. Especially to those in the crowd that were new to the film, they probably didn’t realize this would be such an interactive audience.

Sweethearts, Brad played by Barry Bostwick and Janet played

by Susan Sarandon, are our main characters everyone loves to yell at. They had no idea what they were going to find on that rainy night, getting a flat tire in the middle of nowhere. They ended up seeing a light on in an old mansion and the audience gets to sing along to “Over at the Frankenstein Place”. This mansion is filled some very interesting characters like Tim Curry as Dr. Frank-NFurter, a transvestite scientist, and Richard O’ Brien as Riff Raff sided with Patricia Quinn as Magenta, the misbehaved but fun help. You cannot forget about the creation himself Rocky Horror played by Peter Hinwood.

Val Mamish went with her roommate who told her all about the show beforehand: “I thought the costume contest was really cool and I loved seeing all the different costumes!” You were able to walk right into the theatre and you were greeted by Rocky in his golden shorts and a slice of pizza.

The Bear in the Big Blue House was the winner of the costume contest they got a bag of candy. In second place was the basic witch, and land Ariel came in third place, even while brushing her hair with a fork. Some other cool costumes included a homemade Luigi from the Haunted Mansion, and a couple of familiar characters from Stranger Things and even Rocky Horror itself!

Transfer student, Kim Garian, dressed up as Eleven from Stranger Things for the contest. Garian heard about the showing from the KSC Film Society meetings (on Tuesdays) and she said that it was her “first time watching the movie”. She also added that she “never seen the Putnam Theater this packed”. The fans really brought their spirit making it a perfect show for anyone around

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Sophomore Anna Costa stated, “I thought the movie was awesome! [It was] even more fun and interactive than it would’ve been watching alone”. It was an experience like no other, Mamish said “It was funny how people were interactive with the movie”. The staff passing out scripts made it a little easier to follow along if you were new to the film or needed a bit of a reminder.

With commentary as entertaining as the actual movie, it was a very entertaining night. With tastefully inappropriate humor with a dark side of sexual fluidity, this original classic was one fans did not want to miss. Everyone yelled together, everyone sang together, and everyone laughed together. “All in all, it was a good time” concludes Costa.

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Combining dance and music The Ephrat Asherie Dance company performs at the Redfern Arts Center CRISTIAN VALENTIN

OpiniOns EditOr Dance and music merged Thursday night as the Ephrat Asherie Dance company came to Keene State College to perform for their first time in New Hampshire.

The dance was set to the musical works of Brazilian composer and pianist Ernesto Julio de Nazareth. These musical works include “Brejeiro,” “Odeon,” “Fon-fon,” “Tenebroso,” “Apanhei-te Cavaquinho,” “Confidencias,” “Vem ca, Branquinha” and “Batuque.” The show included various moments where the musicians joined the dancers on the stage.

These parts seemed to be fan favorites as many show attendees reacted positively to the musicians joining the dancers. This includes audience member Jule Jacobs who said he had never seen a dance show like this. “I really enjoyed how the musicians were incorporated into the dance like it wasn’t two separate things,” said Jacobs.

Redfern Arts Center Director Shannon Mayers also appreciated these moments. “I loved the relationships; between the dancers, between the musicians. Especially with the musicians, since they usually don’t get involved in the show. The dance itself was also about relationships,” said Mayers.

Asherie Dance company Artistic Director Ephrat Asherie said she was glad people enjoyed these parts. “A lot of hard work and a lot of love went into making it. I really love this music, the musicians and the dancers. This was a really rewarding experience,” said Asherie.

The show also included choreographed routines as well as routines that were completely improvised. “Even the parts that aren’t choreographed, they feel so free. It feels like we are learning something new every time we are doing it,” said dancer Omari Wiles.

Audience member Tom Julius said he enjoyed this variety in the event, calling it “an unbelievable mix of emotions.”

He also said, “I liked how the styles went from flirtatious to comic to menacing to energetic.”

Thanks to the efforts of many including Mayers the show was a success. “I was aware of this company in New York and was especially interested in the way they combined the music with house and social dance and there were so many versions and fused all these different styles together. It was also a way that our students can see that dance can be really fun, adventurous and playful,” said Mayers.

Asherie said she was grateful for this opportunity to come to New Hampshire for the first time and perform. "This was a wonderful occasion for us and we were so excited to be here. I was so happy I got to work with the students and get a sense of how wonderful the student body is here,” said Asherie.

Dancers include Asherie, Wiles, Teena Marie Custer, Val “Ms.Vee” Ho, Manon Bal and Matthew “Megawatt” West. The musicians include Vitor Goncalves, Eduardo Belo, Angel Lau and Sergio Krakowski.

This performance was held in the Redfern Main Theatre from 7:30 to 9 p.m. A talkback where audience members could ask questions to the performers was also held after the performance.

Cristian Valentin can be contacted at cvalentin@kscequinox.com

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Rainy day for the Pumpkin Festival DENISE RONAN

Equinox Staff The Keene annual Pumpkinfest was Sunday in the Center of Keene.

Although it was unfortunately a very rainy day, the volunteers putting on Pumpkinfest were strong and still set up the community event.

With true fans of the event coming with their costumes or locals visiting to see what it was all about.

This event is well known and sophomore Tim Wagner said that he has always heard about Pumpkinfest and came to see what it was all about.

“You kind of have to go. The pumpkins were cool, and I just saw some people dancing in the rain to the music. They said that is was their anniversary and that was their wedding song,” stated Wagner.

This is a sweet sight to see and despite the weather people were able to come and make the most of it.

There was live music and trickor-treating at some of the local stores down town for the kids at Keene.

Along were games like corn hole and basketball.

While walking around, Pumpkin Man was on the site. David Hall, who is the Pumpkin Man lives in town, and he said that he comes to Pump-

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On Friday October 25, the 2nd annual Pumpkin Labotomy was held on the Fiske Quad. The event is put on by student government and gives students the chance to carve pumpkins, eat food and go to the different student organizations tabling at the event.

Students participate in 2nd annual pumpkin lobotomy ERIN MCNEMAR

Managing ExEcutivE Editor Pumpkin carving is a favorite fall tradition for many. There is something about the wonderful mess it makes that puts a smile on everyone’s face. Pumpkins filled the Fiske Quad on Friday, October 25 as students gathered for the second annual Pumpkin Lobotomy. The Keene State College tradition returned last year after taking a four-year hiatus.

The event was put on by student government and invited students to come to the quad to carve pumpkins provided by the organization. In addition to carving pumpkins, students were able to enjoy games, a costume contest, a photo booth for pets and festive snacks provided by the Zorn Dining Commons.

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Morgan said while she was not on the planning committee for the event, there were a lot of moving parts that went into the planning throughout all of student government. “It has been a production for a couple of weeks now. Just ordering the pumpkins and the shirts, signing everyone up for tabling and all that,” Morgan said.

Around the perimeter of the quad, different student clubs and organizations were tabling the event. These groups offered candy, cookies and games for interested attendees.

However, most people attended Pumpkin Lobotomy to spend the afternoon carving pumpkins with their friends.

Sophomore Olivia Lonardo said she attended the event to get into the spirit of the season. “We just love fall. It’s our favorite season,” Lonardo said.

While Lonardo had not been around to check out all the booths yet, she said she

enjoyed the ones she did visit before starting to carve her pumpkin. “We got the free shirts.

We’re gonna go around after to look at the rest of the booths because we wanted to get a pumpkin first. I do really want to get some apple cider though,” Lonardo said.

Also attending the event was sophomore Victoria Comerford. Comerford said why she decided to come to Pumpkin Lobotomy.

“There are two reasons. I wanted to come because it’s fall and it’s a fun activity and it’s cheaper than going pumpkin picking,” Comerford said.

While some did not decide what design of pumpkin they wanted to carve until they got there, Comerford looked up some different styles on Pinterest prior to the event. Comerford carved her pumpkin featuring one eye as a star and the other one as a moon. The pumpkin also had a large smiling face.

Comerford had also not looked at all the

booths yet, but was planning to after she finished carving her pumpkin. “A ton of people I’m friends with are going to be at their booths so I’m definitely going to go over and say ‘hi,’” Comerford said.

Overall, Morgan said student government was happy with the number of people at the event. “It’s actually a bigger turn out than we had expected at first. We have had so many people here and just more of a turn out than we could have expected for the first couple hours,” Morgan said.

Erin McNemar can be contacted at Emcnemar@kscequinox.com

Living a non- Students’ spooky traditions traditional life CONNOR CRAWFORD

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“On top of being a mom and a wife, and [the] military obligation, school was a challenge for me,” said Keene State College senior Jeniffer Afualo-Robinson. “It’s part of another reason why I decided to come back to school, because of the challenge of it.”

Half Māori and half Samoan, Afualo-Robinson is a non-traditional, full-time Keene State student majoring in business management and minoring in economics. She was one of the honored student speakers at the Momentum event on October 18. Momentum is an opportunity provided to KSC scholarship recipients to meet KSC donors who provide support for scholarships and thank them personally.

Afualo-Robinson thanked Associate Dean of Students and Director of Residential Life Kent Drake-Deese for nominating her for the grants and scholarships and the Keene Endowment Association for acknowledging and recognizing student efforts toward academic achievements and success.

Afualo-Robinson was also one of the speakers at the Indigenous Peoples’ Day panel discussion held on October 14. She displayed the website that she published as part of her class, COPLAC Digital Hidden Pasts Course, to the crowd. Afualo-Robinson published the website to establish the narrative and understanding of the deeper knowledge of American history based on the first inhabitants of America.

According to her, the timeline on the website lays the foundation of what happened to the first inhabitants of Keene and, more specifically, to Keene State College. She said, “By sharing that timeline, I was able to show that the Native American people, the Abenaki people, they didn’t disappear, they weren’t killed of disease, or famine or massacre;

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Have you ever wondered what spooky traditions students participate around spooky season?

Well, around Halloween, students like to participate in a smorgasbord of spooky-themed activities to get them into the Halloween spirit.

Scary movies are a must around the scariest time of the year and senior Cameron Cashman can attest to that. “I love to watch the classic horror movie ‘Halloween’ and I am really looking forward to it this year,” said Cashman.

Some students, on the contrary, flat-out refuse to take part in watching scary movies. Sophomore Paulryan Chipman stated that scary movies do not really scare them.

“Ironically, I refuse to watch the season’s horror movies in a stick it to the man kind of deal,” Chipman said. “Also they’re not usually scary for me unless they’re found footage.”

Not only does Cashman love to partake in classic horror film watching for Halloween, but junior Alyssa Taylor also likes to watch a particularly scary (to some) movie around Halloween. “My favorite holiday tradition is to watch ‘The

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Shining’ with my friends,” Taylor said.

Not all students believe in ghosts, but that does not stop some from going and searching for ghosts with their bare hands! “I really don’t believe in ghosts or anything, but my favorite Halloween tradition is going to haunted places and trying to fight ghosts with my bare hands,” junior Jarrod Bernier stated. “They usually don’t listen and don’t fight me back so it’s kind of sad.”

How can it be Halloween without the killing of some good old vegetables? That’s right, obviously this list could not be complete without everyone’s favorite spooky-time

activity of carving pumpkins.

“Every year I carve pumpkins with my friends and this year I carved the Keene State Owl (Hootie) into mine,” expressed junior Courtney Leonard. “My favorite Halloween tradition is to carve pumpkins,” stated another student, Lily Flynn.

Whatever your favorite spooky-time Halloween activity may be, have a fun and safe Halloween. And remember, if there is something strange in the neighborhood, you know who to call.

Connor Crawford can be contacted at ccrawford@kscequinox.com

ADVICE COLUMN

Georgie’s school survival guide GEORGIE GENTILE

Equinox staff Hello and welcome to the fourth issue of this advice column! I’m Georgie Gentile and I am a sophomore at Keene State College majoring in film production and English writing, as well as minoring in German. If you have a question that you want me to answer, you can email it to ggentile@kscequinox. com.

This week I will keep answering questions related to the spooky holiday coming up: Halloween!

Question: What activities can I do on Halloween?

Answer: One of the obvious things you can do is party. Because it is such a popular holiday, there will be a large amount of parties happening that night. But you do not need to go to them! I personally find college parties overwhelming and a pain to get into, so I just don’t go. If you want to socialize with friends, you can throw a party yourself in your dorm or in a study room. A simple get-together with friends is always fun and not very stressful. Play some games, watch a movie, get snacks—it’s that easy.

You don’t even need to necessarily do anything on Halloween if you don’t want to. Just chill that night and eat some candy.

Question: How can I be safe on Halloween?

Answer: An easy way to feel safe while having fun on Halloween is to stay with a group of people. Don’t make the group huge, though. Just a handful of friends you trust and feel comfortable around to spend the evening together. If you are all at a party, you can easily make sure everyone is accounted for before leaving and heading somewhere else. Make sure you have your phone and can contact everyone you are with, too. Don’t feel pressured to drink, either, especially if you are somewhere you don’t feel comfortable. You can just hold a cup and put water or even some snacks in it.

Question: Should I wear a costume on Halloween?

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Thursday, October 31, 2019

Using pageantry to help cystic fibrosis

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On Saturday, October 26, sorority Delta Phi Epsilon held their annual ‘Deepher Dude’ pageant. The pageant was held in the Mabel Brown Room and raised $2,500 toward the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. At the end, the sorority crowned their new ‘Deepher Dude’ who, for a year, will represent their sorority.

Annual ‘deepher dude’ pageant helps raise money to battle cystic fibrosis TOM BENOIT

Equinox Staff “The pageant is a male beauty pageant to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation,” said Emily Gosselin, a junior member of Delta Phi Epsilon, about the Delta Phi Epsilon Sorority Deepher Dude Pageant held on Saturday. “It’s a funny show with different categories like talent, formal wear and sister impressions. It’s also NASCAR themed.”

“It’s an amazing opportunity to raise money for a great cause,” said Ashley Debonee, who attended the Deepher Dude Pageant. “It’s a tradition along with a fun way to bring awareness and support of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.” This year, the pageant raised $2,500, all of which goes directly in support of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

“Cystic fibrosis is a congenital disease,” said Abigail Dulin, a senior member of Delta Phi Epsilon. “People who have it generally do not live past 25 because they constantly get infections in their lungs.”

“On October 1, the FDA approved an actual treatment for cystic fibrosis,

something that’s never been done before, which came from funds provided by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation,” said Debonee.

Along with the Deepher Dude Pageant, Delta Phi Epsilon also does other philanthropy for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and other charities.

“We did the Cystic Fibrosis Walk earlier this semester and raised $1,500 from the walk,” said Dulin. “This cause means a lot to us because we have had family that have had cystic fibrosis. In the spring we do philanthropy for the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders,” said Dulin, regarding the other philanthropies Delta Phi Epsilon does throughout the year. “For a lot of sisters, this means a lot to us because we are women and we have either known people or some of us have had eating disorders.”

“The winner becomes a representative for Delta Phi Epsilon, and gets to spend a lot of time with us,” said Gosselin. “The term ‘Deepher’ comes from Delta Phi Epsilon.”

The pageant’s winner was Eli Hammond, a first-year student.

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they actually were married into the colonies’ families or migrated further north to Odanak in Quebec, Canada.”

Professor of Economics at KSC Dr. Marie Cristine Duggan had AfualoRobinson in three of her classes: Intro to Economics, Intermediate Macroeconomics and COPLAC dig-

ital hidden pasts course. During her speech at Momentum, AfualoRobinson thanked Duggan for being a great mentor.

Duggan admires Afualo-Robinson for her curiosity, her life experience and her hard work. She said, “She eats ideas for breakfasts and then she wants another for lunch.”

She described how Afualo-Robinson joined the COPLAC class. “It (COPLAC digital course) was this research course on how did the Native Americans use their lands.

I announced in the intermediate macro class that I was looking for people to do this special independent study,” she continued. “I

honestly didn’t think that people studying economics will be interested in Native American past, but she came up right after and said she did want to be in that class.”

In her speech at Momentum, Afualo-Robinson said, “The study is of ‘Native American Hidden Pasts: The Dispossession, Transference, and Reclamation of Land’ and throughout our research we did a deep dive into numerous archival documents and literature, examined various artifacts, visited museums and libraries and partook in the oral history of the original inhabitants of Keene and Keene State College.” She said, “There is a further, deeper history, a bloody and rather shameful history of America.”

According to Duggan, AfualoRobinson “has a real passion for things, and she has a passion for the indigenous part of our society.”

Afualo-Robinson’s husband Hakim Robinson was excited when she decided to go back to college.

He said, “I always expressed to her that she needed to get a higher education, not only for her in the civilian side but also for the military side because civilian education has a big part for the military career.

They are always pushing for us to have higher education.”

According to Robinson, though, things haven’t changed physically after Afualo-Robinson joined the college; from an education standpoint, it is benefiting the family.

“My kids see her going to school and actually going to classes and coming home with homework,” said Robinson. “So Mommy has homework, that means we have to do our homework as well.”

Afualo-Robinson said she brought numerous things she learnt at the military to her college expe-

“I didn’t know a lot about the competition, but it seems like a good organization” said Hammond about the Deepher Dude Pageant and the sorority. “It was awesome to compete. I’ve never done something like this before.

It was fun to compete alongside a great group of guys and it was a blast to win.”

For his talent, Hammond dressed like Colton Underwood from the Bachelor and taught one of the judges how to throw a rugby ball.

“I’m a huge fan of Colton Underwood, and he’s done a lot of work for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. It’s a cause that you do not really see a lot of,” said Hammond. “I’m glad that I got to be a part of it. I want to say thank you to Delta Phi Epsilon and I’m really excited to be a representative for the sorority.”

Tom Benoit can be reached at tbenoit@kscequinox.com

rience like “interaction, leadership, taking initiative, not letting the ball drop on anything as far as assignments and projects go, being accountable, being on time to class, doing—whether it’s homework or presenting—what I’m supposed to do for a group project, and maturity and growth.”

Robinson said he would be interested in taking one of the traditional courses at a college because of the interaction you get with the other students. “Being that we are older now, we are not fresh out of high school. We are in our late thirties, we have our different perspectives, not only on life...but what’s going on in the world. We’ve been to different countries, we’ve been to different environments and different militarized zones, so we have a different perspective on different things.”

In her speech at Momentum, Afualo-Robinson said she had worn her fair share of metaphorical hats: the “mom” hat, the “wife” hat, the “army veteran” hat and, more recently, the “non-traditional student” hat. “I am not even gonna sugar-coat it, there is no way around it; it’s tough wearing all those hats, but it’s a challenge I enjoy and I look forward to.”

Duggan is hopeful for AfualoRobinson’s future. “I don’t know what she’ll do in the future but she has lots of options and it will be nice to see her involved in developing the community someway either with her Economics and Business training or with her understanding of the social issues,” Duggan said.

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kinfest to “Bring [his] blessing of sweet pumpkin wishes to Keene.”

Pumpkin Man explained that he, “Missed last year, but it was great to come back on this beautiful rainy day. Pumpkins like the rain.”

Young kids were running around with their costumes and it was awesome that they found some much joy in pumpkins.

Whether or not you have ever been to the Fest or you attend every year, this is an , outlet to really bring the whole community of Keene together.

Junior Danny O’Brien really loved the “intricate pumpkin designs” and he thought that this was a very “cool community event and I’m really glad that the rain didn’t deter everyone from missing it” It was his first time attending the event while being at Keene State and he was curious to see what it was all about.

If you missed out this year, I would recommend maybe getting involved with the next Pumpkinfest!

Denise Ronan can be contacted at dronan@kscequinox.com

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Vaping: the series

Part 2 of a 3 part series on vaping JAKE RADERMACHER

Equinox Staff Several students and experts agree that underage vaping is becoming a major issue for Keene State College students.

Kevin Williams, currently holds the interim director of campus safety job at Keene State College, discussed his views of underage vaping.

Williams said he believes that specific marketing has led to the rapid use of electronic cigarettes among young college students.

He noted that roughly onethird of people under the age of 21 vape on a regular basis and that percentage applies to Keene State College as well. Williams stated, “Most of the people vaping on campus are under 21.”

Williams expressed he feels that vaping is a major issue for minors at Keene State. “It is not legal for them and he does not want students to catch a case,” stated Williams.

To help end the vaping epidemic at Keene State College, Williams suggests that leaders of the organizations and clubs on campus must get the message out.

He pointed to the fact that emails do not work and lecturing them

on vaping will not help either.

Campus Safety deals with vaping on campus on a regular basis, but the students can see the effects of it first hand, whether it is walking to class or strolling down Appian Way. A senior, whose name has been withheld, said he believes that social media led to the rapid use of electronic cigarettes.

He believes that vaping is a major issue for minors because, “nicotine is not good and Juuls are misused.” He recommends “cold turkey” or the process of cutting off nicotine completely to end the vaping epidemic.

Another senior, whose name has been withheld, believes “roughly 60 percent of people under 21 vape on a regular basis and this percentage applies to the underage Keene State population as well.”

She stated that vaping is a major issue for minors at Keene State because vaping costs a lot of money and students do not need to vape. She later added that vaping is fun for younger children but it is practically useless.

She suggested that there needs to be an alternative created for

vaping like “a cool flavor of gum.”

A Keene State college junior, whose name has been withheld, said he believes that the rapid use of electronic cigarettes is driven by the fact that it “looks cool” and it appears to be a safe alternative to traditional cigarettes.

He believes across the country that roughly “15 to 20 percent” of under 21-year-olds vape on a regular basis and that 35 to 40 percent of underage Keene State students vape on a

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Answer: If you want to wear a costume, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t. I guess unless you have to wear a uniform for work or have an event with a specific dress code. But a lot of students wear their costumes to class on Halloween. There isn’t really “trick-or-treat” on campus, but some teachers like to bring candy to class, as well as resident assistants who are on duty that night. You don’t need to go all-out on your costume, either.

I know people who spend a month on their costume, making it themselves. But I also know people who just buy a costume from Walmart or online the week before. There are people who don’t even wear costumes. It just depends on what you want to do this time around.

Question: What can I do after Halloween?

Answer: I always love the couple of days that follow Halloween because of all the sales that go on. You can get candy on sale for really cheap, as well as autumn decorations. Some people even buy their costumes for next year because the prices get marked down so much. The next big holiday after Halloween is Thanksgiving, so you can start getting ready for that. Except it usually is overlooked because Christmas is just around the corner. Just try to keep up with schoolwork this November because once Thanksgiving happens, finals will be sneaking up.

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I hope you enjoyed my advice. See you next week! Happy Halloween!

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WORLD NEWS

Buttigieg calls out Facebook

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The 2020 candidate says Facebook's political ad policy a "mistake" THOMAS BEAUMONT

AssociAted Press Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg said Thursday that he believes Facebook's policy to not filter out phony political ads is "a mistake" and that breaking up big tech companies should be "on the table."

The social media giant has "a responsibility to pull false advertising and ... to intervene when there is advertising that would contribute to voter suppression," Butttigieg told reporters after hosting an economic policy event in New Hampshire.

The mayor of South Bend, Indiana, has come under criticism from 2020 rival Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who charges that Buttigieg is too cozy with Facebook. Butti-

gieg's aides confirmed this week that his campaign hired two digital analytics staff recommended by Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan.

Zuckerberg has defended Facebook's refusal to take down content it considers newsworthy "even if it goes against our standards," in an effort to steer clear of criticism that Facebook was infringing on First Amendment rights to free speech. In response to a question last week on fact-checking during his appearance at Georgetown University, Zuckerberg said, "We think people should be able to see for themselves."

Warren also has called for breaking up Zuckerberg's conglomerate, which includes Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. Buttigieg, at 37, is the first candidate of the Facebook gen-

eration, and was an early adopter of the social media platform.

But he said Thursday that federal regulators, with the power to protect consumers and address "anti-competitive practices," should consider remedies that include a breakup.

"Yes, I believe that breakup of big companies is a remedy that should be on the table," he said. "Now, I don't think that that should be declared in advance by a politician."

Warren told reporters in Iowa on Monday that Facebook and its affiliates "already have way too much influence in Washington."

Alleged attack causes severe injuries

Assault highlights how jails handle lawyer-client meetings HOLLY RAMER

AssociAted Press Allegations that an inmate brutally assaulted his public defender at a county jail have highlighted differences in how facilities across New Hampshire handle attorney-client meetings.

Dale Holloway, 37, of Manchester, was charged with first-degree assault Monday after authorities say he attacked attorney Michael Davidow at the Hillsborough County House of Corrections, known informally as the Valley Street jail. Police said the lawyer ended up in intensive care with severe head injuries. Holloway, who pleaded not guilty Tuesday, denied assaulting Davidow and said the lawyer had a nosebleed.

Holloway, who does not have a new attorney, was meeting Davidow about separate charges, to which he pleaded not guilty last week. He is charged with attempted murder, assault and being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm in the shooting of a pastor and bride during a wedding. Stanley Choate,

75, the presiding bishop, was shot in the chest.

Claire McMullen, 60, was shot in the arm.

The men were in an unmonitored room at the jail, and the closest officer was at a desk facing away from the room, according to jail officials. Attorneys generally turn the lights on and off or tap the glass to get the officer's attention to take away the inmate when a meeting ends, officials told police. In this case, the officer heard a knock and turned to see Holloway standing up and Davidow seated at the table, with his hands over his face and blood dripping onto the floor.

With no state protocols for such meetings, the state's 10 county jails vary in their approach.

In Belknap County, jail Superintendent Keith Gray said there is a room set up for attorney-client meetings that is monitored via video cameras, without audio, so as not to interfere with confidential discussions.

"There may have been times when some meetings were cut short because the defendant wasn't happy with what he was hearing, but I don't recall anyone being assaulted," said

Keith Gray, who has worked at the facility for 16 years.

Jason Henry, superintendent at the Carroll County jail, also said there haven't been any assaults in his facility, but it could happen any time.

"It doesn't take much for an inmate to get ahold of someone," he said.

In his building, there are several areas where attorneys can meet with inmates, including one large room monitored with several cameras and other rooms where officers are nearby. Attorneys also have the option of being separated from inmates by glass, he said, but they usually want to sit with their clients in a private room.

"This is where it's hard for corrections," he said. "They don't want us in the room, but we try to be nearby."

In cases where corrections staff notice an inmate is agitated or angry, they will speak to the attorney ahead of time and plan to stay in the room, he said.

David Berry, superintendent of the Sullivan County jail, said the location of the

meetings depends on whether an inmate considered at risk for violence. Some meetings occur with the parties separated by glass, he said, while in other cases meetings take place in rooms with cameras.

"If we felt it was a risk to anyone staff or public we would address and take appropriate measures," he said.

The president of the New Hampshire Bar Association's board of governors said the group does not endorse specific set-ups for such interviews. He said he has been in many of the state's jails to meet with clients and had not heard of similar assaults.

"All I can say is we are all really thinking of him and his family," he said of Davidow.

"He's a great guy and a terrific lawyer, and it's a tragic shame that this happened. There are wonderfully talented lawyers helping indigent defendants all over this state, and they are terrific people."

New Hampshire Executive Councilor Andru Volinsky announced his campaign for governor Wednesday, becoming the second Democrat to enter the race to challenge Republican Gov. Chris Sununu next year.

In his announcement, Volinsky said New Hampshire is a beautiful place to live and work, but "just beneath the surface is a quiet crisis" for struggling workingclass and middle-class families, students, seniors and businesses.

Volinsky, 63, of Concord, was the lead attorney in the 1990s for property-poor plaintiff school districts in the landmark Claremont school funding lawsuit against the state. His video campaign ad opened with a sentence quoted from the case, "Education provides the key to individual opportunities," and featured a little girl who wants to be a doctor when she grows up.

"Believe it or not, when I was a kid I wanted to be a football player.

I didn't care that I was always the smallest kid on the field," Volinsky said. "I understand what it's like to be the underdog. That's why I fought for fair school funding in the '90s, it's why I've stayed involved and it's why I ran for the Executive Council."

Volinsky, a two-term council member, has clashed with Sununu on some issues, including the governor's nomination of Attorney General Gordon MacDonald as chief justice of the state supreme court. At his public hearing, MacDonald insisted he would uphold the law impartially and protect the independence of the judiciary, but Volinsky said that wasn't enough. He said he wanted MacDonald to distance himself from the "shockingly extreme views" of politicians he had supported.

The Democratic-controlled council voted 3-2 against MacDonald.

In 2018, Volinsky alleged that the state Liquor Commission's handling of large, all-cash transactions at state retail outlets was improper. But the attorney general's office found the commission was following agency procedures.

Volinsky will face at least one other Democrat in a primary.

State Senate Majority Leader Dan Feltes announced his candidacy in September.

Dartmouth seeks tax refund LEBANON VALLEY NEWS

Dartmouth College, the largest property owner in Hanover, is joining critics of the town's recent revaluation process.

The college pays about $8 million per year in property taxes on dorms, offices, commercial buildings and rental properties it owns. It recently asked Grafton County Superior Court to grant a refund of up to $576,000 on 38 of those properties. Dartmouth says it calculates the value of the properties at $51.6 million, but the town's assessed value was $86.8 million.

The Valley News reports that the town is facing backlash from residents and merchants over the results of its 2018 revaluation, with some assessments nearly doubling. In August, 66 property owners filed a petition with a state board seeking to force a doover. The town has defended the revaluation process.

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Athlete partying policies

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Matt Holderman takes a look at KSC athlete party policies MATT HOLDERMAN

Equinox Staff Let’s be honest; for a lot of college students, going out and partying is part of the college experience. That’s no less true at Keene State College than it is anywhere else.

However, for student-athletes at Keene State, there are certain rules and policies that must be followed in relation to partying in order to remain an active member of Keene State’s NCAA teams.

The Keene State College Student-Athlete Handbook directly states some of the rules that student-athletes must follow, along with the according penalties given to student-athletes who break those rules. Most of these rules discuss the consequences associated with either the consumption of alcohol or use of tobacco and other drugs by Keene State student-athletes, especially those who are underage (see info-graphic below).

Abraham Osheyack, the assistant athletic director at Keene State College, discussed how members of the Keene State Athletic Department will go about ensuring that these policies are followed. “If the punishment is something like a suspension, then it is up to the coach to ensure that the player does not participate in that game. Beyond that, any of those decisions on something like a longer-term absence where you’re talking about a multiple offender would be at the discretion of the

coach and the athletic director likely working together to determine that sanction.”

Other major partying-related policies set by the NCAA and the Keene State College Athletic Department relate to education about drugs and alcohol. On page 21 of the handbook, the education component of the policy is discussed. “The Athletic Director and Drug Testing Coordinator will implement an educational program for student-athletes that: Explains this policy and the NCAA drug-testing policy; Explains how legal and illegal substances affect the human body and alter athletic performance; Teaches coping skills needed to be a substance-free student-athlete; Creates an education program for administration, coaches, and staff to identify student-athletes using controlled or illegal substances and to effectively intervene with the studentathlete who is not compliant with this policy.”

When discussing partying and substance abuse with student-athletes, educating the student-athletes on what will happen to their bodies if they use drugs or alcohol or stay out late at night is one of the first things certain members of the Keene State College Athletic Department choose to focus on, rather than the punishments that student-athletes will be assessed for using those substances.

Ryan Cain, the head coach of the Keene State College men’s basketball team, said it’s more about educa-

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tion with his players than policies. “We try to educate our guys about what needs to be done to perform at the highest level,” Cain said. “So with that, obviously partying has many impacts depending on what you choose to do when it comes to partying. If you’re drinking alcohol, or anything else, obviously that in itself has an impact on your body. If you’re out late at night, later than you should be, then obviously that can have an impact on your ability to perform at the highest level.

So it’s really just the education with our guys.”

Philip Racicot, the director of Athletics and Recreation at Keene State College, had views similar to Cain’s when it comes to student-athletes and partying. “Being involved in college athletics, we try to associate that with a healthy lifestyle,” Racicot said. “The safety, the health and the well-being of our students is clearly at the forefront of everything that we do. Part of our culture in the department is that we want to instill positive behaviors. A lot of that’s about education.”

Once again, partying is a part of the lives of many college students. But for student-athletes, thinking twice before going out is more than likely a favorable decision.

Matt Holderman can be contacted at mholderman@kscequinox.com

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POLICY STATEMENT:

“Keene State College, as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), prohibits student-athletes from the use of substances described by the NCAA as “Banned Drug Classes” (see NCAA Bylaw 31.2.3.4, Banned Drugs.) The misuse of prescription drugs, alcohol, or any other controlled or illegal substances are also prohibited” page 20

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Meet the Captain: Patricia Norton

CLAIRE BOUGHTON

SEnior SportS rEportEr With the regular season coming to an end and our women’s soccer team currently ranked third in the Little East Conference, let’s meet one of the captains!

Patricia Norton, senior midfielder, has been making sure her final season as an Owl is one for the books already having scored three goals and six assists.

However, Norton’s entire career at Keene State has been an impressive one.

Norton’s first year as an Owl saw her named the Little East Conference Rookie of the Year with a total of five goals and four assists.

Norton’s sophomore year was even more impressive, seeing her start in all 14 games of the season. She was named a First Team All-Conference honoree as well as an NSCAA Division III All-New England Region First Team and an NEWISA Second Team honoree.

Junior year however, Norton hit a speed bump. After starting in seven games, Norton was given a medical hardship waiver due to an ACL tear. However, in those seven games, Norton still managed to be named a First Team All-Little East Conference.

Norton and the rest of the women’s team will face off at home Saturday, November 2, against Southern Maine. The game will kickoff at noon.

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MATT HOLDERMAN

Equinox Staff The Keene State intramural flag football program crowned their champion last week, while two other intramural sports are still in the midst of playoff season.

It all came down to the final two flag football teams on Tuesday, October 22, when the Mud Puppies and the Electric Factory took to the turf to try and win a championship. Both teams entered the match riding high on hot winning streaks, as neither competitor had lost a game in over a month. In fact, the Mud Puppies were in the midst of a perfect, undefeated season entering the championship game. But, for the Electric Factory, their last and only loss of the season came back on September 17 at the hands of none other than the Mud Puppies. The final score in that game was Mud Puppies 27, Electric Factory 20, making it one of the closest and most competitive games of the season.

This made last Tuesday’s game not only a fight for championship glory, but also a highly-anticipated rematch between the two best teams in the league. The Mud Puppies had a chance to remain perfect, ending the season with no losses, while Electric Factory had a shot at redemption, looking to avenge their loss to the Mud Puppies earlier in the season.

Unfortunately, the rematch didn’t fully live up to the hype, as the championship game was not as close and competitive as the regular season match back on September 17 between the same two teams. In the end, the Mud Puppies walked away with the championship, finishing their season with a perfect record of seven wins and zero losses. The disappointing part of that is the championship game’s final score: 26-6.

That shows that while the Mud Puppies ended the year undefeated, it may not have been terribly tough for them to do so.

However, while intramural flag football season at Keene State College may have reached its conclusion, that doesn’t mean the Mud Puppies are done playing.

On Friday, November 1, the Mud Puppies will play in the White Mountain Series at Southern New Hampshire University. The White Mountain Series is a fourteam playoff-type event. The intramural flag football championship-winning teams from Keene State College, the University of New Hampshire, Plymouth State University and Southern New Hampshire University will all square off on the Penmen’s sports fields. Two of the championship-winning teams will play each other, followed by the other two. Then the two winners from those games will face off in an ultimate championship game.

Aside from flag football, two other Keene State intramural sports have teams locked in playoff battles right now. Men’s, women’s and co-rec 4 vs. 4 volleyball along with men’s floor hockey competed in playoff matches last week.

On Monday, October 21, both Protected Sets and Mukin Barn picked up playoff victories in men’s 4 vs. 4 volleyball competition. On that same day, men’s floor hockey team Hold This Corn nabbed a victory by forfeit to help them move on in their playoffs.

The next day, Hold This Corn had to play again, as they faced the undefeated Team Natty. Hold This Corn almost pulled off a cinderella-story type win, but they came up just one point short. Team Natty won 8-7, and moved on in the playoffs.

Later that night, two co-rec volleyball matches were contested. First, Kiss My Ace defeated Friday Night Spikes two sets to one in a match with an exciting finish. The final set went into extra points, but Kiss My Ace prevailed and moved on in the playoffs. Then, the Blair Hits Project picked up an easy victory over Positive Vibes, 2-0. The Blair Hits Project still haven’t lost a match this season. Then lastly on October 23, the Deephers defeated the Acer’s by forfeit in women’s 4 vs. 4 volleyball to improve their record to 3-2.

Next week, we will know more playoff results for both intramural volleyball and floor hockey. Plus, the start of college basketball season is just around the corner, and the same goes for intramural basketball.

We’ll find out what teams are playing this year.

Matt Holderman can be contacted at mholderman@kscequinox.com

Claire Boughton can be contacted at cboughton@kscequinox.com

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Hootie’s Nocturnal Knockout

MATT HOLDERMAN

equinox Staff The fourth annual Hootie’s Nocturnal Knockout gave the audience of Keene State students in attendance plenty of things to be excited about last Friday night.

Students entered the event at Spaulding Gymnasium with the chance to play games, compete for prizes, get a preview of the 2019-20 Keene State men’s and women’s basketball teams and more. The doors opened for the event at 7:15 p.m., but the line of people was out the door far before that. One of the driving factors behind that may have been the fact that the first 200 students in line would receive free Hootie’s Nocturnal Knockout T-shirts before even getting into the gymnasium.

Furthermore, the event staff offered all of the students in line other opportunities before getting into the event. In the hallway outside the gym, event staff members encouraged students filing in to sign-up for the chance to play games and compete for prizes during the event. Games that were played throughout the night included basketball related games such as knockout, a half-court shot contest and a four person

basketball shooting contest, with both students in attendance and members of the KSC men’s and women’s basketball teams playing the game together. Also, a game of Hungry Hungry Hippos was played with dodgeball, dollies and laundry baskets, along with a game of musical chairs, where the final three contestants had to score a basket with a basketball before they were allowed to sit in a chair.

Another item that students received before getting into the event was one single raffle ticket each, which gave everyone the chance to win prizes throughout the night just by being in attendance. Those prizes included a $50 Barnes & Noble gift card, an Owl Nation gear bag, a Halloween-themed gift basket and two tickets a Boston sports event of your choosing.

Students were greeted by loud hype-music and the sight of the center of the gym floor covered in gymnastics mats when they finally got into the event. The mats were there for the Keene State cheerleading team, who opened the event at 7:30 with profound displays of their balance, agility and athleticism.

Once the cheer team wrapped up their act, event staff members took a few minutes to clear the mats off the gym floor. During the downtime though, other event staff members made sure to keep the crowd enter-

tained, by playing some more music and throwing free Owl merchandise into the bleachers. They would continue to do this in between activities throughout the night.

After the gym floor was cleared, it was time for introductions. First, Nate Flyzik, the event emcee, introduced Hootie, the Keene State College mascot.

Hootie came out to wave to the crowd and help Flyzik introduce the next people; the players on the 2019-20 Keene State women’s basketball team.

The lights in the gym were dimmed, and the strobe lights came on, as the players on the women’s basketball team rushed onto the court one by one after being introduced. This year’s team features nine new players, eight of which are freshmen. Hien Thach and Kenzie Bennett are the only two seniors on the team this year.

After the women’s basketball team was introduced, Flyzik called students down to the floor for the games.

First came the shooting contest with the women’s basketball team, followed by Hungry Hungry Hippos and the half court contest. The half court contest had a lot at stake, as the winner would receive a $500 Visa gift card for hitting the shot. Only one person made the shot, and that was Jake Dunkley, a former player on the Keene State men’s basketball team.

After the games, the 2019-20 Keene State men’s basketball team was introduced. The players ran out to the court and made their presence felt, throwing down thunderous slam dunks that wowed the crowd.

Some of the players then played in the men’s basketball shooting contest with members of the audience, with the winners moving on to play the winners of the women’s shooting contest. The ultimate winner in that showdown received their choice of an Apple watch or Bose speakers.

The event wrapped up with musical chairs and knockout, with the winner of musical chairs getting their choice of Apple AirPods or a $50 Amazon gift card. The final event of the night was a performance by the Keene State dance team, giving the audience a show to remember before heading home.

The fourth annual Hootie’s Nocturnal Knockout appeared to be a big hit amongst Keene State students once again, and we can likely expect more of the same when it returns next year in the fall of 2020.

Matt Holderman can be contacted at mholderman@kscequinox.com

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GAME RECAP

Moving up in the LEC rankings

Keene State’s men’s soccer team faces off against second-seeded team in the Little East CLAIRE BOUGHTON

Senior SportS reporter Chippy: That was the word of the day on October 26 when the Keene State College Owls took on the University of Massachusetts-Boston Beacons.

The Owls came into the game ranked fifth in the Little East Conference standings while the Beacons came in ranked second. A win for the Owls would guarantee a move up in the rankings, causing the Owls to be all business going into the face off. Not to mention the Saturday game marked Senior Day for the Owls, causing an even stronger drive for a win.

At the start of the game the three seniors on the team celebrated by walking down an aisle of teammates along the sidelines with their families.

First to walk down the tunnel of players was Donovan Harris.

Harris, midfielder, has had nothing but success in his time at Keene.

Harris’s first year had him at seventeen game appearances, fifteen of which were in a starting position. Harris also made his first collegiate goal and assist during his first year. Sophomore year, Harris continue the success with scoring the game winning goal in a double overtime game against UMass-Boston. Harris’s junior year showed him setting a new career high of three assists in the 17 games he played.

Following Harris was LJ Luster.

Luster, also a midfielder, has been making a mark on the team since his first year. Appearing in every game his first year on the team, Luster made two assists during the season-opening game against Fitchburg State. Luster also scored his first collegiate goal that year. Luster’s next season on the team had him making one goal and two assists.

The final senior to walk down the aisle was Dale Dubinsky.

Dubinsky, defenseman, much like his fellow seniors has had an amazing career as an Owl. Dubinsky’s first year saw him take the field 13 times, seven of which were as a starter. Sophomore year Dubinsky was named a member of the Little East Conference All-Academic Team. Dubinsky also scored his first collegiate goal during that season. Junior year Dubinsky started in 14 games and was once again named a member of the LEC AllAcademic Team.

After the seniors on the team were recognized, the game began, and boy was it a game.

Only 10 minutes into the game the first goal was scored.

Connor Downey, Owls junior midfielder, sunk the ball into the back of the net off of a pass from Emmanuel Smith, also an Owls junior midfielder, giving Smith the assist.

Two minutes and 21 seconds later, James McCully, Owls freshman forward, scored another goal off yet another pass from Smith, causing Smith to have two assists within the first 15 minutes of game play.

However, the Beacons would come back quickly scoring 34 seconds after McCully scored. The score was made by Nick Fontana, Beacon senior forward, off of a pass from Nilton de Andrade, Beacon junior forward/midfielder.

The first half saw no more scoring with the Owls keeping their lead into halftime.

The first half also saw three yellow cards given, one to Keene’s Dale Dubinsky and two given to UMass-Boston’s Estevao Gomes and Nilton de Andrade. There were also nine fouls called on Keene and 11 called on UMass-Boston.

Coming out of halftime, however, it turned into a completely different game.

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Only 10 minutes into the second half, Owls freshman midfielder, Declan Coughlin, was injured in a collision with Yuran Teixeria, Beacons junior defenseman. Coughlin had only been back on the field for two games after being benched from a previous injury. The collision caused a stoppage in game as the trainer examined Coughlin on the field. Only a handful of minutes later, three of Coughlin’s teammates carried him off the field. No penalty came out of the collison.

As the game continued on, Coughlin’s collison became one of many.

Within a two minute portion of the second half alone there was a four person collision between two Keene State players and two UMass-Boston players which ended in Beacon sophomore forward, Yasser El Hasnauoi, going to the sidelines holding his throat.

El Hasnauoi returned to the field seconds later only to be involved in yet another collision, this time with Owls sophomore midfielder, Vance Bates, in which El Hasnauoi fell and grabbed Bates’s arm, causing them both to fall on the ground. The referees gave UMass-Boston the ball after the fall.

Perhaps the most shocking collision to occur in the second half involved Owls junior forward, Ben Musese, who recently returned to the field after suffering injuries involving a bicycle accident.

During minute 14 of the second half, Musese was leading the ball towards the goal when the Beacons goalkeeper, Omar Castro-Dreher, attempted to stop Musese and the ball, in turn driving his knee into Musese’s gut. Musese went down for several seconds while game play continued.

No penalty was called.

By the end of the game there total number of fouls called on Keene State sat at 28 while the total fouls called on UMass-Boston sat at 18.

The only scoring that would be seen for the entirety of the game happened within the first 15 minutes of the first half, making the final score Keene State 2, UMass-Boston 1.

With this win, Keene State College now sits fourth in the Little East Conference men’s soccer standings.

The Keene State Owls will face off at Southern Maine on Saturday, November 2. Southern Maine is currently ranked ninth in the Little East Conference. Game starts at noon.

Claire Boughton can be contacted at cboughton@kscequinox.com

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Student attendance at home games has declined over the years CLAIRE BOUGHTON

SEnior SportS rEportEr It’s the peak of basketball season at Keene State College.

The Owls are up by only two points against the opposing team.

It’s halftime and suddenly the crowd of students begins to trickle out of the stands and head for the doors.

Dr. Ron Butcher, who is watching the audience leave, pulls aside three girls and three boys and asks them why they’re leaving.

Their response: “We have to go downtown to get a seat at Lab n’ Lager [because] we don’t want to stand.”

This is a true story told by Butcher, the ex-head coach of the men’s soccer team who is now the marketing coordinator for the Keene State Athletic Department.

Over the past few years there has been a decline in student-body attendance at home sports games, and Keene State is not the only college experiencing it.

“There’s been a decline in student attendance at athletic events pretty much across the board,” said Philip Racicot, the athletic director for Keene State. “Some of it is because many years ago [schools] used to just take it for granted that students were going to come to [the] games, and now [students] have a lot more options and things to do.”

That loss of attendance has not gone unnoticed at Keene, however, especially by Ron Butcher.

“The difference between the 70s, 80s, 90s and the present day is big,” said Butcher who coached at the school for 43 years. “Especially from the 2000s on it has really changed here. Before then we used to get great crowds… [men’s soccer] played Franklin Pierce one night… in the late 80s before we went to Division III at the old stadium, where field hockey plays now, [and] the bleachers that hold 1,200 [people]—you

couldn’t get a seat, and they were lined around the field two fold from both schools.”

With the regular fall season for all Keene State sports coming to a close and the championship season fast approaching, now is the time to have the bleachers packed with Keene State students cheering on their teams.

But instead, there are games with turnouts as little as 70 people and the majority of those are more often than not family members coming to support their sons, daughters, nieces, nephews, etc.

“We don’t get as much of a student presence as we do more of a student-athlete [and] parent presence,” explained Peter Evans, a Keene State senior majoring in news media journalism who works in the press box at home sports contests.

One team Evans covers on occasion is Keene State’s field hockey team, who last week had one of their most anticipated games of the season against the top-seeded Little East Conference team, Worcester State. A win in the game would allow the Owls a chance to take the top-seed spot in the Little East Conference.

Butcher said that at the game that took place in the same 1,200 person stadium “you couldn’t get a seat” in in the late 80s. However, the attendance for that game was only 146 people, according to the game information given in the box score for that game on keeneowls. com.

So, why was there ever a change?

Racicot’s theory is that “this generation is a little different.” Racicot said, “I think athletic departments for the most part got caught off guard by that, so they weren’t really allocating a lot of resources to generate more student interest in attending games to support student-athletes.”

Butcher said that he believes it is all related to school spirit.

“School spirit in New England is completely different than school spirit in the southwest, southeast, mid-

west, the whole bit,” explained Butcher. “There, when they graduate from a college, they are married to that college for life… it seems here when kids graduate they no longer know Keene State exists anymore.”

So, what can be done about this decrease in attendance?

“I think it would take a bunch of interested students [to make a change],” said Butcher. “Now we have Owl Nation, which tries to get [students] involved, but they struggle, too, getting the kids involved in a lot of things.”

Another organization that pushes to try and get student-athletes involved is the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, or SAAC for short. They have an ongoing program for student-athletes called Owls for Owls.

“Owls for Owls is a thing we do in SAAC where sports teams go and support and help other sports teams with games, meets, etc.” explained Zachary Collins, a senior and member of SAAC as well as a captain on the men’s swim and dive team. “It is meant to both support athletes of all sports and get student-athletes involved with watching and helping out if possible.”

Abraham Osheyack, assistant athletic director at Keene State, stated that he believed one way to improve turn out at games is to provide transportation from campus.

“I think one thing that would be helpful would be providing reliable transportation from the main campus out to the athletic fields,” said Osheyack. “I think in the late fall and early spring as the weather is getting colder or is still cold as we resume sports… to offer our students a ride to and from [the athletic complex] if they don’t have their own vehicle.”

So students are now left with a choice.

Getting a seat at Lab n’ Lager or spending an hour and a half at a sports game cheering for their team.

Claire Boughton can be contacted at cboughton@kscequinox.com

Now accepting applications Athletic department begins the hunt for a new XC and track and field coach AUSTIN SMITH

SportS Editor Fifty plus applications have been put in for the head coaching position for the cross country and track and field teams at Keene State College.

The job has recently become available after current Head Coach Tom Pickering announced his resignation at the end of the current semester. Since then, the head coaching position has been posted on the NCAA market place. Athletic Director Philip Racicot said, “As expected, we’ve had a really strong interest in the position.

Currently we have over 50 applicants for the role, many of whom have great credentials.”

One of the people tasked with searching for the new head coach is Assistant Athletic Director Abraham Osheyack. While Osheyack was not able to comment on the candidates themselves, he did say, “We are looking for a quality candidate who can come in and continue to grow the program and build on the good work that Coach Pickering has done over the last five years.” Osheyack is the chair of the search committee for the new track and cross country coach.

While the final say for who becomes head coach is ultimately up to Racicot, the athletes on both the track and cross country teams did get to air what they want in a new coach. Racicot said, “I met with the track and cross country teams last week to get their feedback; what they’re looking for in a coach and what characteristics they think are important.”

One of the athletes who is a part of the search committee is junior sprinter, Brandon Castor. Castor is on the scouting committee with fellow track athlete Lauren Perkowski. The scouting committee will be having meetings with potential coaches and giving them tours of campus. Castor said they can’t ask for the perfect coach but they can narrow it down to someone who is the best fit. “Something we are struggling with right now is numbers, so I would say we need stronger recruiting,” he said.

Recruiting is a big aspect of being a collegiate coach in all sports, but there are other factors that play into how well a coach fits. One challenge for the new head coach of KSC’s track and cross country teams is the lack of an outdoor track at KSC. Since there is no track, the incoming coach will be tasked with being creative when designing workout plans for the team.

Castor said, “The ability to make modifications to the workout… is the biggest thing. We do all of our workouts in the rec basketball court, if not outside on pavement somewhere.”

Another hurdle for the new potential coach will be scheduling practices. Many of the athletes have classes all throughout the day, making it difficult to have one uniform practice time. Castor said, “The new coach, whoever it’s going to be, is going to need assistant coaches because we had about six to seven practices a day between morning, midday and night, just because of everyone’s class schedule.”

The search for a new coach is one of the most important things that an athletic director has to do. For Racicot, this is his first hiring since taking over as the new athletic director.

Racicot said, “Obviously we want to make sure that we do our due diligence and do this the right way.” The “due diligence” becomes more difficult when there are over 50 applicants for the job.

While there is much due diligence to be done when looking for a new coach, the team was able to get their input in for what they want. Castor said, “Everyone had their own individual input as a group. Now it just comes down to Lauren [Perkowski] and myself, as well as the scouting committee, to make that final decision.”

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Austin Smith can be contacted at asmith@kscequinox.com

This past semester six softball athletes qualified for the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Academic All-American team.

The Keene State Softball team has already seen success in their season already. Alexis Blanchette, Julie Elwell, Meghan Moran, Emma Pede, Courtney Votto, and Cassie Woods all qualified for the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Academic All-American team, which requires the athlete in question to balance academics and athletics. Coach Fisk said her team’s priorities are family, school, and softball, she also added that the Keene State College Softball team has won the Don Carle Academic Award for the past two years for having the highest team G.P.A in the athletic department of 3.54.

Coach Fisk said she is proud of her athletes and that having successful scholars on the team like the ones she has now makes her job a little easier.

Tim Wagner can be contacted at twagner@kscequinox.com

GAME RECAP

KSC field hockey team takes on Worcester State CLAIRE BOUGHTON

SEnior SportS rEportEr Overtime, penalty shots, and a marriage proposal?

Last Wednesday night’s field hockey game against the top-seeded Little East Conference team, Worcester State University Lancers, was one for the scrapbooks.

The game started in nothing but celebration when Keene State’s assistant field hockey coach, Erin Dallas, was proposed to in the middle of the field.

Dallas became an Owl in 2007 after spending one year at the University of Michigan and the moment she touched the turf her field hockey career took off. A few of her accomplishments include holding the KSC career and single-season records for assists, being a First-Team All LEC Player three years in a row, being named LEC Offensive Player of the Year in 2007 and being named LEC Defensive Player of the Year in 2009. Dallas is also a Keene State Hall of Famer and a three-time All-American. She joined the coaching staff at the start of the 2019 season.

The proposal had Dallas surrounded by the field hockey team when her, now fiance. got down on one knee.

Dallas said yes sending the team and the onlooking crowd into cheers.

After the proposal, however, it was game time and this was no ordinary game.

This game saw the top four field hockey goal scorers in the Little East Conference take the field.

By the end of the game, the top goal scorer was Rachel Hopkins, senior midfielder and forward from Worcester State, sitting with 20 goals. Hopkins is followed by Olivia Antonelli, senior forward also from Worcester State, in second place with 18 goals. Tied for third place now are Keene State’s Nina Bruno and Kayla Klein, both junior forwards and both at 15 goals.

The game saw Keene scoring within the first quarter off a penalty corner. The goal was scored by Owls firstyear midfielder, Maggie Cahoon.

It wasn’t until the fourth quarter that another goal would be added to the scoreboard, this time coming from Worcester State’s own Olivia Antonelli off another penalty corner.

However, the Owls shut the tie down fast with their own fourth-quarter score by Hailey Beaupre, senior defense, off a penalty corner. This was Beaupre’s first career goal.

Beaupre’s goal would put the Owls ahead until Worcester State’s junior midfielder, Sarah Duff, scored off of yet another penalty corner.

This goal brought the game to a tie. With neither team’s scoring in the remainder of the regulation time, the game was soon sent into overtime.

Six Owls took on six Lancers with ten minutes on the clock.

However, the game came to a quick end when the Owls were awarded a penalty shot.

Kayla Klein stepped up and took the penalty shot, sinking it into the back of the goal.

The crowd erupted in cheers while the Keene State field hockey team flooded the field in celebration.

Up next the Owls will stay home to face off against Babson on Saturday, November 2, start time noon.

Claire Boughton can be contacted at cboughton@kscequinox.com

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