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On Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014, State Police formed a barricade along Winchester St. and other streets of Keene to prevent students from continuing to potentially dangerous and threatening parties.
Celebration unravels into chaos Parties erupt into violent acts and vandalism, strong law enforcement response outside Pumpkin Fest DAVID WALSH
News editor Celebrations surrounding the 2014 Pumpkin Fest descended into chaos beginning Friday Oct. 17 and continuing through Sunday Oct. 19. National news coverage as well as amateur video captured the situation, which escalated into rioting in the vicinity of Keene State College. The rioting did not enter the footprint of Keene’s annual Pumpkin Fest, but instead occurred between Winchester St. and Davis St. Large parties, some estimated by police statements to produce crowds of 1,000 people, were dispersed using non life-threatening tactics, according to Keene Police Department press logs. Police used pepper balls and tear-gas to break up large gatherings and riots. As the intensity of the par-
ties escalated, party-goers threw bottles and cans, removed street signs, like to emphasize again, that the disturbances over the weekend do not represent a great many of the students who attend this college. I am According to a City of Keene press release, over 49 different emergency proud of the positive contributions many of our students, faculty and staff service departments were called to respond to the incident, including the offered to the community over the weekend.” use of New Hampshire Police Department’s helicopter. Victoria Griggs, a KSC junior and graphic design major was one of those arrested. Griggs was charged with disorderly conduct. She was president as Friday’s events continued. They read, “Ongoing disruptive arrested at 11:15 p.m. on Friday Oct. 17. The KPD police log states she was taken into custody for standing in the roadway on Winchester St. number and size of gatherings tonight indicate unsafe conditions placing Griggs explained her side of the story, “Me and my friends went down you and residents in harm’s way.” to the end of Blake St. towards Winchester [Street]. We saw police cars and According to police reports, 84 people were arrested on Friday and Sat- were wondering what was going on. I had a disposable camera. I wanted KSC President Anne Huot noted in a Monday press release, “I would
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Keene event makes world news ALEXA ONDREICKA
people who ruined it for a lot of the student body,” Keene State College Senior Kathleen Kanaley said,
Copy editor With the chaos that surrounded Keene’s 24th annual Pumpkin Festival came the accompanied national exposure from various news stations, online news outlets and social media sites. Media coverage spread well across the U.S. with stories appearing across seas as well. “My heart really hurt yesterday [Oct. 18]. I think we got such bad attention … We were in the news for all the wrong reasons. I think it was a really small amount of
the City of Keene that Saturday Oct. 18. CNN, BBC.com, The Boston Globe, ABC News, FOX News, Post and USA Today were among the many stations and websites that reported on the actions of rioters outside of the Pumpkin Fest area that Saturday. The New York Times featured
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On Winchester Court, a crowd of over 1,000 people formed in the backyard during a day party on Saturday Oct. 18, prompting police force.
equiNox staff to talk about the riotous behavior that took place over the weekend. The cer Col. Robert Quinn, Mayor of Keene Kendall Lane and Keene State questions from the press that attended. “We were able to contain it and eventually disperse it,” Meola said of According to Meola, the biggest problem with Saturday afternoon was how early parties started and how big they got. Around 1:00 p.m. a party on Wilcox St. started, and around the same time a party on Winchester Ct. was developing. Within an hour or so, both these areas had groups estimated of at least 1,000 people each, according to Meola. This is where police stepped in. “The potential for serious injury was there,” Quinn said. Things got out of hand when people began throwing things at each
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day in the community “can easily be summed up as shameful, embarrassing and destructive to our college community and our self-image On Monday, Oct. 20 an all-campus forum as a whole,” Graham said, “These events did was held for students, faculty and staff to underhappen and we cannot erase or mask reality.” stand the events of Pumpkin Fest, share expeHe also brought up the worry of many students’ riences and feelings and to regain the sense of futures at KSC. “Although we do not know community for Keene State College. what is going to happen, we do have the abilPresident Anne Huot opened with a stateity to come together as a student body.” Graham ment thanking everyone who attended the assured the students that he believes they have forum and explained why the forum was the wisdom to make a difference. being held. “A really terrible thing happened forum was held to “start a healing process and Many students at the forum had related starting late Friday night, going right through continue going forward.” questions to Graham’s statement about their until early Sunday morning,” Huot said. She Student Body President Bobby Graham future. One student questioned his degree after explained that the forum was held to start stated the incidents that occurred on Satur-
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thinking about how KSC would continue forward and what lessons the school as a whole could learn about these events. Huot explained that KSC has some accountability in what happened. “We also have to deal with the shame that comes with it, the blame that comes with it, whether it’s ours to own or not,” Huot said. She assured the audience that she does not approve of what happened in this city and the change that needed to be made “will only work
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Students carve 1,800 jack-o’-lanterns at Pumpkin Lobotomy to contribute to festival DAVID WALSH
News editor KSC Pumpkin Lobotomy kicked off the Pumpkin Fest weekend with carving, live music and student organizations on Fiske Quad Friday, Oct. 17. The event was organized by KSC Student Government, who brought in 2,500 pumpkins for eager participants to carve up and contribute to the world record attempt. Student Body President Bobby Graham said the event is a massive organizational undertaking, “It took a lot of stressful planning. We started one or two weeks into Sep-
tember; it has been a long process.” Participants arrived at Pumpkin Lobotomy to a sea of pumpkins sprawled across the lawn where Fiske Quad meets Appian Way. After carefully selecting their pumpkin, they then pick a spot on the lawn, lay out their recycled newspapers and get to gutting and cutting. “Typically, every single pumpkin gets carved,” Graham said. KSC students Hannah Elliott and Natalie Rees said they both enjoyed the event. Rees showed off her dog carving and said, “The bands are really good, I know a few people in the bands and I know they work
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really hard at it.” Elliott created a mummy carving which she painted white. She added, “It’s a really good time, people should come.” Graham continued to explain once the jack-o-lantern is carved, the artists brings it over to the registration table where a candle is inserted and it is tallied. “We put in a candle because the record is for lit carved pumpkins. Grounds works right [with us] and brings the pumpkins down to Main Street,” Graham explained. Graham added that student government was able to have
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Week of: Oct. 13 Monday, Oct. 13 11:17 p.m. Tisdale Apartments: Resident of one of the apartments called to complain about Tisdale 10 playing loud music. Spoke with residents and got a bit of an attitude but music was turned down. Tuesday, Oct. 14 6:27 p.m. Owl’s Staduim: Ambulance being sent to stadium for a 12 year-old who was hurt. Wednesday, Oct. 15 3:31 p.m. Winchester Lot: Student reporting damage to his vehicle. Thursday, Oct. 16 5:05 Sidewalks: Students smoking marijuana outside. Friday, Oct. 17 2:07 a.m. Sidewalks: Report of people shining flashlights in windows. 2:31 a.m. Randall Hall: 706 [marijuana] odor investigation, ticket issued by KPD for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia as well as a NO TRESPASS ORDER issued to a guest by Campus Safety. Saturday, Oct. 18 5:02 p.m. Young Student Center: Report of male and female having sex in mens first floor bathroom. 6:40 p.m. Owl’s Nest: Female resident reported that one of the males in the a joining suite entered her room thru the emergency exit and was going to go to the bathroom while she was in it. 7:17 p.m. Oya Hill: report of a female being kicked in the stomach by a male. 10:40 p.m. Madison Street: KPD called and informed dispatch about a subject who had been trampled. Campus Safety officer standing by as it is to dangerous for them to go into the crowd. Sunday, Oct. 19 12:21 a.m. Holloway Hall: Resident called and reported he punched a wall and hurt his hand. Checked out subject. Was told to call if there are anymore issues. 12:43 a.m. Carle Hall: RA reported someone in front of the building is intoxicated and he as a lump on his head. 6:52 p.m. Zorn Dining Commons: Report form staff of an intoxicaed studnet throwing plates a people in the building. Staff member was hit in the head and an ambulance was called by building staff.
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Keene State College senior Hersch Rothmel is spearheading the effort to begin a chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace on campus. Jewish Voice for Peace is a national grassroots organization that seeks to raise awareness about the Israeli occupation of Palestine. It advocates for human rights and amended U.S. policy in the region. The new last Tuesday, Oct. 14. The teach-in, focusing on Israel and Palestine, featured a number of speakers and was an impassioned and informative narrative. Aisha Mershani has a Ph.D in Studies. Her talk focused on the Palestinian Civil Resistance against the Israeli apartheid wall and occupation of the West Bank, where she has worked as a photographer and solidarity activist since 2003. Her photographs are expository, documenting popular resistance to the wall, daily life, interactions and landscapes in the region. She started off the teach-in by explaining that American media does not show what is truly going on in Israel/Palestine and that as Americans we are brainwashed on this matter. — it’s an occupation. Israel is occuFocusing on the West Bank, Mershani’s presentation centered on what she considers the three most dangerous parts of the integrated system that Israel has been implementing in order to “control PalesThese parts are the checkpoints, the tunnel roads and the apartheid wall. “Inside the West Bank, a checkpoint is a station where Israeli soldiers check IDs of Palestinians before they are allowed to cross to She explained how the checkpoints aren’t just how we would think of border checkpoints between nations, but checkpoints between villages. A single village may become enclosed and isolated. A resident’s ability to leave is completely in the hands of Israeli soldiers. Mershani explained, “What into a four hour drive waiting in lines to be allowed to move from one village to the next even within the West Bank. This is a way for Israel to control and track PalestinMershani also explained that domly put up along roadways. inspection and often must wait hours in deadlock. College students trying to get to class are often forced to miss the classes they’re paying for. She went on to explain the tunnel road system. The tunnel road system is an apartheid system
of control, where a previously Palestinian road that runs from one village to the next has become illegal for Palestinians to travel on. These roads have been taken by the Israeli settlers and Palestinians must instead use separate underground tunnel roads that are constructed with the aid of the United States. Speaking about the wall, Mershani explained that “the wall is one of the most strategic aspects of
The wall is 439 miles long, twice as long as the armistice line. The wall stands taller than the Berlin Wall did, separating villages and sometimes even dividing individual towns. Mershani displayed a photo of a little boy receiving money through a hole in the wall from a relative on the other side. Mershani said, “The child cannot be with this person, cannot touch this person, see this ANGELA SCIONTI / EQUINOX STAFF person. This person could very Students and community members gather at the Jewish Voice for Peace teach-in on Tuesday, Oct. 14. well be his grandmother. An entire the Israeli government rations the gotten worse because these peace a power relationship involved in In urban areas, the concrete amount of food that is shipped into talks were more for show. Israel is this. It assumes that there’s not a wall rises 26 feet high. Mershani Gaza. the biggest recipient of U.S. aid in more deeply-rooted systemic issue said, “To put this in context for Barham discussed the most the world. at play. Those need to be addressed here in Keene, imagine there was Lundquist and Abrams dis- and I think more Jewish youth will a twenty-six-foot high concrete Palestine that happened over the cussed how important education, come to the process of really queswall enclosing this town and any- summer, starting on July 8. More divestment and boycotting are to tioning what Zionism means and time you wanted to go to Brattle- than 2,000 Palestinians died in this the success of this movement. They boro or Northampton, you just can’t, explained that Hampshire College One community member at because this wall prohibits you Israel bombed U.N. schools and along with others have removed the teach-in said that she and her from moving and if you do want to intentionally-targeted civilians. On their investment funds from corpo- husband had attended the event go you have to have a permit issued the Israeli side, 73 were killed, 66 of rations that support the occupation. because, “We are always continuwhich were soldiers. An example they used to show ing to expand our knowledge. We’re In rural areas, the wall consists Barham explained that, “Israel this was the corporation Catepil- very fortunate to have a college in of electric fences, ditches and razor uses Palestinians to test their weap- lar, whose bulldozers are used to our community and we hope to see wire. If you go too close, you are ons, including the tear gas used in demolish Palestinian homes and more community members along in danger of being shot. Signs at uproot Palestinian trees that are the fences in these rural areas read, phosphorous on Palestinian civil- thousands of years old. Another community member “Mortal danger. Military zone. Any ians, which is made of tiny metallic Lundquist, Abrams and Roth- questioned, “How we as citizens person who passes or damages the shards that burn hotter than regu- mel talked about the struggle that decide to get involved, decide to lar bombs the way Napalm did in Jewish youth in the U.S. face by make the choice to think by ourMershani displayed a photo- Vietnam. Barham said, “There is becoming anti-Zionist and anti- selves? The excuses here in the U.S. graph in a rural area, where the nobody to keep Israel in-check and Israeli-occupation. Because the poli- are, ‘Oh I don’t understand,’ ‘Oh it’s Israeli side of the wall is lush green they just keep attacking, but when- tics in most American synagogues with agriculture and the Palestin- ever Hamas attacks Israel, Israel can is very pro-Israeli, people equate ing since I don’t know when.’ And ian side is a desert. She explained everything that looks white in this that this is because the Palestinians Amanda Lundquist and Becca However, they also believe in the planet and clean and safe usually are not allowed to use their own Abrams, both Hampshire College power that their voices hold. They has economical support to excess, water wells. The Israelis take the graduates, represented the Western talked about how they can see that right? Like everything that sounds water from the Palestinian land and Massachusetts chapter of Jewish using their Jewish identity can help a little brown or not Christian is then sell it back to them at prices Voice for Peace. Lundquist is from Palestine. Abrams said of Israel, “It like lesser. What is new about colothat make it nearly impossible to a Jewish reform background, while claims itself as a Jewish state, so nization? There is no humanization maintain farms. for people who don’t know any- about how people cross borders Mohamad Barham is a Palestin- young American Jewish opinions thing about this they would think and how we build walls. It’s an ian American who spoke on behalf on Zionism. She has lived in Israel Israel represents all Jews. It’s up to old problem. We need now to be of Students for Justice in Pales- twice and was raised Zionist. us then to say no it’s not true; not in tine, a new club at the University Lundquist and Abrams our name. Israel is not my place, not what she found most striking about of Massachusetts. He lived in Pal- explained how after WWII, Zionists my state and I do not condone the the teach-in, a student responded, estine for ten years. He explained encouraged massive immigration actions by the Israeli military or the “I had some background knowlthat the Gaza Strip is one of the to Palestine, at that time a British edge, but didn’t realize the extent. I most densely concentrated areas colony. The U.N. offered the Jewish Rothmel explained how there almost cried throughout this entire in the world. Before 2005 there people the state of Israel. is a lot of propaganda within the presentation. I’m not in an emotionwas military occupation and Israel They shared a video from their general Jewish-American commu- ally good place right now. It’s just a withdrew from Gaza, but they still organization that explained, “Israel nity. He said there is “much more have control over what goes in and destroyed over four-hundred Pal- institutional, systemic, racism and got up to leave. out. Therefore, it is still technically estinian villages and towns. At the prejudice that has developed, from Mershani ended by saying, under occupation. a lot of trauma, a lot of collective “Once you know, you can’t un-know After the Israeli military pulled seventy-eight percent of what was trauma. It’s really upsetting to see out of Gaza, Hamas was democrat- Palestine. When three quarters of and it really affects the way we navJewish Voice for Peace, will be ically elected. Barham explained a million [people] tried to return igate this process because there is holding future events on campus, that in response to this there was an to their homes where the new state this assumption that there are these which are to be announced. One does “Israeli siege against the Gaza Strip. now stood, they were permanently two equal sides, which couldn’t be not have to be Jewish to be a part of People couldn’t come in and out. farther from the truth and I think the movement. After two decades of U.S. backed the dialogue really stops what we - peace talks, the situation between should actually be talking about Rose Lovett can be contacted tially cut off. He also explained that Israel and Palestine has actually because it assumes that there’s not at rlovett@keene-equinox.com
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a smaller presence at this year’s Pumpkin Lobotomy. He said, “We approached it a little differently this year. We put less student money into the event than we have in years past. As soon as we started getting table applications we saw that the student organizations themselves were going above and beyond having awesome table ideas here. What’s making this event special is the community nizations that made contributions to the event was R.O.C.K.S. According the R.O.C.K.S Facebook page, the campus organization donated about 50 leftover pumpkins after the event to the Hundred Nights Shelter. R.O.C.K.S also worked alongside the Eco-Reps to increase the recycling effort. Brianna Enderson, a member of Eco-Reps, said she collaborated with her residence director and Rick Cramer of Sodexo to create an outlet for all the pumpkin seeds. Enderson along with volunteers separated the seeds from the guts. “It’s a little more tedious than we thought, but
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included trying to pay for damages that happened off of campus, like a resident who had the tires of her car The Student Assembly met on Tues. slit. Another suggestion was to possiOct. 21st in the Mountain View Room bly donate the money to a charity that for their weekly meeting. supported our law enforcement and The only speaker was Laura Seraichick from the IT Group. She is Student rep. Laura Graham had an - idea that students from KSC could put cer and is responsible for all the tech- on some type of event for the younger nology on campus. According to kids in Keene, to give them a better Seraichick KSC has made, “a number impression of us and quell any fears of changes over the summer driven by they may have had. Another idea brought up was hold-
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1,800 pumpkins were carved at Pumpkin Lobotomy on Oct. 17.
“It has been tried for at least the
lected and separated 58 pounds of seeds, which will be washed, roasted and seasoned at the Freshman Eco-Reps member Zorn Dining Commons. At the Brittany LaFleur said, “It’s a end of the event, over 1,800 good way to show that Eco-Reps pumpkins were carved, accordare involved and sharing what ing the KSC website. Graham we are doing. Putting our name concluded, “Overall we are very
When the seeds were weighed at the end of Pumpto work with the pumpkin seeds. kin Lobotomy, the group col-
According to Enderson, this was
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Seraichick said. The IT Group on campus looks forward to student input on the technological changes they’ve made. The rest of the meeting consisted of addressing possible things KSC students could do to better our relationship with the surrounding community after the events of Pumpkin Fest weekend. Student rep. Jeff Garand had an idea of creating a T-shirt that would be sold in the bookstore with a slogan
ilies. The food could possibly be provided by Sodexo and if not, students themselves could bring the food. To this idea, Garand proposed, “I can Student Trustee Ryan Scrivano said, “All the different universities -
participated in the unruly behavior over the weekend. He has been receiving emails from trustees, alumni and from these shirts could go to a charity, others about the riots on Pumpkin potentially Monadnock United Way, Fest. The student council chose to wait as suggested by Garand. Other members of student coun- Pumpkin Fest in further detail. cil liked the idea, with some offering other suggestions as to what could be Skyler Frazer can be contacted at done with the money. One suggestion sfrazer@keene-equinox.com
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totaled for no reason,” a DJ from the GoFundMe page. (Cont. A1)
ous behavior that engulfed the wrote, “Video and photos posted to social media on Saturday and Sunday showed revelers knocking over street signs, setting boxes atop an overturned car and chanting obscenities at the police, who moved in formation to disperse them.” News traveled as far as Colorado, California and even extended worldwide as rt.com, a site that delivers the “latest news and current events from around the world,” posted an article that allowed access in the U.K. and Russia. Riots were also featured on Time.com, The Denver Post and The Los Angeles Times. “I just think social media is blowing it out of proportion — almost one hundred percent. The fact that I’ve heard that Pumpkin Fest has reached Russia, or Colorado or even national news, I mean, that’s pretty ridiculous,” Ashley DeFilippo, a senior at Keene State College, stated. WMUR reported that “Police from as far away as Laconia, UNH and Massachusetts responded [to the riots] along with New Hampshire state police and Keene police.” “Police in riot gear used tear gas and pepper spray to disperse a large crowd at Keene, New Hampshire’s 24th annual Pumpkin Festival Saturday night,” according to CNN. “Dozens of individuals were arrested, and ambulances were summoned to deal with myriad injuries,” Alex Heigl wrote in a People.com article on Oct. 19, describing the New Hampshire riots. Matt Pearce of The Los Angeles Times also reported on the destruction as he wrote, “A quaint pumpkin festival in New Hampshire urday as mobs of college students and young people turned parts of the town of Keene into a free-forall.” A GoFundMe page has since been made for the owner of the “All my friends said Pumpkinfest is a blast and that I should head up there, so I was pumped ... I was walking around with my friend during the later part of the night during the riots when I
his unfortunate situation as he said, “I go to school full time and work 25 hours a week making $9 dollars an hour, and for me, my car was my only good asset. My policy with my insurance company does not cover me for the damages and I need my car to get to work 35 minutes away and to then commute to school after.” As of Oct. 21, the page had been shared 4,900 times and had raised over $4,200 dollars. The goal was $3,800. Matthew Paskov, vice president of Phi Mu Delta at Keene State College, spoke at an all-campus forum KSC late on Oct. 20. Paskov noted that KSC students cannot go on acting like the social media coverage that occurred is abnormal. time we got media coverage for it [riotous behavior] is kind of astonishing. We can’t pretend like this is a one-time view,” Paskov said. The Keene Pumpkin Fest had already made national news sevTIM SMITH / EQUINOX STAFF eral months prior, as Stephen Col- News stations from across the nation reported on the events of Keene’s Pumpkin Fest Saturday, Oct. 18, interviewing visitors involved. bert reported on the City of Keene’s identify the people involved. occurred was not in fact caused by the comparison in what he labeled in Saturday’s riots, volunteered Members of the page researched KSC students. “Media’s Overt Racism.” Sunday morning to clean up the on his show “The Colbert Report.” and posted the names of people Screenshots from the app Yik He wrote, “As was pointed out Keene State campus and surroundJohn Oliver also covered Keene’s shown and included their current Yak, an anonymous social media by many on Twitter, the amount ing area in response to a Facebook app much like Twitter, began to of damage caused in a few hours school. surface depicting “yaks” from the by drunk students far outweighs Globe wrote. Tonight,” “where he bemoaned A woman listed as Amanda University of New Hampshire. what has occurred in Ferguson Fox stated that a student in August the military arming of Heger tracked down one rioter Several of the messages read, over two-plus months ... Let’s face approached an out-of-state resipolice forces,” Globe writer Jaclyn “Everybody’s ragging on the Keene it. The racial disparity in the covdent who sought to enjoy the fesReiss wrote. Reiss noted that OliHeger then found his employer riots but the truth remains that a erage is obvious and, quite frankly, tival with her step-daughter and ver’s audience laughed at the “tersaid, “I just want to formally apolororism threat” the City of Keene and his employer’s phone number large portion of the kids rioting sickening.” and sent this message to them, were from UNH,” and continued AlterNet.org’s DeVega con- gize for what happened.” Facebook and Twitter saw KSC “Good luck out-maneuvering that, accompanied by a photo of the with, “Straight trashed Keene this nected back to the hashtag #whitetweet: “This is a tweet from one weekend and then came home to privilege, writing, “Saturday’s riots students and Keene State College’s teenagers with baseball bats,” of your loser apprentices that he our beautiful campus.” by white college students at Keene own accounts publishing statuses Oliver said. Twitter saw a different angle on State College’s annual Pumpkin- of their own, urging the world to While many news stations and online journalists covered the shire] over the weekend at the the riots, as pictures of the destruc- fest is a priceless example of white recognize KSC as more than the privilege and white racism as a face-valued destructive town. occurrences of the event, many Keene Pumpkin Festival. Thought tion and chaos spread rapidly. “It was high comedy. Twitter type of social practice and habit.” “I feel like it’s giving Keene such people took to social media sites to you should know how mature he is!” had great fun with mocking and DeVega continued to disexpress their opinions regarding Keene State College Presi- calling out the foolishness of the cuss the differences between the media] not looking at anything the actions of the rioters. dent Anne Huot released a state- white pumpkin rioters,” Chauncey media’s portrayals of Ferguson and Keene’s done in the past year that’s A Facebook page named KSC Pumpkin Fest and the responses to over-the-top or amazing, so for this Students Shine was created by ment Oct. 19 that said the college DeVega stated on AlterNet.org. These tweets eventually lead to both. negative thing I think the media is an unknown Keene community is “actively working to identify the just taking the wrong things from member the day of the festival, individuals who participated in comparisons between the riots outunlawful behavior, and those who side of Pumpkin Fest to that of Ferwith righteous rage and anger in it,” DeFilippo said. stating its purpose as “Keene resguson, Missouri. response to the killing of Michael Posting photos from the campus idents coming together to assist able.” The account @bassem_masri cleanup, Keene State College wrote ALL involved accountable.” The statement continued, “We tweeted on Oct. 19, “#WhitePrivcalled ‘thugs’ and ‘animals,’ ... Privon their Facebook page, The page’s popularity grew sig“We’d like very much to show - are reviewing images, videos, elege is alive #pumpkinfest or ileged white college students who ation, gaining well over 2,000 likes media coverage, social media post- #PumpkinRiot had no purpose riot at a pumpkin festival are ‘spir- the world that Keene State is a ings and information we have #Ferguson has important purpose ited partiers,’ ‘unruly’ or ‘rowdy,” valuable asset to our local, regional by late Sunday evening. about off-campus residences. The #Justice #WTF.” DeVega wrote. While many contin- and global communities.” The page became a place for most serious offenders will face Twitter account @callmetradeued to argue over who is to blame The page joined others in sharventing and opinions from people interim suspension, followed by mark added several hours later, for the riots, some sites chose to involved and people who were not, with many arguing over who conduct action up to and including, “The kids at #keenestate threw beer highlight the Campus Cleanup 19 covering the cleanup, noting expulsion.” cans at cops and got arrested. Mike event that took place early morn- that, “This is the Keene State that exactly is to blame. ing on Sunday, Oct. 19. we know.” Photos of rioters and any “Meanwhile, hundreds of studestruction that resulted from the Globe witness and several people caught SIX shots.” In an article on politicsusa.com, dents, appearing to be far more Alexa Ondreicka can be contacted riots were posted in an effort to on the KSC Students Shine page that much of the damage that than the number participating at aondreicka@keene-equinox.com
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other. When the police arrived, they turned their attention to the cops. “People were throwing rocks and bottles, now at the police,” Meola said. He later said billiard people. As the day wore on, the crowds got St. The police formed a perimeter around the street to contain the situation. A car during the night. “The damage was disturbing. The conduct was disturbing,” Quinn said of the crowd’s actions. According to Meola, OC pepper balls were used to help disperse the crowds in back yards and in the streets. Meola explained the OC pepper balls look like paintballs and are shot out of a gun that looks very similar to a paintball gun. The balls explode on impact, leaving a white
dusting of pepper spray where they hit. Meola and Quinn said they thought these balls were effective in their purpose. On a more positive note, Mayor Lane thought the containment of Saturday’s unscheduled events went well. From Main St., much of what was happening just a few streets away was unknown. No major disasters reached the actual Pumpkin Fest in downtown Keene. “That was the primary goal, and that was successful,” Lane said. When asked about the types of charges participators involved in raucous behavior could potentially be given, Meola said it could be anything from criminal mischief to aggravated assault. Misdemeanors as well as felonies could be doled out but nothing is “concrete yet,” according to Meola. The police are still leading an investigabehavior that took place. They are looking who decided to brag about their Pumpkin Fest mischief. Those who were seeking to do damage, like those who vandalized cars According to the police, 84 people were
SoundoFF Danielle Fallette Junior Psychology
“Ideally I would like to see people being more respectful.”
Rushane Kelly Junior Math/Management
arrested Friday and Saturday in relation to the riots, but other events that took place will require further investigation as to who partook in the vandalism and riotous activity. KSC President Anne Huot held a forum at the college scheduled at 7:00 p.m. later on Monday, Oct. 20 to, “Give our students a chance to be heard.” The president said she has heard dozens of students express their concern about the events that took place over the weekend, especially Saturday. According to Meola, this year wasn’t all that different than last year. “Last year’s behavior was actually quite similar,” he said. The biggest difference, though, is that the big groups and parties last year took TIM SMITH / EQUINOX STAFF place on two yards on Winchester Ct., right A man poses in front of the line of police force outside Pumpkin Fest. next to each other in the same area, where said he plans to open up a public forum in the police were able to contain the problem. solve this individually or on our own.” According to Huot, any KSC students December to give the community of Keene a Since it was all in the same area away from major roads like Winchester St. and Davis who are found responsible of crimes will be chance to voice their opinions on the matter. expedited through the judicial process and To conclude his opening statement, Quinn punished accordingly. Expelling students expressed his satisfaction of how the surwhen parties were broken up. President is an option. As far as the future of Keene’s prise situation was handled, “I don’t think Huot said she hopes the problems of this year can be solved and issues like this won’t yearly Pumpkin Fest, no decision has been it could have ended any better that evening.” happen in the future. Huot said, “We have made regarding the plans for next year. “It’s far too early to determine what the future of Skyler Frazer can be contacted at sfrazer@keene-equinox.com mutual solution to these issues. We cannot Pumpkin Fest will be,” Mayor Lane said. He
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“I would like to change how all “I don’t think they should have “I would like to see it go back to KSC students were blamed whether guests on campus anymore, and how it used to be when college they need to have more on campus students and residents got along.” involved or not.” activities.”
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What we’re thinking
This past weekend a nightmare took place in the area surrounding Keene State College that shook both the campus and community to its core. Destruction took take a huge step back and look at the bigger picture at hand.
on our campus and the community alike. We want to understand why such hateful actions were taking place. We would like to make sense of this madness and why so many young people showed lack of respect for themselves and others. The level of ruthless behavior that took place, regardless of whether it came from our students here at Keene State College or students from surrounding colleges, is inexcusable and deserves deep thought and attention. The Equinox is truly shaken by will not alleviate the situation. We believe that there is not one particular reason we can pin-point as to why the events this past weekend transpired the way that they did, however, we do have an ment on Monday afternoon, two parties grew out of control and things rapidly deteriorated from there. Even though less than ten percent of the ID’d arrests were KSC students, it was KSC students who hosted the parties that drew the hundreds of others responsible for the vandalism that followed. We need to own up to that. Like it or not, the college has had a bullseye on it since last years Pumpkin Fest and thousands of people beyond Keene State College could not wait for the next opportunity to throw a KSC house party into mayhem. To think that what constitutes as a good time is to hurt others and put countless lives in a position of danger is twisted and something we need to recognize as wrong. It needs to stop. Why did so many people feel the need to rebel against what it means to be a and reckless behavior cannot supersede having compassion for others. That tweeter was a “Kinda Sorta College” woman or a “Keg-Stand College” man. With that said, we also believe that there is hope and that we have the ability to turn things around. Keene State College as a whole can rise above this and must rise above this. There are countless students here who pour so much of their time and energy into earning a degree from this school and making as many positive contributions to the college as possible. The Equinox believes that our school pride runs much deeper than trying to throw the best parties. The reputation the school gets from these events is not a true representation of the etiquette, work ethic and intentions of our students. We as students work incredibly hard to become well-rounded and educated individuals. We do not support the destruction and disrespect to the community that we witnessed. For example, hundreds of KSC students gathered early Sunday morning to pick that too many of us and far too many others caused. Wearing our Keene State College apparel proudly, we attempted to show what KSC truly stands for. Let us be clear, we are not saying that what happened is acceptable so long as we wake up in the morning and take care of the mess. We are saying we must make colpoint. We cannot go back in time and erase what happened; we can, however, look for ways to keep it from happening again. The college as a whole is stained after the events that took place this past weekend, but this stain is capable of being scrubbed away. The Equinox believes that we need to move forward. We cannot dwell on all of the negative comments being made about our school, but rather we need to focus on how we can do upstanding, productive things for the college and for the community that has nurtured us with tools and resources for our futures.
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Changes in on-campus laundry system create problems CYRUS LYONS
the payments ahead of time gets rid of the hassle of making sure there is enough money on your card each A cost almost all on-campus stu- time you want to do laundry. dents used to be accustomed to was Unfortunately, there is not an having to pay to do laundry. Start- open washer every time I go to do ing this year, Keene State College laundry and oftentimes when there no longer makes its on-campus stu- are no washers open, there are no dents pay individually each time dryers either. they do a load of laundry. Sure, when one building shares Instead, tuition was raised, making laundry paid for in advance. this case Pondside One) this could What they didn’t take into consider- happen, but evidently I am not the ation is the trouble that would come only one who hates paying for launwith putting these changes in place. The best email I got all summer were coming into the dorms to join was when KSC told its students that in on doing laundry for free. on-campus students no longer have In an email sent from my resito pay for laundry. Taking care of dence director for Pondside One,
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Courtney Fisk, said “I am emailing you to inform you that the laundry systems in our area are only for Pondside residents. Any students who allow visitors, which are nonPondside residents, to do their laundry will be documented.” This was perfectly acceptable to me; I hate waiting to do my laundry, especially when it’s because students who don’t pay to live on campus are using the machines. “When residents are unable to use machines because persons in other buildings are using the machines this is concerning,” Fisk added. I get it, like I said before — free laundry is an awesome thing. In my opinion, it really should
considering the amount rent is. But is it really worth risking getting in trouble by walking all your dirty laundry to a friend’s dorm, loose change is more valuable than you might think. Saving that little handful of loose change every day doesn't seem like much, but it could turn into you not having to walk to a dorm to clean your clothes! Cyrus Lyons can be contacted at clyons@keene-equinox.com Editors note: The Equinox recognizes that laundry is not free, but prepaid as part of room and board.
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Vitality of KSC stronger after weekend incidents ANNA GLASSMAN
adS dirEctor Street signs ripped from the ground, and community members bleeding from the riots of the 2014 Pumpkin Fest weekend. chester Court, Blake Street and other areas in the city of Keene, were a gross misrepresentation of the true nature of Keene State College students. The KSC motto “enter to learn, go forth dents seeking a Keene State College diploma. We are a community comprised of many high-achievers venturing to improve the world and ourselves. Kathleen Langlands, a senior double majoring in nursing and biology at the college described her initial views for KSC and the love she now harbors for the school and community. “I was only going to be here for a semesLanglands said. After she became a part of the college community Langlands said she discovered the true nature of KSC. “I got here and fell in love with the people Following the riots, the students at Keene State College are looking to enlighten the country with the true identity of a KSC Owl. Students expressed that despite the stereotypes, the college is a place to develop into a successful citizen. Sophomore at KSC Andrea Morganelli said the stereotype of ‘Kinda Sorta College’ TIM SMITH / EQUINOX STAFF might be amusing, but is a misrepresentaKeene State College participates in its annual pumpkin lobotomy at the Fiske Quad on Friday, Oct. 17 to enjoy live music and carve pumpkins for Pumpkin Fest. tion of the ambitious KSC student. “Everyone is here to better themselves. atrocities that occurred destructive attitudes of some outside stutrue determinants of a KSC student’s nature. You go to college to get a degree; you don’t in our home. Statements included, “We dents, the spirit of Keene State College was As members of the Keene community, Many Keene State College students long basically hit it and quit it this weekend at not trashed by this event. We have already we should not be ashamed of ourselves. to show the community and country that Morganelli said. The majority of students take great pride come together to clean the community we “We go to Keene to party and [obscenity] love. Unfortunately, people promoting a disin the beautiful New England campus nes- tions strangers place on the entire student torted image of our students’ intelligence up their campus then come home #we.used. Unfortunately, aided by the trash tled beneath the hills of Mount Monadnock. body. We must eliminate the distorted view are over-looking the honest work and love Langlands said she believes KSC stu- of the Keene State College community as a talk online, some KSC students are now Students from other colleges com- ashamed to be associated with the school. dents should ignore the misguided accu- whole. for our community shared by KSC students. Quotes like, “Keene State: where if you mented on the destruction they orches- As seen on the New York Daily News web- sations and display pride as a Keene State We have been labeled and scorned by trated in our home, “Love how my entire site, students are embarrassed to be Keene College student. strangers. Lets show them the true passion sited on the Twitter page called Smack campus goes to Keene gets [obscenity] up State College students. “I know what we truly are, and that’s of a Keene State College Owl. College. This post and others describe the beyond belief then comes back to our nice One student, Eliza Quill, tweeted and what matters to me — that I know where We must demand the recognition of events of the Pumpkin Fest riots as KSC stusaid, “I’m ashamed to be a Keene State Col- I’m going to school and I don’t care what #KeeneStudentsCare, the hashtag that will Though we have been labeled as uninteldents reeking havoc for entertainment. other people think about it. I am so proud show the true vitality of KSC students and According to social media, some college ligent rioters, the label does not apply to our On the Twitter page entitled “Smack their determination to repair a hurt comstudents from other universities are proud students, just as the social media from other We should not be ashamed of occur- munity. - “As a Keene State Student, I am sad. I am rences that we took no part in. of the destruction caused. University of New Hampshire students’ tions of their entire community. embarrassed and I am disheartened to call Anna Glassman can be contacted at Regardless of the immature and myself an Owl. I love my school but so enced during this weekend’s events are the social media was cited bragging about the aglassman@keene-equinox.com
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Strangers lend a helping hand in times of need SABRINA LAPOINTE
opinionS Editor My vision blurred to black as if lights were dimming at a movie showing; my clenched palms were sweaty, I shivered and dripped with sweat simultaneously until boom: my consciousness was gone. Once my eyes regained some focus they darted up to see emergency medical technicians hovering over me, taking out equipment to help nurse me back to health. Prior to this, when I woke up on that peaceful Saturday morning, the temperature was a just right combination of sunny with a light breeze. The colorful Vermont trees created a beautiful fall landscape across the campus. The normalization and tranquility of the day did not foreshadow the events that were about to come. If you have ever fainted before, you may be familiar with this feeling. Although fainting is not by any means the most dangerous medical emergency that can happen to a person, it is without a doubt a scary one. I know that personally, I can sense when this is about to happen, but I can't react to it quickly enough to prevent it. It just comes over me and within seconds I’m on the ground unconscious. My point about telling this story of what happened to me this past weekend is not to receive any kind of sympathy, but rather I would like to say thank you. Moments before my head could have made fatal contact
are expressing their genuine concern for my safety. The argument I am trying to make here is that despite all the horrible, terrible people there are in the world, there are even more good people. I believe that in times of emergency, people’s true intentions are brought to the surface. To my pleasant surprise, I have realized over the course of my life that more times than not, people have goodhearted intentions. If it wasn't for the people around me on that day, matters could have been much worse. Before the EMTs had arrived, people who caught. Absolute strangers witnessed me going down nearby dropped to their knees instantly diverted their attento assess the situation and do tion, dropped what they were everything in their power to doing and tried to get me to make sure I was okay. regain consciousness. Here I am, a random Although I was unrespon20-year-old girl on a campus sive for some time, when I was where I don't even attend school and random strangers
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and make sense of what was happening, I saw the faces of so many concerned strangers. Who were these people? Why did they care about me? And that is when I realized — there is so much good in humanity. I think there are too many times in life where we assume the worst. We think that the world is a place where everyone is for him or herself. I have always been someone who tries to doubt. There have been countless instances in my life where absolute strangers who know nothing about me or who I am have done a random act of kindness. I have always been a believer in the notion that having good character is helping people who can do nothing for you. There was nothing
who helped me on that day, yet that didn't halt their decision to help me. I understand that the medipaid to come out here and help me, but their concern stretched beyond just simply doing their job. They sat with me long after the incident occurred just talking to me, supplying me with plenty of food and water, even when I was already under the supervision of others. I could sense that this wasn't only about some paycheck at the end of their week. They saw me as a human being who was in need of help and they didn't want to leave me until they had truly done all that they could to make me feel better. Sabrina Lapointe can be contacted at slapointe@keene-equinox.com
With the 2014 Paris Auto Show coming to a close last week, yet another surprise emerged from the smoke and lights: a hybrid Lamborghini. Called the Asterion, this 910 horsepower, four-seat, grand-tourer follows in the footsteps of Ferraris, McLarens and Porsches alike, employing a hybrid electric system to power the wheels. The Asterion will not make it into production, according to a Lamborghini press release, but rather displays the company’s embrace of the new oil-stricken automobile world. It has often been a worry among car-lovers that the high-horsepower performance car will die out as the last of the world’s oil supply is depleted. The year 2014, however, saw the introduction of all four aforementioned performance cars. Each vehicle, the McLaren P1, Ferrari LaFerrari and the Porsche 918, uses a similar approach to eco-friendly performance. The idea is fairly simple and can trace its roots back to the highest tier of open-wheel single-seat auto racing: Formula 1. Take a large capacity, hugely powerful internal combustion engine and boost its power with batteries and electric motors; this created a Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle, or PHEV. increases in acceleration and top speed. The instant torque production of the electric
systems found in cars like the Toyota Prius, which uses the electric motors as much as possible with the gas engine adding power only when it needs to. These new performance hybrids use their Mario Kart. Short, powerful bursts from cient of these cars, the Porsche 918, manages a range of only 13 miles in pure electric mode. These cars then, the McLaren, Ferrari, Porsche and now Lamborghini, are using hybrid technology not for fuel economy, but for performance. And they deliver. The Ferrari LaFerrari, the fastest of the three, accel-
erates from 0 to 60 miles per hour in under three seconds and can hit 188 miles per hour in just 15 seconds, according to the Ferrari website, the latter falling just half-a-second short of a world record. All three are receiving rave reviews from the media as well. In a recent episode of the British motoring program, Top Gear, presenter Jeremy Clarkson said of the McLaren mance technology is causing a stir in the motoring industry and people are taking notice. AutoCar Magazine raved, “[It’s] just a cracking good thing to climb into and go for After driving the Porsche 918. With the success of these cars, it seems likely that more vehicles like them will follow suit. That seems like a good thing. Cars get faster. Emissions get lower. Everyone is happy. Of course the combination of gasoline engine and electric motor won’t be possible forever, as oil becomes more and more scarce. But like this year, cars will evolve, new technology will be utilized to push mankind faster and faster in our pursuit of speed. That’s why I like these cars. It’s good to know that cars will continue to get faster. It’s good to know that there will still be cars for kids to daydream about and hang up posters on their walls when the oil runs out. The importance of these vehicles however, is not their mind-blowing performance, nor their bedroom-wall-pinup good looks. The importance of these machines is what they mean for the motoring world. They are a testament to automotive engineering. While companies like Toyota, Ford and Honda are using hybrid technology to increase fuel economy and reduce emissions, Ferrari, McLaren, Porsche and Lamborghini are using it to make their cars go faster. Although this might seem counter-productive it does prove one thing: Performance cars will not die out as the world’s oil is depleted. And if these cars are any indicators, we’ll all be going a lot faster on the roads of tomorrow. Cal Thompson can be contacted at cthompson@keene-equinox.com
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Students sport KSC colors as they clean up the aftermath the morning after the Keene Pumpkin Festival riots.
According to the page, a DJ named Mike Tetreault, who was in Keene Saturday night to play at a private party and (Cont. from A10) has no ties to Bagdonas, created the fundraising page. This is only another story of how KSC is recovering from Graham’s tweet from his personal account and decided they the aftermath of the riots together. needed to be a part of the cleanup. Another Blake St. resident, junior Ben Flanders, said he “It was devastating watching the place where we live and go to school become completely destroyed,” McCloghry said, “I’m witnessing it right now from my front porch. Every“When I walked outside with a garbage bag [Sunday] morn- one is helping out to clean my neighborhood. We’re all working, I was blown away at what I saw. Endless amounts of beer ing together. They may not have been involved in the events, bottles, beer cans, garbage, shattered glass, clothing dona- but everyone is coming together,” Flanders said. tion bins turned upside down on the sidewalk, street signs McCloghry summed the aftermath up as she talked lying in the grass. It was horrifying.” about what it was like seeing everyone cleaning up the McCloghry explained her personal reasons for partici- mess. pating in the cleanup. “It was really incredible to see so many people the night “I wanted to show that we are a part of a campus commu- before causing damage but then so many more people from nity that really does care about the safety of the school, the KSC the next morning coming together in town. We had students, and the residents,” McCloghry said. people driving by us while we were sweeping glass in the Cerbone continued to talk about the importance of streets and they were thanking us for what we were doing,” coming together as a campus. McCloghry said. McCloghry continued, “It’s just really great to know that night,” Cerbone said, “I just love that everyone is helping we were able to help. It reminded me of what a great place each other out so much today. This shows who we are.” Keene State really is.” Stephanie McCann can be contacted at Maxima owned by Tyler Bagdonas, a visitor from Lowell, smccann@keene-equinox.com Mass., according to a www.gofundme.com page dedicated to funding donations for Bagdonas to purchase a new car. Join the conversation with #KeeneStudentsCare
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Live music shines at the Night Owl Café ELEANOR MARSHALL
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Actors think on their feet by exercising improvisation
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Members of the improv club, 3 Ways til Sunday hang around during their regular Monday meetings at 10 p.m. in the Redfern Arts Center lobby. JILL GIAMBRUNO
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Patterson continued, explaining other skills from the class that would be helpful.
different styles of improv, while in the club we’re just
Whether it’s in class during regular school hours or late on a Monday night, students at Keene State College say that they’re looking for people who can think outare meeting up and acting out — with improvisation. side of the box. Believe me — this class is learning how Dan Patterson, theatre and dance professor at KSC of 36 years, said that most of what he teaches is fun. The Patterson mentioned the plethora of other skills stuMillard, a junior at KSC, said that she decided to brand-new improvisation class is no exception. dents are likely to pick up from taking the class, such as come to Keene partly because of the improv program. problem solving, collaboration, working in groups and Improvisation class was offered in the curriculum. overcoming stage fright. England Drama Festival in New Hampshire and Keene picked up because of the increasing popularity of improvisation.
Patterson said the class of 36 is made up of a diverse group of people. improv club on campus, some who did Improv in high
stage. But stage fright is also just being fearful of being in public, having to speak in public, having to make
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Students sit in character, but according to KSC alumni Jon Adams, improvisation helps students “think on [their] feet.”
When it comes to the skills that students are picking up from Improvisation, Millard and Malone agreed with Adams. all about not being afraid to say anything and just go for
said after mentioning that he is a math and secondary Malone added that he wants to be a teacher and believes skills he is picking up from the improvisation class and club will help him in the future.
During his time on campus, KSC alumnus Jon Millard enjoys watching this part of the transformaAdams, who graduated last spring, was an active tion that occurs within students who come to the club Talking about the class thus far, Patterson said, member of 3 Ways ‘Til Sunday. weekly. Students in the Improv class, as well as the club, are ning and just watch, but by the end of the semester
Malone explained as his reasoning for joining 3 Ways ‘Til Sunday, the school’s improv club, sophomore year. away skills and principles from the class that will help Now, as a junior, Malone acts as the vice president them throughout their lives. of the club. One exercise Patterson likes to use in class to teach The club gathers at 10 p.m. on Monday nights on the
What Adams has learned in 3 Ways ‘Til Sunday has helped him on-stage and off. someone forgets their lines you’re able to pick up their
really see how comfortable they get in front of the Improvisation is an interest Millard hopes others will try out.
Adams explained from a theatrical standpoint, before - open for anyone to come and join. Malone, who is in the improvisation class as well as whatever comes at you, you can’t refuse it or deny it. being a member of the club, explained the difference
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Senior takes opportunity to find adventure behind city walls of York, England HANNAH CHADWICK
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one. If history fascinates you then this is the place to go; it is full of sightseeing and interesting places. I’m not even big into history and I thought it was awesome. Coming to England I knew things would be different, but I didn’t realize how big of a change I would be making. Even though they speak the same language, it’s completely different. I learn new lingo everyday. One of my favorite things about being here are the hidden corners and alleyways. I love
It’s no joke when people tell you studying abroad is the best time of your life. I’ve only been in Europe for a month and I’ve already experienced so much. You may have to step out of your comfort zone and it can be a little scary, but it is all worthwhile. The world has so much to offer and can teach you in many different ways. You will learn things not only about others but about yourself as well. They may be small and quaint but you know I have wanted to study abroad since I was a they have the best food or cup of tea in town. freshman, but I kept putting it off until last fall It doesn’t matter how many times I walk
There are so many pubs and restaurants it England. Missing out on senior activities and makes it impossible to choose where to go. the last Pumpkin Fest of my college career was People are very friendly and the accents are amazing. Paris, London, Ireland and Amsterdam makes Also, thanks to the location of the Nestle up for it — hopefully I can visit Italy & Greece chocolate factory, the air smells of brownies as well! Not many people have the opportu- every time I step out of my apartment. nity to do this and I knew I never would again. There are many remaining castles, walls Every day here is a new adventure and and ruins to discover and get a taste of what it traveling is cheap and easy. I have been study- was like to live hundreds of years ago. The city ing at York St. John University. walls are incredible to walk along and you can see basically everything from them. I somegreat architecture, cafes, restaurants, shops, times feel like I’m at Hogwarts. historic buildings and an amazing nightlife. I have been outside of the country before, Although, ice coffee is a rarity, so for all you but this is the longest I have been away from ladies (and guys too) that stop at Dunks to get home. Even though I miss my friends and family, I am so lucky and grateful to be here. espresso. Traveling expands your world view, My favorite place that I have gotten the immerses you into other cultures and gives chance to explore is London. I fell in love you opportunities to make friends all around the world. Try new foods, learn another landiverse, beautiful, crazy and peaceful all at guage, be adventurous and take every opporthe same time. There is something for every- tunity you can. You won’t regret it.
“It’s no joke when people tell you studying abroad is the best time of your life.” -HANNAH CHADWICK KSC STUDENT
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Senior Hannah Chadwick overlooks the city of York, England, from the walls that surround it. She said her world view has been expanded since she’s been abroad.
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Mending the madness Winchester Court resident Derek Gillis (far left) and his friends play around while cleaning their neighborhood on Oct. 19, the day after the Pumpkin Fest riots occurred throughout the Keene State College area.
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KSC senior and musician Jack Anderson plays for students gathered on Fiske Quad during Keene State College’s annual Pumpkin Lobotomy on Oct. 17.
was one of the few color photographs impacted him the most was a family that lived on a Northern Cheyenne Indian
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mates sophomore year. We would play together all the time and play at Butler’s couldn’t help but sing to some of the songs.
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and a minor in music. His friends said he is considered a local
like race and gender. With Jolene’s family they discovered the breaking down of stereotypes and other people’s precon side the Northern Cheyenne Reservation warned the couple of stories and stereo types of the people who lived there.
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because we both had a passion for playing
one in a long series of such photos. playing the guitar when he was 13 and all the time and I think he encourages me to started singing at age 16. He said his singing work harder. He’s so passionate about his career started out small in the shower and moved on to a band with some of his friends senior Jackie Kerigan has appeared.
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STAFF COMMENTARY
British humor and beautiful imagery shows in“The Trip to Italy” mainstream audience.
and Rob Brydon went on a trip all across England to dine at local restaurants and write articles for a magazine. Fast for ward four years and things have now changed.
be a witty and mature movie about mid
is having some trouble at home with his ine. MATT BILODEAU
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sioned to travel Italy and write another article. Coogan is more outgoing and thinks ery between two best friends.
it would have to be traveling. movies to give us a view of what we’re missing. Comedies usually show them in a
it all depends on an acquired taste. I have become accustomed to Brit son waiting for him back home. Coogan and Rob Brydon
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Putnam Theatre Redfern Arts Center
KSC Film Society Archive Night Thursday, October 23
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conversations over dinner. While our mouths water at the food, Steve and Rob do what they can to keep us entertained. (Cont. from B1) Their forte is impressions, from Sean Connery to Michael Caine. time around. He never becomes a While they are quite good, they’re nuisance, but he acknowledges that also the problem that I had with the Steve has it better. Sometimes, it feels like they are Back home, his wife seems to relying on them to carry a scene. have shut him out whenever he tries to call her. He has a moment of When they start to repeat them weakness and does something that over and over again, it gets real old real fast. Other than that, most of he never dreamt of doing. the conversations between the two friends feel very natural. human characters. They are both Even in the “scripted” scenes, likable people, but they’re also I never got the impression that human. They make mistakes, faintly they’re reading from a script in acknowledging the consequences. front of them. It’s just two British comedians But when you really get down to
eating high-end food and giving an outlook on the world. Every site they visit is even more beautiful than the last. DirecItaly with class and grace. Whenever they’re on a boat, the water looks crystal clear and when they’re sitting on a restaurant patio, the background is appealing to look at. I wouldn’t recommend it to everybody. However, if you enjoy British humor and beautiful imagery, “The Trip to Italy” is for you. Rating: B+ Matt Bilodeau can be contacted at mbilodeau@keene-equinox.com
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This trip also taught Grano ing. “The whole project was a risk because of the actual social experiment aspect of it,” Sellman said. Sellman explained they had everyone they interviewed sign a waiver in order for it to be included a card with every host they stayed with as a thank-you. Grano and Sellman started the University in their early twenties. Today, three years later, they are
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across the country in a segment called BEAR Bones. The interviews discuss the neuroscience, gender studies, race relations and sociology behind the “American Bear” journey. Adjunct Professor and Advisor to the KSC Film Society Peter was, “Incredible. Some moments I was very moved.” For him, the family who fosters He described them as a family willing to provide those kids with a, “happy and loving life.” He also mentioned that even though he had just met them tonight, Grano and Stillman were staying at his place for the night. Hannah Sundell can be contacted at hsundell@keene-equinox.com
“Black and white makes you look at the photograph differently.”
to master the environment.” A prominent feature of the photo is a cactus that bisects the frame. Film student Sarah DeFreitas com- JAEDYN BEDELL mented, “I really enjoy the way the photo has the cul de GALLERY MONITOR sac intruding into nature, but at the same time has the cactus, a natural plant, intruding into the frame.” Bedell also said, “I like when classes come in.” She ums by African-Americans. The permanent display of the gallery is “Intersecdance class came in and had to create a dance to a piece tion: Art, Culture, and Identity” which debuted in September of 2013 is still up. It is an artistically based of art. learning exhibit that invites patrons to critically anaThis exhibit will continue until Dec. 7. The Thornelyze objects and the world around them. Sagendorph Gallery is free and open to the public. Also featured at the Thorne-Sagendorph is “Embracing Diverse Voices: 80 Years of African-American Art,” a collection of various artworks in a multitude of medi-
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Weekend revelers cause Keene State College to rectify damage DAVID WALSH
ting up the triage area between the Dining Commons and the gym.”
News editor Keene State College President Anne Huot spoke with The Equinox in an exclusive interview responding to the Pumpkin Fest weekend incidents, explaining how the campus and community can move forward through the incident. According to Huot, planning for the 2014 Pumpkin Fest weekend began the day after 2013s event. Huot said, “The day after last year’s Pumpkin Festival I began talking with this community internally and externally about what we need to do to plan for next year. We did a lot and a lot more,” Huot said. Huot continued, “We did intensive coordination with the city. We had our landlords engaged, we had our students engaged in house-to-house visits to talk about responsible behavior. Vice President Atkins coordinated, in my opinion, a very strong campuswide effort around Pumpkin Responsibly, and I think everyone heard those messages.” Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management Kemal Atkins could not be contacted due to presstime. Huot continued, “I think that we did a lot. We did the area.” Students participating in the clean-up effort following the riotous events. Huot stated that the administration is working closely with law enforcement and other colleges to sift through the mountains of data to identify students responsible for the violent behavior that erupted. “We are working with the city really, really closely. We have been contacted by a number of colleges and universities in New England asking us to share. That includes the University of New Hampshire and Plymouth State University,” Huot said. When asked if other schools are working with KSC Huot claimed, “Several schools have contacted us but as I said yesterday I do not have the list in front of me.” Director of Campus Safety Amanda Guthorn explained, “It depends on who we identify and what
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from UNH and Plymouth State and a number of schools in Vermont that they will help us in identifying and taking action on the students.” least a dozen [college] students today [Tuesday Oct. 21] and it increases by the minute. We are continuing to work on it but we have had a tremendous response from both the students and the folks in Keene in helping us identify people. We will be digging through this for a while.” In an email dated Oct. 20, Campus Safety urges anyone who can “identify individuals in images, posts or videos that can assist us, please forward them to campussafety@keene.edu or via Silent Witness at TIM SMITH / EQUINOX STAFF http://www.keene.edu/campussafety/silentwitnessClean-up participants clean Winchester Street, where hours ago violence erupted. form.cfm.” Guthorn said, “We were prepared as could be magnitude of the crowd. We were as prepared as we moving, also trying to clear up some of the people that were up on the train trestle during the Winwith the limited number of people. I contacted UNH could have been at the time.” Guthorn explained that Campus Safety’s role chester Court events in the afternoon.” Guthorn continued, “We provided medical assistance. We worked with Keene police for a long time and other people during the incident was to “maintain the campus.” She said, “We were the second line behind the very closely with EMS [Emergency Medical Services] in the city. It’s a challenge being absolutely prepared. and the Fire Department on Saturday afternoon setYou can’t anticipate what crowds are going to and the
not suffer a single injury over the weekend. “My staff, none of them were injured. None of the law enforcement or EMS folks were injured which is really part of us wanting to manage that,” Guthorn said. She continued, “We knew it was going to be big and we did as much as we possibly could. Everyone was working that weekend including myself.” President Huot stated, “It’s really important to note that any information we get we are also sharing with KPD.” As the weekend wore on the events escalated quickly. Huot said, “We could not have predicted the impact that social media had on what happened here this year.” Student Body President Bobby Graham noted that social media also played a positive role in organizing responses following the riotous activity. “We were able to, from the student center that morning around 1 to 1:30 a.m., to start getting on the computers that were available in the building and attacking social media and calling all of our friends saying ‘We need to organize this clean-up’. That actually happened out of this building [student center],” Graham recalled. Graham continued, “At 10 a.m. we had hundreds of students ready to clean up.” the school. There is going to be a peace rally Wednesday. Right now, it will be in the Flag Room, but we think so many people may be attending we will move it to the Mabel Brown Room or Fiske Quad.” Graham explained the best way to keep track of the planning is by following the “PEACE FOR KEENE” Facebook page. When asked how she felt about the KSC communities response after Friday and Saturday’s ongoings Huot responded, “I’m proud. I was really struck and heartened by the number of students coming onto campus with their own trash bags picking up and cleaning up. When I asked them why they were out here they said, ‘Essentially this is our home, we need to clean it up.’” Huot continued, “I am also incredibly heartened by the turnout last night with our all-campus meeting. We had approximately nine-hundred students and a lot of faculty and staff there, and that says to me they care.” The road moving forward is to be decided by the student body. “I am counting on you to stand up and be measured and motivate a difference here, because it is the only way we are going to get lasting change. Leadership of the college is on my shoulders. We are going to weather this and come out stronger. But to take this as an opportunity and to leverage it and to see a silver lining in the terrible things that happened. It is a chance for you [student body],” Huot stated. Watch the on-camera exclusive interview with President Anne Huot at keene-equinox.com David Walsh can be contacted at dwalsh@keene-equinox.com
KSC students deal with the aftereffects following Pumpkin Fest riots HOLLY RAMER
AssociAted Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Keene State College students quickly cleaned up from a chaotic weekend on Sunday after violent parties near the city’s annual pumpkin festival led to destruction, dozens of arrests and multiple injuries. The parties around the school coincided with the Keene Pumpkin Festival, at which the community tries to set a world record of the largest number of carved and lighted jack-o-lanterns in one place. The violence prompted police in riot gear to use tear gas as they tried to control the crowds. Sophomore Mallory Pearce, vice president of the student body,
a parking lot, another car being destroyed and people being pepper-sprayed. “It got way out of hand. Everyone I talked to said, ‘I feel unsafe, I’m going home.’ They didn’t want to be part of the riot, and they couldn’t do anything to solve it,” she said. “I honestly did not feel safe.” While Pearce was extremely disappointed in the violence, she said her faith was restored when about 200 volunteers showed up Sunday morning to clean up. “We all recognize that we made a mistake, and we’re going to do better next year,” she said. “We’re not going to let this happen again.” Gov. Maggie Hassan said in
a statement Sunday night, “Like most New Hampshire citizens, I am outraged by the irresponsible, terrible actions that marred a New Hampshire tradition.” She called on the state’s colleges and universities to “take swift action to hold students involved accountable.” A police department log shows between 2:30 a.m. Friday and 3:30 a.m. Sunday and made at least 49 arrests. Not all were part of the disturbances, but at least 14 on Saturday and early Sunday appeared related to the unruly behavior. Most involved disorderly conduct or alcohol-related offenses. WMUR-TV in Manchester
showed video of a crowd over- most of the perpetrators were not turning a car, people running from Keene State students. tear gas clouds, street signs being “We are devoted to our community and very much engaged with streets. our community,” he said. Police also investigated reports Junior Brian Mazzola said most of people throwing glass bottles of the students in his apartment building decided to stay inside Satand banging on cars. urday night after hearing about the One group of young people brewing trouble. threatened to beat up an elderly “We could hear the helicopters man, and another resident heard circling around telling people to go - inside,” he said. cers,” according to the police log. Eammon Flynn, who was About 20 injured people were among about 30 students visiting taken to hospitals, Keene Fire Chief for the weekend from Castleton Mark Howard told New England College in Vermont, said he didn’t Cable News. participate in any destruction but Student body president Bobby “went out and joined the mayhem.” Graham said he was disgusted by “The parties ended up being the destruction he saw and believes boring, and the riot ended up being
wild,” he said. “It was fun to be around.” College President Anne Huot said in an emailed statement that the festival has been promoted by others “as a destination for destructive and raucous behavior” and the college had tried working with the city and campus to prevent unruly conduct. videos, media coverage and social media postings to identify those responsible, Huot said, and the most serious offenders could be expelled. “We care deeply about the citizens of Keene and our students, and we lament the impact of inexcusable behaviors on our city,” she said.
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Keene Police and Keene Fire Department stage emergency response centers for the non life-threatening injuries that occurred during Pumpkin Fest celebrations on Saturday, Oct. 18.
possession of marijuana. I was immediately the target of supposedly giving it to them. I was referred to as ‘the (Cont. from A1 cer arrested me later that night [Pumpkin Fest].” I was taking pictures with the camera because I Several news outlets, including Boston.com’s Jordan wanted to see how they would look with a disposable Lebeau have compared the Keene riots to the events camera.” that unfolded in Ferguson, Missouri. Griggs continued, “I backed up into the road to take The Ferguson riots were triggered by the shooting a picture with my camera. I guess there was a police car behind me trying to back up. I then moved out of the roadway, went to the sidewalk and when I got to the triggered the Ferguson riots.
just came up and swept me away. I can’t resist, of course I’m going to tighten up when four people just grab me.” “I also was not told my Miranda Rights,” Griggs said. Griggs added, “Hopefully no more crazy Pumpkin Fest. Hopefully still Pumpkin Fest though. Pumpkin Fest was lovely, they were two separate issues.” Senior KSC student Ashley DeFilippo said she witnessed the riots as they unfolded.
When asked if she felt her arrest was the result of on Saturday were a different scene than the Pumpkin Fest celebration on Main St. say it is because I hate that thought, but at this point I do “It was two different worlds. During the riots we feel like it might be.” were literally sprinting from tear-gas. Then we turned “I thought it was stupid that I was being arrested for onto Main St. and there was carnival music and no one what I was being arrested for. They were driving me to knew what was going on,” DeFilippo recalled. the police station and we were going down Davis [St.] Brianna Enderson is a residence assistant in Butler and the whole sidewalk of Davis was empty but every- resident hall who witnessed the aftermath of one of SatFriday night. one was walking in the street.” urday’s major incidents. She said, “A friend of mine got in trouble for being in Griggs stated, “Hearing them tell me to not resist Enderson was on duty from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., which and told me I was being arrested for blocking the roadway. As I was trying to ask what I was blocking they told me to stop resisting and dragged me over to the police cars, put me against the hood, searched me and put me in the back of the police car.” Griggs stated that sometime last year she had a sim-
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after graduation and how this weekend’s events would affect his career after college. Huot claimed, that “In light of everything that’s happened, I am making sure you are getting the education you came here for.” Graham also reassured students that the future is in their hands. “Administration is doing everything that it can do, but a large part of the rebuilding can be done by students,” he stated. Samuel Post, a senior at KSC asked a question at the forum about ways the student body could help the community. “How can we help? How can we ask forgiveness?” Post asked. He suggested creating a forum to talk to the community of Keene, asking their opinion of the events and how students of KSC can better the situation. Another student shared disappointment in the way people perceive KSC after this weekend’s events. “There are a lot of people that are throwing words and opinions at us, but our actions can speak much louder than anybody can talk,” he said. The same student said that he believed if the KSC community does more good than bad going forward, “There’s nothing they can say that we can’t prove wrong.” Many students began their comments by thanking the law enforceservices used this weekend. Other students turned to the police for the blame of this weekend’s chaotic events. A KSC cal harm he endured over the weekend was being tear-gassed after walking back from doing community service on Saturday, rather than participating in the riots themselves. “Had not
according to her was when the Winchester Ct. incidents began and ended. “We had a bunch of bloody students and residents coming in so we sent them to the ambulances that were across from our place,” Enderson said. Enderson stated she saw a variety of injuries, but most seemed to be head injuries. “There were a lot of people hit in the head. I saw a girl with a bloody foot, a bloody hand,” she said. KSC’s Department of Campus Safety has reported they continue to evaluate any leads and tips as they ing closely with other schools to identify any suspects that may have been involved in the events. A Campus Safety press release dated Monday, Oct. 20 stated, “Both UNH and Plymouth State are committed to assisting us in identifying any of their students that may have been involved and holding them accountable where possible.” David Walsh can be contacted at dwalsh@keene-equinox.com
not a single gas canister been thrown,” he said he believes these destructive kin Fest, the World Series celebration, events would not have occurred. as well as this year’s Pumpkin Festival, encountered such an overwhelming administration for allowing three chapolice force and this also happened to otic events to occur within one year. “To be fair, the administration of happened,” the student added. He concluded by suggesting a major change to not make this happen again.” As a in the way police handle Pumpkin Fest citizen of Keene, the audience member in the years to come. The administra- said he felt as if his trust was breached tion at the forum, though, assured the too many times to forgive the adminisaudience that KSC is working closely tration. “Each person in this room and every member of this college commustudents responsible for this weekend’s nity has failed by creating a culture on turmoil. this campus by which we say ‘we will Although the administration was welcome visitors onto our campus that present at the forum, they were unable will do damage to our reputation and to answer a question presented by our property,’” he said. many audience members; what can be Graham concluded the forum with done to prevent something like this a quote from the poem Invictus by Wilfrom happening again? Huot claimed, liam Ernest Henley stating, “It matters not how strait the gate, How charged we’re not going to solve it all this eve- with punishments from the scroll, I am ning.” the master of my fate, I am the captain Some members of the audience of my soul.” Graham portrayed again, were disappointed that the KSC staff his idea that the future is in the stuand administration has not put in dent’s hands and that they must make enough thought about the future. Shan- the change for KSC. non Mayers, director of the Redfern Margaret Mason, a student at KSC Arts Center at KSC questioned how attended the forum in hopes that she the administration handled the preparation for Pumpkin Fest with the stu- this weekend’s events. “I wish that all dents. “I admire everybody who is here of the negativity stayed out, obviously and who is continuing the dialogue, we don’t need that right now,” she but where was this dialogue a week stated. She said she believes that more ago?” Mayers asked. She said she is concerned with the the problems that have occurred at student engagement on campus and KSC. Seanna Flynn, another student at how the administration could have pre- KSC said this weekend was very scary vented these types of events by encour- for her, but she appreciates how fast the aging students to get involved with community has come together. “How learning such consequences ahead of time. Before the conclusion of the forum, stated. an angered audience member had no trouble putting the blame on the MacKenzie Clark can be contacted at administration for this weekend’s hormclarke@keene-equinox.com
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Students and community members gathered in the Mabel Brown Room on Monday Oct. 20 to express their frustrations regarding the weekends events. President Anne Huot, faculty and staff as well as the student body president were in attendance to hear comments and concerns from the audience.
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Sport: Field Hockey JerSey Number: 30 Samantha “Sami” Smith is a forward on the Keene State Smith, a sophomore from
Kendall Pope can be contacted at kpope@keene-equinox.com
She also had two assists and one goal against Eastern
Sami’s Fun Facts Favorite music: “Country, Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood are my favorite”
Favorite movie genre: “Horror movies”
Favorite food: “Buffalo Wings”
Halloween Costume: “Pinata”
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[Keene-Equinox.com] The goal each week, according to the players, is just to win games. On the streak they are on, Eideh said that he and his team could continue their win streak if they execute their skills well. “I think that overall, we’re a solid team … We have plenty of chances, it’s just putting the ball in the back of the net,” Eideh said. Coach Scott said he continues to have high expectations of his team and wants his players to play at an even higher level than they have been during their successful run this season. “They’re getting there. The thing is, they have showed me some very, very good soccer so, with a coach’s mindset, I guess to expect that more often [if not] all the time,” Scott said. As of Oct. 19, the KSC Owls sit tied for fourth place in the standings according to the LEC website. The team has two more in-conference match-ups this year against Western Conn. and Southern M.E.
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pieces that we have together so far. We weren’t scoring too many goals to start off the season, so we’ve really built a lot of team same page, so hopefully we can keep rolling and put the ball in the back of the net,” Sullivan said. The mental aspect of the game, according to Sullivan is the difference between a win and a loss throughout the course of the game. “Come in mentally prepared, show up [to] every game in shape, you know, but it’s just the mental piece that has to be there, we have to want to be there putting in the work,” Sullivan said. Along with mental toughness, team chemistry is also something that has been clicking for the team according to fellow Senior Captain Yazid Eideh. “Team chemistry wise, everything is going well … Mentally we set a goal for ourselves each week,” Eideh said.
Jacob Barrett can be contacted at jbarrett@keene-equinox.com
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records and all are thinking about bringing home a championship. Contributed Writer elvie, who have scored seven and six goals respectively on the season. Parliament’s defense is what truly sets them apart, as they’ve ment as the heavy favorites after going undefeated in the regular season. The Hash Slinger Slashers are led offensively by Victoria Camp goals on the season. the season. Top Twine’s only loss on the season came at the hands of topThey will also rely on the solid goal keeping of Ross Kiah, who seeded Parliament, who they lost to in the season opener, four to leads the league with 15 saves. two. A potential rematch between these two teams could be interIf The Mighty Pucks are going to have a chance to upset them esting to see which team improved the most throughout the reguNICK D’AMATO
Morano, who averages four saves a game.
by goalkeeper and captain Matt Salvatore who has 23 saves on the season. Multiple Scoregasms has perhaps the most evenly-balanced offense in the tournament, with Aaron Hibbard, Michael
someone who can step up and score will be The Mighty Pucks best chance at an upset. Secret comes in as the slight favorite after defeating their semi-
goals on the season. The dark horse to win the tournament comes in the form of
regular season. If Caroline Hird repeats her hat-trick performance from the
record. Joey Libby led the league with 12 goals on the season and Combined with a solid performance from goalie Robert Hamilton, The Lucky Pucks could catch a top-seed by surprise.
beat. Todd Patnaude had nine saves in the regular-season meeting
Nick D’Amato is the intramural coordinator and can be contacted at ndamato@keene.edu
ers should be within striking distance in the third period, where anything can happen.
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Senior Brett Sullivan in a Sept. 6, 2014 game against Wheaton College.
Keene State College athletic team records Women’s Soccer
Volleyball Overall.
HOME
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STREAK
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CONF.
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AWAY
STREAK
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3-3
4-5
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3-2
5-1
2-7
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Men’s Cross Country
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25
25
Mount Holyoke
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7
3
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vs. Smith College Set Scores
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3
Smith
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0
Keene State
25
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8
2
3
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19
25
25
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Field Hockey
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2
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0
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UMass Boston
Amherst
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4
Keene State College
1
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6-2
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2
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1
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3
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2
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vs. UMass Boston
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2
Keene State College
0
2
2
Keene State College
0
Framingham State
1
0
1
UMass Boston
0
Total Points by Period 1
2 OT OT 1
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Conn. College Invitational Name
Time
Hayden Patterson
25:56
Ryan Brady
26:06
Philip Parent Mark Rabasco
26:49 27:40
Women’s Cross Country Conn. College Invitational Name
Time
Sam Goldsmith
22:11
Kait Wheeler
23:06
Kaley Mientkiewicz
23:17
Carli Davis
23:34
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Sunday, Oct. 26 @ 1:00 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1 @ 11:00 a.m.
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Friday, Oct. 25 @ 1:30 p.m.
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Women’s soccer plays as one
NFL overtime rule same as college football
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Alex Haley taking the ball down the field Sept. 13 against Colby Sawyer College.
The Owls plan to play for each other to earn LEC wins KENDALL POPE
SportS Editor With three wins and two losses in regular season conference games the Keene State College women’s soccer team is beginning to play like a team with hopes of taking the Little East Conference championship title again this year. weeks can be tough getting to know not only teammates names and personalities but their playing styles. “We started off season slow just trying to get to know each other,” Senior Captain Alex Haley said. After the team warmed up to each other it was time Plymouth State. “Traditionally Plymouth is our rival and they have been getting better and better each year,” Haley said. The Owls barely won, one-to-zero, with a late goal by Junior Shannon Summers. “It was a rough win, we didn’t have a lot of time to warm up, our head coach wasn’t there, we just kept
If I ruled the NFL, I would change the overtime rule to make it the same as college football. In week six of the season, back on Oct. 12, the Carolina Panthers squared off against the Cincinnati Bengals. With the score tied at 34 at the end of regulation the game went into overtime.
talk about how they needed to work as a team according to Grayson. Both girls said playing a full 90 minutes is a key factor in the success of the Owls. “Each win in the LEC we kept getting better. I think our last win against Dartmouth showed how much
ahead by three points. Then with just over two minutes left in overtime the Panthers
The girls are also focusing on improving their overall strength. “We lift two times a week and we condition every practice and we’re getting a lot stronger. Our assistant coach is the head strength and conditioning coach so that comes in handy,” Haley said. Not only does having the physical strength matter but the mental strength as well. “It all comes down to mentality. We have the talent to win and we want to win,” Haley said. Like most sports, soccer is team-oriented. The common goal is easier accomplished when they work together. This team oriented, will-to-win mentality is the driving force or the engine that is fueling the women’s soccer team to a successful season. “We have to concentrate on playing for each other, not just ourselves individually. We need to play for
to win the game and it missed wide right. With the score knotted up at 37 at the end of the overtime, you would think that both teams would be getting ready for a second. But the game ends with both teams receiving a tie. The NFL changed the overtime rule back in 2012, before the change the game would end in overtime if a team scored in any way. The new rule still has the game end if a team scores a touchdown. What is different is that
Another senior captain on the team, Maggie Grayson, stated a similar account of the Plymouth match up. “We struggled against RIC [Rhode Island College] each other with the ball to take shots, hold each other accountable if you mess up,” Haley said. as we probably should have,” Grayson stated. As a graduating senior Grayson said she is putting However, the team mentality switched when they everything into these upcoming games. played against UMass Dartmouth. “I want to win for my teammates and I want to leave “They could have really hurt us if we weren’t playing Keene State knowing I gave it my all,” Grayson stated. one-hundred percent,” Grayson stated. With UMass Dartmouth’s strength and a loss against Kendall Pope can be contacted at Eastern Connecticut the women’s soccer team was feelkpope@keene-equinox.com ing the pressure and decided to have a team meeting to
own. With the clock running out,
other team gets an opportunity to score themselves. This rule is better but not entirely fair to both teams. Both teams should get an equal opportunity on the offensive end. What is still bad about this rule is that games can end in ties. Back in 2008, the Philadelphia Eagles and the Cincinnati Bengals ended the game in a 13 to 13 tie. Former Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb was getting
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Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Reggie Wayne (87) is tackled by Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Jayson DiManche (51) during the second half of an NFL football game.
for a second overtime. ends in a tie. Each team gets a posIn the press conference after session starting at the 25-yard line, the game he explained that he with no clock they have to keep the didn’t know that NFL games could Drives can be ended with "I've never been a part of a tie. I scores, turnovers or turnovers on never even knew that was in the downs. If the score is still tied after rule book," McNabb said after the two overtimes then each team game, "It's part of the rules, and must go for a two-point converwe have to go with it. I was look- sion starting in the third overtime. ing forward to getting the oppor- This is put in place so that games tunity to get out there and try to do not drag on. drive to win the game. But unforIf I ruled the NFL, I would tunately, with the rules, we settled make the overtime rule like colwith a tie." lege football. McNabb went on to say "In Games would be much more college, there are multiple over- exciting because each team would times, and in high school and Pop get an equal opportunity, overWarner. I never knew in the pro- times would be more exciting for fessional ranks it would end that fans and most important — there way.” In college football the over- would be no ties. time rule is very different from the NFL. Mike Miezejeski can be contacted Each team gets an equal opporat tunity to score and the game never mmiezejeski@keene-equinox.com
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Alexis Michal and Angela Silveri waiting for the ball to clear the net.
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Students and athletes listen for directions for the next stop on the clean up route.
“The people who vandalized our home don’t realize the consequences they have left for KSC students and faculty. We have to try Howe continued.. our best to show our true colors Junior softball player Cathe- of community, respect and pride rine Tewell stated that her team to the world and show them what decided that they needed to be KSC is really about,” Tewell stated. there to support the school and try Dunton also agrees that comto save the image the school had munity needs to see the real KSC. left. “We should work on showing ( Con.t from B10)
the community the good that can come from the KSC community,” Dunton stated. Get involved, share pictures, or join in the discussion by using #KeeneStudentsCare. Kendall Pope can be contacted at Kpope@keene-equinox.com
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and said he wants the team to show some things that their divisional opponents won’t recognize from game tape. The team needs all of its young players to step up and contribute like they’ve done all season. Nine freshmen is a lot for any sports team, but according to junior Silveri, they’ve been eager to help. “The dynamic was so much better this year than last year,” Silveri said. She continued, “They help us a lot and impact the team in a positive
way,” referring to the freshmen’s contributions to the squad. Michal agreed with Silveri’s sentiment, specifying one freshman who has exceeded expectations. “Rachael Lamica has really stepped it up and taken a bigger role on the court. Her serve has really helped us,” she said. Coach Weiner said that this has been the plan all season: to get the freshmen prepared for big games and ready to actually play in the future. “Nine of our freshmen get regular playing time. This is important so they have good experience for next year,” Weiner said.
The team looks forward to another conference game on Saturday Oct. 25 against UMass Dartmouth. With three more divisional games, the girls said they feel conthroughout the season. “I think we’ve come a long way. progress from the beginning, which was kind of rough,” Silveri said. “We’ve been growing together,” Michal said. Skyler Frazer can be contacted at sfrazer@keene-equinox.com
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Cheer team brings Owl pride to festival KENDALL POPE
“That [the pumpkin mile] was probably the most memorable part of the day for me,” sophomore cheerleader Kylie Coffey On Saturday Oct. 18 the Keene State said. She continued, “It was so great to College Cheer team brought school pride know that we made an impact on her day,” and team spirit to Main Street during the Coffey said. annual Keene Pumpkin Festival. After a quick team breakfast the team The team started the day at eight a.m. practiced skills behind Ted’s Shoe and by taking the sidelines at the Great Pump- Sport before performing a two minute kin Mile and cheering on participants. routine for the entire community. “Ted They ended the day with a perfor- McGreer was really excited to have us mance, then accompanying children in there — which is awesome because he’s the costume parade. The girls created a tunnel at the start community,” Fecteau said. At 11:45 a.m. it was time to perform. cheering people on until the last person According to Coffey, a huge crowd formed and it got even bigger once they “I later found out that the woman who “My roommates were just walking to stayed and waited for her,” Head Cheer Main Street and they said they saw people Coach Chris Fecteau said.
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Coffey said. Coffey continued and said, “Performing was great. It really showed how we are coming together as a team and that we can do well in front of a crowd this early in the season.” The girls performed a lot of skills like back tuck basket tosses and pyramids. There was a great response from the crowd public performance, according to freshman on the cheer team Kelsey O’Connor. O’Connor said that some people came up to them asking if they had already performed because they thought they missed them. “Although they missed us, it shows they were excited to see us and that was cool,” O’Connor said. For freshman cheer member Sarah Pascale, the best part of the day was getting to walk and dance with the little kids along
with the marching band in the costume parade. “I liked the parade because we got to walk through the whole town and bond with the kids. It was really fun and we got a lot of support from the community,” Pascale said. Along with leading the kids in the costume parade, they even made kids “Honorary Owls.” “I have this thing called Honorary Owl. Basically, any kid that we meet we put them up in a stunt, let them hit a motion and call them an Owl then post the picture to our Facebook page and it’s really exciting for the kids,” Fecteau said. Pascale said that the parents who took pictures of the girls with their kids looked really happy and the kids loved playing with the red and white pom-poms and
KSC’s mascot, also made an appearance. “You never know how you’re going to affect a kid. There could be a kid you meet who wants to be an owl for the rest of their life after,” Fecteau said. Fecteau also said that the way people responded to who the team was in a positive way and that good things are starting to happen for the team. Although Keene State College as a whole had a weekend full of bad press the team had a different outlook. The cheer team is still very excited to represent KSC according to their coach. “We’re pushing forward and its good to get out in the community and represent the good side of Keene State and be a part of that,” Fecteau said. Kendall Pope can be contacted at kpope@keene-equinox.com
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The cheer team puts up four stunt groups hitting a skill called a lib in front of the pumpkin tower on Main Street Oct. 18. “Performing was great,” sophomore cheerleader Kylie Coffrey said.
KSC athletes team-up to clean-up campus and neighborhood KENDALL POPE
SportS Editor The morning of Sunday Oct. 19, the day after all the destruction and mayhem outside the Keene State College campus, athletes from the baseball team, softball team, swim team and volleyball team, along with coaches and other students, came out bright and early to clean up Keene. “It was the right thing to do,” Head Baseball Coach Ken Howe said. Coach Howe is a local and said he was very pleased with the turnout of athletes and non-athletes who showed up early Sunday morning to help pick up campus and surrounding areas. Tanner Chase, captain for the baseball team said that in previous years the sports teams have helped with Pumpkin Fest cleanup but stated, “This year I think there was a better turnout because of the events that took place.” Chase also stated that the team postponed their morning lifting work-out to go participate in the clean up. However, for senior swimmer Randy with the team.
“We have to try our best to show our true colors ...“ -CATHERINE TEWELL KSC SOFTBALL PLAYER
“I believe the community came together and the cleanup would have still happened, but it is good to show support and help get the community back to how it should be after the behavior of the student body,” Dunton stated. As of now, four out of the eighty-four arrests made between Friday, Saturday and Sunday were Keene State College students, according to the Keene Police Department press log. Some arrests were unnamed. “Everybody thinks it was just KSC kids and it’s not, it was college-aged students, but not all were from Keene State” Howe said. “We [the team] felt bad and although this doesn’t make things better it helps to make things right with the community,”
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Along with other Keene State College students and sports teams, the baseball team picks up trash and other debris from the Saturday Oct. 18 riots and parties.
Men’s soccer shoots for the top JACOB BARRETT
Equinox Staff The men’s soccer team at Keene State College is shooting for the top of the Little East Conference. The Owls, who currently hold a record of 8-5-1, which includes a 2-2-1 record against LEC opponents, have won six out of their last eight match with UMass Boston in a tie on Saturday afternoon. The team, however, got off to a rocky start, racking up three losses
and all but one of the team’s losses have been by a single goal. Close games like these, according to Head Coach Rick Scott, are starting to end with KSC on the winning end. “Now we are winning those onegoal games, which shows me some maturity and our mental toughness is getting stronger,” Scott said of his team’s current success. The KSC men’s soccer team, according to Scott, has a real shot at winning the rest of their games.
head coach said that teamwork will be key. “I think we need to play well as a team, we need to work hard as a team, and we need to show up to play as a team. If we show up and we are mentally ready to play, we are a very good team,” Scott said. Furthermore, players on the team, such as Senior Captain Brett Sullivan, saw the Owls’ current success as a product of the formation as whole playing together. “[We’re] just connecting all the pieces that we have together so far.
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Volleyball plans to end season with success SKYLER FRAZER
Equinox Staff The Keene State volleyball team beat Western Connecticut State University last Saturday Oct. 11, capturing second place in the LEC. “This [the win against West. Conn] was huge for the post season,” junior Alexis Michal said, one of the defensive specialists on the team. “Now we’re three-to-
one in conference play with three more conference games to go,” Michal said. The team has added onto its overall record in the meantime. On Saturday Oct. 18, while pumpkins were lit and lined down Main St. in Keene, N.H. for visitors to admire not all Owls could be there. The Owls were at Plymouth State University earning a victory
against Mount Holyoke College with a total set score of three-to-zero. Later that day the team went on to beat Smith College with another shutout three-tozero. For their last monthand-a-half of the regular season, the team is striv“I think we just really need to practice hard and keep working,” junior Angela Silveri, an outside hitter on the team, said.
According to Head Coach Bob Weiner, the team is doing more than said that when playoffs come, they’ll probably be playing some of their divisional foes they’ve already played, like rival UMass Boston. This has pushed the squad to, “Add some new offense and plays to our game plan,” Weiner said. Weiner continued
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Crowds gather in the backyard of a house on Winchester Ct. on Saturday, Oct. 18 while Pumpkin Fest takes place on Main St. Students express disappointment on how out-of-control parties got in Keene.
Students react to day parties that turned into riots in off-campus neighborhood STEPHANIE MCCANN
parties that occur during the weekend of Pumpkin Fest usually happen both Friday and Saturday. “Keene loves Pumpkin Fest. It’s a chance for us to “Keene State students wouldn’t do this. This isn’t us. come together as a school. Some people bring friends This isn’t anything that the Keene State community up and it’s always so fun,” Harmon said, “On Friday would stand for. We’re better than this,” junior Cody we went to a really fun darty on Proctor Street.” Shanks said while looking out from his front porch on According to Urban Dictionary, an online source Blake Street in Keene, N.H. usuAccording to Shanks, the riots that occurred near ally outdoors.” the Keene State College campus on Oct. 17 and 18 after a day of partying
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the streets.” Haggerty, who said she was on Wilcox St. around 1:30 p.m., said she had never seen anything like it before. “No one knew what to do. They had all just left the parties and were in the streets, not sure where to go or what to do next. It was the strangest scene,” Haggerty said. Haggerty explained that students and their guests
that’s when the riots started.” “We just stayed inside. We didn’t want any part of the rioting,” Haggerty said. The rioting happened as an aftermath to the day parties, but KSC students, like Shanks, said they want people to know that most of the student body does not stand for this. Shanks said he feels embarrassed for what happened. “[The riots] were just uncalled for. We were pepper-sprayed them off of Wilcox St. “We really trying to have a good weekend, but it got out of hand. didn’t know where to go after that,” Haggerty said, It makes us look bad and I really hope people know “My friends took me to a party on Winchester Court.” that this is not what the Keene community set out to Marscher said that she attended the party on Win- do this weekend,” Shanks said. chester Court as well. Shanks continued, “It lasted a good two-and-a-half “It lasted much longer than anyone expected. We all hours. I went down to the end of the street and asked kept thinking we were going to get kicked out of there by the cops again because everyone was throwing bot- to me.” tles and things were getting crazy,” Marscher said. After everything that happened during the 24th “It was fun on the outskirts of the party. If you Keene Pumpkin Fest, KSC junior Ben Flanders said he stayed out of the middle where people were just unnec- still had a good weekend. essarily causing chaos, it was actually fun to just hang “It was fun. It was a really fun time, but what haparound and chat with friends,” Haggerty said. pened, happened,” Flanders said, “I’m happy to say Carl Shell, a KSC alumnus of 2014, said that he lived I was not a part of the riots. I’m just a Keene student in Winchester Court last year and had the party on the trying to have a good time for the weekend.” Saturday of Pumpkin Fest. Flanders lives in an off-campus apartment on Blake “Yeah, my roommates and I hosted a party last year, Street, where the riots occurred. but ours wasn’t anything like it’s been this weekend. “When it comes down to it, the students set out to This has been crazy,” Shell said. have a good time and then all of this had to happen. I Harmon explained how the day party on Saturday was having a really great Pumpkin Festival, but all of ended. that stuff was just unnecessary. It’s really sad and we “The cops eventually came in and kicked everyone know we’re better than that,” Flanders said. out. It was complete madness. People were running everywhere and you couldn’t walk without getting pepper-sprayed,” Harmon said, “Most students went Stephanie McCann can be reached at home after that party was broken up, but I believe smccann@keene-equinoc.vlom
having a really good time,” Harmon said, “When the cops showed up around 4 p.m., all the students left.” at off-campus residences during the 24th Annual Haggerty said she had heard good things about Keene Pumpkin Fest were right in front of his house. the party on Proctor Street. “I wish I came up a day early. All of my friends I saw kids running around the street just breaking said that that party was fun and no one got too crazy,” things and taking signs out of the ground,” Shanks Haggerty said, “That’s all students were looking for. said, “Some kids took a pool table and threw it into Just a place to have fun and drink with friends. I don’t think anyone set out to start riots or anything. That’s Shanks, however, said this is not how the parties just not the mentality of any of the students I have during this year’s Pumpkin Fest started. met here.” Shanks continued, “It’s just terrible. It began as just Junior Kelsey Marscher, who said she attended a weekend full of parties in backyards where kids usuparties on both Friday and Saturday, also said that ally just get together with friends and drink. It’s our she enjoyed Friday, but wished things hadn’t escabig event here and everyone always gets really excited lated like they did. for it.” “We were all having innocent fun. No one was Hannah Haggerty, who was visiting a friend at trying to start anything bad,” Marscher said, “I KSC, said that the parties started out safely. heard there was a little bit of rioting on Friday, but not nearly as bad as Saturday.” always heard things got a little crazy, but the beginSaturday, the day of the Keene Pumpkin Fest, ning of the day was really fun,” Haggerty said, “I got to see friends and people I hadn’t seen in years.” streets for the annual celebrations, was a different Haggerty explained that she drove to Keene early scene on certain off-campus streets. Saturday and was eager to spend time with friends. “I was on Wilcox Street and I think that’s where “It’s that time of year where everyone is excited to all the rioting really began. We started out just partydrink outside and celebrate. When I got here [to Keene] ing in a backyard and then the cops came and pepper at the beginning of the day, everything was still fun sprayed everyone out of there,” Marscher said, and enjoyable. Nothing had gotten out of hand yet,” “Everyone was coughing and running around. I saw Haggerty said. KYLE BAILEY / PHOTO EDITOR some girls trip because they couldn’t see anything.” Keene Fire Department and Keene Police Department respond to commotion at Davis St. on Saturday, Sophomore Rachel Harmon explained that the day Marscher continued, “After that, everyone was in Oct. 18.
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Police officials stand prepared
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New Hampshire State Police create a barricade on Winchester Street in Keene, N.H on Oct. 18. State Police, KPD and other police officials were prepared this Saturday when choas srarted to unfold.
Pumpkin Fest is secure while ‘seagulls’ rage STEPHANIE FROST
Contributing Writer Drawing thousands to Keene, N.H. each year is a challenge for those charged with keeping everyone safe. There is much to be done for the annual priority. Pumpkin Fest has been a tradition for over twenty years. The festival was saved organization, Let it Shine. Those who organized the original festivals became overwhelmed by the cost of safety procedures for Pumpkin Fest. These costs were particularly overwhelming in the college neighborhoods. Ruth Sterling, the owner of Sterling Design & Communications and the passion behind the Pumpkin Fest management team, explained that these high costs aren't for the actual footprint of the festival. In fact, Sterling claimed, “The footprint of the festival is one of the safest places on earth." Still, there was an underlying problem when it came to safety. "The real problem is the seagulls," Sterling said. The seagulls are the friends of the friends who come from outside of the Keene community. She said the seagulls come to the festival for some of the wrong reasons; some don't even visit the actual festival. She said instead, some seagulls spend their time misbehaving while involved in underage drinking and partying. Sterling revealed that she is delighted to see people using the festival as a time to party and celebrate with close friends and family, though it needs to be done in a safe way. "City council members vote against me because of the seagulls," Sterling said. Each year the city council listens to Sterling as she does her best to spread her positive reasons to keep Pumpkin Fest alive. If one more city council member plans to vote against her, Pumpkin Fest could be over, "because of the seagulls," Sterling explained. The crime reports are contributing to the new negative reputation Pumpkin Fest is receiving. As written in the Oct. 24 2013, volume number 66 issue 7 edition of The Equinox at Keene State College, Keene Police Department Lieutenant Steven Tenney stated that, "Approximately 150 arrests were made during the 2013 Pumpkin Fest." That is over a ten-percent increase of crimes from 2012. The increasing crime
during Pumpkin Fest is causing great concern around Keene. Sterling said, "Without safety, all the rest goes away." Sterling indicated she truly believed that the bad behavior during Pumpkin Fest isn't a Keene State College-unique problem; the problem lies with the people outside of the Keene community. Campus Safety's Associate Director Stuart Mitchell agreed with Sterling, “From what I've been told, it's not the students that are the primary movers and shakers as far as problems, it's the folks that show up here." The members of Campus Safety do all that they can to prepare for the festival and ensure safety for all students and community members. "It's an all-hands event, everybody works," Mitchell said. The Campus Safety day of the festival from ten to twelve hour days. Mitchell shared that this year there University of New Hampshire at the fesThat safety starts with the students, Mitchell explained, "If we get compliance from a student for breaking up a party, that’s all we need to do." Campus Safety's job is to work within the rules of the campus and keep the students safe. "This is a family event that isn't solely restricted to the college," Mitchell said. His advice to the students was, "If somebody shows up that you know that you don't have registered as a guest, tell them to leave." This is because students who were hosting friends were to be held responsible for their own person as well as their guest. If these safety rules were not followed, there could have been a chain reaction. The hope for the 2014 Pumpkin Fest was to create a safe environment for a tradition of community celebration that brings the town and the college together. "Only light can drive out darkness," Sterling said, "If we let misbehaviors kill something this cool, we have let the darkness in." Editor’s note: The Equinox acknowledges that although the Pumpkin Fest event was peaceful, riotous acts transpired just outside the Pumpkin Fest footprint. For more information on the incidents that occurred on and around the streets of Keene please see the front page of The Equinox Oct. 23 issue. Stephanie Frost can be contacted at sfrost@ksc.keene.edu
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equinox Staff The City of Keene was at it again in hopes of obtaining its 10th world record for most pumpkins carved and lit at one time. But all of those pumpkins left a lot of debris. In order for a successful clean up, operation Pumpkin Dump Derby was in full effect. Sponsored by Shipyard Brewing and Clarke Distributors, the Pumpkin Dump Derby was a newly-introduced way of transforming the end of the festival into a thrilling event for all ages. Ruth Sterling is the owner of the festival’s management team Sterling Design & Communications and has worked with festivals dating back to 20 years ago. After the 2010 Pumpkin Fest, the previous organizers of Keene Pumpkin Festival, Center Stage, stepped down from their duties “due to the expense of security in the college neighborhoods,” Sterling explained. Having once been a board member of the organization, Sterling said she took it into her own hands to “make this festival the coolest day ever.” Sterling said the number one problem of Pumpkin Fest was the smashing of pumpkins. Sterling said it upset her and the people of Keene a lot. She said, “It felt like we were offering our town up, our homes and people were trashing us.” After putting up signs read-
ing “Do Not Smash,” Sterling said it was time to “get to the root” of the problem. According to Sterling, the Pumpkin Fest organization soon realized the solution to the problem was taking away the so-called “ammunition” and removed the pumpkins before they could be smashed. “By taking the pumpkins out of the streets quickly,” Sterling said, “We would be shortening the time where destruction could happen, set a tone of respect for pumpkins and we’d get the place cleaned up.” The idea to set up a race for pumpkin cleanup was introduced by Sterling herself. Teaming up with Coordinator of Community Services Jessica Gagne Cloutier, the race fair. Sterling spoke very highly of Cloutier, as she said Cloutier had been to many meetings and had worked hard to make sure the festival went off without a hitch. Together, they branched off Cloutier’s idea of dividing Keene into sections for each team, creating zones for each. Sterling said each zone was made into a comparable size for the derby, so each team had a chance for the win. Sterling said the derby idea was a test of innovation and industriousness. Fourteen teams consisting of eight-to-thirty people competed for the grand prize of $1,000 toward any cause of their choice. Each team that
The rules are simple, according to the Pumpkin Fest website: register a team, grab your shovels and prepare to “run, pass, toss and roll pumpkins as fast as you can into compost containers.” The festival organization teamed up with the company Waste Management and decided the pumpkins would be disposed of in dumpsters and would later be composted. Most of the teams consisted of KSC students such as sororities or honor societies, but this year Sterling said more community teams were expected to compete. “They’re really good for each other because students tend to be quicker and the adults tend to be craftier,” Sterling said, “It’s a sport,” she joked. Emily Fennes is a junior at Keene State College and has participated in the Pumpkin Dump Derby for three years. As a member of Delta Phi Epsilon on campus, her sorority teamed up with Alpha Sigma Phi to create a team for the derby. “It’s such a great chance to get different organizations to come together and partake in some friendly competition for their causes,” Fennes said. She stated that she loves activities at KSC because “Keene really is a family and it’s so important to give back to this community.” This year, Cloutier informed us that UPS took home the gold, completing their zone in 7 minutes, 20 seconds. Coming in a close second was KSC’s own Tau Kappa
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third. Captain of the UPS team Natalie Conley has been working for UPS for 15 years and has been in charge of community relations and fundraising for the past year, but this is one we all look forward to every year,” Conley proclaimed. She explained that her team was fundraising for Hundred Nights homeless shelter and resource center located here in Keene. “I had Mindy, the executive director of Hundred Nights standing beside me and when they said UPS was the winner, I looked all worth it,” Conley exclaimed. Although they did not break the record, the people of Keene came together to clean the debris left behind from an ongoing tradition. Despite rumors of a cancelled Pumpkin Fest of 2015, people like Conley assure the City of Keene that it will have the support needed for another successful Pumpkin Dump Derby. Conley explained that, “Riots or not, UPS will continue to join the KSC volunteers in picking up after the Pumpkin Fest and restoring downtown Keene back to its beauty.” Mackenzie Clarke can be reached at mclarke@keene-equinox.com
$100, but the fastest team won the gold.
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Keene State College students gathered around a stage on Fiske Quad for Pumpkin Lobotomy on Friday, Oct. 17 to listen to local acts perform their songs as they carved pumpkins. “The music was awesome and everyone was having a great time,” KSC junior Cassidy Cetti said. Kaylene Lemme, a KSC junior, was one of the acts. “It was very laid-back and it seemed that the people who were hanging around enjoyed it a lot,” Lemme said. “I had such a good time performing. I was very lucky and was able to play a fortyMash-up, covers of All About That Bass, Radioactive, Stay With Me and some originals,” Lemme continued. KSC student Erin Sweeney said of the performances, “I thought it was cool that it was live. They were songs that everybody knew. I liked the fact that it was live; that actual people were playing.” Jamie Monahan, who also attended Pumpkin Lobotomy, said, “He [Jack Anderson] played a lot of mellow songs like John the experience. It made it more homey.” “Everyone loves Ed Sheeran and those kinds of artists ... It kind of made us all a little happier. Better atmosphere,” Monahan said. “That’s my favorite kind of music so I was loving it,” Monahan added. Natalie Barnett said that the performances were fantastic. “I absolutely loved the fact that there was live music at the event. It was actually my thought he [Jack Anderson] was exception-
ally great — I thought he was absolutely amazing.” “It really did add to the experience we had,” she concluded. As much as kids loved the live music event on Fiske Quad, many students were left upset by the riots that occurred on Saturday, Oct. 18. Junior and Keene native Emmi Silegy said, “Pumpkin Fest is intended to unite students in celebration. Although there might have been chaos this year, by going to the live music event on Fiske Quad I was able to see that school pride still exists,” Silegy said. “I wish that reporters could have been reporting on events like the live music in Fiske Quad. I hate the fact that our school is being represented like this; it’s supposed to be a fun festival but kids just got out of hand and were being dumb. And I know that a lot of kids don’t realize what they actually did and they still think it’s awesome, even though it has put a negative outlook on our school,” Kayla Tavenner, a Keene State College junior said. “... Coming to see the live music and seeing kids that just wanted to have a good time and not destroy our town and school was enlightening. It showed me what Pumpkin Fest is all about — uniting our campus,” Silegy said. “It’s horrible to think how our school is being represented in the media because I don’t want to be known for rioting and partying, you know? But, playing at the stage gave me hope and let me see all of the great kids that go to this school,” Lemme concluded.
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Tim Lagasse and Brendan Poor find time to give music to the public during Pumpkin Fest.
“...Coming to see the live music and seeing kids that just wanted to have a good time and not destroy our town and school, was enlightening.” EMMI SILEGY KSC JUNIOR
Caroline Alm can be contacted at calm@keene-equinox.com Rodger Weeks can be contacted at rweeks@keene-equinox.com
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A musician plays for patrons attending Pumpkin Fest activities on Main St. Saturday, Oct. 18.
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KSC student Nick Tornatore aka“James Bird” plays with his band at Pumpkin Lobotomy on Oct. 17.
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Teams continue to attend games while Pumpkin Fest fills up Main Street Women’s soccer Keene State’s women’s soccer team suffered their second loss in a row on Oct. 18 to the UMass Boston Beacons. Shannon Summers, junior and Taylor Farland, freshman, both scored goals for the Owls who lost three-to-two. 26:50. Brittany Tolla assisted Shannon Summers with a header into the net. game tied, players got physical. Between both teams there were 18 fouls. In the opening of the second half the Owls had two opportunities to take a lead but did not succeed. The Owls had a third opportunity at 62:00 but the Beacons made a save again. Finally KSC got in the net at 67:03 with a goal from Taylor Farland. The Owls were now holding a two-to-one lead, only to have the Beacons tie two-to-two at 76:08, then get in the net again only 3:27 later to secure the win. The Owls shot on goal three more times in the remaining ten minutes of the game with none reaching the back of the net.
Men’s Soccer ending the game in a double-overtime tie. Mike Jacques was Keene State’s only scorer in the one-to-one draw. Keene State continues on a six-game winning streak with their overall record 8-5-1. Yazid Eidah and Conor Leahy attempted to score with no luck in the net. Eddie Mercer attempted to score for a third time but the UMass Beacons blocked the ball again. Six minutes after the break, the Owls were even. KSC was given a free kick of their own in the 52nd minute and Brett Sullivan’s delivery was headed down by Leahy. UMass could not hold on to the ball and Jacques was on the spot to tap in from point-blank range. Mike Ketterman, goalie for KSC, started the second-half and kept the game tied one-to-one. Ketterman continued to save the Owls in the second overtime, not letting the Beacons score.
Cross Country On Oct. 18 the men and women’s cross country team competed in the Connecticut College Invitational. Samantha Goldsmith finished fourth overall and three other Owls placed in the top 20, giving KSC a second-overall finish for the 6k course.
Volleyball On Saturday Oct. 18. the Keene State College volleyball team traveled to Plymouth State University to compete in the NEWMAC/Little East Challenge. There they gained two victories, one over Mount Holyoke College and the other over Smith College. In the match against Mount Holyoke the Owls won with set totals Angela Silveri had nine kills. Rachel Lamica and Katie Cunningham
Field Hockey Sami Smith scored twice for the Owls while Melissa Habelow added a wining streak. The Owls defeated Eastern Connecticut State University on Saturday Oct. 18. This win gave KSC its 20th straight-win in regular season conference games. East Conn. scored a goal in the second half, but minutes later Habelow scored, securing the Owls’ win with a two point lead. Meaghan Dwyer, KSC’s goalie, made seven saves throughout the game.
assists to her record. In the second match against Smith College the Owls won again with set
Recaps compiled by Kendall Pope / Sports Editor
Angela Silveri recorded 13 digs and Katie Cunningham had 12 digs. Brooke Bell and Alexis Michal had a combined total of 26 assists.
Kendall Pope can be contacted at kpope@keene-equinox.com
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