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From solitary confinement to empowerment Political prisoner turns tragedy into activism EMILY BOUFFARD

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Copy editor “It’s kind of like they kill you, but you’re still alive,” Sarah Shourd told Keene State College’s Mabel Brown Room on Sept. 23., four years after her release from solitary ifornia, Berkeley graduate found herself in for 410 days, following what was thought to be an innocent hiking trip in Iraqi Kurdistan [northern Iraq].

Shourd was welcomed to KSC by Professor Angela Barlow and Program Manager for Diversity and Multiculturalism Initiatives Kim Schmidl-Gagne, as part of the Sidore Lecture Series. The Series aim to, “Enhance faculty efforts to challenge students and the wider community to participate in dialogue around original, provocative and sometimes controversial issues facing society,” according to the KSC website. Shourd spoke to an audience of roughly 100 students, including several of Professor Barlow’s criminology classes.

Shourd explained that before she was detained, she was already an anti-war activist.

Berkeley and that was when 9/11 happened and I became a very adamant, fervent antiwar activist. I organized walk-outs for my classes and sit-ins and locked myself to various corporations who were giving money to the war funding,” Shourd said.

After her detainment though, her focus shifted from solely anti-war activism to prison reform, especially in relation to soliShourd highlighted how many prisunjustly, just as she and her partners Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal were in Iran. The group was on vacation, hiking in the Green

Mountains of Kurdistan—a safe place for tourists. According to Shourd, “No American had been kidnapped or killed there in recent decades. Even during the Iraq war, no American was killed in northern IraqIraqi Kurdistan.”

During their hike, they saw a soldier on a ridge who called them to him.

“My heart started beating a little faster, dier. We were too far from the tourist site, but there was no choice but to go and so we went to the soldier and he pointed to the ground and said ‘Iran,’” she explained, “ … It was in that moment that we realized we had somehow crossed into Irani territory over an unmarked border and in that moment, my life was changed forever.”

From that moment on Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal were political prisoners of Iran. From the border they were transported to Evin Prison, which according to Shourd is, “A notorious prison; it’s where all the political dissidents are taken in Iran—tortured, many people have been killed there.”

Shourd was allowed short meetings with her partners in prison. She explained that the fourth time she met with Bauer and Fattal in the prison, they told her they were to be celled together until the end of their detainment, but that she would remain in solitary.

“I felt like time froze and I stood there in my cell realizing that I could be in there for years, I could be in there for the rest of my life, for all I knew,” Shourd said.

She made her emotions clear to the audience as she continued to describe her experience in Evin, “In that moment I heard something; I heard like a screaming … It was a terrible, horrifying experience because you can’t do anything for them … I couldn’t stand to hear it so I crouched down in all fours; covered my ears and closed my eyes and prayed.”

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Sarah Shourd speaks in the Mable Brown room as part of the Sidore Lecture Series on Sept. 23.

KSC teaches awareness and safety ALEXA ONDREICKA

Copy editor Think safety, get help, act together: Three phrases students in Keene State College’s Mentors in Violence Prevention [MVP] program use as its “tagline” in its efforts to raise awareness in violence and bullying protection in the college community.

The program, known as MVP, is a peer-education group who travels around campus talking to clubs, Greek organizations, classes, residential halls and other groups of people to give informational programs on a variety of topics, according to advising board member Nick Garrity.

Garrity, along with co-advising board member and fellow KSC senior Olivia Chiacchia, explained the program and listed relationship violence, homophobia, stalking and cyber-harassment as just a few of the many topics the program aims to highlight during these student-run presentations.

This country-wide organization, according to Chiacchia, was first established by Jackson Katz in 1993.

MVP was originally intended to “train male college and high school student-athletes and other student leaders to use their status to speak

out against rape, battery, sexual harassment, gaybashing and all forms of sexist abuse and violence,” according to its website mvpnational.org.

After its first year, the site explained, a female component was added into the equation and MVP’s efforts were spread beyond simply athletics.

KSC’s own MVP program celebrated its 10th anniversary last year. Since its start with the program freshman year, Garrity and Chiacchia have already noticed dramatic improvement.

“It’s very much grown in the time we’ve both been a part of it ... Since it’s grown I think we’ve added the [program] on homophobia, we’ve added stalking [and] we’ve added ‘Yes Means Yes: A Guide to Good Sex,’ which is part of the freshman orientation now,” Chiacchia said.

Chiacchia explained that anyone can request a presentation from MVP and noted that the program is only expanding their repertoire as time goes on. “One of the other a-board members and I were asked to put together a pornography program for a conference coming up,” Chiacchia stated.

Having acknowledged that MVP’s original intent was to focus on athletes, both Chiacchia and Garrity noted that in the program’s eleven

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Beeze Tees is moving to new Main Street location DAVID WALSH

shirts,” Pipp said.

“Up until junior year this has been my only job. It’s the only thing Timothy Pipp started Beeze Tees I have done. I have such big dreams out of his basement with only one and goals for this business,” Pipp screen printing press while attending explained.

Keene State College in 2011.

Beeze Tees has grown since its Pipp is now moving the business days spent in the basement. to a new location at 116 Main Street.

The company is moving from its “Going into my senior year I didn’t roughly 1800 square foot location on even have a job. I let go of everything and taught myself how to screen

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I ever printed, I wore it out with a group of friends and I sold ten. I took made I made one-hundred bucks the same day,” Pipp explained. got more miles than your car.”

Pipp said the business grew from there. As friends heard about his shirts, the orders began rolling in. doing this. They started ordering shirts for their teams or for work. I was getting orders for four-hundred

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Emerald Street, to a 5000 square foot facility on Main Street, in the Good Fortune Plaza.

According to Pipp, the move will create the needed room to expand the business.

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CAMPUS SAFETY report log

Week of: Sept. 22 Monday, Sept. 22 5:11 a.m. Holloway Hall: Student provided transportation to Cheshire Medical Center ER for non-traumatic back pain.

6:18 p.m. Zorn Dining Commons: Three males trying to get into building through side.

Tuesday, Sept. 23 1:57 p.m. Randall Hall: RA reporting possible odor of marijuana in the B-Wing.

10:55 p.m. Young Student Center: Campus Safety is off checking on a female student who has fainted. Keene Fire Department is en route.

Wednesday, Sept. 24 3:19 a.m. Owl’s Nest 9: RA called saying female throwing up blood.

3:34 p.m. Spaulding Gym: Report of a volleyball bag taken from locker room.

Thursday, Sept. 25 12:15 a.m. Fiske Hall: Possible 706 [Marijuana].

Smell was a skunk.

12:28 a.m. Appleton Street: Shuttle driver reported a smell of sewage. Officers believe it is the pond.

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was very easygoing, he listened to what we wanted. He can click the mouse faster than I can ever think. It’s very exciting that he is going to Main Street.”

Coordinator of First Year Residential Experience Casey Wilson mentioned how the new location will be a positive move for the company, “I think it’s really exciting that he’s moving to a location that is more in the open. His last location was kind of hidden. I think it speaks volumes about the work he has been doing that he is able to move over to Main Street and have a pretty large presence on Main Street, where we hope he will continue to be successful.”

“I imagine we will bring on more full-time people,” Pipp explained.

Pipp said he has already tion.

“She is going to be doing all the up-front work. Invoicing and all that kind of stuff,” Pipp said.

Pipp added, “By the end of next year we probably won’t double, but we will have a few more people.”

The expanding staff is a far cry from the company’s beginnings.

Pipp explained that he did not hire anyone until a year-and-a-half after he starting the business.

Pipp recalled, “I hired my

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Beeze Tees current location house the company’s production studio and retail space. The new location on Main Street will expand both departments. Owner Timothy Pipp said, “When we get on main street we will do more retail.”

trol of everything. When I

orders, I was designing them, I was printing them and I was delivering them.”

Pipp attributed his successful growth to his hiring methods.

He stated, “One thing about my business is I won’t hire someone unless they love it. The people that I have hired that have worked out are people who love screen half after being in business. printing and love this indusI was just so nervous. It’s a try. I have a group of people hard thing to give up con- that are passionate about this

1:49 a.m. Randall Hall: Subjects playing beer pong with beer.

8:09 a.m. Zorn Dining Commons: Smoke detector above second floor oven. No fire.

Saturday, Sept. 27 11:35 a.m. Owl’s Nest Lot: Broken mirrors on vehicles.

1:12 p.m. Owl’s Nest 2: Campus Safety is off at Owl’s Nest 2 with Keene Police checking into a report htat someone had taken some items from a room.

Sunday, Sept. 28 1:46 a.m. Bushnell Apartments: Suspicious person walking around.

1:50 a.m. Madison Lot: Theft of City of Keene Sign.

6:32 p.m. Trestle: Report of two females sitting on a rail.

Officer explained it was not safe.

9:40 p.m. Carle Hall: Student having a bad reaction to smoking marijuana.

and love the art of screen printing.”

Not only will the new location allow for more employees, but new services and retail space as well.

“The in-house embroidery is new. I add little things at a time and embroidery was one of them. When we get on Main Street we will do more retail,” Pipp explained.

Pipp continues to do business with Keene State College on a regular business.

At the time of this interview Pipp stated, “In fact,

right now [an employee] is printing a Keene State job. It’s six-hundred shirts for health and wellness.”

Casey Wilson also works with Beeze Tees to purchase clothing for Residential Life on campus.

Wilson said, “Tim is pretty awesome. I know he is an alum of Keene, so we wanted to be able to give back to one of our own. We have worked with Tim—both Residential Life as well as student organizations I advise.

We lean towards him any-

time we are looking to purchase any apparel.”

Pipp stated that his involvement with the Hannah Grimes Founda-

approach worked well for Beeze Tees.

“I didn’t know I was starting a business when I did this. It was a hobby, I was smiling every time I printed entrepreneur incubator in a tee shirt. It’s still my hobby, Keene, helped him get Beeze I just happen to make a Tees to where it is today. living. I had to start with the “I didn’t have a marketing roof, because I didn’t know I plan or business plan for any needed a foundation,” Pipp of this. I built the roof, then said. “I’ve never had a job,” I built the walls, then I built Pipp concluded. the foundation. They helped me build the foundation,” David Walsh can be contacted Pipp said. at dwalsh@keene-equinox.comThe non-traditional

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Student Assembly approves budgets for new campus organizations DAVID WALSH

The assembly approved the budget request unanimously.

A new club on campus, the Social StudStudent Assembly met on Tuesday, Sept. ies Club, also made a budget request Tues30 in the Mountain View room to discuss day night. this week’s business.

The club requested $1,320 for the curKeene State College’s chapter of Big Brother Big Sister requested a budget of Kalie Randlett explained the budget will be for apparel, conference attendance, and funOrganization representative Samuel draising.

Anderson explained that they did not The assembly recommended the amount submit a budget by the deadline last year of $1,020, which was unanimously approved. because the treasurer of the organization The Society for Physics Studies was repdid not know it was their responsibility to resented by club president Ryan Walsh, where he pitched the clubs funding request

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years on campus, last year was the first year they were actually able to present to athletics.

Garrity said, “It was just more the athletic programs didn’t feel the need for us.

When MVP was started—that’s why it’s called MVP; it was originally based around athletic teams. But the athletic department wasn’t about having us until last year.”

Despite the delayed acceptance, Garrity noted that MVP’s work with the athletic department was a success, “We got a lot of great feedback about the programs we did with the athletic programs last year and we’re going to continue that throughout this year.”

Kaley Mientkiewicz was present forMVP’s presentation for the KSC women’s cross country team and agreed that MVP’s program left a significant impact.

“I thought it was helpful for my team because it brought a touchy subject out in the open and allowed my team to feel comfortable about talking about serious things together,” Mientkiewicz said.

Mientkiewicz continued, “Overall, I thought it was effective in raising awareness for violence prevention and I think I learned quite a few facts that I did not know before the meeting.”

When an MVP speaker is asked to present, he or she “strive[s] for interaction and discussion,” according to their campus website, keene.edu/prevention. Each of these presentations are composed of four trained MVP members, who, “Raise awareness about what the issues are, do activities to kind of think about what they [students] would do in a situation and then basically just give them tips on how to be an active bystander, as opposed to a regular bystander,” according to Chiacchia.

Regarding the specific goals MVP aims to achieve, Chiacchia emphasized choosing the “active bystander” approach, as opposed to a regular bystander.

An example Chiacchia gave is the “Close Your Eyes” exercise. She explained, “We have everybody close their eyes and we give them a situation where a woman in your life—or a man, depending on the program—is getting hurt, and there’s somebody who walks by them and doesn’t do

anything about it. And we just try to bring home the fact that you can do something about it.”

Mientkiewicz noted that MVP’s varying exercises made her think outside of her normal comfort zone and allowed her to step into the shoes of others.

“I thought the presentation made me think more about subjects that I have not experienced personally, but that I have seen other people go through and it helped me gain more of an understanding for those situations,” Mientkiewicz stated.

For Chiacchia, working with personal experience helps to raise awareness and help others in similar situations.

“I am a survivor myself of child abuse, and I tell my story in classrooms sometimes with Forrest Seymour [MVP co-advisor] and some other students who want to tell their story,” Chiacchia explained, “I’ve gotten emails back from a bunch of students—it’s amazing because I never thought that I could make that much of a difference.”

MVP is currently made up of twentytwo active members. At the beginning of each academic year, according to Garrity, new applications are taken and reviewed by the MVP advising-board. “If we think they’re a good candidate we’ll say, ‘Hey come in for a half-an-hour or less interview’ where we’ll just talk to them—questions about their knowledge on these topics and what they think they can bring to MVP and stuff like that,” Garrity said, “Quick interviews. Then after the interviews, we bring them into an eighteen-hour training over the course of three days, some weekend at the end of September.”

Both Garrity and Chiacchia agree that while the process is scrupulous, it is necessary for students who will be dealing with such heavy-topics on a regular basis.

Chiacchia said, “It’s very intense but it’s just such important, sensitive information that it’s really necessary to go through the information in the interview and the trainings, because we need to make sure the people in MVP are able to do this without hurting themselves. Maybe they’re at a point in their life where they had experiences with this—it might not be the best time for them. That’s why the process is so rigorous.”

Garrity went on to add that publicspeaking skills and the ability to convey

for $485.60 to help with the costs of a conference at Siena College in Siena, New York.

The assembly approved the Society for Physics Studies the full amount of $485.60 from the Contingency Account.

Student Assembly also received a name change request from the Keene State College

The new Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management Kemal Atkin also attended the meeting to introduce himself to the Student Assembly.

Atkins has been at KSC for two months, and has worked in higher education for the last 20 years.

Atkins left the meeting asking the The assembly approved a request to Assembly to work with him to improve stuchange their name to the Keene State Bar- dent experience at KSC. bell Club in an effort to avoid confusion “If you were me, what would you focus with CrossFit. on?” Atkins posed to the Assembly.

According to the CrossFit website the company, “provides accredited training David Walsh can be contacted at dwalsh@ seminars across the world.” keene-equinox.com

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Mentors in Violence Prevention is a national organization which utilizes education and awareness programs to give students the tools to cope with difficult situations.

information to an audience of various sizes also plays a large part in the search for new MVP members.

“I think it’s definitely affected more people’s lives than I expected when I first walked into the door to get my interview freshman year,” Chiacchia said on her experience with the program.

For anyone who wants to apply or request for MVP to give a program to any group, they can visit keene.edu/prevention for more information.

Alexa Ondreicka can be contacted at aondreicka@keene-equinox.com

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KSC Counseling Center creates ‘Feeling Different?’ campaign DAVID WALSH

News editor A mysterious informational campaign has appeared across campus. Business cards and stickers with three aliens are appearing in academic buildings and bathOne card reads, “Over half of past KSC freshmen though that everyone else seemed smarter than they were.” The cards list no other details, there is no contact information or organization name. They simply state a fact, coupled with cartoon aliens surrounded by the words, “Feeling different? You’re not alone.”

The informational campaign is the design of the counseling center. Director of the Counseling Center, Brian Quigley, explained the outreach campaign was the result of a year of preparation. “There is a psychologist out of Stanford [Gregory Walton], who has done a number of studies, mostly with underrepresented students, around self doubt that can lead to sudden and major life decisions around being enrolled in college,” Quigley said.

Quigley said that Walton’s research shows students who have negative thoughts, such as “I am not the smartest person here,” can lead to rash decisions if such After reading Walton’s research, Quigley carried out Quigley said, “We polled almost four-hundred students. We asked how often they had those particular thoughts.” ers and window clings, which were then dispersed throughout campus.

Quigley said, “If I’m out I bring some of that stuff with me and stick it around, I feel a bit like a vandal sometimes.”

Quigley was able to share a story about how students are responding to the campaign.

“I had a really cool experience that was much more individualized. I was standing in line at the student center at Lloyd’s grabbing a coffee. I went to dress my coffee up and she said ‘what is that?’ The logo is a little curious and interesting so I went into my spiel and told her all about the initiative and the rationale behind it.”

Quigley continued, “Then she read the statement, ‘eighty percent of students think such and such’ and she said ‘that’s me.’ I said, ‘And you’re not the only one.’ She thought that was pretty cool.”

“It didn’t change her world, but in that brief moment just seeing that statistic helped her recognize that the fear she is carrying around doesn’t have to be so profound because it’s not just her. The fear isn’t the problem,

she was to be released before her nowhusband, Shane Bauer and friend, Josh Fattal, but that even while she could hardly stand to be around other people, she knew she would be instrumental in their release.

“Of course I didn’t have a choice, because I had to go on Oprah, I had to meet President Ahmadinejad and Presi-

it’s the belief that ‘I’m the only one’ that becomes the problem for the self-esteem and sticking it out through college,” Quigley added. had seen the cards around campus. “I have used the counseling center as a resource before so I think that their tactics are pretty useful,” Schmidt stated.

Schmidt continued, “It’s nice to know that most two weeks [were overwhelming]. After that it was much easier. Once I got a solid friend-group and learned more about my teachers and my professors it was much easier.”

not seen the cards, but did think the program was an effective and comforting endeavor.

“It’s a nice little pick-me-up. It’s another positive to someone’s day,” Chasse said.

When asked if she felt overwhelmed she responded, “I feel challenged, but it’s nice because I know people that feel that way,” Chasse added.

The “Feeling Different?” campaign is among many the counseling center has implemented. According to Quigley, the counseling center is changing the way they carry out their mission.

now has really worked hard at revising the mission of who we are and what we do on campus. The short of it is, we too become a centralized-resource to Keene State College. We want to be sure that students who come to Keene State, they pay a counseling fee whenever you register for class. Our philosophy is that fee entitles every student to something from the mental health professionals who are on this campus,” Quigley said.

Fanny Kelley, KSC’s director of student accounts, said full time students pay “$170 per year, or $85 per semester” in counseling fees.

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and a couple of guards came in and they started to shake me and they were like ‘Sarah, Sarah’ and when I came to and I looked at them, I could see in her [their] eyes. I could see myself and I realized I had been screaming and that I had been actually beating at the walls of my cell,” Shourd explained. She went on to label that moment as, “the closest I ever came to becoming completely unhinged.” The three American hikers were released from the prison unscathed, Shourd in 2010, Bauer and Fattal in 2011.

After Shourd’s release in 2010, she had thought she would transition smoothly back into “normal” life and that it would all be over. Since then however, she said she has suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder [PTSD] and unexpected detachment issues.

Shourd described, “When someone would come up to hug me, I would cringe. When someone touched me on the shoulder, I would jump. Eye contact was physically painful and I wanted to spend all of my time, if I could, alone.”

Shourd articulately described her mental anguish. “It’s one of the most insidious things to carry around a pain inside of you that no one can see and that no one understands,” Shourd stated.

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dent Obama and President Clinton and I had to free my [now] husband and friend. But I never enjoyed the company of other human beings,” Shourd explained, “I always felt uncomfortable, threatened and frankly on a certain— just on a very physiological level—just afraid of other people, and I had to suppress that so that I could do the job that I needed to do, and that was the only thing that was important to me was and-answer session towards the end of the lecture, Shourd was asked what others should do when they suffer a tragedy that shakes them to the core and takes away who they are. She explained that one should use their traumatic experience as a springboard for their activism, just as she did. attendance, expressed positive and negative opinions regarding Shourd’s speech. “I thought it was really good; I like how she linked her experience back to international and national polimel stated, “There was one thing I would like her to have touched upon— how her experience shouldn’t speak for how the culture is there; she didn’t talk about how Iranian culture is different than Iranian government.”

KSC student Bev Cole, also in attendance, said, “I’d say the biggest thing I kind of learned was just the whole con-

because I’ve never really thought about it.”

She continued to describe her thoughts on the lecture and said, “I’ve always just assumed it would be only people that had done horrible crimes, so I didn’t realize it’s kind of arbitrary how long people are in there and there is no sort of regulation for that. So that’s really shocking to me and makes me want to take action.”

Although Shourd now does activment, it has not been an easy road to get where she is today. For nearly a year after her detainment Shourd didn’t tell her loved ones about her experience, since she was entirely focused on freeing her partners. While in Oman with her now father-in-law waiting for Bauer and Fattal to be released, he asked her about her experience in solitary con“It’s kind of like they kill you, but you’re still alive and you’ve lost everything and you have no idea if or when you’ll ever get it back, but you still want to live,” Shourd replied, “Your desire to live just gets stronger and stronger, but you have no way to express it and you’re in this sort of state-of-animation, this state of slow-motion torture that is like being buried alive.”

Emily Bouffard can be contacted at TIM SMITH / EQUINOX STAFF ebouffard@keene-equinox.com Sarah Shourd spent 410 days in solitary confinement after being taken prisoner during a Alexa Ondreicka can be contacted at aondreicka@keene-equinox.com hike. Shourd and her travel partners crossed over the Iranian border and were captured by a solider.

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“To be tough and very reserved, showing very little emotion.”

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“Staying true to your word and doing what you say you’re going to.”

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EDITORIAL

Advocate for change

Mahatma Gandhi once said, "Be the change you wish to see in the world." This quote was relevant years ago, still is today and will be for years to come.

As students, we have countless responsibilities. Many of us have to juggle keeping up in all of our classes, working a part-time job, paying rent and partaking in regular physical activities among other things. On top of all of this, we also have a responsibility to be activists.

The Equinox believes that it is crucial for our generation to be as proactive as possible and start civic engagement as early on as we can. Now is our time to not only advocate for change but to ensure that these changes actually come about. by the Campus Ecology Club who attended The People's Climate March on Sept. 21, 2014 in New York City.

This march was the largest climate march in history with about 400,000 participants in which 50,000 of them were college students according to peoplesclimate.org. Out of those 50,000 students, 28 of them were from KSC. We believe that it is not enough to simply be educated. Instead, we must do what those 50,000 college students did and take our education and apply it by participating in activism for various issues.

Take for example, women's rights. You could take a women and genders studies course and become aware of the ways in which women face oppression.

However, it is not merely enough to just be knowledgeable about these issues. What will truly create change is when we put ourselves out there and start advocating for these rights we have learned that women don't have.

We must go to conventions, speak up, write articles—let the world know the necessary changes. It’s important to make these problems public so the need of change is acknowledged.

We want our voices heard to prove issues like this exist. We need to make sure to activate change because we are the future and what we do now determines our social environment to come. to create change, but that does not mean that we can stop there. The whole purpose of being educated is not to have that knowledge sit uselessly in our heads. Rather, we should take this information and put it to use.

Although it can be challenging to keep these issues in the forefront of our everyday lives, it is imperative that we all do our part and contribute. body in our lives whether we know it about them or not. For that reason alone, we should feel it is our duty to make a contribution to a change for the better. be prepared now in order to develop a social environment in which we want to live in; a place where we don’t breath in air pollution, there’s gender equality and LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender] rights.

We can either contribute to these problems, or we can actively create ways to remedy these issues and help keep the world alive and well. If we fail to do so, we can really only blame ourselves.

We may not have caused all the issues we face in today’s world, but we do have the power to try to make monumental changes for future generations to come if we all work together proactively.

Some might say, “We’re doomed if we do try, we’re doomed if we don’t.

So what’s the point?” But we want to encourage you, even if you’re standing alone, you have the ability to change the world. Don’t let people around you with that negative mentality convince you otherwise.

You never know when your one act of courage to speak up and stand one takes action together, we have more power than we may realize.

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ability.” of the phone be reproduced in its Interestingly, the pressure virtual vulnerability? needed to leave you with a warped A new-and-upcoming feature called the “modern wallet” is appearing in October. Apple Pay is displayed the iPhone malleabil- a new way of storing credit cards ity, using only his thumbs to bend virtually on your phone. You will the metal in an online video. “It is never have to worry about losing a an aluminum phone—it is going credit or debit card again—or will to bend if you apply enough pres- you? sure. Will this happen in your front Similarly to the weakness of the pocket? It depends on how tight actual phone, storing your credit your pants are and how often you card data through this technolare wearing this in your pocket,” ogy is a dangerous strategy. Credit Hilsenteger said. Apple claimed card information will be stored in the phone is, “Bigger and better in a “secure element,” which is a chip every way.” However, that point is dedicated to the phone. Though the up for debate. The phone is proving credit card information is supposed to be easily breakable. The question to be located only in the body of remains: will the physical weakness your device, it is dangerous to trust

this virtual wallet. control through stolen credit card information is prevalent today.

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Extended and late night sizzler hours in high demand CYRUS LYONS

Again, extending the hours of

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disaster that happens at Lloyd’s.

As a result of the Zorn Dining

The Night Owl Cafe Sizzlers are served Mondays through Fridays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. In my opinion, the time for a Sizzler should not only be at this time, but also later at night from 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. and here’s why: Throughout the week, a group of friends and myself used to

Scoot closing at 9 p.m. and Lloyd’s at 11:30 p.m., students are forced to spend their own money on food outside of campus. Other college campuses have food locations that are open well past 11:30 p.m.

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dining services that start at 11 a.m. and go to 1 a.m. on both weekdays and weekends; The Philbrook Café and Wildcatessen.

KSC is not the biggest school and I could understand if the reason we don’t have any food services open late is because the use might be minimal, but I have no doubt in my mind a lot of students, including myself, would love a late night Sizzler.

Last but not least, the sheer popularity for Sizzlers on this campus could make it trend on Twitter.

No, but seriously, students make

only problem is that they are only served for a short amount of time.

This year, due to my schedule I only have about 15 minutes a day to get my sizzler. Yes, you could say that’s a reasonable amount of time for one to have made and eaten a sizzler, but I completely disagree. 11:45 a.m. at KSC is prime time to go and get a Sizzler.

Unfortunately, I am not the only one who thinks this. This is also rush hour at the NOC. Rush hour is exactly what makes it impossible for me to get a sizzler in 15 minutes.

Yes, I know I can get it to go, but anyone that has ever gotten a sizzler will agree with me that to-go sizzlers are never as good as eating them right away. Plus, who wants to be eating messy food in class? Not me or my professors. were extended for three-and-a-half more hours every day, it would not only help relieve the intensity of rush hour, but it would also cause less-chaos at Lloyd’s Marketplace.

KSC has many late night intra-

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A Sodexo staff worker makes a sizzler for a KSC student. Cyrus Lyons says he believes that sizzlers should be available for extended hours.

mural sports, the library is open in the gym or the library, most of until midnight and let’s face it, who them go to Lloyd’s when they want doesn’t get the late night munchies?

Anyone who is up past 9 p.m. will be until 11:30 p.m. [the same time Lloyd’s closes] will cut the line in

half at Lloyd’s. from you, the food you got was not If you haven’t had to wait in what you asked for, or they just comthat line before, have fun when you pletely forgot about you.

Basically Lloyd’s is a disaster Someone could take your order from 10 p.m. til close.

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Miley Cyrus nails Led Zeppelin song in new cover ARLINE VOTRUBA

but the song was originally released on Joan Baez’s album Joan Baez in Concert, Part 1 in 1962 and written by folk singer Anne Bredon, Led Zeppelin’s rendition of “Babe I’m according to RollingStone.com. This alone Gonna Leave You” was featured on their leg- proves that artists can inspire other artists to endary 1969 debut album. More recently, a take an artistic vision and recreate it in a com-

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Montana has taken on the song again. Now, I realize that the very second a Led Zeppelin fan hears that Miley Cyrus has attempted to live up to the vocal complexity of Robert Plant, they will discredit any further elaboration or explanation. As a fan of both Led Zeppelin and Miley Cyrus, I do not approve of such hardheaded, preconceived notions. I am interested in knowing how people would respond if they heard Miley’s track with no knowledge Cola and Pepsi challenge.

Unfortunately time has prevented me from pursuing this experiment. I listened to her version on Soundcloud time and time again, back-to-back with Led Zeppelin’s version, of which hers was clearly based, prior to chooson Miley’s new track I fell more deeply in love with her ability to wail and deliver the song in a way that moved me just the same as the Led track, chills ran up my spine.

First of all, Led Zeppelin did not write the track. Therefore, nobody can claim that ‘It was Led Zeppelin’s song, she has no right to cover it.’ Led Zeppelin may have been the

Miley never claims to be attempting to live up to the rock legends’ song, nor did she imply she would like to outdo their version.

Instead, her recent fascination with covering old rock legends’ classic songs appears to be a mere attempt to explore a variety of outlets of expression as a young artist. This fact is both simple and crucial, as it puts in plain

least try to listen to her version before passing judgment. I think any person honestly giving credit where credit is deserved would give Miley a good review, recognizing the capacity of her vocals and the passion evidently fueling her belting voice. Another criticism I have heard amongst my friends is that, “That song does not even sound like Miley. It does not sound like anything she has ever sang.” hip-hop” album “Bangerz”, to her soulful rendition of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene,” followed by her more recent cover of The Beatles’ classic “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds,” Miley can rise and succeed at any musical challenge

the many young musical artists I have come across in my own experience, she sometimes and multidimensional. Unlike many modern covers songs that she likes. Secondly, I would pop artists, she actually has a personal artistic like to recognize Miley’s delivery as she sings vision and the cojones to follow through with those ideas. Perhaps to you, Miley’s version introduction is as sweet and enticing as any, does not sound like Led Zeppelin’s, but that but 59 seconds in, her voice explodes and the is what makes it hers. That is what makes it girl belts, rocking harder than we have ever art. She is singing an old classic through her heard her voice in any other songs released own interpretation. I think that Miley’s bravto the public. She mirrors many of the tech- ery is commendable. Despite the obvious fact niques present in the Led Zeppelin version, that she would receive just as much negative feedback as positive (if not more) over her post cover is nothing more than a statement of rec- of this cover, Miley proceeded to post the song, ognition of the great power this song has had hers similarly titled “Baby, I’m Gonna Leave You.” She follows through on her personal artist to experience expression in a way that goals and despite the negativity of the critics, I her musical idols have. Despite any rock ’n’ roll gifted inspiration. shocking as, ‘Miley Cyrus covered a Led ZepArline Votruba can be contacted at pelin song,’ I deem it necessary that you at avotruba@keene-equinox.com

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A look at happiness around the globe shows Denmark on top REBECCA FALK

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people from Denmark are the happiest people in the world and that Denmark is known as the happiest country there is. It had absolutely nothing to do with our topic that day, but for the following few days the thought just seemed to stick with me. Why Denmark? What

and on a human-scale. The happiest countries have in common a large GDP per capita, healthy life expectancy at birth and a lack of corruption in leadership. But also essential were three things over which individual citizens have a bit more control over: A sense of social support, freedom to make life choices sons, such as a stronger parental support system, health care being a civil right, consistently practiced gender equality and an agreed sense of collective responsibility, there was one term I came across that I think is their ultimate key to success. The answer is a Danish term called “hygge.” While hygge is a term used primarily by the Danes, it is

happier than anywhere else? Is this actually a proven fact, or just someone’s opinion? And most of all, what can the United States do to be happier? Due to my strong belief in the importance of genuine happiness, I decided to do PHILIP BERGERON / GRAPHIC DESIGN EDITOR some research on the topic. It turned out my professor was right. I even found something explain to those who are unfamiliar with it. make us smile. Like seeing a baby giggle, or catching one awkward line of a stranger’s conis a document that consists of over 156 pages clip by VisitDenmark, is the feeling of hap- versation, or leaving your house early enough of research in eight chapters that aims for piness caused by the appreciation of simple “bringing the study of happiness into public things, such as being in a good social atmo- you’re going, or even just forcing yourself to awareness a public policy.” This document, as sphere and the feeling of coziness. It can be well as many more I found, support the fact caused by riding the best bike a shop has to that seems like it sucks. Because you know that Denmark is number one. what? It’s pretty hard not to be happy when Okay, then I believed it, but I still wanted local bar or from eating a bowl of porridge you’re looking at reasons to smile. So, next and appreciating the way it brings one back to Post’s report on the matter, there are six key the coziness of his/her childhood. to stop and just appreciate whatever it was I think this is a term that everyone should that made you smile.

Report] that represent a country’s happiness bring into their lives. I think we need to slow level, “The six factors for a happy nation split down and pay more attention to the little Rebecca Falk can be contacted at things that happen throughout our day that rfalk@ksc.keene.edu

cherish it while alumni dream about it, waiting for the day they can come back and get one.

Even the faculty enjoy Sizzlers once in a while. The NOC is a great place to hangout. Free popcorn and drinks are never a bad thing either.

If there was one thing I could change about the dining services at KSC, I would absolutely extend the hours of the NOC’s Sizzler.

Cyrus Lyons can be contacted at clyons@keene-equinox.com

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

I do this mainly because I enjoy Dress codes. The word often brings dressing up. It's comfortable and I will back bothersome memories of being be true to my ego in saying I enjoy getchastised by teachers for just barely ting compliments from looking sharp.

This isn't to say that I have a problem of us, especially those in private with people dressing down. Some schools, yearned for the days where people rock the gym-wear style amaz-

we could wear; that small amount of freedom that could make our lives so much easier.

This is why when a recent article called "Students Must be Aware of Unwritten Dress Code on Campus" began to criticize what people should and shouldn't wear, the reaction was not extremely positive to say the least.

Some brought up the fact that said writing almost completely brought up girls clothing, and how this is an attack on feminism. Seeing as I am not versed in gender studies, I'll leave it up to one of the groups on campus to bring up things of that nature. I, on the other hand, would rather bring up why putting pressure on individuals to dress in a certain manner can often make their own decisions.

The second a person turns 18, they are enabled by law to have a decent say in the way they live their life. The purpose in this is to create a place where people can be able to make their own choices, and as long as they're not violating any laws, have the freedom to do so without being imprisoned or threatened by authorities.

This isn't to say people will always make the best decisions. We as young adults are still subject to hormones, which is often why we go a bit crazy sometimes and do things that we later on would never even consider doing.

The point is, however, we are adults.

Most of us are wise enough to know that depending on the teacher, walking into a classroom in pajamas/gym wear will not necessarily set a professional example, just as we know that swearing multiple times during a job interview wouldn't be a wise way to make yourself look like a great applicant (unless you’re getting a job as a

some lucky individuals can even look their best in pajamas. If you feel that props to you. There's a slight possibility you might have to endure some doubting looks and a few redneck jokes, but if that is who you are inside, don't be afraid to show it.

If you just spent multiple weeks in training and want to show the world that you now look like a Greek god/ robe, go for it! You're going to probably get attention from those who are attracted to you as well as a lot of envy from those who'd want to look like you, but know in your heart that if you just worked out for the past few months to that you could be, go ahead and show And if you are bothered by people that dress in a certain manner, feel free to ask yourself why. Are you frusthat someone else does? Free yourself by knowing you look awesome in your own. Uncomfortable that someone dresses in a manner in which you would never dare to? Know that we and by showing respect to someone even if you don't agree with them, the chance that they will judge you from As long as you can accept the responsibilities that come with the way we look, we can have a lot more happiness in

College life entails a long series of issues. Binge drinking, sexual violence and even harassment are often common when entering into the average collegiate environment. Combine that with the passion that most people our age have to make big changes and you got yourself the reason why stuyour Full Metal Jacket abilities--in that dents are often searching for ways that case, curse away).

If you don't know this, let me let thing: A major part of being an adult you in on a little secret: people judge is in understanding what problems books by their covers. It’s a sad truth, really matter in life. While commentbut with a hefty amount of society, ing on reasons that a more mature educated human on the planet, if you come in looking like you just woke up

in someone’s educational/professional opportunities is decent grounds for awareness, taking a moral crusade on your problems with the way others another schmuck. look not only tends to fall on deaf ears, The truth of the matter does stand but will also do a good job at directing that if you want to be taken seriously by people, you often have to put in the In basic, people tend to not enjoy being criticized when they aren't causcare. ing harm towards others and are quick I would consider myself a decently to be vocal about it. What I feel about dressed man on campus. I wear button this whole thing? Don't fret over others’ down shirts tucked in, am known to frequent khakis and am proud to say I wear a fedora whenever I'm out.

Joseph Stallcop

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Hoot n’ Scoot provides grab n’ go meal options for students on the run AMANDA LASHUA

ciently,” Quirinale said.

“Another issue is that students have made it known they Hoot n’ Scoot is one of sev- would prefer Hoot n’ Scoot to eral dining services provided to be open later, which can be difKeene State College students who are meal plan holders. to stay within the budget and it -TRACY MALLOZZI It is open Mondays through is really the students’ budget we Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. are trying to stay within. We only KSC JUNIOR and Fridays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. have so much money to operate According to Josef Quirinale, and that is based on the meal general manager of Keene State money that comes in from stuCollege Dining Services, this dents,” Quirinale said. grab-and-go option serves anyKeegan Brosseau, chef for where from 1,000 students to Hoot n’ Scoot, said that “Hoot” 1,800 students per day. is a positive service for students “The purpose of Hoot n’ Scoot because it provides Dining Comis to provide a full meal-to-go to mons-quality meals in the form meal plan holders who don’t have of takeout. the time to sit in the Dining Com“The goal of Hoot n’ Scoot mons,” Quirinale said. employees is to get the best food Quirinale continued, “It gives out to students,” Brousseau said.

Brousseau continued, “I like them with more options that can taking pride in my work that’s be taken out.” why we are constantly making Hoot n’ Scoot was created in little improvements. We aim to 2005 when the new dining ser- put out the best food we can.” vices facility was built.

By having an understanding According to Quirinale, when for what students like and dislike, the Zorn Dining Commons was decisions can be made to improve being constructed, the goal was to create one dining facility to ence. provide a community-like atmosphere for the campus and its stu- how at the beginning of this year, dents.

Brosseau worked with the head Not only does Hoot n’ Scoot chef of Keene State’s dining services to improve the menu. meal options, it also relieves “There were certain options pressure from the Dining Com- that I thought we could prepare mons and prevents congestion. a little better and I feel like we’ve done that. We have improved different reasons—it gives stu- the quality of our meals through dents the option of really taking advantage of their meal plan of this would be how instead of and also helps with the concern using chicken nuggets in the of overcrowding. Hoot n’ Scoot sandwiches, we now use chicken reduces activity in the Dining Commons,” Quirinale said.

Junior Tracy Mallozzi also When it comes to changes believes that Hoot n’ Scoot is and improvements at Hoot n’ Scoot, actions are taken because at Keene State College. of student input. Students can “I go to Hoot n’ Scoot because leave their ideas on a napkin, it’s a fast and easy option,” Malon the website, or even contact lozzi said. the dining services employees Mallozzi continued, “There directly, Quirinale said. are often occasions when I don't Although there are a lot of have time to sit down and eat so positive attributes that go along being able to go and pick up a with Hoot n’ Scoot, there are sevme. This is the perfect location faced with. for students that are always on “One common issue is the the run.” combination of foods. It can be KYLE BAILEY / PHOTO EDITOR hard to keep it fresh and keep Amanda Lashua can be contacted Hoot n’ Scoot, which opened in 2005, serves anywhere from 1,000 to 1,800 KSC students per day, according to Josef Quirinale, general manager at alashua@keene-equinox.com of Keene State College Dining Services.

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“I go to Hoot n’ Scoot because it’s a fast and easy option.”

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Student takes advantage of once-in-a-lifetime opportunity while in England LIZ SNIFFEN

Study AbroAd On Sept. 10 I headed out for an adventure of a lifetime. I am currently studying abroad at the University of Derby in England. I left on a Wednesday night and arrived in London A meet-and-greet service met me outside of customs where I met four people from America who were also in the same, confused boat as me.

After waiting around the airport for a few hours we hopped on a bus and drove two hours to arrive in Derby.

everything together. The ambassadors took us around Derby and showed us important places. life so far. I am surrounded by a completely different cultural-scene along with all different kinds of accents. There are currently 2,000 international students studying at the University, which is made up of 20,000 students—much bigger than Keene State.

Derby, England is a big city two hours outside of London where the streets are packed with different kinds of people. that I can now call a few of my best friends. The University scene is much different here; there is no dining commons, meals. I live in a hall called Sir Peter Hilton Court, which minute walk from the main University.

I have already made wonderful memories with my friends, whether it is staying in or going out for a night on the town. I now not only have many friends from England, but also from all around the world—whether it be Brazil, Austria or some from different parts of America.

One thing so different from Keene in Derby are the lectures, which I have once a week for four hours. I am taking an American Studies class, which is so different to see the British point-of-view on America. Most of the people I have met always ask me what I think about Obama and how cool it is to have a president rather than the queen.

People I come across are so amazed by the way I talk and cleaner” in England is called a “hoover,” which makes me laugh every time I hear them say it in their accents.

The list can go on about how our words are different, but being in a different country with no one I know has made me become more independent and very proud of where I come from. Traveling in Europe is so much easier than traveling in America, which is why I am planning a trip to Paris, Ireland, Florence and Barcelona.

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KSC student, Liz Sniffen [left] and her friend Rebecca, who is from Derby, smile on one of Sniffen’s first nights abroad.

I need to take full advantage of every possibility. far as it has just started, but I wouldn’t change it for a thing.

Before I left my aunt left me with one comment, “I wish you every amazing thing possible. Just say ‘yes’ to all pleasurable offers.” I hold this to heart because it is true in every possible way. If you have the opportunity to study abroad to see what other parts of the world are like, take it. This is CONTRIBUTED PHOTO once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that should not go to waste. Liz Sniffen strolls the historic streets of Derby, England, during her time spent studying away. “I have already made wonderful memories,” Sniffen said.

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elling to Hartford, Conn. to help out Habitat with There are more trips available during the spring Humanity. According to Pereira, these students will break in 2015. Students will have the opportunity to - families in the host community.” ton D.C., a group of students will be traveling to New This is no easy feat—students in the past have been Orleans and Louisiana for disaster relief with the on active construction site painting, hanging drywall United Saints Recovery Project.

In addition, another group will be heading to Phila- and applications are due by Oct. 10. delphia, Penn. in order to improve the conditions of the Laura Maye, a sophomore at KSC, said that she plans many homeless citizens residing there. to travel with the ABP this winter.

Paisley Krach, a KSC student and participant in the “I really admire the mission of the program and I’m travelling with her peers to Newport, N.C.

environment and better other people’s lives. I think it’s a great option as opposed to just going home during the while being able to help preserve the environment, spe- break,” Maye said.

Although Maye has not participated in the program to me,” Krach said. thus far, she has anticipation and enthusiasm for the Alternative Break. may be interested. She said she felt great being able to help out the community and had a great time while doing so.

Aryanah Haydu can be contacted at ahaydu@keene-equinox.com

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The Harriskat Trail in the Harris Center for Conservation Education is a four-mile hike and about a half-hour drive from Keene.

In this 7,000 acre ‘sanctuary’ there are many trails for short walks as well as a longer hikes, according to “Hiking New Hampshire.”

The Harriskat Trail is marked by white triangles and paw prints, which lead to Skatutakee Mountain and Thumb Mountain.

This hike has views of Crotched Mountain, Pack Monadnock and Mount Monadnock and ends at a park-like setting at Jacks Pond.

Temple Mountain, a 40-minute drive from Keene and Gap Mountain, a 20-minute drive, are two other hiking locations in the area.

Kenneth said the EOC hikes Gap Mountain sometimes at night if there is an eclipse or particular starry night because it’s less than

an hour to the top and has a great view from the bald-top mountain.

Pack Monadnock provides a mellower three-to-four hour ridgeline walk to another summit and back.

This has views of Mount Monadnock as well as scenic spots for picnics.

KSC senior Shannon Nugent said North Pack is her favorite hike in the area, “I really like the trail, it’s a moderate hike with a great view.”

Nugent also said Pack Monadnock is part of the Wapack Trail, a 21-mile hike from North Pack Monadnock to Ashburnham, Mass., which she did in ten hours.

Another known hiking spot near Keene is Goose Pond. This two-mile trail leads to the pond from Surry Road and all the way around the pond.

Those who like the mellow walk around Goose Pond may also be interested in Pisgah State Park and Rhododendron State Park.

Pisgah State Park is New Hampshire’s largest state park and has a 5.4 mile hike, called Kilburn Loop, which is a walk through some of the parks 13,000 acres of woodland, ponds and marshes.

Rhododendron State Park has a trail less than a mile long through ers, according to “Hiking New Hampshire.”

This trail also meets up with a two-mile round trip loop to Little Monadnock Mountain.

“The really unfortunate thing is you have to drive wherever you want to go hike,” Nugent said, noting that the only place accessible without a car is Goose Pond.

Murphy said, “I would recommend hiking [Monadnock] to anyone because you feel so accomplished when you’re standing at the top of a mountain looking at everything you just climbed.”

Taylor Thomas can be contacted at tthomas@keene-equinox.com

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Printing process made more efficient with new stations on campus JILL GIAMBRUNO

Equinox Staff The fall semester at Keene State College began with the promise of more convenient printing options for students. was enthusiastic about the new printers that were recently installed on campus with the intention of making printing easier for all students.

“It was initially students who raised the concern,” Seraichick said, noting that the idea was proposed at the Student Assembly last year.

Seraichick continued, “They didn’t like the lines or the hours.”

Holly Falzo, a lecturer for communication and philosophy at KSC, said she looks forward to the effects the new printing options will have on her students.

“It’s frustrating when you’re trying to collect things, or if you’re trying to use them in class and students don’t have them,” Falzo stated in regard to the issue of students not having assignments in on time.

Falzo expressed her complications with the library having the only printing stations available during this past summer semester.

“This summer, we had a number of students who went to the library and both printers there were jammed,” Falzo said, “Students just couldn’t get their stuff printed.”

Now, only a month into the new semester with three new stations, Falzo said she has already seen a positive change.

“I haven’t seen as many problems with printing as of this fall. I think the majority of the problems we’re seeing now come from students waiting until the last minute, then having to stand in line when they try to print,” Falzo said.

Falzo is willing to take into account the fact that some things are not in the students’ control.

“If they come to class and the printer’s not working, I will take assignments via email,” Falzo admitted, “Sometimes the students can’t help it, but I also know sometimes they wait until the last minute.” However, some professors are not as understanding as Falzo.

Jordan Shepherd, who recently transferred to spend his junior year at KSC, explained that his professors were much more strict than Falzo.

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through the streets of New York. She said that it was one of the most memorable things that she has ever been a part of.

“I’ll never forget it and I am so grateful that I was able to be a part of such a monumental movement and be able to write about it for my project,” Asher said.

Lindsay Rose, another KSC student in the Student Empowerment and Activism class, is working for the Child Advocacy Center for her project.

“It provides children who have been abused with a neutral environment where justice, healing, equity and prevention are fostered through the high quality and sustaining collaboration of community partners,” Rose said.

Rose said that in October there are two festivals she will be attending where she will be handing out pamphlets and stickers about abuse and how to read signs that it might be going on.

Aubrey Lambert is doing her project with the Monadnock Humane Society. She is working with animals in the “smalls room,” a place where baby animals are kept, and visits with lonely canines.

“I felt as though I should do my part to help animals that are left out in the cold,” Lambert said.

According to Lambert, visiting the animals helps her from missing her dog back home and to escape the stress that her classes provide. “In order for our community to achieve the qualities of a healthy and stable environment, we all as community members need to take initiative,” Rose said.

Rose said that change at any level has

accept emailed assignments.”

Shepherd uses both the printers in the library and his own personal printer in his dorm.

“The printers on campus are easily accessible and cheaper. Using my own is more expensive, but I don’t have to leave my room to print,” Shepherd said.

Shepherd was unaware that new printers were installed on campus, but mentioned that they sound convenient and he looks forward to using them in the future.

Another student, Jillian Bower, who is a senior at KSC, has always used her own printer.

According to Bower, it was the library’s hours that she was initially concerned about when it came to using the printers.

“It’s nice not having to worry about making it to the library before an 8 a.m. [class]. If it’s two in the morning and I need to print something out, I can print it.”

Printer troubles and expenses, however, are things to add to the list of cons when it comes to maintaining her own. paper and ink,” Bower stated, “And I dropped it once, so it doesn’t always work correctly.”

Bower continued, “I usually just hit it a couple times and it’ll start printing again.” In the few times she’s made the trip to use the library’s printers, Bower has never had problems.

“The new system this year is kind of interesting. I “I like the campus printers,” Dylan Myles said, a “They’re really convenient to use, they’re really easy to work with and it saves me the expense of having buy a printer and all the materials necessary to use it,” Myles stated.

Myles has not had any issues with the campus printers, but admits that most of his assignments are required to be digitally submitted.

“I do have a friend, though, that I’ve had to walk to the library [with] late at night,” Myles recalled, “The library doesn’t open until 8 a.m., so she didn’t have time to get things printed in the morning. Hopefully, she’ll be able to utilize the new printers. I hear they open at 7 a.m.”

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lobby all open at 7 a.m. The printers are checked and maintained daily.

“The student-techs go out and check the printers daily, making sure that there are no jams and that the paper trays are full,” Seraichick explained.

“Anywhere a student can pull up their web browser, whether it be in their residence hall, out on the quad, library open at 8 a.m. Three new printers in the even off campus, they can choose which building to Rhodes Hall lobby, the Putnam Science Center lobby send their prints to, then go pick them up,” Seraichick and the Technology Design and Safety [TDS] Center explained of the new system in place.

Seraichick was able to share some of the statistics

a positive impact on her school and the community it functions within.

According to the syllabus, Student Empowerment and Activism emphasises the need for student involvement in the Keene State College community.

“Keene State is connected with the environment it is surrounded by,” Lambert said. She said that activism is her way of bridging the gap between the town and the school. Another student in the class, Bobby Graham, is doing a project specifically dealing with collegecommunity relations; the need to unite the town and college populations.

There has been a lot of great feedback about the class and its professor, Elizabeth Dubois.

“I like the class a lot. Mrs. Dubois is really passionate about getting involved which makes us want to as well,” Rose said. Asher said that she is extremely engaged by what she is being taught. She said that she has been loving to learn about activism and activists from the 1960s like Jonathan Daniels, who was a Keene native who made a pilgrimage to Alabama to do Civil Rights work.

“I think it is important to be involved on campus, and not only encourage positive change, but also to make it a place where everyone feels like they have a voice,” Rose said.

Asher said that students in the class are learning how great making a difference makes them feel and that it is something many will continue to do outside of class. Lambert continued, “For my project I have to put in a certain number of volunteer hours, but I plan on volunteering a lot more.”

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Lambert said she enjoys volunteering at the Monadnock Humane Society because it helps her from missing her dog back home and relieves stress.

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herself—feel disgusted, upset and left questioning why a guy hadn’t tried to talk to them again. St Pierre said, “Girls don’t want others to see them as a ‘slut’ because that Although guys pretend like they don't care, St Pierre said they sometimes also feel the same way.

McEachern said, “I [have talked] with students, female students that have tried the hookup culture, and there’s a denial that it meant more than they want to admit to themselves or anyone else. It wasn’t [a] positive experience if they were being completely honest with themselves. Even some men saying that they wanted more emotional relationships but [were] having a hard time Hart said because people are getting so used to having options available, this can make it harder for people to know how to Honeycutt said, “It's much more likely that it ‘just happens’; in situations where alcohol or drugs are involved, it's even more likely that sexual behavior will happen without much [if any] conversation at all.”

Another KSC student, Ian Lemley said ing makes it easier to talk to people; it has positives like breaking down barriers, but drinking also has negatives, and not like it happens all the time, but a girl could drink too much and get taken advantage of. That could happen with guys too but I’ve never heard a case like that.”

Although there’s more to it Lemley continued, “Technology has caused a shift to a more-intense hookup culture. There’s entire apps like Tinder just so people can hook up with each other.” Tinder is a smartphone application that combines social media with an online dating service, according to an article on Independent.ie. If a person’s prolooks interesting, users “swipe” right and if they don’t they “swipe” left.

Oliveri said she doesn’t have any phone dating apps but her friends, who used it mostly as a joke or when they were drunk, have gone on dates from people they’ve met on Tinder. “I think it’s what our culture has turned into and it’s weird. If your parents were to hear about this, what would they think?,” Oliveri shared.

Hart said she has never had Tinder, but has had friends who have had sex with people they meet from Tinder, although she doesn’t condone that.

“I think it’s a weird, creepy and aggressive way of going about meeting people,” Hart stated. St Pierre said most of the people with dating apps get them because it’s funny.

Lulu, another dating app St Pierre had but deleted, is an app for girls to post and rate the guys they’ve hooked up with.

St Pierre said, “You could see how people rate them as kissers and in bed. Some people had a lot of reviews.” McEachern said she

on the new printers.

“Since the start of this semester, 186,846 pages have been printed using 120,888 pieces of paper,” she shared, “Only one-and-a-half trees have been consumed by the being so high, Seraichick was excited with the new system in place. “The old system just didn’t meet student needs,” Seraichick said.

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“Women were seen as on a pedestal, supposed to be role models and tame the wild desires of men, and I think that’s ridiculous, we’re all human beings.”

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doesn’t think apps like Tinder are a good idea because it’s never good to judge someone from appearance alone.

McEachern said, “Most of the time, if you’re focusing purely on their physical appearance, you’re going to get a physical relationship, not emotional.” Nick Hebert, KSC senior, said he believes that technology has killed dating, “Awkward pauses are avoided by people hiding behind their phones, when those awkward pauses are how you learn to be comfortable around one another. If you can be comfortable in those awkward pauses you can be comfortable in a relationship.”

Lemley said, “Media and technology exacerbates the hookup culture to the point where it’s an obsession for some people.” He said sites such as Facebook and Instagram makes people more available for other’s to see when they would otherwise not have been.

Lemley said, “A lot is based on being able to say you got with someone. It’s a point of pride for guys now—if they see some girl on Facebook or Instagram they’re able to say ‘I hooked up with her’ and get a pat on the back from friends. Social media makes that more easily accessible.” Damon thinks girls have the upper-hand in a hookup situation because “Most guys are out looking for girls to get with and girls are aware of that. So, girls have the power to say yes or no.”

However, St Pierre thinks guys have the upper-hand because “They are able to hide their emotions because they are surrounded by other guys who make the hookup culture something they want to pursue [and] be proud of. They encourage it and praise it.”

In agreement, Jenks said, “Men have [the] hand up because they have less to worry about, like pregnancy. Men are nowhere near as likely to be ostracized for hooking up with people.”

She continued, “Our culture sexualizes female bodies but then condemns women for being sexual.” themselves sexually, because sexual repression is not great for the psyche,” Jenks explained, “But they stand a fair amount of chance for getting backlash and being shamed back into the corner they were in.”

Oliveri believes there is still a doublestandard because the way guys are looked at for being involved in the hookup culture is different from the way girls are looked at.

“It’s cool to be a guy who hooks up with people, but it’s ‘slutty’ and looked down on to be a girl that does,” Oliveri said.

St Pierre said from what she’s experidates, but she doesn’t see that often at KSC.

She thinks this is partially because dates make people nervous and could potentially lead to rejection, “So why would people go through that then it could just be hanging out at a party?”

St Pierre said, “Most friends with boyfriends have met their boyfriends by hooking because it’s a much more mature way to get to know someone, but getting to know some“It starts as a hook up and goes from there.”

Lemley said, “I have a friend, who we rag

up with her and that’s cool—it gets the girl interested and there are more positive results that come from that.”

Lemley said he believes more in the dating culture over the hookup culture.

“That’s [dating culture] more fun and more involved. You get to experience new things when you go on a date with someone.

For example, if you’re not into nature but you want to meet this girl that likes hiking, that’s a cool thing to do and new thing to experience if you haven't done it before. Whereas it might not have happened if you were just trying to hook up with her and you invite her over to your room and that’s it,” Lemley said.

Jenks said, “College is [a] great time for dating because there’s so many people— people with similar interests to yours. and if you want to be with someone; what type of person would complement you.” cult to have a relationship in college because there’s jealousy, alcohol, different schedules and time restraints. Although it’s a lot of work, it’s still possible.

St Pierre said more often than not, women would prefer a relationship to hooking up and people have a hard time in college actually starting a relationship because the hookup culture seems so much moreappealing to some people.

“From a guy’s point-of-view, there are always other guys looking at your girl and looking to hook up with a girl even if she has a boyfriend. They don't care, because they're more interested in hooking up with them and being able to say they did because there’s a physical attraction,” Lemley said.

This is a continuation from a story in the Sept. 25, 2014 edition of The Equinox. To see part one, visit keene-equinox.com Taylor Thomas can be contacted at tthomas@keene-equinox.com

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In the movie, Keaton’s character [Ronald] is seeking employment after he resigns his position as soda jerk and gets a job as a waiter in a restaurant with only black

rowski also expressed pride for “LIZ: the zine.”

“I think she portrayed her thoughts precisely the way she wanted to,” Dabrowski said. Bolduc said that the zine served more than one purpose to her.

It began as a personal art project to last over the course of her senior year, but it also presented a way of pushing depressive thoughts out of her head.

said. One viewer of the scene, Alex political incorrectness of the scene, I still was able to chuckle. My chuckles were stained with white-guilt.”

Rapsis said in his introduction that he tries to set himself apart from other musical accompaniments.

He does so by doing a “completely improvised” score. Later on he noted that although he had just played “College” for Merrimack College, “Tonight’s performance would be unique from last night’s performance.” Rapsis said he believes that this improvisation brings back a “performance” ele-

my brain,” Bolduc said, “I wanted to turn it into a positive experience.” She said it also assured her thoughts.

“That’s what I really wanted to show people.

Everyone has to have these thoughts at least once in their life and how you deal with it is incredibly important,” Bolduc said. Bolduc plans to attend this year’s Boston Zinefest the weekend of Oct. 11 to display “New Beginnings.”

The second issue, entitled “Feelings and Other Sappy Bulls***,” is promised to arrive in November and circles around the theme of social relationships.

Bolduc said her goal is to change the theme with every new edition, creeping away from personal entanglement and towards more common topics. An electronic copy of “LIZ: the zine” can be found on the website Tumblr at Lizthezine.tumblr.com.

“I was tired of succumbing to the negative thoughts,” Bolduc said.

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In an interview after the show Rapsis spoke about his own cre-

never changes—he said he never writes anything down. Rapsis’ love where he said he would order VHS friends, only to be greeted by grief.

The turnout for the screening was low and featured an older crowd. This didn’t dampen the spirits of Rapsis who enjoyed playing for any audience that “wouldn’t fit in his living room.”

Attendee Dick Siegel said that “the Thursday night screenings have just been wonderful” for him and his wife.

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year old. She does have some genuinely sweet moments, but she’s neither funny nor scary.

Out of the entire cast, Dane DeHaan was great, as he gave it his all. The material he was given was okay, but he does his best. Zach was a genuinely likeable character that grew as a person through his own arc. If he wasn’t the main character, this movie would have lost me about thirty minutes in.

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others.

"I strongly disagree with the protesters," said an older woman

HONG KONG (AP) — Police defended their use of tear gas and other methods to control the pro-

"Those of us who came to the city 60 or 70 years ago had nothing and we worked and suffered so much to make Hong Kong the rich city it is

and appealed Monday for an end to obedience.

made our society unstable. For me, being able to eat and sleep is already a luxury. I don't need democracy.

What does it mean?"

Many younger Hong Kong resitions. Raised in an era of plenty and with no experience of the political turmoil of past decades in mainland sal suffrage and protesting Beijing's decision last month that candidates

ishing work joined weary-looking students camped on major roads "The students are protecting the We are not scared, we are not fright-

the top leader must be hand-picked by a committee of mostly pro-Bei-

the protests after becoming angered

by many residents as reneging on promises to allow greater democracy in the semi-autonomous territory.

The protests create a thorny

Instead of candlelight, a few hundred people staged a brief "mobile light" protest Monday night, raising their glowing mobile phones into the air. One person chanted the name of the city's unpopular leader, while the others responded with "Resign. Resign." been camped out since late Friday, demanding that Beijing grant genuine democratic reforms to the former British colony.Signaling it doesn't expect a quick end to the demon-

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Students gather to attend a "sit-in" to block main roads of a popular fashion district in Hong Kong, Monday, Sept. 29, 2014. Pro-democracy protestersexpand their rallies throughout Hong Kong.

used 87 rounds of tear gas Sunday in what they called a necessary but restrained response to protesters pushing through cordons and barricades. They said 41 people were

police commissioner for operations. blocked a major intersection in Protesters donned rain capes, crowded Kowloon as young people surgical masks and goggles, climbed atop subway station exits wrapped their heads and glasses in plastic, and used umbrellas to shield The crowds were constantly her second day of picking up trash in the protest area with her friends. of tear gas unleashed by police on out of the sit-ins, some bringing in "So we are forming some groups and planned for National Day celebrafood and drink while others fetched hope we can do some shifts and tions Wednesday. their own. Some high school stu- take turns."

In a shift of tactics, uniformed So police had to use the minimum Riot police withdrew late Sunday dents, still in their school uniforms, While many Hong Kong resipolice manned barricades and force in order to separate the disdents support the calls for greater looked on, blocking access to some tance at that moment between the homework. democracy — dubbed the "umbrella buildings on Monday, but otherwise protesters and also the police," said Across Victoria Harbor, crowds "It's already the fourth day, so it's

on power, including clamping down on dissidents and Muslim Uighur separatists in the country's far west.

Beijing cannot crack down too harshly on the semi-autonomous territory where a freewheeling it is determined to end the demonstrations quickly so as not to embolden dissidents, separatists

beyond noting that an illegal gathering spun out of control and was being curtailed by police.

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paigns and the candidates who support them. businesses is modest.

KISO, Japan (AP) — Toxic gases and ash from still-erupting Mount Ontake forced Japanese rescue workers to call

marijuana industry are taking another step into the mainstream, becoming political donors who use some of their

lotion, "the word is out that the marijuana industry has

questions that could bring legal pot to more states.

John Hickenlooper, who opposed legalization in 2012 but

awaited news of their family members.

industry's contribution checks are now keeping them.

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remains unclear, though In this photo taken Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014, and released experts say it was probably by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF), JGSDF personnel and fire fighters head for the summit of Mount rocks, toxic gases or some com- Ontake.

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If we don't contribute politically and get out there with the said, 'I'm telling you, I can get 100 people in the room who candidates, we can't help shape what happens," said Patlegal donation of $1,100, Keber said.

A few weeks later, in August, Keber threw a fundraiser growers and dispensaries. didates since the late 1990s.

In Washington state, the industry's contributions are channeled into reforms that include reducing the tax rate expanding rapidly.

Pot is now legal for medical or recreational purposes in

and counties to encourage more communities to allow dis-

ballot in Oregon, Florida, Alaska and the nation's capital, so many contributions are being funneled into those cam-

Not long ago, most marijuana entrepreneurs were

bination of them. Some of the

mologists by surprise. Although were part of the search mission somewhat increased seismic near the peak, said Katsunori media that they were pelted by about two weeks, there were no lage of Otaki. rocks from the eruption. One indications of a major eruption, said Satoshi Deguchi, a Japan of an increase in toxic gas and the basement of a lodge, fearing that the rocks would penetrate in Nagano prefecture. Typical to spew fumes, he said, adding the roof. signs, such as increased seis- that the rescuers reported a mic rattling or underground strong smell of sulfur. tain photographer, was near the The eruption was the first summit. After taking pictures of detected. fatal one in modern times at the initial explosion as ash and Japanese TV showed soldiers the 3,067-meter (10,062-foot) debris rained down, he quickly carrying a series of body bags on mountain, a popular climbing took refuge in a nearby hut, he Monday morning to a military destination 210 kilometers (130 told the TBS TV network. helicopter that had landed in a miles) west of Tokyo. An erupAbout 20 minutes later, when tion occurred in 1979, but no one the smoke partially subsided, now bleak landscape, its rotors died. he rushed out and began his still spinning.

The mountain began eruptdescent. It was a gamble, but he ing at perhaps the worst possible time, with at least 250 people he said. taken to a small wooden ele"I almost thought it was the mentary school in the nearby fall Saturday to go for a hike. end of my life," he said in the town of Kiso, where they were The blast spewed large white being examined in the gymna- plumes of gas and ash high into On his way down, he spotsium. the sky, blotted out the midday ted a man heading up. "I told Family members of the miss- sun and blanketed the surhim to go down with me, but he ing waited at a nearby munici- rounding area in ash. Hundreds said he had to check on his child pal hall. More than 200 soldiers were initially trapped on the up there. I couldn't stop him," slopes, though most made their Tsuno said. with gas detection equipment, way down by Saturday night.

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"And the worst part of it is it scars the hearts of our children," Obama said, adding that it leads some youngWASHINGTON (AP) — The wide- sters to unnecessarily fear people who spread mistrust of law enforcement do not look like them and others to that was exposed by the fatal police constantly feel under suspicion no shooting of an unarmed black man matter what they do. in Missouri exists in too many other "That is not the society we want," he - said. "It's not the society that our chillarly on its children, President Barack Obama addressed the Aug. 9 Obama says. shooting of 18-year-old Michael He blames the feeling of wariness on persistent racial disparities in the his death and the raw emotion it proadministration of justice. duced had reawakened the country to the fact that "a gulf of mistrust" exists between residents and police in too - many communities. ment. lent protests and racial unrest in the by crime and need strong policing reluctant to go to the police because they may not trust them," he said Sat- shot Brown was white.

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two tenants who authorities said had 93 small dogs in a home they rented from a North Las Vegas city councilman could face animal-cruelty

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — In a blistering speech to the United Nations, Israeli Prime

one man and killed 45 animals.

Councilman Isaac Barron issued a statement Monday through a city spokesman saying that he's heartbroken about the dogs that perished at the Stanley Avenue home he owns, and he expects people will be held accountable if crimes were committed.

"I was completely unaware of the con-

Monday that Hamas and the Islamic State group are "branches of the same poisonous tree," both bent on world domination Netanyahu also lashed back at Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who accused Israel last week of carrying out war crimes and waging a "war of genocide" during the

repeatedly being denied entry by the occupants," the statement said. "As a councilman, I will be looking into regulations that ensure this doesn't happen again."

City law allows residents to have no more than three adult dogs unless they pay a $25 annual fee for a so-called dog-fancier permit to keep up to six canines at home.

Barron is also a teacher at Rancho High School in Las Vegas. It wasn't immediately clear if his tenants had the dogs as pets or were breeding them for sale.

Their names weren't immediately AP PHOTO / LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL, CHASE STEVENS made public.

A small dog looks out from beneath a car in the front yard at a home where more than two dozen dogs were killed in an City spokesman Mitch Fox said Barron overnight fire in North Las Vegas on Monday, Sept. 29, 2014. Firefighters say at least 41 dogs were killed and 52 survived told him Monday that he knew the men after the fire. had dogs, but he didn't know how many. could face charges that include animal - Animal Foundation shelter in Las Vegas.

The eviction notice was served last abuse or mistreatment. liams said. Some dogs were revived with Williams said the fire appeared to have Wednesday, Fox said, and the councilOne man was hospitalized in stable oxygen. been accidental, and it may have been man said his tenants were several months "We have pet-rescue masks, and many sparked by an electrical malfunction. behind on rent.

- were resuscitated," Williams said. "They The single-story masonry home, which One of the three bedrooms in the sindates to 1954, sits on a crowded residential gle-story home of less than 1,200 square Williams said.

The dogs were described as Chihuahua- street about 5 miles northeast of the Las feet was described as piled with animal Crews that responded to the home sized, but Coon and Williams said they Vegas Strip. Williams called it a total loss waste.

Sunday evening reported seeing dogs run- didn't know their breed. Animal-control because of smoke damage.

Police Sgt. Chrissie Coon said the men ning in front and backyards, but found officers took the live animals to the Lied the National Organization for the (Cont. from B5)

also given directly to federal candidates, and tax-exempt industry "trying to scrape a few dollars groups such as the National Cantogether" to get started, Keber nabis Industry Association can said. "Now this industry is becom- spend an unlimited amount of untracked money. cally. There isn't a week that goes by where we don't make a political donors "aren't doing that anydonation." more," said Ethan Nadelmann, The Oregon ballot measure has head of the New York-based Drug raised about $2.3 million. A med- Policy Alliance.

higher because many donors do not mention the drug in camThe largest federal spender on to donate $150,000 to federal candidates this year, up from $110,000 in 2013.

The Drug Policy Alliance and

ISIS a top subject in U.N. EDITH M. LEDERER MOHOMMED DARAGHMEH

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has attracted nearly $6 million.

And the Alaska campaign has brought in about $850,000. A recreational pot measure in Washington, D.C., attracted few donations, perhaps because it appears almost certain to pass.

Colorado's congressional delegation alone has received some $20,000 this year from the mari-

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Still, the same candidates who cash the checks aren't always keen to talk about it. About a dozen declined interview requests or did not return calls from The Associated Press.

A Colorado state lawmaker try donations conceded thinking twice before taking them.

"I always worry about what people's perceptions will be," said AP PHOTO / BRENNAN LINSLEY Rep. Jonathan Singer, a Democrat In this Sept. 25, 2014, photo, Tripp Keber, head of Denver-based Dixie Elixirs & Edibles, which who is the only sitting Colorado makes pot-infused drinks, foods and other items, stands inside one of his edibles production legislator who supported legaliza- kitchens at his manufacturing facility in Denver. tion. "But it came down to, I'm on record for where I stood before I bis vaporizer cartridges for a state They were still taking the money," industry who has proposed fedsaid Mitchem, who declined to eral legalization. ever took a penny from this indus- legislator.

When the company posted name the lawmaker.

"As long as this industry Is foltry." photos from the event on its FaceThe only member of Congress Todd Mitchem, a Denver book page, the lawmaker asked who responded to the AP was Col- Polis said in a statement, "their orado Democratic Rep. Jared Polis, contributions are the same as recalled a fundraiser earlier this that the images be taken down. those from any other legal donors." year thrown by a maker of canna-

committed "the real war crimes" in Gaza by using Palestinian civilians as human shields.

Addressing the U.N. General Assembly's annual ministerial meeting, the Israeli Hamas and the U.S. military campaign against the Islamic State are part of the same cause — the defeat of Islamic extremism.

Netanyahu railed against world leaders for simultaneously condemning the Jewish state for its war with Hamas and praising President Barack Obama for attacking Islamic State militants and other extremists in Syria and Iraq. "They evidently don't understand that ISIS and Hamas are branches of the same poisonous tree," the prime minister said, referring to the Islamic State group by one of its acronyms.

He added: "When it comes to its ultimate goals, Hamas is ISIS, and ISIS is Hamas."

Netanyahu said ISIS and Hamas, as well as other Muslim extremist movements, including al-Qaida, share the goal of imposing militant Islam on the world.

He likened them to "another fanatic ideology that swept into power eight decades ago" — Nazism.

Turning to another regional enemy, Netanyahu warned again about the danger of a nuclear-armed Iran and said Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's condemnation of the spread of terrorism last week amounted to "one of history's greatest displays of doubletalk."

Netanyahu accused Iran itself of mounting terrorist attacks all around the world, and lumped the country in with Islamic extremist movements.

"To say that Iran doesn't practice terrorism is like saying Derek Jeter never played shortstop for the New York Yankees," he said. powers to reach a nuclear deal with Iran, saying: "To defeat ISIS and leave Iran as a threshold nuclear power is to win the battle and lose the war."

He also launched a scathing attack on the U.N. Human Rights Council, accusing it of continually singling out Israel for criticism when other parts of the world are awash in atrocities.

He called the Human Rights Council's name "an oxymoron" and charged that the body has become "a terrorist rights council."

Netanyahu said the council's treatment

"It's called anti-Semitism. It is now spreading in polite society, where it masquerades as legitimate criticism of Israel," he said.

Hanan Ashrawi, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization's executive committee, said Netanyahu's speech was "a blatant manipulation of facts" aimed at misleading world leaders "through a combination of hate language, slander and argument of obfuscation."

Fashion week features celebrities and designers down the catwalk THOMAS ADAMSON

alongside utilitarian oversize buckwearing a Giambattista Valli cou- les — slightly aggressive, but never ture dress on Sunday, it was clearly too much.

PARIS (AP) — Beginning with Alongside these, large perfoStella McCartney and ending with designer. rated holes, heavily stitched hempowerhouse Saint Laurent, Paris Alamuddin looked every inch lines, oversize chain necklaces and fashion shows packed a creative a star, in a long-sleeve macramé leopard printed silk dresses added a punch Monday — luring in myriad front row stars such as Salma Hayek, revealing high skirt. Photos of her Lenny Kravitz, Catherine Deneuve and Neneh Cherry. and legs — on the Grand Canal with organza, came in bold patterning But there was also much happen- her actor-director husband were that evoked danger. beamed around the world.

McCartney said the show was In a week dominated by celeb"It was amazing. It was beauti- about a "strong feminine attitude." rity children, it was the turn of Sean ful," Valli told The Associated Press But, most of all, it was about clothes Penn's daughter, Dylan, who made "I was feeling so lucky to have some- you can wear. her acting debut in a fashion movie. body so beautiful — but beautiful in SAINT LAURENT'S FIERCE Meanwhile, the day the civil cer- every sense of the way, to interpret RAINBOW emony took place between George my creations," he added.

The giant square metal set — Clooney and wife Amal AlamudSTELLA MCCARTNEY KEEPS which rotated aggressively to din, Giambattista Valli spoke to AP IT REAL refract light into all the colors of the about his coup in dressing HollyShe has a Beatle dad, hosts pal- rainbow — set the tone for Saint wood's newest bride. pitating, must-see fashion shows Here are the show reports and in the grandest Paris opera house, colorful. highlights of the ready-to-wear col- and attracts celebrities season upon It was the 60s and 70s in vogue lections. season. this Monday, with provocative VALLI'S CLOONEY BRIDE And yet, there's still something designer Hedi Slimane working the COUP real about Stella McCartney. same glittery formula used in previAmal Alamuddin married one- ous seasons. time Hollywood bachelor George ettes in denim, silk, organza and A red, military Sgt. Pepper-style Clooney in Venice on Saturday and knit — her spring-summer 2015 is quickly becoming one of the most ready-to-wear collection showcased photographed women in the world. this in droves.

So when the British-Lebanese Wide culottes in pastel shades model-of-the-moment Cara Delevihuman rights lawyer made her of white, creme and vanilla came gne.

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Model Cara Delevingne wears a creation for Saint Laurent's Spring/Summer 2015 ready-to-wear fashion collection presented in Paris, France, Monday, Sept. 29, 2014.

And turbans made a comeback.

ing models.

One love-it-or-hate it look in But where would the French- gold leopard print lame had fashion lashings of black leather, studs and insiders snapping their smartphone the obligatory Slimane-issue stomp- stopping glam rock? cameras.

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ATHLETE of the WEEK

NAME: CONOR LEAHY

Sport: Soccer JerSey Number: 6 Conor Leahy is a standoutplayer on the men’s soccer team— literally. His bright-red hair and beard plus his scoring skills make him a player that’s hard to miss.

The starting sophomore from Beverly, Mass. suffered from a wrist injury freshman year and was unable to touch the field until this season.

“Being able to watch my first year, I got to see the speed of play and getting used to that in practice made it easier to transition to the field this season,” Leahy said.

Since Leahy has been on the field he’s scored multiple goals.

One goal in particular was the game-winner against Worcester State; later that week he accompanied Promise Kpee with an assist.

He even earned LEC Rookie of the Week on Sept. 22.

“Coach mentioned it [Rookie of the Week] to me at practice— I didn’t even know about it till he told me. My parents were pretty happy,” Leahy said. He recently made two goals in a shut-out game against Green Moutain State on Sept. 24. Although Leahy grew up only minutes from Endicott College, he came to KSC to pursue a degree in occupational safety.

“I’ve always been interested in construction and once I saw that Keene State offered it as a major I thought it would be a great opportunity to broaden my interests,” Leahy said.

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Connor’s Fun Facts

Kendall Pope can be contacted at kpope@keene-equinox.com

Favorite Movie: Talladega Nights” Favorite Band: “Kodaline—they’re an Irish rock band” Favorite Food: “Buffalo chicken pizza” How long he’s been growing his beard: “Three months”

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NICK D’AMATO

INtramural coordINator & coNtrIbuted WrIter Several players tied with two goals to be this past week’s intramural soccer leading scorers.

Andrew Howard had two goals to lead The Bomb Squad to a 4-0 victory over The Clown Babies.

Peter Spanos made two saves in net for The Bomb Squad, while Derek Gillis had three saves for The Clown Babies.

Cassie Lacroix had two goals for the Benchwarmers, leading them to a 6-4 victory over Shake Your Booty. Colby Easter and Tyler Ranfos scored the other goals for the Benchwarmers.

Melinda Noel and Mackenzie Birrell had goals for Shake Your Booty.

Zach Wilkins netted two goals for The Amigos in a 4-0 win over Dream Team. Jeremy Schneider and Rushane Kelly scored the other two goals for The Amigos.

Rachel Blazich had eight saves in goal for the Dream Team.

Tyler Ayotte had two goals for Ireland F.C., which was enough to secure a 2-1 win over Something Stupid.

Brendan Reid scored the goal for Something Stupid.

Joshua Estrada’s two goals were all The Pain Train needed to defeat Carle Cocks 2-1.

Jack Atherton scored the lone goal for Carle Cocks.

The top goal tending performance of the week

was turned in by Joseph Fusco.

Fusco made eight saves and a shutout for Smoke City F.C. in a 5-0 win over Hash-Slinging Slashers.

Sebastian Ramirez had two goals for Smoke City F.C., while Jacob Levenstein added a goal and Sam Franks contributed a goal and an assist.

John Petrillo also had an assist for Smoke City F.C. Jospeh Ogden and Alec Zbikowski combined for ten saves in goal for Hash-Slinging Slashers.

In Flag Football-action, Back That Pass Up won an exciting game to move to 2-0 in the women’s division, defeating Flag Football! 20-18.

Lauren Powers threw three touchdown passes, with Bruna De Paula catching two of them.

Mackenzie Birrell caught the other touchdown pass for Back That Pass Up. Natalie Watson and Jill Callahan both had touchdown runs for Flag Football!

Andrew Lam’s ability to throw-on-the-run led Based Alpha to a 44-21 win over Phi Mu Delta in the men’s most exciting game of the week.

Lam escaped pressure all night and threw two touchdown passes to lead Based Alpha.

Brian MacDonald had three touchdown catches and a defensive interception as Based Alpha’s leading receiver.

Ryan Tragakis had a touchdown run for Phi Mu Delta.

Nick D’Amato can be contacted at ndamato@keene.edu

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BLAST FROM THE PAST KSC SPORTS HISTORY

KEENE, N.H. 10/1/02

KEENE, N.H. 10/1/02 For the second time, Keene State College's Mary Proulx was selected as the Little East Conference women’s cross country runner of the week. competitors at the traditionally strong Iona Meet of Champions on Saturday.

Proulx covered the six-kilometer course (3.72 miles) in 21:44.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (10/2/01) victory of the season with a 3-1 win over Rhode Island College.

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all the time … I think you just have to be wearing a shirt at all times so everyone feels comfortable,” Jill Marlowe, a staff member said.

Marlowe continued, “If I approach someone who’s wearing something inappropriate I’m never mean about it. I’ll just say something like, ‘Do you think you could put a t-shirt on or wear a shirt next time.’”

Students are not the only ones who have to abide by these rules, athletic teams have practice uniforms that aren’t necessarily a t-shirt and shorts. However, they do have to wear the appropriate clothing while inside the public areas of the gym. “Swimmers aren’t allowed to walk around in [the] weight room or

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said the only time he sees men without shirts in the gym is when he plays basketball. However, he did not agree that men should be allowed to work out without proper clothing. “I would honestly feel really uncomfortable if a guy was to work out next to me without his shirt on,” Brown said. However, students aren’t the only ones who use the gym.

“This is a facility where there’s teachers and coaches are in and out

this season, came minutes into the second half when she put Tara Wagner’s from Avon, Conn. cross into the short side of the net. KSC missed several chances to add to its lead later in the game. the box, and KSC goalie Michelle Mason form Fairport, N.Y. knocked away Jessica Scholt’s penalty kick and subsequent shot.

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rec gym in a bathing suit to do dry land training. They must have shirts and shoes and proper work out attire, but obviously in the pool bathing suits are acceptable,” Andrews said.

She continued to explain that most teams like basketball and volleyball “We can’t dictate what the practice uniforms are, that’s the coaches’ decision,” Andrews said.

Although most students are unaware of the policy, at the beginning of the year the sign was just a simple reminder to reinforce the shirts and shoes policy.

Kendall Pope can be contacted at kpope@keene-equinox.com

New England Patriots battle Kansas City Chiefs DAVE SKRETTA

AssociAted Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — It doesn’t seem to matter much to Chiefs coach Andy Reid whether it’s Jamaal for that matter.

After building a reputation as a guru of the West kened back to yesteryear in building everything around the run.

The Chiefs piled up nearly 200 yards on the ground in last week’s win in Miami, even though Charles — their most electrifying playmaker — was out with an ankle injury.

That sets up an intriguing battle in the trenches on Monday night, when the Chiefs (1-2) get a visit from the New England Patriots (2-1) and one of the NFL’s vastly improved run defenses.

Two weeks ago, the Patriots held the Adrian Peterson-less Vikings to just 54 yards rushing. In last week’s

aged 67 yards on the ground.

All told, they’re allowing just over 100 yards rushing per game. That’s quite an improvement on last season, when the Patriots were among the worst in the NFL at stopping the run. And considering the Patriots also have the NFL’s best pass defense, it makes for a stout unit as a whole.

“They’re extremely physical up front. Extremely physical,” Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith said. “They’re a talented group, and physical up front, and they throw a lot at you scheme-wise, a lot of fronts, a lot of different defenses.”

“They’re different skill sets, but they do the same things with them,” Patriots coach Bill Belichick said, “so the same plays look different, depending on who is carrying the ball.”

and do it the best way I can,” he said. “That’s trying to do everything well on a consistent basis — be a good leader, obviously make plays when they’re there, have a great command and understanding of what we’re doing, try to put our team in the best position possible.”

back from their deep stable, though Joe McKnight is no longer in the picture. He ruptured his Achilles tendon in practice this week.

Miami. That may have to change if New England gangs “They certainly have a lot of different avenues,” New up against the run.

England defensive coordinator Matt Patricia said. “They twice since 2005, and there’s been plenty of change on that they can take advantage of, whether to match up the roster and the coaching staff in Kansas City. “It’s a in the passing game or the running game, and exploit lot of new players,” Belichick said. “We really have to do pretty quickly.” a good job of studying up on the schemes and certainly their own right. For one thing, the Patriots may not The matchup in the trenches is just one story line the personnel.” be certain who will be carrying the ball until shortly for Monday night’s game, though. Here are a few other before kickoff. things to keep an eye on at Arrowhead Stadium: positions in football will be center stage Monday night.

Charles was practicing this week, just as he did last week, and Reid sounded hopeful that he would be Brady needs 219 yards passing to become the sixth player as one of the game’s top tight ends, while the Chiefs’ available. If not, the quick, elusive playmaker will again in NFL history with 50,000 yards. There’s no guarantee Travis Kelce is starting to do the same for himself. “He’s be spelled by Davis, a bruising power-runner who had he gets there, though. He’s averaging just over 210 yards a career-best 132 yards rushing last week against the - as strong, as athletic as him,” Kelce said. “Hopefully I Dolphins. bility as a player is to do whatever the coaches ask me can keep his legacy going with good tight ends.”

Keene State College athletic team records Women’s Soccer

Volleyball Overall.

HOME

AWAY (neutral)

9-11

2-2 3-4 (4-5) Won 2

vs. Eastern Connecticut 1 Keene State

25

East Conn.

13

Total

Set Scores

1

2

3

Total

22

20

0 3

3

4

26

26

25

3

Bowodin

26

17

1

Keene State College

28

24

OVERALL

CONF.

HOME

5-5

1-1

3-1 1-4 (1-0) Lost 2

vs. Johnson & Wales

vs. Bowdion

2 28

STREAK

25

25

Field Hockey

STREAK

vs. Eastern Connecticut Points by Period

1

2

Total

0

Eastern Connecticut

1

2

3

1

Keene State College

1

0

1

Goals by Period

1

2

Total

Keene State College

0

0

Johnson & Wales

1

0

AWAY (neutral)

Men’s Soccer

Overall.

HOME

AWAY (neutral)

5-4

3-2

2-2(0-0) Won 1

vs. Trinity

STREAK

vs. Southern Maine

Goals By Period

1

2

Total

Trinity

3

0

Keene State College

0

0

3 0

Goals By Period

1

Southern Maine Keene State College

3

CONF.

HOME

3-5

0-2

1-3 2-2 (0-0) Lost 1

vs. Green Mountain

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Total

1

1 4

1

OVERALL

AWAY (neutral)

STREAK

vs. Eastern Connecticut

Goals by Period

1

2

Keene State College

6

1

7

Keene State College

Green Mountain

0

0

0

Eastern Connecticut

Total Points by Period 1

2

Total

0

0

0

0

1

1

Men’s Cross Country Williams Invitational Name

Time

Ryan Brady

27:11

Mark Rabasco

28:04

Phillip Parent

28:07

Ben McDonald

28.35

Women’s Cross Country Williams Invitational Name

Time

Sam Goldsmith

23.35

Kait Wheeler

24:27

Kaley Mientkiewicz

24.42

Lindsay Szuch

24.49

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If I ruled college soccer, I would have the clock stop during stoppage time in the last two minutes of games.

As a sports broadcaster for Keene State Athletics, I have acquired knowledge for many sports that I once thought I would never have a desire to know.

I have always been a huge sports fan and now have an understanding of sports like volleyball, field hockey, lacrosse and of course, soccer.

One of the things that perplexes me the most during soccer matches is the last two minutes.

Especially when a team is only trailing by one goal and the clock is still running even when there is stoppage in play.

Professional soccer has a clock that runs for two forty-five-minute halves and adds in stoppage time for when there is a card given out or for injuries.

Stoppage time is at the discretion of the referee and it is usually a few minutes so that each team is given a fair chance, even if they don’t always agree with the referees.

When the game reaches its 90- minute mark, the extra time is put on to make up for the lost playing time.

regarding the topic of switching over to Division III. “There were a lot of problems when that came out,” Kaufman said, “First of all, the majority of coaches felt that they weren’t a part of the decision-making process. That this was a decision that was made without their input and I think several coaches didn’t like that.

That really caused a problem.” Switching divisions left Keene State coaches with the new challenge of recruiting players for their teams without scholarship money, while still keeping in mind the other conference schools that might be gunning for the same athlete.

Kaufman explained, “As a coach, having scholarships is nice. You can go up to a kid an say, ‘Hey, you wanna come to Keene State? We can give you a scholarship.’ So now all of a sudden there’s no scholarships and there are a lot more Division III schools than there are Division II schools, so recruitKYLE BAILEY / PHOTO EDITOR

Pictured above is Men’s Soccer player Eddie Mercer [ 10 ] in a game against Eastern Connecticut.

The college game also has two forty-five-minute halves but the clock counts down and stops for injury time-outs.

However the clock does not stop at any time when a yellow or red card is given out by the referees to players, when the ball goes out-of-bounds or when players are getting ready for corner kicks.

Even when there is a free kick opportunity for teams, the clock should be stopped once it gets under two minutes.

The referees can tell players to speed up if they feel that they are taking too long to get ready to continue play.

It always frustrates me when I am calling a game and the ball goes out-of-bounds and the clock keeps on running.

The players have to chase it down and then take the time to throw it back in.

The clock should not start up again until the ball is back inbounds and play resumes.

This is much more noticeable when there is a corner kick.

It takes a player valuable seconds to get to where they need to be on the corner, and the other players have to get set up so they are ready for the corner kick.

If the clock were stopped in a scenario such as this, it would give each team enough time to get ready without having to rush.

The team who is winning uses the strategy to take as much time getting the ball back in play because they know that they just have to run out the clock.

This works out perfectly for them, but is a huge disadvantage for the losing team.

In college basketball, for example, the clock stops for inbound plays in the last minute of

the game.

The clock does not start again until the ball is back in play and a player has touched the ball.

This gives players some extra time to decide what they want to do in a crunch time situation.

If I ruled college soccer, I would make the clock stop during stoppage time in the last two minutes of the game.

The reason I would make it the final two minutes and not one is because the field is much bigger than a basketball court, which only stops the clock in the final minute.

If this rule was to be put in place it would give players more time to set up a play and the game would be fairer for each team.

Mike Miezejeski can be contacted at mmiezejeski@keene-equinox.com

think that when we were Division-Two we were very, very competitive and Division III we’re competitive. I mean, I know that our [women’s soccer] teams right now could beat many Division II teams. I don’t think competition for me, for our team, women’s soccer, has dropped at all,” Lyons said.

Senior lacrosse player Andrew Bosco shared a similar opinion regarding Division III’s competitiveness.

“Personally, I like being part of the Little East Conference in D-III. It is very competitive, especially against our rivals East-Conn. Our team was ranked top-twenty by Midsummer Night’s Power Ranking this fall, which says a lot about the program and coaching caliber,” Bosco said, “I think maintaining

remain competitive, but still have room to grow.” While Lyons did mention that lack of scholarship money can hinder recruitment efforts, Lyons said she does not regard the Division KSC is in as an overwhelming factor in bringing in new athletes. “We have to make the most of it. I like the college, I like what Keene State brings, I like the type of our coaches because they were going students we bring to Keene State, how up against so many other Division III it’s a beautiful campus. But Keene has school.” Kaufman continued, “I don’t so much to offer—beautiful city, great think she understood that when you’re professors, a wide-range of academics in Division III you’re not paying money in scholarships, but you still have to pay a lot of students,” Lyons said. more in things like having to go out She continued, “I don’t think it matand recruit.” ters what division we are, I think it’s an When Stanley Yarosewick, known easy sell, once you get them here [the to many as Dr. Y, entered the picture recruits on campus]—they look around as Keene State President in 1994, he and see what Keene State has to offer. decided to look into the situation again. We get a lot of recruits interested in “I think he really gave it a thorough Keene State because of the school and [look],” Kaufman said, “He looked at all what is has to offer. So, the soccer is just the different sides and he came to the a plus for them.” All around, Keene same conclusion as what Dr. Sturnick State’s decision to switch to Division thought was correct for the college— III is regarded as a sound decision by that we should move to Division III.” many, including Lyons and Kaufman.

While the move to Division III may “The programs across the board are have initially presented problems, all on an equal basis and that was really coaches and players have warmed up the best thing for this program. And to the change as the years went on. once we went into Division-III and the Women’s soccer coach Denise Lyons Little East Conference in the fall of ‘97, is one of the few who found herself many teams just really excelled in the coaching both Division II and Divi- conference. It just proved that it was the sion III at KSC and noted that besides right move to make,” Kaufman said. the money, the difference between divisions is not as drastic as people may Alexa Ondreicka can be contacted at make it seem. “Competition-wise, I aondreicka@keene-equinox.com

Derek Jeter sits out Game 1 of final series in Boston JIMMY GOLEN

AssociAted Press BOSTON (AP) — Nineteen years into his Hall of The New York Yankees shortstop asked out of the lineup for Friday night's 3-2 win over the Boston Red Sox — something neither Jeter nor manager Joe Girardi could remember him ever doing before. series from the dugout, taking it easy a day after his Yankee Stadium.

"I don't think I really slept — maybe a couple of hours," Jeter told reporters. "I don't know if I could play tonight if I was playing tonight. Last night was as special as it gets."

Since announcing in spring training that this would major leagues, collecting gifts at each stop and applause from former opponents and their fans. cheers were surpassed by the postgame celebration after he led the Yankees to another win. it was," Girardi said before Friday's game.

"I'm sure he's emotionally drained, probably physically drained."

With both the Yankees and Red Sox eliminated from playoff contention, Girardi compiled a lineup missing many of his regulars and joked that it looked more like spring training roster.

Eury Perez batted in Jeter's familiar No. 2 spot — Ryan played shortstop.

Jeter said he would be back in the lineup on Saturmemories as a shortstop would be in Yankee Stadium.

Girardi told Jeter he could play any position but pitcher or catcher this weekend if he had the urge — including manager.

Jeter declined.

"I don't pay attention enough," he said. "When I'm not playing, I'm all over the place." pion, Jeter has collected 3,463 hits in his career along with the near-universal respect from teammates and opponents alike.

Even in Boston, where fans hate the Yankees like no other team, most of the animosity was reserved for Alex Rodriguez or Red Sox defectors like Johnny Damon and Roger Clemens.

The sold-out crowd, peppered with fans in pinstriped No. 2 jerseys, chanted Jeter's name in the second inning — something that would not have been tolerated a decade ago, when Bostonians wore profane T-shirts about Jeter and argued that Nomar Garciaparra was a better shortstop.

Since then, though, the Red Sox have ended their eight-decade World Series drought — winning three titles in 10 years, in fact — and the rivalry has lost some of its edge.

"I think after they won — I don't want to say they

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New York Yankees designated hitter Derek Jeter follows through on a single in the third inning against the Boston Red Sox in a baseball game Sunday, Sept.

28, 2014, in Boston. It is the last baseball game of Jeter’s career.

softened up, I would say I think they're kinder," said Jeter, who ventured onto the streets of Boston for lunch on Friday afternoon and was greeted warmly.

"People were saying, 'Congratulations for the career.

I'm a Red Sox fan and I hate the Yankees, but I respect you.'

"Even when I was walking here through the stands, people were cheering. I remember in 1999, when I was here for the All-Star Game ... I remember getting out of the car and I thought they were going to kill me. Funny how things have changed."

And the feeling is mutual.

Although his night off no doubt disappointed those who bought a ticket for an otherwise meaningless game

hoping to see a part of history, Jeter said he would play rivalry. wants to see him," Girardi said.

"I think Derek understands the magnitude of the rivalry and the importance of it in the game of baseball. ... I think there's a huge amount of respect too for what these organizations have done for the game of baseball."

Red Sox manager John Farrell said Jeter's Yankee feelings to surround this weekend, too.

"The game has an incredible way of creating unique opportunities," Farrell said.

"His 3,000th hit is a solo home run, his last at-bat at Yankee Stadium is a walk-off. The game provides us opportunities that embed memories, and that's certainly one of them."

Elsewhere in baseball, they were also talking about Jeter.

"When you look at great players, you look at them as the heat turns up, they get calm," Washington Nationals manager Matt Williams said.

"Not everybody can do that. But he's one of them that can. ... That's why he got the hit last night. Because the situation is never too big for him.

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Soccer player earns LEC recognition JACOB BARRETT

Equinox Staff A Keene State College freshman has made a name for herself in the Little East Conference (LEC.) Women's soccer player Taylor Farland was named the Little East Conference’s rookie of the week on Sept. 2, 2014 according to Keeneowls.com. Ever since she has continued to be a standout player.

The Mass. native has become of Sept. 28.

Two of those goals were game winners. Farland is ranked fourth in the conference for goal scoring through ten games, according to the LEC website.

Her performance thus far has earned her the accolade of rookie of the week, an award which Farland said was very exciting for her to receive.

Denise Lyons, head coach of women's soccer said that in many cases freshmen struggle transitioning from high school to college sports because of the increase in physicality, but said that Taylor has transitioned well. ”She’s [Farland] doing great, it’s always an adjustment for freshmen to come in from high school to college … Taylor came in, she’s physical, she’s strong, she’s very technical, plays with a lot of con-

hasn’t missed a step,” Lyons said.

Coach Lyons continued to say that Farland’s accurate shot is what makes her stand out amongst other players.

“In the twenty-two years I’ve coached here I think she’s probably had one of the strongest, most powerful shots I’ve seen in a female athlete,” Lyons said.

Ellen Granata, a junior on the team, said she also sees Farland as bution to the team ... She’s a ver-

satile player so she can play up top and she can play in the midGranata said.

The rookie of the week said that she is very happy to be a part of the women's soccer team at KSC and that she wants to do whatever she can to support her team, but doing that takes hard work.

Farland said that building her doing so well.

to support that team that I’m playing behind and work really hard and everything like that,” Farland said.

While Farland has many goals for the season she said that her main goal for this year is to help the team make it to the NCAA tournament after hearing the stories from fellow teammates’ regarding last year’s campaign when the team made it to the second round of the tournament. the team go back to N-C-doubleA’s [tournament] again and be a part of that big tournament … I really want to have that experience,” Farland said.

As Farland continues to excel in the season ahead, Coach Lyons land will continue producing for on track to have a great season and career with the KSC Owls.

“I think that she’s a threat to be reckoned with in the LEC,” Lyons said.

However, Farland is just as enthusiastic as her team is about her.

“I love it here. I love the team, I love everything about them …

I’m really happy that I chose this school,” Farland said.

With a positive mind-set, Farland said she hopes to stay on the streak she is on and that she will be able to help her squad reach it’s goals.

Jacob Barrett can be contacted at jbarrett@keene-equinox.com KYLE BAILEY / PHOTO EDITOR

KSC Women’s Soccer forward and LEC Rookie of the Week, Taylor Farland, (left) evades a Plymouth State defender on Saturday Sept. 20 at the Owl Athletic Complex. The Owls won 1-0.

KSC’s switch to Division III proves successful

No shirt, no shoes, no gym KENDALL POPE

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Keene State Athletics is approaching the 20th anniversary of KSC deciding to switch from Division II to Division III. With this anniversary drawing near, employees and coaches took time to remember the controversy the switch created back in the late 1990s.

A 1993 summer edition of Keene State Today wrote, “On April 28, 1993, President Judith A. Sturnick and Athletic Director Joanne Fortunato announced that Keene State College will move by the fall of 1997 to Division III of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.”

After moving from the NAIA [National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics] to the NECC [New England Collegiate Conference] just a decade prior, Keene State athletics found itself preparing to make the move to the Little East Conference, changing its game plans in more ways than one. With this move from Division II to Division III, Keene State coaches were faced with the challenge of recruiting without scholar-

With warm weather still lingering, students who work out in Keene State College’s Spaulding Gymnasium have not yet swapped shorts for sweats.

In recent weeks a sign was posted on the door and on the entrance podium to remind students to dress appropriately while working out inside the gym.

Some students took this sign as a new policy or rule, when really it’s been a policy since 2002. However, starting a new year with new students, many need to be reminded of what they can and cannot wear while working out, to make sure all people in the gym feel comfortable.

Director of Recreational Sports Lynne Andrews explained, “It’s a very public building. Tours come in here, parents, small children so we just want to make sure that the gym has a very professional appearance.”

Besides appearance reasons, wearing a T-shirt also provides a hygienic reason to dress more appropriately at the gym. Most people who use machines and equipment aren’t usually that consistent with cleaning the

work around while in Division II. Stuart Kaufman, the KSC sports information director during the time of the switch, had much to say about the college’s athletic division change.

He noted that while Keene was allotted scholarship money when they were Division II, it still “Unfortunately, many of these other New England Collegiate Conference Division II teams that they were going up against had a lot more scholarships than what Keene State was able to offer,” Kaufman said.

“So they were going up against teams, you know, that had more quality-scholarship players.

And we were not, for the most part—we were

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Switching to Division III sports caused some problems but coaches and athletes stay positive.

competitive in some sports, but across the board we really weren’t that competitive,” Kaufman said.

He went on to explain the process involved in the decision to switch from Division II to Division III, as he said that President Sturnick played a major role.

“She [Sturnick] went out and did a [study] on where they thought Keene State should be athletically. And she came to the conclusion that she thought it’d be better for Keene State to move to

Division III—more participation and things like that,” Kaufman said.

While Sturnick may have had the college’s best interests in mind, Kaufman said that there were many mixed feelings across the campus regarding her decision.

At the time, he explained, there was an almost separate entity between the college’s athletic

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equipment, so wearing a t-shirt provides “one more barrier,” Andrews said.

Freshman Ellie Cook said, “It’s just common sense [to wear appropriate clothing in the gym].”

However, there are some grey areas about what is and what isn’t accepted. For example, many female students said they believed that they were no longer allowed to wear “crop top” workout attire in the gym, but Andrews explained what she considers to be acceptable.

“For me, it’s more the yoga style of clothing. Like the yoga tank tops that have smaller straps but still cover the bulk of the body. If it’s not just a straightcut sports bra and if there’s more material then it’s probably going Another grey area is recreational basketball and how men can play a shirts-versus-skins game. “For basketball, shirtsversus-skins is probably the only area where we are still debating on enforcing the policy or not because traditionally, that is the way pick-up basketball is played,” Andrews said, “They don’t usually have pinnies or the same shirt to wear, it’s just the nature of that sport.”

Matt Brown, a junior at KSC,

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