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Week of: Oct. 20 Monday, Oct. 20 2:35 p.m. Heat Plant: Report from Heat Plant that someone had climbed into the stack the previous night. 5:45 p.m. Carle Hall: Female resident wants to talk to someone about a male trying to pull her in his room. Tuesday, Oct. 21 8:45 a.m. Elliot Lot: Complaint of vehicle bike rack being a hazard as it’s hard to see and overhangs walkway. Vehicle owner advised. 9:11 a.m. Joyce Field Shed: Theft of sports equipment. Wednesday, Oct. 22 7:27 p.m. Butler Court: Student arrest related to Pumpkin Fest 7:31 p.m. Madison Lot: Student arrest by NHSP during Pumpkin Fest. 7:40 p.m. Butler Court: Student arrest by NHSP during Pumpkin Fest. Thursday, Oct. 23 3:33 p.m. Appian Way: Party was identified as being part of the Pumpkin Fest events. 4:07 p.m. Blake St.: Student arrested for disorderly conduct during Pumpkin Fest. 5:14 p.m. Blake St.: Identified as taking part in the bottle throwing on Black Street during pfest [Pumpkin Fest]. 11:43 p.m. Huntress Hall: Report of a student threatening to hurt himself with a knife. Friday, Oct. 24 12:15 p.m. Science Center: Fire alarm caused by burnt food. 1:48 p.m. Science Lot: Electrician requesting an officer to the Science Center parking lot. Saturday, Oct. 25 12:49 a.m. Randall Hall: Father called regarding his daughter who has not given him a call since she told him she would after visiting a friend. 2:04 a.m. Holloway Hall: RA says he smelled 706 [marijuana] but kids left the room. Sunday, Oct. 26 1:38 a.m. Appian Way: Intoxicated subject. 1:43 a.m. Keddy Hall: Theft from a motor vehicle.
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gering to gain votes and said New Hampshire needs politicians who will work towards real solutions for issues like ISIS and Ebola. Warren also presented a cornucopia of condemning facts about Scott Brown, who she defeated in the 2012 elections for the Senate in Massachusetts. Warren explained that she felt bad she had beaten Brown and caused him to pack up his “pick-up truck” and move to New Hampshire to run for Senate. “I don’t care how fast he drives that truck, he cannot outrun his voting record,” Warren said. She continued, “That’s what it is all about — you can get out there and talk, throw a little pixie dust, spend a lot of money from the Koch brothers, but at the end of the day both of your Senator candidates are on the record for how they vote.” Warren told the audience of Brown’s decisions to vote to give big oil companies millions of dollars in subsidies, to increase interest on student loans and of his voting against equal pay for women. Warren also said that Brown co-sponsored a bill that would allow employers to determine the access a woman would have to birth control under her employer’s health coverage. However, in a recent interview with the sored the bill because he believes employers shouldn’t have to pay for their employees’ birth control, not because he is against contraception. Shaheen and Warren didn’t only point out the negative aspects of Brown’s race. They also discussed some of Shaheen’s plans for New Hampshire if re-elected. “Income inequality is the biggest threat to our economic future; you know it, I know it, Elizabeth knows it, and we need to elect people who are going to work to close that gap,” Shaheen said before discussing her stances and ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO possible solutions to major issues. Shaheen Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, (D-N.H.) seen above on Thursday Oct. 23, 2014, in Concord, N.H. stressed the need for college loan reform and on her way to a debate against her opponent Scott Brown.
of that debt. “Elizabeth and I have a bill that would
small businesses. Shaheen also said getting women equal pay for equal work is at the top of the list of she said. needed economic reform. According to Shaheen, Scott Brown had - a few opportunities to vote for equal pay for nance your yacht if you had one, but you equal work, but he did not. Shaheen also stated that no matter how many negative political to change that; the government should not be ads are ran about her, she will still support making money off the backs of our students.” universal healthcare in the U.S. According to POLITICO.com, the bill Julie McClain, the communications direcWarren spoke of failed to move past the Senate tor for the New Hampshire Democratic Party, in June of 2014, but she vowed to continue to said, “There’s a really clear choice in this election between Scott Brown and Jeanne Shaheen, She also told the crowd that we need to support small businesses, citing that two- future for all people — not just some of them.” thirds of New Hampshire’s jobs come from McClain also said she was pleased with
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that say over sixty-percent of the American people cannot tell us which political party controls the United States Senate.” He explained further that most people do not know who their member of Con-
the turnout for the event and really liked the energy of the rally. KSC Senior Courtney Perron said she supports Shaheen because of her push to reform student loans and her strong stance on women’s rights. “I believe in a woman’s rights to do what they please with their own body, especially because the world is overpopulated anyways,” Perron said. Everyone in attendance was given a campaign sign and urged by Warren and Shaheen to make phone calls, knock on doors and tell everybody they know to vote. Jesse Reynolds can be contacted at jreynolds@keene-equinox.com
Residential halls update SKYLER FRAZER
Senior reporter Architects plan to begin construction on a new resident hall in the spring. Tues. Oct. 28 architects from Perkins and Will presented and outline and model of the new residence hall they are building, tentatively called Pondside IV. The dents and will have 320 beds. The new residence hall will be comprised 90 percent of doubles and ten percent singles. According to a representative from Perkins and Will, one of the goals of the building is to “detriple”, since there won’t be any triple-bedrooms in the building. The structure of the building is unlike anything else of campus. The residence hall is designed to have a T-shape, with four and a will have student rooms while some of the central areas in the middle will have study spaces and lounges. One of the architects emphasized the importance of a new resident hall for freshman, “This building will be one of the The team plans on continuing to work on the documents until March or April, with construction beginning sometime after graduation. The building is scheduled to open in 2016. Director of Student Involvement Jennifer Ferrell also spoke at the Student Assembly Meeting. After she received “tons” of emails from students expressing their desire to do something nice for the community after Pumpkin Fest weekend, she expects there to be some good things coming soon. cers and response teams came up multiple times, as well as other possible events or fundraisers the KSC community could be a part of. The student response Ferrell received after the weekend proved, “We can all rally really quickly,” she said. Skyler Frazer can be contacted at sfrazer@keene-equinox.com
“There are polls out there that say over sixty-percent of the American people cannot tell us which political party controls the United States Senate.” -BERNIE SANDERS SENATOR I-VT.
state. Sanders said, “Since the Wall Street crash of 2008, new income goes to the top one-percent.” He explained that the United States has the greatest economic inequality out of all the major countries. He stated that the top one-percent owns 37 percent of all the wealth in the United States, while the bottom 60 percent of people own less than two percent of the wealth. Sanders said, “The wealth rests in the hands of the millionaires.” In addition, according to Sanders, wealthy families like the Waltons of Wal-Mart and the Koch Brothers have sway in the campaign process if they choose. Sanders said the Koch Brothers are investing about $400 million in this political campaign. Sanders explained that not only do they get a vote, but also with the money they are investing they get to control the election. He stated that he does not believe this is what the U.S. founders had in mind. According to Patrick Dolenc, an economics professor at Keene State College, economic inequality is the biggest issue in the U.S. today. Dolenc said, “Those countries that have the highest value of economic inequality like the U.S. have measure after measure of social problems with people in jail, more health issues, more poverty that affects children and more violence.”
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In addition, Dolenc stated that at the top of the scale, the U.S. has to rethink the tax structure in order for billionaires and large corporations to pay taxes. According to Sanders the next step is, “I would work hard at the bottom.” He continued, “He talked about minimum wage, he talked about healthcare and he talked about living wage that support people at the low end of the scale.” For the middle class, Sanders explained that the
U.S. has to return to treating education like a “public good” or else students will be struggling to pay off debt and start a life after college. Nick Carter, the managing director of the Senate Campaign Committee, said that the economic disparity and disenfranchising of the political process is most important. Carter stated, “Politics
out of the political process because of how much money plays a role.” Meanwhile, Sanders explained that news and other reports tell the citizens that unemployment is at about six percent. He said, “If you add in those people that have given up looking for work or those people looking part-time or full-time, then real unemployment is close to twelve place in their life just because percent.” they have so many demands. Sanders continued by And a lot of people feel cut saying that youth unemploy-
ment is at 20 percent and African-American unemployment is around 30 percent. Sanders said, “Your generation, for those of you that are students, will in all liketion in the modern history of America to have a lower standard of living than your parents.” In order to create jobs, Sanders said, “The world of infrastructure, like roads, bridges, water systems and wastewater systems, we
need about three-trillion dollars worth of work to repair these.” Sanders explained if the country spent one-third of that then about 13 million jobs would be created. Sanders stated that minimum wage increase is important to increase the standard of living. He also stated the trade policy needs to be changed. According to Sanders, free trade with China has eliminated about 60,000 factories in the United States. Sanders explained if the U.S. were to bring those factories back and cut-off the amount of trade, then the jobs would be created in the United States. Sanders explained that Denmark and other countries around the world guarantee health care to its citizens, while the U.S. is the only country that does not. Sanders said the reasoning for young people’s inactivity is that today’s culture is about sports and partying, not things such as politics. “That is not an accident, because people do not want young people to vote. And so we don’t hear about things in the media, serious discussion about serious issues, and that’s one of the reasons,” Sanders continued. Suzanne Buckley, a community member, said about the inactivity of young people that, “They perhaps don’t see the immediacy or long history of this country in terms of its evolution and it’s need to be aware of the issues.” She explained that technology today could be a tool that helps these young people become more involved though. Buckley stated, “It’s really a matter of choice, what do I need to know and how do I Jeff Lunn can be contacted Jeffrey.Lunn@ksc.keene.edu
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Nintendo celebrates 25 years of creating home entertainment magic JOESPH JOWETT
Equinox Staff In September Nintendo celebrated its 125th anniversary. If this seems like a remarkably long time for a game developer to be around, that is because the core focus of Nintendo has changed over the years. Long before Shigeru Miyamato made such classic games as Mario and Zelda, Nintendo was making its name as a playing card company. Thomas Whitehead of Nintendolife.com said, “It was a company that thrived on the hanafuda playing card craze in Japan.” Over the years Nintendo would experiment in different areas of business. It would eventually discover success in the arena of game developing. Their first major breakthrough would be the development of the Game & Watch, the first handheld gaming system that Nintendo developed. It did not feature interchangeable games and thus only had one playable game. In 1985 Nintendo would make the Nintendo Entertainment System, the company’s first home console. The system would become wildly successful, selling over 60 million consoles worldwide, according to Nintendo.com’s archives. In 1983 the entire video game market crashed. Various reasons contributed to the crash, but the most commonly cited, according to denofgeek.us, was the “sudden influx of both rival consoles and hurriedly-produced videogames.” Nintendo was able to overcome this crash. The system came bundled with Super Mario Bros. Mario Bros.
was one of Nintendo’s biggest games of the time, selling over 40 million according to Gamecubical. com. Mario would become an icon of the company after the game’s popularity. Student Ken Redden recalled, “I used to be so obsessed with Mario Bros. that I was Luigi for Halloween two years in a row.” One achievement of the Nintendo Entertainment System was the idea of third party developers. Nintendo would let other game developers make games for their console. This was a break from traditional in-house development of games and would revitalize the gaming industry. While Super Mario Bros. continued the adventure of Mario and his brother Luigi, Nintendo would also be developing other iconic games such as The Legend of Zelda. Zelda would feature the adventure of Link, a green-dressed swordsman that would become an icon and feature a game on every Nintendo gaming platform. KSC student Evan Merril said, “Link is my favorite character.” In 1989 Nintendo would release the handheld system, the Game Boy according to Nintendo company history. This handheld device would improve upon the earlier Game & Watch and feature a cartridge slot of multiple games. With the advent of higher 64-bit technology and 3D graphics, Nintendo created the N64 in 1996. Another Japanese game developer, Sony, released a console two years prior and thus would begin a rivalry between the two developers for the same market. People remember the console fondly. Merrill stated, “It brought
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myself and my friends together.” to come out of Nintendo would “It was the first real video be the console the Wii. Featurgame system I had,” KSC student ing motion controls, the console Raleigh Tacy said, “And it was a would be a big hit in international good way to distract myself, along markets. with being incredibly fun.” The innovation in motion conThe next major innovation trols would eventually make its
way onto other consoles in the Tacy added, “It’s always form of the XBox Connect and the simple fun, not over complicated PlayStation motion controller. but far from easy, and it gets you The Wii has become a hot seller involved quickly into the game.” and continues the legacy of family friendly entertainment, according Joesph Jowett can be contacted at to nintendo.com. jjowett@keene-equinox.com
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tive than ever before, yet they are also working longer hours than ever before. “Common sense might suggest that if you are producing more, you are either making more money or you are working fewer hours,” Sanders said, “That is not, needless to say, happening in America.” According to Sanders, since 1999, a family with a median income has seen a decrease of income by $5,000 and last year that same family earned $500 less than they would have 25 years ago. “If technology is a good thing and we’re more productive, where is that increased wealth going?” Sanders asked. He said the wealthiest families and corporations in America have never had it as good as they do right now. “Today in America, the top one percent own thirty-seven percent of the wealth in America,” Sanders said, “Who wants to guess what the bottom sixty percent of people own? It’s 1.7 percent.” Sanders presented many startling statistics highlighting the inequality of wealth distribution in the U.S. today, including that the Walton family owns more wealth than the lower 40 percent of Americans. “According to a new Forbes Magazine report, the four-hundred wealthiest Americans are now worth 2.3 trillion dollars. Their combined wealth grew last year by two-hundred-seventy-billion dollars, a thirteen percent increase in wealth for the top fourhundred wealthiest people in this country,” Sanders said. He said that one-in-four corporations pay no fedHANNAH RETTIG / EQUINOX STAFF eral income taxes and some even receive tax rebates. Sen. Sanders (I-Verm.) voiced his ideas about wage reform, tax reform and income inequality in This type of wealth inequality is not only an ecoCentennial Hall at Keene State College. nomic issue, but also a moral issue, Sanders said. “When you have tens of millions of Ameri“You are moving toward a time when a handful create a federal work program, he said, and the way cans who have no disposable income, they are not of billionaires, led by the Koch brothers, will be able to do it is through investing in necessary infrastrucbuying products or utilizing services which create to significantly control the political life in this coun- ture repairs. Sanders said the American Society of jobs. There is only so much that the rich can buy,” he try,” Sanders said. Sanders strongly opposes Citizens Civil Engineers reports that America has a $3 trillion said. The political side of wealth inequality can be United and is currently working with other senators infrastructure deficit. “If we invested one-trillion seen through the passing of Citizens United, which to pass a constitutional amendment to overturn it. dollars into infrastructure improvements it would allows wealthy investors to give as much money to Sanders did not just talk about the negatives in create thirteen-million decent-paying jobs in the as many different political campaigns as they desire, America today, he also presented some ideas to create U.S.,” he said. as long they are independent expenditures, Sanders a better future. Sanders also said there is a strong need for wage explained. One way to create a mass amount of jobs is to reform because millions of Americans are working at
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“I will be voting in N.Y. I don’t find it necessary to vote where I don’t live as I don’t know much about the candidates.”
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starvation level wages. He said there is an effort being made in Washington to raise minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, which he said isn’t necessarily as much as it needs to be, but it would be a big step forward. “People making seven-and-a-quarter, eight-bucks, start making [$]10.10. People making ten dollars go to twelve dollars or thirteen dollars,” he said, “That would be a pay raise for over twenty-five million Americans — the people who need it the most.” Sanders also stressed the need for trade reform in the U.S. to bring jobs back from overseas. He said he believes reforming trade policy and placing tariffs on products being imported to the U.S. could make corporations bring back millions of jobs to America. He also stressed that getting involved and becoming educated in politics is essential to changing our nation. Max Stahl, the director of Political Engagement for Democracy Matters, said he got involved with the Obama campaign in 2007 and saw firsthand how powerful a grassroots movement can be. “I was on the ground early and I saw it build from nothing, so that kind of taught me the power of organizing,” Stahl said. Linda Horan, the retired vice president and current recording secretary of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers #2320 said political education starts on a person-to-person level and young people need to get involved. “I think it’s education one-byone, I talk to you, you talk to somebody else,” Horan said. Horan said that even with all the current issues facing America, she believes the younger generation will step up and fix our country.
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Jok Leek Sophomore Undecided
“Yes, I feel my vote will make the difference and will also be a good example for others.”
Jessica Vandevord First-Year Chemistry
“No, I am not voting. Politics just aren’t how I think change can most successfully brought about.”
Frederick Gilbert III Senior Health Sciences
“Yes, I don’t like the current politicians.”
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Sophia Olsen Sophomore Women and Gender Studies
“Yes, I feel it is my duty to vote as a New Hampshire resident”
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Tis the season for political ads littering our every source of social media. Nearly every commercial break on TV includes a clip about why we should not vote for this particular politician. If we are browsing the internet, it is not unlikely that we come across a pop-up ad trying to sway us into either voting for or voting against a particular candidate. Needless to say, we are probably all experiencing a bombardment of political advertisements. Avoiding these advertisements is nearly impossible, as they will eventually show up somewhere whether or not we care about politics; it is all around us. Although these ads may not be particularly convincing and may sometimes seem over-the-top, they at least expose us to the people who are running. As a result, a decision may be made that these politics are actually important to look into. The Equinox believes that although this may seem like an annoyance, there is importance and logic behind it. Maybe these advertisements are silly and sometimes inaccurate, but by viewing these commercials the idea of voting is planted in our heads. The viewer becomes aware of these politicians’ names, and this should ignite the interest in actually looking up the person and seeing where they stand on all kinds of topics that are hot for debate right now. The Equinox strongly encourages people to get out there and exercise their right to vote. With that said, we also believe that we should not be voting blindly. If we want to have a say in how things operate where we live, then we should become knowledgeable about what the potential people in charge have to say and what rules and regulations they want to set in place. as possible and really start to get involved in politics. to run smoothly where you live, you should decide who would best be in charge and then get out there and make your vote count. Do you care about women’s rights? Equal rights? The economy or minimum wage? Vote—whether into into politics or not--you are the one who can make a We also encourage students to recognize that voting is much more than There is a person with all kinds of beliefs and ideas that they want to set in place and it is important that we know this person and his or her beliefs. We do not believe that it is wise to simply vote for someone merely because that the political spectrum. This does not exempt you from looking up more conservative politicians and researching their policies as well. You may be surprised
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walls, desks and the streets. But just because it’s on my skin, I “look unprofessional.” You could argue that it’s not discrimination because the dress code has everything to do with the employer and not the employee. But I would say if a tattoo was my choice, then it doesn’t make me a bad person or less capable of anything. What I want to know is who was
In today’s working community, having a tattoo that is visible during work hours is frowned upon and sometimes deemed unprofessional. In my opinion, this is an example of discrimination. We have a right to do whatever we want with our bodies and the fact that a tattoo could keep me from getting a job just makes no work here because you have a tattoo.” In my opinion that’s discrimination. then why does it matter? A tattoo It’s basically saying, “You can’t work is just art that is on my skin. Every- here because you are African Amerwhere you walk, there is art on the ican, or Asian, etc.” There is liter-
ally no logic behind it. When you go in for a job interview, if you have a tattoo you automatically are associated with bad people. It’s being prejudice towards anyone who decided to get art on their body. I have a tattoo, but chose to get it in a place where it is hidden with a shirt on. I would get more but unfortunately it could possibly keep me from getting a job and with the job market already being extremely competitive, I do not need anything extra to make it harder. If you have a tattoo that doesn’t show, you are in luck. In most cases, the employer isn’t against body art; he/she simply
business. But here’s the part that conon the business? The only reason it is again, like I said before, because people are prejudiced toward them. I get everyone has his or her own But you could keep that opinion to yourself and still hire that person because a tattoo isn’t going to make them any less of a worker than someone without tattoos. Cyrus Lyons can be contacted at clyons@keene-equinox.com
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water bottles, stuff like that. The weather’s nice, the campus is beautiful and the music sets a good mood. As cliché as it might sound, just with that, it’s obvious that the Ecology Club is doing their job. I don’t know a lot about [The Ecology Club] but just this atmosphere makes me care about the environment and appreciate all this.” Sartini continued, “I spoke with a few of the guys who helped organize it and I actually think what they’re doing is pretty neat. I might try and get involved somehow in the Keene community. They’ve got a good idea.” The strong efforts of KSC’s Ecology Club are per-
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sistent and effective. All types of students are getting involved, many of those who aren’t an environmental studies major, according to Olson. The Ecology Club continues to plan for future events, such as Solar Fest, according to Olson. He said, “I’m thrilled with today’s outcome. People are having a good time and they’re appreciating everything we’ve got here. That’s all we can really ask for; that’s success. What our campus, our community and our Earth has is beautiful and we need to make sure that we are respecting it and taking good of ourselves and the environment.” Eleanor Marshall can be contacted at emarshall@keene-equinox.com
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Tables set up at Harvest Fest give students a chance to talk about environmental issues and support the cause behind the KSC Campus Ecology Club.
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For Kuzma, helping others is one perk. “You get free snacks,” Kuzma added, “If you’re a broke college student, you can always just donate blood and get free snacks.” For those who donate, it’s a routine that tends to follow them through life. Russ Cobb, a web administrator at KSC, started donating on a regular basis about seven years ago when he was 40. Cobb said he felt somewhat obligated to donate blood. “It’s the kind of thing you do when you’re a member of a community,” Cobb explained, “People need blood. That’s really about it.” Cobb said that he enjoys donating blood and has also never had an issue with his experiences. “Occasionally there’s a lengthy wait,” Cobb noted, “But other than that it’s a piece of cake.” drive that Cobb has attended and he said he would be coming back. “I like giving blood here at the college,” Cobb continued, “It’s really convenient and quick.” Like Cobb, other blood-donating veterans attended, showing that students were not the only ones who stopped by the Mabel Brown Room last Wednesday for the blood drive. Brett Thelen, a science director for the Harris Center for Conservation Education, works closely with KSC students in the environmental studies department. Thelen said she was inspired by how many students she saw donating. “They’re all taking time out of their days to help others out,” Thelen explained, “I think it’s a great thing to do if you’re able to do it.” For Thelen, who has been donating blood for almost 20 years, it’s a donation she feels the need to make. “It’s something I have that other people need,” Thelen explained. Each year, more than 200,000 blood drives are held by the Red Cross, who states that one donation can potentially save up to three lives, according to the Red Cross website. “If me or anyone I love ever needed [blood], I would hope that there are people who would donate for them,” Thelen said of why she donates, “I’m just paying it forward.” Jill Giambruno can be contacted jgiambruno@keene-equinox.com
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recognize a lot of you and I didn’t see a lot of you and I’m heartened by the reality. We certainly participated, there’s no question overall spirit of this college.” Huot continued, “I saw our students and [residence assistants] helping the wounded, I saw people making sure others got to safe ground, I saw many of you huddled in groups expressing your astonishment, I saw a lot of you walking the other way trying to stay out of the area and also taking care of each other. I heard [the students] saying to each other … ‘This isn’t what we want to be a part of.’ All those things are really positive other and your home.” Director of Campus Safety, Amanda Guthorn, said, “I am so impressed and humbled by our students and how great they are.” On Saturday, Guthorn said she saw acts of kindness all day from KSC students and faculty, one of which included a young woman escorting an injured person to the emergency medical technicians [EMTs], without even knowing who the injured person was. Others included students working in the student center to provide a safe spot for those seeking shelter. People in the dining
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On Wednesday, Oct. 22, Keene State College hosted an American Red Cross blood drive from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Mabel Brown Room for students and members of the community.
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Senior Erika DiMaggio smiles while donating blood at KSC.
“I just wanted everyone to be safe, it was chaotic and I couldn’t even enjoy myself,” Piro said. Piro continued, “They really needed help and couldn’t just brush it off. I would want the same for me if I were ever in a medical situation.” Piro said he would have probably recognized if the people in his yard or the ones he helped were from KSC, “It’s a small community, even if you don’t know them you’ve seen them around,” Piro said, “It’s like a bigger high school where you live with these people.” “I’ve never met a student [at KSC] that seems so cold hearted that they wouldn’t help out someone in that situation,” Piro said, “Majority of people I’ve meet here are so friendly. They are always helping and making sure everyone is having a good time.” Other KSC students helped on the day of Pumpkin Fest. Brett Lancaster and Emma Clason, KSC students and Spaulding Gym employees, worked a shift together Saturday of Pumpkin Fest that started around one. They both said it was slow until two hours into their shift when they got a call from Campus Safety saying that they had to shut down the gym. “They turned the halls of the gym into a Clason and Lancaster are both CPR and pared and wanted to help. Clason said she and Lancaster got introduced to the head of EMT, who asked them to bring any supplies the gym had. Lancaster said they brought medical kits, blankets, towels, gauze and gloves. He said the patients who came in had lacerations caused from bottles and glass at the Winchester Court party, some injuries being more serious than others. Clason said a patient she worked with ended up having to go to the hospital. “I went into the bathroom with her to see if she was okay, I was trying to talk to her and get her information when she started throwing up,” Clason said.
EMTs working in the Spaulding Gym. In addition, two students in the gym got medical supplies and helped out the EMTs. “There were times like that all night long, but those are ones that stick out for me,” Guthorn said. KSC Senior Nick Piro said he helped two people who he didn’t recognize get medical attention. “I saw a kid stumbling on the bike path and his friends were helping hold him up. My girlfriend, who is a nursing student, noticed and pointed it out, she said ‘He needs to get to a hospital.’ I went over to kids helping him and told them that. I helped them get the kid to the EMTs. He was not moving at all, not functioning, just unconscious, when Clason climbed under the bathroom stall to unlock the door and check her before she went to get other mediwhere EMT[s] were,” Piro said. cal help. He took someone else to the EMT who When Lancaster and Clason worked had “blood pouring from his head from a with patients, Clason said, “The EMTs bottle. He was conscious and appreciative always showed us what to do before leaving that I helped him out,” Piro said. us on our own to help patients.” “It’s a scary situation, being hit in the Lancaster said he sat with patients and head like that. I just wanted to help out, it’s because they saw him as a student and not supposed to be a war zone on Pumpkin not someone with authority, they felt more Fest, it was scary,” Piro said. comfortable with him and were able to calm Piro, who lives on Winchester Court, down. He said some patients were hysterical, said he didn’t recognize people who were in shock, in pain, intoxicated and scared. hurt, but felt like he needed to help in any Although there were times during the way he could. day when there were more patients than
An American Red Cross employee handles the samples of blood donations as they come in.
EMTs, Clarson said after two hours of helping it became much less crowded and their help was no longer needed, but they were happy they could help when it was needed. Along with helping students, KSC students also tried to help police in any way they could. Ryan Darby, owner of a house on the corner of Blake St. and Winchester St., said around 2 p.m. and stayed there for about 12 hours. Darby said around 9 p.m., “We gave two cases of water to police after rioters threw tear gas and pepper spray bombs back in their direction.” He said the police were coughing and wiping their eyes while trying to stay focused on doing their job, along with dealing with profanity and being the targets of bottles. Darby said they also gave the dog that was with the police water because the pepper spray affected him. “They made sure the area was as safe as it could be at a time like that, and since they were there they were also protecting our house,” Darby said. Darby said even if it was just a small act of kindness, they tried to help them in any way they could. He said the police were very appreciative and nice toward them and that he and his roommates apologized to the police plenty of times on behalf of KSC students. “I honestly didn’t know one person who was in that riot or acting that way towards the cops,” Darby said, “Everyone I know was smart enough to stay away.” Along with helping cops, KSC students also looked out for each other. Bobby Graham, KSC Student Body President said, “We had been working with the night manager [of the L.P. Young Student Center], Scott, by running a safe house out of the student center. We locked all the doors besides one and wouldn’t let people in unless they went here or really needed help. There were a lot of people trying to come in, especially after they were tear gassed.” There were about 15 people at a time rotating in and out of the safe house, according to Graham. down around midnight, he was walking someone home from the student center when the riots started to end. This is when he got the idea for the clean up. Graham said when he got back to the student center around 12:35 a.m. Sunday morning, “Everyone who was left in the stuting it on social media and calling everyone we knew.” Graham continued, “It was pretty incredible because we were only working it exploded on social media.”
They posted to Yik Yak, Facebook, Twitter and made phone calls to get the word out, according to Graham. Ryan Scrivano, student trustee, was also there for the planning of the clean up. He was in the student center for safety
hugging my staff.” Now, in the wake of Pumpkin Fest, KSC students are looking to move forward. President Huot said, “We are going to come through this even stronger, but we have to take this as an opportunity and to leverage it, and see the silver lining in the terrible things that happened, it’s a chance for you to stand up … and we’re going to work with you.” Graham said, “People have been coming to me all week with ideas and rudimentary game plans on how we can restore our image.” He said students are taking things into their own hands to make them happen. “Everyone is really taking accountability for the pride they have in KSC — not just accepting it, but doing something about it,” Graham said. KSC sophomore Nick Tornatore held his
people rioting in the parking lot and on campus around the student center. “We knew we had to help this community because in the morning it was going to be a mess,” Scrivano said. “By 10 [a.m.] there were a few hundred students that came out,” Graham said. The grounds crew gave them buckets that were used for Pumpkin Lobotomy and rolling trash cans for garbage. “I saw a lot of trash bags and I honestly have no idea where they came from, people just started bringing them out of their houses to use to clean up, people brought brooms and whatever they had to help,” Graham said. organization, on Wednesday, Oct. 22. Sara Bracken, a senior on the softball There were about 55 people in attenteam, said, “Originally [Saturday night] we dance. In the future Tornatore will eventusaid we were going to clean up our yard and ally hold concerts and fundraisers. Davis Street. Before the night even began it Tornatore said he aims to “try to raise vibration of this place [KSC] because energy Bracken said she and some teammates is pretty low. I’m hoping to bring people started cleaning Davis St. around 9 a.m. together and create a space that we can all before they had heard about the scheduled just come together and talk about what we clean up. want to do coming out from this.” “There were already so many people out Tornatore said he advises people to there at 9 [a.m.], on [the] corner of Blake and “speak up. People have ideas and they’re Davis, sweeping and picking up garbage,” afraid to speak them …[people] have ideas Bracken said. that could possibly change the life of this When the team heard about the sched- campus.” uled clean up from their athletic director, Student Body President Graham they met outside of Hoot ‘n’ Scoot. explained, “Our motto is ‘Wisdom to Make “Every sports team, plus hundreds of stu- a Difference’ and you can see everyone dents were out there cleaning when they doing exactly that in the aftermath of what could have been sleeping in on Pumpkin happened Saturday.” Fest weekend,” Bracken said. Graham has plans to make every Friday Bracken said she and her group helped “Red and White Day,” where students wear because, “None of us were a part of the riot- KSC colors to show school pride. ing and we all felt extremely disgusted and Nick Piro said, “This one event did not embarrassed by the situation that we didn’t show our true colors, I think we’re going to even hesitate when we thought about help- rise above it and restore our name and our ing in the morning.” values.” “People that were there wanted to help, I “We are Keene State, we’re the same colsaw people I would never expect to want to lege today as we were the Friday before all pick up trash just to show their respect for this; same teachers, same staff, same stuthe school,” Bracken said. dents, I don’t want them to lose sight of that. Scrivano said, “Even though we didn’t We’re not a worse college because of that, do it we had to help out; it’s our town, we if anything we’ve taken that and become a live here. They [rioters and visitors] can better college,” Graham said. leave but it’s us who it’s going to impact. We Graham said he thinks KSC is a better didn’t do it for a political statement, we actu- college because students are taking initiaally care about the town and wanted to feel tive to make changes instead of relying on others. step.” “Passion, a lot of passion, can be derived Scrivano said within an hour-and-a-half from anger,” Graham said, “And we were of the clean up a large portion of the gar- very angry about what happened to our bage was cleaned up in the community. community, our home and everything we Amanda Guthorn said, “Students keep take pride in.” coming up and thanking us, shaking our hands, [Sunday] students dropped off a nice Taylor Thomas can be contacted hand-written note and donuts and were at tthomas@keene-equinox.com
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Employed students must balance schedule accordingly ELEANOR MARSHALL
Equinox Staff Taking four classes, a full semester load, at Keene State College is considered a full-time job by some, but some students balance studying while working a job as well. There are many jobs available for students on campus, through work study as well as jobs off-campus in the town of Keene. Some of these working students are paying for their college tuition themselves, others are working to cover living expenses and spending money. College is expensive, as is affording a comfortable living. KSC student Jen Latvis said she works while studying because she is working on gaining independence. “I work in order to afford living off-campus, independently from my parents. I love them but I don't want to rely on them. So I guess it’s so that I can acclimate myself slowly to independent adulthood,” Latvis said. Ryan Cathcart, a senior at KSC, said he works off campus about 15 hours a week. “I need to pay for bills and I also try to save for future endeavors,” Cathcart said. KSC provides many outlets for students who need help looking for
ule around my classes and studying,” Gagliardi said. Shannon Summers, a student at KSC and also an athlete playing women’s soccer and diving for the women’s swimming and diving team, said she works both on campus and off. “I work off-campus downtown. Downtown is convenient because it’s so close to campus and my apartment. I’m lucky enough to also have an on-campus job through ODS [note-taking],” Summers said. For students ineligible for the Federal Work Study Program, there are still other on-campus employment opportunities with the same The Cheshire Career and Advising Center at Keene State College also offers help to students seeking work. Appointments are available for help with resume and cover letter writing, interview practicing and more. There is also a program called JobWISE, where employers upload their job openings and opportunities, according to KSC’s website. Working while in school is a balancing act. Students have to manage their time between classes, work and studying.
website. For those eligible, KSC has a Federal Work Study Program, where students work an average of ten hours a week during the regular semester. “Typical jobs are found in the sium, student center and residence halls, in positions such as student assistant, library assistant, grounds crew, lifeguard, residence night attendant and intramural activities
school, work, club sports and my dwindling social life. And I still vation to do homework after working a double. Or getting up early when all I want is to sleep in, leaving downtime as a rare commodity,” Latvis said. Latvis continued, “Thankfully cult so far, but as I get deeper into my junior year my registration time proves to be more stressful, because I want to work and I want money but I sometimes need to remind myself
website. These work study hours help students who need to work in order to afford college. “I work on campus because I have work study,” Nick Gagliardi, a junior at KSC, said. According to Gagliardi, he works about ten hours a week at Keene State for the Federal Work Study Program. “The college is really good about helping me arrange my work sched-
That's probably the hardest part for me; remembering that I'm in school to get a good job, that my studies are expensive but I would be wasting my money that I work so hard for if I work too hard,” Latvis said. “I planned my work availability around my class schedule so I can still go to all the classes. My work load varies from week to week. Sometimes I can have a really stressful week, but others I’m okay. Right now, I’m only taking three classes
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so that’s making it a little bit easier than semesters in the past,” Cathcart said. “Work allows me to plan my schedule around classes and practice, which is actually very fortunate for me because I don't have much free time as it is, so they're very understanding when it comes
to that,” Summers said. Gagliardi added, “The hardest
here to earn their respective degrees. Keene State College offers services to help assist these students along study and do my homework. It’s doable but can be stressful at times.” cial website, KSC strives for the idea These students are working to of giving students the “Wisdom to pay for college and earn enough make a difference.” to live, all while remembering that While focusing on their education and still working a job and
Courage abroad helps student out of comfort zone (Cont. from A10)
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York St. John univErSitY, England studying abroad is. All experiences of going away are very different. What they all have in common though, is the remarkable and lifelong rewards. Just the idea of studying abroad itself seems amazing; the tangible experience greatly exceeds all expectations. Prior to taking off I believed I had a good idea of what was in store. Truth is — I had no clue. No matter the research or expectations, I ensure you that it will be more life changing than you could imagine. I have been in York, England for just over a month now and I could rant for hours about every little thing. Coming abroad takes courage. I am such a nervous person and promised myself that I would force myself out of my comfort zone and just simply enjoy. What surprised me was how quickly it took me to feel completely comfortable and happy here. Yes, I am still adapting, that will continue, but that is all the fun.
“It is one big, crazy dream.” -SALLY GIROUARD KSC STUDENT
welcomed me with such kindness. My favorite part of traveling is getting to know new people. Yes, studying abroad allows you to gain a new perspective and experience different culture but it’s so much more. Not only am I immersed in a new way of life but I am learning as well as teaching. Teachers, students, friends and strangers ask about life in the United States. They are fascinated by our world just like I am fascinated by this world. I have reversed stereotypes, put myths to to say about my home. I have already developed a new awareness of my place in the world that I did not have before. Every day here, whether I just go to class or hang out with friends around town, is subtly powerful. Studying abroad allows me to fully learn about culture compared to a vacation or visit. One of the funniest things is being here a month and catching myself using their lingo like CONTRIBUTED PHOTO it’s my own. My fellow Keene State friends and KSC student Sally Girouard explores the mountains of Ireland during her experience while I have even caught ourselves using words like studying away in York, England not even among our English friends. Many ask if I miss home and I do. It is a very strange feeling that friends and family are resuming life there and here I am living a completely new one. I already have made so many memories and notice the change it has made in me. Yes, I have gotten lost, blown outlets trying to dry my hair, paid with the wrong amount of currency, asked what I’m sure was the stupidest question
and so on — but it’s been so fun. Being in England has also given me the opportunity to travel to many other countries. It is simply the most exciting aspect to me. Just last weekend I went to Dublin, Ireland and saw the Wicklow Mountains. I have never seen a more beautiful place in my life. That I will never forget
the itinerary for November is Rome, Florence and Venice, Italy. To be honest, sometimes I cannot even believe those sentences are coming out of my mouth. No big deal — just headed to Italy for the weekend. It is one big, crazy dream. Everyday is a new experience that builds on my understanding. I would not change studying abroad here in York, England for anything. I am looking forward friends and I are going to Amsterdam. Also on for what the next two months have in store.
Stress is just one issue of mental health. Hansen listed some of the detrimental symptoms of stress. “High levels of anxiety, feelings of depression, abuse of alcohol and drugs, headaches, excessive sleep or insomnia,” Hansen wrote. However, that list goes on. Therefore, managing one’s stress and the sources of that tension is imperative to a student’s health. KSC Senior Sean Morrissey explained various ways he manages his stress. “I think balance is really important. I try and get my work done early so I can hang out with friends at night,” Morrissey said, de-stress and clear my head.” Stacy Brice, an expert on relationships and work and life balance, has given students a list of strategies for managing stress in her article “10 Ways to Manage Stress in College” on powertochange.com. Brice emphasizes positivity and surrounding yourself with helpful people and a safe environment in order to ease the stress of a heavy workimpending career decision. Brice makes suggestions not only about the people and environment students choose to surround themselves with, but also about how they should treat themselves. “Reward yourself ... Nurturing your spirit is a great way to help you reduce stress. Take time to do things that reward you, every day,” Brice wrote. Morrissey agreed and said that entertaining himself with leisurely activities was one way he felt he was really able to reduce stress. just sit back sometimes. Maybe
earning their way into the adult world, these students are pressed to make a difference in their own lives as well as using their knowledge in their working world, and using their skills in their classrooms. Eleanor Marshall can be contacted at emarshall@keene-equinox.com
playing video games and spending time with friends isn’t the most productive thing I could be doing, but it helps to keep the burden of classes and graduating soon under control,” Morrissey said. KSC Junior Ian Lemley explained that exercising typically helps reduce his stress. “I always make time for the gym, no matter my workload. As you move through college, the stress adds up. You’re expected do for the rest of your life, while also completing all of these research papers and exams,” Lemley said. tance of exercising in order to manage a student’s stress. “Exercise releases endorphins, which have been shown to improve one’s mood, making it a great way to deal with stress,” Brice wrote. Lemley explained that working out has recently become his primary outlet for stress. “If I have a huge paper to write, I’ll go to the gym beforehand to clear my head. It’s something positive for me to focus on for a few hours and helps to improve my mood,” Lemley said. Bratberg also revealed her main strategy for relieving stress. “Sometimes just venting to a friend can be really helpful. Explaining your stressors and having the support of someone close to you usually makes me feel better,” Bratberg said. Although stress for college students is virtually inevitable, according to Dr. Hansen, there are many healthy ways students can ease the hardship of managing their heavy workloads, maintaining relationships with friends and family and controlAryanah Haydu can be contacted at ahaydu@keene-equinox.com
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Keene State College Campus Ecology Club planned an event to show students the promise they have to help and spread awareness about the environment. KSC held the Harvest Fest on Saturday, Oct. 25 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on campus at Oya Hill, near the freshmen dorms and KSC’s Dining Commons. Live musicians, vendors and guests all gathered around to enjoy the fall afternoon. Ecology is all about the biology of organisms’ relationships with one another, as well as the political movement to protect such, according to the online Google Dictionary. Andrew Olson, secretary of the Campus Ecology executive board said, “Harvest Fest is a way for students to get together and enjoy live, local music and learn a bit about what we do. We also have vendors and tables out from other clubs on campus.” KSC Campus Ecology Club is a group on campus that actively works to create more environmental activity and raise awareness about the environment.
"Let it be a story, not an incident," Keene State College Student Body President Bobby Graham, said, "As far as the blame game, I don't care about who did it, I don’t care if it wasn’t us, this is our city, this is our home and we had a piece of our home taken from us and it’s up to us and only us to take it back.” Graham continued, “The stories that were covered Saturday night were exactly what the media would cover because that’s what is going to sell … but at the same time there is a lot of value in journalism that captures the whole picture, not just instances.” According to the The Campus Crime (Clery) Report, “Keene State College is located in the City of Keene, a quiet New England city of 25,000 residents, with a relatively low crime rate.” However, the media has portrayed KSC students as “rioters” and shown numbers such as 84 arrests, one car overturned, two dumpsters overturned and more than 30 people with injuries, according to Boston Globe, but there are numbers they haven’t seen. According to the President’s Community Service Honor Roll, in the last academic year (2013-14) KSC students did a total of 75,713 service hours. Jessica Gagne Cloutier, coordinator of community services at KSC, said in the 2013-14 academic year students raised $37,000 for Relay for Life and Saint Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, donated 230 pints of blood to the Red Cross, spent over 800 hours tutoring children in reading skills and sent more than 100 students to work with the Alternative Spring Break program which resulted in more than 3,300 hours of donated time. Oct. 10, just eight days before Pumpkin Fest, Community Service Day at KSC had the biggest event thus far, according to Cloutier. Those sets of numbers are two opposite ends of the spectrum. KSC students admitted they aren’t trying to claim they are strait-laced. “It’s not like we don’t party, we party almost every weekend,” KSC senior Ryan Darby said, “But we do it appropriately and we respect the police, respect each other and respect our home. It is never like this.” President Anne Huot spoke of the events that surrounded this past Pumpkin Fest and said that although she knows KSC students took part, she does not think KSC students were the ones who caused many of the problems. Huot said, “I was out there early Saturday morning, I was out there all day Saturday and Saturday evening. I
projects that create a more environmentally friendly world,” Olson said. Olson continued, “We host Solar Fest in the spring and bring in [a] solar panel van to power everything. We also work closely, and have been for about six months, on a divestment campaign, which is to stop universities and colleges from investing in fossil fuels. Our focus is mainly with KSC and keeping our campus as environmentally sound as possible.” Some tables included the Geology Club, Fair Trade Club, NextGen Climate New Hampshire and 350NH. 350NH is a Club often works with. states, “350NH is dedicated to bringing climate change to the forefront to the minds of those who live, work, and play in New Hampshire. The mission of 350NH is to support New Hampshire’s environment, society, and economy by reducing CO2 emissions to a level below 350 parts per million. Our goals are to promote the use of clean and renewable energy sources and to phase out polluting and non-renewable energy sources.” A major part of the event was the music. Five bands played, most were local and all were from the New England area, OLIVIA SCHIAFFO / EQUINOX STAFF according to Olson. (Above): Keene State College Campus Ecology Club hosts the Harvest Fest on Oya Hill on Oct. 25 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Olson said, “We know a lot of these (Inset): KSC students enjoy local musicians at the festival. bands just from previous connections. Many have played for events on campus She said, “It’s a beautiful day, I love lis- gave a way for students who share similar “My friends and I decided to come and before, or we know them from concerts, tening to local music — TheColorOrange values to get involved, according to Picone. listen in. The live music is great. I thought some we’re even friends with.” is actually a band from Keene State and Community members found their way it was just going to be a regular outdoor, One student, Allison Picone, found out they’re incredible. I’m supporting campus to the festival, many because of the local patio-style concert, but it’s a lot more than about the festival because she is a member events but this whole event is beautiful.” musicians’ advertisements. that,” Sartini said. KSC’s Fair Trade Club. Having information available to stuKeene resident Nick Sartini said he Sartini continued, “I checked out the The club held a table booth at the event, dents during the Harvest Fest helped boost heard about Harvest Fest because TheColo- tables, the Ecology Club gave out reusable and Picone was there for support but also to students’ interest in the environment and rOrange were playing. enjoy the music. » HARVEST FEST, A7
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Coping with stress through managing time KSC campus contributes ARYANAH HAYDU
Equinox Staff As Keene State College students stretch through the semester, assignments are piling up and exams are looming overhead. Stress levels within the student body also increase as the school year progresses. Jessica Bratberg, a sophomore at KSC, explained a few of the stressors she has recently experienced. lenging this year as opposed to my freshman year. Managing my workload along with my money, friends and family hasn’t been easy,” Bratberg said. Dr. Randall S. Hansen, writer and founder of the advice website ‘MyCollegeSuccessStory.com,’ discussed the main sources of stress for college students in his article, “Top College Stressors that Affect Academic Performance.” He explained that academic stress, personal stress and relationships with and future career options are the pri-
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“Deciding on a career plan has added a lot of stress this year. As you get older, more serious. It’s scary having to decide what you’re going to do for the rest of your life,” Bratberg said. This feeling is virtually universal for the majority of the Keene State College student body, according to Bratberg. manage it in a healthy way is extremely important, especially because Mental Illness Awareness Week, which ran a couple weeks ago from Oct. 6 to Oct. 12, reminded students of the potential dangers of mental illness. According to the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, or NAMI, this week those with mental disorders and advocate others to sponsor activities and events, large or small, for public education about mental illness.
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Turns out I had a few minutes and was able to just stop by and donate,” Oko said. According to their website, the “The staff is always really nice,” American Red Cross has been run- Oko added of her experiences with ning blood drives across the coun- donating blood. try since 1940 and has become responsible for 40 percent of Amer- a senior at KSC, said she has been ica’s blood supply. donating consistently over the last Keene State College stepped up four years. to do its part by hosting one such blood drive, which was held in the was donating blood. Mabel Brown Room on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014. From 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., said, “I wasn’t doing anything else.” there was a tremendous turnout from students, staff and commu- donated about eight times before nity members alike. the blood drive on Wednesday and Joanna Oko, a senior at KSC, has never had a bad experience. has donated at least ten times since she was 17. to be a win-win situation. “I haven’t donated in quite a “If you can help someone, why while, though I usually donate as wouldn’t you? It only takes like soon as I can,” Oko explained. The process is a relatively quick one, and on Wednesday during the ured I might as well help someone. blood drive Oko was able to stop And it’s free. It costs me nothing to by and donate between classes. “I come here and help someone.” didn’t think I would have time. » BLOOD DRIVE, A8
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Challenging taboos
Student production encourages audience to think critically OLIVIA SCHIAFFO
Equinox Staff Nudity, beastiality, religion and animal abuse made appearances on Keene State College’s stage Oct. 21 to Oct. 25. The play “Equus,” artistically exhibited taboo themes that invited audience members to explore and question social norms. The play centered on possibly schizophrenic 17-year-old Alan Strang, who “goes on an emotional journey,” Taylor Jorgensen, KSC senior and lead in “Equus,” said. In the play, Strang is forced to dissect his mental breakdown after mutilating horses in his care. Throughout his journey, the dark magnitudes of religion, sexuality and devout passion are portrayed. KSC’s unique rendition of “Equus,” directed by Resident Artist Peggy Rae Johnson and Theatre and Dance Professor William Seigh, incorporated dance and artistic moveThe actors playing horses wore iron horse their horse-like mannerisms and majestic composure. Assistant Stage Manager and KSC Junior, Becky Yankowitz, said it’s important to talk about mature topics because they exist. “We need to recognize that change is happening now. Our generation needs to look at how norms are being altered,” she explained. Theatergoers must be willing to face unanswered questions. “Equus” brings up questions but doesn’t answer them. The audience is challenged to reply. This is entertainment that forces its recipients to question taboo staples within hungry for change in their lives,” Jorgensen explained, “This is a good resource for social norm reconstruction.” “It is important to discuss hard topics. If they are ignored out of fear or feeling uncomfortable, we rob ourselves of understanding. To not try and understand something is to live ignorantly, and so many of the world’s problems stem from that. We have to understand people’s opinions so that we can respect them,” Jorgensen added. In the past few years, Keene’s theatre
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Annual Children’s Literature Festival inspires creativity HANNAH SUNDELL
over them with watercolor paint. She uses watercolors From picture books to usually when illustrat- ing, but occasionally uses tion chapter books, this mixed media. year’s Keene State College Children’s Literature Fes- maker and illustrator known published authors. cussed the integration of Each author addressed technology in the world of a full house in the Mabel illustration. Brown Room Saturday, He referred to the tranOct. 25. They gave short sition as, “The great paper biographical stories and caper.” He uses a combinaexplained their process as tion of Photoshop, paper writers. mache, collage and water Many authors gave color to create his illustraadvice to prospective writ- tions. He also hand-writes ers and tips on how they many of his books because, got to where they are now. as he said, he loves the way This year’s guest his handwriting looks. authors were M. T. AnderRecipient of the Keene son, Diane deGroat, Oliver State College Children’s Literature Festival scholarand Pamela Zagarenski ship and sophomore at KSC “I’m picturing you Caroline Plonsky said she all naked,” that is how enjoyed the speakers. author and illustrator “I thought it was really Diane deGroat addressed interesting and I wasn’t the crowd as she took the expecting it to be this podium. funny and I like what they Writer of the “Gilbert have to say,” Plonsky, who and Friends” children’s is majoring in psychology, series, deGroat explained, said. “Authors rewrite their childShe continued, “It’s hood the way they wished pretty cool to hear their it could be and I think I do background and how they that a lot.” got involved in it.” Another guest author, ence illustrating children’s writer of The Norumbebooks was with “Little Rab- gan Quartet series, M.T. bit’s Loose Tooth,” written Anderson, gave humorous by Lucy Bate. anecdotes from his real She attended Pratt Insti- life stories about his family, tute in the mid-sixties and medical troubles and pets. said she was not interested Anderson attended St. in reading until after she Mark’s School, Harvard College, the University of job as a basic reading book Cambridge in England and designer. Syracuse University. Ever since, she has had He recounted explora passion for books and ing the ruins in Detroit, illustration. “That’s our Michigan with author John job, yours and mine, to Green, author of “The Fault show children the power of in Our Stars,” and encourbooks,” deGroat said. aged prospective writers She has also illustrated to, “Explore your eccentricfor authors like Lois Lowry ity, write about what makes and Ree Drummond. She Anderson continued, illustrating during a digital “The best editor for your age versus the non-digital work would be you, if you age. hadn’t read it.” She draws each image on her computer with programs like Photoshop, Born in Port Hedland, Ausprints them out on watercolor paper and then paints » LITERATURE FEST, B3
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Horror entertains Film Society Archive Night Campus Ecology Club brings live music, fellowship and JOSEPH JOWETT
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Attridge said, “I had already seen ‘Vincent’ and that’s always a treat — loween. The past two weeks the good ole’ early Tim Burton.” Putnam has brought to campus
On Oct. 23 it was kept a secret until the last minute what the within this horror tradition. Putnam Theater at Keene State College would be screening, but as the Herbert West and his quest to resurrect the dead. a doctor screaming in pain with When West transfers to a new his eyes exploding into blood; the medical school he meets and audience knew what was in store moves in with Dan Cain. for them. Cain is dating the daughter of Such was the scene that starts the dean. All these people fall prey - to Herbet’s twisted form of science. craft’s Re-Animator,” which was screened at the Putnam Theater’s blood and gore. Attridge further KSC Film Society Archive Night, commented, “It was nice seeing a Thursday, Oct. 23. “Re-Animator” also features Society president, said, “We’ve some comedic scenes that blend horror and comedy. One such scene is of a cat that Because we don’t have the rights to comes back to life and terrorizes it we can’t advertise for it.” Herbert West. The audience chuckThus, it was kept a mystery. led at this scene. Before “Re-Animator” the Lauren Tiefenthaler added, “It Putnam also screened Tim Burton’s was kind of gross, but still a little funny [sic].” that utilized stop motion animation. Burton would later bring this culture that surrounds Halloween. The Putnam adds to this tradiNightmare Before Christmas.” “Vincent” is the story of an to the holiday. unruly child whose thoughts “Re-Animator” and “Vincent” always venture into the macabre. were an extra horror touch to their tion given by Vincent Price, an old Every October the Putnam Audience member James begins to screen more and more
and “The Sacrament.” The Putnam will be showing a double feature of “Frankenstein” and “Dracula” starting Oct. 24. Thursday, Oct. 30 will feature two programs at the Putnam. The Richard Tuohy. This program will start at 7 p.m. and is free and open to the public. The second program of the night starts at 9:30 p.m. and is a double dollars for KSC students. Finally, on Halloween night, the Redfern Arts Center will be playing “The Phantom of the Opera,” the 1925 classic starring Lon Chaney. It will be accompanied by live score played by The Alloy Orchestra. Horror may not end in October though, as the Keene State Film Society will be trying to get a print of “Let The Right One In,” a 2008 Swedish vampire movie which was remade in 2010 in America as “Let Me In.” have to be older because now nothJoseph Jowett can be contacted at jjowett@keene-equinox.com
environmental enlightenment to Keene State College CAROLINE ALM
a&E Editor Saturday, Oct. 25, Keene State College’s Campus Ecology Club hosted their annual Harvest Festival on Oya Hill, right outside the Zorn Dining Commons. The festival included a tie-dying table, henna tattoos, and the bands Roz and the Rice Cakes; The HoneyBears; Jake McKelvie & the Countertops; Forget, Forget and TheColorOrange. Member of the band TheColorOrange, John Remmetter, said that his band has played at Harvest Fest just about every year since 2012. TheColorOrange is comprised of John Remmetter on vocals and guitar, Eric Walker on bass and Zac Johnson on drums, according to the band’s Facebook page. Remmetter stated that the members came to know each other at KSC. “My old band broke up and I was trying to make a new band,” Remmetter explained, “I gave up and then I met those guys at a party and then the next day we jammed and then it worked and now we’re here.” TheColorOrange has traveled recently to play gigs in Portland, M.E., Verm. and Mass. Remmetter explained that the band was leaving right after Harvest Fest to play in Allston, Mass. “We play a lot in Keene — we have a following here now and it’s cool — but we like to see new faces now so we’re trying to get out as much as we can,” Remmetter said. The Harvest Festival Facebook page describes TheColorOrange as “a three-piece Indie band based out of Keene, N.H.,” stating, “They have released one album titled ‘Sprinting’ (that you can download for free on their
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Roz and the Rice Cakes perform on Oya Hill this past Saturday, Oct. 25.
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Comedy god, Bill Murray, shines in ‘St. Vincent’ trouble. Instead, what they got was neighbor with a slew of problems. friendly, but when Maggie needs a babysitter for Oliver, Vincent
and rude, all the while Oliver is nothing but kind. what’s in front of him. At the same MATT BILODEAU
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is the way he is. I’m not going to sit here and act
If I were to choose the closest story like this. thing to a comedy god, it would But I will give it a chance, if have to be Bill Murray. there is fresh talent attached to it Even if people don’t like some and a good screenplay. Bill Murray’s casting locked me he is one of the most iconic comedic in from the get-go. Bill has gained such a great reputation among the years, with a few that nobody has been able to emu- missteps along the way. late. But for the most part, he’s a solid He’s Bill Murray and nobody actor. will ever be able to take that away from him. comedic and dramatic abilities to This week here he is once again, give life to a humorous, but damto prove that he still has it in him, to aged, character. make us laugh and cry at the same Right from the opening, we see time. This is “St. Vincent.” lives his life. But when his new neighbors move in, he’s not expecting to be friendly. move into their new home with no His transition from an old
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grump to a decent human being is Vincent. warranted. Her character adds something The transformation is all done to the story, but the character herthrough character development self is groan-worthy at times. There were next-to-no jokes as well as the people around him. from her that made me laugh or But don’t worry, Bill Murray’s even chuckle. classic sense of humor remains Overall, I believe that it would intact. have been a better idea to revise her character. to remember Melissa McCarthy for Also, while I did feel the heart“Tammy” this year. strings being tugged at, the sentiIt is one of the worst movies to mentality is played a little too much. come out this year, but this proves It’s understandable to have some that she can do more than act like a sweet and heartfelt moments, but of moron with no common sense. course, there are those moments Instead, here she plays a very where they just lay one on top of caring and concerned mother, only another and it becomes too much. looking out for her child. While it’s not a big deal, there She can crack a joke, but she is a sub-plot about Vincent and his always remains a responsible bookie that is dropped about halfJaeden Lieberher is the newenjoyable. Oliver is meant to be smart and have a sense of humor, but he’s also shy and timid. Whenever he has a scene with Bill, he’s able to hold his own. These two have great chemistry together, especially when Murray plays the highly-unorthodox mentor. Amidst all this greatness, there Watts plays a pregnant Russian prostitute that spends time with
It could have been cut out to save time and add more focus to Vincent’s character. missteps, “St. Vincent” is an entertaining experience. Bill Murray manages to display both humor and emotion, with no trouble whatsoever. If you take the family, they may have a good time. Rating: BMatt Bilodeau can be contacted at mbilodeau@keene-equinox.com
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Creature Double Feature MATT BILODEAU
Equinox Staff Dracula: After all these years, nothing gives me the chills more than the opening theme to Universal’s horror classic, “Dracula.” Whenever I try to determine the best stare in cinematic history, it belongs to the one, the only, Bela Lugosi.
Frankenstein While I go on and on praising “Dracula” and what an achievement it was, there was a follow-up that same year that is worthy enough to stand beside it. Thanks to “Dracuversal was ready to release another famous book adaptation about a
porates many of the elements that that will always be on my viewing made “Dracula” so iconic. list. Ever since its original release in With the help of his hunchback 1931, “Dracula” has remained, and always will remain, a true horror classic for the ages. ultimate being, God himself. Both In the land of Transylvania, the passionate about what may come travels to search for a signature of out of this experiment. Once he has not aware of the dark forces that stein prepares himself for the possilie ahead of him. Once he arrives at ble resurrection of his creation. But once the monster runs loose on the streets, leaving havoc in his wake, Once under his control, the Henry decides that he has to be the one to take him out of this world. him across the sea to London. Once Where do you even begin to there, Count Dracula falls into his own ways, by looking to control the body’s great, from the expressive himself. lating Colin Clive. These two have In my eyes, “Dracula” is the great chemistry together as the creator and the creation. Colin plays the acting very theatrical? It is, yet the true archetype of the mad scientist, but is well-aware that he could it makes so much sense. Every time Bela Lugosi shows up on-screen, I one-dimensional monster, but deep always get a chill down my spine. down, everything is a misunderHe doesn’t have to say much, he standing. speaks with his eyes. But when he does talk, he delivers a line that is driven than “Dracula,” yet the tone meant to be iconic. All of the other and atmosphere remain the same. actors do a great job, but I have to as background noise, helps sell this for his haunting performance. and the beautiful matte paintings infancy, there is no soundtrack play- create a dream-like atmosphere that ing in the background. But for some you’re unable to wake up from. This reason, it works tremendously. The time around, I noticed some inspiration from the German Expressionist atmosphere, sets up a creepy vibe movement of the 1920s. that even music couldn’t have done. Director James Whale did a marWatching the fog descend upon the velous job of putting together an nighttime sets, is absolutely beauti- all-star cast and an intriguing story. ful to look at. Director Tod Browning creates a luscious mise-en-scene that many to this very day. So, come Hallowhorror directors have tried to top for een night, pull up a chair, dig into years. Except for another “monster” right after, nobody has reached his potential. “Dracula” rose to the top Rating: A+ and has remained there ever since. Rating: A+ Matt Bilodeau can be contacted at mbilodeau@keene-equinox.com
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band camp page). The band has been playing together since the spring of 2012. Starting out in the basements of Keene, now the boys are starting to spread out and collect miles on their tachometer.” According to the Facebook event page another Keene-based band, The HoneyBears, also performed at Harvest Fest. The event page described this band as “Blending funk, blues and good old rock & roll, The HoneyBears are a four-piece groove-fest. Playing both covers and
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jammin’,” Fisher explained. Campus Ecology Club member and study abroad student from York St. John University in England, Katie Smyth, stated that the club listened to a song from each band and voted on who would perform during Harvest Festival. Smyth said, “The next focus [for Campus Ecology] is Solar Fest in the spring.” Georgina Howitt, a fellow member of the Campus Ecology Club and York St. John University exchange student, expressed her impression of Harvest Festival and Keene State College as a whole, “Everyone’s so friendly. There’s a really nice community feel. It’s very
new sound.” The HoneyBears bandmate and KSC Senior, Gregory Lloyd Moosejaw Fisher, explained how he got into playing music, “I just wanted to play some music with anybody.” According to The HoneyBears’ Facebook page, the band consists of KSC seniors Greg “Honey Bear” Fisher on guitar and vocals, James “Chocolate Bear” Gosling on guitar, Ethan “Funky Bear” Holbrook on bass guitar gets so involved, which is just really nice.” and Aaron “Grizzly Bear” Taub on drums. “My favorite part of Harvest Fest is people getting Fisher discussed how he met fellow bandmate James Gosling, “We met in Owl’s Nest — we were neighbors – together to listen to some music and bands play,” Fisher and he heard me spinning Bob Dylan records and Led concluded, “I love things like this.” Zeppelin records and he was like ‘Hey! We like the Caroline Alm can be contacted at same music!’” calm@keene-equinox.com “We got together and jammed and we just kept
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Keene State College students enjoy live music during Campus Ecology’s annual Harvest Festival.
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when directing his own version in his student production. For his high school audience, Paradis said that it is important to provide a vehicle in which students can explore mental illness. Paradis noted that in the past few years, self-harm and peer violence due to mental breakdowns have become more prevalent. To bring the discussion of this theme to a younger demographic is wise, as Paradis added, “Theater is a good way to explore it.” Yankowitz said the audience on opening night responded positively, despite the tense subject matter. The actors in the production of the performance responded positvely as well. She explained that everyone’s inner
“Laughing is a natural reaction but it wasn’t allowed for rehearsal. The actors got over it after a while and the audience will too,” Yankowitz explained. “The funniest moments came from being in intense scenes and completely just breaking character and reminded of ‘Oh that’s right, we’re allowed to have fun,’” Jorgensen added. Yankowitz claimed the play helped her “become less sheltered, put my own views aside to learn more. Every person in the audience should experience this.”
department has gravitated to scripts with darker themes, religion and “make-youthink” plots. Bailey Ramsdell, KSC senior and Putnam Theater usher, explained that providing students and community with theater that challenges the mind is what KSC has recently strived to do. “The ‘Equus’ script is brilliant in that it asks its audience these questions and then asks its actors to have the courage to push Frank Stang says, “Things change if you these boundaries and to do things that let them.” are out of the norm, even for theater. This Supporting taboo subject matters is is what all good theater should do,” Jorhow some KSC students think that theater gensen said. will aid social progression. Northampton High School Senior, Connor Paradis, commuted from Massa- were expected to keep composure during chusetts to see KSC’s “Equus” for ideas awkward scenes.
book authors try to get inside children’s heads when writing, but “I don’t fully understand what goes on in a child’s head, so I don’t focus on what a child might want to hear. I focus on what I’d like to hear,” Jeffers said.
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for the TEDTalk conference in 2013 and the tralia but explained that he is from BelU2 lyric video for their song “Ordinary fast, Ireland, he wrote children’s books like Love.” To prospective writers he explained, “How to Catch a Star” and “The Incred“Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.” “Whenever I make a book I take a bunch anywhere. Just by drawing and not really of words and pictures and mash them thinking about what I’m doing.” together with a beginning, middle and an “I do think I am at an advantage by end,” he continued. adding pictures because pictures inform “I see stories in the world and I feel comor the pictures, and I said, ‘both’.” He explains that people think children’s
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Don't miss local upcoming events Events starting October 30 through November 5
Redfern Arts Center “The Basement Tapes Project” Bob Dylan and the American Songbook Wednesday, November 5 7:30 p.m. Alumni Recital Hall
Colonial Theatre “The Skeleton Twins” October 31- November 5 Monday-Friday 7 p.m. Sunday 2, 5 & 8 p.m. Spank! 50 Shades Parody Thursday, Oct. 30 7:30 p.m.
Putnam Theatre “The Phantom of the Opera” Alloy Orchestra Friday, October 31 7:30 p. m. Main Theatre Halloween Horror Fest 2014 Halloween & Halloween II Thursday, October 30 9:30 p.m.
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Students die in Washington school shooting MANUEL VALDES MARTHA BELLISLE
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MARYSVILLE, Wash. (AP) — A 14-yearold girl who was wounded when a student Balloons, flowers, stuffed toys and signs adorned the fence near the school, which
school has died, raising the death toll in the shooting to three, including the gunman. Gia Soriano died Sunday night, more Providence Regional Medical Center Everett said. "We are devastated by this senseless tragedy," her family said in a statement, read at a news conference by Dr. Joanne Roberts. "Gia is our beautiful daughter, and words cannot express how much we will miss her." Roberts said Gia's family was donating her organs for transplant.
struggled with the news that the shooter was a popular teenager from one of their A tribal guidance counselor said no one "We can't answer that question," said Matt Remle, who has an office at Marysville-Pil-
senselessness." In the nearby community of Oso, where
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planned to gather to write condolence letters and cards. ized, two in critical condition and one in satisfactory condition. Earlier Sunday, parents and students gathered in a gymnasium at the school for a
other students well. "My office has been a comfort space for Native students," he said. "Many will come involved in the shooting."
support and prayers and tribal members alip Indian tribes. "We just have to reach for that human
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Messages of support on the stage near candles and flowers in between morning services at The Grove Church in Marysville, Wash., two days after the Marysville-Pilchuck High School shooting, on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014.
and have amazing families." dents. "We're really damaged right now." borview Medical Center in Seattle and was tribal member. Of the wounded students, only Nate critical condition in intensive care at Provi- much more difficult to deal with, Remle Young people hugged each other and dence Regional Medical Center. said. improvement, having been upgraded to sattogether. isfactory condition Monday. intensive care at the hospital. Both are cous- year teacher intervened.
Francis praises former pope NICOLE WINFIELD
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South Korea seeks death penalty for ferry captain HYUNG-JIN KIM
were indicted in May on homicide charges. Eleven other crew members were indicted on less serious charges.
AssociAted Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean prosecutors on Monday demanded the death penalty for
South Korea, but the country has a de facto moratorium - on capital punishment and has not executed anyone ure to rescue passengers in need for the massive loss of since December 1997. South Korean courts, however, still occasionally issue death sentences. Prosecutors also requested life sentences for three victims, said they were "angry" because they thought - the overall requested punishment for the crew memcial said on condition of anonymity because he wasn't bers was not strong enough. But Seoul-based lawyer
Benedict XVI as a "great pope" on Monday amid the continuing fallout from a meeting of bishops that exposed divisions between procis' call for a more merciful church and conservatives nostalgic for Benedict's emphasis on doctrine.
the entire responsibility for the disaster. of Benedict in the Vatican's Pontifical Academy of Sciences, praising his teaching, devotion and "monastic life" in retirement."
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great for the strength and penetration of his intelligence, great for his contribution to theology, great for his love of the church and all humans, great for his virtues and
In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis is flanked by Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Mons. Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo, at the Vatican, Monday, Oct. 27, 2014.
failed to reach consensus on two Oct. 19 beatification of Pope Paul hotly contested issues — concernVI, but the symbolic show of unity ing gays and divorced and civilly to embrace Benedict even as he remarried Catholics — leaving the steers the church on a vastly dif- that emerged from the synod of matter open for debate for a whole ferent course than that charted by bishops that had just ended. year before another meeting next the German theologian. During the meeting, bishops October.
anger directed at them. Most of those who died in the disaster were students from a single high school who were en route from Incheon, west of Seoul, to the resort island of Jeju on April 16.
ters in decades, caused nationwide grief and fury, with authorities blaming overloading of cargo, improper for the incident. not been found. A total of 476 people were aboard the ship, with 172 of them rescued. Lee has apologized for abandoning the passengers,
the ship," Yonhap news agency quoted prosecutors as saying during the trial on Monday. many deaths. Other South Korean media also carried the comMany student survivors have said they were repeatthem. ing ship and that they didn't remember any evacuation vessel.
Dozens more girls abducted by Nigerian extremists HARUNA UMAR MICHELLE FAUL
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forced conversions to Islam, forced labor troops from Nigeria and Niger engaged in
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Dozens of Rights Watch. girls and young women are being abducted by Islamic extremists in northeast Nigeria, raising doubts about an announced cease- has not indicated that it has agreed to a truce. girls held captive since April. On Oct. 17, Nigeria's military announced naps because the military is holding mem-
lead to the speedy release of the 219 girls
military and police routinely detain family members of wanted people, even though it abductions. we expect a lot of progress to be made ... interviewed only students who escaped state-supported counseling and medical AP PHOTO / OLAMIKAN GBEMIGA states since Oct. 18, according to local gov- told a news conference in Abuja, Nigeria's FILE In this file photo taken Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014, people demonstrate calling ernment chairman Shettima Maina and res- capital. saying the counseling was just speeches by on the Nigerian government to rescue girls taken from a secondary school in Abducted girls are subjected to hor- one Christian and one Muslim cleric. Chibok region, in the city of Abuja, Nigeria . because they feared retribution. afraid for them. Why can't the government in a new report Monday, quoting escapees someone who will listen to me and help who described forced marriages and rapes,
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Governors stress home quarantine for Ebola FRANK ELTMAN
AssociAted Press NEW YORK (AP) — The gulf between politicians and scientists over Ebola widened on Sunday as the nation's top infectious-disease expert warned that the mandatory, 21-day quarantining of medical workers returning from West Africa is unnecessary and could discourage volunteers from traveling to the danger zone. Late Sunday night, the governors of New York and New Jersey stressed separately that the policies allowed
Hawaii lava forces residents to get ready to flee JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER
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had contact with Ebola patients if the workers show no symptoms. They will receive twice-daily monitoring
Dozens of Hawaii residents have been told they might have to evacuate because molten lava from a volcano is headed toward their homes. The lava from Kilauea, one of the world's most active volcanos, was about 100 yards from a home Monday morning, Hawaii County Civil Defense
with the widely criticized treatment of a nurse returning from Sierrra Leone who was forcibly quarantined is a New Jersey hospital isolation unit even though she said had no symptoms and tested negative for Ebola. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said such quarantines in medical facilities would only be used in some cases, such as if the health care workers were from states other than New York or New Jersey. For work-
crossed Apaa Street on Sunday in Pahoa Village, considered a main town of the Big Island's isolated and rural Puna district. It was getting dangerously close to Pahoa Village Road, which goes straight through downtown. Here's a look at the volcano, which has been continuously erupting since 1983: THE LATEST
allowed to stay, and friends may visit with the approval
morning, moving northeast at about 10 to 15 yards per hour. The lava's advancement slowed early Monday,
will go straight to the hospital. "My personal practice is to err on the side of caution," Cuomo said. "The old expression is, 'Hope for the best but prepare for the worst.'" Under the protocols Cuomo detailed Sunday night, the state also will pay for any lost compensation if the quarantined workers are not paid by a volunteer organization. Cuomo had criticized Dr. Craig Spencer, who tested positive for Ebola on Thursday, for not obeying a 21-day voluntary quarantine. But on Sunday, he called the health care workers "heroes" and said his administration would encourage more medical workers to volun-
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In this Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014 photograph, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie listens to a question as he addresses a gathering over the state's preparedness for Ebola treatment at Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, N.J. Christie on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014 defended the mandatory, 21day quarantining of medical workers returning from West Africa as necessary to protect the public and predicted it "will become a national policy sooner rather than later."
Cuomo and Christie announced a mandatory quarantine program Friday for medical workers and other arriving airline passengers who have had contact with Ebola victims in West Africa, either in their homes or in medical facilities, and Illinois soon followed suit. Twenty-one days is the incubation period for Ebola. "We're staying one step ahead," Cuomo said Sunday night. "We're doing everything possible. Some people For much of the weekend, the governors had been say we're being too cautious. I'll take that criticism." The Obama administration considers the policy in and the White House. New York and New Jersey "not grounded in science" "The best way to protect us is to stop the epidemic in and conveyed its concerns to Christie and Cuomo, a Africa, and we need those health care workers, so we do not want to put them in a position where it makes it very, very uncomfortable for them to even volunteer ment by name and insisted on anonymity. to go," said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. ing talk shows to argue that policy should be driven by science — and that science says people with the quarantined in New Jersey under the state's new policy, virus are not contagious until symptoms appear. And said in a telephone interview with CNN that her isoeven then, infection requires direct contact with bodily lation at a hospital was "inhumane," adding: "We have to be very careful about letting politicians make health He said that close monitoring of medical workers decisions." for symptoms is sufficient, and warned that forcibly Saying the federal health guidelines are inadequate,
separating them from others, or quarantining them, for three weeks could cripple the fight against the outbreak in West Africa — an argument that humanitarian medical organizations have also made. "If we don't have our people volunteering to go over there, then you're going to have other countries that are not going to do it and then the epidemic will continue to roar," Fauci said. Earlier this month, four members of a family in Texas that Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan stayed with before he died were confined to their home under armed guard after failing to comply with a request not to leave their apartment. Also, 75 Dallas hospital workers were asked to sign legally binding documents in which they agreed not go to public places or use mass transit. The New York-area quarantine measures were announced after Spencer returned to New York City from treating Ebola victims in Guinea for Doctors Without Borders and was admitted to Bellevue Hospital Center Thursday to be treated for Ebola. In the week after his return, he rode the subway, went bowling and ate at a restaurant.
Hazing trial starts for one FAMU band member KYLE HIGHTOWER
AssociAted Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Jury selection in the trial of one of the four remaining former Florida A&M University’s band members charged with felony hazing and manslaughter in the a second day, while trials for three other remaining defendants have been postponed until April. Attorneys questioned 80 prospective 27-year-old Dante Martin. About 45 of them were held for additional questioning Tuesday. The trial began nearly three years died from being beaten. It is expected to last a week. Earlier Monday, Judge Renee Roche delayed the trials for defendants BenDarryl Cearnel after their attorneys said they did not have the opportunity to question witnesses about hazing charges that were added to the case. All four have pleaded not guilty in the death of Champion, of Decatur, Georgia. He died from what authorities say was a hazing ritual in November 2011. His death has shined a spotlight on a hazing ritual at FAMU known as “crossing Bus C,” and caused the band — which had played at the Super Bowl and before U.S. presidents — to be suspended for more than a year. It also contributed to the resignation of the university’s president. Hours after a football game in Orlando, band members boarded Bus C parked outside a hotel. They pummeled Champion, 26, and two other band members as they tried to wade their way through a pounding from the front to the back of the bus. After making it to the back, Champion vomited and complained of trouble breathing. He soon fell unconscious and couldn’t be revived. He died from hemorrhagic shock and his autopsy showed extensive internal bleeding. Champion’s parents, Pam and Robert Champion, Sr., were not in court Monday but planned to be there Tuesday when opening statements could begin. “I’d rather not even be here, and I’d
to the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. The fastest advancing lobe was about 110 yards wide and about 620 yards from Pahoa Village Road
everyone except residents. an evacuation advisory. Most residents have found places to go or have already left on their own. Apaa Street resident Imelda Raras said she and her husband are ready to go to a friend's home in "We are still praying," she said. "I hope our home will be spared." SLOW CREEP Scientists began warning the public about the lava on Aug. 22. The warning came as residents were cleaning up from a tropical storm that made landfall over the Puna district, toppling trees and knocking out electricity. The lava has advanced and slowed as residents waited, watched and worried. Raras said she's not afraid: "It's like we've accepted it." Kilauea volcano has been erupting continuously since 1983.
past two years. This is not an eruption at the caldera, the things that make for stunning pictures as red lava spews from the mountaintop. WHO IS AT RISK? Initially, the lava seemed headed for the Kaohe Homesteads, a widespread, sparsely populated subdivision in the Puna district. It reached vacant lots in the subdivision before it stalled and then headed toward Pahoa. Pahoa has small-town, quaint and historic charm, but it's "the only town in a commercial sense in lower Puna," said state Sen. Russell Ruderman, who represents Puna and runs a natural food store in Pahoa. Because the lava could change direction, any community in Puna is at risk. Everyone in the district lives on the volcano. The lush, agricultural district is about a 30-minute drive from the coastal town of Hilo. The lava that crossed Apaa Street is on the other side of the street from the Raras home, but they're bracing for the possibility the lava will spread or change directions. COUNTRY-STYLE LIVING Why would someone live on an active volcano? Unlike Honolulu, the state's biggest city on the island of Oahu, the Big Island's Puna region still of life. Located on the island's southeast side, the area is made up of subdivisions that have unpaved roads of volcanic rock that are not maintained by the county.
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FILE- In this May 23, 2012 file photo, Pam Champion, right, and Robert Champion, Sr., left, hold a photo of their son, Robert, a Florida A&M University drum major who died in a hazing incident, as they are photographed in their attorney’s office following a press conference in Atlanta. The trial for four band members charged in the hazing death of Champion begins Monday, Oct. 27, 2014 in Orlando, Fla.(AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
rather not have any other parent here. But I cannot not be here,” Pam Champion said in an interview with The Associated Press. “It’s going to be hard to sit (in court), but it can’t be ... harder than losing your son the way he was lost, knowing how much he loved what he was doing.” “Yes, he cared a lot about that school, and he cared a lot about that band. But ... those who killed him did. Yes, it’s going to be hard. But I have to do that.” Fifteen former band members originally were charged in the incident. Eleven have had their cases settled, and several of them will be called as witnesses to describe what happened on the bus. of hazing in FAMU’s marching band so they understand that what happened on the bus was a “consistent pattern.”
likely will learn about other hazing rituals by band members. Those include “the hot seat,” when band members sit in bus seats with heads between legs as other band members beat them, as well as “prepping,” when a shirtless band member is slapped on the back and chest. “They got on the bus for one thing, and that is to break the law,” Ashton said at a recent hearing.
Roche denied a defense motion asking that the hazing statute be ruled unconstitutional, but she reached a compromise with defense attorneys and Ashton on whether witnesses can say the word “hazing” during the trial. the word “hazing” if they had previ-
as in the anti-hazing pledges FAMU band members had to sign even before Champion’s death. Defense attorneys wasn’t an isolated incident, that these and prosecutors agreed no band memfour defendants knew what they were bers have said in depositions that Chamdoing and that they were breaking the pion’s sexual orientation played a role in law.” the hazing, so the fact that he was gay Defense attorneys have challenged won’t be brought up during the trial. Florida’s anti-hazing law, claiming the Defense attorneys say Champion’s statute is so vague that what happened body may have been tampered with on the band bus can be considered a when it left the custody of the medical competition, not hazing. “The hazing statute, the way it is harvested. written is crazy,” Dino Michaels, one of They also say the coroner uses analthe attorneys for Martin, said at a recent ogies about how Champion died that hearing.
catchment water systems. Residents know the risks, as there are special insurance requirements to buy land in certain lava zones. PREPARATIONS Sporadic suspensions in the lava's movement gave emergency crews time to work on building the main road and highway. Crews near the leading edge have been wrapping power poles with concrete rings as a layer of protection from lava heat. way 130, it will isolate Puna from the rest of the island. "Puna will be divided into the north side of the said. "It's going to be a dividing line that didn't exist before." Raras said they began putting their belongings in storage in September. What they aren't able to take with them, such as furniture, they're photographing for insurance purposes. HOW LONG WILL THE RISK REMAIN? from another vent. In the 1990s, about 200 homes were destroyed The last evacuations from the volcano came in 2011. One home was destroyed and others were threatened before the lava changed course.
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THE EQUINOX ATHLETE of the WEEK
NAME: CHRIS DEEGAN
Sport: Swimming
KENDALL POPE / SPORTS EDITOR
Chris’s Fun Facts Hometown: Adelaide, South Australia Major: Psychology Favorite snack: Strawberry Ice Cream Something many people don’t know: Chris is a passionate cricket [the sport] fan.
Chris Deegan is a first-year student on the Men’s Swimming and Diving team. In his first race as an Owl Deegan captured his first collegiate win in the 1,000 freestyle event with a time of 9:54. Deegan is not only new to Keene, but he is almost new to America — Deegan is from Adelaide, South Australia. In 2012 Deegan was on a junior team for Australia and was drawn to Keene because of Head Swimming and Diving Coach Jack Fabian’s open-water coaching credentials. Although he plans to swim the 500, 1,000 and 1,650 he prefers the longer-distance events, because back home he swims open-water events. “In Australia we don’t have yard pools so that was an adjustment I had to make,” Deegan said. His method for success is finding a good rhythm and holding a consistent pace and try to get quicker every time. “It was nice to win my first race,” Deegan said. Deegan said he was confident in his first race but nervous at the same time. “Not only was it the first race of the season, it was my first [ever] race,” Deegan said. His swimming career began when he was nine years old and by the time he was 15 he was doing ten, two-hour swim sessions a week, plus work-out training year round. Since his time at Keene State College, Deegan said his favorite part of campus is the relationship he has with the swim team. “It’s a really close group of guys and girls, we spend so much time together,” Deegan said. Kendall Pope can be contacted at kpope@keene-equinox.com
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Intramural soccer playoff preview NICK D’AMATO
Contributed writer and intramural Coordinator
Led by dual-threat quarterback Leo Mullin and a
held opponents to an average of ten points a game. Kansas City also comes into the tournament undea 2-0 win over Hash-Slinging Slashers, with goals from feated and boasting the league’s best statistical-passing Conner Lane and Mike Johnson. Chris Madera had four offense. saves in goal to record the shutout. Quarterback Thomas Frost leads the league with seven touchdown passes and receiver Steve Mahoney off a 2-0 victory over Something Stupid, led by goals leads the league with four touchdown catches. from Nate Wirta and Cody Figueiredo. Fans looking for an underdog team to root for should
John Ramsay all come into the game hot, scoring two strength the team has looked good against talented opponents. moments in the playoffs. Their two losses in the regular season came to solid opponents early in the season with several teams coming in as favorites. AC Moon- and they come in riding a two-game winning streak. spanks enters with three victories by a combined 115 Captain Dante Sacchitella anchors the defense with two points. They come in averaging 58 points in their last two offense necessary to survive and advance. quarterback Ryan Kelley, this team should make it deep in this year’s tournament.
Nick D’Amato can be contacted at ndamato@keene.edu
South Africa mourns slain soccer team captain CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA GERALD IMRAY
aSSoCiated preSS the beloved captain of South Africa's national soccer team during an apparent house robbery stunned a country long accustomed to violent crime, and police launched a manhunt Monday for the intruders. known for his athleticism and easy way with fans, teammates and coaches, and his slaying delivered yet another blow to the national sports scene. The 27-year-old Meyiwa was killed about 8 p.m. Sunday after two gunmen entered the house of his girlfriend, Kelly Khumalo, a South African singer and celebrity, authorities said. He was shot in the upper body, and the gunmen, along with an accomplice who had waited outside the on foot, according to police. ing the national grief for Meyiwa. offered a reward of nearly $23,000 for information leading to their arrest and conviction.
double-amputee Olympic runner who fatally shot girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp last year. after being convicted of culpable homicide, or manslaughter; prosecutors who had sought a murder conviction plan to appeal. On Friday, former 800-meter world champion and
Last year, the home of Desmond Tutu, the retired Anglican archbishop and Nobel peace laureate, was burgled while he and his wife slept. They were not harmed. Meyiwa was shot at Khumalo's home while trying to stop armed intruders who demanded cellphones and money, said friend Tumelo Waka Madlala, who was inside. "As they were running away, we tried to stop them and that is when they shot him at point blank range," Meyiwa was shot as another person struggled with one of the assailants, and as the soccer captain moved top detective working on the case. "We don't have anything that would suggest he was the direct target," Taioe said. "It was during the struggle that a shot went off." has no gate, he said. There were seven people in the house before the intruders entered, according to police. No one else was hurt. A cellphone was taken. sioner, said Meyiwa's killing was a blow to the "brand" and "image" of South Africa, adding it was important to show the world that authorities were moving aggressively to solve the case. "They will be keen to know what we are doing as Meyiwa's father told TV station eNCA that his son and had to be comforted by a journalist. The goalkeeper was recently made captain of the South African national team, known by its nickname He hadn't surrendered a goal in the four games, keeping the team on top of its group and on course to
a car crash. South Africa hosted the World Cup soccer tournaHe also played for the Soweto-based Orlando ment in 2010 with relatively little incident, dispelling visitors' fears amid a decade-long decline in violent Meyiwa put in a strong performance in his last crime. AP PHOTO However, police said last month that there were 17,000 killings in the year ending in March, a 5 per- In this photo taken Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014, Orlando Pirates goalkeeper and captain of the national South out cup competition. cent increase over the previous year in a country of African soccer team, Senzo Meyiwa during a match against Ajax in Soweto, Johannesburg. Meyiwa was shot In torrential rain, Meyiwa made save after save, dead Sunday night at about 8 p.m. at his girlfriend’s Vosloorus home, east of Johannesburg 53 million. diving into puddles and sliding through the mud. Crime affects people of all walks of life in South His devastated teammates sobbed when they gathafter the end of white racist rule in 1994. Congress, was shot during a robbery at an ATM in the Africa, which suffers deep economic inequality and has On Oct. 19, Jackson Mthembu, a member of parlia- country's east, the party said. ment and a former spokesman for the African National He drove himself to a nearby hospital for treatment.
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BLAST FROM THE PAST KSC SPORTS HISTORY October 23, 1993 The men’s soccer team maintained their leadership in the New England Collegiate Conference by capturing a win over Le Moyne College. on the scoreboard for the Owls. Then six minutes later Paul McStowe set up a goal for Jason Vieria, who shot the ball into the left side of the net. Along with Chandler, this was Lastly, McStowe added an insurance goal at 65:50 to set the winning score 3-1. Keene State College goal keeper Shaun Fitzpatrick made ten saves for the Owls.
JAKE COUGHLIN / MULTIMEDIA DIRECTOR
Above is some of the aftermath of the destruction of property from the riots surrounding this year’s Pumpkin Fest, including street signs that were taken down.
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Goal keeper Shaun Fitzpatrick.
her door locked. However, she said that early Saturday morning she discovered an unknown person sleeping on the couch on her front porch. “Thinking it was one of our housemates’ guests we proceeded to think nothing of it,” Silveri said. She continued, “We found out later that day the person was just some random kid.” However, Simpson had more trouble keeping unwanted guests out of his home. “There was really nothing we were able to do … People were just hopping through our back yard whether or not we told them to stop,” Simpson said. According to Simpson, the intruders only caused damage to the fence surrounding his back yard.
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be students while still being able to be part of a team. Former women’s basketball player and senior, Rachael Brucks, said, “Priority registration times help us get the classes that we need and plan accordingly with our set practice schedules.” “Coaches are usually understanding if we have to miss practice for a class because we are student-athletes. Some of our players would go to their classes and then try to get to practice right after,” Brucks said. She continued, “A teammate or two will usually stay after practice with them if we went over a new play or something, while they were not there,” Brucks said. “Priority registration time allows me to plan accordingly to my practice schedule. It also makes choosing classes less stressful for me, ” Amber Long, a member of the women’s swim and dive team, said. “For swimming, we have different practices during the day, so if I want to take a class during one practice I’ll just go to a different one,” Long said. She continued, “Our coach does not care if we plan around our classes, he only cares if we completely miss
-REBECCA MARQUIS KSC CHEERLEADER
practice.” Along with allowing student athletes to be able to plan accordingly with their practice schedules, priority registration also helps reduce their stress levels. in damages from this year’s Pumpkin Fest compared to Junior Rebecca Marquis of the cheerleading team what had been experienced in past years. stated that priority registration has helped her avoid “At some properties there was less [damage] than problems with getting into her classes. prior years,” Grauer said. “Priority registration takes away the stress of regTo reinforce the performance and safety of the athletes, Simpson and Silveri revealed that the 24/48-hour classes if mine are full, or worry about taking a class rule, which prevents athletes from going out prior to game day, was still in effect. Aside from emphasizing said. this rule, coaches also spoke to athletes before Pumpkin “It helps me not worry,” Marquis said. Fest weekend. “Coach [Bob Weiner] warned us to be safe and not Brogan Wessell can be contacted at surround ourselves around harm because we could bwessell@keene-equinox.com potentially be suspended from games,” Silveri said.
“Everyone on the team took this very seriously and made sure we were responsible … Our team, thankfully, stayed out of trouble.” Levy and Simpson said their teams, both baseball and cheerleading, were issued similar warnings by their coaches. After the riots that occurred Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014, Silveri, Simpson and Levy said the coaches again addressed their teams. “Coach [Ken Howe] told us that severe consequences were going to be handed out if anyone was seen doing anything illegal or morally wrong,” Simpson said. Levy said that her coach, Chris Fecteau, gave her team time after Pumpkin Fest to have a discussion on how she and her teammates felt after hearing of the riots and seeing the damage. “He talked about how we need to be examples for our community since we are a team at Keene State,” Levy said. She continued, “He wanted to make sure we were all safe and let us know that if we ever need help and didn’t know who to call that he would be there for us.” Silveri said that her coach was pleased to hear of his team’s safety. “He was happy we all stayed away from trouble and was also glad that everyone on our team went out and cleaned the Keene community [Sunday] morning,” Silveri said. Silveri, Levy and Simpson all said that they did not receive any notice from the school concerning Pumpkin Fest other than the general notice every student received on Sunday morning asking anyone to come forward with information about those involved in the riots. Coaches asked to interview about this Pumpkin Fest article declined to comment. Claire Hickey can be contacted at chickey@keene-equinox.com
Keene State College athletic team records Women’s Soccer
Volleyball Overall.
HOME
AWAY
STREAK
OVERALL
CONF.
HOME
AWAY
STREAK
16-15
5-4
4-5
Won 2
10-8
4-2
7-1
2-7
Won 2
vs. UMass Dartmouth 1
Men’s Swimming and Diving
2
Keene State
25
25
UMass Dart.
9
20
3
vs. Bridewater State
vs. Framingham State Set Scores
1
3
Framinghsm State
22
8
0
Keene State
25
25
Total
25
7
2
3
Total
0 3
12 25
Field Hockey
Goals by Period
1
2
Keene State College
4
1
Bridgewater State
0
vs. Western Connecticut
Total
0
1
Points by Period
5
Keene State College
0
West Conn.
0
2 OT 2OT 0
0
0 0
0 0
0 1
1
Men’s Soccer
Overall.
HOME
AWAY
14-4
8-2
6-2 Won 10
vs. Westfield Goals By Period
1
2
Westfield
1
1
Keene State College
1
2
STREAK
vs. Framingham State Total
2 3
Goals By Period Framingham State Keene State College
1 0 1
2 0 4
OVERALL
CONF.
HOME
9-6-1 3-2-1 4-3-1
0 5
STREAK
5-3
Won 1
1
vs. Springfield College
Total
AWAY
vs. Western Connecticut
Goals by Period
1
2
OT
Keene State College
0
0
0
2
Keene State College
Springfield College
0
0
1
1
West Conn.
1
Points by Period
2
0 0
Total
2 0
2 0
Rodger Williams Name Chris Deegan
Time / Event 9:54 / 1,000 Freestyle
Shahar Resman
1:46 / 200 Freestyle
Ryan Boraski Bobby McDowell
1:48 / 200 Freestyle 53:96 / 100 Backstroke
Women’s Swimming and Diving Rodger Williams Name
Time / Event
Diana Pimer
4:04 / 1,000 Freestyle 1:08 / 100 Breast Stroke
Amber Long
2:17 / 200 Fly
Caitlyn
5:20 / 500
Hope Walsh
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Patriots beat Chicago Bears 51-23 HOWARD ULMAN
AssociAted Press FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Next weekend's activities come at an opportune time for the New England Patriots and Chicago Bears. With Tom Brady and his team playing their best football of the season, the Patriots host Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos on Sunday. With the Bears playing their worst, they can watch other teams lose on television during their bye week. "We are going to have time to really look at ourselves, individually and collectively," Chicago coach Marc Trestman said. "The break comes at a good time for that." Brady had one of the best games down passes and the Patriots won 51-23 on Sunday after leading 45-7 early in the third quarter. The Patriots (6-2) will put their four-game winning streak on the line against the Broncos (6-1), whose only loss was in overtime to the Super Bowl champion Seattle STEVEN SENNE / AP PHOTO New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, left, and Chicago Seahawks. "We have a week to prepare," Bears quarterback Jay Cutler speak at midfield after an NFL football Brady said, "so we'll kind of build game on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014, in Foxborough, Mass.
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In this Sept. 26, 2014 photo, Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James poses for Sports Illustrated photographer Al Tielemans during the NBA basketball team’s media day in Independence, Ohio. With an undeniable hold on the NBA, James rules the league. He sets the tone on-and-off the floor. But beyond being the undisputed best all-around player, James, who re-signed with the Cavaliers this summer, has become a one-man business conglomerate.
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those guys, but as an owner who played the game, I loved playing,’’ Jordan, who owns the Charlotte Hornets, adds. “If I wasn’t playing 82 games, I still would’ve been playing somewhere else because that’s the love for the game I had. As a player, I never thought 82 games was an issue.” He went on to say that he would not vote to shorten the season by 15 to 20 games. There is no reason to shorten games to 44 minutes.
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something that should not be taken lightly. “Being nominated in-and-of itself was an honor, but to be chosen and to go through that, it was one of the most touching experiences of my life,” Lombardo said. Joe Branciforte was enshrined in the same class as Lombardo and also had a similar reaction when he got the phone call. was completely surprised … It was absolutely an honor, a shock, and I was absolutely thrilled to be part of it and to be honored for it," Branciforte said. As a member of the men’s lacrosse team from 2001 to 2004, Branciforte earned his credentials for a nomination into the Hall of
The outcome of many games are decided in the last few minutes and seconds and taking those extra four minutes away would be a huge factor. The NBA has always played 48-minute games and it should stay that way. As for shortening the season, this should not happen. NBA players today are worried about their bodies wearing down over the course of the season. What they should realize is that they are playing the game that they love and they should want to play as many games as possible.
week." His should be sky-high after the way he's played his past four games. He's thrown for 1,268 yards, 14 touchdowns and no interceptions in that span. Sunday's game was his best of the bunch — 30 completions in 35 attempts for 354 yards. And Rob Gronkowski, healthy after being sidelined most of last season, caught three touchdowns passes. "He can run well. He has great hands," Chicago linebacker Sean McClellin said. "And when you put that with a quarterback like Tom Brady, he's going to be tough to defend for anyone." Brady's completion percentage of 85.7 is the third best in his 227 games during the regular season and playoffs, and he threw fewer passes in the two higher ones. His passer rating of 148.4 is his eighth best. "I love coaching Tom. I've been fortunate to have him the whole career since he's been here," Patriots coach Bill Belichick said.
"He does a great job of executing the team game plan." The Bears (3-5) must execute theirs better when they return from their bye week with a visit to another tough opponent, the Green Bay Packers. "We've got to decide how we want to end this year," said Chicago quarterback Jay Cutler, who threw three touchdown passes. "Do we want to just pack it in and hover around .500, maybe a little bit below, or do we want to use the talent in that locker room to try to make a run for this?" Some highlights from New England's victory: HURRY UP AND SCORE: The Patriots scored three touchdowns
"I don't think the score is really indicative of the game," Belichick said. "It kind of got out of hand there." CATCHING ON: Gronkowski caught nine passes for 149 yards. LaFell had 11 receptions for 124 career, and scored his fourth touchThen he praised Brady, who led
six possessions. "He's like this every day in practice," LaFell said. "We've seen the look in Tom already throwing the ball like that all week, so it's allowed us to play faster." POSTGAME ADVICE: Bears receiver Brandon Marshall, heard shouting in the locker room after a 27-14 loss to Miami a week earBrady threw scoring passes of 2 lier, had a tip for reporters waiting yards to Gronkowski and 9 yards to outside the Chicago locker room Brandon LaFell before Rob Ninkov- Sunday. ich returned Cutler's fumble 15 "Put your ears closer to the door," yards for a touchdown. he suggested. Cutler called that stretch "agoNo yelling was heard. nizing."
Mike Miezejeski can be contacted at mmiezejeski@keene-equinox.com
“It was a great opportunity to be up there with the other elites of Keene State.” -WILSON PEREZ KSC HALL OF FAME MEMBER
Fame. The KSC alumnus said that he was very happy with his experiences both as a student and as an athlete. “I loved every second of it. I had a great time,” Branciforte said. Wilson Perez, a cross country
State,” Perez said. Soon the 2014 hall of fame class will enter into an exclusive club where the greats of Keene State College Athletics will be remembered for generations because of their hard work and dedication. member of the 2012 induction class, Nominations for the Hall of commented on the opportunity to Fame will be accepted through Nov. have his name on a plaque in the 3, and the inductions will be on Feb. Spaulding Gymnasium along with 7, 2014. all the other KSC hall-of-famers. Jacob Barrett can be contacted at “It’s a great opportunity to be up jbarrett@keene-equinox.com there with the other elites of Keene
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Athletes score first dibs on registration NBA regular games should be shortened If I ruled the NBA, I would keep the regular season at 82 games and the games at 48 minutes long. In honor of basketball season starting up, I thought I would write about the latest buzz in the NBA as far as rules go shortening games and shortening the season in order to take away some of the wear and tear of the long season for the players. Many players have recently brought this idea to the attention of NBA commissioner Adam Silver. During the preseason the NBA tried out a 44-minute contest in a game between the Boston Celtics and Brooklyn Nets. The game lasted one hour and 58 minutes, which is about 25 minutes shorter than a regular 48-minute game. Both head coaches Brad Stevens of the Celtics and Lionel Hollins of the Nets said they did not notice much change. “I didn’t notice it a whole lot, and I don’t know how much impact it had on the game,” Stevens said. Hollins also backed up what Stevens said. He said that he did not notice any change
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not automatically put ahead of the other students. “We apply priority registration to only in-season athletes, after verifying who the eligible student athAs course registration comes around, student ath- letes are. The athlete priority registration is limited to letes weighed in on their priority lottery times for sched- registration priority ahead of their respective class, as uling classes. opposed to automatically going ahead of all students,” According to Tom Richard of the Keene State Col- Richard stated.
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requested for student athletes to receive priority registration times. Richard stated that this request came about so that athletes can work with their practice, game and travel schedule, while still being able to take the classes they need in order to graduate on time. notify students about when they are eligible to register
the classes they need at the times they need, so that they can still participate in athletics.” Colbert continued, “As the players get older, maybe there are classes that offer only one or two sections, so
and I will know which nights we can or cannot practice based on who has night classes.” However, Colbert said that most of the time when best with their practice schedules, coaches do the same players miss practice it is because certain majors have to work with their players’ classes. night classes and those are the only times those classes Men’s Basketball Head Coach Rob Colbert explained, are taught. “Because we have a facility that is shared by multiple “Sometimes kids miss practice. If they miss it, they groups, we try to come up with a generic schedule each miss it. They are here for their education,” Colbert said. semester for when we would like to practice,” he conColbert said that priority registration times are estabtinued, “Priority registration enables most of the play- lished to ensure that the student athletes can continue to ers to meet that time. The players are going to represent » LOTTERY TIMES, B8 the school, so I think that it is important for them to get
early in the game. Players such as LeBron James say that they would rather have a shorter season than shorter games. “It’s not the minutes, it’s the games,” James said before the Cleveland Cavaliers’ preseason victory over the Indiana Pacers. “The minutes doesn’t mean anything. We can play 50-minute games if we had to,” James said. But what James is for, along with fellow NBA veteran Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks, is a shorter regular season. Nowitzki is saying that he would like the season to be shortened from 82 games to somewhere in the mid-60’s. James agreed adding, “82 games is a lot” for NBA players. This is where hall of famer and arguably the best player in the NBA, Michael Jordan steps in. He explained how the season should not be shortened. Jordan is surprised that players want the season shortened because all he wanted to do was play, because he loved it. “I love both of
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Off-campus athletes KSC Athletic Hall of Fame nominations almost over prepare homes prior to Pumpkin Fest JACOB BARRETT
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Rick Grauer, a landlord of Keene Cribs, said that the regular precautionary steps were In the wake of this year’s taken prior to the weekend’s fesannual Pumpkin Fest, off-cam- tivities. pus student athletes comment on notices from landlords, coaches, common big parties,” Grauer damage to property and what said. As for speaking to tenants them as Keene State College stu- before big events, Grauer said, dents. “We meet with all tenants early In preparation for Pumpkin in the week of Pumpkin Fest Fest, landlords contacted some to remind them of acceptable students early in the week. behavior. Fortunately, most of Baseball player Keith Simp- our tenants continue to comply son, a junior, said that prior to and don’t host parties.” the weekend’s festivities, he and Though some off-campus his roommates received emails student-athletes opened their and text messages from their homes to guests during this landlord. year’s Pumpkin Fest, none of the athletes spoken to said they by once, but he basically just hosted parties during the Saturtold us to be safe and have fun,” day riots. Simpson said, “He said we could Upon hearing of the riots, have a few people over, but if it Cheerleader and Junior Rachael got out of hand to call the police.” Levy chose to take refuge in her Angela Silveri, a second- home for the remainder of the ary education and mathemat- night. ics major on the volleyball team, “The only people in my home said that her landlord did not were people I knew,” Levy said. contact her or her roommates She continued, “Strangers with notices regarding Pumpkin kept knocking at my door and Fest. trying to come in but I wouldn’t “My landlord texted me on let them.” Sunday making sure we were all Silveri also did not allow safe,” Silveri said. anyone into her home and kept
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The Keene State College Athletic Hall of Fame, ing to the Keene State Athletics website, recognizes players, coaches, administrators, teams and other staff members in the athletic department that greatly contribute to the success of the KSC athletic program. Sports Information Director Abe Osheyack, described the process of how nominees are elected for possible selection by anyone through the online nomination form, which can be found on the Keene State Athletics’ website. Although the process seems simple, the nominees have to meet two requirements in order to be eligible. graduated from the school; and number two, any other nominee must no longer be a member of the KSC staff according to Osheyack. Osheyack added that the hall will add to its ranks in the coming weeks as the committee in charge of sorting through the nominations makes its picks of who will be given KSC athletic immortality. An achievement that left a couple of last year’s induction class members in a state of shock, disbelief and happiness to the point of tears. According to keeneowls.com Seanna Matthews Lombardo was a member of the Keene State wom-
feated during its season. Lombardo was inducted into KSCA Hall of whelmed her with emotion. “I was shocked when I got the phone call, actually. When John Ratliff called me, I cried. I was so touched. I was really blown away ... Just to be nominated by a school that I cared about so much — it was great,” Lombardo said. Lombardo added that being nominated is
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