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Vol. 67, Issue #9

Thursday, NoV. 6, 2014

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Student hit by car on Main St.

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nEwS Editor Keene State College student Jacob Kilburn was struck by a car while crossing Main St. on Thursday, Oct. 30.

Kilburn, 21, was using the crosswalk near Appian Way when Christina Goodnow, 24, of Spofford New Hampshire “did not see him,” according to the Keene Police [KPD] report.

KSC student Brian Cronin was with Kilburn when the accident happened. “He was right in front of me, I watched everything,” Cronin said.

Cronin, a junior, explained what happened that night as the pair crossed from Appian Way toward Elliot St. “We were on the cross walk. He [Kilburn] was about five feet in front of me. There

was another kid behind us. He was a random kid, we weren’t walking with him but he was crossing the crosswalk at the same time,” Cronin recalled.

Cronin added that the other person saw Goodnow’s vehicle approaching and said, “That car isn’t stopping.”

Cronin continued, “When he said that I hadn’t crossed the yellow line yet so I was able to jump back but Jacob was too far in front of me to jump back, so he had to out beat the car.”

“The biggest thing I said was this car did not slow down, then hit him — they hit him and then slowed down to stop. Once they did stop the driver and the passenger got out of the car and they were in shock,” Cronin said.

Cronin added that after he made sure the car stopped he called 911.

“It was probably the scariest thing I have ever seen,” Cronin said, “You never expect someone to get hit and thrown like that.”Keene Fire Department [KFD] Captain Michael Burke responded to the accident at 10:29 p.m.

Burke said that KFD’s ambulance transported Kilburn to the hospital.

After arriving at Cheshire Medical Center / Dartmouth Hitchcock Keene, Kilburn was transferred to their Lebanon location. Cronin confirmed that Kilburn’s condition is improving. The full extent of Kilburn’s injuries have not yet been released, however Cronin confirmed that

Kilburn was placed in a medically induced coma following the accident. “He is out of that [coma]. They did that for the first couple of days to reduce the swelling,” Cronin said, “The original doctor said there will be no longterm effects.”

Cronin added, “The biggest thing I would say is that if you are driving on that road, obey speed limits and be aware that there are hundreds of kids crossing that street.

Whether they are intoxicated, sober or just being stupid, we have to look out for them.”

KPD Lieutenant Steven Stewart said, “There is no arrest or drinking or drugs. The driver didn’t see him,” Stewart stated. He added that no charges were placed against Goodnow.

“It is amazing these crazy things happen to such genuine kids. I have never seen anyone just so lackadaisical with life. It’s amazing something like this could happen to him,” Cronin said.

Cronin stated, “I can’t overstress that people need to watch out on Main Street, whether it’s downtown or going toward the highways — we have to be more careful on the roads.”

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Silent Witness uses life-sized displays to tell victims stories MACKENZIE CLARKE

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at Keene State College teamed up yet again to produce a display of the Silent Witness Project.

Forrest Seymour is the counselor and coor- instrumental in the discovery and promotion of cation for the Counseling Center at KSC and The program was started by a group of event. “We use it as an educational opportunity growing number of women being murdered by their partners or acquaintances, according to the - brainstorming, the women began to design 26 CONTRIBUTED PHOTO / HARMONY REID tiative is an effort to show people the effects of Life-sized cutouts of women killed in domestic domestic violence and encourage students that it one bearing the name of a woman whose life abuse incidents stand tall in the student can be stopped. center, displaying stories on their chests.

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Knife-point mugging report false stated, “This is an update on the Timely Warning sent out early Sunday .... A follow up investigation Sunday morning Campus Safety on the attempted robbery reported originally reported in a campus- to Keene Police Department resulted wide email to avoid the bike path area on campus. The email stated a Keene State College student was Prior to the email retracting the held at knifepoint while the suspect proceeded to attempt a robbery. dent’s injuries were non-life threatening and that from the description Tuesday, Oct. 4 that the attempted he does not believe the suspect with robbery occurred at 1:00 a.m. a knife was a KSC student. He said At 2:50 a.m. that same Sunday he couldn’t provide any other informorning the email continued, “KPD mation about the incident.

At press time Campus Safety 5’11 wearing a black sweatshirt and was not available to clarify if a stucarrying a knife attempted to rob a dent was ever even admitted to the student ... 25 feet from rt 101 on the bike path. Student sustained non- covered the case but was unavailthreatening injuries and is being able to comment.

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Red life-sized cutouts of women who have died from domestic violence stood near the entrance of the student center. Plaques describing the events that ended the lives of the women job was to “plan various events throughout the county to raise awareness about domestic vioreminder of the events that unfolded. size cutout that is bright red is a stark reminder

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CAMPUS Students ramp-up election effort SAFETY report log Monday, Oct. 27 1:54 p.m. Appleton St Lot: Vandalism. Broken tail light of a car.

5:19 p.m. Off-campus: Officer off with four males who are smoking marijuana on the bike path.

Tuesday, Oct. 28 10:59 p.m. One Butler Court Residence Hall: Noise compliant. Loud music coming from within the room.

Wednesday, Oct. 29

3:25 a.m. Art Center: Received a second call about the distraught student. Officers investigation with assistance from KPD. 9:18 a.m. Madison Lot: Student reporting damage done to their vehicle during Pumpkin Fest weekend.

Thursday, Oct. 30 1:41 p.m. Winchester Lot: Grey vehicle with blacked-out windows cruising the lot.

6:01 p.m. Holloway Hall: Student wants to report missing pills from their prescription bottle.

6:41 p.m. Appian Way: Male subject was following a female from Main St. to campus and was filming the whole thing.

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State Representative Annie Kuster speaking with the KSC Democrats to kick off operation Dorm-Storm. “For the Shaheen campaign, the student vote could be the difference,” Kuster says.

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Equinox Staff Voting Day was Nov. 4, and the Keene State College Democrats tried to get as many KSC students as possible to get involved and vote.

On Friday, Oct. 31, candidate for State Representative Annie Kuster met with the KSC Democrats in Morrison Hall to kick-off their “Dorm Storm,” and to talk with them about how the political races in New Hampshire are looking right now.

During the Dorm Storm, the group went to dorms across campus to knock on doors and give students voting information.

KSC Democrat Meghan Graham said the event aimed to inform students where they can vote in Keene.

“We’re going to talk to students and just get them aware of their voting rights — where they can go vote, when they can do it and then just talk about their beliefs,” Graham said.

“We saw some students downtown, and they

Vice President of Student Affairs Kemal Atkins is here to stay

9:02 a.m. Blake St.: Criminal disorderly conduct throwing beer cans, riot related.

10:28 p.m. Monadnock Hall: Female subject vomiting in men’s bathroom. Believed to be intoxicated.

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Saturday, Nov. 1

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11:29 p.m. Bushnell Apartments: Criminal noise complaint.

Sunday, Nov. 2 1:41 Owl’s Stadium: KPD looking for someone who cut an individual by the bike path and may have gone to the stadium. [Stadium] Gate was unlocked for KPD. 4:03 p.m. Art Center: Animal at large.

were like, ‘Oh, we can vote here?’ and we said, trasting views, so it’s easier for people to learn about where they stand on important issues.

IDs work’,” Kuster said, “I think for the students, She explained how the differences in the Shait’s just getting them to understand they can heen and Brown race are more subtle, making it vote here.” harder to decide who to support.

Another member of KSC Democrats, Sarah Kuster suggested talking to students about Croitoru, said many people don’t understand student loans during the Dorm Storm, because it the concept that every vote matters, and one is an important issue that they can relate to. vote can change the outcome of an election.

She also said that telling students about where politicians stand on abortion and birth votes,” Croitoru said. control is important because the government “When Elizabeth Warren was here she was shouldn’t be able to deny a women’s right to saying that she beat Scott Brown in their race choose. two years ago by eight votes,” she continued.

“The biggest difference that we have is this Kuster told the group about the importance really easy registering to vote on Election Day,” of getting KSC students involved, especially in Kuster said, “Most places you wouldn’t be able this election, because there are some very tight to do that.” Kuster said this system is designed races. She said that she has the numbers over to encourage New Hampshire residents and stuher opponent, Marilinda Garcia, but that Jeanne dents attending school in New Hampshire to get Shaheen and Scott Brown are neck-and-neck. involved and vote.

“For the Shaheen campaign, the student vote could be the difference,” Kuster said.

Jesse Reynolds can be contacted at Kuster said she and Garcia have very conjreynolds@keene-equinox

Welcome Keene State College’s new administrators

Friday, Oct. 31

1:36 a.m. Pondside 1: Suspicious person.

Student Fee’s climb higher SKYLER FRAZER

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Skyler Frazer can be contacted at sfrazer@keeneequinox.com

State representative prepares for operation Dorm-Storm

10:33 p.m. Off-campus: Student hit crossing Main St.

1:24 a.m. Off-campus: Sexual assault, forced fondling.

STUDENT ASSEMBLY

Jay Kahn, Vice President for Finance and Planning presented the budget changes in Fiscal Year 2016 to the Student Assembly at their meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 4.

According to Kahn, fees have raised on average three percent or less.

Three fee increases exceed this three percent average raise.

The Dance Team requested $9,197.00 for a annual national dance team competition in Orlando, Florida. They were approved for $3,000.00.

The Assembly asked them to come back later in the month when their fundraisers conclude. They can then discuss the remaining funds they lack for the trip.

“Imagine if our team was on ESPN and Keene State was looked at in a positive way again,” one member of the team said. The team was just .3 points away from making nationals last year.

Week of: Oct. 27

12:57 a.m. Art Center: Officers checking the wellbeing of a student.

ThursdAy, Nov. 6, 2014

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Kemal Atkins, the new Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management may have the longest administrative title of all but also plans to serve the Keene State College community for just as long.

Atkins said everyone from all over campus has been reaching out to him, welcoming him and showing him what types of resources are here. Even though Atkins had just started in June of 2014, he said he knows this college has experienced a lot of success since 1909 and has built a strong student affairs operation. In addition, he said KSC has a strong academic program and does a good job of recruiting students.

He continued, “We want to build on that success and insure that we have the best practices in education and a public liberal arts institution.” been here for three months, but my family likes being here. I’m committed to the mission of the

college and the vision of President Huot, so I’m enjoying the opportunity to serve under her leadership. So there are no thoughts of going anywhere at this moment, I’m here to be the best Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management for Keene State College and the students,” Atkins said.

During his time here, Atkins said he wants to have the right programs to help students grow outside of the classroom. He said he cares about their overall growth and development, provided by good experiences and opportunities to prepare themselves professionally.

“In my role I have delegated authority to provide leadership and strategic management for the division of student affairs and enrollment management, which entails all of those programs and services outside of the classroom and particularity that support student success. And recruiting students to the institution and helping to sustain their success while they are here and helping their overall growth and development,” Atkins said.

Bobby Graham, student body president, works with Atkins daily. Graham explained Atkins strives to make a big difference and do a lot of little things quickly. “That resonates a lot and you can kind of see him do it; you can’t pinpoint one thing he’s done because of all the million little things he has already done,” Graham explained.

“We want to make sure the students have pride in Keene State College, continuing great traditions and even creating new traditions and making the culture a place to do that, so that the stu-

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Celia Rabinowitz, new Dean of Mason Library, hears out student needs

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Equinox Staff As the new Dean of Mason Library, it is safe to say that Celia Rabinowitz is an important source on campus.

The former Library and Media Center Director for St. Mary’s College in Maryland is now in charge of one of the most valuable student resources at Keene State College.

This is not to say, however, that Rabinowitz wants to take full control of the library on her own.

“We need to create a vision for what we want the library to be,” she explained, “It’s not my job to come up with that vision, but to help establish what people want.”

Holding a PhD in Theology from Fordham University, as well as being the faculty advisor for the LGBTQ [Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning] Club at St. Mary’s College, Rabinowitz is more than just your average librarian.

A self-proclaimed “armchair political scientist,” Rabinowitz has a strong interest in politics, music and theater.

She also has a huge love for animals and currently takes care of four cats and a dog, as well as possums, raccoons, birds and squirrels back in Maryland.

Through a public college like Keene State, Rabinowitz described her former school as being smaller and more rural than where she is now.

“The nearest student bar was four miles away, the nearest gas station was eight miles away and the nearest Target was twelve miles away,” Rabinowitz said.

With such an immense transition after being in Maryland for 22 years, she is extremely grateful of her co-workers and others in the Keene community that have assisted her.

Dana Clark, the Library Systems manager for KSC, is just as appreciative of Rabinowitz. sions of her as being, “positive minded and oriented ... Respectful in a very pronounced way.”

“I am very optimistic,” Clark said of his short time in working dence in her.”

Rabinowitz explained her main goal was “coming in without too many ideas — more listening to others.”

One of the projects she is working on that seems to be getting people’s attention is a coffee service in the library.

A self-service machine, which could use both paper money and Owl Cash, would be able to make coffee, cocoa and tea.

Rabinowitz hopes the machine will be in place next semester; an achievement of her work with food services and Sodexo to create a service that would be “available all the time that we’re open and easy

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ended violently at the hands of a husband, ex-husband, partner or acquaintance.” Since then, all 50 states have produced their own Silent Witness exhibits and created new cutouts for those women killed in each state. According to Reid, “Each cutout is a separate dedication and each plaque on the cutouts explains the situation the woman was in and how she passed.”

According to Reid, MCVP rented the cutouts from the State Attorney Hampshire and brought them to KSC. At the event, there was a representative from the crisis center made available because, “with a statistic like one-in-four having to experience domestic violence at some point in their lives, at least one individual is going to have some sort of reaction to it,” Reid said. She shared that in 2013, there were ten domestic-related homicides and of those ten, four were intimate-partner violence. “It’s easy to see a headline, but the Silent Witness Program gets individuals talking and wanting to know more,” Reid said.

According to Seymour, an American College Health Association survey was distributed throughout KSC in 2002, asking students’ experience with relationship violence and sexual assault.

“What we found was that twelvepercent of women at KSC reported that within twelve months, they had experienced some kind of sexual violence,” he said.

Seymour stated that there has been an ongoing effort on campus to bring awareness and prevent sexual violence, and Silent Witness is one of those programs.

Amber Huot [no relation to PresiKSC and stopped by the student center to see the display.

“I had no idea what it was going to be like,” Huot stated. She said she felt that the Silent Witness Program was a reminder that domestic violence can happen to anyone. “It was actually scary,” Huot said.

First-year Haley Gardiner also got a chance to see the display.

“I thought it was dramatic, but a good dramatic. The cutouts were big and bright — it really stood out to me,” she said. Gardiner said around campus about the event. “I didn’t even know it was happening,” she stated.

Seymour assured that KSC is working on better spreading the word throughout campus.

“We can’t reach out to students without the help of students,” Seymour said, as he explained that students are working closely with the counseling center to help reach out to KSC about preventative events such as Silent Witness.

MacKenzie Clarke can be contacted at mclarke@keene-equinox.com

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Risk of Ebola infection is low in U.S. “I think the media makes it out to be much worse than it actually is ...”

-TAYLOR HICKS NURSING STUDENT

Nursing students see virus as non-threatening ANNA GLASSMAN

advErtiSing dirEctor and-black insects rather than worrying about Ebola, according to a report by National Public Radio.

A bee is more life-threatening in the United States than the disease that killed over 4,000 people in West Africa, as National Public Radio [NPR] reported that there is a 1-in-5.2 million chance of dying of a bee sting.

The infection that the Center for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] called an epidemic in multiple countries may not pose a threat to U.S. citizens. Four cases of Ebola have

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to use.”

This idea has attracted the attention of students like Nick Dubicki, a sophomore at KSC. “Coffee in the library can help students with their work,” he commented during

Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone lack proper medical support for patients.

Though Ebola should concern people, Oliveri said Americans should Although the death occurred on U.S. soil, the individual was not be overly-concerned with the disease. infected while in West Africa according to BusinessInsider. com.

Anna Glassman can be contacted at Nursing major at Keene State College Alexandra Oliveri aglassman@keene-equinox.com said every few years there is a scare of a deadly disease and that

a study session. Although he was “I want to encourage students to concerned with making sure stu- come visit me. My door is always open. dents prevent spills and stains, I’m hoping members of the campus when asked how he felt about the community will see me and tell me what they’re thinking,” Rabinowitz “I’m all for it.” said.

Above all, Rabinowitz said she wants library users to be open about Joseph Stallcop can be contacted at their ideas and experiences. jstallcop@keene-equinox.com

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dents’ overall growth and well-being is addressed,” Atkins said.

Graham said Atkins has already done a lot with his strategic planning and said that is the administration’s main focus.

“He hit the ground running with that,” Graham said. Graham said he has shared ideas with the administration and they’re working together to start a leadership initiative to help move students forward.

Senior Student Involvement Assistant Chelsea Harris said she thinks KSC does have a huge voice, and that Atkins has done well using those student voices.

Harris stated that Atkins is a busy man, but came because it is such a large job, she said. “He takes the time to get to know the people he’s with; he stops and wants to know everybody’s name,” Harris said.

Harris continued, “He has the open door policy.

I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve just walked in and been like, ‘I have a question!’ and he’s open to having that conversation.”

“I’m an advocate for students,” Atkins said. He said one of his main goals in his position is to continue helping students who work directly with students, as well as work on getting the whole community to get them engaged with the other alumni, faculty and staff.

Another goal is to, “recruit the best students that we can to Keene State College,” he said, as well as being a good leader on the president’s cabinet and working well with the president. He said President Anne Huot and himself have aligned the vision that she has for the college. Atkins’ has had good relationships with

people are over-reacting about Ebola.

“A lot of over reaction — people are a lot more scared than they need to be,” Oliveri said.

Oliveri continued to point out that more people have been married to Kim Kardashian than people who have lost their lives to Ebola in the U.S. Though there is a potential for fear, Brittany Dickison, a nursing major at KSC, explained there is no true danger to KSC students. A threat would only appear if the disease arrived on campus, Dickison continued.

“If there was one [Ebola case] on Keene State campus, then yes, I would be a little nervous,” Dickison said.

Oliveri explained that the congestion of college dorms provides breeding ground for diseases and because of the close proximity of students, infections are more easily spread.

“I feel like it would be a huge concern if somebody who was of schoolage were to obtain the disease. I feel like that is something we should worry about,” Oliveri said.

KSC nursing major Taylor Hicks said until that time, Ebola is not a huge threat to U.S. citizens.

“I think the media makes it out to be much worse than it actually is and I don’t think we should be as worried about it as we are,” Hicks said.

However, if a case of Ebola appeared in Keene, Hicks said she agreed that people should be cautious.

“Wear a mask if they think that it’s necessary and don’t share drinks with people,” Hicks said.

At the present Ebola is a highly-infectious disease, but it is not highly contagious. The Tech Times website states the reason for a high rate of infection in Africa rather than America.

The Tech Times stated that practices in Africa lead to a high rate of transmission. According to the online Encyclopedia of Death and Dying, Africans observe many practices that have relatives tending to the sick and dying. Practices like washing the bodies of the dead exposes people

students over the course of his career.

“One program that I like to implement, to hear from students and get to know students more, is what I call house calls. Going out and visit in the resident halls and spend time in the resident halls with the students,” he said.

“He’s a friend, he’s a mentor and a partner,” Graham said. He said Atkins is easy to get in touch with and is always available. Graham supports his presence and willingness to work with students, he said Atkins is around way more and he wants it to be known that he is a primary resource for students.

Atkins said, “One, it’s a beautiful campus and I like the buildings and the way it’s laid out. I like the fact it’s more primarily pedestrian-type of campus, but I think what really got me are the people. In particular the students on the search committee and the students I met when I was here during the interview process.” last April when he came to campus for his interviews and I was fortunate enough to give a tour to him so I kind of got an hour of one-on-one time with him, which I loved and now that he’s here I interact with if there is a student with needs I go to him,” Harris said.

Atkins was contacted about the position at KSC in January of 2014. Before working at Keene State College he worked as vice president for student affairs and Title IX coordinator at Delaware State University. He’s originally from Richard, West Virginia and earned his BA and MA in English Literature at Appalachian State University.

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Candidates state their case before elections JESSE REYNOLDS

Equinox Staff With midterm elections right around the corner, many politicians have come to Keene to campaign.

On Thursday, Oct. 30, 14 candidates for local positions spoke to Keene State College students and Keene residents about the upcoming elections and their stances on the issues.

Candidates for State Representative, County Commissioner and Sheriff each gave a brief speech about their stances and what they want to accomplish if elected.

Candidates for State Representative in attendance were: John Mann (D), Jerry Sickels (R), Luke Sacher (D), Dick Thackston (R), Ruth Ward (R), Timothy Robertson (D), Bayard Tracy (R), Cynthia Chase (D), George Hansel (R), F. Barrett Faulkner (D) and Jim McConnell (R).

Candidate for Cheshire County Sheriff Eli Rivera was in attendance, but his opponent, Earl Nelson, was unable to make it, although he did send a small statement that was read on his behalf.

Candidate for County Commissioner and current State Representative, Chuck Weed, has no opponent for his District Two seat. Weed stressed the importance of KSC students getting involved with politics.

“The best thing you can do on election day is grab a couple of friends who didn’t want to vote and bring them with you,” Weed said, “We need as big a turnout as possible and there’s plenty of information about where we stand.” to-ten minutes to tell the audience their credentials, as well as where

they stand on important issues in Cheshire County. Some candidates stuck to discussing their own ideals, while others made arguments against previous statements made.

All of the candidates for State Representative agreed upon the need for decent-paying jobs in Cheshire County, which led to a debate over changing the minimum wage. Cynthia Chase, D-N.H., said that she supports raising the minimum wage on a national level as well as in New Hampshire. Her opponent, George Hansel, R-N.H., disagreed and said that he wants to keep the minimum wage the same. rung on the ladder to the ‘American Dream’,” Hansel said, “It taught me the value of a dollar and got me into the workforce.” Hansel recalled

made minimum wage.

Chase said there is a myth that minimum wage jobs are only held by young people working part-time or on the weekends, when in reality, many people are trying to live off minimum wage. thousand dollars a year — what we “We need to make sure that if wouldn’t give to bring some of that back,” Sickels said. sixty hours a week, you can support Bayard Tracy, R-N.H., said he your family. It’s particularly wrong went around Keene asking differin my book for somebody to work ent businesses how much they hired that many hours and not be able to someone for, and only one actually put food on the table,” Chase said. paid their employees minimum “I’ve talked to people and heard wage. that the lack of jobs is a huge issue,” “You can’t hire somebody who’s Ruth Ward added, “What I want to qualified and drug-free for any less do as a rep is make it possible to than nine dollars an hour,” Tracy said. bring high-tech, high-paying indus- He said the minimum wage issue is a try to New Hampshire.” self-correcting problem.

Jim McConnell, R-N.H., said that raising the minimum wage would Jesse Reynolds can be contacted at cause companies that may be conjreynolds@keene-equinox.com

SoundoFF Christopher Packer Sophomore Music

Dana Sugrue Senior Elementary Education

“‘Bob’s Burgers’ because it is nice “‘Breaking Bad,’ because it is fast to watch a comedy after a long paced and easy to get drawn in to.” day.”

sidering moving to the area to go elsewhere. His opponent, Barrett Faulkner, D-N.H., pointed out that many people living off of minimum wage generally can’t get by without food stamps, EBT and other government aid, which is paid for by the American people.

“We can’t have a nation where people get down to the lowest level and ship the rest of those costs up to the taxpayer,” Faulkner said. He said the minimum wage needs adjustment on a national level. Dick Thackston, R-N.H., said minimum wage should be addressed at the state level, not federally.

“There may be some areas in the country where a higher minimum wage would be reasonable, and other places where it would be bizarrely inappropriate,” Thackston said. Jerry Sickels, R-N.H., told the audience about being a Union Steelworker after he served in Vietnam, and said those were the days when there was actually a middle class.

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Zachary Lewton Junior Film

“‘Twin Peaks, because the story itself is sick. Your classic murder mystery.”

Amanda Falcone Sophomore Political Science

“‘Blue Mountain State. It is funny and relatable.’”

Zachary Walker Sophomore Safety

“‘Breaking Bad because it’s an awesome show.”

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EDITORIAL

Silent Witness, loud impact

The Silent Witness program at Keene State College is an online submission page where anyone can “report crimes/incidents/and/or serious Keene State College Community,” according to the Campus Safety website In light of recent incidents regarding Pumpkin Fest, being a silent witness is increasingly being talked about more and more around campus.

The Equinox recognizes both the values and the problems associated with this and would like to argue that this silent witness program serves as a double-edged sword. issue, it can also cause problems if used incorrectly. The Equinox believes that for students who feel uncomfortable and are overwhelmed with a personal issues, this is a great resource that they should make use of.

It provides students with an outlet when they feel like there is nowhere else to turn. Also, if a student is not directly dealing with an issue but they know of someone who is but are unsure about how to get them help, they can make use of this program.

However, The Equinox would like to establish where there can be some gray area and room for complications. The Equinox believes that students should not use this as a way of getting revenge by using the Silent Witness program to cause harm to someone else.

Some students may want to cause problems and start placing blame on innocent people simply because they dislike them ... or in the case of move on.

This is not to say that all students abuse the Silent Witness program that there is a possibility of these types of problems arising. Conversely, The Equinox would like to say that participating in Silent Witness does not make a person a “tattletale.”

If a person feels genuine concern about an issue, they should not hesitate to make use of this program. However, it should be noted that whoever reviews these submissions has the power to decide what to further investigate. When the discretion of what constitutes as sexual assault is in the hands of authority, there can be some gray area.

The bottom line is that any reports of sexual assault or anything else along those lines of severity need to be taken into consideration immediately. All too often students go without speaking up about terrible things that have happened to them. It takes a great amount of courage to speak up about personal issues that can be very hard to come to terms with.

Many times people want to ignore these issues and put them aside as if they never even happened. This is why every single submission needs to be taken seriously and should require someone’s action as soon as posTaking into consideration the recent riots on campus, many students photographed are hard to identify.

In many photographs, the people are wearing hats and sunglasses A student may get accused for simply resembling a person who was photographed. Although the idea of posting these pictures and allowing students to scroll through and see if they come across anyone they recognize is a good one, it leaves room for error. person or it can be misused in which case it would cause problems.

Overall The Equinox agrees that Silent Witness is something that should remain available and in place for students to access; however, the issues associated with it need to be acknowledged and considered.

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gone. When this happens, (and it happens every semester), I have to sor and beg them to let me in their class. I have to ask if they will sign me into the course despite the fact that it is full.

The worst part about it is, there will most likely be a spot available because students always drop and switch classes, but until they do, I never know if I will get into that class.

be stuck in a class like Women and Fallen Angels, which is an ITW class.

Not to say that it’s not an interesting class, but I am paying to go here — I should at least get to enjoy my classes.

I think there are too many stu-

or another I am not happy with one of them.

If it were up to me, I would just take away the date and time. To me, that instructed them when to pick the process would go much more classes. Sounds simple, right? registering for classes is that there smoothly if there was a full week The only problem is, by the time are good elective classes, but if I or two full weeks where everyone I can pick, all the classes I want are am unable to get into them, I will could pick classes.

By doing this, no one could com-

That way people who really care about what classes they will get would be able to ensure they get the classes they need.

The whole date and time aspect of registering really is useless, in my opinion.

It’s a lot easier said than done, but the biggest issue I hear about registering is the bogus times students are getting.

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Dining commons workers worthy of recognition SABRINA LAPOINTE

OpiniOns EditOr As I stood in line this morning waiting for my breakfast (which is coincidentally my favorite meal of the day) I eagerly watched the cook as he cracked my eggs I had just ordered.

I stood tapping my foot impatiently while watching his every move, wishing that he could move faster because I was already in a rush — not to mention I tend to have a hearty appetite in the morning.

My wait in line this morning lead me to an epiphany.

possible, given their limitations. As I took a look around the ‘DC’, I noticed countless workers in their blue and red shirts, replenishing stacks of clean plates for us to stations and most of all, cleaning up after our messes.

What really struck me was how so many of them did this with a smile. They did this while making sure they greeted us asking how we were doing today, sometimes even making small talk about upcoming campus events or how the weather is.

All too often I hear students complain about the ‘DC’. I hear comments such as, “The ‘DC’ has no good options” or, “the ‘DC’ needs to be open later,” among many other negative remarks. I believe the student body should be more sympathetic for the amount of hard and oftentimes thankless work these kind people do for us on a daily basis. I understand that sometimes it is frustrating when you come into the DC, take a lap around appealing. I can truthfully say I have felt this way many times, so I am absolutely guilty of this. However, I soon Nearly every single day you can count on having

sandwiches, a large selection of cereal, a yogurt and fruit station, a bread station, among many other things I

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The Zorn Dining Common workers put out fresh cheeseburgers for students, faculty and staff during their school day, everyday.

to be of interest to you, the problem isn’t the dining commons — it’s probably you. Although these options worth. However, a very bad habit I see many students doing is leaving a mountain of plates, food, napkins and the mood for at that particular time, it is a meal and you cups all over the table. It is common courtesy to clean up should feel grateful that you have access to a warm meal after yourselves and bring your plates to the dish room.

It really is a simple task that does not require much every day, since many people in the world are unable to say that for themselves.

Now, I acknowledge the fact that we pay a large sum workers cleaning up after a huge group of people who of money to dine in this facility, so it is understandable decided they were entitled to leave their mess behind.

It is clear our society brutally ignores the essenalready, and growing, and they are paying lobbyists

Even worse to be ground down into an insipid gel

And yet another layer of insult is the implicaa crass spectrum of materialism based on what we own, wear and do; this alongside the fact that the

by the less fortunate or anyone else trying to do anything about the situation.

A judge was even convicted recently of taking bribes to send kids to juvenile detention who might have deserved and responded better to other programs. a good one to dispense with the obligation to provide decent wages and infrastructure while continuing to take advantage of labor. where everyone gets a fair shake and most people are doing well?

You know — that vision of an America that’s so good it’s our duty to share it all around the world?

Anyone who thinks our elites aren’t ruthless enough to have plans like this hasn’t been paying attention.

In the last 50 years, the United States has destroyed Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Iraq, Yugoslavia and Libya, killing at least 5 million between them, while bombing, invading or overthrowing over 25 countries altogether.

Propaganda says we’re a superpower with world obligations who just makes a few mistakes, but the real message is that only money and power matter, and if you don’t have it, you don’t matter.

In the ‘50s, the famous Stanley Milgram psycholmental subjects were willing to commit great harm at

Meanwhile each one of us feels deeply within something that really matters; as if the meaning of the universe itself were being determined by our quality of life; as if the glory of heaven must be just around the corner if we could just ... get around that one last obstacle.

How infuriating, then, to vote for people promising to address the obstacles, and discover the measures taken only obstruct us more while we have such an inward majesty waiting to unfold.

The same majesty, incidentally, as that within the which were originally thought to mean that pastyelites themselves, who keep such an unfair portion of nearly anyone just because they were told to do it.

The bigger the yacht, the further away they drift — from their own truth and beauty.

So, that all sucks so bad it’s gotten time to try to change it. Ya think? But the kind of rebellion that happened on Saturday was not productive.

For one thing, that kind of aimless, impulsive, civilly destructive and numbly inebriated violence alienates and frightens the home population that is too old to want to party like that and makes them think they need more professional security.

And that just plays right into the hands of the predatory elites. As recently reported, humanity is cresting into yet another breakthrough wave of tech-

that’s just the employment related to one invention.

No doubt the fast food industry is drooling at the idea of more robots, since they’re under so much pressure for wage reform.

These jobs all sucked anyway, but the alternative to employment is just more people — and maybe you and me — put in prison by police and security called for because of riots like at Pumpkin Fest.

Homelessness, for all its poor lustre as an option, is increasingly illegal anyway — more and more indigents now go to jail.

who do their best to feed us with a variety of meals each and every day. I believe that we need to give both the DC itself and its workers more credit. Every time I walk with appreciation for what these individuals do for me each day, for every single meal.

Sabrina Lapointe can be contacted at slapointe@keene-equinox.com

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of “99%”), engendering widespread reciprocal disrespect.

This is what I think was on display last Saturday at the Keene Pumpkin Festival: Disrespect, giving rise to gratuitous violence; showing that people don’t necessarily mind dying as long as it’s for a good reason like the greater good of humankind (quickness and painlessness preferred, of course).

So then for people so fundamentally valorous to be used commercially, slowly ground down into a pale shell from some combination of purposeless cal deterioration — is insulting to the potential mag-

The dining common workers are here to tidy up and make sure all the tables remain in an orderly fashion and are cleaned. They are not our waiters and waitresses. I see it as a sign of disrespect to assume that someone else will take care of your mess. Personally, I love the atmosphere of being in the ‘DC.’ It is really a beautiful facility when you take the time to look around and really appreciate it.

on in our lives, does it? Why have American people been willing to tolerate such long abuse to others abroad and ourselves here at home?

This is because there was another important reason people were willing to injure another innoof mission in the name of science, that great while elephant of progress. labcoated technicians and industrial equipment, the subjects thought if they pressed the button to electrocute someone, the service to science was worth their agony of the electrocution victim.

This is very revealing concerning the stagger-

The brutal manipulations of the rich guys whose revealed for what they are by the shining light of the Internet, alongside the heroic truth telling of historians, journalists and whistleblowers like Chomsky, Poitras, N. Klein, Snowden, and many others who remain obscure.

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Students rioting without purpose ARLINE VOTRUBA

EquinOx staff Throughout history, riots have themselves loudly when all other attempts to be heard seem inadequate.

While riots escalate quickly, they can result in gaining public attention on important issues.

Riots are often strategic attempts for groups who feel their cries are being neglected to attain recognition from the authorities.

There have been countless riots over the course of history and on Oct. 18, 2014 instead of the media focusing on Keene Pumpkin Fest, family-friendly autumn fun, it was on a chaotic and dangerous riot in parts of Keene full of college-age rioters.

In the 18th century there were the Boston Bread Riot of 1713.

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State Riots. In 1970, President Richback against the richest merchants in town who charged high prices sion of Cambodia by the United on the limited grain and other food- States. He told the country that 150,000 more soldiers would need to

those of the 200 people who gathered on Boston Common to protest the ongoing scarcity and high prices of grain went after one particularly rich merchant, damaging one of his ships.

The small riot resulted in changed policies on grain that made cessful.

In the 19th century there was the Tompkins Square Riot of 1874.

According to peoplesworld.org, of New York City gathered in the neighborhood now called the East Village.

The riot erupted as a reaction to sion that began in 1873. People’s World said, “The demonstrators planned to insist that then-Mayor William Havemeyer establish a public works program by giving $100,000 to a Labor Relief Bureau to be established by the Committee for Public Safety itself.”

The riot resulted in New York City police beating rioters with clubs to disperse them, but at least the riot was fueled by passion and a desire for change.

Then came the 20th century Kent

people, many visiting Keene State College students as guests. What ensued that night is hard to describe due to my lack of understanding of such senseless and inappropriate behavior.

Thousands gathered at parties where the “fun” consisted of throwing bottles, cans, tires and whatever else they could get their inebriated hands on.

The level of destruction that took place was shocking to so many of us.

The entire night was absurd. Lines of police in protective gear blockaded areas that were getting out of hand.

Rightfully so, the children seemed to have lost their minds.

Whether they were drunk or not, the behavior was absolutely disgraceful.

I think of the previously mentioned causes for riot. The true life struggles that provoked humans to revolt at least constituted the need to act, Pumpkin Fest weekend however, is supposed to be a family-friendly time to go to the Main Street event in Keene. This year it became a contest to see who could be the most destructive.

We, meaning people around the age of 20, are the most recent “future” and are at a position in our lives to

According to history.com, “this provoked massive protests on campuses throughout the country.”

“At Kent State University in Ohio, Yet, instead what I witnessed this protesters launched a demonstra- weekend [Oct. 18-19] is that we are behaving as animals and destroying the ROTC building, prompting the the many things we are privileged to governor of Ohio to dispatch 900 have. I am absolutely shocked and National Guardsmen to the campus,” the website stated. at this year’s Pumpkin Fest, though This riot led to police opening to blame. There were many students were standing up against the vio- from other schools who were also lence in Vietnam. The event gained involved major attention and following the Hopefully our generation will Kent State shootings history.com come together with the same energy - present at the Pumpkin Fest in order leges were shut down or disrupted by protests.” the near future.

These students were concerned If each of those who attended the about social issues driven by their Pumpkin Fest riots were to step formoral beliefs. ward and donate some time, money, Now, in the 21st century, riots or work towards a good cause, then perhaps we could begin repairing seems. They feature elements like the damage this event has done. those present in the riots recogIt has damaged the reputation of - Keene State College students, their ing property, massive gatherings of college-aged guests, and the generpeople, but I am concerned the basis ation of kids currently in their late of modern riots may be lacking the teens or early twenties as a whole. intent to change.

On October 18, 2014 the Keene Arline Votruba can be contacted at Pumpkin Fest drew in thousands of avotruba@keene-equinox.com

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Italy shows student that she is ‘too blessed to be stressed’ AISHA DIGREGORIO

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prised to realize our bags got put onto

Florence. Finally feeling whole again, If you ask anybody who has studied my roommate and I were off to our abroad, they will probably tell you that new home for the next three-and-a-half it is a life-changing experience and one months. of the most rewarding things he or she has ever done. Well, I can assure you Medici in Florence now for two months. this is true.

I have been mesmerized by the city of After I stuffed my suitcase, or mul- Florence since the second I arrived here. tiple suitcases, to the brim, hugged With the beautiful architecture and art my friends and family goodbye and new to look at everyday. I’ve indulged a life-time experience. Although there myself in the culture as much as poswere a few hiccups getting myself here, sible. I try traditional dishes and eat Paris, and once arriving in Paris our Oh man, oh man is the pizza good. I’ve - also had to substitute my peanut butter addiction with Nutella. I, however, was lucky enough to receive a care packdid we know our luggage did not. age from my mom with the biggest jar of peanut butter I’ve ever seen. Aside to land right in Florence, but because from food, I have really tried to see as of the wind we were forced to land in much of Europe as I can. I’ve been to places in Italy like Pisa, Milan, Venice, away from Florence.

Cinque Terre and San Gimignano. I am As we waited patiently for our lug- still hoping to visit Rome, though. Outgage to come off the plane, we real- side of Italy, I’ve been to Croatia, Paris, ized that our luggage was not with us France, Germany for the epic Oktoberfest, and most recently I went to Greece for ten days visiting Corfu, Athens and knowing if we would have to wait days for all of my belongings, we were sur- pest, Hungary and Switzerland and I’m

and Ireland with my best friend from home. Everyone is telling me to slow down and enjoy what is in front of me, but I know I will never get this opportunity again and I am so anxious to see everything.

This has truly been an eye-opening experience. I never thought having the privilege of communicating with my friends and family at home would be something I struggled with the most. I am also struggling with not being able to call my dad whenever I want. Culture shock is a real thing. The language barrier is tough and I had to adapt to it.

Throughout this experience I have learned a lot about myself and what I am capable of. I’m living half-way across the world, thousands and thousand of miles away from what I have been use to for the past 22 years. I’ve traveled country-to-country since being in Italy, gaining as much as I can from each place. This experience has left me to be even more grateful for the people I have in my life and thankful for the ones that have pushed me to that I met on this trip says, “You’re too blessed to be stressed,” and I swear I am going to continue living that way every second I am here.

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Senior Aisha DiGregorio overcoming culture shock and enjoying Santorini, Greece, during her time spent abroad.

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love Keene and want to do whatever we can to heal the hurt.” cers and it may be too soon for this right now, they are looking into planning this sometime in the future months.

The administration plans to work with the students as well.

KSC President Anne Huot said, “I’m going to work with [the students] and I’m going to help lead [the students] to generating a positive change because at the end of the day you really are the ones that have to want it to be different. We can put in place a set of rules and we’ll certainly be reviewing procedures and policies but you have to motivate a change and hold each other accountable.”

As there have been students trying to generate a positive change, there have been changes in procedure. According to an email sent from Kent Drake-Deese, associate dean of students and director of residential life, on-campus students were not allowed to have any guests daytime or nighttime during Thursday, Friday or Saturday of Halloween weekend.

Huot said KSC can also learn about what to change from schools who have already gone through situations similar to what happened in Keene on Pumpkin Fest weekend. “We need to reach out to those resources,” Huot said.

Huot said she has already been in contact with people to do just that.

Schools such as University of Connecticut [UConn], University of Massachusetts Amherst [UMass Amherst] and Pennsylvania State University have already gone through similar situations of rioting, violence and bad publicity, according to a recent report UMass Amherst released. Representatives from these schools have offered advice to KSC, other advice can be found in reports and new approaches to dealing with this type of behavior.

See next week’s issue for what KSC can learn from other schools.

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

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shows were only available on the television screen. Craig Peers, a Keene resident, said, “I used to plan my evenings around the shows I wanted to watch. It was the worst if you missed the show because we didn’t have the means to ‘catch up’ that we do now.” Another Keene resident, Chris Hatch, said, “I used to watch a lot thought it was a pain. I usually watch episodes of something that just happens to be on but I did binge-watch Game of Thrones.”

Jessica Smith, who is also from Keene, picture visual. I can’t concentrate or get into a show if I have to watch it online with ads and interruptions — I don’t enjoy it as much.”

KSC student Alexis Zecha said, “The way I

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ever you want to, which I think is always helpactivity. I decided to put more effort into being ful.” online.

Denali Croteau, age 14, said, “When I was

binge watch, but I try not to.”

Why would I pay extra for cable when I can just watch anything online?”

KSC student Kelley Gilbert said she does not

the news or a variety of shows.”

Gilbert said, “I totally binge watch. When While there are pros and cons of each view- you’re watching a show, you just say ‘one more had a long day, it relaxes me.”

that’s why I like it.” and focusing on their everyday life. Lisa Sogno, “I’ve found myself on lunch breaks from tions because she goes to school and lives with KSC student said, “There’s ways around it. I work, even if it’s just an hour, and I think to her parents who monitor her “screen time.” She like watching online because then I can watch myself, ‘Oh, I can watch one more episode’ and my shows while I’m at the gym. That’s killing I do. It’s so available,” Peers said. most; normally it’s less than that.” two birds with one stone.”

Some adults agreed that screen time needs Zecha said, “I try to balance it. I tend to Eleanor Marshall can be contacted at to be limited. Smith said, “I usually watch watch episode by episode and I sometimes emarshall@keene-equinox.com about three hours a week to wind down at night.

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Healthy Monadnock aims for healthier Keene AMANDA LASHUA

Equinox Staff Healthy Monadnock 2020 is a health initiative developed by Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene with the goal of creating a more sustainable community by supporting healthy lifestyle changes in the Cheshire County and Monadnock region.

In operation since 2007, Healthy Monadnock’s thirty board members, known as the Healthiest Community Advisory Board, have implemented goals and action plans representing schools, organizations and businesses in order to become a healthier, more maintainable society.

According to Healthy Monadnock 2020 website (http://www.cheshire-med.com/vision_2020. html) the general concept of Healthy Monadnock is to create a community with nutritious food options that are easily accessible, to have safe places for physical activity and to promote healthy choices such as attending regular doctor screenings and receiving an adequate amount of sleep.

“The Healthy Monadnock 2020 initiative is a really positive group to have in our Keene community. I think by setting goals and standards for the community to meet, the organization is encouraging and pushing members to make the correct choices in order to improve their health and our society’s as a whole,” Angela Silveri, KSC junior, said. According to Silveri, Healthy Monadnock is well-equipped to help serve the community in terms of spreading healthy lifestyle changes.

“With all the recent information discovered about how severely even small choices can affect us health wise, I don’t see why people wouldn’t want to make changes. It seems like Healthy Monadnock Twenty-Twenty creates a platform for citizens to make healthy choices with support from people who really know what they’re doing,” Silveri said.

According to Healthy Monadnock, their goal of becoming the healthiest community in the nation by 2020 was inspired by community members who were already making healthier choices through activities like shopping at farmers’ markets, walking their kids to school, riding their bikes to work, quitting smoking and losing weight. Some of the goals of Healthy Monadnock 2020 include increasing healthy eating, active living, educational attainment, income and jobs and social connections, as well as improving conditions and skills that support mental well-being and access to quality health care, according to Healthy Monadnock. KSC junior Kyle Sanborn explained that he believes that Healthy Monadnock is a worthwhile organization that Keene State College should become more involved with.

“I personally would love to see Healthy Monadnock Twenty-Twenty have a stronger presence on our campus. It’s such a positive thing that they’re doing and I think it would be good for students to become healthier while becoming closer with the community we live in and try to make positive changes together as a whole. It sometimes feels the Keene State students and the Keene townspeople and community. Something positive like this would be a great way to bring us together,” Sanborn said.

For those who are interested in this initiative, there is an opportunity for people in the community to become more closely involved with helping achieve the goals of Healthy Monadnock 2020 by becoming what are known as “Champions,” according to Healthy Monadnock 2020. Champions are individuals, organizations and schools that work together in order to achieve better environments that support healthy lifestyles and choices, according to Healthy Monadnock. Students like KSC junior Benjamin Neary took interest in becoming a “champion” after hearing about what Healthy Monadnock represented.

“I’m really interested in sustainability and buying local and stuff like that, so when I heard about what Healthy Monadnock stood for and their goals, it really got me thinking about dedicating some of my time to this initiative. I love the idea of coming together as a community and supporting each other in making not only healthier decisions for us as individuals, but for our environment as well,” Neary said.

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rience for students to come together and share their positive thoughts on our community,” KSC junior Tori Folk said. Folk talked about Pumpkin Fest and how the event helped the KSC community come together. “The riot from Pumpkin Fest isn’t what and respect our community is what is important to us. What it means to me is knowing that we can make light out of this negative situation that we are stuck in portrayed by the media,” Folk said.

“I’ve been looking for a way to speak out about how much I love Keene after the events at Pumpkin Fest and the Keene Love event was the perfect opportunity to do so,” DeSouza said. She continued to say that she hopes that Keene Love will be around in the years to come. Students said they left the Keene Love event feeling positive about their school and feeling united as a community. “I thought it was very touching that everyone was writing down positive things that they love about Keene,” KSC junior Juliana Cerbone said. Cerbone continued, “I love the Keene environment because the people here are truly the nicest and friendliest people I've ever met.”

“I liked the event because it was just a bunch of Keene students all getting together and sharing posi-

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“...If we love Keene so much, why would we destroy it?”

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tive vibes, and even though many of us are different we all have the same thing in common — our love for Keene State,” Cerbone said. Other students also said they were entertained.

“So many of them were inspirational. It made me so proud of my school and the people we have in it.

From the faculty to the students to the staff, everyone is involved in some kind of way,” Provencher said, “It was also funny reading some of them. One of my favorites was the person who wrote that they loved chicken patty Wednesday. As a Keene student, who doesn’t love it?” “ I love Pride, I love my rugby team, I love kids in my major, I love my RA staff. Everywhere I turn, I have a community I can rely on,” Magan said.

“We did this event to try and show all of Keene State and the greater community why we love our school and why we are proud to be here,” Briggs said.

Roger Weeks can be contacted at rweeks@keene-equinox.com

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Karaoke event lights up the NOC ELEANOR MARSHALL

Equinox Staff Lambda Pi Eta, Keene State College’s Communication Honors Society, held a costume party and karaoke event on Tuesday, Oct. 28 at 8 p.m. in the Night Owl Café. The Lambda Pi Eta executive board creates events for students and professors to socialize and network within the organization.

Faculty Advisor for Lambda Pi Eta, Dr. Chitra Akkoor, explained that the idea behind hosting events is a way for students to meet others within their major.

Akkoor said, “We’re trying to balance the academic piece with the fun. Having events like a karaoke night helps students and professors meet and connect. When we invite students from the major together and new freshmen who are interested in the major, it offers the younger students a way to get help or mentoring from their seniors and it’s a great networking avenue. Something fun and casual like a costume party with laid back karaoke helps everyone relax and really get to know each other.”

Danielle Hoadley, the vice president of Lambda Pi Eta who dressed as Elsa from “Frozen” and sang the popular “Frozen” song “Let it Go,” said, “Our organization holds these events to keep the communication department active. It’s fun to get up and sing, while hanging out with friends who share common interests.”

Students gathered in the NOC to show off their costumes and sing their favorite songs, according to Hoadley.

This event was also held last year and proved to be a success, Akkoor said.

Akkoor and Hoadley applauded the NOC advertising the event and assistance during it.

Hoadley said, “They were great; They made posters and helped get the word out. As a group, we all helped share the event on Facebook and I think a lot of advertisement was by word of mouth.”

The event, was for those involved in Lambda Pi Delta and the Communication Department at KSC, was also open to the public as a means for networking.

Guest Jenna Foley said she found out about the event through Facebook and a few of her friends who planned to attend. “I thought it sounded like a good time and it’s always nice meeting people at things like this.

The idea is great because while you’re getting to know people, or hanging out with people you know, you’re also having fun.”

Another student, Julia Janson, found out about the event simply by walking into the NOC and seeing everyone enjoying themselves.

Janson said, “I think it’s great that a major department is putting on events like this. It shows that both learning and enjoying ourselves is important.”

While tying in education with fun on the side, students get to meet others, connect with peers and professors and reach out of their comfort zones while on stage.

Akkoor said, “Students and professors can connect in fun ways, too. I got up and sang, just like the students.”

Janson explained, “This time last year, I wouldn’t have been able to get up in front of people I didn’t know and sing. But I did it and I loved it so much that I did it like, four times. I love singing, but I mainly keep it in the shower.”

Foley agreed, “Karaoke is always a good time, I know I used to have a lot of stage fright but honestly, singing is a way to it, so there’s nothing to be intimated by. And those who were really nervous got to sing in groups. It’s just genuine fun.”

Lambda Pi Eta plans to continue holding a few more events throughout the academic school year with the same idea — to host a good time with the potential for connections and friendships to be made, according to Akkoor.

Eleanor Marshall can be contacted at emarshall@keene-equinox.com

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Brave students take to the stage in the Night Owl Café on Oct. 28 at 8 p.m. to participate in karaoke. (Inset): Students wear Halloween costumes during the event.

Beautiful Lengths hosts pledge night in preparation for donations JILL GIAMBRUNO

Equinox Staff Beautiful Lengths calls for hair, a lot of it, to be donated to the American Cancer Society to make wigs for women who have lost their hair to chemotherapy treatments. nights for the third annual Keene State College hosted event, Beautiful Lengths, which will be held in April 2015.

Allie Bedell, KSC alumnus from the class of 2014, brought the Pantene-sponsored event to campus in 2012, after having participated in the events hosted at her own high school.

KSC will be hosting the event for the third year in a row, come April.

Since her freshman year in 2012, Alyssa DeMarco has donated 28 inches of hair at the two Beautiful Lengths events that were already hosted on campus.

“Everyone was really supportive,” DeMarco said of it, it will be her third year being involved.

“Beautiful Lengths will take hair from anyone and they use as much as they possibly can,” DeMarco explained, “The only restriction is that they don’t want it to have been dyed in the last six months and they only allow a certain percentage of grey.”

DeMarco continued, explaining the process of what happens after the initial donation of the hair, “They take six eight-inch ponytails to make a wig and then they go through the American Cancer Society to donate them.”

DeMarco explained that through other organizations, women may have to pay for the wigs, as they’re not considered a necessary part of cancer treatment.

“I think it’s just a really amazing organization,” DeMarco continued, “If you go on Pantene’s website they have a whole blog keeping people updated on donation day events.” own hair.

“I thought about how hard it was for me to voluntarily cut off eight inches of my hair, whereas women going through chemotherapy don’t have a choice. So “But I love donating. It’s just getting a haircut! And we have stylists come in afterwards, so it’s a really nice process.”

DeMarco said she hopes to donate her hair again at the 2016 event when it’s long enough.

“It’s only eight inches,” DeMarco noted of what Beautiful Lengths is asking for, “If you’ve got eight, donate!”

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Students prepare to donate their hair at last year’s Beautiful Lengths event on April 12, 2014.

In total, between Locks of Love and Pantene’s Beautiful Lengths, Jaime Drisdelle has participated in four events, donating ten or more inches of hair each time.

Now a junior at KSC, Drisdelle said she got involved with donating her hair at a young age.

“In preschool, my friend Jake found out that he had cancer,” Drisdelle explained, “When he came back to school after losing his hair, he wasn’t as happy as he had been.” for her friend.“I [donated] two times in honor of Jake and once in memory of him,” Drisdelle continued, “I also lost my Grandpa to cancer in 2013, so I decided to donate my hair in memory of my grandfather and Jake.”

After her four experiences with donating her hair, Drisdelle said she would recommend that anyone who has the length should donate.

“I was incredibly excited to cut it. I was counting down the days until the event,” Drisdelle explained, “I wasn’t scared whatsoever. I felt honored that my hair could help brighten someone’s day. I wanted to make a difference in someone’s life.”

Like Drisdelle, Katherine Marren has a more personal reason for deciding to participate in the Beautiful Lengths event.“In my freshman year, November 2012, my mom got diagnosed with stage one breast cancer,” Marren, a KSC junior, explained.

“Thankfully, she didn’t need to go through [Chemotherapy]; she didn’t lose her hair,” Marren continued of her mother’s experience, “She only had to go through radiation, but because of that I kind of realized how horrible it is to watch someone you love go through cancer and feel as though there’s nothing you can really do to help them.”

Marren said that donating hair was a way for her to help women who experienced what her mother was going through.

“It also helped me to feel less helpless and support other families who go through it, too,” Marren said.

“My mom was really lucky. She didn’t need chemo and she didn’t lose her hair, but so many moms and so many families do,” Marren continued, “I wanted to help because I know how scary it is for them.”

At the Beautiful Lengths 2013 event hosted in the

KSC Spaulding Gymnasium, Marren donated nine inches of hair.

“All of my roommates cut my hair,” Marren added, “Actually, we all cut out hair together. We all pledged in September and cut in April.”

Marren was excited to cut her hair and said that it was an amazing experience.

“Hair grows back,” Marren said, “It’s an incredible experience to cut your hair and know it’s going to someone with cancer with a hundred other girls — knowing that you’re all doing it together, for the same reason.”

Marren continued, “It’s a really amazing thing. And you feel so much better after. You’re really making a difference and helping people. It’s so easy. You don’t have to do anything. You just cut your hair.”

Marren strongly encouraged others to pledge to donate their hair as well, and noted that it’s as easy as the Beautiful Lengths slogans claims, “Grow, cut, donate!”

“I’d always wanted to donate my hair. I don’t know why I never did,” Bridgette Normandin, a junior at KSC, said of cutting and donating nine inches of her hair during the Beautiful Lengths event hosted on campus last year. Normandin admitted that she was more excited than scared of taking scissors to her hair.

“I thought I was going to be nervous, but it got to a point where my hair was just so long,” Normandin continued, “I just really needed a haircut. I needed something new and different.”

While Normandin was excited, it was her mother cut my hair, even though she was really nervous about it,” Normandin said, “She really didn’t want to do it, but I asked her to. I think the whole experience really changed her perspective.” at the end. It was a really nice experience.” The event has been growing in popularity, according to Normandin. year. The support we got was really amazing,” Normandin said, “Anyone can donate — even guys. As long as you have eight inches of hair to cut, anyone can do it.”

The Beautiful Lengths 2015 event at KSC will take place on Saturday, April 11. Normandin mentioned that pledge nights will happen about once a month and will be advertised around campus, the next one being Monday, Nov. 24.

“I want people to realize that it’s only hair they’re donating,” Normandin noted, “I know a lot of girls are attached to their long hair, but it’ll grow back.”

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Students write in chalk what they love about Keene State College on Appian Way as part of KSC Pride’s Keene Love event on Monday, Oct. 27.

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Students show support for KSC community with Keene Love event ROGER WEEKS

Equinox Staff Students gathered on Appian Way armed with chalk to share what they loved most about their school, thanks to a Keene State College Pride sponsored event called Keene Love on Monday, Oct. 27.

"The inspiration behind the event was to try and show what we love about Keene State and that we weren’t all part of the group who participated in the riots. If we love Keene so much, why

would we destroy it?" KSC Pride President Kayla Magan said.

Students met at the Madison Street Lounge to grab chalk that KSC Pride provided for the event, then headed to Appian Way to write and draw what they loved most about Keene, according to Magan. Magan explained how the event tied into the aftermath of the Pumpkin Fest riots.

"After the riots at Pumpkin Fest I felt like we needed to show everyone how much the students care about their community,” KSC junior Hanna Desouza

said.

She continued, “That's why I went to the event. It was great seeing students writing about why they love Keene and how much they care about what happened. When my professor told our class about the Keene Love event I immediately felt the need to go.”

KSC Pride members were happy to see students from beyond their club getting involved.

“I thought that Chalk Love was such a cool thing for Pride because I saw it as an event that was engaging for the

entire Keene State community and not event. just our club members. It was our way “I was walking back from the gym to reach out to everyone and say that and saw all of these people gathered on we love our school and that the riots Appian Way with chalk,” Provencher said, “It was a really positive atmopeople at the event that wouldn’t nor- sphere and everyone was laughing and mally come to a Pride meeting, so that sharing stories. I couldn’t help but stop was awesome,” Magan said. and join all of them.”

“I think that the event went really Many students seemed excited to be well. I loved it when people just walked given a chance to publicly express love by and grabbed some chalk and helped for their school. out with the messages,” KSC student “I thought that the Keene Love event Lucy Briggs said. Junior Samantha that KSC Pride put on was a great expeProvencher said she stumbled upon the » KEENE LOVE, A8

KSC aims to move forward after riots TAYLOR THOMAS

Graham said students have been coming to him schools to interact with children so they’re not afraid in the days since Pumpkin Fest with ideas on how to of us and Jeff Garand [KSC student] wants to work on a rebuild the relationship between the college and the fundraiser with the bookstore,” Graham said. He said PART 1: community members and that he has been planning these are just two ideas of many that people have proKeene State College students are working on things as well. posed. moving forward to repair relationships and prevent a An idea that Graham said he wants to implement is KSC seniors Emily Murphy and Tyler Fabiano have situation like what happened at the riots on Saturday, having fundraisers at sports games, where the ticket an idea of their own.

Oct. 18 from ever happening again.

“What we want to do is have a family-style dinner Students are devising plans on how to restore a go towards offsetting costs of property damages. He sense of community in Keene. Other schools that have said he is also working on trying to sell shirts at local gone through similar situations of bad publicity can vendors that read “We are Keene” for KSC students and their families,” Murphy said. offer examples of how to move forward. and community members, where all proceeds will Murphy said this will give students the opportuStudent Body President Bobby Graham, said after also go towards offsetting costs of property damage. nity to have open conversation with these members the clean up, “A group of about twenty students volunOther students are coming up with plans on how to of the community and their families, which will help teered to go door-to-door to businesses on Main Street, restore the relationship between community members restore the sense of community and sense of underasking if there was any way we could help with any- and KSC students. standing. thing. The same group went to the police station and “Laura Graham [KSC student] wants to bring college Murphy said, “I, along with most students, still thanked the people that were there.” students and the dance team to surrounding towns’

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Viewers tune in to television trends ELEANOR MARSHALL

Equinox Staff Television and the way people watch TV has changed dramatically over the years. Television began with just a few shows, during select hours scheduled each week. With On Demand services like Netonline and entire seasons all grouped together, it’s easier for viewers to watch on their own demand at

any time.

Whether it’s “bingewatching,” sometimes known as “marathoning,” 17 episodes of a show’s season, watching one episode on a break in the middle of the day, or scheduling four hours to watch TV on Sunday nights, people now have the opportunity to watch television however and whenever they like.

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Theater for Democracy HANNAH SUNDELL

EQUINOX STAFF The mayor is wearing a backwards baseball cap and a sports jersey and there are people skateboarding around the room — this is not a typical city council meeting. Herberton Hall in the Keene Public Library on Wednesday, Oct. 29 was a full house for the mock production of City Council Meeting.

The City Council Meeting production was created by Mallory Catlett, Jim Findlay and Aaron Landsman. The production is referred to as performed participatory democracy, a performance created locally and involving audience participation.

The first performance of City Council Meeting was in Houston, Texas in 2012 and since then it has been taken all over the country.

Members of the community, in this case the community of Keene, sit in the audience and can choose which role they want in the performance.

The audience members can choose to be bystanders, supporters or speakers. Speakers become city council members and sit on stage while supporters speak at the podium on certain issues and bystanders are able to watch the performance without speaking.

The performance began asking for audience volunteers to be speak-

ers and supporters, while the bystanders left the room.

The meeting started with an instructional video, including actual council members Terry M. Clark representing Ward 3 and Emily P. Hague from the Planning, Licenses and Development Committee.

Co-creator and director Mallory Catlett described the meeting as a, “task-based performance, in that it is based on a series of tasks that are in a series of instructions. So no one really has a script — the mayor has pieces of a script, but each of the council members has a staffer who instructs them, feeds them lines or tells them what to do at certain points. People in the audience have testimonies that were given somewhere in the United States within the last three years, so they’re just reading transcripts,” Catlett said.

Catlett explained that most of the meeting was based on actual transcripts from city council meetings, except for writing that Landsman added. Also during the performance there were two monitors on either side of the stage giving instructions to the audience, along with live video footage. Messages occasionally scrolled across the screens as well, including questions like, “Are you even here or are you just represented?” Catlett thought the per-

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Students and community members congregate in Heberton Hall at the Keene Public Library to participate as bystanders, supporters or speakers in The City Council Meeting production created by Mallory Catlett, Jim Findlay and Aaron Landsman.

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Saturday Night Live stars get serious in ‘Skeleton Twins’ succumb to dangerous temptations?

I was hoping that “The Skeleton Twins” would be a great movie. Unfortunately, I

Dumpster diggers accompany silent film at KSC ALLIE BAKER

Equinox Staff Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader have been in

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Ken Winokur, Roger Miller and Terry

a mixed bag.

Nobody gave a bad performance, but there are traits associated with some of the characters that I had a bit of an issue with.

Bill Hader, overall, was the most interfectly able to walk that line of droll and upbeat. For those people wondering if Hader gave a serious performance, I can

dumpsters to kickstart what would become Alloy Orchestra in December of 1990. The three men gathered chunks of discarded machine parts, worn tools and appliances to be played alongside their own homemade instruments.

In the main theater of Keene State College’s Redfern Arts Center on Oct. 31, the

Equinox Staff makes you think about it for a second.

From childhood to adolescence, everyAlthough, while Ty Burrell is a great actor, the storyline with Milo and his way.

For example, I grew up with a much A storyline like this is horrifying to older brother and sister, so I had nobody my age to grow along with. the uncomfortable relationship until I wouldn’t change a thing, because my siblings were always a part of my life. As twins, they’re connected for life, whether when it comes time to expose the situathey’re identical or not. There is a bond there that is hard to break. displaying emotion.

But once reality comes knocking at the Then, we come to Kristen Wiig, who door, separations happen and they may started out interesting and ended up frusdrift away from what once made them trating. She has some trouble keeping her whole. “The Skeleton Twins” is the story of emotions under control and uses this as what happens when we reconnect with the an excuse to act out. people we love.

While on the verge of suicide, Maggie something crazy once. But once it’s [Kristen Wiig] gets a call that her brother revealed that she’s done a number of terriMilo [Bill Hader] is in the hospital after an ble things, she becomes an unlikable charattempted suicide. acter.

Having been estranged for about ten years, it’s an awkward reunion. Despite out dislike her character that nothing this, Maggie invites Milo to stay with her could redeem her from. She then goes on and her husband [Luke Wilson] for a while. to say how damaged she is and how that’s Even though they’re reunited, they her motivation. both have some personal issues to deal I understand Milo for acting out, but Milo reunites with his former high school man for a husband, who does nothing but teacher [Ty Burrell] who molested him care for her and her brother.

She claims that she’s screwed up, even The only thing that can get them through though everything seems to be working out this is each other. Will they reconnect or in her favor. It irritates me when a character

arsenal of instruments as a pit band to The Phantom of the Opera.

According to their pamphlet, the freshly-formed Alloy Orchestra hasplayed for thousands of Boston spectators during the annual First Night celebration. Nearly 25 years later, their rustic style continues to be showcased, but in an unexpected way.

The original Phantom of the Opera 1929. This version of the classic received early 1900 color treatment with mething, making scenes a shade of one color entirely at certain moments.

Although a classic horror movie in itself, The Phantom of the Opera intensi-

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acts down when they have no real reason to. shot ever stood out to me in general.

Also, if you watch the trailer, it’s easy to see where this plot goes. From start to about it. Besides a few good performances, there isn’t all that much in “The Skeleton predictable, hitting all the familiar beats.

Twins” to give it a proper recommendation.

I could overlook this, if I liked the characters. But since Wiig is a weak link, it was Rating: C hard to care for her character.

The cinematography is standard, with Matt Bilodeau can be contacted at muted colors and basic framing. No one mbilodeau@keene-equinox.com

and orchestrating the mood.

During a ballet performance in the movie the orchestra created an upbeat tune that bounced with the dancers.

Member Terry Donahue tapped on strung horseshoes that each produced a hue held the end of a saw and scraped its side with a violin bow to create a highpitched wiry noise.

In one scene of the movie, the Phantom played the piano sporadically as he

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Cult classic slasher film comes to Putnam Theater for Halloween MATT BILODEAU

Equinox Staff

From the opening tracking shot to the

Halloween Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger, Chucky, our favorite slasher moves quietly, barely out the decades, they have all expanded through multiple sequels, leaving behind

[Donald Pleasence] runs outside to see that

Carpenter came around that it became a of her location and leaves a trail of bodies in Right before his transfer, the danger-

project only added another bright spot to Carpenter comes back to produce rather than direct, handing the directing chair to

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Halloween II this, some of the suspense from the original

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Audience members participate in playing the role of council members during The City Council Meeting production.

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Writer of the City Council Meeting script, Aaron Landsman, said there were two messages he was trying to convey with the second act. “The message is, what are rules for,” Landsman said.

He continued, “How you find your tribe, how (Cont. from B1) you find your people when you’re younger because I know I didn’t skateboard so I was interformance went “great.” She continued, “Every ested in hearing from those guys what it was like. place we do it is very distinct and New Hampshire I grew up in kind of an alternative music scene in is beautiful.” the Midwest in the 80s and that was where I found Keene State College Alumnus and Staffer with my tribe. So I’m always interested in how people the City Council Meeting production Jon Adams find the people who help them get through life.” was on stage during the production and also The second message was “People who might played a role in the beginning of the first act. be political adversaries — your council members Adams explained, “City Council Meeting is basi- and the skaters — can sometimes seem to be at cally a mock-city council meeting, but instead of odds,” he said. having actors we have audience participation play “To just have them on stage together is really the role of the council members.” the message in a way; that’s the message to kind As a staffer, Adams “gave the city council mem- of embody that spirit. In each city where we do bers information that they needed,” Adams said. this project we have some kind of combination “I didn’t find out exactly what this was until of people that might have to argue about sometoday, ten minutes before the show started,” thing at a council meeting and then be on stage Adams said. together,” Landsman continued.

The second half of the performance consisted Adams explained the most important aspect of council members Hague and Clark playing of a show like this for him is, “Bringing to light guitar and singing some old folk songs mixed with information that people would not normally think other genres. about, like I would not normally go to a city counSimultaneously, two young men skateboarded cil meeting because they’re kinda boring, to be so around the room. blunt,” Adams said.

Adams explained one reason for this was the recent discussions of building a new skate park in Hannah Sundell can be contacted at Keene. hsundell@keene-equinox.com

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kept getting interrupted.

Pit keyboardist Roger Miller played a piano tune whenever the Phantom did, stopping and starting in accordance to the Phantom on screen.

For the Redfern performance, Alloy Orchestra used Zildjian-brand percussion equipment as well as junk bells, wind chimes, horseshoes, a saw, a triangle and a heating coil.

Alloy Orchestra members write the movie they’re performing with, according to their pamphlet.

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Attendees take part in a costume party following the show.

in both students and area residents. venues across North America.

In the promotional memo, Redfern with live accompaniment.

Paolo Cherchi Usai, co-director Arts Center faculty encouraged of the Pordenone Silent Film Festival, viewers to come in costume to celthought it was interesting.” was quoted praising Alloy Orchesebrate the holiday.

KSC Senior Megan Lindsey had tra’s innovative technique to embelA Keene woman who arrived as a caterpillar, but came as a fan than anyone lately to bring audience came. I think it just helps to get great that we have opportunities to people more absorbed in it; bring it have something like this.” to life.”

Alloy Orchestra has showcased Ken Gregory of Keene, however, their work in more than a thousand

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There are no duplicate answers.

CLUES

Across 3 Treasure hunter in this hit Playstation series.

5 This little guy loves eating power pellets.

8 Hiding under boxes is something this character excels at.

9 This character uses his power to steal enemy powers.

10 Plumbing Italian adventurer.

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A spartan who adventures through the universe (2 Words).

Big money on the nintendo campus (2 Words).

Gotta go faster, faster, f-f-f-faster Sword wielding main character of nintendo series.

This fighter uses ice powered moves to beat his enemies.

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Future of UN climate body debated KARL RITTER

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Islamic State now target Iraqi tribe

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — After SAMEER N. YACOUB

about 4,000 authors, contributors and reviewers and 30,000 climate studies, the U.N.'s expert panel on climate change has published its latest assessment on global warming. Now many wonder what's next.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has answered the most important question on global warming — whether humans are causing it — with 95 percent certainty: Yes. Next year, the IPCC is set to make a decision on its future and even the panel itself is asking whether it makes sense to embark on another mammoth climate report, which would be its sixth since 1988.

The painstaking and time-consuming work of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning already out of date by the time its reports are published.

On the sidelines of the IPCC meeting in Copenhagen, The Associated Press asked climate experts inside and outside the IPCC process about the value of the panel and its giant reports. Here is what they had to say: RAJENDRA PACHAURI, IPCC Chairman: "There is need for a sixth report. ... There always will be areas where you need to know much more. You also need to reinforce and, may I say, re-establish what was known earlier on the basis of new research, new information. ... Therefore I would say the IPCC not only has a future, it has a very bright future."

MICHAEL OPPENHEIMER, Princeton professor and lead author of the second part of the latest IPCC assessment report: "There are some issues with IPCC. One is this cumbersome approval process. Another tists who otherwise would be doing research.

You have to ask yourself: is that the best way they should be spending their time? And the third thing is it's so long and cumbersome in its way that by the time it comes out there's a bunch of new research. ... All those are things

AssociAted Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Islamic State group militants publicly shot dead 36 Sunni tribesmen, women and children Monday, leader said, pushing the total number of members slain by the extremists in recent days to more than 200.

Sheik Naim al-Gaoud, a

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FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009 file photo, steam and smoke rises from a coal burning power plant in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

which could be remedied if we did fewer of these comprehensive reports and more shorter, crisper or pointed interim reports."

SAM SMITH, leader of environmental group WWF's climate and energy initiative: "I think the unique value from WWF's perspective of the IPCC is this: It represents a very conservative consensus between an enormous number of the world's best scientists and all of the world's governments. And so it provides this measuring stick which is irrefutable. You can't say 'it only represents a few scientists, or a few governments, we don't agree with it.' It's like a brick. ... If you want something that no one can deny, also at a political level, then you need something like the IPCC." JOHN CHRISTY, climate scientist at Uni-

versity of Alabama, Huntsville, and former IPCC author who is skeptical of mainstream science's claim that global warming is a major problem: "Something needs to change as these reports are biased and out-of-date by the time they are released. The system now gives almost complete control of the text to authors who have been selected by their politicallyaware governments to write it and who do not

... But I do think that there would be value perhaps for the IPCC as well to do also shorter, very focused reports on certain specific issues that are advancing very fast."

CHRIS FIELD, ecologist at Carnegie Institution for Science in California and co-chair of an IPCC working group: "The thing that I think we could do the best is not go silent over several years and then release a whole bunch of reports in one year so that the scientists are buried in work of the climate system." and the media doesn't know which reports KAISA KOSONEN, climate policy adviser to cover. ... I think that if we produce a major at Greenpeace: report every year that would be a really great "I think we need a process like this in the outcome." future as well that sort of compiles the whole story and takes the time to bring that together.

World Trade Center reopens for business VERENA DOBNIK

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The government's General Services Administration signed up for 275,000 square feet, and the China Center, a trade and cultural facility, will cover 191,000 square feet.

The eight-year construction of the 1,776foot high skyscraper came after years of

NEW YORK (AP) — Thirteen years after the 9/11 terrorist attack, the resurrected World Trade Center has opened for business — marking an emotional milestone for both New Yorkers and the nation.

Nast began working at 1 World Trade Center on Monday. The 104-story, $3.9 billion skyscraper dominates the Manhattan skyline. mercial tenant in America's tallest building.

It's the centerpiece of the 16-acre site where the decimated twin towers once stood and where more than 2,700 people died on Sept.

AP PHOTO / MARK LENNIHAN 11, 2001, buried under smoking mounds of One World Trade Center, center, stands between the transportation hub, left, still "The New York City skyline is whole again, as 1 World Trade Center takes its place in Lower Manhattan," said Patrick Foye, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns both the building and the World Trade Center site.

The agency began moving into neighboring 4 World Trade Center last week.

He said 1 World Trade Center "sets new standards of design, construction, prestige and sustainability; the opening of this iconic building is a major milestone in the transformation of Lower Manhattan into a thriving

under construction, and 7 World Trade Center, second from right, Monday, Nov. 3, 2014 in New York.

24/7 neighborhood."

With construction fences gone and boxes

says it is a much stronger structure than the twin towers.

Starting Monday, more than 170 employ-

moved into what Foye called "the most secure the company said. By early 2015, about 3,000 Prior to the move, Conde Nast addressed any issues employees might have had about T.J. Gottesdiener of the Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, says it took extra measures to strengthen the steel-and-concrete structure. It

The building is 60 percent leased, with another 80,000 square feet going to the adverator Legends Hospitality, the BMB Group investment adviser, and Servcorp, a provider

threatened to derail the project.

The bickering slowly died down as two other towers started going up on the southeast end of the site: the now completed 4 World Trade Center whose anchor tenant is the Port Authority, which started moving in last week, and 3 World Trade Center, which is slowly rising.

The area has prospered in recent years beyond anyone's imagination. About 60,000 more residents now live there — three times more than before 9/11 — keeping streets, restaurants and shops alive even after Wall Street Still, it's a bittersweet victory, one achieved with the past in mind as the architects created 1 World Trade Center.

T.J. Gottesdiener of the Skidmore, Owings & Merrill told The Associated Press that the high-rise was built with steel-reinforced concrete that makes it as terror attack-proof as possible. He said the firm went beyond the city's existing building codes to achieve that.

"We did it, we finally did it," he said.

Lost Purple Heart returning to NY soldier’s family CHRIS CAROLA

AssociAted Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Just a toddler when her father was killed in Vietnam, Robyn DeCuffa was devastated when his Purple Heart medal disappeared from her Syracuse-area home years ago.

"The medal was really all that I did have from my father," said DeCuffa, a 51-year-old mother of eight from Cortland in central New York.

On Tuesday, DeCuffa and her mother will be reunited with Pfc. Thomas McGraw's Purple Heart, awarded after his death in an ambush in Vietnam on Feb. 1, 1966, while serving in the Army's 1st Cavalry Division.

Sarah Dallas, McGraw's widow, gave DeCuffa her father's Army medals and a photo album from his military service when she was 18. Years later, the Purple Heart disappeared while she was living outside Syracuse, where her father grew up. DeCuffa said someone likely stole the medal, but she

wouldn't elaborate. "It was a part of him I could physically hang on to," she said. "It was devastating when it was missing."

In the early 1990s, Jason Galloway found a Purple Heart on the playground at his suburban Syracuse elementary school.

He later handed it in to the front office. Although McGraw's name was engraved on the back, apparently no effort was made to return it to its owner. When school ended for the year, the medal was given back to Jason, who brought it home.

Karen Galloway, Jason's mother, said the medal mostly sat in a drawer in the kitchen of her family's home in Liverpool.

Every now and then, her husband would search the Internet in an effort to locate McGraw and return the medal, but had no luck finding any information. "We didn't put tons and tons of effort into it," she said.

Then, last Christmas, the now 34-year-old Jason and his wife were visiting from the Washington, D.C., area. Galloway's daughter-in-law saw the medal and asked why the family had it since Jason, an Air Force veteran, hadn't been wounded during his four-year service.

Told the story of how it was found at the school, Jason's wife said it would be "cool" to find its owner. Weeks later, the daughter-in-law called to say she had seen a local news story on Purple Hearts Reunited, a Vermont-based organization that returns lost or stolen military medals to veterans or their families.

Karen Galloway contacted the founder, Zachariah Fike, who traced the medal's origins and located DeCuffa, a manager for Capital Region Off-Track Betting, and Dallas, who lives in Mexico, New York.

"It almost feels like a miracle that this is being returned," said DeCuffa, whose second-oldest son is an Army veteran and whose second-oldest daughter is in the Air Force.

Fike will return the medal to DeCuffa and Dallas during a ceremony being held at the Cavalry Club, a former National Guard camp-turned-golf club in Manlius, outside Syracuse.

Galloway and her husband plan to be there.

"I'm so excited about it," she said. "He lost his life and I think that it's really important that it gets back to his family."

tribe, said the militant group killed 29 men, four women and three children, lining them up in in the village of Ras al-Maa, north of Ramadi. He said the extremists shot each of them dead one by one.

The tribal leader warned that 120 families are still trapped there.

"These massacres will be repeated in the coming days unless the government and its security forces help the trapped people," al-Gaoud said. the account of Monday's killings. He spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to brief journalists.

Some Sunnis in Anbar province supported the militants when they seized Fallujah and parts of Ramadi in December.

That came after widespread Sunnis protests against the Shiite-led government in Baghdad for what they described as second-class treatment.

These recent killings, all committed in public, raise the Al Bu Nimr tribe in recent days to at least 214 people killed, sugIslamic State group now view them as a threat.

Analysts believe the Islamic State group may be trying to take revenge for the tribe siding with the American forces in the past, as well as Iraqi security forces.

The killings also likely will terrify other Sunni tribes that would think of resisting the militants.

Since the Islamic State a number of Iraq's Sunni tribes have been fundamental in stalling its advance, taking up arms security forces.

A U.S.-led campaign of airstrikes is targeting the group as well, with nine strikes hitting in Beiji, Fallujah and Ar Rutbah, U.S. Central Command said.

Meanwhile Monday, the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for two bombings on Shiite pilgrims that left 23 people dead in Baghdad a day earlier.

In a statement posted online late Sunday, the group said the car bomb attacks happened despite the tight security measures amid the Shiites' "biggest The two attacks, on Sunday, targeted Shiite pilgrims and the roadside tents serving them on their way to the holy city of Karbala to mark the Ashoura religious holiday.

Ashoura commemorates the seventh-century death of Imam Hussein, a grandson of Prophet Muhammad, and an iconic martyr among Shiite Muslims.

Sunni insurgents frequently target Shiites, who they consider heretics.

Also Monday, police said a bomb struck a group of Shiite and wounding 11 in Baghdad's southwestern suburb of Nahrawan.

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1 arrested in Halloween hit-and-run AMY TAXIN

AssociAted Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A 31-year-old man was arrested in the hit-and-run deaths of three teenage girls who had gone trick-or-treating on Halloween, authorities said Monday.

Jaquinn Bell of Orange was booked for investigation of felony hit-and-run causing death, Santa Ana police Chief Carlos Rojas told a press conference. The chief said the Orange was reviewing the case.

Authorities previously said they were looking for a driver the scene of Friday evening's crash that claimed the lives of 13-year-old twins and their 13-year-old friend at a crosswalk. A damaged black Honda the crash site. The police chief said, however, that Bell actually had two teenage children in the vehicle with him at the time.

The children and Bell's mother and half-sister, who were taken into custody with Bell when he was arrested at a motel, were later released, Rojas said. The girls were struck as they crossed a street in a marked crosswalk. The vehicle that hit them made no attempt to stop, the chief said. "He did not attempt to stop or render aid to the children he had hit," Rojas said. Two of the girls were declared dead immediately, and the other died as paramedics prepared to take her to a hosSteve Concialdi said.

The twin sisters were Lexi and Lexandra Perez, and the third victim was Andrea Gonzalez, the Orange County SherIn the nearby city of Irvine, a 65-year-old man was killed and his 4-year-old son was injured Friday after a car struck them while they were trick-or-treating.

Salvador detective won’t let the dead lie silent ALBERTO ARCE

AssociAted Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — A hundred yards below a private cemetery where generals have gathered for a military suits are digging up a clandestine grave next to a fetid river.

It is painstaking labor in a land littered with secret graves. This is the 30th excavation this year for criminologist Israel Ticas, who leads the teams that search for bodies still missing from a decades-old civil war, and for those killed more recently by street gangs who hold most of El Salvador in their clutches. this time Ticas knows he is looking for members of the Mara Salvatrucha gang who were snatched from a bus station days before. In an unusual break, police captured three of the rival 18th Street gangsters and chased others into the arroyo with the fresh graves.

Ticas is working against the clock. By law, the government has 72 hours to collect the corpses and produce evidence of murder, or else the suspects will be released. But it is slow going, as the bodies have been beheaded and dismembered, and though they are not long dead, worms have begun to feed on them.

The air is thick with the smell of human decomposition, and perhaps with fear. Police stand guard against gangsters who would stop the search if they could. When shots ring out suddenly, panic grips the crew before they

AP PHOTO / SALVADOR MELENDEZ

In this Oct. 3, 2014 photo, criminologist Israel Ticas removes soil from a clandestine gravesite in San Salvador, El Salvador.

guard at the military funeral overhead.

Ticas is up to his armpits in dirt, as he sometimes is several days a week. Hour after hour, he moves bits of earth with an archeologist's precision, his face streaked with sweat and soil. Late in the day, with October skies threatening rain, he urges two assistants to make haste, but not to repeat the errors of the previous evening. In darkness, he says, a crew from the morgue took away a torso but forgot the head.

"This is not just an exhumation. It is a crime scene," he reminds them. They are working for the attorney general, who must have bodies to make a case for murder. ___ Some would argue that digging up graves is a fool's errand in El Salvador, a country with the world's second highest per capita homicide rate after neighboring Honduras. But this is a vocation for Ticas, who calls himself the "lawyer for the dead." In fact, he is a systems engineer turned police detective who taught himself forensic science. Most address him by his academic title, "Engineer."

Short and solidly built, he looks younger than his 51 years. Ticas speaks in the street slang of the gangsters who occupy his neighborhood, but looks the part of a plainclothes

cop. When not in biohazard gear, he wears a more than 700 bodies, about 60 percent of leather jacket and dark glasses, or a double- them women and girls. That is a fraction of breasted suit with a tie held in place by a gold what's out there, he believes, but Ticas does clip.

He was a young police intelligence agent Body counts also serve as political ammunition. In 2012 and 2013, El Salvador's previagainst Farabundo Marti National Libera- ous leftist government helped negotiate a tion Front guerrillas in the 1980s. Today, those truce between the gangs, during which time former guerrillas hold the presidency, and it claimed that homicides fell by 60 percent.

Ticas works for an independently named But detractors, including Ticas's boss, Attorattorney general as the department's only ney General Luis Martinez, saw the truce as criminologist. government collusion with criminals. They Ticas knows the risks of his work better argue that the dead simply were dumped in than anyone. He sees the evidence of gang clandestine graves by the country's tens of rape and sadistic methods of murder such thousands of gang members. as crushed skulls or "the pinata," in which a Ticas insists he does not want to play this victim is hung upside down from a tree and political tug of war. Rather, he is a technician hacked to death with machetes, like children looks like a museum of horrors, with models He considers all killers to be devils, no of skulls and limbs, and walls papered in photographs of severed heads and salvaged lawyer because he seeks justice for the dead, bodies. whoever they might be and whoever may From his desk, Ticas pulls out a dozen have killed them. It so happens that gangs dog-eared catalogues of violence, one for each are doing the lion's share of killing to enforce their control, and going to great lengths to written notes and color drawings that record conceal the dead, many of them women and how many bodies per grave, their locations, discarded girlfriends. positions, conditions and measurements.

He calculates that in the last 12 years he The books provide a meticulous accounthas opened about 90 common graves with ing of the extent of the killing across El Sal-

vador, which is why he guards them jealously.

In many cases, he interviews protected witnesses who provide details of murder: "She was killed because she knew too much about gang movements and security houses," according to one account. "A 14-year-old girl was impregnated by a gang member... They did the 'pinata' to her," says another.

The number of missing in El Salvador is a subject of debate, with estimates ranging from 600 to 2,000 per year. Many of those reported States, while the disappearance of many other Salvadorans goes unreported out of fear of the gangs.

But that doesn't mean families aren't looking. Ticas pulls a metal box out of his desk ments and letters from desperate mothers who come knocking on his door at all hours of day and night. "'Is this where Israel Ticas lives, the one who looks for the dead?' they ask. 'Look, they her even if she's dead,'" Ticas recounts. scared because I realize the whole world knows where I live."

Terminally ill Brittany Maynard takes her own life Lower gas prices boost US STEVEN DUBOIS, TERRENCE PETTY

SUV sales in October

AssociAted Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Brittany Maynard stuck by her decision.

The woman with brain cancer who revived a national debate about physician-assisted suicide ended her life Saturday by swallowing lethal drugs made available under an Oregon law allowing terminally ill people to choose when to die. She would have been 30 on Nov. 19.

Maynard had been in the spotlight for about a month since publicizing that she and her husband, Dan Diaz, moved to Portland from Northern California so that she could take advantage of the Oregon law. She told journalists she planned to die Nov. 1, shortly after her husband's birthday, but reserved the right to move the date forward or push it back. ule after hinting at a possible delay in a video released last week.

"She died as she intended — peacefully in her bedroom, in the arms of her loved ones," said Sean Crowley, a spokesman for the advocacy group Compassion & Choices. frequent and longer seizures, severe head and neck pain, and stroke-like symptoms. As symptoms grew more severe, she chose to abbreviate the dying process by taking the aid-in-dying medication she had received months ago."

The issue of physician-assisted suicide is not new, but Maynard's youth and vitality before she became ill brought the discussion to a younger generation.

Working with Compassion & Choices, Maynard used her story to speak out for the right of terminally ill people like herself to end their lives on their own terms.

Maynard's choice was not without detractors.

Some religious groups and others opposed to physician-assisted suicide voiced objections.

"We are saddened by the fact that this young woman gave up hope, and now our concern is for other people with terminal illnesses who may contemplate following her example," Janet Morana, executive director of the group Priests for Life, said in a statement after Maynard's death.

"Brittany's death was not a victory for a political cause. It was a tragedy, hastened by despair and aided by the culture of death invading our country."

TOM KRISHER, DEE-ANN DURBIN

AP Auto Writers DETROIT (AP) — Falling gas prices improved buyers' moods trucks in October.

GM, Toyota, Chrysler, Nissan, Volkswagen and Honda all reported sales gains last month.

Only Ford's sales fell 2 percent as it cut back on F-Series pickup sales ahead of the launch of a new F-150 later this year. Analysts expected industry sales to rise 6 percent over last October.

The national average price of gasoline fell 33 cents to end October at $3 a gallon, according to AAA. Gasoline is now the cheapest it has been in four years, and the decline accelerated a trend been going on all year.

"Gas prices coming

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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Maynard family shows Brittany Maynard, a 29-year-old terminally ill woman who plans to take her own life under Oregon’s death with dignity law.

the request. The patient must swallow the drug without help; it is illegal for a doctor to administer it.

More than 750 people in Oregon have used the law to die as of Dec. 31, 2013. The median age of the deceased is 71. Only six were younger than 35. The state does not track how many terminally ill people move to Oregon to die. A patient must prove to a doctor that they are living in Oregon.

Some examples of documentation include a rental agreement, a voter registration card or a driver's license.

Four other states — Washington, Montana, Vermont and New Mexico — allow patients to seek help to die.

Maynard earned two degrees and had an for a doctor to prescribe a life-ending drug to a adventuresome spirit during her short life. She terminally ill patient of sound mind who makes taught at orphanages in Nepal and spent time

in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Costa Rica. She climbed Kilimanjaro a month before marrying Diaz in September 2012.

She was diagnosed with brain cancer on New Year's Day of this year and was later told she had six months to live.

Before dying, Maynard tried to live as fully as she could. She and her husband took a trip to the Maynard's "bucket list."

Maynard told The Associated Press in an Oct. 8 interview that her husband and other relatives accepted her decision. "I think in the beginning my family members wanted a miracle; they wanted a cure for my cancer," she said. "When we all sat down and looked at the facts, there isn't a single person that loves me that wishes me more

cent.

Fuel economy is no longer top of mind for most buyers, according to annual survey taken by J.D. Power and Associates in June.

Last year it ranked No. 3 on the list of reasons why people buy cars. This year it dropped to No. 6 behind reliability, styling, brand preference, ride and handling, reputation and price.

As a result, hybrid sales are hybrid dropped 22.5 percent in October, while Toyota Prius sales were down 13.5 percent.

But sales of some small cars rose. Lower gas prices can help

comfortable enough to buy a new car. Sales of the newly redesigned Honda Fit subcompact were up 83 percent in October, for example, while sales of the Nissan Sentra small car rose 56 percent. down "Lower gas prices are actually

Jessica Caldwell, a senior analyst said Alec Gutierrez, a senior ana- with the car buying site Edmunds. lyst with Kelley Blue Book. com.General Motors' overall 226,819. Chevy Cruze compact car this year, and now make up one sales were up 51 percent, largely out of every four vehicles sold, says Jesse Toprak, the chief sales governments and rental car comanalyst for the car buying site panies.

Cars.com. But gas prices fueled Ford's car sales declined 11.5 percent to 188,654, but Escape Book saw renewed interested in the mammoth Hummer H1 last month, for example. Sales of cent to 170,480 for its best October the recently redesigned Lincoln since 2001. The red-hot Jeep brand led the way with a 52 percent jumped 38 percent, while Chevro- increase over a year ago. Toyota let Tahoe sales rose 6 percent.

Gas prices also convinced October thanks to a 22-percent small business owners to go ahead and buy pickup trucks, a 30-percent jump in sales of the Toprak said. GMC Sierra sales jumped 12.5 percent in October. ta's sales were up 7 percent overall.

Ram pickup sales were up 33 per-

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THE EQUINOX ATHLETE of the WEEK

NAME: BROOKE BELL

Sport: Volleyball JerSey Number: 10 The Melrose, Massachusettsnative has been working hard to be a team player on the Keene State College volleyball team.

In the Oct. 30 game against Worcester State she contributed 23 assists and had seven digs.

The following weekend when the Owls played Rhode Island College, Bell made 15 assists and two digs.

Later that day, when the Owls played against Eastern Nazarene, Bell added four more assists and two more digs to her stats.

The sophomore setter said it’s nice to end the season on a winning streak because it gives the nament. However, Bell said in the upcoming weeks she is going to try to get the team to communicate more.

“One of our issues is that we don’t communicate well, so I’m going to try and get everyone to talk to each other and act as one team and if we communicate well dence,” Bell said.

Bell, who started playing

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Brooke’s Fun Facts Favorite music: Country

school, said Head KSC volleyball Coach Bob Weiner has helped her improve a lot the last two years.

“He’s [Coach Weiner] a setting coach — whenever Alexis [teammate] or I make a mistake he will correct us and help us out. We also have time in practice to go off and work on our own,” Bell said.

Bell is a dual major in elementary education and psychology.

“I want to work with special ed. kids,” Bell said.

Bell is also one of three sisters and looks forward to holidays because she gets to see them.

“My older sister lives away and the other is in grad school,” Bell said.

Favorite Disney movie: Beauty and the Beast Last country concert she went to: Keith Urban

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

Weekly Yoga Challenge

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Four easy steps to crow pose Type of Pose: Intermediate pose, Arm Balance

forward.

4. Lift one foot off the ground, pointing the toes.

Crow pose builds strength in your 5. Engaging your core, lift the arms and shoulders, as well as utilizes second foot off of the ground. Try to core support. This pose is a stepping bring the points of your toes together. stone into building strength for headTips stands.

1. When balancing in the pose keep 1. Come to a squat, placing your your elbows drawn into your body. Do hands shoulder distance apart, pointer not allow them to splay out in opposite directions.

2. Press through the ground with 2. Suck in your belly when going into the balance, it will help you lift your second foot off the ground. off the ground).

3. If you do not yet have enough 3. Lift your knees to your upper arm strength to complete the pose, forearms, leaning your body slightly practice Chaturanga or triceps push

ups.

4. Chaturanga push ups a. Place hands under your shoulders b. Squeezing your elbows into your sides, lower down to a 90% angle in your -arms c. And push back up Yoga Daily Challenge To work your way up to harder arm balances I am challenging you to do 10 Chaturanga push ups a day. Knees or no knees! If that is easy, add another set of 10.

Anna Glassman can be contacted at aglassman@keene-equinox.com

champions

of Ross Kiah, preserving the vic- undefeated championship season, tory. taking the championship game dominating both sets for a 2-0 vicMEN’S VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONS: XMUS tory. Playing short-handed Halli JAXON FLAXON-WAXON Valentine, Alexandria Carneiro and were

volleyball and earlier in the semes- where they never even lost a set, by ter, softball. winning a tough match over Sloppy MEN’S FLOOR HOCKEY CHAMPIONS: Sets.

PARLIAMENT Sloppy Sets’ only losses on the season both came to the league Parliament out-scored their regchampions. Rob Dionne, Wilular season and playoff opponents liam Bassett, Nolan Foley and this year 52-11 on their way to the Claude Jean played team volleyball men’s championship. throughout the season and in the championship game to take home Twine, who had given them their the t-shirt. toughest test of the season in their season opener. David Evans had CO-REC VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONS: two goals and John Rodgers had STILL PLOWIN two assists in Parliament’s 5-2 In easily the most exciting championship victory. championship of the intramural CO-REC FLOOR HOCKEY CHAMPIONS: season, Still Plowin and Multiple HASH SLINGING SLASHERS Scoregasms needed all three sets to The Hash Slinging Slashers determine a champion.

In the end, Still Plowin came out completed an undefeated season on top winning 26-24, 21-25, 15-13. with a 5-2 championship victory Conner Lane, Cori Bailey, Andrew over Benchwarmers.

Tony Dizenzo led the offense Clokey and Jennifer Kisken all with two goals in the champion- came up with big plays in big spots ship game, as Victoria Camp and in the decisive third set to clinch Timothy Panella also added goals the championship.

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONS: in the victory.

Five goals were more than THE PUTTY CATS DOLLS enough with the solid goal-tending This team put the bow on their

court in the impressive championship victory.

CO-REC

SOFTBALL CHAMPIONS: MASTER BATTERS

The Master Batters defense only gave up one run all season, scoring 20 on route to a co-rec softball championship.

The 12-1 victory in the championship game left no doubt who was the best team in the double elimination tournament.

MEN’S SOFTBALL CHAMPIONS: WE NEVER STOP AT 3RD

Despite being pushed to a winner-take-all game by Pierre McGuire coming out of the losers bracket, We Never Stop At 3rd won the deciding game 6-3 to take home the championship.

Clutch hits by Teal HarisonHertz, Tyler Coughlin and James defense anchored by Andrew Howard, Ben Hoban and Ross Anderson were key in the victory.

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

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STAFF COMMENTARY

Patriots vs. Broncos really means Brady vs. Manning JAKE COUGHLIN

Multi-Media editor This past Sunday, New England sports fans got to watch with glee as Tom Brady and the Patriots laid the smack-down on Peyton Manning’s Denver Broncos.

The match-ups between Brady and Manning have been anticipated by football fans year-in and year-out ever since they entered the league in the early 90s.

Analysts and fans will forever continue the debate over who is the greater quarterback.

Despite how easy it is to compare the similarities between the history, I personally like to look at the differences between them.

When I look at Peyton Manning, I see a man who was built to be an NFL quarterback.

I see the son of an NFL legend.

I see a college standout who was AP PHOTO/ELISE AMENDOLA taken number one overall in the New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, left, and Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning 1998 NFL Draft. Peyton Manning head to their respective locker rooms after an NFL football game on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014, in was born to be an NFL legend and Foxborough, Mass. The Patriots won 43-21.

Bowl rings.

For me, the one difference that separates the legacies of these two greats is the simple fact that throughout his career, Tom Brady has done so much more despite no expectations.

Anyone can sit down and argue that Manning has had better teammates or that Brady got lucky, but I think the best comparison goes deeper than just football.

I think it comes down to the men behind the face-masks.

199th pick in the sixth round.

They are both clearly some of Every year when this match-up the hardest working and smartest comes along all of the comparisons athletes to ever play the game, but I hear are always the same.

Brady just seems to have a hunger I hear about Manning’s passing to succeed that Manning doesn’t. records. I hear about Brady’s Super There is no doubt that Manning

is outstanding, but I just don’t see

and then some.

On the other side of the coin, we have Tom Brady.

When I look at Tom Brady, I see an underdog — a Cinderella story.

I see a man who should not have been able to accomplish what he has done in his football career.

I see an unimpressive skinny kid from the University of Michigan that was passed over by all 32 teams in the 2000 NFL Draft before

ods for her to complete whatever she has to do.

While being an athlete may add some stress to her already hectic schedule, Bisenius said that sports keep her on track.

“If I didn’t play sports I would not be as focused as I am in school. My sports schedule keeps me on track and encourages me to get my stuff done on time,” Bisenius said, “I feel overwhelmed on some days but it comes with being a college student and playing sports.”

As players attempt to manage their time the best that they can, coaches also try and help ease their athletes’ hectic schedules.

Acting Head Coach of Women’s Cross-Country, Sarah Titus, said that she encourages her athletes to plan ahead.

I watch Brady go out and tear defenses apart.

Manning was expected to be a stud right out of college and he was. He has proved that he is one of the all-time greats countless times throughout his career.

He holds some of the most impressive passing records in the history of the NFL. He led his previous team, the Indianapolis Colts, to a Super Bowl championship in 2006. He has done exactly what he was expected to do.

Tom Brady is the guy that wasn’t supposed to succeed. Tom Brady had to prove that he had what it took to be a starting quarterback

“...Relax — your brain needs a break. So enjoy your run.”

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in this league. Brady is the ultimate example of a guy that puts in the hard work and that hard work pays off. When the opportunity presented itself for Brady to make a name for himself … He won the Super Bowl. He was thrown into a situation in which nobody expected him to do anything and he was able to prove himself to be a better quarterback than pro bowler Drew Bledsoe. Brady would go on to be the MVP of two out of his three Super Bowl victories.

That’s not bad for an unimpressive skinny kid out of the University of Michigan.

-SARAH TITUS ACTING HEAD COACH OF WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY

“The advice I commonly give is to plan ahead, schedule a time to go to the library and to be sure that they are in an environment that they can do the best in,” Coach Titus stated, “I also encourage them to chip away at their work and begin to brainstorm an outline to make completing their assignments easier instead of starting from scratch.” Coach Titus also stated that when her athletes go on a run, that’s what they should

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grams — the program was successful when I started ... We get good players,” Watson said.

She continued, “The program has a strong tradition over the years and it kind of sells itself as time goes by.”

Watson’s team ended their regular season with a record of 16-4 overall this year and undefeated against conference opponent UMass Dartmouth.

be doing instead of stressing over all of their schoolwork.

“Don’t think about all the work you have to do or stress over an exam you have tomorrow. Relax — your brain needs a break. So enjoy your run,” Coach Titus stated. Chris Fecteau, head coach of cheerleading, also shared his methods in helping his athletes plan their time accordingly. “I think the biggest piece I am doing to help is by keeping the schedule light and not spring any events on them too short of a notice. Currently we are only practicing three to four days a week,” Coach Fecteau said, “However, once games and national season starts time management will become critical. I hope to establish study hours as well as an open communication concerning athletes’ grades and their success.”

“It just makes me realize how long I’ve been coaching,” - AMY WATSON HEAD COACH

team, “I’ll miss playing for coach

Habelow stated.

The senior said that Watson has been a major part of why she has enjoyed her time at the school, “She’s been a great coach,” Habelow clinched the top seed in the Little said. Watson said she is not sure East Conference, looking to win how many more wins she will be its tenth LEC championship in the able to earn, but that she will take it one game at a time. team’s history.

This year is Habelow’s senior Jacob Barrett can be contacted at season with the team and she said jbarrett@keene-equinox.com she has enjoyed her time with the

Brogan Wessell can be contacted at bwessell@ksc.keene.edu

Keene State College athletic team records Volleyball

Women’s Soccer

Overall.

HOME

AWAY

20-14 6-4

6-5 Won 6

vs. Rhode Island College Keene State Rhode Island

1

25

14

2

1

Set Scores

2

3

Total

0 3

25

25

3

East. Nazarene

15

21

16

20

23

0

Keene State

25

25

25

Field Hockey

OVERALL

CONF.

HOME

AWAY

STREAK

12-8

5-2

8-1

3-7

Won 4

vs. Westfield State

vs. Eastern Nazarene

Total

3

STREAK

Men’s & Women’s Cross Country

vs. Southern Maine

Goals by Period

1

2

Total

Keene State College

4

1

5

Southern Maine

Westfield State

0

0

Keene State College

0

1

Points by Period 4

0

2

Total

1

5

0

0

Men’s Soccer

Overall.

CONF.

HOME

AWAY

16-4

11-0

8-2

8-2 Won 12 11-6-1 4-2-1 6-3-1

vs. Smith College

OVERALL

vs. UMass Dartmouth

Goals By Period

1

2

Total

Goals By Period 1

Smith College

1

0

Keene State College

0

1 2

UMass Dartmouth

2

STREAK

Keene State College

2 1 1

1

0

1

HOME

1 2

AWAY

STREAK

5-2

Won 3

1

vs. Rensselaer

OT Total

0

CONF.

vs. Southern Maine

Goals by Period

1

2

Keene State College

1

1

2

Keene State College

Rensselaer

1

0

0

Southern Maine

Total Points by Period 1

2

Total

6

2

8

0

1

1

LEC Alliance Championship Name

Time

Hayden Patterson

26:39

Ryan Brady

26:49

Sam Goldsmith Kait Wheeler

18:54 19:16

Men & Women’s Swim and Dive New England Invitational Name

Time

Shahar Resman

4:43 / 500 Free

Cole Hogg

4:59 / 500 Free

Alison Bartlett

24.13 / 50 Free 4:41 / 400 IM

Diana Pimer

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Men & women’s rugby alumni coach teams together CLAIRE HICKEY

Equinox Staff women to play, no matter how hard we try.”

Now married, Karen and John Johannesen, Keene State College alumni, have returned to coach the men’s and women’s rugby teams. It was also through rugby Karen and John said that they had never played John explained how his interest in rugby began.

well, and I saw the rugby guys playing, said, ‘Oh, what’s

Similar to John, Karen said that she was also very rugby,” Karen said. strong, you can be somewhere in-between but there’s meeting, do you want to come?’ So I went with her … I don’t realize that you can go and be super tough on the played, she didn’t and I never stopped,” Karen said. be rugby all the time,” Karen said. playing. They also said that it was this passion that

began coaching, his regular season record is 98 wins rugby. and ten losses, with nine wins and seven losses during second place at nationals against Pennsylvania State University.

“As people come out to practice, they realize that - we train as hard or harder than any NCAA sport here,” some seasons that are really good, where we win ninety at rugby.” conversations during the season revolve around rugby,” what cause his team to respond so well.

Karen stated.

through practice and games breeds as camaraderie. It’s over.” division,” John said. contributes to the town’s rugby club.

“They want to play as long as they can and as hard as to be playing in this high-league, high-compression that Claire Hickey can be contacted at chickey@keene-equinox.com

Karen said that she has been trying to help the town

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STAFF COMMENTARY

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Boston Bruins roster rattled with injuries

MLB mourns loss of St. Louis Cardinals prospect SKYLER FRAZER

SEnior rEportEr athletes, Oscar Taveras, passed away in a car ac-

accident haven’t been released, but police at the -

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tion director, said in a USAToday.com article.

A baseball card showing St. Louis Cardinals' Oscar Taveras is attached to a hat as part of - a makeshift memorial outside Busch Stadium Monday, Oct. 27, 2014, in St. Louis.

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young is devastating news. Our thoughts and

Boston Bruins' Matt Fraser (25), who scored two goals, is congratulated by teammate Seth Griffith (53) after the Bruins' 4-2 win over the Ottawa Senators in an NHL hockey game in Boston on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014

chise player. Taveras had arrived.

Taveras continued the season with his ups

Setbacks cause Bruins to lose players but not the game MARC APESOS

Bruins game on Tuesday, Oct. 28.

The Bruins have recalled David

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World Series and said the game would be dedicated to Taveras and Arvelo.

The San Francisco Giants went on to win Game 5, the same Giants that eliminated Taveras

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Brian Parsons, a senior at KSC said, "It’s real sad, he’s a top prospect at that level and he was going to be really good. Pure talent,” he added,

Taveras stepped his game up when used as a -

to even out the lines. to Torey Krug, Kevan Miller and Cap-

chusetts native and was the 95th over- team and our identity, and help out this

Peter Chiarelli said in an article written Blog on bruins.nhl.com.

played as Krug’s replacement during month. this year’s preseason when Krug was unsigned. road, but their success ended when they

- twenty-three assists.

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TD Garden in Boston.

Minnesota was able to score three

also commented on Taveras’ passing, "It's a trag- would still be playing baseball right now. Jenn Ambrosini, another KSC senior, said, "It’s sad Taveras signed a contract with the Cardinals that he was so young, but it’s nice he managed Some people don’t get that chance."

Taveras’ passing was tragic, especially because he was so young and unexpected. Taveras was a

lapse by the Bruins. teams.

John Tavares.

- the Minnesota game.

granted.

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Islanders’ game on Oct. 23.

two things we can control, and that is - is how close they are and they’ve had respecting our structure and our comlowing the Minnesota Wild game last them to step in there and get some expe- those two things we can survive this.” rience and help us out,” Bruins’ Coach Marc Apesos can be contacted at mapesos@ksc.keene.edu in the third period during the Wild /

season.

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Fair play on and off the field JACOB BARRETT

KENDALL POPE

Equinox Staff

SportS Editor

The Keene State College men’s soccer team is headed to the postseason.

The team clinched a playoff spot in a 8-1 win over Southern Maine on Oct. 1.

taking in the riots surrounding Keene Pumpkin Fest, following weeks of investigations into social media, pictures and videos posted online or submitted to KSC Campus Safety.

the foot of Riley Steele.

count of disorderly conduct for knowingly creating a condition which was hazardous to himself and another in a public place by retrieving and throwing a

The Owls’ regular season closer was what Coach Rick Scott described as a “must-win,” expressed his appreciation for his team’s effort after the game. came out — they did the job. They were prepared all the way around to take care of the game today and they did,” Scott said.

Prior to the game’s start, KSC seniors were recognized as a part of the program's senior game — the last home match of the season. Michael Jacques, a senior on the team, commented on what it meant to end the season with the win and a trip to the postseason.

“It felt really good, especially for it being senior night for me and all of the other ten seniors we’ve got. It felt really good to come in here and

Mark Keller, has been charged with one felony count of reckless conduct.

Keller allegedly threw a beer can into a crowd.

According to the press release, the beer can is listed as a deadly weapon and placed another in danger of serious bodily injury.

The press release stated that Keller was released on $1,000 bail. Both men will be Head men’s soccer Coach Rick Scott had no comment on the issue except to state, “We expect our guys to behave.”

“We have the twenty-four / forty-eight [hour] rule and we’re just going to move on and whatever our athletic director [John Ratliff] tells us to do, we will abide by what he tells us to do,” Scott said.

Along with the seniors of the team, underclassmen like Riley Steele, who had two goals and one assist in the match-up, used senior night, along with the “From an underclassman standpoint, I feel like we used senior night as a big motivator for the game — especially knowing that if we lost, we probably wouldn’t be in the playoffs. So using senior night, we used it as motivation to play as hard as we can and kick as much butt as we could,” Steele said.

Along with Steele, rookie Promise Kpee scored a pair of goals in the game.

in-effect Pumpkin Fest weekend.

“He’s [Keller] been removed from the team and just based on the situation and the heightened awareness of it, we decided that Owen [Gillis] would be removed from the team as well,” John Ratliff, KSC director of athletics, said.

Student athletes are subject to receive any of the following punishments: “probationary manent suspension from the team,” as stated in the Student Athlete Handbook.

In the case of Keller, who was charged with a felony, according to student handbook, he “shall be suspended automatically from practice and playing privileges until the charges are dropped, dismissed or otherwise resolved.”

Junior Bentley Reif, a teammate of Gillis and Keller commented on the arrests.

“I don’t think this will affect the team at all — I think it’s going to make us work harder, play harder — it almost gives us a sense of purpose. Mark [Keller] was dealt a really bad hand of luck and it’s unfortunate, but we are moving forward,” Reif said.

Reif continued, “We have to take the best things we can out of this situation and stay as positive as we can. As this situation plays out we have to take it day by day.”

Steele said that being able to perform so well at the team’s senior night game made the win even better. me,” Steele said.

Coach Scott said he believes his team will have a good chance to win the Little East Conference Championship.

“We’re getting healthy, we’re getting guys coming back [from injuries] and everything is going well,“ Scott said.

He continued, “We can win the LEC conference. If we show up to play every day, we’ll win it.”

Jacob Barrett can be contacted at jbarrett@keene-equinox.com

350 wins for field hockey coach JACOB BARRETT

Equinox Staff The goal of any game is to win, and after 25 years, Keene State Amy Watson has done a lot of it.

FILE PHOTO / CHRIS PALERMO Watson has recently notched Head Field Hockey Coach Amy her 350th win of her coaching Watson. career.

Watson reached this milestone unique from other coaches is her against Rensselaer Polytechnic ability to stay involved in the Institute in a 3-2 overtime win on lives of her athletes.

“She’s just such an outgoing Watson described the mean- person. She’s so easy to talk to. ing of the milestone, “That’s a lot If you ever have a problem with anything you can go and talk means,” Watson joked.

“It just makes me realize how long I’ve been coaching,” Watson said.

Melissa Habelow, a senior on the team, attributed the coach’s success in part to her ability to inspire her players to play at the top of their game.

“She knows how to get us, especially at home, to play our best games and she knows how to bring the intensity into people,” Habelow said.

That intensity is what the senior defender said has allowed the team to go undefeated in its conference this season.

Along with her effective coach-

and helpful. She’s a very helpful The veteran head coach gave the credit to her players in allowing her to reach a milestone that few coaches have.

“I’ve been the one in the background of those 350 wins. It’s been the players, obviously, you know, all through the years that out there getting those wins,” Watson said.

Watson also noted the ability of the school to bring in talented athletes when recruiting incoming students and the program’s success prior to her arrival over two decades ago.

“We’ve had successful pro-

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How athletes juggle school, sports, jobs and friends BROGAN WESSELL

Equinox Staff Time management is a skill that college students learn to perfect in their own way in order to deal with everything that they have going on. With student athletes, managing their time involves juggling school, work, practice and activities.

Senior and captain of the women’s crosscountry team, Kaley Mientkiewicz, said that her schedule is pretty busy each week. “For cross country our week plays out that we typically have harder workouts on Mondays and Wednesdays, then what we call easy days on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Friday’s are pre-meet practices, Saturday’s are meet days, and then Sunday’s we have nine a.m. long-runs,” Mientkiewicz stated.

In addition to cross-country practices and meets, Mientkiewicz stated that she is taking 18 credits this semester for her chemistry major, as well as interning 20 to 25 hours a week at nextGen Telecom Services Group.

“I work for the nextGen Telecom Company I can work from home a lot which has been great, but I usually go in and work for the day on Fridays,” Mientkiewicz said, “I am taking four classes this semester and I also do two credits of chemical research with the organic chemistry professor.” Mientkiewicz stated that managing her time has become something that she is very good at because of how busy she is and that any free time is a reward that she looks forward to.

“To deal with any stress, I run. I love running run I can't really visualize my planner or homework anymore so I am forced to forget about the stress and just enjoy what I love to do,” Mientkiewicz stated. She continued, “Stress happens to everyone but I try not to let it affect me because realistically, I know what my job is as a studentathlete here at Keene State and stress can effect me negatively in the classroom and running.”

Junior and president of the women’s rugby club, Kiera Bisenius, also weighed in on her weekly schedule. both teams with games on the weekends. In addi“I play rugby and hockey in addition to being tion to practice and games, Bisenius said that she a double major in secondary education and social science. I am also in the process of being inducted for her methods course throughout the semester. into the education honor’s society,” Bisenuis said.

In order to make sure that she gets all of her Bisenius said that she has weekly practices for

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work done in-between practices, games and everything else that she has going on, Bisenius said that waking up early in the morning or spending hours in the library are the best meth-

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