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Thursday, sepT. 18, 2014

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CopBlock works to keep police in check

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a “decentralized organization—meaning nobody’s in is the video camera,” Freeman explained, “Police charge of anybody else—that exists worldwide.” accountability is the focus of CopBlock, and the best Freeman noted that holding police accountable for way to hold them accountable, we’ve found, is through their actions is their main focus, hoping to expose police the public’s eye.”

A KSC junior was ticketed for one of these “victimWhile there are many different viewpoints sur- as open container violations or possession of marijuana. rounding the actions of the police force, students at being charged with an open container violation.

Keene State College in particular are being thrust into taping their interactions with the people they are tarThe student, whose name is withheld for privacy an entirely separate situation with the implementation geting and then placing the videos online for the public reasons, was stopped by police after walking down of CopBlock every Friday and Saturday night. to see.

Davis St. and arriving at her friend’s house.

CopBlock, according to member Ian Freeman, is “A primary sort of weapon we use against the police

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Innovation lab Make It So comes to Keene DAVID WALSH

News editor A new business is coming to downtown Keene which will promote creativity and engineering while creating a community of “makers.”

Make It So Makerspace is the creation of John ‘Johnny’ Bolster, a KSC alumnus from the Class of 2008.

A makerspace is a space which functions as a laboratory for people who create things.

“I make the analogy of—as a gym is to athletes, a makerspace is to artisans, crafters, artists and innovators. It’s simply a place where people can have access to resources, knowledge and tools that they

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couldn’t afford or access on their own, as well as the space to use all that,” Bolster explained.

Bolster hopes to create

a cooperative culture that fosters creative ideas that can be brought to reality.

“It’s a great opportunity for bridge building

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through the interactions of this separateness that people have with each develops with electronic other,” Bolster said. devices. In the same way Bolster continued, “It » MAKER, A2 is the antidote to a lot

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me that I was getting a citation for ‘open container of an alcoholic beverage in a public place.’ This is when I that he would testify that I was on private property

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Johnny Bolster is the founder of Make It So Makerspace, the makerspace is in the works in downtown Keene. Pictured above is Bolster at the 12 Eagle Court location, which is in the process of renovation.

cruiser several feet away, a CopBlocker arrived at the scene.

“This is when I noticed the CopBlock guy approaching the scene, as another cruiser was also approach-

as students.

According to Atkins, this new dorm will enhance student experience and “eliminate the tripling” that is happen-

The rumors are true: a new dorm at Keene State College is in the works.

With the help from the state, KSC has been year dorms. able to afford the conAtkins said he would like to see the percent year dorm on campus of students living on that will house roughly campus increase.

300 students in the fall of “Research shows that 2016. students have a higher Kemal Atkins is success rate, a higher the new vice president level of satisfaction when for student affairs and they live on campus,” enrollment management Atkins said. at KSC. Having only been As of right now, 58 percent of undergradu60 days, he has been able ates live on campus. It is to work closely with the with high hopes, accordbuilding committee con- ing to Atkins, that the sisting of faculty as well percent raises to 70 per-

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The building committee is compiled of educated staff and faculty alongside KSC students.

“Students will be heavily involved in the process in terms of providing and generating ideas about the design,” Atkins said.

He said he believes the students’ opinions are important, as they are the ones that are living in the dorms.

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CAMPUS Market Basket teach-in takes place on campus SAFETY DAVID WALSH

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report log

Week of: Sept.8 Monday, Sept. 8 9:28 a.m. Grafton Visitors Lot: Theft of Two-Way radio antenna from Dept. Campus Safety Cruiser 3:31 p.m. Fiske Hall: Student reporting assault hat occurred 8-24-14. Investigation and report to follow.

Tuesday, Sept. 9 12:11 p.m. Appian Way: Political solicitors. Advised of campus polices and refused to abide by them 7:00 p.m. Art Center Lot: Report of a small dog in a vehicle in the lot. Owner came out and was spoken to.

8:27 p.m. Parker Hall: Received a call about a fight near Parker Hall. Officer on scene found one down on the ground and one that had taken off running towards Appian Way. Both subjects were nonstudents and said the were messing around. One mother came to pick up son.

Wednesday, Sept. 10 7:45 p.m. Carle Hall: RD called asking for an officer as she has students who want to talk to someone about harassment.

Thursday, Sept. 11 12:24 a.m. Monadnock Hall: RA called and reported a resident got habanero pepper juice in his eye. Resident flushed his eye and seems to be okay now.

No medical needed.

11:16 Elliot Hall: 19 year old male. Back Pain.

The Keene State College American Democracy Project hosted the Market Basket Teach-In on Thursday, Sept. 11.

The standing-room-only crowd piled into the Student Center Flag Room to hear a panel of students and faculty discuss the issues surrounding the Market Basket labor dispute.

KSC Management Professor Emily Porschitz facilitated the discussion.

She opened by explaining the uniqueness of the Market Basket case and how it will be important going forward.

“It is certainly a case that the management world will be diving into deeply. It will be a case study for generations to come. It is an epic saga,” Porschitz said.

Porschitz said it is not uncommon for family business to encounter problems case of Market Basket, the family issues arose

“In this case the family problems came lems in the company. It was a very strong company,” Porschitz said.

The employee uprising began on June 23 when CEO Arthur T. Demoulas was relieved of his duties.

Porschitz stated, “Three-hundred employees held a rally outside Market Basket’s Chelsea, Mass. store the next day, on June 24. Right away we started to see a big

according to Porschitz, “Things came to a tunity to, “Buy stocks at a guaranteed price. stand-still pretty quickly.”

Following the employee strike and cus- If the stock goes up a lot they can buy stock tomer boycott, Market Basket shareholders at a lower price, then turn around and sell it at the higher price and pocket quite a bit of to sell the majority of the shares to Arthur T. money,” Dolenc explained.

The ability for CEOs to capitalize on comDemoulas, reinstating him as the company’s pany stock has led to large discrepancies in CEO. “A lot of that money is coming from banks pay between CEOs and the “average worker,” and The Blackstone Group, a private equity according to Dolenc. the sale. There is a large amount of debt that Market Basket is carrying that it really hasn’t before,” Porschitz explained.

Patrick Dolenc, professor of economics at KSC, was next to speak.

He explained how the role of a CEO has changed and credited the advent of stock options to the growing discrepancy in pay between CEO and employee.

“Stock options give CEOs the opportunity to take advantage of some blatant manipulation, that might be legal, and sometimes some very shrewd manipulation, that might be entirely legal, of stock prices,” Dolenc said.

The theory behind stock options is that CEOs will make better decisions for the com-

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Dominican Republic.

Coordinator of Community Service Jessica Gagne Cloutier represented the organization along with student team leaders to discuss the request.

A motion was passed to raise the recommended

12:33 p.m. Art Center: Caller reports spotting a baby bobcat by the Redfern Art Center path.

9:12 p.m. Randall Hall: RA found marijuana in the laundry room Sunday, May 1 12:22 a.m. Randall Hall: Visitor impersonating a desk attendant 12:52 a.m. Fiske Hall: Intoxicated male at common area second floor

Professor Dolenc was followed by former KSC professor and current democratic nominee for District 2 Cheshire County Commissioner, Charles “Chuck” Weed.

Weed spoke about how labor organizations are falling out of fashion across the country.

“The high point of labor organization

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84-to-1 and Japan, the lowest that I looked at,

of private workers are organized,” explained wouldn’t go quietly if this happened.”

Weed.

Charron said, “We were surprised about the customer support and the boycott. Customers would take receipts from other stores - and post them on the windows of Market tion in the amount of strikes in the country.” Basket to show that all this money they are “There are a couple things that are unique spending they could be spending here, but about the movement. How did they get the they chose not to.” warehouse workers and the truckers to agree KSC senior Hersch Rothmel attended the with the consumers that indeed this is a terri- teach-in and found it to be an interesting conble thing for Arthur S. Demoulas to do. Right versation. from the beginning they had a tremendous “It was really good. It gave a really nice unity,” Weed stated. overview of the overall context of how the The success of the case is unique because Market Basket came to be and the politiMarket Basket employees are not members of cal realm in which it happened. I think they an organized labor union. pointed to the fact that this is going to lead KSC junior and communications major to more conversations about worker organiKatelyn Charron has worked for Market zation and CEO accountability for their comBasket for four years. panies,” Rothmel said.

Charron said Market Basket was not her He continued, “As Professor Dolenc said, - there is a large discrepancy between how ing her, “You will never be treated so well by much CEOs are getting paid and the quality an employer. After being there for four years of their work. If we can look at that closer and I have come to appreciate what that really look at Arthur T. as a model of a responsible means. They really strive to have a high CEO, we can start working on this income employee and customer satisfaction.” inequality issue we have going on.”

Charron recalled, “We knew about the David Walsh can be reached at eral consensus in the company that we really dwalsh@keene-equinox.com

STUDENT ASSEMBLY

Eleven members the Keene State College Student Assembly met on Tuesday, Sept. 16 on the Mountain View room.

International Alternative Spring Break placed a

9:33 p.m. Fiske Hall: RA having seizures.

CEOs in other nations make.

the workers in the country were organized and ever since it has been on the decline. For stock prices climb.

The stock options give CEOs the oppor-

5:50 p.m. Art Center: Caller wants to report a voice mail that was left regarding a mentally ill person who wants help being released from prison.

12:50 a.m. Fiske Hall: Female having a seizure

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Charles Weed, pictured above, was among the speakers who presented during the Market Basket teach-in which took place in the Student Center Flag Room on Sept. 11. The panel discussed why the movement was successful as well as reasons for the income inequality between employees and CEOs.

not approved by the assembly.

The assembly then motioned to disperse the previously recommended , which also did not pass.

Assembly member Tyler King explained his reasoning for not approving the requested funding in full.

“We broke it down as roughly 666 dollars per person. We thought that was a huge amount of money for an individual student when that money is meant for all of campus. We justi-

instead of 666,” explained King.

“I have been going back and forth between what is right and wrong here. Looking back on the past years I

have been on student government I can see a large in the year because we have made such liberal donations to groups early in the year,” Student Body President Robert Graham added.

Spring Break was approved after much deliberation amounts were not approved.

Dean of Mason Library Celia Rabinowitz also attended the meeting to introduce herself. Rabinowitz has only been at KSC for six weeks, but mentioned some of the changes she wants to bring to the Mason Library.

“I think its likely that by the end of this semester or certainly by next semester, you will be able to get coffee in the library,” Rabinowitz said.

She continued, “We are looking at something that is self contained, something self-service.”

Rabinowitz explained having an attendant would add exponentially to the cost of running a coffee shop.

Dean Rabinowitz also said she wants to allow the library’s laptop lending program to grow to include longer lending periods, and allow some laptop computers to be loaned overnight.

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that a coffee shop brings people to one place where they can be at their best with their stimulants and get work done without feeling so alone in their offices or apartments.”

Ashley Dahlquist, a KSC biology major agreed, “It would be a good activity for friends to get together and do creative work.”

“It’s meant to be a very accessible place where inspiration can manifest,” Bolster said.

Bolster plans to create an environment where people can learn how to create their dreams in a way that works best for them.

“My experience at Keene State, and I’m not picking on Keene State in particular, you learn when we say you learn. I have come to realize that is not how human beings work. We learn when we are ready to learn, and we should not be forced into that process.

We are really trying to focus on natural learning, where people can look at their own physiology to determine when they are most ready to learn,” Bolster explained.

“I am trying to create a pivot point for innovation. We potentially have everything that anyone would need to do anything—that’s the long term goal.

Like any business we need to start at the ground level and incrementally work our way up,” Bolster stated.

Make It So will eventually have yourself automotive garage.

Bolster explained that the company would grow into various disciplines depending on funding, donations and the needs of the customers.

Bolster said, “On Pinterest we have the wishing wall. It’s a place where people can look and say ‘Oh I have this item that sits in my garage forever and I have never used it, or I have this thing I use often but I want it to be available to others as well.’ We can then work out a barter or perhaps if its a real necessity we would purchase it.”

“I am trying to create a pivot point for innovation.”

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down, we are just going to see what comes in the door. We will see what organically forms, and when we have gaps we will have some funding to purchase what we need,” Bolster explained.

The tools will be available to “borrow.” Just as books can be checked out of the library, Bolster said, members will be able to “check out” tools to use for their projects. “It would be a good activity for friends to get together and do creative work.”

Bolster had some unique ideas of how he can fund Make It So while using the resources of the makerspace.

He said, “The main thing is starting very small. In the beginning we will fund with the rental of studio space at two dollars a square foot.”

“An idea that I have is to create a ence of the makerspace and the artistry going on there we want to create a collaborative work in a form that’s fun for people to experience,” Bolster said.

The golf course will be modular, so it can be moved indoors during the winter, or brought off-site for functions. Bolster also said he will work with area elementary schools to help design each miniature golf hole.

Make It So will become part of the cooperative community developing in Keene. Its location places it close to Neighbor Made and The Monadnock Food Co-op.

“Luckily, right across the way is Neighbor Made, which is essentially a makerspace for food. It’s a place where, if someone has a food product, they can rent the place for a few hours and make it. We are akin to that. Our neighbors are very ideal,” Bolster explained.

A portion of the building will be residential so that teachers and members can reside in the studio to make the most of the resources.

Bolster stated, “In the long-term we are planning on having residential options as well. Places for people to live and work at the makerspace.”

Bolster then explained a concept called “lights-out manufacturing.”

He said when a manufacturing process is automated, the “maker” can start the machine, shut off the lights and return to their room until the process is done.

Residential opportunities would help take advantage of lights-out manufacturing.

Make It So is currently working on a promotional video, which will launch a crowdfunding campaign to The video shoot is scheduled for plans to open Make It So to the public People can purchase membership would grant subscribers access to the Hunter Cinq-Mars is a sophomore management major at KSC. Cinq-Mars said, “Of course it’s going to be expensive. The products that they have there are out of the ordinary, so I think it would be worth it.”

“As a college student I don’t know if I would pay that. If I was older and had a job I don’t think that is too expensive, its like a gym membership,” Dahlquist said.

Bolster wants to create an environment where developers and artists can create whenever inspiration strikes them.

Bolster said he wants to, “Preserve human potential, without it being fettered by the system.”

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ing proposal at the end of September.

In addition he said after a vendor has been chosen and a design is set up, students on the committee will set up focus groups and distribute surveys to other students throughout campus to get their opinions on aspects of the new hall.

A topic of controversy for this new construction project is the placement of the new building.

Atkins explained that the Tisdale buildings next to Bushnell will be torn

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As of right now, Atkins said the plans for moving the students are still “in the works.”

Also in the works is the improvement of current-resident halls.

Atkins said older halls such as Randall will not be neglected during the process of construction. The building

to make them more attractive and livable for incoming students.

For those students concerned about the cost of this project, not to worry.

According to Atkins, the state has granted KSC a bond by the New Hampshire Health and Education Facility Authority (HEFA), of approximately 32 year residence hall. million dollars to carry out their new “The residence hall itself is just a part idea. of a larger plan to improve residential life and overall campus environment,” assistance to New Hampshire, nonAtkins said.

The building committee is identifytions. ing where else to put the upperclassOverall, the building of a new men that currently reside in Tisdale.

The destruction of Tisdale will result experience” and “advance the learnin a loss of approximately 75 beds. ing environment” at KSC according to During construction in 2015, Amber Atkins.

Curran will be a sophomore at KSC. Although construction will not “I’m a little worried I won’t have anybegin just yet, Atkins said he and where to live,” she said. the building committee believe the Curran said she believes she’ll be new dorm is the start of an improved forced to live elsewhere. campus.

Meghan Green will also be a sophomore during the take-down of Tisdale.

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The student, however, was not as grateful for the CopBlocker’s presence as the CopBlocker may have thought.

“I was pretty humiliated and nervous to begin with, and the CopBlocker really wasn’t making me feel any better about the situation,” the student said.

“As I was standing there trying to make the best of what clearly was ruining the rest of my night, I heard the CopBlocker comment to his camera that this was the reason why the crime rate in Keene was so high,” the student said.

The student continued, “If he thought the police were committing an injustice against me, I really wanted to

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“A primary sort of weapon we use against the police is the video camera. Police accountability is the focus of CopBlock, and the best way to hold them accountable, we’ve found, is through the public’s eye.”

have to be ready for such exposure.

in order to get along with them. They believe in the rights entitled to them under the [U.S.] Constitution, as we should. And it’s their right and privilege to exercise them, but they need to exercise them in a manner that doesn’t interrupt the daily business of others,” Guthorn IAN FREEMAN said.

COPBLOCK MEMBER Nationwide, CopBlock’s Facebook page recently reached one-million likes—making the organization more popular than many police-oriented Facebook pages, according to Freeman.

“It’s unfortunate, but there’s no shortage of badpolice videos,” Freeman stated.

Freeman explained that on the Keene CopBlock webare listed, with contact information as well as photos to help people identify who they’re dealing with.

had so much to say about it.”

Freeman himself stated that unless a civilian is

we have information about them? And the purpose for that is for accountability. Who are these people? Who is

the civilian [or in this case, student] if they feel comfortable with him recording their interaction.

However, Freeman noted that, “Not everyone does the same thing—it’s a decentralized group; I’m not in control of what everyone else does, I can’t control who calls themselves CopBlock. I can only control how I behave. And I try to be respectful of that.”

able to provide their own input on CopBlock, both Free-

CopBlockers’ desire to educate people on their rights, an actual altercation with the police, opinions change rapidly.

The KSC student with experience with CopBlock said, “I think that they really do want to be helpful, especially to those who have never interacted with the police. In my case, I really just wanted him to go away.

Now, not only do I have a dent in my bank account to remind me of the incident, but some stranger has my FILE PHOTO / BRIAN CANTORE PHOTO EDITOR EMERITUS whole interaction on camera and that makes me uncomfortable knowing that the encounter will be forever Keene CopBlock attempts to hold Keene Police Department accountable when out on daily patrol. documented. All I can be thankful for is that the police Director of Campus Safety Amanda Guthorn said students have different restrictions on campus. “Their ignored him for the most part and that his words [or] goal, I believe, is to educate the students as to what their rights are. However, our campus policies do Freeman explained that with such a large part of CopBlock’s mission being to make the public aware of their rights, KSC students in particular tend to be approached more.

“Keene CopBlock is, I think, a lot on the college area, simply because there’s always a new group of people coming in here every year, many of whom don’t know their rights. They’re fresh out of high school. They’ve been in school and in school, the attitude is, ‘The police are your friends, you need to talk to the police and be very obedient.’ And that attitude is going to get you in trouble,” Freeman said.

An example of an interaction with a CopBlocker that Freeman explained, “A CopBlocker might reach out and say ‘Hey, that’s not right, what you’re doing is wrong, please leave these people alone. Who has she harmed?

Where’s the victim?’ And let people know that what the police are doing is not acceptable.”

Freeman continued, “Because if people are to let them know how wrong they are and how unneighborly what they’re doing is, maybe eventually they’ll cut it out.”

require [different actions], they don’t have to identify themselves and those types of things,” Guthorn said.

Director of Campus Safety Amanda Guthorn acknowledged CopBlock’s movement around the city of Keene.

However, Guthorn made a point to note that the students have different rights and restrictions on-campus versus off-campus.

“Their [CopBlock’s] goal, I believe, is to educate the students as to what their rights are. However, our campus policies do require [different actions], they don’t have to identify themselves and those types of things [off-campus],” Guthorn said.

She continued, “So, if the students choose to listen but as a member of this community, as an enrolled student, they’re required to [identify themselves].”

Guthorn expressed her concern for students’ interactions with the police versus interactions with Campus Safety.

Block) tell the students, ‘Don’t show your ID,’ and all

SoundoFF Varick Parizo Senior Geography and Social Sciences “I make sure I’m with someone. I try not to put myself in situations I don’t want to be in. I’m aware of my surroundings.”

encounters is not anything they’re not trained for and familiar with.

According to Freeman, there are numerous videos on CopBlock.org that display civilians’ encounters with the police force.

These videos, Freeman detailed, range from police police side against the very system they are a part of.

“And that’s what the camera can allow for,” Freethen everyone can see how the police are behaving. If they’re behaving in a professional manner and they’re only going after real criminals, then I support them.”

Freeman continued, “If the police are going after college students for an open container violation, then I don’t support them. I don’t support them picking on people who haven’t hurt anybody else.”

We’ve been doing it for years in Keene, they’re familiar that, because they give them misinformation about with CopBlock, they know we’re here and they know what their responsibilities are on campus,” Guthorn what we’re about, so they’re usually pretty respectful of stated. us,” Freeman said.

Freeman left off emphasizing the importance of the students have the ultimate decision about whether police accountability and how crucial it is for anyone to they choose to comply or not to comply. They’re smart know the rights entitled to them. individuals and they need to make those decisions for Freeman said, “A CopBlocker can’t be there every themselves,’” Guthorn said. time the police are behaving badly. It’s your responAs Guthorn pulled out her pocket-sized copy of the sibility to protect yourself and the best thing you can U.S. Constitution, she explained how crucial it is stu- do is record your interaction. I’ve seen cameras change dents realize that Keene State has its own rules and reg- how a police-encounter goes more times than I can ulations. count. And usually changes it for the better.”

“It’s also an educational opportunity on our part to He continued, “That’s all it takes—to have a concern say that is true, if you’re walking city streets you don’t for the people around you. And trying to create an envihave to show your ID, but if you’re a member of this ronment where the police behave better, hopefully, and community or any place—college or university—there’s that fewer people get hurt, and fewer peaceful people policies that pertain to you that you have to be familiar will get arrested.” with,” Guthorn said.

In regard to CopBlockers’ interactions with police Alexa Ondreicka can be reached at aondreicka@keene-equinox.com

“What do you do to stay safe on campus?”

Annelise Kloster Senior Health Sciences

“I carry my metal water bottle with me in case I have to defend myself.”

Halli Valentine Sophomore

Environmental Studies and Studio Art

“I have someone with me at parties. I make sure my phone is fully charged and don’t carry valuables.”

Evan Moniz Sophomore Film

“I don’t start unnecessary confrontations.”

Compiled by: Emily Orell

Thomas Ledbury Sophomore Education

“I try not to go too far off campus and I lock my room when I leave.”

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EDITORIAL

Is social media really social?

Although the increase in cell phone use has made it easier for us to communicate, share and search the World Wide Web, The Equinox believes that our constant screen-time is taking away from social skills, how we deal with confrontation, our relationships and more importantly, taking away from time that we could be observing the world around us.

We understand that using a phone enables us access to information across the globe like never before, but we believe that this unlimited access has become a permanent burden that we carry with ourselves, taking away from person to person contact and casting a light on our underlying natural tendency to never want to be alone. looking at what people are doing on social media and having conversations through the phone even though we are still physically alone.

Using our phones gives us the feeling that we are a part of something; that people are listening to us and are paying attention to what we are doing. But why, even when surrounded by friends and family, are we constantly looking at a screen, when really we should be living in the moment?

We have all heard ourselves say, “YOLO,” meaning you only live once.

But really, we focus so much on typing a tweet and posting the moment on Instagram that instead we lose that moment which we have only once. Why is it so important to share what we are doing with others who we are not with? We believe that this takes away from the personal time that we could be sharing with actual people around us.

We do understand how imperative cellphones are to completing certain tasks, especially in the workplace. But the convenience of having everything accessible on our phone replaces the necessity to develop skills that we might need to perform if our phone dies.

For example, looking at a map for directions, confronting people about a sensitive subject, not knowing emergency contact numbers—these are just a few things that we rely looking at our phones for.

Because we rely so fully on our cellphones to make it through the day— ourselves lost without it by our side.

tionary as, “a pathological fear or dread of not having one’s mobile phone.”

The fact that “to be without one’s phone” is an actual fear is a haunting thought. It’s such a routine to have our phones with us at all times.

The Equinox challenges you to put down your phone for a couple hours throughout the day. Use that time to recognize your own thoughts and think and talk without your phone.

For once, let’s stop rewriting our words in a text and let’s just talk to people around us without fearing judgment.

Once you take your face out of the screen, you will become more aware of what’s going on around you. You will probably notice how infectious it is to be on your phone, as everyone around you is bowed down in their phone.

It might even be hard to strike up a conversation with someone you want to talk to because their focus is on the screen.

Don’t be that person.

Be available to those around you and be available to the moment you’re in. Do not think that you have to go searching through your phone to avoid personal interactions. When you’re sitting in class early and everyone around you is on their phone, stand out—start talking to people around you and learn who they really are, not just who they are on Facebook. we shouldn’t let them take over. Let’s not forget how meaningful living in the moment can be. It’s nice to stay in touch with friends who have moved away, or family you can never see, but it is essential to create new relationships with those around you instead of hiding behind the screen.

The next time you leave your phone at home by accident, leave it there.

Go through the day and really look at who and what’s around you.

There might be something you’ve been missing.

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The fact that the acquisition of military vehicles in Keene has not created more turmoil in the community upsets me.

It seems like this is an “out of sight, out of mind” issue.

When observing the incidents of Ferguson, M.O., many U.S. citizens are probably thinking “Well, this could never occur in my own home town.”

Meanwhile, what is actually happening is local law enforcement across the country are stockpiling new gear and advanced weaponry.

The recent protests in Ferguson, M.O. are looking more like a military occupation than a police intervention.

With images of armored vehicles blockading

The basis of the 1033 program dates back to the year 1990 when Congress enacted the National Defense Authorization Act. comes from.

According to the Congressional Research SerThe answer is simple: it's all free. Through the vice, the pretense for this act was in response to Department of Defense Excess Property Program, the escalating drug war within the United States. local law enforcement departments gain access Since the war on drugs uses the word “war,” to an online superstore where requests can be the United States government took the initiative made for items such as armored tanks and grenade launchers.

Coming from a small New Hampshire town, This program has come to be known as the one would think that the 1033 program has had 1033 program.

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$112.4 million raised for controversial ALS ice bucket videos ALLIE BAKER

uted partially to the average person donating ten dollars instead of being drenched, and partially to celebrities with money to spare. President Barack Obama donated $100 instead of completing the challenge.

Charlie Sheen dumped a pot of money over his head in his ALS Ice Bucket Challenge video, totaling in ten thousand dollars, which he then donated towards ALS research.

In its infancy, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge was promoted to raise awareness for people living with the muscular disease and receive funding for research towards curing it. What it has become is a competition for who can make the most creative video.

Jake Kelley and Henry Weekes, UNH students, had a doggie-pool of water dropped on them from the roof as they played “Go Fish” outside.

In response, Taylor Woodward, UNH student, and sister Kate Woodward, Ithaca graduate, dumped a

Equinox Staff Pouring a bucket of ice water over your head and posting it online might have been considered odd before 2014. Now Facebook and Twitter feeds are riddled with home videos of just that.

The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, a social media fad created to raise awareness and money for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis [ALS] research, received a huge response upon its debut this summer. The hype, however, surrounded the videos produced more than the money raised for the foundation.

The idea hit mainstream audiences on July 15 when television anchor Matt Lauer performed the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge on NBC’s The Today Show. Although not limited to celebrity participation, the challenge was made aware by big names in sports, politics and television.

Boston College basketball player Peter Frates has ALS and promoted the challenge through his Twitter account. Sports icons such as LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and the entire New England Patriots team participated.

vacation in Maine. Neither parties donated any money.

The focus has unfortunately shifted to the theatrics.

Matt Damon made aware another controversial aspect of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge in his video.

former President George W. Bush and the Governor of South Carolina Nikki Haley. Other American celebrities dumped with ice water include Jessica Alba, Ashton Kutcher, Oprah Winfrey, Justin Timberlake, Taylor Swift, Chris Pratt and Mark Wahlberg.

Well-known celebrities from around the world helped as well, such as Portuguese soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo and Canadian television actor Mike Smith. The rules of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge are AP PHOTO easy. First the participant must introduce themselves Heidi Klum, left, and Tim Gunn, right, take part in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge during the Project on camera and state that they’re taking on the chal- Runway finale at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week on Friday, Sept. 5, 2014 in New York. lenge. Next, they are dumped with icy water.

After dripping wet and cold they must nominate or #strikeoutals. Those who were challenged have 24 head accomplishes nothing but a makeshift bathing.

Despite this, as of Sept. 12, $112.4 million has been another person or multiple people to do the same How does this raise money? raised for ALS research since the fad went viral. and then post the video to any social media with the Simply, it does not. Pouring cold water over your The unsuspected spike in donations can be attribhashtags: #icebucketchallenge, #alsicebucketchallenge,

with toilet water. The act promoted the crisis over safe drinking water in eastern continents as well as water conservation in the United States.

Communities in South Asia or Africa drink and bathe in contaminated water. A plentiful amount of clean water is a luxury we take for granted. Aside from wasting a few hundred gallons of water and taking over the internet, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge succeeded in raising awareness for the muscle disease as well as research funding.

Perhaps with the money donated, and possibly more from future Ice Bucket Challenge participants, a cure can be created.

Allie Baker can be contacted at abaker@keene-equinox.com

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United States justice system must recognize rape culture EMILY BOUFFARD

Copy Editor What does rape culture look like? Special antirape nail polish. Making sure your skirt isn’t too short.

Carrying a mattress around your campus until your rapist leaves, like Emma Sulcowicz at Columbia University. Having to take your drink to the bathroom with you at parties. Walking home at night with a knife in your purse and pepper-spray in your hand.

But more than anything it looks like this: 237,868.

According to RAINN.org [Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network] 237,868 is the number of sexual assaults that occur each year.

These actions listed above are so ingrained in American women it is disturbing and even with all the preventative strategies we are given, sexual assaults are still occurring daily.

I believe the justice system needs to re-evaluate its priorities when it comes to crime in the U.S. Although this number seems high, it is actually much higher. Only 40 percent of assaults are actually reported to police and less than 3 percent of sex The Keene State College Campus Safety 2013 Clery Report claims that only 10 forcible sexual assaults have been reported on campus between the years of 2010 and 2012.

Many people will look at that number and think, “Why is everyone saying sexual assault on college campuses is an epidemic? Only a few happened at my school in the past few years.” uation. The reality of the situation is, those are the assaults that have been reported.

Remember, only 40 percent or less of assaults get reported.

When I was in high school I had a long-term substitute teacher who was a student teacher through KSC, who told me horror stories about issues on campus.

Some of the worst were concerning the alleged “rape room” [a supposed room where girls would be brought with no known exit] and a story about a female student who was drugged with horse tranquilizers and gang-raped.

Whether these stories are true about KSC are open to debate, but there is no doubt in my mind that even if those two instances didn’t happen here, they undoubtedly happened somewhere else.

So, if assaults are happening so frequently, why are they going unreported? Fear, slut-shaming and excuses.

The Steubenville rape case is one that most are familiar with. According to CSMonitor.com [The Christian Science Monitor], an intoxicated female high school student in Steubenville, Ohio was publicly-sexually assaulted by several of her peers in 2012.

The perpetrators recorded and published images and videos of the assault.

One of the boys who committed this violent crime happened to also be on the football team. He was permitted back on the Steubenville High School team almost immediately. The public was more concerned about the boys’ reputations and how the publicity of the incident might ruin their lives because they were “such promising students.”

What about the girl?

Popular media highlighted how she was intoxicated when the assault happened. Just that one simple note of “she was drunk” implies that she is to blame for being taken advantage of.

In a more recent incident, Cee Lo Green, popular musical artist and judge on “The Voice,” posted a

He is excusing all the men who have purposefully gotten girls so drunk that they blackout. He is excusing what happened in Steubenville and what is an all too-common occurrence on college campuses.

He is excusing one of the most inexcusable acts you can commit against a fellow human being.

I have friends and colleagues who have been assaulted. I have seen what it does to people. It absolutely destroys them. wants to be assaulted. No one wants to have their entire life taken away from them and then see no justice for the one who took it.

No matter what they were wearing, they were not asking for it. If someone does not give you explicit playing hard to get. It’s their way of saying “no.” Yes means yes.

More needs to be done for victims of assault. In U.S. society victims are punished and perpetrators are praised. out of prison, while the majority of convicts in the U.S. prison system are there for drug charges.

According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, almost 100,000 inmates in the prison system are there

almost 300,000 sexual assaults happening each year. after he was sentenced to “three years’ probation and 45 days of community service,” according the an what is. early Sept. article on newsweek.com.

To those on this campus and beyond who have The allegations? Date rape. The charges? “One been assaulted, you are not to blame. If you have been felony count of furnishing a controlled substance,” according to FoxNews.com.

MVCP 24-Hour Crisis Line: 1-888-511-6287 one is passed out they’re not even WITH you consciously, so WITH implies consent.”

KSC Counseling Center: (603) 358-2437 sounds like he’s implying date rape is inexcusable, but then in his second tweet, he is condoning date rape by saying, “People who have really been raped REMEMBER!!!”

In not so many words, Green was saying that date rape is permissible. He is excusing all the men who have drugged girls with rohypnol, GHB or ketamine [special K].

Campus Safety: (603) 358-2228 Keene Police Department: (603) 357-9815

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Police walk down the road during an attempt by protesters to shut down Interstate 70 in Berkeley, Mo. on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014 near the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Mo., where Michael Brown, an unarmed, black 18-year-old was shot and killed by a white police officer on Aug. 9.

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headline images of the Ferguson protest coverage.

Both vehicles are the same model: a mine-resistant, ambush-protected, vehicle [MRAP].

Many might question be allowed access to the 1033 program and it’s simple.

Since all of this equipwar for drugs, any police department with any drug problems as harmless as marijuana are allowed access to items as dangerous as grenade launchers.

According to the Drug Enforcement Agency 60 percent of the U.S. population lives within high-inten-

which are allowed access to the 1033 program.

In response to the issues that continue in Ferguson, President Obama has ordered a complete review of the entire program. tive line between local law enforcement and military resources.

If this line continues to be blurred it seems more like the war-on-drugs is turning into the war-on-free-speech and right to lawful protest.

Samuel Douglass can be contacted at sdouglass@keene-equinox. com

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Prejudice judgments around names still play a role when considering job applicants ARLINE VOTRUBA

Equinox Staff Applying for a new job can be tedious, stressful and often times, a long process.

in 2014 people continue to place judgment on people based on their ethnic group when they are applying for job positions.

The story of Jose Zamora shocked me. It had never

whether a company was interested in an interview with an applicant.

Having read Zamora’s story and watching the video of him discussing his experience, I felt compelled to see who else has experienced such prejudice.

Sadly my Google search proved that the society we live in is riddled with scenarios exactly like this. Just Google, “not getting job because of name.” There are pages of links to stories of now-successful businessmen who struggled to succeed as entrepreneurs until that he would awake every day and apply to 50 to 100 they Americanized their names. jobs online. With no success, he said that a gut feeling There are also many stories of people with white-

informs us that Jose Zamora, a 32-year-old MexicanAmerican, was far from an exception; in fact, his experiences while job searching prove that a single letter could lead to far greater scrutiny when applying to jobs.

While most applications explicitly state that the information regarding ethnicity and gender will not be held against you, the recent case of Jose Zamora

applications with the exception of a single letter. He

who believe that their name has stood between them and a call back from the company that they applied to. In either case, it is irresponsible of the person overchanging his name from Jose to Joe altered his ability looking the applications to let the detail of name preto get work. It is rather despicable to think that today

This says a lot about our society. Unfortunately, name. human beings are judgmental by nature. This kind of Perhaps instead, applications should come in with Often times the ignorance is actually a misunderstanding as the person judging does so unconsciously.

Making a conscious attempt to recognize the insigsary by employers in our modern era. Equality is far from amongst us, but simple things such as disregarding a name can move us closer to a sound and balanced world.

According to a study performed for the National Bureau of Economic Research by the University of Chicago’s Marianne Bertrand and Harvard’s Sendhil Mullainathan, resumes with white-sounding names have a 50 percent greater chance of receiving a callback when compared to those with African American names. This study shows that these judgments may be absurd, but the fact is, they are being made.

Realizing that people reviewing the job applications may have unintentional bias while overlooking sary that the person hiring employees needs to see a

applicant would only be released if the person doing the hiring were interested in an interview based on the tion.

It seems unnecessary to have to remove the person from their application so much as to address them merely as a number, but based on the multiple cases of people being disregarded or not taken seriously due to their name it is evident an adjustment must be made to the way these applications are reviewed.

This case of prejudice demonstrates the fact that we are not an equal society.

Despite the attempts people make to seem unbiased or judgment free, the unconscious mind controls our actions more than we are aware. Hopefully action will be taken by employers in order to correct this unfair approach to considering people for job positions.

Arline Votruba can be contacted at avotruba@keene-equinox.com

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Italian culture keeps KSC student open-minded while abroad KELLY DECERBO

Florence, Italy Studying abroad. I'll say the one typical, overused and temperately accurate thing I've heard time after time: those who can, do.

I've been at Lorenzo de Medici in Florence for just under three weeks and have been captivated by this city for just about the same amount of time.

It’s truly amazing to let yourself explore another culture with open eyes and open ears.

My mind has been opened both willingly and without me knowing by this experience, right from the moment my plane landed in Paris, just ten minutes before my connectThen repeatedly so when that ian city prompting a long, perspiring bus ride.

And even again when I arrived at

Of course, there will always be some type of problem while traveling internationally, I just happened to experience a great deal of them.

However, I didn’t let it ruin the start to my semester abroad.

no real way to talk to my ties at home, it was rather terrifying, but, again, a great experience for me.

On the bright side, I could absolutely order pizza.

Amidst the struggle that is adaptation, the promise of food has kept my spirits high.

Gourmet, genuine, rich, savory, wonderful food everywhere I turn.

From the pizza (yes, I’m discussing Italy’s pizza again. You haven’t had pizza until you’ve had traditional Italian pizza), to the different types of pastas that I am happily shoving in my face, I want to try it all.

Every day I am beckoned by a new bilities have contributed to my comfort in the city, as well my connection with the culture in Italy.

With every traditional Florentine dish I indulge in, I allow myself to become more in-sync with the city, as well as the rest of Europe.

Already I have seen both the east and west Italian coasts, much of Tuscany and most recently Paris.

Next stop is Munich, Germany for the legendary Oktoberfest.

I mean, it's no Keene Pumpkin

this year.

So I'm now turning into one of those people who tell you, if you can study abroad at any point: do it.

The world is massive and even the bad days make for an incredible cultural experience, while the good days have the ability to change the way I live.

While I dearly miss my roomI thought I did, until I had to nav- mates, family and friends I feel conigate streets, classrooms, menus and phone conversations in a foreign lan- help me to appreciate them more. guage of which I knew more or less Study abroad. You will not regret one word. it. It is something that I can only hope I mean, I really only knew one everyone gets the chance to do at one point in their student lives at Keene Pizza—pizza is the one word I State. knew. Don’t you think that would’ve I am a senior now in my last been enough? semester of education ever. As I allow I think my most troubling feat myself to explore more of Italy, I hope upon arrival was purchasing an Ital- I can explore more of myself in these ian SIM card for my phone. endeavors before adulthood creeps It took 3+ trips to the Vodafone in. It truly is an experience for those Italia store over the course of a week who can, so, I have only one word of advice. Do. CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS phone well-enough to communicate KSC senior Kelly Decerbo has been captivated by Italy since her arrival at Lorenzo de Medici three weeks ago. Above, Decerbo is pictured with my family.

day to delve into this chapter with no expectations and high spirits and that alone has carried me far in just a few short weeks.

Culture shock is a real thing and so is language barrier.

We all know this, but do we really?

You never really know how hard it is

exploring Venice. Inset Photo: Decerbo and friends eat traditional Florentine cuisine on the streets of the city.

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the people that get carried away with it, certainly it's a problem, but a lot of students use it very positively. Overall it's still pretty neutral," Kanouse said.

Kanouse continued and said that, in his opinion, the more exposure students can get to it, the better.

The more comfortable they become with it the more it can enrich their learning experience.

"The more that we can use it for positive academic services without it being cheesy, the more it can be ingrained into everyday use—the better it'll get,” Kanouse said.

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Although most students may be familiar with social media sites and how they operate, there is one factor working against them—distractions.

KSC junior Samantha Provencher said she is an avid social media user, both inside and outside of the classroom.

Despite her love for social media, she said it's challenging to get work done when she constantly has the urge to check what's new on Twitter, or Instagram.

"I know with myself just to sit down and write a paper, like an attachment with my it's like I need to check social media, it's super distracting," Provencher said.

Despite this distraction

that lingers a m o n g nearly all college students who have social media accounts, many of them have also found it to be very useful to use social media within the classroom.

It's something this generation of college students have grown to know and love, and to extend the use of it to the classroom has brought about some interesting things.

Provencher is enrolled in a social media class where she creates weekly blog posts

that social media use poses many challenges when it comes to concentration.

"I know that when me and my friends are doing homework and everyone’s on Twitter, everyone’s on Facebook.

And personally when I study I do like two minutes of work and I'm like ‘Oh okay time for a break, let’s check Twitter, let's check Facebook,’ it's definitely a distraction," Pereira said.

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S h e IC S E D ITO R reported nothing but positive feedback about how this course is going for her.

"I like social media. I think it's a good way for people to market themselves," which she has different Provencher said. people from her class write KSC junior Matthew for or post Pereira reinforced this notion B E RG

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But through these distractions, exploration of social media and what individuals can make of it, many hidden For some, it can even lead to job opportunities. That's exactly what happened to Pereira.

What started out as simply signing up for VH1 surveys,

like to see more of on the channel turned into something much greater.

Pereira is now sponsored

by VH1 to log-on to Twitter and live-tweet during certain television shows and, in the end he is rewarded for it.

Once he receive his reward, Pereira said he must take a picture of himself with the prize and then tweet at VH1, thanking them for the gift.

Pereira said it is essentially product placement for the television network.

"Social media has really impacted me personally in a good way. I'm obsessed with pop culture and celebrities, so I kind of use my Twitter as a vice for that," Pereira said.

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students went to tables they found interesting and asked questions.

In the middle of Appian Way, the fair was said to be hard to miss for all students passing by, whether they were planning to stop by for a visit or not.

Shannon Duffy, a junior at Keene State happened upon the fair without knowing about it beforehand.

"I had no idea this was going on. I got out of class and heard music so I stopped by,” Duffy said. Duffy said she took some pamphlets from different tables, one being Delta Xi Phi. "I had always considered joining a sorority but never really looked into it. Having them right here and ready to listen to my questions ering joining some more organizations on campus,” Duffy said.

Victoria Robel said she found the fair helpful.

“Getting involved has always been in the back of my mind, but I really thought more about it when they're all right in front of me.

There really are a lot of clubs to choose from. were interested in,” Robel said.

Eleanor Marshall can be contacted at EMILY ORELL emarshall@keene-equinox.com. Tables for the different clubs and organizations at KSC stretch down Appian Way for a few hours and allow students a chance to get together as a campus.

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Redfern Arts Center faculty host Season Kick-off Party BETHANY RICCIARDI

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The Redfern Arts Center hosted a social gathering with food and decorations throughout the lobby to announce the season’s events.

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Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery displays community passions with artistic expressions HANNAH SUNDELL

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Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery’s Passionate Pursuits shows off KSC community and Keene community’s passions with an artistic taste.

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Above is Associate Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication Mark Timney’s display of his own firearm and bow and arrow.

Hannah Sundell can be contacted at hsundell@keene-equinox.com

Lee Mun Wah inspires with final film at KSC VERONICA SPADARO

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easily been the window for the audience to peek son made.

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you’re not sure who this man is. Under that fake head is Michael Fassbender and he doesn’t need to facially

mental capacity isn’t able to process the world around him. lenhaal plays a very unstable character that made me

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To drive this point home, he made the audience be.” He said nobody should settle for “a little better.” interact with each other. He didn’t want just himself Everyone in this country, each individual person, has on the microphone because, as he said, the key is to talk, not just listen to “one microphone.” He made the to ask questions to those who we don’t understand audience split from their friends and meet someone new, to “check them out” and then ask them questions about stereotypes that came to their minds when they looked at the other person. much diversity we don’t have in America; how much we oppress underrepresented people and try to force them to conform to our “whiteness”; force them to pretend to be somebody that they aren’t, just so the white majority aren’t “uncomfortable” like they make people of color feel.

about the music, but instead, the people who make the PHILIP BERGERON / GRAPHIC DESIGN EDITOR

everybody needs someone to hear and to care, not “Even when you’re tired, even when you can’t Mun Wah said.

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Movie reviews on “Watermark” and “Mood Indigo” films shown on KSC campus MATT BILODEAU

Equinox Staff When it comes to our planet, there is nothing more important than water. Without it, there would be no life on this planet, period. Whether we use it correctly or not is up to us. how we treat our natural resources, just one. The inspiration that sparks other people’s interests could come from any number of places. A book, pamphlet, presentation, or

nization and what they hope to accomplish. When she was done speaking, she then turned the stage over to Christine nization that brings projects to various schools and universities to teach about water. Such projects include bottle caps on strings, with one cap representing somebody in the world without water. Once she was done, the lights were dimmed and the curtain opened. Was all of this wait worth it to see this documentary?

Watching a documentary about water doesn’t sound

thing for their environment. On the night of this event, over a hundred people came together various cultures use water in various ways. After viewing sentation were put on by The Harris Center to is okay, and here’s why. for Conservation Education while also being sponsored by the Keene State to keep me intrigued, I’m okay with this format. The difConservancy. The Harris Center, ference is that “Watermark” did not need to go this route. which is located in Hancock, I will admit that there were some shots that blew me away, - so much so that I wanted to see them on an IMAX screen. nization that dedithat, job well done.

When I talked to members of the audience afterwards, this was the one thing that they all agreed on. Halli Valentine, a sophomore at Keene State College stated that these simple images “brought a new perspective” that she never stated that “the cinematography was great,” as it also gave him a brand new perspective on how we use water in cultures around the world. Overall, everybody agreed that the ematography.

Of all the points made that night, this is one that I have to agree with. But in my opinion, that is where it ends. While some people may have gotten a new perspective, I felt that “Watermark” was somewhat empty. The concept of little-tono dialogue with images of water would have worked better IAN CHOUINARD / EQUINOX STAFF

cates itself to “p r o m o t i n g understanding and respect for our natural environment.”

Throughout the year they plan events such as hikes, meetings,

and sweet. But when you make it feature-length, I expect some substance. I also expect a score that won’t put me to sleep. At a point, showing how water is used across multiple cultures is not enough without some type of narration. in areas where they wanted me to put it together for myself.

confused, with little to no impact. I can’t even explain some etc. Last year, they came to the Putnam Theater to screen the topic to another was jumbled.

PBS special “A Murder of Crows.” The Based on the reaction from the crowd, I seemed to be theater was packed and everybody in the minority. While it didn’t do wonders for me, if it got came back, but this time, with a larger crowd.

After such a success last year, The Harris Center came a success, despite my opinion. People who weren’t part of back to the Putnam to screen “Watermark,” a 2013 documentary directed by Jennifer Baichwal and Edward Burthen I’m glad that it worked on somebody.

(AVEO), a project of the Harris Center for Conservation Education, came out and gave a few words about the orga-

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Equinox Staff Why do we enjoy surrealism? What is it about the unknown that leaves us wanting more? A large number of the movie-going audience go to see movies for an escape. We know that once we leave the theater, reality comes rushing back. It’s nice to know that for two hours, we can sit down and lose ourselves in the action on-screen. Elements of surrealism only enhances this notion, add a heartbreaking romance between two likeable leads and you get “Mood Indigo”. dream” by Boris Vian, “Mood Indigo” tells the

a birthday party. While Chick is distracted by Colin’s attention is focused elsewhere. Across the room, he notices Chloe and nervously approaches COLIN MIDDLETON / EQUINOX STAFF her. Once they get to know each other, they fall in love and get married several months later. But them up. alas, just when everything seems to be going well, If I had to watch a love story for an hour-andtragedy strikes, as Chloe is suddenly stricken with an odd illness. As her situation worsens, so Audrey Tautou. Just like their romance, they grow do the relationships of the people around her.

After reading a similar synopsis, I thought that laced, yet anxious character, that only wants to it sounded simple enough, to the point of cliché territory—but believe me when I say that there is so much more going on. I expected a simple love who in my opinion, is incredibly beautiful and highly talented. Here, her character is free-spiraltogether. “Mood Indigo” can be described in this one simple equation: charming protagonists plus romance plus “Pee Wee’s Playhouse.” ship, you get to know more about them and their quirks. vision for what he was making. To give you some Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” “The Science of Sleep” and “The Green Hornet.” Throughout his that tradition by mixing a straight-forward narrative and surrealism. As visually stunning as it is, If I were to pick a side, I couldn’t. My best answer would be yes and no and here’s why.

Ranging from stop motion to CGI, everything striving for. But then there are these quirky little

visual imagination of this world. While trying to

not seem like anything totally new, but the leads are so incredibly likeable, that I gave it a pass. As I stated before, the only other thing that bothered me, was the overuse of surrealistic imagery in some scenes.

At this point, I could go on to describe other elements like the mouse or the use of curvy legs, but it would spoil the surprise of seeing it for it for a second time and I’m glad that I did. It

and appreciate it even more. “Mood Indigo” is an ends up alienating the audience. I believe what unusual, yet fascinating story of love and tragedy, helped Gondry in the end, was that as the tone surrounded by a cast of characters that you can’t got more serious, he slowed down on the visuhelp but love the whole way through. als. He instead let his actors further their characare as important without good characters to back

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Don't miss local upcoming events Events starting Sept. 18 through Sept. 26

Redfern Arts Center Spanish Harlem Orchestra Latin Jazz Friday, September 26 7:30 p. m.

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Colonial Theatre “Magic in the Moonlight” September 19-25 Aaron Neville Duo Friday, September 19 8:00 p.m.

Putnam Theatre KSC Student Film Screening Thursday, September 18 7:00 p.m.

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Director of the Redfern Arts Center Shannon Mayers said the prices at the Redfern to be great compared to the Coloa serious focus this year is getting students involved and nial Theater is a man who has lived in Keene for a very - long time, Frank Kellom. Kellom said he takes advantage invitation for the community to be welcomed to the build- he subscribed to just about every performance coming to the Redfern this year. when she came on in 2011 she added a lot of performances “I support the place. I buy my tickets and I also give because that’s what’s really exciting to people. For exam- them some money sometime during the season, just to help ple, something she started is Creative Connections, which encourage young people in the arts,” Kellom explained. aims to create more activities with the Keene community.

“We really want our community to see the Redfern as a place to gather, as a place that is social. That it’s not just ing to be wonderful and very positive. In addition, he said coming in, seeing a performance and leaving—because we people in Keene are very fortunate to have all these events have a lot of other activities, free programming activities,” Mayers said.

Bethany Ricciardi can be contacted at Some of them are pre-show talks, lectures and workbricciardi@keene-equinox.com shops that happen with all of their events. In addition she

“We Are the Best” September 19-24 “College” with Buster Keaton Thursday, September 25 7:00 p.m.

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The Place to Eat Tom Carroll Acoustic Classic Rock & Folk Friday, September 19 6:30-9 p.m.

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Pakistani troops expand rescue in flood-hit areas ZARAR KHAN, ASHOK SHARMA

said.

In neighboring India, the military and private doctors set up med-

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ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Pakistani military stepped up rescue

people in its part of Kashmir, where water-borne diseases like cholera and diarrhea were reported.

Shakila Butt, who runs the Al Ameen hospital in the Indian part of Kashmir, appealed to authorities and non-governmental organizations to supply medicine, saying she

in more districts of the country's eastern Punjab province on Friday, leaving hundreds of thousands homeless.

In neighboring India-controlled waters started receding but triggered concerns about the possible spread of disease in devastated areas.

coming days.

"There are chances of epidemic diseases," she said.

The Indian government said 80 army medical teams treated over

which began Sept. 3 in divided Kashmir, have so far killed 274 people in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, while 200 have died in the India-controlled part of the disputed Himalayan region.

hospitals in Avantipur, Pattan and Anantnag in the Kashmir valley.

The Indian army also set up 19 relief camps in Srinagar and elsewhere.

Authorities in India said 84 transport aircraft and helicopters and 30,000 troops were participating in rescue operations.

Pakistan and India have a history of uneasy ties, but relations have improved in recent years.

expected to hit southern Pakistan next week.

After destroying hundreds of villages in the Jhang district this week, Punjab districts — Multan, Bahwalpur and Rahim Yar Khan.

Troops air-dropped food rations as three more deaths were registered there, according to disaster management spokeswoman Reema Zuberi.

At a Friday meeting of Pakistan's ter Nawaz Sharif that recent rains

the worst to hit Pakistan since 2010, when some 1,700 people died.

A car is partially submerged in an inundated neighborhood of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Monday, Sept. 15, 2014. Flooding from Sharma reported from New days of heavy monsoon rains partially submerged Srinagar and left more than 400 people dead in northern Pakistan and India. The flood Delhi. Associated Press writers waters have begun to recede, but vast fields of crops have been destroyed and tens of thousands of families have lost all their possessions.

Merajuddin and Shonal Ganguly in copters were plucking people from boats, while some 48,000 were resSharif tasked authorities with Srinagar, India, and Munir Ahmed the country's 10 districts, according rooftops and air-dropping food in cued by civilian services, said Ali taking measures to "protect" the in Islamabad contributed to this to a statement issued by the govern- southern Sindh province, where report. damaged 43,000 homes. ment.

The military has rescued nearly gency services in eastern Punjab.

Sharif was also told that the The Pakistani army said its heli- 30,000 people with helicopters and week, the government statement ALTAF QADRI / AP PHOTO

Generation gap: Young Scots favor independence PAUL KELBIE

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GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Across Scotland, dinner table talk

NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft’s decision to spend $2.5 billion for the creator of the hit game “Minecraft” could help the Xbox maker grab attention on mobile phones, a new priority for the company.

over how to vote in Scotland’s independence referendum.

A generation gap has opened up, with younger voters more inclined to back independence and their elders tending to say they want to remain in the United Kingdom.

Support for the status quo is strongest among the over-60s, who are worried about the consequences breaking free would have on pensions, health-care and savings; the pro-independence movement is largely being driven by under-40s.

Neck-and-neck in the polls, the rival campaigns have called on core supporters to make a last ditch attempt to swing the vote by The young are being urged to visit parents and grandparents to explain why they should support separation.

The No camp has launched seniors to win young hearts and minds with their wisdom.

“I was so proud of my grandpa when he told me he was voting Yes that I burst into tears,” said Miriam Brett, 23, from Shetland and a campaigner for Generation Yes. “A Yes vote means so much to my generation. We want to let all our grandparents know that their future is secure in our hands, and with a Yes we can build a better future for ourselves and for our children.”

The No camp is trailing in every age group except the over-60s.

Polls indicate more than 63 percent of that age group is expected to vote in favor of the union.

As older people are more likely to be on the electoral roll, there has been a huge drive to get younger people engaged in the Yes campaign.

Interest in the referendum is sky high. A total of 4,285,323 people, representing 97 percent of the voting age population, have registered to vote in the referendum.

That’s an increase of 300,000

‘Minecraft’ could boost Microsoft’s mobile reach for more customers

like multiplayer game is currently the top paid app for the iPhone and Android devices in the U.S., today’s popular hit could be tomorrow’s dud.

The maker of the much obsessed-over “Candy Crush Saga,” for example, rode the game’s popularity to go public this year, only to see its stock falter.

In addition, the founders of Mojang, the Swedish company behind “Minecraft,” aren’t staying with Microsoft.

That could raise questions about Mojang’s ability to create another big hit.

Then again, a big hit was not what co-founder Markus “Notch” Persson was after when he created the game, according to a blog post Monday from Mojang and a note from Persson himself on his website.

“It certainly seems like the founders of ‘Minecraft’ didn’t want to continue forward,” Gartner analyst Brian Blau said.

“It was something too big for them. ‘Minecraft’ is best in the hands of somebody who can take it in the direction it needs to go for the user.”

Microsoft has made mobile phones and Internet services priorities for installed on desktops — slow down or decline. With “Minecraft,” Blau said,

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This is an image taken Monday Sept. 11, 2014 of YES and NO supporters for the Scottish Independence Referendum stand next to each other in Edinburgh. (AP Photo/ Andrew Milligan/PA)

on those registered in Scotland in 2012.

The turnout for Thursday’s ballot could exceed 85 percent, compared to just 50.4 percent who voted in the last Scottish Parliament elections in 2011, and the 63.8 percent who turned out for the arguments — the art of friendly 2010 UK election.

Among the electorate are persuasion has not exactly been 124,000 voters aged 16 and 17 who easy.

“My Dad stopped talking to me have been granted the right to vote when I said I was going to vote Yes,” Many of these new voters are said 21-year-old student Laura expected to support indepen- Brown. “He even blocked me as a dence. But conventional wisdom friend on Facebook.”

The “Better Together” camp holds that older voters are more likely to actually cast their ballots, says older voters have a wealth of a factor that could help the “Better experience to impart on younger Together” campaign. First Minister ones. ‘ “Scotland’s 1 million pensionAlex Salmond described the Generation Yes campaign as ers should use their vote and their “inspired” and said young voters voice to remind their children and now have a great excuse to pop grandchildren of how the NHS around their grandparents’ house and pensions were secured by the power of working together,” said for a traditional Sunday lunch.

However with polls suggesting former British Prime Minister as many as 40 percent of families are divided over the referendum — “I urge you to use both your and at least 20 percent saying the debate has led to heated family vote and your voice to remind

“My Dad stopped talking to me when I said I was going to vote Yes.” -LAURA BROWN STUDENT

your children and grandchildren ments earned together with friends, neighbors and relatives in England, Wales and Northern Ireland,” Brown said. “Tell them how we fought and won two world wars together.”

It’s a message that resonates with older voters who worry that younger generation might be making a mistake.

“They haven’t lived long enough to see what we have,” said Liz Mullen, 68, a retired office worker from Paisley.

“A lot of young people think independence is going to be some sort of miracle cure. ... They think it is some kind of adventure without any risks, but this is not a video game.”

6 killed, 15 wounded in East Ukraine LAURA MILLS

civilian casualties.

“Neither today, nor yesterday, nor in the previous days KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — did Ukrainian forces shell Shelling killed six people and any residential areas,” said wounded 15 others in the rebel Lysenko. stronghold of Donetsk, the city Both the rebel and governcouncil said Monday — the ment sides have said they are worst reported violence since starts anew. backed rebels and Ukrainian Ukraine and the West have repeatedly contended that Fighting around the east- Russia is fueling the separatern city’s government-held ist uprising with manpower, airport has left its northern weapons and expertise, something that Moscow denies.

Two northern neighborIn an interview Monday, hoods were shelled heavily NATO Secretary-General Sunday, leading to the casual- Anders Fogh Rasmussen told ties and damaging both homes The Associated Press that “around 1,000” Russian solsaid. diers remain in Ukraine.

Loud blasts could be heard “While the Russians may from the direction of the air- have withdrawn some of their port all day Monday, and gun- troops in Ukraine, there is a still Russian military presence downtown in the afternoon. within Ukraine,” RasmusseThe Ukrainian government said in Brussels, adding that blamed the militants for the several thousand Russian sol-

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Britain faces mourning GREGORY KATZ

AssociAted Press LONDON (AP) — Now it's Britain's turn to mourn.

British aid worker David Haines has been beheaded — like two American journalists before him — and the Islamic State group is threatening to kill a fourth captive.

A grisly video released by the group showing Haines' body both mocks the West and raises the pressure on Western leaders. It concludes with a death threat against British hostage Alan Henning, shown in the same kind of orange jumpsuit the other three were wearing when they were killed.

Prime Minister David Cameron praised the 44-yearold Haines on Sunday as a British hero, and his family asked that he be remembered for devoting his life to helping civilians caught in deadly Haines is the third Westerner beheaded in recent weeks by the Islamic State group, which has seized large parts of Syria and Iraq and, according to Cameron, poses a "massive" threat to the rest of the Middle East.

"They are killing and slaughtering thousands of people — Christians, Muslims, minorities across Iraq and Syria," Cameron said after an emergency meeting with military and security chiefs.

"They boast of their brutality. They claim to do this in the name of Islam. That is nonsense. Islam is a religion of peace. They are not Muslims, they are monsters," he said.

Cameron said the group is planning attacks against Britain and the rest of Europe, and that Britain has to step up Britain will support U.S. Islamic State group by using British forces to help with logistics and intelligence gathering, he said, but will not send ground troops.

Cameron also raised the prospect that the blackclad, knife wielding Islamic State extremist on the video — who speaks with an East London accent — may in fact be a British man who has joined the terrorists.

"People across this country will have been sickened by the fact it could have been a British citizen — a British citizen who carried out this unspeakable act," he said. the video appears to be the same man who appeared in earlier videos announcing the killings of Americans James Foley and Steven SotlThe video opens with footage of Cameron condemning the Islamic State group.

The man with the knife then appears and condemns Britain's support of U.S. action against the group and says the captive must pay with his life.

The Islamic State group's videos have all followed a similar script, with the extremist dressed in black — only his eyes visible — and the victim dressed in an orange jumpsuit. They are in a desert landscape with no obvious identifying landmarks.

Each has also included a threat against another captially asked the press not to identify Henning as the captive shown on camera, but it dropped this request Sunday with his family's approval.

The family also distributed a photo of Henning.

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GM expert says 19 deaths eligible for compensation TOM KRISHER

AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The death toll tied to faulty ignition switches in General Motors small cars has risen to 19, according to a compensation expert hired by the company. The number is likely to go higher.

Kenneth Feinberg said Monday that he has determined that 19 wrongful death claims are eligible for payments from GM. General Motors' estimate of deaths has stood at 13 for months, although the automaker acknowledged the possibility of a higher count.

Feinberg received 125 death claims due to the faulty switches in older-model small cars such as the Chevrolet Cobalt.

The rest remain under review or require further documentation, he said in a report issued Monday.

"The public report is simply reporting on those eligible to date," Feinberg spokeswoman Camille Biros said in an email. "There will certainly be others."

GM has admitted knowing about the ignition switch problem for more than a decade.

Yet it didn't begin recalling the switches in 2.6 million small cars until earlier this year.

The automaker hired Feinberg to compensate victims of crashes caused by the switches, and Feinberg has said GM has not limited the total amount he can pay.

Some lawmakers have estimated the death toll is close to 100. agreements, said Feinberg will not identify any of those eligible for payments, nor will he say if the 19 deemed eligible so far include the 13 deaths that GM has documented. tims.

The U.S. National Highway it has not tallied the total number of deaths.

Biros said no claims have been

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FILE - In this Monday, June 30, 2014, file photo, Kenneth Feinberg, the independent claims administrator for the General Motors Ignition Compensation Program, announces the details of the program during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington.

rejected yet, although Feinberg is in the process of turning down a few because they don't meet the requirements for compensation.

Feinberg will issue reports each Monday on how many claims have been granted, she said.

Feinberg also has received 320 claims for compensation due to injuries.

Of those, 12 have been deemed eligible for payments so far.

Of the injury claims, 58 were in the most serious category, seeking compensation for injuries resulting in loss of use of limbs, amputation, permanent brain damage or pervasive burns, the Feinberg statement

million times on personal computers since its debut in 2009, and it’s (Cont. from B5 the most popular online game on Microsoft’s Xbox console.

Microsoft gains a new type of cusMicrosoft, which released the tomer — mobile players. “’Minecraft’ is very popular on blockbuster “Halo” video game mobile,” Blau said. “It has an audifranchise. Unlike “Halo,” though, ence that wouldn’t necessarily think “Minecraft” is especially popular with younger gamers whose parThe mobile audience is typically ents might not be comfortable with Apple and Samsung.” them going on wild alien shootouts.

“Minecraft” is an “open world” Microsoft is not alone in trying game in gamer lingo, meaning it has to reach that audience. no plot or outlined objectives.

Activision Blizzard Inc., the Players can explore and create maker of the “Call of Duty” shooter virtual worlds built from blocky 3-D series, also makes “Skylanders,” a objects — thus the frequent Lego kids’ video game that’s played using comparisons.

“It can also be about adventuring soft’s job to keep Minecraft’s loyal with friends or watching the sun fan base happy. rise over a blocky ocean. It’s pretty.

It’s something raised any time Brave players battle terrible things big, established corporations buy in The Nether, which is more scary little, much-loved independent comthan pretty. You can also visit a land panies. of mushrooms if it sounds more like It happened when Facebook your cup of tea,” Minecraft’s webbought photo-sharing app Instasite explains. gram in 2012 and more recently Besides iPhones and Android when Amazon.com Inc. agreed to devices, the game is available on buy Twitch, the online network that Windows, Macs, Microsoft’s Xbox lets people watch live and recorded and Sony’s PlayStation. Microsoft footage of others playing video said it will continue to make “Minegames. craft” available on all those plat“Change is scary, and this is a big forms after the deal closes, expected change for all of us. It’s going to be this year. good though. Everything is going to With an all-ages “E’’ rating, the be OK,” Owen Hill, Mojang’s “chief game has been downloaded 100

said.

Another 262 claims are for lessserious injuries that required hospital stays or outpatient medical treatment within 48 hours of the crash.

compensating victims at $400 million, but says it could rise to $600 million.

The faulty ignition switches can slip out of the "run" position

by the spate of recalls. GM's U.S. sales are up 2.8 percent through August. U.S. auto sales overall have risen 5.1 percent during the same time.

GM dealers have been able to convert customers who come in for recall repairs into new-car buyers when they see renovated dealerships and the company's new vehicles, GM North American President Alan Batey said Monday in an inter-

Dec. 31.

Feinberg will follow formulas to determine how much people will get, and they can demonstrate circumstances to him that would bring more money.

Claimants can wait until he comes up with an amount before deciding whether to sue GM or take the money.

GM has estimated the cost of

knock out power steering or brakes and disable the air bags if there's a crash.

The ignition switch problem triggered a companywide safety review that has resulted in 29 million GM vehicles being recalled time GM buyers, having bought through August. used cars in the past, he said.

Despite persistent bad publicGeneral Motors shares rose 43 ity for much of the year, GM's sales cents to $33.70 per share in afternoon trading.

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This July 3, 2014 file photo taken with a fisheye lens shows Microsoft Corp. signage outside the Microsoft Visitor Center in Redmond, Wash. Microsoft will acquire Stockholm-based game maker Mojang, the maker of the popular game Minecraft for $2.5 billion, the company announced Monday, Sept. 15, 2014.

ing than it’s ever been,” he continMonday. ued.

“Minecraft will continue to The acquisition will help Microevolve, just like it has since the start soft expand its gaming division. of development. We don’t know spe- Besides “Halo,” it includes the “Forza” racing game. In a statement, yet, but we do know that everyone Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said involved wants the community to that with “Minecraft,” Microsoft grow and become even more amaz- is getting “an open world platform,

driven by a vibrant community we care deeply about, and rich with new opportunities for that community and for Microsoft.” Blau said it helps that Microsoft knows games.

“It’s got the Xbox,” he said. “So overall ... it’s a good move and a ence in the game industry.”

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diers were also along the border with Ukraine.

Another 73 Ukrainian soldiers were freed Sunday in exchange for 73 rebels, both sides reported Monday — the largest prisoner exchange so far.

And in neighborhoods away from the Donetsk airport, many more people and cars were out in the streets than have been for weeks. began in mid-April, a month after Russia annexed the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea.

It has claimed at least 3,000 civilian lives, according to the U.N. AP PHOTO / DARKO VOJINOVIC

A boy jumps from remains of a charred tank in the village of Novosvitlivka, eastern Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 15, 2014.

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Keene State hires third head cheerleading coach in two seasons

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Head Cheerleading Coach Chris Fecteau pictured above.

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Coach Fecteau leads the 16 member squad in practice Sunday Sept. 14, 2014. The girls are practicing a stunt skill called an arabesque.

Cheer team welcomes Chris Fecteau with high spirits in hopes to accomplish new goals SKYLER FRAZER

we needed to be,” Marquis said.

The squad learned a lot from Dick, but she did not return as a coach this season.

According to Ratliff, Dick wasn’t sure where her Chris Fecteau is the third head cheer coach the Keene State Cheerleading program has had since other jobs were going to place her this year, so she the beginning of last season. After head cheer coach couldn’t commit to the coaching job at Keene State.

Heath Haskell left the team last year a few weeks into the season, the girls had no idea who would take over timely manner, he continued the hiring process.

With no head coach, the team turned to Chris Fecfrom there. “[Haskell] had a lot of other stuff going on, like teau, who helped the squad last year after seeing them he was still working full-time at varsity, so I just at a showcase before winter break.

“He came two weeks before nationals and really don’t think he was ready to take on the full commitment of coaching with all his other jobs,” Becca Marquis, a junior on the squad said when referring to why carrone, the only senior on the squad.

“When Nicole Dick decided not to come back, Linda Haskell may have left.

After Haskell left, KSC Director of Athletics John Lawton highly recommended Chris,” Ratliff said.

Fecteau said he didn’t expect to become the coach Ratliff said he contacted Nicole Dick, who previously cheered at Keene State and was a three-year captain “I fully expected to be an assistant coach this year on the team.

“I talked to former coaches Megan and Linda but the opportunity to be head coach came and I am Lawton and they recommended her … I would have ecstatic for this new adventure,” Fecteau said.

After members of the squad interviewed Fecteau loved to have her back,” Ratliff said. privately, they felt they had found their new head coach. squad.

Marquis is convinced Coach Fecteau is committed “I think she did an amazing job, just coming in and taking over the squad in [a] week and getting us where to his new team.

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“Over the summer, even though we weren’t here, he stunting, so it’s looking a lot better than last year,” was always working on stuff for us. We needed a coach Maccarrone said. who is committed to doing things behind the scenes, and he’s doing a great job with that,” Marquis said.

In addition, Fecteau said this years goals are to be what he’s doing and he’s dedicated to the team and the more respected and visible on campus and to make sport,” Maccarrone said.

This year’s squad has a lot of youth. According to top 5 in the country.

The KSC Cheerleaders compete at the UCA’s [Unibooth on Wednesday to sign up for tryouts. versal Cheerleaders Association] in January and hope “A lot of the girls have a lot of potential to build this to win it all under a new coach with a new system. year and I think our coach will do a good job,” Mar“I truly believe this team is one of the most talented quis said. teams Keene has seen,” Fecteau said.

So with a new coach and many new freshman, what can be expected from the cheerleading squad this year?

Skyler Frazer can be contacted at “We have a lot of tumbling and really advanced sfrazer@keene-equinox.com

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ATHLETE of the WEEK NAME: ANGELA SILVERI

Sport: Volleyball JerSey Number: 9 The junior from Poughquag, N.Y. is currently the Keene State volleyball team’s leader in points. Silveri has 118 points in only 12 games. That’s about 10 points per game. Silveri’s volleyball career started in seventh grade and continued on through travel teams, her high school team and now KSC. “In seventh grade I just randomly decided to play volleyball. I was also playing softball but volleyball was more exciting,” Silveri said.

Three years ago when Silveri came to KSC, the volleyball team recruited nine freshman, including Silveri.

Head Coach Bob Weiner said right away that offensively, Silveri had the right stuff. Silveri’s offensive talents earned her the title Co-Offensive Player of the Year in 2013.

“I think its really cool [the Co- Offensive title]. The underclassmen have motivation to try and get to that goal or make themselves better,” Silveri said.

Coach Weiner said he agrees.

“This is the best thing about Angela Silveri. I’ve never coached anyone like her. She is not affected by the fact that she has a skill that sets her apart. She’s just one of the girls; a true teammate. It’s such a refreshing attitude,” Weiner said.

“Plus, she’s freaking hilarious,” Weiner added.

However, Silveri’s strategy is simple.

“I think how you practice is how you play in games.

I just focus on how to be consistent and try my best to carry that into games. I’m very competitive and want to win,” Silveri said.

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

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KENDALL POPE / SPORTS EDITOR

Major: “Switching from secondary education to economics” Favorite movie: “Dark Knight” Something interesting Angela does in her free time: “I love going to the beach and being outside.”

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Season kick-off for co-rec soccer NICK D’AMATO

Contributed Writer The Intramural Co-Rec Soccer season opened up with eight games on Sunday, Sept 7. There were several entertaining games but the last game of the night between the teams, The Pain Train and The Clown Babies, provided the most excitement and drama.

Ethan Lockley was stellar in goal throughout the game for The Pain Train, while goals by teammates Brian Parsons and Joshua Estrada staked them to a 2-0 lead late in the second half.

With time winding down in the second-half, a great pass gave The Clown Babies Caroline Senecal just enough room to sneak the ball past Lockley for a 2-point goal and the tie.

Shortly after the ensuing kick-off the whistle sounded to end the game, with The Clown Babies stealing a 2-2 tie to open the season. Daniel Fleischman also recorded 4 saves for The Clown Babies.

Conner Lane came out of the weekend as the leading scorer. Lane scored 3 goals to lead Tricks for Chicks to a 6-0 win over Shake Your Booty. Lane was assisted

by Ross Anderson and Nathan Sanderson on 2 of his 3 goals. Lane will look to continue his hot scoring streak against Smoke City F.C on Sept. 14 at 6:00 p.m.

The Bomb Squad led all teams in scoring as they took home a 10-2 win against Team Res Life. The Bomb Squad had a balanced scoring attack with John Ramsay, Joshua Dallesander, Andrew Howard, Jamie Monahan, Mackenzie Morse and Monica Waskiewicz all scor-

Oscar Pistorius free to compete for South Africa

ing goals. Teal Harrison-Hertz, Brad Holler and Chris Sinvil also contributed to the scoring, each having one assist.

Kayla Magan played for Team Res Life, making 9 saves on a day where she faced steady-pressure from scored the lone goal for Team Res Life.

Travis O’Brien turned in the top-goalkeeping performance, tying Kayla Magan with 9 saves as his Ireland F.C. team lost to the Benchwarmers 7-2. Ireland FC’s goals were scored by Antonio Dizenzo and Jack Anderson.

Tyler Ranfos and Elizabeth Rizzitano led the Benchwarmers with 2 goals each. Colby Easter, Todd Patnaude and Andrew Slade also added goals for the Benchwarmers, while Ryan Hagerty was solid in goal, making 6 saves.

Parliament is the only returning team who made it the farthest in last year’s playoffs, losing 27-20 in the Intramural Flag Football opens up on Monday, Sept.

15.

Other scores: Hash-Slinging Slashers 3 – Carle Cocks 0 The Amigos 4 – Smoke City F.C. 1 The information above was provided by Nick D’Amato, the Intramural Coordinator.

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

Domestic violence experts added as NFL advisers

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ASSOCIATED PRESS

"In this new role, she will oversee the development of the full range of education, training and support proNew York (AP) Three experts in domestic violence grams relating to domestic violence, sexual assault and will serve as consultants to the NFL. matters of respect."

Commissioner Roger Goodell sent a memo to teams The National Organization for Women, which is Monday announcing that Lisa Friel, Jane Randel and calling for Goodell's resignation, called the appointRita Smith will work as "senior advisers." ments of the senior advisers "a step in the right direcThey will "help lead and shape the NFL's policies tion — but it's not enough." and programs relating to domestic violence and sexual On the new role for Isaacson, NOW said in a stateassault," he wrote. ment that "the fact that Roger Goodell is assigning a Goodell has been under heavy criticism for his han- current member of his leadership team to oversee new dling of the domestic abuse case involving star running policies shows once again that he just doesn't get it." back Ray Rice.

Rice was initially suspended for two games. Goodell month later, he told owners he "didn't get it right" and six-game suspension going forward.

Then Rice was released by the Baltimore Ravens and Friel was the head of the Sex Crimes Prosecution for more than a decade.

Randel is the co-founder of No More, a campaign against domestic violence and sexual assault. Smith is the former executive director of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

Monday's memo also said that Anna Isaacson, currently the NFL's vice president of community affairs and philanthropy, will become its vice president of social responsibility.

"Anna has been leading our internal work relating to how we address issues of domestic violence and related social issues," Goodell wrote.

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May 22, 2014 File photo of Rodger Goodell.

Oscar Pistorius leaves court in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. In passing judgement Judge Thokozile Masipa ruled out a murder conviction for the double-amputee Olympian in the shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, but said he was negligent and convicted him of culpable homicide. Sentencing procedures will start Oct. 13.

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AssoCiAted Press STELLENBOSCH, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius is free to compete for South Africa again, as long as his running doesn't go against the ruling of the judge.

Pistorius, who is to be sentenced next month after being found guilty in the negligent killing of his girlfriend, could compete at any time because the South African Olympic committee has no regulations preventing someone with a criminal record from representing the country.

"As he stands right now, he's free (to compete)," South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee chief executive Tubby Reddy told The Associated Press on Monday.

Pistorius faces years in jail after being convicted of culpable homicide in the killing of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

However, there is no minimum sentence for the conviction in South African law and the double-amputee Olympian could receive a suspended sentence and no jail time. As long as competing doesn't go against the ruling of the judge when she decides Pistorius' sentence next month, he can run for South Africa, Reddy said. Pistorius would only have to meet normal sports qualifying criteria.

Reddy dismissed reports of a meeting of SASCOC

there was nothing to decide.

Last year, Pistorius was cleared to run overseas after appealing his bail terms, but chose not to while he concentrated on his murder trial.

Pistorius' agent, Peet van Zyl, said competing now was not an option but they would "sit down and take stock" after his sentencing hearing, which starts Oct. 13.

"It's all up to Oscar. He must decide what he wants to do," Van Zyl said, adding he would only talk with Pistorius about running again after sentencing.

"I don't know what his mindset is now. I will sit down with him. Is he keen or is he not keen?" Pistorius wouldn't be allowed to run while serving a prison prison term is also an option for the judge.

Pistorius and his longtime coach, Ampie Louw, said before Steenkamp's killing that they wanted to retire together at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. track at the Olympics when he ran in the 400 meters and 4x400 relay at the London Games in 2012.

Van Zyl told the AP on Monday that Pistorius hadn't done any running on the track "for ages" but was regularly working out in a gym.

Pistorius' last competitive race was the 400-meter he retained his title.

Keene State College athletic team records Women’s Soccer

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Philip Parent

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Patrick Chabot

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Hayden Patterson

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Lindsay Szuch

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Kaitlin Wheeler

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Carli Davis

23:49

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FOLLOW-UP

Director of Athletics clarifies athlete handbook resource information KENDALL POPE

SportS Editor As a follow-up to the article published in The Equinox Sept. 11th edition regarding the new Student Athlete Handbook policy on sexual misconduct, many students’ questions now have answers. ing from Fitness Center Manager to the Associate Vice President of Finance.

Director of Athletics John Ratliff, the driving force behind the addition to the Student Athlete Handbook, explained the reason behind these seemingly outof-place resources.

“It’s not just for the students, it’s for the faculty staff as well. We needed to lege so people would feel more comfortable reporting,” Ratliff said.

“ They didn’t know where to send letters or who to talk to. So that’s what drove us -JOHN RATLIFF DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS

might change, a new person could take that position as this gets printed. So I was torn between doing it but we know these positions are the ones to go to even if the name changes,” Ratliff said.

“I think maybe next year we [will] put the names down,” Ratliff said.

Director of Human Resources Kim

Diversity and Multiculturalism Dottie Morris, met with each team and the coaches to explain who to contact.

According to Ratliff, Harkness told athletes they can always go to their - coach or the athletic director, but then - the coach would be responsible for get-

letic Department.

In addition to information taken from the KSC handbook, the information provided on amorous relationships was taken from the NCAA [National Collegiate Athletic Association] and edited to connect to Keene State.

More information on reporting crimes through the silent witness program was provided by Campus Safety.

“We found out people didn’t know where to report things; they didn’t know where to send letters or who to talk to.

So that’s what drove us to put the intake

the training.

“We want them [the athletes] to feel comfortable coming to me or the coach, unless the coach is the problem and even then they might feel uncomfortable with me because they know my relationship with the coach. So that’s there,” Ratliff explained. in the athletic building who are intake

One of Ratliff’s goals is to add a another option if they feel uncomfortis equal representation. able giving their name,” Ratliff said.

Considering the policy mentions He continued to explain why names and contact information are also not that sexual harassment claims will be investigated or resolved informally or formally, but however it provides no “I did question if we should add that [contact information] because it’s keep- information as to what an informal or ing it one less step for them [the athletes], formal investigation is.

Ratliff explained, “If a student came but my concern was that the position to me I would then ask, ‘Can I take this

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to the director of human resources?’

Then human resources would make the judgment and say, ‘Well no, thank you for giving this to us but right now we’re not going to do anything; keep an eye on it.’ If it rises to a level where they think sexual harassment has occurred then it would be a more formal investigation,” Ratliff said.

According to Ratliff, during the meetings with the athletic teams, Harkness provided an example of an informal and formal situation where she approached a student and would say, “That’s a beautiful pedicure you have,” which is a strange comment coming from a faculty member but maybe it was just a simple compliment.

However, if everyday that faculty member is waiting to see that student’s toes saying, “Wow, that’s a hot pedicure,” then it’s no longer an isolated incident and has become more persistent.

“Kim might ask, ‘Is that the only time they said that?’ Then that would be more informal. But if you go in saying ‘Everyday he’s waiting to check out my toes,’ that’s not okay. Then that would be a more formal complaint,” Ratliff said.

The athletic administration is making an effort to convey that these changes are important and people need to know the correct information.

“In order to work for us coaches [you] had to go through training,” Ratliff said.

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

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The sexual misconduct policy can be found in section D page 12 in the 2014-2015 handbook.

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drinking while underage.

There have been no steps taken to make that happen, but Ratliff said that a change in the school policy is possible.

The NCAA, KSC, as well as many institutions across the country have been doing their best to prevent drug use in student-athletes.

The scare-tactics of up to

lions of dollars to do that but on the other hand, we don’t get tested as much …

I think it should be tested more, ” Dube said.

However, Colbert said he disagrees.

“It would be a mistake to make them alike for the sake of making them alike because they’re two different organizations and two different missions,” Colbert said.

Noting that the goal of professional sports is mainly business-oriented, while the goal of collegiate sports is to develop the student both athletically, socially and academically.

Another topic among the Keene State athletic staff has been marijuana use.

Since becoming legal in multiple states across the country, Ratliff said he has been considering lessening the penalty of a positive-test for marijuana from 4 to 2 games.

Then it would be the same penalty as if a student-athlete were to be caught

offense may be severe, but by all accounts, it seems to be working.

“I think one of our jobs as educators is to reinforce well-being, wellness and to help kids in staying away from some of those choices they could make that wouldn’t be good for them...” Colbert said.

Colbert continued, “No one is going around saying that stuff is good for you, and we’re all about kids being healthy, making good choices and holding them accountable when they don’t so as to reinforce the educational message.”

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

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BLAST FROM THE PAST A WEEK IN KSC SPORTS HISTORY Field Hockey - 9 /11/1993 with a win 1-0 lead. Senior Amy Martin scored a goal with just 1:42 left in the game. Keene JOHN BAZEMORE / AP PHOTO

Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Devin Hester (17) runs by New Orleans Saints free safety Jairus Byrd (31) during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014, in Atlanta.

record with Leon Washington, who now plays for the Tennessee Titans.

It comes to no surprise that for Cribbs all eight of his return touchdowns came before the kickoff being moved up to the 35-yard line. He has had no return touchdowns since 2009 despite having 142 attempts to do so. As for Washington, his career as a returner has gone downhill since the rule was put in place. He had seven touchdowns before 2011 and only one after that year. Devin Hester is now being tried out as a wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons and Brad Smith is not on an NFL roster this year. In the off season before the 2014 NFL

season, the NFL’s competition committee had a vote to move the kickoffs up even further to the 40-yard line. It is a good thing that this did not go through. The NFL is attempting to put a less importance on special teams and it makes the game less exciting for fans. Fans come to NFL games for excitement and hardhitting action. If I ruled in the NFL, the kickoff would be moved back to the 30-yard line. Many players come into the league as return specialists; it would be great for the fans and those players.

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

Bridgewater State in the opening game of the season. trolled the game with 30 shots on Bridewaters net. Sophomore goalie Sue Smith made six KSC Mens Soccer – 9/15/1993 KSC senior forward Paul Mcstowe from Plymouth mass netted 3 goals for the owls which lead to a 4-0 victory over Stonehill College.

At halftime Mcstowe got an assisted pass from Josh Houle giving KSC a 1-0 advantage. Mike Reynolds then assisted Nabyl Berkraoui and Mcstowe for second and third goals midway through the period. Mctsowe then had one more goal to insure the win. Owl goalie Shaun Fitzpatrick made two saves.

Courtesy of KSC Sports Information Archive.

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Pictured above is a score sheet from a Keene State Men’s Soccer game which took place in Albuquerque, N.M. on Sept. 19th, 1993.

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Keene State drug policies harsh but effective compared to NCAA JACOB BARRETT

EQUINOX STAFF According to Keene State College Director of Athletics John Ratliff, along with most schools in the country, KSC has a separate drug policy from the NCAA [National Collegiate Athletic Association].

Keene State holds a penalty of 4 games, or 25 percent of the season, whichever is less for a single and positive drug test.

That penalty jumps to 8 games or half of the season from any athletics and permanent ineligibility for a third slip-up.

Three strikes and you’re out.

It’s not as harsh as the hammer brought down by the that it is effective.

The NCAA [National Collegiate Athletic Association] has amended the drug policy, according to a “Roll Call” document provided by Director of Athletics John Ratliff.

As it stands now, the “Roll Call” states if a studentathlete tests positive for nonperformance enhanc-

ing drugs or PEDs [performance enhancing drugs] at championships, the athlete is immediately suspended for the equivalent of an entire season and loses a fullyear of athletic eligibility.

This document indicates a difference from the previous protocol in that the NCAA’s punishment for the use of street drugs has now been cut in half.

The “Roll Call” testimony found that students who tested positive for street drugs often never returned to intercollegiate sports and withdrew from the academic institution altogether.

It showed that with a lesser but still serious penalty, student-athletes are more likely to return to competition and stay in school.

Ratliff said that he agreed with the NCAA’s new drug consequences.

“You’re cheating … you’re trying to gain a competitive advantage,” Ratliff said, referring to PEDs. Rob Colbert, head coach of the men’s basketball team at Keene State, also holds a strong opposition to the use of PEDs. “If someone truly is engaging in PEDs, that’s cheating. I think the number-one thing we have to protect is the integrity of our contests and our games and our

“ I think the number-one thing we have to protect is the integrity of our contests and our games and our championships and if someone’s cheating, you know, thats the cardinal sin...”

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championships and if someone’s cheating, you know, that makes athletes shy away from drugs as well. that’s the cardinal sin,” Colbert said.

“I think it makes them think twice … if they get Fortunately, Keene State athletes have never had a problem with PEDs or NCAA testing according to the know, coaches, players, teachers, people will just know athletic department. the decisions that they made,” Dube said.

In light of the recent suspensions in professional positive for any banned drug on a NCAA drug test. sports, it is uncertain whether it is fair to impose such The consequences have been an effective deterrent strict penalties for a single offense while the professionfor students. als get a slap on the wrist for the same type of offenses.

Cody Dube, a junior on the baseball team, com”I would think that it should be similar to the major mented on the drug policy. leagues. I think it’s weird that kids in college are held to “It keeps people in line,” Dube said. a higher standard than people who are being paid milDube said that the looming consequence of suspen» NCAA, B9 sion is a factor, but he said there’s also the publicity of it

KSC students “shred” to raise money

If I ruled the National Football League, I would go back to the old Kickoff rules and move the ball to the 30-yard line so that kickoffs are more exciting.

Much of the excitement was taken away before the 2011 season. The NFL voted to move the kickoff line from the 30-yard line up to the 35-yard line in order to keep players safe.

Of course you have to keep players’ safety in mind, but with the increasing distance that kickers can boot the ball, this rule was put in place so that players would not run the ball into play and would have to settle for a touchback.

What the NFL would prefer is that kickers just rocket the ball behind the end zone with no chance for any play.

One of the most frustrating instances that a fan can experience while watching an NFL game is when the kick returner decides to take a knee in the end zone and not run the ball out. Many times you can tell that they want to. But a teammate will get in the returner’s way and instruct him to settle for a touchback. When this happens, the returner is usually visibly angry at himself as he thinks about what could have been the outcome if he did not opt for the smarter move.

Many players such as Devin Hester, Josh Cribbs and Brad Smith made their careers on being kick-returning specialists.

They were all must-see players and fan favorites. According to NFL.com, when the rule Seahawks and New York Jets kick-returner Leon Washington said, “I don’t like the rule …

It’s part of the game that’s really exciting. I think fans look forward to it because it’s an instant momentum-changer.”

Washington, Hester, Cribbs and Smith all lifted fans from their seats. Whenever any one of them touched the ball for a kick-return those same fans would rise from their seats and cheer.

Cribbs, now 31 years old and not currently on any NFL roster, was a star for the Cleveland Browns. He is tied for the most kick-return touchdowns in a career with eight. He shares this

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With the help of his mother and the rest of the Antrim N.H. skate park committee, KSC Junior Mitch Reynolds has put together a competition that has survived almost a decade and improved the park tremendously.

Keene State Junior Mitch Reynolds holds skate competition to help rebuild skate park in Antrim, N.H. CYRUS LYONS

EQUINOX STAFF In Antrim, N.H., a small town about 30 minutes from Keene, there is a passion and a love for the sport of skateboarding.

Mitch Reynolds, a junior at Keene State College, has been invested for the past eight years in bringing in people who love to skate. With the help of his mother (Barbara Reynolds) and the rest of the Antrim skate park committee, Reynolds has put together a competition that has survived almost a decade and improved the park tremendously.

“Skateboarding itself is not what it used to be and there is not as many people doing it, especially in rural New Hampshire, but everyone who goes there (Antrim skate park) really likes it and people come from farther away to skate it when before it was just the locals,” Reynolds said.

At the age of 13, Reynolds and his mother created the skate park committee. The committee was formed with the goal in mind to raise money and get new features for the skate park.

“When you have a skate park, the go-to event is a competition. And it’s just fun, people like doing it,” Reynolds said. nization which falls under a 501-3C. Therefore, whatever is raised in competitions, the town would match.

“Once the skate park raised enough money, we got together as a group, went to

“The cool thing about the game of skate is the skaters themselves are the judges. It’s basically based on the honor system and it’s super mellow.”

MICHAEL LUNDSTED KSC STUDENT

other parks and decided what we liked the best and what we wanted. Then we found a website—a company from out west—they drove a bunch of supplies to us, with plans of how to put the ramps together and we just assembled it ourselves,” Reynolds said.

The park itself has four features that were bought with the competition’s money and assembled by the skaters. According to Reynolds, the features have improved the park tremendously.

He added that before there were only

looks like an actual skate park, not just a couple ramps that someone bought,” Reynolds said.

The competition itself is broken into two

jam style which is when the skater performs his or her best tricks on the whole park with an overall score at the end of a heat.

“Depending on how many kids sign up, we could have more than one heat for that,” Reynolds said.

Following that is a big game of S.K.A.T.E: a skateboarding game using rules based and it was like almost having to wait in line. upon the basketball game H.O.R.S.E. Dave Stalin has been apart of the skate park “The cool thing about the game of skate committee for six years. He has been a big is the skaters themselves are the judges. It’s part of the building process that goes into basically based on the honor system and it’s all the features at the park. super mellow,” Michael Lundsted, a local “It’s almost been like a textbook progresskater and KSC student said. sion. It started with the one big pyramid and “I think the biggest thing is we always then we got the quarter pipe and every new think the competition is going to run itself. piece made sense to get,” Stalin said.

For a lot of people, but especially for didn’t plan too much in-advance and we’d skateboarders, a skate park’s appearance be scrambling and problems would come can be an important part of having an up,” Reynolds said. empty park or a full one.

Reynolds continued, “The biggest thing “A big change is when you drive by; it for us has been to learn what to do through-

out the day. Making sure we are on time and people aren’t sitting around bored. teer crew that’s working so it’s good-feelings and everyone works well together,” Stalin said.

In regard to the future of the skate park, Reynolds would really like it if there were some kids that were as into skateboarding as he is, to put in as much into the park as he did and carry it on.

“I have people asking me every year about the competition, so people still really like it. But if I wasn’t around to do it or decided I wasn’t going to do it one year, there wouldn’t be anyone to take my place and we just wouldn’t have the competitions anymore and I don’t know if I’m ready for that to happen,” Reynolds said.

For the park, the future is simple. Keep raising money for new features, follow up on maintenance for the equipment already there and reinventing the park.

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

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