The Equinox: 04.10.2014

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Thursday, aprIl 10, 2014

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Keene State College welcomes the tenth official president, Dr. Anne Huot, in an inauguration at the Spaulding Gymnasium on April 4, 2014.

College marks tenth official presidential inauguration ALISON RANCOURT

Equinox Staff On April 4, 2014, guests joined together to recognize and celebrate the inauguration of Keene State College’s tenth President, Anne E. Huot.

The Spaulding Gymnasium was transformed for the occasion. By 4 p.m. on Friday, the of trustees, 43 delegates, community members, KSC students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends.

All guests rose as Huot entered the gymnasium to KSC’s brass ensemble.

The ceremony touched on two themes Huot said she felt were important. One was Huot’s priority of academic excellence and the other was her expressed dedication to being student-orilege student with working class parents and six siblings, Huot explained she related to many KSC students. According to an article on the KSC website, over 40 percent of KSC freshmen are college.

KSC Student Body President Eric Grady spoke at the ceremony, offering Huot his congratHuot at an open forum event last March and was struck by her statement that being a college president meant always being student-oriented.

“After having the opportunity to work with Doctor Huot throughout this past year, I have found her commitment to being student-oriented to be one-hundred-percent true. She cares deeply about the students and wants them to succeed in everything they pursue both on and off campus,” Grady said. Grady was one of the many to note Huot’s dedication to students.

According to Huot, when asked by the KSC Student Government why she wanted to be the president she replied, “I took this job for you.”

Huot said, “You [the students] are the reason that this college is here and you should be the primary consideration in our decision-making. We must continually challenge ourselves by asking how we can improve upon the educational experience we offer, so that you have the tools you will need to be successful in your profession and engaged with your community.”

According to guests in the audience, it was easy to sense

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Anne Huot gives her speech in the Spaulding Gymnasium at the tenth official presidential inauguration. Guests said they could sense Huot’s joy and passion of working with students.

“You can’t pay it back, but you can pay it forward.”

-ANNE HUOT KEENE STATE COLLEGE PRESIDENT

Huot’s joy and passion of working together with students.

“Her [Huot’s] dedication to the students really came foring. I really believe that the school is very well situated with her as a leader and it’s going to be well situated into the future,” Sandie Phipps, a representative of Cheshire Medical Center in Keene, said.

Others agreed with Phipps.

“Anne is very much engaged in trying to see the people stay here and get to like the community and be a part of the com-

munity. She’s doing more than I think you see in most places,” Delegate of Harvard University, John Hoffman said. Hoffman said Huot’s collaboration with the City of Keene also stood out to him.

“I talked to her about the city and they’re just neighbors on Main Street [KSC and the City of Keene] — they work together.

And that kind of collaboration is very important and you don’t see it all the time, it’s good not to see walls around the institution,” Hoffman said, “I think she’s going to be here for a good

Juvenile programs empower youth ALISON RANCOURT

Equinox Staff Keene juvenile programs are aiming to help empower youth to make more accountable and responsible decisions.

There are three main juvenile programs offered in the city of Keene: The Adolescent Brief Intervention Program, the Juvenile Court Diversion Program and the Earn-It Program. In the past year, these programs have assisted over 160 children.

The Adolescent Brief Intervention Program offers parents and children opportunities to solve problems with reliable resources. According to the Youth Services Manager for the City of Keene, Elisabeth Brown, whether

there is a child suffering from drug and alcohol use, family problems, school problems or even running away, this is a place for the parent or child to come and get help.

“This program helps families with youth that are having trouble that may not be involved with the law yet,” Brown said.

Brown said the program is open and voluntary for youth under the age of 18. Brown explained this intervention program is the only program where anyone, whether it’s a parent, school or agency, can refer somebody they know.

“A youth can even refer themselves if they feel they are having trouble at home or whatever,” Brown said.

Brown said, once she gets referrals,

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long time and it’s going to be good for the community and the school.”

Debra Barrett, administrative assistant to the dean of students, also had great things to say about Huot at the ceremony.

Serving as a part of the presidential search committee, Barencounters with Huot.

“As Doctor Huot talked to my colleagues and answered question after question, I found myself sitting up taller, leaning forward and feeling a sense of excitement as she talked about

focusing on students and student success,” Barrett said. “I was very impressed by the thoughtfulness and sincerity behind her words and how she listened deeply to our concerns, cares, hopes and dreams and our commitment to shared governance.”

Although Barrett said she quickly noticed Huot embodied thoughtfulness and sincerity, Huot named some of the other qualities that she said she has to offer KSC. “Compassion, commitment, courage and the drive to lead this college to the level of greatness it truly deserves. I am an Owl for life,” Huot said in her speech. Huot dedicated a portion of her acceptance speech to talking about the qualities and importance of the mentors she encountered throughout her life. One in particular, Dr. René Charles Lachapelle, she met as a graduate student attending The University of Vermont.

Huot said Lachapelle offered her tremendous guidance and support throughout her life and encouraged her to make a difference in others’ lives.

“I can think of no better way to honor René than to provide direct aid to students for generations to come as they seem to bring theory to practice,” Huot said as she announced the endowment of the René C. Lachapelle Fund.

Huot and Joanne Cepelak created the fund to help aid students. According to Huot, the fund has already received an additional donation of over $22,000 from the KSC Parents Association. “You can’t pay it back, but you can pay it forward,” Huot said. With 24 years of experience, Huot said she acts as a mentor herself to all KSC students and discussed her priority of academic excellence.

Huot said everything done in this new chapter will be marked by excellence.

“To achieve greater excellence, we must pick up our path that leads to a destiny that is orchestrated and imagined together by the colleges stakeholders. It is one that places excellence at the core of everything we do and demands excellence from each of us in our obligation to prepare our students for a world that is not then imagined,” Huot said.

Huot ended her acceptance cance of KSC being a top liberal

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Faculty searches for substance abuse solution DIANA PIMER

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N.H. Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Services.

According to Polly Morris, Regional Public Health Network Substance Misuse Prevention Coordinator for the Monadnock region, KSC and FPU have been working on this grant plan since November of 2013.

“It’s a two-year grant that already started in Novem-

For some individuals, substance and alcohol abuse have become major issues on college campuses.

However, two colleges in New Hampshire are working to solve this problem.

Together, the Monadnock Voices for Prevention, Dr. Anna Adachi-Mejia of Dartmouth College, Keene State College and Franklin 2015. Both colleges have Pierce University are work- certain strategies that they are trying to implement, so that will help prevent alco- we’re still in the planning hol and drug abuse. stage for some of them and To help achieve this, the we’re actually starting to institutions were given a implement a few,” Harris $571,617 grant from the said.

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“The long-term goal is for the schools to develop a campus-wide strategy for prevention,” Director of the Center for Health and Wellness at KSC, Christine Burke, said in a press release issued November 21, 2013.

Harris continued, college students who drink too much, and so this was a great opportunity for the two schools to analyze the issue, collect some data and see what will work.”

According to Coordinator of Wellness Education at KSC, Tiffany Mathews, the groups plan to accomplish

Brown’s campaign choices

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Above is Scott Brown in his pick-up truck, which many students recognize him for in Tilton, N.H.

Students question his ability to manage New Hampshire DAVID WALSH

Equinox Staff New Hampshire’s newest candidate for senate, Scott Brown, has built a reputation for having a unique campaign style.

He is known for driving his truck to campaign events and his casual language used during interviews.

Brown stated in an Associated Press interview, “Do I have the best credentials? Probably not.

‘Cause you know, whatever. But I have long and strong ties to the state. People know.”

Keene State College students responded to Brown’s casual nature with mixed reviews.

Keene State College senior Caitlyn Boyle said, sional, but that’s kind of who he is. He drives a truck. It is kind of nice that he sounds more human that way, but at the same time I think he should be a little bit professional, especially in a state where there are a lot of democrats.”

Ryan Greelis, a KSC athletic training major, stated, “I like that he is honest. There is no B.S.” Maggie Buckley, a sophomore nursing student, cial. I think he should reword what he says a little more.”

However Chair of the KSC Republicans, Allison Bedell, disagreed with the perception that “I think that it’s almost refreshing to have a and more themselves. I think there is a difference between being casual and non-professional,” stated Bedell.

According to State Representative Cindy Rosenwald in a N.H. Democratic Party Press Release, Brown has also made it clear that if elected, he plans to repeal the Affordable Care Act legislation which would also unravel the recent Medicaid expansion in N.H. Bedell said that voters will not see Brown’s stance on healthcare as a hurdle.

She explained, “We have seen the beginnings of healthcare rollout and I think there are a lot of uncertainties, especially for small business owners who have heard a lot of things and seen some issues both in enrollment and logistical planning for it. Unknowns that potentially can be costly are never a friendly thing for small business.”

Rosenwald commented on the healthcare hurdle, “Scott Brown says repealing Obamacare is his top priority. That means taking health care coverage from thousands of people in New Hampshire is his top priority. Repealing the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid expansion would be painful for the people of New Hampshire. If Scott Brown cares about New Hampshire, he should tell people here what his repeal of Obamacare would really mean -the loss of affordable care for thousands.”

Greelis also disagreed with repealing the ACA. As an athletic trainer, he said he would lose clients if they were not covered.

“People need healthcare,” Greelis stated.

Brown moved into his vacation home in Rye, N.H., in December 2013, according to Steve Peoples from the Associated Press. Brown made the move to run for senate and attempt to secure another Republican seat. Currently, Congress is six seats shy of a Republican majority.

David Walsh can be contacted at dwalsh@keene-equinox.com

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Museum Studies students, Meghan Higgins and Olivia Broderick hang artwork for their first exhibit. in the Carroll House Gallery on Main Street in Keene, N.H.

Hands-on work outside of the classroom advances teaching BETHANY RICCIARDI

in the last couple of months.

These museums included, “The Currier [Museum of Art], the Hood Museum [of Art] Keene State College’s Museum Studies at Dartmouth College where we met with class had students in the Carroll House Gal- the director of the museum and talked about collecting,” Bouffard said, ”We also went to semester, which involved hanging, lighting Smith College this past week to talk to Kate’s and designing an art exhibit with students’ dad about conservation of art and we kind nominated artwork. of got a behind-the-scenes tour of their colEmily Bouffard and Meghan Higgins are lection and their conservation areas. It was on the events team together and are students really, really cool. It’s a pretty awesome class in the Museum Studies course.

Bouffard said, “Our class is focused on we meet a lot of great people.” museum studies and museum practices and Bouffard said there are some students in the class that also have pieces of art being the semester, because we have two exhibits shown in the exhibit. She said it’s a neat expehere. This one was actually curated by the art rience to light and hang their own work. faculty, so all the pieces were chosen by art Bouffard said the class does the prep faculty and our entire class is hanging, light- work for the events, but anyone can come ing, designing, [and] coordinating the events and see the exhibit once it is open during the for the entire show.” reception on April 24.

Higgins said, “The class taught me so According to Bouffard, the exhibit will much about museums and how much work take place in the Carroll House Gallery from actually goes into putting it together. Every 4 to 6 p.m. with music, and all the artists detail matters, even simplistic things such as should be attending. wall color is carefully thought out.”

“It’s more informal, it’s for the parents and Bouffard said all semester students have the family to be able to come and see the kids been learning about museum practices, such art, because all the art here is by KSC underas issues in museum, education in museum classmen,” Bouffard explained. and history in museum.

The second exhibit will be closer to the Bouffard said their professor, Kate Mar- end of the semester held at the Carroll House tineau, has a lot of connections with muse- Gallery. Bouffard said the class will be workums and has worked in one in the past, so the ing with a well-known Boston artist, Emily class has been able to visit multiple museums Eveleth. Bouffard said the class will have the

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Student Government elections available BETHANY RICCIARDI

News editor Student Trustee at Keene State College, Allie Bedell, stated in an email information promoting Student Government Elections.

As written in Bedell’s email, “Student Government Election petitions are now available. Petitions will be available today through April 18.”

In the email, she said students can receive a petition in either the L.P. Young Student Center or online.

She advised that all petitions must be submitted to the Administrative center by 4:30 p.m. on Friday, April 18.

“Elections will be held on Monday, April 28th, through the MyKSC page,” she said. She also said questions can be directed to Bedell at abedell@ksc.keene. edu.

Bethany Ricciardi can be contacted at bricciardi@keene-equinox.com

STUDENT ASSEMBLY BETHANY RICCIARDI

News editor Student Assembly did not take place at it’s regular time on Tuesday April 8, 2014 at 6:30 p.m.

Bethany Ricciardi can be contacted at bricciardi@keene-equinox.com

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this by using three strategies: appreciative inquiry, alcohol screening and media campaigning.

“Appreciative inquiry is a groupthink session. It’s basically having people from a community comment on things that are working very well in their environment. So, it’s really trying to focus on the positive. Some people normally think of all the things that are going wrong, but appreciative inquiry is to help appreciate the things that are going right,” Mathews said.

Morris compared this concept to recent news. “In life, we look at people like Charlie Sheen and Lindsay Lohan where the media focuses on the negative,” Morris said, “We focus on what’s bad with Keene State College and Franklin Pierce as far as substance use and misuse.”

Mathews said the appreciative inquiry group sessions will occur in October, and students, staff and community members will all be invited to participate.

“A piece of the grant is to get the community to change their

opportunity to organize and do everything else for the event as well.

Bouffard continued, “We got to chose the works by her, and we get to work with her directly. We got to meet her and have lunch with her so it’s really exciting. It’s giving ence in museum work and gallery work.”

“Handling the art work, I think, is the most

Eveleth in Keene and she’s been an asset to helping students in the past. Martineau said, “Students are doing a lot more writing for that show such as press releases and labels, so this is sort of the test run for that.”

Meghan Graham, a member of the design team, said the most challenging part about designing the exhibit is making sure it is equal for every presenter.

had to carry a couple pieces over here with Kate, and I was afraid to walk into anything.

I didn’t want to ruin it. So, with the Eveleth show it’s going to be even more stressful because these are expensive pieces of art that a professional artist is making and selling and we’re handling them as college students...it’s going to be really intense but really awesome,” Bouffard said. Martineau said it is really satisfying to see her students get their hands dirty and apply some of the material they have learned over the semester.

She said, “I think seeing their pride at the end of this and as we’re going through it is very exciting.” Martineau said the students

the exhibit and choose where the paintings will go. Graham said, “We try to categorize Bouffard said there are about 80 pieces of artwork in total made by KSC students.

Olivia Broderick is on the prep team and explained the most challenging part about setting up the exhibit for her was learning how to hang the artwork. ently. I appreciate their hard work.” Bouffard explained that a lot of people in the class are -

then light art. She added there are a lot of different skills that are required in setting up of-the-semester goals are to see a successful opening for the show and to successfully put to a certain height. on the Eveleth show.

“Accomplishing something they can visually see is very exciting,” Martineau said.

Bethany Ricciardi can be contacted at Martineau said it is a big deal to get bricciardi@keene-equinox.com

However, according to Mathews, this is not an easy task, and the grant will help advance “We do outreach to off-campus students, but it’s not as consistent and thorough as it is with the undergrads. We don’t do as many reports, but we also don’t have the staff that is needed to implement these services. So, we are going to be hiring a coordinator to facilitate these service, the grant money is paying for that for one year,” Mathews said. Next, Mathews said she sees media campaigning as another opportnity for people to come together.

She said the main aspect of this strategy is photovoice, where students and community members will take part in creating a “They’ll go out and take pictures of what they think the positive side of how substances are being used in the community is, and then the negative side of that. Then, the students will come back and share those pictures or videos and have a group discussion about why they chose these things and what the images mean to them,” Mathews said.

Mathews added that after this, the media will be edited into a movie with voiceovers from the students explaining their work.

However, despite these strategies and a series of other smaller programs on campus at KSC, the

having the campus in their community. We’re trying to bridge the gap between the college and the Keene community at large,” Morris added. The second strategy involves students, especially those who live off-campus, they are not trying to tell people taking brief alcohol screenings. what to do.

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people what’s right and what’s the information,’” Mathews said.

“My thoughts are that I think it’s going to create awareness,” Morris added, “I think the campuses both know that there are issues among use — any college campus has these issues — but the perception of the use can be misconstrued.”

Mathews referred to the theory of social norms, which she described as people doing and following what they see and believe, regardless of accuracy.

“When people only know about negative behaviors and they think they are widely folthen people are more likely to

behave negatively. The social norms theory says that there’s complete misperception about what the actual behaviors are. If people knew that most people are making healthy decisions, then more people would make the same healthy decisions,” Mathews said. In addition, the program wants people to come encourage students to take the brief, anonymous survey that appeared as a pop-up in their MyKSC accounts on April 6.

After completion, students can then send their name in to win a chance to win one of four $100 gift cards to Amazon.com.

Diana Pimer can be contacted at dpimer@keene-equinox.com

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KSC students respond to St. Patrick’s Day Parade LGBT restrictions JENNA LAMBERT

Equinox Staff For two major cities this year, the annual St. Patrick’s Day parades took a political turn because of the restrictions on the display of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender support among those marching.

The mayors of both Boston and New York City, along with multiple big name corporations such as Sam Adams Beer, pulled sponsorship and boycotted the events due to the actions of parade organizers according to an article Josh Israel wrote on ThinkProgress.org Israel also said in his article Boston’s Mayor, Marty Walsh, attempted to negotiate with those in control of parade participants in hopes for approval of LGBT involvement, but his propositions were eventually denied. Walsh explained his decision to no longer participate in a press release prior to the parade.

“As mayor of the city of Boston, I have to do my best to ensure that all Bostonians are free to participate fully in the civic life of our city. Unfortunately, this year, the parties were not able to come to an understanding that would have made that possible,” Walsh said in the press release.

Israel stated in his article in 1995 the United States Supreme Court ruled that parade organizers have the legal right to exclude anyone from participation under the First Amendment. Reporters from NBC and ThinkProgress.org found nevertheless, both Massachusetts and New York have passed state laws that prohibit public accommodation discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

Mayor Thomas M. Menino, the previous mayor of Boston, boycotted the city’s parade every year since 1994 over its discriminatory policies according to Israel’s article on ThinkProgress.org. Nadia Sikander, an NBC reporter, stated in an article New York City’s newly elected Mayor Bill de Blasio would become the parade.

Her article also stated The Empire State Pride Agenda, a New York based LGBT rights support group, AP PHOTO applauds Blasio’s actions.

Street vendor Marshall Baker blows a horn to attract customers before the start of Savannah’s 190-year-old St. Patrick’s Day parade, Monday, March 17, 2014.

“New York City has long celebrated the myriad and colorful intersectionalities of our identities, and we’re York City has always seemed to be such an accepting turned an exclusive parade into such a public event. I Day parades this year. a great city for that very reason. No LGBT New Yorker place for this type of thing, so the restrictions within think that if any religious group wants to celebrate their “I think the restriction on the LGBT involvement in this parade are shocking to me. I have never felt any heritage and doesn’t want to include people who they both parades is a crying shame, especially within cities hostility toward my sexuality while spending St. Pat- morally oppose in that celebration, they can do what- that place so much encouragement on the liberty to represent all aspects of our city’s heritage,” the group’s rick’s day in the city, but this year, knowing that the ever they want. What is scary is that people employed openly display who we are; a right protected under the [The Empire State Pride Agenda] director, Nathan M. hostility exists, made me feel uncomfortable openly by our government [NYPD and previous mayors] have First Amendment, this all sounds like political hypocSchaefer, said in a recent press release, according to the being who I am,” Musci said. openly participated in the parade knowing about the risy to me,” Bruno said. Both Bruno and Musci stated NBC article.

Aline Kovacs, a master’s student of social work at exclusion. I’m proud of de Blasio for his stance on the similarly they were proud of who they were. Both noted Jonathan Musci, an open LGBT member and junior Hunter College said she had never attended the parade parade and for bringing the issue to light. It makes me they had found the overall acceptance of the LGBT comat Keene State College, said he has attended the New in hopes to avoid the massive crowds. Although she feel hopeful that politicians are shifting their [publicly munity in Keene to be much higher than many other York St. Patrick’s Day parade for years. is resident of New York City and open LGBT member, places they have visited.

“As someone who has semi-recently become openly Kovacs said she didn’t know about the anti-LGBT general population,” Kovacs said.

Jenna Lambert can be contacted at gay, I haven’t paid much attention to the LGBT rights agenda until de Blasio made his statement.

Sarah Bruno, another active LGBT member and jlambert@keene-equinox.com within participation in the parade until this year. New “The restrictions make me sad that New York had junior at KSC, said she chose to avoid both St. Patrick’s

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she must make sure the child is willing to participate in the program. According to Brown, she then works on mentoring the child by keeping them on the right track. For example, Brown said she will go to the youth’s school throughout the week and ask them “What’s going on? Where are there problems?” She said while working together with the long-term solution. She noted this solution could involve a sport or activity the child can be involved in.

The Juvenile Court Diversion Program is a three-month program offered to individuals under the age of 18, who have not had any prior juvenile offenses.

In order to participate in the program, VANESSA BROOKS / EQUINOX STAFF the individual must be referred by the papers, to community service. police or prosecutors.

Unlike court programs, these conOnce a child or individual is referred, tracts are tailored to each child’s needs.

Brown requires a 90-minute screening “What sets the program apart is how benfor the program.

After acceptance, Brown gives the child a hearing date where they will stand in front of an eight-to-ten person committee and tell their offense.

The committee then creates a contract with the proceeding steps for the child depending on their offense. “We address in their contract conditions we feel that would be particularly helpful priately make the contract for them in accordance to their learning ability” Brown said.

She said the contracts range from involving apology letters, to three page

and the child is learning so much more from going through this process and actually critically thinking about what they did and how to repair all the harm they caused to everyone around them,” Jeff Bradley, a Keene State College student and intern at Youth Services, said.

According to Brown, once the program is completed, 90 percent of the children do not return to court with a second offense.

“This is a very clear program, this is your responsibility and you will know every single step of the way what is expected from you, what you’re sup-

children with an appropriate community service site and is able to keep an eye on their progress. In many cases, the child goes on to get a job with the community service site where they were placed, Brown said. Brown said she would like to work more closely with KSC and give the youth opportunities to do community service hours on campus. “I think that Keene State is a great college and it has great programs that we can utilize as a mentorship,” Brown said.

She said she would also like to give individuals in her programs tours of the college to show that college is an opportunity for them. “I want to take some of the kids and have them tour KSC because a lot of these kids have no concept [of college]. It’s a high school mentality,” Brown said, “Some kids don’t even think that it’s on their list... posed to do and what the consequences this can be a goal for you. This is not out of your league. If you want to do are,” Brown said.

The Earn-It Program works closely this, it’s possible.” Students at KSC simwith the Juvenile Court Diversion Pro- ilarly stated this strategy would be bengram as a way for children to complete the community service in their contract. programs. “The older kids can get a The program also requires an interview feel of what it’s like to be on a college campus and it would be cool for them upon referral by police or prosecutors. to see, because it’s right here in Keene,” Earn-It works with both children from KSC sophomore Josephine Berardi the diversion program and children said. Although she has never heard of coming from court who are assigned the programs offered in Keene before, Berardi said it would be a great idea for community service.

Brown said the difference in coming the children to be on a college campus, from the diversion program and not perhaps working with landscaping outthe court, is the child’s petition against side during the spring and fall.

Alison Rancourt can be contacted at them will disappear from their record arancourt@keene-equinox.com after their completion of community service.

According to Brown, she matches

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arts college and her goals for the school’s future. “We century — one that places the success of our students at the core of everything we do, one that fundamentally understands its obligation to the education of our citizens, from the moment they enter our college to the Huot continued, “One that blends a deep foundation in the liberal arts with a host of professional and academic disciplines — and indeed, one that requires each of to

think the college has grown so much in the last ten or twenty years. Keene State College is the epitome of a liberal arts college and I think that’s very important. At the same time, they are emphasizing the stem subjects, which is a major role in liberal arts education for everybody. And that’s what she [Huot] sees the role of Keene State being.”

AcSome guests said they envision a long and bright future for Huot and KSC. “I see a lot in the future of Keene State. I think Anne really has a great vision of making Keene State a lot better academically, involvement and just everything. She wants to make the college better as a whole,” Grady said. Grady stated he was excited to see the inauguration was so well attended by KSC students among others.

“I think it was an outstanding ceremony, [and] very As the ceremony closed, Huot left the audience with an epilogue of what’s to come in the future. But as her chapter in the book that is KSC continues, Huot said, “I am proud to wear red and white.”

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Mayor of Keene dismisses equal pay from local issues

The Mayor of Keene, Kendall W. Lane, declined to sign a proclamation declaring April 8 Equal Pay Day in the City of Keene. Lane has stuck his head in the sand on this national issue.

According to an article by Alyssa Dandrea in the Keene Sentinel, representatives from the Keene chapter of the American Association of University Women asked Mayor Lane for his signature to make this a recognized holiday.

Lane told the Keene Sentinel, “I’m not going to get involved in national issues. I’m the mayor of the city of Keene, not the President of the United States.”

We question why Lane is implying that equal wages are not a local problem — we think the exact opposite.

The public should be aware that not only is equal pay a national issue, but a local one as well. Anyone anywhere could be confronted with this type of inequality.

It is important for the public to understand why April 8 is considered Equal Pay Day by many. According to the National Committee on Pay Equity, April 8 marks the timeframe it takes an average woman to catch up to wages a man earned the previous year.

We can not assume that women and men in the Keene community are receiving a fair and equal wage, as we can’t be sure it is the same for the state of New Hampshire.

New Hampshire recently passed House Bill 1188, an act to paycheck equity which will take effect January 1, 2015.

According to House Bill 1188, “No employer, employment agency, labor organization, or person seeking employees may discriminate between employees on the basis of sex by paying employees of one sex at a rate less than the rate paid to employees of the other sex for equal work that requires equal skill, effort, and responsibility and is performed under similar working conditions. No employer who is paying wages in violation of this section shall reduce the wage rate of any employee in order to comply with this section.”

Struggle with equality in the workplace is not a new or foreign issue.

Not only is Mayor Kendall’s response to the Equal Pay Day proclamation unwarranted, but it is also inconsiderate. The state and nation level put forth efforts just this year to ensure equal pay and this is how he follows.

Although we do not know his intentions, the comments made by the mayor leave us concerned for those experiencing economic disparities and injustice locally.

“We only do proclamations for local issues. Once we start doing them beyond that, there’s thousands of national issues we could do proclamations for,” Lane told the Keene Sentinel.

In a press release by Keene State College’s Feminist Collective, the group tried to raise awareness on campus by holding a bake sale on April 8, where female students paid 75 cents for a cupcake and male students paid a dollar. Their intention was to represent the gap between wages. We applaud KSC students who recognize inequality in the workplace after graduation.

According to the website, whitehouse.gov, for every dollar men earn, women make 77 cents. The 23-cent difference adds up to thousands of dollars worth of wages women miss out on.

Gender, class, race and sexual orientation do not affect performance, therefore, the wage one receives should be equal. This is a serious issue not just for women — but for all — both locally and nationally.

The Equinox believes Lane really missed the mark when he stated he thought otherwise.

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President Anne Huot creates lasting connections with KSC students I could never be president. The immense pressure and expectations would have me running in the other direction. But Keene State College President Anne Huot doesn’t seem phased by the work that sits in front of her.

Huot has said, on multiple occasions, she is here for the students. I must say this is refreshing as there is nothing worse than having someone in a leadership position who has ulterior motives. Unfortunately, we are all too familiar with this outside of KSC. Huot has already shown how much this community really means to her. By talking to students and attending campus events, her

presence reassures us that she is interested in making strong connections with us. This connection is extremely crucial and often nonexistent with administration.

If students want something changed at KSC, we should feel comfortable to let the president know our concerns. It is important to realize the KSC faculty and staff are here for us. No student should ever feel like his or her voice is not being heard, or that he or she is not receiving the help and attention she or he needs in order to succeed.

Not only will Huot do her best as president, but I believe she will push KSC in a great direction — one that places value on opinions and

having fun, but also working hard.

We need a president that is able to mold and introduce changes. Think about how much the campus has

believes so intensely in students’ abilities, anything is possible. We need that encouragement. We need to know someone cares about what we accomplish here. By working Appian Way. I can vouch for this. together, we choose to support each other. We create an environment have never seen the college community be so school-spirited. Maybe I love KSC. But President Anne it’s because of my involvement with Huot loves it more. I am PharrellThe Equinox, but each day I hear Williams-happy for Huot and her of all the amazing possibilities this inauguration as the tenth president. campus has to offer. The students here have a lot to be proud of. The are to come for this caring commuhard work that generates in and out- nity and caring president. side of classrooms should be recognized and applauded. It’s okay Brittany Murphy can be contacted to toot your own horn. Huot wants at us to. When someone such as Huot bmurphy@keene-equinox.com

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Christian-owned craft store fights Supreme Court on contraception

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The KSC Pride parade held colorful signs with sayings such as “Love knows no gender,” and “straight for equality.”

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email because your name will out you. If you email someone and say, ‘Hey, you know, this-that-and-the other,’ and it says blatantly in the email, ‘This is from Susan something,’ and then you sign it Kyle whatever, that outs you right there.”

For that reason he said the school needs to change the IT systems so people can have their preferred name in the system.

Another one of the petitions promoted the addition of more unisex (gender-neutral) bathrooms.

“That’s a big problem for our tran [transvestite or transgender] students, the lack of ability to have bathrooms that they can go out and use. We’ve heard stories of people having to plan their day around bathrooms that they know they can use,” Briggs said.

KSC student America Rojas attended the parade and signed both positions. She said she supports what KSC Pride is doing.

“Students can’t use bathrooms and they have to work their way around showering. Showering’s supposed to be a common thing, not something that should be a problem in your life. We [non transgenders] have the convenience of it; it shouldn’t be a problem for them. They should focus on school, not worrying about where to go to the bathroom,” Rojas said.

Aspen Everhardt, the vice president of KSC Pride, held up a sign that said, “All families matter.” Evergender nonconforming students, such as having more gender-neutral bathrooms on campus.

“Especially freshmen halls — there aren’t any individual showers for people and you can experience a lot of harassment...just using the bathroom,” Everhardt said.

Bobbie Barry, an alumni of KSC, is a volunteer worker for Parents, Friends, and Families of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG). Promoters for PFLAG were at the KSC Pride Parade.

Barry said, “PFLAG is a national organization.

We have three-hundred-and-sixty chapters around the United States. We have active chapters in New Hampshire. We have one here in Keene that meets copal Church and everyone is welcome, ally, parents, family members, brothers, sisters, grandparents— you name it — everyone’s welcome.”

She said the Episcopal Church invented PFLAG to meet in the building when they started a group since 1988. They have been meeting in a free room in Barry said, “We have participated in marriage equality in new Hampshire, so we do have marriage for it because they passed it, and then the next legislature tried to take it away [and] tried to repeal the

“We wanted to bring the community together...that would be with a parade.”

-KAL RASKU KSC STUDENT

whole thing.”

Barry continued, “We had to go to battle again and really talk about why we need marriage equality in this state. Well as you know, other states have foland said marriage is a constitutional right for gay and lesbian people.”

Barry said PFLAG has worked on other things, such as the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. She said many gay, lesbian or transgender people can “Our country is coming along...PFLAG started forty-two years ago when this one mom in New York that said we love our gay son,” Barry said. Barry said zation.

Keene resident Ashley Engelbrecht is a sex consultant who brought some information to the parade.

Engelbrecht, who works in the Keene area said, “Simply stated, it’s [her company] a sex toy party [business], but we offer a lot more than toys. We have products that pamper, provoke and please.”

Engelbrecht said she attended the parade for Rasku said KSC Pride wants to set a foundation with the hope that the parade will become an annual event.

He said, “We wanted to bring the community that would be with the parade, and we hope that you know we can open up more opportunities and bring more people here next year.” said, “We have free giveaways, we have posters, we have some vendors here who's going to be advertising products, along with PFLAG advocating for the be a lot of fun.”

Students were dressed in rainbows expressing their LGBT support.

“We’re just promoting support for the LGBT and GSRN community, and just spreading awareness that we support,” Knehr said.

KSC Pride also hosted a rainbow rave later that night in the Mabel Brown room in the L.P Young Student Center.

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KSC student makes ‘risotto from Piemonte, pesto from Liguria’ among other Florentine dishes MEAGAN WHALEN

Florence, Italy

In Florence, I am in a yummy class called, “Foods of Italy,” where we cook and learn about the regions of Italy that foods come from.

We have made risotto from Piemonte, pesto from Liguria, shin of veal from Lombardia, tiramisu from Veneto, lasagna with fresh pasta from Emilia Romagna, potatoes with rosemary and garlic from Tuscany, fresh fruit tart from Umbria, carbonara from Lazio and that’s just the start of it.

We have class once a week for two-and-a-half hours that day and discuss three recipes we will be following that day.

Then we get dressed in our chef jackets, aprons and chef hats and get to work.

The class consists of 11 females and one male. Our teacher is an Italian chef from Calabria who owns his own restaurant where he makes the most amazing food! stuffed full.

So far I have learned so many tricks this semester, such as adding salt to your pasta water to make it boil faster and make the pasta taste salted and delicious.

I have also learned how recipes that we have in the United States have changed from Italy. For example, when making lasagna in the United States, we use ricotta or cottage cheese, where the traditional Italian dish uses in it. I have also learned so many different uses for different parts of animals, mostly the cow.

We have used the leg with the shin bone in, but you can also use all parts.

The recipe depends on the region that the ingredients come from. For example, mountainous parts of Italy get goods and make recipes that last longer because they are unable to get fresh food from markets as often as people who live in the cities.

We have also learned such interesting things, like not on the coast, but because they are the richest region.

I have learned so much about the geography of Italy and so many facts about the regions through this class and the delicious food we eat. I have expanded my tastes because of this class and we have gotten to try so many traditional Italian food. rant where it would cost about 75 euros (about 100 dollars) for just one person to eat, but we only paid 25 euros food with many bottles of wine and I tried so many different foods that I never would have imagined myself trying at home. My favorite was the Florentine steak, it was the most delicious meat I have ever had.

Cooking class has been great and I have loved every going to or prefer to skip (like many of the classes at of classes, one of which is our cooking exam, where we have to choose our own recipes and make them as our test.

It will be sad to leave Florence and all the amazing foods that I have eaten throughout Italy. Eating my way through Italy is the best way to summarize my time here and the trips I take.

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Top photo: Junior Meagan Whalen is pictured here at a Florentine pizzeria named Spera. Bottom left: Whalen said, “It will be sad to leave Florence and all the amazing foods...” Bottom right: Whalen poses during a visit to Capri.

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have a designated area for the bar.”

Guthorn said Sodexo has a valid license to serve alcohol.

Guthorn stated, in previous events, Sodexo has been successful in making sure everyone entering the bar area has a valid ID. “They [Sodexo staff members] have been tremendous. They are very responsible vendors and make sure they are not over serving the students,” Guthorn stated.

For her, problems rise only when students are over-served.

“This is when people get intoxicated, they can’t take care of themselves and they make poor decisions and put their safety at risk,” Guthorn said.

While Guthorn noted serving alcohol during the carnival presents some challenges for the organizers and Campus Safety, she said she predicts there will not be any issues with the students’ conduct on campus.

“It will be interesting to see how it goes with a cash-bar, they have never done it before.”

In regards to safety during the carnival, Guthorn said Student Government has not regular duty making sure everyone is safe.

“It is a daytime event. Students are generally just going on rides and having fun with friends. It [the carnival] has never brought us any issues,” Guthorn said.

Guthorn explained the process to coordinate an event that involves alcohol cona form that go to scheduling and then to Campus Safety.

Guthorn said she goes over the forms and makes sure the requirements are being met. She said one of the things she

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“That way, members of the group can go out and distribute that information to others,” he said. “It’s a subject that’s getting stream attention, but it’s also still some-

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Students spin on one of the amusement rides at the Spring 2013 KSC carnival.

looks at is to see if organizers are offering came to KSC on April 2 to determine confood as well as beverages. venient locations for every ride.

This year, the carnival will feature Efraimson also said Student GovernAsian cuisine. Efraimson said the Zorn ment is also looking into hiring a fourth ride from a different company. six different Asian dishes.

“We are thinking of something like a She noted there will be free food for all rock wall or a bungee jump,” Efraimson students and community members attend- said. ing the carnival on the area between the There is a possibility the carnival will student center and the Zorn Dining Com- be featuring KSC students performing on mons. stage throughout the afternoon.

Also, something new students can look forward to during the carnival are free have reached out to a number of students T-shirts. to see if they will be interesting in participating,” Efraimson said. want to give out,” Efraimson said.

Efraimson referred to the carnival as a Another aspect that has changed in the very positive event. planning of this year’s carnival, accord“I think the students really love the ing to Efraimson, is the company that will atmosphere of the rides on campus...It’s be putting on the rides outside the dining kind of like wrapping up the school year... commons and the student center.

Efraimson said Fanelli Amusement she said. will be bringing three rides to campus: the Roundup, the Ferris Wheel and the ScramKarina Barriga Albring can be contacted at bler. Efraimson said the company staff kbarriga@keene-equinox.com

“We really want to distribute accurate health facts about marijuana.”

-JESSE REYNOLDS KCC VICE PRESIDENT

accurate information about it, we really laws changed, I mean — that’s what it’s all want to change that,” Reynolds said. about,” Reynolds said.

Reynolds continued, “If you’re sick of members of the KCC noted the monetary having to worry about cops and live in constant fear for doing something that’s not “You can’t ignore the fact that the money really harming anybody else and that’s not being brought in right now in Colorado really harming yourself and you want to [where marijuana is legalized] is substan- learn more about your rights when it comes tial,” Renner said.

Renner continued, “That’s a lot of money the KCC.” Rachel Heard can be contacted that can be used towards a lot of issues that at rheard@keene-equinox.com we have in this country — anything from education to unemployment.”

Through informational tables at events like Earth Week and Solarfest at KSC, the KCC explained they want to distribute informational pamphlets to evoke knowledge in students about marijuana reformation and also spread awareness about the coalition.

Dyer said they are hoping to bring the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) to campus Spring Weekend. In addition, the group is also working to bring 2014 New Hampshire Governor candidate Andrew Hemingway to campus to speak about a variety of topics including marijuana legalization.

Group members said they hope for this to take place during the 2014 academic year.

“If you enjoy smoking marijuana, whatever, that’s one thing, but if you’re interested in learning about how marijuana reformation CONTRIBUTED GRAPHIC / JESSE REYNOLDS

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KSC Debate Club engages Keene community with relevant issues KENZIE TRAVERS

StudEnt LifE Editor The National Security Agency (NSA) is watching everything you do — or at least that is what some students at the latest Keene State College debate tried to convince their audience on Wednesday, April 2.

KSC’s Debate Club invited students to a public debate to bring issues into the spotlight that they deemed to be necessary for KSC students to be aware of.

Junior and President of the KSC Debate Club, Ryan Scrivano, estimated approximately 120 people attended the event hosted by the club. Scrivano said from what he heard, everybody was, “relatively impressed by the way it [the debate] was formatted and the way that we presented the information.”

One topic included the question of if students receiving scholarships directly from KSC should be randomly drug tested.

KSC senior Daniel Marks argued that KSC would be seen as an institution that was holding itself to a higher standard.

“When KSC awards you with a scholarship, they are putting an investment into you. If students are doing drugs, there is a greater chance that that investment will be lost,” Marks said.

Working the opposite remarks was sophomore Tanner Semmelrock, who argued enforcing this rule would push the brilliant minds from considering this school.

“If students are surpassing all standards in their academics and getting the grades, why should they be punished? If we take away their scholarships, they may just leave KSC,” Semmelrock said.

Scrivano said, “People don't really think about the issue of drug testing and the way it takes away money on what they are spending towards college, because if they are spending a thousand dollars a year, just hypothetically on drugs and they’re getting scholarships from the college, then they are actually taking away the opportunity because they could have spent that full thousand dollars on tuition instead of illegal substances.”

Scrivano continued, “Seeing that this is very much a liberal community, people were very opinionated about that. Some believe that students should be drug tested tunity and it strengthens the image of the college. Other people believe they shouldn't fringe upon your privacy.”

Other topics presented at the debate regarded whether or not the death penalty should be legal, and if professors should be allowed tenure.

“The NSA has reported that it has been

“The more awareness the better off the community is...”

-RYAN SCRIVANO KSC JUNIOR

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American lives.

Scrivano said the Debate Club brainstorms topics that are relevant to present at each debate.

When it comes to public debates, he said that his team, “will focus on those couple of topics and take three to four weeks to prep it, understand it, study it, research it and prepare for the event.”

According to Scrivano, the KSC Debate Club was recently invited to join the American Democracy Project (ADP), a national due to its collection of data,” student Johana organization that, according to the Debate Nieves stated, striking home a point showClub executive board member Zachary ing that the mass collection of data saves

Koehler, allows the club to participate in conferences and gain money for public debates.

“Each semester they [ADP] have public events hosted at the college,” Scrivano said, “The American Democracy Project recognized our club as the potential core club, which we proved ourselves after a period

he said the Debate Club has brought to KSC. “After the four past public debates it has really brought more engagement to the community about talking about real issues. The more awareness, the better off the community is and that way if people are understanding it they can make their own assessments and opinions more rational, not based on what other people say.” community and they brought us on board Scrivano and junior Mimi Levesque with their organization.” closed out Wednesday night debating senior According to the ADP website, there are William Pearson and sophomore Connor 250 participating colleges and universities.

O’Brien on whether teachers should receive Scrivano commented on the awareness tenure and if there are merits to the death

penalty. “There is an old saying that states: An eye for an eye. But there is also a saying that states: An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind,” Levesque said when arguing her point that the death penalty should be discontinued as a form of punishment; even for the most heinous of crimes.

Kenzie Travers can be contacted at mtravers@keene-equinox.com Zachary Koehler is The Equinox Webmaster.

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Students showcase poster presentations composed of research at the Academic Excellence Conference JENNA LAMBERT

Oberst explained both her pre-

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presentation I hoped to express the importance of intrinsic case study research in studying one's journey through life. In my second, I expressed the process through which I determined that therapeutic riding horses were chronically stressed and what can be done to alleviate this stress and ensure the health of the animal.”

Oberst said she received encouraging feedback from professors that saw her presentation and was pleased with the outcome of the conference.

“It was nice to see people come out to support such hard and advanced work at the undergraduate level,” Oberst said.

KSC senior Kristin Carlson is a geography major with a minor in environmental studies. Carlson presented her senior seminar project along with her fellow geographers.

“The main point we hoped to get across is an understanding of Natural Resources Inventory (NIR). We worked on only two parts, wildlife habitat and recreational amenities.”

The annual Keene State College Academic Excellence Conference concluded with poster presentations and exhibits held in the West Dining Room and Lantern Room of the student center.

The presentations were given by a number of KSC students in almost every academic study offered at the college.

Students performed intensive studies in everything from testing horse saliva to seeing how the media effects breast-feeding.

KSC senior Aimee Montminy is an athletic training major who gave a poster presentation of an original study that she and two other classmates conducted.

“The study was looking at two different taping materials and ankle range of motion. We were trying for taping ankles and which would hold its structure better after exercise,” Montminy said.

Montminy said the main point of their presentation was, “to show the results of our research and discuss future research needs and possibilities when discussing taping materials and the effects of exercise on the tape.”

Senior and athletic training major Jordan Desrochers worked alongside Montminy in the research study, along with Arielle Connolly.

She elaborated on the study and said the research included athletic tape, cohesive tape and adhesive tape, “to see which would restrict ankle range of motion better after thirty minutes of exercise.”

Desrochers said, “We found restricted ankle inversion [rolling the ankle so the bottom of the foot faces the midline] over the adhesive tape. This is the major mechanism of injury for ankle sprains.”

Students who participated

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Athletic Training majors (from left) Jordan Desrochers, Arielle Connolly and Aimee Montminy present their research on taping materials and ankle range of motion.

“It was nice to see people come out to support such hard and advanced work at the undergraduate level.”

-JULIA OBERST KSC STUDENT

in KSC’s study abroad program focused their presentations on comparing their foreign experience to the American lifestyle.

Leighanna Moore, a KSC senior and dual major in elementary education and psychology, worked with a fellow student and created a presentation about international nutri-

tion.

After traveling to Ecuador through the Honors Program Global Engagement course, they created a project that conveyed the differences between the role food plays in Ecuador when compared to the United States.

“I was thrilled to be able to partic-

ipate in such a great campus event.

I not only enjoyed explaining our project, but also enjoyed seeing all of the amazing work my peers contributed. There was a great turnout of both presenters and observers, including students, professors and other community members. Everybody had great questions and were

very respectful and seemed to be genuinely interested in everybody's projects,” Moore said.

Julia Oberst, a sociology major, and biology and art history minor, conducted a study for her senior seminar course of the honors program and a poster for her biology independent study.

the changes in natural resources by completing a new inventory about every ten years or so.”

Carlson said, “The understanding of the change in natural resources will help towns, like Surry, N.H., know the different area in which the town has changed and what land areas they might want to conserve,” Carlson said.

She said she felt as though the conference in the poster presentation setting was very rewarding; as it gave students the opportunity to both vocally and visually present all of their hard work.

Jenna Lambert can be contacted at jlambert@keene-equinox.com

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US Army Field Band and Soldiers’ Chorus Visiting musicians and KSC students perform together “There was a high level of professionalism and the music was incredible.”

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Equinox Staff The United States Army Field Band and Soldiers’ Chorus brought pride and community to the Redfern Arts Center on March 29.

The Army Field Band and Soldiers’ Chorus is comprised of active duty soldiers who perform around the country. The band was officially formed in 1946 and has performed in all 50 U.S. states, as well as various other countries.

The opportunity to perform at Keene State College arose very suddenly, with about a two-week turnaround, according to Director of the Redfern Arts Center, Shannon Mayers.

Tickets were free, but the concert sold out. “I think, in a way the suddenness and opportunistic quality of the programming was exciting for our community, especially since we’ve had such a lousy winter,” Mayers said.

The concert additionally enlisted 14 music students from the college to perform John Philip Sousa’s “El Capitan” with the army.

Students from the choir were selected to perform with the chorus, while the college’s band selected its members from students who volunteered.

“I quickly volunteered and was able to be one of the lucky eight instrumentalists,” Robert Cooper, a KSC student who played trumpet during the concert, said. “Altogether my preparation time was about two hours,” he added.

“The performance was a wonderful experience,” Emily DeAngelis, a vocal performance student who sang soprano with the chorus, said.

“I have never been able to have the experience of working with such highly-trained musicians.

There was a high level of professionalism and the music was incredible,” DeAngelis said.

Both DeAngelis and Cooper said students were emailed the music they were to perform and practiced individually before the concert. On the night of the perfor-

mance, they also had the opportunity to meet members of the army band.

“I met the conductor who was very welcoming to us musicians participating,” Cooper said. “I also spoke to a horn player about how she got into the band and the process regarding auditions for the ensemble,” Cooper further explained.

“I greatly enjoyed getting to speak with the woman who was part of the Soldiers’ Chorus,” DeAngelis said.

“It was interesting to discover that many of them have the same degrees in music that me and my fellow students are currently pursuing,” DeAngelis continued.

Mayers said many war veterans attended the program.

“There were a lot of veterans with hats from different wars, and it was very nice to see,” she said.

“It was an event that could be multigenerational. In that sense the event was very community-building,” Mayers stated.

The concert covered a wide repertoire of songs, including patriotic music, jazz and pieces from West Side Story, according to the event program. “They’re quite various in what they do,” Mayers said. “There was a lot of choral work in the performance. It was pretty broad and the audience really liked that.”

“From a musician’s standpoint, everything the band played was right on pitch,” Cooper said. “It was rhythmically accurate and balanced. I hope the audience heard that.”

According to Mayers, the performance was well-performed and well-received.

“The audience took great pride in what they were participating in that night, and you could tell the feeling was genuine,” Mayers said.

Mayers continued, “They did the Battle Hymn of the Republic at the end and the audience just stood up.

It was incredible. There was a lot of electricity.”

Anthony Munoz can be contacted at amunoz@keene-equinox.com HALEY ERDBRINK / EQUINOX STAFF

The United States Army Field Band and Soldiers’ Choir performs at the Main Theatre of the Redfern Arts Center in Keene, N.H., on March 29. The concert tickets were free, and the show sold out.

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Paparazzi sparks debate on child safety TAYLOR HOWE

Equinox Staff Being a celebrity comes with many actors Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell, it is not all glitz and glamour. Shepard

Margaritas Mexican Restaurant has locations all over New England. One location happens to be in Keene, N.H. Located at 77 Main Street, Margaritas is known for its margaritas, authentic Mexican dishes and happy hour deals.

I have a hankering for Mexican food.

On my sixteenth birthday, I chose MarKARINA BARRIGA ALBRING / SENIOR REPORTER garitas as the place to go for dinner with my Keene State College senior, Jennifer Zinka, pours a drink for a customer at Margaritas. family. All throughout dinner, I sat there with a sombrero on my head, sipping on a virgin ent liqueurs. It was refreshing and went per- rated with Mexican decor; the tables are tiled margarita and eating a taco salad. fectly with my sizzling chicken fajitas. Once and wooden beams keep the place intact. One thing that I feel makes Margaritas stand out spent my birthday at Margaritas. This time, I another, but instead got a strawberry mar- from other restaurants on Main Street is not came with my friends, ditched the sombrero garita. To my surprise, the second drink was just the fact that they are the only large chain and ordered the most memorable margarita restaurant located on Main Street, but this is I’ve ever had: Heavens to Margatroid. it nonetheless. also the largest restaurant I’ve gone to. There The inside of the Keene location is deco» MARGARITAS, B2

California, according to circa.ca.

Although this bill may seem like an optimistic step, it will take the cooperation of law enforcement to enforce this law.

Keene State College senior and elementary education major, Haley Brittain, said, “I’m not sure [how the laws could be enforced], but I think they should try to have something.

Paparazzi should be held responsible for disrupting people’s lives. I don’t know how, though.”

Since then, Shepard and Bell have started to take their campaign public.

They have appeared on Entertainment Tonight and Access Hollywood.

On Entertainment Tonight, Bell stated that celebrities such as Bradley

who follow and harass celebrities and their children.

For the sake of the children, Shepard and Bell started a Twitter campaign in late January featuring the hashtags #pedorazzi and #NoKidsPolicy to end the unauthorized photography of celebrities’ children by paparazzi, according to the Los Angeles Times.

In August, actors Jennifer Garner and Halle Berry stood in front of a court in California. Garner and Berry Amy Adams, Michelle Williams, Katie showed their support for a new law Holmes and Scarlett Johansson were all interested in supporting her campaparazzi can spend up to a year in paign, according to CBSnews.com. prison, and/or pay $10,000 for harassWhile on Access Hollywood, ing a minor because of the parent’s Shepard and Bell spoke with Steve - Ginsburg, owner of a paparazzi ton Post. agency, and Christian Zimmerman, a Garner and Berry shared their celebrity reporter, according to Enterexperiences with paparazzi and the tainment Weekly. When asked if they - would ever stop photographing celebdren. This bill was signed into law in

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Don’t miss local upcoming events Events starting April 10 through April 16

Redfern Arts Center

Putnam Theatre

Concert Band Thursday April 10 at 7:30 p.m.

Main Theater

“The Missing Picture” April 13-16

Friday 7 & 9 p.m.

Monday-Wednesday 7 p.m.

Saturday & Sunday 2 p.m. matinee

Stilleto Brass Tuesday April 15 at 8 p.m.

Alumni Recital Hall

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Colonial Theatre

The Place to Eat

MonIFF April 10-12 Bourbon Shuffle Friday April 11 6:30-9 p.m.

Before I Disappear April 10 @ 7 p.m.

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Egypt court upholds sentence for 3 activists HAMZA HENDAWI

AssociAted Press cAiro victions and three-year prison sentences handed activists, a ruling that is likely to revive opposition to a draconian protest law they were accused of violating.

It is also certain to deepen the rift between the liberal and secular pro-democracy campaigners, many of whom participated in the 2011 popular campaign against dissent and pro-democracy activists has been overshadowed by a much hood group and other Islamists. That push has led to the death of hundreds and the jailing of at least 16,000 people since the July ouster of Presi-

ing a law issued last November that bans all political gatherings and protests held without prior permission from the police.

The verdict swiftly drew condemnation from international rights groups.mThe ruling “tightSARAH CARR / AP PHOTO ens the vice on freedom of expression and assem- In this April 1, 2011 photo, activist Ahmed Douma chants slogans during a march to Tahrir Square demanding the prosecution of members of former President Hosni Mubarak’s

climate of intolerance toward any legitimate government in Cairo, Egypt. criticism of the authorities,” said Hassiba Hadj

account wrote: “if I get arrested, please be brave, come down, hold a protest for me and don’t let me jail those among its youth who revolted because down as you did with Ahmed.” of an oppressive law,” he wrote on his Twitter account. The ruling sparked a storm of anger on sit-in in front of the presidential palace, holding signs with pictures of the three activists calling for a sit-in outside the presidential palace in the for their freedom.

They demanded abolishing the protest law under which the activists were arrested, charged Senior leftist politician and presidential hopeful Hamdeen Sabahi called on interim President of the presidential palace and on her Twitter and imprisoned.

director at Amnesty International.

She said the three never should have been put on trial and called for their release.

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wood, rescue crews used a boat to help several residents and pets get slides toppled trees and blocked several roads.

At a stairway tread company in Pelham, about a foot of water overinside of the small factory and swept across the American Safety Tread said about 50 people would normally be working.

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then we’ll go home, I guess,” he said.

as we can.” largest electric utility, reported Ward said divers have cleared all 11,000 homes and businesses with- the culverts and attention turned to waters and fallen trees, and schools - a large canal. delayed opening in many areas of Farther south, a possible torcentral Alabama due to the heavy rains. ter near her parents’ house around 7 region northwest of Jackson. agement Agency said. Wind damage homes and businesses without elecwas reported elsewhere. tricity, but they had trimmed those the girl.

In metro Atlanta, heavy rain outages to about 8,000 by midday.

- slowed cars on the interstates and ter’s golf tournament is being held neighbor saw her wash into a culvert. was expected to continue for much of this week at Augusta National, prac“She did not know how to swim,” tice round play was temporarily sus- Ward said. “We’re hoping she was trapped or caught by some of the

the night before.

“I’m just very tired at the moment .... I think it’s a lot of things going through my mind,” Pistorius through an account of Pistorius said. “The weight of his life, with Pistorius describ- this is extremely overbearing.” ing some of the hardships he Pistorius’ testimony also faced after having his lower legs addressed previous instances of amputated as a baby, the positive role of his mother, Sheila, and his and how he felt vulnerable grief when she died when Pisto- because of them, an attempt to rius was a teenager. explain his claim that he reacted Pistorius also spoke about the to what he thought was a dangerous intruder in his bathroom by athletics achievements, his work shooting his 9 mm pistol. with charity and how religion He described how his family was important to him. had “security concerns” when he The accounts contrasted with was young and his mother slept that of prosecutors who, through with a gun under a pillow on her witness testimony, have painted bed.

Pistorius said his family had of Pistorius, a man they say was been targeted by criminals over often angry, who cheated on a the years, citing incidents of former girlfriend and who shot a house break-ins and carjackings, gun out of a moving car in 2012 and said he had sometimes been after an altercation with police and then laughed about it. while driving home.

Pistorius said he has been Pistorius also referred to an taking medication since the incident in which he was allegweek after he killed Steenkamp edly assaulted at a social funcand has trouble sleeping. He tion in late 2012 and had to have described one night when he stitches on the back of his head. went to hide in a closet after At the start, Pistorius spoke in waking up in “a panic.” a soft, shaky voice while making “I climbed into a cupboard his apology and describing what and I phoned my sister to come he said was his fragile state. and sit by me, which she did Later, he grew more settled for a while,” Pistorius said. His testimony on day 17 of his trial through the questions about his in Pretoria came on the same childhood, his family, his track day his defense opened its case. career and how he overcame Legal experts said it was cru- his disability to run at top track cial to his case that he testify to meets. Pistorius’s life story is explain why he shot Steenkamp. one that impressed many people Pistorius faces 25 years to life in around the world, before he prison if convicted of premedi- killed Steenkamp. tated murder for Steenkamp’s killing. to talk about a 2009 boat crash His voice broke again and he struggled to speak when he injuries. He said the accident had described how Steenkamp was a “massive impact,” and that it “a blessing” in his life. made him become fearful, withYet in cellphone messages drawn, more vigilant about perrevealed by the prosecution, sonal safety and more focused on Steenkamp had once said that his running.

Pistorius scared her.

Prosecutors have provided a Apart from his emotional contrasting picture of Pistorius, apology at the start, Pistorius with evidence indicating that he didn’t directly address the killing of Steenkamp. in public and asked a friend to He will return Tuesday to take the blame for him when a continue testifying after the judge granted an adjournment restaurant while he was hanbecause she said Pistorius looked dling it weeks before he killed “exhausted.”

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Kaitlin Nolan, left, and Eliza Witherbee, right are leading the Lady Owls on the board and on the field.

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This season Nolan has scored 16 goals, but she really enjoys setting up the ten assists that she has. “I love ishing the play,” Nolan said.

Witherbee, the team’s leader in points with 20 goals, also said she likes sharing the spotlight with her fellow teammates. “We know we aren’t a two or one person team. Sometimes we know what the other person is Witherbee said.

Although these players are leaders on the board, they are also some of the unspoken leaders of the team silent but tough and the younger girls look to that, and Witherbee is quiet but sets an example just by her playing,” Arensault said.

The two attacks also said they encourage other teammates to help out, so it is not just a two-woman show on

You know, don’t talk too much, just do and people might follow or do the same,” Nolan said.

With other members of the team now racking up points close to Nolan and Witherbee, the team is trying something new in future games to wash away any pressure on the players with high stats.

The team expressed they want to go into each game with a clean slate and pretend there are no stats for themselves, for the team as a whole, and even the team they are playing against.

This idea was expressed by Arsenault “We’re trying to get away from the numbers so we can just play the game. I don’t want them focusing on stats because when players get the ball they feel like they need to produce.

And with high attacks like Nolan and Witherbee, if they don’t get the ball they feel like they didn’t do anything and it just creates unneeded pressure on them.”

Arsenault said she hopes this will allow other players to feel better about playing and really show their talents.

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rookie helped make the captain a winner in his

In what manager Joe Girardi said would be a season-long lovefest for Jeter, the shortstop was cheered every step of the way by an adoring grounder back to Orioles starter Ubaldo Jimenez run. ter invitee to spring training, continued a torrid start as the suspended Alex Rodriguez’s replacement at third base with a go-ahead RBI single in the fourth inning.

The Athlete of the Week this week is sophomore lacrosse player Tyler McKelvie. McKelvie had two great games to start the Owls’ in-conference play on a good note. After a six-game losing streak, the team turned things around by outscoring their

the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, McKelvie scored four goals on ten shots and recorded three assists. As impressive as that performance was, McKelvie topped it in the next game against whopping seven goals to go with

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closer David Robertson would be put on the disabled list with a strained groin.

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Berek Martichuski charges the net in a game against Western Connecticut State on April 5 at Owl Athletic Complex.

to practice those things. If we mess up it’s okay,’” Trombetta said.

“You can try different offenses or defenses, you can see how it works out, and you can give people game experience before it actually makes a difference or matters because the in-season weeks of non-conference games. Then when you’re peaking you’re games for conference base your seeding for the playoffs,” Arsenault added. Theriault expressed that non-conference games help prepared for your conference games,” Theriault said.

According to coaches and players, these non-conference games the season as a whole.

“I dropped a few teams that were almost guaranteed wins are important because they allow time for scouting, fixing misand replaced them with nationally-ranked teams. For my protakes and practice for post-season match-ups.

According to Arsenault, by having conference games in the second half of the season, teams have the ability to scout the com- I want to play the best competition we can, so we are prepared for the conference games. We’re not getting anything out of a petition and fully prepare.

“You have a lot of time to see them against different teams, how they react [and] you can plan it out. It’s helpful, not every confer- because it will prepare us for the really hard conference and postseason games,” Theriault said, “If we start knocking off some of ence does that,” Arsenault said. those teams then we get national notoriety. We get better recruits we always know who their players are: returners, new guys. It’s if we’re beating top-ten teams in the country, along with all the different in that aspect because we always know; we’re always good press that goes with that.”

doesn’t really start until the Yankees have had their home opener, and to help celebrate the team Pettitte and Mariano Rivera threw ceremonial

week, a Thursday night showdown against MIT, Bellano took four fruitless shots on net before making the game-winner in overtime. As an encore performance Bellano had three unassisted goals to go with two assists in

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With an era coming to a close, change was evident everywhere.

next to the door leading to the players’ off-limits sanctuary. banned for the year because of his involvement in of the Yankees was in a new series of paintings hanging in the hallway leading to the clubhouse

to be getting better as she gains -Our second runner-up this week is junior thrower Ben Keach.

Keach started the outdoor track season on a strong foot by placing second at the Yellow Jacket Invitational at American InternaKeach competed in shot put with

championships.

A-Rod’s nameplate was not above his locker and the new plush chair sitting in front of the stall

May. Going against competition

games, we don’t know the teams, don’t know who’s there and help of the non-conference games as well.

Boulay added.

“Playing non-conference games gets you prepared for the conAccording to senior and lacrosse attack, Julie , early non-conference games,” Boulay said. “It’s all playing games, you just got ference games let the team figure out its weaknesses.

“We go into non-conference games thinking, ‘Okay, here’s what to play,” Boulay added.

Diana Pimer can be contacted at we need to work on, let’s try out these things. If we turn balls over, dpimer@keene-equinox.com if something goes wrong, it’s okay because this is where we get

the third with a walk after falling behind 0-2. only holdover starter from last year’s opening-

among all Division III throwers.

Keach also placed second in the discus throw with a distance of Zach Winn can be contacted at zwinn@keene-equinox.com

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AssociAted Press Yovani Gallardo made his second straight scoreless start and the Mil game sweep of the Boston Red Sox The World Series champion Red Sox, who never had a losing record their longest skid of 2013.

They were swept just once last against the Texas Rangers from May But the Red Sox couldn’t score

win over the Atlanta Braves in the season opener, and have lost their first three home games for the first time since 1984.

Gallardo allowed seven hits, walked none and struck out three Brewers starters dropped from 1.99 to 1.66. None of them has allowed more than three runs in a game this season. his second straight start but received little support again.

In Boston’s opener, he allowed two runs on six hits in seven innings, On Sunday, he gave up two earned The Brewers got all the runs they needed in the second.

Jonathan Lucroy led off with a double and took third on a bunt single by Khris Davis.

Mark Reynolds then singled in front of right fielder Daniel Nava, scoring Lucroy. And when the ball got by Nava for an error, Davis scored and Reynolds took second.

Then Lester settled down, retir ing 15 straight batters before Davis doubled with one out in the seventh.

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Blue Jackets’ goalie Sergei Bobrovsky makes a save on Sunday, April 6. Blue Jackets’ fans suffered through eight straight losing seasons after the franchise was born.

For some sports fans, pain and suffering comes as part of the process season. Things were looking on the up and up in Columbus.

November 23, 2012 that really put a damper on things. On November 16, Murray suffered a torn labrum in his shoul ending surgery. He didn’t make his Blue Jacket debut until October 4, 2013. And on top of all of this, because of an ongo ing labor dispute between the Players Association and the

Davis went 2 for 4 after getting Saturday night, when he scored the winning run after his double.

The Red Sox threatened in the seventh after Gallardo retired the first two batters. Jackie Bradley Jr. doubled and took third on an infield single by David Ross.

Zach Duke replaced Gallardo and ended the threat by retiring Nava on a fly to center. eighth on an RBI single by Aramis Ramirez off Edward Mujica. challenged a call for the first time this season, but replay showed umpire Tim Timmons was correct in calling Bradley out on a close play on a ground ball in the second.

Ryan Braun reached on an infield single with two outs in the was stranded.

He singled again in the eighth, stole second, took third when catcher Ross’ throw went into center field and scored when Ramirez sin gled.

Sports can be torturous for fans. The ups and downs of a team’s successes and failures have driven many a fan crazy.

There are the famous examples of course, whether it’s Bill Buckner letting the ball trickle through his legs in 1986 or

The worst of the worst: The Early 90s Buffalo Bills.

This is the one that made me cringe the most. Losing mul

on November 23. That’s a rough week for Columbus General

phins, Dallas Cowboys, Minnesota Vikings, New England Patriots and Denver Broncos have all lost three or more Super Bowls in their histories. As a matter of fact, the Vikings share

managed 2012 Red Sox season could’ve been the focus of

the Bills have that no team across any major professional sport has ever done before.

The Buffalo Bills made it to all four Super Bowls from

game on April 20, 2012, and it naturally made sense to play the New York Yankees on that anniversary. The Red Sox held a beautiful commemoration ceremony and paid homage to the history of the park. According to the Boston Globe, Sox legends like Johnny Pesky and Bobby Doerr made appear ances. To cap it all off, both teams wore throwback jerseys to bad numbers. According to Hockey Reference, they never represent how the teams looked back in 1912. once posted a winning season until 2008, where they were promptly swept out of the playoffs by the Red Wings. After the second game that made things even worse.

The Sox got off to a great start, pounding the Yankees enough progress to gain more popularity.

After yet another disappointing season in 2011, they got the number two overall pick in the 2012 NHL Draft, and would erase the memory of the game before, pound on their picked up the defenseman Ryan Murray. When NHL teams draft players, they can send the player back to their junior or college team to play before they come to the big leagues.

Then Red Sox relief pitcher Vicente Padilla ruined every The Blue Jackets returned Murray to the Everett Silvertips of the Western Hockey League to keep growing and developing. a Yankee rampage that would last through just two innings.

And on top of all of this promise, the league awarded them Let’s take a dive into three strange, sad battles with luck that professional sports teams have had to deal with.

The sad, sad tale of the Columbus Blue Jackets:

Any other weekend, this loss may not have stung so badly, but this one hit Sox fans extra hard because of the anniver

the championship game four times in a row, and having it ripped from them all four times.

As if that isn’t enough, those losses came after being elimi nated in the playoffs two seasons in a row prior to that, and then losing in the playoffs four times in the following six sea sons.

So to recap, from 1988 to 1999, the Buffalo Bills made the playoffs a total of 10 times, including four consecutive Super After going through that absolutely depressing stretch, the Bills have since never seen the playoffs. It’s almost as though they just crawled back in a shell, posting one winning I can’t even fathom the emotional turmoil that Bills fans must go through.

No one ever said being a fan is easy.

Ray Waldron can be contacted at rwaldron@keene-equinox.com

Pistorius trial continues as defendant takes the witness stand, maintains the fatal shooting was a mistake GERALD IMRAY

AssociAted Press His voice shaking, Oscar Pistorius took the witness trying to protect the girlfriend he killed and that he became so tormented by memories of the fatal shooting and panic attacks that he once hid helplessly in a closet.

Pistorius also offered an apology to the family of Reeva Steenkamp, who died from multiple wounds closed toilet door last year in his home. He said he mis took Steenkamp for an intruder. Prosecutors allege he killed her after an argument.

“There hasn’t been a moment since this tragedy hap pened that I haven’t thought about your family,” the athlete said at the murder trial as Steenkamp’s mother, June, looked impassively at him in the courtroom.

“I was simply trying to protect Reeva. I can promise that when she went to bed that night she felt loved,” Pis torius said.

Pistorius’ display of anguish and remorse was a marked departure from the testimony of some prosecu tion witnesses whose accounts painted a picture of the sense of entitlement and an obsession with guns in model. likely to be the centerpiece of a trial being broadcast on television and followed around the world. Pistorius was charged with premeditated murder and faces 25 years to life in prison if convicted. Some analysts think the judge, who will decide the case, will consider a lesser charge such as homicide, which could still send him to prison for years.

a congenital defect, and his legs were amputated when and is a multiple Paralympic medalist. He also com peted at the London Olympics but didn’t win a medal.

Pistorius described the positive role of his mother, Sheila, and his grief when she died when Pistorius was for his athletic achievements, his work with charity and how religion was important to him.

Pistorius said he has been taking antidepressant medication since the week after he killed Steenkamp and has trouble sleeping. He described one night when he went to hide in a closet after waking up in “a panic.”

“I climbed into a cupboard and I phoned my sister to come and sit by me, which she did for a while,” Pis torius said.

His voice broke again, and he struggled to speak when he described how Steenkamp was “a blessing” in his life. Yet in cellphone messages revealed by the pros ecution, Steenkamp had once said that Pistorius scared her.

Pistorius will return Tuesday to continue testifying after the judge granted an early adjournment because she said Pistorius looked “exhausted.” Pistorius said he had not slept the night before.

“I’m just very tired at the moment .... I think it’s a lot of things going through my mind,” he said. “The weight of this is extremely overbearing.”

Pistorius also described how he felt vulnerable to THEMBA HADEBE / AP PHOTO crime, an attempt to explain his claim that he reacted Oscar Pistorius was visibly shook as he passionately testified on Monday, April 7. to what he thought was a dangerous intruder in his “smell of blood.” bathroom by shooting with his 9 mm pistol. He said his start of his testimony, forcing Judge Thokozile Masipa Defense lawyer Barry Roux, who had aggressively mother slept with a gun under a pillow, and that his challenged prosecution witnesses since the trial began March 3, led Pistorius gently through events in a life over the years. He said he had sometimes been followed cation and sometimes woke from nightmares to the that was held up, in the runner’s heyday, as an inspiring

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Games against Little Eastern Conference foes bring heightened intensity to regular season DIANA PIMER

“The competitiveness in conference games is completely different. It’s more of a rivalry mindset, there’s more to the game than just winning.”

equinox Staff

KSC teams to LEC Championships. On the other hand,

forth from these teams in non-conference games as well.

According to KSC Head Men’s Lacrosse Coach, Mark pleted in the first half of the season, and for different MATT BOULAY reasons, are just as important as conference games.

KSC athletes take Little East Conference games so seri-

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With all of this and more on the line, KSC spring

ference.

than others for different reasons. It’s a whole lot difmore to the game than just winning,” KSC junior and Lacrosse Head Coach, Katie Arsenault, said.

“The competitiveness in conference games is com-

Perhaps it is this state of mind that has led countless

Actions speak louder than words

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Weather hurts field and delays home openers BRIAN CLEMMENSON

equinox Staff In the recent weeks, the Keene State College Owl Athletic Complex’s baseball and dles along the warning track. But now, as both baseball and softball teams return to action change.

According to an AccuWeather.com artiwas one of the coldest on record. In the article, Senior AccuWeather Meteorologist Dave

In Keene, the average temperature in the month of March was below normal 25 out of Accuweather.com.

According to KSC Assistant Director of hope is for the teams to return to their grass

Nolan is silent but tough and the younger girls look to that and Witherbee is quiet but sets an example just by her playing.”

KATIE ARSENAULT WOMEN’S HEAD LACROSSE COACH

same issues of a late winter,” Winsor said.

KSC Softball Head Coach, Charlie Beach,

that estimate,” Beach said.

tion, the crews are doing the little things to batting cages,” Winsor said.

However, the biggest problem has been

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Kaitlin Nolan brings the ball up in a game against LEC rival Eastern Connecticut State on Saturday, April 5, at the Owl Athletic Complex.

freezes again,” Winsor said. as the Owls Softball Coach, expressed that he

KENDALL POPE

equinox Staff offense and that’s huge. I have great trust when feeding Katie Arsenault said.

Even if the team looks for them to start the scor-

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stomping on the snow.

However, none of the techniques have worked, Beach said. “The best thing to do is to leave it alone,” Beach said.

KSC Director of Athletics, John Ratliff, said the grounds crew has tried some different tactics. “We’ve put down some black

Keene State swimmer competes in international open water swimming marathon in Cancun KARINA BARRIGA ALBRING

Winsor said before break, the black sand

Senior reporter KSC sophomore swimmer, Shahar Resman, participated in the Federation De International, or FINA, World Cup 10K Marathon held in Cancun, Mexico on April 5. water competition includes seven meets held around the world in locations such as Portugal, Argentina and China, according to FINA’s website.

KSC Swimming and Diving Head Coach, Jack Fabian, explained the event is an eight-loop race and that Resman

Members of the baseball and softball

good place in the front. He just fell behind in the closing part of the marathon,” Fabian said.

The coach stated most of the swimmers in the competition are professional athletes. “It can be a little intimi-

the Owl Athletic Complex. “The latest we’ve

the start of the Little East Conference tournament for softball,” Ratliff said.

According to an article in the Keene-owls website, Resman competed as an amateur in Cancun. This would compete with the college.

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Shahar Resman said his goal is to swim for the Israeli national team. The competition is one way to qualify.

world elite swimming event. Resman has competed in Owl that has competed in the elite world event. KSC the World Cup Open Water Swimming circuit since 2010. senior swimmer, Drew Ledwith, took part in the comResman participated in the marathon held in Argentina the coach explained if Resman doesn’t make the top ten, in 2010.

According to an article published on the KSC website According to Fabian, Resman will be participating in that is willing to do whatever it takes to accomplish his met Fabian. Fabian was there with his daughter, swim- goals. mer Eva Fabian, who is part of the U.S. National Open onships held on August fourteenth. That means one-hunWater Swimming team. Fabian then recruited Resman for Resman has also participated in the FINA meet held in Santos, Brazil in 2012, in Viedma, Argentina in 2012,

degrees according to The Weather Channel.

Complex.

Ratliff expressed optimism that the games ing at the weather, and I think we will get out new storm or more rain coming through.”

Fabian suggested one thing to work on would be to Karina Barriga Albring can be contacted at kalbring@keene-equinox.com

Brian Clemmenson can be contacted at bclemmenson@keene-equinox.com

top ten at the competition in Kazan, Russia in the summer

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