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KPD connects heroin to crime KARINA BARRIGA ALBRING

News editor HALEY ERDBRINK

equiNox staff The reason why an individual may commit a crime varies from case to case. However, in regards to property crime in Keene, there is a common factor in most cases: drug abuse, according to Detective James McLaughlin from the Keene Police Department.

Detective McLaughlin runs the detective bureau, which also includes drug enforcement, at the police department in Keene, New Hampshire.

The detective spoke about heroin use and crime to a group of students at press conference held in the Media Arts Center at Keene State College September 25, 2013.

McLaughlin stated, “The bigger issue that we have is that a lot of our property crime in Keene is associated with drug abuse. And in fact all of the recent robberies [vehicle break-ins] that we’ve had, almost all of them had a direct relationship to heroin abuse.�

Over the past few years, KPD has noticed an increase in drug use within the community of Keene. According to McLaughlin, “We recognize that at lot of these are poly-substance abuse and not abuse of one type of drug,� McLaughlin said.

McLaughlin stated that addiction has lead to a raise in crime. “They [drug users] just walk into the bank because they need that cash now for their addition. A lot of our robbers are in such desperation that they don’t even have the decency to use a disguise.� McLaughlin explained that the individuals take a great risk when looking for means to continue with using the drug.

In the past weeks, several vehicle break-ins have been reported to KPD. The numbers go “well over end, more than 20 vehicle break-ins were reported, as stated in an article in The Sentinel Monday, September 30.

Early September 29, KPD arrested Alexander Mellor for allegedly breaking into a Keene resi-

dent’s vehicle.

Sergeant Kopcha said Mellor had heroin on him at the time of his arrest. “Common sense makes you think most of these breakins relate to people trying to get money for drugs,� stated Kopcha. He went on, “Crimes related to heroin use are not isolated cases in Keene.�

He indicated the Drug Task Force [Agency of the N.H. State Police] has made many arrests lately, and “most of them were related to heroin.�

Kopcha stated heroin use is a fastgrowing problem in the community. “In have been working here [KPD], if there is a issue that is raising, that would be heroin, it is a huge problem in the city.

But, what makes heroin so dangerous? “Heroin captures a person,� McLaughlin said, and makes them do things they would not normally do. This happens because of the addictive nature of the substance. “Within hours after the drug effects have decreased, the addict’s body begins to crave more. rience withdrawal,� stated an article by the nonWorld.

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) labels heroin as a schedule I substance, which means they have no accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse. “Schedule I drugs are the most dangerous drugs of all the drug schedules with potentially severe psychological or physical dependence,�

stated the DEA website.

The question remains why heroin has become so popular.

According to McLaughlin, price has a lot to do with it. Detective McLaughlin said heroin is a drug that is readily available and cheap. “It can be ten dollars a bag,� he said. Social aspect was another piece of the puzzle he revealed. “Who you trust, associate and hangout [with] can be a gateway to become a user.�

KSC sophomore Connor Smith said he found it shocking how accessible heroin is. “Even for people in low standards of income, it’s easy to obtain. It’s sad that it’s becoming on the rise but hopefully someone can help them out and get them off of

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Campus Ecology club volunteers in Maine BETHANY RICCIARDI

equiNox staff Keene State College’s students experienced a change in scenery when they spent the weekend living at an agricultural fair in Unity, Maine. Six members of the Campus Ecology club attended the Common Ground Fair from September 20 to 22. “If you’ve ever been to the Fair, you know — and if you haven’t been, anyone who has will tell you — it’s an event like no other, that brings together so many people from so many walks of life, all in the spirit of

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Members of the club make compost piles from trash.

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Government shutdown reaches Keene State College JULIE CONLON

MaNagiNg executive editor According to a campus-wide email to all Keene State College faculty and staff, as of effects of the U.S. government shutdown.

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Keene.

According to Kim Harkness, director of human resources for KSC, the college will continue to support these positions honoring the USNH policies which require a 90-day notice period before laying off or discontinuing a program.

it will shutdown some activities while it awaits For more on the government shutdown, see funding and approval by Congress. “Government shutdown� on B6.

KSC staff who work in the OSHA Consultancy program known as Work WISE N.H. are facing the impact of this shutdown.

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CAMPUS SAFETY Report Log

Week of: Sept. 23 Tuesday, Sept. 24 12:23 a.m. Owl’s Nest 5: Campus Safety is off checking on a noise complaint coming from a room on the second floor.

11:46 p.m. Monadnock Hall: Odor investigation.

Wednesday, Sept. 25 8:06 a.m.

Graffiti.

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Center:

10:01 p.m. TDS Center: Report of a student bleeding from accidental cut from knife.

10:18 p.m. Randall Hall: Male student cut finger and was bleeding.

Thursday, Sept. 26 9:55 a.m. Rhodes Hall: Believes someone has been using office computer at night.

11:17 p.m. Randall Hall: RA reported male residents banging on doors. They were asked to stop and didn’t.

Friday, Sept. 27 12:34 a.m. One Butler Court: Resident asking for some help to move the people in front of the building along as they were being loud.

12:45 a.m. Huntress Hall: RA reported someone urinated in front of the building and was still hanging out there.

2:32 a.m. Fiske Hall: Student hit his head against the stairs, is bleeding.

8:26 p.m. Holloway Hall: RD Aaron Escobedo called for assistance.

Saturday, Sept. 28 1:46 a.m. Holloway Hall: Campus Safety assisting KPD with the apprehension of suspects in fight at Winchester Court earlier in the evening.

3:10 a.m. Holloway Hall: Three males walk past desk attendant without showing ID. 10:07 a.m. Owl’s Nest 7: Student reported yelling coming from the first floor of the building. Not sure if the person is hurt or just yelling to yell.

10: 21 a.m. One Butler Court: Officer noticed a female who looked to be intoxicated walking down Butler Court and then get in a vehicle in the Madison Lot and drive off campus.

Sunday, Sept. 29 12:16 a.m. One Butler Court: Alcohol violation.

1:06 a.m. One Butler Court: Intoxicated subject.

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Head start program cuts funds for 47 children Robert Koolis

Equinox Staff Head Start, the federally-funded program that provides pre-school and other critical services to underprivileged children and their families, is facing unprecedented budget cuts this year.

Currently, the program serves nearly a million children and their families every year, by providing an extensive pre-kindergarten curriculum, two meals a day and parent and community involvement. As a result of the sequestration cuts that took place last spring, more than 57,000 pre-schoolers and more than 6,000 babies nationwide will be denied a place in Head Start. The cuts totaled about $400 million from the programs eight billion dollar budget, according to an article in USA Today.

Southwestern Commucommunity action program, which is 100 percent federally funded, runs the Head Start program in Keene along with six others in southwestern New HampFamily Services Community Partnership Manager, and tion and Disability Services Manager at the Southwestern Community Services (SCS). The program in Keene lost 47 students over the summer. “Last year we had 237 students. This year we She attributed the reduction in students directly to the budget cuts from earlier this year. She did note that they didn’t have to actually

lay off any staff, but hours were cut. One classroom was closed in Keene and one Newport.

“There’s really a big push for kindergarten readiness,” Paquette said. “It’s really unfortunate that our total budget was cut by about eight percent,” Paquette continued.

In addition, “returning students,” were retained, reduction was due to not taking in new students. She said the cuts have had very negative consequences not only for children, because Family engagement leads to success.”

According to the National Head Start Foundation, for every dollar invested in Head Start, there is a return on investment ranging from seven to nine dollars. This is because the program decreases the need for services in schools like special education, and Head Start children are 12 percent less likely to be charged with a crime, and are more likely to have long-term employment.

In addition, children who attend Head Start are more likely to graduate high school and attend college, while they are less likely to repeat a grade, stated the study.

Professor Dottie Bauer cation expert at KSC spoke about the relationship the college has with the Head Start program. “Students [from KSC] go four mornings a week and volunteer— It’s a win-win,” she said.

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“Last year we had two-hundred-andthirty-seven students. This year we have one hundred-and-ninety.”

-ELLA WEBER SOUTH WEST COMMUNITY SERVICE

addition to the Head Start program as well, all of which “are nationally recognized.” Bauer said that there has been “some longitudinal research since the 70s,” with “many indicators, such as high school graduation, staying out of jail, employment,” that would indicate that Head Start is successful.

She went on, “[in America] we’re all about the individual,” and said “ [we’re] not as socially responsible as we should be.”

Bauer said that the government “has never given enough money for all those who qualify to begin with.

If we don’t deal with investments in education... People

can end up in prison,” Bauer these sentiments, pointing out that there is a higher success rate, saying, “It really does give them [students] a head start.”

Robert Koolis can be contacted at rkoolis@keene-equinox.com

Distinguished professor of 2013 still student at heart to students, administration and colleagues, Dolenc was the obvious choice.

“If you want an example of what collegiality is about, Pat would be one of the people I would pick to say ‘That’s what a colleague is supposed to be,’” Director of the Cohen Center Knight, stated.

Farmer, who facilitates the administration of the actual nomination process, described Dolenc as a professor who demonstrated exceptional delivery in and outside of the classroom, and not only within his study of economics, but in particular how he relates his study to other disciplines and current events in the world. “He is a passionate, charismatic, vivacious teacher,” Farmer concluded from reading the letters of submission, “I don’t want to just say professor or faculty member. He’s a teacher—He’s a student, and he’s a teacher. It’s with students and from that it develops more of the learning process so he’s learning the students are learning. It’s a dynamic relationship.”

KSC junior Sarah Croitoru, a women’s and gender studies major, took an honors political crisis course with Dolenc. The junior said she appreciated Dolenc’s move within the WILLIAM WROBEL/ KSC MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS course to take regular events and expand their Patrick Dolenc began the American Democracy discussion to a world impact level, a format Project at KSC. Croitoru said is not common. “He made me JULIE CONLON aware of thinking of the world more broadly Managing ExEcutivE Editor and was also very interested in hearing what we had to say and letting us lead discussions,” she Ask Keene State College professor Patrick explained. “He didn’t want it all to be taught by Dolenc what he wants to be when he grows up him, he wanted us to be involved, teaching him and his answer is not a professor of economics. something because he recognizes that while It is not even a professor of anything- instead the he may have a PhD in economics and be more - versed in that, we’re all from different backselves clinging to as graduation and the real grounds and learning different things and we world looms. can all teach each other.” Dolenc said he learns from his students, his surroundings and takes student forever,” Dolenc stated, “I want to get every opportunity on the KSC campus to further paid to stay in college and to learn new ideas and his engagement and involvement with his cominteract with other people who are coming across munity. “How could you not be a student on a college campus, it just seems like an opportunity because I don’t pay tuition here but I never stop that’s right there in front of me and I’m going to interacting with new learners, encountering new seize it,” he continued. “I think also the most ideas.” interesting questions to ask in class are the ones I These are the words of a professor, a student, don’t know the answers to. It seems to me that all a lifelong learner and an active player on the KSC of us get to be learners for as long as we want and this is a setting where it would be a really tragic to Serve.” Dolenc is the 43rd recipient of KSC’s waste to not be seizing that opportunity.”

Distinguished Teacher Award in the year 2013.

One way Dolenc is encompassing a lifestyle According to Patty Farmer, director of alumni surrounding the college’s motto is through his and parent relations for KSC, on average, three involvement in the American Democracy Projto seven candidates are considered for the award ect. According to the ADP website, the program each year. A committee consisting of faculty, stu- is an initiative focusing on preparing the next dents and alumni association board representa- generation’s role in the community, establishing engaged citizens. Dolenc said becoming involved choose the recipient through the month of May. with ADP became an awakening or event “outlet” In July this past year, Dolenc received a voice- for him to assist students in leaving KSC with not mail from Interim President Dr. Jay Kahn. just a degree and transcript, but a lifestyle that Dolenc recalled, “Jay Kahn called me and left could further positive engagement in communia message on my cell phone and said ‘I’m trying ties.

“The idea behind it is that public colleges are July—how much trouble could I get into?” really well situated to provide not just the skills The award came as a surprise for Dolenc. But to help you get a good job when you graduate—

“How could you not be a student on a college campus, it just seems like an opportunity and I’m going to seize it .”

--PATRICK DOLENC KSC DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR OF 2013

but it’s more than that, and in our collegiate experiences we have the opportunity to provide you with the content knowledge and with the skills so you can be a better citizen so the various communities you are a part of when you graduate.” conference, he began to realize he was not just an education and economics major and instead “began thinking more holistically,” as student Croitoru experienced. Knight said, “Civic how he looks at teaching is an expression of what public liberal arts really can be all about.” Knight said, in his words, this remains why Dolenc is the “perfect choice” for the award.

Farmer stated it is Dolenc’s “dynamic” between student and faculty members that permits Dolenc to transcend beyond traditional textbook teaching and makes him special to the campus. “I don’t know if that’s special about Keene State, but I know that Keene State is special because of it,” Farmer said, “These are people who emulate the very best of us and there are many that’s why we have so many submissions for our nomination package because for every one of the them there are four more who are striving to be the next distinguished teacher.”

The term “striving” Farmer used to describe Dolenc’s hunger is not just for teaching, but for the path he has created for continuous learning.

Knight, similar to Dolenc, expressed with a smile that he loves to call himself a college student, in this case “A 36-year freshman,” as Knight liked to call himself. The director said that since he began teaching in 1977, he has felt that each year he has had one more “beginning place”— one more discovery, one more start—continuing the path of the never- ending process of learning.

“I think Pat’s put together the same way,” Knight Dolenc said that, almost ironically, as he has dedicated his time creating citizens devoted to their communities, he has felt a new presence in the KSC community, stating he has felt “in small ways, and big ways and unaccepted ways just all of this reinforcement of what it means to be a member of the community.”Knight stated, “His share it before it spills.”

Julie Conlon can be contated at jconlon@keene-equinox.com

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that stuff.”

McLaughlin said the majority of people that carry drugs into town come from Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Lowell, or Holyoke. Any major highway from the Keene area can access these locations.

In regards to how to treat a heroin overdose, McLaughstance known as a ‘Narconon drug’ that can be used right at the scene and bring someone back that is dying of a opiate overdose. According to McLaughlin, KPD has used this drug, which is injectable. However, the detective did not provide details on the outcome of the cases.

A student in the audience asked McLaughlin, “Is it worth spending the money, taxpayers dollars, to have the drug if they did the overdose to themselves?” McLaughlin answered, “Yes, because human life is pretty special.”

“You have to almost look at it and think about it as one of your family members and they were in desperation,” said McLaughlin.

McLaughlin indicated in heroin users such as age group, certain backgrounds, we were looking into these deaths, we had people in the people in their twenties.” He said most deaths related to heroin are caused because of a default in purity and dosage.

The detective explained that no real background or occupation is to blame for users. McLaughlin gave two examples to prove heroine may attack anyone. First, he a back entry and became addicted to prescription pain killers, legitimate prescription, and then moved onto pain pills and went on to heroin,” McLaughlin stated.

Then he spoke about, “a business owner here in Keene.

They had a pretty good business going,” the detective said.

“It had been over a number of years, and next thing they’re with all the heroin users and they’re sleeping in an ally and now are in jail in Fitchburg.”

Predisposed addiction McLaughlin touched upon.

“Those addictive behaviors will strive for those harder drugs while those with a nonaddictive personality will start out with marijuana or alcohol,” McLaughlin said.

The last question was asked by Terry Clark, a city councilor that attended the of thing can these people in this room here do to help?”

McLaughlin responded, “It is important to support people that you suspect are using drugs. These typically need the support on a one to one basis.”

McLaughlin stated that drug users will often reject help but later they will feel the alienation they have created for themselves. He encouraged students to keep offering the support because users may turn at any point.

KSC senior Rebecca Browning said she believes in addition to person-to-person support, heroin addicts need a rehab treatment. “To have a serious heroin addiction, it’s not something that is easy to lean off of. They need to be isolated and treated,” Browning stated.

McLaughlin said, “Drug abuse or drug violations in our community-we don’t look at it as a police issue, but a public health issue and we try but we can’t arrest our way out of a social problem.”

Karina Barriga Albring can be contacted at kbarriga@keeneequinox.com Haley Erdbrink can be contacted at herdbrink@keene-equinox.com

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celebrating the rural and agricultural traditions of Maine,” the Common Grounds Fair website stated. Eleni Guptil, a junior at KSC, just joined the ecology club this year. She found out about the club and the fair through one of her friends. “I decided to show up to a meeting and had a lot of fun. Then we spent three nights sleeping in since they volunteered, they got into the fair for free.

Campus Ecology President Kelly Marchione organized the trip with help from an advisor. Marchione said the fair promoted “eating organic food, and just living more eco-friendly.” “We worked in a compost tent, walking around carrying recycling baskets or wheelbarrows and would pick up the trash and bring it back. Most of us were too short to ride these, but they also had really old bikes with baskets on back to the stations. Or, we’d work at the stations, by helping tell people what waste went into which bins,” Marchione said.

Guptil said the meal was her favorite part of the fair. “The meals we got were worth all the work we had to go through.”

She said if one volunteered, they got a free meal pass. Her group always went to dinner.

She said, “It was one of the best meals I have had, [it] felt like Thanksgiving, you can eat as much as you want. It was so delicious, homemade and natu-

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so hot, like seventy-nine degrees. So hot, the only thing that kept me going was the meal.” Guptil recalled that after their shifts they got to walk around and enjoy the fair. She said it was really fun to see all these animals, little stands of artwork and shirt crafts that people have made. “A woman and free meal. makes tableware out of pottery, and she got After, we enjoyed the rest of the the clay in Maine by herself, and made it up fair. There were a lot of animals, and all the herself, so that was really pretty.”

KSC junior Taylor Asher also food was organically grown,” Asher said.

Asher said she saw food at the fair she attended the fair. This is Ashhad never seen before. “There was a lot of About Common Ground, Asher said, “We food; a lot of vegetables that I’ve never had, were really busy the entire time, we volun- like yellow watermelon, so that was weird teered for the recycling and compost both but really interesting.”

Asher also said the best part of attendFriday and Saturday. Basically, [we] volunteered for four hours each day. We got a free ing the fair was being able to bond with

Common Ground fair in Maine promotes a greener lifestyle.

e v e r yone while camping. She said it was nice to go in with a group that enjoyed spending time together and enjoyed getting closer to them. Mary Jensen, Campus Ecology Advisor, said that the Common Ground Fair is a solar and harvest-fest show. Even though Jensen did not attend this year’s fair, she referred to Common Ground as a “really marvelous agricultural fair, the best one I’ve ever seen, a lot of information on energy and great component over-all.”

Jensen said almost everything at the fair is produced in Maine. “All food is locally

grown or processed. There’s a lot of information on the art of hunting, dogs herding the geese or sheep, a kid section; I’ve seen kids sledding down hills on cardboard. You can also buy things kids have made, jewelry and workshops on how to forage for mushrooms, or how to do heat saving,” she said.

The fair is organized with Maine Organic Farmers and Gardener’s Association. Campus Ecology members go to volunteer their time at the fair, Jensen said.

They help pick up litter and other sustainable items in the community. They go to work by volunteering by cooking, recycling, and helping in the compost waste area she said.

Health Science students look at drug abuse in the community BRITTANY BALLANTYNE

AdmiNistrAtive executive editor Binge drinking, cocaine and heroine are some of the discussion points for a recent project the Keene School District, Keene Board of Education and Keene State College Health Science students have collaborated on. One of the KSC senior capstone classes for health science majors is a research-based course, made up of ten students who have begun hands-on research with the issue of substance abuse. Marjorie Droppa, KSC health science professor, is leading the course where KSC students will interview Keene High School students, parents, teachers and janitors as well as inmates at the Cheshire County House of Corrections to collect data. The issue was brought to Droppa’s attention when she found out about “substance abuse, where Keene High School students are using some substances at higher rates not only of all high school students of the state, but also in some cases nationally. So the issue is of great concern here,” she said.

-TIFFANY MATHEWS DIRECTOR OF THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER AT KSC

holds. Another reason why the project is being conducted is to assist in doing something about the drug and alcohol abuse and learning how to help.

In fact, according to Droppa, the Keene area has a higher drug and alcohol abuse average than the state of New Hampshire’s average. Health Science major Kelsey Bumsted said the point of this project is to teach the Keene community about this issue and

the area.

Bumsted said fellow classmates and herself will be speaking with social workers as well, and said she believes hearing from students is vital to the project. Bumstead said she is also interested in what teachers and janitors have to say because they have “perspectives as outsiders, but also as people who might overhear conversations or see things in class that students don’t really pick up problem through the Keene Board on when they’re talking.”

Droppa said her students are of Education, of which she is a part of. The “foundation” of this project, according to Droppa, has to do with awareness and informing those who might not view cally. From there, her students will this type of abuse as an issue at form questions for their recent and upcoming interviews.

KHS students participate in a national survey called the Youth Risk Behavior Survey. The last record of the response KHS students had to this survey is from 2011. “What we don’t have are the stories behind the numbers and that’s what this project is about,” Droppa said, and added that KHS students are using more heroin and cocaine that the average N.H. high school student is using.

Not only are Droppa’s students looking for what problems there are, but what the community feels about the topic. “Do you as a student feel that your families, your parents and the community at large have the rules and expectations for you around substance abuse?” Droppa said when speaking of the questions her students

feel upset or need a place to turn to, according to Droppa.

While the studies are related to KHS students who might abuse these substances, the capstone course students are also intrigued by students who aren’t turning to drugs because “we would want to know what are the protective factors that you have that shield you from turning to substances,” Droppa said.

One of the reasons KHS students might be getting involved in these illegal substances, Bumsted believes, is that there may not be enough to do in the area. Not only could this abuse occur because there aren’t enough sober activities for teenagers to spend time with, but “it’s easy for younger students to see what’s going on and they have a lot of connections here [KSC] and also being so close to Vermont and Massachusetts and being along Route 9,” Bumsted said, and pointed out that the

She said this issue is larger than just individual KHS students, and that KSC students are attempting to see what types of roles culture and community play as well.

These health science majors are be a factor.

She explained that this study high school students to use these how the Keene community views open-ended questions, KSC stu- substance abuse and how the media and society reaches out to are places people can go if they the younger crowd. While it’s still

SoundoFF Mackenzie Heinze Senior History

early on in her research, Bumsted said she believes there may be

“In regard to college health, our statistics [on drug use] are very similar to other colleges.”

Andrew Stamp Sophomore Communications

“Crossed canoe paddles and it “A skull with a cameo frame as a memento mori, which serves as would say sinkers swim. I grew up a reminder that everyone dies.” near the water with a tough family.”

college on high school students.

Since the high school and college are so close in area, Bumsted said “[KSC] students don’t really take into consideration the Keene community outside of our school,” and said high school age students can easily get involved with college level activity being so close by.

As far as KSC students go, Director of the Health and Wellness Center, Tiffany Mathews, said “in regard to college health, our statistics are very similar to other colleges.”

Mathews said KSC students who have issues with drug and/or alcohol abuse are referred to either the Counseling Center, the Center for Health and Wellness, or both.

The students will continue interviews up until December, when they will make presentations for the Keene Board of Eduof reasoning behind the substance solution to the problem.

“We really believe that if you’re going to do a research project and people are willing to participate in it, you need to report back to those people and tell them what you found,” she said.

Brittany Ballantyne can be contacted at bballantyne@keene-equionox.com

“If you got a tattoo, what would it be and why?”

Kya Roumimper Sophomore Holocaust and Genocide Studies

“A bad-ass lion. It represents strength and it’s been a rough year so it’d be a good fit.”

Mylynda Gill Junior Psychology

“A rose vine, blue ribbon in a bow, and a black dragon. My sisters and I are all getting this.”

Students camp in tents outside for three days.

Jensen stressed how intense their compost and waste management is there.

“They have one or two percent of their waste that actually turns into trash,” Jensen said.

She also said on campus, the ecology club works on cabling and awareness, partnering with the Fair Trade Club and the Outing Club on certain local events.

Bethany Riccardi can be contacted at briccardi@keene-equinox.com

STUDENT ASSEMBLY

Almost five grand approved for Architecture club KARINA BARRIGA ALBRING

News editor Student Assembly representatives approved a budget request of $4,921 from the Architecture Club to fund a regional architecture conference to be held in the college. Assembly members decide to allocate the funds for club despetite the tee. The committee had recommended to give $1000 for the conference. KSC senior and member of Assembly Sean Ballard said Assembly should approve the budget request “because the conference is a great idea and an event that bring a good reputation for the college [KSC].”

The Architecture club will be hosting the conference from Thursday, Oct. 10 to Sunday, Oct. 13. Students from over 50 colleges in the Northeast will attend the conference, accoring to news story in the KSC website. The Architecture Department of the college will contribute with $1,300 to fund this event.

The assembly also approved a budget request of $4,454.40 for the Ski and Snowboard Club. The Club has had up to 100 members in previous years. The president of the club, KSC student ksjlda l;ajkdl;ka said the club expects to have “up to 200 members this years.”

A bugdet of $356 was unanimously approved to the Advocates for Heatly Communities Club.

Karina Barriga Albring can be contacted at kbarriga@keene-equinox.com

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Paul Bourque Freshman Criminal Justice

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From molly to heroin, the drug trend continues

After just a single dose, a rush of euphoria covers the body and creates a restless drowsy state. A state which lasts momentarily until the “mainlining” of heroin presents itself. Different from the popular stimulant “molly,” this white to dark brown substance, also known as dope, continues to fuel much public concern, especially in New Hampshire.

Heroin use has been linked to Keene and credited to an increase in recent property crime around the city. So why has heroin made a comeback? Many claim this surge in the use of the “downer” coincides with the economic situation we are currently in. Street heroin is typically less expensive and easier to access than “molly.” The accessibility and cost make it attractive for substance abuse users who cannot afford painkillers like oxycodone or other substances. However, with the lower cost come the higher risks—death of course being the highest risk. Derived stances one is injecting. According to DrugFree.org, a dose can be mixed with undetectable matter causing it to be extremely dangerous for the nervous system to intake. A dose of heroin, or MDMA, can be cut with anything—even poisons. For these reasons, the user may never know exactly what they are ingesting.

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, heroin targets the brain and interferes with perception of pain and mental the addiction and physical dependence start to develop.

“Molly” has the opposite effects in over-stimulating the body and mind. The increased growth of heroin use continues in the “live free or die” state. According to a July 2013 article by Jeremy Blackman in the Concord Monitor, heroin was responsible for the most drug overdose-related deaths last year in New Hampshire. During that same year New Hampshire received 55 million dollars in Federal Grant Awards to decrease the availability and misuse of the drugs throughout the state.

However, the troubling drug seems more prevalent right now, particularly in Keene. “Molly” and heroin use are surfacing in the news daily. The attention is there. The solution is not.

We believe the increased use and discussion displaced around the drug “molly” has been of higher priority on the Keene State College campus, but New Hampshire and the Keene Police Department have seen an increased issue with the use of heroin in the community. So far it appears KSC students have resisted becoming part of the drug trend and we commend them for that.

However, according to Blackman, most heroin-related deaths in New Hampshire are concentrated in the southern half of the state.

Our hope is to keep this drug far from our campus. One preventative solution may be continued, and prominent steps by the college toward campus education about heroin itself and its impact on our community. For now, we stress that students become well versed in the effects of MDMA and heroin, and remain cautious BRITTANY MURPHY / OPINIONS EDITOR in the near future towards this seemingly prevalent drug that has Above, a sign hanging in Romy’s on Marlboro Street in Keene warns bypassers of the increased use of heroin in the community. found its way to the streets of Keene.

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Concern returns with cancellation of future EDM shows The electronic dance music scene, or EDM, is often associated with drug use, especially now that “molly”’s popularity has skyrocketed.

Venues are cancelling shows or events involving this type of music in fear that overdoses may occur.

Above&Beyond and Pretty Lights, two popular EDM artists, were supposed to be playing at University of Massachusetts Amherst this past weekend. UMASS later announced that they plan on banning the EDM genre.

EDM music and “molly” do not go hand in hand, which is what a lot of people do not realize.

It seems that a majority of the

shows and concerts being cancelled are of this genre, which leaves dedicated fans unable to experience shows or performances they want to see. This is not the correct way to deal with the situation.

These artists work hard to produce music and are being discriminated against and associated with the use of illegal drugs unfairly.

Instead of blaming artists, why not deal with the bigger issue at hand?

The biggest problem with these drug overdoses is that those who do overdose are misinformed, or even completely uninformed, about drug use as a whole, including “molly.”

Educating elementary school age children about drugs will not really

do much. At that point, no one is interested in using drugs anyway.

Drug education should be presented to students at the high school age, with more information rather than the standard “don’t do drugs.”

Realistically, drugs will always be a part of society.

That is something that will never be under control.

The cancellation of these events will only move the party somewhere else, most likely somewhere a lot less safe than a school-run concert. Drilling the “don’t do drugs” message into the heads of young adults has proven to be ineffective.

Underage drinking is another illegal activity that many partake

in, and instead of just telling them “don’t drink,” students are educated on what to do if alcohol poisoning may occur.

I do not think that this encourages underage drinking, but instead makes it a bit safer for those who do decide to drink.

Just the same, a better education surrounding drug use and how to identify overdoses would not encourage people who do not want to use drugs to begin using.

Education is an option, but cancelling shows and placing the blame on EDM as a whole is not the answer.

Devon Roberts can be contacted at droberts@keene-equinox.com

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STAFF COMMENTARY

Social media shifts television During the election year of 2008, I submitted a small paragraph to WHDH Channel 7 News “Viewer Voice” segment about how privileged I felt to witness such a pivotal moment in American history. I thought nothing of it until my name was read in the newscast later that night. It felt like my face was just plastered on the jumbotron at Fenway Park, and I loved it.

But going to those websites directly and submitting an email is as old school as using a Blackberry phone.

We’re in an age where technology is developing faster than the Associated Press wire can spit out news stoiPhone, Android or what have you is a personal hub of the latest. It is no longer necessary to wait until the 5 o’clock newscast to be aware.

Herein lies the problem.

Networks are still experimenting with incorporating the slew of media outlets into their television, and a lot of it is proving to be ineffective. As a loyal fan of NBC, I wake up to the beautiful faces of Matt Lauer, Natalie Morales, Savannah Guthrie wanted to be a part of our living rooms, but it seems now that they wish to be a part of our personal social that tricky.

Last week, the show introduced a new segment “VJ” Carson Daly to the team. tal studio that allows Daly to provide a “nexus point ence and the show,” according to a statement by NBC. necting with more viewers instead.

Daly reads submitted tweets and discusses what’s trending in the news on social media among other half-awake viewers like me.

But frankly, there’s an application for that. It’s called what I can see, and have already seen, for myself?

What should be scrutinized are the tweets and posts from the subject of their stories. I’d much rather see Daly deliver what Newark, N.J. Mayor Cory Booker, tweeted to a stripper.

Most, if not all, news corporations have some sort of forum for conversation following each article they post.

Readers and tolls sound off about their approvals and disgusts while winning “likes” from supporters. At least with the internet, I have the choice to move on. give me that option.

What’s great about the can conduct interviews via and Ellen and the like have been doing for years. It’s hard to tell if NBC is trying to stay ahead of the curve, catch up, or simply kill air time. While the makeover of Studio 1A is much more cozy, the traditional style contradicts their new focus on their digital installment and their newfound desire to connect with everything of the second.

It would be most benesional old-school viewer email and hone in on a real news story, because those who take the time to type in a web address, click on a few links, type in a box, and ally have the thoughts most worthy of broadcasting.

Kattey Ortiz can be contacted at kortiz@keene-equinox.com

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Should body ink smudge opportunities in the workplace?

Stop and think about someone you work with. Imagine that co-worker is told everyday to hide something of importance to them. images and words that help express their innermost feelings in the workplace.

However, the permanent investments placed on their skin remain a potential concern for their employers. But why? Let’s look at this from another point of view. Have you ever taken a good look at someone and made an immediate negative judgment about their character just from the tattoos on their body?

Have you then stopped and thought that this person could actually be the opposite of your assumptions? for everyone. pose – such as posing as a memorial for someone or something, or as a way of the individual expressing themselves. Whatever the circumstances, one thing doesn’t change the tattoo itself. part of college, resulting after a lot of planning to get your special design just the way you want, or after no prior thought or recollection of getting the tattoo at all.

So, can having a tattoo be deadly to your job search after graduation?

I don’t believe that a company should be reluctant to hire you because of the tattoos you have.

However, a certain demographic of customers may feel uncomfortable with your expressive ink in the workplace. For example, take a doctor.

Would you feel comfortable having a doctor with multiple visible tattoos consult your health concerns?

I wouldn’t feel uncomfortable.

However, someone younger visiting being allowed in the workplace have the doctor might be scared by visible to vary from job-to-job. tattoos displaced on their pediatriscenes, either at a desk, or doing jancian.

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“Can having a tattoo be deadly to your job search after graduation?”

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itorial duties should be allowed to have exposed tattoos.

However, individuals who work with people face-to-face may have to be careful about where their tattoos

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Breaking down the character of the cinematic drama revolution Sunday rolls in and it’s time for the newest episode of Breaking Bad. No force on Earth, whether it be simple commitment or apparent catastrophe, will come between the viewer and the program.

For the unsuspecting audience, the harmless pleasure slowly transforms into a serpentine vice grip, choking away time, commitments, relationships and the like.

But how does this happen? Can this obsession really be that dangerous to the maturing college student? Does any of this even

upon hours rooted in front of a television or stuck behind a computer screen to follow the lives of those weaved into our Byronic hero’s life. His actions become so important to us that we spurn our homework, deny spending time with friends and family, and in some cases, invest what money we have to watch another obtain his money illegally. As this cinematic drama’s venom oozes into our bloodstream and we melt away into catatonic silhouettes of ourselves for a set period time during a set day. We become the ones who are programmed, not the computer nor the television.

are located and what they depict.

Absolutely not. Ink permanently But, does having a tattoo (or many of etched into someone’s skin will not - make anyone a better employee, nor ference in how they are able to carry will it make them a worse employee. out a given duty?

Jennica Martin can be contacted at jmartin13@keene-equinox.co

decrease, empowering us to put more effort into our work. Per-

seclusion from the social world would also decrease, and our most valuable friends would feel a little more valuable to us.

We live in a heavily individualistic society—we either praise this or talk about its downfalls.

But for every time we gripe about how much social media has lessened our ability of human-tohuman interaction, or every time our inner existentialist shudders in the face of our aloneness while with others, remember how much English poet Lord Byron set the we devote to such things. precedent for our fascination of If we invested in ourselves characters like Walter White (the effects that such programs have and others the way we invest over us may seem overdone (as it in our viewing pleasures, what What draws us to him? It isn’t his would be the result? shining character, highlighted by to the discussion. What could we a moral righteousness unparal- be getting done if it were not for Brandon Karugu can be conleled by another human being. It’s our devotion to these programs? tacted at quite the opposite. bkarugu@keene-equinox.com Romanticizing the morally our procrastination habits would Lord Byron brought fame, or perhaps infamy, to the archetypal Jack Sparrow. Flawed as they are, they still seek to do what’s they believe is good—an attraction that draws us to delve deeper into their character.

Forget the action. Forget the drama. Forget the suspense. What we want isn’t to follow a stuntrauma, and eventually victory over the wiles of the enemy. What we want is to understand the character, to see through their eyes, to live their lives.

And thus, we arrive back at Walter White, a man facing a modern remake of the classical Heinz dilemma. We all remember Heinz’s situation, right? He was the man whose wife was dying of cancer but couldn’t afford the only cure there was. Should he steal the cure? Does an unethical act become valorous in certain scenarios? So fascinated are we with this ethical dilemma that we are willing to devote hours Above, a scene from the season finale of Breaking Bad.

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‘Hummingbird’ helps Google fly it made its largest upgrade since 2001 to its search algorithm.

Code-named Hummingbird, it is reinventing and upgrading the Conversational Search algorithm aspect of Google Search- and to be honest, it is nothing to write home about.

Let me put this into a high level readability.

A search algorithm (Google’s bread Google uses to sift through the billions of web pages and return the ones that it believes is the best answer for what you are searching for. people that are reading this, you probably won’t care at all and will stop reading after I tell you these few things: Google is upgrading its Conversation Search Algorithm due to the increased usage of Electronic Assis-

“What are the best beaches near Cozumel?” to be returned because within the page or blog a large number of search words were within the post.

What you are truly looking for might be far down on the list, causing you to search through pages of Google results as the sun throws everything it has at you, causing you to faint and leave Becky to fry in the N.H. July sun.

After Hummingbird: Same scenario and you go onto Google to search for those pesky beaches.

You input “What are the best beaches in N.H. near me?”. With Hummingbird now the new algorithm, Google should be able to focus better on the meaning behind your words.

It could better understand your actual location if you chose to share your location with Google, it could understand that N.H. may be an acronym for something, helping Google go

No, you do not need to start using Bing or Ask Jeeves now. just match your words.

No, Google is not harder to use now.

With Hummingbird, you could now Yes, Google will still help you search have what you are looking for within for things that can help you in your essays and homework.

Yes, you will probably see a slight What else is there to report back on?

Now that I have probably lost about understand what I mean on this, read 86 percent of my reading audience by below. this sentence, I will get into some of the Let me explain what I mean by more tech nitty-gritty. point Number 4 in the most laments of However there is not much more to terms. report on this upgrade. In my opinion, With Hummingbird, Google says Google’s “Caffeine Update” was much “Conversational Search” is upgraded and helped. Here is a good example: its 1 billion searches a day.

Before Hummingbird: news, this does not mean PageRank is hitting 90 percent and the sun is laugh- dead. It is still alive and is one part of ing at the fact that you search for a the Hummingbird Engine. comfortable spot because it knows you tant to state that for KSC students such You suddenly get the call that your as myself there is no drawback to this friend Becky wants to go to the beach. upgrade and will help us. homa and doesn’t know anything about centage of improvement, but I hypotheNew Hampshire beaches. size that the change will be just enough You yourself just returned from to help us out, but minimal enough to studying abroad and have forgotten have no distinct notice from the public. everything about N.H. beaches. So you decide to Google it.

You input “What are the best beaches mingbird has been active and live for in N.H. near me?” users for the past couple of months now.

Before Hummingbird, Google “beaches”, “near”, and “?”, for example.

Zak Khoeler can be contacted at zkhoeler@keene-equinox.com

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I look at it as a sign of affection and have become very good friends with most all of them, give or take a few of the previously stray, skittish ones.

Last weekend, I made my way to Puerto Viejo in the Caribbean, and it truly is beautiful there.

I went with a few of my friends and we paid 10,000 colones (approximately 20 American dollars) for two nights to stay at a hostel named ‘La Ruka’, which is, in essence, a cheaper version of a hotel.

The people that ran the place truly were great and so outgoing and accepting but the best part is we could order drinks right to our room, as they had a bar right in the front lobby. The only downside is that while there, one always feels dirty because of the sweat-friendly climate.

Nonetheless, I absolutely enjoyed my experience swimming in the crystal blue waters and basking in the UV rays of Puerto Viejo, and I get to return when the stu-

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dents of CIS head back there for the included excursion at the end of October.

There are many programs that facilitate exchange students into Veritas University here in Costa Rica but October is the month where CIS program students embark on an excursion every weekend, and I could not be more excited for these upcoming trips.

They consist of a tour of a famous coffee house, climbing the Irazu and Arenal Volcanoes, splashing in the hot springs of Baldi and back to Puerto Viejo.

My departure date back to the U.S. is December 21, and I have already spent a month here. I only have just under three remaining, and there is so much more in store.

There are many things that I have yet to do and I intend on checking them off my mental list but while I do not want my time to end here in Costa Rica, I cannot wait to get back and see all of my friends and family and enjoy the second semester of my junior year at KSC. Billy Lake can be contacted at William.Lake@keene.edu.

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Jortberg said she got four of her tattoos done by a family friend of hers. The tattoo of the four-leaf clover on her foot was done here in Keene, according to Jortberg. She said she got it done at Secret Lake Tattoo.

Like Jortberg, Amanda Diiulis, also a 20-year-old junior at KSC, also got one of her tattoos at Secret Lake Tattoo.

Diiulis has two tattoos herself. She said she has one

“The one I got on my ribs I think I just got because I was eighteen and I could go get a tattoo if I wanted to.”

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depends on if papers are due or not,” Finch said.

Deleon said this past Sunday he had 20 female stuof a bear.” Diiulis said her tattoos are for her family and represent life events. When asked why she got them at dents come in and they all got pierced.

Finch said this past Tuesday she was working on a the time she did, Diiulis said, “Because I was at college and there were a lot of tattoo places around, so I was tattoo and four of that client’s friends came in and made appointments. like why not?”

“We get a lot of freshmen right around now,” Manley City Tattoo. It is currently being run and managed by said. Manley, Deleon and Finch all agree that being located in a college town has a huge impact on business, According to Manley, he has been in the tattoo busi- especially since they do piercings as well as tattoos.

According to Finch, some of the most common tattoo ness for the last seven years and has been tattooing in New Hampshire for the last four and a half years. The company also offers body piercing.

with bird silhouettes.

She said the most common areas right now are the

the company since April and has been piercing for the last four years.

“I like working in Keene. I just moved up to Keene in January of this year, and I was from Tampa, Florida. I like the laid back atmosphere of Keene. It’s a busy

off, they hurt. Second they fade and third, it’s a jobstopper. Why would you go to college and get a jobstopper tattoo,” Finch said about tattoos that prevent getting hired.

students get tattoos, Manley, Deleon and Finch all said they think it has a little to do with peer pressure.

They said it is not peer pressuring someone to do it City Tattoo since April and has been tattooing for the who had no want or intention of getting one, but more of a push on someone who was considering getting one. last four years.

“It’s peer pressure in a good way,” Deleon said.

Prior to tattooing in Keene, Finch was working at a Diiulis thinks freshmen get tattoos when they get to tattoo shop in Boston, Massachusetts.

“I like working in Keene better than anywhere else. I college because they have the freedom to.

“They have the money to and they have the freedom didn’t like Boston as much as I like it here. The people in Boston are not as into the important parts of tattooing.

Deleon said.

don’t really look at it like that,” Finch said. students in a week for either a piercing or tattoo.

“We get a lot of walk-ins,” Manley said. “I think it

Shannon Flynn can be contacted at SHANNON FLYNN / SOCIAL MEDIA DIRECTOR

Junior Amanda Diiulis has a tattoo that reads: “Hope is the dream of a soul awake” on her back.

SHANNON FLYNN / SOCIAL MEDIA DIRECTOR

KSC junior, Jessica Jortberg, has a tattoo of a heart behind her ear, as well as a four-leaf clover on the back of her foot. “I have a heart behind my ear and it’s in my mom’s handwriting. I have a butterfly and my mom also has the same one as that,” Jortberg said.

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ticular issue is.

“Currently, the state of New Hampshire allows for the death penalty, and we currently have an inmate on death row going through the appeals process,” Johnson said.

“This year in the state legislature there will be a bill introduced abolishing the death penalty, and that will be debated in the spring.

If it passes, the governor has indicated that she will sign it,” he continued.

Johnson said he hoped the presentation would "encourage people to think about it, to decide where they stand on the issue, and then as engaged citizens to engage in the political process and inform their representatives of where they stand."

Johnson went on to say that his own stance on the death penalty is that it does not work to deter murder, as states with the death penalty enforced often have to highest murder rates, and that the morality of the matter is the great-

est issue.

"When the state executes someone, they're executing someone who has been rendered defenseless by imprisonment" and so "we are killing a defenseless person,” he said.

“And when the state acts, it is acting in my name, and I do not want the state to act in my name to kill people when other alternatives are available,’ he continued.

Kim Schmidl-Gagne, a KSCfaculty member on the discussion board and a member of the American Democracy Project, explained that the presentation on Tuesday was part of a "bigger picture.”

Schmidl-Gagne said "I think that people either believe that it’s death penalty or no death penalty, and that’s certainly a piece of it but it’s a lot more complex than that.

In New Hampshire, this is the

someone in jail for the rest of their life versus death row, there are all of the other economic costs that go along with this.”

The ADP has noticed a drop-off in the activeness of citizens in government and is looking to prepare the next generation of Americans to be more hands on in political issues.

Schmidl-Gagne hoped that presentations such as this one will cause people to feel less distance between themselves and this issue, and that in turn citizens will become more actively involved in government.

"Part of it is we have gotten distanced from our government. People have seen their role as maybe going out and voting," she explained.

Schmidl-Gagne said that the proactive nature of Dow's presentation emanates what she and the ADP are hoping that those who attended the event will take away from it. anyone on death row so you also "We are pretty good at being in have [the] issue that even if this the trenches, but we should ask person does make it all the way more about why? Why do these conthrough the system to get executed, ditions exist?” she asked. we don’t have the facilities to do that."

Brendan Keenan cant be contacted She then went on to explain that at brendan.keenan@keene.edu “there are economic pieces of it obviously, not just in the cost of putting

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ration for this event takes over a month, not to mention cooking preparation takes longer due to dealing with whole products versus already sliced meats and vegetables.

“We try to focus on local as much as we can, especially in-season stuff. But the problem is, for example, Long Wind tomatoes, which you will see at the grill, we will empty every Long Wind tomato that they can produce in half a week if we went with local tomatoes everyday.” KSC Sous Chef Aaron Pouliot said about Localvore being once a semester.

Quirnale added, “It would be great to do it everyday but the meal plan holders would run out of food by probably October.”

However, KSC aims to support locally as much as they can. In the dining commons there is daily access to local yogurt, milk, soy milk, ice cream, bagels and occasional eggs and produce. The sheer volume of a college community’s need for food is far too much for local farms to handle entirely, which is why Localvore is condensed into one day per semester.

“You can go through the dining hall right now and pick out so many campus faces. Not only that, some of them have brought their families. It’s a big deal. It’s not just lunch,“ Pouliot said.

According to Hunt, Localvore feeds about 2,250 people a variety of local meals. Those who are not on a meal plan have heard of Localvore, and continue to come back to see if this year’s local dessert tops the last. There is another reason the dining commons is packed during Localvore.

“All of this brings us closer together,” Pouliot said.

According to Pouliot, Localvore is more than “just lunch,” because as the fresh local food enriches our bodies, our community and minds are enriched as well.

“We try to focus on local as much as we can, especially in-season stuff.”

-AARON POULIOT DINING COMMONS SOUS CHEF

Annelise Kloster can be contacted at akloster@keene-equinox.com

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Above left: crates of apples on display during local day in the dining commons. Above right: two large bowls of buffalo chicken dip is served.

For Keene State College students, it’s all about the juggle SABRINA LAPOINTE

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“It doesn’t have to be a long workout. Just get up and go because that’s the hardest part.”

Although 24 hours in a day sometimes does not seem like enough, it is. At least, that’s the response from multiple Keene State College students when asked how they manage to get through their busy days.

Between classes, studying for exams, attending meetings, playing sports at the intramural, club, or var-ELTON PURVIS sity level and maintaining a social life, college tends to -KSC SOPHOMORE overwhelm many and time management skills quickly become a student’s best friend.

When asked how they cope with stress, a common happier. In this case, taking time out of a busy day to answer among KSC students was very simple: work out. work out seems worth it. Especially with the aftermath Breanna Vacca, a senior exercise science major, said of feeling less stressed and more happy.

KSC sophomore Elton Purvis, an exercise science Vacca said, “I plan my schedule ahead of time.”

She continued, “To me it’s a stress reliever, I don’t classes-a-day schedule. That’s nearly eight hours worth think about anything, I just concentrate on working out. of class time in one day.

If you’re stressed out with school work, the gym is a good place to be.” If anyone sees what goes on over at workout despite having such a packed schedule.

Manager Christine Miles.

As a manager, much of her time is spent in the gym where she encounters many of the KSC students who

“There’s always time in your schedule. If you want to

the gym real quick do some sprints, something like that.

It doesn’t have to be a long workout. Just get up and go because that’s the hardest part,” Purvis said.

“I have noticed more students saying they need to The students interviewed said they feel overwhelmed by the amount of homework they have to that the exercise does that,” Miles said. complete once they get out of class.

Research indicates that a big predictor of personal However, many of them also shared a common happiness is physical health. The correlation between belief that after working out, they are able to concenliving an active lifestyle and feeling happier is not coin- trate on their schoolwork more easily. cidental, according to “The New Science of Happiness”

by Claudia Wallis. think after I go for a run I can sit down easier and focus Although many KSC students say their time is limited, a vast majority of them said they can at the very some kind of workout.

“We are open from six a.m. until eleven p.m. And I

time for that quick mile or two mile run just to get that stress out,” Purvis continued.

Time management, planning ahead and simply getting motivated are all factors that lead KSC students

to an hour that they could come in and do something that makes them feel happy and relaxed and a little bit times a week. better about themselves,” Miles said.

When the result is a better ability to focus, and overThe biggest motivator seemed to be happiness. all feeling happier about yourself, many students are Carly Kiernan, a KSC junior and athletic training major willing to make the effort. said overall working out just makes her happier and feel better.

Sabrina Lapointe can be contacted at The notion that working out helps them release any slapointe@keene-equinox.com school, work, or social related stress holds true for Kiernan and Vacca alike.

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Costa Rica is the cat’s ‘meow’ BILLY LAKE

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Costa Rica—the name itself prompts thoughts of exotic landscapes and wildlife in addition to a potentially awesome experience, and that is precisely why I chose to come here, and to study as well of course.

Being a biology major, Costa Rica offers ecology that is unique in so many aspects that it would be hard to get such an experience from another place such as Keene State College, and so far it has definitely been an experience to say the least.

It has been a month that I have been here since arriving in the beginning of September.

I have made many new friends, managed to handle a month long, Monday through Friday eight a.m. intensive spanish course, and adapted to the culture and most importantly to me, the food.

I was worried I would not be able to alter my culinary preferences to that of the spanish type, but that thought process was most come to love rice and beans as a daily meal.

The program through which I am studying in Costa Rica is ‘CIS Abroad’ and the normal semester is 12 weeks long. However, in addition, they offer a 16-week program allowing for students to take an extra four-week course in spanish before the 12-week semester begins.

I chose this option and am not disappointed but more or less happy for more students to arrive.

The university itself is a bit smaller in comparison to Keene State College of course and even now with just the local students and those of the sixteen-week program, it feels pretty full so I am interested to see it in its full capacity.

I am currently staying in a house with local people (‘Ticos” is what they are called here) and I live just a block away from the school so waking up at eight a.m. hasn’t been too hard considering I don’t have much of a trip ahead of me.

I love the family with which I am living, they are very open to natural American habits and customs and very loving as well, as are most of the people I have encountered on my journey so far.

Oh, how could I forget, I live with 19 cats.

Yeah, that’s right—19 cats. It is not a typo.

Fortunately for me as well as them, I love animals and feel blessed to be surrounded by them at all times, even though their my belongings from time to time.

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KSC biology student, Billy Lake, is living in Costa Rica with a host family that has nineteen cats. He is also pictured on stilts in San Jose.

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TED Talks brings up touchy topics BRENDAN KEENAN

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Should our culture be more proactive in stopping violent crime before it happens?

This question and the issue of the execution of death row inmates was the focus of last week's TED Talks presentation in the Night Owl Café on Tuesday, September 24.

The TED Talks video featured David R. Dow, a law professor at the University of Houston Law Center.

Through his position at University of Houston, Dow and his students have aided over one hundred inmates facing the death penalty.

He founded a program called the Texas Innocence Project that allows inmates claiming innocence to work with university students on substantiating their claims.

Dow has authored several books regarding law, and has articles published in a number of well-known publications.

The video, which has been viewed over half a million times, begins with a short anecdote

by Dow about how an experience with his son at breakfast prompted him to recollect on a client who faced execution in Texas.

The client was facing the death penalty for a tragic murder he had committed, and had experienced a life of terrible and violent domestic conditions that started when he was approximately Dow's son's age.

He continues on to say that the best way to achieve this version is to take a proactive stance on the issue, and work early on to keep people off of the path that will lead them to murder much earlier.

Senior Damian Vacca, who was suggested to this event in a class (Other Ways of Knowing), called the presentation "informative,” despite already knowing quite a bit about the issue.

When asked about the importance of events like this on campus, Vacca said that the TED Talks are "a great way of introducing subjects that students may not necessarily get exposure to" and that presentations such as this one should be more frequent.

One of the faculty members running the event was Ockle Johnson, a member of the Monadnock Citizens Concerned about the death penalty, a local group aiming to abolish the death penalty here in New Hampshire.

Johnson also found the video to be very informative and explained what the relevance of bringing up this par-

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KSC dining brings people together for local food Freedom to get inked up ANNELISE KLOSTER

Equinox staff Once each semester, Keene State College raises the appetite of not only its students, but its faculty and the families of students, as well.

Using the fall harvest from surrounding local farms, KSC serves mouth-watering meals. These meals can vary from a juicy bacon-cheddar cheeseburger, to the creative chocolate apple pizza dessert. It’s no wonder that Localvore, a day dedicated to meals being prepared with local ingredients, is a favorite at KSC to many.

Localvore, now reaching its seventh year, began at KSC when the need for more local and sustainable food was requested. Besides the stuffed turkey breast and mashed sweet potatoes all from local farmers, Localvore is KSC’s response to the local movement.

“Food is a part of everybody’s

Two of Black River Produce’s members sliced tender beef raised at Boyden Farm, and told stories of how they contribute to the local movement. “This is truly what local means and what Localvore aims to do,” Hunt added. While students ate slices of duck raspberry pizza or fresh wheat berry salad, the appreciation of Localvore’s importance was clear.

“A lot of college students, like myself, are like ‘I need food now and I’m too busy to think of anything else.’ So to give them local options to bring awareness, and it is probably a lot better for you, is a nice treat,” said KSC student Siobhan Roche. “I’d like local day to be SAM LEWIS / EQUINOX STAFF Local apples are up for grabs at the KSC Dining Common’s Localvore. every day,” added James Gillum sitting at the same table.

Although the love for Localvore life,” said Rebecca Hunt, KSC dieti- about the event. During Localvore, tian and major coordinator of Local- suppliers like Black River Produce is recognized, the event can only vore. “It is also an education process, also do their part on educating the occur once a semester.

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herself.

She said she has one tattoo of a four-leaf clover on her foot, the Eighteen is the year many quote “life is short but sweet for teenagers look forward to. certain” on her rib, a heart behind They are only three years away from turning the big 21. This is According to Jortberg, some of her tattoos have meanings and are being exposed to new free- others were just because. doms they once did not have.

“The one I got on my ribs I One of these freedoms is being think I just got because I was eighable to get themselves a tattoo teen and I could go get a tattoo if without the permission of their I wanted to. The one on my foot I got because I’m Irish and it’s a four-leaf clover, and also because something that they are able to my friends and my class got cando. It was something they were celled one day and we were just not able to do up until this point, like, let’s go get tattoos. I have a and they want to do it as a sense heart behind my ear and it’s in my of being able to do something on mom’s handwriting. I have a buttheir own without parental consent,” Jessica Jortberg, a student at same one as that. And also the Keene State College said.

Jortberg is a 20-year old junior to add on,” Jortberg said.

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DEANNA CARUSO

Equinox Staff One may think that with nationals three months away, the Keene FlorState College Dance Team has time ida in Janto kick back and relax. uary from But that assumption is wrong. the 17th to With practice three days a week, the 21st. choreographing multiple routines, The competiperforming at sporting events, comtion is broken up by petitions and fundraising, the divisions and the comdance team has whipped up one petitors are from a varibusy schedule. ety of different colleges However, the most determined from around the country. thing on all of their minds is getOn the Friday before ting to nationals and bringing competition, all dancers run home a trophy. through a practice routine, then The team captain, Lisa all day Saturday dancers compete Garamella said, “Half of our team is new and makes the top ten. they all have differOnce the top ten are determined, ent abilities. It is exciting to bring a new, dedicated group t o to determine the winner.

Also held on that Sunday, MGM nationals because we are all deterwill shut down part of their amusmined to win.” ment park and be available for only Nationals are held in Orlando,

the dancers. Team ManKSC granted the team ager Bethany Gordon said, a start with supplying “It’s exciting that MGM $5,900. However, the team does that, but we would still needs a little over $8,000. bring home a trophy.”

To make this money, the With determination team has begun to fundto win, the dance team raise. Just a few weeks ago, hired and paid out of they held a car wash and their student account, raised $200. a choreographer from Garamella said, “We are Hofstra University doing a Yankee Candle funto help create their draiser in the up and coming National’s Routine. weeks and we reach out to Gordon said, “I Keene Alumni and family to raise money for our trip.” that this year we will Even though there are make the top ten 22 girls on the dance team, because we have- competition regulations only really good chore- allow 16 girls to compete at ography and our once. music is Gordon said, “We usumuch better this ally have either experiyear.” enced dancers or alumni To get to Keene State dancers to Nationals, the come in and watch the girls dance team needs a total of perform and then the captains and $14,000.

I go over their lists and decide who

Social Activities Council presents 3LAU ERIN SEVERNS

After discovering electronic dance music on a vacation to Sweden in 2011, he started producing mash-ups.

Justin “3LAU” Blau went viral in just a year, the Las Two years ago, like many of those around the Keene Vegas Weekly article stated. With over 105,000 FaceState College campus, he was just a regular college stu- book likes and more than 4.75 million YouTube views, the DJ sensation will take over KSC at the fall concert Las Vegas Weekly article “Las Vegas Native 3LAU is on Nov. 24, 2013.

Finding EDM Success at Young Age.” As students become more and more excited for the highly anticipated DJ, they have Social Activities Council to thank for putting it all together.

When SAC members found out that Groove Boston wasn’t coming to KSC this year, like it had many years in the past, it was SAC’s Concert Coordinator, Alicia Berry’s idea of going with an electronic DJ theme for this years fall concert.

Berry said, “I e-mailed our agent, Taylor, [with] concert ideas and he gave me a list of who’s available at what time or what days so we looked through and narrowed it down and [3LAU] was one of the very good ones.”

According to Berry, the $25,000-$30,000 budget that SAC is working with for the fall weekend is a tighter budget than they work with in the spring.

However, it still allows for a fun and enjoyable weekend. With 3LAU costing $17,500, President of Social Activities Council, Meghan Murphy said, “We are still

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A lot of people seem to often wonder how SAC comes up with how much the main act for the fall concert is going to cost—how much they are willing to spend, how they plan to make that money back and how much tickets will be.

“There is an equation that we use with how much they [the artist] cost, how much we’re going to charge, how popular they seem to be among the campus,” Murphy said.

“We think about it a lot and plan out how we can make that back.”

Murphy and Berry said they are both very excited about 3LAU performing and they expect there to be a good turn out.

Murphy said, “That’s the thing about DJ’s is that you don’t have to know who they are to still enjoy their show. He’s going to do a lot of fun things to make it a dancing atmosphere.”

To add to that, she also said, “I think that Keene State likes dance parties.”

Murphy and Berry both said they agree that many students enjoy that kind of atmosphere.

The two SAC e-board members said they expect to see many students interested in attending 3LAU’s show.

After the decision was made that 3LAU was who SAC wanted to perform at the fall concert, it started the It’s not just as easy as telling them what day the concert will be with expectations for them to show up. small details that sometimes people don’t think of.

Berry explained how after choosing 3LAU, Berry and their agent went through many factors—“how much would tickets be, when’s the start time, when’s the actual event, where is it, how much room will he have,” and more details. tiated a price, both parties have to sign the contract for everything to be settled.

3LAU will be performing on Sunday, Nov. 24 in the Mabel Brown Room of the L.P. Young Student Center.

Tickets for students will be $5.

Although SAC is not yet sure on pricing for the public, tickets will be available for non-students with a

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Michelle Green (left) and Rebecca Fracasse (right) flip Shayna Bourque at the dance team’s practice Wednesday evening, Sept.

25. The team preps for nationals in Orlando, Florida with high hopes.

The Keene State College dance team will also regularly perform at KSC sporting events’ half-time shows as well as a Halloween-theme performance at the 2013 Pumpkin Festival.

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COMMENTARY

Depictions of astrological signs BRITTANY BALLANTYNE

adminiStrativE ExECutivE Editor Leo: lioness, loud, warm, and at times, overzealous. That’s what my astrological sign says about me, more or less, in every book, magazine and every website I have ever read.

Each sign falls under a different element, or natto earth, wind and water.

There are plenty of traits commonly given to Do I buy what those descriptions say? Maybe. I would say I’m impartial to what my sign says about me as a person. But, can horoscopes really spell out my day, week, or even month for me on paper? through a magazine, reading horoscopes can easily be a part of your daily routine.

Your Facebook page can automatically post your The buzz from your phone may remind you that your Twitter horoscope update is now ready for you to interpret.

According to Astrology.com, it’s a great time for a Leo to think deeply.

The month of September is apparently a solid month for those born between July 23 and August 22, or so Astrologyzone.com believed.

The Washington Post’s horoscope section informs Leos that saying something aloud to someone this month will be a challenge, but will create

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higher price, however.

SAC has not yet determined when tickets will be going on sale, but advises students to keep their eyes open for when they do.

As far as student reaction goes, a lot of people seem to agree that 3LAU will have a good turn out. Senior Kim Lynch said even though she has never heard of 3LAU she will probably go check him out.

Juniors Alexis Bly and Ryan O’Hora both said that they most likely won’t go see 3LAU’s performance but they think that he will get a good turn out because he is the type of music that a lot of students here at KSC like and enjoy.

SAC members and KSC students seem to look forward to seeing a fun, energetic, enjoyable, and memorable performance.

NICK BUNDARIN

Equinox Staff An actress’ addictive memoir This book review is about the memoir, “Guts: The Endless Follies and Tiny Triumphs of a Giant Disaster” by two-time Emmy award-winning actress Kristen Johnston.

Jeannette Walls, and from there I have fallen in love with stories about real peoples’ lives. Johnston’s memoir is perhaps one of my favorites so far.

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‘Breaking Bad’ ends, but 10 lessons linger FRAZIER MOORE

lord Heisenberg) proved otherwise with his storage shed of money.

NEW YORK (AP) — Chemistry has everySunday’s “Breaking Bad” day applications. turned out the lights on The next time you disone of the darkest shows pose of a corpse with in television history.

Even as this drama devoted “Breaking Bad” cooked up storylines viewers will know not that celebrated evil and to dissolve the body in a depravity, “Breaking Bad” bathtub, but instead in gleamed with a bright side, a plastic container. You too. There were plenty of learned this valuable tip in positive messages for the Season 1, the acid memoviewers. rably dissolved through Here are 10 lessons “Breaking Bad” leaves Jesse’s house, leaving a behind: bloody mess in the hallStay in school and way downstairs. You won’t study hard! make that mistake.

As Walter White demFamily is oh, so onstrated after he ditched important.“Breaking Bad” teaching for producing reminds you that entering crystal meth, you can make the drug trade and messmillions from a subject ing with the wrong people like chemistry that far too in it can lead to your wife many youngsters (includ- and teenage son despising Mr. White’s bored stu- ing you. It can also lead to your brother-in-law getuseless. Walt (aka drug ting brutally murdered.

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You would hate that if it happened.

Build a better mousetrap!

Steve Jobs knew it.

Jeff Bezos knows it. Walt White serves as a mythical champion of their kind of acumen: Offer a better product with an obvious advantage, and the world (or, anyway, addicts who loved Walt’s super-potent “blue sky” crystal meth) will beat a path to your door.

Need a lift? Try a personal makeover.

If you’re stuck in a rut, like Walter White at the start of “Breaking Bad,” consider a new look.

Shave your head, grow a tidy, I-mean-business

Keep your personal vehicles, especially your RV, in good running order.

A regular checkup to keep Walt’s rolling meth lab in tip-top shape would have spared him and Jesse inconvenience, not to mention mortal danger.

Keep a shrewd lawyer on call, especially if you mean to routinely break the law.

Sure, he may be a sleazebag and a shameless self-promoter. But a lawyer like Saul Goodman is worth his weight in hundred-dollar bills to a client like Walter White.

With his mastery of trade practices — legal and illegal — Saul was the most impressive TV lawyer since Perry Mason.

Like it or hate it, Obamacare might cut down on illegal drug trade (at least on TV).

a black pork pie hat. Then come up with a new name.

Like Heisenberg. In your new identity, people will fear you and you’re sure to go far. schoolteacher Walt White

had had better health care when he got his cancer diagnosis, maybe he wouldn’t have begun cooking meth to help cover his expenses. Meanwhile, his long-term problem — leaving his family provided for after his death — might have been a non-issue had teachers in his district been better paid. On the other hand, if Walt had found himself in less of a jam, there would have been no “Breaking Bad.” Finish what you start.

It’s never good to leave hanging important tasks.

Walt is a shining example of a guy determined to tie up loose ends. That was part of why the “Breaking Follow your bliss (and be willing to forge a different path getting there).

Walter White discovered this lesson.

TV who has done many projects.

Her most well-known role is Sally Solomon from the show “3rd Rock from the Sun” sitcom (and one of my personal favorites) “The Exes.”

“Guts” tells the story of Johnston’s dark past with drugs and alcohol, along with her insecurities and dealing with the harder side of being an actress.

Johnston gives the readers a look into her world and the world of addiction.

However, do not despair—this isn’t a book that’s all doom, gloom and The author tells us about her awkward school years and how comedy came into her life.

This is an excellent beginning before the heavy seriousness surfaces.

You get the sense that you know her and the way she writes makes you feel like you’re a friend sitting down and talking to her over a cup of coffee.

When it comes to her drug and alcohol abuse, Johnston gives a clear picture of what the world of the addicts and the lives of the people around them are like.

Yes she uses humor, but that can be seen as a creative buffer so it’s not morbidly dark like “Precious” but still retains its serious nature.

The story can be graphic in some parts, but it’s a good scare tactic to help a reader understand what Johnston is trying to convey.

The Good This book is a fun and witty read despite some of the darker aspects.

There is a strong voice and not once does Johnston trail off or make the narration boring.

It’s like hearing her on TV--just now on paper. It’s also a good book for people with addictions as well as their families.

The book shows a person at their lowest and how they rise up to be a better person. I guarantee it will make you understand the hardships that addiction has and that it is hard to get out of.

The Bad The only thing I can think of and this is with all celebrity biographies: it helps if you like him or her and their work. However, if the their book is wellwritten, it could make you interested.

In my opinion, some people get very cynical with celebrities for no reason and forget they’re just as human as the rest of us (Those people, my dear readers, are what I call uninformed). Basically the cynics would say the actor or actress is just trying to get attention and make more money through their book.

For those types of people who bash celebs, stay away from books like these, it would be like assigning you to read them.

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‘Pearl Palooza’ jams out in New York KSC student travels to home state for music festival LUKE FLOOD

Equinox Staff Albany, New York is home to a good deal of music festivals.

From the summer’s weekly ‘Alive at Five’ concerts, to ‘Lark Fest’ and ‘Tulip Fest,’ the city knows how to put on a good show.

But last Saturday’s fourth annual Pearl Palooza, hosted by local radio station 102.7 WEQX, was more exciting and entertaining than many had predicted.

Just two weeks before the festival, original headliners The Dirty Heads and Palma Violets were swapped out with Portugal. The Man with Crystal Fighters, a change that many thought was questionable.

Nevertheless, the day had a few bands worth mentioning and a few that would be better left alone.

Gentleman Hall went on at 12 p.m. to open the festival.

By playing songs like “Sail into the Sun” and “All our Love,” the band set the mood on one of fall’s last warm weekends.

But following the upbeat sound, an indie rock group from Boston was a local, dreamy/synth rock band called The Titanics.

Playing on the local stage, the band consisted of only two people; a keyboard/electronic percussionist and an electric guitar player.

As a large crowd gathered to watch, few heads bopped and few smiles were cracked as the band began down a dark, gothic road.

All in all, it was less than entertaining and brought the mood down a good bit.

But later in the day, good vibes continued when highly anticipated rock band Wild Adriatic took the stage.

Even on the local stage the band managed to draw a larger crowd than many of the day’s main stage bands and were more entertaining than almost every band at that.

Those on the opposite side of the festival could hear the absolute roars from the crowd, as the band

played hit songs like “Bound to Let You Go” and “Letter.”

But when they covered Led Zeppelin’s “Ramble on,” the crowd went absolutely insane.

The band was the only band aside from the headliners to play an encore, a decision made outside of the day’s original schedule.

Eastbound Jesus was the last band to take the stage before the main acts and was also the only tive/indie rock genre.

Even so, the day’s only bluegrass act put on a more entertaining show than some of the previous acts, to the point where people were lining up on their apartment rooftops to see what all the commotion was.

Crystal Fighters, a band that came all the way from Spain, was take the stage.

With upbeat, dance-like music, it was hard to not clap your hands and jump around to almost every song of the bands set.

The lead singer was the most energetic front man of the day, combining styles of Edward Sharpe and Mick Jagger.

By the end of the set, the entire crowd, even those who weren’t originally fans of the band, had fallen in love with their music and high energy style of play.

But the main act of the night proved to be the best and most impressive one.

Portugal. The Man has been around for the last decade, but just began its festival run.

The group took off by playing Coachella and Bonaroo this summer.

Becoming most famous, as of lately for their song, “Purple Yellow Red and Blue,” the band began its set with it—at least, some sort of version of it. the most desirable song as their opener, many people were in shock.

It was clearly noticeable that the crowd was wondering just how the

Maybe it was because they wanted to show the crowd that they were more than just the one song that they have become famous for.

But what seemed like the songs original version quickly turned into a 20 minute jam, where the band showed off what they were truly capable of.

Playing majority of the show in a cloud of smoke and with little to no stoppage time at all, the band showed serious signs of being comparable to Pink Floyd.

But at the very end of their set, the band began to play their hit song “Purple Yellow Red and Blue” for the second time.

As balloons fell from the sky, it was easy to see what the band was trying to say.

They weren’t saying that they were more than this song, but that they were this song. This was their alma mater.

As the crowd chanted, “All I needed was something to believe in,” the band huddled around the drummer jamming and laughing together.

This song is what brought them to the festival and this song is who they were.

After the band played 35 minutes over their allotted time, the crowd demanded a double encore and waited an extra ten minutes before leaving.

While the band was only allowed to come back out for a brief goodbye, the crowd knew they would have if they could have.

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empowerment and necessary change.

Thus, according to these outlets, a Leo must think deeply and speak their mind in order to have had a successful month of September. However, aren’t these traits best to have all year long?

Strangely enough, next month, a Youtube channel by Patrick Arundell tells me to “continue to use your [my] mind to every opportunity to articulate your [my] ideas.”

Arundell is a part of Astrology Enterprises Limited, a company that supplies astrological information to numerous clients including, but not limited to, The Press Association, Life Reader and Proctor and Gamble.

As I listened to him speak about my via Youtube, I could not help but think “of course.”

Of course I want to change some things in my life, Arundell. Who doesn’t? Of course need to look up my horoscope to tell me that, however.

Horoscopes can be vague at best, allowing hopeful readers to expect a change or cause them to discover an epiphany.

change one’s day, month or even year should be applauded.

But, next month when I pick up a magazine and hear the same horoscope for next month as the month of November, I wonder how easy it must be to paraphrase month to month or even day to day.

A number of horoscopes seem far too familiar to what I have read last week or even years ago, when I still received Teen Vogue in the mail.

Now, social media, magazines and newspapers alike are certainly not all to be ogy. As with any other articles, stories or briefs, the readers themselves choose what to listen to and what news to follow.

I believe I have been a “motivated reasoner,” or a person who looks for data and information they already agree with,

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according to Wikipedia.

I think that says something bigger about readers in general—are we all guilty of

to hear?

Motivated reasoning is a “form of implicit emotion regulation in which the brain converges on judgements that miniWhen we read astrological sign predic- mize negative and maximize positive affect tions, are we already looking for something states associated with threat to or attainwe feel, thus hearing exactly what we hope ment of motives,” according to Wikipedia.

Since the astrological prediction on yesterday, and that is all. minihoroscope.com says I will be lucky on No luck, no alignment of the planets, no October 18, does that mean I will automati- paragraph description of what my life is like cally look for positive outcomes of that day? at that moment according to a magazine.

Perhaps.

For now, I’ll stick to looking at each day Brittany Ballantyne can be reached at as a new beginning, a different day than bballantyne@keene-equinox.com

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makes the competition team.”

Although only 16 dancers are allowed to compete, all 22 perform at sporting events and Pumpkin Festival.

The team performs different dances during half-time at KSC sporting events, which are in the hip-hop genre to upbeat, new music.

Captain Garamella and Cocaptain Gabby Pacheco work together to create the choreography. When creating new dances, Pacheco said, “Sometimes it can take from an hour to a couple of days to make up a dance. Lisa will create one dance and I create another and sometimes we try to make up a dance together.”

When choosing the right music, Garamella said, “I like to look for upbeat songs and something the crowd would enjoy, I do the mixing myself by using Garageband or Quickmix.”

When the dance team performs for the 2013 Pumpkin Fest, the girls will be dancing to Halloween theme music and their dress attire will be the theme of The Great Gatsby.

As for the new members who have joined the team, freshman Rebecca Fracasse said she is excited to be dancing and competing in a college division.

“It is a little intimidating but more so exciting to be a part of a college team,” Fracasse said.

The girls said the team is

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performance at the KSC soccer game, which is held on October 12, 2013 at 1 p.m.

Even though Fracasse is just starting her college dancing career, senior Gordon’s nineteenth year of dancing will be coming to a bittersweet end.

“Dancing is a big part of my life, and the best way to end my career would be to win Nationals,” she said. dance team contact Lisa Garamella at Lisa.Garamella@ksc. keene.edu and Gabby Pacheco at Gabriella.Pacheco@ksc.keene. edu.

Deanna Caruso can be contacted at dcaruso@keene-equinox.com

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From 3D Sabbath to real ‘Purge,’ new ways to scare DERRIK J. LANG

down and acts like he’s devouring the blood from the decapitated body with his tongue.

Faced with increasingly hardcore rivals LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ozzy Osbourne and savvy visitors, organizers of such Halcan’t help himself. loween attractions this year have conjured While on a behind-the-scenes trek up several new theatrical and technological through a Universal Studios Hollywood innovations in hopes of licking the compeattraction based on the recently released tition, as well as promoting entertainment Black Sabbath album “13,” Osbourne spots a bloody mannequin corpse reclining on a phony altar. Without hesitating, the grue- been turned into a maze. somely theatrical Sabbath frontman leans “It adds another dimension to what we

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Geezer Butler, left, and Ozzy Osbourne, pose with props at the “Black Sabbath: 13 3D maze at Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights, in Universal City, Calif.

do, which is incredible because we’ve been blesome was how hordes of guests could be doing it for 45 years,” said Osbourne while vomited on all night long by an “Evil Dead” standing inside the attraction. “It’s been a demon.

“They’re all like little science projects,” No. 1 album in America — believe it or not said Murdy. “No matter how successful we — and now this. I’ve never seen anything were the previous year, our philosophy is like it. I keep thinking I’m going to wake up.”

“Well, don’t wake up in here,” joked Sab- back in business.” bath bassist and lyricist Geezer Butler next Beyond the rotating attractions at Halto him. loween Horror Nights, a few celebrities have invested in their own haunted attractions.

Horror Nights returned to the Universal Studios backlot in 2007, creative director year-round maze Goretorium in Las Vegas John Murdy has incorporated video effects last year, and Neil Patrick Harris serves as into a maze. In a room inspired by the song one of the producers of Delusion, an annual “Electric Funeral” within Sabbath’s color- theatrical Halloween experience taking ful 3D realm, monitors made to look like place this year in an old Los Angeles church. windows broadcast explosive 3D visuals in Several spooks at this year’s Hallowtandem with a wind machine. een Horror Nights are hyping new releases “I just thought it would be cool to have from the entertainment industry. Besides a nuclear bomb go off and our guests be in Sabbath’s “13,” there’s a “scare zone” poputhe middle of that,” said Murdy. lated by actors dressed as the nasty Chucky In recent years, Halloween Horror doll from the direct-to-DVD sequel “Curse Nights traded warrens based on long-run- of Chucky,” and a new maze incorporating ning slash-’em-up franchises like “A Night- supernatural elements from the “Insidious” mare on Elm Street” for attractions inspired by more contemporary properties, such as “I think it strengthens the brand,” said the “Hostel” movies, “Silent Hill” video Jason Blum, producer of “The Purge,” games and “The Walking Dead” television ‘’Insidious” and “Paranormal Activity” series.

The biggest challenges for Murdy and also gives us a little more street cred. In the his team for this year’s six Universal mazes case of ‘The Purge,’ there’s so much mythology that wasn’t necessarily included in the freaked-out kid from “Insidious” constantly shivering in his bed while toy rocking event.” horses galloped by themselves. Also trouIn addition to the attractions based on

both “Insidious” chapters and “The Purge” at Universal Studios, Blum and his Blumhouse production company are hosting their own Halloween event that expands on the kill-or-be-killed mythology of “The Purge” in a shuttered theater in downtown LA. While the event will include a traditional maze in the theater’s basement, “The Purge: Fear the Night” will also invite guests to freely roam around upstairs and interact with more than 40 actors portraying members of the Founding Fathers group depicted cellphone numbers may also be contacted with clues throughout the evening.

At Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park, Calif., the 10 mazes that comprise the 41-year-old Knott’s Scary Farm haunt are based on original storylines, not established franchises. Without such brand equity, the organizers are hoping some new tricks — such as suspending “scare-actors” from the ceiling of a magical maze — will attract victims.

For the second year, Knott’s will also feature a special attraction called “Trapped,” which requires advanced reservations and costs an extra $60 on top of a regular ticket.

Unlike the conga-line labyrinth structure of most haunts, “Trapped” strands no more than six visitors inside fear-inducing environments where they must overcome phobias or solve puzzles, such as eating bugs or escaping a giant rat cage, to progress through the attraction.

Dance music fest ‘TomorrowWorld’ takes precautions over drugs

Several electric dance music venues and festivals respond to fatalities and health risks JONATHAN LANDRUM JR.

AssociAted Press ATLANTA (AP) — Organizers of the electronic dance music festival TomorrowWorld are taking extra precautions to maintain a safe environment for concertgoers this weekend after two drug-related deaths occurred at a similar festival in New York this summer.

“We’re a zero tolerance festival.” said Shawn Kent, the U.S. project director for ID&T, the Belgian company producing TomorrowWorld, a three-day festival that kicks off in suburban Atlanta on Friday.

“If you’re caught with an illegal substance, then you’re out,” he continued. “We communicated with our fans very clearly that it’s not acceptable.”

Earlier this month, the last day of the Electric Zoo festival in New York City was canceled after two attendees died and several were hospitalized. overdosed from MDMA, known as Molly. Now the focus is on TomorrowWorld, which is one of Europe’s largest music festi-

vals to crossover into the United States.

The festival started, which started in 2005, marks its debut in America with Friday’s kickoff. More than 180,000 turned out for Tomorrowland in Boom, Belgium in July.

Organizers said they are estimating 50,000 per day for each of the three days in Georgia, and plan to welcome people from 75 different countries. There will be 3-D elements on stages with exotic decorations all around.

Top EDM acts including Avicii, David Guetta and Diplo are among 300 internationally renowned DJs and performers that will take to eight different stages.

The festival will be held on 500 acres of sprawling farmland along the Chattahoochee River in an unincorporated area of Fulton County, Ga. Kent said patrons must be 21 and over to enter the festival.

He also said there will be standard body checks, spot checks for cars on arrival, ID checks and undercover security guards patrolling the areas, especially the parts where 30,000 campers will stay.

Kent said they are also working with DanceSafe, an organization that provides information on alcohol consumption,

drugs and safe sex.

With nearly 10 years under their belt, he said they are preamount of concert-goers in one place.

“We’ve worked closely with the local hospital,” he said.

“We’re setup for anything that happens. In any major event, there could be issues.”

Initially, South Fulton Commissioner William Edwards was skeptical when organizers from TomorrowWorld gave their pitch to bring the popular festival to his small district.

But Edwards believes TomorrowWorld’s goal is to provide a safe and controlled environment to an area that has never had so many people at one time.

He said discussions over safety with organizers have been going on for the last two years.

“When they first came to me, I thought they were out of their mind,” Edwards said.

“But during their pitch, I saw that it’s OK to bring the world to our community. ... They have the right things in place. They were on key. They were upfront. We know what happened at Electric Zoo, but they are prepared to do better.”

Don’t miss the local upcoming events Colonial Theatre

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90th Anniversary Celebration Evening of Music, Masks & Memories Friday, Oct. 4, 2013 7:00-10:00 p.m.

“The Act of Killing” Friday, Oct. 4-Wed., Oct. 9 Friday & Saturday 7:00 & 9:15 p.m.

Sunday-Wednesday 7:00 p.m. only Saturday & Sunday 2:00 p.m. matinee

Redfern Arts Center Pilobolus Dance Theater Tuesday, Oct. 15 7:30 p.m. in the Main Theater

Events starting on Friday, October 4 through November 6

Local music nights Fritz the Place to Eat Folk Soul Ensemble Fred Simmons & Leslie Vogel Friday, Oct. 4 6:30 - 9:00 p.m.

Debo Band Wednesday, Nov. 6 7:30 p.m in the Alumni Recital Hall

Rick & the Red Head Friday, Oct. 11 6:30 - 9:00 p.m.

THE BEAT OF THE WEEK Felicia Brimigion Junior Geology

“How to Save a Life” The Fray

Nick Reed Freshman Psychology

Margaret Leary Senior Theater/Dance

“Cali” A$AP Rocky

Mumford and Sons radio

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Jake Robinette Sophomore Health Science

“Madness” Muse

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Nigeria: Militants kill students in college attacks Government shutdown DEEPTI HAJELA

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Saturday, Sept. 21: Nairobi, Kenya Civillians who had been hiding during a gun battle hold their hands in the air as a precautionary measure before being searched by armed police leading them to safety, inside the Westgate Mall.

Suspected Islamic extremists attack an agricultural college in the dead of the night MICHELLE FAUL ADAMU ADAMU

“They attacked our students while they were sleeping

AssociAted Press POTISKUM, Nigeria (AP) — Suspected Islamic extremists attacked an agricultural college in the dead of night, gunning down dozens of students as they slept in dormitories and torching classrooms, the school’s provost said — the latest violence in northeastern Nigeria’s ongoing Islamic uprising.

The attack, blamed on the Boko Haram extremist group, came despite a 4 ½-month-old state of emergency covering three states and onesixth of the country. It and other recent violence have led many to doubt assurances from the government and the military that they are winning Nigeria’s war on the extremists.

Provost Molima Idi Mato of Yobe State College of Agriculture told The Associated Press that there were no security forces protecting the college. Two weeks ago, the state commissioner for education had begged schools and colleges to reopen and promised they would be guarded by soldiers and police.

Idi Mato said as many as 50 students may have been killed in the assault that began at about 1 a.m. Sunday in rural Gujba. “They attacked our students while they were sleeping in their hos-

-IDI MATO PROVOST, YOBE STATE COLLEGE

body.

Jonathan likened the assault to that on Nairobi’s premier shopping mall last week, where Islamic extremists from Somalia’s al-Shabab movement killed 67 civilians — but only after allowing many Muslims to leave. Boko Haram bab in Somalia.

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has said in video addresses that his group wants to end democracy in Nigeria and allow education only in Islamic schools. Boko Haram means Its uprising poses the biggest security challenge in years to this country. Nigeria is Africa’s biggest oil producer and its most populous nation with more than 160 million people — almost equal numbers of which are Muslims and Christians. Boko Haram militants have killed more than 1,700 people since 2010.

such challenges, Jonathan said, accusing the extremists of choosing soft targets to embarrass his government.

Gov. Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe state, where the killings occurred, indicated that the military crackdown is ineffective.

The extremists rode into the college in two double-cabin pickup all-terrain vehicles and on motorcycles, some dressed in Nigerian military uniforms, a surviving student, Ibrahim Mohammed, told the AP. He said they appeared to know the layout of the college, attacking the four male hostels but avoiding the one hostel reserved for Sunday night, and questioned the motives of women.

Boko Haram, which wants to impose Islamic law “We ran into the bush, nobody is left in the across Nigeria. He said he wondered whether the victims were Muslim or Christian.

Wailing relatives gathered outside the hosUsman said almost all those killed were Muspital morgue, where workers laid out bloody lims, as is the majority of the college’s student bodies in an orderly row on the lawn for family

that most victims were aged between 18 and 22.

Soldiers recovered 42 bodies and transported 18 wounded students to Damaturu Specialist Hospital, 40 kilometers (25) miles north, said a nymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press.

Two of the wounded later died, said Adamu Usman, a survivor from Gujba who was helping at the hospital.

President Goodluck Jonathan condemned

members to identify loved ones. a protective gesture. Another had hands clasped under the chin, as if in prayer. A third had arms raised in surrender.

Most schools in the area closed after militants on July 6 killed 29 pupils and a teacher, burning some alive in their hostels, at Mamudo outside Damaturu.

U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday described Boko Haram as one of the most vicious terrorist organizations in the world, speaking at a

The Islamic extremists have killed at least 30 other civilians in the past week, including a pastor and his son. And the military said it killed more than 100 militants and lost 16 soldiers in an attack on an extremist stronghold Sept. 21-22.

Human rights groups have accused Nigeria’s military of summary killings of civilians in reprisal attacks and no one knows the fate of hundreds of people detained as suspected militants.

Boko Haram in the area of the Gwoza Hills, a mountainous region with caves that shelter the militants despite repeated aerial bombardments tion of anonymity because he feared for his life, said Gwoza town was deserted when he visited it

from the government hospital in Gwoza, which had been treating some victims of attacks, and torched three public schools. More than 30,000 Chad and the uprising combined with the military emergency has forced farmers from their

Egypt’s former Vice President calls campaign against him “fascist,” reacts to reports AssociAted Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s former vice president and democracy advocate Mohammed ElBaradei lashed out Sunday against what nized media campaign against him because of his calls for an inclusive political process.

ElBaradei was apparently reacting to reports accusing him of working from abroad to undermine Egypt’s transitional road map in collaboration with the Muslim Brotherhood.

The Brotherhood is facing a security crackdown since the military deposed President Moham-

med Morsi, a member of the group, in July.

The interim government accuses the group of inciting violence and seeking to undermine Egypt’s national security, and has rounded up hundreds of its leadership on such charges.

Morsi himself is detained and facing trial on charges of inciting deadly violence against his oppo-

have not been accused of violence should be integrated into the military-backed political process.

But reconciliation efforts have failed, and Morsi’s supporters insisted that he be reinstated.

ElBaradei resigned and left Egypt nearly a month after he took cies moved in on two weekslong sit-ins held by Morsi supporters, in a violent crackdown that left hunElBaradei, who was a vocal dreds dead. opponent of Morsi and was Security agencies say particiappointed vice president after his pants of the sit-ins were armed ouster, had argued that a security and constituted a threat to national crackdown on the Brotherhood security. was counterproductive.

But his resignation earned him He said its members who harsh criticism by supporters of

the military coup and some youth groups who had originally rallied around his call for change.

The media campaign against per articles and talk-show hosts accusing him of plotting with the Brotherhood to undermine the new political road map, and cause chaos to destabilize the country.

“An organized fascist campaign from ‘sovereign security sources’ and an ‘independent’ media against those who insist on valuing life and the necessity of national

AssociAted Press killed eight people earlier this month, emergency funds to help NEW YORK (AP) — The par- rebuild homes and businesses tial government shutdown that began Tuesday threw into tur- worker furloughs were expected to slow it down. of some federal workers, with National Guard soldiers many facing unpaid furloughs rebuilding washed-out roads or delays in paychecks. would apparently be paid on Park ranger and father-to-be time — along with the rest of the Darquez Smith said he already country’s active-duty personlives paycheck to paycheck while nel — under a bill passed hours putting himself through college before the shutdown. and worried how he’ll fare if the Existing Social Security and checks stop coming.

“I’ve got a lot on my plate vices and mail delivery were right now — tuition, my daugh- also unaffected.

Other agencies were harder at Dayton Aviation Heritage hit — nearly 3,000 Federal AviNational Historical Park in Ohio. ation Administration safety “I’m just confused and waiting inspectors were furloughed along with most of the National Robert Turner, 45, a build- Transportation Safety Board’s ing mechanic at the Smithson- employees, including accident ian’s American History museum investigators who respond to air in Washington, said he and co- crashes, train collisions, pipeline workers were heading in for sev- explosions and other accidents. eral hours to turn off the water Almost all of NASA shut and take out the trash. down, except for Mission ConThen, he planned to go to trol in Houston, and national Ocean City, Md., and return parks closed along with the when he’s called back.

Smithsonian museums and the “After next week if we’re not National Zoo. Even the zoo’s popular panda cam went dark, shut off for the doesn’t want to have to eat into savings. there Aug. 23.

A midnight deadline to avert Federal workers would not the shutdown passed amid a see their pay affected right budget impasse in Congress, away. If a shutdown continues, leaving thousands of federal all employees can expect to be workers idled and most non- paid on schedule on Oct. 15, 2013, essential government services for hours worked from Sept. 22 through Sept. 30. two decades.

Still, Marc Cevasco, who Millions of Americans were works in the Department of Vetunable to get government ser- erans Affairs, said as he waited vices ranging from federally for a bus Tuesday that the uncerbacked home loans to supple- tainty of how long the shutdown mental food assistance for chil- would last made his uneasy. dren and pregnant women.

“Even if it’s just shut down for The impact of the shutdown a week that’s a quarter of your was mixed — immediate and pay this month. That means a lot far-reaching for some, annoying but minimal for others.

NYC Central Park concert theme: artists focus on poverty in U.S. MESFIN FEKADU

AssociAted Press NEW YORK (AP) — Stevie Wonder gave an electrifying performance at New York’s Central Park in front of thousands of fans and several world leaders Saturday, singing his hits and calling for an end to poverty worldwide at the Global Citizen Festival.

Bono gave a funky, rousing introduction to Wonder, who headlined the second annual concert.

Wonder wowed audience members, who danced and sang along to songs including “Superstiyelled to the crowd. “We will end extreme world poverty in our lifeNations Messenger of Peace with a special focus on disabilities since 2009. Messengers have recognized talents in the arts, academia and sports and help bring attention to U.N. work.The Global Citizen Festival coincides with the U.N. General Assembly. Fans earned free tickets for helping spread the word or volunteering to help end world poverty. World leaders who attended included Secretary-General Ban

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. “There is so much energy here tonight. We hour event, electrifying the crowd during his hour-long performance.

He even teased concertgoers before singing “Signed, Sealed, Delivered John Mayer also performed Satsaid. Other performers included

“I believe if we don’t care about said. “Help me celebrate tonight so Wonder also had a touching the audience to lobby for more gun laws. “Can you believe blind $1.3 billion in new fundraising commitments last year.

Wonder, who played the piano and harmonica, was joined onstage

by R&B singers Maxwell and Janelle Monae.“I can’t believe this

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The crowd stands in Central Park at the Global Citizens Festival.

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As teams prepare for 2014 draft, NBA needs to fix tanking problem ZACH WINN

ZACH WINN

SportS Editor

SportS Editor

It stands to reason that at the heart of every sport there should be competition.

Two teams should be doing whatever they can to win any given game on any given night.

It’s what is best for the game, the players and the fans. That is why there is understandable unrest as we approach the beginning of the NBA season on October 29.

People familiar with the league are aware that the upcoming NBA draft class of 2014 is projected to be one of the all-time greats.

Can’t-miss prospects such as Andrew Wiggins (Fr. Kansas), Jabari Parker (Fr. Duke), Marcus Smart (So. Oklahoma State) and Julius Randle (Fr. Kentucky), among others, stand to offer franchise-changing rewards to the teams that probably deserve them the least. The new collective bargaining agreement that the NBA put in place after the lockout-shortened 2011-1012 season attempted to give smaller-market teams an advantage by lowering rookie contracts.

An ugly by-product of that change has been that drafting high is now the easiest way to get talent at low prices.

This gives teams incentive to intentionally lose, or “tank,” in order to get the highest possible pick in the draft.

The NBA’s only real attempt at combating such an obvious problem is the use of pingpong balls to randomize drafting order a bit (although the teams with the most losses AP PHOTO still have the best chance of landing the top Above, NBA commissioner David Stern is sure to face tough questions on tanking this season as teams prepare for the draft. picks). As it stands today, there appears to be six teams that have a shot at “winning” Instead it is the system that should be about gathering the worst possible roster for want the system changed. A recent ESPN blamed. In no other major sport is tanking an entire season, not to mention the enter- poll asked fans if they would want their Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Sacramento such a common practice among teams. tainment value of watching the league’s most team tanking for a franchise player and 59 and Boston).

There are a few legitimate ideas that the inept teams battle after the regular season. percent of respondents said yes.

Sadly, most of these teams have made a Another option is simply reversing the Some people may be okay with their concerted effort not to get better this off-sea- tanking problem. One of the more practi- new rookie contract scale and paying play- teams tanking, but there is no denying it son in hopes of a big payoff come draft time. cal ideas is a more random draft selection hurts the league. David Stern will be stepprocess. If the team with the worst record This would make rookies less desirable ping down as commissioner of the NBA after be, the way the league works it is actually a held just a 15 percent chance of securing the no matter how talented the draft class is. the season, and his predecessor, Adam Silver, smart strategy. top pick (instead of the 25 percent chance it could show fans he is serious about stopping An NBA championship cannot be won currently has), teams would lose incentive to fantasy football. Rather than teams’ posi- tanking by adopting one of these alternative without a franchise guy (a top 10 player in capture the worst record in the league, which tions being based on losses, those losses systems. the league), and the easiest way to acquire a often leads to unnecessarily resting players would give you credits that teams could use Until then, I’ll be dealing with the conplayer like that (especially if you’re not a big at the end of the season. Another idea made to bid on draft picks. free agent destination) is through the draft. popular by ESPN columnist Bill Simmons is The bidding system is interesting because against his favorite team every game.

Teams cannot be faulted for trying to play pitting the worst teams against each other in it allows teams to prioritize different picks, the system the way they think is most advan- a tournament to decide draft order. however there is simply no precedent for it.

Zach Winn can be contacted at tageous.

This would make teams think twice All these options of course assume people zwinn@keene-equinox.com

Judging by the front page, you may have assumed that this week’s Athlete of the Week was Marisa Lemoine may not have ance as Athlete of the Week this year after playing three spectacular games that saw her tally six shots and net three goals. Lemoine has given the Lady Owls steady production throughout the season. Her points were also timely; her two goals against Southern Maine proved to be the difference in the game. It’s players like Lemoine who make the --Our runner-up this week is women’s soccer goalie Victoria Crenson.

Crenson continued her lock-down season by allowing just one goal in three Lady Owl wins this week. Crenson made 13 of a possible 14 saves in that stretch, which included a 1-0 victory against Johnson & Wales.

The team has been able to lean on Crenson all season, as she has given up just one goal or less in eight of their nine games. At just 5’3”, the junior has found a way to wards guessing.

--The second runner up this week is senior runner Ryan Widin the U-Mass Dartmouth Inviany KSC runner. Perhaps most impressive is that Widzgowski is technically in his off-season. The track standout is using the cross country season to get ready for the spring.

Zach Winn can be contacted at zwinn@keene-equinox.com

Seattle outlasts Houston to win with a field goal in overtime and preserve their undefeated record KRISTIE RIEKEN

they trailed by 17 points to rally for the 23-20 victory overtime to give the Seahawks the win. Houston (2-2) failed to score on two possessions in overtime and also “They handed it to us every way they wanted to in lost linebacker Brian Cushing to a concussion. The After Seattle rallied for an overtime win against Seahawks got the win on their second drive in overthe Houston Texans on Sunday, Pete Carroll joked that Carroll said. “The challenge that we all wanted to meet time. halftime was the best thing that happened to his team. up to was we hadn’t showed who we were and how we A key to the winning drive came when Doug BaldWell, half-joked. could play.” win caught a 7-yard pass and Kareem Jackson was penalized for unnecessary roughness for dumping

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range and Hauschka’s kick came four plays later.

The Seahawks rallied to tie it at 20 on an interception return for a touchdown by Richard Sherman in the fourth quarter. The NFL’s best defense held Houston scoreless after halftime.

“It was a big-time play,” Sherman said. “Our offense

Keene State College athletic team records Women’s Soccer

Volleyball OVERALL

CONF.

HOME

10-6

1-1

2-0 5-2 (3-4) Won 3

at Eastern Conn. St.

AWAY (neutral)

STREAK

OVERALL

CONF.

6-2-1

2-0

Set Scores

1

Set Scores

1

2

3

Keene State College

25

25

25

3

Eastern Nazarene

15

Eastern Conn. St.

14

28

21

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Keene State College

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3

Total

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17

25

25

0 3

Field Hockey

AWAY (neutral)

STREAK

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at Johnson & Wales

vs. Eastern Nazarene Total

Men’s Cross Country HOME

vs. Eastern Conn. St.

Goals by Period

1

2

Total

1

2

Total

Keene State College

1

0

1

Eastern Conn. St.

1

0

1

Johnson & Wales

0

0

0

Keene State College

2

1

3

Points by Period

Men’s Soccer

OVERALL

CONF.

HOME

AWAY (neutral)

STREAK

8-1

3-0

5-0 3-1 (0-0) Won 1

Goals By Period

1

2

Total

CONF.

HOME

2-7

1-1

2-5 0-2 (0-0) Lost 2

Keene State College

1

0

Trinity

2

0

1 2

1

2

Total

Keene State College

4

0

Southern Me.

0

2

4 2

Goals by Period

1

Babson

1

Keene State College

1

2 1 0

AWAY (neutral)

STREAK

at Eastern Conn. St.

vs. Babson

Goals By Period

Name

Time/distance

Place

Ryan Widzgowski

25:19

Brett Masterangelo

25:49

14th

Christopher Plankey

25:50

15th

Ryan Brady

26:13

17th

5th

Women’s Cross Country

OVERALL

at Southern Me.

at Trinity

U-Mass Dartmouth Invitational

Total Points by Period 1

2

Total

2

Keene State College

0

0

0

1

Eastern Conn. St.

0

1

1

U-Mass Dartmouth Invitational Name

Time/distance

Place

Carli Davis

18:57

9th

Sam Goldsmith

18:58

10th

Lindsey Szuch

19:28

24th

Elizabeth McGurk

19:53

37th

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some good passes,” Donaruma said.

The captain also has another big role with her senior class on the team: being a role model. Donaruma attributed that to the success as well.

“It is really important for us to be good role models and leaders because they’ll follow from our example, and I think we have done a good job at setting the stakes pretty high,” Donaruma said. Sophomore Forward Haylie Dolan said the leadership that Donaruma talked about classmen.

“They are great leaders for us. you need them and even the juniorsthere are only three of them, and they are motivating everyone,” Donaruma said. Even though the team has gotten off to a fast start, Watson said there is still a lot to work on.

“We’ve got a lot of things to work and we are always working on our defense to make sure that is happening, “Watson said.

Watson also noted that the Owls need to work on creating less fouls during the game. The Owls are definitely motivated to have a strong Dolan talked about last year’s loss in the LEC Championship, how it affected the team and how the team feels that this could be their year.

“It is a different atmosphere, everyone wants to be there and everyone wants to win, we all want to win the LEC because we lost last year and now we are still riding on that and we want payback,” Dolan said.

Dolan also said she believes the Owls can bring home the LEC title this year.

“We have to keep practicing like we want to play, we have to focus during practice and play hard and every game we need to motivate treat every game like it is the championship,” Dolan said.

As Watson said, there is still work to be done if they are going to win the LEC. “Even though we have a winning and successful record so far, they get that we’re not the team we want to be yet and there is still work to be done and jelling and meshing have to happen, ” Watson said.

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

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Josh DiGiovanna attempts a pass during a practice on Saturday, Sept. 28, on the KSC athletic fields. The team holds practices every Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

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see aspects of football, team handball and KSC could not attend regionals after it was soccer.” rescheduled due to rain.

The team is also taking a trip to a tour“We usually get to sectionals and lose to The sport of Ultimate Frisbee is still young, nament called “High Tide” in Georgia this our rivals,” senior and team member Andrew particularly at Keene State College, where an Wallace said. “U-Mass Amherst and BowUltimate Frisbee Club was started just seven - doin College are always pretty good.” years ago. end against U-Mass Dartmouth, but Bullard This year expectations are high. “I’m But that doesn’t mean it’s not organized, describes the Fall semester as preseason for really hopeful we get to regionals this year,” competitive or popular for that matter. the spring, when there are more tournaments. DiGiovanna said. “We’ve had a great start to “This is the most people we’ve had in “We’re always looking for more people this my four years here,” senior captain Josh time of year,” Bullard said. “Right now we this year remains to be seen. However the DiGiovanna said proudly as he watched over have eight girls, and eventually we’re looking sport, people seem to think, has nowhere to practice last week. to have an all-girls team to put out there.” go but up.

“We’ve got a really dynamic group of Only 25 people can be on the roster for “[Ultimate Frisbee] is one of the fastest people this year.”

U.S.A. Ultimate-recognized games. U.S.A. growing sports in the country,” Bullard said.

There are roughly 30 people who come Ultimate, or U.S.A.U., is the governing body “I definitely think we’ll see it take off more to the club’s practices regularly, which is no of all levels of Ultimate Frisbee which sanc- over the next couple of years.” small commitment. tions certain tournaments and uses them as “We always have people who peter-out Zach Winn can be contacted at after a while,” senior president Dan Bullard “[Ultimate Frisbee] combines a lot of differzwinn@keene-equinox.com said. “We expect our team here Fridays, Sat- ent types of sports,” DiGiovanna said. “You tional, regional, and national levels. Last year

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urdays and Sundays for about three hours each. There’s also a set workout we try to get people to do during the week.” As if devoting your weekends to the club wasn’t enough, members are also given playbooks to learn.

These surprisingly complex play-calls feature three end-zone plays, three defensive sets and two offensive sets. “We try to make sure everyone has a good understanding of our plays if they’re going to play,” senior Andrew Wallace said. “A lot of the freshman have been picking it up quickly, which is great.”

There are two positions on the team, cutters and handlers. Because a player cannot move while in possession of the frisbee, the Handlers focus on distributing the frisbee

As Boston clinched the AL East, hopes were high among Red Sox nation Jimmy Golen Associated Press The Boston Red Sox were one win away from clinching a playoff berth, and Fenway Park was packed with its biggest crowd of the season.

The fans didn’t just come to this midweek game against Baltimore hoping to celebrate their team’s return to the postseason.

It was also “Dollar Beard Night,” which drew more than 4,000 — with still more turned away — sporting real or phony facial hair to honor the hirsute heroes who turned a last-place and unlovable team into the best in baseball in just one year.

“Werewolves of London” played over the ballpark speakers while the scoreboard video cut from men with long-curated shrubs on their chins to women and children with fake facial hair glued or painted on. Even the team’s mascot, Wally the Green Monster, slapped on some felt to get in on the Whiskers Rebellion.

“The beards are part of the camaraderie. It’s almost intense,” Mike Napoli homered to tie the game and set off the nowtraditional beard-tugging celebration. “I, for one, underestimated — potentially have always underestimated — the effect of camaraderie.”

A throwback to the times when the Red Sox had to hustle to sell tickets, “Dollar Beard Night” also brought back memories of the beloved Boston teams of the not-so-distant past — the “Dirt Dogs” of the 1990s, the “Cowboy Up” team of 2003 and the “Idiots” who in ‘04 ended the franchise’s 86-year championship drought.

Since then, though, the team fell back into some of its lesscelebrated traditions.

The checkbooks were opened for big-name, marketable free agents — without regard for how they would respond in the lineup, the clubhouse, or the Fenway atmosphere.

That strategy collapsed along with the ballclub in September of 2011, when the team went 7-20 to blow a nine-game lead in the AL wild-card race.

The following season there was no sudden breakdown: worst in almost half a century.

“It was a 13-month reboot,” Red Sox president and CEO Larry Lucchino said in an interview in his suite this week.

“Thirteen months ago, we were down and out. And maybe something like that can be, in this perverse way, can be a

“Here, everyone’s kind of like working together. I think that’s a lot different than most clubhouses, and ours was last year.”

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positive thing for an organization that had a lot of early and sustained success. An opportunity to reassess what we were doing and how we were doing it.”

The opportunity presented itself in the form of the Los Angeles Dodgers, who were willing to take Josh Beckett, Carl Crawford and Adrian Gonzalez and more than $250 million in future salaries off Boston’s hands — in one transaction cleansing many of the bad feelings, the bad contracts and the bad karma.

Bobby Valentine, who had been brought in to bolster clubhouse discipline after Terry Francona’s regime ended in the unprecedented collapse, was replaced by former Boston pitching coach John Farrell.

And when the team arrived for spring training this year, it could do more than talk about a fresh start.

Third baseman Will Middlebrooks said players do more house drinking beer and eating fried chicken during games, they stick around before and after to talk baseball.

“In no way am I saying there were a lot of bad guys in here.

It’s just camaraderie and the way these guys have meshed together is a lot different,” Middlebrooks said.

“I felt like last year it was a bigger group of like superstars and a whole lot of guys that kind of do like their own thing.

Middlebrooks has yet to spend a full season in the major leagues.

“I’m still learning,” he said. “But from what I saw, there were big guys like Adrian and like Carl — big-time guys.

They’re great players. They’re on their own program with what they’re doing. Here, everyone’s kind of like working together. I think that’s a lot different than most clubhouses, and ours was last year.

“That was the biggest thing I’ve seen.”

Napoli was signed as a free agent, and so was Shane Victorino — a happy-go-lucky sort nicknamed “The Flyin’ Hawaiian.”

Newcomers Mike Carp, Jonny Gomes and David Ross, along with holdovers Dustin Pedroia and Jarrod Saltalamacchia, form the nucleus of the beard brigade.

Nava said, “and they cared about the guy that’s to their left and to their right.”

The Red Sox clinched a playoff berth on Thursday and upgraded it to an AL East title the next night with a 6-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. With 94 wins, they had the best record in baseball.

Did they expect things to turn around this far, this quickly?

Not by the hair on their chinny chin chin.

Lucchino said he felt the Red Sox should have been better last year, if not for bad luck and bad health that cost a record number of games to injury.

Henry noted that the team had one of the highest payrolls “To me,” the owner said, “last year was an anomalous year.”

But winning at least 94 games was unexpected, even to Lucchino.

Henry credited Farrell and general manager Ben Cherington for bringing a “presence and stability” to a team that had been through a tumultuous 13 months.

Lucchino said that the relationship among the team’s brain trust is also more stable now than it was even during much of the time that Francona and GM Theo Epstein had their mostly successful run in Boston.

And the love affair with the fans is on its way back to where it was a decade ago, when the allegedly accursed team began a sellout streak that lasted through the team’s collapse in Game 7 of the 2003 AL championship series against the New York Yankees and the redemptive World Series victory the next year.

It took them through a second title in 2007 to the September collapse of 2011 and Fenway Park’s 100th anniversary last year.

It ended this April, when the good feelings and season “The goal here was to change the performance, the personality and the perception of the team,” Lucchino said as he looked out over the crowd of 38,540.

“I think we’ve succeeded in doing that.”

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“She has a lot of good games [in practice], a lot of fun drills and just makes the players want to play more. She’s really creative,” she said.

Don’t let her separation from her playing days fool you, however. that Boeker is still an athlete.

“Oh she still has it. She will school us if we’re not doing something right,” Tarabelli said. “And she’ll blow right by you.”

Lyons said that Boeker is excellent with the younger players, and with fourteen underclassmen on the team, that is a crucial trait to have.

In her player interviews, she noted how the underclassmen really took a shine to Boeker.

“I like to check in on my players and my freshman and see how they’ve been adapting,” Lyons said.

“And they love the coaches, especially Kristin and I think that’s great. They can really approach her.”

With twelve games left in the season, the team is looking to continue its success and players will keep looking to Boeker to help guide them.

“She’s intense but she’s got a great personality,” Tarabelli said.

“She really wants to see you improve, which is nice as a coach.”

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

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Keene State Field Hockey dominating early on

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The KSC Field Hockey team makes winning look easy through their first nine games of the season, out-scoring opponents 44-11, while going 3-0 against teams in the Little Eastern Conference.

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As for who has stuck out during the streak, Watson Equinox Staff Head Coach Amy Watson attributed their fast start can name a lot of players. to a number of things, one being the Owl’s schedule.

“We have strong veteran players who have been Keene State College Field Hockey has been the “The way the schedule played out for us, we’ve had doing a nice job and we have a really strong freshman team to watch at Owl Athletic Complex this season. class,” Watson said.

The team opened the season with a bang- posting a advantage,” Watson said.

“The combination of younger kids and the older 7-0 record, their best start since the program has been Watson said, “We are getting contributions from a kids blending together has worked well for us.” in the Little East Conference. lot of different people and we are not relying on one In addition, Watson said the Owls have good defenIt was not until the eighth game of the season, on person. That always helps when you can get more sive play. The coach also said she preaches defense on people involved and play impact roles, if one’s off then a 2-1 loss against ranked opponent Trinity College in somebody else steps up.”

“We’ve really been trying to focus on defense being

the entire team. Whenever the other team has the ball, we’re on defense, and that means even the offensive players are on defense,” Watson said.

Donaruma, the chemistry has been with the Owls all season long and she feels a difference even from last year. made a difference in the games from last year we’ve

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the National Basketball League of Wright.

Chile, wasted no time signing him to a contract last week. tunity to play in Chile from his Rashad Wright does not have “I knew he could play profesthe kind of basketball talent that days later he was on a plane headed sneaks up on you.

Keene State College Basketball for South America.

As soon as you see the 6 ’10” Coach Rob Colbert said. “He’s just Agawam, Massachusetts native on got great size, a great body and he the court, it is immediately evident can really play. He has uncanny said. that he has a gift. Maybe that’s athleticism for his size.”

“The season starts in late Octowhy Sportiva Italiana, a team in Now, things are moving fast for ber but there’s training camp and stuff like that soon,” he said.

Teams in the League of Chile, or Chile-Liga Nacional as it is known there, have added international players to round out their rosters in the past. Although last year’s Sportiva Italiana roster featured no U.S.-born players, most teams in the league have one or two Americans.

But that doesn’t mean it won’t

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who averaged 10.7 points to go along with an impressive 8.4 rebounds and 1.9 blocks as a senior at KSC last year. cult being away from family and friends and being in a strange environment,” Colbert said. going to be the level of physical play.”

Former teammate Ryan Martin, no stranger to international play after being signed by a team in the Canadian Basketball League in August, acknowledged the obstacles facing Wright, but said he also sees the opportunities.

“It’s a professional league so it’s

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Rashad Wright draws the attention of international scouts from various leagues.

be challenging,” Martin said.

“But it will be great for him because he can get his foot in the door and this will set up more opportunities and hopefully he can keep moving up.”

Wright and Martin have been keeping in touch all summer, and Wright was actually working out for the Canadian Basket-

ball League when he got the call from his agent about the offer from Sportiva Italiana.

Martin admitted it would have been fun to play in the same league as Wright, but is happy for his friend. It’s clear both players are grateful for their experiences at KSC. “I do miss being at Keene, but I’m at a point now where I’m trying to move on and pursue my career,” Wright said.

“Obviously I’m thankful for the coaching staff.”

Wright also said he learned how to be a better teammate and leader during his time at KSC. Now Wright’s career begins in a place he conceded he knows little about.

“The only things I know [about Chile] I’ve learned in the past week or so,” Wright said.

He will be battling bigger, more mature players in a longer season and no one is pretending the transition will be easy.

Wright will need to improve his endurance, his free throw shooting and bulk up if he wants to excel in the league.

But the people closest to him know his rare abilities and understand what he’s capable of.

“When Rashad plays with energy he’s the best big man in division three,” Martin said. “He’s just got so much potential and upside.”

Coach Colbert seemed to agree.

“I think the sky is the limit for Rashad,” Colbert said.

“He’s worked really hard since he’s been home. I don’t think he was ready to leave the game.”

Thanks to Sportiva Italiana, now he won’t have to.

Zach Winn can be contacted at zwinn@keene-equinox.com

impressive resume to KSC RAY WALDRON

Equinox Staff Eight games into the season, the cess, thanks in no small part to a

“She has a lot of good games [in practice]—She’s really creative.”

Kristin Boeker, or “KB,” as she’s known around the team, joined -ELLEN GRANATA the women’s soccer team this fall KSC SOCCER PLAYER and has received nothing but rave reviews for her work.

“We’re very lucky to have her career also comes bundled with a come to the area,” said head coach great personality and a passion to Denise Lyons. win games.

Boeker has come a very long way, “Kristin has been awesome,” and what makes this such a lucky Tarabelli noted. “She comes in early to practice, and girls come in early résumé. to work with her, and she gives a Before coaching, Boeker lived whole new level to our team.” out her playing career with the DiviWhat coach Lyons loves about sion 1 University of Missouri Tigers, Boeker coming to the program is racking up 18 goals and 15 assists how she carries herself around the and even an appearance on the Allteam.

Big 12 Conference second team in “She actually jumps into the 1998. game during practice…and it’s great After her time at Mizzou, Boeker for the younger players to see someserved as an assistant coach at Eastone play that well,” Lyons explained. ern Illinois University, where she “I think she’s a great role model.” helped steer the Panthers to three Lyons is particularly excited to consecutive NCAA tournament learn from her new assistant coach. berths.

“We work very well together. She Boeker then began her sevensaid in one of her interviews that season tenure at the Division 1 Unishe wants to learn from me, and I versity of Texas–San Antonio, where want to learn from her. It goes both she served as head coach since the ways,” Lyons said. team started in 2005.

“Trying new things is important for the team, to keep things fresh, Southland Conference championship in 2010. now.”

Boeker and her background are Boeker’s experience and creativnow in Keene, and everyone is perity in practice is what’s impressed younger players like sophomore Student Assistant Coach Victoria Tarabelli said that Boeker’s arrival “It’s good that she came from was a bit of a welcome surprise. coaching a Division 1 school, so “We didn’t really know she was she really knows what she’s doing,” coming, and she came in and had an intensity to her that kind of sparked » BOEKER, B9 everyone,” Tarabelli said.

Boeker’s impressive soccer

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