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Keene State College aims to reinvent community conversation RACHEL HEARD

Equinox Staff Understanding and taking responsibility for common places and ideas that people share was the theme for this year’s biennial symposium at Keene State College.

“Finding Your Place in the Evolving Commons” was of events exploring “our places in public spaces we set aside for care and cultivation of the resources, public and private, that we share in community with others.

The commons refers to this space, recognizing that its reality is often rooted in but not limited to physical locality and literal presence,” according to the symposium’s website.

Program Manager of Diversity and Multiculturalism at KSC and symposium committee member, Kim Schmidl-Gagne, said the commons are there so people can come together to exchange thoughts and ideas.

The symposium raised many questions relating to a variety of different commons, which aimed to boost thoughtful dialogue among students, faculty, staff and the community.

“Questions like ‘what do we owe ourselves culturally? What do we value in terms of supporting the arts and what does that bring to us? How do we learn from it? How do we share those experiences, so a shared experience could be going to a concert together, what does that add to our being together as a community?’”

Schmidl-Gagne continued, “So that’s what the commons is, those things that we share whether its physical spaces or things that are a little less tangible, like the air we breathe and the quality we want it to be...

But I think it really started with how do we have challenging dialogues about these things.”

Schmidl-Gagne said this year’s symposium theme was selected differently than in previous years. Early on, faculty members would come up with ideas that were supported and chosen.

In the planning for this year’s symposium, which began two years ago, former provost Melinda Treadwell put out the word around campus that they were looking for a theme and encouraged individuals and groups to submit proposals.

A group that Schmidl-Gagne was a part of called The American Democracy Project, which is a multicampus initiative that seeks to foster informed civic engagement in the United States, came together and produced a proposal for the evolving commons theme

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KSC Symposium organizers place a chalk board on Appian way for students to express their ideas. The theme, “The Evolving Commons” intended to encourage students to share dialogues and become active in the community, organizers said. The photo above has been edited by The Equinox Photo Editor to remove inappropriate content.

and was then selected. and they’ve all been wonderful,” she continued and Schmidl-Gagne explained that this year’s theme said that when past symposiums were complete, there was designed to last for a whole year. There were was little follow-up action. She said this year is difevents hosted last spring relating to the commons and ferent. “This one—because we’ve been working on it events will continue until spring of 2014. for so long and it will continue—we’re really hoping “This is the third symposium I’ve been involved in to bring about some cultural change and some deep

learning and deep exploring of the topic,” SchmidlGagne said. Junior and economics major Chris Crothers is a student in Political Economy of the Commons, a 400-level economy class which directly correlates to the symposium theme and allowed students to be

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Boston Police officer remembers marathon Panelists give students healthy lifestyle tips JUSTIN YAMET

Contributing WritEr “I get a stomach ache every time I look at it,” Deputy Superintendent Colm Lydon of the City of Boston Police Department said. Lydon was a guest speaker at the Keene State College symposium

November 3, where he spoke to students and faculty about the Boston Marathon bombings.

During his talk, Lydon emphasized what it meant to use the commons effectively and said, “We are all connected, we are all in this together, and we are all in this commons which

is constantly evolving.”

Airing footage of the Boston Marathon bombings, Lydon verbalized to the audience his views about the video displayed on the projector.

“If it can inform or teach you to better watch your commons, then I will take that stomach ache every

time,” he said.

During his presentation, Lydon went on to explain daily operations within the City of Boston Police Department and how they have many more plans and restrictions in place for the Boston Marathon come April 2014 than

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Film screening spots light on ‘gendercide’ in Asia KAYLA SOUZA

Davis explained his reasons for Contributing WritEr der-selective mass killing and the “It’s a Girl,” directed by Evan Grae emotional impact the topic took on Davis, premiered in the Alumni him.

Center at Centennial Hall November According to Davis, for the past - 20 years he has traveled the world cide of females in India and China.

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have been happening.” He also indicated that while in India he had to face the issue of sex selection, which Girl.” Davis said he had to get used to understanding the differences in culture when asked how he dealt

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ANNELISE KLOSTER

Equinox Staff Sleepy faces and numb bodies could have been the greatest enemies for speakers at the Keene State College’s Eighth Biennial Symposium. However, Assistant Professor of Health Science Jeanelle Boyer and Coordinator of Wellness Education, Tiffany Mathews, held a conference with the intention that no students would show tiredness, or even have a chance to get sleepy.

Combining healthy lifestyle tips, interactive activities and a brief yoga session, the panelists addressed some of the most common causes of stress for KSC students.

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‘Balancing Work and Personal Life: What Can Individuals and Institutions Do to Take Wellness Beyond Direct Measures of Population Health?’ The conference was held in Madison Street Lounge Tuesday, November 5.

The presenters covered how students as individuals and KSC as an institution can make positive changes to help balance work life while maintaining a healthy

life.

“I think that we just tried to bring our own experience and our own personal and professional experience to the session.

Maybe, people are more aware of what they might be faced with later,” Mathews said about the event.

Even though most people who attended this event were students not yet in the workplace,

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“Stress is the number one health issue among college students and it’s not different here at Keene State.”

-TIFFANY MATHEWS COORDINATOR OF WELLNESS EDUCATION

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with the issues he wanted to to grow some thicker skin” in order to deal with the killing of young girls in India and China.

Davis explained how one gled eight of her baby girls and then buried them in her backyard. He said this took his emotions to another level.

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girls will be killed simply because of their gender. He also noted that in the Chinese and Indian cultures, the families see girls as a burden to their fathers.

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3:43 p.m. Holloway Hall: Female student was transported to Cheshire Medical Center.

Nations estimated two-hundred-million girls have gone missing because of gendercide.

9:13 p.m. Young Student Center: Parent worried about daughter as she was on the phone and then lost call.

go unnoticed. KSC student Lindsey Shurtleff said she had no idea that “this stuff was happening in India and China.” She also indicated

Tuesday, Nov. 5 1:19 a.m. Huntress Hall: Campus Safety checking the building for an odor of drugs.

8:18 a.m. Carle Hall: Unknown male just entered room and trashed it looking for papers.

10:22 p.m. Holloway Hall: Medical non-emergency.

Wednesday, Nov. 6 10:01 a.m. Student Center Parking Lot: Report of three individuals looking in cars.

Two have left. Officer located remaining person. Individual was looking at recent car damage.

10:18 a.m. Joyce Field: Tractor flipped over.

8:40 p.m. Pondside 1: RA reported banned individual in the building. Alcohol found in a room but banned subject was not there.

10:17 p.m. Carle Hall: 706 [marijuana] Thursday, Nov. 7 10:02 p.m. Elliot Parking Lot: Student reported a male laying on the ground. She said when she went over to check on him he got up and was running around in circles acting strange.

10:20 p.m. Sidewalks: Call about strange male sleeping near building. Subject was unresponsive when officer arrived.

Friday, Nov. 8 9:52 p.m. Carle Hall: Desk attendant reported a male was running in and out without showing a pass or ID. Saturday, Nov. 9 7:13 p.m. Huntress Hall: Female having a seizure.

Sunday, Nov. 10 12:11 a.m. Pondside 1: Anonymous call reported 706 [marijuana].

“To set an hour, no matter what you have to do, just to set an hour for yourself to relax [...] disconnect you from all the stress you are feeling”

about suffering people who needed a helping hand and those who gave it to them.”

According to Davis, “It’s a Girl” came out about a year ago and said it premiered in 20 countries around the world.

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the advice given to the audience was geared toward preparing those for balancing work life and health later on.

Mathews advised students that in order ance between, “school, becoming involved and taking on student leadership positions and not just spending all your chunk of time in one area.

All of this, college, is in preparation for later, to be in the working world,” Mathews said. the audience create a pie chart of what their daily lives consisted of and how much time they spend on certain activities.

The pie charts varied from person-to-person, and generally involved activities like sleep, “I liked doing the pie chart activity. That was

5:14 p.m. Spaulding Gym Parking Lot: Student reported a dog barking and howling in a vehicle. Officer was sent to the scene. Owner arrived to the vehicle.

And, maybe, that’s what’s makes us healthy and However, perhaps it is the little things stusuccessful,” Mathews said. dents, employees, employers, or community members need to do in order to begin living a the new smoking,” to reiterate the harms of healthy lifestyle while controlling a work life as being sedentary and not taking these breaks well. to stretch, walk, or do yoga like Mathews and KSC students McClellan and Wiemers explained what they learned from the event and Mathews explained how the “5210” rule is what they can start doing to balance their lives. a small step but a grand one in helping those “To set an hour, no matter what you have to achieve a healthier lifestyle. do, just set an hour for yourself to relax. Even just watch TV for an hour, or just do something during the day, no more than two hours of to disconnect you from all the stress you’re feelscreen time, get at least one hour of exercise on ing,” McClellan said. a daily basis and zero sugary drinks and bever“Do something at the beginning and end of ages,” Mathews said. the day. So, like myself, I exercise in the morning and then at night I can give myself thirty presented the pie chart again and asked the minutes to do something. Doesn’t always audience to create an ideal chart, instead of one happen but that’s okay,” Wiemers added. based on current daily activities.

“Stress doesn’t stand alone. Stress is the “It just kind of helped balance my time, to number one health issue among college stusee the full perspective of what my life consists dents and it’s not different here at Keene State,” Mathews said to end this symposium event some stuff I could improve on,” Kaitlin McClel- about balancing work and personal life. lan, another KSC senior in the health science Annelise Kloster can be contacted at akloster@keene-equinox.com

topic, but “didn’t know how in-depth the issue was.” Shurtleff said, “It makes me feel bad, and it makes me want to make a change and help out.”

Sandra Pais, another KSC student in attendance, said she also didn’t know this happened in China and India. She stated, “It makes me feel like our government focuses its energy on other things like the Middle East and oil, and this stuff is happening and we don’t do anything about it.”

According to KSC’s website, the symposium focused on the “understanding, locating, and taking responsibility for our places in the public spaces.”

KSC’s website included information on how the community must understand and examine “how our gender impacts our sense of safety and value both in the local and global context.”

Davis’s website evangraedavis.com, stated that while in college, Davis found himself “fascinated with cameras and telling stories and it seemed

out different ways to manage time, or even do a daily pie chart from day to day,” Jen Wiemers, a health science senior said about the activity.

About halfway through the symposium and stretching session for the audience to participate in.

Mathews spoke of the importance of incorporating this into the event. “I think that some of us in our culture—we’re just so used to [...] think that taking that break just gave people an example of what we try to do in our own lives.

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Kyla Souza can be contacted at ksouza@ksc.keene.edu

SAC brings new ideas from annual conference JULIE CONLON

Managing ExEcutivE Editor If two minds are greater than one, than Keene State College students can rest assured that the 16 minds that traveled to the National Association for Campus Activities conference came home with a variety of ideas for the student population.

The mission statement for the National Association for Campus Activities (NACA) states “NACA will be the recognized leader in higher education for providing members with innovative practices and access to programs that support campus engagement.”

Ryan Mahan, Social Activities Council [SAC] events coordinator, has a mission of his own. Mahan explained he traveled with a crew of SAC members to the conference hosted in Hartford, Connecticut, with KSC on his mind. Mahan stated, “While we are there the main focus is ‘do we think this could be successful for Keene?’”

What Mahan referred to is the conference’s content. Mahan explained SAC is a member of NACA, and through SAC’s membership, he and his team receive discounts when they book artists, shows and events through NACA. Mahan stated nearly every event established on campus last year and looking ahead through the 2013-14 year was booked through NACA and the “blockbooking” technique.

Mahan explained that costs decrease as colleges in one general area communicate and book the same act over a short period of time for their own colleges. For example, if KSC desired one artist supported by NACA, events coordinator Mahan may communicate with the University of New Hampshire and Plymouth State to see where their interest lies in order that all three schools may book the cantly cutting the cost for each booking.

do get almost all of our acts from NACA,” the junior explained, “We are saving a whole bunch of money which a lot of people don’t understand.” Trabilsy explained that while at the conference, students have the opportunity to explore a plethora of options for shows, events and function they can bring back to Keene.

Ferrell added that this group is able to stay on top of current trends and stay ahead of the curve on what is new and exciting so they can bring these events to KSC , “They are seeing what’s new, what’s different in addition to what’s new for performances, they’re seeing what’s new for novelties and giveaways… every year we see something that’s like wow I’ve never seen that before that’s really cool and get ideas from it.”

Trabilsy said,“Our goal as our organization is to put on events for the entire student body. We understand that not everybody likes the same thing. That’s why we go.” She BREE KRAUS / EQUINOX STAFF continued and said the group seeks versatilExecutive Board members of the KSC Social Activities Council at the annual National ity and strives to bring that home.

Association for Campus Activities conference in Hartford, Connecticut.

“There are sixteen different brains that “It gives a general smaller pricing for what The ability to go to that conference…You are are going saying ‘this would bring in these we are trying to get. That’s one of the main able to go booth to booth and meet different people, Keene has never seen this.’ We can’t reasons we go because we can get these acts agencies, novelties, service providers that do things on campus for us, it’s those three por‘What do you think?’”

“Just for us going to the conference that price tions that are the big pieces of the conference.”

Treasurer Hannah Gawrys mentioned the drops.”

Ferrell said the money the group saves Student Involvement Coordinator Jen Fer- by being members with NACA and booking angle as the senior touched on educational through the association is huge. “You can get sessions she and other members attended. which included two student employees, Chel- those acts at a cheaper rate than you would at “Other than seeing new stuff that we’ve never sea Harris and Kelly Welch, who work for another time. So even though we spend some seen, a lot of us are also involved in other Ferrell. Welch works with the late night pro- money to go to the conference, we would organizations and this helps us learn about grams, while Harris, the student involvement more than make up for what that cost is in the leadership role and better our roles,” she assistant, went with the purpose of looking explained, “I’ve gone to sessions about being for additional events and people to sponsor the time it’s all set and down, probably right here we are saving about ten grand.” cial for us personally.” student center.

SAC Vice President Meredith Trabilsy Ferrell stated, “For all intensive purposes, attended the NACA conference for the third To see full story go to keene-equinox.com there’s a pretty broad variety of program- time. Trabilsy said SAC’s attendance cuts Julie Conlon can be contacted at matic things that people are presenting there. costs for programming substantially. “We jconlon@keene-equinox.com

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in previous years.

When asked about what he would like students and faculty to take away from such an event, Lydon responded, “The idea that we are all connected. One small move, either way, can make a big difference in someone’s life. If they do see something, they should say something.” rity’s government website, the “If you see something say something” campaign has emphasized, “reporting suspicious activity to the proper local law enforcement authorities.”

After the conclusion of the symposium affair, sophomore Holly Evans stated, “I thought it was very inspiring and really illuminated for me what I thought was media speculation. It gave me a greater sense of what actually happened in Boston that day.”

With the theme of the symposium being “Finding Your Place in The Evolving Commons,” Colm Lydon’s

in various positions such as Patrol, Drug Investigations, District Command, Homicide, Hostage Negotiations, and his current appointment to the Command tion of the eighth biennial symposium.

Introducing Lydon at the start of the event, Dr. ome of humility.”

Dr. Huot stated she is grateful for his service for being able to protect the commons of the great city of Boston.

Justin Yamet can be contacted at jyammet@ksc.keene.edu

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Signs, flags and ribbons stand along Boston’s streets to honor the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. Vendors offer various products with the slogan “Boston Strong” printed on them.

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active in the symposium events.

Crothers presented at an event discussrelated well to the theme.

“It was an open event for discussion about the issue. It brought people together and helped people who maybe didn’t really understand what was going on too well hear from their peers about what is going on in other people’s words and opinions,” hopes the theme will help strengthen the dialogue between the college community and the Keene community as well.

“We’ve spent a lot of time on campus talking about telling students how to behave off campus or in response to Pumpkin Fest or

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During the week of November 3 to November 8, signs placed along Appian Way explained to students the theme of the Eighth Biennial Symposium.

starting to come clear is that when students move off campus in particular, they feel separate from the communities that they move into, so how can we help the communities they move into talk to the students as neighbors and understand what it means to be a neighbor and have them lead some of that welcome?” want it to be like ‘you need to behave’— it’s

come to our community’ and ‘here’s what our community values and we want you to feel a part of this and we’ll help you, you helps us.’”

Community and the public, however the student turnout was not as promising as that the committee realized that many students who were not required to attend an daytime events.

Keynote speakers like Colm Lydon, a deputy superintendent in the Boston Police Department, discussed how a common was violated by the Boston Marathon Bombings.

Cheryl Brown Henderson, the daughter of Rev. Oliver L. Brown, one of the plaintiffs in the famed lawsuit Brown versus the Board of Education, discussed education as a shared common. These speakers

were scheduled at night to promote student attendance. However some students said that lack of attendance was due to limited Agosto attended a symposium event as a class requirement two weeks prior to Pumpkin Fest and said she has not heard much about the symposium since then.

“The event I went to was really cool, but I don’t know much about the theme at all. I don’t think it was well promoted throughout campus really, there’s the chalkboard on Appian Way but I would of liked to know more of what it was all about,” Agosto said.

Crothers said he did some of his own promoting of the event to get the word out.

“I did my best to try to spread the word about [the symposium] because I think the theme is important for students to know about it and be involved with,” Crothers said.

Rachel Heard can be contacted at rheard@keene-equinox.com

“We’ve spent a lot of time on campus talking about telling students how to behave off campus or in response to Pumpkin Fest or the Red Sox.” -KIM SCHMIDL-GAGNE PROGRAM MANAGER OF DIVERSITY AND MULTICULTURALISM AT KSC

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Peace Corps volunteers encourage KSC students to join BETHANY RICCIARDI

ing the various forms of the local commons through partnerships. However, he sent a recorded video of himself giving some inforOn Monday, November 4, students and mation for the audience. In this video he faculty, along with Peace Corps veterans and encouraged students to join the Peace Corps.

Peace Corps volunteers, gathered in the Mabel The Peace Corps contributed in many ways, he said, and he stated he hoped the audience

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didn’t trust her because she was white, but once they got past it they were inviting her over for dinner. “It’s really important to create a relationship with the people you’re with,” she said. ing the new language, but she learned powwows [religious ceremonies], new dances and Among the audience, there were around 15 given to help others make the world a better tried new food.

Peace Corps volunteers who attended the gath- place than it otherwise would be.

Then, James Rousmaniere, former editor of ering wanting to share their stories about serving in the global commons. when he began his senior year, he was unsure Henry Knight, director of the symposium, Corps volunteers who returned from overseas what post-college life would hold. He said showed a video that is on peacecorps.gov, “Be who answered the call to serve. those were the days of the draft, so he knew a Volunteer.” Above the video was a caption Knight invited Peace Corps volunteers to his direction was most likely towards the milithe front of the room to start leading the audi- tary. change your life.” ence in a discussion.

The video stated the Peace Corps is a lead- history in college, so he said he thought he

still make tremendous things happen,” Rousmaniere said.

“I really didn’t know where I was going until a couple days before arriving,” Bob England, another volunteer, told the audience. He said he arrived in Nigeria, which is an Englishspeaking country, and the schools were well established. He noted he and the other volunteers really got involved with the kids through athletic practices. He said they weren’t tourists, “You live their culture,” England said.

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hearing these stories, he knows joining the Peace Corps is a good choice. He said the symposium encouraged him that it is a realistic and work with a community overseas for 27 started off by telling the audience about her the Peace Corps. responsibility he could have. months.

He said in the place where he was located, “The commons is a place where we listen The event could not go as planned because people spoke very little English and they had carefully to others to make room for relationno electricity. Rousmaniere spent two years ship,” Knight said as the closing statement of unable travel to Keene due to sickness. Baird both serving in irrigation canals and practic- the event. was scheduled to discuss the links between ing new agricultural farming.

Bethany Ricciardi can be contacted at serving for the global commons and tendAccording to Rousmaniere, for Peace Corps bricciardi@keene-equinox.com

SoundoFF Patrick McGee Sophomore French and Spanish

“Yes, because people always have a lighter for your cigarettes.”

Caitlin Proce Senior Communication

“Yes, because everyone here is pretty friendly.”

“Do you think KSC is a friendly campus?

Why or why not?”

Jacob Kaehr Sophomore Communication

“Yes, because I’ve made a lot of friends in so little time. I know a lot of people on campus.”

Connor Smith Sophomore Journalism

“Yeah, it’s friendly ‘cause it’s small and everyone knows everyone.”

Assembly reminds deadline for budget KARINA BARRIGA ALBRING

nEwS Editor During their weekly members reminded student organizations to submit their budget requests for According to a campus email sent to all student organizations, if the budget request is not submitted on time, the group will only cent of the total requested.

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

Compiled by: Samantha Lewis

Alecia Canfield Sophomore Communication

Connecticut and it is much more welcoming here.”

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The Symposium questions ‘evolvement’ on campus

Last week, Keene State College hosted it’s Eighth Biennial Symposium, focusing on the concept of “Evolving Commons,” although many students did not understand the purpose behind these conferences or what a commons even represented.

According to the KSC website, “Finding Your Place in the Evolving Commons is about understanding, locating and taking responsibility for our places in the public spaces we set aside for the care and cultivation of the resources, public and private, that we share in partnership with others. The commons refers to this space, recognizing that its reality is often rooted in but not limited to physical locality and literal presence.”

Therefore, throughout the week, students were able to write on a chalkboard outside the Media Arts Center geared toward the event while answering the question, “What do we owe each other?” A few dents’ knowledge of the events. Once again, our reputation has been questioned. One side of the chalkboard read, “I love meth.” How can we regain our good reputation when such a comment greeted all who stepped foot on the college campus, especially when the concept of a commons includes every one of us as students, faculty and guests?

Deputy Superintendent Colm Lydon of the City of Boston Police Department. Few people attended and nearly none of them were stution shown last April over the marathon bombing and last week over a baseball game.

While many students were at fault for the low turnout, we agree that the events could have been better promoted through classes and on campus. We should all be aware of what is happening on the KSC campus, especially since the planning for the week of symposium conferences started two years ago.

More importantly, the college spent a great deal of money planning and executing each conference activity. Students are paying the bill here, however many are not taking advantage of what the college is offering them. Planned events should be more successful with the students on campus.

Participation is the key in spreading the knowledge from these Death Penalty to an Ethiopian Music Workshop all tied back to the main purpose of understanding and taking responsibility for our places and ideas.

The message behind The Evolving Commons needs to be heard.

As a KSC commons—a space we all gather—we have the responsibility to talk about these issues and ideas that concern us. Although it may be easier to ignore, it is crucial to start understanding the world that exists in front of us.

Above all, college-aged students hold a great deal of strength in stating what we believe is right and wrong. Our voices need to be

evolving commons.

Just as this campus evolves, we must evolve. This evolvement starts with changing our reputation, and then we need to share, create and BRITTANY MURPHY / OPINIONS EDITOR explore these resources that the college has given us.

Above is the sign in front of the Media Arts Center, where students answer the question “What do we owe each other?” in chalk responses.

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Mourning process changes through use of social media Death is now an open forum for all to victimize themselves.

Not too long ago, when a tragedy occurred and a life was taken, there was an understandable mourning period in which those affected could shut themselves out from the world.

With the spike in technology in the world we now live in, society is not so quick to allow healing anymore. Social media has given a whole new meaning to the phrase “word of mouth,” and tragedy is no exception. When news of a death, particularly that of a younger human, hits social media, 974 of that human’s closest friends send their

condolences via carefully crafted ing that attention, acceptance, or Facebook statuses. sympathy in pursuit of likes, comThe immediate family of the one ments, and friend requests. who has passed on is bombarded Society has put so much emphawith wall posts ranging from, “Your sis on the way others view us that sister seemed very sweet this one many of us have forgotten what it time I met her at a party,” to “your is like to truly feel the emotion we son made me laugh in science class are attempting to radiate, whether it every day in the sixth grade.” be love, pain, sorrow, or joy. We ask No matter how many years have the world to share in our suffering, though we may not actually be sufmany social media users try to fab- fering at all. In the case of death, we ricate a sense of loss through their seek the suffering that those immepage in order to feel sympathized diately affected by the tragedy are for, and thus cared for. It is no secret feeling and in turn minimize the that social media is used to seek pain that they may be feeling.

With the use of social media, have stopped at no extreme in seek- we have become an entirely self-

centered society. We go so far as to “like” a page claiming to support a certain cause, but many of us have never donated a dollar nor a minute of our time to provide real help to that cause. We detach ourselves in real life to attach ourselves virtually, adding the rising apathy levels in our country.

That apathy level is going to lead to our demise, and if we want to stop it we had better log off and experience life without somebody else’s pain.

Leah Mulroney can be contacted at lmulroney@keene-equinox.com

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Galway girl walks Rope Bridge between two cultures PAMELA BUMP

for granted.

Galway, Ireland

past, the trip to Belfast was also one of the On a normal Monday afternoon, I walked to campus and entered a classroom with fellow a journalists of the school with friends sleeping in the same room, I newspaper, The Student Independent News. Without hesitation, we stripped off most of our clothing. I sat down in front of a camera and unfolded my newspaper. place with the most genuine staff and As I worked to keep myself hidden with the pages as my shield, I realized that this done in the United States.

After the photos were printed and crawl, where we checked out a few interI was still proud of what I had done. I had got to know each other. Despite learning

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Kingdom, where Belfast is the capital. As gained more insight on why the northern To the person who asks, it will seem like and southern ends of Ireland were so different. most complex and challenging to answer. the Protestant and Catholic faith, it was hard to ignore the tension that is still in the area today. It was one thing to read

new one. I will miss all the friends and

grown accustomed to. This was also one of those experiences that taught me not to take opportunity, friends, family or peace

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Above: Pamela Bump crossing the Rope Bridge on the Giant’s Causeway tour in Northern Ireland.

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Companionship with dogs shows stress relief BRENDAN KEENAN

Equinox Staff It is not unusual to see dogs being walked up and down Appian Way during the weekday. Something that may be unique, however, is that Keene State College will provide dogs as stress relievers during exams week in the library and through the residential halls.

In an article from USA Today, citing a Virginia Commonwealth University study, “employees who bring their dogs to work produced lower levels of the stresscausing hormone cortisol.” Professor Randolph Barker of VCU commented on the study in an article from BBC News and stated, “The employees as a whole had higher job satisfaction than industry norms."

Peggie Partello, associate professor of communication at KSC, will be teaching an Introduction to Thinking and Writing [ITW] course called The Role of Companion Animals. Partello is the owner a large white Russian Samoyed named Mario. She said she believes that animals, and dogs in particular, can have incredible ben“What we do know about animal companionship, whether it's with children, young adults, seniors, is that animals have an impact on your health. They can reduce your blood pressure and calm you down, espe-

companion. This was especially true, she said, for freshmen who might be feeling genuine homesickness for "Freshmen are your people that are transitioning from home and parents, friends, family. But what many of my students tell me is that they actually miss their pets more than their parents or siblings, believe it or not" Partello said.

"You have to remember, kids grow up with these animals for a good portion of their lives, and they go to them when they're sad or depressed or stressed or in grief, and sometime the animals are the only ones that they can really get solace from," she continued.

Bud Winsor, assistant director of physical plant at KSC, also sees dogs a remedy for the issue of homesickness. He is the owner of two golden retrievers, Austin and Allie. Bud helped to put together an on-campus program that brought therapy dogs to the freshman semester.

"There was one night in Holloway, there had to be like one hundred twenty students, or more. It was one of those things, where early on I think that the freshmen were getting really homesick. There were students that came in and hugged the dogs and didn't let go for a while. It had a clear calming effect on the homesick feelings that students feel," Winsor said.

Partello explained the sense of security that a dog may provide.

"Certainly, dogs are going to notice things that people don't. I mean I've stayed away from people just because my dogs didn't like them while I was walking them" Partello mentioned.

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named Penny lives back at home in New Jersey, took the Role of Companion Animals class with Partello and offered some comments about how dog companionship can help students.

"The big thing is that we're basically all away from home. Dogs can give people that sense of closeness or companionship that they might be lacking, being away from our foundation at home. And, at times, it's more important to have a connection with an animal than with people, because animals are so innocent, they can't hurt you, all they have is love. There's no judgment," she said.

Fagan once attended an event organized with the

Monadnock Humane Society in the student center

nock Humane Society, on route ten. I was on their board for many years; I did a lot of volunteer work and some

mind off of studying and the whole stress of it all for a while," Fagan said. society in the United States," she explained.

"It's all about if it works for the dog. In my case, I "I recommend that if students want to see dogs and - cats, take a ride down there. It's not a far drive, and I know a number of students that have done it when best place for a dog to live," Winsor explained. sit and play with a cat. It's therapeutic. They're always However, for students who live on campus, or whose looking for people to volunteer. " housing is less than optimal for a pet, Partello had some suggestions.

Brendan Keenan can be reached at "There is an excellent humane society here, Monadbkeenan@ksc.keene.edu

Students finding the right fit in off-campus housing hunt GRAHAM RISSEL

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ones that are middle walking distance,” he explained.

Some students are willing to take the walk for less rent.

is stupid,” she said.

With the spring semester around the corner, many second-year students have landlords and student renters are interested started their search for off-campus housing. in.

Some students are willing to pay the I could just get a ride,” sophomore Corinne “I have two cats and any place I rent needs extra dollar for what they see as important, Allen said. and landlords are willing to provide those But, not all landlords agree on the disservices for a price.

Grauer and Shepherd disagree on the issue of pets.

Sophomore house hunter Kelsey Caron has a limit, “Six hundred bucks is way too much, prime money for it,” Trevor Grauer of Keene renters] going to have pets. I can yell at them four hundred would be ideal but all of the Cribs said. houses close to campus are over six hunFor Grauer, utilities vary by lease as well. dred without heat,” the sophomore claimed. “The tenant is the biggest variable when can do is about a hundred bucks,” Shepherd The distance from campus can affect the it comes to utility costs. If you put a mini- said. rent for some apartments. fridge in every room, crank the heat and But not so for much Grauer and Keene Rentals acknowledged that rent is higher bucks more per person per month than

one over the other,” Grauer said. anything like that,” she said.

Shepherd sends out an information packet with the lease, “It has the city housing code, a lead paint warning and urging reasons.

“Never had a full-blown eviction for parThe inevitable question about parties is on the mind of a landlord renting in a college town. kids who get involved in drugs or turn into are responsible for any damage to the house a total nuisance,” he said.

Everything is typically outlined in the lease, as far as for things they can or cannot do but not everyone abides by that,” he said. narian, as a matter of fact there is very little I can do unless they are violating the lease or causing substantial property damage.

like the regular amount of partying, and if you get in trouble, take it easy for awhile.”

The off-campus renting process varies as much for students as it does for landlords, as Grauer said, “It varies by tenant and apartment.”

to pay more,” he said. rentals,” he said.

For Allen, the inclusion of utilities is However, both landlords agree on rent- involved.” an important part of the apartment search.

Not all students are going to party, “We highly advise getting it. You can go

Graham Rissel can be contacted at grissel@ksc.keene.edu

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Zombies refLect technology usage in students NICOLE CARROBIS

Equinox Staff One may wonder why there is such a popularity outburst with zombies in the past few years. Several Keene State College students weighed into these questions and talk about the undead.

Author of an online article titled “Generation whY!? Why Are We Obsessed With Zombies” by Tyler Gildin said, “Maybe the reason we love zombies so much is because we subconsciously want to live in a state of lawlessness,” and continued, “…What’s ironic though, is how as a society, we have almost become like zombies. Attached to our smart phones, computers and other devices, we pretty much walk around in a trance.”

James Calnan, member of Humans vs.

Zombies club (HVZ), said, “Zombies are so don’t understand.”

Fellow member of HVZ, Nicolas Garrity, explained how zombies began in comic books, then moved into movies and video games. Garrity said, “Everyone is trying to keep up with everyone else—so I think the big thing is that everyone wanted in on the ‘new thing’ that’s so popular and they wanted to strive from it.”

As for a correlation between zombies and technology in society today, nothing is opinions about it. Calnan said, “I think our generation has more of an interest in zombies just because of all the technology that we have.”

KSC junior Nico Saraceni said, “I hadn’t made that connection but that’s really true…

I think a lot of people I would consider more undead than alive nowadays. But that’s crazy to think about.”

Garrity said, “For me I just think zombies—just, the undead—is a cool concept for stories… But yeah, I can see where people make the comparison.”

Saraceni broke down how the zombie infatuation has been sustained. He said he enjoyed the newer zombie-themed TV show, ‘The Walking Dead.’ Saraceni continmovies that hit American culture. “I guess zombie movie, but it hasn’t taken off until show [The Walking Dead]. TV reaches a lot more people than zombies themselves do.”

According to the article Why We’re Obsessed with the Zombie Apocalypse on LiveScience.com, Stanford literary scholar

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Author of an online article titled Generation whY!? Why Are We Obsessed With Zombies by Tyler Gildin says a love for zombies may derive from a subconscious desire “to live in a state of lawlessness.”

ation with zombies and how they educate people on how to survive in case of massdestruction. “Even if as a society we have lost a lot of our belief in a positive future and instead have more of an idea of a disas-

ter to come, we still think that we are survi- zombie apocalypse who would survive? Dead is a part of the life of a student or not, vors, we still want to believe the we could ...looking at The Walking Dead thinking, zombie tales are now present in television, survive,” she said. “Zombies are important you know, those are the people who would movies and books. actually survive. But what would it take said. for people to survive, what skill set would Nicole Carrobis can contacted at Calnan asked, “If there was ever a you have to have?” Whether The Walking ncarrobis@ksc.keene.edu

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Not only did this event help KSC students become more culturally knowledgeable, it also honored a tradition for some of our exchange students who are miles from their homes.

Heather Cook, an exchange student in her third year at York St. John University, was thrilled to hear about “I remember this ever since I was a child. We got the

our exchange students.”

There was free food and lots of laughter to be shared Gagnon made sure everyone was equipped with a sparkler as each guest participated in a sparkler lighting circle of celebration. appreciation of the UK tradition. Some students, though, like sophomore Julie Flynn, simply attended the event “I heard there was hot chocolate,” Flynn said, laughing while lighting a sparkler.

Sophomore Amy Donovan had a similar experience.

special. I was excited to share this with everyone.” food and friends,” Donovan said, “but it turned out to KSC Global Culture Club’s main goal is to promote have such a deeper meaning, which is great.” and embrace diversity across campus by spreading difIn 1605, a man named Guy Fawkes and his group ferent types of culture and awareness, according to the schemed to bomb the UK’s Parliament and ultimately assassinate King James I of England.

The group, which meets every other Thursday in Students who showed up had the opportunity to the L.P. Young Student Center, is known for planning chat with the UK exchange students as well as memevents that revolve around acquainting exchange stu- bers of the KSC Global Culture Club to learn more dents to the KSC community through events and vari- about the history of the Fifth of November. ous trips around New England.

“This makes us more aware of diversity and I think Nick Swain, a sophomore at KSC, recognized the it’ll open up people’s eyes,” Donovan said. importance of these types of events.

“Well, I was on my way to the library when I stumbled upon this,” Swain said, “It’s great! We have our Steph McCann can be contacted at Halloween, Thanksgiving and other traditions. It smccann@ksc.keene.edu would only make sense that we do the same thing for

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No Shave November growing on the Keene State College campus

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“It gets us closer and just kind of brings some laughs in the locker room seeing guys with mustaches.”

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Global Culture Club bonfire sparks sense of diversity in students’ lives Seniors brace the cold with a crisp brew for annual Pub Crawl BRIEF

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The KSC Global Culture Club organized a bonfire in honor of the failed plan Guy Fawkes once had to assassinate King James of England in 1605.

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What you may not knowabout the Elliot Center

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Above is the spiral staircase at the front entrance of Elliot Hall. This was the original front entrance to what was formerly known as Elliot Hospital, the first hospital in Keene. The stairs led up to the third floor bedrooms for employees and a few nursing students. When Joslin House was donated to the hospital for student housing, the third floor eventually turned into the obstetric department.

‘Debo Band’ brings Ethiopian pop music to Keene State College campus SHANNON FLYNN

Social Media director One may think that working with 11 other band mates can be a little tricky.

However, the members of Boston-based “Debo Band” seem to make it work.

“It’s a pain in the ass. Logistically it’s a pain in the ass,” Jonah Rapino, the band’s electric violinist jokingly said.

According to the band’s creator, Danny Mekonnen, scheduling is the biggest challenge the eleven-member band has.

Mekonnen said getting everyone in the same place is challenging.

On Wednesday, November 6, Keene State College and the Redfern Arts Center welcomed the Ethiopian pop music group.

“We’ve been interested in having them here before and the timing just worked out.

It’s been a few years in the works,” Sharon Fantl, the assistant director at the Redfern Arts Center said.

Fantl said she found out about the band three years ago through a mutual friend who was helping spread the word about them.

The band performed at the Alumni Recital Hall at the Redfern Arts Center from 7:30 p.m. to about 9:15 p.m. “Debo Band” played numerous tunes and had the audience up on their feet dancing to each song.

“It was great. I loved the brass section,” KSC student Alex Habibi said.

“There was great energy. There was a good mix of Western and Eastern,” KSC student, Fritz Henning, said. Both students said they had never heard of the band before and agreed that their favorite part was the traditional song.

There was a crowd of approximately 30 to 40 people dancing in front of the stage with the band. “Everyone dancing in the front row,” Rapino said, was his favorite

part of the performance.

As of Wednesday afternoon, Fantl said there were 100 tickets left for sale and the Alumni Recital Hall holds approximately 360 people. Altogether, there were approximately 200 audience members present.

After the performance, there was a meet-and-greet reception where Ethiopian food was prepared, the band’s merchandise was out for sale and, of course, the band was present to take photographs and sign autographs.

During their time at KSC, the band not only played the concert Wednesday night.

During the day Wednesday, the band spoke at a workshop as guest speakers for this year’s “Evolving Commons” Symposium.

According to Fantl, the band spoke of the commons and community during their workshop. They also visited the Childhood Development Center to visit the children.

Fantl said the band performed for the children and talked to them about their instruments.

“It was a really great way to involve the nitely very heartwarming to know that really see some instruments up close. They were all pretty excited about it,” Fantl said.

Mekonnen described the music he and his band plays as Ethiopian pop with some folk, 1970s Ethiopian funk as well as their own original creations.

Mekonnen is one of the two members of the band with Ethiopian decent.

He said the idea of starting an Ethiopian band came about because several of the members were interested in learning that kind of music and there were no Ethiopian bands around that area.

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The eleven-member Ethiopian pop-music group prompts members of the audience to get up and out of their seats to dance along to their music on November 6 in the Alumni Recital Hall. The group has about 50 shows a year and has performed at the New Orleans Jazz Festival, Bonaroo and festivals in Montreal, Canada.

to two week tours also. The band also plays at festivals all over the United States and Canada.

Mekonnen said they have played at Southwest Austin, the New Orleans Jazz Festival, Bonaroo and fesof Jamaica Plain, a neighborhood of Boston. According tivals in Montreal.

The eleven-member music group has nine men and to Mekonnen, the band plays approximately 50 shows two women. a year.

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The plaque outside of the front entrance of the Elliot building reads that the Elliot Mansion was built in 1811 and donated to Keene in 1892, serving 80 years as the community hospital. The Keene resident said the property was originally “a huge farm with

not have to go back to the hospiber going to the doctors at the Keene Clinic, which is now where Campus Safety is.”

lots of acreage.”

By the time it became a hosrate bedrooms and a kitchenette and bathroom,” the source said.

“Some employees lived up there, kind of like a dorm room.”

Upon the front entrance, if one did not go up the spiral staircase and instead walked just a bit

doors are split, looking as if that’s where check-in might have been.

Sharron Becker, Keene resident, said she gave birth to her second child, Debra Barrett, at

player, a drummer, a tuba player, a trumpet player, an electric violinist and a trombone player. visiting artist of the fall.

Because the Redfern Arts Center shares it’s venue with the departments, there are usually about nine to ten performances a year, according to Fantl.

came to perform at Keene was because they were getting paid a lot of money.

Mekonnen said, on a more serious note, “We performed here in Keene because people like Shannon and Sharon brought us. That’s why we’re here.”

Shannon Flynn can be contacted at Rapino said jokingly, once again, the reason they

the doorways in Elliot, “some of them are very wide for the gur-

forget that day, especially considering she got to the hospital around 1:45 p.m. and her daughter was born at 2:12 p.m. that same day.

apartment for one of the administrators.

She also said if there was an put me on a gurney and brought me to the maternity ward,” she too, would live up on the third said.

Coincidentally, Barrett is Dean for nursing students eventually Administrative Assistant, workNear the bathrooms on the that she was born in.

Becker also said that she gradthe corridor and into the tunnel a little underground and go over to uated from KSC in 1987 with a degree in Occupational Safety said.

“That way, students could bered working in a small library come and go without putting on in the Elliot Center as well. caps and coats.”

The woman said in 1903, the been far more than simply a part heirs of Edward Joslin donated of KSC, but a part of the city of money in honor of Edward, giving Keene as well. student nurses.

Then, with more room in the became the obstetrics department.

KSC Baseball Coach Ken two-hundred yards from my birth place.”

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THE BEAT OF THE WEEK Greg Chames Junior Film Studies

“Shimmy Shimmy Ya” Prince Fatty

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E-readers compete with hard copies on and off the shelf ANNA GLASSMAN

Equinox Staff After the creation of electronic books, or e-books, people are able to buy books in just seconds. However, there seems to be some concern that using digital readAn article called, “The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screens” from Scientito leaving one’s footprint on each page he or she turns.

Those footprints allow someone to mentally return to the page in one’s mind.

The article stated, unlike books in print, e-books meaning one is unable to retain information.

“Other researchers have suggested that people comprehend less when they read on a screen because screen-based reading is more physically and mentally Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screens.”

Willard Williams, owner of the Toadstool Bookshops in Keene and Peterborough, presented what he said was another issue that comes with e-readers when he said people can easily stray from what they are reading by looking at their email or going on websites and not coming back to the book.

“The distracting aspect of the tablet may interfere with someone’s ability to retain what they have been out,” Williams said.

Williams said he personally does not like reading from electronics. “It’s not something that I would like to read on,” he said.

However, not everyone agrees with Williams. Some and hardcover copies of their favorite titles. Instead, they carry around an entire bookstore on their electronics.

Frank Wojcik, the Dean of the Mason Library, said using a tablet is his favorite way to read for pleasure.

“For me, that is my preferred way to read right now, using my I-pad, using my Kindle app on my iPad,” Wojcik said.

Wojcik said that as he has aged he appreciates the usefulness of Kindles and Nooks.

“I am a person over forty years old, some kinds of bit, and that makes it really convenient,” he said.

According to Wojcik, for people with more severe eye handicaps, Kindles and Nooks are very convenient.

“I think to people with more pronounced eye disabilities, it would be a real boom to them to read these things in any size,” he said.

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reading smaller print, readers no longer have to turn on the lights to read. Instead, people can sit up in bed with brighten the page.

Wojcik said he appreciates reading from a digital reader because it is nice to be able to sit up in bed read-

ing with no lights on.

Shelby Love said digital readers might make reading for pleasure a little too accessible.

She commented on how she reads when she should be paying attention to other things. However, she said

they are still her preferred way to read. “It is easier to bring places. I read a lot more, especially the gym,” Love said.

Despite the potential for less retention of information, Love and Wojcik said they love their e-readers.

“I love it, absolutely,” Love said.

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

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‘City Council Meeting’ shows the Telekinesis: a form of high school revenge importance of community input DEANNA CARUSO

handed out instructed reading pieces to each member depending on what character they portrayed.

Landsman said, “This is a council meeting about a poor inner-city community who students and the community want to bring attention to the council to help improve the youth and their education, to help them stay out of trouble.”

The council meeting was held for 15 minutes with students portraying community members from the inner-city and proposing their plans to get the community more involved in helping the youth.

When one Keene community member asked what the goal of this performance was, Landsman said, “The goal is to introduce people to a council meeting because the majority of people do not go to their own town meetings.

It is also a way to let people see each term used in a council meet- what they are entitled to by puting was explained. ting themselves in another person Students and Keene commu- or authorities’ position.” nity members volunteered for posiThough this performance may tions such as the council, mayor, speaker, supporter and bystander. typical art inspired performance, One student said, “I immedi- Landsman said there is a connecately raised my hand to be a part tion. of the act because I have never “A lot of people do not see art been to a town meeting before, so I in a political form, and this piece wanted to know what it felt like to be a part of one.”

Landsman said this piece together,” he continued. began after he attended a council Catlett agreed and said, “Imagmeeting in Oregon and was fasci- ine everyone as an artist, and nated with what happened during people who assumed they would the meeting. be watching the performance get “In [the year] two-thousand- to be involved and view the piece and-ten, I went back to New York and was planning a way to turn said. this into a performance with actors, Because this piece brings in but then I was thinking, what do we need to do to get the audience to feel comfortable and not be bored, and we decided to incorpo- ent people. rate the audience,” Landsman said.

Catlett said they bring this As the volunteers positioned piece “to middle schools, high themselves to their proper seating schools, colleges and to a bunch of areas, Landsman and Catlett both other places as well.”

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As part of the 2013 Keene State College Symposium, “Finding Your Place in the Evolving Commons,” The Redfern Arts Center presented an introduction to “City Council Meeting.”

On Tuesday, November 5, in the Mountain View Room, “City Council Meeting” incorporated students into a performance of what characteristics a town council meeting would entail.

Writer Aaron Landsman and director Mallory Catlett created an atmospheric area where tables and chairs were set up in the form of an actual council meeting. stand a city council meeting, a video clip was presented for the

“We work with students to priests, to mothers and lawyers all over the country. It’s amazing to see what people say and how involved in the act,” she said.

After this was performed, a question and answer session took place. Catlett and Landsman asked the audience what, here in Keene, should be improved or brought to the attention of the town council, not only for students, but town residents as well. A stir of remarks seemed to spark attention.

One town resident said, “The recent Red Sox riot was very destructive and unsafe for not only students, but people who live in Keene as well. Not to mention Pumpkin Fest, where every year, you know, drunken students will be wandering the streets and damaging things.”

On another side of the spectrum, Director of the Redfern Arts Center Shannon Mayers said, “I know that there has been a huge ing and the campus and every year tive way of how to handle the situation.”

“You see, this is why we do this act, there are always problems in every community and the only way issues get solved is if it is brought to the town’s attention,” Landsman said.

“By you guys performing in this piece you can truly see what it is like to be a part of a council and possibly attend a real meeting.”

The City Council Meeting will return in February for a more immersive residency, followed by a three-week production residency and performance of, “City Council Meeting,” in its entirety in fall 2014.

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

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Wayne Coyne of, “The Flaming Lips” is doused in pig’s blood in an homage to the horror film “Carrie” during their “Halloween Blood Bath” tour stop at The Greek Theatre, Tuesday, October 29, 2013 in Los Angeles.

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Carrie a “tragic villain” or “anti-hero,” but I think they overanalyze it. Carrie is every guy or girl who has had

Since the remake of the movie “Carrie” came out duckling. Bullying is a huge epidemic in America and many kids have taken their lives because of it.

Besides Carrie, there are other fantastic characters.

Margaret White, Carries mother, is a psychotic religious woman who physically harms Carrie and locks her in the closet for things that she dubs as sinful.

What makes her such a great character is that Margaret should be Carrie’s safe haven from the cruelties of school. Instead, Margaret dishes out her own abuse.

She is a large motivator for Carries telekinetic mass murder.

King’s book generated a 1970s movie starring Sissy Spacek as the title character Carrie. The 2013 remake vicious and terrible assault. This triggers Carrie’s stars Chloe Moretz and the 2002 TV adaptation stars breaking point and with her terrifying powers she Angela Bettis. There is also a sequel to the movie turns not just her prom, but also her entire town into a funeral pyre of utter destruction.

You can get the soundtrack on iTunes and I would say This book is a compelling read for horror fans, but it is very good. also for people who have been bullied. I, like many, The Good: can relate to Carrie’s high school turmoil and trying The book is beautifully written with colorful imagery and very well-rounded characters that don’t give This book does not teach people to get revenge on their bullies, but teaches what happens when you bringing out emotion and gives a clear feel of being in push someone too far. high school. The main character is relatable and very Bullies have no idea who they are dealing with and likable. This book has a strong message that is teachthis is an extreme example of that fact. Even though able and very clear.

The Bad: King’s mastery of storytelling conveys it perfectly.

Absolutely nothing.

Carrie White herself is a great character to love.

She is very relatable and her anger is perfectly underNick Bundarin can be contacted at standable to the reader. Many people have called nicholas.bundarin@ksc.keene.edu and my favorite novel, “Carrie.” It is a Cinderella story of pain and revenge in the darkest sense.

Carrie White is a timid and bullied girl who suffers ridicule of her peers and the psychotic religious fanaticism of her mother.

After an extremely brutal attack from her peers, Carrie learns she has the power of telekinesis, which is the power to move objects with one’s mind. Over the course of the story, Carrie trains her powers to

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Typhoon hits eastern seaboard of the Philippines, kills thousands Relief begins after Philippine typhoon

AssociAted Press tions can be made to UNICEF at unicef.org/support.

Foreign governments and agencies have announced a major relief effort to help victims of the Philippine typhoon. relief team of mostly medical staff.

TAIWAN they have made: Taiwan said it will send efforts.

Kerry said he assured Philippine The American Red Cross said it Foreign Minister Albert del Rosa- has deployed two people to assist rio “of our full commitment to pro- with assessments in the Philipviding all necessary assistance.” pines and activated its family tracing services. organizing emergency shipments It asked those who want to supof critically needed material to port relief efforts to mail a check provide shelter to the hundreds of to their local Red Cross chapter, thousands of displaced Filipinos with “Philippines Typhoons and and food and hygiene supplies to Flood” in the memo line. thousands of families.

World Vision said it is put- ting together resources to assist laration to provide an immediate hygiene kits, emergency shelter - and protection. tional Development are deployed It asked for one-time donations around the country to monitor the to be made at worldvision.org. damage.

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A mother cries in relief upon boarding a Philippine Air Force helicopter, following Friday’s typhoon which lashed the central Philippines.

Amid gruesome typhoon scenes, aid trickles in TODD PITMAN

affected by the typhoon, which is called Yolanda in the Philippines death toll remained well below that.

Typhoon-ravaged Philippine The Philippine military con- in Asia. It’s one of the most powerislands faced a daunting relief effort - ful recorded typhoons to ever hit that had barely begun Monday, as munications, transportation links land and likely the deadliest natubloated bodies lay uncollected and and local governments suggest the uncounted in the streets and sureast Asian nation. vivors pleaded for food, water and spokesman Edwin Lacierda said Philippine soldiers were dismedicine. “we pray” that the death toll is less tributing food and water in TacloPolice guarded stores to prevent than 10,000. ban, and assessment teams from people from hauling off food, water Tacloban resembled a garbage the United Nations and other interand such non-essentials as TVs and dump from the air, punctuated national agencies were seen for the treadmills, but there was often no only by a few concrete buildings one to carry away the dead — not that remained standing. patched food, water, generators and even those seen along the main “I don’t believe there is a single a contingent of Marines to the city, road from the airport to Tacloban, structure that is not destroyed or the worst-hit city along the coun- severely damaged in some way — swell into a major international try’s remote eastern seaboard. every single building, every single relief mission.

At a small naval base, eight “Please tell my family I’m alive,” swollen corpses — including that Kennedy said after taking a heli- said Erika Mae Karakot, a survivor of a baby — were submerged in on Tacloban’s Leyte island, as she sea water brought in by the storm. on the tarmac at the airport, where lined up for aid. “We need water two Marine C-130 cargo planes and medicine because a lot of the saying they had no body bags or were parked, engines running, people we are with are wounded. electricity to preserve them. unloading supplies.

- and dehydration due to shortage of Friday’s typhoon may have killed food and water.”

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10,000 or more people, but with the

Authorities said they had evacuated some 800,000 people ahead of the typhoon, but some of the evacuation centers proved to be no protection against the wind and rising water. The Philippine National Red Cross, responsible for warning the region and giving advice, said people were not prepared for a storm surge.

“Imagine America, which was prepared and very rich, still had a ricane Katrina, but what we had was three times more than what Pang, the group’s executive director. give birth, was among those who

foot) storm surge, and she had to swim and cling to a post to survive. port, where she gave birth to a baby

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Australia announced assis- tribution Committee has begun tance of 10 million Australian dol- collecting donations for relief efforts. To contribute, go to www.

That includes the deployment jdc.org. of an emergency medical team, aid to the U.N. Flash Appeal and aid to Australian non-governmenMercy Corps said it has tal organizations for immediate launched emergency response life-saving assistance. efforts to provide food, water, shelter and basic supplies to typhoon survivors. To contribute, go to www.mercycorps.org/typhoon.

The United Nations World Food Program said it has alloAmeriCares is preparing to deploy an emergency response an assessment mission to survey team to the Philippines. To donate - go to http://americares.org. inces.

WFP said it will send more COMMITTEE The International Rescue cuits and work with the Filipino Committee has dispatched an government to help with logistics emergency team to Manila and and emergency communications launched a $10 million appeal. The systems.

IRC will work to determine which It asks for donations at www. of its areas of expertise — from wfpusa.org. water and sanitation to education — are most needed.

UNICEF UNICEF said its staff in the Philippines is being repositioned to help in relief efforts and 66 tons of emergency supplies are being sent from Copenhagen.

An airlift set to arrive on Tues- people in the next few days. tion systems, storage equipment tons of medical and relief supplies and sanitation supplies. Dona- on three cargo planes.

Two members of indie rock band The Yellow Dogs killed COLLEEN LONG TOM HAYS

AssociAted Press A musician shot and killed two members of an Iranian indie rock band and a third musician early Monday, and lyn apartment before killing himself on the roof, police and the group’s manager said.

Two of the dead were brothers and members of the group the Yellow Dogs,

shooter, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said.

Preliminary reports from police that the shooter had been a member of the Yellow Dogs but was kicked out were inaccurate, the manager said.

The four victims lived in a row house in East Williamsburg, an industrial neighborhood home to mostly warehouses where artists can rent cheaper space than in trendier parts of the city.

The rampage erupted shortly after through a window, then went inside and

the underground music scene there, zadeh.

Another person killed was also a musician but wasn’t in the band, and the wounded person was an artist, he said.

The shooter was a member of another band from Iran, the Free Keys, who knew the victims but hadn’t spoken to them in months because of a “very petty “There was a decision not to be around each other,” he said.

“They were never that close to begin with. ... This was nothing. We thought it was all behind us.”

Detectives suspect there was a dispute over money, but they were still investigating the motive and the relationships between the victims and the

a gunshot wound to the chest on the Two others were found shot in the and another whose age wasn’t immediately known. the arm and was hospitalized in stable condition.

The gunman was found on the roof

in New York at indie rock venues.

For instance, the Knitting Factory

Originally from Tehran, they were Knows about Persian Cats,” which told played illegal rock shows in Tehran. pursue its dream of playing rock music “You can’t be a rock star in Iran,” he said. “It’s against cultural law. You can’t grow there as a band.”

The manager added: “They were great kids who people just loved. They looked cool and they played great music. ... They wanted to be known for their music. Now we’re not going to get to do that.”

The two members who were killed were a guitarist and a drummer who had just received political asylum. The bass player and singer weren’t home at the time of the bloodshed and weren’t harmed.

police said. to the body.

Kelly said it had been purchased in were investigating its history.

The names of the victims and the shooter were not immediately released.

The Yellow Dogs played recent gigs

the phone speaking to the victims’ relatives, who were stunned by the violence.

“People don’t own guns in Iran,” he said. “We don’t have this problem there.

It doesn’t exist.”

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A musician shot and killed two members of the indie rock band The Yellow Dogs in NYC.

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girl. Bea Joy Sagales appeared in good health, and her arrival drew applause from others in the airport and military medics who assisted in the delivery.

The winds, rains and coastal storm surges transformed neighborhoods into twisted piles of debris, blocking roads and trapping decomposing bodies underneath. Ships were tossed inland, cars and trucks swept out to sea and bridges and ports washed away.

“In some cases the devastation has been total,” said Secretary to the Cabinet Rene Almendras.

Residents have stripped malls, shops and homes of food, water and

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Workers landscape the area near a new port under construction in Mariel, Cuba where a modern $900 million port and special commercial zone will be constructed by 2015.

A $900 million port and special commercial zone to be constructed in Mariel, Cuba ANDREA RODRIGUEZ

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Plans to overhaul the Port of

determined the country’s main Life still moves slowly in this small, dusty town, where kids for bigger, deeper-draft “post-Panplay freely in narrow streets nearly 2015 will begin crossing through an carry parasols to ward off the pounding tropical sun. an increasing share of regional But that’s all about to change. cargo.

The town best known as the launch An automobile tunnel that trato the U.S. in 1980 is being transformed into a huge, modern, $900 million port and special commercial zone.

The island nation’s Communist a center for foreign investment.

It could also position Cuba to take advantage of a trade boom if the U.S. ever lifts its 51-year embargo and starts sending container ships south — something investors have been waiting for, in vain, for years.

Others suspect the port’s impact on Cuba may be more modest, nant economy.

“The Port of Mariel could ... contribute to a revival of Cuban foreign trade, more so if there are improvements in relations with the United States,” said Arturo Lopez-Levy, an economist and lecturer at the University of Denver.

makes it impossible to make the waterway deeper.

Even with the U.S. embargo, the ability of Mariel to take in deeperdraft ships will let Cuba keep pace with global shipping innovations and accommodate more cargo. the adjacent, 180-square-mile (465-square-kilometer) industrial park and special development zone, During a recent visit by The Associated Press, orange-clad, helmeted workers in the port zone were building what looked like a large warehouse while trucks arrived loaded with construction materials. docks appeared nearly completed, Simply swapping one port for

another, however, won’t be enough to right Cuba’s rickety economy, which relies heavily on food and other imports while making most of its foreign income from tourism, vices such as tens of thousands of medical professionals.

Authorities hope to attract for-

early 2000s. cracy and corruption crackdowns targeting some foreign-run businesses have dampened enthusiasm, as have rules prohibiting foreign companies from hiring employees directly.

Instead, they must contract in the development zone, with a workers through a state-run priority on industries such as food, employment agency. biotech, renewable energy, packagCritics also bemoan a lack of ing and telecommunications.

Foreign companies that answer Investment also has been restricted by the embargo, which would ban companies from selling products routed through Cuba in the United States.

Embargo rules also prohibit tion and 1 percent on sales and ser- ships from docking in the United vices after 12 months.

“It will be a world-class spe- Cuban ports. cial zone,” said Ana Teresa Igarza, Mariel will be attractive enough to development zone during a presen- overcome those problems. tation about the port last week at may affect the development of the Still, Cuba has had trouble keep- special zone, we can’t calculate,” ing the foreign investors already Foreign Trade Minister Rodrigo here, most of which are joint ven- Malmierca said. “Despite the tures with government agencies. embargo, investors will still come.”

Earlier this year, the governMalmierca also vowed that the Communist government will never companies were operating in the country, compared with 400 in the it did following the 1959 revolution.

Brazil, which is Cuba’s No. 2 trading partner in Latin America after oil benefactor Venezuela, is providing credit to pay two-thirds of the project’s costs. Raw materials are presumably coming from a be produced locally, such as cement.

Igarza said Brazilian, Chinese, sian, Spanish and Vietnamese Venezuela, China and Vietnam are increasingly important business partners for Cuba, and Mariel could serve as a hub for petroleum products.

“I think that (Mariel) will generate interest among all businesspeo-

based company that offers transportation and commerce services.

For the residents of Mariel, the port means an unknown number of new jobs, a window into the global economy and perhaps a few more cars on the streets. town with a dock where the boats would come in,” said Jose Ramon Reyes, an 85-year-old barber who cuts his customers’ hair on the front porch of his modest home.

“Now it seems this is going to

ing onto a beam in the roof that stayed attached to a wall.

“The roof was lifting up and the wind was coming through and there were actual waves going over my head,” he said. “The sound was loud. It was just incredible.”

Marvin Daga, a 19-year-old student in Tacloban, tried to ride out the storm in his home with his ailing father, Mario, but the storm surge carried the building away.

They clung to each other while it eventually crumbled and they fell into churning waters. Marvin grabbed a coconut tree with one hand and his father with the other, but Mario slipped out of his grasp and sank.

“I hope that he survived,” Marvin said in an army medic room as tears Philippine President Benigno Aquino III said in a statement he had a declared a “state of national calamity” allowing the central government to release emergency funds quicker and impose price the two worst-hit provinces, Leyte and Samar, had witnessed “massive destruction and loss of life” but that elsewhere casualties were low.

Obama pays tribute to 107-year-old veteran

of the Philippines on Friday and quickly barreled across its central islands, packing winds of 235 kph (147 mph) that gusted to 275 kph (170 mph).

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service members are still at war in Afghanistan. wwwwThe war is President Barack Obama on Monday paid tribute to those who have though the U.S. may keep a served in the nation’s mili- small footprint in the countary, including one of the try. nation’s oldest veterans, Soon, “the longest war 107-year-old Richard Over- in America’s history will ton. end,” Obama declared.

“This is the life of one As the 12-year-old war American veteran, living draws down, Obama said proud and strong in the the nation has a responland he helped keep free,” sibility to ensure that the Obama said during a cere- returning troops are the mony at Arlington National “best cared-for and best Cemetery. respected veterans in the Overton rose slowly world.” and stood to loud applause The country’s obligawhen Obama mentioned tions to those who served his name, then stood a “endure long after the battle second time at the presi- ends,” he said. dent’s request and drew As president, Obama more applause. said he wanted to see the - “best cared-for and best dreds attending the out- respected veterans in the door ceremony on a crisp, world.” sunny Veteran’s Day. EarObama also noted that lier Monday, Overton and it has now been 60 years other veterans attended a breakfast at the White ing in Korea.

“We join as one people Obama used his to honor a debt we cannot remarks to remind the fully repay,” he said. nation that thousands of

of the looting smacked of desperation but in other cases items taken included TVs, refrigerators, Christmas trees and a treadmill.

An Associated Press reporter in the town said he saw around 400 special forces and soldiers patrolling downtown to guard against further chaos.

Brig. Gen. Kennedy said Philippine forces were handling security well, and that his forces were “looking at how to open up roads and land planes and helicopters. We got shelter coming in. (The U.S. Agency for International Development) is bringing in water and supplies.”

Those caught in the storm were worried that aid would not arrive soon enough.

“We’re afraid that it’s going to get dangerous in town because relief goods are trickling in very slow,” said Bobbie Womack, an American missionary and longtime Tacloban resident from Athens, Tennessee. “I know it’s a massive, massive undertaking to try to feed a town of over 150,000 people. They need to bring in shiploads of food.”

Womack’s husband, Larry, said he chose to stay at their beachside

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eastern seaboard.

The storm’s sustained winds weakened to 120 kph (74 mph) as the typhoon made landfall in northern Vietnam early Monday after crossing the South China Sea, according observatory.

Authorities there evacuated hundreds of thousands of people, but damage or injuries.

It was downgraded to a tropical storm as it entered southern China

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Richard Overton oldest living WWII veteran, listens during a Veteran’s Day ceremony attended by President Obama.

forecast torrential rain in the area until Tuesday.

No major damage was reported in China, though Xinhua News Agency said heavy winds tore a cargo ship from its moorings in southern China and drove it out to sea, killing at least two crew members.

The Philippines, an archipelago nation of more than 7,000 islands, is annually buffeted by tropical storms and typhoons, which are called hurricanes and cyclones elsewhere.

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ASSociAtEd prESS New York Giants’ three-game winning streak.

After all, who have they beaten?

It started with Josh Freeman in

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Women’s soccer captain Kelsie Bailey pushes the ball during the Little East Conference championship game against Eastern Connecticut Saturday, Nov. 9.

At KSC, captaincy comes in different forms ZACH WINN

SportS Editor Although coaches agree captains are important, at Keene State College they have different methods of ensuring that there is leadership on their teams.

“No one is born as a leader, you have to learn how to lead, and if we can steer people towards leadership traits, that’s about the most important thing we do here,” head volleyball coach Bob Weiner said. “These people get a special class on how to lead.”

While most KSC coaches designate one or two captains every season, Weiner is taking a more unconventional approach this year.

After assuming both of his captains from 2012 would be returning, he learned over the summer that one would be transferring while the other chose not to play in her senior year.

Weiner reasoned he could either hastily assign new captains or go without leaders for the season.

Instead, he developed a class-byclass hierarchy, naming a “class representative” for each grade. Rather than captains, Sammy Dormio represented the juniors while Olivia Broderick and Brooke Bell represented the sophomores and freshmen, respectively.

Noticeably absent from that list is the seniors — Weiner has none.

Men’s and women’s swimming coach, Jack Fabian, is using the more traditional captain system. Fabian meets with his captains every week as part of a leadership course he

teaches them. Each week, they go over a different chapter in “The Team Captain Leadership Manual.”

The captains usually have homework and also occasionally have to present on different topics.

“They’re getting good, we’ve covered quite a bit of material,” Fabian said. “It just gives us a bigger coaching staff, by working with them every week we can divvy up coaching duties.”

Nicole Rutigliano, one of the women’s swim captains, also sees “It helps us get closer with our coach and we can talk about things that came up during the week,” Rutigliano said. “We also learn about things that are in each chapter about being a better leader.”

Just because coach Fabian’s system is organized doesn’t mean it’s not subject to change. Last year the girl’s team had only one captain, then-junior Stephanie Murray. It seemed Murray would be handling captain duties alone again this year until Fabian added Rutigliano onto his “coaching staff” just before the season.

Since then, Rutigliano has made the most of her unexpected captain role, admitting sometimes she feels the weight of her added responsibilities.

“There is a lot of pressure, but in mostly a positive way because I want to be a positive leader to them,” Rutigliano said. “So I try to look at it as something that’s good for me also.”

Rutigliano understands how she could be seen as an added member

to the coaching staff, but mentioned an important distinction between captains and the coaches.

“Having a captain is important because your coach is there, but he’s your coach, he’s there to work on the professional athlete level,” Rutigliano explained. “Whereas I’m doing it with [my teammates] and I’m on their level. They’re going through the same thing you are.”

Weiner sees both sides of captains’ roles as well.

“Captains are the go-betweens between the coaching staff and the players,” Weiner said. “It’s their job to make sure the tone gets carried out, but obviously the idea of a captain is it has to be someone who can be on the coaching staff.”

Regardless of what captain-system teams use, it’s clear they are all trying to avoid the dangers that come with a lack of team leadership.

“When you don’t have a strong leader or they’re not being a positive role model then the team is just not going to be as strong and do as well they could,” Rutigliano said.

Fabian also sees captains as an important part of combating the rough patches that inevitably come with each long season.

“Things are going to go wrong and it’s important to teach the team how to handle that,” Fabian said.

“We just want to represent KSC in the best possible way. That’s how you get pride, when people respect you and you respect yourself.”

Minnesota Vikings.

Next came a banged up Michael Vick and his rookie replacement in a win over Philadelphia.

And now after a bye week, they had to get a big interception from Terrell Thomas and a goahead 1-yard touchdown run by fellow comebacker Andre Brown to beat an injured Terrell Pryor and the Oakland Raiders 24-20 on Sunday.

It’s not a big deal, until you take a look at the NFC East standings.

After an 0-6 start to the season, the Giants (3-6) are suddenly only 1½ games behind Dallas and Philadelphia in the division, and only one back in the lost column.

The Cowboys were beaten 49-17

by New Orleans and the Eagles defeated Green Bay, which was playing without injured quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

To make things more interestAP PHOTO / BILL KOSTROUN ing, New York faces Green Bay Giants kicker Josh Brown kicks a field goal in the second half of the at MetLife Stadium next Sunday. game against the Raiders on Sunday, Nov. 10.

Philadelphia will host Washingtime to stop going to that,” he said. ton (3-6). Dallas has a bye week. lead.

“We could have got it done. Easily.

Thomas, whose 65-yard interIt seemed to take the air out of Even if not easily, we could have ception return gave Brown a touchthe Giants, and the Raiders had a gotten it done. Mistakes, myself, down to go along with his 115-yard chance to take command early in punt block, things like that, on the road especially, it can come back of the season, insisted the Giants goal at the New York 1. and haunt you, and it did today.” aren’t back in the race yet.

A run for no gain, an incompleFive things to know after the “We’re 3-6,” said Thomas, who tion and a second incompletion Giants moved within 1½ games of missed the last two seasons with after a procedure penalty forced major knee injuries. “What are we, 1-2 in the division? We have some goal by Sebastian Janikowski and a Giants’ defense did not give up a work to do. We’re just happy we’re 20-14 lead. touchdown in the last two games playing Giants football again and Pryor had Oakland (3-6) in posi- and the only one they surrendered we’re giving ourselves the opportion to increase the lead later in the to the Raiders came on a two-play, tunity. We have a big game with quarter following a short punt, but 5-yard drive after Jerrel Green Bay next week. We’re taking Thomas read a slant pass and made Jernigan fumbled the opening it one game at a time.” the biggest play of the game for the The Giants were ugly in windefense, which limited Oakland to came after running back Peyton ning this one.

213 yards in total offense.

Hillis fumbled at his 21.

The second came after a 74-yard half points with three turnovers, home wondering what might have drive. including a 43-yard interception been.

If the unit keeps playing like return for a touchdown by Tracy “That’s the easiest to say, but it’s this, the Giants have a chance.

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AssociAted Press Clearly, Tampa Bay star Steven Stamkos’ injury was on everyone’s minds. The Boston Bruins were able to get back to playing hockey a lot quicker after it happened.

Patrice Bergeron and Daniel Paille scored 20 seconds apart a few minutes after Stamkos was taken off the ice on a stretcher with a broken right leg, and the Bruins beat the Lightning 3-0 on Monday afternoon.

Stamkos was hurt with 7:11 to play in the second period. He entered the day tied with Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby as the NHL’s leading scorer. Stamkos got tied up with Boston defenseman Dougie Hamilton and crashed into the right post.

His left skate appeared to hit crashed into it around the shin area. He tried to get up twice before going down to the ice in pain, grabbing his leg just above the ankle.

When he left the ice on a stretcher, players on both teams tapped their sticks on ice as the fans applauded in tribute. the team’s Twitter account that Stamkos suffered a broken right tibia. No further information was available.

“A player like that, I don’t know how serious it is, but it looks pretty serious to me,” Boston coach Claude Julien said.

“You don’t want to see that.”

Tuukka Rask stopped 28 shots for his 18th career shutout and second this season. Jarome Iginla added an empty-net goal with 59 seconds left.

Anders Lindback, playing made 23 saves for Tampa Bay, which had a four-game winning streak snapped.

“Injuries happen. He’s gone a long time in his career without being seriously hurt,” Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper said.

“There’s no sugarcoating it. He’s a huge part of our team. You can make an argument here that if you were going to hand out the MVP in our league now, you can give it to him. Is that a hole in our team? Yes, it is.”

The Bruins jumped ahead with just under three minutes left in the period when Bergeron scored off the rebound of Torey Krug’s shot that caromed off the skate of Loui Eriksson.

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Bruins wing Daniel Paille celebrates after a second period goal on Monday, Nov. 11.

They made it 2-0 when Paille broke in down the right wing, shifted to his backhand and slipped a shot past Lindback inside the right post. During the play, Tampa Bay defenseman Sami Salo also appeared to hurt his right leg and had trouble making it to the bench. of the referees on the ice and didn’t return in the third period.

“Well, I mean that is a big blow for them. Nobody wants to see that happen to anybody,” Iginla said. “He was obviously in a lot of pain and I didn’t hear for sure what happened to him, but I imagine it’s got to be, for him not to get up, he’s a tough player and plays hard and stuff.

So he must have been in some serious pain.”

Tampa Bay veteran Martin St. Louis didn’t know how bad the injury was, but felt his team still played tough.

“I thought we played hard.

We just couldn’t get the puck in the net,” he said. “We really can’t think about (Stamkos’ injury) now. We’ve got a game

to play (Tuesday). We’re going to be playing a lot of hockey. I don’t know how bad it is. It’s tough to comment.

“We lost him tonight for a period and a half. I think it’s a big part of our team. I thought we battled.”

It was Tampa Bay’s second loss in nine games. The Lightning came into the day leading the NHL’s Atlantic Division, but the loss of Stamkos will be a major blow.

“Now we’ve got to pick ourselves up and see what we’re made of,” Cooper said.

“It’s a tough one for the game.

You want to see guys that have ‘It’ and Steven Stamkos has ‘It.’ Now we’ll see what we’re made of. You talk about a test, this is a test.”

NOTES: Stamkos’ streak of scoring a goal was stopped at six games. ... Boston won its seventh straight against Tampa Bay. ..lies, who had a chance to meet the players after the game. ... It was the 80th meeting between the franchises. Boston has won 51.

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Environmental Outing Club member, Samantha Caesar, begins her climb during a club trip on Sunday, Nov. 3.

before.

Sturges said he loves the way climbing makes him feel.

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yourself on the wall,” Young said. “It’s pretty low-risk if you have good equipment and a trustworthy belayer that knows what their doing.”

Staron also said it is important to be diligent every single time you’re make your knots.

“It’s all safe as long as you have set everything up properly,” Staron said. “I’ve heard stories of professionals not taking their time and slipping up.”

Still, Staron said the uniqueness of climbing is another draw for him, describing it as unlike anything he’s ever tried

said. climbs.

“It’s so satisfying when you get to the top of a wall and look down, it’s an accomplishment,” Young said excitedly. “[Rock climbing] is completely rewarding physically and mentally, it’s pretty bad-ass I guess.”

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

Keene State College athletic team records Women’s Soccer

Volleyball STREAK

HOME

20-13

6-1

6-0 9-7 (5-6) Lost 1 17-4-1 6-1

3

4

5

Plymouth St.

25

25

14

Keene State College

16

21

16

Set Scores

1

2

2

Keene State College

14

25

23

3

U-Mass Boston

25

23

25

Total

HOME

3

Total

1 3

Field Hockey

AWAY (neutral)

STREAK

9-2-1 8-2 (0-0) Won 6

vs. U-Mass Dartmouth

at U-Mass Boston

Set Scores

Men’s Cross Country

CONF.

CONF.

vs. Plymouth St.

AWAY (neutral)

OVERALL

OVERALL

vs. Eastern Conn. St. Points by Period

1

2

Total

0

Eastern Conn. St.

0

0

0

5

Keene State College

1

0

1

Goals by Period

1

2

Total

U-Mass Dartmouth

0

0

Keene State College

0

5

Men’s Soccer

OVERALL

CONF.

HOME

17-3

11-0

10-0 7-3 (0-0) Won 5

vs. U-Mass Dartmouth

AWAY (neutral)

STREAK

vs. Plymouth St.

Goals By Period

1

2

Total

U-Dartmouth

1

1

Keene State College

0

3

2 3

OVERALL

CONF.

HOME

7-12

5-2

4-7 3-5 (0-0) Lost 1

at Southern Maine

Goals By Period

1

2

Total

Plymouth St.

0

1

Keene State College

0

2

1 2

Goals by Period

1

2

AWAY (neutral)

STREAK

at U-Mass Boston

Total Points by Period 1

2

Total

Keene State College

2

4

6

Keene State College

1

0

1

Southern Maine

1

0

1

U-Mass Boston

2

1

3

ECAC Championships Name

Time/distance

Place

Nick Riendeau

26:30

Mark Rabasco

26:44

17th

Brandon Davis-O’Donnell

26:57

Patrick Chabot

27:58

34th 96th

16th

Women’s Cross Country ECAC Championships Name

Time/distance

Place

Molly Schaefer

24:19

50th

Katelyn Terry

24:32

59th

Hannah Doolittle

24:51

73rd

Brianna Enderson

24:58

82nd

Saturday, Nov. 9, 3 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 15, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 16, TBA

Friday, Nov. 15, 3 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 23, TBA Saturday, Nov. 16, TBA

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Saints break record, Cowboys on way to win ZACH WINN

BRETT MARTELL

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Our Athlete of the Week this week -

Sean Payton had a choice to make.

The Saints coach could elect to punt on fourth-and-5 from the Dallas 42, or he could

part of the team’s Little Eastern Conference tournament run, which culminated in a league-championship over -

needed to set an NFL record.

Only two minutes remained and victory his players a chance to make history.

He called for a run behind right guard Jahri Evans, and Pierre Thomas powered for the 5

U-Mass Dartmouth. Trailing 1-0 at halftime, it appeared the Lady Owls were in started the second half with back-toback goals to give KSC the lead. When the Corsairs tied the game up seven

in a 49-17 demolition of the Cowboys. had its way with Dallas’ beleaguered defense all night.

“To come in a win like this, it’s fun,” Saints quarterback Drew Brees said of the single-game

with an assist to forward Marisa Lemoine. The goal gave the Lady owls a ished. In the championship, she broke a scoreless game with an unassisted goal to start the second half. It would prove to be the difference in a 2-1 win over Plymouth State that gave the team their second LEC championship in three years.

-Our runner-up this week is women’s soccer goalie Victoria Crenson. A dominant force all year, Crenson stepped it up a notch in the LEC tournament. The junior was a brick wall in both games she played in, not letting a single shot

and the pass.”

Brees completed 83 percent of his passes (34 of 41) for 392 yards and four touchdowns. New Orleans also piled up 242 yards rushing, the most since they gained 249 yards on the ground at Cincinnati in 1990.

New Orleans’ 625 yards were a franchise record for a regular season game, eclipsed only by their 626 yards in a playoff win over Detroit two seasons ago.

“I thought we got into a pretty good tempo and I thought we had a pretty good plan going in,” Payton said. “It’s important for us to have that balance. ... The offensive line did a good job.”

Dallas, by contrast, was frustrated offensively against a Saints defense that has turned around dramatically under new coordinator

ensured Crenson wouldn’t see too much action, turning offensive attacks away before their goalie even had to make the in a 5-0 drubbing of U-Mass Dartmouth FILE PHOTO / CHRIS PALERMO

in the championship with four saves against Eastern Conn. St. Crenson had little room for error, KSC won the title with a 1-0 victory.

-The second runner-up this week is sophomore volleyball player Madeleine Nossif. Nossif led the team with 14 kills in the LEC tournament-opening game to help lead the Lady Owls to a 3-0 victory.

State, Nossif again impressed with 11 kills as part of an intense match that feathe LEC championship game to U-Mass Boston, Nossif played well, racking up ten points, again good for second on the team to Anglea Silveri’s 14.5. Although they came up short, this young team showed a lot of promise in their losing effort.

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

Junior guard Meghan Shaw hoists a shot during a game against U-Mass Boston on December 12, 2012.

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Colbert looks for the team to step up and “I want it to be more of a team effort.

I want to spread the contributions out both offensively and defensively and make it a little bit more team-oriented,” Colbert explained.

He said that not having a particular star player is actually not a bad thing, as long as the whole team is willing to contribute. “I don’t think we have a thirtypoint scorer out there,” Colbert said.

“And that’s okay, provided that we get contributions from everybody.”

Prepping for the season starts with practice, and Colbert wants to improve daily.

“Every day, getting better,” Colbert said on the approach he wants to take this season.

“We’re really focused in on making sure that practice is what it needs to be.

We’ve really spent a lot of time in terms of how we carry ourselves both on and off the court, in the weight room, individual instruction sessions, and so far it’s looked like it’s paid some dividends, we’ve had some great practices.”

As far as a goal for the season, Colbert is clear as to what’s on his mind: “The expectation for the team is to win the championship. It [the goal] doesn’t change based on who’s suiting up and who’s not, and I’ve been happy with their progress so far. “ Senior center Montel Walcott is looking forward to getting out there as a senior and showing what he’s made of.

“I want to show them that I’ve been here

for four years and I’m one of the guys with the most experience,” Walcott said.

He echoed his coach’s sentiments about doing things together, as a team.

“He [coach Colbert] wants everybody on the same page, it’s kind of a way to hold everyone accountable,” Walcott explained. “You don’t want anyone to think ‘the seniors can do this, but the younger guys can’t’, that kind of thing. helps on the court too with chemistry.”

Both teams lost key seniors, but that for the upcoming year. Coaches Boucher and Colbert want to win championships, and know that it takes a team effort, not the stats of a single player, to do so.

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

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Boston, pushing the Bruins playoff losing streak to six consecutive games (get those duck boats games of the series fans learned something about the team that would ring true throughout the postseason: the Bruins were better with their backs against the wall.

before center David Krejci’s pass found forward Nathan Horton crashing the net for the only goal of the game. Thomas saved all 24 shots he saw to secure his second shutout of the series. The Bruins ley Cup Finals since 1990. to script a better villain than the Vancouver Canucks.

The Canucks had cruised through the Western Conference Finals and were a heavy favorite to dispatch the over-achieving Bruins. The notoriously soft

cruised to the victory they needed to maintain and why Dallas (5-5) has dropped into a tie with Philadelphia for the NFC East lead: lost a night game in the Superdome for more than three seasons now, winning 12 straight home games in prime time, including a pair of playoff victories.

Dallas was the last team to beat the Saints in the dome at night on Dec. 19, 2009. Since then, and Saints have treated national television audiences to some memorable performances. Those included the night Brees broke Dan Marino’s nearly three-decade-old record for yards passing in a season, and the night he broke Johnny Unitas’ record for consecutive games with a TD pass.

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to be in.

The playoffs started with the rival Montreal Canadiens quickly

would go into overtime, and the Bruins would win all of them, including a memorable game seven at home.

Next up was Philadelphia, the culprits of last year’s disastrous meltdown. From the start of the series, however, the Bruins made it clear they would leave nothing to chance, taking game one 7-3.

The blowout set the tone for the series, and the Bruins would go on to sweep the Flyers, out-scoring them 20-7.

The Eastern Conference Finals against the Tampa Bay Lightning would not be so easy. The Bruin’s 6-5 game two win was indicative of the way the series would play out, with each team trading blows and neither winning consecutive -

last season.

“You have to give them credit for outplaying us and kicking our tails real good,” Cowboys tight end Jason Witten said. “Obviously, we have to play a lot better moving forward.”

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Zdeno Chara (left) and David Krejci (right) were integral parts of the Bruins 2011 title run.

Sedin twins, Henrik and Daniel, Whether you want to call it a were the antithesis of a physical turning point or not, a previously Bruins team that seemed to score silent Boston offense went on to as much with brute force as with score four goals in the second period, and tacked on another A heartbreaking game one in four in the third to blow the which the only goal of the game Canucks out. slipped by the outstretched arms Things didn’t stop with the of Thomas with 19 seconds left in horn of game three; Boston would the third period didn’t help the out-score Vancouver 21-4 after Bruins chances. the dirty hit and rally to take the When Boston dropped game series in seven (sound familiar?). two in overtime, hope was underThe Ranking standably dwindling for the The players’ diverse personupstart Bruins. alities seemed to make the team Then the series changed, as easier to rally around. only it can in hockey, where There were the young momentum shatters like a tooth unknowns trying to make names in the way of a slap shot. for themselves (Tyler Seguin, Milan Lucic and Brad Marchgame three, Canucks defender and), the more established vetering hit to Horton, which play by Chara) and the old guys who were play commentator Mike Emrick playing as if they were young described as “absolutely way too late.”

Unlike the big names that carried sponsive Horton was taken off the to crowns, this team won as a unit.

The playoff run was one for the ages, featuring three game sevens, ejected for the remainder of the two of which were decided by series. just one goal (both off the stick of

Horton). There were many times when it appeared the Bruins’ run was over, only for them to rally seemed each round brought a foe more hated and imposing than the last.

Historically speaking, the title returned the Bruins, one of the original six teams in the NHL, back to prominence. It was their they had come up short in their ances. But perhaps most importantly, it brought hockey back to the eyes of Boston, where titles in the other three major sports had overshadowed the city’s rich tradition on ice.

The Lasting Image Forty-three-year-old Mark previously stating he would “sail off into the sunset” if the Bruins ment moments later.

Stay tuned for numbers 3-1 in coming weeks!

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

top spots all-time for a single season.

“That was a very special team,” Butcher said.

They would ride a 19-1 record to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics District 32 Championship, a season he will never forget.

“You always remember that group because they’re the ones who started you on the road to success,” Butcher said.

However, that’s not to say Butcher’s road at KSC has always been smooth.

The coach said he learned to take the good with the bad during his time at the school.

There were personality clashes with players, seasons (like this year) derailed by injuries and of course the contentious decision to move KSC down to division three in 1993.

Twenty years later, Butcher still won’t let his opinion on the matter subside.

“I wanted out of here bad [when they made the D-III decision], and I still believe that Division II is the right avenue for KSC,” Butcher said.

The coach even admitted to applying to other coaching jobs at the time, before realizing that the grass isn’t always greener at other institutions.

But no matter what level of competition KSC soccer was put into, the wins continued to come.

Butcher has found success across divisions, conferences and decades.

When the Little Eastern Conference was formed in 1997, the soccer ished with six LEC championships. tribute to the coach.

Senior Bryce Lawlor said Butcher was a big reason why he came to KSC. “It’s a legacy that you’re never going

settle for complacency.”

Lawlor plans to join a list of over 200 players that Butcher has coached to graduate in the spring.

Already on that list is 1987 KSC graduate, Adam Clinton.

“He genuinely cared about his players, even though sometimes you weren’t sure until after the fact,” Clinton said. “He made sure everyone got their degree. I know he stayed on me to get mine. He taught me a lot in terms of the value of hard work.” his former players. Butcher said he has built a bond with the entire town of Keene. “It’s not just the players, it’s all of the community people that I’ve gotten emails and congratulation cards from,” Butcher said. “Because they read about you everyday, they know you.”

Now the coach is facing life outside of KSC soccer. He said he’s not sure what he’ll do after he leaves Keene, but plans to keep a strong relationship to the school where he has worked for most of his life.

“You’re always going to remain close because it’s your baby, you’re the guy who built the program and you want to see it succeed,” Butcher said.

“There will always be a place in my heart for Keene State.”

The coach doesn’t pretend to think his achievements immortalize him. In fact, Butcher modestly predicted that his legacy will be short-lived. long,” Butcher said. “Within six months no one will know who I am unless they look it up in a record book or they see me in a tape.”

Presently the coach faces one last challenge at KSC: he must clean out much in terms of papers or books for his successor, but a program with such a rich history is more than any aspiring coach could ask for.

“When you hear KSC soccer, the

most winningest coach in NCAA D-III soccer history.”

Clinton said.

Lawlor said Butcher always pushed him to be better. “He helped me change that. improve on my game in areas I didn’t Zach Winn can be contacted at even think I needed to improve on,” zwinn@keene-equinox.com Lawlor said. “He wouldn’t let me

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After enduring losses to graduation, KSC basketball teams hoping not to miss a beat RAY WALDRON

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Growing sport has students reaching for new heights

A career worth remembering

ZACH WINN

SportS Editor

“I’ve had forty-three years of memories that I will always cherish.”

-RON BUTCHER KSC MEN’S SOCCER COACH

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY: BRIAN CANTORE / PHOTO EDITOR

ZACH WINN

SportS Editor

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Keene State men’s 200-relay team breaks pool record against D-I competition

Continuing the Boston championship countdown ZACH WINN

SportS Editor

The Recap

From left to right, James Black, Drew Ledwith, Ryan Boraski and Greg Youngstrom broke the Boston College pool record in the 200-relay with a time of 1:25.23 on Friday, Nov. 1. The relay team beat the previous record, held by Notre Dame since 1992, by one tenth of a second. » COUNTDOWN, B9

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