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Class of 2017 takes over To read a story on New Student Convocation and the Orientation Leaders, see Student Life, page A10.

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THURSDAY, SEPT. 12, 2013

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Changes in office a keynote for the year

KSC  remembers  the  dream   JULIE CONLON

KARINA BARRIGA ALBRING

RI .6&¡V Ă€QDQFHV NEWS EDITOR ´, DP H[FLWHG IRU WKH QHZ \HDU DQG , DP H[FLWHG IRU WKH Recently deserted Appian new president,â€? Kahn said, Way now witnesses hundreds who took back his position of young faces going in and as Vice President for Finance out every two hours. Back- and Planning after serving as packs, the smell of coffee and Interim President for academic breakfast wraps come and go. year 2012-2013. “The start of 7KH Ă€HOGV WKDW RQFH VHHPHG WRR school always brings a lot of quiet host intramural games energy to the campus,â€? Kahn and practices for fall sports. said. Music has replaced silence and Some new faces to KSC ERRNV KDYH UHSODFHG Ă RZHUV indicated they feel energetic Sunny days may cause confu- DQG H[FLWHG WR EH DW WKH FROOHJH sion, but a new year has begun “Everyone here is very friendly at Keene State College and and enthusiastic. In just two summertime is now long gone. weeks I have been able to meet Along with welcoming a lot of people, I feel commore than a thousand fresh- pletely comfortable. I feel a men from the class of 2017, great connection with Keene this year the college also State, and that’s something greets its 10th president, New ,¡YH DOZD\V ZDQWHG WR H[SHULHampshire born-and-raised ence at a college,â€? said junior Dr. Anne Huot, and also has Mynam Huynh, who recently permitted Interim President transferred from Plymouth Dr. Jay Kahn to return to his State University. duties as the leader in charge Âť  OFFICE,   A2

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KPD and Campus Safety buckle up for the semester BETHANY RICCIARDI

EQUINOX STAFF The Keene Police Department and Campus Safety beef-up VWDII WR KDQGOH WKH LQà X[ RI WKRXVDQGV RI UHWXUQLQJ FROOHJH VWXdents. Keene State College students returned the last week of August, causing a lot of change in the city of Keene. When the semester kicks-off patrolling and safety proceGXUHV FKDQJH RIÀFLDOV IURP .3' DQG .6& VDLG ERWK GHSDUWments have to be well-staffed and equipped to act when an incident is called in. Together they keep our campus safe and comfortable for students to live. Keene Police Department’s Lt. Christopher Stewart stated WKDW RQFH VWXGHQWV DUH RQ FDPSXV WKH\ ZLOO DGG H[WUD RIÀFHUV IRU WKH ÀUVW IHZ ZHHNHQGV 7KH\ W\SLFDOO\ DGG WZR WR WKUHH RIÀFHUV for patrol, he said. Stewart continued and said KPD treceives calls regarding drug and alcohol offenses, along with noise

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KSC officials, students, faculty and community members gather at the Mason Library to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of “I have a dream� August 28, 2013.

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August 28, 2013 commemorated the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dreamâ€? speech from the March on Washington. On this day, the nation remembered Dr. King’s words, the movement he built and acknowledged the work that has yet to be done. Keene State College stopped, as did the country, to honor Dr. King and in a series of events that brought to life his dream and let his voice, 50 years later, reign. KSC President Anne +XRW 'U -D\ .DKQ 5HYHUHQG 7UDF\H 5XIĂ€Q RI 7H[DV former New Hampshire Representative Harvey Keye, Senator Molly Kelly, KSC professor Dr. James Waller and others spoke at various events and readings Wednesday and Thursday. 5XIĂ€Q OHG D GLVFXVVLRQ RQ WKH FLYLO ULJKWV PRYHment, opening dialogue for the KSC and Keene FRPPXQLW\ WR UHĂ HFW DQG VKDUH VWRULHV DQG 3UHVLdent Huot opened a panel discussion on the subject of the present, past and future of civil rights. On Wednesday, the college joined the nation and the world as one community participating in “Let Freedom Ring,â€? as the campus carillon bell rang simultaneously with church bells across the world in commemoration. KSC junior Taylor Howe attended a reading of the “I Have a Dreamâ€? speech. +RZH H[SODLQHG WKDW FKLOGUHQ RI YDULRXV UDFHV UHDG from Dr. King’s speech. “That was the most powerful part,â€? she said, referencing the children’s participation, “They are the youth, they are the ones that will go on to make Americans’ issues in regards to race better. Martin Luther King talked about his kids in the speech—it was powerful to listen to kids read it.â€? &KLHI 2IĂ€FHU RI 'LYHUVLW\ DQG 0XOWLFXOWXUDOLVP 'RWWLH 0RUULV H[SUHVVHG D VHQVH RI SULGH LQ WKH FROlege for their efforts to commemorate and celebrate. “I am proud of the college community and the larger surrounding community,â€? Morris said. “This is a momentous occasion, one that we should celHEUDWH DQG XVH DV D SRLQW RI UHĂ HFWLRQ Âľ +RZH VDLG KSC’s dedication to diversity and developing an understanding of differences became real to her at these events. Howe concluded, “Even though we are a predominantly white school, we put in the effort and attention to diversity and understanding. That is something that we as a community really care about.â€? Julie Conlon can be contacted at jconlon@keene-equinox.com

Bill lowers interest rates for student loans Bars in Keene maintain security standards after Railroad stabbing ROBERT KOOLIS

EQUINOX STAFF On July 1, the interest rate for federal student loans doubled from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent. Though there are several scholarship opportunities, few will pay the full amount for those that cannot afford a higher education. The answer has long been in taking out student loans, with the idea being that once you graduate and get a job, you can pay off the loans, with interest. Last summer the rate of the federal student loans doubled from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent for all new loans for the fall semester. This brought about a great deal of concern from students and parents across the nation, all worried that higher interest rates could jeopardize the opportunities of many to attend college. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, about 65 per-

cent of all undergraduates received some VRUW RI Ă€QDQFLDO DVVLVWDQFH LQ DQ\ SDUW of their time in school. On Aug. 9, President Barack Obama signed a bill into law, which after being held up in both the House and Senate, due to partisan disagreement over whether to lock in the interest rates over the life of the loan, and the rate at which they were to be set, brought interest rates down to 3.86 percent. In addition, loans that were taken out during the period in which the rates were higher, were retroactively lowered to the new interest rates, according to the Washington Post. According to Jay Kahn, vice president IRU Ă€QDQFH DQG SODQQLQJ DW .6& WKLV decision was a good start up for the academic year. “The interest rate remained almost as low as before, which beneĂ€WV VWXGHQWV DQG KHOSV WKH VFKRRO NHHS making education accessible,â€? Kahn said.

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REBECCA MARSH

EQUINOX STAFF As the memory of a stabbing outside the now-closed Railroad Tavern recedes and the building re-opens under new management, area bar owners, managers and customers intend to keep to their normal security procedures. Railroad Tavern closed down shortly after the stabbing, but according to Lieutenant Todd Lawrence of the Keene Police Department, the bar did not close down because RI WKH VWDEELQJ ´, FDQ FRQĂ€UP WKH LQFLGHQW happened in the bar around closing time,â€? Lawrence said. He continued to say that the incident was between two people who had known each other and had a previous history. The owner of the now-closed Railroad Tavern was not able to be contacted. Sergeant Christopher Simonds of KPD said that there has not been an increase in security since the stabbing at Railroad

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Scores Sports Bar and Grill will be on Railroad Street in Keene, where Railroad Tavern operated until July.

Tavern over the summer. “We don’t patrol any differently,� Simonds said. Heightened security, “is something the bar owners would have to request,� Simonds said. To the best of his knowledge, Simonds

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said there have been no complaints about bars in Keene made to KPD since the stabbing at Railroad Tavern. Simonds continued and said that open

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CAMPUS SAFETY

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Week of: Sept. 2 Monday, September 2 3:28 a.m. Randall Hall: Male subject assaulted on the side-­ walk of Randall Hall. 4:43 p.m. Holloway Hall: 706 [marijuana] between rooms 214 and 227. Tuesday, September 3 9:28 a.m. Fiske Hall: RA reporting male vomiting blood. Wednesday, September 4 7:14 a.m. Huntress Hall: Broken window. 9:28 a.m. Young Student Center: Staff reporting a theft from the student center. 5:49 p.m. Elliot Hall: Smoky smell in area. Officer thinks it may have been stage smoke that was being used outside near building but not sure. Officer checked bathrooms and found tobacco in men’s room sink. 11:29 p.m. Appian Way: Alcohol violation. Thursday, September 5 3:29 a.m. Ponside 1: Fire alarm (false alarm). 11:23 p.m. Sidewalk: Five females with open containers Friday, September 6 12:50 a.m. Ponside 1: Intoxicated male. 1:06 a.m. Bushnell Apartments: Loud music. 1:19 a.m. Holloway Hall: Intoxicated male. 1:44 a.m. Huntress Hall: Student complaining about swollen gums. 8:48 p.m. Sidewalk: Student cut his finger, asked for assis-­ tance. 11:37 p.m. One Butler Court: Intoxicated subject. Saturday, September 7 3:27 a.m. Sidewalk: Intoxicated male. 5:28 p.m. One Butler Court: Older male trying to enter hall. 11:29 p.m. Randall Hall: Intoxicated subject. Sunday, September 8 12:01 a.m. Ponside 3: Unwanted subject. 12:26 a.m. Owl’s Nest 3: Alcohol violation. 706 1:06 a.m. Fiske Parking Lot: 706 [marijuana].

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Anne Huot is Keene State College’s 10th president. Dr. Huot started her duties at KSC on July 1 after being elected last March.

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complaints. Lt. Stewart said when comparing the summer to the fall, the department has dealt with a spike in arrests for underage misbehavior, but not so much any rise in crime level. Stewart also said that on Aug. 23, they made 43 arrests involving unlawful possession, resisting arrest and or possession of drugs. This compares to arrest records in the month of July, where police made 22 arrests for transportation of alcohol. KPD has no restrictions; they can come on and off campus as part of their jurisdiction, but he also said that depending on the situation, such as if the incident is on FDPSXV WKH\ FDOO .6& &DPSXV 6DIHW\ Ă€UVW Lt. Stewart also noted that campus and WKH GRZQWRZQ DUHD LV GHĂ€QLWHO\ D KRW VSRW for KPD during the weekends. Campus Safety Director Amanda Warman described how campus and the department are different once students are back. Warman indicated that her department stays busy over the summer with campus conferences, projects and faculty being on campus. According to Warman, the department keeps the same number of staff on during the summer as in the fall but no transportation shuttle is available. She said this is the RIĂ€FHU¡V WLPH WR DOWHUQDWH DQG WDNH WKHLU SHUsonal vacation time. She stressed Campus Safety is a 24/7 business and available at any time for any on-campus events. Warman said a few incidents happened over the summer, many happening on campus. During the summer, students attend student and staff conferences, soccer, Ă€HOG KRFNH\ FURVV FRXQWU\ DQG ODFURVVH camp, as well as department of education conferences, for example. Once fall arrived she said they keep most of their staff on Thursday, Friday and SaturGD\ QLJKWV 2IĂ€FHUV SDWURO WKH DUHD ORRNLQJ for activity such as students consuming illegal substances on the bridge across to WalMart. :DUPDQ VDLG WKH Ă€UVW ZHHNHQG VWXGHQWV were caught drinking in front of Randall +DOO 7KH Ă€UVW 7KXUVGD\ QLJKW RI WKH VHPHVter when upperclassmen returned, Aug. 29, she said they [Campus Safety] called for 15 arrests around campus. On Labor Day

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weekend they called for 20 arrests. KPD comes for backup and makes the arrests. The arrests all included incidents for either drugs or alcohol. Students are the majority of the ones having run-ins with these two departments. A sophomore on campus, Alex, said he feels VDIH DQG WKDW &DPSXV 6DIHW\ RIĂ€FHUV DUH available to him a good amount. He also

VDLG KH¡V ZLWQHVVHG DERXW IRXU WR Ă€YH GRUP URRPV ÂśJHW FDXJKW¡ E\ &DPSXV 6DIHW\ RIĂ€cers. In one of the incidents he was included. He said in his event, Campus Safety proceeded to call KPD and they made arrests. Students are the majority of the ones having run-ins with these two departments. Jerry Healy, a freshman who lives in Carle Hall got arrested Saturday night, Sept. 7 for

an open container violation. He was ticketed and detained. Despite the incident, he said that he always feels safe on campus. “I’ve seen KPD be nothing but respectfulâ€? KH VDLG +HDO\ VDLG GXULQJ WKH DUUHVW RIĂ€cers treated him nicely. He also said he saw about 30 other students get arrested or given consequences for misbehavior. On the other hand, a KSC freshman said

Not rain, but air, causes water leak in the MAC BRIAN CLEMMENSON

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pipe just got clogged up,� said Lorette. He also imagined that it is a fairly common occurrence. Lorette said he does not think there has been anything like this before. He said, “the Media Arts Center has had roof leaks in the past but this wasn’t a roof leak.� However, the MAC building has witnessed other incidents in the recent years. Last fall, students and faculty members complained about mice in the classrooms. Also, leaks were registered in hallways and rooms. Lorette stated that in this occasion, room 160 only had limited damage. He indicated the ceiling tiles had to be replaced. “I did receive a note that told me no computers were damaged by the

OHDN Âľ VDLG /RUHWWH 7KH ,7 +HOS 'HVN FRQĂ€UPHG this fact. In addition, Lorette said the air handler does not need to be replaced. According to Lorette, the air handler receives regular maintenance. “It is serviced twice a year whether anything goes wrong or not. It is a preventive maintenance schedule,â€? said Lorette. As for the crew that responded, it was the in house staff, said Lorette. The tiles have since been replaced and everything is back up and running.

The Media Arts Center at Keene State College has had its fair share of leaks over the years, and WKH PRVW UHFHQW RQH ZDV UHJLVWHUHG WKH Ă€UVW ZHHN of this semester. Wednesday, August 28 was a sunny day at KSC. However, water dropped into a Photo Journalism class in Room 160 at the MAC. KSC senior, Regan Driscoll, who was in the class, said water poured down from the ceiling. Driscoll said, “One student was at the comBrian Clemmenson can be contacted at puter and was shoving everything out of the bclemmenson@keene-equinox.com way to prevent damage.â€? Her professor, Julio Del Sesto, ran out to get help. Driscoll also said the tiles were discolored immediately after the incident took place. Unlike other cases, the cause of the leak was not rain spilling through the roof of the MAC. Physical Plant Work Control Supervisor, John Lorette indicated the water leak came from an air handler in the room. Media Arts Center Administrative Assistant Cheryl Martin was alerted immediately. Martin said when she heard about the leak, she contacted for help. According to Martin, that “small leakâ€? was QRW WKH Ă€UVW LQ WKH 0$& ´7KH\ KDYH RFFXUUHG DOO over the place,â€? said Martin. “They have not been FHQWUDOL]HG LQ D VSHFLĂ€F VSRW Âľ Later on, the Keene State Physical Plant Department staff were at the classroom to evaluate the scene. John Lorette noted the issue did not come from the roof but from the air handler. “The Media Arts building has an air handler and that controls the temperature of the environment. An air handler does the same function as a GHKXPLGLĂ€HU DV LW Ă€OWHUV DLU DQG GUDZV WKH ZDWHU and moisture out of the air,â€? said Lorette. According to Lorette, the day of incident was very humid. As a result, there was a lot of conBRITTANY MURPHY/ EQUINOX STAFF GHQVDWLRQ WKDW FDPH RXW RI WKH XQLW DQG Ă RZHG Communication, design and journalism students have most of their classes in the Media Arts down a drainpipe in the air handler. “The drain Center. On August 28, a water leak was registered in room 160 at the MAC.

SOUNDOFF Kyle Phaneuf Senior Music Performance

“I stayed up for 48 hours straight then hiked Mount Monadnock.�

he did not know where the Campus Safety building was and that he preferred not to encounter Campus Safety because they made him feel “kind of nervous.â€? A sophomore on campus, Shawn Gilpatrick has a different relationship with Campus Safety. He works for their parking enforcement and dispatch department. He said this job is “fun and rewarding.â€? He added that working for Campus Safety helps him gain experience for his minor; criminal justice. Molly Smith, a senior who lived off campus this past summer, noticed a significant amount of change when students are JRQH 6KH VDLG WKLV ZDV KHU Ă€UVW VXPPHU living in Keene and the town kept quiet. ´2YHU WKH VXPPHU WKHUH LV GHĂ€QLWHO\ QRW many people walking around at night and no loud house party disturbances compared to the school year,â€? she noted. She said she saw a lot of police patrol around the center of Main Street, but during the school year she said she sees them on campus often. Campus Safety does more than just patrol. Freshmen are provided with information packets, with things such as shuttle times, and given contact information as well so all students start off educated about our Campus Safety. In addition, Warman said she runs self-defense classes and these are available to all students male and female. Campus Safety and KPD dedicate a sigQLĂ€FDQW DPRXQW RI WLPH DQG UHVRXUFHV WR the Keene State College campus. As students move in, the departments are aware and patrolling accordingly. Lt. Stewart mentioned that the years kept similar arrest ratings in the past. Both departments are structured and prepared for the fall. Bethany Ricciardi can be contacted at bricciardi@keene-equinox.com

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Assembly elects students that will sit in the College Senate KARINA BARRIGA ALBRING

NEWS EDITOR Student Assembly elected two Keene State College students that will sit together with senior and Student Body President Eric Grady in the College Senate. In the Mountain View Room on Tuesday, September 10, the members of Student Assembly met for the second time in the semester and elected sophomore Bridgette Normandin and senior Erin Donnelly as the student representatives in the College Senate. The College Senate meets every Wednesday afternoon and consists of a group of faculty members and four students that go over academic issues. According to Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Melinda Treadwell, the Senate constantly seeks student input. ´:H >RIĂ€FLDOV DQG IDFXOW\ members] can have the sense that everything is going well, but we need to know for sure, and students are the only ones that can come to us with an answer for that,â€? Treadwell said. Provost Treadwell stated at the assembly that learning more about how KSC students feel about internship experiences and undergraduate research is a priRULW\ IRU WKH RIĂ€FH RI DFDGHPLF affairs. “We need to know if the

students feel that they are being challenged enough inside and outside the classroom,� Treadwell said. Provost Melinda Tradewell is a KSC alumna who joined the college as a faculty member in 2000. Before being named Interim Provost, Tradewell was the Dean of Professional and Graduate Studies. In October, Treadwell leaves .6& EULHà \ IRU PDWHUQLW\ OHDYH In other business: -Student Assembly members voted unanimously to approve the budget for the Ultimate Frisbee team for the this academic year. -The Ultimate Frisbee Club will receive $ 4,240. -Student Assembly also approved the budget request from the National Association for Music Education. -The members of NAFME will receive $8,800. Karina Barriga Albring can be contacted at kbarriga@keene-equinox.com

“What  was  the  weirdest  thing  that  happened  to  you  during  move-­in  week?â€? Â

James Gillum Senior Film Studies

“An oompa loompa sprained his wrist moving crates into my chocolate factory.�

Danielle Marcotte Sophomore Elementary Education

“Seeing the guy with the unicorn hat on skateboarding around campus.�

Emmi Silegy Sophomore Education

“I ate the display french fries from Lloyds.�

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Isaac Evans Freshman Athletic Training

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Making safety the priority

There are many important factors toward gaining a healthy college lifestyle: diet and exercise, sleep, stress management, academics, social life—the list goes on. But above all, we believe the safety of students needs to be the highest priority. Is it? On Aug. 23, Keene Police Department made 43 arrests involving unlawful possession of drugs and or alcohol and resists of arrest. Compare this to records from the month of July where most Keene State College students were not living in the Keene area. Police made 22 arrests for alcohol related incidents. Of course, when the population increases, it is more likely there will be an expansion of police activity. According to a statement made by Campus Safety DirecWRU $PDQGD :DUPDQ WKH ÀUVW 7KXUVGD\ QLJKW RI WKH \HDU drew a large crowd of safety and law enforcement on and off-campus. According to Warman, on Labor Day weekend KPD was called for 20 arrests. These arrests dealt with drug and alcohol misconduct. Though Campus Safety was involved and most concerned with on–campus related issues, which KSC students were most in danger? Were they students in residential halls or students walking the streets? Are students more bound to participate in illegal activity off-campus than when on KSC grounds? When Campus Safety called KPD for back-up, were their services taken away from someone in imminent danger to deal with someone drinking underage? Did the underage drinking and partying take KPD away from a potentially more threatening situation off-campus? What about the girl walking by herself at 3 a.m.? Or the couple arguing on the corner of a street? We ask these questions because we want to know where the focus lies. The Equinox is not accusing Campus Safety or KPD of not doing their jobs. KPD has added two to three shifts to their schedule since the summer—an increase in police presence when KSC students return in the fall. We thank KPD for these efforts. On the contrary, we are concerned about issues that merely result in a slap on the wrist versus circumstances that may leave a student in severe danger, such as the gunman on campus that occurred just last year. Reports of underage drinking are staggering. But how do they compare to the severity of intentional or uncontrollable violence? It is the Equinox’s hope that KPD and even Campus Safety pay just as close attention to, if not more, the girl walking home alone on a dark, quiet Keene street.

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Glimpses of change in America’s backyard COMMENTARY My father grew up in Manhattan, and the majority of my family is spread across the boroughs. We visit often. The older I get, the less time I spend taking photos and more time observing the people around me. With an estimated 8.3 million human beings in the city on any given day, it may seem redundant for me to mention that this city is prime for people watching. The greatest eye-opening experiences I have had in the city, in regards to the diversity of the people, came this summer as I sat in the backseat of a cab and listened, on two separate occasions, to the conversations my mother and father held with our cab driver. As my mother rushed to 42nd and 5th to meet us for a show, she spoke with an Egyptian man. He told my mother that the Muslim brotherhood was a small majority in Egypt, according to his

estimates, a mere 2%. He told her the vast majority of the people in his home country just wanted peace. At the same time this conversation took place, I looked out my window in the back of the cab at Times Square and among the men dressed up as Spiderman and Buzz Lightyear stood several SWAT team members, fully dressed in protective gear, carrying guns greater than half my size. We happened to visit the city this summer the same time the U.S. intercepted electronic communication from Al Qaeda and embassies were evacuated across the Mideast. The country was on alert. The immediate juxtaposition of this man’s words of peace and the sudden scene before me made me shiver. Next, my father spoke to a Muslim cab driver. This man told my father he liked America because here, he could be free. He said, “I

don’t have to look over my shoulder here, to see if someone is following me.� As the U.S. awaits a decision of action towards Syria and the killings in Egypt continue, I remain grateful for my freedom and protection in my country. Yet small realities are becoming all too real, and listening to men speak of terrors that have entered their own lives, I grow weary. For that small moment when I looked out the window of the cab and saw Buzz Lightyear and Spiderman, I did not think twice when I saw a man with a gun. I thought, “another costume.� When I realized I was wrong, I came to a conclusion that should have come sooner- things are changing. Julie Conlon can be contacted at jconlon@keene-equinox.com

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Cease fire: A solution for Syrian unrest STAFF COMMENTARY

For those who haven’t been paying attention to the chemical crisis in Syria, let me assure you that this issue, especially at this pivotal moment, is as important as the decision made by the United States government to invade Iraq in 2003. Obama is playing a dangerous and foolish game if he intends to disregard the United Nations Security Council and move forward with military intervention despite having little international support, virtually no support from the American public, without a supportive Congress. Without going through the proper channels or letting the U.N. inspectors do their jobs, the U.S. government runs the risk of reducing the amount of political sway held internationally, making the American public ORVH FRQĂ€GHQFH LQ WKHLU HOHFWHG JRYHUQPHQW 7KH ZRUOG already views the U.S. government as aggressive and intrusive, thanks to the Bush Administration’s decision to invade Iraq with very little political backing. $V RI 7KXUVGD\ $XJ WKH 2EDPD $GPLQLVWUDWLRQ had support from English Prime Minister, David Cameron, who, along with his legal team, argued, â€œâ€Śunder international law, targeted military action in Syria was MXVWLĂ€HG RQ KXPDQLWDULDQ JURXQGV HYHQ LI WKHUH ZDV QR agreement at the United Nations.â€? 7KLV YLHZSRLQW EODWDQWO\ GLVUHJDUGV WKH UXOHV RI WKH U.N. conventions when it comes to militarism against a member nation. Luckily this has since been voted down by the British Parliament by a vote of 285 to a close 272; their reasoning being that there was not enough evidence to warrant international intervention. It is refreshing to see that at least 285 votes in the British Parliament have learned a lesson from the days of Bush and Blair. 7KH GDQJHU RI LJQRULQJ WKH 8 1 &RQYHQWLRQV WR which the U.S. and Britain are signatories) is an inevitable belief amongst essentially everyone in the world that the strongest military powers of the world can intervene whenever they deem it necessary. ,W LV GLIĂ€FXOW WR FODLP WKDW LQWHUYHQWLRQ LV GULYHQ E\ some moral obligation when, throughout history, military powers have sat on their hands as atrocities have JRQH RQ ,W OHDGV RQH WR EHOLHYH WKHUH LV DQRWKHU SUREDEO\ Ă€QDQFLDO LQWHUHVW LQ LQWHUYHQWLRQ If the Obama Administration is really concerned with upholding international law, then it should push for bringing Assad to justice by putting him on trial for war crimes. Bombing Syria will inevitably kill more innocent SHRSOH DQG KLQGHU GLSORPDF\ LQ WKH DUHD 7KH LQFUHDVH in innocent death by U.S. bombs is only one of the probable outcomes. $V RI )ULGD\ $XJ ,UDQ DQG /HEDQRQ VSHFLĂ€FDOO\ Hezbollah) are in discussion about a planned retaliation DJDLQVW :HVWHUQ LQWHUHVWV L H ,VUDHO 7XUNH\ DQG -RUGDQ 7KLV FRXOG KDYH FDWDVWURSKLF UHVXOWV GDUH , VD\ WKH VWDUW RI D ODUJHU ZDU 7KH UHVLVWDQFH WR :HVWHUQ LQWHUYHQWLRQ is also coming from Russia, who just deployed two warships to the Mediterranean Sea. Granted, this deployment is probably just a show of intimidation but it is not something to take lightly.

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If the line in the sand is chemical warfare, why hasn’t the U.S. intervened in the past? If it is a political move RQ 2EDPD¡V SDUW ZK\ KDVQ¡W KH UHDOL]HG WKDW RQO\ RI the American public agrees with military intervention? 7KLV FRXOG HIIHFWLYHO\ GR WR WKH 'HPRFUDWLF SDUW\ ZKDW the invasion of Iraq did to the Republican party. I am in no way a non-interventionist, but intervenWLRQ PXVW EH GRQH SURSHUO\ 7KH 8 6 VKRXOG OHDUQ IURP past mistakes and garner U.N. support before hastily jumping into war, especially considering the consequences are many and unknown. We, as a nation, have for the last eight years gauged political failure by the actions of Bush and Blair but now, for some reason, 2EDPD LV ZLOOLQJ WR PDNH WKH VDPH PLVWDNH 7KH VFDU\

part is that I think the repercussions may be much more dire. 7KH VROXWLRQ WR WKLV LQ P\ KXPEOH RSLQLRQ LV WR gather of all the involved nations and negotiate a ceaseÀUH $ FHDVH ÀUH ZRXOG DOORZ 8 1 RIÀFLDOV WR RFFXS\ the area and maintain peace while a negotiation is met. 7KLV VKRXOG EH RYHUVHHQ E\ WKH 8 1 7KH DEVHQFH RI VXFK D QHJRWLDWLRQ ZLOO RQO\ UHVXOW in the continuance of the Syrian civil war and further strain on international relations. But, I’m sure plenty of arms will be sold to both Syrian rebels and Assad alike. Nick Castine can be contacted at ncastine@keene-equinox.com

KSC ‘still reeling’ from budget cuts STAFF COMMENTARY

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In April of 2011, the New Hampshire House of Representatives introduced a budget that implemented massive cuts across almost every section of government, in a state where the New Hampshire University System already received some of the smallest subsidies nationwide. 7KH EXGJHW FXWV VSXUUHG D FRQWUDFWLRQ of full-time adjuncts at Keene State College as the college strived to cut $250,000 out of the adjunct budget. More than two years later, the college is still reeling from the budget cuts. 7KHUH DUH IHZHU FODVVHV PDQ\ H[LVWing classes are larger and less popular classes are frequently cut due to low enrollment. 7KH FROOHJHV¡ PHWKRGV RI FRVW FRQWURO have resulted in a slew of less desirable, ORZHU SD\LQJ MREV EHLQJ DEOH WR Ă€OO WKHP mostly because of a poor nationwide job pool for the college-educated. Over the past few semesters, I’ve enrolled for multiple classes without knowing who the professor was, because the college had not hired them yet. &DQ VWXGHQWV H[SHFW WKH VDPH OHYHO RI instruction from, say, a fresh adjunct that WKH\ FRXOG H[SHFW IURP D IDFXOW\ PHPEHU WKDW KDG EHHQ WKHUH IRU Ă€YH \HDUV RU PRUH DGMXQFW RU QRW " ,W¡V KDUG WR SLFN FODVVHV ZLWK FRQĂ€dence when the school either doesn’t know or cannot be bothered to tell you who is teaching them. 7KH WXUQRYHU UDWH LV QRW XQIRXQGHG ,I \RX JHW KLUHG \RX FDQ H[SHFW WKUHH things: poverty wages, no job security DQG QR EHQHĂ€WV 7KH .6& VWUDWHJ\ WR SUHYHQW WKH FROlege from having to pay full-time wages or salaries closely mirror similar strategies employed in the corporate world. By scheduling the bulk of adjuncts for part-time hours and hiring more part WLPH DGMXQFWV WR Ă€OO LQ WKH JDSV WKH FROlege can get the same quality of teacher at a fraction of the cost. However, that is not how it works at Wal-Mart, and that is not how it works here. 7KH SUREOHP ZLWK WKLV VWUDWHJ\ LV VLPSOH PDWKHPDWLFV 7KH DGMXQFWV , LQWHUviewed for this article made under $1,000 D FUHGLW EXW OHW¡V URXQG XS IRU VLPSOLĂ€FD-

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tion. If an adjunct is assigned two fourFUHGLW FRXUVHV WKH\ FDQ H[SHFW WR SXOO LQ a whopping $16,000 for two semesters worth of work. But surely, they can make it up over the summer? Not quite. During the summer, adjuncts are paid based on the number of students they’re teaching, which usually adds up to considerably less than their fall or spring semester wages. Even if they pull in another $8,000, that brings their pay rate to a measly $24,000 a year. 7KH UHVXOW LV DQ HPSOR\HH ZKR GRHV not make enough at the college to live off of, so they are forced to work additional jobs outside of the college, leaving them less time to devote to student interactions or course design. 7KH LQKHUHQW ODFN RI MRE VHFXULW\ inhibits their long term plans, their ability to reinvest in the community and on campus, and their ability to successfully teach their students. Why invest 60 or 70 hours in putting together a new course with better reading material, when you might be out of a MRE QH[W VHPHVWHU" If you’re holding multiple jobs at mulWLSOH FROOHJHV FDQ \RX UHDOO\ EH H[SHFWHG to devote as much time to your lessons as a better-compensated tenure-track professor? 6HSDUDWH XQLRQV MRE WLWOHV DQG RIÀFH privileges separate the adjunct staff from the often sympathetic tenure-track staff, whose own union has to compete against the adjuncts for the slim share of additional revenue each year. Ostensibly, an adjunct professor VKRXOG EH YHUVHG HQRXJK LQ WKHLU ÀHOG WKDW WKH\ URXJKO\ DSSUR[LPDWH WKH WHDFKing ability of those on the tenure-track, but we pay them at rates more commensurate with those of a fast food manager. I’ve noticed the ability of adjuncts to

teach varies, but no more than tenured professors. I have had energetic, inspired DGMXQFWV ZKRVH LQWHUHVW LQ WKHLU Ă€HOG inspired the same from their students. Alternately, I have had detached, rambling professors that don’t seem to feel comfortable in class until the last week, DQG ZKR PDNH RII FRORU VH[LVW MRNHV LQ the hallway in front of their embarrassed colleagues. 7KH FROOHJH KDV D VROXWLRQ WR WKLV SUREOHP RYHU WKH QH[W IRXU \HDUV WKH FROOHJH plans on increasing full-time faculty to D IXOO RI WKH WRWDO FUHGLWV RIIHUHG E\ 2017. While this means better paying fullWLPH SRVLWLRQV IRU VRPH DGMXQFWV DV ZHOO as new tenure-track positions), this still leaves a third of our classes being taught by severely underpaid part-time faculty. 7KLV \HDU WKH FROOHJH EXGJHWHG RXW D ZKRSSLQJ IRU WKH SUHVLGHQW¡V RIĂ€FH DORQH LQFOXGHG D KDQGVRPH LQYHVWHG LQ WKH ´H[HFXWLYH searchâ€?), enough money to hire eight or QLQH IXOO WLPH IDFXOW\ ZLWK EHQHĂ€WV 7KH JRYHUQRU KDV SOHGJHG QRW WR LQVWLWXWH DQ\ QHZ WD[HV WR DOOHYLDWH WKH VWDWH¡V budget woes, which makes the prospect of restored state funding look pretty bleak. In the face of such prolonged budget issues, the traditional university model needs to be re-evaluated in favor of a system that prioritizes learning, student engagement and economy. We need a college that prioritizes academics above all else; eschewing overpaid administrators in favor of fairer, more even wages for the entire teaching staff, adjunct and tenure-track alike. Gibson Chase can be contacted at gibson.chase-pinkney@ksc.keene.edu

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Honors Program at KSC finds reason to ‘Pachi Mama’ KATTEY ORTIZ

EQUINOX STAFF There are many theories and ideas as to what exactly runs the world. It could be anything; love, money, respect, power—the list LV LQĂ€QLWH %XW WR WKH LQGLJHQRXV people of Quito, Ecuador, it is the genuine appreciation for “Pachi Mama,â€? or Mother Earth. The Keene State College Honors Program had the opportunity to learn about their perception of the world during their trip to Ecuador from May 14 to June 1. Honors students must maintain a grade point average of at least 3.5. The program is strictly exclusive to .6& DQG LV QRW DIĂ€OLDWHG ZLWK DQ\ national societies. Instructed by Skye Stephenson and Dottie Morris, the Global Engagement course educated the 15 honors students during WKH VHPHVWHU DERXW WKH VSHFLĂ€F FRXQtry they were traveling to. “We learned about some of the geography in Ecuador, the history,â€? said junior Hersch Rothmel. “We also learned about ethnocentrism, so like, how we’re from America and mostly white and how that was going to affect the way we perceive the people of Ecuador and how they perceive us.â€? The honors students also learned details about the indigenous people of Ecuador, including their struggles, according to junior Shaelyn Cole. 7KH Ă€UVW VHJPHQW RI WKHLU H[FXUsion was spent in Quito, the capital of Ecuador. A welcoming ceremony was preVHQWHG WR WKHP WKH Ă€UVW GD\ “It was absolutely beautiful. Everyone held hands and said what they were thankful for and a prayer to mother earth, which they call ‘Pachi Mama,’â€? said Rothmel. The students lent their hands to indigenous students by helping renovate an intercultural university in Quito. Their campus, however, is nothing like a traditional American university. A meetinghouse and tiny

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little shack rooms is all it contains. Indigenous architecture students worked alongside the honors students. They took this time to interact with one another and educate them about their philosophies. “They gave us lectures about what cosmovision is, which is their world view. And they told us a lot

about what they struggle with politically as indigenous people and what they struggle with socially,â€? Rothmel said. “They talked about what they’re trying to do for marginalized people within Ecuador.â€? After the renovation project, Cole and Rothmel detailed how they all SOD\HG VRFFHU LQ D QHDUE\ Ă€HOG WDON-

ing and laughing while listening to music of the locals. “Something that really stuck out to me was, you see that they’re in poverty,� Cole said. “They don’t have as much as us. When they see us they’re like, ‘Oh my gosh, you’re American, you have everything! You must be so happy

WR EH $PHULFDQ ¡ %XW WKH\¡UH WKH happiest people you will ever meet. They go out of their way to talk to you and ask you how you are. When you think of things like that, you don’t think they’d be so happy and so thankful for everything because we take a lot of it for granted.â€? The honors students also visited

the sights in Quito, such as a tour of Colonial Quito where the SpanLVK Ă€UVW FRORQL]HG 7KH\ WUDYHOHG to Otavalo, which is a wealthy city Ă€OOHG ZLWK DUWLVDQV WUDGHVPHQ DQG SOHQW\ RI WRXULVWV %XW ZKDW VHHPHG to be the highlight of the trip was the Intag Cloud Forest Reserve. “I thought it was the best part EHFDXVH LQ WKH ,QWDJ WKH\¡UH Ă€JKWing against copper mining companies. They live in these cloud forests which only make up 2.5% of the global topography. They’ve been in constant battle of resisting the copper mining because not only would it displace thousands of people, but it would destroy one of the most amazing and diverse ecosystems in the world,â€? Rothmel said. Cole said she is normally not one to hike, but hiking for hours in the Intag was an amazing experience. “We saw the most beautiful birds, we saw all these different insects you’d never see. And the waterfalls I swam in the waterfalls and I never thought I’d do that,â€? she said. Aside from a semester’s worth of education paired with the experience a textbook can’t offer, the students brought home life lessons that will stay with them forever. “The last day was surreal,â€? Rothmel said. “I think the biggest thing I took out of the trip was having conversations with people is the best way to learn about anything. When you really sit down and talk to people and learn about their experiences, it just puts a whole new light on it that no theory or political stance can offer. “You can get so detached reading stuff, and you really get to thinking you know everything, but when you go out and you actually experience it, and you actually learn from people, and talk about them and their experiences, you never stop questioning. And it opens up so many doors. Just listen to people’s experiences.â€? Kattey Ortiz can be contacted at kortiz@keene-equinox.com

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After Hours program inflates fall semester KENZIE TRAVERS

STUDENT LIFE EDITOR “I love to see them laugh,â€? said Keene State College student Kelly Welch, as the stuGHQWV GRGJHG D JLDQW LQĂ DWDEOH spinning pole in the Student Center lawn this past Friday, 6HSWHPEHU Through Student Involvement, the KSC After Hours 3URJUDP KHOG DQ ,QĂ DWDEOH Madness night, featuring WKUHH LQĂ DWDEOH MXPSDURRV LQFOXGLQJ D EXQJHH UXQ ZLSHRXW DQG GRPH GHIHQGHU EOXH UDVSEHUU\ SRSFRUQ DQG GDQFH PXVLF :HOFK LV D MXQLRU VWXG\ing elementary education and PDWK HGXFDWLRQ 6KH EHFDPH SDUW RI WKH KSC After Hours program to EHFRPH PRUH LQYROYHG DQG JHW VWXGHQWV WR HQMR\ WKHLU WUDQVLWLRQ LQWR FDPSXV She said, “I like seeing how happy they are and that they’re having fun on campus, HVSHFLDOO\ ODWH DW QLJKW WRR Âľ Junior and Health Science PDMRU &KHOVHD +DUULV LV WKH Student Activities and Organizational Assistant who works DORQJ ZLWK :HOFK Harris helps oversee the After Hours program and plan WKH HYHQWV Last weekend, the program held a glow light dance party DW WKH VWXGHQW FHQWHU +DUULV explained her goal in these HYHQWV ´2YHUDOO MXVW WR JHW NLGV RXW GR RWKHU WKLQJV WKDQ MXVW JRLQJ RXW 7KHUH LV RWKHU IXQ VWXII RQ FDPSXV Âľ Director of Student Involvement Jen Ferrell started this SURJUDP WZR \HDUV DJR Since then, Ferrell, Harris and Welch have tallied and surveyed what events students are interested in and gathered that information to SODQ IRU WKLV XSFRPLQJ \HDU ´:H KDYH D QXPEHU RI GDQFHV 1H[W ZHHN ZH KDYH D FDUQLYDO QLJKW 6NL EDOO DQG EXPSHU FDUV >DQG@ FRWWRQ FDQG\Âľ )HUUHOO VDLG 7KH FDUQLYDO QLJKW ZLOO EH 6HSWHPEHU IURP WR D P

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Ă€UVW \HDUV %ULQQ 0FJXLUH DQG 0DGL +DOO ERWK VDLG ´2K P\ god we’re going to that!â€? “It gives people another EOH Âľ 6KHHK\ VDLG EHKLQG KLV horse mask that he wore to the option for other people to SURJUDP ´, SXW RQ WKH XQL- ERQG ZLWK RWKHU VWXGHQWV ZKR corn mask and it makes people GRQ¡W ZDQW WR JR RXW , WKLQN LW¡V D ORW RI IXQ Âľ0FJXLUH VDLG KDSS\ Âľ 6KHHK\ VDLG $QG KDSS\ LV DEVROXWHO\ Kenzie Travers can be what the students were that contacted at QLJKW :KHQ LQIRUPHG DERXW mtravers@keene-equinox.com WKH EXPSHU FDUV QH[W 6DWXUGD\

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Alexandra Kirk piles leftover clothes from the sale into the truck bed for donation to Fast Friends Greyhound Rescue, the Humane Society and Mary’s Place. According to Recycling Coordinator, Heather Greenwood, many of the items are still in good condition.

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IDFXOW\ DQG 5HVLGHQWLDO /LIH ´7KHUH¡V MXVW VR PXFK FROODERUDWLRQ across campus and I think that that’s one of the things that made it really, really VXFFHVVIXO Âľ VKH VDLG ´WKH PRUH SURMHFWV that we can have on campus that do that, WKH EHWWHU Âľ Kirk said the sale took place not only WR KHOS SDUHQWV DQG VWXGHQWV VDYH EXW added that, “it’s also good, too, for the incoming freshmen to know that Keene 6WDWH VWULYHV WR EH D JUHHQ FDPSXV DQG we try to promote recycling and good HQYLURQPHQWDO KDELWV RQ FDPSXV Âľ Brittany Ballantyne can be contacted at bballantyne@keene-equinox.com

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Ă HDV DQG Ă HDV FDUU\ WKH SODJXH So Currier and his team found themselves responsible for each reaching nearly 600 holes a day with pesticide in the hopes that their efforts might save the prairie dogs and the endangered species. “It was a sweet summer for me,â€? he said, “I met a lot of people. I learned how to get along with them because we were in crews of eight. I learned really good group participation and cooperation skills.â€? While Currier spent his summer out in the wild, seniors Ruback and Wyden spent their summers inside enhancing their Ă€HOGV RI VWXG\ JUDSKLF GHVLJQ Far from the hot sands of Wyoming, Wyden spent his summer in Chelsea, Manhattan working for an ad agency. Wyden claimed he applied to nearly 100 companies with both paid and unpaid internship positions while studying abroad last VHPHVWHU ´, ZDV VXUĂ€QJ WKURXJK thousands of internships online when I was abroad. I found this LQWHUQVKLS MXVW VXUĂ€QJ WKH LQWHUnet on Monster.com and Craigslist and various amount of search engines,â€? the senior said. Wyden, whose dream it is to live in the city after graduation, said he stayed with his cousin in Queens as he worked as a “digital creative intern.â€? Wyden explained the company holds accounts with Banana Republic and Timberland, to name a few, and he found himself doing web assets, building animations for websites and assisting in digital mechanical work. Wyden, who is completing the graphic design major this year, said the internship broadened his view on the paths he could take when he graduates. “I never really pictured myself in advertising because I have heard how intense it is. I was always skeptical—but that is why I wanted to intern at an ad agency to see how it worked. Working there for 12 weeks my ideas shifted towards what they [agencies] about and I think I’m GHĂ€QLWHO\ JRLQJ EDFN LQWR DGYHUtising when I get out of school.â€? Wyden encouraged students WR JHW RII WKH .6& FDPSXV DQG delve into as many aspects of their major that they can. “If you at least do not explore the possibilities of getting an internship you never would know what it is like to work and be in the workforce outside of school with a college degree. I just wanted an idea of what I was getting into.â€? Similarly, senior Ruback is doubling up in graphic design and studio art. She too had an internship this summer LQ WKH JUDSKLF GHVLJQ Ă€HOG ZRUNing for an online media agency in New Hampshire. Though Ruback intensely followed her SURĂ€OH ZLWK ,QWHUQVKLSV FRP LW was a connection her mother made that landed Ruback the position. For this senior, it was not so much the work content and WKH SRVW JUDG FODULĂ€FDWLRQ WKDW made the experience worthwhile, rather, it was the change from the competitive classroom environment to a professional team environment. “We got to work with a large group of people on more of a professional level. Instead of feeling like you were in competition with everyone you felt like you were a part of a group. It gave me FRQĂ€GHQFH LQ P\VHOI Âľ VKH VDLG Like Wyden, Ruback encourages students to seek additional learning opportunities outside the classroom. “Its always good to start searching early so you have a choice of internship you want to have. Also, talk to your teachers. They have connections that can give you an edge.â€? Currier had something similar to say. “Search for it. You have to look. There are lots of jobs but you have to actively look for them. Do it. Apply. Go full gusto,â€? Currier added, “It’s sweet.â€?

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Students are now able to use their owl card at multiple locations, such as the Keene State College Bookstore and the Zorn Dining Commons.

Advances in the owl card make buying on campus more convenient for students SABRINA LAPOINTE

“You can use it in the Owl’s Roost, you can use it in the bookstore, that’s new this year and you can also use it in the concessions.�

EQUINOX STAFF From swiping into residential halls, swiping into the Dining Commons, and XVLQJ LW IRU \RXU Ă H[ PRQH\ DW Llyod’s, the Owl Card plays a YLWDO UROH DW .HHQH 6WDWH &ROlege. The Owl Card is a form of LGHQWLĂ€FDWLRQ RQ FDPSXV IRU DOO .6& VWXGHQWV LI DQ\WKLQJ is with you 24/7, it is probably that. Unfortunately, many of the uses this card has have gone unknown to a number of students on campus. General Manager of the dining services Josef Quirinale helped clear some of the ambiguity and explained the many purposes of this card. First off, there are several different tenders on the Owl Card. ´7KH Ă€UVW WHQGHU LV WKH PHDO

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plan dollars, and those are the dollars that you add onto your meal plan.� He continued, “Those can be used in any one of the dining locations, they can be used in the DC, the Hoot n Scoot, the Night Owl Cafe, Lloyd’s and Bean n Bagel. The second one is called dining dollars.� 0DQ\ .6& VWXGHQWV PD\ not realize the difference between these two, however there is one. “The difference with dining dollars is, you can still use it in all the dining loca-

tions, but that money stays with you, so it’s like a debit card. Owl cash is just a little bit different,� he said. Leftover owl cash gets carried over from semester to semester. Students can use it in the Owl’s Roost, you can use it in the bookstore, that’s new this year, and you can also use it in the concessions,� Quirinale said. One of the most notable changes made to the Owl Card this year is that students can now purchase books at the bookstore with it.

people that you click with easily.â€? Ahlquist is a social studies major who said she was inspired to become more involved on campus DQG KHOS WKH Ă€UVW \HDUV WUDQVLWLRQ (cont. from A10) Ahlquist said she was so happy to be chosen as an orientation all the time even now,â€? Beaulieu leader staff member. said. Beaulieu is an architecture “I knew that it was really comand occupational safety and health petitive and not everybody would minor. get it. It was one of my last chances Ahlquist added, “It’s never too to get involved,â€? Ahlquist said. late to make friends even though After spending the summer I’m a senior. You meet really good together preparing, the orientation

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While many students are used to paying cash or using their credit/debit card, the purchase can now be made directly on your Owl Card. Another interesting aspect to the Owl Card is that you can purchase items at concession stands. “So if you go to an athletic event and there are concessions, you can use owl cash,� Quirinale said. With these many uses designed for this card, there is a way to manage your money that goes on it. Located on the back of

leaders lead a group consisting of students with the same or similar interest in majors, and undecided students. The week of orientation has various programs that are designed based on different facets of the campus including what they can get involved in, the resources that are available to them, programs based on cultural diversity, VH[XDO YLROHQFH SUHYHQWLRQ ÀQDQcial aid, and academic and career advising. Young explained how important

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Seniors Yana Riendeau and Marc Young thumbs up on Fiske Quad during 1355 Nights, which is a celebration of the new students being 1355 nights away from graduation.

your Owl Card is a website keeneowlca rd.netca rd manager.com. Under the student’s account they may view their transaction history, make a deposit and report lost cards, report found cards, among other things. Stephanie Durvin, a sophRPRUH DW .6& VKDUHG KHU beliefs about the Owl Card and its use on campus. ´, PRVWO\ XVH LW IRU Ă H[ WR go to the DC and to get into my building,â€? Durvin said. Adding the bookstore and the Owl’s Roost gives the Owl Card even more of an extended use for students. “Now that you can use it at the Owl’s Roost and the bookstore, it seems like they’ve designed the card so that you can use it basically everywhere on campus,â€? Durvin said. Although it may seem as if

there could not be any more additions made to the Owl Card, there is always room for improvement. Between everything there is on campus, students could get pretty creative with the ways in which you could use the Owl Card. “I would think that eventually there would be other things that might go onto the card, I can’t tell you what they may be, there may be something in the library, there may be something with copying things, there may be other things that go onto it, I think there’s the potential for that to happen,� Quirinale said. Sabrina Lapointe can be contacted at slapointe@ksc.keene.edm

it is for the orientation staff to be RQ WKH EHKDYLRU RI WKH Ă€UVW \HDUV knowledgeable about the campus. “It was incredible,â€? he said. “A lot of the orientation lead- “They were so enthusiastic. We had ers are very involved in all areas the highest attendance rates that of campus. Every one of the staff we’ve ever had. It was an amazing brings their own piece of what they year, it stood out to us and speaks are involved in,â€? Young said. “You to us about how this program has have to be outgoing [and] friendly.â€? evolved and get people ready to 2QH RI WKH PRVW VLJQLĂ€FDQW ZHO- go and not be bored of orientation. coming techniques that orientation The O-leaders, our coordinators, leaders participate in is the “clap inâ€? and the academic career and advisIRU WKH Ă€UVW \HDUV ing, brought that whole spectrum “It makes them feel accepted and together and created such a great welcome,â€? said Ahlquist. program and that’s what created “I think the clap in is their the attendance to go up.â€? experience knowing that this is “It’s a really big leadership your school and we’re here for you opportunity,â€? Beaulieu said about and we can’t wait to see you grow the program and why he wanted to and blossom here. They are the become a part of orientation. rising class. They are going to make “I wanted to capitalize on my the difference. I think it’s exciting opportunities and my emotional for the faculty to see the new faces goals that I’ve had.â€? This was Beaubecause they’re going to impact lieu’s second year as an orientathese people,â€? she continued. tion leader. Young, Ahlquist, and Ahlquist expressed how much Beaulieu each mentioned that they she wanted to make sure that her still talk with the members of their group saw everything on campus group after orientation. and to get them excited. “I told my group at our last She said, “I really wanted my meeting-even though I’m not going Ă€UVW \HDUV WR IDOO LQ ORYH ZLWK .HHQH to have this red shirt on, I’m here, I’ve always been passionate about and I’m a resource. I’m your friend,â€? WHOOLQJ RWKHUV DERXW .HHQH , KDG D Beaulieu said. really easy transition into college ´7KH Ă€QDO WHVW RI D OHDGHU LV WKDW but a lot of my friends didn’t and he leaves behind him in other men, I didn’t want anyone in my group the conviction and the will to carry to feel like that. I just wanted my on.â€? Could popular writer and group to feel like they belong and reporter Walter Lippmann have see how great this place is.â€? EHHQ UHIHUHQFLQJ WKH .HHQH Ahlquist brought her group to State College Orientation staff? the Night Owl CafĂŠ for sizzlers during Orientation. She also mentioned fun facts, Kenzie Travers can be contacted at for example, according to Ahlquist, mtravers@keene-equinox.com there is a movie theatre at the top of Parker Hall. Beaulieu commented

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Above, Left: KSC students left items behind on move out day last May.

R.O.C.K.S. collects, cleans and sorts these items each fall.

Above: R.O.C.K.S. made more than $600, according to Heather Greenwood, Recycling Coordinator.

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EQUINOX STAFF Sex, bondage and submission: the trilogy that seduced millions around the world. In March 2011, E.L. James released millions of copies worldwide of Fifty Shades of Grey. The book, an erotic romance novel, takes place between a college graduate, Anastasia Steele and a business mogul, Christian Grey. Through lewd sexual acts such as bondage/discipline, dominance/ submission, and sadism/masochism, the novel is quick to be categorized as porn. Even though pornographic videos and other sexual objects are easy to gain access to in today’s society, it seems to be taboo for women to admit to utilizing these things. However when reading a sexual IDQWDV\ ERRN LW VHHPV PRUH MXVWLĂ€able and less frowned upon by society. Keene State College senior Julie Trombetta said, “I don’t feel as scandalous when reading a book of this sort because it’s a story, there’s a real plot and sex just happens to the majority of it.â€? And just when we couldn’t keep our hands off of these racy books, James did the unthinkable by turning her saucy book into a movie. But how could something so raunchy be presented in public theaters? According to Screenrant.com, screenwriter Kelly Marcel said, “Regardless of what you may think of [James’] writing, this is a modern love story, involving two complex characters, and that’s what I’m interested in.â€? Marcel said it’s something WR ZRUN DW LW WDON DERXW LW DQG Ă€JXUH it out--regardless of the situation. “I don’t care what anybody says, there is something about Christian Grey that is old-fashioned and romantic,â€? Marcel said. With that being said, the movie will take on the guise of a modern GD\ URPDQFH PRYLH ZLWK H[WUD Ă DUH

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Sam Taylor – Johnson who has previously directed “Nowhere Boy� and “Love You More� agreed to take on the role for Director of Fifty Shades of Grey. Critics-associated.com quotes Taylor – Johnson, “I am excited to be charged with the evolution of Fifty

Shades of Grey from page to screen, for the legions of fans, I want to say that I will honour the power of Erika’s book and the characters of Christian and Anastasia. They are under my skin too.� However critics such as KSC English and secondary education major Holly Morris. “I’m

hoping, I’m praying that the movie will be different from the book. Maybe it will have a slim chance at being decent, but, it’s still probably going to be just as awkward to watch as it was to read it�, she said. The book itself has little plot outside of the bedroom so it is hard to

Keene Music Festival shines brightly through a weekend of cloudy skies on the Fiske Quad BRITTANY BALLANTYNE

ADMINISTRATIVE EXECUTIVE EDITOR Though the sky was dismal at best, the pitter-patter of the rain on the Fiske Quad stage was nothing in comparison to the echoes of drum kits and melodies at the Keene Music Festival. On August 31, bands and performers scattered through the city of Keene to play for audiences along Main Street and the Keene State College campus. There were a variety of different age groups who performed and for many artists LW ZDV WKHLU ÀUVW WLPH SOD\LQJ D VKRZ RQ .6& grounds. Some of the youngest performers were the members of Indie rock band The Snaz,

ranging from ages 13 to 15. The Snaz has been together for two years and played only their own music at the festival. They spoke of some of their earliest memories with music and with one another as a band. Bassist Sally Fletcher said, “I think some of my earliest memories are messing around with music.â€? She explained that she has EHHQ SOD\LQJ EDVV VLQFH Ă€IWK JUDGH Mavis Eaton, pianist and back-up vocal artist, said she had always longed to be in a band when the group formed. “I kind of feel like I’m accomplishing something,â€? she said when describing what practice is like for her. Zack James, drummer for The Snaz, said being a part of the band and music in gen-

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One of the many performers at the Keene Music Festival plays the violin.

eral is “a great experience, it’s just a fun thing to do with your life.â€? Lead singer and guitarist Dharma Ramirez expressed what music does for her and said, “I think it’s the only time I feel really present in what I’m doing.â€? Ramirez and Eaton compose a lot of the music The Snaz performs. Ramirez said everyday experiences are her inspiration. Usually, she will come up with the guitar SRUWLRQ WKDW Ă€WV D FHUWDLQ IHHOLQJ DQG DGG lyrics later. “The way stuff works together is very different, I don’t think we really did that on purpose, I just think it kind of happened,â€? Ramirez said. Eaton explained that The Snaz’s youth made them unique from the other bands performing on the Fiske Quad that day. She takes pride in the group’s dynamics and quirkiness and believes they are original for those reasons. Folk artist Robert Hamill also made his KSC debut at the festival. He had been playing music for four years. Three of those years involved teaching himself how to play with some help from a Beatles music book. After living in the area for years, Hamill said, “actually playing here is awesome.â€? As far as performing on stage goes, Hamill said it can be “demoralizingâ€? when there are not too many people in the audience, but added that he gets up and gives it a shot nonetheless. “I feel kind of nervous, but I use that as the strive,â€? Hamill said. Hamill put his own spin on popular songs by other artists, and smiles and smirks drew across the faces of on-lookers as he sang his own acoustic version of “Runawayâ€? by Kanye West. He enjoys learning new chords and “making new sounds,

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say what exactly the movie will be based on without making it into a FRPSOHWH SRUQRJUDSKLF Ă€OP “I am and I’m sure everyone else is just as curious as to how this movie will be played out, I really don’t know how there can even be an actual movie because ninety nine

percent of the book is all sex scenesâ€?, Trombetta said. Just this week, the casting for the lead roles in the movie was announced. Dakota Johnson, daughter of singer Don Johnson and actress 0HODQLH *ULIĂ€WK ZLOO WDNH RQ WKH persona of Anastasia Steele. Johnson is best known for her work in “21 Jump Streetâ€? and “The Social Networkâ€?. The hunk that will play Christian Grey is no other than Charlie Hunnam, famously known for his character Jax in the television series, “Sons of Anarchy.â€? The casting has already received backlash by fans demanding for a recast. KSC Film Professor Peter Condon said, “Fans of that book are signing a petition to have a recast.â€? According to The Guardian fans have taken to the website Change. org (a website geared to creating SHWLWLRQV DQG LV WU\LQJ WR ´LQĂ Xence Hollywood casting decisions, more than 17,000 people have joined a call for producers to remove the duo and replace them with Matt Bomer and Alexis Bledel.â€? Even though issues like petitions are rarely taken into consideration, one of the movie’s producers, Dana Brunetti tweeted on September 2 that casting consisted of more than just looks. “Talent, availability, their desire to do it, chemistry with other actor, etc.â€? Condon, who took to the situation about the main characters said, “They’re up and coming so what they’re doing is probably giving opportunities to some people whose careers are just at the start.â€? The release date for Fifty Shades of Grey is set to be August 1 of 2014, whether it will be played in all theaters across the world, and what age restriction it will receive is still unknown. Deanna Caruso can be contacted at dcaruso@keene-equinox.com

Ashuelot River Park displays a world of art REBECCA FARR

A&E EDITOR Whether it was oil pastels, colored pencils, photography, acrylic paint or even a unique form of sculpture, the last weekend of August decked out the Ashuelot River Park with tents from each and every side to the next. If there was a KROH LQ WKH ODZQ WKHUH ZDV D WHQW WR Ă€OO the slot, leaving just enough space to to walk through the park to visit each tent. The annual “Art in the Parkâ€? was a big hit. The dreary, muggy weather did not by any means hinder the bright and exciting vibe of the art show. Tent 32 drew in attention with a black and white photograph of a sweet, innocent and content newborn with a perfect little grin. In the palms of his parents, it was as if he was happy simply to be a part of the world. The photographer, Sue O’Connor, has been taking pictures for 15 years and had the opportunity to photograph triplets; the smirking baby is one of the three. However, O’Connor said she is more of a nature photographer. :KR NQHZ WKH JUDVV Ă€HOGV ZH VHH from afar could be so stunning? Zoomed in and focused on the top of a meadow Ă€HOG D SLHFH RI WDOO JUDVV DJDLQVW WKH EOXH sky looked as picturesque as a bed of ZLOG Ă RZHUV +HU VRQ 0LNH 7 0RRQH\ stemmed his passion for photography with drawing. With an artist’s eye, Mooney “thinks outside the box,â€? he said. “My mind is always working, it’s a gift and a curse at the same time.â€? Just a tent over, Darrel Beymer had his shoes kicked off in excitement and freeGRP 7KLV \HDU ZDV %H\PHU¡V Ă€UVW \HDU showing his art. “It’s a fear I needed to overcome,â€? he said. Beymer said he does art for the fun of it, he doesn’t care to make money.

“It’s a midst of chaotic energy from music and dancing. Part of it is letting yourself go—not trying to force it. Once I gave up trying to make it look like something, was when it actually started to look like something,â€? Beymer said. “If there was more art and music in our world, it would truly be a better place.â€? With a tent Ă€OOHG E\ YLEUDQW FRORUHG DEVWUDFW SDLQWings, color pencil pieces and distorted photos, Beymer said his inspiration is his children. When they began learning to blend with colored pencils, his interest peaked and he started this new life project. One piece looks as if it is oil pastels. Bright pinks, oranges, yellows, greens and blues meshed together in a beautiful mess—one would never guess it is actually a distorted photo of a scattered yard sale. Old, mangled furniture spread so pleasantly-looking across a layer of multicolored grass. Across to the other side of Ashuelot River Park, past the sweet sounds of a violinist, Wendy Hulslander showed her intricate location paintings in tent 59. Hulslander has been painting acrylics for two and a half years. She grew up in Keene and said she has always had visions of good paintings in town. “I like the old buildings and architecture in Keene,â€? she said, “When I go to different places, I feel something.â€? Hulslander is an entrepreneur. She said that a blank canvas sat in her living room for months and it hit her—life is too short. With some paint experience under her belt, she has plans to create a children’s book with settings from historical Keene. While ideas on the children’s book are still in process, Hulslander said she sold KHU Ă€UVW [ DFU\OLF FDQYDV RI %UHZEDNers and the Colonial to a friend of hers

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Down to the last beat: what you don’t know about music majors ANNA GLASSMAN

EQUINOX STAFF Awake by eight and home after ten, that is the schedule many music majors live by. Most of us would consider their schedules impossible. +RZHYHU PXVLF PDMRUV VHHP WR Ă€QG WKH H[KDXVWLQJ KRXUV LQVLJQLĂ€FDQW FRPSDUHG WR WKHLU SDVVLRQ IRU PXVLF “Music is the only thing I care about.â€? Arron Taub, a Junior Music Performance Major at Keene State said. 7KLV VHPHVWHU 7DXE LV WDNLQJ FODVVHV IRU FUHGLWV Taub said, for some of his classes like Music Workshop, he receives no credit. However, the classes for little credit do not disturb Taub’s passion for his art. Instead he embraces his time consuming major by utilizing the opportunities his department presents. “The music department provides you with any opportunity you can make.â€? Taub said. Taub has been a section leader in Concert Band for WKH SHUFXVVLRQ VHFWLRQ $OVR KH KDG KLV Ă€UVW IHDWXUH VROR in front of the whole band during one performance. “That was awesome because percussionists are usually in the back.â€? said Taub 7DXE LV H[WUHPHO\ GHGLFDWHG WR KLV Ă€HOG RI PXVLF performance, but that does not stop him from being intrigued in a different side of music. Referring to music composition Taub said, “There is a whole world of writing music that totally fascinates me and right now is totally mysterious to me that I want to explore.â€? A fellow music major, Jim Tomaszewski, who studies music technology and classical music, shares Taub’s IDVFLQDWLRQ ZLWK XQGLVFRYHUHG Ă€HOGV RI PXVLF Tomaszewski, whose stage name is Jstjr, works as a DJ for McCue’s Billiards and Sports Lounge and has traveled to Florida and Boston to work. “The music that I make is not necessarily main stream radio dance music. I make tropical bass music. It’s basically electronic dance music that’s based off either Spanish or Island rhythm and it has a lot of that percussion background. So it has my percussion background coming through,â€? Tomaszewski said. Tomaszewski described his music as either Latin American, Portuguese and African drum rhythms with a Westernized twist. “I take their template and chop it up into ways I can

put it into a western style. Their music doesn’t have an intro middle or chorus feel, there’s no repetition. It just goes. People want the drop (the bass drop).â€? said Tomaszewski. Tomaszewski said he is very passionate about his music. “I sit for 8 hours sometimes and only work on music. Seriously, I will get in a trance because that’s how inspirational it is for me,â€? Tomaszewski said. Miriam Sharrock, a Music Composition major at Keene said she knew she wanted to incorporate music into her life but was unsure if she wanted to make a career out of it. Sharrock discovered her desire to pursue a music FDUHHU DW DJH ZKHQ VKH VWDUWHG WR QRWLFH D GLIIHUHQFH in her reception to the concerts she attended. “I rememEHU JRLQJ WR FRQFHUWV ZKHQ , ZDV DQG EHLQJ VR PXFK more in awe of the music. That’s when I realized I really wanted to go with music.,â€? Sharrock said. Sharrock said she thinks part of her delayed decision to become a Music Composition major was from stubbornness. “I think part of my late decision was because I was being stubborn. Saying I don’t want to be like my parents. But I realized it’s so much a part of me I can’t escape it,â€? Sharrock said. Sharrock explores the same mysterious world of PXVLF WKDW 7DXE Ă€QGV VR FRPSHOOLQJ 6KH VSHQGV KHU free time writing her own pieces, drawing inspiration from her feelings and surrounding. “I draw on my own emotions. Some of my more complicated and crazy pieces are times where I am stressed out and frazzled. I think I draw form the immediate world around me,â€? Sharrock said. Sharrock’s focus on composing is not her only main LQWHUHVW 6KH LV DOVR D FHUWLĂ€HG PDVVDJH WKHUDSLVW 6KH KDV EHHQ FHUWLĂ€HG IRU Ă€YH \HDUV DQG UHFHQWO\ VWDUWHG KHU own business. “I opened my own studio in Harrisville at the Harrisville inn,â€? said Sharrock. Sharrock said she is happy she has massage therapy as an avenue to make money so she can write music that she wants to write. Dan Ciccarello, a senior Music Education and Music Composition major has interests outside of music like Sharrock. “I love getting out in the out doors and going hiking.â€?

said Ciccarello. Ciccarello is also very involved in Boy Scouts. Growing up he was a Boy Scout, which led him to work as the Program Director at a Boy Scout camp this past summer. However when the time came for Ciccarello to choose Boy Scouts or music, music was an easy choice. “When I got into high school the only string program they had met after school at the same time as my troop meetings. I couldn’t go to the troop meetings because

Above (left to right) is Dan Ciccarello, Aaron Taub and Miriam Sharrock. Jim Tomaszewski was unavailable to be photographed.

against white, with a touch of neoprene in bikini ASSOCIATED PRESS tops paired with skirts, along with some actual bathing suits. NEW YORK (AP) — Summer’s not over just Valvo, known for red carpet and eveninyet, and some designers at New York Fashion gwear, also availed himself of neoprene on a Week were clearly focused on the beach Friday, runway dominated by black and white at the the second of eight days of spring previews for Mercedes-Benz tents at Lincoln Center. Black editors, stylists and retailers. GUHVVHV LQVSLUHG E\ ZHWVXLWV Ă€W VQXJO\ ZLWK Peter Som said he was all about the “surfer skin exposed through strategic slashes. girl,â€? while Carmen Marc Valvo took sportsDesigual, the Spanish-based retailer that wear uptown, using athletic mesh and scuba debuted on the New York catwalks ThursVWULSHV IRU Ă€WWHG FRFNWDLO GUHVVHV day, went with loose palazzo pants and breezy “I’m a beach bum at heart,â€? Som said in an dresses in bold prints worthy of fun in the sand. interview. “I cannot surf, though. I’m too acci- 6RPH ORRNV ZHUH WRSSHG ZLWK Ă RSS\ VXQ KDWV dent prone.â€? If Som has his way, his customers Other shows Friday included Jason Wu, will be comfortable but sophisticated — and Rebecca Minkoff, Nicole Miller and Helmut treated to luxury. Lang. The fashion world then moves on to preHis collection was bathed in ocean blues views in London, Milan and Paris.

PROJECT RUNWAY There was a glamorous whiff of scandal — make that “Scandalâ€? — with Emmy-nominated actress Kerry Washington as guest judge for the ´3URMHFW 5XQZD\Âľ VHDVRQ Ă€QDOH :DVKLQJWRQ who plays a wily political strategist in her redhot series, is a fast-growing fashion luminary — a development she described as an “occupational hazard,â€? though a happy one. She joined regular judges Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia and Zac Posen at the Lincoln Center tents to watch HLJKW Ă€QDO FRQWHVWDQWV GLVSOD\ WKHLU ZDUHV %XW DFWXDOO\ WKHUH UHPDLQ RQO\ WKUHH Ă€QDOLVWV 7KHLU names will remain a secret to the rest of us until WKH ´5XQZD\Âľ Ă€QDOH DLUV 2FW

PETER SOM Som paired the sportswear pieces with sateen tuxedo jackets, snakeskin coatS and eyelet cocktail dresses. A blue wave pattern in a neoprene sweatshirt dress was worn with a crisp, white button-down tux shirt, showing how to cross that bridge in style. Floral prints were graphic, almost jarring, DQG WDLORUHG %HUPXGD VKRUWV KDG XQĂ€QLVKHG edges. The juxtaposition of seemingly opposite themes — a slouchy shirt with a feminine eyelet back worn with a tweed skirt — is what makes fashion interesting. “That tension is sexy,â€? he said. “I’m never not interested then.â€?

HELMUT LANG Loose boyfriend trousers and slouchy, sleeveless tops came — surprise! — mostly in black and white. Design duo Nicole and Michael Colovos called the spring collection “an exercise in modern minimalism,� which is familiar ground for the label. This time around, the clothes were both sharply tailored and deconstructed, inspired by the works of contemporary artist Wade Guyton, according to the designers’ notes. Sheer overlays in modernist block patterns with a touch more color lent energy to some dresses and other looks. Bright fuchsia was the pop of color in chintzed silk organza dresses and skimpy shorts with tops in the same fabric.

REBECCA MINKOFF Fashionistas gushed not only over the creative casual clothes and the striking patterned JASON WU gladiator heels, but also the entertainment: Wu crafted spring styles that emphasized live music from singer Janelle Monae. Minkoff, ease. A bias-cut, gold-beaded dress Karen Elson a designer especially popular with younger wore to open the show was a sign of his deli- women, has long used live music at her runway cate touch, followed up with feather-light and shows. This time, she partnered with Amerisometimes sheer slip dresses, some covered in can Express as part of their American Express tiny beads. Unstaged program, which pairs artists and They impressed tennis star Maria Sharapova, makes their collaborations available through who sat in the front row. Other celebrity guests digital media. The runway show with Monae included Alicia Keys and Jessica Pare of “Mad was live streamed, as was another mini-conMen� fame. “Jason has a remarkable talent of cert afterward in a private room nearby in the creating a feminine and romantic look through Lincoln Center tents, where Monae performed the use of drapery and unique tailoring,� songs from her new album, “The Electric Lady,� Sharapova said. to be released next week.

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The Helmut Lang Spring 2014 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York, Friday, Sept. 6, 2013.

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

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NY Fashion Week is headed to the beach SAMANTHA CRITCHELL

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who now lives in Los Angeles. acrylic, the tent was packed with Hulslander said a hot seller is of nothing but paintings of hearts. Deluca’s Market in Boston. With such a simplistic idea, her However, she is currently exhibition area lit up the cloudy, brewing a plan on a Keene State muggy weekend with fascinating scene. Sure, she could paint a color patterns. spectacular piece of Cobblestone The stroke of each heart was a Ale House lit up on a Fall, Satur- blend of several colors, as if each day night—but said she would single piece of bristle on her painttruly like to focus on the beauty of brush was dipped in a different the KSC campus for a potential big color. seller to students. “The continual line from a heart Weaving through the park LV IUHHLQJ LW Ă RZV ULJKW RXW RI \RX Âľ toward the back end was Hannah Wiechers said. Clark’s tent. The contrast between Wiechers said she has done black and neon pink or lime green pottery and made her own jewseemed hard to ignore. elry but this project was one of her There seemed to be a re-occur- favorites. ring theme: a sort of junk yard, “I love so many mediums of art, Tim Burton-esque. I can’t imagine picking just one, Not a messy junk yard, though, but the happy just comes out with and not so much the dark and this,â€? she said. ominous Tim Burton style, but When she began this mission, the mysterious side with dark and Wiechers said all she knew was bright color contrast splashes with that it would be colorful. curly, fun designs. The bright backgrounds and $ ODXJKLQJ Ă RZHU IRU LQVWDQFH multi-colored heart project led her (YHU\ERG\ NQRZV Ă RZHUV GRQ¡W to the “Follow Your Heartâ€? series. have emotions--but the freedom “Allowing myself to play kept in art allows them to. it so simple. It was amazing and Just a bit further back was freeing and exciting and down Bob Taylor and Tom Devine’s tent. right exhilarating in moments,â€? Birds, turtles, lady bugs, cranes, she said. And it does not stop GUDJRQĂ LHV DQG VHYHUDO DQLPDO there. sculptures are displayed using The exciting colors also brought scrap metal. her to do prints of a different kind An owl was leering right on the of series. By separating blocks of tent table. The owl was built using eye-catching color schemes, the scrap metal and ball bearings for “Follow Your Heartâ€? series gained those wide, owl eyes. a sister—“Pieces of my Heart.â€? The pair even designed a full Gorgeous mixtures of pleasing size giraffe that can be found at color accents—a basic idea—yet so Alyson’s Orchard just nearby in very mind-blowing. Walpole. A different kind of theme was Rebecca Farr can be contacted at in Jen Wiechers’ tent. Also using rfarr@keene-equinox.com

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Generation Y expresses nostalgia for the 1990s MICHAEL WOODWORTH

EQUINOX STAFF To our generation, the 1990s were the glory days. Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network had amazing cartoons, ‘N SYNC and The Backstreet Boys were basically Gods, and Pokemon Cards were starting to gain their immense popularity. Now, roughly 20 years later, those kids and teenagers that loved the time period they were living in are now entering or have entered adulthood, which should mean they have outgrown their “childhood.â€? Instead, they are embracing it even more. “It is our childhood and it is kind of nice to think back to when things were a lot simpler,â€? junior Matt Pasko said. “It’s our safe-zone, our comfort blanket,â€? Haley Reddick, a Keene State College senior said. The 90s were a simpler time, like Pasko said. We didn’t have to worry about cell phones, the internet, Facebook and other things we have today that basically controls our lives. Back then, when you walked down the street or sat down in a restaurant, you didn’t see teens and children glued to the screens of their electronics. The only electronics our generation cared about back then was the television and the compact disc (CD) player. With this in mind, television stations such as Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network are airing reruns of the old shows we all know and love such as Friends, Full House, Dexter’s Laboratory and many more. “That’s where we grew up. It’s cool to see stuff then compared to stuff now,â€? said freshman Bobbi Hinsman. $IWHU VXUYH\LQJ Ă€IWHHQ VWXGHQWV RQ WKH .HHQH 6WDWH FDPSXV DOO Ă€IWHHQ VDLG there is a difference between 90s sitcoms and today’s tv shows. “To me, there isn’t much great quality cartoons as when I was growing up. They (today’s shows) don’t carry as many messages,â€? senior Ben Houle said. “They were way more wholesome back then. They were more focused on family and real life situations,â€? junior Jennifer George said. Although there are many popular TV shows out there today, such as Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead and others, we still hold the TV shows we grew up with close to our hearts,

such as Boy Meets World, Rugrats and Rocket Power, to name a few. “They were the best,â€? senior Cara Logerfo stated. “I think they had good TV shows and games. The new stuff was innovative at the time and it’s still cool now even though it’s older.â€? It’s true. Companies are trying to bring back what was once huge in the 90s. In October, Pokemon X and Y will be released worldwide and it shows it roots in the Red, Blue and Yellow versions we all used to play on Gameboy Color under RXU FRYHUV ZLWK D Ă DVKOLJKW ZHOO SDVW our bedtime. Some other things from the 90s coming back are the boy bands, VSHFLĂ€FDOO\ Âś1 6\QF 7KH\ GLG D UHXQLRQ performance at the Video Music Awards (VMAs), following the reunion performances by Destiny’s Child and the Spice Girls. “They were such a big impact [in our childhood],â€? said Houle. “A lot of people viewing the VMAs were teens when ‘N Sync was big.â€? “Everybody loved them,â€? said senior Maria Avery. “They are our generation’s childhood.â€? Although ‘N Sync was known by virtually every teenager in the 90s, even if some of the guys out there don’t admit it, some people surveyed thought it was a publicity stunt to have the popular boy band perform again. “It was advertising towards our generation, Reddick said. “It’s been 20 years. Everyone who was there in the 90s are going into the job market,â€? said senior Rose O’Callaghan. Senior Tim Gagnon, an executive board member at WKNH, the college radio station, thinks it is a way to generate more money. “Justin Timberlake is on his A-game,â€? he said. “Timing wise, they wanted this to happen. So why not do that with his old band. Its all money.â€? It could be a money gig or it could be an appeal to the 90s generation. The 90s were the glory days for us and we see that everywhere, especially on the internet. There are countless Facebook pages dedicated to the 90s as well as all the old cartoon shows having reruns on Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network. The only questions is; how long this is going to last? Michael Woodworth can be contacted at mwoodworth@keene-equinox.com

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that’s what drives me most of the time,â€? he said. Learning through music one enjoys, not necessarily just classical music, is how Hamill believes people should learn to play. +H Ă€QGV MR\ LQ WDNLQJ ELWV DQG SLHFHV RI RWKHU PXVLFLDQ¡V ZRUN DQG WXUQLQJ WKHP LQWR KLV RZQ FROODERUDWLRQ Ă€QGLQJ LQVSLUDWLRQ LQ WKH DUWLVWV KH OLVWHQV WR “I use everything, I guess,â€? he said, and added that RQ KLV &' ´WKHUH¡V WKLV WUDFN RQ WKHUH ZKHUH ZH WRQH P\ YRLFH GRZQ :H SXW P\ SLWFK GRZQ VR ORZ WKDW LW¡V OLNH D Tyler the Creator moment.â€? In contrast, the group Fuzzy Logic is not new to the Keene Music Festival at all. In fact, they’ve been performing together at the festival for 13 years. $ WRWDO RI VHYHQ DUWLVWV PDNH XS )X]]\ /RJLF DQG Michael Cohen writes most of the music. ´, MXVW OLVWHQ WR D ORW RI GLIIHUHQW NLQGV RI PXVLF Âľ &RKHQ said, as his musical range is anything from country to URFN &RKHQ DOVR OLNHV ZULWLQJ IRU ZRPHQ VLQJHUV WR ´JHW

that point of view,â€? he said, in the music Fuzzy Logic plays. Creating a new arrangement is one of singer Liz Sumner’s favorite things, she is thrilled about “having a brand new song come together and deciding what ZRUNV DQG ZKDW GRHVQ¡W Âľ Singer Traci Booth pointed out other differences in WKHLU PXVLF OLNH WKH WKUHH ZRPHQ KDUPRQ\ VKH FRQWULEXWHV WR 6KH VDLG WKLV VW\OH LV ´NLQG RI D WKLQJ RI WKH SDVW DQG WKDW PDNHV XV )X]]\ /RJLF YHU\ XQLTXH Âľ Booth, Cohen and Sumner agreed that since their PXVLF GRHVQ¡W IDOO LQWR D VSHFLĂ€F JHQUH LW PDNHV LW GLIĂ€FXOW WR PDUNHW +RZHYHU LW LV DOVR ZKDW PDNHV WKH EDQG ZKR WKH\ DUH DV PXVLFLDQV 6XPQHU DQG &RKHQ OLNH WKHLU IHOORZ EDQG PDWHV 0LFKDHO DQG (OL]DEHWK 1LHFNRVNL KDYH EHHQ PDUULHG IRU \HDUV DQG MRNHG DERXW SUDFWLFLQJ DQG SOD\ing together. At the end of the day though, Booth said, “we get together and sing and just enjoy it, and we’ve been a big family for a long time.â€? Brittany Ballantyne can be reached at bballantyne@keene-equinox.com

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Mom of ‘rainbow’ son comes out in new book LEANNE ITALIE

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President Barak Obama addresses the nation in a live televised speech from the East Room of the WHite House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013. President Obama blended the threat of military action with the hope of a diplomatic solution as he works to strip Syria of its chemical weapons. DAVID ESPO

ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said in a nationally televised address Tuesday night that recent diplomatic steps offer “the potential to remove the threat of chemical weapons� inside Syria without the use of force, but he also insisted the U.S. military will keep the pressure on President Bashar Assad “and be ready to respond� if other measures fail. Speaking from the East Room of the White House, Obama said he

had asked congressional leaders to postpone a vote on legislation he has been seeking to authorize the use of military force against Syria. Acknowledging the weariness the nation feels after a decade of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, Obama said, “America is not the world’s policeman.� And yet, he added, “When with modest effort and risk we can stop children from being gassed to death and thereby make our own children safer over the long run, I believe we should act. That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.�

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Egyptian tanks, helicopters push through Sinai ASHRAF SWEILAM

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ASSOCIATED PRESS EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — Egyptian troops and tanks backed by helicopter gunships swept through villages in the northern Sinai Peninsula near the border with the Palestinian Gaza Strip on Monday, the third day of a major offenVLYH DJDLQVW ,VODPLF H[WUHPLVWV D PLOLWDU\ RIĂ€cial said. So far, some 20 suspected militants have been killed and 20 captured in the operation, he added. Explosions rocked el-Mahdiya and Naga Shabana, two of several villages south of the WRZQ RI 5DIDK WKH RIĂ€FLDO VDLG ZKHUH WKH PLOLtary hit targets and shelters used by militants wanted for the killing and abduction of Egyptian soldiers over the past year. A day earlier, an al-Qaida-inspired militant group based in the area claimed responsibility for last week’s failed assassination attempt on Egypt’s interior minister, describing the Cairo attack as a “suicideâ€? car bomb. HATEM MOUSSA / ASSOCIATED PRESS The claim could not be independently ver- Palestinians sit with their luggage as they wait to cross to Egypt, at the border between LĂ€HG EXW LW DSSHDUHG RQ PLOLWDQW ZHEVLWHV WKDW the Gaza Strip and Egypt, in Rafah. regularly distribute statements from al-QaidaOLQNHG JURXSV ,I WUXH LW ZRXOG PDUN WKH Ă€UVW ern end of the peninsula into an incubator for leniently and striking a truce with them to halt their attacks in return for suspending military WLPH 6LQDL PLOLWDQWV WRRN WKHLU Ă€JKW WR WKH KHDUW Islamic extremism. Like Ansar Jerusalem, other Sinai-based al- RSHUDWLRQV DJDLQVW WKHP GXULQJ KLV \HDU LQ RIĂ€FH of the Egyptian capital with a suicide attack. Tourist resorts along the southern coast of the Qaida inspired groups have been blamed for a This truce, they say, gave militants free reign to rocky, desert region saw a string of suicide bomb- spike of attacks against military and police in stockpile weapons, evidenced by the large caches ings in the mid-2000s that left at least 125 people northern Sinai since the military ousted former of anti-aircraft missiles, mortars, and RPGs and other weapons seized by the army since Saturdead and triggered mass arrests and detentions Islamist President Mohammed Morsi on July 3. The increase in violence has raised suspicions day. of thousands of Bedouin tribesman. The crackMustafa Hegazy, the interim president’s politdown soured relations between locals and the of links between Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood DQG ,VODPLF PLOLWDQW JURXSV 0LOLWDU\ RIĂ€FLDOV ical adviser, told Egyptian TV station Al-Hayat central government, intensifying the Bedouins’ have accused Morsi of handling the groups too feelings of mistreatment and turning the northÂť  EGYPT,  B6

Vladimir Putin. In a speech that lasted 16 minutes, Obama recounted the events of the deadly chemical weapons attack on Aug. 21 that the United States blames on Assad. “When dictators commit atrocities, they depend upon the world to look the other way until these horrifying pictures fade from memory. But these things happened. The facts cannot be denied,â€? he said. $GPLQLVWUDWLRQ RIĂ€FLDOV VDLG WKH VSHHFK ZDV WKH sixth Obama has made to the nation from the White House in more than 4 ½ years as president.

After filing for divorce, Zimmerman’s wife claims husband held her at gunpoint KYLE HIGHTOWER

she wasn’t sure what the 29-yearoldZimmerman was capable of MIKE SCHNIEDER doing. Hours later she changed ASSOCIATED PRESS her story and said she never saw D Ă€UHDUP VDLG /DNH 0DU\ 3ROLFH LAKE MARY, Fla. (AP) — The Chief Steve Bracknell. sobbing wife of George ZimmerFor the time being, “domestic man called 911 on Monday to violence can’t be invoked because report that her estranged hus- she has changed her story and band was threatening her with a VD\V VKH GLGQ¡W VHH D Ă€UHDUP Âľ gun and had punched her father Bracknell said. in the nose, but hours later she ´:H GLGQ¡W Ă€QG D JXQ Âľ /DNH decided not to press charges Mary police spokesman Zach against the man acquitted of all Hudson said late Monday night. charges for fatally shooting Tray- ´:H GLGQ¡W Ă€QG DQ\WKLQJ WKDW LQGLvon Martin. cated he had a gun on his person.â€? 3ROLFH RIĂ€FHUV LQ /DNH 0DU\ Hudson said Zimmerman was Fla., were still investigating the released from investigative detenencounter as a domestic dispute, tion at around 6:30 p.m. and “he EXW QR FKDUJHV KDG EHHQ Ă€OHG DV just walked back into the house.â€? of Monday night. Shellie Zim“Right now he’s not a suspect merman left the house after being in anything per se, but were still questioned by police. George viewing the video and trying to Zimmerman remained there into ascertain what new information the early evening and his attorney that may yield,â€? he said, referring denied any wrongdoing by his to video from home surveillance client. George Zimmermanwas cameras outside the house. not arrested. On the 911 call, Shellie ZimShellie Zimmerman, 26, who merman is sobbing and repeatKDV Ă€OHG IRU GLYRUFH LQLWLDOO\ WROG ing “Oh my Godâ€? as she talks to a 911 dispatcher that her hus- a police dispatcher. She yells at band had his hand on his gun her father to get inside the house, as he sat in his car outside the saying Zimmermanmay start home she was at with her father. shooting at them. She said she was scared because Âť  ZIMMERMAN,  B6

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other. “I know the 911 tape suggests that Shellie was saying something but I think that was heightened emotions,â€? O’Mara said. “There may have been some pushing and touching. That happens a lot in divorce situations ... Nobody was injured.â€? Her father also declined to press charges, the police chief said. Prosecutors could still build a case based on surveillance video from cameras outside the house and also video from WKH VTXDG FDUV RI RIĂ€FHUV ZKR UHVSRQGHG )ORULGD ODZ DOORZV SROLFH RIĂ€FHUV WR DUUHVW someone for domestic violence without the consent of the victim. Hudson said the estranged husband and wife were blaming each other for being WKH DJJUHVVRU DQG WKDW SROLFH RIĂ€FHUV ZHUH sorting through their accounts. ,Q KHU GLYRUFH Ă€OLQJ ODVW ZHHN 6KHOOLH Zimmerman said she and her husband had separated a month after he was acquitted of

any crime for fatally shooting the 17-yearold Martin in Sanford, not far from where Monday’s investigation happened. Shellie Zimmerman asked the dispatcher to send an ambulance to check her IDWKHU RXW $ Ă€UH GHSDUWPHQW DPEXODQFH arrived at the house, Hudson said, but nobody needed to be transported. “The call went out as a 911 call that Mr. Zimmerman was threatening them with a Ă€UHDUP Âľ +XGVRQ VDLG ´:H¡UH WU\LQJ WR VHH if that’s true or not.â€? Later Monday night, Hudson said, “She basically said he made a movement that would be consistent with a movement someone would make if they had a gun.â€? But no gun was found. Shellie Zimmerman had asked that her husband pay for a permanent life insurDQFH SROLF\ ZLWK KHU QDPHG DV WKH EHQHĂ€ciary, according to a divorce petition made public last week. In an interview with ABC’s “Good

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Morning Americaâ€? that aired last Friday, Zimmermansaid her husband left her with “a bunch of pieces of broken glassâ€? after the acquittal. She said he only stayed in their house three or four nights since the trial ended and that they even tried counseling. But she moved out Aug. 13. ´, KDYH D VHOĂ€VK KXVEDQG DQG , WKLQN George is all about George,â€? she said. George Zimmerman’s brother Robert Zimmerman Jr., tweeted after the news got out of the dispute at the home that “we’ve learned from GZ case not to ‘jump to conclusions,’ to wait for facts, & to avoid speculation. ‘News’ is a business — not your friend.â€? Last month, Shellie Zimmerman pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor perjury FKDUJH IRU O\LQJ DERXW WKH FRXSOH¡V Ă€QDQFHV during a bail hearing following her husband’s arrest in Martin’s shooting. George Zimmerman said he acted in self-defense when he killed Martin and the polarizing case, which included an initial delay in charging Zimmerman, opened up national discussions on self-defense laws and race. Martin was black. Zimmerman has a white father and Hispanic mother. Shellie Zimmerman was sentenced to a year’s probation and 100 hours of community service. Her husband did not attend the sentencing hearing in the Sanford courtroom. George Zimmerman has been involved with a domestic case at least once before. In 2005, Zimmerman’s IRUPHU Ă€DQFHH Ă€OHG IRU D UHVWUDLQLQJ RUGHU against him, alleging domestic violence. Zimmerman responded by requesting a UHVWUDLQLQJ RUGHU DJDLQVW KLV WKHQ Ă€DQFHH Since his acquittal, Zimmerman has gotten a speeding ticket in Florida and was pulled over on suspicion of speeding on a highway near Dallas but not ticketed. Forney police stopped Zimmerman as he drove west on U.S. 80, about 20 miles east of Dallas. A police dashcam video released July VKRZV DQ RIĂ€FHU LQWHUDFWLQJ ZLWK=LPmerman and letting him go with a warnLQJ 7KH RIĂ€FHU FDQ EH KHDUG VD\LQJ ´-XVW take it easy. Go ahead and shut your glove compartment. Don’t play with your Ă€UHDUP Âľ $OWKRXJK WKH RIĂ€FHU¡V FRPments indicated Zimmerman had a gun, a weapon can’t be seen and it’s not clear that he had one. However, Zimmerman had a concealed weapons permit in Florida that would be also recognized under PRESS Texas law.

Police are investigating charges of domestic dispute after Zimmerman’s wife called 911, claiming Zimmerman threatened her life.

‘Progress’ in Congo, M23 talks SALEH MWANAMILONGO

ASSOCIATED PRESS KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The Congolese government and a rebel group that is ensconced in the hills above one of the country’s largest cities have made progress in talks organized by neighboring nations, according to a statement issued 7XHVGD\ ´6LJQLĂ€FDQW SURJUHVV KDV EHHQ PDGH LQ WKH GLDORJXH Âľ VDLG WKH VWDWHPHQW IURP WKH 2IĂ€FH RI WKH )DFLOLWDWRU RI WKH ,QWHUnational Conference of the Great Lakes, which is hosting the mediation effort in the capital of neighboring Uganda. /DWH ODVW PRQWK &RQJROHVH WURRSV H[FKDQJHG KHDY\ Ă€UH with the M23 rebels, who occupy positions just outside the strategic eastern city of Goma. Aided by U.N. forces who pounded rebel positions with combat helicopters the Congolese were able to reclaim several areas that had been occupied by the M23, until the rebels unexpectedly declared a ceaseĂ€UH VD\LQJ WKH\ ZDQWHG WR UHVXPH WDONV 7KH 0 LV SULPDULO\ PDGH XS RI Ă€JKWHUV IURP D QRZ GHIXQFW UHEHO JURXS ZKLFK signed a peace agreement with Congo on March 23, 2009. The deal paved the way for the rebels to join the regular Congolese military. For the next three years Congo enjoyed a relative period of calm in its troubled and lawless eastern province. However many defected in 2012, claiming Congo had not held up its end of the bargain by failing to implement the VLJQHG DJUHHPHQW 5HEHOV LQYDGHG DQG EULHĂ \ KHOG *RPD RQH of Congo’s largest cities late last year, before retreating to positions just outside the city. The international community, bolstered by several reports by the U.N. Group of Experts, has accused Rwanda of backing the M23, using it as a proxy force to secure access to eastern Congo’s lucrative mining trade. 7XHVGD\¡V VWDWHPHQW IURP WKH RIĂ€FH RI WKH IDFLOLWDWRU LQ .DPpala says the two sides agreed that 65 percent of the provisions in the 2009 accord have been implemented, while 35 percent have not. “The parties have expressed determination to ensure that the balance of the agreement will be implemented as well,â€? it said. Congolese government spokesman Lambert Mende told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the statement is further proof that the M23’s rationale for war is unfounded. ´)LUVW RI DOO WKLV FRQĂ€UPV ZKDW WKH JRYHUQPHQW KDV DOZD\V said — that the non-execution of the March 23, 2009, accord is not the real reason for the war that was imposed on us because the majority of the measures were already implemented. This war comes from elsewhere,â€? he said. “The Congolese government is thinking of Rwanda, which does not want to respect the promises it has made.â€? Showing the extent of international concern, the talks were attended by the presidents of Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, South Sudan and Tanzania, as well as by the U.N. special envoy to the region, and Sen. Russ Feingold, the special envoy from the United States. ,Q UHFHQW GD\V DV Ă€JKWLQJ EHWZHHQ WKH 0 DQG &RQJR escalated, a convoy of military vehicles was seen leaving the Rwanda capital for the Congolese border, heightening fears the two nations, which have gone to war twice before, might be heading for another confrontation.

Pakistan to release top Afghan Taliban prisoner MUNIR AHMED

ASSOCIATED PRESS ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan has decided to release the most senior Afghan Taliban prisoner it is holding and could do so as soon as this month to jumpstart the struggling peace process, a senior PakiVWDQL RIĂ€FLDO VDLG 7XHVGD\ The Afghan government has long demanded that Pakistan release Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban’s former deputy leader. He was arrested in a joint raid with the CIA in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi in 2010. Sartaj Aziz, adviser to the Pakistani prime minister on national security and foreign affairs, said the government has agreed to release Baradar to help the peace process but has not yet set a date. “He could be released this month or very soon,â€? said Aziz. ´,W LV SDUW RI FRQĂ€GHQFH EXLOGLQJ measures, and we are hopeful he can play a role.â€? Mohammad Ismail Qasimyar, secretary of the Afghan High Peace Council, which represents the government in peace talks, welcomed the news of Baradar’s planned release. “In the past, Abdul Ghani Baradar has been willing to help bring peace to Afghanistan. Because of that, they put him in jail,â€? said Qasimyar. “I believe it is good for both Afghanistan and Pakistan to build trust, and this release is important.â€? The circumstances surrounding Baradar’s arrest in Karachi were PXUN\ $IJKDQ RIĂ€FLDOV VDLG DW WKH time that he was holding secret peace talks with the Afghan government and accused Pakistan of arresting him to sabotage the process or gain control of the talks. $Q $IJKDQ RIĂ€FLDO H[SUHVVHG hope Tuesday that Baradar’s release could create fresh momentum for peace talks, saying the decision may signal sincerity from Pakistan. 7KH RIĂ€FLDO UHTXHVWHG DQRQ\PLW\ because he said the topic was particularly sensitive. Pakistan has strong historical ties to the Taliban since it helped the group seize control of Afghanistan in 1996. Pakistan is widely believed to have maintained these ties and provided the insurgents sanctuary,

GHVSLWH RIÀFLDO GHQLDOV %XW WKHUH LV DOVR VLJQLÀFDQW GLVtrust between the two, and Pakistan has arrested dozens of Taliban militants in the years following the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 — possibly to hold as bargaining chips. Pakistan has released at least 33 Taliban prisoners over the last year at the Afghan government’s request in an attempt to jumpstart peace negotiations between the insurgents and Kabul. Pakistan has increasingly pushed for a peace settlement because it is worried that chaos in Afghanistan following the withdrawal of most U.S. combat troops by the end of FRXOG PDNH LW PRUH GLIÀFXOW WR ÀJKW LWV RZQ GRPHVWLF 7DOLEDQ PLOLWDQWV ,W FRXOG DOVR VHQG D à RRG RI new refugees into Pakistan. Pakistan’s most recent release of Taliban prisoners came on Saturday when it set seven free. That was less than two weeks after Afghan President Hamid Karzai visited Islamabad and pushed for Pakistan’s help in the peace process. But there is no sign that the previous releases have helped peace talks, and some of the prisoners are believed to have returned to the ÀJKW DJDLQVW WKH $IJKDQ JRYHUQment.

The U.S. is reluctant to see Baradar released, believing he would DOVR UHWXUQ WR WKH EDWWOHÀHOG DQG has asked Pakistan to give notice if he is to be set free. The Afghan government has urged Pakistan in the past to release Taliban prisoners into its custody. But they have instead been set free in Pakistan. 7KH $IJKDQ RIÀFLDO TXRWHG above said the government would prefer to see Baradar return to Afghanistan, but would be ok with him staying outside the country if he played a constructive role in the peace process. The most recent attempt to push forward peace negotiations foundered in June in the Qatari capital of Doha. The Afghan president pulled the plug on the talks even before they began because he was angered that the group marked the openLQJ RI LWV 'RKD SROLWLFDO RIÀFH ZLWK WKH à DJ DQWKHP DQG V\PEROV RI the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan — the group’s name when they ruled the country. The Taliban have held secret talks with Karzai’s representatives to try to restart WKH SHDFH SURFHVV $IJKDQ RIÀFLDOV and a senior Taliban representative recently told The Associated Press. But it’s unclear if they have made any headway.

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that under Morsi’s rule, the number of militants in Sinai jumped to 7,000 or more from 1,000. “It is graver than what we thought,â€? he said in a late Sunday interview. He said the attempt on the interior minister did not signal a broader deterioration of Egypt’s security, which was being “restoredâ€? across the country. In the Ansar Jerusalem statement posted late Sunday, the group said it carried out the attack on Interior Minister Gen. Mohammed Ibrahim’s motorcade to avenge Muslims killed by security forces during their violent Aug. 14 dismantlement of two sprawling encampments set up in Cairo by pro-Morsi supporters demanding his reinstatement. The day left hundreds dead in what was an unprecedented bloodbath. It also sparked a wave of unrest across the country where pro-Morsi supporters attacked churches and police stations. “The Interior Ministry, the slaughterer, has seen death with its own eyes from a martyrdom operation carried out by a lion of Egypt’s lions,â€? the statement said. ´:KDW LV FRPLQJ ZLOO EH ZRUVH Âľ LW DGGHG ´:H SOHGJH WR *RG WKH $OPLJKW\ WR seek revenge for Muslims on all those who contributed to their killings and assaulting their honor, above all el-Sissi and Mohammed Ibrahim,â€? it said, also referring to Egypt’s Military Chief Gen. Abdel-Fatah el-Sissi who led the coup against Morsi after millions took to the streets demanding his resignation for abuse of power. The statement urged Muslims to stay away from the ministries of interior and defense, indicating that these two institutions will be targeted. It also showed an ideological proximity to al-Qaida, citing an Aug. 3 statement by the group’s leader, Ayman al-Zawahri, that mocked the democratic process and called upon “soldiers of the Quran to wage the war for the Quran,â€? the Muslim holy book. $Q (J\SWLDQ VHFXULW\ RIĂ€FLDO VDLG authorities are still studying the statePHQW EXW FRQĂ€UPHG WKDW KXPDQ UHPDLQV suspected to belong to the suicide bomber were found inside the car used in the bombing. The Health Ministry said that one person died a day later of wounds sustained during the attack, and more than 20 were injured. Ansar Jerusalem does not have a proven record of carrying out attacks outside of Sinai. It has previously claimed responsibility for attacks on gas pipelines to Israel, rockets targeting Israel and a 2012 shootout along the IsraeliEgyptian border in which three militants and an Israeli soldier were killed. The army however has targeted it along with several other Islamic militant groups in its current operation. In northern Sinai, mobile phone networks, landlines and the Internet were down early Monday as the military resumed its strikes on alleged militant hideouts in the southern town of 5DIDK DFFRUGLQJ WR WKH PLOLWDU\ RIĂ€FLDO who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press.Besides those killed and captured in the operation, a number of susSHFWV KDYH Ă HG WR FRDVWDO YLOODJHV RU WULHG to enter Gaza through underground tunQHOV :LWQHVVHV VDLG WKDW WKH\ VDZ VROGLHUV OHDYLQJ WURRS FDUULHUV DQG Ă€ULQJ in the air in celebration at sunset as they returned from the town of Rafah to their base in the city of el-Arish. Behind them, columns of smoke rose in the sky from where strikes were concentrated just south of Rafah, they added. In the area lies the village of el-Mahdiya, believed to be the home of militant leader Shadi el-Manaei, a suspected mastermind of the abduction of seven Egyptian soldiers in May. $Q RIĂ€FLDO VDLG WKH PLOLWDU\ VHL]HG weapons and ammunition there. There was no report on causalities or arrests. In what appeared to be retaliatory DWWDFNV VXVSHFWHG ,VODPLF PLOLWDQWV Ă€UHG an RPG at a checkpoint in el-Arish, killing one soldier and injuring two others, WKH PLOLWDU\ RIĂ€FLDO VDLG +H DGGHG WKDW in two other separate incidents, one army RIĂ€FHU ZDV VKRW LQ WKH KHDG DQG WZR VROdiers injured in attacks on check points in central Sinai. On Monday, fear of new attacks in Cairo prompted authorities to beef up security, especially in stations and trains of the subway network, where men guards patrolled with sniffer dogs and searched passengers. Millions of commuters use the subway daily. On Saturday, three mortar rounds were removed from railway tracks in the eastern city of Suez. Passenger trains in Egypt have been stopped since Aug. 14. On Sunday, Ibrahim, the interior minister, ordered a tightening of security at the main bridges and highway crossings IURP 6LQDL WR WKH PDLQODQG WKH RIĂ€FLDO news agency reported. He said the move ZDV WR SUHYHQW WKH ´LQĂ€OWUDWLRQ RI WHUURUist elements escaping the security crackdown in Sinai into the provinces.â€?

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In settlement, NFL proves image is top priority

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NFL lawyer Paul Clement speaks at the U.S. Courthouse in Philadelphia, after a hearing to determine whether the NFL faces years of litigation over concussion-related brain injuries.

League reaches injury agreement with former players and avoids further court disputes COMMENTARY ZACH WINN

SPORTS EDITOR Just over a week ago, the NFL was in the midst of an ugly court battle with it’s retired players denying responsibility for the high brain injury-rate among the nearly 18,000 men who used to play in the league. The plaintiffs in the case, including at least ten members of the NFL Hall of Fame and the family of former Chargers Linebacker Junior Seau (who tragically committed suicide earlier this year), charged that

the league withheld information it gathered on concussions for decades to return players to games and protect its image. That legal dispute would likely still be happening had judge Anita Brody not warned both sides that they would not like the direction the case was going and pushed for a settlement. Now the NFL will pay up to $766 million to help retirees whose brains were damaged by concussions, an undeniably large sum but one that looks more like a speed bump for a league that will have an estimated revenue of $25 billion by 2025.

“This agreement lets us help those who need it most and continue our work to make the game safer for current and future players,â€? NFL executive vice president Jeffrey Pash said. But that is hardly the tone one would expect while looking at the details of the court proceedings. The NFL refused to take accountability for concussion-related brain injuries throughout the case and even DV WKH Ă€QDO GHWDLOV RI WKH VHWWOHPHQW DUH hashed out, the NFL won’t admit liability or negligence. It seems the league is far more concerned with its image than making the

game safer. The more responsible and direct approach to the issue would be admitting the league is at least partially at fault and work with the players that in some cases gave their lives for the sport, to make the game safer. The most important thing to FRPH RXW RI WKLV ÀDVFR VKRXOG KDYH EHHQ funding geared towards helping the players of today avoid the health challenges the players of yesterday sadly had to deal with. Instead the deal sets aside just $10 million for concussion research and education, a

ÀJXUH LW VHHPV WKDW VKRXOG KDYH WDNHQ XS D larger piece of the pie if the league was truly dedicated to preventing football-related head injuries in the future.The league will surely fund other research initiatives, and its owners will happily point to them when reporters ask them tough questions about safety in the future. And they should. I just wish it didn’t feel like the public relations department was forcing them to do it. Zach Winn can be contacted at zwinn@keene-equinox.com

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[Keene-­Equinox.com] “She has a ridiculously high volleyball IQ and understands the game,â€? said Weiner. Last season the Owls played the VHYHQWK PRVW GLIĂ€FXOW VFKHGXOH LQ New England Division III. This year the schedule is harder and the goal remains the same win the conference, Weiner said. Junior Samantha Branning said she feels that the bar being set that high will not negatively affect the team. Branning commented, “I don’t think it is too much pressure on us because it makes work harder. We’re better than last year, more experienced the pressure is needed.â€? Sophomore Alexis Michal said the chemistry of the team is very good. “We get along very well, we are a young team, the chemistry is great. When referring to the loss, Michal said, “I think it helped us because we all had to learn all together.â€? 7KH 2ZOV DUH SUHGLFWHG WR Ă€Qished second in the LEC according the 2013 LEC Volleyball Coaches’ Poll. Last year’s conference champion and four time defending champion UMass Boston is predicted to Ă€QLVK Ă€UVW 7KH 2ZOV GLG UHFHLYH RQH Ă€UVW SODFH YRWH 7KH SOD\ RQ WKH volleyball court will decide if the poll is right. The Owls are, as Alexis Michal said, “One step away.â€?

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“They set the bar high. Anything less than getting back might be a disappointment.� Weiner said this team has a three-year window of opportunity as a majority of the team is in their sophomore season. The Owls have quite a few players to keep an eye on this season at Spaulding Gymnasium. Weiner said, “Alexis Michal, our setter, is probably one of the better setters in the conference. She’s our quarterback. We’ll go as far as she takes us.� Wiener also anticipates that his two juniors Sammy Dormio and Samantha Branning will deliver again this season. “Dormio is a two-year starter, and she is the only freshman that started for us two years ago and she is legit,� said Weiner. Dormio was an all conference player last season. In addition, Branning had a great pre season. The coaching staff is also looking for good things from Angelia Silveri, who is also an all conference player. She set the Keene State College record for Kills by a freshman. Weiner said, “That hasn’t affected her.� Finally, Brooke Bell, a freshman Setter from Melrose, Massachusetts, looks like she will be a good addition as well.

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goal. In stark contrast to that poor performance, the team’s offense has had no such problems so far, out-scoring New England College 5-0 in a 29-shot barrage just last weekend. Leading the charge so far for the Lady Owls is sophomore forward Lyndsie Rabenius, who already has four goals on the year. Such success on offense was hardly a guarantee after the team lost its leading scorer to graduation last year, Kalin Billert. Billert also led the team in assists, and OHIW D PDVVLYH KROH WR Ă€OO LQ WHUPV of playmaking opportunities. But UDWKHU WKDQ RQH SHUVRQ Ă€OOLQJ WKH void, it has been a team-effort that has the offense looking better than it did at times last year, something unthinkable as recently as a month ago. Watson still sees room for improvement, however. “Offensively we need to work on playing with each other and devel-

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oping relationships and creating PRUH WHDP FKHPLVWU\ RQ WKH ÀHOG ¾ Watson said. Before we give all the credit to the players, it should be noted that Watson, the 24-year veteran coach, likely has as much to do with the seamless transition as anyone. Watson has turned the team into a consistent contender in the LEC, winning seven league titles since KSC joined the LEC in LQFOXGLQJ ÀYH LQ D URZ IURP 2004-2008). Watson is joined again by goalies coach Carole Kinsella, who returns for her 13th year with the team. Kinsella has coached some of the best goalies to play at Keene State and should be busy with four goalies on this season’s roster to work with. Beyond her

work with goalies, Kinsella also plays invaluable roles as both the main recruiter and the one who handles the administrative duties for the team. So far, Watson and Kinsella have the team looking as good as any team they’ve coached in their long tenures at KSC. But, it is important to note that until the Lady Owls play LEC competition it will be hard to judge their chances at the league crown. The only thing the Lady Owls perhaps have to worry about is peaking too early: they do not get another crack at division rival U-Mass Dartmouth until their last game of the season on November 2. Zach Winn can be contacted at zwinn@keene-equinox.com

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ule we have to get an at-large bid,â€? he said. “It’s a crap shoot right now with that.â€? After a recent trip to Montreal to play in a tournament with teams equivalent to Division I in the states, senior forward Scott Douglas said their team chemistry is better then ever. ´,W GHĂ€QLWHO\ EURXJKW WKH WHDP a lot closer than we were before. There isn’t that gap between the veterans and the freshmen,â€? Douglas said. “I think that helps and pushes us to get better.â€? Malcolm Cheney, a senior goalkeeper for the Owls has played in 31 games over the past two seasons, posting 1.22 goals against average. He is 17-9 with 6 shutouts over that span with a .802 save percentage. “The past couple years our leadership hasn’t been as constructive as it could have been,â€? Cheney said. “I think developing a personal relationship with the underclassmen is huge.â€? &KHQH\ KDV FRQĂ€GHQFH LQ KLV team and believes that everyone on this team is here for a reason. As long as they concentrate on the task at hand they should be successful. Douglas has netted 24 goals since his freshman year in 2010 and is looking to set the bar for his younger teammates by utilizing his speed and attacking the net. The forward averages 2.96 shots on goal per game in his college career. “Now that I have won (LEC Conference) as a freshman, I want to win it again, have that feeling and show the underclassmen what it is

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fully another run and the championship this fall. Crenson has started 23 games prior to this season, posting a 1.66 GAA with 96 saves. “We need to work around the mistakes we made last year,â€? Crenson said. ´, VHH WKH IXOO Ă€HOG DQG HYHU\thing going on, I like to be loud and vocal, we’re all positive on and off WKH Ă€HOG Âľ Behind returning point leaders, Hayley Kenyon (31), Jessie Berthiaume (20) and Brittany Boscarino (19) this woman’s soccer team is poised for another run after losing only three seniors last year. The men’s soccer team is off to an 0-2 start after playing a decent game against a tough Brandeis University team and losing to Hobart where they had two own-goals. They start conference play September 21 against Plymouth State. The women are off to slightly better 1-1 start with a good 3-1 season opening win against St. John Fisher but losing a tough one 3-0 to a less skilled Framingham State after out shooting them 16-8. Experience is key when it comes to playoffs. Knowing how to handle the pressures, knowing that one mistake might end your season. For both Owls soccer teams it should be comforting to know that they have veterans to learn from if FILE PHOTO they reach their ultimate goal of getThe Men’s Soccer team is in position for another successful year. Both men’s and women’s teams fell in the LEC semifinal last season. ting to the NCAA Tournament. “I think at the end of the season like,â€? Douglas said. “We need to capitalize on oppor- the veterans need to be good role As one of the nine seniors on this you need that extra bit of determiThe women’s team has almost tunities,â€? Coach Lyons said. models and lead by example on and team she knows the importance of nation and commitment from everyfollowed that same pattern. “I think that’s the biggest thing RII WKH Ă€HOG setting a good example. 5HDFKLQJ WKH /(& VHPL Ă€QDOV IRU last year, we got close in both tourOne of those leaders is senior “I try to stay positive, which one. It is a long season so people the past three seasons, the champi- naments but we didn’t capital- sweeper, Kelsie Bailey, whose ulti- is hard to do at times. I also work get tired and you get injuries and onship in 2012, and made the ECAC ize. Last year we probably outshot mate goal is to use her experience to hard at practice, even though I have you just need people that step up Northeast Championship two out of almost every team we played but help her team rise to what they are seniority I still need to earn my and pull together as a team,â€? Owl number 2, Scott Douglas said. the past three seasons. Head coach, what good is that if you’re not put- capable of. spot,â€? Bailey said. Denise Lyons is hoping for a change ting it in the net?â€? Bailey has started over 20 games Junior goalkeeper, Torrie CrenStephen Aruilio can be reached at of luck after losing the LEC champiLyons knows her team is a very each season including her freshman son is looking to shake off last year’s saruilio@keene-equinox.com onship in 2012 in penalty kicks. tight group and like the men’s team year. playoff loss and refocus for hope-

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and it started before my senior year of high school,� Lucas Hammel said, a freshman on the men’s basketball team. When it came down to choosing which school to play basketball for, Hammel found himself in an unusual situation. Along with being recruited by Keene, Hammel was also being offered a spot on the Merrimack College basketball team where his father is the head coach. In the end Hammel, chose Keene because he felt it was a good distance away from home and he “enjoyed� the players. Owen Murphy and Paul Emdin, also freshmen on the men’s basketball team, were both being recruited by other schools and chose to attend KSC and play here

rather than their other options. Murphy decided to come to Keene back in March 2013 when he committed himself to the school and team. “I loved the environment. I did an overnight here and had a great time with the guy. I knew we had a great recruiting class coming in, and I was right about that because everyone around me is a great person and a great basketball player too,â€? Murphy said. Emdin ultimately chose KSC because of the “winning tradition,â€? the coaches, and the location of Keene. ´,W ZDV D JRRG Ă€W IRU PH Âľ (PGLQ VDLG Peter Thomas, the men’s and women’s cross country coach, takes a similar approach to recruiting his athletes. However, the one approach he takes that is different from the other coaches is recruiting runners that already show an interest in Keene. ´,W¡V HDVLHU LI WKH\¡YH DOUHDG\ LGHQWLĂ€HG Keene as a possible place they want to go,â€?

Thomas said. According to Thomas, he has used this type of recruitment throughout the years and never uses social media to recruit his athletes. “He didn’t like to interfere with persuading people to go to Keene,� freshman Patrick Chabot said, of the men’s cross country team. Chabot said he feels Coach Thomas’ “laidback� recruitment style if effective. Without feeling any pressure from Coach Thomas, Chabot decided to attend KSC over four other schools because of the “best of both worlds� feeling he has toward Keene itself. He mentioned he feels great connection with both the men and women’s cross country teams. “The teams are pretty close. We practice together. In the dining hall we combine tables,� Chabot said. Robert Weiner has been the women’s volleyball coach for the last nine years here at KSC. Unlike other coaches, Coach

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Weiner seeks out players from all over the country. There is currently one player out of the region on the volleyball team. Although Coach Weiner does not focus on this strategy as much as he used to, he said he is always looking at the national level and does not restrict himself to only the northeast. This current season Coach Weiner has recruited four new players, one of which is freshman, Brooke Hatanaka. Hatanaka pursued Coach Weiner by emailing him on her interest in the team.

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Brady, who exploded onto the scene last year to become the Little East Conference’s Rookie Runner of the Year. The girls are hoping something similar happens with one of their HOHYHQ IUHVKPHQ HQWHULQJ WKHLU Ă€UVW season at KSC. “We’ll have better overall depth

“You need to be persistent,� Hatanaka said. Prior to Keene State, Coach Weiner was coaching division I volleyball at another college where he was “buying friends.� “At the Division III level you can’t buy your friends. You have to make your friends love you,� Coach Weiner said.

this year,â€? Thomas said. ´, WKLQN D YDULHW\ RI NLGV FDQ Ă€OO that slot [left by Fitter and Haggerty] in another years time.â€? The lone four seniors on the team are in a good position not only to succeed but to teach their young team the importance of hard work and poise at the college level. Joining the upper classmen once healthy will be talented junior Kait Wheeler, who is recovering from an injury to start the year. It’s easy to see that there are many similarities between the two teams this year. Someone in a good position to pick up on those similarities is

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Thomas, the coach of both of them. Thomas has seen his share of adversity in his 29 years coaching at KSC and it is likely he will not have anyone feeling sorry for themselves as they head into the Dartmouth Invitational to face division one competition this weekend. “Running against D-1 teams gives them a dose of reality,� Thomas said. “It’ll keep their heads on their shoulders.� Zach Winn can be contacted at zwinn@keene-equinox.com

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BRIAN CLEMMENSON

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rotation and at the end of the year, six of the players were different. “That is the crazy thing when you have a group Opening up this year’s 2013 Volleyball of freshmen at the same time. All of the aspects Season, the Owls actually have an idea of of volleyball they did well but sometimes they what it is going to look like. would be hot offensively as a pistol and one day Last year the Owls had seven out of ten roster they would not be,â€? Weiner said. spots held by freshmen. Another reason for the success last year was This year the group is a year older and is because the players trusted the coaching staff. coming off a loss in last year’s Little East Confer“When they began to trust us the information ence Championship Game to U-Mass Boston. The we were giving them we were doing it for their 2ZOV ZKR KDG WKH \RXQJHVW WHDP LQ WKH /(& Ă€Q- EHQHĂ€W WKH\ JRW EHWWHU Âľ VDLG :HLQHU ished the season with a 20-17 record. The young group of players that includes just Head Coach Bob Weiner said the Owls learned two juniors learned how to play a longer and a lot last season. more intense season. $ VLJQLĂ€FDQW IDFW DERXW ODVW \HDU¡V WHDP ZDV Weiner said the goal this season is to get back that they opened last season with a nine-person to the championship game.

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The Keene 6WDWH ÀHOG KRFNH\ team picked up right where they left off last \HDU FUXLVLQJ WKURXJK WKHLU ÀUVW three games of the season. Any questions surrounding the team’s ability to recover from a crushing 1-0 loss in last year’s LEC Championship have been answered with convincing victories that have the Lady Owls outscoring opponents 15 to one early on in the year. The team is already outpacing last year’s squad, who started slow before winning 10 of WKHLU ODVW WR ÀQLVK WKH UHJXODU VHDVRQ

But head coach Amy Watson tempers enthusiasm so early in the year. “We’ve only had three games so we haven’t been completely challenged yet,� Watson said. “We’ve been doing okay, but our defense hasn’t been tested the way we need them to be.� After going 15-9 last season including an impressive 9-2 conference record, the team lost to top-ranked U-Mass Dartmouth in the LEC championship game, only managing three shots on

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Cross Country ZACH WINN

SPORTS EDITOR The men’s and women’s cross country teams are both trying to overcome key losses to graduation that would hurt any team’s chances of success. For the girls, it is former leaders Maggie Fitter and Janel Haggerty who need to be replaced. Both runners earned All-American honors during their time at Keene State and leave big VKRHV WR ÀOO 7KH ER\V VDLG JRRG E\H WR VWDQGRXW Thomas Pacquette this Spring, undoubtedly one of their best runners. So where does that leave them? In surprisingly good shape, as both teams IRXQG RXW DIWHU ZLQQLQJ WKHLU ÀUVW PHHWV RI WKH season last week. It was easy to see what the

teams lost- not because of a dip in performance but because of whom they were racing against. In the annual Keene State Alumni Invitational meet, former runners faced the current team in Coach Peter Thomas’s unorthodox method of inspiring competition. It is hard to believe the alumni walked away anything but impressed with what they saw. “We looked good, both teams performed the way I wanted them to,â€? Thomas said. “We gave them time parameters to run between and they did that and it was encouraging.â€? They did not lose everybody. The boys get back senior Ryan Widzgowski, who is looking to improve from his All-American junior year. Widzgowski leads a young team highlighted by Sophomore Ryan Âť  CROSS  COUNTRY,  B9

Soccer STEPHEN ARUILIO

EQUINOX STAFF “Ninety-nine percent concentration equals 100 percent failure.â€? This is men’s soccer coach Ron Butcher’s motto for his team. Since making solid playoff runs in the past few seasons he said it is nice to build on previous experience, but in order WR Ă€QG VXFFHVV WKLV \HDU KLV YHWHUDQV QHHG WR VWHS up. The men have won the Little East Conference Championship in 2010, made it to the title game LQ DQG UHDFKHG WKH VHPL Ă€QDO ODVW VHDVRQ in 2012. Even though they have been in so many post-season tournaments and conference championships, Coach Butcher said they need to be tougher mentally and physically.

“What we did last year is last year,� Butcher said. “We obviously don’t have the same personnel. Each year every team is different and this year is not what I would call an experienced team yet.� The men’s coach continued, “Your veterans have to be your leaders, there is no question about it and senior leadership is the most important thing,� he said. “Our two captains Malcolm Cheney and Pat Anthony need to discipline this team and this year our captains need to be responsible for one or two victories. “ Coach Butcher sets up a very tough non-conference schedule to give his team the best chance to make the tournament. “We cannot win enough games with the sched-

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For KSC coaches, recruiting season never ends SHANNON FLYNN

SOCIAL MEDIA DIRECTOR Every year Keene State College’s athletic coaches recruit new athletes to join their teams, where each coach uses a similar approach to draw in potential athletes, but it is the atmosphere and connection that ultimately brings these athletes to Keene. ´, WKLQN LW ZDV D SHUIHFW Ă€W IRU PH Âľ said Jovan Kingwood, a freshman on the women’s basketball team. Keith Boucher has been the women’s basketball coach here at KSC for the last 25 years. According to Coach Boucher, you must “recruit daily or perish.â€? For him the recruiting process never stops. He spends 24 hours a day, 365 days a year recruiting. “There is no week in the year where we don’t do something with recruiting,â€? Coach Boucher said. Like most coaches, Coach Boucher starts watching and contacting potential recruits at the end of their junior year of high school. Although Coach Boucher is not much of a texter, he remains in contact with his recruits until it comes down to decision time by calling them and checking in and also by inviting them up for an overnight stay here at KSC. When it comes to choosing a player that would be not only suitable for the team but KSC as well, Coach Boucher looks for “two non-negotiablesâ€? in his student athletes which are attitude and effort. He also looks for athletes who have a “we mentality.â€? This year Coach Boucher has brought in seven new recruits to his team. One of Boucher’s new players, Kingwood was also being recruited by Emanuel College in Boston, MA. According to Kingwood, she ultimately decided to attend KSC and play

basketball here because of the relationship she built with both the coaches and the team itself. Kingwood said she felt like her coaches truly cared about her seeing as they would call and text her often. According to Kingwood, the other school was not as welcoming. When it comes to her teammates, “I already feel like I’ve known them forever,â€? said Kingwood. Stephanie D’Annolfo, also a freshman on the women’s basketball team, was being recruited by a few other schools but ultimately chose Keene after her overnight stay. “All the girls on the team were so friendly and everyone here is so down to earth,â€? D’Annolfo said. According to D’Annolfo, the people at 6SULQJĂ€HOG &ROOHJH ZKLFK ZDV DQRWKHU one of her options, were “snobbyâ€? and the coach did not have much contact with her. “She did not seem like a coach that goes out there and gets what she wants,â€? D’Annolfo said. Robert Colbert, the head coach of the men’s basketball team here at KSC, uses similar techniques when it comes to recruiting players each year. Coach Colbert has been coaching at KSC for 15 years. Like Coach Boucher, Coach Colbert is recruiting players all year round. Coach Colbert starts his recruitment process in March by looking at what he refers to as “rising seniors.â€? When looking for potential players, Coach Colbert said. ´7DOHQW LV WKH Ă€UVW WKLQJ WKDW FDWFKHV your eye, but it’s not the most imporZACH WINN / SPORTS EDITOR tant thing. We value and look for Women’s basketball coach Keith Boucher is always working to recruit for his team. mental and physical toughness.â€? Colbert said he also looks to see if more texting and social media to keep “He contacted me through the AssisWKH UHFUXLWV Ă€W KLV ´SOD\LQJ VW\OH Âľ in touch with his recruits. tant Coach, Coach Boudreau, and he In order to keep in touch with his Coach Colbert also has a lot of help had a relationship with my AAU coach, recruits, the coach no longer uses phone from his Director of Recruitment, Steve Âť  RECRUITING,  B9 calls or hard mailings; instead he uses Boudreau.

ZACH WINN

SPORTS EDITOR 2XU Ă€UVW DWKOHWH RI WKH week this year is freshman Ă€HOG KRFNH\ IRUZDUG 6DPL 6PLWK 6PLWK Ă€QLVKHG D busy week that included three Keene State victoULHV ZLWK Ă€YH JRDOV DQG DQ assist. The Merrimack, N.H. native is part of a young group of Lady Owls who have made their presence felt this season. Smith’s two goals against Castleton on Sept. 3 proved to be the difference in the game, the only close match the team has had all year. Coach Amy Watson is no doubt trying to keep the team level-headed. She quickly pointed out the areas it has for improvement when I spoke with her recently. But if they keep getting contributions from new players like Smith it will be a long year for KSC opponents. 2XU Ă€UVW UXQQHU XS this week is sophomore 5\DQ %UDG\ ZKR Ă€Qished third in the Keene State Alumni Invitational, an annual cross counWU\ HYHQW %UDG\¡V Ă€QLVK is even more impressive when you consider the fact that the only two people ZKR Ă€QLVKHG DERYH KLP

were former KSC runners who have already graduated. Brady’s already off to a promising start this season, which is a good sign for those hoping he would build off of his EUHDNRXW Ă€UVW \HDU /DVW year Brady was given LEC rookie runner of the year honors. So far, Brady’s short career at KSC has EHHQ Ă€OOHG ZLWK QRWKing but success. The good news for Brady is that he won’t be facing KSC alum again all season. Our second runner-up for Athlete of the Week is a sophomore on the 3-2 Volleyball team, outside hitter Angela Silveri. For those not familiar with the sport of volleyball, a “killâ€? is a return that gives your team a point. Silveri has averaged 2.67 kills per set WKURXJK WKH Ă€UVW Ă€YH games this season, far and away the highest rate on the team. Silveri is leading the way for the young team. We are hardly a tenth of the way through the long season, but so far there have been no disappointments. Zach Winn can be contacted at zwinn@keene-equinox. com

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