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Pumpkin Festival brings people from New England and the U.S to Keene. The city’s population nearly triples on this date. Visitors and Keene residents carved almost 30,000 pumpkins last year.

Architecture students show off KSC campus

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CAMPUS SAFETY

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Grady added.

Brown said that while she has been attending KSC, the student government has done a good job. She said the only thing she’d like them to work on changing is the new dining meal plans.

Some students now receive unlimited card swipes into dining commons, but they only get to go to

Report Log

Week of: Oct. 7 Monday, Oct. 7 8:54 a.m. Elliot Hall: Female student feeling ill.

Tuesday, Oct. 8 12:31 a.m. Mason Library: Officers investigate graffiti that was discovered in the first floor men’s room.

9:28 a.m. Zorn Dinning Commons: Female student feeling ill.

9:34 a.m. Winchester Parling Lot: Vehicle entered the wrong way.

10:00 p.m. Pondside 2: Resident called about many people making noise outside. There was a Human vs.

Zombies activity going on.

10:28 p.m. Fiske Hall: Resident reported a student passed out in great hall of the building. Officer at the scene said male is awake but not responsive.

Wednesday, Oct. 9 10:21 p.m. Bushnell Apartments: Resident complained about a large group of people being loud. Human vs.

Zombies group was spoken to and said they would keep the noise down.

Thursday, Oct. 10 12:00 a.m. Appian Way: Student fell off long board.

1:58 p.m. Elliot Hall: Student with allergic reaction.

10:26 p.m. Randall Hall: Officer caught students coming out through an emergency exit.

Saturday, Oct. 12 4:19 a.m. Winchester Parking Lot: Officer observed subjects on bikes riding around cars. Officer located an abandoned bike.

Several stolen bikes were recovered.

1:28 p.m. Carle Hall: A laptop was reported stolen.

Sunday, Oct. 13 12:06 a.m. Owl’s Nest 9: 706 [marijuana].

4:21 a.m. One Butler Court: Male student called and stated that his female friend was intoxicated and vomiting.

4:53 a.m. Pondside 2: Residents complained about loud music coming from room above them.

8:44 p.m. Young Student Center: Information desk staff called and said a student’s phone was missing and they were tracking it. Officers were sent to the scene to help.

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KSC BRITTANY BALLANTYNE

AdmiNistrAtive executive editor Whether it’s viewed as a safety measure or simply a convenient plus, the Campus Safety Shuttle at Keene State College is getting students places. The shuttle, which normally runs Monday through Thursday 7:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., Saturday afternoons and Sunday evenings, brings students to and from nearly every store or restaurant in Keene and any area of KSC grounds.

Shuttle driver, John Janacki, has spent four semesters driving KSC students around and only recalled a few times there were issues during his work shifts. Janacki explained he had once helped a student who sought him out after he took “a substance he shouldn’t have.”

“He walked up and he said, ‘I need some help’,” according to Janacki, so the shuttle brought the student to a medical center in Keene. Later that night, after leaving the center, the student was doing well, Janacki said.

Students who don’t require emergency ambulance transportation have called the shuttle in order to get rides to urgent care facilities. According to Janacki, those students who seek transportation to medical facilities usually have a friend accompanying them, which is an assurance for Janacki that the student is in good hands and has some support.

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for security two main concerns Janacki has when traveling with KSC students. He pointed out that while the shuttle typically drives students to and from places like Target, Michaels, restaurants and grocery stores, a lot of the role of the shuttle driver is to look after students.

Janacki said safety is one of the key factors in transporting students from the Winchester parking lot.

He described what the walkway from Walmart back to campus grounds is like in the evening, and said “it’s not terribly long, but it’s a dark road, you pass over the river there; a lot of people don’t care for that walk, and I don’t blame them.”

For this reason, Janacki encouraged students to use the shuttle services to get back to their residential halls safely.

Freshman Josh Leblanc uses the shuttle for this reason, as his personal vehicle is parked a mile from his residential hall and he doesn’t want to walk that distance at night.

Leblanc said he uses the shuttle about twice a week in the evening. Janacki explained that Leblanc is on the KSC baseball team, and is one of many “regulars” that make use of the shuttle.

Not only is the shuttle service part of a safety net for students, but it also has a patrol factor to it. Driving around so many different areas each night, Janacki said he’s seen a few things while driving students around. One evening, he was able to spot someone

who’d been on the run from police. Since the radio feedback for the Keene Police Department and Campus Safety are both on at all times in the shuttle, Janacki was able to keep track of this student’s whereabouts and thus, he was caught.

Janacki said a number of his regulars request the shuttle to fetch them after their work shifts have come to an end. “I have one young lady who has four part-time jobs, the average seems to be two.

Everybody seems to work really hard, a lot of the folks who come back very late up here are coming from a job,” he said.

Min-jee Pae, a freshman, requested transportation from Target back to a residential hall with her friends. When asked why she chose to be a passenger in the shuttle vehicle, she said she and her friends felt the walk was far too long and the weather was too cold to travel such a distance. She pointed out there are dangerous intersections and explained that she wouldn’t have gone to Target at all had there not been a Campus Safety van to bring them back to campus.

Junior Ashlynn Cedrone is a frequent Campus Safety shuttle passenger.

She has to get rides to Walmart or Target often for art supplies, as she’s an art major.

When asked what she would do without the Campus Safety transportation, she explained that she has a car, or “death

STUDENT ASSEMBLY

Housing situation addressed at assembly KARINA BARRIGA ALBRING

News editor Members of the Master Plan Committee presented an update on their proposal to reorganize and improve the campus to the assembly.

Pete Hedlund from Sasaki Associates Inc., the company hired to design the master plan, said some improvements they have added to the proposal include building new residential halls and bigger parking lots. “We want to renew some of the freshman housing facilities,” Hedlund stated. He mentioned a new building will replace the Media Arts Center.

Master Plan Committee chair, Karen House, stated the proposal the group builds will be presented to Keene State College’s president and her cabinet for approval.

In other business, assembly members approved a budget request of $4,000 for KSC Pride to fund an event featuring actress and activist Laverne Cox. “The event will be packed people,” Pride’s president Julia Rasku said.

Karina Barriga Albring can be contacted at kbarriga@keeneequinox.com

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the very location of the conference is determined by a student vote after each school has made its bid in D.C. That’s a lot of responsibility for a conference that Seaman estimated over 150 students attended from around 40 different schools in the region. Helmer said that responsibility will help the students throughout their careers. “One of the skills architects really need to know is project management, we need to know how to schedule and budget and manage working with employees,” Helmer said. “Now they know how to make a budget and stick to it, how to talk to employees and schedule people at the student center.”

trap,” as she worded it, and a bike as well. Without the vehicle services, though, she said “It would be inconvenient because a lot of times I’ll have big canvasses and stuff, and I can’t carry all that on a bike.”

Janacki said this year, ridership has gone up. Janacki explained he works hard at informing people of the shuttle, but said, “to this day, I still who don’t know that we’re out there.”

As far as numbers go, the Campus Safety shuttle is “averaging between somewhere just under two hundred [students] a week at the moment in total, but I [Janacki] can imagine that will pick up as the weather goes south. It gets colder and snowier and so-forth,” Janacki said.

Janacki said he doesn’t deal much at all with KSC students being problematic while using the shuttle. “There’s a little bit of partying that’s going on, but they’re young people. They’re supposed to do that,” he said, “If somebody calls me from a restaurant that’s had a few drinks, that doesn’t mean I’m not going to pick them up, I’d rather pick them up.”

Janacki pointed out that despite how much is out in the media about young adults being a hassle, “I’m continually impressed with how wellspoken, polite and interesting all the kids [KSC students] are.”

Brittany Ballantyne can be contacted at bballantyne@keeneequinox.com

Brown said she thinks it is very limited.

Another sophomore, Elise Beaulieu, said she wouldn’t change anything about student government. “Keep doing what they’re doing,” she added.

However, Beaulieu said she didn’t know who our student government representatives were, so, “Maybe they need to promote student government more,” Beaulieu noted.

Some projects the Student Government is currently working on are a ‘text-book committee’, a food station near the library and a computer lab that opens before 8 a.m.

Gates said she is working on the textbook committee. She said, “It’s in the works so students can get more money back and be more organized.”

Licence indicated that soon, there will be opening a computer lab where students can print their homework before 8 a.m. classes.

Grady said they’d love to get Sodexo near the library whether it’s a food truck, or stand where students can grab a snack while studying.

Grady also mentioned that he and VP Jackie Efraimson will be going to all the residential halls in November and doing “A night with the Presidents,” so that students can meet them and hear them out. He said this gives them a chance to hear what the students have to say.

Licence noted that students should see the great things they can do when coming together.

“We never realized our potential, it’s not just the people that were elected, it’s the student body that has the power. We need its help with signatures to get things happening. We’re the channel to get it started,” Licence said.

Nigsuz said she would absolutely return to the conference, and that she hopes to go again next year and help lead it.

Nigsuz said the conference really helps her develop leadership and organization skills. “We need to take more of our executive board members life so far. Didn’t expect it to be so powerful it left a huge impact on us all,” she said. She also included that she hopes students show up to their meetings Student Center in the Mountain View room.

Nigsuz said, “If anyone’s interested in our organization, it’s open, come in, sit down and you can see what we do! We’re more than happy to introduce ourselves.”

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

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Members of Student Government in D.C.

Sapeta also saw skills translated from the classroom.“ In a lot of ways, they designed this just like any other project that they would design in the architecture studio,” Sapeta said.

“It’s all very professional.” Adversity is something else these architecture students are going to face after graduation, and they had their fair -ALEX MONTEFORTE share of it in the months leading up to the conKSC FRESHMAN ference.

With Penn State’s $20,000 conference last spring serving as a daunting and unrealistic [Student Government] helped us out as much as they could,” quad conference chair Adam Beauto various businesses around town looking for lieu said.

Seaman admitted things were getting dessponsors. When it became clear that would not be enough, they went to student government, perate before the grant.“There was a time when who granted them $5,000, essentially doubling we were looking at going bankrupt, and stutheir budget.

Seaman said.

The club members focused on using the resources they had at their disposal. The workshops included a bench-making competition with scrap wood and a recyclable sculpture competition. The wood was supplied by Benson Wood while the recyclables were provided by KSC’s R.O.C.K.S. program. “[The conference] has been really good, I really like the theme,” junior Christian Johnson, an architecture major from Roger Williams University, said. The architecture major at KSC has come a long way from being crammed in temporary trailers off-campus 15 months ago. After the successful conference, there is reason to believe it will continue to grow.

Helmer encouraged all KSC majors to have their voices heard and further the reputation of the school. “I would love to see the whole campus get into this, I want to see other majors do the same thing and bring conferences here,” Helmer said. “Just making connections with other schools is huge.”

“This conference is just[...] cementing your idea about being an architect.”

ZACH WINN/ SPORTS EDITOR

Students from different colleges participate in workshops during architecture conference.

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

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Kimberly Patrick will be the Guinness ing. Patrick is the head of records management for Guinness in the U.S., according to was really beautiful,” Lacerte said. a story in The Keene Sentinel.

“I remember the giant pumpkin wall,” CJ Volunteers will keep a record of the jackLapierre, a KSC sophomore said. o-lanterns and announce if the record is broken the night of Pumpkin Fest.

Guinness World Record Sterling said it is a priority of the orgatown, Connecticut and Highwood, Illinois Pumpkin Festivals. Last year, Highwood Hampshire. Keene held the Guinness World fell short to Keene gathering 22,333 jack-o’record for most lit jack-o-lanterns in 2003 lanterns.

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Last year’s HGTV special in Keene was hosted by Dan and Jonathan Scott, from the HGTV show “Property Brothers.” The town competed against Highwood, Illinois for the most lit jack-o-lanterns.

According to Sterling, Luca Paris, a local HGTV business owner in Keene, got in contact A highlight of this year’s Pumpkin Feswith HGTV about coming back to Keene to tival will be the return of the television be a part of the annual Pumpkin Festival. network HGTV. Last October, members of KSC junior Kalie Randlett said she is excited about HGTV coming to Keene. “I named ‘Pumpkin Wars’. Although the company will not be holding another ‘Pumpkin Randlett said and added that last year she War,’ the station will still be participating in didn’t get the chance to see the crew. the festivities.

Lapierre said, “I think it’s a good idea This year, HGTV will be hosting Gilbo [that HGTV is coming to Keene] because it’s Avenue Welcome Center during the festival. an attraction to the festival.”

At the welcome center, there will be tables for activities such as pumpkin carvScheduled Activities ing and a pumpkin log-in station.

At 6 a.m. on October 19, Main Street will This Pumpkin Fest’s HGTV star will

town scoring a total of 30,128 jack-o-lanterns.

Last year, Keene came close to the record, but fell short to Boston, gathering 29,381 jack-o-lanterns.

Sterling said Pumpkin Fest 2013 will be all about breaking the world record once again. “Generally, I would give you a different answer, but not today. Our hundred-percent focus for this year’s Pumpkin Festival is bringing the record home,” stated Sterling. She went on, “Boston has had it for too long. We were close last year and it belongs here.”

The event planners are deciding a game plan to ensure the victory for Keene. “We are setting strategy that won’t let anything be Meg Caswell, the winner of season six get in the way of that record,” Sterling said.

“Design Star,” a reality competition show For Sterling, nothing will interfere in that features interior design challenges.

On Saturday afternoon, a meet-greet with nothing. I would give away ATMs to bring Meg Caswell will take place in the welcome home the record,” Sterling said.

our supporters list,” said Sterling. There are many ways in which businesses can contribute to the festival. Donations can go from money and gift cards to feeding the volunteers. “I eat out around town and leave donation forms,” Sterling joked.

The festival will close down at 8:30 p.m.

The town will then be reopened at 8:45 p.m. for the Pumpkin Dump Derby.

Community Service Coordinator at KSC Jessica Gagne Cloutier said, many KSC students will participate in the event. The participants will be divided in teams and each team will be given an area they have to

“We love to impress the ones that are unimpressed normally but then come and are blown away.”

performance at 1:30 p.m. to the street performance by the KSC Dance Team at 3:15 p.m. and The Beatles “Studio Two” performance at 5:15 p.m.

Street venders will offer from food to clothing and jewelry. Along with the entertainment and shopping experience the festival provides its visitors, rows and piles of money to donate for a cause of their choice. pumpkins will decorate downtown.

The Pumpkin Festival is back in town Sterling said she prepares for the festifor Keene residents and visitors to enjoy, to val months in advance, but that her favorite keep the tradition and enhance the commuthing about prepping is creating merchannity feeling, according to Sterling.

As the excitement keeps increasing, the immortalizes their memories at Pumpkin festival organizers get ready to entertain Fest. and amuse an even tougher crowd. “We “There will be four souvenir stations,” love to impress the ones that are unimsaid Sterling. All the stations will include pressed normally but then come and are blown away,” stated Sterling. t-shirts will have a tower of jack-o-lanterns on the back on a solid midnight-blue color.”

Regarding funding for Pumpkin Festi-

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

transformation into the 2013 Pumpkin Festivals. The street will be reopened as a pedestrian area at noon. festival stopped, and we ask them to help Once the festival is open, there will be fund.” different attractions from The Auld Locals

Haley Erdbrink can be contacted at herdbrink@keene-equinox.com

KPD says safety comes first on Pumpkin Fest RACHEL HEARD

students and their guests to seek alternative activities. “I would really ask students to know where they’re going. I know there’s this desire to go from house to house and that may not be the right choice. I think there’s other things that are happening on campus and downtown that are legal and that the potential for prob-

Equinox Staff Saturday, October 19, Keene will host its 22nd annual Pumpkin Festival. Known for its spectacular display of jack-o-lanterns that line downtown Main Street and an enchanting tower of pumpkins in the city’s square, the England, as the festival doubles or even triples the city’s population.

Despite the upbeat and positive spirit of this mas-

Safety’s presence during Pumpkin Fest weekend is necdoing what they’re doing with good intentions, but it just comes off a little overboard than what really needs to be done, so they kind come off as party poopers, if

Department also know the festival might lead to an increase in safety incidents. concern for Pumpkin Fest is keeping everyone out of harm’s way. “Our biggest concern from year to year to year is just safety and the orderly conduct of the event.

We don’t want anybody to get hurt, we want everybody

attentive to large, unruly parties is to assure that other members of the community can enjoy the weekend just as much as college students. “We’re all for parties and everything but you need to remember that for the most part that students are guests of the city and there’s a bunch of people that live here in the city and if they just try and be considerate to other people, then there’s no

In previous years, the city has allowed food and craft vendors to operate on Main Street, which Maxcity did last year and will continue to do is have vendors move to the parking lots on Commercial Street and Gilbo Avenue. This has helped minimize crowds and kept downtown orderly.

Another safety concern is parking. Director of Campus Safety, Amanda Warman, said that because of the amount of visitors during Pumpkin Fest, parking is a huge issue. Having a sound parking procedure is important, Warman said. “We want to make sure people just aren’t parking all over the place because that’s unsafe. So many people from the general public just say ‘oh there’s a college there, we can park there’ but we want to make sure there’s enough space for students who have paid for parking and for our faculty and staff,” she said.

Parents and alumni with valid parking passes are permitted to park on campus. Students who have a parking pass for the Winchester lot may park in community and faculty/staff lots. All visitors are encouraged to purchase a parking pass for Winchester lot, however not on lawns or ends of rows.

And what would a college town be without parties?

The main allure of the festival to friends of KSC students that attend other schools is the well-known lively nature of the party scene. While Residential Life has restricted the number of guests on campus (students can have to just one), the number of party-goers still

SoundoFF Matt Epstein Sophomore Architecture

“‘This is the End’ because it was a really bad movie.”

FILE PHOTO / EMILY FEDORKO Disruption of the college neighbors is also a problem KPD focuses on off-campus issues while Campus Safety handles operations on campus. The college also towards us when they’re being woken up late at night hires outside agencies to assist Campus Safety. In pre- and their kids are being woken up and they’re stealing the kids’ toys, stuff like that,” Warman said.

All in all, Pumpkin Festival is to be enjoyed by everyone: residents, visitors and the college community. “We “The reason we need [the state police] is because want everyone to enjoy, including the kids, but we want of the volume of off-campus incidents that KPD can’t it to be done safely. We don’t want major disruptions respond [to] on campus, so we don’t want to get into a situation where we have to take possession of drugs or things like that where the police should really manage Rachel Heard can be contacted at it,” Warman said. rheard@keene-equinox.com In regards to off-campus parties Warman advises

KPD patrols the streets surrounding the KSC campus during Pumpkin Fest in October of 2012.

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“What movie would you like to see remade and why?”

Amanda Smith Senior Elementary Education

“‘Sixteen Candles.’ It’s a great movie from the 80s, obviously, and I think it would be great now.”

Max Sandler Sophomore Film Studies

“‘Interview with a Vampire,’ mainly because Tom Cruise is really bad.”

Sarah Crossman Senior Nutrition

“‘It’s a Wonderful Life.’ It’s almost the season and everyone will go see it”

Eric Jedd Junior Communication

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Overfilled rooms and empty promises Earlier this school year, Keene State College President Anne Huot said improving academic and residential buildings on campus sat at the top of her to-do-list—a challenge she said she plans to address this academic year.

We also have decided to address it.

We have seen no changes or plans to the residential buildings on campus as of yet.

It is now mid-point into the fall semester and we have heard many complaints of overcrowding in the residential halls.

We believe living on campus is a large part of the college experience, but at what price?

The quality of the residential halls range drastically at KSC, and with it, the cost of living per residential building ranges as well.

Whether it’s a forced triple in Randall Hall or a suite in Holloway Hall, students should have the ability to live comfortably in their room, especially incoming freshmen.

Students should also feel at ease and should not have to worry about spacing issues—when they essentially pay the rent for their space.

We all know how important personal space is, so we ask, why should students be overcrowded in an environment where they should be feeling at home?

Associate Dean of Student Life and Director of Residential Life, Kent Drake-Deese, was quoted in The Equinox saying overcrowding in residential halls is a situation not out of the norm for KSC and other colleges.

As of now, we have 300 rooms that have at least one more person than the rooms should have. dents are in triples this year.

Drake-Deese said these students that are in those forced rooms deserve to get the best experience we can offer them. Remember that, students.

The issue of the two-week-rule needs to be addressed as well.

Freshmen students are made aware and reassured that if problems arise with their roommates, they have the option of moving out.

However, those students looking to switch rooms due to roommate problems are now put on a wait list.

A wait list that could keep students waiting for a while.

Senior Associate Director of Admissions,

Bert Poirier, told The Equinox that 1,355 housing deposits were made at the start of this year, increasing from last year’s deposit of 1,259.

However in the year 2011, 1,348 deposits were received nearing the same number for 2013, providing the data the housing deposits decreased in 2012.

It shows a comparable number for 2013 to previous deposits.

If so, we wonder why this issue has not been addressed before. With the college changing 300 students room assignments a year, we see a problem with number of students affected in these switches.

We are waiting too to see how the president will plan to add more housing on campus. whether a new student chooses to transfer from year.

We wonder if this is could be another reason why students decide to transfer after only one year.

Space is important. If we want to continue to expand KSC’s regional and national reputation, living arrangements available to students. The renovation of a few residential halls on campus have been long awaited, even for previous freshmen tenants. renovate the college, however this overcrowded dilemma with students needs to be solved soon.

KSC requires freshmen and sophomores to live on campus.

Perhaps if the incoming freshmen keep increasing, the residence hall options for those students should increase as well.

Going into the 2013 fall semester, the president is aware of how many students have been accepted.

With the increasing number of students living on campus, we can only hope that there is a follow through with making the residential halls nicer and equal throughout the campus.

The school needs to make a decision as to where and how KSC wants to grow with residential halls on this campus.

We ultimately believe that college experience can be hindered by the wrong living arrangements.

BRITTANY MURPHY / OPINIONS EDITOR

Above, a door to a freshman room in Carle Hall. Carle Hall is a residential building facing overcrowding.

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Crowding in residential halls is proving to be more problematic To hear what some freshmen are experiencing with the residential halls at Keene State College is absolutely absurd. Sure, some of these halls have character in the dark wooden closets with no door attached, but at what point does the character affect the functionality of the room and of the student?

For KSC freshman Brittany DickShe lives on the D-side of Carle Hall, the oldest side in the building. In her room there are different locks, different lights, different furniture, but the same price tag as other students living on sides A, B and C. The locks are turned manually, comdoors. Flickering vanity and small

box lights try to brighten the room, of the building, making it necessary compared to an overhead light. The of stairs and through the lobby in provides little moving space. How- a towel. The crowded rooms also ever, on the other side of Carle, stu- leave leverage for crowded bathdents are equipped with newer rooms. According to the KSC Resifurniture and have more up-to-date dential Life website, the cost of a features in their room and even a double, triple, or quad room in Carle working shower as well.

Hall is $2,945 a semester and $5,890 Since the beginning of the school a year. year, Dickison said that she has not The total cost for Dickisons had steady hot water. For a while, D-side room is $11,780 for her roomstudents living on the D-side had to mate and herself, nearly $12,000 for take freezing-cold showers, she said.

Dickison said the water would be bathroom that is frequently out of so cold in the morning that it began service. This is unacceptable. These to actually hurt. She said some students on the D-side are paying girls washed their hair in sink. For the same amount of money living some time, Dickison said she was in Carle as the other sides who are directed to shower on the other side receiving better quality furnishings

and functioning bathrooms. Dickison said others and herself have been in touch with the Residential Director for Carle and plan to propose they are guaranteed better dormitories for next year. The irritation, more than anything, bothers Dickison.

Either decrease the cost for these students living on the D-side of Carle Hall or renovate the dormitories on campus equally for all freshmen students. Furnishings should not interfere with the success of the student at KSC. When something is on where to start: the D-side of Carle.

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Master plan of a 21st century political revolution “...the system is broken and my the people, and for the people” to together a third Continental Con-ZAK KOEHLER WEBMASTER

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Party One would gain all seats, but again how is this fair? When

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by seeing the true percentage of - national support for a particular

this opinion by paragraph two. But to the ones that are unsure of what I

of people to allow this party to be is thrown out and another elec-

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ratings agencies. Only countries

Because Party One won all three percent.

that honor.

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the other parties to get the closest representation that was shown resents the will of the people! With

really ask for? those seats. Add on the seats that - ing for natural checks and balances to occur as it was not the will

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Returning to Neverland for Michael Jackson’s lost childhood tage of the responsibilities they possess.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Congratulations to Dr. Lawrence Benaquist of Keene, for spearheading the restoraMisunderstanding.”

he had regained the innocence of a child.

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tant enough for the Library of Congress to

We cannot deny that Michael Jackson

is wonderful press for the town and the school, but especially for the chronically underfunded

in a position of status and power, a position that holds the responsibility of the under the rug in pursuit of a paycheck. long as he could get back to that state of search of a way to return to his lost child- for transplants they cannot afford without -

- abused children in his happy place, he looked out for the well-being of the

created decades ago. parents who were supposed to uncondilater to help introduce digital technology to

the padded bank account the troubled of the turbulence in his adult life as his psyche was probed for answers and his

not unknown in our society. In pursuit of

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was this child allowed to stay there?

Was this parent willing to put his

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istration was not really interested in treating

Joseph and Katherine Jackson longed for has exploded in the past decade, the faculty

industry. children up for a life in which they could Peter Pan. In Peter Pan, the Darling children are in three different age groups coping -

schools with far better gear and resources for their students.

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sonal escape to childhood innocence. cal security blanket are told that they are childhood that he had been stripped of by ERIN D’ALEO / EQUINOX STAFF

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Super-student takes advantage of every opportunity SABRINA LAPOINTE

“If you have any chance to get into any abstract research or any research experiences, whether it’s paid or not, just try to get involved with it,” Day said.

Day worked a paid internship for seven weeks full-time out in Hancock, New Hampshire at the Harris Center for Conservation Education.

During this internship, Day was able to work closely with Fleeger.

Throughout this process, Fleeger learned even more about Day and his strength of character.

“I think the one experience where I had the best opportunity to view Steve’s character as an individual was with the internship. What I saw in Steve’s participation in that group [of four students] is that he really brought that seriousness and purpose to our effort,” Fleeger said.

Day has also worked closely

Equinox Staff As a member of the Ultimate Frisbee team, an eco-representative, a member of Campus Ecology, a piano player for the Jazz Ensemble, on top of taking eight classes, (among other things) Stephen Day’s involvement on the Keene State College campus does not go unnoticed to many.

Unlike other students, KSC senior Stephen Day embraces the task of keeping his schedule as busy and as challenging as possible.

The 21-year-old senior, Environmental Studies major and Geography minor from Salem, New Hampshire, pushes himself to the extreme both academically and in the extra-curricular sense.

“I picked up the extra classes and one thing led to another. It’s of what I’m actually good at, I just things,” Day said.

Not only is Day involved with clubs on campus, he also brought his own interest to the table as well.

As someone who works at a brewery back home, he developed woodworking as an independent study.

This involves advanced woodworking to create tap handles. On a different note, athletics also play a part in his life.

There’s no question that when it comes to varsity level college sports, there is a huge time commitment.

This is why Day decided he wanted to continue being involved with athletics, but not to the extent of it being his entire life.

“Through high school, I was an athlete. I played varsity baseball all four years, so baseball was my life and then I came here and decided not to try out for the team and kind of focus on my studies,” Day continued, “So that’s why I picked up Ultimate Frisbee because it’s just as competitive but because it’s a club team it doesn’t affect your academics if you miss practice.”

Captain of the Ultimate Frisbee team, KSC senior Jesse Stirtan met

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KSC Senior Stephen Day plays the piano. Day is also involved with the Frisbee team and studies woodworking as an independent study.

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Day through his involvement with the Frisbee team.

Through this process they have become close friends and Stirtan shared his impression of Day. “Stephen is very enthusiastic about what he wants and what he likes to do. He will strive to push himself to do whatever he wants.

Even if that thing is not necessarily the right thing, he will still push

as hard as he can because he thinks it’s right,” Stirtan said.

He has had him in his junior/ senior seminar sequence, and for an issue management class. on his peers, Day has also made a Fleeger has been able to evaluate Stephen in his role as a student faculty members here at KSC. for a substantial amount of time Environmental Studies Asso- now. ciate Professor, Doctor William “What I really value about Steve’s Fleeger, has had the pleasure of presence in the classroom is that having Day in a total of three he’s a serious student. I think he’s classes so far. taken advantage of the opportu-

nity to do not only what’s expected for the course, but also to go beyond that and to sort of expand his own knowledge in areas that are of interest to him,” Fleeger said.

Through discovering what interests him in the classroom, he takes that topic and does abstract or extensive research on it.

He encourages other students to do the same.

Mary Jensen.

He started working with her last year as an eco-representative.

She described eco-reps as peer educators working to inform students about their impact on campus resources. Through her experiences with Day, she has gathered the same impression as the many others who work with Day. “I think Stephen’s always really enthusiastic about what he’s doing and his enthusiasm is contagious, so the other students enjoy working with him,” Jensen said.

Keeping himself involved and trying a variety of different activities seems to be what Day has pushed himself to do during his time here at KSC and as a result, he has been recognized by many as a student of admirable value.

Some might question how he’s able to manage it all.

His close friend Stirtan was able to sum it up in a simplistic way: “How he handles all this is just from a strict love for what he does.”

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were also able to just hang out and go on hikes—the Bible studies were focused on topics of faith and science- and the controversial relationship between them,” Burdwood said, “I thought it was very helpful.”

The CRU community is much larger than the Keene State College campus. Campus Safety Sergeant Victor Malavet, the newly appointed advisor, explained the world1951 by Bill and Vonette Bright on the UCLA campus as Campus Crusade for Christ. in Ghana, India, Hungary, Germany, France, South Africa, Philippines, Singapore, Costa Rica, British Columbia- I mean, everywhere.

It’s a great organization,” Malavet said.

Beyond the reach, “CRU strives to be a caring, compassionate community that is eager to connect students with Christ,” Fagan said.“We don’t care who you are, we don’t care what you did in the past, we don’t care what you’re doing now- just come on over, and hopefully we can point you in the direction that we think you may want to go,” Malavet said.

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“I found out about CRU through the student involvement fair, and I wanted to join… because my religion has always been important to me growing up, and I wanted to meet other people with similar views, make friendships and learn more,” Burdwood said.

Students have expressed they feel the Christian group gives them a comfortable place to share their beliefs. “[I] just wanted a Christian group where I could go and talk to people and feel welcomed, and I felt really welcomed in the group even though I was new,” Paige said.

“Just go in and hear something positive,

“Stand out and be known. Don’t be afraid to say who you are, don’t be afraid to say ‘I’m a Christian’—because you’re not the only one.”

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least you said to yourself ‘I gave it a shot’,” Malavet said. CRU members are more able and willing than ever to talk about what they do and want to accomplish.

“We do have a couple of events that we are hoping to have soon,” Paige said, adding, “Anyone is welcome to come even if you don’t believe in Christianity.”

“Stand out and be known. Don’t be afraid to say who you are, don’t be afraid to say ‘I’m a Christian’… because you’re not the only one,” Malavet said.

Nicole Carrabis can be contacted at ncarrabis@ksc.keene.edu

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The RA did state incoming students receive fair warning regarding their living conditions. “Pretty

it gets better as the year goes on.”

RA added, “Yeah it causes problems but they’re problems anyway.” KSC administration acknowledged that overcrowding is a problem.

Associate Dean of Student and Director of Residential Life, Kent Drake-Deese said, “We are at about one hundred and eight percent quote design capacity, which is what our buildings intended to be when they were built,” he continued, “but we have been for years upon years upon years and so are a lot of colleges.”

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The associate dean said such a situation is nothing had 1348 so we we’re right back to where we’ve been,” out of norm.

Poirier said.

“That’s completely normal. When we opened, To Drake-Deese, this comes down to a complex situation. “We have these buildings; we have these beds; That’s too high,” he said. they need to be full for the economic well being of the “We have over three hundred rooms that have at least one more person than it should have. That’s a lot.

“You have to have strategies in place that allow that That’s basically another building right there. We could to happen while supporting student development at have very easily have an extra one hundred bodies,” the same time. I think we have that. We just have to Drake-Deese continued. The relationship with over- make sure that those students that are in those beds crowding and enrollment is one that Senior Associate get the best experience we can offer them.” He admits Director of Admission, Bert Poirier, examined. though, “It’s tough to do in triples.”

Poirier stated enrollment is higher than last year.

Despite how it may feel for some, this is not a per“More people were admitted and took us up on the offer by May 1, [the] difference was that typically puts “We do about three hundred room changes a year,” a crunch on housing.

Drake-Deese said. However, the room change process ”However there seems to be an up-and-down trend continues to be a struggle. for this number as this year we had 1355 paid depos“We sent a request a couple weeks before we moved its, last year we had 1259 and the year before that we in—they said they would see what they could do, but

we never got a follow-up,” Sanders said.

Despite her lack of success, the room change probody.

“If there’s three hundred room changes a year, most are in triples. Four people are touched by that one move, three hundred moves. If you really want to cut The problem persists. “We have about sixty-one percent of the freshman class in triples,” Drake-Deese said.

They might have to wait until next year to live freely in a double or a single, but for now, that 61 per-

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Student comes to terms with tourism in Peru the realms of Cuzco, Peru and to La Paz, Bolivia within a day. It’s an unexpected destination for most travelers when comparing the crowd which ventures to locations throughout Europe. With the European landscapes being of such close proximity within one another, it’s

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A parrot sits atop Charest’s shoulder in Tipon, Peru.

landing on that very terrain.

In South America, the tourism is of a different tone, but still strong in popularity. For instance, the rules are different here, simply but most importantly, there aren’t many guidelines that dictate these South American’s lives, at least the ones that are kept within the code of law. I’ve been here for precisely two months now, and from what I’ve seen, there’s a lot most of the world may never see. A good majority of things I’ll always remember that I’ve seen, are the things that I wish I never did, but the beauty in it all still remains the same.

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Peru

It’s never clear where many people might travel in the later years of their lives. You always dream of it, the essence of its truth never being contained. Even right now, for many who have that deep desire to travel, they’re wandering in the clouds of possibility, unsure of where they might go or where they might want to be. moon type essence you only ever dream about back tination such as the land of Cuzco, Peru, the very place and adequate room. It really is true to how I felt when In South America, I think it may be the most unique continent in the world to travel. It’s a place where a simple 10 dollar bus ride could get you all the way from

upon a mid-afternoon Cuzco, and I couldn’t believe I

me, it felt even greater than any type of good I had ever partaken in.

I started writing this stuffed in between 70 other Peruvians on a bus with nothing but room to breathe (hardly) but somehow I established enough to write

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Charest snaps photographs of an Incan village called Ollyantambo.

world lives, where Cuzco lives.

I wander in and out of city buses Cuzco Cathedral with a clear view of the main square triumphing to my next location after on a warm and kind day that is welcomed with wit- another day without something successfully stolen by the hands of someof one another in such a polite manner, each selling at one who just happens to not be a tourist. the bargaining price of 10 soles a piece.

Every day I feel alone at the helm of Now with this, I am in sight of such a beauty. Harp- these 33 minute bus rides. Whether it’s - being the tallest person on the tranmade Peruvian lunch, a pen and a pad in between my sit system (at a measly 5”10), the only legs, and a further encompassing truth coming to my gringo, or the only person who continattention. What I am is both of beauty and of something ues to read his book perched on top of dilute. an old Quechuan speaking woman’s Architecture for thousands of years still stands head, I am alone. where I sit now, but tourists of the new age roam the But I don’t resent this, I truly welstreets with their backpacks in front (whether pregnant come it. Though it pains me to accept or hiding their guts, I’m not sure, but they should stop that these words may be the only proof being so damn self-conscious especially when they’re or translation I can present to you making themselves an even larger target than before). describing this none-the-less interestThey think this and what they’re seeing as the real ing debacle, it’s something I hope is conCuzco but it’s not. Like any other tourist, I’m the same picture. I stare back into these on-lookit’s nothing but a culture’s history. When you roam out- ing eyes as if I shouldn’t be there, as if side the city’s square, you may have to even roam for I never should have gotten on that bus, CONTRIBUTED PHOTO another mile or so before you discover that you’re not as if I’m someone who must be lost. But exactly where a tourist like you essentially should be. I’m not. I never was. All this comes at Charest holds a sloth in Tipon while studying in Peru.

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labeling program to further distinguish which frozen yogurt brands contain live cultures after being processed. If there is a NYA Live & Active Cultures seal on brand contains probiotics and live cultures.

However, even though some frozen yogurt brands or franchises contain probiotics and live cultures, they also contain a large amount of sugars, extra calories and saturated fat unless if it’s fat free. There are other ways to get probiotics.

“Anything that is fermented has a microbial process,” Boyer said, who likes to drink kombucha for her source of probiotics. Foods like sauerkraut, and other fermented vegetables are known to have live cultures and probiotics. If those foods or drinks are not appetizing there are probiotic supplements as well.

Through recent research and exposure of frozen yogurt not being as healthy as consumers thought, perhaps the hype is decreasing.

“I feel like the stigma of frozen yogurt is over-hyped because frozen yogurt, even though it’s marketed to be Justin Yamet, a communications student at KSC said.

With an interest for food and healthy eating, Yamet provided some advice.

“The way I see it is, if you can’t read it, don’t eat it,” Yamet said about the long list of ingredients we see on most frozen yogurt brands. “People should know that it’s not a replacement for regular yogurt because there’s high fat, and high sugar in it. But if people are thinking that it’s a healthy treat, they’re not correct. It’s not healthy, it’s just like ice-cream. It has a lot of sugar, so if you really wanted to eat a healthy dessert, just eat

fruit,” Yamet said.

Boyer also offers advice about being an aware frozen yogurt consumer. “This is where I always encourage people to read nutrition labels and learn the basics of nutrition so they can be a knowledgeable consumer,” Boyer said.

However, there is still hope for frozen yogurt lovers out there, and that hope happens to be Keene State’s neighbor. Chris Georgiatis of Yolo Frozen Yogurt in downtown Keene explained how Yolo strives to provide healthy and delicious options for customers.

“My philosophy that I built this around was if I myself wouldn’t eat it, then I wouldn’t serve it to any customer.” Georgiatis stated. “For example, the yogurt you go and get at franchises is typically good to sit in a freezer for six months. I think about that to myself and I say ‘how is it possible that a milk product can be good six months from today,’ and that doesn’t make any sense to me,” said Georgiatis while cutting up fresh strawberries for toppings.

With only 25 calories per ounce, six grams of sugar per ounce and fat-free, Yolo’s fresh frozen yogurts seems to be a healthier option than most leading brands and franchises.

Also, through Georgiatis’s process in creating his frozen yogurt, probiotics and live active cultures are still present in Yolo’s frozen yogurt.

“I wanted to serve something that was healthy in terms of frozen yogurt,” Georgiatis said.

Perhaps frozen yogurt should not be considered a healthy dessert, but “froyo” lovers should know that there are healthier options as long as they strive to become educated consumers and read labels.

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- is hard. “This is not a dorm you can hang out in, it’s too crowded,” Sanders dall Hall resident, Deirdre Sanders said.

Many students expressed frustration in regards to living in “caves.”

Some students fell under the impression they would live in luxury after One RA who wished to remain unnamed stated, “I would say that a in cramped “triples.” Triples are three people living in a room initially they toured resident halls such as Huntress and Fiske. “When I came in, I triple is a little bit harder than living in a double just because there’s that intended for two. extra body. I don’t think that necessarily means you’re in the clear if you With all freshmen and sophomore students required to live on campus, year-student Courtney Sherratt said. have a single or double, but there is that little bit extra of a challenge.” the crowding can get frustrating for some.

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Keene State holds accepting hand to LGBT community KENZIE TRAVERS

Student Life editor Keene State College hosts a wide variety of clubs, groups and organizations on campus. As the diversity of the student population increases, those in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans-gender community show little to no hesitation toward their comfort with their sexuality on campus.

Friday, October 11, 2013, was International Coming Out Day, described on the event’s Facebook page as “an international event which gives LGBT people the opportunity to ´come out´ to others about their sexuality. It also raises awareness of the LGBT community and LGBT rights movement.”

This movement sparked violent rallies in St. Peterburg, Russia. According to Andri Antoniades of Takepart.com, anti-gay protesters formed a human chain disabling gay rights activists entering the park.

On the other side of the world in Keene, New Hampshire, feelings toward public displays of affection are mixed, but they are not violent by any means.

KSC senior Matthew Carson said, “I don’t really care who shows affection. If you have someone of a sigit,” he continued, “just don’t make it gross.”

One of the possible reasons for this general acceptance at the college may be the group KSC Pride.

According to the KSC website, KSC Pride is an organization on campus that “provides a safe, relaxed, social atmosphere for lesbians, gays bisexuals and others, providing a forum for discussions and concerns.”

KSC junior Jonathan Musci attended the pride meetings as a freshman and said that having a group of people who are accepting was a big help in his transition at college.

“It’s a really cool group,” Musci said. “It’s nice being in a room full of people who understand you on a level that not everyone can.”

KSC junior Sarah Bruno has also attended some of the meetings.

She said they help get students out of their shell using activities and ice-breakers.

Bruno said she views the group as a place for her and others to prepare themselves for ‘the real world,’ learning to deal with situations and circumstances they may face as individuals who have come out to society about their orientation. “[KSC Pride] helps you get comfortable with a group of people that have gone through the same things as you and feelings of not being one hundred

Musci commented similarly to Carson on the notion of public displays of affection, or PDA, on the campus, and said students must remain within some boundaries.

“I think that PDA is acceptable to a degree,” Musci said.

“Like holding hands, hugging, a kiss here and there is not a problem.

Taking it too far and going intensely at it is not really that acceptable.

I think

everything and anything. While stu“It could have to do with the fact that we’re in the dents stated their general comfort, Northeast or in New Hampshire at a liberal arts school,” some have experienced some intol- Musci said. Whatever the reason may be, KSC’s accepterance. ing nature shows.

“I have seen two guys holding hands and then a group of Kenzie Travers can be contacted at other guys negatively talkmtravers@keene-equinox.com ing about it,” Bruno said.

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“It’s not as frowned upon at our school...I think that there are a lot more gays and lesbians here than I’ve seen at other colleges.”

there is a b e t t e r place and time for that,” Musci said.

Musci said that he and a boyfriend used to “walk around holding hands and give each other a kiss before we went into class,” and they never got called out on it.

Carson commented and said it is because KSC offers a comfortable community that students like Musci who choose to display their affection are not bothered by other students.

“We offer a lot of after-school groups and a bunch of stuff on campus that people can do. I’ve to prepare you for being yourself out in the real world never met someone who has been severely rude to me and on campus, not being afraid to express your iden- about it, so I think we’ve done an excellent job of providing a comfortable environment for the community,” tity,” Bruno said.

Bruno added that she considers KSC to have a Carson said.

But Bruno, who claimed to not be a huge fan of PDA, bigger community of LGBT students than other schools expressed more of a sense of privacy. she has seen.

“There should be a certain amount of privacy with “There are a lot of gay people. I feel like we are almost used to seeing that kind of thing,” Bruno said of LGBT your expression of love,” she said.

“I do see mixed emotions,” Bruno said of PDA reacpublic displays of affection.

“It’s not as frowned upon at our school because of tions.

She said she would be comfortable holding hands the fact, I don’t know statistics, but I think that there are a lot more gays and lesbians here than I’ve seen at on campus if she was in a relationship with someone.

Of course, the campus is not perfectly tolerant of other colleges.”

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fere n t response, where people have said “Oh they are so cute.”

“It really depends on your group of friends,” she said.

Musci and Bruno both agreed that KSC being a liberal arts school may be why the general atmosphere that is brought to campus is really accepting.

The cold hard truth: ‘Froyo’ is a no-no ANNELISE KLOSTER

“If you want to compare frozen equinox Staff yogurt to some ice-creams, in comparison it could be healthier. But to The frozen yogurt industry, a consider it a health food I think sends multi-billion dollar business, has a wrong message because it does swept the nation of pints and frozen tend to be high in sugar, and quite a yogurt shops. few of them are high in saturated fats Since regular yogurt in its purest form contains live active cultures and versions,” Boyer said.

Even though yogurt contains health, frozen yogurt has developed the stigma of a healthy dessert. probiotics and live cultures, these “Probiotics are healthy bacteria healthy properties could be diminthat naturally live in our own gut,” ished while processing yogurt into Keene State College’s Health Science frozen yogurt.

Professor Jeanelle Boyer said.

“Freezing doesn’t kill bacteria “In yogurt, there are good, healthy itself, but some freezing processes bacteria. If people have less healthy can create crystals, like ice crystals, bacterial populations, they might be that are hard on the bacteria,” Boyer - said. trointestinal disease,” Boyer said.

As well as freezing being a potenHowever, from reading nutri- tial harm to the probiotics and live EMMA CONTIC / GRAPHIC DESIGN EDITOR tional facts and ingredient lists more cultures in yogurt, the process of pasin depth, recent research supports teurization—heating products to rid However, not all brands of frozen that most frozen yogurt brands are all bacteria, which creates a longer yogurts are pasteurized.

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CRU retreat brings KSC students to Vermont farm NICOLE CARROBIS

equinox Staff On October 4, Keene State College’s chapter of the Christian organization, CRU, joined other New Hampshire colleges at a retreat in Vermont. President of CRU, Jacob Paige, and secretary, Heather Burdwood, explained how the club has a great deal to offer students no matter where they identify.

“You don’t have to be a believer to come to CRU, we just want to be here to support our campus,” Burdwood said.

Paige agreed and said, “We just want to be a very open and welcoming place and have people come and learn about what we The ability to be open and welcoming was supported by many of the events included in the Vermont retreat. Another member of the club, Heather Fagan, described a topic important to KSC’s CRU chapter. “There were a few speakers that spoke about really relevant topics like how to talk to your friends about Christ and how to answer some of the questions they might have- you know, not in a preachy kind of way- and we also got a lot of free time to enjoy the farm and meet new people, make new friends,” Fagan said. focused equally on conversation and building relationships with fellow CRU peers. “There was worship time, and Bible studies, we

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Keene and Einbeck Partner City Collaboration Concert fills recital hall REBECCA FARR

A&E Editor On Wednesday, October 9, 2013 the Keene & Einbeck Collaboration Concert was held in the Redfern Arts Center Alumni Recital Hall. The concert featured the Keene State College Chamber Singers, Brass Ensemble and two community choirs.

The community choirs were the Chamber Singers of Keene and VOICES, who came in all the way from Salzderhelden, Germany. According to Professor and Director of the KSC Chamber Singers, Dr. Sandra Howard, the concert was dedicated to former

Student-produced play inspired by real-life experiences HALEY ERDBRINK

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A&E Editor Sarah Croitoru, junior at Keene State College, is a Women and Gender Studies major, Social Science major and Sociology major who signed up for Honors Playwriting, not knowing what the course was truly about.

This year, she was involved in the Keene State Theatre and Dance production “The Premiere Series,” a month-long period of several plays that were produced by students.

“There were a lot of late nights and lots of editing,” the triple major said, “It was challenging, new, and exciting.”

Croitoru has attended all of the rehearsals while giving herself feedback on the script along with the acting.

However, Croitoru said she did not have to prepare as much as the actors.

Croitoru said she prepared by giving constant and supportive feedback to the cast so they could develop her story the way she envisioned it. Croitoru said her main inspiration for her piece, “The Speck In My Eye,” was from some aspects of her life. that aren’t true about my story but it has a lot of elements that are true,” she said. draft about eight weeks into the Fall 2012 semester and has since continued re-writing. The student explained that she began prepping for her piece during the audition process early this school year. “The title,” Croitoru said, “it’s a Bible verse.”

Throughout her play, verses were entered to emphasize commitment to God and coinciding beliefs.

One of those verses inserted throughout the show was the verse holding the title of

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Howard also said the concert entailed the world premiere of a piece composed by KSC student, Miriam Sharrock, combining all three choirs and ending with the accompaniment of the Brass Ensemble. The concert also brought in food and monetary Keene. The performance was so well-attended that the Alumni Recital Hall was completely full and had to turn away an estimated 75 people, Howard added.

CONTRIBUTED Rebecca Farr can be contacted at rfarr@keene-equinox.com Dr. Sandra Howard conducts the final combination piece including all choirs and the KSC Brass

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witchcraft:

from one generation to the next

While the Wiccan religion

REBECCA FARR

A&E Editor There are many views on witchcraft–

Instead, Coogan said she practices spells such as

aspect that some may, or may not, see as critical—the reality of it all?

“The death of a child, crops failing, someone’s cattle died,” he said, “early England and New England [colo-

suspected of causing illnesses or death, particularly to

that the holiday is called “Samhain,” which is “when the -

Coogan explained her religion as a Wiccan and said,

When it comes to performing spells, each spell calls Coogan said there are “waning and waxing” periods

Similar to Coogan, “It represents the end of the light

“Waning is when you want to get rid of something,” tice may include leaving an empty space at the dinner

While history may document witches as people who

Leaving candles in the window to “guide the wanderWhile the olden times depict witches as evil wrong-

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Body image among women: which is ‘right?’

DEANNA CARUSO

Equinox StAff Hollywood and the fashion world industry seem to work in ways to make people believe that everyone’s bodies always need constant improvement. To change the way society thinks, both trademark brands Victoria’s Secret and Dove separately created campaigns to positively enforce the saying “Be comfortable in your own skin,” but one brand appeared to have received a bit more backlash than the other.

In 2004, Dove’s campaign for real beauty launched, featuring women whose appearances are outside the typical norm of what the fashion industry may portray. According to Dove’s website, the company performed a study and found that, “only two percent of women around the world would describe themselves as beautiful.”

The campaign called the “Real Beauty Campaign” started a “global conversation about the

of beauty had become limiting and unattainable,” the website said.

KSC senior Olivia Mendoza said, “I think that the campaign is like a movement for selfesteem, trying to encourage women of all ages to really feel comfortable with their bodies by their own standards and not what society thinks as pretty.”

Contradicting Mendoza’s statement were a series of women who performed in a Dove experiment. Dove’s website explains that a forensic sketch artist sat behind a curtain with a woman contestant sitting on the other side (a woman he had never physically seen).

“In the sixteen-hundreds, saying ‘I’m a witch’ coincided with being in league with the devil.

Now, saying ‘I’m a witch’ is simply stating your religion with no fear [of consequence].

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urrected from the 17th century. Another witch was burned at the stake (set in 2013) for resurrecting an innocent bird she had found on the ground.

Over 400 years ago, “being in league with the devil” was a capital crime, then evidently leading to capital punishment at which those suspected or admitting to ‘dancing with the devil’ would be burned or hanged at

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doers, Coogan stated that she does not believe in evil at all, actually.

Professor Lund said that in constant-evolving cultures, like current modern-day cultures, each generation is going to use stories of witchcraft, usually for entertainment purposes.

Last Wednesday, October 9, was the premiere of the third season of “American Horror Story.” With separate themes each season, this time around, the FX hit series is titled “Coven.” Coogan said that a coven is “basically a group of people of your same faith, kind of like a Bible study group.”

As Lund stated, the 21st century seems to be fully utilizing the “shock value” of various ideas of witchcraft, both historically and currently for the use of entertainment. “American Horror Story: Coven” seems to utilize

spin on it [witchcraft],” Lund said.

“In the sixteen-hundreds, saying ‘I’m a witch’ coincided with being in league with the devil. Now, saying ‘I’m a witch,’ is simply stating your religion with no fear [of consequence].”

Sartoris said that as “Wiccas” approach the Samhain, October 19 brings “the largest gathering of witches and Pagans in New England” to the ‘Celebrate Samhain Festival’ in Peterborough.

He also added that this event regularly brings in over 1,000 people and has the biggest Pagan authors and presenters in attendance.

The festival is to “give back to the Samhain and the

These days, Coogan said that the word ‘witch’ is a term just like ‘Christian’ is a term. For her, she said it is simply a label of her religion.

“Religion is very vast and large,” she said, “it’s like trying to describe the Bible in one sitting, you just can’t CONTRIBUTED PHOTO do it.”

To clear the air between her practice and tales of Above is a necklace belonging to Kaitlyn Coogan. Coogan explained that the encircled star represents witchery, Coogan said her beliefs are nature-based Earth, water, air, fire and spirit working in unison. The sun represents God and the moon stands for the Goddess. All forces held together by a Celtic knot shows the maid, maiden and the crown —the cycle of and incur little to no relation to the witches that were a woman’s life. burned at the stake in colonial times.

Coven,” the show may have initiated from history of “I kind of laugh when all witches are portrayed as witches, however it seemed to sensationalize quite a evil. The broomsticks are funny, too. If I could ride one that would make things so much easier,” she said with and spirit and the four corners are North, East, South bit, depicting ‘modern-day’ witches as they were in the and West.

1600s. a chuckle.

In the series premiere of “American Horror Story: One witch painted blood on her face and was resShe said that the basis is of the God and Goddess as “I don’t believe we do it enough and I think that it’s our own fault,” she added, “it’s wonderful and we need more of it.”

Kim Dupuis said she has been acting since she was a child and teaches acting and a little directing

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the play, “The Speck In My Eye.” “The best part of this whole experience was seeing it come to life,” Croitoru said. She said she liked that roles were determined. the actors respected the playwright and the comPatterson explained that he was interested in as her vision. “Now I sit back and watch,” she said.

“I’m seeing it for the class, intro. to acting with Ms. in the beginning of the Fall 2013 semester, when the Dupuis [of the Theatre and Dance Department],” Bill script had not yet been completed.

White, senior at KSC, stated. “I expect to see what After auditions, Dupuis was given the role of the students writing is like,” he added, “especially at mother in the show, “The Speck In My Eye.” universities, it should be students and that is what When asked of her prepping techniques, Dupuis brings that out.” said that the key is to study the lines and underDaniel Patterson is a professor at KSC and stand the character. teaches acting, directing and play writing. Patter“You need to know the driving forces behind son said the goal of his Honors Playwriting course is your character,” she said, “what your character does to have students write a play. This class was where and what they say.”

Croitoru began her show.

Patterson said he works with students to put but hopeful and optimistic,” Dupuis explained. It their inspiration into a rough draft. wasn’t until later in the show when a seemingly harsh reaction brought out the mother’s true beliefs of the class,” Patterson said, “even though I only required two.” lenges and easy things,” Dupuis explained, “every role has something.” was very much how she spoke, which was very “I don’t think it met all my expectations but it still formal. provided a message, which is what it’s for,” WadleIn regards to the draft now, on the other hand,

vest, the festival collects non-perishable food for the less fortunate.

Comparing “American Horror Story: Coven” to current Wiccan practices may seem drastic. However, regardless of the discrepancy between the two, according to variety.com, the season premiere raked in over The historical distinction between witchcraft and modern day Wiccan practices, just as any religion, seems to lie in the hands of the interpreter.

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She added that the plot, the set-up and the student involvement were elements that she enjoyed about the production. beliefs that lie within it.

“I believe the relationships could be stronger and Patterson cast himself as the roll of the girlthe language be more natural,” she added. “Some friend’s father because during the audition process, he found there was a shortage of students who could “I didn’t come to the show with any expectations,” play men between the ages 40 and up. He described White said. “I liked that it was up front.” He emphathe characters as, “new age with an open lifestyle.” sized how he liked the student involvement within “I like to lead by example,” Patterson said. He the show. said he has been a professional actor for years and He seemed to agree with Wadleigh in the sense he uses his experience to teach his students the art that the lines could be more solid. Both said they of play writing. believed the play was a good length and a great start.

Catherine Behrens is a resident in Keene and was The series began with “Thanksgiving,” by Taylor in attendance at the show. “I know Kim [Dupuis] Jorgensen on October 3 and 4 and continued through and Dan. I’ve worked with both in the past,” she the following week with Croitoru’s play. said. She added she came to show them support.

The rest of the Theatre and Dance Premiere Series “I expect the show not to be perfect,” she added, will include, “Love, Life and Liberty” by Hersch “but interesting.” Behrens said she believes it is a Rothmel on Wednesday and Thursday, October 16 good idea that the show is a student produced show and 17. because, “it gives the students an incentive to proThe following week, “Bigfoot” by Daniel Bullard duce their own work and creativity.” will end the series, premiering on October 23 and 24.

Katherine Wadleigh, a senior at KSC, is involved Both “Love, Life and Liberty” and “Bigfoot” will be in two of the other shows within the series and said performed in the Wright Theatre of the Redfern Arts she attended Croitoru’s show to give her support Center on the KSC campus at 7:30 p.m. and that she is also involved in a lot of theatre on campus.

For a commentary on “The Speck In My Eye,” check “I expect the show to be empowering and encourout Haley’s review on B3. aging,” Wadleigh said, “It’s such a strong message.”

Wadleigh mentioned her interest in the idea of the Haley Erdbrink can be contacted at show being a student production; written, produced herdbrink@keene-equinox.com and acted by students.

Patterson mentioned that the strong theme of

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and Victoria’s Secret for not accurately He then asked each woman to describe displaying ‘real’ women because in Dove’s what she looked like so that he could campaign, curvy women were displayed sketch out what each of their faces looked and in Victoria’s Secret, thin women were like, based on their own descriptions of displayed. themselves. The artist received comments such as, “I have kind of a fat, rounder face” advertisement is showing a real woman and “I would say I have a pretty big fore- because both ads either portray one side head.” of the spectrum to the other. They are basiAfter the women had left the room, a cally saying that if you are either skinnier, stranger was then asked to sit and describe in between or overweight, you’re considthe woman the artist had previously ered as nothing.” sketched. The stranger described what the Although both trademarks created an and when the sketches were shown, each beauty, their main goal is to advertise of the stranger’s sketches appeared more for their brand. Dove’s market is geared attractive than the way the women had towards skin care, hair care, body cleansoriginally described themselves. ers and lotions.

Senior Melissa Hodgdon said, “I think Therefore, advertising about the body seems to make for a perfect way to lure with their body because it’s easier to new customers. pick on your own self because you know Powell said, “It only makes sense for everything about yourself and can pick Dove to do this campaign so that people will buy all of their products that are In relation to Hodgdon’s quote, Dove made for the body. They want people to picked women who are true to ‘real’ soci- think that they care about you as a person ety, in their campaign; they chose women and then in return you buy and use their merchandise.”

While Dove decided to advertise their The same may very well go for Victocampaign with ‘real’ women, Victoria’s ria’s Secret, who is famously known for Secret received a lot of repercussion for their lingerie. launching their “Love My Body Cam“Victoria’s Secret wants every girl to paign” when their picture advertisement own one of their bras and by creating this was of their tall, thin models. People took campaign, I would think that this probto the Internet, particularly one Blogspot ably helped with sales,” Powell said. called babygaga.com saying, “Pretty easy In another research study performed to love your body when it looks like those” by Dove, “Over twelve hundred ten-toand “This is an unrealistic depiction of seventeen-year-olds, a majority of girls, what women should look like.” seventy-two percent, said they felt treEven though Victoria’s Secret seemed mendous pressure to be beautiful.” to be attempting to display the same With encouragement from eminent message as Dove to society, people act brands such as Dove and Victoria’s Secret, enraged that this brand used models to “This is one major step in making women express their love for their bodies whereas the models do not appear to look like the their own unique self and that society is average woman. starting to change for the better,” HodgSecondary Education major Meagan don said.

Powell said, “These women are known to be perfect because that is their job, they Deanna Caruso can be contacted at are models. They do not look like anyone dcaruso@keene-equinox.com we would see walking on the streets or

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‘The Speck In My Eye’ shows unfortunate discrepancies between gay relations and Catholicism HALEY ERDBRINK

actors are referring to their book, but the emotion is still strong. The confession shows Maria’s mental Before the show begins, there struggle and why she doesn’t know are about 30 people sitting down. which path to choose.

There are eight chairs with stands The second scene begins when to the left and a water bottle under Maria’s mother enters. The atmothe right leg directly in front of sphere then takes a turn. Sage, me. A brief announcement lets the Maria’s girlfriend, enters the audience know it is time to silence second scene as well. The two begin all cell phones, the speaker stands Tom’s sermon about gay relations formal bow. As she sits back down, being wrong. The mother re-enters the lights dim and the masterpiece and enforces the ‘love of God.’ begins.

The next scene begins with a The actors enter wearing normal, view that had not yet been touched everyday clothing. The narrator upon. Sage’s family is a family seen begins the play by introducing the to be free-spirited, with such love and compassion. Although that atmosphere seems to be wonderful, Maria and Sage begin to disagree, attention to the people in front of making the scene shift. Maria’s me. The beginning scene is of a con- overall confusion with herself and fession between Maria, the main her purpose is what is holding hercharacter, and Father Tom. The self and the love she has for Sage

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back.

Maria is then faced with a harsh reality. She was shown the

Once the family was back home the tension just seemed to grow.

Maria locked herself in the bathroom and was yelled at by her was to lose the church, her tradi- mother. tion and everything she knew for “YOU BLEW IT,” she exclaimed. the sake of Sage and their love. The The mother, later, with her anger second, was to lose Sage and their relationship. Sage’s role in Maria’s want to stay in this house you life proved to be special with the better abide by God’s rules.” Maria amount of support she expressed was shocked at her mother’s reacfor her throughout the whole show. tion The play then takes another turn.

As the play continues, Sage and - Maria begin to discuss completely tion of Maria. She is being asked coming out to their family memthe simple questions when she bers. They decide to put together a dinner so they can both ‘come out’ She then snaps back and struggles and Maria can then explain to her to say yes. Her next answer was mother why she did not get conwhat shocked everyone. She replied no, and claimed she didn’t know The dinner arrives and one if she believed in the holy Catho- can tell in facial expressions that lic Church. Maria’s mother let her beliefs get the best of her and she is still extremely present. Maria freaked out. begins to muster up the courage to

and diverts the attention elsewhere.

In Maria’s attempts to talk to her In the initial shock at Sage’s com- mother and to Father Tom, she gets reactions she never would have The two go at it when Maria lets it expected. Maria states to Father slip that she was trying to come out. Tom during a confessional apolThe mother, shocked and disgusted, ogy, “you don’t know what it’s like expresses in anger how hurt and to be committed to something that betrayed she feels. Her severe pas- everyone is against.” Father Tom’s sion and engulfed mind wouldn’t answer took Maria and the audirelease her. ence by complete shock.

Maria and Sage leave while He replied, “I joined the church their parents continue to talk. The because I knew God didn’t want parents banter back and forth about me to marry the man that I loved.” whether or not homosexuality is a This created a little bit of relief, bad way of life. As the show contin- between the idea of church and ues, Maria’s struggle becomes more homosexuality, that the play had prominent. She believes she needs created. to be better, to do better, because her family has made it seem like For the complete story, view the because of who she loves, she has online edition at keene-equinox.com failed as a person. She is caught in tears, praying by Sage. The two Haley Erdbrink can be contacted at that they have caused and create a herdbrink@keene-equinox.com

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Jane Austen with a touch of horror NICK BUNDARIN

Equinox Staff Jane Austen has been considered one of the greatest writers of all time.

She has created some of the greatest love stories as well. But what if they had a little twist? “Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters” is a twisted tale of Austen’s original story mixed with writer, Ben H. Winters’ intriguing and somewhat gory approach. In this alternate reality of Austen’s novel, mutated and vicious from an event simply called “The Alteration.”

But, let me tell you my friends, there is nothing simple about it. The sea are vicious killers with near human intelligence. However, their only desire is to kill humanity.

There is one scene with a gang of lobsters that is beyond disturbing. I tend to be humans so they can take humanity down from the inside out.

Besides this element and some new places like Substation Beta and some character alterations (Colonel Brandon gets some interesting appendages.

I’ll let you take that however you wish), the book stays true to the original story. Winters adds some dark humor and sarcasm that is written like Austen, which gives it more appeal and I guarantee you will ‘bust a gut.’

However, Austen is already funny if you have read her unaltered work.

The Good “Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters” is very well written on both sides. It stays true to Austin’s work, but gives you an edge you would never see in a novel of its age. This book had great dialogue and likable characters.

The Bad I felt it needed more of Winters’ sea monsters and battles because that is the point of the story, “The Alteration.” Sometimes nothing happens for long periods of time. I don’t recommended this book for die-hard Austen fans because it might insult you. I also suggest you read Austen’s original Nick Bundarin can be contacted at nicholas.bundarin@ksc.keene.edu

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Sinéad O’Connor dedicates statement to Miley Cyrus REBECCA FARR

A&E Editor Even my 75-year-old great Aunt Marge can’t ignore the media attention Miley Cyrus has been receiving. Another person who can’t ignore and chose to take verbal action: 80s singer and songwriter Sinéad O’Connor. As of October 14, 2013, O’Connor own website in response to Miley Cyrus.

her Rolling Stone interview that her music video for “Wrecking Ball” was inspired by O’Connor’s “Nothing Compares 2 U.” To put it lightly, O’Connor was less than thrilled. tial response to Cyrus’ statement about the music video. In my opinion, this seems to be the boldest of all the letters. The others are nothing but catty responses to Cyrus’ thoughts on the letter. To begin with, I see

little to no similarities in the music videos other than two things and two things only. buzz cuts, and the other being the central close-up shot each of the artists include of themselves as they preach their lyrics.

The open letter that started it all begins with a forewarning, “This is what I need to say … and it is said in the spirit of motherliness and with love.” All I know, is that if someone approached me with this state-

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Recording artist Miley Cyrus attends an album release signing event on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, at Planet Hollywood in New York.

ment, my heart would hiccup out of my mouth in fear of being completely bashed and embarrassed. However, as many can see, good ole’ Miley doesn’t fear embarrassment.

O’Connor continued, “I am extremely concerned for you that those around you have led you to believe, or encouraged you in your own belief, that it is in any way ‘cool’ to be naked and licking sledgehammers in your videos.” trouble accepting both of those aspects.

Not only is she completely naked singing a ballad-type song (which in my opinion should be elegantly beautiful, not seductive), but she is licking a sledgehammer.

One more time—she is licking, kissing and making out with a sledgehammer. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to decide which is worse, the nudity as she hangs from a wrecking ball or the bizarre intimacy the viewer can see between her and the sledgehammer. The Irish singer went on to state that Cyrus’ depiction of herself in her music video “is NOT in ANY way an empowerment of yourself or any other young women, for you to send across the message that you are to be valued (even by you) more for your sexual appeal than your obvious talent.” (Was tearing a photo of the Pope on national television an empowerment for you, Sinéad?) Moreover, this declaration seems to pose the question that if Cyrus did not have such obvious talent, would her sexual exploitation be more acceptable?

O’Connor reiterates, “I repeat, you have enough talent that you don’t need to let the music business make a prostitute of you.”

Again, this statement reads as if Cyrus didn’t entail the talent that she does, ‘whoring’ herself in the media would be tolerable and understandable.

As O’Connor criticizes Cyrus, she continuously tells her not to work for men, that it is men who “are making more money than you [Cyrus] are from you getting naked.”

However, O’Connor also mentions, “Whether we like it or not, us females in the industry are role models and as such we have to be extremely careful what messages we send to other women.” Ha! Good one, Ms. O’Connor. I think it’s safe to say that a large majority of people remember

O’Connor’s 1992 appearance on “Saturday Night Live.” I know, for sure, that my Aunt Marge remembers that as if it were yesterday. Not only is the image of O’Connor stuck in the minds of the public, but Cyrus was very quick to snap back at the singer she once admired.

Cyrus reminded O’Connor and the Twitter world of the incident when O’Connor ripped a photograph of Pope John Paul II into two. What a way to send a message to other women, huh?

Another problem I have with that proclamation is an important question at hand: Why should Cyrus avoid working for men, yet is required (by O’Connor and society) to work for women? In the long run, shouldn’t the 20-year-old be working for herself?

I can personally say I am not the biggest fan of Cyrus. I hate the way she sticks her tongue out and ‘twerks’ just as much as the next person.

However, part of me cannot help but respect her comfort ability with her own body. More importantly, I certainly respect that she does not let her producers boss her around. In “Miley Cyrus: The Movement,” a documentary that recently aired on MTV, decisions are by her doing and she refuses her input to be ignored or sidelined.

Cyrus seems to be looking for attention, but clearly O’Connor is as well. As a celebrity, there is not a doubt in my mind, that O’Connor could have very well sent a private letter to Cyrus.

Clearly O’Connor is more concerend about publicity rather than her “motherly love.” Deal with it, Sinéad. Some would say you dug yourself deeper than you thought.

Yes, Cyrus compared you to Amanda Bynes, and yes, she reminisced on your psychoticI cannot say that I blame her. Perhaps One request: keep your tongue in your mouth … and I’m just wondering, weren’t you cold as you draped your naked body on that steel wrecking ball?

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Saturday & Sunday 2 p.m. matinee

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Church refuses funeral for Nazi NICOLE WINFIELD

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What to do with the body of a Nazi war criminal no one wants?

Rome’s mayor, police chief and the pope’s right-hand man have all refused to grant former SS captain Erich Priebke a church funeral in the city where he participated in one of the worst massacres in German-occupied Italy.

Now there’s the added question of where to bury him, since Rome, his adopted homeland of Argentina, and his hometown in Germany won’t take him.

Priebke spent nearly 50 years as a fugitive before being extradited to Italy from Argentina in 1995 to stand trial for the 1944 massacre at the Ardeatine Caves outside Rome, in which 335 civilians were killed.

He died Friday at age 100 in the Rome home of his lawyer, Paolo Giachini, where he had been serving his life term under house arrest.

His death has raised a torrent of emotions over how best to lay to rest someone who perpetrated war crimes and denied the Holocaust that killed 6 million Jews.

It has tested the church’s capacity for mercy and forgiveness and its need to prevent public scandal.

There is a seemingly intractable

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The Statue of Liberty finally reopened to the public after the state of New York agreed to shoulder the costs of running the site during the federal government shutdown.

Companies and investors are not preparing themselves for the US debt default BERNARD CONDON

AssociAted Press Warren Buffett likens it to a nuclear attack. Economists warn that government spending on programs like Social Security would plunge. The Treasury says the economy would slide into a recession worse than the last.

Yet you wouldn’t know that a U.S. debt default could amount to a nightmare from the way many companies and investors are preparing for it: They aren’t. The assumption seems to be that in the

avert a default.“Doomsday is nigh, and everyone shrugs,” said Nicholas Colas, chief market strategist at CovergEx Group, an investment brokerage in New York. Brian Doe, a wealth adviser at Gratus Capital Management in Atlanta, has 35 clients who’ve entrusted him with $50 million for safekeeping.

He isn’t losing sleep over a potential default. Neither are his clients, apparently. Not one has called him about the issue, he said.“I’ve not done anything,” he said. He puts the odds of default very low.

Proves to be tough job for team destroying Syria nerve agents KARIN LAUB

pletion by mid-2014.

HOW BIG IS SYRIA’S CHEMICAL ARSENAL? The destruction of SyrThe U.N. says Syria has ia’s chemical weapons stock- about 1,000 metric tons of pile is well underway, and chemical weapons materials. the agency overseeing it, the Organization for the Prohi- Ralf Trapp and disarmament bition of Chemical Weapons, expert Jean-Pascal Zanders has won a Nobel Peace Prize. believe Syria has about 300 - metric tons of sulfur mustard, cult challenges, from tight a blistering agent, and about deadlines to safety risks for 700 metric tons of the nerve inspectors trying to get to agents sarin and VX. The OPCW won’t say how The decision to make much of the nerve agent is Syrian President Bashar weapons-ready, but suggests Assad a partner in destroy- much is in precursor form, as ing the stockpile appears to separate components. have restored some of his HOW DANGEROUS IS legitimacy and boosted his THE MISSION? chances of staying in power Sixty OPCW inspectors longer. and U.N. staff are on the A look at the mission: ground, and the team is to WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? grow to 100.

Syria became a full The OPCW chief told member of the OPCW on the BBC that one abandoned Monday, and U.N. Secretary- site was in rebel-held terrigeneral Ban Ki-moon has tory and routes to others led selected Sigrid Kaag of The through it, preventing access.

Netherlands, a Middle East The U.N. is to arrange expert, to lead the joint U.N.- safe passage for inspectors, OPCW team charged with but rebels have not promised destroying Syria’s chemical cooperation. weapons.

The risks were illustrated

By Oct. 27, Syria must when regime warplanes submit a plan for the destruc- bombed the rebel-held town tion of its stockpile.

By Nov. 1, the inspectors of the likely chemical weapons facilities. the inventory and render proOver the weekend, two mortar shells struck 300 facilities unusable. meters (yards) from the

By Nov. 15, they must Damascus hotel where the adopt a plan for destroying inspectors are staying. the stockpile, aiming for com-

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“People in Washington are stupid but not that stupid.”

That worse case is inching closer.

The Treasury says it will run out of money to pay its bills if Congress doesn’t increase its borrowing authority by Thursday.

That includes paying interest and principal on already issued U.S. Treasurys, considered the most Treasurys are used as collateral in trillions of dollars of loans rolling over every day. They are also the standard against which the riskiness of stocks and bonds are mea-

sured. A default would cast doubt those bills may not get their money on the value of those assets and returned to them in case of a default.

As a result, the Hong Kong stock into chaos.Which is a key reason exchange is demanding that invesmany seem unprepared for it: tors who use those bills as collateral Still, the business world isn’t in certain trades post more of them entirely unprepared. Big U.S. com- because they are riskier now. panies have been hoarding cash with Treasury bills are scrambling - to protect themselves, too. cial regulators, major banks and In a rare move, Fidelity Investmutual funds have moved to shore ments and JP Morgan Chase said up their defenses, too. last week they had purged their One area of concern is Trea- money market funds of all U.S. bills sury bills that mature shortly after coming due soon after the default Thursday. The fear is that owners of deadline.

Carnival: Boy, 6, drowns in pool on cruise SUZETTE LABOY

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The ship arrived Monday morning at Port Miami. There were 3,094 guests on the ship and approximately 1,100 staff members, Carnival said.

“Carnival extends its heartfelt sympathy to the family during this very Team is providing assistance and support,” Carnival said in its statement.

The Miami-Dade Police Department was investigating the drowning and

and began CPR, but the child was pronounced dead at the scene.

The drowning appeared to be accidental and foul play was not suspected, police said.Phone numbers listed for Hunter’s parents rang busy or unanswered Monday. Hunter was a “sweet kid, very precocious,” according to Jeff Callender, owner of Ariza Talent and Modeling Agency.

He had a bright future in entertainment,” he said. The agency’s website shows Hunter with an expressive face,

A 6-year-old boy drowned in one of the pools aboard a Carnival Cruise Lines ship while at sea, the company said in a statement Monday.The Carnival Victory was on the last leg of a fourday Caribbean cruise Sunday when the boy drowned in the midship pool.

He was at the pool area with other family members at the time, the statement said.“ To the best of our knowl- of Winter Garden, Fla. Investigators said the boy was drowned aboard one of our ships,” Car- with his 10-year-old brother in the “The thing I found most beautiful nival spokeswoman Joyce Oliva said in pool at the time. Passengers immedi- about him, he knew how to move his an email to The Associated Press. ately pulled the boy from the water ears,” Callender said.“

dead and that owed to the millions of victims of the Holocaust.

Rome’s archdiocese said Monday it had told Giachini to have the funeral at home “in strict privacy” and that Pope Francis’ vicar for Rome, Cardinal Agostino Vallini, had prohibited any Rome church from celebrating it.

But Giachini refused, pressing instead for a private church Mass. The archdiocese responded by remind ing all Roman priests that they must abide by Vallini’s decision.

Separately, Rome’s police chief and the government prefect for the capital announced they would prohibit “any form of solemn or public celebration” for Priebke because of public security concerns.

Rome Mayor Ignazio Marino said the city would accept neither a church funeral nor a burial for him.

It was a rebuke by both church and state that was greatly appreciated by Rome’s Jewish community, which has long resented having Priebke living in its midst, particularly after he was granted small freedoms from his house arrest like going to church.

“Any demonstration of honor — civil or religious — would be an intolerable affront to the memory freedom of Nazism and fascism,” said the head of Italy’s Jewish communities, Renzo Gattegna.

During his trial, Priebke admitted shooting two people and rounding up victims in retaliation for an attack by resistance a Nazi military police unit.

He insisted he was only following orders. upon his death, he denied the Nazis gassed Jews during the Holocaust and accused the West of inventing such crimes to cover up atrocities committed by the Allies during World War II.

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A six-year-old boy drowned on a Carnival Cruise ship pool on Monday, Oct. 14, 2013, according to Police.

rabbi of Rome’s Jewish community, suggested Priebke be cremated and his ashes dispersed in the air “like those of our grandparents,” the ANSA news agency reported.

“He would be cremated while dead, unlike the millions of children who went into the ovens and for whom Priebke never had pity.”

In a telephone interview, Priebke’s lawyer said he never intended to make a political or public event out of the funeral, but said that as a practicing Catholic, Priebke deserved a Catholic funeral and burial.

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Special teams carries Cowboys over Redskins SCHUYLER DIXON

“They make my job so much easier...I give them all the credit. We worked so hard in practice and it showed in the game.”

AssociAted Press Tony Romo enjoyed the view from the bench for the biggest plays in a win for the Dallas Cowboys.

Dwayne Harris returned a punt 86 yards for a touchdown and set up another score with a 90-yard kickoff return, helping the Cowboys hand Robert 31-16 victory against the Washington Redskins on

-DWAYNE HARRIS DALLAS COWBOYS

Romo had just 170 yards passing a week after he threw a costly interception during a 506-yard Denver in a wild 51-48 loss to the Broncos.

The Cowboys said all week they had Romo’s back as their quarterback faced another round of

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son said.

“You can’t watch them [Bruins games] on campus, so I think there will be a much bigger turnout,” she (Cont. from B10) added.

Fellow NOC worker Brendan vated. The Night Owl Café knows how popular these games are, and broadhockey and the Bruins have among casts them on their projector screen.

However, a new shift in the tele- students. He saw the love of the

DC with their [Bruins] jerseys on all the time.”

Hockey fans here seem energized for this upcoming season. Between a full 82-game season that spans from October to June and Olympic hockey in February, this is a great year to get into the iced sport.

Hockey has always been knocking

now it’s time for it to blow that door vision programming provided to down. It’s an exciting sport that caption-campus students eliminated run last year.

“During the playoffs the turn- vates people.

The speed, the intensity, the skill, Because of this change in program- also acknowledged how excited the the emotion, it’s all a recipe for a great campus gets for hockey games. sport, and students are recognizing son said she expects a bigger crowd “You can tell people are excited that. than usual this year.

“I believe our graphic designer just

on campus seem to be pretty big hockey fans—you see people in the

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

game.”

off return. He stepped out of a potential sack and threw off balance into the corner of the end zone, where Terrance Williams got two feet down just as Harris showed it, as did Kyle Wilber and the rest he made the catch and was pushed out of bounds of a depleted Dallas defensive line that lost DeMarcus Ware to a quad injury in the second quarter.

“Dwayne did a great job and almost allowed us win at the Cowboys as a rookie last year, said he to kind of just sit over there as an offensive unit and was rejuvenated after a bye following the Redskins’ rack up all his yards as if we did it without doing much work,” said Romo, who made Harris’ long looked it. kickoff return pay off with his only touchdown The 2011 Heisman Trophy winner from Baylor had 246 yards passing and another 77 rushing as Harris had 222 total return yards and Wilber the Redskins outgained Dallas 433 to 213. forced and recovered a fumble on a sack of Grifrushing when the Redskins beat the Cowboys in a clinching score in the fourth quarter.

“Dwayne did a fantastic job,” Dallas coach Jason before a 45-yard touchdown run trimmed Dallas’ Garrett said.

“Talk about making difference-making plays in with 81 yards. the game.”

Morris’ touchdown came a play after safety The Cowboys (3-3) gave owner Jerry Jones a win Barry Church was penalized for unnecessary on his 71st birthday and kept the defending NFC scrambled out of bounds. momentum after a win and a bye following an 0-3 That was the second time in the third quarter start. that Church was penalized 15 yards for a hit on “It’s a great way to win a game,” Jones said. “Boy we’ll take it.”

Murray ran 4 yards for a touchdown on Dallas’ Joseph Randle, playing because running back opening drive, but left early in the second quarter DeMarco Murray was out with a sprained left knee, with a sprained left knee. The Cowboys also lost Ware before halftime. play.

Redskins linebacker Bryan Kehl left with a He scored from the 1 when he stayed on his feet with a defender draped over him and was pushed was ruled out after sustaining a concussion. into the end zone by center and fellow rookie Travis Frederick for a 31-16 lead.

Harris’ punt return gave Dallas a 14-3 lead in half. the second quarter, and the big kickoff return came But the penalty was for someone not in uniform - on the Redskins bench inadvertently bumping into ton to 14-9 in the third.

“They make my job so much easier when they The score stood and the unsportsmanlike conblock,” Harris said. “I give them all the credit. We duct penalty was enforced on the kickoff. worked so hard in practice and it showed in the

Red Sox fight like lions against Tigers

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writers and organizations: New York Daily News, Jay Mariotti of the Chicago Sun Times and BBC News, whom were not attributed by one of our reporters in the staff commentary “Bartman still blamed after 10 years” in volume 66, issue 5 on Oct. 10, 2013.

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of them referee the college level exclusively, Ratliff said. The

ZACH WINN

sPorts editor

does a really good job with ref evaluations from coaches. Usually, those ones who are all ranked low, they’ll get rid of them and

This week’s Athlete of the

The College Baseball Umpires Assigning Organization is what KSC baseball uses. Ken Howe, who used to umpire, said

Lyndsie Rabenius. Rabenius had two goals and an assist in the only game for the Lady Owls this week,

his training.

more has played well all season, as has the entire team, and is a

double-header doing a game behind the plate and at the bases, Howe said.

season, including a staggering 7-0 against in-conference opponents.

Think they’re the favorites to win the LEC’s this year?

-ten Huckins. As part of a busy day, the senior scored two goals

This means an umpire would only be correct 80 percent of the time with their calls. Howe said that is one part of the system he would like changed.

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Members of the men’s hockey team battle for the puck during a recent practice at the Cushing Academy ice rink.

every now and then you’ll see them back at our games when they

when considering the level of play Hampshire towards the end of the and competitive nature of the team. grams, but KSC has held it’s own in nized as a sports team in our conAll ticket sales for the game will recent years. go to charity.

But, for now, the players said they good group of core guys to come in team, and obviously we take it very are taking it one game at a time with their sights set on the post-season.

The team isn’t making any trips to mores that came in last year and that Florida this season, but that doesn’t always helps, bringing in a strong mean players aren’t circling dates on their calendars.

A casual observer of the games might mistake KSC hockey for one Zach Winn can be contacted at of the school’s most prominent teams, and the team will also be playing a zwinn@keene-equinox.com

a lot of games or matches.

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three times a year, so a lot of them have a thing that you limit the

Another aspect of the evaluations and scheduling is that a -

used to create problems. However, a coach cannot go through the

guarantee that the request will be approved, Ratliff said.

ins provided all the offense for the Lady Owls, not that they need much of it with Victoria Crenson in net. Huckins has stepped up her game, helping the team to an unprecedented nine game winning streak.

-The second runner-up this week is men’s soccer forward, Scott Douglas. After a frustratshots get saved, Douglas scored the game-winner in double overtime over Rhode Island College. record after a shaky start.

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

Patriots score on last minute touchdown pass to hand Saints first loss

The cost per sport varies. Men’s Lacrosse is the most expensive, costing between $600 to $700 a game.

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the AL championship series between the Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox.

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depending on the sport. Volleyball would be a little less. They’re According to Ratliff, the schools and the home team pays for

Thousands of fans had given up on Tom Brady and the Patriots.

His rookie receiver never did.

Add Austin Collie to the group of new Patriots

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the Patriots have shown progress with the newcomers who include rookies Thompkins and Aaron Dobson and free agent pickups Danny Amendola

Ratliff hopes for officiating consolation moving forward.

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you get some bad ones, but then you get some really good ones, Brian Clemmenson can be contacted at bclemmenson@keene-equinox.com

Five things to know from the Patriots’ wild win

with 5 seconds left Sunday.

Gillette Stadium was nearly half empty when

ended it with the pass that Thompkins caught on the left side of the end zone.

On his previous possession, Brady threw an interception.

they were beating the Saints, the fans were beat-

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they lose, the Patriots’ defense still does enough to win.

Tommy Kelly were out with injuries, top defensive back Aqib Talib didn’t return after hurting his hip in the third quarter.

They certainly did.

Keene State College athletic team records Women’s Soccer

Volleyball AWAY (neutral)

CONF.

CONF.

HOME

12-10

2-1

3-0 6-5 (3-5) Lost 2 11-2-1 4-0

at Plymouth St.

STREAK

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Set Scores

1

1

2

Keene State College

21

26

25

3

Keene State College

22

25

17

Plymouth St.

25

24

22

1

Clark

25

18

25 15

2

3

Set Scores

3 4

Total

2 3

6

Field Hockey

AWAY (neutral)

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vs. Worcester St.

at Union Total

HOME

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Total

Worcester St.

0

1

1

Keene State

1

0

1

Keene State College

1

2

3

U-Mass Dartmouth

0

0

0

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2

Points by Period

1

Men’s Soccer

OVERALL

CONF.

HOME

AWAY (neutral)

STREAK

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7-0

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vs. Salem St. Goals By Period

1

2

Total

Keene State College

2

0

Salem St.

0

0

2 0

OVERALL

CONF.

HOME

4-8

2-2

3-6 1-2 (0-0) Lost 1

1

2

Total

Keene State College

1

3

Worcester St.

0

0

4 0

Goals by Period

1

2

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vs. U-Mass Dartmouth

at Rhode Island

Goals By Period

AWAY (neutral)

Total Points by Period 1

2

Total

Keene State College

0

1

3

U-Mass Dartmouth

1

3

4

Rhode Island

0

0

2

Keene State College

2

0

2

Men’s Cross Country New England Championships Name

Time/distance

Ryan Brady

25:50

Christopher Plankey

26:10

Hayden Patterson

26:23

Brett Mastrangelo

26:34

Place 77th 110th 131st 144th

Women’s Cross Country New England Championships Name

Time/distance

Place

Samantha Goldsmith

19:29

141st

Elizabeth McGurk

19:57

179th

Lindsay Szuch

19:58

180th

Erin Crawford

20:19

201st

Saturday, Oct. 19, 1:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 19, 1 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 19, TBA

Saturday, Oct. 19, 10 a.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 22, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 2, TBA

Saturday, Oct. 26, 12 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 19, 1 p.m.

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Environmental Outing Club offers students chance to explore

KEN POWTAK

ASSociAtEd prESS Stephen Weiss and Daniel Cleary scored second-period goals, reserve goaltender Jonas Gustavsson made 28 saves in Red Wings edged the Boston Bruins 3-2 Monday.

Henrik Zetterberg had the other score for Detroit (4-2), which won its second straight game.

Loui Eriksson and Milan Lucic had Boston’s goals. The Bruins had a two-man, power-play advantage for nearly 2 minutes early in the third period, but couldn’t mount a comeback.

Gustavsson, playing in place of No. 1 goaltender Jimmy Howard, bobbled a few shots in the opening period, but improved as the game went on.

He made a pair of stops on Jarome Iginla’s shots from the left point when the Bruins had the two-man edge for 1:54 early in the third period.

Tuukka Rask made 24 saves for Boston (3-2).

Lucic’s goal was the 100th of his career and cut it to 3-2 with 1:20 to play. With Rask pulled for an extra skater, the Bruins had the puck in Detroit’s zone for nearly Boston also had a power play with just under 6 minutes left, when Daniel Alfredsson was whistled for boarding, but failed to get any good scoring chances.

The Bruins went 0 for 5 on the power play.

Weiss’ score pushed the Red Wings ahead 2-1 midway into the second period. corner to Weiss alone in front and he beat Rask with a wrister inside the left post.

Detroit then made it 3-1 on Cleary’s goal 2:20 later when he slipped a shot by Rask inside the right post after collecting Alfredsson’s from the side of the net.

The Red Wings jumped ahead 1-0 when Zetterberg took a feed from Pavel Datsyuk gathered the puck near center ice after Patrice Bergeron mishandled it, broke in down the middle, shifted around Boston defenseman Zdeno Chara and sent a backhand pass by two other Bruins perfectly to Zetterberg, who redirected it past Rask from the bottom of the left faceoff circle.

Johnny Boychuk’s shot from the right point ricocheted off Eriksson’s knee and

by Gustavsson to tie the game at 14:12 of the first.

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Members of the Environmental Outing Club explore Madame Sherri Castle on Oct. 6, 2013. They also hike around the forest and have plans to ski in the winter.

With weekly trips, the club gives college students an alternative to spending their day indoors ZACH WINN

that a recent member had proposed sledding down Mount we went on a two-night hike and we all got really close,” Washington, and that they are now looking to set that up Massed said. “We’ve all made some great friends.” in the Spring.

It’s easy to make friends on the trips when they happen The Environmental Outing club has been keeping “As a member of the e-board, when people suggest trip at least once a week. The club gets an impressive amount itself busy this year, but then again, that’s the whole ideas, we always do our best to do them,” club member done despite minimal school support. With a budget of point.

Heather Massed said. $2,500, members occasionally have to reach into their own “We just want to get people away from their computer It makes sense that the club is more active in the pockets to fund trips. However, Young said the school screens,” club President Velvet Young said, “And we also still funds about 80 percent of all expenses. want to get people familiar with the area, a lot of freshmen do in the winter as well, and are hoping to go on joint trips “Compared to other clubs on campus our budget is come from Connecticut and New York and don’t know with the ski team once snowfall arrives. what to see around here.”

“We’ve gone snow-shoeing, sometimes things that which can get annoying. Transportation can sometimes So far this year, the club has been successful, hosting you’d never considered doing before end up being really become an issue.” multiple trips every weekend since the semester began. cool experiences,” Staron said, but that doesn’t mean there This year, transportation doesn’t seem to be slowing Those trips have included a wide range of activities, from aren’t challenges that come with New Hampshire’s notori- them down. The editors have big plans for the winter and physically demanding outings like hiking and rock climb- ously harsh winters. make their biggest trip in the spring-time every year. The ing to more leisurely methods of taking in the outdoors, “It’s harder to have variety to what we do in the winter club seems to be achieving its goal of offering an alternasuch as apple picking and kayaking. because the roads might be bad, or people don’t have the tive to the couch and TV. Rather than avoiding the some“We’re trying to really explore new outlets, we’ve had right cold weather gear for certain things,” Staron said. times unforgiving Keene weather, they’re embracing it. a lot of different interests and we’ve been very successful Young said the people in the club, roughly 25 to 30 stuthis year,” club treasurer Mike Staron said, “we’re really dents, make the trips that much better.

Zach Winn can be contacted at open to people’s ideas.”

“It’s a great group of people to hang out with and do zwinn@keene-equinox.com Both Staron and Young agreed that as members of the cool things outside with,” Young said. club’s executive board, they try to be as responsive as posSimilarly, Massed said she sees the trips as opportunisible to different peoples’ suggestions. They mentioned ties to bond with fellow club members. “Earlier this year

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said. “I’m losing my voice at the end of every game.”

Crenson comes from North Salem, New York, a small farm-town 50 miles north of New York City where there is no football; soccer is the sport that students thrive on during the school year. nitely had a huge impact on me,” Crenson said.

Coming into the year, Crenson had been working on power steps, high balls, and coming out one-onone. She’s made diving saves in mid-air, punching balls over the crossbar and never hesitates to play a ball out of the box.“She’s been great,” Lyons said.

“She’s really stepped up her game and she’s been working really hard in practice with her coaches.”

“I think getting playing time all last year has really helped her out,” Tarabelli said.

“I think she’s more of a presence out there, she’s

“This year we found a solid team, it’s working out really well.”

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more of an eleventh man than just a keeper.”

Crenson has taken up a leadership role and the helps the team communicate more this year to reach it’s goal to get to the tournament.

“We’re very strong defensively with Torrie in goal, they are tight together and work really well as a unit and as a whole,” Lyons said.

Stephen Aruilio can be contacted at saruilio@keene-equinox.com

Red Sox ride Ortiz’s grand slam to a comeback victory JIMMY GOLEN

ASSociAtEd prESS With one swing, David Ortiz tied the game and helped the Boston Red Sox send the AL championship series to Detroit tied one game apiece.

Ortiz’s grand slam erased an Detroit’s unprecedented run of pitching dominance, then Jonny Gomes scampered around the bases with the game-winning run in the ninth to give Boston a 6-5 victory over the Tigers on Sunday night.

“We need it, man. We need start some momentum going on,” Ortiz said. “The whole regular season, you haven’t seen a team shutting us down for 14, 15 straight innings like they have the past couple of days.

If you look at the way they’ve been pitching, (it’s) unbelievable. It’s up to us make an adjustment.”

One night after Anibal Sanchez and four relievers came within two son no-hitter in baseball history, Max Scherzer struck out 13 and held Boston hitless for 5 2-3 innings.

But the Red Sox loaded the bases against three relievers in the eighth and then closer Joaquin Benoit came in to face Ortiz.

The Red Sox designated hitter

of the Red Sox bullpen catcher, when shortstop Jose Iglesias threw the ball into the Boston dugout.

Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit a foul after it. Hunter came out only after popup but stayed at-bat when it his teammates had waved for the Detroit medical staff to come out Fielder’s glove when he got tanand help him. gled up with a fan. Gomes moved “I jumped up. I thought I had a to third on a wild pitch, and then beat on it,” said Hunter, who came Saltalamacchia hit one through up in the Minnesota Twins organization with Ortiz and remains game-winner. friends with the Red Sox slugger.

“It’s playoff baseball,” Tigers “Next thing, I know I’m falling over manager Jim Leyland said. “Looked the fence.” like we had one in hand and we let The fans waited until the train- one get away, there’s no question about that. But there have been two to start chanting, “Papi!” and call great games.”

Ortiz out of the dugout for a curtain Boston’s comeback came a few - hours after Tom Brady threw a son grand slam for a star of the 2004 touchdown pass with 5 seconds left playoff run that ended in Boston’s to complete the New England Patriots’ comeback over the New Orleans “That’s what he does. He’s an Saints. The score was greeted with amazing hitter,” said Scherzer, who cheers by Red Sox fans waiting for took a no-hitter and a 5-0 lead into the baseball game to start. the sixth inning but could only Game 3 of the ALCS is in Detroit watch as the Detroit relievers blew on Tuesday, when Justin Verlander it. faces Boston’s John Lackey.

“He’s an amazing postseaMiguel Cabrera and Alex Avila son hitter. He’s clutch. Any given homered off Clay Buchholz as moment, a swing of the bat he can Detroit scored four in the sixth always take you deep.” inning to open a 5-0 lead.

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Keene State Women’s Soccer has done it’s job on offense this season, but without the brick wall in net, their record might be looking a little different.

Victoria Crenson, or Torrie, as her teammates call her, hasn’t let in more than one goal in a game all season, backing up her defense and supporting her offense to help lead her team to its 10-2-1 record, including an impressive 3-0 in the Little East Confer-

Seen as a “niche” sport by many, hockey’s greatness often gets cast aside for the likes of basketball and football.

But what about at Keene State College?

Hockey is not lost on many here, in fact it’s actually on the rise. In my time here, I have seen the number of hockey shirts and jerseys on Appian Way go up exponentially. Is it the area?

Is it the Bruins’ success?

Is some unknown force causing this spike in popularity?

The fact of the matter is that across the country, hockey’s popularity is growing. The 2011-12 season saw a record year in league revenue, one of the most exciting playoff races in a long time and a championship captured by a team which hadn’t won one before.

Even after the needless lockout that crippled the 2012-13 season to just 48 games, the viewership was up and yielded the highest-viewed Stanley Cup Championship in league history.

The impact of hockey is felt all across New England.

The Division I Hockey East is one of the most rampant leagues across the NCAA. With six teams in Massachusetts, and one in Rhode Island, Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire, Hockey East dominates the non-professional

Lyons said.

“She’s playing great and really controlling the defense back there and has really stepped up in that starting role.”

“We really rely on Torrie, we know that she’s going to be there every save, and we don’t get nervous about her in net,” Assistant Coach and Goalie Coach Victoria Tarabelli said. Crenson started 23 games last season a 1.66 goals against average with 96 saves and a .716 save percentage to go with a 13-8-1 record. This year, the team has a 0.86 G.A.A. while out-scoring their opponents 32-11 and surging toward the LEC playoffs.

“Last year, we had good chemistry but we found a solid team, it’s working out really well,” Crenson said.

“It’s at the point where we all know where we’re going to be, we all know what has to get done.”

She’s picked up right where she left off experience, she’s played a key role in the Owls eight game-winning streak, only allowing four goals during that span, while the Owls offense has put in 26.

“It’s pretty awesome,” Crenson said. “It’s great, it’s something good you can look at.”

This year, Crenson posts a 0.88 G.A.A., 43 saves, a 10-3 record, four shutouts and has played over 1,000 minutes with seven very important games left in the season. of the frontline for the defense,” Crenson

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N.H. is a little hot-bed for hockey.

The University of New Hampshire, a team in Hockey East, is the state’s most popular collegiate hockey team. The city of Manchester is home to the Los Angeles Kings’ minor league Just in town here, there’s the Keene Youth Hockey club, Keene High School hockey, as well as men’s and women’s club teams on campus.

Think there’s any shortage of interest in hockey? Keene State draws many of its students from New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York.

These are all states that have rich histories in both collegiate and professional hockey.

So of course it makes sense that students here at KSC are becoming more and more interested in hockey.

When the Bruins are on, the campus is capti-

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KSC hockey skating Officiating system working against Division III towards success BRIAN CLEMMENSON

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sports editor The Keene State College hockey team’s good start has players hopeful for another successful season.

“This year we have hard working guys that buy into our system,” alternate captain Taylor Adolphson said. “These guys don’t argue with coaches and don’t talk back.”

Taylor said last year, the players got too comfortable with themselves and ended up losing games he felt they should have won. After starting out with two big wins against the University of Maine this year, the team is determined not to get complacent.

“We’re very physical this season, we work really hard,” cocaptain Mike Allen said. “We’re going to battle for all three periods this season and wear teams down with our strength and speed.”

The best way to maximize that energy is to exploit the team’s newfound youth. Roughly 50 roster hopefuls showed up at this year’s tryouts to compete for 28 spots. The result was a surprisingly young team, a trend that started last year.

“We’re pretty young, we only have four seniors and four juniors,” co-captain Colby Tyler said. “So there’s a lot of new kids learning how to play at the collegiate level.”

The process of building on-ice chemistry has also been a slow one. But Tyler said he sees the camaraderie building as the

season progresses.

“We have twelve freshmen, so it’s a little different than past years,” Tyler said. “But we’ve come together as a really solid group, we had a good bonding trip in Maine.”

So far things have gone smoothly, as the team sits at 3-1 overall, but Adolphson isn’t pretending there isn’t a learning curve to deal with.

“We probably have to work on our defensive zone play, we can get sloppy,” Adolphson said. “We just need to settle down with the puck in our own zone and break out, just transition fast out of our zone.”

Perhaps head coach Bobby Rodrigue had that in mind when he scheduled the Maine trip to open the season. Perhaps nothing forces friendship like being stuck on a bus for six hours together. In Florida for a tournament early on last season. think we’ll have a successful year,” Adolphson said.

But challenges lie ahead for this team. Making the playoffs in the Northeast Collegiate Hockey big game against the University of Massachusetts Amherst lurks later in the month, and November features gut-check games against NECHA foes Boston College, Providence College and the University of Vermont.

Regularly playing teams from much larger schools would be a recipe for disaster for some pro-

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To fans and coaches, they are known as public enemy number one, yet without them a game or match would not happen.

Keene State College Athletic ciating as “a thankless job.” According to Ratliff, KSC athletic teams get

depending on the sport. He stated, “The ECAC [Eastern College Athletic Conference] handles both men’s and women’s soccer and basketball teams and they handle softball.” cials from different organizations, however. Ratliff said volleyball,

assigning organization they would like to use. “The coaches as a whole in the conference make a recommendation of who to use, but then the athletic directors as a whole vote,” Ratliff said.

After the athletic directors vote, the conference uses that assigning organization for the sport. That is done so different schools do not use different assigners, Ratliff said. “We don’t want two or three different schools using a separate assigner,” Ratliff said.

According to Ratliff, that does

“They have to take a test and be different assigner within the differ- observed,” Weiner said. ent schools because there isn’t one Weiner has coached at a variety of levels, including Division I at hockey has a group handle Northern New England and a group that used do a good job. He added, “The handles Southern New England.

Volleyball is one of the sports that has an assigner, or separate back to his Division I coaching days entity. According to head coach Bob Weiner, the Little East Confer- when the Owls have had matches in Connecticut.

go through after learning the rules.

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and men’s lacrosse are all handled by separate organizations.

Ratliff called it a bit of an issue, ”because you’re dealing with so many different groups for assigning.” He said conference commiscient because we are dealing with so many organizations,” he said.

The difference between Division III versus Division I and Division II, where they have an assigner who is paid by the conference, according to Ratliff. “At Division III we are just not at that level where we can do that,” Ratliff continued, “Commissioners are trying to get together and say, ‘You know what, for the fee we are paying maybe we can pay that to a different group and sort of have everything under one umbrella,’ but that is probably a couple of years away.”

Each assigner is their own entity, therefore coaches in the conference

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Sophomore midfielder Eddie Mercer tries to keep the ball in play during a game against Babson on Sept.

and tell the athletic directors which 25.

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