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Vol. 66, Issue #21

Thursday, March 27, 2014

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Hundred Nights provides shelter during cold winters DAVID WALSH

Keene said, “ Since they [Hundred Nights] opened, there

Equinox Staff Low temperatures coupled with snow and ice can be inconvenient for everybody, however the aggravations of winter can become a major problem for those without a house of their own in Keene.

The Hundred Nights, Inc. shelter in downtown Keene.

N.H. offers safe, warm shelter during the coldest nights of the year for hundreds of people each winter.

Mindy Cambiar has been the Executive Director of Hundred Nights since August.

She expressed she is working hard to increase funding and create more of a positive image for the shelter.

According to Cambiar, other area shelters receive funding, which requires them to follow certain rules when taking in guests. Operating since 2009, Hundred Nights provides shelter to those in need — regardless of their history. “Some people are just ineligible — either because they are intoxicated, high, registered sex offenders or don’t follow the rules and get kicked out. Even though there may be a variety of problems, they are still homeless and when it’s cold outside, we want to make sure people don’t freeze to death,” Cambiar explained.

The overnight portion shelter is open from Dec. 21 until March 31, a time range which covers what are often the coldest 100 days of winter, Cambiar said. The shelter opens its doors at 7 p.m. each night, and guests must check out by 7 a.m. the next morning. There are no limits to how many nights someone can stay, but guests must check in each night, Cambiar said.

“Last year total, there were

people asking for change and stuff like that. I do not think that is necessarily because of the shelter itself, but it is more because of the economy.

I think there is a false correlation there.”

“It does make people confront the fact there are impoverished people living in the community, and I think that makes people uncomfortable.

I think there is a lot of prejudice against poor people,” Chase-Pinkney continued.

Even if the prejudice makes people uncomfortable, Chase-Pinkney expressed that the shelter offers a necessary service. “I think they have a relatively decent model and message and do well with the funds they have available to them. It is obviously a community service that you need,” Chase-Pinkney stated.

Cambiar said the shelter guests are not always viewed positively.

Cambiar recalled, “One day, some of our guests were outside smoking and talking outside the shelter.This woman had apparently been robbed and she jumped to the conclusion that it was somebody who was from here [Hundred Nights]. She parked her car in the street and started screaming at the group of people.” According to Cambiar, the police were not contacted.

The shelter does not only offer overnight accommodations, according to Cambiar, who added that Hundred Nights also has a year-round ALISON LAMELL / MULTIMEDIA DIRECTOR resource center. Cambiar The Hundred Nights homeless shelter located on 17 Lamson Street Keene. The overnight portion of the shelter is open Dec. 21 until March 31. noted that this center is a 1686 bed nights to one-hun- by March 31,” Cambiar stated. ter is cleaned and all bedding of Keene for 35 years, said, “It it’s a comfortable, dependable place where people can get dred-and-four people. This Cambiar explained that is also cleaned and replaced [Hundred Nights] has allowed situation for those less fortu- out of the cold during the day and search for jobs, meet year we are going to hit the Hundred Nights is approved daily by volunteers. less fortunate folks to have a nate.” two-thousand bed night mark for 26 beds. The whole shelKelly McKenny, a resident warm place to stay at night, Ellis Chase-Pinkney of people and even get a home-

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N.H. Right to Know Law leaves questions unanswered ERIC JEDD

Bill 1379, proposed by a bi-partisan group from the N.H. House of Representatives, A new proposed bill touches on is a piece of legislation that the Right to Know Law—a law that would amend the current could test the pros and cons of what N.H. Right to Know Law in order type of information people may have the right to inform themselves information allowed to be viewed. of.

N.H. Representative Andrew The Right to Know Law is a state White, a sponsor for the bill said, law in New Hampshire which gives “This bill says that the people who people the right to knowledge, as it hold a concealed carry license gives people freedom to gather cer- would not be subject to the tain information.

Right to Know Law. We’re The proposed bill will allow journalists to perform their jobs of records] are being pubaccessing important information lished, and it’s a privacy in order to help inform the general concern.” public.

N.H. Senator Sharon Keene State College Journalism Carson, another sponERIN D’ALEO / GRAPHICS EDITOR Professor and gun owner, Mark sor of the Bill, after multiTimney, commented on the devel- ple phone calls, declined to opment of the bill and said, “I comment. people could also be targets for burbelieve this [bill] is in response to Carson’s co-sponsor, Sena- glary.” journalists behaving irresponsibly tor David Watters, however, comPresident and Chief Operatand publishing records and lists mented, “I think the fear here is with no legitimate reason.” House that this information will be used to » LAW, A3

New weekend route from Brattleboro to Boston

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STUDENT ASSEMBLY

Women test their physical strength in self-defense

Carnival rides not planned

report log

ERIC JEDD

Week of: March 10

Equinox Staff On Tuesday, March 24, the Keene State College Student Assembly approved a budget for the upcoming carnival event, even though the rides have yet to be booked.

The student body president Eric Grady, student body vice president Jackie Efraimson, and two Student Assembly members Marissa DePolo and Amber Perkins reported their update on preparations for the carnival to the entire assembly body.

The budget complied requested a total of $6,766 for an array of costs including a functioning bar, catering, the Chalk Talk event, T-shirts and more, all except for the cost of the rides for the yearly carnival.

Grady stated, “We are no longer using the new company [Fiesta Entertainment] we had contacted for rides.

We played hardball with them because they were playing hardball with us.”

Grady stated the committee has contacted many different ride providers and that, “If none of partners work out with the rides, we

Monday, March 10 11:20 a.m. Spaulding Gym: Older male trying to get someone to “sponsor” him so he can go in and use facilities.

11:58 a.m. Sidewalk(s): Unsecured bike stole from in front of Randall.

Tuesday, March 11 1:02 a.m. Carle Hall: Report of a male who has broken a mirror in the bathroom.

10:56 a.m. TDS: Request for ambulance for student passing out on first floor. Ambulance crew arrived and checked student.

Wednesday, March 12 1:59 p.m. Pondside 3: RA reporting a resident not feeling well.

Party Vision.” Grady commented that the committee members for the carnival would have a bill ready for next week with the updated costs for the rides added as a separate budget request.

Trustee of the Student Assembly, Allison Bedell, brought forth concern for the budget. “It would be unfortunate to spend money on an event that might not happen.

I don’t want us to spend students money on things that aren’t worthwhile,” she said.

Student Assembly’s USSBR Sean Ballard also voiced his concern with the budget request, “I’m a little nervous too. A lot of seniors love carnival but if we have

2:37 p.m. Owls Nest Lot: Officer found a vehicle in lot that has a Winchester Lot decal that owner has not come back to the vehicle. Booted.

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4:32 p.m. Zorn Dining Commons: Blue light misuse.

6:33 p.m. Pondside 2: Ticket issued, no hazards.

3:31 a.m. Butler Court: Resident of nest reporting people yelling outside Thursday, March 13 3:52 a.m. Science Center: Campus Safety responded to the Science Center for a medical call. Unicco Supervisor called to report that one of his workers had fallen outside of the building.

3:53 p.m. Randall Hall: Student reporting a odd text she had received.

9:45 p.m. Carle Hall: Odor investigation 10:26 p.m. Carle Hall: Possession of drugs.

11:24 p.m. Carle Hall: Criminal trespass.

11:59 p.m. Pondside 1: Caller reports loud party in the room next to room 205.

Friday, March 14 1:54 a.m. Sidewalk(s): Officer witnessed subject try to get into KSC shuttle van with alcohol.

7:13 Owls Next 3: Odor investigation.

Saturday, March 15 11:26 a.m. Spaulding Gym: Fire alarm activation.

Accidental/false alarm.

11:58 a.m. Randall Hall: Possible drug paraphernalia.

RACHEL HEARD

Equinox Staff Several weeks ago, Keene State College’s Campus Safety offered its free Rape Aggression Defense (R.A.D.) training program to women on campus.

This 12-16 hour self-defense class is designed to look at self-defense from the perspective of a woman’s physical strength, as opposed to other self-defense classes that often focus on a man’s physical strength, explained Director of Campus Safety, Amanda Guthorn.

“In R.A.D., we want women to really look at and be analytical about the types of things that they can do to defend themselves and dence. So if they’re not used to using their bodies in a highly physical way for defending themselves, we Guthorn said.

Campus Safety offers these instructors at least once a semester.

The classes vary in scheduling ranging from weekend classes that run 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday to a series of four threehour weeknight classes. Students must attend all classes to become The turnout at the most recent class had six participants register, however only three showed up. KSC senior Amanda Kaczynski said she believes the lengthy nature of the program might be steering students away.

“It seems like a great program,

“...It can be a fun experience for friends to do with each other and it’s a good opportunity to be physical in a group -AMANDA GUTHORN CAMPUS SAFETY DIRECTOR

but I think it’s hard to—for students— to commit to a class that takes up that much time. Maybe if it was shorter, people would be more interested,” Kaczynski said.

Guthorn said it is absolutely necessary for the class to be 12-16 hours of learning. “People want to take one class and learn a few moves but there is really a lot more to it than that,” Guthorn said.

R.A.D. Instructor, Deb Williams, explained the class begins with the history of R.A.D. and why it was developed. Williams explained the terms like abduction, rape, stalking and aggression so everyone is on the same page.

Next, federal and state laws are discussed, because they are so different, the instructor will focus on the state in which they are teaching the class, according to Williams.

Williams said the majority of the class is spent in the studio working on physical activity.

Williams decided she wanted to become a R.A.D. instructor after taking the class herself and described the experience as “lifechanging.”

“I am not a survivor, but I saw of what it can do for this age student,” Williams continued, “This is a program that every senior and high school or freshman in college should take because we offer both R.A.D. for women and R.A.D. for men and I’m really passionate about saying that this is something that everyone should have the opportunity to do.”

Resisting Aggression with Defense is the male version of R.A.D. In this program, several concepts are covered including the bystander approach, which is teaching how to advocate for or help someone who is being subject to harassing language or even physical abuse.

According to Guthorn, men also learn skills to remove themout responding aggressively and having the situation catapult into a physical altercation.

Guthorn urged any female students who are considering taking the class but are unsure to try it out.

“At the very least, it can be a fun experience for friends to do with

each other and it’s a good opportunity to be physical in a group atmosphere. How strong are you? Let’s

come.”

The Chair of the Student Assembly, Tyler King, said,

This class can be empowering for women who have been victims of some form of assault, but it can also have the same effects on others as well.

“Maybe they’re [participants] not just learning it for themselves.

Maybe they’re learning it because they have a friend or a family member that has been a victim, that has been victimized by a predator or an assailant and they want to learn how they can protect themselves and possibly others from being victimized. I think for us as women it helps us advocate for other people, not just for ourselves. Be a good bystander, be a good buddy, [and] be a good friend,” Guthorn said.

Although R.A.D. classes are offered only a few times a semester, Williams said instructors are more than happy to arrange a specialized, closed class for a large group of females like sororities, athletic teams or student workers.

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

but it would be a kiddy version of carnival. We should have a backup plan.”

The Treasurer of Student Assembly, Meghan Healy spoke up about what funds were allocable, and said, “We have $44,000. That money is going to sit there but we planned for this; we cut other people’s budgets in order to prepare for this carnival.”

Efraimson commented on the money being asked forand stated, “If we just sit on this and put it off, it’s not going to be good. We only have a month.” The assembly voted on the budget request with a majority of the body voting to fund the carnival without knowledge of the price for rides.

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cooked meal.

Volunteers bring meals to the resource center, and there are open-mic events on Sundays with soup or chili available, Cambiar said. Hundred Nights also hosts “tailgate dinners” on Saturdays, Cambiar added.

“It all started being served out of the back teen church groups that do it on a rotating basis — half do the cooking at home, and the other half bring the food to the shelter.

They serve it and eat with people, they even bring their kids,” Cambiar explained.

“The economy has gotten so much worse that when people come, they are hungry,” Cambiar added.

According to Cambiar, the resource

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The shelter opens its doors at 7 p.m. each night, and guests must check out by 7 a.m. the next day. Hundred Nights opened in 2009.

center will also feature a new free clinic to “The clinic is going to be a great thing,” decorated with curtains and artwork it to make provide those in need with medical care. stated Cambiar. it look more ‘homey.’”

She explained the clinic is awaiting state She added that volunteers renovated a room David Walsh can be contacted at inspection before it can open. in the resource center into a clinic space, and dwalsh@keene-equinox.com

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Construction expands the Cheshire County Courthouse

BETHANY RICCIARDI / NEWS EDITOR

Keene, N.H.’s Cheshire County Court House is located on 12 Court Street. David S. Forrest, a Family District Court Judge, said having all the courts in the same building benefits employees and clientele.

ALISON RANCOURT

“I think not expanding the family division in Cheshire County may have brought some pressure to bear on the political forces that needed to be moved in order to get the new building built,” Forrest said.

Before the new building downtown, District Court was located on the second

Equinox Staff Instead of the rented space District

Superior and Circuit Court have now been combined in the completed Cheshire County Courthouse.

Over the past few years, there have been However, at the old location, the space transformations within the court system in was not owned by the state.

New Hampshire.

For years, the state of New Hampshire David S. Forrest, a Family District Court judge, said Cheshire County was the very the area as a courthouse. last county in New Hampshire to expand “There was a push for the city to get their and adapt to these transformations due to property back, [and] there was a push from lack of space. the state to move to a new place,” eighth Forrest said one of the new transformations in the restructuring process was the Along with the lack of space they held creation of the family division. in City Hall, the rooms were not equipped Before the division was created, family cases would be held in Superior Court.

He explained that in the new building, Now, the probate division, district security is increased and the rooms are division and new family division have all built to be used as courtrooms, furnished BETHANY RICCIARDI / NEWS EDITOR combined to create what is known as the Above is the County of Cheshire Courthouse, now with access to all court rooms.

Circuit Court.

Forrest said having all the courts in the records and law library, etcetera, all in one Forrest said some people believe the location — and there is a value for your restructuring process within the court Court and the other three used by Circuit members and their clients. client to come to one location,” City Man“There is a value to having your legal ference rooms and a few small ones curager John MacLean said. a new courthouse. to weaken the law,” he explained.

With an ethical split such as this one, the two sides of the argument over the right to know are apparent.

Some journalists have expressed the need of the

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“It is a law that we actively use to pry information out of the government.”

Being a journalist, Williams stated there are obvious situations where certain information should not be published.

“I have a pretty low tolerance for exemptions to the

they don’t want their records published because of privacy concerns.

While individual privacy is not stated in the Constitution outright, the Fourth Amendment does state that no one can be searched by the government or police without probable cause. This means that there is no fedare entitled to have.

Only state laws created, submitted and then voted

SoundoFF Victoria Lorenzi Sophomore Undeclared

“I Love You Man, I even call one of my friends Joban”

protected by the Constitution.

The First Amendment states that individual Americans have freedom of speech, but the amendment also prohibits any law that would infringe the press.

Timney explained that in the past, newspapers and other media outlets have published lists of gun owners and said, “While I like open records, if you’re going to publish anything, there has to be a reason for it. You’ve told the public nothing — unless it serves a purpose.”

With the fears of gun-related crimes on the rise, Timney said, “Here’s a factoid: concealed carry holders are three times less likely to commit a crime than a

“Pitch Perfect, because I’ve seen it so many times and there’s a lot of funny quotes in it.”

Lisa Vallone Junior Nutrition

“Bridesmaids, because it’s impossible not to bring into daily conversation.”

said.

Other potential locations were examined for the courthouse, though it remained “Perhaps it is from a kind of aesthetic standpoint that the court belongs downtown. Some people would say a court represents the heart of the community where people need to be able to go and have disputes resolved,” Forrest said.

“I think it can be shown in other locations where they move the courts out of the traditional locations. Either out into the countryside or to another community [that] it has impacted the community, because it is an economic engine and it starts to erode the services that would have otherwise remained there,” MacLean said.

Alison Rancourt can be contacted at arancourt@keene-equinox.com

of the law.”

Larry Phillips, a member of the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee of New Hampshire, is one of the people who will vote on whether or not this bill will pass.

Phillips stated he ultimately would favor the bill.

“I have mixed reactions,” he said, “However, I would

to achieve here.”

“What movie do you quote the most and why?”

Lauren Roche Freshman Elementary Education and Art

“For someone like myself who came from the district court, it’s just night and day. You feel safe coming to work, you feel like you are coming to a courthouse. I sit in court myself every morning next to the judge and I feel like we are in a court, and

Jillian Furcillo Junior English Writing

“Wedding Crashers, because, ‘The painting was a gift, Todd.’”

Eric Jedd can be contacted at ejedd@keene-equinox.com

Compiled by: Haley Erdbrink

Doug Piroso Senior Health Promotion and Wellness

“Step Brothers, because it’s hilarious.”

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Thursday, March 27, 2014

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EDITORIAL

A long overdue relocation of courts does county justice

The 10.9 million-dollar project to combine the Superior and Circuit Court to form the Cheshire County Courthouse awaited since the previous space rented for the District Court

years ago. We are not sure why the Cheshire County was the last county out of this region to make these improvements.

Needless to say the court system is extremely important and always evolving.

This constant momentum should be circulating with building renovations as well. The state should not have to threaten the county to shape up it’s courthouses.

The Cheshire County received a push from the state when they threatened to force both courthouses out of downtown or the city altogether because of poor conditions, according to David S. Forrest, a Family District Court Judge who spoke with The Equinox reporter Alison Rancourt. accessibility of the building but also posed threat to the city economically. In order to keep the mission of the N.H. Judicial Branch, each county must stay up-to-date.

The N.H. Judicial Branch mission states, “To preserve the rule of law and protect the rights and liberties guaranteed by the United States and New Hampshire Constitutions, the for the fair and independent administration of justice, with respect for the dignity of all we serve,” according to courts. state.nh.us. To uphold this mission, a courthouse must be This new building now provides space for the creation of the Family Division. Prior to having the Family Division, family cases were held in Superior Court. The Family Division is a part of the Circuit Court with two other divisions, the Probate Division and the District Division.

By combining the Superior and Circuit Court into one building Cheshire County is upholding the N.H. Judicial Branch’s goal. It only makes sense to have all the courtrooms in one building.

City Manager, John MacLean, said it is much more valuable to have a client come to one location where they can access legal records and a law library. Having all the courts the public. courtroom one is looking for. Having to jump around the city of space back. This combination has been overdue and we are pleased with the progressive move.

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Returning to era of the ‘Flower Power’ movement for millennials In the mid 1960s, a never-beforeseen counter-culture blossomed throughout the United States. It was known as the “Flower Power” movement.

This form of activism was led by those opposed to the United States’ involvement in the Vietnam War (1956-1975). “Hippies” were often found protesting through the streets in effort to have shared civil rights among all Americans. They were strong believers in voicing their opinions and being heard.

Regardless of the era changes

about the original hippie era, this new generation of hippies is different from the stereotypical tiedye shirt wearer. This group comes from an array of backgrounds, cultures, races and ethnicity even more so than before.

The advancement in technology and social media has made it easier for the new hippie era to voice their opinions, thoughts and ideas.

With more talk about legalization of marijuana in the news today, there is a new wave of free spirits on the rise. This age group symbolizes a time of massive change and revomovement, the hippie era has made lution in America. a return by the millennial generaWhile the subject of drug use tion. Although there are stereotypes is often ignored today, there was a

different perspective on such activiment. Many hippies participated in recreational drug use, particularly marijuana and hallucinogens such as LSD and mushrooms. Hippies praised these drugs for the effects they caused on the mind and behavior, as well as the illicit nature of the drugs.

Music and drugs came hand in hand in the 1960s music era between both artists and the audience. The Woodstock Music Festival of 1969 has become an icon of the 1960s hippie counterculture.

Founded in 2002, the Bonnaroo Music Festival attracts the new hippie era. Music at Bonnaroo can

vary from R. Kelly to Billy Idol.

On the other hand, EDM (Electric Dance Music) festivals, like Electric Forest and Electric Zoo, are also popular among the millennial generation.

Even more so, there was a ment that has made its return today.

Not to say the millennial generation is an exact replica of the original hippie era, but the new hippie movement in more ways than even recognized.

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COMMENTARY

Keep the faith: a student’s journey through college temptation Growing up attending the smallest public school in Connecticut, I was unaware of the things I would be exposed to in the future. I graduated with a class of 63, dated the same boy for two years and never drank or used drugs. Most of the people I knew in high school lived clean lives. My sheltered perspective on people and what they worshiped was due to the small window into the world that my town provided.

Keene presented a new population to me; the disciples of nightlife, who long for the drama of risky behavior, experimenting with drugs and loose sex.

The stimulation that seems to carry some people through the weekdays, is the anticipation of performing this ritual on the weekend. This anticipation is similar to a believer’s craving to read the word or pray to God — these people long for their weekend pattern.

The days of drinking, drugs and sex become some people’s master.

ing, he informed me that he had not expected me to be smart. “I thought you were like every other Keene State College girl, hot, dumb and slutty,” he said.

Now, this is not to say that is an accurate description of girls at KSC, for it is far from the truth. I live with, have met and play softball with wonderful girls who carry themselves with class. However, there is a stigma around college girls that describes them as easy.

One person I talked to attempted to develop a premature physical relationship with me. We had been talking for a few weeks, hung out a couple of times; I enjoyed spending time with him.

However, one night, when we were together, he attempted to have sex with me. I stopped him with mirth jumping inside of me, as I realized I was a part of the backwards ritual of the modern-daylover.

He asked me why I refused to enter into what I saw as the college ritual, I simply told him he did not deserve it.

My response may have been blunt, but it was truthful. People who are not infatuated by your inner beauty do not deserve the ben-

Thursday, they scream out thanks for the weekend. Continuously following the same rituals; dress up, an easy hook-up.

This pattern of going out, getting high and hooking up, is akin to some people’s urge to pray to God, thanking him for their life.

I did not learn the devotions of the modern-day-lover quickly, I trusted, looking for the innate good in people. Finally, I started to realize some people I met in the party scene were following a different Lord.

Their Lord seemed to lead these

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college students to form backwards relationships, developing physical intimacy before a mental connection. I never thought making love, which I believe God intended to be a gift between a husband and introduction.

The new rituals followed by

some college students in the party

My initial perspective lead me to misjudge some guys’ motivations for the people who follow the tradi- towards girls. In my high school if tional path. “Party-scene worship- a guy had a crush on a girl his goal ers” expect more than they deserve would be to ask her on a date, perhaps being lucky enough to snag a expectations cause them to overlook kiss at the end. people who live a more conservative I stepped on campus unaware lifestyle. of the intentions behind the eyes of

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Facebook cracks down on gun control, illegal sales Facebook is the ever-changing platform that many love to hate. From changes in layout to their push advertisements, the social media platform allows us our own customization, while at the same time, peeking into our privacy.

Recently, Facebook has begun to take in consideration its younger audience when they tightened policies to prevent illegal gun sales.

A new policy has been released to put age restrictions on Facebook and Instagram posts and pages for guns, alcohol and other adult-oriented items. The idea is to prevent people from selling guns to one another over Facebook; for instance, a person can’t advertise on a gun page that the sale requires “no background check.” these sales don’t go to children.

The age restrictions and efforts to prevent illegal public transactions makes sense. In fact, I such sales so blatantly in the public eye in the If a person is going to break the law, it only makes sense not to do it in a public post. This policy at least prevents young gun enthusiasts from seeing such posts on their respective pages.

Obviously, there are loopholes to Facebook’s current policy; for instance, not everyone specidoesn’t advertise publicly about gun control laws does not mean they won’t mention such privately.

But, I think Facebook has taken a good step towards the general goal, which is to prevent illegal gun transactions and sales to minors.

Representatives of Facebook have also acknowledged their current predicament, noting that they want to allow people to express their

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interests, but also need to be able to look into illegal sales that may be taking place.

The perhaps unfortunate reality is that Facebook’s audience is going to include children — I say this with recollections of my own preteen Myspace days, and the acknowledgement that I was on Facebook as a freshman in high school.

Today, I’m sure that audience has extended to even younger ages. Nothing as popular as Facebook can go without a younger audience wanting to join to be like “the big kids.” Facebook, which has changed a lot over the years to adapt for its primarily adult audience, may consequently have to reconsider many of its current policies and mechanisms for the safety of its young users.

So overall, I think the recent effort being made is logical. It acknowledges its younger audience and how to keep society safe by reducing illegal sales. It is positive that Facebook is taking

responsibility for its own platform.

However, with this younger audience and change of policies comes the question of what direction Facebook is heading into.

A mixing of generations might raise many more questions about what is appropriate and what is not for an audience wanting to express its identity while protecting its youth. This is an issue Myspace faced. We all know what happened to Myspace.

Regardless of policies and audience, it’s important to remember one thing that has stayed true, even before Facebook came into existence: everything you post, no matter how and where, is going to be seen by someone outside of your intended receiver.

Anthony Munoz can be contacted at amunoz@keene-equinox.com

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Understanding overdrafts and taking financial responsibility Bank of America recently introduced a new account called SafeBalance account. For $4.95 a month, this account can prevent you from collecting excessive overdraft fees.

The BofA customer is paying about $60 a year with the SmartBalance account, when they could have the same protection for free. If bankers were more conscious and aware require the SafeBalance account. It sumers take responsibility for their The reality is the SafeBalance account is monitoring the account, when all of these fees could be prevented with an old fashioned check register by balancing a checkbook.

It appears that most people do not truly understand what overdraft is account is opened at a bank or credit union, the person will be asked by the banking associate if he or she would like to “opt in” or “opt out” of overdraft protection. This is part of a new rule by the Federal Reserve

in 2010. This rule required that all banks ask customers to opt in or out and could no longer automatically make the decision for the customer to opt in to overdraft protection.

If individuals opt in, this means that any attempts to use more money than available in their account will be allowed. The account will have a negative balance. For every time the account goes negative, or more negative, the account is charged a fee. At BofA, the overdraft fee is $35.

If one opts out, the attempt of a purchase or withdrawal will simply be denied, but the account may still go negative as a result of pre-authorized bill payments or checks. Even if the customer chooses to opt in for overdraft protection, this can be changed at any time. The SafeBalance account will not allow individuals to overdraw their account.

According to Betty Reiss, a spokesperson from BofA, “The SafeBalance account was designed for a small segment of customers who want added protection against all overdrafts. The big difference

between SafeBalance Banking and our traditional checking account is that there are no checks and no overdrafts.”

SafeBalance protects against their customer going into a negative balance through ATM withdrawals, online Bill Pay, and making purchases of sales. These features, however, are possible in more practical ways than paying $4.95 a month. The smart, responsible and practical thing to do would be to monitor accounts. With the technology available today, there should be no reason not to monitor an account.

Most people own a smartphone tion has developed a mobile application. When most carry their phones with them 24/7, it is possicial institutions, and transfer funds whenever and wherever.

Even if a smartphone is not readily available, a computer or land-line telephone will work just have online banking or a phone line

where people can inquire about a balance and transfer funds at any time.

Although it is true that balancing a checkbook is not taught in schools very often anymore, there is always time to learn. This time will be well spent because it will save the consumers money in the long run.

For now, SafeBalance accounts are offered in a trial run in Rhode Island, Virginia, Michigan, MaryIt will be available throughout the nation later this year.

My hope is that customers really think this through. Avoiding overdraft fees can be as simple as opting out of overdraft protection, paying bills online instead of with checks, checking a balance, maintaining a cially careful and responsible.

The way I see it, why pay $4.95 per month for something that could be free instead?

Taylor Howe can be contacted at thowe@keene-equonox.com

people who were checking me out.

I would catch someone’s gaze and believe he was interested in getting to know me, instead he was following a different motivation.

One boy asked me to lunch.

After a long conversation he looked at me quizzically preparing to say something momentous. Apologiz-

I believe something so intimate, as making love, is truly a gift that God gave us to share with a person who deserves the experience.

My hope is that people learn to restrain their initial desires and realize that loving their inner person is meant to be the key to unlocking physical love.

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

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Class registration time could affect students’ intended graduation plans As a freshman, I never worried about how a bad class registration time could affect my future. However, senior year was a different and way more stressful story. tion was successful, other seniors would be forced to stay an extra semester because their registration time may have been a few minutes too late.

This registration issue did not seem like a fair change. Those who demonstrate a need for priority registration, seniors, who have a limited number of semesters left, that they need to graduate, rather than freshmen.

Although campus resources are there to help any Keene State College student plan a class schedule that allows plenty of Program requirements, there may not be a plan B for a senior who loses out on a course opened to all students on campus. Seniors only have a certain amount of courses left, which they must take during a certain semester to graduate on time. dent were to miss out on an ISP or early major course requirement because of class registration, he or she could still have plenty of time to recover. A freshman may also choose to change a major, and entire course schedule, early on.

Seniors do not have these options. If anything, they may have to spend more time and money gaining these last few credits at another college or at KSC. If seniors have an urgent need to register for course, why

mores, who now get the last pick of courses. Sophomores have one less year to recover from a bad registration experience.

If a sophomore does not get into an ISP and tries again during senior year, they may lose the course to a freshman.

Freshmen are told that registration may not give them their ideal schedule, but if they are prepared, they will have time to recover.

By the time freshmen reach senior year, they may have planned out a time-oriented fouryear schedule.

In order to move smoothly through their major requirements, the seniors may have had to hold off on an ISP course for a period of time. This intricate planning may be necessary, but could be easily ruined during their last course registration. This is not fair to any student who has worked hard on completing his or her course plan.

Yes, it is important for freshmen to take their ISPs before they graduate, but it is a requirement for all other students at KSC. Because of major entry requirements, some ISPs must be taken earlier.

However, once in the major, there may be less of a problem with registration if you have fulstudents in your major have not.

Whether students have a major or not, all must complete ISPs. Most ISP courses are allowed to be taken by all class years; not just freshmen.

I have not heard many students complain about being unable to get into an IQL or and ITW course.

This is probably because many of

courses?

Students participating in the honors program and students

each semester to accommodate for the freshmen.

If the ISPs are so important Services have priority registra- to freshmen, over all the other tion, according to the honors pro- students, why are these courses open to all students with no makes more sense as these pro- time requirements? Similarly, if grams either have a set schedule courses are necessary for major or accommodation needs. Outside entrance, why are they offered of priority registration, freshmen to every class year with no time limits? followed by seniors, then juniors I believe that there are many and lastly sophomores, according ways to resolve this registration to a recent article from The Equi- situation. nox.

However, snubbing a senior According to the article, from a course he or she needs — and possibly costing them more freshmen registered last. time and money to complete their As the stress may be even degree — is not the resolution. more extreme for seniors, it is also Pam Bump can be contacted at important to think about sophopbump@keene-equinox.com

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pating early graduation in the winter of 2014, said she is nervous about what inequality in wages truly means in the world.

“I know how real this topic is and I know that it is something that is going to affect me or my fellow graduates,” Decerbo said.

“The closer I get to the real world, the more I realize how true it is.”

The inequality is true of men and women across the country, which members of the feminist collectice noted.

The group members have also expressed that any person could be confronted with this type of inequality. Patricia Pedroza, KSC Women’s and Gender Studies professor of ten years, said

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“I encountered this issue personally, after I graduated from college. As a young woman going into the pharmaceutical industry, the salaries of my male peers were at least four times higher than the female chemists,” Pedroza said. However, an unequal salary was not the only type of inequality that Pedroza experienced.

“I also suffered twice from sexual harassment on that job.

At the time, there were not any policies about that,” Pedroza said. The issue of unequal pay and, more broadly, issues relating to feminism and inequality are very close to Pedroza.

“People claim women are equal, simply because we are human.

We deserve the same opportunities, but there are still large gaps out there,” Pedroza said.

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“I love the Feminist Collective’s idea of a cupcake event,” Decerbo said. “It’s important for people to learn about the discrimination that they may face after college. It’s hard to believe, but issues like this are so prevalent once we leave Keene State and enter a different type of society,” Decerbo concluded.

Belies said, through this Equal Pay Day cupcake event, people will become more aware of how important this issue is to everyone; not just women.

“Everyone should learn about these types of issues because they are issues in the world no matter your gender, class, race, or sexual orientation,” Belies said. She concluded, “Feminist all people.”

Stephanie McCann can be contacted at smccann@keene-equinox.com

unteerism to her students.

A student of the empowerment and activism course, Courtney Musty, said, “Activism involves follow-through and being directly involved with a cause. Volunteering is particiception. These students are really involved and pating, like doing one event. Activism is much interested and getting out there to do things,” more involved.”

Dubois added.

Musty, a KSC senior and history major, said Scott Dyer is a junior at KSC who has creshe is impressed with the course. “She [Dubois] ated a new organization on campus for his is one of the best professors I have ever had, activism project. Dyer said he has worked with and I don’t say that lightly. It is great to see a the National Organization to Reform Marijuana Laws (NORML) to create the Keene Canon their cell phone,” Musty explained. nabis Coalition (KCC). The KCC is a student Not only does the class push students to group that is working to legalize marijuana become actively involved in the community, for recreational use. “Our goal is to pursue and it also covers the history of American activism raise awareness of legalization efforts in New starting in the 60s through the present. “We Hampshire,” Dyer stated. look at the Civil Rights era and Vietnam proAccording to Dyer, the KCC has grown to tests, as well as gay rights, women's rights and 18 members. Dyer expressed that he already environmentalism,” Dubois said. has plans to bring speakers to campus to raise According to Dubois, the course analyzes awareness. “My main goal for the semester is the history of American activism through readto bring NORML to campus for a presentaing, discussion, guest speakers and protest tion. It would be very educational for a lot of songs. Dubois said she draws from national people including our own organization and all of Keene State,” Dyer said. ists. Doris Haddock, better known as “Granny “I want this to be something that lasts long after I graduate next year,” Dyer shared. explained, “Granny D. lived in Dublin, New Dubois commented on the personal connecHampshire, and when she was eighty-nine she tions students create with their projects. walked across the country for campaign fund“A lot of students have a personal connection ing reform.” Dubois noted that Granny D. comto their projects,” Dubois stated. Other projects pleted her 3,200 mile walk in February of 2000. have included everything from EMT, or FireDubois said the majority of students who take the class, which runs in both spring and fall ters, Dubois said. Dubois explained that these semesters, are not education majors, but come projects even included organizing events such from all disciplines. as Relay For Life. Dubois indicated that she has David Walsh can be contacted at stressed a difference between activism and voldwalsh@keene-equinox.com (Cont. from A10)

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Tickets for the Greyhound bus can be purchased at the Corner News store, located on the corner of Main street and Gilbo Ave in Keene, N.H.

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new bus route, according to the press release.

Claire Hickey, sophomore and Boston area resident, said, “It would be cheaper for me to offer someone money for a ride to Boston, so I wouldn't take the bus.”

However, resident of the Boston area, sophomore Taylor Murphy, stated,

“I haven’t used the Greyhound because to subsidize the Vermont route, which I didn't know there was a bus to Boston, included a stop in Keene. Tickets from Keene to Boston, which can be puron using it.” chased at the Corner News, located on The announcement of the new route the corner of Main Street and Gilbo to Boston comes nearly two years after Avenue, or online at www.greyhound. the Greyhound company said it would com, are $27 each way, if bought more be cutting bus service to Keene as well than three weeks in advance. The price as other locations north of Spring- increases to $47 round trip if purchased on the day of travel. reversed its decision after the Vermont Zach Fournier can be contacted at Agency of Transportation stepped in Zfournier@keene-equinox.com

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KSC student in Spain is thinking and dreaming in Spanish MICHELLE GREEN

half of my time here, and I have found an inner strength that I never could have found if I haven’t come here.

Seville, Spain ¡Te extraño mucho, Keene State!

Seville is as beautiful as ever. I am so glad to write this second article, after having had time to experience a lot more of what this city has to offer.

I spend my days here sitting by the Guadalquivir River, exploring the winding streets and making friends with the locals.

I have traveled to Córdoba so far, where they

wished I could go home, but I wouldn’t trade a single minute of my time here. I have an amazing support system at home, which I never realized until I got here and needed them more than ever.

I’m eternally grateful for every opportunity that I’ve had, and I can’t wait to return to Keene.

I never thought I’d say this, but I really miss the snow!

each spring—Granada, the location of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Madrid, the metropolitan capital of Spain, and Toledo, where the swords featured in Lord of the Rings were made. Every new place I visit here makes me fall in love with the Spanish way of life more and more. They even have the infamous siesta in the middle of the day, when absolutely every store closes for two hours so people can relax or take a nap.

The extent to which my Spanish has improved is something that I don’t even have words to explain. I have begun to think and even occasionally dream in Spanish, which is one of the strangest experiences that I’ve ever had. The people of Seville are all incredibly kind and welcoming, and some of my best conversations have been with some of the more patient Sevillians. I have learned to give directions, watched American movies in Spanish and was even able to tell a waitress that there was spoiled milk in my coffee without too much trouble (which was gross, but I survived).

I read somewhere that a woman should get lost in a foreign city before she gets married, to back. Well, I can check that one off my list.

My friends and I wandered around Madrid for three hours, map in hand, with not a single clue where we were. Eventually we found some kind to handle after taking a night bus there and only sleeping for a few hours the night before.

Like I said, every minute that I spend here is an adventure. Spain is so rich with culture, and the people here all have over the top personalithe lifestyle here. I mean, who wouldn’t, when napping daily is a widely accepted (and, in fact, encouraged) activity?

Travelling continues to show me more about myself with each new place I visit. I have gained communicate with people whereverI go. Each day CONTRIBUTED PHOTO I’m here I prove to myself that I can do anything I Top: Sophomore Michelle Green is set my mind to. Before this semester, I had never photographed with friends in La Alhambra, ancient palaces in Granada. Bottom: Graffiti

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New app ‘Anomo’ enables users to meet people anonymously BETHANY RICCIARDI

Sun said, on average, users are on the app 38 minutes per day. Sun noted that on Facebook, users averaged 17 minutes of use a day. He also indicated the app is reaching all over the country.

Liu said the app has really taken off — even faster than they hoped.

Another new social networking site that is reaching all 50 states launched about a month ago. Cynthia Tercier is the founder of FirstInteraction.com and her idea behind social networking is to create a more active site. Tercier said, “You’ll be able to create a group in a community or area, like if you want to hike or skydive, or single moms want to meet other families with children and go have play dates, you can create that group, and then get similar people with that interest.”

Safety is key for FirstInteraction.com as the app makes sure that all users pass a background check. Tercier said they work with PeopleSmart, a company which does the background checks. “Anyone who had more than a DUI, it will come up as a misdemeanor, and then we can determine if it’s just a DUI or if there’s more to it. I’m not interested on what is in their record.

News editor Imagine living in a non-judgmental atmosphere where only harmless people socialized and did activities together — this is something the real world doesn’t offer, but one can virtually create.

Co-founder of the application Anomo, Ben Liu said, “I’d say we’re actually a little different from social networking — more like social discovering,” as he explained how to connect with local users of the network. Anomo is a live chat with anonymous avatars.

Liu said they labeled this app as “AntiTinder” because Tinder is purely about the external.

“We think that’s pretty shallow, so we want to base it [Anomo] on who people really are. Tinder is more focused on dating and we don’t mind if people use it for dating, but it can also be for friendships and all types of different relationships,” Liu said.

Liu indicated the key characteristic that really differentiates Anomo from other social networking applications is that they allow all users to make an avatar.

Liu’s partner and other co-founder of Anomo, James Sun, explained the importance of being anonymous on the app. Sun said it originally started as an anonymous social network that allows users to reveal themselves on the app over time.

“Even in the dating sense, if you think you might not be attracted to that person, be attracted to them being funny and other things — Tinder doesn’t give that opportunity to happen. We do,” Liu said.

Liu said he found, when talking to users (in particular, female users), some are scared to give out information. He said when talking to someone, their name and where they kind of person they are that matters.

On Anomo there is no invasion of privacy, Liu said, “We allow you to do it [use the app] without giving up your identity until you’re ready to do so.”

Sun said Anomo has made social networking discoveries. For example, he said they found when people engage on these social websites they might have anxiety about how the person on the other side is viewing them.

“Will that person like me or not, or the way I look, or what my status is, or who I am, or what my social network looks like?”

Sun asked.

Sun explained the problem is that, if someone has social anxiety, and they go on an app like Tinder, which asks, “Are you hot or not?” they’re going to miss out on opportunities to talk to a lot of people based on a photo.

Sun continued, “So our research showed by removing the picture, you get a social experience. If you’re perceived as beautiful or not, it doesn’t matter.”

Allyson Ayala, a Keene State College sophomore, agreed with Sun’s statement and said, “You wouldn’t be able to see someone’s personality through pictures. On

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“We allow you to do it [use the app] without giving up your identity until you’re ready to do so.”

want,” Tercier said. Tercier said if the user does not pass, they are not provided with a reason. First Interaction will tell the denied users they are not able available to access an account, Tercier noted.

A KSC sophomore who wished to remain unnamed said she has used Tinder before, but has not heard of the First Interaction site.

She said she feels using this app would be safer, because it is hard to know the past of some of the people you get matched with.

Once users can access an account, they can create and administrate their own group. Tercier also advised users to upload videos and photos, but encouraged them to be active in the picture or video, so other people can see what activities other users enjoy and participate in.

“Dog lover? Meet up with them [other dog lovers] at the doggy park. A paddle boarding group started in Hawaii, people can meet up at the north shore and work on their paddle boarding. Or a group called ‘Night on the town’ for anyone who wants to go dancing,” Tercier said as she talked about all the different groups people have already started to create.

Tercier stated she did a survey with over 100 people.

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used Tinder. She said she’d enjoy a less judgmental app, because she thinks Tinder is all about looks as well. She said the user must double click on a photo to show they have liked it, and it is only if the other user also double taps the photo as well that it makes a ‘match.’

Sun said the way users get matched on Anomo with other users is by playing an tion test Anomo gives to get to know the user. Once the avatars interact with some-

Sun said.

Sun continued, “It’s always new. You open the app and you never know who you’re going to meet. It can be any reason lege, sports game, guys meet girl, girl meets girl, dating does happen, but it’s also just a social place. I think there’s something for everybody. If you’re not that good looking on Tinder, you’re not going to get much action, not many matches. Anomo is driven looks.” by common ground and common interest.

Katelyn Newcomb, a KSC student, said about another avatar. After the user reveals We think it’s a different way to approach it.” she’s never heard of Anomo before, but she’s more about themselves, then Anomo can Liu said Anomo is used to help intro-

duce people to others with shared interests based on everything from location to shared attributes.

He also said they gather information and try to learn as well as predict whose compatible with whom.

“Chats are private. We do have group chats and talks more in a forum,” Liu said.

Liu also said he thinks this app will stay nonjudgmental. “Our users are very, very positive. We thought the anonymity would drive them to act poorly. Because of anonymity, it’s pointless to bash an anonymous person, so they actually support each other,” Liu said.

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equiNox staff While meeting a crush for ing, Facebook and other social media outlets may have made it easier for some of the millennial generation by simply typing and clicking ‘send.’ This ease has been expressed by some Keene State College students. Annie Flynn, a sophomore at KSC, said she thinks the increase of technology has changed dating over the years.

Flynn said, “It’s so easy and through the Internet. I think it provides for a less romantic and less personal way of meeting someone. Social media has affected the younger generation to communicate more through technology than in real life.” ton Post, experts are split on whether technology helps or hinders interpersonal connections. Professional matchmaker, ton Post, “When it comes to dating, it is a matter of being grounded, realistic and understanding what technology’s uses are for and what face-toface is for.”

Green continued and expressed she thinks effective

created mainly for doctors and restaurant

could very well just be different than the truth or be what they hope they are.”

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communication is essential time.” Flynn said she believes to the success of any relation- starting a relationship with ship. Social media devices like someone has become more difMyspace, Facebook and Twitothe circumstances.

She said, “I believe that getpeople when too uncomfortable ting into a relationship now to approach it a public setting.

Green said, “I know people is harder than in the past. For who have broken up or stopped people in my generation, dating dating because when they’ve is different than when my parcome face-to-face, they can’t ents started dating in college.

Several of my friends have used communicate at all.”

Green continued and stated Facebook or Twitter to meet she thinks technology gets in someone and sometimes it led the way of relationships, partic- to casual hookups. I’ve noticed ularly in the Millennial Genera- that the majority of people my age would prefer to introduce tion, people ages 18 to 30.

A long-term KSC employee, themselves through social who asked to remain unnamed media rather than in person said, “There is a difference because of that fear of getting between how people in younger denied.”

According the study by The generations interact with one another than how people in my U.S. Based Pew Research Center generation interact. People go in 2010, 62 percent of millennials are connected wirelessly to no waiting for communication the Internet when they are not and there’s an impatience with at home or work and 65 percent it. I think younger generations of millennials are disconnected feel more immune to technol- for just one hour a day or less.

Nonetheless, individuals ogy and I wonder if they can handle down time and alone in the older generation can be

guilty of such behavior with the use of technology. According to the Pew’s Internet and American Life Project Studies, 39 percent of American adults who are currently “single and looking” have used an online dating website.

The study shows the Internet has made it easier for single people to make themselves available and meet someone by cially for those who are not into the bar scene.

What somebody writes on their just be different than the truth or be what they hope they are.

People have higher expectations and a laundry list of what they are looking for in someone.

It’s like a kid in a candy store and they’re allowed to take any candy they want. This candy’s good, this candy’s not,” the KSC employee explained.

Jordan Crowley can be contacted at jcrowley@keene-equinox.com

age group her site attracted was ages 26-34. males were the majority of users. Jay Sahasakmontri, a KSC student, said males usually don’t want to admit to using social networking sites.

According to Tercier, the survey found that people who liked the idea of the website also liked that there was a background check. talking to people if I knew they had a backdays.”

Tercier said the website does yearly background checks on all users.

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

Despite the cost increase, Josh White, a KSC student currently housed in Fiske, said he would not mind paying more for soap instead of sanitizer. When describing his Fiske bathroom, White said, “There’s really not much [cleaning supplies].” White, who shares a common bathroom with resi-

Purell dispenser in the bathroom, and that he had occasionally seen paper towels.

White said he was not sure if the paper towels were provided or left at the sink, but later added, “I think it [the common bathroom] could be better stocked with soap and possibly a hand dryer.”

Purell dispensers are provided in a number of residential bathrooms on campus, according to Carley.

However, Carley indicated, “Purell is not soap. I think basically, all it does is kill germs. You certainly wouldn’t use Purell if you got your hands all muddy or you’ve been working on your car or something like that. That’s not what it is for. It’s more for if you’re over at the DC [Zorn Dining Commons] where you’re going to put your hand on something that thousands of other people have put their hands on. “ “One of the things that the college tries to do is to make sure there’s something there for students and for staff. Outside of the public restrooms, where we do have a soap dispenser and paper towels — and the bathrooms in the student center have those hand dryers — we try to put someto why we don’t put soap and paper towels thing out there in case the students can’t in the bathrooms across campus, in terms go and wash their hands,” Carley said. “If of the residence halls. We’ve done stud- I was to use the bathroom, I would wash ies on this a couple of years ago. The cost my hands with soap and water, I would - not look for the Purell dispenser,” Carley dred dollars a semester that would have stated. to be added on to the room rate. It’s just not worth it for students to have to spend Pam Bump can be contacted at that kind of money, when we know that pbump@keene-equinox.com they have the ability to provide soap and towels.”

According to the Purell company, the sanitizer kills more than 99 percent of germs when applied. However, it is not meant to be sole protector of hygiene, according to Carley and the FDA. The FDA similarly noted that hand sanitizers can be used when no water is present, but that people should wash their hands with warm soapy water.

KSC senior James Murray, who had previously lived in Owls Nest and other residential halls on campus, stated he thinks soap should be provided in the residential bathrooms.

“I think, by not providing soap, we’re probably promoting the spread of germs and sickness due to a small proportion of lazy individuals infecting the rest,” he said.

Murray explained that he has always favored soap over sanitizers when washing his hands as it is, “less abrasive.”

Carley, who acknowledged that soap is more powerful and a better choice than

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Delicious cupcakes available at a low price? That seems like a great deal. However, there is a catch. The low price varies based on gender; seventy-seven cents for women and one dollar for men. That deal no longer seems fair or valid. When discussing the cupcake deal in relation to the salaries of women and men across the country, this inequality is true.

Members of the Feminist Collective plan to sell cupcakes in the L.P. Young Student Center at Keene State College from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. on April 8. The cupcakes will be available to women for 77 cents and to men for a dollar in efforts to raise awareness for Equal Pay Day. Equal Pay Day is a holiday that is intended to illustrate the gender differences in wages across the nation.

Meghan Belies, KSC senior and president of the Feminist Collective on campus, explained the cause and expressed her excitement about the Equal Pay Day event.

“We are hoping to spread awareness about the inequality in wages through this Equal Pay Day cupcake event,” Belies said. “I really think this is such an important topic due to women getting paid less than a man for doing the exact same job.”

The National Committee on Pay Equity, or the NCPE, states that Equal Pay Day was originated by the NCPE in 1996 “as a public awareness event to illustrate the gap between men and women’s wages.” This day is typically planned for a Tuesday to represent how far into the workweek women must work to earn what men earned the previous week, according to the NCPE website.

Members of the KSC Feminist Collective said they see this day as an opportunity to educate the campus on such issues.

KSC senior and member of the Feminist Collective, Kristen Hunyadi, said she believes inequality in wages is an issue where people need more education.

“I think people are aware of this issue, I’m just not sure if they care about it yet,” Hunyadi continued, “It’s a common statistic that women only make seventy-seven cents to men’s dollar, but we want people to want to actually do something about it.”

Hunyadi added, “We’re all going to college, so we’re all hoping to someday have careers. It’s just not fair that women would make less money or have less opportunities for the same job.”

Kelly Decerbo, a KSC junior who is antici-

Equinox Staff Keene State College’s Student Empowerment and Activism course encourages students to get involved in their communities, while understanding the history of activism in America, according to those who have experienced the class.

KSC Education Lecturer, Elizabeth Dubois, has taught the Integrative Studies Program [ISP] course since she created it in 2009.

Dubois said she has used her life-long passion for activism to teach and inspire her students to work for what they believe in.

“I’m a child of the sixties, it’s always been a passion of mine. So when the chance came to develop this course I thought it would be fun, and it would tie into the colleges mission,” Dubois said. According to Dubois, a major aspect of the Student Empowerment and Activism course is a project that builds throughout the semester. The major assignment for the class is centered around students becoming activists.

The class syllabus illustrates the classes major project in which students are asked to become activists by creating a purposeful plan to implement in the community or with an organization.

Dubois said she is very pleased with the effort her students put in to the variety of causes they contribute to.

“Having grown up in the late sixties and early seventies, I had this perception that it was my generation that was the activists and what's wrong with college kids today, but boy was that a miscon-

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Students say they prefer soap over sanitizer in resedential halls PAMELA BUMP

Copy Editor As the discussion continues on the difference between soap versus alcohol sanitizers, Keene State College students and faculty members have expressed more of an importance on general hygiene rather than one hand washing product over another.

Life has used the installation of Purell dispensers in common bathrooms.

However, Res Life has also expressed importance in students providing their own bathroom washing materials.

Jim Carley, who serves a variety of different roles on campus, is also the associate director for facilities and business operations in the Residen-

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Above is the Greyhound bus stop location between Yolo Frozen Yogurt and the City Express bus stop on Gilbo Ave.

Greyhound bus route to Boston gives commuters options ZACH FOURNIER

Equinox Staff In February, Greyhound Lines Inc. announced it will begin offering a weekend route connecting Brattleboro and Boston, with a stop in Keene, according to a press release issued by the Southwest Region Planning Commission.

Keene is served by the Greyhound/Vermont Transit bus lines.

This station is just a few blocks from the Keene State College campus, an easy access for students commuting to and from the Boston area.

This service began Friday, Feb. 28. A bus traveling from Brattleboro, Vt. will depart Friday afternoons

and return from Boston, Mass. on Sunday afternoon, according to the press release. Along the way, the bus will stop in both Keene and Nashua.

Another bus will do the opposite traveling from Boston to Brattleboro early in the day on Fridays, and return later in the day on Sunday, stopping in Keene and Nashua along the way as well.

The Greyhound is Keene’s only long-distance bus service, but this has directly connected Keene and Boston, according to Joshua “J.B” Mack, principal planner of SRPC of New Hampshire said.

Prior to this, “A person going

to Boston would have to take the “BusPlus+ is a public/private New York-bound bus to Spring- partnership in which MassDOT provides new commuter buses to another bus traveling east to Boston, a total travel time of roughly four The companies in return must and a half hours,” Mack said. The deliver regional service improveaddition of this route came about ments and will be responsible for through the Massachusetts Depart- all bus maintenance and operating ment of Transportation’s BusPlus+ costs,” as stated on the MassDOT program. website.

The program, which is funded The new buses include accomby an 18-million dollar federal modations, such as Wi-Fi and 110grant, is designed to increase inter- volt electrical outlets at each seat, city and commuter transportation according to MassDOT. options available across the ComA recent study by the Southmonwealth and all of New England west Region Planning Commission according to the Massachusetts found more than 2,500 area college Department of Transportation web- students live in the vicinity of the site. » GREYHOUND, A7

washing and drying materials when you use the restrooms here.” Carley added, in residence halls with common bathrooms like Randall Hall, “There is a Purell dispenser, but we do not provide soap and paper towels. That’s pretty much the same for all of them [residence hall bathrooms].“

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Stars give readers a peek into the spotlight through memoir ANTHONY MUNOZ

a Keene State College senior English and secondary education student said. Smith, who is also a tutor at the Center for Writing at KSC, said, “There was a point Whether it be through Twitter, Instagram and other in my college experience that almost all of my friends were reading Chelsea Handler or Tina Fey.” deny the existence of celebrities. Celebrity presence is Kirsti Sandy, a KSC professor of English who known even in the literary realm; supplemental to the success of many are their autobiographies and mem- have always been a lot out there, but they have changed. oirs. From Mindy Kaling to the Kardashians, celebrities Nowadays, a lot of celebrities are writing them much enhance the experience of their followers by sharing younger, so they’re really true memoirs where you get their own stories. one piece of their life as opposed to the whole scope of “Even I bought into it a few years ago, which as an it,” Sandy said.

English major, maybe I shouldn’t admit,” Hillary Smith, With a plethora of celebrity autobiographies on

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shelves, the question is, are these celebrity autobiographies a blatant cash cow, or are their stories substantial, written work?

“I feel like people do buy them just because celebrities write them,” Holly Morris said, also an English and education senior at KSC. “As much as people like to say they hate celebrities, they like knowing what goes on in other people’s lives.”

Sandy admitted to looking at Kris Jenner’s autobiography, titled Kris Jenner...and All Things Kardashian.

“It’s really self-serving and self-branding,” she continued, “She talks a lot about how popular the show is and how popular her family is and why, and it feels like

‘City Council Meeting’ arrives in Keene, N.H.

one big ad for the TV show — so that is the danger, I think, of these current, quick-cycled memoirs — that they’re doing branding work and not telling any good story.” ing, especially with the constant buzz of social media,” Smith added, “Knowing the latest news on a certain celebrity, or reading their latest book, gives fans a connection to others around them — something that they can always talk about that is somewhat universal,” Smith said.

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Leaders of the “City Council Meeting” play discuss their casting call on Thursday, March 13, at the Thorne Art Gallery in Keene N.H.

Play shows that an audience, like community members, can participate in government HANNAH SUNDELL

Equinox Staff The “City Council Meeting” production had a casting call for the community of Keene on Thursday, March 13, at the Thorne Art Gallery.

City Council Meeting is referred to as performed participatory democracy, a performance created locally and performed by the audience, who are members of the community. Created and directed

by Mallory Catlett, Jim Findlay and Aaron Landsman, the performance piece travels from state to state, to cities all over the United States.

City Council Meeting’s mission statement on their website states, “We embrace positive discord. We welcome adversaries. We depend on your engagement.”

Co-creator and Director Aaron Landsman described City Council Meeting as, “A way that art can respond to politics.” Attendees of

a four-minute orientation video, inspired by a jury duty orientation video.

The video explains different ways in which the audience can participate in the performance.

Then the audience self-selects how they want to participate and form groups, as city council or community members.

The groups include one staff member who explains the group’s task for the meeting.

Co-creator and Director, Mallory Catlett, described the performance as a single meeting that is composed of transcriptions from six or seven states’ city council meetings. Throughout the performance the meeting will jump from the different states, while maintaining a single city council meeting structure. cil meeting, created from excerpts from each state’s testimonies, also

demonstrates a consent agenda and open testimony.

Catlett said, “It’s a complete necessity of the piece that, in many levels, it [the production] involves the community in the creation of the work.” Landsman added, “There’s no separation between audience and performer.”

Catlett indicated the meeting shooting live video to imitate live access, with close-ups of the people giving testimony.

According to Landsman, the minutes, followed by a short intermission, and lastly, there is a local section including input from other community members. Landsman explained the purpose of the last section is to complicate a local issue and bring in different perspectives.

Director of the Redfern Arts Center Shannon Mayers said the timing of the performance could not be better. The City Council

Meeting took place after the recent real City Council meeting at Heberton Hall on March 6, in Keene, that included the collaboration of people from Keene State College and the City of Keene. At the meeting; housing, parking, transportation and citizenship were discussed, according to Mayers.

Mayers said the collaboration between the City of Keene and KSC is greater now than in years past because of the new college president, Anne Huot. “This is really a ident to be able to engage the city in a collaborative effort,” Mayers said.

Mayers also said this performance is a chance for the Redfern Arts Center to broaden their community involvement. The City Council Meeting performance piece will take place on Oct. 29, 2014, at Heberton Hall.

Hannah Sundell can be reached at hsundell@ksc-keene.edu

Lindy’s Diner creates a retro atmosphere and food perfect for a budget what it was all about.

Lindy’s is located at 19 Gilbo Avenue. This diner stands out from most just by the way it looks outside. The “Lindy’s Diner” sign looks like it has been there since the 60s, as well as the building — because it has been! The windows have a metal-like paneling around them with almost a stone look on the rest of the exterior.

What I like about this place, is that it looks, This week, I decided to veer off of Main Street and is, retro. and onto Gilbo Avenue to visit Lindy’s Diner.

Most of the restaurants on and around Main I had always heard great things about LinStreet look very modern inside and have kept up dy’s, but never took the time to go and dine with the times, but not Lindy’s. there. Whenever someone would mention this Walking into Lindy’s is like going back in place and I told them I’ve never been, the reactime. The inside of Lindy’s Diner is small and tion always was, “You’ve never been to Lindy’s?!”

comfortable.

The restaurant is narrow, so if it gets crowded, it may be hard to move around, but the size of the place gives it that local, family-owned feel.

Large windows are along the whole restaurant and booths line the windows from each end of the place.

They also have a bar counter which just about covers the length of the restaurant where people can sit.

When I got to Lindy’s, the place was jampacked, but I was seated almost immediately.

The menu offered almost anything you could think of, and the kicker is that you can order whatever you want at any time you want.

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A teenage male and a ham and cheese Hot Pocket are at the center of controversy this month — and it is believed to have allegedly led to the ban of sexually explicit content on the six-second video application, Vine.

Twitter, the social network that owns Vine, made these changes to the application on March 6.

The change occurred ten days after a teenage male videotaped

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ing sexually explicit content was inadvertently posted on the “Editor’s Picks” section, as stated by DigitalTrends.com’s Trevor Mogg.

Several changes have been a Pop-Tart box and later with a made to Vine’s policies to preheated Hot Pocket. The teenager vent such pornographic material posted these actions on his Vine rules banning this content were The young man claimed it was made until now, according to an attempt to gain more follow- CNN.com’s Heather Kelly.

According to CNN, there have ers and become Internet famous, been attempts by Vine to prevent such posts from making their Christian Nilsson.

The Vine video spread like way into the news or the public eye. For example, they raised immediately, according to Nils- the minimum age for an account son. Although the young man from 12 to 17. A warning message accomplished his goal of becom- was also added to posts that were ing Internet famous, his fame reported as inappropriate, accordwas short-lived. Both Twitter and ing to CNN.com’s Doug Gross.

Vine removed his posts and sus- The warning requires a quick pended his accounts. Even Hot click before the video is shown.

A disclaimer on Apple’s App Pocket’s Twitter account, @hotpockets, blocked the teenage boy, Store site was also added to the description of Vine, stating that as reported by Nilsson. According to CNN, Vine announced changes the application contained “Freto the applications privacy policy quent/intense sexual content or March 6, following the incident. nudity.” Previously, it had been Although there has been no state- described as “infrequent/mild ment from Vine that this post was sexual content or nudity,” accordthe cause of Vine’s new policy, the ing to Heather Kelly’s article on sequence of events suggests it was CNN. The App Store has allegedly stopped the sale of other apps that not a coincidence.

Haley McConville, a Keene involve sexually explicit content, State College senior, shared her but has not done so with Vine.

“If they [Apple] don’t own the opinion about Vine’s decision to change it’s privacy policies, and app, I don’t think they should be stated, “I think it depends on how able to censor that just because it explicit the content is. A lot of gets downloaded onto their prodyoung kids use Twitter and Vine. uct. I don’t really think we need I think it should be censored to Apple to control or decide what is too inappropriate for us to see,” some extent.”

Haley Mizzi, a KSC freshman, Mizzi stated.

Megan Bradley, a KSC freshshared, “It doesn’t bother me personally and I feel like we can’t be man, shared her opinion, “Since told what we can and cannot say it’s Apple’s products, I think they on social media.” Within four should be able to regulate what days after the app launched in can be on their products.”

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If you wanted to eat dinner at 11 a.m., they would cook it up for you. Or, if you wanted breakfast for dinner, no problem. fast foods, as well as sandwiches, salads, pasta, steak and even seafood.

They also have a whole list of appetizers and side orders to choose from.

I’m not too adventurous when it comes to breakfast food, so I decided to order my favorite meal: a bacon, egg and cheese sandwich on a bagel.

I’m quite picky when it comes to my bacon, egg and cheese sandwiches , so I was eager to see if the one Lindy’s made for me was up to my standards.

My food arrived quickly and it looked delicious.

The eggs were cooked perfectly, the

cheese was melted between the bread, the bacon was crispy and the bagel was toasted to my liking.

I had high standards and Lindy’s delivered.

Owner Nancy Petrillo told me Lindy’s has been in Keene since 1961— a whopping 53 years. They serve American fare food with some vegetarian salads and dinner.

“Comfort food, we’re really a comfort food place and eggs all day,” Petrillo said.

The same people who own Timoleon’s Restaurant, also located in Keene, originally owned Lindy’s. Timoleon’s brought the diner into town from New Jersey. The name of the diner has always been Lindy’s, even before Nancy became the owner.

Customer Conway Gorges said he doesn’t get to go to Lindy’s very often because he lives out of town, but he tries to make it about three or four times a year.

I asked him why he chose Lindy’s over going anywhere else to eat, and he said it’s

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because of the home cooking and the atmosphere of the restaurant is his favorite thing about Lindy’s.

I have found that many diners close after lunch has been served, so I was excited to and closes at 8 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and 9 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, so customers can come in and enjoy a hot meal from morning until nighttime.

All in all, I had a very pleasant experience at Lindy’s.

It’s conveniently located near campus for a quick, home-cooked meal for a killer price.

Petrillo said, “I hope that they had a good time, and the food was good, and it was priced right. And that they want to come back.”

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Brooke Stall can be contacted at A Lindy’s Diner employee visits customers over the counter. The restaurant is bstall@keene-equinox.com located at 19 Gilbo Avenue in Keene, N.H.

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I don’t think those types of memoir are going away, because I think there just the good ones.” is this intrinsic part of us that wants to know about somebody else’s life.

“I tend to rely on word of mouth a lot,” Sandy added. “You also really have to like the writer, and you have to like the actual writing. For me, I Sandy continued.

“Usually, I like reading memoirs from someone with more experience is pleased when she sees people reading books, regardless.

“I think it’s good that people are reading celebrity memoirs,” Sandy said. around the drive of their fan base. Finding them is just a matter of knowing than I have, because I want to learn something,” Morris said. “I think you have to look for the celebrity. Some people do have more experience than “I’m a fan of people reading books, and I’d rather have them read one than one’s personal preferences and where to look. maybe watch a bio on the person because you really do get the insight from “Some of the books that get out there are really, really good,” Sandy said, the person.” citing Patti Smith’s Just Kids and Bob Dylan’s Chronicles.

“I’d think it’s more important to look for literary quality than the attached Anthony Munoz can be reached at “These are literary memoirs. They focus on time and place, they try to amunoz@keene-equinox.com capture what it was like to live there, there’s a good story; there’s characters. celebrity name,” Smith said. “It might help to read the reviews — and not

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Redfern Arts Center Harmony of Steel Dance Friday March 28 at 7:00 p.m.

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posts they deem to be inappropriate.

If this new rule is not followed, the user will be suspended until that particular post is removed. If this rule is continually violated, the account will exceptions to nudity in documentarian, artistic be suspended. According to statements from the and educational senses. They allow sexually sug- Vine company, most of the users will not even gestive content, but no explicitly sexual content such as any sexual acts alone, with people, or with issue at hand is not the explicit sexual content on objects, according to the application guidelines. the internet, but simply that Vine prefers not to be Vine also banned any nudity including animation, the source of such content. according to Kelly’s CNN article titled “Twitter “Many people believe that the more followers or Bans Porn Videos on Vine.” likes they have, the more liked they are…I don’t “I think companies should be more aware of post anything to please anyone. I don’t care how what their media is being used for and therefore many followers I have,” Bradley stated. more responsible for censoring their own apps,” Taylor Howe can be contacted at thowe@keene-equinox.com

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Voices crying for help in Washington mudslide DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP

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ARLINGTON, Wash. (AP) — Voices of people crying for help in the wreckage of a deadly Washington state mudslide have stopped, vivors waned as searchers pulled more bodies from the tangled debris night into Monday.

At least eight people were killed in the 1-square-mile slide that hit just before 11 a.m. Saturday.

Search and rescue teams took to the air in helicopters and the ground on foot on Sunday looking for anyone who might still be alive.

Their spirits had been raised late Saturday night when they heard the trees, dirt and wreckage. Dangerous conditions forced them to turn back in the darkness, but they resumed “We didn’t see or hear any signs of life out there today,” Snohomish County Fire District 21 Chief Travis Hots said. “It’s very disappointing to all emergency responders on scene.”

Snohomish County sheriff’s Lt. Rob Palmer said four more bodies were discovered late Sunday. Earlier in the day, authorities said one body Three people were already conMore people remained missing, and authorities said the number said it was at least 18, but that count came before additional bodies were discovered.

Several people were also critically injured — including an infant — and about 30 homes were destroyed.

THE HERALD, MARK MULLIGAN / AP PHOTO Crews were able to get to the soupy, tree-strewn area that was Residents watch as debris and rubble comes down the Stillaguamish River from the Whitman Road bridge east of Oso on Sunday, March 23, 2014.

15-feet deep in places Sunday after The slide wiped through what mile of total devastation” after ation notice was lifted.

Bruce Blacker, who lives just Saturday night at a Red Cross shelneighbors described as a former Shari Ireton, a spokeswoman west of the slide, doesn’t know the ter at the Arlington school. and determined it was safe enough Sunday. He assured families that for the Snohomish County sheriff’s whereabouts of six neighbors.

He said he saw a few “pretty disfor emergency responders and techsome nearly 100 years old.

“It’s a very close-knit commu- traught” people at the shelter who nical rescue personnel to search for their missing loved ones. were injured in the slide. nity,” Blacker said as he waited at an didn’t know the fate of loved ones possible survivors, Hots said. as “a big wall of mud and debris.” It The slide blocked the North Fork A 6-month-old boy and an Arlington roadblock before troopers who live in the stricken area.

He added that they did not blocked about a mile of State Route of the Stillaguamish River. With the 81-year-old man remained in criti- let him through.

“It makes me want to cry,” Wil530 near the town of Oso, about 55 water pooling behind the debris, cal condition Sunday morning at Search-and-rescue help came liams said. drier areas safe to traverse. Hots miles north of Seattle. authorities worried about down- Harborview Medical Center in Seat- from around the region, including Hots said searchers would consaid crews were still in a “search Authorities believe the slide was - tle. Hospital spokeswoman Susan the Washington State Patrol and and rescue mode. It has not gone to caused by ground made unstable by uation notice Saturday. The water Gregg said two men, ages 37 and the Army Corps of Engineers. More a recovery mode at this time.” recent heavy rainfall. had begun to seep through the 58, were in serious condition, while than 100 were at the scene.

“There may be people in their Before crews could get onto the Washington Gov. Jay Inslee blockage Sunday afternoon, allevi- a 25-year-old woman was upgraded Dane Williams, 30, who lives a cars, there may be people in houses,” described the scene as “a square ating some concerns, and the evacu- to satisfactory condition. few miles from the mudslide, spent he said. they looked for people by helicopter.

Egypt sentences 529 Morsi supporters to death Syrian rebels capture town near Turkish boarder

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CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced to death 529 supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in connection to an attack on a police station that killed a policeman, convicting them after only two sessions in a mass trial that raised an outcry from rights activists.

The verdicts are subject to appeal and would likely be overturned, rights lawyers said. But they said the swiftness and harshness of the rulings on such a large scale deepened concerns that Egypt’s courts have been politicized and that due process is being swept away amid a monthslong crackdown on Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood supporters since the military removed the president last summer.

Egyptian authorities are holding a series of mass trials of Morsi supporters, with anywhere from dozens to hundreds of defendants at a time that have already raised worries among rights observers. Monday’s verdicts by a court in the

AssociAted Press BEIRUT (AP) — Hard-line Islamic rebels captured a small town in northwestern Syria near the Turkish border as part of their offensive in the rugged coastal region that is a bastion of support for President Bashar Assad, activists said Monday.

Fighters from an array of armed opposition groups seized the predominantly Armenian Christian town of Kassab on Sunday. The rebels, wrested control of a nearby border crossing to Turkey.

The advances, while minor in terms of territory, provided a boost to recent weeks. Forces loyal to Assad have captured several towns near Syria’s border with Lebanon as part of a government drive to sever rebel supply lines across the porous frontier.

Rami Abdurrahman, the director of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said rebels were in control of the center of Kassab on Monday but that clashes were raging in the hills outside of town. on a rooftop in Kassab and raise their arms in celebration. A check-

mass trial to issue death sentences.

“We didn’t have the chance to say a word or to look at more than 3,000 pages of investigation to see what evidence they are talking about,” Khaled el-Koumi, a lawyer representing 10 of the defendants, told The Associated Press.

All but around 150 of the defendants in the case were tried in absentia. The judges acquitted 16 defendants.

The 545 defendants in the case were charged with murder, attempted murder and stealing government weapons in connection with an attack on a police station in August in the town

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A supporter of ousted President Mohammed Morsi holds a flag with a photo of Ali Mohammed, who was killed at a protest during a demonstration inside Cario University in Egypt.

ins in Cairo, killing hundreds of people on Aug. 14.

After the verdict was announced, families of the defendants protested outside the court building in Minya, shouting, “We will not be silenced” and “down with military rule.” Police arrested was killed in the attack. The violence was part of three people from the protest. Fears of a backlash rioting by Islamists around the country, sparked when security forces stormed two pro-Morsi sit- to go on alert around Minya province.

Mohammed Zarie, a Cair-based human rights lawyer who was not involved in the case, said the “from a tool for achieving justice to an instrument for taking revenge.”

“This is way over the top and unacceptable,” he said. “This verdict could be a precedent both

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a smashed statue that the narrator says was of Assad’s late father and Syria’s former leader, Hafez.

Damascus claims the rebels entered Syria from Turkey, and has accused Ankara of pursuing “aggressive policies” toward Syria. On Sunday, Turkey’s military said it shot down a Syrian MiG-23 after it ritory when it was hit.

Turkey, a NATO member, is one of the main backers of the 3-yearold rebellion against Assad. Ankara allows rebels to use Turkish terrifairly freely across the border into opposition-held parts of northern Syria.

Afterward, Human Rights Watch said nearly 200 civilians, includ-

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in the history of Egyptian courts and perhaps, tribunals elsewhere in urday, defense lawyers asked the presiding judge, Said Youssef, to postpone the case to give them time to review the hundreds of documents in the case, but the request

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A Chicago Transit Authority train car rests on an escalator at the O’Hare Airport station after it derailed early Monday, March 24.

Train derails, climbs escalator at Chicago airport PRIYA SRIDHAR

AssociAted Press CHICAGO (AP) — An eight-car Chicago commuter train plowed across a platform and scaled an escalator at an underground station at one of the nation’s busiest airports early Monday, injuring 32 people on one suffered life-threatening injuries in the Blue Line derailment at O’Hare International Airport, Chicago Fire Commissioner Jose Santiago said during a mornAn enormous disaster was avoided thanks to the timing of the crash station is usually packed with travelers making

their way to or from Chicagofrom the major airport, and a Chicago

tigators were expected to “We will be looking at

workers will cut the train apart and remove it in

be looking at the human gers to and from O’Hare factor and any extenu- to the next station on the Denise Adams, a pas- ating circumstances,” senger on the train, told to have been going too fast as it approached the she heard a loud noise at this point, it’s far too end-of-line station and - didn’t stop at a bump“I heard a ‘Boom!’ and ing post — a metal shock when I got off the train, crews were working to absorber at the end of the the train was all the way remove the train and up the escalator,” she climbed over the last stop, jumped up on the sidedepartment and police the crash, the front of walk and then went up were reviewing secuthe stairs and escalator,” rity footage and inter- seen near the top of the viewing the driver and Christopher Bushell, taken to four hospitals pin down the cause of - and Santiago said most the accident around 2:50 were able to walk away - likely be at least 12 to 24 tation Safety Board inves- hours before the station

week, another court gave light sentences to four policemen convicted by these void measures,” he said, in the deaths of more than 30 detainspeaking to the Qatari-based Al- ees protesters who suffocated inside a police truck during the August against Morsi’s supporters opens With authorities casting the in a Minya court with 683 suspects arrests of Brotherhood supportdants in that case include Brother- ism, however, some in the public hood leader Mohammed Badie, who also faces multiple other trials, and Amin Futouh, a Cairo resident, senior members of the group from

the lawyers protested, Youssef Egypt’s military toppled Morsi shouted that they would not dictate what he should do and ordered in July after four days of massive people have committed murder and court security to step in between demonstrations by his opponents demanding he step down for abusBut the sweeping verdict also worried even some opponents of On Monday, police and special forces beefed up security around Since then, Morsi’s Brotherhood the court ahead of the session, encir- and other Islamist supporters have a Christian resident of Cairo, said, cling the building and blocked its staged near-daily demonstrations doors with a bench to prevent law- that usually descend into violent big, and for sure the verdict is not yers from entering, said Zidan, who street confrontations with security Human Rights Watch Executive Minya’s provincial police chief ernment has arrested some 16,000 Osama Metwali told AP that the people in the ensuing crackdown, Director for the Middle East Sarah judge ordered the measures because including most of the Brotherhood Leah Whitson said the verdicts are the end result of a judicial process of “disruptions” during the prethat gave defendants no access to in the history of courts and in the Brotherhood for the violence, branding it a terrorist organization and “We are deeply concerned that the dozens of mass trials that are taking the court of appeals will overturn the verdict but what I am crying has denied any links to the attacks place on a daily basis in provinces across Egypt are similarly riddled about is the downfall of the justice with due process violations and will also result in outrageous sentences Rights lawyers have complained that represent serious miscarriages Ibrahim Moneir, denounced the verdicts, warning that abuses of jus- that courts and prosecutors tend to tice will fuel a backlash against the side with police in cases — while

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ing children, the elderly and the handicapped, were -

borhoods has done the expected: killed hundreds of Barrel bombs are makeshift devices packed with hundreds of kilograms (pounds) of explosives as well

more than 140,000 people, forced more than 2 million people to seek refuge abroad, and triggered a massive - ery to identify at least 340 places in rebel-controlled rity Council last month demanded immediate access areas of Aleppo that were damaged between early everywhere in Syria to deliver humanitarian aid to milof populated areas, and a halt to all attacks against civilians, including indiscriminate shelling and aerial report released Monday, Human Rights Watch said the Assad government has continued its sweeping aerial campaign against opposition-held areas of the divided

Human Rights Watch also called on the Security Council to impose an arms embargo on Syria, includsuch a measure would limit the government’s ability to ___ Associated Press writer Bassem Mroue contributed

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Pistorius trial reveals tensions through text messages CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA

ZACH WINN

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SportS Editor The Athlete of the Week this week is sophomore softball pitcher, Mariah Crisp. Crisp was a big part of the team’s up and

the turbulent weeks before he killed her, and the athlete’s girlincluded jealous outbursts in front of other people, according Monday.

“I’m scared of u sometimes and how u snap at me and of how u

Florida). After a record-breaking freshman year, Crisp is off to a great start so far this season. In 36.2 innings pitched, Crisp has allowed just three earned runs and struck out 56 in route to a 3-2 record. It should be noted that in one of those losses, Keene State College recorded four errors that resulted in four unearned runs

read out in court by police Capt. Francois Moller.

In another message, Steenkamp wrote to the double-amputee runner: “I can’t be attacked by outsiders for dating u AND be prosecutors’ efforts to portray Pistorius as an aggressor with a short fuse, matching earlier testimony from a former girlfriend who had said he sometimes shouted at her. In one message, the runner indicated Steenkamp had not told him the full story about -

to be the difference in the game).

Crisp has not allowed a home run and is on another torrid strikeout pace early on. Perhaps just

term for prostitute. any phone messages or communications from the night of the killing on Feb. 14, 2013.

Moller said that from Steenkamp’s phone he obtained more

defending national champion dence two BlackBerry phones, two iPhones, two iPads and a Mac computer from Pistorius’ house the day after the shooting death of Steenkamp.

The data on Steenkamp’s phone would print to more than

allowed 13 hits, but allowed just two earned runs. In that battle Crisp didn’t get much help from her teammates, KSC recorded a -Our runner-up this week is junior catcher Matt Boulay.

Boulay enjoyed his time in Florida as well. In nine games, Boulay recorded 14 hits, includ-

In Steenkamp’s message about being scared of the athlete, she

She goes on to talk about Pistorius snapping at her about chewing gum and talking in an accent, and then writes: “I just want to

is batting an under-whelming we can’t do that for each other. Cos right now I know u aren’t The long message was sent after the two attended a friend’s engagement party and apparently left early because she said he got upset and jealous. As Moller read the message, Pistorius, who had been looking at a book of the compiled messages, closed his eyes. Tears fell to his lap. He wiped his eyes with a handkerchief and regained the composure he held through most of the day. kamp’s message, according to the testimony.

his starting catcher role, Boulay has recorded a single error in 50 total chances while working with a pitching staff that has righty played for East Catholic High School before coming to KSC, where he initially struggled

at Tashas restaurant in Johannesburg about a month before the

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Ichiro Suzuki doubles in an exhibition game on Sunday, March 23 in Tampa, Florida.

It is pretty clear that the Yankees do not take pride based on Sterling and Waldman being on the air.

playing a huge role last season, take the blame for a shot that went off after the loaded gun was passed to Pistorius under the table.

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the top catcher spot for the Owls, and so far he has made the most of it. If he continues to play like this, head coach Ken Howe will be wondering why he didn’t start Boulay earlier.

Waldman has been on the air with team since 2005.

Sterling is 65, and he and Waldman will not be around will not do so.

Therefore, fans must make the most of the opportunity to this comedy and awful baseball broadcast. to listen to all of their broadcasts.

Brian Clemmenson can be contacted at You will enjoy the bloopers and how clueless the two bclemmenson@keene-equinox.com can be.

This duo is by far the worst on the radio. MLB clubs take

that episode.

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

well as screams from both a man and a woman on the night that Pistorius fatally shot Steenkamp.

Keene State College athletic team records Women’s Lacrosse

Baseball OVERALL

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Ryan Milewski

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Lindsey Terry

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races their hearts out, so you have to just race to the best of your ability.”

While Markoe did not produce the results she hoped for, she is driven with passion and determination to continue her success.

“For the upcoming outdoor season, I’d like to continue to improve my 800 time and make nationals,” Markoe said. “Then junior and senior year, I’d like to be an All-American in whatever events I end up running.”

next year and hopefully this spring for outdoor.

As a junior and senior she’ll be motivated to get back to the meet. It’s a progression; I think that she’ll be an All-American by next winter, she’s following the progression a lot of our athletes have in the past,” Thomas said.

Widzgowski may only have one season left to run at KSC, but both athletes say they plan on making the most of their remaining time as KSC runners.

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

her as well.

There’s no shortage of madness this March

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Kentucky fans have had a lot to go crazy about since the NCAA tournament started.

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Robert Griffin, the face of the Washington Redskins franchise, has mostly stayed quiet about the Redskins name issue.

What’s in a name?

In the team’s more recent years, the Washington Redskins have been no stranger to controversy. According to MerriamWebster, the term Redskin is over 300 years old and is an offensive moniker for an American Indian. to have a name that takes on racial undertones. The NFL also hosts the Kansas City Chiefs, whose logo is a big arrowhead.

Currently, Major League Baseball plays host to the Cleveland Indians and the Atlanta Braves, both of which have been under controversy regarding their logos and fan traditions.

The Indians changed their primary logo, which featured a large, smiling Native American head, to a big “C,” but the old logo is still being used on the uniform.

Fans of the Atlanta Braves gained notoriety for the infamous “tomahawk chop” where fans mimic the motion of swinging an Indian tomahawk.

The NBA does not have any current teams that might raise eyebrows with their names, but according to Basketball Reference, Wisconsin hosted the Sheboygan Red Skins for one season in 1949.

Apart from some squabbling over whether or not the Vancouver Canucks name is an ethnic slur, the National Hockey League is basically free of racial debate.

The Chicago Blackhawks’ main logo features a Native American chief, but isn’t doing so in a negative light. From 1974 to 1976, the Kansas City Scouts were an NHL team and their logo featured a Native American on a horse, but, like Chicago, isn’t done so in a negative way.

There are a handful of others, be it in the NCAA or soccer

leagues, but the bulk of the controversy stems from the Washington Redskins in the NFL. Now, what really makes things confusing, is the roots of the word “Redskin.”

An article from Slate.com read that while there are plenty of claims that “Redskin” is racist, it may not actually be so.

According to the article, Indian Language scholar Ives Goddard learned that the term may not be as bad as we thought. Goddard said that “The actual origin of the word is entirely benign.”

Goddard learned that “Redskin” is not an English or European word. Rather, it is a word that derives from Native American roots, used to identify themselves among others races in the areas that they lived in.

Now, does this etymology and history transcend hundreds of years later to the name of an NFL team?

That’s where things get a little hazy.

The Redskins were established in 1932, when things were a little more lax in regards to political correctness.

Since then, the team and the league have defended the name as a “tribute” to Native Americans and their culture.

The Native Americans tend to disagree.

In a CNN article about this issue, Jason Begay, a Navajo professor at the University of Montana, stated his disbelief at this situation.

“Even in the last 50 years (of the civil rights movement), we learned so much,” Begay said. “It’s just ridiculous that this is an issue.”

Another interesting mix in this whole situation is a new

hear the use of the N-word during the course of a game. This appears to be the NFL dropping the hammer on ethnic slurs and ending racism in the league.

So…what about the Redskins? the name doesn’t offend me, but I’m not a Native American.

From Native American’s standpoint, it’s a hard thing to challenge a 750-million-dollars net-worth NFL franchise.

But if the NFL is going to start enforcing racial issues, there is no way the organization can continue to ignore this issue and allow them to use the name.

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

email. He said the NCAA tournament does not because the “multitude of camera angles -

Welcome back to a Tar Heel-stained edition of BracketRacket, the one-stop shopping place errors with the replay equipment.” for all your offbeat NCAA tournament needs.

Gavitt also noted the championship comToday, we blow the whistle on the NCAA, examine the relative merits of aging, check and available technology is a topic that will be the odometer on DeAngelo Williams’ car, and considered again.”

All righty, then. salute to the greatest closer ever. So without THIS YEAR, THE KIDS AREN’T ALL further ado: RIGHT. AREN’T YOU GLAD WE ASKED? Talent vs. experience is college basketball’s “Snafu” is an acronym that originated in the version of the nature vs. nurture debate. military during World War II, and if you don’t Ever since one-and-done became the law of know it, BracketRacket suggests looking it up the NCAA landscape, coaches and fans have when no children are present. It also captures anguished over whether it’s better to recruit Iowa State’s 85-83 upset win over North Carolina.

We don’t have the time or space for a proper recap, so watch for yourself here: http://deadsp. in/1f90GIx All you need to know is that while the game-clock operator — and everybody on Williams to freshman guard Nate Britt, who grabbed the inbounds pass and dribbled twice before crossing half court — got it wrong, the referees ultimately got it right.

OK, they needed a review. But even being generous, North Carolina used up 2 secondsplus trying to get a timeout, when their best chance to win was letting Britt chuck up a shot from 50 feet or so while he had the chance.

To Williams’ credit, after the refs called both coaches to midcourt to explain, he immediately extended a hand to Iowa State’s Fred Hoiberg and took his lumps. acknowledged. “It’s our mistake.”

But that doesn’t let the NCAA off the hook.

Right after the game, the sports information director from a Big Ten school told Associated regular-season conference games, the referees have their whistles synched to the game clock, “so you blow it and the clock stops dead.”

Think about how much time and confusion that device would have saved, then think about the roughly $700 million the NCAA pockets in rights fees from CBS and Turner Broadcasting each year to televise the tournament and We asked the NCAA instead.

“Several conferences do utilize this technology,” Dan Gavitt, vice president of the men’s

the second the NBA comes calling, or patiently build second-tier talent and late-bloomers into a cohesive unit.

Many of the game’s traditional powers — Kentucky and North Carolina, quickly, and with relish; Duke and Kansas, gradually, and in part because blue-chippers still beat the doors of their programs down. The next-level powers — Michigan State, Louisville, UConn, and Florida, to name a few — have learned to mostly make do with the latter option. The mid-majors whose occasional tournament runs catch us by surprise rarely have a choice; when it comes to recruiting, they’re already picking through leftovers.

The talent vs. experience debate heated up again this weekend, when star freshmen Kansas — both projected NBA lottery picks — exited stage left with their teams, sent packing by experienced squads from Mercer and Iowa State.

This year, that wasn’t just a coincidence, either. Research by STATS shows that Duke and Kansas relied heavily on those spectacular freshmen and underclassmen, in general; giving them 66 percent and 76 percent of the minutes doled out during the tournament. In cent.

This year, that was practically a recipe for an early departure. STATS’ research also showed that 10 of the 16 teams that advanced to next weekend handed over more — and usually much more — than 50 percent of their minutes to upperclassmen. Stanford was the leader at 96 percent, followed by Tennessee (82), UConn (78), Louisville and Baylor (71) and San Diego State (68).

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Yankees’ broadcasters uniquely appeal to fans BRIAN CLEMMENSON

Equinox Staff “Ballgame over, Yankees win — theeeeeeee Yankeeeees win!”

Those are the words that many Yankees fans love to hear from long-time Yankees broadcaster, John Sterling.

However, besides that line, fans sometimes do not know what is actually going on during a Yankees game on radio.

Sterling has had his share of bloopers. Such as, “It is high, it is far, it is caught.” That has happened time and time again.

It is amazing for an organization that has won 27 World Series that their radio crew is the worst in baseball. The crew consists of Sterling and Suzyn Waldman, the only female announcer in the MLB on radio.

Sterling and Waldman together have had their share of blunders over the years. However, it is mainly Sterling, since he is the play-by-play announcer (describing and painting the picture of the action). Sterling has said players have been out when they are really safe, and the list of errors goes on and on.

The most famous Sterling blooper is by far, “It is high, it is far, it is caught.”

Sterling has called numerous balls that have supposedly been hit as home runs, but turn into CONTRIBUTED PHOTO / SPORTS INFORMATION, KEENE STATE COLLEGE

Sophomore Lauren Markoe battled a hamstring injury as she competed in her first national event, the 800 meter, on March 14. She finished in 16th place.

After weeks of preparation, runners compete in NCAA National Indoor Track Championships DIANA PIMER

Equinox Staff Nearly any day of the week, one can almost always running around campus. In the gym, down Appian Way, or even jogging in the pool, it is clear these athletes are working to prepare their bodies for competition.

KSC runners Ryan Widzgowski and Lauren Markoe proved this with successful races on March 14 and 15 at the NCAA National Indoor Championships in Lincoln, Nebraska. The pair competed in a collection of middle-distance events, with senior Widzgowski completing four races within two days.

According to Peter Thomas, head coach for cross and Markoe went through a taper phase to get ready for the meet. “The quality was a little sharper and the volume was a little less,” he said.

In addition, Thomas said the preparation for Markoe was very particular because she was recovering from a pulled hamstring. “She [Markoe] pulled her hamstring in her last race,” Thomas said. “It seemed good on the Monday before the meet, but it started to tweak again so we shut her down a little.”

However, Widzgowski said there is another aspect of training that is equally as important as physical conditioning: mental preparation.

“I tried to prepare for it as mentally as possible.

Going into indoor nationals for track and competing

in two races is not an ordinary thing — especially for Widzgowski thinks this is possible, as he believes the middle distance events that I was doing. The pre- the more experience you have, the better your chances are of being successful at the national meet. process is grueling,” Widzgowski said.

“The experience is to know that every year is differThe senior raced in the 1600 meter and 800 meter ent,” Widzgowski said. “You never know, there could be a new person in the race, a new guy you don’t know.” respectively, earning him All-American honors in Widzgowski is familiar with this scene, as he only both races. These were Widzgowski’s third and fourth recently emerged as one of the nation’s best middle All-American titles of his career. distance runners.

However, with success comes the challenging “Last year, I was a no-name up until nationals and route to get there. Widzgowski said he had a some- then I came in second. I wasn’t expected to do that at what risky approach to his races. all. I learned from that — that anything could happen “My strategy was to conserve as much energy as with any individual, so I have to make sure I prepare possible in the mile and go all out in the 800, because myself as much as possible for any situation,” Widzgowski added. that made it to the meet. For the 800, the top eight go Teammate Markoe has set herself up for a similar career. As a sophomore, Markoe had already deemed - herself a runner to look for throughout the next couple urday,” Widzgowski said, “I executed how I wanted of years. and I was pleased with the results because sometimes Markoe made her national debut by competing in things don’t go your way, but this time it did.”

Thomas was also pleased with Widzgowski’s per- in sixteenth place. formances, and commended him for the effort he had to put in to succeed. “He was the only person at the looking for. “I’m disappointed in my time, but I was meet who doubled and ran two individual events. He really happy to make the meet,” she said. only had two hours between races, so it was very straMarkoe said she understands that making the tegic,” Thomas said. national meet is an accomplishment in itself. In addiWhile Widzgowski was pleased with his success, tion, she said she gained knowledge and experience he is already looking to the outdoor track National Championships in May. “I expect to double again in “I learned that getting to the meet takes a lot of hard the 1600 and 800, and I want to do better. That’s the work,” Markoe said. “Once you get there, everyone goal,” he said.

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Sterling has just been so clueless to the game at points.

A classic example is when Sterling has not known whether a ball is fair or foul. This was the case with Yankees third baseman, Casey McGehee, in 2010. as a strike, and said that McGehee swung and missed. Then, Sterling changed the call and said the ball was hit out of play foul.

After that, Sterling then said the ball must have gone out of play, before calling the play a ground rule double as McGehee was standing on second base.

Sterling then discussed the call with his broadcast partner Waldman, and they decided the ball went over the bag.

However, the correct call was this: McGehee doubled down the line and the ball one-hopped over the bag. The ball did not go out of play. The to second base.

With a call like this, it goes to show that this is the worst broadcast booth in baseball.

The two commentators did not know what happened — at the major league level. That is unacceptable.

The Boomer & Carton Show, a talk show in the New York market, in August of 2012 had the argument to keep Sterling and Waldman around because of how bad they are. They argued to give both of them a long-term contract.

Their proposal should be seconded, as there will never be a broadcast duo in the Major Leagues as bad as these two.

Yes, the fans do not deserve to listen to this.

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Keene State College broadcasting team transitions after college fires contracted supervisor KENDALL POPE

Equinox Staff Recently, the sports broadcasting team Fast Break underwent a supervisor turnover when former Keene State College employee and contracted mentor for the the college.

Since the position called for an individual to oversee the work of paid students and interns within the company Fast Break, which holds a separate contract with the college, Sports Information Director, Abraham “At about 80 to 90 percent of colleges, the sports information director supervises the broadcasts. We were fortunate enough to have someone who was separate to relieve those duties, but now we are with the majority of the colleges having the sports information director take over the broadcasting,” Athletic Director, John Ratliff, said.

Osheyack did not have these responsibilities when casting program at Smith College, where he previously worked.

“At Smith College, we instituted a full-scale broadcast for all home indoor athletic events, like basketball, swimming and diving. Then with the addition of the internet, we started covering outdoor events like soccer PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY BRIAN CANTORE / PHOTO EDITOR

Osheyack’s experience as a journalism major when he attended KSC and his experience in broadcasting from Smith College led him to receive the job on such short notice. Not only was Osheyack’s experience a key part in this smooth transition, but students of the broadcast team expressed they have stepped up and have

A piece of sound equipment used in the Sports Information broadcast that Osheyack supervises is photographed above.

taken on extra responsibilities. ing sports and doing extra work that they might not “We’re lucky to have guys who are really into sports have had to do had this whole situation not happened,” broadcasting. They’ve really done a great job of cover- Osheyack said. “I’ve really enjoyed working with them

so far.”

And so far, the team members say they have enjoyed working with him. “He respected what Gino [Vallante] already had going and he’s handling everything really well. Even though me and another broadcaster had to show him how to use our computer program, easy stream, he learned quickly,” Scott [Mike] Miezejeski, a KSC freshman, said. At this moment it has not been decided if Osheyack will return as supervisor next year.

He said he does have some ideas to spice up the broadcasts, like incorporating social media, having better on-screen graphics and recorded interviews with coaches and athletes.

“Right now, we just play music at halftime and these are things that can be played at halftimes and between innings, really improving the overall production value,” Osheyack said. Ratliff said he thinks this will be the best investment and improvement that can be made to the broadcasts.

“We’re looking at buying HD cameras, but there’s also a convertor box — and although there is an expense associated there, this is something that everyone in the department, coaches, staff, players and even the Little East schools believe that this is a priority, because this is what gets the face of Keene State out there,” Ratliff said. Since the supervisor switch happened so suddenly, Osheyack said he is glad it happened around the time of spring break.

“It gives us some time to catch our breath and formulate a solid plan for the spring,” Osheyack said. “Broadcasting is a great blend of co-curricular and academic units together to supply an experience for students that will be a real plus for them down the road,” Ratliff said.

Kendall Pope can be contacted at kpope@keene-equinox.com

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