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Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014
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N.H. State Senator admits to past marijuana use PAMELA BUMP
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At a press conference held at Keene State College on Wed., Feb. 12, N.H. Republican Senator Andy Sanborn was asked if he had ever tried marijuana. His response was, “Yes.” “I’m not anti [marijuana] at all. I don’t believe government should be in charge of the legalization of marijuana. I don’t believe the government should
be regulating it, wholesaling it, manufacturing it, distributing it, taxing it,” the senator stated. Sanborn also spoke about the Affordable Care Act and various bills he is sponsoring in the 2014 N.H. legislative sessions. the New Hampshire State Senate in 2010, and is running for re-election in 2014, serves District 9 of N.H. Sanborn is a member of the Capital Budget and
Health and Human Services committees. The senator is also chair of the Commerce Committee, according to Project Vote Smart. Sanborn has made recent public opinions opposing both House Bill 492, which would move towards legalizing marijuana in the state of N.H., and the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. The press conference was held during a Public Affairs Reporting
course; a journalism class held in Media Arts Center Room 160. Early in the press conference, Sanborn, who spoke much about his intent to help small businesses, was asked by a student in the course, “Are you aware that with these small business dispensers in Colorado, some have been showing 125 percent growth in under a week? Given that, how exactly can you be against the possession of
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Keene State College classes monitor air quality in Keene RACHEL HEARD
organic chemicals, metals, and soil or dust particles.” In the cold winter months, ticles are found in smoke and some families throughout haze. the Monadnock Region turn “In switching the method, to their wood burning stove it came to everyone’s attention
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heat their homes. However, research has shown that wood smoke is the largest contributor to the city of Keene’s less than ideal air quality conditions. According to Environmental Studies professor Dr. the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) improved their method of air monitoron Water St.), which allowed them to see the 24-hour hourly matter in the air as opposed to a snapshot taken once every seven days. According to the Environmental Protection Agency’s website, “particulate matter is a complex mixture of extremely small particles and liquid droplets. Particle pollution is made up of a number of components, including acids (such as nitrates and sulfates),
was more elevated than previously thought,” Traviss shared. She continued, “that makes sense for thinking about once every seven days to every ten minutes, you’re getting a better and fuller picture,” said Traviss. Traviss explained that through research, it has been late matter caused by wood smoke does pose health risks. “The small particles in wood smoke can be inhaled deep into the lungs, collecting in the tiny air sacs where oxygen enters the blood. Some particles are so small they enter the bloodstream. Inhalation of small particles can cause heart problems, irritate lungs and eyes, trigger headaches and allergic reactions and worsen respiratory diseases such as asthma, emphysema and bronchitis,”
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Three city bars face ‘closing time’ for alcohol violations DYLAN MORRILL
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Equinox Staff Ensuring the safety of an entire campus can be seen as a large responsibility for any institution. Amanda Guthorn said she takes her role as director of Campus Safety seriously, and stresses how important communication and planning is to preventing and reacting to the unexpected. In the event of an incident, there are many ways members of the campus community are “MyKSC, email, webpage and the new emeraccording to Guthorn. The Dial-my-Calls system is “less bulky” than the old system, and does not require two
text messages for each alert. Guthorn explained, “When we did text alerts, you have 160 characters and their introduction was so long that you got two messages every time, and that’s just irritating to people.” The new system features shorter messages, and even alerts users when classes are cancelled due to bad weather conditions. Alert program enrollment has increased since the switch-over, as stated by the director. “On December 31 with our previous company, we were at about 1,400 enrolled; now there are 2,999 enrolled,” Guthorn said. The KSC campus also features a siren and loudspeaker on top of the Spaulding Gymna-
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nEwS Editor Even though the numbers show an increase in sign-ups, responses show a decrease in success for the “Dial-mysystem for faculty and students). Andrea Pauza, KSC sophomore said she has been was a freshman. However, this semester she said she has not received any calls or alerts from the service. -
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Three bars, six weeks, and no drinks—Cobblestone Ale House, McCue’s Billards & Sports Lounge and Penuche’s Ale House faced this scenario when they received violations by the N.H. Liquor Commission. closed in January. They are two of three Keene bars that were shut down by the New Hampshire Liquor Commission. The third bar, McCue’s, was shut down in December for “This certainly is an anomaly,” said Deputy Director of the Liquor Commission Division of Enforcement, Scott Dunn, about the three bars all having to shut down in a six-week period. “This doesn’t happen very often,” Dunn said. The bars all violated rules of the Liquor Commission during a multi-month time period and lost their liquor licenses for a few days as part of their penalties. According to Liquor Commission meeting minutes, Penutwo and McCue’s for one violation. The bars may have received more violations, but the viola-
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CAMPUS SAFETY report log
Week of: Feb. 10 Monday, Feb. 10 9:28 p.m. Mason Library: Strange message on white board. Tuesday, Feb. 11 10:35 a.m. Art Center Lot: Parking complaint call into our office and Parking enforcement was sent to the area. 10:03 p.m. Pondside 1: Odor investigation; marijuana. 10:44 p.m. Sidewalks: Assisted student with knee injury. Wednesday, Feb. 12 10:20 a.m. Art Center Lot: Complaint from motorist that followed vehicle covered in snow drive onto campus and park in HC space. Owner arrived prior to being towed. 2:29 p.m. Elliot Hall: Female student had a seizure and signed off on paperwork for transport. 8:24 p.m. Young Student Center: Concern of gas leak by one of the grills. Officer secure outer storage room doors. Thursday, Feb. 13 12:24 a.m. Huntress Hall: RA reporting an intoxicated female in room. No transport. 4:02 p.m. Owl’s Nest 8: Caller requested to go to ER. Refused the ambulance and refused Campus Safety’s offer to come and evaluate the student before we send taxi. 8:09 p.m. Owl’s Nest 8: Student requested medical attention but refused transport. A friend will take him. Friday, Feb. 14 2:30 a.m. Blake Stree: Intoxicated male. 8:47 p.m. Pondside 2: Blue light activation. No one in the area upon the officers’ arrival. Saturday, Feb. 15 12:44 a.m. Carle Hall: Uncooperative intoxicated male in Carle Hall. 2:37 p.m. Holloway Hall: Dispatcher witnessed male subject sneak past desk attendant. Sunday, Feb. 16 4:21 a.m. Holloway Hall: Male witnessed breaking light. 2:07 p.m. Elliot Hall: UNICCO employee called in suspicious persons attempting to gain access to Infant Room. Officer sent. It was two student teachers and access was provided.
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A Grounds worker plows the Keene State College campus after a snow storm. According to Amanda Guthorn, Campus Safety has seen an increase in the number of students enrolled for the notification system.
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sium. The loudspeaker serves to alert people outdoors in the event of an emergency. Guthorn explained, “The siren and loudspeaker are great additions.” She added, “There are people in Swanzey and clear.” In addition to the importance of communication, coordinating a response effort requires multiple parties to come together and perform the jobs needed to protect those affected by an incident. Each piece of the puzzle is given a task within the Emergency Operating Plan (EOP), which is, “the framework that determines who is responsible for what areas, and what actions they take depending on the circumstances,” Guthorn explained. Depending on the circumstance, Campus Safety may have to coordinate with the Keene Police Department, Fire Department, Emergency Medical Services, or even Residential Assistants and transportation services. The EOP allows each party to know what its role is in the event of an emergency.
did extrications and cut holes in the roof,” Guthorn explained. Without these abilities, Campus Safety “It is great that we moved over here, but and KPD work together if a situation let’s do something with the building before requires power of arrest. we tear it down,” Guthorn added. “It almost never takes them more than According to Guthorn, not all training is two minutes to get here, and we have our as involved as cutting up retired buildings on campus. The individuals and agencies involved in She also uses “table-top training” with the EOP practice regularly to make sure that faculty members to get people thinking piece can perform their part. about how to handle a given scenario. Scenarios include situations like active “You don’t have to do a full-scale drill, but shooter simulations. in a staff meeting, create a scenario and say “We did a drill with the police depart- ‘what would you do if..?’” ment a few years ago in one of the residence Guthorn continued, “What if somebody halls,” Guthorn explains, “The SWAT team has a heart attack? You can do a mini-drill. and hostage negation guys train regularly; in fact they have trained here.” how to manage it.” Melissa Fraser is a student who lives on Alexandria Lafrenaye, a KSC junior, said campus. Campus Safety does their part to keep KSC “I feel like it is very safe. My building safe. is safe too; the security is good. We have “Honestly, I think they are doing a really good job. I think a lot of times people don’t was a little unorganized and people didn’t realize they are not the bad guys,” Lafrereally know where to go. Afterwards they naye said. [Campus Safety] explained it, but during we Guthorn, who has been with KSC for 12 didn’t really know where to go. They are def- of her 30 years in campus law enforcement, initely very helpful,” Fraser stated. stated, “I like that there is an education comThe campus is a valuable training tool for ponent to it, and that you get to be part of a community. If you’re a state trooper you may “When we get rid of a building we contact pull someone over and never see them again.
do not have the power to arrest, or use hand- and say, ‘Hey, do you want to do some train- people. Everything is an opportunity to eduing?’” Guthorn said. When Campus Safety cate someone.” cuffs, to restrain a suspect. David Walsh can be contacted at “The state of New Hampshire does not moved into a new facility, the old building dwalsh@keene-equinox.com have an RSA, which are the laws that allow
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ing for Molly Pelletier, KSC junior and Brianna McDonald, KSC senior. Pelletier said said she likes having the system. “It’s very helpful,” McDonald said, “I like how they call people around six a.m. so everyone gets a heads-up if classes are canceled, especially for people with eight a.m. [classes] I love the text messages that inform you as well.” In addition, KSC students Ryan Murby and Alex Brooks, have chosen not to sign up for the system at all. They said it wasn’t because they heard it doesn’t work correctly, it’s because they hear about “the emergencies” in other ways. “If something does happen that’s real, I’ll hear about it from other students,” Brooks said. Ryan Murby said he did not sign up due to his own “pure laziness.” He said, “I mean there isn’t anything out on Instagram or from a friend.” Bethany Ricciardi acn be contacted at bricciardi@keene-equinox.com
Sanborn’s alleged email response, also posted on The Joint Blog, stated, “Thanks for your email and thoughts, although I may ask that you consider that last sentence. I’m guessing you don’t know much about me, cannabis if it’s a seven-billion-dollar-a-year my values and what I have been working industry?” Sanborn replied, “Whoever said on in the legislature. Frankly, your suggesI was against it?” before explaining that his tion that I do not listen shows ignorance and views on marijuana legalization were separate from his views on N.H. House Bill 492. insure a legislator votes against your wishes According to the N.H. General Court’s and that is to insult them…I’m thinking if I amended analysis, this bill would legalize call the [organization you received a scholarpersonal use of up to one ounce of mari- ship from] and ask their opinion on legalizajuana by individuals who are 21 years of age tion, they may have a different opinion (not or older. The bill, “authorizes the licensing of to mention may be asking you for their scholmarijuana wholesale, retail, cultivation, and arship money back…).” testing facilities.” The bill would also impose The email interaction, as posted on The a tax on the sale of marijuana. Joint Blog, concluded with Sanborn stating, Sanborn then shifted to another topic and asked, “Let’s talk about the elephant in ally read the legislation, understand it and it’s the room, shall we?” The elephant Sanborn referred to was the regional and national cov- as the bulk of your argument is not considerage after an email conversation between ered in it and it makes you look like nothing a college student and himself was released. more than a college freshman who just wants The email exchange, as published on The to get high at any cost.” Joint Blog, allegedly began with a letter from The Joint Blog’s post displaying the convera college student, who wrote to the senator in sation was later referenced in an article from favor of marijuana legalization. The Boston Globe, headlined with “N.H. legThe student, going by the name of Michael islator threatens constituent who wants pot Maly, wrote, “Dear Senator Sanborn, As I am legalized.” The Joint Blog states on the page sure you are aware, the issue of marijuana of the posted email exchange, “We received prohibition has been a widely debated issue this conversation from a reader, who was in American politics. The tide seems to be ‘shocked’ at how a senator in New Hampshire shifting and states around the nation are responded when he contacted him to support passing decriminalization bills and some are cannabis decriminalization.” even approving full recreational legalization. When asked about the email exchange Uncharacteristically, New Hampshire seems during the KSC press conference, Sanborn to be behind the pack when it comes to this said, “I know who sent me the email. I did (Cont. from A1)
have an email conversation with someone. According to the blog post, Maly went on You never saw all of it... explaining why the punishments for mariFor full story, see keene-equinox.com email concluded with, “Your job is to represent the people of NH not your personal beliefs, it’s time to listen to the people.”
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according to the Southwest Regional Planning Committee’s website. While there are health-related concerns surrounding the issue of Keene’s air quality, there is also a regulatory compliance related concern. Keene could have implications for the county being out of compliance with the Clean Air Act, then a number of consequences can happen, none of which would be good for local businesses or for even the organizations at Keene State,” Traviss said. Students in Traviss’ class are working on a project collecting data through air monitoring. Senior Rachel Guerin explained that she and fellow classmates will go out at night when most people are burning wood, from around 9:30 until 12 or 1 a.m. to measure the concentrations of particulate matter in four different neighborhoods; East Keene, Court Washington area, high school area and then the middle school area. The project has not yet reached the point of analysis but Guerin said the process so far has been informative. “[This project] has been eye-opening. I didn’t know a lot about air quality before starting this project, and I’ve also learned how an issue can involve so many different organizations and how laws and regulations that the government put in place don’t always work for everyone,” Geurin explained. To try and combat the air quality issues in Keene, Senator Molly Kelly implemented a task force two years ago. The task force is led by the Southwest Regional Planning Commission, Cheshire Medical Center, the NHDES, the city of Keene and KSC. According to Traviss, there has been an extensive outreach program to the community to educate residents about the right way to burn wood, to encourto make sure they’re not burning wet wood. Traviss said wood stove smoke can release levoglucosan, a sugar anhydride found in wood smoke ticulate matter. She said this has been done through public presentations to the community, some public service announcements and N.H. newspaper articles. In addition to education, Traviss said a wood stove change was implemented in 2009, where the city tried to encourage people to swap out stoves and residents could get a voucher for a $1,000 credit
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Cobblestone Ale House, McCue’s Billards & Sports Lounge and Penuche’s Ale House all faced violations by the N.H. Liquor Commission recently. According to Scott Dunn, deputy director of the Liquor Commission Division of Enforcement, the two most serious violations a bar can face are serving to underage customers and over-serving.
“If a Liquor Commissioner or Investigator comes in and feels that
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tions can be consolidated in the process of determining penalties. At least one violation given to each bar was for serving customers that were “visibly intoxicated,” otherwise known as over-serving. These are the violations that landed all the bars in hot water, and led to their brief closure. “Certain offenses in title thirteen, they require a hearing,” Dunn said. The two most serious violations are serving to underage customers, and over-serving. Penuche’s owner Todd Tousley said times over the past 24 years. Tousley said the closure of three bars within a six week period is unprecedented. “McCue’s, Cobblestone and Penuche’s all (shut down) within a month. I’ve never seen that happen ever in my [last] twenty-four years,” he said. According to Tousley, the multiple citations that landed the bars in trouble with the Liquor Commission may have been related to the work of a new Liquor Hawley Rae. Rae was hired in 2012. tor..It’s a younger woman and she’s got a real highly aggressive attitude, let’s put it that way,” Tousley said, “I don’t know if it’s a new direction for them or if you can blame it all on this one new girl.”
-TOM NEPHEW OWNER, MCCUES BILLARDS & SPORTS LOUNGE
One night, according to Tousley, Rae waited outside Penuche’s by a window after last call at 1 a.m. and entered at 1:34 a.m. to cite the bar for not cleaning up all its alcohol bottles by 1:30 a.m. “I’ve never gotten more than one [violation] at a time in twenty-three years,” Tousley continued, “I got seven in six months.” According to Dunn, Rae dealt out two over-serving violations to Penuche’s, one to Cobblestone Ale House and one to McCue’s. Other violations have real consequences, but the over-serving violations carry the most weight and are what forced the bars to shut down for a few days. While Dunn called the closure of three bars in six weeks an “anomaly,” he did add it had nothing to do with Rae, or her alleged tenacity. “It just happens to be that there were some issues during this period,” he said, “She is doing her job.” The debate about a Liquor Commission in citing bars might lead to a clearer debate about the nature of the process of determining if a customer has been over-served. “It’s somebody’s opinion and it’s very
SoundoFF Jesse Stirtan Junior Communication & Sociology
“Yes, I think they are ready. The school has managed the past snow storms efficiently.”
Nephew said, whose bar was cited for over-serving a customer who he claims was only served two drinks. Nephew added, “If a Liquor Commissioner or investigator comes in and feels that somebody is intoxicated, you While Dunn admitted the process of determining if a customer had been the commission had adequately thorough protocol. “There are a number of different factors. Obviously we have to ensure that that person had their last drink at that location,” Dunn said. A few of the many signs investigators are trained to look for, according to Dunn, are slurred speech, bloodshot eyes, loss of inhibitions, ptosis of the tion and an odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from the breath. Bar owners also have the right to appeal any violation, including overserving violations. But according to Tousley, the appeals
experienced hearing in the past and foud them to be less-than affective. Tousley explained that a bar’s best option when faced with a hearing is to choose to shut their doors for some time period. Tousley explained, “I’ve gone to hearings before and it is all a joke, so you just shut down.” When asked how frequently bars win their appeals, Dunn said it may vary. “It’s back and forth, it depends on the case. If the case isn’t solid, then you don’t always win,” the owner said. According to Nephew, what is most important for customers to understand is that if they are ever asked to leave, it is never anything personal. “When there is somebody in my establishment and I tell them it’s time to leave, it’s not because I don’t like them… it’s because I think you’ve had enough for tonight.” Nephew added that at the end of the day, it’s just business. “I’m not picking on them,” he said, “I’m trying to help my business.”
“You can appeal it and you can go to a hearing,” he said, Tousley continued and said he has
While the wood burning stoves have been directly linked to the air quality in Keene, the meteorology and location of the city are also contributing factors. “The elevated levels of particulate matter are seen during air inversion events. That’s when you have the right temperature and wind conditions, basically cold calm nights where there’s no wind and the ground is really cold and the warm pollution just migrates to the ground and gets trapped there. We have a number of air inversions because we live in a valley and we’re prone to having a lot of cold days in the winter with no wind,” Traviss said. On the days when Keene is experiencing air inversion events, Traviss urged residents and even off-campus students with a wood burning stove in their home to not burn wood on these days. Traviss said she wishes there was a better, less voluntary way to inform people about air inversion events in Keene. Campus Manager of Environmental Health and Safety for physical plant, Sylvie Rice, said that she informs the KSC community about air inversion days but students have not been yet included. “I get alerts from the state when there is going to be a bad air quality day, when they can predict it and usually I forward that information to all faculty and staff to alert them that the levels are unusually high. I haven’t been sending that to students because students emails are very closely protected so I can post things online on MyKSC, but I have not been doing that and perhaps I should,” Rice said. Senior Rachel Guerin said even though the air quality issue may seem like it is out of the hands of students at KSC, they are still impacted and can help in small ways. “Even if students are not burning wood knowing that there is a problem can help us. Some people that go to Keene State have relatives or their families live in Keene and they can inform them of the issue. Having poor air days affects everyone, especially at risk populations like the elderly, children and people with asthma and heart related issues. Everyone needs to be involved because the air is the ultimate common, everyone breathes,” Guerin said.
Dylan Morrill can be contacted at dmorrill@keene-equinox.com
“Do you think KSC is prepared to face an emergency situation?”
Myles Dumas Junior Computer Science & Math
“I think it is going to bring out the hatred people feel on both sides.”
Halli Valentine Freshman Undecided
“I don’t know because we don’t really talk about it a lot. I think we should be more prepared.”
Roger Weeks Sophomore Management
“Maybe. I’m not sure how the campus would react...Not aware of any particular measures.”
Rachel Heard can be contacted at rheard@keene-equinox.com
Compiled by: Karina Barriga Albring / Senior Reporter
Taylor Asher Junior Culture and Human Interaction
“Yes, because as a college it is their responsibility to be prepared.”
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ENS updates need to work both ways
Security on a college campus is important every hour of the day. It is Campus Safety’s number-one goal to make sure of this. We laud those efforts by Campus Safety, but last week’s events show there is still more work to be done. Students also need to be proactive in this movement. According to the Keene State College Campus Safety website, “The Department of Campus Safety is committed to creating and maintaining a safe and secure environment every member of the college community.” In order to maintain a safe environment, communication is crucial. Campus Safety to communicate with students and faculty members through Dial-My-calls. Dial-My-calls sends messages, emails and makes phone calls of any alerts. The system prior to Dial-My-calls caused users to complain, as text messages were sent multiple times displaying the same message. However, complaints continue with the new system. Some members of the KSC community say they have These alerts are supposed to be sent to cell phones and email addresses. The recent snow days tested the effectiveness of the Dial-My-calls, and with some people still falling through the cracks, the system is failing. Director of Campus Safety Amanda Guthorn reported to The Equinox that before December 31, 1,400 students had signed up. Now 2,909 students are enrolled in ENS. According to the KSC Admissions website, the total amount of students enrolled at KSC is 5,738. That leaves 2,829 students and faculty should enroll in the ENS on Campus Safety’s website. Technology has enabled us to constantly stay connected—there should be no excuses. Whether it’s a school closing alert due to a snow day or an alert about a threat to safety on campus such as the presence of an armed person, it is important that everyone stay informed. Those 2,829 students who have yet to sign-up need to become involved, too. KSC can be a safe campus if everyone does his or her part tions. Then the responsibility falls on students and faculty. Taking a few minutes to sign up for ENS is one of the easiest precautions members of the KSC community can take. ERIN D’ALEO / GRAPHICS EDITOR
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Slipping GMOs from pages of science fiction to Americans plates In the growing battle over Genet- market shelves. From the high fructose corn syrup in our sodas to the soy protein in our energy bars, almost every processed food contains a small quantity of ingredients derived from GMO crops. While many in the food industry are not keen to label products that contain GMOs, they become commonplace in today’s make no attempt to hide or disguise society without many people being these products, either. aware this is happening. The lack It is also unlikely that many of consumer consent in the choice Americans are aware there is a to eat GMO’s has created an ethical worldwide controversy about the dilemma. foods that are consumed everyUnfortunately, GMO foods are day. everywhere in the United States Though Americans seem interand Americans should have more ested in various topics related to knowledge about what is on grocery agricultural biotechnology, GMO
is being used as a weapon. GMOs are plants or animals that have been genetically engineered with DNA from bacteria, viruses or other plants and animals. The use of genetically modi-
foods have slipped from the pages These foods remain there, largely unrecognized and unnoticed by those who consume them. Opinions about the application of biotechnology vary around the world, but the strongest opposition to the technology is concentrated within Europe and many Asian countries. The majority of Europeans believe GMO foods are risky.
of evidence connects GMOs with health problems, environmental damage and violation of farmers’ and consumers’ rights. Most developed nations do not consider GMOs to be safe—there
on the production and sale of GMOs. But Americans are still choosing to continue to sell products that contain GMOs. Perhaps the U.S. could follow in the footsteps of European countries and they are not encouraged to con- and ban such food products before sume them. matters get worse for the country It has been suggested that Euro- and future generations. pean rejection of GMO foods is related to fear of the unknown. Jordan Crowley can be contacted at Meanwhile, a growing body jcrowley@keene-equinox.com
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Students perform during the ‘Vagina Monologues’ in the Mabel Brown Room on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, 2014. The monologues aim to raise awareness for sexual violence.
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This was DeBari’s third year in the VM. Fifteen monologues were performed by the cast of fourteen members. Jess Lulka, a previous director of the monologues and a student at KSC, explained the process for choosing the performers for the roles. “Everyone tries out and is cast by the director and assistant director. The performers are asked if they are comfortable with the monologue before performing,” Lulka shared. “It feels great to be a part of something so empowering,” KSC student Victoria Patt said after her performance. The director this year was KSC student Taylor Ciambra. “I was the assistant director last year and it felt great being able to be directing the performance this year,” Ciambra said while wearing her bright pink suspenders and pink laces. DeBari shared some of the inspiration that motivated the performers for this year’s monologue.
“One of the most inspiring pieces was we had a story that was sent to us from MCVP—the Monadnock Center for Violence Prevention—of a person who said that the Vagina Monologues basically changed her life because she was in an abusive situation and the Vagina Monologues basically gave her hope that there was life beyond it. It was a really touching story that we all heard,” DeBari said. She continued, “Hearing that story from a person who really was affected by it made the difference for me.” DeBari’s own performance in the VM, in her own interpretation, was about, “A woman who grows up unsure about her sexuality and doesn't really know her place in the world in that sort of way. She discovers how this inner part of herself that is unleashed when she decides that she is gay and realizes that she has an intense sexuality and that’s okay.” She shared her hope that her audience could come away from the performance feeling more comfortable on the subjects shared and displayed on stage. “It’s not a big deal if you talk about this stuff,” DeBari urged, whose performance also included a series of sexual moaning while acting out stages of orgasms.
shouldn’t be a big deal, because sex is a part of everyone’s life and everyone does it in their own different way,” DeBari said. As this is DeBari’s senior year, she said wanted to give it her all in her last performance. “I wanted to do one that was like that, I left it out on the stage and I did as much as I possibly could to add to the whole experience of the monologue,” DeBari said. She said that she wanted to do that particular scene because “It was kind of like a self-empowerment thing and a challenge that I thought would help me get over my fears of self have no boundaries,” DeBari said. Kenzie Travers can be contacted at mtravers@keene-equinox.com
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change. Without this program, I wouldn’t be the person I am today,” Wynot said. Alternative Spring Break [ASB] is a program that urges students to participate in community service in places around the United States, while developing strong leadership skills and a bond between groups. Junior Daniel Jean, who is going on his second ASB trip this year, was very pleased with his experience in helping the homeless in Mississippi last year. “It was such an eye-opening experience,” Jean said, “We got to spend two nights sleeping outside.” Jean continued, “You really don’t know how good you have it until you’re putting yourself in a less-fortunate person’s shoes.” Alternative Spring Break is generally a seven to nine day service-based trip that provides insight into different cultural, environmental and socioeconomic communities throughout the United States, according to the KSC Domestic ASB website. Kathleen Kanaley, junior and co-leader of the Newport, North Carolina trip, stressed how important this program is. “College is a part of your life that you spend a lot of time doing things for yourself. With ASB, you have that extra time to give back. It’s a really great thing to do for the community,” Kanaley said. She continued, “You know, part of Keene State’s motto is ‘go a great example of KSC doing that and going out there and helping other people.” Kanaley’s trip co-leader, junior Olivia Lynn, talked of her ASB experience. such a rewarding experience. I think it’s really great because you get so close to your group,” Lynn said, adding, “When you’re on an eight-hour-or-so trip with people, you’re forced to bond with them. Lynn continued, “I also had not really traveled much, so this was a great way to explore the country while still doing community service work and helping other people.” This year, there are six ASB trips that KSC students are taking part in over the March break. Each group travels to a different part of the country including New York City, New Orleans, Tennessee, North Carolina and two locations in Ohio. Sophomore Matt Pereira, going on his second ASB trip this March, enjoyed the travel aspect. “One thing that I want to stress is that it’s a lot of hard work, though. It’s not a vacation—we really do work. It’s so worth it in the end to see the changes we’ve made, but it is a lot of work,” he said. The amount of work that is done over ASB is no match for the KSC students that are involved, though. The ability to help another community is more rewarding than anything else, students say. Lynn said, adding, “We live a very comfortable life here at Keene State. It feels good to give back to others who don’t.” Kanaley talked of how her passions have led her to the ASB trips. “This program lets me do things that I am truly passionate about and it’s nice to meet other people who have the same values and enjoy giving back,” Kanaley said. Wynot added, “Alternative Spring Break provides leadership skills, gains friendships amongst diverse groups and allows travel experiences along the tools needed to build a greater future.” “To people who are interested in these trips, I say go for it,” Jean said. Jean concluded, “It’s such a great experience and has allowed me to really grow as a person.” Steph McCann can be contacted at smccann@keene-equinox.com
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Appreciation for natural beauty inspired by Seville, Spain MICHELLE GREEN
Seville, Spain ¡Buenos días! Spain for the spring 2014 semester. Being in a different country has proven to be amazing so far, if nothing else, with every building in this city dripping (literally, it’s tory. arrived, the taxi driver dropped me off at the
really on my own in a different country, and got inside the building. here with anyone else. seven-years-old, and Angela, who is tenyears-old. Also in the house is my roommate host mother, Roció.
important to meet the needs of every student in the classroom, and it has been rewarding
She has improved greatly even with the few times we have worked together, and it has been an eye-opening experience for me.
found about it is that there are orange trees everywhere, but you can’t eat the oranges because they are really acidic and can make you sick. which only takes about 15 minutes and is
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Michelle Green posing at the ancient palaces of the Reales Alcazares in Spain. Green is a sophomore studying in Seville, Spain for the 2014 spring semester.
the San Telmo Bridge, which connects my neighborhood with the neighborhood on the
this semester is called the Center for CrossCultural Studies and is entirely American students taking classes taught by Spanish professors. rounding gardens, the third-largest cathedral in the world, and the place where part
about an hour from Seville, and saw Catholic churches and Jewish synagogues within a ten minute walk of one another. visit Portugal, many different cities in Spain, with the people and the language more and more with each day that passes. novel, and those that don’t travel only read a single page.
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“Communications is such a diverse degree you can do so many things with it—it’s very broad. You can apply it to anything.” -JUSTIN YAMET KSC SENIOR
faculty in various departments that are more than willing to
skills, and we are giving them feedback. They get to hone their public speaking skills. These are very useful skills for when you
said. be discouraged. once, twice, three times— it’s not really a bad thing to not know
you can do so many things with it—it’s very broad. You can
year. There are always ways in which the school is taking steps to further environmental awareness. According to the KSC website and also Mary Jensen, campus sustainability
She explained how honors societies differ from clubs and
As a freshman, having a relationship with a senior as a honor society is to promote academic excellence, and so we are mentor might have helped Yamet transition into college, he said.
understand how the real world works. By giving presentations and practicing now, it will be better when you’re in the work force and have to do these things for real for people and your and the materials used to build the struc-
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begin taking place this spring, before registration, according to Akkoor.
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these workshops and presentations, but so will they. Kenzie Travers can be contacted at mtravers@keene-equinox.com
stations that have made their way into each building over the course of the last year-and-a-half are also a way that KSC promotes sustainability. unnoticed, the more we can spread sustainability awareness through things like Zach Fournier can be contacted at zfournier@keene-equinox.com
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Understanding body and mentality through practice of yoga DANIELLE MULLIGAN
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What is yoga? Although it originated in ancient India many years ago, today yoga is done all over the world for multiple reasons. But the word yoga is from the Sanskrit -DANIELLE MULLIGAN language, and it means union. It is the COPY EDITOR union and connection of the mind, body and spirit as one. I have been practicing yoga for about with my yoga practice. seven years now, and it has become an But for me, on top of that, yoga is about understanding my physical body, and conIt is something I do every day, whether necting it with my mentality. it be on my own or in a public class. It’s amazing to see what I can do with Doing something, anything, every day my body and how that changes with practice everyday. ence on life—and I can honestly say yoga When it comes to the poses, certain has changed my life. ones I was unable to do just weeks ago I This summer, after going through some can do with ease now. big changes in my life, I decided to do Sometimes, I’ll decide to randomly try something I have always wanted to do for myself: become a yoga instructor. I am already able to do it. It’s unreal to see After speaking with some local yoga instructors and searching online, I found of. the program—and it was just my luck that When it comes to meditation, the more the latest training session was to be held often I meditate, the longer I can sit in a here in Keene. thoughtful, conscious state undisturbed. I began my training in November, and ingly endless. an eye-opening journey. I love yoga for so many reasons. I have learned so much thus far in this Between that and meditation, I have found course. I am much more peaceful with myself and From different deep-breathing techmy surroundings. niques used during class to help stay conDiscovering and balancing the connected and concentrated, to more calm, nection within myself has made me feel conscious breathing during mediation, I so much more grounded than I ever have before. the breath has on my body. At the risk of sounding like a yogi-nerd, We are studying anatomy, because we yoga has genuinely changed my life in the need to understand our own as well as our best possible way. future students’ bodies and how to keep Patanjali, the composer of the Yoga them safe in class. Sutras, was not mistaken when he said, The training also includes learning to “When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all of two different styles of yoga classes. your thoughts break their bonds. Hatha focuses more on postures and Your mind transcends limitations; your Vinyasa is more movement-oriented and consciousness expands in every direction favorite part of yoga, but that is not what this is all about. Although they are great outcomes, yoga is about so much more than helping one It goes so far beyond the poses. I won’t deny that I appreciate the physical abilities
wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive and you discover yourself to be a greater person than you ever dreamed yourself to be.” Danielle Mulligan can be contacted at dmulligan@keene-equinox.com
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Walk-A-Mile for violence prevention kicks off with shoe decorating NICOLE CARROBIS
Equinox Staff Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) kicked off their annual Walk-A-Mile event with shoe decorating and ice-cream, on Tuesday, February 11, 2014. Walk-A-Mile, which takes place on April 19 this year, is “the international men’s, and women’s, walk to stop rape, sexual assault, and gender violence,” as explained by Cara Colotti, member of the WalkA-Mile committee and MVP. She added, “This event raises awareness.” Fellow student and participant Cara Logerfo similarly said, “It’s about raising awareness for rape and sexual assault of all people. It is all about awareness and support.” The event was held in the Mabel Brown Room where almost every table was full of students raising awareness while simultaneously decorating shoes which they would wear for the event later in the semester. Students explained why they choose to participate in Walk-AMile. “This is important to me for many different reasons, but mainly because it’s a subject that I’m passionate about, and I think it’s great that on the day of Walka-Mile, you get to see how many other people are passionate about it as well,” Colotti explained. Jake Sharkey, member of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity, also known as TKE, said he and his brothers, “decorated our shoe TKE style and have cool designs on the shoe that we thought of to show that TKE supports Walk-A-Mile.” Sharkey also said, “I got involved my freshman year with TKE. So I have done this every year, and I think it is a really great experience. It is a big eye-opener really just doesn’t know much about sexual violence.” “Some of the statistics are crazy. I am just glad to be involved, help out, and get the word out there,”
he continued. Logerfo emphasized why violence prevention is important. “Because the culture we live in, you know, women are taught how to not get raped rather than teaching people not to rape. Also, we live in a culture that often blames the victim, so it is good to show support that no one should go through that,” Logerfo said. With all of the support for Walk-A-Mile, students also speak to the importance of this new kickoff event that MVP organized. “I think it is good to get more people interested in it because, I mean, there is free food and shoe decorating. Who doesn’t want to do that? I think the idea is great, too, to attract attention to the WalkA-Mile event itself,” Logerfo said. “It raises the number of people participating and the amount of people that are aware of the event. It also is a sneak preview of the amazing shoes,” Colotti said. Sharkey added, “I think it can add a little fun—not that the event isn’t fun, because it is—but this might help people get together with their friends and decorate shows. I think it is another way to add to the event—to get more people to come out and raise awareness. So, I think it is smart, it should be fun.” Between ice-cream, decorating and judging the shoes that were created, MVP Club Advisor Forrest Seymour expressed he was please with the success of the event and anticipated more turnout in the spring. Seymour said, “We had over forty sign-ups, fourteen entries in our shoe contest, lots of fun and maybe one-hundred people there.” Colotti added that every participant and every contribution counts. “I participate in Walk-AMile because I think every little bit counts and it shows a lot of support to ‘put yourself in her shoes.’” Nicole Carrobis can be contacted at ncarrobis@ksc.keene.edu
“Women are taught how to not get raped rather than teaching people not to rape.” -CARA LOGERFO KSC STUDENT
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Above, students decorate shoes in the Mabel Brown Room to raise awareness about violence in preparation for the annual Walk-A-Mile event that will be held April 19. Wedges, sneakers, heels and various other shoes are decorated with glitter, marker and stickers.
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StudEnt LifE Editor The Communications Honor Society, Lambda Pi Eta, has joined with Academic and Career Advising at Keene State College to enhance the communications program to help better transition freshmen as well as aid upperclassmen as they prepare to graduate. According to Communications Professor Chitra Akkoor, the Communications Department has been working with ACA— Behrmann—for over a year, planning to set up workshops and presentations. LPE members will go into classrooms and talk to transitioning freshmen about the communications program. “Our students are going to go into our Intro to Communications class, for example, to talk about ‘What can you do with a communications major?’” Akkoor said. Senior Justin Yamet had been a part of the honors society for the past year. ”What we are going to do as seniors is go into freshmen communication classes and have a brief presentation on how freshmen can better themselves through awareness in terms of what courses to take and what they can do in terms of getting a head start on
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relaxation and lend a hand to communities that are less fortunate than their own. Alternative Spring Break, which is an option for all KSC students over the weeklong school vacation in March, has opened eyes and allowed those interested to gain the perspective they might not have gotten otherwise if they had not done this pro-
gram. Katie Wynot, KSC junior and leader of the Cincinnati, Ohio trip this year, is grateful that she joined the program. “Giving back and donating your own time with other communities outside of our own and, in the end, seeing the impact,
an Alternative Spring Break,” Wynot said. She continued, “We wish to be the change we want to see in the world, right? Even if it’s picking up sticks in a state park or passing out a bowl of soup at a shelter, those small gestures are so satisfying. This creates a ripple effect for kindness and
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KSC goes ‘greener’ for RecycleMania in nationwide challenge ZACH FOURNIER
Equinox Staff This February, Keene State College is a part of RecycleMania, a program encouraging students and community members to live sustainably. “The college is participating in an eight-week nationwide challenge to see which campus can reduce, reuse and recycle the most waste,” sophomore eco-rep Matthew Bacon said. According to the KSC RecycleMania page on the Keene State College website, “in addition to Keene State, nearly 525 schools, more than 4.4 million students and nearly one million faculty and staff will be participating in 47 states, the District of Columbia and Canada.” To bolster support for the competition sponsored by Keep America Beautiful and the National Recycling Coalition, KSC peer educators, known as Eco-Reps, are holding multiple events on campus. Students may have recently taken notice of these representatives in the Zorn Dining Commons, asking diners to dispose their food waste into blue recycling containers. This is a food audit, according to Bacon, which are, “Designed to spread awareness as to how much food the collective student body lets go to waste in an all-you-can-eat cafeteria.”
There will also be a, “table in the student center the last week of ated with the college can bring their electronic waste to the booth in the student center to have their waste properly recycled,” Heather Greenwood, the recycling coordinator for KSC, said. Greenwood mentioned that last year, the group collected roughly 8,000 pounds of electronic waste for recycling. Every Monday, Eco-Reps and members of R.O.C.K.S. are hosting a table for students to sign up to pledge to do something eco-friendly each week. “Every week that they sign up, they’re eligible for that weeks’ prize and at the end of it we’re giving away a free bike,” Greenwood said. For the third year, Greenwood is petition with faculty over spring break. “It’s great opportunity for
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Annual ‘Vagina Monologues’ address more than sexuality KENZIE TRAVERS
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Equinox Staff “Some people say, ‘I could never do what you did because there is no way I could talk about that stuff on stage’ but the thing is that these are the things that need to be talked about—and sexuality shouldn't be something that is as taboo as it is,” senior Johanna DeBari said about her performance on Valentine’s Day at The Vagina Monologues. The event took place in the Mabel Brown Room last Friday, Feb. 14. According to Vday.org, the annual performance “demands that violence against women and girls must end.” According to the sit, V-Day is an organized response against violence toward women founded in 1998. The Vagina Monologues attempts to help raise awareness for the thousands of victims of sexual violence. DeBari offered her reasoning for participating in the VM (Vagina Monologues). “It impacts a lot of people differently. It can be something that expands your idea of sexuality and womanhood and all of these things, but it can also be something that gives you hope and is an empowerment.” DeBari said she found the performance to be selfempowering. “Over the past two years, the monologues I have done have been increasing in intimacy and how they affect me and how much it takes out of me,” she said.
because we don’t always take the time to do that,” Greenwood stated. Aside from this, she said, “EcoReps and R.O.C.K.S. members will be doing pledges two to three days a week in the Res [Residential] Halls.” Some information collected shows the KSC community does not only choose to be environmentally friendly eight weeks out of the
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advising,” Yamet said. “I think it’s a wonderful experience for seniors and the freshmen,” Yamet said. Akkoor added, “We will go into the classrooms and talk to students about careers, how to take classes in a strategic manner. It allows our freshmen to see what the seniors are doing.” Akkoor explained that students are more likely to relate to juniors and seniors coming into the classroom who offer their own advice as opposed to a professor or advisor, which may seem intimidating. “Student-to-other-student would be better,” Akkoor said. “Many freshmen are shy and don’t want to come out and talk to professors…and when you become juniors and seniors, you connect with us at a different level,” Akkoor continued. Yamet also commented on the studentto-student advantage. “I think that by being able to have seniors as people who they look up to would give them more guidance. There are so many freshmen that don’t have that guidance and they are all over the place and I think a lot of them have a hard time balancing academic life and social life,” he said. Yamet offered his advice for freshmen who are uncertain about where they belong academically. “Here at Keene State College, there are plentiful resources for students, plenty of
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Diving into Divergent ANTHONY MUNOZ
Equinox Staff Divergent, my instinct was that it would be another Hunger Games. With its dystopian universe, adolescent casting and an “only the strongest will survive” mentality, the parallels are quite clear. However, reading the book, written by Veronica Roth, proved whereas the Hunger Games had more themes of capitalism and media, Divergent centers around identity. The plot takes place in the “future,” where Chicago is divided honest, the peaceful, the brave and the brilliant. When a member of that society turns 16-years-old, they take a personality test to determine a competitive initiation process. This society takes its system very seriously, and exiles anyone who cannot be controlled within it. cult when her test categorizes her as ‘divergent:’ one who can not speaks volumes about a society that is category-based. It suggests that those who are
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Opportunities arise around KSC campus to showcase work outside of the classroom HALEY ERDBRINK
Equinox Staff Keene State College has a variety of majors, ranging from biology to theatre and dance. Students are given opportunities throughout the year to showcase their talents around campus and the community. Maureen Ahern, director of Thorne Art Gallery, has been working at KSC since 1981 and has seen a vast amount of student work. “We have an annual art exhibition every year at Thorne,” Ahern said. Ahern added that the art faculty selects the work of a few students to put on display. plays placed around campus. “There is a children literature collection and there is even one in the library,” Ahern said. She added that she encourages the students by providing them examples and different points of view to spark inspiration. “I think as artists, the students need to
create the pieces for themselves,” Ahern explained, “they need to love and enjoy the process to be able to complete it,” she continued. Ahern encouraged students to think more outside of the box and said, “Students need to worry less—but when they worry, they should think outside the box.” KSC sophomore and singer for the group Chock Full O’ Notes, Eric Mealey, agreed with Ahern and said, “CFON is an all-student group and the music is all arranged by the group itself.” He explained that this helps the students involved think outside their comfort zone to make a piece work well with the whole group. Mealey said CFON has also been generating a lot more publicity than it once did. “We have performances on Pumpkin Fest, Spring Weekend and also more throughout the year,” Mealey added. Mealey, a music education major, says CFON is a great way for students to showcase their vocal talents. Mealey shared that the group works with
neighboring acapella groups and is taking a talent to the campus’ scope,” Pauza added. trip to UMass Dartmouth for an Invitational Pauza explained that, with students creConcert on Feb. 26. ating menus and recipes based on informaHe said the group also showcases their tion provided to them by their professors, it talent in the community by working with a could make for an overall healthier campus and community. a lot with Relay for Life,” Mealey said. “We are thinking of starting a team this year for produced material, one could ask where this CFON so we can be more involved with the creativity in the community beyond campus. program we are singing for.” “I would like to see students create artFellow sophomore Andrea Pauza pro- work for empty window fronts or empty vided more ways students are showcasing storage buildings because I believe it is a their work on campus. great way for them to think outside the box,” “The plant display in the DC and the trees Ahern said. planted on Appian Way are both projects that Mealey also added, “The struggles we were designed by students in the environ- face as students show that there is a silver lining and the end result will be rewarding. Pauza is a health science and health pro- We should always look for that next step.” motion major who said KSC has a lot of “I think students should advocate for their opportunities for its students. talents because only encouragement and Pauza said the trainers provided for stu- increased practice will come of it,” explained dents in the gym on campus are another way Pauza. students can showcase their talent. Haley Erdbrink can be reached at “I think nutrition majors could help with herdbrink@keene-equinox.com the DC menu or Lloyd’s menu to bring their
FILM REVIEW
Controversial film shows the potential problems of success ZAK KOEHLER
Film of Week Four: The Wolf of Wall Street Arguably one of the more con-
WEb MaStEr How It Works How this weekly article will opinion on what I think it will be like just from watching the trailer and reading the synopsis. I will Afterwards, I will give it a score ally think it should be in the running. The paper that comes out before the Oscars, I will write a quick piece about who I think deserves the award. It is important to note that I personally believe an Oscar should be do not take into consideration how Rotten Tomatoes. It’s all on what I think. I hope you enjoy this weekly segment.
Picture this year, The Wolf of Wall Street is surrounded by familiar erate. From director Martin Scorsese to actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill, the names associ-
are relatable, having to choose between her family and pursuing her own identity. And yet, she struggles with keeping her divergence concealed, while surviving her initiation process and engaging with her love interest, another ‘divergent.’ My only qualm about the novel is the interaction between characters at certain places. Some of the dialogue felt unrealistic and awkwardly placed. Part of this is because the perspective is told from a 16-year-old, and part of it may have been to suggest the shallowness of some of the characters’ relationships. At the same time, there were moments where I feel as though the writer was trying a bit too hard to write from a teenager’s voice. If you aren’t phased by that and can get past it, the novel itself moves at an intriguing pace. ting the world she created unfold before you. As you read through Tris’ initiation process, you will feel initiated into the world you yourself as a reader. It all culminates in a gripping screaming, crying and hurrying to the next book. That being said, it will be interesting to see how the novel is
in the industry. After reviewing the trailer, it has the typical Scorsese elements: sex, drugs and a lot of money; only instead of revolving around crime lords and the mob, he is taking a stab at white collar crime on Wall Street. I did a little research on this movie after watching the trailer
in some of the novel’s descriptive blanks while also remaining faithful to the world it lives in. The two leads also look faithful to their character counterparts and their relational chemistry. I highly recommend reading next month—it will introduce you to a new world, give you things to think about and overall keep you entertained and engaged.
this is based on real events that occurred in the 1980s. The Wolf of Wall Street is about the rise and corruption of a Mr. stockbroker who quickly falls to the addiction of money, power, sex and drugs.
to control; with its protagonists, it encourages awareness, strength of will and independence. Tris begins the novel very unsure of herself, and grows stronger and more in charge as
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Leonardo DiCaprio acts as Jordan Belfort in “The Wolf of Wall Street.” The Equinox Webmaster, Zak Koehler, gave the film 3.5 out of 5 stars.
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After Watching Movie Although not the most delicate in its portrayal, Martin Scorsese’s depict the corrupt rise and fall of a wayward Wall Street broker is an extremely exhilarating riot of bad taste and humanity.
and creating more sexual harassment lawsuits than the Clinton Administration.
was from what I originally was expecting. I am
land. No matter what he says, the workers listen.
lywood and Scorsese telling us how inherently
those that were once so innocent.
while keeping the true spirit of Wall Street intact: think they are making money.”
DiCaprio, on many occasions, breaks the fourth wall and talks with the audience members directly. On more than one instance, DiCaprio begins explaining what he is doing—only to suddenly stop and tell us that we do not care how it works, all we need to know that it was illegal and we should not care. AP PHOTO
Jimmy Fallon, host of “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,” in New York, is photographed above. Fallon debuted as host of his new show, “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon,” on Feb. 17.
Host Jimmy Fallon makes debut on ‘Tonight Show’ FRAZIER MOORE
AssociAted Press past 22 years until his recent deparAlthough airing an hour earlier ture from the “Tonight” host chair. than “Late Night” (but this week seen at a special time, midnight makes his much-anticipated debut found stardom as a cast member Eastern), “The Tonight Show StarMonday as host of NBC’s “Tonight and “Weekend Update” co-anchor many of the same comic bits, the tion returns to New York after four same house band, the Roots, and decades based on the West Coast. Scheduled guests are U2 and less success in that arena. Will Smith, with the show reclaimDespite the excitement sur- at “Late Night” will be fellow “SNL” ing Rockefeller Center’s Studio 6B, rounding his new “Tonight” stint alum Seth Meyers, who signs on where “Tonight” aired during its early Johnny Carson years. Armisen, yet another former “SNL”“Tonight” under his regime won’t be er, as band leader.
would instead quickly show the audience how much fun money can bring us. It appeared it was an attempt to almost bribe us to forget that people on Wall Street are breaking the law.
spirit is correct—bankers buying gold trash bins because they can. Ordering $30,000 prostitutes—because they Drug Store down on the corner of Main and Elm— because they can. And Scorsese shows that for a good length of time, they get away with it. They buy politicians,
Those who are claiming that DiCaprio and Scorsese are glorifying this lifestyle were clearly Not once did I feel like what the duo were doing was in bad taste or putting this type of banking on to a pedestal.
seen in his roles in 21 Jump Street, Superbad and
Scorsese has the biggest opportunity to take the in order to get the roll because he said that the role was made for him. I can not help but agree with him.
Little more than a week after
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how much money Leo makes, and wondering how to get into the business. duces DiCaprio’s character to drugs, pressuring him to smoke crack cocaine.
stars. The direction, writing and acting from Jonah
into the audience with a full head of steam. It was a bit dragged out, though, and I think that was the downfall for it. the list of “Must Watch.” Until next time. Zak Koehler can be reached at zkoehler@keene-equinox.com
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Katarina Cas, Jonah Hill, Leonardo DiCaprio, Margot Robbie and Jon Bernthal are photographed above in a scene from the film, “The Wolf of Wall Street.”
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Actor Johnny Depp accepts the Distinguished Artisan Award at The Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014 at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, California.
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Little progress with Geneva peace talks BARBARA SURK
AssociAted Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s foreign minister accused the United States of trying to create a “negative climate” for dialogue at the second round of peace talks in Geneva, while Secretary of State John Kerry blamed “the Assad regime’s obstruction” for making the The comments by Walid al-Moallem on Sunday came a day after the meetings between Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government and the opposition ing a way of breaking the impasse in Al-Moallem spoke to the state news service about the talks as the Syrian delegation was returning from Switzerland to Damascus. He said the U.S. tried to “create a very negative climate for dialogue in Geneva.” Kerry’s statement late Sunday ing a political solution to the con“mature seriousness of purpose and willingness to discuss all aspects of the
peaceful protests against Assad in March 2011 but later degenerated into a civil war in which more than 140,000 people have been killed, according to activists. JACQUELYN MARTIN / AP PHOTO
President Barack Obama tours a local farm with Governor John Brown in Los Banos, California on Friday, Feb. 1,4 2014, where the president spoke about drought.
Obama: US must rethink water usage as climate changes DARLENE SUPERVILLE
AssociAted Press they’re going to be harsher.” He urged Congress to act swiftly on Democratic legislation backed by California’s senators, Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, that would pour $300 million into emergency aid and drought-relief projects, upgrade city water systems and water conservation, and speed up environmental reviews of water projects, among other steps. The president also announced that the budget he’ll send to Congress next month will include $1 billion for a proposed “climate resilience fund” to invest in research and pay for new technologies to help communities deal with the impact of climate change. The proposal is likely to face stiff resistance from lawmakers wary of new spending and divided on the subject of global warming. Later Friday, Obama was meeting Jordan’s King Abdullah II at the Rancho Mirage estate Sunnylands for talks covering the Mideast peace process, Syria and other issues. It’s unusual for Obama to host world leaders outside of the White House, though he did hold a two-day summit including $100 million in the farm bill he signed into law at Sunnylands last year with Chinese President Xi Jinping. last week for programs that cover the loss of livestock. Obama planned to spend Presidents Day weekend at The overall package includes smaller amounts to aid in the estate and was expected to make use of its golf course. the most extreme drought areas and to help food banks that serve families affected by the water shortage. Obama The White House has been closely watching the Calialso called on federal facilities in California to limit water fornia drought, which follows a year of the lowest rainfall consumption immediately. on record. The drought has also brought to a head political warfare over the state’s water resources that feed major he said. “We have to be clear. A changing climate means cities, the country’s richest agricultural region and water-
LOS BANOS, Calif. (AP) — Warning that weatherrelated disasters will only get worse, President Barack Obama said Friday the U.S. must rethink the way it uses water as he announced new federal aid to help droughtstricken California. Obama drew a clear connection between California’s troubles and climate change as he toured part of a farm that will go unsown this year as the state faces its worst drought in more than 100 years. Even if the U.S. takes action now to curb pollution, the planet will keep getting warmer “for a long time to come” thanks to greenhouse gases that have already built up, Obama said. “We’re going to have to stop looking at these disasters as something to wait for. We’re going to have to start looking at these disasters as something to prepare for,” Obama said. After arriving in California on Friday afternoon, Obama met with community leaders at a rural water facility before
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ways to cooperate. “We are going to stay on top of this because it has national implications,” Obama said. Farmers recently learned they will not be receiving irrigation water from the State Water Project, a system of rivers, canals and reservoirs. They anticipate a similar announcement later this month from federal authorities who operate a similar system called the Central Valley Project. Vilsack, earlier this month pledged $34 million to help farmers and ranchers conserve scarce water supplies, improve irrigation methods, head off erosion of unplanted The Republican-controlled House recently voted to address the drought by rolling back environmental protections and temporarily halting the restoration of a dried-up stretch of the San Joaquin River, work that is designed to restore historic salmon runs. Farmers would prefer to have the water diverted to their crops instead. Environmentalists and Democrats oppose the bill, and the White House has threatened a veto, arguing that the measure would not alleviate the drought but would undo decades of work to address California’s longstanding water shortages.
are supporting Assad’s government. U.N.-Arab League mediator Lakhdar Brahimi apologized to the Syrian people for failing to reach progress. “I am very, very sorry, and I apologize to the Syrian people that their hopes which were very, very high that something will happen here,” Brahimi said Sunday. More than 5,792 people have reportedly have been killed in Syria since the Geneva talks began on Jan. 22, activists said. The talks’ modest achievement has been a U.N.-brokered truce in the central city of Homs that has allowed aid workers to deliver some food and medicine for hundreds trapped in the rebelheld areas. Syrian Arab Red Crescent said its workers have entered the western Damascus suburb of Moadamiyeh to deliver food ernment blockade.
Pope opens critical week for reform, family issues NICOLE WINFIELD
AssociAted Press SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Hotel guests are walking, unchecked, past unused metal detectors. Security guards are no longer poking around at the pockets and ankles of every single person entering Olympic facilities. Tangerines and bottles of Coke are making it through security barriers that banned them two weeks ago. For all the warnings that security in Sochi would be invasive and aggressive, it’s appearing more and more uneven, and in places almost relaxed. No attacks have been reported since the Olympics started Feb. 7, and the world’s attention has turned to skiing and skating instead of security measures. Organizers insist security overall remains tight. But risks remain. Just a few hundred kilometers (miles) away, a longrunning insurgency goes on, and
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in January it has stopped updating the that it can no longer verify the sources of information that led to its last count of at least 100,000 in late July. Millions have been driven out of their homes, seeking shelter in neighboring countries and in safer parts of their homeland. Washington, its European and Persian Gulf allies are backing the opposi-
AssociAted Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis opened the most critical week of his year-old papacy: Two commissions of inquiry ing their recommendations for reform and preparations get underway for a summit on family issues that will deal with the widespread rejection by Catholics of church teaching on contraception, divorce and gay unions. In between, Francis will MARK HUMPHREY / AP PHOTO
Police officers look over a cart of hockey sticks after they were taken off a plane as NHL hockey players arrive at the Sochi International Airport.
Islamic militants stage regular attacks of forces across the Sochi region and elsewhere in the Caucasus Moun- U.S. authorities sent two warships to tains range hosting Olympic ski races. » SECURITY, B6 Russia has deployed tens of thousands
to formally welcome 19 new cardinals into the elite club of churchmen who will eventually elect his successor. In typical Francis style, the new cardinals hail from some of the poorest places on earth,
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Pope Francis delivers his blessing to the crowd that gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican.
including Haiti, Burkina Faso senting every continent who Francis appointed to help him of Francis’ busy week is being govern the church and overhaul devoted to the third meeting of his “Group of Eight” advis- Vatican bureaucracy. The G8, ers, the senior cardinals repre-
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the Black Sea. Here are some things learned about security across the Olympic landscape from various spot checks conducted by — and the daily working experiences of — nearly two dozen Associated Games unfolded: ___ SLIPPING PAST SECURITY Ahead of the games, guards at security stations around Olympic Park and in the nearby mountains carefully checked every bag, car and body. Some visitors with food were forced to eat it before passing through the gates. In recent days, however, visitors have made it through metal detectors with coins, keys, watches, belts and credit cards. The metal detector at one well-visited hotel on the Sochi shore doesn’t appear to be used at all — and when a visitor offered to have her bag checked, she was waved past. Some guards — it seems more stringent in mountain venues than by the coast — are still inspecting every item, down to the smallest lip balm or a Valentine’s Day balloon, scanned for explosives. But others have let through backpacks containing a pocketknife, water bottles, fruit and shampoo. scan beneath them with special long mirrors for explosives. Those checks have become irregular. Sometimes security measures are designed to be inconsistent, so that potential evildoers But the attitude of the ubiquitous guards ping through their phones or listening to music while manning their posts — instead of calculated to thwart enemies. ___ REASON TO WORRY? The only incident so far has been a Ukrainian man’s unsuccessful effort to hijack a Turkish plane the night of the opening ceremony. But the underlying danger that worried athletes and spectators before the games remains. Weeks before the Olympics, suicide bombers killed 34 people in two bombings in the city of Volgograd. An insurgency has been simmering across the Caucasus Mountains region for two decades. Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov called on followers to attack the games. Security experts warn that attackers could choose soft targets away from the Olympic sites such as shopping centers. Some have raised the possibility that jihadsecurity was tightened. ___ TRACKING TROUBLEMAKERS Sochi organizing committee spokeswoman Alexandra Kosterina has shrugged off questions about inconsistent or confusing security measures. “We ensure and our authorities ensure that Sochi is secure,” she said. “It is not an issue for us.” International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach suggests security measures at Olympic venues themselves are less invasive because authorities sealed off the larger region so tightly. “The parameters of security are far from the main venues,” he said. “The security forces are acting in an extremely friendly way so the Olympic atmosphere is not harmed at all.”
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Students listen as John Kerry delivers a speech on climate change in Jakarta, Indonesia. Climate change may be the world’s “most fearsome” weapon of mass destruction and global urgent action is needed to combat it, Kerry said on Feb. 16, 2014.
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AssociAted Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday called climate change perhaps the world’s “most fearsome” destructive weapon and mocked those who deny its existence or question its causes, comparing them to people who insist the Earth
“It’s not an exaggeration to say that your entire way of life here is at risk.” -JOHN KERRY U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE
In a speech to Indonesian students, civic leaders and
the primary offenders. considered the world’s largest weapon of mass destruc“We should not allow a tiny minority of shoddy sci- tion, perhaps even, the world’s most fearsome weapon of entists and science and extreme ideologues to compete mass destruction.” The solution, Kerry said, is a new global energy policy Embassy-run American Center in a shopping mall. that shifts reliance from fossil fuels to cleaner technolo“Nor should we allow any room for those who think gies. He noted the President Barack Obama is championthat the costs associated with doing the right thing out- ing such a shift and encouraged others to appeal to their leaders to join. “The science is unequivocal, and those who refuse to The U.S.-China statement issued just after Kerry believe it are simply burying their heads in the sand,” left Beijing on Saturday said the two countries agreed Kerry said. “We don’t have time for a meeting anywhere on steps to carry out commitments to curb greenhouse of the Flat Earth Society,” gases, including reducing vehicle emissions, improving Kerry said the cost of inaction will far outweigh the Beijing and Washington launched a climate change sions that trap solar heat in the atmosphere and contribextinctions and other extreme conditions. ute to the Earth’s rising temperatures. reducing vehicle emissions; advanced electric power Also in the Jakarta speech, Kerry said everyone and He outlined a litany of recent weather disasters, par- grids; capturing and storing carbon emissions; gathering every country must take responsibility for the problem and act immediately. Kerry was in Indonesia on the last leg of a three“We simply don’t have time to let a few loud interest tions for billions of people. nation tour of Asia that started in South Korea. After groups hijack the climate conversation,” he said, refer“This city, this country, this region, is really on the leaving Indonesia on Monday, he planned to visit Abu ring to what he called “big companies” that “don’t want front lines of climate change,” Kerry said. “It’s not an Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. to change and spend a lot of money” to act to reduce the exaggeration to say that your entire way of life here is Before the climate change speech, Kerry toured Jakarrisks. at risk.” ta’s Istiqlal Mosque, one of the largest in the world, to pay Kerry later singled out major oil and coal concerns as He added: “In a sense, climate change can now be his respects to Indonesia’s Muslim majority population. skeptics. He accused them of using shoddy science and scientists to delay steps needed to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases at the risk of imperiling the planet. A day earlier, the U.S. and China announced an agreement to cooperate more closely on combating climate age others, including developing countries like Indonesia and India, to follow suit. China and the United States are the biggest sources of emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases that cause the atmosphere to trap solar heat and alter the climate. Scientists say such changes are leading to drought, wild-
Reporting based on NSA leaks wins Polk Award AssociAted Press
the pope and his No. 2 heard recommendations from a panel of experts on rationalizing the Holy See’s overtures. Francis was elected with a mandate to reform the Roman Curia, as the Holy See administration is known, to make it more responsive to the needs of the 21st-century Catholic Church. He wants to make the curia more of a support to bishops trying to spread the faith rather than an obstacle, and this week’s meetings are a clear indication that improving the
NEW YORK (AP) — Four journalists who reported on the extent of the National Security Agency’s secret surveillance based on documents leaked by Edward Snowden are among the winners of the 65th annual George Polk Awards in Journalism. Glenn Greenwald, Ewen MacAskill and Laura Poitras of The Guardian and Barton Gellman of The Washington Post will receive the award for national security reporting for stories based on secret documents leaked by Snowden, former intelligence analyst. Journalists who wrote about bridge lane closures in New Jersey, a catastrophic garment factory collapse in Bangladesh and the struggles of a homeless family in Brooklyn also will be among those honored. Shawn Boburg of The Record of Northern New Jersey will be recognized in the state reporting category for articles on lane closures on the George Washington Bridge in September that set the stage for stories on the involvement of New
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Laura Poitras, a documentary filmmaker and recipient of the MacArthur Foundation genius grants, is shown in Berlin.
ing on Dasani Coates, one of 22,000 homeless children in New York City. The award for political reporting will go to Rosalind Helderman, Laura Vozzella and Carol Leonnig Andrea Elliott of The New of The Washington Post for reportYork Times will receive the award ing on the relationship between for local reporting for “Invisible former Virginia Gov. Bob McDon- nell and a wealthy entrepreneur.
Their stories spurred a federal investigation that resulted in a 14-count indictment of McDonnell and his wife. Two entries examining treatment of the mentally ill will share the award for medical reporting. Meg Kissinger of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel will be honored for a series of stories on the Mil-
waukee County mental health system. Reporters Frances Robles, Sharon Otterman, Michael Powell York Times will receive the award for justice reporting for uncovering that a Brooklyn homicide detective used false confessions, tainted testimony and coercive tactics to convict dozens of defendants.
piece of that reform. Francis has placed particular priority on overhauling the scandalmarred Vatican bank, long accused by Italian authorities as being an offshore tax haven for well-connected Italians and, more recently, a place where money could be laundered. The head of the Vatican bank pleaded his case to Argentina’s La Nacion daily that his process of reform hadn’t yielded any “systematic violations” of the Vatican’s antimoney laundering laws but just some “black sheep.” One of those black sheep is Monsignor Nunzio Scarano, an accounwho is currently on trial for allegedly trying to smuggle 20,000 euro
($26,000) from Switzerland to Italy, is also accused in another case of using his Vatican bank accounts to launder money. The bank’s top two managers resigned in July after Scarano was arrested. “We’re in a crucial moment,” the bank president, Ernst Von Freyberg, told La Nacion. “The (bank) commission will hand in its report in the coming days, as will the commission on the economic affairs, and then the Holy Father will decide what to do.” On a slightly more accelerated timetable are plans for the October meeting of bishops at the Vatican on family issues. A broader group of cardinals are expected to discuss the synod in the second half of the week and then the main planning group gets down to work early next week. Francis called the synod late last year and took the unusual step of commissioning surveys from bishops conferences around the world to ask ordinary Catholics about how they understand and practice church teaching on marriage, sex and other issues related to the family. The results reported by bishops in Europe and the U.S., have been an eye-opener: The church’s core teachings on sexual morals, birth control, homosexuality, marriage and divorce were rejected as unrealistic and outdated by the vast majority of Catholics, who nevertheless said they were active in parish life and considered their faith vitally important.
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Costas set to return to NBC’s Olympic prime-time slot JIM LITKE
AssociAted Press Bob Costas returns as host for NBC’s prime-time Olympic coverage Tuesday night, if still not exactly clear-eyed, at least with a sharpened sense of respect for the colleagues and crew who covered for him during a six-day absence. “The doctors told me the infection has to run its course, which is 2-to-3 weeks, which covers the entire Olympics. It’s the all-time perfect bad timing, but what can you do? It’s a curve ball and you’ve got to go with it,” Costas chuckled during an interview with The Associated Press, “even though I couldn’t spot the rotation on a curve ball right now.” Wrapping up preparations a few hours before air-time, the broadcaster who began his Olympic work as a late-night host at the 1988 Seoul Games looked relaxed at the NBC compound in a navy polo shirt and cardigan sweater. Traces of his bout with viral conjunctivitis were still visible — the infection began in his left eye and
spread quickly to the right — and both are still reddened. “I’m better than I was,” he said, “but not as good as I’d like to be.” Costas nursed a cup of Starbucks coffee and propped his feet up on the desk as he discussed his unwanted week off. He rated himself a 2 on a scale of 1-10. At one point, he thought there was about a 10 percent chance he wouldn’t make it back for the games. Costas interviewed President Obama on Feb. 6, the night before the opening ceremonies. He awakened the next morning “and my left eye was like a slit, and I’m thinking, ‘What the hell?’” Costas recalled. “But I’m also thinking maybe I put a few eye drops in and it resolves itself. But as soon as the doctor got a look at it, he realized something was wrong.” Costas worked that night trying to cover up the redness by wearing glasses that made him look like a hipster. Drawing barbs from TV critics and snickers on social media, he
nights of Olympic coverage when his blurred vision and sensitivity to light made working impossible. “When something out of the ordinary happens, like with my eyes, you know (the attention is) coming, but again, the degree of attention to it makes me uncomfortable. Not because I don’t understand it,” he said, “but because that isn’t the story that we came here expecting to talk about. nights — when I thought it was only going to be a few nights — is kiss it off with a candid line and move on and not dwell on it. But when it got to the point where I couldn’t be on the air,” Costas added, “you couldn’t expect that people would ignore that.” Current “Today” show host Matt Lauer and former co-anchor Meredith Vieira subbed for Costas. except Costas had been the host of an Olympic primetime telecast on any American network since 1998. Costas said he spent three days in a darkened hotel room awake at odd hours.
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Mars fan that night. “He’s [Bruno Mars] very entertaining. The show was very good. I remember what it was like live, and then I watched it later on YouTube to see what it was like on TV, and the live [version] was much better,” he said. Silverfarb also got to participate in media day for the Super Bowl. This event, which took place on the Tuesday before the Super Bowl, was a completely different event in New Jersey, according to Silverfarb. Silverfarb arrived to a facility where all reporters got to interview the players. He said the Denver Broncos came out and reporters could talk to them for about an hour, until the Seattle Seahawks came out. Silverfarb said he spoke with numerous players and coaches from Broncos Head Coach John Fox to Richard Sherman, cornerback with the Seattle Seahawks, to Peyton Manning, Broncos quarterback. Silverfarb said he asked them the same type of questions as the other reporters. “You know everything from ‘How do you think your defense is going to hold up, to what’s your favorite color;’ just everything,” he explained. The KSC alumni said his Super Bowl story published on his website on Greenwich-Post with the title “Denver Broncos no match for Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl 48.” “Sometimes I think I’m over my head, but then, I mean, I got credentials to the Super Bowl. There are not that many people in that stadium that could say ‘I was chosen as a respected person of the media to cover the Super Bowl.’“ He continued, “I think there were three to fourthousand members of the media there, and like tenthousand that applied for it, and I was one of them. Part of that, all the crap you go through, edits, stories, see this, see that, it’s worth it to say, ‘Oh wow, I get to cover a Yankee’s game. I talked to athletes that play for the NHL that are going to play in the Olympics.’ It lets you know you’re succeeding and on the right track,” Silverfarb commented. Writing for The Equinox in college was one of the greatest things Silverfarb did while at KSC, he said. “Because the books tell you one thing, and how to write a nice story, but the real world experiences are what is very important, especially in journalism. It’s always nice to be prepared. I was prepared a lot more when I interviewed players and was used to doing it because I did it for The Equinox,” Silverfarb said. He explained he was happy he chose journalism as his career path after graduating KSC. He said, “It’s [journalism] truly what I love to do. It’s a lot of fun, I like to write. I joke around with my wife, she’s a math major, and I’m lucky if I can do two plus two. I can write a nice story, but I just hand everything with numbers right over to the wife,” Silverfarb
laughed. Silverfarb explained that he gained more than a journalism experience in college. While at KSC; he met his wife in Carle Hall in 1999. They got married in 2003, he said. Silverfarb also shared that in 2008 they welcomed two little twin boys to their family. thing you could imagine in life. You’re tired now? Oh boy. You put in a good eight to ten-hour day, and you come home and it doesn’t stop. I couldn’t be happier though, it’s worth it,” Silverfarb said. Silverfarb is also happy to say he went to Pumpkin Fest all four years as a student here at KSC. To all journalism majors at KSC, Silverfarb said, “Be stories with a lot of corrections. I still get a lot of corrections, stick with it and don’t give up, and good things will happen.” Silverfarb said he has been in contact with the lege. Sara Telfer, associate director of Alumni & Parent Relations, said the Alumni Association’s hope is that they can help alumni stay connected to the college. “We do that in many ways, starting when they’re students. One reason we try to get alum back on campus is to talk to students; help demonstrate that once you graduate you can still come back and stay connected. We have events on campus that we hope alumni come to—home-coming, winter fest, alumni reunion weekend, where they can stay on campus and kind of relive their past experiences here,” Telfer said. right now is a big push in terms of making sure they have updated information on graduates so they can stay in touch better. She also said the Marketing and Communications goes out typically once a month, where someone can see and read about alumni’s accomplishments. Post, Jennifer Dunnington in 1993 joins the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and Bravo TV goes behind the scenes of Katrina Hodgson’s 2006 ToneItUp Workouts,” are a few that Telfer listed. positively on the college,” Telfer said. Silverfarb said when he found out he was going to be interviewed it was “very cool.” “It’s a great honor to be featured in a paper that I put so much time and effort into while I was at Keene [State College],” Silverfarb declared. Bethany Ricciardi can be contacted at bricciardi@keene-equinox.com
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attended the national team coach ing conference the last three years and trained potential Olympic swimmers in the Olympic Training
Argentina. after high school and I told him I had to go to the army, but after I got out I would send him an email or After three years in the army, the
him to campus.
tion. the nation, I met his daughter at the race in Argentina and she is really good and is most likely going to the Olympics, and I want to go to the Olympics as well and compete for
pool, he is actually more comfort able in open water. MARK HUMPHREY / AP PHOTO
open water race is two hours long
Russian forward Ilya Kovalchuk goes backhand to get passed Slovakia goalie Jan Laco to win a shoot out for the Russian national team on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014.
you can tell who is going to win. In open water race there are so many things around you like sometimes
Strange Sports Facts: Kovalchuk’s choice scary for National Hockey League RAY WALDRON
and warm water changes to cold
and his coach should have trust.
to train you and just trust me and everything will be okay’ and that’s members from all over the coun try, many of them share something: a connection to their coach, who seems to know how to identify with each individual no matter where he or she is from. Together this makes the team strong, winning eight out of the nine meets. meet which determined who will attend Nationals in Indianapolis over spring break. Kendall Pope can be contacted at kpope@keene-equinox.com
Equinox Staff So what we have here is a guy who just wants to be with It’s always nice being able to wake up early in the morning his family and play hockey. Not unreasonable. And accord and watch Olympic competition. It’s one of the beauties of the games. At any given time, there is some event going on. And at 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, the puck dropped on Team USA’s Just three years after being locked up for life with New Jersey, games this season. the alternate captain of the Devils decided enough is enough However, watching the game, it was easy to tell that the with the NHL. Shayba Arena, the team representing the host country bat tled Slovenia next door at a packed Bolshoy Ice Dome. The majority of the fans went over to see the home team play. arrival, they made him captain. in goals, decides that he wants to take his talents back home? The temptation is there. Sure, your NHL team takes a bit of your contract, and you’ll really tick off your fanbase. But what’s stopping these guys from leaving?
ward left the National Hockey League and began life anew wanted to be home. became a top spot for NHL players to play while the owners
Of course, they’re free to play where they please, but these players bring a level of excitement to games that put
arenas don’t come close to the size of NHL arenas, it’s still wildly popular over there. The idea of leaving the NHL to go play in front of their fellow countrymen is a tempting one to
rather than the new norm. It’s not as though he had a bad deal over here in North long time going back to the lockout and spending the year
Ray Waldron can be contacted at rwaldron@keene-equinox.com
to return [to New Jersey] this past season, Lou [Lamoriello]
East upsets West in NBA All Star game to break streak of three straight losses
Duke holds off Maryland
BRIAN MAHONEY
JOEDY MCCREARY
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aSSociatEd PrESS
LeBron James usually has his fun in June, when the years. And he certainly won’t stand for his team getting picked on. Three straight times he had left a loser, and he was home slide in more than two decades by shoot season of his conference getting ridiculed for its medi ocrity. man race and we’re not holding up our end of the bar but managed to make three in a row to help the utes remaining. Duke followed with three straight 3s, one by Tricia Liston, two by Jones. Liston added two game ever.
game. That stood as the Blue Devils’ most recent last three years and they had a lot of bragging rights, so olina did the same last week.
came two nights after their men’s team bid fare well to the famously hostile arena. Unlike that matchup — in which coach retired three years ago — there was noticeably less venom in this one. That could have been because Duke lost GERALD HERBERT / AP PHOTO
Kyrie Irving lays it up in the All Star Game in New Orleans on Sunday, February 16.
Durant said.
And defense was the culprit: It allowed at
first. In a colorful tribute to New Orleans, players wore sneakers and socks that ranged from green and blue to
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attended the national team coach ing conference the last three years and trained potential Olympic swimmers in the Olympic Training
Argentina. after high school and I told him I had to go to the army, but after I got out I would send him an email or After three years in the army, the
him to campus.
tion. the nation, I met his daughter at the race in Argentina and she is really good and is most likely going to the Olympics, and I want to go to the Olympics as well and compete for
pool, he is actually more comfort able in open water. MARK HUMPHREY / AP PHOTO
open water race is two hours long
Russian forward Ilya Kovalchuk goes backhand to get passed Slovakia goalie Jan Laco to win a shoot out for the Russian national team on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014.
you can tell who is going to win. In open water race there are so many things around you like sometimes
Strange Sports Facts: Kovalchuk’s choice scary for National Hockey League RAY WALDRON
and warm water changes to cold
and his coach should have trust.
to train you and just trust me and everything will be okay’ and that’s members from all over the coun try, many of them share something: a connection to their coach, who seems to know how to identify with each individual no matter where he or she is from. Together this makes the team strong, winning eight out of the nine meets. meet which determined who will attend Nationals in Indianapolis over spring break. Kendall Pope can be contacted at kpope@keene-equinox.com
Equinox Staff So what we have here is a guy who just wants to be with It’s always nice being able to wake up early in the morning his family and play hockey. Not unreasonable. And accord and watch Olympic competition. It’s one of the beauties of the games. At any given time, there is some event going on. And at 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, the puck dropped on Team USA’s Just three years after being locked up for life with New Jersey, games this season. the alternate captain of the Devils decided enough is enough However, watching the game, it was easy to tell that the with the NHL. Shayba Arena, the team representing the host country bat tled Slovenia next door at a packed Bolshoy Ice Dome. The majority of the fans went over to see the home team play. arrival, they made him captain. in goals, decides that he wants to take his talents back home? The temptation is there. Sure, your NHL team takes a bit of your contract, and you’ll really tick off your fanbase. But what’s stopping these guys from leaving?
ward left the National Hockey League and began life anew wanted to be home. became a top spot for NHL players to play while the owners
Of course, they’re free to play where they please, but these players bring a level of excitement to games that put
arenas don’t come close to the size of NHL arenas, it’s still wildly popular over there. The idea of leaving the NHL to go play in front of their fellow countrymen is a tempting one to
rather than the new norm. It’s not as though he had a bad deal over here in North long time going back to the lockout and spending the year
Ray Waldron can be contacted at rwaldron@keene-equinox.com
to return [to New Jersey] this past season, Lou [Lamoriello]
East upsets West in NBA All Star game to break streak of three straight losses
Duke holds off Maryland
BRIAN MAHONEY
JOEDY MCCREARY
aSSociatEd PrESS
aSSociatEd PrESS
LeBron James usually has his fun in June, when the years. And he certainly won’t stand for his team getting picked on. Three straight times he had left a loser, and he was home slide in more than two decades by shoot season of his conference getting ridiculed for its medi ocrity. man race and we’re not holding up our end of the bar but managed to make three in a row to help the utes remaining. Duke followed with three straight 3s, one by Tricia Liston, two by Jones. Liston added two game ever.
game. That stood as the Blue Devils’ most recent last three years and they had a lot of bragging rights, so olina did the same last week.
came two nights after their men’s team bid fare well to the famously hostile arena. Unlike that matchup — in which coach retired three years ago — there was noticeably less venom in this one. That could have been because Duke lost GERALD HERBERT / AP PHOTO
Kyrie Irving lays it up in the All Star Game in New Orleans on Sunday, February 16.
Durant said.
And defense was the culprit: It allowed at
first. In a colorful tribute to New Orleans, players wore sneakers and socks that ranged from green and blue to
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