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Guinness Book of World Records hits home on 2013 Pumpkin Fest

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Incidents carve through Pumpkin Fest weekend KARINA BARRIGA ALBRING

News editor Just as the number of jack-o’-lanterns the town gathered grew, the crime statistics increased a little over ten percent in this year’s Pumpkin Fest compared to the incidents reported last year.

The incidents varied from a pizza delivery boy whose car window was smashed to a handful of people arrested Keene Police Department Lieutenant Steven Tenney.

Tenney said his department arrested approximately 150 subjects over the past weekend. In 2012, KPD made around 130 arrests, he stated. “The numbers are comparable to other years, still we saw that there was a little more going on than last Pumpkin Fest,� Tenney said.

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Unpaid internships jeopardize students’ financial situation KARINA BARRIGA ALBRING

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the movement is to advocate for similar opportunities to everyone, and not only to, “wealthy people who can afford to work for free,� campaign organizer Mikey Franklin said.

Franklin is a British political activist currently living in Washington, D.C. He said he started the movement after he was told he had to start as an intern when looking for a job on Capitol Hill.

As Keene State College seniors savor their last year in school and get their resumes ready to hit the job market, a national campaign that intends to end unpaid internships spots different aspects of hands-on experiences for students. cials suggest students take advantage works to provide the opportunity for of multiple aspects of learning during all students to be enriched by differtheir time in college, and not just ent learning experiences, even despite inside the classroom. “Paid and unpaid Vice President for Academic Affairs for students, we encourage students to Dr. Melinda Treadwell said at a stulook into these high impact practices,� dent assembly meeting in September Associate Director of Academic and that one of the focuses of the academic Career Advising, Kelly Graham, said. department is to increase the amount However, unpaid internships are of students who are being part of often not an option for some KSC stu- hands-on activities such as internships. dents. “I would love to do an intern“We recognize KSC has a big number ship, but I couldn’t afford it. Money is the main reason I have never had the That often comes with the need for stuchance to do an internship,� Brittney dents to work while they go through Rando, a senior studying psychology at college,� Director of Continuing EducaKSC said. tion at KSC, Robert Baker, said.

Fair Pay Campaign, a national “We know most students need to movement against unpaid internships work over the summer to be able to - save money,� Graham said. She went ports students like Rando. The aim of on, “An option would be to take part of

an internship during the academic year and for academic credit, so that it is part of their academic plan and tuition.�

Baker explained that at KSC, students are able to receive up to 20 credits for the cost of a full-time semester.

He said students often have some extra credits left. “It might take them time to be part of an internship, but doesn’t necessarily cost them any extra money because they are still under twenty credits,� Baker stated.

Still, for some students, that is easier said than done. “The only time when I think I could do an internship is during summer. I work three jobs so I don’t have any time. I have to work because I need to pay my rent,� Rando said.

Like Rando, the majority of KSC students are not taking this recommendation. Baker said that under 40 percent of KSC journalism and communication students participate in internships for college credit.

Information provided by the Regiscompleted internships during the Fall 2012, 201 during the Spring 2013 and 39 during the summer of 2013. A total of 360 internship courses were completed.

At the moment, there are 953 full-time juniors and 971 full-time seniors at the

college. If the number stays the same, less than 20 percent of KSC upperclassmen will have completed an internship for credit by the end of this year. of students who earned college credit.

KSC senior Chloe Nixon was part of an unpaid internship over the summer.

She said she decided not to do it for college credit. “I think we [KSC] could do a better job to make internships available for students. It was hard for me, I didn’t really had a lot of assistance through Still, Nixon described her experiences as “one of the best things I have ever done, they put a lot of effort into teaching us things, introducing us to people, I had tons of opportunities to go to conference and meetings.�

For Franklin, internships certainly help college students get used to a professional environment. However, he stated he considers when they are unpaid, the opportunity narrows down to just a few options. “Some people might say, ‘I don’t mind working for free as long as I get the experience and networking that company offers.’ Well, wealthy people are in that position.

There are many that just cannot see that

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with were, “primarily alcohol and drug related.� Regarding open container violations and underage drinking, Tenney stated the department issued summons to those to committing lawless actions or even took some individuals into custody. However, he indicated the exact number of people facing open container violations and underage drinking is still unavailable.

Some other criminal activity during Pumpkin Fest was related to vandalism and misbehavior. “We had a handful of assaults and vandalism reports,� Tenney said.

Tenney also indicated that most of the people committing crimes were college age people. He said he couldn’t tell whether they were Keene State College students, friends of students or youth who came to Keene for the festival, but that most of the trouble was caused by individuals between the ages of 18 and 25.

According to an article in The Keene Sentinel, “Many of those arrested were [...] not from the Keene area, police said. They could not say yet how many were Keene State College students.� Regarding the party scene on Pumpkin Fest, Tenney said Winchester Court was one of the busiest streets around the college area on Saturday. Some KSC students referred to Winchester Court as the most popular party last weekend. KSC sophomore Jessica Harrington was at Winchester Court. “Winch was really huge [...] I didn’t really interact with the cops, but I know they came.� Harrington said few people caused trouble. “Pretty much, it was just people partying, maybe a few kids went off, but that happens when there is so many college people partying in the same place. I think Keene should be expecting that,� Harrington stated. Several KSC students tweeted pictures and messages about the party at Winchester Court. Many of these tweets stated there was an estimate of 3,500 people at some point at the party.

KPD went to Winchester Court various times throughout the day Saturday. “Around four-thirty in the afternoon we went there [Winchester Court] after we

medical assistance. “The main reason we wanted to clear the streets was because we needed the ambulance to be able to get there and assist the injured,� Tenney explained.

By this time, party attendees were throwing bottles at nel, “A public service announcement then came over the loudspeakers at the festival, telling people to stop throwpeople were injured during the party atÂť

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Journalism students tune in to radio class Holocaust survivor shares her memories with KSC RACHEL HEARD

“The people in this major are really great and great to work with [...]�

equiNox staff Until this semester, one class that had not shown its face at Keene State College for at least ten years was Radio Journalism.

Journalism is one of the most hands-on and interactive majors offered at KSC, some believe. Students can choose to major just in journalism or minor in one of its three sub-categories: print, multimedia or broadcast. The journalism

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program is housed in the Media Arts Center where students use the journalism computer lab, the television broadcast studio, and audio and video editing labs to get experience for what they will do in the

One of the most up-and-coming aspects of journalism at KSC is broadcast. Since the broadcast angle was created at KSC, the college has offered a mandatory broadcast journalism class for all journalism

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Decker said.

Peppie Decker is the grandA Holocaust survivor under- mother of KSC student Michaela stands the importance of studying Curzman. the Holocaust and Genocide major.

Decker shared that she experiPeppie Decker said she believes enced the human capacity for evil becoming educated on the Holocaust is important because understanding She spent part of her childhood, of the topic can help prevent hateful from when she was eight until a behavior in the future. little older than ten, in the Concen“I think it is wonderful if you tration Camp Bergen-Belson. are educated because you can teach Decker said she faced a lot of other people and tell other people frightening situations during her [about the Holocaust] and help time in the concentration camp.

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Decker explained her family stayed together because of her parents ability to work.

Her mother cleaned the generals’ houses, she said. However, like many people in the camps she became sick. If not for the bravery of Decker and her twin sister she would have been tossed aside and sentenced to death.

Decker and her sister guarded their sick mother, shielding her from the view of the Sanitation guards by lying on top of her.

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as an option. They need to pay their rent too,” Franklin said.

Indeed, even students who can afford to do unpaid internships are put through tough situations. Nixon said to afford to do an unpaid internship was not easy.

“I saved up through a lot of summers, I worked a lot of hours, I took another job during the school year, so I have been working a lot to pay for this. Also, my parents did help me out with some of it otherwise I couldn’t have done it,” Nixon said. “I know a lot of students wouldn’t be able to take the time off work [to do an unpaid internship]—In a big company that is making a lot of money, they can afford to pay people and they should do it,” she concluded.

Graham stated often times the learning experience,

Report Log

Week of: Oct. 14 Monday, Oct. 14 10:45 p.m. Randall Hall: Campus Safety and KPD officers went to Randall Hall to investigate a harassment report.

the future. “We hear from employers all the time in all different industries that if a student doesn’t have some form of internship, related work experience or

Tuesday, Oct. 15 12:03 p.m. Carle Hall: Student called saying she wanted a guest to be removed from the building.

Wednesday, Oct. 16 BRIAN CANTORE/ PHOTO EDITOR

10:21 p.m. Holloway Hall: A bat was seen in the stairwell. It was too high for officers to get. Officers were later able to get bat out of stairwell.

Thursday, Oct. 17 9:52 p.m. Randall Hall: RA reported an intoxicated underage female. Student was taken to the hospital.

11:07 p.m. Carle Hall: Guest was walking around hiding things in his pockets.

Officer told him he needed to leave.

Friday, Oct. 18 3:25 a.m. Pondside 2: Resident called and stated there was a male subject outside of building banging on the windows.

3:33 a.m. Carle Hall: RA called and stated that there was loud music coming from room.

3:50 a.m. Monadnock Hall: RA from Randall Hall called and stated that residents from Monadnock Hall were pointing laser pointers across into the windows of Randall Hall 2:37 p.m. Mason Library: Someone fell.

Saturday, Oct. 19 12:31 p.m. Carle Hall: RA reported possible 706 [marijuana]. Officer could not find any odor.

3:43 p.m. Spaulding Gym parking lot: Intoxicated nonstudent. Subject was transported by KPD. 7:12 p.m. Huntress Hall: RA reported someone possibly passed out on the second floor men’s room.

9:00 p.m. Fiske Parking Lot: Officers caught subjects trying to break into Fiske Hall.

10:12 p.m. One Butler Court: Unwanted subject assaulted officer.

Sunday, Oct. 20 2:28 a.m. Owl’s Nest 7: Male refused to identify himself to officers.

KSC sophomore Olivia Schiaffo (left) host her radio show at WKNH. KSC sophomore and Equinox staff writer Angela Scionti (right) is a guest on Schiaffo’s show. The radio station gives any student the opportunity to air their own show.

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majors. In addition, there are several upper-level broadcast classed students can choose to take including Television Journalism, Multimedia Journalism and Community Television News.

However, Radio Journalism was not among them.

When the broadcast program began, there was a radio class. Throughout the years, with faculty changing, a time came when there was no professor teaching the course any longer and radio fell off the map. Professor of journalism at KSC, Rose Kundanis, said when radio took a backseat to television in the basic broadcast class, she decided the audio portion of broadcast needed its own course.

“Professor Chad Nye really wanted to have the broadcast course do more video and less radio-oriented things which is understandable, because we have such a limited amount of time and to teach video journalism,” she continued, “it is a very big learning curve because we’ve got the equipment, we’ve got the presentation and we’ve got the writing so when broadcast evolved in

that direction, I felt like the audio needed to be revived. It hadn’t been taught in awhile and students were asking about it.”

Kundanis said her reasoning for adopting the course was also a personal one.

“I decided it was something I really cared about as well as the students so I thought, well let us try it lets see if it will work. Seven years ago I did faculty internships in radio, print, TV and public and commercial TV so I wanted to get said.

The course was put back on the catalog for the 2013 Fall semester and 12 students joined the class. Kundanis said this was not as many students as she would have liked but it is certainly more than she expected.

In this course, students interviews. From there they move onto producing a reader, which is a script meant to be read over the air. Lastly students produce actuality based scripts, which are like readers but include audio recorded from interviews they conduct.

Radio Journalism student and KSC senior Ellissa Colburn said the course load is

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Decker recalled she was scared for her mother’s life because the guards looked directly at the bed. “They were right close to the bed they were looking at the bed. I was very scared, we were very scared,” Decker said.

Decker continued and said the most traumatizing experience she faced was at the beginning of her life as a Jewish refugee.

German soldiers forced her father and other men to speed walk for three days. During this time they were deprived food and water.

If someone was unable to maintain the pace, they were shot.

Decker said another terrifying time in the camp was when they were ordered to get ready for transport to another area. “You didn’t know where you were going to go,” said Decker.

During transport you could be separated from your family, she explained. Decker said without her family’s presence in the concentration camp she does not believe she would have survived.

“I don’t think I would have come out, no, no. I don’t think I would’ve made it no, no absolutely not,” Decker said.

Decker’s mother is the one Peppie said she believes she owes the most to for her survival. Decker described her mother as a tough woman who was very determined to survive the War. “My mother was very strong and she was like we have to get out we have to get out,” Decker said.

In 1945, Decker’s account indicated the SS ordered Jewish refugees in Bergen-Belsen to be transported to Treublitz in Czechoslovakia. During that transport, aircraft bombed ated the prisoners. she was liberated. “I was happy because I was free,” Decker said.

Despite their liberation Decker and her family did not escape torment. The Russian

heavy but the end results are rewarding. involves a good amount of work. It’s like putting together a newscast, so you have to go and reach out for sources, gather the material, write scripts and edit,” Coburn said.

The class works with both on-campus radio station, WKNH, and also with New Hampshire Public Radio.

They will have three newscasts appear on WKNH and yet been decided.

Tim Gagnon, a DJ at WKNH, said he thinks radio can be a great medium for journalism students.

“I think in radio you get some of the best personalities and who they are really shines through, whereas that wouldn’t come through in a newspaper setting, you kind of have to write in a certain format, whereas on the air you can say pretty much whatever is on your mind and just kind of have a personality and so I think that’ll kind of be a release for the journalism people that are used to writing in such a strict format they can maybe be a little more loose and fun,” Gagnon said.

Coburn expressed she was

soldiers came to the house her family inhabited searching for women and alcohol.

Peppie and her sister escaped sexual harassment because malnutrition made them look like young boys. Decker’s mother had to hide in the basement in order to avoid abuse.

“I was scared to death,” Decker sated.

“They had a cellar in the house and my mother would go and hide in the cellar,” she continued.

After much mistreatment one might believe Peppie Decker would harbor hatred for those who persecuted her family. However Curzman described her Grandmother as forgiving.

“My grandma has a different view on it [different opinion of her persecutors] like some people say they hate Germans where my grandma would never say that she loves all people,” noted Curzman.

That is not the perspective that Decker held immediately after she was freed, however.

“At the time I was liberated I felt very hateful. But as I got older I said to myself I’m not going to be bitter, it happens and life goes on,” Decker stated.

Decker said she believes these experiences teach you how to forgive.

Molly Palmer, a junior Holocaust and Genocide Studies major at KSC also recognized the importance of studying Genocides.

Palmer said it changes your perspective on everyday wrongs.

“It makes small things not as important like if someone cuts you off on the road your not going to be mad at that,” Palmer said.

Studying Holocaust and genocide has not only developed Palmer into more of an expert

happy this course is offered again and that she believes it gives journalism student more options to chose from.

“I was looking for a journalism elective and I didn’t know what to pick. I am leaning more towards broadcast than towards print, so Radio Coburn stated.

Professor Kundanis said her students seem to enjoy the radio news they have been introduced to.

Additionally, Coburn said this class allows students to develop team work skills because they are required to work together to put on a newscast. About her classmates Coburn said, “The people in this major [journalism] are really great and great to work with, so that makes the course work and everything run a lot smoother.”

The Radio Journalism course will continue to be offered Fall 2014 and most likely annually in the Fall after next year. This course is open to students who have and have not taken broadcast journalism.

they don’t even consider them for jobs. An unpaid internship can be valuable if it does eventually lead you to a job after graduation.”

Yet, statistics indicate that in some cases, unpaid internships might not be as favorable as students and advisers would like. According to an article in The Atlantic Magazine, the National Association of Colleges and Employers indicated that 63.1 percent of students who have done paid internship had received at least one job offer. On the other hand, 37 percent of students who did unpaid internships received at least one job offer and so did 35.8 percent of students who had never been interns.

Jordan Weissmann from The Atlantic Magazine stated that the conclusion of the study seemed to be that, “Unpaid internships don’t seem to give college kids much of a leg up when it comes time to look for employment.”

Franklin said Fair Pay Campaign supporters are working to change the mind set some people have regarding internships. “Interns think they can’t get a paid job, we need to change that. The culture of unpaid internships is deeply engraved, but we will stop it,” he stated.

Franklin said stopping unpaid internships will not decrease opportunity for students and young graduates to job professional opportunities. He went tions stop, companies will still hire interns. The job interns are doing needs to be done.” will no longer be able to offer internships if they are required to pay a stipend, “but it will be an improvement for those who continue to offer internships. It will attract more students, so the organizations may be more selective of the students they bring in for an internship.” organizations should pay a salary to their interns. “I think it is a fair way for us to treat each other when it comes to work,” Baker stated.

If Fair Pay Campaign’s goal could be accomplished, if you want to go into a graduate program, which is what I am looking into, experience is crucial. They prefer people that have done internships or had jobs related to psychology. I would really love to do an internship, and it could be paid, it would be so great.”

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

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

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This photo was taken by a U.S. soldier ordered to witness the events discovered by British soldiers at Bergen Belsen in late April and May of 1945.

on the subject but has changed her attitude towards other people. “I like to think it has made me if not more compassionate and less

of understanding the human ability to harm each other. “I see our program as addressing a need for humanity to understand that we have the capacity to mass murder each other.

The Holocaust and Genocide major at KSC It’s not just something the Germans did it’s provides something more than just a histori- something that we can see is anywhere; it’s in cal education, it provides people with the our marrow,” Vincent said. ability to better themselves and their comStudents explore that human capacity munity through the understanding of how to treat people kindly. Professor C. Paul Vin- Genocide Studies major. When Curzman was cent from the Department of Holocaust and asked about how her families experience Genocide Studies discussed the importance changed she said, “I would say that because of everything that my family went through, family is very important. Everyone in college should recognize their family—the world can change in a second so really respect your parents, respect your grandparents.

Do everything you can to make a difference and to make life better.”

“At the time I was liberated I felt very hateful.

But as I got older I said to myself I’m not going to be bitter, it happens and life goes on.”

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

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MaNagiNg executive editor The city of Keene reigned once again winning the battle for the world record in carved and lit pumpkins Saturday, October 19, 2013 for at the Keene Pumpkin Festival.

“We brought it home,” reacted Ruth Sterling, Pumpkin Fest primary organizer.

The city of Keene displayed a record 30,581 Book of World Records, topping the last record set in Boston in 2006.

Sterling and her team of dedicated soldiers attributed the win to their commitment toward the end goal: bringing that record back to the streets of Keene.

“You can have a great plan but if you don’t follow it to the letter you will not

win the battle,” Sterling said, “We really focused on following our great plan and bringing others in on it.”

Sterling stated the effort began in 2010 and not one soldier stopped until the job was done.

“In 2010 when the festival died, we started right then towards this achievement—we had everybody get on that train.

I know everybody is off the charts jubilant.

They’re moved and exhausted.”

The assistance from Keene State College helped to turn that hard working goal into a celebration after KSC contributed approximately 1,800 pumpkins to downtown Main Street, according to Student Body Vice President Jackie Efraimson.

The senior said there were only a handful of pumpkins left not carved after Pumpkin Lobotomy on Friday, October 18.

“There was great participation from the college this year,” Efraimson said, “Way to go Keene, way to go Keene State. I think it’s really awesome. I am so proud to be from this area. It’s a cool and unusual record to hold.”

Sterling thanked the Keene community members and the college for soldering through the weekend with her and her team.

Sterling said to win and keep winning, “Never ever give up and refocus often.”

And one more reason for the win: “Believing in the magic of the Keene Pumpkin Festival.”

Julie Conlon can be contacted at jconlon@keene-equinox.com

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The Keene Pumpkin Festival gathered 30,581 jack-o’-lanterns this year. Keene State College Student Government contributed approximately 1,800 pumpkins that were placed downtown last Saturday.

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Assembly argues over attendance policy KARINA BARRIGA ALBRING

News editor On Tuesday, October 22, the Student Assembly representatives discussed the attendance policy for all their members.

Assembly members are still going over the by-laws and deciding whether to change their attendance policy or not.

The members spoke on the issue and three motions were made.

None of them were approved. Student Body President Eric Grady said he disagreed with the fact that the policy doesn’t allow students to miss meetings when they have events to attend.

Secretary of Assembly, Caitlin Licence, stated, “I don’t think that people should get free passes for not missing the meeting.”

Student Body Trustee Allie Bedell said it is crucial for Student Government to have students attend meetings regularly. “We need everyone to come to the meetings to hear their opinions,” Bedell stated. She continued, “The policy protects us from students that are just blowing off ‘gov’.”

The members have yet to reach an agreement regarding their attendance policy and numbers of absences that will be accepted.

In other business: -The assembly approved a budget request of $3,500 for Sigma Pi. The members of the organization indicated the money will be directed to bring a speaker to campus.

-Student Assembly welcomed four new members.

The assembly elected the new representatives during their elec-

tions last week.

-Freshmen Danielle Cobleigh and Olivia Conceicao are two new Sarah Landers is her class representative and Cassandra Stepanek is assembly’s non-traditonal student representative.

-The Assembly unanimously approved a new constitution for KSC Republicans. Club members indicated that currently they have around eight students in the organization, but that their email list goes up to 70 students. About the constitution, secretary of assembly Caitlin Licence stated, “We just went through and changed a few things, changed titles, added some things.”

-Assembly members indicated the technology committee is still looking to create a mobile application for the group. Also, assembly and the Computer Science Club might partner to work on different projects in the future.

Grady said Pumpkin Lobotomy was a very successful event.

Grady said a great number of students attended and enjoyed Lobotomy. Student Government donated around 1,800 carved pumpkins to this year’s Pumpkin Festival.

Bedell referred to the incidents during Pumpkin Fest and stated there were, “Crazy parties and things going on.” Bedell encouraged assembly members to think of ways to have students, “Make better choices in the future.”

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Winchester Court, however, “more than half of them would refuse the ambulance, they chose to treat themselves or just to walk away and take care of the injuries later,” Tenney said.

A KSC junior, who wished to remain anonymous, was at the emergency room with a friend who was injured on Winchester Court Saturday. “The hospital was pretty crowded, it took us quite a long time to get out of there,” the junior said.

She said Saturday afternoon she was at her room when one of her roommates came in covered in blood. “She had just walked back from the party. We had to drive her to the hospital from campus,” the student said.

However, Amanda Warman, director of Campus Safety at KSC, said the department was not aware of any injuries registered on campus.

Tenney said that later on Saturday, KPD received a call from the landlord of a house at Winchester Court. “He said he wanted the people to be out of there, so we went and helped clear the area. Neighbors were complaining about the noise as well,” Tenney said.

Tenney indicated, unlike what happened last year, this Pumpkin Fest, KPD didn’t use any pepper spray to break the parties. “We didn’t need to use it this year. We saturated been announced that pepper spray would be used in case people didn’t leave the area, but we didn’t actually have to use it,” Tenney explained.

According to the Sentinel, some other noise complaints were registered in Church, Elliot, Foster and Marlboro Street[s]. Regarding issues on campus, Warman said the department is still working on recapitulating the incidents from the past weekend. At press time, there was no information available regarding need,” Warman said. the violations registered at KSC. However, Warman said she didn’t know Warman stated Campus Safety worked very closely to KPD on Saturday. “There were how many times KPD was called to campus last weekend.

“Pumpkin Festival is always a very busy they were called to campus in case they were

SoundoFF Paige Marion Sophomore Psychology

“‘When I saw a kid in a tree get smashed in the head with a bottle on Winchester Court.”

Shannon Dow Sophomore Management

“The record-breaking was memorable, and Winchester Court was fun too.”

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“The numbers are comparable to other years, still we saw that there was a little more going on than last Pumpkin Fest.”

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weekend for us. It is a very busy weekend for the police as well,” Warman said.

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

“What was your most memorable moment from Pumpkin Fest?”

Matt Walsh Senior Safety Studies

“‘The party on Winchester Court was insane. Probably the biggest party I’ve seen here.”

Kaley Mientkiewicz Junior Chemistry

“Pumpkin Lobotomy because compared to last year’s rain, it was a lot of fun out there.”

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Joshua Hobbs Sophomore Economics

“Seeing all my friends, enjoying the downtown festivities and breaking the record.”

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EDITORIAL

The lost golden rule

The Equinox agrees with the familiar mantra, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

That being said, some young people, both Keene State College’s own students as well as visitors, did not follow this “golden rule” throughout the Pumpkin Fest weekend.

Injuries reported from parties on Friday and Saturday are shocking. We heard about stories of glass bottles being thrown through crowds of hundreds gathered in backyards that resulted in injury to some, according to witnesses.

We consider these actions to be violent and certainly unnecessary.

We do not condone the disrespect that was shown to both the college and the Keene community. Some were badly hurt and injured and their Pumpkin Fest was tainted because of the actions of others.

As intoxication increased, the “golden rule” deteriorated until it hit the ground that was littered with the empty bottles and cans.

We believe that the majority of KSC students understand how to party responsibly and respectfully. However, we are embarrassed for those who chose to behave inappropriately at these parties.

We do acknowledge the possibility that there may be one person in the crowd who takes things too far and thus depletes what could have been a perfectly safe party atmosphere.

We are not turning a blind eye to the fact that Pumpkin Fest every year brings in large crowds ready to party. It is a trend that we believe is not necessarily a bad thing.

It is how students and guests behave and acknowledge their surroundings that needs to be addressed.

Although we do not solely blame outsiders for the wild actions at these parties, we understand the hype and expectations that guests come to Pumpkin Fest with.

However, the KSC community is left poorly represented and some students are then embarrassed to attend KSC. The Keene Police Department cooperated with KSC students throwing Pumpkin Fest parties and vice versa.

However, Alyssa Dandrea of the Keene Sentinel reported 4:30 p.m. when some individuals threw empty cans and bottles towards police.

It is disappointing that some resort to ignorant, violent and erratic behavior in the midst of the party scene.

We cannot pinpoint whether it is intoxication or the mere disregard for others that causes people to act this way.

Nonetheless, this behavior should not happen again.

We have seen KSC party responsibly in the past. We

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A new standard for a college animal house What happened to you, Keene State College? I worked a 14-hour shift while beer bottles were being smashed off my classmates faces on Winchester Court. Over 3,000 people went to this party on Pumpkin Fest and set a name for our campus that will never shy away. To say the least, we looked like fools.

At least 30 people were dancing on the roof and looking down on a sea of drunken college students singing ‘Sweet Caroline’. It was all fun and games until the sing-along hit a new verse and beers started

dents to savor their alcohol, instead of smashing their bottles onto each other.

At least drink it before you break it on the back of your friend’s head.

I can’t say I have ever seen a naked man “get low” in front of what seemed like the entire student body. home after working all day, a beer bottle was thrown at my car. I felt like I had entered another universe

hour just feet away from my house.

We used the horn to herd the drunk kids off the road because they stood You would expect college stu- there like zombies aimlessly stand-

ing in the center of Adams Street.

Rumors started spreading like wild up with details.

The majority of hash tags brought you to a girl with staples in her head instead of the new worldrecord pumpkin display.

When I heard that there were nine snipers protecting Main Street my jaw dropped, and when a rumor surfaced that girl had died at a party sponsored by Campus Teez, my heart sank.

Thankfully that was just a rumor, but it is appalling to think I actually thought it was true. If having

staples put in your head sounds like the ideal fall festival, then Keene is the place to be.

I am the last person to admit that a party has gotten out of control, but this Pumpkin Fest set a new standard for a college animal house.

The Keene Police Department even surpassed the number of alcoholrelated arrests then in years past.

It was absolute madness and I am ashamed to say it happened at my school.

Rebecca Browning can be contacted at rebecca.browning@ksc.keene.edu

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Some disappointed with Pumpkin Fest Pumpkin Fest is the New Years Eve of Keene, New Hampshire. All dinarily large amount of excitement for the event—an amount so high that the actual event couldn’t possibly live up to the expectations.

It’s like we’re waiting for something monumental to happen over the course of the weekend when in reality, the event serves as a purpose for students to have two solid days of day-drinking. We ignore the beauty and magic of the event in search of the biggest party of our college career.

We generally stroll down Main Street for under an hour before returning to our place of residence to fetch some alcohol and begin the quest for the greatest party of the day—a party that has usually been hyped up for weeks by some local student DJ with no real musical clout. Thus, you can deduce that every freshman female has been told about said party and will be there with her water bottle of Zhenka and diet Sprite long before you arrive.

The truth about these parties we are all looking to go to is that the ever-crusading Keene Police Department breaks them up just as they begin to get fun, leaving thousands of barely coherent under-age individuals to roam the streets in search for the next spot of the evening.

the lighting of the pumpkins. If you have seen the lighting, you know that the way Main Street looks as it becomes illuminated by upwards of 30,000 pumpkins is absolutely breathtaking.

The streets we so often scoff at become a fall wonderland, thanks to an entire community coming together to carve pumpkins and prepare the town for the festivities. This is a huge undertaking and a truly impressive task, a task in which many of us partake at Pumpkin Lobotomy, and yet we take so sonally saw the pumpkins lit up was last year at my fourth Pumpkin Fest. As soon as I took in the sight, I instantly regretted wasting the day in previous years by not enjoying what the festival offers to us.

If we all appreciated Pumpkin Fest in the same way, it could bring the entire community together, students and residents alike. Instead, students are given venomous stares by families as we stumble down the

a whirlwind. As a naive freshman, I had already been to my fair share of parties and explored the new freedom that was bestowed unto me.

So, I fed into the hype of the drunk mess of a weekend that loomed before us, and I was certain my fun was going to exceed my expectations. And it did. My friends and I followed the blaring music lingering through the nearby neighborhoods and the throngs of eager college students from near and far to a massive backyard party.

I could not believe the sea of doing college, I thought to myself, and I’m doing it right.

the moment we step onto the Main Street pavement. Students often

monologue came to a screeching halt when I got a phone call from my mom announcing her arrival. I met her downtown with my then-boyfriend where we began strolling around.

After all, if I was going to have a reason to celebrate, I might as well check out the main event.

I had never been so glad to have left a party. Rows of glistening pumpkins were everywhere, I walked among costumed ninjas, superheroes, and monsters, and the food?

Incredible. Where else will you

children to such a rowdy event, fail-

the day than the parties for many of the people in attendance.

Every year, we wonder, “What’s going to happen this year? Is this going to be the best Pumpkin Fest that has not been shut down, you ever?” The answer is pretty simple; will be in an overcrowded backyard nothing is going to happen that hasn’t happened before, and it will bag to your chest as you desperately not be the best Pumpkin Fest ever attempt to locate your friends in the unless your memory remains clear crowd. enough to remember it.

Many people are far too intoxicated by 7 p.m. that they do not even Leah Mulroney can be contacted at remember to walk downtown for lmulroney@keene-equinox.com

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Alternating seasonal cold medications

New twists to the social media Vines

No one can tell you how to take care of your body, but they sure can provide helpful suggestions. My hope is to supplement alternative medicine suggestions. Here’s how to do it: start with better education as to what alternative medicine is.

Few want to pump unknown chemicals into their bodies and take the risk that the medicine could make them feel even worse. Alternative medicine often offers a different mind set and lifestyle to staying healthy and sick-free. When I think about medication, I cringe.

Within the last two months, I have made every effort to remove prescribed medications from my daily life.

About a year ago, I relied on anti-depressants to help me get through every single day. When I was sick, I relied on antibiotics. Now, I am thriving through each day just because I have perfected my very own alternative therapy regimen for every single one of my ailments. This lifestyle change is something that I am actually feeling the effects from. I have more energy, I haven’t had to deal with any surprising side effects and better still, I don’t need to use my silly medication holder to keep track of what I am taking.

With any prescribed medications, the weaning prohomeopathic or natural medicines that can help ease symptoms of weaning off of one’s current medications.

Alternative medicine helps search for the initial place. When you rely heavily on medication to clear up a cold, you are not looking at what health state you were in prior to getting that cold. It all started a few weeks ago with a terrible sinus infection. Now, don’t get me wrong, I love the Keene State College Health and Wellness Center, but sometimes soup and ibuprofen just doesn’t cut it. So they did the next best thing, and handed me a 10-day pack of antibiotics. I thought about taking it because of how badly the pain I was feeling was, but then I thought about all of the other things I could do to relieve my pain and eventually wipe out the infection altogether. My favorite way to help loosen contraption called a Neti Pot. It’s a ‘lamp’ shape (almost

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“It all started a few weeks ago with a terrible sinus infection.”

-JENNICA MARTIN COPY EDITOR

water and a saline mix. Let me assure you, it sounds like a torture method, but it really doesn’t hurt at all.

Holding the pot against one nostril, the saline is poured into one’s nose. The saline goes up and through

effects are immediate, and once you blow your nose, everything, I mean everything comes out, and you can breathe with ease again.

I usually opt for herbal teas that have certain ingreers, chamomile, rose hips (which boosts your immune can be very effective when it comes to stomachaches, headaches and colds is peppermint—whether it’s in tea, candy or cough drop form. I believe that the health center on campus really does well and could be extremely effective in treating common colds. However, I think that the health center should also provide more natural treatments or suggestions for students. For example having Neti Pots for sale or giving out Breathe Right™ strips.

Call it the placebo effect. Call it whatever you want, but I have had so much success with these types of therapies that I am starting to believe that the medicines doctors prescribe are placebo just the same. I would encourage everyone to explore what the natural world has to offer you. Wellness is right around the corner and without the need of a prescription.

Jennica Martin can be contacted at jmartin13@keene-equinox.com

It is astounding just how frequently people in our generation document their lives.

Day-to-day tasks such as cooking receive special treatment on with pets are posted onto Facebook and sporadic thoughts are reduced to 140 characters on the Twittersphere.

Vine swung onto the landing pad that is social media last year and brought a new twist to the “app” scene. But users have become very creative, perhaps too creative, with the application.

Users can create six seconds of looping videos on Vine, and the captured scenes can be shot at various intervals.

Ideally, the creators of Vine envisioned people posting something as lovely as a walk in the park or otherwise forgettable moments during a night out.

That occurs with some accounts, but there are far more people who post lewd and questionable content with the intent of being funny. egory of those who love stupid humor, so it works. But it’s not for everyone. With e-mails, tweets, name it, Vine was just another thing for me to check.

I initially withdrew from the application because of the less fre-

As if they read my mind, Vine rolled out the “revine” option, which lets users re-post videos that other users originally posted.

So, instead of a video appearing on my feed with only two likes, I can easily see videos that garnered much more attention. wish to create an account must be 17 years of age; there is no way to strictly enforce such a rule, unless you’re a part of the National Security Agency.

So, with kids in elementary

school wielding iPods at all times from recess to dinner (something eyes are bound to see some questionable content that Mom and Dad wouldn’t otherwise allow.

It doesn’t help there is no way of knowing what you will be watching until you tap “play.”

Take the subject of ethnic stereotypes on Vine. They might be incredibly offensive to some, or they might have viewers laughing at the undeniable truth in it.

For me, they are hilarious, but only when created with taste. For instance, “The Spanish Word of the Day” for Vine user TheEd“wheelchair,” because “there’s only one doughnut left, so ‘wheela bit of an accent, so I could not help but chuckle at the terrible joke. Another category that is a record and manipulate scenes from movies, television shows, or even real life, and dub it over with a new script.

With a plethora of swearing and a dash of sexual content, a new scene is produced from something that began as an innocent image.

I spit out my coffee when I came across LaLa the Teletubbie breaking it down and twerking to “Boss A** B****” in the background.

The lack of content advisory could leave an 8-year-old with the same reaction as me (except with apple Children could easily see they mean. It is a Russian Roulette of mixed clips, but it could potentially make an impact on a child’s behavior over time.

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cotton candy in the same place?

While all of this caught my attention, what I found most endearing was the common thread. Everyone came together for a large-scale event to break a record and show off their best jack-o’-lantern, yes, but also to be with loved ones.

There was a warmth in my coming to Keene State College was the best choice I could have ever made.

From then on, my sophomore and junior Pumpkin Fest included limited party time. My fear of missing out, otherwise all-time low. While most others looked forward to getting their drink on, I genuinely wanted to tour the towers of pumpkins and enjoy what the festival had to offer.

To each their own, I love a person.

But my perception of the holiday weekend evolved into a much more wholesome idea.

I do wince at the many Instagram and Facebook photos of my peers enjoying the hospitality of party-throwers. Sometimes I regret not taking up the invitation from friends or random passer-bys. But then I review my own pictures: my favorite jack-o’-lanterns, my friends and me in front of the pumpkin tower and the decor of downtown. with my friends and family was beyond time well-spent. This year was no different.

My doting boyfriend came up for the weekend along with a friend whom I’ve been close with since the 6th grade.

I tried to elude the fact that this was my last Pumpkin Fest as a student with a room to walk back to at the end of the day, since I knew it would dampen my mood. time up and down Main Street, taking in the thousands of pumpkins and people swarming Keene.

With a burger and a hard cider in hand, I knew that I wouldn’t have had it any other way. completed my cycle of Pumpkin Fests. Thank you for a wonderful four years, P-Fest. I will be back, but as a KSC alum instead.

Kattey Ortiz can be contacted at kortiz@keene-equinox.com

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FAIR TRADE CLUB TRIP TO PACK TEA IN ECUADOR NICOLE CARROBIS

Equinox Staff The Keene State College Fair Trade Club (FTC) is to travel internationally.

Trip organizers Laura Heavey and Katy McLaughlin, along with the e-board and members of FTC, have worked for a long period of time to make this trip happen.

Though the trip has been moved back several months, “We thought that moving it to May would lessen that pressure and would ensure a safer and better trip and ensure participants having a better feeling about the trip just overall,” Heavey said.

The Ecuador trip has been an idea that the FTC has been dreaming for three years since its foundation by the current e-board members.

“It has been a goal since we started,” president of the club, Kelsey Bumsted, said.

“Our biggest piece is closing the gap between students and the producers, because there is a lot that you can learn from a distance about fair trade like in books, there experiencing it,” she added. dation. Finding this foundation fell upon the group by their annual “Fair Fairs.” for. “Last November during our third annual Fair Trade

and set up a table,” Bumsted said.

“We invited our purchasing manager to try the samples and see what he thought to see if he could add the product into our school. He really liked it, so that’s how it got into our Lloyd’s café,” she continued. an ideal organization to work with for FTC.

said.

According to McLaughlin, the best part is that students who go on this Ecuador trip will be personally involved in the planting and harvesting process of the main ingredient, guayusa, that directly leads into production and consumption.

“The tea company harvests guayusa which is in that area of Ecuador. So we will go down there and work with the farmers who harvest this guayusa plant, and we will get a chance to harvest it with them and see what the work is like that they do. We will get that experience and hands-on learning about fair trade. And, we will be living in intern houses for a couple of nights, so we will be together with our group, but then we will go and stay in home stays so we actually get to experience the communities and their homes,” McLaughlin said.

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because they believe that anyone should have the opportunity to experience and learn about a concept that may not be well known.

Bumsted added that education and having fun are important factors of going on this trip.

“If you’re really interested in going, we want to see people who are excited in being there too. It’s less of picking up a shovel and doing work and more of understanding and experiencing,” Bumsted said.

The FTC will be putting out an info session and “We had no idea what fair trade was- and through that [club meeting] we found out how it helps communities in third-world countries, education and a lot of aspects which people don’t normally think about,” she said. “They think it’s just food and drinks but it is Wednesday.

Meetings for the FTC are Wednesdays at 8 in room anything you can think of which is why our members 308 of student center. are a diverse amount of majors and minors,” Heavey Nicole Carrobis can be contacted at said. ncarrobis@keene.edu

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Danielle Dickstein visiting the Exotic Gardens in Eze, France. Dickstein is living and studying in Florence, Italy, for the fall semester. Dickstein has also visited the concentration camps in Dachau, Germany.

DANIELLE DICKSTEIN

Florence, Italy How can I articulate this?

How can I possibly explain the experience of studying abroad? There are the cliché, to-be-expected statements I could use, of course.

“It’s life changing!”, “It’s the time of my life!”, “I can’t believe I really live here!” But then, how can I convey to my audience that these statements couldn’t, in fact, be truer? You’ve heard it a million times from every single person you have ever spoken with that has studied abroad.

We all say the same thing. And yet, I don’t believe a single one of us has ever had the same experience.

I came to Florence, Italy, ready to study. I knew I wanted to travel, but to where? I had signed up to live in Italy for a reason. I wanted to be here. In this city. And I could not be happier with my choice of location.

The city is warm and welcoming, but is resilient in maintaining its authenticity despite the rate of tourism. But the travel bug always works its way in and I couldn’t resist. birthday present from my parents, I couldn’t imagine a

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better way to celebrate my 21st birthday. we came to the Crematorium and Gas Chambers that the chills set in. Original in its structure, the we were given the day on Friday to explore the city of ovens and “shower” rooms remained untouched.

Munich, Germany before the party began on Saturday.

And suddenly, this was no longer a museum An early-lunch visit to the Hofbrähaus started the day or memorial. This was the concentration camp that took innumerable lives.

I wasn’t sitting in a classroom, thousands the best possible deal for a Dirndl, a traditional Alpine of miles away, reading this in a textbook, even peasant costume, followed the lunch of roasted chicken, looking at photographs online. I was here, mixed meats, oversized pretzels and large steins. and the Grave of Ashes was at my feet.

If you asked me a few years ago if I thought this would be my current life, I to the English Gardens. Larger than New York’s Cen- would have responded with “Oh yeah, I wish!” waves in the man-made river for surfers to ride. The I have always loved traveling. There party that ensued the following day at the festival is is a reality in new knowledge when you certainly one for the books. travel that simply can’t be read. But then While the festival will forever be an experience I will again, I’ve always been more of a handsnever forget, the Sunday of my time in Munich was the on learner anyway. most important of the weekend for me. Being raised in Given the opportunity to study this era of advanced civilization, that I have been so for- abroad, even if you don’t travel tunate to have been born into, there was no shortage of around, I would have to encourage history lessons on the tragedy that was the Holocaust. anyone and everyone to do it.

Sunday, my best friend and I explored the concentraAs popular and cliché as it is, I tion camp in Dachau, Germany. While wandering the have always felt St. Augustine’s grounds, listening to audio clips of each location where quote to be utterly true and a we were currently standing, it strangely felt a little fake resounding summation of the to me. need to roam, that “the world is So much of this camp had been dismantled, that the a book, and those who don't replacement replicas of the bunks, and the conversion travel only read one page.”

Dick of the Central Maintenance Building, that once housed I beg of any person even Mu stein at th e nich, Germ Hofbrahau the prisoner’s kitchen, bath house, laundry, and work- slightly considering this any, d s Ten CO NT uring t shops, into a museum, has tarnished the aura of the opportunity to pursue it. her st at Oktobe RI BU TED rfest udy aw campground.

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“I guess I could say I’m addicted to it because I get really bad headaches without it...”

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Smith explained, too much of anything can be bad, so the

and make sure it is a reasonable amount.

As a regular consumer of -

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“The days where I can’t get through the day,” Smith said. students have shared.

Although they can’t argue

habit than anything else for her. helping keep them awake, they “I honestly don’t necessarily three cups a day.

“I guess I could say I’m me. I think that it’s all in my addicted to it because I get really head. I think it’s the placebo bad headaches without it. It’s more prepared for the day’s endeavors. out of habit,” Charron said.

For some, simply having that Other than the headaches, Charron does not believe that reminder that they will be able to get through the day.

“When I’m drinking my have become so accustomed to on her.

She shared that she could that they don’t realize the det- function without it, and drinkthem.

For some who go without when they truly start to realize what it provides for them.

her daily routine, similar to “I think there’s a lot of spheres in a student’s life that are extremely busy, and they

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consumers only been drinking it for the french vanilla

Equinox Staff Keenan is just one of the many KSC students who

neuro-biological signs that say if you have too much caf-

Smith argued there are both pros and cons that The jitters, stained teeth, bad breath and a chunk out of a paycheck all seem worth it in the eyes of Keene State College students when it comes their unwavering for people?

Does it actually give people that boost they so desThese symptoms include insomnia, gastrointestinal In the United States, more than 85 percent of adults disturbance, muscle twitching, restlessness and peri- certain amount, that’s when you’re going to have the where people have convinced themselves it is energizthe Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders on Psychia- ing them?

KSC Associate Professor of Health Science (with a » SPILL THE BEANS, A9 Sophomore Marissa Keenan rarely goes a day with- specialization in addictions), Margaret Smith, shares

‘Passion Parties’ promote confidence ANNELISE KLOSTER

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Keene State College welcomes “Jobs that Make a Difference” BRENDAN KEENAN

Equinox Staff This is not your typical selling plastic containers to keep left-over pasta, Passion Parties are parties geared to sell products for women to make -

for students to become involved in vol- in social change and the better good of unteer philanthropist organizations occurred was held in the Mountain as human beings to do some good in The presentation was organized by

Products will vary from perfumes, lotions and lingerie to

- opportunity for people to give back to - and work in their communities to really viduals; the Student Conservation Association, Teach for America, the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, City Year, World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WOOF) and the Network in Sol- and so on, and to provide students with idarity with the people of Guatemala -

and sized toys for women to Clients of Passion Parties run the parties, and any woman Ashley Engelbrecht, owner of Her Satisfaction Passion Parties (her own branch of Passion Parties), spoke of her mission in JILL TAGUE / EQUINOX STAFF

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Last Wednesday, October 16, a pre-

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Each of the groups focuses on

The Student Conservation Association, represented by Georgie Sawyer, is

conditions, but each one does so in its dents receive from these programs

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Performing dance company storms the Redfern

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Equinox Staff After performing for the 79th Academy Awards, the Olympics, the Oprah Winfrey Show and Late Night with Conan O’Brien, The Pilobolus Dance Theater took to the stage on Tuesday, October 15 in the Redfern Arts Center at Keene State College.

Sophomore and dance major at KSC, Emily Mann, said before the event started, “I’m so excited to watch this performance. I have to attend this for my class but still have gone—this dance company is known for their amazing expressive work.”

What made this performance even more special is that KSC Alum, Shawn Ahern, was performing with the Pilobolus Dance Theater. Director of the Redfern Arts Center, Shannon Mayers said, “The last time Pilobolus Dance Theater was here was in 2007, many have not been on stage except for one. It’s a thrill for us to see him with Pilobolus on stage tonight.”

According to the theater’s website, Pilobolus.com, “Pilobolus is a modern performance company founded by a group of Dartmouth College students in 1971.” The name of the company, Pilobolus, is named after a barnyard fungus that propels its spores with extraordinary speed, accuracy and strength.

The company is based in Washington Depot, ConDance Theater has toured its 115 pieces of repertory to more than 64 countries over the last 42 years.

Quoted from the Redfern Arts Center playbill, “Pilobolus Shadowland, the company’s evening-length show currently touring Europe, the Middle East and Asia, has been seen by more than half a million people in the three years since it was created.” a projector screen pulled down from the stage. A video clip of a skeleton swallowing food and organism cells scattered across the screen. Moments later, the stage went black. All six performers, two women and four of the dancers while they incorporated three mirrors into their piece.

The opening piece was called, “Automaton.” It told a story of a dance that questions the difference between human and machine; and through the use of mirrors, allowed viewers to view multiple angles at the same time. The performers’ bodies worked together to create a moving airplane through the use of body language and structure. They then transformed into a robot who then turned back into a human questioning themselves in the mirror. screen pulled down yet again and the imagery of kites soaring through the sky emerged. Once the clip was over, a completely different type of dance was performed.

“Transformation” was a shadow piece where two dancers performed behind a white screen and in the form of their shadows, created what seemed like an imaginary world. It started with a sleeping girl who was woken up by a giant and she then magically turned into a dog and walked into the sunset with a giant man.

These transformations were done entirely by body amazement.

Unexpectedly next, was the performance “Rushes.”

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- into the air,” as stated on the website bodies, all graced the stage topless tinue his path to turn out that one ing that both men and women did not have tops on but, “It would have not During intermission, one audience member said, “Each piece is so unexpected, I can only imagine what the next piece will bring,” while another said, “This is a brilliant seats and applauded with a standing Houdini and his magic tricks in the bag and locked in a box while another -

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Following a master class that the Pilobolus Dance Theater held for KSC dance students, Maggie Leary organized a flash mob at 11:50 a.m. on the day of the Pilobolus performance, Tuesday, Oct. 15. In their honor, the students spelled out “Pilobolus” with their bodies.

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Anticipating an album release KSC alumnus prepares for debut on Halloween night HALEY ERDBRINK

Equinox Staff Zach Benton graduated from Keene State College in the Spring of The album is called, “Fall In,” which is named after one of the songs on the album. “I tried out other titles,” Benton said, “I wanted to make sure it was one that hadn’t been used before.”

Benton explained the inspiration for his songs had a lot to do with relationships, break-ups and overall growing up. “Some of the songs were written a while ago,” he commented.

“I think the common theme of this CD is trying to get through rough times,” Benton explained, “trying to be optimistic when it’s hard to be optimistic.”

According to Benton, the most exciting factor of the release for to hear it,” he mentioned, “I want people to see what I’m capable of doing.”

Benton runs the “Acoustic Thursday’s” at Fritz on Main Street.

“Ninety percent of the time, it’s my acoustic guitar and me,” Benton stated. He has been performing for ten years and said he waited a long time for something like this.

“I’ve been carrying the songs around but I wanted to present them in a professional way,” Benton added, “I can’t do all the instruments live, I’m not a millipede!”

Alyson Galipeau graduated from KSC in 2010 with Benton.

She is a music teacher for a middle/high school for grades 6-12 in Winchendon, Massachusetts. Galipeau explained her singing began

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ERIN SEVERNS

Equinox Staff With nearly 50 majors and degree programs, Keene State College has a lot of options to choose from, ranging from Education to Holocaust and Genocide Studies to Architecture to Studio Art and Graphic Design.

Every major entails some kind of extra work whether it be an internship, student teaching, portfolio preparations or in some cases, extreme out-of-pocket costs for needed supplies. require large out-of-pocket expenses are Graphic Design, Studio Art and Film.

Some may wonder why these majors entail such costs and what they need to buy that causes them to spend so much money out of their own pockets.

Some materials these students need are special printers, special printing paper, canvases, and the list goes on.

All of these materials are essential to complete these majors and it’s nearly impossible to be able to graduate and pass classes without buying these necessary materials and kits.

sell back their books at the end of the semester to get some money back, but graphic design majors equipment rooms. These rooms are available to can’t sell back printers, ink, paper and all their students to rent for free, which helps cut down on other materials at the end of the semester when some costs instead of having to buy everything they are done using them. with their own money from their own pockets.

According to senior Kori White, studio art All three girls stated how they all wished major, she knew she wanted to choose this major they knew more about these extraneous costs because, “art was something I always had as when applying into these programs so they could something I just enjoyed doing and I just decided budget for these expenses. express myself and be creative.” sors created a cost list ahead of time. She said, White continued and she said that hopefully in “They [professors] put together a list for everythe future she could, “use [her] artistic ability to one and say on average this semester, if you’re be a wedding cake designer.” following this rubric, you’ll probably end up spending this, and this is what you will be spendwere going to be some expenses, she wasn’t ing it on.” expecting there to be as many as there is.

Both White and Lynch agreed that it would “It’s hard because at the beginning of the semes- be a good idea if incoming freshmen were given a list of what their estimated out-of-pocket costs the materials and you spend a couple hundred would be for each semester and what they would dollars but then after each new project—there’s be spending this money on. always a new canvas to buy or new paint to stock White said she spends nearly a whopping up on, so it gets to be a lot,” White said. $1,000 a semester on all of her extra required Film major and senior Shayann Lynch materials. Lynch said she has spent approxiexplained she grew up watching the same movies mately $1,600 over all four years. over and over and critiqued them, even when she three classes during this current semester. For her would be in her future. portfolio class for next semester, she said students Lynch expressed a desire to learn sound edit- spend anywhere from $300 to $600 all together. ing.

Despite all of the out-of-pocket costs and mulShe said some materials she has to buy are, tiple extra materials needed, these students in the “Bolex’s, which are old video cameras—so you use all the extra money is worth it, because at the end for it to get developed all on your own which is of they day, they love what they do.

classes.

She stated, “All of a sudden you hop in here, and you think that everything is right in front of you, and then all of a sudden [you’re told] ‘oh, you should probably get a printer that costs four-hundred dollars, you should buy ink for this printer that costs a lot of money on top of that.’” are provided with some of the equipment they need for projects.

Erin Severns can be contacted at eseverns@keene-equinox.com

By college, she declared it her major. Galipeau accompanied Benton on one of the tracks on the album. “I love singing jazz,” Galipeau said, “that is one of the reasons Zach asked me because it needed to have a jazz vocalist.”

Galipeau described her changes to Benton’s song as only minor nuances, “minor melody changes and little pronunciation things,” she added.

Working with Benton was a reward for Galipeau, as she described.

“I think he got it [Benton’s album] exactly the way he wanted it. I don’t think he has ever had that before,” she remarked.

“He mixed and mixed and mastered and re-mastered to get it how he really wanted it. He didn’t compromise anything.” Accord-

and what doesn’t,” Benton said.

He said that he continued to rewrite the songs while performing them. “You can sculpt the song better that way,” Benton noted.

Once the feel for the writing part is complete, Benton said, demos for the songs are then constructed. “You can try new things when recording demos,” Benton mentioned, which then helps set the song list for the entire album.

“Once you pick the songs, you need to make a commitment to

the studio’s focus [is] on one type of music,” he said. “In this area, I need to diversify. I like it [be]cause it’s a new experience.”

Rodgers was the co-producer and engineer for Benton’s album.

According to Rodgers, he has been co-producing and engineering for over ten years now. “Music has been my passion since I was young,” Rodgers said.

He explained that there are many interpretations to his title, “I don’t consider myself a producer. I just work with the musicians.”

An engineer, he stated, is someone who handles the technical side of the recording while the musician goes into the studio with their main focus being the performance.

Rodgers added they also provide critical listening. He explained that Benton and he worked together for a few years. “I let him “I let him sit, then take them further or back a step if it wasn’t working.” Rodgers added that hanging out with the tracks could give it the feel you want.

“I recorded my EP [extended play] with Ben Rodgers so I went to him with the demos and went for the long haul,” Benton said. or November of 2012. “Recording takes concentration,” Benton continued, “It might not seem like you accomplished a lot at the end of After the initial recording of all the instruments, Benton

twenty years from now?” Benton thought aloud, “it doesn’t turn into something that is going to sound great until about half-way through.”

The third-to-last step, Benton described, is mixing. This step, he said, makes everything sound good together. “You want to make sure things like the piano or vocals aren’t louder than the rest,” Benton said. The mixing process then leads into mastering.

Mastering, according to Benton, is when one sends out their music to someone who has never heard it before. They then listen to The last step, Benton described, in this process is the marketing aspect.

“It’s really important if you want people to hear it and get it out there,” Benton stated. He said a good way he markets his work is by performing.

“By performing it, you can work on your craft while being an advertisement at the same time,” Benton explained.

Benton described his future aspirations to be a full-time profes“I don’t want to lose my grip on the craft I have on music to become a celebrity. You depend on people’s approval and there’s no where to grow.”

The release show for Benton’s album is Halloween night at Fritz on Main Street. According to Benton, the opening act will hit the stage at 6:30 p.m. and he will be quick to follow around 7:30 p.m. available on iTunes and Amazon.

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

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Various hit series have substantial impact on television DEANNA CARUSO

Equinox Staff Television shows vary in focus from a group of medical surgeons to a renegade motorcycle gang, to even a high school chemistry teacher who starts producing and selling methamphetamine.

Though these are just a few of the many hit-series that air on television today, the real question is, what makes for a good television show?

According to Keene State College senior Matthew Zuppani, “If the show has strong writing, with well-known actors and unsuspected plot twists, this is what really draws viewers in and make the show a hit.

People like to watch shows that take them out of their own reality and comfort zone.”

One example is The Big Bang Theory, a sitcom created by renowned Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady. The show is based on a woman who moves into an apartment across the hall from two brilliant but socially awkward physicists and shows them how little they know about life outside of the laboratory.

In a panel interview for the Emmys hosted earlier this year, Lorre said, “You never imagine that you can reach that many people who care about the show so deeply. We all feel as a group we’re doing our best work now; we’ve grown up and the show has matured, and we’re doing a much better job of putting on the show every week.”And they are doing just that.

According to Hollywoodreporter. com, “Big Bang toppled Modern Family to become TV’s No. 1

scripted comedy with an average of 18.6 million total viewers and a 6.2 rating among the advertiser-coveted adults 18-49 demographic.”

Zuppani said, “Both the Big Bang Theory and Modern Family are great comedy series because they are shows that you can watch by yourself, with your friends and even

with family.” He continued and said, for a new television series seems “The Big Bang Theory is probably, in to be key when trying to advertise. Senior Mason Cleveland said, “Whenever I see multiple commeris played out in a series, and that is something new for people, at least magazines, it makes me want to in this generation, this is why it is watch the show because they are so popular.” advertising so much for it that it The use of repetitive promoting makes me curious to watch the show

to see if this is going to be a good or not.” According to newswire.com, promotion does work. “For new shows, in our analysis, viewers to a new show that were only exposed to on-channel promotion make up 40 percent of the premiere’s audience.”

With returning shows, “The largest share of viewers tuning in

to the premiere is likely those who only saw on-channel ads, making up over 70 percent of the premiere’s audience,” newswire.com reported.

Although promoting a new series can be a great asset, it all comes down to the pilot episode. The pilot is meant to be the testing ground to gauge if a series will be successful, and is therefore a test episode of an envisioned television series.

Senior Caitlyn Carter said, “A pilot show is what will determine if I will watch the rest of the show or not. If the show does not turn out how I suspected it would, then I most likely won’t watch it anymore.”

One pilot that aired on September 24 was “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” This show in particularly aired on ABC and, “12.1 million people watched the premiere and then another 3.7 million watched on DVR in the next couple days after the premiere,” according to insidetv.ew.com.

Zuppani said, “This was destined to be a hit show because it is breakthrough.”

“Some of the characters in the movie play on the television show so that alone helped draw viewers in,” Zuppani commented. An upand-coming series hit are reality shows such as Duck Dynasty, Pawn

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made a relatively big impact on television.

Cleveland said, “People like to watch these shows because they are a way for people to relate more and let us know that these shows are unscripted and anything can happen at any moment.”

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

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Gay couples wed in NJ GEOFF MULVIHILL KATIE ZEZIMA

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ognize gay marriages and confer it does for heterosexual married

Gay couples exchanged vows in early morning ceremonies in several New Jersey communities Monday as the state began recognizing their marriages at 12:01 a.m., becoming the 14th state to do so. dings to legally unite long-time couples were planned for a state Senator’s grand home in Elizabeth, the boardwalk in Asbury Park and government buildings in small towns and big cities.

In the arts community of Lambertville, Mayor David DelVecchio led the ceremony to marry Beth Asaro and Joanne Schailey. He also presided when they joined in a civil union the minute they became recognized in the state in February 2007.

Soon after they cut the cake, DelVecchio handed Asaro a pink air,” she said. Added Schailey, “It’s like winning the Super Bowl.”

The couple, both wearing suits, hosted a reception attended by friends, family and several politicians. The song “In the Mood” played.

Asaro, a member of the city council in Lambertville, said they moment, in part, to promote the gay-friendliness of their community north of Trenton.

“This shows to the world that Lambertville is open for business,” DelVecchio said.

In Newark, Mayor Cory Booker couples when someone attempted to disrupt the ceremony.

Booker had asked if anyone had reason to object to the marriage and a protester screamed “This is unlawful in the eyes of God and Jesus Christ.”

Booker, who was elected to the U.S. Senate last week, called for the person to be removed and police dragged him out.

As Booker continued speaking, “...not hearing any substantive and worthy objections,” thunderous applause erupted.

The weddings came amid a Supreme Court ruled in June that the federal government should rec-

the right to live together in government-funded nursing homes and A state judge last month agreed with advocates who said that by allowing civil unions but not marriage, New Jersey was keeping gay couples in the state from legal equality.

The administration of Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican and possible 2016 presidential candidate, appealed both the ruling and Monday’s implementation date to the state Supreme Court.

And on Friday, less than 60 hours before the weddings were to begin, the state’s top court refused to delay them while it sorts out the overall case. The court said the state is not likely to prevail.

State Sen. Ray Lesniak said late Sunday he believes there are enough votes to override Christie’s gay marriage veto in the Senate and that he expects a vote after the Nov. 5 election.

“Though we are 99 percent sure based on the unanimous opinion against the stay that the Supreme Court will uphold marriage equality, we’d like to be 100 percent sure,” Lesniak said.

Many of the people who have long fought for the right for gay couples to marry had been bracing for a delay, even while they were optimistic the state’s top court would ultimately force New Jersey to recognize same-sex marriage. knot legally, it’s been a weekend of fast wedding planning and confusion.

Some towns began taking applications for same-sex marriage licenses on Thursday and continued even after the state government told them not to until there was clarity from the courts.

Other towns refused to grant licenses even after the state Health Department said Friday evening that towns should accept the applications.

It’s expected that a rush of weddings will continue in coming days as couples are able to get licenses.

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A marijuanana grower shows some plants he is cultivating in Montevideo, Uruguay. A law already passed in the lower house of Congress.

Uruguay official: legal pot for $1 per gram AssociAted Press Uruguay’s drug czar says the country plans to sell legal marijuana for $1 per gram to combat local newspaper.

The plan to create a governmentrun legal marijuana industry has passed the lower house of Congress, and President Jose Mujica expects to push it through the Senate soon as part of his effort to explore alternatives in the war on drugs.

The measure would make Uruto license and enforce rules for the

production, distribution and sale of marijuana for adult consumers.

Marijuana sales should start in the second half of 2014 at a price of about $1 per gram, drug chief Julio Calzada told a local newspaper, El Pais, on Sunday.That’s an eighth or less of what marijuana costs at legal medical dispensaries in some U.S. states.Calzada said one gram will be enough, “for one marijuana cigarette or two or three slimmer cigarettes.”

He said the idea is not to make

and of poor quality,” he said. The State “is going to offer a safe place to buy a quality product and on top of that, it’s going to sell it at the same price.”

In August, he had estimated that the price would be around $2.50 per gram.Sales would be restricted to locals, who would be able to buy up to 40 grams per month.

Smoking pot has long been legal in Uruguay, but growing, carrying, buying or selling it has called for prison terms.

About 120,000 people consume wrench the market away from ille- marijuana at least once a year in gal dealers. this land of 3.3 million, according “The illegal market is very risky to the National Drug Council. Out

of these, 75,000 smoke it every week and 20,000 every day.

In the U.S., the states of Washington and Colorado have legalized marijuana and adopted rules governing its sale.

Unlike Uruguay, they will tax pot, seeing it as a revenue source, when it goes on legal sale next year.

In Washington, the state marijuana consultant has projected legal pot might cost between $13 to $17 per gram, though some people suggest that’s high.

Marijuana in the medical dispensaries typically ranges from $8 to $14 per gram in Washington depending on quality.

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After three knee surgeries, Falcone beats the odds on the soccer field BRIAN CLEMMENSON

recovered after six months. Then, she was a freshman on the Owls soccer team, until her second left ACL tear shut her down. Falcone once again recovered, this time An ACL injury is one of the worst injuries for an ath- though, it took eight months. But again, luck was not on lete. One player on the Keene State College Women’s her side as she tore her left ACL once again while trying Soccer team has overcome that not once nor twice, but to recover at the end of her sophomore year. three times.

As a result of that injury, Falcone was out for her entire junior season; she was the team manager. Falcone tore her left ACL during her junior year of high school. said being on the sidelines watching made her want to return to action.

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Falcone kicks the ball up-field in a home match against the Castleton Spartans on October 7.

“When I was team manager and I sat on the sidelines “I don’t know if I could physically do it, to put myself and saw them playing, I said, ‘I want this back in my into a situation where I can get hurt a fourth time, just life.’ It’s not the same thing being on the sidelines, just knowing that I have the rest of my life to live after colwatching,” Falcone said. lege too, I don’t think I could do it. I am so proud that her rehabilitation stints. do it,” Bailey said.

During game action, Falcone wears a knee brace. to be.” Falcone recalled one of her biggest memories of The brace does not affect her, but mentally she said it rehab, which came from her doctor roughly three days makes her stronger. after her surgery. “He said, ‘I want you to start doing exercises on your own, just single leg lifts.’ I could not lift my leg and it is something that people could do so way it makes me push myself harder. I know I need to easily and I started crying because I wasn’t going to be be that much more attentive and strong to show people able to get back,” Falcone said.

I might have this knee brace but it doesn’t matter to me,“ Falcone said. experiences. “My second and my third rehab were a Head coach Denise Lyons attributed Falcone’s recovlittle easier because I knew what to expect and I knew ery to her dedication and said her recovery has to do how hard I had to work in order to play,” Falcone said. with her character. “A dedicated athlete worked hard to But her recovery still is not over. “Honestly this regain her strength and come back from three surgeries [injury], I am still recovering,” Falcone said. and still play, it’s rarely seen.”

Still Falcone attributes her successful recoveries to Lyons also said she could not recall anyone with that her family and mother. much dedication. “[My mom] was my crutch throughout my three “I’ve never had a player like that who has that much surgeries, she literally would do anything for me and dedication, she is an inspiration,” Lyons said. In addisupported me. Even when people said I shouldn’t play tion, by not giving up it helped her. “She is a true examanymore she said, ‘If you want to do it, you go out there ple to never give up and that you can achieve your and do it,’ she believed in me,” Falcone said. goals,” Lyons said.

Falcone’s mother, Nancy Falcone, said that her Lyons was also impressed with Falcone’s role with daughter did all the work and she was there for moral younger players. “She brings a great work ethic to the support. “Being there for moral support, that is all I team that rubs off on some of the younger players,” could do. She did everything else, she did the physical Lyons said. work, the mental work,” Nancy said. “I was just there “She is not getting a whole lot of playing time right when she felt she couldn’t do it or take the next step, and now, but when she goes in she knows what her role is,” I was like, come on you can,” Nancy said.

Lyons said. Lyons called Falcone “a true leader both on Nancy said she is very happy that her daughter was able to do rehab and make the team.

“You can’t say I regret not doing this, I think it was a very physical player, very aggressive.” well worth it,” Falcone said.

Falcone’s teammates and friends talked about her “I think she is pretty accurate. I would say pretty feargreat work ethic and decision for her to come back. less, I don’t think twice about my injuries while I am out Senior Jessica Berthiaume and senior captain Kelsie there. She calls me up to play, she says ‘you go out there Bailey are Falcone’s roommates and know her struggles, and be the enforcer’ and that’s what I am known for. My but also know her dedication. aggression and my heart,” Falcone said.

Berthiaume said, “She is always in the gym, she is Falcone has a limited role for the Owls this season. very determined, she never missed any of her rehab As of October 18, she has only appeared in four games. stuff.” Berthiaume also didn’t know how she would In addition, before the start of the season, Falcone had respond in Falcone’s shoes. “I don’t know if I would be to make the team. able to come back three times. I think it shows a lot of “Cat proved she wanted to be part of this team and dedication from her and determination,” Berthiaume she has contributed. It’s not keeping her just because said. she is on the team because she played well and does the Bailey has lived with Falcone since second semester things we ask her,” Lyons said. of their freshman year. Bailey saw the pain Falcone was Falcone said she is very happy that she has recovgoing through. ered and humbled to be on the team her senior year.

“She was in a lot of pain. Having to help her do stuff She also understands her role. whether it was getting a couple things. Watching her go “I’m happy to be on the team and I’m happy for the to physical therapy or rehab everyday,” Bailey said. amount of time that I am getting,” Falcone said. ”In my Bailey has always stood behind her for encourage- heart and my mind I wish I was doing more but I know ment. “I’m going to encourage her to do it if she thinks physically that this is the best I can be doing,” Falcone she can do it, I’m not going to stop her. We always put said. the precaution out there, “Cat you could get hurt, it could happen to you again,”” Bailey said.

Brian Clemmenson can be contacted at Like Berthiaume, Bailey did not know if she could bclemmenson@keene-equinox.com have come back like Falcone.

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Broncos fall short MICHAEL MAROT ZACH WINN

AssociAted Press

sPorts editor

Andrew Luck aced his latest test Sunday night.

Going head-to-head against his predecessor with the Colts, the 24-yearold quarterback showed everyone he's more than a worthy replacement for Peyton Manning. He beat Manning at his own game.

On a night that was supposed to belong exclusively to homecoming king, Luck executed a perfect 2-minute drill at the end of the first half, threw three touchdown passes, ran for his third score of the season and kept the Broncos' defense off balance all night.

The result: Indianapolis 39, Denver 33.

"I thought he played really well," coach Chuck Pagano said of Luck.

"I think he had three touchdown passes at half, if I'm not mistaken, 128-something QB rating. There were some errant things in the second half that happened that we'd love to have back.”

“There's always going to be some plays here and there that you'd love to have back, but I thought he played really well."

Luck played well enough to hand the Broncos (6-1) their first loss of the season, leaving surprising Kansas City as the NFL's last unbeaten team.

And Luck played well enough to ruin what most expected to be Manning's chance to prove the Colts (5-2) made a mistake by releasing him in March 2012 so they could rebuild with Luck at the helm.

It was not pure Luck, though he did prove he could thrive under heavy pressure with a prime-time effort.

Here are five other things we learned Sunday night: FAR FROM PERFECT: Denver may have come into the game with an unbeaten record and Manning seemingly steamrolling to reclaim the touchdown pass record.

But Denver is far from the perfect team. The Colts, coming off a Monday night loss in which they didn't score a touchdown at San Diego, finished with a season-high 39 points and capitalized on just about every mistake the Broncos made.

They sacked Manning four times, forced a fumble that turned into a safety and a touchdown and picked him off, too.

Afterward, Manning called it a game to learn from.

NEW AND IMPROVED: Colts owner Jim Irsay caught a lot of heat this week for noting that the Colts are building around a different model without Manning.

He wanted a more balanced offense, a steadier defense and stronger spe-

This week’s Athlete of the Week is Keene State College senior Ryan Widzgowski. Widzgowski is no stranger to this list—he has been dominating Little Eastern Conference opponents for a few years now, having won All-American honors in track last season.

Now, Widzgowski has his eyes on cross country, and so far the transition has been a smooth one. While other KSC students were leisurely taking in Pumpkin Fest, Widzgowski was running eight kilometers in 25 minutes and 28 seconds, which was good cut College Championship.

Widzgowski led all other KSC runners and was a big reason why the Owls were able to win the meet, edging Coast Guard by just three points. This was a Owls, who had not yet won a meet this season. It was a timely win as well, their next stop is the LEC Alliance Meet on November 2.

--Our runner-up this week is sophomore middle blocker Angela Silveri. Silveri is another veteran of Athlete of the Week after exploding onto the scene to lead a young Owls team as a freshman last season.

After not playing well on last year’s Pumpkin Fest, the volleyball team proved they have matured with a four-set victory over Mount Holyoke last Saturday.

As usual, Silveri led the team in kills with 17 and accounted for nearly a third of the teams total points with 20. After losing the doubt, that is until KSC rallied to take the next three sets easily.

That kind of up-and-down game is common for the volleyball team, with a young team inconsistency is always a problem.

But as the Lady Owls have hovered around .500 all season, Silveri has been a constant force that they know they can rely on in close games. Hopefully that doesn’t change as they enter the Zach Winn can be contacted at zwinn@keene-equinox.com

cial teams. It was a big reason the Colts held on Sunday. Indy ran 31 times for 121 yards and kept the ball for more than 31 minutes.

Luck still threw for 228 yards and three TDs, and while the defense gave up yards, it limited the NFL's highestscoring team to a season-low point total, which forced Denver to play catch-up.

Indy had better field position most of the night and it turned a fumbled punt return into a touchdown.

LINE DANCE: Denver has already lost its starting left tackle and its starting center and things have gotten even worse with the loss of right tackle Orlando Franklin (sprained left knee).

So, Denver shuffled the lineup and struggled. The question going forward is this: What kind of protection can Manning expect?

While that answer will need to be developed over the next several weeks, it's clear Denver coaches must take another look at what they have.

Left tackle Chris Clark was repeatedly burned by speedy pass rusher Robert Mathis, and with the game on the line, Indy's other outside linebacker, Erik Walden, got his hand on Manning's arm to force a rare interception.

RISING TO THE OCCASION: With each passing week, the Colts' defense takes a step forward saving its top performances for its toughest opponents — as Denver found out the hard way.

Indy held defending NFC champion San Francisco to seven points, on the road, last month another NFC Super Bowl favorite, Seattle, to just 16 points over the final three quarters after falling into a 12-0 deficit.

While they gave up a season-high 33 points to the Broncos, Indy was the first team this season to even slow down Denver's offense, which spent most of the night trying to play catchup after averaging more than 44 points per game over the first six weeks.

INJURIES HURT: Neither John Fox nor Chuck Pagano were prepared to say how costly this game might be to their teams.

But the two biggest injury concerns are franchise cornerstones. Denver lost cornerback Champ Bailey late in the first half when his left foot got caught in a scrum trying to take down running back Trent Richardson.

Bailey angrily walked off the field after re-injuring the same foot that kept him out of the first five games.

He did not return. The Colts lost Reggie Wayne in the fourth quarter with a sprained right knee that sent him to the locker room in tears.

And while the Colts are hoping for the best, Wayne is expected to undergo an MRI on Monday.

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The basketball court behind the Spaulding Gymnasium is one of the few places on campus that skateboarding is permitted.

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the creativity with what he’s got. He explained that he and his friends take garbage cans when they’re skating on the basketball courts near the Spaulding Gym. “As long as we take them, use them, don’t break them and put them back where we found them, no one really cares,” Rogers said.

However, while it gets the job done for now, Rogers, Brown and Beaton said they would love to see an all-concrete park, “with a nice bowl in it would be rad as hell,” Rogers said.

“In all hopes, an on campus skate park would be really sick, but I don’t think it would ever

happen.”

As of now, the skaters expressed that while they work with what they’ve got, they would still like to see an expansion of skate-friendly atmospheres. One big idea—Beaton’s push for the club.

“I’d be willing to give lessons. I want people to know that I have a good connection with Rye and whoever is willing to skate, I’d be willing to go drive down there and bring a crew,” Beaton said.

“Don’t be afraid to come up to us if you see us skating, no one is heckling you unless it’s someone encouraging you.”

Rebecca Farr can be contacted at rfarr@keene-equinox.com

Keene State College athletic team records Women’s Soccer

Volleyball STREAK

CONF.

CONF.

HOME

14-12

3-1

4-0 7-6 (3-6) Won 1 11-4-1 4-1

vs. Smith

AWAY (neutral)

OVERALL

OVERALL

Set Scores

1

Set Scores

1

2

Keene State College

21

20

25

1

Keene State College

24

25

25

25

Smith

25

25

17

3

Mount Holyoke

26

21

20

19

2

3

3 4

Total

3 1

Field Hockey

AWAY (neutral)

STREAK

6-2-1 5-2 (0-0) Lost 2 vs. U-Mass Boston

vs. Amherst

at Mt. Holyoke Total

HOME

2

Total

Amherst

2

1

3

U-Mass Boston

1

2

3

Keene State College

1

0

1

Keene State College

0

2

2

Goals by Period

1

Total

2

Points by Period

1

Men’s Soccer

OVERALL

CONF.

HOME

AWAY (neutral)

STREAK

13-3

8-0

8-0 5-3 (0-0) Won 1 vs. Eastern Conn. St.

at Rensselaer Goals By Period

1

2

Total

Keene State College

0

0

Rensselaer

1

2

0 3

OVERALL

CONF.

HOME

5-9

3-2

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

Goals By Period

1

2

Eastern Conn. St.

0

0

Keene State College

1

1

0 2

STREAK

at U-Mass Boston

at Framingham St.

Total

AWAY (neutral)

1

2

Keene State College

0

0

0

Keene State

1

2

3

Framingham St.

0

1

1

U-Mass Boston

1

0

1

Goals by Period

Total Points by Period 1

2

Total

Men’s Cross Country Conn. College Championships Name

Time/distance

Ryan Widzgowski

25:28

Ryan Brady

25:37

Chris Plankey

25:50

Brett Mastrangelo

26:06

Place 5th 8th 12th 19th

Women’s Cross Country Conn. College Championships Name

Time/distance

Place

Kaley Mientkiewicz

22:47

19th

Samantha Goldsmith

22:47

20th

Erin Crawford

23:17

38th

Lauren Markoe

23:36

47th

Saturday, Oct. 26, 12 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 19, 10 a.m.

Saturday, Oct. 26, 1 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 2, TBA

Tuesday, Oct. 22, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 9, TBA

Saturday, Oct. 26, 12 p.m.

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Chiefs survive DAVE SKRETTA

Intramural floor hockey is “something to be a part of”

ASSociAtEd prESS The Kansas City Chiefs had their

Three straight plays went nowhere and the Texans had to settle It was a virtuoso display by the ture stand in a stellar second half.

Houston offense the rest of the way, extend their perfect start. with great defenses. That’s how it

Nor can you be successful with-

had a touchdown scamper.

The game was still in doubt even after the Chiefs’ goal-line stand. the Texans had no timeouts. Case Keenum threw an incompletion on ing play. ball for the Chiefs, and Smith simply out. The result was a 7-0 start for Kansas City, trailing only the 9-0 best in franchise history.

In the Super Bowl era, 31 teams

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The goalie braces for impact during a semi-final match Wednesday, October 16, in the Spaulding Gymnasium. KSC provides jerseys and sticks for each team.

advanced to the Super Bowl and nine have won it. was part of the Chiefs’ two-win team last season. “Guys believe in what we’re doing. They believe in one

Friendly competition reigns in Spaulding Gymnasium as season nears end ZACH WINN

SportS Editor

being played, and within minutes all the players are in deep years he has been at KSC, agreed that games can get intense, sweats. ously. the rubber courts of the Spaulding Gymnasium. Among the - the case.

Defenses play tight man-to-man and close out on the alternative to stuffy dorm rooms for its devoted participants.

Coordinator of Intramural Sport and Sports Clubs, Taylor Tully, said the reason for the occasionally dull game is that there is only one league this year.

In past years, the school offered two leagues, one for the competitive teams and one for the teams that just wanted to experience gives one much of an advantage. have fun.

Tully watches these matches with amusement, but also Unfortunately, this year, not enough people signed up understands the importance of intramural sports. and they had to merge the leagues.

“It’s an amazing opportunity for the students to be McKelvie, who had never played with the intramural involved on campus as well as participate in the sports that On any Sunday, Monday or Tuesday night in the past

start in place of the injured Matt Schaub, threw for 271 yards and a touchdown for the Texans.

His performance was overshadowed by a pair of crushing injuries: injury and did not return, and line-

half. whose banged-up team is riding its -

began, and said he was surprised how seriously most people

“They just want to go out and have fun, and then you have

vie said. “I see why though, the more you play the more you

At this point in the season, however, the only teams left

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New England’s second loss of the season reveals glaring deficiencies within team HOWARD ULMAN

“We just have to do a better job of when Antonio Allen intercepted a coaching that. It’s not his fault, that’s returned it 23 yards.

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to expect. “We had to learn to we can be a really good team

There’s no shortage of lessons to be learned as a freshman athlete, and Hogg said he’ll use those valuable lessons to teach the incoming freshmen. “I just learned how to

and never let it build up inside

for the overtime penalty that led to the Patriots’ latest loss.

There’s still plenty to go around mance.

Tom Brady and the offense continued to struggle. The battered defense couldn’t contain Geno Smith.

scramble past him for an 8-yard touchdown and a 24-21 lead in the give the offense a big lift.

And he did catch eight of the 17 passes thrown his way. did was basically what he was being Brady said. “You can’t do that, throw run, as a defensive lineman it’s our “He opens it up for the outside Dobson said. upset that the call was made. He said the push didn’t come from the second level of the defense, the group behind the front line. But the rule doesn’t mention where the player who does the prohibited pushing is lined up.

ipated return from offseason fore- said Monday.

“What else is there to say? We’re The result: a 30-27 overtime loss His players were eager to move “Just a lot of plays we left out past that. They’re focusing on next there that we have to, moving for- Sunday’s game against the Miami Dolphins in what suddenly looms

tude should remove some of the aforementioned pressure, but more importantly it will allow Hogg to enjoy the season more.

Monday.

The most

has grown closer since last year. “We’re together all the

attempt.

Jones was called for violating a said. “I’ve moved on. I’m on Miami new rule this year that prohibits a defensive player from pushing a “I want to move past it because teammate forward into the offen“You live and you learn and now

live together, eat together, we are all best friends in the pool that were interviewed made it clear they were excited about in are awesome to have and the season and just can’t wait to Zach Winn can be contacted at zwinn@keene-equinox.com

glaring

was

New England has dominated for a the decade. by one game, the Dolphins by 1½ games and the Buffalo Bills by two.

minutes later and connected on a 42-yarder for the victory.

Especially with all those misAfterward, Jones, who didn’t join the Patriots until he was claimed off On offense, the Patriots were 1 waivers Sept. 11, blamed himself. for 12 on third-down conversions On Monday, his coach absolved and trailed nearly 2-to-1 in time of him. possession.

Brady completed fewer than half to do the right thing by stepping up his passes for the third time this season, already his single-season AP PHOTO high.

New York Jets kicker Nick Folk celebrates after hitting the game-winning field goal on Sunday, October 20.

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of sprinters, or short-distance swimmers.

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Cole Hogg, a sophomore, races for KSC men’s swim team. The men’s team is returning six all-american swimmers to their team this season and hope to rank nationally once again.

Ninth annual Pumpkin 5K draws crowd RAY WALDRON

Equinox Staff Pumpkin? Check. Carving tools? Check. Running shoes?

Check.

The Keene State College Recreational Sports department hosted their 9th annual Pumpkin 5K run.

Taking place on the Friday of Pumpkin Fest weekend, the 5K event is planned to work with the campus and the events going on.

“We just wanted to have another event for the campus,” Director of Recreational Sports, Lynne Andrews, said.

According to Andrews, any and all students, faculty and staff were allowed to participate.

“We’ve had really good turnouts in the past—our highest participation was over one hundred and eighty participants,” Andrews said.

“It’s an event we created in conjunction with the Pumpkin Lobotomy,” Andrews explained.

“We knew a lot of students would be on campus that weekend, so we just piggy-backed on the Pumpkin Fest events and the Pumpkin Lobotomy.”

The Pumpkin Lobotomy, sponsored by KSC Student Government, started at 2:00 p.m. on Friday and ended at 5:00 p.m. Andrews said the 5K participants had a seamless transition to the Lobotomy.

“We start at 2:30, when most people are starting the Pump-

“I like doing 5K’s. I think they’re fun to do and they’re a great way to stay in shape.”

TORY RYSNIK KSC SENIOR

ten alumni registered.”

However, Andrews said that the event is not heavily focused on alumni. “Alumni [participation] is a handful, at best. It’s mostly students and we have a good number of faculty and staff that run as well.”

The weather the day of the event is also a factor for how many people

show up. According to Andrews, when the weather hinders the race, it also hinders turnout.

“If we get rained out and postpone it, the turnout isn’t as good, most people tend to have other things going on that next week.”

Andrews said doing the 5K on the day of the event yields the highest turnouts.

KSC senior Tory Rysnik competed in the race and was looking forward to the opportunity to run.

“I’m really looking forward to it this year,” said Rysnik.

“It’s a really fun event. I like doing 5K’s. I think they’re fun to do and they’re a great way to stay in shape.” According to KSC Recreational Sports, the race started in front of the gym and brought contestants around the Owl Athletic Complex and back to campus.

The event was free to participate istered for the run got a free t-shirt.

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

before the quad, so people can go right over to the quad and carve pumpkins and just be involved with that.”

Recreational Athletic Coordinator and Event Facility Manager, Katie Stewart, said there was plenty of time for runners to get to the lobotomy after the race ended. twenty-one minutes, and if any cross country runners are in it, they utes.” Stewart, who has worked four races prior to this year, said that the high number of people on campus is another reason why the 5K is a success.

Stewart also expected a decent turnout this year. “We had one hundred and sixty [participants]

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The Pumpkin 5K started behind the Spaulding Gymnasium and finished in front of campus on Friday October 18.

Skateboarders unhappy with KSC REBECCA FARR

a&E Editor Skateboarders wiz by on campus. Whether it’s on their way to class or to a buddy’s residential hall, the sport of skateboarding is for far more than just travel purposes, according to some Keene State College students.

Junior Brian Rogers said it’s the most fun thing he’s ever done.

“I don’t take it too seriously, I stay true to the fun of it,” Rogers said.

Rogers said he has been skateboarding for eight years and that unfortunately, there aren’t many skate-friendly places in the Keene area.

Both on and off campus, Rogers, freshman Ryan Brown and sophomore Adam Beaton all seemed to agree that they wish they had more venue options to do what they love.

Brown said there are a couple of spots at KSC that he likes to skate on, but said “Campus Safety gets really mad.”

Rogers said that he and his friends have been kicked off of the four sets of stairs near the Thorne Art Gallery and the Media Arts Center because it is a liability.

“They think we’re trying to do incredibly dangerous stuff when really, we’re just messing around on a ledge or a stair set. It’s not dangerous to us, because it’s what we know how to do,” Brown said.

The three also came to the consensus that skateboarders carry a bad stigma.

“People think we are stupid kids that are just doing dumb stuff,” Brown continued, “But really, I’m just trying to enjoy myself. I’m trying to take time in between schoolwork to relax.”

Rogers had a similar outlook.

“Skateboarding can be a really big community-building opportunity to get kids off of the street and come do something productive.

Get outside, stop playing video games and learn how to get creative,” he said.

“It gives a chance to escape but it gets such a bad name even though it can be helpful to a lot of people.”

“Why do anything unless it’s fun? Once you take it too seriously and get bent out of shape, it ruins the purpose of skateboarding—it should be fun,” Rogers added.

Rogers, Brown and Beaton all mentioned that they have been down to the Keene Skate Park on Gilbo Avenue, but said the conditions of the park are not worth it.

“All of the ramps are completely weathered,” Beaton explained.

“The rails are all on the ground and there’s no cement, it’s just like skating on the sidewalk. You hit the cracks, so before you set up for a jump you just fall.”

In hopes to create more of a local skateboarding community, Beaton said that he is in the works of mustering up all that he can to start a club at KSC. Beaton worked as a skateboard Park in Rye, New Hampshire, this past summer.

The KSC sophomore said that he envisions a KSC skate club to take a trip every Friday or Saturand other’s passion for the sport.

“I was thinking I could take the drive-safe course here and get a bus to get a bunch of kids here to get down there for a few hours,” Beaton said.

It is roughly a two-hour trip from Keene, but Beaton is more than willing to make the haul, as long as it means he and other skaters can fully let loose without restrictions.

On the KSC campus as well as downtown Keene, Rogers said he has been kicked off of both premises for riding his skateboard.

Rogers said part of him understands the danger but at the same time, as Brown stated, it is not dangerous to those who know what they’re doing.

“They say it’s for transportation only, but it’s like where are we supposed to go?” Beaton asked.

“I’m pretty sure every skateboarder on campus has had a problem because there is nowhere to skate.”

In the meantime, Rogers said he does what he can to keep up

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