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The student voice of Keene State College

Vol. 66, Issue #14

Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014

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Pearl St. residents reflect on crime

City officials appeal to the Supreme Court

BETHANY RICCIARDI

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KARINA BARRIGA ALBRING

“I am honored to be part of a project that is probably going to set a precedent as far as freedom of speech comes.�

News editor The tension between parking authorities and the free-staters continues as city

area of an homicide.

against Robin Hood of Keene, this time in front of the state Supreme Court.

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27. Lamoureux said the decision was made

-GARRET EAN MEMBER OF ROBIN HOOD OF KEENE

case against the Robin Hooders. decision Judge John C. Kissinger Jr. made Robin Hood of Keene that has been sued, Supreme Court, parking authorities are when he dismissed the case the city had to pay for the meters using change if they presented against six citizens known as choose to do so. from getting parking tickets. For this, they tion downtown, Gary Lamoureux, project “Robin Hooders.�

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new information on the murder of Keene

issue a ticket.

According to Ian Freeman, founder of Free-Keene and one of the members of

meters with a credit card.

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that the examination determined the manner of the death was a homicide, and shot wounds.

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Police say a homicide and a case of animal cruelty occurred on Pearl St.

Design artist teaches students to see first ANNELISE KLOSTER

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subset of depression in which - there is a marked change in mood that comes with the seasons.�

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CAMPUS SAFETY Report Log

Week of: Jan. 20 Monday, Jan. 20 10:10 p.m. Carle Hall: Campus Safety off at the building for an alcohol violation.

Tuesday, Jan. 21 8:50 a.m. Elliot Parking Lot: Minor motor vehicle accident.

Vehicle struck lamp pole.

8:35 p.m. Spaulding Gym: Student reported stolen wallet from the gym.

9:47 p.m. Monadnock Hall: Campus Safety off at the building checking the area on the third floor for an odor of drugs.

Wednesday, Jan. 22 6:34 p.m. Carle Hall: 706 [marijuana] call. Officer confirmed strong odor in hallway but was unable to locate the source of the odor.

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his responsibility as a designer.

Hoyt said he strives and challenges his students to do the same.

“I like to challenge the students to have technical mastery, to have meticulous craft, to create solid concepts, which drive the mes-

announced the investigation as ongoing Dec. 24. No arrests have been made in connection with the shooting, Agati told The Sentinel.

McCooey said that when his neighbors found out about the man that was murdered, they were shocked. The neighbors told McCooey that Wheelock was a very nice man, because they took their two huskies for walks by his house often and had encounters with him. It was then when McCooey warned his neighbors

ful work that speaks in a variety of modalities,” Hoyt said.

After Hoyt graduated from Plymouth State College in 1994, he said he chose to stay away “I took a few years off which I think is important. A lot of students are encouraged to go onto grad school right away, but I think for designmy students to try and get jobs and work before they go back to grad school,” the professor explained.

Hoyt stated he believes grad school allows designers to focus more on experimental or new areas of investigation but, “it is kind of like a break from the real world.”

previous convictions of pornography in 2005, McCooey stated.

McCooey said he was also never got loose, because in the same house on Pearl St. 25-yearold Nicholas R. Coll was arrested Jan. 2 with charges of animal cruelty. An article in the Sentinel stated that Coll is accused of allegedly engaging in sexual activities with a dog.

McCooey said he assumes the investigation about the second incident, the animal cruelty, came up after police took over investigating 170 Pearl Street.

McCooey moved out of Pearl Street this week. He said it was not that he felt unsafe, because he thought the killing seemed like a pretty targeted act.

Ian Obrien, a senior at KSC, said despite the recent events, he feels comfortable living on Pearl Street. He found out the day after about the homicide after reading -

Hoyt was accepted to Yale University. According to Hoyt, Yale has the number one graphic design program in the country.

“I guess if Yale accepts you to go to grad school, you sort of have to go,” Hoyt said humorously.

Hoyt recalled that after seeing his senior thesis, Edvin Yegir, the director of the Communication Design Program at UConn, was invited to apply for a position, where he was chosen for the tenure track position and began his career in teaching. Needing a change after twelve years at UConn, Hoyt found himself at KSC. “I needed a change. I was ready to do something else, and I love New Hampshire because I grew up here, so when I saw this position I

According to Hoyt, he has been in the process of writing a curriculum for the past two years, which Hoyt and his colleagues are trying to get approved by the senate in the fall to rediCONTRIBUTED PHOTO / RANDALL HOYT

10:18 p.m. Carle Hall: Possible 706 [marijuana].

Unable to locate source.

10:57 p.m. Carle Hall: Possible 706 [marijuana]. One arrest made for possession of drugs.

11:53 p.m. Owl’s Nest 9: Possible 706 [marijuana].

Unable to locate.

Friday, Jan. 24 12:08 a.m. Owl’s Nest 9: Noise complaint. Alcohol violation.

12:11 a.m. Randall Hall: Report of intoxicated individual. Individual taken into custody.

10:27 a.m. All campus: Student reported feeling harassed by another student.

6:16 p.m. Owl’s Nest 3: Fire alarm.

11:28 p.m. Owl’s Nest 3: Noise complaints.

Saturday, Jan. 25 12:10 a.m. Bushnell apartments: Noise complaints.

12:19 a.m. Holloway Hall: Unlawful possession of alcohol.

12:29 a.m. One Butler Court: Odor investigation.

3:19 a.m. Pondside 3: Campus Safety escorted subject back to room after incident on Main Street.

4:03 p.m. Owl’s Nest 1: Party involving alcohol.

9:46 p.m. Holloway Hall: Observed someone sneak in without showing their ID.

“The Keene [State College] program is heav- Design artist Randall Hoyt joins KSC faculty after teaching at UConn and being part of ily print-based, and it needs to point at the Yale University’s graduate school program. screen because so much of our information comes through our devices, computers tablets and that sort of thing,” Hoyt said about the current program.

“So I decided to teach a mobile media class,

“We have been taught to be polite to other people and politeness does not serve the design process.”

-RANDALL HOYT NEW KSC FACULTY MEMBER

envisioning it as more collaborative where the students contribute, report and direct the pro-

around campus.

“I think the best thing about him [Hoyt] is to other people and politeness does not serve Hoyt said.

- that he was hard on us because he wants us to be better as designers, which obviously is a tioned the skills she has gained after participatgood thing,” Henderson said. ing in his graphic design class. there in class, he expects you to keeping work-

have to keep working on it,” Henderson said.

“He wants you to do your best and like he

“[Hoyt is a] great addition for sure. He has work in an insert in the Keene Sentinel adverthis very dry sense of humor, which students tising the Monadnock Film Festival, which is are attracted to. He has a different background being unveiled next week. than the rest of the faculty, which brings a good Also, Hoyt and other faculty members have compliment to the program,” Davis-Kelly said. a show in the Throne Art Center for students “I want them to challenge each other. When and other community members to view.

and make it better,” Henderson said.

- tendency to not want to make comments about how to improve the work,” Hoyt said about his the event Food for Thought, which was hung up class dynamic.

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Lamoureux also stated the price of the parking meters in downtown Keene may increase in the future.

“Everything has gone up. We need to be able to support our division and our projects,” he said.

According to Lamoureux, the increase is not related to the money the city spent in suing the members of Robin Hood of Keene. “The Parking Division is supported by a completely different budget,” Lamoureux said.

Lamoureux stated the staff at

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he said.

“I feel safe, no routine changes, I feel comfortable walking at night,” Obrien said. He also advised people on campus to stay think Keene is any less safe than it has been. tion is still open. If anyone was on Pearl Street between 9:00 and 9:30 p.m. the night of the homicide, that person should contact Keene Police Department with any observations made while in that area. Ian Obrien said he was shocked all this happened at one house.

Eric Mealey, KSC sophomore, said he only found out when he got an email about it from Campus Safety. He said he on the street, but he still feels very safe on campus.

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

“You can feed meters, but why do you have to video tape? If a person Whitcomb said the videos that members of Robin Hood of Keene upload online show harassment.

“You can see Ian [Freeman] fol-

Whether they want to admit it or not, that right there is harassment.”

To Freeman, the Robin Hooders did not commit harassment.

Freeman also said enduring verbal and mental abuse is stated main concern regarding Robin -

the employees while they are doing their job.”

Community members like Andrea Whitcomb, a Keene resident and Sodexo employee at Keene State College, said Robin Hooders create a hostile working environWhitcomb started a Facebook group named “Stop Free-Keene” more than a year ago. She said the they [members of the Free State Project] are not here to help them, that they are pushing their own agenda.” Whitcomb went on, “They want to live in a utopia.”

Whitcomb suggested the Freestaters express their ideas through the “proper channels.” She said, “If you want changes to happen, you should try presenting civil participation, presenting ideas, not have a disruptive conduct.”

For Whitcomb, even record-

of the job.”

ERIC GESUALDO/ EQUINOX STAFF Despite the controversy, “Robin Two Robin Hooders filled the parking meters around Keene State College Janunary 22, 2014.

Hooding” in Keene is still in full swing, and KSC is no stranger to the meters on Jan. 22] will be the the founding the group has, Free- court case, both Freeman and Ean indicated they feel it was refreshing. the activity of the free-staters.

Freeman said, “The outcome Garret Ean, one of the most nership with Keene State College.” get and it is also self-funded.”

Kelly Ricaurte, media relations Ean explained that since the city of the court case was vindication active Robin Hooders, said he goes out to feed the parking meters manager at KSC, stated that the col- of Keene sued the Robin Hooders, of our right to free speech and our they have been getting more dona- right to protest.”

Robin Hood of Keene. “We are not tions.

Ean went on, “I am honored to times a week.

“The case has drawn a lot of be part of a project that is probably On the second day back from aware of any connections with this attention to Robin Hood of Keene,” going to set a precedent as far as break, they had one less thing to organization,” Ricaurte stated.

Still, Ean stated Robin Hood of he said. freedom of speech comes.” worry about. Two Robin Hooders Keene, “wanted to welcome the stuWhile the case against FreeOn the other hand, Lamoureux dents back to Keene.” man and the Robin Hooders was stated he expects the case to have a Wednesday, Jan. 22.

Ean also said “Robin Hood- dismissed, twenty-year-old Travis different outcome in the Supreme They took shifts to make sure ing” is “better received towards Hoods, who police said allegedly Court, “not only for our people in spend close to twenty dollars,” Ean the college than downtown, where attacked one of the Robin Hood- Keene but for every government ers, will be facing four counts of employee in the state that might be said.

However, this activity had no recalled, “The other day someone criminal threatening. KPD arrested in a similar situation.” came by and gave me some change Hobbs January 19. formal relation with KSC. “He just came and turned himKarina Barriga Albring can be conQuestions came up when mem- and shook my hand.”

Ean said he usually spends self in,” stated KPD Sergeant Thadtacted at bers of Robin Hood of Keene kbarriga@keene-equinox.com released a statement on Free-keene. around ten dollars every time he deus Derendal. goes “Robin Hooding.” Regarding Regarding the outcome of the

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STUDENT ASSEMBLY Assembly funds Alternative Spring Break

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meant to bring attention to various health and safety concerns that interest the campus. Along with many other safety concern articles, one newsletter published in December 2012 included a description of Seasonal Depression.

Rice noted that she has personally not been diagnosed with SAD, but was recently diagnosed with low Vitamin D levels in the past year. Rice shared that she thinks her levels may be related to her own seasonal lows, as vitamin D is linked with sun exposure. Rice noted, “Usually by the end of February, I’m feeling kinda low....I’m sort of hoping that maybe this year, if I get my Vitamin D levels up, that I might not have that symptom anymore.”

The Coordinator of Wellness Education at KSC, Tiffany Mathews, explained, “Sometimes you just kind of feel down or low energy, but if a student were to feel that way for days at a time, then they need to go to get help from the Center of Health and Wellness or the Counseling Center.”

Anderson stated, “I think most people are going to experience some changes with the weather and with the sun....So, it’s important to not assume that something is a seasonal depression, but rather Anderson also shared that, “As human beings, our minds and our bodies and our spirits are complex and intertwined. So, when we have any type of depression, we are going to have physical affects of that depression.” Anderson added, “The medical side needs to be attended to for the physical side effects, as well as the emotional aspects.”

According to Anderson, Seasonal Depression is often diagnosed after different patterns, lasting for at least two years, become evident to a patient. These patterns may involve different symptoms, such as the “low” feeling or excessive weight gain. Chames said, “I didn’t even know I had it. But then once the psychiatrist looks at you, you’re like ‘Oh, that makes sense.’”

ERIC JEDD

Equinox Staff On January 28, members of Student Government approved a funding request of $12,000 for the Alternative Spring Break program. The program offers students seven to nine day trips during spring break, featuring options like helping with the homeless, natural disasters and more, with trips to cities such as Cincinnati and Key West.

In other business, Assistant Director of Alumni and Parent Relations, Bethany Morin, spoke on the Fire and Ice event happening Friday, Jan. 31. According to Student Body Vice President, Eric Grady, the event will be part of the Winter Fest Weekend, which will fea-

dancers and jugglers,” Grady said.

The rest of the Winter Week-

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“There is still some stigma around emotional health issues and getting help for them. As a community, what we can do is be more open and know anyone can experience emotional health issues.”

-RAMONA ANDERSON KSC COUNSELING CENTER

nitely teaches you how to sort of live with it as opposed to just live and take one day at a time.”

Anderson explained, “With any depression, there is a continuum, from mild to severe. Somebody

ment can be given to them.” Anderson added, “When we don’t know what’s going on with ourselves, no matter what it is, it’s stressful. And once we know what’s going on...

It does make more sense and it is easier to start looking for things that that increasing their exercise, trying are gonna be helpful.”

“There is still some stigma time I had it,” Chames explained to get out into the sunlight on a regabout his diagnosis. Chames added ular bases might really be helpful around emotional health issues and that since being diagnosed, “I take and that’s all they need. If some- getting help for them. As a commumedication now. And being aware body is experiencing more severe nity, what we can do is be more open of it [his diagnoses], doing the symptoms, then they should come and know that anyone can experi- ence emotional health issues. So, by -

being open about it and not stigmatizing other people for getting help, that encourages people to get help,” Anderson noted.

As a KSC student, Chames explained that the surrounding campus community was very helpful for him, and possibly others facing something similar. Chames shared, “I think Keene is probably pretty well off. This is a campus that cares a lot about it’s students and their health and well being... Everyone kinda knows each other here.

We’re kind of like a big family. So I think there’s a lot of support.”

Chames concluded that, if someone suspects or is diagnosed with SAD, or something similar, “The best thing you can do is try to read up on it and not just forget about it ...You can rob yourself of enjoyment or happiness if you are too afraid to actually get checked out.”

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attractions and a bingo event put on by the class of 2016.

Trustee for Student Govt., Allison Bedell, also mentioned during the meeting that she will speak in front of the N.H. House of Representatives on Feb. 6, to thank them for restoring funding to the university system, which allowed KSC the opportunity to freeze instate tuition.

During the meeting, Student Government Advisor and Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs, Paul Striffolino, introduced Brandon Matthew, the new KSC Greek Life and Student Leader Coordinator.

Striffolino stated, “Matthew will assist me as the Co-Advisor for Student Government until he takes over next semester.“ Matthew commented, “Come Fall, I hope we can hit the ground running.”

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

Keene State College mobile application still on hold HALEY ERDBRINK

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“There is no use in trying to use applications we have right now if they haven’t worked so far.”

Mobile applications are taking over society little by little, as colleges across the country are giving students the opportunity to operate their school’s needs through their mobile devices.

Keene State College is one of few that does not have a fully interactive mobile application accessible to not only students enrolled, but also alumni all of a sudden it redirected to a different college’s and soon-to-be college students as well. site.”

Kash and Grady both agreed the fully interacmobile app,” Student Body President, Eric Grady stated. Grady is a senior at KSC and is graduating this year with a political science and economics Kash stated it would be good for “in a pinch” major. Grady added that students would be able purposes and Grady stated it would be great for to check their class schedule, register for classes, admissions because it would give incoming stucheck organizations and events, the menu for the dents the opportunity to virtually visit the school.

DC, and even their KSC email accounts.

Grady pointed out that students leave and tion Technology Group at KSC, Laura Seraichcome late to class because of registration, “Having ick, stated for a program such as this to take off, it the mobile app would make that a lot easier—the needs a framework.

Seraichick said she has been working with possibilities are endless,” Grady said. Also, he said he has been advocating the building of this fellow faculty members to work in new aspects into the classroom and make more opportunities program since his freshman year.

Fellow KSC senior Emma Kash stated, “There for students. Seraichick stated she thinks the webis no use in trying to use the applications we have site should be created by the students themselves.

Seraichick pointed out that computer scinow if they haven’t worked so far.”

Kash added that she does not tend to use her phone to check the site because it has caused and knowledge. “It relies on the demand and the her more issues than worth dealing with. Kash interest level to get it started,” Seraichick added.

SoundoFF Connor Turmelle Sophomore Safety

“Get more involved and meet more people.”

Julianne Bentley Senior Architecture

“Take every opportunity that comes my way before I graduate.”

-EMMA KASH KSC SENIOR

“You could end up having this be an internship for some students.”

Seraichick stated the site should be what the students want and need. She added that she wants to highlight the talent students have at KSC and wants it to be shared.

“People need to be more aware,” Kash stated. what the students want in a mobile application.

She also stated that as a soon-to-be alumni, she would use the application if it was up and running to keep up to date with the school.

Grady had another idea. He stated, “We could put up signs and even big OR Codes around campus for students to be able to scan.” He believes the application should be free to students.

Seraichick said she has not had any major interest from students for the physical creation of this application but is willing to be there as guidance and a helping hand for anyone who wants to get started.

If students are interested and want to contrib

u t e i d e a s and help with this possible project, they are encouraged to contact Laura Seraichick at the IT Group or a faculty member in the Computer Science Department.

Haley Erdbrink can be contacted at herdbrink@keene-equinox.com DENISE GRATTAGE / EQUINOX STAFF

“What is your goal for the spring semester?”

Sean Ballard Junior Community Health

“Stay organized and be as happy as possible.”

Amy Richo Freshman Elementary Education

“I won’t procrastinate and I’ll keep calm.”

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Brittany Allen Senior Sociology

“ Study hard and get it done.”

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EDITORIAL

Rearranging the priorities of news

The New York Times promises readers that the newsEquinox makes it a weekly goal to do the same. What each individual considers to be news may be relative. However, we believe that what often takes precedent as top-of-thefold news is not front-page worthy.

As Miley Cyrus trumped headlines with her “twerking,” the death toll in Syria climbed. When Justin Bieber was arrested last week, reports of riots and a growing death count surfaced out of Cairo. While the E! Network reported which designers’ stars wore what on the red carpet at the Grammy’s, threats of terrorism on the Sochi Olympic Games continue.

Considering Bieber’s prominence, news of his arrest was rightly reported to the public. However, we believe this news was too high on the agenda of many news networks. The Equinox does not believe a disgruntled pop star is more important than outbreaks of war and unjust treatment of fellow human beings—regardless if the occurrences take place on our soil or thousands of miles away.

We believe major news networks have a job to do—as does The Equinox. The job is not only to inform, but to educate readers and viewers. To do the job well, priority lists should be altered.

Why did CNN post Bieber’s face all over their front page on Tuesday, January 21, the day the pop star was arrested, while stories about extreme weather, terrorist threats in not to take a pregnant, brain-dead woman off life support were thrown below in much smaller font?

Did the public really gain any important insight by reading the details of Bieber’s arrest? Rather than focus on what scores the highest ratings, news sources should report important international and domestic news. What did the public miss when they were brought up-to-date with Bieber’s blood-alcohol content?

We call for a reevaluation. This is not only a message to news organizations who share the duty to inform the public, but to individuals as well. What do you care about?

What do you consider to be major headlines?

If you answered, “Justin Bieber,” perhaps it’s time to rethink your role as a media consumer.

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Pressure to be perfect: The media’s inaccurate display Women feel several pressures in their everyThey often have articles about sex and what to day lives because they feel they need to compete do to make your man want you more. and look their best.

There are several teens who also read these Women look up to other women they envy, magazines which lead to more than half being such as celebrities, models, or even their own insecure about their bodies.

Television, on the other hand, triggers females the perfect role of a skinny, beautiful woman in in a way that most magazines can not. society.

First off, the actresses in most movies or teleThere are many different aspects women feel vision shows today portray an unrealistic characthe need to look their best for and we stress these ter with the perfect body. What most people don’t know is that these actresses have body doubles to show-off a perfect body shape. magazines and the Internet to be an unrealistic Actresses and celebrities are also getting plasgirl in society, as this media portrays what girls tic surgeries that give them the bodies they have. should look like or even what boys we should This is leading to young women thinking it is the date. only way to have an amazing body. Because of - this, more and more teens are resorting to these ing young women to have amazing hair, good surgeries. skin and having the “underweight” body type.

This type of role model in the media is show-

ing young girls that plastic surgery is the easy way, or the only way.

Most women aren’t working hard for their bodies by eating clean or exercising, because that is not what these celebrities are setting examples for. Also, movies these days are portraying the “typical mean girl” in the media for young women to envision in schools.

For example, in the article “Teen Mean FightMean Girls was brought up, and how that movie comes off to young teens watching it...

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Gender/Sexuality course tackles equal rights for all COMMENTARY

COMMENTARY

A call to all females: support feminism and defy sexual objectivity

TV show ignores homophobia

Have you ever thought about why or how males hold more power over females?

Since I personally identify as a female, I have thought about how I felt angry that this power difference still exists today. The male gender is the dominant sex, according to social norms. Yet females use sex to gain power.

In my opinion, this is not what women should be doing to gain power in our society.

This kind of empowerment that comes from physical appearance re-establishes sexism.

Females are not going to make any progress gaining power in our society by using their bodies and sex to control men, and therefore, have power over them.

I believe this needs to stop. It is disturbing to see women develop eating disorders, over-exercise and undergo surgeries to feel empowered.

Media outlets also portrays females in a “sexy” way that appeals to heterosexual male audiences, re-enforcing this notion of females being sexual objects.

A historical example is the Rosie the Riveter character from J. Howard Miller’s “We Can Do It!” poster.

I learned in my communication class this semester that this poster misleads audiences into thinking Rosie represents female empowerment.

People who buy products with Rosie on them think they are buying and supporting “female empowerment,” and the, “we can do it” message. However, the customer is being fooled.

If you were to look at Rosie’s face, the focus of the poster, you can see that she

The ABC Family television show Pretty Little Liars, also known as PLL, is probably the most successful show on the channel to date.

The series has broken massive amounts of records, including the record for the most tweeted about television show. the night’s most watched telecast on more ground-breaking about this show, is that one of the main characters is a gay female; something very uncommon in modern television.

This revolutionary step in visibility of homosexuality has surprisingly not caused PLL’s ratings to decline.

Broadcast statistics show that Pretty Little Liars target demographic is of females ages 12 to 18. With all these record-breaking ratings, it would appear those young women are invested in a character who is a lesbian.

According to Communications Scholar Bonnie Dow, most networks in accepting and relating to a lesbian character, yet Emily Fields is one of the most favored out of the four main characters of the show.

I believe and am excited that Emily is a step toward increased visibility of lesbians in media, especially within the teen demographic.

Although PLL is mostly a work

up and also looking clean and put together, making her a sexual object. How does that support female empowerment?

Also, many people are not aware that this poster circulated exclusively among a factory

woman who is murdered but mysteriously comes back to life—still feel that the show truthfully portrays young lesbian couples.

However, I do believe this show does not accurately portray the life of a lesbian girl in high school.

ABC Family premiered PLL on June 10, 2010, with a total of 2.48 million viewers.

team unity. a male as a spectator who has the power as what he looks at—in this case, a female. and is dominated by the one looking at the picture.

This results in women being available for the visual consumption of their bodies, according to some communication scholarships I read.

A more contemporary example of this the City, in which the four main characters are females who look young, thin, white and attractive.

These characters have successful jobs, yet they also strengthen gender norms because their empowerment derives from their power. bodies. Again, on the show these women satToday, the power structures of our political, educational and corporate institutions to gain power. are still being run predominantly by white Contrary to this notion that females can males. gain power through the use of their bodies Yes, more females today are acquiring and sex, I believe a woman moving up in the positions at the top of some of these instituworkforce is one positive way women gain tions. However, it is happening at a very slow

introduced to Emily in a cabin in her friend’s back yard.

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rate.

In order for change to occur faster, we tough. can’t be polite about change. We can’t be This is exactly what females have to do. scared to stand up for ourselves, or just fall back on our bodies to gain control. In U.S. powerful as men. history, when African American’s fought for equality, it didn’t just happen “politely.”

Lyndzi Gray can be contacted at They didn’t just ask nicely to be accepted. lyndzi.gray@ksc.keene.edu

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When you see two girls kissing on TV or other media, do you think they are lesbians or just two sexually aroused straight women?

The media does not show that all people are considered equal; it makes it okay for two straight women to kiss and not be considered lesbian, but not okay for two straight men to kiss.

Most television shows will easily show lesbians kissing, but it would be “weird” or unusual if the media were to show two gay men kissing.

In the recent movie Spring Breakers, the no one considers them to be lesbians.

If in a movie, two straight men were kissing, many more people would question them on being considered gay. This shows that we still live in a homophobic society.

Author Diane Anderson-Minshall explains in her article I Kissed A Girl that, “Women who kiss on TV aren’t coded gay, they’re simply sexually adventurous.” The author explains how women kissing on TV is simply meant to excite male viewers, creating a desire for them to act that way with their female partner.

Anderson-Minshall also stated in her article that two females kissing or making out on TV is supposed to arouse the viewers with lesbian scenes.

Many movies, such as Buffy and American Pie, had no trouble with hiding women kissing and being intimate with one another;

tease, male viewers.

Anderson-Minshall explained in her article that many TV programs have faux-lesbian kissing in it.

Faux kissing uses two straight women who pretend to be lesbians. The author explains how faux kissing is used a lot on many reality TV shows, including MTV shows such as Jersey Shore. When TV shows to keep male kissing or making out hidden. display faux kissing, it makes it less of a big People who create the woman-on-woman deal that two women are kissing, as viewers kissing scenes in shows use it to titillate, or will be aroused by the scenes.

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By using woman-on-woman kissing in the media to arouse the viewers and make males want their girlfriends or wives to act that way, I believe that it is not helping the It is unfair for woman-on-woman kissing to occur on TV when no one questions their sexuality, because if two males kiss on TV, people will automatically question their sexuality.

It is not helping equal gay rights to become more accepted.

However, on recent TV shows and movies, the directors are beginning to show more gay male interaction and characters.

As these shows and movies add more gay characters and kissing, it will help promote gay rights.

In the recent movie titled New Years Eve, there is an attractive man who everyone assumed had a beautiful wife at home— when he really had a man at his house.

This scene in the movie shows equal gay rights and that, just because he is a really attractive male, does not necessarily mean he is straight.

There is a scene in the movie American Pie where two men break into a sorority and think the two women are lesbians, so the males make the females kiss.

The women were both straight. Afterwards, the women make the two men kiss to see what it feels like to be called “lesbians” when they are straight.

In the TV show Modern Family, there is a gay couple who is shown. The show makes it known that they are gay, but it doesn’t show them kissing or being too intimate with each other.

I believe that, in a few more years, TV shows and movies will show more manon-man kissing. Equal gay rights will not be more accepted if TV shows and movies don’t show more men-on-men kissing and interactions.

It is unfair for “faux kissing” to be so easily shown on media when there is no man-on-man kissing shown.

Victoria Bodenski can be contacted at victoria.bodenski@ksc.keene.edu

very quiet, but we learn that she loves to swim and is active on the school’s swim team.

She is not your typical lesbian character that is usually stereotyped with lesbian woman, however. Emily does dress more “sporty” than the rest of the girls, but her character is not overtly “masculine.”

Her homosexuality is introduced more of a girl “experimenting,” rather bian.

As more episodes aired, viewers of the show learned that Emily was in love with her dead friend, Alison, who the show’s mystery revolves around.

The writers use this as a segue to open up more details of Emily’s sexuality. That’s when we meet Maya. on the show.

The couple seemed to have a normal relationship. They hold hands like everyone else in the school, kissed in public and even went on dates.

Emily and Maya are treated as a normal couple, despite the fact they were two girls. Recalling the section episodes when Emily did date Maya, I remember that they kissed at least once in every episode Maya was featured in.

The series even has lesbian love scenes, but not the ones we are used to seeing on television.

Eventually, Maya has to leave town to go to rehab. The night before, together. This scene could have been depicted as clearly made for the male eye; a steamy sex scene between two women.

However, Emily and Maya’s last goodbye was sweet, romantic and not visibly sexual. It was implied that couple had sex and the scene was used as a testament to Emily and Maya’s love for each other.

However, once Maya leaves, this isn’t the end of Emily’s love life. ly’s story line is that she continues to pursue and date women even after her relationship with Maya ends. Emily begins to date a woman named Paige, which gets serious as time goes on.

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KSC students face reverse culture shock upon coming home KAITLYN KELLY

Equinox Staff The chance to explore a new culture, language and city abroad as an American college student is what some might call a “once in a lifetime opportunity.”

Keene State College’s Global Education pare them for their adjustment into a new culture, so students may arrive in their college abroad of choice as prepared as they will ever be.

After studying away, students may face a readjustment period following their time is often referred to, by organizations such KSC’s GEO department, as “reentry.”

Although there is help provided to students undergoing reentry, Associate DirecSpiegel, said that students often don’t expect the reentry phase. dents on is the reentry piece, the reverse ‘Oh, that’s not something I’m going to expeyou’re from sometimes,” Spiegel said.

Spiegel said reentry may affect any student. feels it in one degree or another....You’ve had these amazing experiences, and then you much around home, but you have changed.” ied abroad in Florence, Italy in the spring semester of 2013.

“I wanted to enjoy every minute while

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KSC senior Cailtin Proce sits in front of the Ponte Vecchio bridge

in Florence, Italy. Proce studied abroad during her spring 2013 thing in my life I could describe as bittersemester.

that last month in Florence. We touched down in Boston and I was crying—I was so happy to be home but so sad to have left.”

still impacts her to this day.

this year on February 22. on friendships that they had formed and For more informathen left behind when returning to America. tion on the New Eng“I established a bond with the panini land Study Abroad guy downstairs, the bartender at the bar, it Returnee Conference or KSC’s Study

about who I really was.”

Both students described their homecoming experience as “bittersweet.” This feeling is common among students who return home from an abroad program, according to Spiegel.

“There are people who professionally become a home for her. study these things; the cycle that people - go through when returning home,” Spiegel sweet because I was excited to come home mentioned. and see my family and friends, but at the The New England Study Abroad same time [Florence] had become my home.” Returnee Conference will address the “I was leaving so much behind coming common re-entry phase faced after students arrive home. The event will be held in Boston on life in general; my values, the way I treat people and the way I accept treatment from other people as well.” ied in Florence, Italy in spring of 2013. She

visit Keene State’s Global Education page, or contact Steven Spiegel in the GEO located on the of the Center.

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International student takes a break from Keene before returning for second semester SOPHIE SPIERS

Birmingham, England Greetings again students of Keene State College! For my second article for The Equinox, I have land and spent Christmas with my family. For me, this year Christmas was more than just opening presents and eating obscene amounts plenty of that was done.

As much as I love Keene, being away from Birmingham for so long made me realize how much I have missed my family, my friends and of course going to the pub (the reunited with my best friend Andy, who has been undergoing intense training in order to become a Royal Marine Corporal.

For those unaware of this, British Royal Marine training is one of the longest and most physically demanding infantry training ing forward to hearing about how he was getting on with the system.

So, my Christmas Day consisted of Andy and his brother James

onshire Cream Tea”—a culinary Bath is one of my favorite cities custom that is made up of scones, jelly and clotted cream and is very of unique and quaint little shops, beautiful architecture and many At the engagement party, I met cobbled side roads that you could many former marines. Not only spend days on end exploring and still not uncover everything. Howthe base, which is situated in Exeter, ever, there are not many buses so poral. Meeting them was an experience that was completely different to my expectations. All night, these

up and down steep hills. After a few However, as the date for my hours, I could feel the burn shooting up my legs. I still have no idea how my sister manages to do it every day. new friends and suitemates again, Having a month off to catch up with all my friends and family was much needed after the stress of As much as a blessing it was to

not have stress about deadlines and portfolios, I feel too much television has turned my brain to mush, and I can’t wait to start learning new information again!

time.

On New Year’s Eve, I arose early in order to catch the four-hour-long stay with another British girl who was here last semester at Keene State College. resort popular with English holi-

Instead, we experienced torrential our umbrella and sent my friends

next morning was worth it, as I had a great time counting down to 2014 after toast with Sambuca shots.

However, I also made sure to bring dancing at the local clubs. to this gathering an important My last trip outside of BirmingAmerican custom that I felt would ham was to the city of Bath in only bring us closer on this festive Somerset, where my sister is underday…we played three games of beer pong before retiring to the living Roman Baths—a preserved Roman most traditional Christmas, but in site for public bathing—though of the Spiers family household they course, no one bathes there anynever are! more.

Bath is also the hometown of mas Day was my friend’s mother’s a number of celebrities, includengagement party, so I travelled ing shoe designer Jimmy Choo. up to Exeter to join in with the cel- Johnny Depp also owns the luxuriebrations. Exeter is a town located ous townhouse next door to my sisCONTRIBUTED PHOTO in Devon, which is a seaside vaca- ter’s university, with some students tion resort that is probably most claiming to have spotted him there The city of Bath, England, is where international student Sophie Spiers visited her sister during winter break. Spiers is studying in Keene for a second semester this spring 2014. famously associated with the “Dev-

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Get a good playlist, and get an even better workout JULIE CONLON

Managing ExEcutivE Editor Last week, more than half of the female Keene State College population, including myself, visited the Spaulding Gymnasium.

Climbing the stairs I felt the anxiety many girls feel as they approach the small mill unaware and embarrass myself?

I had just downloaded Beyonce’s “Visual Album” and planned to sweat until I played “Partition” one too many times. Alas, there was not one available machine.

This small gym was the equivalent of the “animal world” Katy Heron daydreams of in the cafeteria when regular people take on like large cats.

Girls in yoga pants (how does anyone workout in pants anyway?) hovered over soon-to-be available machines and stalked the aisles glaring at girls already sweating on the few coveted treadmills and ellipticals. I never got on a machine that afternoon.

I did go back later in the evening, only to face one of my worst fears: yes, the elliptical I stray from my point. Really, I wanted some time at the gym, just me, Yonce, Jay-Z and Blue Ivy. I knew this album would keep me on the machine for a good hour. music—and it’s a good relationship to be in.

I have yet to be disappointed with it.

Costas Karageorphis, Ph.D. is known to be one of the world’s leading authorities on music and exercise from London’s Brunel University School of Sport and Education.

According to Karageorphis, music is an athlete’s “legal drug.” The researcher explained in an article for the American Council for Exercise that his studies show music can not only speed and intensify a workout, it can actually build endurance by as much as 15 percent. As the body endures more—moves more, it needs something to keep it in motion.

Music. Studies show that just a simple beat establishes synchronization. In a current study published in the Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 30 subjects synchronized their pace to the tempo of music.

Subjects were given a choice of either pop or rock music. The result: Karageorphis’s 15 percent endurance claim.

"The synchronous application of music resulted in much higher endurance while the motivational qualities of the music

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Beyonce, left, and Jay-Z perform "Drunk in Love" at the 56th annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, in Los Angeles. Beyonce’s recently released “Visual Album” holds a series of tracks fit for working out.

rock-and-roll. mill or pounding a trail in the great outdoors, Fitzgerald said creating a playlist that pushes your physical endurance is essential to a successful workout.

“Pick something that will make you want to jog it out or go faster. It provides builtin intervals to vary your pace. So your body

acid and get your energy back up after a big hill. The next day, you’ll feel longer, leaner, tighter; not locked up and sore,” the cycle guru said.

According to NBC’s The Today Show, Macklemore’s hit song “Can’t Hold Us,” has of fatigue symptom," Karageorghis reported. been named the 2013 top workout song in the world. Fitness Magazine named “Can’t and priority, this music-exercise relation- Hold Us” their number one song, as well, ship gets easier. with a list that also includes Macklemore’s It’s 2006 in Manhattan, New York City, and the ever popular SoulCycle has begun. “‘Til I Collapse,” by Eminem, “Stronger,” SoulCycle is indoor cycling, with a greater purpose than just aiming to tone your legs Calvin Harris, to name a few. and glutes.

One thing that makes SoulCycle so pop- several songs that are scattered across top ular and so successful is their music playl- workout playlists, “Black Skinhead,” being ists. Every trainer has a playlist, and many the most prevalent. are featured on the commercial music Less mainstream—remixed songs constreaming services like Spotify. tinue to hold strong star power over many Janet Fitzgerald, a master instructor and gym playlists. blood-pumping music is one reason her clients not only see results, but have fun on the journey.

In an interview with Elle Magazine, Fitzgerald named music as “everything” in regards to a good workout.

"The music should do the pushing. It should feel like you’re climbing a hill or running downhill a million miles an hour.

Music connects people on a soul level as well as on a physical level,” she said. Fitzgerald’s playlists include a variety of music, from Lil

MATT SAYLES / AP PHOTO as the rest of the world, apparently, the Big Gigantic remix to Macklemore’s hit single Macklemore performs "Can't Hold Us" at the MTV Movie Awards in Sony Pictures Studio Lot in Culver City, Calif. Macklemore has more plays on my “Run” playlist than and Ryan Lewis are top contenders at the Jan. 26, 2014, Grammy Awards, with seven nominations, including best new artist and song of the year for “Same Love.” the original.

Some other remixes I have scattered only uphill battle you have left to face is the through my gym playlists include Ratatat’s Beyonce and the brilliant lyrics of Childish incline on the treadmill and the resistance “Party and Bullshit,” the Calvin Harris and Gambino keep me on the machines.

The affect music has on the brain is and Spotify, intensifying and enjoying your on the elliptical. undeniable. I may not have even made next workout will be as effortless as pushplans to spend the afternoon at the gym had ing “play.” Let’s not spend another year Ball.”

Julie Conlon can be contacted at I press play on Girl Talk’s album, “Feed I not just downloaded an hour of new music. jconlon@keene-equinox.com the Animals,” for longer runs, while This relationship proves an advantage to

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respond to the survey.’” calling proves that the people who respond are just like everyone else in the survey,” she said.

Students employed at the Phonathon, located in the Alumni Center, helped out with the followup calls.

Provencher shared some of her experiences calling recent graduates. “I’ve really only spoke to a few recent graduates who are unemployed.

Mostly everyone I talk to either has a job or are going to graduate school,” Provencher said.

“I always love talking to people who have recently graduated because it gives me a sense of comfort in my own future. It feels great to hear how well our alumni are doing,” Provencher said.

They contained a section that included the additional activities that 2008 graduates are involved

“It really makes me believe in our school and I’m so grateful that I stayed here.”

-ALEXANDRA OLIVERI KSC SOPHOMORE

successful in their careers, they’re also living their lives to the fullest,” Oliveri said, adding, “It really is great to hear that after I graduate, I know that I can be successful, too.”

The results from the survey regarding the 2008 graduates served as a reminder of the importance of the hard work done at KSC.

do well and what we can do better,” Turrentine said and noted that, “the trustees want to know the employment rate of our graduates, it’s part of

have accurate information to share when people included quotes from the survey responses about ask.” categories like marriage, family, home ownership, Turrentine went on to discuss the future for community service, professional accomplishments graduate surveys identical to this one. and travel that told what else the 2008 alumni have been doing.

Students reacted positively to this section. better.”

“I loved hearing about that section because not Stephanie McCann can be contacted at only are these two-thousand-and-eight graduates smccann@keene-equinox.com

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Results in alumni survey show promise for future graduates STEPHANIE MCCANN

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The year of 2008 may have been a tough year for some graduates entering the traditional American workplace with the United States’ economic crisis, a lack of available jobs and, in the future as news across the nation reported time and time again.

This, however, proved not to be true for the Keene State College graduates of 2008, according to a recent survey showing that 98 percent of KSC’s 2008 graduate respondents are employed or furthering their education.

The survey, conducted by the

these statistics for the class of twothousand-and-eight,” Provencher said, adding, “This gives current students like myself the hope and drive to continue their education here at are always some students skeptical about whether or not they should’ve numbers will give those people more Sophomore Alexandra Oliveri had a similar approach to the survey results. thinking about transferring to a

make more sense for my future,” Oliveri said. across the KSC campus, faculty and students said.

Cathryn Turrentine, the director of institutional research on campus, shared that she was especially satis- concluded.

Out of the 999 students of the class “[Year] Two-thousand-and-eight of 2008, KSC was able to contact 373 of was a really bad year in the economy, the graduates. not just for our students, but for everyThe alumni were surveyed primarbody,” Turrentine said, ily through an online process distrib- uted in their emails. ment and the rates of students furtherTo achieve a more valid pool, ing their education was so high for the alumni who had not responded to the class of two-thousand-and-eight.” survey were then contacted by phone Tureentine continued, “Sometimes and asked the same questions. we worry about students who graduate into a bad economy catching up. responded.

Well, this data shows that our students Turrentine explained the validity are employed at a very high level.” of the survey process.

The survey also found that among “We compared the responses of the those students that are employed, people we called to the people who 76 percent reported that their cur- originally answered the questions rent position is one that somewhat or online and we found that there was no directly correlates with their related statistical difference between the two studies at KSC. groups. That tells us that the responses we have from the survey are likely to respondents felt that KSC prepared be representative of the larger group,” them well for their employment, Turrentine said. according to the survey which can be found on Keene State College’s web- very, very important to know this. site.

People always say, ‘well, if people are Samantha Provencher, a sopho- employed, they’re the ones willing to

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“I’ve really only spoke to a few recent graduates who are unemployed. Mostly everyone I talk to either has a job or are going to graduate school.”

-SAMANTHA PROVENCHER KSC SOPHOMORE

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A survey conducted by the Keene State College Office of Institutional Research showed what 2008 alumni are doing post graduation and how KSC helped them become successful.

The countdown begins: KSC seniors embark on the path of nostalgia NICOLE CARROBIS

My favorite part about Keene is the community. It’s just so small and family-oriented, almost.”

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experiences and life going forward to and beyond graduation.

KSC senior Jeff Bradley talked about the logistics. Bradley said he wants

Gawrys continued.

While seniors shared general nostalgic thoughts like missing the DC and enjoying the small community the city of Keene offers all KSC students,

[Academic Career Advising].”

According to seniors, the focus remains on one huge event: graduation.

Senior Kristin Carlson described her goal for this semester as, “Pass and plete her minor, she said.

anticipate the upcoming graduation.

Gawrys recounted the KSC men’s basketball game where the KSC Owls

Gawrys said her top priority is to graduate and grab a diploma.

forget that,” she said.

Gawrys also said, “As for best memories…probably hanging out in the

it and have the most fun since it is the last semester—just try to go out with a bang,” Gawrys said.

Before life gets too practical, some seniors still focus on enjoying their

the fun she had during her sophomore year living with roommates. my professor got a CD stuck in one of the computer towers…They never got it out,” she explained.

But as the day begins its approach, and excitement creeps in, seniors expressed that they have also grown sad and share feelings of anxiety.

Gawrys explained how her fellow classmates are handling the upcoming transition.

is funny, because freshman year you don’t take it seriously—you have no idea what you are doing until halfway through sophomore year—and then He continued and said that he will miss the familiar faces and places, as well as all of these things some KSC students may sometimes take for granted.

middle. But people are crying about this being the last semester and you MICHELLE LEFEBVRE / EQUINOX STAFF

seeing everyone—and the DC.” a lot of partying, a lot of studying and somehow we all made it.” it’s just not like that,” Bradley added.

Gawrys also said she will miss the college lifestyle and, “Being able to

Nicole Carrobis can be contacted at nicole.carrobis@ksc.keene.edu

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Campaigns glorify ‘imperfections’ in advertising

“We left beauty marks, we left tattoos, what you see is really what you get with our campaign.”

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DANIELLE MULLIGAN

We were trying to support a small brand, not glamorize

Copy Editor are visible in the photographs.

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Young women everywhere look up to these models,

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FILM REVIEW

Critically acclaimed film creates emotional response from viewers

Brains, heart, courage and home: Principles to live by NICK BUNDARIN

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His body is decorated with sewnin patches. The only thing the scare- crow lacks is a brain. tions and has shown us epic battles

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impossible.

The obsession makes sense when you take cherished.

The brain is our core, our doorway to

they should never be underestimated.

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spew ignorance. The brain should be is the Scarecrow.

and do my homework.

straw in his limbs. ignorant.

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Macklemore says Lamar ‘robbed’ at Grammy Awards CHRIS TALBOTT

AssociAted Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Everyone felt sorry for Kendrick Lamar after the dazzling young rapper was shut out at the Grammy Awards — even Macklemore, the guy who beat him head-to-head in several categories.Macklemore sent Lamar an apologetic text after winning in the best rap album category, one of two discussion-worthy moments the Seattle rapper engineered Sunday night.

That was one of four awards for best new artist Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, and the one that sparked the most grumbling.

“You got robbed,” Macklemore wrote in a text to Lamar that he later posted on Instagram.

“I wanted you to win. You should have. It’s weird and sucks that I robbed you.”It was a unique moment in Grammy history — almost as unique as Macklemore’s other moment: the mass on-air wedding that included same-sex couples performed during the duo’s rendition of gay-rights anthem “Same Love.”

Macklemore, whose real name is Ben Haggerty, has made no secret of his opinion in the best rap album category, declaring early on that he felt Lamar’s “good kid, m.A.A.d. city” should win best rap album over his own record “The Heist.”

Drake, Jay Z and Kanye West also were nominated in the category, but the hip-hop community seemed to throw its hopes behind Lamar, a 26-year-old Compton native and Dr. Dre protege who has deep respect from his peers because of his raw talent, verbal abilities and cinematic vision.

Haggerty’s publicist said the Seattle rapper was unavailable to discuss his

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Macklemore poses in the press room with two of his awards after winning for best rap performance and best rap song for ‘Thrift Shop,’ best rap album for ‘The Heist’ and best new artist at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards.

text Monday morning, but he had explained his feelings in an interview with The Associated Press last week.

albums of this year that we’re talking about in terms of the Grammys. I think in terms of a rap album, I think Kendrick should win it. I think we should absolutely be in there’s many other categories the rap category,” Haggerty that we’re nominated in that said. “I think we should be I would love to take home a nominated. I think we could Grammy ... but in terms of have one of the best rap that one, I feel it should go to

Kendrick.”

He also addressed the tear-inducing wedding in his Instagram post: “And to play Same Love on that platform was a career highlight. The greatest honor of all. That’s what this is about. Progress and art.”

Queen Latifah plays queen ‘commish’ for the night ASSOCIATED PRESS

The weddings of 33 couples during the Grammy Awards were legally presided over by Queen Latifah.

The rapper-actress-talk show host had to be sworn in as a commissioner by the state of California to perform the ceremony.

“You can call me Queen Commish for a little longer,” she joked backstage Sunday night.

Latifah said she’s not an ordained minister and her special powers expired at midnight.

“It was something I took very seriously,” she said. “That is someone’s life commitment to one another, you want to make sure you do it right.

That’s what sunk in for me.”

The marriages took place in the aisle of the Staples Center during Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ performance of the gay rights anthem “Same Love.”

“To have your wedding in front of 100 million people is pretty momentous,” Latifah said.

AP PHOTO “I can say I was here and that will not leave me.

Queen Latifah poses in the press room at the 56th - Annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, in Los Angeles.

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The pièce de résistance are her ruby slippers.

The color red warriors want to see in battle. Or apples and it was he who made the plan to sneak if you want to go by the book, silver, like mooninto the Wicked Witch’s castle and save Dorothy. light.

With encouragement from his friends, this Dorothy believes in the power of home. bag of straw proved he was just as smart as any Home for many is the center of our life. genius.

It is our shield, our protection from dangers of the world. It is where we learn our values Man. He is my favorite storybook character, and and beliefs and where we get our love from and I loved it when I got to play him in a summer where our family dwells. camp production.

Sadly, not everyone has this safe haven. But He is tall like the Scarecrow, but with skinny, they should not despair. silver limbs held together by tightly fastened Family, despite what others say, is not about bolts.

There is sheen to his tin body, and his face can hold expression, which is usually of a happy Home is where you feel love, where you feel nature. safe.

A bowtie made of the same metal sits handDorothy was somewhat naive in this respect. somely on his neck, and a funnel sits on his head, The journey with her companions was a kind of his own version of a hat. home and was her protection. Home also keeps Lastly, he holds a thigh-long ax with such a us grounded. sharp blade that gleams when light touches its No, I don’t mean when your parents catch face. you smoking. Even if we are a billionaire or The only thing this man is missing is a heart. someone world-renowned, many don’t have that The heart is not just an organ that pumps lifestyle growing up. blood.

Never forget where you come from is what I It is a universal representation of love. Organs am trying to tell you. are studied in science and so is love.

Do not forget the people who supported you We call love chemical, which makes the feel- all your life and helped you evolve. Never lose ings we feel so impersonal. that connection.

The brain, heart, courage, and home are four tide going back and forth, the white lips of the principles we should live by. Use your brain and waves darkening the beige sand. don’t be ignorant. Use your heart to spread love and let love in. the trees, the branches creaking as they bend to the wind’s will. ber that you have a home; your rock in a storm of Love is a natural force and to search for that troubling times.

With these tools Dorothy and her friends Tin Man and his journey with Dorothy, is what faced something that everyone faces in realwe should do. ity- wickedness. It takes many forms: bullies, The Tin Man didn’t truly need a physical bigots, dictators and in Dorothy’s case, wicked object to show his feelings. He went on that jour- witches.

Wickedness: To see the Wicked Witch of for at all cost. That is love. the West riding her broom through the sky, her Courage. The Cowardly Lion is more than sharp cackle piercing the air and making a chill just a “scaredy cat.” He is a majestic beast. His ride up an Ozian’s spine. coat is a rich golden brown, and a mane of She is cloaked in midnight black, a pershaggy hair that frames his gentle face. fectly morbid contrast to her goblin-green skin.

The lion’s eyes are an emerald green that Her structure is vulture-like and bony, and make the rest of his face look strong. her hands are like two green spiders with long worst ways. Like a virus, it can grow and evolve, turning fear to hatred and bringing out our most ugly traits.

However, everyone feels cowardice sometimes. Whether it is from peer pressure or letting someone getting picked on while you just sit there—animals feel cowardice as well.

On a positive note, we can condition ourselves to get out of those “negative” feelings.

This is where courage comes in.

Not all things wicked take such obvious evil forms.

Some wicked people hide behind guises of be known and hurt people outright physically or verbally.

There are also times that the wicked isn’t even a person at all.

It could be the toxin that is doubt or fear that

similar to cowardice.

A bucket of water isn’t going to make it go away. Wickedness that is either internal or caused by someone else must be dealt with by inner strength. scared.

The principles I have told you are examples of Courage isn’t always easy, doing what’s right that inner strength. isn’t easy. But if we stand our ground and look Wickedness is not a product of reason, nor past our fears, we can make great change and can it counter the brain, the heart, courage and inspire others to do the same. home.

The Cowardly Lion showed his bravery just No matter how hard she tried and no matter by going to save Dorothy, even though he was how many trials she threw out at Dorothy scared. That is true bravery.

Home. The one thing Dorothy wants more Winkies, not to mention the crows, bees, and than anything is to go back home to Kansas.

If you read the story’s version of Kansas, you was able to overcome. would ponder why someone would want to go back to a gray wasteland hit by a tornado instead “Who would have thought a good little girl like of a colorful land of singing little people and a you could destroy my beautiful wickedness?”

That’s the shortsightedness of wickedness own, I guess. and its greatest weakness.

Dorothy has wisdom beyond her years and It never comprehends how strong or how a bravery that protects her from wicked witches capable someone is and its number one down—and a house. fall is underestimating even the meekest person.

She is petite in stature, her hair a reddish brown held together in two pigtails with powder Nick Bundarin can be reached at blue bows. Her skin is peach, but her cheeks nbundarin@keene-equinox.com hold a healthy blush.

She is the farmer’s niece, dressed in a checkyou believe in.

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Events starting on Friday, Jan. 31 through Sunday, Feb. 23 Colonial Theatre Rhythm of the Dance Saturday Feb. 15 at 8 p.m.

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Protests buoyed by western Ukraine volunteers LAURA MILLS

AssociAted Press LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Brimming with determination and enthusiasm, young Ukrainian designers stayed up very late one night to work on a pet project — not a chic gallery openMarianna Kvyatkovska and others used hunks of plastic ers against police truncheons in the capital, Kiev government demonstrations for nearly two months. testers died.

While Kiev is the epicenter of the demonstrations calling ing entrepreneurial engine of support for the protesters. alism, where an overwhelming majority of the people resent Support for the pro-Russian Yanukovych is almost nonexistent and residents in this city of 730,000 want their future clearly tied to Europe.

“This is a country that is killing the middle class, of which I consider myself a part,” said Andrey Kit, owner of an agriAlthough the economy of western Ukraine is poorer than the Russian-speaking east, home to Ukraine’s major industries, Lviv’s people regard themselves as more cultured than easterners.

“Western Ukraine is avant-garde,” Kvyatkovska said.

Yanukovych then shelved an agreement to deepen ties Russia instead. forced him to sign a resignation letter.

Over the weekend, the regional parliament declared a

in Kiev.

Here, opinions are still divided.

People traveling to the capital gather at a cafe downtown for demonstrators.

“Every day the demand for things people can use for said organizer Mikhail Senko.

“People fear more and more for their safety.”

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A pro-European Union activist shouts slogans during clashes with police in central Keiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday, Jan. 21. Anti-government protestors held their ground through a night of violence in the capital.

Persistent below-zero temps visit Midwest again Law proposed after boy with autism vanishes DON BABWIN

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VERENA DOBNIK

CHICAGO (AP) — A second deep freeze in weeks locked the Midwest in its icy grip Monday, prompting schools to close, airlines lization of emergency crews to dig out major roadways.

From Chicago, where parents

NEW YORK (AP) — The federal earlier this month. government would pay for GPS tracking devices for autistic chil- Saturday for his funeral and invesdren under legislation proposed tigators are still trying to determine how he died. and named for a New York City we can take necessary steps to school three months ago and was ensure we learn from this and put found dead in a city river. in place programs that will ensure “Avonte’s Law,” named for that no parent and no child has to go through a similar nightmare in the future,” Schumer said at a news for the high-tech device that could

work or call in sick to stay home and care for them, to South Dakota, treacherous driving conditions.

“I’m moving to Alaska where it’s warmer,” Kathy Berg said in jest — though it’s in fact true of current weather conditions — as she arrived ing a long-sleeved t-shirt, sweatshirt, cap, two scarves and two pair of gloves.

A persistent weather pattern that’s driving Arctic air south was forecast to force temperatures to ing overnight Sunday.

Actual temperatures will range from the teens in northern Kentucky were expected — minus 43 in Minminus 3 in Louisville, Ky. Weather forecasters in Chicago were telling viewers that the high temperature for the day had already come and gone and that the low may reach minus 4 degrees with wind Iowa, where the weather service temperatures and wind chills that

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A woman walks to her car at the long-term parking lot at the Indianapolis International Airport on Monday, Jan. 6

could reach minus 40 degrees — a forecast that had Amy Henry, an in Omaha thinking enough was enough.

Traveling in many places cials in many states urged people to stay off the roads, including in Indiana where 50 mph gusts were recorded early in the day.

And in Michigan, parts of which have experienced their snowiest January on record, weather-related crashes killed three people over the weekend and roads remained slick.

On Monday, snow drifts kept

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If Chicago makes it to 60 straight Airlines had canceled more than airports during the last cold snap.

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Leo’s Coney Island restaurant in the they could get trains out of the city.

Meanwhile, homeless people looking to stay warm kept a watchful eye for security at the station, the casual walk-in customers have knowing if they stayed in one place stayed away.

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Brain-dead pregnant woman taken off life support NOMAAN MERCHANT

AssociAted Press FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A public battle over the fate of a brain-dead, pregnant Texas woman and her fetus ended quietly and privately as she was taken off life support and her family began preparing for her burial.

John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth complied Sunday with a judge’s order to pull any life-sustaining treatment from Marlise Munoz, who was declared brain-dead in November, but kept on machines for the sake of her fetus.

Munoz was removed from the machines shortly afterward and allowed to die. The fetus, which was at 23 weeks’ gestation, was not delivered.

The hospital’s decision brought an apparent end to a case that inspired debates about abortion and end-of-life decisions, as well as whether a pregnant woman who is considered legally and medically dead should be kept on life support for the sake of a fetus, per Texas law.

Anti-abortion activists attended Friday’s court hearing and spoke out in favor of trying to deliver the fetus.

Whether the Munoz case leads Texas to change the law remains unclear. In recent years, the Legislature has enacted several new anti-abortion restrictions, including setting the legal guideline for when a fetus can feel pain at 20 weeks — a milestone Marl-

ise Munoz’s fetus passed about three weeks ago.

Munoz’s husband, Erick Munoz, sued the hospital because it would not remove life support as he said his wife would have wanted in such a situation. The couple, both paramedics, was familiar with end-of-life issues, and Erick Munoz said his wife had told him she would not want to be kept alive under such circumstances.

But the hospital refused his request, citing Texas law that says life-sustaining treatment cannot be withdrawn from a pregnant patient, regardless of her end-of-life wishes.

Judge R.H. Wallace Jr. sided Friday with Erick Munoz, saying in his order: “Mrs. Munoz is dead.”

Erick Munoz found his wife unconscious in their Haltom City home on Nov. 26, possibly due to a blood clot.

Doctors soon determined that she was brain-dead, which meant she was both medically and legally dead by law, but kept her on machines to keep her organs functioning for the sake of the fetus.

Shortly after the hospital TOM FOX / AP announced its decision not Afton Brown, right, of Fort Worth shows her support for the Munoz family outside the Tim Curry Criminal Justice Center on Friday, Jan. 24 in Fort

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attorneys announced that she Munoz told The Associhad been disconnected from life support about 11:30 a.m. ated Press this month that he wanted to move forward with Sunday. caring for the couple’s infant rest in peace, and her family son and relatives stricken by the tragedy. Larry Thompson, what has been an unbearably a state’s attorney who argued long and arduous journey,” on behalf of the hospital Friday, said the hospital was they said in a statement.

trying to protect the rights of the fetus as it believed Texas law instructed it to do.

The hospital’s attorneys cited a section of the Texas Advance Directives Act that reads: “A person may not withdraw or withhold life-sustaining treatment under this

subchapter from a pregnant patient.”

“There is a life involved, and the life is the unborn child,” Thompson told the judge. Legal experts told the AP that the hospital was misreading the Texas Advance Directives Act and that the

law isn’t an absolute command to keep a pregnant woman on life support.

The case has been noted by Republican Texas Gov. Rick Perry and the two leading candidates running to replace him, but none of them has called for any new laws yet or action as a

result of the case.

Republican Attorney General Greg Abbott, through a spokesman, said the case was a “heartbreaking tragedy” and that “Texas strives to protect both families and human life, and we will continue to work toward that end.”

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Police: Student fire apparent suicide attempt P. SOLOMAN BANDA STEVEN K. PAULSON

were in the cafeteria at the time, but none were injured.

Investigators are talking to students, faculty memWESTMINSTER, Colo. bers and family members (AP)—A 16-year-old boy set - she said. ban Denver high school on “We don’t have any Monday in an apparent sui- indication that there’s any cide attempt that left him threat against the high critically injured, authori- school. We do believe that ties said. this is a suicide attempt,” The boy didn’t make she said. any threats before starting The boy hasn’t been named. Spottke didn’t Standley Lake High School, know how the student Westminster Police Department spokeswoman Cheri extensive smoke in the Spottke said. building.

A custodian was able The school was closed for the day and students to put out the blaze before were sent home, Jefferit could spread, Spottke son County Public Schools said. Several other students spokeswoman Lynn Setzer

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said.

Students without cars were taken by buses to a local middle school, where they were picked up by their parents.

No classes will be held at the school on Tuesday either but the district will provide counseling to students there in the morning.

Monday’s incident was the latest to affect a Denverarea school in recent weeks.

On Thursday, Columbine High School, where two gunmen killed 13 people in 1999, went on high security alert after receiving a series of threatening phone calls.

The alert applied to a half-dozen other schools in the area, in the same school

district as Standley Lake, but was lifted the same day.

On Dec. 13, student gunman Karl Pierson, 17, fatally shot Claire Davis, a 17-year-old classmate at Arapahoe High School in Centennial before killing himself in the school’s library.

Pierson reportedly had threatened a teacher and librarian who had disciplined him last year and allegedly was seeking that teacher when he entered the school, investigators have said.

Colorado state lawmakers are considering a bill to spend about $250,000 to continue a hotline students and teachers can use to report threats and bullying

anonymously. hotline has prevented more than two dozen school attacks since its creation in 2004.

Westminster was home to 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway, who was abducted on her way to school and killed in 2012.

Austin Sigg, who was 17 at the time of the crime, was sentenced to a life sentence plus 86 years.

Jessica’s disappearance put Westminster and neighboring Denver suburbs on edge as police, aided by an army of volunteers, searched for her and then her killer.

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joined by Avonte’s mother, Vanessa Fontaine, and grandmother Doris McCoy. About half of autistic children are prone to wandering, according to research published in 2012 in the journal Pediatrics, and wandering has led to the deaths of more than 60 autistic children since 2008.

About 90 percent of the wandering fatalities in recent years have been drowning victims, according to the National Autism Association.

Groups that advocate for autismaffected families have made it a priority to increase awareness of wandering.

The study found that half of parents with autistic children never received advice or guidance from a professional on how to cope with wandering.

Experts have recommended precautionary measures, including autistic children wearing ID bracelets or tracking devices.

“Lord knows, if we had known within a matter of minutes where this boy was when he had walked out in a school, we might not be here,” said David Perecman, an attorney for Avonte’s family who has been speaking on their behalf.

“Never again.”

Avonte’s mother smiled faintly as she listened to Schumer’s proposal, which he said might have saved her son’s life.

He plans to introduce the legislation on Monday.

The program would resem-

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New York police continue the search for human remains after an arm and legs were discovered along a rocky shoreline in the Queens borough of NYC Friday, Jan. 17.

ble one that Schumer said has successfully kept track of people with Alzheimer’s disease using a computer-programmed alert system.

That program signals police departments when someone wearing the device leaves a place where they are supposed to be.

Each device costs about $85, plus a few dollars in monthly fees, the senator said, adding that hundreds of families with autistic children already have used privately funded tracking devices.

Michael Rosen, executive director of New York-based Autism Speaks, attended the news conference with his 26-year-old autistic son, Nicky.

As a child, “he would race across the street to a neighbor’s living room ... and he’d end up all of a sudden tearing apart their living room, or he’d be across the street on a roof because he was attracted to heights,” Rosen said of his son.

“You can’t turn your back for one second.”

One in 88 American children had some form of autism spectrum disorder in 2008, according to the latest estimate from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

That’s a 78 percent increase compared to 2002.

Rosen and other experts say the increase is due to better and broader diagnoses, plus awareness and other unknown factors.

The group supports Schumer’s legislation.

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marshal — the military’s top rank —

of the population to turn against them, accusing the Brotherhood of trying to monopolize power. Massive protests prompted el-Sissi to depose Morsi on July 3.

Since Morsi’s ouster, Egypt has seen a wave of pro-military nationalist fervor and a return to prominence of security agencies that under Mubarak — and even after — were widely hated for abuses of power. Soon after the coup, millions of Egyptians answered el-Sissi’s call to take to the street in rallies to “del-

leaves the military.

The promotion gives el-Sissi the same rank held by his predecessor, Mohammed Hussein Tantawi, who was army chief and defense minister for years under Mubarak and who then stepped in as military ruler for nearly 17 months after Mubarak’s

freely elected president, was inaugurated in 2012, he removed Tantawi and installed el-Sissi.

The state-run Al-Ahram newspaper said the council also named Chief of Staff Sedki Sobhi to replace el-Sissi as army chief and defense crackdown on the Brotherhood, kill- minister when he steps down. Under ing hundreds of supporters and the new constitution, the president arresting thousands more. must have SCAF’s endorsement to The government branded the Brotherhood a terrorist organiza- post, meaning the military effection, accusing it of orchestrating tively names its own chief. the violence. The group denies the With the exception of Morsi, charge, saying it is aimed at justifying the crackdown. been ruled by men of military backThe heavy-handed security ground since the overthrow of the crackdown also swept away secular- monarchy in a coup some 60 years leaning activists and youth leaders ago. as part of a wave of intimidation of An el-Sissi presidency would critics, sparking fears among some continue that trend. of a return to a Mubarak-style police The new title came one day after state.

President Mansour announced that “It will more or less be a one man presidential elections would be held show,” said Ahmed Fawzi, the secretary general of the Social Democratic party, part of the liberal alliance that laid out in a transition plan put forsupported Morsi’s ouster. ward by the military after Morsi’s The fragile security situation ouster. only feeds into many Egyptians’ The presidential election is now need for a strong man who can expected before the end of April, restore stability. while a parliamentary vote should If el-Sissi runs in the elections come before the end of July. due by the end of April, he would It followed a day of striking conlikely sweep the vote, given his pop- trast on Jan. 25 when Egyptians

of the public, the lack of alternatives, the almost universal support in Egypt’s media and the powerful atmosphere of intimidation against critics pervading the country.

But Fawzy predicted it also would likely provoke a backlash by Islamists.

While el-Sissi is yet to make tary’s top body of generals, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, endorsed the idea after an hours-long meeting Monday to discuss el-Sissi candidacy, according to military spokesman Col. Ahmed Mohammed Ali. In an audio statement, the council said it was the majority’s will.

“The council cannot but look with respect and homage to the desire of the wide masses of the great Egyptian people to nominate Gen. el-Sissi for the presidency, and considers it an assignment and commitment.”

While the generals were holding their meeting, interim President

marked the spark of the 2011 revolution.

Large crowds turned out in rallies calling for el-Sissi to run, in a show heavily orchestrated by military supporters, particularly a new political grouping called “Masr Balady” or “Egypt is My Country,” which brings together prominent interior minister and senior Muslim cleric Ali Gomaa.

At the same time, security forces cracked down on Islamist protesters demanding Morsi’s reinstatement testers while battled and arrested secular-leaning activists who tried to stage a demonstration voicing opposition to both the military and the Islamists.

Islamist opponents describe the coup as treason and brand el-Sissi a murderer.

They tried to cast el-Sissi as a ruthless dictator, an enemy of Islam or an agent of America and Israel.

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munity as much as we can be,” Garamella said. “We’ll do Relay For Life and any events we can go to around campus.”

But on the surface it appears the team’s future is uncertain. Six dancers, including captains Garamella and Gabby Pacheco, will be graduating in the spring.

Ten more dancers will be graduating the year after that. It’s the kind of turnover that could derail the progress the program’s made over the last few years.

But, the girls don’t seem worried.

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“I’m leaving the team feeling like we’re making a difference for the nationals in years to come, it feels good.” Ferguson said there are pros to having underclassmen take over.

“A young team is good, I think it’s better because they work together more and everyone is closer as a team,” Ferguson said.

After overcoming adversity and working so hard this year, it’s hard to believe the team could get any closer.

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

Jerry Rice’s team holds off Deion Sanders’ to take 2014 pro bowl OSKAR GARCIA

AssociAted Press Jerry Rice has fresh bragging rights on Deion Sanders nearly a decade after both players retired from the NFL. Dallas running back DeMarco Murray caught a 20-yard touchdown pass with 41 seconds left and Carolina running back Mike Tolbert plunged into the end zone for a 2-point conversion to give Rice a 22-21 win over Sanders “They called my number the whole way,” Tol(Rivers) told them to give it to me. My old teammate, he told them to give it to me.”

Baltimore’s Justin Tucker missed a 67-yard 66-yarder earlier in the game.

The touchdown and conversion gave Rice a comeback after Philadelphia quarterback Nick Foles threw a 12-yard touchdown to Cleveland tight end Jordan Cameron with less than 5 minutes to play to give Sanders a 21-14 lead.

The touchdowns by Cameron and Murray were the only scores of the second half in a game that had eight turnovers — including six interceptions — and nine sacks. turnovers because of the weather,” said Houston defensive end J.J. Watt, who was a captain on Sanders’ team. “There was a lot of rain, so obviously that factored into it.”

The game was played in consistent rain, but little wind and warm temperatures in the high 70s.

Foles was the only quarterback of six in the game to not throw an interception. He was completions for 89 yards.

Philadelphia wide receiver DeSean Jackson and Carolina quarterback Cam Newton also had touchdowns for Team Sanders. New Orleans tight end Jimmy Graham and Cleveland wide receiver Josh Gordon caught touchdowns for Team Rice. Gordon led Team Rice with six catches for 66 yards, while Washington running back Alfred Morris had four catches for 69 yards.

The Pro Bowlers were split up by the NFL greats in a new draft format meant to improve the game. The picks made earlier in the week created matchups that pitted usual teammates against each other and challenged Rice and Sanders to compare the all-stars against one another. That led to plenty of trash talk between Rice and Sanders and some bruised egos among players used to being on top of their sport.

“Great Job Goat!!!!” Sanders tweeted toward Rice after the game. “Enjoy this moment cause u know I’m hot right now.”

The result Sunday was a game that appeared more competitive than in years past, with some big hits — even between teammates — and

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Cowboys’ tackle Jason Hatcher celebrates after a sack at the pro bowl in Honolulu on Sunday, January 26.

fewer shenanigans.

“It was crazy, but we had fun with it,” Gordon said. “I loved it and enjoyed it.”

Luck. Luck threw the ball 36 yards into double coverage in the end zone on a flea flicker, where Jackson wrestled it away from Titans cornerback Alterraun Verner. on one of the biggest hits in the game.

Graham caught an 8-yard fade in the second “I don’t think he knew what he was doing but quarter from teammate Drew Brees, turning around Brees’ slow start. Graham dunked the Gordon said. “I’ll get him back in Cleveland.” ball over the crossbar in celebration, but San Jackson caught the game’s first touchdown Diego safety Eric Weddle jokingly defended the pass from Indianapolis quarterback Andrew attempt.

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Sophomore guard Tre Tipton drives to the rim in a home game against U-Mass Boston on Saturday, January 25 in the Spaulding Gymnasium.

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Patriots Quarterback Tom Brady was understandably upset after losing the AFC Championship in Denver, but relative to the Oakland Raiders, 2014 was another successful season.

it will never come, as the Raiders seem to be in now a permanent Black Hole.

Since their Super Bowl appearance, the Raiders have been lookance, the Raiders have yet to win a playoff game. The Raiders record ing the right head coach since Jon Gruden left the organization for since the “Tuck Rule Game” in the regular season is 64-128. Accord- the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. ing to Pro Football Reference, the Raiders also have had seven differThe Patriots’ consistency has been the envy of the league, having ent head coaches since the “Tuck Rule Game.” the combination of Tom Brady and Bill Belichick. Since that game, (Cont. from B10)

franchise quarterback after that game. The Raiders quarterback, then 37-year-old Rich Gannon, started 16 games in the 2002 season.

However, the following season he only started seven games due to injury. The Raiders then turned to Kerry Collins for a majority of the starts in 2004 and 2005.

Since then, they have had band-aids trying over the wound: JaMarcus Russell was a bust, Jason Campbell and Carson Palmer

Championships. The Patriots have only missed the playoffs twice in 2002 and in 2008—both seasons where they scored a winning record.

With the loss to the Broncos in this season’s AFC Championship Game still fresh, fans must realize Tom Brady is beginning to near the light at the end of the tunnel.

The question is: when will Oakland finally get past the game that started their downfall?

appear to be failures. For the most loyal fans sitting in the Black Hole section at the Oakland Coliseum, the end of the misery seems like

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KSC athletic team records Men’s Basketball

Women’s Basketball OVERALL CONF.

9-7 2-5

27 44

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66 71

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Drew Ledwith

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Dan Oliveira

100 Fly

52.79

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Amber Long

200 Fly

2:15.02

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Alison Bartlett

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24.53

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Caitlyn Shea

Maine

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Maine

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Tuesday, Feb. 4, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 4, 5:30 p.m.

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Randy Dunton

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“He is getting more physical this year,” Walker said. “He is attacking the basketball more, we just have to keep looking for him and he’ll do good at the end of the season.”

The team is keeping a positive atti-

of January 24, Howard is averaging 13 points and a little over 12 rebounds per game.

“This is the kid we recruited, he is getting much more comfortable at the speed of the game and the physicality of the game at the college level. This is the kid we saw in high school,” Colbert said.

This year, Howard also had a career high 27 points in a loss to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.

season.

Fragola said it is critical for the team to have this uplifting energy.

“We need to come into every game thinking we’re going to win against the toughest team in the league,” Fragola said.

“If we do that, hopefully we can come up with an LEC Championship.”

The coaching staff for the Owls is also very optimistic.

At the time of the interview, with ten game, he wasn’t thinking about the games left in the season, Colbert said, career high.

“Ten games to go, we’re gonna make a “I saw it on the scoreboard, how many run at this.” [points] I had. I wasn’t thinking about it. I was trying to get shots so my team could win,” Howard said.

Brian Clemmenson can be contacted at Senior Sean Walker has noticed a difbclemmenson@keene-equinox.com ference in Howard’s play from last year.

Accusations of corruption continue in lead up to Sochi Olympics NATALIYA VASILYEVA

AssociAted Press An interactive website launched Monday by anti-corruption activist

of interest at the Sochi Winter Olympics.

Russia has spent about $51 billion to deliver the Sochi Olympics, which run sive games ever, even though as a winter event it hosts many fewer athletes than summer games do.

company in charge of Sochi construction, between 2008 and 2010 was “conducive to incurring unreasonable cost overruns.”

At least three criminal investigations against Olympstroi employees have been opened, but none of them has reached court. Olympstroi has since changed its management.

The Sochi Organizing Committee ny’s new website.

When asked about it, Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, said the IOC stands “against any form of corruption.”

“Whenever there have been concerns and accusations and information in the past, they have been passed on to the organizing committee,” Bach said.

twice as much as necessary to build at least 10 of the Olympic venues — including the Bolshoi Ice Palace, the Fisht Stadium for the opening/closing ceremonies and the speed-skating arena.

Allegations of corruption have dogged preparations for the Sochi solid evidence of how money was stolen Games for years, as reported by The during the many Sochi construction projects. new website — Sochi.FBK.info — combines data gathered during his own do, because the games were not covered investigations along with media reports by Russian laws on tenders and procureand other activists’ analysis.

Using colorful graphics, the website the money spent. makes a wide range of data accessible in Olympstroi was given free rein by English and Russian.

Putin to “determine the ground rules “Athletes are not the only people for selecting investors and contractors” for Olympic venues. This created fertile ground for corruption in the allocamayoral election last year, wrote on the website. deputy director of Transparency International in Moscow. part in the games and turned them into Olympstroi “is even less transpara source of income.” ent than companies in (Russia’s) statePresident Vladimir Putin has rejected owned sector, where corruption is rife,” claims about rampant corruption in he told the AP. The total amount of state contracts due to the honest mistakes of investors overseen by Olympstroi was about 700 who underestimated the costs. billion rubles, or $22 billon, according to “If anybody has got this information, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak, please show this to us,” Putin said in a the government official in charge of the recent television interview. “But so far games. lation.” called Rospil, has monitored thousands A 2012 report by the government’s of Russian state contracts and appealed Audit Chamber found about 15 billion to law enforcement agencies to get the rubles (about $500 million) in “unreason- murky ones annulled. able” cost overruns in the preparations Rospil has been successful in overfor the Sochi Olympics. turning nearly 130 contracts worth Auditors found that the work of some staff members at Olympstroi, the state for the Sochi Games, though.

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ZACH WINN

SportS Editor The Athlete of the Week this week is Junior swimmer, Randy Dunton.

Dunton won three events in the team’s most recent meet against Bentley to lead the team. Keene State College held their own against their division II competition, eventually winning the meet 185-103. Dunton, who hails from St. Cloud, Florida, is the only junior on a young team that has looked experienced beyond their years so far this season. Dunton won the 100-meter back with a time of 54.35, the 200meter back with a time of 2:00.7 and individual medley at 2:04.28. While most of his teammates probably felt out of their element on the team’s recent trip to Florida, Dunton, who grew up in central Florida, must have felt right at home.

-Sophomore swimmer Alison Bartlett.

Bartlett won two races for the women, who won 11 of 14 races overall on the day to beat Bentley 162-129. Bartlett, who is from Stratham, New Hampshire, won the 50-meter free with a time of 24.53, then won the 100-meter free, clocking in at 54.49. The sophomore was one of three girls to win multiple races for the Lady Owls.

Teammates Amber Long (sophomore) and Caitlyn Shea (junior) were the others.

-The second runner-up this week is Junior Guard Tom Doyle. Doyle has been a gunner all year, leading the with 14.8. Sometimes shooters can be

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on a young team that has sometimes struggled to score this season Doyle

Youtube gives sports fans the opportunity to relive classic moments

welcomed. In a blowout loss to Eastern Connecticut State last week Doyle led the team with 23 points to go with seven rebounds and four steals. He followed that performance up with 18 points and six rebounds in a key win against LEC rival U-Mass Boston on Saturday. A big part of that point total came from Doyle’s four threepointers— Doyle has been scorching hot from long range all season, making 44 percent of his shots from downtown. With only three upperclassmen on the team the Wallingford, Connecticut native has assumed a leadership role out of necessity.

2014 and the full game as it was originally broadcasted is only a couple clicks away.

Youtube allows anyone with a computer I was nine-years-old when the New Eng- and a foggy memory to relive the classic land Patriots beat the St. Louis Rams to win sports moments of yesteryear.

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SportS Editor

I went to my friend’s house to watch the game and we ended up spending more time outside than we did in front of the television.

The truth is, I don’t even remember watching Tom Brady and the Patriots pull off one of the biggest upsets in Super Bowl history.

If it was 15 years earlier, I may still be cursing my ambivalent attitude towards the game that night.

How could I have taken it for granted?

When would I ever get a chance to see that game again?

Fortunately for me and sports fans everywhere— except maybe St. Louis— it’s

hundredth home run? Mike Tyson getting Not all sports have embraced the Youtube movement at the same speed, of course.

The NBA has turned its cheek to copyright infringement, allowing most notable basketball games to stay on Youtube in their entirety.

The line of reasoning there is pretty simple: how can increased exposure do anything but help a league trying to improve its image and build a global market?

Finding full NFL games is a little harder,

but league commissioner Roger Goodell has been in talks with Youtube about a potential streaming deal that would allow fans to watch live games through Youtube as soon as 2015.

After years of being behind the curve, the MLB signed a deal with Youtube in the spring of 2013 that made hundreds of classic games available instantly.

The point that gets lost in all of this is that Youtube is fundamentally changing the way our society consumes sports.

When Lebron James throws down a

Sherman’s impassioned postgame rant after the NFC championship. Sherman’s harsh words sparked controversy over the last two weeks and 1.3 million people have watched the Youtube video to decide if it was offensive for themselves.

That number should only climb in the days leading up to the Super Bowl.

With an internet juggernaut backing it up (Google bought Youtube for $1.65 billion in 2006) the possibilities are endless.

It’s hard to see any negatives to the emergence of Youtube (unless you’re on the receiving end of one of the aforemento the Youtube clip. Fans can watch a replay tioned Lebron dunks). The Youtube brand as many times as they want without being at will continue to grow— and for sports fans, the mercy of the broadcasting station. that’s a good thing.

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their shorter vacations. The Florida trip essentially cuts the swimmers’ breaks in half, something that would be hard on any college student so close to the holidays.

“It’s hard to say goodbye to your family early around Christmas,” Nickerson said.

“Knowing that your friends get to stay home a lot longer than you, and then coming back to school—there’s no one around. But you know it’s going to be worth it in the end.”

Nickerson also saw the camaraderie building through the teams’ hard work.

“When you’re all kind of in hell, you have to bond,” Nickerson said of the trip.

“We’re all in this really hard situation and if you’re not getting along, it just won’t work, but everyone comes together when you’re in hell.”

It’s not often people leave Keene for Florida at the coldest time of year and come back describing the trip as “hell,” but the harsh description further reveals how hard both teams worked.

With such high expectations coming into the year, there was no shortage of talent on the KSC swimming and diving teams.

But, Fabian said talent only takes someone so far.

“There’s a lot of people that have talented swimmers that don’t achieve very much,” Fabian said.

“I feel like we have talented swimmers that are also working hard, so when talent works hard, that is when you see the results.”

So far, the results have come in the form of blowout meets, pool records and a handful of personal best times for both teams.

Winning the Little Eastern Conference meet was a goal coming into the season, but with regionals looming in February, there’s still a lot of hard work to do.

If Florida was any indication, the swim-

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locker room, the coaches, all the hard work we put in and this season.”

Edelman led the Patriots with 105 With too many injuries and too few catches after Welker left, Talib was chosen receivers, the New England Patriots’ for the Pro Bowl, Blount rushed for 431 season is over two wins shy of a Super yards and eight touchdowns in the three Bowl championship.

They may have overachieved with carries against Denver, Wendell started all rookies and unproven free agents play- 36 games the past two seasons and Spikes ing key roles, but they were overmatched was an outstanding run stopper. when they ran into the best offense in the The Patriots can ill afford to lose EdelNFL. So on Monday, LeGarrette Blount man, their only receiver with more than 54 stuffed his belongings into a large trash catches. And they certainly can use a deep bag, Joe Vellano left the locker room carry- threat. ing his helmet with an autographed football inside and other Patriots talked of how role in Tom Brady’s 14 seasons with the players persevered just to get to the AFC team was Randy Moss, a Patriot for just championship game for the third straight three full seasons before being traded four season. games into the 2010 season. Four of their “I’m proud of this group of guys,” safety Steve Gregory said. “We had so much the team this season. adversity that we overcame. By no means The running back group is solid, was it a bad season.” although Stevan Ridley had fumbling The Patriots (13-5) saved their worst problems and Shane Vereen is primarily a game for the most important one, losing receiver. The biggest dropoff came at tight 26-16 to the Denver Broncos on Sunday. end where the Patriots lost the best duo in The defense allowed 507 yards, the the NFL — Rob Gronkowski to injuries most in Bill Belichick’s 14 seasons as Patriots coach. Tom Brady overthrew open degree murder. He has pleaded not guilty. receivers. And they lost another star In their places, Michael Hoomanawadefender when cornerback Aqib Talib hurt nui and Matthew Mulligan combined for his knee in a collision with wide receiver 18 catches in 18 games.

Wes Welker early in the second quarter Gronkowski might miss the start of the and missed the rest of the game. season for the second straight year after It was a “deliberate play by the receiver tearing ligaments in his right knee in the to take out Aqib,” Belichick said Monday.

13th game.

Not so, Denver coach John Fox said.

He had missed the first six games this “Wes Welker’s a great player, high integ- season while recovering from left forearm rity,” he said. “We were not doing anything and back surgery. Injuries hit the defense with intent.” harder with tackles Vince Wilfork and Welker would still be with the Patriots Tommy Kelly and linebacker Jerod Mayo if they hadn’t let him leave in free agency going on season-ending injured reserve in before the season. the first half of the season.

Now they face the same decision with Spikes joined them there before the other valuable players — Talib, Blount, first playoff game, a 43-22 win over Indiawide receiver Julian Edelman, center Ryan napolis.

Wendell and linebacker Brandon Spikes.

“We should be proud of what we did” “I’m not even thinking about that right on defense, safety Devin McCourty said. now,” Edelman said.

“We had guys go down at a bunch of key “I’m thinking about the fellas in this positions for us and guys were thrown into

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Quarterback Tom Brady is sacked by Denver Broncos defensive end, Jeremy Mincey, in the second half of the AFC championship on Sunday, January 19.

roles that I don’t think they prepared for or knew was going to happen (or) expected it.

But I felt they stepped up.”

Free agent pickups Chris Jones, Sealver Siliga and Vellano were adequate replacements at tackle.

But, in the end, they and their defensive teammates let the Broncos score on six consecutive possessions.

“I wish we just could have gotten off the

field,” Gregory said. “Peyton was on his game.”

And the Patriots made it nine straight seasons without a Super Bowl championship after winning three in four years.

“A lot of guys that had to play a lot of football this year will be back next year,” McCourty said. “Hopefully, they learn from it and we will be a better team next year.”

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After 0-5 start, men’s basketball stays optimistic about future of season BRIAN CLEMMENSON

Equinox Staff It’s been a roller coaster season for the young Keene State College men’s basketball team, however the Owls

of potential and the Owls are making a run at the Little Eastern Conference title.

“I’m a little disappointed with where we’re at, I think we have the potential to play a lot better,” Colbert said.

One aspect the Owls need to improve on is the defensive side of the game.

“We need some guys to step up a little bit, but mostly on the defensive end I’m very frustrated with our inability to get stops,” Colbert said.

the season.

According to Head Coach Rob Colbert, the Owls are not giving up on this season.

“We are not by any means putting this year past us.

This group has a lot of nice pieces to it. I think we’ve 0-5 start to the season and the players are getting even re-established a certain approach which has been really better with the challenges this season. good,” Colbert said.

Even though Colbert is disappointed, he sees a lot then we’re able to put some wins together and get a

excuse for the roller coaster season.

proud of the way they handled it [the losing streak].”

Freshman forward Nick Fragola said after the losing streak the team got together to get back on track. “We just kind of got together at some point and talked it over and got back on the horse and worked hard at practice.”

Colbert has noticed the Owls’ efforts as he said the Owls have improved the most during practice. “I think we’ve learned to compete everyday in practice. I think our practice approach has been our biggest area of growth.”

This season the Owls have also been plagued by injuries.

However, the coaching staff is not making that an

departures. It’s been a challenge,” Colbert said.

Fragola was among the injured in the beginning of the season with a stress fracture. However, he has recovered and is back to playing.

The injury bug has been so bad that Fragola said during one game this season, multiple players were out.

“Four kids sat out and it’s been tough, we didn’t have enough subs to get people in and out,” Fragola said.

One positive this season for the Owls has been the breakout year for sophomore center Nate Howard, as

Dance team spins to nationals

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Years later “Tuck Rule” still resonates BRIAN CLEMMENSON

Equinox Staff The Patriot’s last game at Foxboro Stadium was already going to be memorable—but it became even more memorable after one play late in the fourth quarter.

On January 19, 2002, in one of the AFC divisional games, the “Tuck Rule” was enforced. Many football fans know the play that occurred in the game dubbed, “The Snow Bowl” when Oakland Raiders cornerback Charles Woodson stripped the ball with 1:50 left in the game from New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, causing what was initially ruled a fumble. The Raiders recovered the ball and would have been able to run the clock out to win and advance to the AFC championship game.

But that never happened as Walt Coleman overturned the call after reviewing the play. The Patriots were able to keep the ball, kick a

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With the help of a choreographer, the KSC dance team pumped through some new moves while competing at nationals in Orlando, Florida over break.

After months of fundraising the Keene State dance team competes over winter break in Orlando, Florida ZACH WINN

SportS Editor The Keene State College Dance Team was one of over a hundred teams that traveled to Orlando, Florida, over break to compete in nationals.

“I think this was our best year because we just put all of our fears aside and tried new tricks that we’ve never even thought of trying,” team secretary Moriah Ferguson said.

“We put so much more effort into it, we all just wanted it more.”

The dance team has now made the trip to nationals three of the last four years, but their attendance this year was far from a sure thing.

Forced to find the funds for the trip themselves, the team raised money by writing to family and friends, calling alumni, holding car washes and hosting Yankee Candle fund raisers.

Finally after countless hours—and a lot of help from

Vice President of Student Affairs Andy Robinson—the team had the funds for the trip.

“It’s hard because we’re the ones who have to figure out all the financial stuff, whether it’s uniforms or transportation, so it does make an impact,” Ferguson said. “But it makes us a stronger team because we did it all ourselves.”

The team was at a disadvantage in more ways than one.

They also were one of the only teams competing without a coach. “Basically, we just hired a choreographer and she was really helpful, she gave us music and great choreography for it,” Team Manager Bethany Gordon said. “With no coach, we just all kind of help each other out, which is pretty cool.”

The team performed it’s hardest routine yet, which they admit came with a few extra bumps and bruises during training.

“The whole last week we had three-a-day practices, just drilling and making last minute decisions and changing

up the choreography,” Gordon explained. “So it was definitely a long few months of doing choreography, but it all paid off on the stage because the girls worked hard for it.”

Team Captain Lisa Garamella agreed that the team’s hard work was worth it. “It’s a lot of fun just to be there, and it’s a surreal experience,” Garamella said. “The stage we dance on is a very prestigious stage, if you dance or cheerlead you know what it is and you look forward to it your whole life.”

The trip also brought the team closer.

“So many girls came out of their shell after nationals, they’re going to have a place in my heart for the rest of my life,” Ferguson said. “We’ve had such a great time this year, it’s amazing.”

So now, the team has regional competitions to look forward to. They still plan on dancing at basketball games and staying visible around the campus.

“We’ll be at lacrosse games in the spring and in the com-

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it to overtime. New England went time to win the game 16-13.

Coleman was the head referee for the “Tuck Rule Game.” Interestingly, Coleman to this day has not done another Raiders game. The call is still questioned by many, and fans can see the play on the Internet, including a clip with commentary from the Raiders play-by-play announcer and color commentator on the radio. In a video on Youtube, Greg Papa, the Raiders play-by-play announcer, loses it on the air after the call is overturned.

The Patriots went on to win Super Bowl XXXVI against the St. Louis Rams. The “Tuck Rule Game” arguably started the dynasty for the Patriots. Since the 2002 season, the Patriots have won 147 games in the regular season and lost only 45 games.

In the 2002 season, the Raiders went 11-5 in the regular season and later lost Super Bowl XXXVII. But since that 2002 Super Bowl appear-

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Swim teams cut winter breaks short and travel to Florida in the name of training ZACH WINN

SportS Editor From December 30 to January 8, the Keene State College men’s and women’s swim and diving teams avoided the frigid northeast by making their annual trip to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to train and compete—but the trip involved a lot more than just soaking up rays.

“They competed outdoor, it’s an unfamiliar competition for some of them, but it’s a good challenge,” Head Coach Jack Fabian said.

“But mainly, the point is to just train and take naps and train again in the afternoon. They’re training two to three times a day, seven days a week,” he continued.

The intense training is designed to work off the rust built up from roughly two weeks of rest during the swimmers’ winter break. For some, the training was the easy part.

The only competition KSC entered was a milelong open water swim off the Fort Lauderdale estimated were the highest he’s ever seen on the team’s yearly trip.

“The open water swim was a little scary this

year; the waves were just massive,” junior swimmer Corrina Nickerson said.

“But during the race you’re keeping in your packs and you know you’re going to get to the end eventually, so it’s a good race to build up grit.”

Still, Nickerson said she liked the atmosphere of the outdoor swim for a change.

When you consider how much time the teams spend training indoors during the year, it’s not hard to understand why.

“All of our swimming is indoors, so between the winter and being off on break, it can break kids down from a psychology standpoint,” Fabian said.

“We try to get them out with fresh air and sunshine and just try to keep people positive.”

Aside from offering a much-needed change of pace, senior swimmer Nicole Rutigliano said the trip also brought the team closer.

“Traveling as a team, you’re in the airport and you’re representing KSC and that’s a nice feeling to know you’re part of something,” Rutigliano said, “and having to go through all the hard work together is always good for bonding.”

Another thing the teams have to bond over is

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Senior swimmer Tyler Tambascio competes at a home meet against Bentley on Saturday, Jan. 18.

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