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VOL. 65, ISSUE #6

THURSDAY, OCT. 18, 2012

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TDS Center opens with a bang

CHRIS PALERMO / PHOTO EDITOR

On Friday, the TDS Center was packed with students, alumni, professors, faculty members and government officials for the ribbon cutting ceremony while Interim President Jay Kahn spoke about the building.

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NEWS EDITOR A lecture hall, a chalkboard, a pen, and paper are typically used to make up a college setting inside any academic building, but Keene State College has taken it a bit further with the Technology, Design, and Safety Center. On Friday, Oct. 12, the TDS Center welcomed over a hundred guests from around New Hampshire for the grand ribbon cutting ceremony. Among the crowd visiting the 53,000 square foot building where students, professors, alumni, the interim president, the provost, a state senator, a chairman and the mayor of Keene. The dedication ceremony started with a

meet-and-greet as people passed through the doors of the building and into a nearly zero net energy atmosphere. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, a zero net energy building is a building with no net energy consumption and no carbon emissions annually. When the ceremony headed towards a close, Interim President Jay Kahn sent the crowd into cheers with a surprise. Kahn took the stage one last time. “I too have a special announcement,� he said. Kahn went on to say that it’s one of their strategic planning priorities to involve the college in sustainable projects and practices that educate the campus community about conserving resources and promoting innovation.

Kahn said, “Our vision for the TDS Center has always included a high perforPDQFH HQHUJ\ HIĂ€FLHQW IDFLOLW\ DQG D SDUW RI that plan included a solar photovoltaic array, something that absorbs solar heat and then transfers that heat to the power grid of the building. I am pleased to announce to you that as a result of our donor gifts the college KDV WKH DELOLW\ WR IXOĂ€OO WKLV FRPPLWPHQW WR sustainability.â€? According to Kahn, the college will shortly begin to install a 125-kilowatt photovoltaic array aiming for completion before the end of 2012. It will be the third largest photovoltaic array in the state of New Hampshire. “The photovoltaic array will cover nearly

half of the center roof and on a bright and sunny day in the summer, it will deliver the electrical needs to operate the TDS Center,� he said. Over the course of the year, the array will provide 15 percent of all the energy used by the TDS Center, according to Kahn. At the beginning of the ceremony, after meeting the building, alumni, professors, and students headed to class. In three different classrooms, alumni from each department shared their life after college and how WKH\ VXFFHHG LQ WKH ÀHOGV LQ ZKLFK WKH\ graduated. The departments that make up the TDS Center are Safety Studies, Architecture, and Sustainable Product Design and Innovation.

During the Architecture presentation, nine alumni talked about what happened after graduation, from making their own business to climbing the ropes in another. Alumnus Nathan Mallard said, “I started pretty small. I went to work with a small general contractor. I was getting nothing,â€? he said. Mallard talked about how after working in a small company for a while, a larger company came around and picked him up out of the blue. “You can’t be afraid to get your hands dirty; they want to see that you’ve accomplished something,â€? Mallard said. Alumna Rheannon Demond told the VWXGHQWV KRZ KHU Ă€UVW SRVLWLRQ ZDV RQO\

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The debating begins at KSC UNH murder suspect charged KARINA BARRIGA ALBRING

EQUINOX STAFF /HVV WKDQ D PRQWK DZD\ IURP the 2012 presidential election, the countdown has begun. In order to raise consciousness towards the importance of voting, a debate discussing several issues in the Republican and Democratic platforms was held at Keene State College last week. On Nov. 6, the United States will elect its president for the next four years. Considering the discussion on issues that directly affect college students such as education funding and birth control, KSC students’ involvement in the next elections seems crucial. Meghan Graham, member of

the student organization KSC for Obama, said, “It is really awesome to get people educated about voting, to get them to think about which side they most agree with and help them learn more about what choices they can make.â€? During the debate, each party had four representatives. Students Ryan Scrivano and Joanna Oko, retired Professor Chuck Weed and Professor Jeff Halford represented the Democrat Party. Students Monique Troiano and Graham Ayers and Professors %ULDQ .DQRXVH DQG -DLPH /DQGDX stood for the Republican Party. The participants’ discussion ZDV VHSDUDWHG LQWR Ă€YH VHFWLRQV and after each the public was able to vote for the group it believed

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was more effective in presenting its case. The Democrat representatives ZRQ LQ WKH Ă€UVW IRXU VHFWLRQV DQG the last one ended in a tie. Regarding health care practices, the Republican Party representatives argued contraception should not be free because the federal government is not responsible for a woman’s choice of using. They referred to President Obama’s health care as unconstitutional. The strategies Republicans suggest and plan to apply are counseling and adoption as options instead of abortion. Democratic Party representatives referred to contraception as something much bigger than birth control. Democrat Representative Joanna Oko said, “It can be used to treat many illnesses women may suffer from‌95 percent of American women have used some sort of birth control, so it is not an isolated thing.â€? About voter ID laws, Republicans mentioned that having them prevents illegal immigrants from voting and protects “the integrity of the electoral process.â€? They referred to IDs such as SDVVSRUWV DQG ELUWK FHUWLĂ€FDWHV DV totems of citizenship. Democrats said needing an ID to vote is giving college students another headache. “It is not about us not wanting to protect the integrity of voting, it’s us wanting to protect the people who are voting.â€? When the discussion of equal

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NEWS EDITOR A UNH student was murdered over the weekend after being missing for days, according to a message to the UNH community by the director of UNH Media Relations. (OL]DEHWK ´/L]]LÂľ 0DUULRWW was a sophomore studying marine biology. On Oct. 9, Marriott said she was going to meet a friend in Dover, but did not show up and she last used her cell phone in Dover, DFFRUGLQJ WR WKH +XIĂ€QJWRQ 3RVW The Chester, N.H. Police Department arrested a UNH alumnus, Seth Mazzaglia, 29, for the alleged murder of Marriott. Mazzaglia

was charged with second degree murder in connection to Marriott’s death, according to the Portsmouth Herald. According to New Hampshire state law, a suspect is guilty of second degree murder if he or she had “knowingly� caused the death of the victim or “recklessly� caused the death with “indifference to the value of human life,� according to the Portsmouth Herald. Mazzaglia studied theatre at UNH and works as a martial arts instructor. Marriott was allegedly strangled or was suffocated in an encounter in Mazzaglia’s apartment, according to the Portsmouth Herald. Police still have not uncovered Marriott’s body and currently are

searching the waters off Peirce Island in Portsmouth, according to the Boston Herald. Mazzaglia is being held at Strafford County Jail without bail and will return to court on Oct. 29. Marriott’s friend described her as a “fun-loving and goofyâ€? person who had a lot of IULHQGV DFFRUGLQJ WR WKH +XIĂ€QJton Post. UNH President, Mark W. Huddleston, expresses the depth of the school’s sympathy for her family, friends, and everyone whose life she touched, according to a UNH community message. Kaitlyn Coogan can be contacted at kcoogan@keene-equinox.com.

Another year, another change in the guest policy for Pumpkin Fest weekend BRIAN CLEMMENSON

EQUINOX STAFF For the third time in three years, Keene State College students will be another guest short during Pumpkin Festival weekend because of a guest policy change by WKH 2IÀFH RI 5HVLGHQWLDO /LIH 7KLV LV QRW WKH ÀUVW WLPH VWXGHQWV KDYH EHHQ DIIHFWHG by a guest policy change during the Pumpkin Festival weekend. In 2011, students were allowed two guests, a change from 2010 in which a student was allowed to have three registered guests over the weekend. The change this year allows a student to have one registered guest for the weekend. According to the Student Handbook, the guest policy for a normal non-

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Pumpkin Festival weekend allows a student to have up to three guests who cannot stay more than two consecutive nights. 7KH 2IĂ€FH RI 5HVLGHQWLDO /LIH GHFLGHG RQ FKDQJLQJ the policy to one guest per student for the weekend because of incidents that have happened over the years when students were allowed to have multiple guests. According to Nate Gordon, coordinator of the First-Year Residential Experience, “The population sometimes doubles or triples.â€? As a result, Gordon mentioned there will be more desk attendants to deal with the rise in population. “We are doubling up. We are going with 24-hour desk attending starting Friday through noon on Sunday. It is for the high number of guests coming

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CAMPUS SAFETY report  log

Week of: Oct. 8 Monday,Oct.  8 7:58  a.m.  Science  Center:  KPD  flagged  down  by  staff  reporting  squirrel  in  building. 9:51  p.m.  Zorn  Dining  Commons:  Employee  having  an  asthma  attack. Tuesday,  Oct.  9 12:05  a.m.  Carle  Hall:  Resident  of  building  wants  to  go  the  ER.  4:07  p.m.  Media  Arts  Center:  Told  high  school  age  males  doing  tricks  to  stop.  7:07  p.m.  Young  Student  Center:  Non  student  in  build-­ ing  acting  strange.  Reported  to  be  speaking  strangely  to  the  employee  at  the  Bean  and  Bagel.

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entry level. “They almost didn’t give it to me EHFDXVH WKH\ VDLG , ZDV RYHUTXDOLĂ€HG EXW , insisted. I told them that I wouldn’t be bored,â€? she said. “I would say don’t be afraid to take the entry level position. If you found a good company, and they’re not hiring for something you want to get a job at, just get your foot in the door.â€? Alumnus Zach Smith said getting into graduate school, something he did, will not hurt. “It delayed the inevitable of dealing with the job scene and everything. I actually liked grad school. I think it was a valuable experience,â€? he said. The presentation covered everything from where they started to where they ended up and how each class and each experience changed their lives for today. The alumni also talked about how, even though statistics say differently, there are jobs opening up everywhere in the architecture business, from construction to design. During the Safety Studies presentation, alumni covered how they got to where they are today and the struggles and triumphs along the way. The TDS Center holds the largest Safety Studies undergraduate program in the northern states graduating 80 students each year. In the TDS Center, there is a safety tower that covers two levels and allows the study of two hazardous situations: working at heights and working at high places. Rescue Randy is a mannequin where the students can learn what happens in these hazardous situations. Students learn how to “Rescue Randy.â€? “Designated by the U.S. Department of Labor as New England’s only occupational health and safety training institute and also designated by the Department of Labor as New Hampshire’s OSHA consultant to small

businesses through the work wise New Hampshire program,â€? Interim President Jay Kahn said. The Sustainable Product Design and Innovation alumni talked to students about their positive lives in and outside of the classroom DQG ZKHUH WKH\ DUH QRZ ZKHQ LW FDPH WR Ă€QGing a job. This program is supplying the labor IRUFH WR RYHU PDQXIDFWXULQJ Ă€UPV UHSUHsenting 5,000 jobs and 15 percent of all jobs in the Monadnock region. The program is JURZLQJ LQ LWV LQĂ XHQFH LQ VHUYLQJ Ă€UPV XS the Connecticut River Valley in New Hampshire and Vermont, according to Kahn. As the ribbon cutting ceremony drew closer, multiple people spoke on behalf of all the people involved in creating the TDS Center. First up to speak was Kahn who went on to give some background of the origiQDO EXLOGLQJV %XWWHUĂ€HOG DQG $GDPV +DOOV which used to stand in the place of the TDS &HQWHU 7KH RULJLQDO HQWUDQFH IURP %XWWHUĂ€HOG Hall actually still stands as a doorway from the Fiske parking lot and the Fiske quad into the TDS Center. Architecture at KSC is the only such program in New Hampshire and one of only two public undergraduate programs in New England, according to Kahn. “This high performance and extraordinarily HQHUJ\ HIĂ€FLHQW EXLOGLQJ GHVLJQ FOHDUO\ FRQveys to students and others the core values of technology, design, and safety programs: health, sustainability, environmental stewardship, and creativity,â€? Kahn said. After Kahn thanked the architects, engineers, constructors and others for helping build this center, he read a letter from former President Helen Giles-Gee. She thanked all that were involved in making the TDS Center happen. She also wrote that she wished she could be

here to “celebrate this wonderful day.â€? Richard Galway, chair of the University System of New Hampshire board of trustees, spoke next. Galway said, “In this curUHQW Ă€VFDO HQYLURQPHQW ZH VFUDSH WRJHWKHU funds to try to keep our campuses well maintained and provide cutting edge learning experiences for our students.â€? He went on to say, “You should be proud of the creative work that your administrative team as they brought forth the needs of an inspirational WHFKQRORJLFDO FHQWHU FUHDWLYHO\ Ă€QDQFHG IURP campus resources, university system reserves, and gift revenues.â€? Galway also spoke of the positive impact this center will have, not only on the students, but on the university system, the Keene community, and the state of New Hampshire. He observed it was easy to see how students will learn in these state of the art classrooms and laboratories and emerge as graduates skilled in architecture, sustainability, and safety and they will leave here to become the leaders in developing the state’s economy, according to Galway. U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen sent her wishes to the staff and supporters who made this event possible. She wrote this new facility at KSC will have the opportunity to build on its mission and improve student learning and shape the leaders of tomorrow. Senator Molly Kelly, next to speak, said that the programs offered in the TDS Center will be the only ones of their kind. Kelly also said that it was not too long ago, the school and the state were struggling with the concept of not having a skilled workforce but now that the TDS Center has been created, this is no longer a problem. She also had a letter to read from Governor John Lynch who said that the student from this TDS Center

programs will graduate with the applied experience needed for a career. Larry McDonald, TDS faculty member, explained how two out of the three programs were born in this department. He also explained that the Sustainable Product Design and Innovation program was at KSC when it was still called Keene Normal School. “If you are looking for Safety, you are looking at Keene State,â€? McDonald said. Other members that spoke included Plant Manager William Kelleher, former student Matt Norton, senior Alexandria Fournier, and senior Michael Helmer. Fournier explained some of the conferences students working in the TDS Center attended. Fournier said, “This past summer, I along with three other students, returned to D.C. to place a bid to host one of these conferences I have been raving about. With this new building adding to our unique program and amazing city, we received the honor of to host the fall of 2013 Northeast AIS Conference and are expecting up to 300 students to come and explore the awesomeness of our area.â€? After the ribbon cutting, tours of the center were given to all guests. “This project >WKH 7'6 &HQWHU@ LV WKH IXOĂ€OOPHQW RI WKUHH goals: curriculum integration, sustainability with a zero net energy target that stretched our thinking, and wow factor,â€? Kahn said. “The highly visible evidence that technology, design, and safety programs walk the talk of preparing students to provide creative susWDLQDEOH VROXWLRQV WR D FRPSOH[ WZHQW\ Ă€UVW century workforce and workplace opportunities.â€? Kaitlyn Coogan can be contacted at kcoogan@keene-equinox.com

Wednesday,  Oct.  10 5:42  p.m.  Carle  Hall:  RA  reporting  two  males  were  in  female  restroom  and  refused  to  give  IDs. Thursday,  Oct.  11 11:25  p.m.  Fiske  Hall:  Intoxicated  male. Friday,  Oct.  12 12:02  a.m.  Carle  Hall:  21  yr  old  with  alcohol  with  minors  present. 1:14  a.m.  Carle  Hall:  RA  reported  strong  odor  in  hall-­ way. 1:57  a.m.  Sidewalk(s):  Three  females  walking  towards  Spaulding  lot  one  is  intoxi-­ cated. Saturday,  Oct.  13 2:46  a.m.  Madison  Lot:  Report  of  group  possibly  breaking  car  window. 7:49  p.m.  Sidewalk(s):  Possible  706  [marijunana]. 6:27  p.m.  TDS  Center:  Skateboarders  doing  tricks  on  property. Sunday,  Oct.  14 12:38  a.m.  Carle  Hall:  Student  with  hurt  wrist  and  facial  injury. 2:00  a.m.  Randall  Hall:  Loud  commotion  turning  into  a  possible  fight. 6:40  a.m.  Owl’s  Nest  2:  Loud  horse  play  in  one  of  the  rooms. 3:20  p.m.  Redfern  Art  Center:  Possible  vandalism  to  door. 5:09  p.m.  Carle  Hall:  Student  tripped  and  injured  ankle. 10:23  p.m.  Randall  Hall:  Students  concerned  about  friend.

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Interim President Jay Kahn, Provost Melinda Treadwell, and TDS faculty member Larry McDonald cut the first ribbon that represents one of three majors in the TDS Center.

LIFE is difficult for Holloway residents KARINA BARRIGA ALBRING

EQUINOX STAFF Four KSC freshmen were recently removed from their rooms for underage drinking. They are certainly not the only underage drinkers on campus, but they are the only ones to have signed a contract about it. They were residents of LIFE Parliament in Holloway Hall. Holloway Hall hosts over 350 residents, mostly freshmen. The building has seven parliaPHQWV $FFRUGLQJ WR 1DWH *RUGRQ Ă€UVW \HDU UHVLGHQWLDO H[SHrience coordinator, “The parliament program is a themed housing option for freshmen to be involved in a different living experience from the traditional on campus residence halls.â€? LIFE stands for Living in a Free Environment. Suites in Holloway look like any other in campus: two triple rooms with TV screens for movies and video games, and colorful posters. The only thing is that unlike most college students, the residents don’t want their fridges to be used as beer coolers. Student code of conduct establishes that the consumption and possession of alcohol is illegal for all underage youths. The difference, Gordon explained, is that LIFE parliament residents choose to support a substance free lifestyle rather than being forced to abstain from drinking, and they sign a contract that backs up` this position. Freshman Allison Lamanna said LIFE has made school a really positive place. She compares it to her sister’s freshman experience in Randall Hall years ago. “She had a roommate that drank a lot and skipped classes. She ended up transferring because she had such a negative experience. Like her, I don’t drink or do drugs, so I felt that choosing this parliament would be the healthiest living environment for me.â€? However, this is not the case of the 53 residents that are part of LIFE parliament. According to RA Meredith Trabilsy, only about 25 of her residents actually support the parliament’s principles. “Another 25 don’t want to be there‌. They either just wanted to be in Holloway or didn’t really know

what they were getting themselves into.â€? A resident who asked to remain unnamed said in LIFE, “You have to be extra careful.â€? He explained that in other dorms or hallways, “You have to watch out that Campus Safety or RAs don’t see you doing ‘wrong things’‌ in LIFE you have to watch out even for the people that live next door.â€? He said he believes the Parliament does not seek his interHVWV DQG WKDW KLV SDUHQWV Ă€OOHG KLV KRXVLQJ DSSOLFDWLRQ ´, OLNH to go out and have fun.â€? Trabilsy said residents of LIFE can have the same experience, just not the same choices. “You can VWLOO JR RXW MXVW QRW GR WKRVH WKLQJV Âľ 7KH 2IĂ€FH RI 5HVLGHQWLDO Life & Housing Services explained in their housing application, students are able to select certain preferences, and they will most likely be placed according to them. Nevertheless, Holloway Hall RD Trisha Hanson said, “There certainly could be some students that just based on our openings may have been placed either in the LIFE parliament or in other parliaments.â€? Gordon explained students might be placed in somewhere they don’t really want to because, “It is hard to tell whether they were truthful or not on their housing application.â€? He said there are different cases. “We have some students that contact us that might be in rehab, who require an environment where there is not pressure for drinking, or they come from a family where there has been a lot of alcohol or drug abuse.â€? Regardless of their circumstance, Gordon said LIFE residents “sign a contract that they will abstain from using any illegal substances and if they are found responsible for participating in any of that, they are removed to a different housing location.â€? Hanson said students “know right from WKH GD\ WKH\ PRYH LQ ZKDW WKH H[SHFWDWLRQV RI WKH Ă RRU DUH and what can happen if they violate the contract.â€? Less than two months after the beginning of classes, four residents broke the contract and were expelled from LIFE. 'XH WR FRQĂ€GHQWLDOLW\ UXOHV 5HVLGHQFH /LIH FDQQRW UHOHDVH information other than that they were found responsible for

“It is hard to tell whether they were truthful or not on their housing application.â€? -­ NATE GORDON FIRST YEAR RESIDENTIAL EXPERIENCE COORDI-­ NATOR

violating policies established for the area. Other LIFE residents felt uncomfortable with the situation. Kelsey Bean, freshman LIFE resident, said, “You could tell it was going to happen.â€? Lamanna said she didn’t like other LIFE residents to drink. “They made us all pretty upset.â€? Trabilsy said in order for the parliament program goals to be achieved, the residents should show commitment and similar interests. She explained, “It doesn’t mean that if you drink you are a bad person, it is what not what we like to do.â€? Bean said, “If you want to be here, then be here; if you GRQ¡W WKHQ MXVW JR Âľ 7KLV LV WKH Ă€UVW \HDU .6& KDV RIIHUHG D substance-free housing facility. Gordon said it was necessary to create LIFE because “year after year we have heard of students who request a substance-free living environment.â€? Trabilsy expressed the program “needs to improve in many aspects, like probably having a smaller hallway, but it was D JUHDW Ă€UVW VWHS IRU WKH FROOHJH WR WDNH Âľ The most important thing, according to her, is to offer a safe, comfortable environment to the people who have these beliefs and values and have made the choice to be substance-free. “It is good for kids that need a place to come home where they don’t have to worry about their drunken roommate coming in at three in the morning,â€? she said. Karina Barriga Albring can be contacted at kbarriga@keene-equinox.com.

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Informal survey of students show Obama is the pick of the campus over Romney PAM BUMP AND ALLISON LAMELL

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Each party had four representatives for the debate made up of students, faculty and professors.

rights for women and men began, both parties agreed that women have the same capacities as men. 1HYHUWKHOHVV WKH (TXDO 5LJKWV $PHQGPHQW (5$ LV QRW LQ WKH 5HSXEOLFDQ SODWIRUP WKLV \HDU 7KH 5HSXEOLFDQ UHSUHVHQWDWLYHV H[SODLQHG WKH\ GRQ¡W ZDQW WKLV DFW to be related to issues such as aborWLRQ DQG VH[XDO SUHIHUHQFHV 'HPocrats mentioned their party does not judge people because of their beliefs on certain topics. They say 90 percent of Americans support WKH (5$ VR LW GHVHUYHV D VHDW LQ WKH federal law. 5HJDUGLQJ YLROHQFH DJDLQVW ZRPHQ 'HPRFUDWV DIĂ€UPHG LW should be fought whether a woman is an illegal immigrant or not. 5HSXEOLFDQV VDLG WKLV DFW LPSOLHV that citizen funds are being used to provide services to illegal immigrants, that they are not against Ă€JKWLQJ YLROHQFH EXW UDWKHU DJDLQVW protecting illegal immigrants and KRPRVH[XDO JURXSV About college funding, the Democrats said that even though they have been criticized for spending, some spendings are investments and cannot be cut. “It is necessary to spend on education in order to have a better situation in the future, so we cannot cut college funding,â€?

Oko concluded. For the debate closure, particiSDQWV H[SRVHG ZKDW WKH\ OHDUQHG of the parties they represented. 0RQLTXH 7URLDQR ZKR GHIHQGHG WKH 5HSXEOLFDQ 3DUW\ VDLG ´(YHQ though I do not agree with many 5HSXEOLFDQ SULQFLSOHV QRZ , XQGHUstand some of their notions are well structured.â€? The students had assigned positions because they needed to have HTXDO UHSUHVHQWDWLRQ IURP 5HSXElicans and Democrats on stage. According to Communication and Philosophy Instructor Brian Kanouse, they did not necessarily believe in the platforms that they were assigned, which meant that they had to do a lot of research, “The preparation was a very diligent one, of reading and thinking through one’s personal beliefs but also learning about what the other party believes.â€? Oko said coming to the event was a “fun and easy way for students to get more informed about their society, their government.â€? For her, it is incredibly important to have this type of event in college. According to Oko, students are starting to get more interested in the electoral process, nevertheless there are still many that don’t get

involved. Graham said he believes students’ involvement is about “50-50,â€? and that is not enough. “I feel very strongly that all students should vote, and if they don’t know very much about it, that they should HGXFDWH WKHPVHOYHV DQG WR Ă€JXUH which political party they would most agree with to go and vote‌ because voting is one of the most important things.â€? Kanouse said, “In any course you take in Keene State College, they are going to tell you that the decisions you make in your future really matter, and decisions you make right now also help design your future,â€? and voting is a major decision. As Oko mentioned on stage, “Voting gives me the ability to have a voice in the nation that I live in. I believe every student should vote.â€? The event was sponsored by The KSC Debate Club, The American Democracy Project and the Campus Commission on the Status of Women. Karina Barriga Albring can be contacted at kbarriga@keene-equinox.com

“Candidates need to realize that we’re the future and our opinions and right are valid and important.�

Over 70 percent of informally surveyed Keene State College students said that they would vote for President Barack Obama over his opponent, former GoverQRU 0LWW 5RPQH\ LQ WKH XSFRPLQJ SUHVLGHQWLDO HOHFWLRQ on Nov. 6, 2012. Although a majority of the large student sample -­ALLISON MARCH favored President Obama, 57 percent of students KSC FRESHMAN described themselves as Independent when it came to choosing a political party or candidate. a job after college were also ranked as popular concerns SHUFHQW LGHQWLĂ€HG WKHPVHOYHV DV 'HPRFUDWV ZKLOH of polled KSC students. URXJKO\ SHUFHQW VWDWHG WKH\ ZHUH 5HSXEOLFDQ )LYH Other respondents added similarly about why they SHUFHQW KDG QR SDUW\ DIĂ€OLDWLRQ VXSSRUWHG 2EDPD RYHU 5RPQH\ LQ WKH XSFRPLQJ HOHFThe informal survey conducted by 230-level Print tion Journalism students included the responses of over 260 Junior Justin Dempsey said, “I choose Obama for the undergraduate students on campus. sole purpose of school funding and loan funding.â€? 7KLV LV WKH Ă€UVW RI WKUHH 3UHVLGHQWLDO WUDFNLQJ SROOV ´$IWHU , JUDGXDWH ZLOO , EH DEOH WR Ă€QG D MRE"Âľ IUHVKthat will be conducted throughout KSC campus over man Allison March asked. WKH QH[W PRQWK 0DUFK FRQWLQXHG ´KRZ FDQ FDQGLGDWHV H[SHFW XV WR “I actually hate politics,â€? junior Ally Massi said. “But pay for college with a poor economy? I’m not asking my I want to vote for Obama because of what he had to go parents to pay for it.â€? through the past four years. He couldn’t get to what he 5HJDUGOHVV RI WKHLU YRWLQJ SUHIHUHQFH D ORW RI VWXwanted to yet.â€? dents stressed the importance of actually voting. A great number of students indicated a lack of sup5RXJKO\ SHUFHQW RI VWXGHQWV VDLG WKH\ SODQQHG SRUW IRU 5RPQH\¡V SROLFLHV to register for the upcoming election, while 53 percent 3KUDVHV DORQJ WKH OLQHV RI ´0LWW 5RPQH\ VXFNVÂľ were already registered. came up multiple times from various respondents. A large number of respondents agreed that the “I mean, we lean towards Obama because he’s very youth’s voice is more powerful than they realize. JRRG ZLWK WKH PHGLD EXW , DOVR GRQ¡W WKLQN 0LWW 5RPQH\ “I would say that more people need to be informed UHDOO\ UHODWHV WR \RXQJ SHRSOH Âľ VHQLRU %ULDQ 5DEDGHDX about politics to understand the different values each said. candidate stands for,â€? another junior said. $FFRUGLQJ WR WKH VXUYH\ UHVXOWV 5RPQH\¡V SXEOLF The junior continued, “Our generation does not proposal to remove funding from Planned Parenthood really believe that his or her voice is truly important,â€? as president lost him a lot of youth votes in the upcom- another junior said. ing election, especially with women. When asked how she would describe the voice of Freshman Liv Marele said Obama gets her vote young people in the 2012 election, senior Melanie Berry because, “He supports a woman’s right to choose what said, “I hope it’s heard. I hope people don’t think that to do with her body. He also supports marriage to be they can’t change anything.â€? between anyone.â€? “I believe that it’s getting stronger,â€? March said. When students considered the top two issues in “Candidates need to realize that we’re the future and the 2012 presidential election they were the rights for our opinions and right are valid and important.â€? ZRPHQ DQG WKH /*%7 /HVELDQ *D\ %LVH[XDO 7UDQV7KLV LV WKH Ă€UVW RI WKUHH 3UHVLGHQWLDO 7UDFNLQJ 3ROOV JHQGHU FRPPXQLW\ made up of 260 KSC students surveyed by Print JourMany students noted that a concern for the rights to nalism students from Oct. 1. through Oct 7. their bodies rose above all other concerns when it came to the election and candidates. One junior said, “I want Pam Bump can be contacted at pbump@keene-equinox. the right to choose what happens to my body.â€? com Although contraceptives and gay marriage were a Allison Lamell can be contacted at alamell@ksc.keene.edu FRPPRQ UHVSRQVH HGXFDWLRQ Ă€QDQFLDO DLG DQG Ă€QGLQJ

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in. One will be issuing guest passes and the other will be checking IDs.â€? As a result of the population doubling or tripling there are a lot more policy violations. Gordon added, “A lot of policy violations happen as a result of people’s guests. So as way to cut down on the amount of damages and incidents that are happening we thought it was important to restrict the number of guests down to one.â€? The 2IĂ€FH RI 5HVLGHQWLDO /LIH VDLG WKH\ DUH KRSLQJ WKDW as result of this, damages and vandalism will go down as well. Jim Carley, associate director of Facilities & Housing Operations, said as a result of Pumpkin Festival the conditions of the residence halls “is just trashed.â€? Carley also mentioned the cost of damages. “It’s in the thousands not in the tens of thousands.â€? The damages in a residence hall could range from a Pumpkin being smashed and having its LQVLGHV DOO RYHU WKH Ă RRU ZKLFK ZRXOG UHTXLUH D cleanup from UNICCO or even something more major as someone ripped a water fountain off the wall which would cost much more money to FOHDQXS DQG Ă€[ Gordon also said, “Nine time outs of 10 it was caused as a result of a student’s guest; KSC stuGHQWV ZHUH Ă€QH Âľ $V VWDWHG LQ WKH 6WXGHQW +DQGbook any guest who violates policy will have their host or hostess held responsible, “Damage and/or policy violations resulting from the behavior of guests or visitors is the responsibility of the guest or visitor as well as that of the host or hostess.â€? One noteworthy thing is that Student Assembly endorsed the policy after a long conversation

about the pros and cons of restricting the guest SROLF\ ZLWK WZR PHPEHUV RI WKH 2IĂ€FH RI 5HVLdential Life staff, Nate Gordon and Jana Jacobson. Katelyn Williams, student body president, said RI WKH UHDFWLRQ ´$W Ă€UVW LW ZDV YHU\ PL[HG DQG some people were saying that limiting it will be good, and a lot of people were like no we want our friends to come.â€? However, after putting their personal opinions aside Student Assembly endorsed the policy. Williams also added, “I agreed with the policy. I think we all want to have fun during Pumpkin Fest, but we have look at it from bigger standpoint as this college triples and how safe is that for not only the students that live here and the workers.â€? One thing Student Assembly did ask Gordon and Jacobson was what if a student’s friends or family has already bought a plane ticket or bus ticket prior to this update? Jacobson said, in situations such as that, there will be a waiver for that student. Students were sent an email through their 0\.6& $FFRXQW IURP WKH 2IĂ€FH RI 5HVLGHQWLDO Life on Tuesday, Oct. 9 that stated, “With the DQQXDO 3XPSNLQIHVW DSSURDFKLQJ 7KH 2IĂ€FH RI 5HVLGHQWLDO /LIH DQG +RXVLQJ 6HUYLFHV KDV recently received support from the Vice President of Student Affairs, Campus Safety, and Student Government to limit the number of guests any individual student is permitted to have during Pumpkinfest to one. This limitation will be in effect Friday, Oct. 19 through midnight Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. After this period, the regular guest policy will be in effect. “This action is being taken in an attempt to help

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further reduce the much higher than usual incidents of residence hall damage and other student conduct violations during [Pumpkin Fest]. Since guests are typically responsible for the majority of these issues during the festival, it is our hope this will help make the festival more enjoyable and less disruptive for everyone. We recognize that [Pumpkin Fest] is a great time to have friends and/or family come to visit and we apologize if this limitation causes any inconvenience,� according to the the email. Many students were not happy with that email they received. Freshman Dave St. Amant said, “The timing was terrible. They should have given us at least a month. I understand the decision, but you give me literally 10 days. That is not very considerate.� St. Amant was also going to have trouble on which one of his best friends he was going to invite. St. Amant also added, “It was very inconsiderate. We pay a lot of money to go here.� On the other hand, junior Matt Schwartz said, “I understand how people can be upset. However, I think it’s necessary due to all of the vandalism and the trouble that a lot of guests have and bring to campus.� Even though many students are upset with the changes in the policy, others around campus have stated that changes have been done and made for the right reason. Nevertheless, it has affected many students’ plans for having friends visit. Brian Clemmenson can be contacted at bclemmenson@keene-equinox.com ERIC DICESARE / EQUINOX STAFF

“What  are  you  looking  forward  to  during  Pumpkin  Fest?â€? Â

K.C. Carone Freshman Secondary Education and History

Constance Boutilier Freshman Undeclared

“Seeing Keene all decked out and seeing people from all over.�

“Dressing up and meeting new people and looking at all the cool pumpkin designs.�

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“The pumpkins.�

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Pumpkin Fest: A time to show campus pride

Keene State College is abuzz this Pumpkin Fest with news that on-campus students will no longer be allowed two guests per person. With the Residential Life change in guest policy from two to one, administration and RA’s are hopeful that the large amount of damage that usually occurs throughout the weekend will be reduced. According to Residential Life, the majority of damage occurs by guests because they are not personally invested in the dorms nor are they generally held responsible for the damages they incur. Once the weekend partying is over and done, so too is the guests’ culpability to our campus. It is because of this fact that The Equinox strongly supports the decision of the Residential Life staff and other administrators. We as a Keene State College community are proud of our campus and the facilities that are housed here. It is no unknown fact that the damages that occur over holiday weekends—especially Pumpkin Fest—create massive amounts of extra work for on campus employees, including people responsible for the general cleaning of the dorms (Unicco), grounds workers, R.O.C.K.S. recycling student workers, RA’s and RD’s, and many more. Although it is the job of these workers to maintain the general upkeep of the college, it is not fair—nor should it be solely their responsibility—to clean up after hordes of (largely intoxicated, largely unconcerned) young people. We all have a duty to our campus to keep it functioning smoothly—whether that be as small as not tossing cigarette butts on the ground to more noticeable actions as limiting the potential for damage from unruly guests by reducing our guest policy. Whether or not we believe that STAFF COMMENTARY KSC is home to us on a personal level, for many students WKH GRUPV DQG UHVLGHQWLDO KDOOV UHĂ HFW DQ DWWHPSW WR FUHDWH a home-away-from-home, one that can be disrupted and disrespected quite readily by unruly guests and visitors. There are some television shows that blow up in modern culture and So this Pumpkin Fest, let’s all try to step up and continue nearly everyone knows about. Shows like “Friends,â€? “How I Met Your to treat Keene State College as our home base, both for Mother,â€? “That ‘70s Show,â€? all become well known, even to people who ourselves, our fellow college employees, and the city of don’t watch them. They are instantly integrated into modern culture when they air. Audiences aren’t they only ones to notice this however. Keene at large. Advertisers have taken full notice of the fact that people watch shows

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like this regularly and have worked their products subtly into the shows. This isn’t lost on viewers, but instead of being an annoyance or bad thing, it increases the level of immersion and realness of the characters. It serves to make the shows and characters more realistic to the viewer, by establishing common grounds with the characters. People are able to relate and a joke is always funnier when a situation happens to a character that you have experienced personally, or know that a similar thing happened to somebody you know. One show which fully embraces realism in its characters with referHQFHV WR PRGHUQ SRSXODU FXOWXUH LV ´7KH 2IĂ€FH Âľ 7KURXJK WKH YDULRXV VHDVRQV \RX FDQ VHH WKH VKRZ PDNLQJ FKDQJHV WKDW UHĂ HFW ZKDW LV FRPPRQ and popular in society. There is an episode where a big part was centered around the characters getting Blackberry phones. At the time the episode aired, around 2007, the new Blackberry phone had come out and everyone was really excited about it. Seeing it on the episode helped people form a connection with the characters and made them seem more relatable. Some of the gripes and challenges the characters have with the phones are even funnier because they are problems real people actually have with the devices. A few seasons later, if one pays attention to the phones the characters have, you will notice that the characters all have iPhones. While WKLV FKDQJH ZDVQ¡W D WKHPH LQ DQ\ HSLVRGH LW LV D VXEWOH FKDQJH UHĂ HFWLQJ the changing of times in the real world. Another clear example of references to what is presently popular is “That ‘70s Show.â€? What is cool about how it is done is that it is about what

was popular in the ‘70s. There are constant references to the “Star Warsâ€? PRYLHV WKH Ă€UVW RI ZKLFK FDPH RXW LQ WKH ODWH Âś V ,Q RQH HSLVRGH RQH RI the characters talks about how he wants to get a huge TV set, and then says “Maybe even as big as 20 inches!â€? While today, 20 inches is a fairly small television set, at the time that would have been an excellent set to get your hands on. The show originally ran in the early 2000’s and gave an excellent example of the immersion factor. The characters all talk about things from the ‘70s which anyone from the ‘70s would be able to relate to and look back on, because to them it was real life. These kinds of references are easy to spot especially nowadays with WKH LQWURGXFWLRQV RI VWUHDPLQJ VLWHV DQG VHUYLFHV VXFK DV +XOX DQG 1HWĂ L[ These sites allow you to watch old seasons of television shows. Looking back and watching episodes of shows from 2000-2005, gives you a certain sense of nostalgia when the characters mention something that used to be a big deal at the time. )RU PH , GLGQ¡W ZDWFK PXFK WHOHYLVLRQ EHIRUH , KDG 1HWĂ L[ VR , PLVVHG D lot of the original airtimes of shows that were hugely popular. Going back and watching them now, I always get a little laugh out of seeing any show reference something that I remember from when I was younger. I don’t NQRZ LI LW¡V MXVW IRU PH EXW , Ă€QG LW VOLJKWO\ RII SXWWLQJ ZKHQ D VKRZ KDV WR use a knockoff brand or item for something in their show, such a instead of having an “Apple iPhone,â€? the characters have a “Strawberry tPhoneâ€? or something similar. Understandably not every show is going to be able to gain permission from companies to use their products, but for the shows that do, they are able to make all their jokes and situations that much more funny and relatable, which is great for any audience. David Padrazo can be contacted at dpadrazo@keene-equinox.com

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Creating ‘safe space’ for Republicans on campus An open letter to the students of Keene State College: As we enter into the waning days of this presidential campaign, and as the intensity of the race revs up across the nation and here on the Keene State College campus, I want all students who support Mitt Romney to know that they have an ally and advocate amongst the faculty. This is perhaps a surprise, as you may well have presumed that all of your faculty members are liberal. Well, please don’t feel too badly if you believed that, because you wouldn’t be wrong by much. Indeed, perhaps you are aware of the recent faculty and student debate that focused on women’s issues. The promotional materials for the debate showcased the Republican elephant and Democratic donkey and LGHQWLĂ€HG IRXU VSHDNHUV DV DGYRFDWHV IRU HDFK VLGH Seems pretty even, right? And it would have been if some of the participants had actually been Republicans. A debate with eight participants, and as best as I STAFF COMMENTARY can tell, none of whom are registered Republicans. This seems to be the state of politics on the Keene State College campus and it made me a bit curious. So I fol-

lowed up with a bit of research and cross-referenced all 452 full-time and adjunct faculty members in the KSC directory with the city of Keene voter registration polls. Here’s what I found. Of the 452 names listed, 131 faculty members are registered to vote in Keene; 83 are registered as Democrats, 42 registered Undeclared, and 6 registered as Republicans. In other words, only 4.5 percent of the faculty members in this sample are registered as Republican. Holding this consistent would mean that out of all 452 faculty members, a total of 21 are Republicans. (So much for “diversity.�) The absurdity of this imbalance wouldn’t be overly troubling if it weren’t for the fact that politics seems to so frequently bleed into the classroom, as you and your classmates well know. Recently, I’ve heard from students about how the Occupy movement was portrayed in glowing terms in their class, with no similar appreciation given to the Tea Party movement. I’ve heard from students about how their professors told them they had “tears of joy� when the president was elected. I’ve heard from students who chose a topic for a particular writing assignment, such as capital punishment, and were told by

I want all students who support Mitt Romney to know that they have an ally and advocate amongst the faculty. -­ CHRISTOPHER CUSACK KSC FACULTY MEMBER

their professor which side (hint: it was the liberal side) to take on the issue. And, perhaps most egregiously, I’ve heard from students about a recently retired Political Science professor who, before his retirement, would hold up The Equinox in class and skewer the conservaWLYH DUWLFOHV ZULWWHQ E\ D Ă€UVW \HDU IHPDOH VWXGHQW 7KLV same student was contacted about the recent debate, and understandably declined to participate. Is this the climate that you students deserve? One where conservative students are fearful of voicing their principles? I certainly don’t believe so, and I hope you agree. Since this college is all about creating ‘safe’ VSDFHV , KHUHE\ GHFODUH P\ RIĂ€FH WR EH D VDIH VSDFH IRU

students to come discuss their thoughts and voice their conservative principles. As the faculty representative to the KSC Republicans, I also encourage all students to stop by the KSC Republican table at the Pumpkin Lobotomy. Swing by DQG VD\ KHOOR ÀQG RXW PRUH DERXW WKH .6& 5HSXEOLcans, and pick up some free Republican swag. As the truly countercultural group on this campus, we hope you join the Republican revolution! Thank you for your consideration. Dr. Christopher Cusack ccusack@keene-edu

Presidential race generates guffaws and groans, not thought In an Oct. 9 Rolling Stone article titled “How the Hype Became Bigger Than the Presidential Election,â€? Matt Taibbi argued that the current length of presidential campaigns and the subsequent weight that they carry are unnecessary and GDQJHURXV 7DLEEL GHĂ€QHG WKH SURElem by saying, “Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent in a craven, cynical effort to stir up hatred and anger on both sides. A decision that in reality takes one or two days of careful research to make is somehow stretched out into a process that involves two years of relentless, suffocating mind-warfare.â€? Taibbi has a point. The lines separating Mitt Romney and Barack Obama are stunningly clear. It’s not hard to pick between the two; I would estimate it took me four hours of fact-checking. So why does the whole thing last two years? The answer probably seems obvious to you. There is a segment of the population—undecided voters—that waits until late October or early November to make up their minds. Presidential campaigns exist solely to bombard this small group of Americans with VXSHUĂ XRXV JDXG\ SOHDV IRU YRWHV It’s unfortunate. It’s sad. But it’s true. Every four years both major presidential campaigns happily suppress the tenets of their ethical system and proceed to create a destructive culture of “us vs. them,â€? just to get the undecided vote. Presidential campaigns are like “The Bachelorâ€?—overdramatic, over hyped, and every contestant obviously has some innate form of narFLVVLVP MXVW UHSODFH WKH Ă€QDO URVH ZLWK WKH KLJKHVW RIĂ€FH LQ WKH FRXQtry. The campaigns create the myth that the presidential campaigns are important to stay updated on. However, the media, in a mystically cyclical way, legitimizes it. Every news source shamelessly endorses the propaganda of the presidential campaign by consistently publishLQJ D VXSHUĂ XRXV WLUHG SRUWIROLR RI campaign-related minutia. Why? Because everyone loves a good race. The New York Times UHFHQWO\ DGGHG D Ă€IWK VHFWLRQ DERXW the election to the main part of its paper. Most of the headlines for this section are barely even somewhatrelevant to political discourse— “Rivals Crisscross Ohio As Race Seems to Tighten,â€? “Romney Says White House Botched Response to Banghazi Attack,â€? “Obama Campaign Tells Supporters: Steady On.â€? Cable news is even worse. I have

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a challenge for you: watch a show on CNN, Fox News, or MSNBC tonight. I guarantee the vast majority of the broadcast will be dedi-

cated to the presidential campaign. Paying scrupulous attention to the presidential campaign is like choosing to listen to “This Ameri-

can Life� when you feel you should be doing something productive. It’s like drinking diet soda when you feel you should be eating healthy.

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It’s like buying Toms shoes when you feel you should be doing something altruistic. It’s fun, it’s entertaining, and you might even learn

something. But that is all. Presidential campaign news should be found in People Magazine not Time Magazine. It should be found on the Entertainment Network not CNN. It should be found in The Metro—the free paper you get on the subway—not The New York 7LPHV $OO RI WKH SHUSHWXDO Ă XIĂ€QJ up and legitimizing of material that most likely originates as campaign propaganda has obvious consequences—wasted money, lost work time for the president, unnecessary masses of volunteers, state government becomes less interesting, etc. But there is one consequence that is the most glaring, a beatthe-enemy culture is created. When Americans are inundated with a consistent stream of political gamesmanship, a culture is created—a culture where it is less important for your candidate to win and more important for the other candidate to lose. This “us vs. themâ€? attitude carries over into Washington D.C. with disgusting allowance. All the gridlock in the capitol is born on the campaign trail. It is born in that mid-day news story about Barack Obama declaring “you didn’t build thatâ€? or that NY Times headline about Mitt Romney saying 47 percent of Americans will never vote for him. When the campaign ends, candidates stumble off the trail into their :DVKLQJWRQ ' & RIĂ€FHV DQG LPPHdiately rely on what got them there LQ WKH Ă€UVW SODFH PRUELG H[FOXVLYity. The Republicans and the Democrats are currently lined up on both sides of a metaphorical eighteenthFHQWXU\ EDWWOHĂ€HOG JXQV GUDZQ wearing respective colors, waitLQJ IRU WKH FDOO WR Ă€UH 7KH SHRSOH who sounded the battle horns, the original few who abandoned the semi-congenial conversations with their opponents, straightened their jackets, and fetched their weapons, NQRZ WKDW QR RQH VKRXOG HYHU Ă€UH WKH\ NQRZ WKH ZKROH Ă€HOG LV DOO MXVW an intricate, tangible mirage used to entertain and make money; its artistically utilitarian. But the new people, the people who are lined up pointing their weapons just because everyone else is and haven’t been informed of the unspoken purposes, are pulling their triggers more frequently, turning government into a twisted, bloody, and PRVW RI DOO PLVOHDGLQJ EDWWOH Ă€HOG Dylan Morrill can be contacted at dmorrill@keene-equinox.com

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His ‘Hey Babying’ creates social permissiveness for unwanted advances Every once in a while, as I am walking down Main Street, Appian Way or Any Street U.S.A. I am jarred from my deep contemplations—on food, the contradictions in our political system, what major paper I have been procrastinating from this week, and other meanLQJOHVV Ă LQWV RI WKRXJKWÂłE\ ZKDW , QRW VR IRQGO\ FDOO street harassment. In case you have not been privy to discussions involving this subject matter before, street harassment is, according to stopstreetharassment.org, “any action or comment between strangers in public places that is disrespectful, unwelcome, threatening and/or harassing and is motivated by gender.â€? In other words, your good ole fashion “catcalling.â€? I have been subjected to many incidents where my identity as a woman has legitimized (mostly young) men’s leering, jeering and honking from passing cars. Now, this may not seem like a large issue—it’s a compliment after all, is the often cited excuse—however, these unwanted “complimentsâ€? from unknown people serve only to restrict a fundamental right that all people have—that is, the right to walk in peace.

I know, as most of you do, that I am not alone in my experiences of dealing with unsolicited comments from strange men. Ask almost any college-aged woman and she will more than likely have at least one story about someone commenting on her body as she is walking down the sidewalk, physically harassing her on public transportation, or being the butt of a joke from the group of men on the street corner. According to a study published in the Christian Science Monitor, “Of the more than 800 women‌surveyed in 2008 for a book about street harassment, 22 percent said they experienced it by age 12, and 87 percent by the time they were 19.â€? Unfortunately, this high rate is not endemic to the United States alone, either, as was also documented by the same survey. Harassment in Keene is, presumably, less prevalent than in a large, bustling metropolis like New York City or Boston; however, it still happens. And the fact that it still happens is at once deeply alarming and symptomatic of a larger issue in our culture—that of the over-

sexualization of women’s bodies and actions as well as the permissiveness and pervasiveness of harassment DJDLQVW ZRPHQ DQG ZRPHQ LGHQWLĂ€HG IRONV Let me use an example. As some of you may have heard, recent news has broken about the famous World War II photograph of the sailor kissing the nurse—the oh-so-romantic poster that is often found in college dorms surrounded by photos of Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn. :KDW PD\ DSSHDU DW Ă€UVW JODQFH WR EH D MR\RXV FHOebration of the end of the war and a spontaneous romance between two people was actually a very physical form of street harassment. In a new book called “The Kissing Sailor,â€? the idenWLWLHV RI WKH XQNQRZQ FRXSOH ZHUH Ă€QDOO\ FRQĂ€UPHG and the woman who was pictured has stated in an interview with the Library of Congress that it “wasn’t my choice to be kissed. The guy just came over and grabbed.â€? The fact that this woman’s physical space was intruded upon by someone, and that person thought he had a right to do as he pleased in regards to that space

signals directly to the acceptability of ignoring a woman’s bodily autonomy and her right to move around freely in a public space. Although this picture was photographed over 50 years ago, this problem is still very much relevant today. Until street harassers are held accountable for their actions, both by the public and the law, the right to freedom of movement in a public space will continue to be denied to a majority of the population. Because individual cases of street harassment are shrugged off as “no big deal,� women and girls are made to feel the effects of our culture’s dismissal of their experiences, to the point where the problem has become virtually invisible—that is, until you dig down a little deeper past the “Hey Beautifuls� and the sneering wolf whistles to the overarching theme of belittling women for being women in a public setting. Hannah Walker can be contacted at hwalker@keene-equinox.com

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KSC alumni return home

Former students share real world perspective BRITTANY BALLANTYNE

SOCIAL MEDIA DIRECTOR Keene State College Alumni members shared their tricks of the trade and personal experiences with Technology, Design, and Safety majors to show current students that the key to success lies in their own hands. Alumni spoke at Architecture, Safety, and Stainability, Product, Design Innovation panels in the TDS Center on Friday, Oct. 12. Lara Cole, a 2007 safety graduate who now works as a health and safety advisor with the New Hampshire Local Government Center, said, “Never turn down an opportunity. Take as many opportunities as you can to broaden the scope of your knowledge and experience.â€? Many of the alumni agreed that getting involved in your major both in and outside of the classroom yields accomplishments. ´*HW \RXU KDQGV GLUW\ Ă€UVW Âľ 1DWH 0DOODUG D DUFKLWHFWXUH graduate, said. Mallard is now an energy specialist working in a conservationist group. Almost every panelist in each of the three panels said they pursued internships. Cole, like many of the other panelists, said these opportunities provided them with real on-the-job experience. “Don’t underestimate the values of your internships,â€? she said. Kyle Ackerman, an architecture major who graduated last May, said, “Keep studying and make sure that you diversify \RXU OHDUQLQJ LQ \RXU Ă€HOGV Âľ Ackerman now does design and draft work for Bone and Architects Associates. Many panelists agreed that KSC helped to prepare them for life after college by having such a diverse TDS program. “We get a little bit of everything and that’s incredibly helpful when \RX JHW RXW LQ WKH Ă€HOG \RX QHHG WR NQRZ D OLWWOH ELW DERXW HYHU\thing,â€? Cole said. Panelists advised students to take their majors and classes seriously and suggested they stay in to do some work instead of rushing to go out on a Thursday night. Ackerman said, “The most valuable thing that I’ve learned is to keep learning, keep reading up and developing your skills even after you get out of school.â€? Senior Matt Shinske, a safety major, said he learned that not HYHU\RQH VWLFNV ZLWK WKH Ă€UVW MRE WKH\ JHW DIWHU FROOHJH EHFDXVH WKHUH DUH GLIIHUHQW DUHDV LQ WKH VDIHW\ Ă€HOG WR FKRRVH IURP ´2QFH \RX JHW RXW WKHUH \RX¡OO EH DEOH WR Ă€QG RXW ZKDW \RX really want,â€? Shinske said after listening to various panelists talk about their jobs they picked up shortly after leaving KSC. “It’s kind of like a relief to say okay, as long as you stick with LW \RX¡OO EH DEOH WR Ă€QG VRPHWKLQJ UHJDUGOHVV RI ZKHQ \RX JHW LW Âľ KH FRQWLQXHG UHJDUGLQJ Ă€QGLQJ D MRE DIWHU KH JUDGXDWHV Upon entering the job force, a majority of alumni speakers said the courses they took at KSC and the professors who taught them prepared them well. Mallard expressed the way he felt ZKHQ KH Ă€UVW EHJDQ ZRUNLQJ DQG VDLG ´<RX¡UH ORFNHG LQ \RX already know what they’re going to teach you in training so you’re just like, alright, you’re already ahead of the game and then your boss already likes you.â€? Ethan Lippit, another architecture graduate from 2009, said

one of his professors taught him a skill he thought he would never use: hand-drafting. Lippit pointed out how valuable the skill became once he started his job. He is now a senior quality and quality assurance patrol inspector. Schniske commented, “For kids in college, they [students] don’t really know what’s going to happen after they’re done,� but having the panelists speak helped guide current students to a promising career path. “What we know is that our alums are probably our most valuable resource to the campus,� Kay MacLean, assistant director of Alumni and Parent Relations, said. She continued, “When you think about all those alums that have preceded the current students and have worked in all of those professions, they have a wealth of information that they can share so we’re working hard to make that happen.� Clinical Faculty Instructor for Technology, Design, and Safety, Jaime Ingalls said, “It’s a pleasure to be involved with this (panel). It shows them just how different the program is and has changed which is great, because safety changes, so it shows that the program is continuously updated and right now we’re trying to teach them this concept of continued improvement in safety and that all these people are trying to improve and change.� MacLean explained that programs are molded and said, “These are the people that are working out in the industry, so they’ve always been a sounding board for the program. It’s more just seeing a cross-section of how those programs have aged and what the demands are. They still understand what the needs are out in the industry, what the industry’s looking for.� Shinske said he was “glad to see that the education that we’re [students] getting could really be put towards the future for us.� MacLean said she had no trouble getting alumni panelists for the event because graduates are generally supportive of the programs they once studied and even had what she called an “outpouring� of alumni reach out for the event. Ingalls said the program was what she considered a family that belongs together and networks together. “We have a common bond and it doesn’t matter what year you graduate, we still belong together. We’re still safety,� she said. Ingalls continued, “Even though the program changes, the quality of the people is still great.� Brittany Ballantyne can be contacted at bballantyne@keene-equinox.com

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Entertainment peaks through Homecoming weekend PAMELA BUMP

van shared that she did great amounts of preparation for her role to put herself in the mindset of “a very naive person who has fallen in love.â€? The Keene State College students, staff Ă€QDO VKRZLQJ RI WKH SHUIRUPDQFH RQ and alumni were not limited to just Saturday night had a full house. Sulsporting events this Homecoming livan noted that she was happy about :HHNHQG $ SURJUDP Ă€OOHG ZLWK HQWHUthe turn out. She commented, “It was tainment opportunities offered therefreshing to see so many people of ater, comedians and school spirited different ages in the audience.â€? events. Tuesday through Saturday, Howland, who played Sullivan’s KSC Theatre and Dance ran a propreviously divorced husband, also duction of NĂśel Coward’s “Private mentioned being drawn to the show Livesâ€? in the Redfern Art Center’s due to the intimacy of the show’s small Wright Theater. The comedy takes cast. He said that he enjoyed playing the place in 1930s France and tells the role of Elyot Chase, which he described story of a divorced couple who DV ´à LSSDQW DQG VDUFDVWLF Âľ accidentally meet again on their Howland explained that he also second honeymoon with their enjoyed working under the direction of new spouses. The cast included Ron Spangler as it was their third show KSC seniors Aaron Howland, working together. As audiences watched Kristine Sullivan, and juniors the antics of “Private Lives,â€? other memJon Adams, Katherine Wadlebers of the KSC community watched two igh and Meghan Smyth. KSC comedians perform at the Night Owl Cafe Theatre Professor Ron Spanon Friday night. The show had mostly stugler directed the show. dent audience members with a few alumni, Kristine Sullivan, who according to performing comedians Mike played Sybil Chase, the Dorval and Erin Judge. The comedians made newer and younger wife jokes related to the college and possible alumni of one of one of the divoraudience. Campus Safety, different majors, and cees, explained that she the college lifestyle existed as recurring topics was drawn to the show as in their comedic routines. They interacted with a fan of NĂśel Coward and the audience by picking out different people to for its witty humor, diadiscuss various topics with. While Judge shared logue and cast intimacy. after the show that she would have liked to see Sullivan knew both Howa few more alumni in the audience, she indicated land and Adams and said that the show had a “good audienceâ€? of mostly she enjoyed being able to Come VWXGHQWV -XGJH WKH Ă€UVW FRPHGLDQ WR VSHDN dian M ike Dor work with them on stage. explained she was originally from New York and val per SHAL forms a “It was a really great expeMassachusetts. Judge’s routine made jokes about t the N LYN E BA E Z / EQU IN ight Ow OX S TA FF rience,â€? she said. Sullil Cafe. SRS FXOWXUH LQ .HHQH VXFK DV WKH Ă€OPLQJ RI WKH

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blockbuster “Jumanji.â€? Judge also introduced herself to the audience as a member of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, and her comedy routine involved her telling stories of how she “came outâ€? to friends and family. Comedian Mike Dorval used a similar approach with the audience by asking members various questions and talking about his life as a single man. After the show Dorval explained, “We were happy they [KSC] brought us.â€? Dorval also mentioned that he enjoyed the campus and people of Keene. Dorval shared, “People here are very polite.â€? He joked that the people who gave him driving directions in Keene were, “Better than an iPhone app.â€? Dorval estimated that a majority of the audience was made up of upperclassmen, but did mention that he had also heard that a few alumni came for the earlier portions of their performance in the NOC. Throughout the weekend, other events took place as well at Owl Stadium, such as the Res Hall Rumble and Spirit Central. The Res Hall Rumble, an annual event organized by Residential Life and Residence Hall Organization brought students and members of KSC Residential Life together, as HDFK KDOO FRPSHWHG LQ Ă€HOG GD\ DFWLYLWLHV DQG FRQWHVWV 7KLV \HDU¡V ZLQQLQJ hall was Carle Hall. Saturday’s Homecoming events also featured Spirit Central, which took place before the men’s soccer game. Both students, alumni, and other members of the KSC community celebrated Homecoming weekend with food, games and musical entertainment from KSC student bands. Jake McKelvie & the Countertops, a band made up of Jake McKelvie, from the Keene area, and KSC juniors Nick Votruba and Jeff Hall performed. The Countertops were followed by a KSC alumni band called Zach Benton and the Ben-Tones, which featured Zach Benton of the class of 2010 and Sam Vendt RI WKH FODVV )LQDOO\ DIWHU WKH PHQ¡V VRFFHU JDPH Ă€UHZRUNV FRQFOXGHG the evening. Pam Bump can be contacted at pbump@keene-equinox.com

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KSC casts light on shadow left by domestic violence SHANNON FLYNN

EQUINOX STAFF Keene State College recognized and promoted Domestic Violence Awareness Month by participating in a remembrance ceremony put on by the Monadnock Center for Violence Prevention (MCVP). Other events included hosting both a student and faculty debate on women’s rights and a lecture on the 2011 Campus Climate Survey. KSC held a lecture led by Forrest Seymour, of the Counseling Center, and Cathryn Turrentine, director of Institutional Research, on the results of the Campus Climate Survey of 2011. According to the survey, 86 percent of female students said they felt physically safe on campus. The survey also stated many female students felt unsafe when walking in the dark or when they were made aware of a publicized sexual assault. “This is true on any campus in the United States,â€? Turrentine said. The lecture also included stories of anonymous KSC female students’ personal accounts with sexual abuse. Amanda Warman, director of Campus Safety, was among the audience, and spoke out when it came time to share what had been done to the campus to make its students feel safer. According to Warman, all the blue light security systems located throughout campus ZHUH Ă€[HG DQG UXQQLQJ 6KH DOVR VDLG ´7KH\ DUH WHVWHG monthly.â€? Warman also shared that Carle Hall, a freshman dorm, now has cameras located inside. As the OHFWXUH FDPH WR D FORVH 'RWWLH 0RUULV FKLHI RIĂ€FHU RI Diversity and Multiculturalism at KSC said, “Because it happens often does not make it okay. We cannot normalize it.â€? To recognize the month, KSC held another domestic violence awareness event. On Tuesday, Oct. 9, approximately 120 KSC students attended the student and faculty debate in the Mabel Brown Room. Students participating in the event were members of the Keene State Debate Club and all the faculty were professors from the KSC Communications department. The debate consisted of several women’s rights issues, one of them being the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, passed by former President Bill Clinton. “This is protecting the women of our country. It’s inhumane to not cover someone,â€? Joanna Oko, sophomore debater at KSC, said. The Republicans took the side against any provisions, where the Democrats fought for it. The opinions stated from either side of the debate do QRW UHĂ HFW WKH GHEDWHU¡V DFWXDO YLHZV WKH\ ZHUH DGYRcating a side solely for the purpose of the debate. When asked about the debate, Jennifer Keveny, a sophomore at KSC said she liked it because “both sides agreed against women violence, which is important.â€? The event was sponsored by the American Democracy Project, the Campus Commission on the Status of Women, and the

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Keene State Debate Club. On October 3, Mayor Kendall Lane spoke at MCVP’s Remembrance Ceremony. “October is domestic violence awareness month,� Keene Mayor Kendall Lane stated at the event. Mayor Lane, along with other special guests, such as Senator Molly Kelly, were among the small crowd that attended the MCVP event. Mayor Lane read a proclamation to a small audience of community members, regarding issues on domestic violence. According to Lane, the goal of the administration is for the community to be safe, seeing as domestic violence affects all the citizens of Keene both mentally and physically. Mayor Lane stated, “Many Americans do not see how widespread it is.� He also shared some domestic violence statistics with the audience. According to Mayor Lane, one in three women experience assault, and out of the 14 crisis centers in the state of New Hampshire, 3,000 women were treated in 2011. As he closed his portion of the ceremony, the mayor stated, “Therefore, I, Kendall Lane, mayor of the city

of Keene, proclaim October 2012 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Keene.� Senator Kelly opened up her portion of the ceremony telling the mainly female audience, “You are all so beautiful.� Senator Kelly, a KSC graduate, said she attends the event every year. This year she made the promise to continue standing up for domestic violence. Senator Kelly said she feels it’s really important to all come together. As a senator, Kelly said she wanted to “put funding back that was taken away.� The funding she mentioned were any funds related to both health and human services. Senator Kelly would like to increase these funds which would provide education, training and housing to domestic violence victims. To make the feelings of domestic violence more real, Kasey LaFlam, education leader at the MCVP, included a reading of a letter written by a real-life domestic violence survivor named Faith. Faith’s story began when she was just 16 and met Jack, her soon-to-be husband. Jack was both mentally and physically abusive to his wife. According to Faith’s letter, Jack had hit her, giving

her both a black eye and a busted lip, and used to tell her she was “fat and ugly.â€? Faith also mentioned in the letter how she awoke one morning with her hand in pain and wrapped up in a rag. According to the letter, Jack had drugged Faith and tattooed his name onto her hand using a dirty needle, while she was sleeping. Faith went on to include in her letter the details of how Jack threw her down the stairs when he found out she was pregnant. She lost the baby. After spending 20 years married to Jack, Faith said she eventually escaped. “I never felt like his wife. I felt like a piece of property,â€? Faith said in her letter. According to LaFlam, Faith is currently residing at the MCVP shelter. The ceremony included musical performances by Animaterra, a Monadnock region women’s chorus and readings by Robin Christopherson, the MCVP executive director and Amy Coey, the direct service coordinator of MCVP. Coey read a story to the audience entitled “One Woman is Too Manyâ€? written by Jenny Ward. Christopherson shared domestic violence statistics with the audience. According to Christopherson, the number of fatal domestic violence homicides in New Hampshire reached 200 from 2000-2010. Christopherson said this counted for 44 percent of all the homicides during that time frame. “We need to do more to prevent domestic violence from happening,â€? Christopherson said. To close out the ceremony, LaFlam asked each audience member to take part in the closing footbridge FHUHPRQ\ 6KH KDG HYHU\RQH WDNH D Ă RZHU DQG UHPHPber someone who has struggled with domestic violence. After the moment of silence, everyone dropped their Ă RZHU LQWR WKH $VKHORXW 5LYHU Two Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) members were among the small crowd at the ceremony, showing their support for domestic violence survivors. “I am here because I want to stop domestic violence,â€? KSC sophomore Hersch Rothmel said. Rothmel is one of approximately 20 members of KSC’s MVP group. According to Rothmel, MVP is not the average club as it is an extension of the Counseling Center at KSC. MVP is a peer education group that requires an application and interview to join the group. Rothmel said the group’s main focus is to go speak to classes, clubs, and resident halls about relationship violence, homophobia, and alcohol judgment topics. KSC sophomore Natasha Cable was the other member of MVP showing her support at the remembrance ceremony. Cable said she joined MVP because she wanted to. “I’ve always been that person. I like helping people,â€? Cable said.

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The Zombies come back to life at KSC SHANNON FLYNN

EQUINOX STAFF This year Keene State College’s Humans versus Zombies Club is hoping to break into the triple digits in number of participants by using new ways of promotion and even allowing faculty and staff to play in the game. “It’s fun for everyone,â€? KSC junior, and President of Humans versus Zombies, Ben Piche, said. According to Piche, the amount of participants changes every semester. He said the game with the largest amount of participation was two semesters ago, totaling 90 players. This year, Piche said the group hope to “break through triple digits.â€? In order to reach that goal, the leaders of the Humans versus Zombies club took on some new approaches to publicize both the club and game. According to Piche, the group mainly relies on its Facebook fan page. Piche explained that once someone “likesâ€? the page they are added to the KSC group page and can communicate with other members and players. Piche said they also used to put up wooden signs on Appian Way. This semester, however, Piche said the group WRRN LW XS D QRWFK DQG KDG WKH Ă \HUV put into some of the students’ mailboxes on campus. Also new this year, the members put on several “Nerf eventsâ€? in the Fiske Quad. These events were open to whomever wanted to participate. Also new this semester is the idea of having KSC faculty and staff join in on the fun. The Humans versus Zombies Club would like to have staff actively participating in the game. There have not been any VWDII RU IDFXOW\ PHPEHUV RIĂ€FLDOO\ committed to participating in the game yet. Rebecca Berkey, the coordinator for experiential education and Humans versus Zombies advisor, said she did not know of any faculty or staff playing in this game because she did not know how they went about publicizing the game to the faculty and staff. Berkey said she thinks there is a possibility of faculty joining, and she said she thinks a lot of people would “get into it.â€? KSC junior and Secretary

of Humans versus Zombies, Kyle Virgin, said, “There are a large amount of femalesâ€? who participate. Zack Spadaccini, a junior at KSC who is a member of the Humans versus Zombies committee, estimated the club was split up 70 percent male to 30 percent female. Kara Young, the head of the library systems at KSC and co-advisor of the club said, “It’s growing in participation.â€? According to Piche, the game of Humans versus Zombies was started at Goucher College in Maryland. He claimed the game has become very popular on college campuses, military bases and high school all over the United States. Piche founded the Humans YHUVXV =RPELHV FOXE KLV Ă€UVW VHPHVter at Keene, back in the fall of 2010. 7KH FOXE¡V Ă€UVW JDPH ZDV QRW XQWLO the spring of 2011. According to both Piche and Virgin, the games usually last only a week. Piche said the humans have never won before. To distinguish between a zombie and human, Piche said the humans wear a “contrastingâ€? bandana on their arm and a zombie wears one on their head. Everyone starts out as a human except one player, who is a zombie, Piche said. According to Virgin, the only way to turn a human to a zombie is by “tagging them.â€? He also mentioned that the zombie is not allowed to tag a human unless they are outside and on campus. Humans carry a Nerf gun with them and can shoot at the zombies, eliminating them from the game for 15 minutes, Piche explained. “It’s a lot easier to see humans with their Nerf guns,â€? Virgin said. In order to join this club, one must attend one of many registration meetings. It is this meeting that registers the players online, provides them with the rules and prepares them for the game, Piche said. The fall 2012 game is scheduled to begin on Oct. 24. The registration meetings for this week will be held at 6 p.m. in Morrison Hall room 110 from Sunday, Oct. 21 to Tuesday, Oct. 23. Shannon Flynn can be contacted at VĂ \QQ#NHHQH HTXLQR[ FRP

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Please don’t ‘pour some sugar on me’ It may make it taste better. A spoonful of it might help the medicine go down. Maybe it’s the answer as WR ZK\ \RX¡UH VR Ă \ EXW XOWLPDWHO\ VXJDU LV QRW ZRUWK the high. Did you know that the average woman is only supposed to consume 100 calories of sugar per day? That’s approximately six teaspoons, according to the American Heart Association (AHA). The average male can have just a bit more, with nine teaspoons per day. However, despite these guidelines, the average American is consuming 22 teaspoons of sugar per day which is equivalent to 355 calories, stated by the AHA So why do so many Americans believe the hype? According to mindbodygreen.com, sugar is addictive because it releases an opiate-like substance that engages the brain. Remember in “Mean Girlsâ€? when Regina George tried to lose three pounds--but ended up gaining weight and had to go to Sears for her Spring Fling dress? Regina George: “It’s called the South Beach Fat Flush and all you drink is cranberry juice for 72 hours.â€?

Aaron Samuels: “Lemme see that... this isn’t even cranberry juice, it’s cranberry juice cocktail. It’s all sugar.â€? Regina George: “I wanna lose three pounds.â€? Karen: “Oh my God, you’re so skinny!â€? Regina George: “Shut up.â€? KSC Registered Dietitian Rebecca Briggs said one of the most common ways students take in too much sugar is through the consumption of soda. Briggs said soda remains the greatest factor to sugar intake for most students, but said cereal is another food area where students are eating too much sugar. “If it’s the bubbles you’re looking for—have seltzer and add IUXLW MXLFH IRU Ă DYRUÂł\RX KDYH PRUH FRQWURO RYHU WKH sugar you add,â€? she said. According to mindbodygreen.com, Americans drink 53 gallons of soft drink per person every year. Each can of soda contains about 40 grams or 10 teaspoons of sugar. This is what contributes to most Americans’ dependency on sugar. Briggs said, “Innately, humans are designed to respond to and like sugar. It’s sort of a survival mechanism that sweet foods are good.â€? She continued, “From a survival standpoint, that’s what our bodies are designed to do—to take in calories. Sugar is pleasant and there’s a positive effect there.â€? While sugar may initially make you happy, that initial high will slowly start to wear off, leaving you as WKH FRQVXPHU GHSOHWHG ,QVWHDG RI ORRNLQJ WR DQ DUWLĂ€cial source to obtain your sugar intake, it is important to

“Innately, humans are designed to respond to and like sugar. It’s sort of a survival mechanism that sweet foods are good.â€? -­REBECCA BRIGGS KSC REGISTERED DIETITIAN

make sure that you are getting your daily sugar needs from an organic, natural source. Briggs said, “When you’re choosing foods, go back to eating foods that are as close to where they came from as possible—so whole fruits, vegetables, whole grains. There’s natural sugar in all of those fruits, but because it’s a limited quantity and your body knows how to process that, it’s packaged together with other QXWULHQWV DQG Ă€EHU DQG VRPHWLPHV IDW QDWXUDOO\ RFFXUring fats, your body just assimilates that to a much more even level.â€? When considering sugar in your diet, Briggs warned against another hidden trap--fat-free foods. Briggs explained the problem with fat-free foods and said, “What happens when manufacturers create low-fat foods is they’re taking out the fat, and they have to add in something else, and what they add, generally, is more sugar,â€? she continued, “So the calories in those products, it’s just the lower fat, but it might be higher in sugar.â€? To have more control of your sugar consump-

tion, Briggs suggested adding your own amount to food items so you physically see how much sugar you’re consuming, starting with sugar. “With cereal, sweeten it yourself. Even hot cerealsdon’t get the instant packets of oatmeal because they already have the sugar in them,â€? she continued, “Do a plain one, throw it in the microwave and add your own Ă DYRUVÂłIUHVK DSSOH FXW XS D OLWWOH ELW RI PDSOH V\UXS RU honey. When you add it yourself it tends to be less there. <RX VWLOO JHW WKH VDPH Ă DYRU EXW MXVW QRW DV PXFK VXJDU Âľ It is important to remember that if sugar becomes the sole focus of your diet, sweatpants will be the only WKLQJ WKDW Ă€WV \RX $QG LI WKDW KDSSHQV \RX FDQ¡W VLW with us. Julie Conlon can be contacted at jconlon@keene-equinox.com Sam Norton can be contacted at snorton@keene-equinox.com

Fair Trade club paves its way through KSC

From interest group to club, juniors lead club and campus to a fair, sustainable future REGAN DRISCOLL

EQUINOX STAFF Nine courses mentioned it last year, 14 professors used it in their classroom, 13 presentations were given about it, and nearly 400,000 dollars worth of its products were sold on campus last year. So what is it? It’s fair trade, and the 2011 Fair Trade report indicates above that the KSC club is on the move. Sophomore and Fair Trade Club member Katy McLaughlin followed up, “A lot of people don’t know what fair trade is really about.â€? How can anyone care about something, let alone even be interested in it, if they don’t even understand what it is? Professor Tamara Stenn, Fair Trade Club advisor, said, from a consumer’s perspective, “It is a way of making a conscious decision of how you are participating in trade and taking into consideration how workers are being paid, treated, environmental protection, WKH GLIIHUHQW EHQHĂ€WV WKH UHODWLRQVKLS ZRXOG KDYH KRZ you would make a purchase in a meaningful way that is respectful of the environment, other people’s cultures, and that enables workers to have a living wage.â€? Fair Trade USA offered the Fair Trade Club a chance to speak at the second annual National Conference for Fair Trade this month. “We had the opportunity to get, I guess a scholarship grant to go out there,â€? Kelsey Bumstead, club president explained. Bumsted said she plans to give a presentation with a student from a college in New York about what it takes to put together events and activities on campus about fair trade. Bumsted, Stenn, Sustainability Professor Mary Jensen, and Lisa Bryant and Grace Healey, other club members, will all attend the conference the last weekend of October in Chicago. The Fair Trade Club began as an interest group in 2010 after Stenn’s Measuring Fair Trade Class inspired Bumsted. She said seeing videos of how the workers are affected and how fair trade improves their lives is what really impacted her and got her motivated to start the group saying, “It just resonated with us.â€? 7KH FOXE EHFDPH RIĂ€FLDO LQ 1RYHPEHU 2ULJLnally there were only a handful of members, which has now doubled to about 10 to 15 students. The club has worked on promoting fair trade through events and products within the college. “Part of our club works with trying to educate students on where products are, where you can buy them, what fair trade is, publicizing it,â€? Bumsted said. Currently there are fair trade t-shirts sold at the bookstore and a variety of items at Lloyd’s, including DOO *UHHQ 0RXQWDLQ &RIIHH 7KLV \HDU ZLWK DQ RIĂ€FLDO budget, even more is in the works. Some changes include ideas for Pumpkin Lobotomy and Harvest Fest. Instead of just having a table set up, “this year we’re trying to order coffee mugs that say Fair Trade Club on it and then have a bean bag toss with fair trade coffee beans,â€? Bryant explained. “We’d also like to bring fair trade hot cocoa,â€? Bumsted added. Bumsted, Bryant, and Healey said their biggest goal LV WR KDYH .6& RIĂ€FLDOO\ UHFRJQL]HG DV D IDLU WUDGH FROlege. “We have the requirements,â€? Bryant explained. “You have to have fair trade products on campus, some form of an interest group, and have fair trade events. Our Ă€QDO VWHS LV WR JHW DFFHSWHG E\ WKH SUHVLGHQW ,W JRHV ZLWK the moral code of our school,â€? she said. Bumsted added, “Fair Trade USA recognizes us as a Fair Trade University, we can’t promote ourselves as that, but we’ve been approved by them.â€? $ Ă€UVW WLPHU DW D FOXE PHHWLQJ ZKR ZLVKHG WR UHPDLQ unnamed said she, “was really impressed by how knowledgeable they [the club leaders] are on the subject and at all of the events they have going on.â€? Fair Trade Club meetings take place every Wednesday at 8 p.m. in room 309 in the Student Center. The club also holds movie nights, which feature

“I think that sometimes people think it’s going to be a lot more to buy a Fair Trade product, but what they don’t realize is that it’s only slightly different most times.â€? -­KELSEY BUMSTED FAIR TRADE CLUB PRESIDENT

Ă€OPV DERXW IDLU WUDGH Bumsted shared, “I think it’s what brings fair trade to a personal level because you can really see why we’re doing what we’re doing.â€? Emma Kash, the club’s secretary, said, “To see the faces of all those affected by fair trade touches my heart.â€? The club has a Keene State Fair Trade Club Facebook page for information regarding what is going on, what’s up and coming, or when movie nights are. Greg Lefko, a junior, said his favorite part about the club is “raising awareness to issues people may not know so much about.â€? Katy McLaughlin said she joined the Fair Trade Club wanting to inform people about the subject because she said she feels, “What we do here impacts other people. ,W UHDOO\ EHQHĂ€WV WKH SHRSOH WKDW GR WKH ZRUN 7KHUH¡V no middle and that’s really important because they deserve it, the products they make are unique.â€? Why aren’t more people buying goods that are fair trade? “I think that sometimes people think it’s going to be a lot more to buy a fair trade product, but what they don’t realize is that it’s only slightly different most times,â€? Bumsted said. Bryant included, “It’s usually better quality, it tastes better, it’s organic, it’s made better.â€? So why should people buy fair trade products? “Why not?â€? Healey asked. “It’s helping people, it’s better for the environment, it’s better for yourself,â€? she said. Bumsted added, “It’s ethical spending.â€? %U\DQW VDLG ´,I \RX FDQ EX\ VRPHWKLQJ WKDW EHQHĂ€WV a whole bunch of things rather than just yourself, that’s a step forward.â€? “You can look at fair trade as just a product, but there’s also a personal level‌you’re going to buy product that you know someone will take home the money they deserve for it to provide for their family instead of being cheated out of something that is out of their hands,â€? Bumsted explained. Bryant said for her, “it’s mostly about appreciation‌ people are making stuff for you, so you should give it back.â€? “It shouldn’t just be an alternative,â€? she went on, “it’s how it should be.â€? On Nov. 14 there will be a fair trade fashion show in the Mabel Brown Room at 8 p.m. It will include pieces from Stenn’s clothing line KUSIKUY. The club is still looking for models for the show, so if interested any student can contact a club member. Students can also get involved by submitting designs for KUSIKUY’s college line. The third annual Keene State College Fair Trade Fair will take place on Nov. 15, which features a variety of fair trade companies or organizations. The number of businesses already surpassed that of last year, some of which include Project Have Hope, Maine Root Soda, 10,000 Villages, A Thread of Hope, Guatemala Fair Trade, Howling Coffee from Compas de Nicaragua and Badger Lip Balm. Regan Driscoll can be contacted at rdriscoll@keene-equinox.com

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Students risk health just to get an A MORGAN MARKLEY

EQUINOX STAFF As fall season comes to the Keene State College campus, so do the coughs and runny noses. This season leaves KSC students to battle with the decision of whether to attend class when ill, and how to remain healthy. Freshman Michelle Green said she does not go to class if she can’t get out of bed. Green said, “If I can’t be present for class I feel like it’s better to miss class and wait until I get better.â€? Green also stated that it is really “grossâ€? when students go to class when they are visibly ill and possibly contagious. According to the 2010 KSC student handbook, there is no set rule about how many classes a student can miss; however, students must make sure they follow the syllabus or rules put forth by their professor before missing class depending on the policy of the professor. Green said, “For one of my teachers you can’t miss more than two FODVVHV RU \RX ORVH Ă€YH SRLQWV RII \RXU JUDGH HYHU\ WLPH \RX PLVV FODVV Âľ She continued, “And then one of my teachers you can’t miss more than two the whole semester. It doesn’t affect your grade. He just wants you in class.â€? Fellow freshman Devin Armstrong said professors at KSC were not strict with their attendance policies. Armstrong said, “They [professors] say don’t miss too many classes but a lot of times it’s more like if you miss too many classes you’re going to do terrible in the class.â€? He also said he does not like when other student comes to class sick. “I end up getting sick.â€? English Professor William Stroup said this about how he deals with illness in his classroom: “I would say if a student shows up to class and clearly both for herself or himself and the people sitting near them shouldn’t be there that I would ask the student to leave or agree with that student leaving if they ask for that permission.â€? Stroup continued and stated a student’s health as being superior to their coursework. He said, “I try to communicate clearly that you’re responsible for the missed work. That it’s not that you just don’t do that reading or the writing that we did that day, but I think that we can solve all of that stuff later... taking care of health is primary.â€? As Stroup said, instead of having to deal with the decision to go to class or not, simply remain healthy. ABC News reported keyboards can contain bacteria such as E. coli and staph, and KSC students often Ă€QG WKHPVHOYHV DW SXEOLF NH\ERDUGV SULQWLQJ RU GRLQJ KRPHZRUN To lessen the chance of contracting an illness from the keyboards, some computer labs on campus offer hand sanitizer. In the Mason Library, there is a hand sanitizing station QH[W WR WKH FRPSXWHUV RQ WKH Ă€UVW Ă RRU 7KH FRPSXWHU ODE in Rhodes Hall offers a hand sanitizer right near the entrance of the lab. There is also a large bottle of hand sanitizer located in room 160 of the Media Arts Center. Tiffany Mathews, coordinator of Wellness Education, RIIHUHG DGYLFH WR VWXGHQWV IHHOLQJ LOO ´,I \RX¡UH VLFN ZLWK Ă X like illnesses go by the Center for Disease Control recommendations and stay home for at least 24 hours after your fever is gone except to get medical care or other necessities and then your fever should be gone without the use of a fever reducing medicine.â€? Mathews also said that for a cold, a student would want to avoid being in contact with others while contagious, and that the Center for Health and Wellness offers “cold packsâ€? to students. These cold packs include lollipops, tissues, ramen noodles, tea bags, salt packets, Cepacol lozenges, sudodrin-pseudoephedrine and other things to help the student feel better. In the end the decision to attend a class or not is up to the student. A professor can’t force a student to attend class. Stroup said, “If a student thinks they are getting away with something by not coming to a class, they’re not. Valuable things happen every class, the student paid for the class. Sometimes a student apologizes to me for missing class and I just say, ‘Apologize to yourself, it’s your class and you missed it.’ I think that’s a better way of thinking about it.â€? Green said that she doesn’t necessarily think it’s the responsibility of the professor to tell a sick student to leave class. “They

(the students) should know when to leave class.â€? Another view comes from Armstrong. He said he thinks the professors do hold the responsibility to tell students to leave when they are sick. “Yes, GHĂ€QLWHO\ EHFDXVH WKHQ HYHU\RQH LV SXW DW ULVN RI JHWWLQJ VLFN Âľ KH VDLG Stroup said that when he was a student at the University of Michigan there were classes he shouldn’t have gone to due to being sick. “I just didn’t want to miss anything and I probably should have been sent away. I would have been upset to be sent away, but I should have been sent away because I only ever missed one or two classes in my four years as an underg rad.â€?

When asked how he deals with students telling him they’re too sick to DWWHQG FODVV 6WURXS VDLG ´, ZRXOG WHQG WR JLYH SHRSOH WKH EHQHĂ€W RI WKH doubt. If you tell me that you cannot be there then you’re an adult talking to an adult, and I don’t see why I shouldn’t believe you.â€? Morgan Markley can be contacted at mmarkley@keene-equinox.com CHELSEA NICKERSON / GRAPHICS EDITOR

Four KSC seniors take on the TDS Center REBECCA MARSH

EQUINOX STAFF With the ribbon cutting ceremony over, Keene State College’s Technology, Design, DQG 6DIHW\ &HQWHU LV QRZ RIĂ€FLDOO\ XQYHLOHG to the campus and the Keene community. But the work isn’t over. The TDS Center will be upgraded to educate people about how to build and design safe structures. A program is currently in the works at Keene State College that will teach students and community members about the time and effort that went into creating the TDS Center. The project is the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Interactive Educational Signage Project, and it exists for several reasons. According to Assistant Professor Bartlomiej Sapeta and Associate Professor Donna Paley, the intent of the program is to educate not just KSC students, but also the community about the building’s capabilities and the choices that were made for the building. One of the aspects of this signage is to inform the community about the green aspects of the TDS building. With the completion of this project, the building will UHFHLYH WKH /((' &HUWLĂ€FDWLRQ ZKLFK PHDQV that the TDS Center has reached high performance in areas such as environmental and human health, according to the Everblue website. “LEED is just the framework we are trying to use because it will help us gain the point as well,â€? Sapeta said. He continued, “Learning by doing is a really important concept and that’s the major element why we are doing the signage.â€? One of the new features being installed into this building is quick response (QR) codes. According to Paley, a person can scan the QR code and access the knowledge of how that part of the building was made. “You point your phone at that and the application connects to an internet website WKDW KDV LQIRUPDWLRQ DERXW D VSHFLĂ€F DVSHFW of the building,â€? Sapeta said. “You have a testing bay. A testing bay is basically a little component in the wall that allows you to test

on the team. Blake shared, “We also designed the signage to tailor to all different ages.â€? He continued, “We have very easy to understand ones for younger kid groups all the way to very technologically advanced options.â€? Cavezzali added, “Most of it would be interactive so there would be hands on activities.â€? Blake continued, “A lot of the stuff that we implemented in this project will be WKLQJV WKDW WKH Ă€UVW DQG VHFRQG DQG WKLUG year students will be learning in the classes for architecture.â€? Harris explained their work “kind of turns the building into more of a museum.â€? Harris said the idea about this came about in fall 2011. Paley said the anticipated date for the completion of Phase 1 is Spring 2014 where there will be a presentation of the project at the annual Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture and Conference. “One of the things is involving students directly in research with faculty and working as a team,â€? Paley said. When asked if this project could bring something to the Architecture department, Paley said, “I think it will be a marketing tool, but I think the deeper purpose of it is just the educational outreach on the design of sustainable buildings.â€? EMILY FEDORKO / SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER Cavezzali said, “This, I think, will bring Seniors Jake Blake, Michael Helmer, Austin Harris and Stefan Cavezzali are working on the LEED Interactive Educational it [architecture] to a whole new level.â€? Signage Project for the recently unveiled TDS Center. 7KLV VLJQDJH SURMHFW ZLOO EHQHĂ€W WKH HQYLvarious materials,â€? he explained. Accord- building and kind of become integrated member of the student team, said the proj- URQPHQW GXH WR WKH EXLOGLQJ¡V HIĂ€FLHQF\ ing to Paley, the building is 30 percent solar into it.â€? ect will help bring the community members and will bring the community together with the college by allowing the programs powered and is the only all-electric building He continued, “It’s a good resume closer to the campus. on campus. builder. Our professors came up and asked “Part of the goal of the interactive signage and stations to be open to both the campus Within the team are four senior archi- us if we had an interest in it and we agreed was to connect members of the community and the community. The signage will give the building the tecture students. The four seniors were to it. I thought it would be a good challenge.â€? with members of the campus as well.â€? hand selected, according to Paley. “Their Another is senior Michael Helmer. Cavezzali continued, “We all want to FHUWLĂ€FDWLRQ LW QHHGV WR EH FRQVLGHUHG DQ academic achievement in our classes gave Helmer agreed with Harris on the educa- connect the TDS Center as the focal point environmentally sustainable building. them the opportunity to be selected for this,â€? tional opportunity provided and said, “It of that.â€? There will be different stations Rebecca Marsh can be contacted at Paley added. Sapeta agreed, “They have allowed us to work on a project outside of for different age groups ranging from easy rmarsh@keene-equinox.com also volunteered for things before.â€? class,â€? he continued. “It was really mostly to understand stations to technologically One of these students is Austin Harris. just a learning experience for us.â€? advanced stations, according to Cavezzali. Harris said, “I wanted to work with the new Senior Stefan Cavezzali, another Senior Jacob Blake is the fourth member

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New exhibit creases its way into KSC SAM NORTON

A&E EDITOR AUGUSTUS STAHL

EQUINOX STAFF Every fold and every crease tells a story. These stories may not be portrayed in your typical art mediums; however, they are alive in the crafting of paper. Origami—it’s a form of art that many of us associate with paper cranes, but these artists who are featured in the Thorne-Sagendorph’s new exhibit take the skill of origami to the next level. The subtle halls in the Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery will hold a history of an entire art form for the next 12 weeks. The exhibit, Folding Paper, focuses on four concepts that illustrate the evolution of the ancient craft to its modern applications. The public is walked through the history of origami, representations of real and imagined realms, geometric IRUPV DQG Ă€QDOO\ RULJDPL¡V LPSDFW on modern society. This exhibit displays the work of artists from countries around the world such as, Japan, Russia, the United States and Uruguay. The gallery draws attention to the aspects of origami that aren’t as well-known, techniques such as wet folding and their development in the modern art. The pieces range from straightforward paper folding to elaborately shaped faces. The gallery shows things that many people on campus may have not thought possible. Maureen Ahern, director of the Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery, said that this display was brought to Keene State College “because it was a chance for this community to see a very unusual art form that is not normally visible to us, and it brings together works of artists from all over the world.â€? The exhibit, curated by Meher McArthur exposes the history behind the transformation of a plain piece of paper into a masterfully crafted piece of artwork. This exhibit, which is unlike others that have been in the Thorne gallery,

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Among the artwork featured in the gallery is Eric Joisel’s foot long armadillo, entitled “Pangolin� in the Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery. The exhibit will last for twelve weeks.

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more than 40 artists ranging from photographs and videos to clothing and lighting. The exhibition is touring across the United States, and is booked all the way until January

2016. Walking through the double doors of the Thorne, a spotlight biography draws the viewer’s eye before the paper pieces. The display is organized to walk the viewer

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Students get ready to move to Chamber Singers build a partnership the beat of their own drum

with local non-profit organization

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This year, the KSC Chamber Singers are teaming up with the Monadnock Conservancy as their community service project.

KSC group reaches out through community service project SAM NORTON

A&E EDITOR It’s within the nature of the Chamber Singers to reach out, and use their voice to help spread the word. Last year, the Chamber Singers partnered with the Hundred Nights Homeless Shelter, and Stonewall Farm—this year, they are using their musical talents to help spread the mission of the Monadnock Conservancy. Ryan Owens, executive director of the Monadnock Conservancy said, “People, who go out into the outdoors, either for exercise or for escape, rest or quiet contemplation, can have some really incred-

ible, almost spiritual moments being out for a walk and being out in nature,â€? he continued, “I’m hopeful that this concert and this music even without the people being in woods and in nature can take them to that place through music and KHOS WKHP Ă€QG WKDW VHQVH RI FRQQHFWLRQ and tranquility without having to go out there.â€? This sense of connection and tranquility will be provided by the repertoire that the Chamber Singers have chosen. Owens said that these songs that the musical group will perform will create a soundtrack that will transport them to that quiet and beautiful place. But, this

quiet and beautiful place would be nothing without the distinct melodies that Dr. Sandra Howard, assistant professor of music, has arranged. Howard said that the repertoire, chosen for the Chamber Singers’ concert for the Monadnock Conservancy on Dec. 3, is ear marked to connect with the mission of the local nonSURĂ€W RUJDQL]DWLRQ “Their repertoire really focuses around nature, land, and conservation—some of the values the resources that are important to us,â€? Owens said. Music is a way for not only the Chamber Singers and the members of the conservancy to bridge

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EQUINOX STAFF Percussion instruments are second in the evolution of music only to the voice. As early as the tenth century, humans created rhythm using their hands and instruments they made with surrounding materials. Since then, the instruments have gotten more complex and varied in order to complement each piece accordingly. On Nov. 1, 2012 at 7:30 p.m., Keene State College’s Concert Band will celebrate the percussion instrument, in the Redfern Arts Center, by showcasing talented percussionists in a concert that’s all about percussion. The percussion concert, titled “More Cowbell is a Status Cymbal,â€? will feature a variety of songs that will star percussion instruments by artists such as Steve Reich, John Mackey, Robert W. Smith, Scott McCallister, Minoru Miki, and David R. Gillingham. Miki’s “Z Conversionâ€? and Gillingham’s “Concertino for Four Percussionâ€? are the pieces most focused on the percussion ensemble. Of Miki’s piece, Professor of Music Christopher Swist said, “I always wanted to bring the work to KSC. It is a delightful, exciting, and fun piece inspired by traditional Japanese drumming.â€? Swist explained that this LV QRW WKH Ă€UVW WLPH WKH\ KDYH GRQH D FRQFHUW like this; in 2005 the band performed a similar concert. While most believe that percussion is just about banging on different drums to make noise, there are also the intricacy and time that goes into learning, practicing and performing individually or with a band. Associate Professor of Music, James Chesebrough, said that many instruments create a sound using breath, which means the sound is coming from within the player. Percussion, on the other hand, remains outside the body. The players are then handed the responsibility of watching their instrument, their music, and their conductor

while trying to keep in rhythm with the band. These players are students Sean St. Germain, Travis Corcoran, Joshua Brennan, and Aaron Taub, who will present their percussion skills with fervent excitement. Sean St. Germain has played percussion since he was 10 years old. At the time, the biggest reason he joined band was to avoid being in chorus, the only other option, he said. St. Germain practices his percussion pieces for more than two hours on his own, he said. But he is also a non-music major. He said he balances his own major work with rehearsal and practice times for the concert band. St. Germain is also in several bands on his own time. While he enjoys playing with the concert band, his favorite songs to play are his own band’s songs. Like St. Germain, music has been a part of Aaron Taub’s life since he was young. Taub has actively participated in band since the Ă€IWK JUDGH 6LQFH WKHQ KH KDV KRQHG KLV SHUcussion skills daily, he said. 7DXE H[SODLQHG WKDW WKH PRVW GLIĂ€FXOW part about playing percussion with a band is focusing and making sure that everyone sounds like they are playing together; he enjoys it profusely. His inspiration lies within his father’s guitar skills, he said. Because he came from a musical family, it was almost expected that he would join band. But loving percussion made the choice easy, Taub explained. The most interesting part of playing, for Taub, is the ability to conquer new pieces. “I love when you’re working on a really hard piece of music and you work on it for D ORQJ WLPH DQG WKHQ \RX Ă€QDOO\ SOD\ LW ULJKW It’s the most satisfying feeling,â€? he said. However, St. Germain and Taub are not the only two percussionists who have been exposed to music since a young age. Travis Corcoran has also been a long-time percussion player. Corcoran joined band in fourth

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Flashing through Scarlet Spider’s story WES SERAFINE

EQUINOX STAFF Confession time: I don’t read too many Marvel comics these days. Though I love Marvel’s characters and movies, the questionable story directions that the management of Marvel has taken several characters in has turned me off from most stories. However, there are some gems left within the comic world of Marvel and today’s outing is one of them. This comic focuses on three characters, four if you count a certain character as two, and none of them are particularly well-known. First up, we have Venom, the most wellknown of the characters, but he does not appear in the expected form. Venom is a symbiotic alien being that bonds to a host in the form of a black costume, in turn granting them immense power. ,WV ÀUVW FKRVHQ KRVW ZDV 6SLGHU 0DQ who rejected the costume. Venom subsequently bonded to Eddie Brock, a man who

hated Peter Parker as much as the symbiRWH KDWHG 6SLGHU 0DQ 9HQRP ZDV EURXJKW WR WKH ELJ VFUHHQ LQ ´6SLGHU 0DQ Âľ SOD\HG by Topher Grace, much to fans’ chagrin who thought he was wrong for the part. Recently, the Venom symbiote chose a new host. This brings us to our next character, )ODVK 7KRPSVRQ ,Q WKH HDUOLHU GD\V RI 6SLder-Man comics, Flash was the school bully who picked on Peter Parker and Flash was GHSLFWHG WKLV ZD\ LQ ERWK WKH RULJLQDO ´6SLGHU 0DQÂľ Ă€OP DQG WKH UHFHQW UHERRW However, what casual fans do not know is that while Flash picked on Peter, he idolL]HG DQG DGPLUHG 6SLGHU 0DQ 6SLGHU 0DQ inspired him to enlist in the army in order to be a hero himself, but tragically lost his legs in combat. With the help of the Venom symbiote, Flash can walk again and he has chosen to use the power granted to him by the black suit to be a hero. Yet Venom is not the only symbiote running around. While bonded to Eddie Brock, the Venom symbiote gave birth to a second symbiote. This second symiote bonded to Brock’s then cell mate, the psychotic serial killer, Cletus Kasady. Kasady combined with the symbiote and started calling himself Carnage, who acts as the villain of

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Body Bluffing in Heads-Up Poker RICH CAUTELA

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“What casual fans do not know is that while Flash picked on Peter, he idolized and admired Spider-Man.â€? -­SERAFINE

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‘Private Lives’ provides new perspective on relationships SAM NORTON

A&E EDITOR Their lives are anything but private: their relationships are put to the test; their secrets and their desires are put on display for the audience to see. These are the lives of $PDQGD DQG 9LFWRU 3U\QQH DQG (O\RW DQG 6LE\O &KDVH LQ WKH SOD\ ´3ULYDWH /LYHV Âľ GLUHFWHG E\ $VVRFLDWH 3URIHVVRU RI 7KHDWUH DQG 'DQFH 5RQ 6SDQJOHU :KHQ 6SDQJOHU EHJDQ WHDFKLQJ DQG ZDV D JUDGXDWH VWXGHQW DW .HQW 8QLYHUVLW\ 6SDQJOHU DQG KLV ZLIH ZHUH LQ D SURGXFWLRQ RI ´3ULYDWH /LYHV Âľ ´, DOZD\V WKRXJKW WKDW from that time forward I would love to direct it and have a new generation of actors experience the challenges and WKH IXQ Âľ 6SDQJOHU VDLG Junior Katherine Wadleigh, who plays Amanda Prynne, and senior Aaron Howland, who plays Elyot Chase, take you on a rollercoaster ride of love, heartbreak, DQG IRUJLYHQHVV :DGOHLJK Ă€UVW IHOO LQ ORYH ZLWK WKH SOD\ ZKHQ VKH Ă€UVW VDZ ´3ULYDWH /LYHVÂľ LQ %RVWRQ DW WKH +XQtington Theatre. “I fell in love with all of the characters and the whole situation and that made me even more H[FLWHG WR DXGLWLRQ Âľ :DGOHLJK VDLG :DGOHLJK¡V FKDUDFWHU was someone whom she was not only excited to play, but it was someone she could relate to. “I’m really goofy and I like really inappropriate humor and that’s what I like DERXW KHU 6KH GRHVQ¡W FDUH Âľ :DGOHLJK VDLG ´3ULYDWH /LYHV Âľ ZKLFK WDNHV SODFH LQ 'HDXYLOOH )UDQFH GXULQJ WKH VXPPHU RI IROORZV D GLYRUFHG FRXSOH who have both just remarried and are now on their honH\PRRQ 7KHVH WZR FRXSOHV Ă€QG WKHPVHOYHV LQ MRLQHG suites at the same French hotel. It is there that Amanda realizes that she is still in love with her ex-husband, Elyot and not Victor, who is played by junior Jon Adams. Elyot UHDOL]HV WKDW 6LE\O ZKR LV SOD\HG E\ VHQLRU .ULVWLQH 6XOOLYDQ FDQQRW WDNH WKH SODFH RI KLV Ă€UVW ORYH $PDQGD 2QFH $PDQGD DQG (O\RW VHH RQH DQRWKHU DJDLQ IRU WKH Ă€UVW time, the feelings that were present before they became divorced ignite again—forcing them to go to any lengths to keep their romance alive and a secret from their new spouses. In order to make Elyot and Amanda’s romance come to life on stage, Wadleigh said creating a background story allowed her to feel the emotions her character was experiencing. “I created a story for myself of where her and Elyot met so I could get the background information to make KHU PRUH UHDO WR PH ZKLFK PDGH LW D ORW HDVLHU Âľ :DGOHigh said. And this is what allowed Wadleigh to be able to create the true identity of who Amanda was—an independent woman, who didn’t care about others’ views of her, just about if she was happy or not. “I like how Amanda doesn’t really care too much what everyone else thinks. 6KH JRHV WR WKH EHDW RI KHU RZQ GUXP Âľ VKH VDLG However, for Wadleigh she said that it is easy for an actor to agonize over every detail of their character’s personality. “It’s really weird to go on-stage and say these words like they are your own. But they’re not you just memorizing them. I agonize a little bit over whether I am

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Keene State Theatre and Dance students Katherine Wadleigh of Hollis, N.H. (left) and Aaron Howland of Winchester, N.H. rehearse a scene from “Private Lives,â€? NĂśel Coward’s classic comedy of manners, to be presented Tuesday to Saturday, October 9 to 13, at 7:30 p.m. and at 2 p.m. Saturday, October 13, in the Wright Theatre of the Redfern Arts Center at Keene State College.

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However, the two quickly call a truce and decide to enter the alternate dimension in order to save the innocent hostage and stop whatever Carnage and his allies are planning. They enter the portal and end up in separate area’s both of them confronted by strange and powerful monsters. This is a decent story but not the strongest I’ve read. Really, I think this crossover is only happening because in the past year the two main characters have gained a cult following with comic fans but have yet to achieve mainstream popularity. Honestly, I believe the story would be VWURQJHU LI WKH WZR ZHUH MXVW ÀJKWLQJ &DUnage without the addition of the alternate dimension story. Also, the story seems to move very slowly with quite a bit of padding. I wish that our two main heroes had spent less time bickering, but other than that they are both written quite well. I think the reason why I like

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The Folding Paper origami exhibit will be on display in the Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery from Oct. 13 to Dec. 9. This exhibit features the work of 40 artists from around the world.

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their worlds together, but it is also a way for these members to expose themselves to an idea that some are not accustomed to. Junior Samantha McCloghry, said that this partnership has given her a reason to sing the repertoire chosen—her appreciation for the land has given her the opportunity to attach meaning to every word sung. This is an aspect of music that Dr. Howard said was important for her students to understand. “I think about what kind of repertoire do I know that will attach to that and what kind of mission do I know that

students can attach to,� she said, “I think it is more meaningful to them because they can connect it to what they do everyday too.� This shared experience of bridging the gap between nature and music is what provides the connection between the conservancy and the Chamber Singers. Junior Dan Ciccarello said, “For us as an ensemble, it helps us connect to the music more.� To help the students of the Chamber Singers group understand the mission of the Monadnock Conservancy, the singers helped the conservancy build a trail from a donated piece of

land to Porcupine Falls in Gilsum, N.H. “We took this land that was donated and made it accessible to people,� Howard said. “The new experience of being in the woods gives them a shared experience where they will think twice about voting on some big project that demolishes a snippet of land,� Howard explained. And that is what the Chamber Singers’ music does—it shows how music can express the issue of conservation. Through songs such as “Bluebird,� “I Will Be Earth,� and “Let Them Be Left,� Howard said she is able to provide an obvious trans-

fer of connection which will allow everyone to have a different experience to attach to the lyrics present in the song. Freshman Kevin Lackie said that these songs allow the viewer to imagine that they are outside in nature. “There is a lot of focus on life itself, a lot of imagery with nature, animals, and other elements that can be pictured in your imagination,� Lackie said. However, for Ciccarello, this partnership showed the importance of taking advantage of right is in front of you: the continuous surroundings of nature. For Ciccarello

this experience through his education has allowed him to appreciate what would otherwise go unnoticed. “I think they look forward to getting off campus and seeing what the area is all about and contributing,â€? Howard said. Lackie concluded, “It’s something we look forward to. We are excited to get out of Keene and work with the organi]DWLRQ ,W QRW RQO\ EHQHĂ€WV WKH RUJDQL]DWLRQ EXW LW EHQHĂ€WV \RXUVHOI Âľ Sam Norton can be contacted at snorton@keene-equinox.com

Starting a revolution, one girl riot at a time SONYA CHENEY

COPY EDITOR A crowd of girls stands staring up at the stage, their mouths becoming gates to teenage hell as they sing along. Bright lights shine on the singer, screaming into the mic as her bandmates rage on around her. Some girls in the crowd pass RXW Ă LHUV IRU PHHWLQJV DQG KDQGPDGH ERRNOHWV spreading the word of riot grrrl. This is the story Sara Marcus tells in “Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution.â€? “Girls to the Frontâ€? is a novelesque history of the late ‘80s-early ‘90s riot grrrl movement, made up mainly of teenage punk feminists in Olympia, Wash. and Washington, D.C., though the intrusion of the media helped the movement to spread throughout the country. These young women were tough, determined, and creative, spreading their ideals through all or mostly-female bands and self-published fanzines. Marcus thoroughly, emotionally, and loyally covers how it started, the impact on the nation during its heyday, and its ultimate downfall via bad attitudes and alienation. Readers learn of the simple start of riot grrrl through meetings to discuss anything and everything that teenage girls deal with. Marcus moves on to examine the bell curve of the riot grrrl movement, from meetings, to conventions, and eventually falling apart. Marcus holds nothing back in her book. She not only admires the efforts of the riot grrrls but also admits to the negative aspects of the community and movement. While the book certainly covers the strong and determined beginning of riot grrrl, which can be easily discovered in other chronicles of the movement, Marcus also shares the issues that arose as time went on and which do not always get brought up as thoroughly. While the racial exclusion can be found in other resources, such as the documentary “Don’t Need You: The Herstory of Riot Grrrl,â€? Marcus goes deeper in her examination by discussing not only race, but

These young women were tough, determined, and creative, spreading their ideals through all or mostlyfemale bands and self-published fanzines. -­CHENEY

also class differences and hierarchy within the community. She examines the way class differences between the Washington, D.C. punks, for example, eventually drove a wedge between the middle-class punks and riot grrrls and the selfLGHQWLÀHG ZRUNLQJ FODVV ULRW JUUUOV 'HVSLWH WKH GLIÀFXOW\ RI DGPLWWLQJ à DZV LQ D movement that sounds so beautiful, Marcus honestly and unavoidably discusses where it went wrong, refusing to idealize the riot grrrl community no matter how tempting. Marcus also does not shy away from more emotionally disturbing topics, including recounting an instance when Bikini Kill lead singer Kathleen Hanna kicked a man out of one of the band’s VKRZV RQO\ WR ÀQG RXW ZHHNV ODWHU WKDW KH KDG killed an ex-girlfriend. The revelation, along with the outpouring of threatening hate mail, showed Hanna, Bikini Kill, and others in the community the dangers of women speaking out. Marcus’s description of this incident and how it affected riot grrrls causes chills when readers consider its implications on a larger scale. This and other examples provided throughout underscore the importance of exactly what the riot grrrls were doing, as well as the dedication involved despite the threats endured for even the most simplistic feminist efforts at the time, like playing in a band or holding the riot grrrl meetings. The book reads much like a novel, with detail and imaginative description of scenes throughout the riot grrrl history. Marcus’s language is inviting and honest as she gives readers, particularly young women, cause for getting

misty-eyed at the idea that women had not only banded strongly together like this, but also fallen apart. The picture painted for readers is one which may leave them wondering where our riot grrrl movement is today when it could be just as important as it was then. It is an emotional ride through the strong uprising of angry youth culture to the downIDOO RI WKH VDPH FRPPXQLW\ :KLOH WKH Ă€UVW WZR thirds of the book give a general positive feeling to the movement and its efforts, by the end, the entire movement begins to fall apart through its own lack of inclusion. Additionally, in an attempt to fend off hierarchy, one is inadvertently imposed, with the most hardcore and angry girls coming to be in charge simply through their violent and confrontational attitudes. In the epilogue, Marcus updates readers on the most recent status of riot grrrl in its online incarnation and efforts. She somewhat hurriedly closes up the story, but also suggests the idea that there isn’t much left to talk about for the time being. All of the original members of riot grrrl have grown up, moved on. “Girls to the Frontâ€? chronicles the evolution of riot grrrl to all but extinction and leaves readers wondering, where does riot grrrl go from here? Sonya Cheney can be contacted at scheney@keene-equinox.com

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Historic Treme in New Orleans celebrates 200 years CHEVEL JOHNSON

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ASSOCIATED PRESS The colorful and musical New Orleans neighborhood called Treme is marking the 200th anniversary of its origins as an early melting pot for the city and the nation. Treme (truh-MAY) is considered one of America’s most unusual neighborhoods and KROGV VLJQLĂ€FDQW SODFH LQ WKH KLVWRU\ RI MD]] It is also getting some new energy thanks in part to the spotlight provided by the HBO series “Treme.â€? “All the things sacred to New Orleans bubbled up from that neighborhood, because Treme had such a mixture of people and cultures,â€? said Toni Rice, a spokeswoman for RQH RI WKH QHLJKERUKRRG JURXSV RUJDQL]LQJ LWV ELFHQWHQQLDO FHOHEUDWLRQ ´,W ZDVQ¡W MXVW slaves. It wasn’t all white or all black. It was German, Spanish, Haitian, Italian.â€? Born from the immigration that followed the Haitian revolution of the early 1800s and named for French milliner and property owner Claude Treme, the neighborhood became an entertainment center where white and black Creoles gathered. The wave of Haitian refugees added to a New Orleans that was already a mix of French, Spanish and African-American culWXUH ZLWK $PHULFDQ LQĂ XHQFH Ă€OWHULQJ LQ after the 1803 purchase of the territory from France. New Orleans was still largely conĂ€QHG WR WKH )UHQFK 4XDUWHU Âł WKH RULJLQDO city founded in 1718. Treme and other outlying neighborhoods were farms or swamps until efforts to drain the land took hold as the population grew. It’s the site of St. Augustine, one of the oldest African-American Catholic church parishes in the nation, where famed clariQHWLVW 6LGQH\ %HFKHW ZDV EDSWL]HG LQ and where Homer Plessy was a parishioQHU ,Q 3OHVV\ WULJJHUHG WKH LQIDPRXV

U.S. Supreme Court case, Plessy v. Ferguson, which upheld the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of “separate but equal.â€? It’s also the site of Congo Square, where GXULQJ WKH WK DQG WK FHQWXULHV VODYHV were permitted to dance, trade goods and SOD\ PXVLF WKDW ZRXOG HYROYH LQWR MD]] Generations of musicians hail from Treme, among them Troy “Trombone Shortyâ€? Andrews and his grandfather, the late “Ooh Poo Pah Dooâ€? singer Jesse Hill. It was also home to the recently deceased /LRQHO %DWLVWH Âł WKH YRFDOLVW GUXPPHU DQG assistant leader of the Treme Brass Band who was known simply as “Uncle Lionel.â€? $QG LW ZDV WKH ELUWKSODFH RI MD]] VLQJHU and trumpeter Lionel Ferbos, who at 101 is believed to be the oldest working musician in the city. He performs regularly at the 3DOP &RXUW -D]] &DIH LQ WKH )UHQFK 4XDUWHU Percussionist Shannon Powell, 50, has lived in Treme his entire life. It’s where at age 11 he performed “Bourbon Street 3DUDGHÂľ DW D QRZ FORVHG MD]] FOXE QHDU KLV house and where as a teenager he was disFRYHUHG E\ VLQJLQJ EDQMR DQG JXLWDU SOD\HU Danny Barker, who helped launch Powell’s career. “I caught the tail end of a lot of good things, of old ways of doing things,â€? Powell VDLG ´-D]] IXQHUDOV PHDQW D ORW PRUH WKDQ they do now. They were so respectful and GLJQLĂ€HG 7KH SURFHVVLRQ GUHVVHG LQ VXLWV wore black and white, and they played a slow dirge until the body was put in the ground. It’s not like that anymore. Now \RX KDYH NLGV RXW WKHUH LQ MHDQV SOD\LQJ DOO kinds of stuff.â€? Still, after years of blight and crime problems, a slow revival is taking shape. Treme is now part of a multimillion dollar Department of Housing and Urban Development UHYLWDOL]DWLRQ SODQ ZKLFK FRXOG LQFOXGH WKH removal of the interstate highway. Work is under way to turn an unused rail corridor

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The historic New Orleans neighborhood where immigrants, free people of color and slaves were allowed to own property, worship on Sundays and gather in public to dance and play music, has hit a milestone. It was roughly 200 years ago that cottages were built and a community established just beyond the French Quarter in the area named for French milliner and property owner, Claude Treme.

into a miles-long walking and bike path FDOOHG WKH /DĂ€WWH *UHHQZD\ “This neighborhood is an example of survival,â€? said Wayne Baquet, who operates Lil 'L]]\¡V UHVWDXUDQW ´7KH FLW\ ORVW D ELJ SDUW RI WKH PLGGOH FODVV GXH WR ZKLWH Ă LJKW DQG WKHQ EODFN Ă LJKW WR QHZHU QHLJKERUKRRGV like New Orleans east and Gentilly. “After Katrina, which practically destroyed those two areas, Treme is coming EDFN 3HRSOH KDYH UHDOL]HG WKDW WKH FORVHU

they are to the older parts of the city the less problems they’re having in terms of infrastructure,� he said. Floodwaters from levee failures during Hurricane Katrina, which struck in August 2005, inundated much of the city. But the )UHQFK 4XDUWHU DQG QHDUE\ QHLJKERUKRRGV are built on higher ground and suffered less damage. Treme consists of roughly 150 square EORFNV $FFRUGLQJ WR FHQVXV ÀJXUHV

4,155 people live there. Rice said that as Louisiana celebrates its VWDWHKRRG ELFHQWHQQLDO LW ZDV ÀWWLQJ WKDW New Orleans commemorates the establishment of Treme. Festivities begin on Tuesday and continue through Sunday. They include discussions of the neighborhood’s history DQG SHUIRUPDQFHV E\ MD]] WUXPSHWHU .HUPLW 5XIÀQV FODULQHWLVW 'RUHHQ .HWFKHQV DQG the Treme Brass Band.

Rocking at 50: Rolling Stones to tour Decades of Miss Subways smiled on again in Britain and United States New York City straphangers DANICA KIRKA

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This Thursday, July 12, 2012 file photo shows, from left, Charlie Watts, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Mick Jagger, from the British Rock band, The Rolling Stones, as they arrive at a central London venue, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Rolling Stones first performance.

“Gimme Shelter,â€? ‘’Jumping Jack Flash,â€? ‘’Tumbling Dice,â€? ‘’It’s Only Rock and Roll,â€? plus a few surprises and other classics from GRRR!, the multiformat album coming out in November. “GRRR!â€? is a greatest hits collection that includes two new songs “Doom and Gloomâ€? and “One More Shot,â€? recorded recently LQ 3DULV Âł WKH ILUVW QHZ UHFRUGLQJV since the 2005 album “A Bigger Bang.â€? The band promises an allnew, custom-built set design, featuring the tongue and floppy lip logo, that will “reach out into the crowd.â€? A wider tour is not planned, though the Dec. 15 performance will be available on pay per view. The tour comes despite some

famously testy times. Richards and Jagger have been creative cataO\VWV DQG VSDUULQJ SDUWQHUV Âł VHQtiments aggravated two years ago when Richards published his autobiography “Life.â€? They’ve nonetheless appeared amicably together during events that marked their 50th anniversary. A documentary about the band, “Crossfire Hurricane,â€? premieres at the London Film Festival on Thursday. In another milestone marking their five decades of music, the Museum of Modern Art in New York will host “The Rolling Stones: 50 Years on Film,â€? a retrospective chronicling the band from the PLG V XQWLO WRGD\ 7KLV H[KLELtion will be open Nov. 15.

It was an ad campaign conceived as eye candy to bring attention to other advertisements in New York’s transit system. But the “Meet Miss Subwaysâ€? beauty contest posters of pretty young New York women and their aspirations quickly evolved into a popular and even groundEUHDNLQJ Ă€[WXUH WKDW UDQ IRU \HDUV IURP WR When photographer Fiona GardQHU Ă€UVW OHDUQHG DERXW LW VKH ´LPPHdiately wanted to know what happened to all the women.â€? She set RXW WR Ă€QG RXW The result is “Meet Miss Subways: 1HZ <RUN¡V %HDXW\ 4XHHQV Âľ an exhibition at the New York Transit Museum running Oct. 23-March 25, and a companion book of the same name. 7KH FRQWHVW UHĂ HFWHG DQ HYROYLQJ America. When it was launched, the war already was changing the role of ZRPHQ )URP WR WKH FRQtest featured schoolteachers, stewardesses and suburban housewives; the next 10 years saw secretaries and airplane pilots. 7KH Ă€UVW $IULFDQ $PHULFDQ ZDV FURZQHG 0LVV 6XEZD\V LQ Âł long before Vanessa Williams was QDPHG 0LVV $PHULFD LQ Âł DQG WKH Ă€UVW $VLDQ $PHULFDQ ZDV KRQRUHG LQ ´,W ZDV WKH Ă€UVW LQWHJUDWHG DQG ethnically diverse beauty contest in America,â€? representing workingclass women, said Gardner, who was born the year the contest ended. “I UHDOL]HG , KDG VWXPEOHG RQ D SLHFH of forgotten New York history.â€? Her

interest was piqued in 2004 after seeing some of the original posters on the walls of Ellen’s Stardust Diner, whose owner Ellen Hart Sturm was FURZQHG 0LVV 6XEZD\V LQ 7KH winners’ future dreams were listed along with their headshots; many wanted to be models or singers, while RWKHUV \HDUQHG WR WUDYHO Âł ´(XURSH four times, no less,â€? read the Miss Subways poster of Maureen Walsh 5RDOGVHQ LQ 7KH Ă€UVW 0LVV 6XEways, Mona Freeman, even went on to become a movie star after being discovered by Howard Hughes. But for most, the subway placard was their only moment in the VSRWOLJKW DQG Ă€QGLQJ WKH IRUPHU winners was a challenge for Gardner. The contest archives were lost. Many of the women had married and changed their names, some had moved, still others had died. She searched the Internet, voter registration and municipal archives and HYHQ KLUHG D SULYDWH H\H :LWK MRXUnalist Amy Zimmer, she tracked GRZQ 0LVV 6XEZD\V SRVWHUV DQG interviewed 41 winners in person. Together they collaborated on the book, with Gardner taking the women’s portraits wearing their Miss Subways sashes at home or at work. “Many of these women are very interesting and have accomplished PDQ\ WKLQJV <RX UHDOL]H WKHUH¡V D much more complex story behind the headshots. Many of them went back and had second and third careers,â€? said Gardner. Marcia Kilpatrick Hocker’s dream to study with the Negro Ensemble Company repertory theater came true. She auditioned after becoming

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White House mulls strike over Libya attack KIMBERLY DOZIER

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The White House has put special operations strike forces on standby and moved drones into the skies above Africa, ready to strike militant targets from Libya to Mali — if LQYHVWLJDWRUV FDQ Ă€QG WKH DO 4DLGD linked group responsible for the death of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans in Libya. %XW RIĂ€FLDOV VD\ WKH DGPLQLVWUDtion, with weeks until the presidential election, is weighing whether the short-term payoff of exacting UHWULEXWLRQ RQ DO 4DLGD LV ZRUWK WKH risk that such strikes could elevate WKH JURXS¡V SURĂ€OH LQ WKH UHJLRQ alienate governments the U.S. needs WR Ă€JKW LW LQ WKH IXWXUH DQG GR OLWWOH to slow the growing terror threat in North Africa. Details on the administration’s position and on its search for a possible target were provided by three current and one former administraWLRQ RIĂ€FLDO DV ZHOO DV DQ DQDO\VW who was approached by the White House for help. All four spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the high-level debates publicly. The dilemma shows the tension of the White House’s need to demonstrate it is responding forceIXOO\ WR DO 4DLGD EDODQFHG DJDLQVW its long-term plans to develop relationships and trust with local gov-

ernments and build a permanent U.S. counterterrorist network in the region. Vice President Joe Biden pledged in his debate last week with Republican vice presidential nominee 3DXO 5\DQ WR Ă€QG WKRVH UHVSRQVLEOH for the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others. ´:H ZLOO Ă€QG DQG EULQJ WR MXVtice the men who did this,â€? Biden said in response to a question about whether intelligence failures led to lax security around Stevens and the consulate. Referring back to the raid that killed Osama bin Laden last year, Biden said American counterterror policy should be, “if you do harm to America, we will track you to the gates of hell if need be.â€? The White House declined to comment on the debate over how best to respond to the Benghazi attack. The attack has become an issue in the U.S. election season, with Republicans accusing the Obama administration of being slow to label the assault an act of terrorism early on, and slow to strike back at those responsible. “They are aiming for a small pop, AP PHOTO D Ă DVK LQ WKH SDQ VR DV WR EH DEOH to say, ‘Hey, we’re doing something In this Aug. 31, 2012 file photo, fighters from Islamist group Ansar Dine stand guard in Timbuktu, Mali, as they prepare to publicly lash about it,’â€? said retired Air Force Lt. a member of the Islamic Police found guilty of adultery. The White House has put special operations strike forces on standby and moved Col. Rudy Attalah, the former Africa drones into the skies above Africa, ready to strike militant targets from Libya to Mali — if investigators can find the al-Qaida-linked group

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Political ads blitz some viewers and risk turned off voters BETH FOUHY

“Everyone I know has already made up their mind. The ads are kind of annoying. It’s a shame to see so much money being spent.�

ASSOCIATED PRESS Is there any escape from all those political ads in the most hotly contested states in the three weeks before the presidential election? The TV ads come in rapid succession and at all hours — in the middle of newscasts, soap operas and talk shows. They cover everything from jobs to education to trust, and they’re sharply negative. It’s all enough to turn off voters, leaving them frustrated and annoyed. “It’s just way too much,� says Scot French, a history professor at the University of Central Florida. He lives along the swing-voting Interstate 4 corridor that will play an important role in deciding whether President Barack Obama or Mitt Romney wins the

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state, and perhaps the White House. French is quick to criticize both political parties, calling the homestretch advertising deluge “a game of sowing confusion among those who are confusable.� This is the risk facing the candidates and their allies as they spend vast sums of money before the Nov. 6 vote. It’s a risk that both sides are willing to take, given that polls show the race remains close nationally and in the most competitive states such as Florida.

By the end, the campaigns and independent groups will have spent about $1.1 billion on television advertising this year, with $750 million already allocated in the handful of states likely to determine the outcome of the contest — Colorado, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin, the Kantar-Campaign Media Analysis Group estimates. Florida tops the list, with more than $150 million spent by both sides so far. At least some voters tuned out long ago.

In interviews last week, many cited the negDWLYLW\ DQG ODFN RI VSHFLÀFV LQ WKH FRPPHUcials; others said they had already decided which candidate to support and didn’t need to be persuaded. Indeed, many of the commercials at this late stage are aimed at those voters who have not yet locked in on their selection. The target audience includes people such as Felicity Rusnak, a stay-at-home mom from Orlando. But Rusnak, 40, says she pays no attention to the ads and will rely on other

Supreme Court to hear voter registration case in Arizona ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up an appeal from Arizona over its requirement that people prove they are American citizens before registering to vote. The justices will review a federal appeals court ruling that blocked the law in some instances. A 10-member panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said that federal law trumps the Arizona requirement. Federal law allows voters to fill out a mail-in voter registration card and swear they are citizens under penalty of perjury, but it doesn’t require

them to show proof as Arizona’s 2004 law does. Four other states, Alabama, Georgia, Kansas and Tennessee, have similar requirements, according to a legal brief filed by Alabama in support of the Arizona law. The case poses some of the same issues as voter identification disputes. Arizona and the other states argue that they should be allowed to ask for additional documentation to keep illegal immigrants and other non-citizens off the voting rolls. Opponents of the laws say they are used to exclude disproportionately poor and minority voters who lack birth certificates and other identity documents. Arguments will not take place until February,

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This June 27, 2012, photo, shows the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court will agree to hear an appeal from Arizona concerning voting registration. Arizona contends that it should be allowed to ask voters for proof of their U.S. citizenship in order to keep illegal immigrants and other non-citizens from voting in the election.

with a decision likely by late June. The justices earlier refused Arizona’s request to reinstate the provision before the November elections. The ruling applies only to people who seek to register using the federal mail-in form. Arizona has its own form and an online system to register when renewing a driver’s license. The court ruling did not affect proof of citizenship requirements using the state forms. Arizona officials have said most people use those methods and the state form is what county officials give people to use to register. But voting rights advocates had hoped the 9th Circuit decision would make the federal mail-in card more popular because it’s more convenient than mailing in a state form with a photocopy of proof of citizenship. The mail-in card is particularly useful for voter registration drives, said Robert Kengle of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, which is representing Native American and Hispanic groups in the case. The citizenship requirement stems from Proposition 200, approved by Arizona voters in 2004. The law also denied some government benefits to illegal immigrants and required Arizonans to show identification before voting. The 9th Circuit upheld the voter identification provision. The denial of benefits was not challenged. Soon after voter’s approved the law, Latino, native American and other rights advocacy groups filed lawsuits challenging the voter registration provision and other aspects of the law. The appeals court has issued multiple rulings in the case concerning the need for registrants to prove they are U.S. citizens. A three-judge panel initially sided with Arizona. A second panel that included retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who from time to time sits on appeals courts, reversed course and blocked the registration requirement. At that point, the appeals court judges voted to have the case heard by the larger, en banc court. The federal and state governments share responsibility for elections and this dispute is over where the line should be drawn between them.

sources of information to make up her mind. ´7KH DGV , MXVW Ă€QG HQWHUWDLQLQJ Âľ 5XVQDN said. “The debates and what I read about are going to affect my decision. I need to know where the candidates stand.â€? There’s no doubt that TV advertising has the power to shift voter perceptions, particularly when a candidate is not well known. Romney prevailed in the Republican primaries after he and his allies buried his two main rivals with negative advertising in early voting states. Obama’s team tagged Romney as a ruthOHVV FRUSRUDWH UDLGHU ZLWK D Ă RRG RI QHJDWLYH advertising in the early stages of the general election. The ads may have shaped perceptions in states such as Ohio, where Obama has held

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Suspect in UNH student’s murder held without bail HOLLY RAMER

ASSOCIATED PRESS A martial arts instructor accused of strangling or suffocating a University of New Hampshire student said, “Things are really good,â€? three days after the woman’s death and the day before his arrest, an acquaintance said Monday. Seth Mazzaglia, of Dover, was charged Saturday with seconddegree murder in the death of 19-year-old Elizabeth “Lizziâ€? Marriott, of Westborough, Mass., who vanished a week ago and whose body has yet to be found. Mazzaglia didn’t speak during a brief arraignment via video feed Monday, and his court-appointed attorneys didn’t object to the prosecutor’s request that he be held without bail. Marriott, who was living with an aunt in Chester, N.H., and commuting to the university in Durham, was last heard from Tuesday, the day that authorities say Mazzaglia killed her. She attended a class that night and made plans to visit friends in Dover but never showed up. Her cellphone was last used in Dover that night, according to Ă LHUV WKDW IDPLO\ PHPEHUV SRVWHG EXW DXWKRULWLHV VDLG KHU FDU ZDV found several miles away in a parking lot on campus in Durham. Family and friends spent several frantic days searching for her before charges were announced over the weekend. Police have not said what led them to arrest Mazzaglia or how he knew Marriott. The 29-year-old Mazzaglia graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 2006 with a degree in theater and was known DV WKH ´JR WR JX\Âľ IRU Ă€JKW FKRUHRJUDSK\ LQ WKH DUHD VDLG &UDLJ Faulkner, producing artistic director at Seacoast Repertory Theatre in Portsmouth. Faulkner said that he’s known Mazzaglia for several years because Mazzaglia has auditioned for acting roles at the theater but that he hadn’t seen him in about a year, until he felt a tap on his shoulder while shopping in Best Buy in Newington on Friday afternoon.

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Mazzaglia was working in the store’s video game area, Faulkner told The Associated Press, and they chatted for about 20 minutes. Mazzaglia was upbeat, telling him that he also had a job at the Garrison Players Arts Center in Rollinsford. “I just asked him, ‘How are things?’ He said, ‘Things are really good,’â€? Faulkner said. Faulkner described Mazzaglia as a quiet, respectful guy but also as someone with a nerdy vibe that makes him a bit of “an odd duck.â€? “He’s just a little unusual. ... I don’t really know how to explain it,â€? he said. “You don’t meet him and go, ‘Wow, that guy’s a murderer.’â€? Faulkner said he never ended up casting Mazzaglia, called him more of a character actor than a leading man. He said Mazzaglia is known as the ´JR WR JX\Âľ IRU Ă€JKW FKRUHRJUDSK\ LQ WKH area and has an advanced black belt designation. Faulkner said he was later playing the video game Mazzaglia sold him when he heard news of the man’s arrest. “What I thought about is, I shook his hand two times and if he actually did this. It was one of those, Are you ... kidding me moments,â€? Faulkner said. Friends and family have described Marriott as a fun-loving, trusting young woman with a wide circle of friends who was active in chorus and a prom queen in high school. She was a marine biology major who loved animals, volunteered at the New

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From left: Meghan Hoyt of Westboro, Elizabeth “Lizzi� Marriott’s best friend, and Sue Gendron, also of Westboro, attend an emotional candlelight vigil on Saturday night, Oct. 13, 2012, at the Bay State Commons, for “Lizzi� Marriott of Westboro, a University of New Hampshire student, who disappeared earlier in the week. Marriott is believed to be dead, and a man has been charged with second-degree murder.

England Aquarium and helped put herself through school by working at Target. Ken Ziniti, a store manager at the Target store in Greenland, said Marriott was one of the nicest young people he’s met. “Put a smile on everybody’s faces,â€? he VDLG ´6KH ZRUNHG DOO RYHU WKH VDOHV Ă RRU always out in front of the guests.â€?

University of New Hampshire professor David Kaye, who once taught Mazzaglia in an acting class, said Monday that he had been a hard-working student who had a special interest in stage combat. He said people at the school feel for the victim’s family and are shocked and saddened by what’s happened.

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a narrow lead in polling for weeks. Even so, the unprecedented level of spending this year on ads hasn’t changed many minds, according to one analyst. “There’s not much bang for the buck,â€? says John Geer, a political science professor at Vanderbilt University who studies presidential campaign advertising. “The public is pretty much set on who they will vote for and only a tiny slice is up for grabs.â€? 7KDW ZDV WKH Ă€QGLQJ RI KLV <RX*RY $G 5DWLQJ SURMHFW ZKLFK screens political commercials with representative sample of 600 voters, including an oversample of 200 swing voters, who judge them for their fairness, believability and emotional reactions. Few ads, he said, really “move the dials.â€? Not that the candidates and their backers aren’t trying their EHVW WR GR MXVW WKDW ,Q WKH Ă€QDO ZHHNV 2EDPD¡V WHDP LV UXQQLQJ an ad warning that Romney would cut Medicaid money for nursing home care. “We have a president who won’t let that happen,â€? the ad says. Romney primarily is running a spot in which he promises to boost the economy through manufacturing, energy and cracking down on China.

“Let me tell you how I will create 12 million jobs when President Obama couldn’t,� Romney says. Both sides are being buffeted by independent groups. Romney is getting a big assist from two super political action committees, Restore Our Future and American Crossroads. The pro-Obama Priorities USA Action is running an ad saying Romney would cut early childhood education if elected. Among those who aren’t watching is Paul Gentille, a 67-yearold Obama supporter from St. Petersburg. He said he tuned out the ads months ago. “Everyone I know has already made up their mind. The ads are kind of annoying,� he said. “It’s a shame to see so much money being spent.� On the other side is Julie Harris, also of St. Petersburg. The 33-year-old stay-at-home mom said she always planned to support Romney and that his ads made her “more enthusiastic� about doing so. One particular Obama ad stuck out to her: the ad assailing Romney’s pledge to end federal support of public television and the Sesame Street character Big Bird. Even though she’s a fan of public TV, she says that ad won’t affect her vote.

counterterrorism director for the Department of Defense under President George W. Bush. Attalah noted that in 1998, after the embassy bombing in Nairobi, the Clinton DGPLQLVWUDWLRQ Ă€UHG FUXLVH PLVVLOHV WR WDNH out a pharmaceutical factory in Sudan that may have been producing chemical weapons for al-Qaida. “It was a way to say, ‘Look, we did something,’â€? he said. A Washington-based analyst with extensive experience in Africa said that adminLVWUDWLRQ RIĂ€FLDOV KDYH DSSURDFKHG KLP asking for help in connecting the dots to Mali, whose northern half fell to al-Qaidalinked rebels this spring. They wanted to know if he could suggest potential targets, which he says he was not able to do. “The civilian side is looking into doing something, and is running into a lot of pushback from the military side,â€? the analyst said. “The resistance that is coming from the military side is because the military has both worked in the region and trained in the region. So they are more realistic.â€? Islamists in the region are preparing for a reaction from the U.S. “If America hits us, I promise you that we will multiply the Sept. 11 attack by 10,â€? said Oumar Ould Hamaha, a spokesman for the Islamists in northern Mali, while denying WKDW KLV JURXS RU DO 4DLGD Ă€JKWHUV EDVHG LQ Mali played a role in the Benghazi attack. Finding the militants who overwhelmed a small security force at the consulate isn’t going to be easy. The key suspects are members of the Libyan militia group Ansar al-Shariah. The group has denied responsibility, but eyeZLWQHVVHV VDZ $QVDU Ă€JKWHUV DW WKH FRQVXOate, and U.S. intelligence intercepted phone FDOOV DIWHU WKH DWWDFN IURP $QVDU Ă€JKWHUV WR leaders of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, RU $4,0 EUDJJLQJ DERXW LW 7KH DIĂ€OLDWH¡V leaders are known to be mostly in northern Mali, where they have seized a territory as large as Texas following a coup in the country’s capital. But U.S. investigators have only loosely linked “one or two namesâ€? to the attack, and they lack proof that it was planned DKHDG RI WLPH RU WKDW WKH ORFDO Ă€JKWHUV KDG DQ\ KHOS IURP WKH ODUJHU DO 4DLGD DIĂ€OLDWH RIĂ€FLDOV VD\ If that proof is found, the White House must decide whether to ask Libyan security forces to arrest the suspects with an eye to extraditing them to the U.S. for trial, or to simply target the suspects with U.S. covert action. 8 6 RIĂ€FLDOV VD\ FRYHUW DFWLRQ LV PRUH

likely. The FBI couldn’t gain access to the consulate until weeks after the attack, so it is unlikely it will be able to build a strong criminal case. The U.S. is also leery of trusting the arrest and questioning of the susSHFWV WR WKH Ă HGJOLQJ /LE\DQ VHFXULW\ IRUFHV and legal system still building after the RYHUWKURZ RI 0RDPPDU *DGKDĂ€ LQ The burden of proof for U.S. covert action is far lower, but action by the CIA or special operations forces still requires a body of evidence that shows the suspect either took part in the violence or presents a “continuing and persistent, imminent threatâ€? to U.S. WDUJHWV FXUUHQW DQG IRUPHU RIĂ€FLDOV VDLG “If the people who were targeted were themselves directly complicit in this attack RU GLUHFWO\ DIĂ€OLDWHG ZLWK D JURXS VWURQJO\ implicated in the attack, then you can make an argument of imminence of threat,â€? said Robert Grenier, former director of the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center. But if the U.S. acts alone to target them in Africa, “ it raises all kinds of sovereignty issues ... and makes people very uncomfortable,â€? said Grenier, who has criticized the CIA’s heavy use of drones in Pakistan without that government’s support. Even a strike that happens with permission could prove problematic, especially in Libya or Mali where al-Qaida supporters are currently based. Both countries have fragile, interim governments that could lose popular support if they are seen allowing the U.S. unfettered access to hunt al-Qaida. The Libyan government is so wary of the U.S. investigation expanding into unilateral action that it refused requests to arm the GURQHV QRZ EHLQJ Ă RZQ RYHU /LE\D /LE\DQ RIĂ€FLDOV KDYH FRPSODLQHG SXEOLFO\ WKDW WKH\ were unaware of how large the U.S. intelligence presence was in Benghazi until a FRXSOH RI GR]HQ 8 6 RIĂ€FLDOV VKRZHG XS DW the airport after the attack, waiting to be evacuated — roughly twice the number of U.S. staff the Libyans thought were there. A number of those waiting to be evacuated worked for U.S. intelligence, according to WZR $PHULFDQ RIĂ€FLDOV ,Q 0DOL 8 6 RIĂ€FLDOV KDYH XUJHG WKH JRYernment to allow special operations trainers to return, to work with Mali’s forces to push al-Qaida out of that country’s northern area. $4,0 LV DPRQJ WKH JURXSV WKDW Ă€OOHG WKH power vacuum after a coup by rebellious Malian forces in March. U.S. special operations forces trainers left Mali just days after the coup. While such trainers have not been invited to return, the U.S. has expanded its intelligence effort on Mali, focusing satellite DQG VS\ Ă LJKWV RYHU WKH FRQWHVWHG QRUWKHUQ region to track and map the militant groups Y\LQJ IRU FRQWURO RI WKH WHUULWRU\ RIĂ€FLDOV

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Magical season continues

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Hayley Kenyon tied the school record for goals scored in a single game (4) on Oct. 4, 2012 in the first half. Kenyon joins KSC graduate, Katie Bradford in the record books.

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EQUINOX STAFF Hockey legend Wayne Gretzky once said that you miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take. Keene State College women’s soccer player Hayley Kenyon’s four-goal game against Framingham State sure would have made the Great One proud. In a decisive 7-2 victory over Framingham State, junior forward, Kenyon, tied a VFKRRO UHFRUG LQ WKH ÀUVW KDOI RI WKH JDPH ÀQGLQJ WKH EDFN RI WKH QHW IRXU WLPHV $ SHUIRUPDQFH WKDW KDV EHHQ GHVFULEHG DV WHQDFLRXV DQG DZH LQVSLULQJ E\ KHU WHDPPDWHV coaches and spectators, Kenyon proved to

EH WKH .6& :RPHQ¡V WHDP¡V PRVW GDQJHURXV scorer. The last player to net four goals in a game for the KSC women was Katie Bradford during the 2010 season. Being the top scorer on the team with 11 goals this season, the Exeter, R.I. native has FRPH LQWR KHU RZQ VLQFH KHU Ă€UVW VHDVRQ RQ the team. Head Coach Denise Lyons said .HQ\RQ KDV UHDOO\ EXLOW KHU JDPH LQWR RQH RI VWUHQJWK DQG VSHHG DQG GHVFULEHG .HQ\RQ¡V four-goal as a phenomenal achievement for a player. “She worked really hard her freshman year in the spring, got really strong, put on VRPH PXVFOH DQG FDPH EDFN D WRWDOO\ GLIIHU-

ent player,â€? Lyons said. “It was great to see. 6KH¡V JRW D ORW RI VSHHG DQG TXLFNQHVV $V WKH season went on she just excelled with great speed and when we moved her up she’s just EHHQ SKHQRPHQDO -XVW XQEHOLHYDEOH ULJKW now.â€? In the game against Framingham State, .HQ\RQ¡V VXFFHVV ZLWK SXWWLQJ WKH EDOO LQ EHWZHHQ WKH SLSHV DV IDVW DV OLJKWQLQJ ZDV GHVFULEHG E\ .HQ\RQ DV VRPHWKLQJ VKH didn’t even realize was happening. ´7R EH KRQHVW , KDG QR LGHD WKDW WKDW ZDV the school record,â€? Kenyon said. “I was just playing. It didn’t really phase me that I had gotten four goals, I just kept playing.â€?

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ADMINISTRATIVE EXECUTIVE EDITOR For his offensive impact this past week, the Keene State College men’s soccer team’s Brian Swindell is the $WKOHWH RI WKH :HHN The junior forward had two goals in KSC’s one-sided, 5-1 victory over Gordon College. In addition, the Milford, Mass. product had the only goal in the Owls’ 1-0 victory over conference-rival Rhode Island College. The two consecutive wins snapped the squad’s four-game winless streak. The Owls sit at an 8-5-1 overall record so far this year and third in the LEC. --7KH ÀUVW UXQQHU XS WKLV ZHHN LV 6DPP\ 'RUPLR 7KH .6& 9ROOH\EDOO team outside hitter continues her strong season for the Owls. 'RUPLR KDG ÀYH NLOOV DQG DQ impressive 30 digs in KSC’s match versus Western Connecticut State University. She also had seven kills, 13 digs and two service aces in KSC’s 3-0 sweep of Mount Holyoke. Then, she closed the week with 12 kills and 17 digs in the 3-1 Owl victory over Smith College. 'RUPLR DQG WKH 2ZOV KDYH EHHQ RQ D UROO DV RI ODWH ZLQQLQJ ÀYH RI their last six matches. Currently 3-1 in the Little East Conference, the Owls sit third in the conference EHKLQG 8PDVV %RVWRQ DQG :HVWHUQ Connecticut State, who are tied for ÀUVW --The second runner-up this week is Thomas Paquette of the Keene State College Men’s Cross-Country team. 7KH VHQLRU ÀQLVKHG VHYHQWK DW the Connecticut College Invitational in Waterford, CT. Paquette was also named the LEC runner of the Week, and continues to lead the Owls on the course. 3DTXHWWH PDQDJHG WR ÀQLVK WKH eight kilometer course with a time of 25:27. Ryan Glavey can be contacted at rglavey@keene-equinox.com

Commissioner’s Cup revealed BRANDON CHABOT

EQUINOX STAFF The Commissioner’s Cup: an extra taste of cumulative excelling performance and winning within the Little East Conference and amongst all the athletic programs offered at Keene State College. For the past 12 years, the eight FRQIHUHQFH DIĂ€OLDWHV KDYH QRW RQO\ VWULYHG WR EH WKH EHVW WHDPV IRU DQ\ one particular sport; they also strive to succeed cumulatively amongst all sports in their athletic programs, for the shot at the Commissioner’s Cup. KSC has won all 12 years the ComPLVVLRQHU¡V &XS KDV EHHQ RIIHUHG $WKOHWLF 'LUHFWRU -RKQ 5DWOLII said the cup is awarded to the teams ZLWK WKH EHVW DWKOHWLF SURJUDPV LQ the Little East Conference. Ratliff said there are many factors that conWULEXWH WR EHLQJ DZDUGHG WKH FXS +H VDLG ´, WKLQN E\ EHLQJ VXFFHVVful, student athletes want to come to these programs that are already sucFHVVIXO EHFDXVH WKH\ DOUHDG\ NQRZ they will have a pretty good chance that your going to win.â€? Ratliff said the tenure of the FRDFKLQJ VWDII LV DOVR D ELJ IDFWRU LQ the winning of the cup. “The average tenure is going on 20 years right now,â€? Ratliff explained. “So I think from a recruiting standpoint, what I OLNH WR WHOO SDUHQWV LV WKDW LQ DOO SUREDELOLW\ WKH FRDFK WKDW UHFUXLWV \RXU VRQ RU GDXJKWHU LV JRLQJ WR EH KHUH to see them graduate,â€? Ratliff said. Little East Conference ComPLVVLRQHU -RQDWKDQ +DUSHU VDLG

although the athletes don’t get any other incentive for winning the cup, there is a pride aspect that comes ZLWK EHLQJ UHFRJQL]HG DV WKH PRVW dominant overall program in the LEC. “It’s great that we have a program that is so successful across the ERDUG EHFDXVH WKH\ UHSUHVHQW XV very well,� Harper said. “I think its great to know that the rest of our programs strive to try to reach the achievements that Keene has secured over the last 12 years,� Harper added. Harper also said KSC keeps winQLQJ EHFDXVH WKH DWKOHWLFV GHSDUWPHQW LV VXFFHVVIXO DFURVV WKH ERDUG Harper commended our leadership, coaching, athletes and recruits. Harper said that the point system is cumulative of how successful all the teams are at the ends of their seasons, and when teams win a conference title, two additional points are factored in the colleges’ averages. “I think that all that continuLW\ FRQVLVWHQF\ FRPELQHG ZLWK WKH institutional support, Mr. Ratliff’s leadership, have really kept us at the forefront,� KSC Men’s BasketEDOO +HDG &RDFK 5REHUW &ROEHUW VDLG KSC Women’s Soccer Head Coach, Denise Lyons said the fact that KSC has won the cup every year of its existence, indicates that QRW MXVW RQH RI WKH VSRUWV EXW DOO WKH VSRUWV SURJUDP DUH FRQWULEXWing points to win. “The type of athOHWHV ZH EULQJ KHUH WR .HHQH 6WDWH LV very important,� Lyons said. “Once

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Lam said she learned a new style of play in New Zealand that she has successfully used this season to make herself a better player.

KSC lady rugger sees the world JAY MCAREE

EQUINOX STAFF Each year a handful of students here at Keene State College students pursue their education DEURDG ZLWK KRSHV RI LQGXOJLQJ LQ fascinating new cultures. Leann Lam’s semester across WKH JOREH WR 1HZ =HDODQG ODVW spring was no different. Lam is a 21-year-old senior at

.6& DQG SDUW RI WKH ZRPHQ¡V UXJE\ FOXE 6KH KDV EHHQ D SDUW RI WKH team since her freshman year on campus. Lam considered it a goal RI KHUV WR WUDYHO WR 1HZ =HDODQG $FFRUGLQJ WR /DP 1HZ =HDODQG LV NQRZQ IRU LWV HOLWH UXJE\ SOD\ ´6LQFH , VWDUWHG SOD\LQJ UXJE\ LW ZDV D GUHDP WR JHW WR 1HZ =HDODQG at some point,â€? Lam said. “I was just really interested in their culture.â€?

Lam left in spring semester RI ODVW \HDU IRU 1HZ =HDODQG DQG arrived after a nearly two-day Ă LJKW She remained there for the next four months in the Wellington area, ZKHUH VKH SOD\HG UXJE\ IRU WKH 2OG %R\V 8QLYHUVLW\ &OXE Going to a new culture and attempting to join a new team may seem overwhelming, especially when her new teammates are

VRPH RI 1HZ =HDODQG¡V EHVW UXJE\ SOD\HUV EXW /DP WRRN HYHU\WKLQJ in stride. “It was amazing, I got to play with a Black Fern national SOD\HU RI 1HZ =HDODQG DQG SOD\HG with and against other national players without even knowing it, so it was interesting,â€? she said. Despite missing the spring UXJE\ VHDVRQ DW .6& EHFDXVH RI VWXG\LQJ DEURDG KHU FRDFK .DUHQ

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Who are sports’ biggest losers? Lopsided victories are often seen when one team is simply less superior to another in any sport. In any given week, you can probably see at least one highlight of a blowout on Sportscenter. But there are some blowouts that were just so ridiculously lopsided that they simply have to be exposed. I don’t want you to think I am making fun of the teams on the other end of these onesided victories, but technically, I guess that’s unavoidable. We will start with the most one-sided victory in sports history. In college football, at the beginning of the season, powerhouse teams will play lower caliber teams in order to prepare for the season. Georgia Tech once played a game against Tennessee’s Cumberland University early in the season to get them ready for their tough schedule. According to the Alumni Association of Georgia Tech, the game was played in 1916. Georgia Tech took home a 222-0 victory. No, there was no typo in that sentence, Georgia Tech ACTUALLY scored 222 points in a regulation football game. The Alumni Association at Georgia Tech said the team broke many records that day, including most yards gained (978), most extra points scored (18), most points scored in one quarter (63) and most players scoring a touchdown (13). Scoring 222 points in a football game is just absolutely ridiculous. I have to assume that Cumberland not only put forth the worst effort ever in college football, but I am also inclined to believe that they didn’t even step foot off the bus that day. Upon further research, I found that Cumberland University actually almost didn’t get off the bus that day. According to ESPN “Page 2,� Cumberland University had discontinued its football program at the beginning of the 1916 season. But it would have been charged $3,000 had the team not showed up to play Georgia Tech that day. ESPN “Page 2� said Cumberland

sent 14 players to face one of the best college football programs of that time, coached by legendary NCAA football coach, George Heisman, thus receiving an embarrassing beatdown. The worst beatdown in professional football was not nearly as lopsided but I am sure it was embarrassing nonetheless. The ESPN Uncyclopedia said that in 1940, the Chicago Bears beat the Washington Redskins, 73-0. This game wasn’t just any game though, it was the NFL championship game, according to the History Channel. The 73-point GHĂ€FLW ZDV WKH ODUJHVW PDUJLQ RI YLFWRU\ LQ NFL history. According to Pro-Football-Reference. com, the Chicago Bears scored seven rushing touchdowns that day, rushing for 381 yards on 51 attempts. The History ChanQHO VDLG WKDW RQ WKH Ă€UVW SOD\ RI WKH JDPH Bears running back Bill Osmanski scored a 68-yard touchdown, setting the tone for the day. One of the most interesting things about this lopsided victory is that just three weeks before the NFL championship game, the Bears and Redskins played a regular season game against one another. In this game, the Redskins took home a 7-3 victoy. According to the History Channel, following the regular season game, Redskins owner at the time, George Marshall, called the Bears “cry babiesâ€? and “quittersâ€? due to their complaints about certain calls by the referees. Using this as fuel for its second match-up, the Bears ran all over the Redskins. Just goes to show that people will remember what you say about them. And in this case, George Marshall could be considered partially responsible for the beatdown that took place in the 1940 NFL championship game. The ESPN Uncyclopedia said that the largest margin of victory in an MLB game was 25 runs. According to Baseball-Reference.com, the game was played on June 8, 1950 at Fenway Park in Boston, M.A., between the Boston Red Sox and the St. Louis Browns. The game looked like every other when LW Ă€UVW VWDUWHG RXW $W WKH WRS RI WKH VHFRQG inning, the score was tied 0-0. But the Red Sox exploded in the second inning and didn’t stop there. According to BaseballReference.com, the Red Sox scored multiple runs in every inning after the second, except the sixth inning. The 1950 Red Sox team included two future hall of famers, Ted Williams and Johnny Pesky. Pesky had

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tory came on Jan. 23, 1944, according to the ESPN Uncyclopedia. The match-up was between the Detroit Red Wings and the New York Rangers. The Red Wings took home the victory, 15-0. According to QuantHockey.com, the average number of goals scored, per game, during the 1944 NHL season was 4.6 per team. So not only did the Red Wings triple this average, but they also shut out the Rangers. According to Hockey-Reference.com, the Red Wings and the Rangers met again in the 1944 season. This time, on Feb. 3, 1944. The result was almost the same. The Red Wings took home another victory, defeating the Rangers, 12-2. But hey, at least the Rangers scored this time, right? Although this landslide didn’t occur in

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NFL players are donning the color pink for the month of October in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Bob Weiner was wearing a pink button down, while vendors outside sold baked goods. According to Weiner, the team raised $1,272 from the bake sale, in addition to online donations. The donations went to the charity Side-Out Foundation, an organizations set up to sponsor volleyball events where people can donate money to breast cancer awareness and research. According to its website, www.side-out.org, “Side-Out’s operating budget limits general and administrative expenses to strictly overhead costs in sponsoring these volleyball related fundraising activities. The members of the board receive no remuneration, and our goal is to obtain sponsorships to defray tournament overhead costs. With the generosity of corporate sponsors, we can allocate 100 percent of funds generated by our volleyball events.� While Side-Out Foundation may not be a multi-million dollar industry on the scale of the NFL, the website recognizes the fact that in order to run their business some of their donations have to go to those expenses, but they try to make sure most of their money goes to breast cancer research and awareness. According to its tax returns published on the website, the company made 1.4 million dollars last year, after paying $574,203 in fundraising expenses, which is a much more reasonable margin of donations. Imagine if the KSC volleyball game had been using the NFL’s system of raising money for breast cancer donations. A

whopping $25,440 would have had to be spent, in order for breast cancer research to receive $1,272. It brings up another point, which is the fact that people think if the breast cancer ribbon is put on anything, it is immediately going to research to help cancer patients, but if the NFL is any indication, most of the money doesn’t actually go to what it says it does. While slapping a pink ribbon on any sort of merchandise and marking it up for breast cancer awareness will ensure people will purchase it, it’s now becoming increasingly important to be active in other ways. If you would like to do something about breast cancer, don’t turn to buying an overpriced pink sweatband from the NFL. There’s enough awareness about breast cancer. What needs to be worked on now is funding more programs and research to solve and cure the problem. My point is, be aware of how you donate to charities and where the money goes. Simply writing to your local politicians was what helped my grandmother sign a Massachusetts bill into law to provide more funding for breast cancer research. If you’re passionate about a cause, don’t throw away your money on a pink hat with a breast cancer ribbon on it. It’s going into Roger Goodell’s pocket, not for the cause you think it’s going for. Whitney Cyr can be contacted at wcyr@keene-equinox.com

Michelle Berthiaume can be contacted at mberthiaume@keene-equinox.com

Scandal hurts Armstrong, but doesn’t destroy image EDDIE PELLS

MANAGING EXECUTIVE EDITOR It seems to be a contradiction—huge, muscular men tackling one other during a football game, but this month, the players in the NFL can be seen wearing pink sweatbands, cleats, towels, gloves, and other game accessories, all in that bright, feminine shade. The announcers will clue you in that all the pink accessories are actually to raise money for breast cancer research. Some of the players’ gear will be auctioned off in the name of the cause and there is a ton of merchandise online at NFL.com for fans to wear and support breast cancer research and awareness. What they don’t tell you is that a minuscule Ă€YH SHUFHQW RI WKDW DFWXDOO\ JRHV WR EUHDVW FDQFHU UHVHDUFK DFFRUGLQJ WR WKH +XIĂ€QJWRQ 3RVW %XVLQHVV ,QVLGHU GLG D OLWWOH ELW RI UHVHDUFK DQG Ă€JXUHG out the tiny percentage is what goes to the AmerLFDQ &DQFHU 6RFLHW\ +XIĂ€QJWRQ 3RVW QRWHV WKDW 70.8 percent of the ACS’s donations actually go to cancer research. “To break it down: After buying, say, a Jets sweatshirt and T-shirt for $100, just $3.54 actually goes to cancer research,â€? the article on the Post said. As someone who lost a loved one to breast cancer, this is absolutely indefensible. While $3.54 of a purchase is actually helping breast cancer patients, $96.46 goes into someone else’s pocket. On the NFL’s website, a Patriots sweatshirt donning the breast cancer pink ribbons costs $69.99, pink rain boots are $94.99 and a Wilson RIĂ€FLDO VL]H IRRWEDOO ZLWK WKH EUHDVW FDQFHU ORJR LV $129.99. The prices are marked up, obviously, but people buying this breast cancer awareness gear think that it’s expensive, but hey, it’s going to help people with cancer, right? The NFL is feeding off of people’s desires to help out breast cancer patients, all while pocketing the rest of the funds. According to the +XIĂ€QJWRQ 3RVW WKH UHVW RI WKH PRQH\ JRHV WR fundraising the awareness campaigns called “A Crucial Catch,â€? but does so much of that money need to be allotted to pay for the campaign? According to ESPN.com, the NFL is a $9.5 million industry every year, so it seems to be the organization has a little bit of cash to spare to fund its breast cancer campaigns, in exchange IRU D ODUJHU SURĂ€W PDUJLQ IURP LW¡V VDOHV WR JR WR actual breast cancer research. It seems like it’s too PXFK WR DVN IRU WKH 1)/ WR VHOĂ HVVO\ KHOS RWKHUV struggling with breast cancer. To put things in perspective, the KSC women’s volleyball team had games this weekend, while holding a bake sale for breast cancer research and awareness. The players wore pink sweatbands, pink t-shirts and ribbons in their hair, and coach

America, it still has to be recognized for its sheer brilliance. According to BleacherReport.com, during the 1998 Asia-Oceania Junior Hockey Championships, South Korea beat Thailand, 92-0. Again, there was no typo here. South Korea beat Thailand, 92 to nothing. A forward on the South Korea national team, Dongwhan Song scored 31 goals. Just to put that into perspective for you, Tyler Seguin, the Bruins’ leading goal scorer last year, scored 29 goals, in the entire season. The leading goal scorer for the KSC club hockey team last year, Pat Sullivan, scored only 23 goals throughout the entire season.

It’s not so much that the Lance Armstrong story was too good to be true. Now it might just be too good to let go. Even after investigators unveiled a scathing report portraying him as an unrepentant drug cheat, Armstrong continues to confound his public with rivaling images: a rapacious, win-at-allcosts athlete or a hero who came back from cancer. We’ve all heard his story before: An up-and-coming cyclist gets stricken with testicular cancer at age 25. He’s given less than a 50 percent chance of surviving. ,QVWHDG KH Ă€JKWV LW RII DQG FRPHV back stronger. He wins the Tour de France seven times. Hobnobs with presidents. Dates a rock star and pretty much becomes one himself. Uses his fame and success to raise millions to promote cancer awareness. Even if it all really is the impossible fairy tale it sounds like — one built on a brittle mountain of drugs, deception and arm-twisting — it’s the narrative the world has happily listened to for nearly 15 years. 0RUH WKDQ SDJHV RI Ă€QHO\ detailed evidence from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency are now in the open, supporting its decision to ban Armstrong for life from cycling and order his titles stripped for using performanceenhancing drugs. Yet while other sports stars who have faced drug-induced downfalls — Marion Jones, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens — fade from memory or become objects of scorn, Armstrong keeps rolling along. You can see it in social media. Sure, negative comments dot the landscape — people have put an “X’’ through the “v’’ on their Livestrong wristbands to make it read “Lie strongâ€?. But the tributes also keep coming: a few dozen

new posts on a Facebook page titled “Lance Armstrong Supporters,â€? either vilify USADA or tell Armstrong they’ve got his back. You can see it from the sponsors — Nike is one example — that are sticking with Armstrong. You can see it in the donations to the Lance Armstrong Foundation, which have spiked since August, when Armstrong announced he ZRXOGQ¡W Ă€JKW WKH GRSLQJ FKDUJHV And it also shows in the way Armstrong steadfastly goes about his business. On Thursday, the day after the USADA report came out, he was at his foundation headquarters in Austin, Texas, looking for a place to hang a picture. On Friday, he linked to his Twitter account a shiny new slide show touting the top 15 things his foundation has accomplished since it was founded, 15 years ago this month. Star-studded anniversary celebrations are in the works. “His whole story kind of falls into the category of, sometimes good people do bad things, or, conversely, sometimes bad people do good things,â€? said Stan Teitelbaum, author of “Athletes Who Indulge Their Dark Side.â€? ‘’In a way, it’s the ‘Whatever Syndrome.’ There used to be a strong sense of indignation at things like this. How could my hero be this way? But when we the people, we the public, get disillusioned so many times, we shrug our shoulders and we just say, ‘Whatever.’â€? But because of the cause Armstrong represents, the hope he’s given and the money he’s raised, it could be more than that. His story, to say nothing of those 84 million yellow Livestrong wristbands he’s sold, speak to a larger truth: A good number of the more than 25 million people Ă€JKWLQJ FDQFHU ZRUOGZLGH ORRN IRU inspiration to gain the strength to keep going. Armstrong showed them it could be done, while raising more than $500 million to help their cause.

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