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:KLOH WKH GHĂ€QLWLRQV RI WKH words “domicileâ€? and “residencyâ€? may not hold a lot of VLJQLĂ€FDQFH IRU PRVW SHRSOH for out-of-state college students, it’s the difference in their ability to vote in the presidential election this November. While the case was heard in N.H. Superior Court, outof-state college students in New Hampshire can now vote, according to a New Hampshire judge who reviewed the case. 7KH GHĂ€QLWLRQ RI ´GRPLFLOHÂľ is the place where you live for the majority of the time. “Residency,â€? however, means where a person actually lives and has LQWHQW WR OLYH WKHUH LQGHĂ€QLWHO\ So for an out-of-state student, his or her domicile would be New Hampshire, but their residency would be whatever other state they return home to in the summer months. Senate Bill 318, which affected how residents registered to vote, passed in August of this year, following the Republican-dominated legislature overriding Governor John Lynch’s veto in June. While the two words are similar, New Hampshire law stated that those who are domiciled here could vote, meaning they live in the state for most of their nights but do not have an LQGHĂ€QLWH LQWHQW WR UHVLGH LQ

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!"#$%&'()*+,, In order to acquire a space in school or on campus, it is not necesVDU\ IRU FROOHJH DSSOLFDQWV WR Ă€OO RXW a background check. Completing background checks is not part of the admission process. According to the N.H. Department of Safety website, some things a background check would consist of are a criminal record check, a social secuULW\ QXPEHU FKHFN YHULĂ€HG HPSOR\PHQW KLVWRU\ DQG D YHULĂ€HG HGXFDWLRQ history. From research, most schools do not do background checks on their applicants. One reason why Keene State College does not do background checks is because it costs $25, according to the N.H. Department of Safety website. “We get about 7,000 applications a year,â€? Peg Richmond, director of admissions, said, “That’s a lot of cost and a lot of time.â€? Currently, there is a question on the application asking if the applicant has ever been convicted of a crime or felony. According to Richmond, the question is for the student to consult the counselor about how he or she should answer that question. However, if admissions deems the offense too risky for the students and faculty of Keene State College, the applicant EMMA CONTIC / EQUINOX STAFF

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a whole. It’s great that we do her colleagues at the Keene State Community Service Day. things to support the commu- YMCA, where they washed .DKQ VDLG WKH\ Ă€UVW FROODERnity and they do the same for ELNHV PRSSHG Ă RRUV DQG rated in July, and decided to The Ashuelot River now us. It’s a give and take relation- cleaned a playground. form a small leadership team contains 23 fewer shopping ship.â€? Interim President Jay Kahn carts than it did one week ago Zaniboni spent the day with and his cabinet initiated Keene Âť! "#$$%&'()!*+,-'"+.!/0 thanks to Keene State College’s Ă€UVW HYHU &RPPXQLW\ 6HUYLFH Day. Of the KSC community, 192 students, faculty, and staff, donated their time last Friday to a number of projects planned in collaboration with KSC’s community partners. Such organizations included the Keene Family YMCA, AIDS Services for Monadnock Region, Cedarcrest Center, Monadnock Area Peer Support Agency, The Samaritans, Source to Sea Clean-up, The River Center, Beth-El Bible Church in Surry, and The Keene Community Kitchen. Annual Giving Director at the Alumni Center, Lori Zaniboni said, “I think it’s really important that we create a great relationship with the community and the town because LEE GERMEROTH / EQUINOX STAFF the college is part of Keene as $34456789&(:;<7=:&>?9&@?8A:;B&CDE&4:4F:;B&83&A:GH&87I9&5H&8A:&=?4H5BJ

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The other program called RENEW is a structured school-to-career transition planning an individualized wraparound process for youth with emotional and behavioral challenges, according to the Institute of Disabilities website. Sturtz used to work in a high school and said, “I taught many Kelseys. It’s a topic a lot of teachers struggle with.â€? Habib said he chose to make a documentary on this school because of the new programs that were implemented. Habib said that the reasons he created WKLV Ă€OP ZDV EHFDXVH RI KLV VRQ DQG EHFDXVH he wants everyone to feel like they belong. Habib’s son has cerebral palsy and all he wanted for his son was to belong. So he sent him to school. Habib said what he noticed was that his son was happy at school, with his friends. That’s when he said he decided that his Ă€OPV SRUWUD\ VRPHWKLQJ SHRSOH QHHG WR VHH He said he created the documentary “Including Samuelâ€? before making “Who Cares About Kelsey?â€? +DELE VDLG KH FKRVH .HOVH\ VSHFLĂ€FDOO\ after interviewing many students at Somersworth High School, because of all her difĂ€FXOWLHV In the video Kelsey described herself as a very volatile person. Teachers described her as volatile, disruptive and, by her own admission, “not a nice personâ€? to be around, according to the “Who Cares About Kelseyâ€? website. :KHQ WKH Ă€OP HQGHG DQG +DELE .HOVH\ and JoAnne Malloy (an expert on dropout

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from student to student. ´:H NQRZ WKDW LW¡V >WKH Ă X@ in New Hampshire and that it’s earlier than usual,â€? Christine Burke, director for the Center of Health and Wellness, said. There have been no reported FDVHV RI WKH Ă X KLWWLQJ WKH .HHQH area or on the KSC campus yet, but that doesn’t mean students should wait until there is an outbreak to take action. There are some telltale signs of KDYLQJ LQĂ XHQ]D $FFRUGLQJ WR Burke, the common symptoms RI WKH Ă X DUH IHYHU ERG\ DFKHV

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sore throat and a cough. Anne Nolan, an infection preventionist for the Cheshire Medical Center in Keene, agreed. If these symptoms occur, students are urged to stay home and rest, according to Burke. She added that if breathing problems occur, however, medical attention should be sought out, but other than that there is not much use seeing a doctor or nurse. “It’s a viral illness that works itself out,� said Nolan. There are also common mis-

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prevention and one of the teachers who helped Kelsey in high school) stepped up front, the audience cheered. As a microphone passed around the audience, students, teachers, and community members not only asked questions but honored Kelsey for her strength. “I just want to say, Kelsey you rock,� one audience member said and the crowd applauded. One student asked what was one thing she learned from all this. Kelsey said, “Don’t be afraid to ask for help and teachers, don’t give up on children.� Another student asked about the positive and negative effects of being called disordered. Kelsey said, “Well everyone knows I’m a nut case now,� and the crowd answered with a

resounding “No, you’re not.� Kelsey said that while she did not like being called disordered, it did help when it came to tests since the teachers would make it a little easier for her. After Kelsey’s comment, Habib asked the audience which made a bigger impact on their lives during high school: education or a social life. The audience replied with social life. Habib said he believes that students with behavioral disorders shouldn’t feel left out or defeated by school but feel welcome. A teacher grabbed the microphone and asked Kelsey, “What pushed you to get help?� Kelsey, with a stern face, merely said, “I didn’t want to be in that school anymore.�

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Later Kelsey said, “Everyone knew I needed help and no one gave it.â€? Until the PBIS and RENEW programs were implemented, that is. With the help of these programs Kelsey graduated and now travels from school to school telling her story in hopes that it will make a difference. Looking towards the future, Kelsey is now considering going to a full university or a community college. She also continues her work as a YROXQWHHU Ă€UHĂ€JKWHU ZKLFK VKH KDV EHHQ GRLQJ since high school. Kaitlyn Coogan can be contacted at kcoogan@keene-equinox.com

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cannot come to the school. “If that offense is severe enough or offensive enough that it would endanger the community in any way, they are not allowed admission,â€? Richmond explained. Admissions takes different precautions when dealing with a transfer student. Richmond said, “A student who is transferring has to have a form from the Dean of Students.â€? The process for evaluating a student’s behavior is slightly altered if a student is found responsible for a crime on campus. This kind of offense, needs to be taken up with WKH 2IĂ€FH RI 6WXGHQW &RQGXFW DQG WKH 'HDQ RI 6WXGHQWV “They would have a hearing,â€? Gail Zimmerman, associate vice president and dean of students, said. According to Zimmerman, if the student is found responsible, he or she will receive a “sanction.â€? The consequence may be academic probation or suspension. This goes on the student’s permanent record. If the police are involved in a situation on or off of campus, the police department may take the case into its hands. “Sometimes the police ask us to delay the responding,â€? Zimmerman stated. Zimmerman followed up, “If we have our own evidence then we make a determination if it violates the code of conduct.â€? The code of conduct can be found on the Keene State College website. If an incident were to happen over the summer, the school may or may not address it depending on the severity, according to Zimmerman. Yet the students of KSC are not too keen on the idea of background checks. “I don’t think we should prohibit people who have had a GLIĂ€FXOW SDVW IURP WU\LQJ WR IXUWKHU WKHLU HGXFDWLRQ Âľ VRSKomore Lauren Powers said. A student who wanted to remain unnamed agreed, “I feel you should only need a background check if you’re applying for a job, not if you’re going to school.â€? Though students don’t like the background check, some said it wouldn’t hurt to know a roommate’s history. ´, ZRXOGQ¡W WUXVW KLP DW Ă€UVW ,W ZRXOG WDNH VRPH WLPH Âľ IUHVKPDQ $OH[ /LWWOHĂ€HOG VDLG ´7KH\ VKRXOG DOVR OHW XV know if something is in our dorm.â€? KSC used to hold interviews for potential students. The college does not give out interviews anymore. The students had something to say about that. “I think it [an interview] might be helpful in choosing people, but I don’t think it’s really necessary,â€? an anonymous source said. Sophomore Jared Paul agreed, “It seems like it [an interview] would kind of be a waste because people would be putting up an act.â€? Another item that KSC students can agree on is that the campus is a safe place to be. According to Paul, there isn’t anyone who is very scary and complimented the college by saying, “Whatever they’re doing, it’s working.â€? Powers said, “Since it’s a smaller school and campus you tend to know people or at least seen them around.â€? ´, GHĂ€QLWHO\ IHHO VDIH RQ FDPSXV Âľ /LWWOHĂ€HOG VDLG “There’s always people around and I’m usually within a couple seconds of one of the emergency stations or campus safety.â€? If there is a situation that is bigger than the school’s system, the school may call in the Keene Police Department, to ensure the safety of the students at KSC. Rebecca Marsh can be contacted at rmarsh@keene-equinox.com

to see if it was reasonable to bring the day into fruition by Fall Break Day. $IWHU UHYLHZLQJ WKHLU Ă€QGLQJV LQ August, the cabinet decided to move forward. A committee consisting of faculty, staff, and students formed and the broad mix of individuals reached out to their individual groups to spread the word. Coordinator of Community Service for the campus Jessica Gagne-Cloutier said RQ WRS RI WKH IDFW WKDW WKH SURMHFWV EHQHĂ€W the community, they serve as great networking opportunities for many students. While working on a project students may be given the chance to meet and greet with faculty that they might not know, staff that they might never see, and community organizations. This exposure could lead to possible references, internships, or other opportunities later on down the road. The projects were scheduled in either two or four-hour blocks. Volunteers signed up online using the website VolunteerSpot. 7KLV Ă H[LELOLW\ DOORZHG SDUWLFLSDQWV WR choose a project that suited their interests, DQG D WLPH WKDW Ă€W WKHLU VFKHGXOH 9ROXQteers met on the Young Student Center lawn to leave for the events as a group, either by foot or by vehicle depending on the projects proximity to campus. Projects spanned the day, beginning as early as 8 a.m. The day ended back on the KSC Campus at 3:30 p.m., with free cupcakes and apple cider. At the closing ceremony Interim President Jay Kahn gave a speech thanking HYHU\RQH WKDW SDUWLFLSDWHG VSHFLĂ€FDOO\ Jessica Gagne-Cloutier, Barbara Hall, Jo Beth Mullens, and Becca Berkey from the Community Service Day Council for organizing the event. Many students chose to get organizations they were associated with involved in Community Service Day. The lacrosse team, Circle K, Phi Mu Delta, Alpha Sigma Phi, Tau Kappa Epsilon, and the geography club all took part in projects. Sophomore Samantha Gaudette took part in the Ashuelot River cleanup and helped remove the assortment of shopping carts that were submerged below the bike path bridge. She said they removed multiple televisions, tires, couches, and bags of trash. $OWKRXJK WKLV ZDV WKH Ă€UVW HYHU RIĂ€FLDO KSC Community Service Day, Kahn, who also took part in the river cleanup, pointed out “community service is something that this campus engages in on a daily basis, we document over 144 different commu-

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nity partners in the Monadnock region that we work with on an annual basis. Our students perform 75,000 dollars of community service during a year, based RQ RXU Ă€QGLQJV IURP DQG WKDW has an estimated contributing value to the community of over two million dollars.â€? Kahn also mentioned that those numbers don’t include students’ involvement with student teaching, studies done in cooperation with homeless shelters, fourcredit service opportunities that students perform through loaded executive programs, and other college related initiaWLYHV WKDW EHQHĂ€W WKH JUHDWHU FRPPXQLW\ “When we benchmark this campus and our students to other public liberal arts colleges, one of the ways that we exceed our peers is on the amount of community service provided by the campus, and how our students get that sense of value that community service is part of membership in a community,â€? Kahn said. In his closing speech Kahn said he hopes the college decides to hold Community Service Day again next year, and summed up the experience with, “We all got down, and got dirty, and had fun, and thats what this day was supposed to be about.â€? Eric Walker can be contacted at ewalker@keene-equinox.com

Student Assembly ended earlier than usual because of a lack of business Tuesday night, Oct. 9. After the less then 30 minute Student Assembly meeting, one member said “Shortest student assembly ever.â€? Business included discusses about elections, a transfer of funds for the Keene State Media Productions, and a Constitution Committee for WKNH. Elections will be held next week. Keene State Media Productions, formerly called KTV, requested a transfer of funds. The club was requesting that the amount of $1,000 from their stipends account be transferred into their general supplies account. The club president, senior Danielle Clark, said the club agreed that they did not need to be paid for their work. The club would rather use the money for the upcoming, third annual, Film Festival. 7KH FOXE KDV Ă€YH JHQHUDO PHPbers and about seven new members so far. Clark said she believes since the name change, people do not know who they are or what they do. After Clark explained the clubs intend, the assembly voted and approved of the funding transfer. Next, WKNH submitted an amendment to the Constitution Committee for recognition of new executive board positions. The idea the WKNH members have is to appoint two general managers so that one can follow in the others footsteps after the Ă€UVW JHQHUDO PDQDJHU JUDGXDWHV Last year, WKNH’s general manager “up and leftâ€? without properly training another student that would be able to take his/her place. Also, with the addition of another general manager, there will be an even distribution of responsibility. An assembly member brought up a question on what would happen if both general managers were seniors? The club members replied that then they would have one or both general managers training underclassman for the general manager position. They said that they already have that idea ready if a situation like that ever occurs. One question an assembly member had was whether this new position will affect the budget already put in place. The WKNH members said no because they had already cut two positions. The club members said that it will not adversely affect their budget at all. After hearing the club’s proposal, the Student Assembly passed the amendment to the Constitution Committee for recognition of the new general manager positions. :KHQ WKDW ZDV DOO Ă€QLVKHG Vice President for Student Affairs, Andy Robinson, spoke. He said he would like to remind everyone that on Friday, Oct. 12 at S P LV WKH RIĂ€FLDO RSHQLQJ RI WKH Technology, Design, and Safety Studies Center (TDS Center). He said there will be a ribbon cutting ceremony and he suggests for any student who has not been inside the building to pay a visit. After visiting the building himself, Robinson said that it was a pretty awesome building. Nearing the end of the meeting, Student Assembly gave committee reports. There was a reminder for assembly members to sign up for their two hour shifts for pumpkin lobotomy. When the meeting ended, thwe recorded time was no more than 20 minutes. Kaitlyn Coogan can be contacted at kcoogan@keene-equinox.com

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New Hampshire. This changed in August with the legislature’s override. However, according to the Union Leader, Strafford County Superior Court Judge John Lewis overturned the bill recently, allowing those domiciled here the right to vote. After an appeal from the New Hampshire attorney general Michael Delaney, the ruling that out-of-state students can vote in New Hampshire still stands—but with some FODULĂ€FDWLRQV -XGJH -RKQ /HZLV RUGHUHG WKH Secretary of State Bill Gardner to state on his website that out-of-state students do not need to register their car or go through the process of getting a N.H. state license if they wish to vote. According to the Union Leader, Gardner argued the new paragraph was legally inaccurate, while Delaney said that the judge’s actions were creating an entirely new legal scenario instead of returning matters back to how they were before Senate Bill ZDV SDVVHG Judge John Lewis agreed, and partially reversed his order. “The Court agrees with the State that this . . . requirement went beyond what should properly be entered KHUH >7@KH VWDWHPHQW PD\ QRW EH DQ HQWLUHO\ accurate expression of the law,â€? he wrote, according to the Union Leader. Integral to the change in the law, Claire Ebel, the executive director of the AmeriFDQ &LYLO /LEHUWLHV 8QLRQ Ă€OHG D ODZVXLW RQ behalf of four college students. The students included one KSC student, Ariel DeLaura, while the other students were from the University of New Hampshire. Ebel said she had put in many hours of work into looking at the voting laws, particularly the domicile issue. “I spent a great deal of time to start with LQ WKH IDOO RI ZRUNLQJ ZLWK D FRPPLWWHH to took at voting laws. The bill at the time ZDV 6HQDWH %LOO :H SXW LQ KXQGUHGV RI KRXUV ´ VKH VDLG 2QFH 6HQDWH %LOO SDVVHG (EHO VDLG VKH WHVWLĂ€HG DJDLQVW WZR separate bills, the voting registration bill as well as the voter ID bill. Ebel said she spoke out against both bills in both houses of the New Hampshire legislature. Ebel spoke about the crucial differences in the meaning between domicile and resiGHQF\ ´7KH Ă€UVW ODZ RQ WKH GRPLFLOH LVVXH %LOO GRPLFLOH LV HTXDWHG ZLWK UHVLGHQF\ which according to the law, is wrong. When any political group attempts to restrict or curtail the fundamental Constitutional right of every American citizen to vote, that is the crucible on which democracy must function.â€? Ebel further elaborated on the difference between the two words in the eyes of New Hampshire law. “I don’t know how many state states have ‘domicile’ in their Constitution, but we do. It is the choice you make when you register to vote. You can decide where your domicile is, but you cannot have more than one.â€? However, before the judge reviewed the law, domicile and residency were the VDPH DFFRUGLQJ WR 6HQDWH %LOO (EHO VDLG having the two different terms mean the same thing served as a penalty to students and temporary workers who live in the state. (EHO VDLG DIWHU Ă€OLQJ WKH ODZVXLW WKH MXGJH gave a preliminary injunction and that the Secretary of State would have to change the language on the forms and distribute them,

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in addition to engaging all moderators in educational programs so they knew exactly what the law meant. However, Ebel said she believed it would be an even shot if the N.H. DWWRUQH\ JHQHUDO ZRXOG Ă€OH DQ DSSHDO &RPH last Friday, news broke the attorney general had in fact issued an appeal. If students were to vote in New Hampshire, they would have had to register their FDU DQG KDYH DQ LQGHĂ€QLWH LQWHQW WR OLYH LQ New Hampshire. For college students who live in New Hampshire for eight months in FROOHJH LW LV GLIĂ€FXOW WR DIIRUG UHJLVWHULQJ D car in New Hampshire, as well as taking on town taxes. For students looking at resources online for information on registering to vote in New Hampshire, dmv.org, a website offering information on laws in every state, still says a person registering to vote in New Hampshire must have a valid NH license. However, on the city of Keene’s website, the process of registering to vote is updated. It notes that a valid driver’s license is what is necessary to register to vote. In lieu of a GULYHU¡V OLFHQVH SDVVSRUW ELUWK FHUWLĂ€FDWH RU anything else to identify the person trying WR UHJLVWHU WR YRWH RQH FDQ VLJQ D TXDOLĂ€HG YRWLQJ DIĂ€GDYLW D IRUP SURYLGHG E\ WKH FLW\ clerk. 2Q WKH 6HFUHWDU\ RI 6WDWH %LOO *DUGQHU¡V website, a special section is designated for college students who would like to vote. According to the website, “New Hampshire election law provides college students with a special privilege when determining

where they register to vote. A college stu- turned away come November,â€? she said. dent in New Hampshire may choose as his/ “All of the information out there is confusher voting domicile, either the domicile he/ ing, but they need to know that they now she held before entering college or the domi- CAN vote and they should vote.â€? cile he/she has established while attendMontplaisir also spoke about how the LQJ FROOHJH Âľ 7KH ZHEVLWH GHĂ€QHV GRPLFLOH previous law should be struck down. She according to New Hampshire state law, VDLG VKH EHOLHYHV WKDW :LOOLDP 2¡%U\DQ WKH and emphasizes voters looking to register speaker of the house in New Hampshire, PXVW SUHVHQW D IRUP RI LGHQWLĂ€FDWLRQ HYHQ has tried to disenfranchise college student if it’s an out-of state license or a military ID. voters. Montplasir also spoke out about Wil%HIRUH KRZHYHU 6HQDWH %LOO VWLSXODWHG OLDP 2¡%ULHQ ZKR ZDV UHSRUWHG WR KDYH VDLG out-of-state students would have to register college students tend to vote liberal. their car. “My peers are smart. I have more faith “For a student, registering your car could in college students than he does. There are EH XS WR DQG WKH\ FDQ¡W DIIRUG WKDW people who will vote for whoever, but there ,W¡V D \HDU WR UHJLVWHU SOXV WRZQ WD[HV are a lot of people who know what they on the vehicle you are registering. This stand for and what’s best for our country,â€? is intimidating to students who are not she said. If the out-of-state students weren’t wealthy,â€? Ebel said. While some students allowed to vote in New Hampshire, then PD\ Ă€OH DEVHQWHH EDOORWV LQ RUGHU WR YRWH LQ that would decrease the constituency of the election, some student feel as though people in New Hampshire within the ages they spend most of their year in New RI Hampshire, so they should be able to vote “I’ve heard so many rumors about in New Hampshire. Ebel, a passionate sup- whether or not students are allowed to porter of voting rights, emphasized that the vote here, concerning whether they have to law disenfranchising students that has now register their cars or not. Many people are been overturned was an effort to intimidate scared to get registered because they think students away from the polls. they can’t vote in Keene,â€? Montplaisir said. Emily Montplaisir, a KSC sophomore, She also said that the voting registration said this requirement to vote is unconstitu- law is a poll tax. tional, plain and simple. This would consti“It’s a law to shoo students away from tute a voting tax, which by law, is against voting. Even the local elections affect us too. the Constitution of the United States. I would want to vote for the governor of the “I’ve heard so many rumors about stu- state where I go to school in,â€? she said. dents who are afraid to vote in New HampEbel also spoke about the voting ID bill, shire, some are worried that they will be which has not been addressed yet in the

New Hampshire legislature. “The national media is so focused on the voter ID law, but this is the issue of domicile. Voter ID decision has not been made yet, Domicile versus residency clearly impacts military, college students, visiting professors who are here for a semester or temporary workers.â€? Allie Bedell, a junior and chair of the KSC Republicans, said that while her orgaQL]DWLRQ KDVQ¡W WDNHQ DQ RIĂ€FLDO VWDQFH RQ the issue, her personal opinion is that every student should be voting where they reside. Her domicile is in Londonderry, N.H. “It is important everyone votes. Some of WKH ORFDO RIĂ€FHV KRZHYHU WKH FLW\ FRXQVHORU the state representatives, are representing tax payers, and I don’t think it’s fair for me to tell those who live in Keene how to allocate their tax dollars,â€? she said. “I’m emphasizing efforts for absentee ballots. Students in dorms, their domicile should not be Holloway Hall. They are not paying taxes, so they should not be voting in Keene.â€? In addition, Bedell said, “I separate students into two categories--on-campus and off-campus. The ones living off campus are basically paying the city of Keene a tax by paying rent. The students living in the dorms on campus are not paying town taxes.â€? $FFRUGLQJ WR FLW\ FOHUN 3DWULFLD &ODUN ZKLOH KHU RIĂ€FH GRHV QRW GR PXFK LQ WHUPV of educating students about the changes LQ YRWLQJ UHJLVWUDWLRQ ODZV KHU RIĂ€FH GRHV hold registration drives at KSC. “At this point, certainly students are eligible to come participate in the Keene election, our Ă€QDO UHJLVWUDWLRQ GULYH LV IURP WR S P Âľ she said.â€?The concerning language in the DIĂ€GDYLW LQ WKH YRWHU UHJLVWUDWLRQ KDV EHHQ removed at this point, about registering a car in NH. We are back to what our status quo was before the bill was passed.â€? Clark also spoke about the value of the college students in comparison to the city census. “The city of Keene always encourages students to engage in the democractic process, DQG DOO RXU FLWL]HQV EHQHĂ€W IURP WKH FROOHJH population being here, without that census number, we would lose our representation in Concord, so we always look forward to encouraging the college students to vote.â€? Ebel concluded by speaking about the intimidation or chilling factor this law placed on people who are out-of-state but would like to vote here. “It is trying to convince, persuade or intimidate students into not registering to vote. They cannot scare anyone out of doing it. It’s an abomination and it is indefensible.â€? The executive director of the ACLU said LW ZDV QRW D GLIĂ€FXOW GHFLVLRQ WR ´VXFFHVVIXOO\ FKDOOHQJH WKH ODZ Âľ 7KH 6HQDWH %LOO LV ´D corruption of democracy, the fundamental system that our democracy is based on. You are part of the electorate, you have a right to vote and you may vote where you are domiFLOHG 7KHUH LV QR RWKHU MXVWLĂ€FDWLRQ Âľ According to the latest update from the Union Leader, the NH Supreme Court will hold hearing the attorney general’s appeal XQWLO DIWHU WKH 1RYHPEHU HOHFWLRQ SURYLQJ to be a victory for those who say the bill is an effort to disenfranchise out-of-state students. Whitney Cyr can be contacted at wcyr@keene-equinox.com.

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With the upcoming election, the news has become swamped with stories of states attempting to restrict voter rights, in particular targeting marginalized people (immigrants and people of color) and the youth vote. Unfortunately, the battle that has occurred in states such as Florida, Georgia and Tennessee was brought home to New Hampshire this past year with the (nearly exclusively) Republican Party push for more restrictive voting laws. Currently, the law was repealed in part by the New Hampshire Supreme Court and as it stands, out-of-state students are allowed to vote in their college towns. However, there is still much at risk nationally—democracy, the very principle RQ ZKLFK RXU FRXQWU\ ZDV IRXQGHG LV HIIHFWLYHO\ DQG HIĂ€FLHQWO\ being threatened. According to the Brennan Center for Justice, 16 states have passed restrictive voting laws that have the potential to greatly impact the 2012 election. These 16 states represent 212 electoral votes, or 78 percent of the total electoral votes needed for a presidential candidate to win. With over 75 percent of electoral votes coming from states where these laws have gained a stronghold, our country is facing the consequence of over 200 years of schizophrenic beliefs regarding democracy and the rights of voters. Although our country was built upon the ideal of one “man,â€? one vote, in a historical framework this seemingly ambiguous language masks a racist and sexist agenda, one where women and people of color were never even considered active participants of government. In 2012, our external beliefs have changed drastically—women and other marginalized groups are no longer viewed as overtly as second-class citizens—however we are still struggling against deeply ingrained racialized and gendered perspectives about citizenship and voting rights. The new push to restrict these rights clearly marks a backlash against the progress that marginalized people have gained in the past 50 years. If we as citizens continue to sit back and allow our fundamental rights to vote without restrictions (whether economically through requiring a driver’s license or politically through uneven redistricting), we are effectively turning our back on our history as politically active participants of democracy. Although our political structure has proven problematic in the past, we have the potential to reframe and rework this broken system and use it in our favor as young voters and citizens. Voting restrictions are facing many people this election, and so it is of critical importance that we as New Hampshire college students and citizens vote with our voices, actions, and representatives, in the attempt to combat the current assault on our rights and )$'**+,%--!.$'&/ democracy.

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!"#$%#&'$()$'(*&+,-$'*,#$./0+,-$'#,+)0$&#*0 It’s happened. That moment when senior year arrives and you begin the introspective process known as graduate school applications, job resumes, and senior class seminars. For me, this painstaking rehash of the past four years of my life has led me to conclude one thing for certain: the work habits of college students (for the majority of people) early on in their college careers have an enormous impact on how enjoyable their senior year will be. Having taken several classes with underclassmen has only reinforced this idea for me. Freshmen and sophomores who take the free SDVVHV WKDW DUH JLYHQ WR WKHP GXULQJ WKH ÀUVW WZR years of their college career eventually face the consequences of their actions—lowered GPAs, scrambling for that last required class for graduation, and other additional stresses to an already LQFUHGLEO\ DQ[LHW\ ÀOOHG VHQLRU \HDU As a freshman, I started out my college career

ZLWK WKH PLQGVHW WKDW FODVVHV FDPH Ă€UVW VRFLDO life second, and skipping class because I “didn’t feel like goingâ€? wasn’t acceptable. This lasted for about a year; towards the end of my freshman year I began to struggle with balancing my academic responsibilities and the desire to explore what the college scene had to offer socially. Sophomore year came and with it the typical “sophomore slump,â€? a phenomenon most closely associated with the mid-40s midlife crisis. During this time, for both my friends and myself, the appeal of college seemed to wane and existential questions such as “What is the meaning of life?â€? were front and center in my mind. Towards the end of the year, with ten days in South Africa under my belt, my passion for learning was reignited, and that revival has lasted me until this year. For many people, the pattern I described

is relatable. Everyone goes through periods of growth and struggle—the college lifestyle of constant work, studying, and social pressures only work to amplify those hills and valleys— and everyone handles those challenges differently. However, one nearly guaranteed way to avoid the added stress during the last year of college of negotiating for classes you thought you didn’t need and spending precious time attempting to EULQJ XS D à RXQGHULQJ *3$ LV WR SD\ DWWHQWLRQ and be proactive as a freshman and sophomore. These two years are formative times in a student’s life and, although it may be hard to pass up a weekend opportunity to party in favor of studying for that midterm, in the long run, your future self will thank you for it. Hannah Walker can be contacted at hwalker@keene-equinox.com

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meal passes a semester for each student. That way, any visitors to the school will not have to worry as much about eating when they come to visit Keene. Another heavily conversed topic is parking on -campus. This is more an issue of clarity. Both guests and some students are confused as to how on-campus parking works. Personally, I know that there is parking for visitors in the Winchester lot with a parking pass, but that is all I know. I have no idea how on-campus parking works, even with a parking pass. There are other students as well who are slightly murky as to where is acceptable to park on the weekends. Recently, there was an email sent out about how on-campus parking is completely barred off for the upcoming Pumpkin Festival. This isn’t a policy that needs to be changed, as much as a group of policies which would be more effective, and reduce possible parking violations, by being explained in greater depth to students. A more recent change of policy this year is the new way of dealing with “Quiet Hour� violations. The new policy is no warning, just an instant write up. While I do think that this should be the case in an obvious disregard of quiet hours, there should be some discretion used. Last year, I was watching a television show DW DURXQG S P DW ZKDW , WKRXJKW ZDV D UHDVRQable volume, with the door closed. The quiet hours for my dorm last year were 10 p.m. An R.A. knocked on my door and said that my TV was apparently very slightly audible from the hallway. It wasn’t loud enough to warrant any kind of violation, but the RA asked if I could turn it down slightly. I

Pumpkin Fest is known beyond the boundaries of Keene and many people want to come see the festival. Students look forward to showing their friends and family around the town and having them see the set-up of pumpkins all around. Making it so only one person can visit would seriously lower student excitement and morale. $./01/23

was completely unaware that the TV was too loud, and was more than happy to lower the volume. If that situation had happened this year under the new policies however, I would have been written up with no warning, and no idea that my TV was too loud. The R.A. at the time knew that I was not intentionally being loud, and was honestly unaware of the situation. The policy this year leaves no room for the R.A.’s judgment. Honestly, this is change that didn’t need to be made. R.A.’s are all intelligent enough to know when a situation warrants attention. 2QH ÀQDO SROLF\ WKDW VKRXOG EH GLVFXVVHG KDV QRW EHHQ FRQÀUPHG EXW KDV VWDUWHG WR JHQHUDWH UXPRUV There are strong rumors circulating of a policy only allowing one guest per student for Pumpkin Fest. This is heavily weighing down many a student’s mind. Many people have plans in place already for guests, and may now have to cancel these plans.

Pumpkin Fest is known beyond the boundaries of Keene and many people want to come see the festival. Students look forward to showing their friends and family around the town and having them see the set-up of pumpkins all around. Making it so only one person can visit would seriously lower student excitement and morale. Once again, this article was not meant to insult or DWWDFN DQ\ JURXS RU RIĂ€FLDOV RQ FDPSXV PHUHO\ WR YRLFH some student concerns that may not have been brought to attention before. KSC is an amazing place to go to FROOHJH DQG WKHUH DUH PDQ\ EHQHĂ€WV DQG DGYDQWDJHV WR going here. No matter where you are, there are usually some changes people feel could be made, which is why an open line of communication is important. David Padrazo can be contacted at dpadrazo@keene-equinox.com

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Lowering drinking age to promote responsibility and sensible practices for students and young adults Imagine going to a giant kegger on the Fiske Quad sponsored by the college. Wouldn’t that be nice? And not just because of the presumably free beer. It would be more than a sweet party. It would be our Berlin Wall moment (“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!â€?). The wall between the underage drinking culture and the college culture of personal JURZWK ZRXOG Ă€QDOO\ EH WUDPSOHG FUHDWLQJ one culture, one identity. I know. It sounds like I’m over-simplifying—and probably romanticizing—the methods of creating a more utopian college drinking environment. Though I honestly think if the drinking age was 18—if the college was legally allowed to embrace the culture of drinking—Keene State College would be a much better and safer place on the weekends. First of all, I think alcohol is kind of weird and a little stupid. I love it. I drink on most weekends and have a freakin’ ball. It opens up social possibilities that would otherwise be lost in the abyss of self-consciousness which appears while attempting to decipher the mostly irrelevant intricacies

of being a young adult. But it’s weird that there is one drug, one intoxicant that is entirely socially acceptable. Who decided that? Weed is probably better for you than alcohol, but weed is illegal. Alcohol is not. It’s weird. I know. We all know - prohibition and the reality of controlling the populous and all that “yada-yadaâ€? stuff. But the alcohol industry has risen to become a near trillion dollar business and an absurdly large part of our popular culture. The New York Times recently published an article that highlighted the disadvantages non-drinkers have in the business world. “There is a perception almost that you’re impotent,â€? said one nondrinker who talked to the New York Times. Basically, non-drinkers are considered weird. And that makes no sense. Let me put it this way; there are tons of things in life that are true for no reason, like the fact that men can’t wear purses or SDLQW WKHLU Ă€QJHUQDLOV RU WKH IDFW WKDW JLUOV can’t walk around in a bra and panties but they can wear bathing suits, or the fact that honey always comes in a bottle shaped like

a bear or Paul Ryan. Alcohol is the king of all those things. For whatever reason, alcohol is a giant pillar, maybe even part of the foundation, of our popular culture and there’s really no clear reason why. It can’t be just because it makes you feel awesome, right? Let’s step back for a second. Before I tie all that in, I want to look at the drinking age in the United States compared to the rest of the world. I’ll be brief. According to a December 2009 article on the New York Times’ website, we are one of only six countries with a drinking age of 21. Five countries have a drinking age of 19 or 20. The rest of the world, including the entire European continent, has a drinking age of 18 or below. So why is the United States’ drinking age unique to the western world? It’s actually pretty simple. In the 1970s—after 18-year-olds got the right to vote in 1971—individual states started lowering their drinking age. By 1975, only 15 states had a drinking age of 21—down from 40 in 1969. A lower drinking age was the new progressive stan-

dard. Every state wanted a piece of the action. All this progressive shifting ended in 1984, when Ronald Reagan raised the drinking age to 21 federally. It’s been that way ever since. Why was Reagan being such a buzzkill? Young people were apparently killing themselves in drunk driving accidents at an unprecedented rate. According to groups like Mothers Against Drunk Driving, a lower drinking age meant more dead young people on the side of the road. No one wanted that; so the drinking age was raised. I’ll spare you the time and say that this WKHRU\ KDV EHHQ SURYHQ WR EH Ă LPV\ DW EHVW 7KHUH ZDV D VOLJKW ULVH LQ WUDIĂ€F IDWDOLties among young people in the 1970s. But when I say slight, I mean it. And when the drinking age was raised in 1984, there ZDV QR GHFUHDVH LQ WUDIĂ€F IDWDOLWLHV (VVHQtially, it didn’t work. For further reading see “Does the Minimum Legal Drinking Age Save Lives?â€? by Jeffrey Miron and Elina Tetelbaum. Simply put, the drinking age is 21

because of the incredibly good natured, but ultimately misguided passion of worried moms. 6R Ă€QDOO\ KHUH¡V P\ SRLQW DOFRKRO LV D gigantic part of our culture and an absolutely monstrous part of college culture. It’s weird that it is. But it is and will be for a long time. We have to deal with it; and the current drinking age, which has no real ethical rationality, weakens the arsenal colleges have for dealing with it. Colleges can’t be potent with their attempts to halt bad drinking habits when they’re only allowed to use innuendo. The drinking age should be lowered. Enough horsing around. There are plenty of faculty, administrators, and professors at every college in the United States who would love to speak to students to help WKHP Ă€JXUH RXW KRZ WR KDQGOH WKHLU DOFRKRO but as long as we have the current drinking age, students under 21-years-old will strugJOH WR Ă€QG JRRG UHDVRQ WR OLVWHQ Dylan Morrill can be contacted at dmorrill@keene-equinox.com

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PHQW EDVLFDOO\ D SLHFH RI SDSHU FRQÀUPLQJ \RXU QDPH residence, and voting eligibility). It’s that easy. You may have heard that if you want to vote in New Hampshire you’ll also have to register your car here or have a driver’s license from New Hampshire. This is absolutely not true, as a New Hampshire court ruled recently. Out-of-state students are free to vote in New Hampshire and register their car and have a license from wherever they live the rest of the year. This confusion is not an accident. The new law, while not affecting New Hampshire students’ absolute right to vote here, is deliberately intended to cause confu-

sion and to keep you and other students from voting. Why? If you believe a top New Hampshire Republican, Bill O’Brien, who played a key role in passing the new law, it is because students are “foolish,� “lack life experience� and “just vote their feelings.� Students, according to the top New Hampshire Republican, are “voting as a liberal. That’s what kids do.� (He was caught on tape saying this!) That’s why he tried to stop you with this law meant to cause confusion – because he thinks you’ll vote against him. Seriously. Despite what O’Brien might think, we are informed, intelligent, and fully capable of determining

our own future by exercising our constitutional right to vote, just like any other American citizen. Your vote is important, and politicians know it. You will decide the next President of the United States. When you go to the polls on Election Day, don’t leave before you have cast the vote you are rightfully entitled to and have had your say. The future of our country depends on it. Katherine Montplaisir kmontplaisir@ksc.keene.edu

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create various crafts, which produce an income. Other crafts include transforming recycled, plastic bags, picked off the street, into crocheted purses. Smith said how it’s also a way for the women to get out of the KRXVH DQG WDNH D EUHDN IRU DQ KRXU RU WZR D GD\ +H noted how important that break is for the women who will cook for up to seven hours a day over a wood-burning clay stove. The presentation included a video on the projects WKH RUJDQL]DWLRQ IDFLOLWDWHV 7KH NH\ SDUW WR WKH RUJDQL]DWLRQ LV OLVWHQLQJ WR WKH SHRSOH “One thing we like to do is listen,â€? Smith described, “Projects done within the women’s cooperative were all women-initiated, so they had these ideas of what they wanted to do and how they wanted to move as a cooperative‌we more or less provided opportunities.â€? Smith said he prefers to avoid the word “helpâ€? because it isn’t help Nicaraguans need, it’s chances. Rissa Grady, a junior, who travelled to Nicaragua with the honors program said how much she appreciated Compas for that reason as opposed to other groups who will give things away for free and nothing else. “We’re sharing, we’re not giving them things and

helping them, we’re sharing what we have and they’re sharing with us in return...it’s a support system,â€? she explained and said, “this group is really good with that.â€? Junior Johanna DeBari added, “It goes back to that SURYHUE \RX FDQ JLYH D PDQ D Ă€VK DQG IHHG KLP IRU D GD\ RU WHDFK KLP WR Ă€VK DQG IHHG KLP IRU D OLIHWLPH Âľ The Farming Cooperative aims at reforestation, conVHUYDWLRQ DQG VRLO SUHVHUYDWLRQ LQ /D 3D] WKDQNV WR LWV rich agricultural land. 3URMHFWV LQFOXGH EXLOGLQJ ZDWHU Ă€OWUDWLRQ V\VWHPV bio-gas systems, and growing organic coffee. Smith explained how the bio-gas system takes manure and decomposes it into bio-gas through anaerobic digestion. 7KHVH V\VWHPV DUH KLJKO\ EHQHĂ€FLDO WR WKH HQYLURQPHQW EHFDXVH WKH\ \LHOG PRUH SRWHQW VOXGJH IHUWLOL]HU DQG GHVWUR\ PHWKDQH DFFRUGLQJ WR RUJDQL]DWLRQ They are also more cost and labor effective than splitting or purchasing wood for a stove. This in turn helps ZLWK UHIRUHVWDWLRQ EHFDXVH OHVV Ă€UHZRRG LV QHHGHG While Compas de Nicaragua may provide people the opportunity for their ideas to come to life, it is the SHRSOH WKHPVHOYHV WKDW WKLQN RI WKHP LQ WKH Ă€UVW SODFH They know what they need Smith said how it is about

offering them that support, to let them know people are thinking about them. “We put a lot of emphasis on building friendships,â€? Smith explained how the organi]DWLRQ LV DOO DERXW ´EXLOGLQJ D ODUJH LQWHUQDWLRQDO FRPmunity.â€? Smith explained, “The most important part is people like yourselves, people like us, who share our lives with the Nicaraguans; say we care, we want know what life is like. We go down, spend some time and we share our hearts, our stories and in turn so do they. From all of this, the building of friendships, comes a lot of projects. There’s some longevity to sharing these friendships that we can always get involved.â€? Anyone can volunteer to go on a service trip to Nicaragua. Smith talked about how important travel is and that there is “something unique about stepping outside of our bubble, our safety bubble of comfort and seeing how other people do things, seeing how the rest of the world lives.â€? (OL]DEHWK 6WUHHWHU MXQLRU VDLG ´FRPSDUHG WR ZKDW we’re used to, they have next to nothing but he [Smith] was talking about the spiritual wealth they have‌we have twice as much and don’t have it and I think there is a lot to learn from that‌it makes me want to go there.â€? For those thinking about going on a service trip like this, Smith advised, “If you have the opportunity, don’t think twice about it--go, take it, especially when you’re young. You have everything in front of you; you have the world in front of you. Get to the edge and just jump, don’t think twice about it.â€? Regan Driscoll can be contacted at rdrsicoll@keene-equinox.com

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too far into the political side of things that would leave the less politically aware members of the audience feeling alienated. According to KSC student Eddie Harris, “I’m not very into politics, I don’t really like politics, but I still thought the show was one of the funniest I’d seen in my life.â€? The strongest part of the show came at the very end when Kevin Corbett, one of the members of the group performed one of his signature monologues, called “Lirty Dies.â€? This is where Corbett recites a speech about the various things going on in the world of poliWLFV RQO\ Ă LSSLQJ DURXQG FHUWDLQ sounds in order to make the speech sound like something else. Several of these “Lirty Diesâ€? can be found on the Capitol Steps’ website. Associate Professor of English Katherine Tirabassi said that she had always wanted to see The Capitol Steps live, being a long time fan of the group, and now wiwth her PRWKHU LQ WRZQ VKH VDLG VKH Ă€QDOO\ had the opportunity and enjoyed WKH VKRZ IURP VWDUW WR Ă€QLVK Jack Rowles, played several characters throughout the show, but most notably portrayed Mitt Romney. Romney is his favorite role to play as it is the most topical and is one of the characters that gets the biggest reaction from the audience, he said. He said he enjoyed playing the characters that are the most relevant at the time. Rowles said, “The funniest stories are the ones you don’t make up.â€? Morgan Duncan, who spent years after college as a stand up comedian before joining the team, played Barack Obama several times throughout the show.

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Lex Luthor, or at least that’s what he wants people to think. That night Batman breaks crime boss Bruno Manheim out of jail for information on Joe Chill, only to be stopped by Superman. This leads into a confrontation between the two for the next issue. I can see this as an episode of the TV series and a good one. Several nods to the series are included but not to the point where they alienate those who have never seen the show. The scenes with Batman are well done and the character’s introduction in this universe is handled exactly how it should have been. In regards to the artwork of this week’s comic, the characters from the show are all recognizable and resemble the actors from the show. The design of Batman is also nice. Batman’s costume looks a lot more like a high tech suit of armor and appears more practical and realistic than other incarnations but does not lose the iconography of the

character. The illustrations excellently shift the mood between the dark and dreary streets of Gotham to the bright and colorful Metropolis. The characters from the show, namely Clark Kent, Lois Lane and Lex Luthor, all feel like what their counterparts from the show would eventually become. Clark and Lois’ quirky banter as well as Lex’s obsession remain intact. Batman on the other hand is a bit more complex. It seems they’ve opted for a more a much darker and more morally questionable Batman than one might expect, it’s not a bad change, just a change and it creates a nice contrast for Clark, who is an icon of truth and justice, adored by the entire town. Nightwing is the only character that bothered me. In this universe, Nightwing is Barbara Gordon, Batgirl in the main continuity. I don’t understand why the change was made nor do I understand why they made the ordinarily compassionate and book smart character of Barbara into an annoying little girl who’s excited at the prospect of beating up criminals.

dent Obama. Cochrane also said, “Because of Obama, I can stay on my parents health insurance until I’m 26.� The Obama campaign at KSC has held a handful of events that appeal to the college demographic. With the election looming (Nov. 6), Ben Wessel said it best, “Every vote counts.� 0LFKHOOH %HUWKLDXPH FDQ EH FRQ WDFWHG DW PEHUWKLDXPH#NHHQH HTXL QR[ FRP

really what you want in the White House, in the Senate, in the Congress, and in the Legislature,â€? Kundanis said. What contributes most to these lies are political satire shows such as The Colbert Report and The Daily Show. These shows depict the top headlines in the political world; however, the problem with this is that some may not know the facts behind the satire. “There has been research done on the Colbert Report. The problem is that he is putting himself in the position of acting as a conservative Republican and all the things he says are from that point of view. But what people don’t understand is that that is not his point of view,â€? Kundanis said. However, shows like The Daily Show and the Colbert Report do not affect every audience member. Senior Luke Hebert said that these shows GRQ¡W LQĂ XHQFH KLV YRWH WKH\ DUH purely there for entertainment value. “They [the Colbert Report and the Daily Show] make fun of the general media. Even though they’re leaning left, they’re pretty neutral,â€? Hebert said. Sophomore Julia Pinette said WKDW VKH LV QRW LQĂ XHQFHG E\ WKH media because both presidential candidates are portrayed both negatively and positively in the eyes of the media. “They [Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert] make fun of everyone

pretty equally,â€? Pinette said. “I think that for their audience [shows like The Daily Show and the Colbert Report] the audience already agrees with tone of the show. They have a limited role in swaying people,â€? Welsh said. But when deciding whom to vote for, that vote is all dependent on deciphering what information is valid or invalid. “The problem with going anywhere is knowing whether or not this is valid information, meaning this is information that has gone through some kind of fact checking or whether it is simply someone’s opinion. The most entertaining news is someone’s opinion,â€? Kundanis said. And for most, what is entertaining are the images and facts presented that create a stereotype. “Negative DGV DUH IDOVLĂ€DEOH ,I VRPHRQH SUHVHQWV VRPHWKLQJ WR \RX WKDW LV IDOVLĂ€able it appeals to your intellect more WKDQ QRQ IDOVLĂ€DEOH LQIRUPDWLRQ Âľ :HOVK VDLG ´)DFWV DUH VRUW RI IDOVLĂ€able claims. That’s why negative ads are more attractive—they tend to say something outlandish or horrible about the candidate, but nonetheless IDOVLĂ€DEOH Âľ The images that advertisements present about the presidential candidates are ones that have the potential to become embedded in the minds of voters and if voters aren’t careful; they

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ever since. Artists such as Bill Callahan, Pavement, Grandaddy, the Weakerthans, Sonic Youth and Butthole Surfers, are McKelvie’s and Votruba’s main sources of inspiration. McKelvie, who mainly writes the lyrics, enlists the help of Votruba to help bring his lyrics to life. “They [lyrics] tend to work themselves out over a matter of weeks,â€? McKelvie said. But for this group of artists, performing is more than just letting their music be heard, it’s an opportunity to experience something greater—they thrive in performing in front of a live audience. For local band the Calerpittars, the thrill of performing in front of a live audience is one of the main reasons why they perform. Andrew Reynolds, who plays guitar and bass, and sings, said, “Even if they hate the song with a passion that’s awesome—that’s means we put effort into it and you took it the way you did.â€? The Calerpittars, along with Reynolds is composed of Dan Kuhn on vocals and guitar, and Joey Mintel on bass. The band is known for their individuality when it comes to their music style. “I’m really more of the pop feel, Joey is more of the funky progressive feel, and Andrew really balances us out,â€? Kuhn said, “This is a big part of who we are.â€? Kuhn, Reynolds, and Mintel all collaborate on the lyrics and songs the band creates. “I don’t feel like we write it; it presents itself to us,â€? Kuhn said, “The song already exists; we are the ones who are just trying to make it happen.â€? And what they are trying to make happen is creating music that is as unique as the name of their band is. “In this old house we had a friend who was an artist and she had discussed painting a mural for us and the discussion was all about a fantasyland and we talked about the caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland,â€? Reynolds said. That painting helped spark an idea for the band—and idea that would later result in their identity. Part of their identity is incorporating all of their musical inspirations—Reynolds’ love for the Beatles, Mintel’s appreciation for Jamiroquai, and .XKQ¡V LQĂ XHQFH RI )XQ ÂłLQWR RQH FRKHVLYH sound. “We have a very similar ear. When we hear what’s right we all know its right,â€? Reynolds said, “When we click like that and we all know it, that is what inspires us. ´:H KDYH DOO KDG LQĂ XHQFH RYHU WKH music. Joey is a music major at Keene State so he is very well voiced in the guitar so he has written a few songs that I have written

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athletes in the school, but she also succeeds in her academics as well as always being a willing volunteer. Fellow teammate Kaley Mientkiewicz said that having Fitter around is a huge role in her development as runner and the rest of the team. “On track she’s like a role model because she’s very big about working hard and being humble about it,� Mientkiewicz said. Mientkiewicz continued, “She’s led the team well as a captain and off the team she’s doing volunteer work and things like that. She’s someone good to look up to in every aspect.� Fitter described pressure as something she seems to have handled well over four years here running for KSC when talking about the expectations of her senior year. “I think I put a lot of pressure on myself because I have a lot of expectations and sometimes I would like to go back to my sophomore year where I was in the DMR that

got third,â€? Fitter said. She continued, “Going to nationals last year is something that kind of gives you the drive to go back there and hopefully get an All-American of your own now.â€? Fitter explained her team has really stepped it up despite the loss of recent graduates and stand-out runners Paige Mills and Andrea Walsh. “I’m very excited to go into the season because we have a lot of good WDOHQW Âľ )LWWHU VDLG ´,¡P GHĂ€QLWHO\ excited. Losing Paige and Andrea LV GHĂ€QLWHO\ D KDUG ORVV IRU XV EXW VR IDU WKH JLUOV DUH GHĂ€QLWHO\ Ă€OOLQJ those shoes. Everyone’s working well together.â€? Thomas said reaching All-American status and setting school records isn’t such a lofty goal for Fitter because she’s been knocking on that door for the last couple of years. “She’s been knocking on the door in setting school records in the 800,â€? Thomas said.

Thomas said, “She should have a standout senior year. I’m looking for her to only not only qualify for nationals on the track but go All-American and put her name in the record books here at Keene State.â€? Fitter’s next step in her life involves volunteering in AmeriCorps after she graduates here at KSC. After an internship with the Samaritans last summer she said that was really a huge step in getting her LQYROYHG LQ WKH YROXQWHHULQJ Ă€HOG “Hopefully I can get into it,â€? Fitter said, “It’s pretty hard to get into so we’ll see.â€? Whether it’s running the trails of the great outdoors, sprinting down a track staying in your assigned lane or volunteering at a food pantry, it’s safe to say that Fitter will take the rest of her life post-college one stride at a time. Dalton Charest can be contacted at dcharest@keene-equinox.com

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Sullivan also said academics is part of the team focus, “I think a lot of people don’t realize this but we’re actually very smart. Academically, every year we come in right under 3.0 [GPA]. So we shoot to get over a 3.0,â€? Sullivan said. Rodrigue said last year’s success really showed people around the country the improvement of the program. “I think we opened a lot of eyes in terms of the strength and the growth of our proJUDP :H ZHUH DEOH WR Ă€QDOO\ pick up some games against some teams we’ve been looking for games with. Teams like Boston College club hockey, UNH club hockey typically did not want to take games with us. They were happy to take games with us this year,â€? Rodrigue said. Rodrigue said that the big catch in their schedule this year was defending champion and number one ranked, Florida Gulf Coast’s club team. “I think most importantly is Florida Gulf Coast. They are always a very strong team,â€? Rodrigue said. Rodrgiue added, “They invited us to come down to play them and we took them up on the offer, then they went out and won the national championship after that.â€? Rodrigue said that with improved schedules, comes increased travel costs. “In terms of funding, our guys, because the Florida trip is very expensive, our guys

have made a larger commitment. I think the guys used to pay about $900 each per year to play, this year they’ve bumped it up to $1,100. That’s a lot of money,� Rodrigue said. Rodrigue said this cost has caused players to choose against student hockey at KSC. “I do think over the years we have encountered students who have said, ‘Coach it’s just too expensive, I can’t afford to do it,’ and that’s unfortunate. I wish there were a way to make it more affordable,� Rodrigue said. Another issue is the lack of a rink. “The rink situation is tough. There is no question in our mind that it’s the one thing that holds us back in spite of our rapid growth The lack of a suitable facility and the lack of true support from the athletic department and from the administration here,� Rodrigue said. Student Assembly Chair Chelsea Clouse said the budget committee does the best they can to distribute money as fairly as possible. “We have to make it as fair as possible, which means some get cuts and some get more, while new organizations pop up and other ones drop,� Clouse said. The club hockey team next plays at University of Maine on Oct. 13th at 4:30 p.m. Stephen Trinkwald can be contacted at strinkwald@ksc.keene.edu

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people spoke on his behalf at the dinner. “It was great because any ceremony like that you have a lot of old friends and alumns coming back,â€? Butcher explained. He added, “So it’s always great to see the guys that helped make your career.â€? Butcher said he had to give credit to the people he’s worked with in his 42 years of coaching when he received the award. “Everyone who’s in the hall-of-fame has a story but I think they all recognize that without their teammates they might have just been an average player,â€? Butcher said. The selection process itself is a complicated matter. Keene State College usually relies on a nomination letter to begin the evaluation. Once someone has been nominated, a committee of seven people, all either members themselves or KSC community members, look into a number of things to determine if the person being evaluated is truly worthy of the induction. “So, the committee will look and ask themselves, ‘was this person an impact player? Did they have a major impact on the team?â€? Ratliff said. But the line isn’t always that clear, Ratliff said. He explained that problems like comparing players of different generations and considering whole teams, rather than individuals can often be challenging. Regardless of the process, the inductees are always grateful. “It always feels good,â€? Butcher said. “Anytime you’re recognized for your accomplishments, it makes you appreciate your career because not everyone has a great career.â€? The enthusiasm for this year is already beginning. The committee usually selects four to six people or teams a year. Ratliff said he is excited about the school once again hosting a successful event. ´:H WU\ WR PDNH LW D Ă€UVW FODVV HYHQW DQG PDNH LW DQRWKHU highlight of their careers,â€? Ratliff said. So far, 94 athletes, contributors, or coaches have been inducted into the hall-of-fame. Fifty-six of these inductees were men. Thirty-eight were women. And on top of the 94 individual inductees, 16 teams were also inducted into the Hall of Fame. Zach Winn can be contacted at zwinn@ksc.keene.edu Michelle Berthiaume can be contacted at mberthiaume@keene-equinox.com

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High spirits, adrenaline pumping, and the thought of yet another competitive season for Keene State College athletic teams are what keep talented athletes on their toes each year. However, what happens when players become severely injured? Do they keep pushing through it or decide that maybe their bodies need to take a break? With the amount of injuries seen so far this \HDU LW LV GLIĂ€FXOW WR EHOLHYH WKDW DWKOHWHV DUHQ¡W going above and beyond to strive for the best. An athlete will naturally go to any attainable level to be able to compete and succeed, so the question lies, are these injuries occurring by chance, or is it that “extra pushâ€? that leads to a pit fall? KSC Athletic Training Director Robert Merrow explained that in athletics, injuries will always happen and that the best thing an athlete can try to do is prevent them any way possible. +H VDLG ´,QMXULHV KDSSHQ ,W¡V QRW D SDUW of the sport that we want to have happen, but injuries happen in athletics, and although there are predisposing factors within the athletes that may predispose them for injuries, we try to do everything we can do to prevent them.â€? Merrow also stressed that coaches and WUDLQHUV KDYH VSHFLĂ€F WDFWLFV DQG UHJLPHQ designed to help prevent injuries. “There are several strength and conditioning programs that athletes are required to keep up with, as well as coaches utilizing their coaching styles, techniques, knowledge of the game and then practices are also set up to provide for proper conditioning and skill acquisition, which can help minimize the injuries,â€? he said. Head Volleyball Coach Bob Weiner, took a similar view, and added that “an injury can occur at any point, but there is always a concern that coaches are asking too much from their athletes, or pushing them too hard to the point of injury.â€? He also mentioned that most FRDFKHV XQGHUVWDQG WKDW WKHUH LV D Ă€QH EDODQFH DQG WKDW WKH\ ZRQ¡W ZRUN WKHLU DWKOHWHV to a point where they are unable to carry out their goals for the season. When a few recently injured athletes were confronted on the matter, they each came to

7KLV ZHHN¡V $WKOHWH RI WKH Week is Hayley Kenyon of the .HHQH 6WDWH &ROOHJH :RPHQ¡V Soccer team. The junior forward tied a KSC school record for goals in a game with four. Even more impressive is that she scored all IRXU JRDOV LQ WKH Ă€UVW KDOI RI WKH 7-2 victory over Framingham State. Kenyon also contributed an assist in the game. Then, later in the week Kenyon struck again with a JRDO LQ .6&¡V RYHUWLPH YLFtory over Castleton State. Kenyon was also named the /(& :RPHQ¡V 6RFFHU 2IIHQVLYH Player of the Week. --7KH Ă€UVW UXQQHU XS WKLV ZHHN LV WKH .6& 9ROOH\EDOO 7HDP¡V Kaylee Deluga. The freshman contributed offensively and GHIHQVLYHO\ DV WKH 2ZOV WRRN RQ the Union College Tournament this week in Schenectady, N.Y. The middle blocker from Dennis, Mass. had 40 kills 44 digs for the squad this week, LQFOXGLQJ D NLOO GLJ SHUformance against Potsdam State. Deluga was named the LEC Volleyball Rookie of the Week and was named to the Union College All-Tournament team. --The second runner-up this ZHHN LV VHQLRU Ă€HOG KRFNH\ PLGĂ€HOGHU $OH[ %LOOHUW %LOOHUW KDG Ă€YH JRDOV WKLV ZHHN WKUHH RI which came in the form of a hatWULFN LQ .6&¡V YLFWRU\ RYHU Salem State. Billert was also named the /(& )LHOG +RFNH\ 2IIHQVLYH Player of the Week.

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the conclusion that an injury can either be a UHVXOW RI WKH DWKOHWH¡V SHUVLVWHQFH RU SXUH DFFLdent, which seemed to be the case for some of their situations. 6HQLRU ZRPHQ¡V VRFFHU SOD\HU -RDQ +DPHO recently suffered an ACL tear mid-season. Hamel said that her injury happened during a game and was entirely unavoidable. ´,W¡V QRW OLNH , WRUH P\ $&/ EHFDXVH , ZDV ZRUNing my hardest, I work my hardest all the time, it just happens to be that that day something happened and I stepped in the wrong place at the wrong time,â€? she explained. /LNHZLVH WZR MXQLRU ZRPHQ¡V EDVNHWEDOO

athletes had similar situations occur before their season even started, resulting in an ACL injury in the off-season, and an ankle sprain during pre-season. “I feel like most of the injuries come in the RII VHDVRQ VR LW¡V WKH SOD\HUV SXVKLQJ WKHPselves too hard,â€? junior Vicky Vitale said. She tore her ACL this summer at a basketball camp. “I also feel like we were in the best shape we could have been in, but at the same time, we were pushing ourselves maybe past that limit and not thinking to rest,â€? junior Forward Carly Kiernan added.

Whatever the reason, KSC does very well in preventing and monitoring injured athletes, and will hopefully have these upperclassmen back up on their feet in no time. “The best thing you can do is to keep yourself in check, and focus on the little things that get taken for granted,� junior Carly Kiernan said. Athletes continue to play the game, whether injured or not. But they are surely feeling the pain.

Ryan Glavey can be contacted at rglavey@keene-equinox.com

Lyndsay Krisel can be contacted at lkrisel@keene-equinox.com

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KSC. Cole added, “My team said that we usually beat them by a couple goals. But they get chippy in the VHFRQG KDOI 2QFH WKH\ VWDUW ORVLQJ WKH\ VWDUW JHWWLQJ really physical.â€? Another semi-new participant to the rivalry is head PHQ¡V EDVNHWEDOO FRDFK DW 3O\PRXWK 6WDWH 8QLYHUVLW\ Andrew Novick. 1RYLFN LV LQ KLV VHFRQG \HDU DW WKH KHOP RI WKH PHQ¡V basketball program. “I am relatively new to the rivalry. But certainly growing up in this area, I recognize how special the rivalry has been to the two schools,â€? Novick said. 2Q WKH RWKHU KDQG GLUHFWRU RI &DPSXV 6DIHW\ $PDQGD :DUPDQ UHPHPEHUV WKH JRRG RO¡ GD\V RI WKH 3DQWKHU 2ZO ULYDOU\ ´,W XVHG WR EH WKH EHVW JDPH RI WKH year,â€? Warman said. Whether the rivalry is at its height or nearing an end, memories have been made. Coach Robert Colbert said he remembers a victory in 2004 over PSU as his favorite memory. The KSC PHQ¡V EDVNHWEDOO WHDP FDPH IURP EHKLQG WR EHDW WKH Panthers, 79-67. :LWK WKLV ZLQ .6& FODLPHG WKHLU Ă€UVW HYHU /LWWOH East Conference basketball championship. +HDG FRDFK RI PHQ¡V VRFFHU DW 368 5RE :ULJKW VDLG he also has some fond memories of the rivalry itself. Wright said his favorite was on Sept. 30, 2006 in 3O\PRXWK 1 + ´:H KDG D ELJ ELJ FURZG DERXW RU 900 people. And we ended up scoring with a few secRQGV OHIW LQ GRXEOH RYHUWLPH $QG LW GRHVQ¡W UHDOO\ JHW any more dramatic than that,â€? Wright said. Head volleyball coach at KSC Bob Weiner said he also has a handful of memories from the rivalry. Weiner said he remembers a time when his team got a big win

in Plymouth. 2Q KLV GULYH KRPH HOHFWLQJ WR QRW WDNH WKH WHDP EXV back, Weiner got a speeding ticket. Weiner said the speeding ticket was given to him because he was driving happy. “No one should ever let me drive happy,â€? Weiner said. Weiner added, “I never told my wife about that. But I guess she will know now.â€? KSC senior Eric Fazio said his favorite memory from WKH ULYDOU\ ZDV IURP KLV IUHVKPDQ \HDU 7KH 2ZOV IDFHG off against the Panthers at the Spaulding Gymnasium IRU WKH DQQXDO ´:KLWH 2XWÂľ JDPH Fazio said the crowd was so intense and so into the game, it was a great experience to play in front of a crowd like that. Fazio also said that the team lost the game but that it was more about the experience. Comparing the rivalry to one in professional sports PD\ SURYH GLIĂ€FXOW IRU VRPH 1RYLFN VDLG ´7KH JUHDW thing about sports is that no two rivalries are the same. , GRQ¡W NQRZ WKDW LW FDQ EH FRPSDUHG WR DQ\WKLQJ ,W¡V XQLTXH LQ LW¡V RZQ IDVKLRQ $QG WKDW¡V SUREDEO\ ZKDW makes it special.â€? Ratliff said he would compare it to the rivalry between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Cleveland Browns. 5DWOLII VDLG WKDW LI \RX HYHU OLYHG LQ 2KLR ZKLFK Ratliff has, that rivalry is very important to you. But for HYHU\RQH HOVH LW GRHVQ¡W UHDOO\ PHDQ WKDW PXFK 7R .6& DWKOHWHV WKHUH¡V QRWKLQJ OLNH EHDWLQJ 3O\Pouth State University, no matter what state their rivalry currently stands in. Michelle Berthiaume can be contacted at mberthiaume@ keene-equinox.com

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!"#$"%&'()*"#$"%&'()+,-)."/0)*"#$"%&' There are two words every sports fan hates: lockout and strike. Unfortunately, these are two words every sports fan has been hearing all too often as of late. Most recently, the National Hockey League (NHL) has gone into labor disputes. According to ESPN. com, the NHL has already cancelled WKH ÀUVW WZR ZHHNV RI WKH VHDVRQ clearing 82 games off the schedule that would have begun on Oct. 11. Another lockout in the news earlier this year was the NFL referee lockout, probably one of the most talked about of the last year. The labor disputes between the NFL and its referees caused a ridiculous amount of uproar between fans, players and coaches alike over the ÀUVW IRXU ZHHNV RI WKH 1)/ VHDVRQ Everyone heard some type of complaint about the replacement referees. The lockout of the NFL referees goes to show that well a league cannot proceed without its players, a league can also not proceed withRXW LWV UHDO RIÀFLDOV 7KDQNIXOO\ that lockout ended. Lockouts have been a part of professional sports since the mid-1960s. Since then, every one of the four major sports leagues (NHL, MLB, NFL and NBA) has had multiple lockouts. The last MLB lockout occurred in 1994 and 1995, according to the ESPN Uncyclopedia. An article on ESPN.com said that the 1995 World 6HULHV ZDV FDQFHOOHG IRU WKH ÀUVW time in 90 years. ESPN.com said that attendance plummeted 20 percent the following year. Attendance peaked in 1994 before strike. Since 1994, Major League Baseball attendance has still not returned to the height of its popularity. We call that the ripple effect, my friends. The last NFL play stoppage was

in 1987, according to an article in the +XIÀQJWRQ 3RVW (631 FRP ODEHOHG the 1987 season as one of the darkest moments in NFL history. One of the interesting things about this particular lockout is how the owners struck back at the players taking to the picket lines. Owners searched high and low for any glimpse of football talent and put together a handful RI PLVÀW WHDPV LQFOXGLQJ UHSODFHment players. ESPN.com said that by mid-October of the 1987 season, the real NFL players were crossing the picket lines and rejoining their WHDPV RQ WKH ÀHOG Since then, players and owners KDYH ÀJXUHG RXW D ZD\ WR FRPSURmise their contracts without compromising the game itself. The last NBA lockout was last year. Possibly one of the most upsetting things to see as a fan of the NBA, almost half the season was lost. To be honest, I didn’t even waste my time watching the other half simply because of my disappointment with both sides. According to an article in the New York Times, the dispute came to an end midway through November of 2011. Games resumed on Christmas but many fans had already been lost. The article on the New York Times said the lockout ended after the owners decreased player salaries by 300 million dolloars. The schedule had to be adjusted WR ÀW WKH WLPH OHIW LQ WKH 1%$ VHDVRQ The 2011 schedule had 66 games, 16 less than a typical National Basketball Association season. The NHL lockout of this year is beginning to look a lot like that terribly depressing NBA lockout of last year, according to BleacherReport. com 1+/ RIÀFLDOV VDLG WKH\ DUH IDU from an agreement with players. Many NHL players have signed on with teams in foreign leagues so they can at least play hockey during the lockout. The NHL has had its fair share of issues. According to the ESPN Uncyclopedia, this is the NHL’s fourth lockout. 7KH ÀUVW RFFXUUHG LQ EXW no games were missed. The second

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fans, they would lift the lockout and allow the season to begin on time while negotiations continue. A lockout should be the last resort in EDUJDLQLQJ QRW WKH VWUDWHJ\ RI Ă€UVW resort.â€? According to writer Nicholas Goss from BleacherReport.com, “given the fact that the owners are the ones who made the decision to enter a lockout even though the players were willing to open the 2012-13 season on time under the previous CBA, it’s easier for the fans to side with the players this time.â€? Personally, I don’t think it really

matters who is at fault for the lockouts. These people, these millionaires are arguing over a couple thousand dollars. They get paid to pay the game that they claim to love. But they don’t want to play. I am confused as to how that works. And the worst part about these lockouts is that as fans, we can’t do a damn thing. Because like hopeless puppies waiting for someone to pet us, we want to watch. We want to see our team’s triumph over our ULYDOV $QG ZH FDQ¡W Ă€JKW WKH XUJH to turn on ESPN at the beginning of every day, even though we wallow

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lion? Right, take it off.â€?â€? Golf isn’t the only sport hurting in Spain, by some measures the sporting leader of Europe. Spanish driver Fernando Alonso is edging this season toward his third world championship in Formula One. But from 2013, F1 is expected to visit Spain just once a year, alternating between Barcelona and Valencia, instead of racing in both venues. Spain’s soccer players are the world and continental champions, and Real Madrid is the soccer world’s most lucrative club. But other Spanish teams are so strapped for cash that they can’t pay their taxes, owing some $970 million to the government. The International Cycling Union says nine Spanish road races were canceled this year, up IURP Ă€YH WKH \HDU EHIRUH 3RQIHUUDGD WKH FLW\ LQ northwest Spain picked to host the 2014 cycling world championships, has been given until midOctober to prove to the UCI that its $19.4 million budget is still guaranteed by the central government. If not, the UCI says it will move the championships elsewhere. “They have to show if they have the money, and that is where probably they are going to meet VRPH GLIĂ€FXOWLHV Âľ *HUULW 0LGGDJ WKH 8&, HYHQWV and marketing director, said in a phone interview. “There are alternatives and not only outside Europe. There are certain countries in Europe doing well.â€?

A year ago, 119 golfers played the Madrid Masters, not replaced this year. At the Castello Masters, Garcia beat 112 competitors. Its replacement, the new BMW Masters in Shanghai, has a bigger prize fund but a smaller field, just 78 players. “What is disappointing for our membership in the whole is that we have lost full-field events,� said Keith Waters, the European Tour’s chief operating officer and director of international policy. “The guys coming through the qualifying school in the last year have not had as many opportunities to play on the Tour this year as they have done in previous years.� The $3.6 million Volvo World Match Play Championship is leaving Spain, Waters said in a phone interview. He said he doesn’t know if the $1.3 million Open de Andalucia Costa del Sol, which Julien Quesne won this March, will happen again in 2013. Spain’s only tournament currently confirmed on next year’s Tour schedule is the Open de Espana next April. “The European Tour does tend to lag the economic cycle by up to two years, so we have our really tough times two years after a recession has hit and, sometimes, even when countries come out of recession, they don’t immediately start supporting sporting events,� he said. “So it’s not going to be easy over the next two or three years.�

in self pity throughout the analysts interpretation of when the games will return. The NHL lockout is looking grim to say the least. It just reached its 26th day and no one seems willing to divulge any information concerning the state of the two sides. It seems like the only people who want to see the game played is the fans. There is something terribly wrong with that. Michelle Berthiaume can be contacted at mberthiaume@keene-equinox. com

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being broadcast through radio and it just encouraged the program that much more to expand it to all sports.â€? Gino Vallante, a KSC graduate and the L.P. Young Student Center Program Coordinator, brought the organization to life and continues to be a big part of all that Fast Break does. “It all got started about eight years ago when I was doing some radio work for the Keene Swamp %DWV Âľ 9DOODQWH VDLG ´$W Ă€UVW ZH were just broadcasting men’s basketball games via radio and it steadily grew to broadcasting all of the KSC sports and streaming those games via video.â€? As more teams began to jump on board and Fast Break did more and more broadcasts, it was clear that more hands were needed in order to keep up with the rapid growth. There was greater need for announcers, equipment and most importantly Internet speed to handle the quantity of broadcasts to make it all come together, Vallante said. “Our growth allowed for me to get more students involved in what we were doing,â€? Vallante said. “I targeted both journalism and communication majors and with that came opportunity for internships which got more students interested and the growth from that point on has been tremendous.â€? Vallante also said that many students have gone on to work in media related jobs after their time with Fast Break which shows just how valuable the experience is that they get while broadcasting a live game. Fast Break did 27 broadcasts in its inaugural season and 117 broadcasts were done last season, indicating just how much the program has grown, according to KeeneOwls.com “The athletic program really made the strides to make this the best product out there in terms of live college sports streaming and I truly believe that we are pretty

close to that,â€? Vallante said Nick Feuerbach, a KSC senior who broadcasts with Fast Break said it’s an experience that makes him happy every day he does it. Feurbach said, “I was always interested in both sports and in media.â€? He added, “I saw that my strengths could be utilized and that I had an opportunity to learn about some other sports OLNH Ă€HOG KRFNH\ DQG ODFURVVH and it became something that I was really excited to be a part of.â€? Feuerbach also said that a lot of work goes into the broadcasts before they even hit the air, he explained. “I’m always looking at stats for players and teams as well as learning about the coaches and learning everything possible about the opponent.â€? He added, “There is a lot of air WLPH WKDW QHHGV WR EH Ă€OOHG DQG you don’t want to have any dead air throughout the broadcast because keeping your listeners engaged is the most important thing.â€? Fast Break is now a sensation for everyone who follows sports at KSC. Gino Vallante said the feedback couldn’t be better. “We are getting about 1,000 listeners for each game that we do and sometimes those numbers get even higher depending on the game, but what it indicates to us is that we have a following and we are established,â€? Vallante said. “The number of hits we get for a game is tremendous and we have received nothing but positive feedback on it because those who live far away are now able to follow our program and it puts our program ahead of the curve in a lot ways.â€? Fast Break Broadcasting looks forward to the men’s and women’s basketball season that starts on Nov. 15, 2012. Cody Guerrero can be contacted at cguerrero@ksc.keene.edu

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