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Concerns for safety on campus spreads to surrounding community Letter to the editor from a resident of Keene: We received this letter to the editor after our deadline, however some points were relevant to our article regarding safety on campus. Said relevant points have been included below. “I am writing to you with concerns in regards to the driving around without any type of protection. They are not armed nor do they have any of the tools needed to defend themselves. With the amount of campus shootings happening across the United States I feel it is time for Keene State ize it can happen just as easily at Keene State. The part I fear is that the campus safety department has nothing to try to help prevent or intervene a campus shooting or any the incidents that have happened just over the last year
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cle description and partial license plate information, and further details that made it clear the situation did not pose a threat to people on campus.” However, other times in the past have proven more serious. On April 1 this past year, there was an individual with a gun walking pounds in your eardrums and your breath hesitates in anticipation. For around neighborhoods near campus which lead to a college lockdown. KSC sophomore Katy Glosser said she was concerned as soon and immediately called her mother and then her boyfriend. “During the phone call with my boyfriend, I remember hearing [a] and emails were sent to KSC students and faculty about a potential gun violence issue. through a megaphone to head into the nearest building. I knew then that Director of Strategic Communications and Community Relations Director of Campus Safety Amanda Guthorn said, “I think the most important element is that we want to deal with things before they get to that point, so education and awareness are paramount.” lot. Ricaurte said there are certain processes implemented for new stuRicaurte said, “Campus Safety was informed about nine minutes » SAFETY, A3
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Managing executive editor Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton will return Keene, New Hampshire on Friday, October 16. Clinton is holding a town meeting at Keene State College where she will be taking questions from the public and encourages people to ask her questions about her vision for America. The event will held in the Mabel Brown Room on the second
change needs to happen. They need to supply the necesto get the College to realize there (sic) department needs hope not. I would hope that the administration would want pens. Why is it that Keene State College is the only one in - Paula Page, a concerned resident
Sexual assault student survey to identify frequency of sexual misconduct MACKENZIE CLARKE
Senior reporter A campus-wide sexual assault survey has been launched at Keene State College. The anonymous online survey was sent out on October 7 and will be available to students until the end of the month. All KSC students are asked to complete this survey in order to ensure outgoing attention to the safe, healthy, supportive and respectful environment at KSC, according to Director of Institutional Research and Assessment Cathy Turrentine. According to Turrentine, the survey is intended to provide information to the college on the prevalence of sexual assault in the student community as well as
lence a student may have experienced. All students are asked to participate to collect data, but participaneed to stop the survey due to some distress they may feel. A student who begins the survey may stop at any time. Students also have the option of skipping questions they feel uncomfortable answering, according to Turrentine. Turrentine said if a student wishes to have a conduct experience, there are resources available at the Counseling Center, the Center for Health and WellCenter.
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Pumpkin Lobotomy tradition kept alive BROGAN WESSELL
Equinox Staff Despite the controversy over the City of Keene’s cancellation of this year’s Pumpkin Festival, Keene State College has planned to stick to tradition and hold the annual Pumpkin Lobotomy event on campus. Coordinator of Student Leadership Brandon Mathieu said it was a lengthy process in coming to the decision on whether or not Pumpkin Lobotomy should be held on account of last year’s incidents during the annual Pumpkin Festival. “The Student Assembly Events Committee met with a variety of folks across campus, including college administration, some folks from the city of Keene and city college commission members to weigh out some ideas for the event. It was really the events committee taking feedback it has gotten from a bunch of constituencies and gearing it towards restructuring this year’s event to not look like it ever has in the past,” Mathieu said. He continued, “It was also important to take into account some of the feelings about the things that went on last year and how we could still keep tradition, but not have the same connotation it might’ve had in the past.” Student Body President Bobby Graham added, “A lot of passion went into this decision. Lobotomy is an event that was really important to the student body and that was our main focus in going through that lengthy process. That was the reason why it was so lengthy because we wanted to make sure that we did get all of it right to make sure that we were prepared to have a great event this year.”
Lobotomy did happen this year because there were a lot of concerns about the “what ifs” of what could happen during the month of October. “The Student Assembly and the Events Commitcampus about how Pumpkin Lobotomy is and has always been an independent event from the Pumpkin Festival. Last year during Lobotomy there were no issues and we do not expect to have any this year,” Mathieu said. Graham added that Lobotomy has been a longer standing tradition at the college than the Pumpkin Festival has been with the town, which was a major reason why they felt Lobotomy needed to happen this year.
the incidents that took place but we are willing to look it in the face and say we’re going to own up and have a great event this year that really evokes the kind of pride and tradition that we are looking for instead of having a repeat of what happened,” Graham said. In terms of restructuring the event, Graham said give Lobotomy a more fall-festival type feel so that it could be a day where students, faculty and community members don’t just stumble into it to get free things and leave, but rather spend quite a bit of time there. He continued, “There will also be student organization tables that are going to have pumpkin displays. The idea is that participants can sign up for these from basically whenever the event starts to whenever the to set up a pumpkin display of some sort, kind of like -
which is a Sunday. The idea is to give a much more fall festival-type feel rather than having a lot of the
Mathieu added that one of the major changes that were made for Lobotomy was the limiting the amount the pumpkin. There will be a lot more apple-type food of student organizations that could set up a table while and a lot less pumpkins, but participants will have the event was going on. “Student organizations’ parthe option to either carve them or paint small sugar pumpkins,” Graham said. Prior to reaching the deci- They will not be able to set up shop like they have in sion to hold Lobotomy, Mathieu said that there was the past to give out food, do activities or give out free some fear regarding whether or not that they would be items. Their involvement would be their participation able to hold the event. “Our original proposal for the in the carving contest,” Mathieu said. Although a few event over the summer was to either hold Lobotomy on the weekend of October twenty-fourth and twenty- cance of Lobotomy, Mathieu said that there would still the following weekend which would be Halloween. I as they have done in the past. think the events committee thought that would posLobotomy this year, but she was not sure if they were sibly leave the door open for anything to happen on towards the end of the event that will identify the top true or not. either of those dates just because they are both high- three winning teams and then individuals who came “I had heard a few times that Pumpkin Lobotomy and carved or painted a pumpkin can take that home was still going to happen this year but I honestly just for both of those weekends as well as take into con- with them for their own personal enjoyment. The assumed it was not going to actually happen because Dining Commons and the Student Center have also campus, which brought us back to the drawing board,” ured that all activities tied to it would thus be cancelled Mathieu said. after the event either in the windows or somewhere too,” Bisenius said. Like Bisenius, junior Gabriella Pace Mathieu said that taking all of the angles into con- throughout the buildings to just kind of showcase the said that she also assumed that Lobotomy was going sideration was really the key factor in making sure that work,” Mathieu said. to be cancelled. “I did not know that Lobotomy was
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thing to do that has stayed cordial. “I think that it keeps a good image and good spirit to continue doing the lobotomy. Keene holds a special tradition and although students ruined it, this small aspect is something that can remain the same,” Pace said. Bisenius said that she is a regular attendant of the Pumpkin Lobotomy event and plans on enjoying her last Lobotomy at KSC this year. “I have been attending Lobotomy since freshmen year. My friends and I all get together on the quad and we make a bunch of ridiculous looking pumpkins.
all the concerns students, faculty and community would be cancelled since Pumpkin Fest was cancelled. members may have had, both Mathieu and Graham Then, when I heard they were doing Pumpkin Fest in moments like these that really bring us all together,” Bisenius said. this year. could donate those pumpkins to Swanzey,” Pace said. Pace added, “I have attended this event every year “One of the major changes to the event was to sort Both Bisenius and Pace said that they are in favor and I hope for it to stay the same as it always has; a of downscale with the hope of course that should good time.” this event be successful, which we expect it to be, so Pumpkin Lobotomy is indeed happening this year. In terms of her expectations for the upcoming event, that we can get back on to that historical piece that “I think it is a good thing that Lobotomy is still has always been, for next year,” Mathieu said. going on. It is an event that has continued to bring our Lobotomy with the hope that she will still be able to Graham added, “Honestly from my perspec- school community together as one regardless of who display her pumpkin to the public. tive and where we sit with Student Government, you hang out with, what sports you play, or the classes “I hope that they display our pumpkins still because we hope to have a large event that is really able to you take. For that single event each fall the school is encapsulate everything that Pumpkin Lobotomy together on the Fiske Quad making crazy pumpkins has always been to the school, to the student body and simultaneously making memories. It strengthen it is a great thing that they are still having this event. our bonds, our school spirit and the community as a My senior year at KSC would not be the same without that energy in a way where we can all come together whole,” Bisenius said. Bisenius added that she thinks one last Pumpkin Lobotomy to take part in with all in a very civil way that fosters community peace- the decision to continue to hold Pumpkin Lobotomy my friends I’ve made over the past four years,” Bisefully and spreads joy and energy. So everything that is good for the school’s image as a whole because she nius said. lobotomy has always been.” feels that it is important for people to see all the good From the student perspective, senior Kiera Bise- that the KSC student body does on campus. Brogan can be contacted at nius said a few rumors circulated around campus Pace said that she also thinks that it is a good idea bwessell@kscequinox.com about how they would still be having Pumpkin to keep Lobotomy because it has always been a fun
“We are not trying to pretend that what happened last year didn’t happen. We are still very cautious of the incidents that took place but we are willing to look it in the face and say we’re going to own up and have a great event this year that really evokes the kind of pride and tradition that we are looking for, instead of having a repeat of what happened” BOBBY GRAHM STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT FILE PHOTO / TIM SMITH / PHOTO EDITOR
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Junior Holocaust and Genocide “I would help volunteer with them for events or fundraisers. ”
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Senior Management “Put up posters and flyers around campus and post on facebook.”
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New campus organization for writers officially recognized
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Week of: Oct. 5 Monday, October 5 12:08 a.m. Holloway Hall: RA reported odor of 706 in hallway 1:56 a.m. Sidewalks: Shuttle driver found unresponsive male
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“Alive Poet’s Society” founder and president Nicole Danish reads slam poetry at Colony Mill Marketplace KSC junior Sarah Lennon reads some of her writing to spectators
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Thursday OcTOber 15, 2015
Time to stop spreading awareness and start taking action As many may already know, October is known as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. According to nationalbreastcancer.org, Breast Cancer Awareness Month is “an annual campaign to increase awareness of the disease.” Now, initially this may seem like a funny sentence. One might question what awareness there is to raise. Breast cancer is a fairly well-known
aims to spread awareness about taking the necessary Interestingly, October is also known for many other monthly observations including: adopt a shelter dog month, American cheese month, AIDS awarerecovery month and celiac disease awareness month, among many others. Seems like a lot to focus awareness on for one month. The Equinox would like to take a certain position regarding this issue. While we acknowledge
do our part to recognize all of these monthly observations. Our editorial is focusing on breast cancer awareness month. We want to ask this question: How much are we really helping? Are we really doing our part? What could be done better? “Think before you pink” is a project on breast cancer action. They promote the idea that we need to focus on action instead of awareness. According to their website, the project aims to “stop the distraction of pink ribbon marketing and culture.” Their website goes on to state “Pink ribbon products spread empty awareness.” ‘Awareness’ has failed to address and end the breast cancer epidemic. Who isn’t aware of breast cancer these days? Pink ribbon trinkets on store shelves that promote ‘awareness’ ultimately change nothing. We have more than enough awareness, but not nearly enough action that will make a cancer or survive it.” social media, but how often does this actually prompt us to be proactive and do something that will actually More times than not, we come across a pink ribbon and do nothing more than notice it. This is the type of behavior we believe needs to change. This is not to say that anyone in particular is a bad expect miracles out of anyone. We do believe, however, that as a collective society we could be doing more. There is a common misconception that breast cancer is only found in women. Many don’t realize that a person doesn’t need to have a set a breasts to get breast cancer. What many don’t know is that breast cancer
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can also be found in men. According to the American Cancer Society, “Breast cancer is a malignant tumor that starts from cells of the breast. A malignant tumor is a group of cancer cells that may grow into (invade) surrounding tissues or spread (metastasize) to distant areas of the body. Breast cancer occurs mainly in women, but men can get it, too. Many people do not realize that men have breast tissue and that they can develop breast cancer.” It goes without saying that pink is a color often associated with women. It is stereotypically a feminine color. Just think, when you were a baby, what color was your room, your bib, your clothes? More than likely, if you’re a girl, pink was the default color for you. For boys, the default color is typically blue. With that said, when people see pink ribbons they
of attention and overshadows the women living with, dying from, and at risk of the disease. After twenty years of pink ribbons and awareness campaigns, the pink ribbon is now a distraction, diverting attention away from the critically important work of addressing and ending this breast cancer epidemic.” battle. While this view may seem a bit extreme, parts of it hold true. The Equinox encourages people to particiare placing it in a certain category of masculine or femi- pate in National Breast Cancer Awareness month, but we want to encourage people to go beyond the pink from the cancer and deserve equal representation. Think before you pink argues that the ribbon isn’t a ture on Facebook to a pink ribbon really do for those helpful symbol for those battling breast cancer, instead it acts as a burden to it. “Where once the stated aim of the pink ribbon was to draw attention to women with breast cancer, now the pink ribbon itself is the center
case “women.” That is not a fair assessment to make. Yes, more women are diagnosed with breast cancer than men, but just because the statistics show higher rates of women experiencing breast cancer doesn’t mean we
STAFF COMMENTARY
Student with cerebral palsy clarifies misconceptions about living with a disability JACOB BARRETT
opening doors, driving, making food, etc, are not hard, but I have spent a long time working very hard on You’ve probably seen me rolling around campus in erally I don’t need help with anything and, when I do, my nifty black and red walker with my headphones in, I’ve learned to swallow my pride and ask for it. Howor in Zorn Dining Commons with some friends. ever, there are some people who are very persistent. You’ll notice that I usually am a friendly person, Several times a day, people ask me if I need help saying hello to those who pass by and then going pulling out my chair, carrying my backpack, or ask me about the rest of my day. A very normal day, at least if I’m lost if I’m just sitting on my walker. While I, and many of my handicapped counterparts, see the world and how I do things. I was born with a condition called Cerebral Palsy, take no for an answer. I don’t mean that in a rude way, a neurological condition developed shortly before, but imagine that you’re going about your day putting during or after birth, which in short is a group of groceries in your car and someone approaches you movement disorders. and asks if you need help and you say, “No, thank you, though!” because you can do it yourself. by case basis. For me, my legs are what are mainly Then they ask again, and again, and then they just take matters into their own hands and take the bags get around, making performing simple tasks a little from your hands and put them in your car anyway. more interesting. This dialogue could and does happen in any situation. I say interesting because much of these tasks, like How do you feel about that? A little annoyed, right?
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Here’s the thing, by taking matters into your own hands without permission, you’ve disregarded and undermined the hard work that I’ve put into being independent. All the surgeries I’ve had and physical therapy I’ve done to be able to stand there, hold my balance and put those groceries away, has taken a lot of thought and hard work. I understand that you want to help and/ or do your good deed for the day, but when I say I can handle doing something, treat me like anyone else and move on. See, in my 21 years on Earth I’ve learned that many people have certain misconceptions about not only me, but many other handicapped individuals. Society tends to treat disabled people with kid gloves. Constantly asking if we need help isn’t actually helping, it’s not reality. The goal of anybody with a disability is to be independent. The fact is that they need to adapt to what is mostly an inaccessible world. That means a lot of blood, sweat and tears. It took
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me years to learn how to open a door without falling, it. The reason why I was able to learn these things is because the people around me made me do it and wouldn’t cut me any slack. So by doing the kid in the walker a favor, you’re not really doing them a favor. Life is a learning experience, that doesn’t change because of a disability. If you see me on campus, say hello. I’ll give you a nod and maybe we’ll chat for a bit between classes. If I seem to be having a tough time, don’t immediately jump to my aid, let me struggle. In my head I’m thinking of an easy way to do it. If I need your help, I’ll ask. If I mess up so badly that I Just know I’ll always get back up. With the whole not-being-able-to-walk thing going for me, I’ve gotten pretty good at it. Jacob Barrett can be contacted at jbarrett@kscequinox.com
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STAFF COMMENTARY
CNN special “#Being13” sheds light on social media issues in teens
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Anderson Cooper teams up with experts to see just how much social media is impacting young teens CLAIRE HICKEY
Equinox Staff bother checking social platforms if it does nothing but cause distress? The Anderson Cooper and CNN recently debuted a CNN special report A lot of the teens said they felt that when their friends would get study answered this question with one simple statement: social media is an titled “#Being13: Inside the Secret World of Teens” in which Cooper, sociologist Robert Faris and child clinical psychologist Marion Underwood stud- They checked social media constantly, some more than 100 times a day, just In the special, 13-year-old Gia said, “I would rather not eat for a week to be sure no one was saying anything about them or hanging out without the special forced me to compare present-day 13-year-olds to myself when As a consequence, it seemed as if the 13-year-olds were dressing, speaking and posting things that made them seem much older than they were as There is a sense of narcissism that comes from social media (I’d like to always noticed that today’s teens look and act much older than they are, but reaction from their peers from calling the quiet kid from algebra a freak on didn’t know more than three swears until I was 15 and just learned how to -
Middle school, for me, was dog-eat-dog; there was bullying and spats to be popular and liked surpasses the golden rule of treating people how eighth graders and these eighth graders is that any confrontation we may
teen’s fear of missing out and their habit of imitating things they see on TV after 24 hours that your friends can see on that platform) and found myself distressed because I felt as if I was missing out on the fun my friends were
It’s because of this that cyberbullying has become such a prominant
This fear of missing out [FOMO] was discussed frequently by teens in
people, saying the harshest things you can imagine and cussing them out
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How much does a child really benefit from attending Pre-K?
Free the nipple campaign sparks debate
HEATHER O’BRIEN
who attended the same pre-K school
Equinox Staff As a parent, wondering if it’s ben-
By the way, children in New
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There is nothing wrong with child’s mind thinking about subjects
of 20 to 30 percent between poor stu-
According to The New York Times, that children who attended Pre-K had I think that attending Pre-K can
professor and the Tennessee study’s co-author Dale Farran stated that
because the child learns subjects and how to communicate with their tion of the children in pre-K tracked
that pre-K can necessarily set a child up to pass or fail throughout the rest
ing to the basis of the Free the Nipple Campaign, paign is to allow women physical equality with The idea that being shirtless in public has not ity is one of the major factors in why women are not that the physical body should not be the primary that men and women are not equal has been rein- focus on accepting people for who they are, not how
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preschools, the adults usually do all retain much from attending pre-K the talking while the children sit in a doesn’t mean that students in difin Boston who work with people ferent parts of the country couldn’t about the concept of length by comThe New York Times stated that a paring the shadows they cast when feel that attending pre-K can present
for equal pay for both men and women in the work- In order to acknowledge that one is equal with another both parties must acknowledge the faults Many statistics declare that more women are - Real Beauty Campaign a few years back was about tistics are indicators of the gender role change that
kindergartners in Boston gained up They learn about measurement by start thinking about aspects of life - producing a guide to making light that maybe they can’t get at home at
paign is about eliminating the physical boundaries
I remember being hands-on in my
made friends there and grew up with them throughout the school system
Allowing your child to attend Pre-K could help better their commuaround in a circle and learning about nication and relationship skills while how many months are in a year and learning how to be respectful and
gender, but that doesn’t mean that equality cannot
that in the naturalistic order of people that it is not the physical appearance of someone that creates the
“I don’t feel that pre-K can necessarily set a child up to pass or fail throughout the rest of their academic career.” HEATHER O’BRIEN EQUINOX STAFF
- to say that the choice for toplessness shouldn’t be the tribes and the women are the stereotypical gath- scious choice to take away something that makes -
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Equinox Staff Orientation.” Orientation leaders can expect to see Responsible, approachable, team player– changes within themselves as well as the stuthese are some adjectives that have been dents they guide throughout orientation. used to describe potential orientation leaders. Housing Services has begun the search and shy.” the 2016 year. “You become a leader,” Macri stated. orientation, Kyle Hastbacka and Samantha be courageous as she progressed as an OrienBisignano, this is the earliest that orientation tation leader. now being picked in October 8, months prior to orientation. has received over the past year.
“You go into training knowing no one, and igan said. ive and have supported her through some ori-
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being hired early is just a small change. We can expect to see a January Orientation
tion] again this year,” DePolo said. The community is something that each Fall and Spring semesters. Orientation leader said is worth the whole - Orientation leader experience. gram is making a point to help out with midwas what meant the most to her. session. This year there will be a January Orientation Program that will closely resemble the June Orientation.
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boosts its members and everyone knows each other so well and will be there to have each these programs. “Being an Orientation leader others back. As he discusses how entering orientation student,” Marissa DePolo, a returning OrienDePolo said that this is especially impornervous. Orientation helps people reach out and connect with other students. Moranda
This community is what brings back Ori-
to-student connection between orientation (such as exhausting hours or trouble with Noah Macri, another returning Orienincoming students become more acclimated
nity is such a big way.
Students agreed with these statements. but, as the saying goes, you give what you get. Being an Orientation leader shows that this stated that his orientation experience was
moment here to count. Orientation is about
and interesting.” Veronica Reeder can be contacted at Vreeder@kscequinox.com my Orientation leader and went through Ori-
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Feeling at home in Galaway, Ireland ALI GILLERAN
“I knew Galway was the place for me when, on the taxi ride from the bus station to my apartment building, the taxi driver, who lived in America for a few years, said that Galway was recently named the nicest city in the world.”
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been. It is impossible to perfectly describe going abroad from getting lost in a city and having to ask for directions to participating in the culture and traditions that are native to the region.
came to buying gifts for our families and friends and more importantly visiting all the popular pubs and
appreciate a country or a city is to spend four months or more living in that country and act like a native for
sign up to participate in the study abroad program for
research and learn more about going abroad because no The most interesting part of attending a college in another country is meeting people from all around the
It is so much fun talking to an Irish or European stu-
Ali Gilleran can be contacted at Ali.Gilleran@ksc.keene.edu
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KSC Junior visited Connemara, a national park near Galway, on a day tour with her college.
I have already been to so many breathtaking places similar or even bigger itch to travel around Europe and
Dublin and my traveling days have just become.
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Ingredients: Pillsbury pie crust Apples (6) Old-fashioned oats (½ cup) Cinnamon (¾ teaspoon) Nutmeg (3/4 teaspoon) Lemon Juice (3 tablespoons)
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covered. a fork. Tara Levy can be contacted at Tlevy@kscequinox.com
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and friends were Pinsonneault added, “I was so afraid for nothing.”
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part is letting clients and people in professional settings be comfortable and accepting. “For me, I am okay with people not totally getting my gender the way I get it because I generally don’t think that anyone is ever going to completely understand the way I see myself and as long as they can respect me and care about me and think that I am awesome [that] is really all that I can ask for,” Fischer said. Hunter Kirschner, Program Support Assistant for LGBTQ Students, helped facilitate this event. Kirschner said, “I feel like our stories are told narrowly or by someone else so the panel I’m doing as well as this lunch is coming together to kind of share our experiences with each other as well as our campus community which allows us to take ownership.” Kirschner explained that the purpose of this is to encourage other people so they don’t have to be silent or exploited in their experience and to assure them that they are not alone. KSC students were able to share their stories as well. Two students even acknowledged how they both are open about their sexuality here at school, even though their families back home are unaware of this. Other students attended the event simply to engage with others and educate themselves on all aspects of the community they are apart of. Senior Siobhan Fuller said, “I think this is a huge component of just understanding and more so just accepting. I think these
Keene State College united Monday to celebrate diversity for National Coming Out Day. National Coming Out Day is a Human Rights Campaign to celebrate coming out as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ). This day is recognized on October 11, the anniversary of the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights that occurred in 1988. This was a big year for prominent individuals such as Bruce Jenner, Miley Cyrus, Kristen Stewart, Tim Cook and Jussie Smollett who all came out this year. So, what exactly does it mean to come out? Coming out is announcing one’s sexual orientation or gender identity to family and friends. KSC isn’t the only one celebrating National Coming Out Day. Several people social media, posting inspirational pictures, tweets and videos. ing a luncheon in the Mountain View Room of the Student Center. Students, faculty and even Keene State president Anne Huot attended, where they became acquainted with each other, ate food and played ice breaker games. uals, Elise Morrissette, Gage Martin, Bella Ortiz-Wren, Todd Pinsonneault and Alex Fischer,who identify themselves as either lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer, spoke on their experiences and told the audience their personal stories. Despite some of their fears of speaking so personally to a crowd of strangers, they said they found the courage to do so in to come out to themselves and their peers. Each member of the panel described what it was like to come out, when they decided to do so and whom they came out to. For some of the panel, coming out to family and friends was easier than for others. Having families with traditional expec-
just an easy step for someone who may be thinking I want to be more comfortable with this issue so that when I approach someone myself I feel like I can apply the appropriate feedback and give the appropriate reaction.” of all ages, genders and sexualities to hold with them. Losing friends is a trend, and it is hard to lose a whole group of them. ive communities and people who have similarities that make them feel comCOLTON MCKRAKEN/ EQUINOX STAFF
LGBTQ members, KSC students, faculty and president Anne E. Huot came out to lunch to celebrate national coming out day.
a huge Vietnamese family, cultural for her took perseverance on my part to keep introsexuality. KSC Alumni Elise Morrissette described it was not super accepting. It actually came ducing her to people,” Morrissette said. “My what it was like for her. Her father was out mid-argument where I was like, ‘Oh family is more accepting now, but it does take time,” she added. understanding, but her mother, on the other yeah mom well I’m gay.’ I t was terrible on both of our parts and it For KSC Alumni Todd Pinsonneault it hand, was not so accepting. “Coming from
took time likewise. “I just kept putting it and then next family crisis happens. It was excuse after excuse,” Pinsonneault said. After realizing how accepting his family
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Students find Digital Dirt at KSC
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What do employers see when they Google you? LEIGHA HALL
Equinox Staff Keene State College helps young adults achieve higher education. However, obtaining a degree is not enough to succeed in a career. Networking has become the best way to gain connections in life through a digital medium. Keene State College Academic and Career Adviser Louise Ewing shared some information for KSC students about what they should start paying attention to. “You cannot avoid it, students need to look at the privacy settings such as Facebook. On Facebook you can go to the settings and list it as private such as tagging photos,” Ewing said. “Many employers are googling applicants for jobs. If you can get hired or not,” Ewing explained. According to Ewing, around 80 percent of companies will google their applicant’s name for a job or internships.
Keene State graduate Carter Roane said he was aware that companies can do this for safety measures. “I used to work at Res. Life at other schools. I had a blog, and one of the interviewers was impressed by my blog. They do pay attention, I was glad that my blog was professional. I was an RA [resident assistant] for three years,” Roane said. Roane said he also started to pay attention to what he posted and he didn’t post anything negative on his Facebook page. Owls nest Resident Assistant Christie Kushnir was also aware that companies can do this for safety measures. “No, I never had a job that did this. I work as a nanny in my hometown. Besides, I have nothing to hide,” Kushnir said. Kushnir explained that she always pays attention on what she posts online. “I feel like it is invading your privacy. However, I feel like you have to pay attention [to] what you post online
According to Ewing, the best solution is to make a
“I don’t have a Linkedin account, but I know someone who has one. It is a good networking tool to have,” can make yourself “noticeable in a positive way.” She Larrabee said. shared that this is a good thing for companies to see Roane advised senior or juniors to be aware of this from applicants. for the future. “Many companies do this now. It is “That’s what you want to do. Having a good resume important to look professional as possible. If you want is very important and you can post it up on Linkedin, to have a personal page make sure you check your priit can help in the long run,” Edwing explained, “Even vacy settings,” Roane said. Roane said he doesn’t feel like his privacy has been invaded. “Keep it to yourself, general.” when you’re looking for a job put your best foot forKSC senior Devon Larrabee said that he also started ward,” Roane said. to pay attention to the things he posted online. Larrabee If any student would like Ewing to google their said, “If I’m out having fun with my friends, I have to be name, Digital Dirt Dig occurs every Wednesday at careful what gets posted on the internet.” Larrabee said he believes companies who google applicants’ names Center. Everyone is welcome to drop-in. should depend on the type of job. Future music teacher, Larrabee believes that compaLeigha Hall can be contacted at nies googling applicants’ names is not invading his priLhall@kscequinox.com vacy. “I am going to be interacted with children. A parent the companies are coming from because they need to wouldn’t want to see their kid’s teacher in inappropriate watch their back for who they are hiring,” Kushnir said. photos online,” Larrabee added.
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will not have to work inside a little box doing the same tasks over and over. a disappointment. Sometimes you don’t learn what you want or you are at Everybody has a lot of tasks and a much more broader job description and the top and you say this is what I want to do but there are very few opporHe continued, “From coming here I hope that this will be an experience tunities because some big scale companies rely on interns. Students need to where they students can see that a place like Cedarcrest is an incredibly One internship site that has repeatedly employed KSC students as rewarding place to work. It is an unusual kind of experience that is more real and more diverse.” interns is Cedarcrest Center for Children with Disabilities. From the student perspective, senior and dual major of education and dance education, Ana Webster said that she has worked with her dance said that the center has been employing KSC studentss for four years. education internship for three semesters, where she teaches an after-school have had some in social services and even some graduate student interns dance program that is based on educational dance. “My dance education internships are divided 1, 2, and 3 so there are difwho are in the therapy departments and things like that. do not come here and work full time for a semester, it just gives them a tion,” Fuller said. In terms of interns’ responsibilities for when they begin their experience at the Center, Fuller said it all depends on what skills they can bring to the table.
schools in Walpole and the third is in Marlborough. I actually teach at my internship once a week but the class also meets on Thursday’s so we can discuss our lesson plans,” Webster said. Webster said that from these experiences, she will be able to carry on what she has learned from the after school programs into her own classroom one day.
use whatever special skills they can bring in to kind of get a sense of what they can do for us that’ll be related to the type of work they are interested in. We try to structure it so we can give them an overview of what we do, we try to not make it all about clerical work,” Fuller said. Fuller added that the overall experience with working with KSC students throughout the last few years had been, for the most part, very good.
has taught me how I can relate dance into the classroom at school. Although it can be time consuming, this experience has reinforced my belief that
Prior to her internships, Webster said that she only had knowledge of studio style dance and technique and, although educational dance involves such knowledge, it also includes more of the textbook content. ”Interning has given me more experience in working with children and has shown me how my second major of dance education can relate to my do not do any formal evaluation of students. Interns have always been for elementary school degree. Dance can be used to teach a variety of topics the most part incredibly responsible and have taken their tasks seriously and have worked at whatever projects we give them. We are an unusual through movement. Everything I have learned throughout the last three work that we do, so it is an unusual opportunity. It takes a special person to semesters and everything new that I have been continuing to learn will defdo all the kinds of things that they are called on to do and to interact with initely be with me when I have my own classroom full of students,” Webster said. our kids,” Fuller said. From working at the Center, Fuller said he hopes that student interns is all about. -
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Workplace etiquette Dress for success BROGAN WESSELL
Equinox Staff As students venture through their four years at Keene State College, they are constantly reminded of the importance internships have in their education as they are able to gain real world knowledge and According to Journalism Department Chair Rose Kundanis, majors strongly encourage students to get involved with some sort of internship so that they can gain real world “Majors cannot require students to do at least one semester of internship per-say because there are not enough opportunities in
to an entry level job that a student might want to take on once they internship course for the Journalism program, Kundanis said that students have to complete some - sort of assignment(s) based on what nis said that it is a two-way street between faculty and students to “We do not have a separate course for internships but what we do have is the accountability to the academic supervisor who gives the addition to getting that information from us in terms of faculty, we also includes some kind of logging and encourage students to look on their submission of work, meeting with your professor and communication internships that are closer to their between the college and the site of hometowns because they are either in the summer or during an interAs far as expectations and goals session when they do not have their go for the internship experience, residency here at a residence hall,” Kundanis said that she hopes stu-
Prior to beginning the hunt for we do strongly encourage students internships, Kundanis said that she because they do not really know what they are getting into with their majors until they have tried it
between what they do and do not
STEPHANIE MCCANN
Equinox Staff Gauthier also said that his internship’s dress code is Everyone has heard the phrase “dress to impress,” but what someone wears to impress their friends on across the Keene State College campus are getting involved with internships in order to prepare themting the chance to dress up in business clothes and their
Gauthier said he believes it’s appropriate to dress “When we’re given the opportunity of an intern-
internship at Monadnock Center for Violence Preven-
job opportunities he has had in the past were partly is extremely important to how people perceive you and
that students get a sense of what
were dealing with so much there that you kind of need to be comfortable to make the people you’re working internship seriously, the easiest way to show it is how
not a good place to be out in the also might want something that out that they may not like a particu- pays or go for a more competitive She continued, “We encourage what aligns with certain interests students for two reasons: so stu- and to kind of have a longer term
dents to understand that it is not
things is just learning all of the things that students are going to
and we encourage students to explore what is best for them,” Kun- lot to be learned and sometimes it is will look good on a resume and could also have a close connection
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Gauthier, who said he is only shadowing at his
While some internships have a more casual dress uncomfortable if you’re wearing some extremely fancy preparing to spend next semester doing a preceptorAnother KSC senior Cody Gauthier is interning this -
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and said, “I actually ended up not really liking When asked about her thoughts on the
This past Thursday October 8th, the Keene State Film Society paid tribute to a foreign classic at its Film Archive Night at the Putnam Theatre on campus. Every Thursday the Film Society chooses
to go to archive night and see all of have preserved.” She kind of the fun of it, just picking one and s h o w ing it to
wide ranging archive to show and all are welcome, free of
suggestions from the public and use those suggestions to decide what kind of movies they will play placed in the lobby of the Putnam theatre open for feedback from anyone interested, Rees said. Rees also talked about how much she enjoys hearing feedback from viewers. “I really enjoy when I do get feedback, sometimes people stop me on campus and [are] like ‘I really liked that now I want to go all the time now,”,Rees said with a smile. She continued, “That really warms my heart because a few of us put a lot of work into this…and for someone to acknowledge that is really nice so I really want to keep it (the event) going, let more people know about it and get more people involved.” archive night, and how the event could be better. “Mostly I just want them (the audience) to come see,” Attridge said. Attridge continued, “We could do better attracting an audience and advertising in general.” Film Society member Connor Vail talked about
charge. This w e e k t h e screening showed the French 1960s classic Hiroshima Mon Amour. The movie is about a Japanese architect and French actress who fall into a wild romance in Hiroshima after the war. The couple discovers deep and dark secrets about their past lovers and of World War II in Japan. The black and white drama was viewed by a crowd of about 20, including a few members of
people. Whether you like just kind of cool to see someAlthough at times
mally see the light of day,” Vail said. “I probably any point, so it was great to get an opportunity Vail continued, “I think people are missing out
all movie-goers should witness. The 16 millimeter
ence…it reminded me a lot of my childhood.” was “cinema history” and encourages all to check
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of its time.
so much about it,” Rees said. She then laughed
fellow Keene State Owls could be missing out on.
The Film Society meets every Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. and the Thursday screenings at the Putnam Theatre are at 7:00 p.m. Nick Tocco can be contacted at ntocco@kscequinox.com
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Take a class in blowing glass KENDALL POPE
Managing ExEcutivE Editor Glassblowing is an art that melts color, texture, shape and passion all into one. Owner and educator at the Hot Glass Art Center in Marlborough, NH, Jordana Korsen came across glassblowing has her own space to teach her true passion. “Glass is my jam, glass is my medium and teaching is really what I’m good at and that’s when I realized I needed to start my own place,” Korsen said. Korsen was teaching glassblowing at Franklin Pierce College for over 20 years and decided to leave the academic setting due to its restrictions for students and change. “The idea came from the need to want to teach but not in a traditional academic setting, because the traditional is exhausting,”Korsen said. She continued, “I felt the need to move along from that kind of atmosphere to an atmosphere that embraces all types [of] ages and it doesn’t matter where you came from. If you want to learn about glass we’ll teach you about glass. There’s no prerequisites or if you don’t have a pedigree in blah,blah,blah then you can’t take that, and it’s not about that here. I think people recognize that and appreciate it. We have kids and old people types of walks of life come here and everybody is treated the same and that’s what it should be about, but that’s sadly what it’s seldom about. I can learn and enjoy.” Korsen contacted a former student and long time friend Brigida Mosley. Mosley concentrated in glass blowing and pottery in college at Franklin Pierce where the two met and before working at the art center was assisting other local artists with various projects. “When she [Korsen] said she was doing this I said by all means whatever you need,” Mosley said. As Korsen’s assistant, Mosley said that Korsen can make whatever someone wants and that she rarely says no to people who bring her challenging projects. “She’s [Korsen] so skilled, she’s made many things, and if she hasn’t made it she has the skills One of the things that’s unique about the center is that there’s a variety of options to create their own glass art. One way to get the hands-on experience is too
book a private lesson. The lesson can be one on one or with a group of people. The private lessons cost $85.00 an hour and people can usually make two pieces in an hour. According to Korsen, the private lessons are the most popular. “We set up a time that works for their life, usually one of two of us is teaching and it’s one hundred percent hands-on learning. It’s the epitome of hands-on learning. We have them get right into it and make whatever they’re interested in making. It’s all hard. So it’s not like ‘You can’t make that because it’s hard,’ because it’s all hard so just make what you want, “ Korsen said. Keene Middle School Art teacher and friend of Korsen, Kristin Froling brought her son and daughter to the center to celebrate her daughter’s birthday. Froling said she was curious about the center
ing pipe and take the amount of glass you need from the main oven. Next, to create the color of the piece by taking the glass and dipping it into a bowl of broken pieces of the color the person wants, then put the dipped piece in the smaller oven to melt the two together. After that the blower will go through a series of ways to shape the glass. Korsen said one way to shape the piece is to roll the molten glass on a stainless steel table called a marver. The other is to shape the glass with various wooden tools at a seated station. This process is repeated multiple times to get the held torch and placed in another oven to cool.
“It was incredible. They are so knowledgable and helpful and it’s not intimidating and the kids were really excited about it,” Froling said. Froling’s son Ben, 11, said that the best part was getting to actually blow the glass himself and he said that he wants to come back soon. Ben, who made a drinking glass at their visit is already planning to challenge himself for next time. “I’m not sure what but I think I want to make something a little harder but also really cool,” Ben Froling said. The next option for those who want to truly learn how to blow glass is to sign up for either a six or eight week session. “We give a little more trust to our recurring students because we know they’re coming back several times and are here for hours at a time. So we have them gathering and we give them more responsibility. It’s a commitment you have to be committed to doing it, to learning, improving and a one day thing isn’t enough to get that commitment level,” Korsen said. If someone wants a special project but doesn’t have time to come make it themselves they can describe the piece and Korsen and her team will make it for them. However, if there are people in the area that know how to glass blow but do not have a space at home or studio to work in they can come and rent space in the center. “They can come here, rent tools, rent pipes or bring their own tools. If they don’t we have everything they need to just come in and work if you know what you’re doing and are safe in the space,” Mosley said. Safety is a huge concern considering that the main over holds 375 pounds of molten glass. -
oven and are ready to picked up once they have cooled for 11 hours. Aside from teaching her own classes at the center Korsen has teamed up with the New Hampshire Institute of Art and is advertising classes for the institute’s continuing education program. “Through the program we’ve gotten some people we wouldn’t have reached out to otherwise so it’s good for us and good for them because it gives them ( NHIA) the opportunity
annealing oven which is held at 940 degrees and slowly cools to room temperature once the shop
us the opportunity to branch out our network of people,” Korsen said. When asked if she had reached out to Keene State College yet about a program like this Korsen said, “I’ve already talked to the dean and he seems super friendly and awesome and the head of the art department and they have all the paperwork so it’s just a matter of KSC agreeing this point and I don’t see why it shouldn’t work all those years at Franklin Pierce the Keene State students would eat it up and it would be great. It would also be a little more special because it’s
that we’ll make it work out with them (KSC) too,” Korsen said. Kendall Pope can be contacted at kpope@kscequinox.com
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Top - Owner of Hot Glass Art Center Jordana Korsen shows off her skills by making a penguin paper weight Middle - Keene Middle school art teacher Kristin Froling and her children bond over hands-on creativty Bottom- Folings daughter blows into the glass pipe to create a cup.
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In this Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015 photo, Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Cecile Richards is sworn in before testifying at a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Hearing on "Planned Parenthood's Taxpayer Funding," in Washington. Responding to a furor over undercover videos, Planned Parenthood said Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015 it will maintain programs at some of its clinics that make fetal tissue available for research, but will no longer accept any sort of payment to cover the costs of those programs.
Vatican seeks to quell talk of letter to pope on family
Memphis chief says not enough evidence for murder charge ADRIAN SAINZ
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Memphis Police Director Toney Armstrong provides additional information about the shooting death of off duty officer Terence Olridge during a news conferene, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015, in Memphis, Tenn. The off-duty officer was not taking "official police action" when he was killed in a shootout with a neighbor, and there is not enough evidence to charge the neighbor Lorenzo Clark with murder, a police chief said Tuesday.
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Pope Francis talks with Cardinal Edoardo Menichelli, back to camera, as he arrives for the opening session of a two-week bishops' meeting on family issues, at the Vatican, Monday, Oct. 5, 2015. The Synod of bishops and cardinals from around the world is aimed at making the church's teaching on family life relevant to today's Catholic families.
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Top beer makers to join forces to face industry challenges
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Bottles of Budweiser beer in a shop window in London, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015. The world's top two beer makers agreed Tuesday to join forces to create a company that would control nearly a third of the global market. AB InBev's brands include Budweiser, Stella Artois and Corona, while SABMiller produces Peroni and Grolsch.
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FILE - In this April 5, 2007 file photo, Playboy Enterprises founder Hugh Hefner poses with a copy of Playboy magazine featuring Anna Nicole Smith as Playmate of the Year, at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles. The magazine that helped usher in the sexual revolution in the 1950s and '60s by bringing nudity into America's living rooms announced this week that it will no longer run photos of completely naked women. Starting in March, 2016, Playboy's print edition will still feature women in provocative poses, but they will no longer be fully nude.
Sexually explicit magazine challenged by content accessed by internet JOHN ROGERS
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California's sweeping new social policies could set trend JULIET WILLIAMS
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THE EQUINOX ATHLETE of the WEEK NAME: SHANNON SUMMERS
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Shannon Summers (22) moves towards goal in a recent game at Owl Athletic Complex
THE EQUINOX WEEKLY WORKOUT JURIEN GARRISON
Day 2
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1. Wide Grip Lat Pull-down:
Day 1 2. Barbell Bench Press:
1. Regular Crunches:
2. Body Weight Squats:
3. Standing Dumbbell Calf Raise:
4. Dumbbell Squat:
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Pictured above is a barbell bench press, which is part of day 2.
3.Dumbbell Shoulder Press:
4. Triceps Pushdown:
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Day 3
Day 4 1. Jumping Jacks:
2. Regular Crunches: 3. Regular Form Pushups: 4. Body Weight Squats: PHOTO EDITOR / TIM SMITH
Pictured above is a regular form pushup. The pushup is an effective exercise and is part of day 4.
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KSC reacts to fantasy sports scandal NICK TOCCO
misrepresentation of their organizations, ESPN business reporter Darren Rovell said. Reportedly, Draft Kings employees, not being allowed to use Draft Kings, won a mass sum of money on a Fanduel account allegedly using advanced statistics and analytics to give them an unfair advantage. Keene State College senior and Draft Kings user Zac Proctor started using Draft Kings this past summer and hasn’t stopped since. Starting with a base of 25 dollars, Proctor said, “I haven’t cashed out at all, I always just keep investing.” Proctor and some of his friends who use Draft Kings have had some success as Proctor said his room-
Equinox Staff The fantasy sports powerhouses Draft Kings and Fanduel have come
millions of users with awkward feelings. The two websites have allowed fantasy sports users to participate in gambling in a revolutionary way. Users have the ability to join leagues of their choosing, draft players on a weekly basis and, most importantly, win substantial amounts of money. Both sites have heavily advertised that players have won up to 1 million dollars and that anyone who plays Draft Kings or Fanduel has a great chance of winning. The sites allow players to buy in at any of an original investment of twentyprice they choose, giving the player When asked if he felt uncomfortare weekly, any player has the right able about using the site given the to begin playing or cash out at any recent negative news, Proctor said, time. Due to the convenience and like that happened regardless. As become dominant forces in fantasy long as I don’t lose a ton of money sports with millions of users. on it I don’t really care.” But in the midst of their sucBut not all Keene State users share the same outlook. Keene State themselves making national head- College student Nick Leischner has lines for the wrong reasons. A been using Draft Kings and Fanduel for close to two years and has past week against Draft Kings and taken playing very seriously since Fanduel for fraud, negligence and the start of the Major League Base-
ball season in April. Putting the scandal in perspective, Leischner said, ”It’s kind of like trying to get a better score than your friend on a math test but your friend has the answer key to the test and he doesn’t tell you.” He continued,”I feel like I’ve been cheated out of a lot of money. Every week I put in a ton of hours trying to create the perfect line up. It’s not like I’m doing this for just fun either. I’m investing hundreds of dollars. This is a life changing amount of money that I’m playing for and it makes me so mad that there is a guy behind the scenes everyone else’s.” Although he is outraged, Leischner said he’s still going to submit his NFL lineups every week, but not at as high stakes as he’s been playing recently. Leischner also shared his thoughts regarding the future of both sites. “Draft Kings and Fanduel have already lost a lot of customers because of the scandal,” Leischner said. “The outcome of the case will decide whether or not people will continue playing.” Nick can be contacted at ntocco@kscequinox.com
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Laires scores first career goal as Owls continue to battle SHELBY IAVA
Social MEdia dirEctor It must have been the luck of the Irish this past week for the Owls. The women’s soccer team had an unbelievable comeback when they went up against Middlebury College on Monday night. At the half the lady Owls were down 0-3. With an inspirational talk from their coach Denise Lyons, also known as “Irish”, the Owls came back with a new mindset. a corner from one of our defenders, and she’s never scored a goal senior captain Shannon Summers said. KSC sophomore Tori Laires
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Tori Laires (14, white) works to defend the ball against an opponent in a recent game at Owl Athletic Complex
coming out of the half. “It felt great to get that goal. At halftime we didn’t think we would have a comeback because this team is nationally ranked, but we had a motivational halftime
talk with our coach, picking our elbow me in the face,” Laires said. heads up and when I scored that Laires had broken her nose goal for our team it made every- and was out for the rest of the game. the rest of the game,” Laires said. Just like that the Owls were game, the Owls knew they had on the board. With just scoring to hold the tie for them to go into one goal the Owls were back and overtime. “We made it to overready to play. time and then double overtime,” “So we were down 3-1 but there Summers said. was a new energy,” Summers said. After double overtime the game was over leaving the score with just seven minutes left in 3-3. “We were so happy with what the game. Thirty-three seconds we had accomplished that game, it later there was another goal from felt like we won even though we Sierra Trzepacz. tied,” Summers said. “We always know going into a “We should never forget this Middlebury game that it’s going game, and remember to never to be tough, they’re a good team give up,” Assistant Coach Sarah and they’re nationally ranked,” Testo said. Summers said. Wednesday was another successful night for the women’s another teammate collided. “Nat- soccer team.. They were away and alie Roca and I were double-team- played at Worcester State Univering one of the strongest players sity. who was on a breakaway and the Middlebury player shoved Nat- of the game Summers scored the alie into me causing Natalie to
“Worcester came back and mers said. The Owls had multiple opportunities in the second half. “We Summers said. They went into over time and within two minutes Morgan Kathan scored and ended the game with an overall score of 2-1. Although Laires had a broken nose from the previous game, she came prepared. She had a facemask to protect her nose and was able to play the entire game. Laires will be getting surgery this week and will be back on teenth.
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Keene State Athletics
KEENE STATE COLLEGE ATHLETIC TEAM RECORDS Men’s Soccer Overall
Men’s and Women’s Cross Country
Home
3-7
2-3
vs. Rhode Island College Team Keene State
Points
Rhode Island
Open New England 1-4 Lost 3 10-4 Championship
Away
Streak
@ Eastern Conn.
1
Team Keene State
3
Eastern Conn.
Women’s Soccer Overall Home
Points 0
Away
Team Worcester State
Points
Keene State
1
Streak
2
vs. Rhode Island College
Team Rhode Island College Keene State
Name/Time
Men’s Ian Connell 27:54.81
Name/Time
Women’s Katharine Lynch 20:23.07
2
7-3-2 4-3-1 3-0-1 Won 2 @ Worcester State
Field Hockey Overall
Matt Dudley 30:22.29
Cara Colotti 20:38.31 Lauren Markoe 21:28.12
Points
Home
6-1
Away
4-3
@ Bridgewater St.
Team Bridgewater State Keene State Volleyball Overall
14-8
Points 1 2
Home
8-1
vs. Eastern Conn. @ Springfield
Streak
Won 6
@ Southern Maine Team Southern Maine Keene State
Points
Away
Streak
1-4
1 4
Lost 1
@ Springfield College
0
Team Keene State
Points 3
Team Keene State
Points 0
6
Eastern Conn.
0
Springfield
3
Upcoming Games Men’s Soccer Saturday, October 17 vs. UMass Dartmouth
1:00 p.m.
Women’s Soccer Thursday, October 15 vs. Smith College 4:00 p.m.
Field Hockey Friday, October 16 vs. Eastern Conn. 6:00 p.m.
Volleyball Saturday, October 1 @ Plymouth State 6:00 p.m.
Cross Country Saturday, October 17 Conn. College Invitational 11:00 a.m.
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STAFF COMMENTARY
Patriots ride victorious out of Dallas Part of me felt bad for the Cowboys going into this game. All the Cowboys do year in and year out is disappoint their fanbase. They just lost their
like nothing could be going worse in Dallas, the “Kill Everybody Tour” rolled into AT&T Stadium. In case you haven’t heard, the “Kill Everybody Tour” is a term that has been used in the media to describe the dismantling of opponents done by
New England tops Dallas 30-6 JAKE COUGHLIN
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Like I said, I did have a little bit of sympathy for the Cowboys going into this past week. That is, until I heard the comments dished out by Cowboys Defensive End Greg Hardy before the game. Hardy, who was making his return from a 4-game suspension due to issues regarding domestic violence, took shots at Tom Brady, the Pats, and even made some eye-opening remarks about Brady’s supermodel wife, Gisele Bündchen. Now, I wouldn’t have cared that much if Hardy had just gone after Brady. Everybody and their brother has tried to take shots at the king at one point or another. That’s just the nature of the game. But when someone who has just served a suspension for domestic violence takes a shot at another competitor’s wife, I personally feel that he deserves to have his teeth kicked in “if you come at the king, you best not miss”. Well, I think in this case it was more like, “if you come at the king’s wife, your team is going to lose by 30”.
I’ve been a Patriots fan for a really long time. I was throwing my hands up to signal touchdowns in front of the TV before I could crawl. One thing but at no point before or during that game was I worried that New England I’ve learned throughout my tenured experience as a football enthusiast is would do anything but bury the Cowboys in the ground. It was an excellent that in football there are absolutely no guarantees. Anything can happen
is sitting pretty on top of the standings. Sometimes David does in fact triAnd the best part...next week the “Kill Everybody Tour” rolls through umph over Goliath. Indianapolis for a massacre against our good friends the Indianapolis Colts. However, and unfortunately for the Dallas Cowboys, sometimes the It’s good to be a Pats fan. odds turn out exactly as expected. Sometimes the big bully team kicks the less successful team back down to their place. Sometimes Goliath beats Jake can be contacted at David within an inch of his life because he is angry at the rest of the NFL for jcoughlin@kscequinox.com accusing him of a crime in which he had nothing to do with.
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New England Patriots’ Tom Brady celebrates after scoring on a 1-yard run against the Dallas Cowboys during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015, in Arlington, Texas.
Coaches explain inspiration behind coaching careers BRIAN CLEMMENSON
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nine years,” Fisk Hennessey said. Each coach spoke of someone that they looked up to in the coaching ranks. Theriault talked about his col-
For many coaches, sports are something that are a part of their lives since their youth. Many Keene State “I remember when I was in college I looked up to him College Head Coaches began coaching to stay involved and knew that what he was doing in something that has meant so much to them. However, was a pretty cool way to they also do it to make sure student athletes are wellrounded individuals. Keene State College Men’s Lacrosse Head Coach Mark Theriault said athletics have been a huge part of what he has done during his lifetime. Theriault started ice hockey at the age
CASSIE BARON / EQUINOX STAFF of three and then picked up lacrosse. According to Theriault, coaching was something that he somewhat knew he wanted to do in high make a living. I worked from part time here all the way school. By college, he knew that was his calling. Theri- to full time. I am in a very similar situation that he is over there,” Theriault said. Coach of Western New England’s University’s lacrosse Cain said the easiest choice for him would be his team. college coach Chris Bartley at WPI. “I have immense “I was pretty successful athletically. I just knew that respect for him as a person and coach. That is a guy that this was something that I was really passionate about and really enjoyed. I just felt if I could do something that I loved my entire life and receive a paycheck for it, the basketball court,” Cain said. It would be a phenomenal thing,” Theriault said. Keene State College Men’s Basketball Interim Head “My parents not only were they my life coaches. My Coach Ryan Cain said, “Basketball has always been of parents were also my youth sports coaches all the way a passion of mine.” Therefore he wanted to stay in the through. John Perry was my high school basketball game by coaching. “My background as a player led me coach and he instilled the sense of fun. Which was great to want to stay involved in the game. That transitions and Charlie Beach Keene State, I played for him [too],” into coaching so I picked that up. I graduated from col- Fisk Hennessey said. lege and once I got into it I knew it was a career I want Coaches have a number of things that drive them. to pursue,” Cain said. One major thing is their competitive nature and getting Cain continued, “I decided to pass up an opportu- the win. However, there is one other important factor. nity to play professionally overseas and start working Coaches also want their student athletes to have the as an engineer. At that point concurrently started my best experience. coaching career.” Cain, at that point, was working as an engineer at wins and loses. I think most importantly for the experiTata & Howard and an assistant coach at Worcester ence of the kids. We work hard but at the same time we Polytechnic Institute. have fun. We do some pretty cool things. We take trips Keene State Volleyball Head Coach Bob Weiner said down to Florida. We do more than just lacrosse things. I he had always considered coaching. think that is what my job is,” Theriault said. “I had always kind of had it in my head. I always The extra activities such as Florida trips, community thought that I would be a high school baseball coach service activities and team bonding activities help Thebecause I played baseball in college and I loved it,” riault mold the athletes into well-rounded individuals. Weiner said. However, Weiner also played volleyball for “It gives me an opportunity to try to mold these kids years. He said, “There was an opportunity and I took it, and make sure they are good citizens, but at the same twenty-eight years later here we are,” Weiner said. time we have fun playing lacrosse,” Theriault said. Weiner said he wanted to get into coaching because Fisk Hennessey said seeing her team get better in a of his love of sports and his competitive nature. “When number of ways drives her. you are competitive and can no longer play you have to winning games. But making sure we graduate wellHowever, one coach at Keene State found coaching rounded student athletes who are responsible and by accident. Keene State Softball Head Coach Carrah accountable and still love the game when they are done Fisk Hennessey said the best way to describe her career playing at this level,” Fisk Hennessey said. is “a happy accident.” Cain also echoes the statements from Theriault and Fisk Hennessey came to Keene State as an elemen- Fisk Hennessey. tary education major and sociology major. “I think the driving factor is helping the student “I had a teaching job lined up right out of school and the coach at the time Charlie [Beach] actually pointed it would be through academics then through hopefully me in the direction of New England College,” Fisk Hen- transitioning them into their careers and [getting] jobs. nessey said. Move on with their lives after school, that is why everyFisk Hennessey continued, “They had a Head Wom- one is here,” Cain said. en’s Soccer and Head Softball Coach opening and I could go there and get my masters basically for free.” Brian can be contacted at Therefore she resigned from her teaching job. “I went bclemmenson@kscequinox.com up [there] and fell in love with coaching. I did that for
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