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VOL. 68, ISSUE #11

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2015

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Keene State supports Paris I got to show that these 129 people didn’t die in vain. That, like thousands of others, we won’t forget them and that we’ll keep on living. Because what else can we do?

YANN JULES KSC ALUMNI, PARIS RESIDENT

Anyway, let's get to Friday. I left work at 6 p.m., went to the center of Paris to pick up my wife I came to KSC in the fall of and we headed home. We had 2006 and graduated in Decem- the TV turned on to the soccer ber 2009, studied journalism game all night, not really watchand moved back to France in ing it as we had dinner. I watched early 2010. it a little bit in the second half but Prior to coming to Keene I had no idea what was unfolding I grew up in Drancy, in the until 10:45. My wife Marlee went suburbs of paris. To give to let our dog out before going you some context, Drancy to bed, and I checked Facebook is three miles from the on my phone. That's when I saw Stadium targeted by one of our friends in Paris letting the attacks. I currently her family know she was safe. As live in Le Raincy, 12 I scrolled down, I realized somemiles from that same thing was wrong. I switched to stadium. I also work the news channel and discovered a quarter of a mile what was happening. away from the StaIt took me a while to realdium (the com- ize what was happening. In fact pany is within I stayed up until 1 a.m. watching the safety news and I still didn't understand perimeter the magnitude of the event. At when there this point it was bad already, with are events 40-60 casualties reported. there).

My wife woke me up at 6:30 a.m. when she saw the death toll was 120. We watched the news for a few hours. The main issue at this time was that we still didn't know how the events had happened, who was responsible and why they had attacked us.

I felt very uneasy about the situation. We tried to go about YANN JULES Contributing Writer

our normal business, going to get some groceries. Even at the mall, the atmosphere was off.

Stores were closed. There were very little people walking around.

And those who were there looked uncomfortable. So did I. I won't hide it: I cried while writing these few paragraphs. I was hurting deeply. I couldn't fathom that all this had just happened in places I was familiar with. But writing about it has worked, and I was relieved, and Sunday turned out to be a good day. A sad day because of the freshness, but a lighter one nevertheless.

This morning as I got up, I felt uneasy again. I was wondering what it would be like to go back to work. To drive by that stadium where it has all begun, passing 100 feet from the McDonald’s restaurant where the third bomber had detonated his explosives.

As it turns out, there were no visible signs on what happened, but there was a very distinctive unmistakable smell.

Then, just as I was settling down for my work day came the news that another bomber had been identified. A 28-year-old from Drancy. My hometown. I was in shock. As if this story could not get any

MARY CURTIN

Contributing Writer While I am no expert on all things European, I am an expert on how Europe has impacted me.

I have had the privilege to live on this continent for over two months now: exploring several countries including Portugal, Morocco (Africa) and, most recently, France.

During my stay in Paris, I fell more in love with the city every passing minute. It was beautiful, the c rois -

closer to my home. Since then, we've also learned that the terrorists had rented an apartment in Bobigny, the next town over.

Tonight when I got out of work, I had a little bit of time before picking up Marlee so I decided to go see for myself where the attacks occurred. I stood on the corner in front of the restaurant where 14 people died on Friday. I looked at the flowers, the messages, the wine bottles set on the sidewalk.

I read through the messages people had left, most of them by people just like me, who didn't lose anyone they knew -even though virtually everyone knows someone who knows someone who died Friday.

So I pulled out a pen, scribbled a few sentences on the paper placed over the bullet holes on the wall across the street.

I went there to get closure. Did I get it? I don't think so. Things are still too fresh. But I got to show that these 129 people didn't die in vain. That, like thousands of others, we won't forget them and that we'll keep on living. Because what else can we do?

Yann Jules can be contatced at Yann.Jules@Gmail.com

sants were fantastic and the people were as helpful as they could be. military uniforms wielding huge guns. This struck me as intimidating, but I was of course aware that such precautions should be taken in any city.

We spent the weekend eating, laughing and exploring. Everywhere we went, there were these same guards, gripping tightly to these same giant weapons. It made me feel nervous and safe at the same time. When it came time for us to head newfound love and swore we would make it back before we turned 30.

It has now been less than two weeks since returning from Paris, and the thought of these attacks makes me shudder in all of the worst ways possible. an email from my dad back in the states.

The email read, “I guess I’m just a paranoid dad, right?” The context of this email comes from the fact that my dad had some anxiety about letting me spend a semester away from home, knowing that ISIS was not quite under control. on my phone from ESPN while spending time with a Spanish friend.

I was confused by the email from my dad and promptly checked CNN for the information.

My heart sank immediately. The

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Changes to tobacco policy on campus

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Students regularly smoke close to buildings due to loose and vague regulations.

New regulations outline what is considered smoking and where tobacco use is permitted JACOB KNEHR

grams to provide tobacco cessation and prevention initiatives to our students, faculty and other academic

Equinox Staff Keene State College has recently made updates to the tobacco-smoking policy on campus that more

but we’re not in the near future,” Crawford said.

“We’re trying to promote and support those students

gum, things like that for students.”

While this update was made recently, some students say that the older policy was never enforced.

“The smoking policy that was already on campus was never really enforced, and just a couple of days ago after the the updates were made, there was someone vaping in the library behind me. They made updates, but there is not a lot of enforcement behind it. It’s not really doing anything for the students,” KSC senior Paige Marion said.

Marion said that there should be certain sections where you can and cannot smoke on campus and if you violate this rule, students should get a warning. If you get a warning and get caught again, you should get a ticket.

“They should enforce it like they enforce the noise policy in student dorms,” Marion said.

Marion continued on how the policy is currently enforced.

“I’m not a smoker myself, but the smell is not something I particularly enjoy. I wouldn’t go as far to say Marion said.

devices, hookahs, smoking and tobacco products.

and smoking devices that are currently on the market. KSC campus will become tobacco-free.

KSC has always had a tobacco-smoking policy estabAssociate Director of Human Resources Karen lished on campus. However, after questions from stu- Crawford, who helped make the updates to the policy, dents about smoking-devices like vaporizers and what said, “I know the president has been discussing becoming tobacco-free and I know that Healthy KSC has been clarify the policy.

The updated policy still has the same regulations, switch on and say ‘okay, we’re a tobacco-free campus,’ such as standing 25 feet away from an academic build- there are a lot of steps.” ing while smoking and not smoking indoors.

Crawford is part of the New Hampshire tobaccoIt is the policy of Keene State College to restrict smoking, vaping and all other tobacco use, inside all which is looking into establishing tobacco-free cambuildings owned and occupied or leased and occupied puses across the state. The committee includes all Uniby KSC including the College Camp on Wilson Pond, versity System of New Hampshire campuses including at special events and conferences, in KSC vehicles and community colleges. The committee received a grant in other outdoor campus spaces as described in Section from the Center of Disease Control which funds the V:2., according to an email sent to students. committee. A manager of the grant directs the commitSmoking, vaping and the use of all tobacco products tee members and its campuses on how the grant should be used. The grant is used to promote and support stubuilding entrances, outside stairways to buildings, out- dents who want to quit smoking. door passageways to entrances and stairways and near “For Keene State, we’re not quite there yet for a updates should be more enforced,” Marion said. air intake units. Where the needs of smokers and non- tobacco-free campus. We thought it was important to Some students say they are still confused about the have a well established, clear tobacco policy. At some smoking policy even after the updates. addition, Keene State College supports education pro- point, we would love to become a tobacco-free campus, “I think that the new policy is confusing. Upon read-

PARIS

from my Spanish University spending time in Paris this (Cont. from A1) weekend.

I sent them messages, beautiful city that I had felt so checking in and making sure connected to while I was there that they were safe. Thankfully, was in such terror and innocent they all got back to me with people were being treated so positive responses. unfairly.

I had trouble falling asleep I ran next door to my Friday night with the thoughts friend’s room and asked them if of the city and its people in my they had heard. head.

I received several messages Saturday I woke up with from family members and friends in the states, checking me how close I am really am to to be sure that I was well and Paris. safe.

I am sharing a continent In America, the news was with them, and we are feeling received around 6 p.m. where the majority of my family and in Southern Spain. friends were.

This feeling continued I had several classmates throughout the day Saturday,

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wondering how far all of this will go before it is over. my family Saturday evening, each member telling me to be vigilant and stick with my friends.

When planning my study abroad trip, I of course had some worries about such acts of terror, but I never thought that it would hit so close to home after only having been here for a short amount of time.

Europe feels like home.

And with a heavy heart, I am thinking of Paris and its innocent people.

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ing it, I had no idea where I was even allowed to smoke on campus or if I even was allowed. Not to mention it made me feel awkward about being a smoker in general.

Using the phrase ‘with air circulation’ is a bit much as well as vague and I know others agree. There’s no places that are stated where you can smoke,” KSC senior Shannon Dow said.

Dow continued about her opinion on KSC becoming a tobacco-free campus.

“KSC should not be tobacco free considering a majority of student smoke whether it’s an everyday thing or an occasional thing to relieve some stress of school, work, or whatever it may be. I don’t think the school should even have the right to have a smoke free campus.

It makes me feel uncomfortable and looked down upon more than I already did.”

Other students said that KSC should become a tobacco-free campus.

“I think for health reasons, the campus should become tobacco-free. Tobacco is just not good for you and if we’re trying to clean up the environment on campus, like with cigarette butts all over the ground, it

Madeline Mahoney First-Year Communication

“I think it’s a bit unneccesary.

People should use their heads and KSC should trust us as adults.”

“What do you think about the banning of hanging fabrics in dormitories?”

Kody Parrott First-Year Engineering

“If it’s a safety issue, then it’s best to ban them. It’s not the end of the world.”

Samantha Pineau Junior Communication and Journalism “I belive that students should not be penalized by faulty wiring. Why should students be penalized for the school’s mistake? ”

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Rob Rein Sophomore Chemistry “It’s stupid, but I understand why. But, honestly, if you look at it, anything can be a fire hazard. What coud be banned next?”

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City parking causes problems for students

Banning of fabrics MACKENZIE CLARKE

Senior reporter A ban of hanging fabric in dorms has been implemented campus. This new rule is causing a stir from Keene State College students.

Nest 4 during the week of Halloween. Associate Dean of Students Kent Drake-Deese sent an email to all students and explained that the tapestry, while properly hung, situation worse.”

KSC sophomore Krista Marioccurred. She explained that she was rearranging some furniture in her friend’s room leading up to “As soon as I plugged in the fridge, the outlet sparked and approximately 36 inches and hit the tapestry hanging on the wall.

“I immediately grabbed a water bottle, I thought ‘water puts out PHOTO ILLUSTRATION / TIM SMITH / PHOTO EDITOR

The parking meters throughout the city accept coins from the hours of 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.

Lack of free parking leads to tickets and frustration MACKENZIE CLARKE

said.

Brzozowski said she believes pulling out of parking spots on Main Street is “extremely dangerous.”

Keene State College commuter students are fed up “It’s so hard to see people coming because of the with the lack of free parking in the city of Keene. With parked cars that block your view,” Brzozowski said. colder weather heading our way, students are conBrzozowski said if she could change one thing about cerned with the lack of parking near campus as more students will be driving to campus. minutes of parking to be free. She said having a period KSC senior Angela Scionti lives less than a mile of free time would decrease the worry of getting a ticket.

The Keene website lists the 1,350 public parking ing close to campus.

“I just don’t have the money to dump on a meter,” Sci- hour metered parking, ten-hour meter parking and onti said. reserved spots.

A quarter will allow someone to park for 30 minutes According to the website, short term parking can at a meter, a nickel allows for six and a dime allows 12 range from six minutes to two hours and long term parkminutes. Every meter in Keene has either a two or ten- ing allows three to ten hours of parking, but don’t forget hour maximum, according to the Keene website. your change! All parking in Keene costs a fee between Scionti said she understands the cost of parking the hours of 8 a.m. and 5p.m. Free parking is available all day Sunday and weekdays after 5p.m. Employees “I never have spare change,” Scionti said. She said she parks at a meter at least three times a week and pays Monday through Saturday from 8a.m. to 5p.m. accordthe maximum amount of three dollars every time. ing to Parking Operations Manager Ginger Hill.

The website states that overnight parking is availbefore class and I still have to pay for laundry too,” Sci- able “on a rotating basis.” It warns Keene drivers to onti said. check whether the lot they want to park in overnight is Scionti said she isn’t unfamiliar with parking tickets active or not. Parking is prohibited on streets from 1 a.m. in Keene. “Since I’ve been in Keene I’ve accumulated at to 6 a.m. from November 1 through April 30 and 2 a.m. to 6.p.m. May 1 through October 31. she once got towed from KSC’s commuter lot because to create additional free parking spaces in Keene.

Scionti said she is concerned about the upcoming “We did recently open up some free parking on Gilbo winter. “More people are going to be driving because Avenue,” Hill said. She said the meters were removed it’s cold and the snow banks cover most of the parking and the spaces are now free to park in. spaces,” she said.

KSC junior Gabby Brzozowski said she can relate to MacKenzie can be contacted at mclarke@kscequinox.com “Parking is always a hassle, especially when I have to make a quick trip or run to the bank,” Brzozowski

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extinguisher is so far away by the time we would have gotten to it the whole dorm would have been ing to Mariotti, the outlet stopped sparking as the tapestry was torn thrown onto the electrical outlet, but the smoke detector never “It all happened so fast,” Mariotti said. She said her and her friend immediately called the resident assistant on duty and campus safety.

Prior to the event, Mariotti said the outlet had always worked.

“We had just had health and safety checks so we didn’t think anything of it,” she said.

Mariotti said the campus

and unavailable for comment.

Mariotti said she would like to see KSC look into faulty outlets instead of banning hanging fabric.

“It wasn’t anyone’s fault, it wasn’t the tapestries fault, this all happened because of a faulty outlet,” she said.

“It’s concerning that the faulty outlet wasn’t seen as a problem during the health and safety checks, it’s not safe, I feel unsafe all the time now,” she said.

According to Drake-Deese, KSC consulted with both the New Hampshire State Fire Marshall and Keene Fire Department and immediately changed the policy on fabric wall hangings.

As of November 13, all tapestries, curtains, quilts, jerseys and all other fabric wall hangings, including those serving as “doors” to closets, have been banned, according to the mass email. Some students are upset about the new rule.

KSC sophomore Tim McGraw said he does not want to remove

immoral [of KSC] to sell something that you’re going to ban later on,” he said.“I’m just trying to express my freedom.”

KSC sophomore Kyle Sawyer is also frustrated about removing the cloth from his walls. “Living in this dorm room without anything on the walls is a prison,” he said.

First-year student Connor Johnson said he does not like the new rule. “I don’t think everyone should be punished just because this happened in one situation,” he said.

First-year student Katie Bottis said she is disappointed because she wanted to put a tapestry up next year. “It’s an easy decoration,” she said.

“Anything that hangs up can

the way they are banning them to unplug the rest of the plugs in now,” she continued. the room because the fuse had The email states that safety blown. “I told him I felt uncom- is KSC’s number one priority. fortable doing that, I was afraid to get shocked,” she said. According to Mariotti, the campus safety unavoidable,” Drake-Deese stated in the email. and immediately called an electriThough all hanging fabric is now banned from residence halls, Mariotti said she got in con- the email stated the college is tact with the Director of Campus “looking to identify materials that Safety Amanda Guthorn to dis- would be acceptable as replacecuss her concerns regarding ments” to cover the open closets the smoke detectors. She said that can be found in many resiGuthorn told her the smoke detec- dence halls throughout campus. tors are checked every summer.

“I think they should be checked MacKenzie can be contacted at more often than once a year,” mclarke@kscequinox.com Mariotti said.

Keeping a beat to staying alive: CPR classes offer opportunity to learn how to save lives DOROTHY ENGLAND

equinox Staff In a matter of seconds, your friend grasps above their heart, then falls to ground struggling for air. Then suddenly they are silent. If this were a movie and CPR was performed, it would only take mere minutes to save a person. However, according to the BBC, the truth isn’t always so optimistic. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation or CPR, as many know ing yet often restorative mechanism. In reality, the chances of survival are much slimmer depending on response time, age of victim and causes.

That is not to say one should not try to revive an individual in order to buy time before EMTs arrive. According to the BBC, “The idea of CPR is not to start the heart beating again, but to get oxygen into a person’s lungs to prevent brain damage. To restart the heart would usually require an electric shock.”

At Keene State College, while it is not required of professors to have CPR training,

CAMPUS SAFETY report log

Week of: Nov. 9 Monday, November 9 4:41 a.m. Appian Way: Bluelight phone activated. Officer checked the area. No one around.

8:38 a.m. Pondside 1: 19 year old male feeling faint.

9:11 a.m. Pondside 3: Mom has not heard from student since Saturday.

11:38 a.m. Morrison Hall: Looking for a PMD president to ask about missing student.

Reading day; no class.

Tuesday, November 10 12:29 a.m. Owl’s Nest 7: Campus Safety responding to Nest 7 for a report that a male had fallen and is actively bleeding. Keene Fire Department is en route to the scene.

3:56 p.m. Owl’s Nest 1: Unable to locate where odor is coming from.

Wednesday, November 11 12:04 a.m. Holloway Hall: RA reported a student intoxicted and very emotional.

12:35 a.m. Monadnock Hall: RA reported two females very intoxicated; one may be passed out. They refused to talk to res life or allow them in the room to see if student was okay.

3:18 p.m. Zorn Dining Commons: 20 year old female unresponsive with abdominal pains. Second floor ladies locker room. Female employee had a seizure and is being transported.

Thursday, November 12 12:54 p.m. Appian Way: Male standing in front of library yelling at everyone passing by demanding info on his stolen bike.

Friday, November 13 11:07 a.m. TDS: Female passed out, but has now come to.

6:32 p.m. Carle Hall: Suspected odor of marijuana in the hallway.

Sunday, November 14

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A student practices CPR on a test dummy. Students can get certified with classes from being held January to March 2016.

ried bystanders by performing CPR. “I’ve experienced [it] myself where someone actually had a heart attack [and] we did CPR [but] sadly they didn’t make it. But the fact that there was someone on the beach there, it was a lot better than if someone hadn’t known [CPR],” Felix said.

KSC alumnus Dan Derohan said that proKSC sophomore and nursing major Jordan fessors are covered under the Good Samaritan Medeiros said she thinks that professors and law, however there could be issues regardless whether the school required them all to be “Because they are the ones that have the responsibility in the classroom. Even on “A professor putting hands on a student campus, people recognized them as someone could open a can of worms I would assume they should feel safe with, so if there [was] the school doesn’t want. I personally believe

ment for it,” Bergman said. an ‘I’m now able to use this in a crisis situation’ “I suspect that the main reason why (most type of attitude.”

According to the BBC, “It’s not dangerous haven’t given the time [or] taken the time to to do it to someone who turns out to be condo it, [they’ve] just been busy. I [myself] don’t scious after all. If they open their eyes and have one night typically to give up.” start pushing you away then you can stop.

Derohan, who also worked as a Residen- The greater risk is that people mistake a pertial Assistant, said that being aware is key.

“It takes a special type of person to be able sciousness and then decide not to do CPR.” to actually perform those tasks. It’s not for KSC alumna and nurse Kristina McGuirk everyone and when it comes time to do it let said she feels more equipped now that she’s

don’t get in their way. They will do what they need to do and if they need help they will ask for it.” Derohan said. it’s a good idea but with the amount of people “I think RAs that want to know CPR should one to respond,” Medeiros said. in this world that are sue happy, it would have the opportunity to learn it free of charge never happen,” Derohan said. although [in] under pressure situations, I’m high school. “It’s pretty essential for all nurses Biology Professor Dr. Kenneth Bergman not sure all of them could actually handle said, “I don’t know what the risk of legal vul- doing it. I’ve done CPR to keep someone alive, teaches you more than [CPR]; you learn about nerability is, something might go slightly [and] before me…my partner did it for thirty other things that don’t necessarily have to do wrong and you could be sued.” minutes,” Derohan said. with CPR,” Medeiros said. trained in CPR I would want other training to be safe, everyone should be CPR trained. the training.

He also said it can help calm people down if “I would guess that most professors are not nephrine auto injection. That way they don’t there is someone available to reassure wor- because there’s been no systematic require- see it as something to brag about but more of

“It’s easy to get swept up with adrenaline in a situation that requires CPR. [Remember] to stay calm and remember the basics of CPR until more help arrives.”

McGuirk said it’s a task that requires a lot “It’s important to remember that you could be saving someone’s life,” McGuirk said.

CPR classes held will be from January 19 to March 4 2016, on Tuesday evenings from 6 to 8:30 p.m.

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12:56 a.m. Campus: Caller reported two females walking through construction site.

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Our thoughts are with victims of tragedies

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If they want to attack us for having drinks, going out and enjoying life, then bring it on. We've been training for a while.

This past weekend Paris, France lost 129 citizens according to CNN (article title Paris Attacks: what we know so far updated on Nov 17. at 1:30 a.m.) to terror attacks that have prompted support from all around the globe.

Much of this support has been spread through social media by putting a temporary most commonly used on Facebook.

Other countries showed their support by putting red, blue and white lights over the country’s famous monument.

Here at Keene State College students have joined in supporting Paris by changing their We the Equinox believe that, although we support people by changing something as

believe that although the gesture is small and might never be seen by someone overseas, the others care is comforting.

While many have criticized others for not fering from attacks of terror and natural disasters, we believe that if you are showing that you care and support something or someone you should not be judged for it.

Another thing that comes with rapid sharing and social media is that people get caught up in war hysteria, wondering what's going to happen next and if it will happen to them.

As featured on our front page, KSC alumni Yann Jules who is from and currently lives in Paris shared his experiences with the attacks.

He mentioned visiting one of the places where

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candles and notes.

One of those notes read: “ If they want to attack us for having drinks, going out and enjoying life, then bring it on.

We've been training for a while.”

We believe that although these tragedies happen, Americans and students cannot live in fear.

We have to remember that we have military forces trained and ready to take action if a terror attack was to happen on American soil again.

Like we are supporting Paris now, we have to remember that they have been there for us in the past and would be in the future.

The loss of innocent lives is a tragedy, and our thoughts are with the victims of any tragedy that happens anywhere in the world at anytime.

the people of Paris that we support them. We

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Transgender inmates facing issues of harassment

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Transgender inmates deserve rights to equality in prison and jail LIZZIE ZELENKA

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Transgender people have always been facing an place to trying to end the violence directed at them everyday, it has not been easy. One issue that always seems to get pushed aside is how dangerous life is for transgender inmates in prison and jail.

The majority of transgender inmates are women who end up incarcerated with men. Recently, many startling statistics have come to surface, revealing the brutalities of incarcerated life for trans inmates.

In 2012, the Bureau of Justice Statistics reported that 39.9 percent of transgender prison inmates and 26.8 pering unwanted sexual activity from other inmates and

The United States has the highest number of incarcerated people in the world – with 2.2 million people in jail (thesentencingproject.org). Many of our jails and prisons are over capacitated and sadly this problem has one from any walk of life in jail or prison these days.

A jail is usually run by local law enforcement or local government and inmates only spend a short time there while awaiting trial. A prison holds inmates who have been convicted of crimes and sentenced to a longer stay.

I always believed that all incarcerated people were ity in correctional facilities slowly crept into the mainThese statistics are ten times higher than the general stream media. incarcerated population reports. Sixteen percent of all transgender inmates had been sent to jail or prison on a suspected crime, with little to no evidence to support equality in prison and in jail is a pressing issue that the arrest. This is only 7.2 percent of the general popumore people should be talking about. lation.

The transgender inmates who choose to report an Although the guards are supposed to protect all assault or harassment are frequently put into solitary inmates, transgender inmates are often left to defend the sole protection of the inmate, without realizing that

show little respect towards them.

The National Center for Transgender Equality mental health. In my psychology class we talked about (NCTE) has been working tirelessly to change and add how humans need to be social. new laws to make transgender inmates feel safer and Being around others, even if just for a meal, is ben- more comfortable while incarcerated. Just last year the NCTE published a guide to reform incarceration policies. more harm than good.

Just because someone is incarcerated does not Instead of taking transgender inmates away from the others, the guards should be doing their jobs – look- and degrade them. This past August, Rikers Island (New York) opened up a transgender women only unit.

This past June, Immigration and Customs Enforcement Although these steps have brought us closer to our goal, determined that transgender inmates should be housed we still have a very long way to go. according to their gender identity. The guards don’t care because they get to go home at the end of the day.

Lizzie Zelenka can be contacted at lzelenka@kscequinox.com faced during the day and worry about what tomorrow will bring.

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Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show leaves females with low self-esteem CLAIRE HICKEY

Equinox Staff ‘Tis the season for self-doubt and bruised self-esteem; it’s the annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. As girls of all ages hunker down in front of their televisions to watch the infamous Victoria’s the runway, a lot of female viewabout their own appearances – and for no good reason.

The fashion show, which premieres on December 8 at 10 p.m. on CBS, typically generates a lot of hype, mainly among females. It’s not uncommon for boys and girls alike to gather with friends for viewing parties.

The fashion show is previously recorded and releases photographs media – causing the looks and the models to be discussed nationally.

Some statements found on social media regarding this year’s show include things along the lines of “RIP self-esteem,” “Never eating again so I can look like these girls” and photos of the models with the caption “I’m trash.”

These concerning statements came mainly from younger females.

It isn’t often that you will see posts level has risen from watching the show. So why do we continue to watch a show that generates such a sense of inferiority? Senior and nutrition major Rachael Levy said

she likes all aspects of the show.

“It’s always fun to see the new designs they have each year – not only when it comes to the lingerie but also with the wings that the models get to wear,” she said.

Levy added that she believes the performances from the featured singers in the show, such ing in this year’s show, add to the enjoyment viewers get from the show.

Ben Flanders, a KSC senior, agreed that the musical performances were an attractive quality of the fashion show – but that’s not the reason he watches.

“Those girls are unreal looking,” he said. “It’s not every day you can watch hot girls walking and dancing around in their underwear on TV.” Senior Kiera Bisenius was more wary of the hype over the show. “Don’t get me wrong, it’s fun to watch with friends, but in the end a lot of girls are left feeling like a piece of crap.

“They just spent over an hour watching these perfect, skinny models parade around a runway and now they’re comparing themselves to them,” Bisenius said. Bisenius has a point – society has a tendency of classifying the models featured by Victoria’s Secret as an idea of perfection.

From this, there comes a perception that in order to be “the perfect female,” women must be tall

with having an idea of perfection so long as it does not interfere with one’s perception of reality. However, in today’s society, that is

We’ve developed a habit of dards, such as the Victoria’s Secret Angels, on pedestals. By doing so, we’re telling society that being tall, skinny and beautiful is the only way to be seen as the ideal person.

For many females both young and old, this cultivates an idea that they are not enough. With this horrible thought in mind, a lot of females develop insecurities or a sense of self-loathing; while others take it to extremes and develop eating disorders in order to attain a “perfect body.” “It makes me really upset when girls get so worked up over not looking like the Angels,” Levy said. “They get lost in thinking that guys only like the girls they see on TV.” Bisenius stated, “The whole thing is a fantasy. How often do you see people that actually look like those models in real life? You don’t. It’s not like you’re going to walk down Appian Way and see a bunch of [Victoria’s Secret Angel] Adriana Lima-looking girls hanging out on the quad.”

We idolize models and celebrities to such a point where we often try to act like or look like them.

As a result, we voluntarily beat up our self-esteem instead of just acknowledging their beauty and beauty. There is nothing wrong moving on with our lives. “There’s

nothing wrong with seeing another person and thinking, ‘wow, they’re really pretty’,” Bisenius stated, “But why go so far as beating yourself up just because you don’t look like someone else?”

Flanders said he felt females shouldn’t get so discouraged over not looking like the models on TV.

fashion show are one in a million,” he said. “They also know that what those girls look like is unrealistic so I don’t get why girls work so hard to look like them. A girl could be the prettiest girl in the world but still have a hideous personality.”

Levy said, “We shouldn’t be striving to be what other people should focus more on themselves rather than focusing on how models.”

“There’s always going to be that idea that certain people are thought of as perfect,” she added. “More people need to learn to accept who that.”

Why we continue to put ourselves down and compare ourselves to celebrities and models remains a mystery. But what society needs to remind themselves is that what we see through media is not a true depiction of reality.

Claire Hickey can be contacted at chickey@kscequinox.com

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On the left is a depiction of a Victoria’s Secret model and on the right is a depiction of a woman feeling insecure about her body compared to models.

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Capital studies in Washington D.C. COLLEEN WILLIS

words I wrote is awesome. The research is very interesting and I have learned a lot – for example, I now know more about Tennessee than I would have ever imagined.

The redistricting controversy in Florida?

I can give the timeline for the past six months. If you were not aware that the governor of Maine is bizarre, you are now. Interning at the DNC has come with great nese President Xi Jinping’s visit to the White House, tickets for the White House Garden Tour, and we have

contributing WritEr Although Washington, D.C. isn’t “abroad,” studying for a semester in the nation’s capitol has been a foreign experience.

As someone who was born and raised in Keene, I was antsy to gain outside exposure but wanted to remain in the United States, being a political science major with an emphasis on domestic policy.

When Professor Waller concluded one of our genocide classes with information on a new program called the Washington Center, I was instantly drawn and

Leadership Forum, where I personally ran the mic for Mayor Muriel Bowser of D.C. and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake of Baltimore. President Barack Obama and the three remaining Democratic presidential candidates gave remarks too, and some of my coworkers got to meet them.

I regularly run into Chairwoman Wasserman Schultz in the elevator. One of these days I’d like to introduce myself to her, but for now, hearing about her morning is just as cool. One thing I was not prepared for before coming to D.C. was the celebrity status New Hampwwshirites hold during the presidential primary season. Never in my life had anyone cared that I was from New Hampshire, and never again in my life will anyone care aside from this unique exception. My

participate.

The Washington Center is an organization that pairs est. I currently intern at the Democratic National Committee (DNC), and coming to D.C. is one of the best decisions I have ever made! Upon arrival I was already experiencing new things. I have three roommates from all over the world – Tajikistan, Mexico and Texas.

Within the apartment we share – which is provided by the Washington Center – I regularly hear four languages: English, Spanish, Russian and Shugni, which is the language of the Shugni minority group in Tajikistan.

My Tajikistan roommate Amina is a Muslim, and prior to sharing a room with her I had admittedly never met a Muslim before.

to casually reference this as much as possible, because you are a resource.

to ask me how I felt about Donald Trump, and Amina, being from a formerly Soviet-occupied region, was curious about the American perception of Vladimir Putin, whom she views favorably.

Even Ali, my Texan roommate, and I constantly contrast our backgrounds from the north and south. My conversations with the three can turn into debates, but they never fail to be educational.

Tajikistan and Mexico are not the only nationalities represented in our apartment – we have friends coming in and out from England, Gibraltar, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, France, Pakistan, Canada, Brazil and Belgium.

This cultural diversity is not exclusive to the Washington Center, because it’s widespread throughout D.C., one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world. of people who live here and I never run out of things to do. Obvious attractions are the monuments.

Even after having lived here for three months, I am still a tourist, constantly revisiting the sights that attract people from all over the world. My personal favorite is the Lincoln Memorial. I appreciate the direct view of but the main reason I keep returning is the incredible view of the D.C. skyline from the back. I would highly recommend visiting it right before the sun sets and along the Potomac River.

When I am not exploring the capitol, I am interning at the DNC which too has been an incredible experience.

I am in the Political and Community Engagement Department, and the primary duty of the interns is

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an experience to hear someone exclaim “oooohhhh woooooow New Hampshire!” So, if you’re ever here, try it out. Another thing I would recommend is going allows. Brunch is huge in this city, and there are so many unique restaurants that serve amazing food. My personal favorites thus far have been We the Pizza and Founding Farmers.

Food trucks have a growing presence and are good as well. If the broke college student thing becomes a reality as it did for me, fear not because there are plenty of free things to do here, and many organizations such as the Brookings Institute, the Center for American esting events. Might I add there is often free food, and these events are great places to network. I connected Congressional sessions, so you never know what can come out of networking. Most museums are free as well.

The best way to take advantage of the D.C. experience is to simply stay open minded and try new things, because like I said before, diversity is abundant here and you will never be able to do it all – try not to do the same thing twice.

As I write this I cannot believe I have less than a COLLEEN WILLIS/ CONTRIBUTED PHOTO month remaining, and although I feel I have used my Willis is a sophomore majoring in political science. She hopes to get involved in political research upon time here well, there is still so much left I want to do. I graduating, specifically in the field of public policy. She is passionate about workers’ rights along with am sure someday I will return, but soon I will return immigrant rights and plans on advancing ideologies which will improve them. home and it will be another Keene State student’s turn President Obama, Vice President Biden, Chairwoman designed to keep the recipient informed and up to date. to go. Whoever you are, I hope you have as much fun as I have had!

Colleen Willis can be contacted at before leaving the DNC, but knowing they begin with Colleen.Willis@ksc.keene.edu run-down on a state that the recipient will be visiting the interns and that such important people will read

Eating with the Equinox

How to make: Marshmallow Sweet Potatoes SPONSORED BY KENDALL POPE

Managing ExEcutivE Editor Before you head home for the holidays, make this dish and be the talk of the dinner table on Thanksgiving. When I was younger I always pushed sweet potatoes aside and focused on It wasn’t until I had Thanksgiving with my boyfriend’s southern family when I discovered candied sweet potatoes, which is what we are making below! Usually people enjoy this dish at Thanksgiving or Christmas, but this can and should be enjoyed all year long. I know I enjoy them all year long.

Directions: Preheat oven to 375.

Boil potatoes on the stove until soft then drain and mash.

In the same bowl combine potatoes, eggs, vanilla, butter, brown sugar, salt and milk (cream). and pecans.

Spread potato mixture in a 9x13 baking dish then spread pecan topping on top.

Bake for about 20 minutes.

Take dish out and top with marshmallows then bake for an additional 5 minutes until marshmallows are golden brown.

Ingredients: 8 sweet potatoes 2 eggs 1 teaspoon of vanilla ½ cup (1 stick) butter, melted 1 cup brown sugar 2 teaspoons of salt ½ cup milk or heavy cream

Topping: ½ cup brown sugar 1 cup chopped pecans Additional Topping: Mini Marshmallows

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Eating your emotions BROGAN WESSELL

Equinox Staff As college students, we all experience our fair share of overwhelming stress and emotions that may cause us to adhere to the popular notion of “eating our feelings” to experience temporary comfort.

According to a blog post written by daytime talk show host and health expert Doctor Mehmet Oz, those who “eat their feelings” often use food as a medicine for excessive stress. Oz stated, “The hypothalamus, the site of the satiety center, is also the part of the brain where the mind and body connect through hormones, which talk to the rest of your body. Various brain chemicals that are responsible for our emotions also provide a foundation for why and what we eat at certain times.” herself eating her feelings when she is really stressed out about work or upset about certain things. like comfort food, foods that remind me of home or my mom’s cooking, or I unnecessarily eat an entire bag of chips,” Bisenius said.

Senior Emily Conrad added, “When I get stressed out about school I eat, or if I get sad eat gummy worms when I get stressed out, or mozzarella sticks.”

Unlike Bisenius and Conrad, senior Cara Zembsch said that she rarely eats when she gets too stressed out.

“I am generally not someone who stress eats, but those rare times when I do I tend to eat chocolate or cupcakes. I think that in those moments when you are really stressed out or upset, it is the one thing you have control over. When something upsets you there’s nothing you can do to change the situation, so the one thing you can control is choosing something to eat that will make you happy,” Zembsch said.

Although eating may provide comfort in the moment of overwhelming emotions and stress, Bisenius said that it does not help her completely feel better about the situation that caused her to stress eat. appointed that I ate as much as I did or I’m annoyed that I did not pick healthier options to snack on. But the reality is that

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Student is shown binge eating for comfort due to overwhelming stress.

sometimes you just need to let yourself have those moments and work through whatever is bothering you and move on. There’s no need to feel crappy about yourself,” Bisenius said.

She continued, “I think the comfort of food is more psychological.”

Conrad added, “Eating does not comfort me because it makes me feel worse after even though it makes me feel better in the moment. I do not like how much I eat when

I get stressed out because it is too much.”

Like Conrad, Bisenius said that she does not like how much she eats when she is “eating her feelings.” She said, “I have two sides of being stressed. One side is where I ing hungry and one where I really do ‘eat my feelings.’ I feel like neither are necessarof the day, one day or a few days of these types of behavior isn’t that bad, nothing is

bad in moderation.” active.

Zembsch said that, since she is someone “Go to the gym and workout, go for a who does not usually stress eat, she does not hike with friends or on a short road trip. The best way to work through things is to get comfort food. out there and enjoy the world around you “When I am stressed out my hunger level with friends and family and remember to decreases. I think that cause of whatever is organize your time well,” Bisenius said. stressing me out makes me too sad to even think about food,” Zembsch said.

Brogan Wessell can be contacted at Bisenius added that she feels the best Bwessell@kscequinox.com way to get through these feelings is to get

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Weekly Putting a positive light on disability Wellness Chats and Snacks Interested in healthy food and lifestyle tips?

Join the weekly wellness chats and snacks in the Student Center.

From 12 to 1 p.m. at the multicultural student services office on the second floor. Next weeks meeting will be a discussion about the benefits of eating locally and supporting the local economy. They will have fruit and yogurt dip. This will be the last Weekly Chat for the semester.

All of this while trying to avoid interactions with most of the people that I passed by throughout the day.

People would smile and laugh and I’d sit there and grimace.

They weren’t laughing at me, but somehow I thought they were.

I’d often ask myself why those people were laughing. What was so funny?

When people would come up to me, I’d be sometions were staggered and strained.

I’d think they were constantly thinking about my disability, but maybe that’s because that’s what I was thinking about too. for me, but for my peers as well.

The fact of the matter was that my social skills or lack thereof were not derived from my disability, but from my view of myself because of my disability.

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day I came out from under my rock and started talking, cracking jokes with my classmates.

A lot of them were shocked when I came into class late one day, for no particular reason, and when the

My name isn’t actually Jacob Barrett, and I don’t have Cerebral Palsy. I’m really Jamaican Gold medal minutes, I calmly replied with a smile that I had fallen and couldn’t get up and had left my LifeAlert in my winning sprinter Usain Bolt. Had you fooled, right? other walker.

No, just kidding.

Which wasn’t true in any way. I just wanted a cookie I really am Jacob Barrett, disabled college student from our school store. from New Hampshire.

Everybody laughed. It felt great. People saw that I Walking is overrated anyway. was comfortable in my own skin, and things began to to numerous people, anywhere, any time of day. I don’t change for the better.

As I said before, I’m don’t make these jokes to poke fun at anyone other than myself. in a similar situation as me.

It’s a coping mechanism, and a way to make people I make those jokes to lighten the mood. realize that despite my struggle, I’m just like everybody sucks not being able to do the things I see my friends do. else.

This doesn’t just go for me, but for everyone. I’ve I want to be able to run in the woods, go hiking, play football and dance with my own two feet instead of my found that if you’re not comfortable with yourself and walker.

Due to a series of unfortunate events, that’s not be comfortable around you either. likely to happen any time soon.

Instead of dwelling on that fact, and at times I still there’s something about you that you don’t like, try to do, I make people laugh about it. do something about it.

It’s kind of like, what I do.

If you can’t, then own it. Make it a part of what’s What’s going on with my body is a part of who I am unique about you, not what’s wrong with you. You’ll be and how people see me.

So, it’s only natural that it becomes a part of my per- a lot happier that way.

In my case, smiling in a wheelchair is a lot better sonality too. than frowning in a wheelchair.

In the past, I used to sit and dwell on what seemed Walking is overrated anyway. like a life trapped in a prison with no date for release.

I doubted I’d even get parole. There’s nothing funny Jacob Barret can be contacted at about that.

Jbarret@kscequinox.com Life was just a cycle of getting up, going to school, going home, watching TV and going to bed again.

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Makeup Review Great products for every budget KENDALL POPE

Managing ExEcutivE Editor Eyeshadow: Naked Basics Pallet – I love, love, love this pallet!

These colors are perfect for everyday school/work but then can be darkened and blended out to a smoky look for going out at night. I use the lightest color under my brow for highlight everyday!

Mascara: Depending on how much you want to spend on mascara, I’ll list two of my favorite everyday brands.

Higher-end brand: Too Faced Better Than False Lashes Extreme – this mascara is a two part system. First coat with step 1 which is regular mascara then use step two which is lenthing thick lashes perfect for a more dramatic look or for a night out.

My next everyday favorite is Covergirl super sizer. This mascara goes on thin but extends to great lash length! Perfect for a “no makeup” makeup look. look and a bold brow look. the pricey side. The brow box comes with a tinted wax to outThe bold look is NYX brow gel, which is relatively cheap and can be found at some drugstores or ULTA Beauty. The brow gel is applied with an angled brush and leaves a long lasting matte Lips: For a subtle hint of color I love tinted lip balm from Bliztex. It smells great and has the perfect amount of color and shine. For more color and longer lasting wear without the mess of gloss or lipstick I use Covergirl’s outlast lip stain. Now my all time favorite lip products for day and night are NYX products. For day I love NYX matte lip cream. The creams go on smooth and the colors are great and long lasting. My personal favorite is the color London. Other NYX lip products are the Liquid Suede lipstick which is the newest lip product from NYX. The Liquid Suede lasts all day so if your looking for something with less commitment I love the NYX Lip Crayons for a quick pop of color. mix shades I love playing with lip liners and NYX Lip Liners are the best! They go on smooth and have great pigment that you could wear as an all over color.

Face: Depending on price again, my two favorite foundations are Bare Minerals’s bareskin liquid foundation for when I want medium coverage. My next favorite is Maybelline’s mousse and blender sponge then use a brush and apply powder over it.

Another everyday face product that I use is concealer. For ing Cosmetics concealer are my go to’s! Both are full coverage without that caked on feeling.

Blush: Higher end blush is baked cheek color by Laura Geller. This blush combines pink and red tones as well as a highlighter for some shine. If you aren’t looking to spend the money for Laura The pigment in their blushes are great and last all day.

Last but certainly not least, for those who are still trying to hang on to a summer tan or just a little glow my all time favorite bronzer is Tarte’s amazonian clay bronzer.

Kendall Pope can be contacted at Kpope@kscequinox.com

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This past Saturday, seniors gathered at bars around town to share memories and raised over $1,000 for the Keene Community Kitchen and the Samartians.

Liz Christian (left) enjoying a game of pool.

BEREK MARTICHUSKI

Equinox Staff On November 14, 2015, I woke up just as I always do on Saturdays – a little groggy, with a partial headache – but on this particular morning something else fell over me, I was extremely thirsty.

This wasn’t because I was dehydrated, and I wasn’t craving Gatorade like I usually do.

No, it was because it was time for the Keene State College fall Pub Crawl.

I mentally prepared myself for this journey into the drunken world of the fall crawl by sitting in the Zorn Dining Commons and downing as many waters as I could without drowning.

I looked around and saw many other students doing the same thing as me, all wearing their respective team shirts for the day, which were black with either white, blue, orange, red, yellow or green lettering and prints to decipher the teams.

The DC was buzzing with talk of what was to come.

Around 11:30 a.m. my team, the white team, started gathering together at one of the seniors houses, where we started to prepare.

Mimosas were being sipped to ease the headaches from the night before, and Justin Bieber’s new “Sorry” track was turned up to eleven.

I found myself dancing terribly with the other 80 members of my team by noon with a beer in my hand and excitement in my heart.

It was almost time to start the crawl.

Around 12:45 a.m., someone killed the music and

yelled, “Let’s go, Pour House!”

Then all 80 of us ran, literally, like it was a race, to the

great way to get all the seniors together.

Overall it was a huge

The crawl began at 1 p.m. for my team and once everyone’s IDs were checked, we were good to go. memory I think everyone From Pour House we went to Scores Bar and Grill will share,” she said. where we took a great group picture in front of their As the day went on, the laughing and drinking continued at Kilkenny Pub, then This was one of the highlights of the day because to Lab n’ Lager Ale House where I switched from Gin it’s not often all of us get to be together like that, and and Sours to Bud Lights due to the inevitable. I was having a photo to look back at is pretty special. Espe- drunk. cially since every team got to take a picture like that as Then we all staggered to Penuche’s Ale House to cap well.

That’s really what this whole day was about: a sense Senior Mackenzie Hiemert, when asked about how of community between the seniors, and a feeling of con- his crawl went, said, “It was lit.” When asked if he got nectivity between us, Keene State College, and the City into Lab n’ Lager or Penuche’s Ale House, the fourth of Keene itself.

This year was particularly special because all 480 of “No, and I was wicked PO’d about it.” the crawlers raised over $1,000 to donate to the CommuFor some that was the case, not only were the bars nity Kitchen and the Samaritans, who support suicide letting us have our fun, but they were keeping us safe awareness. by knowing when to stop serving students who consumed just a little bit too much that day. together as one to help out the community that’s given the very end. he maintained a steady pace when crawl- ing and at the end of the day said he had a great time. tude that day on the way to one of the bars.

Hatheway said, “Pub Crawl was very fun, I enjoyed When asked how her time was she said, “It was nice myself, had a few beverages and hung out with my to get stopped by some people in Keene and thanked friends.” for donating money raised back to local organizations.”

When asked what the Pub Crawl meant to him, She then went on to express a feeling that many of us he replied, “Friendship, a lot of friendship and unity, were having that day. there’s a lot of teamwork going on to try to get to the “I thought pub crawl was really fun and it was a last bar.”

What Hatheway said really summed up the crawl: friendship was all around Keene that day. ing did not only make current friends closer, but it also made new friends feel like they’ve known each other for years. Sometimes all it takes to make new friend is a cheap wells drink, a barstool and a laugh.

I’m sure from the outside Pub Crawl just looks like a way to get a huge group of people together to get drunk, but this really isn’t the case.

It’s a way to build a relationship with Keene as a city, while having an incredible time with all of your classmates.

Pub Crawl enables a large group of friends who of being together with no interruptions or obligations other than to drink and be merry.

Although some of the details are foggy, and this morning I thought I was lying in my death bed, Pub Crawl is something I’ll never forgot and I’m honored that I have 479 other seniors to share this memory with for the rest of our lives. Cheers.

Berek Martichuski can be contacted at Berek.Martichuski@ksc.keene.edu

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Equinox Staff This past Saturday evening, in the Mabel Brown Room, Keene State College’s Sigma Pi Fraternity had. with. this past summer, he went ahead and put it together.

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event went as planned. a great time,” Gendron said. what he thought they would be.

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Lip Sync Battle champion Dominque Pascoal owns the stage at Saturday’s competition.

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In Focus: Nick Auger

“I would ultimately like to work as a videographer for National Geographic because they produce very clean, great images and I am kind of admirable toward that aesthetic.”

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KSC sophomore and film major Nick Auger got into film when he was in sixth grade, and has been passionate about it ever since.

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gram where my teacher was just very nour- ematography. ishing towards the major,” Auger said.

After completing his degree at Keene He said that at this point in his major State College, Auger said he wants to A creative way of thinking, imagination his classes are focused on 16 mm black and work in pre-production or cinematography, and the drive to tell a story through the use making advertisements and maybe travel sophomores. Auger added, “He’s [the pro- montages. majors may possess throughout their career. fessor] having us write short stories so ”It’s kind of vague what I want to do, but I would ultimately like to work as a videogwhich is pretty exciting to think of and draft. We had a 35 mm photography project they produce very clean, great images and major because he has always had a passion so that we could get the composition correct I am kind of admirable toward that aesfor creating and telling stories. and learn the basics of framing your shot.” thetic,” Auger said.

“I’ve always been driven when it comes Auger explained that the upper-level to the creative process. I found an interest in sixth grade when we would make projects for school. And in high school we were screen writing. His plan is to take classes not become close, however, until they were fortunate enough to have a three class pro- on directing but also plans to focus on cin- put into the same production class this

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semester. major itself is “super awesome” and that the professors prepare individuals and make them put thought into what they would like to do after KSC. Davis said, “It is really awesome for kids does talk he knows what he’s talking about. who can thrive in a creative environment Outside of the classroom he is a lot more and not dwell too much on themselves.” outgoing. He is just so kind and very himEmma Hamilton can be contacted at ehamilton@kscequinox.com major because she has always loved the art. est way to make art and it was awesome out with,” Davis said. She continued, “He’s really smart and you can tell that he has

and do that for the rest of your life,” Davis explained.

Fall Out 3 is a fail out NICK TOCCO

Call me impatient, but I just didn’t understand the way health worked in this game. In a world where everything can kill you, I think your health should be able to regenerate naturally over time like in a lot of games, instead of having to bend over backwards across a

Equinox Staff In honor of the recent release of the national video game craze Fallout 4, this week I took the time to wander through the nuclear classic that started it all, Fallout 3 for Xbox 360.

Fallout 3 takes place in the year 2077 in the aftermath of a worldwide nuclear holocaust. To avoid destruction some people were stowed away in massive underground safe havens called vaults.

This is where your character is born.

To begin you choose your character’s race, sex and physical features.

As the story goes, you force your way out of the vault on a quest to

food and supplies to heal yourself one percent at a time.

I will say, optimistically, I’ll probably keep playing Fallout 3 in a never ending gaming quest to this game so much. Some parts do still have me hooked – I will admit.

The vast range of weapons you can use and craft with found materials. The way you can scavenge and pick through abandoned buildings and pick pocket people for food and water. The endless landscape with limitless environments and characters you can discover. It’s all what makes playing Fallout universe an amazing place to play. But until I

into the upper-ground wasteland.

Your character initially makes their way to a place called Megaton, a civilized wasteland community where you can purchase medical materials, weapons and ammunition, while doing jobs for an array of characters to earn “caps,” the new currency of the apocalypse. with this game as the rest of its insanely passionate fans. The indepth graphics and detailed surroundings coupled with the intense and immersive story line had me instantly hooked and excited to improve my survival skills and customize my character.

After doing a few jobs, accumulating caps, I found myself in constant shoot outs with hostile bandits and raiders of the wasteland who were constantly trying to kill me.

After taking intense damage I discovered by far the most annoying part of this game- the fact that I

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could be “over-encumbered” with damage, forcing my character to walk as slow as a turtle with cement shoes.

On a trek back to megaton to heal myself, I found myself being constantly ambushed by raiders who would kill me over and over again.

The most frustrating part of this was that when I would come back to life or respawn, my character would still be so severely wounded that he couldn’t move any faster, caught in an endless cycle of death. Finally

after reaching Megaton [which took about 45 minutes] I did everything possible to heal myself. I was still moving slow…so…insanely…slow.

I understand for the sake of realmakes sense, as an apocalyptic nuclear wasteland would be a tough place to survive. But for the sake of gaming pleasure I would’ve like to have been able to play longer than

level I will continuously be a victim of the wasteland.

Although this is a negative review I do encourage players to give the Fallout games a chance as it has a fan following of millions and if they all love it, I must be missing out on something that everyone else seems to know. So wander on wanderers and good luck out there. Oh ya, and watch out for the mutated animals, they’re weird and can kill you. Especially the crab people… they’re scary.

Nick Tocco can be contacted at ntocco@kscequinox.com

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Digging deeper into ‘Holes’ MAXWELL BLANCHETTE

Copy Editor Deemed “larger-than-life” by Publishers Weekly, Louis Sachar’s Holes is the story of Stanley Yelnats and his no-good-dirtyrotten-pig-stealing great-great-grandfather. tery for children and young adults, Holes is a satirical journey that deals with the themes of family, greed and redemption, among others. Its success has earned it the Newbery and National Book Awards and name.

After accidentally stealing the shoes of baseball star Clyde Livingston, Stanley

is sent to do time at Camp Green Lake, a novel through Stanley’s desire to save his site with no lake and hardly anything campmate Zero. According to the story’s that’s green. Here Stanley spends most of deal of money from the son of Stanley’s the company of several other teens and a no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing greatgroup of condescending adults. The idea great-grandfather. She was also known is to build character, but it doesn’t take to have robbed several Texas banks and have hidden the funds from these robbersomething a bit more substantial. ies somewhere in the town of Green Lake.

Told in three parts, the book shifts Starting to get the picture? between Stanley’s incarceration at Camp The book is fragmented into 50 short Green Lake, his great-great-grandfather’s chapters that are carried mostly by witty life in Latvia and outlaw Kate Barlow’s dialogue and a somewhat sardonic humor. time in the town of Green Lake 110 years It is through this humor that Sachar gives before Stanley’s arrival. The connections Holes its satirical appeal, often playing between these stories are bridged over time and accentuated at the end of the absurdity. This type of literal humor is

also present in the dialogue (Sachar helped himself out there by giving his characters nicknames like Barf Bag and Armpit).

The adults in the piece are often prone to speaking in patronizing fashions or speaking with the mere intent to state the obvious. Even the Warden, the director of and the only known female presence at Camp Green Lake, is only occasionally excused from this structure, which is ironic since her authority over the rest of Camp Green Lake gives her the most authority to speak in this way.

Also worth noting is Sachar’s use of repetition throughout the story, both with phrases and with individual words.

third…] hole is always the hardest” give gravity to Stanley’s situation while reminding the reader of the tedium of everyday of someone else. A lullaby is also repeated throughout the novel, changing slightly at certain times based on the generation and lineage of the person reciting it.

Although it is categorized as a comedic youth mystery, don’t let age keep you from reading Holes. Its dark humor and curious characters are sure to make you enjoy yourself, or at least help you see things just

Max Blanchette can be contacted at mblanchette@kscequinox.com

“Its dark humor and curious characters are sure to make you enjoy yourself, or at least help you see things just a little differently.”

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Members of Chock Full O’ Notes (CFON) come together for their final song, “Dog Days Are Over.”

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step.” The organization held an emergency meeting about the ban and called for a general strike later this week.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Tuesday outlawed an Islamist group accused of inciting violence among Arab citizens amid a two-month wave of unrest, and in a separate development approved the construction of hundreds of homes in a Jewish settlement in east Jerusalem.

by Israel. Two decades ago, Israel banned two extremist Jewish parties that voiced support for attacks against Palestinians, declaring them terrorist organizations.

The current round of violence erupted in mid-September over rumors that Israel was trying to expand the Jewish presence at Jerusalem’s holiest site, known as the Temple Mount to Jews and the Noble Sanctuary to Muslims.

The unrest then spread to the West Bank, Israeli cities and the Gaza border. Palestinian attacks, mainly stabbings, have killed 14 Israelis, and at least 83 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli

The decision to ban the group threatened to worsen already strained relations with the country’s Arab minority and was condemned

by Arab leaders. The granting of of more than 400 homes in east Jerusalem was likely to anger the Palestinians.

The international community opposes Israeli construction in east Jerusalem, which Israel captured in 1967 and the Palestinians claim as their capital. This particular project, in the Ramat Shlomo area, has drawn American ire because it was

involved in assaults. The rest were killed in clashes with security forces.

The Jerusalem hilltop compound houses the Al-Aqsa mosque and is the third holiest site in Islam. It is the holiest site in Judaism and was home to the biblical Jewish Temples.

Israel by Vice President Joe Biden in 2010.

MAJDI MOHAMMED VIA AP The Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement of Israel, which FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014 file photo, Hassan Yousef, leader of the Hamas Islamist movement in the West Bank, speaks to the media provides religious and educational after he was released from Israeli prison, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Israel has arrested a top Hamas official in the West Bank, Salah has alleged in speeches services for Israeli Arabs, routinely accusing him of inciting recent violence. The military says it arrested Hassan Yousef on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015 near Ramallah. It marks the and annual rallies that Israel plans accuses Israel of trying to take over most high-profile arrest since a wave of unrest swept through the region a month ago. to expand its control there. Since a sensitive holy site in Jerusalem, a 2001, the Islamic Movement has charge Israel denies. Tensions over the site, which is revered by Jews and bused tens of thousands of supporters to the mosque compound every year the region-wide Muslim Brotherhood organization, has ties to the PalestinMuslims, are at the heart of the latest surge in Israeli-Palestinian violence. to strengthen the Muslim presence. ian militant Hamas group and is committed to Israel’s destruction.

The government announced early Tuesday that Prime Minister BenjaThe movement also helped form groups of male and female activists, It accused the movement of “continuous incitement to violence and min Netanyahu’s Security Cabinet had approved the widely expected meaknown as “Morabitoun” — loosely translated as defenders of Islamic lands racism” and said the party has led “a campaign of lies and incitement” by sure. Israeli politicians have repeatedly called for the ban since the violence — who spend hours each weekday at the shrine trying to disrupt visits by accusing Israel of plotting to take over the Jerusalem holy site. erupted in mid-September.

Jews. Police at times have prevented busloads of Islamic Movement supIsraeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan sought to link the decision “We will continue to act against those who incite and who encourage terporters from entering Jerusalem. Earlier this year, Israel outlawed three to the attacks in Paris, saying Israel should lead the “struggle against radirorism, wherever they are,” Netanyahu said. associations suspected of funding the Morabitoun and later declared the cal Islam, whose emissaries we saw massacring innocent people in Paris.” groups illegal.

Salah’s deputy, Kamal Khatib, said the party condemned the Paris Salah has had repeated run-ins with authorities and was previously attacks and charged Israel with exploiting the timing to “punish the Islamic imprisoned for funneling money to Hamas, which rules Gaza.

Movement” over its position on Jerusalem. government said activists could be subject to arrest if they violate the ban.

Hamas described Tuesday’s ban as “racist,” saying it targets Arabs in The Islamic Movement in Israel also has a southern branch, which is Israel and punishes the Islamic Movement for “protecting” sensitive holy the measure and continue its mission. sites like the Al-Aqsa mosque.

Arab leaders and lawmakers condemned the move, saying it was aimed “All these measures done by the Israeli establishment are oppressive and Israel says the wave of violence is the result of incitement from Palestinat “incriminating” all Arabs in Israel. condemned,” Salah said, adding that he and two other party leaders were ian leaders. The Palestinians say the violence stems from frustration over Arabs make up roughly 20 percent of Israel’s population, holding citisummoned for police questioning. decades of Israeli occupation.

Salah is set to start an 11-month jail term later this month in connection Israel has beefed up security across the country, sending soldiers to public services. with incitement charges from a 2007 sermon in which he allegedly called back up police and setting up checkpoints and concrete barriers in Arab Mohammed Barakeh, the head of an umbrella group of Arab Israeli for a new uprising against Israel. neighborhoods of east Jerusalem, where many of the attackers have come political parties and community leaders, told Israeli Army Radio the deci-

Security has been in increased in the U.S FRANK ELTMAN

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The NFL said it had been in contact with the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI and planned increased security inside and outside stadiums on aged fans from bringing bags.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the State Police, National Guard and other agencies were on a heightened state of alert. The New York Police Department deployed its "Critical

Consulates in New York and Boston received extra security along with French-owned sites in Washington. But elsewhere, like Minnesota's Mall of America, it was business as usual.

"I think like all New Yorkers, we feel solidarity, we know how this feels; it hits home personally," said Ronnie De La Cruz, who was born in Paris, but has lived in the United States since the 1960s. equipped with heavy weapons and other tactical equipment — French Consulate on Fifth Avenue, to important locations including across from Central Park, he transportation hubs and the cers with radiation detectors and security.

"I think that certainly here in bomb-detecting equipment were New York is probably about as sent to subway stations and were randomly conducting bag checks. best as it can be," he said.

"This is not the kind of thing Sports venues were mindful of security in response to the attacks, that is a wakeup call to New York which included suicide bomb- City," John Miller, the departings outside the Stade de France ment's deputy commissioner for during a soccer match between intelligence and counterterrorism, said of the Paris attacks during a France and Germany.

Guards at the Naval Acad- news conference Saturday afteremy's game against Southern noon. "We've been awake about Methodist randomly selected this for a long time."

In Washington, D.C., addipeople to screen with metal detectors and fans were asked to unzip their coats before entering Navy- were deployed to French-owned Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.

Police in Los Angeles said they tions out of "an abundance of would beef up patrols for UCLA's caution," said police spokesman game against Washington State at Rose Bowl Stadium and at a the Massachusetts State Police cricket match at Dodger Stadium. said there was "a comprehen-

sive and multi-layered security package" in place at Logan International Airport and enhanced patrols near the State House.

There was no visible security increase at downtown Chicago's major transportation and tourist hubs, though police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said the police department was actively monitoring events in Paris and keeping in contact with federal law enforcement partners.

In Minnesota, a Bloomingno plans to increase security at the Mall of America, which sees some 40 million visitors each year.

In February, a video purportedly made by al-Qaida-linked rebels urged Muslims to attack mentioned the Mall of America.

Authorities said at the time there was "no credible" evidence suggesting such an attack was in the works.

Los Angeles police said there were no known threats against the city, but the department beefed up patrols at what it called critical sites, including a Snoop Dogg concert.

Police didn't say if additional Motion Picture Academy's annual Governors Awards on Saturday night, but noted it was the type of event that would typically get extra attention from police and private security details.

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A heavily armed New York city police officer with the Strategic Response Group stands guard at the armed forces recruiting center in New York’s Times Square, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015. Police in New York say they’ve deployed extra units to crowded areas of the city “out of an abundance of caution” in the wake of the attacks in Paris, France. A New York Police Department statement released Friday stressed police have “no indication that the attack has any nexus to New York City.”

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Transplant gives new face and scalp to burned firefighter MALCOM RITTER

Hardison still went to baseball games and did other things outside, although people stared. He playfully told curious children that he had fought a bear. Still, - he said, life was hard. He endured 71 surgeries. gone Medical Center. The patient, 41-year-old Patrick Eventually a church friend of his wrote to RodriHardison, is still undergoing physical therapy at the hospital but plans to return home to Senatobia, Mis- guez, who had performed a 2012 face transplant at the University of Maryland Medical Center. The doctor sissippi, in time for Thanksgiving.

The surgery has paved the way for him to regain normal vision, and in an interview last week he said son was placed on a waiting list.

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"We were looking for the ideal donor," one who matched Hardison on biological traits to minimize the risk of his body's rejecting the new tissue, as well in 2005. Dr. Eduardo Rodriguez, who led the surgi- as things like skin and hair color, said Rodriguez, who cal team that did Hardison's transplant and recently by then had moved to NYU Langone.

driving again."

More than two dozen face transplants have been

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Trader Vincent Napolitano, center, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, Nov. 13, 2015. Sharp declines in retailers were dragging the stock market lower in early trading as investors worry that holiday sales could slump.

People fear the holiday season will be a dud due to tanked retail stocks JAY MARLEY

AssociAted Press Retailers ranging from department stores to dollar stores plunged after Nordstrom posted disappointing third-quarter results, just as Macy's did earlier this week.

The price of oil continued to slide on evidence that global supplies are still rising. The dollar could get even stronger, further pressuring oil and other commodities The Dow Jones industrial average fell 202.83 points, or 1.2 percent, to 17,245.24. The Standard & Poor's 500 gave up 22.93 points, or 1.1 percent, to 2,023.04. The Nasdaq composite index slipped 77.20 points, or 1.5 percent, to 4,927.88.

Concerns about retail sales and skidding commodities prices have eroded the gains from October's big stock market rally. Stocks have now lost ground seven of the last eight days. Overall the S&P 500 is down almost 2 percent for the year.

Nordstrom sank $9.51, or 15 percent, to $53.96 after reporting weaker sales. The company also cut its forecast for the year. Macy's had done the same on Wednesday.

The holiday shopping rush will kick into high gear with Black Friday in two weeks. Following several weak reports from retailers, investors are becoming worried that sales will be poor during that period, which is a crucial moneymaker for retail companies. Macy's and Nordstrom both hit two-year lows Friday. Consumer discretionary stocks were by far the worst performing group in the S&P 500.

J.C. Penney's results were about equal to analyst projections, but its stock lost $1.35, or 15.4 percent, to $7.44.

Video game retailer GameStop sank $7.35, or 16.5 percent, to $37.18. Watchmaker Fossil Group plunged $18.62, or 36.5 percent, to $32.39. Fossil posted disappointing earnings Thursday afternoon and also said it will buy

tion is higher, consumers have an incentive to spend more money. widespread selling was an overreaction. Shoppers will spend plenty of money this holiday season, he said, and while they're spending more money on smartphones and TVs and other big items than they used to, there will still be plenty of socks and sweaters given as gifts over the holidays. lot of gift giving, a lot of apparel sales." changed a lot over the last few years. Consumers are spending more on homes, cars, and vacations. they used to, and younger shoppers are more interested in technology.

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the most extensive performed successfully in terms of the amount of tissue transferred.

The transplant extends from the top of the head, over Hardison's skull and down to the collarbones in front; in back, it reaches far enough down that only a tiny patch of Hardison's original hair remains — its color matched by the dark blond hair growing on his new scalp. The transplant includes both ears. shar, co-director of the face transplant program at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, who was not involved in the operation. "This type of treatment option will potentially revolutionize the care of patients with severe facial burn injuries."

that seeks transplant organs and tissue in the New he had signed up to donate organs. His mother gave permission to use his face, noting that Rodebaugh

The hospital paid for the transplant operation, which included attaching four bone segments to Hardison's skull, as anchors to prevent the face from drooping.

Now, three months later, the lower part of his face left no scars on Hardison's new face because the seam remains swollen, but Rodriguez said that will go away of the transplanted tissue runs down the back of his in a few months. With his new eyelids and more surskull.

The donor was 26-year-old New York artist and competitive bicyclist David P. Rodebaugh. He had to continuing taking medications to prevent his body died of injuries from a biking accident on a Brooklyn from rejecting the transplant. street.

Eventually, "a casual observer will not notice anyHardison was burned Sept. 5, 2001, in Senatobia thing that is odd" in Hardison's new face, which will three at the time who'd served for seven years as a blend features of his original face and the donor's, Rodriguez said. search for a woman. The roof collapsed, giving him Hardison said his new face has already made a difthird-degree burns on his head, neck and upper torso.

He spent about two months at a Memphis, Ten- ference when he goes outside. nessee, burn center. Doctors used a layer of skin from his legs to cover his wounded head, but he had lost his ears, lips, most of his nose and virtually all of his an average guy," he said. eyelid tissue.

Since he could not blink, doctors used skin grafts to reinforce what remained of his eyelids and sewed because of insurance concerns, but he has another them nearly shut to protect his eyes. That left him plan: motivational speaking or something similar, perhaps for wounded veterans. with only pinhole vision. just a little bit."

His face was "one huge scar," Rodriguez said.

His message? "Just how there is hope."

reached almost 3 billion barrels at the end of September, a record. slow down next year. Oil prices have dropped because demand can't keep up with ever-increasing supplies.

The strong dollar makes dollar-denominated commodities costlier to buyers using yen, euro and other currencies.

U.S. crude slumped $1.01, or 2.4 percent, to $40.74 a

crude, which is used to price international oils, lost 45 cents, or 1 percent, to $43.61 a barrel in London.

$1.381 a gallon. Wholesale gasoline dipped 3.4 cents to $1.239 a gallon. Natural gas edged up 10.1 cents to $2.361 per 1,000 cubic feet.

The price of gold fell 10 cents to $1,080.90 an ounce.

Silver fell for the tenth day in a row, losing 2.1 cents to $14.20 an ounce. Copper dipped slightly to just under

Compounding those worries was a government report showing that U.S. retail spending edged up just 0.1 percent in October, a bit less than analysts expected.

Prices charged by farmers, manufacturers and other in six years.

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Dr. Eduardo Rodriguez, prepares to pose with before and after images of 41-year-old Patrick Hardison, a volunteer firefighter from Senatobia, Mississippi, badly burned in a 2001 blaze, Monday, Nov. 16, 2015, in New York. Dr. Rodriquez led the NYU Langone hospital surgical team that performed a face transplant on Hardison last August.

Clinton, digs at Sanders, says don’t scrap health law KEN THOMAS

Clinton responded that Sanders was trying to "impugn my integrity" Joined by her husband, former President Bill Clinton, at a fall barbecue, cial hub rebuild after the Sept. 11 attacks. Her invoking of 9/11 received the front-runner said Sunday that middle-class families "need a raise, not an incredulous response on social media and Republicans accused her of a tax increase" and she was the lone Democrat in the debate to commit to her wealthiest donors. raising wages "and not your taxes."

Without mentioning her main rival by name, Clinton said Democrats should work to build on Obama's health law and not suggest "we scrap Clinton brought up 9/11 to try to "mask her proximity to Wall Street and it and start all over again." During the debate, Clinton questioned Sand- the huge amount of contributions and the dollars she has received personers' 2013 health care legislation, saying it would dismantle the law and ally from the major banks of Wall Street." ter the health care system in each state. Sanders envisions a "single-payer" sort of company, that is the sort economic advice that she would follow." system that would be run by the states under federal rules.

Sanders, in a brief interview following a town hall meeting at Simpthe senator's proposals would be paid for with higher taxes on the wealthy and large corporations. taxes on middle-class families. " He's raising taxes to pay for relief for middle-income and working Our agenda is the most progressive in terms of demanding that Wall people," he said.

Sanders noted his support of legislation backed by Sen. Kirsten Gilshare of taxes," he said.

During the event, he said he had helped write Obama's health care law. librand, Clinton's successor as New York senator, to provide 12 weeks of "We are the only major country on earth that does not guarantee health paid family and medical leave. He said it would be paid for by adding care to all as a right. We have got to end that embarrassment," he said. that all of the presidential candidates would come on board with this legthe debate Saturday night marked a feistier phase in the Democratic cam- islation," he said.

Clinton's campaign did not immediately comment on the proposal. paign.

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the United States can't address the crisis of raging extremism on its own.

Sanders put Clinton on the defensive in the debate when he said Wall Street had been the major contributor to her campaigns in order to get support in return.

Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley take the stage during a Democratic presidential primary debate, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015, in Des Moines, Iowa.

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in with very little background [on the current KSC swimmers] it helps to get a little bit of insight or to at least be able to bounce some good with understanding where people are

responsibility at KSC. She has taken over Swimmer and former teammate Gabri- the position of Assistant Sports Information Pimer said she just wants to give back to the school that has given her so much. elle Brzozowski said that having Pimer as Director at KSC. a coach has helped her and the other swimfor covering the results of swimming and mers as well.

“It was a bit of an interesting transition KSC Sports information Director Abe comfortable coming to her and talking about

State is one big happy family…being alongside them in this position is pretty cool and

the new responsibilities well.

Jacob can be contacted at jbarrett@kscequinox.com

dedication to the program is something that is extremely rare.

swimming and diving.

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Listed above are several records that Diana Pimer holds at Keene State College.

THE EQUINOX WEEKLY WORKOUT JURIEN GARRISON

Equinox Staff As usual we are keeping the weekly workout down to a single workout a week. This workout is challenging and you need to take your time with it so that you get results. Make sure you get at least 15 minutes of cardio in.

Do all of these workouts in a 5x10 circuit

Exercise Three: Pull Ups Equipment: Pull Up Bar Time Needed: 5 Minutes

Exercise One: Overhead Shoulder Press Equipment: Dumbbells Time Needed: 3-5 Minutes

HOW TO: - Pull yourself upward using the bar until your neck is above the bar.

- Take your time – a slower workout is a better workout! These are hard so you want to get good reps.

HOW TO: - From your starting position (dumbbells above shoulders) press the dumbbells above your head.

- Do this exercise slow and with a weight you are comfortable with.

Exercise Four: Skull Crushers Equipment: Small Weighted Barbell (EZ Bar) Time Needed: 3-5 Minutes

Exercise Two: Abs Time Needed: 3-5 Minutes

HOW TO:

HOW TO: - Do an abdominal exercise that you are comfortable with and that we have used from past workouts.

elbow bent in. This will be your starting position.

Bring the bar above your head and back down to the starting position. Do this exercise slowly and with a weight you are comfortable with. Take your time with this exercise.

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Senior guard Nate Stitchell makes a move towards the hoop in a game against Endicott College on Sunday, Nov. 15.

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First-year player for the Owls Valerie Martin drives past a defender in the championship game against Sage College on Saturday, Nov. 14.

Men defeat Endicott to claim title BRIAN CLEMMENSON

BRIAN CLEMMENSON

Equinox Staff

Equinox Staff Tournament.

Championship Game: - said.

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Championship Game:

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Opening Game: -

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Brian can be contacted at bclemmenson@kscequinox.com

“I don’t think they were afraid of the bright lights. I think that sometimes happens with freshmen.”

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KEITH BOUCHER WOMEN’S BASKETBALL COACH

Brian can be contacted at bclemmenson@kscequinox.com

Opening Night:

Keene State Athletics

KEENE STATE COLLEGE ATHLETIC TEAM RECORDS Men’s and Women’s Swim and Dive Overall Home Away

1-0

1-0

Men’s vs. Roger Williams Team Points Keene State 175 Roger Williams 115 Women’s Basketball Overall Home

2-0

2-0

Team SUNY Cobleskill Keene State

Points

vs. SUNY Cobleskill

Men’s and Women’s Cross Country

Field Hockey Overall

NCAA New 0-0 Won 1 17-8 England Regional Streak

Name/Time

Name/Time

Men’s

Women’s

Home

13-2

Women’s vs. Roger Williams Team Points Keene State 163 Roger Williams 128

Hayden Patterson 25:26.30

Kait Wheeler 22:03.3

Team Husson Keene State

Away

Philip Parent 25:35.7

Samantha Goldsmith 22:03.6

Men’s Basketball Overall Home

Iid Sheikh-Yusuf 26:22.0

Carli Davis 22:11.0

0-0

Streak

Won 2

vs. Sage College

45

Team Sage

Points

91

Keene State

65 81

Away

Streak

4-6

vs. Husson

Lost 1 @ Bowdoin

Points 0 1

Team Bowdoin Keene State

Points

Away

Streak

2-0

2-0

Team Keene State

Points 108

Team Keene State

Points 100

Green Mountain

104

Endicott

88

vs Green Mountain College

0-0

5 1

Won 2

vs. Endicott College

Upcoming Games Swim and Dive Saturday, November 21

1:30 p.m.

Saturday, November 21 2:00 p.m.

Saturday, November 21 7:00 p.m.

11:00 a.m.

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THE EQUINOX ATHLETE of the WEEK

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Pimer makes another splash in KSC athletics JACOB BARRETT

Equinox Staff As if Keene State College Alumni and swimmer Diana Pimer hasn’t contributed enough to the success of KSC athletics, she’s back for more. Not only is Pimer an assistant on KSC’s swim and dive team, she has recently been hired as the Assistant Sports uratively and literally rewritten the KSC Swimming record book Pimer was a decorated swimmer during her time with the Owls. She holds KSC records for the 200 backstroke, 200 individual medley, 400 individual medley and was a member of the KSC record setting 800 freestyle relay team. In addition to the records, Pimer helped lead her team to four straight Little East Conference titles, was the Little East Conference the Year as a sophomore and LEC Female Athlete of the year as a senior. Out of the pool, Pimer was an accomplished writer for The Equinox, was the paper’s Social Media Editor, received a third place award from the New Hampshire Press Association for Best Sports Story.

With all of that in the history books and her KSC career in the pool and classroom over, Pimer said that she still wants to contribute to KSC as much as she can.

“I just think that I’m lucky to be here. I think college goes by really fast. Not everyone gets to stay at their college and help people they were once peers with,” Pimer said.

With the quick transition from the coached to the coach, Pimer already had personal relationships with many of the swimmers on the team. First-year interim head coach Chris Woolridge said that having Pimer on his staff and her relationships with the swimmers currently on the team makes his job easier.

“She has [going into] four years of background on some of these guys, and for somebody that’s coming

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Field hockey downed in second round of NCAAs BRIAN CLEMMENSON

Equinox Staff

Second Round Contest:

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TIM SMITH / PHOTO EDITOR

Sami Smith (30) battles a Husson University player for the ball in their NCAA first-round matchup at Owl Athletic Complex.

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