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KSC acknowledges World AIDS Day DOROTHY ENGLAND
News editor Growing up in today’s world, the most prevalent and dire fears a current college student faces may border along the lines of terrorism. However, that is not to say other fears do not linger in the background and for some, in the forefront of their lives. One of these fears is testing HIV positive or having AIDS. As a way to coincide with World AIDS day on Thursday, Dec. 1, World AIDS Week at KSC was presented to the campus community. The goal was to educate others on the disease. Events included an awareness fair, a film screening, an activism exhibit and free rapid HIV testing. It went from Monday, Nov. 28 to Friday, Dec. 2. Both the KSC and Keene community members got involved. Assistant minister and youth minister of the United Church of Christ in Keene (UCC Keene) Christopher Cornell said he helped out with the event in order to let
“You can still live a full life being HIV positive. There are medications and there are always welcoming people.” VIVIAN VALENGAVICH KSC SOPHOMORE
people, HIV positive or not, know that there is available support for them. “I see so much hope in our community,” he said, “as a place to come together and support each other. We want to be there for anyone who’s struggling with anything.” Cornell said the UCC Keene is actively involved in providing a safe and accepting community. “We live in a culture that has a hard time being sex positive. It’s easy to fall into traps of stigma and as a church, we want to be a voice against that,” he said. He pointed to a pin on his shirt as validation, which read, “God gave me sexuality.” Cornell said he was deeply disheartened when asked what he thinks when people say people with AIDS deserve it since they may be “committing a sin.” He said, “These sorts of comments pull us apart as a community and we should be working together to support each other.” Cornell said the UCC Keene has partnered up with health and medical centers in Keene. This
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ments of support for any individuals coping with HIV or AIDS. “We tend to do a lot of pastoral care and then redirect people [as needed],” he said. The UCC Keene was just one of the organizations that provided Other organizations included the Center for Health and Wellness, the Athena Nursing Club and the Public Health Club. In addition, many other groups came forward to help table the event and provide applicable resources including Healthy KSC, the Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery, Planned Parenthood Keene Health Center, KSC Pride, Common Ground, the Health Science Department and
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Barnes & Noble rumored as potential option for bookstore KATIE JENSEN
equiNox staff Recently, it’s been rumored that Keene State College’s bookstore will be leased to a new by Interim Vice President of Finance and Planees shared their concerns. Earlier this year, every student received an email relaying that Keene’s bookstore is undercut and employees had to be let go. Unfortunately, nothing much can be said by the committee put in charge of restructuring and has been signed as of yet. However, KSC bookstore Manager Francis Brush gave insight on the s ituation and explained why leasing is seen as KSC’s best possible option. Essentially, Bush explained that the overhead cost of providing textbooks to students is laborious and costly. He said,, “My view of the industry is that stores have a much higher overhead. Consequently, they have to charge a bigger premium and a bigger markup than online operations.” He explained that online, there is a completely automated system where the product can meet the “end user” in a matter of hours. It’s timely By operating this way, on average, textbooks can be sold at lower prices. Times are changing Ultimately, the KSC bookstore cannot compete with popular online providers, such as said she saved nearly $200 on books for this past semester. “I always compare the book price at the store with the prices on Amazon. My manage-
“I have another job working upstairs [in the Young Student Center] -- for the students it isn’t so hard...but the adult staff working here must be worried.”
it’s then quickly shipped to a pick-up site on campus. “I think Barnes & Noble will probably do that here. I don’t see how they can make a KSC bookstore student employee Ben Lemay
changes that will be taking place, but there is reason to be cautious about job security. Since the bookstore is looking for ways to outsource and cut labor, long-time employees might lose their jobs. “I have another job working upstairs [in the Young Student Center] -- for the ing here must be worried,” he said. BEN LEMAY Now that the employee union has stepped KSC BOOKSTORE STUDENT EMPLOYEE up and taken a stance on the matter, it furthers delays any decision making. ment textbook was $280 from the KSC store and only $100 on Amazon.” loran admitted she could not speak to the media The previous advantage to buying textbooks on the matter of job loss and their process in at the KSC bookstore was getting the instrucnegotiating. tors preferred materials in course packs, which are comprised of sources that professors pick out How do the student’s feel? themselves and make into a book that is usually much lower in cost. KSC sophomore Joshua Paquette shared his It’s a preferred option compared to buying excitement and said, “I like the idea, as long as I a lengthy textbook, where the class only gets can pay less for my books.” through a few of the chapters in a semester. lar point of view. “I’m just looking for the better material. price,” she said. However, putting together these packages is more work on the professor’s behalf. In Francis Keene’s Information Technology Group, chairs Bush’s opinion, “Not enough of them take advanthe committee in charge of restructuring and tage -- it’s a shame because now, more comes out said a decision is most likely going to be made of the student’s pocket.” It is expected that the sometime in January. KSC bookstore will stock fewer books. If this was to happen, then potentially, students can go online through the web store and Katie Jensen can be contacted at kjensen@kscequinox.com Similarly, the University of Massachusetts outsourced their entire operation to Amazon. There, students order through a proxy site, where
crimination against trans-people with housing and healthcare,” he said. “There’s less opportunities for them.” Despite the statistics, Kirschner is optimistic. He said he intends to use this optimism for the future of KSC by providing information so that everyone can get applicable resources. Coordinator of Wellness Educally the college has a World AIDS day event every year, but this year they decided to make it a weeklong project. “We’re also trying to provide education on sexually transmitted diseases and safe sex,” she said. Mathews explained KSC’s Center for Health and Well-
drug Truvada, which can treat and decrease the risk of HIV. She advised students to check with their insurance to see if this was an applicable option for them. Another group with goals of providing acceptance is KSC Pride. KSC Pride President junior Sam Whitaker said the group got Support and Success. involved because they wanted to The Program Support Assistant for LGBTQ students Hunter Kirschner is available to support communities. “As a society, we’re the needs of students on campus, more focused on white, cisgendered particularly when it comes to their individuals,” he said. “There’s the identity. He helped organize World possibility of racism and phobia, AIDS week at KSC, explaining that so there are some populations who he really wanted people to know aren’t always represented.” Whitathat while there isn’t as much activ- ker said he loves being part of KSC ism as there was in the 80s when Pride. “I love the community and AIDS was at its prime, the illness the sense of belonging it can give is still a relevant topic. “It’s histori- to others,” he said. KSC sophomore and treasurer cally viewed as a gay man’s disease, of KSC Pride Vivian Valengavich although not only gay men get said the assumptions made in the it. We’re trying to promote [that] 80s about people with AIDS creawareness as well, as the fact that ated a catalyst of stigma. “People people still do have the disease,” thought you were obviously gay, Kirschner said. In fact, he said the people who are most likely to con- you obviously slept around,” she tract the HIV virus, which then said. “There’s always a stigma leads to AIDS, are transgender against things that aren’t normal.” Valengavich said that stigma women of color. is still present, but as far as she’s According to the Centers for concerned, she’s not going to abide Disease Control and Prevention, a by it. “I would be willing to speak 2013 report showed that 28 percent of transgender women had an HIV with HIV positive people and be infection, and of that 56 percent of their friend and look past their HIV black African American transgen- identity,” she said. “You can still der women were HIV positive. This live a full life being HIV positive. was the highest percentage shown. There are medications and there Kirschner said much of this is are always welcoming people.” because the healthcare options are complicated. “Even with legal protection, there’s still a lot of dis-
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO) • 77% [69–86%] of all pregnant women living with HIV globally received medicines that prevent transmission to their babies in 2015 • More than 18 million people were receiving antiretroviral treatment in mid-2016 • 46% [43–50%] of people living with HIV were receiving antiretroviral treatment in 2015 • The global HIV epidemic claimed fewer lives in 2015 than at any point in almost two decades, and fewer people became newly infected with HIV than in any year since 1991.
Town of Keene calls on Keene State to conserve water DOROTHY ENGLAND
News editor The sound of water trickling can mean many things to many people, but for environmental activists, it might sound an alarm. With many people advocating for water conservation, Keene State College is being looked at as a major player in aiding that idea. Keene Operations Manager for Water and Wastewater Treatment Aaron Costa said now is the best time to consider ways of conserving water. “It’s been a really dry year for us. Typically, we live in a really water-rich country and we’re fortunate for that, but we’ve had a good drought this year,” he said. Costa explained that the city of Keene has multiple sources of water. “We have two surface water reservoirs that provided water to our drinking water plant...and we have four groundwater wells that we use to supplement that surface water site,” he said. However, he said for the time being, Keene has had to rely on the groundwater wells more so than in the past. Costa admitted he doesn’t entirely know why this drought has occurred, but he He said as a college promoting sustainability, KSC should do what they can to help. “We’re not in a dire state [and] we’re not in any dire shortage at this point, we’re just trying to get people to think about it more,” he said, “because every drop counts.”
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Another individual thinking about every drop is KSC director of campus sustainability Cary Gaunt who said just because we’re in this drought doesn’t mean we should only think about water now. “Even if we were
supply, so we live in this place [and] on this planet with lots of other people and lots of other beings,” she said. “All of the living creatures...use water and there’s only a limit to [that] amount. So then the question becomes, are we taking more than our fair share or are we taking our fair share?” Gaunt used the Colorado River as an example. The river, which runs through seven states and part of Mexico, provides water for 30 million people, according to National Geographic. Gaunt said what happens with the Colorado River is that some people take more than their fair share of water, leaving very little for people in Mexico where the river ends. “By the time the river gets to Mexico, it’s literally dried up. So it means some people are being completely deprived of water...making it an environmental and social justice issue,” she said. She said we’re lucky we don’t share such severe struggles here in Keene or New Hampshire for that matter. Gaunt said, “It’s a way of thinking and being in the world [and asking] ‘what is my fair share of resources to take?’ We need to think about that as individuals, but also as an institution, as a college.”
working for change. “In terms of students...here’s an example. I walked into a dorm the other day…[and] I saw an athlete coming in and [they] literally put in shorts, socks and a t-shirt, which is a teeny tiny load, but it’s going to use all that water. So make sure you wash with full loads,” she said. “Be mindful about turn-
you can.” She said taking shorter showers helps as well. “You can get just as clean with a two minute shower as you can with a 10 minute shower,” she said. KSC sophomore Jason Thomas said he tries to be aware of what he can do to help. “I’m very aware of how much water we use [in my apartment],” he said. Thomas said he does this for two reasons: to save money and to SAMANTHA MOORE / ART DIRECTOR Gaunt be more sustainable. said she does applaud the He said he has a friend who lives in China and when they talk, they often converse about the environand awareness, but she said there is more that can be ment. “If you look at the world as a whole, some areas done. “Some of our older buildings...we have old fash- are in a real need of water,” he said. “Clean water is so ioned toilets in them and...they tend to use over three valuable.” Gaunt suggested the website Water Use It Wisely, which has over 100 ways to conserve water, from waterhalf.” She said there are other options to conserve water Gaunt said it can’t just be the administration of KSC
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Equinox Staff A student’s grade point average (GPA) is the average of all the grades the student has received in his or her classes. Some take this average very seriously, others barely know it exists. Opinions on the concept of GPA’s vary greatly at Keene State College. There is little consensus on how important it really is. Some people see it as the ultimate measure of academic success and others see it as simply a number, which should not be regarded as a measure of intelligence. When asked how she believed one’s GPA would affect their post-college career, KSC sophomore Jessie Myers said she thinks this depends on what line of work one is going into. “Some jobs don’t necessarily care, others do. I’m going to be a teacher, so they’ll probably care about my grade point average,” said Myers. KSC academic and career advisor Beverly Behrmann said that a student’s GPA is most helpful when applying to graduate school. “Some programs are very competitive and students need to have a solid 3.5 or higher to be competitive. In addition, they need to have demonstrated scholarly research, and jobs such as tutor, teaching assistant or research assistant that show these students have the skills and knowledge to be successful,” said Behrmann. As for jobs, Behrmann said that employers are not as interested in GPA as they are in experience. “Recruiters in most fields are not as interested in a student’s GPA as they are in the type of practical experience the student has gained by the time they graduate. Putting an excellent GPA on the resume will show that the student worked hard academically and met good academic success, but I have heard from employers numerous times that the GPA does not count as much [as] real-life experience, and the ability to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills, the ability to work in teams while also being a self-starter [and the ability to] think critically and problem solve. It is crucial that students organize their resumes and cover letters to highlight these skills.” KSC registar Tom Richard said that no one really knows the current average GPA of all currently enrolled undergraduate students at KSC. However he was able to produce the average GPA of graduating students. “The GPA for graduating students, on average, is typically between 2.9 and 3.1. This office works with graduating students. We know their GPAs and we calculate the average. I don’t see why the average GPA of the entire student population would be very different from that,” said Richard. Richard also
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many factors going into grade inflation, one of which could be that students have the ability to drop a class if they have a bad grade, as well as some professor’s unwillingness to fail students. Despite GPA not always being a good measure of a person’s competence, Richard said it is still necessary to calculate it. He continued, “You have to find some sort of objective criteria that allows you to make a distinction between the applicants.” According to Richard, a high GPA is especially important when going into a line of work which requires some sort of certification, such as teaching, physical therapy or nursing. Elliot Weld can be contacted eweld@kscequinox.com
New FASFA regulations might affect students who work on campus JACOB BARRETT
2017-2018 school year will be using the same 2015 income tax information as they used for the 2016-2017 school year. However, if the 2015 income tax informaapplications earlier than usual. FASFA appli- tion is not consistent on the two applications, cations were able to be submitted as early students will need to work with the college to as Oct. 1, of this year, as opposed to Jan. 1. ensure that the information is correct before According to Keene State Associate Vice President for Enrollment Steven Goetsch, Federal package to a student. Department of Education enacted the “Prior An email sent out to the college commuPrior” dates to allow students to have more nity from Associate Director of Financial Aid time to make decisions in the enrollment pro- Deborah Nichols. In it, she said these new cess. Goetsch added that the FASFA for the Those who have work study and apply
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on it. The card reads “Federal Republic of Nigeria Independent National Electoral Commission Voter’s Card.” Eche responds, “I can vote in Nigeria, but I chose not to. I can’t vote in America, but even if I could I wouldn’t.” In 2012 Eche worked in The National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, which includes the Senate and House of Representatives. The purpose of the national assembly, similar to the Congressional model here in the United States, is to guarantee equal representation within Nigeria’s 36 states. While working there during the election, Eche said the decisions and policies that sentatives in a closed door meeting and are “I never voted in Nigeria because our votes don’t count. The elections are rigged and they try to hide that from its citizens.” Eche took this ideology with him to America, where he believes citizen’s votes don’t actually count. On the other hand, Eche said he appreciates the structure of the U.S. elections. Unlike Nigeria, the United States have campaign rallies and televised debates, which allow citizens to form their own opinions about candidates. “In Nigeria they use ruthless, jobless youths to campaign for politicians, having them run around doing their dirty work for small amounts of money. This causes a lot of paigns very rowdy,” Eche explained. Bradley’s frustration is inevitable. She asked her peers if they voted, only to feel puzzled by some of their responses. “It makes me feel frustrated when I want to go out and vote but I can’t, then I see people who can vote but don’t,” she said. Although she cannot force people to vote she said she understands why they may choose not to. The outcome of these individuals not voting, she believes was giving their vote away to her unfavorable candidate, Donald Trump. Bradley compared this belief to something more close to home. In June 2016 the United Kingdom withdrew from the European Union (EU), otherwise known as Brexit.
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knew the average grade for all student grades last spring semester. “3.14, that’s the average grade for all students in all of their classes for that one semester.” Richard also explained how these averages are what create the argument for grade inflation, which can occur in any educational institution. “The average GPA is going to be higher than you think it should be mathematically. If you look at our grade system, say an A is 4.0, a B is 3.0, a C is 2.0 and a D is 1.0, and you look at the description for a C, it says ‘average.’ So you would expect the average GPA to be 2.0.” Richard also said that from each semester, between one and two percent of the grades given out are Fs, and that about 1,500 students make the Dean’s List every semester, meaning students who have received a GPA of 3.5 or higher. Richard said there are
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for 2017-2018 federal aid and have discrepancies on their forms will be given ten days to present with the student and their family. resolve the issues with their application. The priority deadline for the FASFA appliIf the corrections are not made after that period to resolve the issues with their appli- June 30. More information on these changes cation, the supervisor for that student must can be found at studentaid.ed.gov decide to switch that student over to student hourly employment, or have the student stop Jacob Barrett can be contacted at Goetsch stated that there are no other jbarrett@kscequinox.com changes made to the FASFA that he is aware cial aid as soon as possible to ensure that none of these issues exist in a student’s appli-
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Bradley said the general population was for the EU, as it allowed anyone in Europe to work there without a visa. “Everyone was for it, but people’s mindset was that they didn’t need to vote, thinking the majority vote would be to stay. The results were completely opposite,” Bradley explained. She fears that something similar could happen here in the U.S. Donald John Trump v. Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton “My family back in England couldn’t believe Trump was a candidate,” Megan Bradley said as she chuckled. “I went to Trump’s campaign when he came to Keene as a joke and I couldn’t believe it, I realized how real this is.” Bradley continued to involve herself with the politics of this country, further realizing how time has changed. She said she believes Trump is taking the country a step back instead of moving forward. While watching presidential debates and attending rallies, Bradley commented, Trump seems to always talk about what he is going to do but never how he is going to do it.
been his choice. Despite his belief that the Clinton’s net for president. Eche said Hillary truly had the interest of the people at heart. Eche continued that Clinton could have made America more free by reducing poverty, increasing minimum wage, decreasing student loans and interest rates and creating equal pay for women. Consequently however, Eche said the country could have become less secure if she were elected president. Eche labeled Trump as a businessman, a title he is going to keep when he becomes president. Furthermore, he said Trump’s
but at the same time the strictness is good because they make sure people who pose threats won’t come here, whereas in Nigeria it’s not as strict,” Eche said. Eche predicts the future of America looking like a dictatorship when Trump is in the country by using force and by bringing in policies that go above Congress to make the country. “My family called all the time to talk to me about the election. They were scared of Donald Trump, in particular his speech of sending Nigerians back if he wins,” Eche said. “Some of me and my friends [in America] have received text messages from home asking us how the election is going with hope that would Hillary win so we could have a rest of mind.” Bradley confessed she has a lot of concerns about the future of America after the 2016 election. Hillary Clinton was never one of those concerns. Instead, Bradley feared how the Trump
in America who are fellow businessmen. the country. She described Trump as “very In addition, his previous business rela- unprofessional,” commenting on his lack tions with Russia could potentially have neg- of compassion. “I cannot imagine Trump addressing a possible tragedy that could believes will not happen between the United occur in the country because he’s not empaStates and Russia anytime soon. Instead, he thinks this will cause problems for the coun- face of this country.” try in the future. Coming to America from England, where Fearing the unknown
“Donald Trump has bad-mouthed Nigecould go so wrong,” Bradley said. “Having rians saying he was going to evacuate them because they take Americans jobs. Am I supelection and seeing candidates bashing each posed to be for someone who is against me?” other and avoiding discussing topics of what the economics major Kevin Eche asked. citizens want to hear is something I disagree For Eche, his primary fear with the future with, it’s unprofessional.” of the country is immigration policies. He In Bradley’s opinion, Hillary Clinton on the other hand had more experience. She plan to reduce immigration and refugees. As particularly agreed with Clinton’s beliefs in an immigrant who knows several peers that equality. are immigrants, this is unsettling. Eche described the 2016 Republican canEche regards immigration policies as didate, Donald Trump as “a mess” and the already being very strict. “Even with a proper Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, as visa as soon as you get to the airport you are “corrupt.” He said he felt torn between the interrogated. They question you and your two, but if he was to vote, Clinton would have documents right when you get to America,
guns are not allowed, Bradley fears the possibility of favorable gun control policies under the Trump administration. will be easier to obtain guns and more shootings will keep occurring in the United States in comparison to England where the low rates of people carrying guns can be accounted for the reduced number of shooting in that country. She said, “I wish Obama could stay in lowed in his footsteps.” Alexandra Enayat can be contacted at aenayat@kscequinox.com
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it’s not that you’re just campaigning for something, it’s that you care about the people around you and that you’re there to listen and that’s really what it is. We’re here to listen to what people have to say and the voices that aren’t being heard.” With the recent acts of vandalism in Carle Hall emulating white supremacy, Stephenson said these pins are now even more relevant. By taking a pin, Stephenson said you are an outlet for anyone who feels unsafe. “When someone comes up to you, you do have the obligation to be there for them no matter what. You can’t pick and choose. You can’t say ‘I’m here for people of color, but I’m not going to be there for gay people.’ It’s all inclusive,” Stephenson said. To avoid exclusion, the class is pushing politics aside. However, when the class held a tabling event on Monday, Nov. 5 in the Student Center, several students who took a pin did it because of the election outcome. KSC senior Chris Barriss was amongst the students grabbing a pin because of our new President-elect. “I am worried about Trump for our future because he doesn’t seem very LGBTQ+ friendly and supportive,” Barriss said. While some took a pin to stand with those discriminated by Trump, some are wearing it for other reasons. Member of the class and KSC senior Sandra Kayira said she wants to stay open-minded when wearing her pin. “Now I’m ready to have conversations with people who supported Trump instead of painting them as homophobic or racist. They were the silent majority and now it’s time to open that dialogue,” Kayira said. The P.I.N. project has just started involved with the movement, but still has a lot more distribution to do. KSC junior Ian Stewart said he is excited to be involved in this assignment that matters. “It’s cool to do we receive our grade. It’s better than doing something that we are not going to pursue after the class is over,” Stewart said. While Stewart acknowledged that as a white male he cannot fully relate to the minorities, he wants to be there for them. “I feel like I can’t understand what these people [minorities] are going through, but at the same time I want to help and unify,” Stewart said. As the bookmark reads, “If you need me, I’ll be with you. All I ask is that you be with me too.” For those interested in becoming involved with the P.I.N. Project, contact Marianne Salcetti at msalcetti@keene. edu. If you or anyone you know feels victimized or discriminated against, reach out to Campus Safety, for Multicultural Student Support and/or the National Suicide Prevention Hotline. Olivia Belanger can be contacted at obelanger@kscequinox.com
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“In a way, these pins bridge a peaceful path between people who may have never crossed each others’ paths otherwise. Coming together and providing a peaceful, safe space
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The P.I.N. Project comes to campus to provide support for students A strong yet subtle movement is gaining popularity and respect across the U.S. by providing safe spaces understanding of each other. to others, which are indicated by wearing a safety pin. Having the will to listen and try to understand vide a safe and supportive space for those who need it. we all coexist in. Keene State College is not shy to this trend, and many In a way, these pins bridge a peaceful path between people who may have never crossed each others’ paths pins, letting others know that they are a safe space. otherwise. Coming together and providing a peaceful, The idea of providing safe spaces is a relatively new Originally, safety pins were worn in the United alized groups can come and feel safe, equal, valued and respected. Mainstream stereotypes have no place of solidarity. within safe spaces. According to an article published on Vanity Fair’s - website on Nov. 13, “The safety pin movement, which started in the U.S. a few days ago and has grown expothe majority, safety pins are worn to let others know nentially in popularity, is actually adapted from a simione is there for them whether black, white, transsexual, lar protest that followed the Brexit vote in June, when cisgender, immigrant or native. the U.K. decided to leave the European Union.” By wearing a safety pin, one is committed to being Although in the United States, these pins are worn anti-discriminatory. This means anyone can talk to those wearing the safety pin for support, a voice or people who were victimized, ostracized and discrimieven just to walk across campus in order to feel safe. nated against during the campaigning of the election, Whether or not one makes up a minority group or and even still following the results. not, a safe space is a place for any two people to come Following the results of the election, the United
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States has seen a drastic increase in hate crimes. According to the Southern Poverty Law Centers website, “In the ten days following the election, there were almost 900 reports of harassment and intimidation from across the nation. Many harassers invoked Trump’s name during assaults, making it clear that the outbreak of hate stemmed in large part from his electoral success.” KSC also experienced a hate crime quite recently when a swastika was burned onto the ceiling of a bathroom in Carle Hall. Incidents like this occurring across the nation will not be tolerated, and so by wearing a safety pin, one is able to show their intolerance for such behavior. We at The Equinox want to see people from all groups come together and take advantage of the safe
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Sexualized makeup products to blush over MERIDITH KING
think, than wearing makeup that makes younger girls look older than they are. I know personally I didn’t With makeup giving get interested in makeup until 12-year-olds the ability to look 20, the makeup industry school and starting college, seems to forget not all of their but now I see girls as young clientele are actually that age. as twelve or thirteen using a From “Better than Sex” repertoire of products I didn’t mascara and “Barely Legal” even know existed at their lip-gloss by Too Faced, Nars age. It’s worse when their blush in “Orgasm” or “Deep mascaras, eyeshadows and Throat” to the “Spank Me” blushes that they use have an eyeshadow from MAC, these extremely sexual undertone makeup products are avail- to their names. able to even the youngest As a 20-year-old makeup makeup enthusiasts for pur- enthusiast, I very much enjoy chase. sharing my favorite shades of Seemingly innocent nail lipstick with my friends...how polish doesn’t even escape the wrong would it be to hear that sexualization, as the colors a 12-year-old’s favorite shade “Porn-a-thon” by Smith & Cult is “69” by MAC? There is and “Jizz” by BleachBlack something inherently wrong attest to. What does naming and discomforting about that. makeup products so sexually I understand a brand’s obsession with staying trendy - and edgy for marketing’s sake, dren who purchase and use I just think that especially in their products? today’s day and age, more I worry that young girls brands have to take into conusing products that are so sideration what demographics explicitly named alm Aost they are reaching as a whole, ages them beyond their years, not just one or two niches. I which is more damaging, I think people would still buy
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the product without the sexedup packaging, if the product was actually well-made. I would, in fact, be more apt to share my makeup favorites to more people if I didn’t have to say “Yea, on my eyelids is this shade ‘Deep Throat.’” No thanks. Young girls will have plenty of time to experiment with achieving “sexy” when they are older. At their age, makeup should be a fun and experimental learning process-- with product names to match. ing your own persona and way to best represent yourself and how you want to portray that to the world. Words that
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They should learn makeup isn’t just to look good for the opposite sex, but it is more a matter of self-expression.The person they should learn to look good for is themselves. I hope this trend of scandalous makeup names is one that is soon over. Meridith King can be con-
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Defying stereotypes associated with millenials The benefits of KATHERINE GLOSSER
Equinox Staff Millennials have been labeled as lazy stereotypes? Perhaps this is just another case of underestimation and misunderstanding by the previous generations. The millennial generation is being relied Yet, with every generation comes a stereotype and millennials are no stranger to that. Let’s break down the stereotype about millennial generation is more outspoken about each of their own thoughts and feelings. Millennials have been brought up in a more liberal society. Gay and transgender people of today have become more acceptable than all the previous generations have. Today, people are focusing more on gender equality, racial equality, religious equality and knocking down stereotypes. According to the United States Chamber of Commerce, millennials are more tolerant of races and groups than any previous generation, with 45 percent versus 19 percent agreeing with special treatment to improve the position of minorities. In the generation before the baby boomers, women were seen as people meant to be good submissive housewives, while the men were seen as the “dominant” gender. Then the baby boomer generation came about and challenged that ideal, which opened up for more gender equality movements. Today, the millennial generation continues to challenge gender stereotypes just like their parents in previous generations. Male stereotypes are also being challenged more as well. It is a lot more acceptable in society for a man to cry today than it was in any other generation. All of this social and liberal progress has made this generation more conscious of other people’s feelings, and in particular, the feelings of racial, religious and sexual minorities. reotype comes in. With more tolerance of minorities and being a more outspoken generation, we are more likely to challenge any form of hate speech that targets people of a certain sex, sexual identity, gender identity, religion and race. Previous generations have been quieter about these issues until more and more gay man and a transgender in the millennial generation is more likely to come out and express their identity more than any previous generation. The more normalized something is, the more acceptable it becomes.
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people feel safe, understood, and valued, even if it means challenging a person’s view. Another stereotype that is often associated with millennials is the notion that they are lazy, but statistics show otherwise. According to the Pew Research Center’s survey conducted on over 2000 adults, 41 percent of millennials obey what their managers tell them to do, which is more than the previous generations. This generation has also expressed a
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bigger need to balance both work and life than other generations have, which creates a misunderstanding that they don’t value work as much. According to a survey by percent of people who said they are workaholics are millennials, compared to 19 percent from previous generations. Another challenge to the lazy stereotype is that previous generations were also being challenged as lazy by older generations. According to an article in the New York Times, when Plato was alive, he commented that the younger generation was lazier. This was a couple thousand years ago. As technology progresses, so does the easiness of completing everyday tasks. Hundreds of years ago, people often washed and made their clothes by hand, but now most clothes are washed in washing machines and all of the clothes we wear were bought in a store. The same can be said with the technology of today. A person can now speak into a computer and it will write down everything. People can cite their sources automatically by putting a website link in an online generator. People no longer have to rely on going to the library to look for books for their school reports because we have the technology to look things up on our phones and computers. People can do more things in the comfort of their home than any other generation. Millennials have more resources than all the previous generations and they utilize
buying local MERIDITH KING
Equinox Staff Shop local this holiday season! Not only does that ensure a more unique and thoughtful gift for your loved ones, but shopping local supports small businesses and local artisans and can help make your community stronger. With many local economies languishing in the age of one-stop-shop superstores like Walmart and T.J. Maxx, now is the time to help out. Towns cal businesses keep towns alive and give them a sense of identity. More local small businesses are far more ethically sourced than large corporations as well, and you are sure to miss out on the long lines and general holiday chaos found in large chain stores. Personally, I love to get gifts that are person-
records and cassettes at Turn It Up! For the music Encounters on Main Street. I also like to give my hard-earned cash to fellow artisans, and not some faceless corporation. Nothing is better than supporting someone who truly loves a craft and are deeply proud of their product, and that is the kind of quality item my friends and family deserve. Meridith King can be contacted at Mking@kscequinox.com
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a quicker fashion. Therefore, millennials are not lazier or tions. They not only take advantage of the technological advancements that they have, but they are becoming more empathic and conscious of people’s feelings. They are not afraid to speak up when there is something wrong and we are active in our careers. Putting the blame on any generation hinders our progress as a human race, and if one continues to encourage such a notion, generations will continue to be divided. Katherine Glosser can be contacted at Kglosser@kscequinox.com
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Keene State alumni struggle with student debt ALEXANDRA ENAYAT
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Preface: New Hampshire Public Radio recently reported that the annual Project on Student Debt published of all schools in New Hampshire, which ranked as the number one state with the highest student debt, Keene State College graduates had the largest debt in the state, an average of $38,971 in 2015. Tuition including mandatory fees at KSC costs students who live in state $13,613 annually. According to an online public factbook published by the college, of the 4,383 part-time and full-time undergraduate and graduate students in the 2014-2015 catalog year, 3,678 students received some type of student loan. Among these 3,678 students, the amount of loans totals $48,817,246, which accounts for federal, state, institutional and private student loans. This means a whopping 84 percent of students take out some form of student loan at Keene State College. lege graduates cannot physically pay them. Their further options are limited. One choice, according to Student Loan Borrower Assistance (SLBA), is to
est, which he said was around three percent. Interest rates for most college students however, can reach as high as eight to 10 percent.
on Nelnet is $3,158. more years. After graduation, Gunnell originally was paying Luckily, his loans aren’t making a huge impact $500 a month on his student loan, but now he says on his future, for example, causing a hindrance he has reduced his payments to $200 monthly to help from him starting a family. Paying back student loans is something easygoing Gunnell was prepared for. What he wasn’t prepared for
Hayden Gunnell Twenty-three-year-old Hayden Gunnell wakes up every weekday at 8 a.m. in his mother’s apartment and Checking out at Target, you’d never know it, but Gunnell graduated from Keene State College with a Bachelor’s degree in criminal justice in May 2015. Yet, he faces the same harsh reality that 60 percent of graduated students in the U.S. experience every year -The Target employee not only works a job completely unrelated to his degree, but he is among the 84 percent of graduates living with student debt. His debt totals nearly $5,000. His full-time job at Target pays for his necessities, like food and rent, but also contributes to paying back his student loans. Making only $11 an hour stocking shelves however, doesn’t leave him much room for personal spending, burdening him to ride around in his Toyota Prius as an Uber driver in Manchester N.H. for extra money. Gunnell graduated from Keene High School in 2011. munity College in his city for two years to get his general education courses out of the way.
works as an assistant at Keene High School, causing two parents contributing incomes. When Gunnell transferred to Keene State College, the bills started increasing and the need to take out loans was necessary in order for him to attend. Even though he received scholarships, he had to to cover the cost, totaling about $5,000 including inter-
ing forward to the day I no longer have this debt,”
Since February 2016, he has been applying for jobs and started physically training for the job. The only problem with working with the State Police
north in towns so small the state police also worked as local law enforcement as well. “I was looking to work in the Manchester-Concord area, a distance from Keene and in a more civilized area. Since that wasn’t an option, I wasn’t trying to live stranded up north with nothing to do and that was my only option, so state police just wasn’t in my cards,” Gunnell confessed. In June 2016, he took the written Great Bay Community College Police Testing examination which put him on the employment eligibility list for other police while having a minimal standard of living while also departments to look at. Once they received his score, proving unwarranted hardships such as permanent or they could then invite him to take a physical test and later, an interview. temporary disability. Gunnell heard back from a few departments and was interviewed for town law enforcement such as not an impossible one. Plaistow, Dover, Keene and Rochester. None of the which establishes a plan to reduce or delay repayment towns he was interviewed by selected him. “I talked to other people who got jobs in law enforceto creditor’s overtime, from future income. ment and they had experience working in corrections According to Joshua Cohen of “The Student Loan Lawyer” this type of exemption from student loans for instance, but had no degree. I didn’t have much experience or a crazy resume, but I did have a degree, Bankruptcy Find Law suggests alumni who can no which apparently didn’t help me,” Gunnell said. Hayden Gunnell’s future is unknown. He is looka forbearance or deferment program.
Interest however, is accrued during this period.
remaining $10,000 still owed. He has no plan to defer his loans, he said, because they are built into his monthly budget. He
fortunately receives a tax credit from the loans. “In a way, you can use it to build credit and you do get a tax break when you pay interest so it has its
rates are too high, but for me it’s just kind of what I needed to do, it was part of the college experience that I had to accept. As far as paying it down, it is just something I have to live with.”
Meghan Foley Thirty-year-old Keene Sentinel Reporter Meghan Foley takes out her little reporter’s notestill owes on her student loan as of May 2008-- just over $17,000. The Ipswich, Massachusetts, resident chose to attend Keene State College after high school in the fall of 2004 for writing. She graduated from KSC in 2008 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism and a minor in Political Science. She started applying for jobs in February of her
with a newspaper in North Adams, Massachusetts, where she worked for four years, until the local newspaper shut down. For the next year, she worked independently as a town reporter before returning to Keene, New Hampshire, where she currently calls home. soft voice, “I want to die because right now I am basiDuring Foley’s time at Keene State, she lived on - campus all four years. where and pay for an apartment with the debt I am She had a work study at the college and on breaks would go home and work at her local Market Basket. make real money.” He recently applied at Cheshire Corrections as a security guard for Hunter Morris, but still hasn’t heard forced to receive assistance from both subsidized and back. Running tired, dry and thin of new ideas, Gunnell Foley chose to help reduce her loan payments as of November 2016 found a job working as a security through consolidation. Not knowing loan consolidation was an option, she was paying a variable interest rate on one loan and a
Jordan Volikas Twenty-six-year-old Swanzey N.H. native Jordan He found a secure job right after college.
In 2010, she decided to consolidate her loan to make payments easier and to lower her interest rate that could have potentially increased. Now instead of paying $200 a month, she pays $130.
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est rate on a liability, such as a loan, that remains the same either for the entire term of the loan or for part of the term,” from Investopedia.com.
it is based on an underlying benchmark interest rate or index that changes periodically,” from Investopedia. com. Chapter 13 Bankruptcy – “A chapter 13 bankruptcy is also called a wage earner’s plan. It enables individuals with regular income to develop a plan to repay all or part of their debts. Under this chapter, debtors propose a repayment plan to make installments to creditors over Loan Forbearance – “Forbearance is a period during which your monthly loan payments are temporarily suspended or reduced. Payments on your loan principal are postponed, but interest will accrue during the forbearance period,” from Navient. Subsidized Loan – “A type of loan does not require the borrower to pay interest but rather has the interest paid by a third party,” from businessdictionary.com. Unsubsidized Loan – “Direct Unsubsidized Loans are loans made to eligible undergraduate, graduate, and professional students, but in this case, the student does
loan by 2025, which she said could have been done by 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in economics and a busi- 2018 had she consolidated the loan right after college. ness management minor, which he said allowed him to The journalist has been working a second job at a local grocery store for three years, in addition to her job reporting for the Keene Sentinel. working for United Foods INC, which he explained led She commented that she lives “modestly,” her debt the loan,” from thebalance.com him to his currently job at the Monadnock Community “I like journalism and I’m content right now. As Alexandra Enayat can be contacted I get older, I think one of my hopes is to maybe be at aenayat@kscequinox.com would pay for his student debts. During his time at KSC, he worked and saved money. Since graduation, she has opened a credit card, as more year to save even more. He also worked two jobs through the school, working a student hourly job for an exact wage in the school “I have known people with upwards of much more mail room and in the Rhodes Hall lab room. than that $20,000 plus in loans. I worked with some- one who claimed $80,000 in loans who’s stuck eating ships and had parental contributions to help pay for ramen. I just consider myself lucky.” tuition throughout his college career. His father works as a machinist and his mother as a Keene school district coordinator. Loan Consolidation– “The combining of several $25,000. unsecured debts into a single, new loan that is more favorable,” from Investopedia.com the next few years he will need to come up with the -
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Hoot n’ Scoot stays open CRAE MESSER
Managing executive editor With the recent decision to forgo the sale of sizzlers on Fridays, rumors of more dining cutbacks have been swirling around the Keene State College campus. Perhaps the most concerning rumor to the students of KSC was one indicating Hoot n’ Scoot would be shutting its doors beginning next semester. While the signs may point to this being a legitimate possibility in the near future, General Manager of Dining Services at KSC Josef Quirinale said there is absolutely no plan to shut down Hoot n’ Scoot. “There is nothing planned at the moment,” Quirinale said. Quirinale said that the the dining department is no dif-
ferent, as they are a part of the campus. “Our campus client came to us and said, ‘We really need to do some conservation here, because the campus as a whole needs to look at spending and be as tight as possible.’” Quirinale said that in this type of situation, the department comes up with what he called a shopping list, showing how much each type of food or service they use costs and [then] evaluates the popularity of those foods and services. Once these statistics are evaluated, the less popular foods or services are looked at as the possibilities for what could hypothetically be cut. “It’s an arbitrary thing,” Quirinale said. “We know how much it costs to provide the sizzler on a Friday, for instance. We know how much
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it costs to provide the Hoot on a daily basis. We also know how many students take advantage of that,” Quirinale said. Quirinale also said that those types of decisions are made on the other end and that he is not responsible for making those decisions. Quirinale said that there were a couple of options involving Hoot n’ Scoot that were talked about, including closing the service for one day out of the week, or one meal. However, the decision was eventually reached that the service would not be altered in any way. Crae Messer can be contacted at cmesser@kscequinox.com
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Getting clean while at Keene
Keene State students create organization for students in recovery
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Senior psychology major and addictions minor Haley Monkton is an intern in the Counseling Center Struggles may get you down, make you feel stuck dent organization, along with their advisor Morrow. and possibly make you feel even hopeless at times. Monkton herself is also in recovery. Seeking help isn’t always the easiest thing to do, but if your struggle is addiction, there’s help on ent events every week for students, mostly focusing campus for you. around education. Owls for Recovery is a new group for the Owls of Keene State who are going through the recovery process of addiction. the beginning of the year and moving to upperclassSophomore psychology major and substance men halls now. “What we do is called Liquid Lunch. It’s basically founder of the student organization, who is also in an exercise where we have fake bottles of alcohol and recovery himself. students pour what they think the standard drink size is. People will either get it right on, over pour or and cream. I still have bad days, I still have days under pour and either way it makes it an educational where I think to myself, ‘Oh my god if I have to go to experience,” Monkton said. one more class I’m going to pull out my hair.’ I still “We talk about standard drink sizes, such as an have the normal struggles of every college student, such as: How do I balance work, school, homework, social life and everything else. Then...I go to meet- feel like it’s hard for people to grasp that concept, or ings and I have my own licensed drug and alcohol of wine and they say, ‘I had one glass of wine,’ when counselor, which is what I’m actually going to school really they had even more than two. We are trying to educate people so they can practice safe drinking behaviors.” the outside world for him, but it has changed how he Monkton said the group is in the beginning stages, responds to it. but hopes to have more attendance next semester. He said, “I still have to deal with all those things, She has been trying to get the word out by postthose outside things haven’t changed. How I respond and internalize things have changed and the dif“I think it’s important to note that you don’t have ferent messages I give myself. My coping skills are to even tell us that you are in recovery or even tell us what your status is. It’s not a support group type of if I was joyful, I would drink and use just because thing; it’s more like any other student organization. that’s what I did. Recently, a good example would be It’s just people getting together who have a comthe other day, I had a weird feeling and just wanted monality who can network with each other and plan to get in trouble, so I baked three pounds of peanut events on campus. Nobody would be questioned if butter fudge instead and brought it into my class just they came in. I do think people are kind of afraid, so because baking is a good outlet for me now.” I’m hoping that maybe this will help,” Monkton said. Here on campus, Morrow works in the Counselnally from New Jersey. “I moved up here and went ing Center as the Coordinator for Alcohol and Other for a semester as a continuing education student and Drug Treatment Prevention Education Services. She received her undergraduate degree from munity. My addiction then got really bad, so I did New York University (NYU) in psychology, her maswhat I did and I was active for a number of years,” ter’s degree in health science also from NYU and her doctorate in counseling psychology from the Univer- sity at Albany. “I love helping students like Dante and Haley. I The doctors told him they didn’t know how he think what they’re building is huge and will have a was still alive. “That’s where my recovery took me, to big impact on campus. We don’t have an enormous the brink of death. I have really been given a second amount of students in recovery, but we do have them - and I think it’ll be helpful to them as a campus culdale said. ture. It’s important to have this and [it] will raise He continued, “I found recovery, and in August awareness,” Morrow said. Morrow said there’s a misperception to students, especially incoming students, that they have Twenty-eight days later, my aunt also passed away this idea that all college students drink and in large from [a] heroin overdose at the age of 39. I had been amounts. talking about going to school, but when my aunt The group is trying to address and clear up that passed away it really hit home that maybe I should misperception for students. stop talking about going to school and actually go and do it. That really pushed me.” is so smart and has so many good ideas. The thing is, the good ideas she has are things I have already opportunities here in Keene. He is trying to bring thought about, but being that she’s faculty here she awareness that addicts and alcoholics are normal has a little bit more pull than I do. She takes the people. visions in my head and makes them actually happen. He has also gone through the Recovery Coach She’s a wealth of knowledge with the position she Academy and is currently working on hours to has on campus and with her being apart of the Counseling Center, [it] really ties in with the group I created well.” He volunteers in the local community, along with working two jobs- one in the Mason Library and the to him if you see him on campus. “At this point, you other at the Dollar Tree. really can’t miss my pink hair, but for anyone who - might be reading this and might think they have a ery because for me, I wouldn’t be a college student if problem or maybe someone they know might have I didn’t have recovery. I wouldn’t be here doing what a problem and are unsure of what to do, just come talk to me. I’m more than willing to tell anyone my non-traditional student, and it’s really awesome that story,” he said. even at my age, being a person in recovery and being “If my story can help one other person not have a commuter student, I’m able to blend in with my classmates.” what my family went through looking at my addiction, that’s why I’m here and want to enter the profesthe only thing Keene State lacked was having no sional world of being a drug and alcohol counselor. recovery community. I’ve been there [and] done that.” er’s lives. He said, “If I can save one person from Michelle Morrow, things started falling into place. going through that, then I have done a good job. “We have been discussing it for a year-and-a-half Even if I don’t, telling my story helps me. It keeps me grounded and reminds me that at the end of my of having weekly meetings. Having this group as addiction, I was literally dead.” an outlet to connect with other students who don’t drink and don’t use, and to have a common commuEmma Hamilton can be contacted nity is helpful. Everyone kind of has a big commuat ehamilton@kscequinox.com nity here on campus and we were kind of stuck, we
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“Every day is different, not every day is peaches and cream. I still have bad days, I still have days where I think to myself, ‘Oh my god if I have to go to one more class I’m going to pull out my hair.’ I still have the normal struggles of every college student, such as: How do I balance work, school, homework, social life and everything else? Then to put in, I go to meetings. I, myself, go to a lot of different 12-step meetings and I have my own licensed drug and alcohol counselor, which is what I’m actually going to school for to further my recovery.” DANTE DIFFANDALE PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER OF OWLS FOR RECOVERY
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Seasonal Affective Disorder at Keene State College MARY CURTIN
- high school, my parents noticed ularly and she recommended I guess you could say, so they took me to a therapist and that’s when I - got diagnosed,” Clark said. While winter is a common time
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to ski, snowboard and enjoy the abundant snow New England has When the days get shorter and can be a dreaded time. According to Mental Health
high and really low and then once bit nicer out than usual, I will go spring and summer come around, for a walk outside with my dog or it kind of goes away and it is more I try to get to the gym so I can try controllable,” Clark said.
between 20 and 30 years of age, but it can happen earlier as well. While some symptoms and said.
according to the Mental Health America, the symptoms are often congruent with depression.
“I realized I wasn’t a huge fan because it wasn’t like when I was younger and you could just go out
other seasons as well. “Pretty much it happens in the wintertime mostly; it comes
people on the outside looking in at
dubbed as a happier season stated, “[My male friend], during because of the warm weather and college he went from social, funny, long days of sunshine. and outgoing to a hermit. He hardly left his room, hardly spoke summertime is awesome. Basilights on. He would stay in bed all day, skip class and hid from us.” time, and in the winter I don’t ski or snowboard so the wintertime doesn’t really do much for me,”
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but as I got older I didn’t as much,” - diagnosis came in her sophomore cially diagnosed, her doctor has year of high school when her par-
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disorder and how she can cope during the long winter months.
Students speak out about Hampshire College removing Amercian flag KYLE KEMP
equinox Staff Quite recently, there has been a lot of hostility on the campus grounds of Hampshire College in Massachusetts. The college has been stant protests related to the lower-
campus. With the announcement from Hampshire College President Jon-
came an immediate response from people across the community, especially soldiers. -
institute took. When asked how he felt about the issue, Moore said, “They can
country, but I think it’s extremely disrespectful to that freedom
changes. “When I was a sophomore in Moore said he feels that these type of actions are ones that add to this country and the one thing that gion you follow, [is that] we are all Hampshire College, but I would not recommend anyone to go there if
expressed some concern on the disshows to our country. Holm said, “I personally feel that that should not be allowed because
represent your country well.” With breaking news that the Hampshire College president and raised once again, Holm said this does not justify the original action that took place. Holm said, “I like the fact that SAMANTHA MOORE/ ART DIRECTOR
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my work really helps me concentrate too.
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just trying to waste time, but making a to-do list has helped me get my schoolwork done
and I feel like that was one way that the soldier’s protests completely
struggling, I’ll do all of the assignI’m not a professional, but I am a junior ments I missed throughout the semester and college student who has had plenty of time hope that my professor accepts them. Most to struggle with trying to raise a grade. of the time, they’ll only accept one or two assignments, but that’s better than none. In fully raise a grade in 10 days.
6: Spend a night in
for our freedom and to show our
9: Drop the phone
a toll on your body, physically and mentally. Like I said, I’m not a professional, but from late assignments, my phone can be the bigpersonal experience, dancing the night away your late assignments, and that is totally with my girls makes me want to spend the understandable, but when you’re in a jam to entire next day lying in bed doing nothI can’t help but stop my work and pick up make that 3.0 GPA, anything is worth a shot.
1: Study many hours not studying and thinking that the test will be an absolute breeze. The next
4: Stay after class
be boring, but spice it up a little. One trick I found useful is rewarding myself. After professor about assignments you’re missing. -
on how to better your grade. Personally, my
with another break, or an episode on Netf- taking the time to sit down and talk about look forward to during my study sessions, thus creating more desire to open the books. a deep breath and approach your grade directly.
2: Extra Credit Whether it’s during the school year or one
5: Seclude yourself but sometimes they can be a distraction. My
help boost your grade, in my experience. the apartment 24/7, causing me to procrasroom, close the door and take some time for like watching my grade rise.
3: Do assignments you’ve missed
sharing a room with two other people, and are so many places on campus where you can go to be by yourself and really focus on are the library, the Mountain View Room
to do, but also forces me to open the books your phone in your room. For me, my phone and actually study something before taking day, but sometimes putting the phone down creates an opportunity for hours of studying
7:
Participate
I can’t stress this one enough. Through-
10: See a tutor
designated to participation. Raise your hand. introduce the class tutor during the class period. This really helped because I knew I share your opinion on the subject at hand. had someone on my side to help when I was struggling. If you’re looking for a tutor, ask your professor if they know anyone tutorgram can also help set you up with a tutor. started raising my hand in class.
8: Prioritize College can be a crazy time: clubs, sports,
said the original action of the college was extremely disrespectful. Verespy said, “I guess they’re allowed to do it, but I don’t think it’s right, and it’s disrespectful to and I just don’t feel that that shows reason to take it down.” back up does not justify the impact of the actions made by the president of the college. Verespy said, “I think the only reason that they decided to put it back up was because of the protesting, so I guess I don’t respect him
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Center. cessfully raised my grade in the last three I am an academically experienced student
- so much more to learn, and I commend those - who don’t need these tips to raise their grade. work ahead of anything else. I like to ask Props to those who maintain a consistent grade in their classes, but for those in the really need to watch the next four episodes trying to waste time?” Usually, I really am
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A group of 12 Keene State students traveled to North Dakota to join the movement at Standing Rock. The group traveled over 1,700 miles over Thanksgiving break. Here they are pictured with natives at the reservation.
The 1,700 mile long journey to the Sioux reservation PETER DUBOIS
coverage concerning the pipeline protests, the vetKeene State junior. erans’ plan to stand with the Sioux tribe caught KSC senior Maggie Mason said she helped plan the attention of the nation. Mason believes the The Army Corps of Engineers announced the trip to assist the people there, further under- vets’ decision was the evident turning point. Sunday that they will look for an alternative route “It was a very powerful statement which caught for the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, a huge win for the Sioux tribe and their vigorous She also organized a peaceful protest on the said. supporters. Student Center lawn before the trip to North “It says a lot about the power of protest and the A group of 12 Keene State students traveled to Dakota. power of prayer; mostly that voices can be heard, Standing Rock over Thanksgiving break to stand The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers delivered that we are stronger together and that violence is in solidarity with Native Americans protesting an eviction notice to Standing Rock the day after the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Thanksgiving, making it clear that they wanted The Army Corps is currently looking into The group traveled over 1,700 miles and spent the camp empty by Dec. 5. Yet, protesters didn’t other options for the pipeline, but there is no cer36 hours in the car to make it to North Dakota. budge. tainty when or if another route will be established, Since the pipeline’s approval in January, there Since the eviction notice, some 2,000 U.S. veter- which could cause future tensions between the have been ongoing protests at the Sioux reserva- ans rallied to arrive at the Sioux camp beginning Sioux and the Army Corps of Engineers. tion. Dec. 4 with intent to lead the protests. President-elect Donald Trump has supported Police have responded with tear gas, pepper Later that night, Jo-Ellen Darcy, the Army’s the construction of the pipeline. He will be sworn spray, rubber bullets and more. If the pipeline assistant secretary for civil works, released the folwere to be built, it would destroy native burial lowing statement: grounds and pose a threat to the drinking water “Although we have had continuing discussion Peter Dubois can be contaced at supply. and exchanges of new information with the Standpdubois@kscequinox.com The students spent two full days at the camp ing Rock Sioux and Dakota Access, it’s clear that and quickly became involved in the community. “I learned that there is a lot to be done, whether “The best way to complete that work responsiit be organizing various donations including jack- bly and expeditiously is to explore alternate routes ets, hats, gloves, lending a hand preparing food in one of the seven kitchens or helping those that Despite an ongoing lack of mainstream media
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A man burns sage at Standing Rock.
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Mason said D’s Deli wasn’t the only fundraiser. “Our gofundme account (https://www.gofundme. com/standing-rock-satellite) got over $1,200 [and KSC A group of Keene State College students traveled student] Jess Boushie also donated roughly $80 from to North Dakota to get their feet on the ground for Standing Rock. The trip, which took roughly 27 hours Mason said the trip was inspiring. “Personally the driving one way, occurred over Thanksgiving break. best part for me was seeing the sense of community, Leader of the group and KSC senior Maggie as well as how united everyone was in such a peaceMason said the majority of the trip was paid for by the students who went. “All of the fundraising we shows the violence and police brutality [and] we honestly had no idea what we were getting into going; said. “Some friends and family back home donated we weren’t sure how safe the camp would be, what gas money which helped, but other than that we did the vibe would be [like] or how accepted we would be as non-natives. But I have never felt more accepted before in my entire life...it was truly a beautiful expewas local Keene business D’s Deli, which has both a café and deli. Mason said the café contributed around Mason stayed on the main camp, Oceti Sakowin, $25 in cash. which means Seven Council Fires in the language Owner of D’s Deli Darren Humphrey said he gave of Lakota, used by Sioux tribes. “We stayed with a 10 percent of the money made in sales one night to native named Fidel [Moreno], who actually presented the students going on the trip. At the event held on Wednesday, Nov. 16, there was a showing the docu- Mason said she and the 10 other KSC students, plus one former student, slept in Moreno’s 18 by 24 foot tipi. actor Leonardo DiCaprio and National Geographic. “We were so grateful for the tipi because a tent would He said it was a win-win situation by helping both the students and the café by raising awareness about Mason said at one point, she was afraid. “On it’s location. Thanksgiving, there was a rumor that the camp was He declined to comment on his personal feelings going to be raided...people around camp drove in towards what has been happening at Standing Rock. trucks, yelling out the window for women and chilHowever, he said having a good relationship with the dren to gather...none of us knew what was happening college and the outside community of Keene can be Mason said they were given two options, to leave said he plans to show more movies in the future for a the camp or stay. She stayed put. “Everything ended while, however, he said it would depend on the situation if any percentage of the sales would be donated.
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Protestors set up tents to sleep in on the reservation.
“[but] the whole experience demonstrated two things clearly--the fact that danger was a true possibility, but also that the camp was tightly organized, ready to act at any point. They had busses ready for evacuation Another member who went on the trip was KSC junior and New Hampshire state representative Joseph Stallcop. Stallcop said the best part of the trip was getting involved with the tribe’s prayer ceremonies and “experiencing the culture of a people who have stood tall against oppression longer than this country has He said that as a student, he went to learn about worldly events. As a State Representative, he said this experience needed to happen in order to provide him with insight on other cultures. As someone who said he had never been to the Midwest before, Stallcop said, “Besides giving me a larger perspective of the U.S.... I have personally gained insight on issues of corruption and marginalization, as well as the dangers of uncontrolled corporate and governmental power. I hope to bring all of said. Stallcop said this issue is more than “just the destruction, colonization, freedom of the press, government surveillance and police militarization are all themes here. No matter who you are in this country,
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Don Baldini conducts his final orchestra performance ETHAN CHALMERS
Baldini has been an artist in The concert program began residence at Keene State since with “The Moldau” from a suite 1992 after concluding a successful titled, “Má Vlast” by the Czech On Wednesday Nov. 30, the professional career that included Keene State College Orchestra performed an innovative pro- as a studio musician in Los Ange- ovation from the audience. The gram to celebrate Don Baldini’s les. During his career at Keene Smetana piece was followed by State, Baldini conducted the KSC orchestra. Jazz Ensemble and founded the KSC Orchestra program.
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After over 25 years at KSC, founder of the KSC Orchestra Program and conductor of the orchestra, Dona Baldini recieves a heartwarming ovation in his final performance as KSC Orchestra conductor.
Euphonium and tuba group brings ‘Joy Tuba World’ to KSC ALEXANDRIA SAURMAN
Equinox staff On Sunday, Dec. 4, music students and community members amalgamated as one group for Tuba Christmas. Held in the Mabel Brown Room, this free event featured solely tuba and euphonium players from around Keene and surrounding counties, ranging in ages from 12 to 72. The event bragged a somewhat large turnout, though mainly consisting of community members. Musicians, some with their instruments decorated with bows and ribbon, were adorned in Santa and elf hats as they performed 19 dif-
ferent numbers, each lasting under two minutes. The afternoon began with an introduction from Keene State College’s associate music professor and Tuba Christmas conductor Dr. Jim Chesebrough. Dr. Chesebrough has been the conductor of this event for nine years, but actively involved for 10. ducting…,” said Dr. Chesebrough. “Professor Douglas Nelson...started this 26 years ago, and when he campus.” After the short speech, the group began their performances,
starting with “Oh Come All Ye
join their loved ones for the holi- noted, “...she’s only been doing it day season, whether for military or for three months, but she loves it…” other reasons. audience sang along. This occurred At the conclusion of the event, are new to Tuba Christmas, others a few times, especially when more the audience was allowed to meet popular Christmas carols were Cornog from Nelson, New Hampperformed, such as “Joy to the photographs with them. shire, have been involved for years. World,” which they called “Joy Although some musicians “Oh, it’s fun...playing with all Tuba World.” the other euphonium players and During two songs, senior Hail- family members and assisting in duct in place of Dr. Chesebrough. clean up. year member of Tuba Christmas. The switch in leadership occurred KSC alumna Cathleen Pearsabout halfway through the pro- all attended the concert for her gram. the most amazing things...we During one portion of the per- do over 80 performances a year formance, the band dedicated mented. “[Bethany] only started through the music department at “Low How A Rose” and “Silent playing three months ago.” Keene State and this one gets so Night” to those who are unable to Her husband John Pearsall also much attention.
There’s another one today, brass and saxaphone ensemble. There won’t be near as many people in the audience and… it’s really easy to... have a good time when there’s a whole bunch of people here to listen and it’s a great time of year.” The next event hosted by the Keene State College Department of Music includes the Concert Choir on Friday, Dec. 9 and Chamber Singers and String Ensemble on Sunday, Dec. 11. Alexandria Saurman can be contacted at asaurman@kscequinox.com
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The Tuba Christmas group of euphonium and tuba players perform chrsitmas tunes to get the Mabel Brown Room audience in the holiday spirit on Sunday Dec. 4.
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Winona LaDuke shares latest on Standing Rock FLETCHER RICE
White Earth Indian Reservation in northern Minnesota, which borders North Dakota. She traveled to Standing Rock to help prevent the Dakota Access Pipeline Winona LaDuke, founder of the Honor the Earth shortly after overcoming the Sandpiper Pipeline that program and Vice Presidential nominee for the Green threatened her own reservation. Party, was greeted by a full house in the Redfern Arts Dr. Hottinger said, “When it comes to communities Center’s Alumni Recital Hall on Nov. 29 as she disof color, there has been a lot of abuse in the past and cussed some of the most recent information on the I think what we are seeing at Standing Rock is a consituation at Standing Rock in North Dakota. tinuation of some of that, particularly environmental - abuse.” rations, as well as at Standing Rock, LaDuke focused A repeated phrase in LaDuke’s presentation was, “I part of her discussion on ways our culture can transiwant to live in a society where the rights of corporation out of what she calls “The Fossil Fuel Era.” tions do not proceed the rights of people.” Associate Dean of the School of Arts and HumaniDr. Hottinger said that what really resonated with ties at Keene State Dr. Sara Hottinger said, “The work her from the discussion was the idea of “an infrastrucshe is doing is incredible and has had such a huge ture for people, not for companies.” impact…the fact she has been able to gather people LaDuke remained optimistic saying that on Jan. 1, a number of contracts for the Dakota Access Pipeline LaDuke is a Native American and lives on the
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humor to the work that she does and she has an ability ing and funding the project will drop their contracts to rally a group of people, which can be really imporduring renegotiation. tant. As audience and community member Rebecca Carter said, “I found the presentation really interCarter said, “The economic piece to this discussion esting…plus [LaDuke] had a nice humor to add to such was mind-blowing. How much money is being put into a serious topic.” these pipelines is absurd… there are miles of pipeline The audience celebrated LaDuke’s presence with a that haven’t been updated in decades that can now standing ovation after the end of her lecture, as well as harm the environment.” an open discussion with the audience in the closing 20 Dr. Hottinger said, “If you invested that much minutes. money into solar or wind power, especially on those The discussion was paired with the opening of the upper Midwest reservations where there is so much wind, it would just make so much sense.” be found at the Mariposa Museum in Peterborough, LaDuke said she hopes that at the end of all of this, New Hampshire, and features artwork by 20 Native Standing Rock will be able to get two megawatt wind American artists. It will remain on display until Feb. 26, 2017. move into environmental and sustainable energy. Fletcher Rice can be contacted at Dr. Hottinger said LaDuke brings creativity and frice@kscequinox.com
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KSC alumnus continues to chase dream after graduation ALEXANDRIA SAURMAN
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me in a position where it makes me think about certain things I wouldn't have thought of if I didn't hear it,” he said. walked through the Keene State Colative person all around, whether an alumnus. While many graduates it’s through visual aesthetics or just having a great ear for music…,” commented Taillon. path. He began a professional rap career. a sound that I can create that will with rap from a young age. Born to create an impact…if I can keep to parents native of the Dominican Republic in Beverly, Massachu- and inspire people that way with my versatility...then I guess that’ll work,” he mentioned. Much of his inspiration comes During his time at KSC, he managed from what’s current in his life. to make a name for himself, selling “Now the things that inspire me are the situations that I’m in right 2016 Grammy Awards. now, just like friends of mine going of releasing some of his singles. “Rambo,” which was produced by KSC junior Patrick Taillon and shown at the Film Student Music Video Night on Nov. 3, has received over 700 views in three weeks.
“I’m inspired by the people that I surround myself with. The people I have around me are go-getters and chase their dreams the same way that I do--in their own respective ALEX SUAREZ RAP ARTIST AND KSC ALUMNUS
that are going to jail that are going through some tough times--it usually revolves around money,” he said. “I feel like if I have this talent… I can kind of use that to get everybody out of their situations. I feel like that's my biggest motivation and discovered that their talents right now.” could intermingle. “I’m inspired by the people that I “I just kinda pestered him to let surround myself with. The people I me do music videos for him,” said have around me are go-getters and chase their dreams the same way that I do--in their own respective it done and I wanted to do it.” career, he has already built a fanreleasing a new music video every base. two weeks. However, this is subject “It’s so inspiring…to see someto change as the production process one that’s around our age [to be] so can take longer than planned. passionate about something they Although he already has over love…I am a fan of that kind of - music anyways, like just hip hop and rap, and then being able to have a personal connection to him, so that his managers and business partners, knowing he puts so much heart and all of whom assist with opinions, to soul and just dedication…I think it produce something that the public makes me like it even more,” said will like. senior Delta Phi Epsilon president Stephanie Giang, who got to know own sound. The raps aren’t meant Fraternity and Sorority Life. instead, to be heard and understood by anyone. entitled “Wake Up” on Tuesday Nov. “[My production team and I have] 29, and he plans to release more shortly. His songs can be found on YouTube or his website, slumdoggtry to be very versatile. I don't really music.com. necessarily have a concrete sound like a sound…that I created…I just Alexandria Saurman can be contacted at asaurman@kscequinox.com Every instrument inspires me [in] a
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KSC alumnus and rap artist, Alex Suarez, also known as Jasz continues to pursue his career in music whit his inspirations being family, friends, jazz music, poetry.
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KSC community gets hacked in more than one strange way NICK TOCCO
me? and why do the automated toi- an unnecessary Malware protection lets in the Media Arts Center (MAC) app for a hefty price. Apple support technician Yuri Nidiot said the complaints Two earth-shattering questions the same bowl. caught him by surprise. have been surfacing that all KSC stuRecently, Apple technicians Nidiot said, “Usually we just get dents are waiting to hear the answers have been receiving reports of scam calls about things like Cyber Monday to. artists hacking iPhones, convincing sales not being what customers Those questions are: who are people that their phone is infected expect, the IOS update not being these fake Apple people scamming and scamming them into purchasing worth it at all or calls from some crazy girl who bought the new JoJo album and just wants to talk about how good it is." Nidiot added that he and his coworkers were "shocked" to hear so many calls about scams. Simultaneously, Keene State College has been receiving complaints about the automated toilets in the MAC bathrooms. According to many students, the
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entitled “A Night on Bald Mountain.” After a short intermission, the concert concluded with the “Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 1” by Dmitri Shostakovich and the rousing “Radetzky March” by Johann Strauss Sr. During the intermission, the Keene State Music Department honor Don Baldini’s service to the Keene State community. Christopher Swist, resident artist and professor of percussion, presented Baldini with a commemorative plaque and remarked that “Don’s musical standards the changing music industry.” Jose Lezcano, Keene State
professor of guitar and director With the orchestra, I have of the Guitar Orchestra, said the played the ‘Ninth Symphony’ by Antonín Dvorak and ‘Danse for the future conductor of the Macabre’ by Camille Saint-Saëns.” KSC Orchestra. Audience member, Carey Dr. Joseph Darby, Keene State Citak is a senior at Keene State. professor of musicology, thanked Citak said, “I loved the concert. Baldini “for bringing orchestral Don always puts on such a great and jazz literature to this college.” show.” Steven Lauture, a junior at Ally McNamee, a senior at Keene State and the concertmas- Keene State, said that she thorter of the KSC Orchestra, said that oughly enjoyed the performance. he has played in the orchestra for McNamee said that “it was really three years. good. I played in the band proLauture said, “I love the music gram in middle school so it was he [Baldini] chooses. While it’s sad that he’s leaving, he started instrument parts of the orchestra.” this orchestra so he will still be here.” impact on the Keene State ColLauture said that performing lege community, the KSC Music under the guidance of Baldini has Department is organizing a scholarship fund in his name for He said, “Baldini picks challeng- accomplished string players. ing music that improves my skills on the violin. You have to grow as Ethan Chalmers can be contacted at echalmers@kscequinox.com
the facilities. KSC student Tommy of the toilet has been a major inconvenience to himself and many other students. “Its ridiculous man,” Squats said. “It’s a huge pain in the rear when I’m trying to write a paper that’s due today on my phone and the toilet ceiling.” Since the investigation was launched for the iPhone scammer(s), the culprit has been caught and identhe malfunctioning MAC toilets. It turns out the culprit is Kanye West and has been operating from the mental hospital he was recently checked into. Since being apprehended, Mr.
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youth in his statement released exclusively to The Equinox. West said, “Ya’ll can’t hide from my greatness, not even on your phones or in the bathroom, bruh.” West added that he feels he is “the greatest hacker of all time.” When asked how he did it, West said, “Because I’m an [expletive] genius.” During his statement, West was interrupted by a reporter who said, the greatest hacker of all time.” West promptly agreed. Nick Tocco can be contacted at ntocco@kscequinox.com SAMANTHA MOORE / ART DIRECTOR
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The KSC Orchestra prepares for conductor and KSC resident artist, Don Baldini’s last orchestra performance before retirement.
KSC Professor Jack Hitchner shares his poetry with students and faculty NICK TOCCO
Arts And EntErtAinmEnt Editor Retiring Keene State College and tenured author and poet Jack Hitchner shared his poetry with a group of students and colleagues at the Thorne Sagendorph Art Gallery on Wednesday, Nov. 30. Hitchner is best known for writing poetry chapbooks such as “Not Far From Here” and “Seasons and Shadows,” in addition to his short story collection “How Far Away, How Near” and the novel “The Acolyte.” Educated at Glassboro State College, now known as Rowan University, and Dartmouth College, Hitchner said he has been an adjunct professor in English for over 30 years. Before his reading, Hitchner was introduced by American Studies professor Michael Antonucci. As an admirer of Hitchner’s, Antonucci discussed the large student presence at the reading and the KSC. He said that he can always tell from student’s work if they’ve taken Hitchner’s courses, and added that the students are always proud to say they had Hitchner as an instructor. “That’s that kind of [an] endorsement and
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school teacher for a really long time, who Antonucci said. “That’s what a great educa- found himself in writing pretty much after his 60th birthday and after the kids have During his readings, Hitchner discussed left the house. He’s done so much in the last the subject matter within his poetry. Some 10 years and it’s all been north of his 30th of the themes of his work included father birthday and that’s a great thing. That’s an and son relationships and seasons, but he also spent most of the time reading poems learning, that’s the guy.” from his latest collection that was inspired Hitchner has made a commitment to by the emotions he felt from 9/11. lifelong learning, which is why he techniKSC English major and attendee of the cally is not retiring entirely. Hitchner said reading Emily Cackowski said it was inter- he has discussed teaching with Educational esting to hear his work and his somber per- Program Coordinator of the Cheshire Acadspective on the 9/11 attacks through poetry. emy for Lifelong Learning (CALL) program “It made sense to me and I was glad that where he plans to teach on a more limited he explained that before he did the reading basis. He plans to teach a course he has curbecause it really added context to what he rently entitled as “Soundtracks and Stories” was saying in his poems,” Cackowski said. “For me, I was six when 9/11 happened, so current events of the 40s, 50s, 60s,” Hitchmy memory of it is not vague necessarily, ner said. but I don’t have much of a memory of it. I When he saw the amount of students just remember being taken out of school at the reading, Hitchner said that he was early, so it was interesting to see the mind- “touched,” especially by those he had not set he had experiencing it as an adult.” had courses with. When asked about the student turn “It felt good,” Hitchner said. “I was really out of the event, Antonucci said it was very touched by it. I was touched by Mike Antonucci when he asked me to do the reading, “We are a nation of writers,” Antonucci and I was touched especially by both facsaid. “We’re in the midst of a poetry rush ulty and the students, most of whom I didn’t know...I appreciated them being there and I and I think it’s great to have people here appreciated their attention and the raising to hear someone, such as Jack who was a of questions. I like to teach. It’s all I’ve done
since I was about 23. I like the involvement with students in general.” Hitchner said in his experience, he had learned a lot from workshopping and accepting constructive criticism from other readers and writers in similar settings to his reading on Nov. 30. He said that in his time tion and poetry writers he had met in the Keene community known as the “Fubarians,” Hitchner struggled with criticism at “It’s helpful,” Hitchner said about his
that you are reading and stay in your own voice. Find your voice and go from there. Try to attend some workshops. They can be expensive, but they’ll be helpful. You’ll meet other writers and begin to network with other writers. Trust the judgement of other writers who you meet.” Although Hitchner has been a veteran of teaching for a long time, Hitchner admitted feeling. “This will sound crazy,” Hitchner said,
a lot of the criticism personally. You have to have a thick skin. Don’t take things personhad before the reading. I got nervous beforeof the acolyte began with what was going on in David Harper’s (protagonist/main character) head. Most of the people in FUBAR wanted me to begin with some action, and I was the importance of that and that’s what I did with this particular draft.” Speaking of networking with other writers, Hitchner said he encourages young writers to do the same while providing additional advice. “Read,” Hitchner said. “Be a reader and continue to write. Find time to write, if not every day, as often as possible and be a reader. If you want to stay with poetry, read
can’t help that, I’m just that way. There have been classes though where I really enjoyed part, I really enjoyed my contact with the students.” Nick Tocco can be contacted at ntocco@kscequinox.com
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“‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’ succeeds as a magical creatures from across the
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AssociAted Press NATO and the European Union made a public show of unity Tuesday in the face of criticism from Donald Trump, hailing their deepening cooperation as the U.S. president-elect insists European allies start pulling their own military weight. In the presence of EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, NATO foreign ministers endorsed more than 40 proposals for boosting cooperation on cyber security, sea operations, and helping neighboring countries better defend themselves. “Today, we really mark a miletion,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters during a break in a two-day meeting in Brussels. Trump lambasted European nations during his presidential campaign for not investing enough in defense and said he wants NATO to do more to combat terrorism. Fewer than half a dozen of the 22 allies in the EU spend 2 percent of their gross domestic product annually on defense, a threshold target set by NATO. The United States, by far NATO’s biggest funder, has for years demanded its partners to spend more, but Trump’s heated and unpredictable rhetoric has unsettled many allies. They are also wary of Trump’s uncritical view of Vladimir Putin even as the Russian president makes more assertive use of his armed forces in Europe. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, appearing at his last NATO ministerial meeting, agreed that “unity is very, very important” for the defense alliance. “We need to come together, to make sure there is a strong Europe,
a strong NATO and that the values and the interests that we all share, we are continuing to work on together,” Kerry told reporters. The Brussels meeting was aimed in part at reassuring the incoming U.S. administration that European allies are spending more and that the world’s biggest military alliance is already doing plenty to combat terrorism. Indeed, some allies are waiting for Trump to spell out exactly what more he believes they can do. Despite doubts about what the future holds, Stoltenberg said he is “absolutely certain that the United States will remain committed to the trans-Atlantic bond, will remain committed to NATO and will live up to ... the security guarantees to Europe.” While NATO and the EU have 22 common members, cooperation between them has been hindered by nization should have primacy in defense matters. “It is a very good thing if countries talk about other arrangements for their security and their defense, but that should not in any way undermine NATO,” British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said. Of the 42 proposals, one-quarter deal with countering so-called “hybrid threats” such as propaganda, political and economic interference, or disguising trained military personnel as militias, as Russia did in Ukraine. Others involve better coordinating NATO and EU crisis response activities, and studying whether to conduct joint and coordinated military exercises. But they remain proposals, and nothing concrete in terms of defense programs were on the table. Tuesday’s talks also were expected to focus on NATO’s role in helping to bring stability to Iraq and Syria.
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As crews searched the Oakland warehouse for more bodies, the founder of the arts collective stood near the gutted building Tuesday morning and said he was “incredibly sorry” and that everything he did was to bring people together. The death toll remains at 36,
Bernard Cazeneuve became France’s new prime minister on Tuesday, shifting over from his job as interior minister after Manuel Valls stepped down as prime minister to focus on running for the presidency. Valls resigned a day after announcing his candidacy in the wake of French President Francois Hollande’s decision not to run for a second term. “I was a happy prime minister” despite challenges that included terror attacks, Valls said in a ceremony transferring power. “I leave in calm ... (because Cazeneuve) is a man of state.” “You are a friend, a brother,” he added. Both men made clear that coping with bloody terror attacks and facing down threats bonded them as they worked hand-in-hand. Cazeneuve also praised the “friendship” between himself and Valls. Valls hopes to unite Socialists and give the left a chance to stay at the Elysee Palace in France’s tworound presidential election in April and May. Current opinion polls, however, suggest that the second round could pit Marine Le Pen, the leader of the far-right National Front, against conservative Francois Fillon. The 53-year-old Cazeneuve is a close ally of Hollande and became
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu shake hands prior to a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of a NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016. NATO foreign ministers on Tuesday will discuss closer EU-NATO cooperation
remembered her as someone who
unclear how it started. The district attorney warned of possible murder charges as she determines whether there were any crimes linked to the blaze. “We owe it to the community
be methodical, to be thorough, and to take the amount of time it takes that no additional bodies have been to be able to look at every piece recovered. of potential evidence,” Alameda County District Attorney Nancy Deputy Tya Modeste said of the 36 O’Malley said. victims found, 26 of their families The blaze is the most lethal bodies have been “tentatively iden- than a decade and stories of victim’s last minutes began to emerge lacking any type of identity for one Monday. individual. spokesman Sgt. Ray Kelly said that during a dance party at the ware- some of the victims texted relatives, house that had been converted to “I’m going to die,” and “I love you.” artists’ studios and illegal living Rescue crews found bodies of spaces. people “protecting each other, holdFounder Derick Ion Almena told ing each other,” Kelly said. the “Today Show” on Tuesday that On Monday night, hundreds of he was at the site to put his face and his body in front of the scene. at a vigil at Oakland’s Lake Merritt. the blaze. Almena said he signed a Those in the crowd embraced lease for the building that “was to each other or held up candles as city standards supposedly.” they said aloud the names of people “I’m only here to say one thing they lost in the blaze. that I’m incredibly sorry and that Several people in the crowd held everything that I did was to make this a stronger and more beautiful Terry Ewing learned Monday community and to bring people what he already knew in his heart: together,” he said. His girlfriend, Ara Jo, was among Oakland Fire Battalion Chief the dead. Robert Lipp said crews have Earlier, Ewing said Jo’s friends cleared 85 percent of the “Ghost and family had already started Ship” building with one corner still talking about the vibrant 29-yearinaccessible because it is unstable. old Oakland artist in the past tense, Crews hope to stabilize it Tuesday.
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Cazeneuve becomes France’s new prime minister
“If you take her somewhere, she’ll make friends with the surly punks in the corner as well as the elderly grandparents,” he said. The cluttered warehouse had been converted to artists’ studios and illegal living spaces, and former denizens said it was a death trap of piled wood, furniture, snaking electrical cords and only two exits. Oakland city councilman Noel Gallo, who lives a block from the warehouse, said he confronted Almena several times about neighbors’ concerns about trash in the street and in front of the warehouse. Gallo said Almena essentially told authorities to “mind their own business” and appeared resistant to addressing complaints and complying with city codes. Almena said on the “Today Show” on Tuesday that he signed a lease for the building that “was to city standards supposedly.” Almena and his partner, Micah Allison, ran the building’s arts colony, called the Satya Yuga collective. Relatives, friends and former colleagues said Almena loved to surround himself with followers, but he seemed to care little for their well-being. Almena told the “Today Show” that he and his family lived in the warehouse. He told San Jose television station KNTV that he didn’t attend the event Friday night and that he and his wife had decided to stay at a hotel because he was exhausted. Almena did not respond to emails or calls to phone numbers associated with him by The Associ-
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Relatives of Travis Hough, including cousin Jessica McDonald, second form right, and her partner Gero Zimmermann, at left, hold candles during a vigil in memory of victims of a warehouse fire at Lake Merritt on Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, in Oakland, Calif.
ated Press. No one answered a call to a number for Allison. The warehouse is owned by Chor N. Ng, her daughter Eva Ng told the Los Angeles Times. She said the warehouse was leased as studio space for an art collective and was not being used as a dwelling.
measures tackling extremism. Cazeneuve, appointed interior minister in 2014, faced a series of attacks in France that claimed more than 200 lives since January 2015. In total, he championed three counterterrorism laws and one intelligence law. He has also been in charge of implementing France’s state of emergency following the Paris attacks that killed 130 people in November 2015. Cazeneuve said his three-fold goal as prime minister will be “to protect, progress, prepare the future.” He acknowledged that his mandate will be short, but said “each day is useful. Each day counts.” Bruno Le Roux, the head of the Socialist group in Parliament’s lower house, was appointed as France’s new interior minister. Valls is the top contender in the primary next month for Socialist candidates and their allies but he will face tough competition from former Economy Minister Arnaud Montebourg and former Education Minister Benoit Hamon, who both back more left-leaning policies. Valls is known for his outspoken, authoritarian style and his tough views on immigration and security. He has been harshly criticized by other party members after championing tough labor reforms and endorsing a controversial ban last summer on the Islamic “burkini” swimsuit.
responsible,” Gallo said. “I hold the manager responsible.” But questions persisted about -
investigation last month after complaints about the warehouse. An inspector who went to the premises couldn’t get inside, said Darin what’s going on like everybody Ranelletti of the Oakland Planning else,” the family wrote in a state- Department. ment to KNTV. “Our condolences Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf go out to the families and friends of those injured and those who lost together a record of what they knew their lives.” about the property. Eva Ng did not immediately Oakland Fire Battalion Chief return phone calls from The Asso- Melinda Drayton told the San ciated Press. Francisco Chronicle that investigaGallo said Chor N. Ng put Almena in charge of cleaning up center-rear of the converted warethe Ghost Ship, and nothing was done. unknown. “I hold the owner of the property
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In this Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015 file picture, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve leaves the Elysee Palace after the weekly cabinet meeting in Paris, France.
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‘Cancel It!’ Trump says new Air Force One cost ridiculous JONATHAN LEMIRE
AssociAted Press The government should cancel its multibillion-dollar order for new Air Force One presidential planes, Donald Trump declared Tuesday, serving notice he’s ready to jump in and start making decisions six weeks before his inauguration. Costs for the two Boeing 747s are “totally out of control,” Trump told reporters in the lobby of his New York skyscraper. The government has contracted with Boeing to build the planes, which would go into service around
The price of Boeing stock dipped after his comments but not drastically. Trump had tweeted in 2013 that he owned Boeing stock, but a spokesman said Tuesday he sold all of his stocks in June. The company said in a statement, “We are currently under contract for $170 million to help determine the capabilities of these complex military aircraft that serve the unique requirements of the president of the United States. We look forward to working with the U.S. Air Force on subsequent phases of the program allowing us to deliver the best planes for the president at the best value for the American taxpayer.” Trump now uses his own plane,
on the aircraft, which carry U.S. presidents around the globe, unless he pursued and won a second term. But with white leather and gold, a large the Air Force has pressed for a faster schedule, saying the current version But as president it is expected that he is becoming too expensive to repair would travel aboard the Air Force jet, which is equipped with special safety, The contract for the planes was defensive and communications equipto be about $3 billion, but costs have ment. Air Force One also has seating been reported to be rising. Trump for reporters; Trump generally does tweeted early Tuesday, “Boeing is not allow the press on his own plane. building a brand new 747 Air Force Later Tuesday, Trump will be One for future presidents, but costs using his 757 to travel to the second are out of control, more than $4 billion. stop of his “thank you” tour, in North Cancel order!” Carolina, less than a week after his Later, he said the costs are ridicu- return to rallies at an Ohio appearlous: “I think Boeing is doing a little ance that felt more like a raucous cambit of a number. We want Boeing paign stop than a traditional speech to make a lot of money, but not that by a president-to-be. much money.” At that Cincinnati stop, Trump
disparaged the media as “dishonest,” inspired loud “Build the wall” chants, took swipes at fellow Republicans and stunned his own aides with his surprise announcement from the stage that he was appointing retired Gen. James Mattis as secretary of defense. Mattis’ selection was being formally announced Tuesday, and he is to appear with Trump at the evening event in Fayetteville. Later this week there will be rallies in Iowa and Michigan as Trump barnstorms the country to salute his supporters who delivered victories in the battleground states he needed to capture the White House. And on Saturday, Trump will attend the 117th annual Army-Navy football game, spending half the game on Navy’s side of the stadium and the other half on Army’s side. The game between the two military academies often draws the commander in chief; both Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush have attended in recent years. Before leaving for North Carolina Tuesday, Trump was slated to hold a number of meetings in New York, including with Rex Tillerson, the CEO of ExxonMobil; Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, who is meeting about a diplomatic post, and radio host Laura Ingraham who is being considered for press secretary. Those interviews come a day after Trump chose retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson to be secretary of the
Department of Housing and Urban Development, raising fresh concerns about the lack of experience some of Trump’s Cabinet picks have with agencies they’re now being chosen to lead. Carson, who opposed Trump in the Republican primaries, has no background in government or running a large bureaucracy. South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, Trump’s choice to be ambassador to the United Nations, has no foreign policy experience. Steve Mnuchin, a former Goldman Sachs partner and Hollywood executive, is Trump’s man to lead the Treasury Department but has never worked in government. And Mattis, a widely praised battleMarines but now is tapped to run the nation’s largest government agency, the Defense Department, with 740,000 civilian employees in addition to 1.3 million service personnel. Carson would oversee a budget of nearly $50 billion that provides rental assistance for more than 5 million households. Demand for that assistance is high in part because housing costs are rising faster than incomes. HUD also promotes home ownership with the Federal Housing Administration underwriting about 1 in 6 mortgages issued in the U.S. The agency is charged with enforcing federal fair housing laws, too.
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In this Nov. 6, 2016 file photo, military personnel salute as Air Force One, with President Barack Obama aboard, departs at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. President-elect Donald Trump wants the government’s contract for a new Air Force One canceled.
Syria government forces reportedly seize nearly 75 percent of eastern Aleppo PHILLIP ISSA
AssociAted Press Syrian government forces and allied militias captured Aleppo’s centrally located al-Shaar neighborhood from rebels on Tuesday, securing nearly three quarters of the besieged enclave less than two weeks after The Syrian government and its ally Russia meanwhile rejected a ceaseretreats and massive displacement. Rebels withdrew from al-Shaar under heavy bombardment by progovernment forces to the Marjeh and Maadi neighborhoods, local media activist Mahmoud Raslan told The Associated Press. Several gunmen were killed. “Morale has hit rock bottom,” he said from inside the city’s remaining rebel-held enclave. The SANA state news agency said the government captured the entire neighborhood as well as the neighborhoods of al-Qatarji and Karm al-Dada. A map provided by the Syria army showed a quickly shrinking opposition enclave— a pointed leaf-shaped territory in the center, abutting already government-controlled Aleppo districts. The army media said the new gains bring the area controlled by the government in eastern Aleppo to about 73 percent of its original size, which is estimated to be about 45 square kilometers (17 square miles.) The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group also reported the gains. Al-Shaar was home to at least four hospitals available to residents trapped by the government’s siege of the eastern part of the city. But those hospitals, along the rest of the neighborhood, were bombed by the government’s attacks and evacuated. Broad swaths of the city’s eastern quarters are in ruins. Ibrahim al-Haj, a civil defense member, said he was in the neighborhood shortly before it fell to the government. “It is totally destroyed,” he HASSAN AMMAR / ASSOCIATED PRESS said, adding that if he had stayed a minute longer he would have been cap- Syrian army soldiers prepare for battle with rebels at the Ramouseh front line, east of Aleppo, Syria, Monday, Dec. 5, 2016. The government tured. He said the previously densely populated district had largely been seized large swathes of the Aleppo enclave under rebel control since 2012 in the offensive that began last week. in Aleppo and has repeatedly blocked action in the Security Council over Syria. “Those who refuse to leave nicely will be destroyed,” Russian Foreign advances. Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters in Moscow, speaking of the Syrian rebels. “There is no other way.” pro-government forces. In Damascus, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement carried on the Rebels and pro-government forces fought street-to-street in the city’s state SANA news agency, that the government will not allow rebels a southern Saif al-Dawleh and al-Zabadiyeh neighborhoods, according to chance to “regroup and repeat their crimes” in the divided city — a referfootage provided by Syrian military media and audio provided by local ence to rebel shelling of Aleppo’s western, government-held districts that has killed 81 civilians in the past three weeks, according to the ObservaThe Syrian government and its ally Russia on Tuesday issued stark tory. warnings to rebels in besieged eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo, with Moscow’s top diplomat saying the rebels will be wiped out unless they over the same period and displaced tens of thousands over the past week, the Observatory and other activist groups have said. Residents in the city’s east reported heavy shelling and bombardment include the departure of all rebels from the eastern part of the city and that overnight. it won’t allow the rebels to use a truce as a chance to “regroup.” The tough rhetoric comes a day after Russia and China blocked a draft thankfully no one was hurt,” said Judy al-Halaby, an activist sheltering in resolution at the U.N. Security Council demanding a seven-day truce in the Mashhad neighborhood. Aleppo to evacuate the sick and wounded and to provide humanitarian Meanwhile, rebel shelling of of Foua and Kfarya, two besieged proaid workers time to get food and medicine into the city. Russia, a main government towns in northwestern Idlib province killed at least 10 people, many from the same family, according to a Facebook page operated by last weekend.
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activists in the predominantly Shiite towns. The Observatory put the death toll in the two towns at 12, including three children. At the press conference in Moscow, Lavrov lamented what he described to allow rebels to re-arm and re-supply. He said that “serious conversations with our American partners are not working.” U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday that he hopes to convince Syria’s warring factions and their backers to return to the negotiating table before Aleppo is destroyed. Kerry said he is due to meet Lavrov in Hamburg, Germany on Thursday Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said the Kremlin regrets a “more than modest” reaction by the international community following a rocket attack on a Russian military hospital in Aleppo on Monday that killed two Russian nurses. pital by a foreign power, though they did not specify a particular country. After the Russian and Chinese veto at the Security Council, U.S. diplomats accused their Russian counterparts of stalling for time as Syrian government forces advance in Aleppo.
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‘Cancel It!’ Trump says new Air Force One cost ridiculous JONATHAN LEMIRE
AssociAted Press The government should cancel its multibillion-dollar order for new Air Force One presidential planes, Donald Trump declared Tuesday, serving notice he’s ready to jump in and start making decisions six weeks before his inauguration. Costs for the two Boeing 747s are “totally out of control,” Trump told reporters in the lobby of his New York skyscraper. The government has contracted with Boeing to build the planes, which would go into service around
The price of Boeing stock dipped after his comments but not drastically. Trump had tweeted in 2013 that he owned Boeing stock, but a spokesman said Tuesday he sold all of his stocks in June. The company said in a statement, “We are currently under contract for $170 million to help determine the capabilities of these complex military aircraft that serve the unique requirements of the president of the United States. We look forward to working with the U.S. Air Force on subsequent phases of the program allowing us to deliver the best planes for the president at the best value for the American taxpayer.” Trump now uses his own plane,
on the aircraft, which carry U.S. presidents around the globe, unless he pursued and won a second term. But with white leather and gold, a large the Air Force has pressed for a faster schedule, saying the current version But as president it is expected that he is becoming too expensive to repair would travel aboard the Air Force jet, which is equipped with special safety, The contract for the planes was defensive and communications equipto be about $3 billion, but costs have ment. Air Force One also has seating been reported to be rising. Trump for reporters; Trump generally does tweeted early Tuesday, “Boeing is not allow the press on his own plane. building a brand new 747 Air Force Later Tuesday, Trump will be One for future presidents, but costs using his 757 to travel to the second are out of control, more than $4 billion. stop of his “thank you” tour, in North Cancel order!” Carolina, less than a week after his Later, he said the costs are ridicu- return to rallies at an Ohio appearlous: “I think Boeing is doing a little ance that felt more like a raucous cambit of a number. We want Boeing paign stop than a traditional speech to make a lot of money, but not that by a president-to-be. much money.” At that Cincinnati stop, Trump
disparaged the media as “dishonest,” inspired loud “Build the wall” chants, took swipes at fellow Republicans and stunned his own aides with his surprise announcement from the stage that he was appointing retired Gen. James Mattis as secretary of defense. Mattis’ selection was being formally announced Tuesday, and he is to appear with Trump at the evening event in Fayetteville. Later this week there will be rallies in Iowa and Michigan as Trump barnstorms the country to salute his supporters who delivered victories in the battleground states he needed to capture the White House. And on Saturday, Trump will attend the 117th annual Army-Navy football game, spending half the game on Navy’s side of the stadium and the other half on Army’s side. The game between the two military academies often draws the commander in chief; both Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush have attended in recent years. Before leaving for North Carolina Tuesday, Trump was slated to hold a number of meetings in New York, including with Rex Tillerson, the CEO of ExxonMobil; Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, who is meeting about a diplomatic post, and radio host Laura Ingraham who is being considered for press secretary. Those interviews come a day after Trump chose retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson to be secretary of the
Department of Housing and Urban Development, raising fresh concerns about the lack of experience some of Trump’s Cabinet picks have with agencies they’re now being chosen to lead. Carson, who opposed Trump in the Republican primaries, has no background in government or running a large bureaucracy. South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, Trump’s choice to be ambassador to the United Nations, has no foreign policy experience. Steve Mnuchin, a former Goldman Sachs partner and Hollywood executive, is Trump’s man to lead the Treasury Department but has never worked in government. And Mattis, a widely praised battleMarines but now is tapped to run the nation’s largest government agency, the Defense Department, with 740,000 civilian employees in addition to 1.3 million service personnel. Carson would oversee a budget of nearly $50 billion that provides rental assistance for more than 5 million households. Demand for that assistance is high in part because housing costs are rising faster than incomes. HUD also promotes home ownership with the Federal Housing Administration underwriting about 1 in 6 mortgages issued in the U.S. The agency is charged with enforcing federal fair housing laws, too.
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In this Nov. 6, 2016 file photo, military personnel salute as Air Force One, with President Barack Obama aboard, departs at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. President-elect Donald Trump wants the government’s contract for a new Air Force One canceled.
Syria government forces reportedly seize nearly 75 percent of eastern Aleppo PHILLIP ISSA
AssociAted Press Syrian government forces and allied militias captured Aleppo’s centrally located al-Shaar neighborhood from rebels on Tuesday, securing nearly three quarters of the besieged enclave less than two weeks after The Syrian government and its ally Russia meanwhile rejected a ceaseretreats and massive displacement. Rebels withdrew from al-Shaar under heavy bombardment by progovernment forces to the Marjeh and Maadi neighborhoods, local media activist Mahmoud Raslan told The Associated Press. Several gunmen were killed. “Morale has hit rock bottom,” he said from inside the city’s remaining rebel-held enclave. The SANA state news agency said the government captured the entire neighborhood as well as the neighborhoods of al-Qatarji and Karm al-Dada. A map provided by the Syria army showed a quickly shrinking opposition enclave— a pointed leaf-shaped territory in the center, abutting already government-controlled Aleppo districts. The army media said the new gains bring the area controlled by the government in eastern Aleppo to about 73 percent of its original size, which is estimated to be about 45 square kilometers (17 square miles.) The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group also reported the gains. Al-Shaar was home to at least four hospitals available to residents trapped by the government’s siege of the eastern part of the city. But those hospitals, along the rest of the neighborhood, were bombed by the government’s attacks and evacuated. Broad swaths of the city’s eastern quarters are in ruins. Ibrahim al-Haj, a civil defense member, said he was in the neighborhood shortly before it fell to the government. “It is totally destroyed,” he HASSAN AMMAR / ASSOCIATED PRESS said, adding that if he had stayed a minute longer he would have been cap- Syrian army soldiers prepare for battle with rebels at the Ramouseh front line, east of Aleppo, Syria, Monday, Dec. 5, 2016. The government tured. He said the previously densely populated district had largely been seized large swathes of the Aleppo enclave under rebel control since 2012 in the offensive that began last week. in Aleppo and has repeatedly blocked action in the Security Council over Syria. “Those who refuse to leave nicely will be destroyed,” Russian Foreign advances. Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters in Moscow, speaking of the Syrian rebels. “There is no other way.” pro-government forces. In Damascus, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement carried on the Rebels and pro-government forces fought street-to-street in the city’s state SANA news agency, that the government will not allow rebels a southern Saif al-Dawleh and al-Zabadiyeh neighborhoods, according to chance to “regroup and repeat their crimes” in the divided city — a referfootage provided by Syrian military media and audio provided by local ence to rebel shelling of Aleppo’s western, government-held districts that has killed 81 civilians in the past three weeks, according to the ObservaThe Syrian government and its ally Russia on Tuesday issued stark tory. warnings to rebels in besieged eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo, with Moscow’s top diplomat saying the rebels will be wiped out unless they over the same period and displaced tens of thousands over the past week, the Observatory and other activist groups have said. Residents in the city’s east reported heavy shelling and bombardment include the departure of all rebels from the eastern part of the city and that overnight. it won’t allow the rebels to use a truce as a chance to “regroup.” The tough rhetoric comes a day after Russia and China blocked a draft thankfully no one was hurt,” said Judy al-Halaby, an activist sheltering in resolution at the U.N. Security Council demanding a seven-day truce in the Mashhad neighborhood. Aleppo to evacuate the sick and wounded and to provide humanitarian Meanwhile, rebel shelling of of Foua and Kfarya, two besieged proaid workers time to get food and medicine into the city. Russia, a main government towns in northwestern Idlib province killed at least 10 people, many from the same family, according to a Facebook page operated by last weekend.
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activists in the predominantly Shiite towns. The Observatory put the death toll in the two towns at 12, including three children. At the press conference in Moscow, Lavrov lamented what he described to allow rebels to re-arm and re-supply. He said that “serious conversations with our American partners are not working.” U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday that he hopes to convince Syria’s warring factions and their backers to return to the negotiating table before Aleppo is destroyed. Kerry said he is due to meet Lavrov in Hamburg, Germany on Thursday Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said the Kremlin regrets a “more than modest” reaction by the international community following a rocket attack on a Russian military hospital in Aleppo on Monday that killed two Russian nurses. pital by a foreign power, though they did not specify a particular country. After the Russian and Chinese veto at the Security Council, U.S. diplomats accused their Russian counterparts of stalling for time as Syrian government forces advance in Aleppo.
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athletic department raised over $31,000 and an additional $14,000 in calendar sales. KSC student athletes have expressed their concern and unhappiness about the changes that have been made because of the Owls’ lighter wallet. KSC junior and women’s soccer player Marianna Porcello said because of the smaller vans that have to be used and the large size of the team, not all the players on the women’s roster could travel with the team, leaving some players out of uniform and the bench shortened. She added that this brought about some challenges for her team during the season. where it was super hot or people were injured or people got hurt during the games and we didn’t have all of the subs there that we could’ve been using, but I think we just kind of dealt with it and did what we could and people stepped when they needed to,” Porcello said. Furthermore, KSC senior and softball player Aliza Guerrero said that her team will not be able to travel with an athletic trainer when it makes it travels to Florida ally share with the KSC baseball team. “Softball doesn’t get one per say, but the baseball team usually gets a trainer and this year they don’t. Even if we don’t play at the same complex or around the same area there’s still no one we could call in case of something serious,” Guerrero said. The idea of a shortened season isn’t going over well with some players either. Senior and member of the volleyball team Leslie Hearns said that it is unfair to cut the players season’s short. “I think we come to this school to play the game that we love and we take time out of our days to be here and play the sport that we love. We should be able to play the amount of games we’re [usually] scheduled for,” Hearns said. However, players said that the performance during competition or their overall willingness to play for the Owls. Updates to the athletics budget will be made as new information is discovered.
Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016
Bruins Alumni and the RSG All-Stars clash for a benefit game at Keene Ice SHELBY IAVA
sports editor Keene Ice was “absolutely electric,” graduate student and assistant captain of the KSC club hockey team Andrew Pierce said. Bruins alumni and the Rink Services Group (RSG) All-Stars clashed for a good cause at Keene Ice on Sunday, Dec. 4. The Boston Bruins Alumni team is an organization which consists of former, retired Bruins players such as Terry O’Reilly, Rick Middleton, Ray Bourque, RéJean “Reggie” Lemelin, Andrew Raycroft, Glen “Feather” Featherstone and many more. Their organization has raised more than $5 million for local charities and youth hockey programs. Pierce and Kurt Mitchell, captain of the Owls ice hockey team, were the coaches for the RSG All-Star team. “I wasn’t expecting the big win because, you know, the Bruins are pretty good. Even though they’re old guys, they were still pretty good, so it was more of a social, fun atmosphere. I would say my goal for it was to meet some of the Bruins and have a fun time, try to make it enjoyable for everyone,” Mitchell said. coaches. “It was tough, but if we were going to lose to anybody, [it] might as well be the Bruins,” Pierce said. There was a crowd of 800 to almost 1,000 spectators in the stands, people from the community to the little kids that the Keene State hockey team works with in their Learn to Play program. “I would say the community loved it; there was a huge turn out, “ Mitchell said. Mitchell continued, “There was such a big turn out. Everyone seemed to love it. Who doesn’t want to go see a bunch of do it again, even the RSG All-Stars. They all had a great time.” For both Pierce and Mitchell, it was their chance to be on the other side of the ice. they were the two chosen to coach the RSG All-Star team. Assistant Coach for the Owls ice hockey team Bert Poirier was one of the players on the RSG All-Star team.
The RSG All-Star team is a group of former area high school and college players, many of whom were involved in fundraising for the rink. Poirer played alongside Leon Watkins, Mike Romeo, Chris McIntosh, Cam O’Brien, Jay Landry, Derek Klowak, Bob King, Chris Stroshine, John Parrelli, Nick Cote, Jonathan Poirier, Hutch Stone, Zach Southwell, Ian Galipeau, Isaac Jasinski, Raf Podniesinski, Jay Clarke and Gary McRae to make up the RSG All-Star team. For Poirier, it was his second time playing against the Bruins Alumni. “I played and it was interesting, it really was. It was a lot of fun because the Bruins, for one thing, are so seasoned so it’s all about passing; it’s not great group of guys on our side, guys who get it. There’s a certain etiquette when you that kind of thing. It’s more of a showcase of talent, more so on the Bruins side because they have talent,” Poirier said. Mitchell said it was a great time coaching Poirier and that it was his chance to give it all back. “All the things that he yells at me for, I would just yell right back at him, so that was one of the highlights, I would say,” Mitchell said. Poirier even said that the Keene Ice Board was amazed by Pierce and Mitchell, as well as the Bruins Alumni. “They had questions about the guys. They asked, ‘hey how’s the team?’ and I tell them we’re blessed. We’re blessed with good people who play a pretty good brand of hockey. They did a great job and looked the part,” Poirier said. The Keene Ice Arena itself is owned by a company called Rink Services Group. The owner of that company is well-connected with the Bruins Alumni, and that’s how the game managed to get set up said Poirier. All the money that was raised was donated to Keene Ice. “The money goes right to the rink for programming as part of the overall budget, but primarily is going to be used for programming,” Poirier said. Poirier is also on the board for Keene Ice, so he is exposed to where the money goes and how the deci-
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From left to right, Kurt Mitchell, Terry O’Rielly and Andrew Pierce after the Bruins
sions are made to a certain extent. Poirier talked about an “incredible” moment he had when kneeling on the ice alongside Rick Middleton, who ranks third of all time for the Boston Bruins goalscorers. “When we did a team picture along with the Bruins, we did it facing the crowd and I happened to be kneeling down next to Rick Middleton,” Poirier said. He continued, “He said to me, ‘Hey, we do a lot of these just so you know, but this is one of the best crowds we’ve had in quite some time and kudos to whoever put this on and the facility itself,’ so he and I started
talking, and it’s funny because our conversation continued after the game. We had a reception and I showed him our locker room and I told him about our college team and all that and he said, ‘You guys in Keene, made me feel good and there were a lot of people there who wanted autographs. It was a proud community [and] civic moment for all of us who are a part of this. This really hit home.” Shelby Iava can be contacted at Siava@ksceuinox.com
Women’s basketball out shoot Worcester State University SHELBY IAVA
sports editor The Keene State Owl’s women’s basketball team took on Worcester State University on Tuesday, Dec. 6 in the Spaulding Gymnasium. The Lady Owls walked onto the court with new uniforms for the 2016-2017 season. The starting line up for the lady Owls is as followed; Stephanie D’Annolfo, Amanda Petrow, Sandi Purcell, Rachel Bonnanzio and
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her teammates Petrow and Purcell both scored four. The Owls maintain the lead at the half, 30-21. The second half Worcester State starts with possession. The Owls steal it back after Worcester misses two baskets. The Owls keep a steady lead in front of Worcester state throughout the entire second half. Vital and Purcell both landed double digits in the second half. Vital with 12 points and Purcell with 11. The Lady Owls took the win over Worcester 56-49. The Owls will play home on Saturday, Dec. 10 at 1 p.m. in the Spaulding Gymnasium against UMass Boston. Shelby Iava can be contacted at Siava@kscequinoxcom
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Stephanie D’Annolfo stands at the free throw line during Tuesday, Dec. 6 game against Worcester St.
New England Patriots dominate Rams MARY CURTIN
previously herniated his disk in 2009. The Rams didn’t score until halfway through the Luckily, Blount came up forceful in this game and led the team with 88 rushing yards and one touchdown, If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times; Tom his antics even made coach Bill Belichick smile. Game Heroes: Brady is too good and the Los Angeles Rams could not The Rams never got any momentum in this game compete with the GOAT. due to the strong defense that Pats defensive coordinaKicker Stephen Gostkowski made himself known in On Sunday, Brady surpassed Peyton Manning for tor Matt Patricia put together. this game after coming up short in the past few weeks. the most wins by a quarterback in National Football During the broadcast, it was mentioned that Brady He redeemed himself and the kicker was a 4-for-4 on League (NFL) history, which means Brady now holds the title of All Time Winningest Quarterback with 201. yards. While it may be a hot take, Brady is no doubt one of, This could be seen throughout the entire game and The wide receiver duo of Julian Edelman and rookie if not the most consistent quarterback of all time, and especially in the sense that Brady was working without Malcolm Mitchell clicked and Edelman totaled eight this he proved in the 26-10 blow out against the Rams. catches for 101 yards, and Mitchell also tallied eight The New England Patriots took a very early lead make it work. when running back LeGarrette Blount rushed for 43 As for the most obvious hero, Tom Brady, he brought yards. 17-0 lead. Last week against the Jets, tight end Rob Gronkowski When the second half began, the broadcast men- Gronk. As an amazing situational player, Brady took took himself out of the game when he noticed that his tioned that the Pats had more plays than the Rams had advantage of the bad football the Rams were playing. back and legs were feeling how they felt when he had yards, which sums up the game pretty well. He played to the end and didn’t slow down even when
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has since brought on other players from the KSC - improved tremendously. gram. “My guy could barely stand up without falling put on the Learn to Play program last year, but
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has come a long way since then, and is now the leading scorer for Keene State with 31 points on Pierce also said the experience is gratifying for another reason. “Since starting to work with
managerial side of things for the Learn to Play in the program, and Smith said the KSC players
can see how much they enjoy it,” Pierce said. Crae Messer can be contacted at Cmesser@kscequinox.com
- King in saying that KSC players provide really ing for an on-ice director. She then found Pierce as someone who would be a good choice to run King said her daughter is so much faster at -
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ment to play for the brazilian club. Even Edinson Cavani of PSG
Nov. 28, 2016 was a very tragic his jersey and scoring to reveal day not only for the world, but for the futbol (soccer) world in partic-
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was en route to Medellín, Colom- soccer community rally together bia, carrying brazilian soccer club to support and mourn a small Chapecoense--players, managway to play local team Atlético Nacional in the Copa Sudameri- has occurred in the history of soccer. majority of a team has happened survivors, three of which were three times before this instance. members of Chapecoense. On May 4, 1949, a plane of Chapecoense are not a pro- Avio Linee Italiane was returning from Lisbon, Portugal, carrying reaching the Copa SudameriClub. achievement in their history. Chapecoense was in the ing 31 people, including every fourth division) in 2009, and in 6, 1958, the Munich air disaster - occurred. eral promotions and found themgrade, Serbia, carrying the Manbrazilian top division) in 2014. They were in the middle of a played a European Cup Match fairy tale season, and after beating San Lorenzo de Almagro in the in Germany to refuel. After refueling, the plane tried cana, the entire town of Chapecó was euphoric. was aborted due to low visibility. A small club from a small town On the third attempt, the plane unfortunately crashed with tournament was something the 23 people, including players and entire town of Chapecó could celebrate. rying the Zambia National Soccer team crashed into the Atlantic and clubs all around the world mourned the loss of the members Libreville, Gabon. of this team. The team was traveling to Even their opponents Atlético Nacional were incredibly sad- Qualifying Match, and all 30 pasdened by this tragedy. They demonstrated pure These unfortunate events sportsmanship by proposing the show us that the world of soccer Chapecoense be named the cham- brings people together, regardpions of the Copa Sudamericana less of what team you support. and by holding a stadium-wide Supporting a team does not only vigil in Medellín to mourn the mean cheering on your club, it loss of the team. means that your community is just as important. only club that showed soccer is No matter where you are or more than just a sport. what team you support, soccer Many players around the has the power to bring people bands to show support for the club. Luke Stergiou can be contacted at Some clubs, including Real Lstergiou@kscequinox.com Madrid of Spain, removed the
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Josh Bell (20) and Lucas Poulin (15) celebrate their go-ahead goal in Saturday, Dec. 3 game against NYU at Keene Ice.
show support for the team. It was also reported that Paris will donate 40 million euros to the club in support, while soccer legends Ronaldinho and Juan Román R i q u e l m e come out of
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night with a score of 5-3. The Owls had a rough start in
Ritchey. scored their second goal of the retire-
the guys to support each other. We down on each other.” In the second period, the Owls a power play advantage as Chris
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they were going to take penalties on to win 5-3, with an open net goal and we just needed to not.” Heading into the third period, night. Carlin Testa ended the night momentum was on the Owls side.
Andrew Karlin got the Owls their record. and Andrew Pierce. Keene State will play at the UniThe penalties kept coming for Hines. The Owls took advantage of the power play once again with under
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Right over the halfway mark of Pierce there for the assisted extra
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Men’s basketball splits games against Trinity and UMass Dartmouth TRAVIS THUOTTE
Equinox Staff On Wednesday, Nov. 30, the Keene State men’s basketball team took on Trinity College, making a close game, but after clutch moments from senior Lucas Hammel, the Owls advanced to yet another win and added to their undefeated season. Trinity College Bantams took an early lead until KSC senior Matt Ozzella knocked down a three-pointer. The Bantams scored once again and trailed by only a few buckets. Sophomore Ty Nichols missed a shot put up, but Hammel rebounded and scored on Nichols’ miss. The Bantams worked their
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Records shatter at MIT CRAE MESSER
Managing ExEcutivE Editor Hope Walsh, Ryan Boraski and Nate Shepard headlined Keene State College’s swim and dive performance at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Invitational on Saturday, Dec. 3 by breaking KSC school records. Walsh, a junior from Hamp-
Langdon Neal and Nick Seretta, each making layups to cut down the lead. In the 10th minute of the second half, the Bantams scored again, cutting the Owls lead to six (57-51 Owls). In the 12th minute, Trinity College’s Gendron drained a three-pointer, cutting the lead to only two points until senior Jaquel Edwards drove the lane through defenders, scoring to
day one breaking her own record in the 1,650 with a NCAA “B” cut time of 17:21.95. She cut nearly inal time. All-American swimmer Boraski, a senior from North Attleborough, Massachusetts, ing the school record in the 50 freestyle. In 2015, Greg Youngstrom set the record with a time of 20.39 seconds. Boraski swam a 20.24 to break Youngstrom’s
Ozzella went down to score on a pass to him on the right elbow, making the Owls lead 62-57. The Owls’ power through the second half took multiple
went on an 8-2 run. T he run led from baskets made by Ty Nichols and Hammel’s free throw, giving the Trinity College student Eric Owls a 70-59 lead with only Gendron’s jumper went in. two minutes to play in the The Owls went on a 13-3 game. run with three-pointers with a career-high of 21 points Damonte Turner. Turner made and 5-for-6 from the free another three-pointer after throw line. being set up from outside to Keene State also contribmake a 37-22 lead, with only uted to their win by shooting 30 of 41 from the free throw half. line and double digit scoring Junior Dizel Wright contin- from lead scorer Hammel with ued the scoring for the Owls 21 points, Nichols with 15 by completing a three-point points, and Ozzella and Dizel play with just four minutes in Wright with 10 points each. the half. The Owls went into the the Owls have had against half with a 44-32 lead after the Trinity College in a matchup in regular season play. and the Bantams’ Eric GenThe Owls moved into dron both made free throws in Little East Conference play on Dec. 3 against UMass DartAt the start of the second half, the Bantams went down ning streak and an undefeated the court four times, missing season thus far. each shot and an opportunity to make a comeback on the Owls. fell short and lost to UMass Dartmouth 38-71. Vinson for a layup just four The men will travel to minutes into the half. Lasell College in Newton, Trinity College inched Massachusetts, Thursday, Dec. their way back into the game 8 for a non-conference game. by cutting the lead down to eight points, giving the Owls Travis Thuotte can be can be a 53-45 lead over the Bantams. contacted at The Bantams scored with Tthuotte@kscequinox.com
record. Later in the day, Boraski broke his own record by breaking the 20-second barrier and swimming the 50 freestyle in 19.95 seconds. Shepard, a senior and Keene native, broke what was the oldest record in the KSC record book when he swam the 50 breaststroke in 25.85 seconds. Shepard’s time barely broke the previous time of 25.90, but was enough to break the record previously held by Domingo Rose in 2009. Not only was Shepard’s time a recordbreaker, but it was also an NCAA B-cut.The Owls have a bit of a break and aren’t in action again until Jan. 14, when they host Bentley College. Full story to come in next weeks edition of The Equinox. Crae Messer canbe contacted at Cmesser@kscequinox.com
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Jaquel Edwards claims the tip-off in the game on Nov. 30 against Trinity College. The Owls took the win, 76-66.
The women’s medley relay kicked off day three of the MIT invitational.
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KEENE STATE COLLEGE ATHLETIC TEAM RECORDS Men’s Basketball Overall Home
5-1
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NYU
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800 meter dash Katelyn Terry 2:26:08 Lindsey Terry 2:30:53 One mile run Katelyn Terry 5:26:14
200 meter dash Angel Ramirez 23:55 Long jump Jared Hannon 6.44 Meters
3000 meter run Alyssa Lombardi 11:11:16 4 x 400 Katelyn Terry, Lindsey Terry, Taylor Bisaillon, Nicole De Almeida 4:11:44
5000 meter dash Philip Parent 15:54:03
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Team Keene State
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$50,000 cut from athletics JACOB BARRETT
Senior reporter Keene State Athletics hasn’t been immune to the recent budget cuts put in place across a number of departments at the college. Vice President for Student agement Kemal Atkins, who oversees the athletics budget along with KSC Athletic Director Kristene Kelly, said that he and other members of the athletic department have been continuously examining the athletics budget over the course of the year to look for areas to better “align” spending with
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Matthew Ozzella scored a career-high of 31 points in their victory against Springfield College. Ozzella scored 22 points in the first half and nine in the second half.
programs. So far, Atkins said that the college has trimmed about $50,000 from the athletics budget. The areas in which those cuts were made include money for equipment and supplies, travel and transportation, peridium for meals and others. “We’re paying a lot of attention to [whether this] is this the best use of the resources that we have and those resources include money and...people’s time,” Atkins said. have caused a few changes in the department, as well as in
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supports. The cuts for travel, according Atkins, have made it more to use vans to transport them to away games at least twice throughout their seasons as opposed to the usual Coach Bus for every trip. In addition, to cut down on travel costs, coaches have been asked to trim their schedule by at least one away game for next year’s seasons. These games could be anything from scrimmages to invitationals to non-conference regular season games. Furthermore, professional development for coaches and been cut according to Atkins Coach Ryan Cain lessening the number of conferences and other professional development opportunities to learn new techniques to further their coaching abilities. there are other ways to make up for that. ways where you can enhance yourself professionally, so rather than travelling to some big conference, there’s so many other ways you can do it. With getting on the internet, to meeting with other coaches in different areas--we don’t have to spend money to do things like that,” Cain said. To supplement the funds lost in the cuts, fundraising ing to both Atkins and Cain, who said that they’ve been able to raise more money than usual at their events. Atkins stated that the college has asked each team to raise at least $1,000 to help support themselves through a Along with that, the Annual Golf Tournament held for the SHELBY IAVA/ SPORTS EDITOR
Matthew Ozzella sets up for a free throw in the game against Trinity College on Nov. 30 at Spaulding Gymnasium.
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Matthew Ozzella stands with a basketball when he first started playing for the MABA league.
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