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Vol. 68, Issue #19 Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016

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Campus Safety & Administration speak on Greek life allegations KENDALL POPE

Managing ExEcutivE Editor The Director of Campus Safety and the Director of Student Conduct responded to allegations of an improper investigation

sorority Kappa Beta Gamma whose members claimed in the Feb. 18 issue of The Equinox the college did not provide a fair investigation.

One Kappa Beta Gamma Member said, during the investigation, “The executive board and new members were interviewed

one by one, by only one person, Amanda Guthorn… She [Guthorn] was by herself, there were no recordings or anything,” she said. The former member said the lack of recorded interviews or second witnesses created a problem when the investigation report came out in print. “

Director of Campus Safety Amanda Guthorn was read this statement and replied with, “ I don’t typically record interviews, and they can say whatever they want, but the statements that they said were all consistent. They all admitted that alcohol was served at their events and that drugs

Student gives back for his birthday Cans of food collected at a celebration and donated to local homeless shelter ADAM URQUHART

Equinox Staff Last weekend a Keene State College student was able to give back to the community while celebrating KSC junior and business management major Thanakorn Thaibandit celebrated his birthday on Friday, Feb. 12, with the intention of doing more than just partying.

Thaibandit said he had created a Facebook page asking those who were coming to his party to bring along a canned food item or a nonperishable to donate to the Hundred Nights shelter located in downtown Keene on 17 Lamson Street. Thaibandit said he was able to collect two large boxes of food to donate.

Thaibandit said, “It’s fun for us to have fun, but you know in your

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KSC junior Thanakorn Thaibandit poses with cans of soup after donating two large boxes of food to the 100 nights shelter.

“I think you do good things, good things come to you and it’s a good feeling when you do something good, especially when others take notice of it.”

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for people.”

Executive Director of Hundred Nights Mindy Cambiar (KSC Class

and I love seeing that.” She continued, “I’ve always been a believer in sharing the resources, it’s how you build a community. Hundred

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Community Kitchen food drive DEVON ROBERTS

nEwS Editor This week, Humans vs. Zombies and Alpha Sigma Phi are teaming up this week for a food drive to support the Community Kitchen.

They will be at a table in the Student Center from Monday 2 p.m.

According to thecommunitykitchen.org, they are looking for boxed dinners, canned diners, cereal, peanut butter and jelly, dry

and canned soups, canned tuna, juice boxes, granola bars, canned fruit and baked beans.

However, any kinds of cans and non-perishable foods will be accepted during these times.

The mission of the Community Kitchen is to “provide healthy and nutritious hot meals, take-home food boxes and advocacy to low & moderate income men, women and families with children in the Monadnock region.”

Devon Roberts can be contacted at droberts@kscequinox.com

Shuffling shuttle hours

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KSC student Bethany Peterson takes a ride from the Campus Safety shuttle last Monday.

The issue of students expecting a ride

A4: Administration needs to speak to student media A7: Student heals through fitness B2: Pride and Parody B9: Senior swimmer breaks records

DOROTHY ENGLAND

Equinox Staff While the Keene State College shutte bus has been an aid to some, others complain it’s not adequately doing its job. And with temperauncomfortable.

KSC senior Dylan Renner said the service used to be better back when he was a sophomore two years ago.

“They would pick me up at Walmart and bring me back to the dorms.

It was all times of the day, sometimes even at four in the morning,” he said.

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What a great thing to do on your

The resource center downstairs is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for donations to come in on Monday through They need food and a home.”

Friday.

Thaibandit continued, “I always Those donations are then used to do this every year anyways, so [I thought] doing it on my birth- of the community. Thaibandit said, day would be nice, because people “Those people are going to be eating would be coming to my birthday your food and you know that food anyways. I invited eighty people is going to be going into someone’s and I know that amount is going to stomach and they’re going to be full. be coming with cans of food. They And they keep going another day, walked in the door and just dropped that’s a good feeling. When you’re the food in a basket.” hungry you just want food, and you KSC junior and Environmental know someone’s not going to be Studies major Victoria Drake was hungry anymore because of you.” present for Thaibandit’s birthday Victoria Drake said, “I think you party. Drake said, “I brought two do good things, good things come cans of vegetable soup.” Drake con- to you and it’s a good feeling when tinued, “I thought it was awesome you do something good, especially when others take notice of it.”

Drake continued, “I think overall day like going crazy, but he took the it was just a cool experience to kind initiative to think of others before. of combine those things because I don’t think anyone would have to have this to help other people,’ so thought a party could have raised that was cool.” that for people. I think that was a When asked what inspired him cool aspect.” to do all of this, Thaibandit said, “I Thaibandit was able to combine honestly would say it started from a charitable act with celebrating his my mom because my mom always birthday.Thaibandit said, “It was would give back to people, and the best birthday ever. Hopefully she doesn’t really care what people this article inspires somebody to do give her. Second myself, I’ve been something I’m doing.” through so much. I was born at the bottom and my mom fought her way Adam Urquehart can be through and I see everything of life contacted at that you can’t really imagine. I lived aurqhart@kscequinox.com in a wicked bad house before and I

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didn’t have any food, like I had a bag of ramen for three people.”

Thaibandit said, “I know what they’re going through because I’ve walked twenty miles in their shoes before. So I know what they need.

It’s just that feeling of just wanting to give back. You walk on the street and see homeless that need

were used at ,at least one of the events.. and at no time did they object to it. They universally stated that, individually. We always interview people separately, we want individual memory not collective.”

Guthorn said that sometimes people

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late would help as well. “I just remember having to always call Cont. from A1 making sure [the shuttles] were running and that was very annoy“I called them two weeks ago ing,” she said. to pick me up at ten in the mornRenner said it would be great if ing because it was raining and they the college could have the bus extend wouldn’t; they said they weren’t the route to a two-mile radius. He active on the weekends or some- also said, “I think it would always thing like that,” he said. be good to have a driver on-hand or Renner said it hasn’t been too hire people to drive the van instead much of an issue for him otherwise because it’s not as prevalent an issue Assistant Director of Campus as it was his sophomore year while Safety Leonard Crossman said that living on campus.

Junior Jocelyn Lencki said this available bus drivers. year she’s experienced both good “Both of our drivers are part-time, and bad service from the shuttle. so we have to work to make sure Lencki said, “I’ve called them and they cover the times we have availthey said that they weren’t going to able. Rarely or infrequently [do] they pick me up and [they] hung up; it call out,” he said. was on a Thursday. When online it Crossman said that currently said the shuttle was running.” campus safety is in the middle of She said that other times they have picked her up. “I’ve had good bus, and that the three should be experiences where they’ve picked done by the end of the month. But my roommates and myself up and brought us to places when it was been an issue for them in the past. freezing cold and raining or snowCrossman also said there are ing,” she said. other factors such as weather condiLencki said both occurrences happened on Thursday evening. shuttle running. “We are running Senior Matt Pereira said he has ninety percent of the time,” Crossalso had issues with the shuttle man said, “[But] we’ve had issues busses. where the shuttle has broken down “One time I sat in the [Winchester] [or] there are times where we are parking lot for an hour in the pour- absent.” ing rain waiting for the Keene shutHe said that at other times the tle. I called three times and they shuttle isn’t set up when a student insisted the bus was on its way. The calls. “We’ve told people they’ve bus also passed by me three times had to wait because the shuttle on Winchester Street and still didn’t hasn’t started up yet; that happens pick me up,” he said. once in awhile [but] no one should Pereira said this occurred later than 8 p.m. utes,” Crossman said.

Both Lencki and Pereira said He said that they try to get there there are solutions to this problem. as soon as possible if it is an issue Lencki said she thinks Campus of safety or a student feels at risk. safety can address this issue by Crossman said, “We do hold safety making sure everyone knows the as a pretty high priority, however hours the buses are actually avail- we’re subjected to the availability of able. “At the beginning of each semester, [they could] send out an He said that if the call is about email reminding students of the hours [they are available],” she said. by saying this and someone should Pereira said the school should arrive promptly. have more than one bus accessi“We can’t always guarantee a car, ble for students so no student gets ignored.

Crossman said.

“I know schools that let their He said if for some reason they campus safety pick people up. They can’t make it there right away, stuhave two to three campus safety dents should either get in their car if - they have one, or a lite building. dents rides late at night if they don’t “Keep your doors locked, [or] stay feel safe. I don’t understand why in a well lite area,” Crossman said.

Keene doesn’t do that; it’s not like Lencki said that in the worsecampus safety is doing much of any- case scenario, there are alternative thing these days,” he said. actions to take if the shuttle or an He said he has seen them just escort can’t assist. She said, “I would driving around, not appearing to do say to call a friend who can come get much. Pereira said, “Why can’t they you if they can, [or] call KPD if you drive students on their way, you feel more uncomfortable.” know?”

Lencki said that having more Dorothy England can be applicable running times for stucontacted at dents who get out of class or work dengland@kscequinox.com

“I know schools that let their campus safety pick people up. They have on duty who give their students rides late at night if they don’t feel safe. I don’t understand why Keene doesn’t do that; it’s not like campus safety is doing much of anything these days.”

MATTHEW PEREIRA KSC SENIOR

Agreement for climate change action

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Students gathered in the Mountain View Room last Thursday to hear about environmental issues around the world

JACOB KNEHR

Equinox Staff Students and community members met at the Keene State College Student Center in the Mountain View Room on Thursday to hear environmental expert Paul Morgan talk about environmental issues around the world.

The UNFCCC is in charge of stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous interference with the climate system, according to Morgan.

Morgan said that The Paris Agreement had the largest number of participants in UNFCCC history, with 30,372 people who attended. This tions, more than 6,000 representatives from NGOs [Non-Governmental ment had the largest number of heads of state under one roof in world history.

Environmental Studies Professor at KSC Renate Gebauer introduced

it might be a baby step, but it’s a step that everybody on the planet took.”

One student commented on Morgan’s lecture.

KSC sophomore and Environmental Studies major Garrett Hopkins said, “He brought up some very good points. I didn’t know about the COP and really what that was all about so it was interesting to learn what they were and what actually happened to lead up to the Paris Agreement and the Paris Agreement itself.”

Hopkins mentioned what he believes is the biggest environmental issue. “CO2 emissions and fossil fuel branding which is the biggest problem. The U.S. is the leading factor in that and China.”

KSC sophomore Matthew Cote gave his opinion about the Paris Agreement and the goal of limiting global temperatures.

“I hope we can meet that goal, but we have to do a lot of things, change a lot of things and meet a lot of goals that they have been discussing in the Paris Agreement,” Cole said.

According to the European Commission website, the Paris Agreement is due to be enforced in 2020.

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Gebauer said, “As part of his [Morgan], not just his interest, his passion for the climate change and the environment, he has been two times at the UN talks. He went to Lima and Paris.”

Morgan began, “My thesis is basically, we had an agreement because the facts on the grounds said it’s time to have one. We cannot easily deny climate change now. There has been enough movement and business in civil society. Everybody is expecting an agreement,” Morgan said.

The Paris Agreement was held on December of 2015 under the UNFCCC [United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change] in Paris, France where 195 countries took global action to put the world on track to avoid dangerous climate change by limiting global warming to well below 2°C by 2025 according to the European Commission website.

Morgan explained the Paris Agreement as “a formal recognition that it was time to do something about climate change. So all the nations in the world came to Paris in December of 2015 and we had an agreement.”

Morgan told the audience certain issues the world is currently facing regarding the environment.

“What’s the problem? Energy, transportation, deforestation, all of these kinds of things of course, are putting things into the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide, it’s been going on since the industrial revolution,” Morgan said.

According to Morgan, carbon increases the temperature of the earth, and recent data and direct research suggests that the earth’s temperature has been rising for a long time.

Morgan mentioned that 2015 was the hottest year in world history and that Miami, Florida is the most vulnerable to rises in sea level in the United States.

According to Morgan, the U.S. and China are the largest emitters of greenhouse gases in the world.

Morgan said, “The U.S. and China together account for forty percent of global admissions. The U.S. promised by 2025 to reduce emissions twenty-

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“What’s the problem? Energy, transportation, deforestation, all of these kinds of things of course, are putting things into the atmosphere.

Carbon dioxide, it’s been going on since the Industrial Revolution.”

PAUL MORGAN ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERT

renewables by 2030. This was essential because you’re not going to have other countries be ambitious in pursuing a climate agreement.”

Morgan explained where environmental issues come from.

Morgan said, “In 2014, there was a report. Many had been issued by the IPCC [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change], but not all of them.

First one came out in January of 2014, the sort of physical science basis that humans are causing this.”

According to Morgan, the IPCC not only conducts environmental research, but also aggregates, synthesizes and interprets messages on what the world scientists are saying about climate change. research proves that climate change is happening now, no one is paying attention to it.

In order to fund such an important world project, Morgan pointed out that the Green Climate Fund was established in 2013 with the goal of raising $100 billion per year by 2020 and giving it to poor countries. Morgan mentioned that the U.S. has already pledged $3 billion.

Morgan said, “The Green Climate Fund was the sticking point because a poor country can pledge to do something, but if they’re burning coal right now for electricity generation, we want them to move to renewables,

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KSC student Moranda Lanigan exits the Campus Safety shuttle last Monday night.

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Even before Morgan reached Paris, he said that nearly every country in the world had submitted a pledge to limit global warming.

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Environmental expert Paul Morgan discusses climate change action.

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“If you’re rushing a new organization and ask a new member if they felt like they had to do it, then it’s the perception of whether or not they felt they had to do it as opposed Cont. from A1 to what you might think of someone holding someone down come up with a collective story so it’s very important how and forcing alcohol down their throat. If they perceived they you ask the questions. had to do that or not be included in that group then that “ I asked them, what did you hear? what did you see? what would meet that criteria. Aside from the fact that they were did you do? not what did she do?” Guthorn said. being served alcohol and they’re all under 21 which is violaGuthorn said she understands that the members of Kappa tion of state law,” Guthorn said.

Beta Gamma may be feeling slighted but she is just doing her job. alcohol was served and they would equivocate things too like, “I don’t think they are bad women, I know some of them ‘Oh but it was blah blah… not hard alcohol’… and I would outside the organization but my job is not about making a say, okay well is that still alcohol and they would say yes… value judgement it’s about whether or not policies were vio- I would ask were people smoking pot and all of them said lated,” Guthorn said. yes but it wasn’t me.” Guthorn continued, “ You got to nail the details because that’s the only way you can hold people listed in the Fraternity & Soroity Life Keene State College accountable. I understand what they’re feeling because they New Member Contract including hazing which can be found didn’t feel like it was that bad, but it violated the code of conon the Keene website or at www.keene.edu/young/greeklife. duct and that’s my concern.”

Guthorn said during the investigation members of the sororWhen asked if Guthorn thought the investigation could ity including executive board members were not clear on what those policies were.

I think we asked the right people the right questions. Not - everyone was as forthcoming, but you know I think we did it posed to end and what was supposed to go on at those events.

There was what I like to call a distinct lack of clarity in knowlIn response to a question about more details regarding the edge of what the organization was,” Guthorn said. “ Some of outcome of the case Guthorn referred The Equinox to speak the women were second semester members and they were with Director of Student Conduct Matt Salter.

Salter explained that the college uses preponderance of tations were. It’s not their personal failure, it’s a failure on evidence as a threshold for hearings. the organization to provide them with that information and “In court it’s beyond a reasonable doubt, meaning that for a training.”

In regards to hazing, Guthorn said the sorority violated involuntary servitude or personal errands and forced con- just over 50 percent. That’s the standard all around the counsumption of alcohol or drugs. try at college and universities and also the one that the courts

tell colleges and universities to use,” Salter said.

Salter said that for any violation that students are found responsible for they do have the right to appeal that decision. The window of opportunity they have to do an appeal

form, there’s three grounds in which you can appeal on and that person would state which ground or grounds they are appealing and why they think they meet that ground. Then

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when asked if Guthorn would record interviews in the investigation process to prevent situations like this in the future she said she would consider it. “ I always consider it, but I mean same with my notes or if the interview is taped. As soon as it’s transcribed it gets tossed. It doesn’t stand as a record,” Guthorn said. “ It’s my

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the same thing. Once I transcribe my notes into a report, the ask me, ‘Oh did you write that in your notebook’ and I said yes, then every single thing in my notebook is open for view. from that history and that it opens every single thing within my notes for discussion.”

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“Chances are good that our close circle of friends and family have probably received a blood donation in their lifetime, and [blood] isn’t something we can create…it comes from us.”

She continued, “In order to save somebody’s life, we absolutely need donors who are willing to give.”

Similarly, students said donating blood was important to them.

KSC senior Cassandra Cloutier said saving lives is something she likes about donating blood.

“With one donation, a pint of blood can save up to three lives,” Cloutier said, “I’m

9:36 a.m. One Butler Court: Grinder

8:55 a.m. Mason Library: Possible sighting of one of the wallet thieves currently in the building.

11:42 p.m. One Butler Court: Blue light activation. No one on the other end of phone.

Dispatched officers to investigate.

Officers report no issues and area appears clear.

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Students can donate blood in the Mabel Brown Room twice a year.

According to Gagne Cloutier, KSC has that’s really why it’s so important. We really been hosting blood drives for over ten years. are saving lives every time.”

Another blood drive will be hosted in the fall semester of the next academic year.

Devon Roberts can be contacted at Gagne Cloutier said, “It’s one of those droberts@kscequinox.com things that I try to think about at the time, I’m saving at least one life when I give. So

up with another source of water for the grad- the amount of waste produced, especially at seNior reporter uates. a controlled event,” Reif said.

“We’ve created our own separate petition To help spread the word of this project, Keene State College’s Eco Reps have noth- for commencement itself,” Drake said. She Drake said the Eco Reps will be tabling in the student center for a week straight to “show According to Rep Victoria Drake, the Eco housing to try and get signatures from KSC students that [plastic bottles] are a problem.”

Reps have a lot of new projects but are focus- seniors.

According to Drake, the Reps are building on one in particular. Drake said the Eco Each Rep has a goal of 100 signatures, ing a water bottle display to show how much Rep’s “end of the semester goal” is to elimi- according to Drake. She said she tries to get waste plastic water bottles create. She said nate plastic water bottles at commencement. signatures at least once a week. “We’ve been anyone who is willing to help build the dis“We’re still working on our goal to ban the running around crazy trying to get pledges,” play is more than welcome. bottle all together at KSC, but we’re really she said. She said the Reps were invited to “I think, like many other schools, KSC focusing on commencement,” Drake said. have a table at the commencement fair. “We should make powerful moves to try and Every year at commencement, a plastic plan to get pledges from seniors to try and get reduce the amount of plastic waste all over water bottle is placed under the chair of each on board with this,” she said. campus,” Reif said. He said he believes plasgraduate. This year, the Eco Reps would like Drake said the Reps are currently work- tic bags, wrappers and bottles have “negative to change that. ing on creating another source of water for impacts” on the environment.

“Regardless if they use them or not, the graduation day. “We either want seniors to “It’s time we start to build a more sustainbottles still have to be dumped out and recy- bring their own source of water and we’ll pro- able culture throughout the Keene commucled, which is a lot of extra waste and cost,” vide extras if needed, or we want to have gal- nity,” he said.

Drake said. She said the Reps have met with lons of water with cups to take as they please Drake said the Reps do not have another KSC President Anne Huot to discuss the instead of creating the extra waste,” she said. meeting set up with the President, yet. “Right matter. According to Drake, the President KSC senior Bentley Reif said he is “all now we’re just trying to get signatures,” she will allow the banning if enough signatures for” bringing a reusable water bottle to com- said. are received on a petition and the Reps come mencement. “I think it’s a great idea to limit As for other projects, The Eco Reps said

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New eco-rep projects include eliminating plastic water bottles MACKENZIE CLARKE

3:40 p.m. Mason Library: Fight in the building second floor.

Reported 2 people were watching a movie and then started fighting.

Female who made initial report returned upstairs. KPD escorted one out of the building and trespassed him.

11:05 p.m. Holloway Hall: Diabetic emergency

over the course of my time at KSC, and even so rewarding.”

Likewise, KSC junior Chris Wiel said he appreciates seeing how many students come out to donate.

“It’s nice to see people you know deciding to take time and donate after class, after all it’s a really good cause and it does save lives,” Wiel said.

According to the community blood center, donated blood usually reaches a patient who needs it within ten days.

These patients can need it due to losing a lot of blood as a result of an accident, during surgery or illnesses that cause low red blood cell count.

While Gagne Cloutier said it is important to donate blood, she also noted that there are certain circumstances where one may be ineligible to donate.

“It could be a new tattoo, some traveling you’ve done, it could be medication you’re taking or have taken, your iron could be low, so there’s lots of things that can go into being an eligible donor,” Gagne Cloutier said.

However, she said that those who are eligible should because there is a national shortage of blood.

“I always think about kind of my immediate family and I think ‘oh my cousins or my mom or my dad or my sister’ and if they ever needed it, the only way they could get that is if someone donates blood,” Gagne Cloutier said.

Tuesday, February 16

9:56 p.m. Madison Lot: Blue light activation. No one on other end of phone. Dispatched officers to phone. Officers report no one in area all appears normal.

KSC students donate blood for the greater good

According to the American Red Cross, every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood.

This calls for a high demand of donated blood, which is why every year Keene State College hosts two blood drives.

This semester’s blood drive was hosted last Wednesday in the Mabel Brown Room.

According to coordinator of community service at KSC Jessica Gagne Cloutier, over 120 gallons of blood were donated.

“Our goal for each of these blood drives is usually about one hundred pints,” Gagne Cloutier said.

“If you know of anyone who wants to give, you should send them our way.”

According to Gagne Cloutier, donating blood is important and should be done as often as possible.

“It’s important to give as much blood as you can, especially considering you can give

12:14 a.m. Owl’s Nest 6: RA reporting odor in the hallway.

5:20 p.m. Sidewalks: Overheard radio call of police and ambulance heading towards Main and Winchester St. round about for a male who fell and is now walking funny.

“It’s nice to see people you know deciding to take time and donate after class. After all, it’s a really good cause and it does save lives.”

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the recordings from the hearing, review the notes and see if any of those grounds have merit. Then if it did, then they would send it back for a re-hearing,” Salter said.

Blood drive yields over 120 gallons of blood

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they have a few new projects in mind.

Drake said they are working on building a shelter for their green bikes. “We got a grant to make a shelter for the green bikes because the program is so big now and they have so many bikes so they need to put a place to put them,” Drake said. Green bikes are bikes on campus that students can rent for two weeks.

With Earth day coming up, the Eco Reps have decided to extend the day to Earth Week.

Beginning April 22, the Reps will have activities set up with hopes to increase involvement and engagement on campus, according to Drake.

The Eco Reps also have a new website that will be posted soon. “It’ll have a lot of our information on it and it’s separate from the KSC page,” Drake said.

Drake said she is excited about the new projects coming up and welcomes anyone to MacKenzie Clarke can be contacted at mclarke@kscequinox.com

2:18 a.m. Carle Hall: Complainant reports student vomiting in female bathroom.

2:27 a.m. One Butler Court: Blue light phone activation. Area checked negative by responding officers.

Sunday, February 20 2:18 a.m. Randall Hall: Odor of 706 5:10 a.m. One Butler Court: Blue light activation, no response on phone. Dispatched an officer.

Officer reports no one in area.

All appears normal.

8:32 a.m. Winchester St.: Campus Safety received a call from a parent whose son lives in Fiske Hall advising her son could smell the odor 2:25 p.m. Brickyard Pond: Noticed some youths near the pond. Checking to make sure nothing is wrong and to speak to them as it is not really safe. Spoke to and sent on way 3:12 p.m. Holloway Hall: Resident wants to report a theft

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EDITORIAL

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Administration needs to speak to student media Saying something is better than saying nothing at all.

In recent weeks the Equinox has been faced with some issues and has had nowhere to turn for the answers. While we haven’t been fed lies, the people we speak to are sometimes not as forthcoming or accessible as we need them to be.

As the journalists of this college, it is our job – our civic duty – to provide all members of Keene State College with the news, both the good and the bad.

is about. Instead what we see happening is our writers being passed along to a college public relations spokesperson who is

We need direct contact from people who have accurate information in order to do our jobs correctly.

All we can ask is for people to speak up. Issues don’t just go away by avoiding them.

In fact, they get worse. Although it is tempting to sweep things that make our school look bad under the rug, that will get us been left without many answers from administration. nowhere.

The problem with silence is that it leads to confusion, speculaAs students who pay thousands of dollars per year to attend tion and, worst of all, rumors. With simple communication, we can this school, we have a right to know, we deserve to be aware of avoid this confusion, speculation and rumors. what goes on at this college.

When news hits, it’s our job to report the cold, hard facts, whatWhen we ask people to comment on certain issues, we ever that may be. We have to hold ourselves to a certain profes- encourage that they let their voice be heard. Speak up for what’s sional standard that many do not understand or agree with. right; speak for the truth. Otherwise, we, and the rest of the stuThe issue seems to be a combination of two things. We need dent body, are left in the dark. for administration to speak up and we need a break from all that is This is not a corporate environment; this is a public institution. being funneled through public relations.

When important issues aren’t talked about, a community starts to Oftentimes, Equinox reporters run into trouble when trying to get torn apart. get information on a controversial story.

This college should be the backbone of this community. The If we or one of our staff writers asks a coach, dean or administrator to make a comment on a story, this is because we truly gap between administration and the Equinox which represents value their input. the KSC community.

If a reporter contacts someone as a source for his or her story, It can all be distilled down to one common idea: talking to each it is most likely because they have important ties to what the story other. After all, without communication there is no community.

The problem with silence is that it leads to confusion, speculation and, worst of all, rumors.

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The misconceptions of feminism

Balancing love life and school

If you see too many news headlines portraying feminist extremists, it is easy to assume that that is the majority of what feminists are.

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Equinox Staff Question: I recently began a new relationship and I'm so happy with the way things are going. However, the extra time spent with my boyfriend has started to cut into my school work/job. Any advice?

Dear Reader, The start of a new relationship is cause for celebration. Usually when two people start a romantic com-

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Student argues that media should focus more on the majority of feminists and less on radical feminists KATHERINE GLOSSER

Equinox Staff Decades ago, when we heard the word “feminism” we thought of the female rebels who helped secure their, as well who dressed the way they wanted to, and cut their hair – a symbol of femininity – despite it being a social taboo. Nowadays, from what I observe, when someone hears the word group. In fact, so many people have associated feminism with negativity that many people are now hesitant to call themselves a feminist. To me, I think it has distorted the principles A study conducted by PerryUndem Research and Communication surveyed over a thousand people. Out of those who were surveyed, only 18 percent said they were feminists. The survey was conducted March 4, through March 12, of 2015 – very recent. Does this mean that those surveyed were against

people stated that they were for women’s rights. I think they no longer view the word feminism as a term for the gender equality movement. I think the media is a lot to blame for this.

One of the many arguments as to why people are against the term “feminism” is that it is associated with negativity.

Lady Gaga, according to Cosmopolitan magazine, stated that she is not a feminist because she “loves men” and Shailene Woodley also stated that she is not a feminist because she also “loves men.” Carrie Underwood said she isn’t a feminist because she thinks the term has a “negative connotation.”

These days, people have put celebrities such as these on pedestals, making people more likely to listen to or agree with them.

Think about it, if someone had to choose between listening to what a celebrity thinks of feminism versus what an everyday woman thinks, what person would the viewer most likely pay attention to? Another reason people reject feminism is the media, which often chooses to run stories of eccentric femi-

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The balancing act: school and a social life CLAIRE HICKEY

Equinox Staff This past winter break, I was speaking with a woman whom would help me get a job after college. Upon looking at my resumé, she looked at me and said, “So you go to Keene State [College], isn’t that where those riots brought up and immediately started scrambling for an answer. It then occurred to me that I had to make this woman understand that while Keene State may have a “party school” reputation, most of us know how to balance school and having a social life.

Balancing school and a social life isn’t easy nor is it for everyone. Truthfully, it took me about a year and a half of college before I got the hang of it. I spent much much. Looking back, it’s probably because I knew that Keene State had a reputation for partying and I was intimidated by it.

But staying in all the time and seeing everyone else going out and meeting new people drove me crazy, so I changed pace and focused on having a life rather than an education. Both my parents and my GPA were not too happy with this decision. It became obvious to me that I needed to learn how to be able to do both. ting aside time for friends. I’d get back from class and

It’s been a couple years since I graduated from Keene State College, but I’m still bothered by the social justice classes that I was forced to attend. Some students are required by their major to take one such course, but I had to take two because I was a double major, and I took them both during the same semester production and “Social Contexts of Education” for education).

My best way of explaining social justice is to describe class. My teacher walked into

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has a lot to do with the kind of job opportunities you’ll receive post-grad. I cannot stress enough that the feeling of not being able to get a job is far worse than the fear of missing out on parties in school.

But that doesn’t mean you can’t have an active social later so my nights could be free for whatever came along. life while obtaining a good GPA. It’s all about knowing - how to balance both. Having friends who understand this need for stability between school and socializing thrown into this atmosphere where we are expected to be completely independent and responsible when we’ve also important to remember to give yourself a break barely just become adults. A lot of the time, the mental- every once in awhile. While I believe it’s key to put ity upon entering college is that these are the best years of our lives. High school, for most, was grueling home- human – if you don’t remind yourself to relax and have work and testing in preparation for college; so wouldn’t fun every now and then, you’ll lose your mind. it make sense to treat college as one big celebration for Yes, there is a party aspect to Keene State, just as escaping high school? I know that I personally thought there is with any college. But it’s up to you how much this up until people started asking me what I was going you want to partake in that. You can have both with a to be doing after college. little self-control and balance.

Because it’s so easy to indulge in the social side of Claire Hickey can be contacted at college, we often forget about the fact that this is our chickey@kscequinox.com prep time for the “real world.” How you do in college

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nists rather than everyday feminists.

I have read countless stories about eccentric feminists and about feminist extremists. Some examples of the stories I read described women stripping in public with the Free the Nipple campaign, and women letting themselves have their period without any feminine products such as pads and tampons.

Based on these stories, I can see why feminists are becoming the laughing stock.

I have met many people who have used the term feminazi versus feminist and, at this point, I can see why. If you see too many news headlines portraying feminist extremists, it is easy to assume that that is the majority of what feminists are.

I think that the media should pay attention to the majority of feminists rather than the extremists and only then can we paint an accurate picture of what a modern day feminist really is.

Katherine Glosser can be contacted at kglosser@kscequinox.com

she did was write four words onto the chalkboard: “oppressor race” and “oppressed races.” She pointed to the words “oppressor race” and said, “the white race is the oppressor race.” Then she pointed to the words “oppressed races” and said, “the non white races are the oppressed races.”

After the semester was over, I realized that she’d managed to sum up her entire message in those two sentences. The whole purpose of these classes, as they pertain to race, is to convince students that this message is true.

To that end, anything that supports the social justice narrative is included in the class materials; anything that would undermine the narrative is omitted.

We were taught about bad things that white people have done to non white people, but nothing bad that anyone else has ever done. We were shown videos and essays by minorities that feel oppressed, but none that don’t, or that feel only marginally so.

Much of the material was disturbing and before the semester was over, both a teacher and a student had confessed to me that the material makes them feel guilty for being white.

These classes depict non white people as if they have only one single opinion, perspective, and set of experiences.

Racial complaints by them are presented as infallible. White students are told that since they don’t know what it’s like to be non white, they aren’t allowed to disagree with what they’re being taught. Implicit in this is the notion that all non whites agree with the teachers, and that the teachers speak for all non whites. lems with social justice, ethical, philosophical, and personal, but the purpose of this letter isn’t to talk about that so much as it is to express my disappointment in Keene State College for mandating classes of such naked ideological indoctrination. My teachers have good intentions.

Like ideologues of all stripes, they think they’re making the world a better place by teaching everyone to believe what they believe. However, as a public, tax payer funded institution, Keene State has an obligation to maintain some modicum of fairness and neutrality, and to prevent anyone from hijacking the educational system for their own agenda. In this I feel that Keene State College has failed.

Sasha Fukuda can be contacted at idleteen@hotmail.com

few weeks, months or sometimes even years. With responsibilities like work and school already domicult to transition to a balanced life of work and social time. Luckily, there are plenty of successful couples who learn to manage their time and I have a few suggestions to help you organize this in your own life.

Whether single or in a relationship, it is important to have a strong hold on time management. I recommend that before date night you make sure you accomplish a portion of your homework or workrelated responsibilities. When you have plans to see your boyfriend, always try to accomplish one work or school related task before you meet up. This will leave you feeling more relaxed when you are with your boyfriend and less stressed out once you are alone again.

It is important to know when you do not have time to hang out.

I know it is hard to resist spending time with your new boyfriend, but spending time with someone you your own personal goals, such as maintaining good grades or working. If you do not have time to hang out with your boyfriend, perhaps set aside a larger chunk of time the upcoming week to do something fun together. If you are truly in love, spending time together should not your success.

Try to identify times when you are not necessarily using your time wisely. Keep track of particular instances where you are unproductive for a prolonged period of time that time on future occasions. You can improve your time management by replacing activities that waste time with more productive tasks.

Another way to stay on task but spend time with your boyfriend is That is, if you can avoid the distraction of his presence. Perhaps you could plan to study for a few hours before kicking it on the couch or going to dinner. Beware that if you just hang out instead, this approach will not work for you. It is also crucial to recognize the importance of alone time. When we start a new relationship, it is easy to spend cant other, but there is something to Sometimes love grows from missing one another. Remember that if you notice your success in areas such as work and school dwindle, then it is important to readjust your habits. I hours with someone you love, but it vidual success in order to hang out with a loved one.

With all of that being said, it is your responsibility to weigh the importance of your priorities and create a schedule that works for you.

Time is tricky; it does not stop, yet there is never quite enough of it.

Focus on using each minute wisely is enough time to balance your work, school and love life.

Yours, Arline

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Student heals through fitness

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Top: Arian Deihim teaching Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to young learners.

Senior Arian Deihim opens up about his amazing journey BROGAN WESSELL

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I received a great deal of mentorship and friendship in and have been friends ever since. Christian said that a time of my life where I really needed it. I could feel my a novel wouldn’t even begin to describe her relation

Tragedy and hardship are unavoidable parts of human life. Although there is no option in preventing option on how to deal with them.

Keene State College student Arian Deihim shared

for the majority of her life here in Keene and that she has been so grateful to have him.

Deihim said. and without it he goes crazy. As he was becoming more

Deihim said his story began in the summer of 2005

to school. “To get a GPA Keene State suggested that I go Christian said. he was more reserved and shy. “I really feel that it New Hampshire.

Christian said. “Ever since he found our group of

They told us the most humane thing was to remove the

practice and even those he personally trains. I am so prospects for his life. who the real Ari is and I am so honored to be apart to college. I did not want to leave my girlfriend or my sion and ended up going to jail for a short period of It was brutal. I am still dealing with the demons from I cleaned up my act but this really just entailed living

Stanton said that her relationship with Deihim is one that she will cherish for the rest of her life. Stan

always have a good time together and mutually grow from one another.

being lost in this world to giving a sense of direc tion to those around him. You don’t meet someone him to put his plans and his education on hold.

“I was planning on going to New England Culinary something that I fell into; I went to a tech center for half of high school and originally applied for the auto tech

realized I was really good at it. People would tell me

bright. now I am teaching a lot of yoga and doing personal training at the gym. When I leave Keene in August I

said. to school and get scholarships. I still have the accep tance letter to the New England Culinary Institute that Deihim said that his time at the college changed his

dents going through similar issues with drug use

because I handled everything to do with the logistics something tangible that you love and can dedicate PHOTO EDITOR / TIM SMITH and teaching and it helped me mature a lot. I will say yourself too.

Middle: Arian Deihim with his fellow members of the that some of my teachers and classes left much to be “We always have a choice in life. We can either Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Club at KSC. “After I cleaned myself up from drugs I replaced let our hardships beat us down or we can try every single day to do everything in our power to better our Bottom: Arian Deihim getting ready to teach Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu at KSC. One day I was just so fed up with the way I felt and I decided that I needed a change. I cancelled all of my gaming accounts and went and bought a gym member Brogan Wessell can be contacted at people he has met at the college because the previous bwessell@kscequinox.com said. feeling of being out of place was never an issue with him to replace his drug use and other activities with

The group has been preparing to put on programs in residence halls to teach stu

reduce the stigma of being diagnosed with a behavioral disorder and be able to better understand those who dealt with them.

“It is something that students should be

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ter here on campus has doubled in the last more discussion panels and events.

“Trying to get people to feel less ashamed year or so. about it is really important so they can go ders. She said that events such as the suiof the college student population nation cide vigils, which allow students to light a candle for every 100 college students who Jacob Barrett can be committed suicide nationwide, as well as nization has been very gratifying for her. “it was a long time before someone contacted at for loved ones wh jbarrett@kscequinox.com were especially encouraging. help other people also is a very rewarding

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STAFF COMMENTARY

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Gaga bids farewell to Bowie Medication is a blessing and a curse

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ever given me. It takes me way back to why I started Lady Gaga. ‘Cuz I was eighteen and I was still Stefani and then the more I discovered David Bowie the stronger I became,” Gaga said in an interview with Intel and the Grammys a month before the award show.

Singer-songwriter David Bowie died from liver cancer at the age of 69 on Jan. 10, 2016, a little less than two months before the Grammys.

Gaga was approached by Grammy executives to lead the tribute about a month before the show.

She credited Bowie as album, The Fame (2008).

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tinued to credit Bowie for her success.

She was then approached by The most anticipated perforIntel, who wanted to test new techGrammy Awards was Lady Gaga’s nology for her performance.

Gaga, along with producer Nile David Bowie tribute.

Gaga received high praise from Rodgers, worked with the Intel techfellow artists and fans, but not nology for an entire month leading up to the show.

Intel created robots, holograms Duncan Jones, son of David - and live on-stage graphics spenition of the word “gaga” after her performance: ‘“over excited or irra- Gaga’s partnership with Intel for the tional, typically as a result of infatration of its kind at the Grammys.

The actual performance lasted a mentally confused.” little over six minutes.

The set list was: “Space Oddity,” too harsh on Gaga, while others argued he is allowed to have his “Changes,” “Ziggy Stardust,” “Sufown opinion since the performance fragette City,” “Rebel Rebel,” “Fashion,” “Fame,” “Under Pressure,” was a tribute to his father.

“Tributing David Bowie [is] the “Let’s Dance” and “Heroes.” Taking most incredible honor anyone has the stage in front of millions to

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honor your idol isn’t an easy task.

Yet, she was able to pull of such a feat because she is Lady Gaga, and what we’ve learned from her performances is that she is an artist who The performance was met with rave reviews from fans and critics on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

Yes, Gaga has made it clear over the years that Bowie has had a huge It took the world a while to accept Gaga for the eccentric, outrageous Although she has had quite the colorful career, I believe some out.

Jones has every right to have his own opinion of Gaga’s performance because, after all, Bowie was his father.

Yet I also think he should take a step back and look at the time and Intel, took to make this performance special and memorable.

Gaga did her best to honor her late idol, and, even if it wasn’t up to Jones’ standards, she did the best she could to honor Bowie’s legacy in her eyes.

No performance can be perfect, especially when one is trying to live up to David Bowie standards, but it was a performance that came from her heart.

Lizzie Zelenka can be contacted at lzelenka@kscequinox.com

JACOB BARRETT

Equinox Staff Horror stories of overdoses, arrests and family turmoil have been tied to the notion to always say no to drugs. But what happens when you get the green light to use them from parents, doctors and the law?

Prescription drugs have been under great scrutiny for a long time, especially painkillers.

The reason why is easy enough to understand: people are getting While much of the talk surrounding opioids revolves around pills ending up on the street and being obtained illegally, perhaps the biggest and the hardest problem to spot stems from when the drugs are obtained for legitimate reasons from doctors tasked with treating patients. Trust me, I know.

I’ve been on quite a bit of painkillers since I was very young, mostly because of surgeries. While having surgically broken femurs, broken and titanium-fused vertebrae and others would justify the phine, Valium, Percocet, Codeine or a cocktail of any of those medications, that doesn’t eliminate the risks that go along with taking them. tions are almost worse than the pain that they block.

Nausea, memory loss, liver damage, hallucinations, mood swings, loss of appetite, and more.

It’s scary.

One time, while recovering from surgery on some sort of concoction of medication, my caregivers came into my bedroom carrying my food.

They seemed normal enough, I could hear their voices, but couldn’t see their mouths.

They were headless. It wasn’t fun, and it was nothing like the Nightmare Before Christmas.

It sounds silly, but it was terrifying. I had a panic attack, my heart beat out of my chest, and every time I tried to readjust my vision, nothing changed.

After they left I vomited and didn’t eat for the rest of the day.

I was 14.

When I healed, I stopped taking the drugs, and after months of regimented consumption of the synthetics, going without was rough. Cold sweats, the shakes and nightmares almost every night.

The withdrawals were something I didn’t understand at that age, but I felt every bit of them.

If I were older, it’s hard to say I wouldn’t try to stop the sickness with more of what got me there in

the pills.

When I do take them, I have trouble staying focused in class, staying motivated to do homework, lose my train of thought and my voice drops an octave.

for a little relief.

I have recently come to the conclusion that the pain is normally tolerable.

What’s not tolerable is not giving the classes that my parents and I are Instead of just relying on a few milligrams of Codeine to take the therapy.

As a result, school’s gotten better and overall I’m a much happier person.

Everybody has a crutch, and maybe it really is drugs, but at some point there’s a moment when you realize you can walk without it.

two more to go (although those two are actually real crutches, if I get rid Now I still have pain on occa- of those I’ll fall down).

Baring that weight on your own as strong or as harsh.

Being older, I’m able to choose is true what they say. how much and when to take the No pain, no gain. tiny but dangerous pills, and I try to keep my intake in check to prevent Jacob Barrett can be contacted at another headless human incident or jbarrett@kscequinox.com a stint of withdrawal.

So far so good.

That’s not to say that the drugs I take now don’t cause their own, new set of challenges.

The orange bottle on my dresser reads, “Take one tablet every six to eight hours as needed for pain.”

Doctor’s orders.

The problem with that is that instead of lying around in a hospital bed watching TV all day,I have to go to class, do homework and actually do things that will have consequences if I do them halfheartedly.

The pain doesn’t stop because I’ve got obligations, and neither do

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Life as a Resident Assistant JESSICA RICARD

think they were able to do.

RAs are given the opportunity to form close relationships with each campus, they’ve more than likely ures on campus. come across a Resident Assistant KSC sophomore and elementary (RA) at one time or another. RAs education and studio art major Inja serve an important role within the Diamond said she has enjoyed meetKeene State College community by ing new people and getting to know being model students and working to keep everyone safe. and around campus.

Students have often had an RA “I think it’s given me a lot of conat one point throughout their colwouldn’t have necessarily gotten to role, or have friends who do just that. know and it’s really great because They are seen making door tags, I’ve gained a really good support performing Individualized Interactions (IIs) and health and safety checks, as well as putting on building-wide programs. campus and in residential life,” DiaBut is this the bulk of what they mond said. really do?

Brown said that becoming an RA has given him a solid friend group Nathan Brown explained that most that he clicks well with. students don’t fully understand “I don’t know where I would be what RAs do for their community. if I hadn’t become an RA and I’m “In my opinion, and I may be incredibly grateful that I actually did completely wrong, I feel like most apply. You learn all sorts of things interactions with RAs are during like how to intermingle with other incidents, so students may have some certain skewed ideas of what working together, especially when they might think RAs do and they you’re on rounds,” Brown said. think that all we do is go out and get KSC senior and criminal justice people in trouble,” Brown said. and occupational safety major PatHe continued, “Making sure rick they’re [students are] safe is only Rose also agreed that he has one aspect of it. We also want to been able to meet more people and make sure that they’re doing well gain valuable life skills. in school. We do check-ups every “It’s made me more responsicouple months, depending on what ble. It kind of makes you catch up area you are in, but it’s to make sure with the work load which is a good that they’re getting the most out of thing. I think it’s been a maturing their college experience that they experience...I’m a lot more orgacan....We are there as a resource for nized now. I have an agenda and I them to better their college experi- actually use it which is pretty cool ence.” because I’ve never done that before,” Serving as a mentor and resource Rose said. for students is only one aspect of an Brown and his two classmates, RA’s job.

Brown also said that the job is incredibly rewarding for the fact tion major Evan Moniz, are in the

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students won’t necessarily see RAs doing.

Brown said they want to show that there is a wide variety of personalities that go into this job and what actually goes on behind the students would expect.

Paul and Moniz are not RAs, but while Brown is on duty.

Paul said, “I think what we really wanted to show is who the RAs really are and they’re more than just their job. They have the job, but they are people. They’re not out to get you in trouble. That’s not what their end goal is. Their end goal is to make you safe and make the campus safe.

End all be all, that’s what it is.” at The Colonial Theater, along with crew’s production class.

Jessica Ricard can be contacted at jricard@kscequinox.com

“We really wanted to show who the RAs really are and they’re more than just their job...their end goal is to make you safe and make the campus safe.”

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Bottom: RA Brendan Ackerman putting up door tags for his residence.

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Sticking to your morals on a college campus EMMA HAMILTON

Equinox Staff Sticking to the morals you were lege students on their own for the There is a constant pressure to use drugs, drink alcohol or have sex.

First-year Keene State College student and double major in elementary education and English Allie Cardinal said that since being at KSC she has had an easy time sticking to the morals she had coming into college.

“I have friends who have the same morals as I do so it works out well for me,” Cardinal said.

Cardinal said she is not at all okay with drugs, but that drinking is okay as long as people are as the individuals are comfortable with it.

“I haven’t really experienced peer pressure here at college because I haven’t hung out with anyone that would do that,” Cardinal said.

Cardinal said that it is important to stick to your personal morals.

“If you want to go places in life, you have to make sure you know what is right to you,” Cardinal said, ”If you lose your morals you’re losing a part of you. Morals also show the way you were raised and people will respect you for it. If you stick to them in college especially while you’re on your own people will have even more respect for you.”

Sophomore and secondary education major Brittni Zeboski agreed that it is important to stick to your personal morals.

“There have been times throughout my college experience, enced my morals and clouded my judgment, but you always have to get yourself back on track,”

Zeboski said.

Zeboski wouldn’t say that she has been peer pressured, but there are some nights during the weekends when her friends are going out and they have the ability to persuade her into also going.

“I do go out on most weekends because it’s nice to have fun with your friends after a stressful week, but it’s also nice to stay in some weekend nights and watch a movie and order pizza,” Zeboski said.

Zeboski said that it is important to stick to your morals, especially while being young.

“Without morals you’ll end doing things you regret and you’ll be unhappy with yourself,” she said.

Sophomore and double major in Elementary Education and Psychology Molly Dolan said her morals have shifted since being in college.

“If I don’t get out one night someone might call me ‘lame’ or ‘no fun.’”

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typical college party scene while at school. I knew I would ‘party’ but I never thought I would be doing it so often,” Dolan said.

While being at college, Dolan said she has experienced peer pressure.

“For example if I don’t go out one night someone might call me ‘lame’ or ‘no fun,’” Dolan said.

Dolan agreed with Cardinal and Zeboski that sticking to your morals is important. your decisions. A person should be able to live their life and make there isn’t any questioning regarding their morals,” Dolan said.

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LIVING WITH MENTAL ILLNESS Struggling with depression and anxiety as a college student

ally attempted suicide; All at some time within the last year prior to the survey.

In order to prevent occurrences like this mentioned above, those who have anxiety, depression and other disorders can be treated with “Did you know that there is a landmass of garbage that is twice as regimented therapy and medication.

Feres insisted on the importance of utilizing both medication and big as the United States? I felt like a bigger piece of garbage than that.”

Those are the words of Keene State College junior Matthew Berg- therapy in order for a student to learn how to better manage their disman as he described what it’s like on the worst days with his condition. order.

In comparison, the survey shows that only about three percent of Looking at Birdman, there’s not much of a difference between him students got treatment involving both medication and therapy within TKE fraternity, gets good grades and has all the responsibilities that within 12 months prior any other student has.

There’s something going on in Bergman’s mind, however, that no and availability. one else can see at a mere glance.

“It can be very challenging for people,” Feres said.

Bergman suffers from depression and anxiety.

If they’re looking for help coping with their disorder, students at KSC He’s not just sad or nervous either; there’s a chemical imbalance in his brain causing him to exacerbate bad feelings and go into panic can turn to the Counseling Center, which is found in the Elliot Center on the KSC campus. without knowing when it’ll happen.

Assistant Director of the Counseling Center Mona Anderson These reactions are caused by chemical imbalances as a result of commented on how important resources like this can be to genetic and environmental stressors.

Psychology professor Nashla Feres said that these disorders are a students on campus.

“I think all people, throughout our lives, at differpart of a person’s genetic make up.

“For depression or anxiety, there’s always going to be some kind of things out and certainly in college there’s a lot of genetic or biological basis,” Feres said According to Bergman, it has a real effect on him and his school things that students are experiencing or strugwork.

The effects on social and academic success aren’t just the result of that when our bodies are fed and our emotions are tended to, we’re going to be more the sadness and anxiety, but the byproducts of the condition as well.

Feres said that emotional disorders can lead to other neurological successful. So in order to help our students be both successful academically issues. “ What we know that anxiety and depression do, is that they do affect and successful as human beings and your cognitive functions, so your memory is poorer, you can’t concen- people in the world, I think that the counseling center is essential for that,” Anderson said. “I [students’] success,” Feres said.

Bergman also said that while he does have a great support system think that and friends at the college he has not told the majority of his friends about his the extent anxiety and depression, but said \ he probably leaves signs of it by the way he sometimes behaves.

Bergman is one of many students dealing with these problems.

First-year student Brianna Neely also has depression and anxiety. She said her condition often keeps her on guard.

“Some days with depression you just don’t want to move, you don’t want to get out of bed,” Neely said. “The littlest things can set off the biggest emotional reactions.”

Neely said that her condition caused her to take a few years off after high school in order to get her it under control before she could come to KSC. According to Feres, it is far more likely for students age 16-24 to be diagnosed to develop emotional disorders because of chemical changes in the brain as a result of puberty.

In short, high school and college age students.

According to a survey conducted by the American College Health Association in 2012, many of the students who come to KSC have had similar issues.

Of the over 1000 students surveyed, More than eleven percent of students reported that they had been diagnosed with depression and anxiety within in the last twelve months prior to taking the survey.

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some people would not be able to stay in college without this resource.”

Anderson also gave credit to the staff and faculty for their ability to get students the help they need.

“In my experience, the staff and faculty here at Keene State are very supportive. Of course we can always do more educating around it, they’re not therapists, but they’re very supportive and they reach out to us to help the students,” Anderson said.

Anderson said that the counseling center offers workshops and trainings for those who work and go to school at KSC in order to create a better understanding of mental health disorders.

Some students are trying to do the same thing.

Phoebe Buckman is the secretary for the KSC chapter of Active Minds, a nationwide organization that strives to raise awareness for students who are dealing with a behavioral disorders.

Buckman noted the discussion panels and other events have been an effective tool in educating the student body on emotional disor-

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Close to eight percent said that they had intentionally hurt themselves. more than seven percent of students said they had contemplated suicide and nearly two percent had actu-

“ What we know that anxiety and depression do, is that they do affect your cognitive functions, so your memory is poorer, you can’t concentrate in class, you just can’t learn as to [students’] success.”

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artS & EntErtainmEnt Editor Barefoot, out of breath and covered in sweat, esteemed actor Roger Guenveur Smith descended the stage in the Redfern Arts Center with Kendrick Lamar’s “Swimming Pools” ringing eerily across the theater. Smith had just performed his one-man show “Rodney King,” which relives the Los Angeles riots, the politicized life of Rodney King alcohol-related death that took place in his own swimming pool in 2012.

Smith said he looks at the show, which took place on Wednesday, Feb. 17, as “not so much as a performance, but a prayer.”

Keene State College senior and Redfern Arts Ambassador Marisa Benson said she was overall impressed by Smith’s performance.

“The whole play was incredibly personal and layered and the audience could really tell that [Smith] poured all of his energy into it. As a human being, he has connected with Rodney King’s story and made it into something that really impacts others on a visceral level,” Benson said.

Smith explained his deep connection with the play. He said, “I don’t know if I’m losing myself so Loss is interesting because, in this sense, when an actor loses their ego, they connect with another spirit.

There are moments in [the show] that I especially connect with and it changes all the time.”

During Smith’s show, the actor combines commemorations of various victims of the 1992 L.A. riots with discussion of Rodney King, cers incited the overall events. Smith said that during his performance on Wednesday, he especially connected with the riot-related deaths of 18-year-old Edward Song Lee and 15-year-old Latasha Harlins, who were both shot by Korean store owners “who mistook [them] as looters.”

KSC senior Jacqueline Kane said she hadn’t heard much about the L.A. riots before seeing Smith’s “Rodney King.”

“It all happened before I was born, so I didn’t really know about Rodney King or how many people lost their lives during the riots,” Kane said, “[this show] taught me a lot about the riots and how horrible it all was and Rodney King’s life. Living on this side of the country and going to a nice school in a nice area here in Keene sometimes shelters us from the reality of these types of events.”

However, Smith said that the city of Keene directly relates to the story of Rodney King. Smith said he was “inspired” by the movie “Lost Boundaries,” which took place in the early 1950s and dealt with a “fair skinned African American family shire.”

“They crossed the color line,” Smith said, “This is a family who lived within the glare of the camera, as did Rodney King. It was a notoriety that they could not outlive.”

Kane explained the terrors of King’s celebrity.

“He was just a regular guy who found himself in a horrible position in the public eye. I think the play really accurately shows Rodney King’s struggles with fame and alcohol and how it was eventually going to crash down,” Kane said.

Benson said the themes behind Smith’s show can directly relate to current issues in police brutality and race relations. nity to connect with Rodney King’s unfortunate story, but it’s important to think about what this means publicly with the tension between police zens today. It’s extremely tense and that’s the reality of the world we live in. We need to be talking about it,” Benson said.

Smith said he agrees that his show should bring up feelings about current issues and the Black Lives Matter movement overall.

“Rodney King” has coincidental connections to some of the biggest moments in recent civil rights history.

Smith said that “on opening night in Brooklyn, a year ago in December, leo was not indicted for the killing of Eric Garner in Staten Island. It was a

Wednesday, it w a s o p e n ing night.

Brooklyn sounded like L.A. T h e r e were helicopters and police and noise everywhere.”

S m i t h explained that after a couple days presenting the opening performances of his show, various members of his team and himself decided to host an “emergency town hall meeting” on the

“Everyone needs to hear this story. Everyone needs to hear why it’s important.”

Jacqueline Kane KSC Senior

“We had a substantial conversation, a great discussion,” Smith said, “At the end of the meeting, all of us spontaneously left the theater, went out into freezing Flatbush Avenue and Fulton.

York City.”

Smith continued, “We had no arrests. We were peaceful, but this was extremely important to us.”

In the end, Kane said she believes the story of Rodney King and the L.A. cially to students today.

Kane said, “Everyone needs to hear this story.

Everyone needs to hear why it’s important. I believe that most people have good intentions, but if we really, truly want change then we’re going to have to listen to stories and understand what we can do to help in the future.”

Stephanie McCann can be contacted smccann@ksc.equinox.com.

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Actor Roger Guenveur Smith performs his one-man show “Rodney King” in the Redfern Arts Center on Thursday, Feb. 17. The show pays tribute to the L.A. riots and King.

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Alumnus ‘DJ Testa’ creates community at local bar AMANDA LASHUA

Equinox Staff Every Friday night at Scores Sports Bar & Grill in Keene, Keene State College alumnus Aaron Testa returns to the town of his almamater; however, his return isn’t for the purpose of academia. Testa – more commonly known when behind the DJ tables as DJ Testa – performs at this local restaurant and bar weekly at 10 p.m. to a crowd consisting predominantly of college students.

According to Dan Sullivan, a Scores, Testa not only has the experience of performing to college students, but also has the ability to generate a following through his ability of interpreting what listeners want to hear.

“DJ Testa brings more college students to Scores. He used to DJ at college parties and at Pumpkinfest back in 2013. He plays music that people want to hear, and the crowd reacts in a big way,” Sullivan said.

According to Sullivan, when you combine Testa’s background in performing to college students with his unique setlist, the positive feedback that Scores has experienced regarding its new DJ only seems like a natural consequence.

“Customers really seem to like him because he is a good guy on and

kinds of music genres into his set,” Sullivan said.

Although KSC students have access to a diverse list of possible activities for their Friday nights, KSC senior Christina Vlachos stated that she and her friends enjoy Scores the most because of the dancing and energetic atmosphere.

“Going to college in a town like Keene allows students access to countless things to do like going out to eat, or going to the movies or anything really. But personally, I love going to Scores because that’s where so many students are, and of course the dancing,” Vlachos said.

The fact that Testa is an alumnus of KSC also adds to the charm of him DJing at this establishment, Vlachos said.

“I am currently a second semester senior, so being exposed to a Keene State graduate who is pursuing a job he wants to do is kind of reassuring, especially with all the last-minute nerves having to do with the uncertainties of post-graduation,” Vlachos said.

Vlachos, much like many of the current KSC seniors, views Keene as her home. She said this is why having examples of students who have returned – whether it be just for a weekend or for a longer commitment – brings reassurance to seniors who are hesitantly anticipating their departure.

“I don’t know if I would say that I want to live in Keene forever necessarily, but knowing that there is always opportunity here makes the whole graduating thing seem less scary,” Vlachos said.

Despite the many occupational opportunities provided by the area, the community created by the college and its students is what is most dependable, Vlachos said.

“By the time you are a senior, Keene becomes such a small, closeknit community that leaving it seems threatening,” Vlachos said, “It’s comfortable knowing that you are welcome back and just seeing students like Testa who embrace that is nice,” Vlachos said.

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Large photo: Comedian John Early, who has appeared on Netflix’s “Wet Hot American Suummer” and “Love,” told jokes to a small and enthusiastic crowd of about 50 people.

Photo in lower left corner: The other comic, Cole Escola, said that when he was young, he dressed up in wigs and did characters. Because of this, Escola said it was “inevitable” that he’d become a comedian.

Photo in upper left corner: Keene State College student Dominique Pascoal was quick to volunteer when Early asked someone to beatbox during the show.

KSC Pride hosts comedians John Early and Cole Escola in the Mabel Brown Room NICK TOCCO

Equinox Staff The KSC Pride group at Keene State College hosted the comedy duo of Cole Escola and Wet Hot American Summers’ John Early in the Mabel Brown Room this past Saturday.

With a small and enthusiastic crowd of over 50 people, Early and Escola broke the ice and excited the crowd with a medley of character comedy and improvisation.

KSC Pride is a group is a group of students that have come together to promote equality on campus, especially in the LGBT community at KSC. “It’s sort of like a support group,” KSC Pride member Danielle Carlson said. “We

just promote equality and keep it as a presence on campus because it’s important.”

With both Early and Escola being members of the LGBT community, Early said he felt it was only right.

“When I found out the pride group was putting it [the show] together I was happy to do it,” Early said.

Cole Escola opened up the night with a few characters such as Ellen, the stereotypical commercial suburban mom, and Diane, the theatre lady who does too many talk backs during intermission of a play.

After warming up the crowd, John Early graced the stage to do some stand up of his own. Early discussed being gay, sex, Donald Trump and movies, and closed with a memorable Britney Spears impression. The

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impression included help from a student in the audience who beat boxed while he sang hits from Spears’ career.

Following their individual performances, the two came together to close the show interviewing two students on stage about their majors and KSC. With one of the students being a safety major, Escola would go on to tease Early about not knowing what a safety major entails or what OSHA is.

When the show ended, Early said the show went well despite being unsure about how the show was going to go because of the circumstances.

“It’s scary going to a college especially because it’s a Saturday night, in the student center, who would come?” Early said.

But after feeling the positive vibes from

both Early and Escola after the show, Early said, “It was nice that people really warmed up and had fun with it.”

When asked how they became comedians, Escola said, “I guess I just started doing it. There wasn’t a moment where I was like ‘Now this is what I’m going to do,’ I just started doing a show here and there.”

Early added, “As little boys, we dressed up in a lot of wigs, a lot of characters and I think it was just inevitable for both of us.”

KSC Pride member, Sam Whitaker said he thought the show went great.

“It was just great to have the LGBT community members come and there was a good turnout.”

Fellow KSC Pride member, Heather

Aldrich explained why they chose comedy as the performance of choice and said there’s a god choice they will do it again. done since I’ve been here,” Aldrich said. “I think it just made sense because we’ve had speaker, we’ve had singers and we had never had comedians so it was just another medium that we hadn’t brought to Keene yet.”

The KSC Pride group holds “outspoken” meetings every Monday for LGBT community members.

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Live bands at Local Burger MATT BACON

Equinox stAff Only a few businesses in Keene still have live music regularly, with most bands having to play in a few basements around town.

After the times where Penuche’s, Fritz’s and even the now-closed

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week downtown for anyone to enjoy, the people at Local Burger, and booker Kyle Christensen are doing their best to keep music and local business tied together.

Hosting a variety of musicians every Friday night free to the public, a place where musicians and play music to an audience and get compensation for their work, something many artists struggle for.

Booking every week is said to be tensen. On occasion, such as this past Friday, Feb. 19, he asked artists he’s worked with to put something together.

Doing this allows Christensen’s friends to play with musicians he may not know he said, and expand his repertoire of acts to book.

The acts of the evening were three familiar Keene faces, all having bands originating from the area. former, was the frontman of the now defunct band The Honeybears; second was John Remmetter of now Manchester-based band TheColorOrange; and closing the night was Keene local, Jake McKelvie, of Jake McKelvie and the Countertops.

[Disclaimer: I am a member of Jake McKelvie and The Countertops and friends with all three performers discussed in this article.]

All three agreed playing apart from their bands added a new level of vulnerability when on stage.

Fisher said he hadn’t performed in town in many months, and with a whole new set of music apart from The Honeybears he said he planned to separate himself from the group entirely.

The crowd was ecstatic to see an old friend back on stage, he performed six songs over the half-hour set regaling memories of his time living in Keene and as a Keene State College student, stories of travels he’s had and funny songs about friends.

Fisher said, “The [Honey]bears were college for me, and when we were doing it I think we all somehow knew that…playing tonight wasn’t

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Arts & EntErtAinmEnt Editor On Tuesday, Feb. 23, Keene State College sophomore Rose Couture was excited to announce that she wore a “cute morning.

According to Couture, this

“It was literally insane.”

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“actually gotten ready for that hour is just too much on stuclass this year. No one could dents.

Couture continued, “It was

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John Remmetter, of the Manchester-based band TheColorOrange, playing acoustic guitar at Local Burger on Feb. 19. Although he enjoys playing acoustic, he said he would rather “plug in” his guitar.

closing by playing the entirety of a together soon.

Remmetter said, “We’ve only played these songs out once at the Disco, and we’re recording with Converse Rubber Tracks soon so I played them tonight so people would hear Remmetter said playing solo is “scarier than when you’re with the band, if you [mess] up with a band, you can look back at your boys and it’s okay…playing alone and with a

“This is allowing me to book any music I want to see in town, and add the attraction of live entertainment to a business in town.”

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because as he put it “[the scene] in attraction of live entertainment to a my opinion is kind of dying…and after places like The Starving Artist Audience member Joe Geis was close[d] it’s hard to have a place like glad to see his friends performing at the local burger joint. Geis said, Christensen said that this busi- “The turnout for them was awesome, played a combination of original ness to musician relationship with they played great, it was so fun to In regard to playing acoustic solo tunes, songs he performs with Local Burger is incredibly important see everyone and burgers are always - to him, not only to have a space for compared to with a band, he said he “would always rather plug in. There’s booking but also to keep the town Christensen said he will book any just something about getting to be Having played a Local Burger a few involved with the music community. type of music. “I don’t like to keep times now McKelvie said he was The owner of Local Burger was restrictions on who can play, acoushis music with an acoustic guitar so glad to return, but that being solo unable to comment because of work- tic [acts] and full bands play here…I made him weary of crowd atten- ing the kitchen the entire night. With just want to keep music every weekhe wasn’t uncomfortable. dance. a crowd of over 50 people, the burg“I was nervous before coming approach for his set, playing entirely songs written with his band The- about our pull, but it was a good of the back. Christensen said, “This Matt Bacon can be contacted at is allowing me to book any music mbacon@kscequinox.com.

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around 9:45 a.m. and, like, that’s still really early so everyHaving woken up earlier one just goes right back to bed than expected that Tuesday after. Why would anyone start morning, Couture said she had their day at 9:45 in the mornenough time to shower, put on makeup and pick out a nice Senior Stella McStyles, who is planning to begin a career in “I was wearing a dress, the fashion industry after gradtights and leather boots while uation, said she was one of the everyone around me was only awake people on campus totally unshowered and still who saw Couture leaving her ture said.

“I couldn’t believe my eyes.

Couture said she typically I thought I had entered some dystopian version of Keene just to make sure she’ll wake State where everyone suddenly “I usually sleep through the

and couldn’t fall back asleep. I Couture’s professor, Helda decided I’d just wake up then. Jenkins, said she hardly noticed I honestly don’t know what’s Couture’s fashion choices in “I even had time to blowdry my Couture said that she is Couture’s classmate, senior Jim Jimmy, said he has never seen anyone dress nicely for an

not that early. I’m actually not sure why everyone thinks this said, “Professors get up and get

When asked what her plans “I’ve been at this school for almost four years now and ion choices, Couture said “I know for a fact that no student don't know. We’re just going to have to wait and see how awake I feel tomorrow. way too early. It’s just not a Stephanie McCann According to Jimmy, most can be contacted at students just go straight back smccann@kscequinox.com. are dismissed because the stress of waking up at a normal

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Large photo: Senior and Redfern Arts Ambassador Marisa Benson hangs a display of student’s artwork.

Small photo: Another senior and Redfern Arts Ambassador, Chris Wardlaw, performed acoustic guitar at the first ever Redfern Coffee House.

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Charlotte council votes to extend transgender rights TOM FOREMAN JR. &JONATHAN DREW

AssociAted Press North Carolina’s largest city has passed a law allowing transgender people to choose public bathrooms that correspond to their gender identity, which the governor had called a threat to public safety and warned that the General Assembly may step in.

The Charlotte City Council voted 7-4 Monday to expand protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity, making it the latest frontier in a national debate on how businesses treat gay, lesbian and transgender customers. One of the revisions to the city’s nondiscrimination ordinance allows people to choose restrooms corresponding to the gender with which they identify.

“I’m pleased that Charlotte has sent a signal that we will treat people with dignity and respect, even when we disagree,” Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts said moments after the vote.

North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory — a former mayor of Charlotte, one email Sunday that changing the policy on restrooms could “create major public safety issues.”

“Also, this action of allowing a person with male anatomy, for example, to use a female restroom or locker room will most likely cause immediate State legislative intervention which I would support as governor,” he wrote in the email to two Council members.

Roberts said she hadn’t heard from McCrory as of late Monday night.

The issue has been part of a national debate that included the high-proton, and LGBT advocates worried bathroom-access fears would be used sex at birth, though it hasn’t been signed by the governor.

about transgender people and public safety.” Executive director Chris Sgro announced that transgender people could use the bathrooms correspondaccused the governor and legislators of trying “to bully the Charlotte City ing to their gender identity in city- and county-owned facilities.

Council with threats to strip municipalities of their rights to govern.”

Members of Charlotte’s LGBT community said in a survey the changes are needed because they have been denied service, received poor service or each to give the council their opinions on the measure. Because the council experienced disparaging comments, according to supplemental materials attached to Monday’s Council agenda. room and await their time.

Opponents of the measure — including some clergy and business Among the speakers was Tami Fitzgerald, executive director of NC owners — have sent the City Council a letter saying businesses should have Values Coalition. the right to refuse service based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

“I applaud Gov. McCrory for having the sense to throw out this unreasonable and unnecessary ordinance,” Fitzgerald said to the council. “If you pass this tonight, you can guarantee yourself at least a lawsuit or the General Assembly coming against what you’ve done.”

Materials given to the council ahead of the meeting cited some residents’ concerns that sexual predators would use the ordinance to gain entry to women’s restrooms for assault or indecent exposure, but it also in such crimes in cities with non-discrimination ordinances.

Before the meeting, several hundred people stood outside in a winddriven rain to protest the proposal, holding signs with messages such as: “No Men In Women’s Restrooms” and “Keep Kids Safe.”

Chris Williams, a 30-year-old father of three, passed out “No” stickers to the crowd, saying most Charlotte residents “stand with religious values.” in the restroom?’” he said. “I don’t think they should even be faced with The measure adds sexual orientation, gender identity and marital status as attributes protected from discrimination when it comes to public accommodations including restaurants, retail stores and other businesses. It A similar measure was narrowly defeated by the Charlotte City Coun-

criticizing McCrory for “perpetuating the same tired and debunked myths

Ballot question on Morales reelection in trouble CARLOS VALDEZ &FRANK BAJAK

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Eusebio Condori, a retired schoolteacher, said he polling stations.

Vice President Alvaro Garcia said at a news conference Sunday night that the vote was too close to call.

“No one has won, nor has anyone lost,” he said, looking frustrated. logue think tank in Washington, called the tight vote a surprising and major blow for Morales, who won re“While few can deny that Bolivia has seen impressive economic growth and social progress under Morales’ rule, many voters are sending a message that it is not enough — they are demanding clean government, accountability and more competitive politics,” Shifter said.

Morales, who entered politics as a coca growers union leader, could now be motivated to groom a successor, Shifter said.

Bolivia’s constitution, enacted in Morales’ initial term, permits presidents and vice presidents to serve two consecutive terms.

that this government doesn’t have a plan for Bolivia, only for itself.”

A mother of three, Maria Espinoza, said she voted “no” because she believes in term limits. She echoed the complaint of others that too many jobs depend on political patronage.

South America’s left has recently been sullied by scandal but Morales had personally remained ever, by the skimming of millions from the governmentmanaged Fondo Indigena, which runs agricultural and public works in the countryside.

Morales presided over an unprecedented economic boom as prices for raw materials soared just as he took

a Chinese-built satellite into space. Average per capita

middle class was born.

But the boom is over. Bolivia’s revenues from natural gas and minerals, making up three-fourths of its exports, were down 32 percent last year.

Economists say Morales leaned heavily on extractive industries to pay for populist programs and failed to constitutional court not to have counted, so the pro- diversify the economy. posed constitutional change would allow him to run In addition, judicial corruption has been endemic again if passed. purchased by people friendly to the government. Critipresident heading an Organization of American States cal media and environmentalists complained of harassobserver team, said voting Sunday was conducted “nor- ment by the state. mally and peacefully.”

Iran filmmaker says appeals court gave him 1-year sentence ELOGE WILLY KANEZA

AssociAted Press United Nations Secretary-General Ban Kimoon is in Burundi to encourage dialogue between the government and its opponents amid violent unrest. Ban was welcomed at the Bujumbura airport Monday by Vice President Gaston Sindimwo and hundreds of people lined the streets to get a glimpse of the U.N. chief. Ban will meet with some Burundian politicians and leaders of civic groups.

Gun and grenade attacks continue to plague Burundi, especially the capital, Bujumbura, as President Pierre Nkurunziza’s supporters and opponents target each other. Three people were killed in gun and grenade attacks Sunday in Bujumbura and a fourth person was killed in a blast on Monday, deputy police spokesman Moise Nkurunziza told The Associated Press.

Burundi’s violence stems from Nkurunziza’s decision last April to seek a third term which

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Polish state archive releases secret file on Lech Walesa

The referendum came after the recent revelation that ager of a Chinese company that has obtained nearly

President Evo Morales’ bid to run for another term by amending the constitution appeared headed toward Morales denied any impropriety and said he last saw a slim electoral defeat Sunday night, according to unof- the woman in 2007.

The case deepened doubts about the integrity of Morales has governed for a decade and, while still Morales’ governing Movement Toward Socialism, popular, many Bolivians have tired of corruption in the ruling elite and have shown, especially in recent in Adding to Morales’ woes were last week’s asphyximunicipal elections, an eagerness for fresh faces.

A “yes” vote in Sunday’s referendum would have let teeming city adjacent to the capital of La Paz run since last year by an opposition mayor.

Pro-Morales forces were accused of setting the blaze The vote couldn’t have come at a worse time for that caused the deaths, sacking the building and burnMorales. In the past two weeks he has been stung by ing documents that allegedly incriminated the previous mayor in payroll corruption. and a deadly incident of political violence.

Both developments blighted Morales’ achievements in cutting poverty, spreading Bolivia’s natural resource wealth and empowering its indigenous majority during

areas where support for Morales is strongest. With22

A STICKER THAT READS, “KEEP LOCKER ROOMS SAFE,” IS WORN BY A PERSON SUPPORTING A BILL THAT WOULD ELIMINATE WASHINGTON’S NEW RULE ALLOWING TRANSGENDER PEOPLE USE GENDER-SEGREGATED BATHROOMS AND LOCKER ROOMS IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS CONSISTENT WITH THEIR GENDER IDENTITY, AT THE CAPITOL IN OLYMPIA, WASH. IN CLASHES OVER TRANSGENDER STUDENTS AND WHICH RESTROOMS AND LOCKER ROOMS THEY SHOULD USE, THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HAS WARNED PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT A SEX DISCRIMINATION LAW MAKES IT ILLEGAL TO DENY THEM ACCESS TO THE FACILITIES OF THEIR CHOICE.

he won.

A new rebel movement has vowed to oust Nkurunziza from power by force.

Ban’s visit follows that of members of the U.N. Security Council in January to press negotiations between Nkurunziza and his opponents. Nkurunziza insists he cannot negotiate with his opponents in exile, who have united under a coalition runziza accuses its members of being behind a failed coup attempt last May. Ban should ask

Nkurunziza to allow independent experts to investigate rights abuses and the allegation of mass graves, Leonard Nyangoma, chairman of “There must be unconditional dialogue and this is what Ban Ki-moon should tell Nkurunziza,” Nyangoma said.

More than 400 people have been killed in Burundi’s unrest, and more than 200,000 Burunboring countries, mostly to Rwanda, according to the U.N.

JOURNALISTS READ COPIES OF COMMUNIST-ERA SECRET SERVICE DOCUMENTS IN WARSAW, MONDAY, FEB. 22, 2016. POLISH STATE ARCHIVE RELEASED DOCUMENTS WHICH ALLEGEDLY SHOW THAT DEMOCRACY LEADER AND FORMER PRESIDENT LECH WALESA COLLABORATED WITH THE COMMUNIST SECRET POLICE IN THE 1970S, BEFORE HE TOOK LEADERSHIP OF A MOVEMENT THAT EVENTUALLY HELPED TOPPLE COMMUNISM.THE INSTITUTE OF NATIONAL REMEMBRANCE ALLOWED JOURNALISTS TO VIEW HUNDREDS OF PHOTOCOPIED PAGES WHICH IT SAYS COME FROM THE FILE ON WALESA.

National hero Lech Walesa collaborated with the regime in the 1970s MONIKA SCISLOWSKA

co-workers and took money for the information.

Walesa’s death.

With time, he tried to avoid

AssociAted Press An informant codenamed “Bolek” provided information on the views and actions of his colleagues at the Gdansk shipyard to Poland’s communist-era secret police, according to documents released Monday that purport to show that national hero Lech Walesa collaborated with the

or provided valueless information says he refused any further cooperaand demanded the contacts stop. tion, arguing he was “getting nothThe collaboration was terminated in ing, no money out of it.”

According to the report Bolek Allegations against Walesa are not new and he has long acknowl- fear of persecution after the workers’ edged that he signed a document in protest.

There were more reports from Photocopies of the documents, mation to the much-hated secret meetings with Bolek through Februpolice, though he insisted he never Walesa, were released by the state informed on anyone and never took National Remembrance Institute. any money. them of no value.

They include details of the inforBreaking away from such a commation that Bolek provided, receipts for money signed by him, and usually led to dismissal from a job see them before historians can ana- and other persecution. lyze them — has proven hugely contion when he was no longer considIn 2000, Walesa was cleared by a troversial. Walesa supporters accuse ered a valuable source. special court, which said it found no authorities of trying to tarnish the Walesa, 72, the founder of the evidence of collaboration. legacy of a man widely considered pro-democracy Solidarity moveWalesa founded Solidarity in one of Poland’s greatest national ment that eventually helped topple heroes. communism, a Nobel Peace Prize The pro-democracy movement Many people have come to his helped bring down communism defense, including former Solidarelected president, claimed Monday ity activists who recalled how the that the documents were forged. he was honored with the Nobel police used brutal tactics to coerce The papers include a one-page regime critics to sign agreements handwritten note declaring readi- president in a national vote. to collaborate, as a tool for future ness to provide information to the The last document in the released blackmail, whether they acted on it secret police, signed by hand with or not. the name Lech Walesa and the codeOthers, including members of name “Bolek.”

Bolek for having criticized the com- the new government, say it’s impor“I commit myself to cooperate munist party and threatened he tant to clarify Walesa’s role. with the secret police in exposing would lose his shipyard job. Walesa The head of the ruling party, lost his job that year.

Jaroslaw Kaczynski, has long been a (Polish People’s Republic),” the docThe institute says the documents bitter political foe of Walesa’s — and are authentic papers produced Walesa has recently been denouncof Poland during the communist era. by the secret police of the time, ing the new government as a threat although it is still possible that the to democracy. when Walesa was a leader of worker police fabricated them — a common “I think that above all we need protests at the shipyard in Gdansk practice then. to know the truth,” Prime Minister where he worked as an electrician.

They surfaced last week at the Beata Szydlo said Monday.

The protests ended in bloodshed. home of the last communist interior “Poles deserve this truth and the But another note, from three minister, Gen. most important thing is to dispel all days later and also signed “Lech Czeslaw Kiszczak, who died doubts.”

The author says he is afraid that an security police is a “trap.”

them to the institute, but authorities immediately seized them, acting on a law that gives them the right to important historical documents.

Bolek eagerly provided information on opinions and actions by his

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Men’s BasketBall In the Owls’ recent matchup against Rhode Island College on Feb. 20, Nate Howard racked up 17 points, two blocks and seven rebounds. Howard’s performance was a large contributor the the Owls’ 62-48 win. Howard, a senior from Cheshire, Connecticut, is the all time blocks leader at Keene State College.

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Nate Howard goes up for a rebound in a Keene State basketball game against Eastern Connecticut State University.

THE EQUINOX WEEKLY WORKOUT Workout Intro JURIEN GARRISON

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Exercise 1: Standing Barbell Overhead Press

Exercise 1 Continued

Exercise 2: Dumbbell Side Raise

CONTINUED Bring the barbell down back to your chest once you have gone straight up with the bar.

Try not to push with your legs, just use your arms to make it more challenging.

HOW TO: · Standing straight up while holding the dumbbells by your side.

Exercise 2 Continued

By now we are getting pretty deep into the semester, so I hope everyone’s semester is going well. This exercise will be targeting shoulders.

As usual, warmup and cool down with 15 minutes of cardio.

Jurien Garrison can be contacted at jgarrison@kscequinox.com

Weekly Health Tips ARIANNA BELSITO

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HOW TO: Use a small barbell that you can do comfortable controlled repetitions with.

While standing straight up, press the barbell upward above your head.

CONTINUED: · Lift the dumbbell to shoulder height and bring back down.

This week I decided to skip the weekly meal plan and just give a few helpful tips for all of you trying to eat healthy. The one thing I always struggle with is eating carbs. You will get mixed responses from people as if they are not good for you. The truth is carbs stimulate hunger and also spike your blood sugars which is why you tend to eat more. So as much as they can be good for you, it’s all about how much you eat. With that being said, if you decide to eat carbs in your meal such as pasta, eat it with some sort of protein in it like chicken or steak to help tell your body it is actually full instead of eating just pasta with sauce.

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EVENT RECAP

KSC Basketball begins playoffs

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Men earn win over Plymouth State University

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The Teacher Wars: A History of America’s Most Embattled Profession

The Keene State Men’s BasketPlymouth State University. The owls picked up an 84-78 win over the panthers.

First year player Ty Nichols put

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three seconds of the game, giving the owls a 2-0 lead.

The panthers weren’t far behind when Ernie Johnson made a threepoint jump shot putting them on the The panthers continued to put up points with two free throws TIM SMITH / PHOTO EDITOR made by Jack Preston giving them Nate Stitchell puts up a jump shot in the Owls’ first LEC playoff game the lead of 5-2. of the year.

Matt Ozzella brought the owls Nate Howard had eight rebounds game. back with a layup and Nate Stitchell eight rebounds, two assists and two With a close back and forth battle brought the owls into the lead with points. throughout the entire game the a three-point jump shot. owls held their own taking home points overall, two rebounds, one the eight free throws in the duration the win. The owls will continue on of the game. Ozzella made a total Nichols brought home eight of 11 points, four assists and eight at Eastern Connecticut University. rebounds.

With the second half coming to Shelby Iava can be contacted at the second, for a total of 11 point. siava@kscequinox.com Whereas Tre’ Tipton scored 10 an end Ozzella made one of the two points and Jaquel Edwards made 16.

Defense leads women to victory at home MIKE MIEZEJESKI

In her groundbreaking history of 175 years of American education, Dana Goldstein finds answers in the past to the controversies that plague public schools today. She uncovers the roots of hot-button issues, from teacher tenure to charter schools, and finds that recent popular ideas to improve schools – merit pay, evaluating teachers by student test scores, ranking and firing veteran teachers, recruiting “elite” graduates to teach – have been tried in the past without producing widespread change.

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equinox Staff For the second straight year the second seeded Keene State College Women’s basketball team will be playing for a chance to go to the Little East Championship.

They earned the their ticket to Willimantic, Connecticut by defeating Rhode Island College 70-58, Tuesday night behind a stellar defense and a balanced scoring attack. The seventh seeded Anchorwomen brought in their dynamic duo of Alex Moore and Devin Hill. bility to score 20 plus points if she gets hot.

But they were no match for the Owls defensive anchors of Stephanie D’Annolfo and Amanda Petrow.

D’Annolfo stayed with Moore the entire game and lim-

Owls last game to close out the regular season, which was also against RIC on Saturday. Four players scored

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along with her great defensive play, Amanda Petrow For both Williams and point guard Kelsey Cognetta it was their last game at Spaulding Gym in their careers.

Cognetta will go down as one of the all time great point guards to put on the uniform at Keene State.“It feels really nice especially since it’s at home and it’s my last Owls Head Coach Keith Boucher was pleased with his teams play, he said, “You’re going to win when you play tough defense and make some shots, and I think we moved the ball around well and played tough

The 2015-16 Keene State College Symposium topic is “Sustaining the American Dream: Public Education and the Common Good.” This year, the Symposium comprises multiple events throughout the year to allow for sustained examination of this complex topic, in coordination with other departments and groups on campus. We hope you will join us in learning how multifaceted issues in education reform impact our work, our students, and our community. Visit keene.edu/symposium for more detail and upcoming events.

The Owls will play the winner of Western Connectpostponed to Wednesday night due to weather. Keene onship.

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Mike Miezejeski can be contacted at mmiezejeski@kscequinox.com

Stephanie D’Annolfo defends a defender from RIC in the Owls playoff game on Tuesday night.

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KEENE STATE COLLEGE ATHLETIC TEAM RECORDS Men’s Lacrosse Overall

1-0

Men’s and Women’s Track and Field

Home

1-0

Away

0-0

vs. Western New England Team Keene State Western N.E.

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Team Bridgewater Keene State

Points 216 79

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Team Keene State

Points 62

Team Keene State

Points 84

54

RIC

48

Plymouth

78

Upcoming Games Swim and Dive Wednesday, March 16

NCAA Championships

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Bartlett breaks records

KSC softball enters season with young roster NICK TOCCO

Equinox Staff Coming into the 2016 season, the Keene State College softball Hennessey emphasized a new team mantra for her team to play by.

“Treat each team achievement nessey said.

With a slimmer roster of 16 to improve on their 16-19 overall record from just a year ago with a conference record of 8-6. In prepnessey said her team has been taking “160 at-bats a day,” and has been working on becoming more consistent as a unit.

After the team has spent an Strength and Conditioning Coach she is excited about this season and is optimistic about younger players accepting a larger role on the team. has a strong group of sophomores “going to surprise some people.”

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with ten underclassmen, the major- Senior Morgan Fallon reels in a catch at practice in the Spaulding Gymnasium.

the single season record at Keene and was a member of the 1999 Keene State softball team that set the record for wins in a season (33ence Championship.

When asked what made her current team unique from other teams she has played on and coached, of well-rounded players” on her team and that the team has a lot of players “who can play multiple positions.” players listed at more than one position. sized a positive team attitude to son and elaborated on their new mantra.

“If a pitcher throws a no-hitter, celebrate that achievement as if it

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Ali Bartlett poses for a photo illutsration in the pool of the Spaulding Gymnasium.

Senior swimmer Ali Bartlett nears the end of a successful collegiate career JACOB BARRETT

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“She has exceeded any and all of my expectations,”

after she graduates.

“I just hope that people take it from me that if you work hard enough, you can achieve whatever you want,” Bartlett said

Bartlett, who started swimming when she was eight and continued until she graduated high school, she said that joining the swim team at KSC wasn’t something she considered. However, Bartlett decided to walk onto the team, expecting friendly competition and a way to stay in shape. She quickly realized it was far more intense than she thought it would be. “I knew nothing about the team. I knew nothing about how good they were,” Bartlett said, “I didn’t know that it was a very competitive sport here and I sort of just jumped into it blind and it turned out to be the best decision of my life.”

“The very small upside to those people leaving is

good they are, but, according to Pimer, some still have

least four more years and they inspired three classes of swimmers. So that’s going to help the team in the long of one of those swimmers,” Pimer said.

Pimer couldn’t be more right.

“I think she’s left a really big mark, set some high standards and I think next year, not having her is going to be a big adjustment, but it gives us something to work for because we’re going to want to break

think she’s a huge inspiration and a role model and I she said she wanted to keep improving and reaching think she’s going to do really good at NCAAs.” short term goals along the way. Now, just four short seasons later, Bartlett has racked up four LEC medals, that he has enjoyed working with Ali and watching

meets, just to name a few of her accolades during her time on the team.

Bartlett attributed much of her success to making the most out of every practice. keep working harder and harder, and when I get tough practices thrown at me I try to use them to my advantage and not crumble,” Bartlett said.

Teammate-turned-coach Diana Pimer said that Bartlett has improved much more and has become a much more versatile swimmer than the alumni thought she would over the past season, noting tough training regimens and Bartlett’s improvement in her freestyle events.

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said.

Team Captains senior Steph Long and junior Kayla Votto said they support they have been spreading that united mentality expecting us to step up and be leaders,” Long said, “It’s our job throughout the entire team. to keep that positive energy when

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Men’s lacrosse makes statement in season opener NICK TOCCO

When senior swimmer Alison Bartlett came to Keene State College, she didn’t expect to be a fourtime Little East Conference Champion, or break multiple school records. She didn’t expect to compete on a national level or inspire her teammates to swim faster.

She didn’t even expect to swim for KSC.

old pool record set by eight-time gold medalist Jenny

Long said, “The people on the things are not going well and if bench have just as much of an we’re going to be in those leadership roles, we have to be ready to She added that the mental focus respond positively.”

With new leadership and “less individual and more team.”

Votto, who plays shortstop and they can overcome the challenges second base, said she has not only of the season. Long and Votto both been more team conscious, but said last season the team felt lost has used her positive attitude to without delegated leadership roles improve her skills individually. and didn’t know who to lean on in Votto said, “I’ve been trying to high pressure situations. hit the outside pitch.”

She added that through stay- pare for teams such as competiing positive and focusing on rep- tive rivals Eastern Connecticut and etitions and muscle memory in the - believe their smaller numbers has ence.” helped them build stronger chemistry, which they will need to succeed. and we’ll be a much stronger team,” “I think people really are underVotto said referring to the team’s estimating us,” Votto said. supportive attitude toward each Long added, “We can’t expect other. them [LEC opponents] not to show up this year.” have captains, but this season both Long and Votto have earned the on the road against Salem on honors.

After receiving the honor, Long said she and Votto both took it as a Nick Tocco can be contacted at sign that they need to “step up.” ntocco@kscequinox.com

“It’s nice to see those two things come together where someone is working hard and you enjoy working with [them] because they’re motivated,” Woolridge said.

Woolridge said that often star swimmers like Bartlett are an unexpected surprise.

“We didn’t know she was going to be what she is,” Woolridge said.

According to Bartlett, neither did she.

“If I was a freshman again and someone told me I would’ve been where I am today, [there’s] no chance I would believe that,” she said.

The NCAA meet will take place on March 16 to 19.

Until then, Bartlett will still be training in the Spaulding Gym, just like she has been for the last four years.

Jacob Barrett can be contacted at jbarrett@kscequinox.com

third period, that conof four goals for McK- cluded at a score of 9-12. elvie. After a respond- With the owls lead in The Keene State Col- ing goal by WNEU, KSC jeopardy, crucial defenlege men’s lacrosse team sive play from defensemade an explosive statemen juniors Brandon ment, avenging last years’ Charney, Thomas Jenoski loss to Western New Engand senior Michael Wieland University to open denfeld would help seal the season. to factor in on nine of the The 2016 season owls 19 goals with four legiate start, sophomore goalkeeper Mat Howe Goals would also come in would play a large role scored 19 goals in their bunches from sophomore 19-11 home win. Senior - successes as well with captain and attackman, 13 saves. After the game, Tyler McKelvie netted Howe said going in he just had to stay calm. nearly seven minutes into The game would reach Howe added that his - it’s closest point in the defensive line helped him out with great communication and received great “pointers” from senior captain Alex Sharp on the sidelines, who was not able to start due to injury.

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it up in the fourth quarter and settled us in on defense,” Howe said.

With the opening win in the books, Head Coach Mark Theriault said he was pleased with his team on both ends of the

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Tyler Reilly winds up a shot in the Owls first lacrosse game of the season against the Western New England University.

his team play teams like them in order to be considered among the upper echelon in Division 3.

Theriault said they had a “bad taste” in their mouths from last seasons’ loss to the golden bears, and were excited to get the win.

The game’s lead-

the defense gives them.

Going into the game, teammates were nervous dent in their scoring abilranked third in Division 3 in scoring just a year ago.

Moving forward, have to forget this game, we made a mark. This team was ranked above us…we weren’t ranked in the top 30. Now we have also ranked in the top 30 above us.” tinue their home stand

Going in Theriault recognized that the Golden Bears were “one 1:00 pm. of the top teams in New Nick Tocco can be England” and said that contacted at it was important that ntocco@kscequinox.com

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400 wins for Boucher BRIAN CLEMMENSON

Equinox Staff

“I think he truly earned that big win and I’m happy we were able to get it for him.”

STEPHANIE D’ANNOLFO JUNIOR CAPTAIN, WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM

KENDALL POPE / MANAGING EXECUTIVE EDITOR

Women’s basketball coach Keith Boucher shows off a basketball marked after his four hundredth career win. The ball was given to him by his players.

this than I am.”

One reason why Boucher has been around so long is because of his drive. “You really have to have a love and passion for what you do, or you wouldn’t be doing it as long as I have,” Boucher said.

Junior and captain Stephanie D’Annolfo said Boucher does so much for the team as their coach.

“Preparing us, pushing us

As a coach their job is to coach their players and get the most out of them. This year, Keene State College Women’s Basketball Head Coach Keith Boucher has gotten that and much more in personal accolades.

Boucher, who has lead the Owls program for 27 seasons, guided his team to a 21-4 record in the regular season and also notched his 400th career win. This the mistakes. The least we could do is work our hardthe Owls have won 20 est in practice and games. I games or more since the think he truly earned that 2009-2010 campaign. big win and I’m happy we Boucher’s milestone were able to get it for him,” win came in a Little East D’Annolfo said.

Conference battle on the Senior and captain road against Western Con- Kelsey Cognetta said it was necticut State University great being apart of this on Feb. 13, in which Keene victory. “Especially being State defeated the Colo- a senior my last season. I nials 69-61. Boucher said think I really wanted to be he has never worried about a part of it with him and on the personal numbers at all this team,” Cognetta said. during his coaching career.

Boucher said that a “It’s never been about a coach needs to know their record. I didn’t even know players. “It’s not so much that it happened, some- about the knowledge of body from Western actu- the game as it is about the ally told me down there,” approach to your athletes,” Boucher said.

Boucher said.

As of Feb. 22, Boucher In addition, he said they owns a lifetime record of 401-325. He has a chance athlete is all about. “You to take on more depending on how far the Owls make makes each one tick. That it in the Little East Tour- always is not an easy thing nament and possibly the to do,” Boucher said.

NCAA Tournament.

Over the course of his One thing that Boucher career, Boucher has learned treasures during his time the most important thing as a coach is the relation- in coaching. “Sometimes ships he has made. “I’ve you need to kick them in had the honor and privi- the butt, but most of the lege of coaching some out- time you have to pat them standing student-athletes on the back,” Boucher said. and working with some outstanding coaches,” Brian Clemmenson can be Boucher said. He added, contacted atbclemmenson@ “They are a bigger part of kscequinox.com

EVENT RECAP

Men’s club hockey earns first NECHA title CRAE MESSER

SportS Editor On Sunday, Feb. 21, the Keene State College men’s club hockey team captured their ciation (NECHA) Patriot Conference title.

The Owls defeated Northeastern University by a score of 7-5, being led by goaltender Dylan Strogen who recorded 38 saves in the victory. game early on, and the Owls held the 1-0 Girard added another early in the second period to make it 2-0, but it wasn’t long before Northeastern added one of their own.

Shortly after, KSC and Northeastern had back to back goals, with the Owls getremaining in the second frame, Northeastern put a goal past Strogen on a breakaway, tying the game at three goals each. Each team would tally another, making it a 4-4 Nicoll joined the scoring party for the Owls, giving Keene a 5-4 lead early in the third period.

With just over 13 minutes remaining in Strogen to tie the game up once again at Pierce beat the Huskies goaltender with a backhand shot, giving the Owls a 6-5 lead.

Pierce would add an empty-net goal, giving Keene State the title.

Crae Messer can be contacted at cmesser@kscequinox.com CONTRIBUTED PHOTO / KSCHOCKEY.COM

The Keene State College men’s club hockey team poses with their NECHA title trophy. The Owls defeated Northeastern University 7-5 on Sunday, Feb. 21.

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