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Vol. 68, Issue #16 Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016
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What you need to know before voting in the New Hampshire Primary WHEN? Feb. 9, 2016
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*Polls open at 8:00 AM and close at 7:00 PM**
What documents do I need for Voter Registration?
Where to Vote? Ward 1: Michael E.J. Blastos Community Room 400 Marlboro Street (adjacent to Keene Police Department)
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To Prove Identity and age: Driver's License Passport
To Prove Citizenship:
Ward 2: Keene Parks & Rec. Dept. 312 Washington Street
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Ward 3: Keene Middle School 167 Maple Avenue Ward 4: Symonds School 79 Park Avenue Ward 5: Crossway Church 28 Arch Street
How can I register to vote?
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before a Checklist Supervisor Present documentation to prove your identity, age and residency in Keene
To Prove Residency: Driver's License with Keene address Rent receipts Utility bill Checking account with Keene address Personal letter mailed to a Keene address Voter information from Keene City Clerk’s website.
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City of Keene Ward Map
How to get to the Polls: KSC Shuttle Vans to the Polls Tuesday, February 9, 8:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. Running Continuously Pick up/drop off point in between the student center and the science building KSC Shuttles will have signs on them, and will be staffed by certistudents to only use these vans. Snacks provided by the KSC Student Honors Council. Vans will visit both the Blastos Community Room next to the Keene Police Department and the Parks/Rec Department at 312 Washington Street.
Preferred name policy affects student voting KENDALL POPE
Managing executive editor Keene State College students using a preferred name may run into trouble at the primary polls. In August of 2015, KSC set in motion a new policy allowing like email, class rosters and Owl cards (student ID card).
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Recent state of emergency
Diet Decisions
Saturday Night Jive!
Swim & Dive: A Decade of Dominance
Campus climate survey exposes student discomfort MACKENZIE CLARKE
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that has made them feel unsafe or disrespected on or around campus. The survey was conducted by Director of Institutional Research and Assessment Cathy Turrentine and focuses on how students felt on campus in 2014 compared to 2011.
“I get cat-called by male students every time I walk alone on campus at night.” According to the 2014 climate change survey conducted by the Keene State College Department of Institutional Research, 25 percent of female Keene State Col- focused on women, LGBT and lege students reported that they people of color. have had a personal experience According to Turrentine,
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A5: Students defy gender roles A6: Final Countdown: 100 Nights B2: Redfern Arts Ambassadors B9: Women’s Hockey at Keene Ice
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Students on the campaign trail
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Donald Trump’s campaign office is located on Winchester street.
Zorn Dining Commons and Hoot N’ Scoot change to accommodate students ADAM URQUHART
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approximately 1,100 students participated in the survey. She said the number was “acceptable” but that she would like to see more students involved. Her statistics showed that many women on campus experienced catcalling and slut-shaming. Students were allowed to comment on the survey and Turrentine added some of the comments in her survey presentation. One student said she “got cat called by male students on Winchester St. in the middle of the day.” Another said she “has never walked into a fraternity party and not worried for [her] safety.” A female student commented that slut-shaming “is a huge problem on campus.” Other comments included personal incidents of physical and sexual assault on campus. dent commented that during an attempted physical assault, she said “No Zebras” and her attacker left her alone. “I love and hate this story,” Turrentine said about the incident. She said it makes her sad that events like this happen on campus. “I love that we have a production to help students,” Turrentine said, referring to the No Zebra’s productation. Turrentine said the biggest difference in 2014 compared to the 2011 survey was the increase of the treatment women were experiencing. Not only did the 2014 survey focus on women’s experiences on campus, but results showed that some KSC females do not feel safe in the city of Keene as well. One of the comments made by a female student stated that she is “creeped out by the men in Keene.” Others said they have been followed home by men in town. “Being female is always a scary thing in Keene,” a female wrote in the survey. Several comments said females do not feel safe walking alone in town. “I now make a male friend walk home with me after dark,” one student said. “Now I carry pepper spray,” another said. The survey also compared LGBT students’ experiences to those of straight students. Statistics showed that 87 percent of LGBT students felt welcomed at KSC in 2014 compared to 94 percent in 2011. In 2011, 83 percent of LGBT students that participated in the survey said they felt like they belong at KSC. That number fell to 71 percent in 2014, according to Turrentine’s research. Research also showed that 67 percent of LGBT students in 2014 felt that KSC clearly communicated that all members of the college community are valued. That statistic fell by 11 percent since 2011. Turrentine’s research also showed that 42 percent of LGBT students who participated in the survey in 2014 reported they have had a personal experience in which they felt unwelcome or unfairly treated or disrespected, or unsafe in the past three years, compared to 21 percent of straight students.
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One student said they didn’t have a LGBT community in high school “so joining [at KSC] has made [he/she] feel less alone.” Other LGBT students said they have had negative experiences on campus. “Just walking on campus and hearing homophobic slurs or jokes makes me feel incredibly unsafe,” one comment read. Another student said “someone yelled something homophobic” at them multiple times on campus. More students shared their personal experiences of harassment on campus. Another focus of the survey was how students of color felt on campus. panic and African American students, as well as other ethnicities as “students of color.” The statistics regarding students of color was more positive than those of LGBT and female students, compared to 2011. In 2014, 83 percent of non-white students said they felt like they belong on campus, compared to 72 percent in 2011. Eighty-three percent of both white and non-white students reported that they felt they were treated respectfully by students on campus. The amount of colored students that felt they were treated respectfully by faculty on campus jumped 12 percent since 2011. Many colored students reported that they felt welcomed by Common Ground and the Diversity and MulTurrentine said this aspect of the survey was “a wonderful improvement.” The purpose of these surveys is to “assess where the college stands on ensuring that all members of the community feel welcome, supported and safe,” according to Turrentine. So what’s next? Students and faculty who attended the event discussed what should be done to help raise the 2014 statistics. KSC sophomore Antonio Rivera is the Vice President for Common Ground. At the presentation, he suggested incorporating more diversity into the No Zebras production. tive…maybe we could do a separate show about diversity during orientation,” Rivera said. Students at the presentation agreed that alcohol consumption may be a contributing factor to sexual harassment on campus. One student recommended more alcohol awareness on campus. KSC student Amie Gagnon also attended the presentation. She said that implementing more women and gender studies classes on campus would be a good way to prevent the harassment of women on campus. Gagnon suggested men be required to take a women and gender studies class. “The mandatory class would show the point of view of how
said. “People will be resistant, but it’s just like an ITW or IQL class,” she said. Turrentine said she would like to work closely with students and faculty to make KSC a better place for everyone. She said she hopes students don’t see these surveys as negative, but as a way to better KSC as a whole. “Most students experience the the option to leave comments on the campus climate as positive, and that survey of personal experiences they is to be celebrated,” she said. have faced. One student said they felt “very MacKenzie can be contacted at mclarke@kscequinox.com
LGBT community.
Construction plans CAMPUS S AFETY for future enrollment report log Week of: Jan. 25 Monday, January 25 2:01 a.m. Pondside 3: Bluelight phone hangup; nothing found 2:12 p.m. Randall Hall: Suspicious male bothering students. Came from KPD radio 4:05 p.m. Brickyard Pond: Small children throwing stones on/at the pond 4:55 p.m. Monadnock Hall: RD from Monadnock spoke to C20 about a student that is not supposed to be in the building 11:32 p.m. Carle Hall: RA reporting a heater sparking Tuesday, January 26 11:48 a.m. Keddy Hall: Notified of student possibly posting inappropriate video online TIM SMITH / PHOTO EDITOR
Construction for the new residence hall is well underway toward opening in the Fall semester of 2016
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He said, “The professor can think about ways to teach in interesting and dynamic ways because they
expected to implement social as well as academic aids, this to make this happen. You get a more enriched more so than just being a living space. This building and emerging experience.” Some students said that the living experience they and Learning Community (LLC) will be available for have now is not the best. Lindelof said she lives in Monadnock and said KSC senior Sam Anderson said that more on-cam- that it’s not the best dorm to be in. “I think they pus opportunities for living arrangements could help should probably put some of the money into some of curb binge drinking. He said, “I’m of the opinion the buildings they already have,” she said. that we should increase on-campus housing because I think it might address some of the issues that the ations Jim Carley said he sympathizes and agrees. He college leadership sees in the student culture.” He said, “We do what we can to upkeep the [older] buildcontinued that this new building could also help the ings. [Monadnock’s] a classic example of a building that’s really old and tired and the issue becomes [that] lower side. “If more students are living on campus, when you have a structure that is really past its prime more students are paying housing,” Anderson said. you have to make a decision: do you spend the money to totally renovate it or do you tear it down?” year Ashley Lindelof said she doesn’t understand why the school is putting money in a place they may decisions made. “There’s only so much you can do to renovate them. You can make them nicer, but you come in? When I heard that I was like ‘wait, you can’t really turn these buildings into living learning have no clue how many people are going to decide to communities,” he said. come’,” she said. He said a lot of the older buildings don’t have Associate Dean of Student and Director of Resi- what the school hopes for since living and learning dential Life Kent Drake-Deese said the decision to community dormitories are the future. “The goal is construct this new dormitory was made a couple of [to] eventually to have all of the students who come into the college be able to be part of the living learnstudents [living conditions] because prior to this year, ing community. In order for us to be able to do that, we need to be able to have buildings that are capable unnatural triples; you know, a double being made of doing the real formal learning component,” he said. into a triple,” he said. Carley said, “This type of component is really doesn’t have to worry about living in a triple since enrollment is down. Pudlo said, “As the school is now, [another dormitory] might not be necessary, but I think it’s a good idea if the school wants to promote more people to come. It never hurts to have more housing.” Drake-Deese said he does believe this new building will attract incoming students. “The hope with a living and learning community is that [it’s a] place where you’d like high school seniors to look at and say ‘wow that looks interesting, I’d like to do that,’
for our freshmen students to really get them accumulated into the college [lifestyle].” Carley said that the school is also aware of upperclassmen who want to stay on campus but have a dif-
more residence halls like that on campus of that style, maybe not that size but that style,” he said. Director of Residential Life Drake-Deese said that the college has to be weary of expenses. “You know you can imagine a building costing $32 million a pot ings] would be expensive. So I think this is where we’re starting,” he said. Drake-Deese said that the place where it might be He continue to say that research supports LLCs the most similar is with honors housing. “The [cur- and has show that they can encourage higher GPAs rent] living and learning community we [do] have and help a student feel more connected to a college is Pondside 3; we call them LLC, but they are not as robust as these programs are that we’re talking about [now],” he said. trips and out of classroom experiences. “It’s a much Deese continued that what will make this LLC more dynamic way of learning both academically and socially,” he said. faculty member and residential assistance for each Dorothy can be contacted at community involved. dengland@kscequinox.com
“The hope with a living and learning community is that [it’s a] place where you’d like high school seniors to look at and say ‘wow that looks interesting, I’d like to do that’.” KENT DRAKE-DEESE DIRECTOR OF RESIDENTIAL LIFE TIM SMITH / PHOTO EDITOR
Students and staff gather in the Mountain View room to hear the results of the 2014 Campus Climate survey.
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5:17 p.m. Winchester Lot: Call came in from A lot phone with lots of background noise but no answer Wednesday, January 27 8:22 a.m. Off Campus: Recieved information about an off campus incident 6:29 p.m. Randall Hall: RD called about some people with Bernie Sanders and asked for us to ask them to leave. One found and told to leave and he left with no issue. Officers looking for second male. Second male left on his own. Informed that they cannot be in buildings 8:24 p.m. Holloway Hall: Officers took small amount of marijuana and 2 bongs. Residents gave them to officer with no issue Thursday, January 28 11:50 a.m. Young Student Center: Reported an injured student. Officer reported a student down on the ground near Lloyds. 911 being called from building. Female being transported Friday, January 29 10:34 p.m. Fiske Lot: Parking violation one summons issued Saturday, January 30 2:54 a.m. Sidewalks: Sounds like someone is yelling outside of the building Sunday, January 31 1:07 a.m. Brickyard Pond: Students on ice 1:48 a.m. One Butler Court: RA reported an altercation outside OBC; advised it had been broken up 1:05 p.m. Carle Hall: RA called about a suspicious intoxicated person out front of Carle Hall
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Recent state of emergency alarms students Just a few days after most of the Keene State College student body headed home for winter break, the city of Keene underwent an emergency situation. On Dec. 19, 2015, the State of Emergency Operations Center was activated. According to an article on cials said that the issue arose around 9 a.m. after the company’s propane production plant experienced an issue that tion system. gas mixture may have resulted in the production of carbon monoxide at the gas appliance or burner tip in a home or business.” It goes without saying that this situation was alarming to residents of Keene. The possibility of increased carbon monoxide levels in homes is concerning. The entire city of Keene was in danger of a gas scare and many students back home might not have been aware of this. Of course we are thankful nothing went terribly wrong and we are lucky that most of us were home away from the danger; however, there is a problem with this situation. As the largest state emergency response since pumpkinfest this was a big deal and something students should have some knowledge of. our community and public safety have more of an impact on the student body than we
think. With the college being in the heart of Keene, right in the center of downtown, we are a large part of this community, whether we realize it or not. Just because something happens when we are on break doesn’t mean we should ignore what happened. like to question where the public oversight was in this situation. How was something like this even possible? We are fortunate that the city responded to the situation door checking on Liberty Utility customers in the area. If you haven’t done so already, follow local news sources on social media, click on the articles that pertain to Keene and the community, get involved with the local news, be aware of what’s going on where you live both at home and at school. While silly buzzfeed articles about how to know if your boyfriend is the one for you and watching cute puppy videos make for good click bait, we are here to advocate for the voice of newspapers and other news sources. To reiterate the point again, it is so important as students that we keep up with current events at both the local and national level. As members of society we need to educate ourselves because the more we know, the
may have resulted in the production of carbon monoxide at the gas appliance or burner tip in a home or business.”
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Students defy gender roles within their area of study
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The Final Countdown
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Above: Molly Schaefer writes where she plans to be in five years. Middle: Students recorded a shout-out that will be played at graduation. Bottom Left: Alicia Berry reminisces at old photos from her first years at KSC. Bottom Right: Twins Bobby and Laura Graham participate in one of the several games offered throughout the night.
100 Nights event reshaped for the better BROGAN WESSELL
Banner. “The timeline utilized the photos people sent to us, and featured a This past Thursday, the Class of trail of yarn leading from move-in 2016 E-board hosted the annual 100 day of freshman year all the way nights event for the senior class in to Graduation in senior year. At the honor of their being only 100 days end of the timeline, we had a space until the Commencement Ceremony. where seniors could write on a note According to the senior class what the hope to do before gradupresident Mason Prata, the class years from now,” Prata said. changes to the 100 nights event. He continued, “There were also, “Last year’s 100 nights event, as at the end of the timeline, the Class a few years prior to that, was hosted Banner, which students sign and then will ultimately be kept in the ceremony of hanging the countdown banner or anything like we have done this year,” Prata said. Shout-outs, which are shown at He continued, “That was the the Commencement Ceremony for main reason why we decided to family and friends to see while they change the event so much, as the await the seniors to march in.” way the event went last year, only Prata added that the overall goal about 230 students were able to of this event is to give seniors a nice attend from a class of near one thou- way to remember the fun times sand students.” they’ve had along the way and to At this year’s 100 nights, Prata build excitement about the future. said about 100 students came “In doing this event we hoped to through the Young Student Center, celebrate the senior class for their where they were able to submit accomplishments and for having photos to a timeline that the e-board made it all the way to the last leg of created where seniors were able to senior year,” Prata said. re-cap the last four years at KSC, in In addition to the on campus addition to the ceremonial hanging 100 nights event, Scores Sports Bar of the Commencement Countdown and Grille also hosted a version of
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the event for the senior class, where those who attended dressed in 90’s attire. Senior Danielle Downie said that she thought the 100 nights event was a great way to celebrate the senior class. “I think this was a good way to get everyone together. It wasn’t revolved around drinking; it was about seeing everyone, dancing and having a good time as we approach lege,” Downie said. Downie added that she did receive e-mails about the 100 Nights event taking place on campus but did not attend the event because she did not know what is was going to be like. “All my friends wanted to go to Scores so that is how we came to the decision to not attend the on-campus event. I am also not on campus that often so that had a lot to do with it as well,” Downie said. Amongst the attendees of the oncampus 100 Nights event was senior Julia Bisbee, who stated that she thought this event was very fun and simple, meant to bring the senior class together. “I only went to the on-campus event. I had to teach in the morning
so I did not go out to the bars. But I heard that several of my friends had a great time out at the bar,” Bisbee said. Bisbee said that it made her very sad knowing that there is only 100 days left to spend with the amazing people she has spent these last four years with. “Being able to look back at the pictures from freshman year and look at current pictures from our senior year has made me realize how much we all have changed and grown into amazing people. The event made me excited for the future and what is to come,” Bisbee stated. Downie added that she tried not to give graduation too much thought while she was out with her friends. “I tried not to think of 100 Nights in a sad way but more so a happier time. We all have to make the most of these last one hundred days together. As it gets closer it will definitely set in more and there will be tears, but for now, we celebrate!” Downie said. Brogan Wessell can be contacted at bwessell@kscequinox.com
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Bandwagon football fans JILL GIAMBRUNO
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Keene State College students spoke up about their KSC sophomore and Resident Assistant Brittany
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The Super Bowl is not just for football fans. Some people only watch for the entertainment, commercials and to stay in the loop.
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Students and faculty remember the victims of the Holocaust topics. This past summer, Sharpe attended an institute on Holocaust and Jewish Civilization put on by the Holocaust Educational Foundation. Sharpe said this opportunity allowed her to expand her work on Jewish literature and think about Holocaust literature and history. The speech incorporated references to various pieces of Jewish and Holocaust related literature
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Dr. Emily Robins Sharpe delivering her speech about the importance of rememberance in preventing genocide. JESSICA RICARD
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caust Remembrance Day in Centennial Hall.
Honoring the lives of victims is never easy. On Wednesday, Jan. 27, Keene State College students, faculty and community members honored those who lost their lives in the Holocaust by coming together for a ceremony on International Holo-
Holocaust and Genocide Studies Emily Robins Sharpe was asked to speak at the event sponsored by The Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. ested in literature written by those of marginalized groups and that
Sharpe said that if we have an ethical obligation to remember and honor the victims of the Holocaust, then we must acknowledge the fragility of civilization. She said we must recognize the warnings, anti-Semitism, scapegoating and intolerance that were a part of not only Nazi culture, but American culture before the Holocaust. “We can try to reconstruct what existed before the Holocaust, but we can never know what was lost,” Sharpe said. She continued, “What brilliant teachers, lawyers, writers, actors, directors, musicians, economists, politicians, biologists, linguists, physicists, cobblers, chefs, farmers and sociologists might have gone on to do. We can never know what European culture could have been like. These communities, these countries and our world are poorer for it. So how do we remember?” Sharpe said in her speech that we must be willing to see the light in our own darknesses and contra-
dictions. We must remember what has been lost and use it to respond to the discrimination and intolerance that continues to plague us. Sharpe ended her speech with a question for the audience “Where are we falling short and what can we do better?” KSC sophomore and English and American studies major Sydney Hammond took an Archiving War course with Sharpe last semester. “There were a lot of things I was so interested in when taking her class. She’s so passionate about it that it really makes you interested.” Hammond said, “Remembrance remembrance. Making sure that we’re doing our best to not only honor memories, but also continue to talk about it.” KSC sophomore and political science major Eva Medvidofsky also attended the ceremony and said it was incredible. She is currently in Sharpe’s Literature of the Holocaust course and said she believes Sharpe brings a lot of insight to the topic. “I think that in remembering the Holocaust, it helps to make sure something like that doesn’t happen again,” Medvidofsky said. Jessica Ricard can be contacted at jricard@kscequinox.com
“We can try to reconstruct what existed before the Holocaust, but we can never know what was lost.” DR. EMILY ROBINS SHRPE AFFILIATE FACULTY MEMBER OF HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE STUDIES
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Alumni struggles to be like everybody else but that when he came to college at KSC he was excited to be more independent. Still, Haddock utilized accommodations provided by the school such as note takers, extra time on an exams and tutors in order to get his classwork done. He graduated from KSC last year with a Bachelor’s degree in communications. Haddock said that most people don’t know about his disability until he tell them about it, including most of his friends. Haddock
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Equinox Staff Keene State College alumni Ryan Haddock has been working his whole life to be just like everybody else. If you ask him, he is just like everybody else. He breathes the same air as everybody else, has friends like everybody else, laughs and cries like everybody else. Haddock refuses to submit to ent because of the way he walks or talks or how he reads or writes. In fact, he prefers it not even come up in conversation. That’s how it should be. Luckily for me, he told me a little about why
one of his friends about his diagnosis. The reason why is both understandable and disheartening. “You can’t be too sure when you they’ll treat you badly because That’s why I often keep things to myself,” Haddock said. “I eat; I walk; I breathe – similar human things,” Haddock said. What people don’t know is that Haddock’s condition is actually pretty common. Studies have shown that one in ten children are dealing with some level of Dyspla-
right, the guy who plays Harry Potter in the movies) has a mild Haddock has a disorder called form of Dysplasia. Motor Dysplasia, a condition which Unfortunately for Haddock, in many ways is much like my there is no magic potion, spell or own. Motor dysplasia is a disorder caused by brain damage before, so many in a number of ways. during or shortly after birth and Instead, those who deal with Dyscan present itself in many ways plasia, like Haddock, are forced depending on the severity. For Hadto work hard to do what others might see as simple tasks like getspeech have always been a probting dressed, carrying objects and making food. Haddock said years writing and his speech is slow, stutof speech and occupational therapy tered and mumbled. He has trouble have allowed him to do a lot more saying and spelling certain words than he used to, and that he’s still and coordination walking issues. learning. “In all honesty, I didn’t want many people to know about the Jacob Barrett can be contacted at disability. I felt like the people that jbarrett@kscequinox.com and I did not want that. I just want people to treat me like they would anybody else,” Haddock said. Haddock said he needed help with a lot of the things growing up,
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Alternative workouts offered at Keene State College
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Group spin class going through different obstacles of spinning
ALTERNATIVE WORKOUT TIPS: FROM SPIN CLASS INSTRUCTOR MICHAELA CURZMAN KENDALL POPE
“Exercising in college, especially in college, really relieves stress. It’s a really healthy way to get outside from your schoolwork.”
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the class was small and the instructor Michaela was I would advise people to call ahead and save a bike
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You start with a couple minutes of warm up, then Kendall Pope can be contacted at kpope@kscequinox.com
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DIET DECISIONS
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Equinox Staff Diet. Oh how that simple word makes people cringe. According to CBS News, the diet trends for 2016 include detox, cleanse and juicing, high protein and low carbohydrates, paleo, mediterranean and clean eating. CBS News also added that there is no “Holy Grail” diet that works best for everyone. High protein and low carb is a diet that Keene State College sophomore and graphic design major Gabby Holveck said she has found success with. She said weight. Holveck explained that the diet shrank her portions and limited processed foods. She said her diet consisted of a lot of chicken, eggs, vegetables, peanut butter and fruit. Holveck said that the diet worked in the sense that she did notice herself slimming down. However, When going to the gym she noticed that she was tired. Holveck said that by the end of the day she was more tired than normal. Tiredness wasn’t all Holveck felt. She said cravings began to bother her too. “While doing the diet I suffered temptation. I found though after doing it for a
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while you kind of train yourself. You don’t really want things anymore,” Holveck said. Something that Holveck said she craved often was sandwiches. “I love sandwiches, like big subs; that’s what I really wanted,” she said. Holveck said that the strict diet lasted a few months. “I kind of do it now, but not as aggressively. I adjusted the diet; in the morning for breakfast I’ll have a piece of wheat toast with peanut butter and banana on it,“ Holveck said. More success was found by KSC junior and health science and nutrition major Amber Perkins who said she is a clean eater herself. “I think that eating clean is important for everybody,” Perkins said. She continued, “In terms of looking at high protein and low carb, paleo and mediterranean, I think dieting is different for individuals. I think that everybody’s bodies react differently to different diets so it is okay to explore different things.” Perkins explained that she has juiced before, eats clean most of the time and is a vegetarian. “I found a three-day juice cleanse where you drink four juices and have one vegan salad. It was under a dietitian out of a place in Portland, Maine. I researched it for a while before going into it. I made sure that I
would be getting enough calories and what kind of physical activity I should be doing while juicing,” Perkins said. She continued, “When I did juice I felt really safe because I was so knowledgeable about what I was getting myself into. I think a lot of people who juice don’t really do enough research and I think that is why people run into problems. I don’t think that juicing is inherently terrible but I don’t think it’s a lifestyle. I felt really awesome after because for me it showed me that I probably had a serious sugar addiction and caffeine was pretty bad for me when I cut that out so I learned a lot about myself.” Perkins said that even though she isn’t a clean eater 100 percent of the time, she does tend to follow the 80/20 rule of eating clean 80 percent of the time. “Everybody is human. It’s not that processed foods are bad or that any food is bad in general but what I have learned over the past few years of my life is that my body reacts best to clean eating, whole foods and a plant-based diet,” Perkins explained. Perkins said she has lost weight by eating clean. She said that she has cut back on her sugar and sodium and carb intake. She also added that she feels more energetic and nourished.
On the opposite side of nutrition is the golden arches that globally we recognize as McDonald’s. KSC sophomore and criminal justice and women and gender studies major Deven Freihofer is on her third year of working at McDonald’s and is a shift manager. “I think McDonald’s impacts healthy eating in a negative way because it’s so quick, easy and available. With McDonald’s being cheap and fast, people tend to turn to eating it even though it isn’t healthy,” Freihofer explained. people’s health. Since she has been working there she said that the company has made healthier options available to people. She explained that McDonald’s offers the option of a side salad instead of fries but that it is not advertised much because it is more expensive to give a side salad instead of fries. “The entire business is speed and cheapness. Healthier options are more expensive and would take more time to prepare,” she said. Emma Hamilton can be contacted at ehamilton@kscequinox.com TIM SMITH / PHOTO EDITOR
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Advocates of the arts
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The Redfern Arts Ambassadors stop to pose for a photo during their weekly meeting, which take place every Friday at 1 p.m. in the Redfern Arts Center. The group is working to get other students involved and interested in the performances offered at the Redfern.
Redfern Arts Ambassadors work to promote artistic expression ARYANAH HAYDU
and showcase the talent present at Keene State. These
Equinox Staff The Redfern Arts Ambassadors made their debut on Keene State College’s campus at the beginning of this year. The group works to spread awareness of the Arts on ent modes of artistic expression that will take place over the course of this semester. The overall goal of the program is to build understanding, participation and excitement over the arts within the Keene State community. The Arts Ambassadors spent the majority of the fall semester getting to know one another, discussing
The group will also present at the Academic Excellence Conference, sharing their experience as ambassa-
“We want this program to be a way people can connect to the arts and experience new things that they wouldn’t normally go see by themselves.”
program in a talk entitled “Why Would I Go to the Redfern? An Examination of the Perceived Value of Live Performance at Keene State College.”
Benson, said that she took the initiative to join the program due to her passion for the arts. “I want to explore and share the importance of art as an avenue for deeper understanding and growth.” Benson said she had an enlightening experience, realizing the power in expressing oneself through art in various modes such as painting, dancing, writing, Redfern Arts Center. music and poetry. The spring semester will be focused on carrying out She explained that artistic expression positively these ideas; the group is now working towards creat- impacted her physical, emotional and spiritual health. Benson said she hopes to spread this feeling throughin order to promote cross-disciplinary participation
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out campus in order to reduce stress and promote self expression. Ashley Gage, also a member of the Redfern Arts Ambassadors, said she joined the program with the hopes of introducing art to those who have never been exposed to it. Her personal goal, which she shares with the group as a whole, is to get people to attend Redfern events and help them explore creative outlets they may have not experienced. “We want this program to be a way people can connect to the arts and experience new things that they wouldn’t normally go see by themselves,” Gage said.
the upcoming events held by the Redfern called The Intergalactic Nemesis. a live graphic novel with voice actors narrating on stage Arts Center. Aryanah Haydu can be contacted at ahaydu@kscequinox.com.
Excitement emerges amid awards season JILL GIAMBRUNO
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and satisfaction.” Calnan said his passion for movies has
Thespian loves and cinema fanatics alike have been spending hours in front of their televisions lately, as award show Oblon said he looks forward to the disseason is in full swing. No one can escape cussion surrounding award show season the hype, Keene State College students more than anything else. - selves to people’s predictions as to what rounding the Oscars this year, KSC students spoke out on the subject. Like Calnan, Oblon said his love for According to Kevin Aruilio, a KSC award show season is a great way to cap
movies. That gets me really hyped.” Calnan was most excited for Creed, the Revenant and Star Wars VII. enthusiast, “Creed was not only one of movies that made me ever cheer and cry. The Revenant is on an exclusive list of
because it is every great art form rolled into one, and no matter who you are you Wars VII in every sense of the word is a Aruilio said, “I love that you get to see Hollywood put on a big show and cele- ing,” Oblon said, “I would say me study- of all what a Star Wars is supposed to be.” brate.” ing this as my major has really helped my Oblon, whose friends are all studyKSC junior James Calnan said that his favorite part of award show season is Aruilio said that he can’t quite put his excited about the award show season. “ when the nominations are announced. Oblon continued, “I have been watch“I think my major has a lot to do with ies major, Calnan said, “Though this has it. Nothing can compare to the sheer joy kid and lately my friends and I have been been a big controversy, I love when the you get from somebody liking your proj- having Oscar parties. We get together and nominations come out because my friends ect,” Aruilio said, “I love movies and I watch with a big group of people, mostly and I debate and argue whom we think love making movies, and I hope I get to do will win.” it for as long as I live.” Of award show season, Calnan said, KSC senior and video production doesn’t follow the awards as religiously as
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female has ever won an academy award in that category. I think that’s a pretty disgusting statistic.” Aruilio continued, “It’s unfortunate that many people aren’t often included “Other than that, I don't really watch the when they absolutely should be. This award shows that much. I only pay atten- year’s controversy is a perfect example. tion to what or who gets nominated.” and superb performances from actors award shows should not be determining of color, this whole situation is very sura movie’s worth. prising and unacceptable. I can see why “If professionals or the academy praise people are angry. a movie that's all good, but art is subjective along with how it speaks to an indiyear. It was contextualized by real life but there are plenty of other awesome
to watch all, if not most, of the movies that but said he still appreciates them. get nominated for award shows every year.
it only received one nomination for best show season is about celebrating the arts, soundtrack. It’s a shame.” but I feel that the Oscars actually provide a very skewed and unfair landscape for really does enjoy the Oscars because it’s a celebration of movies. second year in a row that an all-white cast magic to the Oscars, and there’s undoubthas been nominated for the Best Actor edly a very disgusting side to it as well. But category, and there’s been rightful out- all in all, I do enjoy watching the Oscars.” rage over it. There have been zero African American directors to win academy Jill Giambruno can be contacted at awards for best director, and only one jgiambruno@kscequinox.com.
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Girl makes it through entire run on treadmill without rag falling off disinfectant spray bottle STEPHANIE MCCANN
artS & EntErtainmEnt Editor Keene State College sophomore Allison Trotter it through an entire 15 minute jog at the Spauldinfectant spray bottle on the side of the treadmill machine.
‘Intergalactic’ experience at the Redfern AMANDA LASHUA
Equinox Staff Distinguished live-action graphic novel “The Intergalactic Nemesis” will be performed on Saturday, Feb. 6, in The Main Theatre of the Redfern Arts Center at Keene State Colaudio drama with the elements of a graphic novel to tell a an out-of-this-world predicament, according to theintergalacticnemesis.com. According to Jason Neulander, co-writer, director and place in 1933 when Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Molly Sloan and her assistant Timmy Mendez chased down a story, and were interrupted by the mysterious librarian Ben Wilcott. Wilcott informs Sloan and Mendez of a more dire issue concerning the pending invasion from the planet Zygon. The three team up in an attempt to prevent the threat on humanity’s future, claimed the show’s website. Inspired by Neulander’s love for “Star Wars” and his rytelling, the journey to success for “The Intergalactic Nemesis” was somewhat serendipitous and fueled by the enjoyment of presenting the show itself, Neulander said. “This project got its start in the early years of the Salvage Vanguard Theater as a radio play that we performed and lander said. Neulander continued, “We were really experimenting -
loosely placed atop the spray bottles attached to the side of each treadmill. These spray bottles and rags are used for cleaning the machines, but the “The second the treadmill starts going and the jogger begins running, the rag almost always falls
opportunity came along to bring the radio version of the ‘The Intergalactic Nemesis’ into our local performing arts center in 2009, I came up with the idea of creating comic
is an absolute legend.” Students across campus are raving about Trotter’s success story. Freshman Sara Vigor said she does not understand how Trotter could have run on the treadmill
With its experimental beginnings and unique production techniques, it is no wonder Director of the Redfern Performing Arts Center Shannon Mayers jumped at the opportunity to bring this show to KSC.
bottle. “I can’t believe it,” Vigor said, “I’ve never seen
had a brief run on Broadway,” Mayers stated.
According to Vigor, some students have actuthe ground so many times.
Neulander’s personal theory on the show’s success has to do with the characters. “We have characters that the people really fall in love
down the treadmill and then realize I still have to
Timmy and Ben are a great trio and the bad guy Mysterion
Vigor said, “It’s just really embarrassing.” KSC senior Marcus Runsalot said he swears he
mance, the whole experience ends up being so much greater than the sum of the individual parts...the audience comes in and obviously none of the performers are on stage but you see all the gadgets on stage and you see the screen and you
through an entire run on the treadmill without the “I mean, I run on those treadmills every single four years, but no I’m not mad,” Runsalot said, “I she does it as a sophomore?”
of “The Intergalactic Nemesis” intriguing. “It just sounds ing for the entire time you’re there,” Provencher said.
replied, “What? Is it really that impressive?” Stephanie McCann can be contacted at smccann@kscequinox.com.
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KSC sophomore Allison Trotter jogs beside the infamous rag that did not fall off the spray bottle during her daily run at the Spaulding Gymnasium.
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Fast-growing motorcycle group is largely for law enforcement
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Police respond to the Denver Coliseum on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016 in Denver. A heated argument among as many as 30 members of two biker clubs preceded a weekend brawl at a Denver motorcycle show that left one dead and seven others injured, an attorney who witnessed the commotion said Monday, Feb. 1, 2016.
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was stabbed by another gang member in South Caro- makes these weekend warriors feel like they are a little
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There has been “a ton of pushback” from other DENVER (AP) — One of the nation’s fastest-growing motorcycle clubs is composed largely of military,
No one has been arrested, adding to the frustration
regalia and traditions of outlaw biker gangs — a choice
Other police clubs also wear three-piece patches but Accounts of some of those episodes were con- have no trouble with other groups, said Stephen Stubbs, tained in a 2014 report from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives describing the
But experts say its members are increasingly becoming police, such as the Blue Knights, which has almost est-growing clubs that continues to expand into terrientangled in violence with other biker groups, blurring 20,000 members and performs community services tories normally controlled by well-established outlaw the line between professionals who are sworn to uphold the law and a biker culture with a long history of crimiThe ATF says the club “infuriated” the most notoof both law enforcement and other professions, and it adopts emblems more common to well-established Pagans, by wearing a three-piece patch arrangement weekend and acting out what their perception of an with a crescent-shaped bottom patch bearing the name outlaw gang is,” said David Devereaux, a spokesman for the National Council of Clubs, which represents defended themselves during confrontations provoked - by other groups that feel threatened by the club’s rapid never sought their permission to use it and took colors sive situations with other motorcycle clubs in opposi- growth and its open disregard for time-honored rules
and causing trouble,” Stubbs said, referring to a cable
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enforcement, while their outlaw counterparts swear ship, which includes people from all professions, seems
The latest skirmish happened Saturday, when the The two groups blame each other for inciting the
The shooter said members of the other group
The founders liked the motorcycle fellowship, which reminded them of the camaraderie of a military unit or a good way to get attacked,” said John Risenhoover, a
“There’s a little bit of danger that kicks in, and it kind of
Neighbor: Slain Virginia girl talked of online ‘boyfriend’ Smokers in Italy hit with new fines to protect the young TOM FOREMAN JR. & ALLEN G.
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read from a statement before her Stacey Snider, a neighbor whose sobs became uncontrollable and she 8-year-old twins played with Nicole, 13-year-old girl who vanished from told The Associated Press that Blacksburg police said they have her bedroom was stabbed to death before she vanished, Nicole showed evidence showing Eisenhauer knew by a Virginia Tech student, and her girls Eisenhauer’s picture the girl before she disappeared another freshman already charged along with a thread of texts they with hiding the body was more had shared, and said she would be deeply involved, authorities said “Eisenhauer used this relation“She was talking about this boy- ship to his advantage to abduct the enth-grader told friends she would friend she had that was 18 and went sneak out to meet her “boyfriend” ers helped Eisenhauer dispose of David, an 18-year-old she met online Nicole’s body,” a police statement
she vanished, by David Eisenhauer, learned all this from her girls only a freshman at Virginia Tech now jailed on charges of kidnapping and murder, Commonwealth’s Attorney nothing about it until she came up The prosecutor also announced that Eisenhauer’s classmate, Nata- school and online over her weight lie Keepers, will face a more serious and a tracheotomy scar, and needed charge of being an accessory “before daily medication after surviving a liver transplant, lymphoma and a addition to helping to dispose of the drug-resistant bacterial infection as -
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day in Rome, half of them squished on the street, where they often get
measures would lead to a new drop in
The smoking bans in cars will “This has an enormous environ- “have a great educational value” for mental impact,” he said, noting that
($600) if they light up in a car with a child or pregnant woman — or if they toss a cigarette butt on the street — after new health and environmental how it looks is how much it costs
student at Rome’s John Cabot University, praised the initiative though he
The smoking prohibitions extend - smoking, drug and alcohol depart- it can only clean up the city, which is rants, cinemas and other public places
atric hospitals and other medical facilities catering to pregnant - women and newborns in a bid to tive said the Ontario, Canada-based cut the estimated 70,000-83,000 company was “active in helping the deaths a year the government The measures are contained
The arrests of the two ambitious in a new law conforming to EU and focused students shocked their regulations aimed at dissuading young people from taking up the
they graduated from nearby high
Eisenhauer, 18, and Keepers, 19, said little in court; their lawyers
Keepers will likely be arraigned set me free” after he was arrested on Tuesday’s news conference, describ- on the new charge during a 12:30 ing the health problems her daughNicole’s mother discovered her ter battled and the joys in her short County Juvenile and Domestic Relaquickly zeroed in on Eisenhauer,
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shopkeepers who sell to minors and cigarette producers who market to them, and include new requirements for warnings on cigThe separate law against tossing cigarette butts is part of an anti-littler regulation that also punishes spitting out gum or tossPiergiorgio Benvenuti, president
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A no-smoking sign with written in black “in the presence of infants and children including 12-year-olds, and of pregnant women” is put up in a Naples playground, southern Italy, in this Monday Nov. 19, 2007 file photo.
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Syria allows aid into rebel-held area as peace talks stall JAMEY KEATEN & BASSEM MROUE
AssociAted Pres GENEVA (AP) — The Syrian government allowed aid into a rebel-held area near Damascus on Tuesday in what appeared to be a goodwill gesture after U.N.-mediated The Syrian Arab Red Crescent delivered 14 trucks of aid provided by the International Committee of the Red Cross to the al-Tal suburb, said Damascus-based ICRC spokesman Pawel Krzysiek. He told The Associated Press the delivery included food and hygiene kits for some 3,500 families as well as 25 metric tons of bulk food. The Syrian opposition had demanded that aid be allowed into 18 besieged areas throughout the country and that Syrian and Russian forces halt the bombardcially began Monday. between the government and opposition delegations in Geneva, Syrian troops backed by Russian airstrikes have captured three villages north of the city of Aleppo. rebel areas has infuriated the opposition and thrown the future of the talks into question. aid shipment to al-Tal as an empty gesture, saying “the only way” to save the negotiations is for “the United Nations and the United States to force an end to bombardment and the targeting of civilians.” The delivery to al-Tal came a day after the Syrian government approved a U.N. request for new aid deliveries to the besieged towns of Madaya, Foua and Kfarya, where hundreds of civilians are facing severe malnutrition and some have starved to death. It was not immediately clear why food was sent to al-Tal and not the other areas. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said al-Tal has been under siege by Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces for months. peace talks by hosting a government delegation for the second time since Friday. He said he would meet with the main opposition group later in the day. meeting with de Mistura on Tuesday, and condemned what one member called the “crazy escalation” by Syrian and Russian forces around Aleppo. The talks are aimed at ending a war that has killed 250,000 people, displaced millions and left much of the country in ruins. The last round of talks broke down in 2014, and expectations are low. The government has criticized the presence in the opposition delegation of individuals from two hard-line
Islamic groups -- the Army of Islam and Ahrar al-Sham -- that it considers terrorist organizations. The government said over the weekend it would “never accept” the inclusion of the two groups in the talks. After meeting with de Mistura on Tuesday, Syria’s U.N. ambassador Bashar Ja’afari — the head of the government delegation — called the opposition “amateurs” and said his delegation was still waiting for a list of opposition participants. The opposition hit back, saying the government wants to derail the peace process through its military actions. “The regime’s and Russia’s actions gravely threaten the political process at early stages. We urge the international community to take immediate, serious and clear steps to ensure the credibility of this process,” said Farah Atassi, another member of the opposition delegation. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, speaking from Rome at an international conference focused on the battle against the Islamic State group, also called for a halt to the bombSALVATORE DI NOLFI/KEYSTONE VIA AP ing. Syria’s High Negotiations Committee, HNC, spokesman Salem al-Mislet, right, speaks to the media during a press briefing during “We are all extraordinarily Syria peace talks at the European headquarters of the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016. sympathetic to the limits of into the city. Islam and Ahrar al-Sham in the opposition delegation propriety and common sense The Observatory said heavy aerial bombardment, in the opposition sitting at the table while someone continues to bomb them,” Kerry said. He added that the U.N. presumably from Russian warplanes, helped the troops to “recognition of them as legitimate partners” for peace, adding that they “are considered terrorist groups.” agreement underpinning the talks states that “when the advance. Speaking in Geneva, Russia’s Deputy Foreign MinisThe chief negotiator of the opposition’s High Negoter Gennady Gatilov said Moscow will continue to help tiations Committee meanwhile said he was pessimistic expectation is that it shouldn’t take long.” the Syrian government. about the talks. Mohammed Alloush, a member of the Army of doesn’t relate to terrorists,” he said. Islam, told reporters in Geneva that “the situation on Kerry said. Russia has played a pivotal role in organizing the the ground has not changed and as long as the situation Moscow has been a key ally of the Syrian government current talks, along with the United States, and does not stays like that there is no optimism from our side and no want to see them derailed. good intention to reach a solution by the regime.” airstrikes four months ago. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told reportThe strikes have allowed Syrian troops to advance on a number of fronts. The Observatory, an opposition ers in Abu Dhabi that all opposition parties in Syria ated Nusra Front should take part in the negotiations. local activists, said troops have captured three villages He said the inclusion of members of the Army of near Aleppo since Monday, opening a key supply route
Scholarships, tutoring to save ‘lost generation’ of Syrians KARIN LAUB
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future is pushing them to make the dangerous trip across the Mediterranean.
ZARQA, Jordan (AP) — Until recently, Syrian refugee Eyad helped shift European thinking about aid in recent months; GermaZoulghena only had bad options. The 22-year-old, forced to quit law ny’s Economic Cooperation Minister, Gerd Mueller, said during a Jordan 2012, could choose to keep working visit last week that it’s “20 times in a supermarket in Jordan to feed - lives in the region than it is to help them once they get to Europe. tively putting his future on hold. “We want to encourage young He could risk a dangerous sea journey to seek his luck in Europe. people to make a choice here for their Or he could return to war-ravaged future,” said Job Arts, the EU’s head of education programs in Jordan. “The whole risk of getting lost at opened up for Zoulghena — European Union-funded college scholar- sea and in Europe itself, this is a very ships for displaced Syrians in Jordan. In addition to college scholThe pilot program includes 270 such grants now, with a promise arships the EU also supports, in of hundreds more in the coming cooperation with the British Counmonths. Zoulghena has applied, cil, three-month language courses along with more than 5,000 other for 2,800 students, said Arts. Other Syrians desperate to resume higher education they could otherwise not grants for vocational training and - distance learning. Still, the situation ship, “you’ll see me next summer in is bleak. UNICEF, the U.N. agency Germany,” said Zoulghena, speaking for children, estimates that close to recently at Jordan’s Zarqa University 3 million Syrian children are not in where Syrians crammed lecture halls school, including 2.1 million inside Syria and more than 700,000 refugee to hear more about the EU grants. children. In host countries, some refsuch scholarship programs signal an ugee children drop out to work and attempt by international donors to help struggling families, or because shift from mostly emergency human- they missed too much school and itarian aid to long-term programs, can’t catch up. Others are told there’s including education and job creation no room in crowded local schools. One of the stated goals at the London in Middle Eastern host countries. Coming up with ways to get conference is to get all Syrian refugee hundreds of thousands of uprooted children back to school by the end young Syrians back into schools and of the 2016/17 school year. In Jordan, more than half of about 630,000 their parents will be central issues at Syrian refugees are younger than Thursday’s annual Syria aid confer- 18, including 228,000 of school age, according to UNICEF. ence, to be held in London. Of those, some 82,000 — or more “The scale of the crisis for children is growing all the time, which than one-third — are not in school, is why there are now such fears that Syria is losing a whole generation of gap, UNICEF runs dozens of centers its youth”, Peter Salama, the regional across Jordan, where out-of-school director of UNICEF, said in a state- children get some schooling, including the basics in English, math and ment Tuesday. The bulk of Syrian refugees, close Arabic. Even for refugees who are to 4.6 million, still live close to home, enrolled in school, the way forward mainly in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and Iraq. However, hundreds of thousands of Syrians have headed Jordanian tuition costs. In Jordan’s for Europe over the past year, some U.N.-run Zaatari camp for Syrian refdriven by increasingly tough con- ugees, set up in 2012, school initially ditions in regional host countries. wasn’t a priority for new arrivals. Many say concern for their children’s Many thought they would just be
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In this Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016 photo, Syrian refugee boys attend class at a remedial education center run by Relief International in the Zaatari Refugee Camp, near Mafraq, Jordan. UNICEF has partnered with the aid group to run classes for students of all ages at the camp.
staying for a few months or were too dents in 2014 to 150 in 2015, meantraumatized to focus on studies. This ing half the 12th graders are now led to low achievement. In 2013, only enrolled, said al-Qaisi. Students are four out of several dozen high school more motivated because the reality seniors passed college matriculation of a long exile has sunk in, which means they “start looking for a future, said. for a good education,” he said.The Trying to help, UNICEF partnered with the aid group Relief Inter- Eight students who passed the colnational to run remedial classes for lege matriculation exams in the prestudents of all ages in Zaatari and the smaller Azraq camp. On a recent morning, more than a dozen Zaatari class. Boys stepped up to the blackboard, where a teacher guided them
he has seen gradual improvements. Participation in remedial classes for high school seniors rose from 60 stu-
vious round — all participants in the remedial program — received college scholarships, now widely seen as the best way out of a deadend existence in the camp. Qassem Hariri, 18, one of the eight, studies Arabic at Yarmouk University on a U.N. scholarship. Hariri and some of his former school mates said they prefer to stay in Jordan, where they
know the language and the culture. Some said they would have left for Europe had it not been for the scholarships.Amin Nasser, 19, who took the tawjihi exam recently and hopes to study IT, said there is no way he will stay in Zaatari. “If I don’t get a scholarship and I can’t go to Europe, I will go back to Syria,” he said.
“The scale of the crisis for children is growing all the time, which is why there are now such fears that Syria is losing a whole generation of its youth” PETER SALAMA REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF UNICEF
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KSC dive coach on administrative leave JACOB BARRETT
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been a negative in our practices because it’s hard to move forward with dives when you’re missing your head coach,” Fitzgerald Keene State College dive coach David said. Mason has been put on a leave of absence pending further investigation of an alleged Interim Athletic Director Kemal Atkins incident which is supposed to have taken declined to comment on Mason’s situation place in September of 2015 at Monadnock other than to say it is unknown when a deciRegional High School, where Mason was a sion regarding Mason’s alleged incident will physical education teacher. be made, but in the meantime, he will not be Mason, who was also the Owls’ head coaching at KSC. coach in the 1980s and 1990s, was put on “Conclusions are being drawn before anyadministrative leave by Keene State College thing is proven and it seems like it’s more sometime before the start of spring semester. of a ‘guilty until proven innocent’ type of Interim Swimming and Diving Head system here,” Fitzgerald said. Coach Chris Woolridge declined to comThe Equinox is actively investigating ment on his colleague’s situation, but did further and will publish updates as they state that he has been coaching the Owls’ become available. divers in Mason’s absence. Jacob can be contacted at Senior diver Cody Fitzgerald comjbarrett@kscequinox.com mended Woolridge for doing what he can to make up for Mason not being able to help Crae can be contacted at out on the pool deck. cmesser@kscequinox.com “He’s been as good of a replacement as we could ask for,” Fitzgerald said.
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Welcome to week two of the weekly workout! I’m happy to say that I’ve got some changes coming to the Weekly Workout. First that I never thought that this column would grow into something like this. It’s cool to hear back from the student body and to be able to see a page of the weekly workout. From now on, Arianna Belsito will help out with the column. Arianna will be contributing to the column with her weekly healthy food solutions. She will also be showing the demonstrations of the abdominal exercise portion. As usual, open up your workout with 15 minutes of cardio and cool down with 15 minutes of cardio. All of the exercises should be done in 5 sets with 10 (5x10) repetitions each.
Here is an example meal plan for everyone trying to start eating clean and feeling good about themselves! to it, eat a banana or some sort of fruit. Monday Lunch: Try to get all cravings out of the way at this time, that way you have the rest of the day Monday Dinner: Spinach salad with oil and vinegar dressing. Add a good source of protein such as grilled chicken, or maybe even a couple pieces of steak (if available). day. Water is a huge key and is useful to so many parts of the body. It helps keep your muscles energized. as well as keep your skin looking clean.
Exercise One: Barbell Incline Bench Press
Exercise Two: Barbell Bench Presss
Ab Circiut: Bent Knee Raises (100 reps)
HOW TO: HOW TO: · Properly adjust the seat to comfortable usage level. · This exercise is pretty hard so you want to use a weight you can get comfortable, controlled reps with. · Firmly grasp the bar with both hands. · Lower the bar down to your chest and hold it there for 5 seconds. · Slowly bring the bar back up
to your chest. · Hold the rep at your chest for 5 second and slow press the barbell back up.
Exercise Three: Dumbbell Bench Press
Exercise Four: Dumbbell Incline Bench Press
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Opposite Toe Touch (100 Reps)
HOW TO: Use a weight you are comfortable with.
HOW TO: · Raise the upper half of your body and touch your opposite foot. (Right hand to left foot).
Side Crunches (100 Reps Each Side)
HOW TO: · Use two dumbbells. · At the same time slowly press the dumbbells upwards and bring them back down.
HOW TO: degree angle. · Use two weighted dumbbells that you are comfortable using so that you can get slow controlled repetitions.
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HOW TO: Lay on one side of your body. Raise half of your body up and come back down.
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Purcell leads women to victory Men top Beacons with strong start BRIAN CLEMMENSON
defense. “It was our defense I thought our defense won it for us,” Boucher said.
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- compared to the Beacons 32 percent. Keene State also team is back in the win column. The Owls defeated the University of Massachu- with 11 points and seven rebounds. Kober grabbed ten setts Boston 75-59 at Spaulding Gym on Saturday, Jan. rebounds and had eight points on the afternoon. 30. Keene State had lost their previous two LEC games to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and Eastern Connecticut State University. two tough losses in a row in conference play. I told the cent from downtown, making seven out of the 14 three pointers she attempted. today,” Boucher said. “In the beginning of the game I felt like we started out a little bit slower, so I knew we needed to do something. Once I started rolling everybody started rolling place. Keene State returns to conference play on Senior said. Day Saturday, Feb. 6, at 1 p.m. as they host the UniverKSC Head Coach Keith Boucher praised his team’s sity of Southern Maine. the ball and put her in a position to make most of those points,” Boucher said. In addition, Boucher spoke highly of his squad’s
Brian can be contacted at bclemmenson@kscequinox.com
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together,” Cain said. The Owls were outscored in the second half 34-32. The Keene State College Men’s Basketball team However, the Owls biggest lead came in the second is back over the .500 mark in Little East Conference half with six minutes to go when Howard slammed thanks to a win against the University of Massachu- down a dunk to make it 58-32 Keene State. setts Boston on Saturday, Jan. 30. - and had his reserves play. Sophomore Jimmy Layman tory Saturday afternoon as they split the season series with Beacons 1-1. The Owls had a 35-20 lead at halfwith 17 points along with eight rebounds and Nate ished with 16 points to lead Beacons scorers. Howard recorded a double-double with 17 points and The Owls, who are 5-4 in the LEC, will return to 13 rebounds for Keene State. conference play on Saturday, February 6. The UniverKeene State Interim Head Coach Ryan Cain said sity of Southern Maine Huskies, who have a 6-3 record the Owls played a strong game defensively. “To hold in the conference, will come to Keene for a 3 p.m. tip a team to twenty-six percent shooting, you are doing something right,” Cain said. honor the three seniors on the roster. In addition, Cain said he was pleased with his Brian can be contacted at bclemmenson@kscequinox.com
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Stephanie D’Annolfo drives to the basket in the Owls’ recent game against UMass Boston on Saturday, Jan. 30.
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Matt Ozzella puts up a jump shot against UMass Boston on Saturday, Jan. 30.
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KEENE STATE COLLEGE ATHLETIC TEAM RECORDS Men’s Swim and Dive Overall Home
2-0
Men’s and Women’s Track and Field
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Points 49 216
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75
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Middlebury
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Smith Invitational
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Information on Men’s Track and Field scores could not be found on the Keene State Owls Athletics Website for this week.
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Women’s
Name/Event/Result Amy Pereira 60 meter dash 8.44 seconds Elizabeth Buckley 200 meter dash 22.88 seconds Karisa Bergman Shot put 11.41 meters
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@ Bridgewater State University Team Points Keene State 233 Bridgewater 47 State University
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9-2
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Points 69
Team Keene State
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UMass Boston
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Middlebury
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Women’s club hockey makes Keene ICE debut NICK TOCCO
Equinox Staff On Saturday, Jan. 30, the Keene State College women’s club hockey team dominated Colby Sawyer College by a score of 10-1 in their inaugural game at Keene Ice. Before the historic game, Lauren Roche, who would go on to score four goals, stressed how much a win would mean to her
Lapointe (1), defender Kendal Brown (4), and forward Lauren Colby Sawyer scoreless until the third period thanks to a stellar tender Shelby McHugh. “Shelby kept us in the game,” Head Coach Drew Arsenault said after the game. “We made some
there that can clean up those mis-
game at the highly anticipated goaltending it’s going to make arena. “I think it’s really impor- you a better team and it showed today. “ As the game went on getting some W’s this season and the tension rose, the play on which is exciting and I think if the ice became more and more physical, especially towards here at Keene Ice and maybe the game’s conclusion as three roughing penalties, a checking penalty and a bench minor were Much like the men’s club team, When asked about the physicalwait for the opening of Keene ity of the game, forward Maggie Ice. Going into the game, Roche McNamara, who had an assist in described the team’s excitement. the game, said the late game skirmishes “pumped us all up.” Another source of energy to talking about it for so long, now the owls was the home crowd. McNamara said, “There were a lot more fans that came out and practicing there but I think play- we tried as much as we could to ing it will be really exciting.” Roche also said the team had been spreading the word among into the game, as they lost both friends and family, and trying to of the two games they played raise awareness about the game against Colby Sawyer. to build up a home crowd along “But this is a totally new team,” with an exciting energy that was McNamara said. After the game quite powerful come game time. Coach Arsenault said he sees a dropped, owls Forward Ashley ing for both the men’s and womWaterman would make history, en’s goal at Keene Ice at the 13:29 - going to help immensely with priately enough, Waterman, one that. That’s something where we of the team’s founding players, was able to share the historic goal with fellow founder what we’re doing.” Arsenault Sabrina Lapointe (Equinox Opinion Editor) as Lapointe set up the about the rest of this season right goal with the assist. now. Once we get done I can start looking at what we’re going to do - in the future.” Nick can be contacted at with goals from forward Sabrina ntocco@kscequinox.com
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First-year Arianna Ventura skates down the ice at the KSC women’s club hockey team’s first ever game at the new Keene ICE on Saturday, Jan. 30.
STAFF COMMENTARY
Men’s hockey earns win over Friars What to expect from Super Bowl 50 MARY CURTIN
assists coming from Mitchel Myers and Tucker Johnson. KSC soon struck again with a goal from captain Andrew Pierce. Keene State College Men’s Club Hockey defeated The third period began with much back and forth
adS dirEctor
Keene Ice.
both goaltenders. Duquette scored his second goal towards the end of the third.
play.
Keene State Club Hockey is back in action on Feb. 5, ing one goal and ending the period 1-0, with PC’s Ice. Tommy O’Brien scoring the only goal for the Friars. In the second period, Keene State was still outshot. Mary can be contacted at mcurtin@kscequinox.com
NICK TOCCO
Equinox Staff The result of Super Bowl 50 will change the way tions, three of them are Panthers. Safety Kurt Coleman professional football is played for years to come. The (2), Safety Tre Boston (1) and all-pro linebacker Luke cliché analysts and pundits surrounding the NFL like Kuechly (2). The Panthers are also responsible for four to echo more than any other is that the NFL is a “copycat” league. This saying is repeated so often because it is indeed no slouch on defense. words of DJ Khaled, the key to success. feared pass rushing duo in Von Miller and Demarcus The predominant trait about that particular team Ware, backed by a pro-bowl tandem of cornerbacks The Carolina Panthers are the current odds on with the Las Vegas point spread at 4.5 with the chance of rising. demanding quarterbacks to throw the ball more than
regular season ranked number one in total defense. -
So, if this year’s Super Bowl comes to a tightly conto the play of both teams’ quarterbacks. The former Super Bowl champion, multiple time -
The Panthers dabbed their way through the league, play out of his large forehead to take home another earning a dominating 15-1 record, led by phenomenal Lombardi Trophy. MVP candidate quarterback Cam Newton. This post-season, Manning has yet to throw the ball more than 40 times and has also failed to eclipse 300 yards passing. At the same time Manning had two touchdowns against the Patriots in the AFC championship game and hasn’t thrown an interception in the entire postyards and three touchdowns with only one intercep- season, as Head Coach Gary Kubiak has clearly tried tion. But Newton has not had to do it all on his own. commitment to running the ball and the short passNewton has had a solid core of targets to throw to, ing game. the Super Bowl, and that is big play ability, which the group. thers reign of dominance will only continue. dynamic running back Jonathan Stewart (post-season best 189 rushing yards).
Cam Newton, in addition to a ferocious defense that
gone away from the running game, the Panthers may remind the world that commitment to running the ball chise history. is still crucial as 35 of the last 49 Super Bowl winning COLTON MCCRAKEN / EQUINOX STAFF
rushing yards per game.
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KSC forward Andrew Pierce carries the puck up ice in the Owls matchup against the Providence College Friars on Friday, Jan. 29.
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she was unsure how everything would play out. Coming into KSC, however, Walsh said she knew of A decade of dominance has struck Keene State the legacy the swim team carries. “We get a lot of support from the school and College. The KSC women’s swim and dive team won their that’s really important,” Walsh said. “When I applied tenth consecutive Little East Conference Champi- to Keene I knew before I got here the good reputation the swim team had and I think it [the ten year onship on Saturday, Jan. 30. Sophomore swimmer Hope Walsh was the most success] has a lot to do with the people that they successful Owl on the day, winning three different bring in.” Senior Captain Corinna Nickerson said it felt events. First, Walsh won the 1,600 freestyle in dominant cool to be a part of such a historic milestone. “It was just a really good feeling to know fashion. Walsh’s time was not only the fastest of her collegiate career, but it also broke the UMass-Dart- that our hard work really does pay off,” Nickerson said. mouth pool record. Nickerson won both of the breaststroke titles at the backstroke and the 500 freestyle. event, which was hosted However, Walsh wasn’t the only by UMass Dartmouth. Owl to make headlines, as senior With Nickerson seeing four years worth of swimmers The Owls won the meet with a from different backgrounds event individually besides diving. circuEastern Connecticut State University came in second place with 313 ished third with 179.5 points. When asked how it felt to see the team accomplish such a OLIVIA BELANGER Student Life Editor
late through the team, she said that every year you never know if the team will carry the same depth as past years. “Every year we don’t know if we are going to win the same meets but I feel like the training always in the end is what pays off,” Nickerson said. “We got a new coach this year and everybody didn’t know how this season was going to work out because of it, but we realized that a big part of our training is ourself. Yes, the coach is a huge part, but our motivation and our drive come from within us.” Assistant Coach of the KSC Swim and Dive Team Diana Pimer has been able to stick around to see the success continue. a member of four LEC championship swim and dive teams. “This win was really special because it was our tenth,” Pimer said. “From my perspective, I knew the alumni that started it that won at the beginning. I was a part of it in the middle,
and then to coach for the tenth year was really cool.” Walsh, Nickerson and Pimer all had different takes on what makes the women’s swim and dive program so successful. Pimer thinks the team’s training methods make the biggest difference. “We train differently than a lot of Division III schools, and the women especially take a lot of pride in that,” Pimer said. “That commitment and why we have been so successful.” Nickerson said that she thinks part of the reason the team is successful is because of the leadership dynamic. According to Nickerson, as members of the team get older and move up each year, they become more active with helping other team members. grow up,” Nickerson said. The women’s swim and dive team have had extreme success, and are prepared to conquer what is next in store for them. Crae Messer can be contacted at CMesser@kscequinox.com Olivia Belanger can be contacted at OBelanger@kscequinox.com
Walsh simply said, “It
“That commitment and then the pride they have in doing that - Corrina Nickerson Senior Captain CONTRIBUTED PHOTO / UMASS DARTMOUTH SPORTS INFORMATION DEPT.
Women’s Swim & Dive Captains (left to right) Maddie Sestak, Katherine Brady, & Corrina Nickerson pose for a photo with their LEC Championship plaque after winning the title for the tenth year in a row.
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