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Commitment to community

President announces New Hampshire Campus Compact Award honorees RACHEL VITELLO

Equinox Staff It is a vital part of any community to have individuals and organizations that help the community flourish in a variety of ways. It is this commitment to one’s community that the Campus Compact for New Hampshire, a statewide consortium of college and university presidents and private sector partners, honors in its annual President’s Awards.

The awardees of the 2018 Campus Compact for New Hampshire’s President’s Awards for Keene State College include the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), Professor of Geography Dr. Christopher Cusack and Director of Clinical Integration at Cheshire Medical Center Dr. Rudy Fedrizzi.

The SAAC won the President’s Leadership Award. This award is given to either an individual student or a student organization that has demonstrated great contributions to community service and civic engagement on their college campus.

The SAAC often works with the Keene Parks and Recreation Department. President of the SAAC Samantha Sullivan said, “We have a very close relationship with Keene Parks and Recreation that has really started to develop over the past couple of years… every winter each team goes to the Keene Parks and Recreation Center on a Saturday morning to run a basketball clinic.”

The SAAC also has a national affiliation with the Special Olympics and often works with the New Hampshire branch. “We pride ourselves on our community involvement and affiliation with the Special Olympics of New Hampshire, so it’s very gratifying to be recognized for our hard work,” said Sullivan.

The recipient of the President’s Good Steward Award was Professor of Geography at KSC Dr. Christopher Cusack. This award is given to a college employee who has continuously employed public service on campus. Cusack encourages civic engagement and community support from his students through their senior capstone research project within the geography department.

“Small groups of students are partnered with external agencies, this could be the Keene Planning Department, the Keene Young Professionals Network… anywhere around Keene. Students work with these community organizations or agencies to do projects that would benefit those entities,” Cusack said.

Cusack also said that, to him, being a “good steward” means, “just to be active in the community and to try to be there for others and provide support as it’s necessary just to make a community a better place to live… just try to live your life the right way and do right by others.”

The Community Partner Award was granted to Director of Clinical Integration at Cheshire Medical Center Dr. Rudy Fedrizzi. This award is given to a non-profit organization or representative that has worked towards sustaining a high quality of life in a community and has maintained a partnership with a college or university.

Fedrizzi has taken on KSC students for a variety of internships, recently worked with KSC faculty on the Monadnock Coalition for the Promotion of Breast Feeding, partnered with the Cohen Center Civic Leadership Project and done research with the Environmental Studies Department about air quality.

“Most important to me is that I’m eager to take student volunteers or student interns… over the years I’ve probably had a dozen or more Keene State students work on projects… Over the years I’ve done a lot of work with the college,” Fedrizzi said.

Fedrizzi also said that receiving the award came as a surprise to him, and that he has found KSC to be “such an important partner to the work.”

The awardees will be honored on Tuesday, April 10, at the annual President’s Awards Luncheon in Concord, New Hampshire.

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We pride ourselves on our community involvement and affiliation with the Special Olympics of New Hampshire, so it’s very gratifying to be recognized for our hard work.

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(Above) The Student-Athlete Advisory Council won the President’s Leadership Award for collaborating with the Keene Parks & Recreation Department. Director of Clinical Integration at Cheshire Medical Center Dr. Rudy Fedrizzi (bottom left) won the Community Partner Award for partnering with many KSC students and programs. Professor of Geography Dr. Christopher Cusack won the Good Steward Award for his and his student’s involvement in partnerships throughout the community.

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KSC to become a Yellow Ribbon School

Eligible student veterans receive in-state tuition and more JESSICA RICARD

News editor Keene State College is hoping to become a more veteran-friendly institution by becoming a Yellow Ribbon School, and it’s something KSC has been working toward for the past few years.

The Yellow Ribbon Program was established by the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and allows degree-granting schools to collaborate with the VA to fund tuition and fee expenses that exceed the amounts payable under the Post-9/11 GI Bill.

Participating schools, such as KSC, can contribute a certain dollar amount of those expenses, which will be matched by VA, but are not to exceed 50 percent of the difference.

KSC Director of Residential Life Kent Drake-Deese said he’s been pushing to make KSC a Yellow Ribbon School for the past four or five years. After submitting an application each year, Drake-Deese said the college has never been successful in assigning a dollar amount to it, which is required. This dollar amount allows outof-state veterans to receive in-state KSC tuition.

Dean of Professional and Graduate Studies Karrie Kalich became involved in the process after receiving a phone call from a Keene community member who told her KSC was not on the list of Yellow Ribbon Schools. “I think we always have been supportive of veterans, but when you start to look at Yellow Ribbon requirements and then Veteran Friendly requirements, which are even a step higher, we had a lot in place, but we hadn’t formalized it and there were definitely some missing components to that,” Kalich said.

In terms of establishing the account required to become a Yellow Ribbon School, Interim Director of Financial Aid Susan Howard got involved and discovered it would not be “cost-prohibitive” for KSC to get involved. Per Yellow Ribbon-eligible student, it would cost KSC about $4,500 a year to participate and then VA would kick in another $4,500.

After speaking with certifying officials, individuals

in admissions and those in financial aid, Howard said it was a no-brainer. “We all kind of looked at it and said, ‘Of course we should be doing this.’”

Howard said KSC is applying to be a Yellow Ribbon School with “no restrictions,” meaning as many students who qualify next year will be funded.

When veterans are coming out of the military and looking for colleges to attend, Drake-Deese said individuals usually look to the Yellow Ribbon Schools list, which both KSC and PSU are not on. He said it doesn’t make us look veteran friendly.

“There’s a whole bunch of websites and resources for veterans who are looking to go to college, and I was one of them because I went into the Marines first and then I went to college. There’s all kinds of resources they give you about schools who are veteran friendly,” he said, “and we’re not on there.”

In the pool of students presently at KSC, DrakeDeese said only one or two appear eligible, but that could be because veterans aren’t necessarily attracted to KSC because we aren’t currently on the Yellow Ribbon School list.

In addition to becoming a Yellow Ribbon School, Kalich said KSC is in the process of establishing a veteran’s lounge on-campus, as well as a putting a deployment policy in place that would enable KSC to provide

financial reimbursement for unfinished courses if a student were to be deployed mid-semester.

“They selflessly put themselves out there for all of us to have protection and freedom and enable us to live a really privileged life here in this country so we absolutely should do whatever we can to provide a warm and welcoming environment,” Kalich said.

Howard said KSC is also looking to identify counseling services specific to veterans’ needs.

This year’s application is due May 15, Drake-Deese said, and if accepted, would go into effect during the 2019 academic year.

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They selflessly put themselves out there for all of us to have protection and freedom... so we absolutely should do whatever we can to provide a warm and welcoming environment.

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A life remembered, commemorated and honored

KSC hosts speech and panel in honor of MLK’s assassination anniversary VINCENT MOORE

equiNox staff On Tuesday, April 3, an abridged version of Dr. Martin Luther King (MLK) Jr.’s final speech before his assassination was played in front of a guest panel and audience as part of the “Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: 50 years since his death” event.

Associate Vice President for Institutional Equity and Diversity Dottie Morris said she organized the event in conjunction with a few people on campus who thought it would be a good idea to commemorate the 50th anniversary of MLK’s assassination. Morris said, “We thought it would be a good idea to do something to at least acknowledge his life, more than his death, but his life,” Morris said the speech, which she considers to be a sermon, was delivered to Tennessee Sanitation workers protesting mistreatment.

After Morris introduced the event, Interim President Melinda Treadwell spoke briefly about the importance of revisiting Dr. King’s words and memory.

Director of Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies Dr. Hank Knight was the event facilitator and introduced the panel, which consisted of Rabbi Amy Loewenthal, Rev. Mark Ferrin, Rev. Sandra Rouse and Rev. John Gregory Davis.

Ferrin is a pastor at the First Baptist Church of Keene and said he was invited by Dottie Morris to be on the panel. “Dr. King has been a hero and mentor for me for many years, and so we’re going to be honoring his legacy tonight with his last speech and then the anniversary of his death tomorrow, so I figured it was a good opportunity to share some of my journey, things I’ve learned from folks like Dr. King,” Ferrin said.

Morris gave audience members a transcript of the excerpts

from the speech so that they could follow along as Dr. King’s voice boomed from the speakers above.

After the audio was finished, the panelists discussed their thoughts and reactions to the speech before getting reactions from the audience.

Ferrin said he hoped the evening’s event encouraged people to listen to each other. “I think Dr. King, for me, was always a listener as well as a preacher and a speaker. Sometimes, preachers like us use our mouths and not our ears as much, and they say God gave us two ears, so being able to listen to each other more, even if we disagree with each other [is important],” First-year management major Amanda Smith said she attended the event as part of a public speaking class and because she was interested in the topic. “I just hope to learn the history behind [Dr. Martin King Jr.] and figure out what kind of speaker he was and how he influenced the public.”

Morris said that the event should be of interest to students today because of the insight that the past has to offer. “What we’re currently seeing is grounded in the past, and if we don’t learn about the past, it’s hard for us to make sense of what’s currently going on and then to look for the future, and so I think we have to have a good context,” Morris said.

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I have a dream that one day down in Alabama... little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers. I have a dream today.

Martin Luther King Jr. American Civil Rights Activist

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Correction Incorrect information: “Behind the scenes” published April 5, 2018. The article published in the News section on page A2 had a subheader that read “EcoReps in the process of planning spring Solarfest.” To clarify, EcoReps were not interviewed in this article. It is Keene State College’s Campus Ecology and WKNH who are the primary organizers of Solarfest.

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New KSC provost announced and will begin on July 1 JESSICA RICARD

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News editor The search for a Keene State College provost has come to a close; President of KSC Melinda Treadwell announced in an email to the campus community on April 4 that Dr. Nancy “Nan” Fey-Yensan will serve as the KSC provost and vice president for academic affairs (VPAA). She will begin on July 1, 2018.

Treadwell stated in the email that Fey-Yensan brings background in academic innovation and leadership. “[Fey-Yensan] is recognized as an individual of deep passion and integrity by those she has served in her leadership roles. She ‘listens deeply and very capably establishes priorities and moves communities forward,’” Treadwell stated. “She shares my commitment to the Liberal Arts and together, with our entire Keene State community, I look forward to the work and collaboration ahead!”

Fey-Yensan previously served as the dean of the College of Health and Human Services at Uni-

versity of North Carolina at Charlotte for the past seven years, and additionally, she was the associate dean of the College of Human Science and Services at the University of Rhode Island (URI).

While at URI, she also served as the interim dean of the College of the Environment and Life Sciences for one year, and prior to that, she was a Cooperative Extension faculty at the University of Connecticut.

In terms of KSC’s current Provost Dr. William Seigh, Treadwell said she is grateful for his “dedication and tireless work to make real progress without our academic programs during his acting appointment.”

Although Treadwell said opening the provost and VPAA search was a critical decision for this year at KSC, she believes this is the right decision for our college.

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Shaheen speaks on net neutrality FCC ruling may have effects on small businesses, rural communities and higher education JESSICA RICARD

that this has the potential to significantly undermine access to information which is important,” Treadwell said.

As of December 2017, the Federal Communications In New Hampshire, Shaheen Commission (FCC) voted to implement a plan to end said the issue has the largest network neutrality, meaning technological companies potential to impact consumers, could analyze and manipulate consumer data. The small businesses and people plan was proposed by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai. in rural areas.

But why would people want to do that?

At a net neutrality round According to the American Civil Liberties Union table discussion in (ACLU), companies could use the newfound “free- Keene back in dom” to “interfere with speech that makes them look F e b r u bad, block applications that compete with their own, ary, degrade or block access to union sites during a labor conflict, or increase their profit by forcing developers to pay more to avoid having their data blocked or slowed down.”

All in all, some think it’s bad news.

On Wednesday, April 4, The Equinox sat down with New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen at KSC to learn more about her concerns and efforts on the net neutrality issue.

Particularly, young people are more engaged on the internet than older generations are, and Shaheen said it’s not clear what the FCC’s ruling could mean.

“I’m very worried that it undermines the free and open internet and it sets up the potential for some of the large players to require dedicated lanes and put in charges on using fast lanes versus slow lanes,” she said. “It could have a huge impact [on higher education, too,] because it could then mean that it costs more or it takes more time to download that content and either one creates an issue I’m very worried that it underfor higher ed and for students.”

KSC President Dr. Melinda mines the free and open interTreadwell said there have been net and it sets up the potential efforts made to structure college curriculums in a way to drive for some of the large players to down the costs of education, but require dedicated lanes and put in with this new ruling, there’s the charges on using fast lanes versus potential of erasing those goals.

“When I think about the internet, slow lanes. it’s the information access that’s helping transform what higher ed Jeanne Shaheen is, so we think about the value of New Hampshire Senator an information age and the utility of the internet as the vehicle

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Shaheen said she met with people who were looking at what it might mean for small businesses. Participants pointed out that as much as a second or two delay on downloading can impact businesses and their ability to make money.

However, there’s a possibility to overturn the FCC’s rule.

The Congressional Review Act (CRA), Shaheen said, allows the Senate to overturn rules, and in order to do that with the net neutrality repeal, it would take 51 votes.

Currently, there are 50 votes that would overturn the FCC’s ruling – 47 Democrats,

two Independents and one Republican.

“We only need one more person in order to have enough votes to actually overturn the FCC’s ruling and that’s our goal from now until we have to vote.”

The official regulatory process begins April 23 and Shaheen said there should be a vote by mid-summer.

“At this point, my efforts are focused on trying to get that one more vote to overturn,” she said.

When it comes to support, Shaheen said approximately 26,000 people have weighed in via email, phone, etc., in support of net neutrality and there are zero opposed.

Virtually, she said, nobody is supporting the FCC’s ruling and this is “never” seen.

“I think this has huge potential to impact not just consumers, so students [and] universities, but also to impact the economy because if it puts small businesses at a disadvantage, if it puts rural parts of the state and country, which are already at a disadvantage, then the economic impacts of that are potentially huge.”

Shaheen encourages students to speak out, contact the Congressional Delegation, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu, who Shaheen said has been silent on the issue, the New Hampshire Legislature on making the ruling and some individual state senators who have shown potential in changing their position on net neutrality.

Senators from Colorado, Louisiana and Alaska have the potential to look at their position, she said.

On another note, in looking at what the legislature is doing to restrain student voting on same-day registration law in New Hampshire for those who don’t live in Keene, Shaheen said she remains “very concerned” and hopes students are as well.

“I think it’s very important for students to be able to vote where they live and go to school, and so I hope that students will make their voices heard on that issue as well.”

Jessica Ricard can be contacted at jricard@kscequinox.com

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KSC Pride Parade celebrates LGBTQ+ community

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The Keene State College Pride Parade occurred on Saturday, April 7 down Appian Way from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. Allies, Keene community members and other individuals marched to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community. See the full story “KSC students celebrate their pride” on B2.

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Credit student-athletes

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Recognizing athletes for their determination in the classroom Often times, student-athletes’ accomplishments off the field can be overlooked. While they are rewarded with championship titles and praise for their athletic achievements, their academic abilities should also receive recognition. Student-athletes make up a large part of the student body at Keene State College. Not only are these students expected to attend their classes and perform well in them, but they have a similar commitment to their sport outside the classroom. For college athletes, the dream of playing a sport while attending school starts young. They put in work to play a college division level sport and this work starts early on in their athletic career.

Student-athletes have to attend multiple practices a week, sometimes in a day. They also have to attend games for their respective sport, and sometimes these games may not take place at or near KSC. These stu-

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dents face situations where they have been traveling all day for an away game and then have to return back to their home at KSC and study for a test they might have the next day. According to KSC’s official website, there are certain requirements all student athletes must meet in order to participate in a sport while attending college.

These requirements are set by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC), and the Little East Conference (LEC). KSC’s website states that “NCAA eligibility includes, but is not limited to, these requirements: must be a full-time student, enrolled in at least 12 credits per semester and matriculated into a four year degree granting program must be accepted through the regular admissions process of the College, must be in good academic standing as determined by the institution, must have passed 24 credits applicable to a degree in the pre-

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ceding two full-time semesters (summer sessions may be included) or must have passed an average of 12 credits applicable to a degree per full-time semester of attendance, has ten full-time semesters to complete four years of eligibility. Transfer students from two-year and four-year institutions must meet additional requirements.”

If students do not meet these requirements, they cannot be considered an athlete at KSC. Sometimes students commit to KSC on a scholarship to specifically play a sport. The commitment of being a full-time division three athlete as well as a full-time college student can become overwhelming. In certain cases, this overlap of dedications can cost students their spot at KSC. The amount of work that goes into being a full time student as well as remaining committed to a team is something that should be credited more often. There is a cer-

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Small business shut-downs

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Downtown Keene is losing some of their long-time businesses. Pictured above is Turn It Up!, a local media store, one of the several Main Street establishments that closed its doors in 2018.

How the closing of local businesses affects the community and economy IZZY MANZO

Equinox Staff Recently, Keene has seen stores such as Your Kitchen Store, Turn It Up! and The Apothecary close down, and they’re only a small part of a larger problem as the number of small businesses everywhere is stalling.

While Time Magazine says that we haven’t reached crisis-level figures yet, several factors are greatly impacting the number of new small businesses and how well-existing ones are doing.

Mary Roentsch, owner of The Apothecary, said that her business is closing so she and the pharmacist can retire, but customers such as Joanne Devost told The Sentinel that they’ll miss the personal touch and attention they’d get from someone who genuinely wants to

help, rather than just make money. The Apothecary created medications for each patient at the pharmacy instead of them being manufactured in a lab, and they were a staple of the Monadnock Region, having been open since 1969.

Time said that there are multiple factors to blame for the decline of small businesses, such as exaggerated fears of failure. You’ve probably heard that 60 percent of restaurants close within their first year opening, and it’s easy to believe if you’ve seen it happen in your area.

However, Time stated 60 percent actually close within three years, and what leads to so many new businesses closing is that beginning entrepreneurs in any industry are inexperienced, making it less likely for them to get funding because banks think there’s a greater risk than the reality.

Americans are also inclined to shop at large chains like Walmart instead of shopping small. Chains have had time to figure out how to maximize profit without making customers spend a lot of money, and Walmart and Target have now grown so huge that you can walk in and find basically anything you need from groceries, to clothing, to dog food at a cheap price.

According to Time, millennials are starting a lot of businesses worldwide, but only a small percentage of Americans are starting them. Those who want to create a new business can’t for one reason or another, the most common one being student debt that’s racked up from higher education. Newly-graduated students will often take whatever jobs they can get and would rather not invest in something so financially risky that could land them in even more debt.

While there isn’t a single cure-all that can take care of all of these factors at once, shopping at local businesses definitely lets them grow financially and keep them in business. Improving the education system can also prove beneficial, especially ensuring that students won’t graduate with mountains of debt that makes them less likely to take on something like entrepreneurship. Time stated that this is likely nothing more than a temporary issue and that the number of local business will soon fluctuate and grow. However, the quicker we can address these problems and get small businesses on the rise again, the better it is for our economy as a whole.

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Oversharing on social media

Solutions available for substance abuse around the area

ZOEANN DAY

Equinox Staff Social media is a unique and powerful tool for communication in this day and age. It connects us to our friends, our family and even people we wouldn’t expect to meet without it. It allows us to keep up with those we love, find news about our country and the world, learn new things and share our lives with others. But is there such a thing as sharing too much on the internet?

Definitely.

According to an article in Psychology Today by Dr. Gwendolyn Seidman, we share details about ourselves on the internet because it makes others like us more.

“Research on self-disclosure suggests that we like each other more when we share,” Seidman wrote.

However, oversharing can have the opposite effect and can be generally seen as socially inappropriate. There is a line to not be crossed when it comes to sharing on social media.

Media platforms like Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, Facebook and several others are great tools for us to inform our friends and family of news, both good and bad. However, sharing every detail of your life on the internet is not healthy and can even cost people their friendships, especially when the details being shared are trivial matters that could be handled elsewhere.

According to Seidman, “In a recent study, Stephen Rains and colleagues examined how superficial self-disclosures affected friendships… their results showed that much of the reason why these superficial disclosures reduced liking was that they created personal costs.”

In the same way, whining on social media all the time is not something people enjoy. Seeing consistent negative vibes on our social media feed ruins the fun of going on social media. Obviously, stating opinions on social media is everyone’s individual choice, but it’s important that it’s done in a positive manner, rather than whiny tweets and complaints.

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Studies show that it’s unappreciated when negativity is constant and shared excessively on the internet.

In one study mentioned in Psychology Today, “The 10 most recent Facebook status updates of 177 undergraduate students were collected and coded for the amount of positive and negative emotion expressed. When outside observers, unknown to those students, evaluated the statuses, the more nega-

tive and less positive emotions were expressed, the less the students were liked by the observers.” Constant whining on social media can also lead to others to disagree or fight with your opinions, which just makes it worse. Although it’s important to share what’s important to you, excess can do more harm than good.

Social media is a wonderful way to connect with people and learn new things, however, it can be easily

abused if it’s users share too much or share in a harmful way. Oversharing on the internet may not seem to be a huge deal, however, perfecting the way we use social media platforms can greatly improve the way we communicate with each other and the way we build relationships with others.

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As the opioid crisis in New England increases, it is now more important than ever to keep babies and expecting mothers safe. In order to keep these mothers and their babies safe, eight hospitals across the state of New Hampshire are testing a new online tool kit designed to help doctors and nurses care for them, according to a newsletter from DatmouthHitchcock.

The new toolkit is a direct result of evidence gained through several studies over the past few years.

These findings demonstrated a clear, and desperate need for coordinated, understanding care. The program also encourages patients to halt their smoking habits. A $127,000 grant that DartmouthHitchcock’s Prenatal Addiction Treatment Program received from the March of Dimes in 2016 will help fulfill the new program. The program is being put into place in eight hospitals in the region, including Dartmouth Hitchcock and Cheshire Medical Center.

According to an article from the March of Dimes website, the condition is called Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS). According to an article from National Geographic, opioids pass quickly from a pregnant mother’s bloodstream through the placenta and to the baby. When the baby is born, the flow of the drug is quickly shut down. When this occurs, the baby’s nervous system can trigger the horrible symptoms of withdrawal. The babies shake, sweat, vomit and hold their bodies stiff as planks. Many also need methadone or other medication to relieve their symptoms. They are weaned from it over days or weeks.

Unfortunately, the opioid epidemic in the United States is painfully evident in hospital newborn units across the country. Accord-

ing to the most recent federal data collected from the Pew Research Center, in 2016 nearly 22,000 babies were born drug dependent. That’s one every 25 minutes. Studies conducted by the National Institute on Drug Abuse at Boston Medical Center show that up to 94 percent of babies exposed to drugs during pregnancy will develop symptoms.

While the number of drugdependent mothers and babies is steadily increasing, the knowledge of how to treat them has improved significantly as well. According to project coordinator Daisy Goodman, APRN, an advance practice nurse with a specialty in midwifery who works closely with the women in the Perinatal Addiction Treatment Program, the new program really is about compassion and understanding. “We’ve done some hard thinking about treatment versus a punitive approach, and I hope we’re moving as a nation in the direction of treatment and support and healing,” Goodman said. “Women don’t sign up to become addicts, and it’s very important to keep that in mind when caring for them.”

Coming up on year two of the new program, there is an optimistic outlook. Having focused on improving the quality of care in the neonatal unit in recent years, the March of Dimes is looking forward to “Improving Safety and Quality in the Care of Pregnant women with Substance Use Disorders.” Goodman also stated that a number of other hospitals in the area have expressed interest in the new program, but none have signed agreements to put it into practice yet. The March for Dimes is the leading non-profit organization for pregnancy and baby health.

To learn more about The March for Dimes mission, please visit marchofdimes.org or nacersano.org.

Lindsay Gibbons can be contacted at lgibbons@kscequinox.com

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Shout-out Zack Erra pursues his music career with big-name artists against sexual violence RACHEL BLUMBERG

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We all know someone whose dream is to become a rockstar, but Keene State College senior Zack Erra made power moves towards his dream of fame when he played in front of thousands of cheering faces as he toured the country with big-name pop-punk band All Time Low on their Last Young Renegade World Tour this past summer. Erra was specifically touring with pop-punk band Waterparks.

Erra was given this opportunity by his guitarist, who is also the manager for Waterparks. The tour kicked off on June 30 in Houston, Texas, and closed Aug. 6 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, hitting everywhere in between.

“My favorite part was traveling to different cities and meeting people that knew me, as well as stealing some of the All Time Low fans for my own,” Erra said.

“I had actually seen him on tour with All Time Low on two separate occasions: once in Anaheim, California, and again at the SummerStage in Central Park,” Nicholas Chasse, one of Erra’s friends in Keene, said. “It was pretty inspiring to see someone so deeply submerged in their element.”

A few summers back, Erra met his manager Austin Michaels while living in Hollywood. “He showed me some of the songs he was working on and I knew he had something, and I wanted to help him show the world,” Michaels said. Since then, the two have teamed up and worked hard to get his name out there. Erra has worked with multiple producers, such as Skytailor. Michaels also shared he’s had his music played half a million times in Europe, on the radio in Sweden and was even featured in the national magazine “Music Connection.”

When he lived in Los Angeles, Erra shared he remembers waking up to a call from his

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manager at three in the morning telling him that he was playing on the radio in the U.K..

He said, “I remember thinking it was the greatest feeling in the world to be sleeping and know people are listening to me on the other side of the world.”

Erra has been a part of several bands throughout his career so far and have had multiple opportunities to record at major studios across the country. He and his last band even got the chance to record and rehearse at SwingHouse Records in Hollywood, where rock legend Aerosmith rehearsed at one

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Dill is graduating this semester with a degree in percussion music performance. He discovered his passion for percussion in eighth grade after joining the marching band and has been performing since then. “My drive is to be able to perform and share my personal music with a bunch of people, and play with a bunch of people too,” Dill said.

Overall, Dill expressed he was pleased with the outcome his final percussion performance at the college. “It went much better than I expected.

There were a few rough edges, but it went much better than I expected,” Dill said.

First-year Cailyn Brochey performed in her second percussion ensemble on Sunday and was also happy with the show. “Everyone worked as

a team and it really brought us together. It’s a great way to send our seniors out. I thought it went well,” Brochey said.

The performance concluded with the piece “So Long Eric” by Charles Mingus. The song featured Carol Jean Swist, Christopher Swist’s mother, on keyboard, and senior Callie Carmosino on flute.

After the ensemble members played their last note, they all looked around the stage at each other, smiled and then laughed.

point. Erra said it was an opportunity like no other, especially when they’d get calls saying Maroon 5 was buying the whole studio for the day, so they needed to reschedule. He also recorded his EDM project at Matrix Studios in North Hollywood with Steve Aoki’s ghost producer.

Although he’s getting his degree in graphic design, his heart has always been in music. “I have no idea what got me into music. It feels like it’s always been there and I was just tapping into it,” he said. “I remember going to concerts when I was little and being jealous

that it wasn’t me on the stage.”

Right now, when Erra isn’t scheduling more tours and planning his move out to California after graduation, he is working towards finishing his solo EP, which he claimed will be coming out this summer.

He said, “For me, writing has always been my escape. You can say anything you want.

Be whoever you want. And if you do it right, people listen.”

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Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.

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Poems by Isabel i’m not a normal girl and when i say it i mean it normal girl because when i feel it i really feel it deep down in my bone feel it i’m a category 5 hurricane and you’re a lasting leaf on a november tree let’s see how long that lasts when i cry i can flood your streets and when i’m angry i can shake your whole town but in the end ill still apologize for tearing you down and pray you say sorry for the fire you refused to put out.

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On April 4, Lara Herscovitch performed a set in honor of the 50 year anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s death. Her songs reflected what she believed Martin Luther King would be doing in this day and age if he were still alive. The event was sponsored by the Multicultural office.

Interested in Art, Music, or TV/Film?

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Her inspirations include Rupi Kaur, Christopher Poindexter and Warsan Shire.

She uses her life experiences to write poetry, with a strong emphasis on the use of motifs, symbols and imagery.

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When trying to break a stigma, it requires a wave of people shouting out against what’s right and what’s wrong.

On Friday, April 6, the Keene State College Sexual Assault and Violence Education Committee, in partner with local groups, presented the annual Shout-Out Against Sexual Violence event.

The event highlighted the stories of three individuals who had each faced forms of sexual assault.

The speakers shared their personal stories and provided a hand to hold while others shared their traumas.

The topic of sexual assault can be a difficult one to discuss, especially when dealing with a firsthand experience of it, one of the speakers explained.

However, she expressed the necessity of discussing it. “I think it’s very important for anyone to be able and have the opportunity to speak up about such violence and such wrongs. I think being able to acknowledge that these things aren’t normal, these things aren’t okay, in a more public setting is really important,” she continued.

“I’m very grateful that I had this opportunity to speak. Obviously sharing stories that like is really difficult, but it’s always nice to have a safe area and a safe space, and safe people, to be able to speak with.”

Recent New England College graduate Anthony Boame attended the event after seeing an advertisement for it on social media.

However, Boame also expressed his interest in sexual assault prevention.

“I think this is something that I always have kind of been passionate about. I care about this because it’s a problem, and you can ruin someone’s life,” Boame said.

Despite the small turn out, Boame said he enjoyed the event.

“I loved it, I loved that people were speaking out. It doesn’t matter about the amount of people, it matters about the content.”

When asked his thoughts on the importance of the event, Boame explained, “A lot of us have grown up in rape culture.”

Boame expressed his view that sexual violence has almost become a social norm in the media.

“Sometimes you don’t realize you’re in the culture, and events like this teach people about it,” Boame said.

The event was put on by the KSC Sexual Assault and Violence Education Committee. According to senior Dakota Umbro, each year, one to two members of the committee will step up and organize the event. This year, Umbro and junior Brianna Hankel took on the leadership positions.

Umbro explained her reason for organizing the event.

“I’m a firm believer in shouting out against sexual violence from both my own experience and just how it is perpetuated throughout our culture in general. I would like to do whatever I can to fight that,” Umbro said.

She continued, “I think with events like this, it brings people and survivors together and some solidarity as well.”

At the end of the night, Umbro expressed her hopes for the audience’s take away.

“You’re not alone, and maybe one day we can finally beat it,” Umbro said.

Erin McNemar can be contacted at emcnemar@kscequinox.com

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The Keene State College Orchestra played in collaboration with students, alums as well as the chamber and concert choir sings.

Music students and alums perform as one The Main Theatre of Keene State College’s Redfern Arts Center was lively and energetic on Wednesday, April 4, when about 100 musicians performed.

KSC music professor James Sharrock, who conducted the orchestra, said the event, New Hampshire Originals: From the Beach to Monadnock! was “a wonderful night of musical experiences; lots of color and lots of variety, very soft to very loud, very serious to very passionate… It was just a wonderful evening.” He added that he was honored to be the conductor.

KSC senior and music performance major Callie Carmosino said she likes to be involved in events at the Redfern Arts Center. “I try to play in every ensemble that I can. It’s so much fun to have the experience of playing as an ensemble member and as a soloist.”

She added, “This is my last orchestra performance here as a student. It’s so strange. This doesn’t really feel like it’s over, but it was good way to go.”

The concert featured Amy Beach’s “Gaelic

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Seligman said, “I screamed at [my sister] like those actors on the stage. I was hateful and I was awful and I was broken-hearted.”

Seligman said she knows the feeling of rage and being brutal and asking for forgiveness, similar to when the son of the Tyrone family screams at the mother, calling her a dopefiend, before recalling her illness with drug-addiction.

Symphony,” premiers by KSC alumni Jon Way and Miriam Sharrock and solos by KSC Seniors Steven Lauture, Amy Lesieur, Matthew McGinnis and Carmosino according to the Redfern Arts Center’s website.

The grand finale included KSC’s Chamber Singers and Concert Choir, along with guest singers from Hillsboro-Deering High School, presenting Peter Vantine’s “Monadnock in October,” according to the Redfern Arts Center’s website.

KSC senior Emily Mathieu said she didn’t know the event was happening until half an hour before it started. Mathieu said, “It’s amazing… [I] just jumped right in because I love the orchestra.”

Mathieu said, “So far, the highlight would be… Jon Way. ...He graduated last year from Keene State and he’s already composing and he’s able to come back here and show what he’s been doing.”

For James Sharrock, the big part was “the overall musicality, musicians taking notes that are on a piece of paper and then transferring them to the air, communicating emotions throughout the music.”

Like the mother of the Tyrone family, Seligman’s mother regretted giving birth to her sister for “causing so much pain in the world.”

“That’s where I connect with this play.” Seligman said. “I share that because probably every single person in the room may not have a family member with an opioid addiction, although I’m guessing many of us do. I want to say, part of the power of theater is that it speaks to the brokenness in all of us and

the desire to reconcile in some way, and I think what moves me most is that I’m really happy to say that my sister is much better.”

She said she can understand why the characters needed quick reliefs regarding the parish of certain family members. She added that at the same time people are thinking these negative and harmful thoughts, they are also fearing that the events may happen.

“What binds us together is that humanness,” Seligman said, “so if we can talk

Carmosino said her favorite piece was “Monadnock in October. That piece is just so cool, so cool that it’s written by a local composer… I loved it.”

KSC sophomore Sarah Ames, who was part of the 70 voice choirs said, “We’ve been preparing since the beginning of the semester. The community members have come in for rehearsals once a week, just working on little pieces of music. We just put it together as an orchestra last Monday.

The presence and performance of KSC alumni was taken very positively. “I think it really shows how far they have come and what they have done since they have been here and gone out in the real world… [They] bring back their experiences to us,” Carmosino said.

Sharrock said, “The value of KSC alums coming back and performing is critical; we are a small, very active music department here [and] we are very grateful to have them.”

Ames said, “It’s a good way to show that we are definitely a community here.”

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about that, then we are part of the way home.”

Many local organizations set up tables in the lobby for counseling or medical services and community groups targeting recovery.

Monadnock Area Peer Support Agency’s Programming Director Jude Grophear said the program connected to her personal and occupational life.

“We see people every day who are dealing with addiction, mental health issues or things like that,” she said.

“We lost one of our members to a drug overdose [two years ago], so it’s something that hits close to home.”

Grophear said the script was a bit outdated, but still impactful for the audience. “Talking about the stuff people are like, ‘Let’s not talk about this, let’s not share this,’ it makes a difference for that one person that might be struggling.”

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When I write these reviews every week, I try to aim for films and tv shows that can be easily accessible through Netflix. Yet, this week, I just couldn’t pass up on reviewing one of the best short films I’ve seen to date.

Recently, I had the opportunity to attend the 16th Annual Garden State Film Festival in Asbury Park, New Jersey. While at the festival, I attended four screening blocks, including the premiere of Christopher Lloyd’s (Back to the Future) latest feature. I was also fortunate enough to watch “Real Artists,” a frightening, yet powerful, portrayal of humanity and entertainment within the film industry.

This 13-minute short follows Sophia, a young woman interviewing for her dream job at a large animation studio.

During the course of the interview, she finds out that the films she’s looked up to all her life are no longer made by people, but instead by an Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Through the process, it’s revealed that the creative process has taken a whole new turn and challenges the idea of what it means to be a “real artist.”

The film is written, directed and produced by Cameo Wood, but is based on a short story written by critically acclaimed and New York Times Best Selling author Ken Liu. Wood had read Liu’s story in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni magazine back in 2012 and instantly fell in love with the concept.

She has a background in medical neuroscience and AI, which are both big themes in the story and felt obligated to make it into a short film.

All the technology used in the film exists, which only adds to the overall shock factor the film leaves on its viewer.

The main AI in “Real Artists” is referred to as Big Semi, the neural network that controls all of the choices made to the film.

Wood shared in an interview at the Hollyshorts Film Festival, where it won Best VFX, “At Cannes, I met a company that does neurocinematics as a service; a filmmaker submits their film, they screen it for an audience while they are in an MRI, and they give you the results. We have many of the building blocks of Big Semi.” The accuracy around the science of the technology is intricately brilliant and makes one wonder how far humanity will allow technology to go. And with the addition of flawless graphics and powerful twists, what more could someone ask for in a short?

“Real Artists” should also be remembered, not only for its unique perception-bending plot, but for its astounding crew. Wood comprised her team of 75 percent women and half people of color, including her lead actress who was both a woman and person of color.

Played by Tiffany Hines (Bones), Sophia is an innocent individual, yet is clearly struggling with her own morality while trying to please her boss, Anne, played by Tamlyn Tomita (The Karate Kid Part II). Wood’s choice to lead her sci-fi with two powerful female actresses challenges the stereotypes of classic sci-fi and proves that women in science fiction films can be unbelievably successful.

“Real Artists” has been making its way around the festival circuit for the past two years, winning awards left and right.

I made sure to look up where I could watch it again right after my screening. The short is available for purchase on Amazon and iTunes and I highly recommend that you watch it.

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The Redfern Arts Center hosts ‘The Addiction Performance Project’ ANGELIQUE INCHIERCA

Photo Editor On Friday, April 6, Keene State College welcomed television and movie stars Kathryn Erbe, David Strathairn, Alex Morf and Marjolaine Goldsmith during the Theater of War’s Addiction Performance Project of Eugene O’Neill’s “Long Day’s Journey into Night.”

The dramatic reading consisted of just the third act of the original four acts, all based around a family of four with issues touching addiction, alcoholism, miserliness, promiscuity and physical illness.

Theater of War co-founder Bryan Doer-

ries said a lot of aspects of the screenplay reflects O’Niell’s personal experiences throughout his life.

The performance program states, “The troubled characters in it are based on members of O’Neill’s own family, including his mother, Ella, who struggled with morphine addiction for most of her life.”

While the actors and actresses were only on stage for half an hour, guestspeakers from the Keene community spoke about their personal experiences with alcoholism and drug abuse before it became an open panel.

Many panelists and audience members spoke in relation to the mother char-

acter Mary Tyrone, portrayed by Law & Order’s Kathryn Erbe, who struggles with an addiction to prescription drugs and James Tyrone, portrayed by NYPD Blue’s Gordon Clapp, who is the alcoholic father.

Panelist and KSC Adjunct Professor Leaf Seligman teaches a course called Forgiveness and Reconciliation. She said, “The reason I teach that course is from the old adage ‘teach what you need to learn.’ So semester after semester, I embed myself with 20 18-year-olds, and we ‘sit in’ what it means to forgive, and when is it appropriate and when is it not?” Seligman said that every semester she has at least one student who chooses the topic of for-

giving “an alcohol or substance-abusing family member.”

Panelist and former Chair of the Monadnock Alcohol and Drug Abuse Coalition Kate McNally said, “To me, a lot of what resonated personally was...

Edmund saying how hard it was having a dopefiend mother, going into town and saying, ‘Now who will know that you’re a dopefiend?’ The stigma around the language is something that we focus hard on.”

McNally now works at the Cheshire Coalition for Tobacco Free Communities, located in Cheshire Medical Center, but still supports opioid addicts that face significant trauma, much like the family in

“A Long Day’s Journey into Night.”

She said, “What’s hard for me is that everyone in this family, [except for the mother, Mary, are] all alcoholics. There’s this other stigma for the morphine addict than there is for the alcoholic.”

McNally added that current times, “people are understanding that alcoholism is a disease,” but people addicted to morphine or other opioids are looked at negatively.

In Seligman’s personal life, drug abuse and alcoholism attacked her family. Her younger sister lives with autism and became very ill a few years ago.

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On Friday, April 6, the Redfern Arts Center welcomed a number of television and movie stars to present The Addiction Performance Project. There was a dramatic reading, followed by a discussion.

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Arts & EntErtAinmEnt Editor It all began with a bang.

On Sunday, April 8, the Keene State College Music Department presented its next installment in the Ensemble Recital Series, The Percussion Ensemble. The performance was directed by Resident Artist Christopher Swist and Lecturer Amy Garapic.

The first piece titled “Displacement” by Anthony Miranda was performed as a call-and-answer piece, in which the two parts eventually joined together in unison.

As the sticks began to move in sync, the simultaneous sound encompassed the audience and continued to grow throughout the song until it met its abrupt end.

Sophomore Avery Ruggles attended the performance to support her friends that were performing and expressed her overall thoughts on the show. “I thought it was good. Every time I come to [percussion ensembles] I’m impressed. I’m not very good at stuff like that so it’s cool to see

other people who are crazy talented and able to do musical stuff like that,” Ruggles said.

Ruggles explained that her favorite song was “Terminals Part 1: Departures” by Bobby Previte.

The song began with four of the members of the ensemble standing at the front of the stage with their drumsticks crossed. They started to bang out a pattern, but periodically dropped their sticks onto the stage and either picked them back up or reached into their back pocket for their next pair. As the group of four continued to drop the sticks, they began to incorporate comedy into it by doing things such as hitting the sticks out of each other hands.

Senior Eric Dill then walked onto the stage during the rhythmic chaos and began playing on the drumset. The four other performers followed in suit and mirrored the beats Dill played. The song later showcased individual’s work on the washboard, whip and highlight Dill’s performance on the spoons.

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On Saturday, April 7, members of the community joined together to raise money during Relay for Life. The event began with cancer survivors taking a lap together around the gym. Relay for Life also included a hair donation for the club Beautiful Lengths on campus, a tug-of-war game and much more.

KSC Relay for Life raises money for cancer research COLBY DUDAL

Student Life editor Keene State College students, staff members, family, friends and community members took a 12-hour relay in hopes of someday ending cancer once and for all.

On Saturday, April 7, Relay for Life was held in the Spaulding Gymnasium from noon to 12 a.m. and included everything from groups of people walking around the gym together, to people donating their hair to Beautiful Lengths, a group on campus that works to raise money for cancer research.

With a school-wide goal of $17,000, more than 20 teams participated in the process of raising money for the event.

One group that attended the event was the sorority Phi Sigma Sigma.

Junior KelliAnne Cammarata said her sorority has spent a lot of time posting links to social media and reaching out to family and friends, including those outside the Keene community. “Cancer has been a part of my family because my grandfather had stage four lung cancer…

Such a big amount of people have been affected, and it is an awesome event for the community to show how it affects us all in some way,” Cammarata said.

For one member of Alpha Sigma Phi, cancer not only has an impact on his family, but also a member of his own fraternity. Sophomore Andrew Reilly said a member of his fraternity’s skin cancer has changed the way he participates in things.

Reilly said no matter the person, everyone knows someone who has been impacted by cancer in some way, and it’s important to show those with cancer how much people care about them.

With all the work that Relay for Life requires to put on, many students have helped over the past several months to promote the event on social media and connect with organizers in an effort to increase donations.

Junior Kyle Kemp said one day, his Public Relations class ran a poll and found that everyone in the class had been affected by cancer in some way. “I have been through a lot associated with cancer.

My sister got Leukemia at a young age,” Kemp said.

Kemp explained this year’s Relay for Life event is a reboot year, as last year, most of those who took the initiative to run the event graduated. “I hope this year, the new people who have organized it will continue to do so… It makes you realize how much goes into organizing it,” Kemp said.

First-year Ashley Chopelas is on the KSC Dance team and performed at the event. “It is cool to dance at Relay for Life here because I used to dance at the Relay for Life in my hometown,” Chopelas said. Chopelas said she’s raised more than $100 and everyone on the team has taken part in Relay for Life previously at some point.

One sorority, Sigma Rho Upsilon, held an event called “Coins for Cancer” as a way to raise money for Relay for Life.

Junior Sienna Tedesco said the fundraiser allowed students and community members to donate spare change that they had.

Coordinator of Community Service at KSC Jessica Gagne Cloutier said nearing the goal of $17,000 was a great feeling and, with the Relay for Life planning process only lasting about eight weeks this year, she was happy to see so many teams of students sign up and raise a lot of money so quickly.

Gagne Cloutier said having both repeating teams and new students is good for Relay for Life, and she hopes that those who are participating for the first time will continue to grow the event in future years.

One major part of the annual event is the Luminara Ceremony, according to Gagne Cloutier. “Luminara is a paper bag with a light inside, which is meant to represent those individuals who have had cancer, have lost someone because of cancer or have been affected by cancer in some way,” Gagne Cloutier said, and added, participants can write a message on the paper bag. KSC junior Ashley Betancourt took one of the leadership roles at this year’s event and said it was a humbling experience to take part in the planning process. “It is a good time to celebrate those who have survived cancer and mourn those who have lost their lives due to cancer,” Betancourt said.

Colby Dudal can be contacted at cdudal@kscequinox.com

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Student Life editor On April 6 and April 7, Keene State College students took part in what was known as Pride Weekend at KSC. Program Support Assistant for LGBTQ+ students Hunter Kirschner said the idea for the Pride Weekend came about when he had been in conversation with both the Pondside and Bushnell apartment hall advisors who wanted to hold an event to support what KSC Pride does.

Kirschner said when the dates were picked out, the Pondside and Bushnell apartments would hold their events, and it just so happened to coincide with when KSC Pride holds their annual Pride Parade.

On Friday and Saturday, events such as window painting and bingo took place in the Pondside apartments, according to Hall Council President Marissa Milley.

“We had window painting and asked people to paint what they identify as, whether it is related to LGBTQ+ or not,” Milley said. “On Saturday night, there was Lingo Bingo. Each number correlated with an LGBT term and, and after each number is called, we gave the definition of the term,” Milley said.

Milley said the purpose for having the events was to provide education for those who don’t know the terms.

She added she feels as though it is important to support the KSC Pride organization, as it is a place on campus that provides safe spaces.

Kirschner said the other aspect of Pride Weekend is a gathering that started Saturday, April 6, on the student center lawn and rallies down Main Street to raise awareness for the LGBTQ+ community.

Kirschner said the event is good for both “visibility and strengthening the community with the KSC community.”

Treasurer of KSC Pride Samuel Whitaker said the annual parade began on the lawn with live music, speeches and the president of KSC Pride giving an address to the people at the event.

Whitaker said after the speeches, the participants walked while saying phrases that support the LGBTQ+ community.

Whitaker said the event holds a lot of importance and is one of KSC Pride’s biggest events.

“It shows that we have a presence and we’re here. We make up a portion of the community that makes up the population here on campus. A lot of people think that, politically, the fight is kind of over for trying to get equal rights, but in reality, some people may be able to get married but safety, representation and equal treatment is honestly just as important if not more.”

Whitaker said despite being a senior, he hopes the future members of KSC Pride continue to host the march.

Whitaker described the vibe of the event to be happy and vivacious with also the call to action to end homophobia and get rid of gender roles.

“It definitely goes from a happy vibe to a powerful message and having something to say,” Whitaker said.

Kirschner said the event is open to the community, not just people who are on campus or go to KSC. Kirschner said last year, the event had about 30 participants and he expects more this year because of the other events that are a part of Pride Weekend.

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Students attended the annual KSC Pride Parade, which began on the Student Center lawn and led students marching down to Main Street.

Local businesses and KSC connect for fundraising ASHLEY ARNOLD

equinox Staff Student organizations have been working to raise money for various purposes through fundraising events all over campus and throughout the Keene community.

On Monday, April 9, the Keene State College Habitat for Humanity organization partnered with Margaritas on Main Street. Students with the Noche Margaritas flier got 20 percent of their bill donated to the Keene Habitat for Humanity organization.

The money went toward the rebuilding and reconstruction of Nepal, which was hit with a catastrophic earthquake in 2015.

Similar to Habitat for Humanity, many other KSC student organizations have been organizing fundraising events to raise money for various causes.

On Tuesday, April 3, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., the KSC Dance Team partnered with the local Chipotle restaurant for a fundraiser. Customers who brought in the One for the Team flier or showed a picture of the flier on their smartphone got 50 percent of the proceeds donated to the Dance Team.

KSC dance team manager and treasurer Emma Ayotte said working with Chipotle was a very simple and easy experience.

She applied for the fundraising event online through the Chipotle website. “It was really simple. I just had to fill out a quick application, which involved an explanation of why we need the money and what it would go towards,” she said.

Ayotte said the money will be used to pay back a loan the dance team got from the school in order to compete at Nationals in Florida.

She added that fundraising is important for the dance team but said organizing events can get tedious.

“We don’t have a huge budget from the school, so fundraising brings in the majority of our budget, that’s why it’s so important. The most difficult part is probably just the planning. Especially when the fundraiser involves an outside company or getting a raffle license or something. Usually it’s just getting all the paperwork done that gets monotonous,” she said.

Ayotte added that the dance team hosts many other fundraising events, such as a calendar raffle and a dance clinic held at Keene Middle School. Their most successful raffle, Ayotte said, is their annual pie fundraiser hosted in November.

Fraternities and sororities on campus also organize a variety of fundraiser events. Phi Lambda Chi chapter president Peter Dubois said his fraternity raises money to donate to specific causes. “We don’t necessarily fundraise for ourselves too much. Fundraising is mostly done for our philanthropy or to benefit some sort of service… most of the time our money goes back into the community,” he said.

Dubois said philanthropy is the community service the fraternity specializes in. Phi Lambda Chi’s philanthropy is Special Olympics and it remains the same every year.

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He said Phi Lambda Chi doesn’t normally partner with local businesses for fundraising events, but they have expressed interest in working with the Keene Police and Fire departments.

During their annual Day of Clarity event, the fraternity partnered with Campus Safety in order to promote healthy and safe drinking.

Dubois said the fraternity is hosting one of its annual fundraising events called Phi Lamb Lady in the student center on Sunday, April 15. Phi Lamb Lady is an event where women compete to represent the fraternity.

Dubois said that the event resembles a beauty pageant, with different sections of competitions, such as a talent section.

Each woman has a jar and attendees use money to vote for their favorite. Whoever collects the most money at the end of the event wins and becomes the Phi Lamb

Lady for the fraternity. Dubois said that there is not an entry fee but there is a suggested donation.

He added that “Phi Lamb Lady definitely raises the most money for us though every year just because it’s something that people know about and something that people like to participate in every year.”

Since the event is something many look forward to every year, Dubois said that its popularity helps the fraternity raise more money.

“I think word of mouth helps a lot. Spread of information is definitely the most difficult part about [fundraising],” he added.

He said that the fundraiser is used “to raise money and awareness for our philanthropy [and] to promote both our fraternity and the spirit of friendship we have among the greek community and the school.”

Dubois continued by saying that fundraising events

help positively promote Phi Lambda Chi and they help give back to the community.

“The more fundraising we’re able to do, the more that we can promote ourselves and show that we really do care about what we’re fundraising for. I know that most of the guys joined the fraternity, not only because of the social life, but a lot of them joined because they wanted to give back,” he said.

“It gives them the opportunity, not only to me meet new people and have a good time, but to do something good for the community.”

Student Government Treasurer for the class of 2020 Emily Foy said fundraisers help publicize student organizations.

“Fundraising can only benefit you. It’s good because it gets your name out there and it just gives you a boost before a big event,” she said.

Foy added that the class of 2020 spends most of the fundraising money on events like Red & White Night and the end of the year Senior Class Trip.

The most successful fundraiser event was the raffle baskets they auctioned off during the Winter Festival in Keene.

She said the junior class partnered with a local restaurant called The Works on Main Street and that the sophomore class plans on partnering with them as well.

Foy added that fundraising is beneficial for many student organizations, but it can be difficult to create an inexpensive, yet interesting, event for students.

“I think the part that we struggle with, especially the class of 2020, is that it’s hard to put on a really fun fundraiser that people want to participate in but not spending that much money on it, so that you’re actually making money and not trying to close the gap on what you spent,” she said.

The 2018 Class Treasurer, Casey Sault, said it’s hard for student organizations to fundraise because their target donors are college students who are on a strict budget.

“Their main focus group is college students who are already struggling to get by, it costs them to eat, to stay on campus, to pay for classes,” she said. “So I think they might have a hard time because their target community is college students,” Sault said.

Sault said she works with other student organizations, such as Alternative Break and Mentors in Violence Prevention, which develop fundraisers to pay for trips and donate to community services.

For Alternative Break, she said members write letters to friends and family asking for donations so that the organization can continue to pay for the trips and lower the cost for students traveling.

Sault said Mentor in Violence Prevention is hosting its Walk a Mile event on Saturday, April 21.

Registry for the event is online and donations go straight to the Monadnock Center for Violence Prevention.

Ashley Arnold can be contacted at aarnold@kscequinox.com

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a lot of fun,” McNamara said.

The second pairing, Team Two and representatives of Next Level Church (NLC) in Keene, squared up against each other for the second and fourth rounds. The members of NLC were the winners of those rounds and went on to play against the Hot Mess Express.

The championship consisted of three rounds between the two reigning teams. After the first two rounds the score was tied 1-1 with the third round about to determine who would be walking away with the glory. The crowd of spectators along the wall of the court PUJA THAPA / BUSINESS MANAGER grew silent as the 10 players readThe Big Brothers Big Sisters dodgeball tournament was held on ied themselves to scramble for the Sunday, April 8, in the Spaulding Gymnasium. six brightly-colored foam balls Recreational Courts from 1 p.m. to Mess Express against representa- which rested in a line between the 3 p.m.. While the competition was tives of the women’s ice hockey two opposing sides. After a fierce intense, players and spectators team. The Hot Mess Express was a few minutes, filled with cheering, could be heard cheering and laugh- group of friends who were making chanting and laughter on all sides, ing almost constantly. an appearance after one of their the NLC members came out victoThe rules were simple; if you get team members, Jake Kondrat, par- rious.

The team said that they had hit before the ball hits the ground ticipated in the event last year. The or if the ball you threw gets caught group of five Keene State College heard about the event through Liz then you’re out but if one of your students decided to test their ath- Reis, who is a parishioner at NLC teammates catches the ball before letic skills in hopes of winning the and works with Karen Brook as the it hits the ground then you can grand prize: a $25 gift card to Dom- Community-Based Program Coorcome back in. The teams played sev- ino’s for each team member. After dinator. Although they won the big, eral practice rounds so they could facing off against each other in the championship prize of $125 worth warm-up and get a feel for the first and third rounds of the tour- of Domino’s gift cards, Jeremy Marother teams before the competition nament, the Hot Mess Express won tineau and Matt Garrow said that began around 2 p.m.. When the par- both and would move on to the wasn’t the reason why they came out to participate in the event and ticipants weren’t on the court they championship round. were cheering on the other playAlthough they were knocked they even plan on giving the gift ers, talking with those who came out, the members of the women’s ice cards to the church. Martineau said to support them, or fueling up for hockey team stuck around to watch he joined because he wanted to the next round with clementines, the rest of the competition. One of “come out to have fun and do someapples, pretzels, power bars and the team members, Maggie McNa- thing for a good cause.”

“Three, two, one, dodgeball!”

Those words began each round of the Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) Dodgeball Tournament on Sunday, April 8. Participants flashed back to elementary school, middle school and high school gym class while playing the familiar game for a good cause.

According to the Special Programs Coordinator for BBBS of New Hampshire and Liaison for the college Karen Brook, the club has been around for 10 years and the Dodgeball Tournament is an annual event that’s been happening for many of those years. “People always ask me when it’s going to be,” said Brook.

“There’s an expectation to hold this every year.” Each player was charged $5, and Brook said that it depends on the year, but the event tends to fundraise about $100 each year for Big Brothers Big Sisters, which might go to specific events or the general funds for the organization so they can support the programs for Bigs and Littles.

First-year volunteering with BBBS Isabella Nunziata said that she has helped out with a few BBBS events this year, including game events in the Night Owl Cafe and Madison Street Lounge and a Halloween event in the L.P. Young Student Center Atrium. Nunziata said she has enjoyed her time with BBBS. “I like working with kids,” said Nunziata. “I like to work with events that promote creativity.”

Four teams of five players com- water provided by BBBS. mara, said that although they didn’t peted in the tournament, which The first round of the tourna- win, they still enjoyed participating. was held in the Spaulding Gym ment was the team named Hot “We’re very competitive, but we had

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Humans of KSC What is your favorite community fundraising event?

PRIYA CHHETRI

Equinox Staff Dining at a professional dinner takes quite a number of manners and skills for those transitioning into the world of professionalism.

The coordinator of Fraternity and Sorority life and Student Leadership at Keene State College Brandon Mathieu said part of the Etiquette Dinner’s goal is to introduce students to things that they do not normally think of as important.

“Someone might think that the Etiquette Dinner is just about the food or navigating the dinner table, and I think it is really important to educate folks that there is a lot more etiquette beyond just dining,” Mathieu said.

The executive director of the Career Center at Tufts University, Gregory Victory, conducted a workshop on dining etiquette for KSC students.

Student Involvement at Keene State College held its 10th annual Etiquette Dinner on Sunday, April 8, in the L.P. Young Student Center.

Mathieu said having this particular program is important for students because it contributes to the student’s leadership development in their professional life.

“This one program is an opportunity to introduce students to a variety of leadership development skills around dining etiquette, business etiquette and professionalism,” Mathieu said. “It is really open to any students to explore to either personal or career journey after college.” Two seniors, Maggie McNamara and Alexandra Bebar shared their experience from the Etiquette Dinner.

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major with an early childhood education minor McNamara said she learned about a lot of aspects of eating at a table that she had never actually thought about before. “I grew up with the pretty solid understanding of what table manners were, but here is a lot more depth with everything,” McNamara said.

Dual major in elementary education and sociology Bebar said not getting exposed to dining etiquette can be a disadvantage because it prepares students for business etiquette in the future. “Getting a job is so crucial and first impression is very important, and this information is very useful in making a first good impression,” Bebar said.

Mathieu said the Etiquette Dinner is open to students of any year in all kinds of study fields.

“We try to track as many student as we can across campus to come to this event just to expose themselves to something new maybe they have not done before,” Mathieu said.

Mathieu said he enjoys organizing a leadership program like Etiquette Dinner. “We are very fortunate to have Gregory come the last couple of years to facilitate the program, and I am very looking forward to whatever years just to seeing students attend, leave something out of it,” Mathieu said.

Mathieu said what he wants students to take away from this event is to remember there is always an opportunity. “It just doesn’t stop at a program like this and there is always opportunities to continue to grow, continue to educate and become better,” Mathieu said.

Priya Chhetri can be contacted at pchhetri@kscequinox.com

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“I really like the walk for Autism Awareness because my brother has Autism so I do it with my family every year, but I can’t do it this year because I am here at college.”

-Lindsey

“I enjoy a lot of stuff the United Way does... I have also contributed to the United Way here in Monadnock, so they are an organization I tend to get behind.”

-Sean

“I honestly don’t know of any. I think I’ve heard of [the Relay for Life], not a lot but I’ve heard the name.”

-Bradley

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“I’d say I really like the idea of the Pride Parade, yeah I like that. I’m in Relay for Life too.”

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The After Hours organization in cooperation with the Monadnock Humane Society held an event in the Madison Street Lounge during which students pet and played with trained therapy dogs. The event was on Friday, April 6. The dogs that were included ranged from Golden Retrievers, to Poodles and more. The event was put on to allow students to ease their stress in the face of upcoming finals and graduation.

Join us on Thursday, April 19th for the Masters Tournament Dinner at the Zorn Dining Commons from 4:00 - 8:00 pm

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Trump criticizes special counsel ZEKE MILLER

AssociAted Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The special counsel’s Russia investigation is not only a political witch hunt but “an attack on our country,” President Donald Trump complained Monday, exhibiting mounting concern about the yearlong probe after federal authorities raided the offices of his personal attorney. “We’ll see,” he said, when asked if he might fire special counsel Robert Mueller.

Trump let loose after federal agents pierced the protective bubble around him, seizing records from the offices of longtime Trump attorney Michael Cohen, on topics including a $130,000 payment made to a porn actress who says she had sex with Trump more than a decade ago.

Cohen has been an ardent defender in Trump’s business, personal and political affairs for more than a decade — Cohen claims to have used a personal home equity loan to pay the adult film actress, known as Stormy Daniels — and the probe’s expansion into the president’s inner circle left Trump fuming.

He unleashed his sharpest invec-

tive to date against the sweeping investigation, calling the Monday search “a disgrace.”

“It’s an attack on our country in a true sense,” he said, flanked by the nation’s top military brass, who watched the scene stone-faced. “It’s an attack on what we all stand for.”

The president didn’t bat away the idea of firing Mueller, saying people have advised him to take that action: “Why don’t I just fire Mueller? Well, I think it’s a disgrace what’s going on — we’ll see what happens.”

He said the raid in New York marked a “whole new level of unfairness” by Mueller and his team.

Trump called the probe a “witch hunt,” as he has many times in the past, complaining that it distracts from serious issues such as consideration of a military response to the apparent use of a chemical weapon on Syrian civilians over the weekend. That was the intended subject of his Monday evening meeting with the defense secretary, the joint chiefs of staff and U.S. combat commanders.

Instead, with reporters in the room and cameras rolling, Trump opened the meeting with an unprompted four-minute critique of Mueller’s investigation. “I just

heard that they broke into the office of one of my personal attorneys, a good man,” Trump began, referring to agents who had obtained search warrants from a federal judge.

The raid on Cohen’s office was conducted by the U.S. Attorney’s office in Manhattan and was based at least partly on a referral from Mueller, according to Cohen’s lawyer, Stephen Ryan.

Trump blasted the Mueller team as “the most conflicted group of people I’ve ever seen,” labeling most of them Democrats and saying the few Republicans had worked for President Barack Obama.

“They’re not looking at the other side,” he complained, referencing the long investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server.

“They’re not looking at the Hillary Clinton horrible things that she did and all of the crimes that she committed.”

Mueller, a lifelong Republican, and his team of attorneys have been investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election and associated misdeeds in the president’s orbit since May 2017.

Mueller reports to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who

appointed the special counsel last year after the recusal of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Trump’s firing of former FBI Director James Comey.

Trump lit into Sessions, repeating in public his private criticism of the attorney general for making a “terrible mistake” in recusing himself from the Russia probe. Trump said Sessions “should have certainly let us know” he would step aside in the probe and we would have “put a different attorney general in.”

The president watched the cable news coverage of the raid Monday afternoon and grew increasingly angrier, summoning lawyers Ty Cobb and Jay Sekulow to get their opinion of what was happening.

He vented to allies that Mueller’s investigators were “going too far” and conducting “their witch hunt” to undermine his presidency, according to two people familiar with the president’s views but not allowed to discuss them publicly.

The harsh tone of Trump’s comments immediately drew warnings from lawmakers on Capitol Hill, who have sought to preserve Mueller’s independence.

South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said he didn’t

know the purpose of Mueller’s raid on Cohen, but added, “I just want to let Mr. Mueller do his job without any political interference.”

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer of New York released a statement warning Trump against firing Mueller. “The investigation is critical to the health of our democracy and must be allowed to continue,” he said.

Under Justice Department regulations, Trump cannot directly fire Mueller, but could order Rosenstein or his successor to remove the special counsel. The regulations only allow Mueller’s removal for “misconduct, dereliction of duty, incapacity, conflict of interest or for other good cause” including violation of Justice Department policies. __ Associated Press writers Jonathan Lemire and Catherine Lucey and AP Video Journalist Padmananda Rama contributed to this report. __ Follow Miller on Twitter at https://twitter.com/ZekeJMiller

Governor Lynch swears in new Chief Justice

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This 2018 photo released by the New Hampshire Supreme Court shows Robert J. Lynn, sworn in Monday, April 9, 2018, by Gov. Chris Sununu as the court’s chief justice in Concord, N.H. Lynn worked as a federal prosecutor before becoming a superior court judge in 1992. He was nominated to the state supreme court in 2010 by Democratic Gov. John Lynch. (New Hampshire Supreme Court via AP)

Zuckerberg says company is working with Mueller probe MARY CLARE JALONICK AND BARBARA ORTUTAY

AssociAted Pres WASHINGTON (AP) — Apologetic Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told senators Tuesday it had been “clearly a mistake” to believe the Trump-linked data-mining company Cambridge Analytica had discarded data that it had harvested from social media users in an attempt to sway 2016 elections.

Zuckerberg told members of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees that Facebook considered the data collection “a closed case” because it thought the information had been deleted. Facebook didn’t alert the Federal Trade Commission, Zuckerberg said, and he assured senators the company would handle the situation differently today.

On another issue currently in the news, he was asked whether his company had been contacted by the office of the special counsel, Robert Mueller, who is looking into Russian interference in the election.

“Yes,” he said, “I know that we are working with them.” He provided no other details, saying he wanted to be careful not to break any rules of confidentiality.

Earlier this year Mueller charged 13 Russian individuals and three Russian companies in a plot to interfere in the presidential election through a social media propaganda effort that included online ad purchases using U.S. aliases and politicking on U.S. soil. Some of the Russian ads were on Facebook.

Zuckerberg began a two-day congressional

inquisition with a public apology for the privacy scandal that has shaken the social media giant he founded more than a decade ago. He took responsibility for failing to prevent Cambridge Analytica, a firm affiliated with Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, from gathering personal information from 87 million users to try to influence elections.

Zuckerberg had apologized many times already, to users and the public, but this was the first time in his career that he had gone before Congress. He also is to testify Wednesday before the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., the Commerce Committee chairman, told Zuckerberg his company has a 14-year history of apologizing for “ill-advised decisions” related to user privacy. “How is today’s apology different” Thune asked.

“We have made a lot of mistakes in running the company,” Zuckerberg responded. “I think it’s pretty much impossible, I believe, to start a company in your dorm room and then grow it to be at the scale that we’re at now without making some mistakes.”

Zuckerberg said Facebook is going through “a broader philosophical shift in how we approach our responsibility as a company.”

He said the company needs to take a “more proactive role” that includes ensuring the tools it creates are used in “good and healthy” ways.

In the hearings, Zuckerberg is not only trying to restore public trust in his company but also to stave off federal regulations that

some lawmakers have floated. In his opening statement, he also apologized for his company’s involvement in facilitating fake news and Russian interference in the elections.

“We didn’t take a broad enough view of our responsibility, and that was a big mistake,” he said. “It was my mistake, and I’m sorry. I started Facebook, I run it, and I’m responsible for what happens here.”

Separately, the company also began alerting some of its users that their data was gathered by Cambridge Analytica. A notification that appeared on Facebook for some users Tuesday told them that “one of your friends” used Facebook to log into a now-banned personality quiz app called “This Is Your Digital Life.” The notice says the app misused the information, including public profiles, page likes, birthdays and current cities, by sharing it with Cambridge Analytica.

After resisting previous calls to testify, Zuckerberg agreed to come to Capitol Hill this month after reports surfaced — and the company confirmed — that Cambridge Analytica had gathered Facebook users’ data. Zuckerberg said his company has a responsibility to make sure that doesn’t happen again.

His opening statement did not reveal new information about how data was shared or what Facebook will do. In addition to saying he is sorry, Zuckerberg outlined the steps the company has taken to restrict outsiders’ access to people’s personal information. He also said the company is investigating every app that had access to a large amount of information before the company moved to prevent such

access in 2014 — actions that came too late in the Cambridge Analytica case.

Zuckerberg met Monday with Florida Sen. Bill Nelson, the top Democrat on the Senate Commerce panel, along with other senators.

Nelson said afterward that Zuckerberg was “forthright and honest to the degree he could” be in the private, one-on-one meeting.

Nelson said he believes Zuckerberg is taking the congressional hearings seriously “because he knows there is going to be a hard look at regulation.”

Democrats like Nelson have argued that federal laws might be necessary to ensure user privacy. Republicans have yet to get behind any such legislation, but that could change.

Texas Sen. John Cornyn, a member of the Judiciary panel and the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, appeared open to regulation in a Tuesday floor speech ahead of the hearing.

Cornyn said apologies are “not enough” and suggested that legislation could eventually be needed to give consumers more control over their own data privacy.

“This is a serious matter, and I think people expect us to take action,” Cornyn told reporters after his speech. ___ Associated Press writer Lisa Mascaro contributed to this report. Ortutay reported from New York. ___ For complete coverage of the Facebook privacy scandal, visit https://apnews.com/tag/FacebookPrivacyScandal

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Senate takes up latest voter eligibility bill ASSOCIATED PRESS

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Before testimony even began Tuesday on New Hampshire’s latest voter eligibility bill, opponents made their point during the Pledge of Allegiance, repeating the last words — “justice for all” — several times.

The bill before the Senate Elections Law Committee would end the distinction between full-fledged residents and those claiming the state as their domicile for voting. It is nearly identical to another bill making its way through the legislature, and many of the arguments presented to the committee mirrored previous debate.

College students and others can now declare the state of their domicile for voting purposes without becoming residents subject to other requirements, such as registering their cars or getting New Hampshire drivers licenses.

Supporters of the bill say that creates two tiers of voters, and that changing the definition of residency will restore confidence in elections. Opponents argue it amounts to a poll tax and will having a chilling effect on voting among young people.

Betsy McClain, the town clerk in Hanover, said she has rented rooms to Dartmouth College students who wrote for the local paper, cleaned up the neighborhood, worked and volunteered in town. Such students are an important part of the community, she said.

“To those who claim students are merely tourists or visitors in our town. Nope. They care about what our town is and what it will become,” she said. “The proposed legislation tells them, ‘thanks for all you do to make our town what it is but we don’t want you to participate in how it’s run.”

Secretary of State Bill Gardner spoke in favor of the bill, arguing that New Hampshire’s voter turnout — which is consistently higher than the national average — is proof that New Hampshire is “the most friendly voting state in the United States.”

Unlike most states, New Hampshire allows election-day registration, and has neither provisional ballots nor durational residency requirements.

“As the rest of the country has been going in a downward direction, New Hampshire has been going in the other direction,” he said regarding turnout.

While Gardner argued the bill would not create a poll tax because someone can vote without a New Hampshire driver’s license, opponents of the bill argued it would make voters subject to dozens of other laws that apply to residents.

Liz Tentarelli, president of the League of Women Voters of New Hampshire, suggested the change could affect whether students are considered in-state or out-of-state for tuition purposes.

“I’m not a lawyer, I just had a lot of fun going through the (laws) for the last several months trying to figure out what this did,” she said.

“And I think there are unintended consequences. I think you would be unhappy, or the state university system would be unhappy.”

Both the House and Senate have passed a similar bill, though the House hasn’t yet voted on whether to accept the Senate’s changes. Republican Gov. Chris Sununu has said he opposes efforts to suppress student voting but hasn’t directly said he would veto either bill.

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The Snagging the win from UMass Theory Behind Sports RECAP

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On Saturday, April 7, the Keene State College men’s lacrosse team won against University of Massachusetts Dartmouth with of score of 11-10 in an LEC matchup.

For the first few minutes of the game, neither team was able to score. About seven minutes into the game, the UMass Dartmouth Corsairs made two goals in just under four minutes. With less than two minutes left in the first quarter, KSC sophomore Dave Wiedenfeld assisted sophomore Connor Nolan. The point was followed quickly by a second made by KSC senior Hunter Arnold.

In the second quarter, the Corsairs added three more points to their board. They were met by KSC springing into action and scoring two points. Both assists were made by Nolan, with seven minutes left on the clock. UMass responded by adding an unassisted goal, closely followed with goals made by KSC’s junior J.J. Downey and senior Jon Nassif, ending the second quarter with a six-point tie.

The third quarter was slow moving for both teams as UMass Dartmouth made the first goal of the stanza at marker 4:08, giving them a one-point lead. The Owls came back with a three-point streak to end the quarter with KSC having a two-point advantage.

The last quarter of the game had The Owls taking another point followed by the Corsairs scoring three consecutive goals which tied up the game for the fourth time. KSC senior Paul Beling made the final goal, assisted by Arnold, with two seconds left on the clock, giving The Owls a one-point lead and making KSC the victor.

KSC men’s lacrosse will play again in another LEC game against Salem State University on Saturday, April 14 at 1 p.m..

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Understanding the emotion behind sports SEBASTIEN MEHEGAN

AdminiStrAtivE ExEcutivE Editor The last run in baseball, the final goal in soccer, a bad call made by the official of any sport or that last game-winning touchdown made with less than a second to spare, and the crowd goes wild — but one stays silent among them, looking around in confusion, not understanding where the emotions even came from.

What brings out such violent emotions about a sport?

It has always been a fascinating observation to me. I wouldn’t consider myself a sports expert by any sense of the word. If anyone asks what team I root for at any time, my response is automatic: “The Boston Red Sox!” I respond without even knowing why I chose that team other than the fact that they are New England’s baseball team.

I respond too with this statement because when I have said ‘I don’t follow sports’ in the past, I’ve almost always been met with a look of disappointment and it seems like any chance of conversation has quickly left. In addition, I don’t want to have to explain why I have no interest in most team sports. I can think of a few reasons that could explain why I differ from so many others.

I am not drawn to conflict. I am competitive, but it never turns into animosity towards anyone else. It’s more of a competition with myself; ‘Okay I did it, now how do I do it better the next time?’ is generally the way I work.

However, there is proof throughout history that people are drawn to conflict. Even in the Civil War, civilians were shocked by what they saw, but they were there to eat a picnic and watch what they thought would be a great show.

It was never a bonding experience between me or anyone else. Every time I’ve ever been approached about a sport, I could hold the conversation to an extent, but if you start mentioning players’ names or what happened in a game a month ago or a year ago, my friend, you have lost me.

I am not against sports; do not misunderstand. I actually enjoy most Winter Olympic sports, mainly because so many of them are simply visually appealing. I just don’t understand the intensity that can lead to people leveling their town because their home team won.

It is this I will be exploring for the next few weeks: The theories and research presented by others, how I understood them and compared them to observations I have made.

Sebastien Mehegan can be contacted at smehegan@kscequinox.com

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Senior and midfielder Paul Beling carries the ball up the field in last Saturday’s game against the University of Massachussetts-Dartmouth. The Owls won 11-10.

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The KSC Greeks vs Athletes Penny Wars CAROLINE PERRY

SportS Editor Keene State College hosted the Greeks vs. Athletes Penny Wars.

The Penny Wars were hosted in celebration of the National Collegiate Athletic Associations (NCAA's) Division III Week, the KSC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) in partnership with the Department of Athletics and Recreation and the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life is sponsoring the second annual "Penny War" to raise funds for Special Olympics, an official partner of the NCAA. The Greeks and Athletes were collecting spare change in a friendly competition where all pennies counted towards a teams' total, while all silver coins were subtracted from each total. Individuals placed pennies in their teams' bucket, while putting silver coins into the other teams' bucket. There

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were buckets placed in two locations on campus, one location being at the base of the stairs to the second floor of Spaulding Gym, and the other on a table under the stairs in the first floor of the student center.

The buckets were counted on Friday, April 6 and all donations benefitted the Special Olympics of New Hampshire.

Since the partnership between the Special Olympics and the NCAA Division III began in 2011, student-athletes across the

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country have been encouraged to participate in existing Special Olympics events, create their own events, or otherwise serve to support Special Olympics organization.

The purpose of this partnership is to enhance the lives of Division III student-athletes and Special Olympics athletes through a mutual learning experience, as well as to provide a platform for recognition of Special Olympics athletes and Division III student-athletes within their communities; and raise awareness of Special Olympics, its programs and services The two groups also participated in the second annual "Greeks vs. Athletes Olympics" on Wednesday, April 4, at 6:30 p.m. in Spaulding Gymnasium. Greeks were asked to wear black, while Athletes were asked to wear red.

Caroline Perry can be contacted at cperry@kscequinox.com

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The Keene State Big Brothers Big Sisters 10th annual dodgeball tournament was held in the Spaulding Gymnasium on Sunday, April 8. The goal of the event was to fundraise for the Big Brothers Big Sister’s NH organization. All attendees had a chance to win $125 worth of Domino’s gift cards. See the full story “Dodgeball tournament raises money” on B3.

This week, three women’s lacrosse players received Little East Conference (LEC) weekly awards.

The three players included junior midfielder Chelsea Lewis, senior midfielder Victoria Weinstock and first-year Alison Daisy.

Lewis, who is from Londonderry, New Hampshire, was named the LEC Offensive Player of the Week after her high-level performances in two victories for Keene State College.

Lewis, the junior midfielder, tallied up 10 goals for The Owls.

While playing against Castleton University, Lewis converted three of four free position opportunities, which led to four goals in a 16-5 win.

She also racked up a game-high six goals to tie her season-high, to lead The Owls past Rhode Island College 16-4 in the conference opener.

Lewis also leads all players in goals scored in the LEC with 32. Lewis is also second in points with 38 total.

Weinstock, who is from Brookfield, Connecticut, earned the title of LEC Defensive Player of the Week after leading The Owls to a perfect 2-0 week.

The senior tallied two goals, one assist, 19 draw controls, seven ground balls

and three caused turnovers.

When competing against Castleton University, Weinstock picked up five ground balls and recorded eight draw controls, adding two caused turnovers to her stats.

The senior midfielder followed up that performance with a career-high 11 draw controls and added one goal, one assist, two ground balls and one caused turnover in a victory over Rhode Island College.

Weinstock leads the LEC in draw controls with 47 and in-caused turnovers with 17.

Daisy, a first-year from Raynham, Massachusetts, earned the LEC Rookie of the Week after registering 10 points for KSC as a key part of The Owls’ offense.

In a victory over Castleton University, Daisy fired off five goals on seven shots before following up with another five-point game with four goals and one assist in the conference opener win over Rhode Island College.

Daisy currently ranks seventh overall in goals scored in the LEC with 21 and is second on the team.

The Owls will play University of Massachusetts Dartmouth on Saturday, April 14. The game is on home turf and will begin at 1:00 p.m..

Caroline Perry can be contacted at cperry@kscequinox.com

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The importance of recruiting

Spring Activites

Hiking trails for the spring season CAROLINE PERRY

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The necessity of bringing in new athletes year to year CAROLINE PERRY

SportS Editor In order to make sure that Keene State College athletic teams continue to grow and compete, recruiting is a key factor which provides new skills and personalities for a team.

New athletes bring more to KSC teams and to the college itself.

Kyle Shadeck, a sophomore and member of the KSC men’s swim and dive team, said it is important to ensure that athletic teams have secure athletes who are skilled in the sport, as well as to fill open positions with young talent that will be around for several years.

Shadeck added that recruiting is important for KSC so that all of our programs keep up with the strong tradition of athletic success. “It's important for the college to bring in new athletes so that the programs can continue at the same or better rate of success,” Shadeck said.

KSC athletes and teams like to help in the recruiting process, Shadeck said. He added that the swim and dive team reaches out to potential recruits over social media to help answer any questions or talk about student life. They help in any way possible from a relevant and relatable perspective.

They also host recruits for overnight visits and bring them to classes, practices and social gatherings to really allow

recruits to see what it's like to be a student-athlete at KSC. Some recruiting can be especially successful. Shadeck said there are positives and negatives to having more people on a team.

Shadeck said having more athletes on a team can be positive because then the team has more depth, which makes the team stronger, in addition to having more people to talk to and become friends with.

On the other hand, one negative thing that can come from having more athletes is it becomes competitive among the teammates to fill up certain positions, so unfortunately some athletes will end up having less play-time than others, Shadeck said.

Associate Head Coach and Pitching Coach for KSC men’s baseball team Martin Testo helps with the recruiting process.

“Finding individuals who are good athletes and have good athletic qualities that can potentially bring something great to the team is something to always looks for,” Testo said. He added, “We reach out to a lot of people during the year and look at a lot of athletes that we hope to make an addition to the team.”

Recruiting takes a lot of time, effort and focus. Each coach and recruiter has to have background information on an athlete’s statistics and performance level within games, which can require a lot of traveling.

“It’s a lot of work, but very much worth it because, at the end of the day, we’re bringing in players that want to compete and represent that jersey,” Testo said.

Hien Thach, a sophomore on the KSC women’s basketball team, said recruiting is a very important aspect of bringing in new players. “We didn’t have those numbers last season which ended up really hurting our team. But, so far, coach is doing really well with the recruiting process. We’ve had a couple of recruits up [to visit],” Thach said.

Thach hopes to see more first-years this coming season in order to set a foundation and build-up the base of the basketball team.

Recruiting is especially important for the women’s basketball team because they lost so many players to injuries or inadequate grades, Thach said.

“Having fresh players to teach and work with is always great. Recruiting is really helpful in that way, so we hope to see more girls visit and show interest in our program,” Thach said.

The current semester is flying by, but each KSC athletic team trusts in the recruiting process to bring in fresh athletes who will continue the KSC legacy.

Caroline Perry can be contacted at cperry@kscequinox.com

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“Doubleheaders absolutely require a certain amount of energy, team focus and individual commitment. If we notice that players aren't bringing their end of the deal to the table, they won't play,” Hennessey said.

Even through all the exhaustion a doubleheader can sometimes bring, senior Olivia Indorf said it is worth it to play as much as you can of the sport you love with your team.

Indorf said her motivation derives from “wanting to do well for the team, so that [they] can be successful.”

Indorf added, “The second game has a lot to do with how we play the first game, so if you play really well in the first game,

the motivation is there to keep that going for the second… and if you don't perform well, it can also ration and feed into wanting to do well in the second game and turn things around.”

Weather permitting, doubleheaders will continue and the spring season will go on.

Both KSC’s baseball and softball teams are looking up and have high hopes for the rest of their 2018 seasons.

Softball’s St. Germain said for her team, she hopes it will “get on a hot streak” and win some more conference and non-conference games.

“I hope to go into LEC playoffs and just show everyone that Keene State Softball is here to play and win LECs,” St. Germain said.

Julia Eichman can be contacted at jeichman@kscequinox.com

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be recognized for the hard work they put in on and off the field,” Sullivan said.

Oftentimes, athletes are practicing everyday, sometimes twice a day, which requires a lot of time that an athletes loses. “After all the practices and games, we are all expected to go back and get our homework done,” Sullivan added.

The junior said that continuing the tradition of inducting student-athletes and honoring them for their hard work should definitely be continued in the future and is something that every athlete can strive to achieve.

JJ Downey, a junior and KSC men’s lacrosse player, agreed with both Votto and Sullivan.

“Getting inducted was very humbling,” Downey

said.

As a men’s lacrosse player, Downey’s season runs through the spring, making the final stretch of the semester slightly more challenging. “I hold myself to a high standard and expect nothing less. I look to keep exceeding in the classroom and on the field,” Downey said.

Downey added, “I think it can be challenging, but I think other athletes will want to be a part of this elite group,” Downey said.

The National Athlete Honor Society has seemed to bring pride and honor to each inductee, as well as a desire to strive to achieve more.

Hopefully this legacy will continue throughout the next generation at KSC. Caroline Perry can be contacted at cperry@kscequinox.com

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Spring! Slowly but surely arriving in Keene, New Hampshire, with the exception of a few snow flurries.

Finally, all the snow has melted and weather is beginning to warm up, like I said, slowly but surely.

With spring comes a whole bunch of activities that people can do to get outside and lose the winter slump.

Now with nicer weather, you can begin to jog outside, go for a hike, ride a bike, play softball, do some gardening or even take your dog for more extensive walks.

With nice weather, the possibilities are endless (I still wouldn’t go swimming, though).

But instead of talking about all the things you could do, let’s focus on one.

Going for hikes is one of my favorite spring and summer activities (even though the full hike requires a lot of energy). Find a trail or mountain and you’re on your way, and there are plenty of both around Keene.

There are about 30 places you can go to have a fun day and great hike near Keene.

Some of those places include Annett Wayside Park, Bear Den Geological Park & Trail, Casalis Forest, Chesterfield Gorge Natural Area, Crotched Mountain, Mount Monadnock and Monadnock State Park and more.

Each place is a little different from one another, but all have qualities that a hiker would enjoy.

The Monadnock State Park is probably the most popular place to hike.

The most popular trail to hike is the Monadnock-Sunapee Green Trail, which is a 48-mile hiking trail.

It is a beautiful and remote trail that has excellent maintenance year round.

Also known as “The Greenway”, this trail provides a getaway for a hiker who’s looking to take a long adventure.

If you’re more of a free roamer, then you can always hike up to the top of Mount Monadnock, which is at an elevation of 3,165 feet.

You can decide to go on the White Arrow Trail, which is about two and a half miles (it will take you about two hours to get to the summit).

You could go down the Birchtoft/ Red Spot trail with is about three and a half miles (it will take you three hours to reach the summit).

There is also the White Dot Trail (two miles, two hours to reach the summit) or the White Cross trail (two miles, two hours to reach the summit).

All in all, there are a lot of places you could travel to to have a great day hiking.

If you want a walk in the forest check out areas that provide that. If you’re interested in hiking mountains, there are plenty of places you can find as well.

Being able to stay local is a big perk in Keene, especially if you’re a college student, so look around locally before traveling. You just might save some gas.

If you’re looking to stay fairly close, check out the close mountains and forests, you’re bound to find a nice trail to adventure down.

Caroline Perry can be contacted at cperry@kscequinox.com

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Athlete Honor Society

KSC inducts 32 student-athletes into the Chi Alpha Sigma CAROLINE PERRY

SportS Editor On April 2, 32 student-athletes were inducted into the new Theta Chapter of Chi Alpha Sigma, the National College Athlete Honor Society.

The original National College Athlete Honor Society was created on May 17, 1996 at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. The program was founded by the DePauw head football coach and professor of kinesiology, Nick Mourouzis. This coach, accoeding to the KSC athletic page, “recognized that there were many organizations that honored top or elite athletes with high academic achievements, but none that honored all participants of athletic teams who were letter winners of their sport and who maintained a high cumulative grade point average.” This created the concept of honor-

ing athletes for more than just their performance on the field, court or pool.

The KSC National Athlete Honor Society, Chi Alpha Sigma, hopes to bring honor and recognition to deserving student-athletes, their families, teams, athletic departments and colleges in much the same way as Phi Beta Kappa honors scholastics. However, in order to receive this recognition, there is criteria that all inductees must meet. The criteria, according to the KSC athletic page, includes the following: “Must attend a four-year accredited college or university that is a member of the NCAA or NAIA “Must have earned a letter in a varsity intercollegiate sport sponsored by the NCAA or the NAIA. “Must have achieved at least junior academic standing by the fifth semester or seventh quarter as determined by the certifying

institution.

“Must have achieved a minimum cumulative 3.4 (on a 4.0 scale) or equivalent grade point average by the time of the selection process. Local chapters may require a higher minimum cumulative grade point average, if they choose.

“Must be of good moral character.”

This criteria was met by 32 KSC student-athletes, with junior Courtney Votto included. Votto, a member of the women’s softball team, said it’s very important for athletes to be honored. “You usually see people just getting recognized for athletic successes but never academics,” Votto said. By having a National Athlete Honor Society, Votto believes that it will encourage more student-athletes in the classroom to work even harder and inspire athletes who have yet to be inducted to push themselves to achieve this goal. For Votto, being

recognized as a successful student-athlete was something that made her very proud.

“I was very excited to get inducted because I believe I’m personally better in the classroom versus on the field, so I was happy to finally get recognized for something I’m good at,” Votto said.

The concept of honoring athletes on the field and in the classroom connected with the junior. “I think it is important because sometimes you accomplish something you might not think is that big of an accomplishment, but when you get recognized for it, it makes you feel good and feel like you can accomplish more,” Votto added.

Junior Samantha Sullivan, a member of the KSC women’s lacrosse team, said that being inducted was a rewarding accomplishment. “It’s really great that athletes can

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Keene State College inducted 32 student-athletes into Chi Alpha Sigma, the new National Athlete Honor Society. Each student had to meet a list of criteria before being considered as a nominee.

The strain of doubleheaders JULIA EICHMAN

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Keene State College’s baseball and softball teams said two is not always better than one, as there are both advantages and disadvantages of playing doubleheader games.

Not only are doubleheaders physically challenging, they also affect players mentally. Junior Molly St. Germain said, “Doubleheaders prove which teams are the most physically fit and mentally prepared. Doubleheaders can be emotionally and mentally exhausting for players because the first game could go in one direction and the second game could be completely different. You never know what you are going to get until the game starts.” St. Germain compared the doubleheader games to a chess match and said, “You are always trying to be one step ahead of your opponent.”

Taking things one step at a time is the tactic that Head Baseball Coach Ken Howe likes to go by.

“Whether it’s a doubleheader or a single game, we try to take it one game at a time. After every game, doubleheader or not, we talk about what we could've done better. We try to make adjustments mentally and physically, whether it is 30 minutes later or four

days later, when we play again,” Howe said.

Head Coach Howe also has expectations for the baseball team. “For the rest of the season, I hope that the weather will change. I also want the guys going out and competing everyday, whether it’s competition in practice to earn more playing time or competing with opponents that we happen to be facing that day,” Howe said.

Head Softball Coach Carrah Fisk Hennessey said her team has a different approach. She said it usually “switches up the lineups” after playing the first game because, she said, “We go into [the second game] with information we can gather from statistics and pieces of game film… We know more about our opposition, and, ideally, that information leads us to attacking.”

When it comes to coaching athletes, all coaches work to have each of their athletes reach his or her potential as an individual. Hennessey said, “It's my job to coach every student-athlete on my team the way that reaches them best. It changes based on what each player brings to the field, inning by inning and out by out.”

She added, “Regardless of if it is the first or second game of a doubleheader, coaching decisions change and are made in the moment.”

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