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Vol. 69, Issue #27 Thursday, April 20, 2017

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Three alternative potential academic models proposed DOROTHY ENGLAND

According to the committee’s report, the committee known as the Committee to Align Vision and Structure (CAVS) was asked to answer this question: “What ALEXANDRIA SAURMAN are possible structural redesign options in Academic artS and EntErtainmEnt Editor Affairs that could enhance and contribute to the fulfillment of the liberal education vision at Keene State KATIE JENSEN College?” They were then tasked with presenting their Equinox Staff findings in a public report.

The reason given by Provost Seigh for why the CAVS A committee tasked with evaluating the academic was charged with this task was because KSC is at a system at Keene State College has come up with three place where three of the four deans are in interim posialternative models, one of which will potentially have a tions and Dean of Science and Social Sciences Gordon future at the college.

Leversee is set to retire, so no dean would have to lose

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a permanent position. “Right now where jobs are in question are numbers of deans,” he said. “I’m not sure at the end of this discussion, we’re going to have five deans, so will we lose a dean’s role, or two deans’ roles or three deans’ roles? Possibly. So I think these jobs may go away. Will the work go away? No, someone has to do the work.”

As for all the associate and assistant deans with each program, Seigh said every year is different for the amount of people within each program. “So these jobs are more fluid depending on what the needs are and who’s available to fill these positions. [In] my 20 years here, the number of associate or assistant deans has

varied,” he said.

The current system at KSC entails a three school system of Arts and Humanities, one of Professional and Graduate Studies and a third of Sciences and Social Sciences. At the end of March, the CAVS report came out with an altered three-school model, a two-school model and a one-school model (to read a detailed summary of each, go to B6).

Chair of the CAVS and KSC History Professor Greg Knouff was asked if the positions of the deans were the only factor that went into coming up with three different models. He said he didn’t feel at liberty to say since

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Keene State College raises tuition for next semester KATIE JENSEN

KSC first-year Nicholas Moungsa had similar feelings. “I feel bad for people applying to college now. It Keene State College’s cost just keeps getting more expensive of tuition for in-state and out-of- and people have to be more conscistate students is on the rise again. entious of cost nowadays,” he said.

According to the 2016 KSC factbook, the tuition rates are increasing for Why the rise in-state students by 2 percent and out-of-state students by 3 percent.

According to the College FacOne of the major problems most tual Website that is aimed at helpcollege students face today is the ing high school students choose massive loan debt they’ll collect their best fit college, rising tuitions upon graduating college, especially and cost for living expenses are proif tuition keeps increasing. jected to increase at most colleges.

In exact costs, tuition will rise “Unfortunately, tuition increases from $10,968 to $11,188 for in-state are very common…. In the past 10 students and from $19,352 to $19,934 years tuition has increased 3.5 [perfor out-of-state students according cent] per year at all public universito the 2016 KSC factbook and KSC ties, and 2.4 [percent] at all private website. universities,” the College Board Keene State College junior Lisa reported in an article highlighting Shea, expressed her concern for the the tuition trends in higher educarising cost of tuition in the coming tion. years.

KSC Interim Vice President for “I have so much debt already -- Finance and Planning Dr. Daniel it’s not getting any easier,”she said. Petree affirmed the Finance and Shea also brought up difficulties Planning Department is working she’ll have if she wants to continue to keep the cost of a KSC education her education. “I’m especially con- as affordable as possible. “Every cerned if I decide to go to graduate college today finds itself in a simischool after college, I won’t be able lar situation. In order to continue to afford it. I’m already in so much to provide the best possible living debt, it’s just inhibiting me from and learning environment for our continuing my education,” she said. students, we have to struggle with

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New construction option for KSC safety majors GRACE KELLY

Equinox Staff A new option may be built into the safety major at Keene State College.

In the fall semester of 2018, an option for learning construction may be available.

The Chair of KSC’s Safety Department Professor Larry McDonald said how this degree has been under consideration for years now.

“A number of groups have come to us and asked us to add certain things to our safety program. We were approached by the Associate of General Contractors (AGC), which is

Other costs to factor in For example, Dr. Petree shared the college’s difficulty paying for the energy supply.

“We are constantly looking for ways to reduce energy consumption,” he stated, and according to his estimates, “this year we will spend about $100,000 less than we had budgeted.”

However, Dr. Petree explained the KSC financial departments, as well as the USNH, have limited control over the rising costs of operations.

He stated the inflation of col-

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just about all of the union contractors in the United States. We asked if we are to follow through with the academic program, then we would need the AGC to support the school financially.

They agreed and on November 13, 2015 the AGC and the President of Keene State College signed a memorandum of understanding.” he said.

McDonald cautioned that there are still multiple steps that need to be taken. “So far, the degree doesn’t exist yet. We are currently writing the curriculum proposal that will go to the College Senate this fall in Sep-

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increasing costs of operation. We don’t know what the future trend of our costs of operation will be,” Petree stated in an e-mail.

On their website, the University System of New Hampshire (USNH) board of trustees states they approve the tuition costs annually for the following public colleges: Keene State College, Granite State College, Plymouth State University and the University of New Hampshire.

This means the USNH has to be mindful of what affects these costs as well as KSC being aware themselves.

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Thursday, April 20, 2017

Student’s backpack disappears from Spaulding Gym

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A student couldn’t find his backpack after leaving it overnight at the gym behind the front desk. According to a gym employee, this does not happen often.

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Equinox staff A backpack disappeared from the Spaulding Gymnasium under mysterious circumstances on Friday, April 7.

Late Thursday night, KSC student junior Jake Genest left his backpack in the gym. A student worker spotted the bag and took it behind Spaulding’s front desk for safekeeping.

When Genest returned Friday morning to reclaim his forgotten bag, the gym staff discovered that it had disappeared. Genest’s bag contained a laptop, an essential tool for every college student.

Spaulding Gym student employee David Dunham said valuables like Genest’s laptop do not get lost or stolen often. According to Dunham, a valuable item gets

left behind maybe once a month. The items that usually get left behind are shirts, shorts and reusable water bottles. By the end of the year, Spaulding Gym has around 100 water bottles floating in its lost and found.

Dunham said shirts, shoes and shorts that are not picked up by the end of the year get donated to Planet Aid, a non-profit organization that recycles and sells used textiles.

Expensive items that get left behind are transported to and locked in the assistant director’s office. A student who comes by the front desk to retrieve their lost item must be able to prove that the item is theirs.

If nobody comes to claim the item, the staff gives it to Campus Safety, Dunham said.

According to KSC Director of Recreational Sports Lynne Andrews, this didn’t happen to Genest’s bag because Spaulding’s staff was unaware of its contents.

Andrews said it’s hard to tell who took Genest’s bag. According to Andrews, there is a reported theft maybe once or twice a semester. She said she knows the bag was in Spaulding Gym when they locked up for the night and that it had disappeared when her staff returned in the morning.

“It’s hard to gauge who’s in the building after we close for the night,” Andrews said. “Usually, it’s just the cleaning staff and maybe the sports teams, but they usually don’t come in.”

She said when and if KSC’s sports teams decide to come into Spaulding after close, it’s when they’re returning from an away game. If the athletes come inside, they go to the locker room and then leave.

Spaulding Gym’s staff encourages students to use a cubby to lock up their personal items while they’re working out instead of putting their belongings on the

bench underneath the gym’s cubbies.

Students can also register and use a permanent locker in one of Spaulding’s locker rooms, they just have to provide a lock.

Things still get stolen despite the gym’s efforts to get students to lock up their stuff. Andrews said this usually happens because someone stores their items in a locker without a lock, “but it’s rare.”

When this happens, the staff responds by posting signs in the locker rooms that alert students of the theft and remind them to lock up their personal items.

The thief’s identity remains a mystery. Jake Genest was unavailable to make a statement for this story.

Alex Fleming can be contacted at afleming@kscequinox.com

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tember. So, that’s about a one-year process to complete and, assuming it’s approved by the College Senate, being a new program, it will also have to be approved by the president and the provost. Then, it would have to be approved by the University System of New Hampshire. So, it would hopefully start in the fall of 2018,” he said.

Professor of Safety and Occupational Health Applied Wayne Hartz explained why KSC was chosen over any other college in the United States.”In construction we want critical thinkers, problem solvers, people working on a team and people who respect cultural differences. We want exceptional communication skills, written or verbal, person to person,” Hartz said.

“Keene State College has a reputation for producing students that can talk with people on the job and understand what to do from a management standpoint.

They’ve actually asked a couple of other schools to take on this program. We’re the only school that was open to listening to what their proposal was and worked with them. It’s a compliment to the students and the graduates from KSC. They’ve given us a good reputation,” he said.

KSC safety major Heather Madden also explained that in the city of Keene, the construction industry programs are not as progressive as down south. “A lot of businesses up here are still not aware of how important safety is and they don’t even have safety representatives or safety teams to oversee companies,” she said.

“Like when I did my internship, for the entire company there was one safety manager and I was her assistant manager. But, usually there’s a team of three or four people. So, they’re definitely reaching out to try and bring people in,” she said.

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“Keene State College has a reputation for producing students that can talk with people on the job and understand what to do from a management standpoint.”

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Madden explained where there’s a need for safety construction in her plans after graduation this semester.

She said, “I’m moving to Nashville, Tennessee, in August because the opportunity down there so much more vast than up here.”

She continued, “Everything is construction, so I thought I might as well move and see what’s down there. Safety is such a huge up-and-coming field that they are really digging for people,” she said.

McDonald also described how the construction safety major has been a work in progress for years now and has shown an increasing profit. “For the past three semes-

ters, on Wednesday nights there’s been a construction safety class that is actually taught by eight AGC experts that are guest speakers over the course of the semester.

We also added a month-long intensive construction safety class in the summer. We had a waiting list of at least ten students for each section. Last year, it was extremely successful and it gave the students a huge boost to move forward on construction safety,”he said.

Mcdonald went on to say that not all students in the classes are signing up for the credit.

“Since we also operate the Osha Education Center for New England, we used their

instructors for the classes so students can obtain their Osha certificates. It ended up making a profit for Keene State College, not only from students, but almost half of the students in the class came from industry so they can get their certificates,” he said.

Hartz explained that the Construction Safety major ensures safety on the job. “If you have a workforce that is safe on the job, nobody gets killed. There’s still 4,300 deaths a year, which is about thirteen people dying each day at their job. So, these construction companies figured out that they need to prevent occupational injuries and deaths while also getting the job done on time. Safety, quality and productivity are all related to

the same thing. It’s really about management and leadership,” he said.

Madden also explained that she has heard a lot about the upcoming degree and has high hopes.

She said,“I think it’s really good because a lot of people that are recruiting for safety positions are construction companies. For years and years people have been doing these huge projects with huge injury and illness rates. It’s crazy to me. I think it’s awesome that they are finally trying to actually improve themselves.”

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Recipients of commencement awards announced CAMPUS

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The recipients of Keene State College’s honorary degree and Granite State Awards have been announced.

Thomas Porter will be receiving this year’s honorary degree and Eric Stumacher is receiving the Granite State Award.

KSC Chief of Staff and Associate Vice President of Marketing and Communications Kathleen Williams, who also acted as chair of the committee charged with the commencement awards, said that there were six nominations for the Honorary Degree and five for the Granite State Award.

Aside from the recipient of the Granite State Award being from New Hampshire, Williams said the criteria for the awards is broad, but that specifically the committee tries to find nominees whose work has had an impact on society and that align with the college’s mission.

She said these men are examples of that.

“One of the things we look at is we look at the mission of the college and one aspect of that is to help our students [and] our community to find ways to become more [civically] engaged or engage citizenship. I think both of these gentlemen really exemplify that,” Williams said.

Porter was nominated by Mark Reynolds, a staff writer for the KSC marketing and com-

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Thomas Porter is part of the Mohawk community of Kanatsiohareke where he leads as a spiritual chief and spokesperson. He was nominated by KSC’s Marketing and Communications Deptartment staff writer Mark Reynolds for KSC’s Honorary Degree and won out of six nominations.

munications department who said he has known Porter since the 70s.

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Musician Eric Stumacher is the founder of the Sonad Project, which strives to advocate for freedom and equality through musical mediums such as chamber and orchestra music. Stumacher will be accepting the 2017 Granite State Award.

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lege tuition is truly affected by the market. “At the end of the day, we don’t set the price of energy. The market does. If the price goes up, we must pay it. Every college today finds itself in a similar situation,” he stated.

Too much of a good thing?

The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) is a “private, non-profit economic research organization that studies findings among academics, public policy experts and professionals, recently investigated the steep rise in college tuition from 1987 to current day” according to their website.

By conducting a study on the changes in underlying costs and reforms to the Federal Student Loan Program (FSLP), they’ve discovered the root causes to our increasing tuition trend.

“Changes in the FSLP alone generate a 102 [percent] tuition increase, and changes in the college premium generate a 24 [percent] increase,” the study reported.

In other words, federal aid programs loan a generous amount to students, causing more people to attend college, especially ones out of their typical price range. NBER described how this issue arises from more individuals being offered financial aid, in a theory otherwise known as the Bennett Hypothesis.

This means when more financial aid is granted, tuition is raised under the impression that these financial aid agencies will cover stu-

dents’ costs associated.

After asking Dr. Petree about the link between the increasing availability of financial aid and the rising costs of tuition, he responded, “The link between financial aid and tuition is more complicated and nuanced.”

Then he explained,“The real cost (adjusted for inflation) of providing a college level education continues to increase.” He explained that the rising cost of tuition results from the rising cost of labor and supplies the school demands.

However, a NBER study concludes that increasing tuition to cover for the rising costs is not effective.

“The college cannot effectively offset this cost by raising revenue from the existing student body because it already engages in substantial rent extraction. Thus, the college must raise revenue from other sources and/or reduce costs,” the study reported.

Currently, Dr. Petree assured that one of KSC’s leading missions in cost reduction is finding another vendor to service the school’s bookstore.

Dr. Petree confirmed, “we have decided to work with Barnes and Noble, effective approximately May 15, 2017.” According to his estimations, after working a full year with Barnes & Noble the school is going to save between $200,000-$300,000.

For more information on how to save money or calculate your college expenses, visit the Student Accounts Office in the Elliot Center.

Katie Jensen can be contacted at kjensen@kscequinox.com

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“To me, I think he is the greatest man alive.

I mean I’m not exaggerating, I really do,” Reynolds said.

Porter is a member and advocate of Mohawk Nation. He has worked for decades to help restore and preserve Indian culture in North America through lecturing, various organizations dedicated to traditional culture of Indian people and more. He touched on what he has been up to recently.

“I’m doing a lot of lecturing in different Indian communities… they call me to different parts of the country...to interpret what the tradition and the spirituality of their native people before it was interrupted by colonization… there’s only a few of us left in North America that could probably do that. So that’s why I’m always busy because they’re trying to resurrect, they’re trying to revitalize, trying to make sure that it doesn’t become extinct…”

Porter said.

Reynolds commended his friend for his dedication to his beliefs and his goals for as long as he has known him. “What he was doing then, that’s what he’s always done. I’ve never seen him compromise his integrity or his goals. He’s stood up against adversity,” Reynolds said.

KSC Music Professor Jose Lezcano, who

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he was just following the charge to the committee. “I’m the wrong person to ask about that because I’m [with] the committee,” he said Regardless, Seigh said that the current deans have been very helpful. “Our current deans are so focused on doing the incredible work that they’re doing and the incredible work they’re doing as deans and looking to the interest of the institution,” he said.

A dean’s perspective Dean of Professional and Graduate Studies Anne Miller said she didn’t have any concerns with any of the proposed models or with her job position. “I’m confident we’re going in the right direction,” she said. Miller also said she would be retiring in December of 2017.

Miller said there was no one model she favored for the time being, however she liked the idea of an interdisciplinary approach. She likened it to being in highschool where a student learns a variety of topics. “You might feel like you’ll never really all of these subjects, but as you go you’ll see the interconnections of knowledge. It’s a richer experience,” she said.

However, Keene State already has an interdisciplinary program known as the Integrative Studies Program or ISP. The CAVS Chair Knouff acknowledged that the ISP is very similar to what the committee came up with, especially for the two-school model and one-school model.

Miller was quick to say that not every course needed an interdisciplinary approach. “Students need to have an understanding of depth and breadth, meaning they understand their specific focus and then have other materials to add to their education,” Miller said.

She gave an example of this by saying a student majoring in architecture could understand movement and beauty by taking a dance class. “I personally have a lot of belief in the interconnectivity,” she said. “It’s similar to how we have all these departments on campus, but as a whole we have this community.”

Miller said there needs to be more open discussions so that people can understand clearly what will be implemented. “It takes a lot of time.

We need to be sure we’re thoughtful and get the benefit of many different perspectives,” she said. Miller said this was especially important because the CAVS report is about exploring different foundational structures. “There are many steps we need to take,” she said. According to

could not be reached for comment for this story, nominated Stumacher to receive the Granite State Award.

Stumacher founded the Sonad Project in 2007, which he said was created to help bridge the gaps between cultures through the arts and working with students and professionals from all around the world to achieve that goal.

“The real challenge in today’s world is how can we empathize with those who are different from ourselves and we feel blessed by the discovery that the arts, music and the other arts provide a wonderful format where people can collaborate across human differences and inspire each other to realize the common humanity in all of us,” Stumacher said.

Porter will also be giving the commencement address at graduation, where he said he will speak about the connectedness of all things and the responsibility individuals have for the safety of future generations.

Both men expressed their gratitude for their respective honors. Commencement will take place May 6 on the Fiske Quad .

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Miller,there also needs to be more support from all across the campus. “There hasn’t been a lot of support, but that comes through in all three models,” she said.

What does this mean for students One element of support that has been said to be the main focus for the work of the committee is student support.

The committee held an open forum for students and Provost Seigh visited Student Assembly earlier in the year to discuss the CAVS’s work.

KSC junior and member of Student Assembly Adam Geddis said that it was a little difficult to remember everything Seigh discussed since what Seigh said to Student Assembly was so far back, but that he thought it was important to consider different options. “I haven’t heard too much about it, but I’m interested in how it will play out,” Geddis said.

Geddis said he personally feels that whichever decision is made, he doesn’t think it will hurt students or their learning.

At different points, both Seigh and KSC President Anne Huot have said the potential restructuring is to help students, first and foremost, have the best learning opportunity they can at KSC. In the eight problems listed concerning the current system in place, there is only one that connects to students. That problem listed was was that it is unknown how well the current structure helps students “navigate their way through the college, or attract new students to the college,” according to the CAVS report.

The other issues dealt with workload, possibly having too many positions for similar jobs and the distribution of startup packages.

In addition, Seigh said he finds that KSC is already an effective school for students. “I really do believe that we are serving the students well,” he said. “The data that we continue to see, that our students are… pleased with their education.

They are finding work, we are ranked really high as a student body, it’s really exciting.”

He also said that many students wouldn’t really see a change on whichever proposed model was implemented. “The college is going to continue to have majors and departments and I think the way our students connect with the college is largely going to remain the same,” he said.

Upon being asked as to how students would be directly impacted by the changes seen in each model, he said in fact the most changes to be seen would not be about students. “For example the three school model… these changes are mostly administrative within the schools and in

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fact to be honest, a lot of changes in the models are administrative within the schools,” he said.

Open forums for open opinions There were three open forums held for the KSC community to share their opinions on the report submitted by the CAVS. The Equinox was only able to attend two meetings, the first one on Tuesday, April 11 and and the last held on Thursday, April 13. During the meetings, some people supported the models and what they symbolized: a move to restructure KSC’s academic structure. Others did not. Many people asked questions revolving around the motto “if it ain’t broke, dont fix it,” as stated in the first meeting held on Tuesday.

Seigh said later in an interview with The Equinox, “This action is not happening because something is broken and we have to fix it. It’s happening because we’re in pretty good shape where we have the opportunity to be even better and stronger.”

Other concerns expressed at the forums included the fact that although the student population is getting smaller, it seems as though more faculty and staff leadership roles are being made. Another issue people at the forum found was that the models didn’t necessarily address what is best for students.

KSC Director of Corporate Partnerships and Strategic Initiatives Daniel Henderson said he personally didn’t think any of the models would be applicable for students. “Nothing from these models helps form internships or jobs” he said.

“Hypothetically, the one school system helps because of the interdisciplinaries.”

In addition, Henderson said that conversations with students about their future at college should be addressed as soon as they enroll. He said, “Today’s students are graduating with students from all over the world. What are things they need to have so they’re hired?”

However, others liked the models and thought there could be something beneficial made out of them. KSC Biology Professor Karen Cangialosi said during the meeting that she felt change would be good. “Higher education is shifting really fast, we can’t just keep doing what we’ve been doing,” she said. “We have this opportunity as we restructure to redefine what we really mean.”

After the meeting, Cangialosi spoke with The Equinox. “I think this has been a great discussion,” she said. “But the three models don’t go far enough in redefining our institution. We have such an opportunity to put our students at the forefront.” Cangialosi said the school needs to ask students what they need or want from

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Thursday, April 20, 2017

EDITORIAL

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Increased inflation as tuition rates rise The increased inflation of tuition rates is occurring across the country at colleges and universities, and Keene State College (KSC) is not excluded from this trend. With tuition rates climbing slightly year after year, some fear the extra debt they’ll find themselves in once they’ve earned their degree.

Regardless of one’s loan, that borrowed money will eventually start to accumulate interest if payments aren’t met. With an increased hike in tuition fees, these loans that are taken up will be greater, resulting in more potential interest fees. The increase in tuition fees may be very minimal, but over time, it will add up when looking at the grand scheme of things. This is especially true if the increased tuition rate trend is to continue in the future.

As of right now, according to http://www. keene.edu, the 2017-2018 rates are $11,188 for a full-time matriculated year for an in-state student and $19,934 for a full-time matriculated year for an out-of-state student. For some, these figures are affordable, but for others, even just a semester’s price tag is steep. This price tag could potentially become even steeper if next year’s tuition rates climb once again.

KSC’s factbook states the tuition rates are increasing by two percent for in-state students and by three percent for out-of-state students. Previously, tuition for in-state students was frozen. Although it seems a small increase

when looking at it from a financial standpoint, this money actually matters. When looking at these percentages, that means that next year, tuition for in-state students will cost $11,411.76, which is $223.76 more, and out-of-state will cost $20,532.02, which is $598.02 higher. Bear in mind this doesn’t include the expenses for other fees that come along with schooling such as dining plans for example.

However, keep in mind the college itself is not necessarily to blame for these increases. The University System of New Hampshire (USNH) board of trustees’ members are actually the ones who approve or disapprove the tuition costs annually for the following public institutions: the University of New Hampshire, Plymouth State University, Granite State College and Keene State College. So, we Owls aren’t the only New Hampshire students who face these increases.

It appears troubling that while our tuition increases, financial aid and scholarships only cover so much. Yes, money is provided through them to be put toward schooling, but as rates go up, some may wonder whether or not financial aid and scholarships will too. Any sum of money small or large is greatly appreciated in the eyes of most students. College students, like most people, would rather acquire cash than dish it out, but as college costs more and more annually, are students going to be footing a heftier bill for

the same quality education as previous years?

While everyone’s financial situation is unique, not all get assistance from parents or family members. Some students end up having to pay for their education all on their own while others receive help paying their loans back. However large or small the tuition rates increase, it’s still more money for students in the long run if rates continue to rise.

We at The Equinox hope to see the trend of tuition rates rising annually come to an end. Ideally, it would be great if they were to decrease or even be tuition-free as Bernie Sanders wanted for us so desperately. But realistically speaking, we would like to see tuition rates remain consistent so students and their families can better afford to put their children through school. For any students with questions regarding their own tuition situation, visit Student Accounts in the Elliot Center.

“It appears troubling that while our tuition increases, financial aid and scholarships only cover so much.”

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North Korean conflicts rise KATHERINE GLOSSER

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War has existed for thousands of years. According to the Ancient History Encyclopedia, the oldest war in recorded history was in Mesopotamia 2700 BCE. Over the course of several centuries, war tactics and forms of war have evolved.

Today, the threat of war has not disappeared and in America, it could be a major threat to our nation. Last week, President Trump launched a non-nuclear missile attack at a military airfield in Homs, Syria. It involved 59 missiles. Not only do I find this action to be destructive, I also find it to be a dangerous and risky move.

What we need to consider is the death toll that involved innocent lives.

Syrian officials said to multiple news sources that some of the people were killed civilians. According to the LA Times, the Syrian officials said the airstrike killed six on the U.S targeted base and nine other people in surrounding villages.

Whether what the officials said was accurate or not, having this information could make the U.S a potential target. This could go back on the progress the American military has put forth to establish a positive relationship with some Syrian civilians.

In addition to the loss of innocent lives, the missile strike was a massive waste of money. According to an article on CNN, each tomahawk missile costs $832,000. If you multiply this by 59, the amount of missiles that were launched in the strike, that would bring the total cost to $49.088 million dollars. This is a huge cost to taxpayers. Trump’s reasoning as a message to Assad he isn’t okay with the chemical attacks he carried out on civilians.

If this is truly the case then what is the point of launching the amount of missiles that he did and wasting several million dollars? As much as I agree with his statements about the atrocity of the Syrian chemical attacks, why not just send a few missiles and save millions of dollars.

One missile that doesn’t miss their target is enough of a statement that our country won’t tolerate this injustice. These millions of dollars could have gone to help out the economy and other financial issues that American citizens are struggling with.

Another reason I am against it is the potential military retaliation the U.S might receive. When an air strike is being conducted by the military, it gives the message, “We are declaring war,” which would sign us up for a third world war. According to The Independent, China expressed their distaste for the air strike, saying it undermined Syria’s territorial sovereignty, an opinion I agree with. Vladimir Putin and Bashar-al Assad also expressed their distaste for the attack, condemning it as an act of aggression.

Not only did Russia and Syria condemn the airstrike, so did North Korea. Officials in North Korea said that the U.S airstrike was proof they needed nuclear weapons. So we potentially signed ourselves up for a war with three highly equipped and militarized countries.

If Assad’s and Putin’s chemical attacks on Syrian civilians wasn’t horrible enough, imagine what could happen if they decided to do these attacks on U.S. soil? What could happen if the same kind of attack occurred on U.S soil as a result of our attack on Assad? No military attack

has gone without retaliation, with the attack on Pearl Harbor being a perfect example. North Korea has also had a fair share of nuclear threats.

Imagine the devastation they could inflict on the U.S. with nuclear weapons. According to the New York Times and BBC news, China warned the U.S that the North Korea conflict could lead to devastation and that the conflict will only get worse.

While we do have a powerful military, how can we properly prepare for potential chemical and nuclear attacks? Right now, we are enemies with Assad’s regime, Putin, Islamic State fighters and North Korea. All of these places have many resources and were responsible for several thousand deaths, foreign and non-foreign, in the past.

Another reason why I don’t approve of the missile strike is because of the harm it could cause on other countries as well as our own. According to an article from CNBC, one of the countries that North Korea trades with is China.

Because the missile strike convinced North Korea their nuclear weapons are needed, it could potentially set us up for an attack. This, in turn, could be a problem for China and would impact the U.S. because we trade with China. If the U.S. ends up being in a full-on war with Assad, North Korea and Russia, it would affect surrounding countries. China expressed it would try and stop the conflict between America and North Korea because if they don’t, it could negatively impact both China and North Korea, causing them further economic issues.

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should not have to deal with another world war. We have come so far, so why destroy all of our progress just to instill fear in our enemies?

The number one question one should ask is whether it’s worth all the risks when we carry out an attack as big as the airfield strike? Instead, compromises should be made and we should make an effort to not lengthen and worsen an already existing war.

Katherine Glosser can be contacted at kglosser@kscequinox.com

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Jeff Sessions putting his foot down on drugs Italy discusses JOSH BIASE

Equinox Staff While there are so many facets of the Trump administration that range from infuriating to downright dangerous, one that lands squarely in the middle of that spectrum is Jeff Sessions and his feelings toward drugs and policing in general. Jeff Sessions is a man with southern, old-fashioned ideals through and through.

One of these ideals is Sessions’ blatant disdain for marijuana and its legal expansions.

A striking example of his opinion was his praise for Nancy Reagan’s “Just Say No” campaign (which was a campaign from 1980’s that the Reagan administration believed would curb drug use by encouraging kids and teens to “just say no”) at a senate hearing in April of 2016. He then furthered his stance in the same hearing by making the bold and very incendiary statement that “good

people don’t smoke marijuana.” This type of rhetoric in modern day America seems ridiculous and unheard of, but this man vehemently believes in these statements he’s made. This is quite worrisome to me considering he is the attorney general of our nation, meaning he oversees the entire Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). This means Sessions has the power to translate his views into tangible policy, which could greatly affect how citizens are policed and treated when it comes to small, nonviolent drug offenses.

Sessions’ appointment to attorney general arose from Donald Trump’s election to presidency, which is intriguing due to the fact that many states voted to legalize the recreational use of marijuana on the same day. This brings the total of states that have legalized marijuana to eight, with the District of Columbia having already passed their law back in 2014.

Twenty-eight states have medicinal

marijuana laws in place. Despite the efforts of the “war on drugs” and the demonization of marijuana in the past, there seems to be a paradigm shift occurring in terms of how the U.S. citizens perceive it. This is evidenced by those states I mentioned earlier passing recreational use and possession laws, as well as a Gallup poll that showed 60 percent of Americans now support the legal usage of marijuana.

Another problem that could arise from Sessions’ comments and general attitude towards marijuana legalization is how it would affect the marijuana industry in general and if it would reverse some of the progress that has already been made.

Some of this progress includes the 5.4 billion dollars the industry has accrued, quoted in a November 2016 article from National Public Radio (NPR). In a December 2016 article from Fortune, it entails the amount of tax revenue that the state of Colo-

rado made from the legal marijuana industry, which they then used to fund school construction projects.

The total was around 50 million dollars just from an excise tax the state imposed, which the state then required to divert the revenue to funding of schools.

Sessions recently spoke at a panel discussion at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona last Tuesday, April 11 and once again brought up his opinion on marijuana. But this time, he got a little more specific about his disdain for the plant and even furthered his already preposterous rhetoric. This time, he commented on medical marijuana usage, saying it has been “hyped, maybe a little too much” and then followed up with the erroneous claim that marijuana is “only slightly less awful than heroin.” These quotes come from an April 13 article written by the Washington Times.

This man’s old-school attitude toward an issue that has become less taboo over the years and more accepted, especially in the medical community, is scary and a danger to not only certain facets of health care, but the American idea of freedom as well. It is quite divisive to label someone a “bad person” just because of the fact that someone chooses to smoke or use marijuana, especially in states where it is fully legal. Trump campaigned on the idea of returning the rights to the states, especially when it comes to marijuana. Sessions doesn’t seem to agree with that concept, as it seems he wants to re-implement the archaic laws that left many non-violent, small possession drug offenders locked up. Only time will tell if Sessions becomes the hypocrite he is destined to be and takes away state’s rights when it comes to this issue. The hypocrisy here is Sessions and Trump returning rights to states to make their own decisions on a plethora of issues except this one. All is I know is our economy and prisons can not accommodate another “war on drugs”.

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menstrual leave ABBY SHEPERD

Equinox Staff Paid menstrual leave is being discussed in Italy and, naturally, all over Facebook. This legislation would be the first of its kind in the Western World, according to Business Insider, which allows women three days of paid leave if their menstrual symptoms are too intense to work. Menstrual leave is already implemented in some Southeast Asian countries such as Japan and Indonesia, with various success. According to The Atlantic, the women in these countries aren’t taking leave that is offered because of the stigma surrounding missing work. In the severely patriarchal and capitalist culture in a place like South Korea, women don’t take available leave because they fear the judgment of the men with whom they work.

This misogyny surrounded by women’s health is nothing new, especially in the United States. However, the myths perpetrated by the media and even some health professionals about menstruation do exist. Not all women want chocolate ice cream and certainly not all women are irrational, emotional wrecks. Some women (myself included) have issues with menstruation, and some women are totally fine running a marathon on those first few days. Women know what is best for their bodies. This policy doesn’t give women the excuse to get off from work, but rather the option to do what is best for them on a case-by-case basis. Writer Carla Pascoe from The Conversation believes that, “the problem with deciding whether menstrual leave is a good idea is that women’s experiences of menstruation are as varied as our fingerprints.”

As a person who experiences Dysmenorrhoea, otherwise known as painful periods, I wish a policy like this could be implemented. The idea that women should take an ibuprofen and move on is baffling.

In another article from an academic publication The Conversation, mid-twentieth century medical professionals and many second-wave feminists began to talk about menstruation as something that doesn’t detriment their work and as something that isn’t debilitating, but certainly isn’t empowering.

I disagree. As women, we are expected to constantly have the exterior of our bodies available for critique, while the interior is ignored or shamed. When we talk about menstruation and are faced with disgruntlement and perpetual eye rolls, it’s easy to feel like we are only allowed to accept our body when it is comfortable or convenient for others. Taking care of your body is integral to empowerment because of the struggle to regain our bodies from a society that wants to own or judge them.

Women are forced to hide their menstruation and menstrual issues. This is leading to a culture which invalidates the female body’s interior as much as its exterior. I agree with the implementation of a menstrual leave policy. While I am not sure if it will be abused or not, I think that the benefits outweigh the cons. When women go to work and they are feeling horrible, their productivity is down. When women are able to make the choice about what’s best for their bodies without financial repercussions, that’s feminism...and that’s important.

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The Salamander Crossing Brigade JOHN PIATELLI

Equinox Staff Every spring, spotted salamanders, wood frogs and other amphibians migrate to breeding (vernal) pools, and without the help of the public, amphibians may never reach their destination.

Environmental Studies Lecturer at Keene State College (KSC) Karen Seaver said, “Skunks, crows and herons are all predators to amphibian species.” One predator to amphibians that most may not think of are humans, specifically our cars.

Since 2006, according to Brett Thelen, science director of the Ashuelot Valley Environmental Observatory, the citizen science arm of the Harris Center for Conservation Education, and other volunteers have helped over “31,000 amphibians reach their breeding pools” with the help of the Salamander Crossing Brigade.

Now in the eleventh year of the program in the Monadnock region, the program was first started from a similar program in Brattleboro, Vermont years ago, said Thelen. When asked the significance of the event, Thelen said, “This event helps amphibians, such as salamanders and frogs, move safely across the road from oncoming traffic during a critical time in their life cycle in order to mate and reproduce.”

As few as 15 cars an hour can present a significant mortality rate to the amphibians during their migration across the road. According to Seaver, “We can help prevent this.” Seaver stated, “It is our responsibility to them; we were the ones who put roads in their way.”

According to Seaver, “In order to have conditions for vernal pools, there must be lack of snow cover, warm temperatures over 40 degrees and rain. All three of these result in what is called a big night.” Seaver said big nights are a “fun opportunity for the public to do science.”

College students are greatly appreciated, according to Seaver. It is “easier for students to move quickly to stop cars for salamanders, which makes it easier on the older volunteers.”

Thelen said professors and students have been “incredibly supportive of this project and others.” Each year, around 12-20 students get involved, helping keep count of all species moved across roads.

Senior at KSC Seanna Flynn, is a site coordinator for the crossing brigade and said she “helps set up cones, makes sure [the] street is wellmarked and gets to inform the public of the event.” Flynn first started working with the program two years ago and since then has gotten friends involved as well.

According to Flynn, the program provides her “good cover letter experience when applying for jobs and is the best way to volunteer for your local community.” During our talk, Flynn reminisced upon past interactions with the public and mentioned she “loves hearing the reactions from people driving by.”

Why should people care about amphibians? If you were to ask Seaver and Thelen, they would tell you that salamanders and frogs help kill pests and attribute to the food web, serving a “huge ecological role.”

Amphibians eat bug larvae, especially mosquitos. A strong presence of bug-eating amphibians can greatly reduce the amount of mosquitos during summer months. When asked the significance of amphibians, Thelen said, “Toads eat three times their body weight in insects each day.”

Thelen mentioned the program is a fantastic opportunity with great fun during “Magical nights.” The impact KSC students have is highly appreciated, according to Thelen. “[It’s] always good to have energetic students; they stay out later than most and deal with high traffic sites that are not the safest. [It] helps keep families out of harm’s way.”

Seaver stressed the animals are “all friendly amphibians, [so there’s] no need to worry,” and that, “If they could croak out a thank you, they would.”

According to Thelen, “On these rainy treacherous nights, once you see the animals, people will not want to drive as much. If you don’t have to drive during these nights, please do not.” For any questions, please contact 603-358-2065 for the latest salamander forecast.

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Free tuition for New York residents isn’t truly “free” MACKENZIE CLARKE

Equinox Staff Recently, New York became the first state to offer free tuition to its students, but it’s not as simple as it seems. According to National Public Radio (NPR), the Excelsior Scholarship was approved over the weekend “as part of the state budget.” This scholarship will cover full-time students in the State University of New York system, which totals 64 campuses and 1.3 million students.

As great as it seems, there’s a catch. Students have to apply for, and use, other money like federal Pell Grants, before applying to the scholarship, NPR reported. That means that low-income students have less to gain from the scholarship than do students from families “who are too wealthy to qualify for those grants,” according to NPR. For example, the New York Times reported that this scholarship would cut the cost of a degree from a four-year State University of New York college from about $83,000 to about $57,000 for a family that makes $100,000 per year.

The Excelsior covers the cost for any two or four year programs, but you must finish the program on time and as planned. Another catch is that the scholarship requires people to work in the state of New York for at least two years after they receive their associate’s degree or four years post-bachelor’s. NPR states that if students leave the state after graduating, the full grant will become a loan that must be paid off.

The New York Times also reported that 90 percent of community college students would not qualify for free tuition based on the fact that they must often interrupt their studies to work. They reported that even at [New York’s] four-year colleges, 60 percent of students would be ineligible for the scholarship.

Despite the fine line agreements, New York is still the first state ever to offer free tuition for eligible students at two or four-year colleges.

New York-based Keene State College (KSC) students and alumni have mixed feelings on the new scholarship their state has implemented. KSC junior David Villalobos resides in Yonkers, New York. He said it’s cool to be from the first state to have free tuition. “I think this will benefit many

the opportunity to play soccer at KSC was a big deal to Villalobos. He said soccer “made it easier” for him to decide to attend KSC. “Once I was accepted [at KSC], I couldn’t wait to move in and start this college experience,” Villalobos said.

KSC sophomore Delaney Schafer is from upstate New York. In contrast to Villalobos, she said she believes college costs “are ridiculously high,” but is not sure that completely eliminating tuition is the way to lower it.

“Someone is going to have to pay for it in the long run, and [the scholarship] has those who attend colleges [in New York] stay and work in New York,” she said. “So ultimately, you will be the one that has to pay back your free tuition.”

Schafer also agreed that had this bill been implemented years ago, she would still attend KSC. “I think colleges may not have as much to offer since they are not bringing in nearly as much money as they were before the bill,” she said.

KSC alumnus Matthew Pereira graduated in 2016. He is from Yorktown, New York, and is now the Marketing Coordinator for Essie at L’Oréal USA. Pereira said he is “truly proud” of his state for offering free tuition.

“One of the reasons my father never attended college was because of the cost. At the bare minimum, you need a college education to get a job and SAMANTHA MOORE / ART DIRECTOR even then you still have a hard time finding work,” he said. This decision to make tuition free has proved to Pereira “that New York is taking the steps toward economic equality for all,” he said. In contrast to Villalobos and Schafer, Pereira said he probably would have attended Syracuse had free tuition been offered years ago. “They have an amazing comfamilies, especially around my town,” he said. “I feel that New York will munications program, so I would have loved to have gone there,” he said. set an example for other states [to offer free tuition], as this will most likely “At the end of the day,” Pereira said, “It’s still about being accepted into be the best idea and decision that was made.” the school.

People neglect that factor a lot with this issue.” He said if anyHad this scholarship been offered years ago, Villalobos said his decithing, he believes this bill “creates more competition” because people are sion [of what college to attend] would have been harder than it was. “Who going to be more willing to apply to schools.

“I think that’s where the real doesn’t love free tuition?” he said. After a long thought, Villalobos said he fear in this law lies more than anything else,” he said. probably would have come to KSC regardless of the new scholarship. “Of the schools I looked at in New York, I was not as interested as I was for KSC. MacKenzie Clarke can be contacted at When I did visits, Keene was the best one in my opinion,” he said. Having mclarke@kscequinox.com

Leaving Keene State for the semester and studying in the capital of the United States ATTICUS ROLLINS

Study away I decided to study away this spring when I attended The Washington Center information session last year.

Only one other person showed up, so rather than being subjected to a formal presentation, we had an in-depth discussion with the liaison. I’d like to think that this is what helped me make up my mind, as just another powerpoint would have little effect. So far, I’m very happy that I signed up.

The Washington Center is a program that takes in students from around the United States, as well as many other countries, and sets them up with a guaranteed internship in the nation’s Capitol. On top of the internship, students take an academic course, take part in volunteer opportunities, attend a professional development course and go to a speaker series where people with incredible experience are invited to have discussions about the current political climate. An example of the speakers invited to one event The Homeland Security Secretary from 2003-2005 and a National Security correspondent. They were here to talk about, and this may be obvious, homeland security.

The internship is what takes up the large majority of our time here. It goes from Monday to Thursday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.. The hours may vary depending on where some people work, but the overall time should amount to at least 30 hours per week. The places my peers work are incredibly varied, as is the pool of interns here as well.

I work at the University of Chicago’s Office of Federal Relations. Two of my roommates work on Capitol Hill answering phones for Members of Congress and giving visitor tours of the Capitol. Some other places where interns can work include the Kennedy Center, Brookings Institute, the Mexican Embassy and many, many banks.

D.C. life is vastly different from the day-to-day in Keene. This makes sense, seeing as it’s nearly twice the area in square miles, and has more than 30 times the population of Keene. On an average day, I’m on the Metro, D.C.’s subway system, for about an hour back and forth between work and home. Having lived in New York City for a few years, subway travel isn’t new to me. However, the amount of overcrowding during rush hour is insane.

All the interns are housed in a large apartment complex-style building. Classes take place on the basement level, very much in the same way that Huntress and the LLC Building have classes on their bottom floors. The apartments have two bedrooms apiece and four residents total. The size of apartments varies wildly and calls into question the sanity of the architect, though it’s hardly an issue.

Weekends are filled with plenty to do here. Aside from the amazing cherry blossoms, Washington D.C. seems to take pride in some sort of strange ownership over the concept of brunch. While I find it strange that a city can think it invented eating breakfast in the

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middle of the day, I haven’t avoided participating. My first brunch experience came with some enlightenment: it isn’t necessarily about the food, it’s the $10 bottomless mimosas.

Most of the friends I’ve made here speak English as a second language. In fact, two of my suitemates are from Puerto Rico, my roommate is from Mexico and one of my best friends is from Spain. The population of foreign students is about 40 percent, if I remember correctly. Of that percentage, most are from Spanish-speaking countries. So, diversity in the peer group here is not an issue if that’s what people are looking for coming in.

While the experience has been nice for the most part, I’ve noticed a few blemishes, which may water down the experience for many. First and foremost, the most glaring issue I’ve seen in this city is an unacceptably high homeless population. It’s absolutely criminal that we have so many without homes in the very epicenter of public policy and legislation. Also, the professional development course (LEAD), is mainly seen as a burden that The Washington Center puts on us so they can say we’ve been getting professional development; most of us think it’s useless. Also, many interns are having a hard time getting actual substantive experiences at their workplaces. I’ve had to advocate for myself at my internship site to get what I consider a substantial “D.C. experience.”

In light of the issues I listed above, I’ll be returning to Keene with a solid foundation of experiences and a network which will help me get a head start in my professional life. I encourage anyone to send an application to The Washington Center. It doesn’t matter what your major is, there’s an internship out here for anyone and everyone.

Atticus Rollins can be contacted at atticus.rollins@ksc.keene.edu

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Teaching in the classroom while still getting an education EMMA HAMILTON

Student Life editor Being an education major at Keene State College (KSC) is much more than just a traditional classroom education. These future teachers have the chance to get in front of students and be the classroom teacher themselves through the Methods I, II and student teaching experiences, which are requirements to completing the education degree.

Senior secondary education and history major Phoebe Buckman is currently finishing up her final step in completing her undergraduate degree with student teaching. She considers her experience in methods and student teaching to be “pretty positive.”

“Methods I, I was placed in a middle school and found that despite my previous feelings, I love middle schoolers. The teacher I worked with was amazing and I learned a lot from observation with him. I team-taught one lesson there and really enjoyed dipping our toes in the water so to speak. Methods II, I asked to be placed in a middle school.

I was also able to roll into student teaching at the same placement,” Buckman said.

She continued, “I love, love my school and the environment. Each class has their own distinctive personalities and that has been great experience. My placement as the only social studies teacher in a rural school can be time consuming and difficult to prepare for at times, but it is also awesome to be part of a small, interconnected community like this.”

Buckman said learning as a student herself in the KSC classrooms has been important, but being the teacher herself has given her the real life experience.

“You haven’t really planned a lesson unless you have real kids and their challenges to anticipate. You also don’t realize until you are actually teaching that nothing goes as planned.

You can do your best, but things change all the time,” Buckman said.

She gave an example of how her lesson plan was planned out perfectly, but she ran into some obstacles. She said, “Today, I planned to have my eighth graders watch three different YouTube videos and answer questions on them. However, literally at the last minute, as the kids were logging onto their chromebooks, we found out they were still Smarter Balance testing in the building and so we couldn’t stream anything. So I had a 60 minute class I couldn’t do my lesson plan with.

Instead, I had them write their own scripts to a YouTube video.”

Buckman continued, “That’s the kind of stuff you won’t get in the classroom at Keene State, only experience will help prepare you. Also, teaching during testing is another thing you just have to do and teaching before spring vacation, let me tell you it’s an experience and something no matter how much I heard about it, didn’t really ‘get it’ until this week as I am teaching through it.”

Buckman said it is a requirement to complete three solo weeks in which the KSC students teach on their own and have sole responsibility of students as if they were actually the teacher. Buckman has had the opportunity to solo for six weeks straight. She said because of this, she believes she has had the chance to grow as a teacher and truly experience what it is like to have an actual teaching job.

“I feel like I have been as well-prepared as you can to be a classroom teacher next year. I have been applying for jobs and my experience has helped me build an impressive portfolio, which I have bringing to interviews. I am currently one of the finalists for a teaching position and believe my extensive experience has helped me get that far,” Buckman said.

Buckman’s decision to become a teacher came from “being a bossy kid and always playing school.” Her mother was a teacher and Buckman spent lots of time growing up in schools.

“I was that kid in class that helped everyone else with the work when they didn’t understand. I was also a tutor for a while for a student who had medical concerns and could not always attend school. As I got into high school, I tutored my classmates and cousins for their classes. I really enjoyed the challenge of reaching students who were struggling with material. I also loved the feeling when someone would have the light bulb go off.

As a result, I decided to do an internship my senior year of high school in a freshman social studies class. I loved it and decided I absolutely wanted to teach. I was especially inspired by the idea of interdisciplinary classroom and it’s still one of my professional goals to be certified in social studies and English,” Buckman said.

Buckman touched on how busy student teaching can be and the financial impact it has on the KSC students. She said, “I think one of the hardest things about being a student teacher is that we are at school all day, we have planning and grading and then have other work to do when we get home. Plus, we all have whatever other commitments you may have, for example I am the president to two honors societies, one club, secretary of another, member of a third honor society and the peer mentor for the

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honors program.”

Buckman continued, “We are very busy. This also means I am working less than I have throughout the rest of my college career during my the semester with my greatest living expenses to date and just before I have to make it on my own. There are also a number of expenses associated with student teaching and with certification upon completion of the program.

Basically, what I am saying here is we don’t have time to do everything and there is no compensation for student teaching. We pay Keene State, as we should, and they pay our cooperating teachers, as they should, assuming our cooperating teachers are being quality mentors, and we have less time than ever to make money and don’t get paid for the work we are doing in our schools.”

Professor in the education department Betsy Dubois teaches KSC students while they are in methods. Dubois said being in the field is more valuable rather than only learning within the college classroom. “[Being in the classroom], it’s really valuable because they have had all these courses prior to being in the field and its more abstract, but once they’re in the field, it’s more concrete. Methods I is literacy and social studies, methods II they expand to math and science and then student teaching is every subject,” Dubois said.

Seeing everything firsthand, how the cooperating teacher responds to situations, being a faculty member in training and working with other teachers, relating to parents and administration and behavior management are reasons why Dubois believes having students in the schools is important.

“The students love being out in the public schools. We try not to take it personally, but they would much rather be there than here [at KSC],” Dubois said.

Senior early childhood education major Shelby Klinck said methods and student teaching has been “quite the learning experience,” for her. “I’ve had a range of cooperating teachers that I have worked alongside over the past two years I’ve been in methods and student teaching. I’m in the early childhood education program, so that means for student teaching, I have

Humans of KSC What do you look forward to most as you near graduation from Keene State College?

I look forward to working a full-time job and doing what I love most, which is working with kids. I look forward to inspiring them to do what they love and to work hard for what they want. We all know the saying that “kids are the future.” Therefore, it is my job to help inspire kids to do well so they have a bright future.

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two different seven-week placements. One placement is in the birth to five-year-old range and the other is with kindergarten to third grade range,” Klinck said.

She continued, “I’ve had the pleasure of being placed at the Child Development Center in the preschool alongside Stacey Fortin. She is phenomenal.

She has taught me so much about being a preschool teacher. Before being placed in preschool, I thought I was for sure going to teach first grade after I graduated. Now, because of Stacey, I’m strongly considering teaching preschool instead. She has truly inspired me to explore other options.”

Klinck said she believes the hands-on opportunities in methods and student teaching is crucial for the education majors.

“The field experience has shown me what to expect when I teach in my own classroom. There are so many things that I had never considered before, for instance, how I would engage with families as a teacher. How would I work alongside another adult if I’m co-teaching, because many preschool teachers co-teach,” Klinck said.

Klinck knew she wanted to be a teacher from a young age because she did not have the best experience in school growing up. She said, “I grew up in a small town in Vermont that was simply not equipped to teach. It wasn’t until my family moved to a more popular area in Vermont that I learned to love school and became inspired to teach myself.”

Klinck has learned about herself personally through her experiences in the classroom.

Klinck said, “I’ve learned how to be a mindful person through teaching.

I’ve also learned how to show compassion towards my students. Before, I wasn’t necessarily an emotional person. Now, I feel for every single one of my students. Realizing that their home lives are not always ideal and treating each child with respect is how I will be running my classroom. I can’t wait to graduate and teach in my own classroom.”

Emma Hamilton can be contacted at ehamilton@kscequinox.com

Eating with the Equinox: Healthy egg muffin cups Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 cup red pepper measured after chopping 1 cup green pepper measured after chopping 1 cup yellow onion measured after chopping 2 cups baby spinach - roughly chopped measured packed before chopping 1 cup mushrooms measured before chopping 2 cloves garlic minced 4 whole eggs 4 egg whites Instructions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a standard non-stick 12-slot muffin pan with cooking spray and set aside.

Heat a large non-stick skillet over medium heat.

Once hot, add in oil, red pepper, green pepper and onion.

Saute 5-7 minutes, or until peppers are tender.

Add in spinach and mushrooms and cook for an additional two minutes.

In the last 30 seconds, add in minced garlic.

Season with salt and remove from heat.

Crack eggs/egg whites into a large four-cup measuring cup and whisk together.

Stir in cooked veggies.

Pour the egg/veggie mixture evenly into the prepared muffin pan.

Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until the tops are firm to the touch and eggs are cooked.

Cool slightly and serve immediately!

Leftovers can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for about four days.

These may also be frozen.

To reheat, pop them in the microwave until warm.

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Alcohol is perceived as a problem by students on campus GRACE PECCI

Copy Editor According to a survey from two years ago, 50 percent of Keene State College (KSC) students feel that alcohol use is a problem on campus.

This statistic was posted in each residence hall’s Facebook page and each class’ Facebook page, along with the link screening.mentalhealthscreening.org/ keenestate, which allowed students to participate in a health screening. The post was made by the Coordinator of Alcohol and Other Drug, Prevention, Treatment and Education Services Michelle Morrow in honor of National Collegiate Alcohol Screening Day, which was April 6.

This is Morrow’s second year working at KSC. She said a big piece of her position is coordinating drug and alcohol prevention and treatment services, coordinating with different offices and making sure students have education around drugs and alcohol in general.

She coordinates the Alcohol Wise Program, which incoming students are required to take and she works in collaboration with student conduct when a student violates an alcohol or drug policy.

Morrow also said she tries to collaborate with community resources for students and there are a few in Keene. Some of these include 12-step meetings, Monadnock Alcohol and Drug Abuse Coalition (MADAC), Monadnock Voices for Prevention (MVP) and the New Hampshire Treament Location where one can put in exactly what they are looking for for services.

In terms of the Facebook post itself, Morrow said the post was created to give students who took the survey feedback of their drinking behavior.

“The purpose of the post was to make sure the students knew about the screening and to get students to take it, and we did actually have a good number of students; we had like 45 people complete it.”

The statistic of 50 percent of students finding an issue with alcohol use on campus came from an alcohol survey conducted two years ago with about 650 students participating.

Morrow said the results were surprising. For example, 15 percent of students said they never drink, but students perceived that as only 3 percent never drink.

Rather than assuming that every college student has a drinking behavior, Morrow said she wanted to emphasize the fact that among college students and among society as well, there is a range of behavior.

“There are a good chunk of students who either don’t drink or who may drink and it’s infrequent or they are very careful and responsible about it, and there’s a stereotype, I think, that all college students drink and that

“There are a good chunk of students who either don’t drink or who may drink and it’s infrequent or they are very careful and responsible about it, and there’s a stereotype, I think, that all college students drink and that all college students drink heavily and that’s just far from the case.”

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all college students drink heavily and that’s just far from the case.”

Having said that, Morrow said there is still a small percentage of students who are drinking frequently and who are drinking heavily. She said she thinks that is why the post was important because it emphasizes the way that potential substance use can impact the environment around a student. Effects can include not only a student’s physical health, but also the people around them, such as their roommates or suitemates who may get woken up.

Morrow said occasionally she witnesses students drinking when she drives around the campus area, but she says she doesn’t see it a lot.

“More often what will be the case is I’ll meet with a student individually if there has been an incident, so that’s really how I’ve come to go about things… our approach in the Counseling Center is not a ‘Just say no,’ approach at all. It’s really about just trying to have student awareness and have students make decisions that are not going to cause effects for them.”

Morrow said she thinks it is important to remember that overusing drugs and alcohol is an issue in society in general, not just college. “I think that one thing that plays into it is there is this sort of negative stereotype of college as a time when people are going be drinking a lot and using substances a lot and I think that primarily comes from just the media, movies, songs and TV shows; they sort of perpetuate this stereotype.”

KSC senior and psychology major Nicole Grazewski is an intern for Morrow.

“I do the education and outreach program, so we do a protective behaviors event in the dorms each week and then we were doing a ‘Why Not?’ table which was with the statistics from that survey. It’s a lot of talking with students and stuff like that,” Grazewski said.

Grazewski said prior to learning information from her internship, she thought the problem of alcohol use was worse than it was. She said that’s what they find a lot, that people are misperceiving how much students are using.

She also said that her internship has allowed her to learn about the services and resources around Keene.

“There are a lot of services and resources you can go to. I just think they need to be displayed more, which is something we talk about, like making things more wellknown with the student body,” Grazewski said.

All in all, Grazewski said, “I feel like [my internship] is going really well and the things we do, students seem to like and find informative.”

KSC senior and psychology major with a minors in addictions Haley Monkton works for Owls for Recovery.

She works with Dante Diffendale and has helped spread the word on campus.

She said in an e-mail with The Equinox that she joined the student organization because of her internship with Michelle Morrow and partly because she is also a student recovering from addiction. Monkton said she will have seven years of recovery in June.

“I knew that there were no such groups for recovering folks on campus and I wanted to join in the effort to create an organization that provided support and events for students in recovery,” Monkton stated. “The fact that there isn’t such a group is unfortunate because it serves so many purposes. Not only is it an avenue of support for recovering students, but their allies as well; the group has talked about creating events on campus that are not only for awareness of the effects of AOD (alcohol and other drugs), but sober events that students who choose not to drink, but aren’t necessarily in recovery, can attend.”

Monkton stated these events are good for for the entire college community, but to also note that Owls for Recovery is not a support group.

“It’s a group for students with the commonality of either choosing not to drink [and do drugs], being in recovery or being an ally of someone in recovery to

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come together and create positive action around drinking and drug use on campus,” Monkton stated.

Being an off-campus commuter student for her entire career at KSC, Monkton stated that the “drinking and drugging environment” hasn’t been a big part of her experience.

“I am assuming just by how much I hear about students partying that it creates some issues for the college.

The hope is that Owls for Recovery can help the student body with these and other issues in some way,” Monkton stated.

KSC junior and communication major Kerry Kelley said she didn’t see the survey that Michelle Morrow posted on the Keene State College class of 2018 Facebook page, but said she does think alcohol use is an issue on campus.

“I think it is a problem, especially if it’s on campus in the dorms, that can be scary for the school to deal with if something were to happen, and knowing that 50 percent of students believe it’s a problem in itself,” Kelley said.

Kelley said she really doesn’t know how to control

the drinking problems on campus.

“It’s something that’s going to be [a problem] either way because [students] can have someone buy it for them and put it in their room and [the Resident Assistants] can’t go into their room without permission anyways, so I think that’s how they get away with it so easily.”

Kelley also said she thinks the Resident Assistants do a good job controlling a situation when students who have been drinking are too loud.

On a typical weekend, Kelley said she goes out once or twice a weekend, if that.

“On the weekends if I don’t go out, I hang out with my roommates, watch TV, we make dinner and bake.”

The Counseling Center is found on the third floor of the Elliot Center and is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for those interested in their services.

Grace Pecci can be contacted at gpecci@ksc.equinox.com

Campus community members become bone marrow donors with Be The Match ALEXANDRA ENAYAT

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Be The Match came to campus last week to register people into a national date base to become potential matches for cancer patients.

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The campus crew Love Your Melon hosted Be The Match and are national partners with the organization.

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The National Cancer Institute reported that approximately 39.6 percent of men and women will be diagnosed with cancer at some point during their lifetime.

Although there is currently no definitive cure for the disease, there are several ways in which the lives of patients with certain types of cancer can be saved.

On Wednesday, April 12, Be The Match National Marrow Donor Program visited the Keene State College (KSC) Young Student Center.

Be The Match is an organization that sets up drives allowing volunteers to register into a national database as potential matches for patients with blood cancers such as Leukemia, Sickle cell anemia and other diseases.

Each year, leukemia kills more children than any other cancer and 70 percent of patients in need of a marrow transplant do not have a matching donor in their family, according to DoSomething.org.

Through Be The Match’s registry, individuals ages 18-24 give cheek samples that are put in their database. If someone in the registry is found to be a match, they have the option of donating.

Matches can either donate by Peripheral Blood Stem Cell (PBSC) donation or by marrow donation.

During PBSC, donors receive a drug prior to donation that increases the number of cells in their bloodstream. Five days later, the cells are collected during the blood donation.

Marrow donors undergo a surgical outpatient procedure under anesthesia, where doctors collect marrow from the back of the pelvic bone.

According to BetheMatch.org, about one in 430 in the United States’ Be The Match Registry go on to donate bone marrow, one in 40 registry members will be called for additional testing and one in 300 will be selected as the best possible donor for a patient.

Love Your Melon (LYM), the apparel brand that donates to pediatric cancer, brought this event to KSC as one of the several nonprofit organizations they support who help fight the battle against pediatric cancer.

KSC senior Courtney Dusablon helped host the event with Love Your Melon.

“My hope would be that someone that signed up today will get a call at some point in their life to be a match for someone, give their bone marrow and have a success story,” Dusablon said.

KSC junior Chloe Giarraputo is a member of Love Your Melon and said

she can relate closely with the cause from her own personal experience.

“A family friend of mine passed away from cancer when he was 12 and when I heard about Love Your Melon, I thought it would be a good thing to become involved in,” Giarraputo said.

As one of the individuals who gave a cheek swab, she said it would be a great opportunity to be someone’s match and she would help out in any way she can if she found one.

KSC senior Olivia Teixeira is the captain of Love Your Melon, but initially didn’t know much about it. After seeing LYM hats and hearing about it through word of mouth, she decided to join.

“I joined for my mom who was battling cancer and I love the organization. They have about 15 nonprofits, Be That Match is one of them, who all just want to help in any way that they can,” Teixeira said. After swabbing, Teixeira said she hopes she receives a call back.

“It really would be awesome and if you are a match, you could literally save a life,” Teixera added.

KSC senior Emily Clarke said after hearing about Be the Match from a roommate and realizing the influence she could have on another’s life if she joined the registry, donating was a no-brainer for her. Clarke said knowing she could be a match for someone who needs it is incredible.

Recruiter for Be the Match Jackie Mcloon said she goes with Be the Match to venues wherever they are invited to potentially sign people up.

Mcloon added that she was lucky enough to be a match with a nineyear-old boy 17 years ago, describing it as the most rewarding thing she has ever gotten to do. The boy she was fortunate enough to donate to is 26 now and a part of her family.

“I am passionate about telling people that being a donor is not as bad as they say either way that you do it, blood or bone, it replenishes both ways,” Mcloon said.

“Quantity is great, but it’s also about the quality of the people signing up; you’re not obligated to say yes if you sign up, but it seems today everyone who did sign up really wants to get that call and that’s really awesome,” Mcloon said.

This event at KSC logged 44 new people into the bone marrow registry’s database.

Be the Match also offers people to register anytime online at BeTheMatch.org.

Alexandra Enayat can be contacted at aenayat@kscequinox.com

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Final contestants from each Greek organization await the announcement of Mr. and Mrs. Greek week winners.

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Senior Kathleen Dougherty and first-year Billy Conover were crowned Mr. and Mrs. Greek Week.

Fraternities and sororities celebrate the Greek community on campus EMMA HAMILTON

Student Life editor The annual Greek Week took place last week for the fraternity and sorority organizations on campus.

Activities ranged from the beginning parade, to games and nighttime acts that could make the room laugh. Between the combined eight fraternities and sororities on campus, they all had the chance to come together with their common passion of being a part of Greek life on Keene State College’s (KSC’s) campus.

Junior sociology major and Delta Phi Epsilon president Briannah Bellot said being apart of Greek life means the world to her.

“My favorite part of Greek Week is definitely Airband. Airband is an event where all fraternities and sororities plan a five to seven minute routine and showcase it to the Greek community in the Mabel Brown Room. It is so amazing to see all the hard work each organization puts into this event and it is so rewarding to be a part of that,” Bellot said.

With being apart of Greek life, Bellot said she has been able to grow as a person and create connections with members of the Greek community. She said, “I have found a support system through my organization and through the Greek community and that is so important to me. Joining Greek Life has truly bettered my college experience in ways I could’ve never imagined.”

Junior film production major and Delta Xi Phi sorority President Sarah Young said the purpose of Greek Week is to get all the Greek organizations together for fun and friendly competition. “It builds our community up and helps orgs get the opportunity to work together and get to know each other better,” Young said.

Young considers being apart of Greek life a “privilege,” to her. She said, “It means not only do I have my sisters behind me, but I have an entire community of brothers and sisters that want to see me succeed. It means I have the support to step out of my comfort zone and do things I never thought I could. It is because of my sisters that I am president of my organization and it is an opportunity that I will always be glad I was given.”

Junior dual major in elementary education and women’s and gender studies and Phi Sigma Sigma sorority President Christina Entwistle said Greek Week gives the community a chance to be able to just enjoy each other’s presence and have a little friendly competition doing so.

“It is the perfect opportunity to get to spend time with your own organization as well as the other Greek organizations on campus. It is the best week of the year and creates a positive impact on the relationships between each of the orgs by the amount of time that we get to spend together,” Entwistle said.

Entwistle said being apart of Greek life “truly means the world” to her.

She continued, “I have grown so much as a woman, as well as a leader, because of Greek life and the amazing people that I am surrounded by. I

“I have grown so much as a woman, as well as a leader because of Greek life and the amazing people that I am surrounded by. I could not imagine my college career without Phi Sig, as well as the Greek community.

Within this community, there are so many amazing people who push me to be the best version of myself and be the best president of my organization and I could never thank Greek life enough for the positive impact that it has made in my life.”

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could not imagine my college career without Phi Sig, as well as the Greek community. Within this community, there are so many amazing people who push me to be the best version of myself and be the best president of my organization and I could never thank Greek life enough for the positive impact that it has made in my life.”

Entwistle and Young both agree with Bellot that Airband is the best part about Greek week.

Junior women’s and gender studies major and Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity president Gianpaolo Colasacco said his favorite part of Greek Week is seeing all his brothers all together at the events. He said, “I love Greek Week because it’s the one time of the year where everyone in the community comes together and is able to celebrate the accomplishments we complete all year.”

He continued by saying it’s fun for all the organizations to be together.

“Also, no one is perfect and when we mess up in a game, everyone laughs and has a good time together. The week-long games bring everyone together and it’s like one big family reunion,” Colasacco said.

Colasacco considers Greek life to be an important part in his college

experience. He said, “Greek life means brotherhood and sisterhood. It’s all about connection and lifelong relationships. Greek life means that you will always have each other’s backs with your own organization and others as well.”

Junior geography major and Sigma Pi fraternity president Timothy Peterson said Greek Week gives an opportunity for the community to come together and thrive as a whole.

“While the competitions are structured to put organizations against other organizations, by the end of the week, we’re all in it together and willing to help people not because of the letters on their shirt [if there are any at all], but just out of the hope that they will pass on that kindness. It is one of my favorite weeks of the year and there’s something new to love about it every time around,” Peterson said.

He considers the Greek community at KSC to go “above and beyond any other family or community that I have experienced at Keene, even though there are many other notable communities.”

Peterson continued, “It’s so far spread across so many disciplines that you’ll find it easy to make new friends anywhere and everywhere you go.

There is a general trust and understanding across the community that isn’t available anywhere you go.”

Senior secondary education and history major Tau Kappa Epsilon, Lambda-Sigma Chapter, President Aaron Williams said he considers Greek Week to be essential to KSC and college campuses.

Williams said, “This week grants individuals the opportunity to meet new people through activities and competition. Although winning Greek Week is an awesome reward, it is not the only task on the agenda. For myself, I love this week because I am able to meet new faces and to build my network of friends and acquaintances. Above all, the purpose of Greek Week is to reinstate a sense of community in the fraternity and sorority life and to celebrate our active role as members in our organization.”

When Williams joined Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE) in the fall of 2014, he said he knew he had joined something bigger than himself. “Since then, the opportunities that Greek life has offered me are monumental. My leadership skills have become refined, my confidence has been lifted and my understand of grit and perseverance has been redefined. TKE has perpetuated my potential for success and looking towards the future, I am confident that I will be able to overcome adversities because of my experience in Greek life,” Williams said.

Psi Upsilon and Phi Lambda Chi fraternity presidents were reached for comment and did not respond.

Emma Hamilton can be contacted at ehamilton@kscequinox.com

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42nd annual tradition honors retiring KSC Resident Artist DOROTHY ENGLAND

nEws Editor Her tiny frame nestled against the backdrop of a much larger office, displaying in its possession photos of dancers mid-leap, orchards bathing in water and books upon books on the art of movement.

Marcia Murdock was ready. The Theater and Dance Resident Artist had bustled in, leaving one conversation to start another in a room that has become so familiar to her, but will soon be void of her continual presence.

After 32 years at Keene State College (KSC), Murdock is retiring. However, she is not stopping on any account for her love of teaching dance.

“In terms of movement… I teach a dance class for people with Parkinson’s Disease,” she said. “My students first started [the program] because I was too busy…[but] now I’ve been leading it for probably four

years.”

In addition, Murdock will be training Contract Lecturer for Theater and Dance Cynthia McLaughlin, who will be temporarily taking her place. Murdock will be helping especially with dance education for kindergarten through 12th grade.

KSC Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs William Seigh spoke about how proud he is of Murdock making this link between education and dance at the college.

“She began what is now the only undergraduate dance education certification program in the state,” he said. “....Our students are certainly prepared for studio teaching and the education program also prepares them to get into the classroom to use movement as one of the tools for helping students understand a wide variety of curricula.”

He said Murdock has helped create amazing students because of her vision of what the dance pro-

gram should entail. “We have students who are dance therapists and who own their own studios and students who have taken what they’ve learned from dance and built that into the exciting careers based on that knowledge,” he said. “She’s an amazing colleague and we are very fortunate to have her, and the campus will not be the same when she is moved on to the next exciting things in her life.”

One of these new exciting things for Murdock is getting to spend more time with her granddaughter in Colorado. “I’m going to go dance with her,” she said.

at work. “Your words could be really convincing, but your body may make your audience not believe what you’re saying,” she said.

Murdock said much of this has to do with many people not understanding their own body and how to move it, or “embodied knowledge” as she called it. “And unless you practice it, you lose it or you won’t trust it,” she said.

Murdock said dance is applicable for any program of study. “A lot of times, it’s a way into a material,” she said, using the words ‘enclose’ with her arms wrapped tightly around herself and ‘exclude’ with her arms shooting out and away from her body as an example Why dance matters for a lesson in vocabulary.

Murdock said she identifies as a teacher first and Murdock said dance at any age is important. “It’s the honesty of who we are,” she said. She said we foremost. “I just adore working with this age group, start off so comfortable in our bodies, then grow out they are, as freshmen, certainly not the same people of that comfort and begin to lose a sense of move- I meet next semester,” she said. Murdock said she ment. She likened it to someone giving a presentation » DANCE, B4

Graphic design major mixes paper and PC for portfolio ALEXANDRIA SAURMAN

Arts And EntErtAinmEnt Editor In a world where technology is evergrowing, the art of drawing and writing on paper can be overlooked.

For one Keene State College (KSC) graphic design major, combining the two sets her apart from everyone else.

Senior Christina Lyons took Graphic Design 2 with Associate Art Professor Rebecca Davis-Kelly during the summer of her sophomore year at KSC. The course focuses on hand-drawn typography.

“The first thing that sucked was we were working with calligraphy and I’m a leftie, so there’s really no left-handed calligraphers...so I’m ambidextrous so I taught myself how to do calligraphy right-handed,” Lyons said.

After doing some research, Lyons said she discovered that calligraphy

didn’t have to be so “formal” and that there were more fun ways to do it.

“Then I realized, ‘Hey, I can make it look good on the computer though.

I can bring it in the computer. I can clean it up and I can make it look like it could be design-ready though,’...It was that wonderful convergence in design where you take off the computer and you get it on the computer and you’re creating something completely different and great,” Lyons said.

“A lot of students just stay on the computer. We have some students that do hand-drawn type, but [Lyons] really tries to find a way to incorporate it. The students that stay on the computer sort of have one look-ish and I find the contrast between hand-drawn and computer really nice, especially when they’re merged together,” Davis-Kelly PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY ALEXANDRIA SAURMAN / ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

» PORTFOLIO, B2 Senior Christina Lyons is one of the twenty-six graphic design majors presenting their BFA portfolios on Friday, April 21.

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In Graphic Design 3, Lyons created a mock clothing company called “Poli.” The company’s purpose was to create “transformative clothing for young, professional women” and to “celebrat[e] the modern woman,” according to Lyons.

She took inspiration from many sources, from renaissance sketches, representing the idea of a “renaissance woman” to her time abroad in Italy, basing the name of the company off of the Italian word meaning polyhedral.

“I wanted something that was very warm and something that was welcoming and relatable and not so corporate and scary-looking when you see with some high-quality fashion brands.”

Lyons said that she was “fed up” with doing many logo designs for her brand, so she turned to a computer software, Adobe Capture, that allowed her to take a picture of her work, transferring it to the computer.

Eventually, she came up with a design that she liked and settled on a concept for the whole brand.

“I’m really proud of this little brand,” Lyons said. “I cussed a lot and I swore a lot; it was a lot of frustrating moments, but it was good. I felt good after it.”

Senior BFA in graphic design major Rachel Carbone had class with Lyons this past semester.

“When I look at [her] stuff, [she] ha[s] that sense of style...she developed this handwritten type where I can pick it out anywhere,” Carbone said.

Lyons is currently finishing up her BFA portfolio along with 25 other graphic design majors. As a part of the graduation requirement, these students must prepare a senior exhibition in only one semester.

“We have to get our portfolio prepared [and] assembled ourselves ready for a show. We have to self-brand ourselves, design resumes and websites,” Lyons said.

The name of the senior exhibit, Twenty-Six, was a concept developed by Lyons and her group.

Both Carbone and Davis-Kelly said that Lyons was a leader.

“She knows how to not take charge in a bad way, but [she] take[s] the initiative and [she’s] an advocate for [her]self and I think that’s a great role that [she’s] the leader of our portfolio review,” Carbone said. “[She] handle[s] it great and like nobody else would have the patience or the leadership roles to be able to handle that job,” Carbone said.

“She is such a natural leader and art director...she’s really good at helping other students resolve issues [and] concepts,” Davis-Kelly said.

Speaking on the senior exhibition, Lyons said, “It’s called The Twenty-Six because there’s 26 designers that are graduating from the BFA program...It’s in the numbers.”

“We’re proving to people at this exhibition that… we work f---- hard… we aren’t just drawing and clicking around on the computer and we’re not these floozy artists that we’re working hard and that we’re not to be f----with. We work hard.”

The graphic design senior exhibition will be held from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, April 21 in the Media Arts Center and is free and open to the public.

“We’re the 26,” Lyons said. “It’s us as a group. We’ve been through this together.”

Thursday, April 20, 2017

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Chock Full O’ Notes hosts its annual spring concert ALEXANDRIA SAURMAN

Arts And EntErtAinmEnt Editor When most people sing, whether for fun or professionally, they go along with a prerecorded or live tune. Keene State College’s only a capella group approaches music a little differently.

A capella involves more than just singing songs; it involves creating the rhythm and beat to a song with only the singers’ mouths.

On Saturday, April 14, Chock Full O’ Notes (CFON) performed their spring concert. Composed of nine songs, the concert ran for a little over an hour.

With the sound of the tuner and the snapping of Music Director Brendan Hoar’s fingers, the group, composed of 16 members, began their song. The song

featured new CFON members Natalia Chiume and Alexander DeJesus as soloists.

The three songs that followed, “King of Anything,” “The Way You Make Me Feel” and “The Phantom of the Opera,” featured various soloists such as Rachel Blumberg, Ivy Sheehan and Zachary Howe.

During intermission, audience member and junior architecture major Angel Ortiz said, “The show’s great. I liked it.” Ortiz said he attended the show because many of his friends are in CFON. Following intermission, the group started their next song, a rap song entitled “All We Got,” which featured Blumberg and Chiume as soloists.

The next song sung was “Run,” originally by Hozier, and featured Sung-Ki Carty.

“Somewhere Only We Know,” featured Karley Collins, before Hoar soloed in “Jealous.”

Senior and CFON president Sheehan soloed the last song of the afternoon. She soloed Jon Bellion’s “Carry Your Throne.”

After all nine songs were performed, the group presented Sheehan with three gifts, as well as a card. “There's not anything too small, too difficult, too big or whatever that Ivy won't want to help,” Sophie Katz said in her speech before the gifts were presented. “She's one of the most loyal and genuine friends you could ever ask for...Ivy not being here next year is not going to be the same.”

In Sheehan’s speech that followed, telling the story of how she first joined CFON, she said, “Over the past four years, there has not

been a group that is as close as we are now and I love every person in this group...CFON has just been such a huge part of my life through the past four years and I don't know what I’m going to do without you guys.”

In an interview with The Equinox, Sheehan said, “[Katz’s speech] made me feel so happy and at the same time, it was very sad because it's kind of the end of an era moving on from that, but at the same time, I was very glad that it was her and somebody that I’m so close to in the group.”

Sheehan has been involved in CFON since her first-year at KSC. “It’s just inspired me to grow in a lot of different ways that I never thought were possible,” she said.

“It’s allowed me to be a lot more outgoing and friendly and I’ve met a lot of new people through

it and a lot of people in the group, not necessarily would have been friends if it weren't for the group itself.”

Chiume, who is a first-year member of CFON, echoed Sheehan’s comment on the friends she has made in CFON. “I just think it's so amazing to see people come together who would never have been friends other than our love for singing,” Chiume said.

“The 16 people that are in this group are like some of the most accepting, open-minded people I’ve ever met...at the end of the day we all love each other and the support that I've gotten from this group is honestly indescribable,” Chiume said.

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Senior recital series features Hannah Benoit ALEXANDRIA SAURMAN

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Senior Hannah Benoit will be attending Boston University for her masters in music theory.

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While some people begin playing musical instruments in middle school, others start very young. One such person is Keene State College (KSC) senior music performance major Hannah Benoit.

On Saturday, April 15, Benoit performed her senior recital in the Redfern’s Alumni Recital Hall.

Benoit has been playing the piano since she was four years old, when a piano was gifted to her family.

“I kept hitting all the keys and stuff and my mom started showing me little things or so and then she signed me up for lessons,” Benoit said.

Benoit had her first lesson at age five and continued with them, further improving her skills and passion.

When it came time for Benoit to decide on a college major, she said she was torn between math and music. Ultimately, she went with music.

“I knew that going into music I would be so happy...Playing piano is really what I need to do for my life,” Benoit said.

The recital opened up with Benoit walking onto the stage, adorned in a strapless, green gown. She bowed to the applauding audience before taking a seat at the piano’s bench.

She played “Prelude and Fugue in G Major, BWV 884” by Johann Sebastian Bach. At the conclusion of the song, Benoit stood up, bowed and exited the stage. This was a pattern that followed every song.

Once returned to the stage, Benoit played Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Sonata in e minor, Op. 90, No. 27.”

One more song was played before the 10 minute intermission.

Post intermission, Benoit played three additional songs, one of which involved nine parts.

For all but one of the songs, the one involving nine parts, Benoit was required to memorize the music. She explained that for piano and guitar players, any music created before the 1950s must be played without sheet music.

When the show was over and audience members gathered in the Redfern’s lobby, Benoit thanked everyone for coming and for supporting her.

Benoit’s roommate, senior music education major Hailley Dufresne,

attended the recital.

“I’m overall really proud of her ‘cause she’s worked her butt off... she did great. I could not be prouder as a roommate.”

Two of Benoit’s other friends, Rivier University junior human development and family studies major Michelle Palmieri and former KSC communication major Alex Peck, were also a part of the audience.

“Oh I loved it. I’m so glad that I’m able to come back here and experience classical music again,” Palmieri said.

Peck called the performance “quite spectacular,” commenting positively on the songs Benoit played.

“I’ve been with this repertoire for so long that like it feels so good to be performing and then be done with it, but then on the flip side, obviously I really care deeply and I want to do really well,” Benoit said.

Benoit has committed to Boston University to earn her master’s degree in music theory, what she calls “the math side of music.”

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Latin American Ensemble performs in Redfern OLIVIA BELANGER

AdministrAtive executive editor In Keene, New Hampshire, finding diversity can be challenging. However, the Keene State College (KSC) Latin American Ensemble, “Cotopaxi,” brought culture to the Alumni Recital Hall stage on Wednesday, April 12.

Collaborating with KSC’s Guitar Orchestra and Chamber Singers, the recital series offered a variety of musical stylings.

The music was chosen by Professor and Director Jose Lezcano and several pieces such as, “Two Canticles: Song of Maria and Song of Simeon,” were performed for the first time.

A majority of songs were in Spanish and some in Swedish, which created a large obstacle for the singers involved.

KSC junior and Chamber Singers member Matthew McGinnis said he was grateful to bring this challenging performance to the college.

“It was really special,” McGinnis said.

“We usually perform as just the Chamber Singers, so getting a chance tonight to be really collaborative was really fun. I’m glad we got to get out of our bubble.”

McGinnis said his favorite song he performed was the finale, “Berusa Er!” The piece ended with the students bursting into dance, while Director Dr. Sandra Howard jumped right in with them.

“Learning Swedish was an adventure,

but the piece is very rhythmic and challenging but we had a lot of fun with it,” McGinnis said.

KSC senior and Guitar Orchestra member Mark McCarthy said while the recital was worthwhile, it required a lot of additional practice.

Finding the time for all three ensembles to rehearse and getting used to the different styles took some patience, according to McCarthy.

“We’ve done stuff like this, like last year we did a concert with the concert band, but it was never like this where we were hosting our own concert with another big ensemble. It was definitely a lot of extra time then when it’s just us,” McCarthy said.

The collaboration was able to draw in more people, McCarthy added. “It was kind of long for a concert, so hopefully people didn’t mind that, but this was definitely the most people we have seen at a Guitar Orchestra concert,” McCarthy said.

Of the audience members was KSC junior and former Chamber Singers member Tim Peterson, who said he had to leave the group for academic reasons.

Even though he could not perform with them this semester, Peterson said he still enjoys attending the recitals.

“I think it is interesting what they are doing with the Guitar Ensemble [orchestra] because I have never seen them perform before,” Peterson said.

“This was a really cool collaboration

between the groups I’d like to see again.”

McCarthy, Peterson and McGinnis said they were glad with the turnout, but all wished more students would attend music department events.

“It’s so important for students to come see their peers and see the work they are doing,” McGinnis said.

Peterson added, “It’s all part of the liberal arts education. If you are only sticking to your major, you really aren’t getting a whole understanding of what’s out there.

The more you learn about things outside of your field, the more well-rounded of a citizen you will be.”

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On Wednesday, April 12, the Latin American Ensemble, “Cotopaxi,” performed a mixture of songs, including Spanish and Swedish songs, with the Guitar Orchestra and Chamber Singers.

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Eighth addition to film series causes ‘persistent laughter’ WRITER: MATT BILODEAU

POSITION: EQUINOX STAFF REVIEW: Loaded with an abundance of fast cars, scantily-clad bikini girls and charismatic personalities, “The Fate of the Furious” marks yet another chaotic spectacle that somehow reaches unfathomable heights of pure absurdity.

Just when Dominic Toretto [Vin Diesel] thought he could settle down with his wife Letty [Michelle Rodriguez], a new threat emerges in the form of Cipher [Charlize Theron], an accomplished cyberterrorist with the far-reaching ability to orchestrate mass mayhem at her fingertips.

Determined to see Dom carry out her destructive agenda, Cipher preys on his internal weakness, forcing him to betray everything he stands for.

With Dom working side by side with a devious criminal mastermind, his former crew [Dwayne Johnson, Tyrese Gibson, Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges, Nathalie Emmanuel and Kurt Russell] is dispatched on a perilous mission to put an end to Cipher’s reign, woefully unprepared for the pandemonium

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would miss the students the most out of everything. “I learn a lot by them,” she said.

A recent example of Murdock’s interaction with students was the four-day performance of An Evening of Dance held from April 12 to the 15 at the Redfern Arts Center.

The event included 10 pieces, starting with a solo dance and ending with Murdock’s choreographed piece, ’Because you Get There.’

An inside look at the pieces performed The first piece included KSC junior Jen Riley, using dance in response to KSC junior Karver Bosela beatboxing and imitating musical instruments. Riley moved back and forth from an observer to a participant, concluding the piece with her sitting on the floor watching Bosela’s vocal imitation.

Many of the pieces included dancers filling the negative space allotted by their partners. Students climbed over each other and formed different shapes, then eased into new ones. In the piece entitled ‘Zoomie,’ dancers carried each other on their backs and stomachs as they

she has in store for them.

If there was ever a film in which a director captured the precise visual representation of a small child running amok throughout a toy store, “The Fate of the Furious” is the closest one could possibly get. Fresh off the critically acclaimed hip-hop biopic “Straight Outta Compton,” director F. Gary Gray took the reigns of the enthusiastically ludicrous “Fast and the Furious” franchise.

We’re eight films into a series that built its foundation on street racing and has since become the meathead equivalent of a globe-trotting 007 adventure.

There’s no enticing incentive for a filmmaker of his caliber to give an action series this ridiculous a second thought, but you know what, sometimes we need to unleash our inner child, submarines, remote-controlled zombie cars and all. What a time to be alive.

“The Fate of the Furious” wastes no time defying the laws of physics via a Cuban street race in which Dom successfully drives a run-down vehicle that becomes engulfed in flames after using a little too much nitrous oxide.

This movie is like a game in how it frequently toys with audience expectations.

With any “Fast and the Furious” movie, you’re well aware that you’re in for cartoon cavalcade of cinematic excess, but just when you’ve think you’ve seen it all, Charlize Theron, the series’ most interesting and devious antagonist to date, acquires control of thousands of zombie cars to cause

rolled across the stage.

KSC senior Bethany Peterson was one of the choreographers and dancers in the An Evening of Dance.

She said she loved being involved with the event. “I loved showing my piece,” she said. “It’s exciting to share such a professional stage.”

She also explained that the evening was a bit of a mournful one because of Murdock’s retirement, meaning this was the last ‘Evening of Dance’ she would direct. “The department is going to be sad to see her go,” she said. “She’s a tough teacher, but she gets us to challenge ourselves.”

Peterson spoke on what dance means to her. She explained, “There’s a freedom in dance that you can’t always express in words.”

Peterson danced in a piece which was one of the few that included dancers speaking out to each other.

At the beginning of ‘It is a question,’ a catalog of expressions were called out and dancers’ feet and hands matched each expression.

Dancer’s digits bent forward in grief and shook with nervousness, while others folded their feet and hands over themselves at the word of love.

Throughout the piece, members spoke out on the formation of the skull and how its bones pulsate like breathing, as well as exploring the topic of contentment and how it’s

mass hysteria all over New York City at her disposal. Hatching her cunning plan aboard a private plane of her own, Theron truly puts the car in carnage. No, I don’t apologize for that pun.

At this point, I expect nothing less than a big budget soap opera injected with a tank full of Nos. Imagine the vehicular anarchy of “Mad Max: Fury Road,” minus the masterful aesthetics of visual storytelling.

You buy into the insanity because of the array of characters you’ve come to form an attachment to for seven films now.

The bickering between Ludacris and Tyrese Gibson, Vin Diesel spouting about the importance of family,

Kurt Russell taking hold of every situation; these folks are the sole reason why this works and something as low brow as “Transformers” falters. If they’re having a good time, then I’m having a good time.

From its over-the-top stunt work to character invincibility, this series has mutated into a superhero property.

Nowhere is this more evident than a gleefully overwhelming prison break sequence in which Dwayne Johnson continues to take names and break bones, all while the guards shoot highvelocity rubber bullets that bounce off his chest as if he were the Man of Steel himself.

In this, “The Fate of the Furious” reaches new heights in upping the

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An Evening of Dance was hosted from Wednesday, April 12 to Saturday, April 15 in the Main Theatre.

not always so easily found.

KSC sophomore Kelsey Walsh was one of the 14 dancers in the piece. Her grandfather and audience member Tom Walsh came to see her. Walsh said he loved that he could see her dance, but that most of the concepts went over his head.

“I was a physical education teacher, so I know dance is important, but I didn’t click with a lot of the pieces,”

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This year marks the 42nd year of An Evening of Dance at Keene State College.

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ante well beyond its predecessors and I couldn’t help but sit there with a big goofy grin on my face throughout.

Scratch that, I take it back. I emitted a constant flow of tears more than anything.

No comedy in the past five years has made me convulse with persistent laughter to this degree.

There’s something truly magical about a film where Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham show such seething hatred toward one another to the point where I could make the viable argument that they’re the definitive power couple of 2017.

Doing what I do, I run through the gamut of one genre after the other every single week.

Every once in awhile, it’s refreshing to have a palette cleanser where I can sit back and watch a thoughtful demonstration of cinematic mayhem unfold before my eyes.

Sure, there’s a plethora of plot incoherencies, bounding leaps in logic and enough corny one-liners to tire Arnold Schwarzenegger, but if you’re in the mood for a gut-busting comedy that rarely lets up, then gladly give yourself up to “The Fate of the Furious” and watch what happens.

he said laughing.

Coming full circle Murdock’s piece was intended to connect with people beginning a new stage of their life, such as starting college. “It’s scary as can be because you don’t know where it’s going,” she said. “And then the journey itself is so messy, so filled

with interruptions and half-starts.”

However, Murdock explained these interruptions are necessary, since they cause us to explore ourselves more deeply.

In her choreographed pieced, there were many interruptions that flowed from one onto another. The piece began with a student singing a capella, then went swiftly into upbeat circus-themed melody with

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A total of 10 dance pieces were performed on each of the four evenings.

dancers intertwining through each other like the accordion notes that played as they moved.

The music shifted as the piece went on, dancers slapping their feet quickly across the stage, reaching outward, then enveloping back into themselves.

Murdock said she had to personally look within herself to finally see what she had achieved in all these years at Keene State. She explained An Evening of Dance initially started under the direction of Alta Lu Townes. “It has been going on for 42 years and I’ve been part of it for 32. I’ve always thought of it as Alta’s, but last night (opening night) for the first time, I acknowledge that I’ve been in charge of it for longer than Alta; it was a weird realization,” she said.

Murdock said she had recently read from the original template of Townes as a way of paying her respects, but now understands that she has come to forefront, that she is now the one others look up to. She said, “There’s this sense of lineage that is really quite satisfying, but last night (opening night) made me… feel full circle, complete.”

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2017: BOSTON CELEBRATES 121ST MARATHON JESSICA RICARD

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A mere 15 runners inspired thousands when they first conquered the 24.5 mile Boston Marathon on Patriot’s Day in 1897.

For nearly 70 years, the Boston Marathon was held on Patriot’s Day, April 19, which was recognized only in Massachusetts and Maine and commemorated the start of the Revolutionary War. In 1969, the holiday was moved to the third Monday in April and since then, the race followed suit.

On April 19, 1897, after experiencing the energy of the first modern Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) member and U.S. Olympic Team Manager John Graham conducted the first Boston Marathon. From Metcalf’s Mill in Ashland to the Irvington Oval in Boston, 10 runners ran the full 24.5 mile race and crossed the finish line. John J. McDermott of New York secured the first winning title, according to the B.A.A. website.

In 1924, in order to align with Olympic standards, the marathon course was extended to 26.2 miles and the starting line moved to Hopkinton.

The Boston Marathon did not permit women to run until the fall of 1971.

However, this rule didn’t stop Roberta

Gibb, who hid in bushes near the starting line for three years and became the first woman to run the full Boston Marathon in 1966.

In 1967, Kathrine Switzer registered as a male under the name “K.V. Switzer,” and was given a bib number. After she was identified as a woman, officials attempted to physically remove her from the race, but she persisted and finished anyway. When women were finally allowed to run in 1972, eight women registered, eight started and all eight crossed the finish line.

In 1975, the Boston Marathon became the first to include a wheelchair division and officially recognized Bob Hall as the first participant. He was promised an official B.A.A. Finisher’s certificate only if he was able to finish the race in less than three hours. He claimed his certificate after achieving a time just two minutes shy of the time limit and popularized the race for other American wheelchair competitors to come.

Former Keene resident and Industrial Engineering professor at Keene Normal School, now Keene State College, Clarence DeMar won his first of seven Boston Marathon titles in 1911.

Nobody has ever broken his record of Boston wins, according to the DeMar Marathon website. Beginning in 1978, the Clarence DeMar Marathon was

established in Keene to honor him and his passion for running and still does to this day.

Just four years ago, on an unforgettable day in 2013 for many New Englanders, two bombs went off at the finish line at 2:49 p.m.. A day meant for celebrations and accomplishments turned to that of destruction and terror when three people died, 260 were injured and 16 lost limbs. Each year since, many participants run the Boston Marathon to honor and remember those affected in 2013.

Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya grasped the record for the fastest marathon time ever when he ran the Boston Marathon in 2011. Bezunesh Deba of Ethiopia holds the women’s course record after she ran in 2014.

According to the B.A.A. website, participants must qualify for the event by meeting time requirements corresponding to age and gender. This year, the 121st Boston Marathon will be held on Monday, April 17 with heats beginning at 8:50 a.m..

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18 years later: In light of San Bernardino and Columbine Massacre Anniversary MARY CURTIN

ADS DIRECTOR/TIME CAPSULE EDITOR Two gunmen walked into Columbine High School, killing 13 people in 1999.

Now, 18 years later, the after effects are still pertinent in modern day society.

The massacre took place in Littleton, Colorado, on April 20, 1999, when two teenagers killed 12 fellow classmates, a teacher and injured over 20 others.

Their spree began just before 11:20 that morning and by noon, they had turned the guns on themselves.

Since this day, there have been 31 school shootings, with one hitting a bit too close to Keene State College students at Sandy Hook Elementary School in New-

town, Connecticut, in 2012.

In this instance, a total of 26 people were killed, twice the number of the Columbine Massacre.

Most recently, in San Bernardino, California, a man shot and killed his estranged wife, who was a special education teacher at North Park Elementary School.

In this process, he also shot two young students, one who later died in the hospital.

The shooter, Cedric Anderson, then turned the gun on himself.

School shootings are no longer isolated instances and the extent of how many raises many issues and concerns.

According to ABC News’ review of reported cases, there had been an average of one shooting per week at

a school or on a college campus in 2015.

The numbers reveal a lot about this nationwide issue and it has become more pressing as the issue of gun control and mental illness is evaluated.

FBI records indicated that there have been a total of 141 people killed in a mass murder or attempted mass murder in school shootings since that April day in 1999.

The reverberations and the impact of these tragic events have caused some action from schools and the government.

“This job of keeping our children safe and teaching them well is something we can only do together, with the help of friends and neighbors, the help of a community and the help of a nation,” President Barack Obama said on Dec. 16, 2012 in wake of the Sandy Hook mas-

sacre.

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Center offered the following as a helpful solution of mass shootings: “Close gaps in mental health services for children with emotional and behavioral problems and to provide a broader continuum of mental health care, including exceptions to privacy protection policies to allow for better communication about the mental health needs of students.” This stems from the fact that there were 17 kids 15 years old or younger who have committed or attempted a mass shooting.

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This week in Keene State history JESSICA RICARD

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ADS DIRECTOR/TIME CAPSULE EDITOR 1967 was the year the first calculator was invented, “I Love Lucy” was in its prime and “Bonnie and Clyde” was a blockbuster.

However, in 1967, The Nature Conservancy of New Hampshire gifted Keene State College (KSC) a 400-acre plot of land called the Louis Cabot Preserve to use as an outdoor conservation laboratory.

At this time, KSC President Roman J. Zorn said this was the biggest single endowment the college had ever seen.

The Louis Cabot Preserve is a one and a half mile peninsula lying between the Nubansit and Spoonwood Lakes in the towns of Nelson and Hancock.

This endowment was acquired by the Nature Conservancy in 1961 for $100,000.

This site was to be used for physical education, as well as research for faculty and students for studies of soil, water, climate and others.

It was formally accepted and approved on March

18, 1967 by the board of trustees after President Zorn recommended the University of New Hampshire trustees accept the deed after faculty had studied the range of utilization.

Currently, on the KSC website, “Keene State College is fortunate to own 400 acres of pristine wilderness on Lake Nubanusit in the towns of Nelson and Hancock, NH; a quick 25 minute car ride from campus. This property, which sits on a peninsula surrounded by Lake Nubanusit and Spoonwood Pond, is called the Louis Cabot Preserve. The property was acquired by the College in the early 1960s from the Nature Conservancy of N.H... In the future, this land hopefully will become an outdoor learning laboratory for KSC classes. What a great get-away to enjoy a gorgeous N.H. day!”

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105 years ago, Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts finally opens.

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CAVS model proposals for Keene State College Modified three school model

Two school model

One college model

School of Arts and Humanities One dean, one associate dean

School of Liberal Arts and Sciences One dean, two associate deans

One dean of the faculty Six associate deans Associate Dean of Humanities

a. American Studies b. Art c. Communication and Philosophy d. English e. Film Studies f. History g. Holocaust and Genocide Studies h. Journalism i. Modern Languages and Cultures j. Music k. Theatre and Dance l. Women and Gender Studies m. Cohen Center n. Redfern Arts Center o. Thorne-Sagendorph Gallery

School of Sciences and Social Sciences One dean, one associate dean a. Biology b. Chemistry c. Computer Science d. Economics and Political Science e. Environmental Studies f. General Science g. Geography h. Geology i. Physics j. Management k. Mathematics l. Psychology m. Sociology/Anthropology/ Criminal Justice Studies n. Small Business Development Center o. Math Center

School of Professional Studies One dean, two associate deans The division of responsibility among the associate deans would need to be determined. a. Child Development Center b. Education c. Educator Preparation (certification, placement, etc.) d. Architecture e. Health Science f. Human Performance and Movement Sciences g. Nursing h. Safety and Occupational Health i. Sustainable Product Design j. Dietetic Internship

Library One dean a. Library Staff b. Academic Technology c. Information Studies Minor

a. Associate Dean for Arts and Humanities i. American Studies ii. Art iii. Communication and Philosophy iv. English v. Film Studies vi. History vii. Holocaust and Genocide Studies viii. Journalism ix. Modern Languages and Cultures x. Music xi. Theatre and Dance xii. Women and Gender Studies xiii. Redfern Arts Center xiv. Thorne Gallery xv. Cohen Center

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b. Associate Dean for Sciences and Social Sciences i. Biology ii. Chemistry iii. Computer Science iv. Economics and Political Science v. Environmental Studies vi. General Science vii. Geography viii. Geology ix. Physics x. Management xi. Mathematics xii. Psychology i. Sociology/Anthropology/ Criminal Justice Studies xiii. Small Business Development Center xiv. Math Center

School of Professional Studies One dean, two associate deans The division of responsibility among the two associate deans would need to bedetermined. i. Child Development Center ii. Education iii. Educator Preparation (certification, placement, etc.) iv. Health Science v. Human Performance and Movement Sciences vi. Nursing vii. Architecture viii. Safety and Occupational Health ix. Sustainable Product Design x. Dietetic Internship

Library One dean a. Library Staff b. Academic Technology c. Information Studies Minor

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a. American Studies b. Communication and Philosophy c. English d. History e. Holocaust and Genocide Studies f. Journalism g. Modern Languages and Cultures h. Women and Gender Studies i. Cohen Center

a. Art b. Film Studies c. Music d. Theatre and Dance e. Redfern Arts Center f. Thorne Gallery

Associate Dean of Sciences a. Biology b. Chemistry c. Computer Science d. Environmental Studies e. General Science f. Geology g. Physics h. Mathematics i. Math Center

Associate Dean of Social Sciences a. Economics and Political Science b. Geography c. Management d. Psychology e. Sociology/Anthropology/ Criminal Justice Studies f. Small Business Development Center

Associate Dean of Education a. Child Development Center b. Education c. Educator Preparation (certification, placement, etc.)

Associate Dean of Allied Health Sciences and Professional Studies a. Architecture b. Health Science c. Human Performance and Movement Sciences d. Nursing e. Safety and Occupational Health f. Sustainable Product Design g. Dietetic Internship

Library: One dean (Reports to provost) a. Library Staff b. Academic Technology c. Information Studies Minor

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Baseball

Softball Overall

Home

Away

Neutral

12-9

3-1

3-2

6-6

vs. Castleton

Overall

10-15

vs. Castleton

Team

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Castleton

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Keene State Castleton

10

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6-5

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Keene State

11

Keene State

Eastern Conn.

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Bowdoin

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22 3

Track & Field Silfen Invitational Katelyn Terry

400 Meter Run 58.70

Ian Connell

Dominique Pascoal

Javelin Throw 37.76 Meters

Alex Magoon

3000 Meter Steeplechase 10:27.46 Javelin Throw 47.96 Meter

Upcoming Games Baseball Saturday, April 22 vs. UMass Boston

Women’s Lacrosse Saturday, April 22 @ Southern Maine

Men’s Lacrosse Saturday, April 22 @ Southern Maine

Softball Saturday, April 22 vs. Eastern Conn.

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Nearing the end of the finish line

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Katelyn Terry continues to shine in track and field. Terry finished first in the 400 meter run, sprinting to a season-best of 58.70 at this weekend’s Silfen Invitational.

Terry is ranked second in the Little East Conference and sixth in the Division III New England Region.

Katelyn Terry continues to excel in outdoor track and field JACOB BARRETT

Senior rePorter Keene State College senior Katelyn Terry is nearing the finish line of her track and field career for the Owls and she seems to be getting faster and faster.

Terry, who joined the team as a first-year student at KSC, is having a standout season for the Owls’ track and field team and has managed to rack up a number of accolades and awards over the course of her final year. Terry earned New England All-Region Honors and was named Little East Conference Indoor Track Athlete of the Year for her performance during the indoor season according to the Owls’ website and has continued her performance thus far in the outdoor season.

Terry said she often does not pay attention to her accolades and accomplishments.

“I honestly don’t even really notice it,” Terry said. “A lot of times it’s a shock because I don’t think I did anything particularly special.”

While Terry might not have noticed the accomplishments that stem from her hard work, her teammates and Head Coach Tom Pickering have been watching closely.

Pickering, along with teammates, spoke about Terry’s positive attitude and willingness to put in the work necessary to improve.

“She’s just so passionate about it and whenever coach is talking to her, she always tries to keep a positive attitude.

She never gets too down on herself and she’s always there to push our other teammates which is super nice,” KSC junior and teammate Melissa Wydra said.

Terry’s teammates said that her work ethic drives them to work harder as well. KSC sophomore and first-year Owl Taylor Bisaillon, who also runs as an alternate with Terry on the Owls’ relay team, said Terry’s example provides motivation for the rest of the team.

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can play defense [and] take face offs. You name it, he can do it and he can do it well. That’s what sets him apart.

Even in the games where he doesn’t put up big-time goal numbers, he impacts the game in a handful of ways and as long as the team wins, he’s satisfied,” Reilly said.

Rotatori doesn’t deal with the nonsense, Theriault said.

“Rotatori is going to say it how it is; he’s a leader and he leads by example. He’s not just a talker for the sake of talking. He’s kind of the ‘follow me into battle’ kind of guy. If you’re going to work hard like he does, then he definitely will have a respect for you and he demands that from the other guys on the team,” Theriault said.

He continued, “He doesn’t care if you’re the best player on the team or the worst, his expectation for you is the

“I mean I think it’s really cool and sort of like a motivational thing because she does so well in so many different things. Like she’s fast and she jumps far. She’s overall a great athlete and I think it gives a lot of our teammates motivation to do better,” Bisaillon said.

Terry said when her teammates do well at a meet, it motivates her when getting ready for an event.

“I’ll watch other people race before me and sometimes it’ll get me hyped up,” Terry said.

Pickering said that Terry’s success can be attributed to her dedication to the sport and doing things the right way.

“She’s just a person that pursues excellence in everything that she does and she listens and always gives her best effort, and I think you can attribute her continual improvement and constantly high-performance level too,” Pickering said.

Pickering also noted Terry’s versatility as an athlete to effectively and willingly run races of varying distances.

He said that her career as a cross-country athlete is partly responsible for her ability to do so. Terry also competes as a jumper, and while she hasn’t focused as much on jumping in the last couple of seasons, Pickering said he sees her improving even further.

“I think Katelyn’s best triple jumps are still ahead of her and yet she’s been all-conference in the triple jump almost every season that she’s done it,” Pickering said.

To Pickering, Terry’s performance and demeanor during the season shows that she has come into the role of a leader on the team.

“I think that she’s doing and saying all the things and carrying herself in the way that a senior leader of a team who’s had a very, very good career should be doing them,” Pickering said.

Pickering said he got a glimpse of Terry’s drive to push herself this season during the Owls’ meet hosted

by American International College early in the outdoor

season, where Terry won the 800 meter run. Terry won that race by a margin of over four seconds, according to the Owls’ website.

“She destroyed the field and it was just early in the season and what she showed me and what really stood out to me was that desire to just push herself to whatever she’s able to do that day and it wasn’t really just about, ‘Okay I want to win this race,’ it was about, ‘I’m going to find out what I can do today,’” Pickering said. “It stood out to me in showing that she’s really hungry now in her senior [spring season]… and she really wants to find out what she can do.”

Pickering said that Terry has already qualified to participate in the Eastern College Athletic Conference championship meet. Pickering said out of all of her accolades, Terry has yet to qualify for the National Collegiate Athletic Association championship meet in track and believes this year Terry is deserving of the opportunity to compete.

“She hasn’t said that that’s going to make or break her career and I don’t think in any way will it, but I think she deserves a shot as an individual at the nationals in track.

She’s that good of a runner and I think it’s her last season, I think that would be a wonderful way to go out.”

Finally, Pickering said that Terry’s work on the track, trails and in the classroom makes her an exemplary Owl. “She’s really just an outstanding Keene State Owl all the way across the board.”

same no matter what. Sometimes, people candy coat things, that just need to be said and he’s willing to do that which is wonderful.”

Rotatori’s biggest personal accomplishment thus far was last year when he received All American. This year, his goals are third or second team All American.

As a team, Theriault said he would like to finish out the Little East Conference (LEC) undefeated in the regular season, win the LEC championship and then go into the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) tournament. “If we play like we played this past Wednesday (April 12 ) against Bowdoin, then teams are going to need to look out for us,” Theriault said.

He continued, “On theory, on paper, we should win, but at the same time as I tell the guys, we have a target on our backs because we are the three-time defending champions. Everyone gets up for us, we’re expected to win and sometimes with that, there can be a little bit of an assumption.”

Theriault continued to say no matter who the Owls are up against, whether it be UMass Boston or any other team, they are going to treat them like they are the number one team in the country. “You can’t just assume,” Theriault said.

The lacrosse team hasn’t always been on cloud nine this season.

“The team atmosphere this year has been a little crazy.

We had some setbacks in Florida this year when we played Nichols [College],” Rotatori said. “We had a huge breakdown as a team, but it’s been building. The Owls have been on a five-game winning streak and have yet to look back.

Jacob Barrett can be contacted at jbarrett@kscequinox.com

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On Monday, April 10, the United States Soccer Federation, along with Canada and Mexico, made the historic announcement that they would make a joint bid to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup. If accepted, this would be the first time that a World Cup would be jointhosted since Korea/Japan 2002. It would be the first time three nations would host the World Cup and the first time the United States would host the World Cup since 1994.

This is a huge moment for not only for the United States, but Mexico and Canada too. If the bid is accepted, it would be the first time since 1986 that Mexico has hosted World Cup matches and the first time that Canada would host a men’s World cup since hosting the women’s World Cup back in 2015. This would also mean that Canada would participate in a World Cup for the first time since 1986. U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati even tweeted that he has the full support from President Trump on this bid, despite his past relationship’s with Mexico.

Both Mexico and Canada were both very supportive of this decision. During the reveal event, the president of the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol (Mexican Football Federation) said, “For the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol, and the entire Mexican soccer family, it is a source of pride to be candidates, along with the United States and Canada, to host the FIFA World Cup in 2026,” according to the Major League Soccer website. President of the Canadian Soccer Federation Victor Montagliani added, “We look forward to continuing our successful collaboration with fellow CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football) member associations, U.S. Soccer and Federación Mexicana de Fútbol under the FIFA Council principles for joint bids and to continue our tradition of hosting record-breaking international events.”

If the bid is accepted, these three nations plan on bringing the world cup back to North America with big spectacle. It would help strengthen the legitimacy of American soccer and even help put Canadian soccer on the map. This news received tremendous reactions, with the majority of people in North America rejoicing. Most fans are happy that a World Cup might be in North America again and close to home. Other fans were concerned about the amount of travel and FIFA’s corrupt past. But to that, I say you have to travel for every World Cup, no matter where you are and I don’t blame people for being skeptical of FIFA. Overall, if this bid is accepted, it will be a monumental decision for North America and CONCACAF. It could help these countries economically and help legitimize these countries as legitimate soccer countries. In my opinion, I’m in full support of this bid. I hope this bid can be accepted and I can experience a World Cup in my home country.

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Bryan Rotatori hit his 100th point milestone in a game against No. 15 Bowdoin College on April 11 at Ryan Field.

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Keene State College baseball wins 2 in busy week

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Mac Struthers hits a ball out into the field in a game against Western Connecticut State University (WCSU). The Owls took home two wins against WCSU, 9-1 and 8-4.

Owls baseball falls to Salve Regina and soars over Western Connecticut State University ADRIANA SANCHEZ

Equinox stAff Keene State College (KSC) baseball had their home opener on Thursday, April 13 against Salve Regina University (SRU) for a non-conference game. Earlier this season, they had faced each other and KSC lost, 7-3.

Game 1 To start off the game, there was a foul ball caught by KSC junior Christian Bourgea to make the first out of the game. KSC got a double play, which ended the top of the first inning.

Nate Pederson started the second inning as pitcher for the Owls. Salve Regina’s number 14 Dylan Ketch tried to steal second, but got thrown out. No runs were made by SRU in the top of the second. KSC first-year Connor Walsh started the bottom of the second with a double from a line drive to left field. Sophomore Owl Devin Springfield hit a fly ball deep into center field, but unfortunately it was caught, ending the second inning.

Salve Regina’s number 3 Brody Santilli laid down a nice bunt advancing to first base in the beginning of the third inning. Ketch hit the ball into center field, giving him two RBIs. KSC sophomore Nate Rossi hit a double to start off the bottom of the third and SRU made a double play to end it. The score was 0-2, Salve Regina.

To end the top of the fourth inning, KSC first-year Brian Vieira had a double play. Following this, KSC’s Connor Longley hit to right

field, advancing him to second. No runs were scored in the bottom of the fourth, just one hit

by KSC. During the sixth inning, Bourgea, third baseman for the Owls, made a play at home plate, preventing a run for Salve Regina.

Seahawk number 9 Hunter Sleeper had one RBI in the top of the sixth. Following this, in the bottom of the sixth, Sleeper made an error, allowing KSC’s Tom Meucci to get on first.

KSC’s Zach Rollins had a hit driving in a run, but got out at home. At the bottom of the seventh, SRU’s number 6 Alex Perry had an RBI and the score was Salve Regina, 5-0.

At the top of the eighth, the Seahawks laid down a bunt, advancing the runners on first and second. Salve Regina’s Sleeper had a hit, creating two RBIs and making the score 7-0. At the bottom of the eighth, KSC John Tarascio advanced to second due to an error by Salve.

KSC sophomore Mac Struthers and first-year Connor Walsh both had RBIs, putting the Owls on the board with three runs.

During the bottom of the eighth, all bases were loaded and the score was 7-3, Salve Regina. At the top of ninth, Salve’s Christian Vargas had an RBI. Then, KSC scored, making the final score 8-4, Salve Regina. The Owls’ next home game is on April 22 against the University of Massachusetts Boston at 12 p.m..

Adriana Sanchez can be contacted at asanchez@kscequinox.com

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Arts And EntErtAinmEnt Editor On Saturday, April 15, the Keene State College men’s baseball team took on Western Connecticut State University (WCSU) at the Owl Athletic Complex in two games.

Game 1 In the first game, the WCSU Colonials batted first. After a hit from Colonial Bill Buscetto, Clete LoRusso scored a run. Buscetto was still on base by the time the team struck out.

KSC Owls Zach Rollins and Connor Longley scored two runs off of hits from Connor Walsh and John Tarascio, respectively. The Owls struck out, leaving two men on base.

Owls’ Tom Meucci, Mac Struthers and Rollins all scored in the fourth inning, bringing the game score to 6-1 in favor of the Owls.

No additional points were scored from either team until the bottom of the eighth, when Owl Nathan Rossi scored his 20th run of the season. Meucci and Rollins also scored runs in the inning before the Colonials took the field for the last time in the game.

The Colonials did not score again; the bottom of the ninth was not played.

Michael Crimi pitched a total of eight innings, managing seven strikeouts and giving up only one run.

Colonial pitchers Daniel Hedden and Erik Nicholson faced a total of 41 batters between them, striking out five.

The Owls won the game 9-1.

Game 2 For the second game, the Colonials started at bat again, but did not score until the fourth inning when Colonial Frank Vartuli hit the ball, allowing LoRusso, who had stolen second, to score.

The Owls managed to score earlier in the game at the bottom of the second. Christian Bourgea, John Tarascio and Devin Springfield all scored hits, but only Bourgea scored a run.

Bourgea scored again in the bottom of the fourth off of a hit from Springfield.

In the sixth inning, LoRusso and Joe Daigle scored two runs for the Colonials.

The Owls mirrored the Colonial’s runs in the same inning with a homerun from Tarascio, which led to a run from Walsh, who was on first at the time.

The Colonials only scored once more while the Owls scored four more runs.

Once again, the bottom of the ninth was not played.

Tim Coppinger and Jeff Lunn served as pitchers for the Owls, pitching 6.2 and 2.1 innings, respectively.

Each Colonial pitcher, George Bielizna, Matt Fasoli and Taylor Donofrio, allowed the Owls to score one home run. Bielizna pitched for 5.1 innings--a majority of the game.

The score ended 8-4 in favor of the Owls.

Head Coach’s 550th Win After the win from game one, Owls’ Head Coach Ken Howe received his 550th win of his career.

Howe is a Keene High School and KSC alumnus who also attended the University of Central Florida, where he played baseball. In 2008, the Little East Conference (LEC) named Howe the Coach of the Year, according to his bio on KSC’s athletic website.

Per the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Baseball Coaching Records, in 2016, Howe was ranked 32nd in highest number of victories in Division III, with a total of 524 wins.

As of Sunday, April 16, Howe has a total of 551 career wins.

Alexandria Saurman can be contacted at asaurman@kscequinox.com

Men’s lacrosse extend its streak to five after a win against UMass Boston CRAE MESSER

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Kevin Casey brings the ball up the field for the Owls. Keene State College outshot the UMass Boston Beacons 22-3 in their game on April 15, extending their winning streak to five.

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The Keene State College men’s lacrosse team topped the University of Massachusetts Boston Beacons by a score of 22-3 on Saturday, April 15 to extend their win streak to five games.

The Owls were led by Rob Hart and Hunter Arnold, who each tallied three goals in the rout of the Beacons. Hart and Arnold weren’t alone, however, as 13 other Owls found their way onto the scoreboard, including Tyler Reilly who started the scoring with just over ten minutes remaining in the first quarter.

KSC would go on to put up eight unanswered goals before UMass Boston got on the board.

The first Beacons goal came from Kroy Arnold, who factored into every point that UMass Boston scored on the day.

Arnold added two assists later in the game. His teammate Calvin Lee also tallied a goal and an assist, but the Beacons’ effort was no match for the Owls’ offense.

Following Arnold’s goal, the Owls went on to score four more, pushing the score to 12-1.

Just a couple minutes before halftime, UMass Boston’s Eric Wollrath got

onto the board after receiving a pass from Arnold. The teams entered the half with the Owls on top 12-2.

In the third quarter, the Owls added on three more goals, one each from Jake Genest, Charles Katz and Alex Faubert.

Faubert, Bobby Carey and Bryan Rotatori all scored two goals along the way.

In the fourth quarter, the Owls dominated the Beacons, scoring seven goals to UMass Boston’s one. The final goal of the game came from Carey, who was fed a pass from Curt Serafini to beat UMass Boston’s goalie, making the score 22-3.

On the back end for KSC, four players made their way into the game. Matt Howe, J.J. Tinney, Jeff Bernard and Cameron Eddy all played several minutes for the Owls, but Howe earned the win as he exited the game when the score was 8-3. He finished the day with three shots against and one save.

Bernard and Eddy also made one save in the win.

KSC hosts Plymouth State University on Wednesday, April 19 in a Little East Conference matchup and will look to earn their sixth straight victory.

Crae Messer can be contacted at cmesser@kscequinox.com

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Rotatori reaches 100th goal milestone SHELBY IAVA

SportS Editor Senior Bryan Rotatori went into Tuesday’s game against Bowdoin College with the mindset to win, but little did he know he would be achieving a milestone. Rotatori scored his 100th goal and didn’t even realize it. Rotatori said he had no idea he reached his milestone until someone tweeted at him later that day. Rotatori has 102 goals and 201 points racked up throughout his Keene State lacrosse career.

Rotatori is from Grafton, Massachusetts, and serves as the senior captain. Head men’s lacrosse coach Mark Theriault said he’s been a starter ever since he stepped foot on the Keene State College (KSC) campus. “He’s one of the leading scorers and definitely one of those hard-working kids that’s always on the field before I get there and always

there after I leave for the night. He’s just extremely hard-working and the work ethic is by far the best person on the team,” Theriault said.

Rotatori first started playing lacrosse when he was just six years old. Teammate and fellow senior Tyler Reilly has been playing with Rotatori since they were kids. “Roto is a great friend and teammate to have. I’ve been playing with him since we were six and I’ve been friends with him even longer.

His work ethic is better than anyone else I’ve played with on and off the field. Every decision he makes off the field is based around how it will effect his lacrosse playing. On the field, he has a strong case for being the most versatile player in the division,” Reilly said.

Rotatori has not only grown as a player, but as a person as well, Theriault said.

“It’s just amazing to think, you know, I just remember watching him play in Grafton High School games and then that summer. He and Tyler Reilly made the All-American game at Harvard Stadium and then being very excited to him and now I blinked and they’re seniors and graduating. How quickly everything goes by, but I’m really proud of him as a player and have definitely seen him grow not just as a lacrosse player or a professional in the P[hysical] E[ducation] field, but as a person,” Theriault said.

Rotatori gives credit to his father. “My biggest inspiration is my father, for sure. He’s always been a good role model for me, he always let me choose what I wanted to do, he didn’t force me into anything and anytime I need anything, I can call him up and he’s always willing to talk and answer ques-

tions. My dad was a big time lacrosse player back in college; he played at UMass Amherst and then played professionally,” Rotatori said.

Rotatori has had few set-backs while being a collegiate athlete. He’s only been injured once and missed two games out of his entire career. Reilly said Rotatori can do it all. “He can score goals, he

“Sometimes, you have to fall before you can rise up.”

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Bryan Rotatori scored his 100th goal in the game against No. 15 Bowdoin College. The Owls outscored Bowdoin 14-8 at the Owl Athletic Complex on Tuesday, April 11.

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