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Kid Ink & Lupe Fiasco rock the Spaulding Gym JILL GIAMBRUNO

Equinox Staff on the Keene State College campus, and along with the warm weather came rappers Lupe Fiasco and Kid Ink. The spring concert happened on April 15 and was hosted in the Spaulding Gymnasium on campus.

Kid Ink, who thanked The Equinox for reaching out to interview him, said that he began his rap career in high school at the age of 16 as a producer.

“I was just doing music for fun [in high school], but I took it a little bit more serious when I graduated and had to focus on what I was going to do with my life in the long term,” Kid Ink said. ing work after graduating from high school, Kid Ink said that he quickly realized the traditional route wasn’t for him.

Kid Ink said, “I found myself missing work or missing class because I was too busy I should just go forward with.”

For Kid Ink, it was important to keep an open mind.

“It’s all about being creative, and maybe not as scheduled as the business mindset,” Kid Ink said. “I think it’s cool to be able to do the business side of things – people should

always go to school to do that – but there also needs to be people who focus on the art side of things and stay creative.”

The rapper, who is covered almost head to toe in tattoos, said he started getting inked about the same time he started getting into music, and that the art on his body goes along with his creative mindset.

“I’m from LA [Los Angeles], and it’s just the culture there,” Kid Ink said of his body art.

“I can have all these tattoos, but still break the stereotypes that a person might have about me. I get to express myself. I even drew some of these tattoos myself. I worked at a tattoo shop and wanted to be a tattoo artist at one point.”

Kid Ink added, “I love the visual expression of [tattoos]. Someone is able to read me a little bit just by looking at me, but then I’m able to give them something different when we actually talk.”

When asked what his one piece of advice for KSC students would be, Kid Ink said, “Do what you love.” Kid Ink continued, “When I went to school...the classes I fell in love with were the music ones. Go for what you love, and not for what everyone is telling you to do at the end of the day. That way, when you graduate you get to use your talents and start a life in something you’re passionate about.”

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Students question motivation surrounding tenure DOROTHY ENGLAND

Equinox Staff In an Equinox article written last week, a student expressed a desire to withdraw from his class, not fessor wasn’t engaging him enough. The question then arises, does having a tenure contract justify a lack of Keene State College Alumnus Paul Mazzola said that he experienced having a professor he really liked, but who he felt didn’t put in the right “Instead of teaching us, he would tell us stories. He didn’t use class time very well,” he said.

Mazzola said he believes this professor is smart because he’s been published in various papers, but that he might not be someone who teaches because they enjoy it. “I think he just wants to teach to do his research; that’s what the school should let him do,” Mazzola said.

However, Mazzola said he has had difwell prepared from this professor’s prerequisite class. “I tried really hard to take notes, but he would go super slowly,” Mazzola said. “Sometimes all he would do is go through the homework and he would repeat himself a lot. professors was amazing. “[He] brought cha-

the dude it was like ‘all right, I’m interested now.’” the same professor challenged him to think.

“You would give an answer, and he would ask why and then you’d have to explain your said. approach it; it makes or breaks a class.” professor doesn’t care. He said that it really depends on how much the professor values teaching.

Keene State College junior Tarissa Dunham said that professors should be adamant about encouraging students.

“It’s their job to teach us what we need to know for when we actually graduate,” Dunham said.

Dunham said there were a few classes where she felt irritated by the assignments. “There seems to be a consistent lack of education…they tell

us to read things and we don’t actually talk about it. I don’t feel like I’m actually learning; I’m just being told to read books,” she said.

Dunham said she recommends students seeking out their advisors and speaking with them if the problem persists. “They’re the ones to encourage us to go through these courses, helping you get on a path,” she said.

One organization that can pave the path for a profesto receive tenure is the Faculty Evaluation Advisory Committee (FEAC).

Committee Chair Tom Cook said that a professor can apply years at Keene State College, but that after six years a professor must go for tenure with a disposition made. years you’re evaluated by your department, people come in and check on you; [they] look at your syllabus [and] your student evaluations,” Cook said.

Cook said that student evaluations contribute considerably to their decisions about giving a professor tenure.

“In particular what we’ll see, if we’re talking about student evaluations, is some sort of trend,” he said.

He explained that these trends can show if a profe s s or is starting

of our own knowledge of how much work you should However, this student did say that the professor was have been doing outside the classroom or inside the willing to help any student who reached out. classroom.”

Timney said that students shouldn’t feel intimidated Cook said that, while the college does highlight about asking for help. “You’re paying a lot of money; teaching as an important consideration for tenure, it’s you have every right to respectfully ask for something also largely dependent on what a professor can put out from that professor if you feel like you’re not getting it. there to represent the school. “You’re hired, yeah to And there’s nothing wrong with that,” he said. teach classes, but you’re really hired to go and either Timney said that a professor should be available and write articles or do research. It gets the name of the aware of how students are responding to their teaching, institution out there,” Cook said. even though he addressed that most professors have Associate Professor Mark Timney said that tenure never had any formal training. allows protection for professors who may have pro“With the exception of the education faculty, almost not none of us have ever fessor was covering a controversial topic such as received any teaching classwork, taken pornography, outsiders could look in and any teaching classes,” Timney judge it, but that a tenure position prosaid. “So we’ve never been tects that professor’s ideas. taught to teach.”

“That’s what tenure is about; it’s Timney said this could allowing researchers to explore absolutely hurt a profesany topic without fear of reprisal,” sor. He said it was similar Timney said. to a person who watched He said that, once a profesbaseball as a sport then sor gets tenure, it’s pretty much was thrown into coaching a impossible to get rid of them. “I’ve game. “We still don’t have the joked you almost have to run expertise in teaching that we do in nude through the campus at that our subject areas,” he said. point…break the law,” he said.

However, Timney said that Timney said that, because it’s being an average teacher really with a tenure contract, the position does provide job security. However, he said he has really doesn’t want to teach.

“I’ve certainly known some lazy ones, but the tenure contract isn’t there to protect these lazy ones.

What it’s here for is to take and protect a professor’s research,” Timney explained.

He also said that he understand how it is easy to get bored from teaching the same material time and time again. “It’s hard to keep the same excitement up about something you’ve taught 8,000 times before,” Timney said.

“What advances your career is being a good scholar,” he system is set up to reward scholarship over everything [else] and, because of that, what sane person is going to risk their job…by focusing entirely on teachDorothy England can be reached at dengland@kscequinox.com

anonymous, said it seemed as if his professor or not put was more scatterbrained than uncaring. in the rec- He said this professor acted ommended “If I wasn’t crazy, this students to wouldn’t work” menlearn.

Cook tality. said that, He said that this with this type of behavior did k nowle dge, the FEAC est part is that I’ve group then really got to double advises the and triple check provost, who things because I’m makes the ultimate never sure what exactly decision to either give a person tenure year explained, “I can’t CASSIE BARON / EQUINOX or let them go. He said take what’s said at the end The left graphic represents a tenured professor and the right they give this advice “based on of class to be what’s the graphic represents a faculty memeber. criteria the department has created and kind assignment [is] on canvas.”

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Bake sale on equal payday brings light to gender inequality DEVON ROBERTS

nEwS Editor It took until April 12 for women’s salaries to catch up with men’s from the previous year, and a recent bake sale on campus brought attention to this issue.

Due to the wage gap, the day women’s salaries catch up to men’s has become known as ‘Equal Pay Day’. The bake sale, hosted by the Keene area American Association of University Women (AAUW) and the American Democracy Project, charged men one dollar for baked goods and women 79 cents.

AAUW.org refers to Equal Pay Day as “a powerful occasion to raise awareness about and action around the gender pay gap in your community.”

KSC student and intern for American Democracy Project Alyssa DeMarco said she was happy with the response. “This bake sale happened last year as well, and a lot of people are coming up and saying ‘oh I’m so glad you’re doing this again’, and sending people ated with the school come over to buy things,” DeMarco said.

Additionally, co-president of the Keene area AAUW Debbie Bowie commented on the turnout as well.

“Students don’t carry cash, we know that, some students are interested in is,” Bowie said.

According to Bowie, AAUW provided the baked goods, and American Democracy Project planned and executed the event. “We’ve been partnering to put something on for the equal pay day for a couple of months now,” DeMarco said.

DeMarco said gender equality was something personally important to her. “I don’t want to think about my future and think that I would be doing the same work as a man and I wouldn’t be paid the same… I don’t want to think about having to leave work because I have kids, I mean all those things that men, it wouldn’t even cross their minds. That’s something that I think a lot of women, especially our age and going into the work-

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force,” DeMarco said.

According to usnews.com, The Works charged women Bowie said that she did not have the answers to 79 cents to the dollar on their bills in all of their New gender inequality in the workplace, but did have some Hampshire locations last Tuesday. Usnews.com reports that AAUW does have some workshops for women. I think they just need to know what’s happening… I would say probably the best thing is to try when they begin work to make sure they’ll be treated fairly and equally,” Bowie said.

them online.

Fu r t her, local bakery and café The Works also participated in Equal Pay Day.

chain employs a lot of women, and women and men are paid the same.

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dent and The Works employee Abby Bergman said that this was one of the busier days she’s seen at work.

“I thought it was cool because the guys kind of had to see what it felt like to be on the opposite side of the spectrum for a day,” Bergman said.

The Equinox attempted to contact French for comment, but was unable to by deadline.

Devon Roberts can be contacted at droberts@kscequinox.com

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‘Day of Action’ adresses education and economic inequality ADAM URQUHART

those that don’t have opportunity,” Sturtz said.

Equinox Staff Like Sturtz, Co-President of the American Association of University Women Debbie Bowie said she sees An address working toward bridging the opportunity gaps children in our communities face was held on nities as well. Bowie, who was also present at the SymApril 15, at the Alumni Center. posium, said it is upsetting that economics provides This event, marked the Day of Action, was part of opportunities. the 2015-2016 Keene State College Symposium “SusBowie said that the ages that are impacted by this taining the American Dream: Public Education and the the most are probably young children.

Common Good.” Roughly 20 people including faculty, students and community members met to identify the [old] are really critical years for the brain changing... inequalities within these opportunity gaps; however, One of the things that I think we all need to be carethe goal of the event was to make sure the conversa- ful with is that we should focus on that group, but we tions discussed during the symposium would not come should not neglect the other groups that need extra to a halt now that the Symposium has ended. encouragement or an extra push.” Bowie continued, “So Symposium Co-Chair and Assistant Professor of Education John Sturtz said that symposium events have is that the child needs to be ready when they hit kinbeen running since the end of September. “We’ve had dergarten.” a number of events. Some of them were presentations by faculty members from Keene State College and then have plans for kindergarten programs, and that New we’ve brought in speakers,” Sturtz said.

Hampshire is one of them. “These are things people He continued, “Our goal was to look at the intersec- don’t realize.” Bowie said. “We really need to focus on tion of education reform and economic inequalities. It getting these kids started right. I think we need to look at how we can sell it in the community and what’s the the conversation to the fact that our schools really aren’t - in.” tems of inequality. We’re righting social injustices, ecoBowie continued, “I think we have to keep in mind nomic inequality, political inequality, social inequality that we as a community have a responsibility to proand that those things are pervasive in our communities vide for that community.” so why wouldn’t they show up in our schools?”

City Council Member Jay Kahn was also present for Sturtz said that, because schools are just a cross sec- the event. Kahn said that,if we are going to be a strong tion of a society, these injustices will inevitably be pres- and growing community, we need to assure ourselves ent. Sturtz also said that public schools are incubators that children have the opportunities to develop. “It has for the type of democracy we live in. such a social impact when we fail to address the oppor“Then if we don’t have public schools that are free tunity gaps for kids,” Kahn said. “I want to be supportand open and accessible to all students...We just run the ive of those things that try to make Keene a stronger, risk of continuing to isolate our society. What we need more vibrant community.” to be looking at is how do we close the opportunity gap?

Debbie Bowie said she thinks everyone has someSchools are a part of that but it’s not the whole thing. thing to contribute to their community. Bowie said she Schools didn’t start the inequality and the opportunity goes to Winchester once a week for an hour with the gap. They’ll be part of the solution but not going to be second grade class for America Reads. the entire solution,” Sturtz said.

Bowie said, “We can make a change for these kids, Sturtz said that he considers economic inequalities but it’s going to take that village to come together to do and access to opportunities to be the main injustices in it together.” our current system.

“There’s this widening gap between those who come Adam Urquhart can be contacted at from families where opportunities are available and aurquhart@kscequinox.com

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Week of: April 11 Monday, April 11 8:09 a.m. Off Campus: Reporting a stabbing that occurred a couple nights ago at an off campus location. Victim is okay Tuesday, April 12 11:31 a.m. Zorn Dining Commons: Theft of backpack 11:16 p.m. One Butler Court: RA reporting students causing multiple noise complaints and behavior does not change when spoken to. Requesting officers Wednesday, April 13 9:33 p.m. Sidewalks: Possible fight/brawl Thursday, April 14

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The Day of Action was the final symposium event of the year.

Alumnus and CEO of Lanyon speaks at KSC Off-Campus apartments offers incentives to tenants JACOB BARRETT

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the students moved in these things

for them,” Nelson said.

Nelson said that he was aware of these complaints have perupcoming vacancies and improve suaded tenants to move out and its relationship with current ten- seek other housing options for next ants. year. Nelson, who came to the - Mills in Oct, said that the issues dents who referred other students that were presented are being and to sign leases with the Mills. Furthermore, those who sign a lease According to Nelson, he and the between April 11 and April 22, will to make the Mills a more enjoyable place to live, card for a four-bedroom.

“The relationship with the students and our building and manopened up this year, and since then agement has changed quite a bit, has had mixed reviews from ten- and they’ve gotten a lot better,” ants, some of whom complained Nelson said.

Nelson said that the gym is now apartments, poor maintenance service, poor hours for the gym located there, high cost of laundry returned over Winter Break. Addiand climate control systems.

Tenant and KSC junior Jenna put on events such as a pizza party Bellano said that she thinks the last week, where they gave away a reason for the issues stems from the rush there was to have the the tenants.

According to Nelson, the promotions and improvements have rushed to build the buildings,” Bel- drawn the interest of students lano said.

KSC junior and Mills Tenant others to stay for another year. A few groups have signed leases. Stushe was excited for the new build- dents said that the work the Mills ing with little to no issues.

“I thought that everything most of the issues that were preswould work and hopefully func- ent on move-in day. Bellano said that she does not plan on moving out for her senior year in the Fall moving out and into a house, but and said she is content with the that she would not consider stay- progress made thus far.. ing at the Mills anyway.

“Now I think that they’re on Property Manager Steven track and have things under conNelson said that a lot of the issues trol for the most part,” Bellano said. being brought up were based Jacob Barrett can be contacted at “When we took the building jbarrett@kscequinox.com from the contractors, there [was] a list of things that were broken or incentives for its current and possi-

“The relationship with the students and our building and management has changed quite a bit, and they’ve gotten a lot better.”

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KSC alumnus and CEO of Lanyon David Bonnette discusses his company, an event management company that buys software companies and improves the software’s quality. Bonnette encouraged audience members to pursue a career in the software industry.

David Bonnette discusses software, inspiration, and getting students engaged

Keene State College students gathered in the Science Center on Wednesday, April 13, to hear the success story of KSC Alumnus and CEO of Lanyon David Bonnette, and to learn more about the software company.

Lanyon is an event management software company that buys software companies and improves the quality of the software. called Vista Equity. We buy softmake them better and we sell them.

That’s all we do,” Bonnette said.

According to the Lanyon website, “Lanyon believes that when people get together amazing things can happen. Relationships are built and business gets done. That’s why we have created the industry’s leading cloud-based software for managing corporate meetings, events and travel programs.”

According to KSC Corporate son, Bonnette graduated from KSC in 1993 with a Bachelor’s degree in business management.

Bonnette said that he chose Keene State because it was where his sister attended college.

“I visited a few times and I had a good time here and she seemed to be enjoying it so I decided to apply

1:24 p.m. Zorn Dining Commons: Staff member reports bias related graffiti

5:21 p.m. Zorn Dining Commons: Staff reports an inappropriate posting on social media

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12:31 p.m. Keddy Hall: Student stopped in to talk to someone about being threatened by someone

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“It’s really the only industry in the world that can intersect something that you’re super passionate about with a professional opportunity.”

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Neal Pruchansky who inspired him to pursue business management, take more risks in life, be creative and encouraged him to participate in a ten-week business exchange program at the University of Oxford in England.

Bonnette said that, after he graduated from KSC, he moved to San Francisco, California and obtained a telesales job at Oracle where he met his wife Zoe of almost 17 years.

He now resides in Dallas, Texas with their three children.

“Oracle was the coolest thing around back then in the mid 90s.

The cool people were working there, and the smart people were working there. I applied and got a job and put on my headset, and it was a brutal two years telesales,” Bonnette said.

Bonnette encouraged the audience to think about a career in the software industry because the world is consumed by software; “If you have a super personable passion like music, you could go work at Pandora or Spotify. If architecture is your thing, you could work at Autodesk. If manufacturing is your thing, you could work at SAP which makes the best manufacturing software in the world. If real estate is your thing, you could work at Zillow. It’s really the only industry in the world that can intersect something that you’re super passionate about with a professional opportunity,” Bonnette said.

Bonnette continued, “You don’t have to know how to write code to be in a software company.”

According to Bonnette, in ten years there will be a million jobs

here, I did not know what I wanted to major in. I did not know what I wanted to pursue professionally.

As I got into my third year, I was in business management, ”Bonnette said.

Bonnette mentioned that is was Bonnette pointed out that KSC Professor of Management Dr. Lanyon sells software to such

industries as hospitals, libraries vices. of Lanyon.

“We have never lost money in are good at what we do; part of it is because we want to establish companies and establish industries that, whether we buy or not, it’s gonna be quick,” Bonnette said.

Bonnette spoke of Lanyon and what they look for in potential employees as a software company.

“What we value at Lanyon and what I think most great companies value are hiring people with great attitudes that choose to come in and be gritty and be hungry and have recommendations and look for problems and help us solve.

That is what we value the most,” Bonnette said.

KSC sophomore Joseph Stallcop attended the event, and said that Bonnette is now on the top lists of the public speakers he has heard.

“I feel that he managed to be very engaging and, even though in public speaking your goal is to get your main points across, he seemed to be interested in doing that, but his main interests seemed to be getting people engaged and thinking and trying to apply things to people’s lives. More than just trying to get an agenda across,” Stallcop said.

Bonnette said that after his current position as CEO of Lanyon, he wishes to pursue teaching business management.

6:07 p.m. Owl’s Nest 7: RA wanting to check on a resident but they won’t answer the door.

Noticed them stumble when entering building. Found male unresponsive. Student got up on his own. Signed off with EMS. 6:48 p.m. Butler Court: Student reporting that they had parked in front of the building and someone stole the front plate off the vehicle.

7:11 p.m. Sidewalks: Male and female reported to be in front of the building possibly arguing as the female was upset. When reporting party asked if she was okay, the female got upset with her. Reporting party left and then called and said they were no longer in the parking lot. Told her an officer would contact her later.

8:02 p.m. One Butler Court: Report of a bat in the building 10:48 p.m. Owl’s Nest 1: Student called and stated someone had shown her a video of 3 unknown males walking into her room Sunday, April 17 3:43 a.m. Bushnell Apartments: Girlfriend called worried about her boyfriend, said he vomited earlier and now he’s not responding to her and is gurgling

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Equality for everyone Equal pay day sparks conversation about the wage gap Last Tuesday, April 12, local cafe and bake shop The Works charged women customers only 79 percent of their bills as part of the Stand With Women campaign. The campaign is organized by New Hampshire Alliance and the Granite State Progress Education fund. The purpose was to bring awareness to the wage gap - the fact that a woman earns 79 cents for every dollar a man does. wage discrimination was the bake sale on campus where women were charged 79 cents and men were charged $1.

receiving the same pay as men for the exact same work.

According to a study done by Business Insider, women dominate the workforce in jobs like nursing (91 percent of workers female), elementary and middle school teachers (81 percent) and social workers (80 percent).

While these jobs do have reputations for being more female-oriented, that The fact that men have the same jobs and are paid more is proof of these jobs’ importance. If men can work female-dominated jobs and earn the same wage why can’t women work male-dominated jobs and also earn the same?

The point is that gender inequality still exists today and, until it is properly dealt with, things will remain the same. Women are now a part of our military; they are doctors, engineers, educators, writers, painters. They are

there is strength in numbers - let’s prove that. important in keeping the conversation on the This is just one of many social issues our generation should take the wage gap present. The Equinox fully supports these responsibility of responding to. We may not have gotten ourselves into this ideas. However, there is a question we would like to mess, and we certainly didn’t ask for it, but it’s up to us to raise awareness and raise. Why is this still an issue?

It’s 2016; the stereotypical housewife who stays home and bakes apple pies for her family is not alive in the way she once was.

Of course there are still ultra-traditionalists who live by the notion that women exist to be housewives, but for the most part American women are earning themselves a living, and they shouldn’t have to face wage discrimination along the way.

Globally speaking, the United States is not alone in this issue.

A “Time” article from 2014 stated that the United States was ranked France coming in at number 20 with 14.3 percent, the US marked in at 17.8 percent. Clearly this problem is an international one that is in desperate need of action.

Whatever happened to the idea of progression? Women have fought their way into jobs and positions that their male counterparts have dominated for centuries.

In a world where women were once seen as the subservient role, they have made great strides in proving their worth, yet aren’t

“Male surgeons earn 37.76 percent more per week than their female counterparts. In real terms, this means that a female surgeon earns $756 less per week than her male colleague, which adds up to nearly $40,000 over the course of one year.”

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Thursday, April 21, 2016

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New bill sparks controversy among transgender community KATHERINE GLOSSER

Equinox Staff Understandably, many of us take bathrooms for granted because we use them all the time and expect to use them whenever we need to.

Going to the bathroom is a basic human right and a luxury we all should have.

Unfortunately, some people do not have that luxury without sacriSuch is the case for transgender people in North Carolina and Mississippi.

A new bill was passed that makes everyone use the bathroom of the gender assigned to them at birth, regardless of how they identify.

This means transgender people can no longer use the bathroom of the gender they identify with. To me, a bill like this shouldn’t be passed because of its destructive nature.

One argument people used to justify this bill was that the wrong kind of people would take advantage of the bill and pretend to be transgender in order to gain access to the bathroom of the opposite sex and sexually assault someone.

That argument is not valid. There are no reports of sexual assault by transgender people in bathrooms.

According to WCNC, Pat’s Place, an organization specializing in sexual violence, did a study involving 850 children over the past few years.

The study revealed that, out of those 850 children, none had been assaulted by transgender people in the bathroom.

The stats from Pat’s Place have shown that out of 536 victims who were interviewed only 11 people, or two percent, said the abuse involved strangers.

The study also revealed that

some bathroom sexual assaults happened to children, but all were committed by someone close to their age.

The chances of transgender assaults happening are rare.On top of that, there are overwhelming statistics that show how much harassment transgender people face in the bathroom.

According to a study done by UCLA’s Williams Institute, almost 70 percent of transgender respondents have been verbally harassed in gender-restrictive bathrooms and ten percent have reported physical assault. Based on those statistics, I am certain that these types of incidents will only increase because of the bill.

Why make life for them more are more likely to be harassed by a cisgender person? I feel that the bill would invite judgement based on the appearance of another person.

For example, a few lesbians in North Carolina have been kicked out of the bathroom for looking too masculine.

One teen, according to an article by the Examiner, Ny Richardson, could not enter the bathroom at a McDonald’s until she proved she was a woman. When she didn’t have her ID to prove to the manager, he kicked her out. There are a few other similar incidents that have been reported and I feel that as long as that bill stands, it will continue to rise.

Why pass a bill that invites only discrimination and fear when we can all learn to coexist and allow people to have the same basic luxury of using the rest room without sacri-

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Is it ever too early to tell your you love them?

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Student explains link between GMO products and obesity

Student questions use of immunizations

BROGAN WESSELL

Equinox Staff According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than one-third (34.9 percent or 78.6 million) of US adults are obese, putting them at greater risk for heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and certain types of cancer. The CDC stated that these conditions are the second leading cause of preventable death in the US. plex disorder involving an excessive amount of body fat.” In addition to one-third of obese adults, the CDC reported that approximately 17 percent (12.7 million) of children and adolescents ages two to 19 are obese. These numbers are shocking, especially since a little over 12 million children are under the age of 20, which puts them at risk for the same health problems as someone their parent’s age...the most troubling aspect about obesity, in my opinion, is that it can be prevented; however, due to the nation’s ignorance regarding food labeling and the food industry’s concern for money and

grew fatter and ate more than the rats on the non-GM diet. Author of this article Emily Main stated that the researchers also noticed that the

raised on GM corn.

Main quoted research from The Organic ton DC, that found “nutrient levels in modern crops are anywhere from ten to 25 percent lower than they were 50 years ago, likely because the crops are bred for higher yields, as many GM crops are.” The center stated that “as nutrient levels go down, we have to eat more to get the recommended levels of nutrients we need, which may explain why GM crops led to overeating rodents in the Norwegian study.”

Pat Thomas, author of “Eat GMOs, Get Fat?” published on beyond-gm.org, added that the Norwegian study “also found that the animals fed on a diet of GM corn put on weight and were less able to digest proteins and suffered immune system problems...This inability to digest proteins has important implications for health. The proper digestion of protein is necessary for many biological functions which include providing the body with amino acids.” children are consuming chemically altered It is honestly devastating to read that much foods that are allegedly adding to the growing number of obese Americans.

Freelance Writer Christina Sarich is the that troubled me most was how junk food comauthor of “Pharma Sutra: Healing the Body and panies target children. Children have a hard Mind Through the Art of Yoga.” She posted an time saying no to junk food and sugar, unless article on the “Natural Society; Transform Your their parents strictly prohibit them to consume Health Naturally” website, arguing that “the such snacks. Most people think that when way industrial agriculture conducts its busi- a child is consuming junk food they are not ness robs the soil of important nutrients, which doing any harm to themselves, which is due in are then a void in our food.” part to the fact that food labels omit the facts about whether or not junk food products conOrganisms (GMOs) do not feed the American tain GMOs. So while kids are “just being kids” people, but rather feed corporations’ pockets. and eating a cookie or a Twinkie, they are setCompanies target children, which Sarich stated ting themselves up for detrimental health probmakes them a “GM-Generation that is eating lems that could kill them.

BT corn – a type of GMO originating from the GMOs are in almost everything, but we just soil bacterium Bacillus Thuringiensis – and don’t know it. When we eat, we have no idea high fructose corn syrup by the bucket load.” what we are putting into our bodies, unless Tim Lobstein of the World Obesity Federa- the labels specify. Some of us care and others, tion said, “No wonder ‘fat’ children are seen as like myself, don’t think to check a label or quesan investment in future sales.” In other words, tion how or where it was made. Ignoring labels junk food-GM-contaminated companies hook results in the population getting fatter, which children on their products, watch them get nagged me about staying away from sugars, weight and appetite because their habits bring sweets or soda, and steered me toward reduced their companies money. fat items and organic labels. I always laughed An article on prevention.com entitled “Are at her when she yelled at me about what I ate.

GMO’s Making You Fat?” expressed that Looks like momma actually does know best! (I researchers in Norway fed one group of rats still like cheese though.) food containing GM corn and a control group non-GM corn. The study showed that over the Brogan Wessell can be contacted at course of days, the rats on the GM-corn diet bwessell@kscequinox.com

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Saying ‘I love you’

DOROTHY ENGLAND KSC JUNIOR

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Windex for everything. In my family, however, it’s apple cider vinegar, garlic My family has always or turmeric. been coloring outside the This lifestyle has both lines. This means that what I’ve been brought up to I learned how to take care believe isn’t always a pop- of my body using natural ular opinion. A lot of fear ingredients that I could was driving these beliefs. actually pronounce; howOne example was how I ever, I became a risk to was brought up to believe others by not being immuthat if I ever got immu- nized. When the news nized I would die imme- came out that there was a diately or become mentally measles epidemic in Calidisabled. Of course, I now fornia, I was scared. Even know that isn’t true; how- though I had never been ever, being a child and to California and had no hearing this as the reason plans to go there, I had no you can’t go to a particu- idea how quickly this illlar summer camp is very ness could spread. Up until troubling. I don’t want to this point, I still hadn’t say I blame my parents for gotten immunized. I didn’t their decision – they truly think about how I could thought they were doing what was best for me – but ill; however, everything changed when I heard me. about children in CaliforMy parents made the nia getting sick. My heart decision not to immunize broke upon hearing this me and my brothers before news. At this time, my boss the fear of vaccines caus- had become a new mother ing autism came out. They and was bringing her son did it because they thought around for everyone to it soiled the blood, and ‘Ooo’ and ‘Ahh’ over his they didn’t like the idea of beautiful big blue eyes and something foreign going into the body and chang- ized looking at him that if ing it. I obviously love my I got sick and then someparents, but sometimes how passed it along to him they are these sweet hip- or anyone for that matter, pies who often have more I would hate myself and faith in homeopathic med- regret never getting the icines than real-life pre- recommended shots. So scriptions. It’s kind of like with my boyfriend holding in “My Big Fat Greek Wed- my hand and a nurse pracding” when they used titioner smiling before she

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injected me, I got immunized.

I didn’t die, and, as far as I can tell, I didn’t develop a mental disability.

But I did realize something.

The fear of getting someone else sick pushed me to get immunized. I still had a fear, just as strong, perhaps, as my parents’. Recognizing I still had a fear made me realize that, try as we might, we can’t reason with people who are steadfast in their beliefs. Believe me, I’ve tried. Ultimately, I just don’t have a right to tell someone their fear isn’t real, because, the thing is, I have fears as well, and for me they’re just as real.

I’ve also learned to try to understand others’ perspectives. I’ve learned to look past what I considered “wrong” and instead ask why. Sometimes this doesn’t always garner the heartfelt answer I’m anticipating, but other times someone’s answer stops me dead in my tracks and I realize I don’t have a right to judge them or their beliefs. I don’t have a right to judge someone based on how they were brought up, because I simply wasn’t there.

Dorothy England can be contacted at dengland@kscequinox. com

You asked a very good (and challenging) question. I have thought a lot about this over my years in the dating game. At this point, I have yet to develop any real conclusions. It seems as though every relationship is unique, and these big moments ing on the lovers.

I can’t think of another phrase in the English language that holds the power that “I love you” does.

Think about it.

The phrase is packed with passion, clarity and positive vibes, but the context of the speaker and the listener is what determines how the phrase is understood.

When someone you love says that they love you, the elevated sense of joy you receive is indescribable.

To love and be loved is one of the greatest experiences in life; however, when somebody that you do not love says those three words, a shudder runs through your bones and suddenly a little frog inhabits your throat. It is ent experiences the phrase can evoke depending on the context.

Consider this when you decide to share your “I love you.”

I do encourage people to say the phrase. It is the kindest thing you can say. Why would you hold back from expressing utter adoration?

Putting out positive vibes is always rewarding, even if the response is not a reciprocation of your feelings, I am certain that your words will still mean a lot. Remember though, that the person you tell might not say it back.

I think that is the most important thing to consider if you are contemplating whether to be the While it is important to be honest, it is also important to think about how you would feel if your partner does not say it back. If you think that you would be hurt by them not reciprocating the line, then maybe it is not quite time.

With that being said, I’d argue that, if you truly love a person, you wouldn’t care if they do not say I love you back.

When we are dating, there are a lot of things that go unsaid.

Many feelings and thoughts whiz by before we ever share them with our partner. In my experience, if an idea recurs, I share it.

So if I think of saying “I love you” on more than one occasion, I say it. I use this same approach when deciding if it is time to cut ties with a partner. If I think of ending a relationship more than once, I recognize the pattern and follow my intuition and end things.

So if the words “I love you” are on the tip of your tongue when you are with someone, trust your gut and be honest.

When in love, say it. Life is short. Unexpected things happen, and it would be a shame to live with a regret such as not telling someone how you feel.

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Visual media geared toward male appreciation Equinox Staff

Breakers,” and I heavily focused on the party sequences. We see women

another.

What if I said that most visual media seen today (music videos, movies, We can tell they are acting this way because heterosexual men are television or advertisements) was being viewed through the eyes of a male? around, and that they do this because they think this is what the men want.

According to Film Theorist Laura Mulvey, this is indeed the case. cringe and ask “Is that what we look like at parties?” studies, and also applies to many other mediated artifacts.

To straight men, absolutely. In another movie example, “Project X,” we According to Carolyn Korsmeyer, Male Gaze Theory is “the frequent see many images of women’s breasts with no faces attached to them. That framing of objects of visual art so the viewer is situated in a ‘masculine’ is because the female body is essential to the male fantasy, and who cares position of appreciation.” This means that whenever we are watching and what the girl looks like if she has nice breasts? engaging with visual media, we are looking at something that is intended Let’s talk about the show “Game of Thrones” [GOT]. This is a popular to please the eye of the male. show among people our age, and I can’t really get into it because it is violent, rape-y and over sexualized. In GOT, we see many scenes where women - engage in sexual activity with other women. “Isn’t that pleasing to lesbian’s erosexual men and are used as a vice for pleasure. all around America?” Not so much. According to an article published in the book Feminism & Psychology by Lisa Diamond titled, “I’m Straight but erotic objects for the characters within the story, and to be erotic objects for I Kissed A Girl,” observing sex between heterosexual women has been part the spectators in the audience. of the male fantasy for years.

The gaze is concurrently shared between the male characters and male I even mentioned to my straight male friends that I can’t handle all the girl-on-girl action in GOT. I looked at them and said, “Oh right, you guys The males use the screen as their special “stage” to communicate the look and create the action of gazing. Don’t believe it? Let me provide some context.

Remember that famous video that came out in 1999? The one called “Baby One More Time,” which starred a little-known popstar Britney Spears? Yeah, I don’t either. I am not even going to go into how this video

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While I am clearly not against homosexuality between two women, I am concerned that the imagery we see isn’t about the expression of love between two women.

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clearly not against homosexuality between two women, I am concerned that the imagery we see isn’t about the expression of love between two women.

Diamond stated that images of female-female sexuality between attracence on young women by refuting stereotypes of lesbians as “unattractive, masculine and hostile;” however, these images also make it a point to clarify that these females are, in fact, not lesbians. These depictions of femaleand calling out to all men that her “loneliness” is killing her. How is this on-female kissing have nothing to do with creating visibility of homosexual not centered toward the male eye? females, but all to do with feeding into the male girl-on-girl fantasy.

Spears is acting out every male fantasy possible. She’s acting out the Another problem with GOT is its use of hypermasculinity and violence “naughty schoolgirl” trope, while simultaneously playing into her “virgin- when men are interacting with one another in the show. This comes under ity.” Later in the video, we see Spears dressed in a sports bra and sweat- the Male Gaze Theory because the characters are asserting masculine traits, pants, dancing around a basketball court and sitting on bleachers enacting which is what other men want to see men doing.

Does not wanting the attention of men, not wearing make-up or being an “athletic pose.”When reading comments and reviews for the Spears They don’t want to companionship or, dare I say, love between two men. athletic make a women less than being a woman? I argue it does not. I think music video, most stated things along the lines of “That was the ‘hottest’ being aware of how art asserts these representations can spread awareness the gaze now? regarding how we assert these tropes in real life, and maybe we can head The great thing about this is that it is just a theory. People can have dif- toward a more equal sense of gender. and every girl wanted to be her.” Did women want to “be her” because she ferent thoughts and opinions about this topic. What I like about it is that it was getting male attention? I took an informal poll and the straight males is creating discussion about issues on women’s representations and how Matthew Pereira can be contacted at who responded said they were attracted to athletic girls. depictions of masculinity can be problematic. Because I am not “tough,” or mpereira@kscequinox.com A more recent example are these ‘party-themed’ movies that have been athletic or because I am not afraid to show my emotions, does that make me less of a man?

Matthew Pereira KSC Senior

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Build Week brings awareness to homelessness JESSICA RICARD

Equinox Staff “Homelessness does not equal heartlessness” was one of the many quotes written in chalk on Appian Way in support of Habitat for Humanity’s Act Speak Build Week. Act Speak Build Week is celebrated internationally from April 10 to 16, to encourage people

Miller said, “I think it’s important for in positions that we can’t get out of and our government can only do so much, but I think it’s up to people in the community to go out to help people who are without homes. I’m so grateful to have two homes and it’s hard to think of somebody who has none.”

Club President Natashia Baker explained that this week is all about educating and raising awareness about the social issues of poverty, lack of equal housing and homelessness. Baker said, “Before you can create change, you must know what needs to be changed and why. This week is all about educating others with the hope that people will step back and see that this is a problem in our society and it is our job to do something about it.”

Baker also said that Habitat for Human-

communities about homelessness and build awareness for poverty housing.

Keene State College junior and elementary education and sociology major Natashia Baker serves as the President of KSC’s Habitat for Humanity chapter.

Baker said the club put together a week full of events and participated in a build in order to spread awareness.

“On Saturday, prior to the start of our week, a group of us went to Concord, New Hampshire to work with their habitat chapter on a mobile home renovation. We and works toward giving everyone a place the insulation underneath the mobile home cult it is for people to reach their full potenand installed a door,” Baker said. tial if they lack basic needs. Without shelter, On each day of the week, the KSC chap- many other aspects such as employment, education and raising a family become difSpeak Build Week. Baker said on Monday club members tabled in the student center KSC sophomore and occupational sharing trivia and facts about homelessness. health and safety major Katie Masso-GlidOn Tuesday, members chalked Appian den has been actively involved in Habitat Way with facts and advertised for Habitat for Humanity.

She said rather than having one day or one During the general member meeting on weekly meeting dedicated to Act Speak Wednesday, a guest speaker from the United Build Week, an entire week of events is Church of Christ, which also serves as the put on to raise awareness. Masso-Glidden said, “Act Speak Build week takes a couple homelessness, spoke about his perspectives months to prepare. I believe the outcome on Keene’s large homeless population. of this week shows the dedication that the Thursday, club members made 100 individuals actively involved have for the peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for donation to 100 Nights Homeless Shelter. tat for Humanity is completely underrated. I On Friday, members held a fundraiser for guarantee if more people were aware of the people to build bird houses for $3 each. All proceeds go to their tithing location, a Habi- much fun it is give back to the community.”

Syrian refugees are seeking shelter.

KSC sophomore and anthropology and sociology major Olivia Miller serves as one of the publicity coordinators for Habitat for Humanity. She said one of the club’s main goals is to break the stigmas of homelessness.

Jessica Ricard can be contacted at jricard@kscequinox.com

In the US, more than 3.5 million people experience homelessness each year.

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35% of the homeless population are families with children.

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Eating with THE EQUINOX How to make: Maple Popcorn Balls ALI FITZGERALD

Equinox Staff Popcorn is a healthy whole-grain snack that is pretty low calorie. However, it can be a pretty messy snack! Popcorn balls are a quick and easy way to transform the common traditional recipe, but with a basic recipe there are many possibilities for a variety of snacks. The maple syrup and brown rice syrup could be replaced with a hard candy your popcorn.

Ingredients: For Popping Popcorn: 2 tablespoons of unpopped kernels (equals about 4 cups of popped corn) 3 tablespoons oil of choice For Maple Coating: 1/4 cup maple syrup 1/4 cup of brown rice syrup 1 tablespoon of butter 1/2 teaspoon of salt Directions: For Popping Popcorn: Add oil into the pot for popping popcorn along with a couple kernels. When these kernels pop you’ll know that the oil is up to temperature.

Once those start to pop add in the rest of the kernels, cover the pot and shake frequently.

When there’s no more popping, remove from heat, pour into bowl and set aside.

For Maple Coating: Add butter, maple syrup, brown rice syrup and salt into a pot and boil on low for seven minutes. This will insure that once the mixture cools it is hard like a candy.

Pour the mixture over the popcorn and mix well. Use a spoon because the mixture will still be hot.

Now form the popcorn balls. It may be easier to use your hands for this, but to help avoid the popcorn from sticking to your hands you can rub a little vegetable oil you want to.

Now just let sit until cool! They won’t be hard until completely cooled, and if they come out chewy you may not have let the mixture boil long enough.

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Thursday, April 21, 2016

STUDENT SECURITY Spring concert hires students for security to maintain a safe environment EMMA HAMILTON

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for you. We are not there to kick people out. We are there to make sure everyone is having a good time while keeping each other and themselves safe,” Mahan said.

Also, Mahan said that there will not be tolerance for misbehavior.

“If we tell someone not to do something once then have to tell them again, then they are asked to leave.

If they are assaulting or harassing anyone, we will ask them to leave with the help of Campus Safety and KPD,” Mahan said.

Senior SAC President and studio art and sociology major Natasha Young said throughout the four years she’s been apart of SAC, there hasn’t been many security problems.

“One of the bigger security issues I have ever dealt with was when we had Four Years Strong come last year. It was a free concert that we had in the fall and we had an individual who was not a student who twice jumped on top of the crowd and posed a safety risk for everyone there. He had to be detained and removed. At that

The annual spring concert took place last Friday, April 15. Security for students and the artists was of major concern for the Social Activities Council (SAC) .

Sophomore journalism major and Security and Student Relations Coordinator Justin Mahan said the group was prepared to keep everyone safe.

“For every concert we will have a barricade set up in the front of the stage, which is typical for every concert anyone has ever been to.

We will also have a rotation of spots throughout the entire building so every inch of that building [Spaulding Gymnasium] will be covered to keep people out of places they are not supposed to be and keep people safe wherever they are,” Mahan said.

He continued, “We have amped up the security measures as far as getting into the concert. We [students] will have walk through metal detectors instead of the wands like last year in hopes that it the mosh pit scene, but it could will speed up the check in process come with the type of music,” for everybody.”

Young said.

Mahan said that the secuShe continued, “You see the E-board, new E-board elects, general members of the club and Greek Life organizations.

He also said that Campus Safety and Keene Police Department would be present.

“We are making sure people aren’t jumping or pushing one another, and that they are there to have a good time, but also keeping in mind, ‘hey you’re college kids, the college rules still apply while you’re at this concert.’ It’s not like you’re going to another venue. You’re on a college campus for a show that we are providing

getting removed before even coming in because alcohol is found on them or drugs. People have that, but other than that we haven’t had any huge security concerns.

I think our students are pretty respectful of the fact that we take this seriously and we don’t tolerate any sort of inappropriate behavior like that.”

Young said her biggest concern with the concert is having it in the gym because the gym is not made for a concert. She also said there aren’t appropriate green rooms for

for their personal security.

“When the artists are here, if they don’t have their own personal security guards then they have one of us at all times. They are constantly being escorted everywhere by one or two security members just to make sure students are not trying to jump on them and get at them. We had some issues last year with Big Sean’s tour bus because it’s kind of hard to miss when you have a big tour bus behind the gym,” Young said.

Junior management and safety major and Concert Coordinator Bryanna Pearson said she handles the performers on the day of the concert and communicates with other members of the club.

“I make sure Amy, the hospitality coordinator, has everything she needs, Justin has everything he needs and making sure the artist is doing okay because ultimately I’m their mouthpiece outside of their green room. I make sure they’re on time, and that we have all the production and the stage itself is what they want,” Pearson said.

Pearson said that some performers prefer to have one of the SAC security members and their bodyguards with them while they are on campus.

“They don’t know the venue so they want one of us to direct them.

We have to protect them as much as possible, but we are not the TD Garden by any means,” Pearson said.

The Keene Police Department College Liason Kyle Macie was reached out to but was unavailable for comment.

Emma Hamilton can be contacted at ehamilton@kscequinox.com

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KSC Senior Connor Turmelle watches the concert’s baracade to assure students’ safety.

Think before you pink campaign

Senior project analyzes the true meaning behind pink ribbon products BROGAN WESSELL

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lated by any agency and does not necessarily mean it

products sport pink ribbons to try to communicate that they are ‘healthy’ and don’t contribute to breast cancer, such as a number of natural health and beauty products. Other products have a pink ribbon in order to indiorganization that urges consumers to think before they cate that the company supports breast cancer programs pink. even if the company’s contributions are not tied to the Keene State College junior Jessica Markarian is currently analyzing the “Think Before You Pink” breast the BCA website stated.

Markarian said that the “Think Before You Pink” organization Breast Cancer Action (BCA). In Dr. Jamie campaign is raising awareness on how consumers need Landau’s senior course, each student is assigned to com- to ask critical questions when buying pink ribbon prodplete a semester-long research project focused around the rhetoric of media advertisements and images.

“Since I started this, I have seen multiple pink ribbon Through her research, Makarian said she hopes to raise awareness in the Keene State College community. to ask if they know how much of my money would be “I have seen students on campus raising money going directly to the cause, every time, they do not have for Susan G. Komen For the Cure, which is the cause’s an answer for me,” Markarian said.

According to the BCA website, their mission is to tion; however, according to an article titled “Pretty in achieve health justice for all women living with or at Pink: The Susan G. Komen Network and the Branding risk for breast cancer. The organization’s website stated of the Breast Cancer Cause” by Laurie Gilmore Selleck, that BCA’s main focus is on systemic interventions that the organization only donates 21 percent of their budget will address the root cause(s) of the disease and aims to the cause,” Markarian said.

Jamie Landau said that activists are starting to bring women will be diagnosed with or die from breast cancer. to light that, as a society, we have pink-washed breast The BCA website stated that as part of their “Think cancer awareness. “It is sort of like the phrase white Before You Pink” campaign, they have coined the term washing. We are seeing it everywhere and so then it “pinkwashing,” which refers to companies or organiza- loses its substances- it loses its ability to actually make tions that promote the pink ribbon product, but at the real social change. Then it just becomes more of a consame time produce, manufacture and/or sell products sumer activity rather than a legal policy activity.” that are linked to the disease.

Landau said that she supports Markarian’s argu“Any company can put a pink ribbon on its products. ment for the fact that a lot of the average mainstream The widely recognized pink ribbon symbol is not reguSuspicions surrounding breast cancer awareness called for a student to analyze the issue even further

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coverage of breast cancer is “let’s talk about it as a per- people usually pick advertisements, movies and things sonal issue” and “let’s talk about it as a consumer issue” like that,” Pereira said. “They never really pick nonor walking for a cure.

Landau said Markarian is studying other, and potentially more impactful activism, ways to raise breast cancer awareness; ways that address the political, legal and problematic side to the “Think Before Pink”

which a lot more people have been doing this semester.

This was nice for me because it shook things up a little bit and even gave me a challenge I was not expecting to face.”

Markarian added that her passion and connection to this breast cancer campaign comes from the impact that being made, consumers need to recognize that social cancer has had on her family. activism and social change is not st about something you can purchase. some way, so I feel like it’s just a really disappointing Markarian said she decided to focus on the “Think thing to learn that so many pink ribbon products we have purchased to support breast cancer might not have of class, Teacher Assistant Matthew Pereira advised students to make sure they picked topics they were interested in because it was going to be their lives for the next four months.

Markarian said, “I knew I had to pick something I was really passionate about. I am a communication major, but I have always been really interested in the health industry. Pharmaceutical sales have also been a career goal of mine for a while now. Dr. Landau told us that it would be even better if our project ended up being something we could eventually put on our tical ads and health campaigns. That is when I found ‘Think Before You Pink,’” Senior and Teacher Assistant Matthew Pereira said that he could tell Markarian was very passionate about her topic. “I think that it is cool that she is tying in a social justice/medical issue into her project to raise awareness herself. Her topic is very unique because

Markarian said.

Markarian advises that before consumers pick an organization to donate to they should do research on where the money is actually going. Makarian also urged consumers to ask questions when purchasing pink ribbon products, or even just to go online to Breast Cancer Action and donating directly. Makarian said the donations made on the BCA website do not directly go to breast cancer research since the organization is donations go toward fundraising and producing public my research, I just hope to make people more aware of that.”

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Day of Clarity at KSC Student organizations come together to promote sobriety during Alcohol Awareness Month ALEXANDRA ENAYAT

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The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism reported that 1,825 college students between the ages an event like this that shows you don’t of 18 and 24 die each year from unin- need to drink or do drugs to have a tentional alcohol-related injuries. good time in college.

April is Alcohol Awareness Month, Sem of Phi Lambda Chi said he has participated in the event many times.

Keene State College hosted a “Day of “I have to say after putting the goggles Clarity” on the student center lawn, on, this is one reason I will never even where students had the opportunity to partake in several games and activities, nitely an experience,” he said. Sem consuch as water pong, Kan Jam and dizzy tinued, “We want to show that you can bat. have fun without alcohol. If you are KSC’s Greek Life organizations going to drink do it safely.” were represented, as well as Mentors Coordinator of Alcohol and Other in Violence Prevention (MVP), Owl Drug Prevention, Treatment and EduNation and the American Society of cation Services Michelle Morrow said Safety Engineers (ASSE). the Day of Clarity is about raising Students also had the opportunity awareness and having the community to wear BAC (blood-alcohol content) come together and provide education goggles that showed a visual experi- to students on campus. Morrow said ence of what it’s like at a certain level of it’s fun and encouraging, but also eduintoxication. While wearing them, stu- cational and shows “how alcohol really dents could drive a golf cart through an obstacle course to see how they would time your vision all of that.” perform if they were actually under the Skylar Beddie of Alpha Sigma Phi explained it’s important for people to Alyson Lear of MVP said she and remember that college isn’t just about her organization handed out “sober sex the drinking and partying. “It’s about is dope sex” stickers as well as cards the school and becoming one as a with condoms and encouraging words whole,” Beddie said. on them such as “spread the love, not He continued, “There are students the infection.” who choose not to drink and that’s Lear said, “All of us involved have great and I hope this reinforces that for pledged to be sober for 24 hours, and them, but for students who do choose that’s what our focus is and that stu- to drink, I hope this gives them some dents will take from this experience information as far as [how] to do that that even if they are going to drink or in a safe way and not...cause negative party and what not that they are going to do it safely.”

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Students participate in multiple games on the student center lawn, such as water pong, to learn more about sobriety on campus.

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Walk-A-Mile In Her Shoes Tenth annual event raises awareness for domestic and sexual violence COLTON MCCRACKEN

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and at the college know that they have support.

Monadnock Center for Violence Prevention (MCVP) is a fantastic organization in Keene along with the on campus Counseling Center at the college. They not only spread the word about this problem, but also give information about the people who can provide crucial assistance. Whether you decide to walk in heels or make a poster, attending the ceremony and participating does a great deal.

Each year I have participated I have worn high heels, plishments that teams attained. For example, the probably about an inch tall, and had a wonderful groups that raised the most or had the most members, experience.

But there were shoes of a wide variety, from and beyond. Those who put the event together also runway heels to slippers to even heeled sandals. For provided a wide variety of heels and posters for parfuture walks, let me just forewarn the gentlemen ticipants to use during the walk through town. who are thinking about wearing heels to be wary of With this said, I think if Walk A Mile did a better the shoes they get. This has been a learning experi- job of advertising free shoes or posters to use, more ence for me, but I do decide to go with the most pain- students and groups would join. The turnout was ful looking heels even though they leave me with great this year, and there is no doubt that attendance dreadful blisters. will continue to grow as time goes on.

Looking past the heels and the best shoe competition, I consider Walk A Mile a very important event to Colton McCracken can be contacted at attend. Sexual violence is a tough subject to address, cmccracken@kscequinox.com and this walk helps many people around the area

against sexual violence, but they are also spreading awareness to those around them. To go the extra step, This was my second year participating in the male participants are given the option to wear highAnnual Walk A Mile In Her Shoes event at Keene heels during the walk to give some additional enjoyState College and, once again, it was a success. There ment and perspective. were many teams there, ranging from groups of local For the males, I highly encourage walking in town residents to on-campus student groups to indi- some sort of heel-style equipment. This is a great vidual participants. way to create a fun atmosphere at the event and help

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Keene students, faculty and community members come together to support those affected by domestic and sexual violence.

there had the same goal in mind, and that was to spread the word about sexual violence in the community. But, like many of the speakers had mentioned during the opening ceremony, this issue reaches far beyond the Keene community.

The guests provided opening statements for the event and had unsettling statistics onrape and sexual violence. However, even though the event was serious, all participants united, and with an uplifting spirit we all walked.

It is awesome seeing student groups attending the event, not just Greek life, but sports teams as well.

Individuals and groups were able to sign up until the start of the ceremony. The fact that a large amount of

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Students cheered for rappers Kid Ink and Lupe Fiasco at Keene State College’s annual Spring Concert in the Spaulding Gymnasium on Friday, April 15. The concert was hosted by the Social Activities Council.

general member of the Social Activities Council (SAC), both had the pleasure of meeting Kid Ink before he performed Friday night. “[Meeting Kid Ink] was surreal. He was such a fabulous guy,” Pearson said.

“Very down to earth - loved to talk and an all-around ‘real’ person.”

LaFleur added, “He was very genuine and was so nice.”

Cameron Cummings, a KSC junior, said that he’s glad that the college is able to welcome such amazing musicians to the campus.

Cummings, who attended the concert with a friend, said that they were most excited to see Lupe Fiasco perform.

Cummings, who was able to enjoy the concert from the front row, said, “Lupe is such a huge inspiration and a great lyricist. It was amazing being so close to such an important person who has impacted the world so much.”

Pearson said that she thought the concert was incredibly successful.

“As long as people have fun, I believe it is always successful no matter what else happens,” Pearson said. “Also the lines [to get into the concert] were our biggest concern due to the fact that they were so bad last year. This year they went fast and had no craziness, which was a big relief.”

Pearson added, “To me, enjoying it is seeing everyone happy. When I can sneak into the gym and see everyone having a good time, that is me enjoying it. I did, however, get to fangirl a bit seeing Kid Ink. I really do enjoy his music, so to see him live and be introduced to him as the concert coordinator was surreal.”

All in all, Pearson said that the spring concert would have been nowhere near as successful without her fellow SAC members.

“I have the most fabulous crew supporting me. The Social Activities Council, from the advisor to the executive board to the general members, they are all such wonderful people that I truly could not do any of this without them,” Pearson said. “A huge thanks to them from the bottom of my heart.”

Jill Giambruno can be contacted at jgiambruno@kscequinox.com.

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LaFleur, who was recently elected to be next year’s publicity coordinator for SAC, said that she was on the security team during the concert.

“I was scanning tickets all night, and it was cool to be able to greet every person that came into the concert,” LaFleur said.

“It went really well.”

Though Pearson and LaFleur were both working during the concert, they said they were able to enjoy themselves as well.

LaFleur said, “The best part was at the end of the night when I got to see everyone happily leaving the concert. It really showed me what my SAC family

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Kid Ink, who agreed to be interviewed by The Equinox before he went on stage, performed in the Spaulding Gymnasium.

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Thursday Night - “Born to Be Blue” (2016) Rating: CFriday Morning - “The Champions” (2015) Rating: BMaxwell Blanchette can be contacted at mblanchette@kscequinox.com.

Early Friday Afternoon - “The Fits” (2015) Rating: B

Early Friday Night - “Is That You?” (2014) Rating: D / Worst Feature Narrative

Friday Night - “Heart of a Dog” (2015) Rating: C+ Saturday Morning - “The Armor of Light” (2015) Rating: C / Worst Documentary Early Saturday Afternoon - “Zulu Hoops” (2016) Rating: B+ Saturday Afternoon “The President” (2016) Rating: A- / Best Feature Narrative Saturday Night - “Jim: The James Foley Story” (2016) Rating: A- / Best Documentary

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Large photo: Crowds surrounded The Colonial Theatre in downtown Keene to get their chance to watch one of the ten feature-length films and 14 short films.

Small photo: Filmmakers attended the festival in order to take part in Q&As and panel discussions.

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Counseling Center illuminates mental health awareness ‘Fire Up the Night’ ISABEL TISDALE

Equinox stAff “Fire Up the Night” took place Monday, April 11, at 8 p.m. on the Fiske Quad and was put on to bring light to mental health with a focus on depression.

Keene State College’s Counseling Center put on the event. They also had support from campus organizations such as PRIDE, Active Minds and Common Ground, as well as The Samaritans and Monadnock Peer Support in the community.

Mona Anderson, assistant director at the Counseling Center, commented on the idea behind this event.

“Fire Up the Night was the culminating event for a larger initiative that we launched this semester. The overall project is about hope with the slogan, ‘Hope Matters. Share Hope, Save a Life,’” Anderson said.

She continued to say that the most recent American College Health Association survey showed that 33 percent of KSC students reported having been depressed in the past 12 months, which resulted tion, the survey reported that eight percent of students had seriously considered suicide in the past 12 months.

“Feeling hopeless is a key experience when feeling depressed or suicidal. We know from the research that recapturing hope is important to reducing depression. In addition, hope improves resilience and mental health, sustains energy and facilitates positive changes,” Anderson said.

The event was composed of booths that provided activities and gave out information, as well as live entertainment.

One of the entertainers, Jade Dixon, performed a dance referred mented on how she got started in hula hoop dancing.

She said, “I discovered [it] back festival at Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tennessee. I saw this woman spinning an LED hula hoop, and it was absolutely mesmerizing. I decided right in that moment that I had to learn. When I returned from the festival, I went to Dollar Tree and bought a $1 hula hoop that was way too small for me, and I started looking up ‘basic hula hoop dance tricks.’

From there I started to learn tricks, and then upgraded to a larger and more professional hula hoop.”

Dixon commented about her routines, and how a lot of the dance

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Girl comforted to learn that comment rooted in centuries of oppression was ‘just a joke’ STEPHANIE MCCANN

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KSC’s Counseling Center organized the “Fire Up the Night” event on April 11, on the Fiske Quad to raise awareness for mental health issues.

routine for a performance because “It helped to engage the people that I feel like that is the beauty of hula came and made the experience more personal. The event was about also notice that when I am in a state giving hope to people who are in a dark place, and I think that the perpositively to the performance,” formers sharing their talent in the Dixon said. rain was a really nice metaphor for A few people commented on the it all.”

“I do make up my own rouFirst-year Courtney Sheehy tines. Some performances are more positive impact that the live enteragreed. Sheehy said, “I think it planned out than others. There are tainment had on the event.

First-year Morgan Sulham said, brought a sense of community a lot of times that I won't plan my

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among the entire event as a whole.”

Mona Anderson summarized the power of the entertainment. She said, “Hope is about light, joy, and energy. The music and speakers add those other ways to think about how we can share hope.”

Isabel Tisdale can be contacted at itisdale@kscequinox.com.

After posting about feminism on Twitter this past week, local woman Rosie Rivier received a stream of alarmingly ignorant comments from men who attempted to shut her opinion down by telling things like “stop making everything about sexism and get back in the kitchen!” However, after Rivier refuted the men’s arguments online, one of the responders claimed, “It was just a joke.”

Relieved, Rivier said, “Wow, I am so happy to hear that his negative comment aimed to attack my personal opinions and individual beliefs in a public forum was a joke.”

Hardly able to contain her laughter for long enough to speak, she added, “A really funny one at that! ‘Get back at the kitchen.’ So funny.

How could anyone come up with that on their own?”

Rivier said that the man who tweeted back at her is named Isaac Gnorant and he is “literally so funny. I’ve never heard a funnier joke before in my life.”

Hinting at centuries of oppressed women who are subjected to a life without opportunities or the ability to make their own decisions, Gnorant’s joke was “just hilarious,” Rivier said.

Gnorant said that he is known for making jokes whenever women speak up online.

“Whenever I see a woman assert her opinions on the Internet, I make sure to tell a quick joke so that everyone knows I’m hilarious but also dominant,” Gnorant said.

According to Gnorant, everyone thinks his jokes are humorous and “not a cry for help at all.”

“No, I swear. Literally everyone thinks this stuff is funny. Go back to the kitchen, ladies! See, everyone is laughing.”

Stephanie McCann can be contacted at smccann@kscequinox.com.

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“We’re all exhausted, but the work is worth it. None of us would be here if that weren’t the case. I’m just really proud of The graphic design majors of Keene State myself and the entire program right now,” College have worked tirelessly for the past Robinson said. four years in order to showcase their work Elaborating on the student’s hard work, for friends, family, professors and future employers. Graphic design seniors put their portfolios on display Friday, April 15, in Senior graphic design major Kendall the Media Arts Center, giving everyone a Vocca agreed. She said, “The process is part chance to see their hard work as part of the of being an artist.”

2016 Portfolio Graphic Design Exhibition.

She continued, “When I’m working on a Senior graphic design major Bella Robin- piece, I just start with a concept and just keep son said she was “so excited” to be showcas- going from there. You’ve got to be consising her work. tent, which is probably the hardest thing to “We’ve been working on our portfolios for do. For the portfolio, it was all about making so long,” Robinson said. “It’s all about trial everything I’ve done over the past four years look like it all goes together. That’s part of branding yourself and allowing the brand to for so long.” be recognized by other people, and I think As graphic design majors, Robinson said we all did a really great job of that today,” that everyone in her portfolio course didn’t Vocca said. sleep for nearly four days in order to comProud parent Maria Cerbone, mother of plete their work. graphic design senior Julie Cerbone, said

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that she was “too excited” about the showcase.

“I’m so proud. I’ve seen bits and pieces of Julie’s work over the years, but to see it all come together like this is just beautiful,” Cerbone said. “This is very rewarding as a Robinson, however, said this portfolio showcase is not the end for KSC’s graphic designers.

“I think today is really just about knowing where we’re at and knowing how to make steps toward our futures as designers,” Robinson said. “It’s so visual and [the portfolio showcase] gives everyone a chance to see what we’ve really worked hard on, but there’s always room to grow and I think we’re all really excited about what the future will bring.”

Stephanie McCann can be contacted at smccann@kscequinox.com.

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Equinox stAff On Friday, April 15, the Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery opened its doors to the Emerging Art exhibit, which showcases works from BA and BFA students on the Keene State College campus.

Ranging from a giant cloth and metal rainbow rocket ship standing directly left of the entrance to a fake room constructed in the gallery as a large interactive piece, the range and ability the art department has Senior Joseph Geis, who attended the opening, said he was shocked by how much was inside the gallery.

He said, “I don’t go in here all too often, but I have friends whose art is being shown so I

to put art where there isn’t anything already.”

The gallery unfolds into four separate spaces where 13 students could showcase their works, some contributing multiple and others contributing one to the showing.

Siobhán Roche, senior BFA student who did the branding and press for the gallery, had giant wavelike ribbons hanging from the ceiling in a multi-colored serpentine pattern.

Lake, whose piece was a mixed media piece on cloth with cross stitching, said, “I never really knew I wanted to do art

since I’ve found it, it’s become my passion.”

Though she said she doesn’t have a preferred medium, she explained, “I really like to dip I entered I was in shock by the my toes into everything, and magnitude of it all.” the department here really gives us the support and freedom to Keene State and a curator at the experiment like that.” art gallery, said, “I’m so happy Lake said that some of this with how everything came out.

It looks great in there and I’m so others are pieces the BFA and BA students were asked to disJunior Aedan Lake, who’s play. Every piece has an artist’s getting her BFA next year, said description to let the viewer in that her professor approached on what the creative process her not too long before the gal- was. lery opened to enter her piece.

The Emerging Art exhibit She said she was glad to be in will close its doors on May 7, the performance and the gallery, the day of the senior class comand wishes the school could do mencement, so students will be more. able to see the exhibit before Lake said, “I really wish summer rolls around. that there was more funding from the college to do showMatt Bacon can be contacted at mbacon@kscequinox.com.

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Top: Senior Katie Boyle put her graphics on display at the Media Arts Center on Friday, April 15, from 3 to 7 p.m.

Left: Graphic design seniors had the opportunity to showcase their advertisements, board games, book covers, and more.

Right: Studio art majors displayed their four years of art work at the Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery on Friday, April 15.

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But Cordova held out for 36 hours beneath the rubble, drinking his own urine and praying service would be restored before his cellphone battery

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DENVER (AP) — A Colokilled a man during a shootout between two biker clubs at a Denver motorcycle show won’t face criminal charges because his self-defense claim makes it unlikely a jury would convict

a spokesman for the National Council of Clubs, who worried about vioIron Order insists it is a charitable brotherhood of family men who like to ride and whose members have lawfully defended themselves during confrontations provoked by

The decision not to prosecute Derrick Duran, a member Club made up mostly of police and military, added to the frustration of other biker groups that complain the club’s memlaw enforcement connections

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the top lieutenant for then-Bishop abuse scandal was granted parole Tuesday on two of his convictions - New Hampshire and orchestratpital, a bishop and a dead priest’s ing the church’s new child protectwo more years in jail to complete president and CEO of Saint nault pleaded guilty to three theft arose over the misuse of church will not be eligible for parole on Prosecutors said Arsenault, who has also been ordered to repay the money, billed the church for lavish meals and travel for himself and often a male parting checks from the dead priest’s estate to himself and his brother

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Yishai Schlissel, who fatally stabbed a teenage girl and wounded others at last year Jerusalem’s gay pride parade, arrives to a court in Jerusalem, Tuesday, April 19, 2016.

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Women’s lacrosse earns two wins Men’s lacrosse tops Bowdoin and USM NICK TOCCO

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Maine University Huskies.

- Bellano tied the game at 1-1 unassisted before Graf ing on Tuesday, April 12. assisted Farland, Bellano and Nolan. With the score - 4-1 the Owls continued to pour it on with a marker lano scored on a free position chance before assisting Nolan after four minutes of play. Nolan scored once again, this time in unassisted fashion before the SparWith a two-player down advantage due to penalWilkin. Nolan assisted junior attack Taylor Graf and ties, Farland and Nolan netted goals to make the score Hannah LaSalle, but the Owls reclaimed the momen-

Owls, making the halftime score 8-4. With the Owls leading in the second, the two sides continued to keep After having their lead cut to 12-6, Farland scored the Owls only goal of the half before a much needed defengoal before Nolan threaded a goal for the Owls, which The Spartans responded scoring three straight with

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left. With no time remaining to continue a comeback, scoring just 12 seconds apart from each other. With the the Owls took the victory by a score of 13-8, with Graf score 12-10, Graf netted an assist from Bellano to seal ending her day with a game high seven assists. the lead and the win, earning the Owls the 13-10 victory.

Nick Tocco can be contacted at On Saturday the number 13 would show up again, ntocco@kscequinox.com

one at the 10:25 mark. Reilly netted another goal before lege men’s lacrosse team rallied back to defeat No. 8 over two minutes remaining. With an opportunity to Junior attackman Bryan Rotatori scored just 47 seconds into the game for the Owls before they were lowed by a tally from junior attack Brandon Lee to give over into Gorham, Maine, where the Owls drummed the Southern Maine University Huskies on Saturday, April 16. ter. Beling scored on an assist from Arnold before Reilly But in the second the Owls woke up. Rotatori scored his second goal, this time unassisted around

the contest. Junior attack Tyler Reilly then scored for With the score cut to 8-5, the Huskies never scored the Owls before the end of the half which brought the again as Hart scored twice in 19 seconds to spark an insurmountable run. Sophomore attack Frank Bacarella then scored, followed by more from Rotatori the tying goal at the 4:56 mark before junior attack Rob with two coming from senior attack Berek MartiHart gave the Owls the lead unassisted. A goal from Bears back into a tied ball game before sophomore attack Hunter Arnold scored his second of the game, of reach, granting the Owls the 25-5 victory. followed by another from Rotatori to give the Owls an Nick Tocco can be contacted at ntocco@kscequinox.com

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Taylor Graf battles against two University of Southern Maine players on Saturday, April 16. The Owls were victorious.

James Dowd fights for a face off win against a member of Western Connecticut State University.

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KEENE STATE COLLEGE ATHLETIC TEAM RECORDS Men’s Lacrosse Overall

Track and Field Home

8-3

3-1

Away

4-1

@ Southern Maine Team Keene State

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Southern Maine Baseball Overall

Team Keene State

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Bowdoin

12-14 5-3 vs. Trinity

Team Keene State

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Plymouth State

1-1

Points 13 12

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6-5

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Women’s Lacrosse Overall Home

8-6

5-2

Away

2-3

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Men’s Matt Dudley 1500 Meter Dash 5th Place

Women’s Alison Brady 200 Meter Dash 4th Place

Team Keene State

Ian Connell 5000 Meter Dash 3rd Place Ryan Brady Steeplechase 3rd Place

Kait Wheeler 800 Meter Dash 1st Place Ashley Rozzi Javelin 3rd Place

Softball Overall

Points 8

Plymouth State

Home

Western Conn. St.

3

Plymouth State

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12-11 3-0

6

1-1

13

Southern Maine

Team Keene State

Neutral

Points

Away

Points 14 9

Neutral

4-2

5-9

Western Conn. St.

3

Team Keene State

1

East Conn.

Points 4 0

Upcoming Games Men’s Lacrosse Saturday, April 16 @ UMass Darmouth

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Women’s Lacrosse Saturday, April 23 vs. UMass Darmouth 1 p.m.

Baseball Saturday, April 23 @ UMass Boston 2 p.m.

Softball Saturday, April 23 @ UMass Dartmouth 1 p.m.

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John Debenedet poses for a photo illustration with his computer and lacrosse stick.

Debenedet, a lacrosse player and graphic design major at Keene State College, is colorblind.

EVENT RECAP

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Baseball splits busy week Softball wins doubleheader BRIAN CLEMMENSON

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Connor Johnson awaits a pitch during KSC’s baseball game against Rhode Island College on April 16. The Owls split the doubleheader with RIC.

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Olivia Indorf slides into second base during Keene State College’s softball game against Rhode Island College on April 9.

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From Keene to the Big Leagues SHELBY IAVA

Social MEdia dirEctor Keene State College senior Cody Dube has more than just family and friends coming to watch him take the mound for the Owls. Pitching at 96 miles per hour, Dube has multiple Major League Baseball scouts at every KSC game.

Dube has been playing baseball since he was about eight years old.

“I’ve pretty much played my whole life since then. I take the Dube is from Maine, and for the past two summers has been playing in the Sanford Mainers Collegiate Baseball League. Last summer, Dube said he got the chance to play in an all-star game with kids from all over. Unfortunately, the game got rained out, Dube said.

Despite this, the scouts still wanted to see what Dube and ers to throw bullpens afterward, so we just threw on the side, and I think there was a scout from every team there. Since then, I’ve just been getting letters and emails,” he said.

Dube wasn’t alone. He had lived with a friend who plays for the University of Southern Maine. “My friend got an email from the Atlanta Braves and I did too. So we lived together for the past two summers, then we both went down to a tryout in August. So it was kind of cool going through it with him,” Dube said.

Associate Head Coach and Pitching Coach Marty Testo put it simply when he said “Cody Dube loves baseball.”

He continued, “Cody is probably, well it’s cliché I guess, but he’s a model student athlete; he really is. In the sense, he’s done everything academically and athletically he could do here to be successful.”

Dube has grown since he’s arrived at Keene State, according to fellow senior pitcher Keith Simpson. Simpson said he has been alongside Dube since day one. “He’s probably one of my best friends here; he’s an extremely hard worker. He didn’t come in that way. He came every second of it,” Simpson said. that he decided to focus on pitching. Testo said, “It was a hard decision on his part, many conversations between him and I, and when he made that commitment to just pitch, I think now people are really starting to see what this kid is capable of doing.”

Being looked at by scouts can put pressure on any athlete, but Dube keeps his composure and plays through the games. “The spotlight was something that came into our head

“I think now people are really starting to see what this kid is capable of doing.”

and when we were down in Florida there were 18,” Testo said.

He continued, “It’s always in the back of your head; you know how he’s going to take it.

He never really worried about that, he worried about what was the matter at hand, ‘what I had to do to be prepared for today’, and that’s what he did.”

“He probably handled it [the spotlight] better than we did, because we were so excited and he was just kind of like ‘This is great but,’” Testo said. “Cody wants to win at Keene State before anything else.”

MARTY TESTO ASSOCIATE BASEBALL COACH AND PITCHING COACH

Shelby Iava can be contacted at siava@kscequinox.com

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Cody Dube follows through on a pitch. Dube is currently being scouted by Major League Baseball teams.

KSC Brazilian Jiu Jitsu club wins tournament JACOB BARRETT

Equinox Staff The Keene State Brazilian Jiu Jitsu club took home hardware in a tournament that brought them over state lines.

Vermont for the Spring Vermont Open Grappling Championship and took and four silver.

The competitors fought in gi and no-gi matches, and, for most of them, this

enza, which was pretty cool,” Halkiotis Although matches are based on indisaid. Paige Bourne took home two silver vidual performance, the group said that the support they gave each other before Sydnie Kleiman was awarded one silver and during their matches was key in medal. helping them go against their opponents.

The tournament was broken up into “Even though you’re competing alone, divisions based on weight, gender and you need your team with you,” Klieman skill level, but tournament rookie Bourne said. was forced to move up in division The group gave most of the credit to because of the low number of women. Deihim.

She still managed two silver medals.

“If you just do what he says, you’ll Holden was also forced to bump up win,” Halkiotis said. from middleweight to light heavyweight.

Holden said that the tournament has Holden said that the group was ready to boosted the morale and given the club compete when they arrived. more to work for in the future.

“I think we all showed up there pretty anxious and eager and nervous espe- and gives us something to look forward cially,” Holden said. to and train for,” Holden said.

Deihim said that, as a trainer, seeing As the year winds down, Diehim said his students excel in a high-pressure sit- that the club does not have any more uation such as the Vermont Open was competitions planned this semester and very gratifying. that he wants the martial artists to take “To see them go out and do so well is in their victories and keep training for really cool,” Deihim said. next year.

He said the group trains during the “It’s time for them to ride that high week on campus, but also spars and and enjoy the fact that they did so well,” works with other trainers at Flow Bra- Diehim said.

and Club Trainer Arian Deihim said that the group performed better than it had in any other Vermont open they went to over the years.

“As a team we really did the best we’ve ever done,” Deihim said.

Among them was senior Will Holden, who had only been training in BJJ for two months. With the help of his coach and fellow club members, Holden was able to take home one silver medal and one gold medal during the tournament, against the same competitor.

First-year KSC student Jimmy Halkiotis took home two gold medals after attributed much of their success to the hours spent in the gym, where they Lloyd Baranoski took home two gold learned not to underestimate their oppo- ability to win.

Jacob Barrett can be contacted at jbarrett@kscequinox.com

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO / ARIAN DIEHIM

Back row: (left to right) Lloyd Baranoski, Emily Orell, Sydnie Kleiman, Will Holden and Jimmy Halkiotis.

Front row: Arian Deihim and Paige Bourne.

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