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Vol. 68, Issue #27

Thursday, April 28, 2016

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Recognizing Earth Day

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Ultimate Frisbee team wins tournament

An Evening of Dance

Solarfest

Earth week

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at Keene State College BRIEF DEVON ROBERTS

News editor Earth day was April 22, and according to earthday.org, it is the largest civic observance in the world. Earth day is celebrated by over one billion people. Keene State College dedicated an entire week to our planet with events such as a campus-wide cleanup, a green bike parade and a planted, and the eco-reps opened their new re-use room. Devon Roberts can be contacted at droberts@kscequinox.com

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Concerns about hand scanners explored MACKENZIE CLARKE

“Our campus client saw the hand scanners and thought it would be a really neat thing to have,” he said. “They felt it was cutting edge.” On April 6, 2016, Keene State College students Sophomore Monica Doorley said she thinks received an email from the Center of Health and the hand scanners are “disgusting.” She said she visits the dining commons three times a day and - has gotten sick twice this school year. Doorley diately after the email was sent, students on the mobile app Yik Yak started posting concerns that scan. the hand scanners in the Zorn Dining Commons Many students have noticed that the hand were the reason germs were spreading so quickly.

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like symptoms in New England, 18.1 percent tested positive, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. General Manager of the Dining Services at KSC Josef Quirinale is responsible for every place that serves food on campus, including the dining

always a time when they run out, and then we replace it when we know about it,” he said. He said the important thing for students to do is let

is yours,” he said. “Your meal plan, your money, said the hand scanners give [Dining Services] the opportunity to make sure that they are protecting the meal plan holder and that students are being provided with the food that they pay for. Quirinale said there was a time when the DC would allow a student to punch in their student ID number if they forgot their card. He said that they eventually stopped doing that because stunumber and use it to visit the DC. “It really was not an ideal way,” he said. KSC sophomore Benjamin Macdonald said he has never gotten sick from the germs on the onds between the scanner and the hand sani-

meals a day; sometimes we need a heads up as to when they run out,” Quirinale said. face until then.” and catering. He said that the hand scanners As for the reason behind the scanners, Quiriwere built in with the dining commons in 2005. nale said it is for the safety of students. “That card

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Greek life celebrates accomplishments with several ‘Greek Week’ activities DOROTHY ENGLAND

relationships beyond friendships. “A lot of people actually recommend not dating within Greek life Brothers and sisters came together last week to participate in sporting events and night show- best just to date outside [of the cases while celebrating Greek life. Keene State College junior and president of Alpha Sigma Phi fra- ships do last, and one way of showing appreciation is through giving - a decorated paddle from one member to another. He said that outside their individual groups. they can be given either from a “The main purpose is to bring us all together as a whole community,” or vice versa. way to get to know people from KSC sophomore and Delta Phi Epsilon member Meghan Robb said that the paddles can represent that, for as close as they are, Greek

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Keene State College celebrates Earth Week Grand opening of new reuse room location JAMES HARVARD

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campus when it comes to cutting down on waste and being more thoughtful of our actions.” The Eco Reps, student employes of the sus-

On Tuesday, April 19, Keene State College’s Reuse Room hosted an event to advertise its new location in the basement of the Joslin building. to promote sustainability and foster converThe room’s purpose is to serve as a space where people can donate things sations about the environment between stuthat they may no longer need, but still work perfectly well. The shelves are ances and many other everyday items. KSC junior Chris Caterino works part-time in the Reuse Room organizing and updating the collection of free items. “Our Mission Statement said, “The students employed in the Eco Reps program are responsible for same time reduce the waste of things that people can still use,” Caterino a lot of things, outreach and education said. throughout the entire campus, and one Before the basement of Joslin, the reuse room was located in the base- of their big projects this year is to start ment of Elliott Hall. Director of the R.O.C.K.S. program and An Advisor of the process of banning disposable water bottles on campus.” Even though plastic the old space as being “a little bit dark, [and] about a thousand degrees.” water bottles are still sold on campus, the She said, “It didn’t have any natural light, and we were really restricted by the space. The Physical Plant department was very generous and they able water bottles. The Reuse Room is open decided to give us this space.” She said that, previously, the space was every weekday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and used as storage, and after the Physical Plant department cleaned and painted the room they built a custom bookshelf out of hundreds of old would like to donate or browse the selection. James Harvard can be contacted at jharvard@kscequinox.com in your room and it still works you can bring it here.” The concept of reuse is part of the “3 Rs of the Environment,” which are reduce, reuse and recycle. Current senior and management major Joe Stacey attended the grand opening. Stacey said, “I think a program like this is really cool, because it involves faculty and students, and it just brings this conversation together about how to change the culture here on

Campus-wide clean-up Green bike parade celebrates sustainability

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KSC students volunteer their time to clean up around the community on Earth Day, April 22.

KSC students volunteer time to clean the community on Earth Day JACOB BARRETT

Equinox Staff Armed with gloves and trash bags, members of the Keene State College community took time to clean up litter in Friday afternoon. Organized by Eco Reps for Earth Day, volunteers combed through the campus, focusing mainly on the bike trail by the

bags is that result.” Non-student members of the campus community also spent some of their afternoon clean-

Joshua Jarvis said that he wanted to do his part for the area in which he works and preserve what he thinks is one of New Hampshire’s best qualities. “I think that’s one thing that’s dorms and down near the creek sacred to New Hampshire...just that runs alongside the Spauld- the pristine environment,” Jarvis ing gym parking lot. Event Orga- said. “Not only do we work here, nizer Victoria Drake said before but we live here too so we want to the event that she hoped that the take care of our place.” campus would step up and clean up. “It’s our community, it’s our ing Earth Day, which has been celhome, so hopefully people real- ebrated on April 22 since 1970. ize that help out and take pride in “We always want to be able to their campus,” Drake said. Drake’s fellow Eco Reps member Justin Landry, who also schools such as Harvard and MIT helped plan the clean-up, said on sustainability-based issues that he was surprised by how before coming to KSC, said that many people participated. clean-ups like the one on Friday Director of Campus Sustain- are just a small part of what the ability and Eco Reps Advisor student body and campus as a whole does to try to help the enviand members from the men’s ronment. The problem, according club soccer team were out around campus picking up littered items. to be made/enforced, and the Students who took part in the work that is done at KSC needs to event said that they were able be talked about more in order to teach others. with cans, wrappers and ciga“Sustainability here is the rette butts, and that the amount of trash helped them recognize said. the importance of what they were With Earth Week over and the doing. Some came in bulk, such as the and Eco Reps members said that KSC men’s club soccer team. Ten there are no more events in the of its members came out to help works for this semester. The cleanpick up their campus. The play- up will take place again in the fall ers said that they are just trying to Senior Soccer Club Member Will Holden said, “Being able to see a tangible result is very

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Students ride green bikes throughout campus during the Green Bike Parade last Saturday.

Green bike program encourages students to bike to destinations instead of drive JACOB KNEHR

Equinox Staff Students and community members gathered at Keddy Hall on the Keene State College campus

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broke ground in front of the KSC library, where they will be building a new covered bike rack for green bikes. Parade to celebrate Earth Day and the ceremony The covered bike rack was going to be placed of a new covered bicycle rack. on Saturday, but the KSC building and grounds committee realized that the concrete block celebration hosted by the Keene State College Eco where they were going to put the covered bike rack needed to be two feet larger, according to people about the importance of green bikes on campus. Instead of an grand opening ceremony, stuThe parade started at Keddy Hall and ended dents and community members dug the founat the Mason Library. dation where the rack will be placed in front of According to the Director of Campus Susrack will be put up before graduation. helps encourage the use of bicycle transportation to replace cars and, therefore, reduce fossil the library with a KSC ID free of charge. Commufuels. “Of course, there are no fossil fuels when nity members who are in good standing can also a person is peddling a bicycle, and of course use these bikes if they bring a lock, according to biking also supports the campuses commitments to well being. We have a strong commitment to McCarroll pointed out that he has been working with the green bikes program at KSC since The KSC Eco Reps could not be reached for 2005. KSC senior Angela Scionti spoke of McCarroll program is the most vital program in the sustain- and the services that he provides. “Every time I met with Marcus when he would from the community. “I support the program because...it’s vital to the campus and to the earth for multiple reasons. said. One is a campus community, we signed a comScionti continued, “I wish more people knew mitment called the President’s Climate Commit- about the green bikes program on campus.” ment. What that does is it commits our campus, Students and community members can rent Keene State College, to be carbon neutral, to basi- these bikes for one semester or a full year and can cally try to eliminate fossil fuels by the middle roll. green bikes are actually recycled parts from other bikes, which helps lessen the number of a green bikes program, but that these programs charge renters, typically by the hour. “They will actually take pedals from one The new covered bike rack will allow more bike, a seat from another bike, handlebars from green bikes to be stored at the library, which another bike and a chain from a fourth bike and

“There are no fossil fuels when a person is peddling a bicycle.” CARY GAUNT DIRECTOR OF CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY

stored in the basement of Keddy Hall, according Altogether, the campus has over 200 green bikes available, according to McCarroll. The importance of having more covered bike racks on campus is that covered bike racks protect the green bikes from weather damage that can ruin them over time, according to McCarroll. McCarroll mentioned that this program also supports the Keene community. Monadnock Food Co-op for their Earth Day event. The Southwest Regional Planning ComEarth Day Festival. I’ve set up some bikes at the 100 nights. There is a couple of bikes that they’ve McCarroll said bike racks on campus are located by the Redfern Arts Center, the Media Arts Center, the Science Center and the SPDI lab. In the fall, there will be a covered bike rack made out of wood, which will be hand-built by multiple organizations including Eco Reps and will be the new adopted model of all bike racks on campus. Jacob Knehr can be contacted at jknehr@kscequinox.com

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Tree tour tells the stories of tagged trees

C AMPUS Local fire SAFETY BRIEF

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morning of April 26, on Fairbanks Street. Neither of two occupants were harmed and both are being investigated as to

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Assistant Director of Physical Plant/Grounds Bud Winsor educates students and faculty about the various trees seen around campus.

Memorial tree planted and other trees discussed in a tour lead by grounds ADAM URQUHART

Equinox Staff With an inventory of over 1,000 trees on campus, a Tree Tag Tour was given the day before the memorial tree planting for Robert L. “Bob” Mallat, Jr. Assistant Director of Physical Plant/Grounds Bud Winsor led the Tree Tag Tour around campus telling stories and providing information about some of the tagged trees. The tour was held on April 21, at 10 a.m. Some trees that were tagged had QR codes that can be scanned on a smartphone to provide information about the tree’s location and condition, among other qualities. Winsor said, “We are a school, so [the codes are] one more subtle learning tool that’s right under your nose all the time.” Winsor said an arboretum was developed back in 1996, and that back in those days all they had was a book. “A lot of things have changed over the years,” Winsor said. “Now its web based and you can zero in on a tree and you can

that there are a lot of stories behind particular trees, especially the memorial trees.” Winsor continued, “There are probably 40 or 50 dedicated trees.” Robert L. “Bob” Mallat, Jr.’s memorial tree is the newest memorial tree to be added to the inventory. A tulip tree was planted in his memory, and a plaque was unveiled on Friday, April 22, at 11 a.m. Winsor said, “When they are

at the college for 40 to 50 years. He was involved with the physical plant like I was. He was still here when I started working.” Winsor continued, “Bob Mallat did an awful lot as far as facilities that are on campus. He helped on the building of Carle Hall, Holloway and Owl’s nests. He was kind of a community leader.” Winsor also said that Mallat had been a Keene State student at one time. Campus Gardner Joe Britton was also present for the memorial tree planting. Britton said he is responsible for lawn fertilizing, lawn seeding and the gardens on campus. “We do a lot of the mulching and general maintenance and upkeep of the landscape. I work a lot with Noah the ultimate height of the tree, photographs of on some of the tree projects,” Britton said. seasons of interest for the tree. We did it in two When asked what he thought about having pieces; we did 500 in 2012 and 500 in 2014.” trees planted as a memorial for someone, Britton Winsor said that tree tours are given every said, “I think it’s great. I think it’s a great way to year to area elementary schools, college classes remember someone.” Britton continued, “When and some of the people in adult education. From the tree tour, he said he hopes that people take this tree, we wanted something big because of away “an appreciation and start to really notice Mr. Mallat’s stature and how he’s known across trees.” campus. We also wanted something that we Winsor said, “The thing about the trees is didn’t have a lot of in the arboretum inventory

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MacDonald said he believes students use the hand scanners as a “scapegoat” for when they get sick. He said hand sanitizer is a “very simple thing” that keeps students healthy. “It’s an easy way to keep yourself from being sick,” he said. Quirinale said the hand scanners are not the only way germs spread on campus. “What about all of the door knobs that everyone touches?” Quirinale said. “There are two doors when entering the DC that everyone has put their hands on.” He said the hand scanner is just “one of the many” places where everybody touches. Quirinale said he promotes the idea of students washing their

hands immediately after entering the DC. He also said he has talked to his faculty about sanitation and encourages them to use a paper towel while exiting the bathroom after washing their hands. “We at food services spend at least a minimum of 20 seconds washing our hands in 110 degree water with soap,” he said. “Hand sanitizers are good, but if you’re going into the DC and you’re going to be eating a sandwich, pizza or fries, you should really go into the restroom and wash your hands,” Quirinale said. He said the washing of hands is the “best protection” against germs. The Center for Health and Wellness was unavailable for comment. MacKenzie Clarke can be contacted at mclarke@kscequinox.com

already.” Britton also said, “My only thing that I get nervous about is students don’t realize often times that trees are dedicated memorials. We’ve had vandalism. People tie their bikes to them and don’t treat them with the respect that people who come to visit the tree would treat it.” Britton continued, “The trees are going to be here a lot longer than the students are. If they can respect them and take care of them then that’s their gift to future generations of students that are going to be here.” Arbor and Grounds Attendant Noah Washburn was one of the people to help plant the tulip tree and, at the memorial tree planting, was one of a few who helped put mulch down around the base of the tree. Washburn said he thought the event went well, despite its “small” turnout. “I think the tree is in a great location. Once it gets large the canopy is going to be really nice. Over the years, I get to take care of it. We’ll put it in our inventory and put a tag on it,” Washburn said. Bud Winsor said it is important to know and understand the history of the campus. “There are many people that worked really hard to make it what it is, and Bob Mallat was one of those guys. Without him, Keene State really wouldn’t be where it is today.” Adam Urquhart can be contacted at aurquhart@kscequinox.com

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in a member’s life. “Like for your…birthday; they’re used as gifts,” she said. Robb continued, “They’re very customized. Your Another member, KSC junior Elizabeth Truesdell, said that giving these paddles has been an exciting tradition. “On the front of it, you write your big sister’s name [and] you can decorate it any way,” she said. Truesdell explained that it’s a sentimental way for a ‘little’ to show their appreciation since their ‘big’ is a mentor forever. In regard to how a ‘big’ and a ‘little’ are matched up, Truesdell said it’s really a matter between each individual sorority and fraternity. “I guess it’s just chosen by who has a connection,” she said. Truesdell explained that no one gets left out. Every kept forever,” she said. KSC sophomore and non-Greek-life member Maxine Gray said that she can understand why a person would want to join a fraternity or sorority. “I know a lot of people may have more trouble making friends on their own, so they want to be part of a group,” she said. Gray said for her personally, it’s not something she wants to partake in. “It looks super time consuming,” she explained. She also said she was hesitant to joining a group she associated with “drinking and partying.” However, Gray said that she thinks that might not be necessarily true of all KSC Greek life. she said. “I know a lot of sororities and frats [from other schools] do volunteer work; they don’t seem as intense as other schools.” Truesdell said she sees KSC Greek life members actively promoting goodwill on

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KSC student Maggie Mason uses the hand scanner to identify herself after swiping her Owl Card to get into the Zorn Dining Commons.

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to Fire Chief Mark Howard. Howard said, “Upon arrival the garage was fully involved. A second alarm was requested because of the exposures that we had on the two sides of the building.” Howard said they controlled

11:02 a.m. Science Center Lot: Report of a possible fire in the back seat of a vehicle.

are still unclear on how it started. “There was a full recall of all tleboro and Swanzey...[there] were multiple communities,

Tuesday, April 19

two city stations,” Howard said. Local resident Heidi Heisler, who also lives on Fairbanks her up as the truck traveled down the street. “I woke up and said ‘wait a minute, they sound like they’re right next to me,’” she explained. She said she spoke with a was started by a man down the street who works on Harley motorcycles. “He was working on a motorcycle…in the garage… and there was some gas on the Heisler said the man is an acquaintance she often speaks to on her walks around the neighborhood. She said it was frightening to be woken up by sirens. According to the City of Keene website, the mission of the Keene Fire Department is to provide levels of excellence in emergency, prevention, education and community services in order to minimize loss of life hazardous materials, medical responsible manner. Dorothy England can be contacted at dengland@kscequinox.com

He continued, “I think these…are really great things to boast about, and I think that sometimes the negative stereotypes overshadowed [these things].” Mathieu said that this conversation should be made time and time again in order to dispel these negative stereotypes such as hazing and drinking. “I think that unfortunately students that are in the Greek letter organizations generally face negative stereotypes...It’s just because of generalization,” he explained. Mathieu said that, in CASSIE BARON / EQUINOX STAFF most cases, the outcomes are more positive than negative. He explained that Greek life organizations can tunities, networking [and] connections for life after college.” In addition, Mathieu said that being involved in Greek life helps students have security within the school. “As with any student organization and establishment [within] the institution, I think it creates a better opportunity for a student to stay at the institution versus transferring out,” Mathieu said. Mathieu said that another factor that makes Greek life special is the impact of philanthropy the organizations and Greek life alumni are involved with. “Research has shown that Greek alumni typically are the highest donors back to their institution,” he said. Mathieu explained that this was because of the experience Greek life provided and how they show their appreciation. “They try to get involved and create scholarships,” he said. Mathieu said that Greek Week is all about cel-

are actively involved with. Coordinator of Fraternity/Sorority Life and Stu- explained, “It’s really just to kind of highlight all the dent Leadership Brandon Mathieu said that KSC’s successes that each organization and each individual Greek life organizations do over 400 hours of volun- student had over the course of the year.” teer work and are academically motivated. “The all-Greek GPA on campus is higher than the Dorothy England can be all-men, the all-woman and the all-campus GPA,” contacted at Mathieu said. dengland@kscequinox.com

3:41 p.m. Sidewalks: Student reporting a stolen bike.

7:53 p.m. Owl’s Nest 4: Student reporting not well and is asking for a transport to the ER. Wednesday, April 20 12:15 a.m. Sidewalks: RA called and reported that some townspeople stopped and stole some things from a display that had been put in front of the builiding. Suggested he call and report it to Keene Police. Thursday, April 21 9:58 a.m. Zorn Dining Commons: Sodexo cart in elevator activated emergency phone. 11:29 a.m. Joslin House: Faculty/ staff member witnessed an automobile incident and called 911. 12:48 p.m. Mason Library: Threat written on bathroom wall in men’s room. Fire alarm pulled to an empty room. 7:44 p.m. Science Center: Black pickup truck seen driving around in the lot. Friday, April 22 12:17 p.m. Appian Way: Faculty member tripped on uneven walkway. 7:56 p.m. Trestle: Officer came across students smoking marijuana on bike path. Saturday, April 23 2:33 a.m. Brickyard Pond: Disorderly conduct-breach of peace. Sunday, April 24 1:18 a.m. Carle Hall: Student will be with an RA at the bus stop in front of Carle Hall. 6:34 a.m. Monadnock Hall: Past tense assault 9:42 a.m. Owl’s Stadium: Campus Safety dispatch, received a call from a person walking their dog in the area, that two people are sleeping under a gray trap. 4:43 p.m. Madison Lot: Minor motor vehicle accident with no PL. 6:44 p.m. Winchester Lot: Caller states male individual passed out on ground.

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Thursday, April 28, 2016

EDITORIAL

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Recognizing Earth Day

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This past Friday, April 22, was the 46th year for a movement to recogAs the end of the school year approaches, many of us are excited to put the Baltimore Sun, “trash in the streets gets blown into the sewer system. nize the Earth. The whole day is about taking action and getting involved the stress of school behind us and start enjoying the warm weather and to do our part in taking care of the Earth, whether it be by planting a tree, summer festivities. However, this is no excuse to act like animals. Hold and estuaries. Chemicals and toxins from plastic bottles leech into water systems. Animal get tangled in six-pack rings, cut on jagged metal or and getting ready to toss it, speak up. Ask them to dispose of it properly broken glass and stuck inside containers. When food waste is littered from Ironically, the time around Earth Day is also what is known as ‘darty instead of throwing it on the ground. Ask the owner of the house to set up season’ in Keene. Darty is a slang word used by many college students to trash cans around the party. Come by after the party has died down and quickly become road kill, damaging your car. Littered open containers hold describe a day party. These often take place during warm weather days help with the clean up. We saw traces of this during previous pumpkin- water, which is a great breeding place for mosquitoes.” in large backyards of students’ houses. These gatherings typically include fests when students woke up early the following morning to help clean up Not only is littering unsightly, it is downright wrong. The mentality is hundreds of students carrying six-packs. Inevitably, large sums of alcohol the community and various backyards. While this was helpful and refresh- lazy and quite frankly, more harmful than we realize. On top of this, there are consumed by students without proper disposal of the bottles and con- ing to see, we could prevent the clean up by simply taking care of our trash are legal consequences for littering. If there are laws in place trying to pretainers. What ends up being left is a backyard littered with remnants from as we accumulate it. vent us from littering, that is probably a sign that this is something we a day of partying. It may not seem like a big deal to toss a beer can or bag of chips on the shouldn’t be doing. Our message to the students is simple: clean up after yourselves. There ground, but we encourage you to think again. Land littering is not hard to Ultimately, this is something that we as human beings are in full conis no reason we shouldn’t take responsibility for our own actions. We are all spot, just driving down the street you can probably see countless pieces of trol of. We have the power to stand up against something that has become citizens of Keene, at least for the duration of the school year. Let’s take some increasingly harmful to the world we live in. Intoxicated or not, know that pride in our community and pick up after ourselves. Partying on a college our Earth has one thing in common: it destroys it. littering is never acceptable. No one is telling us to litter, the decision is campus is inevitable; that is without argument. However, we don’t need to ours to make. Let’s make the right one. trash our precious Earth. ground, consider the greater impact it can have. According to an article on

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Thursday, April 28, 2016

STAFF COMMENTARY

Could this be the end of the two party system?

To quit your job or not to quit your job

GEORGE AMARU

Art Director Federalists and Democratic/Republicans, Whigs and Democrats, Republicans and Democrats and then Democrats and Republicans; throughout our nation’s history, despite warnings from President Washington and other Founding Fathers, our politics have been governed by a twoparty system. The platforms and intended constituencies of each party have varied as much as the parties themselves. As times change, so do our political parties. However, what was once a matter of left versus right has gradually evolved into a matter of quadrants, with each “wing” capable of the very same tyranny and/or anarchy as the other, depending on the views of the individual party member or faction. In party that I have to wonder if another shift in party allegiances is immanent, or if we may indeed be witnessing the end of the two-party system altogether. Certainly, we all see the continued radicalization of the current parties each pushing themselves further and further to the extremes of their respective wings and blindly towing the party line. Simultaneously, each party accuses the other side of doing the very same. Hypocrisy is rampant among both parties, and right now, Republicans are demanding that President Obama not nominate a new Supreme Court Justice, preferring the next president make the decision. Just eight years ago, during Bush’s time in

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same plea and stating the president’s right and authority to make such a nomination. Even when someone on the Left calls out this hypocrisy, they seem to forget that the Democrats were making the very same claims that the Republicans are now. The blind faith-induced dysfunction continues, leading to gridlock in Washington and a hateful and divided American public. If the gridlock of “the Party of No” and quests for Democratic super-majorities of the past weren’t enough to signal a need to end the current system, both parties seem to be tearing themselves apart from the inside. For battle between the traditional Republican base and the Tea Party. Members of the traditional Republican base cater to the special interest and are experts at playing the political game. Tea Party members are actively trying to shake-up the party and change the way things are done in Washington by pushing for smaller government and tax reduction, among other things, which is much harder than any other time in recent history. Additionally, the growing vocalization of the Christian conservative faction seems to want to crush LGBTQ rights and move the US to an almost fundamentalist Christian state, while chastising the Muslim countries around the world for doing the same for their religions; and you can see how the Republican Party may well be poised to implode at any moment. Which is to say nothing of the dichotomy of balancing the desires of working-class conservatives and the one percent of Wall Street. While the Republicans’ issues seem to get more attention from the media, because their situation is more important or there is in fact a liberal bias to most media outlets, the Democrats are not without their own problems. Currently, we

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just as much on the side of Wall Street as any Republican, perhaps also playing the “political game,” along with the Democratic base, just as is the Republican base. She certainly has her fair share of good old-fashioned political controversy and scandal to deal with. There are those calling for a complete move toward socialized medicine and even a universal income, or at least a much higher minimum wage, while other factions seem to care

cratic president couldn’t even rein them in to enact any meaningful legislation, despite having a democratic majority in both houses of Congress. The poorly handled election of 2000 and the Presidency of George W. Bush left the country so divided that we couldn’t embrace the meaningful change that President Obama had promised during his campaign. We seemed to hold our respective guns tighter, sometimes literally, and accused the other side of being evil instead of trying to come together and solve our collective problems. Sadly, that trend continues today. We blame the Repub74-year-old democratic socialist who has, perhaps ironically, lican one percent of sending jobs overseas, holding wages captivated the youth of the Democratic Party, and a former First Lady turned senator and diplomat. She may as well be their workers. All the while, the Democrats are pushing for

free trade agreements, sometimes in virtual secrecy, which do nothing but entice businesses to send jobs overseas and make the American worker less and less able to compete against the low cost of outsourcing labor, hurting our economy and further dividing the public. Despite the ever-mounting evidence to the contrary, we continue to pretend that “our party” has our backs, while the other is made up of evil people who are fooling the populace to further their own agendas. In reality, the right and left wings, as they say, belong to the same bird. Whether internal strife causes the collapse of the current parties or the ever-growing divide amongst us tears this nation apart, it seems that the end of the current two-party system is nigh, or at least perhaps should be. The question though is, even if we see such a collapse, can Americans truly come together under new banners, or dare I dream a single united banner, and usher in a time of peace and prosperity for our country? Or would the end of the “Two-Party Era” also signal the end of the United States as we know it? That, I suppose, is a decision that is ultimately up to us. George Amaru can be contacted at gamaru@kscequinox.com

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Student speaks up about supporting Trump “My opinion is that he does not want these people coming in illegally because people go through the process of being allowed in legally.” BRIAN CLEMMENSON KSC SENIOR

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equinox StAff He is not a lawyer or a career politician; he is Donald Trump. That was enough of a reason why my vote was cast for him in the Connecticut Presidential Primary. Trump is not a career politician, and he is certainly unorthodox. One of the big reasons why this drew my attention was because he is not a representation of the way Washington D.C. is being run right now. Many of Trump’s ideas have to deal with immigration, trade deals and the economy, which are not what the establishment from either side of the aisle want. For example, immigration lawmakers know there is currently a problem on the border, but no steps have been taken to secure it. Obviously, the wall that Trump is proposing is a bit extreme. Do I think the wall will be built? No. Instead, Trump will make policies and secure our nation’s border in other ways. For his policies on immigration, Trump means that people will have to come in the country legally or be sent back. He is not going to go out and send everyone back. If you are an illegal citizen and commit a crime, you are going to be sent back. If you draw attention to yourself, then you will be sent back. My opinion is that he does not want these people coming in illegally because people go through the process of being allowed in legally. Therefore, when you come in illegally, it is not fair to someone waiting on their chance at citizenship. In terms of the economy, Trump is clearly the man that would lead

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ation than Iraq. Before you know it, is plain and simple: he is a success- there will be a threat in the United ful businessman. One of Trump’s States. most successful business operaTrump would also repeal and tions is the Trump Tower. According to a CNBC ranking of Trump’s Care Act is not working. People business success on March 19, 2016, are losing their insurance policies it is ranked the 17th best condo and paying more in government building in Manhattan. Also, in exchanges. Trump’s campaign website stated that he will “modify an condo building. existing law that inhibits the sale of That gets to my next point about health insurance across state lines.” Trump and his business attitude. In addition, Trump would Trump will run this country like a “allow individuals to fully deduct business, which is something that health insurance premium paySenator Bernie Sanders talks about ments from their tax returns under in his campaign and American the current tax system.” people do not get on him. Trump His website stated that he knows the system is broken and he would “allow individuals to use Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). Trump is not going to be elected Contributions into HSAs should be tax-free and should be allowed to himself and received small dona- accumulate.” His website stated he tions. He is not going to have would “require price transparency the election won by Super PACs. from all healthcare providers, espeRemember, Trump is not a career cially doctors and healthcare orgapolitician like Sanders, Clinton or nizations like clinics and hospitals.” anyone else. Trump’s website also stated that Another major issue that is he would like to change the blockpressing this country and the world grant Medicaid to states and make is the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. changes to prescription drug marPresident Obama has done nothing kets to lower the cost. The choice for me to vote for don’t do it again. Donald Trump in the primary is ISIS has attacked again after certainly a clear one. He is not a Paris; they moved to attack Bel- lawyer or career politician. Washgium and struck on March 22. ISIS ington has had too many of those killed 32 people and injured over people who have served a good 300 innocent people. chunk of their life in politics. Trump In a CBS News article dated March 11, 2016, Trump stated, “We common sense ideas and is not part need to knock the hell out them,” of the political establishment. He is referring to ISIS. He implied that he the outsider we need. might send troops on the ground, but would also use other tactics. Brian Clemmenson can be Obviously we do not want another contacted at war, but sometimes this has to be bclemmenson@kscequinox.com

be nice not to work, the average person is not granted such a luxurious opportunity. We have to work so that we can provide for ourselves, and usually our work is what makes the world go round. The question is, at what cost do we give in to misery just to pay for our groceries? If you truly hate your job, I have some suggestions for how you should move forward. First, consider why you hate your job. If there is one particular coworker or company policy that is making your shifts unbearable, consider bringing the problem up with a supervisor. If you hate the actual responsibilities and tasks of your work, try to identify what they are . When you start to apply for other jobs, only apply to positions that sound interesting. While you do not have to love your work, life is certainly better when you do. If you can tolerate a couple more weeks at your current job, then try to keep it until you have a new job of crawling out of bed to go to a job you dread, but it is risky to quit without other work lined up. If I had a job that I hated, I would use that as Apply! Apply! Apply some more! The more jobs you send a resume positions, then you have an opportunity to negotiate your pay and choose the career path that best suits your interests. I do not recommend quitting your current job right away unless working there is severely impacting your life in a negative way. You will be glad to have the money coming in until you have secured work at another company. If you keep the job you hate and have no new job opportunities coming your way, you will be glad that you didn’t leave. Life is too short to wake up and spend each day doing something you hate. If your job is bringing you down, then start applying to new jobs so you can make a positive change in your life. There are always places hiring; you just have to get out there and apply. Good luck in the new job search! Arline Arline Votruba can be contacted at avotruba@kscequinox.com

“Life is too short to wake up and spend each day doing something you hate.” ARLINE VOTRUBA KSC SENIOR

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Equinox Staff WKNH Radio and Campus Ecology hosted their annual Solarfest on Saturday, live music, free merchandise and Ben & Jerry’s ice cream for concert-goers. Solarfest, including The Groms, Survey Says!, Spose, A Great Big Pile of Leaves and Kung Fu. There were also speakers from NextGen Climate, a group dedicated to promoting climate change, who spoke between musical acts about the dangers of fossil fuels and encouraged others to use renewable energy whenever possible. Executive Board Member of Campus Ecology Seanna Flynn said she thinks this year’s Solarfest “was a big step up from last year.” “Not just music-wise, but we also have more vendors from the community and college organizations tabling this year,” she said. The festival hosted a total of 25 student organizations and community organizations such as Ben & Jerry’s as well as the Wormtown Trading Company, all willing to show their sup-

chandise for students including a Campus Ecology t-shirt, bandanas and water bottles. “The tie dye we used is from fruit juices so it’s organic, and we also handed out aluminum water bottles for reusable use,” Flynn said. Co-Music Director of WKNH Patrick O’Donnell said he thinks it was important to book a variety of acts. “We had a surf rock band, a ska band, a jam band and a hip-hop group. So I think students get exposed to feel like the Social Activities Council is more interested in booking popular acts for Spring Concert, and that’s not what we’re into; we’re more into providing a more well-rounded music experience for everybody. I think there are a lot of people that look forward to this rather than Spring Concert.” He continued, “I think last year’s solarfest was more music based. This year has been more of a connection between Campus Ecology and WKNH, and that helped get the message across. When everybody is outside in this environment, it all sort of synergizes and you understand what it’s all about and that’s

promoting a sustainable environment.” Nick Busby is the Event Coordinator for WKNH. “I think this year’s event was much bigger than last year’s, and I think that because we had a new E-board [at WKNH] we had bigger ideas and knew how to execute them better, especially considering our budget was about the same as last year,” he said. “The band I was most excited about booking was A Great Big Pile of Leaves because they’re one of my favorite bands, so having them agree to play was kind of surreal for me,” Busby said. Keene State junior Kevin Rogers said he had a good time at the festival. “I really liked A Great Big Pile of Leaves, I liked their sound a lot,” Rogers said. “I didn’t go to the Spring Concert because it wasn’t anything I would’ve enjoyed. I don’t really care for Lupe Fiasco or Kid Ink. I’d rather see a pop-punk act like Modern Base come; something that’s not just some rapper like we’ve gotten the past two years. With Solarfest you could come and go as you pleased…Plus it’s free.” Marc Apesos can be contacted at mapesos@kscequinox.com

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A Great Big Pile of Leaves performing for Keene State College students at Solarfest on Saturday, April 23.

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Equinox Staff “An Evening of Dance” was held in the Redfern Arts Center’s Main Theatre this past Wednesday, April 20, through Saturday, April 23. This annual event showcases dance student’s original choreography, according to Keene State College’s website. The four-day event was directed by Marcia Murdock and assisted by William Seigh and contained 11 modern dance pieces. According to KSC’s website, a “specially commissioned dance by New York choreographer Yanira Castro premiere[d] along with three new works by Keene State College faculty during An Evening of Dance presented by the KSC Department of Theatre and Dance.” Senior dance minor Alyssa Tyukody performed in this year’s Evening of Dance and commented on how the event came together. Tyukody said, “I auditioned for Evening of Dance back in January and was casted for William Seigh's dance piece. Since I had been so busy focusing on my major the past few years, this was my always remember.” This year’s dance featured the premiere of 7 Dancers + Curtain, which, according to KSC’s website, “is based on material from Court/Garden, a full evening length multi-media dance performance inspired by the Imperial ballets of Louis XIV’s French Court.” 7 Dancers + Curtain was performed by seven KSC students. Tyukody commented on the process of rehearsing for the event. “Evening of Dance rehearsals were

separate from classes and were scheduled three times a week for a total of eight hours. On Sundays, we had fourhour rehearsals, which were brutal at times, but being with all my dance friends and creating a bond with my professor and choreographer, William, was nice,” Tyukody said. Another one of the dances featured at the event was “Only You, Elvis, and Balls,” choreographed by Abbie Brown. The dance was recently held in this year’s Academic Excellence Conference. -

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“I loved the 50s ‘Grease’ vibe it gave. It was amazing to see such a put together piece of work and know it was done by a student.” mented on the overall style of dances at the event. She said, “A lot of the performances were incredibly abstract, which was awesome because they were open to interpretation.” She continued, “Dance is incredible to watch because it allows performers to express changing emotions in a way that stationary art doesn’t allow.” Chaisson discussed what it is like to go to a school that represents the arts. not just sports and athletics. [This event makes] theater and dance feel like they’re equally represented, which is great.” Tyukody agreed and said, “A lot of the time, people tend to push dance and theatre students to the side, but in reality we put in so much time and effort for this annual spring dance concert.” Isabel Tisdale can be contacted at itisdale@kscequinox.com

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‘An Evening of Dance’ took place at the Redfern Arts Center from April 20 through April 23. The event, which contained 11 pieces, was directed by Marcia Murdock and assisted by William Seigh.

KSC senior Alex Jasz Suarez ready to ‘blow up’ in the music world ARYANAH HAYDU

Equinox Staff Alex Jasz Suarez, a senior at his dream of becoming a successful music artist. Suarez attended the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California with David Altenor, a singer, songwriter, rapper and piano player. He was not only present at the awards, but performed at the Grammy soiree located at Whiskey A Go Go LA. “The after-Grammy event was interview was right after that. The whole experience was unreal. I still can’t believe it,” Suarez said. Laura Maye, KSC student and friend of Suarez, said, “Suarez has gotta be the coolest kid on campus. He was sending me photos of crazy famous celebrities from the Grammy’s. I got a bunch of Ed Sheeran.” Suarez said he began his journey to success in Massachusetts, starting a rap group with a few of his close friends.

- his most popular songs “LMLYSYD,” which stands for “Love Me Like You AutoRhymeOgraphy.” Say You Do.” “I sold the mixtape on campus “I love the song ‘LMLYSYD.’ If I out of Butler, my dorm at the time. had to describe his style, I’d say it’s a I only charged $5, but I managed to mixture of J. Cole and The Weeknd. sell all the original 50 copies I had I think he’s really going to blow up,” made,” Suarez said. Maye said. He said that, after selling each Suarez has since changed his mixtape, he told his supporters he’d management team, and is signed always remember their faces and then, with a laugh, said “When I'm allowed him to make his brother, as big as Jay Z or Biggie, I promise you'll be able to sell these back on provided Suarez with a studio to ebay and make like $10,000.” work from, so instead of getting After releasing his mixtape in a “real job” after college he said December that year, Suarez was he plans to dedicate all his time to music. Through him, Suarez spoke to and “Now I'm just making music and rapped with popular artist Mase, doing shows, trying to get my name signed previously to Sean “Diddy” out there. I have about 50 songs that Combs’ label Bad Boy Records. I have not released yet because I “Mase was one of the best to ever haven't been home to promote it, but do it in his prime, so that was a really over the summer my brother and I awesome opportunity,” Suarez said. will be pushing to the masses and success he’s gotten. I’m sure it won’t From there, Suarez met David stop here. He works harder than Altenor, the artist who continues PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY TIM SMITH anyone I know,” Brown said. to support and inspire him today. Aryanah Haydu can be contacted at Going into his sophomore year With his help, Suarez created one of ahaydu@kscequinox.com Rapper Alex Jasz Suarez spits rhymes in the MAC Lab.

eighth grade by my cousin, Royal. I didn’t start taking it seriously until my sophomore year of high school, though, when my friends and I started the [group] Upperclassmen,” Suarez said. Suarez was in the group with Scribble, Sunie and Soto Skitz. He said that many of his friends at the time advised him against joining Upperclassmen, urging him to stick to basketball. Many people, he said, told the group they would only listen to their music if they kicked Suarez out. However, Suarez persisted with the encouragement of his brother, Gio, now his manager, and Scribble, his former musical partner. Senior Jake Brown said he supported Suarez as well once he began his academic career at KSC. “It’s been a long ride for Suarez,

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SOLARFEST MATT BACON

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Keene State College’s Oya Hill exploded with sound and color Saturday, April 22, for Solarfest. Campus Ecology and WKNH’s ecological rally/music festival started at 12:30 p.m. with local band Los Groms opening the day. The main stage was set up with its back to Appian Way, and was powered entirely by a solar panel truck behind it. Sound for the event was provided both by the L.P. Young Student Center tech crew and by Moresound Audio to supplement the tech crew where needed. Alongside the music, many campus organizations, local activist groups and vendors were set up around Oya Hill. Between the bands’ sets, Campus Ecology had speakers- varying from employactivists- that gave talks about ecological impact and how we can help reduce our carbon footprint. Anti-Pipeline activist Patricia Martin, who was tabling at Solarfest, said she was very excited about the event. Martin said, “I’ve never really been to something like this…the amount of younger people here to see the music, [and] are engaging with this important message is amazing.” Martin’s only complaint was that she was a little chilly, as the day started overcast and in the low 50s. As the music started, the sun cut through the clouds and kept up throughout the entirety of the festival. WKNH Events Coordinator Nick Busby said that he wanted to add an element of genre diversity throughout the event, which was apparent and well received. Five bands performed during the day. Jersey ska-punk band Survey Says took the stage. Its eclectic brand of positive vibes ska music combined with angsty pop-punk that’s familiar, but rarely seen on campus, got the crowd dancing. Following Survey Says was the Green Bikes parade, which started at the library, cut through the festival and continued on through campus. At the lead was Green Bikes Program Head Marcus McCarroll in his handbuilt four-wheeled pedal car with many students biking behind. Maine-based rapper ‘Spose, who brought with him a DJ and a fellow MC to share the stage, started their set after the parade. The bass-blasting set drew in many walking by, as it was also Accepted Students Day, and plenty of potential students stopped with their families while walking through. York-based A Great Big Pile of Leaves took the stage. Lead singer Pete Weiland

Biting into ‘Far Cry: Primal’ NICK TOCCO

Equinox Staff In the video game adventure Far Cry: Primal, I learned that there is such a thing as “manly,” and then there is “cave-manly.” As one of the best installments to date for the Far Cry franchise, Primal took me away from the usual style of games I play, which usually involve a ball, a puck or a machine gun. In an experience as raw as the meat you have to eat to stay alive in the game, Primal dragged me out of my cave for a brand new game review where I give my quips and tips on how to survive in the Stone Age. You begin the game playing as the main character, Takkar, a prehistoric caveman on a hunt with his tribe for a woolly mammoth. It goes horribly wrong, thanks to a giant saber tooth tiger attack, when your hunting mentor is killed and your tribe becomes scattered. With your people divided, you must become the beast master to unite the Wenja tribe and help them survive against the many threats of the land. To become the beast master, you must use your survival skills and manufactured weapons to tame wild and dangerous animals. Throughout the game, you collect elements from the land such as wood, stone and plants to create a variety of clubs and spears in addition to a sweet bow and arrow (which comes in handy big time). mals and steal from enemy tribes, you will collect raw meat as an absolute necessity. If you take an arrow in the chest from a cannibal caveman, eat raw meat. If you get mauled by a massive black bear, eat raw meat. Every time you chomp into a bloody piece of gristle, your health will start to regenerate. It’s the answer to everything. tasks, you earn skill points that give you the ability to upgrade your skills, attacks and weapons. Your missions range from main story missions, secondary missions and beast missions, among others, which randomly occur as you navigate the land. The scenery is vast and beautiful, showing stellar graphics that really make the game come to life.

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Solarfest 2016’s headliner Kung Fu jams out on Keene State College’s Oya Hill to an excited audience.

time in New Hampshire. Drummer Tyler Soucy said he was ecstatic about how their to come back.” set went. “[We’ve] never really had a chance to come this far north before on tour,” Soucy said. “… Fu, who call themselves a “nu-sion” project

their progressive brand of music. Through- cal aspect of the event compared to those in out their hour-long set, the entire area in the past is made this on-campus festival one that extends into the community in brand jumping around, hula hooping and dancing new ways. along to the music. Matt Bacon can be contacted at This year’s hardened focus on the ecologimbacon@kscequinox.com

encounter throughout the experience are so visceral and vivid, you feel as if you could reach out and touch them – only to most likely get your arm ripped This brings me to the coolest part of the game, which ent beasts who soon emerge as your partners in crime. When you battle with enemy tribes like the Udam and the Azila, you’re going to get in trouble. When you get in trouble, your best friend is your beast, which depending on your skills could be a badger, wolf, mountain lion, bear or a saber tooth tiger. Yes, a saber tooth tiger. Watch your beast shred your enemies to bits to bring the Wenja tribe to supremacy. the game was. Today’s games usually have story modes that are beatable in one day, but this game took longer and was well worth the buy.

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KSC students catch some rays on blankets during Solarfest on Oya Hill.

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L.P. Young Student Center turns 21 this week; KSC senior tries to take it to bar

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and the Mabel Brown Room. It’s definitely a building and not a human. “Wow, all of those places turned 21 too?” Simpleton said, “It’s going to be a huge night at the bar!” Stephanie McCann can be contacted at smccann@kscequinox.com

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This past week, the L.P. Young Student Center celebrated its 21st year in existence and Keene State College senior Tim Simpleton couldn’t wait to be part of the action. “We have to take the Student Center to the bar, man,” Simpleton said, “You can’t just NOT drink on your 21st birthday!” Simpleton, who seems to be unaware that the L.P. Young Student Center is a building and not a human, said he’s “even down to buy all the drinks.” With a few local bars already in mind, Simpleton said he is “way too psyched” for the Student Center’s 21st birthday. “We have to go crazy! We can take him around to all the bars and show him what turning 21 is really supposed to be like,” Simpleton said. Unbeknownst to Simpleton, the L.P. Young Student Center opened in 1995 and includes a marketplace, bookstore, computer store, café,

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App captures comedy JILL GIAMBRUNO

Equinox Staff When it comes to sharing their lives with the rest of the world while throwing comedy and art into the mix, millennials seem to be professionals. Snapchat, a beloved app among young adults, aids in doing just that. Snapchat allows users to send pictures or videos to friends for ten seconds before they disappear. Users also can include other feaillusions on pictures and video, or adding pictures to a â&#x20AC;&#x153;story,â&#x20AC;? which can be viewed for 24 hours before it disappears. Recently, Snapchat also added a news aspect, where users can read articles from CNN, People Magazine, Buzzfeed, National Geographic and others. Keene State College students spoke up on the importance of Snapchat in their own lives. Jake Bodah, a KSC senior, said he uses the app every day. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m hilarious, and I need to share that comedy with my friends,â&#x20AC;? Bodah said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love the comedy game up.â&#x20AC;? Emilee Silegy, a KSC senior, said she uses Snapchat for comedic relief and to stay in touch with friends in Keene, as well as friends she doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go to school with. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Snapchat is great because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s instantaneous videos and pictures. I also use it to communicate,â&#x20AC;? Silegy said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Friends who don't go to Keene who've never met my boyfriend always joke that they feel like they know him because of my snap stories.â&#x20AC;? KSC junior Devin Gilson said he uses Snapchat as an alternate route to sharing things on other forms of social media Gilson said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I use the app mostly

ing it on Facebook.â&#x20AC;? Students agree that the app, which was released in September years â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think it was created to be a fast way to communicate in a way that was more than just text or speaking,â&#x20AC;? Silegy said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Snapchat would say where you are, what you're wearing, who you're with and how you're feeling in one second.â&#x20AC;? Gilson added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Snapchat has turned from a pretty fringe thing into something common in most teen and young adult circles, and has turned from a simple friends messaging friends service into a sort of advertising service as well.â&#x20AC;? While the app can be used to document events, vacations or even day-to-day life, students have differing opinions on how much Snapchatting is too much. Bodah said that he is not amused by long Snapchat stories. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have a friend who documents his entire day on Snapchatâ&#x20AC;ŚIt gets old really fast,â&#x20AC;? Bodah explained. Silegy, however, said she prides herself in her long Snapchat stories. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I document almost everything. I'm known for having extremely long snapchats showing anything I'm doing,â&#x20AC;? Silegy said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It's funny to go out the next day and look back on the night before.â&#x20AC;? Students said they believe that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s safe to say Snapchat has evolved into something of an art form. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To me, I'm really open with my life, and Snapchat is an outlet for me to express myself,â&#x20AC;? Silegy said. Gilson explained, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every so often, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get a snap with just the right amount of humor or photographic grace to appear as almost a work of art or comedic gold.â&#x20AC;? Jill Giambruno can be contacted at jgiambruno@kscequinox.com PATRICK Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;CONNOR / EQUINOX STAFF

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;60s classic â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Jungle Bookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; recaptivated in new film MATT BILODEAU

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which predator and prey dichotomy exists, and a young human thrown into the mix only complicates matters. Beware, as some children may be frightened by some of the more darker, intense moments. While his performance could use some tweaking, Sethi made a great Mowgli, bringing a sense of childlike wonder to the vast landscape of the perilous jungle. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s even more impressive when you understand how the production came to be. At the end of the credits, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see â&#x20AC;&#x153;Filmed in Downtown, Los Angeles,â&#x20AC;? a term that should feel familiar by now, but, in this case, signals a game changer in the Hollywood system. About 99 percent of what you see on screen was shot in a studio backlot against a green

Owning everything under the sun, Disney has reached a point where they can commit franchise murder and nobody would blink an eye. Looking for a brand new venture, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve started to adapt many of their animated properties into live action. With variations of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mulan,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beauty and the Beastâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Peter Panâ&#x20AC;? on their way, Disney wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be stopping anytime soon. All we can do is hope theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll bring something new while honoring the spirit of the source material. If â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Jungle Bookâ&#x20AC;? is any indication of whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on the horizon, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m on board. Raised by wolves, Mowgli [Neel Sethi] has known nothing but the jungle for most of his life. When the no exotic location shoots, just Sethi fearsome tiger Shere Khan [Idris acting against nothing. Elba] vows to kill the man-cub, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Jungle Bookâ&#x20AC;? works with Mowgli must leave the jungle or such a simple story, focusing more on character moments and the fact consequences. To guide him on his journey to bring heart and emotion to creathe man village is Bagheera [Ben tures he couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see only adds to Kingsley], an overly protective the performance. panther, and Baloo [Bill Murray], a Despite their conception being carefree bear content with the bare left to a computer, every animal litnecessities of life. Both struggle to keep Mowgli out of danger as realistic to the nth degree. he stumbles upon the temptations Rarely will you doubt that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re of the jungle including a devious looking at anything other than a snake [Scarlett Johansson] and a tiger, bear or panther. While Sethi larger-than-life orangutan [Christo- had the hardest job among them pher Walken]. all, credit must be given toward the Not only does â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Jungle voice actors for their tremendous Bookâ&#x20AC;? act as a respectable homage performances. On the lighter side, to the Walt Disney classic, in many Ben Kingsley as Bagheera is the ways, it surpasses it. Those seeking a faithful adaptation of the remember, wary to let Mowgli dare Rudyard Kipling novel of the same get out of his sight, only jumping name need not apply, as this inter- into violence when he has to. pretation of the tale is based upon On the other hand, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the its animated predecessor. But donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t man, the legend known as Bill fool yourself, this is not the G-rated Murray, voicing our favorite happygo-lucky bear Baloo. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always Animals may speak and sing, ready with the quips and easy yet they still inhabit a world in tricks necessary to live a success-

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ful life in the jungle. Lazy to a fault, but when danger is on the horizon, Baloo thrusts into action to protect the man-cub heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s come to know and love against the predator that everyone fears. When I mean predator, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean Johansson as Kaa, the slick snake whose screen time is less than advertised. That said, she makes a good impression as the character thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll you leave scratching your head as to why they kept her in to begin with. I would gladly give her up for with Walken as King Louie, a role he was born to play. Needless to say, when â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Wanna Be Like Youâ&#x20AC;? comes on, unlike the original version, I same time. All Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to say is prepare for many sleepless nights. To say that Elbaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s casting as the intimidating Shere Khan was a match made in heaven is an understatement. In this interpretation, a clear motivation is given to his quest to spill the man-cubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s blood. Used sparingly, his presence is sure to cause fright wherever he roams. As fairly predictable as the plot may be, what makes this adventure work is not where itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going, but rather how. Director Jon Favreau crafted something out of nothing, letting his imagination run loose and wild. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Jungle Bookâ&#x20AC;? is a technical marvel with lovable characters brought to life by pristine CGI, all heading toward a riveting climax made grandiose by James Newton Howardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s captivating score. Rating: A Matt Bilodeau can be contacted at mbilodeau@kscequinox.com

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Prince’s sister says musician had no known will STEVE KARNOWSKI

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AssociAted Press Prince’s sister believes the superstar musician didn’t have a will and asked a Minnesota court on Tuesday to appoint a trust company to temporarily oversee his multimillion-dollar estate. Tyka Nelson, Prince’s only full sibling, said in the manage Prince’s business interests following his death last week at Paisley Park, his famous home and recording studio complex in suburban Minneapolis. The documents don’t estimate how much his estate may be worth, but Prince made hundreds of millions of dollars for record companies, concert venues and others. And estimates of how much licensing his personal brand will generate after his death reach to the purple clouds. In just three days, the outpouring of grief and nostalgia after his death prompted fans to buy 2.3 million of his songs. Nelson asked that Bremer Trust, a corporate trust company, be named administrator of the estate. The cial services to Prince for many years. The court didn’t immediately rule. Prince owned a dozen properties in Minnesota, most of it undeveloped land and some houses for relatives, worth about $27 million, according to public records. He also sold more than 100 million albums, according to Warner Music Group. And Pollstar, a concert industry magazine, said that in the years that his tours topped the charts — 10 years over four decades performing — the tours raked in $225 million in ticket sales. But what remained in Prince’s hands is less than the sum of ticket and album sales, given payments to

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In this May 19, 2013, file photo, Prince performs at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Tickets for what turned out to be Prince’s last concert, in Atlanta, went on sale just eight days before he was scheduled to play and sold out almost instantly.

regularly, meaning he could have created a will at some Park is located, show that he was up to date on his proppoint without others knowing about it. erty taxes when he died. “I really can’t believe in the short time since he died

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more than ever, Peters said Tuesday. “The people of Flint — many of whom are still using bottled water to drink, cook and bathe — are in dire need of assistance, and I look forward to helping move this legislation forward in the Senate,” Peters said in a statement. Stabenow said she and Peters are “not giving up until this gets done.” A spokesman for Lee declined to comment, saying the senator was just learning of the new proposal. Lee

to believe” that Prince executed a will or any other documents saying what should happen to his estate upon his death. Nelson said she doesn’t know her brother’s assets or debts, but said he had “substantial assets” that require protection. Her attorneys released a statement saying they’re not at liberty to discuss the case “in order to uphold the privacy that Prince and the Nelson family have always maintained.” Under Minnesota law, if a person dies without a will — and with no surviving parents, children, or grandchildren — the next people in line to share in the estate are the surviving siblings, including half-siblings. Prince wasn’t married and had no known living children. Nelson is his only full sibling, though he has

New York State’s Supreme Court brought by perfume maker Revelations Perfume and Cosmetics Inc. for failIf he left no will or trust, divvying up his fortune ing to promote the “3121” perfume line named after his could get complicated, said Susan Link, a top Minne- 2006 album. He touted the product once, during a massota probate lawyer. Link said attorneys will need to get sive concert in July 2007 in downtown Minneapolis that Prince’s siblings to agree on asset distribution, and that ended at 5 a.m. at the First Avenue club, a famous venue it could get extremely complicated if they don’t. from “Purple Rain.” “They will try to set the family down,” said Link, He was ordered to pay $4.4 million, but never did. who isn’t involved in the case. “They’re not going to try - found about $3 million in various Minnesota bank accounts and used court orders to freeze them, accordHowever, someone could still come forward with a will or trust document. When Michael Jackson died perfume maker. Prince later settled for a lower amount. “It doesn’t suggest there was oodles of cash lying six days later, upending moves by Jackson’s mother to become his estate’s executor based on her assuming including owing back taxes to France in 2012, which he Jackson’s stake in publishing company Sony/ATV to paid up, and overdue property taxes around $450,000 in Sony Corp. for $750 million. Public records show Prince set up more than a in Carver County Court in Minnesota for $1.6 million. dozen companies, though most are now inactive. He What happened with that case is unclear.

Senators again reach deal on Flint water crisis aid For the second time in two months, the Senate has reached a bipartisan deal to address a water crisis in Flint, Michigan, where lead-contaminated pipes have resulted in an ongoing public health emergency. Democratic Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters of Michigan said an agreement reached Tuesday with Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., would authorize $100 million in grants and loans to replace lead-contaminated pipes in Flint and other cities with lead emergencies, as well as $70 million in credit subsidies for loans to improve water infrastructure across the country. The deal also authorizes $50 million nationwide to bolster lead-prevention programs and improve children’s health. The measure would be part of a larger water resources bill in the Senate. The agreement is virtually identical to a deal reached in late February among the same three senators. That measure was attached to a broader energy bill, then derailed after Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah objected. Help for Flint is needed

that they made a thorough search,” University of Minnesota law professor Judith Younger said. Irwin Feinberg, a Los Angeles trust and probate lawyer, noted that wealthy people usually create trusts to avoid the public spectacle of probate court, and that it would be unusual for Prince not to have done so. “If a shoe is going to drop, one would think it would drop fairly soon,” he said. Prince’s post-mortem earnings could match topearning dead celebrities like Elvis Presley, estimates Mark Roesler, chief executive of CMG Worldwide, which handles licensing for the estates of Marilyn Monroe, James Dean and other late stars. Presley’s estate made $55 million just in 2015, according to Forbes magazine. Prince “was as big as they get,” Roesler told The Associated Press late last week. “Will there be a business built up around Prince 60 years from now like James Dean? The answer is unequivocally, ‘yes.’”

objected to the initial Flint Stabenow and Peters aid, saying that Michigan want to protect the loan has a budget surplus and portfolio known as the does not need federal money Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing proLee also objected to the gram. Michigan is the hub way the way the bill is paid of U.S. auto manufacturing. for — it redirects up to $250 While Lee is unlikely to million in unspent money withdraw his objection, supfrom an Energy Department porters say the new plan loan program for high-tech has a greater chance of succars. Lee, a freshman elected cess because it is slated to with the help of the tea party, become part of the Water wants to ensure that money Resources Development Act, committed to Flint does a popular bipartisan measure that authorizes a varicit, spokesman Conn Carroll ety of water-related projects said last month.

control and other purposes. If approved by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee this week as expected, the Flint proposal would be embedded in the larger water bill. The earlier proposal was an add-on to the energy bill and faced a higher procedural hurdle to move forward. Inhofe, who chairs the Senate’s environment panel, cally responsible” and said it not only would help Flint, but also would address a nationwide water infrastructure crisis. The plan would use federal credit subsidies to provide incentives for up to $700 million in loan guarantees and infrastructure projects across the country. Flint’s drinking water became tainted when the city switched from the Detroit water system and began drawing from the Flint River in 2014 to save money. The impoverished city was under state control at the time. Regulators failed to ensure the water was treated properly, and lead from aging pipes leached into the water supply.

Preliminary hearing date set for Bill Cosby in Pennsylvania ASSOCIATED PRESS

A date has been set for a preliminary hearing in the criminal sex assault case against Bill Cosby. The married comedian will appear May 24 in a Pennsylvania courthouse to face charges over a 2004 encounter at his home with a thenTemple University employee. The woman says she was drugged and molested. Cosby says they engaged in consensual sex acts. Tuesday’s hearing announcement comes a day after an appeals court rejected Cosby’s attempt to throw out his case because of what he called a decade-old deal not to prosecute him. A former prosecutor has said he promised to never prosecute Cosby and urged him to testify in the woman’s lawsuit. The release of that testimony last year led a new prosecutor to arrest him.

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Al-Qaida says it killed Bangladesh gay activist, friend ASSOCIATED PRESS

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The Bangladeshi branch of al-Qaida claimed responsibility Tuesday for the killing of a gay rights activist and his friend, undermining the prime minister’s insistence just hours earlier that her political opponents were to blame for the attack and for a rising tide of violence against secular activists and writers. The claim by Ansar-al Islam — which said it targeted the two men on Monday night because they were “pioneers of practicing and promoting homosexuality” — raised doubts about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s repeated assurances that authorities have the security situation under control. Xulhaz Mannan, an activist who also worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development, and his friend, theater actor Tanay Majumder. Mannan, a cousin of former Foreign Minister Dipu Moni of the governing party, was also an Roopbaan. Majumder sometimes helped with the publishing, local media said. At the White House, Press Secretary Josh Earnest took note of Mannan’s advocacy for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender causes and said there were “reports that indicate that he was targeted because of his advocacy for these human rights and that makes his death even more tragic than it seems.” He said the U.S. government had been in touch with the government of Bangladesh to make clear that a thorough criminal investigation should be a priority. At a funeral for Mannan on Tuesday, his brother said free speech was something Islam should protect. “A true Muslim will always consider that he has freedom of expression,” Minhaz Mannan Emon said. “We should respect that opinion. We hope... particularly I, on behalf of the family, hope that no other family loses their child or brother like us in the future.” Mannan had written openly about the frustration of living “in the closet” as a gay man in Bangladesh, where homosexual relations are considered a crime. In a May 2014 blog, he said gays and lesbians in Bangladesh experience “A country where the predominant religions say you are a sinner, the law of the land says you are a criminal, the social norms say you are a pervert, the culture considers you as imported.” He launched the magazine in 2014, giving the country’s small and secretive LGBT commutried to organize a Rainbow Rally in the capital, and three others. Ansar-al Islam, the Bangladeshi branch of al-Qaida on the Indian subcontinent, or AQIS, claimed responsibility in a Twitter message on Tuesday for what it called a “blessed attack” on Mannan and Majumder. It said the two were killed because they were “pioneers of practicing and promoting homosexuality in Bangladesh” and were “working day and

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Bangladeshi Muslims attend the funeral of Xulhaz Mannan who was stabbed to death by unidentified assailants, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, April 26, 2016. The banned group Ansar-al Islam, the Bangladeshi branch of al-Qaida on the Indian subcontinent, has claimed responsibility for the killings of gay rights activist Mannan and his friend in the capital, Dhaka.

night to promote homosexuality ... with the help of their masters, the U.S. crusaders and its Indian allies.” State Department spokesman Mark Toner told

Crime scene investigators recovered a mobile phone and bag apparently left by the attackers. The national police chief, A.K.M. Shahidul

responsibility, but also did not have a reason to would be caught and acknowledged there were believe “this was not the case.” similarities in how the killings were being carBut just hours before the claim of responsi- ried out. He said authorities were making progress in cracking down on radicals’ hideouts and at her political opponents, the fundamentalist weapons caches. Jamaat-e-Islami group and its ally, the opposition “We are investigating all the cases very seriBangladesh Nationalist Party. ously,” Hoque said. “Many arrests have been “Everybody knows who are behind these kill- made involving previous killings, we have ings,” Hasina told policymakers in her secular busted their dens for making bombs.” Awami League party Monday night, repeating Security analysts warned that the governher government’s allegation that the opposition ment could lose the people’s trust if it does not was orchestrating the attacks. “The BNP-Jamaat act quickly to curb the attacks. clique has been involved in such secret and hei“It is high time to set up special tribunals to nous murders to destabilize the country.” handle these cases,” suggested retired Maj. Gen. The opposition denies the allegations, saying Abdur Rashid. “It has to be dealt with more serithey are being scapegoated for Hasina’s failure ously and with a clearer and quicker process. to maintain security and placate the country’s desire for Islamic rule. people about the investigation and justice system. Police said no arrests have yet been made in connection with Monday’s attack, which U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry condemned the “barbaric” murders in a statement. Earlier courier service employees to gain access to Man- this month, the U.S. said it was considering grantnan’s apartment building. ing refuge to a select number of secular bloggers A security guard working at the building said in Bangladesh facing imminent danger. The State he was injured when one of the attackers hit him Department said Monday that remains an option.

Spain heads to new election after talks fail to form government CIARAN GILES

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AssociAted Press Spain’s King Felipe VI decided Tuesday that none of the country’s political parties has enough support to form a government, setting the stage for an unprecedented repeat election in June, six months after voters ended the nation’s traditional two-party system. Felipe announced his decision in a statement after spending two days meeting with party leaders — including those in charge of the conservative Popular Party, the center-left Socialists, the far-left Podemos party and the business-friendly Ciudadanos party. His decision means that no party will be able to cobble together a minority or coalition government that would assume control of the 350-member lower house of Parliament by May 2, triggering a new election for June 26. Spain has been politically paralyzed since its national election on Dec. 20 that saw the entry of Podemos and Ciudadanos as strong No. 3 and No. 4 parties following decades of alternating rule between the Popular Party and the Socialists. The upstarts were voted in by Spaniards angry about years of high unemployment, seemingly endless corruption cases

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democracy was restored in 1978 — is unlikely to break the stalemate and could mean a political impasse stretching into the summer, possibly ending with yet another election. Spain has never had a coalition government at the national level. The Socialists rejected Rajoy’s proposal for a grand coalition similar to those that have been negotiated in many other European countries. Analysts predict that Rajoy’s party, known as the PP, will again take 1st place in the June election but remain incapable of getting the votes it needs to win back the parliamentary majority it enjoyed from 2011-2015. The Socialists came in second, Podemos took third place, Cuidadanos was fourth and a handful of small parties also won seats in the 350-member lower house of Parliament. The breakdown of legislative seats made it crucial for the par-

history to negotiate alliances for a coalition or form a minority government, but they were incapable of doing so despite months of negotiations. “At this stage, polls suggest a very similar picture to the one that emerged after the 20 December elections, with the PP dominating the vote and, crucially, an equally fragmented Parliament,” said Antonio Barroso, a Londonbased analyst with the Teneo FRANCISCO SECO / ASSOCIATED PRESS Intelligence political risk consulSpain’s Podemos Party leader Pablo Iglesias talks to journalists during a the Socialists plus unpopular tancy. news conference after his meeting with Spain’s King Felipe, at the Spanish austerity cuts hitting cherished parliament in Madrid, Tuesday, April 26, 2016. King Felipe is wrapping national health care and public up two days of talks with political party leaders in a last-ditch bid to education. snap a four-month deadlock in finding a candidate capable of forming a Polls suggest a repeat elec-

An Egyptian coalition of rights groups said Tuesday that police arrested nearly 250 people during the previous day’s protests in Cairo against the government’s decision to hand over two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia. Amnesty International condemned the arrests, the latest criticism of Egypt’s human rights record under President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi by a leading international advocacy group. Rights lawyers Gamal Eid and Mohammed Abdel-Aziz — both members of the Front for the Defense of Egyptian Protesters — told The Associated Press all those detained were in custody by midnight Monday when the front made its last tally. Many of the detainees are held inside security forces’ bases, according to the two lawyers. The number of those still held could be lower since police have been intermittently releasing the detainees, they said. It’s unclear if anyone has been referred to prosecutors or formally charged with a crime. Interior Ministry spokesmen declined to comment or say how many people were arrested. On Tuesday, some two dozen people gathered outside the Press Syndicate in downtown Cairo to protest against the detention of journalists the previous day — 11 were arrested and later released — and what they called the police siege of the syndicate. “Where are you, freedom? El-Sissi is standing between you and us,” they chanted as riot police stood by watching. Thousands of police were deployed across much of Cairo on cies, particularly the transfer of the two islands. Faced with the police’s strations, drawing tear gas and birdshot from the riot police. Monday’s arrests, mostly in Cairo, followed the detention of nearly 100 people in pre-dawn house raids and roundups at cafes in downtown Cairo, a popular hangout for young, pro-democracy activists. Those arrested include Ahmed Abdullah, the head of the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms, an NGO that, according to the yers of the family of an Italian doctoral student who was abducted, tortured and killed in Cairo earlier this year. ANSA said the family of Giulio Regeni, whose death poisoned Egypt’s close relations with Italy, was distraught over the news of Abdullah’s arrest. He was arrested at his Cairo home on Sunday. Amnesty, meanwhile, criticized the arrests and the use of violence against protesters in a statement Tuesday. “The Egyptian authorities appear to have orchestrated a heavyit even began,” said Magdalena Mughrabi of the group’s Middle East and North Africa section. “Mass arrests, road blocks and huge deployments of security forces made it impossible for peaceful demonstrations to take place.”

which placed them under Cairo’s protection in 1950 because it feared Israel might attack them. News of the Saudi-Egyptian agreement broke during a visit to Egypt this month by Saudi Arabia’s King Salman as the kingdom announced a multi-billion-dollar aid package to Egypt. Already, the issue of the islands has sparked the largest protests since el-Sissi assumed power in June 2014, when on April 15 some 2,000 protesters gathered in downtown Cairo to shout slogans against el-Sissi for giving up the islands, calling on him to step down. El-Sissi has dismissed the controversy and insists Egypt has not surrendered an “inch” of its territory. Pro-el-Sissi media, both state-run and private, had in the run-up to Monday waged a campaign of incitement against rights activists opposed to the agreement on the islands. Their narrative, according to Eid, head of the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information, led to a series of minor attacks by el-Sissi supporters targeting protesters. However, Eid and Abdel-Aziz, founder of the Al-Haqanya rights group, said police appeared to exercise relative restraint in handling Monday’s demonstrations. “There were no deaths and no injuries and that is new for the Interior Ministry,” said Abdel-Aziz.

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Activists shout slogans against Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi during a protest against the decision to hand over control of two strategic Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia outside the Press Syndicate building, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, April 13, 2016. Arabic reads, “Red Sea islands Sanafir and Tiran are Egyptians, whatever el-Sissi and Saudis said.”

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Athletes and coaches THE EQUINOX WEEKLY WORKOUT speak on sportsmanship NICK TOCCO

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Exercise 1

Exercise: Wide Grip Barbell Curl Equipment Needed: Barbell Time Needed: 3 to 5 Minutes · Place your hands on the outside of the hash marks on the barbell. · While sitting, curl the Barbell upwards and come back down with it. · Use a comfortable weight so that you are able to get good reps with this weight.

According to Howe, Dube and Simpson, the baseball team has not had any issues with other teams at home or on the road in regard to maintaining proper sportsmanship and behavior. Another controversial issue in baseball is pitchers hitting batters with pitches intentionally. This may be done to send a message or stick up for their teammates if there was a dispute earlier in the game. According to Dube and Simpson, instances that could warrant a batter being hit could be if a runner is tagged too hard

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Exercise 2

Exercise: Alternate Hammer Curl Equipment Needed: Dumbbells Time Needed: 3 to 5 Minutes · Use a comfortable weighted set of dumbbells so that you can get solid controlled repetitions. · While standing, hold a dumbbell in each hand. · Curl the dumbbell upwards in your right hand and bring it back down. · When you are done curling the dumbbell in your right hand, curl the dumbbell in your left hand · Make sure you do this excersie slowly so that you get a nice pump.

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In every sport there are unwritten rules of sportsmanship that are meant to respect the game. Several members of Keene State College athletics said they understand these rules and always keep sportsmanship in mind. As many KSC sports teams’ seasons are winding down, they have had plenty of in-game experience to see and display sportsmanship. There are many traditions in a sport as old as baseball, and members of excessively celebrate. the KSC baseball program elaborated on the unwritten “It’s kind of a ‘protecting your teammates’ kind of rules of America’s past-time. In terms of honoring the game and behaving appropriately during competition, KSC Head Baseball Coach Dube said, “If you hit a ball that well, I think a batKen Howe said he always stresses sportsmanship to his team, especially during games. “I want my guys to act respectably in the dugout and

Occasionally trash talking does occur in the midst Women’s lacrosse Head Coach Katie Arsenault said, of competition, and Howe said in those instances he always reprimands his players. added that if a team shows a lack of sportsmanship, “It “Something will come out of our dugout, and I’ll yell at a guy. Something will come out of their dugout, and With an overall record of 9-6 and an undefeated (5-0) Little East Conference record, Arsenault described Outside of the occasional comment from the players, her team as a team that lets the scoreboard do the talkdisplays of poor sportsmanship are more likely to come ing and never gloats or tries to embarrass teams for the sake of sportsmanship. However, Arsenault also said sportsmanship is not always easy to maintain, and that he has a great understanding of this not only from his experience as a baseball coach, but also from his experiArsenault referenced an instance six years ago when a player of hers made fun of an opposing player’s dissports games such as basketball, lacrosse and soccer. ease via twitter. She also discussed another scenario in Howe said, “Baseball is the type of sport where there’s not a lot of fan interaction because they’re [fans book post about an opposing team they had beaten. are] so far away, and if the fans do get involved, the Arsenault said an incident of that nature has not umpire will say something to me or whoever the site occurred since, and that the program has learned from supervisor is that day, and we’ll get them to calm it its mistakes. “I’ve trained them [the team] to not be a team like Howe added that comments from fans are “all a nault said. appropriate and positive. In baseball, one of the most controversial and men’s and women’s lacrosse considering that the rules unsportsmanlike acts that can take place is a batter to having more padding and allows checking and hitting. This has taken place both in the Major Leagues and at The aspect of checking not being a part of the women’s the college level, but Howe said in his 30 years of experi- game could be a cause for more emotion in the women’s ence he has never witnessed a batter charge the mound. game, Arsenault said, as there aren’t as many ways for Senior pitcher Cody Dube said, “It’s a very perbetween the pitcher and the batter. “I hate every batter that steps in the box, and I want was said during that game. I always say that guys on

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Although lacrosse is a game that is not as old as base“Respecting the name of the game and not show- ball it still has its own code. Repeatedly scoring after the game is well at hand or running up the score is conSimpson said. sidered disrespectful in lacrosse, as it is in many sports. Dube said sportsmanship means “Playing hard, KSC head men’s lacrosse coach Mark Theriault said, rooting for your team and not against the other team, Theriault added that when the team has a large lize the entire bench. Theriault always stresses to his team to respect the game as all lacrosse players are a part of the same

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DaMota’s RBI triple to make it 2-0. Senior Kevin Guild started and took the loss going 3.2 innings and The Corsairs struck back striking for one run in the third as Emily allowed three runs and he allowed a run in the fourth inning. Colton drove in a run via an RBI double to make it 2-1. That would be all Keene State then returned to conference play on Saturday on the road the scoring, as Crisp shutdown the Corsairs the rest of the way. against the University of Massachusetts Boston. However, Keene State lost In game two, the Owls fell to the Corsairs in 4-3 in nine innings. Keene one earned, and struck out seven hitters.

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The Keene State College softball team had a nice week winning four of six games the week of April 18 to April 24. it 3-0 Owls with an RBI single. According to keeneowls.com, the Owls started out the week on TuesThe Corsairs then plated three runs in the bottom of the seventh on day, April 19, at Owl Athletic Complex against in-state rival Plymouth State three straight hits to tie the game at 3-3. The game remained tied until the University. KSC swept the Panthers taking game one 3-1 and game two 6-0. ninth when the Corsairs won the ballgame 4-3 on Gracie Trudeau’s walk In game one, senior Mariah Crisp threw a complete game allowing one The Owls once again went to Crisp on the mound and she went 8.2 KSC fell behind in the fourth inning when the Panthers scored on Abrie inings in the loss. Davis’s RBI double to make it 1-0. Keene State then made it a 3-1 ballgame Keene State will close out the regular season on April 30, at the Universcoring three runs in the bottom of the sixth. Junior Jen Galavotti gave KSC the lead for good with her go ahead two at 1 p.m. As of April 25, KSC is 8-2 in conference play and have a two game run home run to make it 2-1. KSC then tacked on one more on senior Stephanie Long’s RBI single to make it 3-1.

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mustered only four hits. The lone run of the ballgame for KSC was driven In game two, Keene State bats came to life in the 6-5 loss in 11 innings. The Owls bullpen could not preserve the lead as the Beacons scored a run teams then battled until the 11th inning before Keene State broke through for two runs. run double to make it a 5-3 ballgame. However, Keene State could not hold the lead as Dionne in his third inning of work allowed three runs in the bottom half of the frame. KSC closed out its long week of baseball with Tufts University at home

sophomore Olivia Indorf smashed a two run home run to make it 3-0. Firstyear pitcher Molly St Germain helped her own cause hitting a solo home April 24, with a 2-5 record and went 1-3 in Little East Conference play. fashion in game one 3-2. However, in game two Tufts beat KSC 9-7. run to make it 4-0 in the second as well. The Owls started the week falling on the road on Monday, April 18, to Keene State fell behind early as starter sophomore Tim Coppinger In the third, Keene State scored two more runs on wild pitches to make Western New England University 6-3. The Owls were unable to protect a . After that, Coppinger was it 6-0, as that is all they would need. St Germain was brilliant on the mound 3-2 lead that they held heading into the seventh inning. throwing seven shutout innings. St Germain allowed just two hits, walked Keene State then returned home on April 19, and took on Plymouth the win throwing 2.1 innings of scoreless relief. State University in a conference play. The Owls took down the Panthers Keene State was down 2-0 until the sixth inning when Struthers tied The Owls then hosted Amherst College on April 20, at home and split 11-4 behind a strong pitching performance from junior Michael Crimi. Crimi went 6.1 innings and allowed two runs just one earned, on four innings. In the nightcap, KSC turned to their ace Mariah Crisp. She threw However, in game two the Owls bats did not get anything going until seven shutout innings and struck out seven while allowing three hits. the Panthers 14-6 in the win. The lone run of the ballgame scored in the bottom of the sixth when runs in the bottom of sixth inning to make it 8-4. The Jumbos then plated senior Morgan Fallon drove in the only run with an RBI single to make it one run in the top of the seventh to go ahead 9-4. Keene State was able 1-0. Keene State then returned to action to close out the week on Sunday, to plate three runs in the bottom of the seventh. However, Longley, game April 24, at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Senior Eddie Dionne came in the eighth inning with the tying run on one’s hero, ground out to end the ballgame as the winning run. KSC split their doubleheader with the Corsairs. Keene State took game Keene State will be back home for conference play this weekend, hostthe game. ing the University of Southern Maine at noon at Owl Athletic Complex. victory, and allowed one run and two hits. Keene State took the lead early in the second inning on sophomore Shae Brian can be contacted at Crosby’s RBI single, and then tacked on one more on sophomore Brittany bclemmenson@kscequinox.com

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MIchael Crimi fires a pitch during a recent KSC baseball game at Owl Athletic Complex.

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Morgan Fallon follows through on a swing at Owl athletic Complex.

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KEENE STATE COLLEGE ATHLETIC TEAM RECORDS Men’s Lacrosse Overall

11-3

Track and Field Home

3-1

Away

6-1

@ UMASS Dartmouth Team Keene State

Points

UMASS Baseball Overall

19 10

Plymouth

14-18 7-5 vs. WNEU

Team Keene State WNEU

Points

1-1

@ Plymouth State Team Keene State

Home

Neutral

Points 17 9

Away

Neutral

1-8

6-5

vs Tufts

Team Keene State

Tufts

Points 7

Women’s Lacrosse Overall Home

Springfield College 9-6 Classic Name/Event/Place

Name/Event/Place

Women’s Katelyn Terry 400 Meter Dash 1st Place

Team Keene State

Mark Rabasco 5000 Meter Run 2nd Place E. Dietz, Q. Bazarnicki, D. Sanford, J. Hannon 4X400 Relay 1st Place

Ashley Rozzi Javelin 3rd Place K. Terry, L. Terry, A. Brady, B. Gravallese 4X400 Relay 3rd Place

Softball Overall

Points

UMASS

Neutral

2-3

vs. UMASS Dartmouth

Men’s Devin Sanford 400 Meter Dash 3rd Place

6-2

Away

1-1

@ Plymouth State

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Plymouth

Home

15-13 5-1

@ UMASS Dartmouth

Away

5-3

Points 14 9

Neutral

5-9

@ UMASS Dartmouth

Team Keene State

Points 3

Team Keene State

Points 2

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Upcoming Games Men’s Lacrosse Friday, April 29

vs. Eastern Connecticut 7 p.m.

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Baseball Thursday, April 28 @ Plymouth State 3:30 p.m.

Softball Saturday, April 30 @ Southern Maine 1 p.m.

Track and Field LEC/Alliance Championships Saturday, April 30 @ UMASS Dartmouth

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THE EQUINOX ATHLETE of the WEEK: Kaitlin Nolan

JACOB BARRETT

team this past season, it went really well,” “We just have to make sure we’re Equinox Staff junior forward Brittany Tolla said. always moving and stay aggressive,” Santino said. The Keene State College women’s the outing makes her optimistic about The tournament didn’t paint a clear soccer team took to the turf on Saturday picture of what the team will be like in for some friendly spring competition. Lyons said. versus-nine, so the formations weren’t The tournament was more than just realistic to how they would be in-season. for a series of shortened games against an opportunity for Lyons and her team Additionally, the team is still waiting on other schools in the area in order to keep to try out their new dynamics. Lyons said that the matches also gave her a look at

this year’s graduating seniors. season. Throughout the course of Saturday’s action, the women played four twentyresulted in a win for the Owls against the Pilgrims, followed by another win against Mount Ida. Keene State lost

like Katie Silegy and Tyrah Urie. Chloe -

“I wanted to try some new combinations up top. We’ve got a lot of forwards

matchup. The Owls then came back to

trying to see where we could put players in,” Lyons said. Some of those combinations include

ers said it was good to get back out on the

The games also gave players insight

not having the seniors. “We really came together, I think after losing our seniors that have carried our

normally play on. Now the team will be focused on following strength and conditioning regimens getting ready for the real deal, eleven-on eleven matchups and another Jacob Barrett can be contacted at jbarrett@kscequinox.com

she and the rest of her teammates need to be sure to pass more and be on their toes.

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Kaitlin Nolan carries the ball up the field during a recent KSC women’s lacrosse game.

KAITLIN NOLAN

Women’s Lacrosse Kaitlin Nolan scored three goals and tallied three assists in Keene State College’s matchup against the University of Massachussetts Dartmouth on Satur-

day, April 23. The Owls defeated UMass by a score of 15-2 thanks to Nolan’s effort. Nolan is a senior from Mahopac, New York. Crae Messer can be contacted at cmesser@kscequinox.com

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Chloe Loos lines up a strike from a game last season at the Owl Athletic Complex.

Women and men’s lacrosse aim to continue winning streak through end of regular season NICK TOCCO

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Women’s Lacrosse Despite struggling early, the Keene State College women’s lacrosse team advanced to a 5-0 conference record with a home win over the Plymouth State University Panthers on April 19.

Douty before the Owls countered with goals from Kelly Chadnick and Baland Chadnick scored their second of the game with Chadnick scoring with a player advantage. aged to shutout the Corsairs for good. Meghan Malloy scored on a 2-on-1

seven in relief. The Owls defeated the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Corsairs

seconds apart. The Corsairs soon responded with a goal from senior attack-

women to regroup with a timeout at the 20-minute mark. When they Bellano netted two goals followed by another goal from senior attack Kaitlin Nolan. With the score 5-3, the Panthers reasserted their dominance by

Men’s Lacrosse men’s’ lacrosse team scored, the Owls won their Wednesday’s contest

complete the run for UMass.

time. In the second half, both teams scored one at the start before sophoBellano. The Owls then took the lead for good with a goal from junior attack Taylor Graf.

the Owls. Senior attack Tyler McKelvie then netted another goal to give the

ground balls. McKelvie shooting for a goal followed by an unassisted tally from sophoThe Owls continued their win streak in dominant fashion as they rolled over the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Corsairs on Saturday, April 23, at home. -

then scored before the Corsairs attempted a rally once again with goals from Prentice and senior attack Steve Merrick.

with four in the second. McKelvie ended as the high-point man for the

followed by scoring her 100th career goal just two minutes later. After hitNolan. Weinstock then scored on an unassisted tally with another from

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Samantha Ballard carries the ball up field in a recent women’s lacrosse game at Owl Athletic Complex.

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Bobby Carey ( 41) battles a WCSU defender during a matchup between the Owls and the Colonials on April 9.

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KSC Ultimate Frisbee hosts annual tournament

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This is one tournament that everyone really looks forward to, so we enjoy coming down.

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Kristin Tarr UMaine Farmington

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President and Captain of the Keene State College Ultimate Frisbee Club Jared Sumner releases a pass during the club’s tournament this past weekend. COLTON MCCRACKEN / EQUINOX STAFF

KSC sophomore Louis Graeve readies for a throw during Keene State College’s ultimate frisbee tournament this past weekend. The tournament consisted of seven teams total.

Seven teams participate in competition held at Joyce Fields CRAE MESSER

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hard,” Dube said.

On Saturday, April 23, and Sunday, April 24, the Keene State College Ultimate Frisbee club played host to seven teams from around the North- had one game remaining in pool play, as well as a bye, before entering the east who competed in a tournament at Joyce Fields. The University of Maine Farmington beat the Keene State College be eliminated.

the tournament, winning all four of their games. However, he also added ment. McCullagh noted that his team has been around for a while, but this is

focus on not beating themselves on Sunday. place in the tournament. The other teams that participated in the annual event were from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, Saint Anselm College and Bennington, Vermont. mate Frisbee club, said that there were originally ten teams expected to be in attendance for the tournament, but that a couple of the teams had to drop out at the last minute.

throughout the years. get to tournaments in Maine because of all the snow, so we have to head a bit south.” nitely a fun one. “It’s always a lot of fun, this is always a really fun tournament,” McCullagh said. Kristen Tarr, another member of the UMaine Farmington team, agreed with McCullagh and said, “This is one tournament that everyone really

said that this was his, “second or third” tournament. “We usually have the same teams show up, but then each year we try to build and grow the number of teams that come in,” Sumner said. Seth Dube is another captain of the KSC Ultimate Frisbee club. Dube, who is in his second year as a member of the team, said that the club provides people with more than just competitive environment. friends I’ve made through the team.” Even though the club has a strong social aspect that doesn’t stop them to win.

John McCullagh from the University of Maine Farmington said that his team has been to the tournament three or four teams.

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Members of the KSC Ultimate Frisbee club come together in preparation for one of their games.

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