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Vol. 69, Issue #3 Thursday, Sept. 22

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Budget cuts leave setbacks on campus JACOB BARRETT

Senior reporter

CORRECTIONS

News Correction page A1: New Interim Provost William Seigh is a professor of dance and theater, not an instructor.

News Correction page A1: Dr.

Keene State College is facing another year of tight spending and budget cuts, following

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Arts & Entertainment Correction page B2: The number of people who attended an event at the Night Owl Cafe was 147, not 30. This event was put on by After Hours, not Social Activites Council. Jay Reid and Gibran Saleem were co-headliners.

Each set was 45 minutes, not 30 minutes. Social Activities Council did not atttend an event in Texas.

been a 15 percent reduction in department budgets across campus, following additional cuts which occurred last year. According to Interim Vice President for Finance and Plan the college is facing is largely due to multiple factors. These include low enrollment in the

supplement for the lack of revenue.

“Last year, we had an enrollment surprise, and it wasn’t a good surprise,” Petree said.

He later said, “I think it would also be fair to say that the college, perhaps over time, had become too dependent on committing all of its anticipated revenues rather than build “Somehow, we have to answer that without ing an operating reserve cushion just in case there’s a surprise like that.”

Petree later added that the college would cent said.

According to Technology, Design and likely feel this enrollment shock for the coming years until the current sophomore Safety Chair Dr. Larry McDonald, operating class graduates in 2019. According to Petree, as of now, the college has no budgeted reserves Safety and Occupational Health Sciences may also face problems with maintenance and revenue. “That’s not a position we would like repair of equipment . to continue,” Petree said.

Petree said that he would like to see the equipment budget, and that means any equip college allocate at least one percent of the col ment that you buy that costs less than $3,000,” lege’s revenue to its reserves to help provide McDonald said.

There are classes in the safety program slumps or to fund any projects the college which rely on the use of lab equipment. The might pursue. For now though, department chemistry program, industrial hygiene budgets are still being reviewed for approval, classes and senior capstone classes are some of the courses in this department that could selves in. For instance, the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Department Chair and Pro fessor Dr. Paul Vincent said that after over opportunities for their students, such as less three decades at KSC he is retiring at the end speakers coming to present at the college or of this year. It is unlikely that the school will less availability of potential internships.

For adjuncts, the budget cuts could mean be able to hire a faculty member to replace him, cutting the only Holocaust and Geno a cutback in course load, which, for them, cide Studies undergraduate program in the the college. country down from four faculty to three.

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Communications lecturer Michael McCar the past. People are trying to pitch in and do thy expressed his concerns about the situation and what it could mean for himself and fellow adjuncts, as well as students. believe was a reduction in force. We have a “For someone like me that taught full year from now their position would be elimi meant a cutback in sections, so a cutback in nated.” course load. So I’ve seen my pay go down about by a third,” McCarthy said.

McCarthy added that the reduction in as retirement or relocation, have not been workload for adjuncts could lead to a decrease replaced. in student success by not having as much faculty support, as well as support for other secretary for the college’s Senate, said that resources that they and the courses they teach despite the budget, the Senate tries not to take can provide. policies in place to better the student experi ence at KSC. “It tries not to make decisions

in positions like Vice President Daniel Petree, who outlined the plan to get the school back on track. Petree said that the University increased the workload of those currently System of New Hampshire has given a certain working at KSC. out the best course of action. that they are taking on additional responsibil He added that the University System of ities, working longer hours [and] needing to N.H. is not holding the college to the usual learn things that somebody else had done in

Sports Correction page B9: Tori Laires (14) was mislabeled as Taylor Farland (5).

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in the Diversity and Multiculturalism Depart ment, said the cuts have left many depart

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Public or private? How information should be shared on campus

BY DOROTHY ENGLAND

when it happened and where. pened. “It keeps students more informed,” she said. However, A log entry on Thursday, September 8, was posted about a she cautioned that getting mixed up in the drama of rumors sexual assault on campus which according to Campus Safety Keene State College Campus Safety joined Twitter in Octo Director Amanda Guthorn ocurred two years ago but was ber of 2015. only reported now. The report included the location, time ally assaulted on campus, however she isn’t worried for her Among videos of Disney characters and photos of employ and date, bringing about the question: how much information own safety. She attributed Campus Safety to one reason she ees celebrating their accomplishments, there are also tweets should be included? feels safe. “I see cops patrolling everywhere, and while I know they’re looking for drunks or people doing weird things, I also required Campus Safety’s assistance. While these logs don’t know they’re looking to keep people safe,” she said. identify the people involved, they do explain what happened, she personally thinks it’s okay to say where the assault hap

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on a Facebook post. She said she was surprised the location privacy of the students,” she said. could understands both sides of the situation, but personally she didn’t believe the location should be given. the false idea that assault will only happen in certain places, when really it could happen anywhere. “I worry that this is perpetuating myths about sexual assault. If we tell people this happened in this one location, people just won’t go to that location,” she said.

She continued, “Assault usually happens between people who know each other and it doesn’t happen repeatedly in one

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dent has many resources. She said they can either report it by ford also said the student can tell someone at the Counseling Center or the Center for Health and Wellness, where reports

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uSafeNH app launches at KSC and offers support and protection VINCENT MOORE

The app boasts several features such as kits at MVP’s table. sexual assault FAQs, local resources and a The app might have to compete against uSafeNH is available for download more innovative feature, the “Expect Me” an already established local competitor, for both Samsung and iPhone devices.

Safety is now a new utility for your function, which has the user enter a con- however Wednesday, local Keene activist smartphone with the new uSafeNH app. tact’s phone number and sets a timer to Ian Freeman was Vincent Moore can be contacted at According to the description on the iTunes dial the number. If a unique contact isn’t vmoore@kscequinox.com store, the app “provides survivors, parents, inputted, the app dials 911 by default. for a similar app family members, faculty, But don’t students already do this called Cell411. without the use of an app? Not in “Cell411 is every case it seems, according to one really cool community members because it at New Hampshire named. He said, “I don’t usually say decentralizes colleges with instant when I’ll be back, I will just let my emergency access to localized roommate know I’ll be respon se... information to support survivors of sexual assault.” so rather gone just because.” After than call 911 being presented with inforand wait and mation about the app, the hope that they student said he didn’t plan on arrive someusing it after its launch, citing he where on time... couldn’t trust himself to reset the Cell411 allows alarm. When asked to elaborate on that you to alert statement, the student explained that just your friends if he is intoxicated, he wouldn’t want the SAMANTHA MOORE / ART DIRECTOR to something that is going wrong,” he This graphic depicts how the uSafeNH app works where a Others are more optimistic about the explained. The app is already established in student can set a timer to alert someone else of thier safe popularity of the app, such as Junior Casey Keene with several dozen users, including arrival home.

Sault, who had already downloaded the a Keene State cell, which alerts all the users

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at KSC’s Campus Crime and Fire Safety Awareness Fair. “[uSafeNH] is for students on-campus to get [sexual assault] services they need, especially if they’re uncomfortable with one on-one-interaction.” she said. Sault, along with other members of Mentors in Violence Prevention, had teamed up with Campus Safety to promote sexual assault awareness at the Fair. “It’s a way to promote healthy sex on campus.” she said while handing out safe sex

kind of emergency they are experiencing, even to police harassment, while uSafeNH is exclusively served for sexual assault.

It’s that specialization, however, that gives the uSafeNH app a degree of unique importance. Any app (or phone for that matter) can get help or contact emergency authorities for a victim, but uSafeNH is different as it gives the victim resources to understand and cope with the situation in a

“[uSafeNH] is for students on campus to get [sexual assault] services they need, especially if they’re uncomfortable with one on-one-interaction.”

CASEY SAULT KSC JUNIOR

New Living and Learning Commons offers gender-neutral restroooms RACHEL VITELLO

be away from home and be somewhere you don’t know folks, and then have to shower publicly.

Identifying as transgender adds a whole other A recent example combining constuction layer of fear and anxiety to that.” and student life shows how Keene State College Kirschner said, “It’s similar to having doors strives to be have a modern, up-to-date and pro- with the buttons and bathrooms for people with gressive community. Over the past year, when the new Learning Living Communities dormitoHe continued, “People now have a private ries were built, gender-neutral bathrooms were space and accommodations to make life easier included in the building. and more comfortable.”

KSC Associate Director for Facilities and BusiIf a student does not feel comfortable using ness Operations James Carley said the college is single-sex bathrooms, Kirschner has put together adhering to changing times. a gender-neutral inventory for the campus. On He explained, “The public is glad to have this the inventory is a list of every gender-neutral decision in the new dorms. I don’t think this is bathroom on campus, with a map included. considered out-of-the-ordinary any more.”

Kirshner said, “It has sparked the conversaCarley added, “Going forward, this is what tion across campus about needing these facilities we strive for, for every student to feel safe and and how they’re supportive for transgender stucomfortable.” dents, as well as other students.

With the LLC sparking the idea of full genStudents should be worrying about school der-neutral bathrooms, what’s next? Carley said, work, not where to go to the bathroom or feeling “In any future construction, gender-neutral bath- safe.” The gender-neutral bathrooms allow for a rooms will be essential.” more open and knowledgeable conversation for the entire campus. For some students, it doesn’t the campus to include gender-neutral bathrooms. make much change for them.

Program Support Assistant for LGBTQ students Hunter Kirschner said that almost every build- to just a men and women’s bathroom because no one felt the need for a gender-neutral bathroom,

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full gender-neutral bathrooms, and these include showers.

Kirschner said, “It is really scary and risky to

saids, “While I personally feel comfortable using gender-neutral bathrooms are now an option for those who need it. Everyone should feel comfortable using public bathrooms; I can’t imagine having to deal with that anxiety on top of school.”

“After high-school, you’re not as judged in college, so you’re starting out fresh,” she said.

Maguire said she personally knows someone community at KSC is very open and welcoming to the idea.

“I see it mostly in my classes. Teachers know to ask people’s names and to be accepting,” Maguire said.

Maguire continued that she doesn’t feel like KSC’s community is nitpicky or mean. She said, groups.”

Rachel Vitello can be contacted at rvitello@kscequinox.com

an option.”

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The LLC offers gender-neutral bathrooms and showers for first-year students, encouraging a campus-wide movement of acceptance.

decided to keep the bathrooms as gender-neutral.

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Campus Safety Department assessed for first time in 17 years

Steps taken in response to accident last May

KATHERINE GLOSSER

Equinox Staff Campus Safety has been a part of Keene State College’s campus for many years, and is here for the safety of everyone that is on campus.

According to Campus Safety Director Amanda Guthorn, Campus Safety has not been externally assessed since 1999. Seventeen years later, Guthorn and Vice President Kemal Atkins called D. Campus Safety and their several areas in a meeting on Monday, September 19.

Chief of Police at Wake Forest University Regina Lawson and Senior Director of Public Safety/ Chief of Police at Berklee College of Music Roy J. Murphy CPP were amongst the assessment and said they came to KSC to meet with as many people on campus as possible.

In an email sent by Guthorn, Murphy and Lawson looked for the status and authority of the departoperations of Campus Safety, along

with its structure, parking and traf- ment were students that included a Resident Assistant, a student disthat includes reviewing video cam- patcher, and a student.

Sophomore Peter Powers alarms, was also conducted. attended the assessment and said Lawson has been involved in that it will bring change on campus. campus safety assessments across “I think they are a positive asset the country for 20 years and said to the college. Just knowing what that KSC looks good thus far. is good and what is bad and what “So far things have been very could need improvement,” said progressive. We are halfway Powers.

KSC Junior and Resident Assisnews at this point,” said Lawson. tant Sam Whitaker said he felt the Murphy has done these evalu- assessment will yield great results ations both nationally and inter- for Campus Safety because his nationally in countries such as Spain. He said that assessments been generally pleasant. of Campus Safety Departments “I think as a whole it will show are important because the mission students, faculty, administration, of the college is to make students parents and the community that their priority; that includes protec- Keene State is interested in looking tion as well as education. inwards,” Whitaker said. “I think “I think anytime an institution that’s a really good quality.” brings in folks to look at process Lawson and Murphy are not improvement it can only help,” said positive when the results of their Murphy. “It’s nothing more than assessment will be released. an objective set of eyes outside of Keene that’s coming in to look at Katherine Glosser can be contacted and measure against existing stanat kglosser@kscequiox.com dards.”

All of the people Murphy and Lawson talked with at the assess-

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nEwS Editor Safety enhancements were made on the crosswalks that run along Main Street in Keene, which runs parallel to Keene State College’s campus.

On Friday, Sept. 16, Campus Safety Director Amanda Guthorn sent an email stating that this lane going in direction will be available. as they were the project of focus.

Guthorn stated in her email, “The two crosswalks are in front of Elliot and Rhodes.

Guthorn stated the enhanacements would “include adding areas of refuge....where pedestrians can safely wait...relining crosswalks and yield areas and adding additional signage for greater visibility.”

Earlier this year, only a few weeks short of graduation, a student was hit on one of Main Street crosswalks. According to an article written by Senior Reporter Jacob Barrett, “Sweatt sustained serious injuries

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Abbie Sweatt being wheeled in by Coordinator of Wellness Education Tiffany Mathews at KSC’s commencement earlier this year in May. Sweatt was hit by a car on Main street only weeks earlier

as a result of the accident. According to her mother, Lori, Abbie has a skull fracture along with other injuries.”

Sweatt was unavailble for comment.

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Phishing for trouble: the effects of scam emails CAMPUS

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E-mails are an important communication tool for both faculty and students, critical to ensure that a student is getting the best quality education.

Yet, there are some instances of Keene State College students receiving the occasional scam e-mail, which can make e-mail a little more challenging, forcing them to get help from Information Technology (IT).

Near the beginning of last week, KSC Head Soccer Coach Rick Scott received an e-mail stating that he reached the limit of the number of e-mails he had received or sent out, and in order to ensure his e-mails wouldn’t be deleted, he would have to click on the link.

Week of: Sept.12 Monday, September 12 12:10 a.m. Pondside 1: Local smoke detector going off in student’s room.

realize he got hacked until people told him. As a result, an e-mail was sent in his name to everyone in his contact list the same message he received.

Scott said, “I didn’t realize the magnitude of it until later in the day and I was receiving all kinds of e-mails from dif-

10:24 p.m. LLC: RA requesting Sgt speak with a student.

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students,” said Scott.

Once Scott realized the seriousness of it, he went to IT in the Elliot Center to change his password.

The type of e-mail scam Scott had fallen victim to is known as phishing or, in other words, information-seeking scams that can use your personal information for exploiting others. students came to IT with the same issue as Scott, two of them unknowingly hacked and spamming other people.

According to Seraichick, phishing scams are generally somebody trying to pretend to be someone they are not, and try to obtain personal information such as someone’s password or someone’s social security number in order to exploit someone.

According to SonicWall.com, 6.1 billion phishing e-mails are sent worldwide each month. According to the Federal Trade Commission, $1,200 is the average amount of money someone loses when they are successfully phished.

KSC sophomore Jennifer Carlson said she received two scam e-mails, one of them being the most recent phishing scam. She said she did not fall for the email because she saw it was a mass message.

Carlson said however, her suitemate clicked on the e-mail’s link and had to go and reset her password.

8:39 a.m. Elliot Hall: Accidental 911 call.

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that we are getting scam e-mails to a personal account that’s set up by the school,” said Carlson.

Carlson was not the only student who felt that the e-mail wasn’t legitimate.

KSC Junior Cameron Steele said he received an e-mail

recommends going to IT to reset the password before any real damage is done.

According to a document Campus Safety released, in the event of another scam, the best thing to do is not give out your personal information, delete the email, report it to Trade Commission. Seraichick also recommends going on the

“The e-mail didn’t have a lot on it, it wasn’t really set up super well. It just did not have a professional feel to it,” said Steele.

Katherine Glosser can be contacted at kglosser@kscequinox.com

that require the receiver to give out personal information, contain misspellings or content that doesn’t make sense are clear signs of a scam email.

If someone on-campus falls for such a scam, Seraichick

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SEnior rEportEr ment Kemal Atkins informed the Senate that the college is in the process of creating its own application, separate from the CommonApp.

students advisors and creating a new committee.

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munications. I have copied Kelly Ricuarte on this message.

we’re required to do by law. But again, providing more context helps people get more information so they know whether or not to be concerned,” she said. She explained that giving more context can help to avoid assumptions about who the victim or the perpetrator was.

“There’s a lot of media attention on crime, a lot of shows that sometimes people want to be their own investigator and try to put facts and patterns together, but they don’t always necessarily go together,” she said.

Guthorn said it’s “really unusual” for students to be in immediate danger if a sexual assault is reported. “We usually get them after the fact and sometimes well after the fact,” she said. She said there are many reasons why someone might not report an incident immediately or even at all, sometimes because they don’t want to get anyone in trouble, are embarrassed or have been threatened.

She said if a student is embarrassed because she or he was drinking, “that doesn’t mean they were to blame.”

“This is about the victim holding themselves responsible and they’re really not. The person who decided to sexually assault them is responsible,” she said. Guthorn said Campus Safety’s focus is to help students regain normalcy after an incident has occurred.

She continued, “We will take reports that happened in

After a week, Director of Strategic Communications and Community Relations Kelly Ricaurte set up a meeting with Guthorn. Ricaurte was present during the interview.

Guthorn said there are two circumstances in which the incident won’t be logged. She said, “One of them is if it would compromise the health and safety of the reporting person, and the second one is if putting it public would interfere or compromise an investigation.”

Guthorn did say that in regards to whether there was a tweet about the sexual assault, it should be directed to Ricaurte.

Ricaurte said that the tweet was taken down since Twitter only allots 140 characters and a circumstance of this gravity requires more context.

Guthorn said that it’s really a balancing act of informing the general public, but also about keeping those involved is to assist the student and connect them with support sersafe. In this particular case, she didn’t comment on if the log vices. had been taken down from Twitter after futher investigation revealed it was nowhere to be found.

“Giving the location and the topic of the crime entry is what

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3:20 p.m. Hale Lot: Caller reported that she hit a parked vehicle. No injuries.

2:01 p.m. LLC: Ambulance toned out to LLC. 3:57 p.m. Holloway Hall: Student reporting theft of speakers.

Saturday, September 17

academic year.

After the approval of the previous meeting’s minutes with a discussed a charge for a new comunanimous vote, the Senate heard mittee in the senate titled “The Committee on Alignment of Vision of KSC Faculty Enrichment Depart- and Structure.” Dr. Seigh outlined ment. They gave a short presenta- the charge of this group of KSC tion, which encouraged faculty and senators to evaluate the organimembers to join the newly imple- zational structure of administra- tive positions in each of the three ing Community. schools and come up with more According to the presenters, this community encourages the sharing leadership. Dr. Seigh asked that of ideas and teaching techniques this committee’s work be combetween faculty members from dif- pleted by Dec. 19 of this year. No ferent departments across campus. vote was taken for the creation, The Executive Committee will the talk, the Senate moved on with discussion regarding the process Room on Oct 5. The Executive of updating the academic calendar, Committee “establishes memberas well as the guidelines for incom- ship of all Senate committees...and ing students declaring majors and considers proposals concerning being assigned advisors. academic freedom and responsibilThey discussed the possibil- ity,” among other duties according ity of having undecided students to KSC’s website. assigned advisors based on the interest of study they put on their Jacob Barrett can be contacted at CommonApp. This, according to jbarrett@kscequinox.com TIM SMITH / PHOTO EDITOR members of the Senate,would be The KSC Senate met on Wednesday, Sept.

14 to discuss academic affairs such as giving all first-year put in place to give students guid-

won’t be made. “It’s really about having options available, it’s empowering so students can decide how they want this handled,” she said.

If a student does want to report an incident, Campus Safety will get involved. After attempting to contact Campus Safety

Thursday, September 15

Friday, September 16

Brief on Keene State College Senate’s first meeting The Keene State College Senate met on Wednesday, Sept. 14, for

4:14 p.m. Huntress Hall: RD called asking for an officer to respond to talk to a resident about a possible theft.

modations or potentially involving others such as Keene’s police department or the counseling center.

“Everything that we have in place and everything that we’re doing is designed to support a culture of reporting, so that people feel comfortable coming forward, knowing the college is going to respond to this in a thorough, responsible [and] reliable way,” he said.

“Really the most important thing to recognize is that the college’s response...are on a case-by-case basis,” he explained.

However, he said they always investigate an incident. “We believe the college has to respond to an incident even against the wishes of the alleged victim,” he said.

1:45 a.m. Main Street: Ambulance toned out for male subject, near Randall Hall

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three percent minimum annual operating margin for this year or next year, which will allow the school to allocate money to where the college feels it is most needed. doesn’t have current numbers outyet, he believes the school is on course to resolve the issues of the College’s budget by 2020. that KSC will have to make choices of where to cut money while still moving forward with KSC’s strategic plan.

“We recognize that we are going to have to make decisions…they have to be decisions that are taken in the context that we don’t have The budgets for departments within the next couple of weeks. mistic that the college will recover from this, but they do realize that these cuts have penetrated deeply.

“I always felt that we’re cut to the bone almost in what we are year that we’ve kind of entered the bone and we’re dealing with the marrow,” Vincent said.

After being contacted repeat-

occurring and support all students.

“The college has to be concerned for the safety of the entire

declined to comment for this story.

‘No Zebras, No Excuses’ are incorporated in students’ lives.

standing will be made when more information is available.

he said. He explained bystander intervention is huge, and that bystander intervention. If you see something and you step-up and say something, you may have just prevented an assault from happening.”

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KSC faces financial strain Budgeting issues not to be resolved until 2020

“It has been confirmed that KSC has been hit with a 15 percent reduction in department budgets across campus.”

For the third time in just two years, Keene State College is once again facing budget cuts. lege’s reserve fund to help supplement for the lack of revenue, KSC will have to pinch penation is back on track.

Most of the students currently enrolled at KSC won’t even be here once the college’s budget situation has been resolved. Final

within a couple weeks from now.

Keene State may have been able to handle this situation better if it had been saving up reserve funds all along.

That way, we would then have a cushion hit with a 15 percent reduction in department to fall back on if this sort of scenario we’re budgets across campus. seeing now was to happen.

As if previous budget cuts weren’t harsh strain, according to an article published with this most recent cut, may be forced out onhttp://www.businessinsider.com/ the of their positions. Other positions may even University of New Hampshire recently be eliminated altogether.

KSC is the only school in the country lion from a former library employee who died.

Genocide Studies program.

Many are upset with how the university Department Chair and Professor Dr. Paul Vincent will be retiring at the end of this scoreboard. school year, which will leave only three proHonestly, this scoreboard is a huge waste fessors left in the program. of money, especially when KSC is having to The Equinox feels it’s important we focus make so many cuts. The Equinox doesn’t see on this program especially; if KSC isn’t able many future UNH alumni looking back on their college careers and thinking they were KSC, the only school in the country to The money could have been used to better the lives of students, not fans staring at an Other programs, aside from Holocaust electronic screen during half-time. and Genocide Studies, are also feeling the UNH has shown us all an example of why spending money unwisely is important.

Recently, the German minor was almost No university or college has unlimited cut.

Safety majors may soon be directly feeling the burden of these budget cuts as well.

The student’s experiences should be at the This program may potentially have issues top of the priority list when making these with maintaining and repairing equipment. sorts of decisions, especially when cutting Using this equipment is a vital component to program budgets. the learning experience within the program.

It will be interesting to see what gets cut next here at KSC and how the money being this much needed equipment, what could cut will be used in the plan to resolve all happen to this major in the future? This is these issues by 2020. something we need to keep in mind for all programs. ing professors with longer and heavier workloads than before. Adjuncts have also seen a

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If all goes as planned, the college is on track to resolve these budget problems by 2020. However, what does that mean for fac-

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COMMENTARY

Gun violence in the murder capital

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There were 523 homicides, 3,000 shootings and 93 killed in only the month of August, making this the city’s deadliest month in nearly two decades.

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Olivia Belanger KSC Junior

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Chicago homicide statistics shoot past Middle East OLIVIA BELANGER

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A deadly summer is coming to an end and the gun crisis is reaching a whole new level, yet nation-

not mean, however, that I have the audacity to go murders in the United States.

Mothers Against Senseless Killings (MASK), who stand 2012, and with 506 dead in this year alone, that title is an understatement. There were 523 homicides, 3,000 shootthis the city’s deadliest month in nearly two decades.

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2015, and advocates are renewing the call to address this “undeclared war.”

This issue has escalated so drastically that the deaths

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World without advertisements ALEXANDRIA SAURMAN

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Olsen then explained that writing isn’t just about writing.

“ITW helps students form arguments,” Olsen said. “If you’re in the real world and you’re challenged and are trying to stick to your guns about something, you need to be able to form a very valid argument.”

Brault and Olsen explained that skills learned in ITW other than Cont. from A10 research skills will apply to the real world, whether it be drafting out an email to a professor, or communicating with a boss.

Stinehour stated that his ITW touched on skills he already learned in high school, and that the class did nothing for him.

Stinehour said, “That class is not something I will be bragging about in future interviews.”

Stinehour, who is well on his way toward completing his degree at KSC Stinehour continued, “Learning [research skills and essay writing] is a and moving on to become a software engineer after graduating, is able to job for high school education, not college. If a person is shelling out over see the importance of becoming a well-rounded student, but said he was twenty thousand dollars for a college education, that’s what they should receive. Not some high school class in disguise.” required Integrative Thinking and Writing (ITW) course.

With that being said, Olsen stressed the importance of those skills and the importance of keeping those skills sharp. out the semester-long class, students are guided through writing a twenty “Formulating a paper, no matter the length, gives you the structure to form your argument and that right there is something I think every single class.

Stinehour said that as a computer scientist, the class was a complete waste of his time.

“Instead of taking a class that was practical or relatable to my major and future profession, I had to take a weird hybrid Poly-Sci/English class,”

because it is important to be able to correctly express yourself through writing and to be able to communicate information this way. But I think the ITW.” Senior Film Production major James Calnan had no complaints about classes he was required to take, but rather classes he wasn’t. projects and shelling out money in the process.

As a sophomore, Calnan spent between $300-$400 on his projects. As a junior, each student in his group paid upwards of $800.“Learning how to basic skills would be a great idea [for all students]. Even though some of us know some of these skills, it would be great to refresh us and continuously work with them,” Calnan said. websites like Kickstarter to help foot some of the bill, but that they aren’t really taught how to create a successful Kickstarter in class.

“I think there should be a much stronger time dedication in the curriculum toward teaching students how to raise funds properly. This can range

Studio art major Avery Black thought the class would have been more

said.

Black stated, “I didn’t particularly enjoy writing the paper, especially All in all, Calnan has no major complaints about classes he’s taken over since I had already done a 20 page paper in the same format for high school the duration of his time at KSC. and not enjoyed it.”

“I think all the classes I’ve taken and learned something from,” Calnan classes and events that would have helped me further my career.”

With that being said, Black said she felt like she was given a wider look said.

Student tutors at KSC’s Center for Writing, junior Samantha Brault and on controversial topics like media and race, and that her ITW class made senior Sophia Olsen said they unwaveringly disagreed with Stinehour. her feel like a more well-rounded student.

Jill Giambruno can be contacted “I think that it’s good to have background in writing research papers at jgiambruno@kscequinox.com and for them to take it as a freshman. It’s the foundation of everything you do in your college career.” element like that. It might not be a twenty page paper, but having that

career path,” Black said.

In some respects, Black agrees with Olsen and Brault.

Black said, “I think students should be required to take a writing course

“Cats serve as a very useful and relatable analog to human organ systems.

True, the skeletal system has distinct differences, as well as the muscular system, but internally, they’re mammals just like we are and have all the same organs for all the same purposes.”

DR. DOUGLAS SMITH PROFESSOR OF HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHISIOLOGY

Approximately 10 million animals are used for crude classroom dissection exercises annually in the United States People for Ethical Treatment of Animals.

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Study tips for test prepping MICHAEL FREMEAU

Equinox Staff But how long should this study session be? All-nightTests are beginning to sprout up around campus, but ers may seem like a good idea at the time, but they can before you panic and become consumed by fear, don’t worry. When you’re sitting there during the test and you A study published by the “Wall Street Journal” said look over to the person next to you who is freaking out, that multiple short study sessions are much better than a few long ones or an all-nighter. and you’ll be set for test time.

First, we should get the elephant in the room out of 15 minutes before taking a break. “After [the break], I go the way. To have the best chance at studying, you will back to studying for another thirty minutes,” he said. need to take good notes.

Having good notes will allow you to go back to them ods of study. One way of studying is to teach what you’re later and will give you a more concrete understanding of learning to someone else. When you verbally recite what the material. If you think that you may need more mate- you study, you’re more likely to commit it to memory, rial, then go ask your professor. according to a study at the Wall Street Journal.

A common tactic people use when studying is going to a quiet place, like the library or your dorm’s study studying for and teach the material to each other. room, if it has one. Having a quiet place to study makes Another great way of studying is to put yourself in the for an easier study time. test environment.

A study published by “Education Corner” said that Create a practice test for yourself and test your knowlhaving a set time to study will get you into a habit. If edge. This will not only give you an idea of how it could you do the same thing every day for two or three weeks, go, but also let you know what areas of material you’ll it will become a habit. For example, going to the library need to work on.

Another study tip used by many students is forming run. a study group. For example, students from a certain class can come together to exchange notes. be to study notes, or set a goal for your studying. Having trouble with that calculus or the foreign language? Set study groups “because they allow you to hang with a goal. Some goals may include learning a new math friends while also studying.” function in under an hour, or learning how to conjugate “Plus,” Kaufman said, “Someone could have somea foreign word. Having small goals throughout a study thing on the notes that you might’ve missed, so you’re more likely to get information.”

Another study strategy often used by students is the Michael Fremeau can be contacted at mfremeau@kscequinox.com A common goal could be studying for 50 minutes and

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Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016

STAFF COMMENTARY

Keeping up with the latest beauty trends

without blowing your budget AMANDA BRAATZ

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Sisters Stefanie and Tracy stars of blades on the market, but they can - become pricey.

Though luxury beauty care prod- geous, created a series called “Dupe ucts may be desirable, most college or Don’t” where they let their folstudents are on a budget! If you’re lowers know if they should buy the still looking to keep up with today’s makeup looks, or just save money product is worth the splurge. shaving. on face and body products, here are This beauty channel has reached some ways you can still get the trend- 1.7 million subscribers! iest looks for less.

Stefanie and Tracy tested the well- hassle-free way to save you money on Pinterest is home to many blogs known brow product the Anastasia about product dupes. These are items to similar high-end products. ucts get sent right to your door, leavBy purchasing the dupe, you’re performance similarities. ing no need to go shopping for them essentially buying the same prodlast minute. uct for less money. For instance, you did a video where she used high-end - makeup products on one half of her other side. In the end, the products on Do you ever want to treat your skin after shaving? Instead of the and the dupe side only amounted to rather expensive The Art of Shaving has like qualities of the more expenIn this video, she demonstrated still get the results you want from the how the Estée Lauder double-wear high-end product for less by getting - tion primer. the dupe.

If you are a guy who keeps his Similarly, the makeup brand and shows how if you slightly build beard long or trimmed, you might be Urban Decay is well known for their spending too much money on your range of Naked eyeshadow palettes. get a very similar result to the Estée beard care products.

Lauder one. She also said the AnastaBeardbrand is a company helping you get the most for your buck. They grail” eyebrow gel, but if you cannot have shade ranges and product qualing products to create the exact beard ity close to that of Urban Decay’s pal- gel, then the L’Oreal Brow Stylist you’re hoping for. ettes.

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Velvet Matte Lipsticks were released from lumber yard, tea tree, spiced making the splurge to buy the Viktor citrus, tree ranger, urban garden and Though it is more of a designer piece, the quality of the product itself has not lived up to its price tag. If you you’re just looking to try the product, want a lipstick with a less chic casing, yet similar formula, a dupe would be similar for half the price. the Nars Audacious Lipstick for only Shaving your beard can be taxing on your wallet without even knowing complete your beard care with a wash, oil, softener and mustache wax. geous, create videos testing makeup aftershave and more shaving items to dupes for their viewers, and check- purchase.

Amanda Braatz can be contacted ing if products are truly the same for at abraatz@kscequinox.com

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The benefits of napping around campus

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A student napping on a bench outside of the Dining Commons.

Students speak out on the positive impacts of napping: when, where and how HALEIGH PATCH

nap anywhere. Hill said she has even power napped in the street. tional,” Foley said. eight or more. That is why naps are an essential part of Although she has found many spots for napping, School is back in session and we all know what every college student’s day.

Foley said her favorite place to nap is her bed. that means: eat, sleep and breathe academics. But some I’m that busy, I won’t nap. If I have the time in the day, students aren’t as lucky as others when it comes to Sleep Foundation said napping can enhance perforFoley admits she sometimes naps to procrastinate. sleeping. mance and restore alertness, providing the energy Sometimes, students need to stay up later than antici- needed to get through the rest of the day. pated, and that may result in feeling restless;occasionally Some students say napping is part of their daily routhan at school.” we may even skip class once in awhile. tine.

As for a place to nap on campus when she can’t make First-year psychology major Sarah Hill said she First year biology major, Kylie Pettingill, has even it to her bed, Foley said the common room in her dorm time jobs, clubs and athletics, there isn’t a lot of time to napped in Dominos before. Pettingill said her perfect is a go-to spot. sleep.

“Naps are very important to me, I need one every day. nap is just under two hours.

Haleigh Patch can be contacted your grades too. said. at hpatch@kscequinox.com She said she loves napping in her bed, but she will place she’s napped has been on someone’s yard.

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Thursday, Sept.22, 2016

A home away from home International exchange student dicusses her time here at Keene State College MACKENZIE CLARKE

At her University in England, Cook said she and her four roommates had to share one kitchen and buy and make all of their meals themselves.

“I like [the DC]. I feel like it gives me more time,” she said. “Sometimes I wouldn’t get home until 7 p.m. and I would still have to cook a meal. It’s much more convenient here.”

Although the language barrier wasn’t a big problem for Cook, there are select words that she found strange

Student Life editor For international exchange student Alice Cook, Keene State College has been an entirely new expeUnited States just one week before classes started and was immediately immersed into the culture of Keene, New Hampshire.

Approximately 3,300 miles away in Henley-onThames, England, 19-year-old Cook made the decision to study abroad through her school, York St. John University.

Being an American Studies and History major, Cook had the option to study in Amsterdam or Copenhagen, but chose America instead.

“I thought Amsterdam or Copenhagen are places I could just go for the weekend because they’re not that far. Going to the States is kind of a ‘once in a lifetime’ thing,” she said.

“I picked my course [at York St. John] because it

said. “It’s not so much ‘slang’ words as it is objects.”

Cook explained that in England, they call a trash can a “bin” and they do not use the word “sidewalk.”

Instead, they call it pavement.

While here, Cook is soaking in as much education as she can.

She is currently taking a women and gender studies class, along with American Civil war studies and a couple history classes.

At school in England, Cook said there is much more variety of schools. She said the school’s consist of either all boys, all girls or some co-ed.

In England, they have schools called “academies” which are the equivalent to vocational schools here in the States.

Along with academies, there are private and public schools. “It seems like England has a more diverse range of schools,” she said.

As for the future, Cook said she hopes to leave KSC with a new perspective of her academic studies. “I’ve

Along with Keene, Cook said she had the choice between a few schools spread across the United States.

She had the option to attend school in Oregon, Pennsylvania and upstate New York, but chose Keene because “it looked like the nicest place.”

Cook said she did her research on Keene State before making her decision to study here and decided it would be her home away from home for the next four months.

“I saw that Boston was nearby and New York [City

really enjoyed them,” she said.

Cook said she likes how classes at KSC are roughly 20 percent discussion based. “I feel like that is not a thing in England. You can sit and not speak up and I feel like [the discussions] are a good thing because

my stay [in New Hampshire],” she said.

Surprisingly enough, Cook said, it didn’t take long ALICE COOK/ CONTRIBUTING PHOTO ence.

“It wasn’t actually as bad as people make it out to Cook and fellow international exchange students pose under the Keene State College sign on Appian up in class,” she said.

Way. The exchange students began their adventure here at KSC at the beginning of the semester. be,” she said.

While here in America, Cook has already signed up to volunteer at the NYC marathon and will be heading she and her family visited San Diego and San Francisco, Cook laughed. to Boston as well. international exchange students explored the city and California, so she said she was prepared for what the As for advice she has for students studying abroad, rather than her University back at home that felt more Cook encourages them to go with an open mind.

One of the things Cook said she noticed was the Studying on the opposite side of the country though, “separated.”

“Don’t have unrealistic expectations … and get “I kind of came in with an open mind and just large portion sizes at restaurants.

Cook said she didn’t have many expectations before involved,” she said. thought if things are bad to begin with, I’m just going “I ordered the full salad instead of a half and it was arriving.

“Join clubs, go on as many trips as you can. I think “This sounds weird but I honestly had no idea what to try to get through it,” Cook said. She said she came absolutely massive - I couldn’t believe it,” Cook laughed. the more you throw yourself into it, the better experiShe said portions here in America are much larger ence you get from it.” to expect,” Cook said about her arrival to KSC. She said in with a very positive attitude. her friends and family would often ask her what she wasn’t actually in America,” she said. “I felt like I was more sugar. was expecting out of her time here.

MacKenzie Clarke can be contacted “I think people have some kind of conception from on vacation. It wasn’t until classes started that I actuat mclarke@kscequinox.com ally felt like I was adjusting.” mons here at KSC.

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The first few days here felt very surreal. I felt like I wasn’t actually in America ... I felt like I was on vacation. It wasn’t until classes started that I actually felt like I was adjusting.

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Above: Cook visited Alyson’s Orchard in Walpole, NH Left: Cook poses with other KSC international exchange students on the bleachers at the KSC athletic fields Right: Cook visited Hampton Beach in Hampton, NH

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Eating with the Equinox:

Choco-coconut popcorn indulgence

ALI FITZGERALD

Equinox Staff Who doesn't like popcorn? Who doesn't like a chocolatey, guilt-free dessert?

Shoot for dark chocolate above a 70% cocoa

pairs with the chocolate well.

Sea salt contains many trace minerals unlike regular salt and also pairs well with the chocolate and popcorn.

This is a quick and easy recipe that can easily

Ingredients (Makes about 2.5 cups of popcorn)

The ingredients will last a long time, so you & minerals. Unsweetened coconut contains can buy them in bulk and keep them around for healthier fats & more nutrients than butter and when you're craving a chocolatey, mindful treat!

2 tablespoons of popcorn kernels or 1 bag of popcorn ¼ cup dark chocolate chips (or 1 crushed bar)

Step 1: Make your popcorn!

¼ cup shredded, unsweetened coconut ¼-½ teaspoon sea salt (if popcorn is unsalted)

To pop your own popcorn, start by adding your tablespoon of oil to the bottom of a pot; you’re going to want a pot with a lid.

1 tablespoon oil (preferably coconut oil)

Add a couple kernels to the oil and allow to sit on medium heat until the kernels pop. Then you can add the rest of your popcorn!

If you’re using bagged popcorn, follow the directions on the bag.

Step 2: Add the ingredients Now that you have your popcorn, pour it into a bowl and, while it’s hot, add in the other ingredients.

Stir it around so the chocolate melts and the ingredients get distributed. You can put as little or much as you’d like.

A handful of the chocolate and coconut is usually good for a serving of popcorn.

Wait for it to cool and enjoy!

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Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016

Student hourly jobs on campus

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Unwanted tasks within each major JILL GIAMBRUNO

Equinox Staff In the years following the completion of their degrees, Keene State College graduates may go on to change the world counselors and the list goes on and on.

While some requirements for each respective major may seem crucial to some students question a few classes KSC junior Julia Gardner plans to become a registered dietitian after gradcat in her required human anatomy and

Hourly jobs available for students, bookstore employment downsized JACOB BARRETT

SEnior rEportEr

hasn’t changed much. She added that the college employs about 1,300 students a year.

can change throughout the year.

load.

for part of the semester due to departmental needs and the student’s schedule. hiring the same number of students that we’ve always hired,” she continued. positions available changes frequently.

“It’s really a moving target,” Tuttle said. ing for employment should apply, follow up However, recent budget cuts have had an funded by the federal government.

With the recent budget cuts, Associate

when conducting themselves in interviews.

She added that jobs and applications are tant Direct available at events such as the job fair, and said that the number of job openings hasn’t there are some reasons behind why students said that the store’s budget has been cut and changed much when compared to previous years.

“Did the student go to the job fair? Does the student’s schedule match what the between 1.1 and 1.2 million dollars a year on department needs? Does the student not - unfortunately,” Babonis said.

Babonis noted that she has also lost a

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we are and have all the same organs for all the same purposes,” Smith said.

Smith emphasized the importance of

semester, there are going to be times that are going to be tough.”

being able to apply them to something

run, but admitted it will be a challenge.

study and student hourly can be found on the Financial Aid page of the KSC website.

Jacob Barrett can be contacted at jbarrett@kscequinox.com

been replaced. study students compared to student hourly on interviews as an indicator that the student really wants the job.

Payroll Coordinator Jim Tuttle said that the number of students receiving that money the numbers regarding student employment that there is at least two people in the store

BRIEF

Annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s at Keene State College KYLE KEMP

motion of ending Alzheimer’s.”

Alzheimer’s or dementia.

Purple is for someone who has lost a loved one to the disSaturday, Sept. 17 hundreds of people gathered on ease. Yellow represents someone who is currently support- hopes it will eventually have. ing or caring for someone with Alzheimer’s, and orange is “It is one of the leading causes of death that does not have End Alzheimer’s. This event is held to raise awareness for for everyone who supports the cause and envisions a world anything that prevents or slows the disease process, so it is Alzheimer’s disease. without Alzheimer’s. really important that we all come together to raise money There were 39 teams that signed up and turned up to the event, including a total of 348 participants, all of whom Association Kelly Bosco touched on why this event is so said.

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many lives Alzheimer’s has impacted.

During the event, participants and event viewers held disease.

much sense to her.

“I have a cat at home and after hearing that I would need to slice into one as part of the class requirement, I found myself distraught,” Gardner explained. ting a cat open had anything to do with me getting a degree in nutrition. However before the class was over, I learned just how important it was,” Gardner said.

Professor of Human Anatomy and Physiology Dr. Douglas Smith, parts one and two at KSC, explained just how useful the cats can be for his students.

“Cats serve as a very useful and relatable analog to human organ systems. ferences, as well as the muscular system,

Bosco has been apart of the Association for two years percent of their goal of $56,000 as of Tuesday, Sept. 20. now and said the event “is about raising awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementia.”

Kyle Kemp can be contacted Bosco also said, “It is the biggest movement for the proat kkemp@kscequinox.com

lab.

“To see the organs connected to one inside the thoracic and abdominal cavities, to see their proximity to each other is extremely useful for anyone to see how a human being is put together,” Smith explained.

While initially deterred by the idea of dissection, after completing the Human Anatomy and Physiology classes taught

by Smith, Gardner was able to apply the will be doing after graduating. and use as hands-on learning materials, much information in such little time,” Gardner said. “[I was able to] apply what I learned on the cat to how the cells function within organs, and within their biological syswhole, including how the food we eat factors into that system.”

Smith was able to explain the importance of dissection in all aspects of the “If you’re a nutrition major, for examthe stomach, the small intestine, large intestine and their abilities to absorb food.

With dissection in mind, you also gain a little perspective into how much time is food going to stay in the stomach or the small intestine,” Smith said.

Smith continued, “Even these constudy, they will tangentially. There will be overlap where it will be helpful for a the body.”

Smith said, “Knowing the location of organs will be important, even if you don’t spend a lot of time digging into a where the chemistry is happening.” dents aren’t dissecting pets. According to Smith, the cats are ordered from the Carolina Biological Company, which collects cats from parts of the world where they are seen as a pest species. ence major Sean Stinehour is having a

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A few of the 351 participants at the Walk to End Alzheimer’s at KSC held signs that spelled out, “Help End Alzheimers” to show their support at the walk.

classes relate to his major, particularly the ITW class.

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Blair Witch reboot burns at the stake MATT BILODEAU

Equinox Staff Losing the subtle dread of the original “Blair Witch” is an indifferent retread that delivers on its climax, but is unaware of its overall mission or existence.

In 1999, Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard and Michael Williams mysteriously vanished within the Black Hills Forest while legend of the Blair Witch.

15 years later, James Donahue [James Allen McCune] stumbles upon a mysterious YouTube video which indicates that his sister Heather may still be alive. Intent on bringing her home, James invites a group of people [Callie Hernandez, Corbin Reid, Brandon Scott, Wes Robinson and Valorie Curry] to form a makeshift search party. They’ll soon come to discover things start to go bump in the night, eliciting everyone into a state of panic as history repeats itself once again.

Needless to say, I was ecstatic when the news came out of ComicCon that the Adam Wingardwas a giant red herring. In actualWitch,” a true sequel to the 1999 found-footage phenomenon “The Blair Witch Project.” With Adam Wingard at the helm, there was nothing to worry about as his creative talent involves taking cliche-

what it leaves to the imagination.

Heather runs through the forest, eliciting feral, raw fear, yelling, “Oh my God! What the f*** is that?

What the f*** is that?” in pitch darkness. The audience sees nothing. We’re clueless as to what she could possibly be looking at.

What you come up with in your mind is always scarier than what’s placed right in front of you.

ence that expects to see something scary, rather than letting the tension build naturally through the characters.

Had “The Blair Witch Project” been produced today, this would

with the rest of multiple underwhelming found footage movies.

It discourages me the more I think about how Adam Wingard is above this. He clearly cares about the property, but not enough to put his own stamp on it. While “Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2” is a trainwreck, I’ll give it this: at least it was ambitious enough

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down a whirlwind of paranoia, they slowly lose their grip on reality; there’s nowhere left to go. As hard as it tries, “Blair Witch” fails its characters. Performance-wise, the actors range from good to serviceable, nobody looks out of direction. It’s not that I’m mad, I’m place. But here’s the thing, they just disappointed. table for the Blair Witch.

To call them stereotypes would be an insult to stereotypes, as that would indicate that they have personalities. But that’s not to say that “Blair Witch” doesn’t have a few teen minutes are riveting, intense and claustrophobic, forcing the audience to feel the immediacy of their predicament. It even plays around with the concept of time and how it can be twisted and warped for those that succumb to the darkness. In a better movie, this concept would be lauded.

Aside from incorporating modern technology (earpiece cams, drone cam, etc.) into this

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the very idea of trying anything on their side, revealing an unexpected delight (i.e. “The Guest”).

Around 8:15 on Friday night, the end credits to “Blair Witch” rolled across the screen, and while I was undeniably chilled by the didn’t know what to make of it, so I slept on it, gave it a good night’s rest and came to a proper conclusion as to why this unexpected sequel faltered.

“The Blair Witch Project” is one not for what it shows, but rather

incredibly predictable, practically plagiarizing similar beats from ter development). Actually, “Blair Witch” does bring something new - unnecessary jump scares.

If I had the space to vent, I could write an entire think piece on why cheap jump scares quite simply aren’t scary (and I just might). In layman’s terms, they’re startling, annoying and leave no lasting impact. They’re a lazy attempt at pandering to an audi-

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Frank Ocean blows minds with sophomore album “Blonde” NICK TOCCO

Arts And EntErtAinmEnt Few albums in recent memory have been more highly anticipated than Frank Ocean’s sophomore album “Blond,” which The hype train behind this album had been fueled by the amazing success Ocean had with his debut album, “Channel Orange,” which

a mother pleading for her collegeage student to stay away from drugs and alcohol, while “Facebook Story” is a man explaining being dumped by his girlfriend for not adding her on Facebook when they were faceTrack ten, “Solo (Reprise)”, provides a welcome surprise as legendary rapper Andre 3000 kicks an amazing one minute rap, which was fan favorite feature on Ocean’s last

With a grueling four year wait having ended now, it’s safe to say after a listen or three that “Blond” does not deliver fans what they have expected, but certainly

Songs such as “Nikes”, “Nights”, “Skyline To”, and “White Ferrari” cover topics such as handling fame and substance abuse, while “Futura Free”, “Pink + White”, “Pretty Sweet” Most albums can be described and “Self Control” discuss passionon a song-by-song basis, with each The album is truly an emotional message that brings the album trip that simply forces the listener to become immersed in, in order more ways than one, “Blond” breaks to appreciate the genius that takes that mold, having a deep and pow- place, while Ocean tells a mystifyerful mood that each song shares sonal favorite on the album is “Self the soundtrack to a Stanley Kubrick Control” which is a passionate love ballad that is wedding-song mateThe tempo of each song is kept Ocean will receive once he unveils relatively slow and mellow as Ocean’s voice belts through each Anyone who has experienced what track with a passion that is truly pal-

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that he is this generation’s Freddy Mercury, with his ability to not only hit an insanely wide range of notes, My only negative criticism would but also tell a story with a meaning be that the message or the story that only he may know, keeping us of each song is more vague than those on “Channel Orange” but at rhythm with lyrics that listeners hold any musical piece to that stantuses or tweets have been seen statcover, but for some strange reason when you said you loved me,” and you will love and respect it because that fact alone only drives home the that is simply the magic that Ocean 9/10 rating as an R&B album for the included some skits within the song list that had important messages For example, “Be Yourself” is an answering machine message from

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in the great vibe at the party where there is a sampler platter of the upcoming Redfern Arts Center season

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A guest at the event was She remarked, “The Red-

that were being scored that should have been stopped was frustrating, unrealis-

While the NHL season might be a Next up on the list was the changes little under a month away, the annual release of everyone’s favorite hockey skate about, shielding the puck and not Sports’ NHL 17 became available for purchase in stores worldwide on Sep-

space for students to express People are so passionate about art, which helps stuAnother guest at the

Any time you come remotely close to After taking a look at the an opposing player, you are most likely anticipated new features and thinking going to be bumped at least enough for

She emphasized the importance of the Redfern Arts Center as an epicenter for student involvement on

to the store and picked up my copy of

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The third most noteworthy change sliding the disc into my Playstation 4 was that the game had a full soundtrack this year, which comes as a change after aren’t controlling now set up camp in last year’s game had a loop of instru- front of the goal and begin battling mental background music that never with computer players from the oppos-

Center is an excellent oncampus venue for “students to showcase art, music, dance the event was invited to become a Redfern Arts

year’s soundtrack is a minor change, the players stay locked up there after

counts, preferred seating and invitations to special events dent membership option is dents to attend performances

tures to the game, some of which are excited to see what kind of improve- returning from versions of the game ments had been made since last year’s disappointing display of unrealistic a ‘World Cup of Hockey’ mode, using rosters from the real life tournament

The political satire group Capitol Steps opens the fall

already noticed new player animations that weren’t present in years past - both

lowed with performances by dancer Charles “Lil Buck” Riley and cellist Ashley Bathtures Canadian composer Benoít Charest conducting

has been boosting their increased goal- to take control over almost every aspect tender animations for a while now, and

After navigating through the game’s newly designed main menu and enter-

improved player animations from the goaltenders that made the entire

the Apple Hill String Quartet, Keene State College students Redfern Arts Center is also and Matthew Leese leading - local school children in a pering the United States Army The fall season concludes

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game also features a ‘Franchise’ mode, an improvement of the usual ‘Be a GM’

The improvements made to gameplay make for a fun gaming experience, but

However, despite the number of new pletely change the game after so many ders seemed to be conceding an alarm- chise could have found a way to really ingly high number of goals that they wow consumers, this year would have goalie in the chest and trickle past them

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Pro wrestling shows it’s presence among KSC students NICK TOCCO

Arts And EntErtAinmEnt Editor In the entertainment world, professional wrestling has been an outlet for fans of all ages to enjoy for decades. In the midst of World Wrestling Entertainment’s (WWE’s) peak, professional wrestling was even considered an entertainment medium of rival value to the National Basketball Association (NBA), National Hockey League, (NHL) and even the National Football League (NFL). Presently, with social media, podcasts and analysis, professional wrestling, to some, has dipped in popularity.

But recently it appears that business may be picking up for professional wrestling, and it shows in ratings.

According to Sports TV Ratings.com, On Tuesday September 13, WWE Smackdown ranked fourth in ratings during prime time (8-10 pm) with 2,658 viewers. The program only trailed FOX News and the Oprah Winfrey Network in ratings. Smackdown trumped popular sitcom The Big Bang Theory who reeled in 2,191 viewers from 10-10:30 pm.

Here at Keene State College, professional wrestling fans do exist, and some are more outspoken about it than others, while dealing with certain stigmas about year Noah Drouin has been a professional wrestling fan conceptions that come with being a fan today at the age of 18.

“It’s hard to tell people now because I’m 18,” Noah said. “I’ll put on wrestling in my dorm and people will be like, ‘you know that’s fake right?’ But the way I’ve always looked at it is, it’s one of the more athletic things someone can do. There’s a lot of work that goes into just training to become a wrestler, and I think that’s something that isn’t really known on face value when it comes to how much work that goes into training and things like that. It’s not something I would ever do, but just from being a fan I know that it takes a long time to get to that point of being on national TV, and you have to be a good actor and you have to be a well-rounded performer athletically and vocally.”

Drouin even met some of the superstars when he ager of a Gold’s Gym in the New England area.

“I actually got a chance to meet Triple H because my dad used to run a gym in Manchester. I met him when I Meanwhile, KSC sophomore attack for the men’s lacrosse team, Bobby Carey does not share the same fond memories about professional wrestling. In fact he doesn’t share any wrestling related memories at all. He said he was “Not a big fan” and that he is far more interested in other legitimate sports such as football, basketball, hockey lacrosse and baseball.

“It’s kind of more like acting and it’s not like a -

Carey added that he would be more interested if it were less focused about the pageantry and more about the actual wrestling.

Although Drouin is a dedicated fan, he doesn’t try to “preach” to anyone else or force any of his friends to watch.

KSC student and Vice President of the KSC Brazillian Ju Jitsu club, Sydney Kleiman also wieghed in on professional wrestling. Kleiman has been a part of the club for four years but has been practicing martial arts since she was three-years-old. Kleiman said she is not a fan of professional wrestling and would rather watch mixed martial arts.

“I thionk think that everything has it’s place and there’s a demographic for it (pro-wrestling),” Kleiman said. “So if people want to watch it, and that’s what they enjoy watching, I think there’s no comparing the two

But Drouin, like many fans, will provide “selling points” to others who may not understand the entertainment value in professional wrestling. One of those selling points involves some of the things WWE has done with recently acquired superstar and new WWE champion AJ Styles. Styles was one of the most famous wrestlers in the world who was not a part of the WWE, making a name for himself with his acrobatic moves and aerial maneuvers. Styles had previously performed as a part of independent american promotions such as Ring of Honor and Pro Wrestling Guerilla. He also won the World heavyweight Championship wrestling for Japan’s New Japan Pro Wrestling.

“He’s [Styles] been wrestling for 20 years,” Drouin said. “He’s now the champion, there’s this whole thing of how he’s been all over the place, but he’s never been there. You can really gravitate to some of the wrestlers Personally i would rather watch UFC.” and their backgrounds. I think that’s one of the better Kleiman added WWE wreslters who have attempted ways to get people to watch it like ‘this could be you’ sort of thing.” the two art forms.

Even though Drouin does not try to aggressively promote professional wrestling to others, it appears up with or really gotten into later on. If you enjoy ath- he has coincidentally recruited his girlfriend onto the leticism of people, how strong someone can be,- there’s WWE bandwagon. a lot that goes into it. It’s sort of like watching a movie, which isn’t something that people really don’t underWWE live event. stand, I guess.”

“Once we started dating he kind of showed me what

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he liked. We showed our interests and we started watching wrestling together, and I kind of did it to spend time with him and I kind of started getting into it to. He got us tickets to a wrestling event for WWE and I had a ton of fun there with a lot of my friends, so I’m slowly learning about wrestling more. It’s just very entertaining.” ered “fake”, Prittie said she found a new respect for the realism of the art after the event.

“On TV , people always say that it’s not real.It seems more realistic when you see it in person because they’re actually hitting each other and throwing themselves, and you can hear the sounds that they make when they see more things that happen on the sideline too; sometimes wrestlers will come out to intimidate other wrestlers. Sometimes you just don’t capture the full feeling when you’re watching it, but when you’re there live, the audience really creates a mood. Everyone’s so excited to see them, and it makes you more excited to see it when it’s live right in front of you.”

Prittie has earned the right of watching professional wrestling with a unique eye for some of the techniques used in the ring, as Prittie is a third degree black belt in karate with ju jitsu experience as well. Before coming to KSC Prittie had trained in karate for nine years in Derry, New Hampshire and said the in ring movements of the wrestlers share some similarities.

“I can recognize some of the moves that they do and when I watch I’m like ‘I know that hurts,’ especially for the women,” Prittie said. “I can understand the grabs that they go into and it’s just very entertaining.”

Prittie added that she especially enjoys watching the women’s division and said that WWE superstars, Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch are two of her favorites.

One of the things Prittie was most impressed by when watching the wwe superstars was not only the injury the performers ability to stay in charcter.. WWE superstars Kevin Owens and Samni Zayn are best of friends in real life, but in the ring they have had one of the most heated rivalries in recent memory.

Although Prittie, like Drouin said she does not force wrestling onto anyone, she said anybody can be a wrestling fan.

Prittie said., “You just have to get passed the fact that some of it is planned. I think anyone can learn to like it or at least tolerate it.”

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The FBI looked into New York bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami two years ago after his father expressed concerns his son might be a terrorist, law told investigators he just meant his son was hanging out In any case, the FBI checked its databases and found nothing connecting Rahami to terror groups, three included interviews with Rahami’s father, was closed in a matter of weeks after the bureau came up emptyAlso Tuesday, investigators disclosed that when Rahami was captured, he had a notebook with him that One bloodstained page contained references to both Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born cleric who was killed in a 2011 drone strike and whose preaching has inspired other acts of violence, and Nidal Hasan, the

The information emerged as the younger Rahami,

they were weighing charges over the weekend bombings in New York City and a New Jersey seaside town Rahami’s father spoke with the FBI after Rahami was charged in 2014 with stabbing his brother, accordthe investigation and spoke to The Associated Press mad Rahami later claimed he simply meant his son was The disclosure of the father’s contacts with the FBI raises questions about whether there was anything more law enforcement could have done at the time to That issue arose after the Orlando massacre in June, when FBI Director James Comey said agents had years earlier looked into the gunman, Omar Mateen, but did

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FBI agents walk around the roof outside an apartment during an investigation at a building Monday, Sept. 19, 2016, in Elizabeth, N.J. FBI agents are searching the apartment that is tied to Ahmad Khan Rahami, wanted for questioning in the New York City bombing.

Investigators have not publicly tied Rahami to those His father told reporters Tuesday outside the fam- either Rahami or his family, said Mohammad Masoom the FBI had opened up an “assessment,” the least intrulines restrict the types of actions agents may take; they cannot, for instance, record phone calls without obtaining a higher level of approval or developing more

Rahami provided investigators with a wealth of The bombing investigation began when a pipe bomb scene of the Manhattan bombing and a clear surveillance-camera image of his face near the site of the blast,

The younger Rahami was not prosecuted in the stab-

York, said on Monday that the FBI had gotten a report - of a domestic incident involving Rahami some time ago, but the allegations had been recanted, and “there’s Jersey, after he was discovered sleeping in the doorway

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Trump skips swing-state cities, opts for rural town instead New Mexico governor wants vote on reinstating death penalty

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Donald Trump is spending a lot of time in this critical presidential swing state, but he’s campaigning Tuesday evening far from cities like Charlotte and Raleigh where many candidates have courted moderate

you kill a child, you deserve the lawmakers Tuesday to consider reinstating the death penalty by backed legislation to reinstate the promising to add the issue to a leg- death penalty shortly after taking islative agenda for a pending special session that was aimed solely held a majority in both chambers

cideds and more about making sure supporters don’t stay home on Election Registered Democrats outnumber registered Republicans 2-1 in Duplin County, but voters here have chosen the GOP presidential candidate in the

“People are sick and tired of the way things are going in Washington

The second-term Republican Her push to restore capital governor said that she wants the punishment follows the killings death penalty as an option for in southern New Mexico of two convicted killers of police, chil-

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at High Point University, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, in High Point, N.C.

Trump’s business background is a big draw for his supporters here in Kenansville, where beyond the small downtown area’s handful of restauabout Mexicans and his stance on immigration, but many can’t vote because rants, gas stations and a couple of grocery stores lie farms that are the area’s “The ironic thing is that Donald Trump is coming to talk to a county that owes its entire economy to the work of immigrant workers, some undocuTrump’s rally is scheduled for the Duplin County Events Center, a buildmented, almost entirely from Mexico and Central America — the countries that Trump has spoken about with so much disrespect,” said Flores, who is the day, he addressed a crowd in High Point, a hub of the declining furniture industry that was hit hard by the loss of manufacturing jobs but still paign visits, Teachey laughed and said he thought Eleanor Roosevelt came While Kenansville may seem like an unusual campaign stop, Trump’s decision to veer farther away from population centers shows that North Carolina is a state he has to win, said Thomas Eamon, a political science

Mexico repealed the death penalty wanted fugitives, along with the by replacing provisions for lethal ment of a 10-year-old New Mexico injection with a sentence of life in New Mexico executed nine men starting in 1933 until more than compel lawmakers to take a public seven decades later when it abolstand on capital punishment ahead of November elections for the most recent execution in 2001 was Republican-controlled state House of Representatives and Democrat“Cop killers and child murder- death penalty was applied when ers deserve the ultimate punish- he signed the legislation that abol-

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“Campaigns do generally go to bigger cities, and going to a rural area, think that symbolically could be good,” Eamon said, adding that the site’s location near an interstate highway can funnel in conservative spectators While North Carolina is dotted with left-leaning urban areas such as Raleigh and Charlotte, it also has one of the country’s largest rural popu-

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Tulsa police say man had no gun; video shows he had hands up JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS

AssociAted press An unarmed black man killed was responding to a stalled vehicle can be seen in police video walking

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SUV with his hands up before he approaches the driver’s side door, where he drops to the ground after being shocked with a stun gun then fatally shot.

In Tulsa police helicopter footage that was among several clips released Monday showing the shooting of 40-year-old Terence Crutcher and its aftermath, a man in the helicopter that arrives above the scene as Crutcher walks to the vehicle can be heard saying “time for a Taser.” He then says: “That looks like a bad dude, too. Probably on something.”

Police Chief Chuck Jordan announced before the video and audio recordings’ release that Crutcher had no weapon on him or in his SUV when he was shot Friday.

It’s not clear from the footage what

More than four dozen U.S. businesses have pledged $650 million in support to help some of the world’s refugees, the White House announced Tuesday as President Barack Obama seeks to highlight the refugee plight before world leaders gathered for the annual U.N. General Assembly session.

Fifty-one corporations, including Facebook, Twitter, MasterCard, Johnson & Johnson, yogurt maker Chobani and other companies, have committed to easing access to education, employment 6.3 million refugees in more than 20 countries.

Criticized for not doing enough to help desperate people

have given Crutcher. Local and federal investigations are underway to determine whether criminal charges are warranted in the shooting or if Crutcher’s civil rights were violated.

Crutcher, called for charges Monday.

“The big bad dude was my twin brother. That big bad dude was a father,” she said. “That big bad dude was a son. That big bad dude was enrolled at Tulsa Community College, just wanting to make us proud.

That big bad dude loved God. That big bad dude was at church singThat big bad dude, that’s who he was.”

Police video shows Crutcher walking toward his SUV that is stopped in the middle of the road. cer is following him. As Crutcher approaches the driver’s side of the and Crutcher appears to lower his hands and place them on the vehicle. it harder to see his actions from the dashboard camera’s angle.

Crutcher can be seen dropping to the ground. Someone on the police radio says, “I think he may have just near Crutcher backs up slightly.

Then almost immediately, someone can be heard yelling, “Shots leaving him completely lying out in the street.

After that, someone on the police radio can be heard saying, “Shots also white, used a stun gun on Crutcher, police said.

The shooting comes just four months after former Tulsa County volunteer deputy Robert Bates was sentenced to four years in prison on a second-degree manslaughter conviction in the 2015 death of an unarmed black man. Shelby worked for four years before joining the

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In this image made from a Friday, Sept. 16, 2016 police video, Terence Crutcher, center, is pursued by police officers as he walk to an SUV in Tulsa, Okla. Crutcher was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead after he was shot by the officer around 8 p.m., Friday, police said. Crutcher had no weapon on him or in his SUV, Tulsa Police Chief Chuck Jordan said Monday, Sept. 19, 2016.

Tulsa Police Department in Decem- read, “Justice 4 Crutch” and “Don’t Shoot.” placed on paid leave.

With relations between police The initial moments of Crutch- and blacks in Tulsa already uneasy, er’s encounter with police are not the community needs to be the shown in the footage. Shelby did place where change happens, Tifnot activate her patrol car’s dash- fany Crutcher said. cam, said police spokeswoman “This is bigger than us right here.

Jeanne MacKenzie, and the ground- We’re going to stop it right here,” level video released Monday came she said.

U.S. Attorney Danny C. Wilarrived at the scene. liams said the Department of Justice’s civil rights investigation into - the shooting will be separate from cers’ commands, but MacKenzie a local one into whether criminal said Monday she didn’t know what Crutcher was doing that prompted “The Justice Department is compolice to shoot. Two 911 calls mitted to investigating allegations described an SUV that had been abandoned in the middle of the road. and will devote whatever resources are necessary to ensure that all alledriver was acting strangely, adding, gations of serious civil rights vio“I think he’s smoking something.” lations are fully and completely After the shooting, Crutcher investigated,” he said. could be seen lying on the side of Speaking Monday in Tulsa, civil the road, blood pooling around his rights attorney Benjamin Crump body, for nearly two minutes before said Crutcher committed no crime anyone checked on him. When asked why police did not provide him. immediate assistance once Crutcher “When unarmed people of color was down, MacKenzie said, “I don’t break down on the side of the road, know that we have protocol on how we’re not treated as citizens needing to render aid to people.” help. We’re treated as, I guess, crimiThe American Civil Liberties nals — suspects that they fear,” said Union of Oklahoma, which also Crump, who is representing Crutchcalled for charges, said Crutcher er’s family just as he did relatives of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed, black by. The group’s executive director, Florida teenager who was fatally Ryan Kiesel, said Crutcher’s death shot by a neighborhood watch volshows “how little regard” Tulsa unteer in 2012. police have for the community’s He said Tulsa police drew their minorities. own conclusions about Crutcher.

Dozens of protesters gathered “So I guess it’s a crime now to be outside the county courthouse a big black man,” Crump said. “My Monday evening holding signs that God, help us.”

they are seeking asylum or a better way of life.

Power said the summit wouldn’t be a “panacea” for the crisis, but would show what the U.S. can achieve when it leads on an issue of global concern.

Last week, the White House announced that the U.S. would resettle 110,000 refugees in the coming year, a 30 percent increase over the 85,000 allowed in this year. advocacy groups had criticized as inadequate given the wealth of the U.S. and the fact that other countries, such as Canada and Germany, were welcoming far ing the civil war there.

The administration has yet to release a country-by-country breakdown of the 110,000 refugee TUSCAN POLICE DEPARTMENT VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS

This undated photo provided by the Tulsa Oklahoma Police Department shows officer Betty Shelby. Police say Tulsa officer Shelby fired the fatal shot that killed 40 year-old Terence Crutcher, Sept. 16, 2016. The police chief in Tulsa says Crutcher, a black man fatally shot by a white police officer responding to a stalled vehicle, had no weapon on him or in his SUV. Police Chief Chuck Jordan said Monday Sept. 19, 2016, that an investigation is underway into the shooting death.

Judge orders evaluation in baby found dead in fridge case Drought conditions may affect New ASSOCIATED PRESS Hampshire foliage season A judge wants a South Carolina mother who police say killed her 4-day-old baby by putting him in a refrigerator for hours to have a mental evaluation before he decides whether to set bond.

Prosecutors requested the evaluation Tuesday, and

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Before the summit, Obama planned to meet with some of the CEOs of the corporations that have pledged support for refugees.

The refugee issue, meanwhile, ject of a daylong U.N. summit on Monday. Leaders approved a declaration to provide a more coordinated and humane response to the crisis, but the document included no concrete commitments and is not legally binding.

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sion of Forest and Lands, says treetargeting insect pests are thriving Dry conditions from an ongo- this year due to the dry weather. ing drought in much of New HampLombard says parts of Coos shire could cut short the state’s Country and areas on the western lucrative fall foliage season. side of the White Mountains won’t The Portsmouth Herald (http:// have any color this year. bit.ly/2cL9xci ) reports that across Some foresters say drought consouthern New Hampshire, maples and other leafy trees known for foliage. their vibrant hues are changFoliage season is a big part of ing color or dropping their leaves the state’s economy. More than 9 early— a potential sign of distress. million people spent an estimated Kyle Lombard, of the state Divi- $1.34 billion last fall.

saying her IQ is below 60.

“Some psychiatrists compared her to an elementary with an elementary school child for hours, I could convince that elementary school child to confess to almost anything,” public defender Mike Lifsey said.

Lifsey questioned if the charge was proper because there were nine other people in the home the day the baby died. Blackwell’s husband suggested after she was arrested that someone else put the baby in the refrigerator, but he would not say who.

Circuit Court Judge Perry Gravely said Lifsey can request a new bond hearing within 30 days after the evaluation report is complete, The Herald of Rock Hill reported (http://bit.ly/2cpUm7R ).

The baby died at a Chester home on Feb. 27 and Blackwell, 27, was charged with homicide by child abuse last month.

The evaluation is important to authorities so they can decide how to proceed with a plea or a trial or other action, prosecutor Candice Lively said.

Blackwell took special education classes in school

of war and or for other reasons, Obama was hosting a refugee summit Tuesday with the leaders of Jordan, Mexico, Sweden, Germany, Canada and Ethiopia, along with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Countries participating in the summit are expected to announce individual pledges that are in line with a U.S. goal of increasing humanitarian aid by $3 billion, doubling resettlement and providing access to jobs and education, said Samantha Power, U.S. ambassador to the U.N. World leaders are grappling with the largest crisis of displaced persons since World War II, more than 65 million people who have

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In this Monday, Aug. 22, 2016, photo provided by the Chester County (S.C.) Detention Center, Angela Blackwell, 27, poses for a booking photo, in Chester, S.C. Blackwell, is charged with killing her infant son by putting him in the refrigerator for several hours. Chief Deputy Robert Sprouse says Blackwell was expected to have a bond hearing on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016, at the Chester County jail.

and has had her mental state evaluated by the Department of Social Services before her arrest, Lively said.

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In this photo taken Friday, Sept. 2, 2016, dwarf corn stalks from lack of rain are seen in a field in Barnstead, N.H. Fall foliage could come earlier this year and not last as long in some areas.

President Barack Obama, center, joined by Vice President Joe Biden, left, and United States United Nations Ambassador Samantha Power, right, looks to Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi as he speaks to media during a bilateral meeting at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel in New York, N.Y., Monday, Sept. 19, 2016.

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Game behind the game MARY CURTIN

Ads director Week 1 Hot Takes Last Sunday night marked the return of New England Patriots football.

The Pats pulled out a 23-21 win over the Arizona Cardinals in a nail-biting game, right to the last down.

If you are a football fan, you know that Tom Brady is in the midst of his fourgame suspension surrounding his “guilty scandal”.

We thought we were done with this issue last season, but Roger Goodell can’t The terms of Brady’s suspension are fairly harsh, considering he allegedly

attend any games or practices and cannot go to any New England Patriots facilities during this time.

However, have no fear, there are two words in every football fan’s vocabulary.

Some use these words as a prayer, others view them as sacrilegious. Either way, there is no mistaking that the words “Bill Belichick” will be used in vain, hatred and love all season long.

Belichick has a “backup” quarterback, some may know him as Jimmy Garoppolo, or “Jimmy G”. The problem for any team that faces the Patriots is that Belichick can do just about anything with anyone.

It’s not just that winning smile of Garoppolo’s that won over the hearts of Patriots fans in week one. ots quarterback, Garoppolo converted 24 of 33 attempts for a total of 264 passing yards, according to ESPN, tossing the

game.

Brady is not allowed to have any football related contact with his teammates, Julian Edelman and Chris Hogan..

What’s even more impressive than not having your starting quarterback is not having your tight end, Rob Gronkowski (Gronk) to receive your passes. hamstring injury, but fans are hopeful for his return in game two. game, I have full faith in the Patriots organization and am optimistic that Jimmy G can carry this team through the next three weeks.

With that being said, upon Brady’s return, the rest of the league better take I don’t expect the Patriots to lose a game once Brady is back for good.

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more student athletes who are not in enjoy the people you work with, you his classes. “I really enjoy the people will enjoy your job, and that has held Cont. from B10 that I work with in the Human Per- true for me at KSC,” Timmer said. formance and Movement Science Timmer said he enjoys getting department, as well as the Athletic Shelby Iava can be contacted at to know all students outside the and Recreation Departments. When siava@kscequinox.com you share the same building, you allows him to have the opportunity really have the opportunity to build to not only relate to the majors in relationships, and I have always the Human Performance and Move- enjoyed the relationships that I have ment Science department, but it also made in the building. When you allows him the opportunity to meet

Volleyball aces back to back games MICHAEL CERROTTI

equinox stAff Thursday night, the Keene State women’s volleyball team faced Johnson & Wales University in a match where the Wildcats won 3-0.

cats improve their record to nine matchup. The Wildcats will also and zero. play Saturday as they travel to face - Norwich College. mouth on Saturday afternoon in Michael Cerrotti can be contacted at an Little East Conference (LEC) mcerrotti@kscequinox.com

25-10, the second 25-20 and the third match 25-19. In the second and third sets, the Owls took an early lead, but couldn’t hang on as the Wildcats won some important points and never looked back.

Junior Rachel Lamica led the Owls with seven kills, while senior highlights from the match included Riley Bunker who had 11 digs and Courtney Collins who came up with two blocks.

The Wildcats had contributions from their whole team, but the high-hitters were sophomore Emily Kalmink who had 12 kills for Esposito with 19 digs and another

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Dr. Timmer sits in his office which is filled with everything from sporting supplies to regular classroom items.

blocks.

After the game, the head coach of the Owls Bob Weiner talked about his team’s performance saying, “We didn’t lose this one; they beat us. They’re better than us. We’re really young and this group has not played together a lot.We’ve got a ways to go, but I’m not unhappy with what we did tonight.”

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Rachel Lamica (4) jumps up to hit the ball over the net in Saturday’s and six on the season, and the Wild- game versus Umass Dartmouth. The Owls took the 3-0 win.

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Lindsay Szuch SHELBY IAVA

Linsday Szuch recently ran in the

only recognized by The Equinox, but has also been honored by the Little East Conference.

the invitational, Lindsay placed tenth out of 275 runners. This week, Szuch is not

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Keene State College men’s club ice hockey captain, Andrew Pierce carries the puck in a game from last season against Montclair State University.

AUSTIN SANIDAS

Equinox Staff Last season, the Keene State College men’s hockey team made it all the way to the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) national

decided that he was going to come back and com- fully operational, they now have a genuine home

One player that isn’t returning is goaltender last season and was a huge part of the team’s suc- have to borrow someone else’s rink and lug our

was a huge accomplishment for the program and the right time and put it all together to win the league tournament, the regional tournament and to go to the national tournament, they’re all big

having our own spot will bring the team closer

With each new season comes the daunting like the team is pretty deep at the goal tending game is against the University of New HampFortunately for Rodrigue, his leading scorer from Austin Sanidas can be contacted at asanidas@kscequinox.com and was the team captain, and after graduation

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Men’s soccer suffers first loss

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The men’s soccer team comes together in a huddle after discussing what their next move would be.

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Conor Leahy found his way to the

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ted a pair of foul shots, both shots - from Kpee and William Salta were

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Boston Red Sox’s Drew Pomeranz pitches during the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees in Boston, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016.

Ramirez hits 2 HRs; Red Sox complete sweep of Yankees, 5-4 KEn poWtaK Associated Press

third before chasing Pomeranz with two in the his right hamstring running out a double and Ellsbury bruised his right knee sliding into a

Richeme’ of WCSU sniped the ball when Richeme sailed a shot into the and into the back of the net, putting the WCSU Colonials up by one early bury College for a non-conference Keene had the opportunity to score, but Promise Kpee’s shot was

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Hanley Ramirez couldn’t hold back a smile above the Monster after CC Sabathia threw Ramirez homered twice and drove in four

in the series, including the opener, when they Ramirez said his teammates were saying Sabathia said he just tried to be too careful

Sabathia gave up four runs and eight hits in start by Drew Pomeranz to post their ninth win Boston remained three games ahead of sec-

back in the division and remained four behind

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Soccer stud scores big CRAE MESSER

seconds into the game, Smith was fed a pass by Captain Riley Steele and beat the Wheaton goalkeeper to Two goals in four games is a great get scoring started. start for any soccer player at the colSmith made his way on the legiate level, and Keene State’s midminutes later when he put home a pass from Promise Kpee.

Smith tallied two goals against Wheaton College on September 10 giate goal was, “pretty exciting.” in what was his second collegiate Men’s Soccer Head Coach Rick game ever. Just 3 minutes and 44 Scott said that Smith had been gen-

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erating interest for a long time prior to him actually coming to KSC. in with the rest of the team. That “He came up on our radar a few years ago,” Scott said. model to look up to. Smith said he’s He added that while Scott and been looking up to Promise Kpee ever since he spent his overnight a player, they didn’t think he was trip with him as a recruit. Smith said interested in them. he looked up to Kpee to see what he However, Smith’s club team did, so he knew what he would have coach gave Scott a call and told him to do to earn a starting spot on the to reach out to Smith. team.

“We couldn’t be more happy with Even though the younger players him as a player and a person on the upperclassmen, that can some- times be a two way street. mitment,” Scott said.

Steele said that when he sees Smith said knowing that Keene younger guys working hard, it makes him work even harder. Steele said that Smith is a perfect example “It was a really good feeling of that because of his work ethic and knowing that [Scott] wanted me to his positive attitude. come here,” Smith said. “To be able Steele, along with his coach, had to come in and make an impact my plenty to say about the importance freshman year is crazy - a good feel- of Smith and his abilities as a player. ing.”

“I can see him being a very good According to Scott, Smith has a player for Keene State for four years,” number of qualities that make him a Scott said. player they want on their squad.

Steele agreed, saying that he has “He’s got a very high soccer IQ the potential for a successful career at KSC. knows how to use his body very “If he keeps going how he’s been well.” going and keeps pushing himself day Smith partly attributes his suc- in and day out, I think it’ll be a great cess to the chemistry amongst him season and a great career for him,” and his teammates. Scott and Steele Steele said. conquered with Smith in regards to the team chemistry, saying that it’s without him and we’re very lucky and been key to the team’s 4-0 start this very happy that he’s with us.” season.

Steele said that in past years, the team chemistry has had it’s ups and Crae Messer can be contacted at cmesser@kscequinox.com upperclassman standpoint, every into the program that we’re trying of the puzzle,” Steele said.

In order to become an important

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Glenn Smith (5) goes up for a header against Wheaton College, getting a 6-1 win on Saturday, September 10. He also stays idle on the side line waiting for the ball to come his way.

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KEENE STATE COLLEGE ATHLETIC TEAM RECORDS Men’s Soccer Overall

4-0

Cross Country Home

2-0

Away

2-0

Neutral

0-0

v. Wheaton College Team Keene State

Points

Wheaton Field Hockey Overall

5-2

Team Keene State

6

Team Keene State

1

Castleton

Home

2-2

v. Amherst

Points

Amherst

Points 2 0

Away

Neutral

3-0

0-0

@ Western Conn. University

6

Team Keene State

0

Western Conn.

Women’s Soccer Overall Home

Umass Dartmouth 4-2 Invite Lindsay Szuch 23:55.58

Iid Sheikh-Yusuf 26:16.81

Katelyn Terry 25:37.24

Philip Parent 26:54.09

Alyssa Lombardi 25:39.11

Ben MacDonald 27:19.14

Rachel Klaski 26:07.84

Ian Connell 27:32.20

Points 6 1

2-0

@ Framingham

Team Keene State

Volleyball Overall

7-6

Neutral

2-2

0-0

v. Western Conn. University

Points

Framingham

Away

1

Team Keene State

0

Western Conn.

Home

2-1

v U. Mass Dartmouth

Away

Points 4 1

Neutral

3-1

2-4

v Lasell

Team Keene State

Points 3

Team Keene State

Points 3

U. Mass Dartmouth

0

Lasell

1

Upcoming Games Field Hockey Thursday, Sept. 22

vs. Trinity 6:00 p.m.

Volleyball Saturday, Sept. 24 @ Rhode Island College 12:00 p.m.

Women’s Soccer Saturday, Sept. 24 @ Southern Maine 1:00 p.m.

Men’s Soccer Saturday, Sept. 24 vs. Southern Maine 1:00 p.m.

Field Hockey Saturday, Sept. 24 12:30 p.m.

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Being an All-American and scoring that many goals, I would just naturally look up to her, but I think her work ethic stands out the most.

Less than three minutes into her game, senior Sami Smith wrote her name into the record book. Smith has broken a 31-yearold scoring record, which was held by Keene State College Hall of Famer, Kay Mulcahy.

Smith said that breaking the record hasn’t “really hit her” yet.

“Honestly, I don’t know if it’s hit me yet, and how big that is, but it was cool. It was cool that it was from my sister. She was really

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Kayla Renaud Senior Captain

ting in front of the goal; if a goalie saves it, she’ll get back on the really well with the other forwards on the team. She’s a good her,” Califano said.

Califano continued, “She works extremely hard, if there’s a ball that looks like it’s going to go out of bounds, you can always

strong work ethic as well. “I have lived with her since freshman She continued, “She works really hard, even in games, obvialways giving 100%.” the limit. she got hit in the face and her nose was broken and she was

others around her work as equally as hard,” Califano said.

Smith brings energy to the team Califano the team

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where she is.” is really tight and they are best friends, they all live together game they were all sharing it on Facebook and Instagram, humble about it,” Califano said.

Smith said her next goal is to break the next record for most goals in a career and to win the Little East Conference (LEC).

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Sami Smith (30) reaches for the ball before her opponent could get it in the goal on Saturday, September 10 versus Fitchburg State.

Timmer ties the gap between college and athletes SHELBY IAVA

should oversee the fairness of athletes and academics.

That has involved into requiring every institution to

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know ahead of time, so I’ve never really needed Timmer semester with Timmer, but I have also had other classes Timmer takes an interest in all of athletics. “Dr. with him throughout the last few years,” Warhall said. Timmer is always involved with asking how our game

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not only getting good grades, but is advancing toward Timmer works hand-in-hand with athletes and faculty receiving their degree.” to make sure everything runs smoothly.

Timmer is also the chair of the Faculty Athletic advisor, so he guides me in what courses I should be - Advisory Committee, which is similar to the Student cally, the NCAA mandates that every institution have a through what graduate schools I should consider and look into and the requirements for that.The only thing long time ago, NCAA schools were using athletes that were not even enrolled or attending classes at the institution,” Timmer said.

He continued, “Therefore, they decided that faculty

being genuinely interested in the team and individual There’s not one season that is ‘easy’ Timmer said.

fessors have gotten mad for leaving due to games. “My Senior Student athlete and women’s soccer goalie,

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