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VOL. 65, ISSUE #24

KSC supports background checks

THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2013

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NEWS EDITOR History and tradition blend together and heat up the discussion on gun issues at Keene State College.

In a random survey conducted at KSC, students brought up historical facts to prove that guns have been a crucial part of America since the beginning of time and stated access to guns should be controlled.

A majority of the surveyed students indiFDWHG WKDW WKH\ WKLQN RZQLQJ D Ă€UHDUP LV an American tradition. Also, most of them LQGLFDWHG WKDW WKH\ GRQ¡W IHHO LGHQWLĂ€HG E\ this particular practice and supported background checks. ´2ZQLQJ Ă€UHDUPV LV D WUDGLWLRQ EHFDXVH LW has been a big part of our culture, but I think that now they [guns] have gotten out of hand,â€? student Brendan Snyder said. ´7KDW >RZQLQJ Ă€UHDUPV@ LV ZKDW VRFLHW\ KDV supported for centuries. Back in time, when America gained independence, people really needed guns for hunting and for protection, they used guns every day and throughout time, arms have remained present,â€? former KSC student Elhadje Bah said. “Even though it is a tradition, I don’t believe it is something that we are expected to continue throughout time,â€? senior Chris Ruble stated. “There are other ways to be American; you don’t need a gun,â€? freshman Walter Parnes said.

Even though the argument on gun control brought a variety of reactions to the table, a randomly selected population of 20 KSC students unanimously agreed that the government should increase coordinated background checks for individuals who intend to SXUFKDVH ÀUHDUPV In Washington D.C, even Republican senators have stated they will support a proposal to increase background checks. Illinois Senator Mark Kirk and Pennsylvania Senator Patrick Toomey, together with Democrat Senators Joe Manchin III from Virginia and Senator Charles E. Schumer from New York, presented a plan that would expand backJURXQG FKHFNV PDNH JXQ WUDIÀFNLQJ D IHGHUDO FULPH IRU WKH ÀUVW WLPH DQG EROVWHU IHGHUDO funding for school security plans, according to the The Washington Post.

An article published on April 10 in The Washington Post stated, “The proposed agreement would be more stringent than current law, which requires checks only when purchases are made through a licensed dealer, but less than originally sought by President Obama and congressional Democrats.�

However, some gun rights advocates in Washington have opposed any bill that would increase background checks.

According to the Washington Post, the 1DWLRQDO 5Là H $VVRFLDWLRQ RIÀFLDOV RSSRVHG the legislative proposal, saying it would do QR JRRG LQ ÀJKWLQJ FULPLQDO XVH RI JXQV DQG would expand government powers.

For KSC student Meghan Bouffard, access to guns is the biggest cause for gun violence. “It is so easy to get a gun. Also there is not enough education about the issue,� Bouffard stated.

She continued, “I don’t believe in guns; so many tragedies have happened in the recent years because of gun violence that I don’t understand why some groups keep defending guns.�

For Molly McCarthy, another KSC student, “Guns in the hands of the wrong people� are the biggest cause of gun violence. McCarthy said, “It wouldn’t be fair to ban guns from people that are reasonable and responsible.�

Similarly, freshman Scott Steere said, “If sane people want to have guns, they should.

Insane people shouldn’t have guns.�

Yet freshman Alison Flinn said she worries about whether people who appear to be responsible can be potentially dangerous when armed. “It is scary [to know that people can be armed] because you never know when someone is disturbed. They can look perfectly

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Over 350 students participate in Relay for Life, a 12-hour event to conmemorate the fight against cancer on Friday, April 12, 2013 in the Spaulding Gym at KSC.

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KSC community service helps Keene go Green ZACH PEARSON

dents impact Keene, for better or worse, just as much as its permanent citizens.

This fact was obvious to anyone drivStudents often think of Keene State ing through the streets of Keene SaturCollege as its own entity, a sovereign day, April 13, as college students and nation surrounded by the greater city citizens alike picked up trash in a cityof Keene. It is easy to forget that stu- wide initiative called Green Up Keene.

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KSC students put gloves on to clean up the city during Green up Keene on Saturday, April 13, 2013.

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Green Up Keene is an annual event hosted by the City of Keene that attempts to bring the entire community together in picking up the discarded trash that has built up after a long winter.

Since beginning back in 2008, Green Up Keene is still fairly new.

This year it was organized by Eric Swope of the Keene Department of Public Works and co-sponsored by Keene State College and Antioch University. “Keene State [College] has been a really good partner for us for a number of reasons,� Swope said, “For one thing they provide us with a huge volunteer base. The biggest single group is from Keene State [College].�

Campus-based organizations contributed a large share of that student involvement.

Allison Riley, the liaison for the city of Keene and KSC, said, “We get a lot of athletic teams. We get Greek organizations. And then you occasionally get your individual student or two that stop by. The Eco-Rep group is always well represented.�

Daryl Hardisty, president of Tau Kappa Epsilon, a KSC fraternity, led a group down Water and Grove Streets.

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According to a recent editorial published by the Union Leader, Greg Moore, state director of the Americans for Prosperity Foundation New Hampshire and the author of the editorial, criticized the University System of New Hampshire (USNH) for its involvement with faculty sabbaticals. Moore went into detail by opening his opinion with this simple statement, “If you were running a business, how much would you pay your employees not to show up for work?� The editorial was aimed towards University of New Hampshire, Plymouth State University and Keene State College.

0RRUH ZRUGHG VDEEDWLFDOV DV DOPRVW D Ă€QDQcial burden for students and New Hampshire taxpayers, stating, “Since 2004, USNH professors have taken 178 year-long sabbaticals and 743 part-year sabbaticals. This represents 550 years worth of paid time off provided by the students and the taxpayers of New Hampshire.â€?

However, Moore did not go into detail to say sabbaticals are not just handed out to professors as a free ticket for a relaxing year away from their institution. There are many requirements that faculty must meet in order to be eligible to take one or two semesters off for sabbatical.

Also, Moore failed to discuss that sabbaticals are not always funded by the institution, but sometimes professors are awarded Fulbright sabbaticals. Fulbright scholarships are funded by the government through The Institute of International Education (IIE). They encourage LQWHUQDWLRQDO SDUWQHUVKLS DQG DUH D QRQ SURĂ€W organization. KSC has had a handful professors who have been awarded Fulbrights, according to Provost Dr. Melinda Treadwell.

There have been two recent Fulbright Scholar Grants at KSC, including as recently as last semester when Associate Professor of Education Deborah Merchant took one semester in Greece.

While abroad, Merchant dedicated her time training secondary special educators.

Associate Professor of Education Shirley McLoughlin, another KSC Fulbright Scholar, is currently in the country of Georgia. McLoughlin is teaching courses on curriculum theory and development and educational leadership and also teaching methodologies for educators of elementary-aged students. McLoughlin’s sabbatical started in February 2013 and will end in June.

McLoughlin stated in a Keene State News & Events article titled, “Fulbright Scholar Grants Awarded to Two Keene State College Professorsâ€? on June 9, 2012, “I am grateful and honored to have the chance to pursue my passion--collaboration with other cultures to gain insight into KRZ HGXFDWLRQ KDV GHYHORSHG DQG LQĂ XHQFHV students today.â€?

According to Article XV, Sabbatical Leave, in the Collective Bargaining Agreement between USNH Board of Trustees Keene State College

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Week of: April 8 Monday,  April  8 12:17  p.m.  Winchester  Parking  Lot:  Honda  “H�  symbol  stolen  from  vehicle  in  Winchester  Lot.  5:24  p.m.  Appian  Way:  Student  fell  off  bicycle.

Tuesday,  April  9 4:16  p.m.  Owl’s  Nest  1:  RA  reported  706  [marijuana]  para-­ phernalia  during  room  checks.

10:16  p.m.  Bushnell  Apartments:  Noise  complaint  coming  from  the  second  floor.  11:29  p.m.  Pondside  I:  706  [marijuana].

Wednesday,  April  10 9:33  a.m.  Elliot  Hall:  Strange  male  searching  out  bulletin  boards.

1:28  p.m.  Owl’s  Nest  6:  Campus  Safety  officers  assist  RD  with  room  inspection.

2:14  p.m.  One  Butler  Court:  RD  reports  smell  of  mari-­ juana   and  requests  KPD  and  Campus  Safety’s  assistance.  Thursday,  April  11 9:28  a.m.  Young  Student  Center:  Report  of  a  suspi-­ cious  person  walking  around  inside  of  the  location.  10:54  a.m.  Science  Center:  Subject  that  was  in  the  Young  Student  Center  earlier  found.  11:29  a.m.  Appian  Way:  Suspicious  person.  3:54  p.m.  One  Butler  Court:  Lock/handle  on  storage  closet  broken,  possibly  with  a  ham-­ mer.  9:43  p.m.  Pondside  III:  Father  called  saying  his  daughter  is  in  pain.

10:41  p.m.  Holloway  Hall:  Alcohol  violation.  11:19  p.m.  One  Butler  Court:  Resident  from  Winchester  Court  called  and  complained  about  noise  from  One  Butler  Court.

Friday,  April  12  1:27  a.m.  Randall  Hall:  Intoxicated  female.

Saturday,  April  13 12:52  a.m.  Pondside  I:  :  Female  student  dislocated  knee.  Sunday,  April  14 12:25  a.m.  Side  Walks:  Student  called  regarding  drunk  male  subject  on  bike.  1:34  p.m.  Owl’s  Nest  9:  Report  of  burning  smell.

New Hampshire public colleges and universities are currently awaiting for the House and the Senate to approve Governor Maggie Hassan’s budget proposal to restore state appropriation and freeze in-state tuition. Some private and public colleges throughout the country have already chosen to establish a guarDQWHHG À[HG WXLWLRQ 7KHVH SURgrams intend to allow students to have a more realistic overview of how much they will be spending throughout their four years in college.

Christopher Jonas is a high school senior from Jaffrey, N.H. He said his teacher told him he should have already made a choice about ZKDW FROOHJH KH ZLOO DWWHQG QH[W IDOO however, Jonas said economics play a major role when deciding whether he will be able to attend college. “I have applied to a few colleges and got accepted, but don’t really know if I will be able to pay for them,â€? Jonas stated. For him, one of the biggest concerns is the tuition will increase, “to a point that it would be impossible for me or my IDPLO\ WR Ă€QDQFH FROOHJH Âľ -RQDV VDLG Increases in tuition have been a tendency in the past few years.

According to a piece in CNN Money, states have cut the amount of money they are giving to colleges by a total of $15.2 billion from 2007 to 2012.

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7XLWLRQ UDWHV KDYH LQFUHDVHG E\ DURXQG ÀYH SHUFHQW RYHU WKH SDVW four years in Keene State College, ZKLOH DFFRUGLQJ WR 7KH :DVKLQJton Post, tuition at U.S. universities increased, on average, by eight percent from 2011 to 2012. At KSC, LQ VWDWH WXLWLRQ ZDV LQ In-state tuition is currently set at $21,783. ´7XLWLRQ FRVW LV RQH WKH LVVXHV that worries me the most. I have to work while I go to school to be able WR FRYHU FROOHJH H[SHQVHV ,W ZRXOG make it a lot easier if we could somehow know how much we will need spend until graduation,� KSC freshman Kyla Jones said.

Some colleges have opted to establish tuition ‘locks’ that ensure students will not face tuition LQFUHDVHV ZKLOH LQ FROOHJH $ Ă€[HG tuition plan requires a college to lock tuition rates for four years.

Each class has a tuition rate, and that increases for each successive incoming class. According to an article in 7KH :DVKLQJWRQ 3RVW Ă€[HG WXLWLRQ plans work “toward eliminating the unpredictability by creatively shouldering the burden of risk management.â€?

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Kettering University in Michigan also implemented this measure last fall. “For current undergraduDWH VWXGHQWV WKH Ă€[HG UDWH DSSOLHV for full-time study in each remaining term to graduation. For new stuGHQWV HQUROOLQJ LQ WKH Ă€[HG rate will apply for up to 10 successive academic terms of full-time study,â€? an article Kettering University’s website stated. All three H[DPSOHV DUH SULYDWHO\ Ă€QDQFHG institutions.

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Flinn said. /LNH )OLQQ SHUFHQW RI WKH VWXGHQWV LGHQWLĂ€HG WKDW PHQWDO KHDOWK LVVXHV DV D FDXVH of gun violence. All the surveyed students agreed that authorities should require better coordination of mental health care.

Regarding the Second Amendment of the Constitution, the survey indicated that 50 percent of the students said the ban of any type of weapons would go against the right to bear arms. “It [the right to bear arms] is part of our freedom. It is a right everyone should have,�

Steere said.

Some other students indicated that the GHĂ&#x20AC;QLWLRQ RI ´ULJKWÂľ QHHGV WR EH OLPLWHG ´<RX can implement some regulations while maintaining the Second Amendment,â&#x20AC;? Ruble said.

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Indeed, the background check system would appear to be a vital mechanism to ensure that Ă&#x20AC;UHDUPV VHOOHUV GR QRW YLRODWH WKH WHUPV RI WKH QDWLRQDO *XQ &RQWURO $FW 7KHVH UHVWULFWLRQV KDYH H[LVWHG LQ IHGHUDO ODZ IRU \HDUV DQG have not been constitutionally invalidated by the courts.â&#x20AC;? ´7KHUH DUH VRPH ZHDSRQV WKDW DUH QRW QHFessary for household ownership and should be regulated,â&#x20AC;? Snyder said.

Parnes indicated the Second Amendment shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t prevent regulations â&#x20AC;&#x153;because

because institutions donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know the VWDWH DSSURSULDWLRQ ZLOO EH 7KHUHIRUH HVWDEOLVKLQJ D Ă&#x20AC;[HG WXLWLRQ plan for four years will put the institutionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s budget at risk. Interim President and former KSC Vice President for Finance and Planning Jay Kahn said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;there is no guarantee in what the state appropriation is going to be. If that was constant, you might be able to guarantee tuition, but you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t guarantee what the subsidy is from the state every year.â&#x20AC;?

House said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know for sure what your future costs are going to be, the situation encourages you to estimate high, so \RX GRQ¡W Ă&#x20AC;QG \RXUVHOI VKRUW 7KH price increases might actually be more than they otherwise would be because you are looking at four years.â&#x20AC;?

According to Kahn, â&#x20AC;&#x153;A number RI VWDWHV KDYH H[SHULPHQWHG ZLWK guaranteed tuition plans and many them have moved away from those H[SHULPHQWV 7KH UHDVRQ LV EHFDXVH IRU HYHU\ QH[W FODVV WKH DPRXQW RI increase is four times what it would otherwise be.â&#x20AC;?

Kahn indicated it seems unfair for the younger class to face a rather drastic increase while older classer have lower rates. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If your classes are four different class groups but only one is going to be paying the increases, that one has to pay WKH LQFUHDVHV IRU DOO FODVVHV 7KH

increase ends up being 10 percent ´,W >Ă&#x20AC;[HG WXLWLRQ SODQV@ LV WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW for that incoming class, rather than step to helping American families.

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DOO WKH LQFUHDVH RQ RQH FODVV ´7KDW Planning the family budget is just doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem fair,â&#x20AC;? Kahn said. crucial for Lovell. Her youngest +RXVH DOVR H[SODLQHG D Ă&#x20AC;[HG daughter started at Keene State Coltuition plan might create confusion lege in fall of 2012 . Lovell stated that among applying high school stu- VKH ZRXOG OLNH WR VHH D Ă&#x20AC;[HG WXLWLRQ dents. House said the increasing SODQ ´7KHQ , ZRXOG DOUHDG\ NQRZ rates from one incoming class to the and then I could budget accordingly QH[W RQH FRXOG EH VKRFNLQJ +RXVHV and not have any surprises.â&#x20AC;? stated, â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a high school student However, Kahn said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of \RX PD\ VD\ Âś7XLWLRQ ZHQW IURP the collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top concerns is to $19,000 to $22,000 in one year, what make sure that the students are are they going to do after that?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; It completely aware of the cost of is hard competitively because other their education and that they fully institutions are recruiting students understand the terms before they because they offer a lower price enroll or apply for a loan.â&#x20AC;?

SRLQW ,W LV YHU\ KDUG WR H[SODLQ WR Lovell added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know that the students and family. Because it is cost [of college] has gone up at least not a standard structure, it is very Ă&#x20AC;YH SHUFHQW EXW , DOVR NQRZ WKDW P\ hard to implement and be success- SD\FKHFN KDV QRW JRQH XS Ă&#x20AC;YH SHUful.â&#x20AC;? cent.â&#x20AC;?

However, there are cases in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Increases in tuition are somewhich families would rather know thing that concern a lot. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want more about tuition plans prior to to enroll in college and then have to their childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s enrollment in col- drop out or transfer because I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t OHJH (ODLQH /RYHOO IURP :HDUH DIIRUG VFKRRO H[SHQVHV DQ\ PRUH Âľ N.H., has put three kids through Jonas concluded. college, none of whom attend a colOHJH WKDW RIIHUHG Ă&#x20AC;[HG WXLWLRQ SODQV Karina Barriga Albring can be conShe stated she would like more col- tacted at kbarriga@keene-equinox.com leges to implement these measures.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is scary to know that people can be armed because you never know when someone is disturbed. They can look perfectly normal but have any type of mental problem.â&#x20AC;?

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junior Athena Arrindell stated. :KLOH LQ :DVKLQJWRQ ' & WKH GHEDWH RQ gun issues gains a stronger political tone each day, students in Keene have simpler reasons IRU ZRUU\LQJ DERXW Ă&#x20AC;UHDUPV â&#x20AC;&#x153;Being in a college campus, I feel very concerned. It has became so common to hear about shooting in schools. It is scary,â&#x20AC;? McCarthy said.

Ruble referred to gun issues as a subject that â&#x20AC;&#x153;everyone is concerned aboutâ&#x20AC;? and CHARLIE NYE / ASSOCIATED PRESS HQFRXUDJHG JRYHUQPHQW RIĂ&#x20AC;FLDOV WR DFW RQ LW About 75 adults and children turned out for a gun control rally in Dr. Martin Luther diligently.

King Jr. Park at 17th and Broadway Streets in Indianapolis, Ind. on Saturday, April 13, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because of the increase we have seen in 2013.

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VHOI D SROLFHPDQ LV QRW JRLQJ WR EH WKHUH WR Karina Barriga Albring can be contacted at Parnes indicated he believes some guns defend you,â&#x20AC;? Steere said. kbarriga@keene-equinox.com are â&#x20AC;&#x153;acceptableâ&#x20AC;? for protection. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But the most For other students, protection is not an \RX QHHG WR GHIHQG \RXUVHOI LV D SLVWRO <RX issue related to gun ownership. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t own anything more powerful than it is correct to need a gun in order to feel safe,â&#x20AC;?

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KSC students from various athletic teams as well as Greek Life organizations join other community members to pick up trash from differents areas during Green up Keene. This event is sponsored by the city of Keene and the office of Community Service at KSC.

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and Keene State College Education Association July 1, 2009 -- June 30, 2011, it states that â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eligibility for sabbaticals shall be upon completion of six [6] full years of full-time service in the rank of instructor or above, not including time spent on previous leaves without salary.â&#x20AC;?

The article also stated that sabbaticals are not to be used as a form of self-indulgence but to â&#x20AC;&#x153;contribute to the development of the faculty member in relation to his/her capacity at the college.â&#x20AC;?

An applicable professor must send an application to the committee for his or her desired sabbatical leave.

That professor must construct a proposal about why he or she is applying for a sabbatical, what he or she intends to do while on sabbatical and where he or she LQWHQGV WR JR 7KLV ZLOO WKHQ EH UHYLHZHG E\ Ă&#x20AC;YH WR VL[ committee members.

The committee then reviews and prioritizes the applications and then makes its advisory recommendations to the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Interim Pro-

â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is our community,â&#x20AC;? Hardisty said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We all have to look at this every day, and it represents us. Students walk these streets and so Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure part of the trash is theirs so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s our responsibility to go out there and pick some of it up.â&#x20AC;?

Rey Rodriguez, a freshman, added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pick it up are we just going to wait for someone else to pick it up?â&#x20AC;?

Eco-Reps from KSC dedicated four hours of their time Saturday morning VWDIĂ&#x20AC;QJ D WDEOH RXWVLGH RI WKH <RXQJ Student Center where students could sign in, receive trash bags and gloves, and be dispatched to the areas of Keene that still needed to be picked up.

Samantha Gaudette, an Eco-Rep and KSC sophomore, explained, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our general mission on campus as Eco-Reps is to promote sustainability through various programs in the dorm rooms and the common areas and we try to eduFDWH RXU SHHUV RQ WKH EHQHĂ&#x20AC;WV RI UHF\cling and being sustainable and getting involved in your community. So this is one of the things that lines right up with our values and our mission here at Keene State [College].â&#x20AC;?

Student participation was aided this year by professors at KSC. According to Swope, students in many science courses were asked to participate in Green Up Keene as a part of â&#x20AC;&#x153;No Impact Week,â&#x20AC;? in which the students attempted to make nothing but positive impacts on the environment for one full week.

Julia Janson and John Remmetter were picking their way down Emerald Court on Saturday as a part of their Principles in Sustainability course at KSC. Janson, a junior at KSC, said their original date for clean-up ALBRING/ NEWS EDITOR was April 6, so many of them had already participated but â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think some of us decided to come back just because we enjoy being out here.

We love the feel that some of the passerbys give us. We actually have people roll down their windows and say thank you, good job. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really motivating.â&#x20AC;?

Jessica Gagne Cloutier, community service coordinator for KSC, spoke of

the importance of college students participating in an event like Green Up Keene. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think sometimes itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy to think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re Keene State [College] and then thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Keene. But weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re so connected. So to have our students going out and helping to beautify the areas that they use, that they live in, I think is really really important. It shows thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s certainly camaraderie with the city that is so welcoming to us and all of our students.â&#x20AC;?

Riley admitted that student participation numbers were hard to gauge as not all students would sign in and some might pick up a trash bag from other places. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very hopeful about this year because I think more people know about it,â&#x20AC;? Riley said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think the city has done a better job of coordinating it and so have we in terms of spreading the word. So Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very hopeful that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to have more than ever.â&#x20AC;?

Marketing for Green Up Keene this year included a banner in the Young Student Center, tweets from the comPXQLW\ VHUYLFH RIĂ&#x20AC;FH DW .6& H PDLOV WR the entire campus, messages on MyKSC, posters across campus and the city marketing campaign.

While all of these things will help, Cloutier said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more successful is student to student conversations. If one studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m doing that, you should come,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s much more powerful than walking by a EDQQHU WKDW¡V EHHQ XS IRU Ă&#x20AC;YH GD\V Âľ Several local businesses were eager to join the initiative. Swope himself sported a Green Up Keene t-shirt, donated by The Mountain Corporation IRU WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW YROXQWHHUV 7KH :RUNV Bakery and CafĂŠ contributed coffee and bagels.

Local convenience stores--including Jakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Five Star Deli, Beaver Street Market and High Street Market--distributed trash bags and displayed signs encouraging their customers to clean up their neighborhoods.

Swope said that a few areas were being picked up by local churches and a handful of businesses in Keene--including C&S Wholesalers, Findings Inc., and Whitney Brothers--actually gave their employees time out of the work week to go out and pick up trash.

Cloutier summed up this sense of community perfectly, saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s such a nice event in terms of the entire community coming together for one kind of shared purpose, to do something thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s JRLQJ WR EHQHĂ&#x20AC;W DOO RI XV DQG NHHS RXU city looking welcoming and clean and sparkling as we go into the summer and see guest visitors coming and new folks coming to Keene State [College]. So I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a really valuable event for all of us.â&#x20AC;?

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STUDENT ASSEMBLY Master Plan proposals will be presented in a survey KARINA BARRIGA ALBRING

NEWS EDITOR - Vice President for Finance and Planning Karen House, Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs Paul Striffolino, and junior and student representative in the Master Plan Committee Aaron Testa presented three proposals from the master planner company hired by the college.

- The options will be presented to the student body through My KSC in a survey.

- â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to get as much input as possible. We want the students to be involved in this process,â&#x20AC;? Testa said.

-â&#x20AC;&#x153;We know learning not only happens inside the classroom. We want to make sure that we are giving students indoor and outdoor spaces that are functional and that meet their needs,â&#x20AC;?

House said.

- Some of the renovations included building residential halls in various locations, illuminating the path to the -R\FH $WKOHWLF Ă&#x20AC;HOGV UHQRvating the Media Art Center, relocating parking lots and creating more green spaces for students.

- The committee is looking at the possibility of building a new Health and Wellness Center a few blocks away from Appian Way. House said several locations were evaluated â&#x20AC;&#x153;We received a donation of a piece of land to build the center,â&#x20AC;? House added.

- The main goals of the master plan are promoting academic excellence, enhancing community engagement and increasing institutional effectiveness, according to House.

Karina Barriga Albring can be contacted at kbarriga@keene-equinox. com

vost Dr. Melinda Treadwell.

Treadwell stated that, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every six years professors are eligible but not all [are] approved.â&#x20AC;?

Treadwell went on to explain that KSC professors who are interested in applying for a sabbatical need to choose where they want to have their sabbatical, whether it be somewhere across the globe or right in New England; there are no limitations.

However, Treadwell stated that if the professor wants the sabbatical to be somewhere across the globe he must have â&#x20AC;&#x153;connections.â&#x20AC;?

Treadwell explained that sabbaticals intend to â&#x20AC;&#x153;improve curriculum and deepen practice.â&#x20AC;?

Sabbatical leaves help professors stay refreshed and keep their practice and work up to date. Not only are they helping others when teaching across the globe but also the valuable teachings and experience they learn while on sabbatical is brought back to their classrooms at KSC as well.

Angela Scionti can be contacted at ascionti@keene-equinox.com

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sabbaticals improve curriculum and deepen practice [...] Every six years professors are eligible but not all [are] approved.â&#x20AC;?

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am looking forward to the carnival because it is a different event and I love the rides.â&#x20AC;?

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From this tragedy will come hope and healing

As a nation and as a part of New England, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve experienced the rollercoaster of emotions involved with tragedyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; from shock, to disbelief, anger, confusion and back again.

As of press time, three lives were lost Monday in the bombings at the Boston Marathon, and 176 people were wounded.

These numbers continue to grow. What was once one of the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oldest and most prestigious athletic events, a day of glory, of encouragement, and of accomplishment, has now turned into a tragic moment not to be forgotten.

Just as the wounds suffered by the injured spectators and athletes begin to mend, so must our optimism and our faith in humanity.

Instantly, the outpouring of love and support from individuals all over the country proves that no matter how much separates us, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all still connected in the same ways. The attack wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just an attack on the city of Boston, on the participants in the race or the spectators. People from all over the world descended on Boston to compete and show support to some incredible athletes. It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t an attack on one person, it was an attack on all of us, not just Americans, but human beings across the globe.

The word â&#x20AC;&#x153;terrorismâ&#x20AC;? evokes powerful, stirring emotions in Americans. However, we must be careful not to SRLQW Ă&#x20AC;QJHUV DQG EODPH RWKHUV WRR TXLFNO\ ,W LV HDV\ WR spew hatred for the person or people who we think perpetrated this act, and it is all too easy to let our rage consume us. The same questions always come to mind: who would do this? Why did they want to hurt so many people? The question we can answer is who is there to help us heal.

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The passive inhumanity inside the walls of a dog kennel

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Alec Ravana is a 19 year old who works at a pretty popular dog kennel in Sandy Hook, Conn. Though he admits he is not sure if the kennel is a representation of all facilities of the sort, it is overall fairly average.

After Ravana checks in a dog, he will bring them into the back and escort them to a concrete room about four feet by six feet big with an open ceiling. The room, or as Ravana put it, cell, includes a cot and feeding bowls.

Throughout the day, each dog is taken out four times for about ten minutes at a time to urinate and stretch, and whatnot. They spend the rest of their dog day in their designated room. For additional services, one can pay for their dog to go swimming in a pond, or as Ravana said, pay $2 for him to throw a ball around for the dog for ten minutes. The dogs can look at each other, but for liability reasons, cannot interact.

When I asked Ravana what he liked about his job, he stated, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like making the dogs happy since their owners decided to abandon them.â&#x20AC;? I DVNHG KLP LI WKDW ZDV D MXVWLĂ&#x20AC;FDWLRQ +H VDLG \HV KH KDWHV KLV MRE Owning an animal is a large responsibility. Students are at a time in their lives when many are considering adopting animal friends. Therefore, it is extremely important for someone wishing to adopt to consider the long term responsibilities that accompany owning a pet, especially at the age when one is not yet settled into a permanent home.

It is true that Milo and Otis do not travel as easily as their owners, but there are alternative options to kennels. Would you ever leave a child in the above conditions? Obviously children are more high maintenance than a dog, but that clearly does not mean they should have to squander in such

conditions. I am not arguing kennels are actively cruel, but they are undeniably inhumane in a passive manner. Equality is not just about treating others the way you would want to be treated, but also about treating others the way they would want to be treated. Notice I say others. I seriously doubt a person or a dog would willingly choose to be handled as thus.

Ravana told me one of the more common reasons a person will bring a dog to a kennel is because they are having people over and they need the dog â&#x20AC;&#x153;put awayâ&#x20AC;? for a few hours. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It confuses me really. A dog, or pet, is supposed to be a part of the family. Why would you hide a member of your family from your guests?â&#x20AC;?

An animal is not a material object. It is a living, breathing creature whose only obligation is to diligently love their owners. That being said, why would you put your friend in a concrete cell while you go have fun?

Certainly there are journeys to be endeavored in which a pet cannot accompany their master. However, there are kinder alternatives to kenneling a pet, such as hiring a pet sitter or having them stay at a friendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s house.

The kennel Ravana works at is highly recommended among the local community and is in no way an exception. It is the overall concept of a kennel that is cruel. Ravana chose to end with the following: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nine out of ten people I encounter do not know how to own a dog, and the tenth person is still stupid enough to bring their dog to a kennel.â&#x20AC;?

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We all want to walk with the dead We are seeing zombies everywhere these days. And Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not talking about people in cubicles grinding out an eight-hour work day while groaning â&#x20AC;&#x153;coffeeee.â&#x20AC;? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m WDONLQJ DERXW URWWLQJ Ă HD ULGGHQ corpses, bones cracking and popping, skin peeling like paper mache, rising from their much too shallow graves groaning â&#x20AC;&#x153;braaaiins.â&#x20AC;? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m talking about zombies.

Having just wrapped up its third season, the zombie-based television series â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Walking Deadâ&#x20AC;? currently holds the crown as AMCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highest rated show, breaking new UHFRUGV ZLWK HYHU\ Ă&#x20AC;QDOH $OO DFURVV the country, a zombie themed 5K called Run for Your Lives continues to grow in popularity, now boasting over 20 locations for its 2013 tour.

Zombie walks, in which the public is encouraged to gather, dress as zombies, and make their way around city streets and public places, have become more and more frequent. :K\ GR ZH ORYH WKHVH Ă HVK HDWing creatures so much? Based on the description above they sound repulsive. What sane person would want WR Ă&#x20AC;JKW VXFK D FUHDWXUH OHW DORQH EH one?

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll admit, this question has been posed before and there are several theories that might explain our obsession with the undead. Many argue that zombies represent everything that we are afraid of but feel helpless to do anything about, that they give us an outlet for facing those fears. Still others would have us believe that zombies represent our rampant consumerism. Or that the zombie apocalypse can provide us with a more honest, albeit over the top, assessment of the world we live in.

These are all great arguments and none of them are wrong. But I think people often miss the most important thing about zombies.

Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just fun. If you want to kill werewolves youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll need some silver bullets and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d better know what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing. Hunting vampires? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still going to take a wooden stake to WKH KHDUW RU VRPH VXQOLJKW WR Ă&#x20AC;QLVK the job. In most stories hunting vampires or werewolves is not an occupation you just sort of fall into. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a destiny or a calling.

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But zombies? Pick up anything from a weed-whacker to a two-byfour with a nail sticking out of it and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in the zombie-killing business. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not about skill; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about style. Slaying zombies is a messy, blue collar job that any one of us could take part in. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all the fun of monster killing without the rigorous years of training. That is whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great about the zombie genre. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all about possibilities with very few

limitations. Zombies can be fast and WHUULI\LQJ DV WKH\ ZHUH LQ WKH Ă&#x20AC;OP â&#x20AC;&#x153;28 Days Later,â&#x20AC;? or they can be slow shambling hordes as in â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Walking Dead.â&#x20AC;? This allows them to be scary or hilarious. Sometimes both.

With zombies, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something for everyone.

And the best part? The fun never ends. Take Humans vs Zombies for example. This is a massive game of tag invented in 2005 at Goucher

College that is now played on campuses all over the country. Students here at Keene State College organize its own annual game of Humans vs Zombies that is free to play and open to the entire campus. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Humanâ&#x20AC;? players are armed with Nerf guns, which they use to fend off the â&#x20AC;&#x153;zombieâ&#x20AC;? players. If human players are tagged by the zombie players, they continue playing the game except now they are operating

as zombies.

Zombies are one of the only horror creatures that offer this unique system where you can be tagged or â&#x20AC;&#x153;killedâ&#x20AC;? but the adventure doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t end. All that has changed is your objective and possibly your DSSHWLWH IRU ZDUP Ă HVK\ EUDLQV And whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more fun than hunting down your friends and â&#x20AC;&#x153;infectingâ&#x20AC;? them too? Like a virus loosed on the world by a careless government

research lab, the zombie craze has enjoyed a steady rise in popularity for over a decade now. When this rise will reach its peak is anyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s guess but as long as it continues to be so much fun to watch zombies, kill zombies and be zombies, these Ă HVK HDWLQJ VWDONHUV RI WKH QLJKW will never disappear.

Zach Pearson can be contacted at zpearson@keene-equinox.com

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Central Park Five:â&#x20AC;&#x2122; see the movie, then act â&#x20AC;&#x153;Agitate, agitate, agitate,â&#x20AC;? were Ken Burnsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; parting words as he left the crowded Colonial Theatre.

These words were a call to action during a question and answer session after the premiere of his new movie. For me, the injustice highlighted in the movie did agitate me.

Every once in awhile you will Ă&#x20AC;QG DQ LVVXH WKDW PRYHV \RX RXW of pure frustration. Watching Ken %XUQV¡ QHZ Ă&#x20AC;OP ´&HQWUDO 3DUN Five,â&#x20AC;? is one of those movies. If you had any little faith in the American justice system, it will be completely destroyed after this movie.

For those of you who didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t read last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s article in The Equinox, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Central Park Fiveâ&#x20AC;? is about Ă&#x20AC;YH EODFN DQG ODWLQR WHHQDJHUV -Yussef Salem, Raymond Santana, Korey Wise, Antron McCray--from Harlem who were wrongly accused of raping and brutally beating a white woman in Central Park in 1989. Though there was no evidence to convict these children, they were picked up because of their race.

7KLV Ă&#x20AC;OP LV WURXEOLQJ RQ PDQ\ levels because it shows a number of things that need to be addressed.

One of these things is that people and children, especially those who are poor, need to be educated on WKHLU ULJKWV 7KH Ă&#x20AC;OP VKRZHG KRZ WKH SROLFH RIĂ&#x20AC;FHUV IRUFHG WKH WHHQagers to lie on paper and admit that they raped the woman even though they barely even knew each other.

The whole time watching the scenes with the kids or their parents trying to get their kids one lesson was, â&#x20AC;&#x153;If only they knew their rights. If only they knew what they could or could not get away with.

If only they knew that the police can legally lie to you.â&#x20AC;? The children were picked up at various times for no other reason than being around the park.

They had no idea about habeas corpus, which is after a while the cops have a legal right to tell you what they are arresting you for. The kids and the parents were inter-

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rogated without a lawyer because they had no one to tell them to not speak to police if there is no lawyer. No one ever taught them their rights. They couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford a good lawyer. They were lower-middle class, mild mannered kids from good homes. The kids and their parents were manipulated by the NYPD because they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know their rights.

Another troubling detail was the media coverage of the crime. When the news broke that a white woman was raped and beaten into a coma at Central Park, a place the former mayor Ed Koch said was considered â&#x20AC;&#x153;sacred,â&#x20AC;? the city became outraged. After NYPD arrested these Ă&#x20AC;YH WHHQDJHUV DQG ZHQW SXEOLF WR the press.

The New York City press, such as The Daily News and The New <RUN 3RVW FUXFLĂ&#x20AC;HG WKHVH NLGV 7KH media framed their rhetoric to make out the kids as monsters, even subhuman. The phrase â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wildinâ&#x20AC;? was used to describe the act of a bunch of poor kids attacking people. The media applied this term when it came to the Central Park case.

The troubling aspect wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t only the racial connotations in their rhetoric, but the fact the media PDGH LW VR EHOLHYDEOH WKDW WKHVH Ă&#x20AC;YH children were the perpetrators. If I lived in New York at the time, I probably wouldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve assumed they did it too by looking at the headlines.

The last thing that was troubling is that the New York City criminal justice system and the NYPD never apologized for their misjustice. $IWHU WKH Ă&#x20AC;YH PHQ ZHUH H[RQHUDWHG once the real rapist came forward in prison, the NYPD and the prosecutors of the case had nothing to say. The NYPD didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t apologize for lying to the boys and forcing them to confess to something they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do. The prosecutors never owned up to convicting innocent teenagers without a shred of DNA evidence. Their lives were ruined for

nothing, and they couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even get a moment of remorse from the institutions that tried to destroy them.

After watching the movie, I was enraged. Seeing an injustice like that unfold is upsetting. I always wonder after seeing such a deep movie or becoming exposed to an ill in society what I can do to help. &XUUHQWO\ WKH Ă&#x20AC;YH PHQ DUH VXLQJ the city of New York and the NYPD IRU GDPDJHV GRQH 7KH Ă&#x20AC;UVW VXLW was brought about by three of the Ă&#x20AC;YH 0F&UD\ 5LFKDUGVRQ DQG 6DQatana, in 2003. The city still hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t resolved it.

Anyone who knows of this case or learned of this case can help here.

If you go to NYC.gov, you can write a message to Mayor Michael Bloomberg stating how you feel about the FDVH DQG WKDW WKH Ă&#x20AC;YH VKRXOG EH given their reparations for the irreconcilable damages done.

You can even write a letter to Mr. Bloombergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s address at Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, City Hall, New York, New York if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not about the whole â&#x20AC;&#x153;technologyâ&#x20AC;? thing.

While youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re at it, tell him to end the NYPD policy called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stop and frisk,â&#x20AC;? which is the largest racial SURĂ&#x20AC;OLQJ WDFWLF XVHG WRGD\ DV ZHOO as an assault on civil liberties, the VDPH OLEHUWLHV GHQLHG WR WKHVH Ă&#x20AC;YH This is crucial to act on because we need to start holding the broken institutions in this country more accountable. You could be the same victim of these draconian, discriminatory policies practiced by police departments such as New York because at the end of the day, this is war to eliminate those without a voice.

Anyone could have been the Central Park Five, or the West Memphis Three, or a victim of the war on drugs. By writing a simple note, you can help put a period on these injustices.

Brian Rabadeau can be contacted at brabadeau@keene-equinox.com

Debating passion and practicality on the quest for a job :H¡UH DOO WU\LQJ WR Ă&#x20AC;JXUH RXW ZKDW ZH¡UH GRLQJ LQ life. Like the children that we are, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re sitting in front of a table with three shaped holes in it: a square, a triangle and a star.

Twenty-one year olds are the proverbial infants of the adult world. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re stupid, they smell bad and tend to throw up on themselves. And not everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on the same level. Some people are eons ahead, while RWKHUV DUH VWLOO WU\LQJ WR Ă&#x20AC;W WKH ÂśZKDW DP , GRLQJ ZLWK P\ OLIH¡ SHJ LQWR WKH ÂśZKDW GR , ZDQW WR GR ZLWK P\ lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; hole. $QG LW¡V D GLIĂ&#x20AC;FXOW EDODQFH WR Ă&#x20AC;JXUH RXW ,W¡V WKH SDUDdigm of passion vs. practicality. Who else wanted to be a rock star? Astronaut? Business tycoon, video game tester, stuntman, the star quarterback. How many GUHDPV KDYH EHHQ JLYHQ XS LQ WKH SXUVXLW RI D ÂśUHDO career?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Unfortunately, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re being forced to choose.

How likely is it that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be one of the 20-some actors and actresses that grace the silver screen a dozen times a year? Or we could go into sales and end up in a cubicle bucking for minimal promotions. Naturally, those DUH WKH H[WUHPHV EXW WKH FRPSURPLVHV ZH Ă&#x20AC;QG RXUselves making tend to add up.

Who doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t love a good example? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll volunteer.

I love writing creatively. Some people can doodle, monochromatic murals splaying across blue-lined paper, as a teacherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s words go in one ear and out the other, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not one of them. I doodled, but with words scrawled in the corners of my notebook. Face close to the paper, in a quiet room, a clock the metronome to the melodies of scratching pencils, but on my paper, another story would play out.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve known. But am I going to write the next â&#x20AC;&#x153;Harry Potterâ&#x20AC;?? Probably not. Everything has been telling me that you need to go to college, need to get the diploma, need to have that respectable something that ensures that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be able to get a job

somewhere. Everything tells us that you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just say â&#x20AC;&#x153;screw it,â&#x20AC;? move to New York and become a writer. So what do I do? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s another choice, another compromise WR EH PDGH IROORZLQJ D GHJUHH LQ ZULWLQJ RU Ă&#x20AC;QGLQJ something that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be more likely to survive off of. Sure I could, theoretically, end up writing the next â&#x20AC;&#x153;Harry Potter,â&#x20AC;? but in reality itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s much more likely Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to end up editing some sitcom for ABC Family from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d rather be the respectable something.

So I found something else. I decided to major in journalism. Journalism involved writing and was a bit more substantial. But it was still compromise. A step in a new direction, a new door open, a new challenge.

This whole journalistic spin on writing was a totally foreign concept to me when I started. I revel in description, lollygag in metaphor, and the tight, straightforward style required for news writing I initially found constricting. But it was challenging, it was interesting, it was new. I found that this argument, this dialogue between passion vs. practicality, presented two options that werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mutually exclusive. The compromise led me to something that I had a real interest in.

The argument of passion vs. practicality isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t black and white. If you never make a compromise, never back down from the stage or the canvas, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still very much up to luck. How likely is it? And that translates WR KRZ KDSS\ DUH \RX" /LNHZLVH LI \RX WDNH WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW pencil pusher job you get, forget anything youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever wanted to do, is that security really worth it? Dedication to one or the other, circuitously end up at the same location. Success and happiness are in the middle of the circle, unattainable through the peripheries, only accessible through turns on the roads of both passion and practicality.

Augustus Stahl can be contacted at astahl@keene-equinox.com

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In Vol. 65, Issue 22 of The Equinox, Alexa Stanley was misidentified as Ginelle Campbell in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Keene community shines spotlight on marriage equalityâ&#x20AC;? story on A1. The Equinox apologizes for this error.

In Vol. 65, Issue 23 of The Equinox, Paul Striffolino was identified incorrectly as the Vice President of Student Affairs in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Twitter Takes Over #KSCâ&#x20AC;? story on A10. Striffolino is the assistant vice president of student affairs. Also, his last name was misspelled in the pull quote on A10. The Equinox apologizes for the error.

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Visiting the European wonders, student says Florence, Italy â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;stays number oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

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Junior Shannon Flynn is studying abroad in Florence, Italy. Flynn has spent time traveling Europe, visiting Prague, Berlin and Paris, to name a few.

Junior packs bag and travels Europe but leaves heart behind in Italia

Shannon Flynn, Florence, Italy I had an interest in studying abroad. It was one of the reasons why I chose Keene State College. If I hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, this opportunity may not have even been a possibility. I did not really start thinking about going abroad until last spring when some members of the Global Education 2IĂ&#x20AC;FH VSRNH WR P\ 3XEOLF 6SHDNLQJ class. I did not realize how many study away options Keene offered.

Everywhere sounded interesting to me. By the summer, when I started Ă&#x20AC;OOLQJ RXW WKH DSSOLFDWLRQ , ZDV DEOH to narrow it down to two places.

Now the big question was do I travel to Australia the following spring or do I travel to Italy?

Ultimately I decided to study in Florence, Italy. Some reasons I chose Italy over Australia were because it was more affordable than Australia in the long run, my roommate was going to join me in Italy, and I wanted to experience a completely different culture.

However, the biggest deciding factor for me was that I could travel to many different cities and countries if I studied abroad Italy. By the end of this semester I will have traveled to nine different countries. :HOO WHQ LI , FRXQW Ă \LQJ LQ DQG RXW of Ireland.

7KH Ă&#x20AC;UVW WULS P\ URRPPDWHV DQG I took out of Italy was to Barcelona, Spain. After studying Spanish for several years, Spain became one of the top destinations I wanted to see while I was abroad. Not only was this one of the least expensive trips I made, but I was also able to meet up

with two of my closest friends from Keene who are currently studying in Seville, Spain, which made the trip more fun. We spent most of our Ă&#x20AC;UVW GD\ ZDQGHULQJ WKH FLW\ WU\LQJ to get a feel for it.

Our second day in Barcelona, we visited La Sagrada Familia, which has to be one of the craziest looking churches I have ever seen. Later that day, we took a gondola to the top of a hill, which gave you a perfect view of Barcelona.

You could see everything. Our Ă&#x20AC;QDO GD\ ZDV VSHQW DW 3DUTXH *XHOO This park was nothing like I had ever seen before.

If it were up to me I couldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve explored its trails the whole trip. We Ă&#x20AC;QLVKHG RII RXU Ă&#x20AC;QDO KRXUV LQ %DUcelona at the beach, which was the perfect end to the trip.

I did hit a few speed bumps, though. For one, I did not get to practice my Spanish-speaking skills seeing as they speak Catalan, a dialect, in Barcelona. Also, I had my debit card eaten by an ATM. I have to say Barcelona has to be one of the most unique places I have visited thus far.

The next exploration I took out of Italy was a ten-day bus trip through the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Northern Loopâ&#x20AC;? of Europe.

The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Northern Loopâ&#x20AC;? led us to 3UDJXH %HUOLQ $PVWHUGDP DQG 3DULV $OWKRXJK , VSHQW D ORW RI WLPH traveling on the bus, the trip was well worth it.

There is no way I would have chosen all those cities or been able to get there myself.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Despite how beautiful and amazing all these cities are I have mentioned, Florence will always be number one in my eyes.â&#x20AC;?

-­SHANNON FLYNN KSC JUNIOR

everything in hundreds, so I was KDYLQJ WURXEOH Ă&#x20AC;JXULQJ RXW ZKDW the U.S. dollar price would be. My IDYRULWH SDUW RI 3UDJXH ZDV YLVLWLQJ the John Lennon Wall. It was colorful and had a lot of beautiful quotes written on it. Like most of its visitors, I left my mark by writing my name on the wall.

Our next stop was in Berlin, Germany. This was our shortest stay.

We were only given a day here but I was able to see everything I wanted to. During the day I visited Sachsenhausen, a concentration camp located right outside of the city. This was one of the most moving moments of my life. You always hear stories and learn about the Holocaust in history class, but VHHLQJ D SDUW RI LW Ă&#x20AC;UVWKDQG PDNHV LW so much more real.

Once I returned to the city that evening, my roommates and I visited the Berlin Wall. The Eastside Gallery was absolutely stunning.

Overall, Berlin was such a memorable place for me because although it was very modern on the outside, there is so much history that goes along with it.

Next we traveled to Amsterdam, Netherlands. So far, this has hands down been my favorite city I have visited. The funny part is I never would have picked Amsterdam as a city to visit, but I am so glad I got the opportunity to. The Anne Frank House is located in Amsterdam, which I had the chance to visit. Like Sachsenhausen, this was incredible to see.

What I liked most about Amsterdam was the fact that it is so different from any other place I had been.

The government actually listens to the voice of its people. If the citizens do not agree with something they protest and the government listens to them. Also, prostitution is legal in the Netherlands. In Amsterdam there is a section called the â&#x20AC;&#x153;red light districtâ&#x20AC;? where all the prostitutes reside and greet their clients. I can easily say I will never witness something like that again. Amsterdam was also extremely beautiful with its canals running throughout the city and its Dutch architecture.

2XU Ă&#x20AC;QDO VWRS DQG WKH RQH , ZDV WKH PRVW H[FLWHG IRU ZDV 3DULV 3DULV was the number one place I had to see when I was in Europe, and it GHĂ&#x20AC;QLWHO\ PHW P\ KLJK H[SHFWDWLRQV It was a lot larger than I anticipated, but it was everything I imagined it would be. :KLOH LQ 3DULV , ZDV DEOH WR VHH the Arc de Triomphe, the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre. Seeing the Eiffel Tower was a dream come true.

I was able to eat a picnic lunch on the grass next to it, and then climb WR WKH WRS WR VHH DOO RI 3DULV $W night, my roommates and I visited the tower again and watched it perform its light show while enjoying a crepe.

The next morning we visited the Louvre, which was huge. When someone tells you that you would need a month to go through the whole place, they are not kidding. I was only able to see the Mona Lisa and two other exhibits while I was there.

Besides having all these wellNQRZQ SLHFHV RI DUFKLWHFWXUH 3DULV is also known for its food. I decided to be brave and try escargot, which

turned out to be quite good. To me it tasted like oysters with a garlic SHVWR VDXFH , ZRXOG GHĂ&#x20AC;QLWHO\ UHFommend them. My long ten-day journey through the northern part of Europe came to a quick end, but three days later I was off again.

I headed back to France, but this time I was heading to the South of France.

I spent last weekend in the )UHQFK 5LYLHUD ,W ZDV WKH PRVW beautiful and relaxing trip I have taken. Just the six hour ride was beautiful in itself.

No matter where you are in the )UHQFK 5LYLHUD WKHUH ZLOO DOZD\V EH a beautiful view of the coast with its bright blue ocean and colorful houses that line the mountains. My days were spent lying on the beach soaking up the sun, and my nights were spent exploring the town. I also was able to gamble at arguably the most well-known casino in the world, the Monte Carlo Casino.

If someday I have enough money, I would buy a home here, but that is a long shot.

So far, that is all the traveling I have done outside of Italy. I do have two more trips planned for the next month I will be here. I am going to travel both to Croatia and England in the upcoming weeks. I have also done quite a bit of traveling through ,WDO\ , KDYH YLVLWHG 9HQLFH 5RPH 3UDWR DQG 2UYLHWR I still have to make my trips to 3LVD DQG 1DSOHV RQFH P\ IDPLO\ arrives for their visit. Despite how beautiful and amazing all these cities are I have mentioned, Florence will always be number one in my eyes.

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She added that a student survivor, Christy Nguyen, is SDUW RI WKH 5HOD\ )RU /LIH &RPmittee.

Nguyen explained that she was diagnosed with stage two Hodgkinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lymphoma at 16.

Nguyen participated in her Ă&#x20AC;UVW UHOD\ LQ 1DVKXD 1 + %\ participating in such a huge event, Nguyen said that was when she realized that there were other people like her. ´5HJDUGOHVV LI WKH\¡UH \RXQJ or old, we all have similar stories,â&#x20AC;? Nguyen said. Nguyen FRQWLQXHG WR VD\ KRZ 5HOD\ IRU Life at KSC became a coping mechanism for her, both for her struggle and from losing loved ones to cancer.

Another KSC survivor who walked the track on Friday was Sarah Baker.

Baker said that she was diagnosed with Hodgkinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lymphoma in January 2012. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was cleared July 17 [2012], so it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t too long and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been nine months cancer free,â&#x20AC;?

Baker said. %DNHU SDUWLFLSDWHG LQ 5HOD\ For Life at KSC her sophomore year, before she was diagnosed with cancer, and she participated again this spring. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just want there to be a cure.

I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want anyone to ever have to hear the words, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;you have cancer,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Baker said.

The second part of relay is to remember with the Luminaria ceremony. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is my twelfth year of relay Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been through, and even more than that Luminaria ceremonies, and I cry every single time and every single time itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good thing,â&#x20AC;? Lazinsk continued to say that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a time to pause to remember and honor loved ones.

7KH Ă&#x20AC;JKW EDFN FHUHPRQ\ LV WKH Ă&#x20AC;QDO SDUW RI 5HOD\ )RU /LIH Lazkinsk said that this part of the night is dedicated to working harder to raise money, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not happy where we are--yes, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great but we can do better,â&#x20AC;? Lazinsk said.

KSC had 32 teams and 364 SDUWLFLSDQWV LQ WKLV \HDU¡V 5HOD\ For Life. They raised a total of $20,801 for the ACS. Lazinsk was the top participant, raising $981 for her team.

The 32 teams created for this \HDU¡V 5HOD\ )RU /LIH UDLVHG KXQdreds and some even thousands of dollars for the cause.

The team who raised the most money was SAC Nation.

Social Activities Council and Owl Nation decided to join their organizations together to create one team, SAC Nation cocaptain Hannah Gawrys said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Originally our goal online was $100 and then we beat it pretty fast and then today we just upped it to $150 and then we beat it and I upped it to $200 and we beat it today so weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re pretty excited,â&#x20AC;? Gawrys said.

SAC Nation ended up raising $2,410. The Athena Nursing club was not far behind SAC Nation, raising a total of $2,240.

Colleen Boyd, co-captain with Alex Morley, said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our goal was to raise $1,000 and we doubled that and I am so enthusiastic about that.â&#x20AC;?

Morley explained how as nursing majors they come across patients who have had cancer and they also have family members and friends, so they see both sides of the spectrum. All participants at relay have that one common reason to be there: knowing someone or being someone who has had cancer.

Senior Elizabeth Behr said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is my fourth year at the Keene relay and I do a relay at home in honor of a friendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father every year because heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been battling this since I was six and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m 21 now so thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 15 years that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been doing that relay.â&#x20AC;?

Lazinsk said that even into the late hours of the event, at 3 or 4 a.m., they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to check to see if anyone is walking, because there are always SHRSOH Ă&#x20AC;JKWLQJ Megan Grenier can be contacted at mgrenier@keene-equinox.com

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Students reap the benefit of college IDs JULIE CONLON

STUDENT LIFE EDITOR There are a lot of things college students can complain about. The stress of class, work and relationships is just the foundation of a breeding ground for arguably legitimate whining. However, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a light at the end of the tunnelâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not graduationâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a small bit of light to KROG RQWR ZKLOH \RX FDQ VWLOO KRQHVWO\ Ă DVK your college I.D. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s student discounts, and more places than you think offer them. In Keene, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Main Street that attracts visitors, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the place for students to bring their visiting parents when they have nothing better to do. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the variety of locallyowned shops and restaurants that keep the downtown going. But how many students take advantage of this small strip?

Surprising to some, few places on Main Street and beyond offer discounts to college students, one of the reasons being most of these places are already fairly inexpensive, easily catering to broke college kids.

Nancy Petrillo owns Lindyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Diner on Gilbo Avenue, just off Main Street. Petrillo said her diner does not offer any special GLVFRXQWV WR VWXGHQWV ZKR Ă DVK KHU DQ I.D. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our prices are already pretty cheap,â&#x20AC;?

Petrillo said.

The owner makes a point: there are few spots downtown that are expensive. Yes, maybe dinner at Fireworks or Michelleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s is not routine, but spots like Lindyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s or Brewbakers are relatively inexpensive. The favored chain Margaritaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s is one of the few stops downtown that caters to students ZLWK :HGQHVGD\ GHDOV VSHFLĂ&#x20AC;FDOO\ IRU WKH KELSEY OSBORN / EQUINOX STAFF college kid looking for a chimichanga and night college kids should venture down. entrĂŠe free.â&#x20AC;? A reason so few places down- one of a kind, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what draws the a strong drink.

Tori Parsons works for Margaritaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s She explained, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s our student town offer a discount could be because crowd. You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect to be given a break in Keene and said Wednesdays are the night. We do buy one entrĂŠe, get another many locations are owned locallyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re everywhere you go. You pay for what you

get. But for larger companies, 10 percent there and 15 percent here isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t such a big deal. The list of places that offer a deal frequently visited by students goes beyond what you might expect.

For example, did you know that at participating locations some of your favorite late night food stops will offer you a 10-20 percent discount if you can sober up fast HQRXJK WR Ă DVK \RXU , ' " Such places include McDonalds, Burger King, Subway, Dairy Queen and Dunkinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Donuts. On a more sophisticated level, Apple and Adobe Software offer student GLVFRXQWV ZLWK VSHFLĂ&#x20AC;F SXUFKDVHV And donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget to inquire about a discount next time youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re feeling really classy and visit a museum or aquarium. Now onto a completely different note: ballgames.

Next time you go to a game, even in the major leagues, show your I.D. Many ballparks offer discounts.

Even movie theaters, local and chains. AMC Theatres does â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cheap Student Thursdays.â&#x20AC;?

Especially tuned to students, many gyms and transportation systems, from train to bus, provide deals. For the shopaholics, there is good news.

The list of clothing stores that offer anywhere from a 10-20 percent. Take a deep breath, hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the list: Ann Taylor, Ann Taylor Loft, Banana Republic, Club Monaco, Charlotte Russe, Madwell, J. Crew, Rugby Ralph Lauren, The Limited, Urban OutĂ&#x20AC;WWHUV DQG -XLF\ &RXWXUH 7KH VWRUHV PHQtioned are certainly not cheap, but whereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the fun if you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t indulge a little now and then? At least now thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an excuse to shop while youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re still in school.

Julie Conlon can be contacted at jconlon@keene-equinox.com

Keene State College communication class takes work into the field MORGAN MARKLEY

SENIOR REPORTER Not all classes at Keene State College are spent sitting in a classroom for an hour and 45 minutes. Some require hands-on projects that make students work outside their usual comfort zone.

Dr. Chitra Akkoor, an assistant professor of communication, is in her second year teaching at KSC and has provided a place for students to experience hands-on learning in her Organizational Communications class.

Akkoor said her reasoning behind offering this course had to do with her previous experience in the communication world.

Akkoor said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;My area is communication and culture, but I also have a Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in organizational communication, so I decided to offer a course in that because I thought it would be very relevant, thinking most of them [students] are seniors who are going out on the job market and things like that.â&#x20AC;? She also added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We [faculty] pick the course based on research interests, teaching interests, things that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve specialized in.â&#x20AC;?

Akkoor said the course focuses mainly on, â&#x20AC;&#x153;OrgaQL]DWLRQDO FRPPXQLFDWLRQ ORRNLQJ VSHFLĂ&#x20AC;FDOO\ DW FRPmunication with an organization and so we draw from major theories of organizations like leadership, management theories, different perspectives, organizational culture.â&#x20AC;? Akkoor said that this experience for her was new and a different style of teaching. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This time I tried something differentâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;in the past what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve just done is given them [students] the assignment where they can pick any organization and then they can go and do some interviews and do observations and things like that and then write a paper. This time I thought, well I want to do something different because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heard at

KSC thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of enthusiasm for service learning,â&#x20AC;? the professor said. This semester students in Akkoorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s class, which consisted of 25 students, received the opportunity to leave the KSC community and work with organizations. The six organizations that Akkoorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s class worked with were the City of Keene Human Resources, &LW\ &OHUNV 2IĂ&#x20AC;FH .HHQH 3DUNV DQG 5HFUHDWLRQ 6WRQHwall Farm, Edible Arrangements and the Keene Public Library. Akkoor said she thought the hands-on experience would be good for her students.

Senior Jason Abisch said he worked with the Human Resources Department of Keene and said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, â&#x20AC;&#x153;always been interested in the way organizations run and communicate.â&#x20AC;? Abisch said this experience was great, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I GHĂ&#x20AC;QLWHO\ WRRN DZD\ WKDW LW¡V VRPHWKLQJ , ZRXOG ZDQW WR SXUVXH P\ FDUHHU LQ DQG LW¡V D ORW PRUH GLIĂ&#x20AC;FXOW WKDQ people realize but the job can get done even with three people.â&#x20AC;?

Akkoor explained, â&#x20AC;&#x153;It would be so much nicer to have students do something hands-on like that where they can connect the class concepts rather than just learning about the material because it gets pretty dry after a while no matter how many examples and things \RX JLYH Âľ 6KH DGGHG ´)RU WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW SDUW RI WKH VHPHVter we were looking at these different theories that have been developed over time.â&#x20AC;? She also said the course covers different communication structures, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We look at how communication differs based on the kinds of structures, what structures facilitate what kinds of communication and how does leadership work in those settings and how do organizations create a culture.â&#x20AC;?

To help Akkoor organize this course she received help from Center for Engagement, Learning and Teaching, Community (CELT). Akkoor said they help with resources for professors. Akkoor said that working

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t speak highly enough of these kinds of projectsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; What we were studying just came alive.â&#x20AC;?

-­CHITRA AKKOOR KSC COMMUNICATION PROFESSOR

with the organizations consisted of, â&#x20AC;&#x153;One day just do observations, be given a tour, get orientated because the kind of research I do and teach is also what I call ethnographic research, and ethnographic methods are where you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just do interviews but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that component of getting to know your site and the people.â&#x20AC;?

Akkoor also added that another day for the students consisted of conducting one-on-one interviews with people within the organizations. To make this project work, Akkoor said she made sure everyone could participate,â&#x20AC;&#x153;So I set it up during class time because coorGLQDWLQJ VFKHGXOHV LV VR GLIĂ&#x20AC;FXOW VR , UHVHUYHG WZR FODVV periods for that.â&#x20AC;? Akkoor said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;They [students] went off to the site on a Tuesday morning during class time, I visited the sites to make sure everything was working, and then the following Thursday class they went back for more in-depth interviews. So the observations sort RI KHOS WKHP UHĂ&#x20AC;QH WKHLU TXHVWLRQV WRR EHFDXVH VRPH questions may have been answered.â&#x20AC;? During the visits to the sites Akkoor said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;They [students] seemed really into it, and they were asking really wonderful questions, and yesterday when I talked to them they all said this was just a great experience.â&#x20AC;? She added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think the concepts we have studied so far really came alive for them.â&#x20AC;? Junior Celeste Thibault agreed with Abisch that the experience was worth it. Thibault worked with

the Keene Public Library and she said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was very eyeopening because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m from Keene...and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d always gone to the library when I was little, but I never actually got the chance to see how they work.â&#x20AC;?

She added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Opened my eyes to how much these librarians really care about their job,â&#x20AC;? and said she learned, â&#x20AC;&#x153;How different cultures and organizations are all individual and unique and it will help me really learn what the norms are like what to do, how something works from the inside and how complicated it is.â&#x20AC;?

Abisch said he learned how an organization works and what to identify within them, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Have to see if everyone is on the same page about things or not or just to see how different organizations run and communicate with each other, whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s via email, whether thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a hierarchy of leadership.â&#x20AC;? Now Akkoorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s students will produce a report that they will give back to CELT. The sites will then receive the report the students put WRJHWKHU EDVHG RQ WKHLU Ă&#x20AC;QGLQJV $NNRRU VDLG WKH UHSRUW will include, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Suggestions for improvements, things we thought were going well, or not.â&#x20AC;? Akkoor said,â&#x20AC;&#x153;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t speak highly enough of these kinds of projects.â&#x20AC;? She also said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;What we were studying just came alive.â&#x20AC;?

Morgan Markley can be contacted at mmarkley@keene-equinox.com

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KSC students â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;shout outâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; against sexual violence MATT SCHWARTZ

EQUINOX STAFF Keene State College students and members of the Keene community gathered Wednesday, April 10, to talk about sexual violence. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shout Outâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Take Back the Nightâ&#x20AC;? were ways to listen, witness, speak and take to the streets, according to the Counseling Center Sexual Violence Prevention Program.

Coordinator for Sexual Violence and Prevention Education Forrest Seymour stated that Shout Out and Take Back the Night are two separate but related programs. He said Shout Out is more of a healing event, while Take Back the Night is a political event.

During the Shout Out event in the Mabel Brown Room, victims of sexual violence shared their stories to a packed crowd. Senior Melanie S., who was a victim of sexual abuse at the age of 12, said she wants WR EH D SRVLWLYH LQĂ XHQFH RQ RWKHUV WR EUHDN WKH VLOHQFH â&#x20AC;&#x153;What abusers do is try to silence victims in every way possible. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to get the community together in the same room because these types of things [sexual violence] arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t talked about on the streets. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really nice to empower people to talk about what they went through,â&#x20AC;? Melanie stated.

Shout Out quickly transitioned into Take Back the Night. The event began with people making rally signs to bring on the march. Junior Krista Sullivan, president of Feminist Collective, said that Take Back the Night is a way to raise awareness of sexual violence. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Take Back the Night is a march to reclaim the night in honor of victims of sexual violence. It is a way for survivors to feel empowered,â&#x20AC;? Sullivan said.

After making the signs, members of Feminist Collective and others made their way from the student center to Appian Way. The group marched from the KSC campus to the gazebo in Central Square. While marching the group shouted out chants such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yes means yes. No means no.

Whatever we wear; wherever we go,â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;What do we want? Consent. When do we want it? All of the time!â&#x20AC;?

The group lit candles and had a moment of silence once they arrived at the gazebo. After the moment of silence, people were given an opportunity to say a few words to the group.

2QFH HYHU\RQH ZDV Ă&#x20AC;QLVKHG DW WKH square, they headed back to campus.

Members of the group commented on the importance of take back the night.

Olivia Chiacchia, a volunteer advocate at the Monadnock Center for Violence Prevention, said that the event is a great way for people to stand up for what they believe in. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is important for a group of women to stand up for a womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right to be able to walk around at night and wear whatever they want while feeling safe,â&#x20AC;? Chi-

acchia stated. Chiacchia also commented on ways to decrease sexual violence. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really a lot of awareness and I think the events tonight really spoke to people.

Education is also really important,â&#x20AC;? Chiacchia added.

According to Forrest Seymour, most sex crimes go unreported. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Here, as everywhere, most survivors of sexual assault are very secretive. It is hard to gather good statistics because nobody wants to report it [sex crimes]. Best estimates show that less than 50 percent go unreported,â&#x20AC;? Seymour stated.

Seymour went on to comment about sex crimes at .6& 3UHOLPLQDU\ Ă&#x20AC;QGLQJV IURP D VWXG\ FRQGXFWHG E\ 6H\PRXU DQG KLV RIĂ&#x20AC;FH VKRZ WKDW WHQ SHUFHQW RI female students report that they have experienced some kind of sexual assault during their freshman year alone.

Seymour, who is also a counselor at the counseling center, explained how taking the power back from the perpetrator would help the victim heal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sexual assault is a crime of power and control.

Generally speaking the survivors blame themselves.

There is a great deal of shame involved. It is a huge transition for the victim to say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;this has happened to meâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and to let go of the shame. By telling other people of what happened will allow the victim to take the power back from the situation,â&#x20AC;? Seymour commented.

Take Back the Night and Shout Out were sponsored by the Counseling Center Sexual Violence Prevention Program, Mentors in Violence Prevention, Feminist Collective and other organizations.

Matt Schwartz can be contacted at mschwartz@keene-equinox.com

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Keene State College Students participate in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shout Outâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Take Back the Nightâ&#x20AC;? Wednesday, April 10. The event serves as a way to honor those who have been sexually abused and make a way for victims to find power and peace.

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their general wish to help for a good cause.

Several people stood in front of the event-goers and participants to tell their story.

Junior Becca Brady listened to each speaker as she braced to donate her hair. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I cried. They were so emotional, and I think that their stories were really powerful and just sort of make what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing more meaningful,â&#x20AC;? Brady said.

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Strong spoke about her coachâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s battle, saying that over the course of those nine years, she was diagnosed ZLWK Ă&#x20AC;YH GLIIHUHQW NLQGV RI FDQFHU LQFOXGLQJ EUHDVW stomach and ovarian cancer. She always wanted to EH WKH YDUVLW\ Ă&#x20AC;HOG KRFNH\ FRDFK DQG GXULQJ 6WURQJ¡V MXQLRU \HDU VKH Ă&#x20AC;QDOO\ JRW WKH SRVLWLRQ ´7KDW \HDU ZH ended up going to a championship game, which was huge, but we lost. But then we were like okay, senior year, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll do it,â&#x20AC;? she continued.

However, that following school year did not go off WR D JUHDW VWDUW $ PRQWK EHIRUH 6WURQJ¡V Ă&#x20AC;HOG KRFNH\ season of senior year started, her coach was diagnosed with bone cancer. ´6KH VWDUWHG JHWWLQJ UHDOO\ VLFN REYLRXVO\ 7KH Ă&#x20AC;UVW GD\ RI Ă&#x20AC;HOG KRFNH\ VWDUWHG DQG VKH ZDVQ¡W RQ WKH Ă&#x20AC;HOG and she had been there every single day for ten years IRU PH 7KH GD\ RI RXU Ă&#x20AC;UVW JDPH RI WKH VHDVRQ VKH passed away an hour before the game started,â&#x20AC;? Strong added. As stories were told, participants in the crowd wiped tears and continued to do so as more stories were shared. But every one of those stories ended with, â&#x20AC;&#x153;And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m donating today.â&#x20AC;? Junior Alex Davis, ZKR ZDV WKH HPFHH JDYH WKH Ă&#x20AC;QDO FRXQWGRZQ IRU WKH friends to cut off the hair of donors. :LWKLQ WKH FRXQW RI WKUHH WKH J\P ZDV Ă&#x20AC;OOHG ZLWK nervous screams followed by bouts of laughter after WKH JLUOV WRRN WKHLU Ă&#x20AC;UVW JODQFHV RI WKHLU SRQ\WDLO GRQDtions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something extra special about it being the people that you know,â&#x20AC;? Lazinsk said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I was looking out there, some of them looked like they were going to throw up at any second and just cry, and afterwards, the smile on their face ... I think it hit them what they had done and the difference that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re making. It really is just hair.â&#x20AC;?

Kathy Croteau, 53, donated her hair to the cause, EXW IRU D UHDVRQ GLIIHUHQW IURP WKH RWKHUV $IWHU Ă&#x20AC;QGing a lump on her breast ten years ago, she was told by doctors that it was only a cyst.

But her most recent mammogram in November 2012 showed otherwise. She was diagnosed with stage

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Over 60 Keene State College students donate their hair Saturday, April 14, 2013 at KSCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beautiful Lengthsâ&#x20AC;? event. Junior Allie Bedell and senior Brittany Porter organized the event and said donations resulted in approximately 18 wigs.

two breast cancer and had a mastectomy on her left breast. Croteau will soon be undergoing chemotherapy for a total recovery. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I told my daughter I need to Ă&#x20AC;QG VRPH SODFH WR GRQDWH P\ KDLU Âľ &URWHDX VDLG ´,I Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to lose it, I want someone to be able to use it.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to someone who needs it, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to go away anyways. Why waste it?â&#x20AC;? So of all the organizations that accept hair donations, why Pantene Beautiful Lengths? The answer is all in the money. Unlike others, Pantene Beautiful Lengths is partnered with the American Cancer Society and distributes their wigs to cancer patients for free. Locks of Love, however, sells their donated hair, with costs reaching hundreds of dollars. Pantene uses a percentage of proceeds

from their shampoo and conditioner line (which goes by the same name) to help pay for the cost of wig production. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The thing is,â&#x20AC;? Croteau said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;You hear all the bad things going on, you hear all the bad stories, but you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hear about this. This is a good thing. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not like youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to get a reward or a trophy or something; youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just doing it to help someone else.

And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good thing. We need more.â&#x20AC;? Sophomore Lauren Wilbur, who also donated her hair, said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s VXFK D OLWWOH VDFULĂ&#x20AC;FH EXW LW PDNHV VXFK D ELJ GLIIHUHQFH to everyone.â&#x20AC;?

Davis agreed with the notion. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Their gift seems so simple,â&#x20AC;? he stated, â&#x20AC;&#x153;like, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re [donators] cutting their hair. But theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to inspire and make

women who are at the lowest point of their lives feel beautiful, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so great.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The event was awesome, and I feel very honored that Allie let me be a part of her vision,â&#x20AC;? Porter said, who donated her hair IRU WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW WLPH DW WKH HYHQW ´, GHĂ&#x20AC;QLWHO\ PLVV P\ ORQJ hair already, but helping someone facing something as ugly as cancer feel pretty again makes it all worth it.â&#x20AC;?

Bedell and Porter are currently working on booking a date for next year, and they hope to make Pantene Beautiful Lengths at KSC an annual event.

Kattey Ortiz can be contacted at kortiz@keene-equinox.com

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Celebrating  life,  delivering  hope KSC rallies at Relay for Life MEGAN GRENIER

EQUINOX STAFF Hundreds of Keene State College students joined together for the fourth year WR FHOHEUDWH UHPHPEHU DQG Ă&#x20AC;JKW EDFN DJDLQVW FDQFHU IRU VWUDLJKW KRXUV DW Relay for Life in the Spaulding Gymnasium starting on Friday, April 12, 2013.

If it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t for KSC senior Becca Lazinsk, Relay for Life may not have made its way to KSC, and the thousands of dollars raised for the American Cancer Society by students and community members never would have been possible for four straight years.

Lazinsk has been a part of Relay For life since VKH ZDV LQ Ă&#x20AC;IWK JUDGH DQG MRLQHG WKH FRPPLWWHH in eighth grade, the year after her mother passed away from cancer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very bittersweet that this is my last one; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty weird,â&#x20AC;? Lazinsk said.

Lazinsk said that even though sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s graduating this May, Relay For Life at KSC will continue.

Lazinsk said that the committee consists of mostly seniors because when she decided to start Relay For Life at KSC her freshman year she only had her friends join. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But this year more than ever we have a solid group of underclassmen who I think are really going to step up next year,â&#x20AC;? Lazinsk added.

Relay For Life had performances from the KSC Dance Team and Chock Full of Notes, along with student DJs playing music all night long with games and free food. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always something to do,â&#x20AC;? Lazinsk said.

The basketball hoops, walls and the Relay track were all decorated with streamers and balloons to celebrate the one-hundredth birthday of the American Cancer Society (ACS). â&#x20AC;&#x153;As someone who has known many people who have had cancer, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always such a special time [birthdays] because thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a day that celebrates them, they did it, that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re still here to have that cake; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very powerful,â&#x20AC;?

Lazinsk said. &HOHEUDWLQJ LV WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW SDUW RI UHOD\ Cancer survivors walk one lap around the track in order to celebrate what they have accomplished. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To see survivors walk around that lap is very emotional and inspiring,â&#x20AC;? Lazinsk said.

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Above: KSC senior and KSC Relay for Life organizer Becca Lazinsk walks with her father Eric, a cancer survivor, and brother Daniel. Right: A handful of the approximate 430 participants walk for for friends and family.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;To see survivors walk around that lap is very emotional and inspiring.â&#x20AC;?

-­BECCA LAZINSK KSC SENIOR

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Students go to great lengths to support cancer survivors KATTEY ORTIZ

EQUINOX STAFF Cancer is a heartbreaking and tragic disease that knows no race, gender or age. It affects thousands of men and women each year and changes the lives of families and friends of those diagnosed.

But on April 13, 2013, over 60 girls donated their long locks of hair for the Pantene Beautiful Lengths event to help female cancer patients.

Junior Allie Bedell and senior Brittany Porter organized the event. The Spaulding Gymnasium at Keene 6WDWH &ROOHJH WXUQHG LQWR D PDNHVKLIW KDLU VDORQ Ă&#x20AC;OOHG with friends and families for moral support, and six hair stylists from local salons.

This was the debut for KSCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pantene Beautiful /HQJWKV DQG WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW HYHQW RI LWV NLQG WR EH KRVWHG RQ campus. Bedell said she got the idea from the annual partnership her high school in Londonderry, N.H. has with Pantene Beautiful Lengths. â&#x20AC;&#x153;An English teacher at our school said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it be cool if one girl donated her hair at our winter pep rally?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; So the one girl planned to donate, and [the teacher] wound up with like 60 girls the next time who were like, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Can we donate too?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; And now hundreds of girls donate every January at [Londonderry High School],â&#x20AC;? she explained, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really incredible.â&#x20AC;?

Bedell had not donated her hair since coming to KSC, but a recent diagnosis revitalized her desire to do it again. The mother of her childhood friend, who had just passed her ten-year mark being breast cancer free, was re-diagnosed last year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was planning on donating it and I was like, maybe Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll go back to Londonderry to donate it in January,â&#x20AC;? Bedell said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;And then I was like, what if I brought it here and got a bunch of people to donate?â&#x20AC;?

With the advice and guidance of senior Becca Lazinsk, Bedell and Porter worked with Director of Student Involvement Jen Ferrell to organize the event and book the gym.

They received a Pepsi grant, and Porter handled a

social media campaign last year to give girls ample time to grow out their hair. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I helped operate the Facebook and Twitter,â&#x20AC;? Porter said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;And I ran the Pinterest page so donors could peruse short hairstyles.â&#x20AC;?

She also said she researched the contact information for stylists and letters were sent out to hair salons in the region asking stylists to donate their time to help support the cause.

Porter added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;[The donors] were wonderful, and so were the stylists.

They each managed to do more than ten haircuts in only a few hours.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We never expected this many girls. Last summer [Porter] and I decided we wanted 50 girls,â&#x20AC;? Bedell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Over the course of the fall we hit 20; we were really excited and we were expecting 30, maybe. We wound up with like 62 on April 1.â&#x20AC;?

But even those numbers continued to climb.

Those who couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t attend the event but wished to participate contacted Porter and Bedell to donate their ponytails. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It does take eight ponytails to make a wig, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really excited to go through the ponytails and count how many wigs we can make,â&#x20AC;? Bedell said.

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Above left, KSC sophomore Lauren Wilbur donates her hair at Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Beautiful Lengths event in Spaulding gymnasium. Above right, 62 participants wait to donate their hair. Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event resulted in the creation of 18 new wigs for cancer survivors.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;You hear all the bad things going on, you hear all the bad stories, but you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hear about this. This is a good thing.â&#x20AC;?

-­KATHY CROTEAU KSC BEAUTIFUL LENGTHS DONATOR

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According to interceptinterventions.com, in the United States alone, more than 100,000 deaths each year are attributed to alcohol and drug abuse. Howard said that her students are aware of these diseases. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It puts it on the radar more that one choice or one habit can lead you down a certain path,â&#x20AC;? she said. Gooding has been the director of the Phoenix House for 18 years.

Their website states that in 1972, The Phoenix House became an independent QRQ SURĂ&#x20AC;W RUJDQL]DWLRQ DQG KDV VLQFH grown to become the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading provider of alcohol and drug abuse treatment and prevention services operating more than 123 programs in ten states. Currently a population of more than 6,000 men, women and adolescents are taken care of with the support of treatment and recovery.

The concert held in honor of The Phoenix House, entitled, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Arise! Songs of Triumphant Beauty,â&#x20AC;? captivated audience members with VRQJV WKDW IHDWXUHG 0R]DUW¡V ´5HJLQD &RHOLÂľ and Bernsteinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Lark,â&#x20AC;? with guest FRXQWHUWHQRU VRORLVW $DURQ 5XVVR 7KH VLQJers prepared repertoire based on themes of SHUVHYHUDQFH DVFHQGLQJ ELUGV DQG WKH 5HVurrection.

'XULQJ WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW KDOI RI WKH FRQFHUW Howard conducted each song. Hannah Hall, a KSC student and assistant conductor, then took lead for the song â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Will be Earthâ&#x20AC;? by Gwyneth Walker. Hall assisted her fellow colleagues in the song. A feature of guest performers made appearances for some VRQJV 5XVVR ZKR LV D ZHOO NQRZQ FRXQtertenor soloist, joined the singers on stage and powerfully sang sections of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Larkâ&#x20AC;?

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The Keene State College Chamber Singers perform in the Alumni Recital Hall on Sunday, April 14. This year The Chamber Singers partnered with The Phoenix House.

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safety-pinned to our clothes! Each choreographer would come up, teach XV D IHZ SKUDVHV RI PRYHPHQW DQG ZH ZRXOG KDYH WR TXLFNO\ UHPHPEHU LW and make them our own in about ten minutes.Then another set of movement from a new choreographer, and another. Waiting for that cast sheet to be posted is an anxious day, especially for me as a senior.

I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even going to be in town the night the sheet was posted. So when I received a phone call from Alex Davis, one of the choreographers, I started to cry. Not only because my dream of performing in An Evening RI 'DQFH KDG Ă&#x20AC;QDOO\ FRPH WUXH EXW LW¡V QRW VR HDV\ IRU D GDQFH PLQRU WR EH able to participate in the show.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;The singers were paying attention and doing their job,â&#x20AC;? Howard said. The singers practiced twice a week for three and a half hours, and also performed their music at local high schools. Since each performance is musically formed to accommodate the RUJDQL]DWLRQ WKDW 7KH &KDPEHU 6LQJHUV DUH partnered with, this partnership related the most to the singers. Howard said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone knows of someone who has struggled

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Sophomore and Chamber Singer Lauren Weiner said she is glad that she has music in KHU OLIH ´7KLV SDUWQHUVKLS PDGH PH UHDOL]H that path I want to take in life and the one I avoided. Music has kept me out of this and I see music as a form of therapy,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Gooding, who is proud of her patients every day, said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re here to help, not judge. It is very rewarding to watch some-

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Even if I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know them well before, I know that if I was hurting, physically or emotionally, anyone would have been there for me. If you have an ice pack out, everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s asking whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wrong and if you need anything. If someone even looked like they might be close to crying, there were people there ready to catch your tears--because we knew that best friends aside, we were all in this together, and everyone was supportive.

It became instinct for me to ask anyone how they did once they got off stage during rehearsal or performance time. Because I did care, and I wanted to show them that. If you had a good run, I guarantee at least one person told you that you did a great job.

If you needed the same girl to braid your hair every night, they never complained. If you hurt your foot or ankle like several did, there were

one grow, it is very inspirational, invigoratLQJ DQ\ ZRUG WR GHVFULEH LW LW LV DPD]LQJ Âľ The concert ended with a standing ovation and The Chamber Singers will donate 20 percent of their proceeds to the Phoenix House.

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people ready to carry you, hug you, bring you ice, whatever you needed before you even had to ask. There was an unspoken understanding about why we were there and what we were trying to accomplish, which resulted in so much giving and support from the dancers and the crew.

Every night at the show was a whirlwind.

You arrived around 5 p.m. and didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t leave until after 9:30 p.m., and it feels like youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re there for less than two hours. Everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s playing their favorite music, complementing each other, and warming up wherever WKHUH LV D OLWWOH ELW RI VSDFH )RU D JURXS RI SHRSOH ZKR DUH NQRZQ IRU WKH beauty of their physical movement, I was blown away by the inner beauty they shared with me. So if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never been to Evening, I better see you in the audience next year, with me.

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Tuning into the best and worst of this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music festivals JAKE WILLIAMS

EQUINOX STAFF :LQWHU KDV Ă&#x20AC;QDOO\ UHWUHDWHG DOEHLW VORZO\ ZKLOH its resonance has drawn the ire of many since spring began three weeks ago. This week in particular, however, has made it clear that spring has found its footing. :KLOH VLWWLQJ RXWVLGH IHHOLQJ WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW WDFWLOH UD\V RI WKH VXQ DQG H[SHULHQFLQJ WKH PRGHUDWLQJ VSULQJ EUHH]H ZH are transported to another place, ripped from the realLW\ RI D VHPHVWHU ZLWK RQH PRQWK OHIW )RU VRPH WKH\¡UH with their closest friends under an E-Z Up, prepping themselves for Phil Leshsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; undulating bass rhythms or the low-end onslaught of electronic acts like Bassnectar and EOTO. Tisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; the season for music festival devotees-- the lineups are out and the pondering begins. As most know, it isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just about the lineup, as the date, cost, travel and the disturbances to a work schedule are all factors that deserve consideration. Certain aspects of a music festival experience are less tangible, however.

The energy that manifests from a community all chasing after the same thing has continued the migrations to these summer rites since 500,000 descended upon White Lake, New York for Woodstock in 1969.

6XPPHU &DPS If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re like me, three days of Umphreyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mcgee and Moe., coupled with two sets of the Trey Anastacio %DQG KDV \RX Ă&#x20AC;HQGLQJ IRU VRPH VHULRXV WLPH RII WKLV summer. Located in the middle of Illinois in Chillicothe, Summer Camp takes place from May 26 to 28. The tickets are currently selling for under $200 for the threeday pass with camping. Important to note however, is

Here is an example of why exploring the local festivals is imperative when deciding where you will see \RXU PXVLF WKLV VXPPHU 7LPEHU 5LGJH ZLOO KRVW WKH gathering June 28 and 29, about an hour drive from Keene, in Windham, Vt. Although a line-up has yet to be announced, blind faith tickets are being offered for a PRGHVW 7KH OLQH XS LQFOXGHG KHDGOLQHUV 5DLOroad Earth and Deer Tick, but also featured are Vermont troubadours Twiddle and Jatoba. Expect to see the same local footprint on this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s line-up.

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All Good music festival, which will take place on July 18 to 21, will feature artists Phil Lesh, Bob Weir Primus, Pretty Lights and STS9.

the added $90 it will cost to catch any of the late night shows at Summer Camp. Unless you plan on missing STS9, Big Gigantic, Yonder Mountain String Band or Thievery Corporationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sets, expect to spend more like $300.

The music is diverse: ranging from the eastern rhythms of Consider the Source, to those of the brilOLDQW 3DUOLDPHQW )XQNDGHOLF NH\ERDUGLVW %HUQLH :RUrell. The main attraction is Max Creek, a canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss for anyone who enjoys the Grateful Dead but also artists from Warren Zevon to The Who, as often the best part 6WUDQJH &UHHN &DPSRXW of a Max Creek show is seeing what covers they will play. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just as apt to bust out a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lawyers, Guns, /RFDWHG DW &DPS .HH:DQHH LQ *UHHQĂ&#x20AC;HOG 0DVV DQG 0RQH\Âľ DV WKH\ DUH WR SOD\ D ´&KLQD &DW 6XQĂ RZHU Âľ Strange Creek is an extremely doable festival, especially The woods offer a refuge from the heat of late May, for those who arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t looking to stretch themselves thin but also add to the kinship of Creek. With three stages by the end of summer. One day has a cost of around and two late-night cabins, Creek is a must-have experi$120â&#x20AC;&#x201D;with the chance you may score one for $80-- not ence for those living in the northeast. only is this three-day festival prudent monetarily, but features one of the best overall feels of any festival.

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2012 marked the beginning of a new era for the music festival All Good. Legend Valley in Thornville, Ohio will host All Good from July 18 to 21 for the second time, after replacing Marvinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mountaintop in Morgantown, W. Va. last year. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s line-up looks to be a volley back to the magic of the Mountaintopâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s VZDQ VRQJ 7KH ELOO ORRNV OLNH WKLV )XUWKXU IHDWXULQJ Phil Lesh and Bob Weir, Primus, Pretty Lights and STS9. The only major act missing from the 2011 lineup is Umphreyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mcgee. However, artists like Leftover 6DOPRQ /HWWXFH DQG -RKQ 6FRĂ&#x20AC;HOG DPRQJ RWKHUV Ă&#x20AC;OO LQ WKLV YRLG TXLWH QLFHO\ :LWK D SULFH WDJ RI EHIRUH service fees, which will make it look more like $220) and no extra fees, All Good will surely avoid a sophomore slump. That is just a small sampling of what festivalJRHUV FDQ H[SHFW IURP IHVWLYDOV WKLV VXPPHU 5HPHPEHU music fests are a right, exercise it!

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Cyber world: a platform for narcissism SAM NORTON

A&E EDITOR We are all narcissists at heart. We thrive on compliments and popularity and focus our actions around being vain. Every conversation revolves around our thoughts, opinions and emotions. And with every FKDQFH ZH JHW ZH Ă&#x20AC;QG ZD\V WR HYDOXDWH RXU UHĂ HFWLRQ in the mirror. Whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s through mirrors, phones or DQ\WKLQJ ZLWK D UHĂ HFWLRQ ZH SXW RXUVHOYHV Ă&#x20AC;UVW But with the development of social media, our narcissism has reached a new egotistical level. Social media now serves as the platform for self-absorption. It is the only place where it is deemed acceptable to post a photo of yourself that depicts the newest haircut or manicure you got--or even a photo that portrays how â&#x20AC;&#x153;horribleâ&#x20AC;? you look that day. Except weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not doing this solely to share our lives with our friends and families; rather, we are searching for feedbackâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;feedback that boosts our self-esteem and even gives us compliments.

According to the article, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Does Social Media add Steroids to our Narcissistic Culture,â&#x20AC;? published by Psychology Today, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Social media is a high tech way to say, Âś/RRN DW PH ¡ 7KLV PLJKW MXVW DGG PRUH IXHO WR WKH Ă&#x20AC;UH WR all of the other factors that create the narcissistic culture that we live in here in the United States.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Websites such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram are all now used for a common purposeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to display what we are doing every moment of every day. We do this not only to receive attention from cyber world, but we do it to receive a stamp of approval, one that helps determine your place in society. We live in a world where the more Facebook friend requests we receive determines your popularity, where the amount of likes given to our latest photograph of our hair, nails, or face determines our beauty, and where the amount of shares we receive on a tweet determines our likability. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a world that is disconnected from realityâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;where the amount of friend requests, likes, and shares wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t determine your status among society,â&#x20AC;? The Atlantic reports.

7KH +XIĂ&#x20AC;QJWRQ 3RVW UHSRUWV LQ WKHLU DUWLFOH ´,V 6RFLDO Media to Blame for the Rise in Narcissism?â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Studies DUH FRQVLVWHQWO\ Ă&#x20AC;QGLQJ WKDW SHRSOH ZKR VFRUH KLJKHU on the Narcissistic Personality Inventory questionnaire tend to have more friends on Facebook, tag themselves more often in photos and update their statuses more frequently. According to Laura Buffadi, a postdoctoral researcher at the Universidad de Dueto in Bilbao, Spain, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Narcissists use Facebook and other social networking sites because they believe others are interested in what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing, and they want others to know what they are doing.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

In addtion, according to the article â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Internet â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Narcissism Epidemic,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? published by The Atlantic, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beyond the basic social media platforms that narcissists use to display themselves, there is a small but growing support industry they can turn to for help and advice.â&#x20AC;?

However, people are not using social media just as a way to receive advice; they are also searching for ways

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This photo taken Monday March 25, 2013, of Daniel Singer, 13, who works at his computer at his home in Los Angeles. Singer thinks the average teenager wants to see new stuff. Twitter comes to mind, along with Instagram. For Singer, Facebook is part of a daily routine. Now, these social networking sites have become a place for self-absorption, rather than just a way to connect.

to feed their egos. By posting photos of themselves, their body parts or even some of their daily activities, they are subjecting themselves to be judged. This is part of human natureâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;we constantly seek approval from others. We post photographs of ourselves to see how we appeal to others, to gauge othersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; perceptions. But why should we care? Curiosity is what leads most of us to scroll aimlessly through the photos that plague the newsfeeds of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. We do this to compare ourselves to others. Whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comparing the latest manicures, the meal youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re about to eat or your appearance, social media has become the breeding ground for judgments.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We suspect part of the rise in narcissism is being driven by Internet tools. What is clear is that social media platforms are frequently used by those with narcissistic tendencies to feed their egos. These same applications are used by millions of others to build their businesses, coordinate events, and maintain close ties with friends and families,â&#x20AC;? The Atlantic reports.

Social media has taken the place of mirrors and REMHFWV WKDW KDYH WKH DELOLW\ WR UHĂ HFW ,W KDV EHFRPH RQH more place where we can take the time to evaluate ourselves, one more place where we not only welcome a judgmental world, but we thrive in it. We live in a world where status is what matters most. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not about who

you are or what you knowâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about how many likes your photo receives or how many cyber friends you have. And the more photographs we post of ourselves, the harder it will be to leave this reality.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to display who you areâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;through photographs and your thoughtsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a difference between portraying and being vain. And right now, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a self-absorbed world where narcissism dictates your happiness and self-esteem. But this can be stopped, one Instagram photo at a time.

Sam Norton can be contacted at snorton@keene-equinox.com

Unraveling the history of Batman and Two-Face ),/0

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EQUINOX STAFF Today we step away from Two-Faceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s origins and look into the continued effects of the Two-Face personality on Harvey Dentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fragile psyche. Believe it or not, Harvey Dent has undergone reconstructive surgery several times in order to rid himself of his horrible scars, further continuing the power struggle within his mind between Harvey and his evil alter-ego.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of background to establish here.

In a previous story called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hush,â&#x20AC;? a criminal with a talent for cosmetic surgery and a grudge against Bruce Wayne restored Harvey Dentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s face in order to suit his own needs. However, what the villain, named Hush, did not count on was that this time, Harvey Dentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s personality would emerge as a force for good, betraying Hush and seemingly making a full recovery from his past psychological problems.

During a major event in the DC Universe, Batman and other heroes were to leave for a year on an important mission. Remembering the force for good that Harvey Dent once was, Batman trained Harvey and left Gotham in his care.

Before Batman returned, several villains were murdered, and naturally, given Dentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s criminal past, Harvey was blamed, and with Two-Face starting to reassert himself within Harveyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mind, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s possible that he is responsible.

We open in a trashed motel room filled with shattered mirrors and glass. Harvey is having a conversation with the Two-Face personality, who is trying to force him to admit that he liked his days as a criminal, taunting him by saying it was â&#x20AC;&#x153;better than sex and drugs.â&#x20AC;? Harvey is left to wonder why Two-Face is back and realizes that while he was Gothamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s protector, he was finally happy and had inner peace.

But then, Batman came back and took all that away. He tells Two-Face the story of how Batman handpicked him for the job, trained him and even took him on a few missions.

When the subject of the murders comes up, Two-Face denies it, and says that when Batman was accused of murder once upon a time, the people stood up for him, but with Harvey, they

all turn on him in a heartbeat.

Harvey is silent for a while until he finally, and reluctantly, agrees with his evil counterpart. Harvey finally admits that he did love his time as Two-Face and reaches into his pocket for his signature coin, which he kept as a souvenir. With a flip of the coin coming up on the bad side, Harvey enters the bathroom with a knife and a flask of acid and intentionally scars his face, giving in to Two-Face now and forever.

This is a slow issue with a lot of exposition, but sometimes thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s necessary in a story. This issue is a solid character examination of Harvey Dent and it works well to that effect.

The artwork in this issue is very good and fitting of a Batman book--dark, but still colorful. A particularly nice touch is the broken glass everywhere in the room, which makes it impossible for Harvey (who sees Two-Face every time he looks in a mirror) to look away from the one thing he wishes not to see.

Wes Serafine can be contacted at wserafine@keene-equinox.com

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tapes in,â&#x20AC;? Hays said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I did a show called â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Island hopping,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; which I played music from every island culture: Jamaican, Hawaiian,â&#x20AC;? Mendes said. Mendes remembers a time when he played the vinyl on the air. He had a show he called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Folkinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Aroundâ&#x20AC;? where he would play

strictly the large folk collection available at WKNH. Mendes has been at WKNH for 19 years, long enough to remember when the station moved to the LP Young Student Center. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When we moved over here from a bigger library,â&#x20AC;? he said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;You know those laundry buckets on wheels? We dumped vinyl in those and gave them away MXVW WR Ă&#x20AC;W LQWR WKDW URRP Âľ ´,W¡V NLQG RI OLNH RXU DUFKLYH Âľ Raposa said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you looked at that blueprint in Elliot

Hall I can imagine some of those records were in there at some point.â&#x20AC;?

Mendes and Hays are like the vinyl that sit in the WKNH, except not just a connection to the radio stationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s past, but a link in the chain that will bridge WKNH towards the future. According to Raposa, who will be graduating this spring, all but three of the current executive board members of WKNH are seniors.

Despite this turnover, he said the incumbents and newcomers will steady the ship. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m excited to see the enthusiasm out of our new production people, our new PXVLF SHRSOH , WKLQN ZH¡UH GHĂ&#x20AC;QLWHO\ KHDGHG LQ WKH right direction.â&#x20AC;?

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Alicia Keys campaigns for HIV education MARK KENNEDY

ASSOCIATED PRESS Alicia Keys says she wants to spark a global conversation about HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The Grammy Award-winning singer met with women who are part of an HIV program at United Medical Center in the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capital Monday to discuss their experiences with the virus, including the fear and stigma associated with the disease.

Keys, who has also traveled to Africa and India to meet with women who have HIV, said she felt connected to the women there and here because â&#x20AC;&#x153;they looked like they could be my sister, or they could be my aunt, or they could be my cousin.â&#x20AC;?

And now, she said, she wants to â&#x20AC;&#x153;bridgeâ&#x20AC;? the gap between domestic and international

conversations about the virus.

Keys is working with the Kaiser Family Foundation for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Empowered,â&#x20AC;? a campaign launched last month to educate women about HIV and provide grants to community-based projects that will do that.

According to Kaiser, one in four of the 1.1 million people living with HIV in the United States are women.

Women of color account for about twothirds of new HIV infections among women. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Black women are disproportionally affected, making up for the majority of all new infections,â&#x20AC;? Keys said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a musthave conversation.â&#x20AC;?

The campaign includes outreach through public service ads, social media and community programs.

It encourages women to learn about HIV

and AIDS, talk with family and friends, protect themselves and loved ones, get tested, prevent spreading the disease and stay on treatment.

Keys is also leading the Empowered Community Grants program with Kaiser and AIDS United that will give up to $25,000 grants to community-level projects that focus on women and HIV. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To identify those community-based organizations is a very important part of the puzzle,â&#x20AC;? Keys said.

Valerie Jarrett, a White House senior advisor who has worked with Keys in the past on women and health issues, said she supports â&#x20AC;&#x153;Empoweredâ&#x20AC;? because it is part of CHARLES DHARAPAK / AP PHOTO President Barack Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vision for com- Grammy Award-winning singer Alicia Keys hugs an HIV positive woman as she visits prehensive health. an HIV womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s support group at United Medical Center in Washington, Monday, April 15, 2013.

Bieber criticized for comment about Anne Frank TOBY STERLING

ASSOCIATED PRESS Justin Bieber wrote an entry into a guestbook at the Anne Frank House museum in Amsterdam, saying he hoped the Jewish teenager who died in a Nazi concentration camp â&#x20AC;&#x153;would have been a Belieberâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or fan of his â&#x20AC;&#x201D; if history were different.

7KH PHVVDJH WULJJHUHG D à RRG RI FRPPHQWV RQ WKH PXVHXP¡V )DFHbook page Sunday, with many criticizing the 19-year-old Canadian pop star for writing something they perceive to be insensitive.

Calls made and emails sent to Bieberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s publicist and agent in Los Angeles werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t immediately returned.

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She said the museum was happy to have received Bieber and didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see anything offensive in his remarks.

Anne Frank hid with her family in a small apartment above a warehouse during the Nazi occupation of World War II. Her family was caught and deported, and Anne died of typhus in Bergen-Belsen in 1945.

The diary she kept in hiding was recovered and published after the war, and has become the most widely read document to emerge from the Holocaust.

Bieberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s whole note read: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Truly inspiring to be able to come here.

Anne was a great girl.

Hopefully she would have been a Belieber.â&#x20AC;?

Mostart said Bieber called ahead and was given a guided tour.

Bieberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remarks led to criticism from some quarters, as a Facebook response insulting Bieber received more than 1,000 â&#x20AC;&#x153;likesâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; slightly more than the museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s original post about the incident.

Meanwhile on Twitter, posts mocking Bieber and imagining that he had visited the museum and walked away thinking only of himself began circulating Sunday, though the message is open to interpretation.

Some of Bieberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 37 million followers also tweeted messages of support.

Others in his fan base â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which is heavily weighted toward young girls â&#x20AC;&#x201D; tweeted that they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know who Anne Frank was.

Frank was 13 years old when she began keeping her diary in 1942.

Like many teenage girls, she made a collage of the celebrities of her day â&#x20AC;&#x201D; movie stars, dancers, and royalty â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and kept it on her bedroom wall. ´2XU OLWWOH URRP ORRNHG YHU\ EDUH DW Ă&#x20AC;UVW ZLWK QRWKLQJ RQ WKH ZDOOV EXW WKDQNV WR 'DGG\ ZKR KDG EURXJKW P\ Ă&#x20AC;OP VWDU FROOHFWLRQ DQG SLFture postcards ... with the aid of a paste pot and brush, I have transformed the walls into one gigantic picture,â&#x20AC;? she wrote on July 11, 1942, just days after going into hiding. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This makes it look much more cheerful.â&#x20AC;?

Many of those pictures can still be seen on the walls of the museum Bieber visited Friday.

Bieber has had a tough few weeks in Europe. He had to leave a monkey in quarantine after landing in Germany without the necessary papers for the animal.

Before that, the 19-year-old singer had a trying stay in London.

The star struggled with his breathing and fainted backstage at a show, was taken to a hospital and then was caught on camera clashing with a paparazzo. Days earlier, he was booed by his fans when he showed up late to a concert.

He performed in Arnhem, Netherlands, on Saturday night, and will next perform three nights in Oslo, Norway.

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s upcoming events Colonial Theatre Bob Marley Friday April 26 8:00 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Quartetâ&#x20AC;?

Plays Saturday and Sunday at 2:00, 5:00 and 8:00 p.m.

Monday, Wednesday and Thursday at 7:00

Redfern Arts Center Concert Choir Saturday, April 20 at 3:00 p.m. Alumni Recital Hall Chamber Orchestra Wednesday, April 24 at 7:30 p.m. Alumni Recital Hall Concert Band Thursday, April 25 at 7:30 p.m. Main Theatre

Putnam Theatre â&#x20AC;&#x153;City Lightsâ&#x20AC;?

Thursday, April 18 at 7:00 p.m. only â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spring Breakersâ&#x20AC;?

Friday, April 19 to April 25 Friday and Saturday at 7:00 and 9:00 p.m.

Sunday through Thursday 7:00 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday matinee at 2:00 p.m.

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President Obama calls attack â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;act of terrorismâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; JULIE PACE

ASSOCIATED PRESS President Barack Obama said Tuesday the deadly Boston Marathon bombings were an act of terrorism but investigators do not know if they were carried out by an international or domestic organization, or perhaps by a â&#x20AC;&#x153;malevolent individual.â&#x20AC;?

In his second public statement in less than 24 hours since the explosions, the president said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Clearly we are at the beginning of our investigation.â&#x20AC;? He urged anyone with information relating to the events to contact authorities.

Obama said investigators â&#x20AC;&#x153;donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a sense of motivation yetâ&#x20AC;? as they begin to evaluate the attack in which three people were killed, including an 8-year-old boy, and more than 170 were wounded.

Despite the loss of life and limb, Obama declared, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The American people refuse to be terrorized.â&#x20AC;?

As he had on Monday, he said those responsible for the attacks would be brought to justice.

The president had avoided labeling the incident a terrorist attack when he stood at the same White House lectern shortly after the explosions, but lawmakers quickly said thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what it was. :KLWH +RXVH RIĂ&#x20AC;FLDOV KDG VDLG the FBI was investigating the attack as a terror incident.

Appearing before reporters on Tuesday, Obama said the events in Boston were a â&#x20AC;&#x153;heinous cowardly act, and given what we now know about what took place, the FBI is investigating it as an act of terrorism.

Any time bombs are used to attack innocent civilians it isâ&#x20AC;? a terrorist act, he said. Still, he cautioned that it was not known who or what organizations might have carried it out.

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In this Monday, April 15, 2013 photo, Boston Firefighter James Plourde carries an injured girl away from the scene after a bombing near the finish line of the Boston Marathon in Boston. The FBIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s investigation into the bombings at the Boston Marathon was in full swing Tuesday, with authorities serving a warrant on a suburban Boston home and appealing for any private video, audio and still images of the blasts that killed at least three and wounded more than 170.

Three killed and at least 170 wounded in Boston blasts, FBI investigating JIMMY GOLEN

ASSOCIATED PRESS Investigators appealed to the public Tuesday for amateur video and photos that might yield clues to the Boston Marathon bombing as the chief FBI agent in Boston vowed â&#x20AC;&#x153;we will go to WKH HQGV RI WKH (DUWKÂľ WR Ă&#x20AC;QG ZKRHYHU FDUULHG out the deadly attack. Two bombs blew up secRQGV DSDUW 0RQGD\ DW WKH Ă&#x20AC;QLVK OLQH RI RQH RI the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most storied races, tearing off limbs and leaving the streets spattered with blood and strewn with broken glass. Three people

were killed, including an 8-year-old boy, and more than 170 were wounded.

A doctor treating the wounded said one of the victims was maimed by what looked like ball bearings or BBs. Federal investigators said no one had claimed responsibility for the bombings, which took place on one of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest civic holidays, Patriots Day. But the blasts raised the specter of another terrorist attack on U.S. soil. On Capitol Hill, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called the bombings â&#x20AC;&#x153;a cruel act of terrorâ&#x20AC;? and said â&#x20AC;&#x153;a thorough investigation will have to determine whether it was planned or

After weeks for North Korean fury, calm on key holiday

carried out by a terror group, foreign or domestic.â&#x20AC;? Across the U.S., from Washington to Los Angeles, police tightened security, monitoring landmarks, government buildings, transit hubs and sporting events. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will go to the ends of the Earth to identify the subject or subjects who are responsible for this despicable crime, and we will do everything we can to bring them to justice,â&#x20AC;? said Richard DesLauriers, FBI agent in charge in Boston.

He said investigators had received â&#x20AC;&#x153;voluminous tipsâ&#x20AC;? and were interviewing witnesses

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Oblivious to international tensions over a possible North Korean missile launch, Pyongyang residents spilled into the streets Monday to celebrate a major national holiday, the birthday of their first leader, Kim Il Sung.

threat of a launch as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry wrapped up a tour to coordinate Washingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s response with Beijing, North Koreaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most important ally, as well as with Seoul and Tokyo.

In Seoul, South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin told a parliamentary committee Monday that North Korea still appeared poised to launch a missile from its east

coast, though he declined to disclose the source of his information.

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Although security has been increased at some U.S. and European landmarks, overall terror threat levels have remained unchanged â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in contrast to other recent bombings and thwarted attacks in which terror threat levels were raised and travel advisories put in place. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The (Boston) attacks mean that we will be assessing our security protocols,â&#x20AC;? said a British security RIĂ&#x20AC;FLDO ZKR VSRNH RQ FRQGLWLRQ RI anonymity because he is not authorized to be publicly named. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is some initial information coming out ... but it is too early to draw any conclusions. There doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t appear at this point, however, to be a wider threat.â&#x20AC;?

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It also was the second deadly quake to hit Iran in less than a week after a magnitude 6.1 temblor struck near Bushehr, on Iranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Persian Gulf coast, killing at least 37 people and raising calls for greater international safety inspectors at Iranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lone nuclear reactor nearby.

Press TV said the quake was centered near Saravan, about 50 kilometers (26 miles) from the Pakistani border. The U.S. Geological Survey put the preliminary magnitude at 7.8 and at a depth of 15.2

kilometers (nine miles).

Press TV said least 40 people were killed, but gave no other immediate details on the extent of damage or casualties. Later, the reference to the death toll was dropped from Press TVâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website and the news agency IRNA said only that at least 27 people were injured.

State-run Pakistan Television, meanwhile, said at least six people were killed on its side of the border and at least 47 others were injured.

$ PDMRU HDUWKTXDNH Ă DWWHQHG KRPHV DQG RIĂ&#x20AC;FHV RQ ERWK VLGHV RI the Iran-Pakistan border Tuesday, rattling buildings as far away as New Delhi and Dubai. Iranian state media said at least 46 people died, but later Iranian reports offered a far milder picture.

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The World Athletics Championship takes place in Moscow on Aug. 10-18, and the event is seen as a dress rehearsal for the 2014 Winter Games in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.

Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko described the

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One of the blast sites on Boylston Street near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon is seen in Boston, Tuesday, April 16, 2013, one day after bomb blasts killed three and injured over 140 people. FBI agents searched a suburban Boston apartment overnight and appealed to the public for amateur video and photos that might yield clues to who carried out the Boston Marathon bombing.

attack in Boston as â&#x20AC;&#x153;a grave signal.â&#x20AC;?

The French Interior Ministry ordered local authorities across France to reinforce security measures already in place since the January intervention in the African nation of Mali began. Since then, armed soldiers have patrolled subway stations, monuments and city streets.

In New York, authorities deployed so-called critical response teamsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; highly visible patrol units that move in packs with lights and sirens, â&#x20AC;&#x201D; along with more than FRXQWHUWHUURULVP RIĂ&#x20AC;FHUV +LJKO\ WUDIĂ&#x20AC;FNHG DUHDV like the Empire State building, Rockefeller Center, St. Patrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cathedral, the United Nations and the World Trade Center site were being especially monitored.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the police department was fully prepared to protect the city. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some of the security steps we are taking may be noticeable,â&#x20AC;? Bloomberg said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And others will not be.â&#x20AC;?

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The exceptions were in Boston itself, where Monday nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s NHL game between the Bruins and Ottawa Senators was postponed and Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s NBA game between the Celtics and Indiana Pacers was canceled.

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Starting from early in the morning, residents dressed in off with ropes. ously to take North Koreaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recent torrent of rhetoric warning of war if the U.S. and South Korea do not stop holding joint military maneuvers just across the border.

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North Korea has warned that the situation has grown so tense it cannot guarantee the safety of foreigners in the country and said embassies in Pyongyang should think about their evacuation plans. But British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Monday that although there is reason for concern over the â&#x20AC;&#x153;frenetic and bellicoseâ&#x20AC;? rhetoric, Britain believes there has been â&#x20AC;&#x153;no immediate increased risk or dangerâ&#x20AC;? to those living in or travelling to North Korea.

He said Britain does not see an immediate need to draw down embassy staff, but is keeping that under constant review. He added that, from discussions with other governments, the U.K. does not believe any foreign embassy in Pyongyang plans to close.

While concerns over North Korea continued to dominate headlines abroad, Pyongyangâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own media gave little indication Monday of how high the tensions are.

The Rodong Sinmun, the Workersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Party newspaper, feaKIN CHEUNG / AP PHOTO tured photos and coverage of current leader Kim Jong Unâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s In this April 15, 2013 file photo, South Korean protesters burn effigies of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, and late leaders Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung at an anti-North Korea protest on the birthday of Kim Il Sung in Seoul, overnight visit to the Kumsusan mausoleum to pay respects South Korea. to his grandfather. There was only one line at the end of the

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The Pakistani army ordered paramilitary troops to assist with rescue operations and provide medical treatment. Additional troops are being moved to the area, and army helicopters were mobilized to carry medical staff, tents, medicine and other relief items.

In Iran, the Red Crescent said it was facing a â&#x20AC;&#x153;complicated emergency situationâ&#x20AC;? in the area with villages scattered over desolate hills and valleys.

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area from New Delhi â&#x20AC;&#x201D; about 1,500 kilometers (900 miles) from the epicenter â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to Gulf cities that have some of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tallest skyscrapers, including the record 828-meter (2,717 -foot) Burj KhalLID LQ 'XEDL 2IĂ&#x20AC;FLDOV RUGHUHG temporary evacuations from the Burj Khalifa and some other highrises as a precaution.

A resident in the quake zone in Iran, Manouchehr Karimi, told The Associated Press by phone that â&#x20AC;&#x153;the quake period was longâ&#x20AC;? and occurred â&#x20AC;&#x153;when many people were at home to take a midday nap.â&#x20AC;?

Pakistani news channels showed buildings shaking in the southern city of Karachi, where people in panic came out from RIĂ&#x20AC;FHV DQG KRPHV In a message posted on Twitter, British Foreign Secretary William Hague sent condolences to families of those lost in the Iran earthquake.

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Boston bombs said to be made from pressure cookers JAY LINDSAY AND EILEEN SULLIVAN

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out by an international organization, domestic group or a â&#x20AC;&#x153;malevolent individual.â&#x20AC;?

He added: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The American people refuse to be terrorized.â&#x20AC;?

The two bombs that ripped through the crowds at the Boston Marathon, killing three people and wounding more than 170, were fashioned out of pressure cookers and packed with shards of metal, nails and ball bearings, a person briefed on the investigation said Tuesday.

The details on the apparently crude but deadly explosives emerged as investigators appealed to the public for amateur video and photos that might yield clues, and the chief FBI agent in Boston vowed â&#x20AC;&#x153;we will JR WR WKH HQGV RI WKH (DUWKÂľ WR Ă&#x20AC;QG WKRVH UHVSRQVLEOH A person who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the investigation was still going on said that the explosives were put in 6-liter pressure cookers, placed in black duffel bags and left on the ground.

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A doctor treating the wounded appeared to corroborate the personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s account, saying one of the victims was maimed by what looked like ball bearings or BBs. Doctors also said they removed a host of sharp objects from the victims, including nails that were sticking out BOB TLUMAKI / AP PHOTO of one little girlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s body.

Bill Iffrig, 78, lies on the ground as police officers At the White House, meanwhile, President Barack react to a second explosion at the finish line of Obama said that the bombings were an act of terrorism the Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, but that investigators do not know if they were carried 2013.

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and analyzing the crime scene. Gov. Deval Patrick said that contrary to earlier reports, no unexploded bombs were found. He said the only explosives were the ones that went off. FBI agents searched a home in the suburb of Revere overnight.

Authorities gave no details. But investigators were seen leaving a building there early Tuesday carrying brown paper bags, plastic trash bags and a duffel bag.

At a news conference, police and federal agents repeatedly appealed for any video, audio and photos taken by marathon spectators, even images that people might not think DUH VLJQLĂ&#x20AC;FDQW â&#x20AC;&#x153;There has to be hundreds, if not thousands, of photos and videosâ&#x20AC;? that might help investigators, state police Col. Timothy Alben said. Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis said investigators also gathered a large number of surveillance tapes from businesses in the area and intend to go through the video frame by frame. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is probably one of the most photographed areas in the country yesterday,â&#x20AC;? he said. InvestigaWRUV UHIXVHG WR JLYH DQ\ VSHFLĂ&#x20AC;FV on the bombs and say, for example, where they might have been hidden or whether they were packed with shrapnel for maximum carnage, as is often the case in terror bombings overseas. But Dr. Stephen Epstein of the emergency medicine department at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center said he saw an X-ray of one victimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leg that had â&#x20AC;&#x153;what appears to be small, uniform, round objects throughout it â&#x20AC;&#x201D; similar in the appearance to BBs.â&#x20AC;? The Ă&#x20AC;HU\ H[SORVLRQV WRRN SODFH DERXW seconds and about 100 yards apart, knocking spectators and at least one runner off their feet, shattering windows and sending columns of smoke rising over the street. Roupen BastaMLDQ D VWDWH WURRSHU IURP 6PLWKĂ&#x20AC;HOG 5 , KDG MXVW Ă&#x20AC;QLVKHG WKH UDFH ZKHQ he heard the explosions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I started running toward the blast. And there were people all RYHU WKH Ă RRU Âľ KH VDLG ´:H VWDUWHG grabbing tourniquets and started tying legs. A lot of people amputated. ... At least 25 to 30 people have at least one leg missing, or an ankle missing, or two legs missing.â&#x20AC;?

At least 17 people were critically injured, police said. At least eight children were being treated at hospitals. In addition to losing limbs, victims suffered broken bones, shrapnel wounds and ruptured eardrums.

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A guide to exploring Jackie Robinsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Brooklyn BETH J. HARPAZ

ASSOCIATED PRESS With the movie â&#x20AC;&#x153;42â&#x20AC;? bringing the Jackie Robinson story to a new generation, fans young and old may be inspired to visit some of the places in Brooklyn connected to the African-American athlete who integrated Major League Baseball when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.

In Coney Island, a statue portrays Robinson and Pee Wee Reese, the white Dodger who stood by him in the face of racist taunts. At the cemetery on the border of Brooklyn and Queens where Robinson is buried, admirers still leave baseballs and other mementos. And for fans who enjoy irony â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or who remain bitter about the Dodgersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; departure to Los Angeles in 1957 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a â&#x20AC;&#x153;No Ball Playingâ&#x20AC;? sign at the housing complex where the Dodgersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; storied stadium, Ebbets Field, once stood.

Joseph Dorinson, author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jackie Robinson: Race, Sports and the American Dream,â&#x20AC;? says itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no accident that the color barrier was broken by a Brooklyn team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jackie made it in Brooklyn, and no other place, because of the multicultural and ethnic diversity here,â&#x20AC;? he said.

That diversity still exists here today.

Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a guide to exploring Jackie Robinsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Brooklyn.

STATUE The life-size statue in Coney Island shows Robinson and Reese arm in arm. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inscribed with the story of how Reese, captain of the Dodgers, â&#x20AC;&#x153;stood by Jackie Robinson against prejudiced fans and fellow players ... silencing the taunts of the crowdâ&#x20AC;? during a game in Cincinnati. The statue is located outside MCU Park, where the minor league Cyclones team plays at Surf Avenue and West 17th Street, near the last stop on the D, F, N or Q train to Coney Island.

HOME AND CHURCH Robinson lived in several places in Brooklyn before moving to Queens and later Connecticut with his wife and children. On a tidy block in East Flatbush, a twostory brick house at 5224 Tilden Ave. with a rusting fence and peeling paint bears a plaque that states: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Ă&#x20AC;UVW $IULFDQ $PHULFDQ PDMRU OHDJXH EDVHEDOO SOD\HU OLYHG KHUH IURP WR Âľ /RFDO RIĂ&#x20AC;FLDOV KDYH VWDUWHG an effort to landmark the house.

Robinson and his wife Rachel also lived for a time at 526 MacDonough St. in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Although PXFK RI WKH PRYLH ZDV Ă&#x20AC;OPHG LQ WKH 6RXWK VRPH VFHQHV ZHUH VKRW RQ 0DF'RQRXJK EHFDXVH WKH Ă&#x20AC;OPmakers wanted to show the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s distinctive front stoop, a common feature of Brooklyn homes.

The production company used the Nazarene Congregational Church at 506 MacDonough St. for storage DQG ZDUGUREH ZKLOH Ă&#x20AC;OPLQJ DFFRUGLQJ WR 1D]DUHQH¡V pastor, the Rev. Conrad Tillard. :KHQ 5RELQVRQ Ă&#x20AC;UVW DUULYHG LQ 1HZ <RUN KH OLYHG for a time with Nazareneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s then-assistant pastor, the Rev. Lacy Covington and his wife Florence. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Church and faith were central to Jackie Robinsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s success,â&#x20AC;? said Tony Carnes, who publishes an online magazine

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This film image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Chadwick Boseman as Jackie Robinson in a scene from â&#x20AC;&#x153;42.â&#x20AC;? The movie, about Robinsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, life, is bringing his inspiring story to a new generation. Fans young and old can find a number of places in Brooklyn connected to the baseball great.

FDOOHG $ -RXUQH\ 7KURXJK 1<& 5HOLJLRQV Nazarene was considered a â&#x20AC;&#x153;mink coat churchâ&#x20AC;? at WKH WLPH 7LOODUG VDLG ZLWK DQ HGXFDWHG DIĂ XHQW $IULcan-American congregation. Robinson later came back to the church to â&#x20AC;&#x153;make an impassioned speech about the dangers of drugs,â&#x20AC;? Tillard said. Robinsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s son, Jack, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d served in the Vietnam War, was a heroin addict.

thanking Robinson â&#x20AC;&#x153;for being an inspiration, strong and courageous.â&#x20AC;? On a recent day, Ronnie Carvey, Taneisha Beckford and their 3-year-old son were among those stopping at the grave to pay respects, with Carvey explaining to his child that Robinson was a â&#x20AC;&#x153;famous baseball player.â&#x20AC;?

The cemetery entrance is 833 Jamaica Ave., Brooklyn, near the Cypress Hills stop on the J subway line, also GRAVE SITE reachable via the Jackie Robinson Parkway. Robinsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Robinson died in 1972, just a year after his son died plot is in section 6 on the Queens side of the graveyard, in a car accident. They are buried, along with the Cov- on Jackie Robinson Way near Cypress Road, across ingtons and Robinsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother-in-law, in Cypress Hills from a large stone mausoleum near a low black fence, Cemetery. tall evergreen tree and hedge row. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives,â&#x20AC;? reads the inscription on Robinsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tombEBBETS FIELD AND WASHINGTON PARK stone. Mementos left by fans at the grave include a bat Robinson retired after the 1956 season. Dodgers and baseballs, with one ball bearing a handwritten note owner Walter Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Malley, still a much-hated name in

SDUWV RI 1HZ <RUN &LW\ PRYHG WKH WHDP WR /RV $QJHles after the 1957 season. The park was replaced by an apartment complex at 1720 Bedford Ave., in Crown Heights, where a stone in a wall is inscribed with the words: â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is the former site of Ebbets Field.â&#x20AC;?

Ron Schweiger, Brooklynâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s borough historian, grew up going to Dodger games at Ebbets Field and met Robinson several times. As a Brooklyn public school teacher, he used Robinsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s story to teach his students about civil rights, even hosting Robinsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s daughter Sharon as a speaker at the school.

Recalling a recent visit to the Ebbets Field site, Schweiger said that â&#x20AC;&#x153;if you go up the stairs and into the courtyard, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be standing in right field. When you walk closer to the entrance to the building and look at the sign over to the right of the doorway, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a sign: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;No radio playing. No bike riding. No ball playing.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

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Seniors reflect on athletic careers and future ambitions DALTON CHAREST

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MICHELLE BERTHIAUME / SPORTS EDITOR

Top: Janel Haggerty competes in the 100 meter hurdle race at a meet at UMass-Amherst on Saturday, April 13.

Bottom: Nicole Curry looks for a teammate to pass to in a game against Colby Sawyer College on April 2 at the Owl Athletic Complex.

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Ryan Glavey can be contacted

Dalton Charest can be contacted at dcharest@keene-equinox.com

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McKelvie finds the net early and often JAY MCAREE

EQUINOX STAFF When freshman Tyler McKelvie joined the Keene State College Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lacrosse Team this year, he was much like every other young athlete: young and inexperienced to the speed of the college game. Fast forward to this point in the season and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fair to make the assessment that the game might need to catch up with him.

An All-American out of Acton Boxborough Regional High School, McKelvie has handled everything thrown at him in stride thus far, working his way into the starting line up and putting together a 19-goal, 12-assist season through 11 games. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of cool, I mean as a freshman I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really think I was going to start or anything like that. I just thought I would come in and learn the system, but to get put in and actually make an impact, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been real fun for me,â&#x20AC;? McKelvie said.

Head Coach Mark Theriault added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sometimes you have kids that when they switch over to the speed of college lacrosse, they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t meet the challenge. [McKelvie] didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss a beat, and you know, I think once he felt really comfortable in our offensive sets and what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing lacrosse-wise, KH¡V UHDOO\ VWDUWLQJ WR Ă RXULVK Âľ McKelvie is one of six Owls to accumulate double digit goals this season and is tied for second in assists. The potency of this teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offense is constantly on display and they have developed a kind of â&#x20AC;&#x153;pick your poisonâ&#x20AC;? mentality when it comes to putting the ball through the net. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most of the time, teams donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really NQRZ ZKR , DP RU ZKDW , GR VR WKH\ GHĂ&#x20AC;nitely key in on {Taylor} Jette and J.T. [Galloway] a lot more,â&#x20AC;? McKelvie said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They do their job and that allows me to get open and to do my job.â&#x20AC;? Senior JT Galloway had high praise for his fellow attackman. ´>0F.HOYLH¡V@ GHĂ&#x20AC;QLWHO\ WDNLQJ LW LQ VWULGH and just killing it. I think heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s handling it better than Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever seen a freshman handle it before,â&#x20AC;? Galloway said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a pretty high pressure situation for a freshman to adapt from high school to college and he kind of went above and beyond from just being a face in the crowd to actually standing out.â&#x20AC;?

Galloway and Jette are two seniors who are able to help guide him through this whole process. McKelvie said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;They give me a lot of advice, pretty much anything I need Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll ask them and they will help me RQ WKH Ă&#x20AC;HOG ,W¡V GHĂ&#x20AC;QLWHO\ EHHQ D KXJH KHOS having them by my side.â&#x20AC;?

MICHELLE BERTHIAUME / SPORTS EDITOR

Tyler McKelvie looks to put the ball in the net during KSCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 7-6 win over LEC rival Eastern Connecticut State University on Saturday, April 6 at the Owl Athletic Complex.

But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something intuitive that has led him to this quick success: A knack for making plays in all aspects of the game.

Coach Theriault said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like his tenaciousness and his ability to score goals. You know some people are distributors or feeders and Tyler can do that, but heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also not afraid to come around the cage, take the hit, and put the ball in the net. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something you just canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t teach.â&#x20AC;?

On March 30, in a game against Southern Maine Universitys, McKelvie knocked

LQ Ă&#x20AC;YH JRDOV WR OHDG WKH WHDP WR YLFWRU\ look at the net, I just know where the opporLast Friday against Salem State University, tunities are going to be.â&#x20AC;?

KH KDG DQRWKHU Ă&#x20AC;YH JRDO JDPH WKDW DOORZHG Galloway described him as â&#x20AC;&#x153;craftyâ&#x20AC;? and KSC to narrowly escape with a 16-13 win. â&#x20AC;&#x153;creativeâ&#x20AC;? when it comes to McKelvieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s style â&#x20AC;&#x153;I kind of just realized that my defender RI SOD\ RXW RQ WKH Ă&#x20AC;HOG was very bad off the ball, so I watched him â&#x20AC;&#x153;He creates goals, he creates opportuniWKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW TXDUWHU DQG IURP WKHQ RQ RQFH , ties when you think there should be none, caught the ball and knew I could score it and makes goals when you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think he was just one of those things that clicked for can even see the net sometimes,â&#x20AC;? Galloway me,â&#x20AC;? McKelvie said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Playing against a lefty said. goalie my whole career in high school, and The team has played themselves to a 9-2 he was a lefty goalie, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even need to record with just four games remaining in

the regular season and McKelvie has been a integral part to the whole thing. His mindset is simple, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Coach told me to just play how I know how to play. I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worry about other things I just have to do my job and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been good.â&#x20AC;?

The menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lacrosse team will get ready to host U-Mass Boston on April 17 as they strive to gain a streak of four wins.

Jay McAree can be contacted at jmcaree@keene-equinox.com

Seniors linked by surgery BRIAN SCHNEE

Fellow teammate Spencer Hutchinson is a righthanded pitcher who has had a longer road of recovery that took him nearly two seasons. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It happened right As the pitch count adds up throughout his career, when my arm got to the 90-degree angle,â&#x20AC;? Hutchinson VR GRHV WKH VWUDLQ RQ D SLWFKHU¡V DUP DQG VSHFLĂ&#x20AC;FDOO\ said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was just trying to get through the inning after the elbow. it hurt.â&#x20AC;?

Keene State College baseball players have experiHutchinson went to the University of Connecticut ence an increase in surgeries due to a gradual upswing Medical Center to get his surgery done. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The surgery in injuries over the past decade. wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t bad, but the cast after was terrible; your arm is In 2012, three pitchers from KSC sustained simi- locked for nearly two months,â&#x20AC;? Hutchinson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It lar injury to the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) in the wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t until about seven months from after the surthrowing elbow. A tear in the UCL typically calls for gery where I picked up a baseball to start throwing.â&#x20AC;? a complete reconstruction or replacement of the ligaThe third pitcher to need UCL surgery was Dan ment with a familiar procedure known to sports fans Wogksch but left KSC due to graduation. as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tommy John Surgery.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I started throwing from 10-15 feet away and went $FFRUGLQJ WR (631 FRP WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW 8&/ UHFRQVWUXF- from there over time,â&#x20AC;? Hutchinson said.

WLRQ FDPH LQ WR D 0DMRU /HDJXH %DVHEDOO SLWFKHU â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was a lot of rehab right away,â&#x20AC;? Perrault said. named Tommy John. Dr. Frank Jobe performed the â&#x20AC;&#x153;From April 17 to August 17, then I started throwing.â&#x20AC;? surgery. Since then, the injury has become more apparCoach Howe believes that a lot of guys coming HQW LQ EDVHEDOO SOD\HUV VSHFLĂ&#x20AC;FDOO\ \RXQJHU SLWFKHUV back from Tommy John surgery in fact throw harder Owls Head Coach Ken Howe believes the UCL than they did prior. However, both Perrault and tear happens to guys who throw the ball harder than Hutchinson agreed that they came back from the surothers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Throwing a baseball is such an unnatural act,â&#x20AC;? gery with nearly the same strength. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel like I am a Howe said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the guys that are [throwing at] 85 to 95 little bit more controlled than I was before the surgery,â&#x20AC;? miles per hour. A lot of it is mechanical as well, if they Hutchinson said. drop their arm too early and such. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a combination Rehabilitation from the surgery is the primary of velocity and mechanical issues that cause it.â&#x20AC;? reason players come back to 100 percent strength. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our Senior left-handed pitcher Eric Perrault is one of trainers do a great job with it. We have guys that come the Owl pitchers who sustained a UCL tear during an back from surgery with programs and we stick to proouting in recent years at KSC. Perrault actually pre- tocol that are proven to be effective,â&#x20AC;? Coach Howe said. dicted that his injury would take place. Due to having â&#x20AC;&#x153;You look at Ericâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s [Perrault] rehab, he came back a little high hopes of playing baseball after college, he was bit quicker than [Hutchinson] not because he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t glad it happened sooner than later. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I anticipated it work at it. It was because of the two different surgeons [the injury] coming for a little bit. I knew it was going and what they were used to.â&#x20AC;? to happen but it was a matter of when,â&#x20AC;? Perrault said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No arm pain at all,â&#x20AC;? Perrault said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the best my â&#x20AC;&#x153;In a way it was a blessing in disguise.â&#x20AC;? arm has ever felt.â&#x20AC;?

Perrault, who receives attention from Major League â&#x20AC;&#x153;Here [Keene State College] we are on a time conBaseball scouts and other interested ball clubs, went to straint, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve only got four years unlike in the pros see the most well-known sports surgeon in the United where you can take years to come back,â&#x20AC;? Howe said.

States. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I went down to Florida to see Dr. ([ames] â&#x20AC;&#x153;The clock is ticking, kids are in school and have to Andrews,â&#x20AC;? Perrault said. graduate and move on but we are happy to have those Andrews has been a premiere sports surgeon for two kids [Hutchinson and Perrault] back.â&#x20AC;? all sorts of surgeries to various athletes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The day after surgery I was doing exercises already, it was a rigorBrian Schnee can be contacted at ous recovery,â&#x20AC;? Perrault said. bschnee@keene-equinox.com

EQUINOX STAFF

NCAA menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball title game wins ratings DAVID BAUDER

ASSOCIATED PRESS Unlike the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball championship game itself, there was no contest in the ratings. Louisvilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gripping victory over Michigan to win the NCAA tournament was easily the most popular event on prime-time television last week.

7KH JDPH ZDV VHHQ E\ DQ HVWLPDWHG PLOOLRQ people, the Nielsen company said. That was a bigger

audience than the last two menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s championship games, and just slightly less than the 23.9 million who watched Duke beat Butler in 2010.

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For the week, CBS led with an average of 10.8 million viewers (6.9 rating, 11 share). Fox had 6.1 million (3.7, 6), ABC had 5.9 million (3.9, 6).

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