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VOL. 65, ISSUE #23

THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2013

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reveals his ‘transition’ PAM BUMP

EQUINOX STAFF KARINA BARRIGA ALBRING

NEWS EDITOR Chaz Bono, who described himself as a “people pleaser� throughout most of his life, shared with an audience of roughly 300 people at Keene State College that if it was not for his life in the public eye, he would have come out sooner as a transgender male.

Chaz Bono, the son of entertainers Cher and Sonny Bono, spoke about his transition from female to transgender male and his journey of discovering his gender idenWLW\ DW DQ HYHQW LQ WKH 0DEHO %URZQ 5RRP KRVWHG E\ .6& 3ULGH RQ 0RQGD\ $SULO Bono, who was born as a female and started his tran-

sition to becoming a man in his early thirties, explained WKDW KH VWUXJJOHG IRU PDQ\ \HDUV ZKLOH WU\LQJ WR Ă€JXUH RXW who he was. Bono, who had earlier “come outâ€? as a lesELDQ ZRPDQ DV D WHHQDJHU VKDUHG WKDW ´UHG Ă DJVÂľ EHJDQ appearing towards the end of his performing arts high school career when he realized he was more comfortable on stage when performing in male roles.

As a woman who advocated for human rights groups, developed an interest in politics and also spent time in the music industry, Bono discussed his growing discomfort WU\LQJ WR Ă€W LQWR IHPDOH JHQGHU UROHV 5HVHDUFK EURXJKW him to the realization that he was a transgender male. %RQR H[SODLQHG TXHVWLRQLQJ KLV JHQGHU IRU WKH Ă€UVW WLPH was “really scary,â€? and also shared that he “explored it in really private ways.â€?

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Chaz Bono presents his book “Transition: The Story of How I Became a Man,� in the Mabel Brown Room at KSC on April 8, 2013. Bono’s presentation was KSC Pride’s biggest event of the year.

City of Keene would not extend last call ZACH PEARSON

EQUINOX STAFF An extra hour at the bars may seem like a no-brainer to some, but in a college town that extra hour of business has become the catalyst for a heated debate. Is 1 a.m. still a late enough last call for New Hampshire, or should towns be given the option to serve alcohol until 2 a.m.?

Passed in the House and now in the Senate, this bill would change last call in New Hampshire to 2 a.m. instead of the current 1 a.m. According to an article by the Associated Press, The House voted 208-123 in favor of the bill. Opponents argued that the bill would encourage more underage drinking while supporters argued that it would be more state tax money and that our last call should

match the majority of other states whose last call is already 2 a.m. .HHQH 0D\RU .HQGDOO /DQH VDLG ´$V I understand the bill in its present form, it does provide an option for local communities to decide whether they want that to apply in their community or not.

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KSC Officials clarify funding for student diversity scholarships LINDSEY ARCECI

When students made their silenced voices heard two weeks ago at a silent protest, they expressed many concerns about acceptance and bullying on campus. This concern can only be answered when the Keene State College community collectively changes its views to become one of complete equality. The other big concern, which is not WKH UHVSRQVLELOLW\ RI WKH VWXGHQW ERG\ RU FRPPXQLW\ WR Ă€[ EXW RQH for administration, was broached when students asked, “Why was my diversity scholarship cut?â€?

Yet these scholarships were not exactly “cutâ€? as many students WKRXJKW DFFRUGLQJ WR .DUHQ +RXVH WKH YLFH SUHVLGHQW RI Ă€QDQFH DQG SODQQLQJ DW .6& 6KH VDLG EXGJHW IRU WKH 2IĂ€FH RI 0XOWLFXOWXUDOLVP and Diversity comes from the revenue of the college, which is a combination of tuition and other things. It is essentially just part of the operating budget. “It was something that didn’t exist and then there was a proposal WR FUHDWH WKH RIĂ€FH DQG WKDW SURSRVDO ZDV DSSURYHG E\ WKH FROOHJH¡V SODQQLQJ SURFHVV Âľ +RXVH VDLG ´$QG EHFDXVH >WKH RIĂ€FH@ ZDV LQ D start-up mode, it didn’t get cut when we had the cuts [the 45 percent VWDWH IXQGLQJ FXW@ Âľ 7KH RIĂ€FH ZDV VRPHWKLQJ WKDW ZDV GHHPHG WR EH LPSRUWDQW DQG WKHUHIRUH WKH LQVWLWXWLRQDO DQG Ă€QDQFLDO VXSSRUW ZDV there, House said.

Interim President Jay Kahn a final candidate for the Conn. Board of Regents for Higher Education ANGELA SCIONTI

EQUINOX STAFF KARINA BARRIGA ALBRING

NEWS EDITOR When Keene State Collge announced last month that Dr. Anne Huot was elected the new college president, a question that started to rise on the campus was what will happen with Interim President Jay Kahn when Huot moves into the Hale Building? .DKQ¡V VXFFHVRU 'U $QQH ( +XRW ZLOO WDNH RIÀFH on June 30, 2013. After serving as Keene State College’s Interim President for his one-year term, Jay Kahn is now looking into serving for other college boards.

Kahn, who developed a respected reputation as vice president for Finance and Planning of KSC since 1988, was named interim president in the summer of 2012 after former President Helen Giles-Gee left Keene. “Even though he was president for only a year I believe he has, in the short time he had, made a positive impact on .6& Âľ IUHVKPDQ .LPEHU 0LOODUG VWDWHG )RU PDQ\ VWXGHQWV .DKQ KDV EHFRPH D IULHQGO\ Ă€JXUH rather than only an authority for the KSC community.

Walking his golden retriever around the campus or playing with his grandson by the quad, cheering for the Owls or supporting the music students in the Redfern recitals and always wearing a smile, Kahn has proven to

be approachable and devoted to the KSC community.

2Q 0DUFK ZKHQ WKH 8QLYHUVLW\ 6\VWHP %RDUG RI 7UXVWHHV RIĂ€FLDOO\ QDPHG +XRW WKH KHDG RI .6& .DKQ stated, “It is a very exciting moment for the campus. I NQRZ WKDW WKH RIĂ€FH LV LQ JRRG KDQGV Âľ When Kahn referred to the future of KSC, however, he did not mention his own plans for the future. Kahn is currently running for a presidential position on the Board of Regents for higher education in Conn. As one of the three Ă€QDO FDQGLGDWHV .DKQ KDV WKH RSSRUWXQLW\ WR RYHUVHH “four Connecticut state universities, 12 community colleges DQG RQH RQOLQH FROOHJH Âľ DFFRUGLQJ WR D 0DUFK DUWLFOH E\ The Keene Sentinel.

If Kahn is selected, then he is expected to leave the KSC community this summer. If Kahn does not win, it has not been said if he will remain a part of KSC staff or not.

Kahn chose not to comment about the possibility of him becoming the new President of the Board of Regents in Connecticut.

According to the Norwalk Citizen, the Board of Regents was supposed to come to a desicion on April 4. However, the Citizen stated, “The panel emerged and seemed to take a hands-off approach, saying it would send the names of all three candidates it has been considering to Gov. Dannel 3 0DOOR\ /DZUHQFH 'HQDUGLV -U D PHPEHU RI WKH H[HFXWLYH board, said it is possible that the governor will not have

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“When they [the state] cut the state appropriation support to the college’s budget, they also cut out state scholarships [...] but that was two years ago.�

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-­KAREN HOUSE VICE PRESIDENT FOR FINANCE AND PLANNING

´:H¡YH LQFUHDVHG >LWV EXGJHW@ EHFDXVH DV \RX FDQ VHH LW ZDV D QHZ RIĂ€FH Âľ +RXVH DGGHG In regards to the concerns students had with budget cuts or not EHLQJ IXOO\ VXSSRUWHG E\ WKH VFKRRO Ă€QDQFLDOO\ +RXVH VDLG VKH LV QRW sure where the students heard this information. “I’m not sure what’s going on really. They didn’t come to me and get the information,â€? House said. “We understand that it is very LPSRUWDQW WR SURYLGH DV PXFK Ă€QDQFLDO VXSSRUW DV ZH FDQ Âľ :KHQ LW FRPHV WR WKH WHUP ´ÀQDQFLDO DLG Âľ WKDW GRHVQ¡W PHDQ WKHUH is one place that aid comes from or one type of aid students receive.

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MONiff brings together celebrities and local filmmakers to Keene, N.H.

EMILY FEDORKO / PHOTO EDITOR

Documentary filmmaker and director Ken Burns (center) with Yusef Salaam (left) and Raymond Santana (right), presented their film, Central Park Five.

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CAMPUS SAFETY report  log

Week of: April 1 Monday,  April  1 5:10  p.m.  Young  Student  Center:  Officer  off  to  meet  with  Keene  Police  Department  officer  for  an  alarm  from  the  ATM.  No  problems  found  in  area.

6:40  p.m.  Huntress  Hall:  Smell  of  706  [marijuana]  in  the  hallway.  No  room  identi-­ fied.   10:44  p.m.  Carle  Hall:  Odor  investigation  for  drugs.  KPD  are  off  as  well  to  check  the  area.

Tuesday,  April  2 10:24  a.m.  Huntress  Hall:  Theft  of  several  thousand  dol-­ lars  via  credit  card.

2:37  p.m.  Science  Center:  Strange  older  man  walking  through  the  building.

Wednesday,  April  3 9:57  p.m.  Holloway  Hall:  RA  reporting  a  student  living  in  building  who  should  not  be  living  there.  Thursday,  April  4 10:05  a.m.  One  Butler  Court:  Mom  called  because  son  isn’t  answering  phone  and  is  missing  a  doctor’s  appoint-­ ment.  4:32  p.m.  Winchester  Street:  Faculty  member  reported  information  about  suspicious  activity  occuring  off  campus.

10:32  p.m.  Sidewalk:  Someone  stopped  an  officer  to  report  they  had  a  beer  can  thrown  at  them  when  walking  by  the  house  on  Wilson  and  Winchester  Street.  10:58  p.m.  Randall  Hall:  RA  called  to  report  someone  had  informed  her  a  female  had  shot  off  a  fire  extinguisher  outside  of  building.

Friday,  April  5 12:00  a.m.  Randall  Hall:  Call  from  a  resident  saying  that  a  male  she  has  a  no  con-­ tact  order  with  was  kicking  her  door. Â

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$FFRUGLQJ WR +RXVH WKH PDMRULW\ RI Ă&#x20AC;QDQcial aid from the school comes from the KSC E and G [Educational and General] Fund. She said the primary contributors to the E and G Fund come from tuition revenues and state operating appropriation. This fund does not include federal PELL grants, state grants or state scholarships. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When they [the state] cut the state appropriation support to the collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s budget, they also cut out state scholarships,â&#x20AC;? House said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So it used to exist and then it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, but that was two years ago. So the 45 percent cut would not have had an effect on students who received school-funded diversity scholarships.â&#x20AC;?

But it looks like the â&#x20AC;&#x153;diversity scholarshipsâ&#x20AC;? the students were referencing were not a state scholarship, but in fact a KSC VFKRODUVKLS 6WDII IURP WKH Ă&#x20AC;QDQFLDO DLG RIĂ&#x20AC;FH at KSC refused to comment on the subject unless questions were provided prior to an interview via an e-mail. This was not permitted since it goes against The Equinoxâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s policy. $FFRUGLQJ WR WKH Ă&#x20AC;QDQFLDO DLG ZHEVLWH RQ the KSC webpage, the only scholarship that includes anything about diversity is the Leadership Award. In the description online, it states that in order for a student to be eligible to receive this scholarship or have it renewed to them, the student must â&#x20AC;&#x153;demonstrate commitment to the school and/or community organizations that promote understanding of diversity, tolerance, and difference, or active participation in improving civility within school or community.â&#x20AC;? The award amount is $8,000 that will be awarded in increments of $2,000 annually to full-time students only.

For a student recipient to continue to receive this scholarship, the student must continue to be a full-time enrolled student, and maintain an average GPA of 2.5, accordLQJ WR WKH JXLGHOLQHV VSHFLĂ&#x20AC;FDOO\ XQGHU WKH Leadership Award. But under the subject

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Around 30 students gathered in front of the Mabel Brown Room to demand support for diversity from KSC on March 29, 2013.

of â&#x20AC;&#x153;general criteria and guidelinesâ&#x20AC;? on the RQOLQH Ă&#x20AC;QDQFLDO DLG VHFWLRQ LW VWDWHV WKDW D studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s scholarship may be forfeited if a student withdraws from KSC or takes a leave of absence. So unless all 30 plus students who were protesting took a leave of absence or had a drop in their GPA, there is no accountability to date to explain why these studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

scholarships were â&#x20AC;&#x153;cut.â&#x20AC;?

All the students at the rally who said they Students can visit the scholarship and had a â&#x20AC;&#x153;diversity scholarshipâ&#x20AC;? must have had a grant page online at www.keene.edu/admisPLQLPXP 6$7 VFRUH RI >FULWLFDO UHDGLQJ sions/aid/grants/merit. math, and writing] or a minimum composite $&7 VFRUH RI >ZULWLQJ WHVW UHTXLUHG@ DQG Lindsey Arceci can be contacted at a high school GPA of 2.5 or higher to have larceci@keene-equinox.com obtained the Leadership Award from KSC.

Senator Jeb Bradley (R) says restoration still not a reality for N.H. public colleges KARINA BARRIGA ALBRING

NEWS EDITOR As students presented projects in the Academic Excellence Conference on Saturday, April 6, around 20 community members, including Republican leaders from the state and Keene State College students and staff members, attended the political discussion with majority leader of the New Hampshire Senate, Senator Jeb Bradley (R) in the Young Student Center. The afternoonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s discussion included higher education funding, Medicare and overall thoughts on Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campaign.

During this roundtable discussion sponsored by KSC Republicans, Bradley expressed that restoration of state funding for college education is still in debate.

Senator Bradley explained that the state senators have to analyze more up-to-date factual information than the governor and the House when recommending a budget. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The majority of Republicans would like to see more students in college.

However, when the revenue growth is not materialized, we sometimes have to make painful cuts,â&#x20AC;? Bradley said.

According to former President of the Senate Thomas R. Eaton (R), time is a crucial aspect when passing a budget. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The governor proposes a EXGJHW EDVHG RQ WKH LQĂ DWLRQ rates. Then the House analyzes the budget and reorganizes

and distributes money. After licans Allie Bedell indicated some months, the Senate dis- that Keene State College is not cusses the budget. Since time an institution that squanders its has passed, there are more eco- funds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[At] KSC, we are very nomical facts available and the wise when using our resources. senate has to vote on the budget I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think there are any with the actual income that the XQMXVWLĂ&#x20AC;HG VSHQGLQJV Âľ %HGHOO state has,â&#x20AC;? Eaton explained. said.

Eaton stated that some On behalf of the institution, groups may claim a certain Vice President for Advanceamount of money the Governor ment Maryann Lindberg said, offered. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But if the funds are â&#x20AC;&#x153;Any investment you make in a not really there, it is impossible young person, you are creating for us to allocate them for any new taxpayers. If young people initiative,â&#x20AC;? Eaton said.

FDQ¡W Ă&#x20AC;QLVK FROOHJH LW LV D JUHDW When it comes to funding issue for the state.â&#x20AC;? higher education, Bradley recBradley expressed that ognized that New Hampshireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s because of the economic situastate appropriation is lower than tion of the nation, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Many states other states but said it would be in the country have had the unfair to blame this on the tax need to cut their budget. We system. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If there would be a have limited resources and a lot VDOHV WD[ SHRSOH ZRXOG Ă&#x20AC;QG D of decisions to make.â&#x20AC;? way to spend it. We are doing About Medicare, Senator a lot better than other states Bradley said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think that that have income or sales tax. I we [the Senate] will join the would choose our tax structure House in expanding the proover the ones other states imple- gram.â&#x20AC;? Republican leaders in ment,â&#x20AC;? Bradley stated. the room referred to Medicare New Hampshire is cur- as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obama-care.â&#x20AC;? Senator Bradrently at the bottom of the list of ley stated that when he voted in higher education funding. Even favor of Medicare, â&#x20AC;&#x153;It seemed before the state funding was cut like a good initiative.â&#x20AC;?

LQ SHUFHQW LQ Ă&#x20AC;VFDO \HDU â&#x20AC;&#x153;Currently, if you ask pretty New Hampshire was already much any governor throughout one of the states that allocated the nation, they will tell you it less funds to higher education, is a very costly program, very stated Karen House, KSC vice hard to implement. The propresident for Finance and Plan- grams that we have are unsusning. tainable,â&#x20AC;? Senator Bradley said.

When the proposal of reducRegarding the place where ing spendings in order to make the Republican party stands college more affordable for stu- DIWHU ORVLQJ WKH HOHFWLRQ dents was brought to the table, Bradley said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need to focus senior and chair of KSC Repub- on what voters care about: econ-

3:29  a.m.  Randall  Hall:  Desk  attendant  called  and  said  it  looks  like  there  are  students  fighting  outside.

Saturday,  April  6 12:02  a.m.  Huntress  Hall:  706  [marijuana.]

3:43  a.m.  Carle  Hall:  Intoxicated  male.  Sunday,  April  7  2:56  a.m.  Madison  Lot:  Male  subject  sleeping  inside  a   vehicle.

KARINA BARRIGA ALBRING / NEWS EDITOR

Senator Jeb Bradley (R), majority leader in the Senate, spoke about funding for higher education, Medicare and the 2014 Election in a roundtable discussion at KSC on April 6.

omy, jobs, cost of food. We need WR Ă&#x20AC;QG FDQGLGDWHV WKDW GRQ¡W scare people. We cannot afford that people believe that their rights are going to be taken away.â&#x20AC;?

Bradley said President Barack Obama has not been a good president, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but is certainly a very good campaigner.â&#x20AC;?

Bradley stated, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our friends on the other side have been successful in putting a message people understand in a bumper sticker. We havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t.â&#x20AC;?

About studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; support for the Republican party, Bedell said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the past election, we did not give students a single reason to vote for us. Students are more interested in hearing about social issues that they feel directly affect their lives every day.â&#x20AC;? Bedell said that approaching college students with economy as a primary topic is not the best idea. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Students think about paying for tuition and not graduating with a huge debt.

Apart from that, when Republicans speak to them about the economy in general, they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pay a lot of attention.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the challenges the Republican party faces is that liberal media will not present our message in a fair way,â&#x20AC;?

Eaton said. Bradley said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Social media has given the party the opportunity to reach out to voters. We need to take more advantage of it.â&#x20AC;? ,Q UHJDUG RI WKH (OHFtions, Bradley said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;There will be a lot of chaos, it will not look good for our Democratic friends.â&#x20AC;? Bradley indicated that historically, the sixth year in RIĂ&#x20AC;FH KDV DOZD\V EHHQ D WRXJK one for most presidents. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was tough for George W. Bush.

It will be a tough year for the Obama administration.â&#x20AC;?

Bradley is considered one of the strongest candidates to challenge U.S Senator Democrat Jeanne Shaheen when she runs for re-election. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have to continue to be a party of opportunity, instead of a party that sits and expects that others take care of us. We are a party that believes in personal liberties and responsibilities. Personal responsibilities seem to have taken a step back in this country, and we cannot let this happen,â&#x20AC;? Bradley stated.

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

KARINA BARRIGA ALBRING

/ NEWS EDITOR

Interim President Jay Kahn speaks at the N.H Women of the Year award ceremony.

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enough time to make a decision about who will be the next president. If the Legislature passes a bill before the governor comes to a decision, the board will be responsible of naming the next president rather than the governor, indicated the Stamford Advocate.

Chairman of the Executive Board Lewis Robinson stated in the Stamford Advocate, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to put one [candidate] over another, they have different strengths. All three are going forward.â&#x20AC;? The CTPost stated, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The position has since been vacant since fall when a pay raise scandal forced resignation of the previous president.â&#x20AC;?

Regarding the salary offered for the position, the Norwalk citizen indicated, previous Board of Regents President Robert Kennedy â&#x20AC;&#x153;had a base salary of $377,000 and perks that brought the bottom line to more than $445,000.â&#x20AC;?

Kahn previously applied for a position as President of Antioch University; however, that new position was declared to another university administrator, Stephen B. Jones, on April 3, according to an article in The Keene Sentinel.

At present time, Kahnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s professional future is still unknown. Educators in Conn. as well as KSC students and staff await for a decision.

Should Connecticut offer the job to Kahn, it will mark an end to 25 years of service to the college and Keene community. If Kahn is not awarded the position in Connecticut, there is no word as to whether or not he will stay with the KSC community.

Whether Kahn stays or leaves, his duty as interim president of the college would be remembered for his diligence and commitment. When asking students how they felt about the possible leaving of Kahn, freshman Heather Massed stated. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think he will be greatly missed if he leaves KSC.â&#x20AC;?

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

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having bars stay open later.â&#x20AC;?

Councilor Terry Clark wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t optimistic about the billâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chances. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think that it will pass Keene City Council. I think probably it would only be one or two, maybe three votes to allow it. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just my feeling.â&#x20AC;?

An email from Councilor Janis Manwaring read, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I believe that there are a number of city councilors who GR QRW VXSSRUW WKLV QHZ ELOO Âľ 0DQZDULQJ FRQĂ&#x20AC;UPHG that she, David Curran and Kris Roberts would not support the bill.

Clark himself had no problem with the bill, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like a lot of laws; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not really the law itself that is good or bad, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the behavior afterwards. Letting bars be open until [2 a.m.] isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to change the behavior of anybody.â&#x20AC;?

Councilor Mitchell Greenwald said through email â&#x20AC;&#x153;Personally, I am opposed to the later â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;last callâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;,â&#x20AC;? but GreHQZDOG DOVR FODULĂ&#x20AC;HG ´7KH LVVXH KDV QRW EHHQ DVNHG RI WKH FLW\ FRXQFLO DQG WKXV WKHUH LV QR RIĂ&#x20AC;FLDO SRVLWLRQ Âľ Councilor Carl Jacobs also remains neutral. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not for or against it,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really understand whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s motivating it.â&#x20AC;?

Todd Tousley, owner of Penucheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ale House on Marlboro Street, pointed out, â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is the kind of town that has had problems with Pumpkin Fest and drinking so donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be surprised if this town says nope.â&#x20AC;?

Even if the bill passes through the Senate and the Keene City Council, the decision will ultimately rest with the bar owners whether they want to stay open the extra hour.

Tousley said â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have a feeling that everybody will.

Once somebody starts it you kind of have to play the game.â&#x20AC;? If Tousley had it his way, however, the bill ZRXOGQ¡W SDVV LQ WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW SODFH ´,¡P QRW LQ IDYRU RI LW because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been here 23 years and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always done it that way. And you prep yourself to serve till one and it takes you a good hour, hour and 15 minutes to clean up and get out of here. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m getting home at 2, 2:15 [a.m.], thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m used to. Now itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be 3, 3:15 [a.m.] and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m like I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really want to do that, and I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if my people will. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an adjustment thing. If itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s QRW EURNHQ GRQ¡W Ă&#x20AC;[ LW Âľ Garrett Plifka, a bartender at Cobblestone Ale House on Main Street said that the bar probably wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take advantage of the later last call.

Plifka said that as a bartender, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m against it because kids come out at 8 or 9 [p.m.] and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re already pretty intoxicated by last call at 1 [a.m.] anyways.â&#x20AC;?

Plifka predicts that few, if any, of Keeneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bars would extend their last call. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think all of the bars, they all talk, they all run into the same issues of kicking people out so I almost want to say no, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not going to really want to have it go till two.â&#x20AC;?

Barry Dennehy, the general manager at Waxy Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on Winchester Street, did not think the bill would pass in Keene but said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Given the option I guess weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d look at it. With our hotel guests some of them donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go drinking â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;til 11 [p.m.] or midnight.â&#x20AC;?

Based on his experience Dennehy said the bill could actually encourage more responsible drinking. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I was running the bars in England when they went from 11 to 1 [a.m.], initially it was bit more trouble because people were drinking a bit longer but after a while what

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I found was, because people had more time to go out, they werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t rushing, and it cut down on binge drinking. For that extra hour people could just relax.â&#x20AC;?

Mike Finnell, a regular at Waxy Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, voiced his disapproval of the bill saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a patron I think [1 a.m.] is late enough for anyone that is doing something at that hour they probably shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be doing anyway.â&#x20AC;?

Brendan Kuist, a freshman at KSC, wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be able to take advantage of the later last call but said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think LW¡V D JRRG WKLQJ , WKLQN D ORW RI ORFDO EDUV FDQ EHQHĂ&#x20AC;W Ă&#x20AC;QDQFLDOO\ IURP LW DQG LW¡V D FROOHJH WRZQ VR HYHU\RQH¡V

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ogy is very important for the LGBT community. The use of some terms can be really hurtful. The difference between transgender and transexual is that the word transexual generally refers to people that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t identify with their general birth assigned and they sometimes alter their bodies with surgery and/or hormones. That transition is a process that might take years.â&#x20AC;?

Landau added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even as scholars and different individuals create terms and many call themselves certain things, these terms are always limited and they are never going to represent the true general diversity of humansâ&#x20AC;?

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Hannah Quinn, a 20-year-old junior, had a similar opinion saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I guess for the people who are 21, sure go for it. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not opposed to it. Most people stay out till one or two so why not do that?â&#x20AC;?

Sam Murray, also a junior, didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think an extra hour was a big deal, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not against it personally. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel like that extra hour is going to be all that bad.â&#x20AC;?

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Transgender is an identity that a person assumes. It means that you identify yourself with a gender different than the one that you were born with; it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily involve surgery or hormone treatments.â&#x20AC;&#x153; Bono shared that he did not know what being transgender was.

Although he had grown up around gay and lesbian friends close to his family, which he considered â&#x20AC;&#x153;role models,â&#x20AC;? he explained, â&#x20AC;&#x153;[He] had never heard of transgender people.â&#x20AC;?

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Bono shared that this lead to a â&#x20AC;&#x153;myriad of fears,â&#x20AC;? when thinking about his future transition in the public eye and in his personal life. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Getting past that idea of having to transition in public was just the most terrifying thing that I could think of,â&#x20AC;? Bono continued, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I felt

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like I was going to experience rejection all around.â&#x20AC;?

Despite Bonoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s want to please people, which he considered a â&#x20AC;&#x153;terrible habit,â&#x20AC;? he explained that he felt like he, â&#x20AC;&#x153;was growing up,â&#x20AC;? when he chose to pay attention to himself before the thoughts of others.

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Then my voice changed and she freaked out.â&#x20AC;? Bono added that the two â&#x20AC;&#x153;didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t speak for a year,â&#x20AC;? while mentioning, â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was just painful for her.â&#x20AC;?

Bono explained that he considered his transition from female to male as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;purely joyous journey,â&#x20AC;? as he discovered himself. Bono explained that there was nothing he missed about being a woman because, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I never thought I was a woman.â&#x20AC;?

Bono stated after the event,

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LGTB activist, musician and writer Chaz Bono at KSC on April 8.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Do  you  think  last  call  should  be  extended  until  2  a.m.?  Why  or  why  not?â&#x20AC;? Â

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am in favor. Go for it, 2 a.m. sounds fine.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am in favor of extending last call. Closing the bars earlier doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make the town any less hectic.â&#x20AC;?

Varick Parizo Junior Social Science and Geography

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am in favor because I recently turned 21 and I want to take advantage of being at the bar.â&#x20AC;?

Lizzy King Sophomore Environmental Studies

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am in favor. I want to drink until 2 a.m. if possible.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Keene State [College] had a great event. They have great student body and some great questions.â&#x20AC;?

When asked by one audience member for advice on transitioning from one gender to another, Bono shared, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The journey that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re on, is to get to that place. So enjoy.â&#x20AC;?

Junior Meghan Belies said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;[Bono] had some great insights and it was interesting to hear someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perspective on that experience.â&#x20AC;?

KSC freshman Emily Bouffard said that she was moved by Bonoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s advice in this area and added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let other people get you down... The people who will listen are the same people you want in life.â&#x20AC;?

Landau noted that, â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we no longer call something that is not either male or female a disorder, then it means that it starts to be understood.â&#x20AC;?

Rasku brought up understanding as she stated that, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Understanding is a great step towards acceptance.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Go where the love is and let everything else fall into the place that it does,â&#x20AC;? Bono concluded. As his ultimate piece of advice for those on WKH MRXUQH\ WR Ă&#x20AC;QG WKHLU WUXH LGHQtity.

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Bryan Lake Junior Chemistry

â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;It is a big issue. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see anything that would make it worse to close the bars at 2 a.m.â&#x20AC;?

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Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot to be said about an extra hour

Students of legal drinking age are pretty used to the routine by now of pre-gaming at home, meeting with friends to walk to the bar and making the most of the night before the â&#x20AC;&#x153;last callâ&#x20AC;? at one in the morning. For many student drinkers, this means that after one, you either have to bring your IULHQGV EDFN WR \RXU SODFH RU Ă&#x20AC;QG VRPHZKHUH WR JR WR FRQtinue the party until you want to sleep. But what if the last call wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t until two in the morning? Well, that is the premise of a new bill in New Hampshire that has sparked conversations among the local bar scene and city council.

The bill passed in the House with a 208-123 vote, and is now awaiting approval from the Senate. Even if the bill passes in the Senate, the bill offers the option of allowing local communities the choice of extending a townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last call to 2 a.m. or not. And by the looks of what council members have said so far, the likelihood that Keene would adopt this new last call seems pretty slim.

But as the student voice of the college, The Equinox sees the student side of these situations that may shed new light on this debate.

We believe it would cut down on the amount of house parties. After the bar closes, instead of drunkenly wandering around the streets, they would just go home and sleep instead of creating trouble at a nearby house party.

The extra hour should not be for forcing down more drinks, instead students should responsibly drink and use the extra hour to slow down their intake and hydrate themselves before they leave.

If students know the bars close at one, then they will be PDNLQJ SODQV GXULQJ WKH EDU WLPH WR Ă&#x20AC;JXUH RXW ZKDW ZLOO happen next. And if students get too drunk before they FDQ Ă&#x20AC;QG VRPHWKLQJ HOVH WR GR DIWHUZDUGV WKH\¡UH OHIW ZDQdering the street intoxicated at night, presumably to go to another party.

The Equinox thinks that allowing the bars to be open STAFF COMMENTARY until 2 a.m. would allow for safer drinking locations to be open longer and make more money off their dedicated college patrons. While we recognize the possibility of a you had asked a lot of my friends, they would say that I should be the greater increase in DUI arrests, students should be drink- lastIfperson working with children. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not a bad guy by any means, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ing responsibly, no matter what time last call is. A 2 a.m. never strayed from a dirty joke and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not always the most responsible. closing time is no excuse to continue binge drinking, it can Some people say that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very childlike myself. But that, I would argue, is one of the most important qualities to have when working with children. be a little bit more time to socialize with friends.

I was offered the opportunity to go on the Alternative Spring Break by It might cut down on the amount of students causing my friend who is a part of the multicultural group Common Ground. She trouble at house parties. With the great variety of bars in had me decide that very minute. Without even thinking, I said yes. I had a Keene, students wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worry about where to go on a late lot of doubts after I committed but I reasoned that rather than waste my life back in New Jersey and run around New York City like I always do, I would weekend night. do something positive for a change.

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We left for South Carolina on March 8. The trip took about a day to get there from Keene. We stopped at New York and I showed my friend St. Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Church, the historical monument near Ground Zero. We got to Myrtle Beach Saturday and went out to the clubs at the party spot Broadway Beach.

The rest of the week was hard work. We woke up at 6 a.m. every day and got back at seven at night. But it was worth it. The home we volunteered at was called Tara Hall, a home for boys. The home is located in the Rose Hill section of Georgetown County, a rural area of South Carolina. Its mission is to take in boys who were abused and neglected. The ages of the boys range from 6 to 13, and Tara Hall takes them in for two years.

When we were introduced to the home, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve worked with a lot of kids with special needs. I thought there wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a kid I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t handle,â&#x20AC;? one of the teachers said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;These boys are different.â&#x20AC;?

She was right; they were, but they were different in a positive way. I felt like I could have conversations with the children at the home I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have with other children because they knew more about the world. They all had intelligence unmatched by most children their age that I have met or spoke with.

Being with the children was great because I got to be a kid again myself.

I missed being that age. I miss the blissful immaturity that they reveled in. I loved riding bikes, playing kickball, skipping stones, and all the other things I used to do when I was a kid.

Kids are hilarious and intimidating because they have such a brutal

honesty that isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t damaged by the pressure to have polite social cues. One kid, Elhajah, noticed the hair I had on both my legs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Man your legs are hairy. Why donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you shave them?â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not really manly to shave your legs,â&#x20AC;? I defended. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Do you get any girls looking like that,â&#x20AC;? he asked disgusted. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I do okay,â&#x20AC;? I replied. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wow, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see how.â&#x20AC;?

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Then the classic â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yo mommaâ&#x20AC;? jokes came out. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Your motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so fat,â&#x20AC;? he told me, â&#x20AC;&#x153;God couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even lift up her spirit.â&#x20AC;?

As much as I tried to be what I thought a good role model, I had to laugh.

Levi, and most of the kids at Tara Hall, reminded me too much of myself at that age. They had jokes that they knew would make jaws drop and they delighted in seeing that, as long as it wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get them a â&#x20AC;&#x153;pink card.â&#x20AC;? I realized that while I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to encourage dirty jokes I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to pretend to be something I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. These kids already knew everything. All it was for now, as my friend who went on the trip with me, was to teach them time and place.

One of the kids told me that he wanted to be like me when he grew up because I thought like he did. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when I realized something: You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to be a â&#x20AC;&#x153;holier-than-thouâ&#x20AC;? person to be a good role model to kids.

You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to be a perfect person. You just have to be yourself because showing the kids that you were just like them and showing how far youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve come is one of the best examples you can set.

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A crowd gathers to support LGBT rights at Central Square in Keene, on March 25, 2013, in protest of The Defense Against Marriage Act.

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Students love the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;skin theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re inâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

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Keene State College students participate in the Project U fashion show Wednesday, April 3, in the Mabel Brown Room. The Multicultural Center and Center for Health and Wellness sponsored the event to encourage students to cut down on the criticism and increase confidence in regards to body image.

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EQUINOX STAFF Thirty-two Keene State College students walked down the runway and vocalized what they would never change about themselves. Substance Abuse Counselor Beth Mundahl said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really to kind of love the skin youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in, our inner and outer beauty is to be appreciated.â&#x20AC;?

The Multicultural Center, Center for Health and Wellness, Counseling Center and Residential Life hosted the eighth annual Project U Fashion Show on Wednesday, April 3. The eveningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s focus showed that everybodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unique style matters.

Mundahl said that something they did a little differently this year compared to in the past is to talk about what people wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t compromise about themselves, â&#x20AC;&#x153;For nothing or nobody.â&#x20AC;?

The counselor continued, â&#x20AC;&#x153;So the models are going up and giving a little bio and are showcasing what they want to hang onto, so thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a twist this year,â&#x20AC;?

Mundahl said.

Seniors Janel Haggerty and Equinox staff writer Brian Schnee hosted the event. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[This evening] weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to help promote posiWLYH ERG\ LPDJH VHOI FRQĂ&#x20AC;GHQFH DQG SRVLWLYH VHOI esteem,â&#x20AC;? Haggerty said.

Project U is run out of the Counseling Center with involvement from Residential Life, the Center for Health and Wellness, and the Multicultural Student $IIDLUV 2IĂ&#x20AC;FH Coordinator of First Year Residential Experience Nate Gordon explained Project U as an opportunity for someone to view themselves and ask what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re willing to compromise. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What are criticisms you have about yourself that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not willing to give up?â&#x20AC;? he asked, â&#x20AC;&#x153;So looking more realistically at yourself and the ways you can promote self-esteem or self value to make yourself feel good,â&#x20AC;? Gordon said.

Organizations such as Mentors in Violence Prevention, Student Dietetic Association, the Counseling Center and Project U set up tables encouraging students to partake in their activities that aimed to boost their self-esteem. The Counseling Center had a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Criticism Bank.â&#x20AC;?

Theresa Hoffman, intern at the Counseling Center, said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about how people go around saying bad things about themselves, so what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing is weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re encouraging you to make a deposit in the criticism bank, so weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll take your criticism so you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to keep hanging onto it.â&#x20AC;?

At every table, students completed activities and UHFHLYHG UDIĂ H WLFNHWV LQ RUGHU WR ZLQ SUL]HV WR WKH

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Looking more realistically at yourself and the ways you can promote self-esteem or self-value to make yourself feel good.â&#x20AC;?

-­NATE GORDON COORDINATOR FIRST YEAR RESIDENTIAL EXPERIENCE

Keene State College Bookstore and Fritzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. The grand prize was tickets to a Boston Red Sox game.

Counseling Center staff member Brenda Esperanza said that Project U gives KSC students the opportunity to get to know themselves better on a deeper level, â&#x20AC;&#x153;And to try to resist the temptation to give into so many RI WKH SUHVVXUHV WR EH OLNH RWKHU SHRSOH DQG VDFULĂ&#x20AC;FH who you are,â&#x20AC;? Esperanza said.

Esperanza went on to say that society shapes the way we think we need to look, weigh, wear, the people we should be friends with and the people we should avoid befriending. She stressed, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all false [what society says], none of that is true at all.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;What weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing here tonight is to try to take the opportunity and not give into all of that and to ask the questions, why is someone elseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opinion and perspective of what beauty is and whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good or bad, why is that more valuable than my own opinion on myself?â&#x20AC;?

Esperanza said.

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ence to be a presenter and working closely with a mentor. The conference is a great way to push yourself outside your boundaries to do something you may not have thought of doing before. Some people will stick with a subject they know and others will chose to present research outVLGH WKHLU Ă&#x20AC;HOG 7KRVH ZKR JR WR presentations get information that they might have not known before,â&#x20AC;?

Wiley added.

Associate Provost Dr. Ann RanFRXUW ZDV RQH RI WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW IDFXOW\ members to help create the Academic Excellence Conference at KSC. Rancourt said that as part of the Academic Enrichment Program, the conference is a way to make students engaged in their academic work. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I came to Keene State we did not have anything like this [The Academic Excellence Conference].

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tonight is an opportunity for everyone to choose to let go of all of the self criticismsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; that you might be holding,â&#x20AC;? Esperanza added.

After every one of the 32 models walked down the runway the hosts read aloud a biography that the PRGHOV KDG SUHYLRXVO\ Ă&#x20AC;OOHG RXW DERXW WKHPVHOYHV The models held hand-decorated signs stating the one thing that they would never compromise about themselves.

These included their morals, family, friends, mental strength and awesome personality.

Event attendee Alyse Coogan said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought that it was really good just because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really helpful to see other people comfortable in their own skin and it actuDOO\ JDYH PH FRQĂ&#x20AC;GHQFH LQ P\VHOI Âľ Megan Grenier can be contacted at mgrenier@keene-equinox.com

â&#x20AC;&#x153;...It gives me goosebumps when I see the kind of work that Keene State students are doing.â&#x20AC;?

-­DR. ANN RANCOURT ASSOCIATE PROVOST

work that faculty have done with the students over the last 13 years KDV EHHQ VR VLJQLĂ&#x20AC;FDQW LQ HQKDQFing the quality of that work that students are doing,â&#x20AC;? Rancourt stated.

Rancourt also commented on the effort that both students and faculty put into their research. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The amount of work that the faculty mentors put into this and the amount of work that the students put into this to present high quality undergraduate scholarship research work is so impressive. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been working in higher education for 20 or so years and it gives me goosebumps when I see the kind of work that Keene State students are doing.

Some of the work that is being done here is done at the graduate level,â&#x20AC;?

Rancourt commented.

Junior Jess Corkery, who

attended a presentation on the Krakow Ghetto, said that the Academic Excellence Conference gives students a chance to observe stuGHQWV LQ RWKHU Ă&#x20AC;HOGV â&#x20AC;&#x153;It gives people an opportunity to look into different majors that they are not studying themselves. I am friends with people in the Holocaust and Genocide Studies program but, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really know what they study so by going to the conference, I got a sense of what they do,â&#x20AC;?

Corkery stated.

7KH 3URYRVW¡V 2IĂ&#x20AC;FH 6WXGHQW $VVHPEO\ 7KH 2IĂ&#x20AC;FH RI WKH 3UHVLdent and other departments and organizations sponsored the 2013 Academic Excellence Conference.

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

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Learning to balance relationships in â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;hostelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; situations the toilet paper.

You have to make sure that you clean up after yourself, because you are sharing this space with someone else. And sometimes you might feel too comfortable, because it is a friend.

Whether it be with my roomKenzie Travers, Florence mate in Keene, or my roomItaly mate here in Italy, we always are there for each other, even if weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re In my travels, I have experiannoyed that one of us hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t enced a lot of interesting roomtaken out the trash for three days. mate encounters.

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CONTRIBUTED PHOTO / KENZIE TRAVERS When friends become roommates, Keene State College sophomore Kenzie Travers (second from right) is studying in Florence, Italy for the Not everyone is going to agree or roommates become friends, spring semester. Kenzie visited London on one of her excursions. on one thing, and you have to conyou step into another level of that sider the other person. relationship. When friends become thing together, whether you mean their mom on the phone, you see compromising about who eats what The best thing to do in these them naked, you see them at their food, which person makes dinner roommates, you must share every- to or not. types of situations is be underYou hear their conversation with worst or their best. You have to start when and whose turn it is to buy

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Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Twitter. In 2013, Twitter estimated it had 500 million users worldwide. KSC, like other colleges and universities, has taken advantage of the site, creating multiple Twitter parody accounts. These accounts LQFOXGH #.HHQH6WDWH3EOPV WKH XQRIĂ&#x20AC;FLDO ´Ă&#x20AC;UVWÂľ .6& account, and many others such as @KSCConfessions, @ KSCCompliments, @KSCgirlProblems and even a Twitter account for the over-aggressive campus squirrels.

In October 2011, the account @KeeneStatePblms paved the entrance for the school into the Twitter world. Its creator, a KSC student who wished to remain unnamed, said the idea came from noticing other collegesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; accounts where students tweeted about problems and people on campus.

The creator started the account as an outlet not with the objective for people to tweet about what is wrong with the campus but, rather, tweet suggestions. ´, FUHDWHG WKH DFFRXQW QRW WKLQNLQJ LW ZRXOG EH WKLV ZKROH ELJ WKLQJ Âľ WKH VWXGHQW VDLG The KSC junior established a line that tweets or retweets cannot cross. ´6RPHWLPHV SHRSOH ZLOO WZHHW VWXII DERXW '& VWDII or student center staff and I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if I want to retweet that. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want it being brought back to me WKDW , UHWZHHWHG WKDW Âľ Âś3UREOHPV¡ FUHDWRU VDLG WKH DLP is to keep the account as lighthearted and inoffensive as possible, and that often, when rude or targeted tweets come in, they will not be retweeted. The creator said tweets are read over carefully so as to avoid anything being misinterpreted. ´7KH PRVW IXQ LV VHHLQJ SHRSOH DJUHH RU VHHLQJ WKH UHWZHHWV FOLPE Âľ WKH VWXGHQW VDLG ´,W¡V MXVW VHHLQJ WKDW people agree and that people connect over it. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the EHVW Âľ Eric Grady, a KSC junior and a University System student body representative, said he follows @KeeneStatePblms and the account @eavesdropKSC. Grady said these accounts, and others, could have the potential to hurt the collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s image.

Grady said that while accounts like @KeeneStatePblms are good for current students, it might not be a good image for incoming students. ´, WKLQN WKH\¡UH QRW JUHDW IRU WKH FROOHJH¡V SXEOLF UHODWLRQV DV IDU DV UHFUXLWLQJ QHZ VWXGHQWV Âľ KH VDLG ´%XW , think for our current students itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s funny and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a way WR EORZ RII VWHDP Âľ The junior said he sometimes checks the account before attending Student Government meetings to see what the students are upset about or want to see changed.

Another account with a similar goal of sharing laughs is @eavesdropKSC. The student creator, who also asked to remain unnamed, explained the account as a place for students to tweet humorous conversations they hear with the hashtag describing the conversationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s location. The FUHDWRU VWDWHG ´, WKLQN , SUHWW\ PXFK ZLOO UHWZHHW DQ\ quote that is said. I think the funniest ones are the ones that people cannot really relate to but laugh at. Some of them might give off a negative vibe about college life here, but I think WKDW¡V FROOHJH OLIH DQ\ZKHUH Âľ Another Twitter account shares the same goal of seeing students positively come together.

KSC student and creator of @KSCCompliments, who asked to remain anonymous, said she created the account with the intention of spreading a positive image for the college among

some of the more negative Twitter accounts.

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The account has since been deleted. However, its tweets and their effect have not faded as quickly as its 15 minutes of Twitter fame.

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7KH #.6&&RPSOLPHQWV FUHDWRU VDLG ´3HUVRQDOO\ , love @ksc_blackout. I may or may not have been on it once. People are going to blackout even if there wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a Twitter account, pictures are going to be taken theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re probably going to be tweeted, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a place for them WR JR Âľ The @KeeneStatePblms founder called the account ´FRQWURYHUVLDO Âľ *UDG\ FRPPHQWHG RQ %ODFNRXW DQG VDLG LI KH ZHUH ever to blackout at a party he would not want his photo taken and then tweeted by a stranger. ´7KDW FRXOG KXUW \RXU LPDJH RU HYHQ \RXU FUHGLELOLW\ for a job or internship. I think some of them go a little WRR IDU 7KHUH¡V D YHU\ WKLQ OLQH Âľ KH VDLG Another controversial account still in existence is .6& %RREV DQ DFFRXQW HVWDEOLVKHG MXVW LQ WKH EHJLQning of the Spring 2013 semester by a

non-KSC student who did not want to reveal his identity. The creator said the account was made after noticing the success of other parody college accounts.

He explained students email photos to a private KSC %RREV DFFRXQW ZKHUH WKH\ DUH WKHQ WZHHWHG The creator said there are some established boundaries concerning what will be tweeted. ´$Q\WKLQJ FRPSOHWHO\ QXGH RU WKDW H[SRVH DQ\ NLQG RI UHSURGXFWLYH SDUWV Âľ WKH FUHDWRU VDLG ZRXOG QRW EH tweeted. ´7KHUH¡V QRWKLQJ ZURQJ ZLWK MXVW VHHLQJ OLNH UHJXODU boobs. We wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t show vagina or anything like that.

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She commented on the popularity of other KSC Twitter accounts and said that for the most part, the accounts exist to be lighthearted fun and should not be taken too seriously. ´, WKLQN WKH PDMRULW\ DUH IXQ DQG KDUPOHVV ¾ WKH VWXGHQW FRQWLQXHG ´3HUVRQDOO\ , GRQ¡W WKLQN WKH .6& %RREV RQH LV WKDW JUHDW 3HRSOH VDZ #NVFBEODFNRXW DV fun and entertaining. And the @KSCConfessions is IXQQ\ 7KH\¡UH MXVW HQWHUWDLQLQJ WR UHDG ¾ 7KH VWXGHQW did note that @ksc_blackout and @Kscboobs did seem to have the potential to create problems for the college. @KSCConfessions, who wished not to reveal their identity, said that account will never tweet or retweet confessions that state names or could easily be traced back to an individual and cause harm, like other accounts could potentially do. The account will tweet names, leaving that judgement for potential harm in the hands of the freshman.

7KH FUHDWRU FRPPHQWHG ´:H¡UH DOO YHU\ DZDUH RI WKH things college students do. The difference between @ KSCConfessions and [@ksc_blackout], thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s showing people who are exploiting the person. I could see how the school could be mad about it. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s harmful in any way. If someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offended by a post itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be WDNHQ GRZQ Âľ 7KH &RQIHVVLRQV FUHDWRU VKDUHG WKDW LQ the last week the Confessions account was suspended because of people reporting the account to Twitter.

The student noted the risk and danger these stuGHQWV SXW WKHPVHOYHV LQ ZKHQ FUHDWLQJ D .6& DIĂ&#x20AC;OLDWHG account. The student noted that the potential for harm and a bad image is nothing to take lightly. ´, WKLQN SHRSOH JHW FRQIXVHG DQG WKLQN WKDW ,¡P WKH one saying these things. I do want to remain anonymous because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fun to be behind the scenes but I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think administration would be offended, but if WKH\ ZHUH LW¡V GHĂ&#x20AC;QLWHO\ VFDU\ Âľ Jen Ferrell, director of student involvement, stated WKDW #.6&&RQIHVVLRQV DFFRXQW DV ´D ELJ SUREOHP Âľ The director said that though she personally does not like @KeeneStatePblms, she sees its effects as less harmful than the Confessions account.

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standing; you are friends after all! It is important not to sweat the small stuff.

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actually post that on a piece of paper and put it on DOO WKH WUHHV DURXQG KHUH"Âľ )DUUHOO VDLG LI SHRSOH DUH WKLQNLQJ WKHVH WKLQJV DQG PDNLQJ WKHVH ´FRQIHVVLRQVÂľ to friends, there is minimal harm done. However, when itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s presented via Twitter to just about anyone with access to Twitter, it could become dangerous. ´:KDW LI VRPHRQH VDLG WKH\ UDSHG VRPHRQH" 2U VRPH horrible thing. There is no way to follow up with that, yet you have this knowledge of that--how detrimental could that be to the campus community? The effects of LW DUH ULSSOH HIIHFWV Âľ 7KRXJK WKH DFFRXQW FUHDWRU VZRUH to never retweet something with such potential harm, Farrell didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t buy it. ´,W¡V QRW D KDUPOHVV WKLQJ 7KDW¡V QHYHU WUXH Âľ VKH VDLG The director agreed with Weiner and stated she was GLVJXVWHG E\ WKH #NVFBEODFNRXW DFFRXQW ´, KDYH WKLV UHDOO\ KRUULEOH OHYHO RI GLVDSSRLQWPHQW WKDW WKDW H[LVWV Âľ she said. KSC parody Twitter accounts as a whole have the potential to give a less positive image to the college as a whole, according to Vice President of Student Affairs Paul Striffolino.

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7KDW¡V FRQVWUXFWLYH ,¡G VD\ %XW WR GR VRPHWKLQJ PDOLcious or say something negative about another person and know that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re getting away with it and not taking any responsibility for that statement, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t KDYH DQ\ UHVSHFW IRU VRPHERG\ OLNH WKDW Âľ KH VDLG Ferrell also commented on the account @eavesGURS.6& ´7KDW VWXII LV XVXDOO\ FUDS Âľ VKH VDLG VWDWLQJ that the account does nothing positive for the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s LPDJH ´0RVW RI WKH WKLQJV DUH UXGH FUXGH RU REQR[LRXVÂłVRPHWKLQJ ZLWK D VHULRXV VKRFN YDOXH Âľ Students and administration do not neatly intersect on the subject of Twitter. Some students believe nothing should be taken too seriously, while administration thinks everything should be taken seriously. Whether or not the students and creators of these accounts will meet on the same page as those above them, time may tell. Ferrell reminded the creators of those accounts of the responsibility they take on with the creation. ´6RPHWKLQJ WKHVH SHRSOH QHHG WR UHDOL]H LV WKH LQFUHGible level of responsibility they have. Those people have WKH DELOLW\ WR QRW SRVW VRPHWKLQJ Âľ 7KH GLUHFWRU WRRN HYHU\WKLQJ EDFN WR WKH JROGHQ UXOH 6KH DVNHG ´,I \RX wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want it done to you, isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t that this whole role we have? You never know where people are at. You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know the one thing that could be tweeted that FRXOG VHQG VRPHRQH RYHU WKH HGJH 6RPHWKLQJ , Ă&#x20AC;QG WRWDOO\ Ă&#x20AC;QH PLJKW EH VRPHWKLQJ \RX¡YH KDG VRPH KRUrible experience in that you just canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t deal. You never NQRZ DQG WKDW¡V WKH SUREOHP Âľ Julie Conlon can be contacted at jconlon@keene-equinox.com

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KSC architecture students build success Club excels, boasts TDS Center as host of 2013 American Institute Conference STEPHEN TRINKWALD

EQUINOX STAFF As Keene State Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Architecture Club returns from one conference, they prepare to host their own gathering. )RU WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW WLPH .6&¡V DUFKLWHFture club will be hosting a conference in the fall of 2013.

Conferences are held once a semester by schools associated with the American Institute of Architecture Students.

Senior Alex Fournier, president of the Architecture Club, said this is an accomplishment that many seniors didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think was possible as freshmen four years ago.

Fournier said that the growth of the program, along with the construction and development of the TDS Center, are what made hosting a conference a real possibility. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Over the four years, the clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been getting stronger and everythingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been built up a lot, and now we have this new building to show off,â&#x20AC;? Fournier said.

The clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s faculty advisor, Professor Bart Sapeta, attributed the growth of the program to the enthusiasm of the students, as well as the hands-on teaching methods of the faculty. Sapeta said that the construction of the TDS center played a role in the growth of the architecture program. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The building plays a humongous role in everything that we do because the previous building we had was in such disarray that nobody even knew we had an architecture program. It was kind of the best kept secret for a long, long time,â&#x20AC;? Sapeta said.

Sapeta said the lack of recognition was no fault of the students in the program. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The quality of the program was very good and it was rising but we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the spaces,â&#x20AC;? Sapeta said.

Sapeta explained that the conference is an opportunity for the architecture club and program to engage with the campus and community.

Fournier said she also hopes that the conference becomes an opportunity to get the community involved IRU WKH EHQHĂ&#x20AC;W RI QRW RQO\ .6& VWXdents, but also the visiting students.

KSC senior and secretary of the Architecture Club Jillian Tomaselli, said that bringing a conference to KSC has been in the works since Fall Semester of 2011. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[In the] Fall of 2011 we started really sitting down and brainstorming ideas for themes and workshops and if it was possible for us to do it here, because we knew this building would be here this year,â&#x20AC;? Tomaselli said. The next step was putting

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Keene State College architecture student Kelsey Greenleaf presents her work. The Architecture Club has announced that KSC will host the 2013 American Institute of Architecture Students Conference this coming fall.

together a bid, compiled by multiple students, Sapeta said.

Tomaselli said KSCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s conference will be different from others the club has participated in because of the other programs in the TDS building. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is interesting in that we also have sustainable product design and safety all have under one roof, and that collaboration is something that we really want to highlight,â&#x20AC;?

Tomaselli said.

Event Manager for the Architecture Club, Stefan Cavezzali, said the bid was presented at the AIAS National Conference in Washington D.C. over the summer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We put together a bid package which was

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ing it on people,â&#x20AC;? he said. Junior Govinda Hooper, however, said religious schools should not participate in contraception distribution. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t provide condoms at a religious school like Boston College,â&#x20AC;? he argued, â&#x20AC;&#x153;But rather educate the students about safe sex. Other colleges like KSC and other liberal arts colleges should also educate, then secondly provide.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of a hard place to be,â&#x20AC;? Burke

comprised of a budget, different activities, and speakers then we got that together, made a prezi, and a brochure and presented at the national conference,â&#x20AC;? Cavezzali said.

Tomaselli said that club members considered putting in a bid to host this semester, but they wanted to make sure that everything was SHUIHFW IRU .6&¡V Ă&#x20AC;UVW RSSRUWXQLW\ to host, and a fully prepared TDS building was a big part of that. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We needed this space; it would not be possible without this space.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why we waited. Originally we wanted to hold it this semester but now weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going for the fall. We needed this space but also we wanted to be able to share our

said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;But I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s out of their realm or responsibility by responding.

They have the right, and probably should.â&#x20AC;?

The director compared it to a hypothetical situation at KSC, saying it would be as if somebody was doing something on our campus that counteracted the collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commitment to service. For the school not to respond to that would almost feel like the school is not standing up to what it says its values are, she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think the idea would be to bring the students to the table and try to get them on board and help them understand and

studio space with the other students.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen a lot of their studios and we want to show them ours,â&#x20AC;? Tomaselli said.

The theme of the conference in the fall is regeneration. Fournier said the regeneration is a philosophy that came forth because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important in moving forward. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to focus on regeneration, which is like redesigning for the next generation, and our focus is taking design technologies and techniques from the past and rebuilding them into something new that can refurbish our environment,â&#x20AC;? Fournier said.

KSCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Architecture Club recently returned from a trip to Penn State

know that just because [the institution] is not giving them out, it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean students donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have access or canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get their own,â&#x20AC;? Burke added. White said she feels itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to be open about sexual health on any college campus, and it would be detrimental to KSC if these services werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t offered. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think the college would be what it is--I mean as a liberal arts school theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re kind of open to everything. We have so many groups that cater to everybody in the community.â&#x20AC;? Snyder sided with White and said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel if they got rid of it [the

University for this semesterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s AIAS conference. The conference consisted of lectures and workshops, and Cavezzali said it was a great opportunity for networking. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a really great way to connect with other programs and see where their architecture programs work as opposed to ours and bring it back,â&#x20AC;? Tomaselli said.

Fournier said the conference was also a great chance for the younger students to experience the event they will be hosting in the Fall Semester.

Fournier said the conference put the programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s progress into perspective. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We got to network with a lot of schools all around the north-

health services], I think it wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t change what students do, but I think it wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be as easy to access for certain people, or it wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be as comfortable for certain people.â&#x20AC;?

Hooper said that he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe it would impact the students that much, saying students rely on them because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a safety cushion. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They take it for granted that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always there. If they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t provide free condoms, they wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have that mentality,â&#x20AC;? he said. Burke stressed the issue of institutional values. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every school has values,â&#x20AC;?

east and get to see what their programs are compared to ours, and a lot of the areas that they are lacking in we are strong in, but we still need to boost our program a little bit more than what it is at this point,â&#x20AC;?

Fournier said.

While the TDS building was key to hosting the conference next semester, club members said there will be various other events around campus.

Members said the Mabel Brown Room would also be used, and posVLEO\ DOVR WKH '& EXW VRPH VSHFLĂ&#x20AC;FV still need to be worked out.

Stephen Trinkwald can be contacted at strinkwald@keene-equinox.com

she explained, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and the decisions that WKH\ PDNH VKRXOG UHĂ HFW ZKDW WKH LQVWLWXtion stands for. So when we develop programs in this department, I have to be able to articulate how I think that contributes to our mission and our goals, so thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where BCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coming from.â&#x20AC;?

It is clear that the values at KSC involve educating students about what is being offered to them, and students certainly do seem to appreciate it.

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

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Focusing on the best and worst of this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s summer movies WHITNEY CYR

MANAGING EXECUTIVE EDITOR While the temperatures have yet to heat up in the spring, soon the hot summer days will force some people to seek the cool and comforting air of the local movie theater. These next few months have no shortDJH RI VHTXHOV VXSHU KHUR PRYLHV DQG ZKDW should be big summer blockbusters. Here is a month-to-month guide of the movies you need to catch at the Cineplex in the next few months.

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and that college professors and students can actually joke around and still complete a learning process. Also, it presents a good example of the transition education majors will experience once they step out of Keene State College and walk into a different classroom, now distributing name tags (homemade in Mr. Sedarisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s case) instead of wearing them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am the only one that gets paid to be in this room.

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He was very excited about it,â&#x20AC;? McCarty said.

McCarty read all of David Sedarisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s books in order to be able present the character on the screen in a fair way. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You get a pretty strong feeling of what he is about, what he likes and dislikes, and you can infuse that into the character.â&#x20AC;? &DVWLQJ Âś0DWWKHZ VRXQGV VPDUW¡

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Producer Phree Swearingen (center) and Director Phil McCarty (right) walk the red carpet on Saturday, April 6, at The Colonial Theatre. That same day, their short film â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Learning Curveâ&#x20AC;? played during the shorts program of the film festival.

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The actorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance combined with the narration and the animation tell the viewers how the character deals with the emotions his job is creating and struggles with a situation that is rather new to him.

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Combining aspects of nature and art through song DEANNA CARUSO

EQUINOX STAFF The world-reknowned Apple Hill String Quartet is known for its interpretive mastery of classical repertoire and original masterpieces of incorporating art and nature into its music. On Wednesday, April 3, The Apple Hill String Quartet performed in the Alumni Recital Hall at the Redfern Arts Center. Elise Kuder, a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory and The Juilliard School, was one of the two leading ladies who heartily played the violin alongside Sarah Kim. Kim began her musical career at the tender age of three and has performed throughout America and (XURSH $OVR RQ VWDJH ZDV 0LFKDHO .HOOH\ D SUL]H ZLQning violist at the Primrose International Viola Competition at 18 years old. Lastly, Rupert Thompson, a cellist who made his solo debut with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra at 18 years old. As the lights dimmed among the audience, the focus was on the stage where all four performers graciously sat.

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While both violins played the highest pitch, the viola evenly balanced out the allocation between the violins and cello, making a perfect harmony. Christine Southworth, a professional composer who attended the concert, also introduced her song â&#x20AC;&#x153;Honey Flyersâ&#x20AC;? to Apple Hill String Quartet the day of the concert. Southworth SUHVHQWHG KHUVHOI RQ VWDJH EHIRUH DOORZLQJ WKH TXDUWHW WR SHUIRUP KHU VRQJ ´, MXVW PHW WKH TXDUWHW WRGD\ DQG WKH\ GLG D UHDOO\ JUHDW MRE RQ SOD\LQJ Âś+RQH\ )O\HUV ¡ DQG , NQRZ \RX DOO ZLOO HQMR\ LW Âľ 6RXWKZRUWK VDLG With that being said, this piece turned out to be immensely appealing. Ever so faintly in the background RI WKH TXDUWHW WKH EX]]LQJ RI EHHV HPHUJHG DQG VRIWO\ EX]]HG DORQJ DV D FRQWH[WXDO EHDW 7KH DVSHFW RI WKH bees richly tangled the two features of music and nature LQWR RQH FDSWLYDWLQJ FRPSRVLWLRQ 7KLV VSHFLĂ&#x20AC;F SLHFH GLVWULEXWHG D XQLTXH YLEH GXULQJ WKH FRQFHUW EHFDXVH LW

â&#x20AC;&#x153;On stage it is always very special and emotional, the music speaks to the audience.â&#x20AC;?

-­RUPERT THOMPSON MEMBER OF THE APPLE HILL STRING QUARTET

was unlike all the other traditional pieces. As the concert proceeded, a string of guest performers took to the stage. Professor of Music at Keene State College Maura *OHQQRQ MRLQHG WKH TXDUWHW FKLPLQJ LQ RQ WKH SLDQR WR play a few songs. The piano added a soothing angle to the serene strings. The piano was not overpowering the TXDUWHW EXW LQVWHDG HIIRUWOHVVO\ Ă RZHG ZLWK WKH PXVLF Adding to the variety of musical instruments with a touch of voice was tenor Frank Kelley. Ringing in on the last few songs of the night, Kelleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s powerful vocal range ended the show with a bang.

Kelley is also known throughout the world for his astonishing opera singing in North America and Europe. Recently released recordings of his repertoire, spanning ten centuries, are available to purchase.

Even though they have performed numerous amounts of time, Rupert Thompson, who has been traveling the world and performing with his cello for years said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have been doing this for a long time and it never gets old. On stage it is always very special and emotional, the music speaks to the audience, and I am always looking forward to performing; it truly is tremendous.â&#x20AC;? With the Apple Hill String Quartet performing throughout the world such as Syria, Jordan, Israel, Cyprus, Armenia and England (to name a few), it was a great honor to have such world renown musicians come and share their music here at KSC. 'HDQQD &DUXVR FDQ EH FRQWDFWHG DW GFDUXVR#NHHQH HTXLQR[ FRP

Luke Bryan surprised by his ACMs win CHRIS TALBOTT

ASSOCIATED PRESS Luke Bryan heard his name called at the end of the Academy of Country Music Awards, accepted the entertainer of the year trophy and then things became a blur. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was like I was on WKH WLOW D ZKLUO Âľ KH VDLG %U\DQ SXOOHG RII D GL]]\LQJ XSVHW DOO ULJKW EHDWLQJ RXW WKH QLJKW¡V WRS winner Miranda Lambert, two-time entertainer of the year Taylor Swift and top male stars and good friends Blake Shelton and Jason Aldean for the academyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top award. The 36-year-old Georgia nativeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reaction? He hugged the trophy and KXQJ KLV KHDG DSSHDULQJ WR Ă&#x20AC;JKW EDFN WHDUV as members of the crowd at the MGM Grand shouted â&#x20AC;&#x153;Luke!â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think there was anyone in the room more shocked than him,â&#x20AC;? Aldean said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why I love him.â&#x20AC;?

Though Bryan got tons of love before the ACMs because of his new role as co-host with Shelton, the idea of winning entertainer of the year was far from his mind as he prepared to replace Reba McEntire on the show. He told reporters afterward he was so focused on hosting duties, he had trouble remembering what categories he was nominated in. And he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give himself any chance to beat Swift, the undeniable pop star who has reshaped the genre and

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used a legion of fans to rule the ACMs the last two years. Heck, he was still opening for Aldean last summer and only recently started his own headline tour. Even he thought it was too early to win an award usually given as a reward to veteran performers who were almost universally acclaimed.

He won an award before the show, sharing vocal event of the year with Aldean and Eric Church for their collaboration on â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Only Way I Know.â&#x20AC;? And he thought he might have a shot at album of the year or male vocalist. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But this is unobtainable, this is so unobtainable,â&#x20AC;? Bryan said as he held the trophy up and looked at it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You know that statue in Rio De Janeiro (of Jesus Christ). That is what this award is like for me, up on the mount, you know.â&#x20AC;?

7XUQV RXW D PDMRULW\ RI D UHFRUG PLOOLRQ voters thought heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d look good holding that silver trophy. Bryanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s win will be the talk of Las Vegas as the celebration continues well into Monday morning, but Lambert again walks away as the academyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trophy magnet.

She won her fourth straight female vocalLVW DZDUG MRLQLQJ 5HED 0F(QWLUH DQG /RUHWWD Lynn as the only singers to win female vocalist of the year four or more times. She also picked up three trophies for her hit song â&#x20AC;&#x153;Over Youâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one for single record of the year and two for song of the year. She was performer of the song and

Taking a look at the face of Harvey Dent

Emerging Art The Annual Keene State College Art Students Exhibition

APRIL 20â&#x20AC;&#x201C;MAY 11, 2013 The Keene State College Art Department presents works in a variety of media â&#x20AC;&#x201D; showcasing work by senior studio art majors.

Public reception April 19, 5:30 p.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7:30 p.m.

Visitors are invited to vote for a Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choice Commendation to be announced May 7.

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Church won two awards, including album of the year for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chief,â&#x20AC;? and was tied with Aldean, Little Big Town and Florida Georgia Line in overall win total. Churchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s producer, Jay Joyce, also won two awards â&#x20AC;&#x201D; for album of the year and the off-camera producer of the year. Church called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chief,â&#x20AC;? which was nominated two years LQ D URZ D GHĂ&#x20AC;QLQJ DOEXP â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think my career is going to be pre-â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Chiefâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and post-â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Chief,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Church said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Album of the year is most special to me.â&#x20AC;? Aldean, countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top-selling male act, also won male vocalist of the year. Little Big Town had wins for vocal group and video of the year. Florida Georgia Line won for new artist and were previous winners in the new vocal duo/group category. And husband and wife Shawna and Keifer Thompson continued their feel-good story as ThompVRQ 6TXDUH ZRQ LWV VHFRQG VWUDLJKW YRFDO GXR RI the year award.

WES SERAFINE

EQUINOX STAFF We are continuing with Two-Face month by looking at the critically acclaimed graphic novel â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Long Halloween,â&#x20AC;? a story that presents a more detailed look at the origins of our double-faced villain.

This story, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Batman: The Long Halloween,â&#x20AC;? has D JUHDW GHDO RI VLJQLĂ&#x20AC;FDQFH WR FRPLF ERRN IDQV IRU D QXPEHU RI UHDVRQV WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW EHLQJ WKDW LW KDV EHFRPH WKH RIĂ&#x20AC;FLDOO\ UHFRJQL]HG RULJLQ VWRU\ IRU 7ZR )DFH Second, it comes to us from the all-star team of artist Tim Sale and Jeph Loeb, the latter of whom was one of the head writers for the television series â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heroes,â&#x20AC;? as well as the writer of one my favorite comic book story arc of all time, Batman: Hush.

Thirdly, and most notably to the world of pop-culture today, this story served as the principal inspiration for Christopher Nolanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Dark Knight,â&#x20AC;? in which Aaron Eckhart portrayed Harvey Dent. Instead of focusing on the gimmicky and silly aspects of the character, like Joel Schumacerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Batman Forever,â&#x20AC;? the Ă&#x20AC;OP IRFXVHG RQ WKH WUDJHG\ RI +DUYH\ 'HQW DQG KLV eventual fall from Grace.

Gotham City is a city overrun by insane mad men like The Joker and The Scarecrow, but in the minds of WKUHH VSHFLĂ&#x20AC;F LQGLYLGXDOV WKH\ DUH MXVW V\PSWRPV QRW the actual cause. The real threat facing Gotham is the untouchable crime families, all of them answering to the sinister crime lord Carmine â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Romanâ&#x20AC;? Falcone.

On Halloween night, three men swear an oath that within one year, they will topple Falconeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s criminal empire.

Those three men are police commissioner James Gordon, district attorney Harvey Dent and The Batman himself.

Later that night, a murderer strikes and kills FalFRQH¡V QHSKHZ OHDYLQJ EHKLQG D MDFN R¡ ODQWHUQ ,V WKLV a random act of violence by a deranged madman, or something worse?

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Batman begins stretching himself too thin, between his budding relationship with Catwoman, his promise to topple Falcone and his search for the Holiday Killer. Harvey Dentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crusade against crime is also taking its toll; his wife, Gilda desperately tries to console him, and Salvatore Maroni, a rival Gangster of the Falcone family tries to manipulate him, to little avail.

During this time, Harvey receives a gift from his father: a double-sided coin. Little does he know what it will become to him one day. More and more clues begin to surface but all that any of our parties trying to solve the mystery of the Holiday killer have are theories.

One theory in particular points to none other than Harvey Dent himself, something that Batman, someone, who is known for his paranoia and unwillingness to trust, is hesitant to believe--that a man he has grown to consider a friend and ally is a murderer.

In August, Maroni agrees to testify against Falcone in court, but it is all a ruse to get rid of Dent by throwing acid into his face and scarring one half of his face.

Harvey, maddened by the incident, escapes the hospital and disappears, at least for now.

7KH +ROLGD\ .LOOHU Ă&#x20AC;QDOO\ VOLSV XS LQ 6HSWHPEHU when he kills Maroni and reveals himself as Alberto Falcone, Falconeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own son. %XW LV KH WUXO\ WKH NLOOHU RU LV KH MXVW VRPH WZR bit criminal seeking his fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attention? Halloween arrives once more and the inmates of Arkham Asylum DUH UHOHDVHG OHG E\ D P\VWHULRXV Ă&#x20AC;JXUH LQ VKDGRZ ZKR FRQIURQWV )DOFRQH LQ KLV RIĂ&#x20AC;FH 7KH Ă&#x20AC;JXUH UHYHDOV KLPVHOI DV +DUYH\ 'HQW WKRXJK Harvey Dent is long gone, now only Two-Face remains.

Though Batman tries to stop him, Two-Face makes good on his promise to topple Falconeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s empire, by killing Falcone.

As Two-Face slips away into the night, Batman and *RUGRQ DUH MXVW OHIW ZLWK PRUH TXHVWLRQV :DV +DUYH\ WKH NLOOHU RU ZDV KH MXVW DQ LQQRFHQW VRXO GULYHQ PDG by trauma?

The story ends with Harveyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife Gilda burning some familiar trinkets, and repeating the phrase, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I believe in Harvey Dent.â&#x20AC;? This is one of the best Batman stories that exists today.

The mystery is brilliant, the character growth is excellent, and I barely touched on some of the better aspects of the story.

My honest recommendation: buy this and read it for yourself; I promise you wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be disappointed.

Next week in Two-Face month, we step away from the origin stories and see the effects on the trauma to Harvey Dentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s psyche and how they continue to torment him years later.

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Margaret Thatcher, Iron Lady, dies at 87

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In this Dec. 17, 1979 file photo, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher reviews the honor guard at the White House in Washington, as President Jimmy Carter follows. Thatcher reportedly passed away Monday morning, April 8, 2013.

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House Speaker Tim Jones vowed this past week that Missouriâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Republican supermajorities would still pass some sort of pro-gun measure this year. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unlikely to involve arming teachers. ,Q 2NODKRPD ZKHUH SUR Ă&#x20AC;UHDUPV PHDsures usually get a warm reception from lawmakers, gun-rights advocates faced an uphill battle against educators opposed to any effort to allow guns in schools. A bill letting schools develop policies for arming trained employees died in the Senate Education Committee. ´$V D UXOH LW¡V YHU\ GLIĂ&#x20AC;FXOW WR Ă&#x20AC;QG HGXcators and administrators that support the idea of putting arms in the schools, for whatever reason,â&#x20AC;? said Rep. Steve Martin, chairman of the Oklahoma House Public Safety Committee.

After opposition from education groups, the North Dakota Senate defeated a bill last month that would have let people with permits bring their weapons into schools. And the New Hampshire House rejected legislation that would have let local school districts seek voter approval for their personnel to carry guns. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The chances an armed teacher will hit a child are high,â&#x20AC;? Dean Michener, of the New Hampshire School Boards Association, told lawmakers earlier this year.

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In the early days of the 2-year-old uprising, the grandiose roundabout was home to huge pro-regime demonstrations with a gigantic poster of Assad hung over the central bank headquarters.

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Witnesses said the suicide attacker tried to ram the vehicle into the investment agency but was stopped by guards, forcing the bomber to detonate the explosives at the gate.

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The U.N. estimates that more than 70,000 people have been killed in the civil war.

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He said Morsi should appoint a new government, not packed with Islamists but instead based on merits and able to oversee upcoming parliamentary elections independently.

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Like her close friend and political ally Ronald Reagan, Thatcher seemed motivated by an unshakable belief that free markets would build a better country than reliance on a strong, central government.

Another thing she shared with the American president: a tendency to reduce problems to their basics, choose a path, and follow it to the end, no matter what the opposition.

She formed a deep attachment to the man she called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ronnieâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; some spoke of it as a schoolgirl crush.

Still, she would not back down when she disagreed with him on important matters, even though the United States was the richer and vastly stronger partner in the socalled â&#x20AC;&#x153;special relationship.â&#x20AC;?

Thatcher was at her brashest when Britain was challenged. When Argentinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s military junta seized the remote Falklands Islands from Britain in 1982, she did not hesitate, even though her senior military advisers said it might not be feasible to reclaim the islands.

She simply would not allow Britain to be pushed around, particularly by military dictators, said Ingham, who recalls the Falklands War as the tensest period of Thatcherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s three terms in power. When diplomacy failed, she dispatched a military task force that accomplished her goal, despite the naysayers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That required enormous leadership,â&#x20AC;? Ingham said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This was a formidable undertaking, this was a risk with a capital R-I-S-K, and she demonstrated her leadership by saying she would give the military their marching orders and let them get

for Morsi to understand that without national reconciliation, Egypt will not rise,â&#x20AC;? ElBaradei WROG D JDWKHULQJ RI RSSRVLWLRQ Ă&#x20AC;JXUHV LQ D FRQference designed to offer solutions to Egyptâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teetering economy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The state today is collapsing. It is a collapsing state politically, economically, socially and security-wise,â&#x20AC;? said ElBaradei. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t WKLQN ZH KDYH ORQJ WR Ă&#x20AC;[ WKLV Âľ Attempts to seek comments from the presidency on ElBaradeiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s call were not immediately successful.

Despite an earlier round of talks between ElBaradei and members of the Brotherhoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s party, the presidency has dismissed demands for appointing a new government and has so far stayed out of the dispute over the prosecutor. An election law is currently being reworked in the Shura Council, Egyptâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current legislative body, which is dominated by Islamists.

The Muslim-Christian clashes that claimed the lives of seven since Friday were the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deadliest sectarian violence since Morsi came to office in June. It began with sectarian violence in Khosoos, a town just north of Cairo, in which four Christians and a Muslim were killed.

Clashes erupted at the cathedral in Cairo â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the seat of the Coptic pope â&#x20AC;&#x201D; on Sunday during the funeral of the slain Christians.

During the funeral service, mourners chanted against Morsi, calling on him to step down. Witnesses say a street brawl broke out

on with it.â&#x20AC;?

In deciding on war, Thatcher RYHUUXOHG )RUHLJQ 2IĂ&#x20AC;FH VSHFLDOLVWV who warned her about the dangers of striking back. She was infuriated by warnings about the dangers to British citizens in Argentina and the GLIĂ&#x20AC;FXOW\ RI JHWWLQJ VXSSRUW IURP the U.N. Security Council. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you are at war you cannot DOORZ WKH GLIĂ&#x20AC;FXOWLHV WR GRPLQDWH your thinking: you have to set out with an iron will to overcome them,â&#x20AC;? she said in her memoir, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Downing Street Years.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;And anyway what was the alternative? That a common or garden dictator should rule over the queenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s subjects and prevail by fraud and violence? Not while I was prime minister.â&#x20AC;?

Thatcherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s determination to reclaim the islands brought her LQWR FRQĂ LFW ZLWK 5HDJDQ ZKR GLVpatched Secretary of State Alexander Haig on a shuttle mission to London and Buenos Aires to seek a peaceful solution, even as British warships approached the Falklands.

A private diary kept by U.S. diplomat Jim Rentschler captures Thatcher at this crisis point. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Maggie, appearing in D Ă RZHU GHFRUDWHG VDORQ DGMRLQLQJ the small dining room (...) sipping orange juice and sherry,â&#x20AC;? Rentschler wrote. â&#x20AC;&#x153;La Thatcher is really quite fetching in a dark velvet two-piece ensemble with grosgrain piping and a soft hairdo that heightens her blond English coloring.â&#x20AC;?

But the niceties faded over the dinner table. â&#x20AC;&#x153;High color is in her cheeks, a note of rising indignation in her voice, she leans across the polished WDEOH DQG Ă DWO\ UHMHFWV ZKDW VKH FDOOV the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;woollinessâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; of our secondstage formulation,â&#x20AC;? Rentschler writes.

Needless to say, Haigâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s peace mission soon collapsed.

The relatively quick triumph of

when Coptic activists tried to stop traffic to stage an anti-government march.

A mob, described by witnesses as residents of the area, pelted the Christians with rocks and firebombs and fired birdshot at them, forcing them back into the cathedral complex. The mob outside and the Christians barricaded inside then exchanged rocks and firebombs for hours into the night Sunday.

Many of the Christians denounced what they called a lack of protection for the funeral.

When police did arrive in greater numbers, they fired tear gas, and gas canisters landed inside church grounds caused a panic among women and children, while people outside the church cheered. Some firebombs thrown from near the church landed at a nearby gas station, while witnesses said some in the church lobbed firebombs at the crowd outside.

Two people died during these clashes, one identified as a Christian. Police said they have arrested four implicated in the violence, but didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t provide details.

The pope was not in the cathedral at the time of the siege. It is the second religious institution in Egypt to come under recent attack from civilians, with little police intervention.

Last week, students from al-Azhar University stormed the offices of the grand sheik of al-Azhar, head of the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most eminent Muslim institution, demanding he be held accountable for food poisoning at a dormitory that left hundreds of students hospitalized.

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This is a Tuesday, June, 8, 2010 file photo of Britianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Prime Minister David Cameron poses with former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on the doorstep of 10 Downing Street in London. Thatcher reportedly passed away Monday morning, April 8, 2013.

British forces revived Thatcherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s political fortunes, which had been faltering along with the British economy. She won an overwhelming victory in 1983, tripling her majority in the House of Commons.

She trusted her gut instinct, famously concluding early on that Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev represented a clear break in the Soviet tradition of autocratic rulers.

She pronounced that the West could â&#x20AC;&#x153;do businessâ&#x20AC;? with him, a position WKDW LQĂ XHQFHG 5HDJDQ¡V YLWDO GHDOings with Gorbachev in the twilight of the Soviet era.

It was heady stuff for a woman who had little training in foreign affairs when she triumphed over a ZHDN Ă&#x20AC;HOG RI LQGHFLVLYH &RQVHUYDtive Party candidates to take over the party leadership in 1975 and ultimately run as the partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s candidate for prime minister.

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The sagging Labour government had no parliamentary majority after 1977, and the next year it suffered through a â&#x20AC;&#x153;winter of discontentâ&#x20AC;? with widespread strikes disrupting vital public services, including hospital care and even grave digging.

The governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s effort to hold the OLQH RQ LQĂ DWLRQ OHG WR FKDRV LQ WKH streets.

Britain seemed adrift, no longer a credible world power, falling from second- to third-tier status.

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Louisville beats Michigan 82-76 for NCAA title PAUL NEWBERRY

ASSOCIATED PRESS Rick Pitino held court in a tunnel beneath the Georgia Dome, going on and on about the grittiest bunch of guys heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ever coached.

One of them sat in the corner of the locker room, a net around his neck, grinning away.

The Louisville Cardinals vowed WR Ă&#x20AC;QLVK WKH MRE IRU .HYLQ :DUH Boy, did they ever.

With their injured teammate cheering them on from the bench, Louisville capped its run through WKH 1&$$ WRXUQDPHQW FRPLQJ EDFN DJDLQ IURP D SRLQW GHĂ&#x20AC;FLW to beat Michigan 82-76 in the championship game Monday night. ´7KHVH DUH P\ EURWKHUV Âľ VDLG Ware, still getting around on FUXWFKHV DIWHU D KRUULĂ&#x20AC;F LQMXU\ LQ WKH UHJLRQDO Ă&#x20AC;QDO ´7KH\ JRW WKH job done. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m so proud of them, so SURXG RI WKHP Âľ Ware is just getting started on what could be a yearlong recovery from a broken right leg, but heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s already got something no one can take away â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a championship.

They even lowered the goal so he could take a turn with the scissors, helping cut down the net that wound up around his neck. ´,W PHDQW WKH ZRUOG WR PH Âľ :DUH said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really have any other words to describe how I feel right QRZ Âľ Pitino knows how it feels to win a championship, having guided .HQWXFN\ WR D FURZQ LQ 1RZ working right down the road from /H[LQJWRQ KH EHFDPH WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW coach to win titles at different schools. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This team is one of the most together, toughest and hard-nosed WHDPV Âľ KH VDLG ´%HLQJ GRZQ QHYHU ERWKHUV XV 7KH\ MXVW FRPH EDFN Âľ ,W ZDV TXLWH D FDSSHU WR SHUKDSV the best week of Pitinoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life.

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son got the coaching job at Minnesota.

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They intend to hold him to that promise. ´, KDYH D FRXSOH RI LGHDV Âľ VDLG Luke Hancock, who became the Ă&#x20AC;UVW EDFNXS LQ WRXUQDPHQW KLVWRU\ to be designated as most outstanding player. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what KH¡V JHWWLQJ LQWR Âľ ´2XU ELJJHVW PRWLYDWLRQ Âľ 3H\WRQ 6LYD DGGHG ´ZDV WR JHW FRDFK D WDWWRR Âľ Not a bad week for Louisville, either. The school has a chance to make it two national titles in 24 hours when the surprising womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team faces Connecticut on Tuesday night in the championship game at New Orleans.

On the eve of their big game, the women got together with hundreds of fans in a hotel lobby to cheer on the men. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great time to be a CardiQDO Âľ FRDFK -HII :DO] VDLG $ JUHDW WLPH LQGHHG +DQFRFN produced another huge game off the bench, scoring 22 points, and the Cardinals (35-5) lived up to their billing as the top overall seed in the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tournament.

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)UHVKPDQ 6SLNH $OEUHFKW made four straight from beyond the arc, too, blowing by his career high before halftime with 17 points. Coming LQ $OEUHFKW ZDV DYHUDJLQJ 1.8 points a game and had not scored more than seven all season. $OEUHFKW GLGQ¡W GR PXFK LQ the second half, but Hancock Ă&#x20AC;QLVKHG ZKDW KH VWDUWHG IRU Louisville. He made it 5-for-5 from long range when he hit his Ă&#x20AC;QDO IURP WKH FRUQHU ZLWK remaining to give the Cardinals their biggest lead, 76-66. Michigan wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go away, but Hancock wrapped it up by making WZR IUHH WKURZV ZLWK VHFRQGV left.

While Pitino shrugged off any attempt to make this about him, there was no doubt the Cardinals wanted to win a title for Ware.

Watching again from his seat at the end of the Louisville bench, his battered right leg propped up on a chair, Ware smiled and slapped hands with his teammates as they celebrated in the closing seconds, the victory coming just 30 miles from where he played his high school ball.

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On this night, he hobbled gingerly onto the court with the aid of crutches, basking in a sea of confetti and streamers.

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6LYD DGGHG SRLQWV IRU WKH Cardinals, who closed the season on a 16-game winning streak, and Chane Behanan chipped in with 15 points and 12 rebounds as Louisville slowly but surely closed out the Wolverines (31-8).

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Louisville celebrates defeating Michigan to win the NCAA Division I National Championship on April 8, 2013, in Atlanta. Louisville beat Michigan 82-76.

Webber, cheered on the latest group of young stars.

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he made only 1-of-8 shots. $OEUHFKW WRRN control when Burke picked up his second foul and had to go to the bench for the rest of the half.

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Rutgers reviews all practice videos

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Rutgers University President Robert Barchi addresses a town hall meeting Monday, April 8, 2013, in Newark, N.J.

Rutgers attempts to clean up the mess left by Mike Rice incident ANGELA DELLI SANTI

ASSOCIATED PRES KATIE ZEZIMA

ASSOCIATED PRESS Rutgers University is reviewing practice videos of all sports to see if any coach engaged in behavior like the type that cost menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball coach Mike Rice his job, the universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s president announced Monday.

University President Robert Barchi, speaking during a town hall meeting on the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Newark campus, said that he wants any instances of bullying or homophobic language to be immediately reported.

Barchi reiterated that he wished he had viewed the video where Rice shoved players and called them gay VOXUV ZKHQ LW Ă&#x20AC;UVW VXUIDFHG LQ 1RYHPEHU VD\LQJ KH ZRXOG KDYH Ă&#x20AC;UHG 5LFH WKHQ Meanwhile, Gov. Chris Christie on Monday defended Barchiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s handling of the scandal, as the university announced it plans to commission an independent probe of what happened.

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The scandal has prompted the FBI to investigate whether a former Rutgers basketball employee asked for money from Rutgers in exchange for not taking the videos public.

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Since getting the starting nod, MICHELLE BERTHIAUME / SPORTS EDITOR Nolan hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t looked back. She justiZach Winn can be contacted at Freshman Kaitlin Nolan looks for a teammate to pass to during a game against Springfield College on March 4, 2013, at the Owl Athletic Ă&#x20AC;HG WKH FRDFK¡V GHFLVLRQ ZLWK D WZR zwinn@keene-equinox.com Complex.

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A newer face to the Owls program came into Keene just a few months ago and has already found himself as All-American. Freshman Shahar Resman placed eight in the 1,650 and swam a leg on the 800 free relay team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I came here I had my goals, one being going to the national championship,â&#x20AC;? Resman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But for me, my goals are much bigger.

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The Keene State College winter All-Americans dine with Interim President Jay Kahn following their return from the National Championships for swimming and track and field.

because we will have a whole year to train together. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot easier having someone to work with.â&#x20AC;?

Coach Fabian was impressed with how well his swimmers did not only focusing on their individual events, but also on the team aspect of it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone does their job individually but theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re really focused on competing as a group and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of our strengths,â&#x20AC;? Fabian said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re real comfortable working together as a team.â&#x20AC;?

The All-American relay team members consisted of senior Austin Harris who swam the 200 free along with Juniors Jared Hyde and James Black and freshman Greg Youngstrom. Hyde also swam the 800 free with Resman, Ledwith and freshman Cole Hogg. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Each year weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been progressing,â&#x20AC;? Ledwith said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This year we Ă&#x20AC;QDOO\ SXW LW WRJHWKHU :H KDG D ORW of guys down there [NCAAs] and everyone placed All-American.â&#x20AC;?

Brian Schnee can be contacted at bschnee@keene-equinox.com

Motor Speedway sues for $80M EMERY P. DALESIO

ASSOCIATED PRESS The mogul behind one of the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest auto racing track operators is trying to resurrect a lawVXLW FODLPLQJ ORFDO RIĂ&#x20AC;FLDOV UHQHJHG on an offer of $80 million in incentives to land a new drag strip and upgrade the Charlotte Motor Speedway.

A three-judge state Court of Appeals panel will hold a closeddoor discussion Tuesday to determine whether the lawsuit will be heard by a jury. A judge last year dismissed the lawsuit against Cabarrus County by Speedway Motorsports Inc. and Charlotte Motor Speedway, both based in Concord and headed by magnate Bruton Smith.

At issue is whether Smith can enforce what his lawyers say was an oral agreement that ended threats to move the 135,000-seat speedway.

Keene State College athletic team records Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lacrosse

Baseball OVERALL

CONF.

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9-14

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at UMass-Dartmouth

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5-5

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at MIT

vs. Salve Regina Points by Period

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3

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0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total

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at Eastern Connecticut Points by Period

1

2

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12

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5

5

10

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2

5

7

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Keene State College

9

3

MIT

1

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at UMass-Dartmouth

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STREAK

at UMass-Dartmouth

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Keene State College

0 0 0 0 0 0 1

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1 0 0 4 0 0 2

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7 8

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vs. Eastern Connecticut Total Points by Period 1 2 3 4

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0

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6

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5

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Ryan Widzgowski 1500m 3:56.47

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ing is picking up live pitches again but practicing against the likes of Mariah Crisp certainly helps as she is currently hitting .308 with 4 home runs while driving in 12 RBIs. She has also logged a few innings on the mound, which is something she hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t done since way back in eighth grade. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He [Charlie Beach] was like â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Can you pitch?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Well I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pitched in a long time, but if you need me to I can; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not my strong suit but I can do it,â&#x20AC;? Ragaini said.

She continued, â&#x20AC;&#x153;That is very difĂ&#x20AC;FXOW IRU PH /LNH , FDQ GR LW EXW QRW to what I expect myself to be able to do it as. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very big thing. I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the toughest thing to do is pitching.â&#x20AC;?

Coach Beach added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a more cooperative player than I could from her. Just amazing--sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s come in and just blended right in.â&#x20AC;?

Ragaini will be asked to hold down the three or four hole in the lineup throughout the year. Typically, that is where your best power hitters bat. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the beginning I was very nervous but I knew I just had to be patient with myself and what hap-

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[Keene-­Equinox.com] pens, happens. I try to hit it hard, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what I do, and if it goes anywhere, it goes,â&#x20AC;? Ragaini said.

That approach has impressed her fellow teammates and coaches. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She handles everything well,â&#x20AC;?

Beach said.

Beach added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;No matter what happens out there, whether sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s being successful or getting pounded she shows no discouragement or celebration or anything. She just goes out and does her job and deals with the results.â&#x20AC;?

Dupuis added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think she has all the good components a good player needs to have. Offensively, DQG WKHQ GHIHQVLYHO\ DW Ă&#x20AC;UVW LW¡V NLQG of like she hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t skipped a beat.â&#x20AC;?

KSC softball will try to keep rolling when they take on Williams College on April 10.

Ragaini said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need to have PRUH FRQĂ&#x20AC;GHQFH LQ RXUVHOYHV DQG in each other. I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what we need to focus on right now because we have the skills, we just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe that we do yet, but we will.â&#x20AC;?

The Owls will be put to the test playing six games in the next four days.

This tough stretch includes two conference double headers against Rhode Island College and Western Connecticut State University.

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Jay McAree can be contacted at Meryl Ragaini heads to home plate after hitting a home run against SUNY Old Westbury on Sunday, March 29, 2013, at the Owl Athletic jmcaree@keene-equinox.com Complex. The Owls won both games of the double header.

Spelling Bee kids will have to know definitions JOSEPH WHITE

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KSC senior Glenn Guilmette hucks the javelin at the Mount Holyoke Spring Invitational on March 30, 2013.

Ever wonder if those spelling bee kids know the meanings of some of those big words? Now theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have to prove that they do.

Organizers of the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Tuesday announced a major change to the format, adding multiple-choice vocabulary tests to the annual competition that crowns the English languageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spelling champ.

Executive Director Paige Kimble said the changes help reinforce the competitionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s purpose â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to encourage students to improve their spelling and broaden their knowledge of the language. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What we know with the championship-level spellers is that they think of their achievement in terms of spelling and vocabulary being two sides of the same coin,â&#x20AC;? Kimble said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These spellers will be excited at the opportunity to show off their vocabulary knowledge through competition.â&#x20AC;?

Vocabulary has been a regular part of the bee during its 87-year history, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always been the

spellers asking for the definition and getting the answer in order to help them spell the word.

Now the tables will be turned, with the spellers taking a computer test that looks like something from the SAT. A sample question provided by the Spelling Bee on Tuesday reads as follows: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Something described as refulgent is: a) tending to move toward one point, b) demanding immediate action, c) rising from an inferior state, d) giving out a bright light.â&#x20AC;?

The correct answer is d.

The spellers will continue to take part in the traditional on-stage spelling rounds with the familiar doomsday bell, but their scores will be combined with the vocabulary tests to help determine the semifinalists and the finalists. The vocabulary tests will be done in private rooms and will not be part of the television broadcasts.

The final rounds, broadcast once again in prime time, will not include a vocabulary test and will look the same as always â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with the competitors taking turns attempting to spell incredibly difficult words until all but the champion is eliminated.

KSC throwers start strong DALTON CHAREST

EQUINOX STAFF The Keene State College Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Throw teams started the outdoor season in dominating fashion at the Mount Holyoke Spring Fling Invitational in South Hadley, Mass.

Winning seven of the eight events in the weekend meet, the Owls strung together a series of wins that FRQWULEXWHG WR WKH HQWLUH WUDFN DQG Ă&#x20AC;HOG WHDP¡V VXFcess which won 17 different events at the meet. In the Ă&#x20AC;HOG HYHQWV VHQLRU :KLWQH\ &\U ZRQ WKH KDPPHU ZLWK a 124â&#x20AC;&#x2122;-0.8â&#x20AC;? throw. Sophomore Courtney Hartwell won the discus event with her 119â&#x20AC;&#x2122;-03.00â&#x20AC;? mark, and junior Nicole Marrero won the javelin with a 112â&#x20AC;&#x2122;02.00â&#x20AC;? toss.

Throwers from the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team Glenn Guilmette and sophomore Ben Keach set new stadium marks at the PHHW *XLOPHWWH VHW KLV PDUN ZLWK D Ă&#x20AC;UVW SODFH Ă&#x20AC;QLVK LQ the javelin throwing a 211â&#x20AC;&#x2122;-03.00â&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Keach kept the pace up by setting his own mark in the shot put throwing D ¡ +H DOVR UHSHDWHG DQRWKHU Ă&#x20AC;UVW SODFH Ă&#x20AC;QLVK in the discus, launching it 136â&#x20AC;&#x2122;07.00, while freshman 5REHUW 3DOD]]R VKRZHG VRPH \RXQJ Ă&#x20AC;QHVVH RI KLV RZQ WDNLQJ Ă&#x20AC;UVW SODFH LQ WKH KDPPHU SRVWLQJ D PDUN RI ¡ 9.00â&#x20AC;?.

KSC Track and Field throwing Coach John Napolitano said he was thoroughly impressed with his teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s display at the Invitational from both men and women.

For a track meet that the team has never attended before LQ SDVW VHDVRQV WKHUH ZDV PXFK FRQĂ&#x20AC;GHQFH ZLWKLQ WKH athletes and coaches as well as many different sets of experiences accomplished from weekend trip. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I expected to be the best team there throwing wise, DQG , WKLQN ZH GHĂ&#x20AC;QLWHO\ ZHUH Âľ 1DSROLWDQR VDLG ´:H won seven of the eight events combined between the men and the women. I would have loved to have won all eight but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just how it goes sometimes. I thought everybody had a pretty good day, but last weekend wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really all that important to us compared to the weekend coming up.â&#x20AC;? Guilmetteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s throw over the weekend landed him with what currently is the longest throw in the country at the NCAA D-III level. An athlete who has been an All-American in past seasons and showed potential of obtaining a national championship in the event this season, Guilmette and company have been focusing their team building on the gym. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a huge meet, which kind of made it not as crazy but it was really nice to see all my teammateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s progress like that and do as well,â&#x20AC;? Guilmette said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone is showing up to practices, getting into the gym and lifting. We have a good coach [Napolitano] whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teaching us the proper techniques and really sharpening up our skills.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good to see him out there where he was last year,â&#x20AC;? Napolitano said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To be honest with you, I expect more out of him because this wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even the track meet that potentially we should have done that well in. For him to throw that far all weekend with very little com-

petition, you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help but smile at that.â&#x20AC;?

Guilmette is hoping to obtain a 70-meter mark as well as a national championship in the coming spring season.

Coach Napolitanoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s group of athletes changed their ways in the gym and together as a whole are reaping from the awards. The change in the atmosphere within the gym is attributed much to athletes own drives. ´7KH ODVW FRXSOH RI \HDUV ZH ZHUH VWLOO Ă&#x20AC;JXULQJ RXW the best way to train without a track, inside and no real facilities,â&#x20AC;? Napolitano said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Figuring out that now has been great I think. The people who did indoor track this year did a really nice MRE WUDQVLWLRQLQJ WR RXWGRRU WUDFN UHDOO\ TXLFNO\ /DVW year, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel like the guys did that good of a job with it.â&#x20AC;?

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Next week the team will be traveling to Fitchburg State where competition will surely be reinforced, according to Napolitano. Teams from Bates College, Colby-Sawayer College and the University of Southern Maine, which recently won the Indoor Track and Field /LWWOH (DVW &KDPSLRQVKLS ZLOO EH LQ DWWHQGDQFH &RDFK Napolitano hopes it will be a weekend that will allow WKH WHDP WR Ă H[ WKHLU PXVFOHV WR WKH FRPSHWLWLRQ â&#x20AC;&#x153;I expect big things this weekend as I said training wise, this is a weekend weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re kind of working towards,â&#x20AC;?

Napolitano said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just about everybody will be at a good level this coming weekend. You never know whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to happen but for the most part, I think this weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be a pretty successful weekend in its own. Do I think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to dominate like Mount Holyoke? No, because the competition is better.

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Napolitanoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next step after the Fitchburg meet, is to get six or seven throwers to regionals and hopefully qualify for the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Big Danceâ&#x20AC;? that is D-III Nationals. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Moving forward into the outdoor season, I really only think things will continue to get better,â&#x20AC;? Napolitano said.

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

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Eleven swimmers claim All-American honors BRIAN SCHNEE

ica status. Owls Head Coach Jack Fabian said that the team set goals going into the meet to score points and compete at a high level. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We thought, if we do a couple Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not every day the Keene State College commu- of things right we could get close to 100 points and be nity can witness All-American athletic greatness. How- in the mix for top ten,â&#x20AC;? Fabian said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The guys were ever, imagine seven athletes coming home from the HQJDJHG LQ WKDW JRDO IURP WKH Ă LJKW GRZQ ,W ZDV WRWDO most prestigious swimming race of their young lives focus.â&#x20AC;? with hardware to show their talents. .6& Ă&#x20AC;QLVKHG WKH IRXU GD\ PHHW WLHG IRU HOHYHQWK All seven KSC menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s swimmers made it back to place and by scoring 109 points. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were six points New Hampshire from the NCAA Division III National short of top ten but we did get over 100 points,â&#x20AC;? Fabian Championships in Shenandoah, Texas, with All-Amer- said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I told the guys, I was like â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Damn it, we

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didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make top ten.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; They were like â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Coach, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re over 100 points--that was our goal.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

The Owls had solid individual performances in addition to stellar team relay times. Overall, the Owls produced 11 All-Americans at the national meet, according to Keene State College Sports Information.

-XQLRU 'UHZ /HGZLWK KDG WKH WRS LQGLYLGXDO Ă&#x20AC;QLVK out of the Owls swimmers by placing second in the 1,650 race and coming up just short of Denison Universitiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Alan Weik for the second year in a row. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think I rested a little too long which kind of helps your speed,â&#x20AC;?

Ledwith said in regards to his 1,650 race. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But for the mile itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard because you need endurance too.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about balancing both of them (speed and endurance) because you want to go fast but you also want to stay in shape,â&#x20AC;? Ledwith said.

Ledwith also placed fourth in the 500 free and was a member of the Owlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; fourth place 800 free relay. After tallying three All-American accolades, he now has six All-American titles under his belt with senior year still awaiting him.

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Ragaini hits her way through her senior season RYAN GLAVEY

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EQUINOX STAFF Prior to this season, it had been roughly 1,096 days since the last time Meryl Ragaini played softball. If there was any rust to be found on her bat or glove, she cleaned it off well before the start of the season.

Ragaini is a transfer from Southern Connecticut State University, where she played softball her freshman year. Since coming to Keene State College in her sophomore year,

she has only been associated with volleyball, until now. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With my volleyball coach, everything was very open with him and he kind of was like â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I want to see you play.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; My friends were pushing me to do it and I was like alright Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll do it.

I used to love it, and it hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t changed--I still do,â&#x20AC;? Ragaini said.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a little bit of a unique situation to see D VHQLRU EH D Ă&#x20AC;UVW \HDU SOD\HU LQ D VSRUW EXW Ragaini, her coaches, and her teammates have handled it well.

Head Coach Charlie Beach said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;When she got through with volleyball, she started working out with the team and she did everything that everybody else did, and I still UHJDUGHG KHU DV D Ă&#x20AC;UVW \HDU SOD\HU 6KH KDVQ¡W played for me, she doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily know what my methods are or what the program is like.â&#x20AC;?

He added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The fact that her talent has put her in the forefront of everything is another matter.â&#x20AC;?

Team Captain Nicole Dupuis said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Char-

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lie told us that there was a girl who was going to be walking on, and I think people are always kind of leery when that happens, but she turned out to be a great person, a great teammate, and she really just vibes with everybody.â&#x20AC;?

She continued, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s turned out to be a great leader. I mean she doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have that title of captain like Jess and I do, but she certainly acts like one.â&#x20AC;?

Ragaini said the hardest part about return-

Ben Keach captured two victories for the KSC Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Track and Field team this Fitchburg State Invitational meet, and is this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Athlete of the Week.

The sophomore thrower placed Ă&#x20AC;UVW LQ WKH VKRW SXW DQG WKH discus events.

He also placed third in the hammer, completing a trio of strong performances.

6R IDU .HDFK KDV TXDOLĂ&#x20AC;HG for the ECAC championships in the shot put, discus amd hammer events. He is currently ranked in the top 50 of the Division III national rankings for the shot put.

--7KH Ă&#x20AC;UVW UXQQHU XS WKLV ZHHN with a combination of passing and scoring, is Eliza Witherbee of the KSC Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lacrosse team.

Witherbee was very much in the fray with a game-high four goals and assisted two more in the Owlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 10-7 victory over Eastern Connecticut State.

She also had a goal and two more assists as KSC cruised past MIT 12-3.

--The second runner-up of the week is KSC baseballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s freshPDQ RXWĂ&#x20AC;HOGHU %UHWW 'RRWVRQ Dootson contributed at least one rbi in each of the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last three games. +H ZHQW WZR IRU Ă&#x20AC;YH EDWWLQJ with two walks and three rbiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in KSCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s double-header against UMass-Dartmouth.

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Ryan Glavey can be contacted at rglavey@keene-equinox.com

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Keene State College freshman Mariah Crisp tied the single game record for strikeouts during a game against UMass-Dartmouth on Saturday, April 6 in North Dartmouth, Mass. Crisp struck out 15 batters in the first game, tying assistant coach Meghan McLoughlinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s record from her time at KSC. Crisp now has 89 Kâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on the season. She also improved her record to 6-3 on the year. Her ERA for the season is currently 1.54.

A year ago to this day, freshman Kaitlin Nolan couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have told you what college she was going to be attending in the fall. Committed to majoring in physical education, when Nolan toured schools she was always more interested in academic programs than athletic ones.

At the time, her future in lacrosse seemed uncertain, if not in doubt.

But her past uncertainty has only made her current success with the lacrosse team all the more impressive. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She visited [Keene State College] very late,â&#x20AC;? Coach Katie Arsenault remembered. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re already behind in the process and VKH VDLG VKH ZDQWHG WR Ă&#x20AC;QG D VFKRRO Ă&#x20AC;UVW DQG ZRUU\ DERXW ODFURVVH ODWHU WR PDNH VXUH VKH Ă&#x20AC;W Âľ Everyone agrees Nolanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s visit went well, but in the fast-paced culture of college recruiting, her unique situation didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t exactly LQVSLUH FRQĂ&#x20AC;GHQFH LQ $UVHQDXOW 6R you can imagine the coachâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s surprise when she received an email from Nolan in late April saying she had decided to come to KSC. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I decided to come to Keene mainly because when I met [Coach Arsenault] she seemed like a great coach,â&#x20AC;? Nolan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wanted to

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come for physical education and they have a great program, the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great. By the end it was an easy pick.â&#x20AC;?

One of the intriguing things about Kaitlin Nolan as a recruit was the success she had at the high school level. Nolan comes from lacrosse powerhouse Mahopac High School in upstate New York.

In fact, Arsenault had been scouting two different girls on the team before she had even heard of Nolan.

But all that changed when the coach watched Nolan play, and she was quickly invited to KSCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recruit day, where the college brings in what they consider to be their top recruits. The rest is history, and Coach Arsenault admits it seems like itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a long time since she got that surprising email.

The move from the high school to college level in all sports generally means a faster pace, smarter

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