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Vol. 65, Issue #25

Thursday, aprIl 25, 2013

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From Boston to KSC WHITNEY CYR

Managing ExEcutivE Editor

The names of the victims of the Boston Marathon and the ensuing manhunt are as follows: 23-year-old Lu Lingzi, a Boston University graduate student, eight-year-old Martin Richard, 29-year-old Krystle Campbell of Medford, Sean Collier, 27-years-old. At 2:50 p.m. on Monday, April 14, two bombs went off near the athon, around the average

the start of the race in Hopkinton, MA. Various services have been held to honor the victims of the tragedy, according to the Boston Globe. Each will be remembered in their own way.

The Globe reported that

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Terri Rousseau and her husband Bill Leukhardt speak during a press conference at Keene State College on April 17, 2013.

Mother asks students to advocate for gun control KARINA BARRIGA ALBRING

nEwS Editor People say the world is in the hands of the young, but what happens when young, innocent souls get taken away? It seems hard not to lose faith in humanity after witnessing massive murders committed against those who had their entire lives ahead of them.

During their visit to Keene State College on April 17, Terri Rousseau and her husband Bill Leukhardt, both journalists who lost their child in Newtown, Conn., referred to the challenges gun legislation currently faces and encouraged students to reach out to congress members and require them to vote to pass gun control poli-

cies.

Losing a parent is a tragedy; however, seeing the parents of the fallen ones in Newtown, Conn. shedding tears over their children’s graves seems to be a harsher situation.

Giving out pictures of their beloved ones, writing letters and traveling, some Newtown families restlessly advocate for gun legislation.

“From this tragedy, I have learned that grief makes you strong,” Rousseau, mother of 30-year-old teacher Lauren Rousseau who was killed in Sandy Hook Elementary school last December, said.

Indeed, her grief has given her strength, love and devotion. Rousseau has made of those feelings the

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Lauren Rousseau, one of the six educators killed in Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.

In early April, lawmakers in Connecticut passed a bill that seems like a great achievement for the families of Sandy Hook Promise, a group formed two months after Newtown by some the victims‘ families.

The state of Connecticut added more than 100 assault weapons to its the number of rounds in a magazine to ten. The new laws also establish that citizens who own larger capacity

Film screening and discussion features Fair Trade coffee farmers ANGELA SCIONTI

Equinox Staff By the time that Americans clock into their morning shift, chances are that 108.9

they face when their crop plant is not in the harvest season.

The main speaker of the event was Parker Townley, the national organizer for Fair Trade Colleges and Universities.

the day. However, out of that 108.9 million only about 20 percent of Americans know about Fair Trade, according to a CBS News article. America might be known as the infamous melting pot, but rative coffee pot.

On Wednesday, April 22, in the Madison Street Lounge of the Young Student

ago when a professor in Wisconsin visited England for a business trip.

“The professor noticed that there was Fair Trade products everywhere on the campus he visited. He being a social justice advocate, the English college staff told him about this movement where students are provided with a road map as a way to bring Fair Trade awareness to the campus and make it part of the culture. The proFair Trade USA and the Keene State Col- fessor then took this idea back to Wisconsin. He worked on it with a number of students and faculty, then declared life of the everyday coffee farmers in themselves as a Fair Trade university,” Central America and the severe struggles » FAIR TRADE FILM, A2

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magazines can only use them at the shooting range and have to register how many they own by Jan. 1, 2013 as well their now banned assault weapons.

According to The Nation, Governor Malloy said after signing the bill, “If we had the law that we signed today in effect, Mrs. Lanza would not have been able to purchase that gun.

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was an incredibly kind spirit, according to his brother Andrew. He noted that after someone in their house caught an ant, Collier would insist it be freed outside and not killed.

According to CBS, the service at Boston University remembered Lingzi as an extremely driven and bright student. Her father noted how much laughter she brought into his life.

According to the Boston Herald, the service for Campbell was held at St. Joseph’s Church in Medford, where more than a thousand people were in attendance to remember Campbell’s energetic personality.

The last victim of the tragedy was eight-year-old Martin Richard. The Washington Post reported Martin loved to play with his siblings or play in his yard. His mother said she would frequently take him and his siblings for walks around the neighborhood.

While Keene State College is a little over two hours away from Boston, the ripple effect from the loss of the victims in addition to the nearly 200 people who were injured still resonated in a powerful way.

At 2:50 p.m. on Monday, April 22, the normally loud and bustling KSC campus fell silent. Suddenly, the mournful notes of one trumpet off in the distance playing taps rang out into the still air. At 3:00 p.m., the hundreds of KSC community members

Wellness fair gives tips for a healthy life style

listened to the bells chiming, simultaneously marking the new hour of the day but also as a way of remembering and honoring the victims of the tragedy. Music department faculty member Diane Cushing led to the KSC concert choir in the singing of the national anthem.

Interim President Jay Kahn acknowledged the connections the KSC community had to the tragedy as well as the importance of honoring the victims of the tragedy.

“This Boston Marathon has certainly affected and touched people in this community. There was senseless death and violence not too far away. We all had some connection to the Boston Marathon, I suspect,” Kahn said.

In addition, Kahn noted there were seven KSC faculty memtraining students directly affected by the bombings because they witnessed it

Athletic Training program, Dr. Wanda Swiger and athletic trainer and instructor Scot Ward were the two faculty members who brought some students down to the Marathon in order to provide service in the support tents after the race.

“They were there witnessing the bombing, the carnage, and the kind of chaos that took place afterwards,” Kahn said. “They held their ground and were support to the medical teams that were assisting those injuries resulting from the bombing.”

In addition to the seven athletic training faculty and students, Vice President of Student Affairs, Andy Robinson, said the ripple effect of the tragedy goes well beyond what we can immediately see.

“Runners, relatives of runners, and friends of runners here could have been impacted. The ripple effect for something like this is quite incredible. Some students may have relatives who were injured. It goes beyond what we know,” he said.

Charlie St. Cyr, a KSC alum who graduated in 1993, was a participant in the race. race and was having lunch a few blocks away from the explosions when it happened.

“Most of my friends had

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“The ripple effect for something like this is quite incredible.”

-ANDY ROBINSON VICE PRESIDENT OF STUDENT AFFAIRS

ZACH PEARSON

Equinox Staff For a long time now the goal of Human Resources department at Keene State College has been to acknowledge hard working employees of KSC and to give them ideas for how to deal with stress while making healthy choices in their lives. Senior Human Resources Assistant Karyn Kaminski and Assistant Director Karen Crawford took another step towards accomplishing that goal on Thursday, April 18, with a Wellness Fair that ran alongside the college’s regularly scheduled Healthy Returns event.

Healthy Returns is a program sponsored by University System of N.H. Human Resources and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. According to its website, the goal of the program is to educate people, helping health areas: Blood Pressure Control, Weight Management, Cholesterol Management, Glucose Management and Smoking Cessation.

Kaminski said that the college has participated in Healthy Returns for years now, hosting an event in the fall and the spring. However,

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it happened, but one of my friends, Laura, was collecting her medal when it happened, her ears were still ringing four hours later,” he said. Spoken to on the day of bombings, St. Cyr asked if the members of the KSC community that he had seen throughout the day had all made it out okay, noting that he had seen some athletes in KSC sweatshirts at the start of the race.

“We’ve been so sickened by the coverage. I was

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the day before and to imagine it happened right where I was. I had such a positive experience with my family, we don’t want to make ourselves more sick,” he said. Having not seen any television coverage whatsoever, St. Cyr said he didn’t even know the amount of deaths and injuries from the blasts.

“I’m worried thinking about the people who

1:45 p.m. Carle Hall: Loud music coming from the area.

2:04 p.m. Science Center: Guitar stolen from office.

of those injured,” he said. “Some people weren’t

4:32 p.m. Holloway Hall: Parent calling asking if someone can contact her daughter.

can combat this in the future. It makes you not want to attend such a big event.”

St. Cyr also noted that the blast happened

6:40 p.m. Winchester Parking Lot: Information about a vehicle that may have been stolen in the parking lot.

the most people. Statistically, most people were crossing the line at that point.

“I don’t know how to process it,” St. Cyr said.

“I think of the 20,000 people who qualify for this

8:30 p.m. Science Center: Report of intoxicated male in the building.

happen.”

A KSC student and Marathon runner who

Tuesday, April 16 7:19 p.m. Winchester Parking Lot: Officer tried to stop subject for 706 [marijuana]. Individual ran away from the officer.

Wednesday, April 17 9:00 a.m. Owl’s Nest 3: Report that sometime last night somebody threw beer bottles at door.

4:28 p.m. Sidewalks: Resident called complaining about loud music being played outside of the building. Students have permission from RD and music was not very loud.

Friday, April 19 12:33 a.m. Student Center Parking Lot: Male vandalizing vehicle.

12:46 a.m. Holloway Hall: Female student with alcohol.

4:20 p.m. Appian Way: Vehicle driving on walkway.

Saturday, April 20 12:26 a.m. Randall Hall: Intoxicated male and alcohol violation.

1:16 a.m. Owl’s Nest 4: Intoxicated subject.

1:18 a.m. Pondside I: Intoxicated subject.

3:01 a.m. Owl’s Nest Lot: RA reported suspicious water bottle.

10:49 p.m. One Butler Court: Report of a male and female in a verbal altercation.

Sunday, April 21 2:04 a.m. Fiske Hall: Intoxicated female.

2:32 a.m. One Butler Court: 706 [marijuana].

3:43 a.m. Holloway Hall: Two male subjects urinating on the wall.

11:51 p.m. Monadnock Hall: Student requesting ride to the hospital.

emotions. It was one of the most glorious moments

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The film “After the Harvest” illuminates the efforts of bringing Fair Trade to coffee farmers in Central America. The film was shown in the L.P. Young Student Center Madison Street Lounge on Wednesday, April 22, 2013.

the campus offer Fair Trade products as an option. Step four is Fair Trade education in

site. Mateo expressed that the organization has “the power to promote to other countries,” and that “100 percent of pro-

passing of a resolution that (Cont. from A1) has administrative approval “Nearly 2.6 billion people cementing all of the work are in poverty and 65 percent Townley stated. When Unithat the institution has done are in the farming industry, versity of Wisconsin-Oshkosh in its Fair Trade efforts.

KSC working under two U.S. dolannounced a press release lars or less per day,” Mateo about their declaration of becoming a “Fair Trade Uni- steps under its belt in becom- stated in a post-screening versity,” it sparked the idea ing a recognized Fair Trade powerpoint. Coffee is still and creation of the organiza- College. Another speaker at not making enough money tion, Fair Trade Colleges and the event, Miguel Mateo, was for people to advance in their Universities. The organization a Guatemalan coffee farmer lives. The majority of the and a part of Manos Campesi- farmers are paid only once college or university to be eli- nas. Manos Campesinas “is a year. The farmers are then gible for recognition as a “Fair- an umbrella organization that subjected to harsh poverty works with eight grassroots due to such little pay, which Trade College or University.” organizations of four differ- they call, “los meses delgados” team of individuals who can ent Guatemalan geographic (“the thin months”). During Marcos, the thin months many coffee devote their time to the college departments--San Quetzaltenango, Retalhuleu growers do not make enough or university to promote Fair Trade awareness. The second and Sololá. Overall, Manos money to adequately survive. is to have Fair Trade products Campesinas represents 1,073 That is because their cash crop on every location that serves individual members, all of is not in its harvesting season.

Apart from many farmers food. Step three is to ensure them small coffee producers,” according to their webthat events and catering in

in English and was able to answer any questions for the audience. Mateo then went on and explained the gold pin that was on his sweater, which he stated represented a small organization called Coordinadora Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Comercio Justo (CLAC). CLAC, which started just last year, is a new identiCaribbean Network of Small Fair Trade Producers. “CLAC’s mission is to be an organ of representation, coordination, exchange and collaboration for the strengthening of cooperative organizations of small producers from Latin American and the Caribbean within the framework of Fair Trade,” according to the Universities for Fair-Trade website.

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Law expert raises awareness for child welfare and youth in court MICHAEL WOODWORTH

Equinox Staff All children in foster care hope to hear the magic words, “Meet your new family.” But children who don’t get to hear that remain in the system until they are 18 years old. Upon leaving the system, the now young adults are forced to make their own decisions.

“When the state has to come in, we should have the same expectation that the young adults need help into their 20s,” Dr. Clark Peters said.

Peters, who spoke to a group of a dozen people in Morrison Hall on Friday, April 19, reinforced the idea that children in foster care should be kept in the system into their 20s.

The presentation, titled, “Youths in State Court: Changing Legal and Policy Landscapes,” was put on by the Department of American Studies. Michael Antonucci, associate professor in the American Studies department, and Mark LoevyReyes, a legal career advisor at Keene State College, brought in Peters hoping to raise awareness.

“It’s [the program] a new attempt to raise awareness among various academic areas about the role of law,” Loevy-Reyes said. He added that he anticipates this kind of program will be put on at least yearly.

Peters, assistant professor at the school of social work at the University of Missouri, talked about how children who are in foster care need a lot of support. He added that housing, medical care and educational support are the biggest concerns for youth in the system.

“It [support] is very important,” sophomore Hersch Rothmel said. “Foster care is not a Hilton [hotel].”

In a study done looking at Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois, foster youths fresh out of the system have had decreased engagement in both education and the workforce.

Also part of the study, mental and behav-

race a mere half hour before the bomb went off.

She had been training for the marathon since January. “I got my bag from the bus, walked back down to meet your family. I just found my family when really soon after,” she said.

The runner said she was close enough to feel the ground shake and see the buildings around her shake.

“We knew it was bad, we started running down the street. I tried, I was in a lot of pain at that point.

We got to an intersection and just saw chaos. We the place,” she said. Moments after, her father said they had to get off the street.

After running into one building that was being evacuated, running onto a bridge connecting one building to a mall, and then ending up in the Hilton Hotel, where they stayed for three to four hours.

“Eventually, my dad went outside and spoke to a cop, and the cop said Mass. Ave was open and he said, ‘You didn’t hear that I suggested it, but if I were you, I’d get out of here,’” she said. After sneaking into the parking garage, they were able to get in their car and leave.

While the runner had an earlier release time than some of her friends, she said while her family was running around, she was concerned about her friends because she didn’t know about their whereabouts.

“We didn’t know they shut down the cell service, so we received his voicemail. We assumed Marathon runners had their run cut short before three and a half hour mark, she felt the need to see her family.

“After I got my bag, I felt a need to run to my family. If I hadn’t of done that, I wouldn’t have been with them when the bombs went off. I didn’t have my phone, it would’ve been really chaotic,” she said. “I could’ve easily seen it happen. I’m glad I didn’t see it.”

Lastly, the runner noted how her accomplishment is not even what she remembers from the day. “The Marathon is supposed to be this really happy day, the streets are crammed on both sides, everyone is screaming and roaring,” she said. “It’s totally crazy to me that something so terrible could happen on a day that is supposed to be so happy.”

Dr. Wanda Swiger, the head of the KSC athletic training program, who was one of the faculty members present at the marathon, declined an interview.

However, she offered a statement to the KSC community of what she would like others to know. In an email, she wrote, “Keene State Colits members. As true allied health care providers, faculty and students began treating runners and spectators that were injured from the blasts.”

Dr. Swiger explained the capacity in which she and other athletic training faculty and students were at the Marathon. “This year, one faculty member was assigned to the medical tent,

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Clark Peters, assistant professor from the School of Social Work at the University of Missouri, speaks about youth in state court at KSC on April 19, 2013.

ioral health has decreased while justice system involvement has increased.

“States that extend care to age 21 show better outcomes,” Peters referenced. tion of adulthood is 18, but the maturity of humans is still developing after that age.

Peters explained the problem we face today is that the group of young people need assistance and the solution is keeping them in the system until they are 21.

“Young people that turn 18 are more than ready to be done with the system,” Peters explained.

According to studies, even though the young adults are fed up with the system, they seem to be worse off if they are let

out at age 18. Peters addressed more problems in the form of the youth adults running back to their parents when they are let out, becoming homeless.

According to Peters, youths in state care are there because they have parents who just don’t care and the state has become involved. Peters added that in today’s society, the transition from childhood to adulthood is longer. He also added that half of young adults ages 18-24 live with their parents and receive $38,000 in direct family support.

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Three students were in the zone between Medical were assigned the area between Medical tent A and Medical tent B,” she wrote.

However, their part in the day changed drastically once the bombs went off. responders for the exhausted runners turned from much needed to completely life saving for the victims of the blasts.

For the full story and The Equinox’s multimedia coverage, please visit www. keene-equinox.com.

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It would not have been in that home.”

For Rousseau, however, the bans in Connecticut are not enough. “What I think should happen regarding gun legislation is not what is most likely to happen. I am in favor of anything that would make our culture less prevalent to violence,” Rousseau said.

Hometown of the Nation Sports Shooting Foundation, Newtown, Conn. hosts a prominent population of gun owners.

“People in [Connecticut] were rushing to buy guns because they were thinking they weren’t going to be able to buy any more [after new legislation was passed]. That was very hard to see,” Rousseau said.

Rousseau’s husband shared the same view. “Passing laws is not going to prevent things like this to happen ever again, but it will certainly prevent access and make things better,” Leukhardt stated. saying, “It is crazy that we allow access to guns and ammunitions to be so easy. You know that something is wrong when you have to register your car and things, and you don’t have to do anything with your gun.”

Similarly, Vice President Joe Biden said in the New York City Hall, “A weapon of war has no place on American streets, and taking it off American streets would have no impact on one’s constitutional rights,” according to an article in the New York Daily News.

Rousseau said in Washington D.C., the gun debate faces greater challenges. She noted the importance of advocacy and networking. She shared how the Sandy Hook Promise Members gained a victory when visiting lawmakers in Hartford, Conn.

“Some of the people were starting to hedge on their support [for gun legislation].

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are gathering to do this. There are all these wonderful people that have done so much to keep our children’s memories alive. By advocating, we can keep them in mind forever,” Rousseau said.

“Speak up! There is a lot of things you can do. The Senate hasn’t voted yet. The House vote in Washington will be coming out soon.

You can make phone calls, write letters, send emails to your home state legislators,” Rousseau told students.

Rousseau said gunmakers and the est obstacles for stronger gun laws. “It [the NRA] has so much money and so much power [...] The NRA is trying to get young people into the habit of buying guns. I think we need to change the age you should be in order to own a gun and the age required to enter a gun show,” Rousseau said.

Also, Rousseau explained she did not support gun ownership for protection. “I don’t know why, if we are so worried in defending our household, we don’t buy ourselves a nice security system. Do we really need guns to protect ourselves or is there a better way?” Rousseau stated.

Also, she pronounced herself against the arming of school staff. “I think it is a waste of money to have armed staff. Resources could be used for something much more positive,” Rousseau said. Leukhardt indicated, “It would be scary for kids to go to schools and see guns everywhere. Their sense of security will be destroyed”.

Rousseau also indicated she believes gun legislation should not be considered a “Second Amendment issue.” “We haven’t

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Rousseau displays photos of her daughter Lauren at KSC. She said members of Sandy Hook Promise have approached lawmakers, handing in letters and photos of their children to encourage them to pass gun legislation.

seau said. wanted to drop. We went around and talked Moreover, Rousseau said she would supand showed pictures of our children. They port certain limitations regarding freedom had a meeting that afternoon and they did of speech in order to prevent more killings. put it back in,” Rousseau recalled.

“In some cases put freedom of speech should “A voice makes so much difference. You be limited a little bit. It is crazy what people do have power. It is not useless to speak up,” Rousseau said. mation about how to make bombs.

People Rousseau recalled the efforts of multiple organizations and institutions across no matter what the NRA wants to believe. are learning to be terrorists and murderers on websites.” the nation to sympathize with Sandy Hook Ever since that tragic December mornPromise. “It is just amazing that people

ing, Rousseau and her family, together with other families affected by the massacre in

down the street, and people think they need a whole room full of guns to stay safe in this prevent events like Newton from happen- country. It is worth a chance. All these inciing again and advocating to bring justice to dents add to that feeling that we need to do something to make people safer,” she conSchool. cluded.

Surrounded by photos of Lauren, in Karina Barriga Albring can be contacted at fully holding back their tears, Rousseau kbarriga@keene-equinox.com once more called for change. “We can’t be

with recommended portions. Lauraine said events like these were important because “there’s not really a lot of marketing around healthy foods right now.”

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where college employees could learn about the health programs that Harvard Pilgrim offers. Lauren Alford, who manages wellness connection

accompanying Wellness Fair as Kaminski thought it might “bring in more people and also once they go to Healthy Returns and they start learning about their numbers and so forth, then they can go and learn different stretching techniques or learn how to make a healthy snack or get a massage.” As an untested year’s Wellness Fair was intentionally small, focusing on just a handful of things that they “thought employees would like to help really relieve stress and focus in on their own health.”

This spring Wellness Fair was a miniature version of the fair held in EMILY FEDORKO / PHOTO EDITOR October, called the Personal Services Students from the Exercise Leadership Practicum course give advice to the attendees regarding healthy lifestyle practices.

based vendors come to the college has a tighter focus, Kaminski said, really honing in on “wellness and tips for creating a healthy lifestyle for yourself.”

Crawford explained that the Wellness Fair and Healthy Returns are both connected to “Healthy KSC,” an initiative that was launched in years of funding from trustees to help develop wellness programs for KSC. While Healthy Returns utilized the Mountain View Room of the Young Student Center, the Wellness

Mary Beth Given of Massage Given on Marlboro Street.

Given said that a regular massage is important because “It helps with the stress factor. All that circulation that goes through your whole body. It’s really important to do that.

Lower your blood pressure, lower your stress.” Given was contacted for the Wellness Fair because she has participated in other events for the college. dents from the Exercise Leadership Practicum course at KSC showed attendees different ways to stretch their muscles. Students from the

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“I watched it on CNN while I was at work. ”

table and answered any questions attendees had about the various programs. Of the event as a whole Alford said, “I think it’s really good for them to be able to come and they really cover a gauntlet of topics here.

They do biometric screening. They also learn about some of their health

the university that help further on the information they learned from biometric.”

Jennifer Drake-Deese said, “It’s great. It’s good to go in and know what your numbers are. It makes you keep track of them. And particularly going from the fall to the spring, class were recruited by their pro- they get exposed to things like this making sure everything stays the fessor, Christine Miles, and partici- it’s going to make them more aware same.” pated in shifts to cover the entire and maybe make them change their Laura Mielke said, “It’s nice to event. Tyler Penn, a senior at KSC, lifestyle.” have this fair piece where you learn explained the importance of regular stretching as “it improves mobility. A Interns from KSC—Carly Lauraine, care and insurance” adding that lot of people sit in their everyday life. Jacylin Lee, and Colleen Lynch-- the make-your-own-trail-mix was So when you’re at a desk job certain staffed a “Healthy Snacking” table. “fantastic.” Rick Rumba, from Workthings that aren’t meant to lengthen Lee explained, “The point we wanted WISE NH, added, “It just keeps you and shorten start to lengthen and to get across is that snacking is okay. on track with trying to do things to shorten.”

There’s plenty of healthy options and keep yourself healthy.”

Ken Sikes, also a senior at KSC, it just helps prevent being starving Carrien said that if the fair consaid that events like this help because and overeating later.” tinues she would come back next “It’s not at everybody’s forefront of A few of those healthy options year because “It’s important for their mind, thinking, ‘I’ve got to were free for attendees to sample, the future. It keeps health criticals stretch today so ten years from now I including whole grain pretzels, down.” can still get things from the top shelf.’ homemade hummus and ingrediZach Pearson can be contacted at They don’t think about that. But if ents to create your own trail mix zpearson@keene-equinox.com

“What media did you use to follow the coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings?”

Kimberly Ratte Junior Psychology

“I followed it via social media like Facebook and Twitter, but I also watched it on TV.”

Micheal Bombace Freshman Undeclared

“I watched it on CNN.”

Shannon Anderson Junior BA Chemistry

“I followed the coverage on NBC.”

STUDENT ASSEMBLY Assembly members modify Constitution KARINA BARRIGA ALBRING

News editor - Student Assembly passed two amendments to their constitution.

-Assembly members are no longer required not to be Treasurer Meghan Healy said, “Right now there are members that are not following this, so why have it in our constitution.”

-Assembly approved to reinforce absence policy.

Assembly members will be allowed to have three absences.

-In other businesses, Assembly approved the Club.

-Campus Ecology was event Solar Feast, which will recognized as a student organization.

- Chair Chelsea Clouse noted Assembly will be electing a new Chair, Treasurer and Secretary on April

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Breaking news coverage turns into a media mess

First, it was, “They may or may not have someone in custody.”

Then, they had a federal source saying they had a suspect in custody heading to the Federal Court House. At the same time, suspect in custody. Then the explications started to come: there was a misunderstanding, and a few hours later, everyone was back to replaying the shaky bombing videos and shots of people crying. We rely on the news so much that if someone publishes false information, we’re not about to turn off the TV if there are bombs going off in the street.

With breaking news, everyone needs to know what’s going on as soon as possible because they are waiting for information right that second because people are being attacked. And when people are trying to get things done, it can be daunting trying to release new information that will be seen by a majority of the country. Even The Equinox can recognize its few, minor errors in breaking news, but if a mass murderer suspect was in jeopardy, we would never risk information we were not able to attribute to someone of authority.

What happened on that Monday within the news media was such a mess it was hard to trust anyone. One news station even went as far as to say the suspect in question was a brownskinned man. In a situation where thousands of people are waiting to hear news pertaining to someone they care about, race shouldn’t be the issue being misconstrued with timely information. What was important to recognize from this day were the few news sources that stuck by the truth: that no individual was in custody. It may seem small and obvious, but the news folk who wait until it’s safe are the ones looking out for all of us.

The ones that are not looking out for the greater good so much any type of news that people would be interested in knowing.

Although many sources were anxious to report that there was a suspect, there in fact was no suspect in custody on the Monday of the marathon--yet people believed this to be true because someone said it on TV. The FBI even released a statement later that day that said they were asking the media to exercise caucial channels before reporting. If there was a worst way to feel ashamed of your work, this might be it. If no one noticed, the FBI told the journalists to just do their job correctly.

Can we imagine if all journalists were responsible and sensitive to these terrible situations? If everyone only reported what they knew was credible information and acted cautiously during EMMA CONTIC / GRAPHICS EDITOR breaking news, maybe we could trust all our news sources a little more.

STAFF COMMENTARY The Equinox continues to strive to be a reliable and credible news source as well as a voice for the students. It’s up to us to uphold the beliefs we assume in our superiors, that, as it is stated in our mission: to stimulate high standards in the practice of We’re still blissfully disconnected even though we’re more plugged in we could turn off the television and be done with it, forget that there was a journalism. than ever. The troubles of people across the globe are yelling at us from our war going on a few thousand miles away against some country in southeast

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We turn on our devices and we see there have been 30 killed in Baghdad, and a 6.0 earthquake in China. We’re told things are bad, getting bad, getting worse. We’ve been hearing it all our lives. But never before has it been in our pockets, recorded from a dozen different angles, been splayed across our digital walls and left there for us to stare. As our technology keeps advancing, we can no longer ignore the outside world. The world is staring back at us from our iPhones.

and people took to the streets. War footage was being broadcast live into people’s homes, and it started a near revolution.

There were thousands of people marching for peace in Vietnam, all because of the live war footage, but after the execution of a North Vietnamese soldier on live television, the media decided against it, against broadcasting honest depictions of the war. And as media became more conglomerated, more privatized and owned by a few, these images were seen even less, as they could harm public opinion on military actions such as The Gulf War, up through the war on terror. But then there was the shift, the early 2000s, the Internet making its way into people’s homes and onto their screens. But as we are more and more plugged in, we can’t just ignore it; it’s taking us by the shoulders and screaming in our faces.

We can’t ignore the 80,000 people dead in Syria, and we can’t ignore the estimated 20,000 children stolen by Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army. We’re all connected. We’re seeing these things as they happen, the faces they’re affecting. We’re so connected now that we’re being forced to question our own aggressive nationalism. This national introspection is the

enemy like terror; we see the faces of the people affected by our war. This prospect is scary for a vast proportion of patriotic Americans. It’s challenging the nationalistic belief that we’re better than everyone else. And we’re doing that to ourselves. Our search to be more connected, more knowledgable has yielded knowledge that we may not be quite equipped to know.

That people on the other side of the globe are just that—people, nothing less. This epiphany is forcing us to question our own mentally isolationist tendencies. We’re brought up to think of the United States as the land of opportunity, the pinnacle of democracy and freedom. And that everyone else was, well, everyone else. Disjointed, different, apart, separate. But now we’re humans. It’s what the evolution of technology is pushing us towards. that we’re seeing these people, now that they’re in our homes, on our laptops, we realize just how wrong we’ve been.

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A weekend of comedy brings old favorites to mind Comedy is one of the hardest and least respected art forms. Poetry is hard, but you can win an award if you write a few stanzas about a tree. Music is hard, but you can still be a terrible musician and make it in the industry if you get recognition from 13 year olds and hipsters who like you because you’re obscure. In stand-up, when you’re great, you’re a god. When you suck, you’re just a loser talking about how much of a loser-y loser you are.

I’ve loved stand-up comedy since I was a kid. But I don’t just enjoy it; I study it. I consider myself a comedy enthusiast. Seeing as how I love comedy and I have an opinion about everything, I have very strong opinions about stand-up. I will even judge people by the comedy they choose. If you say you like Bill Burr or Patrice O’Neal, I will say you know your comedy. If you say you like Ellen DeGeneres or Jerry Seinfeld, I’ll assume you have a squeaky clean lifestyle. If you tell me that Larry The Cable Guy is a comedic genius, I will probably have an aneurism. If you say anything positive about Carlos Mencia, I will highly disagree with you.

My love affair with the art goes deep. That’s why I

them funny. He’s the classic underdog hero whose selfdeprecating humor and common sense wit make viewers hunger for more material.

before he died of MS, that Dave Chappelle had carried his torch. Many people would put Pryor in their top lists. If I grew up in the ‘70s or ‘80s, I’d agree. But while Pryor was extremely talented, I don’t vibe with all his jokes as I do Chapelle. Pryor would joke about Nixon and Vietnam. Chapelle would joke about Michael JackChappelle was another comic who was a great actor you laugh with his observations. His special For What It’s Worth was my personal favorite. I love when he analyzes the myth that AIDS came from a guy getting down with a monkey. “How long would you have to train a monkey to do that?” Or the difference between juice and “drank.” His stories were great too.

Who could forget the story of seeing a baby in the hood of D.C. at three in the morning? When he asked the baby what he was doing there he said, “I’m selling weed. I got kids to feed,” which scared off Chappelle.

He was also someone who was a great social commentator. His show, Chappelle’s Show, allowed us to see the racism we all possess by bringing it to a safe place of laughter. Sadly, the pressure of fame and judgement were too much to handle and he’s since retreated from the comedy.

Of course, this isn’t a list of the greatest. If I were to

right now. This can change too. It might even change by the time I’m done writing this. As with any list, this is up for debate, but the comics on this list are hard to knock because they are all so talented. Let’s begin.

movies like Meet Dave, he was a damn good comic.

EMILY FEDORKO / PHOTO EDITOR More than a damn good comic, he was a child prodigy.

- Kenan Thompson entertains KSC students at a comedy event for Spring Weekend on April 20, 2013. cial, Delirious. Decked out in leather, Murphy broke how it helped me through many college hangovers.

ASPCA commercials to his theory on why men cheat— “Because we love you.” It’s all just pure comedic genius. know who Patrice is. That’s because he only put out Sadly, Patrice O’Neal died in 2011. a gut. one full-hour special with Comedy Central. But all he The great thing about Murphy is that he was a great - I might place him higher on the list. The greatest living comic actor and joke teller. Some people can only do one cial is comic gold. I dare anyone who watches it to not or the other. The difference lies in whether you act funny bust out laughing at any moment. This man was a magi- seen his specials knows this. In the new special, “Oh or whether your ideas are funny Murphy blended both cian. He could construct a whole bit just vibing off of My God,” he completely crushes for an hour. Anyone the crowd. He made all the uncomfortable jokes about who has seen Louie knows how dark and brilliant his hear the ice cream truck to imitating his father getting race and relationships and didn’t care what anyone comedy can be. drunk at a party. Both jokes had substance and were thought of him. performed well, which is why he went on to become I love his bit about how white women’s lives are one I’ve seen yet can deliver Seinfeld-like observational a successful actor, in movie like “Coming to America” valuable. O’Neal asks who the woman Jordan Vander humor and weave in such a hilarious and dark spin. and “The Nutty Professor.” My favorite bit is when he Sloot killed in Aruba was, to which the audience replied As said before, some people are good comic actors but “Natalee Holloway.” Then he said that he killed a Peru- terrible stand-up comics, like Adam Devine or Charlie behemoths, then imitates them both. While Cosby calls vian chick and asked the crowd her name. No one said Murphy to scold him for foul language, Pryor tells him anything, to which O’Neal replied, “Exactly.” After an he doesn’t have to act them out. He can just say them to do whatever makes the audience laugh. “Tell Bill uproarious applause, O’Neal said the next time he goes [Cosby] to have a Coke and a smile and shut the [explesailing he’s going to have a white baby on a keychain doesn’t have to have the Steve Martin antics. He can just tive] up,” Murphy jokes, impersonating Prior. Murphy’s just in case he gets lost. Bits such as Obama being be himself. That’s important because that shows anyone stand-up will always be a favorite of mine, seeing as president—“I thought it was vengeance day”--to the they can do it as long as they stay true to what makes

greatest comedian ever. End of discussion. It just so happens that he’s my favorite. In an op-ed written after Carlin died, Jerry Seinfeld wrote “Every comedian does a little bit of George [Carlin].” That’s because he covered everything from small world observations to major current events, from farting in public Christian conservatives, greenpeace liberals, fat people, dumb people, rich people, poor people. Even children were targets of his acerbic wit. No one has a comedy resume that even comes close to this guy. In the 50-plus years he was on stage, he went from a squeaky clean mainstream comic to a pot smoking hippie to a biting social commentator to the cranky old man. He did it all.

And he did it literally until the day he died.

I got to see Carlin perform live for his last special, It’s Bad for Ya, with my dad 20 days before he died.

Even in his ‘70s he still brought the house down. He completely killed it. It was amazing to see him perform on that level. That’s what made it so great. Being so old, he held nothing back. Carlin will always be my favorite in the game.

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

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Changing trends in religion and spirituality in generations My childhood was not one with a

tions have existed for hundreds of years, then they all must have some wisdom to offer. Why couldn’t I pick a few things I like from Christianity, throw in a pinch of Buddhism, and then grab a couple lines from Hinduism? Growing up in small town New Hampshire, I assumed that my views would be shared by a few, so I steered clear of religion and spirituality. It wasn’t until studying psy-

My grandfather is an ordained minister, but neither of my parents are all that religious. My siblings and I attended Sunday school until we were old enough to decide we didn’t like it anymore. That was the extent of my religious experience growing up and I hardly remember it.

Fast forward a decade or so; I’m a 23 year old senior and if you asked me what my religious beliefs are State College, that I realized I might now I would have to respond with not be the minority. Among my generation, I may even be part of a growing majority. time ago that the universe is a place According to a study by Paul considerably bigger than my imagination and I shouldn’t rush to judg- ten Fay, “A growing proportion ment until I had all the facts. Though, of Americans express no religious since the universe was bigger than denominational preference, report a my imagination, I would never have all the facts.” selves as spiritual but not religious.”

What I never fully understood We are seeing more and more about religions was why we had to people with what Wink would call pick one. It always seemed to me an S-type spirituality. that if all of these religious instituWink, a professor at Wellesley

College, breaks spirituality down into two major categories, which help to illustrate the changes we are seeing. Traditionally we have seen more and more people, especially in the younger generation, are reporting an S-type spirituality in which there is no external deity or source of authority.

S-type spirituality is based around the self and tends to be inspired more by eastern religions encouraging personal growth and development, but taken too far can the more traditional belief systems.

The source of authority is external, usually a deity such as God or a church. These are your western religions such as Christianity and can come under criticism by some for being too rigid but is touted by others for bringing people together

and making contributions to the would still have communities. The community. only difference is that those comSome argue that this growing munities would have a variety of S-type spirituality threatens to pull ideas on life and spirituality. our society apart, that it encourages What I like about the S-type individuals to care only about their spirituality is that its lack of a rigid structure creates more choices for makes them happy but not to care individuals. Many people are raised for their fellow man. to believe what their parents believe, In a small way they are right. often out of obligation or because - they were never exposed to anyages individuals to work for the bet- thing else. Now those same people terment of all people and to be a part might develop their own belief of a community. S-type spirituality system while still incorporating at its best encourages individuals to that of their parents. It seems to me work for the betterment of the indi- that religious beliefs tend to change vidual. Sure, this may seem self- with society. There was a time when ish but is that such a bad thing? If Zeus hurled lightning bolts from up you ask me we should all work to high and Poseidon ruled the seven improve ourselves. We should grow seas. The gods were savage, elemenand learn and test ourselves so that tal and very, very vengeful. Over the we can be better, happier people. I centuries, we have tamed the eledon’t think that we threaten the ments and the world, and as a result, community by doing this; I think the gods we tend to worship aren’t we only help strengthen it. Humans so cruel. They’re powerful but a bit are social creatures. With or without more forgiving. Instead of being a traditional religious structure, we terrorized by the gods, we have a

relationship with them. Now we seem to be moving more and more towards a world where spirituality and religion are based less on gods and more around ourselves. If this trend continues, churches might have no choice but to adapt. Instead of serving one set of beliefs, a church might cater to multiple faiths. If they play their cards right this new wave of spirituality doesn’t have to take people out of the churches; it could bring people into them, fostering new communities with a diversity of ideas about religion and spirituality. We’ve been on this planet for thousands of years. Aren’t we all a ences in beliefs? Isn’t it time that we form communities celebrating not a uniformity of belief, but a diversity of them? Whether we like it or towards an answer to that question.

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

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From Smith to KSC: transgender students are finding acceptance institution, Smith College in Northampton, Mass. rejected an individual who did not select “female” on the binary bubbles listed on the application.

Seems simple enough right?

Smith College was founded on the premise of educating elite, intelligent and driven women in efforts to balance the gender gap. Women are often discriminated against in higher education, so to have an all-woman college seems progressive. appears to be a valid decision, according to boys allowed.

Well, the real reason this person did not complete the application as a woman was due to the fact that anatomically, they are not female. In every other part of their mind, body and soul they identify as a woman. This individual was transgender, male to female, pre-surgery.

Doesn’t this make the rejection a little

more complex?

This issue raised a lot of questions for me, ones that I don’t think one can ever know the answers to. It got me wondering, what does make us female or male? Is it our biological and hormonal make up? Is it our gender actions? Is it what we believe it to be? Is it real? Is gender discrimination, if done in support of oppressed women, necessarily fair?

Even without concrete answers to these convoluted questions, we can see how rejection of a transgender individual is discriminatory. I am disappointed with this intolerance, whatever your supposed mission of a school may be.

I idolized Smith College for many rea-

public schools simply could not replicate.

Smith also has an elite population of upper-class, successful women who come from wealthy families. They also have a tradition of training doctors, researchers, scientists and professors that competes with Ivy League institutions.

However, with the exclusive access to only teaching women, it provides a unique atmosphere that I envied as a “strongpersonality of feminist spunk and classic education to a T. All for a mere $55,000 a

leadership of the Feminist Collective, attended conferences, you know, started becoming (as I like to call myself) the “big B on campus.” And I like it enough. begrudging feminist movement, the inconsistent support from the administration, the activist projects that are within reach, the epicenter of the presidential election. change. I’m in the process of taking full advantage of it.

I’m continually surprised at the efforts of this small school to transform itself in

dent organizations--Pride, FemCo, MVP, No Zebras--whose missions are to eliminate gender discrimination and value people of all sexes and sexualities on campus and beyond.

And the campus responds loud and clear in support of equality for all. “Shout Out” against sexual assault, rallies for marriage equality, Take Back the Night and Walk-a-Mile were all recent gender conscious events that drew passionate and vocal crowds. Times like these, I’m proud to go to a school that is inclusive of all types of people. Public education has its perks.

So sorry Smith, you can keep your high tuition, your elite status, your interests in promoting gender equality for all.

Or, excuse me, equality for only biologically born women. I am quite happy to pay less, do more and befriend people of a wide

So I had the options of being in debt my entire life to go to my dream school or - individuals is one of acceptance and cellege and graduate with a respectable-sized black hole of money to my name. I chose territory for gender inclusion when they the eclectic classes, the open-mindedness revised their housing policy to allow of diverse students and the smart women people of all genders to exist in “co-ed onwho call it home. I dreamed of the day that I State College, I located myself with other campus housing.”

State College. would be among intelligent, strong women feminists on campus in efforts to make A few weeks ago, we welcomed trans in a classroom that valued them and pro- my own experience similar to that I would celebrity Chaz Bono to a packed space of Krista Sullivan can be contacted at moted their education in a way that co-ed have had at my dream school. I took on diverse students. We have a variety of stuksullivan15@ksc.keene.edu

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Year’s worth of work emerges as seniors display art JAKE WILLIAMS

Equinox Staff In the art world, the axiom “actions speak louder than words” is more than just a saying. An artist’s investment in his or her work becomes the words, the vision, the message.

So although a written statement accompanies Keene State College’s graduating art majors’ works, the narrative really develops within these physical manifestations – these embodiments of the self.

The annual senior exhibit, “Emerging Art,” opened at the Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery on April 19.

The exhibit runs until commencement day on May 11 and features the work of both BFA and BA graduating seniors.

In conjunction with the show, a People’s Choice Award will be given to the student who garners the most votes for their work. Paul McMullan, ceramics professor, said that these senior art shows began around 15 years ago.

From oil on canvas and pastels, to stoneware and sculpture, the exhibit features an array of the more familiar artistic mediums and methods. In addition, less familiar techniques are presented here. On the nameplate that describes the mediums used for a particular piece, the tagline “new media” shows up repeatedly on these descriptors.

“I think the diversity is really important. The range of kinds of things from ceramics, to origami, prints the sculptures,” Maureen Ahern, Thorne-Sagendorph director, said.

Andrew Kelsey’s work is an example of new media. sound adults and a two-yard-long fence for his piece “Paused State of Delirium.”

“If I had used plaster, like I wanted to, it would have weighed 800 pounds,” Kelsey said. Unfortunately for ing the sculpture.

Along with use of non-traditional mediums, Kelsey’s tionary.com as, “Art that is created, constructed, or installed on the site where it is exhibited, often incorporating materials or physical features on site.”

According to Seth Kaiser, senior and BFA candidate, these are two growing areas in today’s artistic climate.

The work of Michael Aucoin also demonstrates this

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Art is displayed at the “Emerging Art” exhibit at the Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery on April 19. The Thorne displayed senior BFA and BA graduate students’ work.

the medium become its own thing. He described, “After a while, you [learn] that you don’t really have that much control over the clay.” This has left his pieces thrown on a potter’s wheel embodying an imperfect, human quality. He said four of his pieces, dubbed “Anxiety,” “Resolute,” “Imminence” and “Stress,” are meant to embody the human presence.

“That’s kind of how I worked on these,” Kaiser said.

“Just ‘I’m going to throw these, I’m going to make them a little wacky [and] I’m going to let them do what they want to do’. I think it worked out well.’”

Along with these wheel-thrown pieces, Kaiser also displayed work with square terra-cotta slabs and cir-

inspired by the Mexican tradition “Day of the Dead.”

His largest piece is his personalized take on an Ofrenda, the shrine constructed during the Latin tradition.

Aucoin takes this installation art idea a step further by engaging other sensory devices using candles, all the while retaining the authenticity of the shrine using pictures and other applicable items from his personal experience.

For Kaiser, his work is with one of the older mediums, clay. Kaiser said that over the years his experience fellow potter Dana Ward cited in his work. with the stubborn art of ceramics has taught him to let Ward, a senior and BFA, said the female form

shows itself in the elongated curvature of his large vases.

These works average about three feet high with

by Bob Ross.”

Corrigan said she used every color on her pallet to recreate the look of tissue and muscle of the heart depicted in this large painting. She said Bob Ross, the and Chinese ceramics, he said. Along with these large legendary host of “The Joy of Painting” on PBS, has a vases, Ward displayed three large bowls. calming effect on her while painting.

Although Ward has been throwing clay for ten years, “It just pops off the page. It’s one of those pieces where you see it and you can’t just walk right by it,” - Michaud continued, “and pieces like that, they got ‘it’ tic. whatever you want to call ‘it’.”

“That’s what this job’s all about,” he said. Ward said The People’s Choice Award for the show showcase during the exhibit he was approached about selling up to six of his pieces.

Onlooker Kyle Michaud was taken aback by the Jake Williams can be contacted at work of Kayleigh Corrigan, a senior BA. Corrigan’s jwilliams@keene-equinox.com piece is a large oil on canvas painting titled “Inspired

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Senior Stephan Rolfe shared Equinox Staff pointment. After a little over an As another school year winds hour waiting in line to sign up, he to a close, the graduating class of was also turned away.

“I was at a group project and I weeks as undergraduate college ended up running over from the students count. library,” he began, “And I was There are memories to be made, whether it be during karaoke think. And I was like ten feet away nights at Lab ‘N’ Lager, a dance from the table and they were just party at McCues, or simply a lunch like ‘Oh yeah, sorry.’” at the Zorn Dining Commons.

He said that there were an But there is one last tradition that seniors are preparing for: The him, with about 30 people behind Senior Pub Crawl in downtown him. “Right when they said it, Keene on May 5. And that tradi- everyone just snapped. They were tion has sparked a few hard feel- all heated,” he said. ings.

He suggested that organizAccording to senior Michelle ers should have given people a Picard, the Pub Crawl organizer, warning. “At least cut us out early the following bars will be partici- instead of making us wait until the pating: Penuche’s, Lab ‘N’ Lager, last minute,” he proposed. “Just go The Railroad Tavern, KilKenny through and make a count up, like, Pub, Pour House, McCue’s, Cobble- ‘Alright guys, we have this many spots left and there’s this many Picard volunteered to orga- people.’”

Senior Ally Nardini waited in ated with Keene State College. She line for nearly an hour and a half, began making all of these arrange- only to be told inside McCue’s that the spots were full and was offered for her fellow class, as other seniors a spot on the waiting list. before her have done, according to “I’ll give [Picard] credit; she did Picard. She has met with numerous feel really, really bad,” she said. people, including a representative “But it was just so unfair because I from each of the bars, the Liquor know people who were there who Commissioner, Keene Police got signed up for it, and I heard and Director of Campus Safety that juniors got signed up for it.”

Amanda Warman.

Nardini also noted that she did “We’re all trying to work closely not see a list with the names of just to ensure that this is a success- graduating seniors, only a list of ful and safe event,” Picard said. teams. “She might have had a list, She also organized an unprec- but she wasn’t checking the list,” she stated. Casna said juniors who Crawl, which was a pub crawl that are signed up should offer their was open to anyone over 21, she spot to those on the waiting list. said. But the Senior Pub Crawl is “If I was a junior, I would step different. down gladly to let other people do “This one, I tried to put it out it,” he said. “The Senior Pub Crawl there that it is for seniors,” she said, has been tradition for a long time. “because we do have a large senior It’s unfortunate that there’s limclass, and the pub crawl can only ited spots but it should still be for have so many participants because seniors.”

In response to the uproar, imum capacity is at Cobble[stone], Picard said she understands and and that’s 65. And there are eight feels terrible, but also said a list bars, so that means we have eight provided from the school was used. teams of 65 people.”

Picard said she based the sign-ups But many seniors have on the honor system, hoping junior students would respect the seniors. spring’s crawl. Some claim that “There was a list,” she began. seniors were not the only people “As for the whole juniors signallowed to sign up, resulting in ing up, I don’t know anybody. I 46 seniors placed on a waiting list. kind of hoped that there would Senior Brett Casna is one of many be an honor policy where juniors unhappy seniors. wouldn’t take advantage of the “I think my biggest frustration system.” She also questioned the is that what was said was going to validity of the rumors of possible happen is not what happened,” he juniors on the list. “I don’t know said. “There was no checking of how true that is,” she said. “It just lists ... So juniors are getting signed - book, ‘There are juniors’ and now ing out your intent to graduate and everyone’s coming up to me and you’re not graduating, you’re not a asking, ‘So are you taking the senior. I think it’s just frustrating juniors off?’ And I mean, do you because this is my last opportunity know who the juniors are?” to do it [the pub crawl].”

While seniors are upset that While Casna was not waiting in line at McCue’s to sign up, his the Pub Crawl, Picard said that stufriend was in hopes of signing up dents are still allowed to go to the for both himself and Casna (which bars with their friends. They just was allowed with the required $10 are not able to be put on a team. deposit for the cost of the t-shirt.)

Even through the criticism “My friend came and got money and backlash, Picard said that she from me, and that was probably would have done it the same if like, 2:30 p.m.,” he continued, “and given another chance and believes probably two hours later, he called she dealt with the situation pretty me and was like ‘They just cut it well. off.’ He was there for a little over two hours and then he got cut off.

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Managing ExEcutivE Editor More than 50 students gathered in the Madison Street Lounge on Monday night to share their stories of coming out to their family and friends and how that moment had affected their lives. opened up the discussion with how he knew he was gay and how he told his parents. “I brought my boyfriend home to my family and said “Eventually, I sat my parents down and said that I had been dating someone for four months. I told them it was a he and not a she,” Gordon said. Gordon went on to say he was very lucky to have parents who were accepting. As far as always sort of know,” he said. “I had a girlfriend in eighth grade and she said, ‘I want a passionate kiss,’ and I said, ‘I’m good.’” Gordon gave advice to the audience, saying they should come out when they know they are ready.

Cutler Rines, a senior, offered his story of coming out. “Most of the time, I feel very feminine. I very rarely feel masculine. I didn’t really come out as gay. I would ask my mom to wear a dress,” he said.

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KSC Julia Rasku (center) and Ashley Roberts (right) share their coming out stories to students Monday, April 22, in the Madison Street Lounge.

students was to not be forced to come out. In addition, he said he is homoromantic, meaning he has a romantic attraction to people of the same gender.

However, Rines said it grates on him when someone calls him “sir” you’re ready,” he said.

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supported by his mother, Rines said his father was less than suppeople of all gender identities, not portive. just one biological gender. “I had “My dad bought me a BB gun dated men up until this year,” she when I was four, and of course I would walk up to me and ask me what gender I was in middle school.

People, even adults would throw trash at me.”

Rines said that while his mother considers him transgender, his father and his stepmother rarely acknowledge it. “My mom is very supportive. She’s always there to listen when I need her.” Rines

once a strong emotional attachment has been formed. Rines’s advice for

“I didn’t realize I wasn’t completely straight.” While Rines navigated a tough course with his father in relation to his orientation and his gender, Roberts said she was very orientation, her parents supported her. “When I told my mom I was family members, but I think coming out went really well,” she said.

“Don’t let anyone make you feel bad about coming out.” Roberts’ said girlfriend, junior and vice president of Keene State College Pride, Julia

erts, is understanding of her. “She assured me that liking each other any gender. “I initially thought I was the most important thing. If was a lesbian because that was the I’m comfortable, eventually, we only term that was offered,” Rasku could take that step. I want her to be happy.” attraction to my girlfriend. I’ve emphasized the point that coming - out to yourself and accepting yourual” fell into place for her more so self is the only way that others can - understand and accept you. Sarah Croitoru, a sophomore, attended “I don’t identify with either the event because it’s important to gender because I don’t feel like I belong to either one,” she said. because “it brings visibility to the Rasku says she has days when issues faced by our community.” she feels more feminine and days In addition, Theresa Hoffmann, when she leans towards masculin- a counseling intern at the Counity. Rasku also said that her family seling Center, said the event was important because it raised awarefor her identity. “I struggle with ness. “There’s a lot of misunderstanding and ignorance out there. know which way to go. A lot of people mistake me for a man,” she uum.” said. She said something as simple Hoffman said a panel discusas going to the bathroom presents sion creates a safe and comfortable a challenge to her—which gender environment for people to come out. “People are getting in touch to use? with their identity and college is a “I’ve had people ask me if I’m in safe place for people to be known the wrong bathroom, so I go to the for who they really are.” gender neutral ones and stay away from public restrooms,” Rasku said.

Whitney Cyr can be contacted at Rasku also said her girlfriend, Robwcyr@keene-equinox.com

KSC junior grows a tough skin in South Africa

Brittany Ballantyne, South Africa My entire life I had never dreamed I would travel here, never mind live here, and now I can’t imagine leaving.

My beloved city of Cape Town, South Africa has been home to me for

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Keene State College junior Brittany Ballantyne poses with a child from an orphanage in South Africa where she is studying for the spring semester.

and the thought of packing my suitcase and heading out to catch a plane back to Africa. Slower, meaning the United States is surreal. in order to get somewhere, The calendar doesn’t lie, though, as I sit here and watch the days quickly slip time aside from the trains.

Electricity and “airtime,” or phone minutes, by in each cab ride or bus are usually bought at the ride I take, soon to come to store on a weekly basis. a halt as I’m dropped off at What was once unimagithe airport in June. nable to me has become The school work and my routine. Though I’m grades are piling up, ecstatic to return home leading to our quickly and not deal with these many inconveniences, I’m It is surprisingly getting much sadder about what “colder” as winter (similar I’m leaving behind. to our autumn in Keene) Abaphumeleli Safety is upon us. Alas, no more House, the orphanage that bathing suits at the beach!

I spend my time at outside Unlike most abroad stuof school if I’m not doing dents, I haven’t been able to school work, has become even see the familiar faces my favorite place to be. of my friends and family The thought of leaving the via Skype (unlimited interchildren of the orphanage, whom I nearly consider as my own, is heartbreaking. was blessed to enjoy a visit I feel like I’m abanfrom my mother, and her doning them--as if they frustrations with the difneed more abandonment. ferences here echoed how I Some of the children were felt upon my arrival. dropped off at the orphanSince my plane touchage just days old; unfordown in January, I’ve tunately, some were old become accustomed to the enough to remember the slower lifestyle of South day they were left to the

quite literally knocking me out of my daze. They are used to people leaving.

Some programs come in to volunteer once a week for an hour, others just a day.

They know that people come and go. It’s safe to say that I will have a much harder time leaving them than they will watching me go.

“Pitt-any! Pitt-any,” half of them shout, as my name is a challenge for them to pronounce. They even sing and make up dances to the songs composed solely of my name. They are spastic and use a collaborative effort to force open the gate upon my arrival.

The days I am there to greet them when they arrive from school, they run into the orphanage in their uniforms, dropping their bags to give me hugs.

I sit in my University of Cape Town classes, impatiently waiting for the clock to turn so I can head out of the busy, built up city back to the township where the orphanage is located.

I truly believe meeting these children and young adults was my purpose in South Africa.

Though I set out to be a journalist here, I also became wrapped up in these children’s lives. I came to South Africa at an interesting point of change in my life, and I couldn’t be more thankful this nation was the place that embraced me and those shifts.

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care of strangers. As children pile into my lap and rest their heads on my chest, it’s unbelievable to me that someone could give them up.

Of course, the orphanage is a better and safer home for many of them.

However, I can’t help but think it’s simply the irresponsibility factor to blame, as the family of the baby lying in my arms stops in for a mere three minutes to talk to the caregivers and takes another minute to say hello to their child.

How could I leave these babies, these children, these teenagers as well? Surely it’s better to do something for a short period of time than nothing at all, but these children deserve more than what I’ve been able to offer.

To think of them growing up and myself missing out on those beautifully hectic days of change is a thought I can’t fully grasp. ging my shirt, grabbing my hands and jumping on my lense. back to catch me off-guard,

Not only has this place shown me a different point of view through the lifestyle differences, but it has also made me more independent with a thicker layer of skin. The city of Cape Town and surrounding townships have shown me that this world is a tough place with even tougher people.

If you let fear consume you, it will either destroy you or you will not fully live your life. As Keene State College English professor Anne-Marie Mallon once said to me, “This is the world and you can either hide from it and deny it, or you can learn from it.”

I can only hope for my feet to land on this African soil once more, to continue privileged, miraculous children and teenagers.

I can only hope to stand just feet away from giraffes, zebras, cheetahs, elephants and rhinos once more. My biggest hope, though, is that somehow “my babies,” as I call the orphanage children, and teenagers (I wouldn’t dare call them babies) live a safe life at the very least. me to hope they remember me for the rest of their lives, but I will undoubtedly remember them in years to come, when I tell my own children about my favorite little people from South Africa.

The shape of South Africa has already formed in my heart, and I will carry pieces of this country wherever my footsteps take me in life.

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really love to get out there and get involved, have a fun time.”

And every year the favorite carnival fried dough that’s hands down I think a favorite.”

Day agreed and said his favorite food was, “Fried dough, I like the lemonade as well.”

Welch added that Student Government did not change much about the carnival, “We’ve kept

the same rides as we did last year because I really enjoyed that and I know that a lot of students have dent feedback and also members of student government, what they think, and I think a lot of students really like what we had last year.”

Welch added that the most popular rides in her nitely have the longest lines when I’ve been out there ... and I think people really enjoy those because you know you get to spin around, you can look at each other and laugh and have a good time.

One thing students noticed that was different this

year was no free food along Appian Way. Healy said, “The food, which unfortunately we weren’t able to schedule on the same day as carnival this year, but we will be having it.”

Welch said, “We still really wanted to have both of the events so we put carnival on one Thursday and then Chalk Talk on the next Thursday.”

Chalk Talk will be Thursday, April 26 from 4p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and the theme is Around America. Welch said there will be “delicious food.”

Healy said overall the goal is to make sure everyone has a good time at the carnival. “We try to enjoy it too but also make sure that everything goes

“The joy that people have when they’re on the rides— getting to enjoy with their friends and to smile and to have a good time—I think that’s really why we continue to put on carnivals because it is such a big part of the campus.”

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smoothly and that everyone’s enjoying themselves.”

Welch added,“I just love the rides, I love being able to sit there with my friends and just laugh and watch other people too, I love to people watch and just seeing others have a good time makes me laugh too.”

Day said he just thinks the carnival is cool, “I love that they do this [carnival] here, it’s awesome.”

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festivities that come along with Spring Weekend. outside to enjoy the warmth, but unfortunately not the sun. Students gathered at their favorite party spots on Friday and Saturday afternoon to relax from a semester full of work.

At one party, the backyard was full of students playing lawn house to lounge in the 70-degree weather. Cheering, singing and ties did not conclude most students’ celebrations. Various parties were held during the night where students gathered after a long day of partying to continue the festivities. Even the people who would prefer to go to the bars with friends chose to go to parties on Spring Weekend in order to enjoy the live music.

Every year it seems like it’s next to impossible to partake in everything that is going on during Spring Weekend without being completely drained by Monday.

But with all of the fun during the day, this didn’t stop students from gathering enough people at various nighttime parties to get broken up by the cops, but not even the cops stopped the live music and dancing.

The Spring Concert was of a different genre than the past few years. From artists such as Lupe Fiasco, Sam Adams and last year’s Girl Talk, country singer Chris Young was a big change this year.

Students had mixed reactions about this selection. Chris Young seemed to get either a good or bad reaction from students and not many in-between thoughts, but the line outside the student center was just as long as usual. SAC and Owl Nation held tailgating on the Athletic Complex and their zip line was popular talk around campus. This was a new addition to this year’s Spring Weekend and It’s safe to say that almost the entire crowd had nostalgia when son Saturday night. The majority of the audience grew up watching applause and cheering from when Thompson took the stage to the endless line of students asking questions at the end of his perforevents. It was a great way to wrap up the weekend’s festivities. Even though Sunday held no exciting Spring Weekend events, it was a great day to walk around town and enjoy the sun. Recuperating from a weekend like this is always tough and makes it feel like there is never enough time to do everything in one weekend.

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Left, a student participates in SAC’s zipline activity on the athletic fields to close the 2013 Spring Weekend.

would set on campus.

“We grew up with him in the (Cont. from A10) ‘90s,” Mahan explained, “He’s just been a presence in our lives with his crowd as they erupted in throughout and now that he’s applause and praise. on SNL it adds another group of “‘All That’ was fun in the begin- people. It’s not that he’s just a child ning,” he said, “My favorite char- star that we roped in and has been acter to do was Pierre Escargot.

Wasn’t that fun?” Thompson mut- years—he’s this on-going presence tered a comment about sticky and his career is still going.” orange soda which prompted his Erin Zoellick, SAC president, fans to more applause before he credited Mahan with what turned shared his ‘ultimate’ career move. out to be the weekend’s main event.

“My ultimate experience is “It was mostly on [Mahan] summed up in a little movie called this year to decide to do a bigger ‘Good Burger,’” he said, as his event. He wanted to have another famous quote “Take my order, b--,” option for people,” she explained. was drowned in a sea of applause. The senior said they sold approxSuch familiar comments are imately 300 tickets the day of the for—the impressions and memories made years ago came alive for students who once spent afternoons in front of the TV watching Thompson on his various shows. when she heard whispers that

show.

For such followers as Mahan and others, Thompson’s performance did not disappoint as the crowd laughed from one story to the next. For students more familiar with Thompson’s recent work, the comedian discussed his cur-

“When you do stand-up, you hear people listen and you hear people laugh at the things you would laugh at yourself and you’re like ‘oh so I can be myself and people will still laugh?’—that’s a good feeling.”

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tuna tartare.’” Such stories, which could only be told by Thompson are what had the crowd intrigued.

Thompson ended his talk by inviting students to ask him questions, a portion of the show Thompson said was his favorite. Many asked him to do impressions from movies or particular SNL skits, which, like a good sport, Thompson obliged.

Senior Andrew Sullivan said he liked the question and answer session. “I thought it was cool that he gave kids the chance to take his reign,” he said, but noted an awkward moment when one student attempted to make a racial joke

tenth season with Saturday Night Live. He described SNL as “The one kid who said he wished he one place where you’ll see Mick was black,” Sullivan said. thought it was a rumor,” she said, Thompson said he was “I was really impressed with SAC background. Or a unicorn. Either that they were able to get him to way they’re both pretty.” students’ questions. come.”

“I felt like they were good solid Thompson continued to drop Ryan Mahan, SAC events coor- names and tell humorous sto- questions. We didn’t get into poldinator, said he had the idea to ries of his famous peers, particu- itics and nothing too deep but it larly spending time and a good was all through stuff that I’ve done in a different direction, beginning which means they must have been with a concert by country artist Thompson said he had always watching and that’s as complimenChris Young on Friday followed tary as it can get. It feels great.” by a night of comedy on Saturday. he assumed the actor would carry Thomas added he was blown According to Mahan, SAC payed himself in the same manner in away by the crowd’s interest and $25,000 for Thompson’s show. which he portrays his characters present appreciation for ThompLike many in his generation, on screen. Thompson could not son’s career. “I was amazed Mahan grew up a fan of Thomp- have been more wrong. because it really let you know son from his Disney and Nickel“I wanted to meet him because the body of work that you have,” odeon days.

I thought he’d talk like [expletive],” the comedian said with a nod to It was for this reason Mahan he said, “But when I met him he Thompson. envisioned the spark Thompson was like, ‘Hey you got to try this Senior Ashley Clarke said that thought it was too good to be true.

listening to Thompson share his stories brought back old memories.

“It was nice to reminisce old memories with him,” she said. The senior noted, however, the show was not what she had expected.

“I expected something different from him. I expected something a little more comedy, but it was nice to make a trip down memory lane.”

Similarly senior Maria Avery said she anticipated Thompson doing stand-up like his opener, Thomas. she said, “It was a different kind of show than I was thinking it would be. It was interesting to hear his story about his career, which you don’t get to hear very much from people in the public eye,” the senior continued, “I thought that was cool. I thought that was comedy star, so it didn’t really make sense to me that it would be stand-up. It was great regardless.”

Zoellick commented on the format of Thompson’s performance and reiterated that Thompson was never advertised as a “stand-up comedian.”

She said having Thomas open for Thompson allowed for students to have the stand-up comedian experience while also reliving Thompson’s career. “It was the best of both worlds,” she said, “We were able to knock out both. You got a laugh and you also got to

laugh to the next laugh,” he said.

“I try not to take it that seriously,” he noted, “I don’t write my shows Thomas left on the crowd before out. I just go up there and talk.

Thompson took over certainly That’s why I like the Q &A the best, lasted for many in the audience. because it’s exciting—it’s the one Sullivan described Thomas thing that’s different every show.” fessional” when he said, “Thomas knew what he was doing and he beloved TV star and newfoundknew his audience. He was pretty favorite comedian Thomas. funny; everyone was laughing.”

Thomas described the atmosphere Avery agreed and said, “I thought the opener was great—he dance in one word: “awesome.” really set the tone for the rest of “You can’t ask for nothing more,” the show. He was really funny. He Thomas said. As for Thompson, knew his audience really well.” the star had one chance to leave a Still, some students remained stuck on the fact that Thompson followers. He said that on stage, he was not what they had expected in lives “very much in the moment.” terms of comedy.

He said, “I think a lot more Clarke said she had more of your sense of humor comes laughs from Thomas than Thomp- across that way. When you write son. “He [Thomas] was hilarious. a sketch you’re writing towards the tone. Especially on Saturday was really, really funny and we Night [Live] you’re writing toward enjoyed that the most.” the tone of this show. But when Thompson commented on the you do stand-up, you hear people format of his show and said, “I’ve listen and you hear people laugh only done one comedy club in my at the things you would laugh at whole life, only because it’s new yourself and you’re like ‘oh so I to me.” He said all he needs is a can be myself and people will still friendly audience to get up, start laugh?’—that’s a good feeling.” talking, and begin making people laugh. good and students left his show “It’s just about experiencing laughing and reminiscing, then it what it’s like to have a microphone appears to be a win for all. in your hand, making people laugh whenever you can. The interestJulie Conlon can be contacted at ing thing is getting from the next jconlon@keene-equinox.com his life.”

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SEnior rEportEr A Keene State College Spring Weekend is never complete without the annual carnival put on by the Student Government on the Young Student Center lawn and along Appian Way. Students have the opportunity to enjoy the campus in a new way while eating the fan-favorite fried dough and riding rides such as the Zipper or the Tilt-a-Whirl.

Student Body President Kelly Welch said students enjoy the weekend for its variety of festivities.

“I think a lot of students really like Spring Weekend because of all the different activities that student organizations are putting on, and I think we continue to do that just so to bring the campus closer and make it more of a community and homey feeling.”

Freshman Emily Mayerson agreed with Welch and said, “Seeing a whole college come together and have fun, there’s so many people just a good experience.”

She added, “The fried dough looks wicked good.”

Meghan Healy, a junior class representative and treasurer of student assembly, said she thinks bringing the whole campus together is a great idea.

“We think it’s just a great opportunity to bring our campus together as a whole; we really build our spirit and whatnot, especially for Spring Weekend,” she said.

Welch commented on the energy nitely the atmosphere. I think it’s very upbeat, it’s friendly, it gets people happy, smiling, just a typical carnival, you know, where you have a good time and you get to be outside and enjoy the weather and go on all the

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Noth o t m t pr ’re sic the la suades g abou ntil you me st udents, Welch said she thinks the event ran smoothly, if it per Weekend n stressin nival rides u e o v s e f , o g ver ca r nitely come back next year, “It just seems like something ate case ff Sprin ss relie riding nfort un s a great stre ses and k ick o u e h t In on campus that everyone gets excited about and you get a lot of students out there which is great; we love to a ralway n clas year’s c fternoo nival is ut this d with o to see new faces.” see students getting involved.” she added, “I heard b a The car to sk ip their a s is e ts ed to m rround ks.

Senior Kate Cordner said she continues to come to the there were students in line before 3 p.m.” st uden w dr i n ts seem rnival was su ge st udents. e n f e a d u h t it s a carnival because she has ever since she was a freshman, Welch said the tradition of the carnival continke colle early w e thing most ast year the c d of bro .L w d o r o c The on o f “Because it’s a tradition and I feel like I should be here, ues because, “The joy that people have when they’re a e re ws a s t he f ays dra and it’s my last year here.” on the rides, you know, getting to enjoy with their nival w os, which alw ch Junior Stephen Day said his favorite part about the friends and to smile and to have a good time and I f re e n a carnival is, “The Zipper by far,” he added, “I feel like think that’s really why we continue to put on carnivals ather. nice we h there were more people last year because it was nicer, but because it is such a big part of the campus. Students c u s h e wit increas

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event for Spring Weekend. They wanted a name they would recognize,” Butler said, “In order to have both events, the $20 for the tickets is going to make up for having the stage both nights.”

As of Wednesday, April 17, 850 tickets out of 2,200 were sold.

Spring Weekend Concert. Young was voted as the top choice But even though the ticket sales fell short of the 897 votes Chris performer in a survey that was distributed through the MyKSC Young received, Butler said she believes the concert was a sucwebsite. The country artist received a total of 897 votes, according to Colleen Butler, the concert coordinator for the Social Activ- has to do with the prices. People have either been iffy about it ities Council. “People picked what genre they wanted and they also picked the artist they wanted the most,” she explained. Butler about the other concerts, and I know country is love or hate, said that country was voted as but I have received the least negative feedback about this one. the favorite genre among the student body, followed by alternative rock, rap, pop and electronic. “Since country and alternative rock were so similar we decided to go by the artists as things that people care about and take it personally,” Butler said.

Senior Katie Marsh said, “The concert was honestly one of well,” Butler said. However, when it came to deciding the country artist, Butler said they not only based it on who received the the best experiences of my life.” Marsh was given the opportunity to meet Young prior to his performance through a Meet and budget. Tyler Hilton, Gloriana and Jenna Kramer were also pos- Greet pass. “He was very nice I asked him for a big bear hug sible artists that S.A.C. considered for the Spring Weekend Concert, according to Butler.

For the entire year, S.A.C. has a total budget of $198,150—of this budget, $50,000 was used on performance and travel fees for Chris Young and $1,125 was spent on the opening act, Filmore. And the money derived from the ticket sales helps compensate for some of the budget that was spent, Butler explained. of the biggest concerns we have is that a concert is a different In addition to performance and travel fees, S.A.C. had to pay for security, which was a total of 60 people: 12 Campus Safety space. The atmosphere is supposed to be more energy, more

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Kipnes said. between 35-40 volunteer security staff from S.A.C., according to artist and genre; rather, the type of crowd who attended the This year, tickets were priced at $20 as opposed to the usual $10. concert differed as well. Marsh said that while there were less Butler said that the reason for this increase in pricing was to help people than usual at the concert, the crowd was a mixture of college students, adults and children. Butler said she believes fall, we also asked how much students would be willing to pay for that this difference in the crowd turnout is attributed to who Chris concert tickets and if they would be willing to pay more money to get a bigger act. They [the students] going to be a legit concert you would go to that you would puralso said they wanted a big name for an cert sale,” Butler said. “I personally think they should do another country artist,” Marsh said, “It was a good turn out. It was a good experience. It was a good change.”

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Frontman Tyler Filmore performs with his band during the Spring Weekend Concert. Filmore opened up for the main act, country artist Chris Young.

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Students design their way into the real world

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Senior graphic design students showcase their work at this year’s portfolio review on Friday, April 19 in the L. P. Young Student Center. These portfolios represent the finished product of a full semester’s work.

MICHELLE BERTHIAUME

SportS Editor On an overcast Friday afternoon, in the middle of Keene State College’s Spring Weekend, a group of college seniors eagerly looked toward the start of their bright futures.

The Graphic Design Portfolio Review helped these senior graphic design majors showcase their work in a professional envithe Monadnock Region along with local residents, classmates, professors and faculty joined the 40 or so students in the student center enter for a night of networking.

Although the event may seem like it only took a few hours for the seniors to set up, lio. In particular, the students’ efforts were cally to prepare them for this night.

“The class was really intensive. We had less than a semester to get 12 projects done so that was really tough. But it was really rewarding in the end once it was all over.

It was literally the best feeling ever,” KSC senior Brette Guilmette said.

Guilmette added, “I think having to get all that together and having a strict deadline like that helped us put into perspective how we are going to deal with it in the real world.

Interacting with people who could be potential employers also helped us get ready for dealing with that kind of situation.”

The 12 pieces of work that students had to assemble into one portfolio ranged from websites to CD cases to a “self promo,” which included business cards, resumes, work samples and everything you would send to a perspective employer.

One KSC senior graphic design major, Jessica Collin, said that the portfolio class was certainly exhausting but worth it in the end.

“It gave us the opportunity to see every- College, including two websites that he

my major and there was a lot of networking involved. And not just with people I go while on a service trip to Haiti along with to school with, but also all the people they a look book for his clothing company, Relic. know or people our professors have introManfred said, “The clothing company duced us to.” was started in my GDIII class last semester.

After an extensive semester of preparing That’s where the foundation was built. This for this one night, Guilmette said one of her semester, during the portfolio class, I really favorite parts of the evening was seeing her

that we have put in, especially this past year, rience too with all the employers that came in.”

Collin added, “It was pretty hectic and stressful. But I feel like there was a great support system with our professors and our peers. It was honestly just a lot of fun to put With the experience they gained at the our portfolios together. I think that overall it portfolio review, the three seniors agree was a really positive experience.” that they feel a little more at ease about the KSC senior Michael Manfred agreed that future. the class was exhausting but worthwhile. worthwhile. I met some people and got my that I hadn’t made over the last few years. I name out there.” missed out on two-dollar pitchers, beat the On top of getting her name out there, clock and karaoke Wednesdays but in the Collin also said that it was good to networkend I think it really paid off, just because ing opportunity for her and her fellow classthe quality of my work is so much better,” mates.

Manfred said.

Collin added, “The best part for me was Manfred’s portfolio included a vast vari- working with my fellow classmates. I think ety of work from his time at Keene State that I now know a lot of people through

“To see all the work we have all done over the last four years was pretty exciting.

And to see it all come together like that was great. It was also a huge weight lifted off our shoulders,” Guilmette said.

Manfred agreed, “You could really tell who put the work in throughout the semester. Being able to display your work like receive positive feedback from members of the community and your peers.”

Michelle Berthiaume can be contacted at mberthiaume@keene-equinox.com

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From pony tails and guitars, now she can’t be tamed DEANNA CARUSO

Equinox Staff Remember the show “Hannah Montana,” about a girl who lived a double life as an average teenage school girl by day and a famous pop singer by night?

Better yet, remember the theme song, “You get the best of both worlds / chillin’ out, take it slow then you rock out the show?” Me too.

Six years ago this Disney Channel show debuted and created one of the most famous celebrities of our generation: Miley Cyrus. However, Cyrus’s music has drastically changed from young, innocent music such as “Nobody’s perfect / I gotta work it, again and again till I get it right” to, “Tonight there’s gonna be a whole lot of smoke in the air / blow it high for the ones who ain’t here.” But let’s rewind a bit.

Cyrus’s Hannah Montana music was an ultimate hit with the age group of eight to 13 year olds, according to community.babycenter.com.

Cyrus’s songs were geared toward a young audience and her lyrics were about being yourself, true friends and overcoming life’s obstacles. Viewers were able to hear the new single off of the hit show. With

the help of CDs and concert tours, Hannah Montana’s music became a phenomenon and she a global role model.

Back in the day, Cyrus even once wore a purity ring to think of myself as the girl that no one can get, that girls are starting to fall and I think if [staying a virgin] is a commitment girls make, that’s great.”

This allowed parents to let their children admire Cyrus because she labeled herself as a “good girl.” As Cyrus struggled to split from her blonde wig Hannah Montana pop star image, and into her natural self, there was no better way to do it than with an album titled, “Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus.” This album featured music with the classic Hannah Montana songs and introduced the “Miley” genre of her music. in 2007, sold 3.9 million copies and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.

As “Hannah Montana” wrapped up in 2009, it was time for Cyrus to put the iconic blonde wig to rest and focus solely on music that she wanted to sing. Her

album, The Time of our Lives, was released and the ultimate summer hit, “Party in the U.S.A” was a smash.

However, that summer at the Teen Choice Awards, Cyrus performed on-stage in tiny shorts and a tank top and danced around a stripper pole.

Fans immediately took to the Internet debating whether or not Cyrus’s performance was inappropriate for her young fan base. From that point forward, Cyrus’s image increasingly grew risqué.

Cyrus unveiled a new album, titled “Can’t Be Tamed,” in 2010 with the theme of breaking free of constraints and expectations. Her raunchy lyrics included,

lious chick?

It makes you wonder if Cyrus is trying to still hold that “fame” and stay in the spotlight, or if she is truly trying to be herself. Recently in the tabloids, Cyrus has been photographed smoking marijuana on multiple occasions.

Neither she nor her publicist has commented on the illegal subject. Young girls who once envied Cyrus and her well-behaved music and manners can forget about a comeback.

It seems like Hannah Montana isn’t even a part of Cyrus’s life in the musical career she’s heading toward.

Cyrus recently collaborated with the notorious Snoop / like I’m under inspection / I always get a ten / cause Lion, who seems to be more famous for his love of I’m built like that.” weed rather than his music. Their song is titled, “Ashtrays and Heartbreaks” and is about taking a “smoke” mode anymore. Cyrus was growing up and her music for the people that are gone, but not forgotten. was growing with her whether the public liked it or She also teamed up with Lil’ Kim and will.i.am for not. Cyrus ditched her purity ring and started dating her new album, to be released this summer. On BillLiam Hemsworth of “The Hunger Games.” board.com, Cyrus was quoted saying, “My new music At the young age of 19, Cyrus covered herself in tattoos and piercings, chopped and dyed her hair and got engaged. Who would have thought that in six years Deanna Caruso can be contacted at the teenybopper would grow full circle into one rebeldcaruso@keene-equinox.com

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Spielberg clashes personalities for a short but sweet sitcom hit REBECCA FARR

is what the show seeks out: What exactly happened to her and why are these alternates her defense The three-season hit “United mechanism?

States of Tara,” rated as a 7.4 on the To begin with, there is Tara—her Internet Movie Database (IMBd), “true” identity—then there are three made its way through Showtime from 2009-2011. top-notch housewife who seems Executive producer Steven Spiel- to have stemmed from the typical berg plotted Emmy and Golden apron wearing, hair-curled, red lipGlobe winner Toni Collette—main stick woman of the ‘50s. character, Tara—as the victim of the Then, there is her exact opposite, mental disorder Dissociative Iden- T, the teenage wild-child with no tity Disorder or better known as limits whatsoever.

Multiple Personality Disorder.

Whether it’s booze, boys or bub“When faced with overwhelm- blegum, T’s obsessed with all of the ingly traumatic situations from above. Moving past the women of which there is no physical escape, Tara, Buck comes along. Showtime’s [one] may resort to ‘going away’ in website refers to him as “the rough his or her head … By this disso- and tumble biker dude,” and that’s ciative process, thoughts, feelings, exactly what he is. memories and perceptions of the Tara and her several personalitraumatic experiences can be sepa- ties seem to take the cake as lead rated off psychologically, allowing role in this sitcom and although she the child to function as if the trauma had not occurred,” according to notice of her easy-on-the-eyes husNYU’s psychology website. band Max, played by John Corbett.

While such a disorder is a seriNot only is he pleasing to simply ous matter, the show takes its own lay your eyes on, but his unconditurn as a comedy-drama. tional love for Tara is what really Tara did in fact endure a trau- reels in viewer’s unconditional love matic experience as a child, but that for him. It doesn’t stop there, either.

makes Max the all-around sexiest man of all.

Toward the beginning of the series, it is evident that Marshall is gay, but not quite comfortable with it. Max’s way of boosting “Moosh’s” dence throughout the series snag’s

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It might be easy for one to assume that this household is somewhat dysfunctional.

However, for such dysfunction, it seems they function rather well.

Tara’s bratty but supportive sister, Charmaine, throws another quirky personality into the mix.

Without giving too much away, Charmaine is the type of person who expects everything to be done for her, yet if someone close to her needs the slightest favor, she somehow is unable to do so.

On the other side of the spectrum, while Tara’s alternate personalities have nearly, if not completely, ruined many of Charmaine’s opportunities the two sisters are never shy of loving one another.

Max’s non-stop pride and encour- balls into heart-shaped candies. agement in their rebellious but intelligent daughter, Kate (played by Brie fect enough, his support and love show hits extremes that truly make Larson), also turns watchers’ eye- for Kate’s brother, Marshall, truly one wonder … could this, in all real-

ity, happen?

However, that’s not what’s important.

What’s important is that regardless of the family’s trials and tribulations, they are there for one another.

The show came to a close in 2011, but the story lives on, in my book at least. instead of Tara, went to meet with Marshall’s teacher… when T tried to lure a certain someone into bed … and any moment when Buck hops on his motorcycle and takes Tara’s body on an adventure that Tara will never remember, while Buck will never forget—these moments keep its audience on the edge of their seat, regardless if it’s their second or third time watching.

What’s even more intriguing is the details given above do not even begin to cover the half of it all. “The United States of Tara” is an absolute must-see series—no contest.

The three seasons of “United State of Tara” are available to be

Rebecca Farr can be contacted at rfarr@keene-equinox.com

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The reality of a mental disorder is explained through the zine ‘Telegram’ SONYA CHENEY

Copy Editor a zine anthology recently released by Canadian zinester Maranda Elizabeth. Throughout the 400-plus-page book, the author bravely and honestly relates their life over the past nine years. Maranda Elizabeth writes with truth, strength and vulnerability about struggling with mental illness-from listing a cocktail of medications they have taken over the years to dealing with determining just what their diagnosis was.

Throughout the book, Maranda Elizabeth shares the tales of numerous trips to and stays in the hospital—sometimes by choice, sometimes as a result of a suicide

attempt. They discuss distrusting certain workers, never having a positive experience with a psychiatrist and numerous hospital attendants who were simply impolite over the smallest things, such as checking up on their status on a group therapy waiting list.

They do not spare the reader the gritty details; rather, they share the lowest points they have reached and teach (whether intentionally or not) the reader how to interact with someone with a mental illness. “Telegram” is an in-depth look inside the mind of someone taking life one day at a time. However, the book is not just several hundred pages of depressing discussion of life.

There is plenty of celebration. Maranda Elizabeth shares their happy days as well as their bad, talking of bike rides, ice cream

socials and afternoons writing letters. They offer suggestions for surviving the winter with ideas ranging from burning scented candles to having a solo dance party, or knitting your own scarf to taking your pet’s photos with Santa. beth’s own efforts to keep their head above water while living with an invisible disability. Being a collection of personal zines, “Telegram” can easily be described as a

throughout, often being suggested as a way to cheer up, communicate and survive.

“Telegram” is a fantastic resource for both those with a mental illness and those just looking for ways to make their days a little better.

to spend a day outside reading or exploring your own small town. Maranda Elizabeth frequently discusses living in Canadian cities and both loving and hating them.

Small town life becomes a major topic some life lesson; it is a book to be consumed throughout the book as they share stories much like reading someone’s journal or of struggling to be comfortable and moving receiving a personal letter. In fact, numerous times Maranda Elizabeth includes a call home. The book is a quick read, simply PO Box address requesting readers write to written--but it is not an easy journey. There

are personal stories that will make readers cry with the author’s honest pain, but there are others that will make them smile and feel inspired. “Telegram” is an emotional of the life it chronicles.

Maranda Elizabeth successfully draws readers into their world—you feel that anxiety they have when they share their period of agoraphobia; you feel that excitement at being accepted as an artist in residence; and you feel that struggle they face every day when making the simple (to most) decision of whether or not to even get out of bed.

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Odd concert behaviors prove to be distracting WES SERAFINE

Equinox Staff Sometimes concerts can be chaos—utter chaos.

From the bizarre behaviors to the distraction of the crowds, sometimes one’s concert behaviors can ruin the musical experience. heard of is probably not worth having to endure all the issues with attending a concert. The biggest issue with attending a concert of any sort is not having any type of seating. This lack of assigned seating provokes chaos.

Concert goers push their way to the front and will do anything to get as close as possible to the performer, even if it involves pushing, shoving and elbowing your way through a sea of people.

However, if there was a sense of order provided that would tame this dysfunction, your experience would instantly be better. And sometimes seating is the solution.

Rolling Stone Magazine names “pushing your way to the front” as one of the top ten annoying concert behaviors.

Most do not want to pay their hard earned money to stand in the middle of a dense crowd of crazy yelling college kids for two hours.

If you wanted to do that, you could go to the bar.

We know that college students like to rave and go nuts for your favorite bands and that’s harder to do from a seated position, but there needs to be a compromise between dysfunction and order.

But sometimes it is not the pushing and shoving that causes this type of dysfunction; sometimes it is one’s level of intoxication.

There is nothing worse than having a concert ruined by inebriated college students.

College students see concerts as a time to soak up excessive levels of alcohol, rather than a time to soak up fun. This level of intoxication may not only cause you to become belligerent, but it can cause you to become sick.

And in tiny spaces that are jammed over the capacity with people, being around someone who is about to get sick is one aspect of concerts most of us wish to avoid.

Rolling Stone Magazine stated that “Getting so drunk you puke” is a big concert faux pas to avoid.

“At pretty much any big concert, you’ll see a janitor emerge after a couple of songs with a big broom and a bucket of sawdust. It means somebody puked. It’s a bummer for the puker, but the people all around have to deal with the aftermath. Don’t be the vomit guy.

There’s no worse kind of person to be at the concert,” Rolling Stone stated.

While nobody wants to be that person, it’s impor-

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tant to take the steps necessary to avoid it. Oftentimes, drunken fans who scream at the top of their lungs to the point where the guys like me who just want to hear the music are unable to do so.

However, what can be even more distracting than dealing with someone’s level of intoxication are the groups of friends who talk during the concert.

AOL Music found that people who discuss work, school, their girlfriends and boyfriends, any topic that has nothing to do with the musical experience at hand can be an annoying and unnecessary distraction. But sometimes it’s what you don’t say that can be a disturbance.

Constantly checking your phone and texting throughout the show indicates that you don’t want to

be there and should probably have given your ticket to someone who will actually watch the show.

According to Rolling Stone, “Unless you’re a surgeon Enjoy the show. You paid good money to be here. You can e-mail your friends when you get home. Also, that cell phone emits a very harsh and distracting glow. For the love of God, just turn it off.”

Those who attend a concert do so to enjoy the music.

And sometimes not all of us want to be involved in complete dysfunction.

Don’t miss this week’s upcoming events Putnam Theatre

Colonial Theatre Bob Marley Friday April 26 8:00 p.m.

“Lore” Friday, April 26 to May 2 Saturday and Sunday 8:00 p.m.

Monday through Thursday 7:00 p.m.

Redfern Arts Center Concert Band Thursday, April 25 at 7:30 p.m. Main Theatre

“Wake in Fright” Friday, April 26 to May 2 at 7:00 p.m. only

Friday and Saturday at 7:00 and 9:15 p.m.

Sunday through Thursday 7:00 p.m. only Saturday and Sunday matinees 2:00 p.m.

Events starting on Thursday, April 25 to May 2

Jazz Ensemble Wednesday, May 1 at 7:30 p.m. Main Theatre

Local music nights Fritz the Place to Eat Freestyle Acoustic Rock Friday, April 26 at 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Opera Workshop Firday, May at 7:30 p.m. Alumni Recital Hall

From comics to cartoon shows: Batman depicted in all mediums are actually long-time friends, so now Batman’s failure to save Harvey Dent is two-fold due to his personal connection. see is a friend turned into an enemy.

Throughout the series, Two-Face makes several appearances, sometimes alone, other times alongside other villains like The Joker, Poison Ivy and The Penguin. was called “Second Chances,” in which Harvey is being brought in for plastic surgery to remove Equinox Staff his physical scars, and hopefully his psychological scars as well.

To close out Two-Face Month, we will not be However, before going under the knife Harvey looking at an individual comic book like usual. is kidnapped and Batman and Robin are on the Instead we’ll be doing a character study of TwoFace and his depiction within the multiple Emmy in crime as suspects. award-winning cartoon show, “Batman: The AniHowever, the real culprit is revealed to be mated Series.” none other than Two-Face himself, refusing to let Created in 1992 by Bruce Timm and Paul Dini. his meeker personality take over again without “Batman: The Animated Series” is noted for creating a serious image of Batman for all audiences.

The show featured adult themes and situanature coin with a weighted trick coin that will tions, but never to the point where it alienated its always land on edge, forcing Harvey to decide for young audiences. himself instead of relying on his coin to tell him what to do. to comic book fans, with many versions of the The episode concludes with Two-Face returnfamous characters, such as Mark Hamill’s poring to Arkham Asylum, but Harvey’s personality emerging long enough to thank Bruce for believtive versions” by most fans. ing in him and never giving up on him.

I could go on and on about how excellent this series was, but we’re here to talk about Two-Face, events of the series carrying over into spinso let’s dive right in. off shows like “Justice League” and “Batman Beyond”), Two-Face’s personality fractures once series is the fact that this incarnation of the charagain, creating the Judge, a sociopathic vigilante who seeks to systematically murder all of issues prior to his transformation into Two-Face.

Gotham’s criminals.

Despite the Judge being loved by the people for bringing criminals to Justice in a more permaDent harbors a more aggressive and impulsive personality within him that calls itself Big Bad tity), Batman refuses to allow this to continue and Harv, something that he keeps hidden from even exposes Harvey, and seeing as how this is his last his closest friends. appearance in what is commonly known as the Like other versions, Harvey seeks to rid DC animated universe, it’s possible that it was the Gotham of organized crime, and refuses to be bought by Gotham’s crime lords.

This concludes our month-long look at the Only when crime boss Rupert Thorne gets twisted psyche of one of The Dark Knight’s most ahold of his medical records and threatens to enduring enemies. expose his condition if he doesn’t play ball does I hope you all enjoyed yourselves and were he consider giving in. perhaps inspired to go out and pick up a few When Batman intervenes, Harvey Dent’s face Batman comics that feature this character. is scarred in an explosion and the mental trauma allows Big Bad Harv to fully take control, much to Bruce Wayne’s lament. This brings us to another key difference from the comics.

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EU lifts Syria oil embargo to bolster rebels JUERGEN BAETZ

AssociAted Press The European Union on Monday lifted its oil embargo on Syria to provide more economic support to the forces

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regime.

The decision will allow for crude exports from rebel-held territory, the import of oil and gas production technology, and investments in the Syrian oil industry, the EU said in a statement.

Any export or investment initiatives will be taken in close coordination with the leaders of the Syrian opposition, the bloc’s 27 foreign ministers decided at a meeting in Luxembourg.

Tamerlan Tsarnaev ranted at a neighbor about Islam and the United States. His younger brother, Dzhokhar, relished debating people on religion, “then crushing their beliefs with facts.”

The older brother sought individual glory in the boxing ring, while the younger excelled as part of a team. Tamerlan “swaggered” through the family home like a “man-of-the-house type,” one visitor recalls, while Dzhokhar seemed “very respectful and very obedient” to his mother.

The brothers, now forever linked in the Boston Marathon bombing tragedy, in some ways seemed as different as siblings could be. But whatever drove them to allegedly set off two pressure-cooker bombs, their uncle is certain Dzhokhar was not the one pulling the strings.

“He’s not been understanding anything.

He’s a 19-year-old boy,” Ruslan Tsarni said of his brother’s youngest child, who is clinging to life in a Boston hospital after a gunbattle with police. “He’s been absolutely wasted by his older brother. I mean, he used him. He used him for whatever he’s done.

For what we see they’ve done. OK?” Criminologist James Alan Fox says the

EU sanctions on Syria in two years as governments try to help ease shortages of vital supplies in areas held by the opposition in the civil war-struck Arab state.

“We wish for good economic development in the areas controlled by the opposition, therefore we lift the sanctions that hinder the moderate opposition forces’ work,” German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said ahead of the meeting.

The oil exports could open an important revenue stream for Syria’s opposition, even though it is still unclear when and how much crude could be exported.

this, he says, it is highly unusual for the younger participant — in this case, a sibling — to be the leader.

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at Boston’s Northeastern University. “Very by law enforcement. This image was taken approximately 10-20 minutes before the blast. surprised.”

In one of his tweets, he complained that Whatever their fraternal pecking order, Caucasus. They settled in a working-class with Tamerlan in high school and later part of Cambridge, where the father, Anzor coached the younger brother in soccer, his mother was trying to arrange a marriage agreed that his friend felt pressure to take for him, as she’d done for his sisters. on Thursday night and 26-year-old Tamer- Tsarnaev, opened an auto shop.

He returned to Dagestan about a year his father’s place. “she needs to (hash)chillout,” he tweeted lan went down, his younger brother ran him ago.

“He had to be a man at a very early age,” over — dragging him for about 30 feet — Luis Vasquez went to high school with says Mijares. “That would be, in my opinTamerlan preceded his brother at the Tamerlan and later helped coach Dzhokhar’s ion, a huge reason for who he was, all seriprestigious Cambridge Rindge and Latin After a 24-hour manhunt that shut down High School, which counts celebrities Matt most of the Boston metropolitan area, police soccer team at Cambridge Rindge and Latin. ous and no nonsense.” cornered the gravely wounded Dzhokhar With the father gone, Vasquez said, the older hiding in a boat in a backyard, only blocks brother assumed a kind of paternal role, at patrons at his Midwest Grill, just a couple of But he does not appear to have been a standleast where the girls in the family were con- blocks from their house. When they walked out student and athlete whose reputation from where his brother bled out. cerned. in, he said, Tamerlan was always in the lead. Dzhokhar would have felt pressure to live “He was very protective of his (younger) “I think the big brother is more the com- up to. condition Saturday, unable to communicate.

“To be perfectly honest, I did not know So, at least for now, investigators and the sister, Bella,” Vasquez said. “He would keep an eye out, making sure she’s good, making chest for emphasis. he HAD an older brother from the start,” public are left with only enigma.

That said, Dzhokhar was very much said classmate Alexandros Stefanakis, who The ethnic Chechen family came to this sure she’s not having a hard time.”

Vasquez chalked it up to “his culture” his own man. While he would tag along to played pickup basketball games and hung Kyrgyzstan and then Dagestan, a predom- and “what his family expected out of him.” Tamerlan’s boxing practices, the younger out with Dzhokhar outside school.

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Prayer and waiting in Texas town rocked by explosion CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN AND PAUL J. WEBER

town near the crater, including Crowder’s church, is still behind barricades.

AssociAted Press One school campus was obliterated, and on the eve of 1,500 students returning The First Baptist Church in the tiny Texas town where a fertilizer plant day’s blast, Superintendent Marty Crawexploded is still off-limits, so the Rev. ford said the high school and middle John Crowder put folding chairs in a school could also be razed. hay pasture and improvised a pulpit on Nearly 70 federal and state investigators are still trying to determine what into the only public school campus that’s Kirstner said. Authorities say there are left. no signs of criminal intent.

This was Sunday in West. Four days Robert Champion, the special agent in after the blast that killed 14 people and injured 200 others, residents prayed Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, for comfort and got ready for the week said experts plan to enter the crater in the next few days and start digging in search out when — or if — they will be able to of an explanation. go back home.

“It’s a slow process, but we’re getting “We have lost our friends and neigh- there,” Champion said. bors. We lost the safety and comfort of Slow is the normal way of life in our homes,” said Crowder, raising his West. But the last several days for many voice over the whirr of helicopters sur- of its 2,800 residents have melded into veying the nearby rubble from overhead. an anguishing and frustrating stretch “But as scary as this is, we don’t have to of wait-and-hear — whether about the be afraid.” safety of family and friends, or the fate The explosion at the West Fertilizer Co. of their homes. rocketed shrapnel across several blocks medics were among the dead, and city Kelly Kirstner described Sunday as “a -

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part aimed at laying the legal grounding rapidly as soon as the security situation on the ground improves. to do, but it is important for us to send the signal that we are open to helping in other ways, in all the ways possible,” British Foreign Secretary William Hague said.

While Syria was never one of the world’s major oil exporters, the sector was a pillar of Syria’s economy until the uprising, with the country producing about 380,000 barrels a day and exports — almost exclusively to Europe — bringing in more than $3 billion in 2010. Oil revenues provided around a quarter of the funds for the national budget.

Being able to take advantage of the country’s oil resources will help the Syrian uprising “big time,” said Osama Kadi, a senior member of the Syrian opposition.

While the security situation remains

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Napolitano chastises Italy’s politicians COLLEEN BARRY AND NICOLE WINFIELD

AssociAted Press for an unprecedented second term at the age of 87, chastised lawmakers for their inadequate response to the country’s economic crisis and urged them to form a new government “without delay.”

While growing emotional over “the trust and affection I have seen grow toward me and the institution I represent,” Napolitano also was stern in his rebuke of lawmakers for ing into political paralysis.

Napolitano told the parties that called him to serve again as president that they would be held accountable if they don’t forge alliances and policies to pull the eurozone’s third-largest economy out of recession and put it the deafness of those with whom I have clashed in the past, I will not hesitate to hold them accountable before the country,” Napolitano said. now that he has acceded to lawmakers’ wishes for a second for president. Napolitano, facing a seven-year term, said he would serve “until the situation in the country ... requires, and as long forces allow.”

Stefano Folli, a political analyst at il Sole 24 Ore business daily said the remarks had a “clarity and hardness without precedent.”

“This is the speech of a president well aware of not only his constitutional powers, but his political powers, in relation to a political class that has substantially failed,” Folli said on Sky TG 24. politicians he has never had before.”

Among his constitutional powers, the president can

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In this image shot with a mobile phone, a young girl stands amid the burned ruins of Baga, Nigeria, on Sunday, April 21, 2013.

Red Cross: At least 187 killed in Nigeria violence JON GAMBRELL

AssociAted Press Fighting between soldiers and Islamic extremists in northeast Nigeria killed at least 187 people, the worst single incident of violence in the region since an insurgency there began three years ago, an aid agency said Monday.

Nigeria’s military blocked

are receiving medical care there in the ruins of a town where some 300 homes burned down, he said.

Local residents blamed angry soldiers for burning down neighborhoods where they knew civilians were hiding.

“Our volunteers are on standby,” Nwakpa said. “We are yet to be provided clearance.”

Friday and lasted for hours, send-

the town of Baga, which sits along the shores of Lake Chad in the nation’s far northeast, said Nwakpa O. Nwakpa, a Red Cross spokesman. Another 77 people

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top priority for the Syrian interim government expected to be formed by the end of the month, added Kadi, who is an economic adviser to the opposition Syrian National Coalition.

“We are really hoping that Turkish companies will help in terms of importing and exporting the

said at least 185 people were killed, something not disputed by a brigadier general who attended the visit. down of civilian casualties versus ers. Many of the bodies had been that razed whole sections of the town, residents said. Those killed were buried as soon as possible, following local Muslim tradition.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Kimoon expressed shock and sadness at the high civilian casualty toll and large number of homes destroyed and called on extremist groups to cease their attacks, U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky said.

“The secretary-general reiterates tive sought can justify this resort to violence,” Nesirky said. “He underscores the need for all concerned to fully respect human rights and safeguard the lives of civilians.”

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, who appeared at an event Monday on the nation’s power supply at the Aso Rock presidential villa in the country’s capital, did not comment on the killings.

Members of the Islamic extremist network Boko Haram used heavy machine guns and rocketpropelled grenades in the assault Friday, which Brig. Gen. Austin Edokpaye said began after soldiers surrounded a mosque they believed was housing Boko Haram members.

Extremists earlier had killed a miliThe military said extremists used civilians as human shields during where they knew civilians lived.

However, local residents who spoke to an Associated Press journalist who accompanied the state lence by security forces in the northeast targeting civilians has been widely documented by journalists and human rights activists. A similar raid in Maiduguri, Borno state’s capital, in October after extremists across a neighborhood.

Eric Guttschuss, a researcher with Human Rights Watch who studies Nigeria, said his organization continued to study what happened, though it already had deep concerns about the allegations surrounding the soldiers’ conduct.

“We are investigating this extremely serious incident,” he said.

“In the past, Nigeria has simply denied or tried to cover up security force abuses.”

The Islamic insurgency in Nigeria grew out of a 2009 riot led by Boko Haram members in Maiduguri that ended in a military and police crackdown that killed some 700 people.

The group’s leader died in police custody in an apparent execution.

From 2010 on, Islamic extremists have engaged in hit-and-run shootings and suicide bombings, attacks that have killed at least 1,548 people before Friday’s attack, according to an AP count.

Boko Haram, which means “Western education is sacrilege” in the Hausa language of Nigeria’s north, has said it wants its imprisoned members freed and Nigeria to adopt strict Shariah law across the multiethnic nation of more than 160 million people. While Jonathan has started a committee to look at the idea of offering an amnesty deal to extremist fighters, Boko Haram’s leader Abubakar Shekau has dismissed the idea out of hand in messages.

Friday’s violence marked the worst attack linked to Nigeria’s Islamic insurgency.

In January 2012, Boko Haram launched a coordinated attack in Kano, northern Nigeria’s largest city, that killed at least 185 people, the previous worst attack. However, casualty numbers remain murky in Nigeria, where security and government officials often downplay figures.

Despite the deployment of more soldiers and police to northern Nigeria, the nation’s weak central government has been unable to stop the killings.

Meanwhile, violent atrocities committed by security forces against the local civilian population only fuels rage in the region.

diesel to run all our generators, to run our hospitals, and we need diesel in large amounts,” he said in Istanbul.

Imports of fuel or crude to Syria have not been targeted by the sanctions.

But Syria’s oil industry has faltered since the start of the uprising as the rebels have captured and looters scooping up crude. That has deprived Assad’s government of much-needed cash and

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Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Jason Reyes walks past a damaged apartment complex, Sunday, April 21, 2013, four days after an explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas.

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vice would be held Thursday at Baylor University.

Professional organizations and family and friends on Sunday

ment.

Joey Pustejovsky, was a member of St. Mary’s Church of the

kneeled in the pews as the Rev. Boniface Onjefu recalled driv“I stopped at the nursing home,” Onjefu said. “I noticed a lot of people trapped. I assisted. I prayed with some and held the hands of some that needed comfort. I saw him in the eyes of everyone.”

Said Onjefu, “God heard our prayers and prevented another tank from exploding.”

Edi Botello, a senior at West High School, is Catholic but stood in a roadside pasture with friend Chelsea Hayes for the First Baptist Church service that drew more than 100 people.

“We needed this,” Botello said.

They wore gray “(hash)prayforwest” shirts that have become

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new government.

Napolitano made clear he wanted to see a new government formed as quickly as possible. He noted that the constitution requires a government that enjoys a majority in both houses, which no party can claim after elections two months ago — implying the necessity of a coalition. Consultations are to start again Tuesday.

Napolitano was re-elected Saturday after candidate who could win a majority of Parliament and regional voters.

The divisive process resulted in the implosion of the center-left Democratic Party, whose leader resigned. It also galvanized the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement, which has campaigned on sending Italy’s entire political class packing.

Investors were relieved by the re-election of the widely respected Napolitano. The main stock index in Milan closed up 1.66 percent, the strongest gain in Europe. Ita-

ubiquitous in the town. On the night of the explosion, Botello asked his mother if Hayes, who lived close to the plant, could come over. He said his mom still wonders what might have been if she had said no.

“Every time I close my eyes, all I can think about is the explosion,” Botello said. “People running around. People evacuating.

There was one point I couldn’t even talk. I just stuttered.”

Wendy Castro, a clerk at a nearby Wal-Mart, was among the first allowed back into her home, which sits on the outmost edge of the barricaded area. Broken windows and screen doors twisted off hinges is about the worst damage in her neighborhood.

The streets look like a bad storm rumbled through, not the deadliest fertilizer plant explosion since 31 were killed in Toulouse, France, in 2001. Dozens of homes close to the blast — some of which were leveled — may not be accessible to owners for another week or more.

Among the scorched buildings in the shadow of the plant were the town’s high school and intermediate school.

Crawford said the track team probably would have been at the high school when the plant erupted if they hadn’t stopped to eat on their way back from a meet. On Sunday, he checked on volunteers furnishing three portable classrooms trucked to the elementary campus. Starting Monday, the school that usually has 350 students will be crowded with twice that.

Crawford noticed the proximity of the schools to the fertilizer plant when he came down from Dallas to interview for the superintendent job. “A red flag went up,” he said.

old uprising.

The government has not released recent production figures, but exports have ground practically to a standstill, and Assad’s regime has been forced to import refined fuel supplies to keep up with demand amid shortages and rising prices.

Some EU members, such as Britain and France, are also pushing to lift the bloc’s arms embargo against Syria to allow weapons shipments to the rebels. But other major EU players, such as Germany, remain opposed to that step, fearing it might set off a regional arms race and deepen the conflict.

The arms embargo expires May 30, and the EU foreign ministers aren’t expected to make a decision on it before their next meeting in May, EU officials said.

“We need to do more to support the opposition,” said Britain’s Hague. “In the U.K, we increase humanitarian assistance, we are sending shipments of body armor, bullet-proof vehicles, communications equipment and other means of saving lives,” he added.

The conflict in Syria has left more than 70,000 people dead, according to the United Nations.

The violence also has forced more than 1 million Syrians to seek safety abroad, and more are leaving by the day, burdening neighboring countries such as Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and Iraq.

“There is a risk that at the end of the year 2013, we’ll have 3 million refugees,” warned Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn.

The EU as a whole is already the single-biggest donor of humanitarian aid but more must be done to alleviate the suffering in Syria and reduce the burden on its neighbors, he added.

At their meeting, the ministers also dropped a host of sanctions against Myanmar, also referred to as Burma, to support the country’s transition toward democracy.

“The problems of Burma are not over, but the progress that has been made is substantial,” said Hague, adding the EU must strengthen its engagement with the authorities to stop ongoing ethnic violence in Myanmar that has been particularly tough on Muslim minorities.

ly’s government borrowing rates fell in bond benchmark 10-year bond rate fell 0.13 percentage points to 4.05 percent.

“We can now celebrate the unblocking of the situation,” said Edoardo Luini, a market analyst at Trading Room Roma. “It is not the best solution, but it was the only possible one — or at least the most convenient.”

Analysts suggested Napolitano’s hand is ocratic leader Pier Luigi Bersani to try to form a government.

That initial overture came after Bersani’s forces won control of the Chamber of Deputies, but not the Senate, in Feb. 24-25 elections. Bersani failed, leading to the current stalemate.

With a new seven-year mandate, Napolitano can dissolve Parliament and call new elections, something he couldn’t do in the final months of his first term. It’s a threat that could help him as he sounds out political parties to try to find a viable premier who can form a government and win a mandatory Parliamentary vote of confidence.

her oldest son, Tamerlan, told her that he wanted to move out, going against her culture’s tradition of the son staying in the house with the mother until marriage.”

(Cont. from B5) She said the mother also expressed some rather strident Anne Kilzer of Belmont would views about the U.S. governgo to the Tsarnaev home for regular facials from the boys’ mother, Zubeidat. She said the older brother was a “macho guy,” whereas household.

“During this facial session Dzhokhar seemed more cerebral. she started quoting a conspiracy The few times that Tamertheory, telling me that she thought lan was there, he would wave his 9-11 was purposefully created by mother off when she tried to introduce him. “He sort of swaggered the American government to make through,” she said. “Sort of a man- America hate Muslims,” Alyssa Kilzer wrote. “’It’s real,’ she said. of-the-house type.”

‘My son knows all about it. You can In a blog entry, Kilzer’s daughter, read on the internet.’”

Alyssa, suggested that the mother Kilzer didn’t say to which son became increasingly religious as the mother was referring. Kilzer, their acquaintance progressed. For instance, she began wearing a hijab, who is studying in Scotland, could not immediately be reached. the traditional Muslim headscarf.

Tsarni told The Associated Press “She started to refuse to see boys from his home in Maryland that a that had gone through puberty, deep rift opened between him and as she had consulted a religious his sister-in-law, but that he tried sacrilegious,” Alyssa Kilzer wrote. to maintain a relationship with the “She was often fasting. She told me boys. However, that effort began to that she had cried for days when fall apart several years ago, he said,

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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, flanked by the chairman of the Lower House Laura Boldrini, left, and the chairman of the Senate Pietro Grasso, right, joins the applause of lawmakers after delivering his speech at the lower chamber in Rome, Monday, April 22, 2013.

when Tamerlan “started carrying all this nonsense associated with religion, with Islamic religion.”

When he asked his older nephew why he wasn’t in school, he said Tamerlan gave an enigmatic answer. “Oh, I’m in God’s business,” the young man replied.

Tamerlan would throw out foreign words like “jihad” and “Inshallah” — Arabic for “God willing” — without really understanding their meaning, he said. Though Tsarni is himself Muslim, he said he does not worship at a mosque.

The uncle was surprised when he learned that Tamerlan had gotten married to an American woman — a “good Christian family girl,” who his nephew said was about to convert to Islam.

In February, Alexander Podobryaev, who lives a couple of houses from the Tsarnaevs, exchanged pleasantries with Tamerlan as they shoveled snow. He says the man pointed to a woman in a black

One of the brothers’ neighbors, Albrecht Ammon, said he had a bizarre encounter with Tamerlan in a pizza shop about three months ago. The older brother argued with him about U.S. foreign policy, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and religion.

He said Tamerlan referred to the Bible as a “cheap copy” of the Quran, and that many of this country’s wars “are based upon the Bible — how it’s an excuse to invade other countries.”

“He had nothing against the American people,” Ammon said.

“He had something against the American government.”

Dzhokhar, on the other hand, was “real cool,” Ammon said. “A chill guy.”

An elder at the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center, the largest mosque in New England, said Tamerlan occasionally attended Friday prayer services at the mosque in the past year and a half.

About three months ago, her as his wife. around Martin Luther King Day, Others began noticing signs of Tamerlan stood up and interrupted Tamerlan’s increasing agitation. the imam during the sermon, said

Anwar Kazmi, a board member of the Islamic Society. The imam compared the slain civil rights leads to the Prophet Muhammed, drawing objections from Tamerlan, Kazmi said.

Mosque leaders later sat down with Tamerlan and discussed his rant, said Kazmi, who said Tamerlan returned to future services and had no further outbursts.

While his older brother was railing about religion and world politics, Dzhokhar seemed more interested in the HBO series “Game of Thrones” and other television shows.

“Breaking Bad taught me how to dispose of a corpse,” he tweeted on Jan. 16, referring to the popular AMC series about a dying chemistry teacher who turns to cooking methamphetamine to leave a nest egg for his family.

He did tweet about religion, but they were hardly the words of a hard-core zealot.

“This night deserves Hennessy a bad b---- and an o of weed,” he wrote on Nov. 17. “the holy trinity” On Nov. 29, he wrote: “I kind

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marathon happen every year, released this statement the day of the attacks, “It is a sad day for the City of Boston, for the running community, and for all those who were here to enjoy the 117th running of the Boston Marathon. What was intended to be a day of joy and celebration quickly became a day in which running a marathon was of little importance.”

Over the weekend following the attacks, a citywide manhunt was focused in the Boston suburb of Watertown, Mass., according to the Boston Globe. This manhunt caused a virtual lockdown over the city of Boston.

The Red Sox game was cancelled, Kenmore Square was empty, the T wasn’t running. The birthplace of our nation was silent, indoors, glued to their televisions, hoping for an end to the bloodshed on their streets.

In the midst of this tragedy, this awful event, Boston came together. And one thing that brought the people of Boston together was the love and ever-burning passion for our teams.

Two days after the marathon, April 17, the Boston Sox and Celtics having scheduled games for later in the week. They played the Buffalo Sabres. Before the game, in perhaps one of the most touching moments I have ever witnessed as a lifelong, diehard, Boston fan, the crowd came together to sing the National Anthem.

As I watched Rene Rancourt stop singing after the came to my eyes. At that moment in time, everything was okay. Sure, everyone was hurting. Someone had messed with the city we all love on a day that is meant to bring everyone together. Everyone felt pain. But right then, as everyone sang the words to our country’s song, it was okay.

A fan favorite on the Bruins, Brad Marchand, told SportsIllustrated.com that it was an emotional night for and said. All of those who helped sing the words to the National Anthem that night sent a message: we are Boston Strong. That slogan then took on a life of its own.

The same night that the Bruins dropped a shootout to the Buffalo Sabres, the Boston Red Sox were playing in Cleveland, Ohio against the Indians. The Red Sox players learned of the Boston Marathon bombing as they departed from Fenway Park for a road trip to Cleveland, following their annual 11 a.m. game on Marathon Monday, according to FoxNews.com.

The Red Sox dugout that night held a jersey that read “617 Boston Strong” on the back. FoxNews.com reported that Clubhouse Manager at Fenway Park, Tom McLaughlin, along with Red Sox designated hitter Jonny Gomes came together to create the remembrance.

Gomes said after the game, “They’re out of sight that jersey going to stretch? I don’t know. Just the fact of letting those people know we’ve got a heavy heart over here.”

Before the game, the Cleveland Indians hung a sign in the visitors’ dugout of Progressive Field. An Associated Press photo displayed the sign that read, “From our city, to your city. Our hearts and prayers go out to you, Boston. Love, Cleveland.” It wasn’t too extravagant. Nothing was overdone. It was simply etched on a

white piece of paper with a red marker and hung on a clipboard that was attached to the wall.

On the same night, teams across Major League Baseball paid tribute to the people of Boston.

Even our arch enemies showed the city of Boston at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx hung a sign. That sign had the Yankees logo on one side and the Red Sox logo on the other side. Between the logos of the most intense rivalry in sports history read the words “United We Stand.”

Also, many MLB teams (including the Yankees) played “Sweet Caroline” on Wednesday, April 17. “Sweet Caroline” is played in the middle of the eighth inning at every Boston Red Sox home game. The shouts of “SO GOOD, SO GOOD, SO GOOD,” can be heard throughout Boston on the days of home games. And STEVEN SENNE / AP PHOTO on that night, you could Singer Rene Rancourt, right, gestures toward a Watertown Police Honor Guard, left, on the ice before a NHL hockey game between hear the same chants the Boston Bruins and the Florida Panthers in Boston, Sunday, April 21, 2013. across the country.

The Boston Marathon is a tradition that will continue despite the tragedy. On the day of the bombing, the Boston Athletic Association released a series of statements. One of them read, “Boston is strong. Boston is resilient. Boston is our home. And Boston has made us enormously proud. The Boston Marathon is a deeply held tradition--an integral part of the fabric and history of our community. We are committed to continuing that tradition with the running of the 118th Boston Marathon in 2014.”

Some say sports are just a game. They question why some people get so emotionally involved every season.

They tell us die hard, crazy sports fans that we are absurd for devoting so much time, effort and money to something that shouldn’t matter in the grand scheme of things.

But this past week proves that sports are more than just a game to the people of Boston. Sports are a way of healing. Games are a three-hour experience where you don’t have to worry about what is going on outside of the stadium. Sports are an outlet for us crazy Boston folk. And although the pain is not gone and may never leave, we have something to believe in. We have our teams that proudly wear their colors, with “Boston” across their chest. And they help the city of Boston send the message of, “We are Boston. We are strong. We are Boston Strong.”

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Pat Summitt’s life chronicled in film ‘Pat XO’ DOUG FEINBERG

sclaw, Michelle Marciniak and Candace Parker all told stories of their mentor. Longtime friends and rival coaches, including Connecticut’s Geno Auriemma, Pat Summitt smiled, laughed and shook her head also talk about Summitt. at times. ings wrote in an email. “For all that Pat has done and dementia, was part of the audience watching a screen- continues to do, it’s a blessing to give back to her and ing of a documentary about her career. “Pat XO.” celebrate the great things she has done on and off the court.” it,” Summitt told The Associated Press. “It was really incredible to see all those people share their stories.”

The show is part of ESPN Films’ Nine for IX docu- but neat concept.” mentary series. It debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival “It’s not hard to talk about someone who has helped on Sunday and will air July 9. mold me into the woman I am today,” she said.

Summitt’s son, Tyler, was the lead storyteller, Marciniak and her parents recalled the famous spending time with his mother on a couch in their story of a pregnant Summitt breaking water as she was paying a recruiting visit to their home. Summitt starts from Summitt’s earliest days and goes through left the recruiting trip early and wouldn’t let the plane her retirement last April. land anywhere but Tennessee.

The 60-year-old former Tennessee coach acknowlIn one the most poignant moments, Summitt was edged in her recently released book that at times she talking to Tyler about having to step down from coachmay not remember all the milestones of her career. ing last year. She called it the right thing to do.

This project will provide a reminder.

As the two were discussing it, Summitt started to eras to those who knew her best and had them record testimonials. sensing their owner was saddened, came over to the - couch to console her.

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cut for the championship, but there’s a couple of teams that are really pushing the envelope which conference wise, I think is a great thing.”

He continued, “With that in mind, I have to take every game seriously and move forward to prepare, get the scouts on other teams, and prepare the team practice wise to beat each team.”

at 55.4 percent.

The team averages 12 goals a game on about 40 shots and can

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year with the team, but even he has learned not to get too comfortable, even with the team playing so well.

“You really can’t take any teams lightly in college because it doesn’t matter what day of the week it is, if you don’t bring your A game, it could be that one day where the other team brings it. You could lose to pretty much anybody, and you also can beat anybody as long as you bring your best everyday,” McKelvie said.

The team’s sight is certainly focused on winning the LEC and getting into the NCAA tournament and all season we’ve seen these players put forth maximum effort.

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making them a dangerous matchup for whoever they play in the LEC tournament.

But even with all the offense, the defense will be the key component to their success.

“We have kids coming out of the woodwork that can play defense.

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AssociAted Press The race was in London, but the thoughts of many were with another city.

Thousands of runners who took part in the London Marathon on Sunday paid tribute to those killed and injured in the Boston Marathon six days earlier. Participants paused for a moment of silence in the beginning, many wore black ribbons on their chests as a sign of solidarity, and

man rotation defensively to keep our guys fresh,” Theriault said.

Another key is to remain healthy, “We’re pretty healthy, it’s very typical that we have some people that are banged up and bruised, but I think everyone at this of year is in the exact same boat as us,” Theriault said.

If this team plays the way they are capable of, and the way that they have all season long then people should worry more for their opponents.

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banner that read “For Boston.”

— and the surging crowds who turned out on the glorious spring day to line the route roared enthusiastically.

“It means that runners are stronger than bombers,” said Valticipant from France.

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Taylor studies her opponents’ techniques, which allows her to prepare to block any shot her opponent makes. before each game, she researches each player’s background to give her the upper hand on the

line in Boston. The blasts killed three people and wounded 180, and a policeman died during the search for the bombers. One suspect died in a shootout with police, while a second was caught.

Some 35,000 runners took part in the London race, which also drew tens of thousands of spectators — many regulars said it was the biggest and most enthusiastic crowd in years. Many said they made a point of turning up to show they were not afraid.

“We can’t look back. We must look forward,” said Tomasz ished fourth in the men’s wheelchair race and who had competed in Boston last week. “The show must go on.”

Authorities in London boosted the police presence by 40 percent and adding extra surveillance as precautionary measures, but in the end all went peacefully.

Mark Cliggett, from Seattle, was back on the track Sunday after witnessing the attack in Boston. Cliggett, 51, said he was -

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the ball is going, according to Curry. But this type of success is attributed to not only studying opponents, but teammates as well. Borjeson said, “When she’s not in the net, she’s always watching the other goalies.”

However, despite her familiarity with guarding the net, it is not enough to subdue the nerves she feels before each game.

“I get nervous before every game, no matter what game it is. It helps me play better [if I’m nervous]. If I’m not nervous then something is wrong,” Taylor said. “I feel a lot of pressure.

There’s moments where you blame yourself for a goal and everyone always says ‘It has to get

just a game.”

“It used to be hard for her to pick herself up, but now she can pick herself up more,” Borjeson said. With every season and every game, Taylor has learned how to combat the pressure of guarding the net and use it as a way to develop a sense of self-assurance.

“That was unreal. It was really cool coming in as a freshman and being able to play and help bring a team to a championship,” she said. “If we’ve won a game, she’s the one we always run to at the end and congratulate,” Borjeson said.

However, it’s not just each game played that

didn’t even think I wanted to play in college at the end of my senior year in high school. That was a last minute decision,” Taylor said.

“It [the game] is more mental. You have to be in a good mental state to be able to play well,” she explained. “We wouldn’t be anywhere without her, so we need her to stay positive,” Borjeson the pressure is still there.” Borjeson said that said.

And each game Taylor plays fosters a new cult for her to pick herself up when goals were made, but now she’s able to block out that sense of defeat and concentrate on the rest of the game women’s lacrosse team won the LEC championthat is left to be played. ship. Taylor and the Lady Owls then went on Curry added that Taylor does put a lot of pres- to win the LEC championship again during her sure on herself, “We as a team try to pick her up. sophomore year—ultimately creating the founYou can tell she’s gotten better at realizing it is dation of her strength as a goalkeeper today.

to her growth in this sport.

“I have made real great friends playing lacrosse.

It’s an automatic family that you have here in college,” Taylor said. “She cares a lot about everybody, she’s very outgoing, and always willing to help out,” Curry said.

While this sport has evolved from stickball to lacrosse, Taylor’s game and demeanor on and off just like how it was common to place bets on the tough warriors who played stickball during the seventeenth century, all bets are on Taylor as her season as a junior goalkeeper comes to an end.

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ing line there when the bombs exploded.

“Last week was horrible, and people’s lives have been changed in ways that can’t be undone,” he said after completing the London race. “I wanted to come out and just show: No, we’re going to keep running, we’re going to keep doing this.”

Stuart Calderwood, an editor with a New York running magazine who has run in eight Boston Marathons, said that the recent carnage there made him and his friends more determined to run in London.

“My group that came here, we just decided this is going to make us better. We’re going to say marathons are the opposite of bombing and hostility and terror,” CalderLondoners pride themselves on their resilience: A day after the lethal July 7, 2005, transit system bombings that killed 52 commuters, many came back onto the streets and resumed their normal routines.

Still, some acknowledged an undercurrent of anxiety Sunday.

Chris Denton, a 44-year-old engineer, said he had asked that his family not come out to support him because of a possible copycat attack. “I left them at home,” he said. “If only for my peace of mind.”

The men’s race was won by Ethiopian Tsegaye Kebede; the women’s champion was Kenyan Priscah Jeptoo.

A seemingly relaxed Prince Harry presented awards to the wheelchair racers and mingled with spectators.

“It’s fantastic, typically British,” he told the BBC. “People are saying they haven’t seen crowds like this for eight years around the route. It’s remarkable to see.”

He said it was “never an option” for him to cancel his appearance following the Boston bombings.

“No one has changed any plans, volunteers, security, nothing has changed,” he said. “Typically the British way.”

On Blackheath, the spacious green common area where the race begins, runners massaged each other’s legs.

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8-6

3-2

4-3 4-1 (0-2) Won 1

vs. Plymouth State

vs. UMass-Boston

Runs by Inning

OVERALL

Points by Period

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total

UMass Boston

0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0

Keene State College

0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0

3 4

Softball

Goals by Period

1

Plymouth State

6

4

Keene State College

7

2

STREAK

vs. UMass-Dartmouth Points by Period

1

2

Total

10

UMass Dartmouth

5

3

10

9

Keene State College

13

4

17

Total

2

AWAY (neutral)

Men’s Lacrosse

OVERALL

CONF.

HOME

16-11

6-4

8-1 4-4 (4-6) Lost 1

vs. Rhode Island College Runs by Inning

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total

Rhode Island College

0 0 0 1 0 0 x

Keene State College

3 1 0 1 0 4 x

1 9

AWAY (neutral)

STREAK

vs. Rhode Island College Points by Period

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total

Rhode Island College 0 2 4 0 7 x x Keene State College

Tuesday, April 23, 4 p.m.

Saturday, April 27, 3 p.m.

0 0 0 1 2 x x

13 3

OVERALL

CONF.

HOME

11-2

5-0

5-1 5-1 (1-0) Won 5

vs. UMass-Boston Goals by Period 1 2 3 4

AWAY (neutral)

STREAK

vs. UMass-Dartmouth Total Points by Period 1 2 3 4

Total

UMass Boston

0

1 1

2

4

UMass Dartmouth

1

0 0

0

1

Keene State College

5

4

5

20

Keene State College

3

2 3

5

13

Thursday, April 26, 3:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 26, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 27, 2 p.m.

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Men’s Track and Field Springfield Invitational Name

Event

Time/distance Place

Ryan Widzgowski 400m

51.67

4th

Chris Plankey

800m

1:59.13

2nd

Andrew Sears

5000m 15:42.72

Ben Keach

Shot put

13.75m

3rd 1st

Women’s Track and Field Springfield Invitational Name

Event

Time/distance Place

Nicole Marrero

Javelin 34.06m

Lauren Markoe

800m

Sarah Ditonno Whitney Cyr

2nd

2:17:13

1st

Shot Put

10.96m

3rd

Hammer

40.88m

3rd

Thursday, April 25, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, April 24, 7 p.m.

Saturday, April 27 12 p.m.

Friday, May 3, 12 p.m.

Saturday, April 27 3 p.m.

Saturday, April 27, 4 p.m.

Tuesday, April 30, 3:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 27, 10 a.m.

Friday, May 3, 12 p.m.

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Maggie Fitter (right) competes in the 400-meter dash at UMass-Amherst Invitational on Saturday, April 13, 2013 in Amherst, Mass. Fitter is currently ranked eight in the country for the 1500m.

in the country at the 1500m posting a 4:36 and Widzgowski recently posted a top time in the country for D-III in the 1500m with a time of 3:48.75 while attending a meet at Princeton University this past weekend. indoor nationals after being ranked seventh in the 1500. He said this a whole group,” Thomas said. “The past weekend was just another kids are training extremely well, preparation for the national tournashowing nice progress in a good ment process.

“The plan was to run fast and hard working group that has potentry to run faster and check off my tial to do a lot at nationals.”

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though. We were lucky with Haggerty indoors. For outdoors it might be Glenn Guilmette for the javelin.

We’ll see about Widzgowski who has probably a 20 percent chance and Fitter has a 30 percent chance while Guilmette will probably have a 35 percent chance [of winning].”

Fitter is currently ranked eighth

going into Princeton, so really for right for these next couple of weeks until nationals I’m going to be getting ready for high pressure situations and make sure I’m ready for anything that comes up,” Widzgowski said. national championship contention

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Martin’s life. His relationship with basketball transcends just a game. He feels inexorably linked to it. It’s “[Martin] is going to succeed at whatever he puts his mind to because he’s going to work for it,” Assistant Coach Kevin Justice said. cials. Coaches aren’t exactly going out of their way to scout division-three ballplayers.

Colbert estimates players from the Little Eastern Conference go on to FIBA just once every several years.

Martin has a realistic approach to the process.

“Absolutely, [being from Division III] is going to be the hardest part,” Martin said.

“Coaches overseas are obviously going to overlook me because I’m from division three. Something like four D-III players every year go on to play overseas basketball.”

But Martin said he feels he has grown as a leader in his three years at KSC and thinks he’s only getting better. He has certainly won over his coaches.

is senior javelin thrower and Glenn Guilmette.

Guilmette is currently ranked second in the nation for D-III javelin throwers and will be looking

ing at 217 feet and two of three that were in front of him are returning.

Two of the three that were in front of him are returning, including that national champion so there’s obviously some stiff competition but just fourth in the event at nationals it’s just going to come down to who last spring season, throwing a per- can have the biggest throw on that sonal of 217 feet. Throw-coach John given day.”

Napolitano is directly involved with Guilmette and said that the individ- could win the national championual event Guilmette is participating ship, it’s him against himself and if in is tricky and the competition will he goes out there and throws like be very rigid. he’s supposed to he’ll win. When “What’s tricky about track and you start worrying about beating other guys and trying to throw it so to make a guarantee that some- farther than somebody else, that’s one is going to be at the top of their when you start getting in trouble.” game that day is kind of a risky Guilmette reiterated Napolithing,” Napolitano said. tano’s words and doesn’t want to “What I will say is that I like get into his head before and during Guilmette’s chances a lot, I think the moments of his throws so he’s kept to a routine training regimen, this year is absolutely ridiculous. which pertains to him attempting He came in fourth last year throw-

bigger throws rather than gaining more muscle mass.

“I’m just going to look for a personal record because I know if I throw a personal record, which will be a 218, that could possibly be a national championship mark so I just want to go out there and throw my best because I know that would be the mark to do it,” Guilmette said. of each other, two feet, three feet, so the marks are really close this year. It’s really exciting because this could be anybody’s ball game because it’s so close. All these players have thrown further marks so it’s kind of scary but everyone has a pretty good chance of coming out big this year.”

After Guilmette’s graduation this spring, Napolitano said he’s looking at sophomore Ben Keach to replace Guilmette’s presence on the throw team as a national contender.

The feelings most athletes will construct within their mental fortitudes is that they know they cannot be nervous and that a good mental state is one of the only factors that lies in between their success and a national title.

Widzgowski said his desire for a national title that is strong enough to overcome any circumstances.

“You can be nervous but you have to remind yourself you made it to this point for a reason and that you deserve to be there just as much as the guy next to you,” Widzgowski said.

“Clearly we all worked hard but I just know that my work is going to pay off and I’m not going to let myself get defeated for something in my head.”

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

“[Martin] is the hardest working kid I’ve ever had the pleasure to coach. He’s very humble,” Colbert said.

“He’s a kid who is very goal-oriented and takes incredible care of his body.”

Being coachable will go a long way as Martin attempts to familiarize himself with FIBA play.

“If you told Ryan to run through that wall he’d ask you how many times,” Colbert said of Martin’s attitude.

“He’s just wide open to coaching and criticism and positive reinforcement, he takes everything literally. He’s been a pleasure to coach.”

Ryan has no preferences for which league he’ll go to himself to a new basketball world across an ocean.

A man he describes as his “kind of-sort of agent” has scheduled Martin a workout in Croatia for June and he’s working with Coach Justice on a highlight tape.

For most athletes at KSC, graduation represents the end of their athletic careers. Add that to the list of reasons why Martin isn’t like most other athletes: he’s conZach Winn can be contacted at zwinn@keene-equinox.com

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Ryan Martin shoots during a game against Plymouth State on Feb. 5, 2013 in the Spaulding Gymnasium.

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Boston teams unite the city MICHELLE BERTHIAUME

“an event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress, such as a serious accident, crime, or natural catastrophe.” Unfortunately, the world we live in has become far too familiar with the feeling of despair due to tragedy.

Last week, in Boston, Mass., three people were killed as a result of the thoughtless acts of two men.

According to the Boston Globe, two Chechen brothers, Tamerlan Tsarnaev and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, planted two separate bombs at the 26 mile mark of the 117th Boston Marathon, which were later detonated, killing three and wounding over 100 athletes and spectators.

The three victims of the attacks were eight-year-old Martin Richard, 29-year-old Krystle Campbell and 23-year-old Lu Lingzi, according to CNN.com. Boston area hospitals are

Each win is crucial at this stage as the Owls improved their record to 11-2 and look to ride momentum into the LEC tournament later this week.

--shots and added two assists to help the women’s lacrosse team improve to 8-6 on the season with a 17-8 blowout of LEC rival UMass-Dartmouth.

Nolan is runner-up after getting a starting position when the Lady Owls stumbled to a 2-5 start, but since then they have won six of seven games with Nolan leading the way.

With things looking bleak early on, now the team is looking to secure its fourth LEC title

of the bombings.

The Boston Athletic Association, the organization that makes the

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Lax teams prepare for LEC tourney JAY MCAREE

Standing atop the Little East Conference, the Keene State College selves in the exact spot they wanted to be when the season began back in March. undefeated in conference play, and where they’ve netted more than 60 goals as they get set for their last pair games before the playoffs.

Those two remaining games will be LEC games, one at home against Plymouth State and another at Western Connecticut State University.

Head Coach Mark Theriault said, “The list has basically been comprised of us and Eastern Connecti-

» LEC TOURNEY, B8

ZACH WINN

Equinox Staff Senior J.T. Galloway spread four goals over four periods in the lacrosse teams’ 13-1 rout of UMass-Dartmouth to earn himself Athlete of the Week.

Galloway now leads the team with 27 goals on just 68 shots on net after playing in all 13 games so far this season.

Galloway also has a big leadership role on this Owls team that has stayed composed

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Taylor keeps her guard up SAM NORTON

It has become a part of her history ever since she started playing during her junior year of high school in Brewster, N.Y. “I played softball until my freshman year [of high school], and during the seventeenth century as a way to then I had to have shoulder surgery, and the toughen up young warriors for training and [varsity high school] lacrosse coach needed a as a way to settle disputes between tribes. And goalie, and he asked me to play,” Taylor said. it was commonplace to bet on who would be For ten years, Taylor played catcher on her declared the victor. school’s softball teams. The position as catcher gave her the hand-eye coordination needed to what used to be known as stickball has developed over the years into the professional and to her mother, Margaret Taylor. “She’s a natural international sport of lacrosse. athlete,” she said.

However, for junior goalkeeper Erin Taylor Since playing lacrosse during her junior year of the women’s lacrosse team, the sport is not of high school, Taylor has dedicated her time to just a way to toughen up or settle disputes—it is developing the skills and techniques needed to perform in the net. “I used to go to one-on-one sessions with my varsity coach in high school. I

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had to go at six in the morning every Monday and Wednesday throughout the winter. Once the season came around, I was the only goalie so I had to get used to it,” Taylor said.

And that dedication to lacrosse is one that has translated from her high school days to her college playing time. This season, Taylor’s dedication is evident with 92 saves overall, a save percentage of 48.7, and a goals against average of 8.74, according to keeneowls.com.

Taylor’s success in the net to her ability to focus.

“She knows before a big game to focus. She is all serious before a game and more playful in practice,” Curry said.

Curry explained that before every game,

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--Sophomore Ben Keach impressed everyone this week with a great all-around perforlege Invitational on Saturday.

Keach is the second runnertance of 45’-01.50.

Keach also helped

the ing with 98 points by placing second in the discus with a distance of 141’-06”.

The former New Hampshire shot put state champion seems season progresses and should be a force for the Owls in years to come.

Zach Winn can be reached at zwinn@keene-equinox.com

Martin chases hoop dreams overseas ZACH WINN

Equinox Staff Keene State College point guard Ryan Martin has decided to stick with basketball after graduation by playing professionally overseas.

“Honestly it was something I wanted to do the second our season

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Janel Haggerty competes in the long jump at the UMassAmherst Invitational in Amherst, Mass. on April 13, 2013.

Stage nearly set for nationals DALTON CHAREST

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Senior Janel Haggerty recently won the pentathlon national championship during the past indoor season with senior Maggie Fitter and junior Ryan Widzgowski in attendance for the big competition. Both are looking to enter this spring seasons’ outdoor national championship in similar fashion and likely will do so.

Head Coach Pete Thomas, who has been at the helm of the program for the last three decades and has seen many athletes come and go through nationals, said the athletes are

The Keene State College Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field teams are preparing for nationals within the coming weeks that will be held in LaCrosse, Wis. May 23 through the 25.

After a successful indoor season in which three Owl athletes from the program competed at nationals, KSC is looking to return those same three athletes along with a handful more. As the teams prepare for the coming meets, athletes are beginning strenuous workout regiments of the season leading up to due to the top competition that lies ahead. » TRACK NATIONALS, B9

senior year, said. “I felt like I didn’t want my [basketball] career to end.”

For basketball players who don’t have a chance at the NBA, that means exploring the world of international basketball, or FIBA. With a few differences (a trapezoidal key replaces our country’s rectangular one, there are no three-second lane violations, etc.), a case can be made that FIBA resembles NCAA play more than the NBA does.

Because so many NBA players are freakishly athletic, the league tends to emphasize isolation basketball more than FIBA, which relies heavily on team actions for offense.

Coach Rob Colbert, who has seen eight of his former players join FIBA, explained the difference.

“It’s more of a cutting-type of league, a screening style of play,” Colbert said. “The Europeans are utilizing the ball-screen a lot more in recent years, which [Martin] has done a ton of, so that will help him a lot. But it’s much more structureoriented than individualistic.”

For the optimistic Martin, who’s never been known to coast on his athleticism, the differences will only favor him.

“I think for me the style over-

MICHELLE BERTHIAUME / SPORTS EDITOR

Ryan Martin takes the ball to the hoop during a win over St. Joseph’s College of Vermont, 110-64, in the Spaulding Gymnasium on Jan. 31, 2013.

explained. “The players who are skilled seem to dominate in the game, and I’m more of a skill player.

The play here is based on size and athleticism, and over there it’s more about skills, so I think I might do better over there.”

Martin’s got some help preparing for the transition. His older sister, Toby, played for the Quak-

enbrueck Dragons in Germany for three years after college. Ryan said she has given him advice as he begins to contact teams and scouts.

But whether it runs in the family or not, the decision to continue playing was a predictable one for anyone who knows Martin.

The game of basketball has been a big part of Ryan Martin’s life since

grade. He was a four-year starter at Maranacook High School in Maine before going to division one U-Maine on a basketball scholarship.

But Martin was unhappy with his playing time after two years, and so the game led him to KSC. It’s not surprising that basketball is what brought him here; that seems to be a common theme in

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