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VOL. 65, ISSUE #22

THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2013

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Looking for ‘Common Ground’

KPD arrest freshman after Randall assault KARINA BARRIGA ALBRING

NEWS EDITOR

EMILY FEDORKO / PHOTO EDITOR

KSC students gather in a peaceful protest outside the Mabel Brown Room in the Young Student Center on Friday, March 29. They demanded more support for the Multicultural Office on campus.

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OPINIONS EDITOR KARINA BARRIGA ALBRING

NEWS EDITOR While many Keene State College students were still asleep at 8 a.m. on Friday morning, many soon-to-be KSC freshmen were surprised by quiet faces surrounding the doors to the Mabel Brown Room as they became witness to a silent protest organized by current KSC students.

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This view was echoed by another student protester, senior Chris Marion, who said that within the last three semesters alone, 28 students have dropped out of KSC because they couldn’t afford it, or

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Authorities arrested a Keene State College student early morning on Thursday, March 28 after he allegedly bit another student on the lip in Randall Hall. Angel Melendez was charged with simple assault and one count of criminal contempt, Keene Police DepartPHQW /LHXWHQDQW 6KDQH 0D[Ă€HOG said.

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The victim was taken to the hospital for injuries.

Melendez then ran out of the freshman residential hall and entered a house on Winchester Street, according to the KPD report.

He was arrested on Thursday morning and taken to the Cheshire County Jail.

Melendez is due in court on April 4.

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Clinton’s political strategist Keene community shines spotlight on marriage equality calls for student involvement ANGELA SCIONTI

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her, “the gold standard among Democratic organizers.�

As well as working on numerous presidential campaigns, Vilman has helped successfully elect governors, senators, and members of Congress.

Vilmain found herself presenting at KSC because of an invitation from an old college friend, KSC political science professor Michael Welsh. About 30 years ago the two worked at a restaurant together while studying at The University of Iowa.

The presentation was sponsored by the Political Science, Women and Gender Studies, and the Provost Departments, as well as the Dean of Social Sciences.

Keene State College students considering a run for public RIĂ€FH DW VRPH SRLQW LQ WKHLU OLYHV were given an opportunity to receive some advice from the best of the best.

Political juggernaut Teresa Vilmain visited the KSC campus Tuesday, March 26, to give her “25 Things to Do Before Running IRU 2IĂ€FHÂľ SUHVHQWDWLRQ WR LQWHUested students.

Vilmain, a self-described progressive democrat and political strategist from Iowa, has a resume as long as the eye can see.

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The frigid wind chill in the downtown oval on the evening of Monday, March 25 didn’t cool the spirits of the gathering supporters to oppose The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

Supporters held signs with powerful messages to give a voice for marriage equality in positive protest. The event was called “Light The Way To Justice.� Held on the same day as the anniversary of the Civil Rights March from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., 48 years ago, the main purpose for the event was “to raise awareness about what is going on with respect of the Supreme Court that’s going to be making some important decisions about DOMA which does not allow people of the same sex to marry,� KSC Professor Karen Cangialosi, who helped organize in the event, said.

Event supporters ranged from Keene residents, college students and staff and supporters from other towns. “Not only are we doing this in Keene but also there are hundreds of these rallies going on across the country today,� KSC sophomore Cara Logerfo said.

KSC sophomore Ginnelle Campbell stated, “My best friend of 18 years is a lesbian, I want my best friend to be able to marry

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CAMPUS KSC commemorates N.H.’s outstanding women SAFETY ZACH PEARSON

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Week of: March 25 Monday,  March  25 8:56  p.m.  Carle  Hall:  Officer  doing  a  follow  up  came  across  a  706   [marijuana]  in  building.  9:06  p.m.  Owl’s  Nest  3:  Officers  checking  student  for  taxi  ride  to  Cheshire  Medical  Center.

11:53  p.m.  Monadnock  Hall:  Odor  investigation.  Tuesday,  March  26 5:10  p.m.  Huntress  Hall:  Report  of  a  burning  smell  on  the  second  floor  of  the  build-­ ing.

11:14  p.m.  Fiske  Hall:  706   [marijuana].   Wednesday,  March  27 11:45  a.m.  Owl’s  Nest  9:  Fire  alarm.  2:34  p.m.  Appian  Way:  Blue  light  misuse.  3:58  p.m.  Science  Center:  Call  about  a  female  student  having  an  asthma  attack.

9:08  p.m.  Winchester  Street:  Student  called  to  report  being  struck  by  the  shuttle.

Thursday,  March  28 4:37  a.m.  Randall  Hall:  Medical  Emergency.

8:47  p.m.  Randall  Hall:  Odor  investigation.  9:34  p.m.  Owl’s  Nest  4:  Received  call  that  people  are  walking  on  roof.

10:43  p.m.  Holloway  Hall:  Alcohol  violation.

11:43  p.m.  Holloway  Hall:  Students  giving  RA  a  hard  time.

Friday,  March  29 12:05  a.m.  Holloway  Hall:  Alcohol  violation.

1:34  p.m.  Wyman  Way:  Minor  motor  vehicle  accident,  no  injuries.

Women’s History Month 2013 ended in style Wednesday night with the Outstanding Women of N.H. Award Ceremony. This marked the twenty-third annual ceremony in which four women are recognized for their contributions to the Granite State. Each year has boasted a different theme; this year’s awards revolved around the STEM disciplines: science, technology, engineering and math.

The event is hosted annually by the campus commission for the status of women which Meriem Pages, the co-chair for the commission, described as “an advisory committee of faculty, staff, and students appointed by the president to improve the quality of life for women on this campus.�

Keene State College Interim President Jay Kahn and the nominators of each award winner presented four awards. First to the stage was the state of New Hampshire winner, Dr. Trinidad Tellez and her nominator, Dottie Morris. Her second nominator, Jessica Santos, could not attend the event.

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Morris praised Tellezâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s career, saying, ´<RXU ZRUN GHPRQVWUDWHV WKDW VFLHQWLĂ&#x20AC;F endeavor at its very best works to further the welfare and health of all humanity.â&#x20AC;?

Looking back, Tellez recounted her surprise at hearing she had been nominated, admitting â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sometimes I think that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very busy, and I just think of the work I do as the work I do. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really stop to think about what it is.â&#x20AC;?

Tellez said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great to be celebrating and recognizing women. I think it should be all the time. And not just one day a year or one month a year. But we appreciate progress where it is and hopefully this can be a positive thing.â&#x20AC;?

The Keene State College student award winner was senior biology major Deena Snoke, joined on the stage by both of her nominators, Susan Whittemore and Patricia Halloran.

Rattling off Snokeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s list of achievements, Halloran made it clear why Snoke was selected to be the Outstanding Student Woman of the year. Three years of research in developmental toxicology at KSC led her to present her work at national, regional, and local conferences. A summer of research in the Dartmouth laboratory of neurobiologist Dr. Leslie Henderson was so successful that she was asked back for a second consecutive summer.

Her current focus is neurobiology with a focus on developmental neural disorders such as autism. She is currently looking to enter a PhD program in developmental neurobiology. â&#x20AC;&#x153;On campus Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never felt that my per-

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sonal identity as a woman has held me back from anything I put my mind to, and I think this is a really important message,â&#x20AC;? Snoke told the audience.

Like the other outstanding women in attendance, Snoke was taken aback by the nomination. Snoke recounted that when Jeanne Hearn from Aspire called her, she assumed that it was to scold her to turn in her time sheets, â&#x20AC;&#x153;So I was a little caught off guard. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even know that I was nominated for it.â&#x20AC;?

The Outstanding Women of N.H. Award Ceremony commemorates Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s History Month, a national celebration which, according to the Library of Congress website, dates back to 1981. Originally just a week-long event called Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s History Week, we now take the full month of March to celebrate and honor the women in our society.

Kahn introduced Yvonne Goldsberry, the winner for the Monadnock region and her nominator Dottie Morris. Goldsberryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second nominator, Dr. Meg Henning, was also not able to attend.

Goldsberry was recently promoted to vice president of population health at Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene after years of service as their senior director of community health. According to Kahn, who works with Goldsberry, the award winner is at the â&#x20AC;&#x153;cutting edgeâ&#x20AC;? of health advocacy population care and regularly contributes to KSCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Health Science program. At Cheshire Medical Center, Goldsberry has worked tirelessly with various organizations to design and implement programs for public health in the Monadnock region.

Goldsberry was surprised and thankful for the nomination. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a rich tradition,â&#x20AC;?

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Lastly, Kahn introduced the faculty award

noted the importance of. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thank the gods and the goddesses that there wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Facebook when [Professor] Mike Welsh and I were in college,â&#x20AC;? Vilmain joked.

She said that even though content you delete from your Facebook isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really ever gone for good, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still a good idea to clean it up as best and as soon as possible.

She said that when hiring staffers on campaigns, content on social networking sites is the number one reason sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s turned down applicants.

She also stressed the impor-

10:31  p.m.  Monadnock  Hall:  Odor  investigation.  Saturday,  March  30 1:07  a.m.  Pondside  II:  RA  witnessed  student  place  beers  in  backpack.

Sunday,  March  3  2:32  a.m.  Carle  Hall:  RA  requesting  officerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  assistance.

2:41  p.m.  Trestle:  People  seen  under  trestle.  5:55  p.m.  Winchester  Lot:  Possession  of  drugs. Â

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Political organizer and consultant Teresa Vilmain advises students intending to run for office to join the political party of their interest and practice fundraising.

KARINA BARRIGA ALBRING / NEWS EDITOR

Deena Snoke (top right), KSC biology senior and mother during the award ceremony held in the Mabel Brown Room on Wednesday, March 27. Dr. Jay Kahn (bottom left) introduced the award winners. Trinidad Tellez (bottom right), director of the Office of Minority Health and Women services, was recognized with the state award.

winner, biology professor Loren Launen. Her nominators, Susan Whittemore and Dr. Kristen Porter-Utley, joined her onstage.

Porter-Utley spoke to Launenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s amazing career as an educator and a woman of science saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;In addition to collaborating with other women scientists across the country youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been an outstanding teacher and mentor, communicating to students the knowledge as well as a sense of curiosity, awe, and mystery necessary to pursue the study of nature.â&#x20AC;? Launen has taught a wide range of engaging science courses at Keene State College, developed a very successful undergraduate program, and dedicates much of her time to the college campus.

Launen spoke highly of the mentors she has had in her past saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;So I see it now as my responsibility to try to be the force that pushes a little bit. Sometimes that can be

strong encouragement, sometimes it can be gentle encouragement, and sometimes it can be just a helping hand.â&#x20AC;?

Entertainment for the night was provide

by Keene State Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own a capella group, Chock Full of Notes, playing both before and after the presentation of awards. The night was capped by a short reception.

Those in attendance spoke highly of the ceremony. Cheryl Khan said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought it was very nice. I was very impressed with the women who were honored.â&#x20AC;?

Dottie Morris echoed this sentiment, â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was easy for it to be good because these were four amazing women with a lot of wonderful inspirational stories.â&#x20AC;?

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

â&#x20AC;&#x153;They [journalists] are not the enemy. They learn from you and you learn from them.â&#x20AC;?

-­TERESA VILMAIN POLITICAL STRATEGIST

tance of networking and keeping and contacts and decide if they an up-to-date rolodex or address want to be a legislator or execubook. She insisted students not rely tive--in other words, if they want to on informal cell phone contacts make the policy or run the policy. that arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t backed up in any other She also suggested the students location. She said she has 3,127 help raise money for some type of people in her online rolodex with organization on campus or at home names, addresses, email addresses, in order to learn how to and get as many phones as she can get for used to asking for money, because them, as well as most of their birth- ´QLQH WLPHV RXW RI WHQ WKHVH RIĂ&#x20AC;FHV days. are places where you have to raise 9LOPDLQ VDLG ´7R UXQ IRU RIĂ&#x20AC;FH money,â&#x20AC;? she said. youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to have a village.â&#x20AC;? She One campaign strategy that the said one of the reasons President students didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think of, but VilClinton was elected was because, main made note of, was the imporâ&#x20AC;&#x153;There wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a name in that guyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tance of staying healthy. life that he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t put someplace.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exhausting running for She said networking is key in order RIĂ&#x20AC;FH Âľ 9LOPDLQ VDLG ´7KH ZRUN to successfully build a group of vol- we do is important but not more unteers, staff and donors. important than we are. A big thing Vilmain suggested students to do to prepare yourself to run for interested in running for any type RIĂ&#x20AC;FH LV WR WDNH FDUH RI \RXUVHOI Âľ RI RIĂ&#x20AC;FH DW DQ\ SRLQW LQ WKHLU OLYHV She referenced former President start building a quality resume.

Clintonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s complete dietary turnIn addition, she suggested those around that he underwent after interested to contact their chosen suffering a heart attack. political party to get involved in She said itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s now not uncomlocal events, read the newspaper or mon for candidates to have time set stay up to date on current events in aside on the campaign trail for their some way, inform their family and workouts. friends of their interest in possibly Vilmain emphasized the imporUXQQLQJ IRU RIĂ&#x20AC;FH SD\ WKHLU WD[HV tance of getting to know the press. vote.

She said there are three degrees Also amongst her suggestions of separation from anyone and a were to volunteer for a campaign reporter, which she noted no longer or organization to gain experience just means formal journalists, but

bloggers and other publishers of media digital as well. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not the enemy ... they learn from you and you learn from them,â&#x20AC;? Vilman said.

Political science major Jake Loyd, who is considering a career in public service, said he was already doing a lot of the things Vilmain suggested, but her presentation reinforced some good strategies, like keeping a good rolodex.

Senior Chelsea Bachand, who dreams of eventually working with the United Nations, said the presentation made her realize the importance of getting to know her community and now plans to get more involved in local politics.

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You guys can do it.â&#x20AC;?

Eric Walker can be contacted at ewalker@keene-equinox.com

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whomever she wants to marry.â&#x20AC;?

Congress passed DOMA in 1996, and former president Bill Clinton signed it into law. The law consists of two main functions.

Firstly, Section III, which prohibits the federal government from recognizing any marriages between gay or lesbian couples, even if the couples are considered legally married by their home state. The second main function of DOMA is that individual states do not legally have to acknowledge the relationships of gay and lesbian couples who were married in another state.

States that recognize same-sex marriage include Connecticut, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont and Washingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;as well as the District of Columbia. Those nine states represent 15.7 percent of the American population.

6X]H 2UPDQ D SHUVRQDO Ă&#x20AC;QDQFLDO JXUX and author, told MSNBC if DOMA is overturned, she may move from Florida, which doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t permit gay marriage, to a state that does.

As a result of legal arguments before the Supreme Court on March 27, it was found that the liberal justices leaned towards overturning the law while the conservative half found no reason to change the law, according to an article from the Chicago Tribune on March 27.

In a press release from the Supreme Court on Tuesday, Congresswoman Ann Kuster stated, â&#x20AC;&#x153;LGBT Americans deserve equal treatment under the law â&#x20AC;&#x201C; period,â&#x20AC;?

Kuster said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every day that DOMA remains the law of the land is another day that committed same-sex couples are denied access WR WKH EHQHĂ&#x20AC;WV DOO RWKHU PDUULHG FRXSOHV enjoy. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s long past time to strike down this unconstitutional law, and I hope thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what the Supreme Court will do later this year.â&#x20AC;?

Kuster, a strong believer in equal marriage rights, also played a part during the February Supreme Court case â&#x20AC;&#x153;the U.S. v. Edith Schlain Windsor,â&#x20AC;? a legal challenge to DOMA. According to an ABC News Washington Post News Poll conducted in March this

STUDENT ASSEMBLY

SAC budget appeal request denied KARINA BARRIGA ALBRING

NEWS EDITOR Student Assembly approved a budget of $198,150 for next year for the Social Activity Council, the same amount SAC received for the current year.

SAC requested $209,850, which included $150,000 for professional services.

The approved budget includes $1,000 for attending conferences. The organization originally requested $3,000.

SAC event coordinator Ryan Mahan stated that it is crucial for SAC E-board members to attend the NACA (National Association for Campus Activities) conference, â&#x20AC;&#x153;because there ZH Ă&#x20AC;QG PRVW RI WKH SHUIRUPHUV that come to the college, we can negotiate and try to bring the best to the campus.â&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; The assembly approved a bill that would modify the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s constitution requiring students to have eight credits to run for position in Student Assembly. Currently, students need one credit. The bill would also change the title of the assemblyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chair to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Assembly Speakerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

In order to be approved, the bill will have to be supported at least by three thirds of the student body.

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

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Keene community members Lola Bobrowski and Natalie Quevedo, participate in a nation-wide rally to encourage the Supreme Court to overturn DOMA and make marriage equality a reality for the LGBT community.

year, researchers found that the support for marriage equality topped an all-time high at 58 percent, leaving the remaining 42 percent against or unsure about the issue.

But among that 42 percent, in a BuzzFeed. com post on March 26, journalist Matt Stopera asked 20 young adults anonymously at a Nation for Marriage rally â&#x20AC;&#x153;why they are supporting traditional marriage.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;God says honor your mother and father not your mother and mother or your father and father,â&#x20AC;? one young adult female stated. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Marriage is a child-centered institution not an adult centered one,â&#x20AC;? another rally attendee explained. However, last month, the American Academy of Pediat-

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because they did not feel welcome on campus. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know a lot of people who are bullied or hear racist comments in the DC [Dining Commons],â&#x20AC;? sophomore protester Emily Yepez said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of students are here on multiculturalism scholarships.â&#x20AC;?

Another trend among many of the protesters was that some were at KSC with the help of a scholarship that is now going to be

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Students express corcern regarding funding for the Multicultural Office.

rics, explained â&#x20AC;&#x153;that allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry is in the best interests of children. When critics worry this will lead to more adoptions by gay couples, they ignore that the alternative often is for these children to suffer in orphanages or in a Ă DZHG IRVWHU FDUH V\VWHP Âľ According to a March 31 article from Newsday, Chief Justice John Roberts said SURSRQHQWV ZHUH VKRZLQJ Ă DZV ZLWK WKHLU dual claims that children of same-sex marriages do as well as others and that legal recognition is vital for these children.

Among the crowd that stood outside the Supreme Court on March 27 stood Westboro Baptist Church â&#x20AC;&#x153;ring-leaderâ&#x20AC;? and founder of

cut, and therefore result in more money these students need to come up with to afford their tuition. But many donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think they can continue to attend KSC if their scholarship is taken away next year.

In Vallejoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s case, she said the school told her that she would not be able to receive her multiculturalism scholarship next year and would therefore need to apply for an independent loan outside of the school. What many people may not know is that if a student is not at least 24 years of age, they cannot apply for, or receive an independent loan without a parent or cosigner of legal age. For students who may not even have a cosigner to help them receive the loan, they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how they can continue to pay for undergraduate school, and this included several students participating in the protest.

Students like Vallejo who are bi-racial help encourage diversity and multiculturalism on campus, especially on a campus that, as Vallejo put it, consists of primarily white individuals. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t understand how important it is to have different backgrounds coming to the school with such a primarily white campus,â&#x20AC;? Vallejo said.

The silent protest was also partially a reacWLRQ WR WKH UHFHQW QHZV WKDW WKH RIĂ&#x20AC;FH¡V RQO\ full-time staff member who works with students daily, Colber Prosper, is resigning.

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the church, Fred Phelps Jr. according to an DUWLFOH IURP +XIĂ&#x20AC;QJWRQ 3RVW 7KH FKXUFK known for its preachings against homosexuality and strict rules didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget to show off their signs, all inscribed with discriminating words against marriage equality. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Any Bible believers who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t show up when this is going on, they might as well get lockjaw and stay home,â&#x20AC;? Phelps told the +XIĂ&#x20AC;QJWRQ 3RVW While the debate of DOMA heats up in the Supreme Court, in Keene State College, some students and faculty members of the student organization KSC Pride have mixed feeling towards the acceptance and support the campus has towards LGBT groups.

During a TED talk about gay rights in the Night Owl Cafe in February, Pride Vice President junior Julia Rasku said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel better about myself because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had this community to support me in my own growth.â&#x20AC;?

On the other hand, Pride member and Residential Director Aaron Escobedo said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even though KSC has a great amount of acceptance, I hear a lot of really negative language in my residence halls and across campus. I think we have a lot of work to do.â&#x20AC;?

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RIĂ&#x20AC;FH¡V SUHVLGHQW WUHDVXUHU DQG VHFUHWDU\ DOO in one.â&#x20AC;? $FFRUGLQJ WR WKH &KLHI 2IĂ&#x20AC;FHU IRU 0XOWLculturalism and Diversity Dottie Morris, she knows that students are asking for more supSRUW E\ PHDQV RI PRUH SHRSOH LQ WKH RIĂ&#x20AC;FH She said that Prosperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s position, which is the FRRUGLQDWRU RI WKH PXOWLFXOWXUDO RIĂ&#x20AC;FH ZDV created two years ago. ´&ROEHU LV WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW SHUVRQ WR EH WKHUH IXOO -­JESSICA PIERRE time. Before, there was only a half-time KSC SOPHOMORE person,â&#x20AC;? Morris added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;By having him full time, it became a 100 percent increase in the number of hours that people were available.â&#x20AC;? students just before spring break. The min6KH DOVR VDLG WKDW LQ UHJDUGV WR Ă&#x20AC;QDQFLDO utes from this meeting were made available VXSSRUW WKH RIĂ&#x20AC;FH UHFHLYHV VXSSRUW IURP to students, cabinet members, and provosts.

Then spring break happened and we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t many places on campus. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Part of what has happened is that every- have a meeting so I am unclear about why the thing is not centralized in the same place. students [protesting] say there hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been a For example, something that is done in Aca- response from the college,â&#x20AC;? Morris said.

She supports the students who organized demic Affairs that is related to Diversity, then the silent protest, and admits that maybe she that [support] comes from there,â&#x20AC;? Morris said. has not communicated well with these indiâ&#x20AC;&#x153;There are programs being put on by other viduals. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are so many initiatives that departments to contribute to awareness and have been put on, and they are not only localsupport diversity.â&#x20AC;? ized in one place. If there is something that we Although she agrees that more funding have done wrong itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not communicating well would be amazing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are people on campus that are working diligently to ensure all the things that are going on,â&#x20AC;? Morris said. that that happens. Everyone from Advance- â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have to take responsibility for not putting ment, Finance and Planning are working to that out there enough for students to know raise money,â&#x20AC;? Morris said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just yesterday everything that is being done.â&#x20AC;?

[March 28] we received a small scholarship Lindsey Arceci can be contacted for Diversity.â&#x20AC;? at larceci@keene-equinox.com Morris agreed with students who said concerned students and staff have met with Karina Barriga Albring can be contacted at DGPLQLVWUDWLRQ DERXW WKH EXGJHW DQG RIĂ&#x20AC;FH kbarriga@keene-equinox.com â&#x20AC;&#x153;We met with Vice President for Student affairs, Andy Robinson, myself and some

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have realized that a lot of other organizations receive more money [OHU [OPZ VMĂ&#x201E;JL HUK ^L help a lot of students. â&#x20AC;?

inal contempt.

According to the Student Handbook, the incident in Randall Hall would constitute a physical assault, GHĂ&#x20AC;QHG E\ WKH FROOHJH ZHEVLWH as, â&#x20AC;&#x153;actual or attempted physically EHDWLQJ DQRWKHU DQG RU LQĂ LFWing any menacing touch to his/her person or clothes.â&#x20AC;?

When asked about cases in which a student has been injured by an another student, Carley expressed, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every situation is difIHUHQW :H FDQQRW GLVFXVV VSHFLĂ&#x20AC;FV Âľ Carley added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;When there is a physical altercation or any type of assault, depending on the information that we have about the ince-

dent, the actions taken can go all the way from provocation, suspension, expulsion.â&#x20AC;?

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Silent voices speak volumes on campus

A group of students have found themselves once again in a place where they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s support. As discussions begin among students and administration, the classic question is raised: are the students right or is the administration?

A group of about 30 students lined the doors to the Mabel Brown Room last Friday to conduct a silent protest because they felt that WKH 2IĂ&#x20AC;FH RI 0XOWLFXOWXUDOLVP DQG 'LYHUVLW\ ZDV QRW UHFHLYLQJ HQRXJK Ă&#x20AC;QDQFLDO VXSSRUW IURP WKH VFKRRO DV ZHOO DV VXSSRUW LQ WKH IRUP RI ERGLHV DYDLODEOH LQ WKH RIĂ&#x20AC;FH GDLO\ IRU VWXGHQWV ZKR QHHG a friend.

Every student had their own personal story that led them to the protest. Some students worried they would not be able to return to KSC for the next academic year because their multiculturalism scholarship was not being renewed. Many were also upset that their only faculty member, Colber Prosper, is leaving on April $OWKRXJK WKH\ DOO SUDLVHG 3URVSHU¡V ZRUN ZLWK WKH RIĂ&#x20AC;FH WKH\ worry what the school will do when he leaves.

On the side of the administration and staff, they feel that perKDSV WKH ZRUN RWKHU GHSDUWPHQWV DUH GRLQJ WR KHOS WKLV RIĂ&#x20AC;FH KDYH QRW EHHQ YRFDOL]HG FOHDUO\ RU HQRXJK 'RWWLH 0RUULV WKH FKLHI RIĂ&#x20AC;FHU RI WKH RIĂ&#x20AC;FH RI PXOWLFXOWXUDOLVP DQG GLYHUVLW\ DGPLWV WKDW VRPH of the blame may be on her for not communicating enough with the concerned students. But thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more to the story than one person not communicating enough. There is the issue of all these students whose scholarships have been â&#x20AC;&#x153;cutâ&#x20AC;? to their knowledge or will not be renewed.

In speaking with the Vice President of Finance and Planning, Karen House, for a follow-up story in next weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s issue of The Equinox, she voiced that perhaps several of these students who no longer have their scholarships could not meet academic requirements or violated other conditions that these scholarships may have. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very hard to believe that all of these students couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make a 2.5 or a 3.0 GPA requirement, and therefore lost their scholarship. Especially only students who are all associated with the VDPH RIĂ&#x20AC;FH The Equinoxâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s advice for these struggling students is to go to Ă&#x20AC;QDQFLDO DLG DQG VSHDN ZLWK \RXU SHUVRQDO Ă&#x20AC;QDQFH DGYLVHU DQG VHH ZKDW \RX FDQ Ă&#x20AC;QG RXW $VN RSHQ HQGHG TXHVWLRQV +RXVH suggested, and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel bad if you have to keep saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t XQGHUVWDQG Âľ ,I \RXU Ă&#x20AC;QDQFLDO VWUXJJOH GRHVQ¡W VHHP WR IDOO LQWR WKLV category, then keep asking. The Equinox is working diligently to investigate where this problem is coming from and why this boomLQJ RIĂ&#x20AC;FH FDQ¡W VHHP WR JHW WKH DGHTXDWH Ă&#x20AC;QDQFLDO VXSSRUW As many seniors will agree, the diversity on this campus has STAFF COMMENTARY JURZQ VLJQLĂ&#x20AC;FDQWO\ LQ WKH ODVW IRXU \HDUV ,W¡V YHU\ QRWLFHDEOH 6R LI the college is succeeding in enrolling more students with diverse backgrounds, was the school perhaps not ready for the great increase in diverse students wanting to apply? One thingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for sure, There are many different trends in every gendiversity is increasing, and no one can push the issue aside any- eration, whether it be style, diet crazes, or decor. more. We all must work together to understand each otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s needs But drugs also fall into that category.

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pot smoke. The â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;80s saw a drug â&#x20AC;&#x153;panic,â&#x20AC;? where crack cocaine was the subject of public concern.

Around 1995, American teens and young adults began to experiment with heroin, crystal meth, and other â&#x20AC;&#x153;club drugs.â&#x20AC;? This doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean that all these drugs were fairly new; the use of these drugs just became a lot more mainstream.

Then walks in rapper Lilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Wayne, sipping on his beloved cough syrup, better known as ´VL]]XUS Âľ 6XUHO\ KH ZDVQ¡W WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW UDSSHU WR abuse the drug, but his addiction to the substance became notorious. It was almost amusing as it was more than evident that he was under WKH LQĂ XHQFH ZKHQ KH UHFRUGHG KLV PXVLF +LV slurred rhymes and raunchy verses are autotuned to the point where itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s incomprehensible at times. In other words, he sounds like an absolute idiot.

His very public â&#x20AC;&#x153;purple drankâ&#x20AC;? use (the styrofoam cups seen in his music videos) opened a whole new door to the drug world. The proclamations of love for his drug-of-choice are laced throughout his lyrics, with lines like â&#x20AC;&#x153;I smoke a lot of weed, and drink a whole bunch of syrupâ&#x20AC;?

and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m on that lala, twist it up // Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m on that syrup, slow it down.â&#x20AC;? But wait, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my personal favorite: a whole song dedicated to drugs dubbed â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pill Poppin Animalâ&#x20AC;?: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a pill poppinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; animal, syrup sippinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; [expletive] // Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m so high you couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t reach me with a [expletive] antenna.â&#x20AC;?

Lilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Wayneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s indifferent approach to cough syrup was something his younger fans laughed about earlier in his career. Building up to his Tha Carter III release, he was the â&#x20AC;&#x153;itâ&#x20AC;? rapper, better yet â&#x20AC;&#x153;the best rapper aliveâ&#x20AC;? as he self-proclaimed.

With his popularity and celeb status, his fans seemed to be a lot more interested in what he had been taking as well. Forget weed, coke, or any of that; sizzurpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where it was at.

It became cooler (for lack of better term) to reference cough syrup, or casually talk about it as if it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a serious drug at all. It was just his baby bottle that made him come up with the most ridiculous musings. But it actually does a lot more.

According to www.overthecounterdrugaddiction.com, the most common ingredient in modern cough syrup is Dextromethorphan, or DXM. When taken in the recommended dosage, it is safe and suppresses the cough. However in high dosages, it can produce euphoric highs and hallucinations, giving the user an out-of-body,

dream-like experience. Mixed with other depressants, it can cause a potentially fatal reaction.

Long term effects, aside from addiction (Lilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Wayne is way beyond that point), include problems urinating, short term memory loss, confuVLRQ DQG GLIĂ&#x20AC;FXOW\ FRQFHQWUDWLQJ , ZRXOG PXFK rather listen to him rap about these problems than about his sizzurp intake, but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just me.

In any case, all of that caught up to him after he went on a purple drank binge recently. On March 12, he was rushed to the hospital after having multiple severe seizures. However, he told The Rolling Stone that epilepsy was to blame (obviously).

In essence, my point is this: no matter how someone carries themselves, an addiction is an addiction, and drugs are drugs. It is a serious matter that shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be scoffed at or played off as a joke. Lilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Wayne may be worth millions, but what good are all those millions when you beat your health to a pulp by drinking dope all the time? No matter who you are, you are not an exception to any consequences of your actions.

Get your act together Weezy F., or your next hospital visit will be your last.

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

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Student policies shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be hard to understand Recently I have been asked the question what am I going to do to leave a lasting legacy on this campus. This really stuck with me because I feel that something that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve helped create could turn into something detrimental. .HHQH 6WDWH &ROOHJH LPSOHPHQWHG LWV Ă&#x20AC;UVW version of a Good Samaritan Policy this January, although it just came out in the handbook about a month ago. For those who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what a Good Samaritan Policy is, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a policy that would forgive those using drugs or drinking underage if they seek help during a medical emergency for an overdose. This policy is crucial because there have been too many stories about people hiding a friendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s overdose because they are afraid of getting in trouble.

To me it seems like common sense. We shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t focus on punishing kids in an overdose. We should just make sure they get the help they need. But some people are still against believing that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sending the wrong message that kids can do drugs anytime. Last year, KSCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Students for Sensible Drug Policy put in a lot of effort to get it passed. First, as my job, I wrote out a policy for KSC after looking at the pros and cons of other schools policies to make a hybrid of our own.

The group approved it and we started to a petition to get it gain support on campus.

The SSDP president at the time, Jake Russell, brought the policy to the Student Assembly and they approved it to be looked at by the chair board and the dean. Some administrators were very supportive of the policy.

Others were skeptical. After meeting with WKH FDPSXV KHDOWK JURXSV Ă HVKLQJ RXW some details, we brought the policy to the dean and the board at the end of the year.

They were wary about some of the details, but ultimately it got approved.

While most people would break out the champagne, there are still a lot of problems with the policy, which was added by WKH KHDOWK RIĂ&#x20AC;FH DIWHU WKH\ WRRN LW :KHQ we met with a health administrator, Gail Zimmerman, my colleague, and I were told that while the language of the policy was changed the spirit remained the same. I respectfully disagree.

One problem of the policy is the language in some sections. There are sentences that do make it clear that there would be a limit for the victim of an overdose, if a student habitually uses the policy. But the original draft said there would be no limit on the caller of an medical emergency. For example, if a kid has been drinking underage and he calls for help with one of his buddies, then he does the same thing next week XQGHU WKH LQĂ XHQFH RI PDULMXDQD WKHQ WKHUH would be no limits on that student calling

because that student is doing what he or sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s supposed to. We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want college kids to have to think, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gee, I already called for help one time. If I do it again Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be on college probation.â&#x20AC;?

The sentence that addresses this follows, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Students should always seek medical attention in a drug or alcohol related emergency.

However, students who have repeated violations over the course of a year could face disciplinary action.â&#x20AC;?

Nowhere is there a mention that the caller for an emergency would have no limits. One can either assume that there are limits for the number of times a student can call for help or that the language of the

the concern for federal funding. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Changing drug and alcohol policies on campus has never affected federal funding to institutes of higher education,â&#x20AC;? the report states. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In fact, according to the U.S.Department of Education documentation provided to SSDP on May 2, 2012, no college or university participating in the Federal Student Aid programs has ever lost Title IV eligibility as a result of noncompliance with the DFSCA.â&#x20AC;?

The policy, lastly, also seems to stress the punitive aspect of the policy. KPD is mentioned at least three times in the policy, when stating the issue of paraphernalia.

While students should know that there will be KPD involvement in certain situations, this could also scare kids away from using the policy. After all the whole point is to not be afraid to ask for help.

Take a look at Harvard Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Good Samaritan Policy. The policy, which is about a paragraph long, states that a student can bring another student to the health RIĂ&#x20AC;FH LQ D GUXJ RU DOFRKRO UHODWHG HPHUgency any time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Any student may bring an intoxicated or drug-impaired friend to Harvard University Health Services or to a hospital, or seek assistance from College residential life staff or HUPD, and by doing this, neither they nor the friend will face disciplinary action from the College for having used or provided alcohol or drugs,â&#x20AC;? Harvardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s policy states.

While there is mention of possible disciplinary actions concerning student groups, there is no mention of police presence in their policy at all. Again there are some things that go beyond the college, which is why a state-level Good Samaritan Policy needs to be fought for in order to gain a change on campus. And I will give credit to those who took the time to make this happen and the administrators who supported it.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s better that we have one than not.

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY: EMILY FEDORKO / PHOTO EDITOR But at the same time, in my opinion, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in need of some reform. The language of will it be determined if people are selling? the policy seems draconian and has factors What if there is a plastic bag at the scene of in the policy that could inhibit students to an overdose and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s considered to be under make that call. this umbrella? Or what if there are plastic This is not and shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be used as an bags that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have anything to do with excuse to not call for help. Good Samaritan the overdose. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going a little far but then Policy or not if my friend is dying Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m calling again, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a situation that can happen.

When we proposed the original policy, for help. This is a call for students to orgawe asked that the campus cover para- QL]H DQG Ă&#x20AC;[ WKH SUREOHPV ,¡YH DGGUHVVHG phernalia under the policy. They said they This is a challenge to administrators and couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s illegal and they would students to rise up and make KSCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Good lose federal funding. But no one had ever Samaritan Policy more passionate than lost federal funding to having their own punitive.

policy is not clear. Either way it has potential to be an obstacle for help.

Students should also be aware that any controlled substances, meaning illegal drugs, will result in Keene Police Department involvement. There is no mention of this in the Good Samaritan Law. The policy will grant immunity for possession of a controlled substance but for personal use only.

Any items to indicate any distribution, such as plastic bags, scales or anything else will GHĂ&#x20AC;QLWHO\ UHVXOW LQ LQ .3' LQYROYHPHQW DQG discipline from the college.

There are a few problems I have with it. Good Samaritan Policy. The National StuSure, a Good Samaritan Policy doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t and dent for Sensible Drug Policy, not the one shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t condone selling drugs. But how at Keene, put together a report to address

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

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If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not graduating thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s She didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ask for it, you forced it upon her still time to leave your mark

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yes means yes; no means no.â&#x20AC;? In the same way I instruct my \RXQJ VWXGHQWV LQ WKH Ă&#x20AC;HOG RI HDUO\ FKLOGKRRG WR ´XVH \RXU ZRUGV Âľ our generation needs a reminder that asking for a desired item rather than forcefully stealing is basic human respect.

Sex follows the same rules. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She asked for it,â&#x20AC;? referring to fashion choices a woman makes, is not a valid reason for justifying rape or sexual violence.

Women, just like men, have the right to basic human dignity that does not go away if she wears clothes that are revealing. Fashion does not excuse a rapist, nor does it undermine her right to freely walk down a public street. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So what about Slutwalk?â&#x20AC;? ask my eager new recruits to the blossoming Feminist Collective during our weekly rants. Slutwalks are a response to a rape incident in Toronto in which a SROLFH RIĂ&#x20AC;FHU DFFXVHG D ZRPDQ RI ´DVNLQJ IRU UDSHÂľ E\ GUHVVLQJ provocatively.

Slutwalks proclaim that women everywhere deserve to not be raped, regardless of their clothing. And to drive this point home, participants dress like â&#x20AC;&#x153;slutsâ&#x20AC;? (interpret the word as you feel comfortable) to express that all women should be free of discrimination even if they dress â&#x20AC;&#x153;slutty.â&#x20AC;?

Take a breath, girls.

I too have been skeptical of this argument for some time. Being the president of FemCo and an outspoken advocate for womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rights on campus, I fumble at the debate between women having the freedom to dress as they please and the jeopardizing risk this poses as a potential target of sexual harassment.

The loud and proud feminist I am, I want to say, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yes, dress how you want! Reclaim â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;slutâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;! Burn yoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; bra while weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re at it!â&#x20AC;? This is an opportunity to make a statement. Rape is unacceptable.

Women are their own decision-making agents who can decide independently to engage in sex or walk away. Men of any caliber should respect this.

But my gut reaction is to shut it down, walk away and pretend we never had this conversation. Personally, I want no part in the politics surrounding sexual assault, especially in a hostile rape culture following the infamous Steubenville trial.

Part of me believes that if girls didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t dress for male attention, we would go to the bar in sweats. Or in the same thought, if dressing a certain way was irrelevant to the respect we deserve, then why dress any differently for a job interview or brunch at your grandmotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s house?

Obviously fashion matters to a certain degree and invites a certain reaction from those we meet. Rape, however, is never an invited reaction.

However, something in my own mind questions the validity of my feminist rants supporting liberation of womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sexuality on a Friday night out. I myself have been on both sides of this argument. , KDYH EHHQ NQRZQ WR UDLVH DQ H\HEURZ DW \RXQJ ZRPHQ Ă DXQWing their bodies on Halloween and have my own nicknames for the parade of biddies that stampedes down Elliot Street on Thurs-

day nights.

On the other hand, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been among a crowd of girls rocking out on the weekend, dressing in things that my mother would never approve of. But this behavior and attire doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t change me--or my rights.

The things I wear donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take away from my knowledge as a feminist scholar, my dignity as a human being or my autonomy as an independent person who can make decisions for myself. I still get to choose whether or not I want to have sex that night.

I get it. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to respect the rights of women who choose to dress in a way that draws all attention to their boobs.

But the reality is that women have this choice in the same way they have the choice to run for president, become an engineer or postpone pregnancy. It is her choice to behave in whatever manner she decides. The bottom line is that she still must consent to sex. Anything other than this is a violation of her rights as a human being.

In fact this entire conversation is just another way to dismiss men from their active part in the rapes that happen to women. I know beautiful, intelligent, and completely kick-ass women who have been victims of rape. I can only imagine the pain of undergoing this type of trauma.

But what makes the pain worse for these women? Being told she deserved this attack by â&#x20AC;&#x153;asking for itâ&#x20AC;? through her choice of attire.

By doing this, we dismiss the heinous crime that has been committed and justify the perpetrators actions as acceptable. This is not only unconstructive and spiteful but detrimental to the woman.

This mentality of victim-blaming also harms future women who survive rape who now become afraid to speak out when they feel they may be dismissed and doubted.

So maybe like myself, you were a little confused at whom the media wanted us to feel badly for in Steubenville, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the woman who has been violated without her consent, not the football stars.

So yes, FemCo will be doing a Slutwalk in the fall to drive home the fact that women absolutely deserve the right to wear what they want and be protected from assault. Harassment and VH[XDO DVVDXOW DUH QHYHU ZHOFRPHG RU MXVWLĂ&#x20AC;HG EHFDXVH RI WKH wardrobe choices a woman makes.

A woman is a person with rights and needs to be afforded protection from sexual attacks whether she wears a mini skirt, a chastity belt or a bathrobe on a weekend night. Each choice is hers to make.

So remember, like I share with my students, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yes means yes; no means noâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;When in doubt, ask.â&#x20AC;?

Krista Sullivan can be contacted at ksullivan15@ksc.keene.edu

Four years is a short amount of time, but what is so amazing is how much someone can change in that time. The greatest gift you can receive in this country is a fouryear college education. American colleges are designed to foster character development. Not only do you grow intellectually, but you also gain life and social skills that stay with you.

Unfortunately, some of us reach the end of our college career with a better idea of how it should have been spent. I am no exception. I have just about a month left and I thought about the ways I could have made my experience here better--not to say I am unhappy with my time spent, but UHĂ HFWLRQ LV DOZD\V QDWXUDO Nothing is more enriching or satisfying than participating in campus organizations. I was one of the few starting members of the debate club. I have only been a part of the club for two years, and the transformation is awesome. It is great to be a part of something and watch it grow. We went from being a group of kids who talk about LVVXHV DPRQJ RXUVHOYHV LQ LWV Ă&#x20AC;UVW \HDU WR having debates held in the Mabel Brown Room in front of hundreds of people in its second year.

You cannot beat that experience. I am excited to hear about more of the debate clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s future accomplishments. Every student here should strive to leave his or her mark at this school. Whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s participation in student organizations or starting your own. I tried to start the wrestling club, but things sort of fell through, and I regret not having enough persistence. I threw my hands up after what I thought was a bunch of jumping through hoops to accomplish a seemingly simple initiative. Committing yourself to making this campus a little difIHUHQW IURP ZKHQ \RX Ă&#x20AC;UVW DUULYHG ZLOO SURduce rewarding feelings.

This next piece of advice might be met with some resistance, but attending class is something that can go a long way. As people acquire new knowledge, they change. I have changed so much in four years, just like most kids here. But my transformation was no accident. I have had some mindblowing experiences in some of my classes.

With enough learning, you will begin to adopt new world views that prompt a difference in your attitude and your actions.

The new things we learn give us a different lens to view the world through, and because of this we act differently. Skipping class is not only wasting your parentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; money but it is punishing yourself.

It is tough if you get a bad teacher, but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why it is important to ask your friends to suggest one they have had before or go to websites that rate teachers. I go to UDWHP\SURIHVVRU FRP QRW WR WU\ DQG Ă&#x20AC;QG easy classes, but because nothing is more of a shame then getting a teacher who does not spark an interest in the subject you are studying.

Next, I would have to say study abroad.

I have yet to meet someone at Keene who regrets studying away. Unless you plan on traveling for a living, you would be hard SUHVVHG WR Ă&#x20AC;QG D MRE WKDW ZLOO DOORZ \RX WR leave for three months and return.

Studying abroad through an institution is the most convenient and cheapest way to travel for long periods of time.

7KH *OREDO (GXFDWLRQ 2IĂ&#x20AC;FH KHUH DW .HHQH State College is one of the most commendable departments. They have added many different locations to study at in a short amount of time, and they are always so eager to help anyone who is even just considering the experience.

Finally, partying is fun; I often partake.

But partying can only do so much for you.

When you look back on your college career, there may be a few times where a party sticks out, like that awesome birthday party once, or that time you got two kegs for that Pumpkin Festival party, but other than that, most parties you wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t remember. They all blend together at some point.

It will be winning that intramural basketball championship, or that club conference in Chicago, all expenses paid, or having that research project submitted into an academic journal as the things you remember. Just remember that.

Ben Horowitz can be contacted at bhorowitz@keene-equinox.com

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Regardless of the time of year the people that are drinkLQJ GXULQJ WKH GD\ DUH SUREDEO\ JRLQJ WR KDYH D VPLOH RQ WKHLU IDFH Âľ 0RUULV VDLG ´, OLNH GD\ GULQNLQJ EHFDXVH \RX¡UH not forced to go out at night ZKHQ \RX FDQ VHH DQ\ERG\ OLNH during the day you can see who \RX¡UH WDONLQJ WR \RX¡UH DFWXally awake and not completely XQGHU WKH LQĂ XHQFH Âľ 3OLIND echoed Morris and simply said, ´'D\ GULQNLQJ LV WKH EHVW NLQG RI GULQNLQJ Âľ As the weather warms up and people spend more time outside with friends, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s whole new type of partying on WKH VFHQH $QG LW¡V QRW JRLQJ WR NHHS \RX XS DOO QLJKW Morgan Markley can be contacted at nmmarkley@keene-equinox.com

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she decided to apply.

Wamsley explained, â&#x20AC;&#x153;During my transfer orientation I remember the speech that the student body president said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;This experience is what you make of it.

Go forth and grab every experience that you possibly can to make this experience be rewarding for you,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? she said.

Carley shifted gears and explained that campus damage is often due to drug or alcohol-related incidents. Carley said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Anywhere from probably a quarter to a half of the damage that happens on campus that you as students get charges for are from drug and/or alcohol abuse and that can range anywhere from $1530,000 [per year].â&#x20AC;? Carley continued and said there have been 644 conduct incidents that have happened in 2013 before spring break.

He explained these 644 incidents involved 1,013 students and 51 percent of these incidents involved alcohol abuse and 99 of them involved drug use.

Carley added that a total of nine students have been suspended from KSC in the 2013 school year from drug and alcohol abuse.

The eventâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s moderator, Professor Brian Kanouse, posed a further question about KSC as a party school.

Kanouse asked, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Is WKH LVVXH ZH¡UH Ă&#x20AC;QGLQJ strictly about the Keene State College students or also about the environment in Keene that invites a type of excessive behavior?â&#x20AC;? The Program Director of Cheshire Coalition

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Interim Coordinator of Student Conduct at KSC Jim Carley proposes to students the idea that Keene State College has a reputation for partying.

Students believe the college is no more outrageous than other colleges in terms of party habits.

for Tobacco Free Communities Kathleen McNally responded to Kanouse and stated, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The new principal at Keene High School came to Keene and found an alarming rate of incidents as a result of underage drinking and abusing medications and so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an issue not just for KSC but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s our communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s issue.â&#x20AC;?

According to the Director of KSC Counsel-

ing Center Brian Quigley, only six percent of students come into the counseling center to get help with alcohol related issues. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a culture that undeniably stigmatizes, devalues, shames and makes people feel horrible for the problem that they end up having for overusing drugs and alcohol,â&#x20AC;? Quigley continued, â&#x20AC;&#x153;If weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re only seeing six percent of stu-

dents come in for some help around drugs and alcohol, within our culture weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re making those people feel that they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t reach out and get help.â&#x20AC;?

There was only time to debate four of the Ă&#x20AC;YH FKRVHQ WRSLFV IRU the night and the teams ended up in a tie.

Megan Grenier can be contacted at mgrenier@keene-

not have to explain what gluten free means. People just know, as soon as you say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;gluten freeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; they ask if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re Coeliac.

No more questions about what it is and what you can and cannot eat. Easy. Most likely, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll just be told that they have a cousin or sibling et cetera, with Coeliac; and they may even offer a suggestion of somewhere to get the gluten free goods!

One product that makes being gluten free in college YHU\ GLIĂ&#x20AC;FXOW LV EHHU ,W¡V FKHDS LWV¡ DW HYHU\ SDUW\ DQG LW contains enough types of gluten to make any Celiac cry.

The Irish solution- hard cider. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been told by nonCeliacs that it tastes somewhere between champagne and beer, whatever that means. Bulmers is my go to in WKH SXE $QG KDYLQJ FHOHEUDWHG P\ WZHQW\ Ă&#x20AC;UVW ELUWKday just last week, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m ecstatic to hear that a few stores near me at home sell Bulmers (Magners in America).

So for all you of-age Keene State College Celiacs, give some cider a try if you havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t already and put Ireland on the vacation list; all this gluten free goodness, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like a dream!

â&#x20AC;&#x153;[No] Wheat, rye, barley and oatsâ&#x20AC;?- my repetitive answer explaining exactly what â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;gluten freeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; means.

Being a 21-year-old American Celiac, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had my fair share of questions about the disease, at home; people tend not to know what it is.

And in addition, having Celiac Disease at college is tough; the pizza, the beer and everything that seems cheap and yummy is almost always off limits. Even GLQLQJ KDOOV DUH D GLIĂ&#x20AC;FXOW IHDW )UR]HQ PHDOV DQG VDODG bars seem to be your only option in the land of DC. So how, everyone wanted to know, was I going to do it in Europe? Gluten free was surely going to be tough in Ireland.

Surprisingly, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so much easier! The gluten-free products not only span all types of food here, but are so delicious! (Is it bad to say I came back for the glutenfree bread?) Gluten-free pastas from Italy, breads baked fresh daily, recently I even found gluten free croissants!

1RW WR PHQWLRQ KDYLQJ D IXOO NLWFKHQ LQ P\ Ă DW KHOSV enormously.

Cooking all my meals fresh in the convenience of my own kitchen makes my life so much easier.

And of course, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t only turn to the yummy pastas and breads. Fresh fruits and vegetables are a celiac go-to, and in Limerick I am lucky enough to not only have a farmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s market in the city every Saturday, but one on campus every Tuesday as well.

The only down side: they have a different name for almost every vegetable than we do; who said English was the same language?

Mastering the new words, or being okay with being a little embarrassed just pointing to your vegetable of choice, is a must before your visit to the markets.

Only a celiac would understand the feeling you get when you go into a restaurant and are able to ask for a gluten-free menu.

Try seeing the words â&#x20AC;&#x153;Coeliac friendlyâ&#x20AC;? on almost every menu in town! Yes, they may spell it funny over here, but whatever way you spell it, if baked stuffed chicken and mash with gravy is gluten free, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll take it!

Turns out, Celiac Disease (or Coeliac Disease) is very ERIN STEINBRICK / CONTRIBUTED PHOTO common in Europe. In fact, Ireland is dubbed often as Erin Steinbrick is finding ways to eat and drink one of the countries of origin. But to me, an American gluten-free while in studying for a second time in Celiac living in the land of green, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a bit of a relief to Ireland.

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EQUINOX STAFF There has been a recent change in the dishware in the Zorn Dining Commons.

The ceramic green, blue, red, and yellow mugs have been replaced by clear mugs that hold the same amount of liquid as the old ones.

The reason why the dining commons staff made the choice to switch the mugs was because there were too many missing ceramic mugs.

According to the General Manager of the dining commons, Josef Quirinale, there were not enough ceramic mugs to last a meal for all the students who eat at the dining commons. Students have been taking the mugs home and are not bringing them back.

7KH Ă&#x20AC;UVW GD\ WKH QHZ PXJV were put out for use, 60 mugs were stolen which is the equivalent of $120.

According to Quirinale, the new mugs are meant to create a comfortable feeling in the dining commons.

The new mugs cost $2 for each mug rather than the old mugs, which cost $7 each.

By using the new mugs, the dining commons is saving people money. According to Quirinale, the amount of money spent to replace the stolen dishware from the dining commons accumulates to around $30,000 a year.

Quirinale said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The only problem is that food cost has escalated.â&#x20AC;?

He continued to say, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our [Sodexo employees] intention is just to save money for the students to put more money into the food we provide.â&#x20AC;?

Quirinale said that the money comes out of a food budget that the dining commons receives from the studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; meal plans. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need to make your money last through the year,â&#x20AC;?

Quirinale said. He continued to say that it is theft and the dining commons can bring the issue to the Judicial Board; â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want it [the dining commons] to be a save haven.â&#x20AC;?

The dining commons staff wants the students to have as much comfort in the facility as possible. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It makes our job much PRUH GLIĂ&#x20AC;FXOW EHFDXVH ZKDW we need to do is we need to Ă&#x20AC;JXUH RXW ZD\V WR PDNH WKH food budget stretch,â&#x20AC;? Quirinale said.

Carol Lepisto is an employee for Sodexo. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m discouraged by it [stealing the mugs] because theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re really nice mugs,â&#x20AC;? Lepisto said. Lepisto said she thinks the mugs are a good addition and the right choice for the dining commons.

Lepisto said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think it goes along with the nice presentation weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re [Sodexo employees] trying to do.â&#x20AC;?

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There have been numerous mugs found on the side of the street and in dumpsters around Keene, according to Quirinale. He said that he felt disappointed to see the studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; money be wasted in that way. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a challenge for us to provide food everyday when the people weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re providing for misuse the system,â&#x20AC;? Quirinale said.

One of the reasons the dining commons staff chose the mugs, according to Quirinale, is because they go well with the rest of the dishware.

Another thing they looked for was for the glass mugs to hold the same amount of liquid as the old ceramic mugs.

Senior Kellie Weber is not pleased at this event, but understands how it happened. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m honestly not surprised.

Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re prettier [than the old mugs] so people are going to steal them more,â&#x20AC;? Weber said.

She continued, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think they [dining commons employees] assume that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all students who steal the mugs, when itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really only a small percentage.â&#x20AC;?

Joey Warren, a sophomore at Keene State College, said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I guess it just shows that the DC shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get good mugs.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;It would be nice to be able to do things like Localvore and Global Chef and all those events more often,â&#x20AC;? Quirinale said.

According to Quirinale, one of the reasons that there has not been a sushi bar this year is because of spending the budget on other things and making sure that enough food is provided for the students.

The amount of money it took for the dining commons staff to replace the mugs reached close to $4,000, which equals three sushi events.

The old ceramic mugs are still being used, Quirinale said. They have been put in the faculty dining room and will also be used for special events.

The amount of replacement mugs purchased reached 28 dozen mugs, according to Quirinale. Even though the new mugs are $5 cheaper than the ceramic mugs, it still costs the dining commons a high amount of money to replace the dishware, Quirinale said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We [Sodexo employees] donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to be a policeman,â&#x20AC;?

Quirinale concluded.

Rebecca Marsh can be contacted at rmasrsh@keene-equinox.com

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COMMENTARY

New Orleans round two for KSC sophomore

CHELSEA PUZA / SOCIAL MEDIA DIRECTOR

Keene State College sophomore Laura Heavey, center, spends her spring break in New Orleans on a service trip. This is the second trip Heavey has made to New Orleands to clean up after Hurricane Katrina.

Keene State College sophomore says the south still needs help LAURA HEAVEY

CONTRIBUTING WRITER Although it has been a long seven years, thousands of people are still affected by Hurricane Katrina. Seeing hundreds of homes still boarded up and hearing how people are still displaced from their homes is tragic.

On hearing that I would be attending my second New Orleans Alternative Spring Break trip, many people questioned why I chose the same place.

Obviously it is great to experience other trips; howHYHU WKH LPSDFW WKDW P\ Ă&#x20AC;UVW WULS WR 1HZ 2UOHDQV had on me swayed me to experience it all over again. Although we followed the same guidelines, this trip was a completely different experience altogether. Not only did this group of volunteers assist in the rebuilding of Hurricane Katrina, but they also worked closely with Hurricane Isaac as well. In New Orleans, the Alternative Spring Break group worked with the organization called United Saints, D QRQ SURĂ&#x20AC;W RUJDQL]DWLRQ WKDW ZDV GHYHORSHG E\ Daryl Kiesow after he volunteered and truly saw the devastation Hurricane Katrina brought to New Orleans. Hannah-Mollie West, a sophomore at Keene State College, commented on the organization, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I could not have imagined working with another organization. From the moment that we got to the United Saints I felt welcomed. This is a group of people that is doing truly amazing work.â&#x20AC;?

With the United Saints, we traveled to La Place, La. to work with Eight Days of Hope. This organization worked to rebuild the community after Hurricane Isaac. Although there was some controversy on our culture beliefs, the Alternative Spring Break group was able to work alongside hard-working people to completely gut out a home and rebuild WKH URRI Ă RRUV DQG ZDOOV Working alongside people in the United Saints who have the same passion and focus as our group made the long work days easier and worth it. Don, DQ HOGHUO\ PDQ ZKR DW Ă&#x20AC;UVW ZDV TXLHW DQG IRFXVHG ended up showing his true colors on our night out.

He gave our group the guidance and patience we needed throughout the trip. A long-term volunteer, Twiggy, who understood our struggles of working with different types of people provided us with

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The thing I got most out of the trip was to appreciate the little things in life.â&#x20AC;?

-­BRITTANY BIANCHI KSC SENIOR

a level-head and subtle humor to make our days IXQFWLRQ D OLWWOH EHWWHU /DVW EXW GHĂ&#x20AC;QLWHO\ QRW OHDVW were the two long-term volunteers that we become quite close with over the week. Matt and Dave were very welcoming and, although they found us to be quite insane, were accepting of our large group of girls. Last year, the Alternative Spring Break group worked mainly on two projects all week. Half of the group primed and painted a home that was severely affected by the Hurricane. The owner faced losing her home because she could not keep up with government payments and reconstruction. The other half worked at a pre-school painting murals for the upcoming school year. Although having a steady work-week was nice, this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s craziness of workLQJ RQ VL[ GLIIHUHQW SURMHFWV ZDV GHĂ&#x20AC;QLWHO\ H[FLWLQJ Throughout the week the group worked with numerous homeowners, gardeners, and other organizations every day. One that stood out for me personally was working with a local farmer, Macon Fry, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Gardner Guy.â&#x20AC;? Upon quitting his job as a teacher, Fry decided to focus his life on something he loved to do: farming. He recently found out that the soil he was working with was destroyed by the previous nursery that occupied his land. Through massive amounts of insecticide and pesticides, the soilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s phosphorus level was destroying his crops.

Five of us worked with Fry digging deep in the soil to get rid of the poisonous dirt and replace it with the healthy dirt deep in the ground. Although it was the most strenuous work my arms have ever endured, it was a truly humbling work-day because I saw how much our work meant to him.

Everyone told Fry what he was doing was impossible and was not worth the work; however, KH Ă&#x20AC;QLVKHG KLV ZKROH IDUP LQ OHVV WKDQ WZR ZHHNV because of volunteers. It is that passion in the community that keeps volunteers focused and excited to work.

A favorite project of other volunteers was Miss Jessieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s house. Miss Jessieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home was primed and re-painted because of the damage done by Hurricane Katrina. Endless chatter and enthusiasm of Miss Jessie convinced the group to keep working throughout our last day on Friday, even though we had a 15 hour car ride ahead of us. West spoke highly of Miss Jessie , saying,â&#x20AC;&#x153;she was so grateful to have us all working at her house that she would sit outside with us while we were working all day, and she also made us lunch one day.â&#x20AC;?

Having worked as a painter last summer, West took over command and used us as her â&#x20AC;&#x153;minionsâ&#x20AC;? to complete much of the house. It is safe to say that every member on our trip was moved and touched by the week. Whether it is by shedding tears WKURXJK VSHHFKHV Ă&#x20AC;QDOO\ JHWWLQJ RXW RI RXU VKHOOV or sharing stories with homeowners, everyone on the trip was deeply affected by New Orleans. Brittany Bianchi, a senior at KSC, shared that â&#x20AC;&#x153;the thing I got most out of the trip was to appreciate the little things in life. Most of these people were, and still are, displaced from their homes. They cannot get back items and homes they lost but they can appreciate new things that come their way.â&#x20AC;? Hearing inspiring stories from complete strangers created a deep connection throughout the whole group.

Bianchi even spontaneously had a chance to use her major as a graphic designer to help out United Saints volunteer Dave on his girlfriendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s homework.

It was great to see KSC students use what they have learned in class to help out on both a small and large scale.

With a bright outlook on life, the 16 girls are coming back to Keene holding a life-changing experience on their backs. Although the NOLA ASB group worked with numerous types of people and organizations, we were able to realize the main focus of our trip was to help. And we did just that.

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Members of the KSC Debate Club Graham Ayres and Chris Marion participate in an event Monday, March 25. Students were faced with Keene State Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reputation of being a party school.

are about 120 student organizations on the KSC campus. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Each of those organizations KDYH Ă&#x20AC;YH VL[ VHYHQ >RU@ HLJKW OHDGHUVKLS SRVLWLRQV VR ULJKW WKHUH \RX¡YH JRW Ă&#x20AC;YH VL[ >RU@ VHYHQ KXQGUHG VWXGHQWV LQ OHDGHUVKLS roles,â&#x20AC;? Striffolino said.

Striffolino expalined that those students who do party and make their way back home and are loud, the neighbors around them will hear them being loud and make assumptions about all of our students; this

may be how we get the reputation as a party school. With over 23 events happening on FDPSXV ZLWKLQ WKH QH[W Ă&#x20AC;YH ZHHNV 6WULIIRlino added that there are alternatives to going to the bars and drinking. Striffolino said that the attendance at campus events has increased over the years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the things that we started this year that Jen Ferrell has been doing have been late night programs, VSHFLĂ&#x20AC;FDOO\ GHVLJQHG IRU SURJUDPV WKDW VWDUW at 10 or 11 oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;clock at night and go until one or

one-thirty in the morning,â&#x20AC;? Striffolino said, providing options for students who like to stay up late but prefer not to go out drinking.

Senior Caitlin Eddolls said she thinks KSC is no different than other schools and that any school can be viewed as a party school. Senior Elisha Wamsley said she grew up in Brattleboro, Vt. and didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t originally want to come to KSC because of its reputation as a party school, but a few years later

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SENIOR REPORTER Dartying: a springtime phenomenon taking over Keene State College, a combination of the words â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;partying.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; The winters in Keene are long DQG ZKHQ WKH VXQ Ă&#x20AC;QDOO\ DSSHDUV and the temperatures go up, students take advantage of the nice weather by partaking in day drinking.

According to Urban Dictionary, day drinking is, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The act of drinking on a patio between the hours of noon and 6 p.m., preferably on a Saturday or Sunday.â&#x20AC;?

KSC senior Andrew Morris said, ´>+H@ FROOHFWLYHO\ GD\ GULQN>V@ PRUH because the weatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nice so it PDNHV >KLP@ ZDQW WR EH RXWVLGH DQG KDQJ RXW ZLWK >KLV@ IULHQGV Âľ The avid dartying supporter continued, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why not start early so you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to stay up all night?â&#x20AC;?

According to the New York Times reporter Rosie Schaap, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Day drinking is subversive, and springtimeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;helpmate to idleness and leisureâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;has a way of making us want to play hooky.â&#x20AC;?

0RUULV FODULĂ&#x20AC;HG KH GRHVQ¡W VNLS his classes to day drink. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone usually plans their drinking around class so whether you have a class at six and you want to have a few beers in the afternoon or you just wait until youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re out of class,â&#x20AC;? he explained.

Keene Police Sergeant Christopher Simonds said he notices the increase of day drinkers when the weather gets warmer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With the nicer weather youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to see more of the student body out and about. Parties start a little bit earlier. Outside sporting activities and whatnot seem to kick

Interview season gets spring fever STEPHEN TRINKWALD

MEGAN GRENIER

After a busy week of classes, Keene State College students prefer to unwind on Thursday nights instead of stressing out about homeworkâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going out to party or staying in with friends.

The KSC Debate Club and select community members discussed on Monday, March 25, 2012 in the Mabel Brown Room the consequences of how some students choose to relax after a week of hard work.

The open forum held during the last hour of the event brought in six community members who shared their thoughts on drug and alcohol use at KSC and posed further questions for the debate team. Team one of the debate consisted of sophomore Ryan Scriviano and senior Benjamin Horowitz (an Equinox staff writer); team two consisted of sophomore Graham Ayres and Chris 0DULRQ (DJHU DWWHQGHHV Ă&#x20AC;OOHG WKH VHDWV DV it drew closer to the opening discussion.

Junior Ginny Chamberlin stated, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really excited about learning what they have to say because I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really relevant to today.â&#x20AC;?

Interim Coordinator of Student Conduct at KSC Jim Carley began by asking the debaters how KSCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reputation as a party school affects them as students.

Regarding KSC being viewed as a party school, Marion said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sensationalized in our vision of partying on a college campus,â&#x20AC;? he said, referencing current movies about the college life. Marion continued, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Really, any college is going to be considered a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;party school.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Scriviano considered the other side of the posed debate, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even though this is a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;party school,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; there are students on this campus that get involved. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to take advantage of your time in college or youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Vice President of Student Affairs Paul Striffolino said he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think that the majority of KSC students go out and party every weekend. Striffolino said that there

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;With the nicer weather youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to see more of the student body out and about. Parties start a little bit earlier.â&#x20AC;?

-­CHRISTOPHER SIMONDS KEENE POLICE SERGEANT

off on a Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday type scenario so yes it does start to appear earlier and more often the warmer it gets.â&#x20AC;?

Although Simonds said he hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seen that much day drinking yet this spring, he added that,â&#x20AC;&#x153;The warmer it gets, oftentimes you will see an increase in alcohol consump-

tion; one does go with the other most times.â&#x20AC;?

Garrett Plifka, Cobblestone Ale House bartender, said that the bar scene sees an increase in students coming in with the nice spring weather.

The bartender explained, â&#x20AC;&#x153;People come after classes. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re

opening up the patio this weekend so more and more people will be here.â&#x20AC;?

Plifka said that decision to open up the patio came from the weather forecast. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no snow in the forecast and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s getting warmer so we said for this weekend, but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s later

than we usually open thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for sure,â&#x20AC;? he said. Morris said meeting at the bars during the day is a good option, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nicer outside and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a good place to meet up with your friends because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy to walk there.â&#x20AC;?

Plifka added his thoughts on dartying and said the increase in partiers is due to the weather. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The weather brings people out,â&#x20AC;? he said. Morris similarly added the warm weather energizes students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can have more fun because you are more energized from some WKLQJV OLNH JRLQJ WR WKH >=RUQ 'LQLQJ &RPPRQV@ WKHQ KDQJLQJ out with your friends and going to the bar later on,â&#x20AC;? he said.

The bar scene isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the only place that day drinking occurs, however; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s backyards that tend to be a popular place for day drinkers.

Morris said his favorite place to day drink is his own backyard. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I can have all my friends over and we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to spend money at the bar and we can all just have a good time together,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Plifka agreed with the backyard being a good place to day drink, â&#x20AC;&#x153;When itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sunny out everybody just likes to be in the backyards, a lot of backyard games, which leads to drinking.â&#x20AC;?

Simonds said that he sees a lot of the drinking occurring at daytime activities, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not only organized but at peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s houses and apartments and things like that, people get games of frisbee...and whatnot going in their respective backyards.

Others come over and join them in those activities it tends to be more common with the nicer weather.â&#x20AC;?

Morris said that for him, the time of the year doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really matter.

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With graduation quickly approaching, seniors looking to enter the professional world are putting themselves in the best position they can to immerse themselves in their future careers.

When it comes to getting a leg up on the competition, Keene State College Director of Continuing Education 5REHUW %DNHU VDLG WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW step is to focus in the classroom. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If students focus on academics to achieve the best grade point average that they can, that is certainly a highlight for a resume,â&#x20AC;? Baker said.

Kelly Graham, KSCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s associate director of Academic and Career Advising, said that in todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s competitive job market, employers are looking for more than just academic excellence. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The truth is employers not only want to see your education and the experiences that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had academically, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re also very interested in what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done,â&#x20AC;? Graham said.

Graham added students can gain these experiences in a variety of ways, whether it is through an internship, taking hands-on classes, participating in extracurricular activities or volunteering at an organization to help build the skills potential employers are looking for.

Baker said internships not only provide experience, but can also help students determine their path while they still have options. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think sometimes thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s DV PXFK D YDOXH LQ Ă&#x20AC;JXULQJ out what we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to do DIWHU FROOHJH DV PXFK DV Ă&#x20AC;QGing out what we do want to do. I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of the advantages of taking on an internship, is that you can try different kinds of positions,â&#x20AC;?

Baker said.

An internship can also help bolster a resume, something KSC senior Alex ChrXVFLHO NQRZV Ă&#x20AC;UVWKDQG He said he advises younger students to start working early in their college careers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Put yourself out there, take the initiative to get your resume done early, start talkLQJ WR SHRSOH Ă&#x20AC;JXULQJ RXW where you want to go with it, and be prepared,â&#x20AC;? Chrusciel said. Baker said an impressive resume doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just tell potential employers about an applicantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s accomplishments, but also how they relate to each other in the applicantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s growth as an individual. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thinking about how we synthesize that work at the highest levelâ&#x20AC;ŚThinking about what we do so that we do it well and we can also present ourselves as well as possible. That is key,â&#x20AC;?

Baker said. Graham said it is common for applicants to not put the pieces together and tell the story about what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The biggest mistake is not thinking about all the experience one has had and how skills have been built that employers really want to see in a recent graduate,â&#x20AC;?

Graham said KSC held a job fair in the Mabel Brown Room on

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Award-winning alumna returns to her roots JAKE WILLIAMS

EQUINOX STAFF â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m humbled and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m proud,â&#x20AC;? Professor Emeritus of Film Studies Dr. Larry Benaquist said when asked about the career of Keene State College Class of 1993 graduate Jennifer Dunnington. An IMDB (Internet Movie Database) professional resume that spans nearly 20 years and boasts 41 titles, a Primetime Emmy, three *ROGHQ 5HHO $ZDUGV DQG Ă&#x20AC;YH QRPLQDWLRQV VWDQG RQ WKH pantheon of Keene State College graduate achievement.

But when theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re from a student you taught, in the academic department you hatched, humbled may seem the only appropriate reaction. However, Benaquist knows Jennifer Dunnington owes her success neither to himVHOI QRU WR .6& DV WKH SDUWLFXODU Ă&#x20AC;HOG VKH¡V ODQGHG LQ LV VWUDQJH WR WKH VWXGHQWV ZKR Ă&#x20AC;UVW WRRN D %HQDTXLVW Ă&#x20AC;OP FODVV LQ DQG HYHQ WR KHU RZQ JUDGXDWLQJ FODVV of 1993â&#x20AC;&#x201D;but to the instruments that support her black framed glasses: her ears. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is all self-taught; we werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t able to teach any of this stuff,â&#x20AC;? Benaquist said. Dunnington is a music

editor. Since her start as an apprentice sound editor on Ken Burnsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; nine-part TV series â&#x20AC;&#x153;Baseballâ&#x20AC;? in 1994, Dunnington has built an impressive resume. She has most recently worked as supervising music editor on Peter Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.â&#x20AC;?

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Before 1994, she was just another KSC Owl, completing GHJUHHV LQ ERWK Ă&#x20AC;OP DQG GDQFH Dunnington visited campus on Tuesday, March DQG GHOLYHUHG WZR OHFWXUHV RQH WR PRVWO\ Ă&#x20AC;OP DQG

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PXVLF VWXGHQWV DQG D FXOPLQDWLQJ UHFHSWLRQ DW S P both in the Centennial Hall of the Alumni Center. She demonstrated some of her work and the modes behind it, also sharing her personal experiences and knowlHGJH ZLWK Ă&#x20AC;OP VWXGHQWV IDFXOW\ DQG WKH SXEOLF â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think she provides a really interesting perspecWLYH EHFDXVH LW¡V VXFK D VSHFLĂ&#x20AC;F MRE WKDW VKH KDV WKDW \RX GRQ¡W QRUPDOO\ WKLQN DERXW Âľ VHQLRU DQG Ă&#x20AC;OP FULWLFDO analysis student Chris Ruble said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s often tough to get students to realize the value

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Dancers prepare for last performance DEANNA CARUSO

EQUINOX STAFF This marks the thirty-seventh year that â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Evening of Danceâ&#x20AC;? will showcase studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; dance routines to the public. First debuted in Drennan Auditorium, the performances danced their way to the Redfern Arts Center. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s routines take place WednesGD\ $SULO WR 6DWXUGD\ $SULO DW S P LQ WKH 5HGIHUQ¡V Main Theatre.

The performance consists of eight fully-developed works choreographed by students, faculty members and a guest artist. Keene State College Dance Program Director Marcia Murdock knows a thing or two about how to put a concert like this together. Murdock has choreographed this concert for 28 years and directed it for 18 years. Knowing â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Evening of Danceâ&#x20AC;? is performed every spring, Murdock and the dancers began recruitment and choreography in the fall of 2012. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Many of this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choreographers began their research and movement exploration during the fall, but the design and production process began this January,â&#x20AC;? she said.

With her quartet she wants to take modern dance to the next level, she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The dancers visit the moments before a photograph is taken, exploring the memory that is missing from the picture. The title is a line from e. e. cummings and offers the performers and audience a subtext for this journey,â&#x20AC;? Murdock said.

With hard work and dedication, she said her and her dancersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; work is about delivering the message of modern dance as being graceful and exciting as possible. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s concert offers its audience the full breadth of a modern dance experience,â&#x20AC;? Murdock said. One of Murdockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choreographers who helped create the dances for â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Evening of Danceâ&#x20AC;? is Keene State College student Amanda Jones.

Choreographer Amanda Jones Amanda Jones has danced since she was seven years old and is pursuing this form of art at KSC. She has worked on her dance piece since the beginning of last semester, when she enrolled in her Choreography class. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some of the challenges of choreographLQJ ZHUH EHLQJ FUHDWLYH WU\LQJ WR Ă&#x20AC;QG D QHZ W\SH RI YRFDEXODU\ that has not really been done here at Keene State [College]. Also PDNLQJ HYHU\ WUDQVLWLRQ Ă RZ IURP RQH PRYHPHQW WR WKH QH[W smoothly is always a challenge in choreography,â&#x20AC;? Jones said.

In addition to her own piece, Jones will be dancing in three pieces. She has danced in â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Evening of Danceâ&#x20AC;? since her freshman year. She said what inspired one of her dance pieces were the lives and stories of the women involved in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rosie the Riveterâ&#x20AC;? era during the World War II, those who worked in the factoULHV DQG WRRN WKH MREV RI WKH PHQ ZKHQ WKH\ ZHUH Ă&#x20AC;JKWLQJ IRU RXU country.

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Weighing in on the popularity of auto-tuned music REBECCA FARR

Auto-Tune is the electronic alteration of your voice and/or pitch to create a more melodic sound, according to Jeff Slark, a senior at Keene State ColThe ever-famous T-Pain, with songs like â&#x20AC;&#x153;All lege and a local disc jockey. Slark said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;It [Autothe Aboveâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;5 Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Clock,â&#x20AC;? sure knows how to Tune] has come a long way,â&#x20AC;? to the point where, get by with his robotic voice and catchy tunes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;the audience canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even tell.â&#x20AC;?

However, what is it that makes his voice so A fellow KSC student and Slarkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s DJ partner mechanical? The magical Auto-Tune. on Thursday nights at McCueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Dan Stratton, cer-

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Annual film festival gets ready to showcase its debut SAM NORTON

A&E EDITOR It was just 18 years ago, when the city of Keene helped bring a PDJLFDO JDPH ERDUG WR OLIH WKURXJK WKH Ă&#x20AC;OP ´-XPDQML Âľ )DVW IRUward, and the city is about to be brought to life yet again.

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New Hendrix album continues his legacy ALICIA FERRAIUOLO

ADS MANAGER Jimi Hendrix has been dead for over 40 years, but that didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop him from releasing a â&#x20AC;&#x153;newâ&#x20AC;? album WKDW H[HPSOLĂ&#x20AC;HV Âś V URFN DQG UROO DW LWV KH\GD\ 7KH DOEXP 3HRSOH +HOO $QJHOV LV Ă&#x20AC;OOHG ZLWK WUDFNV WKDW have previously been unreleasedâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;alternative takes on songs set to be released after the commercial success of his album, Electric Lady Land.

The album is a must-have for Hendrix fans; it depicts Hendrix in his natural stateâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a man who made the guitar an extension of himself.

He pushed boundaries with his previous albums, and this is no exception. The album, available on vinyl, is able to stand amongst the albums that made Hendrix famous, such as Are You Experienced?, Axis Bold As Love, and the album that every college student in the V RZQHG 6PDVK +LWV Fans of Hendrix and young people looking for new music can both enjoy this albumâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the tracks are consistent with the kind of music one would expect from Hendrix.

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Similar to an iconic Hendrix tune is the instrumental song, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Inside Outâ&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x201D;full of guitar and bass riffs similar at times to that of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Purple Haze,â&#x20AC;? the song made this listener close her eyes and really focus on the music. A new respect for instrumental classic rock was found in this one song.

Similarly, the jazzy, distinct sounds of the song â&#x20AC;&#x153;Easy Bluesâ&#x20AC;? form a melody that steadily builds up from guitar and piano and gradually integrates drums and bass. It is a slow and carefully crafted jazz song that is distinctive from the rest of the album.

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This CD cover image, released by Legacy, shows People, Hell and Angels, by Jimi Hendrix. The album is the last of Hendrixâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unreleased studio material, ending a four-decade run of posthumous releases by an artist whose legacy remains as vital and vibrant now as it was at the time of his death.

long, mellow instrumentals that make this album different.

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good thing that aspect of the character has endured to this day. Without that, one could easily swap out Two-Face for The Penguin or Lex Luthor and the story may be largely unchanged. The action is also hard to follow and the dialogue very clunky.

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and next week will be her last time performing in the concert. Carroll said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the beginning we do cast warm ups and the seniors have to do the warm ups and this is going to be the last thing I do so it is going to be sad! It is also going to be really hard to say goodbye to these people and this program.â&#x20AC;?

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These dancers see â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Evening of Dance,â&#x20AC;? not only as a way to display their art, but as a way to communicate a message from students to students.

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Award-winning music editor and KSC alumna Jennifer Dunnington visits the Keene State College campus to demonstrate her work.

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tuning since technology has come so far.â&#x20AC;?

Stratton also mentioned that Auto-Tune is so sophisticated that it enables the user to chose how much they want to â&#x20AC;&#x153;humanizeâ&#x20AC;? their pitch or tone corrections, while still making it sound like a real vocalist, rather than T-Painâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s computerized voice.

Associate Music Professor at KSC Dr. James Chesebrough also pointed out that obtaining an Auto-Tune program on oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s computer is just as easy as purchasing and downloading any computer program like 0LFURVRIW 2IĂ&#x20AC;FH It seems that anyone can make music these days. With high technology at our disposal, what determines who makes it and who doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t?

Both Slark and Stratton say uniqueness is what takes a musician to the next level. However, is the term musician being

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6WUDWWRQ VDLG ´EXW LW LV GHĂ&#x20AC;QLWHO\ D ZHOO NHSW secret that most people who are DJs nowadays are more programmers than they are musicians.â&#x20AC;?

Stratton said that the more of a musician a programmer can be, â&#x20AC;&#x153;the more unique they will be, the more diversity they will show and therefore the more potential they had to succeed.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a right or wrong way to do it,â&#x20AC;? Stratton said.

Stratton started out as a musician and has noticed he is becoming more of a programmer, but he also stated that the correlation between technology and music is ever growing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to deny the progression of technology through music youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re denying the evolution of society,â&#x20AC;? Stratton commented.

With this in mind, it is important to

remember how to work through and past the rising music industry. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Uniqueness will take you to the big leagues,â&#x20AC;? he said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;so you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to compromise that if you arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even there yet.â&#x20AC;? Slark agreed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The things that anybody can do, is exactly what everybody will do, and they wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get discovered.â&#x20AC;?

A May 2010 article from Mother Jones references societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s incessant tendency to overprocess everything. â&#x20AC;&#x153;From veggie burgers to sewage to the ever-evolving exterior of Heidi Montag [ â&#x20AC;Ś ] itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not surprising that we process the hell out of our music as well,â&#x20AC;? the article led off with. The story continues to reference to a YouTube video called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kittens in Autotune.â&#x20AC;?

The cute and cuddly kitties have a song of their own, meowing and purring to a captivating beat, if I do say so myself.

Chesebrough pointed out an entertaining but also interesting YouTube video as well, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Bed Intruder Song.â&#x20AC;? You know,

the â&#x20AC;&#x153;hide ya kids, hide ya wife,â&#x20AC;? quote from a newscast that accidentally soared to the top of publicity.

Although a different type of auto-tuning, it is still very well the same program. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think multimedia is using it [Auto-Tune] in a pretty creative way,â&#x20AC;? Chesebrough said.

Chesebrough made the connection that if he were to record an album with Auto-Tune he would consider that as lying because he said he does not sing well enough without the technology to be a star.

However, he said if someone were to create an auto-tuned song of, for example, one of his lectures, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think that would be awesome, it would be hilarious,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not lying, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a different kind of art.â&#x20AC;?

According to the Boston Herald, country singers like Faith Hill, Shania Twain and Tim McGraw all use Auto-Tune in performance, as â&#x20AC;&#x153;a safety net that guarantees a good performance.â&#x20AC;?

While their fellow country stars like

Trisha Yearwood, Garth Brooks and Martina McBride refuse to use Auto-Tune, as Stratton and Slark stated, the audience cannot tell.

After all, what you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hurt you, right?

While some artists choose to use it, others like Jay-Z even wrote a song against it, D.O.Aâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Death of Auto tune. But in fact, opinions on auto-tuning are just thatâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; opinions.

The connection between technology and music is inevitable and perhaps only time can tell whether or not organic music and instruments will come back to life.

In the meantime, DJs like Slark and Stratton know their stuff and matchless beats is what will get them to the top.

With or without Auto-Tune, in this day and age, the sky is truly the limit.

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

April Fools: YouTube shut down, Google adds smells JAKE COYLE

ASSOCIATED PRESS Twitter did away with vowels, Google unveiled a button to add smells and the cast of the 1990s sitcom â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wingsâ&#x20AC;? launched a Kickstarter campaign.

The digital world celebrated April Foolsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Day with the rollout of mock innovations and parody makeovers. Many of the top online destinations spent Monday mocking themselves and, in Googleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s case, playfully trying to lure users into pressing their noses against their computer screens.

Google, having already debuted its wearable Google Glass, on Monday showcased Google Nose to add scents to it search results. It urged visitors to lean in close and take a deep whiff for search results such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;unattended litter box.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the fast-paced world that we live in, we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always have time to stop and smell the roses,â&#x20AC;? product manager Jon Wooly said in a video. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now with Google Nose Beta, the roses are just a click away.â&#x20AC;?

YouTube, despite 72 hours of video uploaded every minute, said it was shutting down. The Google Inc.owned video site joked that its eight-year rise was merely a lengthy talent search. At the end of the day, nominees were to no longer be accepted so judges could, for the next 10 years, sift through the billions of videos and declare a winner.

Google has always been one of the most enthusiastic April Foolsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Day observers, and on Monday it trotted out an extensive lineup of satire.

It also added a â&#x20AC;&#x153;treasure map modeâ&#x20AC;? to Google Maps, complete with â&#x20AC;&#x153;underwater street view,â&#x20AC;? and trumpeted Gmail Blue, in which the revolutionary

upgrade is the simple addition of the color blue.

The comedy site Funny or Die parodied the recent Kickstarter campaign for a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Veronica Marsâ&#x20AC;? movie with a number of crowd-funding campaigns for other 1990s shows, including â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wingsâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Family Matters.â&#x20AC;?

The mock campaigns included videos with original cast members trapped by nostalgia. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been asking for it for years,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Wingsâ&#x20AC;? star Crystal Bernard says in a video asking for $87 million. ´7KLQN RI LW OLNH D WLFNHW WR WKH Ă&#x20AC;OP 2U Âľ Instead of linking to a way to donate money, the mock campaigns led users to charities including the Make-a-Wish Foundation: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Please channel that giving energy into one of these very real, very worthy charities,â&#x20AC;? read the site, slyly suggesting a more deserving cause for donation than Kickstarter projects. Twitter, not content with the brevity of 140 characters, said it was â&#x20AC;&#x153;annncngâ&#x20AC;? Twttr, a service that would limit messages to just consonants. ,Q DQ DSSDUHQW GLJ DW WKH VSOLWWLQJ LQ KDOI RI 1HWĂ L[ memberships between DVD and streaming, Twitter said users would now have to pay $5 a month for the premium use of vowels.

1HWĂ L[ PHDQZKLOH ERDVWHG MRNH JHQUH FDWHJRULHV such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reality TV about people with no concept of reality.â&#x20AC;? Hulu offered a new slate of programming for its video site, presenting fictional series as if real, completed shows. â&#x20AC;&#x153;30 Rockâ&#x20AC;? fans were baited with the promise of an actual â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Rural Jurorâ&#x20AC;? (a fake film frequently alluded to on â&#x20AC;&#x153;30 Rockâ&#x20AC;? starring Jane Krakowskiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s character), and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Arrested Developmentâ&#x20AC;? watchers were tempted by finally getting to see an episode of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mock Trial with J. Reinhold.â&#x20AC;?

Maroon 5 launches summer tour MESFIN FEKADU

ASSOCIATED PRESS Maroon 5 says theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re working on a new album, but before that the pop-rockers will launch a summer WRXU WKDW Ă&#x20AC;QGV WKH Ă&#x20AC;YHVRPH SOD\LQJ outdoors.

The Grammy-winning band announced Monday that they will headline the 2013 Honda Civic Tour, which kicks off Aug. 1 in St. Louis and will feature Kelly Clarkson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think the live outdoor kind of summer vibe is always different than the indoor arena tour because thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s less emphasis on production and more on live music,â&#x20AC;? frontman Adam Levine said in an interview. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of the purist form of a tour â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;cause thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not too many bells and

whistles.â&#x20AC;?

The 31-date tour wraps Oct. 5 in San Diego.

Levine says he and his bandmates are riding high off the success of last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Overexposed,â&#x20AC;? their fourth album that has achieved platinum status. It features the popular hits â&#x20AC;&#x153;Payphone,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;One More Nightâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Daylight.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so amazing to have an album people connect with and embrace.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a dream come true. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to believe to have lighting strike twice and three times and four times,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re having a moment. A good moment.â&#x20AC;?

He also says the group is working on the follow-up to that album: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just getting started. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got some great songs in the can.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The stuff weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re working on now, LW GHĂ&#x20AC;QLWHO\ KDV JRQH PD\EH D OLWWOH darker in its sound, maybe back a little bit more to what we kind of did on (our debut) â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Songs About Jane,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? said guitarist James Valentine. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But at this point we do have all kinds of different songs and it is early.â&#x20AC;?

Levine is also busy balancing his life with NBCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Voice,â&#x20AC;? which returned last week with new coaches Shakira and Usher, alongside Blake Shelton. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great. Sometimes itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s difĂ&#x20AC;FXOW WR PDQHXYHU EXW LW¡V EHHQ D lot of success,â&#x20AC;? said Levine, who will have his former mentee, Tony Lucca, open on some dates of the tour. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be pretty foolish not to be happy about it.â&#x20AC;?

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Putnam Theatre

Second City: Laughing Matters Friday, April 5 at 8:00 p.m.

Monadnock Film Festival â&#x20AC;&#x153;War Witch,â&#x20AC;? Friday, April 5 7:00 p.m.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The ABCs of Deathâ&#x20AC;?

Playing from Sunday, April 7 to Wednesday, April 10

Shorts Program, Saturday, April 6 11:00 a.m.

Sunday through Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Somewhere Slow,â&#x20AC;? Saturday, April 6 4:00 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Central Park Five,â&#x20AC;? Saturday, April 6, 7:00 p.m.

Redfern Arts Center

Events starting on Friday, April 5

Local music nights Fritz the Place to Eat

An Evening of Dance

Patty & the Cakes Friday, April 5

Wednesday. April 10 to Saturday, April 13 at 7:30 p.m.

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Colo. prosecutors seeking death penalty for Holmes DAN ELLIOT

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Michigan into Final Four with Louisville beats Duke 85-63 victory over Florida, 79-59 to reach NCAA semi-finals STEPHEN HAWKINS

Gators havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been there since winning consecutive national titles in 2006 and 2007. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve almost become numb to it now. Been here Trey Burke grew up in the shadow of another Big EHIRUH Âľ *DWRUV MXQLRU FHQWHU 3DWULF <RXQJ VDLG ´, MXVW Ten university. Mitch McGary was more of a baseball really wish we were out there cutting the nets down.â&#x20AC;? fan as a kid, and still dreams of a World Series for the Nik Stauskas scored 22 points while making all Chicago Cubs. six of his 3-point attempts for Michigan. Burke, the They are now part of a new generation of fabu- South Regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most outstanding player and Big Ten lous young Wolverines going to the Final Four, the player of the year as a sophomore, scored 15 points first for Michigan since the Fab Five two decades ago, even while dealing with some spasms in his upper after a dominating performance Sunday in the South back. McGary finished with 11 points and nine Regional final. rebounds.

Michigan scored the gameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first 13 Michigan hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t reached the Final Four since conpoints and led by double figures the rest secutive national championship game appearances of the way in a 79-59 rout of Florida, the in 1992 and 1993, the freshman and sophomore seaSoutheastern Conference regular-seasons of the Fab Five: Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, Juwan son champion with a senior-filled Howard, Ray Jackson and Jimmy King. roster and playing its third consecWebber was gone before that teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1994 regional utive regional final. final loss to Arkansas played in the now-demolished ´,¡P VXUH WKH )DE )LYH LV Reunion Arena in Dallas, with Rose and Howard folproud of us. We still have lowing him to the NBA after that. some work to do. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re With four wins in this NCAA tourney, not done,â&#x20AC;? said McGary, the Wolverines already have more tourwho scored eight nament victories than their combined points and had six three from the end of the Fab Five era rebounds in that to this season. After winning a firstopening spurt and is round game in 1998, they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even one of three freshman make the field again until 2009. starters.

Now theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re back in the Final Four That fast start was with another young group. much different than two ´,W¡V FUD]\ &RPLQJ LQWR WKLV , days earlier against topknew we could be a great team, seeded Kansas, when the No. , NQHZ ZH FRXOG GR VRPH 4 Wolverines (30-7) had to wipe things,â&#x20AC;? said Glenn Robinson out a 14-point deficit in the final 7 ,,, DQRWKHU RI WKH VWDUWLQJ minutes. They forced overtime on freshmen.

Burkeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s long 3-pointer just to get to +H DGGHG ´%XW , QHYHU their first regional final in 19 years. knew it would lead to all â&#x20AC;&#x153;We felt today the key was this.â&#x20AC;? to come out and throw the first The Gators, meanpunch,â&#x20AC;? said Burke, the sophwhile, are the first team omore from Columbus, Ohio, to make it to three conwhere he cheered for Buckeyes secutive regional finals football and Duke basketball. without winning at least Florida (29-8) was quickly one of them, according to staggering and never recovSTATS. Wyoming lost in ered, ending another season the round of eight from 1947one victory shy of the Final 49, but that stretch ended two Four. Coach Billy Donovanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s years before the NCAA tournament expanded to more than TONY GUTIERREZ / AP PHOTO eight teams.

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second half of a regional final game on March 31, 2013, in Arlington, Texas.

NANCY ARMOUR

ASSOCIATED PRESS Writhing on the ground, his leg splintered, Kevin Ware had only one thing to say to his heartsick Louisville teammates. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just go win the game.â&#x20AC;?

The Cardinals did, exploding for a 13-2 run early in the second half that sealed their 85-63 victory over Duke. Now theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re headed for Atlanta with their eyes on the national title and Wareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s words echoing in their heads.

Top-seeded Louisville â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the only No. 1 left â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will play Wichita State in the QDWLRQDO VHPLĂ&#x20AC;QDOV QH[W 6DWXUGD\ ,Q Wareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hometown, no less. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to do this for him,â&#x20AC;?

Peyton Siva said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We know how much it means to him.â&#x20AC;?

Louisville (33-5) was devastated by Wareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s injury, which occurred with 6:33 VWLOO OHIW LQ WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW KDOI The sophomore had jumped to try and block Tyler Thorntonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 3-point shot but, and as he landed, his right leg snapped midway between his ankle and knee, the bone skewing almost at a right angle. :DUH GURSSHG WR WKH Ă RRU ULJKW in front of the Louisville bench and, almost in unison, his teammates turned away in horror. Thornton grimaced, putting his hand to his mouth as he turned around. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He stumbled a bit for a second and fell, and his leg wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t where it should be,â&#x20AC;? Luke Hancock said.

Ware had surgery later Sunday night, and Pitino said he and his son Richard, who recruited Ware, and an equipment manager would spend WKH QLJKW LQ ,QG\ DORQJ ZLWK the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doctors.

6FKRRO RIĂ&#x20AC;FLDOV VDLG doctors reset the bone and inserted a rod into the tibia during the two-hour procedure.

Coach Rick Pitino went to help Ware up when he went down

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and then saw the playerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bone poking through the skin. ´, OLWHUDOO\ DOPRVW WKUHZ XS Âľ 3LWLQR VDLG KLV voice catching. ´7KHQ , MXVW ZDQWHG WR JHW D WRZHO WR JHW LW RYHU that. But all the players came over and saw it.â&#x20AC;?

Louisville forward Wayne Blackshear fell WR WKH à RRU DQG &KDQH %HKDQDQ :DUH¡V FORVHVW friend on the team, looked as if he was going to be sick on the court, kneeling on his hands and feet.

Hancock patted Wareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chest as doctors worked on the sophomore and Russ Smith walked away, pulling his jersey over his eyes. The arena was silent, and several fans wept and bowed their heads.

Pitino had tears in his eyes as he tried to console his players. Dieng draped an arm around the shoulders of Smith, who repeatedly wiped at his eyes and shook his head. ´,W ZDV UHDOO\ KDUG IRU PH WR pull myself together,â&#x20AC;? Smith said. ´, GLGQ¡W HYHU WKLQN LQ D PLOOLRQ \HDUV , ZRXOG HYHU VHH VRPHthing like that. And that it happened, especially, to a guy like .HYLQ :DUH , ZDV FRPSOHWHO\ devastated.â&#x20AC;?

As the Cardinals (33-5) gathered at halfcourt to try and regroup before play resumed, Pitino called them over to the sideline, saying Ware wanted to talk to them before he left. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He told us countless times: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Just go win this game for me. Just go win this JDPH 'RQ¡W ZRUU\ DERXW PH ,¡P Ă&#x20AC;QH -XVW JR ZLQ WKLV JDPH ¡ , GRQ¡W NQRZ KRZ KH GLG LW , GRQ¡W NQRZ KRZ KH JRW VWUHQJWK to do it, but he told us to go out there and win.â&#x20AC;?

The injury was so gruesome CBS stopped showing replays of it.

Many who saw it were reminded of the KRUULĂ&#x20AC;F EURNHQ OHJ WKDW HQGHG -RH 7KHLVPDQQ¡V NFL career, and the former quarterback was among the many who took to Twitter to wish Ware well, saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Watching Duke/ Louisville my heart goes out to Kevin Ware.â&#x20AC;?

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Louisville guard Peyton Siva (3) holds up the regional trophy following their 85-63 win over Duke in the Midwest Regional final on March 31, 2013, in Indianapolis.

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Syracuse moves on to semis, Wichita State upsets Ohio State 70-66 for Final Four trip beats Marquette 55-39 HOWARD FENDRICH

ASSOCIATED PRESS When played to perfection, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing quite like Syracuseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s aggressive, half-court 2-3 ]RQH GHIHQVH ,W¡V PLQXWHV RI WUDSSLQJ DQG shot-challenging, of closing off angles, of trusting teammates. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We showed,â&#x20AC;? senior guard Brendan Triche said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;that defense wins games.â&#x20AC;?

Yes, the Orange D certainly does.

With a second suffocating performance at the East Regional, No. 4-seeded Syracuse shut down No. 3 Marquette 55-39 Saturday to earn coach Jim Boeheim his fourth WULS WR WKH )LQDO )RXU Âł DQG Ă&#x20AC;UVW since a freshman named Carmelo Anthony helped win the 2003 NCAA championship. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A tremendous, tremendous defensive effort,â&#x20AC;?

Boeheim said.

Fittingly, a matchup between schools from the s o o n -t o - br e a kapart, roughand-t umble Big East became quite a struggle on the

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Syracuse forward C.J. Fair (5) smiles as he walks off the court after their 55-39 win over Marquette in the East Regional final on March 30, 2013, in Washington.

offensive end. Syracuse (30-9) was led by senior forward James Southerlandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 16 points. Michael CarterWilliams, a 6-foot-6 guard who is RXW IURQW LQ WKH ]RQH ZDV QDPHG the regionalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top player after accounting for 12 points, eight UHERXQGV VL[ DVVLVWV Ă&#x20AC;YH VWHDOV and only one turnover Saturday.

Marquette (26-9) hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t scored fewer than 47 points all season â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and, indeed, p u t up 74 in a victory over Syracuse on Feb. 25.

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kept turning the ball over, seeing its shots blocked or just plain missing.

The Golden Eaglesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 39 points were a record low for a team in an 1&$$ WRXUQDPHQW UHJLRQDO Ă&#x20AC;QDO since the shot clock was introduced in 1986. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They beat us from start to Ă&#x20AC;QLVK :H FROOHFWLYHO\ WULHG HYHU\thing we knew to try,â&#x20AC;? Marquette FRDFK %X]] :LOOLDPV VDLG ´,W LV WKH ]RQH DQG LW LV WKH SOD\HUV LQ WKH ]RQH Âľ Much like what happened 7KXUVGD\ LQ WKH UHJLRQDO VHPLĂ&#x20AC;nals, when Syracuse knocked off WRS VHHGHG ,QGLDQD E\ OLPLWLQJ LW to a season-low output, too. ´, GRQ¡W WKLQN ZH¡YH SOD\HG DV good defensively as these last two games,â&#x20AC;? Triche said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We held some good teams down.â&#x20AC;?

All told, Marquette made only 12 of 53 shots â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 23 percent â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and was 3 for 24 on 3-pointers.

Vander Blue, who carried Marquette to the round of eight, was held to 14 points on 3-for-15 shooting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They cover ground really good. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to get the ball in the middle, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to play inside out, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to get to the freethrow line and wear them down with the 3-pointer when you can,â&#x20AC;? Blue said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re really good at ZKDW WKH\ GR LQ WKDW ]RQH Âľ

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Cleanthony Early kept stealing glances down at the hat in his hands while he waited for his turn to climb the stepladder. The Wichita State forward seemed stunned at the words on the side of his brandnew ballcap: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Final Four Atlanta.â&#x20AC;? ´,W¡V FUD]\ , VWLOO FDQ¡W EHOLHYH ZH¡UH KHUH Âľ (DUO\ said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You try to expect it, but you expect a lot of things that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen. This really happened.â&#x20AC;?

Believe it. Wichita State is going to Atlanta, and these Shockers are no longer a surprise after the way the tenacious ninth seeds held off mighty 2KLR 6WDWH LQ WKH :HVW 5HJLRQDO Ă&#x20AC;QDO Malcolm Armstead scored 14 points, Fred Van Vleet bounced in a big basket with 1 minute left, and WichLWD 6WDWH HDUQHG LWV Ă&#x20AC;UVW WULS WR WKH )LQDO Four since 1965 with a 70-66 victory over the Buckeyes on Saturday.

Van Vleet scored 12 points as the Shockers (30-8) followed up last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s win over top-ranked Gon]DJD ZLWK D QDLO ELWLQJ YLFtory over the second-seeded Buckeyes (29-8), whose 11-game winning streak ended one short of their second straight Final Four.

Wichita Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 20-point lead in the second half dwinGOHG WR WKUHH LQ WKH Ă&#x20AC;QDO minutes, but several Shockers stepped up with big plays to stop the surge, heeding coach Gregg Marshallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s halftime command to â&#x20AC;&#x153;play angry.â&#x20AC;?

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Wichita State guard Demetric Williams (5) celebrates a 3-pointer against Ohio State during the West Regional final on March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles.

work to do. ´, GRQ¡W WKLQN ZH¡UH &LQGHUHOOD DW DOO Âľ 0DUVKDOO VDLG ´&LQGHUHOODV XVXDOO\ DUH GRQH E\ WKLV VWDJH ,I you get to this point, you can win the whole thing. <RX EHDW D 1R VHHG DQG D 1R VHHG Âł , GRQ¡W WKLQN &LQGHUHOOD MXVW IRXQG RQH JODVV VOLSSHU , WKLQN VKH found four.â&#x20AC;? :LFKLWD 6WDWH LV MXVW WKH Ă&#x20AC;IWK WHDP VHHGHG QLQWK or higher to reach the Final Four since seeding began in 1979, but the second in three years following 11thseeded VCUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s improbable run in 2011. The Shockersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; celebration was wild, if a bit disbelieving, in front of several thousand roaring fans. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Last year we were watching all this on television,â&#x20AC;? said Early, who scored 12 points despite spraining his ankle in the second half. ´, MXVW IHHO OLNH ZH¡YH JRW WKH VDPH SRWHQWLDO DV those (big-name) guys, regardless if they know who we are or not. We just tend to work hard.â&#x20AC;?

Wichita State roared to a 20-point lead with 11 minutes to play after Ohio 6WDWH SOD\HG DQ DZIXO Ă&#x20AC;UVW KDOI EXW LaQuinton Ross scored 15 of his 19 points after halftime, leading a ferocious rally that got the Buckeyes within three points in the Ă&#x20AC;QDO PLQXWHV Tekele Cotton hit a clutch 3-pointer for Wichita State with 2:20 left and grabbed a key offensive rebound moments later, allowing VanVleet to score on a shot that bounced all over the rim before dropping.

Ron Baker and Cotton hit last-minute free throws to secure the second Final Four trip in Wichita Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history and a school-record 30th win. ´:H¡UH KDSS\ EXW ,¡P VWLOO shocked,â&#x20AC;? said Carl Hall, the glasses-wearing big man who scored eight points and led the Shockersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; strong defensive effort. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve JRW D WHDP IXOO RI Ă&#x20AC;JKWHUV , brought them all together near the end and said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;No PDWWHU ZKDW KDSSHQV , ORYH \¡DOO ¡ :H KDG WR Ă&#x20AC;JKW so hard.â&#x20AC;?

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Support for Love, her teammates, family and friends began to pour in shortly after her murder. At the 2010 University of Virginia graduation, all graduates wore white ribbons on their gowns to represent their support for their fallen classmate and her family. Loveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s number was also retired by the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lacrosse program, according to ABC.com.

According to CBS.com, even two years after her death, her high school alma mater paid tribute to Yeardley Love. The womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lacrosse team organized a fundraiser that raised several hundred dollars for the â&#x20AC;&#x153;One Love Foundation.â&#x20AC;?

Although itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s upsetting to think that a tragedy like the one that recently occurred at Seton Hill University is what it takes to bring a community together, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exactly what this tragedy did. Kristina Quigley is being honored by her lacrosse family for giving her love and life to the game of lacrosse.

7KH RIĂ&#x20AC;FLDO VWDWHPHQW UHOHDVHG E\ 6HWRQ +LOO 8QLYHUVLW\ RQ 0DUFK 16 said that Quigley was survived by her husband, Glenn Quigley and their young son, Gavin. A memorial fund has been set up for GENE J. PUSKAR / AP PHOTO Gavin Quigley. Donations are being Members of the Seton Hill Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lacrosse team attend a memorial mass in St. Joseph Chapel on the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Greensburg, accepted online, under the name Pa. campus Sunday, March 17, 2013. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Scholarship Fund for Gavin Quig:HVWĂ&#x20AC;HOG 6WDWH RQ 0DUFK GLV- through arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t as serious so we need from states away.â&#x20AC;? tonPost.com, Yeardley Love of the ley.â&#x20AC;? The fundraising campaign has cussing the tragedy at Seton Hill. to get over them,â&#x20AC;? Brown said.

7KLV LV QRW WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW WLPH WKH University of Virginia womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s already raised nearly $70,000 for the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even though we get mad at each Curry said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seton Hill is pro- lacrosse community has come lacrosse team was murdered by her Quigley family. other here and there, losing some- moting the fact that we are one lax, together in support of a fallen boyfriend, George Huguely from one like a coach or a teammate is one team, one family. They know member of their â&#x20AC;&#x153;lax family.â&#x20AC;? the University of Virginia menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Michelle Berthiaume can be contacted so serious. And the things we go that everyone is there from them, ,Q DFFRUGLQJ WR +XIĂ&#x20AC;QJ- lacrosse team. at mberthiaume@keene-equinox.com

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accident, titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Play 4 Seton Hill.â&#x20AC;?

The description of the Facebook group reads, â&#x20AC;&#x153;How much does your sport mean to you? How much do \RX VDFULĂ&#x20AC;FH IRU \RXU WHDP WR EH VXFcessful? Everyday, our coaches bend their backs to support us in helping us accomplish our destiny. Unfortunately, Seton Hillâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lacrosse program went through something no athlete can imagine--losing this person who has dedicated so much for their success.â&#x20AC;?

In two weeks, the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Play 4 Seton Hillâ&#x20AC;? Facebook page has garnered almost 12,000 â&#x20AC;&#x153;likesâ&#x20AC;? along with hundreds of pictures of lacrosse teams across the country wearing WKH *ULIĂ&#x20AC;QV FRORUV RI FULPVRQ DQG yellow.

Ribbons, stickers and even tape on some playersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; sticks showed the lacrosse communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s support for the SHU womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lacrosse team.

KSC senior and four-year member of the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lacrosse team Lauren Brown said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I could never imagine having to go through something like that with my team.â&#x20AC;?

Brown added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are all connected through the sport of lacrosse.

A tragedy just brings us all together and helps the sport grow even more.â&#x20AC;?

Brown also mentioned that the head lacrosse coach at KSC, Katie Arsenault, had a pregame talk with the team before their game with

Every year, the whole Hart family, all eleven of them, travel to Kingston, Jamaica WR ZRUN ZLWK WKH 0LVVLRQDULHV RI WKH 3RRU D Catholic religious order aimed to provide aid to the poor and needy within the area. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty humbling knowing they do that and very admirable and respectful with what they do down there,â&#x20AC;? Coach Theriault reiterated.

What their recent trips to Jamaica have brought is another addition to the already blooming family. The Harts came across D ER\ LQ DQ RUSKDQDJH QDPHG 0RVHV ZKR was abandoned by his parents due to their inability to care for him.

6LQFH WKHQ 0RVHV KDV GHYHORSHG &HUHbral Palsy and likely wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have survived otherwise, according to Kathy Hart. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Like someone said, we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t change the world but we can change it for one little boy,â&#x20AC;?

Kathy Hart said. ´0RVHV ZDV DEDQGRQHG WKHUH E\ KLV family. They just werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t able to care for him, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really an honor for all of us and he teaches us so much, just always having a smile. Actually, Ryan put his little [adopted]

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ersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lives as they keep to a strict customary attendance in Church every Sunday morning.

When theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not attending St. Bernardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s &KXUFK RQ 0DLQ 6WUHHW LQ .HHQH DQG DUH on a trip with the lacrosse to Florida or San 'LHJR WKH WZR VWLOO PDQDJH WR Ă&#x20AC;QG D ZD\ WR attend their weekly proceedings. â&#x20AC;&#x153;On the spring break trip, me and my assistant had taken the Hart brothers to church on Sundays,â&#x20AC;? Theriault said.

Coach Theriault added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done it a few times when we were down in Florida DQG &RDFK *ULIĂ&#x20AC;Q WRRN WKHP WR FKXUFK LQ San Diego this year. Also, they came back to school a little late this spring, just by a couple days, which wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t too much of an overlap in terms of lacrosse.â&#x20AC;?

Just what were the two Hart brothers doing other than playing lacrosse that brought them back to school a little behind schedule?

brother on his back when we hiked a 4,000IRRWHU XS LQ WKH :KLWH 0RXQWDLQV DQG WKDW¡OO be the only time heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll probably be able to do that because heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s getting big.â&#x20AC;?

She added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We try to include him in everything. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s funny; we are so physical and everything for him is a challenge. We always learn from him with his patience and his joy, and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just such an awesome kid.â&#x20AC;?

1RZ WKDW 0RVHV ZDV RIĂ&#x20AC;FLDOO\ WKH newest addition to the family a year and a half ago, Kathy Hart is extremely thankful to be able to see her two sons play together so close to home at the college level but the Jamaica trips are becoming an annual visit for the two. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You know, lacrosse, it is a game, they want to succeed at it,â&#x20AC;? Kathy Hart said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen people just kind of surviving, just trying to live from day to day, and I think they see how blessed they are to be able to go to college and play lacrosse. It really is a gift to have those four years and to play.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We try to go once a year and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really

fun when it comes down to it,â&#x20AC;? Ryan Hart said.

He added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;All the brothers we stay with are around our age, being from India, the Phillipines, Africa and we can relate with them and see where our brother came from.

They let us play soccer with them and stuff so that was sweet.â&#x20AC;?

Now becoming their own men, the two brothers also live together during their time in college but make sure that they pay enough visits home to teach their younger brothers and sisters the game of lacrosse and other sports. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s awesome because you have to set the example and people watch you,â&#x20AC;? Ian Hart said.

Ian added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Looking up to you and now that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re older, some of our little brothers are just starting and have been playing lacrosse for a few years now and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just cool to see them play and to just know theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re probably going to be better than you are because youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be able to teach them what you know.â&#x20AC;?

Whenever Theriault turns his head after

DQRWKHU SUDFWLFH KH¡OO XVXDOO\ FRPH WR Ă&#x20AC;QG the Hart brothers shooting around the net or polishing off their skills just to get that little bit more of practice.

He said with their work ethic itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s likely something that comes with both having such a large and unique family, as well as the religious aspect of it.

The Hart family is much more aware of their two eldest sonsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; success on and RII WKH Ă&#x20AC;HOG DQG VDLG WKDW FRQWULEXWLRQ RI their Catholic faith is something thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been extremely endearing to their lives. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re very proud of them, because theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re working, doing school, playing lacrosse and are still a big part of the family,â&#x20AC;?

Kathy Hart said.

She added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The effort they put into it is great no matter the outcome in the end.â&#x20AC;?

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

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a king, because to them thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what he is.

While these stories of soccer and civil war are both powerful and uplifting, there is an uglier side to this passion. On June 22, during the 1994 World Cup, the United States upset Colombia by eliminating them from the tournament early with a 2-1 defeat. Colombian defender Andres Escobar was blamed heavily for the loss due to an â&#x20AC;&#x153;own goalâ&#x20AC;? where he DFFLGHQWDOO\ GHĂ HFWHG D FURVV LQWR KLV own net.

On July 2, Escobar, having returned to Colombia after the disappointing World Cup, was gunned down in a parking lot. (\HZLWQHVVHV FRQĂ&#x20AC;UPHG WKDW KLV DWWDFNers shouted at him for scoring the own goal before shooting him multiple times with a handgun. Escobar was brought to a hospital and pronounced dead on arrival.

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For Americans, this level of passion is hard to comprehend. We have never had a sport that we associate with on a cultural level. Football is extremely popular in the U.S., but so is baseball. Meanwhile there are countries in Africa where children are brought up with a soccer ball at their feet. We do not have any one sport that we are so passionate about it pervades our culture and our way of life.

That is why the World Cup is the most important sporting event on the planet.

Soccer is a sport but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a culture and a history. Whether you love soccer for its beauty or you think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s boring because nobody ever scores, the World Cup is an event that we should all follow.

Because by following the World Cup we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just follow a sport. We expose ourselves to the world. We watch history unfold and we see a diversity of countries and cultures. By playing in the World Cup we prove that we are willing to participate in that diversity and that culture, even if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a sport that we arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the best at.

The World Cup is an opportunity for us all to learn, to grow, and be a part of something so much bigger than ourselves. Can you still argue â&#x20AC;&#x153;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a gameâ&#x20AC;??

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

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Widzgowski places 2nd at Nationals ZACH WINN RYAN GLAVEY

EQUINOX STAFF Junior runner Ryan Widzgowski ignored KLV SUH UDFH VHYHQWK VHHG DQG Ă&#x20AC;QLVKHG VHFRQG overall in this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was nice to know my teammates and coaches were behind me,â&#x20AC;? Widzgowski said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just knowing they believed in me gave me an extra boost.â&#x20AC;? ,W ZDV :LG]JRZVNL¡V Ă&#x20AC;UVW WLPH DW QDWLRQDOV and Coach Peter Thomas said he wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sure how heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d react to the added pressure. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You never know if someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to VWUXJJOH WKHLU Ă&#x20AC;UVW WLPH RQ WKDW VWDJH Âľ 7KRPDV said.

Senior runner Maggie Fitter, who was comSHWLQJ LQ KHU VHFRQG QDWLRQDO WUDFN Ă&#x20AC;QDO VDLG no one knew exactly what to expect. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just hard because anything can happen at that level,â&#x20AC;? Fitter explained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The margin for error shrinks.â&#x20AC;?

But Widzgowski and Thomas had a strategy. Widzgowski explained that he was supposed to stick around the pack until the end of WKH UDFH VDYLQJ HQHUJ\ IRU D Ă&#x20AC;QDO SXVK â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was in the race hanging around,â&#x20AC;? Widzgowski said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But I felt great so I kept moving up the laps. I was able to perform my best.â&#x20AC;?

A sport that some see based solely on conditioning has many more layers when looked at closer. The implemented strategy played a big difference in the way Widzgowski approached the race.

Another major component that often gets overlooked in track is mentality. Widzgowski said he was focused throughout the race. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t too nervous,â&#x20AC;? Widzgowski said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I knew I deserved to be out there.â&#x20AC;?

Fitter said mental preparation is the most important part. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all mental,â&#x20AC;? Fitter said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think anyone can go into that competition in the greatest shape of their life, but you have to be ready in your head.â&#x20AC;? :LG]JRZVNL GLGQ¡W OHW DQ\ SRWHQWLDO Ă&#x20AC;UVW time jitters affect him. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think [never having raced nationals before] was an advantage or disadvantage,â&#x20AC;? :LG]JRZVNL VDLG ´, ZDV FRQĂ&#x20AC;GHQW , ZHQW into it knowing I could race on a competitive stage so I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think it was a factor.â&#x20AC;? $V FRQĂ&#x20AC;GHQW DV KH ZDV HYHQ :LG]JRZVNL didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect to place as high as second. The Ă&#x20AC;UVW HLJKW Ă&#x20AC;QLVKHUV JHW $OO $PHULFDQ KRQRUV and Widzgowski said he was just hoping for a spot in those eight. So you can imagine his excitement after exceeding everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expectations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a lot of emotions. It took a second to process what happened,â&#x20AC;? Widzgowski said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I

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Ryan Widzgowski returns to KSC after placing second at the Division III NCAA National Championships in Naperville, Ill. on March 8, 2013.

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It was a great feeling.â&#x20AC;?

Anyone who says track isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a team sport need look no further than Widzgowskiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reaction after the race. The exhausted runner made it clear he appreciated the support he got in training as he celebrated with his coach and teammates. ´, WKLQN ZH ZHUH DOO VXUSULVHG WKDW KH Ă&#x20AC;Qished as high as he did,â&#x20AC;? Fitter said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He deserved it and worked hard for it. After the race we were just all really excited, congratulating him. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always nice to see a teammate do well.â&#x20AC;?

But while Widzgowski is basking in his performance for now, he wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let his success make him complacent. ´,W ZDV IXQ DQG D ELJ FRQĂ&#x20AC;GHQFH ERRVWHU EXW I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let it get to my head because I still have to work hard if not harder to improve,â&#x20AC;? Widgowski said.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to imagine improving after such an impressive season. But, Widzgowski reaVRQV QH[W \HDU WKHUH¡V DOZD\V Ă&#x20AC;UVW SODFH Zach Winn can be contacted at zwinn@keene-equinox.com

Already improving on his early success this season, this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Athlete of the Week is Glenn Guilmette. The senior javelin thrower posted a 211â&#x20AC;&#x2122;3â&#x20AC;? throw at the Mount Holyoke Spring Fling meet on March 30, 2013. His throw currently has him sitting atop the Division III national rankings.

Guilmette is now only six feet short of the 217â&#x20AC;&#x2122;9â&#x20AC;? schoolrecord mark he set at last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s DIII national championships.

Guilmette will look to be in the mix for the top national ranking all season and secure another trip back to nationals.

--7KH Ă&#x20AC;UVW UXQQHU XS WKLV ZHHN is Tyler McKelvie of the Keene State College Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lacrosse 7HDP 0F.HOYLH KDG Ă&#x20AC;YH JRDOV in the squadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 14-12 victory over Southern Maine University.

McKelvie had two of his JRDOV LQ HDFK RI WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW WZR quarters of the game, and then poured it on in the third quarter, with three more scores. McKelvieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s efforts kept the Owls close in the back and forth contest until KSC could eventually pull away from Southern Maine in WKH Ă&#x20AC;QDO TXDUWHU RI WKH JDPH --The second runner-up this week is Mariah Crisp of the KSC Softball team.

Crisp pitched all seven LQQLQJV RI WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW JDPH RI WKH teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s double-header against State University of New York at Old Westbury. She held Old :HVWEXU\ WR Ă&#x20AC;YH UXQV FODLPing the 6-5 victory. This elevated Crispâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s season record to 5-2.

She then did some relief work for KSC, pitching one and one-third innings to close the Owlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 6-1 victory in the second game. Crisp struck out three of WKH Ă&#x20AC;YH EDWWHUV VKH IDFHG WR SLFN XS KHU Ă&#x20AC;UVW VDYH RI WKH \HDU Ryan Glavey can be contacted at rglavey@keene-equinox.com

Mason Library Lecture Presents

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Senior Ian Hart controls the ball during a game at Owl Athletic Complex on March 26, 2013. Hart had one goal and three assists in the game.

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Sophomore Ryan Hart looks for a teammate during a game against Bates College at Owl Athletic Complex on March 26, 2013.

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EQUINOX STAFF To the majority of their fellow Keene State College students and teammates, what stands out most about WKH +DUW EURWKHUV LV WKHLU WDOHQWV RQ WKH ODFURVVH Ă&#x20AC;HOG DQG WKH HTXDOO\ ORQJ QRPDGLF EORQG KDLU Ă RZLQJ down their backs.

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have both already established themselves as dominant forces for the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lacrosse team. Everything else off WKH Ă&#x20AC;HOG DQG EHKLQG WKH VFHQHV LV DQ H[WUDRUGLQDU\ VWRU\ Ă&#x20AC;OOHG ZLWK D VWURQJ IDLWK LQ *RG DQG VHUYLFH WULSV to undeveloped countries.

Ian Hart, who is in his senior season for the Owls, has played alongside his brother, a sophomore, for almost their entire lives. The two oldest of nine brothers and sisters, the perspective of having a large Catholic family is certainly real.

Under the parental guidance of Robert and Kathy +DUW WKH WZR ER\V KDYH Ă RXULVKHG LQWR PHWLFXORXV and responsible young adults. Head Coach of the KSC Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lacrosse Team Mark Theriault has been more than impressed with the two during their tenure at

KSC. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great because I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to go far in terms of recruiting,â&#x20AC;? Theriault said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to worry about a lot of things with them, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m still surprised with their talent from where they came from but at the same time, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re both very blue-collar hard-working kids.â&#x20AC;?

When you relate religion to sports these days, many people instantly think of Tim Tebow praying on one NQHH LQ WKH HQG ]RQH DIWHU VFRULQJ WKH JDPH ZLQQLQJ touchdown against the Pittsburgh Steelers in overtime.

With Ryan Hart, he sees it as a much more humbling and reserved type of style that contributes to his athOHWLF SURZHVV RQ WKH Ă&#x20AC;HOG â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just look at it every day that God gives you

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The KSC womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lacrosse team wears ribbons on their cleats, donning the Seton Hill colors to show their support for SHU.

Since the accident, the SHU womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lacrosse WHDP KDV QRW WDNHQ WKH Ă&#x20AC;HOG %XW KXQGUHGV DQG hundreds of lacrosse teams, both menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, ranging from the youth level to college level have played for the Seton Hill Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lacrosse team and their fallen coach, including the Keene State College Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lacrosse team.

According to senior captain, Nicole Curry, the team has worn crimson and yellow ribbons on their cleats during games to honor a woman and a team they have never met before. Curry

said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are supporting people we have never met before because we all share the love for lacrosse.â&#x20AC;?

Crimson and yellow are the two school colors RI WKH 6HWRQ +LOO 8QLYHUVLW\ *ULIĂ&#x20AC;QV Curry added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of other lacrosse teams around the country are doing this, both menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, just to show our support. We feel for them and for their loss.â&#x20AC;?

A Facebook group was created days after the

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COMMENTARY

ZACH PEARSON

SPORTS EDITOR Tragedy in sports is something the common person hears about all too much. Often times, the tragedy includes the loss of a loved one. Seton Hill University, a small catholic school nestled in Pennsylvania, recently experienced a tragedy that changed the lives of many.

According to CNN.com, on March 16, 2013, the Seton Hill University Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lacrosse team was headed to a game against Millersville University, also of Pennsylvania, when their team bus crashed.

In the crash, the bus driver, Anthony Guetta passed away. Thirty-year-old Kristina Quigley, head coach of the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lacrosse team, also passed away. Quigley was six months pregnant, according to CNN.com. Reports also stated that many members of the team were also treated for serious injuries at a nearby hospital.

6HWRQ +LOO 8QLYHUVLW\ UHOHDVHG DQ RIĂ&#x20AC;FLDO statement on March 16 at 3:15 p.m. stating, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Seton Hill University community is deeply saddened by the tragic bus accident that occurred at approximately 9:00 a.m. this morning â&#x20AC;Ś Kristina Quigley had just begun her second season with the Seton Hill womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lacrosse program.

6KH OHG WKH *ULIĂ&#x20AC;QV WR YLFWRULHV LQ KHU Ă&#x20AC;UVW season.â&#x20AC;? $FFRUGLQJ WR +XIĂ&#x20AC;QJWRQ3RVW FRP 6HWRQ +LOO scheduled a memorial mass in St. Joseph Chapel on the campus of SHU just a day after the accident, March 17, 2012.

Dressed in their home uniforms, pictures of the memorial show members of the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lacrosse team hugging each other in tears, some even donning cuts and bruises from the accident.

and make the most out of it,â&#x20AC;? Ryan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He gave us athletic ability and something we loved so every day going out there, making the most out of it and being humble but being proud of it.â&#x20AC;?

Many people assume that a religious lifestyle is a much more uptight and strict upbringing. Ian Hart was quick to debunk those theories. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just normal kids enjoying the college life,â&#x20AC;?

Ian said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At the same time, we have our morals and stuff, so weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re pretty down to earth when it comes to that, but I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just normal kids having fun.â&#x20AC;?

Though late-night binge drinking on a Saturday night may not adequately suit in the Hart broth-

Can you still argue â&#x20AC;&#x153;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a gameâ&#x20AC;? when that game has the power to halt wars, sentence players to death and bring more countries together than the United Nations?

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the question we are asked every four years when the FIFA World Cup rolls around.

Maybe it depends on the country youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re from. Europeans are more likely to argue that soccer is more than just a game than AmeriFDQV ZRXOG %XW UHJDUGOHVV RI ZKHUH youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re from or what sport you watch, the World Cup is the most important sporting event of all time.

The World Cup only happens once every four years and it engulfs the world in a way that Americans can hardly fathom. Two hundred DQG Ă&#x20AC;YH FRXQWULHV SDUWLFLSDWHG LQ the qualifying matches for the 2010 World Cup. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 13 more countries than the United Nations. Soccer may not garner much excitement here in the states, but with over 3.5 billion fans worldwide, it is an incredibly popular sport.

When we think of soccer, we RIWHQ WKLQN Ă&#x20AC;UVW RI (XURSH RI (QJODQG DQG RI 'DYLG %HFNKDP %XW nowhere is the popularity of soccer more obvious than in Africa. In 1969 Nigeria was engulfed in one of its bloodiest civil wars to date and no

amount of negotiators or emissaries were making a dent in stopping the violence.

Apparently they hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t thought to send a soccer player. The arrival RI %UD]LOLDQ VRFFHU OHJHQG 3HOH LQ Nigeria resulted in a three-day FHDVH Ă&#x20AC;UH EHWZHHQ WKH JRYHUQPHQW DQG WKH XSVWDUW 5HSXEOLF RI %LDIUD VR that Peleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s club, Santos, could play in a couple of exhibition matches against local teams. A similar story unfolded more recently in the Ivory Coast.

7KH ,YRU\ &RDVW VXIIHUHG Ă&#x20AC;YH long years of civil war when Didier Drogba led the countries national soccer team, The Elephants, to the :RUOG &XS Ă&#x20AC;QDOV LQ *HUPDQ\ LQ 2006. Drogba, like most soccer players who have dedicated their lives to their national team, loves his war torn nation and just wants peace for his people. So when surrounded by his teammates in the dressing room, he picked up a microphone, dropped to his knees on national television, and began pleading for ERWK VLGHV WR VWRS WKHLU Ă&#x20AC;JKWLQJ 2QH ZHHN ODWHU D FHDVHĂ&#x20AC;UH ZDV agreed upon by the warring factions culminating with their leaders standing side by side for the national anthem at an African Nations Cup 4XDOLĂ&#x20AC;HU :KHQ 'LGLHU 'URJED LV LQ town, the people of the Ivory Coast gather to cheer for him as if he were

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