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VOL. 65, ISSUE #2

THURSDAY, SEPT. 20, 2012

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Reality TV showdown: Battle of the gourds ANNA GLASSMAN

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Racks of bright orange pumpkins line Main St. on what is Keene’s most celebrated community event, PumpkinFest.

The community not only carves thousands of pumpkins but also participates in different contests and entertainment, shops for local crafts, enjoys a bite to eat and savors the beauty of a New England fall day.

This year’s Pumpkin Festival will take on a new twist as Keene vies for a new world record against Highwood, Ill. on national television.

Pumpkin Festival draws crowds from all over the

country, leaving hotels with no vacancies months in advance in anticipation of this spirited fall festival.

This year Pumpkin Festival is expected to draw even more attention, as Keene will be featured on HGTV, the network that focuses on home and garden renovations, remodeling and real estate sales.

Pumpkin Festival will be presented in a one-hour special called “Pumpkin Wars� that will air October 31 at 8 p.m. The theme of the show is a contest between Highwood, Ill., which is hosting its second annual Pumpkin Festival, and Keene.

The show is a competition between the two towns in an attempt to beat the Guinness World Record for the PRVW OLW SXPSNLQV LQ RQH ORFDWLRQ DW RQH WLPH 2IĂ€FLDO

Guinness World Record adjudicators will oversee the pumpkin lighting in both regions.

The hosts of the one-hour special are Drew and John Scott from the HGTV show “The Property Brothers.�

Drew will be stationed in Keene and John will be participating in the proceedings at Highwood, Ill. Highwood had the connection to HGTV that landed Keene a spot on “Pumpkin Wars.� People from Highwood’s Pumpkin Festival contacted HGTV suggesting that a Halloween special on their Fall Festival would make an interesting show.

HGTV executives became interested and through research discovered that Keene was the home of the original Pumpkin Festival. Ruth Sterling, from the Let

it Shine Organization, said that once this was revealed the network decided to produce the show including Keene.

According to Guinness, the most recent record of simultaneously lit jack-o’-lanterns was set in 2006 by The Life is Good Pumpkin Festival in Boston, Mass. with 30,128 lit pumpkins.

Keene holds eight previous world records. Last year the towns participated in a friendly competition where Keene contributed only 16,000 pumpkins compared to Highwood’s 30,919 lit pumpkins.

However, Highwood did not receive a world record because of a documentation error. This year Keene’s

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Phi Mu Delta cleans up graffiti to help the community KAITLYN COOGAN

FRYHU RYHU WKH JUDIĂ€WL WKDW PDVNV VRPH RI the buildings in Keene, N.H. For two hours senior Frank Abbate and The sizzle of pizza, smell of hot coffee, his 20 fraternity brothers joined their efforts and the morning sun welcomed Phi Mu WR KHOS RXW WKH FRPPXQLW\ ZLWK D JUDIĂ€WL Delta on Saturday, Sept. 8, when the broth- problem that has gotten worse, according to ers took up arms with paint and rollers to housing inspector Josh Gorman.

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“The idea initially blossomed when I was confronted by colleagues at the city to come XS ZLWK D VROXWLRQ IRU WKH JUDIĂ€WL SUREOHP which had increased of lately or did this past summer,â€? Gorman said.

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Campus Safety zooms in on student crimes ERIC WALKER

EQUINOX STAFF 7KLV \HDU &DPSXV 6DIHW\ LV DWWHPSWLQJ WR PDNH .HHQH 6WDWH &ROlege an even more secure place to live and study by expanding the use of video surveillance technology.

Over this past summer the college installed cameras in a variety of new locations, including the residence halls of Randall, Pondside I, and Holloway, according to Kent Drake-Deese, the director of Residential Life and Housing. ,Q .6& HQDFWHG D VHFXrity surveillance technology policy, which permitted the use of video and audio recordings, but limited use to “locations that do not violate the reasonable expectation of SULYDF\ DV GHĂ€QHG E\ ODZ 6XFK DUHDV LQFOXGH SULYDWH RIĂ€FH VSDFHV classrooms, restroom facilities and locker rooms, except for legitimate purposes such as investigations of criminal activity.â€?

Amanda Warman, director of &DPSXV 6DIHW\ VDLG WKDW VR IDU WKLV year video surveillance has “been very handy.â€? It assisted in apprehending the culprit of a bike theft RXWVLGH +ROORZD\ +DOO LGHQWLĂ€HG someone who repeatedly punctured another student’s tires, and helped recover a $300 textbook, which was swiped from outside the Science &HQWHU DQG UHWULHYHG EHIRUH WKH WKLHI could cash in at the book buyback.

So far this year the cameras have also led to resolutions in a number of incidents inside residence halls.

According to Jake Allen, a Holloway RA, the cameras allowed them to track down a student who made inappropriate use of shaving cream in one of hallways. “Yeah that was an interesting night,� Allen added.

Although the cameras have successfully nabbed some wrongdoers, not everybody is thrilled with their presence. Freshman Jon Budlong called the cameras encroaching, and

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penter Street and on the corner of Ralston and Emerald Streets.

Shortly after the idea of getting rid of the JUDIĂ€WL ZDV EURXJKW XS $EEDWH FRQWDFWHG Gorman asking if there was any service they can do for the community. Abbate’s father knew of Gorman as a source to go to for volunteer work Abbate said. “We just wanted to get involved in the community,â€? Abbate said.

A little getting involved turned into something much more when citizens began driving by clapping and cheering for what these fraternity brothers were doing. “[The best part] by far was having the people drive by, saying ‘thank you’, hanging out the window waving to you, ‘thank you for cleaning up our town’. It was pretty nice,� senior fraternity brother Josh Borba said.

Senior fraternity brother Tommy Adams had a different favorite part, however. Since there were two locations, the brothers split in half.

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Phi Mu Delta did not do this alone. Local businesses such as Prime Roast, Amicci Italian Pizza, Sherwin-Williams, and Perkins 3DLQW &HQWHU GRQDWHG WR WKH HIIRUW E\ SURviding coffee, pizza, paint, rollers, brushes, extension poles, and paint trays.

According to Gorman, the idea of having so many local businesses coming together with the students was a great idea. “It was really cool. Everyone kind of came together,� Gorman said.

The story doesn’t stop here though.

Adams had an additional experience while painting the buildings. “Josh [Gorman], who helped us set this thing up for us, he put me on the phone and I guess I was talking on live radio to 10,000 people, which is pretty cool,� Adams said.

The radio broadcaster asked questions about the fraternity and whether or not they would continue their community service afterwards.

Adams said, “Yeah, we’re up for hire.�

Apparently, according to Adams, people who had been listening to that radio station stopped by the site to thank the students for what they were doing.

7KLV ZDV QRW D ÀUVW WLPH HYHQW IRU 3KL 0X Delta. The fraternity has been volunteering their services for years.

In the past they have helped out by cleaning out shopping carts in the river near the Owl’s Nest dorms, checking bags DW 1$6&$5 IXQGUDLVLQJ IRU SKLODQWKURS\ for Saint Jude’s Hospital, working the Kicka-Thon, and much more. “A lot of people have preconceived notions about Greek letter organizations, but we don’t really have to defend ourselves or argue. We just kind of let that ethics speak for itself,� Adams said. Phi Mu Delta had the highest GPA last year, according to Adams, and the most community service KRXUV RXW RI WKH *UHHN RUJDQL]DWLRQV DW .6& “The biggest story is the kids coming out to do something for their community for no money, no nothing, just out of the goodness of their hearts,� Gorman said. “I thought that was pretty neat. It says a lot of what kind of relations the college kids can have with the community.�

Kaitlyn Coogan can be contacted at kcoogan@keene-equinox.com.

KPD’s new idea may keep students from getting ticketed LINDSEY ARCECI

EQUINOX STAFF With the introduction of the new party registration forms, a symbiotic bond is forming between students and the Keene Police Department; both are working successfully to keep parties safe and under control.

According to the new KPD liaiVRQ 2IÀFHU .DWLH &RUEHWW WKH SXUpose of these forms is to make the police aware of certain parties taking place, so in case things are getting out of hand, the police can stop by before the noise ordinance kicks in and help the students ÀJXUH RXW KRZ WR NHHS WKH SDUW\ under control before a complaint is made. &RUEHWW EHFDPH WKH QHZ OLDLson in late spring of 2012, so this is KHU ÀUVW VFKRRO VHPHVWHU DV OLDLVRQ She said she spent a lot of time over the summer researching different police stations in college towns and what other liaisons do, and this research inspired KPD’s version of the party registration form.

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have students register their parties online, a day or several days EHIRUHKDQG VR WKH RIĂ€FHUV RQ GXW\ will know in advance because “I’m not checking my e-mails on patrol,â€? &RUEHWW DGGHG 7KHQ GXULQJ WKH warning period (before 11 p.m.), &RUEHWW RU RWKHU RIĂ€FHUV RQ GXW\ will drive by the houses registered and see if the party seems under control. If it seems too loud, or VRPHWKLQJ HOVH UHODWHG WKH RIĂ€FHU will know who they can talk to at the party, and together they work out how to quiet things down so the neighbors don’t complain. This way, the party doesn’t have to end. “We’re just trying to keep track RI HYHU\WKLQJ Âľ &RUEHWW VDLG ´7KDW way they’re staying safe, and they’re not getting complaints from the neighbors.â€?

(YHQ WKRXJK .6& LV RQO\ D couple weeks into its fall semester, &RUEHWW VDLG WKDW PDQ\ VWXGHQWV have already been utilizing this tool, and on Monday she said, “I already have some students registering parties for this upcoming weekend.�

According to her, it takes a matter of minutes to register online,

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and is easier to access for students who are on the computer so much.

She said that the former KPD liaiVRQ 2IĂ€FHU -RQ 6WHZDUW XVHG WR have some students who would call before having a party and leave him a message. She thinks that having all the info and registration

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online will be easier for students than making the call. &RUEHWW DOVR VDLG WKDW WKH UHJLVtered houses don’t always need her help. “Sometimes I drive around and I see the houses with parties, and I say ‘Perfect, you’re doing

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CAMPUS SAFETY report  log

Week of: Sept. 10 Monday,  Sept.  10 11:12  a.m.  Winchester  Lot:  Damage  to  vehicle.

5:39  p.m.  Art  Center  Lot:  Report  of  propane  smell.

Tuesday,  Sept.  11 2:53  a.m.  Fiske  Quad:  Group  of  students  being  too  loud.  11:35  a.m.  Putnam  Theatre:  Female  student  fell  on  steps.

Wednesday,  Sept.  12 12:05  a.m.  Young  Student  Center:  Misplaced  the  build-­ ing  keys.

Thursday,  Sept.  13 10:00  a.m.  Holloway  Hall:  Checking  the  welfare  of  a  stu-­ dent  and  our  officer  located  the  student  in  his  room.

9:49  p.m.  Sidewalk(s):  Blue  light  misuse,  no  one  in  area.

Friday,  Sept.  14 12:13  a.m.  Sidewalk(s):  706  call  [marijuana].

12:20  a.m.  Sidewalk(s):  Intoxicated  male  guest  found  in  front  of  building  with  no  student  escort.

2:12  a.m.  Owl’s  Nest  5:  Computer  system  showing  fire  alarm.

11:45  a.m.  Winchester  Street:  Two  males  soliciting  on  campus  refusing  to  speak  with  officer.

1:20  p.m.  Winchester  Lot:  Student  reporting  items  thrown  on  her  vehicle.

4:56  p.m.  Owl’s  Nest  6:  Cracked  glass  on  interior  of  door.

Saturday,  Sept.  15 12:31  a.m.  Holloway  Hall:  Students  attempting  to  take  meds  while  intoxicated.

10:21  p.m.  Randall  Hall:  Passed  out  female  in  bath-­ room.

11:37  p.m.  Monadnock  Hall:  Intoxicated  female  student.

Sunday,  Sept.  16 12:05  a.m.  Monadnock  Hall:  Student  vomiting.

12:11  a.m.  Owl’s  Nest  9:  Student  disregards  officer’s  request  to  talk  to  went  into  room.

2:40  a.m.  Carle  Hall:  Medical  emergency.

4:09  a.m.  Randall  Hall:  Student  reported  cell  phone  stolen.

2:50  p.m.  Trestle:  Students  seen  under  trestle.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 20, 2012

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Redfern Arts Center ups security KARINA BARRIGA ALBRING

EQUINOX STAFF Additional security regulations have been implemented in the Redfern Arts Center in order to keep the students and faculty safe.

Due to the amount of thefts registered in the building last semester, security has become a priority among staff and students. Shannon Mayers, Redfern Art Center director, said, “Campus Safety and everybody who works in this building are very sensitive to it.�

The Equinox reported last spring that a laptop, two master keys, music equipment, and a professor’s car keys were stolen from the Redfern.

Amanda Warman, Campus Safety Director said they “haven’t heard any follow up on that from the police.�

However, Warman claims Campus Safety and the Redfern staff and faculty are working together to prevent any more incidents from happening.

Strict building hour control, access lists for after hours and class recommendations regarding safety are some of the policies the Redfern has implemented this fall.

According to Warman, the faculty has been asked “to put notes in their syllabus about the policies about using the building, like that the students are not supposed to be there by themselves, that they shouldn’t let strangers in�.

The rooms in the Redfern Arts Center are locked when the building closes at night and during weekends and holidays. Nevertheless, if students need to go in the building after hours, they can.

Faculty and staff are aware that art majors involve irregular schedules. Mayers said the regulations do not intend to complicate student’s academic development. “The building is opened for classes and rehearsal that need to happen‌ Unless they are trying to rehearse at one o’clock in the morning, they should be able to get in.â€?

Theater professor Peggy Rae Johnson agreed, “In theater, we tend to work long hours, and we have access to the building. We call Campus Safety and if we have the proper ID, they will let us in.�

Warman explained that an access list is required. “The professor submits an access list to us and then the student has to come in (to the Keddy House) with their ID. We update their ID, so that it will allow them to access the building after hours.�

Students have noticed some changes in the building functionality. Jessica Descolos, a senior, said, “It is hard for students because if they need to use a room, they need to look for the person that has the key.�

On the other hand, she said she believes regulations are necessary. “That is just what we have to do, because so many things got stolen last year, and we don’t want that to happen again.�

Taylor Ewing, a theater major, said there are changes in student behavior. “People are less comfortable coming into the Green Room. We grew so comfortable with the community here that we stopped noticing that we were leaving valuables around, and then theft started happen-

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The Redfern Arts Center remains silent indoors due to the lack of students allowed to enter.

ing and people started thinking ‘well, I guess it could happen to me.’�

Regarding technological improvement in security, Amanda Warman said, “At this time, we don’t have a camera plan for the building, but that doesn’t mean that we are not going to put cameras in it.�

Nevertheless, Warman said she believes that the real challenge is about changing people’s attitude. “Technology is not only way you can make a place more secure. You can have more technology, but if people don’t practice good safety and security practices, then the technology really doesn’t have a lot of value.�

Moreover, some students and faculty consider it is not necessary to take this action. Ewing is one of them. “Campus Safety has enough on their plate looking over the whole campus,� she said.

Professor Johnson has a strong opinion towards this type of surveillance. “Having somebody watch us 24/7 just doesn’t feel like the choice that I would like to make. We have a lot of intrusion in our lives now. I really think that we individually, as independent people need to take a little bit more precautions and responsibility for ourselves.�

Professors’ cooperation has been crucial to increase the student’s awareness toward safety issues. Johnson advises her students to take advantage of the services Campus Safety offers. “Sometimes, when we’ve had students here late, and I would say call Campus Safety, wait for them and they will take you across the campus to your dorm.�

Campus Safety has an escort service all the time. According to Warman, students use it with some frequency; however, it “gets used a lot more by staff who work late in campus and that might

want an escort to their car.�

About lightning around the Redfern area, Warman said they “have not received any comSODLQWVÂľ DERXW LW ,Q IDFW VKH DIĂ€UPV &DPSXV Safety does lighting surveys to make sure that lights are working and leads a walk around campus with a group of students every year, usually in November, to see how it looks .

Despite the impression caused by last spring’s incidents, Campus Safety and Redfern staff and faculty members agreed that the Redfern is not the only building that has experienced theft.

Mayers said, “Unfortunately theft does happen in campus, as it happens anywhere.

What we ask everybody to do, faculty, staff and students is to make sure that they don’t leave anything out unattended.�

Warman indicated the Redfern “is a challenging building because there are so many ways into and out of it.â€? However, she said it does not receive a special treatment. “We have to check the whole campus, and sometimes we just have D FRXSOH RI RIĂ€FHUV RQ GXW\ :H KDYH DURXQG 60 buildings, and certainly the areas within the Redfern are important, but we also have 3000 students that live on campus, so we have to patrol everywhere.â€?

Still, Professor Peggy Rae Johnson believes Campus Safety “does a good job. I can think of a dozen campuses close by that would make me feel much more concerned than Keene State,� she said.

So far, no incidents have been reported in the Redfern since the beginning of this semester.

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

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Cancer has overtaken heart disease as the No. 1 killer among Hispanics in the U.S., and the rest of the country may be only a few years behind.

The change is not exactly cause for alarm. Death rates for both cancer and heart disease have been dropping for Hispanics and everyone else. It’s just that heart disease deaths have fallen faster, largely because of improved treatment and prevention, including the development of cholesterol-lowering drugs.

Overall, cancer will probably replace heart disease as the nation’s top cause of death in the next 10 years, said Rebecca Siegel of the American Cancer Society, lead author of a study reportLQJ WKH QHZ ÀQGLQJV *RYernment health statisticians think the crossover point could be reached as early as this year, or at least in the next two or three years.

The reason it has already happened among Hispanics is that they are younger on average than non-Hispanic whites and blacks. And cancer tends to kill people earlier in life than heart disease, for decades the nation’s top cause of death.

The shift could bring about a change in diseaseprevention efforts, government spending priorities and people’s attitudes. “We’ve been so focused on heart disease mortality for

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so long. This may change the way people look at their risk,� said Robert Anderson, who oversees the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control branch that monitors death statistics.

The study is being published in the September/ October issue of a cancer society publication, CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.

Cancer society researchers looked at federal death data for 2009 and found that 29,935 Hispanics died of cancer and 29,611 of heart GLVHDVH ,W ZDV WKH ÀUVW \HDU in which cancer deaths surpassed heart disease in that ethnic group.

Cancer is also the leading cause of death for Asian$PHULFDQV DQG 3DFLÀF Islanders. And it is now the leading killer in 18 states, according to 2009 numbers from the CDC. Hispanics are the nation’s largest and fastest-growing major ethnic group, and many of them are young immigrants from Mexico.

Most heart disease deaths are in people 65 and older. The vast majority of Hispanics in the U.S. are under 55.

The story is different in Mexico, which has an older population. There, diabetes is the biggest killer, with cancer No. 2, according to 2009 statistics from the Pan American Health Organization.

Interestingly, none of the states where cancer has overtaken heart disease is in the Southwest, which has large Hispanic populations.

So far things have been working well with the new system; Corbett said the students who have used it have said good things about the process, and that now it’s a matter of getting the word out. “The students who have chosen to do LW , WKLQN KDYH EHQHĂ€WWHG IURP LW EHFDXVH I’ve stopped at the house around ten and if there’s any issues I can address them before the neighbors start calling to say things are out of hand,â€? Corbett said.

Some students may feel that having the police know where they live, or the fact that the police know they’re having a party, makes them uncomfortable. Corbett said that she really doesn’t see this as a problem because KPD already knows which streets have parties and the heaviHVW IRRW WUDIĂ€F “We know the majority of the college houses anyway, so that’s not the issue. It has more of a negative effect if we don’t know, because we won’t know you’re having a party until a complaint comes LQ Âľ $QRWKHU EHQHĂ€W RI WKH UHJLVWUDWLRQ form for the police is that it makes it easier IRU WKHP WR Ă€QG D WHQDQW RI WKH KRXVH WR speak to because all the information has been provided by the form. Corbett said that sometimes you have to go to a party with hundreds of kids and you have no idea who actually lives there.

There wasn’t a particular problem that led to the registration forms, Corbett said. She was just looking for a better way to keep track of parties and keep them controlled. “We’re always going to have issues with parties. I think the issue is keeping them under control to the point where the neighbors won’t call. we just want you to stay safe, and in a reasonable fashion,â€? Corbett added. For some of the students who have used the registration form, the system seems to be working very well. KSC senior Eric Moran said he registered his party a day beforehand and 2IĂ€FHU &RUEHWW RQO\ YLVLWHG WKHP RQFH RQ the party night to help with some noise. “She just stopped in the street, and she pretty much told us that we weren’t in trouble or anything. Just to keep it down,

and try to keep people off the porches,�

Moran said. “She was really nice about it. She even complimented my roomPDWH¡V WRJD Âľ :LWK D JRRG Ă€UVW H[SHULHQFH and no complaints from the neighbors, Moran said he will use the form again, and encouraged other students to use it as well. “They’re going to know you’re having a party anyway, unless it’s really quiet, so you might as well tell them that way they pretty much leave you alone.â€?

Another senior, Denise Perna, thinks the form is a safer way to regulate parWLHV ´,W UHGXFHV WKH FKDQFH RI Ă€QHV DQG it also makes the environment much safer because the police are regulating the area. Sometimes it’s better to have an outside view than to have it all in our hands,â€? Perna added. She said the police know that students are going to have parties, and you can’t always hide it. “It’s just better to have all your bases covered, and be responsible.â€? One student did not have such a good experience with this party system. KSC senior Kellan Grady said he had called KPD to let them know that he might be having a party last saturday, but that he wasn’t sure if it would happen. According to Grady, he did not have a party at his home that night, but KLV QHLJKERUV GLG DQG 2IĂ€FHU &RUEHWW went to their street because the music was apparently too loud.

Grady said the neighbors who were having the party even came out to talk to WKH SROLFH RIĂ€FHU DQG WULHG WR H[SODLQ WKDW they were the ones having a party, and were probably being too loud. Regardless, Grady was issued a ticket and has a court date set in November. “The Keene police do not believe in responsible parties. It’s either don’t have a party, or get a ticket. Unless you’re me, then it’s you call to tell them you’re thinking of having a party, then decide not to have one, and get a ticket anyway.â€?

Lindsey Arceci can be contacted at larceci@keene-equinox.com

A treacherous walk shrouded in almost complete darkness can be a scary one.

The daredevil walking through the unknown gives off a sense of bravery, but still shows timidness.

While there may be many spots on campus that come to mind, the spot being discussed is the walkway to Wal-Mart.

The walkway to the business giant is being targeted as a possible location for a new spotlight, according to Katelyn Williams, the Student Body President. “That area is traveled often and can be scary,� she commented.

Williams said Student Government is currently talking about putting a spotlight on that bridge, but there is no set date.

She added that students have been pressing the matter since last year.

Whether it was the mountain lion scare at the beginning of last year or people looming around, this walkway creates a stir among the student body. “I like that [putting a light in] a lot because it’s going to make it a lot safer,� sophomore Cali Hebert said.

She added that she frequently goes running in the area and that she is all for the idea of installing a light.

One snag in putting a spotlight in the area is that Student Government would be using reserve budget money instead of the main budget money, according to Williams. “We are considering our options in putting this plan into action,� she said. She also noted that they haven’t used the reserve budget in years.

Another snag in the planning of placing a light on the foreboding bridge is whether or not the area is campus or city property.

Katie Corbett, college liaiVRQ RIĂ€FHU RI WKH .HHQH 3ROLFH Department, said she believes it is campus property. Williams said she believes otherwise though. When a project like this goes underway, three different departments are brought in to make sure everything is put together and running smoothly. According to Laura Seraichick, chief information RIĂ€FHU RI WKH ,7 *URXS &DPSXV Safety, IT and the Physical Plant will need to be brought in to implement the project. Seraichick explained of a summer long SURMHFW RI Ă€[LQJ DQG UHVWRULQJ all the emergency blue lights and spotlights on campus. “We want to make sure every single light on campus is working,â€? she said. She added that all though there may be many different designs of blue lights and spotlights, they wanted all of them to have the same functionality. In all, there are over 100 safety installments on campus. “I think it’s [installing a light] better. A lot of students go out for late night shopping,â€? senior Lauren Campbell said. “It’s good for safety. If anything happens you can see.â€?

The students call this campus home and expect to feel safe when roaming even the outskirts of campus. “It’s [Keene State College] like a small little city,� said Corbett.

Williams said she wants to have the installment of the spotlight as soon as possible, hopefully by the end of the semester.

She added that it will, however be done by the end of year, if all goes according to plan. “Lighting makes you feel safer; I think it’ll make students feel safer,� she said. “You can’t put a price of the safety of the students.�

Michael Woodworth can be contacted at mwoodworth@keene-equinox. com

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goal is 35,000 lit pumpkins.

The man in charge of rallying more support for “Pumpkin Wars� is the captain of the competition, Luca Paris.

The owner of Luca’s Mediterranean CafĂŠ in Keene revealed what he said he believed to be the secret to a Keene victory, “If everyone brought one pumpkin we would have around 60,000 pumpkins, and we are not expecting everyone to bring one, so bring two!â€?

If everyone who attends Pumpkin Festival follows Paris’ advice, the town will exceed the goal of 35,000 pumpkins. Paris has other plans in the works in order to clinch a victory.

He has initiated a challenge to Keene’s downtown businesses to see which business can produce the most carved pumpkins.

He promises 200 pumpkins from his business alone.

Paris attempts to appeal to the biggest contributing groups to Keene’s Pumpkin Festival, the elementary and middle students, with his second campaign, “No Pumpkins Left Behind.� With this plan, Paris wants to encourage pumpkin carving competitions between classrooms.

Though Keene is the veteran town of Pumpkin Festival, Highwood has a huge advantage.

It is in close proximity to a major city, Chicago, which enables it to recruit an abundance of supporters.

Despite this advantage, Paris said he believes Keene can prevail. “We can do things as a community.

It is amazing what a community can do as an underdog! We are smaller but we can win. Let’s go for it and have some fun!�

Paris hopes with his efforts and the support of the New England community Keene will pull through with a victory.

Within the competitive spirit surrounding 2012’s Pumpkin Festival there is another driving force in this spirited season. Ruth Sterling, of Let It Shine, Incorporated, the event’s coordinator, hopes to make an impression on the viewers of “Pumpkin Wars.� “If this is our one chance to tell people about Keene, what do we want them to know? We want them to know we are real people; what you see is what you get,� Sterling said.

Sterling is determined to provide a magical festival where everyone wakes up happy.

The events are anticipated to be

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bigger and better than in years past.

The returning games are pumpkin bowling and a costume parade. A new event is Pumpkin Promenade, where artists’ masterpieces are displayed inside store windows along Main Street on Friday, Oct. 19.

The day will start at 8:30 a.m. with the Great Pumpkin Mile, a race that starts on Washington Street making a small loop around town.

The Keene Pumpkin Festival will take place Saturday, Oct. 20, from noon to 8:30 p.m. in downtown Keene. Parking will be available in a variety of locations serviced by

shuttle buses.

Sterling said she hopes for more than a competitive spirit during this year’s Pumpkin Festival. She wants the world to see the how cool Keene is. Sterling said, “Who is cooler than Keene, New Hampshire?!� She wants the audience to see the spirit of Keene.

Sterling described the personalities of the communities, saying they are real, hard working industrious people who enjoy the spirit of the Keene community.

Get to know the community and experience a place like no other

during an event that cannot be matched.

The original Pumpkin Festival in Keene is an experience that no one should miss.

Get carving and bring your jacko’-lanterns to light up the night in Keene.

If you are interested in volunteering for the event, go to http:// pumpkinfestival2012.org and click the tab named Volunteers.

Anna Glassman can be contacted at aglassman@keene-equinox.com.

U.S. Rep. Frank Guinta said Monday he opposes federal subsidies for high speed rail in New England in part because he objects to New Hampshire residents traveling out of state to work.

Guinta’s comments came GXULQJ KLV ÀUVW SRVW SULPDU\ forum with his Democratic challenger, Carol Shea-Porter.

The two are in a rematch of 2010, when Guinta, the former mayor of Manchester, unseated Shea-Porter, who had held the 1st Congressional District seat for two terms.

While high speed rail may provide an economic boost to communities along the route, Guinta said it doesn’t make sense in New Hampshire because it’s too expensive, it’s not self-sustaining and because the population base is too small. “I never quite understood this notion of sending our residents out of state to work someplace else,�

Guinta said. “I understand, particularly from my 10 years as mayor, the economic impact along the corridor, but I think there’s a lot of different ways we can grow our economy here in New Hampshire.�

Shea-Porter replied that the state’s unemployment rate would be far higher if southern New Hampshire residents stopped commuting to Massachusetts.

She backs federal help for high speed rail because it reduces highway congestion and gas consumption. “Of course we need high speed rail,� she said. “Anybody who’s ever traveled down the I-93 corridor knows it; anyone who’s ever had the pleasure of traveling by train to work understands that this is a good way to travel,� she said. “Where does the money come from?� Guinta asked.

The closest the two came to agreeing on any issue was when, in a nod to Twitter, they were asked to describe their economic philosophies in 140 characters or less. “Pro-growth economic principles, predictability for job creators and entrepreneurs, and reducing federal government oversight into

our personal and business lives,�

Guinta said, going well over the character limit.

Shea-Porter started her answer in exactly the same way, saying “Pro-growth economic principles, working hard to support industry, both small business and large.�

Though she kept that answer brief, she spent much of the rest of the time interjecting during Guinta’s answers and talking over the forum’s moderator.

Asked about energy policy, both Guinta and Shea-Porter advocated an “all of the above� approach to alternative energy, but they tangled over the details.

Guinta said instead of picking winners and losers, the federal government should either provide the same subsidies for all energy industries or none at all.

Shea-Porter said that sounds good, but said in reality, Guinta has backed subsidies for the oil and gas industry over renewable energy by voting for Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget plan.

On health care, Shea-Porter said President Barack Obama’s health insurance overhaul legislation will help small businesses because they ultimately will have healthier, more productive workers.

And bringing young people into the insurance risk pool will eventually slow the rate of insurance premium increases, she argued.

Guinta, who favors repealing the law, declined to say what aspects of it, if any, he would keep in place.

But he said the business people he’s spoken too say they are spending more money on compliance. “I’ve yet to meet anyone who’s said to me, ‘Thank goodness for the Accountable Care Act,� he said.

The forum, focused on business and economic issues, was hosted by the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College, the Business and Industry Association, the New Hampshire Union Leader, New Hampshire Public Television and New Hampshire Public Radio.

Candidates in the 2nd Congressional District face off on Tuesday, followed by gubernatorial candidates Wednesday.

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said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re paying about 30 grand to go to Keene State, I think that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s acceptable to have your own privacy in the place that you live.â&#x20AC;? %XGORQJ D &DUOH UHVLGHQW VDLG KH Ă&#x20AC;UVW heard about the cameras in a discussion with his RA about a week into fall classes.

He said he feels his privacy is being violated PRVWO\ EHFDXVH KH ZDVQ¡W IRUPDOO\ QRWLĂ&#x20AC;HG of their existence.

Drake-Deese said, much to his surprise, he hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t had any vocal opponents to the cameras, but admitted, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not like we took out a big ad telling people they were there.â&#x20AC;?

According to the Surveillance Technology Policy Statement, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Department of Campus Safety or its designee will post signage in appropriate internal areas to indicate the use of video surveillance. Signage will state: THESE PREMISES MAY BE UNDER VIDEO SURVEILLANCE or similar. Use of video surveillance in exterior areas will not require such posting.â&#x20AC;?

Holloway Hall incurred over $1,500 in unattributed damages last spring, now has security cameras in a number of locations including entrances, stairwells, and balconies, according to Drake-Deese.

Because of the institutionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inability to catch last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perpetrators, every Holloway resident was charged individually for a percentage of the total cost of the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s damages. According to Allen, the bill totaled about $10 per person.

In Holloway there is a sign on the wall left of the entrance, which features a picture of a security camera and states that the premises may be under video surveillance, as required by the collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s policy. However the sign is one of several on the wall, and takes up a little less space than its neighboring poster for â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Hunger Gamesâ&#x20AC;? playing in the Night Owl Cafe.

In Randall the required warning is placed on the a wall facing entering students in the main lobby, unaccompanied by other signs or posters of any kind, and is highly contrasted against the red wall it is placed on. However, in the Carle Hall lobby there are no visible warnings of any kind.

Holloway resident Ashley Mundy said she was completely unaware of the cameras, and said she believes most of the other residents are as well.

Freshman Alex Strong said that he knew there was video surveillance taking place in

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the building, but only because he noticed a camera in the lobby for himself and not because of the signs. Strong said he would have preferred it if RAs informed the students during orientation that they were being recorded, but also said he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel that his privacy is really being violated.

Allen said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how people wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know. There are signs and there are visible cameras. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not like theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re hidden.â&#x20AC;?

Drake-Deese called the cameras a â&#x20AC;&#x153;necessary evil,â&#x20AC;? and said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;It would be much nicer if we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel any compelling reason to have it at all... Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been available for a long time and I have resisted it, but I just kind of felt like we were in a position where it made sense to do it.â&#x20AC;?

Drake-Deese said he shied away from the use of cameras in the past because he wanted to avoid a big brother mentality, and having cameras around doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily make the residents feel at home or welcome, which is important to him.

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Eric Walker can be contacted at Director of Campus Safety Amanda Warman said she believes that the new cameras ewalker@keene-equinox.com. have already been handy. It has helped identify people who have stolen bikes and helped catch the culprit who had been repeatedly slashing tires in a studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bike.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Italy because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my nationality, a part of my culture.â&#x20AC;?

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Italy because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always wanted to go and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a nice looking country.â&#x20AC;?

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Improvements to campus create greater sense of safety for all

Blue lights: a staple throughout Keene State Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campus, excepting one glaringly obvious placeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the pathway from the Joyce Athletic Field to Wal-Mart and the bridge across the Ashuelot River.

For students who make the trek late at night across the tennis courts, the lack of a blue light or 24 hour light source is a site of concernâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;both for their personal safety and for the safety of the Keene State College community at large.

This absence of light is not solely the fault of the college, as the property on which the trail runs is owned by the city of Keene, not the college. Fortunately, Campus Safety and KSC have come to an agreement with the town that will now allow the college to place a spotlight at this much-needed site.

This spotlight is only one aspect of the improvements that Campus Safety has enacted this year. Others include the placement of surveillance cameras around the perimeters of freshmen dorms, an upgrade of the existing blue OLJKW V\VWHP DQG WKH RIĂ&#x20AC;FH PRYH IURP WKH GHFD\LQJ *UDIton House to the much more suitable and functional Keddy House.

The spotlight by Joyce Field will make travel to and from the Winchester parking lot much easier, both in terms of preventing assaults/unwanted encounters as well as illuminating what becomes an veritable ice rink in winterâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;one that could not be clearly seen and avoided in years past.

The surveillance cameras located outside certain dorms aim to cut down on vandalism and other illegal behavior that occurs more frequently at freshmen dorms.

In turn, it will allow Campus Safety to identify the perSHWUDWRU WKHUHE\ ORZHULQJ WKH HQG RI WKH \HDU Ă RRU DQG building damage costs that are added on to studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; bills.

Although the new cameras around dorms have garnered a mix response from studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;ranging from claims of invasion of privacy to expressing approval of STAFF COMMENTARY the placementâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;it cannot be denied that these measures all aim to make Keene State Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campus a safer VSDFH IRU DOO LWV VWXGHQWV DQG YLVLWRUV DQG UHĂ HFW WKH FROAsking anyone on campus where to go to get legeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commitment to continual improvement. a quick late-night snack will likely elicit one of

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Store remodeling leaves gaping wound in late night options

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two answers, depending where the person lives.

Anyone on the Owlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nest/Carle side of campus would direct you to Campus Convenience, while people on the Randall/Monadnock side would send you to Cumberland Farms. Obviously there are other options such as Ramuntoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pizza, McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Wendyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, etc, but for a quick â&#x20AC;&#x153;grab and goâ&#x20AC;? snack, the two convenience stores canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be beat.

This year, however, there is a slight issue. At the time of print, both Cumberland Farms and Campus Convenience are closed for remodeling.

This is proving to be more of an adjustment to students than any of us would have expected. I have to say, despite Keene being a college town, there are not as many places open late night as one would expect.

Even two of the three fast food places closest to campus (Burger King & Wendyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s) close the dining room portion of the restaurants at about 11 p.m.

Now, of course it is perfectly understandable why the two convenience stores are closed.

On Cumberland Farmsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; (which is affectionately

known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cumbyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sâ&#x20AC;? to most people) website, it says they are doing a nationwide remodeling of their stores, in an effort to increase the customer experience.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fantastic in my opinion. I love when companies actually show interest in their customers and take steps to better themselves.

Campus Convenience (which has also earned itself a nickname among the student population, CamCo.) is using the same reason for being closed.

CamCo. is now under new management, and they are changing up the inside of the store in order to be a better store for customers. It is just strange, because as a freshman it was easy to take for granted how convenient it was to have easy access to late night food.

One of the reasons it seems so odd that we are down almost all our late-night food places is my experience while at other schools. Since Keene went on winter break before some of my friendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s schools, I visited the University of R.I. last year in December. The amount of places open there at around 2 a.m. is vastly different than here. It was totally normal to be able to walk into a pizza place and order a calzone in the early morning, or

order a dish of pasta with meat sauce at a pasta house.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s completely different, because around here, there is nowhere to get a pasta dish past about 10 p.m.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s part of what gives Keene a real local charm though, because you really get to be familiar with a few shops, and the owners/employees.

It will be great to see the changes made to Cumbyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and CamCo. when all the renovations are done and the stores re-open. I did a little research into Cumbyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new store model and have to say it is rather impressive. There is a whole new look planned for the little gas station shop.

Cumbyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s should be re-opening somewhere around September 23. As for CamCo. I have QRW KHDUG DQ\ GHĂ&#x20AC;QLWH LQIRUPDWLRQ EXW RQH FDQ assume it will be soon, from just walking past and looking inside.

Once the stores do open, they can be sure to expect a rush of relieved students able to once again grab their favorite late-night snacks and drinks.

David Padroza can be contacted at dpadroza@keene-equinox.com

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Unsolicited life advice from the stranger on the street: just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do it Have you ever been minding your own business in public when someone passive-aggressively tries to solicit their own beliefs onto you as if they were doing you a great favor?

Last year at school I had the great misfortune of experiencing something similar. I was walking down a street when someone held their arm out as I passed, and in their hand was a piece of paper. I made the naĂŻve mistake of grabbing this paper, assuming that it was maybe just a coupon.

Spoiler alert: it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a coupon. It was a cartoon comic strip about some sort of religion.

I do not remember the exact message of the cartoon, nor do I fully understand what its message was, but it did make me a little uneasy and somewhat insulted.

I realize this experience isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a big deal, but for some reason it did not sit right with me. It made me think of pamphlets handed out in places like New York City that put forth their message in a way that seems almost threatening or fear-instilling.

It was not so much this individual that bothered me, but the idea that there are other religious pamphlet mongers. Why do some people feel it necessary to take the time to stand somewhere and distribute these papers to people? Did I miss the memo? Is there a new law or holiday where we get to inform people that their beliefs are wrong?

If I had known I would have brought my pamphlets about our savior, the purple octopus, so everyone could learn about a fantastic alternative religion.

Of course, I am joking about the octopus; however, I still question this way of interacting.

If I had handed this individual a pamphlet selling my own beliefs, or something as ridiculous as the purple octopus, would it not be disregarded as false and absurd?

I have a feeling that I would not change the mind of anyone by trying to present my beliefs in such a way. I realize this instance was not a big deal, and I did forget about it after a couple minutes, but it still makes me wonder.

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If you think abortions are wrong, then I imagine you will not get one.

I just hope you do not tell me what to do. Instead of giving this woman a piece of my mind, I merely thanked her and told her to have a nice day.

As I walked away feeling defeated, I thought about all of the things I wanted to say. Who did that woman think she was? I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stand outside of grocery stores telling people they shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go inside because they sell murdered animals. If I did that, I would be crazy, right?

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It felt like no matter what I would have done I would have lost in that situation. Not arguing with this woman made me feel defeated. If I had argued, I would have only made myself, and possibly others who share similar views as me, look bad.

It must be nice to see in black and white and never doubt or question your own actions. But then again, do these kinds of people see things so clearly?

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one will agree with them and thus make them feel their beliefs are valid. Perhaps theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just doing what they think is right and I shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t judge or complain.

Well, I am not here to even say that these peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s views are wrong. I mean, honestly, what do I know?

Not much. How can I tell others what to do? Of course I am sure there are times where, in some shape or form, I may have tried to change someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mind. I think we are all hypocrites in some ways. But there are levels of extremity to imposing your beliefs onto someone.

Ultimately, if you believe in a certain religion or KROG \RXU RZQ SROLWLFDO RSLQLRQ WKHQ WKDW LV Ă&#x20AC;QH <RX are your own person making your own decisions. Just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hurt other people and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect anyone to share the same beliefs.

You may not agree with me on this, and from this experience, I do not expect to change your mind.

Kim Christel can be contacted at kchristel@keene-equinox.com

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One college studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unsettling experience with the criminal justice system Have you ever done something and then had that thing come back to haunt you months later? (Of course you have, my use of a rhetorical question is merely an example of a sloppyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;not to mention lazyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; segue way into my story, but I digress.)

I recently had the pleasure of experiencing this exact phenomenon this past Friday when, much to the amusement of my friends and family, I made an appearance at court.

What, might you ask, was someone as devoted to not getting caught as me doing in a court of law?

Well, to make a long story exceptionally short, I was appealing a speeding ticket I received inâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;wait for itâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;March. Saint Patrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day to be precise.

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The day after this incidence, I mailed in the part of the ticket that stated I wanted an appeal (along with the subsequent $25 court fee) and waited for my date with destiny.

The reply letter from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts informed me that my presence was requested for September DW D P LQ *UHHQĂ&#x20AC;HOG &RXQW\ &RXUW And so, with pencil in hand, I marked my calendar and moved on with my life.

Throughout the summer, the shadow of my court date loomed in the background until, lo and behold, it was here.

On Friday morning I woke up bright and

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If she or he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wave it, I was convinced through hearing about my friendsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; experiences that it would at least be reduced.

I got to the courthouse at 8:55 a.m. andâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; being a person who insists on being earlyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; was slightly panicked.

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As I bustled through security I was surprised at the large amount of people waiting in the hallway.

I took my court issued document stating my assigned time and marched over to someone who looked like they belonged to the justice systemâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the side that got paid for it, that is.

I asked where I was supposed to go and the woman replied, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just grab a sit on the bench.â&#x20AC;?

The bench was packed with people and one screaming baby.

I sighed and chose to stand slightly apart from the group, hoping to differentiate myself from the other criminals who occupied the area.

At 9:20, a court employee stepped out of a side room and ushered all of us in. The magistrate, an old white manâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;surprise, surpriseâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;was sitting upon his throne and looked down at us as we entered.

We proceeded to recite the whole bit about telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth and then were informed that we would be called in individually and could debate our case against the representative for the state policeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;

>OH[ VJJ\YYLK [OLU KPK UV[ ZOVJR TL I\[ TLYLS` JVUĂ&#x201E;YTLK [OL suspicion I had harbored all along. I was actually dealing with the Vogon from â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Hitchhikerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Guide to the Galaxy.â&#x20AC;?

-­WALKER

someone who, â&#x20AC;&#x153;May or may not have been WKH RIĂ&#x20AC;FHU RQ SDWURO RQ WKH DOOHJHG GDWH Âľ And so the waiting game began. With 12 people arguing their innocence, I imagined I would be the unlucky last pick and, against all odds, I was.

It was roughly 10:15 (an hour and a half after my scheduled â&#x20AC;&#x153;time of hearingâ&#x20AC;?) when the door opened and the bailiff directed me back inside.

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7KH PDJLVWUDWH DVNHG WKH SROLFH RIĂ&#x20AC;cer to read the incidence report and then turned to me. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Do you have any questions?â&#x20AC;? he asked. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Um, no,â&#x20AC;? I replied.

He blinked a couple times and then said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Well, whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your case?â&#x20AC;? I then spewed out the rehearsed story I had been practicing all morning.

It was late, I was trying to get home, and ,¡YH QHYHU HYHQ EHHQ SXOOHG RYHU VR WKH Ă&#x20AC;QH wasâ&#x20AC;Śexcessive.

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ogetic, but whatever the case the magistrate interjected, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Well it says you were going 86, so I believe it was your speed that was a little excessive.â&#x20AC;?

TouchĂŠ, old man on a power trip, I was in the wrong. I donned the appropriate Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m-so-sorry-Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m-just-an-irresponsible-college-student-whose-liberal-politics-mightbe-your-downfall and he began to ask me the standard questions. Did I go to school?

Yes. How old was I? 20.

What did I study? Political science and women studies (there he paused). Was I going to pursue a career in criminal justice?

Um, no.

He looked down at his notes, clearly lost in the complexity of my case.

A pregnant pause and then, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to postpone this matter until February.â&#x20AC;?

What? â&#x20AC;&#x153;If, by that time you have had No )XUWKHU 3UREOHPV , ZLOO FRQVLGHU WKLV Ă&#x20AC;QH waived.â&#x20AC;?

What? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Do you think you can place this bet on yourself?â&#x20AC;?

At those words I shook myself out of the shock of having this matter remain unresolved and said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll take my chances.â&#x20AC;?

With that I stood up and walked out, still fuming.

And so, if by February 22, 2013 (precisely 11 months or 345 days after the alleged inci-

dence) I have proven my good behavior, I ZLOO Ă&#x20AC;QDOO\ EH DEOH WR SXW WKLV PDWWHU WR UHVW I suppose, throughout this experience, I KDYH EHHQ DEOH WR VHH Ă&#x20AC;UVWKDQG VRPH RI WKH issues in our current judicial system, ranging from the slightly annoyingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;inconsideration of someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s timeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to the outright frustratingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;assuming a condescending stance in dealing with young women.

Although my little story has provided a source of laughs for people I tell, it cannot be overlooked that there are marginalized people who, in their own dealings with the court system, are routinely harassed, detained illegally, and even beaten.

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Unfortunately, however, it would appear that, to the criminal justice system, the iconic phrase â&#x20AC;&#x153;innocent until proven guiltyâ&#x20AC;? looks better on paper than it does in action.

Hannah Walker can be contacted at hwalker@keene-equinox.com

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Underrated and unappreciated: recognizing recent improvements on campus With all the complaining that I hear students making, I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about time we look on the bright side for once. Keene State College is not without its Ă DZV ,¡YH EHHQ WKH YLFWLP RI D IHZ EXW LW¡V DERXW WLPH we take a step back and recognize some of the things that go unappreciated here.

Recently, however, KSC has put its ear to the ground on student needs and will now be putting a spotlight down in the Wal-Mart area to increase studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; peace of minds about walking in the area late at night.

With all the complaining that students do about the school, there really is a lot that the school does for us that goes unrecognized or is underappreciated. The spotlight in the Wal-Mart parking lot is a prime example. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a small gesture to help students, but it should be a really appreciated one. In addition, some of the services and improvements elsewhere on campus go unnoticed as well.

Another instance is the newly designed and opened TDS center on campus. With the safety, sustainable product design, and architecture majors, students now have a great academic building to develop themselves intellectually and professionally in a technologically advanced setting.

The shuttle is another amazing service that KSC provides. Campus Safety has a shuttle that lets students on and off anywhere around campus. I know there have been several times that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been frigid outside, so hopping on the Campus Safety shuttle is an amazing feature KSC offers. If a student is ever walking alone somewhere and is feeling unsafe, the shuttle can pick him or her up and take it to wherever they need to go.

It goes a long way in making sure students feel safe, as well as parents who might be worried about their son or daughter walking around campus alone at night.

While some people have complained about the food

in the dining commons, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re actually pretty spoiled for food options here on campus compared to other campuses. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve visited some friends around the New England area and they are paying for a meal plan but the food is so bad, they pay extra for food at a grocery store because the dining service they have is so poor.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re pretty spoiled with the food choices on campus because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot cheaper than buying yourself food from the grocery store every day. The gym is another valuable resource on campus. Chances are, you may not have the time (or the drive) to go to the gym after working a real job, but at the rec gym, all the HTXLSPHQW \RX PD\ SRVVLEO\ QHHG LV DW \RXU Ă&#x20AC;QJHUWLSV and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s free.

There are always trainers to help you, in addition to personal trainers. Intramural sports help keep students active too. So there are plenty of things on the campus to be thankful for. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re pretty spoiled here as far as

amenities go. Living on campus with a meal plan is a lot cheaper than what it takes to live in the real world, so before you complain, just take a few seconds to look around the campus and see how much we have here.

The depth of student organizations at KSC is also a big plus. Everything from Ecology, Anime, volunteering, political science, club rugby and hockey teams, as well as knitting, SIFE, and frisbee are all included here at Keene State. Basically, if you have some sort of an interest, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably a club on campus that can accommodate what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for.

KSC does try to listen to the studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; needs. Not every need can reasonably be met, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not for lack of trying. Maybe students should start looking at some of the positives once, amongst some of the negatives.

Whitney Cyr can be contacted at wcyr@keene-equinox.com

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Hollywood actors escape to Keene State

CHRIS PALERMO / PHOTO EDITOR

Kal Penn (left) and John Cho (right) talk to Keene State College students about the importance of voting in a packed Mountain View Room in the Lloyd P. Young Student Center on Sept. 17.

Harold and Kumar go to the White House and campaign for Obama JULIE CONLON

STUDENT LIFE EDITOR MORGAN MARKLEY

EQUINOX STAFF Whether students attended with an educational agenda or they just wanted to see characters from their favorite stoner movie, Kal Penn and John Cho drew a crowd Monday in the Mountain View Room of the L.P. Young Student Center at Keene State College.

Cho and Penn, famous for their Harold and Kumar characters in movies like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Harold and Kumar go to White Castle,â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay,â&#x20AC;? are making new headlines today for their campaign support of Barak Obama.

Penn, who in 2009 announced he would join the Obama administration as Associ-

DWH 'LUHFWRU LQ WKH :KLWH +RXVH 2IĂ&#x20AC;FH RI Public Engagement, has spent the last three years doubling as an actor in various television shows such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Houseâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;How I Met Your Mother.â&#x20AC;? The duo visited KSC Monday reaching the conclusion of their New Hampshire college tour.

According to Kay Montplaisir, the campus leader for Keene State for Obama, KSC remains the only New Hampshire school where both Penn and Cho attended together.

Montplaiser explained, â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were here talking about young Americans, especially college students, and what Obama has done for college students.â&#x20AC;? With approximately 150 KSC students and Keene community members packed into the Mountain View Room, Cho and Penn discussed issue related topics such as Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doubling of the Pell grant, student loan reform, womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

rights, LGBT rights, and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Ask Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Tell.â&#x20AC;? Cho told students present to vote in NH as the state is referred to as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;swing state,â&#x20AC;? meaning NH is established as a battleground where no one candidate has an overwhelming lead. Cho encouraged KSC VWXGHQWV LQ SDUWLFXODU WR Ă&#x20AC;UVW UHJLVWHU DQG second, vote.

Garrett Ean, a Keene resident, attended the promotional event with a handful of â&#x20AC;&#x153;tough policy questions,â&#x20AC;? video camera in hand. New Hampshire Press Secretary Harrell Kirstein prevented Penn from answering Eanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s policy question after Ean proceeded to question Penn regarding a comment he made in a speech during the Democratic Nation Question.

Ean shared, â&#x20AC;&#x153;It seemed like they got shut down by the campaign. I was given a card for someone I could contact at the campaign RIĂ&#x20AC;FH Âľ KH FRQWLQXHG ´, WKLQN LW¡V XQIRUWX-

nate that the campaign thought Harold and Kumar couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t answer the question. I hope it gives them something to think about like who theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re working for and anyone else who volunteers for presidential campaign.â&#x20AC;?

Other students, like senior Greg Devaux, found the duoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s speech informative and helpful. Devaux, a registered republican from the state of New York, said though he still plans to vote republican, Cho and Penn provided insight on student education and loans. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When it came to the Pell grants, just understanding more where education is goingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;those were the main things for me,â&#x20AC;?

Devaux commented, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Overall it was informative. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think Kal Penn was smart, but heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actually extremely smart!â&#x20AC;? Stephanie Caravedo, a senior, said she attended the event for her interest in the election.

Regarding Cho and Penn, Caravedo

said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heard of Harold and Kumar and enjoyed their movies. I think theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re comical people who could get your attention with personal stories, so I came today to kind of hear their opinion and learn more about Obama and what I want to do in the upcoming election.â&#x20AC;?

Similarly, Mathew Perami, a sophomore, found the two to be helpful and said he appreciated the discussion on the economic policies for college students. Perami commented, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an issue thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really pertinent to me as a student. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very real issue. I think it was helpful. They were good speakers.â&#x20AC;?

Montplaiser commented on what she said to be the most positive outcome of the day, that is, the number of students who registered to vote at the station set up by the WRZQ FOHUN LQ WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW Ă RRU RI WKH VWXGHQW

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Student awarded for commitment on campus and national level MORGAN MARKLY

EQUINOX STAFF If any student lacks motivation to get more involved on campus, this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s winner of the Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Leadership Award at Keene State College will be one to kick them off the couch and into the swing of campus life.

Becca Lazinsk, a senior at KSC, is one busy girl. Lazinsk is a secondary education and social sciences major. Her greatest feat at KSC was the challenge she took on as a freshman to start Relay for Life on campus.

7KH Ă&#x20AC;UVW 5HOD\ IRU /LIH HYHQW LQ 2010 at KSC raised around $18,000 and in 2011 the event raised even more at $24,000.

As Lazinsk concluded her junior year, she added winning the Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Leadership Award.

The Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s award nominated her as one of 137 college students from around the nation to win the Newman Civic Fellows Award, according to Lazinsk.

Lazinskâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s efforts for working so hard at expanding Relay for Life is

just one reason why she won these prestigious awards.

According to Campus ComSDFW DQ DIĂ&#x20AC;OLDWHG JURXS ZLWK WKH Newman Civic Fellows Award, a winner is chosen for his or her leadership skills and dedication to his or her campus.

The work that Lazinsk contributes to campus does not go unnoticed; after she won the Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Leadership Award, she won the Newman Civic Fellows Award, which goes beyond Keene onto the national level.

Lazinsk claimed spending time at school helping others is a personal choice when she said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to get more out of college than just walking away with my degree.â&#x20AC;?

Lazinsk is also the Vice President of Circle K, a member of the Social Activities Council, and a student in the honors program.

Lazinsk also works at the commuQLW\ VHUYLFH RIĂ&#x20AC;FH According to Margaret Walsh, head of the honors program at KSC, Lazinsk is a motivational speaker, and helps mobilize stu-

dents to make a difference.

In order to win to the Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Leadership Award a student must be nominated by someone who believes they deserve the recognition. In Lazinskâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s case, it was Alyssa Day. Day, who graduated from KSC in 2010, worked with Lazinsk in WKH FRPPXQLW\ VHUYLFH RIĂ&#x20AC;FH 'D\ said working with Lazinsk was fabulous and commented, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I honestly couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have asked for a better student and, to be honest, a better friend.â&#x20AC;?

Day said she nominated Lazinsk because, â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I saw the awards come out to nominate stuGHQWV %HFFD ZDV WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW SHUVRQ , thought of because she really takes everything and puts her whole heart into everything she does especially Relay for Life.â&#x20AC;?

After Lazinskâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nomination, former KSC President Helen GilesGee personally selected Lazinsk.

On the subject of her wins, Lazinsk said,â&#x20AC;&#x153;I honestly donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do anything that I do for recognition.

I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to be told good job, but

it certainly is nice to be recognized for how hard I work. What means the most to me is that people think I do a good job.â&#x20AC;?

According to the Campus Compact, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Newman Civic Fellows Award honors inspiring college student leaders who have demRQVWUDWHG DQ LQYHVWPHQW LQ Ă&#x20AC;QGing solutions for challenges facing communities throughout the country.â&#x20AC;?

Lazinsk said she was surprised WR Ă&#x20AC;QG RXW VKH ZRQ WKH 3UHVLGHQW¡V Leadership Award and even more surprised about being one of the students to win the Newman Civic Fellows Award.

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A plaque was given to Lazinsk for her awards. Lazinsk said it was a special moment she will never forget.

Lazinsk has also made an

impression on her peers.

Christy Nguyen, a KSC senior who works with Lazinsk on Circle K and Relay for Life also commented on Lazinskâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wins.

Nguyen said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always easy going and optimistic, open to new ideas, she has a lot of leadership skills.â&#x20AC;?

When Lazinsk moves on to a different chapter in her life she makes one thing very clear, saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want it [Relay for Life] to leave when I leave.â&#x20AC;?

For Lazinsk now after winning these awards she stays humble while saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just really want to go out on a good note leaving my mark here and I think I have in some ways, but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always more you can do, and my heart lies with relay and I just want to leave it in a very good place.â&#x20AC;?

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

EMILY FEDORKO / SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

KSC Senior Becca Lazinsk was awarded the Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Leadership Award as well as the Newman Civic Fellows Award in 2012.

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Canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t put a price on printing SAMANTHA TURCOTTE

EQUINOX STAFF The fall semester is picking up quickly and students are already consumed by hours in the Mason Library. As expected, the beginning of new classes means it is time to print out syllabuses, articles from Blackboard, and other handouts and hard copies of anything that is required for class. This year, students began to take caution with their printing habits when rumors Ă HZ RYHU DSSOLHG FKDUJHV WR GRFXments printed in the library.

6WXGHQWV DOO RYHU FDPSXV JRVsiped about whether the myth was true or not. Jessica Montenieri, a KSC senior, was one of the many.

0RQWHQLHUL VDLG ´,¡YH KHDUG multiple people talking about it WKURXJK WKH JUDSHYLQH Âľ $V DQ (QJlish and education major, Montenieri is one of the many students who rely on access to those printers free of charge. When asked about how she would feel if this rumor were true and if charges were applied to printed pages, Montenieri responded, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re already pouring out all of our money--this LV MXVW DQRWKHU LQFRQYHQLHQFH 7KRVH printers at the library are a serious FRQYHQLHQFH IRU VWXGHQWV HVSHFLDOO\ those without...[printers] outside of FDPSXV Âľ Irene Herold, Mason Library Dean, said printing charges are a myth and explained why the rumor WRRN RII 7KH GHDQ VDLG LW FRXOG KDYH been when students saw the pop up on the library computers before printing. The pop up shows a balance and what looks like a fee per page printed. Though this isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t actu-

ally charging the students, accordAlthough a charge for printing ing to the dean, it is there to make on campus is not currently enforced, students aware of what they are that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean that wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t change printing. Herold explained the ben- in the future.

HĂ&#x20AC;WV RI WKH SULQWLQJ SRS XS DQG â&#x20AC;&#x153;Next year there might be [a said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;People were printing and not charge]... depending on this yearâ&#x20AC;şs paying attention to what was being XVDJH Âľ +HUROG ZDUQHG 6KH DOVR SULQWHG Âľ reminded students the main purThe 500 page per semester print- pose of the library when she said, ing popup is to help students moni- ´:H¡UH KHUH WR SURYLGH DFFHVV 7KH\ WRU WKHLU RZQ SULQWLQJ DQG WR KDYH [the students] could email it to themVRPH VHQVH RI HQYLURQPHQWDO DZDUH- VHOYHV RU VDYH LW WR D Ă DVKGULYH RU ness regarding what is necessary to they can print. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a requirement print, and what can be done without. WKDW ZH SURYLGH IUHH SULQWLQJ Âľ 6WXMagi Colby, a senior, expressed dents are not the only ones whose her distress on the myth of printing printing is monitored; professorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; fees. printing is also kept tabs on. Kirsti ´,I , KDG WR SD\ IRU HYHU\ SULQW 6DQG\ D SURIHVVRU LQ WKH (QJOLVK in the library, I feel as though my and Writing departments, speaks of VFKRROZRUN PD\ EH QHJOHFWHG Âľ how the professors seem to be moniColby explained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always tored. print those articles off Blackboard, Sandy said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is no stated and I may not be as prepared for limit of copies we can make. HowFODVV Âľ 7KRXJK &ROE\ VDLG VKH UHDO- HYHU SULQWHU SDSHU LV QR ORQJHU ized early on that the myth was just VWRUHG LQ D SXEOLF SODFH ZH KDYH WR that, a myth, she says the fees would DVN IRU LW LI LW UXQV RXW Âľ :KHQ DVNHG be burdensome. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I really couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t about how Sandy thinks a fee on IDWKRP KDYLQJ WR DGG WKH SULFH RI printing would affect students, she a printed homework assignment VDLG VXVSHFWHG D QHJDWLYH RXWFRPH to the already necessary costs of ´6WXGHQWV DOUHDG\ VHHP WR KDYH VFKRRO Âľ VKH VDLG so much trouble printing their work The Mason Library printers are , GR QRW HYHQ ZDQW WR WKLQN DERXW detrimental to studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; pre-class ZKDW ZLOO KDSSHQ LI WKH\ KDYH WR SUHSDUDWLRQV ,Q DQ LQIRUPDO VXUYH\ SD\ IRU FRSLHV Âľ VKH VDLG )RU WKH of 20 students on campus, 12 out of time being, students are permitted 20 depend on the printers before as many free copies from the library campus. When asked, almost half of as they please. It is necessary to be WKRVH VWXGHQWV VDLG WKDW WKH\ EHOLHYH conscious of what is printed due to fees on printers would affect their QRW RQO\ HQYLURQPHQWDO DZDUHQHVV studies. Matt Dupont, a sophomore, but for the sake of future classes not commented further on the rumor.

KDYLQJ WR SD\ IHHV FDXVHG E\ FDUHHe said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;If I had to pay for less printing.

HYHU\WKLQJ , SULQWHG , GHĂ&#x20AC;QLWHO\ wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be printing all the things I do now. It would change how well I Samantha Turcotte can be contacted at GR LQ VFKRRO Âľ sturcotte@keene-equinox.com

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Debated interests concern voter outcome FRQYHQWLRQV FROOLGH ZLWK VKRZEL] LQ D ӞJKW IRU WKLV JHQHUDWLRQ¡V YRWH REBECCA MARSH

EQUINOX STAFF Many new things come about at this time of year with October bringing Halloween, November bringing Thanksgiving, and December bringing the holiday season, but there are some other things that happen at this time of year both in the national news and the entertainment news.

Every four years, America elects a new, or current, president.

7KH HOHFWLRQ LV KHOG WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW Tuesday of November. People from all over the country go out to support their beliefs and try to make a difference in their world.

With the entertainment business peaking out from behind every corner, though, how can young people focus on anything else?

Some people would say that politics are interesting, while others are more interested in the tabloids.

Some would say the 2012 presidential election is more important, but with the entertainment industry showcasing Snooki and her new baby, who knows what the new generation is thinking about.

This year, the last night of the Democratic National Conference was on at the same time as the Video Music Awards. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot more people are paying more attention to people who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t deserve as much attention as they get,â&#x20AC;? Keene State College sophomore Eric Jedd said. According to freshman Allie Baker, the younger generation does not vote as much because they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think that their vote means much in the whole scheme of things. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think my vote counts,â&#x20AC;? Baker said.

Political Science Professor John Mehrtens agreed when he commented, â&#x20AC;&#x153;They may not vote partly because they may not be as informed, partly because they are young and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think their vote counts.â&#x20AC;?

According to Journalism Professor Marianne Salcetti, some students are rapidly realizing this

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Keene State College students claim their generationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s focus on upcoming elections compete with less important matters.

importance of this election. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s absolutely critical that young people vote,â&#x20AC;? Salcetti said.

The VMAs are a big part of the entertainment industry because of the support from the large young crowd they attract. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more music people that I know,â&#x20AC;? Baker said. Sophomore Sarah Bean said that the VMAs are

more entertaining and sophomore Ginnelle Campbell agreed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are more connected to entertainment than to politics,â&#x20AC;? Campbell commented. Though there has been some positive feedback from KSC students on entertainment, they said that politics should not be overlooked. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think they (the students)

understand how much it affects us,â&#x20AC;?

Bean said.

The younger generation wants to know whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happening in the world of politics and knows that their choices affect them, but the entertainment in the tabloids are everywhere. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think perhaps young people know more about the entertainment

business than the international business,â&#x20AC;? Salcetti said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But when college students learn and receive and better understand whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on in the world, they begin to care,â&#x20AC;? she concluded.

In an informal poll of 50 KSC students, results proved many students know who the candidates are, but claimed they are not as informed as

they would like to be.

Results from the poll showed 38 students said they will vote in this election, and 32 out of 50 people said they were prepared.

When the polled students were asked if they are registered voters, many of them said they were planning on registering soon so that they can vote in November.

Though these numbers are high, the amount of people that did not watch the DNC, as opposed to the VMAs, was very low. Only 14 out of 50 polled had watched at least some of the DNC and the RNC. Jedd commented, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more important to know whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s running the country and their policies.â&#x20AC;?

According to Jedd and Campbell, information is key in voting for a president. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If someone really wanted to put forth the effort to get involved they need to do their research,â&#x20AC;? Jedd said.

Campbell agreed and commented, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pay attention more whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on and what each person has to say.â&#x20AC;?

On strategies to become more informed, senior Vanessa Nuttall said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s different clubs on campus.â&#x20AC;? For further information, the KSC Republicans get together at the student center on Wednesday nights at 6 p.m. and walk together WR WKH 9LFWRU\ 2IĂ&#x20AC;FH LQ .HHQH 1 + Watching the news always helps.

Since it is so close to the election, the candidates and their views are always on the news channels.

Nuttall said that more people go on the internet and see things.

The next four years can drastically change due to one single vote.

One single vote from one single student can change the state of our nation.

So, what is more important, todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s entertainment or tomorrowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s authority?

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

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Breaking down the art on campus WES SERAFINE

EQUINOX STAFF Various forms of art decorate the Keene State College campusâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;all with their own VLJQLĂ&#x20AC;FDQW PHDQLQJV DQG VWRULHV EHKLQG them. From the art that dons the walls in the Thorne-Sagendorph Gallery, to the pictures that hang on the Rhodes Hall walls, DQG HYHQ WKH Ă&#x20AC;OP SRVWHUV WKDW DUH IUDPHG LQ the Media Arts Center, each piece has their RZQ XQLTXH VWRU\ EHKLQG LW Professor of Education David White founded the annual Keene State College Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Literature Festival in 1978.

Twelve years later he started the KSC Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Literature Festival Art Gallery. In order to do so, he contacted several former speakers at the festival to see if they had any art for sale.

The gallery started when two-time &DOGHFRWW $ZDUG ZLQQHU %DUEDUD &RRQH\ contacted White and offered to donate one RI KHU SLHFHV D SLHFH RI VFUDWFKERDUG IURP D ERRN FDOOHG ´7KH /LWWOH -XJJOHU¾ WR JHW WKH gallery started.

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Several of the speakers jumped at the chance to assist with the program and sent WKHLU RZOV HLWKHU E\ GRQDWLQJ RU RQO\ FKDUJing minimal fees, White said.

In 2009, for the Centennial of Keene State College, White set a goal to acquire 100 of these owls to commemorate the event, a

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The movie poster of â&#x20AC;&#x153;La Belle et La BĂŞte,â&#x20AC;? hangs on the walls in the Media Arts Center. This poster was chosen purely because of its beauty, according to Professor of Film Peter Condon. goal which was met, he said. There are now 104 owls in the festival gallery.

During his time teaching childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s literature here at KSC, White has taken sevHUDO VWXGHQWV RQ WRXUV RI WKH JDOOHU\ ´7KH\ VHHP SUHWW\ DPD]HG Âľ :KLWH VDLG ´,¡YH KDG VHYHUDO VD\ WKDW WKH\¡YH FRPH EDFN LQ DZH

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benign appreciation for their inevitabilities. Dylan is not like the pitcher who adapts his throwing style to match an DJLQJ DUP KH LV D YRFDOLVW ZKRVH Ă HHWLQJ vocal capacity, though most agree they have made him somewhat intolerable live, seems to bolster his words on this album.

And if not, it sure as hell makes the record a lot more fun. On the track â&#x20AC;&#x153;Scarlet Town,â&#x20AC;? one of the albumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best and most interesting tracks, Dylanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s raspy drawl is as much of a tone setter as the hallowing piano line and the Appalachia-style frailing banjo.

All these musical elements work together, evoking a grim picture of what appears to be a Civil War era cemetery.

When Dylan growls, â&#x20AC;&#x153;In Scarlet Town, \RX Ă&#x20AC;JKW \RXU IDWKHU¡V IRHVÂŤ<RX Ă&#x20AC;JKW â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;em with whiskey, morphine and gin,â&#x20AC;? he appears to pull toward this theme. Also the lyrics â&#x20AC;&#x153;Uncle Tom still workinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; for Uncle Billâ&#x20AC;? appears to be related to this idea. Dylanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recent comments to Rolling Stone Magazine that the stigma of slavery ruined America adds an entire other layer of complexity to the meaning of this song.

Not every track on the album deals with such overtly dark subject matter. Dylan eases you into the album with beginning seconds of the opening track â&#x20AC;&#x153;Duquesne Whistle.â&#x20AC;?

The track--co-written by longtime Grateful Dead songwriter Robert Hunterâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;lulls you with Hawaiian-style guitar rhythms, with the air of any great movie soundtrack opening (think Big Lebowski). Soon a chugging bassline and smooth guitar strokes supplant this original feel creating the most accessibleâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m hesitant to say pop-- track on this album.

With the lyrics, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Listen to that Duquesne Whistle blowing/ blowing like she never blown before,â&#x20AC;? Dylan is admitting that the slow train coming has been replaced E\ RQH JHDUHG XS IRU D Ă&#x20AC;QDO UXQ The following track, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Soon After Midnight,â&#x20AC;? is a quiet tune with the air of stripped down ballad. It is the shortest track on the album, yet stands alone as the most beautiful. The same melodious guitar shows up in this song but has the opposite effect as in the last tune. ,QVWHDG RI NHHSLQJ XV Ă&#x20AC;UPO\ SODQWHG RQ the ground, the inherent airiness of the arrangement elevates us as we listen to WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW OLQHV ´,¡P VHDUFKLQJ IRU SKUDVHV to sing your praises.â&#x20AC;?

Other tracks on this album include â&#x20AC;&#x153;Narrow Road,â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pay in Blood,â&#x20AC;? the most straightforward rock songs on the album. Also, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Early Roman Kings,â&#x20AC;? a four-bar blues tune. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pay in Bloodâ&#x20AC;? is the best song out of this bunch as the other two fail to attain the same level of excellence as the more interesting tracks.

Some of the songs on this record run a bit long, as half of the 10 songs total at least seven minutes-- the longest being the title-track, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tempest,â&#x20AC;? stretches for over 13 minutes. This could be in some peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favor and could turn others away from this record. The song â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tin Angel,â&#x20AC;? done much in the narrative style that harkens back Frankie Lee and Judas Priest, tells a ragged tale of debauched love over nine minutes, in the end killing off all the three actors. He sings, â&#x20AC;&#x153;All three lovers together in a heap/ Thrown in grave forever to sleep.â&#x20AC;?

The last song on the album, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Roll on John,â&#x20AC;? is a clear ode to John Lennon. The RUJDQ GULYHQ VRQJ LV Ă&#x20AC;OOHG ZLWK UHIHUences to Beatles songs, including â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Day in the Life,â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Come Together.â&#x20AC;? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s well known the relationship that existed between these legendary acts as Dylan is often credited with unleashing The Beatles, transforming their music with a blast of THC. There is something very clandestine about this songâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remarkably unrePDUNDEOH VWUXFWXUH <RX JHW WKH IHHOLQJ more than with any other song on this record, he wrote this one for himself.

One canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help but think if this were the last track of the last record he ever UHFRUGHG LI WKDW ZRXOG EH MXVW Ă&#x20AC;QH ZLWK him? But in the end, who believes that?

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States. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think we have a much stronger educational mission than the others,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The point is to show the process in which illustrations are created.â&#x20AC;?

However, Rhodes Hall is not the only building that is home to priceless artwork; the Media Arts Center is KRPH WR Ă&#x20AC;OP SRVWHUV WKDW HDFK SRVVHVV D VLJQLĂ&#x20AC;FDQW meaning.

When the Media Arts &HQWHU ZDV Ă&#x20AC;UVW EXLOW 3URfessors of Film Peter Condon and Lawrence Benaquist made the decision to line its hallways with famous movie posters.

The idea behind the posters was to have each poster represent a different aspect of the programs in the building.

The movie â&#x20AC;&#x153;All The Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Menâ&#x20AC;? represents the Journalism department, while the poster for the Ă&#x20AC;OP ´(G :RRGÂľ UHSUHVHQWV the Film department, and these two are just some of the countless posters that Condon and Benaquist have acquired over the years.

The Film Department is also incredibly fortunate to have several of the posters autographed. Director Jay Craven, who often screens KLV Ă&#x20AC;OPV RQ FDPSXV VLJQHG WKH Ă&#x20AC;OP SRVWHU ´:KHUH WKH River Flows North. â&#x20AC;&#x153; Actor Martin Landau, who is the great uncle of a former KSC student, graciously agreed to sign the poster â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ed Wood.â&#x20AC;?

7KH SRVWHU IRU WKH Ă&#x20AC;OP â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Blobâ&#x20AC;? is autographed E\ WKH Ă&#x20AC;OP¡V VFUHHQZULWHU former actress as well as former KSC professor, Kate Phillips.

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The background movie poster from the film â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Blobâ&#x20AC;? is significant to the Keene State College community because the filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s screenwriter and actress, Kate Phillips, graduated from KSC.

proud of poster wise is the SRVWHU IRU %LOO\ :LOGHU¡V Ă&#x20AC;OP â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;One Two Threeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;,â&#x20AC;? Condon said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s done by a very famous graphic design artist named Saul Bellow.â&#x20AC;?

Over the years, the hall has added posters like the

RQHV IRU Ă&#x20AC;OPV VXFK DV ´/D Belle et La BĂŞteâ&#x20AC;? (Beauty and the Beast) and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chinatown.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those were added solely for their beauty,â&#x20AC;? Condon said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those were two of the most beautiful posters ever created.â&#x20AC;?

The posters were sent by the studios, who had them lying around, for when they were screened E\ WKH Ă&#x20AC;OP VRFLHW\ &RQGRQ said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They had them kicking around? They need to be in a museum!â&#x20AC;? Condon

said. And in many ways that is what the hallway has become. ´$ OLWWOH PXVHXP RI Ă&#x20AC;OPV from the different decades and different parts of the world, representing different disciplines. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re done

as promotional devices for the movies playing at the theatres, but theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re also art as well,â&#x20AC;? Condon said. :HV 6HUDĂ&#x20AC;QH FDQ EH contacted at ZVHUDĂ&#x20AC;QH#NHHQH HTXLQR[

KSC community chimes into bells on campus 7KH GRQDWHG FDULOORQ SOD\V VLJQLӞFDQW UROH LQ .HHQH 6WDWH¡V KLVWRU\ ALISON LAMELL

EQUINOX STAFF Every day as students rush to get to their classes as they walk down Appian Way throughout the day, distinctive melodies can be heard across the Keene State College campus. But where exactly do these wellknown melodies come from?

From The Beatles to recognizable show tunes, or even just basic melodies, everyone who enters the campus can hear the carillon ring to life.

Part of KSCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history has been the carillonâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and songs such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Here Comes the Sun,â&#x20AC;? by The Beatles chiming to life in the bell tower.

The carillon is housed in a bell tower on the roof of the Mason Library. A carillon contains at least 23 cast bronze shaped bells that all play a melody sequentially. These bells chime together to create those melodies all of us have heard. The carillon is played through striking a keyboard where the keys automatically trigger levers and wires that connect to metal clappers that beat the inside of the bells.

However, not many students are familLDU ZLWK WKH FDULOORQ¡V VLJQLĂ&#x20AC;FDQW KLVWRU\ ´, actually heard it the other day and thought it was nice,â&#x20AC;? senior Ashlee Wansick said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Since when did they start playing music?â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I loved it because when I would be outside or out on the porch when I heard it I would think of my parents.â&#x20AC;?

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Wansick asked.

Another senior, Amy Derick, was also unconscious of the carillon and â&#x20AC;&#x153;[doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t] even hear them anymore.â&#x20AC;? Derick said she would rather have the carillon ding bells than play the â&#x20AC;&#x153;obnoxiousâ&#x20AC;? melodies it does now.

These melodies are played throughout the course of the day; however, the carillon didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always play the infamous melodies we have grown accustomed to.

Before 1995, the carillon was unreliable and known to fall apart. It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t until August 10, 1996 that a brand new automated carillon was donated by former Keene State &ROOHJH 3UHVLGHQW 6WDQOH\ <DURVHZLFN DQG KLV ZLIH 0DU\ /RX <DURVHZLFN ZDV 3UHVLdent of KSC for 11 years, from the fall of 1994 to spring of 2005.

The carillon was given in memory of Mary-Louâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parents, Rosemary George Spain and Matthew Samuel Spain. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My wifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother was ill and living

in Florida and we moved her up to Keene and she was only here a month before she passed away, which is a shame, but then my wife always enjoyed sitting on the porch at the Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s residence and hearing the FDULOORQ Âľ <DURVHZLFN VDLG But for Mary-Lou the carillon was more than a generous donation to the school. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was very nice,â&#x20AC;? Mary-Lou said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I loved it because when I would be outside or out on the porch when I heard it I would WKLQN RI P\ SDUHQWV Âľ 7RGD\ \RX FDQ Ă&#x20AC;QG a plaque at the Mason Library symbolizing WKH <DURVHZLFN¡V GRQDWLRQ RI WKH FDULOORQ Although it goes unnoticed by many students, the carillon is an important part of KSC history and is meant to be enjoyed by all. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only certain kinds of music you can get that play on a carillon,â&#x20AC;? the Dean of the Mason Library, Irene Herold, said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But they tried really hard to get a variety of music and to also incorporate some diver-

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sity in the music.â&#x20AC;?

According to Herold, the musicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s selection and the purchases are all coordinated WKURXJK WKH 3UHVLGHQW¡V RIĂ&#x20AC;FH â&#x20AC;&#x153;We must have ordered probably a dozen set of melodies that you could play. We wanted to pick something that would be appropriate at different times of the year,â&#x20AC;? <DURVHZLFN VDLG ´7KH\ KDG D FDWDORJ RI PHORGLHV <RX could get different melodies, you could have a disk of different kinds of marches, and WKH\ HYHQ KDG &KULVWPDV PXVLF Âľ <DURVHwick said.

However, the carillon is not only used to play beautiful melodies; the carillon can also be used as an emergency alert system and play at times of remembrance, for example, on September 11, the carillon played at 8:46 a.m.

Despite oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s preference in the types of melodies that are played, the bells have a special place in KSC history; without the bells chiming to life, walking down Appian Way wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be the same. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I recall walking on campus on the cold winter nights and I would hear a melody around 6 p.m. and it just lifted my spirits,â&#x20AC;? <DURVHZLFN VDLG Alison Lamell can be contacted at alamell@keene-equinox.com.

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Troops pack gear to ship out of Afghanistan DEB RIECHMANN

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It was nearly 2 a.m. when U.S. Army Pfc. Zach Randle jumped out of his bulky armored vehicle in southern Afghanistan for what he hoped would be the last time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to see it again. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been through a lot,â&#x20AC;? Randle said of the 19-ton (17-metric ton) vehicle that was his ride â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and sometimes his bed â&#x20AC;&#x201D; during a six-month deployment to volatile Kandahar province. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It protected us, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just in a hurry to turn it in to be closer to going home,â&#x20AC;? said Randle, who has now left Afghanistan as part of President Barack Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drawdown of 33,000 U.S. troops by Sept. 30. The pullout â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 10,000 last year and PRUH WKLV \HDU Âł ZLOO EH Ă&#x20AC;QLVKHG ZLWKLQ GD\V 7KDW ZLOO OHDYH $PHULFDQ WURRSV LQ WKLV FRXQWU\ WR Ă&#x20AC;JKW PLOitants and help prepare Afghan forces to take over security nationwide.

While some service members go home, others are busy preparing thousands of vehicles and other equipment for VKLSPHQW ,W¡V D ODERULRXV WDVN WKDW¡V PRUH GLIĂ&#x20AC;FXOW WKDQ LW ZDV in Iraq because of landlocked Afghanistanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tough mountainous terrain, lack of roads and its mountain passes that will soon be covered with snow.

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Shipping has picked up in recent months, as base closure teams have spread out across Afghanistan to help soldiers sort, pack and load up their gear. As of the beginning of September, 208 U.S. and NATO coalition bases have been closed, 310 have been transferred to the Afghan government and 323 remain open, according to the coalition.

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In this Monday, Aug. 27, 2012 photo provided by the U.S. Army, U.S. soldiers from the 4th Brigade, 82nd Airborne arrive to a yard where they will turn in their vehicles and equipment as part of drawdown of 23,000 U.S. troops by Sept. 30, 2012 at the Kandahar Air Field south of Kabul, Afghanistan.

radios and even recreational baseball bats. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll also clean and crate tons of other gear, anything from bags of nails to generators.

Brig. Gen. Kristin French, commanding general of the Joint Sustainment Command in Afghanistan, likens the teams to â&#x20AC;&#x153;wedding plannersâ&#x20AC;? helping to organize the move. ´:H DUH WU\LQJ WR WDNH WKH EXUGHQ RII WKH ZDU Ă&#x20AC;JKWHU DQG give it to our folks who have the mission to do it,â&#x20AC;? French VDLG DW KHU RIĂ&#x20AC;FH DW .DQGDKDU $LU )LHOG ´,I ZH¡UH EXV\ WU\LQJ to clean up our backyards, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not doing what our focus is and that is to continue to transition security to the Afghan

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Vehicles are being gathered in Kandahar, Bagram Air Field near Kabul and Camp Barmal in northern Afghanistan.

Containers are being staged for shipment at nine locations around the country, she said.

Some equipment is taken by truck, train, ships or planes to military depots in the United States. MRAPS are rolled onto airplanes. Some Humvees sit in shipping containers for a test trip on a railroad leaving Afghanistan via Uzbekistan to the north. Other equipment will also go north through Central

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A look back at the rise Africa: $563M lost in gold and platinum and fall of Occupy CARLEY PETESCH AND MICHELLE FAUL

ASSOCIATED PRESS A look back at the rise and fall of Occupy Wall Street, the movement against corporate greed and inequality that marks its anniversary on Monday: THE ENCAMPMENTS Occupy Wall Street protesters first began camping in Zuccotti Park on Sept. 17, 2011. The small granite plaza near the New York Stock Exchange became a crowded encampment where protesters slept in tents, served buffet-style food to the masses and played drums into the small hours of the morning.

The group of young people who harnessed the power of a disillusioned nation were soon joined by people of all ages, with celebrities even stopping by the park on occasion. Occupiers took to the streets chanting about corporate greed and inequality, frequently holding marches and rallies, shouting: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are the 99 percent!â&#x20AC;?

On Oct. 1, a march across the Brooklyn Bridge led to more than 700 arrests during a clash with police, garnering worldwide attention for Occupy.

Encampments sprang up in

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cities across the U.S. and all over the globe.

THE EVICTIONS On Nov. 15, New York City police officers raided and demolished the encampment. New rules were instituted that barred protesters from bringing sleeping bags or tents back into the park.

In the weeks and months that followed, Occupy encampments in other cities were also dismantled, one by one.

The movement struggled to recover from the loss of the encampments. Without a place to gather, Occupy lost its ability to organize.

A small band of protesters spent some of the winter months living in a series of churches around Manhattan.

THE SPLINTERING The movement grew too large too quickly for the organization to keep up. Without leaders or specific demands, what started as a protest against income inequality turned into an amorphous protest against everything wrong with the world.

Even before the ouster at Zuccotti Park, the movement had been plagued with noise and sanitary

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From words to deeds: Why election matters CALVIN WOODWARD

ASSOCIATED PRESS Publishable Editors Notes: An introduction to The Associated Pressâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why It Mattersâ&#x20AC;? series, which explores top issues confronting the nation in this presidential campaign season and their impact on Americans.

When you vote for Democrat Barack Obama or Republican Mitt Romney in November, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be voting for more than a president. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be casting a ballot for and against a checklist of policies that touch your life and shape the country you live in.

It can be hard to see, through the fog of negative ads, sound bite zingers and assorted other campaign nasties, that the election is a contest of actual ideas.

But it is always so. A candidateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s words connect to GHHGV LQ RIĂ&#x20AC;FH Roll back to 2008. Obama was the presidential candidate who promised to get the country on a path to health insurance for all. He delivered. If you havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t noticed one way or another, you soon will.

And back to 2000. George W. Bush ran on a platform of big tax cuts. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s precisely what the country got. A decade later, taxes are lower than they otherwise would have been.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not to say you can count on Romneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s checklist or Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to come into full being. You sure canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t.

By nature and necessity, the presidency is in large

part a creature of compromise and improvisation. The unforeseen happens (the terrorist attacks), or circumstances change (the December 2007-June 2009 recession), or things that the candidate sets out to do run into a buzz saw in Congress (way too many examples to mention). Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why promises are broken, prioriWLHV VKLIW DQG LQWHQWLRQV JHW VZHSW DZD\ E\ WKH Ă&#x20AC;VWIXO Even so, you get what you vote for, probably about as often as not. And a lot of what you get, you will feel in a personal way, for better or worse, no matter how distant Washington seems from your world.

The wars called away people in your orbit, if not in your family. The spending that each candidate wants to do â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Romney vows military expansion, Obama would put more into education, for starters â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is ERXQG WR EHQHĂ&#x20AC;W PDQ\ OLYHOLKRRGV LQ VRPH IDVKLRQ DW the risk of even deeper national debt. And read their Ă&#x20AC;QH SULQW 0HGLFDUH ZRQ¡W EH WKH VDPH LQ WKH \HDUV ahead. Perhaps not Social Security, either. (Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that national debt, after all.)

Across the spectrum of issues, Obama and Romney have drawn contrasts and telegraphed divergent ways for the nation to go.

You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe everything you hear. But you can believe enough to know that Tuesday, Nov. 6, is a true day of decision.

In this series, Associated Press writers who cover subjects at stake in the election look at the positions of the candidates, the underlying issues â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and why it matters.

Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter spoke to a packed audience at the Capitol Center for the Arts on September 14. Within a week, 850 people had registered for his seminar, moderated by PBSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Emmy-award winning senior correspondent Margaret Warner. The waiting list for the event had topped at 350 people, all eagerly waiting to hear Souter speak about the Constitution, its interpretations, as well as civic ignorance.

Souter spoke about several different historical cases in the Supreme Court, but noted that the language itself in the Constitution has not changed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s structural in how it organizes our government with the president and the two legislative houses, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a Constitution of liberty,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Constitution has great range in its breadth.â&#x20AC;? Souter said the document covers many different topics in its allowance of citizensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; liberties. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When the Founding Fathers wrote the document, they understood law, but they also understood the separation of power,â&#x20AC;? he said.

With the checks and balance system in which all three forms of government have responsibilities to make sure the others are in line, Souter said the main problem is getting these principles and structural laws into practice.

Discussion moderator Margaret Warner pointed out the differences in how Souter interpreted the Constitution during his time on the Supreme Court compared to current Justice Antonin Scalia. According to a speech Scalia made in Washington D.C. on March 14, 2005, Scalia believes â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our manner of interpreting the Constitution is to begin with the text, and to give that text the meaning that it bore when it was adopted by the people,â&#x20AC;? according to Center for Individual Freedomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website. While Warner pointed out Scalia prefers to interpret the document as to what it meant at the time it was written, Souter believes the facts of the case need to be assessed within the context and the time in which itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happening. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nobody in their right mind in 1791 thought freedom of speech and freedom of association would carry with it the right to join organizations, like the NAACP,â&#x20AC;? Souter said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you interpret that narrowly, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not going to mean anything.â&#x20AC;?

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The case centered around a man, Homer Plessy, who sat in a white compartment of the East Louisiana Railroad on June 2, 1892. Judge John H. Ferguson ruled against Plessy, putting into law that whites and African-Americans had to have segregated accommodations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Was the court wrong or stupid in making this decision?â&#x20AC;? Souter asked. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No. It was how they looked at the facts.â&#x20AC;? Souter spoke about the landmark Supreme Court Decision Brown vs. Board of Education in 1954. This decision made segregation in schools unconstitutional, and

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WHERE OCCUPY STANDS NOW On Monday, protesters will converge near the New York Stock Exchange to celebrate Occupyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s anniversary, marking the first day they began camping out in Zuccotti Park. Marches and rallies will commemorate the day in more than 30 cities around the world.

Across the nation, there have been protests organized in the name of ending foreclosure, racial inequality, stop and frisk, debt: You name it, Occupy has claimed it.

Protesters opposing everything from liquor sales in Whiteclay, Neb., to illegal immigration in Birmingham, Ala., have used Occupy as a weapon to fight for their own causes. In Russia, opposition activists protesting President Vladimir Putinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s re-election to a third term have held a series of Occupy-style protests. Young â&#x20AC;&#x153;indignadosâ&#x20AC;? in Spain are joining unions and public servants to rally against higher taxes and cuts to public education and health care.

on muddy dirt tracks that wind through a tin-shack neighborhood with no water or electricity and where thousands of Lonminâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s miners live. The police vehicles and a helicopter hovering above the politicianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s car checked that he left without speaking to any crowds. Police said they were preventing him from addressing an illegal gathering.

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Asia or else be trucked into Pakistan â&#x20AC;&#x201D; some of it down to the port of Karachi, where it will sail back to the United States or other destinations.

Various items will stay in Afghanistan to be used by the Americans troops not going home â&#x20AC;&#x201D; yet. Still other materiel will be transferred to the Afghan government, tossed out, taken to a scrap heap or shipped to other countries for use by U.S. forces.

For now, Randle and several dozen other U.S. Army soldiers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team 82nd Airborne Division, based in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, are happy to get rid of their vehicles and all the equipment.

The late-night arrival of their convoy late last month stirred up dust in the equipment yard at Kandahar Air Field. The heavily armed personnel carriers and utility trucks slowed to a halt, then sat idling noisily as the soldiers gathered their gear inside and began climbing out and into formation in the yard. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are part of the 23,000 soldier off-ramp,â&#x20AC;? said Lt. Col. Stanley J. Sliwinski, Jr., who assumed command of 401st Army Field Support Brigade in Kandahar in July and was waiting for the convoy when it arrived. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most of these soldiers will turn LQ WKHLU HTXLSPHQW WRQLJKW DQG WKH\ ZLOO Ă \ KRPH within the next three days.â&#x20AC;?

Home, that is, after about three weeks at Fort Bragg.

When Randle, 20, returns to Clarksville, Tennessee, he will climb behind the wheel of a black sports sedan heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s buying from the family of an American service member who was killed in Afghanistan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was his car, a Mazda 6, black,â&#x20AC;? Randle said, standing under a three-quarters moon.

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The troops spent hours turning in their equipment and chatting about going home.

Cahill, 31, has a daughter turning 1 this month back home in Newburyport, Massachusetts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was at home when she was born,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s standing up on her own so I got to get back.â&#x20AC;?

Pvt. Kevin Patterson, 21, of Carson City, Nevada, was craving his grandmotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;famous tacos.â&#x20AC;?

He was also happy to be alive. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every night when you go to bed and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in one piece, you think â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Thank God, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m still here,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

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The stuff thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not on wheels ends up at still another yard.

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racial equity in employment and ownership as well as local community development. He said violence must not become a culture of South African labor relations.

Zuma called for a speedy resolution to the mining strikes. He said the strikes this year have cost South Africa close to 4.5 billion rand (nearly $563 million) in lost gold and platinum production. Zuma said this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work stoppages have subtracted nearly 3.1 billion rand ($388 million) from the national treasury.

At the meeting, the secretarygeneral of the Congress of South African Trade Unions called for a broader and separate commission of inquiry into the killings of the miners, saying it should invest the employment and social conditions of miners and their â&#x20AC;&#x153;poverty wages.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are extremely concerned that the events of 16th August and the ongoing violence ... has shifted the focus and blame from the bosses who have been sitting in the shadows enjoying SURĂ&#x20AC;WV IURP WKH YHU\ ZRUNHUV whose families have now been robbed of their only breadwinners,â&#x20AC;? Vavi said.

London-registered Lonmin PLC told The Associated Press the company is losing production of 2,500 ounces each day the strike continues. Lonmin said Monday it is halting work on a new shaft and will not require 1,200 contract workers, among

some 10,000 contract workers employed at the mine along with 28,000 employees.

Aquarius Platinum said work resumed at its mine Monday, and Anglo American Platinum said it would restart operations Tuesday under police protection at its four mines. Anglo American is the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest platinum producer, Lonmin the third largest.

South Africa holds 80 percent of world platinum reserves.

A strike leader said some miners at Samancor Chrome stopped work Friday demanding a minimum take-home pay of 12,500 rand ($1,560). The company said it had shut down operations voluntarily to protect workers from intimidation.

It is unclear how many miners are now striking. Mining companies claim it is a minority with tens of thousands of workers not reporting for duty because of violent threats and intimidation.

Previous marches by strikers brandishing machetes, spears and clubs have numbered several thousand.

A machine operator under contract to Lonmin and living in the shantytown said Lonmin managers were trying to stop people from gathering: â&#x20AC;&#x153;They say they are afraid of people being killed.â&#x20AC;? The man, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of repercussions, blamed the government and the National Union of Mineworkers for the violence.

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Another important note Souter emphasized was the importance of civic engagement. Souter discussed how a study showed the majority of Americans donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even know what the Supreme Court does. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t use to be this bad,â&#x20AC;? Souter said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The No &KLOG /HIW %HKLQG $FW PDNHV LW YHU\ GLIĂ&#x20AC;FXOW WR SUHVV WKH LPSRUtance of civics.â&#x20AC;?

Souter emphasized that â&#x20AC;&#x153;democracy cannot survive with civic ignorance,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Democracy will die. When problems get bad enough, people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know who to go to. We canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have one leader who says, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worry about it, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll take care of it.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Everyone needs to be involved.â&#x20AC;?

During a question and answer session from the audience, one member asked Souter what he thought about Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s healthcare policy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll pass on that,â&#x20AC;? he said, to which the audience laughed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s appropriate for a former judge to criticize current judgesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; decisions, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an argument about the facts and how the current judges perceive the facts.â&#x20AC;?

According to the New York Times, the retired justice has been a lifelong New Hampshire resident and has been the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attorney general in addition to serving on the New Hampshire Supreme Court and Superior Court. George H.W. Bush nominated Souter for the position on the Supreme Court in 1990. He went on WR VSHQG \HDUV RQ WKH 6XSUHPH &RXUW Ă&#x20AC;QDOO\ DQQRXQFLQJ KLV retirement in 2009, which gave President Obama the decision to nominate and appointment a member of the court, which went to Sonya Sotomayor. In 1992, Souter signed the plurality agreement to uphold abortion rights in the case Planned Parenthood vs.

Casey. Souter became a loyal ally to the liberal judges on the court.

Souter capped off his discussion by further emphasizing civic engagement. He said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not a pessimist, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not an optimist for the future of American democracy.â&#x20AC;?

Carl Woodbury, a student at Concord High School, was grateful of the opportunity to see Souter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would like to thank him for his contribution to our country and to New Hampshire,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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KSC junior Beverly Cole looks for the ball during a game against Westfield State University on Sept. 5 at the Keene State College Owl Athletic Complex.

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Last season, the Billert twins were actually confused for one another. Kalin Billert had received a yellow card during the game. After the game, Coach Amy Watson reviewed the yellow card and in fact, Alex Billert was the one who should have received the yellow card, according to Mary Billert, Kalin and Alex’s mother.

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Cummings added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;She was at the top of her class for her Tech School training in Keesler, Miss., and since returning has excelled in attaining a promotion to Senior Airman as well as helping out with many high SURĂ&#x20AC;OH H[HUFLVHV DQG RSHUDWLRQDO HYHQWV KHUH DW 3HDVH Âľ When most college students are usually typing up D SDJH SDSHU DERXW WKH PDWLQJ F\FOHV RI GUDJRQĂ LHV on Sunday evening, Cole is at work excelling at what she does in the Guard, according to her commanding RIĂ&#x20AC;FHU ´7KH PLVVLRQV VKH GHDOV ZLWK KHUH DW 3HDVH LQYROYH presidential support, and operational air refueling misVLRQV WKDW LPSDFW D IXOO PXOWL VHUYLFH VSHFWUXP Âľ &XPmings said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is very little room for error and Bev is accomplished beyond her age, rank and experience OHYHO Âľ Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not likely to hear anyone on campus referring to Beverly Cole as Senior Airman Cole. But if you take D VPDOO ZDON WR WKH VRFFHU Ă&#x20AC;HOGV \RX¡UH FHUWDLQO\ JRLQJ WR Ă&#x20AC;QG KHU VZHDWLQJ EXOOHWV UXQQLQJ XS DQG GRZQ WKH Ă&#x20AC;HOG ZLWK WKH UHVW RI KHU WHDPPDWHV GXULQJ D SUDFWLFH or game.

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

MICHELLE BERTHIAUME / SPORTS EDITOR

Beverly Cole takes a walk through campus dressed in her N.H. Air National Guard uniform.

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of their freshmenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s situation. ´,W¡V DOO QHZ HYHU\WKLQJ¡V GLIIHUHQW Âľ Wiener explained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know players or coaches, you have to deal with not KDYLQJ D FXUIHZ IRU WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW WLPH <RX donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know the system or level of play, I PHDQ LW¡V OLNH EHLQJ WKURZQ LQWR D ODNH Âľ Butcher pointed to the change in gameplay as the main adjustment. ´7KHUH¡V WZR PDMRU FKDOOHQJHV IRU Ă&#x20AC;UVW \HDU SOD\HUV Âľ %XWFKHU VDLG ´7KH VSHHG RI the game and the aggressive nature of their opponents. They have to understand that opponents are just as quick if not quicker WKDQ WKHP DW WKLV OHYHO Âľ Thomas said the hardest part of the transition is to be handling the many temptations that come with college life. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I mean the training is harder, the schoolwork is harder, so we try to tell them, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s three options at college; academLFV DWKOHWLFV DQG ÂŤ UHFUHDWLRQ Âľ 7KRPDV said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You have time to get good at two of those options. You just have to control \RXU VRFLDO OLIH Âľ It seems the coaches will have less to worry about with Kelley, Silveri, and Wheeler. The three freshmen have not just

overcome their early obstacles, but excelled in their new lifestyle.

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