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Clothing drive fills five bags By Torin Gannon Staff Writer
Louise Torrez and Travis Rice are proud of the work they did for the clothing drive held by the Center for Service. Both students and North Adams residents came to add to this charitable effort, held during the Alumni and family weekend. “We got a good five bags filled and we’re still getting more,” Torrez said, referring to the five trash bags that were absolutely stuffed with donated clothes. Spencer Moser, the director of the Center for Service and Citizenship, has been running the event for the entire 12 years he’s been a part of the school. He added that the timing of the drive is very import. “It’s really important that we send a message to the MCLA larger community, the families and the alumni, that service and engagement are a big piece of what we do. Embedding it in family and alumni weekend is not only symbolic of communicating that service is important, but we’re doing it,” Moser said. Moser also noted that the drive is timely because the weather is starting to get colder and many families in North Adams struggle to keep warm in the cold winter months. Torrez and Rice considered the drive a success. The only setback they faced was when they had to move the drive from the Market Place to the second floor of the Campus Center. The move was brought about due to space constraints. Moser measures success differently than others might. “If you ask any mother or father whose son or daughter has a coat when it’s really cold, they’d say it was a success… it’s not about the number of bags; it’s about doing our part to help people that are less fortunate and not able to stay warm over the winter,” said Moser. Rice worked the drive the year before as well, and was happy to be a part of the process once again, despite having to get up early in the morning. “It feels pretty good seeing people donating clothes for the community,” said Rice. The drive ran from 9 A.M. to 11 A.M. The clothes that were donated were set to be sent to the First Baptist Church in North Adams. From there, the clothes will be made available to all residents who are in need.
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Berkshire Food Festival Photos by Isabel McKenzie/The Beacon Despite the cold, harsh weather, community members made an appearance downtown on Sunday for warm bites at the Berkshire Food Festival. Mad Jack’s BBQ (left) sold pulled pork sandwiches along with other local vendors. Whiskey City (above) performed during the autumn’s first snow fall.
Rugby shuts out Lyndon State in first exhibition match By Nick Swanson
rookie Josh Reynolds. The successful kick-conversation awarded Reynolds with his first college career The MCLA Rugby Club won their first completion and brought them to the 12-point exhibition match against the Lyndon State lead. Head Coach Luke Labendz advised his College Men’s Rugby Club with a final score players at half time to drive into all rucks of 12-0. MCLA controlled the scoreboard the entire low and with force and to not let a small lead match by scoring one try in the first and second convince them the game is over. Coach Labendz, also an alumnus of the half. The second-half try scored by insidecenter Aaron Perkins acted as an insurance College, has over a decade of experience policy with a completed kick-conversion from dedicated to rugby. He played for the North Adams State College Rugby Club and currently plays for Berkshire Rugby. “The win may have happened today but it doesn’t count tomorrow,” Labendz said. He said this in hopes the team would look toward the future than the past. The drop-kickoff was welcomed with bright rays of sunshine that made several appearances throughout the afternoon; however, dark clouds and snow showers covered the pitch for a majority of the match. Battling the indecisive weather was a mission for both teams. “Though there were some rough spots in the first half, MCLA’s play improved significantly in the second half,” Glen Lawson, former head coach, said. “This was highlighted by an incredible stretch of a 20 minute goal line defensive stand midway through the half.” Lyndon’s closest attempt at scoring Photo by Nick Swanson/The Beacon was moments before half time when Lydon State defends the ball in a ruck and holds possession before passing it out to the five completed passes led them to inside MCLA’s 20-yard zone. Lyndon then drove field. Co-Editor-in-Chief
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the ball to the 10-yard line before losing possession after a direct tackle from tighthead prop Isiah Thompson which caused them to fumble the ball inside MCLA’s try zone. Right-side wing and rookie Andrew Clarke retrieved the ball to gain back MCLA possession and proceeded to kick the ball 25 yards down the field and out of the danger zone. MCLA kept the ball on Lyndon’s side of the field for the first 20 minutes, leading to the first try of the match scored by forwards’ captain, Austin Jones. The first kick-conversion was incomplete by Reynolds but gave MCLA a 5-0 lead, which remained to the end of the first half. Jones was substituted about 10 minutes after he scored due to symptoms of a mild concussion from breaking free of two Lyndon tackles before coming to terms with another. The third tackle caused him to lose stability and fall backwards, leading to a collision with his head to the ground. A total of four injuries were reported during the match, three of which were from Lyndon and one from MCLA, according to Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Mitchell Marbardy. Of the four injuries, not one was hospital intensive and specific details regarding the injured players could not be released due to confidentiality protocol. Lyndon has played in four matches this semester where this was MCLA’s first. MCLA welcomed eight new rookie players on to the field for this opening match.
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Campus News 2 Police New SGA members sworn in to positions Logs Thursday, October 22, 2015
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Week of 10/11 - 10/17 Public Safety responded to 87 total calls
Sunday, Oct. 11
◆ 12:30 a.m. – Public Safety investigated a drug offense in the Hoosac Hall resident parking lot.
◆ 12:33 a.m. – Public Safety responded to a medical call at 277 Ashland St.. The individual was successfully transported to the hospital.
Monday, Oct. 12
◆ 12:06 p.m. – Public Safety responded to a complaint at the power plant.
◆ 4:10 p.m.- Public Safety responded to a car accident on Ashland St. No further assistance was needed.
Tuesday, Oct. 13
◆ 12:35 p.m. – Public Safety responded to a 911 hang-up call at the Center for Science and Innovation. No follow-up was necessary.
Wednesday, Oct. 14
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was dispatched to Mark Hopkins Hall for an investigation. A report was filed.
Thursday, Oct. 15
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responded to suspicious activity on Hoosac St. A report was filed.
Friday, Oct. 16
◆ 6:49 p.m. – Public Safety addressed a situation in which someone was receiving annoying phone calls. The occurrence was referred to an outside agency.
Saturday, Oct.17
◆ 10:33 a.m. – Public Safety responded to a larceny/forgery/fraud call at the Flagg Townhouse Apartments. No further assistance was needed.
Six new SGA senators and three new class council members swore to represent the MCLA student voice and the constitution of the United States during the SGA meeting Monday night. “It’s so awesome to see these tables filled with Senators,” Executive Vice President Daniel Wohler said. The Greek seat, Athletic seat, and the Senate Chair positions are still vacant. Svetlana Morrell, the former athletic seat and Senate Chair, resigned. Morrell’s basketball schedule conflicted with SGA meeting times, according to her resignation letter. Open source textbooks, a topic that was discussed heavily last year, was voted to be a part of
the SGA discussion for this year. Last year, the Ad Hoc committee worked closely with MASSPIRG and was looking for SGA’s official support for open source textbooks. “If the senate has made a motion saying [that] they support or don’t support a topic, that’s a bit more backbone,” junior Colby Harvish, who is on the Ad Hoc committee, said. The Academic Policy Committee has also been working to bring the issue to administrators, according to Coordinating Vice President, Kelsey McGonigle. The Sam Gomez Race raised $2,707 this year, which is more than has ever been raised by the race before according to Wohler. The Sam Gomez race was on Sunday and is held by SGA and the intramurals department to fundraise for a different community organization each year. This year, the money will be given to the
United Neighborhood Organization (UNO) to help develop a community gathering space. The Academic Policy Committee is trying to change the school’s transfer policy according to senator at large, Evan Pirnie. The current policy allows students who reside in Massachusetts with an associates degree to skip their common core requirements. The Academic Policy Committee is trying to extend the policy to New York State residents as well. “It’s going to attract a ton of students from New York,” Wohler said. The committee also intends to have the class withdrawal period extended. “A lot of students feel like they don’t get enough feedback from their professors” Wohler said. The period would ideally extend past midterms “so students feel safer.” Right now the proposed extension being suggested is an addi-
tional two weeks past the current withdrawal period. The change would not effect this semester but is being discussed for next semester or the next academic year. Midnight Madness starts 10 pm tonight. The class of 2016 will be holding a penny wars event in the marketplace from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Four class members are competing to see who will collect the most pennies. Whoever loses will get an egg cracked on their head at Midnight Madness. The class of 2016 will also be holding a raffle for a free senior day’s package in the marketplace at 9:30 p.m. The winner will be announced at Midnight Madness. Colors to show your class spirit for the event will be blue for freshmen, maroon for sophomores, orange for juniors, and green for seniors.
City Council candidates address the college, downtown and voting By Torin Gannon Staff Writer
North Adams City Council members recently addressed students and North Adams residents in a forum organized by the Political Science department. The forum was held Monday night in the Church Street Center auditorium. The Council members in attendance were Lisa Blackmer, Eric Buddington, Nancy Bullett, Joseph Gniadek, Benjamin Lamb, Kate Merrigan, Robert Moulton Jr., Joshua Moran, and Wayne Wilkinson. Council members Ronald Boucher, Keith Bona and Robert F. Cardimino were scheduled to attend, but were not present at the proceedings. The forum was divided into three parts. The first part consisted of students Kate Rowell and Zoe Schwartz asking each candidate two questions tailored specifically to them. These questions were created by thorough research conducted by the students organizing the forum, and decided upon by the group. “I’m really interested in local and state government, and this for me was a really cool way to participate in it,” Rowell said. The second segment was an open forum for candidates to
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respond to questions created by Tammy Daniels, managing editor of iBerkshires, and Adam Shanks, Berkshire Eagle reporter. The third segment allowed each candidate time to make a final statement about why they were running. Candidates address school concerns Amongst the vast amount of questions asked, few of the candidates did address topics that connected specifically to the school. Councilman Lamb was asked a question concerning safety, specifically regarding the incidents that occurred on Blackinton Street earlier this semester. “Crime is something that you can’t just rely on the police department to be the only unit addressing these issues. I think as a community of stakeholders that want to be invested in this place and love this place, we all have to be engaged in this process,” Lamb said. Lamb said that he hoped to see the MCLA community come together with the larger North Adams community to address the crime issues that affect everyone. Councilwoman Bullett promised that she has not dropped the ball with the volleyball court
that she planned with the Student Government Association (SGA) to be installed at Windsor Lake. Bullett assured that steps have been taken to see that the court is constructed. “I see it as an important asset to the lake as a whole, but I also see it as an important asset to MCLA… I haven’t forgotten, it will be done,” Bullett said.
relationships can be formed with the businesses of the area. It was largely agreed amongst Council members that attracting new businesses that would draw in both students and other visitors is vital to the revitalization of Downtown. “We don’t have any shops, any businesses that are going to attract MCLA students,” Gniadek said.
Council hopes to revitalize downtown During the forum, one topic that drew in considerable attention was the revitalization of the down-town area. Moulten felt that updating the Mohawk Theatre and the surrounding area would be vital to this goal. Bullett also hopes for growing communication between the council and downtown business owners. Buddington felt that creating a nicer walking route connecting Mass MoCA to MCLA in order to bring more traffic downtown was important. “There’s a lot to be said for just having a pleasant way to get from one place to another, and we don’t see as many MCLA students downtown as I would like,” Buddington said. Lamb hoped to open up more communication with the campus community, and receive feedback from them on how better
Merrigan speaks about forum Councilwoman Merrigan was very pleased with the night’s proceedings. She was happy that questions related to quality of life in the community were asked instead of just questions about taxes and budget. She was also very happy to see that many of these questions were crafted by students. Merrigan stressed that she felt it is important that the council reach out to students, especially during election season. “Every MCLA student who lives in North Adams is eligible to vote here, first of all, and I don’t think we engage you guys in elections… I think it’s a real disservice, and frankly I think it’s disrespectful if we don’t reach out to the campus during elections, because if you think about it, you guys are a huge portion of our population,” Merrigan said.
Weekend Weather Friday, October 23
Saturday, October 24
Sunday, October 25
Mainly Sunny High: 49° Low: 28° Precip. Chance: 0%
Partly Cloudy High: 56° Low: 40° Precip. Chance: 0%
Scattered Showers High: 58° Low: 38° Precip. Chance: 60%
◆ 10:01 p.m. – Public Safety responded to a call regarding suspicious activity near Berkshire Towers. A specific report was filled.
Late Afternoon Rain High: 66° Low: 38° Precip. Chance: 40%
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Senior News Editor The tendency of news in the modern day to become journalism of affirmation is a deeply rooted issue that Joy Reid, former host of MSNBC’s “The Reid Report,” chose to delve into. Her lecture touched on the history of this struggle between objectivity and subjectivity in journalists when they try to avoid simply writing based on affirmation. Reid gave a lecture in Church Street Center’s auditorium Photo by Liz Quirk/The Beacon Thursday night and Hardman Lecturer Joy Reid took Church answered questions Street Center last Thursday, addressing from audience the advantages and disadvantages of members after making legacy media. her point. She used compelling examples sources as you can even if they are in history, including the coverage not confirmatory.” of lynching sprees in the South She emphasized that it is by both Southern and Northern necessary to understand that reporters and how that was whatever news consumers are skewed due to the biases of the taking in is still coming from reporters. legacy media and that they need “You can develop your own to be thinking about whether news cycle in which you only take they believe it and be discerning in the information that affirms of that information. what you intrinsically believe,” Junior Davis Turell found the Reid said. “You wind up with this statistics that television is still the feedback loop and have a certain main news source to be shocking, set of information that is different since she sees most of the people from my set of information.” around her using social media to She referenced MSNBC and get their news. Fox News as the different sides Turell believed that social that are contributing to these media played a bigger role in cycles in news consumers. Reid business and our lives than Reid referenced statistics that showed gave credit for. despite the influx of social media “Business and people use it to as a news source, eight out of bring attention to something and ten people get their news from people do not back up what they television. read with the news,” she said. Reid spoke to the original “Overall, Joy was interesting to notion that all news had to be listen to because she made me objective and the standards of think about how we will gather news being all about fair and our news in the future and if we balanced coverage. She illustrated rely too much on sources that the fallacy of fairness and balance aren’t accredited.” with an allegory. If one person Reid brought up cases as said that cyanide is poisonous recently as the Walter Scott report and another person said it was from ABC, which turned out to delicious, standards of fairness be incorrect due to the reporters and balanced in journalism taking “witness accounts” that would dictate that both these were inaccurate and how cell individuals get equal attention, phone videos by actual witnesses which obviously is not reasonable were what brought the truth to to present the “delicious” side as a light. She credited the difficultly valid point of view. that legacy media has in trusting “We can’t avoid affirmation that citizens are right with some bias in what we do in our own of the errors that they’ve made in lives,” Reid said. “What I try to their reporting. tell people to do is to be your own aggregator, try to take in as many
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getting approved by the Student Government Association and fostering relationships with other clubs. “We are a lifestyle magazine and I think club involvement is a big part of that for students,” Birch said. According to the staff of the magazine, things are going well. The process is very Photo from Her Campus collaborative, with “Her Campus,” a lifestyle magazine, launched an MCLA chapter this semester. writers working off of each other a certain number of posts and to create content and giving By Torin Gannon promotions each week. direction to one another. Staff Writer “I think that level of “It’s all positive and happy and professionalism is a good skill for exciting. We’re all here because The online lifestyle magazine students to have,” Birch said. we want to write,” writer Allie “Her Campus” now has a chapter Becoming affiliated with the Martineau said, regarding the vibe at MCLA. The publication was magazine was no easy feat. Birch amongst the staff of the magazine. started and is being run by juniors and Kase had to go through Birch wants students to not Harmony Birch and Margaret an application process, then a be intimidated by the “Her” in Kase. testing process which assessed “Her Campus. ” She wants this The magazine was founded in their writing and editing abilities, publication to be something for 2009 by three students at Harvard and also examined what they students of all gender identities University. intended to do with their chapter Birch is a long-time reader of of the magazine. The final step to enjoy. This also goes for the magazine, finding it helpful was a phone interview with Cara any writers who may believe in getting ready for college and Chiaramonte, who runs the that only female-created and for the professional world. She approximately 200 chapters of the -oriented content is allowed in the decided in her sophomore year magazine. After submitting their magazine. “I wanted something that that she wanted an MCLA chapter content for the first week, the [students] could rally behind and of “Her Campus.” She thought it MCLA branch of “Her Campus” give them a sense of community,” would appeal to readers who was approved. Birch said. wanted something a little different The publication is quickly If you are interested in than a newspaper. She also hoped growing, with around 20 members joining the publication, you can it would give opportunities to putting issues together every either contact Harmony Birch aspiring writers who didn’t want week. The magazine’s content through Outlook, or email the to work in news journalism. includes profiles on students and staff at mcla@hercampus.com. Birch was also intrigued by faculty, blog posts, and articles the business-like regulations on college lifestyles. Birch would The magazine can be read on that chapters are held to and the like to see the writing staff grow hercampus.com/schools/mcla. career skills that it can develop. Each chapter is expected to make
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A Q&A with Joy Reid Carrie Cuttermeister ‘19 Q: Which type of story do you prefer to write about? A: Personal stories, one with a human aspect and one that can unfold; One that is weird and out of the way fascinating. Luke O’Brien ‘19 Q: What interested you to get into journalism in the first place? A: In college I actually took pre-med. I started watching “Nightline” every night in fifth grade with my mother. I guess Ted Koppel would be who got me into it. After that I watched all the news. I later studied documentary film in school and when I went to Miami to reinvent myself, I took a job that paid $7.25 to write for a morning show because it was something I enjoyed doing. Jacob Archer ‘19 Q: What are your thoughts on political correctness? A: It’s real. The blunt offend-ness that used to be on “Saturday Night Live” in the 70s compared to what it is now is completely different. People used to be blunt on gender, race, etc. Now we’re so overcorrected to the other side and afraid to be honest, and we’re afraid to have the wrong perspective. People should feel comfortable talking about how they feel.
Jonathon Hoel ‘17 Q: What’s the best way to deliver the objective opinion? A: If you don’t have cable, you’re not watching the news. HBO GO and other streaming channels are terrifying to the industry. Everyone is chasing what’s left of the audience. The older white viewers are loyal to their news and trust in legacy media. Media is chasing the younger generations while holding on to older viewers. They’re saying ‘how can we tweak our product so you can watch it?’ and they’re confused on how to cater it. Ericka Delisle ‘19 Q: I know you talked about how you should have a clean social media appearance, but what about a person’s physical appearance concerning tattoos and piercings? A: You can have it. The Buzz Feed president looks like a biker. Chuck Todd couldn’t get on TV with a goatee. Male anchors had the clean shaven look. Tim Russert, his mentor, wanted him on TV to interpret polls. Now, he hosts “Meet the Press.” I had a coworker who came in with leopard print and was told to change before she was to go on TV. There used to be these weird rules on how women were meant to look, weigh, etc. It’s a different world. Men can get really old and still be on TV. Women have to leave and teach.
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New program establishes law degree Commentary Barrett’s rhetoric wins over In conjunction with UMass School of Law students can now graduate in three years
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further student success by Senior News Editor making it easy and accessible. An articulation “Society agreement to establish a 3+3 needs people program, making it possible with a wellfor students to get both their rounded liberal Bachelor’s Degree from arts background MCLA and Juris Doctor to be in Degree from University positions where of Massachusetts School they can make of Law, was signed into a difference,” effect. Interim President Taylor said. James Clemmer and Mary “Law schools Lu Bilek, UMass School of can be a place Law’s dean, formally signed where students the documents before can further faculty and administration those skills and who made the agreement gain access to possible. the institutions Photo by Idalis Foster The program allows students who finish their Interim President James Clemmer looks over the where differences can be made.” major requirements and agreement with its key contributors. At the signing other necessary courses to major, and will ease the process were representatives of the substitute their senior year with for students who are concerned departments from admissions and a first year of law school, thus about the costs, requirements and CSSE, to academic affairs and the shortening the time a student time commitment. Interim President himself. This would have to be in college to “According to the American earn both degrees. Bar Association, there is no such program is expected to become There are multiple thing as a ‘Pre-Law’ undergraduate another one of the attractive requirements in order to be degree or program. There are qualities that admissions will use eligible for the program: no special classes to take,” said to draw students who may already • a cumulative grade point average Taylor. “There are courses that are show interest in law. The agreement is modeled of 3.0 or higher ‘best choices,’ but any law school after other agreements that UMass • a minimum score of 150 on the admissions officer will tell you Law has made with the other state Law School Admission Test that as long as you come to law universities in Massachusetts. • at least two semesters of school with an interest in the law, Bilek is working on creating these undergraduate pre-law drive, and a willingness to work agreements to better facilitate the advisement hard and think critically, you will relationship between all of the • going through the admissions do fine.” state colleges. requirements of the Law School, Taylor says that in his three Bilek also commented on the • receiving recommendations years being at MCLA, students liberal arts education as being from College members of the have shown interest in the a beneficial background for Joint Programs Committee opportunities that law school students who come to UMass James Taylor, assistant presents. He sees this as being School of Law, as it teaches professor of Political Science, another one of many outlets for students to think both analytically believes this is a great opportunity liberal arts students to make for all students, regardless of change, and for the college to and creatively.
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Former 13-term Mayor John Barrett had incumbent Richard Alcombright running for his life. In a night that grew increasingly tense, the debate at Drury High School between Alcombright and Barrett showed the power of rhetoric over facts to disgruntled voters. As politicians, the two are not very different. Both favor privatization of city property to turn profit, maintaining a heavier police presence in high-crime sections of the city, bringing jobs back to the downtown area and fixing failing infrastructure. Alcombright is the candidate of transparency, whereas Barrett is the candidate of conservative fiscal policy. “There is no need to go back from rule by people to rule by one,” Alcombright declared. It was his main talking point throughout the night. Barrett said he was concerned with the economy, and didn’t believe Alcombright’s claim that the city has shown financial growth since his tenure began. “I think we should ask: Where has the money gone?” Barrett demanded. It was the first of many rhetorical jabs at the mayor’s fiscal responsibility throughout the night, which kept catching Alcombright off guard. The two candidates had conflicting facts. Alcombright claimed to inherit a $3 million structural deficit, but Barrett countered that he balanced the budget and therefore it was not truly a “deficit.” Judging from the amount of
applause, Barrett was better received than Alcombright. Had the debate happened Oct. 19 at MCLA’s Church Street Center, as initially planned, the audience might have been more receptive to Alcombright, because he has been more attuned to campus and community issues. Watching the debate at Drury, the decision to pull out of the MCLA debate seems like a better strategic move for Barrett. Both candidates know their audiences, and had no problems pandering to them throughout the debate. Despite surface similarities in their platforms, they showed fundamental differences in the city’s future. Alcombright calls for embracing North Adam’s artistic future, while remembering and honoring its industrial past. Older citizens, notably not fond of Mass MOCA and the city’s lack of industry, visibly huffed and puffed at the idea. They say they do not care about the artistic future of North Adams; just the loss of jobs. Barrett spoke in broad strokes about how bringing jobs back to the citizens can be done by making North Adams more than just a “one-industry town.” However, Alcombright’s economic plan revolves around MCLA and Mass MOCA. He referred to Fresh Grass and Solid Sound as economic boosts for the city, but was rebuked by Barrett, who criticized Alcombright’s policy for catering to tourists rather than residents. It was music to the ears to many voters in the audience. While the policies of BARRETT continued on page 10
Berkshire Food Fest warms community on snowy day By Joseph Carew Staff Writer
The smell of freshly cooked food along with the sound of local band Whiskey City drew hundreds of people to this year’s Berkshire Food Festival on Sunday. This, the fourteenth year the festival has been run, was presented by 1230AM WNAW and WUPE-FM, two radio stations that broadcast throughout the Berkshire region. Before 2015, the previous thirteen Photo by Isabel McKenzie/The Beacon years were run specifically by the Community members enjoy non-traditional egg rolls from “How city of North Adams. We Roll.” “I love that they do this,” said items among the diverse choices pockets. Mary Redstone, an Oh Crepe! were the pulled pork parfaits and A cornhole competition was employee. “I am a sucker for the assorted crepes. Many a hot organized and presided over by community events like this.” chocolate was consumed as well. WUPE-FM with a cash prize for Among the near 15 vendors Voted Best Live Band in the winner along with a small present for the festivities were the Berkshires three years in a trophy. Numerous partners signed Slick Willies, Oh Crepe!, Boston row starting in 2010, Whiskey up and the competition drew Seafood, Lakota BBQ, How We City played through snow and a small crowd during the peak Roll, and Gloria’s Columbian sunshine. With a mix of classic hour of the festival. Cornhole is Food. Notable restaurants that rock and country there was a a game in which contestants toss were absent from the events but variety of music to enjoy. Due small sandbags at ramps with the had participated in previous years to the cold weather, most of the intention of landing them in the included The Hub and Public Eat band members had to warm their small cutout near the top. and Drink. hands between songs, often times As the vendors began to pack Some of the most popular food singing with their hands in their up, Levi of Lakota BBQ spoke
on the event as a whole: “[I its underlying purpose. As think] it needs to be a little more previously mentioned, the town organized,” Levi said. “It [can be] operated this public festival since really hit or miss.” its inception in 2002. In previous The festival was free to years the event was slated for enter but gaining access to the month of June but switched the available food and drinks to September in 2013 and 2014, required purchasing tickets worth and now occupies a Sunday in $1 apiece. Most the food was October. available for fewer than $10 while drinks hovered at a lower range. The tabled vendors were shielded from the worst of the day’s dramatic weather shifts thanks in part to the large white tents that covered half of the sectioned-off portion of Main Street. With temperatures in the thirties and occasional napkin-throwing wind gusts, festival-goers NO CARD MINIMUMS huddled near the food M-W: 7:30am - 10:00pm vendors in a large mass Th&F: 7:30am - 11:30pm under the tents. Sat: 9:30am - 11:30pm The Berkshire Dine-In and Take-Out menu online. Food Festival has Gift Certificates & Discount Programs undergone changes Available through its fourteenwww.TheParlorCafe.com year-and-counting fb.com/TheParlorCafe run, but maintained (413) 346-4279
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Jen Alibozek celebrates over 30 years of service Students and faculty members share some of their memorable experiences with Jen over the years
to the heart of their frustration,” Heekin said. “Although we all do this, we are usually in our offices, and Jen is right Features Editor out there in the open, so she feels it first.” Freshmen interact with CSSE often, and tend to have For 31 years Jennifer Alibozek, administrative a lot of questions. Jen not only helps new students with assistant for the Center for Student Success and problems or questions they may have, but she is also Engagement (CSSE)/Advising, has been helping helpful to new staff members. students with everything from freshman housing “Whenever you come into something new, you’re arrangements to grad school applications. always looking for that one person to mentor you, and for She is genuinely proud that she has worked in every me there were two people: Jen and Deb Foss,” Heekin said. building on campus, from Murdock to Mark Hopkins, “Jen has taught me everything I know, and now I feel like Venable to Bowman, and back to Eldridge. “She has an expert too, which I owe to her.” earned her respect on campus, and is someone who Her colleagues jokingly share that she is very modest, people know they can just pick up the phone and call and does not like to be the center of attention, ever. “This with any question,” Kate Heekin, assistant director of woman is a workhorse, and she wants to make everything CSSE/Advising, said. run smoothly,” Heekin said. Working by her side since 2011, Heekin has seen first“She is also obsessed with chickens,” Heekin shares with hand how well Jen is able to resolve various problems a laugh. “She has been a proud chicken owner for a while, students may come across during their time here. and even has chicken decorations on her computer.” “When I think of Jen, she reminds me of a "Mama Hen" “She always has a smile and figure,” CSSE work study student Aryel Brosnan said. “She loves her chickens, and I feel she looks out for us work something positive to say. I walk out study kids in a similar way.” of her office feeling proud to be a At the upcoming ‘Giving Thanks’ event aimed at member of this campus.” honoring staff anniversaries, Jen has even joked that she is taking the day off, in hopes of avoiding the spotlight. – Alan Robinette Jen has two children that graduated from MCLA, “Students have come to her frustrated or confused, which she is very proud of. Throughout her time here, Photo Courtsey of Kate Heekin and Jen will not let them walk away that way. That Jen Alibozek is the first face students see when they walk in to the she has also become very attuned to non-traditional is very important to her,” she said. “She is a fixer. CSSE office; she helps students with various issues. age students. “There is one student in particular She wants people to walk away feeling satisfied. If a who is a local mom, completing her first semester at student comes to her with any problem, she always MCLA, Jen has been great to her,” Heekin said. can always count on her for information, [and] she always makes sure it gets fixed, and she can do that because she “I’ve run into her downtown and she has always said has a smile and something positive to say. I walk out of has institutional knowledge.” hello with that same warm smile. Jen is someone I look her office feeling proud to be a member of this campus.” “Jen was one of the first people I interacted with at forward to seeing every semester,” Robinette said. “Students often come to CSSE in crisis, and Jen has MCLA,” non-traditional student Alan Robinette said. “I become a master of calming people down, and then getting
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Well-traveled English professor puts her own “spin” on required classes By Gionna Nourse Features Editor
Writing Across Curriculum (WAC) Director, and Assistant English/Communications Professor, Dr. Amber Engelson, has traveled across the globe learning, writing, training and teaching. Originally from South Dakota, she swapped country for city at 18 years old, moving to Los Angeles, California to attend Occidental College. There, she earned her Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in English, and moved to England shortly after. She comes to MCLA now with a passion for writing, rhetoric, and helping students understand the importance of both. After living in England for a year, Engelson moved to Japan, where she ‘co-taught’ English as a foreign language for two years. “I love travelling and teaching, they go hand in hand,” she said. She applied and was accepted to the Japanese Exchange Teaching (JET) Program, where teachers from Englishspeaking countries are invited to Japan to ‘team-teach’, in the hopes of providing a more “authentic” English experience to Japanese students. “I taught a lot of conversational skills and writing at a very basic level,” she said. “It was highly activity-based learning.” In Japan, Engelson was also the first woman teacher at an all-boy’s high school of 600, with 60 male teachers. “It was interesting, and luckily I am not shy at all,” she said with a laugh. After teaching in Japan, Engelson decided to come back to the U.S. for graduate school, which she completed at The University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst. As part of her dissertation, Engelson visited Indonesia for a year through a fellowship to complete her research in global Englishes. “I studied the way that culture affects language practices, particularly in relation to the English language, which has its own culture,” she said. After completing her Ph.D., Engelson received a job in California. Most recently, she taught classes in writing and English at The University of Denver. What brought such a well-traveled individual here to a small college community like MCLA? “I really wanted to get back to Western Massachusetts and I wanted a job where people were open to change and
I could make a difference,” she said. Although UMass Amherst is an enormous university, the eight years Engleson spent there made it feel like home. “Geographically, I love it here. I mean, it feels like home,” she said. “Job-wise, I was really impressed with MCLA because of the teaching focus.” When Engelson interviewed, she was delighted to find out that 15 faculty members were already on board with the Writing Across Curriculum (WAC) committee. She was hired as the WAC director, and her long-term job will be to improve writing structure across campus.
“I really wanted to get back to Western Massachusetts and I wanted a job where people were open to change and I could make a difference.” -Professor Amber Engelson “[At Occidental] I had sort of the one-on-one experience that you guys have, and I love seeing my students everywhere,” Engelson said. Occidental College in Los Angeles is a small liberal arts school that only houses 1,500 students. Engelson values her students’ writing and their voices, Photo by Liz Qurik/The Beacon and has always kept a close relationship with them. She English/Communications Professor Amber Engelson brings the same mindset to MCLA, and hopes to build discusses the reasons she wanted to teach at MCLA. the same kind of relationships here as she has in the past. While finishing her Ph.D. as a writing and rhetoric Engelson is also developing a course new to the college professor at UMASS Amherst, students would often share titled “Writing Women’” which she says will serve as a that ‘Dr.E’s’ classes were their favorite, not only because fascinating chance for students to think about writing in a of the small size of those classes, but because of the way contemporary way. Engelson taught them. “I listened to their stories and read Engelson hopes to bring her perspective to the way their writings, I cared about them as people, not just as other professors are currently talking about writing across bodies in a lecture hall,” she said. campus. She says she would love to sit down with professors Here at MCLA, Engelson teaches classes entitled The and talk about what is and isn’t working in terms of writing Story of English, College Writing II, (a first year experience assignments in their classes. class), and College Writing I. She is teaching classes that “I just want to continue the conversations that are have been taught here for years, but is putting her own already happening about writing, and eventually work “spin” into their curriculum by applying her own research. with the writing associates towards opening a writing “I love my first year experience students, they are such a center next year,” she said. cohesive group,” she said.
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Reginald Dwayne Betts has published two books of poetry and a memoir, after serving nine years in jail.
Poet Dwayne Betts to read at G51 today By Mitchell Chapman A&E Editor
Poet Reginald Dwayne Betts, whose journey has led him from a jail cell to Yale, will visit the MCLA community today and tomorrow as part of the Hardman Creative Writers-In-residence Series. He will be meeting with classes throughout the day before giving a public reading at Gallery 51 tonight at 7 p.m. The event is free for students. “His story is inspiring,” Creative Writing Professor Zachary Finch said. “He has become not just a poet, but an advocate for the reform of the criminal justice system. He has had a particular experience that has fueled his understanding of what’s wrong, and he’s now committed in transforming our current culture, especially at how the prison industrial complex incarcerates minorities at extremely disproportionate rates.” Betts is the author of a memoir, “A Question of Freedom: A Memoir of Learning, Survival, and Coming of Age in Prison,” which was awarded the 2010 NAACP Image Award for non-fiction, and has published two books of poetry: “Shahid Reads His Own Palm” and “Bastards of the Reagan Era,” which was published this year. His memoir is reflective of his time in prison, from roughly 1996-2005, and paints a tale not of rehabilitation, but of “ritualized humiliation,” according to the New Yorker. According to his current publisher, Four Way Books, Betts started writing when he was incarcerated. His most recent work, “Bastards of the Reagan Era,” is a collection of poetry that “is a challenge, a confrontation of the hard realities that frame
America,” according to the publisher’s website. As such, Bett’s poetry explores important issues facing the country, especially to do with city life, as the publisher explains that through Betts’s poetry people see the city (in general) “as distant lover, we hear ‘the sound that comes from all / the hurt & want that leads a man to turn his back to the world.’” Publishers Weekly has described the collection as “devastatingly beautiful” poems “that call out to young black men lost in the pitfalls of urban America.” “I hope students gain an appreciation for the power of poetry and how it can bring people together,” Finch, who has seen Betts’ perform, continued. “There is music in his language and an intimacy of his address. Undergrad writers can possibly be inspired by his example.” Betts likes to go by the name “Dwayne,” in conversation, though his published name is “Reginald.” When he was in prison, he went by the name Shahid, which means “the witness” in Arabic, and inspired his first book of poetry, “Shahid Reads His Own Palm.” According to the Huffington Post, Bett’s work is inspired by his reading during his time in prison, which included, “The Confessions of Nat Turner,” “Go Tell It on the Mountain,” “Of Mice and Men,” “The Grapes of Wrath,” and “The Jungle.” Since his release, Betts has attended Prince George’s Community College, the University of Maryland, Warren Wilson College, and is now attending Yale Law School. He has been profiled by CNN, NPR, the Washington Post, USA Today, the Huffington Post, and the New Yorker.
Wayne Soares, sitting before a small crowd in the Science Center and enthusiastically answering questions, was a far cry from Officer Bridges, the reprehensible cop he plays in the soon-to-be released film Snitches. Soares, a 1988 graduate of North Adams State College, persuaded the film’s director, Steve Rahaman, to stop in North Adams during the film’s premiere tour. On Friday, some of the cast and crew gathered before the film’s viewing to answer questions from students, faculty, and local residents. Soares acknowledged professors Harris Elder and Joseph Ebiware for their mentorship during his time at the college. He joked about the academic difficulties he had during the “two terms” he spent at MCLA: “Reagan’s and Bush’s.” Following Soares’ introduction, Rahaman gave a brief overview of the film so that audience members would know what to expect. “It’s a mob movie, but it’s about the guys who never make it,” Rahaman said. “The guys who don’t become made men or bosses… And then you’ve got the younger guys, who are trying to shoot their way to the top. And the real bosses start to notice.” Rahaman categorized the film as a drama with plenty of comedy. In response to a question about his background as a director, he threw in some advice for filmmaking enthusiasts in the audience: “My first film? Horrible! I hope no one ever sees it... But I continued, I just kept shooting.” The idea to become a director came to Rahaman after viewing a friend’s surprisingly good indie effort. Since then, he’s won several prestigious film awards, such as Best Feature Film and Best Director at the New York International Independent Film & Video Festival. Recently, Snitches was accepted into the Cannes Film Festival. Without spoiling the plot, Snitches is a vulgar and extremely bloody crime film that focuses on the hapless underdogs of the underworld. Although the subject matter is serious, the audience at the Friday screening reacted most favorably to the more comedic parts, particularly scenes involving Vincent and Kevin Moccia’s character, Salvatore. Soares, who has worked as a broadcaster for ESPN, a comedian, and a public speaker, spoke about the difficulty of becoming an actor. “The opportunities that you have in life only come through hard work,” he emphasized. “If you cannot handle rejection in this business, if you have thin skin, it’s not the business for you.”
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The Church Street Center auditorium is a place most associated with mandatory freshman events in stifling latesummer heat and humidity. It only took some antique light bulbs, a projector, and six talented artists to transform the space into an otherworldly musical canvas. Josh Nelson provided the paint. Last Saturday, before a small crowd, the pianist led a small group of musicians through a medley of songs from his last two albums: Discoveries (2011) and Exploring Mars (2015). Behind them, film editor Travis Flournoy worked the projector, interspersing old film clips with psychedelic loops, depending on the theme and tone of each song. Nelson’s subject matter varied from H. G. Wells to Peter Sellers to the Hindenburg disaster. The name of the group—The Discovery Project—not only referred to the musicians, but to Flournoy and the set designer, Jesse Ottinger. The Project materialized as a result of Nelson’s fascination with modern science, as well as with past views of what the future might hold, exhibited in films such as A Trip To The Moon (1902) and The Time Machine (1960). Attendees were treated to a rare example of successful multimedia art, with the impressive backdrop of the Church Street Center’s glowing stained-glass windows. “I didn’t know what was going to happen,” Joe O’Neil, a student
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Don’t Miss SAC’s Freak Week!
October 26: October 27: October 29: October 30: October 31:
Pumpkin Painting, 5-7pm Sullivan Lounge Hypnotist Julius Kovacs, 8pm Church Street Center Spooky Sundaes, 11am-2pm Campus Center Marketplace 13 Nights At Jiminy, 5:45 p.m. Halloween Costume Party 8pm Venable Gym
Dance comes to MASS MoCA By Mitchell Chapman A&E Editor
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From left to right, Steve Rahaman, Juanita Rahaman, Debra Toscano, Kevin Moccia, and Wayne Soares
nd-Up Fest has an emotional first year By Jarred Clapp A&E Writer
iamstown’s annual Wind-Up film festival consisted al different mediums, including music, performance, ourse, film. Between Oct. 15 and 18 Wind-Up Fest over a dozen events between Williams College and oCA. s MoCA hosted a full day of entertainment Friday With a variety show, a series of short films entitled de Wonderful World of Wind-Up, followed by a ntary on New York Times cartoonists. Wide Wonderful World of Wind-Up was headlined short films, Don Hertzfeld’s “World of Tomorrow,” dizes’ “The And: Marcela and Rock”, and Pia Borg & Lawrenson’s “Abandoned Goods”.
“World of Tomorrow”, was a surrealist cartoon depicting a future society where people passed their consciousness onto a clone of themselves, which would live a full life to continue the advancement of knowledge and understanding. The story is told through explanations to a very young girl named Emily via a version of herself from two generations in the future. Older Emily tries to explain parts of her life yet to come as younger Emily is in awe of the colors that surround her and the memories she is learning for the first time, not quite understanding the weight of the conversation being had. The simplistic nature of the animation is compensated by the sheer weight of the subject matter. WIND-UP FEST continued on page 11
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especially Mars. It synched up well,” Kelleher said. Jazz has a reputation of being an oldfashioned genre of music. The Discovery Project was certainly not that. During a more restrained moment, Nelson manually muted the strings of his piano, playing strangely tenuous, dull notes. Later on, he plucked the strings with his fingers for a sharper effect. One piece about the Mars rover, “Spirit,” opened with a monologue from Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles; Nelson read over the hushed music of those around him, before returning to his piano and finishing the song alongside them. During the show, Nelson took time to speak to the audience and explain some of the inspiration behind the music and videos. Photo by Tierra Hanson/The Beacon “It’s a joy to play with some of these clips,” he very Project put on a performance than transcended medisaid during a break between songs, motioning ding film and music. towards the screen. “It’s like reliving parts of my childhood.” The Discovery Project was featured as part of the event, said. “I kind of came in blind. It was a MCLA Presents!, a Berkshire Cultural Resource Center project. how, even if you didn’t enjoy the film aspect.” MCLA Presents! features artistic performances of various r, a member of MCLA’s WJJW Radio club, was genres each semester, both onand off-campus. Information on usiastic. upcoming performances can be found on MCLA’s website. y great how the music went along with the visuals,
Limbs will fly when contemporary dance artists Katie Workum and Kimberly Bartosik make a one-night-only appearance at MASS MoCA on Oct. 24 at 8 p.m. in the Hunter Center. The program is split into two parts, highlighting a piece of each dancer’s work. Katie Workum’s style is indicative of nature. In her artist statement, she describes her process as generating content, “from improvisations, authentic movement as well as work with pre-ordained movement scores.” As such, her half of the show, titled “Black Lakes,” has choreography “rooted in kinesthetic awareness and the natural, instinctive responses of bodies in space,” according to berkshireonstage.com. The dance also includes Bessie Award-winning artist Weena Pauly and Bessie Award nominee Eleanor Smith. The score of the number is set to be minimalistic and ambient, with the occasional musical bell composed by James Lo, according to berkshireonstage.com. Katie Workum has been described by the New York Times as being “serious and ambitious.” Kimberly Bartosik has won a Bessie Award and describes herself as creating “viscerally provocative choreographic projects that are built upon the development of a virtuosic movement language, rigorous conceptual explorations, and the creation of highly theatricalized environments,” according to her website. Bartosik’s portion of the show is an excerpt from a larger piece, “Ecsteriority4.” The piece will be performed by Burr Johnson, Dylan Crossman, and Melissa Toogood, the last of which is an alumna of The School at Jacob’s Pillow, which is co-presenting the event. “‘Black Lakes’ creates an impression of a feeling; for all its intimacy, it’s like watching a dance behind glass,” Gia Kourlas of The New York Times said in her review of an earlier rendition of the show, which featured Eleanor Smith, Weena Pauly, and Workum herself as the dancers. “No hour of dance is ever perfect, and ‘Black Lakes,’ which changes each night, rarely rises above its improvisation-practice roots,” Kourlas said. “The dancers possess considerable virtues, yet as they tangle their bodies together, scurry across the floor in off-kilter hops or press their heads together while circling the stage, their movement phrases read like exercises.” Kimberly Bartosik possesses similar talent, but like Workum, is not perfect. One of her more recent works, “I like penises: a little something in 24 acts,” while providing commentary on contemporary society, was panned by the Times for being a “cheap shot.” Bartosik was criticized for studding her choreography with “big, showy moments without offering enough of the finer texture that, minute by minute, makes import.” However, early reviews for “Ecsteriority4” have been positive, with the Times describing it as “wonderfully woozy” and “mysterious.” Tickets cost $10 for students, $12 ordered in advance $18 the day of, and $5 for members. MASS MoCA reminds visitors that the venue has flat seating and all tickets are non-refundable. The museum café will be open between 6:30-8:30 p.m. to cater to those attending the show. The show is partially supported by the Irene Hunter Fund for Dance at MASS MoCA, a gift from the Hunter family in memory of the late Irene, whose philanthropic interests included education and arts, especially in the area of dance.
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Volleyball sweeps weekend matches By Jesse Collings Sports Editor
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Junior Allison Clark rises up for a kill. Clark has 332 kills on the season, a program record by more than 70.
The volleyball team just isn’t concerned about making things interesting. The Trailblazers continued their theme of shutting out opponents, sweeping both matches on Saturday, including a 3-0 conference victory over MASCAC foe Salem State. The Trailblazers improve to 19-7 overall and remain unbeaten in conference play with a 4-0 record. MCLA opened the tri-match with an early 9 a.m. game against SUNY-Delhi. The Trailblazers had little trouble disposing of a SUNY-Delhi team that featured only sophomores and freshmen. MCLA took the first two sets against the Broncos, 25-16 and 25-15. MCLA was challenged a bit more in the third set, but managed to close out Delhi, 25-21. Junior Allison Clark dominated the game for the Trailblazers, with 17 kills compared to just 2 attack errors. Freshman Beatrice Lechler continued her strong rookie season for the Trailblazers, leading the team with 16 assists plus 12 digs. Sophomore Taylor Wiese had arguably her best game of her career, contributing with 12 assists and 6 digs. Sophomore Chanielle Enomoto led all players with 19 digs. Delhi was led by Kristen
Women’s soccer picks up a pair of big wins By Jesse Collings
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Junior Jackie Dwyer received a cross from senior Darien Sullivan in the 60th minute and buried the lone goal of the match, giving MCLA a 1-0 victory on the road against Massachusetts Maritime Academy on Saturday. The win was MCLA’s first conference play and the team is now 3-10 overall on the season and 1-4 in MASCAC competition. Mass. Maritime tumbles to 3-8 on the season and are 0-4 in conference play. The Trailblazers had a very active first half, pounding the Buccaneers with seven shots but were unable to find the net. Dwyer had a good chance to score in the 14th minute but her shot was blocked and cleared away by the Mass. Maritime defense. The Trailblazers had another good opportunity to score in the 31st minute after trapping Mass. Maritime into an off-sides penalty and quickly moving down the field, freeing up freshman Casey Poplaski, who fired a shot that was saved by Buccaneer keeper Katie Levesque. In the second half, MCLA started out a little too aggressively, getting whistled for two offside penalties in the early going. Eventually, MCLA broke through
the Mass. Maritime defense with Sullivan’s cross into Dwyer. It was Dwyer’s second goal of the season and Sullivan’s first assist of the season. With the pressure on to match the Trailblazers score, the Buccaneers immediately went on the attack. Madison Taylor cracked a shot right off of the restart that was saved by junior keeper Katy Daly. A few minutes later Brittany Munson put another shot wide of the net for Mass. Maritime. The MCLA defense would buckle down in the last moments, holding Mass. Maritime without a shot in the final minutes of play. Daly had an easy day in net, saving all three shots that were put on goal by the Buccaneers. Levesque was dealt the toughluck loss in net, saving nine out of the ten shots that were put on goal. “It feels great to pick up two wins, especially the conference win. With everyone working as hard as they are this season, it was nice to have things fall into place,” senior back Paige Fairman said. “We are playing into our teammates strengths and stringing passes together that result in the ball being able to move up the field. The recognition of these passes comes from great vision of the field, from the back line to the forwards, that has
really helped us in possessing the ball and being able to move into our attacking third. The Trailblazers picked up a non-conference victory at home last Wednesday, defeating Nichols College, 2-1. The Trailblazers ended a four game goalless streak in the 40th minute when senior defender Lexi Anderson received a through-ball from junior Natalie Caney and beat Nichols keeper Kelly English for her first goal of the season. MCLA tacked on a second goal in the 60th minute. Caney took a corner kick and the ball bounced around loose in the box before finding the foot of junior Kayla Lingel, who scored her first goal of the season. Nichols got a goal back seven minutes later when Brandy Gallagher scored off a corner kick from Madison Catarius to make the score 2-1, but the Trailblazer defense remained stout, holding onto the lead and deflecting any dangerous opportunities from the Nichols attack. MCLA will play at Fitchburg State on Saturday, before traveling to Rivier College for non-conference play on Tuesday. Fitchburg State is 0-4 in MASCAC play and is a top challenger for the final playoff spot in the conference, which MCLA currently occupies with a record of 1-4 in the MASCAC.
Maslanka, who had 5 kills and 15 digs, and Joy Clark who had 16 assists. The Trailblazers continued their winning ways later that morning, defeating the Salem State Vikings. The Trailblazers took care of business, dropping the Vikings in three straight sets, 25-16, 27-25 and 25-17. MCLA sported a balanced attack, led by Clark who had 14 kills and 14 digs, sophomore Margaret Allen with 10 kills, and senior Angelica Perfido had 9 kills. Senior Courtney Parent had 20 out of the 26 total assists for the Trailblazers. Clark was named the MASCAC Player of the Week for the second time this season for her performance during the trimatch. Clark now has 332 kills on the season, which is a mark that has shattered the previous school record for most kills in a season, set in 2011 by Kayla Bromback, who had 258 kills. Defensively, the Trailblazers were led by sophomore Brittney Pihl, who had another strong game out of the libero position, leading all players with 22 digs. Pihl’s play in the libero position has seemed to boost the overall defensive play by the Trailblazers. At times, head coach Amanda Beckwith has experimented with utilizing both Pihl and Enomoto on the court at the same time in a
dual-libero lineup. Salem State was led by senior Emily Peay, who had 12 kills and 10 digs for the Vikings. Jasmine Servino also had a strong day operating on the right side of the Salem State attack and finished with 9 kills. Mackenzie Salls led all players with 27 assists for Salem, which falls to 5-13 overall and 2-3 in MASCAC competition. MCLA has a big match tonight at Worcester State. The Lancers come into the match with a MASCAC record of 1-3, and with a victory the Trailblazers can clinch home-court advantage for the MASCAC playoffs. Although home court advantage would be a boost for MCLA, Clark believes that it would not be that big of a factor in the teams’ success. “It doesn’t matter where we are, as long as I have my team right next to me,” Clark said. “We win at home and we win away but of course it would be a great advantage to be at home in our gym the outcome just does not depend on it.” MCLA will then have a weekend non-conference tri-match when they travel to the south shore for matches at UMASSDartmouth against UMD and Plymouth State. The Trailblazers then have a non-conference home game against SUNY-Cobleskill on Tuesday, beginning at 7 p.m.
Men’s Soccer shocks Mass. Maritime, 1-0 Pereira’s bolt from the blue 16 seconds into overtime leads the Trailblazers to their second conference victory By Tyler Bacon Sports Writer
The MCLA Men’s Soccer team pulled out a big conference win when Dylan Pereira scored the winning goal just 16 seconds into the first overtime period to give MCLA a 1-0 lead over Massachusetts Maritime Academy on Saturday afternoon. In overtime, MCLA sent the ball into the Mass. Maritime box and when the defense tried to clear the ball it ended up at the feet of Pereira. He took a shot from outside the box that bounced off the goalkeeper’s hands and went into the net to end the game. The win improved the Trailblazers record to 2-3 in MASCAC play and 3-7-2 overall for the season. In regulation and overtime, both defenses were strong. MCLA was led on defense by Jesse Moore, Sakan Sadowsky, and Nolan Burke. Trailblazers’ keeper Kamron Anderson was solid in net making four saves and earned the shutout. Pereira talked about how big of a win this game was against a conference opponent. “It was a huge win against
Mass. Maritime,” Pereira said. “It was important to get the three points that we deserved. We have gotten unlucky in some games that I thought we deserved to earn points.” Coach Adam Hildabrand talked about how he thought the team played and the adjustments that Mass. Maritime made. “I thought we performed quite well in the first half. They made some adjustments to close down Dylan Pereira and Chris Shea in the second half,” Hildabrand said. “This limited our chances and that is why we adjusted Dylan’s position in overtime.” With the win, the Trailblazers move into a tie for fourth place with six points on the season. Pereira believes that the team can build on this win and finish strong in the MASCAC. “We fought for the entire game,” Pereira said. “We can take the positives from the game and continue moving forward to our ultimate goal which is winning the MASCAC.” MCLA looks to continue their winning ways when they host conference foe Fitchburg State on Saturday, with the game set to kick off at 1 p.m.
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NFL Power Rankings By Jesse Collings Sports Editor
An intense Week 6 saw an undefeated team slain and the Patriots reclaim their top spot in the power rankings. 1. New England PatriotsNew England didn’t get the rout that many predicted over Indianapolis, but another convincing victory for the Pats has Bill Belichick’s squad rolling into a three game homestand. 2. Cincinnati BengalsCincinnati’s offensive line kept the pricey Buffalo pass rush away from Andy Dalton, and Cincinnati is 6-0 for the second time in franchise history. 3. Green Bay PackersGreen Bay picked up a win at home against San Diego, but needed a last minute goal line stand to do it and the Packers saw their pass defense obliterated by Phillip Rivers for 503 yards. 4. Carolina PanthersHow good is Carolina? The mystery team showed up big Sunday, beating Seattle on the road at the last minute. Cam Newton has a 4th quarter QBR of 94.1. 5. Denver BroncosDenver played so poorly on Sunday that any team with competent quarterback play could have defeated them. Fortunately, they were facing Josh McCown.
6. Atlanta FalconsA loss on the road to New Orleans sets them back a little bit, but Dan Quinn’s squad is still in prime position for a playoff spot and only one game behind Carolina in the NFC South.
9. Arizona CardinalsArizona was dealt a tough road loss on Sunday, beaten by Jones and Pittsburgh. The Cardinals saw their vaunted offense that had averaged 38 points a game through the first five weeks held to 13 by the makeshift Steeler defense. 10. Minnesota VikingsMinnesota moves back into the power rankings after an ugly victory over Kansas City. Minnesota’s defense has been outstanding so far this season, allowing only 16 points per game the second lowest total in the league. 11. Indianapolis ColtsThe Colts put up a much bigger fight than anyone expected on Sunday night against the Patriots. The offense has sputtered to life in recent weeks, scoring 27 points in each of their last two games. 12. Philadelphia EaglesPhiladelphia established their claim as the top team in the NFC East by demolishing the Giants on Monday Night Football. Convincing wins over the Giants, New Orleans and the Jets have the heat off of head coach Chip Kelly for now.
Cross Country competes in WNEU Invitational Both the MCLA Men and Women’s cross country teams had respectable finishes at the Western New England Invitational on Saturday. The Men’s Cross Country team had its best finish of the season, finishing in sixth place out of 17 competiting teams. The team was led by freshman Chris Gamble who finished in 14th place overall with a final time of 28:07. Freshman Ryan McMahon finished second for the Trailblazers and 19th overall with a total time of 28:28. Sophomores Avery Woodbury and Adam Sleezer finished tied for third and 35th overall with matching times of 29:24. The Women’s team finished
NFL needs to end the war on Vines and GIFs
7. New York JetsAnother week, another example of Todd Bowles defense manhandling an overmatched offense. A real test comes this Sunday when the Jets travel north to face off against the Patriots. 8. Pittsburgh SteelersThird string quarterback Landry Jones came off the bench to lead Pittsburgh to victory. The Steelers have been able to remain competitive in Ben Roethlisberger’s absence, and remain a huge threat in the AFC with Big Ben likely to return this week.
10th overall in a field of 18 teams on Saturday. Sophomore Paige Herzog led the Trailblazers with a time of 22:58, good enough for 70th place in the race. She was followed by junior Annie Gagnon, who finished in 75th place with a total time of 23:31. Finishing third for the Trailblazers was sophomore Kaitlin Wright, who finished in 103rd place overall with a time of 25:31, which narrowly edged out the time of freshman Kaitlin Gevry, who finished right behind Wright with a time of 25:33. Both teams are off this weekend and will prepare for the MASCAC Championships, which take place on Oct. 31.
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By Jake Mendel Sports Writer
It seems like the (N)o (F)un (L) eague continues to be just that, no fun. The NFL has started to flag Vine and Twitter accounts that post clips or highlights of their games without permission. The NFL has decided that they want to be extremely protective of their content and any video will be considered “infringing” on their broadcast copyright. For about 80 percent of football fans, they watch for the big plays and touchdowns. But for the rest of us, Vine has added another level to film breakdown. I have been covering football on various websites for about four years now and have always used vine to help my analysis. It has granted me the opportunity to separate myself in a time in which everyone seems to want to be a journalist. Recently, Vine seems to have blown up with “WOW” plays. Now fans who had missed ridiculous plays like the Colts fake-punt attempt wouldn’t be able to talk around the water cooler, because some people wouldn’t know that it ever happened without Vines and gifs. For this reason, it makes sense why the NFL would ban these videos. The business makes money from people going on their website, seeing their ads,
and watching their clips. Like I said, I have been using Vine for a while, but I use it in other ways. Most people see Wide Receivers and Quarterbacks, I see offensive linemen, schemes and so on. I would use Vine to break down plays and as a result my Vine page has over 700,000 views and has been featured in Grantland (a pop-culture and sports blog owned by ESPN). This offered us (the little people), a chance to get our foot in the door when talking about sports journalism and even scouting. It was a way for us to defend our opinions because box scores don’t tell the whole story. Vine wouldn’t take away from us watching the games on Sunday or even buying NFL replay, but it added another level to it for the people who want to re-watch oneon-one battles or if we wanted to see what team was winning the line of scrimmage. Now, plenty of guys who have made their name by doing this type of work have lost one of the biggest tools building their analysis. Remember, companies like ESPN and CBS can still show these plays over and over. The MLB has joined the NFL in this fight to get rid of these clips and that doesn’t make too much sense for me. We would think that Baseball, a sport that is trying to find fans wherever they can, would try to make their content available anywhere possible. The NBA is yet to join these two in the fight and I am not sure they will even bother. These highlights don’t take away from people watching games, or even Sportscenter highlights. It is a six-second tool that helps journalists build their opinion.
Intramurals
Dodgeball MVP: Tyler Spencer Dodgeball Standings Team Baconater H3 Gender Free Goats Team Perk-Up Elite Eight Savages Average Joe’s Not In The Face
4-0 3-1 2-2 2-2 2-2 2-2 2-2 1-3
Doctor Doctor MVP: Jason Adams
Team Perk-Up Average Joe’s O4 Team Baconater Team Jane Doe’s
Scores Men’s Soccer Saturday, Oct. 17 MCLA vs Mass. Maritime 1-0, W Women’s Soccer Wednesday, Oct. 14 MCLA vs Nichols 2-1, W Saturday, Oct. 17 MCLA @ Mass. Maritime 1-0, W Volleyball Thursday, Oct. 15 MCLA vs Smith College 3-1, W Saturday, Oct. 17 MCLA vs SUNY-Delhi 3-0, W MCLA vs Salem State 3-0, W Cross Country Saturday, Oct. 17 MCLA @ WNEU Invitational Women: 10th Men: 6th
Schedules Thursday, Oct. 22 Volleyball MCLA @ Worcester State @ Becker College 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24 Golf MCLA @ NEIGA Champ. Noon Women’s Soccer MCLA @ Fitchburg State Noon Men’s Soccer MCLA vs Fitchburg State 1 p.m. Volleyball MCLA vs Plymouth State @ UMASS-Dartmouth 2 p.m. Volleyball MCLA @ UMASS-Dartmouth 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27 Men’s Soccer MCLA @ Albertus Magnus 3 p.m. Women’s Soccer MCLA @ Rivier 5 p.m.
Doctor Doctor Standings 4-0 3-0 1-2 1-2 1-2
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Volleyball MCLA vs SUNY-Cobleskill 7 p.m.
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Opinion
Thursday, October 22, 2015
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What are your thoughts on how the media covered Lamar Odom’s (former LA Laker basketball player) accident? “Good news never sells, and most of the time points to the negative. I think there should have been more about how his health was instead of what he was involved in.” “I think it’s a big deal. Nobody -Denzel Reyes, 2018 should be doing that stuff. I think the media took it too far because he’s an athlete and because of the Kardashians.” -Robbie Gair, 2019
“I feel like the media scandalized and sensationalized his relationship with Khloe. The past relationship overshadowed his achievements as a basketball player and also, in a way, dehumanized him.” -Bryanna Bradley, 2017 “I think it’s stupid and idiotic. T h e r e’s m o r e i mp or t ant t h i n g s going on in the world. It was his own fault. There’s consequences for doing what he did, and the media is stupid for covering it.” -Emily Young, 2018
Health & Fitness Bigger than biceps Balancing muscle mass and alcohol
By Makayla-Courtney McGeeney Co-Editor in Chief
Whether you’re in college or not I hope you consider yourself an adult who can make responsible decisions on a daily basis. Most college students’ week consist of being an adult Monday through Thursday, and then Thursday night through Sunday is party city featuring Gatorade and Netflix for the morning(s) after. I’m sure it’s really hard to make it through those first four days without having a few beers to take off the stress that is academia; pay for school, drink because of school. Makes sense. While some have the self-control to start drinking at least on Thirsty Thursday, better three days than all days. However, if you’re a gym-goer or you’re having trouble losing weight or gaining muscle, the weekly bar trips may be the culprit. This doesn’t mean that you have
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“They have to be more private because he has kids and they’ll find out what he did in the future.” -Iris, Aramark Worker
“I was surprised because it was on CNN. Every TV station was talking about it, probably because of the Kardashians.” -Eddy Boateng, 2017
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to give up partying altogether, but manage your options first. Are you making a 30 rack of Bud Light last the whole weekend? Quit it unless you want a dad bod. Disclosure: I don’t condone drinking under age, you must be 21 or older to consume alcohol and 16 and above to take my workout advice seriously. We’ve all heard that red wine is good for the heart, so why not incorporate that into your drink options? There are hundreds of brands and types to satisfy your palate. A lot of people don’t like to drink wine because it’s too dry and bitter, but there are various sweet wines out there. Wine drinkers have a 34 percent lower mortality rate than beer or spirit drinkers, according to a study published in the Journals of Gerontology in 2007. Additionally, it reduces the risk of heart-attacks, heart disease, strokes and type 2 diabetes. A glass on Thursday will ease you into the weekend if you’re the type to go out all three days. Another way to manage this dilemma is to figure out the best time to drink. I don’t mean alternating a glass of water between each alcoholic beverage (even though that helps tremendously), but how it will affect your body’s processes.
Alcohol decreases protein synthesis by 15 to 20 percent after 24 hours of drinking, so it’s better to drink on a Friday night after training, than on Saturday night when your body is recovering, according to Muscle and Fitness. If you’re into supplements, Muscle and Fitness suggests taking 500-600 mg of N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) daily to replenish antioxidants while clearing out toxic metabolites. These are generated when the liver breaks down alcohol. Taking a dose of leucine the day after drinking can also prevent alcohol from blocking muscle building. It’s the most anabolic of the branchedchain amino acids (BCAAs). Whether or not you’re an avid gym rat, it’s still important to be conscious of your drinking. Beer is heavier and has more calories than other beverages. But, on the flip side of that, don’t go chugging plain vodka. Be smart and don’t let drinking interfere with your exercise routine.
If you’re a gym-goer or you’re having trouble losing weight or gaining muscle, the weekly bar trips may be the culprit.
BARRETT continued from page 4 Alcombright do appeal to the youth vote, they tend to have lower voting rates than older demographics. According to the Pew Research Center, 34 percent of people 18 to 29 are non-voters, second only to the 30 to 49 age group, which is 36 percent. More importantly, only 10 percent of 18-to-29-year-olds are “likely to vote,” compared to nearly one third of 30-to-49-year-olds according to Pew. The only times people applauded for Alcombright was when he talked about transparency within local government. This is why Alcombright continued his, “Rule by All, not Rule by One” line all night. Barrett finished the debate looking fiscally responsible and capable of lowering crime and unemployment rates. He downplayed the mayor’s claim that unemployment fell from 9.1 percent to 5.8 percent during his tenure, and that property crime has dropped 13 percent. Alcombright did not defend his positions well, only offering generalities such as “my administration has completely changed the way city officials interact with the people of this city.” Alcombright’s closing statement comes off as a man who hoped that he could garner the necessary votes to win, but is ultimately unsure if he will. There was one moment of unintended levity when Barrett claimed that his 26-year administration had “not one scandal” was met with laughter.
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Thursday, October 22, 2015
Check it Out!
Upcoming events on campus
Thursday, Oct. 22 Flu Clinic Science Center Conference Room 128 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
PMP Presents: Izzy Heltai ft. Adam Tobin Pitcher’s Mound Pub 6-8 p.m. End of the Roman Road Sullivan Lounge 8-10 p.m. Dwayne Betts Poetry Reading Gallery 51 7 p.m. Sociology Society Horror Movie Extravaganza Murdock Conference Reception Room 218 8:30-11 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 23
MASSPIRG Go Solar Prop Making Campus Center 1 p.m. Pumpkin Painting Venable Gym 5 -7 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 24 SAC Bingo Night Venable Gym 8-10 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 25 Family Swim Campus Center Pool 1-3 p.m.
African Student Alliance Potluck Sullivan Lounge 2-7 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 26
Announcements, Events, & Opinion WIND-UP FEST continued from page 7 “The And: Marcela and Rock” is easily the most emotional film shown during the series. Husband and Wife Marcela and Rock sit across from each other with a stack of notecards between them. Each notecard asks a question pertaining to the nature of their relationship. As the questions progress they increase in richness and severity, bringing each of them near tears with questions like “Why do you love me?” and “What would you do if I ever cheated on you?” The short is part of a series of similarly based question and answer sessions by director Adizes. The longest film, “Abandoned Goods,” tells the story of artwork collected from patients of an English mental institution between 1946 and its closing in 1981. The film featured footage of interviews with the patients/artists as well as a look at the hospital itself, with real footage from the hospital during its years of operation. The directors, Borg and Lawrenson, stayed after the film’s end to answer questions about their experience working on the documentary. “These people would not have been classified as ‘sick’ by today’s standards,” Pia stated. “Many of the patients were really just great artists.” Lawrenson went on to explain that one of the concepts they wanted to explore was the “impossible choice of being here or not being here” that the patients, along with the average person, feel.
Tuesday, Oct. 27 Bottom Line Social Science Center Atrium 6- 7 p.m. Open Swim Campus Center Pool 6-9 p.m.
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A Shocking Twist
Annual Fall Day of Service to be held on Saturday MCLA, the North Adams Chamber of Commerce and the City of North Adams announce that a “Day of Service – Fall Edition” will take place on Saturday, Oct. 24, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The community is invited to join in this effort. Volunteers will gather in the Sullivan Lounge in the Amsler Campus Center at 9 a.m. to enjoy a light breakfast snack. Work
will begin at 9:30 a.m. and continue until noon. Volunteers should feel free to stop by any of the service sites for any amount of time they may have to help. Service projects will include work with the Berkshire Dream Center to help beautify the UNO neighborhood. Volunteers also will winterize vegetable gardens at local elementary schools, and at various
neighborhoods throughout the city. Areception with pizza will be held afterwards at Sullivan Lounge. For more information, contact Christopher Hantman, community engagement coordinator at the MCLA Center for Service and Citizenship, christopher.hantman@mcla. edu, or 413- 662-5384.
Student wishes parking fees to be included with tuition To the Editor: I am writing this letter of concern in relation to student parking. I believe that the rule of not allowing freshman to bring their vehicles to campus is more than fair. The reasons are self-explanatory and it’s a good decision, in my opinion. However, once you reach sophomore status, you should be able to park your car at MCLA without paying the fee that comes along with it. I agree that brining your car to school is a privilege, but that should be obtained by reaching sophomore status. Once you are a sophomore you should be given a parking pass, which is included in tuition fees.
SAC’s Promising Pumpkin Painting Sullivan Lounge 5-7 p.m. Flu Clinic Science Center Conference room 128 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
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Two rising stars of contemporary dance each make their MASS MoCA debut.
Dance ―
Katie Workum, Kimberly Bartosik Saturday, October 24, 8pm HUNTER CENTER $5 MEMBERS OF JACOB’S PILLOW DANCE + MASS MoCA | $10 STUDENTS $12 ADVANCE | $18 DAY OF | $22 PREFERRED Supported in part by the Irene Hunter Fund for Dance at MASS MoCA in association with Jacob’s Pillow Dance
SAC Hypnotist Julius Church Street Center Auditorium 8-10 p.m. TICKETS: massmoca.org or 413.662.2111 87 Marshall Street, North Adams, Mass.
There should be a mandated change on this fee. It is unfair to students that are already dealing with their daily expenses. If more students brought their cars, they would be more apt to explore the area and possibly take an interest in the community. This would also allow more students ease of travel to a job or an internship. In closing, this would help you, students, as well as the community surrounding you. This would be a great selling point for the school as a whole and can only further benefit MCLA. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Gary Lavariere Class of 2016
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Photo Essay
Thursday, October 22, 2015
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The Rugby Club huddles up with all past and current members including interim president James Clemmer, before their game against the Lyndon State College Rugby Club.
MCLA Rugby Club T he c lu b p l ay s t h r o u gh s u n a nd s no w du r i n g t he i r f i r s t m at c h o f t he f a l l s e m e s t e r, w i n n i n g 1 2 - 0 . P h o t o s by A g ne l l a Gro s s
Rookie Josh Reynolds wins possession during a line out.
Rookie Josh Reynolds, Scrumhalf Ryan Perkins, and Loosehead Prop Liam Fitzgerald are not deterred by the snow.
On the left, MCLA tackles Lyndon’s ball carrier to initiate a ruck. On the right, eight-man Austin Jones peeks from the back of a lost scrum to watch for the ball to appear on Lyndon’s side.