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Increased snow storms and longer dry spells are just some of the impacts of El Niño.

Welcome to the North Country, El Niño!

By JACK CHRISTENSEN STAFF WRITER The autumnal equinox has come and gone, temperatures are starting to dip, and municipalities from Baltimore to Anchorage are beginning to stock up on

road salt and snow shovels. This year, however, North Americans will be contending with an additional meteorological factor as they batten down for winter: El Niño.

Meteorologists are forecasting a strong El Niño event for the

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upcoming months, news that has been met in bone-dry California with elated anticipation, due to the heavy rains El-Niño often (but not always) brings during the west coast’s October to April rainy season. Here in the northeast, the possibility of an even

more inclement cold season is already inducing headaches for some. So, what exactly does El Niño have in store for the next six months? The answer, in short, is complicated.

El Niño is a climatic phenomenon arising from interaction between the atmosphere and the equatorial Pacific Ocean. The Earth’s equator is bound by a band of easterly (west-blowing) winds called the Trade Winds.

Under normal conditions, the Trade Winds drag across the Pacific Ocean with enough force that the Pacific’s warm, equatorial waters are pushed west up against Indonesia and the Philippines, while the waters off western South America remain relatively cool. Several times each decade, the Trade Winds slacken for about a year, resulting in the warm water that normally collects up against Asia to slosh back to South America, giving rise to the phenomenon of El Niño.

Earth’s climate is powered by the physical need to transfer the buoyant heat of the equator to the cold polar regions, and the first effect of El Niño is that the warm water that provides much of the fuel for that transfer is relocated closer to the Americas.

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SLUdents Witness Pope’s Inaugural Visit

By EMERY YOUNGER NEWS EDITOR Pope Francis made his U.S. debut last week in Washington, D.C., New York City, and Philadelphia. This six-day tour of some of the United States’ largest cities was a historic occasion that mobilized Catholics and non-Catholics, throughout the nation.

The Pontiff arrived in Washington D.C. last Tuesday, where he was greeted by President Obama. The Pope was then given the opportunity to address a joint-session of Congress. This speech by Francis marked the first time in American history

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that a pope has addressed the nation’s highest legislative body.

The Pope’s speech marked a significant change in the status of Catholicism in America. Just over 50 years ago the United States elected it first Catholic president, with John F. Kennedy’s election in 1960.

St. Lawrence students greeted the Pontiff in both Washington and Philadelphia. Jenna Mead ’17 is currently taking part in St. Lawrence’s semester program in Washington, D.C. Like other St. Lawrence students in D.C., Mead has an internship, however the Pope’s visit let her have a day off. “Most businesses told employees to work from home

for Wednesday and Thursday,” said Mead.

As the Pontiff ’s visit approached, Mead said that rather then battle the crowds of wellwishers waiting to greet the Pope, she would enjoy the festivities from the comforts of her own home. “I am Roman Catholic, I mean the Pope is my man, but the fight to go see him would be just that, a true fight. I ended up watching his parade on TV while I “tele-worked.”

Other Laurentians in the nation’s capital, however, decided to head outdoors and see Pope Francis for themselves. John Hicks ’15, moved to Washington in July after graduating from St.

Lawrence. Like Mead, Hicks’ office gave him the opportunity to work from home, however he decided to head out into the crowds.

“My view of the pope was the fiat speeding by and then a white speck on the Capitol balcony from my office’s conference room,” said Hicks. “It was still pretty cool though,” he added.

After visiting New York City and addressing the United Nations, the Pope made his way to Philadelphia where more Laurentians were prepared to greet the leader of the world’s largest Christian denomination.

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I S S U E S N EA K P EA K The diva is a female version of a hustler. Learn more about the cup, from your girls at the DUB. (Pg. 3)

Why stay up all night?

Why wear purple? Why read this aritlce? “Why do you relay?” (Pg. 6)

SLU has finally peaked.

Meet the underrated athletes of the Adirondack Park. (Pg. 12)

Majors to Careers at SLUGAC9

By ELLE LUCAS MANAGING EDITOR The Geology Department hosted the 9th annual Geology Alumni Conference last weekend to a crowd of over 40 alumni and 30 current Geology majors.

This year’s theme was “Charting a Path Forward”, a nod at the conference’s original mission.

The triennial event, this year known as SLUGAC9, is designed to be an opportunity for students to engage with alumni in order to gain “perspective of the world that awaits them after graduation,” as stated on the Geology Dept. webpage.

A series of panel discussions, student presentations, and even a field trip to the Adirondacks took place over the three-day gathering. Featuring talks on topics from planetary geology to graduate school, SLUGAC9 not only gave students a glimpse of their future careers, but also their potential employers.

“There were ample opportunities to talk and network with alumni who graduated up to almost 50 years ago,” said Alex Camerino ’16. “This time around I was extremely involved,” he said, as he had attended only some of the events of SLUGAC8 his freshman year.

Sophomore Helen Eifert shared the sentiments of Camerino’s younger self. “I wasn’t really there for what job I’ll get after undergrad or what I should do for my Master’s degree, but rather to have a better understanding of what I’m going to do in the next three years as a Geology major at SLU,” she said.

While all majors are encouraged to attend as many of the myriad events as possible, seniors are expected to by the department. “It’s just more beneficial to us if we do,” said Kalen Griffin ’16. “It’s a relaxed environment where business professionals come together for a common cause: helping current students and recent graduates.”

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The Republican Party’s Other Lunatic

By DANIEL BANTA STAFF WRITER With the media’s ongoing coverage of Donald Trump and his aggressive antics, fellow Republican candidate Ben Carson has been able to quietly sail under the radar. Behind Ben Carson’s quiet and seemingly shy veneer is a startling degree of ignorance and bigotry. On issues such as science, LGBT rights, and the Affordable Care Act, he has many questionable opinions of which many seem unaware. The focus on Trump and Carson’s impressive career as a respected neuroscientist mask what he truly stands for.

Carson is a devout Seventh-day Adventist causing him to clash with many commonly accepted scientific facts. Seventh-day Adventistism is a branch of Protestantism that maintains that the Bible should be understood literally. As a result, Carson does not think the Earth is six and a half billion years old as most scientists believe. His explanation is that “carbon dating and all of these things really don’t mean anything to a God who has the ability to create anything at any point in time.” In a similar vein, Carson dismisses evolution as a myth. As a respected and world-renowned neurosurgeon, this is baffling. He claims that an organ as complex as the brain could not possibly be produced by evolution. In an interview in 2014, Carson rejected evolution by saying “Gimme a break. You know, according to their scheme - boom! [Evolution] had to just occur overnight. Had to be there.” Nobody argues that

evolution occurred overnight.

It is instead a process that spans millions of years and countless generations of organisms. A person with a seventh grade understanding of science could find the glaring problem in Carson’s argument. He further conflicts with mainstream science in his stance on climate change. In 2014 he said, “There’s always going to be either cooling or warming going on. As far as I’m concerned, that’s irrelevant.” This dubious claim is at odds with 97% of scientists who agree climate change is a real and tangible threat. Despite possessing countless medical accolades and degrees, Carson has many backwards positions on scientific facts.

When it comes to LGBT rights, Carson is even more ignorant.

Like many homophobic people, he has stated on multiple occasions that sexual orientation is a choice. In an interview with CNN, Carson claimed it is a choice, “Because a lot of people who go into prison go into prison straight - and when they come out, they’re gay.” His evidence is misguided, wrong, and frankly comical. Even more disturbing is that since he thinks homosexual people choose to be gay, he does not believe gay rights are equivalent to civil rights. Under his twisted logic, by choosing to be gay, one is not entitled to equality under the eyes of the law. In other interviews, he has tried to connect homosexuality to more sexually deviant groups of people.

As the Washington Post noted, “Carson had mentioned bestiality and pedophilia while arguing against gay marriage in an inter-

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view,” proving that he harbors very negative views towards an entire group of Americans.

Carson’s opinion on the Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as Obamacare, is equally as offensive. At a summit in 2013, he said “Obamacare is really I think the worst thing that has happened in this nation since slavery.” Even if one ignores the spates of mass shootings that have rocked the nation, 9/11, Pearl Harbor and the subsequent internment of Japanese people, his statement is still erroneous.

But Carson continued by saying “It is slavery in a way, because it is making all of us subservient to the government, and it was never about health care. It was about control.” Likening the Affordable Care Act to one of the most morally bereft periods in American history is disgusting. Such aggressive statements contribute little to a genuine discourse over the merits or perils of Obamacare. He is simply fomenting support among conservatives by playing into their irrational fear of governmental overreach.

Even with all of his odd beliefs and statements, Carson has been steadily rising in the polls.

The most recent data compiled

by Quinnipiac University shows Carson in second, only behind Trump. All of the scrutiny that is placed on Trump belies the fact that there are crazier candidates in the Republican party. It is time for people to move past Donald Trump and instead focus on the soft-spoken brain surgeon who believes the Earth is 6,000 years old and people choose to become homosexual while in prison.

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Stand Up to Standardized Testing

By MATTHEW THIBAULT STAFF WRITER When I started my senior year of high school, I kept hearing the same things about college admissions over and over again, as I’m sure everyone else did as well. Focus on your essay. Take hard classes.

Go visit campuses. Schedule interviews. Teachers, guidance counselors, and my concerned parents repeated all of that time and time again. But, one thing was repeated above all else: whatever you do, for the love of God and everything else, do well on your tests. To my parents, these standardized tests were the biggest part of the process. They were, in their eyes, tremendously important.

These tests, apparently, boil down what you are as a student. Take the ACT, for example. This test is based on math and science and squeezes hours of testing into a number up to 36. Based on that number, for some students, it could be the difference between getting accepted or denied by your dream college.

That’s supremely unfair to base a student’s success on one or two tests taken randomly throughout their senior year.

In my opinion, it is completely ridiculous.

Just think. In applying to colleges, you look at their information, previous class profiles, acceptance rates, diversity, etc. You find that most people who got into X college got a 29 on their ACTs and a combined 1830 on their SATs.

Now, suppose that X college is the college that you’ve been dying to go to. The college where you can see yourself spending the next four years.

It would make you pretty nervous, right? THIS is the situation that people are dealing with. Anxious high school seniors are frantically preparing to take a standardized test that, for some reason, is given a huge weight by some colleges in their selection process. Now, imagine that, because of these reasons, nerves or otherwise, the student doesn’t do well.

Imagine, even though they are a strong student, robust GPA, extracurricular involvement, an athlete, they don’t get accepted to X college because of this one test.

This is the reason why testoptional and test exempt schools are important. With these schools, unfair tests are taken out of the equation, and admissions offices now can focus on the student. It is how the system should be, because the focus on tests is eliminated, student applications now raise in quality, and much more focus is placed on what the student does in his or her spare time. Even though the amount of applications may decrease, the quality increases, and with that, the quality of the student.

This is a change for the better.

This is a model that schools should follow. Avoid the test scores, and focus on the students. Students are not just walking test scores, they are people, and it is time that the focus on tests should change.

OPINIONS Hamre’s “Silence From Georgia’s Courtroom Coersion Thelmo”: An Op-Ed Response

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By QUEVAUGHN CARUTH STAFF WRITER In early September, cellphone video of a municipal courtroom judge threatening traffic offenders went viral. The municipal judge, Richard A. Diment told the traffic one offender “Until you get $300 here tonight, you won’t be able to leave.” While the offender did not receive jail time, the judge thought the threat was necessary in order to ensure that the payment was not being evaded. This raises the question, is the threat of imprisonment just a protocol? I think not.

I see this use of power as a form of judicial coercion that can be seen as infringement of someone’s’ civil liberties.

The U.S. Supreme Court has established that people cannot be jailed for failure to pay, but the average citizen in court would not know this. Usually when one has a lawyer present, or some knowledge of the law, they are better prepared to react to such a threat. But then again, usually it is those who can afford legal aid. In this case in Bowdon, Georgia the individuals highlighted were minority males and stated they did not have the income to pay the fine. The judge took advantage of his authoritative position here, and issued a threat of imprisonment. His decision could be seen as deceptive and aggressive in the face of poor offenders.

In the Youtube video

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[composed of a compilation of cases], Judge Richard A. Diment tells another unemployed man, “You’re going to have to figure out a way to get his paid, do you understand me?

Or you’re going to jail. One or the other, you understand?”

As far as I know, this court is not a recognized “problemsolving court”, it is a small town Georgia court; and it does not have the power to suggest lifechanging ultimatums. A judge’s responsibility is to lawfully interpret the law and this method seems slightly unlawful.

In response to the complaint, the city issued changes signed

by Judge Diment in order to ensure fair justice. According to a New York Times report, some of the changes include: advising the defendants of their right to an attorney before entering a plea, stop requiring defendants to ask family/friends to pay their fines, and stop requiring immediate payment under the threat of jail time. A lawyer for the city wrote a letter stating, “The changes were in response to a new law [effective July 1st] designed to encourage better assessment of people’s ability to pay and curb fees…”

After considering resignation, Judge Diment decided instead to respond. In an interview with The New York Times, he claims he never jailed anyone for failure to pay. He claims, “I am not the ogre that the video makes me out to be. If they don’t come up with the money they are released. It’s my way

of determining if they can pay or not.” Although this method is not unheard of, that does not make it just to force poor individuals to pay what they do not have. Judge Diment even briefly acknowledges the idea of community service. He states, “Ordering community service is another option, but it can be a heavy burden for people who work, or have family duties.” I don’t see the logic in acknowledging the burden for one option but not recognizing the burden the option of coercion takes on. It is rare and almost pointless that the judge responded publicly. The implementation of a new law admittance of a problem with this behavior, and his signing the city’s issued changes, is with intention to act in ordinance in future cases.

In the end, the inquiry for me shifts to considering how the video footage was captured.

Cameras are not allowed in the courtroom and neither is cell phone usage. So does this show an undermining of the court system? Does this video provide evidence that implementing cameras in the courtroom is an idea we need to explore?

Judges like in Judge Diment’s case must be made more aware of their effects and limitations as a judge. The threat of imprisonment is a threat that can have a negative impact of the defendant’s court experience, and therefore should not be used without thorough analysis of the defendant’s situation.

By CHRISTOPHER HYDE GUEST WRITER Every year, the transparency wagon rolls through campus and droves of students hop on in a sudden wave of concern about the Thelomathesian Society. I have watched this dance happen for four years now, and I’m still perplexed by this perennial concern.

I want to shed some light on the Thelomathesian Society, or as it is more commonly known, Thelmo. For starters, Thelmo has a budget of $50,000 per semester for all students to draw from in order to help fund an event, trip, etc. This budget comes from the student activities fund, which you have contributed to as part of your tuition. The budget is allocated under the discretion of the Senate by majority vote.

For many, unelected Senators monitoring $50,000 is often cited as the most egregious violation of Thelmo. Many fear that the Senate possesses too much power and might act in a manner that does not reflect the wishes of the student body. I have two responses to this concern. The Senate acts with broad intentions in order to appease the majority of the student body. Inevitably, this leaves someone unhappy. The second response is this: we would not have a Senate if every single Senator were elected by popular vote. The Senior Executive Board members of Thelmo are all elected by popular vote, and the process takes several months as a result of the logistics involved in running such an election. In order for business

to be conducted in a timely manner, it is more practical for the Senior Executive Board to select candidates from a large pool of applicants on a basis of merit. This process involves the submission of a resume, accumulation of signatures, and an interview with the Senior Executive Board.

Another transparency concern that is frequently voiced by my fellow students is that they do not know what the Senate is voting on. I frequently hear from friends, albeit after the discussion in the Senate has been closed, that they have a strong opinion on a particular topic. Fortunately, there is a solution. Come to the meetings! There is nothing stopping students who do not serve in the Senate from attending meetings on Wednesday nights in the Hannon Room. If you can’t make the meeting, the minutes are posted on the school website for all to see. If you see something that interests you, but a vote has already been conducted, come to the next meeting and voice an opinion during second approval. Second approvals exist so that everyone has a chance to reconsider their actions from the previous meeting.

I hope this blurb offers insight into our student government and helps alleviate any concerns about its function or design. I encourage everyone to attend the business meetings on Wednesdays at 7:00 PM. Democracies can only thrive in a community educated on the topics, which the governing body must discuss. Help fix the “transparency issue” and check out the system for yourself.

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Dear Dub: What’s the Buzz with Diva Cups?

By KRISTEN JOVANELLY STAFF WRITER

When I was ten, the fifth grade class of my elementary school filed into very specific rooms. Boys here.

Girls there. An old VHS hummed out a song, “Just around the corner for girls.” I remember very little of that video, besides singing the catchy tune in the back of the car so often afterwards that my sister finally slammed me in the face with a six-inch from subway. I got a nosebleed and she got in sooo much trouble. Those things, you don’t forget. But the video and the ensuing conversation, I very much forget. My fifth grade mind was so occupied with the unjust politics of recess soccer that any little devices the school nurse cautiously held in front of me seemed useless. Little did I know, years of a heavy flow of obstacles lay ahead of my peers

and me. It was not just around the corner, it was there, very much in me, and in my pants, as I had to go to art class.

Now years, and too many awkward boy-girl pool parties later, I’m here to say that when it comes to “period care,” I still know very little.

But I think it’s time we take control of the conversation and know all of our options. Not just the discourse appropriate enough for TV advertisements from the “leak free” volleyball players to the tampon commercials that claim their hip black labels will dispel stigma and discomfort. In the end, they’re all those same things our elementary school nurse waved timidly in front of us and they’re not ideal for everybody or every situation.

So let’s talk about menstrual cups, stealing the show of alternative hygiene products. A menstrual cup is an upside-down bell-shaped

device made of a nontoxic material like medical-grade silicone and used to collect period blood. They are most often inserted into the vaginal canal like a tampon, but some brands, like Softcup, are worn higher up, around the cervix. Diva cups, arguably the most popular and well-referenced menstrual cup, cost between $20 to $30 and come in different versions suitable for ladies of all ages. You can go 12 hours with your diva cup in without risking toxic shock syndrome, making it an ideal travel companion or back country necessity (leave no trace!).

With proper love and care, they can last a whopping 10 years!! I don’t really want to think about where I’ll be in ten years, but I do really like to think that my trusty diva cup will be there too.

Menstrual cups don’t contain latex, BPA, dye or any other additives characteristic of tampons and pads,

whose effects are, largely, unknown.

“Right now, you know more about what’s in your sweater than you do what’s in your tampons,” points out Sharra Vostral, a professor at Purdue University and the author of Under Wraps: A History of Menstrual Hygiene Technology. Furthermore, cotton in tampons can rid your vaginal walls of naturally occurring lining, making your lady bits more susceptible to disease. The cup, however, is not without flaws. It will often take several cycles for a woman to be comfortable with adjusting to a diva cup. Also, my friend’s puppy ate my first one, so the advent of a diva cup in your life does not guarantee that all awkward conversations will be avoided for all eternity. Diva cups don’t ensure the grace and confidence of divas, strutting through life leak-free. I wasn’t always singing the praises of menstrual cups, and you don’t have

to either! But it’s an option that I feel like we deserve to know about so we can make the right choice for ourselves.

The challenge of mainstreaming alternative hygiene products speaks to the prickly truths of our society’s attitude toward menstruation.

Sometimes, it is easier to rip off a disposable product and throw it away, without thinking about the ramifications. Other times, we need that; situations deem it necessary and society doesn’t allocate us the time or comfort level to express our needs to go empty our cup of blood before we get in the SLU van for a four-hour lab. And that’s okay, but diva cups provide a viable alternative in a feminine hygiene market that is more dynamic than we are conditioned to believe. As Diva Cups begin to take a greater piece of the feminine hygiene pie, let’s just go with the flow.

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Security Blotter Sept. 23, 1:28 PM Missing items in Dean Eaton room.

Sept. 23, 7:10 PM Report of a student with an injured toe on the athletic fields. EMS responded . Student signed off.

Sept. 23, 11:35 PM Drug policy violation at 48 Park St Sept. 24, 9:00 AM Report of a struck vehicle in D-Lot Sept. 24, 11:14 PM Noise complaint to in Sykes Hall Sept. 25, 11:00 PM Report of broken exit signs in Lee Hall Sept. 25, 9:30 PM Report of a party in Rebert Hall Sept. 25, 10:36 PM Alcohol and drug report in Priest Hall Sept. 25, 10:15 AM Bike stolen from Whitman Hall Sept. 25, 1:45 PM Report of a student with an injured foot at Huellett Hall. Student signed off.

Sept. 25, 8:00 PM Report of a damaged vehicle in F-lot.

Sept. 26, 1:25 AM Three subjects observe publicly urinating at 50 Park St. Sept. 26, 3:02 PM Fire alarm activated by an unknown cause at the Tri-Delta House.

Sept. 26 10:04 PM Drug policy violation at 48 Park St Sept. 27 2:45 AM Reckless vehicle violation observed on Romoda Drive. Student initially failed to stop for the officer after driving at speeds of 40 MPH in 15 MPH zone Sept 27 1:45 AM Student observed attemting to remove a sign from outside of 13 University.

Sept 27 2:35 AM Items moved from a room in Dean Eaton Sept 27 3:00 AM Open containers observed in the kitchen area at 25 College St (Beta Theta Pi House).

Sept 27 12:01 AM Student observed hanging out of a moving vehicle on Romoda Dr. Sept 27 5:25 AM Vandalized exit sign observed in Lee Hall Sept 28 10:11 PM Non-alcohol related ill student in Whitman Hall. Student signed off.

Sept 29 8:58 AM Stolen bike from Kirk Douglas Hall Sept 29 11:01 AM Report of a non-alcohol related injured student at Kirk Douglas Hall . Student signed off.

Sept 29 11:06 AM Motor vehicle accident E-lot. EMS Responded. Individual signed off.

Sept 29 7:42 PM Fire alarm activated at 17 College (LIGHT House) due to apple cider over-boiling.

SEMESTER RUNNING TALLIES: Bike Thefts: 10 | DWIs: 1 Open Containers: 8 | Alcohol-Related Transports: 19

NEWS POPE FROM PAGE 1 members of St. Lawrence’s Newman Campus Ministry Club boarded a bus to Philadelphia to see the Pontiff. The SLU students were joined by Catholic students from SUNY Potsdam, SUNY Canton, and Clarkson.

On Saturday, the group attended an event featuring the Pontiff called “The World Meeting of Families.” The event included performers such as Aretha Franklin and Jim Gaffigan. Additionally it featured five families from five different countries.

Each discussed the role that faith plays in their life.

The arrival of the Pope prompted large amounts of applause. “You could tell where the Pope was just based on the enthusiasm of the crowd,” said Sylvie Choiniere ’16. In his speech to the group, the Pope highlighted

Wednesday, September 30 Office Hours: President Ryan Orvis— Monday, 1:30-3:30 p.m.

Vice President of Senate Affairs R. Christopher Di Mezzo—Monday and Tuesday, 8-10 p.m.

NEW BUSINESS: – Neuroscience Department granted $1,100 to allow 7 students to report research at a conference in Chicago from October 18th-21st.

– SLU Bar Tour will begin on October 8th at 7 PM in Pub 56. The event will end at the Hoot Owl at 11:30 PM. – Student Delegat to Board of Trustees will be sending out a survey to gauge student opinions.

ONGOING BUSINESS: – Relay for Life registration is open. $10 fee before Oct. 23, $23 day-of.

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Students and Rev. Scott Belina wait for the arrival of the Pope.

the important role that families play in Catholic theology around the World. “Seeing him speak a number of different languages, showed that there is no barrier to the intense connection that the Pontiff has to people of all backgrounds,” added Choiniere.

For those in attendance the experience of seeing the Pope in the United States was a once-

in-a-lifetime experience. “Seeing the Holy Father in person is a feeling that no can explain,” added Choiniere.

The St. Lawrence students headed back to Canton after attending a Mass with the Pontiff on Sunday. The group arrived back on campus at 4:30 am after a weekend that none of them will forget.

Family Weekend Schedule

Some fun things to do with your folks!

SATURDAY FRIDAY

Family Weekend Registration: Noon-9:00

Alumni Career Panel: 11:30 AM at Eben Holden

Silent Auction: Noon-10:00

Women’s Soccer vs. Bard: 2:00 PM at the Soccer Field

Sustainability House Tour: 3:00-4:00 PM

Football vs. Rochester: 1:00 PM at Leconby Stadium

A Capella Concert: 7:00-10:00 PM at Gunnison Chapel

Men’s Hockey vs. Carleton: 7:00 PM at Appleton Arena

Live Entertainment: 8:00 PM at Pub 56

Laurentians Singers: 7:30-9:30 at Gunnison Chapel

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What is Thelmo up to?

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able to foster such strong relations between students and faculty due to special events like SLUGAC. On the Geology Alumni web page, “to reunite with old friends and faculty” is listed as one of the reasons why alumni from Alaska to Maine trace their steps back to SLU every three years.

Evan Koncewics ’15 graduated four months prior to SLUGAC9, but felt like he had never left Canton. On returning as an alumnus, he felt a duty to give back to the University and its students to the best of his ability, and especially to the Geology department. “[It] has a strong commitment towards the growth and academic development of the students while providing them with alumni support,” he said, referring to the influence SLUGAC8 had on his college career and his

selection of the Geology major.

“It was the close-knit, mentoring-like department I was looking for.”

On the conference itself, Koncewicz added that it was “both humbling and educational. It is always great to not only participate, but to be part of history, witnessing individuals’ accomplishments and awards while remembering older alumni who have passed and are important to us.”

Since SLUGAC1 in 1992, more than 85% of SLU students have attended at least one session during the conference, and have been known to make “life-changing decisions” after hearing and talking with participants.

The current job market for geologists is shifting from the traditional fields of petroleum exploration, mineral exploration, and government agencies to more enticing positions in industries geared toward a greener

SUNDAY Art Exhibit: Seeing the Elephant – Artists Respond to Conflict and War 7:00 AM at The Noble Center Family Worship: 7:00 AM at Gunnison Chapel Dana Brunch: 10:00-2:00 PM at Dana Dining Hall Bagel Brunch: 11:00-12:30 PM at Sykes Formal Lounge.

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“A Geology degree does not mean you have to work for an oil company,” said Camerino.

“You can work for NASA, environmental consulting firms, state services, or even discover a teaching career.”

In light of the multitude of paths a geologist might take after graduating, Eifert emphasized how the conference “instilled a lot of confidence in declaring [my major] and solidified some specific interests within the field.”

Participating students received a spiral-bound notebook containing resumes from all of the participants – alumni and current undergraduates – in order to facilitate future Laurentian connections.

But what was one of the best ways to network this past weekend? By tapping into the free keg at the Hoot Owl on Saturday, solidifying friendships one bean bag toss at a time.

NEWS When the Ringleader Leaves the Circus: Boehner Steps Down as Speaker

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By ANDREW WATSON DISTRIBUTION MANAGER Over the weekend, just a day after watching the Pope address Congress, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) announced he will resign from Congress effective at the end of October. It marks the end of a tumultuous time, balancing the infighting in the Republican Party and the necessity of working with Barack Obama to govern the nation.

Speaker Boehner had planned to leave his post after the 2014 midterms. However, his presumed successor, Representative Eric Cantor (R-VA) lost re-election and Boehner was forced to keep the job for the last year.

The majority of Boehner’s years as House Speaker have been spent fighting back revolt within his own party by Tea Party Radicals and Republicans who despised Boehner for the deals he struck with House Democrats and President Obama.

According to USA Today, part of Speaker Boehner’s timing comes from a coalition of more than 30 Republicans who said they would force a vote on his position “which would have forced him to rely on Democratic votes in order to remain in charge.”

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 more readily than cold water, El Niño usually results in greater-than-usual precipitation across North and South America, particularly in Mexico, California, and the southeastern United States. El Niño also tends to push the polar jet stream—the winds that divide cold arctic air from warm tropical air—on a more northern track, often leading to warmer winters in Canada and the northern U.S. In 1997-98 El Niño generated the historic North American Ice Storm of 1998.

As a result of this northern shift, up to four inches of ice were deposited from Ontario and the North Country eastward to Nova Scotia, due to a storm system that would have produced only snow under colder conditions.

These “typical” El Niño behaviors are only broad generalizations, and there is no guarantee that the North Country will be crippled by ice storms or that California will be drenched by rain this year.

El Niño is not so much an aberration, but rather one side of a natural variation stronger

Boehner himself stated, “Last night I started thinking about this. I woke up…and decided today was the day I’ll do that. Simple as that.”

This surprising move came at a time when Boehner played a critical role in a last-ditch effort to pass a spending bill to fund the federal government.

Far-right members of his own party are pushing for a shutdown of the Federal Government unless Planned Parenthood is refused its allotment of federal money.

The argument stems from undercover videos released by an anti-abortion group known as the Center for Medical Progress. The New York Times reported, “The Center claims the videos show that Planned Parenthood affiliates illegally profit from selling tissue from aborted fetuses.” Planned Parenthood has denied the charges put forth by the CMP and said the videos were misleading and criminally altered.

This spat has led to Congressional Hearings and puts Speaker Boehner in the awkward position of conducting a thorough investigation of the issue on behalf of hardline conservatives, while also attempting to gather the votes to pass a spending bill to avoid a government shutdown.

Now that he is free from the

bonds of a re-election campaign, Boehner has stated that he will not allow a shutdown to occur, as it did in 2013, calling it “irresponsible.”

Most of the commentary following the announcement has focused on what will come next for the Republican Party. House Minority Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Boehner’s resignation makes it clear that the Republican Party has been taken over by hardliners unwilling to compromise. House Minority whip

Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) said, “This is a victory for dysfunctional government.”

Politicians seem worried that the infighting and conflict within the Republican Party will not cease with a new House

House Speaker John Boehner holding back the tears.

than average Trade Winds resulting in an even warmer western Pacific and cooler eastern Pacific. In years El Niño is not active, it is almost always replaced by its opposite of La Niña. El Niño and La Niña together comprise the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), which is only one of many climatic oscillations worldwide.

A handful of these oscillations influence North America’s weather. The Arctic Oscillation (AO), for example, is a natural fluctuation in air pressure over the North Pole.

When air pressure is low over the arctic, cold air tends to stay north. But in years when pressure is high, cold air penetrates further south, particularly in winter; right now, the air pressure over the arctic is high.

In addition, there is the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), which refers to variations in the position of the Azores High, a region of high pressure over the mid-North Atlantic, in relation to the Icelandic low, a region of low pressure further north. Right now the NAO is in a negative phase where the Azores High

has moved north and pushed the Icelandic Low westward, a setup that usually results in colder, stormier winters for the U.S. While El Niño will be trying to make this winter warmer the AO and NAO will be trying to make it colder. Matters become even further complicated when you take global warming into account.

As the Weather Channel and Twitter become abuzz with talk about El Niño, you may want to hesitate before heading out to Rex Hardware for an extra ice scraper or logging online and booking tickets to Lake Tahoe for your winter break ski trip.

El Niño does not adhere to any set meteorological rules, just as weather in general never operates on a mechanical basis.

The oceans and atmosphere are two giant fluids, and predicting the weather for an entire season is like predicting the behavior of a cup of food coloring that has been poured into a Jacuzzi.

Here in the North Country, the most you can reasonably assume about the upcoming winter is that you will probably need a jacket. And some gloves. And probably a hat.

Speaker. Other Republicans, including GOP presidential candidates Donald Trump and Marco

Rubio, said it was time to move on from the four-year reign of Speaker Boehner.

The top candidate for Boehner’s post announced his candidacy for Speaker of the

House on Monday. Kevin McCarthy, a Republican representative from California, is the current House Majority Leader and has been working under Boehner during his tenure.

McCarthy will face competition from Representative Raul Labrador (R-ID) and House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA). The vote for the 62nd Speaker of the House of Representatives will take place on October 8, before the next session of Congress, but could take as long as a year.

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Syria Upheaval

By KATHERINE MCGARRITY STAFF WRITER President Obama and Russian President Vladmir Putin met on Monday at the United Nations General Assembly, participating in a not-sofriendly round of speeches concerning the current troubles in Syria. The leaders of both countries made it indiscreetly clear that they blamed each other for much of the upheaval.

Obama’s position on how to resolve the Syrian conflicts involved getting rid of the Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, labeling Assad a “tyrant.” In his speech to the General Assembly, President Obama stated, “The United States is prepared to work with any nation, including Russia and Iran, to resolve the conflict, but we must recognize that there cannot be, after so much bloodshed, so much carnage, a return to the prewar status quo.”

Conversely, Putin, whose country has been allies with Syria for some time, believes

that the solution is to support President Assad. He argued that deposing authoritarian governments only causes more issues within the country by providing fuel for terrorist threats. Putin stated: “We think it is an enormous mistake to refuse to cooperate with the Syrian government and its armed forces, who are valiantly fighting terrorism face to face.”

Without alerting the United States, Putin has also sent in tanks and planes to Syria to aid the fight against terrorism, an aggressive power play for influence in the Middle East.

Putin and Obama met after the General Assembly for 90 minutes, talking in what Putin characterized as a “very constructive, businesslike, and frank” way about their disagreements on a solution. At the end of the meeting, according to The New York Times, there still appeared to be no consensus. Only time will tell if Russia and the United States can put their differences aside and help Syria in its time of need.

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Supporters for Relay for Life walk in Wichita Falls, KS.

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“Why Do You Relay?”

Relay for Life Returns to SLU

By R. CHRISTOPHER DI MEZZO GUEST WRITER “In May 1985, Dr. Gordy Klatt walked and ran for 24 hours around a track in Tacoma, Washington, ultimately raising $27,000 to help the American Cancer Society fight the nation’s biggest health concern cancer,” states an excerpt from the Relay for Life website. “A year later, 340 supporters joined the overnight event.

Since those first steps, the Relay For Life movement has grown into a worldwide phenomenon,

raising nearly $5 billion to fight cancer.”

I would be willing to bet that everyone on this campus has heard of Relay for Life. But how many students know what it is? When I ask people if they are going to come to the Relay, the most common answers are “That’s the one where you run, right?” or “Yeah, I love doing 5Ks!” The Relay for Life is not a race or athletic competition, it is about sending a message of hope to cancer fighters, survivors, and caregivers. The goal of the Relay is to raise funds for the American Cancer Society.

The proceeds are used to provide room and board for families that need to travel for treatment, for treatment itself, and to make the lives of those touched by cancer a little bit easier.

A slogan that has swept the nation over the past several years is: “Why Do You Relay?”

I would like to tell you why I relay. No, I have never had cancer, although more than 100 million people in the United States are diagnosed with cancer annually.

I was a caregiver, a person who cares for the needs of a cancer patient. That patient was my Grandpa.

When I was a child, many nights included visits from Grandpa, who was probably, for the most part, just hiding out from Grandma. Nevertheless, he enjoyed his visits with us much as we welcomed them. “Where’s my beer?” he would say with a chuckle, the kind of laugh that would fade into a smile. I would run off to the fridge to fetch the beer.

When I was younger, I relished the challenge of opening the aluminum can and hearing the symphony of bubbles. But I rarely had the strength to open it. In the quiet routine of our lives, we became complacent.

We forgot that the unexpected could cause us to look at those everyday moments with wiser eyes.

Flash forward about thirteen years. Sitting in a chair under the kind of blanket that over the years just becomes a fixture of your grandparents’ home, Grandpa asked “Where’s my beer?” Weeks, months, years, had passed since I had heard this question. The question that was once followed by the most perfect chuckle was now said in a quiet, weak voice.

Grandpa was not allowed alcohol because of the chemotherapy, and he and I both knew it.

A tear rolled down my cheek; life had moved so fast without my knowing it.

At some point growing up, I stopped springing from my seat to get a beer when he

OCTOBER 2, 2015 came through the door. How could I tell him no? I walked to the fridge and then brought him that beer. Before I reached him, I wiped tears from my face. I handed it to him. He struggled to open it, the same way I struggled some thirteen years earlier. Life is full of small moments, moments that mean the world to us. Somewhere along the line those moments become lost, enveloped in everyday life. My Grandpa passed away several months later with his family by his side. He was 74.

Each time I see the slogan “Why Do You Relay?” I am overcome with the thought of millions of grandpas and grandmas, aunts and uncles, moms and dads, brothers and sisters. They are all fighting or helping to fight the battle against cancer. That is why I relay. Why do you?

Come share with us why you relay at St. Lawrence University’s Relay for Life on November 7 at 6 p.m. until November 8 at 6 a.m. in the Newell Field House.

Visit www.relayforlife.org/ stlawrenceuny for more information. Relay for Life is a project of the American Cancer Society. The program began in the 1980s in Tacoma, Washington. It has since spread internationally. Proceeds benefit cancer research towards the American Cancer Society.

Sibling Saints: When SLU Runs in the Family

By JONATHAN TENEYCK STAFF WRITER As Liz ’17 and Katie Miller ‘19 take over the @herewegosaints Instagram account this week, we are reminded of a unique type of St. Lawrence student: the legacy. SLU prides itself on a tight-knit community but, for some students, their bond with SLU includes member of their family. Students like Eddy Morreale ’16, Anna Brouillette ’17, Kate Brooker ’17, and Anna Cummings-Krueger ’18 share their membership in the SLU community with sisters, brothers, parents, and grandparents.

For many with family ties to SLU, the decision to come to attend was influenced by their prior experience with the school. Eddy is the third of his siblings to attend SLU, following Thirza Morreale ’99 and Dennis Morreale ’07. He was aware of the possibility to attend SLU from an early age when he visited his brother. Eddy remarked, “Starting in high school, I had always looked at it as a potential college for me.”

Eddy admits that if not for his early exposure to the school through his siblings, he likely would not have ended up at SLU. But he is happy he did, as the

common experience provides a “shared point” in Eddy’s relationship with his siblings.

Anna C. shares a similar story, having first visited sister Emma Cummings-Krueger ’16 at Family Weekend 2012– it was her first college campus visit.

“I really did not expect to find my school while visiting hers,” said Anna C. The two sisters have ventured far from their Minnesotan hometown to attend SLU together but, “having her with me makes it feel even more like a second home,” she said.

Having a sister on campus with her, Emma has better noticed the range of opportunities that SLU affords its students. Because of their drastically different academic and extracurricular interests, the two sisters have spanned academic departments, clubs, and even housing options.

“Watching Anna [C.] explore her interests definitely expanded my own campus bubble,” said Emma. Both girls feel as though they have forged unique personal paths at SLU. Anna B. had a different early experience with SLU. Her mother and grandfather are alumni of the school and Anna B. was resistant to the idea of attending the same university.

Although she was very stubborn, even to the point of rooting

against SLU in hockey games to spite her mom, her view changed when she visited campus independently for the first time. “I was able to see the school for myself without the family influence,” Anna B. said, “When I started to evaluate what I wanted in a school, I was stuck admitting it was a really good match for me in a lot of ways.”

Kate was the first member of her immediate family to attend SLU, but this year she was joined by her sister Gretchen Brooker ’19. “I tried to stay out of her college decision process because I wanted her to choose for herself,” Kate said. She was thrilled when her sister joined her on campus.

The two Brookers meet at least once a week for lunch. Noting that their sibling rivalry has faded, Kate said, “we’ve bonded over the fact that we’re both here together.” Their parents also enjoy seeing both girls in one trip.

Kate observed that her sister has had the benefit of her own experiences at SLU. “In some ways she’s going to have more advantages,” Kate noted, explaining that she gave her sister advice on how to handle the college adjustment process.

The SLU community spans generations and Anna B. has

noticed the new bond she now shares with her mother and grandfather. “There is definitely something about going to such a small school and sharing these connections with them.” The shared traditions have helped Anna B. connect with her

grandfather, and now she always roots for the Saints.

The community aspect of SLU has always been one of the school’s strengths; by sharing this campus with one’s family, many Saints feel even more closely knit.

“It’s a special opportunity to share two parts of my life that I love so much, my sister and my school,” said Liz Miller ‘17 of Katie ‘19. The two are running @herewegosaints this week.

OCTOBER 2, 2015

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Feeding America® in Canton, New York

By STEVE YARDLEY GUEST WRITER

When most people hear that Walmart is a charitable organization, they immediately gag. This is an understandable response, thanks to globalization, Walmart has played a role in small business extinction, overseas product sources, unethical treatment of suppliers, and loopholes in worker benefits, conditions, and salaries. It’s an unfavorable reputation, to say the least.

This is apparent when trying to interview Walmart headquarters.

The media 1-800 extension goes to a dead end. I hoped for a human voice when I heard, “If you are a student or conducting research, please press four.”

This was followed by, “Due to the overwhelming demand in information, we are unable to participate in academic projects,” said a woman with a dry Arkansas drawl.

The farthest any media got was a voicemail. Walmart shoo’s the media away, most likely because of the immeasurable amount of bad press circulating around the supergiant. They hardly ever get a devil’s advocate.

Although many realities surrounding Walmart are atrocious, the superstore has teamed up with Feeding America: a program with a mission statement to solve nationwide hunger. The superstore has contributed an equivalent of one billion meals since 2005, and has also encouraged prominent food companies to join the fight.

“We take meat and dairy off the shelves three days before expiration, and immediately donate it to local food banks and pantries,” says a Walmart nametag reading “Brian, Assistant Manager.”

Walmart has been historically bad when it comes to wasting food, leading to the progressive initiative to reduce waste and fight hunger. American landfills consume 70 billion pounds of edible food per year. Of all the

food harvested and produced nationwide, 40 percent is wasted.

Many people are outraged about these statistics, considering there are currently 49 million Americans struggling with hunger. Feeding America rescues perishable foods, such as meats and fresh fruits and vegetables, delivering them within 24 hours to food banks and pantries across America.

“Walmart provides a balanced nutritional diet.

Almost everything you see lining the shelves has been donated through Feeding America, directly into the county community,” Brian says, pointing his finger at the immense amount of goods in the mega market.

In New York State, one in seven people struggles with hunger. I write this article in St. Lawrence County, one of the poorest counties in NY. The Canton Neighborhood Center is one of 60,000 food pantries in the charity’s network, and helps solve hunger in my backyard.

Canton Neighborhood Center is a doddering single-story building with grey paint. It is sandwiched between two more dilapidated buildings. This center is a recipient of Walmart’s contributions to Feeding America.

“Let me show you around back,” Leacy Dupree said, ushering me with her hand. Dupree works as the Assistant Director of the center.

“Every week, Walmart delivers 900 to 1,300 pounds of meat, produce, fruits, and veggies. It is perfectly edible to consume,” reassures Dupree as she opens the five enormous freezers and fridges.

Contaminated food is a big deal. Thankfully, Feeding America follows the Safe Food Handling Guidelines. These are the same FDA guidelines that all grocery retailers, food manufacturers and restaurants must obey in handling food.

“No, we haven’t ever experienced an issue regarding the donated goods. Our expiration salvaging policy guarantees quality food,” Brian fervently assures me.

Fridges and freezers in the

neighborhood center have food safety guidelines pasted on like A+ homework grades.

These guidelines also provide parameters for expired goods and dented cans.

“There hasn’t been one foodrelated illness reported. All the food here is safe,” Dupree confirms.

“The worst part is weighing it.

Feeding America needs to know all the stats, but people aren’t going hungry, and that’s a big step for Canton,” Leacy explains from her spinny office chair.

Dupree is right. In the last five years, St. Lawrence County has experienced a 40 percent increase of applications for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. These essentially operate as food stamps for the community.

“One year ago, we teamed up with Walmart and Feeding America. Now our neighborhood center saves $5,000 annually,” Dupree says proudly, knowing I would jot these facts in my sketchpad.

“Bread and meat are so expensive! In yesteryears, we were able to provide cheap meats like burgers and hot dogs. Now, our fridges are stocked with fillet mignon, ribs, pork, chicken drumsticks, maple sausage, and beer brined brisket,” she boasts.

The nutritional value of the meat is much higher than the typical quality found in pantries and food banks. The Canton Neighborhood Center has been able to budget the five grand into other charitable causes and, as a result, provide better quality food to the community citizens.

Feeding America is a big deal for the CNC. “We help in more ways than food assistance,” Dupree says.

Looking around, anyone could calculate this was far more than your average food bank or pantry.

Secondhand clothes hung from hangers in multiple rooms with local volunteers folding clothes onto shelves. The pantry also operates as a thrift shop to pay rent expenses.

Cocktail of the Week: Bourbon Maple Cider

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Ingredients: • 6 ounces Bourbon • 4 teaspoons fresh lemon juice • 4-6 teaspoons pure maple syrup to taste • 1 cup spiced apple cider • Apple slices to garnish • Ice Instructions: 1. Fill glasses and a cocktail shaker with ice. Add bourbon, lemon juice, maple syrup, and apple cider and shake it like you mean it.

2. Strain into glasses and garnish each with the apple slices.

3. Sip casually and savor the flavor of autumn!

“There are many people in Canton struggling to enter the workforce. We serve as a starting point to get people on their feet and employed. The man at the register knows this is only a temporary job,” Dupree leans in, talking softly.

Working at the CNC would benefit any resumé. The daily jobs require a wide range of skills, including unloading and operating trucks, accounting and register skills, management of foods, and interpersonal skills.

“This job will hopefully launch his resumé. Everyone we have employed thus far, has gotten a steady job elsewhere,” Dupree says before giving me a tour around the building.

In the room farthest to the back, there are diapers, toothpaste, soap, common toiletries, baby food, pet food, and basic accessories.

“Depending on a person’s circumstance, these items are given away for free. We are here to help the community rebound.

We assist in every way we can,” Dupree guarantees proudly.

There is truth behind those words. Not only does the CNC tackle community starvation and unemployment, they take on a wide array of issues. They are a hub of social service and a network of various charities.

“We have budgeted the $5,000 into gas cards for people traveling distances for job interviews, disaster relief, people unable to pay rent, or fuel their homes. There is a multitude of miscellaneous ways we help the community,” Dupree affirms.

This year, the neighborhood center has provided the means of supporting educational goals, GEDs, and doctor’s appointments.

Since the neighborhood center is scarcely funded by the state, they must complete a certain amount of charitable services, and they far exceed the mandated number.

The CNC helped one woman with her college education, and assisted another community member with lofty education expenses. She is now degreed, and benefitting St. Lawrence County

as an teacher’s assistant for special education.

Centers like the one in Canton are quintessential to a thriving community. Walmart has only been onboard this year in Canton, and the impact is astounding.

Their donations allow angelic organizations like the CNC to give elsewhere. “Every month, we assist roughly 650 people with Feeding America and the food pantry.

Canton’s nutritional needs are met with fresh donations of oranges, cauliflower, cabbage, kale, and the variety of meats,” says Dupree’s volunteer assistant while moving boxes of cans.

Astonishingly, Feeding America alone secures 4.4 billion pounds of a variety of food annually. Unlike some profiting charities, Feeding America maximizes its donations.

Ninety-eight cents of every dollar donation goes directly into hunger relief.

Dupree frequently receives thank you notes from the people she assists, and has received ample gratitude for the services the center provides.

“It really hit me when an unfamiliar man walked through the door, looking for food assistance,” Dupree begins, talking about her epiphany.

“About an hour later, he called my telephone. He started rejoicing about the can of peas that we gave him, saying it was the best can of peas he had ever had. Me? I would have been miserable only eating that for lunch,” she chuckles, “It really put things into perspective.

We take these small things for granted. Something as small as a pea could relieve someone in unimaginable ways,” Organizations like the CNC are places where money and food should be donated.

Feeding America and Walmart have successfully helped the Canton community in more ways than fighting hunger. They have simultaneously aided the effort to save wasted food by the billions.

Around 650 people in Canton will be provided with adequate nutritional meals each month thanks to their combined effort.

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American String Circus and Peacock and the Birds Performers.

OCTOBER 2, 2015

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Concer t Proceeds to Benefit Nepal

By BOBBY BAIRD GUEST WRITER Last Friday, the Nepal Benefit Concert shook the Launders Underground. Students and faculty gathered to sip chai, dance, and enjoy music, in support of an important cause.

Entrance to the show was free, but donations were collected to support the Kathmandu area of Nepal. The event amassed $2,469 to support restoration efforts in Nepal.

Last year, the Music Department, under the leadership of The Associate Professor of Music, David Henderson, who organized a benefit at the end of the year.

Henderson has been involved in the Kathmandu area for decades.

During the show, Henderson noted that he had decided to throw a second concert due to concerns that last year’s timing in the semester had been too late for students to come to attend.

The highlight of the show were the DuPont Brothers who showed the audience that live music is not only beautiful, but fun. The Brothers performed for an hour, playing original songs which showcased a mastery of their instruments and their voices.

In between songs, the brothers joked, showing the audience that the DuPonts are not only musicians, but performers.

In addition to the DuPont

Brothers, the show included acts from St. Lawrence. The performances varied in genre raging all the way from folk to funk; to pop, and even afroNepali music. This year’s acts also included SLU Funk, Jon Dufore and Kyle Tupper, The SoundSandBox, Peacock and the Birds, American String Circus, Mary Ann Casale, and Kevin Irwin.

The show kicked off with SLU Funk who started with the Fela Kuti tune, “Colonial Mentality.”

This year’s incarnation of SLU Funk included a powerful horn section, a sharp rhythm section, and some great vocalists. Vocalist Chloe McElligot ’16 said, “Singing at the concert was a

blast! It’s always a pleasure to play with SLU Funk. I’m glad we could perform to help raise funds for Kathmandu’s music department.”

Next came the SoundSandBox who blew the crowd away with a unique set. The afro-Nepali rhythms and harmonies were a welcome contrast to the traditional American music sets.

The Boxers closed their set with an interactive audience piece which got the whole crowd singing and clapping.

In their first appearance this year, Peacock and the Birds rocked the crowd with crunchy guitar chords, funky bass lines, Latin drum beats, and a tasty horn section. George Salmons ’17, lead vocalist, says, “It was

a blast! The sound quality was great, the musicians were fantastic, the audience was awesome. And we loved playing for a great cause.” The Birds look forward to playing in the next benefit.

The American String Circus followed up with a beautiful folk set, which featured a masterful cover of “I Will Survive.” The String Circus featured angelic harmonies between singers Louisa Stancioff ’16, and Harrison Cobb ’17. The rhythm section backed up the vocals with funky drum beats played by Steve Yardley ’16, stellar bass lines picked by Lucas Heath Howe ’17, and Dillon Black’s ’16 violin melodies flying up high.

“Flipping the Stage” for Ash Girl Prep

By ELLIE MINER and KRISSY DI PERNO GUEST WRITERS “Flipping the Stage” is a new project that was proposed by Performance and Communication Arts professor, Jennifer “Jen” Thomas and made possible from a digital humanities grant.

The reason we have decided to bring this project to life, alongisde Jen, is to truly give people a behind the scenes look at the process of putting together a play.

There is a tremendous amount of hard work that goes into a production and not a lot of people know exactly what that entails.

This first “Flipping the Stage” project will allow you, the audience, to see everything from the initial blue prints of the set design to the final production of Ash Girl on November 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th. Not only is this a new perspective for the audience, but it also allows us to take a deeper look at the twohour long show we look forward to seeing to support our friends,

for a class, or even just for our own amusement.

With our project you will be able to have a chance to be a part of the hours of work put into rehearsals, creating the set, and costumes that go into the final product.

Just like you, the production team and the cast are not only going about their regular everyday commitments of: athletics, classes, and clubs, but they are also creating this incredible production in a matter of two and a halfish months.

The best way to understand the dedication and hard work that goes into the play is by allowing you to look into their lives and see it for yourself, which is the goal of our “Flipping the Stage” project.

We are all very aware that we live in a time where we have the ability to know where our friends are or what they are doing. You can watch a fifteen second SnapChat and know immediately what the deal is.

So, we thought why not do that with our cast and crew?

Let’s make the process of

creating the play as real for everyone who will be watching it as those who are in involved with Ash Girl.

The two of us took on this challenge with the help of the Jennifer Thomas and the campus librian, Leila Walker to try and make people see more than just the two-hour show and to allow students, proffesors,

and even the actors and actresses themselves to follow the production process of this show as it is put together.

Throughout the next few weeks until early November, when the show is to be put on, we ask everyone to take a look into the real process of creating the show.

We are using a website:

The Cast of Ash Girl after a recent rehearsal.

flippingthestage.org.

By visiting our site you can easily link directly to our Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram, and Youtube page where you can watch our stories from our Snapchat account.

Our handles are: ashgirl2015.tumblr.com Instagram: @ash_girl2015 Snapchat: @ashgirl2015

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Arts & Entertainment Your Oct. To-View List: Your Netflix Popcorn Not Included

OCTOBER 2, 2015

By KATIE PIERCE CHIEF COPY EDITOR October is a time of changing leaves, pumpkin spiced lattes, Halloween, and of course, the breaking out of everyone’s favorite shoe, Bean boots. This October, however, brings so much more than usual. Along with those puffy vests, October comes with a whole new “SLU” of movies hitting theaters. So, if you are looking for a way to relax after a stressful week or need a good date idea (for those of you who still do the date thing), then keep reading for some of the movie highlights of October 2015.

Following the recent trend of Disney classics being produced in live-action remakes, Warner Brothers is taking one of our favorites, Peter Pan, and giving us their version, Pan. Set to hit theaters October 9, Pan will be an adventure-packed fantasy sure to be a crowd favorite.

The director, Joe Wright, has cast Australian child actor Levi Miller as Peter. At only 13 years old, Miller’s American cinema debut is alongside famous Hugh Jackman as Blackbeard. The duo will tell the story of Peter Pan in a whole new way, while still maintaining the classic storyline with which we are all familiar.

The same studio that brought the world Harry Potter is bringing us Pan, so we are sure to be amazed by numerous special effects that will keep us hooked for the whole 111 minutes of the film. This one is for the whole family coming in at a PG rating, so feel free to use it as an excuse to catch up with your younger siblings and bond over some popcorn and candy.

Since I am sure everyone has picked up at least one Goosebumps book at some point in his or her childhood (or adulthood, there is no judgment), this next movie is sure to get you excited. On October 16, the world will be graced by Goosebumps in movie form.

Separate from the traditional novellas that contained stories following children ending up in scary situations, the movie is set in Greendale, Maryland and revolves around a teenager who pairs up with R.L. Stine’s daughter after the writer’s imaginary demons are set free on the town. After curious teenagers open a book they are obviously not supposed to, it falls on the floor, light shooting out of it as the words start to melt off the pages and turn into a real life versions of the story’s monsters.

If you were not already excited about the movie, then just wait, there is more. The director is Rob Letterman who brought us Monsters vs. Aliens and Shark Tale to the world.

Not only that, but R.L. Stine is played by none other than Jack Black (who is surprisingly clean shaven, very put together and wearing glasses). If you are as curious and excited as I am, then reread your favorite Goosebumps book and get ready to be amazed.

For those of you who have seen Jobs, featuring Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs, and were slightly less than impressed, get ready.

On October 23, the U.S. will be introduced to Steve Jobs. This new film is based of off Walter Isaacson’s Jobs biography, is produced by Universal, and is directed by Danny Boyle. Some of you might recognize Boyle as being the director of Slumdog Millionaire and 28 Days Later, which can only mean this film is raising expectations.

Not only does the storyline come from Isaacson’s biography, but it was also inspired by insights from Job’s daughter, Lisa Brennan-Jobs. This is particularly surprising because Jobs refused to acknowledge her as his daughter for most of her life. Now you are probably wondering, who is playing Steve Jobs himself ? Michael Fassbender, seen in 12 Years a Slave and Prometheus, will be assuming that role. You might also recognize Seth Rogen in the film as Steve “Woz” Wozniak, co-founder to Apple, and Kate Winslet as Joanna Hoffman, one of the original members of the Macintosh and NeXT teams.

The script has apparently been top secret, but it seems the script is divided into three parts, following the preparations for three separate Apple product launches, all of which spans over 16 years. So, if you are curious as to whether Universal and Boyle can pull off an accurate depiction of Jobs’ life, mark you calendars and hit the theaters.

If none of these movies seem to catch your eye, do not worry, there are plenty more in the month of October (including yet another Paranormal Activity movie because the world obviously needs another one). If you are curious as to what else there is, head over to the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) and check out the list.

Either way, get ready to cozy up in October and keep your eye out at our local theaters for these new cinematic crowd pleasers.

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Plan B [in Apartment 23]

By MORGAN DANNA STAFF WRITER We are constantly driven to make decisions every day.

When to go to bed? Whether or not to go to the gym? How many cookies is too many?

Some days though, you just feel indecisive, and that is okay!

Just ask ABC. Back in 2011, ABC offered to pick up a TV show called Don’t Trust the Bitch in Apartment 23.

The name was given to the show by Fox, the initial developers, who eventually decided they did not want to pursue it. Before the show aired, the title was changed to Apartment 23.

That stuck for a while until, apparently wanting to avoid the original expletive, ABC

changed it again to Don’t trust the B in Apartment 23.

Regardless of their lack of ability to choose a name for the show, ABC did everything else right.

The show was initially meant to air as a mid-season replacement for something else, but was able to hang on for a couple seasons of its own.

The show stars Dreama Walker, who plays innocent June Colburn, as she attempts to get a grip on New York City life; Krysten Ritter as Chloe, the manipulative owner of apartment 23; and James Van Der Beek, as himself.

Although Van Der Beek is, of course, a scripted and fictionalized version of himself within the show, he still takes every chance he gets to bring

up his glory days on Dawson’s Creek.

The fresh and unexpected humor within this show makes it an easy and enjoyable watch.

It is unclear to me why it was cancelled midway through its second season but is now up on Netflix in its entirety for you to watch in a week (or more likely in a couple of days).

Once you finish, which you surely will, you can catch more of Krsyten Ritter in the movie Confessions of a Shopaholic and a taste of Dreama Walker on select episodes of New Girl and Gossip Girl. If you still have a little time on your hands and are feeling indecisive about what to do next, I would have to suggest writing to ABC and suggesting they get this show back on the air!

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Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is:

Divestment Moves at SLU

By EMILY HARRINGTON STAFF WRITER

AGF members Zach Martell, Emery Younger, Jordan Sheridan, and Rian Falcon at the top of Goodman Mountain.

PHOTO COURTESY OF JORDAN SHERIDAN

The Andrew Goodman Foundation

Encourages Students to“Vote Everywhere”

By ZACH MARTELL STAFF WRITER

This fall, St Lawrence welcomed its newest organization:. the SLU chapter of the Andrew Goodman Foundation (AGF).

The chapter began its work on campus in August in order to increase students’ involvement in contemporary politics. This group commemorates the work of civil rights icon Andrew Goodman, by encouraging civic engagement among millennials.

SLU’s AGF chapter has already begun to honor Goodman’s legacy in the North Country.

In mid-September, members of the organization, accompanied

by Faculty coordinator Dr. Alan Draper, hiked Goodman Mountain.

In 2002, this 2,176-foot peak in the Adirondack Mountains town of Tupper Lake, New York, was officially named Goodman Mountain in Goodman’s memory. Goodman’s family had a summer home in Tupper Lake and Goodman attributes many of his favorite memories to summers in the NoCo. Following their hike, the group continued to learn about Goodman’s connection to Northern New York by visiting the Beth Joseph Synagogue. This place of worship is the oldest synagogue in the Adirondack region and has been generously supported by the Goodman family.

At the synagogue, club members were able to see pictures of Goodman which were placed

there by his family.

As the year progresses, the club will continue to work in collaboration with the national Andrew Goodman Foundation to promote voter awareness on campus. This year alone SLU AGF has already registered 86 voters at numerous on-campus events.

In November, AGF will be hosting noted-political columnist Ari Berman. Berman is known for his writing on topics related to modern voting-rights.

This will directly relate to the personal history of Andrew Goodman.

At the height of the Civil Rights Movement in 1964, Andrew Goodman traveled to Mississippi to assist African-American communities interested in voting. On his first day in Mississippi, Goodman and two other civil rights workers were murdered by the Ku Klux Klan.

The story of the attacks spread across the nation and helped to cement support for the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Andrew was born and raised on the Upper West Side of New York City, but was connected to the North Country through family, friends and a home in Tupper Lake.

He was the second of three boys born from Robert and Carolyn Goodman, and of Jewish heritage. Andrew was devoted to the concepts of equality, civil rights and social justice, later studying anthropology and government at Queens College.

Saint: Doing your roommate’s Saint: laundry.

Peak Weekend pies from the Nookmark Diner.

In 1964, Goodman volunteered along with fellow activist Mickey Schwerner to work on the “Freedom Summer” project of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) to register blacks to vote in Mississippi. Having protested U.S. President Lyndon Johnson’s presence at the opening of that year’s World’s Fair, Goodman left New York to train and develop civil rights strategies at Western College for Women in Oxford, Ohio. In mid-June, Goodman travelled to Meridian, Mississippi, and was designated the head of the field office to work on registering blacks in rural areas to vote.

On June 21, 1964, Andrew and his two companions were murdered by two Mississippi Klansmen out looking for black voters to intimidate.

The Klansmen were never convicted of murder, but the event became a symbol of the injustice of segregation in the South and increased feelings of unity among white and black communities nationally.

Today, the Andrew Goodman Foundation exists in memory of the sacrifice of all those committed to the pursuit of equality and civil rights.

Andrew’s memory continues to be honored by the Andrew Goodman Foundation and it affiliate chapters throughout the nation. This year AGF aims to register over 10.000 student voters. The organization reminds students that when it comes to politics, their voice is their vote.

Saint: One last booty call before the parents arrive.

Purgatory: Sneaking your Purgatory: Throwing up Purgatory: Making eye dirty socks into your roommate’s laundry.

20 minutes into your Peak Weekend hike.

Sinner: The sniff test.

Sinner: Getting drunk on one Sinner: beer post 18-mile hike.

contact with said booty call... while with your parents.

Getting hookup props from your parents.

On the last day of senior week last May, before the families arrived and waterworks ensued, students at St. Lawrence University posted up in Eben Holden for the arrival of the Board of Trustees financial council to show their support for divestment.

Just a quick vocab review, divestment is the opposite of investment; selling stocks, bonds, or investments that are morally ambiguous or appear in contrast to an organization’s mission.

Representing the 51 percent of the student body who had, at that point, signed the student petition for divestment, the physical manifestation of support within the student body was an impressive sight. This support has set the bar high for Divestment Club to return this year and make even more progress.

The hope is to start a larger conversation on campus about the implications of investing our endowment, and thus the growth of our schools scholarship and infrastructure in the fossil fuel industry. If we expect the candle we have lit in the wilderness to never be extinguished, can we keep supporting the extraction and burning of fuels we know to be detrimental to the health of natural cycles?

We believe that we have the capacity to make this change happen. On October 5, 2003, the St. Lawrence mission was expressed by President Daniel F. Sullivan as, “to provide an inspiring and demanding undergraduate education in the liberal arts to students selected for their seriousness of purpose and intellectual promise.” These words would certainly lead one to believe our capacity.

Speaking to the then-top 250 benefactors of the University, Dr. Sullivan identified three important challenges to be addressed. First, he highlighted the need to continue the improvement of the quality of education afforded to students

at SLU. The second challenge concerned increasingly seeking and attracting a group of serious, committed, well-rounded students who would take full advantage of the opportunities provided by SLU. Finally, Dr. Sullivan highlighted the need to, “find a way to finance that opportunity in a fully sustainable way.”

To my understanding of the address, Dr. Sullivan was not thinking specifically of environmental sustainability when he made this remark. However, in the 12 intervening years since he made the speech, a deep-ocean oil rig has leaked millions of barrels of oil into the gulf of Mexico, winters have become more and more severe and less and less predictable, and the vegetative topography of California has been permanently altered by drought-fueled fires. Clearly, if there were ever a time to think about the ecological sustainability of SLU’s financing, it is now.

This is what we are doing by reconciling SLU’s goals of empowering well-educated, well-rounded, morally objective individuals with the financing of these goals. As long as we stay invested in fossil fuel companies, these two factors will fall out of alignment. We want to correct this conflict, and instead invest the considerable influence of SLU in shifting the paradigm from financial dependence on an unsustainable industry to financial empowerment through independence from the industry.

The winter Board of Trustees meeting will take place in late February, 2016 at which point we hope to be able to present to the Board a unified front of Laurentian support for divestment. We believe this unified front will start with a discourse. If you are interested in helping to lead this conversation, drop by our Student Center room 336 on Mondays at 8 p.m., or shoot Max Lewis ’16, Satchel Toole ’17, or Emily Harrington ’16 an email with your thoughts.

Until next week, Divestment Club

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FIrst Year Student Tapshak Augustine scored his 4th and 5th goals of the season.

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St. L awrence Men’s Soccer Defeats Plattsburg and RIT L ast Weekend: McNamee, Augustine, O’Neill, Bunton, Smith, and Copeland Featured

By JOHN TANK STAFF WRITER The Saint’s Men Soccer team had a very successful week as they won both of their games without conceding a single goal, and saw their national ranking jump from 19th to 16th in the country.

The Saints are now 7-1-2 on the season and will look to keep their winning streak going as they play two away Liberty League opponents, Vassar and Bard, next weekend.

The first game of week had

the Saints hosting nationally ranked and undefeated SUNY Plattsburg on Wednesday.

Despite the Saints out shooting Plattsburg 9-2 at the end of the first half, the score was still knotted up at 0-0.

Things would finally come together for the Saints late in the second half however, when First-Year Brendan McNamee would send in cross to the far side of box in the 78th minute.

There fellow First-Year Tapshak Augustine would make an excellent play, as he quickly controlled the ball and

fired a shot past the Plattsburg goalkeeper.

This would Augustine’s fourth goal of the season, McNamee’s first career collegiate assist. The Saints out shot Plattsburg 16-5 and, thanks to a late goal, would be victorious with a 1-0 victory.

The other game came on Saturday as the Saints hosted fellow Liberty League member RIT for their first Conference game of the season.

Augustine was impressive yet again, as he would score in the 41st minute to put the Saints up 1-0 at half time. Sophomore

Kevin O’Neill made a great play on the ball along the endline to keep the it in play, and then would chip it over the RIT defense to find Augustine in the midfield, where he would do the rest.

That was Augustine’s fifth goal of the season, and he now leads the Saint’s in scoring as a first year.

In the second half the Saints would pick right where they left off, as in the 57th minute the team would draw a free kick from 25 yards out.

Junior Noah Bunton would

then touch the ball forward to teammate 16’ Morgan Smith who proceeded to unload an incredibly hard shot along the ground that would find the back of the net to round out a nice 2-0 victory for the Saints.

These past two shut outs are nothing new for the Saints this season, as eight of the their tens game played have ended in a clean sheet.

This solidifies the Saints as a dominant defensive team with a great back line led by last year All-American and senior Harry Copeland.

Saints Football Defeats Union, Lefflbine Shines at QB

By QUEVAUGHN CARUTH STAFF WRITER This past weekend Saints Football secured a 42-23 victory over Union College in Schenectady, NY. This makes the team 3-1 in the season and 1-0 in league play.

The game began with a slow and tough battle on both sides of the ball, but the Saints quickly took control of the game.

The game started out with Union scoring on their first possession.

The first quarter for the Saints started with a touchdown

by Senior defensive back/wide receiver Leondre Simmon.

Simmon led the team with three touchdowns this game, two of which he made within 13 seconds of each other.

In an interview after the game

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he stated, “It was a great team win and a good way to start league play; but it’s a new week, and now we are 0-0 with one to go. Gotta’ protect the Leck’”.

It is apparent here that individual accomplishments are not a concern for the key players of this team; the mission is set for a league championship.

The second half opened up with a 60 yard drive led by quarterback Senior Mike Lefflbine and the offense.

This drive was capped by a touchdown made by Senior running back Maurice Irby IV, his second of the season.

The score was 28-17 in the third quarter and remained that way until the fourth quarter.

The offense picked up a total of 388 total yards with 142 rushing. Irby finished with one touchdown, and a total of 17

Saturday 10/3 Football vs. Rochester 1:00pm

carries for a total of 90 yards.

Lefflbine finished at 18-30 for 170 yards with two touchdowns.

Sophomore wide receiver Patrick Bryant and Junior tight end Matt Gardiner had six catches each.

On the defensive side of the ball, there was tremendous effort put into every drive.

The Saints defense managed to keep Union’s offense at 5-16 on third down attempts.

Sophomore linebacker Skyler Williamson had fifteen stops, followed by Juniors Alec Dietsch and Jayson Leigh who both had eight tackles.

Junior James Holley-Grisham and Freshman defensive back Israel Squires held the team down with two interceptions each this game. Holley-Grisham added a stunning 14 tackles and a sack to the defensive

Saturday 10/3 Women’s Soccer vs. Bard College 2:00pm

repertoire.

Squires had a highlight game, contributing five tackles and two big interceptions, one returned for a touchdown. The 60-yard interception-turnedtouchdown was picked off late in the fourth quarter and closed the game for the Saints.

He has been named Liberty League Rookie of the Week in recognition of his hard work.

The Saints play their next game at home against Rochester for Family Weekend on Saturday at 1:00pm versus Rochester.

Here we go, Saints!

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Simmon ‘16 scored twice.

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Saturday 4/18 Men’s Ice Hockey vs. Carleton 7:00pm

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Marchment ‘16 scored both Saints goals on Saturday.

Women’s Hockey Skate to 2-2

By JACK LYONS STAFF WRITER In their regular season openers, St. Lawrence and Northeastern skated to a 2-2 tie. The game was fast paced and play was only stopped twice during overtime.

Even though Northeastern took it to SLU in the first, according to Saints coach Chris Wells, St. Lawrence opened the scoring early in the first period on the power play.

The goal began when junior Brooke Webster fired a stretch pass from deep in her own zone to her line mate, sophomore Kennedy Marchment. Marchment, skating just ahead of the Northeastern defender took a shot from the low slot that was initially stopped but she tapped the rebound over Northeastern goalie Brittany Bugalski’s right pad to give SLU the lead.

“It was a great pass to me from

Brooke, and even though the defender lifted my stick I just wanted to get the puck on net. It was a lucky bounce,” said Marchment.

The first period would end with the score reading a goal apiece, but that stat changed quickly with the start of the second.

Just 56 seconds into the middle frame, Shelby Herrington released a quick snapshot from the left faceoff circle that beat Saints goalie Grace Harrison high blocker, giving Northeastern the 2-1 lead on the power play.

Similar to the first, SLU evened the game around the 13 minute mark of the second period when Marchment scored her second goal of the game, a performance that earned her the games first star.

SLU captain, Amanda Boulier shuttled the puck to sophomore Jenna Marks on the blue line with SLU on the power play.

Marks’ slapshot was deflected by Marchment past Bugalski. “It was

a great pass from Marks and an easy deflection. A great pass and it worked out well.”

Overall, Bugalski felt his team played well, despite t o d a y being their first g a m e , unlike SLU, who beat McGill on Wednesday in an exhibition contest. “We need to clean up our special teams a bit but I liked the way we played without having any exhibition games” Meanwhile, the Saints played a trio of goalies including Brooke Wolejko, Grace Harrison and Sonja Shelly, who played the first, second and third periods respectively.

After the game, Shelly, who made 11 saves in the third period and two in overtime said, “It felt amazing to be in net with the game on the line.

I tried not to think about it being overtime because then you tense up. I just wanted to make the saves to keep the team in the game.”

Wells was pleased with the way his team played. “As the game went on, our kids started to find some pace. That was a fantastic opening game, and that’s the reason we play the kind of opening schedule we do, to get us ready.”

Wells also commented on the way his goalies performed, saying they all played excellent given the unusual situation, in which no one goalie has distinguished herself as the starter. “I’m happy for all the goalies. We had a great meeting yesterday, they all have a great mindset. It starts with their leader, the one who doesn’t dress, Mikaela Thompson. She has set the culture for the goalies. Their attitudes are great.”

Q&A with

Claire O’Neil

By KRISSY DI PERNO STAFF WRITER Name: Claire O’Neil Age: 21 Hometown: Toronto, ON Position: Captain Major: Economics How long have you been PHOTO COURTESY OF U.COMM playing golf for?

Since I was 8 years old, so 13 years now.

What inspired you to join the team here at SLU? I wanted to play college golf and SLU was the right fit school and team wise.

What is your favorite memory of being on the golf team?

Our Spring Break trip down south is always the best week of the year. We get to play some awesome courses and have some fun in the sun.

Did you play any other sports before committing to golf ?

In high school I played field hockey, volleyball and softball in addition to golf.

Who is your biggest fan (why)?

My parents are my biggest fans, they’re out watching me at every tournament regardless of distance or weather!

My suitemates are a close second, Gwen Maurice (my co-captain) and Emmy Poehlman (self proclaimed team manager) especially.

Do you have any big plans for this semester?

Get to know Dowd a little better and hopefully a win too!

Do you have any superstitious pre-match rituals?

Anything to keep my nerves under control What is your favorite thing to order from the pub?

My favorite thing is definitely the Saints Bowl.

What are your suggestions for this weekend’s playlist?

You can never go wrong with Mambo No. 5 Do you have any advice for student athletes?

Enjoy every season with your team, four years goes by too quickly!

Anything else you’d like to say?

Swing by Jencks 202 if you want your copy of this Hill News signed.

Peak Weekend: SLU Students 46 v. Adirondack Mountains 46

By DUNCAN FORT STAFF WRITER Over 350 St. Lawrence University students descended upon the Adirondack State Park and ascended last Friday all 46 of Adirondack Park’s famous high peaks. For the 33rd consecutive year your very own Phriendly Neighborhood Outing Club organized and executed one of SLU’s most esteemed and advertised traditions with style and zest.

The first attempt at Peak Weekend was pioneered in April 1982 by then Outdoor Club president Willie Janeway, but only succeeded half a year later in the fall of 1982.

Since then SLU students have successfully summited all 46 Adirondack High Peaks each over 4,000 feet one weekend during the fall semester.

This year was no exception, and the long running tradition has evolved with the Park’s environmental and safety practices.

Adirondack Ranger Jim Giglinto briefed the student hikers on the Park’s hiking

regulations as well as trail preservation and Leave No Trace etiquette. This briefing worked well as OC president Brendan Collins ‘16 cited this year’s Peak Weekend as the most prepared and most efficient peak bagging adventure to date.

Friday was beautiful, and Saturday was gorgeous. OC member Wyatt Peterson ‘17 woke up to a “crispy cold cloudless blue day” that progressively got warmer as he and Greenhouse member Kealey Viglielmo ‘17 led five first years up Allen Mountain (4347 ft.). This 18 mile overnight hike is known for steep trails and scenic views of the surrounding high peaks area.

At the same time Ian “senior or junior depending on whom he’s with” Ford was tackling the Santanoni Range with co- leader and DUB member Maria Leech ’18 and 4 other participants. The Santanoni range includes 3 high peaks: Couchsacharaga, Panther Peak, and Santanoni Peak.

As most groups were heading back to SLU for a well deserved

Java show, OC member Isa Caliandro ‘18 and Caitlin Kelly ‘16 were leading 6 other participants on Peak Weekend’s longest trip: the Seward Range.

This 28 mile overnight hike brought the group up four mountains on unmarked herd trails. Isa’s favorite part of the day was in the early hours of Saturday morning. “Just before sunrise we saw beautiful fog lakes below us as we climbed up Seymour.”

The group managed to make it out of the park by 9 p.m. after an impressive 15hour day! Caliandro is the youngest member of the OC and successfully led the hardest hike without a hitch.

The Adirondack LOJ was jam-packed with both student and local hikers psyched about the perfect fall hiking weather.

These crowds pose a dilemma for the SLU outdoor community and the Adirondack State Park.

While public interest in the outdoors is usually seen as positive, crowds in State Parks have been shown to alter the behavior of wildlife, cause soil erosion, and decrease the

overall atmosphere of wild places.

If SLU and the Outing Club want to continue a sustainable and enjoyable Peak Weekend it is imperative to exhibit

excellent low impact practices in the future. This year should served as an example for future Peak Weekends, and hopefully this unique event will continue for years to come.

PHOTO COURTESY OF CAITLIN KELLY

The OC has done it again: students on all 46 high peaks.