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VOLUME CVI, ISSUE 2

The Hill News Takes on Multimedia Endeavors

By ROBERT BAIRD STAFF WRITER

Over the past year, The Hill News has undergone some massive changes not only in personnel, but in the media outlets it’s using to share content. One of these new mediums is a website, which not only includes current articles, but also an archive of content from the past two years. The second new medium is a radio show, which engages editors and writers on a more personal level.

The digital editor of The Hill News, Brandon DiPerno

’16 remarks that journalism is ever-changing and as someone who gets most of his news online, he “really felt as if The Hill should have a bigger web presence.”

“At the end of my junior year, I had laid out a plan of the look with former managing editor Josh Cameron,” DiPerno says. Last semester, DiPerno turned the website into an element of his SYE with Professor Juraj Kittler, as a creative take on his PCA major. “I had experience in Wordpress working as a freelance web designer, so I wasn’t unfamiliar with the CONTINUED ON PAGE 10

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Some members of the Social Media Team during the Club Fair on Friday, January 29.

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The Sustainability Semester farmlands during winter 2015.

Sustainability Semester Canceled This Spring Due to Lack of Interest

By KATIE WILSON STAFF WRITER

This past December, the Sustainability Semester, which has run every spring semester since its creation in 2013, was cancelled due to a lack of interested participants.

Despite its recent hiccup, the offcampus program will hopefully be reinstated in the spring of 2017.

The Sustainability Semester is an interactive, off-campus study program centered on [much as its name suggests] fostering a sustainable way of life. The program is based a mere five miles off-campus, but allows students to experience

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an entirely different lifestyle than most students are acquainted with on campus. While living in a renovated farmhouse, students take classes dealing specifically with leading a sustainable life, ranging from focusing on the incorporation of local, fresh food into their diets to looking at the environmental impacts of unsustainable practices. Students are also able to travel to and from campus of their own accord and thus able to maintain relationships with friends while simultaneously living in their own entirely separate “world.”

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By BRENDA WINN NEWS EDITOR On Friday, January 29, the St. Lawrence Social Media Team unveiled their latest project – A SLU Snapchat account. The account was kept a secret until the reveal Friday morning, a great way to kick off the semester, and the beginning of Winter Weekend. Users can log into Snapchat, add “stlawrenceu” as a friend and then see the story every day. The SLU account is not following back any friends, so they are unable to see the user’s stories, but the users can still see the SLU story.

Associate Director of Marketing Meg Keniston said that the Student Social Media team and she first discussed the idea of a SLU Snapchat about

18 months ago. At that time, they agreed that the student body wasn’t ready for the account. Snapchat did not have the brand presence from national companies that it does nowadays. SLU decided to wait for this reason, also because they did not know if and when “Campus Stories,” run by the Snapchat company itself, would be accessible on campus and what that would look like.

Because of this, the social media team held off creating any SLU Snapchat account.

At the beginning of the Fall 2015 semester, Snapchat had not yet chosen SLU to receive a Campus Story account, as the company was mainly targeting larger universities. SLU and the social media team had no control over whether we would be chosen for a campus story.

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Because of this, the social media team revisited the idea of a SLU Snapchat account. This account would be different than a Campus Story, in case SLU is ever selected for one.

According to Keniston, the Campus Story accounts are managed by Snapchat, and if SLU ever were to get one, this would be monitored by Snapchat, not the University.

The “stlawrenceu” Snapchat account is different because it is managed by the University and the Social Media Team.

This means that when people send the SLU account a snap, it is a staff member who opens it.

“I have heard from a few colleagues at other institutions that their university Snapchat accounts sometimes receive less-than-wonderful snaps,” CONTINUED ON PAGE 5

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GOP Wishes For Voting Requirement

By TRAVIS HAMRE STAFF WRITER With the most under-qualified and racist candidate, Donald Trump, in a substantial lead in the Republican primary polls, the establishment Republicans are probably wishing that there was a college education requirement to vote in the primary. Ironically this would keep out certain white voters. The majority of Donald Trump’s supporters are white and uneducated, and this demographic tends to have the most negative views on immigration.

In an era of globalization, it is understandable for white lower- class people to feel victimized by the system that seems to be corroding away American prosperity and dominance and feel resentment toward the establishment politicians. Nevertheless, the dynamics of the GOP primary are shaping out to have a disastrous candidate nominated due to the unilateral support of the uneducated white Republican voting sect.

Donald Trump has built a great company and is a great businessman, so I suspect Trump is not completely the ignorant and clueless person that his persona as a candidate exhibits. He most likely realized a trend from the 2012 election, deemed “the diploma divide.” According to the American Community Survey, Mitt Romney won the nomination due to the united backing of educated Republican voters and the split of uneducated Republican voters between Gingrich and Santorum. If Gingrich or Santorum dropped out and endorsed the other, Romney could have been defeated. The setup for Trump in 2016 was perfect; many establishment candidates that appealed to college educated voters like Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, and Rand Paul would split up the educated Republican vote.

Trump’s harsh xenophobic and fear-mongering tactics has therefore united the white, less educated Republicans to give him a commanding lead in the polls.

Trump is the quintessential American big businessman: he is out to win everything he does.

Trump is merely playing the winning strategy to win by appealing to the people who believe that “building a wall” and “banning all Muslims from entering the U.S.” (both of which are the main selling points in Trump’s recent campaign ads) are the solutions to America’s so called “problems.”

Many are baffled about how Trump is getting all his strong support, but it easy to pinpoint that it is from the people who tend to feel down on their luck and cheated out of a chance to have a prosperous American life.

In addition, voters are becoming more averse to the political elite who only seem to be puppets of special interests. People who feel like they are not winning personally can be excited about someone who promises to be a “winning” leader and make the country great and “win” again.

The establishment Republicans need to understand that they need to do everything in their power to defeat Trump.

His policy suggestions are highly damaging to the Republican brand, which will not be electable unless it appeals to people beyond the white demographic.

Having the Republican nominee who calls Mexicans “rapists” and “criminals” is only going to have the opposite effect.

In order to defeat Trump, most of the field needs to drop out and endorse a candidate to gain the united support of the college educated Republicans. Unfortunately for now, it looks like the GOP is stuck in a Prisoner’s Dilemma, and Trump is merely taking advantage of the candidates’ destructive self-interest.

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Protestors raise signs against the luxury tax on feminine hygiene products.

Dear Dub: Why Are Tampons Still Taxed?

By KRISTEN JOVANELLY COLUMNIST In 2015, we saw more period stains than normal in the public eye. Granted, the private eyes of womyn have had those “oh sh**” moments trillions of times before, but in 2015 we saw Kiran Gahndi run the London Marathon without feminine hygiene products. We saw hashtags. We saw Rupi Kaur’s Instagram. We saw advertisements for womyn with their periods broadcasted on subway lines in New York.

Progress was met with opposition and deeply rooted disgraces that have pinned the unabashed discourse surrounding period culture to the bodies of womyn came to harsh light.

Nonetheless, period culture is starting to slowly (emphasis on slowly) seep outside of womyn’s panties. Too graphic for you? Tough. Tell that to my fourteen-year-old self trying to plug myself up with cotton while trying to interpret a very nondescript and mystifying diagram. Tell that to the girl afraid to get out of her seat for the stain that may be left behind. Tell that to the womyn over there with the dog trying to lick at her crotch. Tell that to the generations of womyn who have shed tears, faced prosecution, and lost their lives because

of the stigmas and humiliations of the monthly discharge of the uterine lining. Or should we say “gift”? “The time of the month”? “The crimson tide”?

“The parting of the red sea”?

Yes, because those are funny and clever, but no because these nicknames make it seem as if we’re afraid to discuss it.

Let’s talk about how periods are getting political. No, I’m not talking about politicians trying to legislate the female body and reproductive rights. I’ll save that for another time. I’m talking about a package of legislation designed to ease access to feminine hygiene products. According to the Gotham Gazette, members of the New York City Council, led by Julissa Ferreras-Copeland, are introducing three bills at the city level within the next several weeks to make menstrual care products more accessible at public schools, shelters, and correctional facilities in a resolution that will call for the elimination of tax on these products.

The “tampon tax” classifies feminine hygiene products not as essential items but rather as luxury items. To be clear, toffee apples and edible sugar flowers are considered more essential than tampons. Recent failed initiatives in France to reduce value-added tax on

feminine hygiene products and initiatives in Ohio, Utah and Virginia have legislation “seeing red.” An op-ed from Cosmo writer Prachi Gupta has helped to prompt discussion and a subsequent Change.org petition against the “tampon tax.” Currently, in addition to the five U.S. states that do not charge a state-level sales tax, five states—Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania—have exempted feminine hygiene products from their sales taxes.

When President Obama was asked in a Youtube interview with Ingrid Nilsen why forty other states still impose sales tax on tampons and sanitary pads, he stated that he hadn’t been explicitly aware that they were. Obama stated, “I suspect it’s because men were making the laws.” The tampon tax is not some flashy conspiracy against tampons or pads, everyone is usually, like it or not, much more comfortable when womyn are wearing them.

Rather, it is an example of the structural underrepresentation and blatant dismissal of womyn’s needs and rights.

Eliminating the tampon tax would be a step in the direction of the reevaluation of both public health services and in the recognition of womyn’s needs.

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Thoughts On Courage From Section 60

By LOUIE FREDA WASHINGTON, D.C. CORRESPONDENT

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Donald Trump wears hat and pinches air.

Make America Great! Again?

(Part 1)

By DANIEL BANTA STAFF WRITER

Donald Trump has skyrocketed to prominence by championing the fears and insecurities of many Americans. His catchy slogan of “make America great again,” captures the prevalent attitude that America’s power and prestige are waning. Such rhetoric conjures up images of a glorious America bygone.

But when exactly was America greater than it is now? Surely such a time must exist. Let us travel back in time in an attempt to find Trump’s great America.

A quick history lesson is needed first. America became a country on July 4, 1776. After a failed government under the Articles of Confederation, a Constitutional Congress was summoned and the constitution was eventually ratified on June 21, 1787. This would be a solid place to start when considering America’s greatness.

America had just established an ingenious democratic government that safeguarded the rights of the citizenry. Just over four years earlier, the country had won a truly revolutionary war that cast the oppressive imperial British presence from the country. Moreover, America seemed like a nation forged out of the ideals of the Enlightenment, proudly declaring all men are created equal. But is this the age of American greatness to which Trump is referring?

Probably (hopefully) not. The Constitution may have espoused the idea of universal equality, but that seemed to only apply to white males. Slavery was legal. In a compromise to determine the number of representatives each state sent to Congress, slaves were considered to be 60 percent of a person. This was also an age where women were marginalized.

The quality of life was a bit lacking too. The average life expectancy was roughly 36 years. You could expect to have multiple children die during childhood.

Medicine was questionable at best and there was no electricity. Thirsty? Go draw some dirty water from the well because there is no running water yet.

You might bathe once a month, if you were rich enough. So, Donald Trump likely does not want to return to this America.

Let us continue through history until we find this supposed age of American greatness we want to return to.

Let’s move past the War of 1812we may have beaten the British (again!) but the White House got burned down, hardly symbolic of greatness. Let’s breeze past The Trail of Tears; the forced removal and deadly relocation of Native Americans, which was deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court (a ruling blatantly ignored by both President Andrew Jackson and his predecessor Martin Van Buren), seems like a bad stopping point. Let’s skip the Mexican-American War, for bellicose expansionist policy is not a hallmark of greatness.

We arrive at the conclusion of the Civil War. The date is May 9, 1865. The Civil War that threatened to tear America apart has just ended. It only took about 620,000 American deaths but the South has been defeated and slavery is officially abolished! The Industrial Revolution is happening, and the quality of life is about to improve. Is this the great America to which Trump alludes?

Probably (hopefully) not. Slavery is over, but through Jim Crow Laws and institutionalized bigotry, African Americans are still second class citizens. Women cannot vote. A president that would be considered one of the greatest ever, Abraham Lincoln, is about to be shot in the head.

Surgery in this time period consisted of drinking some whiskey, biting a rag and having a doctor saw your leg off.

Oh, and the government is still waging a genocide against the indigenous Americans. Definitely not American greatness.

Now that we have combed through the first half of American history, it is safe to say that America was not greater pre1900s than it is now. However, it is apparent that America is slowly realizing its greatness.

After a little more than a century, America moved from a nascent state to a genuinely strong oneand we finally abolished slavery.

But women still can’t vote, the economy keeps booming and busting, and African Americans are considered separate and definitely not equal. Surely the era of American greatness to which Trump refers is on the horizon.

When I was at Arlington National Cemetery last weekend I made a point to visit, among other exhibits and graves, section 60. Section 60 contains the remains of many of the US servicemen and women who died in Operation Iraqi Freedom. It was heartbreaking. The tidal wave of feeling moved from sadness to sacrifice to solemnity. Buried in section 60 is Army Capt. Humayun Khan, Khan was killed when two suicide bombers detonated a makeshift bomb in a car at a routine vehicle inspection outside of his base in Baquba, Iraq. According to a Washington Post article from June of

2004, Khan approached the vehicle alone to divert potential risk away from his men. Khan was a Muslim.

Arlington is full of non-Christians and immigrants who served their country selflessly and courageously.

It is my opinion that Mr. Trump doesn’t understand selflessness or courage. But he does understand fear, the fear that eats away at many Americans about their security and economic future. Fear is an unfortunate part of life, but allowing fear to dictate policy corrupts the essentially good nature of man.

The role of a responsible citizen is fluid: it changes with the challenges that are unique to that citizens time and place. In today’s America, I believe, responsible citizens are called to be courageous and challenge the

hatred, bigotry and fearmongering of those who look to blame the countries problems on Islam or on immigrants. I say courage because I mean it. Challenging Mr. Trump’s policies might result in you getting a scathing, rude reply. But do it.

Sacrifice. Courage can only exist in an environment of fear; courage is the conscientious decision to overcome fear. I agree with President Reagan when he said, “I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph.

And there is purpose and meaning to each and every life.” Helping to preserve the inherent good in man, fighting for what is right, and ensuring that all Americans have the ability to pursue their own destiny is worth fighting for.

Racism Up North

By MATT THIBAULT STAFF WRITER I’ve been a North Country resident my whole life. Growing up in Massena, I’ve seen a lot of issues that have commanded the attention of my peers, from General Motors closing years ago and wounding the economy, to our small town dying. I’ve seen our mascot, the Red Raiders, hotly debated due to its racial undertones. The logo used to be a Native American wearing a traditional headdress called a kastowah. Much like the national battle between activists and the Washington Redskins, our logo was changed and replaced with a red M. To be honest, I didn’t care much about the logo changing.

When confronted with the racial undertones, the school replaced it hastily. Until then, I had never thought of it as racist. Maybe I was too young. Afterwards, I thought I would never hear about racial tensions in that school again, especially after I graduated. I was so wrong.

A few days ago, I became aware of

an incident that involved a captain of my old high school’s hockey team. They were playing the Salmon River Shamrocks, a predominantly Native American high school that is located in Fort Covington, NY. Before the game, the hockey captain, in an act of stupidity, yelled, “Let’s destroy these wagon burners!”

This sparked an absolute firestorm in my home community.

I’ve seen people become speechless as a result, and I’ve seen people find a voice in the chaos. I’ve seen people defend his statement, saying, “it was a joke” or, “he didn’t mean it.” That is 100% inexcusable. As human beings, belittling someone on the subject of race is something that is abhorrent. To defend that statement, calling a team of Indigenous students “wagon burners,” is disgusting.

As of now, the superintendent of my high school has released a statement saying that, while the student made a mistake, this could become a “teaching moment,” and that they would work closely with the St. Regis Mohawk tribe to “promote sensitivity” for students. In

my opinion, that’s too little too late.

If that’s what people are saying now and they think that it’s okay, then I shudder at the thought of what is said and done behind closed doors.

One of the biggest outcomes of this incident is that people from my home community have opened their eyes to this massive problem.

Now I want to open the eyes of some people in our own community in Canton. If you don’t believe that racism is real and that it’s still a problem, you’re sadly mistaken.

What I saw over the past few days is proof for the nonbelievers out there.

I also want to point out something positive about this whole scenario. The overwhelming response to this action by people I know has given me hope.

While there are people who don’t think racism exists anymore, there are those who KNOW it’s real, and that they’re fighting to make everyone aware of this huge problem.

To those people, keep doing you. Everyone else, I urge you to look around. Racism is real, and it’s right in our backyard. Stay awake.

Free College: Functional or Flawed?

By ERIN HOGAN STAFF WRITER Higher education should be universally reachable and affordable for those who wish to attend.

The government fully funding the cost of tuition at public colleges and universities does not seem to be problematic because education should be free for all, but free college is fundamentally flawed.

The United States is considered to have a progressive form of higher education because the amount of aid families receive in the U.S. is based on income, so wealthier students simply pay more than poorer students. A common argument in support of free education is that it would increase the ability of students from low-income families to attend a university. Although tuition would be free, the cost of living to attend school would be incredibly high. Many students would

need to relocate to be closer to their college, and the government would not be paying for their housing.

Low-income students therefore end up in more debt, albeit is less in contrast to today’s education system, compared to the wealthier students.

Many other countries have free public universities, but these countries are not in $18 trillion of debt and counting. If college was free, then someone else would have to pay for it, specifically the state.

Where does the state get the money from? Taxpayers. If the United States were to implement similar free college programs to those in Europe, then the income tax of citizens would be affected significantly.

A study done by the Organization for Economical Cooperation and Development says that income tax would likely increase by 31.5%.

Despite this large increase in tax, the United States has the largest number of students that wish to

attend a university, so there would still not be enough money to account for the number of students who want to enroll. Free college would therefore be much more difficult to implement in the US. Free college seems like the perfect, utopian education system, but it still very flawed. Despite the many flaws in the proposed free higher education, there are still numerous ways in which students could benefit from attending free college, such as graduating free of crippling debt. While free college is not technically free due to living expenses and income taxes, it would still be cheap, significantly cheaper than the current price to attend college. If this plan were to be implemented in the United States, there would need to be a tax policy put forward that does not heavily put the burden on employed citizens, and a better budgeting of resources to allocate funds to the program.

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Security Blotter Jan 23, 2:10 PM Report of missing package at Student Mail Room.

Jan 25, 7:03 PM Fire alarm went off due to burnt bacon at 48 Park Street.

Jan 26, 5:00 PM Report of ill student in Rebert Hall. Student evaluated and transported to CPH by student driver.

Jan 27, 8:00 AM Report of bagel theft at Northstar Café.

Jan 27, 5:12 PM Report of injured student at 58 Park Street (The Outing Club). Student transported to CPH. Jan 27, 10:36 PM Fire alarm went off due to spraying too much cologne near the fire alarm at 62 Park Street.

Jan 28, 2:28 AM Report of student sleep walking in Rebert Hall. Student hit his head. Student evaluated and signed off.

Jan 28, 7:54 PM Fire alarm went off due to burnt food in Commons College.

Jan 28, 10:32 PM Report of open can of Bud Light found in a chair in 25 College.

Jan 28, 10:42 PM Officer observed drug policy violation at 58 Park Street.

Jan 28, 11:24 PM Drug Policy violation at 13 University.

Jan 29, 2:05 AM Student walking around with a painting in possession at Gunnison Chapel. Painting confiscated.

Jan 29, 8:59 PM Report of ill student in Dean Eaton. Student transported to CPH by Canton Rescue.

Jan 30, 4:36 PM Drug Policy violation at Kirk Douglass Hall.

Jan 30, 10:06 PM Report of loud music and lit candle at 48 Park.

Jan 30, 10:28 PM Report of student throwing beer bottle and hitting parked car in F Lot. Jan 31, 12:23 AM Report of intoxicated student in Jencks.

Subject evaluated and signed off.

Jan 31, 1:30 AM Report of individual missing jacket at Tick Tock.

Jan 31, 2:21 AM Report of an intoxicated student in Reiff Hall.

Subject evaluated and transported to CPH by Canton Rescue.

Jan 31, 12:02 PM Report of vandalism in the hallway of Rebert Hall.

Jan 31, 6:45 PM Report of a rack let loose by a vehicle transporting food near 76 Park.

Jan 31, 8:37 PM Report of injured student falling outside at Kappa Kappa Gamma. Student evaluated and signed off.

Feb 1, 12:25 AM Fire alarm went off due to faulty sensor in Hullet.

Feb 1, 1:25 AM Report of drug policy violation at Sykes.

Feb 1, 9:45 AM Report of injured individual due to slippery floor at Dana Dining Hall. Student evaluated.

Feb 1, 12:13 PM Subject in possession of fraudulent driver’s licenses, one of which was confiscated in F Lot. SEMESTER RUNNING TALLIES: Bike Thefts: 1 | DWIs: 0 Open Containers: 3 | Alcohol-Related Transports: 3

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A national emergency was issued in Trinidad, where Andrew Watson ’17 is currently studying abroad.

What is the Zika Virus and Should You Be Worried?

By ANDREW WATSON STAFF WRITER Being in Trinidad and Tobago has given me a unique view of the explosion of worries and panic over H5N1, more commonly known as the Zika virus. According to the Lambert Post, the worry began in May of 2015 when the Pan American Health Organization said Zika was an outbreak in multiple countries, especially Brazil. The reasoning for the lag is that Zika is primarily seen in the form of severe birth defects in infants such as Microcephaly, which is a condition resulting in an underdeveloped brain and small head.

2014 saw only 150 cases of the condition in Brazil, but more than 3,500 since October of 2015, according to BBC. Since the outbreak happened in May, we are just now seeing the horrific effects of the virus. The virus had been discovered in 1947 in Africa but never exploded into the global issue it is today. Its emergence led the US National Institute of Health to say that Zika’s “current explosive pandemic re-emergence is therefore, truly remarkable.”

This week, the World Health Organization “declared the Zika

virus a global public health emergency” on the same level of Ebola, per BBC. Additionally, the U.S. has put out travel warning saying pregnant women should not visit Zika affected countries. Although the mortality rate is very low and only 20 percent of people infected develop symptoms, according to BBC, the principal concern is pregnant women. The only major disorder linked to Zika for adults is GuillainBarre syndrome, which results in partial paralysis.

Currently, I am studying in Trinidad & Tobago, a twin-island nation 7 miles off the coast of Venezuela and the last island in the Caribbean archipelago. Although there have been no confirmed cases here, there is cause for concern due to the proximity to affected areas in South America and the climate, which is ripe for the yellow-fever mosquitos that carry the Zika Virus.

As students, we all received information from the U.S. Embassy in Port of Spain outlining symptoms and precautions to take. The embassy and the country seem to be trying to get ahead of the virus and prepare for its arrival. Surrounding countries such as Barbados, Martinique, Saint Martin and Venezuela have all seen confirmed cases. As a

male, the only risk posed to me is a possible rare case of Guillain-Barre or flu-like symptoms. The females on the program are also not at elevated risk.

I spoke to Carol Brekus-Watson, Certified Nurse Midwife of Madison, Connecticut who said that they had no reason to believe that getting the virus while not pregnant would have any impact on future pregnancies. Students down here seem concerned but not overly worried as they have been reassured that unless they are currently pregnant they are at a very low risk.

Back in the United States, cases have only been confirmed by people returning from Zika-stricken areas. Per CNN, a woman in Hawaii gave birth to a child with microcephaly after “being infected with the virus in Brazil last year.”

The CDC says that areas at high risk include anywhere with warm, stagnant climates such as Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. So, for now, students at St. Lawrence, even in my own program down here in Trinidad & Tobago, are safe from Zika. We will be carefully watching if the Zika virus emerges in this country or if new conditions are linked to the infection.

Outside The Bubble

This Week’s Issue: Boko Haram Terror Persists in Nigeria

By TOM MATHIASEN and

EMMA CUMMINGS-KRUEGER

MANAGING EDITOR and EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

The 2016 presidential race has highlighted the importance of stopping the spread of radical Islamic terrorism in Iraq and Syria and throughout the Middle East. The attacks on our western allies and on our own soil, have increased our attention to ISIS. While the eyes of the our nation focuses on our middle eastern enemy, it is also important to note the rise of another radical Islamic terrorist group, Boko Haram.

Boko Haram is a self-pro-

claimed jihadist terrorist organization primarily active in the region of northeastern Nigeria.

Literally translating to “western education is forbidden,” Boko Haram has often been compared to the Taliban in terms of religious, Sharia and Islamist, purpose and action. In March of last year, Boko Haram’s leading officials pledged their allegiance to ISIS. On Saturday night, terrorists loyal to Boko Haram raided a small village in northern Nigeria, setting the village on fire, killing 65 and wounding several more.

The terrorists, armed with machine guns and knives, rode into the town on motorcycles, quickly

causing havoc to the small Dalori Village. According to locals interviewed after the attack, the assault came only minutes after villagers finished their evening prayers.

While several Boko Haram militants opened fire on civilians, others detonated two bombs which “added to our fright and confusion,” one villager said.

Local Nigerian media outlets reported that several of the casualties suffered occurred when villagers were burned to death in their homes.

Boko Haram has been committing similar acts of terror since 2003, though the group is suspected to have formed as

early as the late 1990s, according to CNN. In late 2003, hundreds of armed militants attacked police stations near Nigeria’s border with Niger, making their presence known in the country.

After several years of dormancy, the terror organization resurfaced in July 2009 by killing hundreds of police officers in an event known as the “Boko Haram Uprising. Following the uprising and replacement of prior Boko Haram leadership in late 2009 and early 2010, Boko Haram has committed over 23 acts of terrorism from September 2010 to the present day. Along with the attacks, the group has also released over a dozen propaganda videos

in perpetuation of the group.

In 2014, Boko Haram made waves in the international community when militants abducted an estimated 276 teenage girls from a Nigerian boarding school.

Hundreds of additional women and girls were kidnapped from northern Nigerian villages in the following months, according to CNN. The event gained traction in the United States when First Lady Michelle Obama and other notable public figures kicked off the #bringbackourgirls hashtag campaign. Following the social media campaign, the US military began to aid Nigerian military troops in large scale effort to rescue the kidnapped victims.

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catch some of the action! ACE and Thelmo have partnered to make Pub 56 your one-stop-shop for four-screen football, $1 Pabst, $3 Blue Moons, free appetizers, and surprise giveaways from kickoff until the Heisman trophy rises! The action starts at 6:00 p.m.

“We are beyond excited to host

the Super Bowl viewing this weekend and are looking forward to giving the students an opportunity to come together to support their favorite teams,” said Ellen Newman, manager of Pub 56 The venue will be open outside of its normal hours of operation to host the event.

“We’re expecting a great turn-out and Thelmo is pleased to support this fun event that is open to the entire St. Lawrence community,” said Joe Nickerson ‘17, president of the Thelomathesian Society. Thelmo is excited to be a part of the viewing party on Sunday.

“ACE has been working hard this year, and especially this semester, to reenergize Pub 56 and to spread awareness about the great things the space has to offer the student body,” said Chris Rich ‘18. Rich is a co-chair of Pub 56 on the Association for Campus Entertainment.

“Thelmo has been instrumental in getting events rolling this semester and we couldn’t have asked for better support!” Pub 56 has seen a rise in student interest recently due to increased and diversified programming. Pub 56 has a full calender of events moving forward for the year.

The pre-game will begin at 6:00 p.m. with kickoff at 6:30 p.m. Wings and mac & cheese bites will be free while they last! As a reminder, all students are invited to come enjoy the evening, but outside alcohol will not be permitted into Pub 56.

took the program under serious consideration, many either decided against pursuing it that particular semester or decided to instead participate in a separate off-campus program.

Director of the Sustainability Semester Cathy Shrady states that all the students who have participated in the program thus far have found it to be incredibly rewarding and have raved about it since leaving. In this sense, the biggest roadblock to garnering interest has less to do with the actual program and more to do with the small levels of word of mouth regarding it. As there have only been three semesters worth of participants to brag about its many amazing facets (including a brief trip to Boston in which students focus on urban sustainability,) the program remains largely undiscovered by the St. Lawrence student body.

Although the program has been a hit with all those who have pursued it, Shrady and other

members of the administration are using this time to attempt to address any possible issues within the program in order to strengthen it. One of the major deterring factors in gaining more participants in the program has to do with its close proximity to campus, leaving students fearful of ‘using up’ their one student abroad opportunity on the program. However, Shrady strongly emphasizes the fact that students here at St. Lawrence often have both the opportunity and ability to study abroad more than once in their college career-- something more students should certainly take advantage of.

While the cancellation of the program this Spring may seem negative to some, it offers a perfect opportunity for administrators and faculty to strengthen and revamp the Sustainability Semester in a way that will ultimately attract more students.

In fact, this brief sabbatical may even be a blessing in disguise.

Saint:

Saint:

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The 50th Super Bowl will be held in the San Francisco Bay area on Sunday, February 7.

Super Bowl Viewing at Pub 56

By THOMAS FARADAY GUEST WRITER

Hey, Saints! Do you enjoy watching the Super Bowl with friends?

Does the sound of drink specials and free food all night make your mouth water? Come on down to Pub 56 this Superbowl Sunday to SUSTAINABLE FROM PAGE 1

In addition, the program allows students to alter and transform their preconceived notions regarding waste and sustainable lifestyles via small, student-created challenges throughout the semester. For example, participants pose questions related to human impact such as the effect of using lights consistently as well as what it would be like to live without lights.

Then, in response to the question, they may challenge themselves to not use lights for an extended period of time. In this manner, students are able to explore multiple avenues of sustainable living.

While the program has the ability to accommodate ten students, it has averaged six to nine participants each semester since its start in 2013. Although the off-campus program originally had enough applicants to proceed seamlessly, after students were accepted and

Saint:

Congrats to the swim team...not for the win, but for ringing the bell in just your speedos.

Tag-teamming your roommate’s Hill News dating profile.

Poutine for hangover Sunday brunch? A+ job, Dana.

Purgatory:

Purgatory:

Purgatory:

Sinner:

Sinner:

Sinner:

Only made it to Tuesday withShowing up to the Pub 56

out ordering drunk pizza.

Super Bowl party only for the mac n cheese bites.

You’re on thin ice, Winterlude (literally).

Bleak moment when you run out of Tinder options in Canton.

Breaking out the spring wardrobe for this February slush.

Hoot popcorn machine down for the count on a Blues night.

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Keniston said. “I hope our students are smart enough not to be sending those messages, but if they are sending them, I hope they make sure they aren’t accidentally sending them to us!”

In addition, the campus story accounts only allow those on campus or in the area to see the story, but the social media team decided they want all Saints – alum, those abroad, even prospective students wanting to get an idea of what SLU is all about – to look at and use the account.

The social media team spent the entire fall semester researching, following, and dissecting other schools Snapchat accounts. They noted what they liked, didn’t like, and what got their attention the best. Additionally, they had to discuss how this account would be different from St. Lawrence’s other modes of social media.

“We need[ed] a purpose for the channel,” Keniston said.

The group put together a proposal that was then presented

by Keniston and Rachel Sullivan ’16 to Vice President for Communications, Melissa Farmer Richards. She approved the proposal in December, giving the social media team time to plan the launch at the beginning of this semester, when students were still re-acclimating to campus life. “I’m so thankful [to Melissa] and that she is letting us run with this Snapchat idea,” Keniston said.

Snapchat is now the sixth social media platform that SLU has utilized. The SLU LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter accounts hit all the big events on campus. Keniston said she is hoping that Snapchat will serve to fill in for all the other things that happen on our campus on a daily basis.

“We wanted an outlet to fill in little things going on around campus in the moment, and some behind the scenes,” said social media team member, Emily Parent ’18. “We also hoped that students would interact with us on Snapchat, as well as participate in our contests.” She said the goal of the account is to make St. Lawrence’s authentic identity shine through via Snapchat.

Paige Friedlander ’16, social media team member, said that Snapchat is a new and innovative way to share things about the campus. She said Instagram has been great, but no one wants to see a ton of pictures every day, so they have to be more selective about what they post.

In addition to using Snapchat to show the little stories, Keniston said that she is hoping that students will see something on the Snapchat

story, and be inspired to put their phones down, get up, and do it, and further immerse themselves.

“I am not sure what the presence of SLU Snapchat will look like in a year,” Keniston said.

She said the team is willing to alter or change the account based on what the audience likes. They did a lot of work to see what they liked or did not like about the other school’s accounts, so they have a pretty good idea of how to initially make the account what they think students will like.

The team did not know what to expect with the Friday launch. Different members thought there would be different results, but the highest prediction was about 300 followers. By the end of Friday, there were over 1,000 followers. The team decided to open the account by asking for welcome snaps, and they received a ton, particularly from alumni.

Then, at the White Out Hockey game, they asked for snaps from the game, and received 60. By the end of the day, 158 followers had interacted with the SLU account.

The social media team does not initiate any interaction; they only respond or reply if the follower contacts them first. “I was very overwhelmed by the response, in a good way,” Keniston said. “I’m so happy the response has been so positive so far.”

Parent has received lots of positive feedback as well from students, even though the account has only been active for a few days.

A really big intention of the SLU Snapchat was to engage Saints all across the Globe. “My hope is that anyone who follows [the account] feels more connected to campus and can [be a part of ] the Laurentian experience,” said Friedlander.

“It was really hard for me to go abroad because I missed St. Lawrence so much, I wanted to see more than the Facebook articles of past events. Snapchat is a solution to that.”

The Hill News Arts and Entertainment editor Alexa Mitchell ’16 states, “I really like the SLU Snapchat. This morning, I was able to look at it and see that it was going to be raining on campus...I didn’t even need to check my weather app! There are some great stories on it and I love staying connected to SLU in this way.”

Keniston encourages students to send feedback about the Snapchat account, or any SLU social media account, to social media@stlawu.edu.

“Feedback only makes our accounts better,” she said, “so please let us know if there is some improvement or some other account that is doing something well that you think we should too.”

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on’t know what to do when you pass last night’s hook-up in the Pub? Don’t know how to go out on Thursday and wake up for your 8:30 on Friday? Can’t figure out how to tell your roommate how you really feel? Or just need some honesty in your life? Well, here is your crystal ball. He says, She says, St. Lawrence’s all-new advice column written by whoever you need us to be—your identity will remain anonymous, and ours will too. We will answer one question a week giving a guy’s and girl’s perspective. So, make our hotline bling (She says) and slip us a question at our box located at the Student Center Info Desk.

PHOTO COURTESY OF @WHEN_U_EMMIE

It is what it is. He says, She says…

Put Your Money Where Your Mouth is: A SLUdent’s take on Socially Responsible Investing

By EMILY HARRINGTON GUEST WRITER “Try not to think so much about the truly staggering amount of oil that it takes to make a record,” sings Josh Tillman, the American folk singer behind Father John Misty. “All the shipping, the vinyl, the cellophane lining, the high gloss…”.

The very material of your ‘quality over quantity’ taste in music, your radical preference for audio fidelity, your ‘back to the good old days’ musical setup, he melodically sings, are part and parcel of the system of “the jealous side of man kind’s death wish” wherein he, she, we, ignore the oil-laden nature of our lifestyles in exchange for enjoyment of the modern luxuries provided us by the petrochemical industry. Of course, Tillman is as dependent upon this industry as we all are. The fact of the matter, however, is that this lifestyle is running up against an environmental clock we cannot afford to ignore.

If you have not heard him, I urge you to give FJM a listen.

His sound is reminiscent of the ‘60s and ‘70s where his musical inspirations were as prevalent on college campuses, as the demands by students and faculty that endowments be, “among the pioneering institutional investors to adopt new policies and institutions to address social and environmental considerations in investment.” Since then, endowments have become

less and less active in the world of investor responsibility - to the point where today - divestment, and the social accountability it entails, seems as radical as the era in which it was born.

Socially responsible investing comes in many forms. Environmental Social Governance, or ESG, is the most pertinent to the conversation we are having on campus. In ESG, investors consider the environmental record and future impacts of companies they are investing in. Obviously, the extraction and burning of fossil fuels is inherently damaging to the environment, so following ESG, endowment managers would apply a negative screen to the endowment itself, sifting out the top 200 fossil fuel holding companies and replacing them with similarly lucrative, environmentally sound companies.

So let’s take a step back. Tillman points out explicitly how integral petrochemicals have become to the functioning of society – not just the lighting of cities or fueling of cars, but the production, dispersal and enjoyment of culture. We’re so dusty from coal, soaked in oil, high on natural gas, that it is uncomfortable to think about the global consensus on the environmental costs of fossil fuel extraction and consumption.

However, these impacts and our role in perpetuating them are important to consider. Fossil fuels’ insidious scaffolding of the last 150 years of economic

growth has serious negative consequences that are only now being manifested in global climate crises.

I would even go so far as to say that being invested in such companies is an example of socially irresponsible investing. Is it not fair to expect an institution such as St. Lawrence, which operates on the mission of shaping socially responsible individuals, to hold itself to higher standards of social responsibility than other institutions?

Of course no one would ever say that they are engaged in “socially irresponsible investing”, but at this point it is the status quo, and insofar as SLU claims to be doing its best to address climate change on our campus, we ought to expect them to make a concerted effort to do the same in their financial dealings.

In an era of fossil fuel addiction, to remain neutral on fossil fuel divestment is to remain addicted to fossil fuel, the same way a junkie remaining ‘neutral’ on his habit is to remain a junkie.

Thus, I urge you to take socially responsible investing at face value and ask yourself, as a member of society, why it would be okay for any investing to not be socially responsible. “That’s just the way the world works” simply doesn’t cut it. We are all too intelligent and well informed to “not become too consumed with the criminal volume of oil it takes to paint a portrait” or, for that matter, support an endowment.

Bachelorette of the Week: Emmie Siebert ‘16 Zodiac Sign: The Big Dipper Hometown: Tampa Bae, Florida Major: Biology and Neuroscience Minor: Gender and Sexuality What is your spirit animal?

Sloth.

Best traits?

Dat ass doe, I make killer Bloody Mary’s, I’m really good at eBay, and open-mouth chewing.

Favorite weekend jam?

“T-Shirt” by Shontelle.

Do you have any weird habits?

Wearing subtle groutfits.

What are your hobbies?

Binge watching Netflix, nordic skiing, laying on the couch, men’s lacrosse, and eating soup.

What is your favorite drunk food?

Pizza Combos and ranch.

Tinder or nah?

Yaaaaaaasssssssss.

What is the craziest thing you did while abroad?

Visited Russia’s toughest prison.

Do you see yourself marrying someone from SLU? Yes. Alex Nardone.

Do you have any dating advice for the women at SLU? Keep an open heart and love will find its way in. Major key: football boys.

Plan a date in the CantonPotsdam area.

Mini golf at the driving range, matching tattoos at Tattoos on You, split a milkshake at Dairy Queen, and if the night is going well, continue with tasteful dancing at the Tick Tock followed by late night Netflix and chill with room service at the Comfort Suites.

But don’t pay.

How could a possible mate get your attention?

DM me nudes to @when_u_ emmie.

Do you believe in soul mates?

Yes. Alex Nardone.

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What is Thelmo up to?

Wednesday, December 9 Office Hours: President Joe Nickerson— Monday, 1:30-3:30 p.m.

Vice President of Senate Affairs Laura Jennings Monday and Tuesday, 8-10 p.m.

NEW BUSINESS: - First offical meetingof the new semester - Diversity and Inclusion townhall - Campus Diversity discussions - Intergrate international students and transportation systems for students on and off campus PHOTO COURTESY OF HUMANS OF NEW YORK

Pictured is the man interviewed for Humans of New York.

Wisdom from HONY

By SARA MINOGUE STAFF WRITER “You should kiss the ground you walk on if you were born in this country (USA)… It is much more difficult to brainwash a population that is composed of so many different nationalities and so many different viewpoints” – Humans of New York, April 2014.

I found this quote on Facebook via the Humans of New York (HONY) page. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this

publication, HONY is a photojournalism Facebook page that documents residents of New York City that the photographer meets.

The man who said these words is Jewish and, as he explains in the extended part of the quote, lived through a time when Jews had to wear the Star of David so that they could be recognized and discriminated against more easily.

Jews and other minority groups in the United States and all over the world have been discriminated against in a variety of

ways. So why should we kiss the ground that we walk on if our national path contains so many cracks? Despite that fact that our constitution highlights the ideas of equality and justice, our country has had a long history of racism, sexism, religious prejudice, and more. With this in mind, it seems difficult to want to kiss this pavement.

Despite this aspect of its history, the United States is also one of the few countries in the world that contains over 300 million

- Women’s retreat weekend, all womans retreat - Super Bowl at Pub 56

citizens with international heritage. Our society is not perfect, but we still manage to live in harmony with so many different ideals without mass warfare. By living in this country, we are free.

We are free to love who we want despite gender identity, race, and religion. We are free to learn whatever we want through news sources, social media and the uncensored Internet in general.

Most importantly, we are free to be ourselves, in all senses of the word.

I believe this is what this native New Yorker meant when he said to start kissing the ground. Yes, as with all societies, we have our flaws. However, any society in which so many different mindsets can live in harmony without mass warfare is incredible in itself. Not every society is like this one; they all have their pros and cons. I am just grateful that our cracked societal path is cracked in a way that we can solve, and that the road continues to evolve as we move into the future.

Boot ‘n Paddle: Make Your Own...

By KLARE NEVINS COLUMNIST

This week we rang in the first ever 434th annual month of February and I know I will not be shocking anyone too much by pointing out that it might as well be April 1 with the lack of snow on the ground. Traditionally, this has been the time where it was not abnormal to see temperatures hover at -20˚F for two weeks straight and, if you got too cold walking to class, you could always resort to constructing an igloo to hunker down in. I think the reason St. Lawrence has such a strong sense of community is, in part, because of this – there is nothing like classic hardship to bond people out of necessity. By making it through these brutal North Country winters, we earn our badges - grit, pluck, hardiness, tenacity, determination, perseverance, guts, and a dollop of spunk.

Winter is our campus-wide rite of passage and, traditionally, what does not freeze us acts as a reminder of our basest corporeal instincts. We need heat to survive and to thrive, especially in the outdoors. Heat from a hot meal that sustains us, heat from a hot cup of tea that hydrates us, heat from the two warmest places on our body (our armpits and crotch) to warm

the extremities that, in the cold, our body has deemed unnecessary relative to our vital organs. So, what are we supposed to do when there is no snow? How can we pick up those extra scout badges of courage? Due to the seriousness of this question, the OC has decided the only thing left to do (other than convincing the student from last year to expand out of the Java quad and use his personal snow machine to service the entire campus) is to develop a few tactics for you to make your own sense of winter.

1) Go talk to anyone who is still getting out to the mountain. I see no lag in the amount of people who choose to spend their weekends skiing or snowboarding, and for those on teams, practice continues even if they are sliding on their edges or training in t-shirts 2) No snow means an extended hiking season – keep an eye out on the listserv this week for a few weekend hiking trips.

3) Titus is on our mind, and just to whet your whistle, we may or may not have some metal shop projects currently under way…

4) Go to Appleton arena’s open skate hours!

5) The climbing wall is in full swing – it is open to those of you who have never rock climbed in your life, those who have not

climbed in a while, as well as those who are looking to get back into shape, or those who want to work on sending that route you haven’t quite yet been able to complete.

6) That being said the swimming pool is open too – water polo anyone?

7) Recently, I have been seeking out times to go on walks by myself, especially early in the morning or around 5 o’clock at night just as the sun is setting and dusk tempers the day. Yesterday, I walked to the river and listened to the sound of the rushing current over a few remaining inches of ice, and the hollow resonance it made in the leafless forest. Nature is still out there my friends, just as it always will be. We may not be able to always count on a predictable season but we can be sure that we always have the choice to go outside and experience our surroundings. No matter what, that is something to take comfort in.

8) Cut out your own snowflakes and drop them down from the third floor of the student center, or make your own snow… Here is what you do: get 500g of baking soda and one can of shaving cream. Pour the bicarbonate soda into a large bowl.

Pour in your shaving cream. Give it a really good stir until all ingredients are well combined. Tada!

SNOW.

EMMA CUMMINGS-KRUEGER/EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

The OC led a sunrise hike up Mt. Arab this past Tuesday morning.

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Behind the Red Picket Fences:

Madaila

By BRIDGET FLEMING COLUMNIST If I had to make a guess, or more specifically, a hypothesis founded on the metric system, I would have to say that the Java Barn is as big and of the same shape as a Radio Shack.

They both have that cube vibe; you know everything you are gonna put your eyeballs on in either place is going to resemble some platonic, geometric, cubey tubey form.

Only thing is, when I walked into the Barn Friday night, I was not floating on grey patterned carpet or shopping for plug-in power technology. I was there to dance!

And who was there to greet me behind the red picket fences? The bedazzled, glittery, disco-esque funk god-punk crew MADAILA. I looked up the word ‘madaila’ on the internet hoping to find out what it means, as most couch surfers hungover on Sunday afternoon would. I could not find a definition guys, not on urban dictionary

or even the band’s site. But hey, I will make the argument that the mystery only adds to their allure.

The show they put on was fantastic. Decked out in bright colors, tight spandex, and Bowie grace, the Java Barn was grooving on a synth dance rock wave, and the place was vibing. I stood at the front for most of the show with a crumpled sweaty piece of paper in my hand, asking friends and strangers what their thoughts or first impressions were of the band.

Gwyn Buchanan ’16, a Green House green bean who is nearing graduation, gave me her one word to describe the band: Soil. It is the freshest dirt around and always produces the best veggies in the land, and Madaila could very well be part of the beets family, so we are gonna go with it: SOIL! I do not think one person was not having the time of their lives at the show. People were twisting and jumping, singing and giggling and holding hands. Lively, and

brilliant, Julia Callahan ’16 had her small fingers in perfect star formation, her tiny lungs pumpin out, “Maaaadaiiilllaaaa!”

Their final song on set was “Give Me All Your Love,” a fire song on their 2015 debut record The Dance.

There was no way any of us was gonna be left hot and bothered and hanging up to dry, so for their encore Madaila cranked out an Earth, Wind & Fire “September” cover.

Wise, rumply men say your character shines forth whenever a disco anthem from the ’70s comes on in public. And being a crowd of SLUoozers, we did not stand idle; we LOST it. Do you remember?

Hats off to those who showed up to the show; you are a colleague and a scholar. Madaila did not disappoint; from head-to-toe, and jam to end of show, they were exciting and fun and wizard, The wand chooses the wizard Mr. Potter. Well, The Barn chooses the funk, Mr. Fox.

Harry Potter’s Revamp Leads To Self Discovery

By CATHERINE FLORES STAFF WRITER For you Harry Potter fans out there, you may already know that J. K Rowling revamped the official Harry Potter fansite, Pottermore, a few months ago. While the updated webpage is now loaded with articles about the highly anticipated releases of the November 2016 film, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and the May 2016 play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, some fans have criticized the updated website.

A major critique was that Rowling had left out the very popular Sorting Hat Ceremony, which decides where in the four

“While change can be scary, it should certainly be accepted, if not embraced!”

Hogwarts houses each wizard belongs. Gryffindors are known for their bravery and Type A personalities, and are popularized by main characters Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger; Ravenclaws are witty and outspoken like Luna Lovegood; Hufflepuffs are kind and loyal like Cedric Diggory; and Slytherins are passionate and strong-willed like Draco Malfoy.

My childhood Pottermore account confirmed that I was a

Ravenclaw, and it always felt like a perfect fit. I am quick to make jokes, I speak my mind, I love to study and learn, and I will probably turn into a clone of Professor Flitwick when I grow up. I never once doubted the Sorting Hat, even when my Gryffindor friends paraded their pride (they are so self righteous, are they not?) and I could always get a crowd laughing when I sorted a mudblood into Hufflepuff as the butt of my joke.

The evil-yet-powerful Draco Malfoy once snarked, “Imagine being in Hufflepuff. I think I’d leave, wouldn’t you?” and I am certainly guilty of making similar remarks to rile up some laughs.

When I first heard that Rowling had released a new Sorting Hat quiz, I was intrigued. Would I be the same Ravenclaw I have always been, or had my cynicism and senioritis turned me into a fullblown Slytherin? I have always felt like a borderline Ravenclaw, along with something else, but depending on my mood, I really could go any way.

Out of curiosity, I retook the test and dropped my jaw when my result was presented: “Welcome to House Hufflepuff.”

I panicked and tried to retake the quiz, but realized my fate and stared at my yellow screen with a framed badger, which represented Hufflepuff ’s house color and mascot.

Afterward, my feelings of disappointment soon became anger.

I scrolled down the list of famous

Hufflepuff characters, which included handsome Quidditch star Cedric Diggory, quirky Herbology teacher Professor Sprout, and Order of the Phoenix member Nymphadora Tonks. “Okay,” I thought, “These characters aren’t so bad after all,” and I continued to explore my updated Pottermore page. After exploring some Hufflepuff articles, I realized that I really was a good fit for this house.

Although I spent the last decade making fun of my Hufflepuff friends for being “wet blankets,” “pushovers,” and as Hagrid once stated, “a lot o’ duffers”, I never recognized Hufflepuffs for what they were; very in touch with their surroundings, accepting, and encouraging (which I would like to think I am too).

The infamous and anonymous Pottermore author him/herself even argues that Hufflepuff has the best house message and are the most kind and accepting house, and I would also like to encourage everyone to skim “Why you should fall in love with a Hufflepuff.” We are not as boring as you think!

While change can be scary, it should certainly be accepted, if not embraced. Maybe that is just the newfound Hufflepuff in me speaking, but to all Potter fans out there, retake the Sorting Hat quiz and see how you have grown since you first made your Pottermore account. Your result could surprise you, and help you realize a new and improved version of yourself.

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Notes From a Musical Outsider:

Heavy Metal Muslim Women Shred Stereotypes

By COLIN KIRKLAND COLUMNIST On an amateur level, I think we have all had a rebellious moment in the name of music. Maybe you were a nine-year-old white kid from the suburbs who discovered the shittiest of rap songs and started wearing a small chain with your pants real low (*guilty*). Or maybe some post-punk movement caused all your jeans to rip, your hair to change color, and your main priority to become resisting tyranny. If you have pissed off any older generation, especially your parents, you have won.

Music has always been a stellar art form for rebellious souls and renegade blood flow, hopefully sparking some change in society.

Solo artists and bands have been freaking out the masses for years.

In regards to rock, ’50s housewives were blown away with Elvis and his gyrating hips, and young girls literally peed themselves as the Beatles made their famous debut on the Ed Sullivan show in 1964.

More politically aimed moments include Rage Against the Machine shutting down the New York Stock Exchange for a day with their video “Sleep Now in the Fire,” and feminist band Pussy Riot being arrested for singing an anti-Putin song in a Moscow church with no intentions of apologizing. Gross government scheming and basic human “Ignance” make for some terribly offensive commentary, which ultimately leads to some pretty f*cking great art.

There are three heavy metal/ punk musicians right now who are all separately rebelling against serious stereotypes in different geographic regions. Gisele Marie, Meliani Siti, and Sena Hussain are all Muslim women depicting a strange dichotomy by playing burqa-clad death metal in bands and online videos. The most innocent approach to breaking the stereotypes many westerners have of Muslim women — that they are all the same and live under the same pressures and laws — came when teenage Meliani Siti of Indonesia posted a video on Youtube playing a hardcore cover of “Hourglass” by Lamb of God. Posted two years ago, with the casual caption: “Has taken before Im going to school, I wish you’re enjoying it,” the metal-guitar video quickly went viral with 1.5 million views. She is wearing a hijab while holding a red and white electric guitar, an image not many people are used to. Siti is opening up a new type of peaceful musical rebellion, entering the world of not just religion and rights, but the most controversial religion in the world right now, Islam.

One badass Muslim punk rocker named Sena Hussain is using music

to express how she feels about belonging to a misunderstood religious culture in the US. Islamaphobia is definitely real in the West. Many people have the perception that the religion breeds terrorist organizations and is a thrasher of women’s rights. But how can we rope 1.5 billion people into one barbaric category when all religions, especially Christianity, involve terrorism. Since 9/11 and all the recent stunts with ISIS, Muslim women in the west have been targeted on a daily basis.

Hussain’s Secret Trial Five, named after a group of Muslims believed to be terrorists held in Canada without charge, is both young and Muslim. Their lyrics deal with east v. west culture clashes and homosexuality in Islam. In 2007, on the Taqwatour, a tour of Muslim punk bands in the States, Siti and her band were invited to sing for the Islamic Society of North America in Chicago. After only the first song, they were forced off stage because the audience was so disturbed with a women singing, a conservative stereotype Secret Trial Five is trying to break.

With raw metal and political punk rock, the bad believes in embracing a new generation and a more open mindset.

Another woman who is shocking audiences with her religious beliefs is 42-year-old Gisele Marie of Brazil. She is a full-time burqa-wearing guitarist who has played in heavy metal bands and is currently dedicated to working on her first is solo-album.

On stage, she wears full garb, which at most live shows with her brother’s band, Spectrus, encites varying reactions. Some audience members think it is cool and get down to her tasty riffs, while other people are disturbed and walk out of the venue. Mane has been quoted on her public image, saying that Islam is her religion and music is her job — she would not ever impose wearing the burqa on anyone else, it is simply her choice.

Most westerners, including some left-leaning feminists, associate this article of dress with fear and total lack of rights. Well, that’s just bullshit. The burqa is something Muslim women can wear to erase the sexual judgements and harassment many women face on a daily basis, but that is just one of the many reasons. For Mane it is an unforced choice.

These three women are proud of their religions and embrace them as much as they are trying to change the perceptions of other Muslims and more ignorant outsiders, a niche without much publicity. With raw metal and political punk rock, they believe in embracing a new generation and an open mindset with a new form of rebelliousness.

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The Reality Show Play-by-Play You Need

By SARAH BERCOVITZ GUEST WRITER Warning: Spoilers included!

If you have not been keeping up with The Bachelor this year, where have you Ben? Pun intended. I’m aware that not every Bachelor fan has a viewing party or group message to discuss this season’s bachelor, Ben, or more importantly, the size of Olivia’s mouth, so I have come to the rescue. This is a show that simply cannot be watched without discussion, so allow me to be your Bachelor viewing partner (a couple days late).

Top Six Moments From This Week’s Bachelor: 1.

Ben surprising the girls at 4:00 in the Morning. This is a pretty common occurrence in

The Bachelor world, but there were a few notable things that we learned from this particular Ben surprise. One, Ben sleeps with a retainer. Two, this season’s most notorious trouble makers, Jubilee and Olivia share a bed.

I could not help but chuckle at this and three, Amanda either sleeps in a full face of makeup, or she is secretly a Disney Princess, putting every other normal human being to shame.

2. Jubilee’s sass/Jubilee’s exit. Jubilee’s sass could not be contained. I, for one, enjoyed this thoroughly. Can we really blame her? Ben is the real life Prince Charming, who also happens to be dating ten other women, with whom she lives. This being said, if Ben told me he loved me in Spanish, I would not argue.

She also contributed to one of the most awkward breakups in Bachelor history when she basically forced Ben to break up with her and then hugged him for an unnecessarily long time.

Jubilee’s side eye will forever be missed.

3. OLIVIA. Not a moment, per se, but there is just too much to say about this one. I am fully aware that The Bachelor’s producers play a large role in engineering the perfect villain, but Olivia needs to calm down. I actually had to write a list of all the awful things she said. First, of course, being that Amanda should be on Teen Mom. Not cool, Olivia. I would also like to point out that she may or may not have single handedly set the feminist movement back

50 years by declaring that she does not want Ben anymore, she needs him. Girl, nobody NEEDS a man. However, I do have to give credit where credit is due; she flawlessly consumed a cricket without complaint.

4. Ben’s FLAWLESS Pun. Just when I thought my unrequited love for Ben could not grow anymore, he uttered the phrase, “I’m no longer The Bachelor, I’m the spatchler” while on a cooking date, and I fell a little harder.

Nothing more to say; this man just deserves a round of applause.

5. Ben’s “High Fashion” shirt.

On his date with Lauren H’s, Ben walked the runway in what may very well be the ugliest shirt in the Universe. Ben was not afraid to strut his stuff in the horrendous button down, but I

think America took a communal cringe. Dear Bachelor producers, who is your fashion designer and why?

6. Ben’s and Lauren B.’s getaway makeout sesh. I am not usually a huge fan of the awkward Bachelor kisses, but Lauren B. and Ben are just too cute. Ben is completely into her, and I am completely into that.

Of course we all know that this weeks episode ended with an infamous “too be continued.”

My thoughts on part two?

Olivia will keep her rose (unfortunately) and one of this seasons many randos will be sent packing. I have a feeling that next week is going to the juiciest episode yet, so keep watching Bachelor Fans and have a great week!

Whatever Happened To Willow Smith?

Find Out Here

By ALAINA RING GUEST WRITER When the name “Willow Smith” comes up in conversation, the immediate response is, “like...whip my hair?” But for one moment, forget the pop star beginnings of Willow, the obvious trajectory she seemed to be on, following in the steps of other sons and daughters of famously talented parents. Record deals, tabloids, modeling and acting careers, the makings of glamorous Hollywood babies.

Now, in 2015, Willow makes her way into this treacherous foray, with a surprise release of her album Ardipithecus on December 11. Named after the first hominid bones found on the planet, Smith wrote fourteen of the fifteen tracks, and produced ten of them herself.

After the album release, it is evident that fiften-year-old Smith has grown into a girl far from your typical teenager.

Living in LA, she and her brother are homeschooled, and producing their own albums.

Recent interviews reveal personalities far from your typical “children of the rich and famous.”

For Smith, the transformation from a young, Rihanna-inspired pop star into a precocious, indie fifteen-year-old who sings spacey, chilled out tunes about Gaia and expanding

consciousness seems to have gone severely unnoticed.

So what is this album all about? 47. Indigo. Fellow LightEaters. Quantum Physics.

The non-linear nature of time and ancient Yogic texts. These are the interests of Smith and her brother. These kids are just beginning to find their voices.

These kids are part of a millennium that is synthesizing observations about the universe that are a little more complex than typical. They are then showing it to the world, through making this music.

Their philosophy is somewhat cultish and part of the same mysticism that seems to be subtly present in the work of younger musical artists, like the Pro Era hip hop collective and poetic lyrics of Frank Ocean.

Is it a response to the inauthenticity of the “hipster” movement?

As for the album itself, Ardipithecus is full of a kind of soul-searching angst that makes it irresistible, in some ways, but leaves the listener vying for some kind of organization to the freestyle.

There is something about Willow that is intriguing, though. Something about the sounds, the beats, that keeps you listening, and makes you feel really inspired.

You can hear influences from her self-proclaimed favorites, Radiohead and Girlpool, and a

legitimate intention to capture her inspiration, in her sound.

There is real potential and talent waiting for the sophistication that comes with time, practice, and experimenting with the kind of creativity that both Smiths certainly have.

Song for song, it can be taxing to listen end to end. There are not real melodies to hold onto, and some of the more interesting parts of the album sometime feel like a great idea that was never fully realized.

There is something irresistible about a love song dedicated to Adventure Time’s Marceline The Vampire Queen.

In the funky beats of Wait a Minute, a love song where Willow seems to hold onto a distinct tone of her voice that she developed through the album.

Other highlights are Waves of Nature, and the last track, Why Don’t You Cry. Besides being the most accessible to the average listener, the synths and beats are tighter and fit together more smoothly, and the lyrics and melody flow in a way that lets you feel like you are along for the ride, rather than scrambling along, trying to catch up, as is the case on some of the more experimental tracks.

Willow Smith’s latest is definitely one to take some time to listen to! It is absolutely worth it.

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Bey killing the crowds at her Super Bowl performance in February 2013

This Performance is Bound to be:

FLAWLESS

By ELLIE MINER STAFF WRITER The Super Bowl has around 100 million people from the United States alone who watch the spectacle, making it one of the most watched television events. People who do not even like football watch for the commercials and the halftime show. Therefore, the big question is changing from who is going to play versus who is going to perform.

Two years ago, Bruno Mars broke the record for most watched half-times with roughly 115.3 million viewers and then last year Katy Perry and Missy Elliot made it to118.5 million viewers.

Both Beyoncé and Bruno Mars will be performing

their second half-time shows alongside Coldplay who will be performing at the half-time for the first time.

It seems to be that the people who are picked to perform at half time are people who have either a huge following newly released albums.

Queen B, Bruno, and Coldplay all have different types of fans, but one thing that those fans are united upon is their loyalty to their celebrities, and the Superbowl music professions are certainly loyal to their favorite and most watched performers!

The Super Bowl has become less about the game and more about mass advertising, but who can complain when performances from the Queen of music are going to be happening in a few short days?

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Republicans, Democrats Win by Slight Margins in Iowa Caucuses

By KATHERINE KULL STAFF WRITER Registered Democrats and Republicans gathered to express their preference for the presidential candidate this past Monday, Feb. 1, at the Iowa Caucuses. This in turn determines how Iowa’s state’s delegates will vote at the state and then national conventions.

According to CNN, this year’s caucus in particular was so important because the race so far has been very unpredictable. CBS News described how there are 1,681 precincts, similar to voting districts, across the state of Iowa that held caucuses. These precincts operated in community centers, school gymnasiums, churches and other places that allow for large gatherings of people of which there were 1100 precincts for Democrats and 900 for Republicans. The Democratic Party of Iowa also held a “tele-caucus” for those who were overseas as well as several “satellite caucuses” at places like nursing homes or large businesses with employees working overnight.

CBS News referenced the Democratic Party of Iowa (IDP) to define the caucus as an “organizational gathering of neighbors…where Democrats meet to conduct party business and declare their Presidential preference.” They also reported that the Republican Party of Iowa defines it a little differently, saying “it’s a meeting of a group of persons in the same political party who select candidates or decide policy.”

The caucus works differently for each political party. For Republicans, caucus attendees show up to their designated precinct where they can hear messages of support from either one of the candidates, a representative from the campaign, or a supporter. People vote fairly anonymously, by casting a written ballot for their preferred candidate.

Once all the ballots are in, they are

counted and results are reported to determine how many delegates each candidate will be awarded for the state convention according to CBS News.

The Democratic Party is also competing for delegates, the number of which has been determined by the Democratic turnout during the most recent presidential and gubernatorial elections according to Rebecca Kaplan of CBS News. The candidate that “wins” the caucus has received the highest number of state delegate equivalents. To actually caucus, voters show up at their precinct site and divide into presidential preference groups for the candidate they are supporting.

The voters are physically taking sides of the room to support their candidate. Supporters are able to speak to one another about why they may be supporting one candidate versus another to try to convince one another to switch sides.

The group that is most pressured by supporters are the undecided groups since they have not yet taken a side of the room yet. For a candidate to even be able to be awarded delegates, he or she must receive support from at least 15% of people in attendance. If a candidate is no longer viable (does not receive enough support) his or her supporters have to opportunity to try to persuade other caucus goers to support their candidate. If that fails, the supporters may disband and support other candidates.

Once the sides are finalized, the ballots are collected and counted.

Based on the final results or the preference votes, each candidate will receive a proportional amount of the county convention delegates and state delegate equivalents.

In 2012, 121,503 Republicans showed up to caucus which is just shy of 20% of registered Republican voters while in 2008, the last contested presidential election, 239,874 Democrats

caucused, nearly 40% of registered Democrats according to CBS News. This 2016 caucus was predicted to have a record number of caucus goers as well as a record number of first time caucus goers as reported by CBS News. These first time caucus goers, often times the young demographic, were predicted to be a large asset to Democrat candidate Bernie Sanders and Republican candidate Donald Trump.

Monday night, both Democrat and Republican caucus sites reported record numbers of first time caucus goers: about 43% of Republicans and 41% of Democrats. The entrance polls reported that the races to watch would be between Trump and Cruz for the Republicans, however Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio were early leaders, and Hillary Clinton and Sanders for the Democrats according to CNN. Clinton held a slight lead over Sanders in Iowa, and spoke to CNN and said she had always expected a close caucus.

Sanders, on the other hand, was disappointed with the number of first time caucus goers. Most analysis expected a higher turnout of young voters for Sanders. In Ankeny, Iowa, however, one of the largest caucus sites, the voting was forced to begin 15 minutes late because of the sheer number of new voters that turned up, waited in line, and then registered to caucus according to CNN’s live report.

After the entrance polls were closed, it was revealed that Trump polled the highest of the Republican candidates with about 27%, Cruz close behind with 22%, Rubio next with 21%, and Ben Carson with 9% according to CNN. Of the Democrats, Clinton held her lead with 50%, Sanders following with 44%, and O’Malley trailing with 3%; the rest were undecided according to CNN. The night continued as precinct after MULTIMEDIA FROM PAGE 1

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Robert Baird ‘17 interviews Chloe McElligott ‘16 during an episode of The Hill News Radio’s inaugural season.

technical aspects of getting the website up and running,” he adds.

Jack Lyons ’17, the digital editor in training for The Hill News, has been working with DiPerno in order to build a smooth transition after DiPerno graduates this May. This correspondence will hopefully lead to a seamless changeover and allow The Hill to avoid a previous obstacle faced the last time a website was created.

“I have previous experience with journalism on the Internet and Brandon figured I was as good a candidate as any to take over as the digital editor,” Lyons states. “Thus far, I’ve enjoyed being a part of the editorial staff as well as being involved with a new and expanding part of The Hill News,” he adds.

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In three caucus precincts, Clinton beat out Sanders by a coin toss.

precinct tallied their votes.

In the end, it was Ted Cruz who pulled a victory on the Republican side with 28% of the vote, winning him 6 delegates for the upcoming state convention according to CNN. Trump followed, graciously taking second place with 24% of the votes and 5 delegates.

It was speculated on CNN’s report that Trump’s stunt by not going to the final debate before the caucus allowed Rubio, who took a close 23% of the votes, to pull support away from Trump.

Candidate Mike Huckabee has suspended his campaign after the caucus. As the Republicans celebrated victory and planned their next moves for New Hampshire, the Democratic race was closer than ever.

Clinton’s lead was slipping away and after 90% of the votes were counted and reported across Iowa, Clinton and Sanders were in a virtual tie according to CNN. Neither was able to gain a striking lead against one another as the night progressed. Clinton, at the end of the night was able to claim a small victory with 49.8% of the vote, however, Sanders was only two tenths of a point behind with 49.6% of the vote.

O’Malley suspended his

campaign after receiving only 0.6% of the overall vote in Iowa.

Clinton told CNN that luck was on her side this time in Iowa and she’s right. In three precincts, the votes were so close that it came down to a coin flip to determine which Democratic candidate would win. Clinton won all three. While Clinton claimed the final victory, it was Sanders who was able to claim the moral victory by exceeding expectations. It was expected that Clinton would take Iowa quite handily, and with this close of a race, it is clear that Sanders is more of a threat to the Clinton campaign than previously realized.

The Iowa Caucus was the first state caucus for the 2016 campaign season. Many have strong opinions about how these will proceed for the remainder of the 49 states.

“The political race has turned into a media blitz that has influenced how American politics are shaped due to the constant need for content,” said Max Lewis ’16.

The next state to hold a caucus is New Hampshire, next Tuesday February 9, then South Carolina on Saturday, February 20. These states will start to separate the candidates even further, giving a more accurate representation of what the nation wants as a whole.

The Hill has also expanded into the airwaves with its podcast, Hill News Radio, a talk show that I host on Thursday evenings at 6 p.m. (contact me if you are interested in coming on).

Although only three episodes are currently available on the website, the show has made tremendous strides. Show topics have ranged from the PCA production of Ash Girl, to Saints hockey, as well as student activism.

“The radio has been a lot of fun so far, at least in the few shows that I’ve been a part of. It’s nice to get on and talk about some of the articles that I’ve written and hear from other writers about their pieces,” Lyons, who is also a cohost at Hill News Radio, says. “I’m excited to see where the radio segment goes in the future.”

Lyons talks sports on Thursday nights and is sure to include

interviews from coaches and players in this season’s show.

The new multimedia is clearly a work in progress, as many individuals involved have remarked on aspects that they are not satisfied with thus far.

Emily Liebelt ’16, opinions editor has expressed dissatisfaction with the use of photos on the website. She says that student photographers do not necessarily take the photos displayed on the website but then again, not all the photos in the printed edition are taken by student photographers either.

“It’s cool to see the functionality of the website and radio show,” Liebelt says. “I think both have a lot of potential to help change the way the student body consumes content created by The Hill News.

Whether it’s being used to its full capacity remains to be seen.”

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Peyton Manning faces off against Cam Newton in Super Bowl 50.

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Super Bowl 50 will be played in San Francisco’s Levi’s Stadium.

OLD SCHOOL vs. NEW SCHOOL: Manning and Newton Face off in NFL’s Golden Game

By GRANT HAFFENDEN STAFF WRITER Superman vs. the Sheriff. The Dab vs. No Fly Zone. Whatever way you want to spin it, the 50th edition of the NFL’s Super Bowl pits the traditional spirit against modern day form.

Start with the matchup between the quarterbacks.

Yes, Peyton Manning holds the significant edge over Cam Newton in the age department, but it is the styles of these quarterbacks that set them apart. Manning represents the stereotypical pocket passer,

and has taken that path to become arguably one of the best quarterbacks ever. While his playoff record may not be the best, Manning holds just about any and every record a quarterback can hold. While it may be too early to tell, Manning, Tom Brady and New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees could be the last true pocket passers that the NFL sees.

On the other hand, Newton, Manning’s opponent, represents the “do everything” quarterback.

Just this year alone, Newton has accounted for 45 Panther touchdowns and is the Panther’s

second leading rusher with 636 yards during the regular season.

The trend towards this type of quarterback is not just limited to Carolina. Quarterbacks such as Russell Wilson in Seattle, Tyrod Taylor in Buffalo, and Aaron Rodgers in Green Bay have become a threat both through the air as well as on the ground.

Newton and the Panthers offense coasted through the regular season, accounting for the most points per game during the regular season with 31.3 points and 366 yards per game. The offensive explosion

allowed for the Panthers to finish with the best record in the league at 15-1 and a dismantling of a Cardinals’ defense that ranked fifth in the league coming into the NFC Championship Game two weeks ago.

This event also brings the classic matchup of the irresistible force: in this case the Panthers offense facing off against the immovable object, the Broncos defense.

The Broncos have followed the old adage that “defense wins championships” throughout the season. The Broncos had

the number one ranked defense throughout the regular season as they held opponents under 20 points per game and under 300 yards per game. Since the offense has been shaky with or without Manning, the Broncos’ defense has clearly been the reason that they are in the Super Bowl.

The 50th Super Bowl will be a celebration of one of the biggest sporting events in the world, and provides one of the more intriguing matchups the game has seen. While many consider it a one-sided matchup, this game should be closer than predicted.

SCOTT STEALS NHL SHOW

By TOM MATHIASEN MANAGING EDITOR

All is well that ends well. After a public relations disaster stemming from the fan selection of John Scott to the NHL All Star game, the league was finally able to put forth a solid showing of some of the NHL’s best players.

The mid season break hosted in Nashville showcased some of the talent the NHL has to offer through a skills competition that took place Saturday night. The competition featured some new and upcoming stars like Tyler Sequin, as well as seasoned and tenured veterans like Jaromir Jagr. Hockey games usually show fans intense players and coaches, but the mood on the benches during the competition was light and fun. Players posed for selfies, adorned wigs and funny t-shirts and interacted with fans and fellow NHLers.

Although the results of the competition had no immediate

impact on the players and they were taking the competitions lightly, it was evident they were still playing for pride, doing their best to dazzle the crowds and the fans at home with mesmerizing

On Sunday afternoon, it was John Scott, the fan favorite who stole the show, winning All Star Game MVP honors. moves and highlight-tape shots. At the end, the Eastern Conference notched the victory, 29-12.

The weekend also played host to a new style of All Star Game, a 3-on-3 tournament style competition in which the two divisions in each conference squared off against one another to face the winner of the other conference.

On Sunday afternoon, it was John Scott, the fan favorite who stole the show, winning All Star

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John Scott celebrates one of his two goals in a crowd-pleasing performance.

Game MVP honors after notching two goals and getting in a “fight” with Blackhawks All Star Patrick Kane. Not only was their pride on the line, but also $1 million dollars to the winning team, and it was clear that Scott was playing for both.

The game was a shining moment in the career of grinder and journeyman John Scott. “It was probably the coolest thing I have done in hockey, for sure,” Scott said during his post game conference. Scott now plays

for the Canadien’s affiliate AHL team in Newfoundland and is not expected to be called up anytime soon, but his performance in the 2016 All Star Game certainly left its mark on the league and the league’s fans.

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The men’s rowing team testing the tub.

Crew Team Trumps Winter with Indoor Tanks

By LAUREN WEEKS SPORTS EDITOR

Many college rowing teams have the opportunity to row all year round on the water with no problem. That is not the case, however, for many northeastern schools, especially St. Lawrence, which is known for long, and extremely cold winters.

This long winter season often puts SLU behind other schools when it comes time to race in the spring, but hopefully that will change this year for the Saints, as a new 16 station

indoor rowing tank room was recently installed.

Durham Boat Company, Inc. is the leading provider of indoor rowing tanks in the world, and has been designing and installing commercial indoor rowing tanks for 23 years. According to the Dreher company website, these facilities are primarily used for offseason rowing, muscle specific conditioning and technique training.

So far the company has sold 34 indoor rowing facilities of various sizes (2 to 16 stations)

to universities, high schools, fitness centers, club rowing programs and National Training Centers. “They’re an excellent resource because we don’t have access to the r i v e r from November until March and that historically has been a disadvantage for us,” said Alex McKenna ’18. “Basically we are going to kill it in the spring, and we’re all really thankful that we were able to get them installed.”

Dreher has provided indoor rowing tank equipment in the past four years to Tyne United Rowing Club, Durham University, Ridley College, Agnes Irwin School, Korean National Rowing Federation, Kansas State University, Tabor Academy and Suffield Academy.

The company reported that two other tanks were on order for January 2016 installation at St. Lawrence University and Maritime Rowing Club in Connecticut.

“It’s amazing,” commented Jack Leahy ’18. “The fact that such a young program like ours, in a location like ours with such long winters, is able to use these tanks is incredibly fortunate.

This is going to impact our spring season in a tremendous way. We are all anticipating huge success and are certainly now more motivated than ever!”The team will travel to Tampa over spring break before kicking off the 2016 spring season in Rochester on April 3.

Check out the Saints Instagram page (saints_crew) for more news and picture of the rowing tanks.

SAINTS SKIING STAYS STRONG AGAINST U.S. SKI TEAM AT UVM CARNIVAL

By LAUREN WEEKS and ELLE LUCAS SPORTS EDITOR and MANAGING EDITOR Despite the warm weather and continuously melting snow, the St. Lawrence Men’s and Women’s Alpine Ski teams had the chance to participate in the University of Vermont Winter Carnival last Friday and Saturday afternoon in Stowe, Vermont.

On Friday, the Saints participated in the Giant Slalom races.

Freshman Montana Marzario finished with a combined time of 2:16.15 to earn 23 points and take 17th place overall in the women’s race. Following Marzario was senior Amie Lonza, who placed 27th with a time of 2:20.92 for 15 points, and sophomore Sydney Henegan in 2:22.42 for 31st place and 11 points. The women’s team finished in 9th place overall with 49 points.

On the men’s side, sophomore Hayes Graham led the Saints with an 18th place finish in a combined time of 2:10.18 in his two runs for 24 points.

Fellow sophomore Mike Williams had a career best, finishing in 27th place with a combined time of 2:11.44 and 18 points. “This weekend we had some of the hardest snow that we have seen all season, along with some of the strongest competition,” said Williams.

“Overall, we made the best out of it with a few top 30 finishes.”

That competition was against some of the world’s top skiers: Michael Ankeny (38), Tim Kelly (42), and brother Robby Kelly (50), who have been competing for the United States Ski Team this season in the World Cup circuit.

“We were racing against world class competition,” said Senior Nick Stenicka, who rounded out the Saints with

a time of 2:12.19, earning 15 points in 30th place. “They had just returned after two days of world travel from Schladming, Austria and met up with us to ski at the UVM Carnival in Stowe,” he said.

Our men finished in 8th place overall with 57 points. To wrap up the Winter Carnival Weekend in Stowe, the men placed 6th overall with 61 points, while the women came in 8th with 52 points in the Slalom race on Saturday.

Stenicka led the men, finishing in 19th place. He earned 24 points for the team with a combined time of 1:56.78.

Junior Kei Kellberg finished second for the Saints with an overall time of 2:01.26 earning him 20 points and 28th place overall. Junior Taber Engelken recorded a time of 2:02.55 for 31st place and 17 points.

Junior Alita Rogers led the women’s team with a 19th place

Ice Hockey Q & A with Brian Ward ‘16

By KRISSY DI PERNO STAFF WRITER Name: Brian Ward Age: 23 Hometown:Haverhill, MA Major: Economics Position: Center How long have you been playing hockey?

I have been playing hockey since I was four. My brothers PHOTO COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS were hockey players and my Dad played in high school. We used to have a backyard rink, we built it every year, so I just grew up in a family that played.

What inspired you to join the team here at St. Lawrence University?

A couple years ago I went out West to play juniors, I transferred from Dartmouth and when I visited SLU I really liked the fit. It was a small school with a close-knit community and it was just somewhere I could see myself playing. It was a pretty easy transition. I went to prep school and then Dartmouth, which was a little bit bigger than SLU. SLU was more a home-y fit, with people more like myself.

What is your favorite memory of being on the hockey team at SLU? My favorite memory was in Lake Placid last year when we tied the game up against Colgate. It was cool to see the amount of support we had all the way over in Lake Placid!

How do you feel hockey is different from other sports on campus?

Probably just the length of the season because we go from October but right when we get to school in September we’re training and doing off ice and what not. Then the season playing games can go all the way until April, depending how well you do in the playoffs. It’s a long season; you’re playing games every single weekend. You don’t have as much of an offseason to experience what being a non-athletic college kid’s life is like, but it’s worth all the time I put in.

What is a skill that you have your learned from hockey that you have been able to apply in everyday life?

You have to follow your dreams and commit yourself to something because in the end it will pay off. I committed myself to hockey and I made a lot of life decisions based on hockey. I ended up here and I’ve had a great time here, so I would say it definitely paid off.

What are your suggestions for this weekend’s playlist?

Welcome to the Space Jam and Motion City Soundtrack What is your favorite thing to order from the pub?

I’m in a phase right now of grilled chicken wraps with hummus, black beans and tomatoes too.

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First-Year Montana Marzario focuses on the next gate.

finish in 2:08.18 earning 21 points. Lonza and Marzario finished 26th and 27th respectively with a combined 31 points for the Saints.

The Alpine team will travel to

Hanover, New Hampshire next weekend for the Dartmouth College Carnival, then they are off to Williams College the following weekend to finish out the regular season.