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Theater Club’s First Musical, Dames at Sea will be at 2 p.m. The last of these FATIMA HUSSAIN STAFF WRITER The HVCC Theater Club will be performing the musical Dames at Sea in the Maureen Stapleton Theater between April 26 and May 5. The show is free for HVCC students, $3 for faculty and staff, and $6 for general admission. Dames at Sea will be the first musical to ever be put on by HVCC students. The plot revolves around a group of dancers, whose theater gets shut down before a show, forcing them to move their show’s performance to a ship. “They are literally dames at sea….It’s very goofy but at the same time there are some really cute, heartfelt numbers, and I’m very, very proud of how it’s all come together in such a short amount of time,” said Calley Parks, Assistant Director and Theater Arts senior. There will be a total of seven performances of the show. It will be performed at 8 p.m. every night from April 26 to April 28, and again from May 3 to May 5. On Sunday, April 29, the performance
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performances will be done by the understudies. Dames at Sea was originally written as an off-Broadway show in the ‘60s, based on the economic collapse of the ‘20s. Parks said that it is now especially relevant in context of the Occupy Wall Street movement, to which the directors have decided to make a connection. “We’ve actually been able to very gracefully tie in all of that Wall Street stuff, so a lot of the props from our production of Dames at Sea, we have Occupy Wall Street signs and one of our set pieces is actually a tent, so it’s something that’s been a lot of fun and it’s still a very bright, happy show,” Parks said. The musical numbers in the show range from upbeat to wholehearted and, according to Parks, are very impressive for an off-Broadway show. “The music is just great, because you EMILY HART auditorium to discuss the new think like a small, off-Broadway STAFF WRITER motto and marketing campaign production isn’t going to be as On Monday, April 16, for Hudson Valley. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 there was a meeting in the BTC The meeting was started with
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Theater Club’s First Musical, Dames at Sea CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 elaborate as some of the bigger musicals, the more well-known musicals, [but] it’s really quite a show.” Casting for the show was done at the beginning of the semester in a series of auditions, and the eleven cast members have been rehearsing ever since. During rehearsals, they have had to face the unique challenges of putting on a musical performance. “Between the dance and the singing and all the props, and all the set changes, and all of the light changes, it’s crazy, so it’s a completely different animal than what we’ve been used to doing…. It was a little weird at first, taking the acting and staging elements and putting them together with the musical score and…the dance,” said Parks. She explained that, at first, some rehearsals consisted entirely of singing, others were only of
dancing, and still others were purely acting rehearsals. Since then, the cast have been working to coordinate all the elements of the show. Parks said, “We’ve been dancing more than anything else…three-quarters of the cast have actually taught themselves how to tap dance so they could do this show, which is… it’s a very difficult kind of dance to do, it’s hard to choreograph. And these guys, they dance like they’ve been doing it for years now.” In addition to the cast members, the rest of the crew has also been working hard to bring the musical together. “Stage management has been split up into a few different people just because it’s such a massive undertaking of coordinating the tech and everything. It’s been such a relief for me to have such amazing, supportive stage
managers,” said Parks. Preparation for the show has, according to Parks, really bonded together all the cast and crew. “We’ve all become friends, so even if people…didn’t hang out with the theater crowd before, they definitely do now because we’ve all become so close. [Theater] makes a lot of really great relationships for people.” Parks is expecting a very positive response to Dames at Sea, especially due to its status as HVCC’s first ever musical. She said, “It’s definitely big, it’s maybe a little bit bigger than we had anticipated, but it’s been a wonderful learning experience and I hope it’s the first of many, many musicals.” For information on the Theater Club’s performance of Dames at Sea, contact show director, David Birch, or assistant director, Calley Parks.
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College’s New Marketing Campaign CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “We asked Smith and Jones to understand the priorities and the challenges we deal with at Hudson Valley, particularly the different public that we are engaged with. To take a fresh look at our image and our advertising and marketing strategy,” said Matonak. He went on the say that the old motto was, “We are the community’s college,” but “We are so much more than that.” President and Creative Director for Smith and Jones, Christine Tieri was the key speaker for the presentation. She explained the thought process of the group and the direction they went. “We were so excited when we sat down with senior staff and felt the energy here at Hudson Valley, we learned so much from you guys, from the moment we stepped foot on campus we were so impressed how proud people are to work here and just the passion that people feel for the school. It made our job pretty easy,” said Tieri. She continued to discuss about what a brand should mean to an organization. Using the
company examples of Target, Apple and Harley Davidson, she spoke about adding to the brand experience and consistency of the attitude. “We started with a brand discovery report using the objectives that you guys gave us and then adding research that you provided us and research we did on our own. Funneled into the brand positioning report, this was hundreds and hundreds of hours went into this,” said Tieri. Tieri also talked about the mission to incorporate the many faces of the school and the spirit of the college to increase enrollment. Talking about current students that will continue to take classes as well as the 65,000 or so alumni that are from HVCC, many are looking to encourage others to attend. “We want a simple but bold message,” she said, discussing the marketing strategy they used, looking to capitalize on a personal connection. “A few years back, it might not have been sexy to go to a community college, but [with] the economy the way it’s been, and the price of higher education
sky rocketing, people are taking a closer look at community colleges and seeing what they offer. It’s a smart choice because of all the options here. So this is your time.” The brand statement they came up with to guide them while working on the creative side that describes the college and the attitude they wanted to project, Tieri stated, is, “Hudson Valley Community College cultivates successful futures through personal connections and a progressive approach to learning.” So, our new tagline is, “Be Bold. Be a Viking.” She explained that “To be a Viking, it doesn’t mean you have to join the football team, although it would be great if you would. Viking is going to become a culture… it’s going to penetrate everywhere here and people are going to have that feeling of pride... We’re going to redefine what it means to be a Viking. A Viking is bold, it’s giving you permission to forge your own path.” “You can go anywhere from here,” Tieri explained.
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It’s election time again at HVCC. The governance of the Student Senate is once again in the student body’s hands. This isn’t one election to skip out on. The Senate has responsibilities that affect all students in one way or another, ranging from deciding where to allocate the funds generated from the Student Activities fee every student is required to pay, to making sure the students are represented when the college is making any important decisions. These two responsibilities, among many others, have a significant impact on how the college’s student life will fare in the future, which is why every student should vote in this election. According to a story done by The Hudsonian in November
about student participation on campus, an estimated two percent of students voted in Spring Elections last year. Considering the important role the Senate is supposed to play in promoting student representation, it’s a travesty to see that only two percent of the student body decided the makeup of the student government, let alone somewhat undemocratic. The lack of participation in that election might be attributed to the fact that this is a commuter college. So many HVCC students will be inclined to simply attend classes and then take care of any outside responsibilities, probably forgetting about the election. However, that reasoning can only go but so far due to the accessibility, ease, and short-
time and ease for students to vote. All students that are eligible to vote will receive an e-mail with a user name and password to gain access to the web ballot. After filling in the required information, it’s simply a matter of clicking the candidate that’s best for the job. So, for the sake of having a say in your college experience, The Hudsonian urges all eligible students to take the short time out of their day to go online and vote. The polls will be open to students on April 25-26 and can be accessed at hvcc. edu/elections. If there are any additional questions, students can contact the Student Activities office at (518) 629-7348.
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Writers’ Bloc Avoiding Plagiarism
JIM LaBATE WRITING SPECIALIST IN THE LEARNING ASSISTANCE CENTER Certain football coaches source’s information, and you are reluctant to have their teams put that information into your throw the ball because, according own words, usually in a way that to the cliché, “When you throw a is much more concise with fewer forward pass, three things can specific details. Unfortunately, happen – and two of them are some students view a paraphrase bad.” Yes, these coaches fear as if it were a translation into that their quarterbacks will throw a new language, and they an incompletion or, worse yet, simply substitute synonyms for an interception. Still, however, the key words or phrases. To their quarterbacks do throw the paraphrase correctly, however, ball once in a while because you should change both the the coaches also recognize sentence structure and the the positive possibility of a overall vocabulary, so that your completed pass. Plagiarism, paraphrase has your own unique on the other hand, offers no style rather than the style of the positive possibilities whatsoever. original author (Maimon, Peritz, As a student, if you are caught and Yancey 353). plagiarizing, three things can Summaries. When you happen, and all three of them summarize, you’re also putting are bad. the source’s information into Plagiarism is, essentially, your own words, but you’re doing a theft of intellectual property. so in a much shorter format. When you take another person’s According to Lynn Troyka and ideas without giving that person Douglas Hesse, the summary is credit, that act is the same as the technique you’ll use most if you broke into that person’s often in your research, and you’ll house and stole the television. use it primarily to focus on main Some students plagiarize ideas. Thus, you may have to because they don’t know any break down the original source better. Others are simply not as into smaller segments and, then, careful as they should be with extract the main idea from each their documentation. Still others segment. At that point, you may are unwilling to do the work, and have to accentuate certain ideas, they hope they won’t get caught. eliminate others, and organize You should know, however, your selected ideas to fit the that the faculty and the overall pattern of your paper. administration at Hudson Valley Once you’ve chosen the Community College will not appropriate quotations and once tolerate plagiarism. According you’ve finished writing your to the College’s “Plagiarism paraphrases and your summaries, Policy” pamphlet, HVCC “has a you need to cite all those sources strong policy against plagiarism in two places: (1) immediately because when students after the quotation, paraphrase, plagiarize, they threaten the or summary in an in-text citation integrity of the entire institution, and (2) at the end of your paper and they devalue the legitimate in a complete list of sources. intellectual accomplishments In-text Citations. Generally, of all students.” So what can an in-text citation will give your you do to avoid plagiarism? reader a general reference to the You can learn to use all of the source of your information. For following correctly: quotations, example, you might include the paraphrases, and summaries author’s name in the paragraph along with in-text citations and a itself, as this essay does in the list of sources. paragraph on “Summaries.” Or Quotations. When you copy you might include the author’s directly from a source, you name within a set of parentheses have to put the copied material (a parenthetical reference) at in quotation marks to indicate the end of the quotation, as this that the material was originally essay does in the paragraph on composed by someone else. “Quotations.” Finally, you might Generally, you should include use a parenthetical reference at quotations “when a source’s the end of the paragraph that exact words are important includes either a paraphrase or to your point and make your a summary, as this essay does in writing more memorable, fair, or the paragraph on “Paraphrases.” authoritative” (Maimon, Peritz, You might even use a footnote and Yancey 358). Does that mean or an endnote to indicate that you should fill your entire paper general information about the with quotations? No. Anyone source is located at the foot of the can simply copy quotes; your page or at the end of the paper. teachers would much rather see The information included in you paraphrase or summarize these citations and the placement what you read and use quotations of the citations will depend on only for special effect. the documentation style you are Paraphrases. When you using. paraphrase, you take your List of Sources. At the end of
your paper, you must also provide an alphabetical list of either the works mentioned in your paper or the works consulted during the research process. (Again, the exact format will depend on the documentation style you are using.) Generally, you have to provide the author’s name, the title of the work, and enough of the publication information, so that your reader can also find that same source. Is it acceptable to provide only the in-text citations or only the list of sources at the end? No. You need to provide both, and if you fail to do so, you are guilty of plagiarism. And the punishments for plagiarism are severe based on the level of the offense. According to the Hudson Valley Community College Catalog, for a minor offense or a Level One violation, you “may receive a failing grade for the assignment” (330). For a “significant” offense or a Level Two violation, you “may receive a failing grade for the course” (330). Finally, for a repeated offense or a Level Three violation, you “may receive a failing grade for the course,” and “may be suspended or expelled from the College” (330). Note, that if you commit any of the three levels of violations, your name will be forwarded to various authorities on campus. Note, too, that if you feel you have been unjustly accused of plagiarism, you do have the right to appeal. Thus, as mentioned earlier, “if you are caught plagiarizing, three things can happen, and all three of them are bad.” Obviously, then, you will want to avoid plagiarism by keeping thorough records of all your sources and by properly documenting those sources according to the style that is required by your instructor or appropriate to your subject matter. Works Cited Hudson Valley Community College Catalog. Troy, NY: Hudson Valley Community College, 2011. Maimon, Elaine P., Janice H. Peritz, and Kathleen Blake Yancey. The New McGraw-Hill Handbook. Boston: McGrawHill, 2007. “Plagiarism Policy.” Troy, NY: Hudson Valley Community College, 2005. Troyka, Lynn Quitman, and Douglas Hesse. Simon & Schuster Handbook for Writers. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/ Prentice-Hall, 2007. The Writing Center is located on the upper level of the Marvin Library, and you can go there for help at any stage of the writing process.
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The Lucky One not a game changer, but still enjoyable EMILY HART STAFF WRITER When discussing any Nicholas Sparks movie, it will always be compared to The Notebook. The Lucky One falls short. Not as short as other Nickolas Sparks movies of the last few years, but still short. The Notebook is a film that can change people; a beautiful story about how it’s work to be in love. This is not that film. I went in having no expectations at all, so I was pleasantly surprised. It fills the chick flick void that I love so much. It’s about a man who is at war in modern times. He finds a picture in the dirt of a pretty blonde, and when finding it, he is saved from an explosion. Thinking the girl saved his life, when he returns to the states he looks for the girl. When he finds her, he can’t tell her his secret. It sounds crazier than it seems when it’s played out on screen. Zac Efron is okay in his role as Logan, the quiet, sensitive, and
strong type. There were too many scenes of him playing with dogs and moving heavy things while sweating just a little. Plus, the ending was over the top. Taylor Schilling played a great role as Beth, a worried mother and grieving sister. This chick is on an emotional roller coaster and hits every emotion while on her journey. Her mother, played by Blythe Danner, was perfect as the knowing mother who has most of the comedic lines and carries them well. Jay R. Ferguson, who plays the ex-husband Keith, is practically a cartoon character playing the angry, red neck, simple-minded, crooked cop ex-husband. The plot is predictable and there are no twists, and the bad guys get what they deserve and the good guy gets the girl. Even the main character, being a war veteran, is only brought up when it’s convenient, and I believe a missed opportunity to say a bigger message. The scenery is beautiful, of course. I think that Nickolas
Sparks has run out of ideas and has fallen into the Stephen King category, spitting out the same things over and over. With all that being said, I did like it because I like stories about soldiers from my generation. I like stories about love coming from friendship. Yes, there are great scenes of Zac Efron moving heavy things and working hard, but my favorite were the ones where he and Riley Thomas Stewart playing Ben, Beth, and Keith’s young son, are interacting. Is there anything sexier than a guy who knows how to talk to kids? ...No, not really. I love how he didn’t teach him how to fight or to stand for himself. He taught him to march to his own drum and not hide his intelligence and skill to win expectancy. There is a scene when they all goofy dance in the kitchen, which is the definition of a great family. Should you see this movie? Yes, leave your man at home, bring tissues and low expectations, and you’ll have a great time.
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RANDY HAMMOND STAFF WRITER In a sports year at Hudson Valley there are approximately 240 student-athletes, over 230 games and over 30 competitive tournaments. Head Director of Athletics, Kristan Pelletier and assistant Director of Athletics, Justin Hoyt handle what goes on behind the scenes to help make it all happen. Hoyt received his bachelor’s degree in sport management, with a minor in business, from Clemson University and a master’s degree in sport administration from Canisius College. “I’ve been here for four years and before that I played and coached college basketball and that’s how I started with athletics,” Pelletier said. “I finished my under-graduate and graduate degrees at the college of Saint Rose and I’m currently working on another degree.” In her four years she has help lead the athletic department to major improvements, “We’ve added two new sports, Facebook, Twitter, we’ve revamped our
intramural program, a new weight room, we’ve added pumpkin palooza and hired a new trainer.” Hoyt said, “We’re just trying to get our sports information more organized and up to date.” But that’s not all, “A lot of marketing initiatives, the banners in the lobby, and we’ve completely re-done the website,” Pelletier said. “I handle all of the sports information; I do all of the press releases, keep the stats up to date,” Hoyt said. The Vikings football team currently holds practices behind the campus on a dried up dirt field, but not for much longer. “We’re working on a new turf field with a track that would be available to all of the teams and the campus community, whoever would want to use it,” Pelletier said. That will give the football team a field to practice on and soccer and other teams would use the field to play on. In everything they do there is a rule they have to abide by, their rule book happens to be 200
pages. The rule book covers just about everything from eligibility to safety precautions. “When someone tries out for a team they have to get physicals and fill out so much paperwork and it’s a lot for someone to keep track of,” Pelletier said. Hoyt said, “Things like football helmets have to be changed after every season to make sure they are safe enough for use.” There is so much to worry about for them; Pelletier said “If you can’t multi-task, this job is very hard to do.” All sports information is in the Viking View, which is a magazine that was created by Hoyt in his tenor here and it is what he calls a “season wrap-up” for all the teams at Hudson Valley. The work is hard but Hoyt said, “I really enjoy it, so it makes it a lot better.” Pelletier said, “I love working with all of the different sports and all of the students with different backgrounds and I love seeing them succeed.”
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