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All of the mystery and unanswered questions surrounding the blackout that forced campus to close was due to a popped circuit.

“If you are a student and you are sitting there for an hour as the power went off that’s not fair to you,” said Richard Edwards, director of the Physical Plant. “You aren’t getting your money’s worth, and the college is very sensitive to that.”

Blackouts have been a problem ever since the Co-Generation Plant was built in 2004. When the plant was first built, the campus initially had up to four blackouts a day. Since the plant has been built, the college has spent almost two and a half million on upgrades, which decreased the number to seven blackouts this year, only two of which sent the students home.

Edwards went on to explain

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Floating World

The Teaching Gallery is showing its first artist of the semester.

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Inside Creative Fall Clothes

Weather is changing and so is what people wear this time of year.

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Williams Isolation Students at Williams Hall express their feelings about being far from campus.

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Inside Sports Football freshmen

Vikings football team succedes during their first game, but has challenges ahead.

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Volleyball Win

The volleyball team starts with a quick loss, but picks a win right after.

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Mass exodous creates crowds due to buses being overfilled.

that the day of the massive blackout, there had been a popped circuit. Hudson Valley only allows for power to be out for an hour before the school must close, and by the time the plant workers had fixed the problem, the hour was up and evacuation was already in motion.

Despite the improvements to the plant, the college acknowledg-

es that something else was needed to help stabilize power.

“The Board of Trustees approved a plan last year to stabilize power by tying into National Grid, meaning that now National Grid will provide additional power to the college as a backup,” said Dennis Kennedy, director of communications and marketing. “We will still be using the green energy

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Pokémon Go has students running across all parts of campus.

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of the plant, but whenever it gives out, we will have National Grid to back us up.”

The new system will be tested after this semester in December during Christmas break so that if anything were to go wrong, it won’t affect students.

During the chaos, students lost a day of classes as they were forced off the campus with little explanation.

Chris Folk-Freund, nursing student, recalls being stuck in his class and doing nothing for several minutes. His teacher was reluctant to release them as they struggled to figure out what was going on.

“They really need to have a plan for this,” he said as he went on to explain that he was stuck in traffic for two hours because he couldn’t get right out of his class.

The frustration was universal as students like Ally Vanyke, liberal arts student, said she ended up simply ditching her car and walking home.

“I only live, like, a few minutes away from here, so it made more sense to just walk. People were waiting so long that a lot of

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The app has created Poké Stops in places such as the clock tower, the sculpture outside of the Campus Center and the Marvin Library.

Part of what makes this app popular among students is the game’s ability to pinpoint your location. This allows for Pokémon appearing anywhere on campus.

“Im catching a crab right now!” said Maxx Barnhill, a marketing student, while sitting upstairs in the campus center. Barnhill’s favorite part of using the app on campus is how it gets students moving and seeing the pokestops and gyms across campus.

“I’ve caught some pretty sick Pokémon,” said Latesha Mercado, individual studies student. Mercado recalls catching the best of

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(Above) Screenshot from in-game of gyms. (Below) Student Maxx Barnhill playing Pokémon at a pokéstop on campus.

tion in the real world. With the addition of things like Poké Stops, the game works to encourage moving around outdoors to different locations to move farther in the game.

With Poké Stops being set to specific landmarks and locations, students are finding themselves covering all parts of campus.

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Students pay a significant amount of money in fees to attend Hudson Valley, but most don’t even know what that money is used for.

Tuition Most people understand the tuition figure. Full-time resident students paid $2,150 this year, which saw a $100 increase from last semester. Full-time tuition for a nonresident student was $4,300.

Records and Activities Fee The Records and Activities fee pays for sports, student activities, and transcripts, as well as graduation. It also funds the discount Regal movie ticket sales on Tuesdays. The 30 active clubs on campus are also funded by this fee, as well as providing students the opportunity to go on low-cost trips throughout the semester.

“Our student activities office sponsors a number of different clubs. It also sponsors events throughout the semester for students, things like Welcome Week,” said Dennis Kennedy, director of communications and marketing.

The Records and Activities fee also provides students with cultural events such as musicians, artists, performances, theater, lectures and art exhibitions. Students paid $148 for this fee this semester, which experienced a $28 increase from last academic

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Come fall 2017, College Suites will be available for rent

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Transfer Advisor Visit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Siek Campus Center, Room 290 Yoga 12:00 pm – 12:50 pm Siek Campus Center, Suite 270 Heart Beatz: Therapeutic Drumming 11:00 am – 11:50 am Siek Campus Center, Room 270 Men’s Baseball Tryouts 4:00 pm Joseph L. Bruno Stadium

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Meditation Thursdays 10:00 am – 10:30 am Siek Campus Center, Suite 270 Wassa Pan Afrika Dance Ensemble 12:00 pm – 12:50 pm Maureen Stapleton Theatre in Siek Campus Center Game Day: Hula hoop Competition 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm In front of Siek Campus Center

By: Skylar Blankenship Staff Writer Students came back from summer break to see the beginnings of Hudson Valley’s first student housing initiative.

In early 2016, the college sold the site of the former Hy Rosenblum Administration Center to the United Group of Companies, a privately-owned business that specializes in the development, financing and management of real estate.

Hudson Valley students are in favor of the idea of having student housing close to campus.

Aubrey Brimmer, a liberal arts student, said, “I think that the housing is a really great opportunity for the students so they can be closer to their schools and their classes… [It] sounds like a really nice place so you are not just living on some mattress on a floor in some apartment.”

John Hoffman agreed. “I think the housing would be great.

It will offer more students that are coming into the area a new option for better transit from a less busy area to where they need to be,” he said.

The United Group is offering three different types of suites and a r e buildi n g 1 2 of each t y p e .

There will b e options for a two bedroom / one corner bath, a two bedroom / one bath and four bedroom / two bath rooms.

Each suite will have a living room and full kitchen.

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Suites will include central heat and air conditioning, a flat screen TV, free Wi-Fi and spacious closets and will be fully furnished. A fitness center, coffee bar, 24-hour group study areas and free parking will be available to all living in t h e building.

However, pets and smoking will be prohibited.

Students who choose to live in the College Suites will be an approximate three-minute walk from the Hudson Valley main campus. It is also in close proximity to fast food, several shops and various other services.

The suites are will be available for other college students in the surrounding area as well as Hudson Valley students. Room rates per installment are at $775.00 for the four-bedroom, $870.00 for the two-bedroom and $898.00 for the two-bedroom corner suites are available.

Financial aid might be available from students’ respective colleges to help pay for the

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Administration hopes this new student housing facility will help attract students to Hudson Valley because of the availability of housing.

“Though there is no financial relationship moving forward, it may help the college in terms of enrollment because we do know that a number of student come to the college from outside of the area… More than a 150 students come from out-of-state, and usually 25 to 30 come from other countries,” said Dennis Kennedy, director of communications and marketing.

Ap p l i c a tions for residency are currently o p e n online.

Former Assistant Athletic Director Justin Hoyt has succeeded Kristan Pelletier as the new interim athletic director.

Hoyt became interim director of athletics in September when Kristan stepped down due to personal reasons. Pelletier was not available for a comment on why she left the position.

Hoyt had served previously as assistant director of athletics and sports information director for over five years overseeing media relations, compiling game statistics and marketing Hudson Valley’s 16 NJCAA programs. He currently oversees more than 300 student-athletes and all the NJCAA Region III sports he formerly marketed.

Hoyt also administers the athletic program’s annual budget and supervises all components of the athletic department, including all coaches and staff members.

“Our coaches are the driving force in our student athlete’s overall experience, so it is important to have strong coaches in place that are committed to developing our student athletes as people in the classroom, and in athletics,” said Hoyt in an email interview.

Hoyt realizes the responsibilities that this position entails, and feels he is capable of handling them.

“Luckily, Ms. Pelletier had given me responsibilities to prepare me for this moment. I had taken over as acting director of athletics three years ago when she was on maternity leave, so I was well prepared for all aspects of the position,” said Hoyt.

Hoyt is also confident in his ability to represent the college as interim athletic director.

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tive manner. I believe leadership is one of the most important aspects of success and I look forward to leading the athletic department to academic and athletic success,” said Hoyt.

According to Hoyt, he will be making minor changes to the athletic department.

“I won’t be making any major changes to the athletic department, but I have a vision of where I’d like the department to be. We had great success under Ms. Pelletier’s leadership, and I hope to continue to build off of that,” said Hoyt.

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Welcome week activites abandoned due to outage.

Mob forms at CDTA bus stops. After busses forced to turn riders away due to overfilling.

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Students leave classes after recieving news that school is closing.

Traffic bumper-to-bumper in both directions on HVCC campus.

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Student passes time while waiting for traffic to move.

Car breaks down while waiting in the heat. Others diverted around.

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them had their cars parked, and the guys directing traffic weren’t really doing anything. I wasn’t about to waste my gas trying to get out of that,” she said.

“I’m a volunteer firefighter and I’ve never seen traffic that bad,” said Zachary Sheppard, a student training to be a paramedic. “Even if the security personnel were able to sort traffic more efficiently, it wouldn’t have made a huge difference unless they could regulate the flow of traffic - for example, letting each building out at a different time - or adding extra exits.”

Several students, like psychology major Michael Miller, were able to rush to their cars as soon as they heard the news and slip out the South Entrance, taking a left and beating the traffic.

Most though were stuck in the traffic for hours.

Fred Alberti, director of Public Safety, explained that because all students seemed set on leaving out of the North Entrance, getting them out efficiently became very difficult.

“If people had just taken a left, detouring to I-90, the traffic would have been a lot lighter,” he

said.

Initially, security had strategically blocked off certain parking lots, leaving students parked there to wait in frustration while officers tried to empty the lots closer to the front.

While many students didn’t suffer any negative academic repercussions, and, after escaping the traffic, enjoyed the day off, just as many were left frustrated and stressed out.

William Winkley, individual studies major, recalled having his biology lab canceled despite the fact the Science Building had

power. He had to do a makeup lab on top of his schedule the following week.

“This is bad now, but it would be really bad if this happened the week of the finals,” said Nick Seaberry, business administration major.

“It is extremely rare that we have to execute a collage closure in the middle of the day,” said Kennedy. “We hope that the additional power from National Grid will avert any future inconveniences like this to the students because your success is our priority.”

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Technology Fee The Technology fee covers the cost of computer equipment that is available to students. It cannot be waived, as it supports the digital academic infrastructure.

This fee also pays for the software, such as Blackboard and Banner, known to students as Wired.

In addition, the services available through the library and computer labs are also paid for by this fee. This figure did not change from last semester, but stayed steady at $300.

Health Fee The Health fee covers the cost of providing health services to all students. This includes a part-time college physician that is available to students by appointment. Students also pay their health fees to receive a weekly online subscription to Student Health 101 in their Hudson Valley inboxes. This fee adds $30 onto the bill.

Laboratory Fee The Laboratory fee pays for the upkeep of the laboratories, as well as new materials and supplies. This fee only applies to students taking lab classes, and it varies based on the course.

Vehicle Registration Fee For students who want to park their cars on campus, the Vehicle registration fee covers the cost of registering student vehicles. Students who do not park on campus can waive the fee. This year, the fee is $86.40. Paying this fee allows students to get their parking decals.

SUNY Assessment Fee The least expensive fee, the SUNY assessment fee, pays for administrative costs that come with running a 120-acre college campus. It’s a $1.50 fee that is mandatory for all students.

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A student studies one of Mailer’s works.

Maggie Mailer speacks about her artwork currently in the gallery.

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Two students discuss a painting at the Teaching Gallery opening.

Maggie Mailer’s “Floating World” is a surrealist-abstract series of paintings that are on display in the Teaching Gallery.

Jim Perry, a sophomore digital media student, said, “It’s like you’re tearing the paintings apart and going inside to see a surreal dream world,” about Mailer’s work.

Mailer takes influence from 18th-century Japanese Ukiyo-e art style and translates her own philosophy of life into all of her paintings. “Floating World” was also influenced by cartoons, the idea of “cliffhangers” and artists’ pallets, as well as other books and sources.

Mailer writes, “like dreams, or perhaps the nature of things – I’m interested in the imagery that lives within broken spatial orien-

tations. These paintings hope to disrupt the viewer’s psychological code… and within the disruption, signal the ability to float.”

The first floor of the gallery contains some of Mailer’s larger works done mostly on canvas using bright colors and many textures.

The second floor displays smaller, more diverse paintings.

Some of these works are done on sandpaper, while others were painted on traditional canvas.

There is also a display with viewfinders that Mailer encourages students and visitors to use to change their perspective on her paintings by focusing on a specific section.

During the reception after Mailer’s talk on Thursday, she encouraged attendees to tape bright-colored paper to three of her paintings on the second floor so that they too could be involved

in the work.

“We aren’t in the habit of thinking of the painting as something we have made ourselves, when in fact, you are making the painting yourself when viewing someone else’s work,” said Mailer.

In addition to the paintings where Mailer encouraged viewers to add pieces of paper, her suggestion box is an example of another interactive art piece. Comments can be left in the style of “car crash” which is done by using a pen that is surrounded by break away glass or “clean-up efforts” which is a pen surrounded by a hard soap.

Mailer studied architecture and fine arts at Columbia University. She currently lives and works in New Lebanon.

“Floating World” will be on display in the gallery until Oct. 22.

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Students use viewfinders provides by the artist to view the work in different ways.

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her Pokémon on campus in front of the Administration Building and around the Marvin Library.

Aside from the interactive Poké Stops, the app also includes things called gyms, where different players can battle people on their opposing teams. There are not as many gyms on campus as there are Poké Stops, but the most popular gym on campus can be found at the Joe Bruno stadium.

Pokémon Go allows for people to join a team once they have reached level five in the game.

There are three teams to choose from: Valor, Mystic and Instinct.

Of these teams, there is a wide variety of members from each team represented on campus.

“Pokémon Go is a fun, cool game, and you wouldn’t have imagined you could catch Pokémon in real life when you were playing pokemon red,” said

John Wienman, individual studies student. Wienman, who is on team Mystic, likes how many gyms there are at Hudson Valley to level up his characters.

With the game promoting engaging with others and outside activity, students find that heading across campus with friends to hit Poké Stops can be a great social experience for them.

“It’s a fun game, and I can walk around and hang out with my friends,” said Jon Schermerhorn, mortuary science student.

Schermerhorn, who is on team mystic, likes that he gets to meet people on campus with the same interests just by walking around.

With the physical activity brought on by the game, students will be able to find early in the semester the landmarks of the college, make new friends and familiarize themselves with the campus.

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John Wienman plays Pokémon Go at a poké stop outside the Seik Campus Center.

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Students swap sweating for sweaters By: Julio Rodriguez Staff Writer

The chilly morning weather is a tell-tale sign that fall is rapidly approaching, and students are more than ready for the change in seasons.

“I just want summer to be over with. I’m done sweating. I just want to be cozy in a sweater,” she said Emily Kuiber, individual studies student.

The prospects for sweaters and fall attire in general could not be better, according to Kuiber. The close of the 80-degree weather means that students are ready to change from sweating in t-shirts to getting comfy in sweaters.

Some students feel they are trained by name brand stores to crave fall weather as early as Aug. as a result of the presence of fall promotions and pumpkin memorabilia that line the streets for our enjoyment.

Within the first few weeks of the semester, there has been a huge presence of fall merchandise being distributed to stores and to students. Falling victim to “pumpkin fever” is virtually unavoidable for some students, so starting early in the game, they feel, is a smart idea.

Many students have already started to break out their collection of fall attire. Students like Kuiber discovered that she had more sweaters than she had imagined.

“I cleaned my closet out about a week before school

started, and I found out that I have 25 sweatshirts. I broke them out, and I was wearing one this morning while coming to school,” she said.

Kuiber happened to feel over-prepared for the fall weather, however there are many students who still have to prepare for the impending temperatures.

“I’ve started cleaning out all of my buckets that I have my winter stuff in, and I don’t have a lot of sweaters, which is why I need to go out and get more. I love sweaters and they’re really comfy,” said Tea’ Claus, psychology student.

Claus recommends shopping at Kohl’s if you’re on a student budget. She believes Kohl’s is a good choice because you can find nice-looking clothes that are not too expensive.

“Finding places that have cheaper options are a lot better, but they still have to look nice, and Kohl’s is that kind of place,” she said.

Claus feels students should try their best to update and maintain their wardrobe this fall, but they should do it with their personalities in mind.

“You should not try to copy everybody,” she said. “You can look like others but try to put your own little twist on it so that way it fits you better.”

Williams students feel isolated from activites on campus By: Shelby Collins Staff Writer Though the 8-minute walk to Williams Hall doesn’t seem that significant, it prevents students from experiencing all Hudson Valley has to offer.

“I feel like we’re kind of over in the corner, and everything happens more or less in the center of campus,” said Harry Carroll, autobody and mechanics major.

Williams Hall and Cogan Hall are home to all of the building systems technology programs.

They are located off of Williams Access road which is on the other side of campus. It takes approximately eight minutes to walk from the Campus Center to Williams Hall, compared to the twoto-three-minute walk from the Campus Center to the Marvin

Library.

“It’s not so bad now, but when winter comes it’ll be worse,” said Chris Mueller, a first-year automotive student. Due to the snow and cool temperatures, Williams students feel they have more difficulty getting to-and-from their classes depending on the season.

“I never go to Welcome Week,” said Frank Plastini, automotive student. Due to how far away students are from the Campus Center, some students choose to not participate in the activities of Welcome Week.

Although students feel isolated from a majority of events, Hudson Valley’s administration does try to include Williams Hall.

The breakfast events during Welcome Week included a station at Williams Hall outside of room 141.

Carol Masson, automotive

technical services major, said he would feel better, “[if the college paid] a little bit more notice of what is going on on campus because we are so secluded over here.”

Although many students see being far from campus as negative, there are students who find the distance can be helpful for their studies. Students find that they are less distracted by campus events and can stay focused on their work. Students enrolled in the building systems technologies programs are impressed with rigor of the programs and the emphasis on hands-on experience.

The building of Williams Hall itself was built in 1967 and it got its name from the Williams family farm, which was purchased and turned into the college campus.

After renovations, the cost estimate for Williams Hall alone was

$11,056,500.

The renovation added amenities inside Williams Hall and Cogan Hall to aid students in their studies and experience at Hudson Valley. A cafeteria is located in the connecting area between the two buildings, and a computer lab and study center are open for student use.

Students find that these features are useful because the library and other resources are so far away from the hall.

“It gives me more time instead of me going all the way over to the library, and there are people to help me with quick tutoring,” said George Robinson, autobody and repair major. Although these additions were added, according to some students, improvements can still be made to Williams Hall.

Students felt they would benefit from updated computer systems and some new equipment in the automotive departments.

Additionally, new parking lots would ease some of the stress of getting to class on time, which is a struggle for many Hudson Valley students.

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Students at Williams spend down time with each other at their cars.

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Freshmen recruits make impact By: Brandon Hladik Sports Editor

The Vi k i n g ’s football team started the season strong in their g a m e against Morrisville JV. In their first game, Coach Michael Muehling’s squad defeated Morrisville JV by 34 points, leaving the final score at 45-12.

Freshman quarterback Tajmaleeak Beckett was steady, completing eight out of 15 passes for 137 yards, along with 32 rushing yards.

The two freshman running backs, Cortez Watson and Dashon Burdett, combined accounted for 155 yards on top of that.

With the cancellation of the Army JV contest, the team is virtually on a by-week. The Vikings have time to sit back, look at what they did on the ball and carry that into next Saturday’s game against Lackawanna.

Lackawanna’s Falcons exploded for a 68-0 lead over Gattaca College this weekend under the leadership of award-winning coach Mark Duda.

This may be the most demanding competition of the Vikings all year but the team has confidence in their preparation.

John Elliot (wide receiver) receives a pass.

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Early loss recovered By: Zoe Deno Staff Writer Hudson Valley’s volleyball team started their season with two away games.

The first game kicked off at noon as the girls played against New York’s largest community college, Suffix. They ended up losing the game with the final score of 20-15, 17-25 and 12-25.

The day turned around though, as the team headed to the nearby Hostos Community College later at 5 PM. They played to earn themselves their first victory with final scores of 25-19, 11-25, 17-25, 25-23 and 15-9.

The victory was ensured by the hard work of all the team

members, however with 32 assists, 9 kills, 8 digs and 3 aces, freshman setter Danielle Pardo was a major player.

Her teammates sophomore right side and outside hitter Emily Schumaker and sophomore setter Megan Persons also played ruthlessly. Schumaker closed the day with 15 digs and 6 kills and 6 aces and Persons scored similarly with 15 assists, 9 kills and 8 digs.

The 1:1 team record leaves fans wondering how the rest of the season will go.

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Vollyball coach Brian Van Vliet meets with players during a game.

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Vollyball team huddles before a set.

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