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Women’s soccer Division III number one scorer: Elisabeth Morehouse

A recap on the presentation given Angelo Mazzone on entreprenurship.

because she was homeschooled,

so she turned to Albany’s indoor By: Zoe Deno Turf Zone Arena.

Staff Writer OFFICIAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF HUDSON VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE Page 2 With 23 goals scored this season, Elisabeth Morehouse is ranked number one in the nation.

“My high school team always said that life is just a game of inches,” said Morehouse. “If you are a half inch too late or too early, it doesn’t quite work. I guess that’s the same with life, you have to let the timing work out perfectly and you have to keep trying up to the very end.”

Morehouse began playing recreationally when she was five years old and graduated into the travel team when she was 10. She never had the opportunity to play modified in a traditional school

“A lot of soccer players play there on the off-season,” Morehouse said.

She continued, “I didn’t always [play] indoors; I was still timid. I hit a point when I didn’t care who was watching when I messed up.”

In high school, Morehouse joined Coxsackie Athen’s team and played varsity. She started off as an outside midfielder until her junior year, when she became a striker. “[Soccer] has definitely shaped me a lot because it has always been consistent. If I was going through something, I would still be playing soccer; if I was do-

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Students recount past halloween experiences.

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Electoral College

Students express concerns with general election as it relates to the Electoral College.

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Clocks

Classrooms are lacking clocks.

Find out how students manage time keeping.

Student arrested during “Saint” Ross confrontation speaks out

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FInd out the results from the double-header last Saturday.

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Deborah Gary tells her side of the story and explains why she confronted “Saint” Ross.

Gary is a fine arts student who heard Rev. Ross Jackson’s preaching as she was walking to

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“His sign said, ‘You deserve hell’ with a finger pointing out of it. So I just faced [the finger] back at him saying, ‘Who’s the finger pointing to now?’” Gary said.

“I’m Christian, and I thought, ‘Oh, hey, this guy is talking about God, maybe he’ll say some interesting stuff,’” she said.

As she went to listen, Gary discovered that Jackson’s words did not align with her own beliefs as a Christian.

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Elisabeth Morehouse controlling the ball against Onondaga last Saturday.

ing well, I would still be playing soccer.”

Morehouse said that there were two times she came very close to quitting the entire game of soccer.

The first time was during her sophomore year of high school when she was playing outside midfielder. “It was mid-season,

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certainly not the only metric for college success,” said Kennedy.

Kennedy continued, “We believe that we’re here to support our students in achieving their individual education and career goals, and sometimes, that does not include obtaining a degree.”

Some students want to gain a semester’s worth of work and move on or take specific classes to help them in their job fields or just to gain experience. These students have the opportunity to gain the skills they need to get a job or a promotion.

Suzanne DeRook, who is working towards a certification in surgical technology, isn’t sure if she’ll transfer anywhere afterwards. “I think my first importance is receiving a job since I’m paying for this. I’m not doing financial aid or anything and then possibly there’s two year degree in [surgical technology], so I could continue at Hudson Valley.”

Hana Liscomb, who is com-

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Graduation rate 17 percent less than national average

Hudson Valley’s 25 percent graduation rate is below the national average, but there are a lot of factors that contribute to that number.

“You may draw the conclusion that community college graduation rates are too low,” said Dennis Kennedy, director of communications and marketing.

“The other side of that argument is [that] many of our students come here without the intent to graduate.”

According to the Department of Education, the national average graduation rate is 42 percent.

However, Kennedy says that these figures do not represent the goals or realities of many students.

“When it comes to community college, I think there are other factors to consider. Sometimes the metric ‘did they get a degree in two years? Three years?’ is not the best metric for success and it’s

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Angelo Mazzone talked to students last week about his journey as an entrepreneur and how he built his business up from nothing.

“You have to have perseverance. You have to be able to get up every single day and do it, and go back the next day even after you get knocked down. You have to work, really, really hard,” Mazzone said.

Mazzone was invited to speak on campus by the entrepreneurs and investment clubs.

Jad El Khoury, president of the entrepreneurs club, said, “It was my goal to have a humongous turnout because I wanted people to kind of realize that there’s more on campus than going to your classes and back. That’s not really what Hudson Valley is.

Hudson Valley is about really creating opportunity for students and teaching them skills that they’re not really going to learn by just going to class.”

Mazzone went to Hudson Valley for his first year of college in 1971 as a physical education major.

The next year, he transferred to Schenectady County

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into the hospitality and restaurant management program.

He started with ventures like opening the Desmond Hotel and becoming the director of food service at Union College. Today, he owns 23 different restaurant and event locations and employs a team of over 1,200 staff members.

During his address to students, Mazzone shared some of the challenges he faced as he built his business, but he also told students some of the secrets of his success.

“What motivated me the most was when people said I couldn’t do it,” he said. “It motivated me in sports when my coach in wrestling would say, ‘There’s no way you can beat this guy.’”

“I definitely think that anybody, no matter what their future goals are, can learn something from [Mr. Mazzone’s] speech, simply because he has fulfilled what we like to call the American Dream,” El Khoury said. “He’s done what a lot of people want to accomplish. This is why we are going to college because we want to get that special job or have something that we look forward to doing every, single day.”

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pleting a high school equivalency program, will not be graduating from Hudson Valley. “I am just taking this for the credits and then I’ll be transferring from here to UAlbany.”

Ease of credit transfer between Hudson Valley and the UAlbany made the 24 credit hour program she’s enrolled in appealing.

Community colleges generally have more affordable tuition rates than four-year schools.

Some students come to Hudson Valley to work on increasing their GPAs before enrolling in a fouryear school and paying for, in many cases, higher tuition fees.

“Our mission is to provide access to education for anyone in our com-

munity, and we do not have a selective administration process.

While many of our students are very well-prepared for the rigors of college, we do have a population of students that may be less prepared to succeed in higher education,” said Kennedy.

To address that population, Kennedy said the college offers several services including free tutoring, the Learning Assistance Center, mentoring programs, academic coaching programs and a referral system for faculty to identify students in need of support and accommodation for individuals w i t h

learning disabilities.

“There are other ways to take a look at the data or look at a different set of data to get at what you would call student success,” said Kennedy.

The Student Achievement Measure and Voluntary Framework of Accountability is one such alternative way to measure student success. It tracks data beyond whether or not a student graduates, such as if they’ve transferred to another school without graduating. It also follows a student’s progress for six years rather than three, which is the standard time for tracking student progress at two year schools.

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Deborah Gary reflects on her arrest during Ross Jackson’s demonstration on September 21st.

“I heard the stuff that he was really saying, and it was way off, which was when I decided to jump in,” said Gary. “[Jackson] wasn’t at all speaking about the love of God, which is what we’re supposed to be talking about,” she continued. “He was calling homosexuals faggots; he told me that I’m not Christian because my skirt was too short, and it ended, like, an inch above my knee. He said that all college football players are whoremongers, and basically tying everything into sex and perversion, when there was really no connection at all.”

Gary said that Jackson’s words made her angry. “[I was angry] because he kept calling himself a saint, and he is not,” she said. According to Gary, Jackson said he was no longer a sinner because he repented of his sins and has not sinned since doing so.

“Yeah right. What, did you repent yesterday? Everyone is a sinner. Whether you go to God and repent or not, you’re still a sinner; that fact remains,” Gary said.

Gary joined the group that was confronting Jackson. She also said that she was trying to make a point with her actions.

“Because the finger on the sign was pointing out to everybody else, and I thought that pointing it back at him might give him a better idea about how it feels saying that we’re all horrible people and sinners and perverts,” Gary said.

“He thinks that he’s so much better than us, and I just wanted him to know what it felt like to be on the other side of the finger on the sign,” he continued.

She continued, “I was acting in the heat of the moment. I never would have hurt anybody; I just want to say that right now.

I never would have hurt him or anyone else standing there. I was just trying to make a point, and I was angry. That’s all.”

Gary also questioned why she was charged with breach of peace when Jackson’s words were not peaceful. “The arrest report also said that I was disturbing the peace. I just want to say that I didn’t feel like I was disturbing any peace because what he was doing was not peaceful. It was awful.”

According to Gary, after she went to court following the incident, she found out that the charges would be dropped in six months.

“[Jackson is] unfairly protected by his freedom of speech and religion, which obviously everyone has a right to exercise, but he wasn’t exercising it, he was abusing it,” Gary said. “He might not see it that way, but I do, and so does everyone else I’ve talked to since this happened.”

Gary also said that the arrest report was incorrect in what it said about the details of the event.

“It says that I grabbed his sign and a gallon jug of water, which didn’t happen. I did reach for his sign once, but I didn’t even know there was a jug of water; he took it away before I could grab it,” Gary said.

She continued, “Later on, 10 or 15 minutes, I did actually grab his sign. I didn’t try to steal it, though. In the arrest report, it says I tried to run out of the pavilion with it, but I didn’t.”

When Fred Aliberti, director of Public Safety, was asked to comment on the possibility of the report being incorrect, he said, “Regarding the jug of water and the sign, [Gary] may not have run out of the pavilion completely with it, but she did handle those objects in an attempt to take them away from Mr. Jackson.”

Students question the efficiency of The Electoral College By: Zoe Deno Staff Writer Hudson Valley students are expressing their concerns with the state of the upcoming general election as it relates to the Electoral College, and the candidates up for election.

“I think that the Electoral College is a joke. It’s absolutely absurd that we are branded down to two candidates and we can’t do anything about it. A third party can gain popularity, but it is nearly impossible for it to win an election let alone a single state,” said Student Senate Vice President Stephen Pelletier.

According to Pelletier, the Electoral College was founded during the birth of the U.S. “It was originally brought together so that we could have people who were very educated with their government select a president and leadership for people who didn’t even know how to read.”

“I would say [this

election] is an example of the failure of the Electoral College. We narrowed ourselves down to two people who aren’t favorable even among the people who support them,” said Pelletier.

With some students finding the methods used in the Electoral College outdated, some find it takes away the voting rights from the people. “[The Electoral College] doesn’t necessarily feel like it is run by the people,” said business administration student Donald VanPatten.

Liberal arts major Grace Sgambettera believes that the issues occurring at the federal level are an indicator of the problems in our government.

“It doesn’t get very much done. I think that there’s a lot of respectability in

politics without any actual substance.”

Liberal arts student Jared Przekurat said, “I feel as though the Electoral College system doesn’t really get a general consensus on how the public feels.

That’s clearly shown by the fact that Bernie Sanders was clearly a majority favorite for the demographic that’s going to be voting in the majority for the next 50 years.”

“When it comes to [the rela-

tionship] between the house and the senate the lack of bipartisan relationships is really bad. The rest of it [the government] could be fixed if we would be willing to work with one another,” said Sgambettera.

Many students feel that aside from the Electoral College the problems with this election lie within the candidates themselves.

“There were a lot of good candidates, but the wrong ones were picked to be in the primaries. I feel like this election is a joke. It’s like one big meme,” said VanPatten.

Business administration student Nathan Rushford feels that this year’s election is going to be emotionally prolific. “I think a lot of it is going to be volatile,

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there is going to be a lot of violence if one person wins from the other side,” said Rushford Liberal arts student Benjamin Candib said, “There are other things that are going on besides the presidential election. Even if we do vote [in the election] it won’t make a difference. Hillary will win the state.”

Candib went on to encourage other students to pay more attention to the Senate and House elections. He especially recommends that students pay special attention to local elections.

“They are the ones making the decisions that will affect you directly. If there is a local election going on that is something to pay attention to,” said Candib.

Pelletier said, “[The Electoral College] shows that we are not ready to vote; we do not care enough to vote because our vote doesn’t matter. Under the Electoral College system, to some degree, that is true. Despite this, everyone should get out to vote.”

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By: Zoe Deno Staff Writer “I sold my friend for 50 cents on Halloween,” said human services major Adelaide Montresano.

Halloween is less than a month away, and Hudson Valley students are starting to feel the anticipation of the holiday.

To prepare for the celebration, students re-lived some of their fondest and strangest Halloween memories.

Dressing up as characters from the popular show, “Teen Titans”, Montresano’s friend was mistaken for a prostitute one Halloween.

“My friend went as Black Canary, and her costume ended up looking like a cheap prostitute.

These people whistled at her, so I was like, ‘She’s 50 cents if you want her,’ and they agreed to it.

Later that day we saw them again and went to their house.”

Psychology major Paul Lowery Jr. recalls when he dressed up as a version of Shaggy from Scooby Doo, which ended in multiple write-ups from his high school.

“For my senior year, I went to school dressed as slutty Shaggy,” said Lowery. “I took a green t-shirt of mine, and I cut it really short and tied it around myself, I then took these maroon shorts and cut them really short so they looked like panties. I got four write ups.”

Lowery dressed how he did to make a statement on the differences between men’s and women’s Halloween costumes, not caring

about the write-ups.

“I was making a commentary on how slutty girl’s Halloween costumes are,” he said. “So many people get upset about that, so I felt like I needed to bring awareness to it.”

“If you search a men’s Optimus Prime costume, you’ve got like all of the truck parts all over the body, and you’re covered. If you search a women’s Optimus Prime costume, you get like windshield [bras] and truck bumper panties,” said Lowery.

Carter Zimmermann, an individual studies student, had an eerie experience involving someone in a clown costume last Halloween. “They were Trick-orTreating and just kind of stared at us for about a mile. Then he just kind of started following us for no reason,” he said.

Robert W. Narcavage, a business administration major, remembers spending one Halloween going to the Saratoga County Homestead Sanitarium. Although he didn’t want to attend due to what he had heard about the sanitarium, he ended up joining his

friends for the ride.

“I had heard stories about people going there and like, crashing their car on the way one, and like all sorts of freaky stuff happening there,” he said.

Staying outside of the sanitarium and not going past the fence that surrounded it, Narcavage remembers watching his friends quickly run back from entering the sanitarium.

“They all came running out, and we all hopped back in the car and took off. On the way home, our [headlights] were flickering and cutting out,” said Narcavage.

Their car ended up dying, so after pulling over to inspect the vehicle, the car ended up being fine. Although no harm was done, Narcavage still found the experience strange.

“It was definitely a freaky experience,” he said.

Students like computer science major Donald VanPatten remained optimistic, but recalled being mugged while Trick-orTreating with a friend.

“There was a group of people just walking toward us, and

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Psychology major Paul Lowry Jr. recalls dressing as “slutty Shaggy” in high scool for Halloween.

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they end up robbing my friend and ripping his jeans. They took his wallet and, like, $17, but no phone, so that was pretty good.”

Jeff Hovle, a nursing student, was injured one Halloween. “I spent the rest of the night in the hospital getting glued back together,” said Hovle.

After leaving a Halloween maze, Hovle jumped into the back of a truck, which he had forgotten was full of pipes. “Mid-leap, I was stopped dead by a pole that caught me right along my eyebrow and split it wide open.”

“My craziest Halloween experience was when I almost got hit by a car,” said Kenneth Alvarez-Moya. “Everyone else was going, like, 5mph, but this lady was going 25mph. She was an inch away from taking me and my friend out completely; like, [her wheel] was on my cape.”

Although some stories include violence and fear, some stories come from fond childhood memories from students. Jane Ytterberg, a biological science major, recalled finding a chipmunk she named Candy on Halloween.

“One Halloween, I found him passed out and twitching in a sugar coma in the wrapper of a Mr. Good bar. I just kind of put him back into his hole, I never saw him again after that.”

Around eight-years-old, liberal arts major Nick Pascazio remembers being scared by a gorilla. “This guy dressed in a banana costume and jumped [out of a bush] at us. Then out of nowhere a gorilla followed and the gorilla started chasing the banana around.”

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By: Skylar Blankenship Staff Writer Time management plays an important role in the life of any college student.

Students feel as though they always have the time in mind when completing assignments and doing tasks throughout the day. Whether it is getting to class on time or knowing when to submit an assignment, time management is a crucial part of being a college student.

Despite the importance of time for students, Hudson Valley appears to be lacking in the amount of clocks on campus. “I think having clocks will be better for students making their schedule [and] getting to class on time,” said fine arts student Mingling Lin. There are clocks in the administrative and student service offices, however there seem to be less clocks in the areas students

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Have you seen an increase in your cell phone service bill after switching to iOS 10? If so, the new Wi-Fi Assist feature could be to blame.

“With Wi-Fi Assist, you can stay connected to the Internet even if you have a poor Wi-Fi connection. For example, if you’re using Safari with a poor Wi-Fi connection and a webpage doesn’t load, Wi-Fi Assist will activate and automatically switch to cellular so that the webpage continues to load,” states the official Apple

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Places like general classrooms, the campus center and the library have a noticeable lack of clocks.

The shortage of clocks could have the ability to affect the functionality of students on campus.

Many students have their phones to tell the time, but some have to look for other means, like the clock tower.

Students feel that the four-sided Dr. Frank J. Morgan Clock Tower next to the Administration building does not assist them because of its lack of functionality. The clock doesn’t always chime on the hour, and each side is set at a different time.

As opposed to high school, where there are typically clocks in each room, students feel they need to hunt to sometimes find the accurate time. Although many students have access to technology to find the time, not all students have that luxury and often

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“There are no clocks on campus, so I bought a watch,” said first-year forensic science student Faith Gilbert.

Students and professors alike, share common frustrations. “The clocks on this campus are important for the community to be running on time,” said professor of history Leslie Johnson.

Some professors also believe that clocks are a staple of a college environment and there should be more of them spread across campus.

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a lot of a difference. So you know where you have to go, at what time and how much you have,” said Jaya Dasgupta, professor of biology, chemistry and physics.

Despite the underwhelming amount of physical clocks hanging around campus, students can look to computers to check the time, and get their work done.

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Every major cell phone service providing company, such as Verizon, AT&T and Sprint, gives their customers a certain amount of data GBs each month. It is possible to save GBs by turning on a cellphone’s Wi-Fi connection, which disables data and saves GBs. On average, for every one GB overage, a $15 charge is added to a phone bill.

Wi-Fi assist enables data, even when Wi-Fi is turned on, to support the connection in hopes of making it faster, thus using data GB’s without the user knowing or suspecting it, resulting in overage

charges.

“Right when iOS 10 became available, I updated my phone.

The next bill I received from Verizon was about $17 dollars more than normal. I did go into my settings and sure enough, Wi-Fi assist was on. The extra $17 dollars were for a data overage charge,” said Ky’ari Hill, a psychology major.

Wi-Fi assist is on by default, but iPhone users do have the option to turn it off. Going into settings, cellular, then scrolling down to Wi-Fi assist and turning it off will protect users from data overage charges.

Digital marketing major Kat Carter said, “My phone is about two updates behind right now. I don’t even update my phone when new ones come out because they are always buggy. The Wi-Fi assist feature just seems like a tricky new way for cellphone service providers to get more money.”

In order to start the process of updating an iPhone, one must agree to the terms and conditions statement. In the latest software update for iOS 10, the statement mentions Wi-Fi assist and its features. When users agree to the terms and conditions statement, they are agreeing to accept any

consequence that comes with WiFi assist. Apple and service providers are legally protected.

Emily King, a physical sciences major, said, “I’ve had an iPhone for about four years now, and I have never read through the terms and conditions when I update my phone. Apple is obviously aware that the majority of people don’t read the terms and conditions which makes it easy for them to add something like Wi-Fi assist and get away with it.”

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Women's soccer scores a chance at playoffs By: Rebecca Jordan Editor-in-Chief

Vikings soccer doubleheader resulted in a close win for the women’s team and a tie for the men.

The Vikings women’s soccer team (7-8) defeated Onondaga Community College (6-8-1) with a 3-2 victory last Saturday afternoon, keeping the team’s playoff hopes alive.

Sophomore foreword / middle Elisabeth Morehouse tied the game at 2-2 with less than five

minutes left.

35 seconds later, Hudson Valley’s freshman middle Sydney Buhrke scored the game-winning goal to give the Vikings the win.

The men’s soccer team (6-82) tied Onondaga (8-5-1) at a 1-1 score in their game that followed the women’s match.

Ethan Thomas, Vikings freshman middle, scored off a pass from sophomore middle Scott Joyal for the Vikings lone goal in the tie.

Both soccer teams will close out the season next Saturday at Jefferson with games at 1 and 3 p.m.

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Forward/miiddle Danielle Sloan defends the ball from 2 Onondaga members.

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Middle Juan Mejicano headbutts the ball into Hudson Valley control during the Onondaga game last Saturday.

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Jonathan Mejicano struggles to maintain control of the ball against Onondaga offense.

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Middle Sydney Burhrke overtaking the ball and eventually scoring the game-winning goal.

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and I went to my coach, and I was like, ‘I hate this, I don’t want to be doing this anymore,” she said.

“My lowest point was definitely just feeling so worn... I hated it; I hated the position, I felt like I didn’t really accomplish much and I wasn’t really that good, but I guess I was just playing the wrong spot.”

Morehouse credits her high school coach for convincing her not to quit. “She called me into her office, and she said to me, ‘We need to figure out what’s going on because you’re full of passion, motivation and hard work, and I see so much potential. We just need to get you to love what you love again.’ So she talked me through it.”

“Even if it was something off the field, she would call me into her office and get me through whatever I was going through, which is really important in soccer because it is such a mental game that you need to be so focused,” said Morehouse.

The second time Morehouse almost stopped playing soccer was for college, but she reached out to Hudson Valley’s women’s soccer coach, Jay Pokines.

“I knew some of the girls who played, and I told them I was definitely going to be playing. Then I thought I really wanted to focus on school, and I really wanted to change things up,” she said.

Morehouse said pre-season begins as early in August, which was another factor in the decision she almost made.

“I felt like I’ve never had a real summer, and I’ve never really had a real fall. I’ve always had practices and games, and I wasn’t going to play soccer in college, but they convinced me. I didn’t want to.”

With her goal count as high as it is, Morehouse is a major contributor to the team.

“When we score, it is like a big puzzle; everyone has a piece that they do,” Morehouse said.

“The defenders and the midfielders don’t get credit for what they do, but I don’t get the ball unless they give it to me. I’m just the last piece of the puzzle.”

(Above and below) Morehouse showing her skill on the field in last Saturday’s game against Onondaga.

PHOTO BY ZOE DENO | HUDSONIAN

Despite personal struggles with the sport, Morehouse continues to be successful as a captain for Hudson Valley’s women’s soccer team.

Vikings Scoreboard Ice Hockey Oct.14 HVCC v. Le Moyne 1-3

LOSS

Oct.15 HVCC v. Skidmore 6-7

LOSS

Oct.16 HVCC v. Union 2-7

Men’s Soccer

TIE

PHOTO BY MIKEY BRYANT | HUDSONIAN

Vikings Sports Schedule Women’s Vollyball

LOSS

LOSS

PHOTO BY MIKEY BRYANT | HUDSONIAN

Oct.14 HVCC v. Broome 0-3 Oct.15 HVCC v. Onondaga 1-1

Women’s Soccer LOSS

Oct.14 HVCC v. Broome 0-5

WIN

Oct.15 HVCC v. Onondaga 3-2

Tuesday 10/18/15 vs. SUNY Orange @ 7pm (Home) Wednesday 10/19/15 vs. Adirondack @ 6pm (Home)

Women’s Soccer Saturday 10/22/16 vs. Jefferson @ 1pm (Away)

Men’s Soccer Saturday 10/22/16 vs. Jefferson @ 3pm (Away)

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Cross Country Saturday 10/22/16 vs. Conference meet @ 10am (Away)

Men’s Basketball Saturday 10/22/16 vs. Fulton-Motgomery @11am (Away)

Women’s Soccer Saturday 10/22/16 vs. Jefferson @ 1pm (Away)

Men’s Football Saturday 10/22/16 vs. Monroe @ 1:30pm (Away)