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Volume 72, Issue 7
October 24, 2017
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Alumnus turned entrepreneur produces TookTimeCo.
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By: Jacob Pitts Staff Writer A prominent news anchor, a distinguished congressman and an NFL football player. The sky is the limit for HVCC alumni, and that is especially true for up-andcoming fashion designer Trey Terry.
A former business major, Terry is the founder of TookTimeCo., a fast-growing clothing brand in the Capital District that specializes in streetwear and high fashion. TookTimeCo. was founded by Terry in November of 2016,
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The once bustling area has been blocked off indefinitely after Code of Conduct policies were allegedly violated.
Club Corner shut down By: Zoe Deno Staff Writer
Founded by alumnus Trey Terry, TookTimeCo. has successfully released their line of streetwear clothing for purchase on their online store.
Yellow caution tape ropes off a once-bustling area at Hudson Valley as the Club Corner is brought to a grinding halt. Director of Student Life Louis Coplin called Public Safety because students were reported to be yelling profanities. The loud and lewd behavior was attributed to a round of the newly-popular game, “Cards Against Humanity.” The sitting area is right next to the Student Activities office and Coplin alleged that these students were being disrespectful to people who were trying to work nearby.
Public safety director Fred Alberti opted to shut down the Club Corner until the school decides, at Coplin’s discretion, the best use of the area. “Everyone has a different definition of what respect is, but the definition on this campus is as the code of conduct reads,” Aliberti said. Section 5.3.2 of Hudson Valley’s Code of Conduct dictates that “Harassment” includes “the persistent use of abusive or offensive language,” and potentially justifies disciplinary action. “This is the campus center — it’s not like there are active classes that could be disturbed
by our noise,” said Matthew Provost, a computer science major. “[‘Cards Against Humanity’] is a card game that is expected to be a little vulgar. When someone said something funny we laughed.” Provost was unhappy about how workers at Student Activities talked to him and his friends. “I am paying to [go to school here] and they patronize us,” Provost said. “We are 19, 20, even 30 years old.” “The school’s policy is something for elementary schools and we are adults,” said Gerardo Salazar, an individual studies major.
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The Records and Activities fee: Where does your money go? By: Hunter Wallace News Editor The $150 Records and Activities Fee that every Hudson Valley student pays upon enrollment counts for more than meets the eye. This fee — $150 for full-time students and $12.50 per credit hour for part-time students — helps support “student activities, intramural and intercollegiate athletics, cultural affairs activities, student transcripts and graduation,” according to the official Hudson Valley website. “The Records and Activities fee was created in order to provide students with the resources for extracurricular activities,” said Student Senate Treasurer Max
Morand. “When paying for college at Hudson Valley — and any college for that matter — there is the cost of tuition and the fees that go along with it.” The fee covers several costs. Of the $150, $55 is allocated to Student Activities, $62 is distributed to athletics and the remaining $33 goes toward smaller items, such as graduation and transcript fees. “This fee benefits the students by providing them with the opportunity of many extracurricular activities,” Morand said. “Without this fee, no student clubs would be possible, athletics would not exist, the bus trips to New York City and Boston would not exist and the $5 movie tickets would not exist, among many others.”
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Student Activities spent $4,785 on Regal movie tickets this year alone, in addition to spending $1,020 on Welcome Week, $2,918.99 on Fall Fest and $1,180.23 on Homecoming. The overall cost for student events like these this academic year was $85,998.47. The total cost for student travel events, such as Boston, New York City, Salem, M.A. and Six Flag, New England Fright Fest was $24,474.55, according to the official 2017-2018 Student Activities budget. The fee helps the college keep tuition low, which directly supports educational purposes, Morand said. According to Executive Di-
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Ryan Mizener, business administration student, ponders where exactly his tuition money is allocated.
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Hall of Fame event honors newly inducted alumni
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