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Snow closures affect students and staff alike By: Julio Rodriguez Editor-in-Chief

The two nor’easters which hit campus on March 7 and 14 resulted in college closures. How did these closures become a reality?

“The college’s Vice President for Administration and Finance [,William Reuter,] consults with the Physical Plant director [Richard Edwards] and Public Safety staff before recommending action to the president,” said Assistant Director of Communications and Marketing Eric Bryant. “Ultimately, the president has the final say on the college’s action, but he takes into consideration the recommendations of his staff.”

College administrators begin discussing inclement weather and its impact on the college as soon as impending inclement weather reports begin flooding screens.

Since the start of the semester, the college has closed or postponed classes on four separate occasions. The closures began on Wednesday Feb. 7 when the college closed, effective noon.

One of the more recent closures on March 7 left some

students confused about the exact reason for the campus closing down.

“I thought the closings were well placed until the next day [March 8],” said Mortuary Science student Tiffany Krausse. “[The weather] was a bit worse, and the college didn’t close.”

Many student commute from Syracuse and Massachusetts, and the nature of the program attracts students from various locations because of the lack of mortuary science programs in the area, Krausse said.

“I think they should have closed because it was dangerous getting here,” Krausse said. “There are a lot of people who are from Syracuse in my major that drive all the way out here, and the roads have been bad for them as well.

It’s gotten to the point where our professor will tell us, ‘If the roads are dangerous, don’t come in.’”

When determining whether there will be a closure, there are a number of steps the college takes to reach a final decision.

“The college considers local weather forecasts and road conditions, the ability to clear college parking lots and pedestrian paths,” Bryant explained. “It consults with local transportation and law enforcement authorities

as well.”

Individual Studies student Morgan Trotta has missed class time because of the closures.

“I’ve missed a lot of class time for one of my classes, so that’s put us really far behind,” Trotta said. “We’re kind of rushing through everything. It hasn’t affected my work because I haven’t been able to get the work with school being closed. It’s affecting how I feel about the class.

I’m not feeling as stable as I did before.”

Trotta said the first two closures were warranted. She does not believe the recent closures on March 7 and 14 should have resulted in a college closure.

“They probably expected it to be worse, but it wasn’t,” Trotta said. “The first few were definitely needed because the snow was bad. When they only closed campus after 12 p.m., I thought that was a little weird, and I missed my class again.”

Bryant explained that the loss of classroom time is a reality when campus officials are tasked with ensuring the safety of students commuting to campus.

“It’s not an exact science,” Bryant stated. “We have to weigh

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SUNY Chancellor Kristina Johnson answered questions directly from students on March 9.

By: Zoe Deno News Editor SUNY Chancellor Kristina Johnson answered questions directly from students during her visit to Hudson Valley.

Chancellor Johnson has been touring SUNY campuses since she began her first term as chancellor last September. She visited Hudson Valley on March 9 to take a short tour through the campus. She then spoke at a seminar where faculty and students could ask her questions or express their concerns. The seminar was closed to press.

“We want to create an environment where students can feel safe to ask questions and express their concerns,” said SUNY Press Secretary Holly Liapis.

Chancellor Johnson answered several questions from students on the record before the seminar began.

Will Springs, an individual studies major, wanted to know what part of [Johnson’s] life helped to shape her most.

Born in 1967, Johnson grew up in a large family in Denver, Colorado. Most of her six siblings were older than her. “[My siblings] would come home from school and teach me what they knew,” Johnson said.

“That really gave me a headstart on school [and] a love of learning.”

The passion for education

Johnson’s siblings helped foster was evident from a young age.

When Johnson was a senior at Thomas Jefferson High School, she won both the Denver City and Colorado State science fair competitions. She then won the Air Force at the International Science Fair for her project, “Holographic Study of the Sporangiophore Phycomyces.”

Johnson attended Stanford University and received her B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering, later getting her postdoctoral at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland.

Nursing major Kylie Cotugno wanted to know what made [Johnson] want to become Chancellor of SUNY. After johnson graduated from her postdoctoral fellowship, she was appointed assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1985.

Later, in 1999, Johnson was appointed Dean of the School of Engineering at Duke University.

In 2007, Johnson became the Senior Vice President and Provost of Johns Hopkins University.

In 2009, Johnson took a short break from working in colleges when she was appointed by President Obama to be the Under Secretary of Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy.

Johnson’s hiatus was short-

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This Week’s Events

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Transfer Advisor Visit: SUNY Plattsburgh 9 a.m – 4 p.m Siek Campus Center, Room 290 Transfer Advisor Visit: The Sage Colleges 10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Siek Campus Center, first floor Student Housing Fair 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

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Grand Finale Foosball Competition 1 p.m. – 2 p.m.

Siek Campus Center, First Floor Lobby Startup Manufacturing Panel Discussion 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.

Siek Campus Center, Room 150 Transfer Information Table: Southern Vermont College 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Siek Campus Center, first floor lobby Transfer Advisor Visit: The College of Saint Rose 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Siek Campus Center, Room 290 Mindfulness Meditation 11 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Wellness Center, Siek Campus Center Suite 270 Capital District Garden and Flower Show 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.

McDonough Sports Complex Campus Visit Day 9 a.m. – Noon Siek Campus Center, Room 204 Watch Out for Alison Bechdel 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Bulmer Telecommunications Center Auditorium Capital District Garden and Flower Show 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.

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LEAD@HVCC: meditate and keep safe

By: Richard Decker Staff Writer

firmative Consent is defined as “knowing, voluntary and mutual decision among all participants to engage in sexual activity.”

In addition to the uniform definition, the law, named “Enough is Enough,” also creates a statewide amnesty policy. This ensures that students reporting incidents of sexual assault are granted immunity for certain campus policy violations, such as drug and alcohol abuse.

While the law is admittedly complex, the support for women in Title IX is clear. “When women are victims of sexual assault or harassment, it puts women at a disadvantage in education,” McCarthy stated.

McCarthy also talked about confidential resources in the event of a sexual harassment incident or domestic assault.

“Even if you don’t want to tell

Students at Hudson Valley discussed sexual harassment and organizing yourself with meditation at the last two LEAD@HVCC seminars.

On March 5, Dr. Sandra J. McCarthy, Deputy Title IX Coordinator at Hudson Valley and Public Safety Officer Terry Buchanan addressed students at the workshop with conversations surrounding sexual harassment around the country.

“Sexual harassment and violence is something we are hearing more and more about,” McCarthy said. “But, these aren’t new problems. They are age-old.”

Discussing the introduction of Title IX protection, McCarthy explained the New York State Uniform Definition of Af-

anybody, these are people you can talk to and they cannot say anything, to anyone, without your consent,” McCarthy said.

These resources can be found in the Siek Campus Center and include the college’s Counseling Services in Room 260 and Campus Ministry in Suite 220. Health services also offers assistance and is located in Suite 270.

The week after, LEAD@ HVCC helped students organize themselves during the chaos of midterms. Campus Chaplain Michelle Thivierge of the Campus Ministry lead the discussion about what it means to be mindful and how to properly meditate.

Thivierge began the discussion by asking students if they had participated in meditation or walks. Most students said they had taken the initial step to download an app on their phones

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“Mindfulness is about having a cluttered mind and allowing that business and our thoughts to be put on pause so we can collect ourselves,” Thivierge said.

The first part of mindfulness, says Thivierge, is the slowing of our experiences.

“How do we draw into each experience more clearly?” Thivierge asked.

A mindfulness practice, she says, would be taking the fifteen minutes to enjoy our lunch.

“Have a meaningful conversation while doing that,” Thivierge said. “[In] that slowing down of that moment, we become centered. It’s not one more thing we just shoveled through in our day.”

Weekly Mindfulness Meditations, held by Thivierge, are in the Wellness Center from 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. every Wednesday.

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By: Nick Fisk Staff Writer Students and art enthusiasts alike gathered on March 16 at the Hudson Valley Teaching Gallery for the opening reception of the Third Annual Digital Media Exhibit. The event was meant to show off students’ creations throughout the year and award the best creators.

The exhibit, called Pulse 3, and work from students in various types of Digital Media courses were displayed for judging.

The college’s Digital Media program covers many aspects of art and maintains a goal to prepare students, according to the college’s press release on the event.

Specifically, “The college’s Digital Media program offers either an Associate of Science degree or certificate and prepares students for further study or immediate employment in digital media fields,” according to the press release.

The entire event was funded and otherwise supported via the Cultural Affair Program and the Hudson Valley Community College Foundation, although the exhibits themselves were created and set up by students taking Gallery Management courses.

Pulse 3 follows up on last year’s Pulse 2 event, a similar show with different pieces and awards available to students. The previous event showed student’s work from 2016-17, and ran on the same time schedule.

The show took place at the Teaching Gallery on the first floor of the college’s Administration Building. The exhibit and the show were open to both students and the general public. Those who went could also enjoy provided snacks outside of the exhibit area.

Patrons were given a pamphlet when entering that corresponded to each piece of artwork on display, each of which had the creator’s name and the name of the piece. Several televisions were

Some pieces of artwork from the Digital Media Student Exhibition, which is open until March 24.

placed around the exhibit floors, and each had multiple videos cycling throughout. One of the video areas was closed off with a curtain and had speakers instead.

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at 5 p.m., and visitors were able to see the different types of work displayed until 7 p.m. that night.

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lasted about 20 minutes, and the exhibit was open for usual viewing for the rest of the night.

The exhibit area covered the first and second floor of the Teaching Gallery and featured multiple different types of work, from hanging picture to stop-motion videos, which were displayed on both. There were over 100 pieces available to see immediately, plus the multiple video areas and poem station.

The awards given out was the Award for Academic Excellence in Digital Media.

“These are for the students who have really excelled across the board” the announcers explained.

Overall, 26 students were given an award, out of the 67 who had a piece on display at the show.

For those still wanting to visit the exhibition, it’s open until March 24. The gallery is open on Wednesday from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m as well as Thursday, Friday and Saturday from noon to 4 p.m.

Art pieces get the students heartrate “pulsing” in the third annual Digital Media Student Exhibition.

Automated Web Testing course begins next month By: Nick Fisk Staff Writer Are you interested in Automated Web design?

A new class called “Intro to Automated Web Testing” will be offered for students to learn the tricks of the trade on April 5, as noted last Tuesday during an informational session on campus.

The Automated Web Testing course is described on the college’s website as a “20-hour course [that] will train you to use open source (no cost) tools to write scripts and run tests to validate websites.” The website also says the course would appeal to people interested in software and web

careers and to those who are “patient, methodical [and] detail-oriented.”

Janet Carmosky, Executive Director and Co-Founder of AlbanyCanCode, a local nonprofit that specializes in helping students who are looking to get into a computer technology field, spoke about the class’ goal, requirements, and other details, explaining that the class is a collaboration between the college’s Workforce Development Institute (WDI) and AlbanyCanCode.

“There’s a lot of IT classes in the Hudson Workforce Development,” Carmosky said. “This class is for a hot in demand skill.” She also described the class as being

for those “that already have some kind of experience.”

Hudson Valley’s Workforce Development Institute is a program the college runs to teach skills to students who already have workplace experience to help them improve their skills and career options. The program hosted a number of different classes such as this one.

“Invariably, when you move from company to company, the code in their apps is going to be different,” Carmosky said. “Web testing is like a shell that sits on top of the code.” She also described tools such as Selenium, test automation framework, as “fundamental and what everyone

uses.”

“In this 20-hour class, there’s 10 hours of lecture,” Carmosky said. “From then on, you’ll be in labs.”

The course is also said to provide enough training for an entry level Web Tester position, and can lead to high-paying, high-demand careers. While the course is non-credit, it provides 2.0 CEUs along with overall education. Students will be required to bring their own laptops for the course.

While the program may not include everything, Carmosky is confident the class is a big help for anyone looking to get into the computer technology field.

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more specific tools,” she said Programs like Selenium and Visual Studio will be covered in the course, along with more application and automation testing.

Topics like these will be covered during lecture time and practiced during lab time.

The course starts on April 5 and runs until June 7. It costs $400 tuition, will be held in the Science Center on campus and no textbook is required. Registration is open until the day the class begins. Those interested in learning more or participating can sign up on AlbanyCanCode’s website, https://albanycancode. org/for-students/courses/automated-web-testing-course/.

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Snow closures affect st Who decides if the college will close?

The college’s vice president for administration and finance consults with the Physical Plant director and Public Safety staff before recommending action to the president. Ultimately, the president has the final say on the college’s action, but he takes into consideration the recommendations of his staff.

Is there a set number of “snow days” or closures the college aims to use in winter months?

No. Preferably, the college remains open through the winter months, but we need to take into consideration not only travel concerns but ensuring that the campus can be safely cleared for the influx of students.

SNOWFALL WHICH RESULTED IN A CLOSURE Feb. 7: 6.20 inches March 2: 11.90 inches March 7: 8.40 inches March 14: 0.20 inches

How does the college determine whether there will be a full day closure as opposed to a delay?

Mainly due to the nature, length and timing of the weather condition and considerations that are outlined above.

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the safety of our students with the potential loss of classroom time.

Sometimes, the weather doesn’t cooperate with our decision making, but we have student safety as our highest priority.”

In terms of financing, the col-

lege does budget an amount for snow removal, but the amount of snow sometimes exceeds projected budget allocations for the year, Bryant said.

“It’s all based on how severe the winter weather has been, thus the need for plowing, salting and other associated maintenance,” Bryant said.

How does the college decide whether there will be a closure? In other words, what is the quantifiable measure used to determine a closure?

The college considers local weather forecasts and road conditions, the ability to clear college parking lots and pedestrian paths. It consults with local transportation and law enforcement authorities, as well. It’s not an exact science. We have to weigh the safety of our students with the potential loss of classroom time. Sometimes, the weather doesn’t cooperate with our decision making, but we have student safety as our highest priority.

When the college does close, what are the implications on finances for the college?

The college does budget a certain amount for snow removal and some years exceeds that budget and other years doesn’t meet the budgeted amount. It’s all based on how severe the winter weather has been, thus the need for plowing, salting and other associated maintenance.

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PREVIEWS OF UPCOMING EVENTS Alison Bechdel, fooseball and more coming to campus

By: Zoe Deno News Editor A number of exciting and informative events are scheduled to arrive at Hudson Valley this month.

Watch Out for Alison Bechdel Internationally acclaimed cartoonist Alison Bechdel is coming to Hudson Valley to talk about writing one of the earliest representations of lesbians in pop culture.

Bechdel first published “Dykes to Watch Out For” in 1983 and captivated readers with

her dark humor and witty writing. The comic strip initially consisted of unconnected strips, but its structure eventually began to follow a set group of lesbian characters.

One of the most infamous panels of the comic strip introduced the Bechdel Test. The Bechdel Test asks whether a movie has at least two women who talk to each other about something other than a man. The test seems easy enough to pass, however only roughly half of films produced do.

Bechdel’s seminar will be held from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the BTC Auditorium. Students

are encouraged to bring questions because a Q&A session will be held after the discussion, along with a book signing.

The 31st Capital District Garden & Flower Show Are you longing for summer?

If so, you may want to check out the 31st Capital District Garden & Flower Show to get your spirits up. From March 23 to March 25, the Mcdonough Sports Complex will be filled with local landscape professionals who will transform it into a backyard environment complete with shrubs, trees, flowers, ponds, waterfalls, sidewalks and lawns.

Seminars will be offered on landscaping by experts both for people serious about getting their property ready for summer and for any curious attendees.

The main attraction of the Capital District Garden & Flower Show is the annual Floral Design Competition, featuring roughly 100 exhibits presented by the area’s professional floral designers, garden club members and amateurs.

The Capital District Garden & Flower Show will be held from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on March 23, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on March 24 and 10 COURTESY OF UVM BORED

Cartoonist Alison Bechdel is coming to Hudson Valley on March 23.

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a.m. to 5 p.m. on March 25.

The Startup Manufacturing Table Have you ever thought of selling your own product?

If the answer is yes, the Entrepreneurship Club has an event for you. Professional entrepreneurs from SPARK Incubator will be offering an opportunity for any aspiring innovators to get some tips and tricks in the business.

The panelists will also share their experiences with manufacturing, including costs, challenges and the overall process.

The event will be held March 21 at 2:00 p.m. in Siek Campus Center, Room 150.

The 9th Annual Grand Foosball Tournament Could you be the Hudson Valley Student to finally defeat the undefeated Rhode Island State Champion of Foosball?

Student Activities will host variety of mini tournaments that allow students to test their skills against Rhode Island State Champion Kevin Skaltsis. Even if you don’t think you are very good at Foosball, you don’t need to win to earn one of the prizes being offered. Each point a student scores against Skaltsis counts toward a prize.

Students must score five points to defeat Skaltsis. Though Skaltsis has been known to play two students at the same time, no student has ever scored more than four points against him.

The tournament will be held March 21 at 1 p.m. at the foosball tables located on the ground floor of the Siek Campus Center.

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lived.

“I wanted to become the chancellor of SUNY because there are 600,000 students in the schools,” she said. “I thought that if I worked hard I could make everyone’s life better and serve the largest comprehension school system of higher education in the country.”

Andrew Larvia, an automotive Automotive Technical Services student, said he imagines there must be a lot of pressure being the chancellor of SUNY. He wanted to know what Johnson’s process for making decisions was.

“I learn as much detail about the subject as possible,” Johnson said.

If the decision being made involves SUNY, she gets her cabinet together and she calls experts in to talk with the cabinet members about the choice at hand.

Johnson said she usually asks for an options paper. An options paper is a document condensed with all the details of a situation and possible solutions.

“Then, I do my own home-

President Drew Matonak and Chancellor Johnson pose with Hudson Valley students.

work, and [then, once I have made the decision,] I work for that plan to move forward,” she said.

Johnson’s dedication to progressing the SUNY system is for-

ward is evident. In her 2018 State of the University speech, she said, “I see my role at SUNY as establishing themes upon which we will build the future and connect-

ing the dots between the many magnificent ideas and people emanating from the wonderfully distinctive colleges and universities that make up our system.”

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Johnson will continue to tour SUNY campuses to better understand of the colleges so she can improve the SUNY system for the future.

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Vaping has become a “healthy” alternative for cigarette smokers, but how healthy is it, actually?

By: Mike Alber Web Editor E-Cigarettes advertised as an alternative to help smokers quit have taken culture by storm. Now, there are people who vape as a recreational pastime. After all, it’s just vapor and none of those harmful chemicals that cigarettes have, right? But, what are you really putting your lungs through when you vape?

A new study from heath groups and the Centers for Disease Control Prevention has concluded that not only do teens get addicted to nicotine and are more llikely go on to use other tobacco products, but e-cigarettes contain the same harmful toxins and chemicals that can be found in cigarettes as well.

“Nicotine exposure can harm adolescent brain development, which continues into the early

to mid-20s,” according to the official CDC website. It continues, “E-cigarette aerosol can contain chemicals that are harmful to the lungs.”

While e-cigs are a safer alternative to cigarettes, which have a mixture of 7,000 chemicals from the smoke of a regular cigarette, the aerosol from e-cigs isn’t free of harmful chemicals.

A professor of pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco, Dr. Mark L. Rubenstein, conducted a study where he compared the urine and saliva of students on campus who smoked both e-cigarettes and cigarettes, just e-cigarettes and students who don’t smoke. Results came back that teens who smoke e-cigarettes had three times the levels of dangerous chemicals in their body compared to non-smokers.

Even if you don’t use nicotine in e-cigs, the effects are still

harmful.

“Rubinstein noted that some of the toxic chemicals were found in the bodies of teens who used flavored e-cigarettes without nicotine,” according to the University of California, San Francisco. It also states, “When they’re heated to the high temperatures required for vaporization, they can produce toxic substances that are potentially carcinogenic.”

As this has been a recent discovery upon research, there hasn’t been much spread about this issue as of yet. Since e-cigs and vapes have become a culturally significant subject matter among campuses across the nation, the pushback from health advocates may fall on deaf ears. There are places that even allow vaping in their facilities and not cigarette smoking, as the advertising campaign over the past decade has left an impact.

“It would make sense that it would cause cancer,” said Austyn Ryan, a Mechanical Engineering major at Hudson Valley. He said he vaped a non-nicotine e-cig once or twice before and now doesn’t vape at all. He also said he has friends who actively vape.

“It’s their life decision,” Ryan said, about his stance on encouraging others to quit or let them be. “I’ll attempt, but it’s really up to them. If I can’t convince them, then there’s no point, really.”

“Teenagers need to be warned that the vapor produced by e-cigarettes is not harmless water vapor, but actually contains some of the same toxic chemicals found in smoke from traditional cigarettes,” Rubenstein stated, through the official UCSF website.

By: Fernando Caraballo Staff Writer

Help me for I am indigo And I’m afraid I might be turning blue.

Please validate my experience and give me a new hue.

Perhaps One that gives me a beautiful new hope.

So that the man of Gold may no longer be my sad excuse.

Yellow beckons my attention and I try to refuse.

The lyrical euphony that can only be our fragile truth.

This truth... Our truth could belong to others.

Sometimes I don’t even care.

I no longer paint with amber, hansa, or honey anymore.

It reminds me too much of strawberry blonde hair.

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‘Reverie’

Medium: watercolor, pen and acrylic.

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Vikings Sports Schedule Wed., March 21 Men’s Lacrosse (Away) Genesee CC 4 p.m.

Sat., March 24 Men’s & Women’s Track & Field (Away) Wesleyan U 10 a.m.

Men’s Lacrosse (Home) Jefferson CC Noon

Baseball

(Away) Lackawanna College 1 p.m.

Sat., March 25 Baseball

(Away) Frederick CC Noon 3 p.m

Student athletes ‘never give up’ on their dreams By: Emma Hall Staff Writer “Never give up ‘cause you never know what you can accomplish,” Carl Kernochan advises other college athletes. He should know. Kernochan, who was recently recruited to play soccer for SUNY Delhi, fought through injuries and other difficulties to make it to where he is now.

“I’ve been in some really rough spots before,” Kernochan said. “I had some back injuries.

I thought I was never going to be able to play soccer again, but thankfully I had a speedy recovery, and I never gave up. I went to a four-year school where I wasn’t playing soccer, and I came back here, and I saw the ability that I had and what I could accomplish.

I didn’t give up on my dream of playing college soccer. Now, here I am getting recruited by a four year school to complete my desired degree in architecture.”

Kernochan, who roots for the Premier League’s Manchester

United, would love to fulfill his childhood dream of playing professional soccer in England. He’s not sure he’ll make it to that level, though.

One of the things Kernochan has learned at Hudson Valley is how to manage his time.

“Being a college athlete, you have to get a 2.0 GPA,” he said.

“Also, you’re expected to perform at the top level, and it’s not easy to do, especially for kids who are coming right out of high school.”

Kernochan was fortunate to have had two years between high school and playing college soccer to mature.

Being recruited has been his dream since he was young. He names his older brother, a basketball scout for Fordham University, and a friend playing soccer for SUNY Adirondack as two of his biggest influences on the road to being recruited.

A special game for him was against Mohawk Valley in 2017.

He scored two goals and had an assist, something he didn’t do

much of in high school.

Kernochan’s teammate, Ethan Thomas, has been recruited by Utica College, where he will major in Criminal Justice and test his soccer skills at the NCAA level.

“I think [going to Utica College] is a great step in my life — just finally getting out of living at home, and living by myself, creating my path,” Thomas said.

Thomas, a left wing who also plays wing back, would love to go professional and quotes this dream as being something that has motivated him to continue on with soccer. He has confidence he will make it one day, perhaps with his favorite team, Barcelona.

He has already been to a couple of trials with professional teams.

One of the highlights for the lifelong soccer player was his first Hudson Valley goal. Another was going to the state finals undefeated as a high school senior with Ballston Spa. Hudson Valley’s soccer coach, Travis Cooke, has been

instrumental in helping Thomas move on to the next level in soccer, putting him in contact with schools and getting his name out where scouts can find it. Thomas is confident the coaches at Utica College will help him climb even higher.

Thomas advises student athletes at Hudson Valley to focus on their grades.

“The past two years I’ve been here, students have not been focused on their grades and think they can easily pass through and still play,” Thomas explained. “It’s not high school where the teacher will help you out and let you know [how you’re doing]. The teachers here will help you out, but you’re on your own to keep going. Grades are important. You can still have good grades and play soccer at the same time. You just have to be motivated.”

Kernochan and Thomas will both graduate from Hudson Valley this spring.

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Carl Kernochan signing with SUNY Delhi.

Ethan Thomas signing with Utica College.

Vikings Scoreboard Men’s Bowling Fri., March 2 National Championships

11,937 (7th of 20) Sun., March 11 Intercollegiate Team Championships Sectional Qualifiers

11,287 (15th of 20) Women’s Bowling Fri., March 2 National Championships

10,924 (6th of 20) Sun., March 11 Intercollegiate Team Championships Sectional Qualifiers

10,244 (17th of 17) For more information, visit athletics.hvcc.edu

Vikings finish bowling season at championships By: Skylar Blankenship Staff Writer After their success at the NJCAA National Tournament in Buffalo, Hudson Valley’s bowling teams qualified for the 2018 Intercollegiate Team Championships Sectional Qualifier, where their season came to an end.

The Vikings traveled to Stratford, New Jersey the weekend of March 10 and 11, where the men’s

and women’s team finished 15th and 17th, respectively.

The men’s team fell behind early in the tournament, but recovered somewhat, thereby pushing their way up to 15th place.

They finished 42 pins ahead of their rival, Schenectady County Community College.

The women’s team finished with a total score of 10,244, earning them 17th place in the tournament. In game 21, they scored a

team high by knocking down 220 pins.

Both teams played 64 games throughout the two-day tournament. The men’s team knocked down a total of 11,287 pins, and the women’s team dropped a total of 10,244 pins.

Multiple players achieved All-Conference and All-Region honors. The players that had these honors were Gina Patricelli (Troy/ Lansingburgh), Kyla Day (Hoo-

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sick Falls/Hoosick Falls), Spencer McClellan (Troy/Lansingburgh), Garrett Bartlett (Brunswick/Tamarac) and Donald Baker (Ravena/ Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk).

The returning players hope to continue their success next season and perform even better than they did this year.

We wish the best of luck to our other sports programs and hope they will have successful seasons.