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What You Missed Over Winter Break By Andrew Wyrich Editor-­in-­Chief | Andrew.wyrich63@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

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JAN. 14, 2013

According to The Poughkeepsie Journal, the Town of New Paltz reduced the amount of gar-­ bage leaving the town by 20 percent in 2012. 7RZQ RI¿ FLDOV VDLG WKH WRZQ¶V ZRUN WR EH part of the Environmental Protection Agency’s “Zero Waste” program led to the town’s garbage output being decreased by more than 100 tons. The total savings for the town were more than $10,000 in disposal fees, according to the article.

7KH ¿ QDO SXEOLF KHDULQJ IRU WKH SURSRVHG 3DUN 3RLQW KRXV ing project was held on Jan. 14, offering the New Paltz commu-­ nity one last opportunity to voice their opinion on the divisive plans for the complex. A private developer, Wilmorite, wants to build the proposed housing complex on 42 acres of land on Route 32 in a design that mirrors their previous projects at schools such as Syracuse University. Last semester, those both in favor of the project and those opposed to it voiced their opinions and concerns at multiple pub-­ lic hearings.

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JAN. 14, 2013 The New Paltz Town Board met to discuss the issue of gun con-­ trol in the days following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shoot-­ ings, according to The Times Herald Record. Town Supervisor Susan Zimet was given a two-­page resolution from Planning Board attorney George Lithgow that would put New Paltz on comparable terms of gun control with county, state and fed-­ HUDO RI¿ FHV The resolution, which passed, supports increased effectiveness of background checks and increased penalties for illegal purchases of guns.

JAN. 4, 2013 Fifty-­three-­year-­old Adjunct Professor Norbert Hellmann was found dead in his car in a campus parking lot early on Jan. 4. According to University Police, a body was discovered in a car parked in the Elting Gym parking lot, and was later discov-­ ered to be that of Hellmann. SUNY New Paltz Director of Communication & Marketing Suzanne Grady issued a statement from the college: “It is with a heavy heart that I share the news that SUNY New Paltz adjunct professor Norbert Hellmann, 53, passed away early this morn-­ LQJ«1RUEHUW KDV EHHQ DI¿ OLDWHG ZLWK WKH 681< 1HZ 3DOW] FDP pus since 1986…One of Norbert’s passions was working with international students on their public speaking skills and serving as an international student adviser.”

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In the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shoot-­ ings, New Paltz School District RI¿ FLDOV DQG ODZ HQIRUFHPHQW GLV cussed plans on revamping secu-­ rity at New Paltz schools. New Paltz Central School District Superintendent Maria Rice told 50 people who attended a forum on school safety that the district is considering installing a buzz-­in system, installing surveil-­ lance cameras and panic buttons in each school building, according to The Daily Freeman. In addition, New Paltz Police Chief Joseph Snyder said law en-­ IRUFHPHQW RI¿ FLDOV FRXOG EHJLQ visiting schools at random times. Read more on Pg. 4.

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New  Paltz  Schools  Step  Up  Security  Plans By  Caterina  De  Gaetano Copy  Editor  |  Cdegaetano64@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

ISRAELI  AIRSTRIKE  Israel  launched  a  rare  airstrike  inside  6\ULD 8 6 RIÂżFLDOV VDLG :HGQHVGD\ targeting  a  convoy  believed  to  contain  anti-­aircraft  weapons  bound  for  Hez-­ bollah  militants  in  Lebanon.  PRESIDENTIAL  PROBLEMS (J\SWÂśV ,VODPLVW SUHVLGHQW KDV EHHQ VLJQLÂż-­ cantly  weakened  by  a  week  of  violent  pro-­ tests  across  much  of  the  country,  with  his  popularity  eroding,  the  powerful  military  implicitly  criticizing  him  and  some  of  his  ultraconservative  Islamist  backers  distanc-­ ing  themselves  from  him. MALI  MILITANTS French  forces  met  no  resistance  :HGQHVGD\ LQ .LGDO WKH ,VODPLVWVÂś ODVW major  town,  as  the  two-­week-­old  mis-­ sion  scored  another  success  in  its  effort  to  dislodge  the  al-­Qaida-­linked  mili-­ tants  from  northern  Mali. MIXED  MESSAGES Two  Cuban  dissidents  who  applied  for  passports  to  go  overseas  under  recently  en-­ acted  travel  reform  reported  mixed  results  :HGQHVGD\ DV RQH IRUPHU SULVRQHU ZDV turned  down  while  a  prominent  blogger  ex-­ citedly  tweeted  a  photo  of  her  brand  new,  bright  blue  travel  document. BRAZIL  TO  BLAME The  owner  of  a  nightclub  in  southern  Brazil  where  more  than  230  people  GLHG LQ D ÂżUH ODVW ZHHNHQG GHĂ€HFWHG blame  to  â€œthe  whole  country,â€?  as  well  as  to  architects  and  inspectors  charged  with  making  sure  the  building  was  safe,  KLV ODZ\HU VDLG :HGQHVGD\ SATELLITE  SUCCESS $ 6RXWK .RUHDQ VDWHOOLWH ZDV ZRUNLQJ normally  and  transmitting  data  on  its  RUELW RIÂżFLDOV VDLG 7KXUVGD\ D GD\ DI-­ ter  a  launch  that  marked  an  advance  in  WKH FRXQWU\ÂśV VSDFH SURJUDP DW D WLPH of  high  tensions  over  archrival  North  .RUHDÂśV UHFHQW WKUHDW WR WHVW D WKLUG QX-­ clear  device. Compiled  from  the  AP  Newswire

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In  the  aftermath  of  the  Dec.  14  San-­ dy  Hook  Elementary  School  shooting,  the  New  Paltz  Central  School  District,  in  collaboration  with  the  New  Paltz  Po-­ lice  Department,   proposed  a  new  pro-­ cedure  and  safety  infrastructure  to  be  implemented  within  schools  in  the  area. “The  district  has  reviewed  its  safe-­ ty  precautions  and  determined  that  the  ¾6DIHW\ 3ODQÂś LQ SODFH LV HIIHFWLYH DQG our  protocols  appropriate,â€?  Superinten-­ dent  of  Schools  Maria  Rice  said  in  a  let-­ ter  to  parents  and  guardians.  â€œHowever,  we  realize  there  is  more  we  can  do  to  provide  greater  security  in  our  build-­ ings.â€? Rice  said  the  security  plans  are  re-­ sponses  to  parental  and  community  rec-­ ommendations  received  through  emails,  phone  calls,  three  law  enforcement  agencies,  meetings  with  administrators  and  the  district  safety  coordinator  â€“  as  well  as  the  information  acquired  at  the  School  Safety  Forum,  a  public  meeting  held  on  Jan.  7.  Safety  procedures  include  locked  buildings  during  the  school  day,  required Â

LGHQWLÂżFDWLRQ RI YLVLWRUV DQG JUHDWHU SR-­ lice  presence  in  schools  through  ran-­ dom  visits  and  walk-­throughs  from  uni-­ formed  New  Paltz  Police  Department  RIÂżFHUV GHSXWLHV IURP WKH 8OVWHU &RXQ-­ W\ 6KHULIIÂśV 'HSDUWPHQW DQG 1HZ <RUN State  Troopers.  ³:H EHOLHYH WKLV ZLOO EHQHÂżW RXU VWX-­ dents  by  building  enriched  relationships  between  students  and  law  enforcement,  as  well  as  deterring  possible  intruders,â€?  Rice  said  in  the  letter.  Future  infrastructure  changes  the  district  hopes  to  make  are  the  implemen-­ tation  of  a  buzzer  system  entry,  instal-­ lation  of  panic  buttons  in  each  facility,  changing  classroom  door  hardware  and  placing  cameras  around  school  property.  According  to  Rice,  these  projects  could  possibly  be  incorporated  into  a  capital  project  bond  vote.  New  Paltz  Chief  of  Police  Joseph  Snyder  said  these  are  all  great  ideas  for  improving  the  safety  of  school  environ-­ ments. Âł:RUNLQJ RQ D EX]] V\VWHP IRU HQ-­ try  to  the  schools  are  a  great  idea  as  well  as  video  cameras  in  the  parking  lots  and  entrance  ways,â€?  Snyder  said.  â€œThe  Ul-­

ster  County  Chiefs  Association  created  a  committee  that  is  working  with  the  school  districts  to  continue  working  on  safety  measures.â€? Snyder  said  the  police  department  and  district  are  now  working  with  the  state  and  county  police  departments  to  set  up  foot  patrols  during  the  school  day.  He  said  the  use  of  unmarked  cars  may  also  be  used  to  discourage  a  perpetrator.  According  to  Rice,  schools  will  have  unannounced  lockdown  drills  in  the  near  future.  She  also  said  the  Sher-­ LIIÂśV 'HSDUWPHQW HQFRXUDJHV HYHU\RQH WR VLJQ XS IRU ODZ HQIRUFHPHQW QRWLÂżFD-­ tions  to  their  cell  phones  to  minimize  rumors  and  misinformation.  The  noti-­ ÂżFDWLRQV DOVR DQQRXQFH ZKHQ GLVWULFWV are  performing  unannounced  lockdown  drills.  ³:H WDNH \RXU FKLOGUHQÂśV VDIHW\ VHUL-­ ously  and  will  endeavor  to  do  whatever  we  can  to  strengthen  our  security  proto-­ FROV DQG V\VWHPV ´ 5LFHÂśV OHWWHU VDLG Parents/guardians  and  community  members  can  visit  www.nixle.com  for  more  information  on  law  enforcement  alerts.

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In  an  effort  to  encourage  transforming  everyday  materials  into  useful  objects  instead  of  throwing  them  away,  the  New  Paltz  ReUse  Center  held  â€œCreative  Minds,â€?  a  material  re-­ purposing  event  on  Saturday,  Jan.   12. “It  was  an  all-­day  event.  People  came  and  went,â€?  New  Paltz  Recycling  Coordinator  /DXUD 3HWLW VDLG Âł,QLWLDOO\ ZH KDG ÂżYH SHRSOH in  the  morning  and  about  40  through  the  giv-­ en  day.  It  was  neat.â€? Among  the  repurposed  creations  was  a  vase  made  out  of  pink  rings  glued  to  a  wood-­ en  disk,  an  incense  holder  made  from  scrap  wooden  material  and  a  stamper  made  out  of  vinyl  tile  samples  and  wood.  Taylor  Eccleston,  a  15-­year-­old  Pinebush  resident,  attended  the  event  with  her  mother,  Sherri.  The  two  created  candlestick  holders,  wind  chimes  out  of  wooden  circles  and  ab-­ stract  pictures. 3HWLW VDLG WKH YDULHW\ RI FUHDWLRQV UHĂ€HFWV the  unique  ways  people  see  the  materials. “Everybody  looks  at  things  differently,â€?  Petit  said. Â

Petit,  who  has  been  working  in  the  recy-­ cling  business  for  25  years,  said  the  idea  for  the  event  developed  over  time. The  ReUse  Center  decided  to  host  â€œCre-­ ative  Mindsâ€?  after  they  came  up  with  an  idea  to  put  art  projects  made  out  of  recycled  mate-­ rials  together  as  pre-­packaged  kits.  â€œCreative  Mindsâ€?  was  one  of  the  many  events  hosted  by  the  ReUse  Center  in  an  ef-­ IRUW WR VXSSRUW WKH Âł=HUR :DVWH $FWLRQ 3ODQ ´ an  Environmental  Protection  Agency  pilot  project.  New  Paltz  is  one  out  of  13  communi-­ ties  across  the  nation  to  be  part  of  this  plan.  In  2011,  the  Town  of  New  Paltz  was  con-­ tacted  by  the  EPA  and  asked  to  take  part  in  the  initiative.  From  there,  public  input  sessions  were  held  in  order  to  put  together  community  support.  ³,I ZH GLGQÂśW KDYH WKH VXSSRUW IURP WKH FRPPXQLW\ WKH SURJUDPV ZHUHQÂśW JRLQJ WR work,â€?  Petit  said.  :LWK D OLWWOH KHOS IURP QHWZRUNLQJ DQG the  input  meetings,  the  community  responded  positively  and  began  to  get  excited  about  it,  Petit  said. The  ReUse  Center  has  created  100 Â

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Oscar’s  Reopens  After  Student  Demands

Following  student  outcry,  Oscar’s,  the  late-­night  dining  venue  reopened  this  semester.

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Oscar’s,  the  late-­night  dining  venue  located  in  the  lower  level  of  Hasbrouck  Dining  Hall,  was  reintroduced  in  full  capacity  at  the  beginning  of  the  spring  2013  semester  after  an  overwhelming  outcry  from  the  student  population,  Executive  Director  of  Campus  Auxil-­ iary  Services  (CAS)  Steven  Deutsch  said.  The  venue,  which  was  renamed  Hawk  Street  Station  in  2009,  was  a  staple  of  the  campus  community  and  was  missed  by  students  after  it  closed  prior  to  the  fall  2012  semester,  Student  Association  (SA)  President  Josh  Simpson  said.  Deutsch  said  CAS  worked  to  move  the  late-­night  dining  facili-­ ties  entirely  to  the  Student  Union  (SU)  to  complement  the  newly  ex-­ tended  hours.  Part  of  this  process  meant  that  the  Hawk  Street  Station  venue  and  its  accompanying  convenience  store  and  sandwich  shop  would  close  to  make  room  for  a  new  location  for  the  campus  bakery. However,  the  move  was  not  received  well  by  students,  due  to  space  and  limited  options,  Simpson  said. “It  wasn’t  a  bad  idea  to  have  the  food  options  in  the  [SU],  be-­ cause  hours  had  just  been  extended,â€?  Simpson  said.  â€œThe  SU  isn’t  adequately  equipped.â€? $OWKRXJK WKHUH ZDV QR RIÂż FLDO VXUYH\ DGPLQLVWHUHG WR WKH VWX dent  body,  Simpson  said  student  complaints  and  requests  for  the  re-­ turn  of  Oscar’s  were  often  heard  by  SA  E-­board  members.  The  student  voices  urged  SA  to  begin  the  process  of  bringing Â

back  the  Hawk  Street  Station  facility  they  missed  and  to  begin  the  conversation  with  the  current  campus  food  provider,  Sodexo.  Simp-­ son  said  the  company  was  willing  to  engage  in  the  necessary  dis-­ course  to  bring  students  the  dining  options  they  wanted. Beyond  the  food,  another  thing  students  wanted,  Simpson  and  Deutsch  agree,  was  the  atmosphere  of  the  original  Oscar’s.  â€œThroughout  the  process,  I  always  made  it  a  point  to  call  it  Os-­ car’s  â€”  that  part  of  the  history  is  being  preserved,â€?  Simpson  said.  The  dining  option  earned  its  name  from  the  Academy  Award-­ ZLQQLQJ Âż OPV WKDW XVHG WR VFUHHQ WKURXJKRXW LWV KRXUV RI RSHUDWLRQ The  environment  was  always  something  students  embraced,  Simp-­ son  said.  â€œ[Oscar’s]  was  always  a  bit  grimy,â€?  Simpson  said.  â€œThat’s  what  students  loved  about  it.â€? In  later  years,  when  CAS  renovated  and  renamed  the  venue  Hawk  Street  Station  with  a  Subway-­style  theme,  Deutsch  said  the  tradition  of  the  original  location  remained  present. “Hawk  Street  Station  was  Hawk  Street  Station  for  three  or  four  years  and  people  were  still  calling  it  Oscar’s,â€?  Deutsch  said.  â€œThere  was  a  legacy  there.â€? Simpson  said  the  legacy  was  kept  in  mind  while  creating  the  new  incarnation  of  the  venue,  with  special  efforts  to  â€œshow  support  for  a  group  of  students  who  are  generally  underrepresented.â€?  Sodexo  Student  Sustainability  Promotion’s  Coordinator  Dean  Hottum  said  he  began  working  to  create  the  new  atmosphere  of  Os-­ car’s  about  seven  months  ago.  With  its  new  sports  bar-­inspired  sitting Â

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area,  he  said  the  goal  was  to  create  an  environment  for  those  particu-­ larly  underrepresented  campus  groups.  â€œFor  the  student  groups  and  the  athletic  community,  there’s  re-­ ally  no  school  spirit  stuff  happening  on  campus,â€?  Hottum  said.  â€œWe  ZDQWHG 2VFDUÂśV WR EH WKDW FHQWHU VRPH VRUW RI Ă€ DJVKLS RU EHDFRQ RI New  Paltz  pride.â€? Simpson  said  the  student  response  to  Oscar’s  has  been  positive,  aside  from  the  same  complaints  heard  prior  to  the  closing  of  Hawk  Street  Station  â€”  particularly  the  call  for  healthier  food  options  and  lower,  market-­equivalent  prices. Deutsch  said  that  CAS  will  always  look  to  tweak  and  augment  the  dining  options  based  on  student  needs.  But  as  of  now,  he  said  Oscar’s  is  here  to  stay  with  similar  hours  until  at  least  June,  when  decisions  regarding  the  contract  with  Sodexo  will  be  made. “It’s  Oscar’s,â€?  Deutsch  said.  â€œRegardless  of  what  we  try  to  do  to  it,  call  it  something  else,  we  can  clean  it  up:  something  about  this  operation  works  for  people.â€?

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Parking  Availability  Expands  On  Campus

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The  openings  of  the  Route  32  Lot  and  the  lot  behind  Lenape  Hall  will  allow  for  more  parking  availability.

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After  three  months  of  construc-­ tion,  two  new  parking  lots  opened  this  semester  in  an  effort  to  provide  more  parking  for  both  commuters  and  on-­  campus  students. The  Route  32  Lot  expansion  pro-­ vided  140  additional  spaces  to  the  exist-­ ing  435  and  was  built  right  across  from  the  main  entrance  of  campus,  which  Director  of  Facilities  Design  and  Man-­ agement  John  McEnrue  said  will  ben-­ HÂżW FRPPXWHU VWXGHQWV WKH PRVW 7KH ORW behind  Lenape  Hall  created  198  spots  for  student  parking. McEnrue  said  the  lots  were  each  built  with  environmentally-­friendly  materials,  including  porous  asphalt  used  for  the  Route  32  Lot  and  bioswales  used  for  both.  He  said  these  procedures  ZLOO ³¿OWHU SROOXWLRQ´ DQG ÂłUHGXFH VXU-­ IDFH UXQRII´ WR WULEXWDULHV OHDGLQJ WR WKH Walkill  River,  and  in  turn  the  Hudson  River. Although  the  lots  could  have  been  made  with  more  conventional  materi-­ als,  McEnrue  said  it  was  important  to  keep  the  projects  green. “We  could  have  constructed  the  lots  with  traditional  asphalt  and  standard  drainage  piping  but  employing  these  sustainable  measures  makes  far  more  VHQVH ´ KH VDLG Âł:H DOO QHHG WR FRQ-­ sider  the  environmental  impact  that  our Â

FKRLFHV DQG DFWLRQV KDYH ´ While  the  plan  to  redistribute  park-­ ing  from  the  interior  to  the  perimeter  of  campus  was  met  with  some  â€œreluc-­ WDQFH´ IURP WKH FRPPXQLW\ DW ÂżUVW McEnrue  said  he’s  received  â€œmostly  SRVLWLYH´ IHHGEDFN IURP VWXGHQWV IDF-­ ulty  and  staff  after  seeing  many  of  these  changes  put  in  place. Julie  Majak,  chair  of  the  Parking  Committee,  said  despite  the  construc-­ tion  last  semester,  the  committee  didn’t  see  an  increase  in  complaints  related  to  lack  of  parking,  rather,  students  focused  on  other  matters. “Based  on  our  data  and  the  feed-­ back  we  received,  the  discontent  is  with  the  proximity  of  parking  to  spe-­ FLÂżF EXLOGLQJV RQ FDPSXV QRW WKDW WKHUH DUH QR DYDLODEOH VSDFHV ´ 0DMDN VDLG “Parking  concerns  received  by  the  com-­ mittee  include  lighting,  paving,  safety,  lot  designations,  visitor  parking  policy,  DQG FRQIHUHQFH SDUNLQJ SROLF\ ´ Third-­year  biopsychology  major  Jeanine  Folkl  said  she  recently  drove  to  campus  and  despite  the  new  lots,  â€œcould  QRW ÂżQG D VLQJOH VSRW ´ ZKLFK LV ZK\ VKH often  chooses  to  leave  her  car  at  home. “I  feel  like  I  haven’t  really  noticed  D GLIIHUHQFH ´ )RONO VDLG Âł%\ WKH WLPH , ÂżQG D SDUNLQJ VSRW LWÂśV MXVW TXLFNHU WR ZDON WR FDPSXV ´ In  April,  the  Plattekill  Lot  on  the  corner  of  South  Manheim  Boulevard Â

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(Route  32)  and  Plattekill  Avenue,  which  houses  119  spaces,   will  close  to  allow  room  for  the  new  science  build-­ ing,  McEnrue  said.  He  said  the  Route  32  Lot  was  expanded  in  anticipation  of  this  closing. McEnrue  said  in  the  end,  even-­ though  the  parking  transitions  may  cause  some  inconvenience,  the  posi-­ tives  outweigh  the  negatives  when  it  comes  to  improving  the  campus  envi-­

ronment. “The  fact  is  that  we  have  a  beauti-­ ful  campus.  We  enhance  that  by  mak-­ ing  it  more  pedestrian  friendly  with  re-­ ORFDWLQJ SDUNLQJ ORWV WR WKH SHULPHWHU ´ McEnrue  said.  â€œIn  turn,  students,  fac-­ ulty  and  staff  walk  a  few  minutes  more  but  are  also  given  the  opportunity  to  in-­ WHUDFW ZLWK HDFK RWKHU PRUH IUHTXHQWO\ a  key  element  needed  in  academic  com-­ PXQLWLHV ´

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the  onions  better  and  faster  and  to  give  the  recipe  a  little  bit  of  sweet.â€?  The  $1,600  made  from  the  event  this  year  was  donated  to  St.  Joseph’s  Food  Pantry.  The  cause  is  one  of  the  reasons  this  event  re-­ mains  a  favorite  for  Fall  and  other  New  Paltz  residents.

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“A  good  chili  is  determined  by  the  heart-­ iness  and  the  comfort  it  brings,â€?  New  Paltz  resident  Steve  Casa  said.  â€œThis  event  is  so  great  because  it  helps  a  great  cause  and  it  brings  so  many  people  together.  We’re  lucky  that  we  live  in  a  community  that  has  an  event  like  this  every  year.â€?

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Theresa  Fall  was  unfazed  by  her  big  win-­ ter  event  falling  on  one  of  the  coldest  week-­ ends  the  year  had  to  offer. After  all,  combating  the  dull  winter  with  the  spice  of  chili  had  been  the  reason  she  started  the  annual  New  Paltz  Local  Chili  &KDOOHQJH LQ WKH Âż UVW SODFH Despite  the  temperature  on  Jan.  26  drop-­ ping  to  a  low  of  10  degrees,  at  least  1,000  Hudson  Valley  residents  turned  out  to  par-­ WLFLSDWH LQ WKH Âż IWK DQQXDO 1HZ 3DOW] /RFDO Chili  Challenge.  Nine  local  chefs  turned  out  Saturday  afternoon  to  showcase  their  chili  FUHDWLRQV DQG WR EH MXGJHG LQ Âż YH GLIIHUHQW categories.   The  event  usually  takes  place  on  the  fourth  Sunday  of  January,  something  that’s  been  tradition  since  Fall  started  the  event  half  a  decade  ago. “My  job  is  to  create  events  at  Water  Street  Market  and  most  of  them  usually  take  place  in  the  summer,â€?  Fall  said.  â€œWe  didn’t  have  anything  during  the  winter,  and  because  people  are  holed  up  and  cold  this  time  of  year,  I  wanted  something  that  would  bring  people  out.â€? Fall  wanted  a  cook  off,  and  she  said  she  wanted  it  to  be  something  that  could  warm  people  up  and  draw  them  out  from  the  con-­ Âż QHV RI WKHLU KRPHV GXULQJ WKH FROG PRQWK RI January.  Naturally,  Fall  thought  the  best  way  to  beat  the  chill  was  with  chili. “Chili  is  such  a  heartwarming  comfort  food  and  it’s  something  everyone  can  enjoy,â€?  Fall  said.  The  event  called  for  chefs  to  use  at  least  ¿ YH ORFDO LQJUHGLHQWV LQ WKHLU FKLOL UHFLSH ZLWK competitors  growing  herbs  and  vegetables  in  their  personal  gardens  or  using  produce,  dairy  and  meat  products  cultivated  within  the  area.  This  year’s  event  featured  nine  different  chilis,  fewer  than  in  previous  years.  There  were  three  judges  to  critique  each  chili.  The  categories  for  the  challenge  were  Â

best  professional  and  best  home  chili,  as  well  as  best  vegetarian,  most  creative  and  people’s  choice  categories.  3KLO 5REELQV D Âż UVW \HDU MXGJH DQG SUH vious  competitor,  said  the  criteria  for  a  good  chili  are  uniformity,  consistency  and  how  the  creativeness  of  the  recipes  â€œbring  the  chili  to  life.â€? “I  don’t  want  big  chunks  or  liquid  in  the  chili,â€?  Robbins  said.  â€œI  also  look  at  how  the  chili  forms  together  in  the  spoon.  It  needs  to  form  together  on  the  spoon  as  a  XQLÂż HG ELWH ´ This  year,  A  Tavola  Trat-­ toria  was  named  the  winner  of  the  Best  Professional  Chili  category,  and  the  recipe,  which  called  for  lamb  and  Mo-­ roccan  spices,  was  a  favorite  for  Robbins  and  other  attendees. “That  was  GHÂż QLWHO\ P\ favorite  among  the  professional  entrants,â€?  Rob-­ bins  said.  â€œIt  was  a  good  blend  of  Ă€ DYRUV DQG , WKRXJKW Âż QLVKLQJ WKH UHFLSH off  with  feta  cheese  and  adding  cilantro  really  brought  the  dish  to  life.â€? First-­time  competitor  and  Best  Home-­Cooked  Chili  win-­ ner  Matt  Sheridan  said,  while  it  ZDV KLV Âż UVW WLPH FRPSHWLQJ KH has  spent  two  years  reworking  and  modifying  his  winning  sweet  three  meat  chili  recipe. “A  lot  of  times  chili  can  be  really  VSLF\ DQG VRPHWLPHV , Âż QG WKH VSLFH overpowering,â€?  Sheridan  said.  â€œI  use  Coca  Cola  in  my  recipe  to  help  caramelize Â

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The  Center  for  Student  Development  hosted  a  snow  tubing  excursion  to  Hunter  Mountain  on  Jan.  27.  The  trip,  which  ran  IURP WR S P JDYH Âż UVW \HDU VWXGHQWV a  private  session  of  slippery  sliding  down  a  section  of  the  mountain. “Students  who  attended  last  year’s  snow  WXELQJ WULS Âż OOHG WKH VLJQ XS LQ OHVV WKDQ WZR GD\V ´ 7DUD 6HVWDQRYLFK FRRUGLQDWRU RI Âż UVW year  programming,  said.  â€œThey  had  great  feedback  about  the  trip;Íž  it  was  a  very  popular  activity.  The  Hunter  Mountain  staff  has  also  continued  to  be  very  helpful  with  planning  the  two  hours  of  private  snow  tubing  time  just  for  SUNY  New  Paltz  students.â€? The  Center  for  Student  Development,  ZKLFK KRVWV WKH H[FXUVLRQ DV SDUW RI WKH Âł:HO come  Back  Weekend,â€?  has  nearly  doubled  the  number  of  spots  available  from  last  year  to  accommodate  for  the  popularity  of  snow  tubing.  This  year,  75  students  registered  for  WKH HYHQW Âż OOLQJ WKH VSRWV LQ RQO\ WZR GD\V DQG RYHUĂ€ RZLQJ RQWR D ZDLW OLVW 2ULHQWDWLRQ Leaders  also  attended  the  trip  as  chaperones. “It’s  cold  and  beautiful  out  there,â€?  Patti  0RUURZ D UHSUHVHQWDWLYH IURP +XQWHU 0RXQ tain  Resort’s  reservations  department,  said.  â€œI  know  they’ll  love  it.â€? The  snow  tubing  section  of  Hunter  Mountain  is  a  designated  area,  complete  with  D ORJ FDELQ IRU UHIUHVKPHQWV DQG D Âż UH SLW RII to  the  side  of  the  parking  lot.  Two  electrical  tow  lines,  built  much  like  the  tow  lines  for  FKLOGUHQÂśV EXQQ\ VORSHV DUH PDQQHG E\ DW WHQGDQWV ZKR DWWDFK OLQHV WR WKH WXEHV 2Q WKH way  up  to  the  top  of  the  chutes,  snow  tubers Â

sit  back  in  their  tubes,  wave  to  onlookers  and  enjoy  the  fresh  mountain  air. $IWHU KRSSLQJ RII WKH WRZ OLQH SDU ticipants  drag  their  tube  to  a  chute  entrance.  There,  attendants  push  or  spin  the  tubes  at  the  top  of  the  chute,  and  momentum  takes  care  of  the  rest.  Some  students  choose  to  link  the  VLQJOH ULGHU WXEHV WRJHWKHU E\ WXFNLQJ WKHLU feet  under  the  armpits  of  the  person  in  front  of  them,  sometimes  making  chains  of  tubes  with  several  people. “I  signed  up  to  go  because  during  my  middle  school  senior  trip,  I  was  able  to  go  snow  tubing.  I  just  remember  it  being  so  much  fun  that  I  decided  to  go  again.  The  price  was  also  great,â€?  Annette  Vera,  an  undeclared  ¿ UVW \HDU VWXGHQW VDLG Although  the  event  is  not  part  of  the  )LUVW \HDU )ULGD\V VHULHV ZKLFK WDNHV SODFH GXULQJ WKH IDOO :HOFRPH %DFN :HHNHQG FRQ WLQXHV WKH WUHQG RI KHOSLQJ VWXGHQWV H[SHUL ence  what  SUNY  New  Paltz  and  the  Hudson  Valley  have  to  offer.  To  hold  even  more  programming  through  the  winter,  Sestanovich  has  started  a  new  0RYLH 1LJKW 6HULHV LQ ZKLFK IHDWXUH Âż OPV Âł7KH 3HUNV RI %HLQJ D :DOOĂ€ RZHU ´ Âł6N\IDOO´ and  â€œThe  Hobbit:  An  Unexpected  Journeyâ€?  ZLOO EH VFUHHQHG LQ WKH /HFWXUH &HQWHU RQ VH lect  days  in  February. Vera  speaks  highly  of  other  events  geared  WRZDUG Âż UVW \HDU VWXGHQWV DV ZHOO “It’s  been  great  because  you  get  to  meet  WKH RWKHU IUHVKPHQ ,W PDNHV PH DSSUHFL ate  the  school  a  whole  lot  more  because  the  HYHQWV WKDW WKH\ÂśYH RUJDQL]HG IRU XV DUH DO ways  a  lot  of  fun,  and  I  just  think  it’s  very  thoughtful  of  them.â€?

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All  hail  the  Queen(s).  Last  weekend,  New  Paltz  wel-­ comed  royalty  to  campus  when  the  Queer  Queens  of  Qomedy  stormed  0F.HQQD 7KHDWUH WR EHQHÂżW WKH +XG-­ son  Valley  LGBTQ  Community  Center. Poppy  Champlin  started  the  Queer  Queens  of  Qomedy  â€”  a  traveling  com-­ edy  show  featuring  a  rotating  cast  of  lesbian  comedians  â€”  seven  years  ago,  and  since  then,  she  has  been  the  only  constant  performer.  â€œI  always  try  to  choose  two  head-­ liners  which  makes  it  hard  for  some  people  to  pay  for  the  shows,  but  I  re-­ ally  want  this  to  be  the  strongest  lesbian  show  that  you  could  see  in  your  town  or  region,â€?  she  said. For  the  New  Paltz  show,  Cham-­ plin  chose  Jessica  Kirson,  who  has  performed  as  a  Queer  Queen  nearly  10  times  in  the  past,  and  Cara  Kilduff,  a  New  York  City-­based  actor  and  comic. Âł.LUVRQ ZDV MXVW RQ ÂżUH DQG Kilduff  did  a  really  good  job,â€?  Cham-­ plin  said.  â€œShe’s  younger  in  terms  of  standup  comedy,  and  that  might  have  shown,  but  she’s  learning  her  craft  re-­ ally  well.â€?  7KH +XGVRQ 9DOOH\ /*%74 &RP-­ munity  Center,  which  was  founded  in  2005,  strives  to  advocate  for,  educate  and  support  lesbian,  gay,  bisexual,  transgender,  queer  and  questioning  in-­ dividuals,  families  and  communities  throughout  the  region,  according  to  their  website. Jan  Whitman,  a  member  of  the  LG-­ BTQ  center’s  board  of  directors,  said  she  had  seen  some  of  the  performers  before  and  contacted  Champlin  because  â€œeveryone  needs  a  laugh,â€?  especially  when  it’s  â€œcomedy  for  a  good  cause.â€? Whitman  said  the  proceeds  of  the  show  will  go  to  general  operations  and Â

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FRQWLQXLQJ WKH ZRUN RI WKH QRQ SURÂżW group,  which  includes  supporting  the  programs  the  center  offers. “There  are  a  wide  variety  of  groups  â€”  of  all  ages  and  interests  â€”  who  meet  there,â€?  she  said.  â€œThere’s  a  group  that  works  with  fabrics,  AA  groups,  wom-­ en’s  groups,  men’s  groups.  There’s  something  for  everyone  at  the  center.â€? Kathleen  Dowley,  coordinator  of  the  Women’s,  Gender  and  Sexuality  Studies  program,  said  Whitman  con-­ tacted  her  in  December  to  ask  if  the  program  would  be  willing  to  cosponsor  a  fundraising  event  for  the  center. “Our  program  underwent  a  self-­ study  in  2009,  and  we  recommitted  ourselves  to  doing  more  outreach  in Â

WKH +XGVRQ 9DOOH\ DQG ÂżQGLQJ ZD\V WR reach  out  to  organizations  and  agencies  in  the  region  who  are  also  committed  to  improving  the  lives  of  women  and  the  /*%74 SRSXODWLRQV LQ WKH +XGVRQ 9DO-­ ley,â€?  Dowley  said. Dowley  said  she  worked  with  Whit-­ man  and  Champlain  over  the  winter  break  to  develop  posters  and  strategize  about  publicity.  Bringing  the  Queens  to  New  Paltz  was  Whitman’s  idea,  but  Dowley  said  the  program  was  happy  to  support  their  work. Âł, EHOLHYH LW LV WKH ÂżUVW WLPH ZH KDYH cosponsored  an  event  with  [the  center],  but  we  are  hopeful  it  won’t  be  the  last,â€?  she  said. As  the  â€œboss,â€?  Champlin  said  noth-­

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ing  is  off-­limits  in  terms  of  what  jokes  her  fellow  comedians  can  make  or  what  topics  they  can  explore. “I  don’t  edit  anybody,â€?  she  said.  â€œI  don’t  tell  them  what  to  do  or  what  not  to  do.  I  never  appreciated  when  people  told  me  what  to  do  onstage.â€? &KDPSOLQ VDLG WKLV EHQHÂżW ZDV VXF-­ cessful  not  only  for  the  center,  but  for  her  own  comedic  performance. “Sometimes  I  can  be  uptight,  [but]  , GHÂżQLWHO\ KLW WKH ]RQH DQG KDG VRPH improvisational  material  come  out  from  jokes  that  I  already  had,â€?  she  said.  ³7KH\ >/*%74 FHQWHU@ GHÂżQLWHO\ PDGH PRQH\ DQG WR PDNH PRQH\ DW D EHQHÂżW that  makes  people  feel  good  is  really  the  best  way  to  go.â€?

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The  New  Paltz  Theater  Department  wants  to  be  a  producer  â€”  in  every  sense  of  the  word.  This  spring,  the  department  will  be  putting  on  the  bi-­yearly  New  Play  Festival  and  â€œThe  Producers.â€? On  Saturday,  Jan.  26,  auditions  were  held  for  both  the  controversial  Mel  Brooks  musical  and  the  evening  of  original  productions  written  by  Hudson  Valley  play-­ wrights.  Cast  lists  have  since  been  posted,  and  now  the  grueling  and  rewarding  part  begins  â€”  rehearsal.  â€œDuring  the  rehearsal  process,  you  have  a  great  pe-­ riod  of  discovery,â€?  Stephen  Kitsakos,  musical  director  for  â€œThe  Producers,â€?  said.  â€œWe’re  hoping  to  get  this  group  together  and  learn  different  things  about  each  character  and  think  of  funny  and  entertaining  ways  to  bring  the  characters  to  life.â€? New  Paltz’s  staging  of  â€œThe  Producers,â€?  directed  by  Department  Chair  Jack  Wade,  features  a  cast  of  23  actors.  Despite  the  nature  of  this  large-­scale  musical,  the  department  was  only  able  to  cast  13  men  and  nine  women  out  of  more  than  80  students  who  auditioned  because  of  budget  constraints,  Kitsakos  said.  There  was  also  some  apprehension  about  putting Â

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up  a  show  with  such  an  extensive  dance  requirement,  but  taking  the  risk  paid  off  during  auditions,  he  said. “A  lot  of  students  who  work  with  [the]  Dance  As-­ sociation  auditioned,  and  it  was  a  very  competitive  process  to  whittle  down,â€?  Kitsakos  said.  â€œMy  only  dis-­ appointment  is  that  we  could  only  cast  23  people,  but  working  on  a  huge  show  like  this,  it’s  very  expensive,  and  there’s  limited  space  onstage.â€? Although  the  department  intends  to  honor  the  orig-­ inal  text  and  score,  they  promise  that  the  musical  will  be  anything  but  a  â€œcopy  job,â€?  according  to  Kitsakos. Âł:HÂśUH Âż QGLQJ RXU RZQ ZD\ LQ ´ KH VDLG Âł,WÂśV scary,  but  it’s  very  exciting.  No  matter  what  happens,  there’s  an  opening  night.â€?  The  department  will  also  be  putting  up  the  New  Play  Festival,  which  highlights  original  productions  and  gives  opportunities  for  student  directors  to  take  leadership  roles.  Robert  Miller,  artistic  director  and  communications  &  media  advisor,  has  been  working  with  the  New  Play  Festival  for  two  years  now,  and  said  LWÂśV KLV MRE WR FRQVLGHU KRZ DOO RI WKH SLHFHV Âż W WRJHWKHU Âł, KDYH WKH RYHUDOO UHVSRQVLELOLW\ WR WKH DUWLVWLF LQ tegrity  of  the  evening,â€?  Miller  said.  â€œThere  are  a  lot  of  people  involved  and  we  have  to  keep  everyone  on  the  same  page  with  the...message  of  New  Play  Festival.â€?

prised  if  it  does  either. ,Q FRPSDULVRQ WR Âż OPV OLNH Âł$UJR ´ “Zero  Dark  Thirtyâ€?  and  â€œLincoln,â€?  â€œPlay-­ bookâ€?  is  an  underdog,  which  is  also  how  , ZRXOG GHVFULEH WKH PRYLHÂśV PDMRU SOD\ ers.  Bradley  Cooper  plays  Pat,  a  former  history  teacher  suffering  from  bipolar  disorder,  who  lives  with  his  OCD  father  (Robert  De  Niro,  in  one  of  the  best  per-­ formances  of  his  career)  and  his  â€œnormalâ€?  mother  (Jacki  Weaver).  The  movie  begins  with  him  leaving  the  institution,  and  fol-­ lows  his  readjustment  to  life  back  home  and  his  relationship  with  Tiffany  Maxwell  (Jennifer  Lawrence),  a  widow  recovering  from  sex  addiction. 3DW KDV GLIÂż FXOW\ FRSLQJ ZLWK KLV GLV ease  and  that  struggle  is  not  just  shown  with  the  best  acting  of  Cooper’s  career,  EXW ZLWK WKH ZD\ LW ZDV Âż OPHG 7KDW ZDV probably  one  of  my  favorite  things  â€œPlay-­ bookâ€?  had  to  offer.  The  camera  angles  and  ¿ OPLQJ VW\OH DUH XQVHWWOLQJ FODXVWURSKR bic,  uncomfortable  and  a  parallel  to  how  Pat  feels.  His  obsession  with  reconnecting  with  his  estranged  wife  â€”  who  placed  a  restraining  order  against  him  â€”  makes  him  manic.  The  shots  make  the  audience Â

The  evening  will  contain  a  performance  of  seven  plays,  each  not  exceeding  20  minutes  in  length,  all  written  by  Hudson  Valley  playwrights  and  directed  by  either  students  or  professors. Each  play  is  centered  around  a  female  character,  according  to  fourth-­year  theater  performance  major,  Brendan  Quinn,  one  of  the  playwrights  and  director  for  the  festival.  Although  Quinn  is  excited  to  begin  the  re-­ hearsal  process,  he  said  he’s  also  nervous  about  disap-­ pointing  a  playwright. Âł,ÂśP GLUHFWLQJ WZR VKRZV DQG ,ÂśP FRQFHUQHG DERXW betraying  another  artist’s  vision,â€?  he  said. 2QO\ EHLQJ DEOH WR SURYLGH UROHV WR Âż YH DFWRUV LQ WR tal  â€”  three  women  and  two  men  â€”  poses  an  inconve-­ QLHQFH IRU WKH SOD\ZULJKWV DV WKH\ PDNH WKHLU Âż QDO FXWV and  decisions  about  who  they  will  cast  in  their  shows.  For  an  auditioning  actor,  versatility  is  very  important,  Miller  said. Âł:H FDQ RQO\ FDVW Âż YH SHRSOH DQG WKH\ KDYH WR ORRN LQWHUHVWLQJ WRJHWKHU ´ KH VDLG Âł,Q WKH GHFLVLRQ making  process  and  the  rehearsal  process,  communi-­ FDWLRQ LV NH\ ,ÂśP QRW WKH ERVV RI WKLV LWÂśV D FROODERUD tive  effort.  My  job  is  to  steer  the  process  as  opposed  to  making  all  the  decisions.  Some  people’s  ideas  are  a  lot  better  than  mine.â€?

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well  and  has  a  shot  at  Best  Picture,  be-­ cause  this  is  a  story  that  everyone  (really,  everyone)  can  relate  to.  What  we  see  in  every  character  is  that,  whether  they’ve  been  diagnosed  or  not,  they’re  all  a  little  ELW PHVVHG XS $QG , WKLQN WKDW SHUIHFWO\ mirrors  how  we  all  feel  sometimes.  We  all  have  our  own  issues  and  prob-­ lems,  and  we’re  all  entitled  to  the  way  we  feel  and  think,  because  we’re  human.  Sometimes  we  get  really  down  on  our-­ selves,  and  we  stand  in  our  own  way  or  drown  in  ourselves  without  a  life  jacket  in  sight. But  hey,  even  with  all  of  the  insecuri-­ ties  and  bull  we  see  every  day,  we  know  that  if  we  stay  positive,  there’s  a  shot  at  a  silver  lining  not  too  far  away. Â

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‘OF EBONY EMBERS’ PAYS HOMAGE TO HARLEM WRITERS

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By  Zameena  Mejia The  simmering  sounds  of  cello,  piano,  percussion  and  poetry  in  Core  Ensemble’s  â€œOf  Ebony  Embers:  Vignettes  of  the  Harlem  Renaissanceâ€?  will  ignite  McKenna  Theatre  in  celebration  of  the  artists  from  the  1920s  arts  and  cultural  movement.  The  Florida-­based  group  brings  the  chamber  music  the-­ ater  event  to  SUNY  New  Paltz  during  Black  History  Month.  The  ensemble  celebrates  the  lives  of  Harlem  Renaissance  poets,  such  as  Langston  Hughes,  Countee  Cullen  and  Claude  McKay,  through  a  poetry-­inspired  theater  script  and  the  mu-­ sic  of  iconic  jazz  musicians,  like  Duke  Ellington  and  Jelly  Roll  Mortan. Core  Ensemble’s  Managing  Director  Margot  Emery  reached  out  to  James  Schiffer,  dean  of  Liberal  Arts  and  Sci-­ ences,  in  July  of  last  year  in  efforts  to  bring  â€œOf  Ebony  Em-­ bersâ€?  to  SUNY  New  Paltz.  â€œThe  show  looked  very  interesting  to  me,â€?  Schiffer  said.  â€œOne  of  the  things  that  I  really  liked  about  it  is  how  interdis-­ ciplinary  it  is.  The  Harlem  Renaissance  was  a  renaissance  not  of  just  literature  but  of  painting,  poetry  and  intellectual  life.  A  show  like  this  captures  the  interplay.â€? “Of  Ebony  Embersâ€?  was  brought  to  campus  as  an  op-­ SRUWXQLW\ WR IXOÂż OO 681< 1HZ 3DOW]ÂśV YLVLRQ SRLQW WR EH DQ “intellectual  and  cultural  hub  in  the  Hudson  Valley  for  the  Hudson  Valley,â€?  according  to  Schiffer.  0XOWLSOH GHSDUWPHQWV LQFOXGLQJ WKH 2IÂż FH RI $FDGHPLF Affairs,  the  English  and  Black  Studies  Departments  and  the  School  of  Fine  &  Performing  Arts,  saw  it  as  a  way  to  enrich  students,  faculty,  staff  and  the  community.  â€œThe  show  explores  and  celebrates  the  Harlem  Renais-­ sance  â€”  the  poetry,  visual  art  and  music  of  a  rich  and  pro-­ OLÂż F SHULRG LQ $PHULFDQ FXOWXUDO KLVWRU\ ² DQG WKH VWUXJJOHV

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and  accomplishments  of  some  of  its  most  amazing  artists,â€?  Emery  said.  According  to  Emery,  the  theatrical  aspect  of  the  Harlem  Renaissance  is  portrayed  through  scenes  from  the  lives  of  the  three  poets  and  Aaron  Douglas,  â€œthe  father  of  Black  Art.â€? “Of  Ebony  Embersâ€?  will  give  the  New  Paltz  community  the  opportunity  to  experience  the  sights  and  sounds  of  the  Harlem  Renaissance  in  McKenna  Theatre  on  Thursday,  Feb.  7  from  7  to  10  p.m.  That  same  day,  students  can  learn  how  WKH VKRZ ZDV FUHDWHG DQG UHÂż QHG LQ 6WXGHQW 8QLRQ DW 1:40  p.m. Schiffer  said  he  hopes  the  show  will  provide  viewers  with  a  deeper  understanding  of  the  Harlem  Renaissance.  â€œA  lot  of  learning  takes  place  outside  of  the  classroom,â€?  Schiffer  said.  â€œThis  is  a  way  of  combining  both  instruction  and  pleasure  â€”  it  should  be  a  wonderful  evening.â€?

ART AND MUSIC EVENTS IN FEBRUARY: “A Ride On The Underground Railroad� Professor and Composer Nkeiru Okoye hosts a concert celebrating the Black History Month and the 150th anniversay of the Emancipation Proclamation. Sunday, Feb. 1, 3 p.m., Studley Theatre

“Bamako Sigi-Kan� Film Screening Manthia Diawara’s documentary tells the story of his return to Bamako to see how his hometown, family and friends are coping with globalization. Wednesday, Feb. 20, 5 p.m., Lecture Center 104

“The Dorsky Collects: Recent Acquisitions 2008-2012� Opening reception for the exhibition focusing on two and three dimensional artwork, which was curated by Wayne Lempka. Saturday, Feb. 2, 5 p.m., Dorsky

WHAT’S  YOUR  INSTRUMENT  OF  CHOICE  AND  WHY? Acoustic  guitar.  When  I  was  a  kid,  on  spe-­ cial  occasions  and  holidays,  my  uncles  and  cousins  would  jam  all  night  long,  so  I  always  wanted  to  join  them.  WHAT  ARE  YOU  INVOLVED  WITH  MUSICALLY? I’ve  been  involved  in  the  Blackbox  The-­ atre  in  the  musical  â€œThe  Dark  I  Know,â€?  a  couple  Miami  Theatre  Productions  and  I’m  currently  in  â€œThe  Producers.â€?  I’m  also  in-­ volved  in  Male  Call. WHO  HAVE  YOU  BEEN  LISTENING  TO  LATELY? Lately  I  have  been  listening  to  the  Woodstock  Radio  Station,  since  I  just  recently  began  in-­ terning  there.  The  station  turned  me  on  to  a  lot  of  bands  like  The  Lone  Bellow,  Tedeschi  Trucks  Band  and  Gary  Clark  Jr. WHAT’S  YOUR  PLAN  FOR  THE  FUTURE? , IHHO WKDW PXVLF DQG Âż OP JR YHU\ PXFK KDQG -­in-­hand,  so  I  hope  to  pursue  my  passions  RI PXVLF DQG Âż OP DV D GLUHFWRU DQG HGLWRU I  also  hope  to  continue  pursuing  my  love  of  performing  in  musicals.  ANY  ADVICE  FOR  ASPIRING  MUSICIANS? My  best  advice  for  aspiring  musicians  would  be  cultivate  your  weirdness,  and  really  own  your  own  unique  style.  The  only  way  to  bring  something  new  to  the  table  is  to  accept  that  you  truly  have  something  new  to  offer,  and  then  own  it. CHECK  OUT  JAMES  FISCHER PERFORMING  BY  SCANNING  THIS  CODE  WITH  ANY  SMARTPHONE! Â

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tHe Deep END AMANDA ELLINGER Major: Visual Arts Year: Sixth (transfer) Influences: Gerhard Richter, Anselm Kiefer, Joan Mitchell, Robert Ryman, Julie Mehretu, Robert Rauschenberg, memories, nature/ landscapes, the subconscious and dreams

“I believe art is about an investigation of not only ideas, but of oneself. My work reflects my interest in abstract landscape painting and the process of memory, but also reveals how I create through entering the subconscious and opening it up into a visual process.”

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THEY LISTENED

CARTOON BY JULIE GUNDERSEN

We spoke. They listened. Through the work of several student senators, the desire for more late-­night dining options across SUNY New Paltz became a reality as Campus Auxiliary Services (CAS) announced that a newly-­rebuilt Oscar’s will once again serve the campus community culminating with a grand reopening on Feb. 1. We at The New Paltz Oracle would like to commend both our student senators for taking the whims and wants of its campus community to heart and SUNY New Paltz for changing the course of their plans for the future to in-­ corporate said desires. Over the course of the last few years, SUNY New Paltz dining options have undergone many changes. Last semester, Executive Director of CAS Steve Deutsch an-­ nounced that Hasbrouck Dining Hall had been remodeled and a transition toward late-­night options in the Student Union would be taken into account following a push by former Student Association President Terrell Coakley for more options to be available for students. As last semester went on, CAS responded to student complaints with the hours of operation for late-­night din-­ ing options in stride, and now – when students went a step further and asked for more than just the Student Union to be a dining option – they listened again. We are particularly happy with CAS’s response to stu-­ dent concerns, coming off the heels of a contentious rela-­ tionship that formed between the organization and student leaders last semester regarding the Request For Proposal (RFP) for prospective food service providers last semester.

At points last semester, it appeared that CAS and its board members were not looking directly at what students on the campus they serve were asking for in regards to the RFP. However, with their announcement that Oscar’s will be reopened instead of becoming the campus bakery (as previously planned), it is clear CAS has started this semester on the right foot and its board members and deci-­ sion makers are responding to the various factions of cam-­ pus who clearly desired more options to consume food on campus. We have said time and time again that student re-­ sponse, feedback and opinion is by far the most important factor to be considered by CAS or any decision-­making body on campus. This is our home as much as it is their workplace, and our opinions should not be taken lightly. While our opinions can be scattered – and unfortunately many times outlandish – if we are properly educated and take the time to make informed judgments, we can be un-­ deniably helpful in any decision making process. We as an editorial board hope CAS continues to take student input in stride as they continue adding dining op-­ tions on campus as we watch buildings erected across campus. When asked in a timely manner, our input can be insightful and truly gauge the pulse of what we, as con-­ sumers on campus, want to eat. More importantly, this announcement can symbol-­ ize much more than just another place to eat on campus. CAS’s decision to listen to students should be used as a springboard for other governing bodies on campus. Sure, sometimes we as students can overreact – es-­

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pecially in instances of ‘trendy’ news items we are told to care about by our peers – but if we as a campus community take the time to become well informed and well versed in the campus around us, we can make impacts in ways we haven’t even thought of yet. If they take the obvious step to reach out to student leadership, reach out to the student body and reach out to the campus community at large, we will listen. If our campus community is happy with the progress our voices have made in regards to our dining options, why not continue that trend? We implore those reading this to continue to stay informed of the community around them. Uninformed, our voices are useless. But if you take the extra second to look beyond what you are told by your friends and seek truthful, informative news – our voices cannot be stopped. P.S.-­ Great job Zameena for winning NP Dining Ser-­ vices “Holiday Photo Contest.”

Editorials represent the views of the major-­ ity of the editorial board. Columns, op-­eds and letters, excluding editorials, are solely those of the writers and do not necessarily represent the views of The New Paltz Oracle, its staff members, the campus and university or the Town or Village of New Paltz.

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COLUMNS Everybody  Dopes

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I  think  Lance  Armstrong  deserves  his  seven  Tour  de  France  titles. As  a  disclaimer,  I  do  not  support  doping.  I  also  don’t  claim  to  be  an  ex-­ pert  on  bicycle  racing  or  Lance  Arm-­ strong’s  life,  but  I  think  I  know  enough  to  have  an  opinion  on  his  recent  ordeal  and  maybe  give  a  new  perspective  on  it.  I  owe  any  and  all  knowledge  I  have  on  the  subject  to  my  father  who  is  a  cy-­ cling  enthusiast.  Every  cyclist  in  the  Tour  de  France  (or  at  least  every  racer  who  hopes  to  place)  dopes.  To  tell  Armstrong  that  he  doesn’t  deserve  his  titles  is  to  tell  most  RI WKH UDFHUV WKDW WKH\ DUH GLVTXDOLÂż HG So  why  strip  only  Armstrong  of  KLV WLWOHV" <HV KH ZRQ Âż UVW SODFH VHYHQ times,  he  survived  cancer;Íž  these  two  facts  combined  makes  him  the  most  VLJQLÂż FDQW ELNH UDFHU LQ WKH VW FHQWX ry.  But  just  because  he’s  an  easy  target  GRHVQÂśW PHDQ KH VKRXOG EH WKH RIÂż FLDOVÂś only  target.  That’s  just  taking  the  easy  way  out. So  why  do  cyclists  dope?  Why  not  do  the  race  clean?  The  expectations  are  humanly  impossible.  Race  view-­ ers  expect  the  cyclists  to  perform  at  a  certain  level.  With  the  intense  heat  and  the  incredibly  steep  mountains,  racers  can’t  bike  at  such  high  speeds.  Doping  is  necessary  to  entertain  the  public. I  have  asked  the  question,  why  don’t  all  of  the  racers  just  stop  doping?  But  I  guess  that’s  the  answer;Íž  viewers  would  no  longer  be  entertained. It’s  sad  that  bicycle  racing  has  come  to  this,  and  it’s  sad  that  Armstrong  has  to  pay  the  price  for  it.  But  it’s  also  sad  that  he’s  the  only  one  who  has  to.  If  Armstrong  wanted  to  stay  on  the  team,  he  had  no  choice  but  to  dope.

I’m  sitting  here  and  it’s  2  a.m.  I  really  don’t  know  what  to  write  and  my  brain  is  slowly  stopping  which  isn’t  very  helpful.  I  guess  the  obvious  topic  is  how  this  is  the  beginning  of  the  end.  I’m  graduating  in  May,  real  life  is  fast  approaching,  the  future,  blah  blah.  I  don’t  see  much  point  in  talking  about  where  I’m  going  to  be  after  the  next  few  months,  because  let’s  be  hon-­ est,  you  and  I  both  know  the  answer  is  probably  sitting  in  my  basement  in  West-­ chester  re-­watching  the  entire  series  of  â€œBuffyâ€?  and  eating  a  block  of  aged  ched-­ dar  my  mom  bought  from  Costco. Okay,  maybe  it  won’t  be  that  awe-­ some,  but  really  I  have  no  fucking  idea  what  I’m  going  to  be  doing  after  school  so  stop  asking  me. I’m  not  really  so  scared  of  the  fu-­ WXUH , DFWXDOO\ Âż QG LW SUHWW\ H[FLWLQJ EXW I’m  trying  this  new  thing  where  I  live  in  the  moment.  Why  waste  time  overthink-­ ing  about  my  future  life  when  I  should  DQG FRXOG EH EDVNLQJ LQ WKHVH Âż QDO IHZ months?  I  don’t  want  to  brag,  but  this  se-­ mester  is  treating  me  pretty  wonderfully  so  far. Anyway,  I  thought  I  was  on  a  roll,  but  apparently  I’m  not.  Let  me  think.

Early  Morning  Musings  I  could  talk  about  a  lot  of  things  right  now,  so  why  not  rattle  them  off?  I  could  talk  about  how  nice  it  is  to  sleep  in  the  same  bed  as  someone,  I  could  talk  about  how  incredible  â€œBuffyâ€?  is  because  she’s  a  stong  female  character  who  is  a  hero,  who  saves  the  world  from  like  12.5  apoc-­ alypses  and  dies  for  her  friends  multiple  times.  I  could  talk  about  rape  culture  and  how  incredibly  skewed  our  societal  per-­ ception  of  rape  is,  how  rape-­free  cultures  literally  lack  the  patriarchal  ideology  that  dominates  our  society  and  how  we  choose  to  blame  the  victim  for  having  their  autonomy  invaded  and  violated  in  the  most  degrading  way  possible. I  could  talk  about  how  stupid  the  idea  of  no  one  being  able  to  love  you  un-­ til  you  love  yourself  is.  Oh,  you’re  not  completely  content  with  your  whole  self   and  your  self-­esteem  is  a  little  low?  You  don’t  deserve  to  and  cannot  be  loved.  Sound  a  little  counterproductive,  no? I  could  lighten  things  up  and  talk  about  corgis,  how  I’m  probably  going  to  have  them  instead  of  children  and  how  my  dream  job  is  to  be  the  Queen’s  Royal  Corgi  Carrier  (yes,  I’m  pretty  sure  this  is  an  actual  career  option). I  could  delve  into  feelings  and  how  I  have  a  lot  of  them  all  the  time  and  how Â

I  recently  realized  that  being  genuinely  happy  is  one  of  the  scariest  things  in  the  world  when  you’ve  been  conditioned  to  think  everything  is  going  to  fall  apart  at  even  the  slightest  feeling  of  warmth  inside  you.  It’s  as  if  true  happiness  is  a  jinx,  or  at  least  that’s  what  95.7  percent  of  my  experiences  tell  me. I  could  talk  about  90s  emo  and  how  few  things  mean  as  much  to  me.  I  could  talk  about  how  I’m  taking  a  break  from  binge-­watching  TV  because  I  have  a  pile  of  books  sitting  next  to  my  bed  and  I  should  probably  spend  less  time  on  the  internet.  , VKRXOG WDON DERXW VH[XDO Ă€ XLGLW\ and  sex  positivity  because  who  cares  who  you  love  and  who  cares  who  you  fuck?  I  could  talk  about  how  I  pretty  much  bought  the  contents  of  an  entire  Trader  Joe’s  before  coming  back  to  school  and  how  I  regret  absolutely  nothing.  Trader  Joe  is  my  own  personal  deity. This  is  a  lot  of  writing  about  nothing  and  I’m  not  really  sure  what  just  trans-­ pired,  but  I  guess  there  are  just  a  lot  of  things  that  need  to  be  talked  about  and  indecisiveness  is  my  most  prominent  character  trait. Up  the  punx.  Get  bent.  Stay  cool.

LETTER Dear  Editor: Hello  and  welcome  back  to  cam-­ pus!  We  would  like  to  take  a  moment  to  update  you  on  events  and  activities  happening  at  NYPIRG.  For  those  of  you  who  may  be  unfamiliar  with  us,  NYP-­ IRG,  the  New  York  Public  Interest  Re-­ search  Group,  is  the  state’s  largest  and  most  effective  student-­directed  organi-­ zation  on  20  college  campuses  across  the  state.  For  the  past  40  years,  NYP-­ IRG  has  built  student  power  through  grassroots  organizing  and  advocacy,  public  education  and  offering  students  countless  opportunities  to  become  civ-­

ically-­engaged  members  of  the  campus,  off  campus  and  in  the  community  to  de-­ velop  the  skills  needed  to  become  effec-­ tive  student  activists. As  the  returning  Project  Coordina-­ tor  for  SUNY  New  Paltz’s  chapter  of  NYPIRG,  I  urge  every  member  of  the  campus  community  to  help  build  stu-­ dent  power  by  attending  our  Higher  Education  Day  of  Action.  On  Tuesday,  March  12,  NYPIRG  will  be  bringing  students  from  across  the  state  to  head  to  our  state  capitol  to  meet  with  lawmakers  and  demand  that  they  invest  in  access  to  higher  education. Â

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To  learn  more  about  Higher  Edu-­ cation  Action  Day  and  all  of  our  other  campaigns  including  Environmental  Protection,  Hunger  and  Homelessness  Outreach,  and  Consumer  Protection,  stop  by  our  Student  Action  Meeting:  Wednesday,  Feb.  20,  at  7  p.m.,  in  Stu-­ dent  Union  Building  401/405.  Have  a  great  semester! Eric  Wood NYPIRG  Project  Coordinator Ewood@nypirg.org SUB  426 X3085

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MAKING STRIDES

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By  Andrew  Wyrich (GLWRU ,Q &KLHI _ Andrew.wyrich63@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

Despite  losing  two  of  the  team’s  most  recognizable  names,  the  Hawks  have  been  soaring.  The  2013  Men’s  Volleyball  team  has  started  their  season  on  a  tear,  defeating  WKHLU Âż UVW Âż YH RSSRQHQWV WR VWDUW WKHLU spring  season  with  a  6-­0  record.   Head  Coach  Radu  Petrus  said  the  team’s  losses  of  former  starters  Kevin  Stross  and  Mike  Van  Tyne  may  have  stripped  the  Hawks  of  college-­level  ex-­ SHULHQFH EXW D FURS RI LQFRPLQJ Âż UVW year  players  and  improved  returning  players  have  made  an  immediate  impact  on  the  program.  â€œIt  is  always  tough  to  replace  senior  players  because  they  have  so  much  ex-­ perience  and  understanding  of  college  game,â€?  Petrus  said.  â€œHowever,  we  have  such  a  great  class  of  newcomers  and  re-­ turning  players  have  been  standing  out Â

as  being  a  great  example  for  these  fresh-­ men.â€?  Over  the  course  of  the  team’s  sea-­ son  so  far,  the  Hawks  have  defeated  No.  14  ranked  Hunter  College,  No.  7  ranked  Rivier  College  and  No.  10  ranked  Mas-­ sachusetts  Institute  of  Technology  among  other  colleges,  and  have  defeat-­ HG Âż YH RI WKHLU VL[ RSSRQHQWV E\ D match  score.  Assistant  Coach  Tony  Bonilla  said  the  team  is  staying  focused  and  taking  each  match  one  step  at  a  time.  Bonilla  said  he  believes  the  team’s  chemistry  has  also  contributed  to  their  early  season  success.  â€œThese  guys  love  to  compete,  but  more  importantly  they  like  to  be  around  each  other,â€?  Bonilla  said.  â€œThey  have  a  strong  team  bond.  Coach  Radu  is  also  working  diligently  on  their  physical  [game]  to  give  them  the  upper  hand  in Â

every  match.â€?  Returning  to  this  year’s  squad  are  third-­year  setter  Misa  Garo,  third-­ year  middle  blocker  Dylan  Rabidoux,  third-­year  outside  hitter  Brian  Smith  and  third-­year  middle  blocker  Brian  O’Connor  â€“  all  of  whom  started  for  the  Hawks  last  season.   ,Q DGGLWLRQ HLJKW Âż UVW \HDU UHFUXLWV have  been  added  to  the  roster,  including  WZR VWXGHQWV ZKR TXDOLÂż HG IRU WKH 1HZ York  State  Public  High  School  Athletic  Association  Boys  Volleyball  Division  I  Championship  last  year.  Petrus  said  this  year’s  squad  offers  a  mix  of  both  experienced  and  promising  young  players  and  offers  both  himself  DQG %RQLOOD WKH RSSRUWXQLW\ WR KDYH Ă€ X idity  within  the  roster  by  allowing  play-­ ers  to  shift  to  different  positions  on  the  court.   â€œThis  year  we  have‌a  lot  of  com-­

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petitive  players  for  each  position  on  the  volleyball  court,â€?  Petrus  said.  â€œLast  year  we  didn’t  have  this  opportunity.â€? Bonilla  agreed  and  believes  the  team’s  overall  depth  has  contributed  to  the  squad’s  success  in  the  infancy  of  their  season.  The  Hawks  are  looking  to  improve  last  season’s  record  of  19-­11,  and  both  Bonilla  and  Petrus  believe  the  team  can  make  it  further  into  the  playoffs  this  sea-­ son.  ,Q WKH Âż UVW URXQG RI WKH 89& Championship  Tournament  last  season,  the  Hawks  lost  to  Stevens  Institute  of  Technology  by  a  score  of  3-­1.  â€œPersonally,  I  feel  this  team  can  go  DOO WKH ZD\ DQG Âż QLVK DV FKDPSLRQV ´ Bonilla  said.  â€œAs  for  the  biggest  chal-­ lenges,  it  would  have  to  be  staying  fo-­ cused  and  not  be  complacent.â€?

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Lady Hawks Swim Laps Around Competition By Matt Tursi &RS\ (GLWRU_ N01980919@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

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The  New  Paltz  Women’s  Basketball  team  has  seen  nothing  but  net  this  season  as  they  rallied  to  achieve  a  16-­2  overall  record. The  team  has  outscored  its  opponents  by  an  average  of  6.2  points  and  Head  Coach  Jamie  Seward  attributes  their  strong  play  to  a  mixture  of  factors,  including  the  group’s  attitude  toward  losing. “From  the  very  beginning  of  practice  this  team  has  come  to  play  every  single  day,â€?  Seward  said.  â€œCombine  that  with  the  fact  that  we  have  a  very  talented  and  com-­ petitive  group  who  hate  to  lose,  that’s  why  we  have  had  a  strong  start.â€? Also  contributing  to  their  record  is  the  dedication  play-­ ers  illustrated  before  the  season  started.  During  the  offsea-­ son,  the  team  participated  in  a  number  of  pick-­up  games  and  held  track  workouts  three  to  four  times  a  week.  Over  the  summer,  players  who  lived  near  each  other  got  together  to  work  out.  Though  the  team  is  relatively  young,  Seward  believes  fourth-­years  Alex  McCullough,  Maliqua  Fisher  and  Kah-­ syrah  Bryant  â€œhave  provided  outstanding  leadership.â€?

Fisher  said  her  role  as  co-­captain  allows  her  to  lead  by  example.  She  also  feels  that  being  a  source  of  encourage-­ PHQW IRU WKH \RXQJHU SOD\HUV JLYHV WKHP FRQÂż GHQFH LQ WKHLU abilities  and  creates  a  symbiotic  relationship. “When  I’m  down  I  need  them  just  as  much  as  when  they’re  down,  they  need  me,â€?  Fisher  said.  â€œWe  all  look  out  for  one  another.â€? Co-­captain  McCullough,  who  leads  the  team  in  points  per  game  with  10.2,  realizes  that  their  record  will  force  them  to  work  harder  as  they  are  now  positioned  as  the  team  to  beat. “As  a  team  we  need  to  realize  we  are  now  the  team  that  everyone  wants  to  beat,  so  we  have  to  work  harder  and  harder  and  stick  together  as  one,  which  we  have  done  a  very  good  job  with,â€?  McCullough  said.  Third-­year  Jeanette  Scott  is  another  player  who  Seward  acknowledged  as  an  experienced  role  player  on  the  team.  6KH UHFRUGHG KHU Âż UVW FDUHHU GRXEOH GRXEOH DJDLQVW 681< Oswego  with  12  points  and  10  rebounds,  which  led  to  a  56-­ 53  win.  She  said  she,  along  with  her  teammates,  value  these  contributions  no  matter  how  small. “I  didn’t  even  realize  it  during  the  game  but  it  did  feel  good,â€?  Scott  said.  â€œIt  always  feels  good  to  know  that  you Â

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helped  your  team  to  get  a  big  win  in  some  way,  whether  it  shows  up  on  the  stat  sheet  or  not.â€? Second-­year  point  guard  Shannan  Walker’s  rookie  sea-­ son  was  cut  short  after  suffering  an  ACL  tear.  She  was  able  to  redshirt  and  is  technically  a  freshman  on  the  team.  Walk-­ HU VDLG ZRUNLQJ RQ KHU FRQÂż GHQFH KDV EHHQ D SULRULW\ WKLV season  and  credits  her  coach  for  helping  her  do  just  that.  ³(YHU\ GD\ , KDYH WR ZRUN RQ EHLQJ FRQÂż GHQW WKDW P\ knee  won’t  hold  me  back,â€?  Walker  said.  â€œMy  coach  has  KHOSHG PH Âż QG P\ UROH RQ WKH WHDP DJDLQ DQG JDYH PH WKH FRQÂż GHQFH WR UHVXPH P\ UROH DV D OHDGHU RQ WKH FRXUW ´ Though  Seward  and  the  players  had  slightly  differ-­ ent  responses  as  to  how  they  could  improve  their  play,  UHERXQGLQJ DQG PDLQWDLQLQJ D VWURQJ Âż UVW KDOI DUH DVSHFWV they  all  agreed  on.  Growth  and  improvement  have  been  part  of   Seward’s  plan  since  the  beginning  of  the  season  and  an  almost  per-­ fect  record  does  not  change  that  plan. “Our  goal  was  never  to  go  unbeaten,â€?  Seward  said.  â€œOur  goal  all  along  has  been  to  continue  to  get  better  ev-­ HU\ GD\ ZLQ WKH 681<$& &KDPSLRQVKLS EH DQ LQFUHGLEO\ tough  out  in  the  NCAA  Tournament  and  play  our  very  best  game  in  the  last  game  of  the  season.â€?

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The  third  annual  Be  Active  Challenge  hosted  by  the  Athletic  and  Wellness  Center  will  run  from  Feb.  4  until  March  16,  culmi-­ nating  with  the  NIRSA  (National  Intramural  Recreational  Sports  Association)  Be  Active  Challenge  Day. The  Athletic  and  Wellness  Center  ex-­ periences  its  busiest  time  during  the  start  of  semesters,  especially  the  spring  semester.  By  running  the  Challenge  from  February  to  March,  the  Center  hopes  to  â€œengage  stu-­ dents  and  get  them  involved,  to  keep  active  in  friendly  competition,â€?  Director  of  Well-­ ness  and  Recreation  Keith  Kenney  said.  â€œEs-­ pecially  this  time  of  year,  everyone’s  inside  because  of  the  weather.â€?  Kenney  said  the  challenge  caters  to  stu-­ dents  with  varied  gym  experience.  â€œParticipating  in  the  Be  Active  Chal-­ lenge  does  not  necessarily  mean  you  have  to  be  a  weightlifter,  or  a  bodybuilder,â€?  Kenney Â

said.  â€œWe  try  to  hit  every  type  of  student,  not  just  the  traditional  gym  goers.â€? Points  are  capped  at  10  points  per  per-­ son,  per  day.  Kenney  said  this  rule  is  en-­ forced  to  prevent  people  from  overtraining. Students  sign  in  before  activities  using  designated  binders  and  at  the  end  of  each  week,  points  are  tallied  and  an  email  update  is  sent  out.  They’re  â€œcheesy  weekly  fun  up-­ dates,  so  students  know  what’s  going  on,â€?  Kenney  said.  At  the  end  of  the  challenge,  the  top  three  teams  with  the  highest  points  earn  prizes,  with  a  grand  prize  of  300  Hawk  Dollars.  Other  prizes  include  an  Outdoor  Pursuits  trip,  athletic  gear  and  intramural  champions  T-­shirts. Âł:H ZHLJK WKLQJV E\ WLPH ÂżUVW ´ .HQ-­ ney  said.  â€œBut  we  also  give  things  that  we  WKLQN DUH PRUH EHQHÂżFLDO PRUH ZHLJKW OLNH three  points  for  a  health  assessment,  and  three  points  for  a  personal  training  session.â€? Each  year,  the  challenge  has  experi-­ enced  an  increase  in  participants,  which  the Â

Center  hopes  will  continue  this  year.  The  Be  Active  Challenge  was  run  dif-­ ferently  in  the  second  year,  according  to  Kenney.  â€œStudents  logged  in  and  submitted  a  minimum  amount  of  time  that  they  exer-­ cised,â€?  Kenney  said.  â€œThe  time  was  very  low,  and  we  felt  a  disconnect  from  the  stu-­ dents.  It  seemed  to  run  itself.â€?  New  Paltz  students  were  entered  into  a  UDIĂ€H WKURXJK )LW&DPSXV D QDWLRQDO ÂżWQHVV competition  which  takes  place  exclusively  on  college  campuses  and   the  winners  were  chosen  from  a  national  pool.  This  greatly  de-­ creased  their  chances  for  prizes  and  did  not  HQJDJH VWXGHQWV DV ZHOO DV WKH ÂżUVW PRGHO Kenney  said.  Kenney  and  his  staff  decided  WR UHWXUQ WR WKH ÂżUVW PRGHO IRU WKLV \HDUÂśV %H Active  Challenge. 6WXGHQWV DUHQÂśW DORQH LQ WKHLU ÂżWQHVV quest.  The  faculty  version  of  the  Be  Active  Challenge  has  run  for  two  years  in  a  row.  Liz  Sydney,  a  third-­year  marketing  and  international  business  double-­major  who Â

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I  was  excited  a  couple  of  weeks  ago  to  write  about  hockey  again.  After  rum-­ maging  through  the  deepest  and  dustiest  corners  of  my  mind  last  semester  while  the  lockout  was  going  on,  I  could  barely  keep  from  shaking  with  anticipation  as  I  realized  each  day  brought  me  closer  and  closer  to  writing  this,  my  opening  Rhythm  and  Blueshirts  column  for  the  2013  NHL  season.  And  then,  the  New  York  Rangers  organization  did  just  about  the  most  dis-­ appointing,  embarrassing,  shameful,  demeaning  and  sexist  thing  they  could  have  done  to  their  female  fans.  On  the  Blueshirts  United  blog,  where  fans  are  able  to  submit  articles  to  be  published  by  the  organization,  someone  wrote  a  â€œGirl’s  Guide  To  Watching  The  Rangers.â€? If  the  title  made  you  assume  this  â€œar-­ ticleâ€?  is  sexist,  further  promotes  gender  stereotypes,  validates  the  gender  binary  and  had  the  ability  to  anger  the  female  fan  base,  good.  It  would  have  been  nice  if  the  people  running  the  Blueshirts  United  blog  could  have  realized  that  too. The  article  contained  a  series  of  steps  instructing  women  on  how  to  watch  a Â

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Puck  The  Patriarchy hockey  game.  Instead  of  providing  some-­ WKLQJ WKDW FRXOG KDYH EHHQ XVHIXO WR D Âż UVW time  viewer  (like  what  a  5-­on-­3  is  and  why  the  Rangers’  power  play  is  so  awful  in  the  ¿ UVW SODFH DOO LW VDLG ZDV WKDW LI \RX KDYH questions,  wait  until  the  men  in  your  life  deem  it  alright  for  you  to  speak  and  de-­ fer  to  them  with  any  questions  you  have.  'RQÂśW WU\ DQG Âż JXUH LW RXW IRU \RXUVHOI MXVW ask  them  when  the  whistle  blows.  That’s  when  the  play  stops.  I’m  not  sure  if  all  of  \RX ZRPHQ Âż UVW WLPHUV NQHZ WKDW Mirna  Mandil  and  the  New  York  Rangers  didn’t  think  you  did.  Who’s  Mir-­ na  Mandil? The  woman  who  wrote  the  article.  That’s  right,  this  is  the  product  of  another  woman. Before  anything  else,  I  want  to  ac-­ knowledge  that  the  Rangers’  female  fan  base  did  not  stay  silent.  A  lot  of  women  bit  right  away  and  let  the  organization  know  that  what  it  did  was  demeaning  and  alien-­ ating.  I  commend  everyone  who  spoke  up,  because  it  was  you  who  made  those  who  were  too  ignorant  to  realize  that  what  went  up  was  problematic  and,  real  talk,  just  about  as  sexist  as  you  can  get  in  sports.  Now  let’s  get  to  the  fun  part.

A  lot  of  people  came  out  and  were  vo-­ cal  about  their  disgust  with  Mandil.  There  were  tweets  all  over  the  Rangers  Twitter  tag  about  how  problematic  her  article  was.  While  I  could  go  on  and  agree,  I  have  to  be  honest,  I  just  feel  bad  for  her.  How  upset-­ ting  is  it  that  there’s  a  woman  in  the  21st  century  today  who  believes  she  is  inferior  and  incapable  of  understanding  sports  in  contrast  to  men?  As  someone  who  didn’t  grow  up  in  an  environment  like  that,  I  pity  someone  who  did.  And  while  that  may  be  what  should  have  bothered  me  the  most,  it  wasn’t.  There  were  a  few  feminist  reactions  that  started  with  women  not  just  saying  how  disappointed  they  were,  but  how  disre-­ spected  they  felt  given  how  long  they’ve  watched  and  how  much  time  they  have  dedicated  to  this  sport. Validation  isn’t  something  limited  only  to  sports  culture.  It’s  something   women  who  coexist  in  male-­dominated  cultures  have  to  deal  with  all  the  time.  I’ve  done  that  in  this  column  in  the  past,  and  I  shouldn’t  have  to.  A  female  fan  of  a  sport  shouldn’t  feel  required  to  say  how  long  she’s  been  a  fan,  who  got  her  to  be  a  fan  and  what  continues  to  make  her  a  fan Â

today.  She  shouldn’t  have  to  prove  that  she  enjoys  sports  for  her  own  sake,  and  it’s  unfair  and  rude  for  people  to  asuume  she  only  enjoys  it  for  the  sake  of  appeasing  a  man. Because  you  can  argue  all  you  want,  but  that’s  what  it  comes  down  to.  Women  ZKR OLNH VSRUWV DUH FRPPRGLÂż HG DQG FRY eted  by  men,  and  often  times,  our  culture  encourages  that.  But,  as  a  woman,  you  can’t  just  say  you’re  a  fan,  you  have  to  prove  you  are  as  well.  I  can  tell  you  right  now  that  my  brothers  and  my  guy  friends  have  never  and  will  never  have  to  go  to  the  same  extremes  as  the  women  in  their  lives  do  to  pledge  their  allegiance.  New  York  has  a  huge  fan  base,  and  while  women  may  not  be  the  majority,  they  are  a  noticeable  group  and  it’s  a  shame  the  organization  we  care  so  much  about  would  demean  our  intelligence  and  devalue  our  commitment  to  a  team  we  all  love. Really,  I  think  it’s  too  late  for  them  to  make  a  serious  apology.  Female  fans  will  remember  this,  but  they’ll  come  back.  Be-­ cause  we  love  this  team  unconditionally  and  we  know  that  gender  identity  does  not  determine  the  love  that  grows  for  a  team  as  special  as  the  New  York  Rangers.

Mets  Not  Bourn  To  Run andrew.wyrich63@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

While  the  Mets  have  had  a  relatively  quiet  off  season,   baseball  writers  and  team  insiders  have  recently  linked  the  team  with  IUHH DJHQW FHQWHU Âż HOGHU 0LFKDHO %RXUQ On  the  surface,  the  two  parties  seem  OLNH D SRWHQWLDO Âż W 7KH 0HWV DUH LQ GHVSHU ate  â€”  and  even  that  is  a  generous  word  ² QHHG IRU RXWÂż HOGHUV DQG DV WKH GDWH IRU pitchers  and  catchers  inches  closer  and  closer,  Bourn’s  list  of  possible  suitors  con-­ tinues  to  shrink.  Bourn  is  a  legitimate  leadoff  threat,  who  swiped  42  bases  last  year  and  pro-­ vided  a  spark  atop  the  Atlanta  Braves  lineup.  The  Mets  are  currently  looking  at  D SODWRRQ RI WZR XQSURYHQ FHQWHU Âż HOGHUV –  Kirk  Niewenhuis  and  Collin  Cowgill  â€”  meaning  Bourn  would  provide  an  instant  upgrade  to  the  Mets,  both  offensively  and Â

defensively.  Despite  this  surface  level  connection,  there  is  no  reason  for  the  Mets  to  seriously  FRXUW WKH IUHH DJHQW RXWÂż HOGHU 7KH Âż UVW DQG PRVW JODULQJ SUREOHP with  signing  Bourn  is  the  draft  pick  com-­ pensation  that  would  be  rewarded  to  the  Braves,  should  the  Mets  sign  him.  The  Mets  currently  hold  the  No.  11  pick  in  the  2013  draft,  and  under  the  new  collective  bargaining  agreement  the  Braves  would  receive  that  pick  after  Bourn  declined  their  newly-­installed  â€˜qualifying  offer.’  However,  there  is  more  to  the  story:  multiple  news  outlets  have  reported  the  Mets’  pleas  with  Major  League  Baseball  to  protect  their  pick  in  an  effort  to  pursue  Bourn.  The  team  argues  that  their  74-­88  record  last  season  actually  meant  they  had  one  of  the  10  worst  records  in  baseball  last  season  and  should  receive  a  protected  pick.  In  fact,  the  only  reason  the  Mets  have  the  No.  11  pick  is  because  the  Pittsburgh  Pi-­

rates  were  unable  to  sign  their  pick  last  sea-­ son  and  are  receiving  a  compensation  pick.  Even  if  the  MLB  were  to  protect  the  Mets’  pick  and  allow  them  to  pursue  Bourn,  the  ends  do  not  justify  the  means.  Bourn  is  represented  by  notorious  agent  Scott  Boras  and  will  command  a  hefty  salary  for  some-­ one  of  Bourn’s  stature.  The  Mets,  who  are  ¿ QDQFLDOO\ VWUDSSHG DV LW LV KDYH UHSRUWHGO\ discussed  backloading  a  deal  for  Bourn  â€“  DOORZLQJ WKHP VRPH Ă€ H[LELOLW\ LQ WKH LP mediate  future.  Doesn’t  the  idea  of  the  Mets  giving  a  EDFNORDGHG FRQWUDFW WR DQ DJLQJ RXWÂż HOGHU VHHP IDPLOLDU 6HH -DVRQ %D\ " (VSHFLDOO\ ZKHQ FRQVLGHULQJ %RXUQÂśV DJH EHVW DQG PRVW GHÂż QLQJ WRRO VSHHG DQG WKH UH ality  that  speedy  players  lose  that  ability  as  they  age,  the  idea  of  the  Mets  signing  him  seems  ludicrous  â€“  not  to  mention  hypocriti-­ cal.  Wasn’t  it  just  last  off  season  when  the  0HWVÂś IURQW RIÂż FH H[SODLQHG WKHLU UHDVRQLQJ

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for  not  seriously  considering  fan-­favorite  Jose  Reyes  as  part  of  their  offseason  plans?  We  were  told  investing  long-­term  in  a  play-­ er  whose  main  value  is  speed  would  be  a  bad  baseball  decision,  and  soon  most  sen-­ sible  fans  agreed.  So  why  would  the  Mets  forgo  that  de-­ cision  to  sign  a  far  less  superior  player  like  Bourn?  It  just  doesn’t  add  up.  The  more  cynical  fans  might  guess  the  Mets’  interest  in  Bourn  is  merely  a  ploy  by  the  team  to  attract  some  semblance  of  rel-­ evance  in  an  otherwise  barren  offseason,  and  the  Mets’  endgame  does  not  actually  include  Bourn  at  all.  Whatever  the  reasoning  may  be,  it  seems  the  Mets’  interest  is  legitimate  â€”  under  the  right  circumstances.  Even,  if  by  some  miracle,  MLB  grants  the  Mets  pro-­ tection  from  forfeiting  their  high  draft  pick  to  the  now  Upton-­loaded  Braves,  the  Mets  should  think  before  offering  any  long-­term  contract  to  Bourn. Â

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