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Andrew  Wyrich  EDITOR-­IN-­CHIEF

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Rock  Against  Racism  To  Sharpen  Focus By  Andrew  Wyrich (GLWRU LQ &KLHI _ Andrew.wyrich63@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

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Man  Robs  Chase  Branch  On  Plattekill  Avenue By  Andrew  Wyrich (GLWRU LQ &KLHI _ Andrew.wyrich63@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

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NORTH  KOREA  WARNS  U.S. Ratcheting  up  the  rhetoric,  North  Korea  warned  early  Thursday  that  its  military  has  been  cleared  to  wage  an  attack  on  the  U.S.  using  â€œsmaller,  lighter  and  di-­ YHUVLÂżHG QXFOHDU´ ZHDSRQV SYRIA  TAKES  MILITARY  BASE Syrian  rebels  captured  a  military  base  in  the  south  on  Wednesday  and  set  their  sights  on  seizing  control  of  a  strategically  important  region  along  the  border  with  Jordan  that  would  give  them  a  critical  gateway  to  at-­ tempt  an  attack  on  the  capital,  Damascus. VENEZUELA  VEERING Venezuela’s  presidential  campaign  on  Wednesday  veered  between  warnings  of  military  meddling  in  the  April  14  vote  and  opposition  mirth  at  the  acting  president’s  suggestion  that  the  spirit  of  Hugo  Chavez  visited  him  as  â€œa  little  ELUG´ ZKLOH KH SUD\HG EGYPT’S  FIGHT  CONTINUES  It  has  come  to  be  known  as  the  â€œBattle  of  WKH 0RXQWDLQ´ D IHURFLRXV ÂżJKW EHWZHHQ members  of  Egypt’s  Muslim  Brotherhood  and  their  opponents  near  the  group’s  Cairo  headquarters.  In  a  country  that  has  already  seen  crisis  after  crisis,  it  could  mark  a  dan-­ gerous  turning  point  in  the  political  turmoil. AFGHAN  ARMY  ATTACKS  Insurgents  wearing  Afghan  army  uni-­ forms  launched  a  suicide  attack  and  stormed  a  courthouse  Wednesday  in  a  failed  bid  to  free  Taliban  inmates,  kill-­ ing  at  least  44  people,  half  of  them  shot  in  the  basement.  Nine  attackers  were  killed. FATAL  DOWNPOUR  FLOODS At  least  52  people  drowned  in  their  homes  and  cars,  were  electrocuted  RU GLHG LQ RWKHU DFFLGHQWV DV Ă€RRGLQJ from  days  of  torrential  rains  swamped  Argentina’s  low-­lying  capital  and  prov-­ ince  of  Buenos  Aires. At  least  46  died  Wednesday  in  and  around  the  city  of  La  Plata,  Gov.  Dan-­ iel  Scioli  said.  Six  deaths  were  report-­ ed  a  day  earlier  in  the  nation’s  capital. Compiled  from  the  AP  Newswire

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Students  Recognized  For  Excellence By  Andrew  Lief Copy  Editor  |  N02452747@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

Five  SUNY  New  Paltz  students  have  been  cho-­ sen  to  receive  the  Chancellor’s  Awards  for  Student  Excellence.   According  to  President  Donald  Christian’s  March  Faculty  Report,  these  students  â€œdemonstrate  exceptional  achievement  in  their  academic  and  other  endeavors,  and  have  excelled  in  a  variety  of  leader-­ VKLS UROHV ´ The  recipients  of  this  year’s  awards  are  Faith  Hassell,  Kimberly  Lepore,  Destiny  Denise  Saldivar,  Marissa  Stephani  and  Chelsea  Stokes.   Hassell,  a  fourth-­year  industrial  and  organiza-­ tional  psychology  major,  said  she  is  honored  to  re-­ ceive  this  award  because  it  gives  recognition  to  her  hard  work. “This  award  is  not  something  you  strive  for  like  a  GPA,  an  Honor  Society  or  an  honors  distinction  on  D GHJUHH ´ +DVVHOO VDLG Âł7KH &KDQFHOORUÂśV $ZDUG is  an  honor  to  receive  because  it  is  an  award  one  is  nominated  for  by  an  individual  who  wants  to  recog-­ nize  the  dedication  to  academics  and  leadership  of  a  student.  I  was  honored  to  be  nominated  for  this  award  DQG HFVWDWLF ZKHQ , IRXQG RXW , ZRXOG EH D UHFLSLHQW ´ 6LQFH VKH LV RQ WKH ÂżHOG KRFNH\ WHDP /HSRUH a  fourth-­year  psychology  and  business  administra-­ tion  double-­major,  said  she  puts  a  lot  of  work  into  her  academics  and  athletics,  and  is  happy  to  see  her  efforts  recognized. Âł$V D VWXGHQW DWKOHWH RQ WKH ÂżHOG KRFNH\ WHDP , put  a  lot  of  time  and  effort  into  both  my  sport  and  aca-­

PHOTO  BY  ROBIN  WEINSTEIN Five  SUNY  New  Paltz  students  will  receive  the  Chancellor’s  Awards  for  Student  Excellence.

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helped  me  get  to  the  point  where  I  could  even  be  QRPLQDWHG IRU WKH DZDUG ´ Saldivar,  a  third-­year  psychology  major  who  is  graduating  this  May,  is  vice  president  of  the  only  Latino  dance  team  on  campus,  has  worked  as  both  a  peer  mentor  and  an  RA  and  has  been  involved  in  the  Latin  American  Student  Union. She  said  receiving  this  award  was  one  of  her  goals  and  she  is  very  proud  to  have  accomplished  it.  â€œI  set  a  lot  of  goals  for  myself,  and  I  am  usu-­ ally  the  type  to  get  really  disappointed  if  I  don’t  get  what  I  want,  so  going  for  it  and  getting  it,  it  means  a  ORW ´ 6DOGLYDU VDLG Âł,W VKRZV P\ KDUG ZRUN DQG SXWV HYHU\WKLQJ LQ SHUVSHFWLYH VR ,ÂśP WKULOOHG ´ Christian  and  Vice  President  David  Rooney  will  participate  in  the  Chancellor’s  Recognition  Ceremo-­ ny  in  Albany  on  Thursday,  April  4. Â

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The  SUNY  New  Paltz  Institute  for  Disaster  Men-­ tal  Health  (IDMH)  will  hold  its  10th  annual  Disaster  0HQWDO +HDOWK FRQIHUHQFH Âł5DGLRORJLFDO 5HDGLQHVV Preparing  for  Dirty  Bombs,  Nuclear  Disasters,  and  2WKHU 5DGLDWLRQ (PHUJHQFLHV´ RQ )ULGD\ $SULO 7KH HYHQW ZKLFK EHJLQV DW D P IROORZLQJ registration  in  Lecture  Center  100,  will  include  a  panel  discussion,  and  talks  given  by  guest  speaker  Congressmen  Chris  Gibson  and  keynote  lecturer  Dr.  Steven  M.  Becker,  a  community  and  environmental  health  professor  at  Albany  University. IDMH  Coordinator  Linda  Certo  said  workshops  on  topics  such  as  the  Fukushima  meltdown,  risk  man-­ agement,  understanding  post-­blast  human  behavior  and  radiological  response  will  be  available  for  guests  to  attend  in  the  afternoon.   â€œWe  are  hoping  never  to  use  these  skills  we  are  training,  but  we  will  be  better  prepared  in  assisting  SHRSOH DQG ZRUNLQJ WRJHWKHU ´ &HUWR VDLG Although  everyone  is  invited  to  the  conference,  Certo  said  that  it  is  important  for  disaster  mental Â

health  minors  and  health  and  clinical  professionals,  as  ZHOO DV ÂżUVW DQG 5HG &URVV UHVSRQGHUV WR OHDUQ IURP the  conference  and  receive  the  proper  training.   â€œ[We  need  to]  increase  knowledge  for  clinicians,  emergency  responders  and  mental  health  clinicians  so  people  will  know  what  to  do,  expect  and  anticipate  about  people’s  emotional  physical  and  mental  [re-­ VSRQVH@ ´ VKH VDLG The  topic  of  disaster  mental  health,  although  a  QHZ ÂżHOG RI VWXG\ LV WLPHO\ &HUWR VDLG :LWK WKH QDWX-­ ral  disasters,  nuclear  meltdowns  and  terrorist  threats  the  world  faces  today,  it  is  crucial  that  citizens  realize  potential  dangers  and  are  prepared,  while  clinicians  and  emergency  responders  are  trained  to  mitigate  the  trauma  and  damage  on  the  scene,  acting  as  mental  health  providers,  she  said.   â€œThe  more  we  learn  how  to  prepare  ourselves,  WKH PRUH H[SRVHG ZH DUH ´ &HUWR VDLG Âł,W OHVVHQV WKH WUDXPD ´ Assistant  Professor  of  psychology  and  confer-­ ence  workshop  co-­presenter  and  organizer  Karla  Ver-­ meulen  said  this  is  a  subject  many  people  don’t  have  an  understanding  of  and  are  fearful  of  due  to  their  lack  of  clarity.  This  means,  she  said,  in  the  case  of  a  di-­

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Professors  Sarah  Elia  and  Jessica  Mar-­ chi  have  been  using  interactive  technology  in  their  English  as  a  Second  Language  (ESL)  classrooms  and  recently  shared  their  ideas  with  other  educators  at  several  conferences. Elia  began  teaching  at  the  Haggerty  Eng-­ lish  Language  Program  in  2009  and  Marchi  joined  the  teaching  staff  in  2010.  Their  pre-­ sentation,  titled  â€œTrendy  Technology:  Free  &  Engaging  Apps,  Websites,  &  Software  that  Enhance  Learning,â€?  highlights  the  free  and  easy-­to-­use  technology  that  Marchi  and  Elia  have  been  incorporating  into  their  lessons  along  with  student  responses  to  the  technol-­ ogy.  7KH\ SUHVHQWHG WKHLU ÂżQGLQJV DW WKH New  York  State  TESOL  Conference  in  Al-­ bany,  the  2013  Applied  Linguistics  Winter  Conference  at  Columbia  University  and  at  the  2013  International  TESOL  Convention  in  Dallas,  Texas.  â€œWe  had  an  excellent  turnout  in  Albany  at  the  New  York  State  TESOL  Conference  and  we  had  a  full  house,â€?  Marchi  said.  â€œThe  URRP ZDV RYHUĂ€RZLQJ 7KHUH ZHUH SHRSOH standing  who  had  no  chairs,  so  we  were  re-­ ally  happy  about  that.â€?  Connie  Perdreau,  director  of  the  Hagger-­ ty  Language  Program,  said  technology  has  been  used  in  the  classrooms  since  1979  with  the  use  of  audio  and  video  recording  devices  and  the  language  laboratory.  Elia  and  Marchi  aid  the  program  in  keeping  up-­to-­date  with  technology  for  for-­ eign  language  teaching,  she  said.  Perdreau  also  said  that  their  presentation  will  help  to  spread  information  to  other  educators  about  effective  technologies  for  foreign  language  teaching.  â€œProfessors  Elia  and  Marchi  have  helped  us  to  keep  up  with  the  pace  of  this  rising  tide  of  technological  growth  by  developing  ways  to  use  the  latest  learner  and  teacher-­friendly  free  applications,  websites  and  software  available  for  teaching  a  foreign  language,â€?  Perdreau  said.  â€œOur  professional  organiza-­ tions  strongly  encourage  sharing  information  about  new  developments  in  effective  foreign  language  teaching,  and  I  know  that  other  uni-­ versities  are  looking  at  what  we’re  doing  in  the  ESL  classroom  here  at  SUNY  New  Paltz.â€? (OLD VDLG WKHUH DUH PDQ\ EHQHÂżWV WR WKLV technology,  including  the  ability  for  students  to  self-­evaluate. “For  both  students  and  teachers  one  big  EHQHÂżW LV VKDULQJ ZRUNV WKDW WKH\ÂśYH FUHDW-­ ed,â€?  Elia  said.  â€œAlso,  probably  an  even  more Â

important  instance,  students  being  able  to  self-­evaluate,  like  with  making  videos  or  do-­ ing  anything  with  recording  their  voice  and  listening  back  and  watching  back.  That’s  a  ZKROH RWKHU SURFHVV RI VHOI UHĂ€HFWLRQ VHOI evaluation  and  then  growing  from  that.â€? Marchi  said  it  is  important  to  be  interest-­ ed  and  engaged  in  what  she  is  teaching  so  that  her  students  feel  the  same  way.  Though  the  VWXGHQWV DUH QRW SURÂżFLHQW LQ (QJOLVK PRVW RI them  are  familiar  with  this  technology. “This  is  what  they’re  using  every  day  to  communicate  and  to  be  connected,â€?  Marchi  VDLG Âł7KH EHQHÂżW LV WKDW ZHÂśUH WDSSLQJ LQWR their  identities  and  a  world  that  is  very  mean-­ ingful  and  real  to  them,  so  we’re  kind  of  us-­ ing  technology  as  a  springboard  to  get  at  the  content  that  they  need  to  learn.â€? Marchi  uses  the  recording  program  Au-­ dacity  in  conjunction  with  Windows  Mov-­ iemaker  so  students  can  make  digital  poetry  projects.  Students  write  their  own  poems  and  compile  pictures  and  music  that  relate  to  the  poem.  They  record  their  poem  and  import  their  voice  recording  along  with  photos  and  music  to  tell  a  story.  She  also  uses  Tumblr,  which  she  heard  about  after  her  cheerlead-­ ing  team  constantly  mentioned  the  blogging  platform.  Elia,  who  is  teaching  a  listening  and  speaking  class,  uses  websites  like  TED  Talks  and  Khan  Academy  to  help  illustrate  his-­ tory  lessons  in  English.  She  uses  Blogger  to  upload  essays  and  have  students  share  and  comment  on  them  for  her  reading  and  writ-­ ing  class.  Elia  said  although  students  may  know  the  history  behind  World  War  II,  these  websites  help  them  understand  the  stories  in  English.  Students  also  use  smartphone  apps  to  work  on  their  pronunciation  by  recording  their  voices  and  listening  back.  â€œWe’ve  gotten  a  lot  of  positive  feedback Â

[from  students],â€?  Elia  said.  â€œWith  Ted  they  really  like  how  it  cultivates  their  note  tak-­ ing  skills,  they  learn  about  American  culture  watching  that.  With  the  blog,  they  like  to  share  their  essays,  grade  each  other’s  essays.â€?  Marchi  said  using  this  technology  lowers  WKH DIIHFWHG ÂżOWHU IRU VWXGHQWV ZKLFK LV WKH fear  associated  with  doing  new  things.  Some  students  in  their  classes  come  from  cultures  where  communication  is  not  emphasized  and  participating  in  these  projects  allows  them  to  become  â€œmore  comfortable  with  the  learning  experience.â€? The  technology  used  in  lessons  is  only  a  supplement,  Marchi  said.  The  professors  still  use  traditional  teaching  methods  because  these  projects  take  a  substantial  amount  of  time  to  plan. “It’s  like  a  blessing  and  a  burden  because  it  really  does  take  a  lot  of  planning  and  so  that’s  why  we  use  it  as  a  supplement,  because  it’s  not  realistic  to  think  that  you  can  have  all  PHOTO  ILLUSTRATION  BY  ROBIN  WEINSTEIN these  engaging  projects  and  activities  every-­ day,â€?  Marchi  said.  The  professors  do  not  research  this  tech-­ nology,  but  look  out  for  tools  and  technolo-­ gies  that  students  are  already  using,  Elia  said.  She  credits  the  students  with  sparking  these  ideas  for  application.   â€œI  think  overall  the  ideas  that  we  get  our  not  our  personal.  I  don’t  research  this  tech-­ nology.  The  students  tell  me  what  they’re  us-­ ing  already  and  then  I  take  it  and  I  apply  it  to  our  lessons,â€?  Elia  said.  â€œThese  ideas,  they  start  with  the  student  and  then  we  take  them  DQG ZH ORRN IRU ODQJXDJH OHDUQLQJ EHQHÂżWV from  them.â€?  Elia  and  Marchi  will  look  to  attend  the  International  TESOL  Convention  next  year  WR SUHVHQW DQ XSGDWHG YHUVLRQ RI WKHLU ÂżQG-­ ings. Â

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With  a  compilation  of  numbers  con-­ cerning  enrollment  rates  at  SUNY  New  Paltz  now  complete,  President  Donald  Christian  said  numbers  among  the  diverse  student  population  are  increasing.  After  students  raised  concerns  about  the  decline  in  the  Black  student  population,  Christian  said  the  numbers  being  reported  by  the  students  are  not  indicative  of  an  over-­ all  decline  in  diversity.  He  said  while  there  are  problems  the  school  is  looking  into,  the  school  still  maintains  a  diverse  student  body. “We’re  very  concerned  about  the  un-­ derlying  issues  and  what  to  do  about  them,  but  I  worry  that  this  has  taken  a  different  tone  on  the  campus  than  it  should,â€?  Chris-­ tian  said. Christian  said  he  was  troubled  by  com-­ plaints  from  student  senators  claiming  the  administration  has  not  paid  enough  atten-­ tion  to  the  decline  of  enrollment  and  reten-­ tion  among  students  who  are  part  of  a  racial  minority.  He  said  that  on  the  contrary,  ad-­ ministration  and  recruitment  cater  to  those  issues. ,Q WKH SRSXODWLRQ RI ÂżUVW WLPH freshmen  Black  students  enrolling  was  6  SHUFHQW D QXPEHU WKDW KDV Ă€XFWXDWHG E\ percent  over  the  past  several  years.  Reten-­ tion  rates  of  Black  students  has  dropped  from  5  percent  in  2011  to  4.7  percent  in  2012.  Chief  of  Staff  and  Vice  President  for  Communication  Shelly  Wright  said  25  per-­ cent  of  Black  males  graduate  from  high  school  in  New  York  City.  Christian  believes  this  is  one  of  the  factors  that  plays  into  a  decline  in  enrollment. “This  is  an  issue.  Black  students  in  par-­

ticular  are  under  served  by  our  entire  educa-­ tional  system,â€?  Christian  said.  â€œWe  would  like  to  recruit  more  Black  students  to  come  to  New  Paltz,  but  the  people  who  criticize  about  these  numbers  never  come  forward  with  any  suggestions  on  what  to  do  differ-­ ently.â€? Student  Association  (SA)  Vice  Presi-­ dent  of  Academic  Affairs  and  Governance  Jonathan  Espinosa  said  the  issue  he  and  other  students  are  concerned  about  isn’t  as  much  about  a  decline  in  enrollment  as  it  is  about  the  drop  in  retention  rates  of  Black  students. “We  aren’t  attacking  the  administration,  but  we  want  them  to  address  the  decline  in  the  overall  Black  population  formally,â€?  Es-­ pinosa  said.  â€œIt  can’t  be  addressed  as  an  is-­ sue  of  diversity,  because  that  is  a  very  vague  term  to  use  when  talking  about  individual  groups.â€? Espinosa  said  he  has  talked  with  Pro-­ vost  Philip  Mauceri  to  develop  ideas  on  how  to  make  New  Paltz  an  option  for  black  students  in  the  Hudson  Valley  area.  He  said  they  have  discussed  the  school  offering  pre-­ college  courses  for  students  in  the  area  in  order  to  give  them  a  sense  of  what  to  expect  in  college.  Christian  said  he  believes  that  the  num-­ bers  done  in  the  admissions  report  aren’t  fully  representative  of  minority  groups  on  campus  because  of  the  number  of  students  who  don’t  report.  In  2012,  a  total  of  7.3  per-­ cent  of  students  did  not  report,  a  .7  decrease  from  2011  and  3.3  increase  from  2010. SA  President  Josh  Simpson  said  the  numbers  compiled  are  concerning  for  2012,  regardless  of  whether  or  not  diversity  rates  are  improving. “It  isn’t  okay  for  us  to  have  Black  stu-­ dents  represent  only  4.7  percent  of  the  cam-­

pus  community,â€?  Simpson  said.  â€œWe  need  to  focus  on  retention  because  that’s  some-­ thing  we  aren’t  doing  right  now.â€? Espinosa  said  there  are  yet  to  be  dis-­ cussions  between  the  SA  E-­board  and  the  administration  on  how  to  improve  the  over-­ all  retention  of  Black  students  at  New  Paltz.  He  believes  one  of  the  reasons  for  retention Â

rates  declining  is  the  overall  campus  cli-­ mate. “I  think  that  Black  students  don’t  al-­ ways  feel  safe  here,â€?  Espinosa  said.  â€œWhen  there  are  few  Black  faculty  members  and  ra-­ cial  signs  being  posted,  how  can  you  expect  those  students  to  feel  safe  and  want  to  come  here?â€?

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The  most  recent  Council  of  Organizations  meeting  featured  several  guest  speakers.  Coun-­ cil  Chair  Rose  Faber  opened  up  the  meeting  and  introduced  Brenda  Dow,  the  director  of  alumni  relations.  Dow  had  previously  stressed  the  importance  of  students  and  the  connection  with  the  alumni  RI¿FH 6KH VDLG VKH LV RSHQ WR LQIRUPDWLRQ DERXW what  students  are  looking  for  when  they  gradu-­

ate,  working  toward  an  expanded  network  of  cur-­ rent  students  and  alumni  in  the  future. “Networking  and  who  your  contacts  are  is  going  to  be  incredibly  helpful  to  you  when  you  get  a  job,â€?  she  said.  Dow  said  the  alumni  reunion  weekend,  run-­ ning  Sept.  19  to  22,  will  feature  an  open  mic/tal-­ HQW VKRZFDVH IRU WKH ÂżUVW WLPH HYHU 'RZ LV ORRN-­ ing  for  performers  and  volunteers. The  SUNY  New  Paltz  chapter  president  of  United  University  Professions,  Peter  Brown,  passed  out  a  petition  for  educational  quality,  fair-­

ness  and  equity  for  both  full-­time  faculty  and  ad-­ juncts.  He  said  that  full-­time  lecturers  at  SUNY  1HZ 3DOW] WHDFK ÂżYH FRXUVHV SHU VHPHVWHU DQG LV the  only  SUNY  that  requires  lecturers  teach  more  than  four  courses.  Brown  spoke  of  an  environ-­ ment  where  â€œteachers  should  be  pushing  limits,  taking  risksâ€?  and  the  petition  calls  for  steps  to  make  this  possible.  Kristine  Weinheimer,  the  Student  Activities  and  Union  Services  graduate  assistant,  said  the  applications  for  club  awards  are  up  on  the  Stu-­ dent  Activities  website.  The  deadline  for  clubs  to Â

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submit  an  application  for  an  award  is  April  8. Vice  President  of  Academic  Affairs  and  Governance  Jonathan  Espinosa  called  for  people  to  run  for  the  student  senate.  Since  no  one  wished  to  run  during  the  meeting,  spots  in  student  senate  are  still  open. At  the  next  council  meeting,  the  election  for  two  members  of  the  Constitutional  Rules  Com-­ mittee  will  commence.  Additionally,  council  chair  elections  will  take  place.  The  next  Council  of  Organizations  meeting  will  be  April  15  at  7  p.m.  in  SUB  62/63.

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Following  a  second  student  survey,  )DERORXV KDV RIÂżFLDOO\ EHHQ ERRNHG DV the  2013  Spring  Concert  performer. $IWHU GLIÂżFXOWLHV ERRNLQJ WKH WRS four  student-­selected  artists  on  the  ini-­ tial  survey,  Student  Association  Produc-­ tions  (SAP)  sent  out  a  second  survey  with  a  new  set  of  artists.  The  new  sur-­ YH\ DVNHG VWXGHQWV ZKHWKHU WKH\ ZRXOG prefer  a  musical  act  or  comedian,  along  with  choices  for  each. According  to  Vice  President  of  Pro-­ gramming  Esthephanie  Peralta,  1,731  students  completed  the  second  survey.  She  said  67.7  percent  voted  for  a  musi-­ cal  artist,  compared  to  32.3  percent  who  favored  a  comedian.  Out  of  the  three  artist  choices,  Per-­ alta  said  Say  Anything  came  out  on  top,  garnering  46.3  percent  of  the  votes,  Fab-­ olous  came  in  second  with  32.2  percent  and  the  Dirty  Heads  placed  last  with  21.4  percent. $OWKRXJK 3HUDOWD ÂżUVW FRQWDFWHG their  middle  agent  Adam  Taylor  to  put  in  a  bid  for  Say  Anything,  several  members  RI WKH EDQG FRXOG QRW PDNH LW ZKLFK OHG her  to  put  in  a  bid  for  Fabolous,  who  was  still  available. Fabolous  will  be  on  tour  with  Pusha  T,  and  the  two  will  perform  in  the  Elting  Gym  on  Friday,  May  3,  Peralta  said.  The  cost  for  both  artists  is  $45,000,  which  Peralta  said  is  â€œrelatively  cheapâ€?  and  comparable  to  the  price  of  getting  Say  Anything.  She  said  they  are  also  plan-­ ning  on  having  an  opener  and  are  con-­

VLGHULQJ D '- EXW QRWKLQJ LV GHÂżQLWLYH Peralta  said  she  is  happy  with  the  SHUIRUPHU FKRLFH DQG LV FRQÂżGHQW LW ZLOO be  a  successful  show. “I’ve  been  reading  reviews  about  him,  so  I’ve  heard  that  he  was  a  really  good  performer,â€?  she  said.  â€œI’m  just  pre-­ RFFXSLHG ZLWK PDNLQJ LW D JUHDW VKRZ that  everybody’s  safe  and  that  every-­ body’s  having  a  great  time,  so  as  long  as  that  happens,  I’m  happy.â€? Coming  into  her  position,  Peralta  said  she  understood  there  would  be  con-­ troversy  surrounding  the  artist  choice,  so  she  was  not  surprised  to  hear  student  reactions  on  â€œboth  ends.â€?  She  said  there  are  some  students  who  are  â€œso  happy,â€?  but  others  who  are  not  as  pleased. Finally  securing  Fabolous  did  not  come  without  challenges,  Peralta  said,  as  she  had  been  having  a  tough  time  since  last  semester.  Because  many  art-­ ists  change  their  schedules  or  stop  tour-­ ing,  she  said  the  artist  options  were  very  out  of  her  control. Âł, IHHO OLNH ZH JRW D JRRG ÂżQDO WKUHH and  I’m  just  happy  that  we  have  some-­ body  that  people  are  excited  about,â€?  Peralta  said. =\ORQ 7RNDVK D IRXUWK \HDU (QJOLVK major,  said  he  feels  the  performer  choice  shows  a  disconnect  with  the  student  body  and  believes  other  schools  have  better  ways  of  putting  together  their  big  spring  events. Âł7KH VHOHFWLRQ UHĂ€HFWV KRZ RXW of  touch  the  school  and  even  the  Stu-­ dent  Association  is  with  its  students.  If  \RX ORRN DW 3XUFKDVHÂśV &XOWXUH 6KRFN

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you  see  a  lot  of  good  artists  ranging  in  JHQUHV <RX FDQ WHOO &XOWXUH 6KRFN ZDV incredibly  thought  out  and  was  made  WR SOHDVH DOO RI WKHLU VWXGHQWV ´ 7RNDVK VDLG Âł2XU VHOHFWLRQ VHHPV OLNH WKH\ MXVW threw  all  their  money  at  one  guy  to  get  a  big  name  that  nobody  cares  about.  The  whole  thing  needs  to  be  restructured  to  better  suit  our  campus,  multiple  but  VPDOOHU DUWLVWV ZRXOG ÂżW EXGJHWLQJ QHHGV while  pleasing  more  students.  Bigger  doesn’t  mean  better.â€? However,  fourth-­year  art  history  PDMRU 0DWW 0RVNRZLW] ZKR YRWHG IRU )DERORXV WKLQNV KH LV D JUHDW DUWLVW WR

bring  to  campus. “I’m  happy  Fabolous  is  coming  to  1HZ 3DOW] , KDGQÂśW KHDUG RI PRVW RI the  other  acts,  but  Fabolous  has  a  lot  RI FODVVLF WUDFNV OLNH Âľ+ROOD %DFNÂś DQG Âľ%UHDWK ϫ 0RVNRZLW] VDLG Âł3OXV KH LV IURP 1HZ <RUN ,WÂśV JRLQJ WR EH JRRG WR EULQJ VRPH UHDO KLS KRS WR 1HZ 3DOW] ´ 6$3 LV ORRNLQJ IRU FRQFHUW YRO-­ XQWHHUV WR KHOS ZLWK WDVNV VXFK DV SXW-­ WLQJ XS DQG EUHDNLQJ GRZQ WKH VWDJH RU cleaning  up.  Anyone  interested  in  vol-­ unteering  should  email  Peralta  at  vppro-­ gramming@newpaltzsa.com  or  visit  the  6$ RIÂżFH

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neighbors,  classmates  and  co  workers  who  are  suicide  survivors  and  felt  comfortable  talking  about  their  experience. 7KH WHUP ÂłVXLFLGH VXUYLYRU´ HQFRP passes  anyone  who  has  attempted  suicide  or  has  had  a  close  friend  or  relative  attempt  or  commit  suicide,  Martoni  said. “The  biggest  problem  is  getting  people  to  talk  about  it,â€?  Maria  Idoni,  Hudson  Valley  and  Westchester  chapter  area  director  for  the  $PHULFDQ )RXQGDWLRQ IRU 6XLFLGH 3UHYHQ tion,  said. Idoni  said  the  goal  is  to  make  people  comfortable  speaking  about  suicide  â€”  much  in  the  same  way  that  in  the  past  it  was  taboo  to  talk  about  drunk  driving  or  child  abuse. The  Out  of  The  Darkness  Walk  will  raise  money  for  the  American  Foundation  IRU 6XLFLGH 3UHYHQWLRQ $)63 ,GRQL HVWL PDWHV WKDW LQ LWV Âż UVW \HDU WKH HYHQW DPDVVHG $6,000. Martoni  said  through  working  with  the  area  AFSP,  she  â€œfeels  a  part  of  a  family,â€?  and  each  year  organizing  the  walk  has  gotten Â

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Calling  all  feminists.  The  New  Paltz  Feminist  Collective  is  VHHNLQJ ODVW PLQXWH VXEPLVVLRQV WR ÂżOO WKH blank  pages  of  their  upcoming  zine  titled  Women  of  Age. Club  member  and  third-­year  English  major  Amanda  Lipari  said  the  Collective  felt  creating  a  zine  was  an  interesting  and  creative  way  to  show  the  culmination  of  their  work  throughout  the  semester. “Zines  are  a  really  cool  way  to  interact  with  the  student  body.  They  are  fun  to  read,  easy  to  hand  out  and  carry  around,â€?  Lipari  said.  â€œThis  semester  we  wanted  to  create  a  zine...to  have  a  tangible  representation  of  our  work.  Putting  on  programs  [is]  great  and  very  important,  but  it  is  nice  to  have  something  that  is  more  permanent.â€? The  Collective  decided  on  the  theme  after  discussing  several  topics  they  want-­ HG WR LQFOXGH DQG ÂżJXULQJ RXW KRZ WR SXW WKHP DOO LQWR RQH FRKHVLYH ]LQH ÂżUVW \HDU education  major  and  club  member  Caitlin  O’Connor  said. She  said  some  members  wanted  to  write  about  subjects  such  as  women  and  technology,  while  others  wanted  it  to  focus  on  the  40th  anniversary  of  Roe  v.  Wade,  which  led  them  to  decide  on  a  timespan-­ like  focus. Lipari  said  the  decided  theme  will  gar-­ ner  a  greater  variety  of  submissions  and  al-­ low  students  to  interpret  it  as  they  choose. “The  theme  â€˜Women  of  Age’  really  broadens  the  scope  of  submissions  and  topics  to  discuss  in  the  zine,â€?  Lipari  said.  â€œWe  encourage  artists  and  writers  to  submit  ZRUN WKDW UHĂ€HFWV DQ LQGLYLGXDO WKRXJKWIXO interpretation  of  feminism.â€?  Lipari  said  the  interpretations  could  be  criticisms  of  the  feminist  movement,  po-­ ems,  stories,  observations  or  expositions  regarding  a  certain  wave  of  feminism.   â€œWe  were  really  searching  for  what  feminism  means  to  our  fellow  students  and  how  that  meaning  has  been  cultivated  and  changed  through  the  ages,â€?  Lipari  said. Thus  far,  O’Connor  said  they  have  received  poetry,  short  essays  and  stories Â

and  artwork  relating  to  how  women  have  changed  and  evolved,  as  well  as  other  vari-­ ous  topics  and  â€œgeneral  feminism.â€? She  said  the  content  is  â€œvery  broad  gender  studies  kind  of  stuff,â€?  including  pieces  addressing  coming  out,  transgender  issues,  menstruation  and  the  female  body. Although  they  have  received  a  num-­ ber  of  submissions,  the  Collective  still  has  a  few  empty  pages  to  adorn  with  feminist  prose  or  art.  O’Connor  said  they  would  love  to  see  more  â€œshort  little  blurbs,â€?  along  with  more  of  people’s  favorite  quotes. Anyone  interested  in  submitting  should  try  to  by  the  end  of  the  week,  O’Connor  said,  as  they  are  looking  to  complete  the  zine  soon.  All  submissions  should  be  sent  to  newpaltzfeministcollective@gmail.com. While  they  still  have  more  work  to  do,  O’Connor  said  they  have  begun  putting  the  zine  together  and  have  the  foundation. “It’s  basically  just  going  to  become  a  big  arts  and  crafts  project  because  you  have  to  make  one  and  then  you  have  to  photocopy,â€?  she  said.  â€œWe  basically  took  people’s  submissions,  glued  them  to  other  pieces  of  paper  and  made  photocopies  of  stuff,  so  right  now  we  have  a  base,  but  it’s  just  scrapbooking,  gluing,  taking  little  pieces  of  magazines  and  putting  those  in  there.â€? 7KRXJK WKH &ROOHFWLYH KDV QRW ÂżQDOL]HG plans,  O’Connor  said  they  will  possibly  distribute  them  at  a  not  yet  scheduled  abor-­ tion  speak-­out  at  the  end  of  the  semester. O’Connor  said  the  Collective’s  goal  is  to  educate  people  on  feminism  to  show  it’s  not  a  â€œbig  scary  topic  that  everyone  should  put  down.â€?  She  also  hopes  the  zine  empha-­ sizes  the  validity  of  people’s  thoughts. For  Lipari,  it’s  about  showing  the  dif-­ ferences  that  exist  in  feminism  and  having  everyone  take  something  that  is  their  own  from  it. “We  hope  to  stress  the  diversity  of  the  feminist  movement.  Feminism  is  different  IRU HYHU\RQH DQG WKDW ZLOO EH UHĂ€HFWHG LQ the  individuality  of  each  artist’s  work,â€?  she  said.  â€œPeople  should  have  fun  reading  the  zines.  Who  doesn’t  love  some  good  femi-­ nist  literature  and  art?â€?

“Fragments� by Rebecca Spodick is included in the Women of Age zine.

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Alex  Eisen  doesn’t  normally  keep  his  phone  on  during  his  studio  musical  theater  workshop  class,  but  on  Tues-­ day,  March  6,  he  expected  an  important  email  from  a  friend.  However,  when  he  opened  his  inbox,  he  was  surprised  DQG H[FLWHG WR ÂżQG DQ HQWLUHO\ GLIIHUHQW message. “Strangely,  to  this  day,  I  have  yet  to  receive  [the]  email  from  my  friend  that  I  was  originally  expecting,â€?  he  said.  Instead,  Eisen,  a  fourth-­year  the-­ ater  performance  major,  found  out  his  original  musical  â€œThe  Dark  I  Knowâ€?  had  received  the  2013  KCACTF  Musi-­ cal  Theatre  Award,  a  national  recogni-­ tion.  â€œI  excused  myself  from  class  and  took  a  few  moments  alone  out  in  the  hallway  to  take  in  what  really  just  hap-­ SHQHG ´ KH VDLG Âł$W ÂżUVW LW ZDV DOVR D bit  surreal,  but  overall,  it  was  simply  very  exciting.â€?  According  to  their  website,  The  Kennedy  Center  American  College  Theatre  Festival  (KCACTF)  brings  the  Musical  Theatre  Award  to  faculty,  col-­ lege  and  university  students.  The  com-­ poser,  lyricist,  librettist  and  producing  institution  of  the  award-­recipient’s  mu-­ sical  receive  monetary  awards.  (LVHQ ÂżUVW KHDUG DERXW .&$&7) when  he  transferred  to  SUNY  New  Paltz  in  fall  2011.   Early  last  semester  while  research-­ ing  and  learning  about  playwriting  opportunities,  Eisen  discovered  the  KCACTF  Musical  Theatre  Award.  Since  â€œThe  Dark  I  Knowâ€?  was  an  origi-­ nal  musical  produced  at  SUNY  New  Paltz,  it  was  eligible  for  the  award.   â€œI  decided  then  I  wanted  to  go  for  it,â€?  Eisen  said.  â€œWhat  really  helped  was  that  I  had  also  received  encouragement  from  my  cast  and  production  team,  in-­

cluding  my  advisor  Professor  Kitsakos,  to  apply  for  it.  So  I  owe  a  big  thank  you  to  all  of  them  for  their  encouragement  and  support  that  they  had  given  me  when  I  applied  for  the  award  last  fall.â€? Stephen  Kitsakos,  assistant  chair  of  the  Department  for  Theater  Arts,  advised  Eisen  through  an  Independent  Study  last  fall,  when  he  received  aca-­ demic  credit  for  his  work  on  â€œThe  Dark  I  Know.â€?  The  two  met  regularly  during  the  semester  and  Kitsakos  facilitated  production  and  advised  Eisen  on  cast-­ ing,  production  and  directional  matters.  â€œAlex  had  already  had  a  workshop  production  of  the  musical  done  in  2011  and  was  eager  to  grow  from  that  experi-­ ence,â€?  Kitsakos  said.  â€œAlex  and  I  spent  many,  many  hours  rewriting,  editing,  amending,  deleting  and  crafting  in  or-­ der  to  tell  the  story  concisely,  explore  the  themes  that  he  and  his  composer  collaborator  were  putting  forth.â€? According  to  Kitsakos,  this  type  of  recognition  is  unique  for  the  university. “We  have  had  other  students  be-­ FRPH UHJLRQDO ÂżQDOLVWV DQG JR WR D QD-­ WLRQDO FRPSHWLWLRQ EXW WKLV LV WKH ÂżUVW time  a  New  Paltz  student  has  won  an  exclusive  national  recognition,â€?  he  said. 7KH ÂżUVW SHUVRQ (LVHQ FRQWDFWHG when  he  found  out  about  the  award  was  his  friend  and  the  composer  of  â€œThe  Dark  I  Know,â€?  John  Watts,  a  third-­year  music  education  and  composition  ma-­ jor  at  New  York  University. Eisen  said  the  award  has  provided  opportunities  including  a  professional  development  of  the  show  through  the  Eugene  O’Neil  Conference  in  Connect-­ icut  Residency  â€”  which  will  be  deter-­ mined  soon.  Eisen  and  Watts  have  been  ZRUNLQJ RQ WKH VKRZ IRU ÂżYH \HDUV DQG said  they  hope  to  continue  to  develop  the  show  and  watch  it  grow  even  more.  â€œOne  of  the  biggest  things  I’ve Â

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Alex  Eisen’s  â€œThe  Dark  I  Knowâ€?  received  KCACTF’s  Musical  Theatre  Award.

learned  while  writing  this  show  is  that  there  is  always  room  for  improvements,  and  as  a  writer,  that’s  one  of  the  things  I  look  most  forward  to  in  the  creating  process,â€?  Eisen  said.  â€œThe  Dark  I  Knowâ€?  won’t  be  per-­ formed  in  its  entirety  at  the  Kennedy  Center  in  April,  but  selections  of  the  musical  will  be  presented  in  a  Play-­ wright’s  Showcase,  which  Eisen  said  he  and  Watts  are  very  excited  about.  Other  than  preparing  for  the  KCACTF,  Eisen’s  current  focus  on  the  show  is  working  and  developing  an Â

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original  cast  album  with  members  of  the  New  Paltz  cast  this  spring.  The  mu-­ sical  was  also  recently  accepted  into  the  Midtown  International  Theater  Festival  in  Manhattan  â€”  a  prospective  second  run  of  the  production  in  New  York  City.  Kitsakos  said  the  award  is  a  â€œwon-­ derful  tributeâ€?  to  Eisen’s  artistry  and  dedication. “I  am  extremely  proud  that  â€˜The  Dark  I  Know’  has  received  such  rec-­ ognition,  because  it  means  that  through  the  KCACTF  resources  he  will  be  able  to  develop  the  musical  further,â€?  he  said.

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Visions Of Artistic Fieldwork

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The  Dorsky’s  most  recent  exhibition  gives  the  word  â€œsupervisionâ€?  a  new  meaning. SUNY  New  Paltz  will  be  expanding  their  horizons  starting  Saturday,  April  13  with  the  opening  of  the  â€œFields  of  Visionâ€?  exhibition,  featuring  works  by  New  Paltz  art  faculty. Running  through  Sunday,  June  23,  the  ex-­ hibition  will  occupy  multiple  spaces  in  the  Dor-­ sky,  including  the  Morgan  Anderson  Gallery,  the  Howard  Greenberg  Family  Gallery  and  the  Corridor  Gallery. Guest  Curator  Carl  Van  Brunt,  owner  of  Beacon’s  Van  Brunt  Gallery,  was  invited  to  choose  and  install  pieces  because  of  his  commercial  gallery  experience.  Van  Brunt  said  one  of  his  favorite  parts  of  curating  this  show  was  meeting  and  interacting  with  all  the  exhibit-­ ing  artists. “I  loved  meeting  the  faculty  and  having  smart,  wonderful  conversations  with  them,â€?  he  said.  â€œThey’re  very  inspiring.  I’m  also  interest-­ ed  in  the  overall  balance  of  the  show  and  how  it  demonstrates  that  the  faculty  is  composed  of  vibrant,  engaged  artists.â€? Exhibiting  artist  and  art  Professor  Kathy  Goodell  will  be  showing  two  photographs,  a  drawing  and  a  large  lens  sculpture  suspended Â

from  the  ceiling,  which  will  allow  the  other  ZRUNV LQ WKH JDOOHU\ WR EH UHĂ€ HFWHG LQ LW “I  think  the  suspended  lens  relates  to  per-­ ception  and  how  we  visualize  things  throughout  our  lives,â€?  Goodell  said.  â€œIt  reminds  me  of  how  things  come  into  and  out  of  focus,  and  it  sym-­ bolizes  consciousness  and  transformation.â€? Art  Professor  Robin  Arnold  will  be  exhib-­ iting  works  made  by  oil  on  canvas,  charcoal,  graphite  and  pastels  on  paper.  The  pieces  being  shown  come  from  three  different  series  of  ongoing  works  â€”  â€œBotany  808,â€?  â€œWall  Gardenâ€?  and  â€œDark/Matters,â€?  in-­ cluding  one  large  painting  titled  Midnight  Sun  from  â€œBotany  808,â€?  a  large  drawing  called  Countdown  from  â€œDark/Mattersâ€?  and  a  group-­ ing  of  small  drawings  from  â€œWall  Garden.â€? Arnold  said  although  her  works  have  sty-­ listic  differences,  they  are  connected  in  some  respects,  because  a  simple  form  discovered  in  one  of  the  drawings  might  be  seen  in  a  more  developed,  complex  image  in  another  series. Likewise,  Arnold  described  working  with  Van  Brunt  as  an  â€œenjoyable  experience.â€? “I  appreciate  the  thoughtfulness  and  care  [Van  Brunt]  has  brought  to  this  project,  and  the  challenges  he  faced  dealing  with  such  a  diverse  group  of  artists,â€?  Arnold  said. Although  Van  Brunt  expressed  facing  dif-­

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NEWEST DORSKY EXHIBITION DISPLAYS FACULTY ARTWORK

Amy  Cheng’s  Broaching  the  Subject  (2012)  will  be  exhibited  in  â€œFields  of  Vision.â€? Â

Âż FXOWLHV SHUWDLQLQJ WR ÂłFKRRVLQJ DQG SODFLQJ work  in  such  a  way  that  the  best  aspect  of  each  LQGLYLGXDO DUWLVW FRPHV WR WKH Ă€ RRU ´ KH VDLG WKH show’s  material  is  diverse  in  that  â€œsome  works  are  aimed  at  your  heart  and  some  are  aimed  at  your  mind.â€? Goodell  said  she  is  excited  to  see  other  fac-­ ulty  members’  work  that  she  isn’t  familiar  with, Â

and  seeing  how  some  works  have  changed  over  the  years. “We  don’t  have  these  very  often,â€?  she  said.  â€œWe  see  each  other  and  talk  to  each  other,  but  we  don’t  actually  get  to  view  each  other’s  work.  I  also  think  it’s  a  good  thing  that  the  students  see  what  the  faculty  does.  They  know  we  have  a  say,  but  they  don’t  always  know  what  we  do.â€?

The Strokes Hit All The Right Notes

‘COMEDOWN MACHINE’ SUCCESSFULLY MIXES OLD AND NEW By  Robin  Weinstein Photo  Editor  |  Robin.weinstein95@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

The Strokes Comedown Machine

It  seems  a  lot  of  people  think  that  Comedown  Machine  is  a  step  away  from  Angles  and  toward  original  Strokes  releas-­ es,  but  I’m  not  entirely  sure  if  I  agree.  I  don’t  know  exactly  how  I  feel  about  the  album,  but  I’ll  try  to  put  it  into  words. 7KH Âż UVW WLPH , OLVWHQHG WR 7KH 6WURNHVÂś Âż UVW UHOHDVH IURP this  album,  â€œOne  Way  Trigger,â€?  I  honestly  didn’t  realize  it  was  Julian  Casablancas  singing  the  falsetto.  And  then  there’s  the  heavy  synthesizer  (hello,  Phrazes  for  the  Young)  â€”  which  made  me  expect  that  this  album  would  be  even  more  drastic Â

than  Angles  was.  I  like  Angles,  but  I  was  worried. Worried,  I  needn’t  be.  I  said  previously  that  this  album  seems  like  a  step  in  the  direction  of  Is  This  It  or  Room  on  Fire DQG , FDQ GHÂż QLWHO\ VHH ZK\ LW VHHPV WKDW ZD\ Âł ´ is  so  characteristically  Strokes.  Casablancas  is  almost  mum-­ bling  and  Nick  Valensi’s  guitar  riffs  nearly  overpower  Casa-­ blancas’  voice  (I  love  when  you  almost  can’t  understand  Casablancas  in  songs;Íž  â€œEvening  Sunâ€?  is  one  of  my  favorite  Strokes  songs).  â€œSlow  Animals,â€?  â€œPartners  in  Crimeâ€?  and  â€œHappy  Endingâ€?  are  also  reminiscent  of  their  classic  sound,  but  at  the  same  time,  they  are  a  bit  forgettable. Sometimes,  while  listening  to  the  songs  that  Casablancas  sings  in  a  higher  range  â€”  â€œOne  Way  Trigger,â€?  â€œTap  Out,â€?  â€œChances,â€?  to  name  a  few  â€”  I  hate  that  he’s  not  singing  in  his  deep,  mesmerizing  voice.  At  the  same  time,  those  three  songs  are  some  of  my  favorites  on  the  album.  However,   even  though  I  wish  the  heavy   manipulation  in  some  of  the  vocals   wasn’t  there,  I  enjoy  all  of  it. Â

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The  vocal  manipulation  in  the  song  â€œ80’s  Comedown  Machineâ€?  honestly  makes  Casablancas  sound  like  he  belongs  in  Green  Day.  Maybe  it’s  the  lyrics,  but  I  actually  like  this  song.  I  have  such  mixed  feelings  about  this  album. “Welcome  to  Japanâ€?  is  my  favorite  song  from  Come-­ down  Machine.  Casablancas  starts  off  with  his  lazy,  mur-­ muring  voice.  I  absolutely  love  the  bridge  â€”  it  might  be  my  favorite  part  of  the  song.  In  the  background,  Valensi’s  riff  is  so  fast,  staccato  and  beautiful  against  Albert  Hammond,  Jr.’s  deeper,  longer  notes.  During  the  chorus,  Casablancas’  voice  is  mirrored  by  Valensi.   I  always  think  of  The  Strokes’   vo-­ cals  as  an  instrument  that  blends  with  the  others,  and  this  just  epitomizes  that.  All  of  the  members’  intensity  grows,  which  is  why  the  song  is  so  powerful  at  the  end  â€”  it’s  just  perfect.  Overall,  I  really  enjoy  the  album  (The  only  song  I  don’t  think  belongs  on  the  album  is  â€œCall  It  Fate,  Call  It  Karmaâ€?).   If  I  nit-­pick  or  compare  it  to  earlier  Strokes  albums,  I  won’t  EH VDWLVÂż HG EXW , WKLQN LW KROGV WRJHWKHU UHDOO\ ZHOO

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ANNUAL CONVENTION GATHERS THOUSANDS OF GAMERS YEAR: Fourth MAJOR: Public Relations HOMETOWN: Merrick, N.Y.

WHAT’S  YOUR  INSTRUMENT  OF  CHOICE  AND  WHY? I  am  primarily  a  singer,  but  I  also  play  a  little  guitar  and  piano,  and  I  really  enjoy  synthetic  keyboard  sounds.

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How  did  I  spend  the  beginning  of  my  spring  break?  I  catered  to  my  nerdy  sensibilities  by  journeying  to  The  Penny  Arcade  Expo  (PAX)  East,  which  took  place  from  March  22  to  24  at  the  Boston  Convention  &  Exposition  Center.   PAX  was  started  back  in  2004  when  the  folks  behind  penny-­arcade. com  wanted  a  gathering  place  for  gamers  to  discuss  and  play  what  they  loved  â€”  video  games.  The  show,  now  dubbed  PAX  Prime,  usually  oc-­ curs  at  the  end  of  August  or  beginning  of  September.  Fast-­forward  to  2010,  the  show  expanded  to  Boston  with  the  name  PAX  East.  The  shows  are  exclusively  for  games,  as  opposed  to  conventions  such  as  Comic-­ Con,  which  caters  to  an  eclectic  assortment  of  nerd  culture.   With  tens  of  thousands  of  attendees  at  each  venue,  the  PAX  conven-­ tions  are  the  largest  video  game-­only  shows  around.   And  that’s  truly  the  great  thing  about  them.  E3  is  the  biggest  in  terms  of  scope,  important  an-­ nouncements,  the  games  present  there,  etc.,  but  PAX  is  the  only  gaming  convention  wholly  open  to  the  public.   /DVW \HDU ZDV P\ Âż UVW WLPH DWWHQGLQJ EXW , ZDV RQO\ WKHUH IRU RQH day  and  did  not  fully  embrace  everything  I  wanted  to.  This  year  I  went  with  a  group  of  friends  and  attended  the  show  Saturday  and  Sunday.   That  extra  day  alone  made  the  show  so  much  better,  and  gave  me  free  time  to  see  some  of  PAX’s  more  interesting  aspects  â€”  the  panels. Panels  given  by  industry  professionals  covered  a  wide  variety  of  topics,  such  as  Cards  Against  Humanity,  live  podcasts,  discussions  of  video  game  violence,  a  certain  website’s  top  games  of  a  generation,  post-­mortems  of  previously  released  games  and  much  more.   The  Cards  Against  Humanity  panel  I  attended  was  unequivocally  hilarious  and  the  highlight  of  the  show  for  me  (if  you  don’t  know  what  it  is,  I  highly  sug-­ gest  you  look  it  up). There  were  also  several  tournaments  you  could  sign  up  for,  and  LI \RX ZDQWHG D EUHDN IURP WKH VKRZ Ă€ RRUÂśV KXVWOH DQG EXVWOH WKHUH ZHUH a  number  of  rooms  to  relax  and  play  games  in,  including  those  from  old  Atari,  Jaguar  or  Super  Nintendo  systems,  all  the  way  up  to  PS3,  Xbox  360  and  WiiU.   At  one  point,  I  took  a  break  and  played  some  â€œCoun-­ ter-­Strike:  Global  Offensiveâ€?  for  half  an  hour  in  the  enormous  PC  free  play  area.     Being  at  PAX  East  was  an  amazing  time,  that  is,  if  you’re  into  this Â

VRUW RI VWXII 7KHUHÂśV VRPHWKLQJ PDJLFDO DERXW EHLQJ RQ D VKRZ Ă€ RRU with  50,000-­plus  people  who  share  the  same  interests  and  hobbies  as  you  do,  and  watching  a  swarming  sea  of  nerds  from  the  Expo  Hall’s  sky  EULGJHV LV RQH Ă€ DEEHUJDVWLQJ VLJKW WR EHKROG One  thing  I  learned  from  last  year?   Never  wait  in  an  obnoxiously  ORQJ OLQH MXVW WR VHH D Âż YH WR PLQXWH YLGHR RI D JDPH \RXÂśOO VHH RQOLQH next  week.  That,  or  play  a  demo  of  a  game  you’ll  be  able  to  download  in  a  couple  weeks  for  yourself.   Seriously,  there  were  people  waiting  more  than  two  hours  to  play  Sony’s  â€œThe  Last  of  Usâ€?  demo  â€”  a  game  that  comes  out  in  June.   I  know  I’ll  get  it,  so  I  don’t  see  the  need  to  waste  pre-­ cious  time  at  the  show.   At  the  Ubisoft  booth,  there  were  also  two-­plus  hour  waits  to  see  a  video  of  â€œAssassin’s  Creed  4:  Black  Flag.â€?   I  didn’t  even  bother  with  it.         I  did  manage  to  see  and  play  some  games,  though.   At  the  Deep  Sil-­ ver  booth,  they  were  showing  a  video  for  the  upcoming  â€œSaint’s  Row  4â€?  and  I  decided  to  watch  it  since  the  line  was  short.  Despite  some  reserva-­ tions  I  have  with  the  game  regarding  its  development,  it  looked  spot-­on  and  even  crazier  than  prior  games  have  been.   I  also  played  a  demo  for  â€œMetro:  Last  Light,â€?  a  survival  horror-­ HVTXH Âż UVW SHUVRQ VKRRWHU ZKLFK ZDV GHFHQW ² KRZHYHU LWÂśV KDUG to  play  these  games  and  focus  with  thousands  of  people  swirling  ev-­ erywhere  around  you.   Other  big  games  present  were  â€œWatch  Dogs,â€?  â€œRemember  Me,â€?  the  PS3  version  of  â€œDiablo  III,â€?  â€œThe  Elder  Scrolls  Online,â€?  â€œSplinter  Cell:  Blacklist,â€?  â€œDead  Island:  Riptideâ€?  and  MMO  â€œMarvel  Heroes,â€?  along  with  a  number  of  titles  at  Nintendo’s  booth  and  a  bunch  more.     Unlike  last  year,  I  visited  the  Indie  Megabooth  â€”  where  smaller  JDPHV FDQ Ă€ RXULVK DQG EH UHSUHVHQWHG DW D VKRZ ZKHUH WKH\ PLJKW QRW be  otherwise  â€”  and  there  were  some  gems  to  be  found.   Games  such  as  Supergiant  Games’  â€œTransistorâ€?   and  Red  Barrels’  horror  game  â€œOutlastâ€?   were  standouts  for  me.   Another  highlight  was  Iron  Galaxy  Studios’  â€œDi-­ YHNLFN ´ DQ LQFUHGLEO\ VLOO\ \HW ULGLFXORXV LQ D JRRG ZD\ Âż JKWLQJ JDPH ,I \RX KDYH HYHQ MXVW D Ă€ HHWLQJ LQWHUHVW LQ YLGHR JDPHV DQG WKH money),  do  yourself  a  favor  and  buy  a  pass  for  the  next  PAX  East  as  soon  as  they  go  on  sale.  It  was  a  place  unlike  anywhere  I’ve  ever  ventured  and  cemented  the  fact  that  I  love  and  hope  to  work  in  this  industry  one  day.  And  hey,  Boston’s  a  beautiful  city,  too,  so  you  might  as  well  go  on  a  nice  vacation  next  spring.  Â

Thursday,  April  4,  2013

WHO  ARE  YOUR  BIGGEST  INFLUENCES? Coldplay.  Queen.  Our  Lady  Peace.  Incu-­ bus.  The  Dear  Hunter.  Phil  Collins.  Coheed  &  Cambria.  One  Republic.  WHAT  ARE  YOU  INVOLVED  WITH  MUSICALLY? I  am  in  Male  Call  and  also  participate  in  musicals  put  on  by  the  Miami  Theatre  Play-­ ers.  I  am  currently  playing  Mr.  Cladwell  in  â€œUrinetown.â€? WHO  HAVE  YOU  BEEN  LISTENING  TO  LATELY? Our  Lady  Peace.  Eve  6.  Justin  Timber-­ lake’s  new  album.  Taylor  Swift’s  new  music.  The  Dear  Hunter’s  new  music.  Raine  Mai-­ da.  Imagine  Dragons.  Childish  Gambino.  Muse.  The  Killers. WHAT’S  YOUR  PLAN  FOR  THE  FUTURE? To  continue  writing  my  own  music,  and  try  to  put  some  demos  in  the  hands  of  bigger  names  in  the  music  industry.  I’d  like  to  move  to  L.A.  after  college  to  try  to  make  this  dream  hap-­ pen  and  hopefully  get  some  public  relations  and  publicity-­related  work. ANY  ADVICE  FOR  ASPIRING  MUSICIANS? If  you  don’t  love  what  you’re  doing,  nobody  else  is  going  to.  If  you  do  love  it,  there  will  probably  be  plenty  of  others  who  would  as  well.  If  you  genuinely  at  your  heart  of  hearts  love  it,  you  push  on  through  with  it. LISTEN  TO JASON  FIGUEREDO PERFORMING  BY  SCANNING  THIS  CODE  WITH  ANY  SMARTPHONE!  PHOTO  COURTESY  OF  DARRIAN  AMAKER

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tHe Deep END ANDY MOELLER

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Printmaking BFA

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John Baldessari, Kenneth Anger, Morrissey, Bukowski, Richard Serra

“By visually distorting perceived realities extracted from found and original photographs, I alter originality and visual perception through the means of overlapping information replication. The continuous blurring of perceived and projected realities influences my exploratory endeavors in the blending of both digital and printed media.”

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CHARTING CHANGE CARTOON BY JULIE GUNDERSEN

After Undergraduate admissions released num-­ bers concerning campus diversity since 2000, admin-­ istration and student senators have gone back and forth over what the numbers truly mean. On the administration’s side of the argument, President Donald Christian argues the compiled num-­ bers show an overall improvement in student repre-­ sentation of racial minority groups. On the other end, students are unhappy with how administration is han-­ dling the issue, saying that while the numbers may be improving, they are still unacceptable for the 2013 school year. We at The New Paltz Oracle see the troubles on our doorstep and are hoping that the hostility between students and administration will soon come to an end. There are serious issues that must be dealt with, and they can only be solved once the two groups come to-­ gether and initiate that change. The numbers in the survey showed a consistent drop in the overall black student population over the past decade. The number is down by half and student leaders have pointed out their primary concern is the retention rates of not only black students, but of all students from racial minority groups. Due to events that have transpired within the past two years, we cannot say that we are surprised the uni-­ YHUVLW\ LV KDYLQJ GLI¿FXOW\ LQ VWUHQJWKHQLQJ WKH EODFN student population. The racial sign postings of the fall 2011 semester and the vandalism of the Shango Hall

sign in late February, among other various instances of bigotry and ignorance, show that despite the liberal and progressive image we’ve fashioned for ourselves, we are not as accepting and safe as we believe our-­ selves to be. This is an egregious problem that is unacceptable not only because of our identity, but because it’s a dis-­ service we give to anyone who wants to come here in the future. Institutions of higher education are sup-­ posed to be safe havens for those who come to learn and anything short of that are intolerable. However, action must be taken on both ends of the spectrum. While we hope our administrators will take the steps needed to initiate change and bring us to our ideals of acceptance and social justice, we also ask for our student leaders to be patient in enacting change. There are several beliefs that our administration and student leaders share in common concerning the lack of students from racial minorities coming to New Paltz. Schools in underprivileged areas don’t properly prepare their students for college and lower incomes in these areas have been issues pointed out by both parties that block prospective students from pursuing higher education. With these trends crossing across all levels of high-­ er education, the blame for these numbers – whether they indicate a trend or not – cannot rest solely on the shoulders of the SUNY New Paltz administration. Our

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campus is not immune to these systemic problems. The only course of action, for both administration and student leaders, is to work within our means to change these trends on our campus. We applaud our student leaders who have sug-­ gested that SUNY New Paltz offer pre-­college level courses and we applaud our administrators who are ¿JXULQJ RXW ZD\V WR KDYH FXUUHQW 1HZ 3DOW] VWXGHQWV help recruit prospective students. But before we give all of our credit to both, we need to see both parties come together and make these dreams become reality. How much longer can we merely talk about the change we want to see before we join as one to make what’s right become what’s real? We know that negotiation, compromise and moving forward in enacting change is capable of both sides, and anxiously await for the two parties to come to-­ gether and make it happen.

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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OPINION

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COLUMNS Love, Â Actually

JOHN  TAPPEN Copy  Editor Â

No  Conclusions,  Just  Endings

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JENNIFER  NEWMAN Copy  Editor Jnewman46@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

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The  Kids  (Should  Be)  Alright

    Katherine.speller79@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

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over a tissue to your own little ones and the other teams’ indiscriminately. It’s automatic. When a kid gets out of the pool at the end of a long, hard race or if they’re too scared to get in the water to begin with, you’re there. You tell them “It’s okay� and “You can do it,� because they’re young and full of potential and of course they can. It doesn’t take a lot of work to really care for these kids. They’ve got this evolutionary advantage that makes them them pretty damn endearing. You want to keep them safe, watch them paddle off and experience great and beautiful victories. The losses in Newtown are the sort to weigh

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heavily on your heart. Sure, monsters exist and sometimes they win. But, I’ll be damned if that makes it suck any less. Yes, conversations are still being had. But in the end, I hope we remember runny noses, scraped knees and races that are never going to EH À QLVKHG , KRSH ZH UHPHPEHU ZKDW ZH UHDOO\ should be protecting.

Katherine  Speller  is  a  third-­year  journalism  student  who  likes  David  Foster  Wallace,  acoustic  crunk  music  and  crying  over  the  Yorkie  tag  on  Tumblr.

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 SEWARD  NOMINATED  FOR  NATIONAL  AWARD

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Following  the  most  successful  sea-­ son  in  Women’s  Basketball  history,  Head  Coach  Jamie  Seward  has  been  nominated  DV D Âż QDOLVW IRU WKH :RPHQÂśV %DV ketball  Coaches  Association  (WBCA)  NCAA  Division  III  National  Coach  of  the  Year  award.   7KLV LV WKH Âż UVW WLPH 6HZDUG KDV EHHQ nominated  for  a  national  award.  He  was  previously  named  this  year’s  SUNYAC  Coach  of  the  Year  after  the  Women’s  Basketball  team  was  crowned  SUNYAC  champions.  The  Lady  Hawks  ORVW WKHLU Âż UVW JDPH LQ WKH 1&$$ 'LYL sion  III  Women’s  Basketball  Champion-­ ship  Tournament  to  Babson  College. Looking  back  on  his  career,  coaching  EDVNHWEDOO ZDV QRW 6HZDUGÂśV Âż UVW FKRLFH In  fact,  he  wanted  to  attend  school  to  be  a  lawyer,  but  soon  changed  his  mind. “I  was  actually  looking  to  play  foot-­ ball  in  college  and  Sienna  was  the  only  school  I  looked  at  that  I  didn’t  want  to  play  football  at,â€?  Seward  said.   â€œThey  just Â

really  had  a  bad  program,  so  I  made  my  GHFLVLRQ ² IRU SUHWW\ PXFK WKH Âż UVW WLPH in  my  life  â€”  based  on  academics  over  athletics  and  I  wanted  to  be  a  lawyer.â€? According  to  Seward,  after  a  week  or  two  as  an  undergraduate,  he  decided  to  start  thinking  about  what  else  he  would  want  to  do  as  a  career,  which  is  how  he  came  to  coaching. “Coaching  was  always  something  I  had  an  eye  on,â€?  Seward  said.   â€œEven  when  I  was  younger,  I  thought  about  things  that  I  would  do  if  I  was  a  coach,  so  I  started  FRDFKLQJ Âż IWK JUDGH &<2 DQG PRYHG XS and  started  coaching  some  travel  teams.   My  sister’s  AAU  team  one  year  needed  a  coach  and  I  was  like,  â€˜I  don’t  know  about  coaching  girls,  I’m  not  sure  about  that,’  but  I  had  a  really  outstanding  experience  coaching  that  team  and  one  thing  ulti-­ mately  led  to  another  and  turned  into  a  career  a  few  years  later.â€? Seward  arrived  in  New  Paltz  in  Sep-­ tember  2006,  a  month  before  practice  was  set  to  start,  where  he  was  pleased  by  the  university’s  newly  constructed  Athletic Â

and  Wellness  Center  and  gymnasium. “When  I  came  to  interview  here  it  was  really  a  pleasant  surprise,â€?  Seward  said.   â€œI  hadn’t  heard  great  things  and  ZDONHG LQ DQG WKH\ KDG D EUDQG QHZ Âż W ness  center,  brand  new  gym.   I  met  with  admissions  and  saw  what  the  academic  standards  were  â€”  it  was  very  intriguing  and  I  was  really  fortunate  to  have  gotten  the  opportunity.â€? As  his  experience  grew,  Seward  tried  to  emulate  the  styles  of  coaches  he   idol-­ ized  growing  up  and  during  his  time  as  a  coach,  including  Head  Coach  of  Men’s  Basketball  at  the  University  of  Louisville,  Rick  Pitino  and  Head  Coach  of  Women’s  Basketball  at  Union  College,  Mary  Ellen  Burt. “Rick  Pitino  was  the  guy  who  I  really  started  to  emulate  my  style  after,â€?  Seward  said.  â€œHe  was  one  of  the  guys  that  I  al-­ ways  followed  what  they  did  and  liked  his  way  of  playing  fast-­paced  and  press-­ ing.  I  was  very  fortunate  to  have  worked  for  my  great  mentor,  Mary  Ellen  Burt,  at  Union  College  where  I  was  an  assistant Â

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IRU Âż YH \HDUV DQG , ZDV DEOH WR WDNH D ORW of  things  from  her.   She  was  able  to  al-­ ways  put  a  positive  spin  on  things  and  I  realized  how  important  that  was  as  a  head  coach  because  I  did  not  necessarily  rec-­ ognize  that  as  an  assistant.â€? Seward  maintains  that  the  WBCA  Coach  of  the  Year  award’s  importance  lies  with  the  quality  of  the  team’s  players  and  the  coach’s  recognition  by  his  or  her  peers,  not  anyone  else. “Coach  of  the  year  means  you  have  good  players,  number  one,â€?  Seward  said.   â€œYou  could  be  the  greatest  coach  and  have  the  greatest  defensive  schemes  and  the  best  offenses  and  ultimately,  if  you  don’t  have  good  players,  then  none  of  that  works  very  well.   The  WBCA  Coach  of  the  Year  is  nice  because  it’s  voted  on  by  your  peers,  but  it’s  also  that  much  more  meaningful  when  it  comes  from  the  peo-­ ple  who  actually  do  it.â€? The  WBCA  Coach  of  the  Year  win-­ ner  will  be  announced  on  Monday,  April  LQ 1HZ 2UOHDQV GXULQJ WKH WKLUG DQQXDO WBCA  Awards  Show.  Â

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Glen, Well Glen, you did it. You have won the Hunger Games that is the NHL Trade Deadline. Your moves for Ryane Clowe, Derrick Brassard, Der-­ ek Dorsett and John Moore turned out for the best. Okay, maybe I’m getting a little ahead of myself. Sure, all of your trades paid off as seen in the team’s 6-­1 trouncing of the Pittsburgh Pen-­ guins on Wednesday, but that’s only one game. Before I completely for-­ give you for all of the pain you’ve put us Ranger fans through in the past, we should wait to see how this plays out. But I have a feeling that the huge risks you’ve made are going to play out. Let’s face it, the team is having

a lot of problems this season. To be honest, I think the problems the team has had this season are the product of a shortened season. For players like Chris Kreider and J.T. Miller who are so young, not having a training camp is detrimental to their develop-­ ment and integration into a profes-­ sional club. Something the successful teams of the season like Pittsburgh, the Montreal Canadians and the Chi-­ cago Blackhawks have in common is that their cores and overall rosters are loaded with experience and have built up a solid chemistry with one another. The other problem the team has been having is that their experienced players like Brad Richards and Henrik Lundqvist just haven’t been there this season. Maybe they got too swept up

in New York City life during the lock-­ out and are now suffering from some-­ thing similar to perpetual jetlag, but it doesn’t excuse two of the team’s most important players for not contributing the way they should be. But what you could control and ZHUH XOWLPDWHO\ DEOH WR ¿ [ LV KRZ sorely the team needed gritty, tough and intimidating third and fourth line guys. And if Wednesday’s game is any indication of what to expect in the future, man oh man did your humun-­ gous risk pay off. I said a couple of weeks ago that trading Gaborik would be a mistake. When I saw the trade I thought it was a mistake. Maybe they’ll miss the goals and the speed, but hey, you got something out of this for now and it’s

working. I know it’s only one game and there is still too much left unsaid to be optimistic about the end of the season. However, Wednesday’s game showed that there was something important missing before the trades and now with everything said and done, that depth scoring is back and it’s ready to help the Rangers move up in the standings. But before I give you my congrat-­ ulations, I will say that I’m expect-­ ing a big offseason splash now that Gaborik’s contract has been unloaded. I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again. Get Bobby Ryan. I want him here so bad. Until next time, Cat

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1RZ WKDW 2SHQLQJ 'D\ KDV ¿ QDOO\ arrived,  every  team  has  an  equal  chance  of  achieving  glory  in  October.  However,   while  they  all  start  the  season  on  equal  ground,  the  dog  days  of  summer  will  separate  contenders  from  pretenders  and  playoff  caliber  teams  from  cellar  dwell-­ ers.  Let’s  take  a  look  at  each  of  the  divi-­ sions  heading  into  the  2013  season: The  National  League  East  could  be  one  of  the  most  interesting  divisions  in  baseball.  After  years  of  waiting,  the  long  rebuilding  process  the  Nationals  under-­ took  is  starting  to  pay  off.  The  young  core  of  Bryce  Harper  and  Stephen  Strasburg  should  keep  the  Nats  competitive  for  years  to  come.  While  the  Braves  can  now  boast  that  they  feature  the  most  Uptons  RQ WKH ¿ HOG DW DQ\ WLPH WKH\ VWLOO KDYH question  marks.  The  Phillies  will  hope  that  their  once  mighty  group  of  players  FDQ ¿ JKW RII )DWKHU 7LPH DQG FRQWLQXH WR produce  past  their  prime.  At  the  bottom  of  the  division,  the  Mets  will  continue  their  methodical  rise  into  relevance  and  the  Marlins  will  navigate  the  turbulent  ZDWHUV RI DQRWKHU ¿ UHVDOH ² DQG ,¶P FDOOLQJ LW QRZ ² ZKLOH 0LNH 5HGPRQG

is  an  interesting  manger  choice,  Bobby  9DOHQWLQH ZLOO EH VSRUWLQJ D KLGHRXV 0L DPL 0DUOLQ MHUVH\ E\ PLG \HDU ,Q WKH 1DWLRQDO /HDJXH &HQWUDO LW LV clear  the  Reds  have  the  strongest  roster  top  to  bottom.  The  trade  for  Shin-­Soo  &KRR VKRXOG VKRUH XS WKHLU RXW¿ HOG DQG give  them  a  needed  boost  to  head  deep  into  October.  The  Cardinals  will  con-­ tinue  to  overachieve  and  should  be  in  the  KXQW XQWLO WKH ¿ QDO ZHHNV RI WKH VHDVRQ The  Brewers  and  Pirates  didn’t  make  DQ\ VLJQL¿ FDQW PRYHV RYHU WKH RIIVHD son  and  should  keep  with  their  ever-­so-­ average  records  at  seasons’  end.  At  the  very  bottom,  Cubs  fans  will  dream  of  a  brighter  future  as  Theo  Epstein  continues  his  rebuilding  process.  Out  west,  the  Yankee-­like  spending  Dodgers  will  bank  on  their  big  money  investments  panning  out,  but  their  roster  features  so  many  big  names,  it’s  hard  to  VHH WKHP ¿ QLVKLQJ DQ\ZKHUH EXW LQ ¿ UVW place.  The  reigning  champion  Giants  are  mostly  intact  from  last  season,  meaning  they  should  have  no  trouble  staying  in  the  playoff  race.  After  trading  Justin  Up-­ ton,  the  Diamondbacks  will  miss  having  a  young  core  piece  in  the  middle  of  their  lineup.  The  Padres  and  Rockies  should  shore  up  the  bottom  of  the  western  divi-­

sion  as  they  continue  to  tinker  with  their  underwhelming  rosters.  ,Q WKH $PHULFDQ /HDJXH QR GLYLVLRQ looks  more  topsy-­turvey  than  the  Eastern  Divison,  which  should  take  a  complete  reverse  in  standings  from  what  fans  were  accustomed  to  a  decade  ago.  The  Blue  Jays  are  the  real  deal  and  should  reap  WKH EHQH¿ WV RI WKHLU VSHFWDFXODU RIIVHD son.  You  can  never  count  the  Rays  out  ZLWK WKHLU SLWFKLQJ VWDII ² HYHQ ZLWKRXW James  Shields.  The  Orioles  probably  won’t  continue  the  magical  play  they  FRQMXUHG ODVW VHDVRQ EXW VKRXOG ¿ QLVK with  a  respectable  record.  The  Yankees  are  showing  the  cracks  in  their  armor   without  their  stars,  all  of  whom  are  de-­ clining  in  skill  rapidly.  This  team  looks  washed  up.   Up  in  Boston,  the  Red  Sox,  despite  their  many  offseason  additions,  are  clearly  using  the  next  few  years  as  a  stop  gap  to  let  their  younger  players  de-­ velop.  The  Tigers  should  have  no  problem  GRPLQDWLQJ WKH $PHULFDQ /HDJXH &HQ tral  division,  as  they  possess  the  best  lineup  in  the  league  and  one  of  the  better  pitching  staffs.  The  Royals  made  some  moves  that  should  shoot  them  back  into  relevance,  but  a  few  more  pieces  are  needed  before  they  can  become  a  seri-­

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ous  threat.  The  White  Sox  should  be  much  the  same  as  last  year,  but  with  the  FRPSHWLWLRQ IURP WKH 5R\DOV D VHFRQG SODFH ¿ QLVK VHHPV XQOLNHO\ (YHQ ZLWK 7HUU\ )UDQFRQD DQG WKHLU QHZ RXW¿ HOG additions,  the  Indians  need  more  depth  on  their  roster  before  they  can  succeed.   0HDQZKLOH DW WKH ERWWRP RI WKH GLYLVLRQ the  Twins  ZLOO QHHG D PLUDFOH WR ¿ QLVK with  anything  higher  than  70  wins.  Josh  Hamilton  will  help  shore  up  an  already  potent  Angels  lineup,  but  if  the  team  doesn’t  win  soon,  all  of  the  money  spent  in  the  last  few  off-­seasons  will  be  wasted.  The  A’s  added  some  intriguing  players  to  their  already  solid  roster  and  could  continue  to  build  upon  their  sur-­ prising  2013  season.  Despite  all  of  their  efforts  this  offseason,  the  Rangers  were  unable  to  land  a  true  force  to  add  to  their  lineup  and  as  such,  should  fail  to  keep  up  with  the  other  teams  in  the  division.  The  Mariners  are  slowly  getting  bet-­ ter,  but  they  should  wait  for  their  young  SLWFKHUV WR UHDFK WKH PDMRUV EHIRUH WKH\ truly  make  a  run  for  contention.  But,  one  of  the  biggest  story  lines  of  the  last  part  of  the  season  will  be  if  the  Astros  will  EUHDN WKH 0HWV UHFRUG RI ORVVHV LQ D VHDVRQ ,W¶V QRW RXW RI WKH TXHVWLRQ with  this  team’s  roster. Â

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