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Deborah  Amos,  the  2013  James  H.  Ottaway  Sr.  Professor  of  Journalism  at  SUNY  New  Paltz,   was  introduced  to  the  campus  community  by  President  Donald  Christian  this  past  Tuesday  eve-­ ning  at  the  Honors  Center. President  Christian  interviewed  Amos  about  her  life  and  career  as  the  NPR  Middle  East  cor-­ respondent  to  an  audience  of  about  80  people.   &KULVWLDQ DVNHG KHU ÂżYH TXHVWLRQV DQG WKHQ RSHQHG WKH Ă€RRU WR WKH DXGLHQFH IRU D TXHVWLRQ DQG DQVZHU session.  â€œI  was  very  lucky  to  land  at  National  Pub-­ lic  Radio  in  1977.  Nobody  knew  who  we  were.  It  was  a  moment  of  wealth  and  expansion  and  experimentation  and  we  could  craft  what  radio  was,â€?  Amos  said.  â€œIt’s  been  one  of  the  most  steady  sources  of  news  in  the  United  States  and  I  think  I  would’ve  been  surprised  by  that  in  1977,  but  in  2013  we  have  30  million  listeners  and  growing  because  we  have  stuck  to  our  core  business,  which  is  doing  news.â€? In  2003,  Lisa  Phillips,  chair  of  the  Ottaway  Committee,  knew  that  Amos  was  living  in  the  area  and  kept  her  in  mind  as  a  future  Ottaway  profes-­ sor.  â€œI  knew  she  lived  in  Woodstock  and  I  emailed  her  and  I  asked  her  â€˜Would  you  ever  be  interested  in  this?’  and  she  said  â€˜yes’  and  we  got  together,â€?  Phillips  said.  â€œThis  was  two  or  three  years  ago.  :HÂśYH ZDQWHG KHU VLQFH WKH ÂżUVW URXQG RI 2WWDZD\ interviews  I  did  which  was  in  2010.  Just  getting  all  the  timing  right  took  until  now.â€? 3KLOOLSV VDLG $PRV LV DEOH WR ÂżW LQ WKLV WZR week  residency  as  part  of  the  time  NPR  arranges  for  her. Â

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PHOTO  BY  ROBIN  WEINSTEIN Deborah  Amos,  the  2013  Ottaway  Professor,  was  recently  introduced  to  campus  by  President  Christian. Â

“She  also  happens  to  have  teaching  and  train-­ ing  experience  with  young  journalists  and  that  is  great  for  our  students  because  we  need  good  teachers,  even  if  for  two  weeks,â€?  Phillips  said.  Amos  was  awarded  the  George  Foster  Pea-­ body  Award  from  the  University  of  Georgia  this  past  March  and  in  2010,  she  received  the  Edward  R.  Murrow  Lifetime  Achievement  Award  from  Washington  State  University.  â€œWe  had  planned  this  for  more  than  a  year.  She  just  won  the  two  biggest  prizes  in  broadcast  journalism,  so  we  would  be  crazy  not  to  want  someone  like  Deborah  Amos  if  she’s  available  to  come  to  be  with  us,â€?  Phillips  said.  Amos  has  visited  several  classes  including  feature  writing,  journalism  I  and  radio  journal-­ ism  and  plans  to  visit  many  more.  She  has  also  RSHQHG XS KHU FDOHQGDU WR RIÂżFH KRXUV ZKHQ VKH isn’t  teaching.  â€œShe  has  a  very  commanding  speaking  style  and  you  hear  it  on  the  air  and  you  see  it  in  the Â

classroom.  Plus  she’s  very  willing  and  fascinat-­ ed  by  the  processes  that  the  students  are  going  WKURXJK WR ÂżJXUH RXW WKHLU SULQW ZRUN DQG WKHLU radio  work,â€?  Phillips  said.  â€œWe  always  look  for  something  new  in  the  Ottaway;Íž  something  we  haven’t  offered  before  with  the  Ottaway  profes-­ sor  and  we  hadn’t  had  a  working  radio  journalist.â€? Amos  began  her  post-­college  career  with  WHOHYLVLRQ DQG ZRUNHG LQ WKH ÂżHOG IRU \HDUV EXW it  was  through  her  shift  from  television  to  radio  that  she  realized  where  her  passion  truly  lied.   â€œYou  get  the  emotion  of  the  image  and  you  get  the  information  of  the  print  and  that  gets  mar-­ ried  into  radio  and  there’s  no  other  medium  like  it,â€?  Amos  said.  â€œWhen  I  hear  brilliant  radio,  I  am  moved  by  it.â€? At  7  p.m.  on  Thursday,  April  18,  Amos  will  give  a  public  speech  called  â€œA  Passport  to  the  Middle  East:  A  Career  of  Revolution,  Upheaval  and  Hopeâ€?  in  the  Coykendall  Science  Building  Auditorium. Â

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Hugo  the  Hawk  has  won  Mascot  Madness,  an  online  competition  of  SUNY  mascots.  According  to  the  SUNY  blog,  this  year’s  contest  included  30  SUNY  FDPSXVHV UHSUHVHQWLQJ DWKOHWLF WHDPV DQG PRUH WKDQ VWXGHQWV 7KH ÂżQDO URXQG DJDLQVW 6WRQ\ %URRNÂśV :ROÂżH WKH 6HDZROI ZDV D FORVH FDOO EXW +XJR prevailed.  In  an  interview  with  the  blog,  Hugo  said  now  that  he  has  won,  he  will  spend  his  free  time  working  on  cheers,  dances  and  keeping  in  shape  for  all  the  teams  he  roots  for.  CAPTION  BY  JENNIFER  NEWMAN Â

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In  his  March  15  President’s  Report  given  at  the  Academic  and  Professional  Faculty  Meeting,  President  Donald  Chris-­ tian  addressed  issues  relating  to  the  Park  Point  housing  development. Christian  said  he  is  currently  trying  to  focus  on  the  college’s  need  for  additional  housing.  With  .45  residence  hall  beds  for  every  student,  Christian  said  New  Paltz  is  â€œdead  lastâ€?  compared  to  eight  other  SUNY  schools  where  the  average  number  of  beds  is  .59  per  student.  â€œThey  have  the  ability  to  house  59  percent  of  their  students  in  the  residence  halls,â€?  Christian  said.  â€œIf  you  take  our  cur-­ rent  residence  hall  capacity  and  add  the  225  beds  for  the  new  residence  hall  we  are  designing,  we  are  still  below  that  aver-­ age.â€? In  a  survey  sent  to  transfer  students  in  summer  2012,  roughly  60  percent  of  them  said  they  would  live  in  an  apartment  com-­ plex  like  Park  Point  if  it  were  available  at  ³UHDVRQDEOH TXDOLW\ DQG FRVW ´ &KULVWLDQ said.  With  a  target  of  1,000  transfer  stu-­ dents  â€“  650  students  in  the  fall  and  350  in  the  spring  â€”  paired  with  high  retention  rates  of  roughly  88  percent,  Christian  said  there  are  nearly  1,900  transfer  students  en-­ rolled  at  the  college.  â€œThere  is  â€Ś  need  and  demand  for  student  housing  even  if  we  don’t  grow  our  enrollments,â€?  Christian  said.  Even  though  Park  Point  will  not  be  part  of  the  campus,  Christian  said  it  is  close  enough  that  administration  is  inter-­ ested  in  it,  as  it  would  â€œlet  students  live  right  next  to  campus  and  be  able  to  be  en-­ gaged  in  student  life.â€?  &KULVWLDQ DOVR SUHVHQWHG ÂżQGLQJV IURP Park  Point  developer  Wilmorite’s  energy  consultant  that  the  housing  complex  will  be  made  consistent  with  National  Green  Building  Standard  (NGBS)  â€œSilverâ€?  and  /((' Âł6LOYHU´ TXDOLÂżFDWLRQV :KHQ WKH ÂżQGLQJV ZHUH UHSRUWHG WR the  Town  Planning  Board,  it  was  conclud-­ ed  that  the  designs  would  have  â€œeasily  ex-­ FHHGHG´ WKH /((' Âł6LOYHU´ TXDOLÂżFDWLRQV if  LEED  had  been  selected,  according  to  the  report.  â€œThis  analysis  should  offer  assur-­ ance  that  Park  Point  is  being  designed  in  a  way  consistent  with  the  College’s  com-­ mitments  and  standards  for  environmental  sustainability,â€?  the  report  said.

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PUTIN  PUT  ON  REGISTER Vladimir  Putin,  banned  in  Finland? Finnish  police  say  the  Russian  presi-­ dent’s  name  was  mistakenly  placed  on  a  secret  criminal  register  that  could  theo-­ retically  have  gotten  him  arrested  at  the  border. AL-­QAIDA  CLAIMS  ALLIANCE Tensions  emerged  Wednesday  in  a  newly  announced  alliance  between  al-­Qaida’s  franchise  in  Iraq  and  the  most  powerful  Syrian  rebel  faction,  which  said  it  was  not  consulted  before  the  Iraqi  group  announced  their  merger  and  only  heard  about  it  through  the  media. WESTERN  WALL  PROPOSAL Israeli  authorities  have  proposed  es-­ tablishing  a  new  section  at  the  Western  Wall  where  men  and  women  can  pray  together,  a  groundbreaking  initiative  WKDW ZRXOG PDUN D VLJQLÂżFDQW YLFWRU\ by  liberal  streams  of  Judaism  in  their  long  quest  for  recognition. ATTACK  PHOTO  GOES  VIRAL  The  shocking  photo  of  a  homophobic  attack  victim  in  Paris  that  went  viral  on  social  me-­ dia  this  week  and  caused  the  French  interior  minister  to  weigh  in  was  used  as  an  emblem  in  a  pro-­gay  rally  Wednesday  evening.

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Ambassador  Dennis  Ross,  counselor  at  the  Washington  Institute  for  Near  East  Policy,  will  be  the  2013  Spring  Distinguished  Speaker. Ross  will  be  giving  his  lecture  â€œChallenges  for  American  Foreign  Policy  in  the  Middle  Eastâ€?  on  Tuesday,  April  16  in  Lecture  Center  100  at  7:30  p.m. According  to  the  Washington  Institute’s  web-­ site,  Ross  has  played  a  â€œleading  role  in  shaping  U.S.  involvement  in  the  Middle  East  peace  process  and  dealing  directly  with  the  parties  in  negotiationsâ€?  for  more  than  12  years. The  Institute  said  Ross  worked  as  a  counselor  from  2001  to  2009  and  rejoined  in  2011  after  work-­ ing  as  special  assistant  to  President  Barack  Obama  for  two  years,  serving  as  National  Security  Council  senior  director  for  the  Central  Region  and  spend-­ ing  a  year  as  special  advisor  to  former  Secretary  of  State  Hilary  Rodham  Clinton. Having  been  director  of  the  State  Department’s  Policy  Planning  Staff  under  George  H.W.  Bush  and  special  Middle  East  coordinator  under  Bill  Clinton,  5RVV ZDV D NH\ ÂżJXUH LQ PDQ\ SHDFH SURFHVVHV Some  of  his  achievements  include  helping  Israelis  and  Palestinians  reach  the  1995  Interim  Agreement,  negotiating  the  1997  Hebron  Accord,  handling  the  1994  Israel-­Jordan  peace  treaty  and  actively  working  to  unite  Israel  and  Syria,  the  web-­ site  said. 7KH ,QVWLWXWH VDLG XQGHU WKH ÂżUVW %XVK DGPLQ-­ istration,  Ross  also  played  an  integral  part  in  â€œU.S.  SROLF\ WRZDUG WKH IRUPHU 6RYLHW 8QLRQ WKH XQLÂż-­ cation  of  Germany  and  its  integration  into  NATO,  arms  control  negotiations  and  the  1991  Gulf  War  coalition.â€? Ross  received  the  Presidential  Medal  for  Dis-­

  Robert  Edwards,  a  Nobel  laureate  from  Britain  whose  pioneering  in  vitro  IHUWLOL]DWLRQ UHVHDUFK OHG WR WKH ¿UVW WHVW tube  baby  and  has  since  brought  mil-­ lions  of  people  into  the  world,  died  Wednesday  at  age  87. MALAWAI  VS.  MADONNA Malawi  issued  a  scathing  critique  of  pop  diva  Madonna  on  Wednesday,  ac-­ cusing  her  of  exaggerating  her  contri-­ butions  to  the  southern  African  country  and  demanding  special  treatment  dur-­ ing  her  tour  there  last  week. Compiled  from  the  AP  Newswire

tinguished  Federal  Civilian  Service  from  Clinton  and  the  State  Department’s  most  prestigious  award  from  former  Secretaries  of  State  James  Baker  and  Madeleine  Albright. A  published  author  as  well,  he  has  written  sev-­ eral  books  on  the  peace  process,  such  as  his  most  recent  â€œMyths,  Illusions,  and  Peace:  Finding  a  New  Direction  for  America  in  the  Middle  East,â€?  co-­au-­ thored  by  Institute  peace  process  expert  David  Ma-­ kovsky  and  â€œThe  Missing  Peace:  The  Inside  Story  of  the  Fight  for  Middle  East  Peace,â€?  his  analysis  and  personal  insight  into  the  Middle  East  peace  process. According  to  the  New  Paltz  website,  Ross’s  lecture  will  explore  the  consequences  of  the  Arab  Awakening  for  the  region  and  U.S.  policy,  the  U.S.,  Israel  and  Iranian  nuclear  issue  and  the  possibility  of  peace  between  Israel  and  the  Palestinians. After  Ross’s  presentation,  2013  Ottaway  Fel-­ low  and  NPR  Middle  East  Correspondent  Deborah  Amos  will  moderate  a  question  and  answer  session.  A  book  signing  and  reception  will  follow  the  event. Although  he  was  not  involved  in  selecting  Ross  as  the  distinguished  speaker,  Professor  Lewis  Brownstein  sits  on  the  committee  chaired  by  Dean  of  the  College  of  Liberal  Arts  and  Sciences  James  Schiffer,  which  organizes  events  pertaining  to  the  Middle  East. Brownstein  said  he  knows  â€œa  great  dealâ€?  about  Ross’s  work,  especially  his  involvement  in  Israeli-­ Palestinian  peace  discussions,  and  believes  it  will  be  valuable  to  learn  from  someone  with  his  expertise. “He  will  be  speaking  on  the  current  state  of  those  negotiations  and  on  the  upheavals  in  the  area.  There  is  no  one  more  knowledgeable  on  these  top-­ ics,â€?  Brownstein  said.  â€œThis  is  a  major  opportunity  for  our  students  to  hear  someone  of  his  stature.â€? Fourth-­year  international  relations  major  The-­ odore  Griese  said  he  is  disappointed  he  has  class Â

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during  Ross’s  visit,  as  it  would  be  an  exceptional  educational  experience. “We  are  really  lucky  to  have  such  a  distin-­ guished  person  coming  to  campus  and  I  like  that  Deborah  Amos  will  be  there  too,â€?  Griese  said.   â€œAs  an  international  relations  major,  I  get  really  nerdy  about  these  things,  but  hopefully  everyone  else  re-­ DOL]HV LWÂśV D SUHWW\ UDUH RSSRUWXQLW\ WR JHW VRPH ÂżUVW hand  knowledge  about  issues  most  people  don’t  know  enough  about.â€? Tickets  for  the  event  can  be  purchased  in  ad-­ YDQFH DW WKH ER[ RIÂżFH LQ 3DUNHU 7KHDWUH RU RQ D ÂżUVW FRPH ÂżUVW VHUYH EDVLV DW WKH GRRU WKH QLJKW RI 7KH\ cost  $18  for  the  general  public,  $13  for  faculty,  staff,  seniors,  alumni  and  non-­New  Paltz  students  and  are  free  for  New  Paltz  students  with  ID.

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Christine  McCartney,  an  English  language  arts  teacher  at  Newburgh  Free  Academy  and  grad-­ uate  of  the  Master  of  Arts  in  Teaching  program  at  SUNY  New  Paltz,  has  won  a  Distinguished  Ful-­ bright  Award  in  Teaching.  The  Fulbright  scholarship  program  is  a  U.S.  government  international  education  exchange  that  promotes  â€œmutual  understanding  between  the  people  of  the  United  States  and  the  people  of  other  countries  of  the  world,â€?  according  to  their  website. McCartney  was  awarded  the  scholarship  to  meet  with  professors  and  observe  classes  at  the  University  of  Tempere  in  Finland. McCartney  was  looking  for  a  way  to  enhance  her  teaching  practice  over  the  summer,  and  said  she  found  the  application  to  the  Fulbright  Distin-­ guished  Awards  in  Teaching  program  online. She  said  the  application  process  was  an  ex-­ tensive  one. “It  took  me  about  three  months  to  prepare,â€? Â

McCartney  said. As  a  part  of  her  bid  for  the  scholarship,  she  VDLG VKH KDG WR PDNH FRQWDFWV LQ )LQODQG DQG ÂżQG someone  who  would  agree  to  work  with  her. “In  what  I  considered  a  long  shot,  I  wrote  to  Pasi  Sahlberg  [Finnish  educator]  and  explained  what  I  wanted  to  research  and  why  and  he  put  me  in  contact  with  a  friend  of  his.  I  think  that  really  increased  my  chances,â€?  she  said. Save  for  one  exam  that  students  take  at  the  end  of  high  school,  there  are  virtually  no  standard-­ ized  tests  in  the  Finnish  education  system,  which  McCartney  said  intrigued  her. “[They]  train  their  teachers  in  a  much  more  comprehensive  way,  in  my  opinion,  and  they  trust  teachers  to  do  their  jobs,â€?  she  said.  The  autonomy  that  Finnish  teachers  hold  in  their  classrooms  is  an  aspect  of  schooling  that  Mc-­ Cartney  said  is  lacking  in  â€œthe  states,â€?  where  stan-­ dardized  testing  is  overused.  She  said  she  hopes  to  bring  some  of  those  practices  back  with  her. McCartney  arrived  in  Finland  in  March  and  will  stay  until  June.  In  that  time,  she  must  attend  two  graduate  courses  and  complete  an  â€œaction-­

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basedâ€?  research  project.  She  said  she  plans  to  visit  the  arctic  circle  and  spend  time  at  rural  schools  in  Inari  with  the  help  of  a  friend  who  is  recording  videos  of  her  LQWHUYLHZV ZKLFK VKH ZLOO XVH LQ KHU ÂżQDO SURMHFW During  her  time  in  Finland,  McCartney  said  she  has  observed  a  lot  that  can  inform  American  education,  in  particular,  student  choice.  â€œVocational  schools  are  highly  respected  and  many  students  enter  them  instead  of  traditional  schools,â€?  she  said.  â€œThey  are  able  to  pursue  the  ¿HOG WKH\ DUH LQWHUHVWHG LQ DQG LQWULQVLFDOO\ PRWL-­ vated  to  learn  about.â€? Upon  her  return,  McCartney  said  she  would  like  to  design  courses  for  teachers  to  conduct  their  own  research  in  the  classroom. McCartney  works  with  the  Hudson  Valley  Writing  Project  (HVWP)  and  will  be  helping  to  facilitate  the  HVWP  Summer  Institute  when  she  comes  back. “[The  Summer  Institute]  is  always  such  a  rich  learning  environment,  so  I  am  sure  my  ideas  for  how  to  share  my  work  with  educators  will  grow  tenfold  out  of  that  experience,â€?  she  said.

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In  1973,  the  United  States  Supreme  Court  made  their  landmark  Roe  v.  Wade  decision,  which  legalized  abortion  in  the  United  States.  Forty  years  later,  SUNY  New  Paltz  will  host  a  conference  exploring  the  GHFLVLRQÂśV KLVWRULFDO VLJQLÂż FDQFH DV ZHOO DV the  current  struggles  of  women  and  their  re-­ productive  rights.  â€œReproductive  Justice:  40  Years  after  Roe  v.  Wade,â€?  the  30th  Women’s,  Gender  and  Sexuality  Studies  Conference,  will  take  place  on  Saturday,  April  27  in  the  Lecture  Center  at  8  a.m.  The  conference  is  free  for  all  students,  who  must  pre-­register,  and  $25  for  the  public. The  conference  features  a  keynote  pan-­ el,  a  historical  panel,  six  panels  on  various  topics,  a  photography  exhibition  and  a  call  to  action.  Event  Coordinator  and  Lecturer  Su-­ zanne  Kelly  said  choosing  the  conference  theme  was  a  â€œno  brainerâ€?  for  the  planning  committee. “In  thirty  years,  we’ve  never  done  one  on  reproductive  justice,  and  in  recent  years,  we’ve  seen  so  many  new  kinds  of  legisla-­ tions  â€”  more  kinds  than  in  the  past  â€”  chal-­ lenging  Roe  v.  Wade,â€?  Kelly  said.  Kathleen  Dowley,  coordinator  of  the  Women’s,  Gender  and  Sexuality  Studies  Program,  also  said  the  topic  was  the  â€œnatural  choice,â€?  especially  in  light  of  state  legisla-­ tors  who  are  trying  to  further  restrict  wom-­ en’s  access  to  reproductive  healthcare  â€œin  a  variety  of  insidious  ways.â€? “The  timing  is  just  right  to  re-­engage  and  reassess  where  we  are  today  in  terms  of  the  reproductive  justice  movement,  in  the  hope  of  reenergizing  the  next  generation  of  feminist  activists,â€?  Dowley  said. According  to  the  promotional  confer-­ ence  brochure,  the  reproductive  justice  movement  â€”  which  has  been  led  by  women  of  color  organizations  â€”  recognizes  a  wom-­ an’s  right  to  reproduce  as  her  fundamental  right  as  a  human  being. “Reproductive  justice  means  that  a  woman’s  right  to  control  her  reproductive  health  should  not  be  restricted  because  of  race,  religion,  sexuality,  disability,  gender  identity  or  expression,  economic,  immigrant  or  citizenship  status  or  status  as  an  incarcer-­ ated  woman,â€?  the  brochure  said.  Unlike  previous  years,  Kelly  said  they  did  not  put  out  a  call  for  papers  and  decided  to  scale  back  on  the  number  of  panels  of-­ fered.

“Last  conference,  we  had  a  lot  more  panels  that  weren’t  well  attended.  We  want-­ ed  to  have  few  panels  â€”  more  condensed,â€?  Kelly  said.  â€œWe  thought  it  would  be  nice  for  WKH Âż UVW KDOI RI WKH FRQIHUHQFH WR DOO PRYH together  from  the  keynote  to  the  historical  panel.â€? Dowley  said  while  the  â€œplenaryâ€?  panel  will  focus  on  the  historical  impact  of  Roe  v.  Wade  in  the  United  States,  the  scope  of  the  afternoon  panels  is  â€œvery  up  to  the  mo-­ ment,â€?  including  policy  makers  and  activists  from  Planned  Parenthood,  The  Center  for  Reproductive  Rights  and  Family  Planning  Advocates  of  New  York. “[They]  are  engaged  in  the  daily  strug-­ gle  to  provide  access  and  resources  to  wom-­ en  and  their  families,â€?  she  said.  Moderated  by  Professor  Emerita  Amy  Kesselman,  the  keynote  panel  features  Sis-­ terSong  Founder  Loretta  Ross,  Katherine  Cross,  core  collective/board  member  of  the  Sylvia  Rivera  Law  Project  and  Angela  Hoo-­ ton,  state  policy  and  advocacy  director  for  The  Center  for  Reproductive  Rights.   The  â€œHistorical  Perspectives  on  Repro-­ ductive  Justiceâ€?  panel  features  Kesselman,  Assistant  Professor  Meg  Devlin  O’Sullivan  and  Rickie  Solinger,  a  historian,  author  and  curator.  The  three  speakers  will  provide  the  historical  context  surrounding  Roe  v.  Wade,  including  the  limitations  of  the  decision  and  the  steps  made  by  American  women  of  color  during  the  reproductive  justice  movement  in  the  1960s  and  â€˜70s.  Kesselman  will  focus  on  the  pre-­Roe  SHULRG VSHFLÂż FDOO\ DQ DERUWLRQ FDVH LQ &RQ necticut  just  before  the  Supreme  Court  deci-­ sion.  She  said  she  will  â€œinjectâ€?  the  stories  of  real  women  to  show  not  only  the  effect  activism  had  on  the  reproductive  rights  movement,  but  the  campaign  for  women’s Â

freedom  as  well.   â€œThe  decision  for  Roe  v.  Wade  was  not  only  made  in  the  courtroom  â€”  it  was  made  by  women,  who  used  the  case  as  a  way  to  travel  and  say  how  the  anti-­abortion  bill  was  harming  them  and  their  lives,â€?  Kesselman  said.  â€œIt  was  because  of  women’s  activism  that  women’s  voices  were  heard  by  the  jus-­ tices  who  crafted  Roe  v.  Wade.â€? Other  panel  topics  include  protecting  pregnant  and  parenting  women,  reproduc-­ tive  justice  for  youths,  faith  and  religion,  organizing  and  advocating  for  reproductive  justice,  global  dimensions  with  a  regional  emphasis  on  Latin  America  and  Africa,  re-­ productive  rights  and  the  economics  of  re-­ productive  decisions.  After  the  panel  discussions,  the  event  will  move  to  the  Library  Exhibit  Space  for  a  reception  and  display  of  Beggars  and  Choosers:  Motherhood  is  Not  a  Class  Privi-­ lege  in  America  with  Solinger. The  conference  will  close  with  a  call  to  action  led  by  M.  Tracey  Brooks,  president  and  CEO  of  Family  Planning  Advocates  of  New  York.  According  to  Kesselman,  the  call  to  activism  is  important  in  light  of  the  recent  call  in  Albany  to  pass  a  cluster  of  laws  en-­ hancing  women’s  rights  in  the  state. Kesselman  said  it’s  important  to  hold  a  conference  on  reproductive  justice  because  â€”  rather  than  making  strides  in  reproduc-­ tive  rights  in  the  last  couple  of  years  â€”  the  movement  has  â€œlost  a  lot  of  ground.â€? Âł,WÂśV LPSRUWDQW WR ORRN DW WKDW DQG Âż JXUH out  how  to  revitalize  and  expand  the  move-­ ment,â€?  she  said.  â€œReproductive  justice  is  the  right  to  have  control  over  one’s  life,  repro-­ ductive  decisions,  the  right  to  bring  a  child  up  in  a  supportive  environment,  and  if  and  when  to  have  a  child  â€”  it’s  more  than  just  abortion.â€?

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After  two  rounds  of  voting,  SUNY  New  Paltz’s  Campus  Auxiliary  Ser-­ vices  (CAS)  Board  chose  to  renew  So-­ dexo  as  the  food  service  provider  on  FDPSXV IRU WKH QH[W ÂżYH \HDUV During  their  rescheduled  meet-­ ing  on  Wednesday,  April  10,  members  of  the  CAS  Board  voted  in  favor  of  choosing  Sodexo’s  proposal  over  those  presented  by  contractors  Aramark  and  &KDUWZHOOV E\ D FRXQW RI WR 7KH vote  came  after  Aramark  and  Sodexo  WLHG LQ DQ HDUOLHU URXQG RI YRWLQJ Both  members  of  the  board  itself  and  students  on  campus  had  mixed  feelings  about  the  decision  to  re-­ new  the  incumbent  service  provider,  but  shared  hope  in  the  possibility  of  strengthening  their  relationship  in  the  IXWXUH “Based  on  the  proposals,  Sodexo  has  worked  with  us  in  the  past  on  sus-­ tainability  and  workers’  rights,  so  we  hope  that  we  can  continue  to  improve  that,â€?  Student  Association  President  and  Vice  Chair  of  CAS  Board  Josh  6LPSVRQ VDLG DIWHU WKH YRWH Âł7KRXJK all  I  can  say  is  I  am  happy  I  am  in-­

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tem  to  prevent  adverse  health,  social,  economic  and  ecological  outcomes,â€?  contains  a  list  of  commitments  partici-­ pating  groups  hope  to  see  and  the  best  SUDFWLFHV IRU GRLQJ VR Now  that  the  CAS  Board  has  vot-­ ed  on  their  recommendation,  Deutsch  will  take  the  choice  to  President  Don-­ ald  Christian  and  work  with  a  subcom-­ mittee  comprised  of  a  faculty  member,  staff  member,  students  and  union  rep-­ resentatives  to  work  on  the  wording  of  D FRQWUDFW WKDW ZLOO EH VHQW WR 6RGH[R Simpson  said  he  was  adamant  about  being  part  of  the  committee  and  hopes  to  ensure  that  the  issues  brought  up  by  the  approximately  30  students  who  attended  the  meeting  and  the  vari-­ ous  others  involved  in  the  process,  are  DGGUHVVHG Despite  this,  Simpson  said  while  Sodexo  has  been  chosen  as  the  pro-­ spective  food  service  provider,  the  stu-­ GHQW ERG\ÂśV ZRUN LV ÂłQRW GRQH ´ Âł7KLV FRQWUDFW LV IRU ÂżYH \HDUV ´ 6LPSVRQ VDLG Âł, KRSH WKDW SHRSOH won’t  lose  interest  in  this  like  so  many  RWKHU WKLQJV RQ WKLV FDPSXV 3HRSOH tend  to  get  up  in  arms  over  things  and  I  would  hate  to  see  that  happen  again  DIWHU VXFK D VWURQJ SXVK ´

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Chowing Around The World RHSA HOSTS CULTURAL FOOD FESTIVAL PROGRAM The  SUNY  New  Paltz  Residence  Hall  Student  Association  (RHSA)  held  WKHLU ÂżUVW &XOWXUH )HVWLYDO RQ :HGQHV-­ day,  April  3  in  the  Student  Union  Multi  3XUSRVH 5RRP 035 7KH IHVWLYDO LQ-­ YLWHG VWXGHQWV WR WU\ IRRGV IURP GLIIHUHQW cultures. The  culture  committee’s  mission  ZDV WR EULQJ D GLYHUVH JURXS RI VWXGHQWV together  and  try  a  â€œtasteâ€?  of  different  cultures  which  surround  them  here  in  New  Paltz,  committee  members  said.  7KH RUJDQL]DWLRQ LQYLWHG IRRG GR-­ QDWLRQV IURP YDULRXV ORFDO EXVLQHVVHV including  Mexicali  Blue,  Rino’s  Pizza,  <DQQLÂśV DQG $VLDQ )XVLRQ /DUU\ )HUUHWWL D WKLUG \HDU FRPSXWHU engineering  major  said  food  is  the  easi-­ est  and  most  traditional  way  of  sharing  different  cultures,  which  was  the  reason  behind  their  focus. )HUUHWWL DOVR VDLG WKH FRPPLWWHHÂśV PLVVLRQ WR GHOLYHU D IRUP RI FXOWXUH WR people  â€œbrings  out  the  richness  of  peo-­ ple’s  cultures.â€? Various  food  representing  cultures  included  jerk  chicken  from  Jamaican  &KRLFH TXHVDGLOODV IURP 0H[LFDOL %OXH JDUOLF NQRWV IURP 5LQRÂśV DQG YDULRXV rice  and  noodle  dishes  from  Asian  and  European  restaurants. Haley  Powers,  a  second-­year  his-­ tory  and  international  relations  major,  VDLG VKH GLGQÂśW NQRZ DERXW WKH HYHQW XQ-­ til  she  walked  by  the  MPR  and  was  told  there  was  free  food.  Although  she  said  the  organization  FRXOG KDYH EHQHÂżWHG IURP EHWWHU DGYHU-­ tising,  she  was  excited  to  try  their  offer-­ ings. “They  [the  committee]  do  a  good  job  in  showing  what’s  out  there,â€?  she  said.  â€œI  like  to  learn  about  other  cultures  and  food  is  a  door  opener  and  a  way  to Â

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Before  she  began  teaching  in  the  fall  of  2012,  sociol-­ ogy  Professor  Alexandra  Cox  dealt  with  up  to  80  clients  at  a  time  working  as  a  mitigation  advocate  at  the  Neigh-­ borhood  Defender  Service  of  Harlem.  Cox  worked  for  an  alternative  to  incarceration  for  her  clients,  many  of  whom  ZHUH WHHQDJHUV RU DIĂ€ LFWHG ZLWK PHQWDO LOOQHVV It  wasn’t  until  Cox  became  a  social  worker  and  started  making  regular  visits  to  Riker’s  Island  that  Cox  said  she  began  to  realize  â€œthe  ways  in  which  prison  and  jail  be-­ come  a  revolving  door  for  many  impoverished  and  home-­ less  people.â€?  During  an  event  hosted  by  the  New  York  Public  In-­ terest  Research  Group  (NYPIRG)  in  the  Student  Union  Room  62/63,  Cox  gave  a  lecture  on  homelessness.  NYPIRG  intern  and  third-­year  sociology  major  Rosa-­ ULR &DFHUHV FRRUGLQDWHG WKH HYHQW SUHVHQWLQJ D Âż OP IURP Press  TV  on  the  extensive  problem  of  homelessness,  called  â€œU.S.  Homelessness  &  Poverty  At  An  Alarming  Height.â€? According  to  NYPIRG  Higher  Education  Project  Leader  Barbara  Cvenic,  NYPIRG  interns  are  expected  to  OHDG PHHWLQJV DQG RUJDQL]H HYHQWV ZLWKLQ WKHLU VSHFLÂż F campaign  over  the  course  of  each  semester.  Caceres’  cam-­ paign  is  hunger  &  homelessness. Caceres,  an  advisee  of  Cox,  asked  her  to  contribute  to  the  event  and  speak  to  expand  on  the  topic.  â€œI  know  she  has  some  background  information  with  the  homeless,â€?  Caceres  said.  â€œI  felt  like  she  was  the  right  professor  to  speak  about  this  topic  in  the  criminological  view  of  homelessness.â€? Cox  began  her  address  with  a  story  about  a  man  named  Orlando,  who  she  said  she  built  a  relationship  with  over  several  years  working  on  his  cases. Â

Orlando,  an  immigrant  from  Puerto  Rico,  was  in  his  50s,  illiterate  and  HIV  positive  with  a  history  of  mental  illness,  Cox  said.  According  to  Cox,  Orlando  was  living  in  â€œsupportive  housingâ€?  until  he  was  arrested  on  assault  charges.  He  was  found  innocent.  But  when  he  got  out  of  prison,  Cox  said  Orlando  lost  his  housing.  Without  readily  available  sup-­ port,  he  found  himself  back  in  jail. Cox  said  stories  like  Orlando’s  â€œframe  a  themeâ€?  that  is  â€œrepresentative  of  a  lot  of  people  within  the  criminal  justice  system.â€? Cox  said  the  police  focus  on  low-­level  crimes  such  as  peeing  in  public,  loitering  and  turnstile  jumping  has  put  the  homeless  at  greater  risk  of  arrest  and  that  they  are  of-­ WHQ FDXJKW LQ D F\FOH WKDW LV GLIÂż FXOW WR EUHDN In  her  lecture,  she  stressed  the  transient  lives  of  the  working  poor  â€”  that  they  are  often  funneled  into  jobs  that  don’t  pay  enough  to  live  in  cities  such  as  New  York  and  there  aren’t  enough  places  to  go  for  assistance.  According  to  Cox,  options  in  Ulster  County  are  lim-­ ited  as  well. For  those  leaving  prison  and  looking  for  housing,  Elizabeth  Manor  and  Hummle  Housel  in  Kingston  are  the  only  supportive  housing  locations  in  Ulster  County  that  are  also  within  reasonable  distance  to  public  transporta-­ tion,  Cox  said. Cvenic  is  also  familiar  with  the  issue  of  homelessness  within  the  region. “I  did  a  project  last  semester  and  did  some  research  on  poverty  levels  in  Ulster  County  and  I’m  really  glad  that  NYPIRG  is  focusing  on  this  issue,â€?  Cvenic  said.  â€œIt’s  es-­ pecially  important  because  the  hungry  and  homeless  rare-­ ly  have  a  voice  and  they  are  a  marginalized  and  silenced  population.â€?

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who  frequent  the  cafe  is  key. Âł(YHQ WKRXJK WKHUH DUH D ORW >RI FRI IHH KRXVHV@ WKHUH DUH YHU\ IHZ WKDW UH ally  concentrate  on  their  coffee,â€?  Brooks  said.  Brooks  said  Hudson  Coffee  Traders  SURYLGHV ÂłKLJK HQG´ RUJDQLF VSHFLDOW\ coffee  from  Counter  Culture  Coffee,  who  they  contract  with  for  their  beans. “Start  with  a  good  bean,  then  you  need  to  brew  it  right  with  a  good  ma-­ chine.  It  takes  a  lot  of  technique,â€?  Brooks  said.  â€œIt  is  so  easy  to  mess  up  a  shot  of  espresso.â€?  Mariah  Eagles  has  worked  as  a  barista  at  both  the  Kingston  and  New  Paltz  locations  of  Hudson  Coffee  Trad-­ ers,  originally  getting  to  know  the  %URRNV IDPLO\ WKURXJK KHU Âż DQFH ZKR slaughtered  animals  used  for  Hudson Â

Coffee  Traders’  food.  Eagles  attended  training  sessions  in  New  York  City  held  by  Counter  Culture  Coffee  to  learn  to  make  latte  art.  â€œI  didn’t  think  I’d  be  able  to  learn  it  that  fast,  but  they  had  me  doing  it  in  no  time,â€?  Eagles  said.  Eagles  said  the  fern-­shaped  art  she  makes  on  lattes  is  often  a  pleasant  sur-­ prise  for  patrons  who  are  usually  in  a  hurry  to  catch  a  bus  â€”  a  bit  of  beauty  during  a  chaotic  commute.  %URRNV VDLG WKH GHFRUDWLYH DUW LV only  possible  on  a  well-­made  latte.  â€œJust  the  ability  to  make  latte  art  as-­ sures  you’re  doing  it  right  and  brewing  the  coffee  right,â€?  Brooks  said.  â€œThere  are  few  places  that  really  make  a  good  espresso.â€?

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Tim  Brooks,  one  of  the  owners  of  Hudson  Coffee  Traders,  always  noticed  the  building  attached  to  the  Trailways  EXV VWDWLRQ Âż JXULQJ LW ZRXOG PDNH D nice,  small  coffee  shop.  %URRNV DQG KLV ZLIH Âż UVW RZQHG D shop  in  the  Kingston  business  district  at  288  Wall  St.,  and  recently  celebrated  a  ¿ YH \HDU DQQLYHUVDU\ DW WKDW ORFDWLRQ Though  the  couple  wanted  to  open  a  New  Paltz  location  closer  to  their  home  in  Gardiner,  N.Y.,  Brooks  said  the  op-­ portunity  did  not  come  until  last  year.  Hudson  Coffee  Traders  had  their  VRIW RSHQLQJ LQ 1RYHPEHU DW Main  St.  and  thus  far,  Brooks  said  the  reception  has  been  great. Originally  from  Montana,  Brooks  said  eastern  coffee  house  culture  often  VHHPHG WR EH OHVV HYROYHG WKDQ RXW west.  He  said  they  hoped  to  bring  that  atmosphere  to  their  own  ca-­ fes.  With  yellow  walls  and  a  trio  of  tables,  the  shop  caters  to   regular  commuters  as  well  as  the Â

“mass  exodusâ€?  of  students  coming  and  going  during  semester  breaks,  Brooks  said.   â€œWe  try  to  stay  on  par  with  better  cafes  in  the  city,  it’s  the  norm  there,â€?  Brooks  said. Brooks  said  the  cafe’s  menu,  like  RWKHU QRWDEOH VKRSV SURYLGHV IRU D UDQJH RI GLIIHUHQW GLHWV LQFOXGLQJ YHJHWDULDQ YHJDQ DQG 3DOHROLWKLF QXWULWLRQ RSWLRQV +H VDLG KH KDV EHQHÂż WHG IURP IRO lowing  the  â€œPaleo  dietâ€?  and  tried  to  cre-­ ate  menu  options  that  consist  of  a  range  RI IUXLW YHJHWDEOH OHDQ PHDW DQG QXWV WKDW DOVR DYRLG JUDLQV SURFHVVHG IRRGV sugars  and  starches  for  fellow  â€œPaleoâ€?  eaters.  +RZHYHU %URRNV VDLG WKDW XOWLPDWH O\ KH LV D FRIIHH SHUVRQ DQG VHUYLQJ JRRG FRIIHH WR WKH ÂłJUHDW DQG GLYHUVH FURZG´

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who  â€œloved...the  art  [and]  concept,â€?  but  FRXOGQÂśW ÂżQG D SODFH IRU LW RQ WKH VKHOYHV “Is  it  an  art  book?  A  language  book?  A  dictionary?  Is  it  a  humor  book?,â€?  she  said.  â€œAnd  the  answer  to  all  those  is  yes,  but  they  [the  publishers]  only  wanted  it  to  be  one  of  those  things.â€? However,  one  morning  she  said  she  was  reading  the  Business  section  of  The  New  York  Times  â€”  which  she  didn’t  nor-­ mally  do  â€”  when  she  saw  a  small  article  about  Kickstarter,  an  online  fundraising  platform  for  creative  projects.  +HU ÂżUVW SURMHFW IDLOHG EXW DIWHU FDUH-­ fully  tightening  the  focus  of  her  project  to  getting  the  book  published,  she  reached  150  percent  of  her  goal.  In  December  2010,  â€œThe  Word  Project:  Odd  &  Obscure  Words  â€”  Illustrated,â€?  which  features  more  than  100  of  her  word-­illustrations,  was  published.   Hudson  Coffee  Traders  Owner  Don-­ na  Brooks  said  her  relationship  with  Law  started  when  the  artist  did  a  signing  for  her  book  in  Kingston.  â€œAt  the  same  time,  she  was  our  artist  in  the  round  room  â€”  we  have  an  amaz-­ ing  round  room  in  our  Kingston  location,  which  is  the  home  of  our  rotating  artists’  exhibitions,â€?  she  said.  â€œOur  relationship  has  grown  as  [she]  is  also  responsible  for Â

[the]  menu  boards  in  both  locations  and  the  window  display  in  Kingston.â€? Brooks  said  they  don’t  have  plans  to  take  down  Law’s  artwork  in  their  New  Paltz  location,  and  that  the  response  to  the  work  is  always  the  same  â€”  one  of  â€œamazementâ€?  and  the  desire  to  own  a  piece.  â€œWe  have  no  plans  of  replacing  Pol-­ ly’s  word  in  New  Paltz,  [but]  we  might  change  out  her  work...to  one  of  her  other  themes  art  works,â€?  she  said.  Law  said  â€œThe  Word  Projectâ€?  is  only  being  displayed  in  Hudson  Coffee  Trad-­ ers,  and  the  rest  of  the  unsold  illustrations  are  tucked  inside  her  cupboard.  She’s  not  FXUUHQWO\ ZRUNLQJ RQ D VSHFLÂżF ZRUG EXW she  is  pursuing  a  larger  project  â€”  volume  two  of  â€œThe  Word  Project:  Odd  &  Ob-­ scure  Words  â€”  Illustrated.â€? Law  said  she  keeps  long  lists  of  words  that  she  continually  reads  and  rereads  un-­ til  something  â€œsparks.â€?  With  more  than  125  illustrations  made  and  some  already  sold  to  eager  buyers,  there  are  still  words  stuck  on  Law’s  illustrative  tongue,  like  yclept,  an  Old  English  word  meaning  â€œby  name  of.â€? “It  doesn’t  have  anything  I  can  put  a  KRRN RQ ² DV IDU DV D ÂżJXUH ´ VKH VDLG “Maybe  in  the  future  it  will  happen.â€?

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Sometimes  words  are  worth  a  hun-­ dred  illustrations.  Currently  on  display  at  Hudson  Cof-­ fee  Traders  in  New  Paltz,  Polly  M.  Law’s  bricolage  artwork  resurrects  words  that  have  fallen  out  of  popular,  modern  usage.  The  20  illustrations  are  selections  from  Law’s  ongoing  series,  â€œThe  Word  Project,â€?  which  began  in  2011.  Law  said  inspiration  for  the  project  came  af-­ ter  a  friend  signed  her  up  for  Anu  Garg’s  â€œA  Word  A  Day,â€?  which  sends  a  daily   vocabulary  word  â€”  usually  skewing  to-­ ward  out-­of-­the-­ordinary  words  â€”  to  your   inbox.  â€œI  saved  the  ones  that  were  new  and  interesting  to  me,  and  saved  them  on  a  ¿OH LQ P\ HPDLO DQG LW NHSW JHWWLQJ ELJ-­ ger  and  bigger,â€?  she  said.  â€œOne  day,  out  of  the  blue  â€”  I  don’t  know  why  â€”  I  got  the  idea  to  illustrate  the  words  with  my  pa-­ per  dolls.  That  was  the  birth  of  the  â€˜Word  Project.’â€? To  make  her  paper  dolls,  Law  uses  LOOXVWUDWLRQ ERDUG IRU WKH ÂżJXUHV DV ZHOO as  buttons,  wire,  bits  of  feather  and  other  found  objects.  She  said  she  uses  inexpen-­ sive,  acrylic  paints  â€”  because  â€œthey’re  cheap  and  cheerful  and  easy  to  useâ€?  â€” Â

cut  stencils  for  patterns  and  cut-­up  spong-­ es  for  repeating  patterns. “Probably  the  most  exotic  material  I  use  is  the  thread  I  use  to  sew  the  buttons  on  â€”  it’s  a  wax-­linen  thread  I  get  from  a  book  bindery,â€?  Law  said.  â€œEverything  else  is  common,  ordinary  stuff.  I  try  to  el-­ evate  it  by  how  I  use  it.â€? Taking  what  she  calls  the  â€œcircu-­ itousâ€?  route  to  her  current  artistic  niche,  Law’s  background  and  inspiration  as  an  artist  could  be  described  as  a  bricolage  itself.  She  said  she  started  glassblowing  before  moving  onto  weaving,  sketching  and  storyboard  designing  for  advertising. “I  was  able  to  take  the  knowledge  of  color  from  my  weaving  studies,  the  drawing  ability  from  Barbara  Carr  and  Neal  Adams,  [and]  some  technical  stuff  from  Leo  and  Diane  Dillon,â€?  she  said.  â€œI  threw  in  some  pattern  work  from  an  art-­ ist  named  Eyvind  Earle  â€”  who  did  the  backgrounds  for  Walt  Disney’s  â€˜Sleeping  Beauty’  â€”  whose  work  I  just  adore.  Just  a  mish-­mash  of  some  other  things,  and  I  came  up  with  my  own  style.â€? Law  said  when  she  started  showing  people  the  paper  dolls,  they  would  tell  her  that  they  should  be  a  book  â€”  and  she  agreed.  She  said  she  spent  the  next  10  years  sending  the  book  to  publishers Â

Twenty  illustrations  from  Polly  M.  Law’s  â€œWord  Projectâ€?  are  displayed  at  Hudson  Coffee  Traders.

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Finding A Place To Go In ‘Urinetown’

MIAMI THEATRE PLAYERS STAGE COMEDIC, SATIRICAL MUSICAL By  Zameena  Mejia Copy  Editor  |  Zmejia09@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

Imagine  living  in  a  city  facing  a  terrible  20-­year-­long  drought,  a  place  where  you  had  to  pay  a  large  corporation  in  order  to  handle  your  personal  business  â€”  peeing.  Would  you  hold  it  in  and  do  as  you’re  told,  or  would  you  let  it  all  out  and  ¿ JKW IRU \RXU ULJKW WR SHH" New  Paltz’s  Miami  Theatre  Players  will  explore  those  pos-­ sibilities  in  their  performance  of  Greg  Kotis’  â€œUrinetown:  The  Musicalâ€?  in  Studley  Theatre  from  April  11  through  April  13  at  8  p.m.  Miami  Theatre  Players  President  John  Coen  said  in  the  play,  there’s  a  big  corporation  that  runs  the  town  and  charges  the  townspeople  a  â€œridiculousâ€?  amount  of  money  to  use  the  bath-­ room. “The  people  of  the  town  decide  to  rebel  against  the  cor-­ SRUDWLRQ EHFDXVH WKH\ Âż QG LW ULGLFXORXV WKDW WKH\ KDYH WR SD\ WR pee,â€?  Coen  said. According  to  PlaybillVault.com,  â€œUrinetownâ€?  has  won  a  Tony  Award,  Theatre  World  Award  and  Drama  League  Award,  among  many  other  accolades  and  nominations. While  Coen,  a  third-­year  psychology  major,  described Â

“Urinetownâ€?  as  a  comedy  about  capitalism,  Director  Blake  Mc-­ Gready  said  it’s  a  show  about  sustainability  that  â€œsatirizes  the  whole  genre  of  musical  theater  as  an  art  form.â€? With  a  cast  of  25  to  30  people,  including  the  ensemble,  Mc-­ Gready  said  this  is  easily  the  best  cast  he  has  ever  worked  with. “Miami  has  been  my  home  since  I  was  a  freshman  â€”  it  was  WKH Âż UVW FOXE , HYHU MRLQHG ´ 0F*UHDG\ VDLG Âł,WÂśV D JUHDW ZD\ WR do  theater  if  you  love  doing  theater  performances,  but  you  don’t  have  the  time  to  commit  to  a  theater  major,  or  if  you’re  really  passionate  about  studying  something  else  here,  you  can  still  do  it  with  Miami  and  get  that  type  of  experience.â€? A  completely  student-­run  group,  the  Miami  Theatre  Play-­ ers  is  made  up  of  students  of  all  different  majors,  minors  and  backgrounds,  as  well  as  off  and  on-­campus  students. Grace  Seghini,  a  fourth-­year  interpersonal/intercultural  communication  major,  is  a  part  of  the  â€œUrinetownâ€?  ensemble  and  said  it  has  been  a  relatively  smooth  show  to  rehearse. Âł6LQFH WKLV LV P\ Âż QDO VHPHVWHU DW 1HZ 3DOW] , UHDOO\ ZDQW ed  to  get  back  to  acting  on  stage  and  get  that  whole  experience  again  before  I  graduate,â€?  Seghini  said.  â€œI  especially  needed  to  ¿ QG WKH VWUHQJWK WR JHW WKURXJK UHKHDUVDOV DW WLPHV EHFDXVH , DP also  involved  in  other  clubs  on  campus.  Needless  to  say  I  am Â

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Recent  New  Paltz  Oracle  reports  have  highlighted  differing  interpretations  about  WUHQGV LQ 1HZ 3DOW] VWXGHQW GLYHUVLW\ 7KH validity  of  any  conclusion  that  diversity  has  changed  rests  on  the  assumption  that  racial/ethnic  categories  into  which  stu-­ dents  self-­identify  were  the  same  a  decade  ago  as  they  are  now.   This  is  not  the  case.   Although  we  hesitate  to  further  compli-­ cate  the  discussion  of  diversity,  the  facts  do  matter  and  they  are  not  always  straight-­ forward  or  simple. 1HZ 3DOW] OLNH RWKHU FROOHJHV DQG XQL versities  across  the  nation,  follows  Federal  guidelines  in  asking  student  applicants  to  self-­identify  their  ethnic/racial  group.  Be-­ IRUH Âż YH FDWHJRULHV H[LVWHG $PHUL FDQ ,QGLDQ $ODVND 1DWLYH $VLDQ 3DFLÂż F Islander,  Black  non-­Hispanic,  Hispanic/ Latino,  or  White  non-­Hispanic.   Appli-­ cants  could  choose  only  one  answer,  or  could  choose  not  to  answer  (“Unknownâ€?).   6LQFH DSSOLFDQWV DUH DVNHG Âż UVW

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whether  or  not  they  identify  as  Hispanic/ Latino.   They  are  then  asked  if  they  are  American  Indian  or  Alaska  Native,  Asian,  Black  or  African  American,  Native  Ha-­ ZDLLDQ RU 2WKHU 3DFLÂż F ,VODQGHU RU :KLWH More  than  one  answer  places  a  student  into  a  Multi-­racial  category.   Students  answering  â€œyesâ€?  to  the  His-­ panic/Latino  question  are  reported  by  2009  Federal  methods  as  Hispanic/La-­ tino,  even  if  they  choose  â€œBlackâ€?  in  the  second  question.  Students  answering  â€˜no’  to  the  Hispanic/Latino  question  but  select-­ ing  Black  and  another  category  in  the  sec-­ RQG OLVW DUH FDWHJRUL]HG DV Âľ0XOWL UDFLDOÂś D JURXSLQJ WKDW GLG QRW H[LVW EHIRUH Here’s  how  this  may  affect  our  report-­ LQJ RI UDFLDO FRPSRVLWLRQ RI 1HZ 3DOW] students;Íž  in  fall  2012,  440  undergradu-­ DWH VWXGHQWV VHOI LGHQWLÂż HG DV %ODFN RI WKRVH VWXGHQWV LGHQWLÂż HG DV +LVSDQLF and  for  Federal  reporting  are  in  the  His-­ SDQLF /DWLQR FDWHJRU\ 2I WKRVH

ZKR LGHQWLÂż HG DV QRQ +LVSDQLF %ODFN African  American  and  another  race  other  than  Black/African  American  are  reported  as  Multi-­racial.  This  leaves  314  students  reported  as  Black.  Thus,  the  change  in  federal  reporting  results  in  a  dramatic  re-­ duction  in  the  number  of  Black  students  reported,  compared  with  the  pre-­2009  reporting  structure  and  compared  with  the  number  of  Black  students  actually  on  the  campus.   The  2009  change  in  Federal  reporting  makes  direct  comparison  of  groupings  before  and  after  that  year  prob-­ lematic. 1HZ 3DOW] WDNHV VHULRXVO\ RXU ORQJ standing  commitment  to  being  a  diverse  community  and  to  overcoming  obstacles  to  the  academic  success  of  all  motivated  students.   And  we  are  proud  of  the  suc-­ cess  of  our  students.   One  measure  of  that  VXFFHVV LV UHWHQWLRQ RI Âż UVW WLPH IXOO WLPH students  ,  a  statistic  that  colleges  report  to  the  Federal  government  and  guidebooks Â

EDITOR’S  NOTE I’d  like  to  take  a  moment  to  congrat-­ ulate  a  few  members  of  The  Oracle  for  their  recent  achivements.  Earlier  this  week,  The  Oracle  re-­ cieved  two  awards  from  The  New  York  Press  Association  (NYPA),  in-­ cluding  third  place  honors  for  â€œBest  Feature  Storyâ€?  and  â€œBest  Sports  Sec-­ tion.â€?  Former  Arts  &  Entertainment  Edi-­ tor  Zan  Strumfeld  was  honored  for  her  story  â€œFinding  Solace  In  Four  Col-­ RUV ´ D SURÂż OH RI D 1HZ 3DOW] DOXPQL who  channeled  his  childhood  depres-­ sion  into  a  comic  strip.  Zan’s  story  was  poignant  and  was  one  of  the  best  stories  I  have  seen  pub-­ lished  in  â€˜The  Gunk’  in  my  time  as  Editor-­in-­Chief.  In  addition,  the  2012  sports  section  was  named  one  of  the  top  three  college  newspaper  sections  in  the  state.  NYPA  pointed  out  The  Oracle’s  sports  photography  in  particular, Â

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which  is  a  testament  to  the  work  our  News/Sports  Photo  Editor  Robin  Weinstein  puts  in  every  week  as  she  UXQV XS DQG GRZQ Âż HOGV IRU XV Cat  Tacopina’s  direction  of  the  sports  section  was  passionate  -­  some-­ thing  anyone  she  has  interviewed  in  the  past  year  can  attest  to.  The  sports  section’s  honors  should  be  shared  by  anyone  who  has  written  DERXW 1HZ 3DOW] DWKOHWLFV LQ WKH ODVW year,  as  each  and  every  story  was  an  important  piece  toward  attaining  this  honor.  I  am  proud  of  Zan,  Cat,  all  of  our  sports  staff  and  the  entire  E-­board.  While  awards  are  a  nice  way  to  physi-­ cally  honor  high-­quality  work,  The  Oracle  strives  to  put  out  an  award-­ worthy  paper  every  week.  Here’s  to  more  awards  in  the  future! Â

like  US  News  and  World  Report.   The  av-­ erage  retention  rate  across  the  US  is  74%.   )RU VWXGHQWV DWWHQGLQJ 1HZ 3DOW] IRU WKH ¿ UVW WLPH LQ SHUFHQW RI %ODFN students,  87  percent  of  Latino/Hispanic  students,  and  87  percent  of  White  students  returned  to  continue  their  studies  in  fall  1HZ 3DOW] VWXGHQWV DUH UHPDUNDEO\ successful  by  national  standards,  and  that  success  is  apparent  for  students  from  all  racial  groups. These  successes  notwithstanding,  we  DOO KDYH PXFK ZRUN WR GR LQ H[SDQGLQJ educational  opportunities  for  a  diverse  so-­ ciety.  -­  Jacqueline  Andrews,  Assistant  Vice  President  for  Institutional  Re-­ search -­  Lucy  Walker,  Senior  Research  An-­ DO\VW 2I¿ FH RI ,QVWLWXWLRQDO 5HVHDUFK and  Planning  -­  L.  David  Eaton,  Vice  President  for  Enrollment  Management

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The  baseball  team  hopes  to  get  closer  to  a  SUNYAC  Championship  with  every  game  they  play.                                                                                                                                                                     PHOTO  BY  ROBIN  WEINSTEIN  Â

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This  season,  the  New  Paltz  Baseball  team  has  been  playing  against  themselves  â€” on  purpose.  Throughout  the  spring,  Head  Coach  Matt  *ULIÂż WKV KDV GULOOHG D VLPSOH VWUDWHJ\ LQWR each  workout:  take  each  day  at  a  time,  mini-­ mize  mistakes  and  execute  fundamentals.  ³2SSRQHQWV DUH IDFHOHVV ´ *ULIÂż WKV VDLG “Baseball  is  one  of  those  sports  â€”  and  the  SUNYAC  especially  â€”  where  the  team  who  makes  the  least  amount  of  mistakes  is  usually  the  winner.  In  a  sense,  we  are  always  battling  ourselves.â€?  This  season,  the  2013  edition  of  the  Hawks  have  posted  a  10-­12  record  after  start-­ ing  their  season  in  late  February  and  are  cur-­ rently  riding  a  four-­game  win  streak.  $OWKRXJK WKH WHDP KDV KDG D GLIÂż FXOW time  practicing  â€”  before  last  week,  they  had  RQO\ RQH RXWGRRU SUDFWLFH ² *ULIÂż WKV VDLG all  components  of  the  roster  have  shaken  off  some  of  the  rust  that  may  have  formed  from  the  unusual  schedule.  7KURXJKRXW DOO RI LW *ULIÂż WKV VDLG WKHLU

strategy  was  consistent  â€”  play  their  game.  â€œThis  year,  this  is  the  toughest  sched-­ ule  we  have  had  â€”  and  that’s  on  purpose,â€?  *ULIÂż WKV VDLG Âł7KH 681<$&V DUH D GRJÂż JKW every  year  and  we  wanted  to  make  a  schedule  that  was  comparable  to  that,  if  not  better.  We  want  to  be  playing  our  best  ball  for  the  second  KDOI RI WKH VHDVRQ QRW QHFHVVDULO\ WKH Âż UVW ´ Despite  eight  total  games  being  can-­ celled  or  postponed  this  season,  the  Hawks  have  entered  a  midseason  stretch  of  confer-­ ence  games,  and  are  anticipating  a  surge  from  players  across  the  roster  to  propel  them  into  the  playoff  hunt.  From  now  until  the  end  of  the  season,  the  Hawks  will  only  face  three  non-­SUNYAC  teams  before  the  championship  tournament  begins.  *ULIÂż WKV VDLG WKH WHDP KDV ULGGHQ WKH EDFNV RI WKHLU SLWFKLQJ VWDII LQ WKH Âż UVW KDOI RI the  season,  anchored  by  a  one-­two  combina-­ tion  of  Chris  Chismar  and  Andrew  Grann  and  a  surprise  bullpen  to  compliment  them.  &KLVPDU ZKR Âż QLVKHG ODVW VHDVRQ ZLWK D 1.84  ERA  and  clocked  in  63  strike  outs  in  53  innings,  has  continued  his  strong  performance Â

this  season.  Chismar  currently  leads  Hawks  starters  with  a  2.61  ERA  and  leads  the  team  in  strikeouts.  Grann,  also  a  holdover  from  last  year’s  starting  rotation,  currently  has  a  3.83  ERA  for  the  Hawks  and  is  tied  for  the  team  lead  with  three  wins.  Chismar  and  Grann  displayed  their  im-­ portance  to  the  team  on  Saturday,  April  6  when  they  both   earned  wins  in  a  doublehead-­ er  against  SUNY  Oswego.  In  game  one,  Chis-­ mar  tossed  six  innings  and  struck  out  seven  batters.  In  the  second  game,  Grann  followed  suit  pitching  six  innings  and  striking  out  six  Oswego  batters.  *ULIÂż WKV VDLG ZKLOH WKH VWDUWHUV KDYH EHHQ “lights  out,â€?  the  difference  between  last  year  and  the  current  squad  has  been  the  production  from  the  bullpen. “We  have  been  getting  some  real  good  LQQLQJV IURP RXU EXOOSHQ ´ *ULIÂż WKV VDLG “That  makes  a  huge  difference.â€? In  the  bullpen,  Brian  Soloman  has  an-­ chored  the  late-­inning  relievers  with  a  1.29  ERA  over  his  seven  innings  pitched.  Oppo-­ nents  are  only  hitting  .080  against  the  lefty. Â

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On  the  offensive  side  of  the  ball,  An-­ thony  Repetto  leads  the  Hawks  with  a  .375  batting  average,  while  Thomas  Pinnola  leads  the  team  with  12  RBIs.  Matt  Carr,  a  transfer  player  who  came  to  New  Paltz  last  season,  has  also  contributed  to  the  offense  with  a  team  leading  17  runs  scored.  0RYLQJ IRUZDUG *ULIÂż WKV VDLG WKH WHDP will  continue  to  stick  to  their  day-­by-­day  at-­ titude  with  the  expectation  that  each  compo-­ nent  of  their  team  will  come  together  and  de-­ liver  them  their  ultimate  goal  â€”  a  SUNYAC  championship.  â€œWe  can’t  choose  the  weather,  we  can’t  choose  the  teams  we  play  necessarily,  so  it’s  not  about  that,  we  want  to  focus  on  things  we  can  control  and  play  the  game  to  the  best  of  RXU DELOLW\ ´ *ULIÂż WKV VDLG Âł(YHU\ \HDU ZH DUH playing  for  a  championship  and  the  better  we  get  at  perfecting  our  own  system,  the  closer  we  are  going  to  get  to  that.â€?  Check Out Our Website To Watch More About The Baseball Team!

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Hawks Look To Continue Dominance By Angela Matua Sports Editor | N02039845@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

The Men’s Volleyball team tarnished Nazareth College’s perfect record as the Hawks beat the Golden Flyers in three sets on March 30. The team beat all four schools at the Vassar Tournament, capturing the tourna-­ PHQW WLWOH &XUUHQWO\ VHHGHG ¿IWK LQ WKH American Volleyball Coaches Associa-­ tion (AVCA) Poll and third heading into the UVC Championship Tournament, Head Coach Radu Petrus said camarade-­ rie has propelled this team to success. “One of the big reasons why the Hawks volleyball team is so successful this season is team chemistry, they really enjoy playing together,” Petrus said. “At the same time they are very competitive, working very hard in practice. We have players with many strengths in different areas of the game.” Second-­year John Lutjen posted 19 assists, 10 blocks and nine digs during the match and was named to the All-­Tourna-­ ment Team after his performance. He said he was happy to break Nazareth’s perfect record and attributes the team’s previous loss to the Golden Flyers as motivation to win. “It was a tremendous feeling to hand 1D]DUHWK WKHLU ¿UVW ORVV DQG WR UXLQ WKHLU perfect season,” Lutjen said. “It amazes me that we made a team that was 31-­0 go to 31-­1 this far in the season. When we played Nazareth last weekend we were all in the zone, focused to play because we felt that we should have beaten them earlier in the season when we played here at New Paltz.” Lutjen said he knew from the begin-­ ning of the season that the team would be successful because each player displayed extreme dedication to the sport. During free time, most players are at the gym “working to get better,” he said. Third-­year Co-­captain Brian Smith boasted a .667 hitting percentage and had NLOOV DQG ¿YH GLJV WR FRQWULEXWH WR WKH victory. He said the duo of Petrus and Assis-­ tant Coach Tony Bonilla have been keys to the team’s winning season. “Coach Petrus has gotten us physi-­ cally prepared for every opponent we’ve faced,” Smith said. “Coach Bonilla al-­ ways has a game plan that if we follow it, there is no reason that we cannot beat

every team we face. The combination of WKH WZR FRDFKHV KDV GH¿QLWHO\ JLYHQ XV D winning formula.” The Hawks end regular season play with a 26-­5 overall record, winning 11 straight games before they head to the UVC Championship Tournament. Petrus said “focus, consistency and effort” are the three factors the team must channel to make a strong run in the challenging tournament, where any team can win. “UVC is one of the toughest confer-­ ences in Division III,” Petrus said. “You really cannot predict the winner of the tournament.” Smith said when the team plays to-­ gether and sticks to a game plan, they DUH GLI¿FXOW WR EHDW 7KH WHDP H[SHFWV WR win the UVC Championship Tournament if they play their style of volleyball and also aspire to make a run at the NCAA Tournament, he said. “Our team goals are to win our con-­ ference tournament and get a bid to the NCAA tournament,” Smith said. “[A] long term goal if we accomplish those goals is to win a National Championship. A banner and a ring would be a great way to end the season.” Lutjen said taking each game one at a time is an important tactic to catapult the team further. Winning the tournament would be a “vast sum of accomplish-­ ments,” especially because the team is so young, he said. Overall, he wants the team’s efforts to pay off. “We want teams to give us the respect we deserve and to put all of our hard work on and off the court to pay off in the end,” Lutjen said. Petrus doesn’t have any one player who he will look to for major contribu-­ tions during the tournament, he said. He also said he believes that every player, on and off the bench, is an essential compo-­ nent of the team. “I feel that each member of the team wants success and understands their role for the team’s success,” Petrus said. “It is important that those on the bench under-­ stand that those on the court could not be successful without them.” The Hawks will look to win it all at the Championship Tournament, which will take place in Rochester, N.Y. at Naz-­ areth College on Saturday, April 13 and Sunday, April 14. PHOTO BY ROBIN WEINSTEIN

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Lady  Hawks  Optimistic  About  Season  Comeback By  Andrew  Lief Copy  Editor  |  N02452747@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

After  starting  the  season  with  two  victo-­ ULHV WKH /DFURVVH WHDP KDV ORVW Âż YH RI WKHLU ODVW six  games  for  a  3-­5  overall  record.   Despite  not  having  a  winning  record,  Head  Coach  Liz  Student  said  she  sees  positive  re-­ sults  this  season  because  the  team  is  continu-­ ing  to  improve. “This  season  is  going  in  the  direction  that  we  want,â€?  Student  said.  â€œEvery  day,  we  con-­ tinually  get  better.  With  the  practice  planning  and  the  games  we’ve  played,  we  want  to  con-­ tinually  grow  throughout  the  season.â€? Third-­year  attack  player  Talia  Tesler  said  she  is  proud  of  how  her  team  is  solidifying  as  one  unit,  even  though  they  have  faced  chal-­ lenges  during  the  past  few  games.  â€œWe’ve  had  some  rough  games,  but  I’m  pretty  proud  of  the  way  that  everyone’s  coming  together,â€?  Tesler  said.   â€œThis  is  my  third  year  and  it  seems  more  like  a  team  aspect,  which  is  good.   Everyone’s  playing  off  of  each  other  a  lot  better  than  any  other  season  so  far.â€? Student  emphasized  consistency  as  some-­ thing  the  team  can  improve  upon,  since  this  is  only  her  second  year  as  head  coach  of  a  rela-­ tively  young  team.   â€œWe’re  just  working  more  on  consistency,â€?  Student  said.   â€œI  started  last  year,  so  we’re  kind  of  still  switching  philosophies  and  mak-­ ing  some  changes.  We’re  still  working  on  our  foundation  and  making  sure  that  we  build  that  strong  foundation  now,  that  way  we’ll  have  it  in  a  couple  of  years,  and  it  will  be  a  little  bit  easier.â€? 6HFRQG \HDU PLGÂż HOGHU /LDQQH 9DOGYLD said  learning  how  to  play  with  adversity  will  be  an  important  lesson  to  help  the  team  improve  this  season.  â€œWe’re  in  a  really  tough  conference,  we Â

had  the  most  teams  in  any  conference  go  to  the  WRXUQDPHQW ODVW \HDU ´ 9DOGYLD VDLG Âł:HÂśUH JR ing  to  be  down  in  some  games,  but  we  have  to  learn  how  to  win  from  that.â€?   Student  is  happy  that  the  scoring  on  the  team  is  spread  out  among  the  players,  with  the  goalie  contributing  on  the  defensive  end,  she  said. “If  you  look  at  our  stats,  it’s  great  because  so  many  different  people  score,â€?  Student  said.   â€œWe  don’t  just  have  one  or  two  kids  that  can  ¿ QG WKH EDFN RI WKH QHW WKH EDOOÂśV VSUHDG DOO RYHU WKH Âż HOG 7KDW VWDUWV ZLWK RXU JRDOLH ZKR has  done  an  awesome  job,  making  some  great  saves.  She’s  the  best  goalie  that  this  program  has  ever  had.â€? Tesler  said  the  team  has  been  trying  to  take  advantage  of  each  player’s  strengths  to  become  stronger  on  both  the  defensive  and  offensive  ends.  â€œWe’ve  been  talking  about  how  certain  people  are  good  at  certain  things,  and  we  want  to  capitalize  on  people’s  strengths,â€?  Tesler  said.  â€œWe’re  going  to  work  on  offensively  get-­ ting  people  where  they  need  to  be  to  most  ben-­ HÂż W WKH WHDP DQG GHIHQVLYHO\ MXVW PRUH KLJK pressure  defense  against  our  opponents.â€? Student  said  her  expectations  for  the  rest  of  the  season  are  to  win  some  games  that  they  didn’t  win  last  year. “My  expectations  are  that  we  pick  up  a  couple  of  wins  that  we  didn’t  have  last  year,â€?  Student  said.  â€œObviously  we  want  to  win  every  game,  but  I  just  want  to  make  sure  that  we  are  playing  the  hardest  and  the  best  lacrosse  that  we  can  play.â€? The  Lady  Hawks  will  look  to  earn  another  win  on  Thursday,  April  11  at  Ramapo  College. The  Hawks  return  home  on  Saturday,  April  13  in  a  SUNYAC  match-­up  against  the  College  at  Brockport  on  the  Turf  Field  at  1  p.m.

UPCOMING GAMES: 4/11 - @ Ramapo College 4 p.m. 4/16 - @ SUNY Oneonta 4 p.m. 4/13 - College At Brockport 1 p.m. 4/20 - SUNY Cortland 1 p.m. PHOTO Â BY Â ROBIN Â WEINSTEIN

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What the Buck is going on with the Mets’ catching situation? John Buck, who was once considered a throw-­in player in the blockbuster R.A. Dickey trade, has been on a tear to start the 2013 season, giving the Mets unprec-­ edented production from behind the plate IRU WKH ¿ UVW WLPH LQ DOPRVW ¿ YH \HDUV After eight games, Buck is hitting .393 with four homeruns and currently boasts a league leading 14 RBIs. While this might just be a hot start to the season, the idea of having better than below-­av-­ erage production behind the dish is tanta-­ lizing to say the least. In the past few seasons, the Mets have been stuck with the likes of Josh Thole, Mike Nickeas and even Omir Santos catching — and subsequently not hitting — as their starting catchers. Buck SURYLGHV WKH WHDP ZLWK WKH ¿ UVW OHJLWLPDWH offensive force at the position in recent memory.

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On April 3, veteran goaltender Henrik Lundqvist further cemented himself into New York Rangers history, becoming the second-­most winningest goaltender in the team’s history. With the Rangers’ 6-­1 throt-­ tling of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Lundqvist surpassed Ranger great Eddie Giacomin with 268 career wins with the Blueshirts. The only thing standing between Lun-­ dqvist and the record Mike Richter current-­ ly holds is some 30-­odd games. At this point, there is no doubt Lun-­ dqvist will not only edge his way to the top sooner rather than later, but he’s going to blow past Richter while he’s at it. For a player who has won 30-­plus games since he began his NHL career, it isn’t going to EH GLI¿ FXOW And unless something horrible tran-­ spires, I expect to watch the number ‘30’ raised to the rafters of Madison Square Garden before I die.

Buck has done more than just hit un-­ expectedly in his time with the Amazins. Many coaches have praised his veteran presence, staff handling and baseball knowledge, and he has given the Mets a perfect player to mentor their up-­ and-­coming catching prospect Travis D’Arnund. However, this fact presents a bit of a problem: if Buck was supposed to be a stop-­gap until D’Arnund ascends into the majors, what happens to the veteran catcher once the Mets decide to promote D’Arnund from AAA Las Vegas? The answer is not entirely clear. While Buck is not likely to continue his league-­leading offensive pace, even if he is producing an average year, it could be GLI¿ FXOW WR SXVK KLP WR WKH EHQFK +RZ ever, there is no question D’Arnund rep-­ resents the future of Mets baseball, and it is not likely a player such as Buck would stop that motion. But, Buck playing at a reason-­ able level could allow the Mets to keep D’Arnund in the minors just a few

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months longer — allowing the young catcher to continue developing but also keep his arbitration clock from starting. By doing this, the Mets could potentially have D’Arnund at the league minimum for an extra year — something that the QRZ ¿ QDQFLDOO\ FRQVFLRXV IURQW RI¿ FH must be considering. Another option could present itself at the July 31 trade deadline, especially if Buck continues to prove he is an of-­

fensive force. A team like the cross-­town Yankees could take a chance on Buck for a halfway decent prospect. While not overly likely, the idea could become a re-­ ality closer to the summer. Buck’s start of the season has been a nice bright spot in a mixed Mets start to the season. If he can continue his pace, he could prove to be a hidden gem in a trade that essentially wrote him off as an expensive throw-­in.

Lundqvist For Life Maybe that’s a bold statement to make for a guy who hasn’t gotten the 302 wins to pass Richter or a cup, but I think both factors are within the realm of Lundqvist’s reach. The King is in control of his own destiny. So much of the Ranger’s success since 2005 has been reliant on the play of Lun-­ dqvist. Whether it’s been just barely squeez-­ ing themselves into the playoffs or needing to hold off a quick, offensively-­terrifying team during an important game, Lundqvist has been the one to carry the team on his back. He has been nothing short of a solo phenomenon since the start of his career in New York. I mean come on, while Ranger fans have been discussing how this is one of Lundqvist’s most lackluster seasons, ev-­ eryone else is throwing his name into the Vezina Trophy debate. And if you consider the Rangers Lun-­ dqvist has played with and the Rangers

Richter played with, you could argue that Lundqvist’s number should be retired be-­ cause so far in his career, he is the better goaltender. That isn’t to say Richter isn’t one of the best that ever lived. He is certainly the best American goaltender to ever live, and you could argue that had he not been so injury-­ prone during his career, his name would GH¿ QLWHO\ À RDW DURXQG DV RQH RI WKH EHVW goaltenders to ever play the game. There are very few goaltenders who could ever pull off what Richter was capable of. With that being said, Lundqvist has not had the all-­around gifted teams Rich-­ ter had in the early leg of his career. The teams Richter played with were able to put up three to six goals in a game easily. Lun-­ dqvist’s teams are lucky to get three. The current goaltender’s success has almost al-­ ways, always been dependent on how few goals he would let in during a game. It’s been consistently rare to see him give up

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more than three goals per game during his career. If you look at numbers alone, Lun-­ dqvist has been more exceptional than 5LFKWHU +H¶V ¿ QLVKHG HYHU\ VHDVRQ ZLWK at least 30 wins and has never personally been below .500. Richter only achieved this twice. While Lundqvist hasn’t won the Stan-­ ley Cup, he has won the Vezina and Olym-­ pic gold, two achievements Richter himself wasn’t able to obtain during his career. With the Rangers lineup now and in the next couple of seasons ahead, the odds of the Blueshirts winning a Cup are favorable. Lundqvist is one of the most important fac-­ tors in that equation, and he may well be the X factor in a potential Stanley Cup victory. But let’s face it, Stanley Cup or not, the number 30 probably won’t be available much longer, as it will be retired in honor of the greatest Rangers goaltender to have ever played.

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