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CAS  Holds  Bookstore  Forum  to  Address  Complaints By  Molly  Hone Copy  Editor  |  Mhone51@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

On  Wednesday,  Oct.  3,  Campus  Auxil-­ iary  Services  (CAS)  and  the  campus  bookstore  company  Neebo  (formerly  known  as  Validis)  held  an  open  forum  to  discuss  problems  with  the  bookstore,  including  a  shortage  of  text-­ books,  delayed  shipping  and  disorganized  shelving  arrangements.  About  15  people,  including  faculty,  staff  and  two  students  attended  the  forum.

Executive  Director  CAS  Steven  Deutsch,  requested  the  forum  that  was  conducted  by  Neebo’s  new  District  Manager,  Garrett  Barton.  Deutsch  said  he  requested  the  event  to  allow  students,  faculty  and  the  campus  book-­ store  to  communicate,  as  well  as  to  encourage  a  tangible  new  direction  for  the  bookstore. “I  want  everybody  to  feel  as  though  they  have  been  heard,�  Deutsch  said.  “I’d  like  some  clear  commitments  from  the  bookstore  com-­ pany  and  a  plan  from  them  going  forward.�  He  said  CAS  used  to  run  the  campus  bookstore,  as  well  as  other  campus  services,  internally  for  decades,  but  a  growing  trend  in  the  outsourcing  of  certain  services  on  college  campuses  prompted  CAS  to  begin  working  with  outside  bookstore  companies.

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Both  Deutsch  and  Barton  said  there  are  a  number  of  circumstantial  problems  that  have  FRQWULEXWHG WR UHFHQW GLIÂżFXOWLHV VXFK DV WKH opening  and  closing  of  Mando  Books,  the  de-­ partures  of  store  managers  and  issues  with  the Â

submission  of  book  orders  by  professors.  Deutsch  also  said  the  renovation  of  the  6WXGHQW 8QLRQ DQG WKH Ă€RRGLQJ IURP +XU-­ ricane  Irene  were  sources  of  problems  in  the  past,  but  all  of  the  blame  cannot  be  put  on  this. “It’s  still  imperative  for  the  bookstore  to  do  their  job,â€?  Deutsch  said.  “What  should  be  clear  is  that  Validis  owns  up  to  their  mis-­ takes‌and  that  they’re  addressing  systemic  issues.â€?

At  the  forum,  Barton  stressed  two  key  ways  to  improve  bookstore  performance.  +H VDLG ¿UVW WKDW WKH ERRNVWRUH ZLOO ³JR percent�  for  the  upcoming  spring  and  fall  se-­ mesters  by  having  a  book  on  the  shelves  for  each  seat  in  each  class,  rather  than  make  es-­ timations  based  on  student  use  of  online  and  other  sellers.  The  other  is  for  professors  and  the  bookstore  to  communicate  better  during  the  ordering  process.

Barton  emphasized  the  responsibility  of  the  professors  to  place  their  orders  well  in  ad-­ vance. “The  sooner  we  get  the  information,  the  better  prepared  we  can  be.  The  cheaper  the  books  are  going  to  be,  the  better  buyback  pric-­ es  the  students  are  going  to  get,  too,  and  every-­ body  wins  then,â€?  he  said.  “Now,  I  can’t  speak,  again,  for  what  happened  this  past  semester,  I  can  only  tell  you  what’s  going  to  happen  in  the  future.â€?   Samantha  Montagna,  a  fourth-­year  Eng-­ lish  major  who  transferred  last  semester,  said  KHU ÂżUVW H[SHULHQFH ZLWK WKH ERRNVWRUH LV JRLQJ to  be  her  last. Âł7KLV LV WKH ÂżUVW \HDU , HYHQ XVHG WKH

PHOTO  BY  ROBIN  WEINSTEIN Neebo  District  Manager  Garrett  Barton  commented  on  the  state  of  the  bookstore.

bookstore,â€?  Montagna  said.  “I  transferred  to  New  Paltz  last  semester,  and  usually  rely  on  Amazon.  I  decided  to  order  from  the  bookstore  ¿JXULQJ LW ZRXOG EH IDVWHU WKDQ Amazon.  I  will  not  be  using  the  bookstore  again.  It  is  cheaper  to  order  online  anyway,  with  less  frustration.â€?

Jessie  Heine,  a  fourth-­year  English  major  and  former  employee  of  Mando  books,  said  that  both  the  closing  of  Mando  and  her  three-­ year  boycott  of  the  campus  bookstore  led  her  to  deal  exclusively  with  private  sellers  online.  Heine  said  she  had  a  lot  of  problems  ob-­ taining  her  books  this  semester,  citing  the  in-­ eptitude  of  USPS  and  recent  tropical  storms Â

while  also  acknowledging  issues  that  come  with  transitioning  to  online  purchases.  “I  think  another  reason  I  had  so  much  trouble  is  because  students  all  over  the  country  are  wising  up  to  the  overpriced  nature  of  their  local  campus  bookstores,â€?  Heine  said.  Toward  the  end  of  the  forum,  Deutsch  dis-­ cussed  how  he  saw  the  future  of  the  bookstore  industry  during  the  rebidding  process  that  led  to  Neebo’s  contract  two  and  a  half  years  ago. “It’s  the  wild  west,â€?  Deutsch  said.  “You  know,  it’s  changing  so  fast.  The  leaders,  the  devices  are  changing  so  quickly‌the  way  consumers  consume  is  changing  every  year.â€? Â

Senate  Discusses  Increasing  University  Police  Bicycle  Use By  Clarissa  Moses  Assistant  Copy  Editor  |  Cmoses59@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

During  a  recent  senate  meeting,  Stu-­ dent  Association  (SA)  Vice  President  Manuel  Tejada  proposed  the  idea  of  hav-­ ing  the  University  Police  Department  (UPD)  members  use  bicycles  to  patrol  campus.   “With  roadways  and  parking  lots  moving  toward  the  exterior  of  the  cam-­ pus,  as  part  of  the  ongoing  construction  plan  —  as  seen  with  the  Mohonk  walk-­ way  for  example  —  the  use  of  bicycles  as  an  alternative  or  equalizer  seems  to  be  the  solution,�  Tejada  said.

Tejada  said  there  is  a  problem  with  accessibility  for  patrol  cars  throughout  the  campus.  He  said  the  campus  is  mov-­ ing  toward  being  a  pedestrian-­friendly  environment,  which  allows  the  increased Â

XVH RI SROLFH RQ ELF\FOHV WR ÂżW LQ ZLWK such  a  transition. “This  policy  is  one  that  is  almost  necessary  due  to  the  transition  of  park-­ ing  lots  and  roadways  to  the  exterior,â€?  Tejada  said.

Tejada  said  while  patrol  cars  may  be  more  effective  in  emergency  situations  he  thinks  both  bicycles  and  cars  are  ef-­ fective  in  their  own  way.  He  said  bicy-­ cles  are  much  safer  for  students  and  for  everyone  walking  on  campus,  because  they  “provide  closer  interaction  with  police  and  students�  because  it  allows  students  to  be  less  intimidated  by  police  and  reduce  the  “fear  factor.�

Although  Tejada  has  recently  sug-­ gested  this  policy  to  the  student  senate,  Chief  of  Police  David  Dugatkin  said  the  SUDFWLFH RI 8QLYHUVLW\ 3ROLFH 2I¿FHUV

patrolling  the  campus  on  bicycles  has  been  going  on  for  many  years  now.

Tejada  said  students  have  seen  UPD  members  using  bicycles,  which  means  the  policy  has  been  in  practice  for  a  while.  However,  he  would  like  to  LQFUHDVH WKH SUHVHQFH RI RI¿FHUV RQ EL-­ cycles.  He  said  through  this  initiative,  he  wants  students  to  understand  their  responsibilities,  know  their  rights  and  know  how  to  interact  with  the  UPD  members.

Second-­year  communication  major  Wendy  Chiu  said  although  she  has  not  seen  any  UPD  members  using  bicycles  to  patrol  the  campus,  she  thinks  this  is  a  positive  change  that  will  increase  stu-­ dent  interaction.  “I  think  it  will  make  it  more  known  that  the  UPD  is  there  and  we  can  notice Â

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them  more  than  we  usually  do,�  Chui  said.

Tejada  said  he  plans  on  getting  feed-­ back  from  students  on  their  views.  He  said  when  he  proposed  the  idea  to  the  senate  there  was  an  array  of  views  both  positive  and  negative.  He  said  some  senators  were  con-­ cerned  about  students  being  able  to  LGHQWLI\ RIÂżFHUV DW D FORVH SUR[LPLW\ HV-­ pecially  at  night  but  other  senators  were  supportive  because  they  thought  the  in-­ teraction  between  police  and  students  would  increase.  “There  has  been,  so  far,  either  posi-­ tive  responses  or  mute  responses,  and  even  negative,â€?  Tejada  said.  “The  best  we  can  do  is  make  sure  the  policy  seems  WR EH EHQHÂżWWLQJ VWXGHQWV DQG QRW KXUW-­ ing  students.â€?

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EARLY  LANDING  Turkish  jets  on  Wednesday  forced  a  Syrian  passenger  plane  to  land  at  Ankara  airport  on  suspicion  that  it  might  be  carrying  weapons  or  other  military  equipment.

PUSSY  PROTESTING  PUTIN One  jailed  member  of  the  punk  band  Pussy  Riot  walked  free  from  a  Mos-­ cow  courtroom,  but  the  other  two  now  head  toward  a  harsh  punishment  for  their  irreverent  protest  against   President  Vladimir  Putin.

SPARKING  PROTESTS Pakistanis  across  the  country  held  vigils  Wednesday  to  pray  for  a  14-­year-­old  girl  who  was  shot  by  a  Taliban  gunman  after  daring  to  advocate  education  for  girls  and  criticize  the  militant  group.

ROLLING  UP  RECALLS The  largest  recall  in  Toyota’s  75-­year  his-­ tory  could  undermine  the  Japanese  au-­ tomaker’s  comeback  from  natural  disas-­ ters  and  embarrassing  safety  problems.  The  company  recalled  7.43  million  cars,  trucks  and  SUVs  worldwide.

DRUG  LORD  DISMISSAL  Mexico’s  navy  said  Wednesday  that  its  personnel  had  no  idea  they  had  killed  the  leader  of  the  country’s  most-­feared  drug  cartel  until  after  his  body  was  stolen  from  a  funeral  home  in  this  border  town.

WEAPON  OF  CHOICE A  new  report  by  Canadian  research-­ ers  challenges  the  widespread  belief  that  rape  is  increasingly  being  used  as  a  “weapon  of  war.�

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Following  the  2012-­13  budget  cuts  that  removed  most  extra-­curricular  art  programs  from  schools  in  the  New  Paltz  district,  community  members,  students  and  teachers  decided  to  take  action.  Kim  Sturgis,  an  art  teacher  at  the  New  Paltz  Middle  School,  said  the  School  Activities  Are  Vital  to  Education   (SAVE)  fund  was  created  last  spring  to  keep  these  programs  intact.  Sturgis,  along  with  teachers  Kristen  Conrad,  Cindy  Dubois  and  Fran  Lamb,  organized  SAVE  and  raised  more  than  $8,500  with  the  help  of  students  and  community  members.  The  money  was  raised  over  the  summer  to  reinstate  the  ¿YH PLGGOH VFKRRO FOXEV WKDW ZHUH WR EH cut  the  following  semester.  At  the  end  of  August,  nine  teach-­ ers  and  community  members  created  an  association  called  The  New  Paltz  Arts  in  Schools  Association  (NPASA).  NPASA’s  goal  is  to  keep  after-­school  art  programs  in  the  district  for  the  long  term  Sturgis  said.  7KH ÂżYH PLGGOH VFKRRO FOXEV WKDW were  rescued  for  this  year  were  All-­ County  Band,  All-­County  Chorus,  Art  &OXE 5HĂ€HFWLRQV DQG 6FKRRO RI 5RFN However,  at  Lenape  Elementary  All-­ County  Band  and  All-­County  Chorus  and  at  the  high  school  Drama  Club,  All-­ County  Band,  All-­County  Chorus,  Po-­ etry  Club  and  Literary  Magazine  are  still  in  need  of  funding  to  continue,  accord-­ ing  to  Npasafund.org.  Organizer  of  NPASA,  parent  and  youth  basketball  coach  Steve  Casa  said  it  is  important  to  have  extracurricular  art  programs  in  schools  so  there  is  an  equal  opportunity  for  all  students.  “I  could  get  [my  daughter]  after  school  voice  lessons  or  take  her  to  the  Hudson  Valley  Youth  Chorale  out  in  Kingston  because  I  could  drive  her  there  and  I  could  pay  for  it,  but  there  are  a  lot  of  people  in  this  community  that  couldn’t,â€?  Casa  said.  “Public  schools  give  these  students  opportunities  that  they  couldn’t  have  before.â€?

Casa  said  there  was  no  way  to  get  this  money  other  than  the  creation  of  NPASA.  He  said  NPASA  was  necessary  to  further  the  funding  raised  by  SAVE  and  to  have  one  outlet  for  the  community  to  donate  to. Â

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New  Paltz  Middle  School  students  and  teachers  started  a  fund  to  keep  art  programs  in  school.

 “The  bottom  line  is  that  the  arts  after-­school  program  is  just  as  important  as  any  other  after  school  program  such  as  sports,  tutoring,  anything,�  Casa  said.  “It  just  became  an  imperative  to  raise  the  money  for  these  programs.  There  was  no  other  option  than  to  try  to  get  together  and  raise  this  money.�

Casa  said  this  year’s  goal  is  to  raise  $14,000  for  the  remaining  clubs  at  Le-­ nape  Elementary  and  the  New  Paltz  High  School  for  the  fall  and  spring  semesters. “We’re  hustling.  We  got  a  lot  of  stuff  going  on,  we  got  a  lot  of  good  people  en-­ gaged  and  trying  to  support  this,  but  we  haven’t  been  able  to  show  the  urgency,â€?  he  said.  “People  don’t  realize  that  if  we  don’t  make  this  goal  by  the  end  of  the  year,  these  programs  are  not  going  to  run  and  that  would  really  be  a  disservice  to  the  kids.â€?  Casa  said  within  the  past  two  months  NPASA  has  been  planning  several  art-­ centered  fundraisers  throughout  Novem-­ ber  and  December  including  a  concert  with  Liam  O’Maonlai  of  The  Hothouse  Flowers  and  another  with  Rhett  Miller  of  the  Old  ‘97s.  NPASA  is  also  planning  to  collabo-­ UDWH ZLWK RWKHU QRQSURÂżW JURXSV WR UDLVH money,  Casa  said.  He  said  collabora-­ tions  are  going  to  be  very  prominent  in Â

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the  future  for  NPASA  and  they  already  are  planning  a  donation  partnership  with  Dianova  USA,  a  provider  of  education  programs,  to  augment  a  literary  maga-­ zine  program  in  the  schools.  New  Paltz  Professor  of  Educational  Studies  Nancy  Schniedewind  said  al-­ though  it  is  impressive  that  the  commu-­ nity  is  donating,  it  is  important  to  ques-­ tion  the  funding  system  of  public  school  districts  as  a  whole.  Schniedewind  said  budget  cuts  like  these  will  keep  coming  and  it  should  not  be  the  responsibility  of  the  community  to  make  accommodations.  She  said  they  already  pay  taxes  and  an  extra  burden  in  WKHVH ÂżQDQFLDOO\ GLIÂżFXOW WLPHV LV QRW DI-­ fordable  for  all  parents.  Casa  said  he  believes  NPASA  is  not  setting  a  standard  for  club  funding  in  the  future,  but  they  are  working  with  their  current  situation  and  taking  the  inevi-­ table  into  account.   “People  say  if  we  raise  the  money,  what  we’re  doing  here  is  setting  a  prec-­ edent  but  that’s  not  what  we’re  doing  here,â€?  he  said.  “It’s  not  going  to  be  in  the  budget  there  is  no  way  —  if  you  think  about  a  decreasing  tax  levy  and  an  in-­ creasing  cost,  just  the  fuel  cost  alone  and  the  salary  cost,  they’re  never  going  to  go  back  in.â€? Â

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7KH WK VWXGHQW VHQDWH PHW IRU WKH ¿IWK time  this  semester  on  Tuesday,  Oct.  9  to  discuss  current  campus  issues  and  senator  goals.

Student  Association  (SA)  President  Josh  Simpson  began  the  meeting  with  his  report  on  the  Campus  Auxiliary  Service  (CAS)  board  meeting  held  on  Tuesday,  Oct.  9.  He  said  at  the  meeting  a  Pepsi  Marketing  Committee   was  created  with  a  budget  of  $40,000,  which  CAS  will  decide  how  to  spend.  Simpson  said  there  are  also  two  SA  appoint-­ ed  positions  available  on  this  committee,  and  he  asked  the  senate  to  spread  the  word  about  it  to  bring  in  nominations  for  next  week.  Simpson  said  during  the  CAS  board  meet-­ ing,  the  idea  of  placing  hydration  stations  around  FDPSXV WR ¿OO ZDWHU ERWWOHV DQG UHGXFH WKH XVH RI disposable  bottles  was  dicussed.  He  also  talked  about  the  expansion  of  the  use  of  Hawk  Dollars  in  town.  He  also  reminded  the  senate  that  Shop24,  the  24-­hour  campus  vending  machine,  will  be  RSHQ WKH ¿UVW ZHHN RI 1RYHPEHU 7KH FRQYHQLHQW store  in  Hasbrouck  will  also  remain  open,  he  said.

Simpson  also  said  he  will  be  meeting  with  college  President  Donald  Christian  to  discuss  the  “Let’s  Talk  About  It�  fora.  He  said  he  wants  to  start  structuring  the  event  as  a  series,  rather  than  having  it  focus  on  one  topic  to  save  spending  money. “Terrell  [Coakley]  got  a  $10,000  grant  last  year,�  Simpson  said.  “So  why  spend  everything  at  once  when  we  can  actually  be  covering  more  than  one  topic?�

During  his  report,  Simpson  apologized  for  the  remark  he  made  last  week  about  having  pri-­ vate  executive  sessions  where  the  media  cannot  be  present,  realizing  that  it  is  unconstitutional  to  silence  them.

Executive  Vice  President  Manuel  Tejada  spoke  about  expanding  student  presence  at  sen-­ ate.

Vice  President  of  Academic  Affairs  and  Governance  Jonathan  Espinosa  talked  about  the  book  store   forum  that  was  held  last  Wednesday  and  said  he  met  with  the  library  dean  on  Wednes-­ day,  Oct.  10.

President  of  Finances  Youssouf  Kouyo  said  since  the  start  of  the  semester,  the  senate  has  only  used  $5,000.  He  also  said  he  will  be  talking  to  Steve  Deutsch  from  CAS  about  getting  16  HD  channels  to  students  on  campus,  which  will  cost  $50,000.  Some  members  from  the  senate  challenged  this  goal  because  they  felt  it  wasn’t  the  best  use  of  money.  One  senator  suggested  adding  more  channels  to  what  students  already  have  because  movie  channels  such  as  Showtime  and  HBO  are  not  included. Â

Vice  President  of  Programming  Esthephanie  Peralta  said  there  are  three  seats  left  on  the  SAP  board.  She  also  said  she  is  hoping  to  meet  with  the  seven  current  SAP  members  next  week  to  talk  about  goals  for  the  semester.

Senate  Chair  Yaritza  Diaz  told  the  senate  she  is  working  on  having  an  open  event  on  Election  Day  outside  for  all  students  to  watch  the  presi-­ dential  elections  together.

Council  of  Organization  Representative  Rose  Faber  said  the  next  council  meeting  is  in  SU  62/63  on  Monday  Oct.  15  and  said  club  charters  are  due  this  Friday,  at  11:59  p.m.  She  also  said  $8,000  were  put  aside  for  the  Rainbow  Commit-­ tee  who  is  in  charge  of  organizing  Latino  Week,  Black  Week,  Carribash  and  Jam  Asia.

Dr.  Ordway  from  the  Student  Health  Center  came  to  address  the  requests  to  extend  the  cen-­ ter’s  hours.  He  said  the  senate  should  be  careful  how  they  spend  their  money  because  extended  evening  hours  will  increase  the  student  health  IHH DQG PD\ QRW DFWXDOO\ EH EHQH¿FLDO EHFDXVH certain  tests  done  during  the  day  have  to  be  sent  out  to  labs  and  if  those  tests  are  done  at  night,  they  can’t  be  sent  out  to  labs  until  the  next  busi-­ ness  day.

Kenny  Satterlee,  a  representative  from  1<3,5* VSRNH DERXW 5RFN WKH 9RWH +H VDLG that  1,400  students  signed  up  to  vote  and  they  are  100  people  shy  of  their  goal.  He  said  if  students  VWLOO QHHG WR UHJLVWHU WR YRWH WR YLVLW WKH 1<3,5* RIÂżFH EHWZHHQ S P DQG S P LQ 68 RU DW-­ tend  Rock  the  Vote  in  Hasbrouck  Quad.  Editor-­in  Chief  of  The  New  Paltz  Oracle  Andrew  Wyrich  spoke  to  the  senate,  reminding  them  that  they  represent  the  student  body  and  their  meetings  are  open  to  the  campus  commu-­ nity.  He  also  expressed  the  power  and  freedom  WKH SUHVV KDV +H VDLG WKHUH DUH RQO\ VL[ VSHFLÂżF reasons  listed  in  their  constitution  that  allows  pri-­ vacy  from  the  press  at  meetings,  none  of  which  have  surfaced.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;This  is  an  open  meeting  and  my  reporters Â

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DENYING  VIOLATION The  California  man  behind  the  anti-­ 0XVOLP ¿OP WKDW VSDUNHG YLROHQFH LQ the  Middle  East  denied  Wednesday  that  he  violated  terms  of  his  probation  for  a  2010  bank  fraud  conviction  by  lying  about  his  role  in  the  movie.

COVERING  THEIR  TRACKS 3+272 %< 52%,1 :(,167(,1 Dr.  Ordway  addressed  a  possible  extension  of +HDOWK &HQWHU KRXUV DW WKH ¿IWK VHQDWH PHHWLQJ

are  here,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;This  is  the  way  we  get  news  stories,  how  we  know  whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  going  on  and  let  the  student  body  know  whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  going  on.â&#x20AC;?

Following  this,  there  were  committee  elec-­ tions  during  which  two  students  were  elected  to  the  Judicial  Board  and  one  person  was  elected  to  the  Budget  and  Goals  Committee.  Espinosa  said  there  is  also  a  seat  open  for  the  Constitution  and  Rules  Committee.

The  campus  drug  policy  was  then  discussed.  Senate  members  suggested  moving  from  a  two-­ strike  policy  to  three-­strikes,  however,  Director  of  Student  Activities  and  Union  Services  Mike  Patterson  said  the  college  council  is  hesitant  to  do  this  because  they  want  to  protect  the  collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  reputation.

Sen.  Roberto  Lo  Bianco  discussed  Park  Point  housing,  affordable  luxury  student  housing  for  transfer  students.  He  said  the  development  will  not  be  part  of  the  college,  but  is  through  a  private  company,  and  they  are  going  to  work  with  ¿QDQFLDO DLG VR VWXGHQWV FDQ XWLOL]H IXQGV IRU RII campus  housing.  The  next  senate  meeting  is  Tuesday  Oct.  16,  in  SU  418. Â

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The  owner  of  a  Texas  microelectronics  company  instructed  co-­workers  and  as-­ sociates  to  cover  their  tracks  as  they  con-­ spired  to  sell  highly-­regulated  microelec-­ tronics  to  the  Russian  military.

MISLEADING  THE  MASSES The  specialty  pharmacy  linked  to  a  dead-­ ly  meningitis  outbreak  may  have  misled  regulators  and  done  work  beyond  the  scope  of  its  state  license,  Massachusetts  Gov.  Deval  Patrick  said. Â

READING  UP  ON  BIDEN To  prepare  for  his  biggest  test  yet  on  the  national  stage,  untested  debater  Paul  5\DQ KDV EHHQ KDXOLQJ WZR WKLFN EULH¿QJ books  around  the  country  and  intently  studying  up  on  Vice  President  Joe  Biden.

APPARENT  ABDUCTION The  sudden  disappearance  of  a  10-­year-­ old  Colorado  girl  took  yet  another  turn  Wednesday,  with  authorities  saying  they  believe  she  was  abducted.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;M  NOT  A  MONSTER A  mother  who  admitted  to  beating  her  2-­year-­old  daughter  and  gluing  the  childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  hands  made  a  plea  for  leniency  Wednesday,  saying  she  was  no  longer  the  â&#x20AC;&#x153;monsterâ&#x20AC;?  who  committed  the  attack.

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NYPIRG  Helps  Raise  Voter  Registration  Numbers  By  Elyse  Hennes Copy  Editor  |  Ehennes24@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

New  York  Public  Interest  Research  Groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  (NYPIRG)  chapter  at  SUNY  New  Paltz  has  en-­ couraged  students  to  become  interested  and  in-­ volved  in  areas  concerning  voter  mobilization.  1<3,5* LV D QRW IRU SURÂżW QRQ SDUWLVDQ student-­directed  and  run  political  empowerment  group  that  has  been  organizing  students  at  SUNY  New  Paltz  since  1979.  Since  the  beginning  of  the  semester,  NYP-­ IRG  has  registered  1400  students,  167  of  those  on  Sept.  25  (National  Voter  Registration  Day).   By  the  voting  registration  deadline,  they  hope  to  register  over  1,500  students.  Eric  Wood,  NYPIRG  project  coordinator  said  NYPIRGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Voter  Awareness  Program  has  three  main  goals:  registration,  education  and  mo-­ bilization.  In  an  effort  to  increase  voting  mobili-­ zation,  NYPIRG  has  made  a  commitment  to  be  present  on  campus.

In  hopes  of  reaching  its  1,500  student  goal  by  the  voter  registration  deadline  on  Oct.  12,  NYPIRG  has  been  conducting  a  campus-­wide  registration  blitz.

On  Oct.  9,  10,  and  11,  NYPIRG  set  up  tables  in  the  student  union  (SU),  residence  halls,  and  in  the  lecture  center  (LC).  They  are  also  hosting  a  Rock  the  Vote  concert  in  Hasbrouck  Quad  to  raise  awareness  about  the  importance  of  voting  and  voter  registration  later  this  semester.

In  addition,  NYPIRG  will  be  sponsoring  WKH WKLUG DQG ÂżQDO SUHVLGHQWLDO GHEDWH UHJDUGLQJ foreign  policy  on  Oct.  22  at  8  p.m.  viewing  in  LC  100.  Wood  said,  this  will  help  students  make Â

more  educated  decisions  on  which  candidates  best  represent  them  when  they  go  to  vote. â&#x20AC;&#x153;On  Election  Day,  NYPIRG  will  be  direct-­ ing  students  to  the  polls  and  letting  them  know  where  and  when  they  can  vote  through  class  an-­ QRXQFHPHQWV SKRQH FDOOV SRVWHULQJ DQG Ă&#x20AC;\HU-­ ing,â&#x20AC;?  Wood  said.  Fourth-­year  graphic  design  major  Rebecca  Benedict  said  because  NYPIRG  sets  themselves  up  in  front  of  the  SU  and  Humanities,  where  WKHUH LV D ORW RI VWXGHQW WUDIÂżF WKH\ DSSHDU WR EH both  easily  accessible  and  very  approachable. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They  are  very  present  on  campus  and  have  been  since  the  start  of  the  semester,  bringing  the  upcoming  election  to  everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  attention,â&#x20AC;?  Benedict  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  cool  to  see  students  that  actu-­ ally  care  about  watching  and  discussing  the  de-­ bates  and  are  bringing  awareness  to  voting  and  our  role  in  the  election.â&#x20AC;?

In  the  past  few  national  elections,  less  than  25  percent  of  the  18  to  24  year  old  demographic  attended  the  polls  on  Election  Day.  Wood  said  if  that  number  was  closer  to  50  percent,  it  could  decide  the  turnout  of  the  election.  Wood  said  the  reason  politicians  keep  rais-­ LQJ WKH FRVW RI WXLWLRQ DQG GHSOHWLQJ RXU ÂżQDQFLDO packages  is  because  they  are  well  aware  of  how  low  student  turnout  is. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When  students  vote,  politicians  will  cater  WR OHJLVODWLRQ WKDW EHQHÂżWV WKHP ´ KH VDLG Similarly,  Benedict  said  student  voting  is  important  because  of  the  issues  that  affect  us,  in-­ cluding  paying  for  school,  paying  back  student  loans  and  health  care.   We  make  up  a  population  that  needs  to  be  heard,  she  said.

PHOTO  BY  ROBIN  WEINSTEIN NYPIRG  has  various  voter  registration  booths  throughout  the  campus.

In  addition  to  voting,  students  who  wish  to  get  involved  on  a  volunteer  basis  and  have  their  voices  heard  have  the  opportunity  to  join   NYPIRG. NYPIRG  member  Kenny  Satterlee  said  the  organization  has  given  him  an  outlet  to  put  into  action  the  things  about  the  world  he  wants  to  change.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  empowering  to  do  things  that  have  a  real  impact,â&#x20AC;?  Satterlee  said.  Satterlee  said  NYPIRG  has  helped  him  learn  a  lot  of  different  aspects  of  the  political  sys-­ tem  students  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  normally  look  into.  He  said  it  has  given  him  the  tools  to  become  a  successful  political  activist  and  has  increased  his  level  of  political  awareness  overall.

Wood  said  NYPIRG  also  makes  students  experts  in  grassroots  organizing  and  campaign  strategy,  which  provides  them  with  the  necessary  tools  to  create  the  social  change  that  they  wish  to  see  on  their  campus  and  in  their  local  and  global  community.

The  unique  part  of  the  NYPIRG  chapter  of  SUNY  New  Paltz  is  the  number  of  students  in-­ volved  in  social  justice  campaigns,  and  the  en-­ thusiasm  and  dedication  that  they  have,  Wood  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  is  great  to  see  so  many  students  socially  aware  and  determined  to  spread  that  awareness  to  their  peers,â&#x20AC;?  Wood  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  passion  that  comes  from  these  students  is  unparalleled.â&#x20AC;?

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After  a  recent  meeting  of  the  Liberal  Ad  Hoc  Education  Committee,  faculty  members  have  de-­ cided  to  not  increase  student  seats  on  the  com-­ mittee. $W WKH ÂżUVW VWXGHQW VHQDWH PHHWLQJ RI WKH VH-­ mester,  Vice  President  of  Academic  Affairs  Jona-­ than  Espinosa  said  he  wanted  to  add  three  student  seats  to  the  committee,  raising  the  number  from  WZR WR ÂżYH â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  wanted  to  have  a  student  from  each  school  on  the  committee,  so  there  would  have  been  someone  from  the  business  school  and  the  science  school  and  from  each  school,â&#x20AC;?  Espinosa  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  saw  an  opportunity  to  have  more  repre-­ sentation  on  the  board.  After  the  budget  cuts  a  couple  of  years  ago,  what  we  wanted  was  trans-­ parency  and  ever  since  then  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  been  looking  to  seize  every  opportunity  to  create  that.â&#x20AC;?  The  current  committee  is  made  up  of  18 Â

faculty  members,  three  representatives  of  faculty  governance,  the  Interim  Provost,  two  representa-­ tives  from  Student  Affairs,  two  current  students  and  two  alumni,  according  to  the  SUNY  New  Paltz  website.  The  purpose  of  the  committee  is  to  â&#x20AC;&#x153;review,  analyze,  and  discuss  recent  develop-­ ments  in  undergraduate  and  general  education,  meet  with  faculty  and  departments  to  solicit  cam-­ pus  input;Íž  and  share  information  across  campus  about  principles,  assumptions  and  key  factors  that  are  the  foundation  of  a  strong  undergraduate  education  program  including  general  education,â&#x20AC;?  the  website  said.  Associate  Professor  Stella  Deen,  who  served  as  the  chair  of  the  committee  last  year,  said  the  current  amount  of  student  representation  is  too  much,  and  adding  to  it  would  not  have  been  in  the  best  interests  of  the  committee. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  new  motion  would  have  added  to  the  committee,  and  we  have  been  looking  to  down-­ size  the  current  number  we  already  have,â&#x20AC;?  Deen Â

said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  want  to  reduce  the  number  of  represen-­ tatives  altogether.â&#x20AC;?

Espinosa  said  part  of  the  problem  the  faculty  has  with  student  representation  is  that  students  come  off  as  apathetic  whereas  academic  commit-­ tees  are  concerned.  He  said  he  sees  it  as  his  job  to  make  a  difference  in  this  matter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What  I  get  is  thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  some  friction  between  the  students  and  the  faculty  and  to  the  faculty,  the  students  are  not  as  responsible  as  they  should  be,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;...it  would  be  my  responsibility  to  ¿OO WKRVH VHDWV XS ´ Paul  Zuckerman,  the  current  chair  of  the  Liberal  Education  Ad  Hoc  committee,  said  the  150  faculty  members  who  voted  on  the  amend-­ ment  had  numerous  reasons  to  keep  the  number  of  seats  to  two. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There  are  a  lot  of  reasons  for  us  to  keep  the  number  at  two,â&#x20AC;?  Zuckerman  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  think  ev-­ eryone  who  voted  on  it  could  give  you  different  reasons  for  why  they  voted  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;no.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

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Since  the  committee  is  only  temporary,  Es-­ pinosa  said  he  isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  sure  heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  be  able  to  make  changes  in  its  student  representation  in  the  future. Âł$Q\ RSSRUWXQLW\ , KDYH WR DGG ÂżYH VHDWV ,ÂśOO take,  but  this  semester  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  done  for  now,â&#x20AC;?  Espi-­ nosa  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  revamping  the  guidelines  for  GEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  this  year,  which  is  why  I  wanted  to  have  student  representation  from  each  school.â&#x20AC;?

Espinosa  said  that  more  student  representa-­ tion  would  improve  the  relationship  between  the  student  community  and  administration,  and  that  committees  such  as  the  Liberal  Ad  Hoc  Educa-­ tion  Committee  are  the  only  way  for  students  to  be  heard  by  the  administration.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  more  seats  for  student  representation,  the  better,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  the  only  way  the  administration  hears  our  voice,  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  the  only  channel  they  hear  us  through.  We  can  complain  all  we  want,  but  if  we  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  voice  ourselves  on  those  committees,  then  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  like  they  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t   hear  us.â&#x20AC;?  Â

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Ulster  County  resident  Doreen  Peone  is  all  too  familiar  with  Lyme  disease.  In  2007,  Peone,  47  at  the  time,  began  experiencing  Bellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Palsy  (facial  paralysis)  and  dizziness  at  work.  This  was  the  moment  that  began  her  tumultuous  two-­year  battle.

She  had  been  to  several  doctors  and  un-­ derwent  several  X-­Rays,  MRIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s,  CT  Scans  and  numerous  blood  tests.  She  had  six  Lyme  tests,  all  of  which  came  back  a  false  negative. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  was  told  I  had  MS,  Lupus,  Fibromyal-­ gia,  a  migraine  syndrome,  Transversmyaltisâ&#x20AC;Ś and  I  was  even  told  it  was  just  menopause,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  was  bedridden  for  a  yearâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;  I  lost  my  job,  became  disabled,  fought  for  disability  insurance  and  came  close  to  losing  my  home.â&#x20AC;?  During  the  time  she  was  going  through  all  these  tests,  bacteria  had  entered  her  brain  and  affected  her  nervous  system,  ability  to  speak,  walk,  drive  and  perform  normal  daily  tasks.  She  said  she  felt  like  a  zombie.  Lyme  disease  is  a  tick-­borne  illness,  transmitted  to  humans  through  tick  bites.  The  microscopic  insect  carries  the  bacteria  called  Borrelia  burgdorferi,  which  they  pick  up  after Â

biting  mice  and  deer,  according  to  Pubmed-­ health.com.  After  discovering  she  had  Lyme,  Peone  urged  her  neighbor  Robert  Aiello,  chair  of  the  Ulster  County  Health  and  Personnel  Commit-­ tee,  to  spread  the  word  about  the  disease.  Aiello  said  he  became  so  moved  by  Peo-­ neâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  illness  that  he  started  a  Lyme  Disease  Ad-­ visory  Committee  (LDAC)  in  Ulster  County  ZKHUH GRFWRUV SROLWLFLDQV KHDOWK RIÂżFLDOV WKH public  and  Lyme  disease  victims  can  meet  and  share  their  experiences  with  the  disease  and  promote  awareness.  ³:KHQ , ÂżUVW EHFDPH DZDUH RI /\PH GLV-­ ease,  I  thought  it  was  a  simple  matter  of  a  tick  bite,  a  rash  and  taking  some  antibiotics,â&#x20AC;?  Ai-­ ello  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Little  did  I  realize  how  debilitating  and  insidious  Lyme  disease  is  until  I  saw  my  neighbor  having  to  be  assisted  by  two  people  to  cross  the  street.â&#x20AC;?  The  Ulster  County  LDAC,  established  by  Resolution  Number  55  on  March  20,  2012,  PHW IRU WKH ÂżUVW WLPH RQ $SULO $LHOOR DS-­ pointed  Peone  as  a  member  of  the  commu-­ nity  affected  by  Lyme  disease  because  of  her  knowledge  and  intense  research  of  the  disease.  The  LDAC  report  said  their  mission  was Â

to  study  the  spread  of  Lyme  disease,  review  the  countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  approach  to  policy  decision  and  disperse  information  to  physicians  and  the  public.  The  committeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  goal  was  to  go  be-­ yond  the  normal  preventative  information  which  includes  checking  for  a  bullseye  rash,  tucking  your  pants  into  your  socks  and  check-­ ing  pets  for  ticks.   The  report  said  the  commit-­ tee  would  look  at  all  aspects  of  Lyme  disease  and  â&#x20AC;&#x153;provide  pragmatic  recommendations  to  the  Ulster  County  Legislature.â&#x20AC;?   Aiello  said  there  are  two  schools  of  thought  on  treating  Lyme  disease.  One  is  that  people  with  Lyme  should  be  treated  through  intravenous  antibiotics  (a  28-­day  IV  injection  of  antibiotics  directly  into  the  bloodstream),  or  an  oral  course  of  Doxacillin  that  may  need  to  be  taken  for  more  than  one  year.  Peone  said  there  are  also  alternative  treat-­ ments,  such  as  integrative  medicine,  which  in-­ cludes  supplements  like  B-­12  or  Magnesium,  in  addition  to  antibiotics.  However,  main-­ stream  medicine  must  follow  government  guidelines  in  terms  of  treatment,  she  said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;According  to  the  [Center  for  Disease  Control]  and  [Infectious  Disease  Society  of  America],  a  short  course  of  antibiotics  help,â&#x20AC;? Â

she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Antibiotics  brought  me  to  a  point  where  I  could  function,  but  I  have  never  been  100  percent.â&#x20AC;?

The  surrounding  counties  of  Green,  Dutchess  and  Orange  have  had  higher  rates  of  tick-­borne  illnesses  than  Ulster,  but  between  2007  and  2009  that  changed,  the  LDAC  Re-­ port  and  Recommendations  said.  Ulster  Coun-­ ty  saw  778  cases  of  Lyme  disease  in  2008,  the  KLJKHVW LQ WKH SDVW ÂżYH \HDUV DQG MXVW ODVW year  412  cases  of  Lyme  were  reported  in  the  county. /'$&ÂśV ODVW PHHWLQJ ZDV RQ 6HSW and  Aiello  said  the  state  has  cut  off  funding  putting  them  at  a  standstill.  He  said  despite  his  requests  to  Sen.  Charles  Schumer  and  Con-­ JUHVVPDQ &KULV *LEVRQ IRU GROODUV the  committee  did  not  receive  it.   Although  the  committee  may  have  been  halted,  Peone  maintains  her  Lyme  disease  awareness  website  and  remains  an  activist  for  those  misdiagnosed  and  suffering  from  Lyme. Âł, IHHO OLNH D ORQH VROGLHU ÂżJKWLQJ WKH ZDU of  Lyme  disease,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;This  is  too  scary  for  words.  Something  has  to  change  soon,  or  a  population  of  people  will  become  very,  very  ill.â&#x20AC;?

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After  joining  the  SUNY  New  Paltz  staff  in  2008,  Vice  President  for  Admin-­ istration  and  Finance  Jacqueline  DiSte-­ fano  will  be  leaving  to  take  on  a  new  job.

College  President  Donald  Christian  said  DiStefano  will  begin  her  new  posi-­ tion  as  Vice  President  for  Finance  and  Business  at  St.  John  Fisher  College  in  Rochester,  N.Y.  on  Nov.  5.

During  her  time  at  New  Paltz,  DiS-­ tefano  reported  to  Christian  and  served  as  a  member  of  his  cabinet,  as  senior  non-­academic  administrator  and  chief  ¿ QDQFLDO RIÂż FHU â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  have  been  responsible  for  provid-­ ing  leadership,  vision  and  management  RI WKH FROOHJHÂśV RYHUDOO Âż QDQFLDO RSHUD tions  including  development  and  man-­ agement  of  the  annual  operating  bud-­ get,  facilities  planning  and  construction,  auxiliaries,  human  resources  and  related  business  activities,â&#x20AC;?  DiStefano  said.

DiStefano  said  she  was  particularly  proud  of  creating  transparency,  improv-­ ing  communication  and  increasing  cam-­ SXV NQRZOHGJH RI WKH FROOHJHœV ¿ QDQFHV

and  budget.  Becoming  a  part  of  the  col-­ lege  administration  at  the  peak  of  the  economic  recession  when  the  college  was  receiving  less  taxpayer  support,  DiStefano  said  her  work  was  heavily  in-­ Ă&#x20AC; XHQFHG E\ WKH Âż QDQFLDO FULVLV â&#x20AC;&#x153;Given  these  realities  and  working  with  two  college  presidents  and  other  campus  leaders,  we  led  a  transparent  and  consultative  process  to  achieve  the  nec-­ essary  savings  in  our  budget  to  realign  planned  savings  with  our  diminished  resources,â&#x20AC;?  DiStefano  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;In  our  June  2011  Middle  Sates  re-­accreditation,  the  campus  was  commended  for  its  transpar-­ ent  communication  in  its  budget-­reduc-­ tion  process.â&#x20AC;?

The  physical  transformation  of  campus,  such  as  the  renovations  to  Old  Main,  Crispell  Hall,  currently  Wooster  and  eventually  the  Sojourner  Truth  Li-­ brary,  is  another  achievement  DiStefano  said  she  was  glad  to  have  helped  with  by  directing  the  facilities  team.  However,  she  said  she  was  especially  â&#x20AC;&#x153;blessedâ&#x20AC;?  to  have  developed  positive  relationships  with  the  whole  campus  community,  which  has  given  her  support  that  she  has Â

also  returned.

Christian  said  despite  challenges,  he  and  DiStefano  accomplished  many  things  together,  and  her  guidance  has  been  valuable  throughout  his  presidency. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jackie  and  I  have  been  partners  in  GLIÂż FXOW WKLQJV ² SODQQLQJ DQG FRP municating  a  $6.3  million  budget  reduc-­ tion,  wading  together  through  Hurricane  ,UHQH Ă&#x20AC; RRGZDWHUV DV ZHOO DV JRRG WKLQJV â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  planning  the  investment  of  increased  tuition  revenue  and  celebrating  the  com-­ pletion  of  critical  construction  projects,â&#x20AC;?  Christian  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jackieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  adept  steward-­ VKLS RI RXU EXGJHWV GXULQJ YHU\ GLIÂż FXOW WLPHV KDV SXW XV LQ H[FHOOHQW Âż QDQFLDO shape.â&#x20AC;?  $IWHU Âż QDOL]LQJ D SODQ IRU LQWHULP leadership  of  Administration  and  Fi-­ nance  units,  Christian  said  they  will  begin  a  national  search  for  someone  to  â&#x20AC;&#x153;succeedâ&#x20AC;?  DiStefano,  which  he  said  was  a  more  appropriate  word  as  she  would  be  ³YHU\ GLIÂż FXOW WR UHSODFH ´ The  search  will  follow  the  same  pro-­ cedures  used  for  all  upper-­level  adminis-­ trators,  but  Christian  said  he  will  not  de-­ cide  on  the  responsibilities  of  the  interim Â

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There  will  be  a  farewell  reception  this  fall  to  honor  DiStefano  and  her  con-­ tributions  and  allow  faculty  and  staff  to  say  goodbye,  Christian  said.

While  sad  to  see  her  go,  Christian  said  DiStefanoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  new  position  will  give  her  a  platform  to  show  all  that  she  is  ca-­ pable  of  and  hopes  she  is  successful. â&#x20AC;&#x153;St.  John  Fisherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  enrollments  have  been  growing,  their  budgets  are  sound,  and  Jackie  will  have  many  opportunities  to  apply  her  talent,  experience,  and  skills  to  new  challenges  and  problems,â&#x20AC;?  Chris-­ tian  said.  Although  excited  to  bring  her  30  years  of  experience  to  her  new  role,  DiStefano  said  she  will  miss  the  New  Paltz  community  and  helping  the  college  progress. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  will  miss  the  people:  our  students,  faculty  and  staff.  They  are  incredibly  di-­ verse,  dedicated,  caring  and  so  believe  in  all  that  New  Paltz  is  and  can  be,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  college  is  entering  a  very  ex-­ citing  time...and  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  miss  being  part  of  these  activities  that  are  sure  to  ensure  continued  New  Paltz  success.â&#x20AC;?

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While  some  people  may  think  of  sum-­ mer  jobs  as  a  compulsory  evil  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  an  ex-­ change  of  precious  free  time  for  spending  money  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Daniel  Torres  found  his  future  career  through  his  summer  job.

After  participating  in  a  local  campaign  when  he  was  17,  Torres  said  he  enjoyed  the  experience  so  much  that  the  next  summer  he  volunteered  to  work  for  President  Barack  Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  campaign.  His  experience  work-­ ing  for  a  national  campaign  at  a  local  level  sparked  an  interest  he  continued  to  pursue.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  really  felt  like  I  was  making  a  differ-­ ence  in  my  community  when  I  volunteered  for  the  Obama  campaign  and  when  it  was  over  I  wanted  to  continue  to  be  involved,â&#x20AC;?  Torres  said.   â&#x20AC;&#x153;In  a  way,  I  think  running  for  the  school  board  was  a  part  of  that.â&#x20AC;?

Torres  became  the  youngest  member  of  the  New  Paltz  School  Board  at  18.  Prior  to  running,  he  served  as  the  student  representa-­ tive  on  the  board  of  education  and  sat  on  the  school  board  committee.  Torres  said  he  still  felt  that  the  board  needed  a  new  perspective.  Since  his  arrival,  New  Paltz  schools  have  cut  down  on  paper  consumption  by  beginning  to  use  electronic  report  cards,  nu-­ tritional  facts  are  now  listed  on  all  cafeteria  foods  and  the  board  fought  for  green  initia-­ tives  to  save  tax  payer  dollars.  Torres  said  he  tried  to  make  his  decisions  while  keeping  the  diversity  of  New  Paltz  in  mind.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  thought  [about]  how  a  decision  would  DIIHFW PH D VHQLRU FLWL]HQ RQ D Âż[HG LQFRPH my  parents  and  many  other  groups,â&#x20AC;?  Torres  said.  This  year,  Torres  had  the  opportunity  to  serve  as  a  delegate  at  the  Democratic  Na-­ tional  Convention  (DNC).  He  was  asked  by  a  former  Ulster  County  Democratic  chair-­ PDQ LI KH ZRXOG EH LQWHUHVWHG DQG ÂżOOHG RXW an  application.  Torres  said  no  one  from  Ulster  Coun-­ ty  went  to  the  convention  in  2008  and  he  knew  his  chances  of  serving  as  a  delegate  ZHUH VOLP +H ZDV QRWLÂżHG RI KLV VHOHFWLRQ

in  January  and  said  the  experience  was  un-­ forgettable. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  have  to  say  it  was  one  of  the  most  amazing  experiences  of  my  life,â&#x20AC;?  Torres  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just  feeling  the  energy  in  the  room  when  the  president  accepted  his  nomination  and  the  confetti  fell  was  something  that  I  will  simply  never  forget.â&#x20AC;?  Torres  said  he  arrived  a  few  days  early  to  attend  the  College  Democrats  of  America  FRQYHQWLRQ DQG RIÂżFLDOO\ SDUWLFLSDWHG LQ WKH DNC  on  Sept.  4.  Torres  said  his  favorite  moment  at  the  FRQYHQWLRQ RFFXUUHG RQ WKH ÂżUVW QLJKW â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  made  my  way  up  to  the  front  of  the  stage  and  moved  up  as  people  left,â&#x20AC;?  Torres  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;By  the  time  Michelle  Obama  took  the  stage  I  was  in  the  front  sitting  next  to  a  con-­ gresswoman  from  Texas  and  Jesse  Jackson.â&#x20AC;?

The  convention  proceedings  began  at  5  p.m.  and  continued  until  11  p.m.  Torres  de-­ scribed  his  schedule  as  â&#x20AC;&#x153;hecticâ&#x20AC;?  but  enjoyed  seeing  the  production  behind  the  scenes.  Torres  said  he  was  able  to  see  the  speak-­ ers  and  performers  preparing  for  the  events  and  watched  the  Foo  Fighters  perform  an  acoustic  set  for  100  people.  He  said  as  he  looked  around  at  the  crowd,  it  was  obvious  that  because  of  his  age  he  was  the  only  one  to  recognize  the  band.   JoAnne  Myers,  a  professor  of  political  science  at  Marist  College,  said  having  Tor-­ UHV LQ KHU FODVVURRP EHQHÂżWHG KHU VWXGHQWV â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dan  is  the  epitome  of  a  political  ani-­ mal,â&#x20AC;?  Myers  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;His  enthusiasm  for  all  things  political  is  actually  catchy,  so  having  him  in  a  [political  science]  class  is  good  for  his  fellow  students.â&#x20AC;?

Myers  also  said  his  real  world  experi-­ ence  allows  him  to  make  connections  with  the  theories  taught  in  class.  Torres  then  shares  these  connections  with  the  class  to  enhance  the  discussions.  As  the  Northeast  Director  for  the  Col-­ lege  Democrats  of  America,  Torres  has  spo-­ ken  to  students  from  all  around  the  country.  He  said  that  the  feeling  of  excitement  many  saw  during  the  2008  election  is  still  present. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No  one  believes  that  what  was  started Â

Daniel Torres attended the 2012 Democratic National Convention.

only  four  years  ago  is  done,  but  people  re-­ alize  that  so  much  of  that  can  be  undone  quickly  if  we  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  actively  participate  in  this  election  cycle,â&#x20AC;?  Torres  said.  Torres  also  said  that  this  yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  election  is  not  necessarily  about  either  candidate,  but  instead  about  the  values  that  dictate  our  country.  He  believes  students  should  ask  them-­

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selves  some  fundamental  questions  to  ef-­ fectively  choose  a  candidate.  He  said  he  be-­ lieves  that  more  young  people  need  to  voice  their  opinions  and  get  involved  in  politics. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  think  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  incredibly  important  for  young  people  to  get  involved,â&#x20AC;?  Torres  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our  generation  is  so  greatly  affected  by  these  topics  and  I  would  argue  more  so  than  any  other  demographic.â&#x20AC;? Â

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Students Consider Candidates HONORS CENTER HOSTS PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE SCREENING By  Tanique  Williams Copy  Editor  |  Twilliams91@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu Interim  Director  of  the  Honors  Center  Patricia  Sulli-­ van  and  political  science  Professor  Nancy  Kassop  hosted  a  public  viewing  of  the  Wednesday,  Oct.  3  presidential  debate  between  President  Barack  Obama  and  Republican  presidential  candidate  Gov.  Mitt  Romney.   The  screening,  formally  called  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Public  Presidential  Debate  Viewing  with  Post-­Debate  Discussion,â&#x20AC;?  was  held  in  the  Coykendall  Science  Building  (CSB)  Auditorium.   Sullivan  said  the  event  began  at  8:45  p.m.  with  intro-­ ductions  and  suggestions  for  viewing  the  debate.  Attendees  were  asked  to  follow  claims  made  by  candidates  and  the  support  they  offered  for  those  claims,  relevant  and  irrel-­ evant  comments,  ad  hominem  attacks  and  red  herrings.  The  post-­debate  discussion,  which  went  until  11:40  p.m.,  would  happen  if  students  were  interested  enough  to  stick  around  for  it,  Sullivan  said.   Depending  on  the  au-­ dience  size  she  said  they  were  going  to  consider  having  people  work  in  small  groups  to  â&#x20AC;&#x153;processâ&#x20AC;?  the  debate  along  the  lines  of  the  suggestions  for  the  viewing.  During  the  discussion,  Sullivan  and  Kassop   asked  the  audience  if  the  debate  helped  them  differentiate  between  the  two  candidates,  and  whether  those  differences  were  based  on  the  issues,  Sullivan  said.  She  said  that  a  number  RI DXGLHQFH PHPEHUV FRPPHQWHG RQ ODFN RI VSHFLÂż FV RQ the  part  of  both  candidates.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;There  did  seem  to  be  agreement,  however,  that  the  debate  served  the  purpose  of  helping  listeners  distinguish  between  the  two  candidates  based  on  values  and  philoso-­ phy,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  Third-­year  sociology  major  Ashley  Sanchez  said  she  HQMR\HG ZDWFKLQJ WKH GHEDWH DOWKRXJK LW KDG LWV Ă&#x20AC; DZV â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  feel  as  if  the  two  candidates  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  let  the  other  speak,â&#x20AC;?  Sanchez  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;There  was  a  lot  of  back  and  forth  within  the  debate,  I  feel  as  if  they  were  on  the  same  topic  for  extremely  long.â&#x20AC;?  Sanchez  said  she  would  have  normally  watched  the  de-­ bate  in  her  room,  but  decided  to  attend  the  viewing  because  she  thought  there  might  be  some  extra  credit  involved  for  one  of  her  classes.  She  said  she  was  also  interested  in  hearing  the  differ-­ HQW RSLQLRQV WKDW ZRXOG EH ÂłĂ&#x20AC; RDWLQJ DURXQG WKH URRP´ DV

to  why  people  had  their  minds  set  on  a  particular  candidate  to  be  elected.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  wanted  to  see  how  everyone  would  react  as  the  de-­ bate  went  on  and  I  had  never  attended  a  debate  in  that  fash-­ ion,â&#x20AC;?  Sanchez  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;A  lot  of  people  were  bashing  Obama  because  he  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  seem  prepared  and  had  his  head  down  most  of  the  time,  which  I  disagree  with.â&#x20AC;?  Sullivan  said  there  were  also  discussions  about  the  candidatesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  debate  styles.  She  said  attendees  seemed  to  agree  that  Romney  was  more  aggressive  in  responding  WR TXHVWLRQV DQG WKDW 2EDPDÂśV VW\OH ZDV ÂłĂ&#x20AC; DWWHU ´ EXW WKDW there  were  some  disagreements  on  whether  Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  style  seemed  more  â&#x20AC;&#x153;presidentialâ&#x20AC;?  than  Romneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.  Sullivan  said  students  seemed  engaged  with  the  debate  and  the  discus-­ sion.  The  premise  for  public  debate  viewings,  Sullivan  said,   is  to  avoid  partisanship  and  focus  on  the  substance  of  the  event.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  our  aim  during  post-­debate  discussion,â&#x20AC;?  Sulli-­ van  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nancy  Kassop  studies  the  presidency  and  I  study  political  communication.  The  content  of  the  debates  and  rhetorical  strategies  in  the  debates  correspond  with  our  re-­ search  and  teaching  interests.â&#x20AC;?

Sullivan  and  Kassop  decided  not  to  use  the  term  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Debate-­Watchâ&#x20AC;?  in  later  publicity  for  the  event  to  avoid  confusion  between  what  they  were  doing  and  the  type  of  presidential  debate-­watches  that  took  place  four  years  ago.  Sullivan  said  there  used  to  be  a  formal  set  up  for  those  pro-­ JUDPV ZKHUH WKHUH ZHUH VSHFLÂż F TXHVWLRQV WR SRVH IROORZ ing  the  debate,  and  a  requirement  for  groups  to  report  back.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  group  that  handled  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Debate-­Watchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  four  years  ago  doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  exist,â&#x20AC;?  Sullivan  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some  educators  have  models  for  debate-­watching  but  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  decided  against  do-­ ing  this  because  the  debates  run  so  late  on  the  East  Coast.â&#x20AC;?

Sullivan  said  students  need  to  watch  the  debates  be-­ cause  it  is  their  responsibility  to  be  informed.  She  said  that  it  is  important  for  all  student  debate-­viewers  to  be  critical  thinkers.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;This  means  making  every  effort  to  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;bracketâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  their  pre-­ dispositions  and  concentrate  on  the  claims  and  substantia-­ tion  of  those  claims  made  by  the  candidates,â&#x20AC;?  Sullivan  said.   Kassop  and  Sullivan  will  host  another  public  debate  viewing  and  post-­debate  discussion  on  Oct.  16,  in  the  CSB  auditorium. Â

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Each week, one of the members of our Copy Desk will share their culinary chops with you. Bon appetit!

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  Greek.  Therefore,  I  love  feta  cheese.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  good  with  pasta,  potatoes  (baked,  fried  or  boiled),  rice,  salad  and  bread.  Since  the  only  feta  cheese  you  can  get  here  is  located  in  Hasbrouck  and  tastes  like  absolutely  nothing,  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  going  to  show  you  how  to  make  the  salty  and  delicious  goat  product  (it  tastes  more  ap-­ pealing  than  it  sounds).  For  the  freshest  feta  cheese,  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  prob-­ ably  want  to  take  a  quick  trip  to  Greece.  You  can  also  go  to  Titan  Foods  in  Astoria,  Queens  ZKLFK LV EDVLFDOO\ WKH VDPH WKLQJ 7KH Âż UVW ingredient  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  need  is  one  gallon  of  goatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  milk.  It  might  be  easier  to  buy  it  at  Titan  Foods,  but  I  like  to  make  it  the  natural  way.  A  goat  of  Greek  heritage  obviously  pro-­ duces  the  best  milk  but  unless  you  took  that  trip  to  Greece,  an  American  goat  will  do.  Make  sure  you  are  gentle  with  the  goat  as  you  squeeze  the  milk  from  its  teat.  You  can  play  some  Greek  music  as  you  do  the  deed  to  calm  the  goat  down.  Notis  Sfakianakis  is  always  a  goat  favorite.  Other  ingredients  include  yogurt,  rennet  (enzymes  produced  in  a  mammalian  stom-­ DFK DQG ZDWHU 6LQFH UHQQHW LV GLIÂż FXOW WR Âż QG LQ D JURFHU\ VWRUH , VXJJHVW EX\LQJ LW RQ line  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  unless  you  have  a  spare  mammalian  stomach  lying  around  in  your  freezer.   Now  this  is  where  it  gets  tricky.  Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  supposed  to  cut  the  mixture  in  some  elabo-­ rate  circular  way  and  use  a  strainer  and  mold.  Since  I  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  really  know  what  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  talk-­ ing  about,  I  recommend  taking  that  trip  to  Greece  while  playing  with  a  goat  and  enjoy-­ ing  the  feta  cheese  served  to  you  by  some  waiter  with  a  sweet  Greek  accent.

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Thrifty Threads STUDENTS MANUFACTURE CLOTHES TO SAVE CASH By  Suzy  Berkowitz Copy  Editor  |  Sabbasberkowitz90@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

The  rising  cost  of  clothes  can  put  college  students  on  a  spending  freeze,  so  many  have  learned  to  avoid  the  chill  by Â

manufacturing  their  own  garments.  The  process  requires  skill,  patience  and  ded-­ ication,  but  it  maintains  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  and  in  some  FDVHV Âż OOV ² D ZDOOHW â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  started  making  my  own  clothes  sophomore  year  of  high  school,â&#x20AC;?  Re-­ EHFFD $QDSRO D Âż UVW \HDU WKHDWHU PDMRU with  a  concentration  in  costume  design,  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  was  sick  of  all  the  clothes  I  found  in  regular  stores  so  I  started  making  my  own.  Clothes  that  were  pretty  and  well-­ made  were  expensive,  so  I  thought  if  I  learned  how  to  make  clothes  that  were  well-­made,  it  could  be  more  affordable  and  accessible.â&#x20AC;?

Anapol  isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  the  only  trendset-­ ter.  Costume  shop  manager  Eleanor  Wolfe  said  the  costume  storage  room  in  the  Theater  Department  is  full  of  secondhand  garments.

Considering  department  budget  constraints,  recycling  clothing  saves  money  and  the  envi-­ ronment,  Wolfe  said.  Buying  garments  from  secondhand  shops  and  al-­ tering  a  size  or  a  style  isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  GLIÂż FXOW ZKHQ RQH

has  the  resources  and  the  knowledge.

Wolfe  said  she  began  making  her  own  clothing  when  she  was  9  since  it  was  cheaper  to  buy  a  pattern  than  it  is  to  buy  fabrics.  She  said  she  spent  years  after  col-­ lege  professionally  altering  garments,  working  in  university  costume  shops  and  eventually  on  Broadway.  Like  Wolfe,  students  started  manu-­ facturing  their  own  clothes  as  childhood  hobbies,  but  continue  as  a  money-­sav-­ ing,  and  for  some,  money-­making  tech-­ nique.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Junior  year,  I  wore  most  of  my  clothes  to  school  and  people  would  ask  me  to  make  stuff  and  I  would  make  my  friends  dresses  for  birthdays  and  Christmas,â&#x20AC;?  Anapol  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  even  made  a  few  prom  dresses  and  Halloween  cos-­

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tumes.  It  was  cool  making  money  off  my  talents.â&#x20AC;?

What  began  as  a  thrifty  hobby  has  turned  into  a  career  path.  Anapol  said  she  originally  wanted  to  be  a  fashion  designer,  but  instead  chose  to  pursue  theatrical  costuming  because  she  prefers  everyone  working  together  to  put  on  a  show  rather  than  competing  against  each  other  for  the  sake  of  their  own  line.  Julia  Fell,  a  third-­year  theater  ma-­ MRU ZLWK D FRQFHQWUDWLRQ LQ FRVWXPH GH sign  said  she  has  been  making  her  own  clothes  since  she  was  young,  but  has  ³IDLOHG KRUULEO\´ RQ FHUWDLQ SURMHFWV EH cause  she  was  self-­taught.  ³7KRVH >SURMHFWV@ DUH PRVWO\ IURP before  I  actually  got  to  study  costume  design  and  proper  construction  tech-­ niques,â&#x20AC;?  Fell  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;There  are  so  many  little  tricks  that  you  may  have  no  idea  about  if  you  arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  learning  from  professionals.â&#x20AC;?

Self-­manufacturing  their  own  clothes  keeps  students  ¿ QDQFLDOO\ VWDEOH EXW RQH XQGHUO\LQJ EHQHÂż W $QDSRO said,  is  that  the  process  it-­ self  is  humbling.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everything  that  goes  into  putting  a  garment  together  is  an  experi-­ ence.  In  todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  world,  with  sweatshops  and  everything,  people  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  know  where  their  clothes  come  from,â&#x20AC;?  Anapol  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Making  your  own  clothes,  you  know  exactly  whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  go-­ ing  into  the  garment  and  what  you  wear.â&#x20AC;?

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THIRD ANNUAL O+ FESTIVAL CELEBRATES WELLNESS AND THE ARTS By  Carolyn  Quimby Over  Columbus  Day  weekend,  the  O+  Festival  brought  people  together  to  heal  through  medicine,  music  and  art.  The  third  annual  O+  Festival  took  place  in  Kingston  from  Friday,  Oct.  5  through  Sunday,  Oct.  7.  The  festival  cel-­ ebrated  the  arts,  provided  access  to  health  care  and  endeavored  to  aid  the  communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  well-­being.

Joe  Concra,  a  co-­founder  and  co-­direc-­ tor  of  the  festival,  said  the  event  began  after  he  spoke  to  a  dentist  who  offered  free  den-­ tal  work  to  a  band  he  liked  in  exchange  for  their  playing  a  show  in  Kingston.  He  said  the  idea  started  with  one  doctor  and  a  group  of   artists  and  musicians  huddled  around  a  kitchen  table.  ³7KLV \HDU ZH KDYH ÂżYH GLIIHUHQW FRP-­ mittee  levels  [Art,  Music,  Health,  Volun-­ teers  and  Sponsorship],  but  as  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  grow-­ LQJ ZH ÂżQG PRUH WKLQJV WKDW QHHG WR JHW done,â&#x20AC;?  Concra  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  learning  as  we  go.â&#x20AC;?

From  the  Kick-­Off  Parade  on  Friday  to  Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  O+  Wrap  Party  at  Stockade  Tavern,  the  schedule  was  jam-­packed  with  more  than  40  musical  acts,  health  and  well-­ ness  expos,  yoga  classes,  art  installations  and  workshops.

Mike  Amari,  BSP  Loungeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  booking  agent  and  guitarist  of  Lovesick,  said  the  Lounge  was  one  of  the  festivalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  four  ma-­ jor  venues.  The  other  major  venues  were  Stockade  Tavern,  Keegan  Ales  and  The  Old  Dutch  Church.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  O+  music  committee  went  through  over  150  band  submissions,  chose  about  40  for  the  fest  and  scheduled  who  would  play  where,â&#x20AC;?  Amari  said.

Local  performers  included  New  Paltz  bands  The  Felice  Brothers,  Breakfast  in  Fur,  Nelsonvillains,  The  Sweet  Clemen-­ tines  and  Tigeriss.  Danny  Asis,  guitarist  of  Tigeriss,  said  GXH WR VFKHGXOLQJ FRQĂ&#x20AC;LFWV LQ WKH SDVW WKH band  never  had  the  opportunity  to  apply  to Â

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The  O+  Festival  took  place  over  Columbus  Day  weekend  in  Kingston,  N.Y.

O+,  but  they  were  free  this  year  and  bass  player  and  singer  Lara  Hope  seized  the  op-­ portunity.  He  said  the  band  played  at  the  %63 /RXQJH DQG WKHLU ÂżUVW \HDU DW WKH IHVWL-­ val  was  â&#x20AC;&#x153;killer.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  really  great  to  see  so  many  differ-­ ent  people  and  organizations  getting  togeth-­ er...to  make  such  an  event  happen,â&#x20AC;?  Asis  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;No  matter  where  you  walked  up-­ town,  there  was  something  going  on,  from  the  Stockade  Tavern  all  the  way  to  the  Old  Dutch  Church.  You  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  see  something  like  that  every  day.â&#x20AC;?  Unlike  at  other  festivals,  O+  perform-­ ers  arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  compensated  monetarily.  Instead,  they  barter  their  artistic  contributions  for  dental,  medical  and  holistic  services  from  health  care  providers.  Dr.  Emily  Bobson,  O+  clinic  comple-­ mentary  subcommittee  co-­director,  said  she  was  in  charge  of  chiropractic  care  as  well  as  organizing  and  maintaining  alternative Â

practices.  She  said  the  festival  offers  anoth-­ er  way  of  approaching  health  care.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;[O+]  is  giving  someone  the  opportuni-­ ty  to  heal  the  way  they  want  to  heal  instead  of  being  told  how  to,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  provid-­ ing  services  in  that  gray  area,  and  [show-­ ing]  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  possible  to  have  these  services  be  provided  without  having  to  go  through  the  medical  chain  of  command.  Bartering  isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  new.  We  just  forgot  about  it.â&#x20AC;?  Amari  said  the  idea  behind  O+  is  pro-­ gressive  and  its  message  is  important  to  the  community.  He  said  because  he  performed,  the  festival  set  up  and  paid  for  his  dentist  appointment  during  which  he  received  X-­ rays  and  a  full  cleaning.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Health  care  costs  are  out  of  control  and  most  artists  [like  me]  do  not  have  any,  and  if  they  do  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  very  basic  .  .  .  so  the  val-­ ue  of  O+  is  tremendous  and  vital,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  saw  this  really  strong,  creative,  Uptown  Kingston  community  coming  together  for Â

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what  I  eventually  understood,  and  is  a  great  cause  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  bartering  the  medicine  of  art  for  the  art  of  medicine.â&#x20AC;?  The  O+  Festival  is  important  because  it  helps  to  foster  both  community  and  culture,  Concra  said.   â&#x20AC;&#x153;Artists  and  musicians...started  [this  festival]  out  of  necessity,  but  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  grown  into  something  else  which  I  think  is  great,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  showing  the  equal  value  between  art  and  culture.â&#x20AC;?

Bobson  said  she  liked  the  festivalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  sense  of  community  not  only  between  health  care  providers  and  the  public,  but  also  between  the  allopathic  [medical]  and  holistic  doctors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  community  building  is  what  in-­ spires  me  the  most,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;[O+]  pro-­ vides  exposure  to  another  way  of  approach-­ LQJ KHDOWK FDUH :H FDQ DOO EHQHÂżW IURP WKH healing  process  of  music.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  good  for  your  soul.â&#x20AC;?

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It’s that time of year again – it’s time to register to vote.

We’ve written this editorial before, countless times in fact, but now more than ever political fever is rush-­ ing through the cold October air, and if you don’t act fast you’ll be left behind in the barren wasteland of po-­ litical unawareness.

We at The New Paltz Oracle feel that every stu-­ dent, both on and off campus, should be registered to vote locally and should make every effort possible to secure their right as an American citizen before the Oct. 12 registration deadline approaches for our NYP-­ IRG chapter.

Last presidential election, young voters came out to the voting booths in record numbers. In fact, the sec-­ ond highest number of voters between the ages of 18 to 29 came out to vote in 2008. This needs to continue, but unfortunately recent elections have not had such lively outcomes.

We understand that this election cycle has left many of those voters distraught and disillusioned with the po-­ litical atmosphere — the feeling of hope and change KDV ODUJHO\ EHHQ GHÀ DWHG E\ SDUWLVDQ ELFNHULQJ DQG D sense of standstill that is evident in almost any young voter’s responses to the election this time around.

But, that means now our vote counts more than ever. In election cycles since the 2008 presidential elec-­ tions, on-­campus voting has turned in dreadful numbers and left volunteers in the Student Union Multi-­Purpose Room scratching their heads.

If we SUNY New Paltz students are as politically conscious and progressive as we love to boast, then it is time to reverse these numbers and have our voices heard come November.

We have activist clubs across campus screaming at every walking member of the campus community to take the mind-­numbingly easy second to register to vote in New Paltz. If you are walking to class one morning, take the extra second to register — these volunteers are taking time out of their day to convince you to par-­ take in the most basic form of American citizenship, the least you can do is make their hard work worth it.

NYPIRG has done an excellent job in trying to get students to register to vote. They said since the begin-­ ning of the semester they have collected 1,400 newly registered students and are now just 100 people shy of their goal. This is certainly uplifting news, but register-­ LQJ LV RQO\ WKH ¿ UVW VWHS It is important to be politically aware, not only ev-­ ery four years when it becomes trendy to talk politics, but all year, every year. Please take the time to pick

up your local newspapers, read stories online, talk to your fellow students and become aware of the issues at hand.

We implore students to take a few moments every day and learn how to not only become well versed in the various plaguing issues that are constricting our country, but also learn how to contextualize them.

While some students may have already registered, we urge you to consider re-­registering to allow you to vote in New Paltz. Absentee ballots and reminders are simply not enough to get many students to vote from college. Registering in New Paltz will not only force you to get up and vote, but will make you an active member in the larger community voice — which is something all students should strive for.

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LETTER Dear  Editor: I  am  writing  in  response  to  the  ar-­ ticle  titled  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bees,  Bees,  Everywhere,â&#x20AC;?  which  was  published  in  the  Oct.  4  edi-­ tion  of  the  Oracle.  The  insects  featured  in  photographs  on  both  the  front  page  and  again  in  the  article  itself  were  not  bees  of  any  kind,  but  in  fact  yellow  jacket  wasps.  Now  this  may  seem  overly  picky,  but  as  an  insect  biologist  and  an  edu-­ cator  I  am  compelled  to  draw  attention  to  this  inaccuracy.  More  importantly,  a  major  point  made  in  the  article  was  the  potential  public  health  hazard  posed  by  these  stinging  insects  to  members  of  the  campus  community  with  venom  aller-­ gies.  Individuals  may  react  differently  to  different  kinds  of  stinging  insect  ven-­ oms.  It  is  possible  that  someone  who  is  allergic  to  honeybee  venom  is  not  al-­ lergic  to  yellow  jacket  venom  and  vice  versa.  Garbage  cans  across  campus  are  currently  being  visited  by  large  num-­ bers  of  scavenging  yellow  jackets  and  not  honeybees,  and  this  seemingly  triv-­ ial  detail  may  be  of  great  importance  to  students,  staff  and  faculty  who  have  VSHFLÂż F DOOHUJLHV â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  beginning  of  wisdom  is  to  call  things  by  their  right  namesâ&#x20AC;?  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  Chinese  Proverb -­  Aaron  Haselton

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Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  1:17  a.m.,  the  earliest  hours  of  Oct.  10  and  I  have  to  be  up  for  P.A.  Reporting  in  less  than  seven  hours.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  useless  to  try  sleeping  now;Íž  I  have  this  weird  theory  that  if  I  canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  get  at  least  seven  and  a  half  hours  of  sleep  in  a  night,  I  can  sleep  for  only  three  hours.  Anything  longer  will  leave  me  unable  to  leave  my  sheets.

I  stare  at  my  dark  ceiling  as  music  plays  softly  and  I  try  to  clear  my  head.  There  are  too  many  things  going  on,  which  isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  by  any  means  abnormal.  And  then  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mr.  Brightsideâ&#x20AC;?  by  The  Killers  comes  on.  I  groan,  run  a  hand  through  my  hair  and  neglect  to  change  it.  The  song  was  one  of  my  favorites  in  middle  school.

It  also  speaks  to  every  romantic  feel-­ ing  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  had  in  my  time  at  New  Paltz.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  now  1:25  a.m.  and  I  have  no  problems  wallowing  in  my  emotion-­ al  volatility  for  a  little  bit,  or  for  three  hours.  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  used  to  the  latter.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  always  been  more  intuitive  than  any  normal  person  would  want  to  be.  Maybe  some  people  want  to  be  more  so,  but  it  can  be  really  awful.  If  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  me,  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  known  the  exact  second  when  the  feelings  someone  had  for  you  ended.  The  feelings  erode  over  time,  but Â

thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  an  exact  moment  when  you  know  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  over  and  thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  nothing  you  can  do.  You  canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  help  it  if  they  like  someone  else  more  than  you.  You  can  cling  for  dear  life  as  much  as  you  want,  but  thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  no  stopping  the  person  you  like  from  having  the  feelings  that  they  have.  If  they  like  someone  else,  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  it.  They  may  be  insensitive  about  it  and  they  may  have  betrayed  every  drop  of  trust  you  gave  to  them,  but  thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  no  changing  it.

And  then  it  becomes  a  sport  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  a  spectator  in.  Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  try  to  be  secretive  about  it,  but  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  all  blatantly  obvious.  A  JODQFH Âż OOHG ZLWK ZDUPWK WKDW ODVWV WRR long  is  the  most  freezing  thing  to  the  per-­ son  who  wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  meant  to  catch  it.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  little  past  1:30  a.m.  and  the  song  is  over.  Then  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Someday  You  Will  Be  Lovedâ&#x20AC;?  by  Death  Cab  For  Cutie  comes  on.  The  shade  of  it  all,  it  couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  get   any  worse.

That  song  is  one  of  the  most  beauti-­ IXO ,ÂśYH HYHU KHDUG EXW , GHÂż QLWHO\ KDYH a  certain  amount  of  hate  for  it.  How  noble  you  must  feel  if  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  ever  been  that  person.  If  you  left  some-­ one,  and  the  reason  you  gave  them  wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  the  truth  and  the  only  thing  you  leave  them  is  unsure  reassurance  that  RQH GD\ WKH\ÂśOO Âż QG VRPHWKLQJ EHWWHU You  should  just  tell  them  the  truth.   Oh  sure,  your  reason  may  be  painful,  but  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  never  going  to  be  as  painful  as  a  lie Â

you  told  to  try  to  ease  their  pain.   Lies  are  so  thin  these  days,  and  they  only  get  more  transparent  as  time  goes  by.  Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  never  keep  it  for  long.  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  never  been  in  love.  I  know  what  the  feeling  of  your  heart  breaking  is  like.  Being  in  love  doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  require  you  to  feel  such  pain.  Some  peo-­ ple  with  too  much  empathy  (if  there  is  such  a  thing,  which  I  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  think  there  is)  experience  heartbreak  several  times  a  week.  Not  being  in  love  doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  mean  you  are  unable  to  know  the  feeling  of  a  bullet  going  through  your  chest  and  your  heart  exploding  into  glass-­like  shards  in  every  direction.  I  come  back  to  reality  feeling  light  as  a  feather  and  like  a  sinking  anchor  all  at  once.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tin  Manâ&#x20AC;?  by  the  Avett  Brothers  is  playing  now.  Sometimes  I  like  to  think  about  how  much  easier  day-­to-­day  life  would  be  if  you  couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  feel  anymore,  and  then  I  quickly  decide  that  would  actually  be  the  most  awful  thing  to  be:  emotionless.

Nothing  feels  better  than  knowing  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  moving  on  and  that  the  pain  you  suffered  is  easing.  Maybe  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  greatest  pleasure:  knowing  that  mo-­ ments,  no  matter  how  long  or  short,  are  Ă&#x20AC; HHWLQJ :KDW \RX GRQÂśW ZDQW WR GULYH you  insane  canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  once  you  realize  that  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  not  stuck  and  there  is  room  to  move  forward.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  now  2  a.m.  Maybe  my  theory  is  wrong  and  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  try  getting  some  sleep.

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Analysis:  Sunday  Football  Shows  Promise By  Caitlin  Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor Contributing  Writer  |   N02405686@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

This  week  in  NFL  football,  several  of  Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  games  ended  with  interest-­ ing  outcomes.  To  celebrate  the  beginning  of  Breast  Cancer  Awareness  Month,  the  1HZ <RUN *LDQWV ZRUH SLQN Ă&#x20AC; DJV DQG pink  ribbon  stickers  on  their  helmets  to  show  their  support.  The  Giants  made  up  for  their  loss  against  the  Philadelphia  Eagles  last  week  with  their  win  against  the  Cleve-­ ODQG %URZQV 7KH Âż UVW WRXFKGRZQ RI WKH game,  scored  by  WR  Josh  Gordon,  put  Cleveland  on  the  board,  but  not  for  long.  :5 9LFWRU &UX] VFRUHG KLV Âż UVW RI WKUHH touchdowns  for  the  Giants  shortly  after.  Other  star  players  for  the  Giants  dur-­ ing  this  match  were  DB  Stevie  Brown,  who  managed  two  interceptions  that  turned  the  ball  back  over  in  favor  of  Big  Blue  as  well  as  RB  Ahmad  Bradshaw,  who  scored  another  touchdown.  The  game-­saving  play  was  LB  Chase  Black-­

burnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  interception  in  the  end  zone,  which  completely  rejected  Browns  QB  Brandon  Weedenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  close  attempt  at  another  seven  points.  The  game  ended  with  a  score  of  41-­ 27  victory  for  the  G-­men.  The  team  will  be  moving  on  to  San  Francisco  to  face  the  HUV QH[W 6XQGD\ ZKLFK ZLOO EH WKH Âż UVW time  the  two  teams  have  seen  each  oth-­ er  since  last  yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  NFL  playoffs.  Also  on  Sunday,  the  In-­ dianapolis  Colts  played  the  Green  Bay  Packers  in  India-­ napolis.  The  Colts  clinched  the  game  LQ LWV Âż QDO

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On  July  30,  SUNY  New  Paltzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Basketball  program  welcomed  new  Assistant  Coach  Keith  Hack  to  the  nest.  Hack  joined  second-­year  Head  Coach  Mike  Rej-­ niak  for  the  Hawksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  2012-­13  season.  Hack  will  be  re-­ sponsible  for  recruiting,  game-­day  tasks  and  scouting  duties  in  hopes  of  enhancing  the  New  Paltz  Basketball  team  for  seasons  to  come.  The  new  assistant  coach  said  a  position  like  this   has  always  been  a  dream  of  his.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  knew  I  wanted  to  be  a  coach  since  the  age  of  10,â&#x20AC;?  Hack  said.

Growing  up  in  Hopewell  Junction,  N.Y.,  Hack  has  a  history  of  both  coaching  and  playing  basketball  in  the  area.  Hack  spent  two  years  as  an  assistant  coach  at  Niagara  County  Community  College  (NCCC),  where  he  helped  recruit,  scout,  oversee  academic  achieve-­ ments  of  student-­athletes,  prepare  the  team  and  staff  on  game  day  and  provide  on-­the-­court  instruction.  During  the  2011-­12  campaign,  NCCC  went  19-­9.  Also  during  that  season,  Hack  served  as  the  U-­16  AAU  boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  head  basketball  coach  with  the  716  Bas-­

ketball  Crusaders.

Coming  out  of  his  stint  with  NCCC,  Hack  said  his  time  there  helped  him  gain  the  experience  needed  for  a  fruitful  relationship  with  the  SUNY  New  Paltz  athletic  program. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Coach  [Rejniak]  and  I  have  diversity  in  philoso-­ phy  when  it  comes  to  the  game  and  I  think  that  that  will  really  help  our  team  on  the  court,â&#x20AC;?  Hack  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;By  joining  forces  we  are  capable  of  creating  dynamic  plays  and  my  experience  at  NCCC  gave  me  an  arsenal  of  drills  that  I  hope  will  help  develop  the  teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  agil-­ ity  and  skill  level.â&#x20AC;?

A  Medaille  College  alumnus,  Hack  had  an  im-­ pressive  career  as  a  student  athlete.  He  currently  ranks  among  the  programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  top  10  all-­time  in  career  scor-­ LQJ FDUHHU UHERXQGV FDUHHU Âż HOG JRDOV PDGH FDUHHU JDPHV SOD\HG FDUHHU WKUHH SRLQW Âż HOG JRDOV PDGH DQG career  free  throws  made.

With  his  university  education  focused  on  coach-­ ing,  extensive  experience  on  the  court  and  a  sincere  desire  to  create  a  successful  team  through  qual-­ ity  coaching  strategies,  Hack  hopes  he  can  help  the  Hawks  soar  to  another  level  during  the  2012-­13  sea-­ son  campaign. Â

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Hockey  has  returned.  Not  only  has  it  returned,  but  it  made  its  return  on  ESPN2.

This  past  Tuesday,  fans  got  to  watch  WKH ¿ UVW OLYH KRFNH\ JDPH VLQFH WKH 1+/ playoffs.  It  was  a  breath  of  fresh  air  for  SHRSOH ZKR KDYH EHHQ FUDYLQJ WKH YLHZLQJ pleasure  of  grown  men  ramming  each  other  into  glass  and  skating  up  and  down  the  ice  at  lightning  speed.

Plot  twist:  it  was  a  Kontinental  Hockey  /HDJXH .+/ JDPH ,Q WKH VWHDG RI WKH 1+/ ORFNRXW (631 ZLOO EURDGFDVW .+/ JDPHV IURP 5XVVLD JLYLQJ IDQV WKH RSWLRQ of  seeing  players  like  Washingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Alex-­ DQGHU 2YHFKNLQ DQG %RVWRQÂśV =GHQR &KDUD , KRSH WKDW KDYLQJ WKH .+/ EURDGFDVW RQ (631 LV VRPHWKLQJ WKDW OLJKWV D Âż UH XQ der  both  sides  of  the  lockout.  If  it  doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t,  thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  lot  for  hockey  fans  to  worry  about. )LUVW LI , ZHUH WKH 1+/ , ZRXOG EH HP barrassed  to  see  the  league  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  considered  my  biggest  competition  for  top-­tier  play-­ HUV JHWWLQJ DLUWLPH RQ DQ\ (631 DIÂż OLDWH ,W ZDV RQO\ VHYHUDO \HDUV DJR WKDW WKH .+/ ZDV FRQVLGHUHG D VHULRXV WKUHDW WR WKH 1+/ 7KH SRVVLELOLW\ RI SOD\HUV JRLQJ RYHU WKHUH to  play  wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  just  a  minor  concern;Íž  it  was Â

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