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Students  Gather  For  Women’s  Equality

Students  rallied  outside  of  the  Student  Union  (SU)  to  voice  their  support  for  the  Women’s  Equality  Agenda.

By  Katherine  Speller Managing  Editor  |  Katherine.Speller79@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

Nearly  50  students  gathered  at  noon  on  Thursday,  Nov.  21  on  the  Student  Union  (SU)  concourse  for  a  ral-­ ly  in  support  of  the  Women’s  Equality  Agenda  (WEA),  a  10  point  piece  of  legislation  strengthening  language  in  laws  against  sexual  harassment,  pay  inequality,  hu-­ PDQ WUDIÂżFNLQJ DQG YDULRXV IRUPV RI GLVFULPLQDWLRQ against  women  that  failed  to  pass  into  law  last  year.  Professor  of  Political  Science  and  International  Relations  Kathleen  Dowley  said  the  event  was  orga-­ QL]HG TXLFNO\ DIWHU VKH UHFHLYHG D SKRQH FDOO IURP 7LI-­ fany  Card,  the  director  of  public  affairs  and  communi-­ cations  at  the  Planned  Parenthood  of  the  Mid-­Hudson  Valley,  who  was  interested  in  setting  up  an  additional  rally  stop  in  New  Paltz.  ³,W ZDV DOO SXOOHG WRJHWKHU YHU\ TXLFN ZKHQ , JRW the  call,â€?  Dowley  said.  â€œBut  it  was  a  good,  solid  turn  out  for  an  event  of  its  size  and  students  really  connect-­ HG ZLWK WKH VSHDNHUV ´ 7UDFH\ %URRNV WKH SUHVLGHQW DQG &(2 RI )DPLO\ 3ODQQLQJ $GYRFDWHV RI 1HZ <RUN 6WDWH ZDV LQWURGXFHG by  Card  during  the  rally  to  discuss  the  importance  of  mobilizing  in  support  of  the  legislation  during  the  next  few  months.  ³2QH RI P\ VWXGHQWV VDLG Âľ, ZDQW WR EH KHU >%URRNV@ when  I  grow  up,â€?  Dowley  said. Dowley  said  that  the  group  in  attendance  was  a  collection  of  students  from  the  Women’s,  Gender  and  Sexuality  Studies  (WGSS)  program  and  other  stu-­ dents  less  familiar  with  activism.  Some  students  from Â

Âľ:RPHQ ,PDJHV DQG 5HDOLWLHV Âś WKH JHQHUDO HGXFDWLRQ introductory  course  within  the  WGSS  program,  were  WKHUH DV SDUW RI WKHLU ÂżQDO SURMHFW D ÂłOLEHUDWLQJ DFWLRQ´ using  the  information  learned  in  their  studies.  â€œIt  can  sometimes  be  intimidating  for  someone  >QHZ WR DFWLYLVP@ WR JHW VWDUWHG ´ 'RZOH\ VDLG Âł%XW WKLV LV D VPDOO VWHS WR GLVPDQWOLQJ WKLQJV OLNH SDWULDUFK\ DQG PDNLQJ WKRVH VRFLDO FKDQJHV ´ $FFRUGLQJ WR WKH VSHFLÂżF ODQJXDJH RI WKH ELOO WKH :($ ÂłZRXOG EUHDN GRZQ EDUULHUV WKDW SHUSHWXDWH GLV-­ crimination  and  inequality  based  on  genderâ€?  through  SRLQWV VHHNLQJ WR VWRS D YDULHW\ RI IRUPV RI GLVFULP-­ ination  and  protect  victims  of  certain  crimes. “It’s  an  update  of  the  language  and  policies  that  are  outdated,â€?  Dowley  said.  7KH DFW VHHNV LQ SDUW WR FKDQJH WKH SKUDVLQJ RI SD\ equality  laws.  Through  replacing  an  exception  that  prohibits  differences  in  pay  for  â€œany  factor  other  than  VH[´ ZLWK RQH WKDW ZDV ÂłEDVHG RQ D ERQD ÂżGH IDFWRU other  than  sex  such  as  education,  training  or  experi-­ HQFH ´ WKH ELOO ZRXOG HQVXUH IDFWRUV DUH MRE UHODWHG ,W also  includes  provisions  that  would  â€œforbid  employers  from  prohibiting  employees  from  sharing  wage  infor-­ mation.â€? 2WKHU SRLQWV LQ WKH DFW ORRN WR DSSO\ WKH FXUUHQW Human  Rights  Law  provisions  on  sexual  harassment  to  employers  with  fewer  than  four  employees;Íž  amend  the  3HQDO /DZ WR DGGUHVV KXPDQ WUDIÂżFNLQJ YLRODWLRQV DQG PDNH RWKHU FKDQJHV WR WKH 6RFLDO 6HUYLFHV /DZ 3XEOLF Health  Law,  Labor  Law  and  Executive  Law. Dowley  said  the  parts  of  the  bill  that  faced  opposi-­

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tion  dealt  with  matters  of  reproductive  rights.  7KH VHFWLRQ ODEHOHG Âł3URWHFWLQJ D :RPDQÂśV )UHH-­ dom  of  Choiceâ€?  proposes  to  align  State  law  with  the  existing  federal  law  which  â€œprotects  a  woman’s  right  to  terminate  her  pregnancy  when  necessary  to  protect  the  health  and  life  of  the  woman.â€? However,  the  bill  explicitly  states  the  section,  la-­ EHOHG Âł3DUW - ´ ZRXOG QRW ÂłFRQĂ€LFW ZLWK DQ\ DSSOLFDEOH state  or  federal  law  or  regulation  permitting  a  health-­ care  provider  to  refrain  from  providing  abortions  due  to  the  provider’s  religious  or  moral  beliefs‌â€?  or  ex-­ tend  anything  beyond  the  federal  laws  already  in  place. Âł,W FRGLÂżHV WKH IHGHUDO ODZV RQ WKH VWDWH OHYHO ´ Dowley  said. Dowley  said  those  unfamiliar  with  the  WEA  legis-­ lation  would  be  surprised  at  how  â€œbasicâ€?  many  compo-­ QHQWV RI WKH DFW DUH GHVSLWH WKH FXUUHQW ODZ ODFNLQJ WKH VSHFLÂżF ODQJXDJH Âł6RPH RI P\ >:RPHQÂśV *HQGHU DQG 6H[XDOLW\ VWXGLHV@ VWXGHQWV ZHUH RI FRXUVH GLVDSSRLQWHG WKDW >WKH OHJLVODWLRQ@ ZDVQÂśW PRUH UDGLFDO RU LQFOXGLQJ ODQ-­ guage  about  trans  women...â€?  Dowley  said.  â€œIt’s  impor-­ tant,  though,  to  recognize  the  small  victories  and  steps  to  that  social  change.â€? Dowley  said  the  goal  of  the  rally  was  to  â€œmobi-­ lizeâ€?  and  garner  support  for  the  act  when  it  is  up  for  consideration  again  in  January.  â€œWomen  are,  after  all,  a  force  in  the  polling  booths,â€?  Dowley  said.  â€œAnd  we  especially  need  to  mo-­ bilize  come  spring.â€?

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RADIOACTIVE  COBALT-­60  FOUND  IN  MEXICO A  missing  shipment  of  radioactive  cobalt-­60  was  found  Wednesday  near  where  the  stolen  truck  transporting  the  material  was  abandoned  in  central  Mexico  state,  the  country’s  nuclear  safety  director  said.  The  highly  radio-­ active  material  had  been  removed  from  LWV VKLSSLQJ FRQWDLQHU RIÂżFLDOV VDLG and  one  predicted  that  anyone  involved  in  opening  the  box  would  be  dead  with-­ in  three  days. REIGNING  HEAVEYWEIGHT  AS-­ PIRES  TO  BE  PRESIDENT Towering  over  his  fellow  protest  leaders,  Vitali  Klitschko,  the  reigning  world  heavy-­ weight  boxing  champion,  has  emerged  as  8NUDLQHÂśV PRVW SRSXODU RSSRVLWLRQ ÂżJXUH and  has  ambitions  to  become  its  next  presi-­ dent. U.S.  ENGAGEMENT  WITH  MY-­ NAMAR’S  MILITARY The  Obama  administration  faced  strong  bipartisan  opposition  Wednes-­ day  to  plans  for  limited  U.S.  engage-­ ment  with  Myanmar’s  powerful  mili-­ tary  due  to  concerns  over  human  rights  and  its  lingering  ties  with  North  Korea. TORONTO  MAYOR New  court  documents  released  Wednesday  suggest  Toronto  Mayor  Rob  Ford  may  have  offered  $5,000  and  a  car  to  suspected  drug  dealers  in  exchange  for  a  video  that  appears  to  show  him  smoking  crack. CELEBRITY  CHEF Celebrity  chef  Nigella  Lawson  admit-­ ted  in  court  Wednesday  that  she  had  taken  cocaine,  but  denied  being  a  ha-­ bitual  user.  She  accused  her  ex-­hus-­ band  of  trying  to  â€œdestroyâ€?  her,  during  a  lacerating  day  of  testimony  that  laid  EDUH D PDWHULDOO\ DIĂ€XHQW EXW GHHSO\ troubled  marriage. HASSAN  AL-­LAQIS The  killing  early  Wednesday  of  Has-­ san  al-­Laqis,  described  as  a  member  of  the  inner  circle  of  Hezbollah  leader  Sheik  Hassan  Nasrallah,  was  the  latest  in  a  series  of  recent  attacks  against  the  Iranian-­backed  group.  Compiled  from  the  AP  Newswire

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Students  and  faculty  gathered  in  Lecture  Center  108  on  Monday  in  attendance  of  the  Queer  Faculty  Panel,  where  four  queer-­identi-­ fying  faculty  members  sat  to  discuss  their  ex-­ periences  as  members  of  higher  education  to  the  audience.  The  panel  was  composed  of  Dean  of  Aca-­ demic  Advising  Mary  Beth  Collier,  Director  RI WKH 2IÂżFH RI 6WXGHQW $FWLYLWLHV DQG 6WXGHQW Union  Services  Mike  Patterson,  Assistant  Pro-­ fessor  of  sociology  and  Women,  Gender  and  Sexuality  Studies  Karl  Bryant  and  Assistant  Professor  of  history  Andrea  Gatzke.  Each  panelist  spoke  about  their  personal  experiences  and  career  in  academia  that  lead  to  their  employment  at  SUNY  New  Paltz  as  well  as  how  they  have  incorporated  their  sexual  ori-­ HQWDWLRQ LQWR WKHLU ÂżHOG RI VWXG\ DQG ZKDW WKH IXWXUH RI TXHHU VWXGLHV LQ WKHLU ÂżHOGV ZLOO EH Collier  began  the  discussion  recalling  her  life  as  a  psychology  graduate  student  in  the  mid-­80s  at  SUNY  Albany  where  she  ran  a  sup-­ port  group  for  gay  men  â€“  a  time  when  HIV  and  AIDS  cases  were  just  beginning  to  emerge.  â€œThere  was  this  disease  killing  [gay  men]  off,â€?  Collier  said.  â€œThey  didn’t  know  why,  they  didn’t  know  how  it  was  transmitted.  So  this  was  a  terrifying  time  for  all  of  us.  They  didn’t  know  what  was  going  on  but  they  were  dying.â€?  â€œThere  were  a  couple  of  jobs  where  I  was  D ÂżQDOLVW , VHHPHG WR EH WKH OHDG ÂżQDOLVW WKH\ were  loving  me  and  then  suddenly  the  call  backs  stopped.  I  was  amazingly  off  the  list,â€?  Collier  said.  Collier  said  that  as  a  queer  individual  she  learned  to  decide  before  applying  for  employ-­ ment  with  a  college  if  it  â€œwas  a  place  you  could  possibly  survive  workingâ€?  and  said  that  there  were  certain  places  where  â€œyou  just  didn’t  even  apply.â€? Â

Patterson  said  he  was  not  an  â€œoutâ€?  student  at  his  undergraduate  university.  So  as  a  psy-­ chology  graduate  student  at  an  Ohio  Lutheran  college  in  the  late-­90s,  he  started  a  queer  stu-­ dent  alliance  already  having  a  frame  of  refer-­ ence  for  the  student  development  process  of  exploring  sexuality.  â€œIt  was  sort  of  a  hush-­hush  â€˜we’ll  meet  but  we’re  not  going  to  tell  people’  type  of  conver-­ sation,  but  it  was  a  really  powerful  experience  for  the  students  who  participated,â€?  Patterson  said.  Patterson  said  the  lack  of  LGBTQ  aware-­ ness  at  the  universities  he  had  previously  worked  at  was  â€œeye-­opening.â€?  Because  of  this,  Patterson  said  he  made  it  a  point  to  include  LGBTQ  issues  in  his  work  even  it  was  not  part  of  his  job.  When  Patterson  applied  to  New  Paltz,  it  ZDV WKH ÂżUVW WLPH KH PDGH WKH FKRLFH WR SXW his  association  with  LGBTQ  advising  on  his  resume.  â€œFor  not  knowing  whether  or  not  if  I  should  make  [LGBTQ  advising  work]  part  of  my  interview  process,  I  was  really  glad  that  I  did  because  I  came  into  the  institution  with  nothing  to  hide,â€?  Patterson  said.  â€œThat  was  a  novel  experience  that  was  new  for  me  that  would  not  have  been  advisable  ten  years  prior.â€?   Bryant  recalled  his  undergraduate  experi-­ ence  in  the  early  1980s  as  being  â€œhorribleâ€?  in  that  there  was  no  support  of  queer  identifying  students  and  a  complete  lack  of  personal  iden-­ tity  development  studies.   â€œThe  idea  that  [sexual  identity]  issues  could  be  studied  and  that  you  could  have  an  intellectual  life  built  around  these  was  nothing  that  was  ever  suggested  to  me  by  any  of  the  professors  or  mentors  I  had  at  the  time  because  none  of  them  were  thinking  that  way,  at  least  where  I  was,â€?  Bryant  said.   When  Bryant  returned  to  college  for  grad-­

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uate  school,  LGBTQ  issues  were  available  for  VWXG\ ZKLFK KHOSHG KLP ³¿JXUH RXW KRZ , ZDV going  to  be  in  my  own  skin.â€?  Bryant  said  that  by  taking  courses  in  queer  studies  he  was  given  a  space  to  learn  about  issues  that  he  had  strug-­ gled  with  personally.  Bryant  said  that  he  had  a  delayed  expe-­ rience  of  acceptance  as  a  queer  individual  â€“  ¿QGLQJ D OLNH PLQGHG DQG RSHQ FRPPXQLW\ of  peers  as  a  graduate  student  in  his  30s  when  PDQ\ TXHHU SHRSOH WRGD\ ÂżQG DQ DFFHSWLQJ community  as  an  undergraduate.   Gatzke  said  during  her  undergraduate  col-­ lege  years  she  was  â€œdeeply  closetedâ€?  and  that  although  friends  that  knew  she  was  queer  did  not  care,  she  herself  felt  â€œpressureâ€?  about  her  sexual  identity.   â€œI  was  living  in  the  basement  apartment  of  someone  I  worked  with  and  my  partner  from  college  was  still  in  New  York  at  the  time,â€?  Gatzke  said.  â€œIt  was  miserable.  It  was  the  most  miserable  year  I’ve  ever  had.  I  think  I  had  it  in  my  head  that  once  I  graduated  college  and  got  away  from  my  girlfriend  I’d  turn  straight  again  and  that  just  didn’t  happen.â€?  Gatzke  decided  to  apply  to  graduate  school  at  Penn  State,  where  she  made  a  con-­ scious  decision  to  be  â€œout,â€?  having  been  miser-­ able  in  an  environment  where  she  could  not  be  herself.  ³,Q P\ ÂżUVW IHZ PRQWKV , FDPH RXW WR WKH people  I  got  to  know  well  and  then  gradually,  over  the  course  of  the  next  year,  everyone  in  the  program  knew  I  was  gay,â€?  Gatzke  said.  â€œAnd  nobody  cared.  That  was  the  thing,  I  was  the  one  that  cared.  A  lot  of  that  was  my  own  homophobia  that  I  was  ironing  out.â€?  Gatzke  said  that  she  learned  to  be  â€œcom-­ fortable  in  her  own  skinâ€?  from  undergraduate  students  at  Penn  State  who  were  far  more  â€œoutâ€?  and  comfortable  with  their  identity  than  her.

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The 56th student senate met on Wednesday, Dec. 4 to discuss Park Point and the results of the Senate-­composed drug survey. The meeting opened with Dan Torres, recent-­ ly elected to New Paltz Town Council, introducing himself to the student senate and opening up a line of communication that he hopes will be used to form a stronger connection between the town and student body. Fourth-­year student Kenny Satterlee pre-­ sented the senate with a website he created, new-­ paltzoffcampushousing.wordpress.com, in order to gain support and a possible endorsement. The website offers off campus students a place to voice their testimony about their off-­campus housing in order for other students to make better decisions when choosing where to live. The website also in-­ FOXGHV VSHFL¿FV DERXW ODQGORUGV DQG UHQWLQJ ODZV “It’s a project that can build upon itself and continue to work for students in the future,” Sat-­ terlee said. The website was met with positive reaction from the senate, and they are looking to endorse the project and create a statement of endorsement to be placed on the website sometime within the

next semester. Village of New Paltz Trustee Ariana Basco presented the senate with apprehensions voiced from attendees at the most recent Park Point hous-­ ing meeting on Nov. 25 at the town hall. As a pro-­ spective housing complex catered toward trans-­ fers, commuters and faculties, Basco expressed multiple concerns she urged the senate to take into consideration before developing a formal opinion to the proposed project. Concerns included the EXLOGLQJ FRPSDQ\ :LOPRULWH ¿OLQJ WKH SURSHUW\ a PILOT, which would allow the complex to not have to pay taxes. “Seventy-­four percent of properties in New Paltz are non-­taxable entities,” Basco said. “There is already a large burden of taxes placed on prop-­ erty owners that do pay taxes.” Basco stressed that Park Point would only in-­ crease those taxes. Another issue was the cost of staying in the “luxury” facility, where Basco said the average amount a student or faculty member would pay is $775, adding this is more than most renters pay to live in New Paltz and that statistics show the aver-­ age faculty member would not be able to afford to stay there. Other issues included the worry of transpor-­ tation for residents from Park Point into town and

the lack of police accountability for patrolling and securing the area. Student Association (SA) Vice President Zachary Rousseas asked if the planned use of natu-­ ral gas at Park Point, as opposed to green energy, could be changed. Basco said if changes were to be made, they would be done by advocating for such changes to the town planning board. Senators Annie Courtens and Rebecca Berlin restated some of the issues brought up by Basco, and urged the E-­board to include building stan-­ dards, student opinion and keeping costs low when writing their formal opinion on Park Point, which will be written Friday. Responses to the senate-­created drug survey were revealed to the senate by Tejada. Ten percent of the student population took the survey. Seventy-­ two percent said they have used of both alcohol and marijuana at some point during college, with varying responses to how often. Sixty-­one percent of them said they have not used any other drugs besides alcohol or marijuana. The majority of stu-­ dents interviewed feel comfortable using marijua-­ na is residence halls. For 79.9 percent of students, a verbal warning was considered adequate for a VWXGHQW¶V ¿UVW PDULMXDQD RIIHQVH Senate will reconvene next semester.

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In the days after the Metro-­North Train derailment, upstate locals are feeling the af-­ termath of the train’s chaos. After the train’s derailment on Sunday, Dec. 1, commuters from the Hudson Valley and Westchester area have noticed frustrating changes in their daily travels to the city. Cor-­ tlandt resident Domenick Scolpini said as of Tuesday, there is only one track up and run-­ ning for his commute to the city. Scolpini said since the accident, his com-­ mute has been longer and more crowded than he is used to. “My commute has been an hour longer in each direction bringing my daily time to about 14 hours a day,” Scolpini said. “I left my house at 5:30 a.m. [Monday] and I’ll be home around 7:30 p.m. It’s exhausting having to squish into a crowded subway then stand on a crowded bus then transfer to a crowded train for the rest of the way, not to mention having to drive home after.” According to a New York Times report, the train had been going 82 miles per hour

in an area that was designated 30 miles per hour. So far, there have been four fatalities and more than 70 passengers injured, with the injuries ranging from minor to severe. There is no conclusion as to what caused the accident, The New York Times reported. However, the National Transportation Safety Board in leading an investigation as to what caused the accident. So far, the board is reported to have been investigating both the train engineer and whether or not the equipment of the train was faulty. Scolpini said although the time of the commute has changed drastically, the attitude and behavior of fellow commuters haven’t changed since the train’s derailment. He said he’s heard several other commuters say WKH\¶UH ¿QH ZLWK WKH FRPPXWH DIWHU WKH DFFL-­ dent. “Commuters are the same they’ve always been,” Scolpini said. “I’ve seen a ton of news reports with people saying its not that bad, it’s only a minor inconvenience. But people com-­ plain about everything anyway, so this is no different...minor inconvenience is something

I’ve learned to expect from the MTA.” New Paltz resident James Leo said us-­ ing the Metro-­North isn’t his usual way of commuting, but that his experience using it on Monday was longer than his usual commute. “I normally use Trailways to get to New York City, but Monday I took Metro-­North to go to the Bronx and it took me three hours each way,” Leo said. Scolpini said the aftermath of the acci-­ dent made him more frustrated with the MTA than he has been in the past, and that the ac-­ cident highlights the faults he has found with the MTA in the past. “I’m paying $343 every month to ride the train, on top of parking costs at the sta-­ tion,” Scolpini said. “Where does my money go? It’s not to train the drivers so they don’t drive 82 miles per hour around a turn when they should be going 30. It doesn’t stop my trains from breaking down requiring me to get off at a stop in the morning, sometimes every day for weeks straight, and transfer to a differ-­ ent train, and it doesn’t go towards improving the technology (or cleanliness) of the trains themselves.”

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RENEWABLE ENERGY President Barack Obama is ordering the federal government to nearly tri-­ ple to 20 percent its use of renewable sources for electricity by 2020. Obama says the plan will help reduce pollution that causes global warming, promote American energy independence and boost domestic energy sources such as solar and wind power that provide thousands of jobs. TRAIN DERAILMENT The man driving the Metro-­North loco-­ motive that went off the rails this week in New York City, killing four passen-­ gers, experienced a momentary loss of awareness as he zoomed down the rails, according to his lawyer and union rep-­ resentative, who called the episode a “nod,” a “daze” or highway hypnosis. TEMPERATURES DIP TO 20-­BE-­ LOW The jet stream hunkered to the south Wednesday, promising to bring nearly a week of temperatures that could dip to 20-­below or worse in the northern midsection of the country, and forcing much of the rest of the nation to deal with unexpectedly cool temperatures. TSA SHOOTING The man charged with killing a Trans-­ SRUWDWLRQ 6HFXULW\ $GPLQLVWUDWLRQ RI¿-­ cer and wounding two other agents and a civilian during a shooting rampage at Los Angeles International Airport made KLV ¿UVW FRXUW DSSHDUDQFH :HGQHVGD\ UNIONS AND PENSION FUNDS PLEDGING TO APPEAL Unions and pension funds are pledging to appeal a historic decision by Judge Steven Rhodes that found Detroit is broke and public pensions in a bank-­ ruptcy aren’t protected by the Michigan Constitution. UTAH SAME-­SEX BAN A federal judge should strike down Utah’s same-­sex marriage ban be-­ cause the precedent has been set by the U.S. Supreme Court and discrimi-­ nation has gone on long enough, an attorney for three gay couples chal-­ lenging the 2004 voter-­passed law argued Wednesday. Compiled from the AP Newswire

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SUNY  New  Paltz  recently  announced  WZR SURPRWLRQV LQ WKH DGPLQLVWUDWLRQ DQG Âż-­ nance  divisions.   Julie  Majak  was  named  the  assistant  vice  president  for  administration  and  Julie  Chiari-­ to  was  named  the  assistant  vice  president  for  budget.   Vice  President  for  Finance  and  Admin-­ istration  Michele  Halstead  said  Chiarito  and  0DMDN ZHUH WKH ÂżUVW FKRLFHV IRU WKH SRVLWLRQV DQG KDYH D ÂłPDVWHU\´ LQ WKHLU ÂżHOG RI ZRUN “Being  able  to  promote  good  people  from  within  saves  a  lot  of  time  in  the  long  run,â€?  Halstead  said.  â€œMuch  of  the  training  one  would  have  to  do  with  individuals  who  may  come  from  off  campus  would  take  years.â€? Majak,  who  has  worked  at  the  college  for  more  than  20  years,  has  served  as  the  contract  administrator  in  purchasing,  associate  direc-­ tor  of  administrative  services  and  telecommu-­ nications,  director  of  administrative  services,  GLUHFWRU RI IDFLOLWLHV ÂżQDQFH DVVLVWDQW YLFH president  for  research  foundation  and  opera-­ tions  manager  for  research  foundation. Majak  said  she  did  not  apply  for  this  pro-­ motion  and  was  â€œpleasantly  surprisedâ€?  when  Halstead  discussed  the  job  with  her  and  ulti-­ mately  offered  her  the  position. She  said  her  previous  work  experience  in  administrative  areas  will  help  her  in  her  new  role. “I’ve  worked  with  faculty,  staff,  stu-­ dents,  administration  and  state  central  agen-­

cies  and  I  believe  that  communication  and  compromise  is  the  basis  for  understanding  different  perspectives  and  achieving  results,â€?  Majak  said.   Now,  Majak  will  be  in  charge  of  the  of-­ ÂżFHV RI $FFRXQWLQJ 6HUYLFHV ,QWHUQDO &RQ-­ trols,  Receiving  &  Property  Control  and  act  as  the  campus  controller. Majak  said  the  promotion  shows  that  she’s  been  recognized  for  her  hard  work  and  Halstead  believed  her  skills  translate  to  a  higher  position. She  needs  to  now  be  aware  of  the  state  regulations  in  her  new  role,  Majak  said. “My  biggest  challenge  will  be  walking  WKH ÂżQH OLQH RI VWUHDPOLQLQJ SURFHGXUHV DQG following  multiple  state  guidelines,  rules  and  regulations,â€?  Majak  said.   $IWHU ZRUNLQJ IRU VL[ \HDUV DV WKH ÂżQDQ-­ FLDO DQDO\VW LQ WKH 2IÂżFH RI ,QVWLWXWLRQDO 5H-­ search,  Chiarito  will  now  be  in  charge  of  the  3D\UROO 2IÂżFH DQG ZLOO VHUYH DV WKH FDPSXV EXGJHW RIÂżFHU She  said  her  responsibilities  will  be  to  all-­funds  college  budgeting,  track  faculty  and  staff  vacancies  on  campus,  approve  all  hires  to  ensure  the  college  remains  â€œon-­budget,â€?  provide  an  Economic  Impact  study  to  the  college  President  every  three  years,  provide  yearly  data  on  instructional  cost  through  Na-­ tional  Study  of  Instructional  Cost  &  Produc-­ tivity  (Delaware  Study),  enrollment  planning  in  consultation  with  Enrollment  Management  and  to  continue  her  role  as  the  liaison  between  ¿QDQFH DQG ,QVWLWXWLRQDO 5HVHDUFK Chiarito  said  working  with  the  institu-­

WLRQDO UHVHDUFK DQG ÂżQDQFH GHSDUWPHQWV RI the  college  has  allowed  her  to  develop  a  large  understanding  of  the  data  from  the  student  and  college’s  perspective.  This  allowed  her  to  have  an  understanding  from  both  sides,  which  she  said  is  unusual  because  there  is  no  con-­ nection  on  most  colleges.   Before  working  at  New  Paltz,  Chiarito  said  she  worked  at  IBM  for  more  than  17  years  as  a  cost  accountant,  general  and  ad-­ PLQLVWUDWLYH DQDO\VW DQG DV WKH OHDG ÂżQDQFLDO analyst  for  Sales,  General  &  Administrative. She  said  being  able  to  learn  how  to  com-­ PXQLFDWH EXGJHW DQG ÂżQDQFH GDWD WR QRQ Âż-­ nancial  constituents  while  at  IBM  has  helped  her  on  many  occasions  when  dealing  with  budget  related  issues  at  New  Paltz. In  her  previous  role  on  campus,  Chirari-­ to  said  she  worked  closely  with  the  state  side  of  the  budget,  but  had  little  exposure  to  the  residence  hall  budget,  which  she  will  now  be  working  with. “My  biggest  challenge  in  my  new  role  will  be  to  learn  the  all-­funds  campus  budget,â€?  Chiarito  said. Halstead  said  Chirarito  is  a  smart  and  talented  accountant,  who  impressed  her  be-­ cause  of  how  fast  she  picked  up  the  SUNY  budgeting  system.   â€œShe  is  a  wizard  with  a  spreadsheet  and  her  attention  to  detail  is  unparalleled,â€?  Hal-­ stead  said.   Barely  a  month  into  their  promotions,  Halstead  said  she  is  pleased  with  the  work  Charito  and  Majak  have  done  in  their  new  roles  thus  far.

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To  give  students  the  chance  to  catch  up  or  get  ahead  in  their  studies  over  winter  break,  the  college  will  be  offering  20  three-­credit  on-­ line  courses.  Between  Dec.  27  and  Jan.  17,  students  enrolled  in  these  courses  will  have  the  op-­ portunity  to  gain  a  semester’s  worth  of  class  credit  in  three  weeks. In  developing  the  schedule  of  classes  for  the  winter  session,  campus  faculty,  in  conjunc-­ WLRQ ZLWK WKH 2IÂżFH RI ([WHQGHG /HDUQLQJ gathered  information  about  course  popularity  and  enrollment,  among  other  criteria. “Winter  session  was  developed  to  help  our  students  graduate  on  time,  so  we  put  a  spe-­ cial  focus  on  offering  courses  that  could  help  students  overcome  â€˜bottlenecks’  â€”  not  get-­

ting  into  classes  needed  to  graduate,â€?  SUNY  New  Paltz  Provost  Philip  Mauceri  said.  â€œMost  of  our  offerings  this  winter  are  general  educa-­ tion  courses  that  are  often  over-­enrolled.â€? 7KH VFKRROÂśV ÂżUVW WULDO ZLWK D ZLQWHU VHV-­ sion  was  with  four  courses  last  year.  ³/DVW \HDU ZDV WKH ÂżUVW WLPH ZH KDG D ZLQWHU VHVVLRQ ² DOO >ZKLFK@ ÂżOOHG TXLFNO\ UHTXLULQJ XV WR DGG DGGLWLRQDO VHFWLRQV ´ 3UR-­ vost  Mauceri  said.  â€œThis  year  we  are  offering  20  classes,  almost  all  of  which  [were]  full  or  FORVH WR IXOO E\ WKH HQG RI WKH ÂżUVW ZHHN RI registration.â€? According  to  President  Donald  Chris-­ tian,  these  online  courses  are  designed  to  ben-­ HÂżW ERWK 681< 1HZ 3DOW] VWXGHQWV DV ZHOO DV students  on  other  campuses. “Our  goal  here  is  not  to  drift  away  from  being  a  residential  campus,  but  to  the  degree  that  we  could  help  students  progress  aca-­

demically  in  a  faster  way,â€?  he  said.  â€œWe  are  also  looking  at  ways  that  we  can  offer  online  courses  that  might  help  transfer  students  at  community  colleges  that  would  ultimately  come  here.â€? Although  last  year’s  winter  session  was  a  â€œtest  runâ€?  according  to  President  Christian,  the  TXDOLW\ RI WKH WKUHH ZHHN FRXUVHV PDWFKHG WKDW of  a  full  semester  class. Second-­year  painting  major  Erica  Mel-­ ville  took  â€˜Art  of  the  Western  World’  as  a  win-­ ter  course  last  year  and  overall,  she  said  she  was  very  pleased. “I  think  the  workload  ended  up  being  about  a  week’s  worth  of  class  every  weekday,  some  days  less,â€?  she  said.  â€œI  know  a  week’s  worth  of  work  every  day  sounds  like  a  ton  but  it  wasn’t  really  that  bad  â€”  I  would  do  it  again  if  there  was  a  class  I  needed  available.â€?

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New  Paltz  Regional  Chamber  of  Commerce  (NPRCC)  Director  of  Membership  and  Development  Chair  Peter  Ingellis  has  extended  his  duties  to  the  posi-­ tion  of  Interim  President.  Having  started  in  early  November,  Ingellis  takes  over  the  position  formally  held  by  Michael  Smith,  who  served  as  president  of  the  NPRCC  the  past  two  years.  Ingellis  said  his  tenure  with  the  NPRCC  was  a  decid-­ ing  factor  in  his  role  as  interim  president. “I’m  still  working  as  membership  director  and  I  had  been  involved  with  the  NPRCC  as  a  member  for  several  years,â€?  he  said.  â€œI  know  the  membership  of  the  chamber  very  well,  and  I  think  that  made  me  an  ap-­ pealing  choice  for  the  position.â€? As  someone  who  used  to  be  an  NPRCC  member,  he  also  said  his  knowledge  of  the  NPRCC  as  a  whole  ZRXOG EH EHQHÂżFLDO IRU WKH JURZWK RI WKH RUJDQL]DWLRQ “I  was  a  member  from  2008  to  2011,  and  I  un-­ derstand  the  inner-­working  of  the  chamber,â€?  he  said.  â€œI  think  having  someone  who  has  gone  through  as  a  chamber  member  and  will  provide  continuity  is  valu-­ able.â€? As  interim  president,  Ingellis  will  oversee  all  operations  of  the  NPRCC,  along  with  his  duties  as  membership  committee  chair.  In  a  press  release  issued  on  Nov.  12,  Board  Chair  Frank  Curcio  said  the  board  LV FRQÂżGHQW WKDW ,QJHOOLV ZLOO FRQWLQXH WR EXLOG RQ WKH success  of  his  predecessor. “We  are  very  fortunate  that  Peter  can  step  up  DV LQWHULP SUHVLGHQW ´ &XUFLR VDLG Âł:H DUH FRQÂżGHQW that  under  his  leadership,  the  chamber  will  continue  to  move  forward  and  grow  stronger  for  our  members.â€? Curcio  also  acknowledged  the  work  Smith  put  in,  and  said  he  had  only  improved  the  NPRCC  in  his  time  as  president. “We  wish  to  thank  Michael  for  all  his  hard  work  over  the  past  two  years,  as  he  leaves  the  Chamber  bet-­ ter  than  how  he  found  it,â€?  Curcio  said.  â€œHe  has  accom-­ plished  so  much  and  we  wish  him  well.â€? Ingellis  said  he  is  excited  to  continue  the  work  the  NPRCC  has  already  done  this  year,  and  that  as  interim  president  he  looks  forward  to  having  more  involve-­ ment  in  the  projects  that  are  already  in  the  works.  Ingellis  also  said  he  is  looking  forward  to  expand-­ ing  the  NPRCC  to  different  members  of  the  commu-­ nity. “We’re  starting  initiatives  for  groups  of  younger  people  and  women  in  the  community,â€?  Ingellis  said.  â€œDifferent  groups  of  people  need  to  maneuver  through  business  in  different  ways,  and  we  want  to  help  people  as  much  as  we  can.â€? According  to  the  press  release,  the  NPRCC  has  initiated  a  search  for  a  permanent  replacement  for  Smith. Â

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The  New  York  Rising  Flood  Control  project  under  the  supervi-­ sion  of  Gov.  Andrew  Cuomo  pro-­ vides  communities  in  the  New  York  State  area  the  opportunity  to  rebuild  and  restore  the  local  damage  done  by  recent  natural  disasters.  Communities  are  encouraged  to  work  both  individually  and  col-­ laboratively  on  brainstorming  both  remedial  and  preventative  methods  WR FRPEDW Ă€RRGLQJ RI WKH :DOONLOO River  as  a  result  of  Hurricane  Irene  and  Superstorm  Sandy.  Cuomo  has  awarded  the  town  and  village  of  New  Paltz  $3  mil-­ lion  each  to  carry  out  project  ideas  once  approved  by  stakeholders  in  Albany.  If  both  the  town  and  village  collaborate  on  projects,  they  will  be  awarded  an  extra  $3  million  to  carry  out  these  plans.  New  Paltz  Town  Supervisor  Su-­ san  Zimet  has  been  working  to  bring  together  the  town  and  village  of  New  Paltz  to  try  to  maximize  their  potential  earnings  from  Cuomo,  as  she  said  the  New  York  Rising  Flood  Control  project  provides  an  â€œincred-­ ible  opportunityâ€?  for  the  community  to  rebuild  its  resources.  ³:LWK WKH HOHFWLRQ DQG EXG-­ get  behind  me,  I  have  more  time  to  get  really  involved  in  making  sure  we  have  the  biggest  and  best  ideas  and  we  will  qualify  for  the  money,â€?  Zimet  said.  â€œI  hope  to  be  more  in-­ volved  on  a  local  level  and  for  the  entire  region.â€? Since  the  project  incorporates  individual  and  collaborative  work  within  the  Ulster  County  region,  two  leaders  have  been  designated  co-­chairs  in  charge  of  bringing  to-­ gether  communities  within  the  area  in  an  effort  to  produce  long-­term  storm  solutions  and  maximize  gov-­ ernment  funding.  Steven  Kelley,  an  employee  at  Ellenville  Regional  Hospital,  has  been  assigned  the  group  leader  in  charge  of  bringing  together  com-­ munities  in  the  Village  of  Ellenville  DQG WKH 7RZQ RI :DUVLQJ 5RFKHVWHU and  Rosendale  to  collaborate  on  re-­

building  the  damage  done  by  recent  natural  disasters. Julie  Robbins,  Kelley’s  co-­ chair  for  Ulster  County,  is  in  charge  of  bringing  together  communities  from  both  the  town  and  village  of  New  Paltz,  the  town  and  village  of  Saugerties,  the  town  and  village  of  6KDQGDNHQ DQG WKH 7RZQ RI :RRG-­ stock.  Although  Robbins  was  not  available  for  comment  as  of  press  time,  Kelley  said  she  is  a  â€œskilled  leaderâ€?  and  has  been  instrumental  in  bringing  together  local  communi-­ ties  to  form  remedial  solutions  to  the  problems  at  hand.  Many  of  the  projects  being  pro-­ SRVHG LQ .HOOH\ÂśV UHJLRQ DUH Ă€RRG mitigation-­based  and  have  to  do  with  protecting  wetland  barriers  and  alleviating  the  erosion  and  sediment  composition  caused  by  water  and  wind  damage  in  both  steeper  and  valley-­structured  areas  in  the  region.  Kelley  also  said  one  of  his  main  considerations  when  proposing  so-­ lutions  is  to  consider  what  will  pro-­ tect  those  in  the  community  who  are  more  vulnerable  than  others,  both  the  elderly  and  medically  handi-­ capped.  â€œAfter  some  of  the  recent  natu-­ ral  disasters  we’ve  faced,  Ellenville  ZDV MXVW Ă€RRGHG DQG FRPSOHWHO\ obliterated.  It  was  truly  a  disaster,â€?  Kelley  said.  â€œHouses  were  washed  away  and  people  were  left  homeless  DQG Ă€RRGHG RXW ,WÂśV GXULQJ WKHVH times  of  crisis  that  you  really  see  the  community  pull  together  to  help  the  people  who  need  to  be  taken  care  of  and  brought  to  safety.  The  purpose  of  this  funding  is  to  help  communi-­ ties  rebuild  better  through  coopera-­ tion  and  resiliency.â€? Kelley  said  that  while  some  ar-­ eas  were  more  affected  by  the  wind  than  the  water  after  recent  natural  disasters,  all  the  areas  he  was  as-­ signed  to  bring  together  in  the  re-­ gion  share  the  same  watershed  and  are  thus  similarly  devastated  when  a  storm  hits.  Because  of  these  communi-­ ties’  shared  resources,  there  is  much  room  for  a  collaborative  effort  when  attempting  to  rebuild  a  more  resil-­

ient  environment  prepared  to  with-­ stand  the  next  natural  disaster,  he  said. “Even  though  these  commu-­ nities  have  historically  not  been  able  to  work  well  together,  we’re  seeing  a  lot  of  good  municipal  co-­ operation  with  this  project,â€?  Kel-­ ley  said.  â€œEven  though  each  region  has  their  own  boundaries,  the  rivers  DQG VWUHDPV LQ 8OVWHU &RXQW\ Ă€RZ through  these  boundaries  and  the  problems  that  happen  as  a  result  of  these  natural  disasters  are  our  com-­ mon  link.  This  is  a  situation  where  these  rivers,  streams  and  tributaries  DOO Ă€RZ WRJHWKHU ZKLFK FUHDWH D UH-­ markable  amount  of  discussion  and  cooperation  about  the  best  kinds  of  solutions.  This  is  a  tremendous  pro-­ gram  and  I  salute  the  governor  for  creating  a  ground-­up  approach  as  opposed  to  a  top-­down  approach.â€?   Kelley  said  now  that  problems  DQG VROXWLRQV KDYH EHHQ LGHQWLÂżHG it’s  up  to  the  communities  and  their  leaders  to  work  with  consultants  on  prioritizing  which  remedies  to  push  forward.  Factors  that  will  be  con-­ sidered  when  prioritizing  each  solu-­ tion  include  monetary  estimations  and  the  substance  and  value  of  each  project.  Consultants  will  present  ideas,  solutions  and  perceived  cost  in  Al-­ EDQ\ GXULQJ D ÂżQDO SURSRVDO DQG presentation  in  March.  In  the  mean-­ time,  communities  are  continuing  to  publicly  meet  on  a  weekly  basis  to  provide  an  inclusive  environment  for  residents  to  voice  their  concerns  and  solutions  to  the  problems  they  have  faced  because  of  recent  natural  disasters.  Zimet  said  some  of  the  ideas  be-­ ing  proposed  are  big,  but  rightfully  so.  â€œThe  governor  is  encouraging  people  to  think  bigger,  and  at  the  end  of  the  day,  they’re  going  to  fund  the  big  ideas,â€?  she  said.  â€œHe  wants  you  to  take  a  natural  disaster  and  build  a  resiliency  so  if  that  disaster  comes  again,  we’ll  be  better  prepared  and  protected  instead  of  being  devas-­ WDWHG :H GRQÂśW ZDQW WR EXLOG EDFN the  same,  we  want  to  build  back  bet-­ ter.â€?  Â

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Woman  Charged  With  Animal  Cruelty By  Ben  Kindlon Features  Editor  |  N02182316@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

A  66-­year-­old  New  Paltz  woman  has  been  charged  with  failing  to  properly  care  for  animals  including  an  emaciated  donkey  that  was  found  on  her  property,  according  to  the  Ul-­ ster  County  Society  for  the  Prevention  (SPCA)  of  cruelty  to  animals.   Camille  Frarachi,  the  former  pet  owner,  was  charged  Thursday  with  eight  counts  of  failure  to  provide  proper  suste-­ nance,  a  misdemeanor,  according  to  Director  of  the  SPCA  in  the  town  of  Ulster  Adam  Saunders.  2IÂżFLDOV IRXQG JRDWV FDWV D GRQNH\ DQG D GXFN WKDW 6DXQ-­ ders  said  was  â€œin  pretty  bad  shape.â€?   One  of  the  goats  that  of-­ ÂżFLDOV H[SURSULDWHG GLHG GXULQJ YHWHULQDU\ WUHDWPHQW VHYHUDO hours  after  the  animals  were  found,  Saunders  said.  3+272 %< 52%,1 :(,167(,1 Frarachi  was  arrested  in  April  2012  on  six  counts  of  mis-­ demeanor  animal  cruelty  and  failure  to  provide  proper  suste-­ nance  and  again  in  May  on  19  charges  of  misdemeanor  animal  cruelty,  according  to  the  Daily  Freeman. $FFRUGLQJ WR WKH UHSRUW LQ WKH SDVW RIÂżFLDOV UHPRYHG dogs,  four  goats,  seven  barn  fowl,  a  horse  and  two  cats.   One  of  the  cats  was  found  with  a  litter  of  dead  kittens.   Upon  evalua-­ tion,  veterinarians  determined  that  the  animals  had  open  sores,  mites,  Lyme  disease  and  various  other  health  issues.   Frarachi  was  charged  and  released  on  her  own  recogni-­ zance  pending  court  action,  according  to  the  Daily  Freeman. Saunders  said  the  most  recent  issues  were  brought  to  light  following  an  ongoing  dispute  between  Frarachi  and  her  neigh-­ bor.   The  neighbor  contacted  local  police  who  noticed  the  in-­ digent  conditions  the  animals  were  subjected  to  and  contacted  63&$ RIÂżFLDOV $ORQJ ZLWK WKH RULJLQDO FKDUJHV 6DXQGHUV DOVR noted  that  these  issues  were  in  violation  of  the  court  order  Fra-­ rachi  received  in  2012. Aside  from  the  goat  that  died  during  treatment,  the  re-­ maining  animals  are  recovering  and  â€œare  doing  well,â€?  Saunders  said. Saunders  said  animal  cruelty  is  a  reoccurring  problem,  with  100  to  150  cases  of  animal  cruelty  reported  to  the  Ulster  SPCA  annually.   Saunders  said  that  there  have  been  20  arrests  in  regards  to  animal  cruelty  cases  the  Ulster  SPCA  was  in-­ volved  in  this  year. :KHQ LGHQWLI\LQJ DQLPDO FUXHOW\ 6DXQGHUV VDLG LWÂśV LPSRU-­ tant  to  â€œkeep  an  eye  outâ€?  for  signs  that  indicate  an  owner’s  lack  of  care.  Signs  may  include  emaciation,  meaning  the  animal  is  visibly  malnourished.   Pets  with  their  ribs  showing  or  unable  to  move  properly  are  signs  of  emaciation.    Saunders  said  keeping  DQLPDOV ÂłWUDSSHG´ RU FRQÂżQHG LQ VSDFHV ZLWK ZDVWH GHEULV DQG RWKHU JDUEDJH LV DQRWKHU VLJQ RI LQVXIÂżFLHQW FDUH RI SHWV The  Ulster  County  SPCA  is  a  private,  no-­kill  shelter  whose  mission  is  to  prevent  animal  cruelty  by  providing  tempo-­ UDU\ VKHOWHU DQG ÂżQGLQJ DGRSWLYH KRPHV IRU QHJOHFWHG DQLPDOV according  to  their  website.  Saunders  said  people  interested  in  helping  animals  can  donate  food  for  the  dogs  they  shelter  and  in  addition  to  being  mindful  of  any  signs  of  animal  cruelty  in  their  communities. Â

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Workshop Held To Discuss Trailways Bus Station

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A workshop and discussion on the Trailways station on Main Street was held on Thursday, Nov. 21 at 7 p.m. in the Student Union (SU) room 62/63. The workshop, hosted by the Ulster County Planning Department, centered on the possibility for construction of a bus station on Route 32, to either replace or supplement the current station.

Authors, Poets, Playwrights M.F.A. in Creative Writing Hofstra’s M.F.A. in Creative Writing program offers a challenging and exciting program of study integrating literary scholarship and focused instruction in writing. Students may concentrate in playwriting, fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction, exploring the art and craft of writing while grounding themselves in the rich literary traditions that offer exemplary models of these forms. Core Faculty

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TONI MORRISON’S NOVEL HIGHLIGHTED BY COMMUNITY BOOK GROUP By  Roberto  LoBianco Copy  Editor  |  Rlobianco83@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu This  year  the  eighth-­annual  One  Book,  One  New  Paltz  pro-­ gram  used  Toni  Morrison’s  novel  â€œHomeâ€?  to  explore  issues  relat-­ ing  to  race,  war  and  the  power  of  healing  through  quilting. 7KH SURJUDP IHDWXUHG ÂżIWHHQ HYHQWV IURP 1RY WR WKDW drew  hundreds  of  community  members  together  to  discuss  Nobel  laureate  Toni  Morrison’s  2012  book. Âł+RPH´ WHOOV WKH VWRU\ RI )UDQN 0RQH\ D \HDU ROG $IUL-­ FDQ $PHULFDQ PDQ DIĂ€LFWHG ZLWK 3RVW 7UDXPDWLF 6WUHVV 'LVRUGHU after  returning  from  the  Korean  War  in  the  1950s. 7URXEOHG E\ WKH PHPRULHV RI D GLIÂżFXOW XSEULQJLQJ )UDQN chooses  to  move  to  California  rather  than  return  to  his  hometown  of  Lotus,  Ga.  He  is  tortured  by  the  memories  of  violence  he  wit-­ nessed  during  the  war.  When  his  sister,  Cee,  becomes  deathly  ill,  Frank  is  forced  to  begin  a  cross-­country  journey  home. $FFRUGLQJ WR /LQGD :HOOHV RQH RI WKH FRPPLWWHH PHP-­ bers  and  a  former  New  Paltz  elementary  school  principal,  the  JURXS ZHHGHG WKURXJK DV PDQ\ DV ERRNV EHIRUH WKH\ GHFLGHG on  the  160-­page  novel. Âł,W WDNHV ZHHNV DQG ZHHNV WR ÂżQG D ZHOO ZULWWHQ ERRN WKDW LV accessible  to  a  broad  variety  of  community  members  and  that  will  encourage  discussion,â€?  Welles  said.  â€œToni  Morrison’s  book  met  all  the  criteria  very  easily.â€? Welles  said  the  story  was  a  â€œhero’s  journeyâ€?  that  drew  from  themes  in  Homer’s  Odyssey.  For  example,  Frank’s  hometown  is  Lotus,  Ga.,  while  the  lotus  plant  plays  a  role  in  Odysseus’  journey,  serving  as  a  delicious  distraction  that  threatened  his  crew’s  return  home  from  battle. On  Nov.  23  the  Elting  Memorial  Library  hosted  a  screening  RI WKH GRFXPHQWDU\ ÂżOP Âł7KH 4XLOWV RI *HHÂśV %HQG´ DQG IRFXVHG on  an  important  theme  in  â€œHome,â€?  â€“  the  healing  power  of  quilt-­ ing. 7KH ÂżOP WHOOV WKH VWRU\ RI WKH TXLOWLQJ WUDGLWLRQ RI D JURXS RI $IULFDQ $PHULFDQ ZRPHQ LQ *HHÂśV %HQG $OD WKDW GDWHV EDFN WR the  19th  century  when  the  area  was  the  site  of  a  cotton  plantation. “Gee’s  Bend  has  an  amazing  beautifully  artistic  quilting  tradition,â€?  Welles  said.  â€œThe  camaraderie  and  singing  that  goes  along  with  it  created  a  community  that  helped  them  make  it  through  a  distressful  period  of  time.â€?

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Each week, one of the members of our Copy Desk will share their culinary chops with you. Bon appetit! , Âż QG WKDW HYHU\ ERXW RI FRRNLQJ LV EHVW preceded  and  accompanied  by  a  bout  of  drinking.  What  you’re  drinking  depends  on  what  you’re  cooking,  but  I  prefer  wine  or  whiskey. In  this  case  we’re  cooking  a  whole  roast  FKLFNHQ D VLPSOH JR WR PHDO WKDW VDWLVÂż HV especially  in  the  winter  months.  My  drink  recommendations  are  either  a  Pinot  Noir  or  a  Bourbon. While  cooking  a  whole  roast  chicken  sounds  time  consuming,  the  preparation  is  simple  and  the  payoff  (in  the  form  of  leftovers  and  soup  ingredients)  will  allow  you  to  save  time  on  future  meals  for  the  week. Pre-­heat  the  oven  to  400  degrees.  You  can  start  drinking  now. While  your  oven’s  heating  up,  prepare  the  chicken  by  salting  thoroughly  on  all  sides.  This  ensures  a  crisp  browning  of  the  skin.  You  can  also  add  pepper  and  thyme,  if  you’re  into  that  sort  of  thing. Place  the  salted  chicken  into  a  large  oven-­safe  pan.  You  can  also  chop  up  garlic,  onions  and  yams,  toss  them  together  with  some  olive  oil  and  salt  and  nestle  the  potatoes  alongside  the  chicken. Leave  the  chicken  and  potatoes  in  the  oven  for  an  hour  and  a  half. This  part  is  important:  once  the  chicken’s  out  of  the  oven  let  it  sit  in  the  pan  covered  with  aluminum  foil  for  15  minutes.  The  chicken  will  reabsorb  some  of  the  moisture  released  into  the  pan  while  roasting  and  you’ll  end  up  with  a  juicier,  better  tasting  meal. Done. You  can  use  the  leftover  chicken  over  the  next  week  in  omelettes,  sandwiches,  or  on  its  own.  At  the  end  of  the  week,  don’t  toss  the  carcass.  Boil  it  in  some  salted  water  and  you  have  the  basic  stock  you  need  for  chicken  soup.

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Students  gathered  for  LGBTQ  symposium  held  on  the  SUNY  New  Paltz  campus. By  Maddie  Anthony importance  of  acknowledging  and  supporting  transgender  Copy  Editor  |  N02436976@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu individuals,â€?  Williams  said.  While  the  vigil  focused  on  those  who  lost  their  lives  Nearly  40  people  stood  in  a  circle  outside  the  Student  due  to  discrimination,  people  in  the  transgender  commu-­ Union  (SU)  on  Wednesday,  Nov.  20,  each  holding  a  candle.  Facing  the  cold  evening  air,  participants  stayed  to  demon-­ nity  face  that  same  discrimination,  marginalization,  invali-­ strate  their  support  of  a  worldwide  event  that  honors  the  dation  and  prejudice  in  daily  life,  Williams  said.  â€œAll  of  the  trans  people  I  have  spoken  to  about  these  victims  of  violence  against  transgender  people;Íž  an  effort  to  issues  have  been  deeply  affected  by  the  prevalent  hatred  pay  tribute  and  remember  those  who  have  been  victims  of  around  us,â€?  he  said.  â€œWhat  trans  people  go  through  is  an  violence  against  those  in  the  community.  The  vigil  was  held  by  the  Queer  Student  Union  (QSU),  intense  mixture  of  invalidating  attitudes  and  discrimina-­ a  student-­run  organization  that  aims  to  bring  queer  people  tory  behaviors  from  others.  We  go  through  this  on  a  daily  together,  create  a  supportive  environment  and  work  to-­ basis,  and  it  can  make  the  world  very  hostile.â€? According  to  â€œInjustice  at  every  turn:  A  Report  on  the  gether  towards  a  positive  change  in  the  larger  community,  National  Transgender  Discrimination  Surveyâ€?  by  the  Na-­ QSU  E-­board  member  Kal  Williams,  a  third-­year  linguis-­ tional  Center  for  Transgender  Equality  and  the  National  tics  major,  said.  Many  of  these  victims  who  died  as  a  result  of  preju-­ Gay  and  Lesbian  Task  Force,  78  percent  of  transgendered  dice  violence  lost  their  dignity  with  their  death,  with  their  Americans  faced  severe  harassment  during  childhood.  â€œWe  should  use  the  vigil  to  not  only  honor  those  who  names  erased  or  ignored,  dehumanizing  them  and  remov-­ aren’t  with  us  anymore  but,  to  take  it  as  a  lesson  to  cre-­ ing  their  identity,  Williams  said.  Holding  the  vigil  and  ate  a  safe  space  for  Trans  people  in  our  community,â€?  Zach  reading  the  names  of  these  sometimes  faceless  victims  was  Rousseas,  a  QSU  E-­board  member  and  a  double  major  in  an  effort  to  counteract  this. The  vigil  was  also  a  way  to  show  solidarity  with  the  Women’s  Gender  and  Sexuality  Studies  and  history  said. Rousseas  said  that  discourse  on  the  subject  is  crucial.  larger  community.  Williams  said  it  strengthens  the  com-­ “There’s  really  no  space  for  â€˜Trans’  people  to  even  munity  and  brings  about  awareness  to  the  issue  of  anti-­ be  thought  about,  so  it’s  important  to  let  cisgender  people  trans  violence. “[This  vigil  is  necessary]  so  that  people  recognize  the  know  that  violence  like  that  exists,â€?  he  said. Â

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HUNTER’S MEATY MOTION PICTURE LEAVES MARK By  Jahna  Romano Staff  Writer  |  Romanoj3@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

The  four  most  important  components  of  life,  ac-­ cording  to  Matthew  Hunter,  are  friendship,  unexpect-­ edness,  love  and  sandwiches.  A  New  Paltz  alum  and  founder  of  Business  Lunch  Productions,  Hunter  took  one  of  his  lifelong  priorities  to  the  screen  this  past  August  when  he  wrote  and  di-­ rected   the  original  story  of  â€œSandwich  Girl:  The  Mov-­ ie.â€?  $ QLQHW\ PLQXWH ORQJ ÂżOP Âł6DQGZLFK *LUO 7KH Movieâ€?  gives  viewers  a  taste  of  Dylan,  played  by  Nicholas  Guastella,  a  fourth-­year  theater  performance  major  at  SUNY  Purchase.  â€œSandwich  Girl:  The  Movieâ€?  is  described  as  a  comedy  about  three  inevitable  things:  death,  love  and  VDQGZLFKHV DFFRUGLQJ WR WKH ÂżOPÂśV Facebook  page. The  meat  of  the  movie  follows  Dylan  and  his  gang  of  friends  â€œas  they  go  on  an  other-­worldly  adventure  of  unexpected  proportions  after  Dylan  meets  the  girl  of  his  dreams,  Caroline,â€?  also  according  to  its  Facebook  page.  &DUROLQHÂśV FKDUDFWHU LV SOD\HG E\ $PDQGD %URRN-­ lyn,  an  alum  of  Fordham  University  with  a  major  in  theater  performance.  7KH ÂżOPÂśV VFUHHQSOD\ ZDV D FROODERUDWLYH HIIRUW EHWZHHQ +XQWHU DQG ÂżOPPDNLQJ IULHQGV +DUULVRQ %U\-­ an,  a  fourth-­year  acting  major  at  Boston  University,  Ben  Stanton,  also  a  fourth-­year  acting  major  at  Boston  University  and  Mike  Blandino,  a  third-­year  music  ma-­ jor  at  Brooklyn  College.  The  movie  also  featured  Brandon  Zelman,  an  alum  of  Fordham  University  with  a  major  in  theater  perfor-­ PDQFH ZKR DFWHG DV WKH ÂżOPÂśV SURGXFHU DQG DVVLVWDQW director  as  well. 2Q 7XHVGD\ 1RY WKH JURXS RI ÂżOPPDNHUV UH-­ WXUQHG WR WKH PRYLHÂśV ELUWKSODFH DQG VWRSSHG RII DW DQ-­ other  location  on  their  tour  of  colleges  along  the  east  FRDVW ZKHQ WKH\ VFUHHQHG WKH ÂżOP LQ 1HZ 3DOW]ÂśV /HF-­ ture  Center.  New  Paltz  was  able  to  sample  a  taste  of  â€œSandwich  Girl:  The  Movieâ€?  because  of  the  interest  it  sparked  in  Media  and  Journalism  Society  Co-­Presidents  Miriam  Ward,  a  third-­year  digital  media  production  and  history  double-­major  and  Sasha  Ribowsky,  a  fourth-­year  digi-­ tal  media  production  and  French  double-­major.  The  Media  and  Journalism  Society  chose  to  screen Â

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“Sandwich  Girl:  The  Movieâ€?  in  particular  because  they  were  interested  in  supporting  a  recent  graduate  within  the  department,  according  to  Ward. 6XSSRUW IRU WKH ÂżOP DOVR FDPH IURP $VVLVWDQW 3UR-­ fessor  of  Communications  and  Media,  Gregg  Bray,   who  kept  in  touch  with  Hunter  after  his  graduation  last  \HDU DQG HQFRXUDJHG WKH ÂżOPPDNHUV WR VFUHHQ WKHLU PRYLH LQ 1HZ 3DOW] IRU WKH EHQHÂżW RI ERWK VWXGHQWV and  movie-­makers  alike.  Ward  also  said  the  Media  and  Journalism  Society  WKRXJKW VKRZLQJ D PRYLH PDGH E\ \RXQJ ÂżOPPDNHUV would  be  a  great  way  for  current  students  to  see  the  success  gained  from  working  on  such  a  project.  $FFRUGLQJ WR :DUG H[SRVXUH WR WKH ÂżOP JDYH VWX-­ dents  a  chance  to  see  behind-­the-­scenes  work  and  the  ³LPPHQVH HIIRUW LW WDNHV WR PDNH D IHDWXUH ÂżOP ´ Both  Ward  and  Ribowsky  were  pleased  and  im-­ SUHVVHG E\ WKH VFUHHQLQJÂśV DWWHQGDQFH DQG ZHUH DOVR glad  to  see  how  many  students  came  together  to  sup-­

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SRUW D IRUPHU 1HZ 3DOW] VWXGHQWÂśV ZRUN Hunter  was  also  happy  about  how  the  screening  went,  and  said  while  he  expected  ten  to  twenty  people  to  show  up,  he  ended  up  losing  count  at  eighty  audi-­ ence  members.  7KH ÂżOPPDNHUV KHOG D TXHVWLRQ DQG DQVZHU VHV-­ sion  after  the  movie  screening,  through  which  the  au-­ dience  learned  more  about  the  production  as  a  whole.   7KH FUHDWRUV RI WKH ÂżOP EHQHÂżWWHG IURP WKH VFUHHQ-­ ing  as  much  as  the  students  who  attended  it  by  gaug-­ ing  how  well  audience  members  digested  the  movie  WKURXJK D TXHVWLRQQDLUH WKH DQVZHUV WR ZKLFK WKH\ ZLOO WDNH LQWR FRQVLGHUDWLRQ GXULQJ WKH ÂżOPÂśV ÂżQDO SUR-­ duction  stages.   As  far  as  the  future  goes,  Business  Lunch  Produc-­ tions,  the  company  that  produced  â€œSandwich  Girl:  The  Movie,â€?  are  already  working  up  an  appetite  for  suc-­ cess,  as  they  are  currently  collaborating  with  different  companies  to  develop  scripts  for  future  endeavors. Â

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THE DOCTOR IS IN: KATIE’S “DOCTOR WHO� CONFIDENTIAL

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High School Takes The Stage

BLACKBOX MUSICAL TUNES INTO ADOLESCENCE By  Suzy  Berkowitz A&E  Editor  |  Sabbasberkowitz90@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

By  Katherine  Speller Managing  Editor  |  Katherine.speller79@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

It’s been a while since I’ve really sat down to watch “Doctor Who.â€? My reasons are numerous. Beetween the time I am capable of/ willing to dedicate to a T.V. show that is not “Supernaturalâ€? hitting an all time low and my disillusioned feelings on show-runner Stephen Moffatt’s approach to the canon, it hasn’t been at the top of my to-watch list. But the 50th anniversary of the show was something even I couldn’t pass up. So, I tuned in. Oddly enough, I was reminded of all the things that attracted me to the show years ago. While I have my complaints with certain choices, particularly the manner in which Queen Elizabeth I was characterized, my feelings are overwhelmingly positive. Despite an incredibly explosive opening  â€”  featuring the Time War, no less   â€” the episode serves as an interesting interruption of the show’s premise. The very situation that fuels the character’s violent self-loathing in the post-war arc is averted; the blood on his KDQGV WKDW KDG ORQJ GHĂ€ QHG KLP DV ´WKH oncoming stormâ€? hero is removed. He becomes the healer, the Doctor, again. That, to me, is the most interesting and effective rebirth I’ve seen on the show which is quite the feat for a show where the title character is reborn every few years. There’s action, sure, but more apparent and more distinct is the heart and soul at the core of the show. Explosions and effects are secondary really to the parts of the program that manage to remind you what it means to be human: something pretty fantastic coming from a show about an alien.

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A  Catholic  high  school  will  set  the  stage  for  the  up-­ coming  blackbox  production,  â€œSpirit.â€?  A  classic  story  with  a  twist,  â€œSpiritâ€?  is  an  original  mu-­ sical  that  features  20  songs  in  classic  musical  theater  style  ZLWK URFN DQG SRS LQĂ€ XHQFHV Mallary  Walton,  a  fourth-­year  theater  performance  and  biology  double-­major  and  the  show’s  director  and  musical  director,  was  introduced  to  the  musical  after  at-­ tending  a  production  at  her  sister’s  school,  SUNY  Fredo-­ nia,  where  one  of  the  show’s  writers  got  his  education.  :DOWRQ VDLG WKH VKRZ KDVQÂśW OHIW KHU VLQFH WKH Âż UVW time  she  saw  it,  and  knew  she  wanted  to  bring  the  show  to  the  stage  herself  as  soon  as  she  was  given  the  opportunity.  â€œI  was  moved  by  the  music,  which  is  fantastic,  and  touched  by  the  message  of  the  musical,â€?  Walton  said.  â€œI  became  interested  in  directing  just  last  fall  when  I  trans-­ fered  to  New  Paltz.  When  I  was  told  about  the  opportu-­ nity  students  have  here  to  submit  a  blackbox  proposal,  I  knew  I  wanted  to  give  myself  and  â€˜Spirit’  a  chance.â€? This  production  being  Walton’s  directoral  debut  out-­ side  of  a  classroom  setting,  â€œSpiritâ€?  is  completely  stu-­ dent-­run  and  participated,  consisting  of  a  band  of  musi-­ cians  and  a  cast  of  21  performers,  a  considerably  large  amount  for  a  mainstage  production,  let  alone  one  being  performed  in  a  setting  as  intimate  as  Parker  Theatre,  Wal-­ ton  said. “Spiritâ€?  represents  classic  cliques  portrayed  in  the  stereotypical  high  school  environment,  including  jocks,  nerds,  drama  kids  and  preps.  Common  problems  students  in  high  school  face  are  explored  throughout  the  produc-­ tion  as  well.  Walton  hopes  that  if  audience  members  walk  away  from  the  show  with  anything,  it’s  a  newfound  acceptance  for  those  different  from  them. Â

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“This  show  reveals  to  the  audience  that  there  is  so  much  more  to  a  person  than  what  is  on  the  surface  and  if  we  spend  some  time  looking  just  a  little  deeper,  we  PLJKW Âż QG WKDW ZH DUH QRW VR GLIIHUHQW DIWHU DOO ´ VKH VDLG “‘Spirit’  also  teaches  that  we  are  not  alone,  no  matter  how  alone  we  may  feel.â€? Since  the  production  features  so  many  cast  members,  it  is  important  for  each  actor  to  be  able  to  bond  with  their  character  in  order  to  properly  portray  them  onstage.  Jessica  Contino,  a  third-­year  performance  major,  SOD\V (PLO\ D FKDUDFWHU ZKR LV WU\LQJ WR Âż QG WKH EDODQFH between  obtaining  popularity  and  true  friendship.  Contino  said  a  lot  of  her  preparation  for  the  show  came  from  thinking  about  what  her  character  says  and  ZK\ VKH VD\V LW LQFOXGLQJ Âż JXULQJ RXW WKH SUH VWRU\ WR Emily’s  life  before  she  appears  onstage. “Understanding  who  the  character  is  before  he  or  she  has  any  lines  onstage  grounds  the  actor  to  be  nothing  but  truthful  while  telling  the  story,â€?  she  said.  Contino  said  being  involved  in  â€œSpiritâ€?  has  taught  her  that  everyone  is  struggling  with  something  stressful  and  emotional,  and  that  conversations  within  a  show’s  cast  can  teach  just  as  much  as  the  script  of  the  show  itself.  For  Paul  Lander,  a  second-­year  theater  performance  major,  who  plays  an  ensemble  member  and  understudies  two  lead  male  roles,  getting  into  character  was  easier  than  he  thought.  â€œThe  fact  that  the  show  is  so  real  it  was  very  interest-­ ing  and  fun,â€?  he  said.  â€œIt  brought  me  back  to  high  school  in  some  very  emotional  ways.  It  makes  you  remem-­ ber  how  despite  everyone  being  unique,  everyone  goes  through  the  same  or  similar  problems.â€? The  production  will  open  on  Friday,  Dec.  6  and  will  run  through  Sunday,  Dec.  8  in  Parker  Theatre  with  perfor-­ mances  at  8  p.m.  on  Friday  and  Saturday  and  a  matinee  performance  at  2  p.m.  on  Sunday. Â

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MUSICIAN OF THE WEEK: ROBIN KHATSERNOV

An Oracular Spectacular Hit List TUNES TO RING IN THE HOLIDAY SEASON Bing Crosby

Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins

“Silver Bells”

“Goblins’ Freestyle”

I don’t know who originally wrote the song, but whenever I hear “Silver Bells,” I think of Christmas in New York City. It’s understated. I love how it’s able to make the biggest, most disgusting city in the world seem tranquil and quaint. —John Tappen, News Editor

A wildly underrated group, Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins never really made it big. Reppin’ upstate N.Y.’s B’Nai Shalom, these boys were known to make shabbat pretty gimel. This group puts the “high” in high holidays. —Benjamin Shanks Kindlon, Features Editor

Mariah Carey

Adam Sandler

“O Holy Night”

“The Hanukkah Song”

This is my absolute favorite holiday song, but only when Queen Mariah sings it. I can’t even listen to anyone else’s ver-­ sion. Her range is incredible, and that notorious high note at the end restores my faith in humanity. Hallelujah! —Suzy Berkowitz, A&E Editor

There’s nothing that gets me more excited for the festival of lights than listening to Adam Sandler sing his heart out about Hanukkah. It really makes make feel great that I’m like Hall of Famer Rod Carew. —Andrew Lief, Sports Editor

YEAR: Third MAJOR: Psychology HOMETOWN: Oceanside, N.Y.

WHAT’S YOUR INSTRUMENT OF CHOICE AND WHY? Guitar, because I grew up listening to rock bands and I thought it was the coolest instrument. WHAT ARE YOU INVOLVED WITH MUSICALLY? I’ve been in various bands and I also write music. WHO ARE YOUR BIGGEST INFLUENCES? Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Paige, The Beatles, John Mayer and Keith Richards. WHO HAVE YOU BEEN LISTENING TO LATELY? The Dave Matthews Band, The Beatles, Neil Young, Aphex Twin, The Rolling Stones and Led Zepplin. WHAT’S YOUR PLAN FOR THE FUTURE? Get a job in which I help people and make the most of my ability — no matter ZKLFK ¿ HOG , JR LQWR ANY ADVICE FOR ASPIRING MUSICIANS? Play the kind of music you love and not what other people want you to play and practice as much as you want to.

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THE DEEP END

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This Week in

tHe Deep END CASEY ROBERTSON Major: Photography Year: Third

Inspirations: Alec Soth, Stephen Shore, Robert Frank, Walker Evans, Larry Sultan, Kelly Surdo

“I am currently working on two bodies of work. My primary work is a subjective documentation of Upstate New York as someone who was raised in a rural town of Orange County. My other work is self-portraiture that stems from sudden feelings I’ve experienced due to my parents separation eighteen years ago. “

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A Â REASON Â TO Â RISE Â AND Â RALLY

CARTOON  BY  JULIE  GUNDERSEN Last  week,  SUNY  New  Paltz  played  host  to  a  rally  in  support  of  the  Women’s  Equality  Agenda  (WEA),  a  ten  point  bill  looking  to  strengthen  language  in  New  York  State  laws  to  be  consistent  with  federal  ones  and  prevent  gender-­based  discrimination.  The  bill  was  stalled  in  Senate  last  session  due  to  its  compo-­ nents  related  to  abortion  rights  and  will  be  up  for  consideration  again  in  2014.  Students  and  faculty  members  in  support  of  the  agenda  have  encouraged  others  to  educate  themselves,  mobilize  and  campaign  in  the  oncoming  months  to  see  the  bill  pass.          We  at  The  New  Paltz  Oracle  com-­ mend  the  students,  faculty  and  organi-­ zations  that  came  together  in  support  of  this  cause  and  cannot  help  but  echo  their  call-­to-­action.  The  WEA  seeks  to  codify  language  that  is  already  present  federally  on  the Â

state  level,  through  promoting  progres-­ sive  ideals  and  replacing  tired  and  out-­ dated  language  in  our  laws.  The  provisions  would  remove  an  exception  within  the  current  laws  that  prohibits  pay  differences  for  â€œany  fac-­ tor  other  than  sexâ€?  and  replace  it  with  one  that  only  uses  â€œjob-­relatedâ€?  factors  to  make  informed  pay  decisions.  It  really  doesn’t  seem  like  a  lot  to  ask  for,  to  have  our  language  match  our  ideals  that  women  are  deserving  of  equal  pay  for  equal  work.   It  just  seems  decent  to  combat  oppressive  policies  tha  we’re  likely  to  look  back  on  as  dra-­ conian  years  down  the  line. The  agenda  also  looks  to  offer  stronger  protections  to  victims  of  do-­ PHVWLF YLROHQFH DQG KXPDQ WUDIÂż FNLQJ to  ensure  people  are  held  accountable  to  the  extent  the  laws  can  allow  after  com-­ mitting  such  atrocities. Â

And,  to  address  one  of  the  more  common  complaints  regarding  the  agen-­ da:  it  does  not  seek  to  expand  abortion  rights  within  the  state.  It  simply  looks  to  put  the  same  language  that  has  been  acknowledged  as  federal  law  since  the  Supreme  Court  ruling  of  Roe  v.  Wade  into  the  New  York  State  law  books.   It  would  not  interfere  with  or  take  away  from  the  lives  or  freedoms  of  peo-­ ple  within  our  state  to  see  this  law  come  WR SDVV LW ZRXOG KRZHYHU VLJQLÂż FDQWO\ better  the  lives  of  women  within  our  state.  We  believe  the  students  and  faculty  who  took  part  in  the  rally  were  taking  WKH Âż UVW QHFHVVDU\ VWHSV WRZDUG WKLV goal.  We  encourage  our  fellow  students  to  come  out  in  support  of  the  agenda  and  to  take  part  in  the  activism  they  are  comfortable  with,  whether  it’s  signing  a  petition,  attending  or  organizing  a  rally Â

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or  simply  making  your  voices  heard  by  their  representatives.  Every  act  matters,  no  matter  how  small. The  large-­scale,  institutional  social  problems  tend  to  seem  like  the  monsters  that  cannot  be  defeated.  They’re  often  intimidating,  overwhelming  and  dispar-­ aging  to  veterans  and  those  getting  their  feet  wet  in  activism  alike.  +RZHYHU WKH EHQHÂż WV RI FRQVLVWHQW language  in  our  laws  are  too  important  to  ignore.  Editorials  represent  the  views  of  the  majority  of  the  editorial  board.  Columns,  op-­eds  and  letters,  excluding  editorials,  are  solely  those  of  the  writers  and  do  not  necessarily  represent  the  views  of  The  New  Paltz  Oracle,  its  staff  members,  the  campus  and  university  or  the  Town  or  Village  of  New  Paltz.

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COLUMNS BEN  KINDLON Features  Editor n02182316@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

CAT  TACOPINA Editor-­In-­Chief

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New  Paltz’s   marijuana  policy  has  been  a  topic  of  heated  debate  throughout  the  fall  2013  semester.  Despite  more  lenient  rules  regarding  the  dankness  on  other  campuses  in  the  SUNY  system,  the  DGPLQLVWUDWLRQ KHUH KDV VWRRG Âż UPO\ EHKLQG WKHLU WZR strike  policy. The  Student  Association  (SA)  has  been  spending  an  excessive  amount  of  time  working  to  change  the  policy  to  students  three  strikes  before  expulsion  as  opposed  to  only  two. As  an  advocate  for  the  legalization  of  marijuana,  I’m  all  for  changing  or,  as  I  see  it,  updating  the  policy,  but  I  don’t  think  that  it  is  as  prevelant  an  issue  as  many  students  and  especially  SA  have  made  it  out  to  be.   By  giving  this  much  creedence  to  the  sticky-­ icky-­green-­green  issue  distracts  the  SA  from  more  important  matters.  Their  efforts  are  not  worth  the  exorbitant  energy  expended  on  the  issue,  and  could  be  EHWWHU GLUHFWHG DW PRUH SODXVLEOH DQG EHQHÂż FLDO JRDOV If,  after  all  the  work  the  SA  has  put  into  changing  the  policy,  they  do  succeed,  all  that  will  change  is  that  students  will  be  able  to  be  caught  smoking  pot  in  their  dorm  rooms  one  more  time  before  getting  booted  for  their  getting  zooted.   ,V RQH PRUH VWULNH UHDOO\ ZRUWK DOO WKLV WURXEOH" I’ve  always  been  a  bit  bothered  by  these  â€œefforts,â€?  and  even  more  so  by  the  â€œworkâ€?  done  by  the  Students  For  Sensible  Drug  Policy  (SSDP)  and  National  Organization  for  the  Reform  of  Marijuana  laws  (NORML)  clubs  and  associations  on  campus.   Both  of  my  parents  are  defense  attorneys  and  ERWK DUH DIÂż OLDWHG ZLWK 1250/ 1HLWKHU RI P\ SDUHQWV VPRNH JDQMD EXW WKH\ Âż JKW WR IUHH QRQ YLROHQW drug  offenders,  i.e.  potheads.  To  SSDP  and  NORML  club  members:  it’s  one  thing  if  you  want  to  blaze  up  in  the  privacy  of  your  own  home  and  mind  your  own  business,  not  many  people  have  a  problem  with  it,  from  what  I’ve  heard  â€”  not  even  really  the  cops.   But  if  you  are  going  to  put  yourself  in  the  public  spotlight  as  an  advocate  for  the  legalization  of  marijuana  and  argue  that  its  effects  DUH PRUH EHQHÂż FLDO WKDQ KDUPIXO Âą GRQÂśW XQGHUPLQH your  argument  with  demon-­red  eyes,  a  skunky  smell  and  a  Facebook  page  full  of  drug  fueled  heady-­festival  pictures.  NORML  club  meetings  usually  consist  of  half-­ baked  discussions  that  lead  to  no  actual  action.  To  disprove  the  allegations  that  marijuana  makes  people  lazy  couch  dwellers,  those  advocating  its  legalization  need  to  do  more  than  sit  on  their  couches  and  smoke  weed  while  complaining  about  its  illegality.  Ben  Kindlon  is  a  fourth-­year  journalism  major.  He  just  wants  to  hit  gnarly  drops  on  his  shredstick.  He  is  Albany.  Albany  is  him. Â

If  there’s  one  thing  I  know  as  a  Long  Island-­native,  it’s  the  â€œno-­homoâ€?  culture  LQWHUQDOL]HG LQ HYHU\ VWUDLJKW LGHQWLÂż HG man  I’ve  come  across. I  know  more  than  half  of  you  read-­ ing  this  column  are  from  Long  Island  and  know  exactly  what  I’m  talking  about.  It’s  that  hyper-­conformist  mascu-­ line  identity  which  refuses  to  show  any  sign  of  dancing  along  the  lines  of  â€œef-­ feminateâ€?  and  being  irrationally  afraid  of  sexuality  coming  into  question.  This  includes  a  refusal  to  acknowledge  liking  any  female  entertainer  on  the  basis  of  tal-­ ent  alone,  but  instead  always  bringing  in  appearance,  as  if  that  is  the  be-­all-­end-­all  to  whether  or  not  she’s  worth  your  time. It’s  exhausting.  Long  Island  is  frus-­ trating.  But  over  Thanksgiving,  I  found  myself  pleasantly  surprised.  Let’s  Talk  about  Catching  Fire.  I  am  21  years  old  and  have  seen  the  newest  installment  of  â€œThe  Hunger  Gamesâ€?   trilogy  once.  My  24-­year-­old  brother  has  seen  it  twice  and  has  only  seen  it  with  his  guy  friends.  Several  kids  I  know  who  bask  in  masculinity  as  if  it’s  the  fountain  of  youth  have  seen  it  in  groups  with  just  their  guy  friends.  My  15-­year-­old  brother  has,  to  P\ NQRZOHGJH UHDG WKH Âż UVW ERRN DQG actually  enjoyed  it.  I  don’t  know  about  you,  but  I’m  see-­ ing  more  and  more  men  openly  admit  to  seeing  it  and,  even  moreso,  loving  it. Â

Have  We  Everdone  It? After  seeing  enthusiastic  responses  to  the  movie,  and  even  the  franchise  as  the  whole,  I  can’t  help  but  be  elated.  It  leaves  me  to  beg  the  question;Íž  have  ZRPHQ FKDUDFWHUV Âż QDOO\ GRQH LW" $UH ZH QRZ Âż QDOO\ VHHLQJ WKH VKLIW LQ DFFHSW ing  female  characters  as  more  than  an  H[WHQVLRQ RI PHQ" Of  course,  there  is  a  romantic  sub-­ plot  in  â€œThe  Hunger  Gamesâ€?  which  in-­ volves  the  love  triangle  between  Katniss,  Peeta  and  Gale.  On  the  surface,  and  how  the  story  is  sold  to  audiences,  it  would  seem  there  is  more  of  a  focus  on  that  storyline  than  their  should  be.  But,  for  anyone  who  really  knows  The  Hunger  Games,  they  know  that  storyline  is  fairly  minuscule  in  regards  to  the  story  as  a  whole.  The  reason  I   ask  whether  or  not  IHPDOH FKDUDFWHUV KDYH Âż QDOO\ EURNHQ ground  as  leading  roles,  capable  of  car-­ rying  a  movie  on  their  back,  is  because  of  the  story  of   the  series.  â€œThe  Hunger  Gamesâ€?  is  Katniss’  story.  It’s  about  her  WUDQVIRUPDWLRQ DQG VDFULÂż FH DQG XQUDY eling  as  a  person  put  through  extreme  circumstances.  I  saw  it  the  day  it  came  out  and  I  was  so  pleasantly  surprised  by  how  this  installment  of  the  series  took  into  account  that  â€œThe  Hunger  Gamesâ€?  isn’t  about  some  silly  love  triangle  that  has  been  blown  out  of  proportion.,  but  rather  about  how  Katniss  changes  and  navigates  through  a  world  where  her  sur-­ vival  is  constantly  under  threat. Â

I  think  what  I  love  so  much  about  .DWQLVV LV KHU VHOI VXIÂż FLHQF\ DQG YDOXH on  self-­reliance.  Katniss’  only  goal  and  REMHFWLYH LQ WKH Âż UVW LQVWDOOPHQW RI WKH series  is  survival,  which  eventually  leads  to  returning  to  her  sister.  In  the  second  installment  we  see  the  same  thing,  but  the  stakes  are  higher  and  the  love  tri-­ angle  grows  organically.   Director  fran-­ cis  Lawrence  did  an  exceptional  job  in  showing  the  story  was  about  campus,  and  the  relationships  she  has  with  both  Peeta  and  Gale  are  organic  and  make  sense  in  the  context  of  Katniss’  situation.  I’m  not  going  to  go  on  an  say  we’ve  done  it  and  Katniss  is  the  end-­all-­be-­all  RI Âż FWLWLRXV KHURLQHV +RZHYHU KHU VXF FHVV DW WKH ER[ RIÂż FH LV D PHVVDJH DX diences  invested  in  female  characters   need  to  reinforce.  For  too  long  we’ve  been  told  that  a  heroine  who  is  the  star  of  a  movie  would  never  sell  and  that  this  would  never  work  for  mainstream  audi-­ ences.  Katniss  is  proof  that  not  only  are  heroines  carrying  a  movie  are  capable  of  being  interesting,  but  that  they  can  be  the  PRVW VXFFHVVIXO LQ WKH ER[ RIÂż FH JDPHV

Cat  Tacopina  is  a  fourth-­year  journalism  major  who  thinks  you’re  the  worst  if  you  shaved  your  facial  hair  once  November  ended.  But  she’s  over  it.  Kind  of.

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After  starting  the  season  0-­4,  the  Women’s  Basketball  team  is  now  on  a  two  game  winning  streak. “Last  week  we  started  to  take  a  more  visible  step  forward,â€?  Head  Coach  Jamie  Seward  said.  7KH WHDP UHFRUGHG WKHLU Âż UVW ZLQ 1RY 26,  beating  Mount  Saint  Mary  College  69-­ 47  and  then  again  on  Dec.  3  against  East-­ ern  Connecticut  State  46-­43.  â€œOur  biggest  change  is  that  we’ve  gotten  less  tolerant  with  our  mistakes,â€?  Seward  said. With  a  discouraging  start,  Seward  said  the  losses  had  a  positive  effect  on  the  team  and  showed  the  Lady  Hawks  they  needed Â

to  start  doing  things  the  â€œright  way.â€?  After  the  Lady  Hawks’  69-­59  loss  on  1RY WR 6WHYHQV ,QVWLWXWH RI 7HFKQRORJ\ Seward  said  fourth-­year  Captain  Jeanette  6FRWW ZKR LV DYHUDJLQJ Âż YH SRLQWV DQG rebounds  per  game,  approached  him  and  wanted  the  team  to  be  held  more  account-­ able  for  their  short  comings.  After  that,  Seward  said,  a  â€œline  was  GUDZQ´ DV WR ZKDW 1HZ 3DOW] %DVNHWEDOO stands  for  â€“  a  standard  that  wasn’t  being  met  at  the  beginning  of  the  season.  ³, WDNH IXOO UHVSRQVLELOLW\ RI EHLQJ too  patient  with  the  new  players,â€?  Seward  VDLG Âł, JDYH WKHP WRR PXFK WLPH WR DG just  to  college  play,  when  what  they  really  needed   was  to  be  held  accountable  for  our  downfalls.â€? Â

The  players  said  they  are  responding  well  with  this  new  pressure.  â€œWe  are  a  very  competitive  team  and  every  day  is  a  battle  on  the  court,â€?  third-­ year  guard  Ashley  Riefenhauser.  â€œWe  push  one  another  in  various  aspects,  whether  it’s  GLYLQJ RQ WKH Ă€ RRU IRU D ORRVH EDOO RU Âż JKW ing  for  the  offensive  rebound.â€?  Riefenhauser  said  regardless  of  the  challenges  the  Lady  Hawks  have  already  faced  and  the  contests  that  lay  ahead  in  re-­ maining  19  games  of  the  regular  season,  the  team  remains  positive  and  aims  to  push  through  each  game  they  play.  Third-­year  Captain  Shannan  Walker  said  even  though  the  season  began  with  a  slow  start,  the  Lady  Hawks’  main  goals  can  still  be  reached. Â

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“We’re  not  trying  to  play  our  best  bas-­ NHWEDOO LQ 1RYHPEHU DQG 'HFHPEHU ZHÂśUH going  to  be  playing  our  best  basketball  in  February  during  our  conference  tour-­ nament  and  in  the  national  tournament,â€?  Walker  said.  But  before  that,  the  team  will  begin  681<$& SOD\ WKLV )ULGD\ DJDLQVW 681< Fredonia.  Seward  said  this  provides  a  fresh  start  IRU WKH WHDP ZLWK HYHU\ 681<$& WHDP starting  off  with  a  blank  conference  record  for  the  season.  â€œThis  is  why  we  play  non-­conference  matches,  to  prepare  for  when  we  do  play  these  conference  teams,â€?  Seward  said.  ³:H DUH GHÂż QLWHO\ EHWWHU SUHSDUHG QRZ than  we  were  two  weeks  ago.â€?

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After  starting  the  season  with  two  consecutive  wins,  the  Men’s  Basketball  team  has  lost  their  last  four  games.   Since  returning  from  their  west  coast  trip,  the  Hawks  have  lost  to  Vassar  Col-­ lege  73-­61,  Delaware  Valley  College  85-­ 58,  Mount  Saint  Mary  College  71-­57  and  Eastern  Connecticut  State  77-­53. Head  Coach  Mike  Rejniak  said  the  common  theme  in  their  losses  is  that  they’ve  displayed  a  strong  effort  on  de-­ fense,  but  they’re  just  not  scoring  enough  points.   Being  a  young  team,  the  players  are  in  their  own  heads  right  now,  Rejniak  VDLG 7KH WHDPÂśV ÂżYH VHFRQG \HDU SOD\HUV have  â€œshown  moments  of  great  play,â€?  but  are  not  playing  consistently  enough  and  while  they  take  the  same  shots  in  prac-­ tice,  it’s  just  not  translating  to  the  games.   â€œWe’re  trying  to  get  our  swag  back,â€?  Rejniak  said.   â€œOnce  that  happens  we’ll  be  great.â€?  Graduate  student  Captain  Nick  Tal-­ di  said  the  team  isn’t  playing  like  they  were  during  their  California  trip  because  they’re  relying  too  much  on  isolation  plays  on  offense.   Instead,  the  team  needs  WR PRYH WKH EDOO DQG ÂżQG WKH RSHQ PDQ to  ensure  they  take  the  best  possible  shot  during  each  possession. He  said  he  has  been  telling  the  team  to  stay  positive  despite  the  losses  because  it’s  a  long  season  and  they’ve  been  play-­ ing  tough  opponents.   Rejniak  said  he  is  pleased  with  how  the  team’s  defense  has  been  doing  so  far,  allowing  their  opponents  to  score  72  points  per  game  while  shooting  44  per-­ IHFW IURP WKH ÂżHOG EXW DOVR VDLG WKH\ QHHG to  knock  down  shots  on  offense  in  order  to  get  back  on  the  winning  side.  Â

“You  can  say  defense  wins  champi-­ onships,  but  defense  only  goes  so  far,â€?  Rejniak  said. The  team  has  to  be  more  disciplined  on  both  sides  of  the  court,  which  is  cost-­ ing  them  points  throughout  the  game  and  giving  the  other  team  a  swing  in  momen-­ tum,  Rejniak  said. Taldi  said  he  has  to  become  more  involved  with  the  offense  and  play  more  FRQVLVWHQWO\ ZKLFK ZLOO EHQHÂżW WKH WHDP Rejniak  said  he’s  been  pleased  with  ¿UVW \HDU IRUZDUG $QGUHZ 6HQLXN ZKRÂśV averaging  10.3  points  per  game  and  shooting  67  percent  on  his  three-­point  at-­ tempts. “He’s  been  a  surprise,  quite  frankly,  and  he  knows  that,â€?  Rejniak  said.   â€œHe’s  been  very  consistent  and  has  been  play-­ ing  with  a  high  IQ.â€? Rejniak  said  the  tough  competition  the  Hawks  have  faced  so  far  has  allowed  his  team  to  prepare  for  conference  play.   All  four  of  the  teams  they  have  lost  to  are  expected  to  win  their  conference,  so  he  said  they  will  be  no  different  than  the  competition  in  the  SUNYAC,  which  will  be  strong  top-­to-­bottom  this  season. The  Hawks  will  open  SUNYAC  play  this  weekend  at  SUNY  Fredonia  on  Dec.  6  and  at  Buffalo  State  on  Dec.  7. Taldi  said  road  trips  are  tough  and  WKH WHDP QHHGV WR ÂżQG D ZD\ WR VSOLW WKHVH games,  and  if  they  can  win  both  games  it  would  be  a  huge  boost  to  the  team’s  sea-­ son. Rejniak  said  he  is  expecting  two  dif-­ IHUHQW VW\OHV LQ WKHLU ÂżUVW WZR 681<$& games.   Fredonia  will  be  organized  and  play  a  slower  tempo  under  new  coach  Phillip  Seymore.   Buffalo  State,  on  the  other  hand,  plays  a  run  n’  gun  style  and  tries  to  turn  the  game  into  a  track  meet.   Rejniak  said  the  team  will  need  to  have  a  different  mindset  for  each  game.  Â

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Calm  down,  Jets  fans. The  past  three  weeks  have  been  what  everyone  has  expected  from  them  all  sea-­ son.   As  usual  though,  they  gave  the  fans  high  expectations  and  then  just  shattered  their  little  hearts.   The  5-­4  record  going  into  the  bye  made  everyone  optimistic  that  they  had  a  legitimate  chance  to  make  the  playoffs  in  the  weak  AFC.   But,  then  came  the  Jets  we  all  know  and  loathe.   A  37-­14  loss  to  the  Buffalo  Bills,  a  19-­3  loss  to  the  Baltimore  Ravens  and  a  23-­3  loss  to  the  Miami  Dolphins.   These  types  of  performances  are  what  ev-­ eryone  thought  would  happen  all  season,  but  they  just  decided  to  wait  nine  games.   If  you  thought  the  Jets  would  be  5-­4  going  into  the  bye  week  then  you’re  a  liar.   Okay  enough  of  that.  Now  what  ev-­ eryone  is  wondering  is  what  Rex  Ryan  should  do  with  Geno  Smith. Smith  should  continue  to  be  the  start-­ ing  quarterback  over  Matt  Simms.  I  don’t  care  that  Smith  has  been  in-­

Don’t  Bet  on  the  Jets consistent  all  season  and  has  been  abso-­ lutely  awful  the  past  three  weeks.   I  don’t  care  that  he’s  only  thrown  eight  touch-­ downs  compared  to  19  interceptions  this  season.   I  don’t  care  that  he’s  thrown  less  than  10  completions  the  last  three  weeks. He’s  a  rookie.   The  team  spent  a  sec-­ ond-­round  pick  on  him  in  April,  he  de-­ serves  to  have  the  chance  to  play  for  the  rest  of  the  season.   Even  though  the  Jets  are  currently  in  11th  place  and  only  one  game  out  of  the  second  wildcard  spot  in  the  AFC,  it  seems  extremely  unlikely  that  they  will  make  the  playoffs  because  of  how  they’re  playing. Because  of  all  the  circumstances,  Smith  should  play.  The  Jets’  management  and  coaching  staff  need  to  further  evalu-­ ate  him  and  see  if  he’s  the  team’s  quarter-­ back  of  the  future.   Smith  has  some  great  games,  but  more  terrible  ones.   Right  now,  it’s  look-­ LQJ OLNH -RKQ ,G]LN ZLOO KDYH WR Âż QG D QHZ quarterback  this  spring.  With  the  new Â

Collective  Bargaining  Agreement  that  was  signed  in  2011,  they’re  not  paying  Smith  a  ton  of  money,  so  they  have  the  ability  to  pay  another  quarterback.   Es-­ pecially  with  Mark  Sanchez  most  likely  coming  off  the  books  after  the  season. Smith  has  to  play  the  last  four  games  and  these  games  ultimately  have  to  de-­ cide  what  his  future  with  the  Jets  will  be,  but  who  knows?  He  may  be  the  team’s  quarterback  of  the  future  regardless  of  how  he  does  the  remainder  of  the  season. On  the  defensive  side  of  the  ball,  I  have  to  admit  I  was  wrong.   I  was  all  for  drafting  Dee  Millner  with  the  ninth  overall  pick.   I  thought  he  was  going  to  be  a  shutdown  cornerback  IRU WKH QH[W GHFDGH DQG Âż OO WKH YRLG WKDW Darelle  Revis  left.   Unfortunately,  I  was  wrong.   Yes,  it’s  only  been  12  games,  but  he’s  completely  lost.   He  gets  beaten  every  time  the  oppo-­ sition  goes  long  on  him.   He’s  had  plenty  of  chances  to  intercept  a  pass,  but  from  what  I’ve  seen,  he  can’t  catch  at  all.

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On  the  other  side,  I  was  so  wrong  about  Sheldon  Richardson.   I  hated  the  pick  at  the  time.   I,  along  with  most  Jets  fans,  were  hoping  that  they  ZRXOG Âż QDOO\ WDNH DQ RIIHQVLYH OLQHPDQ or  offensive  skilled  player  to  improve  their  awful  offense,  but  they  didn’t  and  I  was  pissed.   They  have  no  offensive  talent  and  of  course  there  was  Rex  trying  to  improve  his  defense,  but  this  pick  actually  turned  out  to  be  great.  Richardson  has  been  a  dominant  force  on  the  defensive  line  all  season  and  is  one  of  the  lone  bright  spots  on  this  terrible  team.   Richardson  along  with  Muhammed  Wilkerson  and  Quinton  Coples  will  give  the  Jets  a  solid  defensive  front  for  the  fu-­ ture.   Now,  Idzik  just  needs  to  get  a  sec-­ ondary  that’s  up  to  the  NFL’s  standard.   And  here’s  one  last  thought,  Jets  fans: Stop  booing.   They  suck.   Stop  wast-­ ing  your  energy  and  booing  just  sounds  stupid. Â

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Finally,  it’s  certain;Íž  the  King  will  stay  on  his  throne. Go  ahead,  take  a  collective  sigh.  The  New  York  Rangers  announced  on  Wednesday  they  have  extended  Goal-­ tender  Henrik  Lundqvist’s  contract  until  the  2020-­21  season,  resigning  the  goal-­ tender  for  $59.5  million.  Answering  to  the  speculation  he  faced  over  the  summer,  Lundqvist  ad-­ mitted  during  a  Wednesday  press  con-­ ference  that  â€œleaving  New  York  was  never  an  option.â€? “I  want  to  be  a  Ranger  for  life,â€?  Lundqvist  said.  â€œTo  picture  myself  any-­ where  else  was  just  wrong  and  was  never  an  option.  I  know  there  was  some  specu-­ lation  over  the  summer,  but  â€“  from  the  heart  â€“  it  was  never  an  option  to  leave  this  club.â€? And  then  my  heart  stopped  and  I  al-­ most  had  an  emotional  moment  in  front  of  my  computer. In  all  seriousness,  Blueshirts  fans  should  be  ecstatic  and  over  the  moon  with  this  news.  This  was  mentioned  in  the  past,  but  the  idea  of  trading  Lun-­ dqvist  so  that  a  hot  Cam  Talbot  could  take  on  the  No.  1  Goaltending  duties  for  the  New  York  Rangers  were  impulsive  and  unfair.  To  pseudo-­quote  an  infamous  ¿ OP IUDQFKLVH /XQGTYLVW LV WKH KHUR New  York  needs,  and  the  one  it  deserves. This  isn’t  to  say  Cam  Talbot  is  unde-­ serving  of  the  praise  he  has  been  given.  Aside  from  that  blip  on  Monday  against  the  Winnipeg  Jets,  Talbot  has  been  play-­ ing  very  well  and  has  given  Lundqvist  competition  and,  at  the  same  time,  a  little  relief.  But  it  is  way  too  early  to  say  he’s  capable  of  being  a  No.  1  goaltender,  es-­ pecially  for  a  team  that  is  consistently  considered  a  threat. However,  this  column  is  about  why  Lundqvist  is  so  deserving  of  this  con-­ tract  extension.  I  understand  the  various  concerns  over  Lundqvist  this  season,  but  only  because  it  is  indicative  of  Ranger  fans.  They  are,  without  a  doubt,  among  the  most  loyal  fans  in  all  of  sports.  The  Rangers  could  be  bottom  of  the  table  right  now  and  regardless  of  how  frustrat-­ ed  they  may  be  with  the  team,  they  will  still  show  up  at  Madison  Square  Garden Â

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in  support  of  the  team. With  that  being  said,  Ranger  fans  are  among  the  most  critical,  and  no  one  is  spared  from  the  wrath  of  New  York  criticism.  Lundqvist’s  start  to  the  season  is  among,  if  not,  his  worst.  He  has  an  8-­11-­ 0  record,  with  a  .917  save  percentage  a  2.51  GAA.  These  certainly  aren’t  the  numbers  you  would  expect  of  someone  who  has  won  a  Vezina  and  a  gold  medal  at  the  Olympic  games.  And  of  course  these  numbers  are  troubling,  but  really,  the  worry  and  doubt  hasn’t  been  fair.  Just  like  how  Talbot  has  been  having  a  hot  streak,  Lundqvist  is  going  through Â

a  cold  spell.  It’s  rare  of  his  caliber,  but  it  happens.  Everything  we  know  and  are  told  about  Lundqvist  is  that  there  is  no  one  harder  on  him  than  himself  and  that  there  is  no  one  more  desiring  of  victory  than  â€œThe  King.â€?  I’m  sure  that  every  criticism  we’ve  given  him,  he  had  given  himself  long  before. Any  New  Yorker  would  be  lying  to  themself  though  if  they  said  they  didn’t  still  believe  in  Lundqvist’s  capability  and  talent.  It’s  apparent,  and  it’s  appar-­ HQW WR WKRVH LQ WKH IURQW RIÂż FH 7KH H[ tension  should  do  Lundqvist  a  world  of  JRRG IRU KLV FRQÂż GHQFH ,WÂśV SURRI DQG evidence  of  the  fact  that  they  know  he  is Â

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talented  and  he  is  the  goaltender  who  is  most  able  to  bring  the  Rangers  to  a  Stan-­ ley  Cup.  Lundqvist  is  the  best  goaltender  in  the  world,  and  there’s  eight-­seasons  worth  of  proof  and  an  Olympics  to  back  it  up.  And  let’s  face  it   â€”  Lundqvist  ZRXOGQÂśW JHW WKLV NLQG RI Ă€ DFN LI WKH players  who  are  supposed  to  score  would  score  more.  Lundqvist  has  had  a  slow  start  to  this  season,  but  that  shouldn’t  erase  everything  he  has  done  for  this  club.  He  is  the  reason  we  make  it  to  the  postseason  every  year,  and  he  deserves  to  take  his  place  on  the  throne  of  New  <RUN XQWLO KH KDV Âż QLVKHG KLV FDUHHU

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