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SUSPENDING  DELIVERIES The  U.S.  and  Britain  said  Wednesday  they  were  suspending  deliveries  to  reb-­ els  in  northern  Syria  of  nonlethal  aid  such  as  communications  equipment  and  laptops  after  some  of  the  gear  was  seized  by  Islamic  militants. MEXICO’S  HOUSE  OF  CONGRESS Mexico’s  lower  house  of  Congress  began  a  raucous,  marathon  debate  expected  to  last  through  the  night  and  well  into  Thursday  on  historic  legislation  that  would  open  the  state-­run  oil  industry  to  private  investment.

NELSON  MANDELA Black  and  white,  old  and  young,  South  $IULFDQV E\ WKH WKRXVDQGV SDLG ÂżQDO tribute  Wednesday  to  their  beloved  Nelson  Mandela.  In  silence  or  mur-­ PXULQJ WKH\ ÂżOHG SDVW WKH FRIÂżQ 6RPH glanced  back,  as  if  clinging  to  the  sight,  NEWS  ORGANIZATIONS  CALL  FOR  URGENT  ACTION  IN  SYRIA Major  international  news  organizations  sent  a  letter  to  the  leadership  of  the  armed  oppo-­ sition  in  Syria  Wednesday,  calling  for  urgent  action  against  rebel  groups  increasingly  tar-­ geting  journalists  for  kidnappings. POPE  NAMED  TIME’S  PERSON  OF  HTE  YEAR 7LPH PDJD]LQH VHOHFWHG 3RSH )UDQFLV as  its  Person  of  the  Year  on  Wednes-­ day,  saying  the  Catholic  Church’s  new  leader  has  changed  the  perception  of  the  2,000-­year-­old  institution  in  an  ex-­ traordinary  way  in  a  short  time.

DEATH  SENTENCE Lawyers  for  a  leader  of  Bangladesh’s  largest  Islamic  party  sought  Wednes-­ day  to  have  his  death  sentence  thrown  out  after  a  late-­night  reprieve  saved  his  life  just  hours  before  he  was  to  be  hanged. Compiled  from  the  AP  Newswire

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The  3D  printing  initiative  at  SUNY  New  Paltz  is  the  recipient  of  $1  million  in  funding  from  the  mid-­Hudson  region  of  Governor  An-­ drew  Cuomo’s  Regional  Economic  Develop-­ ment  Council  initiative.  The  announcement  was  made  on  Wednesday,  Dec.  11  in  Albany,  N.Y.  â€œWe  are  very  pleased  that  the  governor  recognized  the  potential  of  this  project  to  bring  new  manufacturing  technology  and  training  to  our  region  that  will  help  grow  our  economy  and  create  jobs,â€?  President  Donald  Christian  said  in  a  press  release.  7KH IDOO VHPHVWHU KDV EHHQ WKH ÂżUVW in  which  the  school  offered  courses  in  3D  printing.  Overall,  the  program  is  comprised  of Â

six  classes  that  can  be  taken  across  three  se-­ mesters.  Mary  Hafeli  former  dean  of  the  school  of  ¿QH DQG SHUIRUPLQJ DUWV DQG 'DQLHO )UHHGPDQ dean  of  the  school  of  science  and  engineer-­ LQJ FUHDWHG WKH 'LJLWDO 'HVLJQ DQG )DEULFDWLRQ '') 3URJUDP DV D FROODERUDWLYH LQWHUGLVFL-­ plinary  effort.  $FFRUGLQJ WR )UHHGPDQ ' SULQWLQJ KDV potential  for  innovation  in  both  science  and  art,  in  addition  to  collaborative  possibilities  between  the  departments. Christian  said  the  funding  will  support  the  school’s  aim  to  allow  for  additional  â€œstate  of  the  art  3D  printing  equipment,â€?  which  will  deepen  the  reach  of  the  program  â€”  so  that  art,  computer  science  and  engineering  students  can  DOO EHQHÂżW IURP WKH LQLWLDWLYH

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With  the  additional  equipment  and  ex-­ panding  of  the  initiative,  Christian  said  he  hopes  the  3D  printing  program  at  New  Paltz  becomes  a  â€œmagnetâ€?  for  those  interested  in  3D  printing,  including  companies.  â€œThe  funding  puts  this  project  on  the  fast  track  to  help  accelerate  the  center’s  growth  and  capitalize  on  building  a  distinctive  regional  identity  in  3D  printing  and  related  research,  design  and  development,â€?  Christian  said. In  May,  $500,000  of  private  funding  was  pledged  by  Ulster  County  businessman  Sean  Eldridge  of  Hudson  River  Ventures  and  by  Central  Hudson  River.  According  to  the  press  release,  Hudson  River  Ventures  has  also  â€œcommitted  $500,000  of  venture  capital  to  help  launch  new  3D  print-­ ing  enterprises  in  the  region.â€?

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The  New  Paltz  Town  Planning  Board  met  0RQGD\ 'HF IRU D SXEOLF KHDULQJ RQ WKH proposed  development  of  the  Park  Point  hous-­ ing  complex.  New  Paltz  Town  Supervisor  Susan  Zimet  ZDV WKH ÂżUVW SHUVRQ WR VSHDN Speaking  on  behalf  of  the  New  Paltz  Town  Board,  Zimet  said  that  the  Park  Point  project  did  not  meet  the  requirements  neces-­ sary  to  be  eligible  for  a  Payment  in  Lieu  of  Taxes  (PILOT)  agreement.  According  to  Zimet,  the  Ulster  County  Industrial  Development  Agency  (IDA)  re-­ quires  that  a  project  create  increased  employ-­ ment,  economic  vitality,  creation  and  attrac-­ tion  of  new  businesses,  retention  of  existing  businesses,  and  new  opportunities  for  the  local  economy  to  be  approved  for  a  PILOT  agreement.  =LPHW VDLG WKH SHUFHQW UHGXFHG WD[ rate  Park  Point  developer  company  Wilmorite  would  pay  with  the  PILOT  agreement  did  not  bring  commensurate  value  to  the  community  and  proposed  that  the  IDA  further  review  that  Park  Point  met  the  PILOT  objectives. Âł6KRXOG WKH ,'$ EHOLHYH WKDW ÂżQDQFLDO ascendance  still  be  necessary,  before  the  IDA  takes  any  action  on  the  PILOT,  the  town  board  anticipates  it  demand  proof  from  the  applicant  that  demonstrates  the  basis  for  the  need  and  that  it  will  provide  clear  explanation  on  what  facts  and  circumstances  were  used  in  granting  PILOT  to  this  applicant,â€?  Zimet  said.    Zimet  proposed  a  third  party  expert  be  EURXJKW LQ WR DQDO\]H WKH SRVVLEOH ÂżVFDO EHQ-­ HÂżWV DQG ÂżVFDO FRQVHTXHQFHV RI WKH SURMHFW Ruth  Quinn,  vice  president  of  the  New  Paltz  Central  School  District’s  board  of  edu-­ cation  spoke  next. 4XLQQ TXHVWLRQHG WKH MXVWLÂżFDWLRQ RI D

PILOT  agreement  when  state  aid  for  local  public  education  decreased  annually.   â€œWith  no  increase  in  state  aid,  options  included  budget  override  or  continued  cutting  of  staff  and  programs,â€?  Quinn  said.  Quinn  explained  that  PILOT  agreements  KDG ÂłQR Ă€RRU´ WR WKH WD[ OHY\ OLPLW PDNLQJ LW possible  to  have  a  tax  levy  of  less  than  zero  percent.  Quinn  said  that  should  this  happen,  local  tax  payers  would  bear  a  heavier  burden  in  the  community.   Director  of  Center  for  Research,  Region-­ al  Education  and  Outreach  (CRREO)  Gerald  Benjamin  spoke  in  defense  of  the  college  and  Wilmorite.  â€œThe  college  does  not  lie  to  the  commu-­ nity,â€?  Benjamin  said.  â€œAnd  these  accusations  have  been  made  a  lot.â€?  Benjamin  referred  to  criticism  that  infra-­ structure  growth  by  the  college,  be  it  class-­ room  buildings  or  housing  facilities,  would  result  in  student  population  growth.  Benja-­ min  rebutted  the  claim,  saying  the  school  will  not  increase  it’s  undergraduate  population  because  both  current  and  proposed  facilities  could  not  accommodate  it.  Benjamin  said  that  the  infrastructure  growth  those  critics  refer  to  are  replacement  and  renovation  of  decades-­old  buildings.  Ben-­ jamin  said  the  new  residence  hall  approved  this  year  was  done  to  reduce  triple  occupancy  in  the  current  halls.  Benjamin  went  on  to  say  that  Wilmorite’s  history  as  a  corporation  has  been  â€œmisrepre-­ sented.â€?    â€œWilmorite  is  an  up-­state  company  that  is  seeking  to  build  its  business  in  up-­state  New  York  in  collaboration  with  a  regional  institu-­ tion  and  is  family-­owned,â€?  Benjamin  said.  â€œWe  should  be  proud  that  New  York  can  cre-­ ate  companies  like  this  even  in  a  very  tough  business  environment.  Here  we  have  a  New  York  company  trying  to  invest  in  New  York Â

and  we’re  condemning  it  for  being  success-­ ful.â€?  Benjamin  said  he  believed  there  to  be  an  ideological  predisposition  of  â€œanti-­capitalist,  DQWL SURÂżW DQG DQWL VXFFHVV ´ Âł0DQ\ LQ 1HZ 3DOW] GRQÂśW OLNH FDSLWDO-­ LVP WKH\ GRQÂśW OLNH SURÂżW DQG WKH\ GRQÂśW OLNH EXVLQHVV Âą HYHQ LI WKH\ EHQHÂżW IURP DOO WKUHH ´ Benjamin  said.  Benjamin  said  that  community  decision  making  should  not  be  based  on  purposeful  unsubstantiated  language  designed  to  mobi-­ lize  but  rather  data  and  analysis  which  he  said  Wilmorite  has  been  responsive  in  providing.   Student  Association  (SA)  President  0DQXHO 7HMDGD DQG ([HFXWLYH 9LFH 3UHVLGHQW Zachary  Rousseas  also  took  to  the  podium  to  voice  the  consensus  opinion  of  SA.  On  behalf  of  SA,  Tejada  conditionally  en-­ GRUVHG WKH 3DUN 3RLQW SURMHFW FLWLQJ LWV EHQHÂżWV to  future  undergraduate  students  and  transfer  students,  but  not  without  stating  demands  SA  felt  should  be  considered–affordability,  sus-­ tainability  and  economic  well-­being. Tejada  said  that  Park  Point  should  remain  in  keeping  with  the  â€œstudent  friendlyâ€?  atmo-­ sphere  of  the  other  residence  halls  and  be  af-­ fordable  to  reach  a  diverse  range  of  students.  To  quell  the  town’s  sustainability  concern  over  Park  Point’s  use  of  natural  gas,  Tejada  proposed  the  installation  of  solar  panels.  Te-­ jada  said  that  SA  did  not  support  the  current  PILOT  proposal,  saying  that  students  and  town  residents  should  not  bear  the  tax  respon-­ sibility.  Rousseas  stated  that  if  SA’s  demands  are  not  met  they  will  withdraw  their  support  of  the  project.     The  Planning  Board  voted  to  keep  the  public  hearing  open  for  further  testimony  RQ WKH ÂżVFDO DQG HQYLURQPHQWDO LPSDFW RI the  Park  Point  project  to  be  discussed  at  the  board’s  next  meeting  on  Dec.  16.

Administrators  Respond  To  Title  IX  Concerns By  Cat  Tacopina Editor-­In-­Chief  |  Ctacopina97@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

A  letter  from  the  federal  education  depart-­ PHQWÂśV 2IÂżFH IRU &LYLO 5LJKWV 2&5 ZDV VHQW WR SUNY  Chancellor  Nancy  Zimpher  at  the  end  of  October  to  discuss  Title  IX  compliance  throughout  the  university  system. SUNY  New  Paltz  was  one  of  four  schools  in  the  SUNY  system  to  be  observed  by  the  OCR,  along  with  SUNY  at  Albany,  SUNY  Buffalo  State  DQG 681< 0RUULVYLOOH In  the  New  Paltz  section  of  the  letter,  the  OCR  said  â€œNew  Paltz  does  not  utilize  the  SUNY  sys-­

tem  procedures  for  sexual  harrasment  complaints  against  students,â€?  and  that  they  were  concerned  with  the  school’s  handling  of  those  complaints  once  they  had  been  made  from  the  2007-­08  aca-­ demic  year  to  the  2010-­11  academic  year.  How-­ ever,  they  applauded  awareness  efforts  such  as  the  ZRUNVKRSV GRQH DW ÂżUVW \HDU DQG WUDQVIHU RULHQWD-­ tion,  as  well  as  events  like  â€œTunnel  of  Oppressionâ€?  and  â€œTake  Back  the  Night.â€? SUNY  New  Paltz  President  Donald  Christian  said  the  standards  the  OCR  were  holding  SUNY  WR ZHUH FKDQJHG DIWHU WKH HDUOLHVW ÂżOHV H[DPLQHG “It’s  hard  to  ask  someone  to  get  into  a  time Â

capsule  and  change  these  guidelines,  when  they  KDGQÂśW EHHQ LQ SODFH IRU HDUOLHU ÂżOHV ´ &KULVWLDQ said. Dean  of  Students  Linda  Eaton  said  the  school  has  since  followed  the  current  OCR  procedures  since  the  guidelines  had  been  changed.  She  also  said  while  it  would  appear  in  writing  that  the  school  wasn’t  following  the  procedure,  they  were  doing  so  in  practice.  â€œThere  was  nothing  intentional  about  not  having  the   proper  procedure  in  writing,â€?  Eaton  said.  â€œIt  was  probably  just  a  matter  of  oversight  be-­ cause  it  was  always  a  practice  that  we  followed.â€?

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ANONYMOUS  WEBSITE A  San  Diego  man  has  been  charged  with  operating  a  revenge  porn  website  that  let  people  anonymously  post  ex-­ plicit  photographs  of  others  so  that  he  could  extort  money  from  those  whose  privacy  was  breached. MAN  FATALLY  SHOT A  60-­year-­old  man  fatally  shot  his  dementia-­stricken  wife  at  their  home  and  then  walked  into  a  convalescent  home  Wednesday  and  killed  his  sister,  according  to  police,  who  described  the  shootings  as  apparent  mercy  killings.

52  BUS  COMPANIES  SHIUT  DOWN Federal  bus  safety  regulators  have  shut  down  52  companies  in  what  they  describe  as  a  major  nationwide  crack-­ GRZQ RQ XQVDIH RXWÂżWV LQFOXGLQJ OLQHV whose  drivers  had  suspended  licenses  or  worked  routes  of  more  than  800  miles  without  rest SAVING  CITRUS  CROP The  federal  government  is  getting  in-­ YROYHG LQ WKH ÂżJKW DJDLQVW FLWUXV JUHHQ-­ ing  disease,  in  hopes  of  saving  Flori-­ da’s  -­  and  possibly  the  entire  nation’s  -­  citrus  crop.

MINNESOTA  NATIONAL  GUARD $ IHGHUDO DI¿GDYLW DFFXVHV D 0LQQHVRWD National  Guard  member  of  stealing  FODVVL¿HG LQIRUPDWLRQ IURP KLV IRUPHU military  unit  at  Fort  Bragg,  N.C.

STUDENT  PILOTS Hundreds  of  student  pilots  across  the  nation  are  preparing  for  jobs  that  don’t  exist  yet  in  aviation’s  newest,  PRVW SURPLVLQJ ÂżHOG Ă€\LQJ GURQHV

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START-­UP  New  York  Preps  For  Applicants By  John  Tappen News  Editor  |  John.tappen@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

New  York  colleges  participating  in  Governor  An-­ drew  Cuomo’s  START-­UP  New  York  initiative  will  begin  accepting  applications  from  businesses  on  Jan.  1.  The  START-­UP  New  York  legislation  was  adopted  in  June.  The  goal  of  the  initiative  is  to  establish  tax-­free  zones  of  up  to  200,000  square  feet  for  new  or  recently  ex-­ panding  businesses  that  are  adding  net  new  jobs,  within  one  mile  of  a  SUNY  campus.  Companies  selected  to  participate  will  be  absolved  from  income,  sales,  property  and  business  or  corporate  VWDWH RU ORFDO WD[HV LQ LWV ÂżUVW ÂżYH \HDUV ,Q WKH VXEVHTXHQW ÂżYH \HDUV FRPSDQLHV ZLOO SD\ YDU\LQJ DPRXQWV LQ WD[HV based  on  income.  ³,WÂśV DQ LQYHVWPHQW RSSRUWXQLW\ WR DWWUDFW EXVLQHVV ² start  ups  as  well  as  existing  businesses  that  are  expanding  to  New  York,â€?  SUNY  New  Paltz  Community  and  Gov-­ ernment  Relations  Associate  Richard  Winters  said.  Winters,  along  with  President  Donald  Christian  and  Chief  of  Staff  and  Associate  Vice  President  for  Commu-­ nication  Shelly  Wright  will  be  leading  the  search  for  po-­ tential  companies  that  would  be  involved  in  the  initiative.  The  trio  will  be  looking  for  businesses  that  the  school  will  have  the  potential  to  establish  and  maintain  partner-­ ships  with,  Winters  said. Each  campus  participating  in  START-­UP  New  York  must  develop  and  submit  a  plan  that  outlines  the  school’s  mission  and  what  kind  of  relationship  it  wants  to  have  with  a  prospective  business.  The  drafts  are  due  for  sub-­

mission  at  the  end  of  this  month  and  are  sent  to  the  SUNY  V\VWHP IRU UHYLHZ ÂżUVW EHIRUH LW ZLOO JR WR WKH JRYHUQRUÂśV economic  development,  Wright  said. Winters  said  the  draft  plans  ensure  that  the  business-­ es  selected  for  this  partnership  align  with  the  mission  of  the  school.  When  evaluating  individual  businesses  that  have  ap-­ plied,  Winters  said  the  school  is  taking  into  account  the  ZD\V VWXGHQWV ZLOO EH DIIHFWHG DQG KRZ WKH\ FDQ EHQHÂżW The  evaluation  criteria  can  be  encapsulated  into  three  points:  That  the  business  aligns  with  academic  mission  of  1HZ 3DOW] ² WKDW WKHUH LV D FOHDU FRQQHFWLRQ LQ UHJDUGV WR the  disciplinary  and  interdisciplinary  programs.  Making  sure  the  business  will  provide  opportuni-­ ties  to  current  students  in  the  form  of  internships,  giving  students  a  â€œcriticalâ€?  out  of  classroom  educational  experi-­ ence,  as  well  as  professors  that  the  way  of  research  pos-­ sibilities.  Ensure  that  the  business  and  the  college  can  establish  a  â€œframework  for  a  lasting  relationship,â€?  that  students  will  have  the  chance  to  build  employment  opportunities  by  way  of  internships.  Winters  said  potential  businesses  would  have  to  match  up  with  the  school’s  core  academic  strengths.  Both  Winters  and  Christian  acknowledged  the  school’s  3D  printing  program,  which  was  awarded  ad-­ ditional  state  funding  by  the  Economic  Development  Council  on  Wednesday,  Dec.  11,  could  serve  as  an  oppor-­ WXQLW\ WR SRVLWLRQ WKH VFKRRO ZLWK EXVLQHVVHV LQ WKDW ÂżHOG However,  Winters  said  they  are  open  to  an  array  of Â

possibilities.  â€œWe’re  certainly  open  to  considering  and  reviewing  interests  in  other  areas  that  align  with  the  diverse  aca-­ demic  strengths  of  the  college,â€?  Winters  said.  Companies  have  already  begun  to  apply  for  the  pro-­ gram  through  online  registry  via  Startup-­ny.com ,Q WKH VLJQ XS SURFHVV EXVLQHVVHV FDQ VHOHFW WR DSSO\ VSHFLÂż-­ cally  to  be  involved  in  one  of  the  10  regions.  They  in-­ clude:  the  Capital  District,  Central  New  York,  the  Finger  /DNHV /RQJ ,VODQG 0RKDZN 9DOOH\ 1HZ <RUN &LW\ North  Country,  Southern  Tier,  Western  New  York  and  the  Mid-­Hudson,  of  which  New  Paltz  is  a  part.  Companies  have  until  Dec.  31,  2020  to  submit  their  business  for  inclusion  in  the  initiative,  â€œmaking  it  a  long  term  opportunity,  in  a  sense,â€?  Winters  said.  2QFH WKH VFKRRO EHJLQV WR ZRUN ZLWK VSHFLÂżF FRP-­ panies,  Winters  said  they  will  be  able  to  take  into  con-­ sideration  the  particulars  of  what  the  company  may  need  and  measuring  those  necessities  up  against  the  available  infrastructure  that  the  New  Paltz  community  has  to  offer.  Part  of  that  process  is  locating  a  space  for  future  companies.  &KULVWLDQ VDLG WKDW D VSDFH GHÂżFLW RQ FDPSXV KDV eliminated  the  possibility  of  leasing  school  space  to  START-­UP  New  York  companies  and  has  narrowed  the  scope  of  options  to  vacant  commercial  spaces  within  the  region.  According  to  the  law,  senate  bill  5903-­2013,  there  is  a  cap  of  10,000  on  the  total  number  of  employees  that  can  be  hired  state  wide  through  START-­UP  New  York  each  year.

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7KH 3UHVLGHQWÂśV 2IÂżFH DW 681< 1HZ 3DOW] KDV H[-­ panded.  5LFKDUG :LQWHUV MRLQHG WKH 3UHVLGHQWÂśV 2IÂżFH LQ 1R-­ vember  2013  as  the  Community  and  Government  Rela-­ tions  Associate.  ,Q WKLV QHZO\ FUHDWHG SRVLWLRQ :LQWHUV VDLG KH ZLOO support  and  assist  New  Paltz  President  Donald  Christian  and  the  Chief  of  Staff  and  Associate  Vice  President  for  Communication  Shelly  Wright  with  institutional  initiatives  outlined  in  the  college’s  strategic  plan  and  supporting  the  college’s  participation  in  the  Governor  Cuomo’s  START-­ UP  New  York  initiative. After  graduating  from  SUNY  New  Paltz  in  2008,  :LQWHUV VDLG KH VSHQW WKH ÂżUVW WKUHH \HDUV RI KLV SURIHV-­ sional  career  working  for  Former  Congressman  John  Hall  who  represented  neighboring  counties  to  New  Paltz  in  the  Hudson  Valley.   ,Q WKLV UROH KH OHG RXWUHDFK HIIRUWV WR FRQVWLWXHQWV within  the  Congressman’s  district  and  interacted  with  lo-­ FDO VWDWH DQG IHGHUDO RIÂżFLDOV EXVLQHVV DQG FRPPXQLW\

members  and  other  stakeholders  on  issues  affecting  the  district.   Additionally,  he  was  responsible  for  handling  eco-­ nomic  development  projects,  managing  individual  constit-­ uent  casework  issues  and  planning  and  executing  events  on  behalf  of  the  Congressman. Christian  said  there  was  a  demand  for  this  position  because  he  and  Wright  have  not  been  able  to  develop  a  IRUP RI FRPPXQLFDWLRQ ZLWK WKH VWDWHÂśV HOHFWHG RIÂżFLDOV WR display  the  accomplishments  of  the  college  and  have  those  accomplishments  on  the  â€œradar  screenâ€?  of  elected  decision  makers. Winters  said  he  will  have  to  balance  his  time  between  working  on  campus  and  off  campus. “One  of  the  challenges  in  this  new  position  will  like-­ ly  be  balancing  assignments  on  campus  with  traveling  to  market  the  college  and  its  many  exciting  assets,  programs  and  initiatives  to  stakeholders  in  the  local  and  regional  community,â€?  Winters  said. Christian  said  Winters  will  also  identify  commercial  SURSHUWLHV LQ WKH UHJLRQ DQG ÂżQG FRPSDQLHV WKDW FDQ EH D part  of  the  START-­UP  New  York  initiative. “[START-­UP  New  York  is]  a  critical  piece  for  the  col-­

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lege,  for  the  regional  economy  and  we  think  it’s  important  for  students  for  us  to  be  a  part  of  that  program,â€?  Christian  said.   Winters  said  he  was  â€œfortunate  and  pleasedâ€?  to  receive  a  promotion.   Prior  to  the  promotion,  he  spent  almost  three  \HDUV LQ WKH 2IÂżFH RI 8QGHUJUDGXDWH $GPLVVLRQ 7KHUH Winters  worked  with  future  students  in  the  admission  and  HQUROOPHQW SURFHVVHV HYDOXDWLQJ DSSOLFDWLRQV IRU ÂżUVW \HDU admission,  conducting  on  and  off-­campus  information  ses-­ sions  to  prospective  families  and  many  other  duties. Following  the  college’s  strategic  plan,  Winters  said  he  will  be  looking  to  strengthen  the  school’s  community  and  regional  engagement,  while  trying  to  create  and  build  relationships  with  various  constituencies,  government  of-­ ÂżFLDOV FKDPEHUV RI FRPPHUFH DQG RWKHU NH\ EXVLQHVV DQG community  organizations. Christian  said  he  wants  to  see  the  strategic  plan  â€œen-­ gage  the  community  more  effectivelyâ€?  in  two  ways.   First,  he  said  he  would  like  the  college  to  take  advantage  of  the  resources  in  the  community  to  increase  opportunities  for  students  to  have  internships  and  part-­time  jobs,  while  still  attending  school. Â

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Survey Shows Students Want Better Quality Food By Jennifer Newman Copy Editor | Jnewman46@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

With the future addition of two new dining establishments in the works, stu-­ dents voiced their concerns about on campus food this semester when Campus Auxiliary Services (CAS) sent out a cam-­ pus-­wide survey asking students, faculty and administrators to give feedback on their campus experiences with dining, the bookstore, Shop24 and ID Card services. With 1,245 participants in the survey, Executive Director of CAS Steve Deutsch said it has given CAS a clearer picture of what students want. “We’ve had a lot of loud voices advo-­ cating for certain things on the food ser-­ vice side,” Deutsch said. “I think it was well done in terms of response.” Out of all of the participants in the survey, 77 percent of them were students, a majority of which were third-­year stu-­ dents. Just over half of student respon-­ dents reside on campus. Deutsch said be-­ fore the survey, he had hunches of what students liked and disliked, but it reaf-­ ¿UPHG WKHVH WKRXJKWV Most participants prefer locally grown foods, which they are willing to pay up to 10 percent more for than “regu-­ lar” food items. Many students have ex-­ pressed their desire for increased quality of food as well. Owen Percoco, a third-­year com-­ puter science major said he did not think the quality of the food matched up to the price. “The fact that simple things like drinks cost twice as much in the SUB as they do at Stop & Shop is ludicrous,” he said. However, Percoco said he would be willing to pay more for local or natural foods. Deutsch said CAS is working with Real Food Calculator and a professor LQ WKH EXVLQHVV VFKRRO RQ D VWXG\ WR ¿QG out how much people are willing to pay for local foods, as SUNY New Paltz has one of the lowest meal plan prices in the SUNY system. “Obviously, it’s more expensive to get locally sourced products,” Deutsch said. “In the same way that everyone wants healthy options, the question is how much

PHOTO BY ROBIN WEINSTEIN According to a CAS survey, students are willing to pay for better quality food.

are they willing to pay for them. We’ll be DEOH WR ¿QG WKDW RXW IURP WKH VWXG\ ´ Off-­campus student Rebecca Zedek, a third-­year communications major, said she was concerned with the increased rise in prices, while still having the same amount of dining dollars for students. “From an outsider’s perspective, this is an outrage. The amount of students are increasing and they have to keep up with the demand,” she said. “I would love to eat on campus with my friends more, but I can’t do it if it costs 10 dollars to eat just one meal.” Deutsch said that a recent meeting with student board members addressed the problem of students running out of dining dollars. “One of the ideas is [to change] more for the meal plans so we could put more dollars on the meal plan,” he said. “The general consensus is that people do not want to be committed to making more purchases on campus.”

Deutsch said campus meal plans will most likely change once the two new eateries at the new residence hall and Wooster Science Building open in 2015. He also said CAS is trying to change the location of the campus bakery to make it a retail outlet. The future of the on-­campus meal plan and dining establishments are ever changing, Deutsch said. Next semester, a New York City style pizza slice eatery will open as a replacement of Pandini’s. “It will be real pizza, really good piz-­ za,” he said, adding that it will be differ-­ ent than Hasbrouck slices. According to the survey, many feel Shop24 is most useful for emergency situ-­ ations, with zero percent of respondents saying they use it on a daily basis, and two percent saying they use it once a week. Tim Natsch, a third-­year adoles-­ cent education social studies major, said Shop24 can be convenient, but he felt it could be utilized better.

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“I question the prices,” he said. “It becomes either, pay here and save the walk, or save money and go walk all the way to town, which as we know from re-­ cent events could be dangerous.” Deutsch said Shop24 has been oper-­ ated by Pepsi and CAS took a smaller role in the handling of the machine in order for it to come into fruition. “Pepsi has done a poor job of dealing with the machine,” Deutsch said. “They stocked the machine with items that are not popular and overpriced. They have done a poor job of maintaining [the ma-­ chine].” He said that since Sodexo has an ex-­ clusive on dining dollars on campus, the machine would need to be maintained by them and dining dollars could be used. “We have two more years on the vending contract with Pepsi, we are trying to get out of it earlier, as soon as Pepsi lets us out Sodexo wants to do it,” Deutsch said.

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Community  Learns  The  Danger  Of  Nuclear  Plants

By  Hannah  Nesich Assist.  Copy  Editor  |  Hnesich@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

On  Wednesday,  students  gathered  in  the  Coykend-­ all  Science  Building  Auditorium  to  be  educated  on  the  worldwide  environmental  and  health  effects  of  the  Fuku-­ shima  Power  Plant  disaster  that  decimated  parts  of  Japan  in  2011. “Fukushima  and  You,â€?  co-­hosted  by  Occupy  New  Paltz  and  the  Cancer  Awareness  Coalition,  let  commu-­ nity  members  gather  to  learn  about  the  ongoing  dangers  of  nuclear  power  plants  and  the  best  ways,  if  any,  people  can  protect  themselves,  according  to  co-­planner  Michele  Riddell.  The  two  hour  event  started  at  7  p.m.  and  featured  an  array  of  speakers,  including  Vassar  radio  host  of  â€œBlue  Plantâ€?  Chris  Ruhe,  who  serenaded  the  audience  with  his  guitar  and  a  song,  Joel  Tyner  of  the  Dutchess  County  Legislature  and  SUNY  New  Paltz  Adjunct  Professor  of  Biology  Michael  Boms.  Co-­sponsors  include  New  Paltz  Women  in  Black,  Ulster  County  Veterans  for  Peace  and  the  SUNY  New  Paltz  Environmental  Task  Force.  Musi-­ cian  and  Clearwater  founder  Pete  Seeger  was  scheduled  to  speak  but  couldn’t  attend  due  to  health  reasons.  Riddell’s  inspiration  for  educating  the  public  on  Fu-­ kushima’s  disastrous  impacts  was  sparked  by  an  article  her  daughter  sent  her,  that  listed  28  reasons  why  we  need  to  worry  about  nuclear  energy.  Distressed  after  reading  it,  she  went  to  her  friend  Kimiko  Lee’s  house  to  discuss  her  concerns.  â€œKimiko  said  â€˜Let’s  tell  people  about  it,’â€?  Riddell  VDLG Âł$W ÂżUVW , GLGQÂśW ZDQW WR WHOO SHRSOH EHFDXVH , thought  â€˜What  would  we  do?’  But  then  we  realized  we  need  to  talk  about  it.â€?  Lee,  a  member  of  Mothers  and  Others  to  Shut  Down  ,QGLDQ 3RLQW 5RVH 0DULH :LOOLDPV RI WKH &DQFHU $ZDUH-­ ness  Coalition  and  Riddell  threw  the  event  together  in  three  to  four  weeks,  Riddell  said. Â

Riddell  played  a  video  for  the  audience  called  â€œFu-­ kushima:  Beyond  Urgent,â€?  and  literature  was  offered  that  highlighted  the  dangers  of  nuclear  energy.  Williams  discussed  ways  people  can  boost  their  im-­ mune  systems  so  it  can  stand  the  possible  bombardment  of  radiation  and  outlined  safety  precautions  to  follow  in  the  event  of  a  radiological  disaster.  ³:H DUH UHDOO\ FORVH WR >QXFOHDU SRZHU SODQW@ ,QGLDQ Point,  and  it  is  operating  without  a  license,â€?  Riddell  said.  â€œPeople  are  talking  about  the  monster  in  our  backyard.â€?  5LGGHOO VDLG LI ,QGLDQ 3RLQW (QHUJ\ &HQWHU ORFDWHG 50  miles  down  the  Hudson  River  in  Buchanan,  were  to  experience  a  nuclear  disaster,  â€œit  would  be  the  end  of  New  York.â€?  Boms,  a  proponent  of  alternative  energy,  said  he  agreed  to  speak  at  the  event  because,  as  a  society  that  is  choosing  to  rely  on  nuclear  energy,  â€œwe  are  playing  with  ¿UH EXW ZH DUH JHWWLQJ EXUQHG ´ Boms  said  Fukushima  may  end  up  with  more  det-­ rimental  long-­term  effects  than  the  1986  Chernobyl  di-­ saster  in  Ukraine,  which  the  Greenpeace  organization  predicts  the  disaster  will  result  in  93,000  cancer  related  deaths.  â€œThis  is  much  bigger  [than  Chernobyl]  and  has  con-­ taminated  so  much  water  and  is  being  carried  all  over.  And  with  the  prevailing  winds,  it’s  also  being  carried  WR WKH 86 ,WÂśV D UHDOO\ VHULRXV LQGLFDWLRQ RI WKH IXWXUH RXWFRPH ´ %RPV VDLG Âł,WÂśV VR VHYHUH WKDW WKHUH DUH nuclear  power  plants  in  Japan  and  they  shut  all  of  them  down.  Even  Germany  and  France,  who  rely  on  nuclear  power,  are  decommissioning  [nuclear  power  plants]  and  are  talking  about  going  to  alternative  energy  within  5-­10  years.â€? Boms  said  over  time,  people  can  expect  to  see  a  rise  in  health  impacts  from  Fukushima’s  radiation,  like  thy-­ URLG FDQFHU DQG DQ LQFUHDVH LQ GHDG ]RQHV LQ WKH 3DFLÂżF Ocean,  an  early  sign  of  destruction  of  the  ecosystem.  %RPV VDLG DFFRUGLQJ WR &11 LW LV GLIÂżFXOW WR SXW QX-­

clear  plants  in  Japan  because  the  country  sits  above  fault  lines,  leaving  the  50  plants  in  the  country  vulnerable  to  earthquakes  that  can  result  in  radioactive  disasters. Boms  explained  that  the  core  of  nuclear  power  plants  must  be  kept  cool,  and  if  the  power  goes  out,  backup  generators  will  kick  in.  When  the  tsunami  hit  the  shores  of  Japan,  the  ocean’s  saltwater  destroyed  the  backup  generators  and  the  core  of  three  of  the  four  nuclear  reac-­ tors  overheated,  causing  them  to  explode.  The  saltwa-­ ter  eventually  cooled  down  the  reactors  and  then  leaked  back  into  the  ocean,  newly  contaminated  by  radiation. “The  whole  thing  should  be  played  as  a  major  di-­ saster,  and  it’s  not  and  it  is  still  happening  now,â€?  Boms  VDLG Âł,ÂśYH JRW D IHHOLQJ WKDW EHWZHHQ WKH $WRPLF (QHUJ\ &RPPLVVLRQ DQG WKH ,QWHUQDWLRQDO $WRPLF (QHUJ\ &RP-­ mission,  they  are  pupaw-­ing  [down  playing]  it  because  they  don’t  want  to  concern  people.â€?  Riddell  said  she  and  her  family  get  the  majority  of  their  nuclear  reactor-­related  news  from  San  Francisco-­ based  publications,  where  her  daughter  lives,  and  some  mainstream  news  sources,  despite  being  faced  with  what  Riddell  calls  a  â€œbig  news  blackout.â€?  She  uses  the  Face-­ book  page  â€œFukushima  Awareness  Hudson  Valleyâ€?  to  localize  information  and  pointed  out  that  Japan  recently  passed  a  secrecy  act  that  curtailed  security  on  many  of  the  nation’s  issues  including  the  Fukushima  nuclear  cri-­ sis,  despite  thousands  of  protesters.  Boms  said  there  aren’t  many  ways  to  protect  our-­ selves  from  the  radiation  aftermath  because  the  effects  of  the  disaster  reach  worldwide.  â€œMy  personal  feelings  are  that  unless  you  walk  around  in  a  lead  suit,  really  nothing  can  be  done,â€?  Boms  said.  He  emphasized  education  above  all  and  said  he  hoped  the  event  served  as  a  chance  for  people  to  under-­ stand  what  impacts  of  nuclear  energy  will  bring,  both  past  and  present.

SUNY  New  Paltz  Major  Recipient  Of  Award By  Katherine  Speller Managing  Editor  |  Katherine.Speller79@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

SUNY  New  Paltz  was  named  one  of  the  top  producers  of  Fulbright  scholars  for  master’s  institutions  in  2013-­2014  by  the  U.S.  Department  of  State,  with  a  total  of  13  Fulbright  scholars  from  the  college  from  1998  to  the  present.  President  Donald  Christian  said  that  Fulbrights  are  â€œre-­ ally  competitive  opportunitiesâ€?  for  members  of  faculty  to  experience  their  work  and  study  in  different  parts  of  the  world.  According  to  the  Department  of  State’s  Bureau  of  Educational  and  Cultural  Affairs  website,  the  Fulbright  SURJUDP LV D ³ÀDJVKLS LQWHUQDWLRQDO HGXFDWLRQDO H[FKDQJH program  sponsored  by  the  U.S.  government  and  is  designed  to  increase  mutual  understanding  between  the  people  of  the  United  States  and  the  people  of  other  countries.â€? The  Program  was  given  a  congressional  appropriation Â

RI PLOOLRQ LQ WKH ÂżVFDO \HDU ZLWK IRUHLJQ FRP-­ missions  and  foundations  contributing  approximately  $89.2  PLOOLRQ LQ WKH ÂżVFDO \HDU “Not  everyone  who  applies  for  a  Fulbright  gets  one,â€?  &KULVWLDQ VDLG Âł6R LWÂśV D UHĂ€HFWLRQ RI WKH FDOLEHU RI IDFXOW\ that  students  are  interacting  with  in  the  classroom.â€? According  to  a  recent  press  release  the  college  has  two  professors  who  received  the  award  this  year   â€”  Associate  Professor  of  History  Michael  Vargas  and  Associate  Profes-­ sor  of  Geography  Salvatore  Engel-­Dimauro.  â€œHaving  New  Paltz  be  recognized  as  a  major  reception  of  Fulbright  scholars  is  an  acknowledgement  of  the  great  faculty  that  we  have,â€?  Christian  said. According  to  the  press  release,  Vargas  will  spend  the  2013-­2014  academic  year  in  Barcelona.  While  abroad  he  will  use  the  grant  to  â€œsupport  his  continued  study  of  the  Crown  of  Aragon  in  the  late  Middle  Ages,  including  the  ex-­ ploration  of  problems  of  institutional  imbalance,  leadership Â

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hubris  and  social  anxieties  in  contemporary  Spain  and  the  United  States.â€? Engel-­DiMauro  will  spend  the  year  in  Rome.  at  the  University  of  Rome  La  Sapienza.  His  project  will  combine  â€œteaching  and  researching  environmental  issues  in  cities.â€?  He  will  also  lecture  at  graduate  courses,  seminars  and  work-­ shops  at  the  University  and  research  â€œthe  factors  fostering  trace  element  movement  from  urban  garden  soils  to  crops.â€? President  Christian  said  the  professor’s  time  in  the  pro-­ JUDP JUHDWO\ EHQHÂżWV DQG GLYHUVLÂżHV WKH FODVVURRP H[SHUL-­ ences  of  students  on  campus. “These  faculty  go  off  and  they  work  on  these  Fulbright  programs  and  come  back  and  now  have  different  experienc-­ es  and  capacities  to  bring  into  the  classroom  with  students  and  to  expand  their  future  research  and  scholarly  activities:  ERWK WKH UHĂ€HFWLRQ RI TXDOLW\ DQG HQKDQFHPHQW RI ZKDW IDF-­ ulty  can  bring  into  the  classroom  afterwards,â€?  Christian  said. Â

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Driver Crashes Into Laundromat By Andrew Lief Sports Editor | N02452747@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

A 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix crashed into Splish Splash Laundro-­ mat on Main Street on Tuesday, Dec. 10 at around 11 a.m., according to New Paltz Police Department Chief of Police Joe Synder. A 22-­year-­old male, who was driving with a learner’s permit, thought the car was in park and then hit the accelerator and damaged the front door and glass windows of Splish Splash. A witness saw his license plate before he left the scene and police were then able to track him down at his home. Synder said he received a ticket for unlicensed operation and leaving the scene of a property damage acci-­ dent. Two people were in the Laundro-­ mat at the time and both were unhurt. 7KH ¿UH GHSDUWPHQW VHFXUHG WKH glass, which will now be inspected by the village building department. The laundromat is currently closed.

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New Paltz Town Board Recieves State Grant To Develop New Trail

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The New Paltz Town Board has received an $8,500 state grant to develop a plan for a trail, eight lengths of a mile long. It would run along the Wallkill River to the intersection of Lewis Lane and Red Barn Road. The grant came from funding earmarked by the Hudson Rivery Valley Greenway for trail development.

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On  the  shelves  surrounding  the  front  gallery  of  the  Sojourner  Truth  Library  (STL)  lay  thousands  of  books.  The  sto-­ ries  inside,  having  indulged  their  previ-­ ous  owners,  were  donated  for  New  Paltz  residents,  staff  and  students  to  purchase  for  cheap.  For  the  15th  consecutive  year,  the  Friends  of  the  Sojourner  Truth  Library  sponsored  their  annual  used  book  sale  from  Dec.  4  â€“  Dec.  11  in  the  STL.  This  year  more  than  8,000  books  were  do-­ nated  for  the  sale.  The  Friends  were  able  WR UDLVH PRUH WKDQ WR EHQHÂż W WKH library,  STL  Outreach  Coordinator  Mor-­ gan  Gwenwald  said.  Gwenwald  said  the  annual  used  book  sales  generally  earn  the  library  around  $3,000,  but  some  have  raked  in  as  much  as  $5,000.  Since  their  founding,  the  Friends  have  generated  more  than  $300,000  for  the  STL. “All  the  proceeds  go  directly  into  buying  more  books  for  the  library  and  help  to  fray  databases  for  students,  like  JSTOR,â€?  she  said.

Dean  of  the  STL  Mark  Colvson  said  the  support  from  the  Friends  is  impera-­ tive  to  what  the  library  and  those  work-­ ing  there  are  all  about.  He  said  maintaining  a  positive  con-­ nection  between  the  campus  and  com-­ munity  is  very  important  to  him.  â€œThe  Friends  of  the  Sojourner  Truth  Library  are  indispensible  to  the  library,â€?  he  said.  â€œWe  want  to  make  the  library  feel  like  a  welcoming  place.  I  think  [the  book  sale]  is  a  wonderful  opportunity  for  New  Paltz  faculty,  staff  and  the  wid-­ er  community  to  meet  and  share  their  love  of  books.â€?  Throughout  the  week,  Gwenwald  said  hundreds  of  students,  faculty  and  â€œother  members  of  the  wider  New  Paltz  FRPPXQLW\´ VKXIĂ€ HG WKURXJK WKH GRRUV of  the  STL  to  survey  the  selection.  Among  the  students  she  said  there  were  also  a  dozen  booksellers  who  had  lined  up  at  the  door  prior  to  opening  on  WKH Âż UVW GD\ UHDG\ WR EX\ FKHDS ERRNV that  they  could  later  resell.   Members  from  the  Equal  Opportu-­ nities  Program  (EOP)  helped  to  stage  the  event  and  staff  the  sales,  Gwenwald  said.  Â

All  of  the  books  come  from  outside  donations.   Contrary  to  popular  belief,  Gwenwald  said,  none  of  the  books  sold  are  old  library  books.  The  Friends  are  responsible  for  a  large  portion  of  the  donated Â

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books.  Gwenwald  said  they  also  receive  â€œa  lot  of  very  nice  donations  from  fac-­ ulty  members.â€?  Hardcover  books,  soft  cover  books  and  paperbacks  were  sold  for  $3,  $2  and  $1,  respectively.   Over  the  course  of  the  week,  some  prices  dropped  to  50  cents  per  book,  Gwenwald  said.   Gwenwald  said  the  STL,  like  other  academic  libraries  across  the  board,  is  tight  on  space,  and  that  the  sale’s  remain-­ ing  books  have  to  be  either  donated  or  shredded.  Gwenwald  said  in  an  at-­ tempt  to  avoid  having  to  shred  the  books,  she  often  tries  to  ¿ QG D VWXGHQW RUJDQL]DWLRQ to  help  donate  and  pro-­ vide  books  to  people  who  could  use  them.   Colvson  said  that  this  particu-­ lar  used  book  sale  is  full  of  energy  and  that  the  event  was  â€œvery  grati-­ fying.â€? Â

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Most  students  associate  â€œSpring  Breakâ€?  with  warm  weather,  travel  away  from  school  and  a  way  to  unwind  amid  a  busy  spring  semester.  For  some  students  though,  their  spring  break  can  be  associated  with  cold  weather  and  helpful  hearts. Every  year,  Campus  Auxiliary  Services  (CAS)  offers  Alternative  Spring  Break,  an  opportunity  for  a  handful  of  SUNY  New  Paltz  students  to  help  out  the  New  Paltz  com-­ munity  during  the  school’s  spring  break.  During  that  time,  students  from  various  groups  on  campus  come  together  to  help  out  local  charities  and  orga-­ nizations  such  as  New  Paltz  Youth  Program,  Mohonk  Pre-­ serve  and  Burningtown  MakerSpace,  among  others. The  program  is  in  its  fourth  year  and  is  headed  by  Service  Learning  Coordinator  Erica  Wagner.  Wagner  said  since  its  inception,  the  program  has  proven  itself  to  be  a  good  program. “We  have  a  small  handful  of  students  who  spend  their  entire  spring  break  serving  the  community,â€?  Wagner  said.  â€œWe’ve  been  funded  by  CAS  since  we  started  and  they’ve  continued  to  do  so,  which  shows  that  this  is  a  good  program  that  provides  a  great  service  not  just  to  the  community,  but  for  students  as  well.â€? Wagner  said  she  usually  receives  20  applications  for  12  spots  per  year.  The  application  includes  eight  essay-­ styled  questions.  After  that,  perspective  Alternative  Spring  Breakers  are  interviewed  for  a  spot  on  the  Alternative  Spring  Break  team. :DJQHU GRHVQÂśW KDYH D VSHFLÂżF LGHD LQ PLQG IRU KHU team  going  into  the  interviews,  but  what  she  does  do  is  look  for  a  diverse  group  of  students  who  will  complement  one  another.  â€œWhen  picking  a  group  to  participate  in  Alternative  Spring  Break,  I’m  looking  for  a  group  that  comes  from  dif-­ IHUHQW \HDUV DQG PDMRUV ´ VKH VDLG Âł,WÂśV GLIÂżFXOW WR GHVFULEH perfectly,  but  I’m  looking  for  a  group  I  know  is  going  to  work  well  together  and  come  together.â€? One  of  the  group’s  two  student  leaders,  second-­year Â

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secondary  education  major  Maria  Gillen,  said  the  diver-­ sity  of  the  group  helps  to  bring  them  all  together  and  helps  group  members  come  out  of  their  shells. “I’m  really  excited  to  have  been  named  a  mentor  for  this  year’s  Alternative  Spring  Break,â€?  Gillen  said.  â€œWhat’s  special  about  the  program  is  that  when  you  join,  these  are  a  group  of  people  you’ve  never  met  and  likely  would  have  never  met  if  you  didn’t  do  the  program.  Everyone  gets  to  know  one  another  so  well  and  the  bond  we  form  is  special.â€? :KLOH WKH YROXQWHHU VLWHV KDYHQÂśW EHHQ ÂżQDOL]HG \HW Wagner  said  one  of  the  most  popular  trips  the  group  takes Â

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is  to  Rondout  Valley  Animals  for  Adoption.  She  said  the  group  responds  so  well  to  the  trip  because  while  they  are  giving  back  to  the  community,  they  take  personal  gains  from  it  as  well. “A  lot  of  the  students  who  participate  in  the  program  have  their  own  pets  at  home,â€?  Wagner  said.  â€œMost  of  them  really  miss  their  pets  while  they’re  away  at  school,  so  this  WULS JLYHV WKHP DQ RSSRUWXQLW\ WR KHOS WKHP ÂżOO WKH YRLG RI not  having  their  pets.â€? Applications  for  Alternative  Spring  Break  are  due  on  Friday,  Dec.  13. Â

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RESEARCHERS EXAMINE LOCAL WATER INITIATIVES By  Roberto  LoBianco Copy  Editor  |  rlobianco83@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

Over  the  last  year,  students  in  areas  of  study  DV ZLGH UDQJLQJ DV ÂżQH DUWV ELRORJ\ VRFLRORJ\ and  environmental  studies  have  been  working  together  to  study  water.  From  the  water  that  runs  through  the  fountains  on  campus,  to  the  Gunk  ponds  that  cut  across  it  and  the  aquifers  and  bur-­ LHG VWUHDPV WKDW Ă€RZ XQGHU 1HZ 3DOW]ÂśV VWUHHWV —  all  of  this  makes  up  the  local  watershed  â€”  the  Saw  Mill  Brook. 681< 1HZ 3DOW] VWXGHQWV IDFXOW\ DQG staff  involved  in  the  project  presented  their  work  Wednesday  in  Lecture  Center  (LC)  100  DW D V\PSRVLXP RUJDQL]HG E\ WKH &HQWHU IRU Regional,  Research,  Education  and  Outreach  (CRREO). Âł1R PDWWHU ZKR \RX DUH RU ZKHUH \RX DUH everyone  lives  in  a  watershed,  everyone  works  in  a  watershed,â€?  Emily  Vail  of  the  Hudson  River  (VWXDU\ 3URJUDP VDLG Âł,WÂśV LPSRUWDQW WR WKLQN DERXW WKH ODUJHU FRQWH[W RI ZKDW ZHÂśUH GRLQJ here.â€? ,Q SDUWQHUVKLS ZLWK WKH &RUQHOO &RRSHUDWLYH ([WHQVLRQ +XGVRQ 5LYHU (VWXDU\ 3URJUDP DQG WKH 1HZ <RUN 'HSDUWPHQW RI (QYLURQPHQWDO &RQVHUYDWLRQ 681< 1HZ 3DOW] DQG &55(2 led  the  effort  as  a  way  to  improve  water  qual-­ ity  in  the  Saw  Mill  Brook  and  address  climate  change. Some  students,  like  Ana  Rivera,  a  third-­ year  early  childhood  education  major,  worked  RQ JDWKHULQJ GDWD IURP WKH ÂżHOG DERXW KRZ GLI-­ ferent  types  of  construction  materials  used  on  campus  affect  how  water  drains  into  the  ground. “The  relatively  high  level  of  vegetation  on  campus  is  one  thing  we  have  going  for  us,â€?  Ri-­ vera  said. 5LYHUD XVHG D WRRO FDOOHG DQ LQÂżOWURPHWHU D piece  of  tubing  that  is  placed  in  the  ground  and  ¿OOHG ZLWK ZDWHU 7KH DPRXQW RI ZDWHU WKDW VHHSV into  the  ground  over  time  gets  measured. Âł,I \RXÂśUH DQ HFRORJLVW KDOI RI \RXU WRROV DUH PDGH RI 39& DQG GXFW WDSH ´ %LRORJ\ 3UR-­ fessor  David  Richardson  said. That  vegetation  and  newly  implemented  solutions  like  permeable  asphalt  allow  water  WR EH ÂżOWHUHG RI SROOXWDQWV DV LW VORZO\ GUDLQV underground  rather  than  running  off  into  local  streams  or  overloading  sewage  treatment  plants. %XW 5LYHUDÂśV GDWD VKRZHG WKDW LI DOO RI WKH FDPSXVÂś EODFNWRS ZDV FRQYHUWHG WR SHUPHDEOH asphalt,  three  times  as  much  water  would  get  absorbed.

Another  project  surveyed  facilities  manag-­ HUV DW GLIIHUHQW 681< FDPSXVHV WR VHH KRZ WKH\ were  dealing  with  storm  water  issues. Brian  Obach,  chair  of  the  sociology  de-­ partment,  said  that  storm  water  runoff  â€“  which  FDXVHV Ă€RRGLQJ DQG SROOXWLRQ Âą LV D SUREOHP DW DOPRVW HYHU\ 681< FDPSXV DQG PLOOLRQV RI dollars  have  been  spent  to  mitigate  it. The  survey  found  that  many  campuses  are  only  taking  â€œreactive,  partial  measuresâ€?  in  that  respect. Âł7KH\ GRQÂśW UHDOO\ GR ZKDW ZH QHHG WR EH doing  as  a  society:  getting  a  handle  on  what  ZHÂśUH JRLQJ WR EH H[SHULHQFLQJ DQG SODQQLQJ IRU those  experiences,â€?  Obach  said,  though  he  ac-­ NQRZOHGJHG WKDW 1HZ 3DOW] LV GRLQJ EHWWHU WKDQ PRVW 681<V KT  Tobin,  assistant  director  of  CRREO  and  professor  of  sociology,  said  that  through  the  process  of  daylighting,  or  uncovering  a  buried  VWUHDP WKDW UXQV XQGHU 3ODWWHNLOO $YHQXH LQ IURQW of  Village  Hall  â€“  a  project  that  the  college  and  the  village  collaborated  on  â€“  she  learned  that  an  ³DPD]LQJ DPRXQW RI ZDWHU´ ZDV EXULHG XQGHU pavement  as  development  in  the  area  acceler-­ ated  over  the  last  50  years. “When  we  were  building  and  burying  wa-­ ter,  we  were  also  moving  the  water,â€?  Tobin  said. 7RELQÂśV VWXGHQWV SXW WRJHWKHU D VXUYH\ RI 376  students  on  water  bottle  use  on  campus.  Of  those  surveyed,  45  percent  â€”  a  plurality  â€”  sup-­ ported  a  ban. Fine  arts  professor  Matthew  Friday  de-­ VFULEHG RQH SURMHFW ZKHUH PDVWHUÂśV VWXGHQWV LQ DUWV DQG HGXFDWLRQ IURP 1HZ 3DOW] ZRUNHG ZLWK KLJK VFKRRO VWXGHQWV LQ 3RXJKNHHSVLH WR H[SORUH an  impaired,  or  polluted,  waterway  in  the  city. Friday  said  that  in  addition  to  focusing  on  ways  to  cut  down  on  pollution  and  diminish  harmful  impacts  on  the  environment,  his  goal  was  to  facilitate  positive  interactions  between  students  and  the  local  ecology.  To  do  this,  he  used  poetry  and  environmental  art  work  along-­ VLGH PRUH WUDGLWLRQDO VFLHQWLÂżF PDWHULDOV 7KH SURMHFW ZDV GHVLJQHG ÂłWR ÂżQG D ZD\ WR EH VHQVLWL]HG H[SHULHQFH WDNH MR\ DQG SOHDVXUH in  engagement  with  ecology,  and  learn  to  rely  on  it,â€?  Friday  said. To  illustrate  how  the  idea  of  interdepen-­ GHQFH FDQ WUDQVIRUP SHRSOHÂśV SHUFHSWLRQV RI WKH local  environment,  students  created  a  â€˜foraged  VDODGÂś IURP LQJUHGLHQWV IRXQG LQ WKH ZDWHUVKHG “Students  were  excited  about  the  possibil-­ ity  of  foraging,â€?  Friday  said.  â€œAnd  most  ended  up  eating  it.â€?

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By  Katherine  Speller Managing  Editor  |  Katherine.speller79@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu I  grew  up  just  outside  Brewster,  N.Y.,  a  small  town  full  of  working  class  stiffs  on  the  Harlem  rail  line.  I’d  had  all  the  Springsteen-­esque  small  town  feelings  expected  of  someone  from  the  working/lower-­middle  class  suburbs;Íž  I  was  incubated,  suffocated  and  I  wanted  out.  Last  year  my  best  friend  sent  me  a  copy  of  her  father’s  novel  and  I  spent  a  full  day  curled  up  on  a  couch  reading  until  my  vision  got  blurry.  There  was  something  about  the  kids  in  Mark  Slouka’s  â€œBrewster,â€?  something  about  reading  something  that  was  simultaneously  mythic  and  painfully  familiar,  that  pushed  me  forward  with  a  sort  of  desperation. In  the  simplest  terms,  the  novel  follows  the  friendship  of  Jon  Mosher  and  Ray  Cappicciano.  They  share  this  amazing  and  truly  fraternal  bond;Íž  when  they  don’t  have  anyone  else,  they  have  each  other.  The  two  are  aware,  of  course,  that  around  them  the  world  was  changing,  but  radicals,  hippies  and  revolutionaries  were  miles  DZD\ IURP %UHZVWHU OLWHUDOO\ DQG Âż JXUDWLYHO\ $QG OLIH LQ %UHZVWHU —  stagnant  as  it  may  be  â€”  has  to  continue.  Slouka  said  living  in  Brewster  in  the  late  60’s  early  70’s  was  â€œlike  somebody  twice  as  strong  as  you  had  their  hand  around  your  throat.â€?  It’s  a  sort  of  universal  small  town  struggle:  you  could  be  ELJJHU WKDQ WKLV SODFH LI RQO\ \RX FDQ Âż JKW \RXU ZD\ RXW For  me,  it’s  the  kids  Slouka  writes  about  that  resonate.  They’re  the  ones  you  knew:  the  ones  you  were  sure  would  make  it  out  of  that  chokehold  life  and  the  ones  you  knew  wouldn’t.  They  matter  to  one  another  in  deep  and  meaningful  ways  with  an  intensity  you  sometimes  forget  your  old  bones  were  capable  of  feeling.  But,  you’re  grateful  for  the  reminder.  Slouka  brings  the  polish  RI KLQGVLJKW DQG UHĂ€ HFWLRQ WR -RQÂśV QDUUDWLYH ZLWKRXW ORVLQJ WKH jagged,  biting  edges  of  adolescence  and,  for  me,  there’s  something  undeniably  pure  about  that  rendering.  The  novel  captures  a  panorama  view  of  the  old  neighborhood,  the  characters  that  endure  in  the  small  town  pageant  despite  names,  ORFDWLRQV DQG FRVWXPH FKDQJHV $QG WKHQ LW WDNHV D VWHS LQVLGH WKH house,  between  the  nuclear  families  and  picket  fences,  you  start  to  see  (or  maybe  you’re  just  reminded)  that  in  the  old  neighborhood,  in  your  own  home,  the  monsters  exist.  Brewster  becomes  something  bigger  than  property  lines.  You  need  to  see  Jon  and  Ray  and  the  people  they  love  make  it  out  of Â

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Each week, one of the members of our Copy Desk provided proof of their masterful culinary chops with you. Now, our page editors will weigh in on the different recipes and name one copy editor the Cook-off Champion! Â

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there,  you  need  to  have  that  mythic  reassurance  that  the  universal  stories  don’t  all  end  the  same  way.  â€œBrewsterâ€?  does  that  for  me.  It  lets  me  feel  that  acute  loss,   to  grieve  for  the  kids  who  live  and  die  by  matters  beyond  their  control  and  gives  me  the  hope  that  once  in  a  while,  one  can  wrestle  himself  away. *Editor’s  note:  the  author  of  the  aforementioned  book  is  the  father  of  the  reviewer’s  best  friend.

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Suzy:  I  gotta  give  this  semester’s  copy  GHVN WURSK\ WR 0DGGLH $Q\RQH ZKRVH recipe  is  anything  more  complicated  than  boiling  water  is  usually  too  over  my  head,  so  the  fact  that  Maddie’s  angle  was  not  so  much  about  the  cooking,  but  the  eating  (and  all  of  the  eating,  at  that),  was  something  I  could  get  behind.  John:  Without  a  doubt,  Roberto  LoBianco  gets  my  vote  for  Copy  Desk  Cookoff  champ.  When  I  read  his  recipe,  it  reminded  me  a  lot  of  my  own  recipe  from  last  semester’s  cook  off,  of  which  I  was  the  winner.  It  was  as  if  Roberto  was  able  to  execute  the  meal  that  I  couldn’t  quite  manage.  Congrats.  There  you  have  it.  Whiskey  wins,  again. Â

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Local Band Tunes Up To Represent UPSTATE RUBDOWN SERVES UP SWEET HOT MUSIC MADNESS By  Suzy  Berkowitz $ ( (GLWRU _ sabbasberkowitz90@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

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Upstate  Rubdown  put  their  funk  to  the  test  when  they  served  a  slice  of  their  musical  stylings,  â€œSweet  Hot  Pie,â€?  in  the  name  of  SUNY  New  Paltz.   The  Generation  SUNY  Music  Madness  contest  features  videos  submitted  by  musicians  of  original  songs  either  straight  from  their  album  or  performed  live.  The  contest  requires  each  musician  to  be  a  student  who  attends  a  SUNY  school,  and  their  video  submission  featured  on  Generation  SUNY’s  website  includes  which  school  they  represent.   Musicians  advance  in  the  contest  by  being  voted  on  through  Facebook  or  the  Generation  SUNY  website.  The  artist  who  ends  up  winning  the  contest  will  be  featured  on  Generation  SUNY’s  blog  and  will  thus  gain  more  exposure  through-­ out  the  SUNY  system.  The  contest  began  with  13  musicians  and  has  been  dwindled  GRZQ WR WKUHH WKURXJK WKUHH URXQGV RI YRWLQJ WKH ÂżQDO URXQG ZKFLK ends  on  Wednesday,  Dec.  18.  Two  of  the  three  remaining  musicians  competing  for  the  title  hail  from  SUNY  Oneonta  and  one  from  New  Paltz.  The  New  Paltz  PXVLFLDQV ÂżJKWLQJ IRU WKH WLWOH DUH D WHDP RI WZR VLQJHUV $QDOLVH 5LRV a  second-­year  theater  performance  major  and  her  friend,  E.J.  Rios,  a  ¿UVW \HDU PXVLF WKHRU\ DQG WHFKQRORJ\ PDMRU DW 0HUF\ &ROOHJH Former  contestants  in  the  Generation  SUNY  Music  Madness  &RQWHVW 8SVWDWH 5XEGRZQ PDGH LW SDVW WKH ÂżUVW DQG VHPLÂżQDO URXQG of  the  contest.  $OWKRXJK WKH\ KDYH QRW PDGH WKH ÂżQDO URXQG DQG DUH QR ORQJHU in  the  running  to  be  crowned  Generation  SUNY’s  Music  Madness  &KDPSLRQ WKHLU WLPH LQ WKH FRQWHVW ZDV LQYDOXDEOH $ ORFDO 1HZ 3DOW] EDQG ZKRVH JHQUH KRSV DURXQG IURP IXQN WR R&B  to  gospel  to  bluegrass  to  Motown,  Upstate  Rubdown’s  seven-­ member  band  features  an  array  of  instruments  including  a  mandolin,  saxophone,  cello  and  cajon,  as  well  as  vocals. “It’s  hard  to  pin  down  particular  adjectives  to  describe  our  sound  because  in  many  ways  we  are  all  over  the  place,â€?  mandolin  player  DQG YRFDOLVW 5\DQ &KDSSHOO D 1HZ 3DOW] DOXP VDLG Âł$PRQJ DOO RI us,  we  have  backgrounds  ranging  from  classical  to  jazz  to  gospel  to  bluegrass.â€? Upstate  Rubdown  submitted  a  video  of  their  song  â€œSweet  Hot  Pie,â€?  from  their  album  Still  Moving,  when  they  performed  the  song  at  The  Falcon  in  Marlboro.  The  song,  written  by  bassist  Harry  'Âś$JRVWLQR KDV DOZD\V EHHQ D IDYRULWH RI WKH EDQG DQG GHPRQVWUDWHV WKHLU VWUHQJWKV DFFRUGLQJ WR &KDSSHO With  a  strong  three-­part  vocal  harmony,  rhythmic  changes  and  a  dance  vibe,  vocalist  Kate  Scarlett,  a  fourth-­year  geology  major,  agrees  that  even  though  the  video  submission  didn’t  display  the  band’s  usual Â

Members  of  the  local  band  Upstate  Rubdown.

show  crowd,  it  did  depict  each  band  member’s  onstage  character  and  energy.  â€œWhile  it  certainly  isn’t  the  best  quality  video,  we  chose  to  sub-­ PLW LW EHFDXVH ZH WKLQN WKH VRQJ LV GHÂżQLWHO\ RQH RI RXU FDWFKLHVW works,â€?  cellist  Joseph  Staten,  a  second-­year  undeclared  major,  said.  â€œIt’s  fun,  easy  to  listen  to,  and  represents  the  â€˜feel’  of  the  band  pretty  well.â€? Upstate  Rubdown  decided  to  submit  a  video  for  the  Music  Madness  contest  because  of  their  involvement  in  the  SUNY  system.  $FFRUGLQJ WR &KDSSHOO HQWHULQJ D FRQWHVW WKDW VKRZFDVHG 681< students’  talent  made  sense  to  them,  as  they  owe  a  lot  of  the  band’s  conception  to  the  fact  that  all  of  its  members  attend  New  Paltz.  â€œWe  entered  the  contest  because  we  wanted  a  chance  to  be  rec-­ ognized  outside  of  the  Hudson  Valley  where  we  normally  perform,â€?  &KDSSHOO VDLG Âł(DFK RI RXU PHPEHUV LV YHU\ LQYROYHG LQ VFKRRO H[-­ tracurricular  activity  and  jobs,  yet  manage  to  give  so  much  time  and  enthusiasm  to  the  band.  Being  a  part  of  this  competition  and  achieving  recognition  is  an  extra  reward  for  all  their  hard  work.â€? Â

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Out Of The Box(er) STUDENT MAKES DOCUMENTARY ON LOCAL SPORTS LEGEND

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When  fourth-­year  production  major  Mark  Dellas  would  ask  people  to  describe  Floyd  Patterson,  they  all  said  the  same  thing:  â€œGreatness.â€? “When  I  asked  his  family  members  to  talk  to  me  about  him,  whether  it  was  his  adoptive  son  or  other  ER[HUV KH ZRXOG ÂżJKW DJDLQ WKH\ ZRXOG DOO VD\ KH ZDV ‘greatness,’â€?  Dellas  said.  â€œThey’d  all  say  he  was  one  of  the  greatest  boxers  to  ever  live.â€? 'HOODV LV SXWWLQJ WKH ÂżQLVKLQJ WRXFKHV RQ KLV ÂżQDO SURMHFW WLWOHG Âł*UHDWQHVV ´ IRU KLV ÂżOP VHPLQDU FODVV It’s  a  documentary  about  two-­time  World  Heavy-­ weight  Champion  Floyd  Patterson.  Patterson   was  the  youngest  boxer  to  ever  win  the  championship  at  age  21  DQG ZDV WKH ÂżUVW SHUVRQ WR HYHU UHFODLP WKH :RUOG 7LWOH DIWHU ORVLQJ LW WKH \HDU DIWHU KLV ÂżUVW YLFWRU\ Dellas  said  he  was  inspired  to  do  his  documentary  on  Patterson  not  because  of  his  career,  but  because  of  his  life  and  the  ties  he  has  to  the  Hudson  Valley.  Patter-­ son  was  sent  to  a  reform  school  in  Esopus  when  he  was  10  years  old  and  remained  in  the  area  until  his  death Â

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in  2006. “He  grew  up  here  and  continued  to  call  this  place  his  home  until  the  end  of  his  life,â€?  Dellas  said.  â€œMy  documentary  isn’t  just  the  story  of  a  really  good  boxer;Íž  LWÂśV DERXW D PDQ ZKR KDG D GLUHFW LQĂ€XHQFH RQ VR PDQ\ people  he  came  across.â€? However,  the  documentary  didn’t  come  without  its  struggles,  Dellas  said.  At  the  beginning  of  the  semester,  he  was  told  there  was  a  slim  possibility  he  would  be  able  to  complete  his  project.  Dellas  said  he  even  thought  early  on  that  it  would  be  hard  to  do  so. But  he  was  passionate  about  the  project  and  per-­ sisted. Âł:KHQ , ÂżUVW VWDUWHG SHRSOH WROG PH , ZDVQÂśW JRLQJ to  be  able  to  get  in  touch  with  his  family  members,â€?  he  VDLG Âł, ÂżQDOO\ VHQW RXW DQ XOWLPDWXP HPDLO DQG WKHQ everyone  started  getting  back  in  touch  with  me.  That  was  a  big  turning  point  for  me,  and  for  this  documen-­ tary.â€? Once  he  got  in  contact  with  former  opponents  and  family  members  of  Patterson,  Dellas  said  he  traveled Â

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all  over  New  York  to  conduct  interviews  and  get  foot-­ age.  He  also  said  by  the  end  of  the  production,  he  will  KDYH VSHQW JHWWLQJ IRRWDJH RI 3DWWHUVRQ ÂżJKWLQJ Even  with  imposing  demands  for  the  project,  Del-­ las  said  it’s  been  worth  the  pursuit.  Patterson,  he  said,  LV WKH NLQG RI VXEMHFW ÂżOPPDNHUV ZDQW WR GRFXPHQW “Patterson  was  a  very  positive  person,  and  people  are  attracted  to  positive  people,â€?  Dellas  said.  â€œI  think  Floyd  Patterson  had  this  attraction  in  his  life,  and  its  why  people  have  so  many  great  things  to  say  about  him.  He  wasn’t  just  a  good  person;Íž  he  was  a  larger-­ than-­life  champion.â€? 2QFH KH ÂżQLVKHV WKH SURMHFW IRU KLV FODVV 'HOODV VDLG KH SODQV WR VHQG WKH GRFXPHQWDU\ WR ÂżOP IHVWLYDOV LQ WKH IXWXUH +H EHOLHYHV WKH ÂżOP ZLOO UHFHLYH D SRVL-­ tive  response,  especially  from  Patterson’s  family  and  friends.  â€œHe  makes  for  a  great  piece,â€?  Dellas  said.  â€œSo  far  I’ve  been  told  by  peers  and  professors  that  it’s  great.  I’m  going  to  show  it  to  his  family  it’s  done  and  I’m  UHDOO\ LQWHUHVWHG WR ÂżQG RXW KRZ WKH\ÂśUH JRLQJ WR UH-­ spond.â€?

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The 2013 Student BFA/MFA Thesis Exhibitions in the Dorsky have begun. Thesis shows run from Friday, Dec. 6 through Tuesday, Dec. 10 and from Friday, Dec. 13 through Tuesday, Dec. 17. $ERYH DUH SKRWRV RI ZRUNV H[KLELWHG GXULQJ WKH ¿UVW ZHHN Exhibiting artists’ works shown (beginning from top-­left photo and moving clockwise): Alexis Tellefson, ceramics;; Emily Dorr, painting and drawing;; Kelly Surdo, photography;; Julie Fogden, ceramics;; Katelyn McBride, photography;; Richard Schleider, photography. PHOTOS BY RICHARD SCHLEIDER AND ROBIN WEINSTEIN CAPTION BY SUZY BERKOWITZ

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I  had  my  reservations  going  in  to  see  Disney’s  new  animated  fairytale  â€œFrozen.â€?  I’d  caught  wind  of  the  big  concerns  on  the  internet  when  its  premise  and  design  started  to  go  public  and  was  worried  it  would  just  be  an  attempt  to  UHFUHDWH WKH SURÂż WV IURP Âł7DQJOHG ´ But,  I  was  pleasantly  suprised. “Frozenâ€?  features  some  large-­scale  changes  to  the  â€œSnow  Queenâ€?  plot,  so  much  so  that  I  would  call  it  inspired  by  the  Hans  Christian  Anderson  tale  if  anything.  It’s  not  really  similar  enough  to  be  considered  a  re-­telling  or  even  a  re-­imagining. The  story  follows  two  sisters  Anna  and  Elsa  in  the  days  IROORZLQJ WKH ODWWHUÂśV FRURQDWLRQ DV TXHHQ RI WKH Âż FWLRQDOL]HG Nordic  kingdom  Arrendale.  Elsa  (voiced  by  Broadway  veteran  Idina  Menzel)  also  has  the  ability  to  control  and  create  ice,  a  power  she  has  to  keep  hidden  from  her  sister  and  the  rest  of  the  kingdom.  The  story  kicks  off  when  her  attempts  to  do  WKDW EDFNÂż UH DQG VKH UXQV DZD\ OHDYLQJ WKH VXUURXQGLQJ DUHD cursed  in  an  â€œeternal  winter.â€?  Anna  (Kristen  Bell)  takes  up  the  PLVVLRQ WR Âż QG KHU DQG UHYHUVH WKDW FXUVH $QQD LV D JRRI\ XQUHÂż QHG KHURLQH LQ D VLPLODU YHLQ DV WKH 5DSXQ]HO FKDUDFWHU LQ Âł7DQJOHG ´ 6KHÂśV GHÂż QHG E\ KHU SUHWW\ desperate  need  for  affection.  She  was  starved  of  her  sister’s  attention  growing  up  and  it  plays  up  a  needy,  yet  still  very  endearing,  quality  in  her. While  plenty  on  the  internet  were  happy  to  see  a  female-­ powered  Disney  narrative  hit  theaters,  most  hit  the  internal  panic  button  the  moment  sketches  of  a  burly  mountain  man  hero  were  released.  The  character,  Kristoff,  and  his  reindeer  are  really  nothing  to  be  concerned  about  and  hardly  keep  WKH Âż OP IURP SDVVLQJ WKH %HFKGHO WHVW D IHPLQLVW WHVW RI D media  requiring  two  lady  characters  to  speak  to  one  another  on  screen  about  a  subject  other  than  a  man). I  also  think  writers  went  in  the  right  direction  by  keeping  the  reindeer  (for  the  most  part)  voiceless.  Sometimes  too  many  talking  animals  or  magical  critters  can  be  a  bit  much  for  me. $V WKH LF\ ZLQWHU PRQWKV WDNH KROG , DOVR Âż QG P\VHOI listening  to  the  soundtrack  constantly.  The  cast  was  well-­ stocked  with  Broadway  voices  and  the  songs  have  the  perfect  mix  of  humor  and  heart.   When  I’m  emotionally  volatile  and  walking  alone  in  the  dark?  â€œLet  it  Go,â€?  the  painfully  perfect  Idina  Menzel  power  ballad  is  blasting.  The  opening  track  â€œFrozen  Heart,â€?  a  Nordic  working  song  for  harvesting  ice,  is  perfect  for  chipping  the  stubborn  layers  off  my  car  windshield. %XW , KDYH WR VD\ WKDW WKH EHVW SDUW RI WKH Âż OP DQG WKH best  decision  creators  made  was  to  make  sure  â€œFrozenâ€?  is  not  a  capital-­L  love  story.  It’s  a  story  about  sisters,  at  its  core,  and  about  how  that  bond  and  that  sort  of  sisterly  love  is  just  as  mythic  and  worth  telling  stories  about.

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Reid Kelley’s work will be hosted by the Dorsky throughout the spring semester. By  Maddie  Anthony Copy  Editor  |  n02436976@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu The  Dorsky  will  be  hosting  historically  modern  art  next  semester.  Artist,  poet  and  performer  Mary  Reid  Kelley’s  self-­titled  exhibit  â€œMary  Reid  Kelley:  Work-­ ing  Objects  and  Videosâ€?  will  be  on  display  from  Jan.  22  to  April  13. The  exhibit  will  include  video,  sculpture  and  drawings  that  bring  together  Reid  Kelley’s  interests  in  art,  history  and  popular  culture,  according  to  exhibit  curator  and  art  history  professor  Daniel  Belasco.  A  South  Carolina  native  and  former  Fellow  at  the  American  Academy  in  Rome,  Reid  Kelley  combines  poetry,  literature,  cutting  edge  digital  technology,  sew-­ ing  and  costume  design  to  create  her  pieces,  Belasco  said. In  her  video  short  â€œThe  Syphilis  of  Sisyphus,â€?  an  11-­minute  piece  produced  in  2011,  Reid  Kelley’s  face  is  painted  white,  her  features  painted  on  in  black.  In  the  video  she  plays  a  pregnant  19th  century  French  woman  who  recites  verse  after  verse  of  poetry  ¿ OOHG ZLWK SXQV DQG KLVWRULFDO UHIHUHQFHV “My  blistering  wit  and  its  deep  lacerations  are  ad-­ vanced  forms  of  Syphilization,â€?  Reid  Kelley  said  in  the  video. Although  Reid  Kelley  has  held  numerous  shows  in  New  York,  Los  Angeles  and  London,  this  exhibit  is  WKH Âż UVW ZKLFK LQFRUSRUDWHV ZRUNLQJ SDUWV RI KHU SLHFHV featured  in  a  museum,  according  to  Belasco,  including  displaying  the  costumes  and  sculptures  she  uses  in  her  videos.   ³,Q WKH SDVW VKH KDV RQO\ SUHVHQWHG Âż QLVKHG YLG

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eos.  This  sort  of  peels  back  the  process,â€?  Belasco  said.  â€œShe’s  one  of  the  most  interesting  contemporary  art-­ ists.â€? Belasco  said  he  has  been  a  big  fan  of  Reid  Kelley’s  work  for  years  and  has  worked  with  her  in  the  past.  He  believes  students  can  learn  a  lot  from  her  work,  one  of  the  key  reasons  he  decided  on  Reid  Kelley.  â€œShe’s  integrating  everything  happening  in  the  art  world  right  now  into  her  work,  from  the  cutting  edge  to  history  and  literature,â€?  Belasco  said.  â€œShe  has  a  lot  to  say  about  contemporary  time  and  her  work  is  full  of  cultural  references.â€? Sara  Pasti,  the  Neil  C.  Trager  Director  at  The  Dor-­ sky,  said  that  the  museum  likes  to  support  artists  who  are  beyond  emerging  but  still  moving  ahead  in  their  careers.  She  said  that  is  why  Reid  Kelley  â€”  who  is  receiv-­ ing  national  and  international  attention  but  is  still  in  WKH PLGVW RI KHU FDUHHU ² LV VXFK D JRRG Âż W Pasti  also  mentioned  The  Dorsky  has  an  area  fo-­ cus,  holding  an  annual  Hudson  Valley  Artists  Exhibi-­ tion  every  summer  and  striving  to  help  and  promote  relatively  local  artists  such  as  Reid  Kelley,  who  lives  in  Ulster  County.  â€œShe  does  great  work  and  deserves  our  support,â€?  Pasti  said. “Mary  Reid  Kelley:  Working  Objects  and  Videosâ€?  will  be  held  at  the  Alice  and  Horace  Chandler  and  North  Galleries  and  the  opening  reception  for  the  ex-­ hibit  will  be  held  Saturday,  Feb.  8,  from  5-­7  p.m.   The  exhibit  will  travel  to  the  University  Art  Museum  at  SUNY  Albany  following  its  time  at  The  Dorsky.

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YEAR: Third MAJOR: Visual Arts HOMETOWN: Mt. Sinai, N.Y.

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tHe Deep END CASEY TAYLOR

Major: Ceramics Year: Third

I’m intrigued by the concept of a visual narrative — a story told by the piece itself that can be read without words as a kind of autonomous illustration. Having studied painting and drawing before transferring to New Paltz and still working occasionally as a freelance illustrator, working in ceramics has presented me with the welcome challenge of telling my story not only through surface, but through form as well.

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CARTOON Â BY Â JULIE Â GUNDERSEN Â

In  a  few  month’s  time,  a  new  state  budget  will  be  re-­ leased  by  New  York  Gov.  Andrew  Cuomo.  Within  that  bud-­ get,  SUNY  will  be  given  a  certain  amount  of  money  which  will  then  be  divided  among  each  of  the  SUNY  schools.  Vice  President  for  Finance  and  Administration  Michelle  Halstead  said  it’s  likely  New  Paltz  will  be  given  a  $1.6  mil-­ lion  budget  for  the  2014-­15  academic  year.  This  would  call  for  a  similar  budget  to  the  one  given  for  the  current  aca-­ demic  year,  meaning  the  school  would  have  very  little  from  the  future  budget  to  invest  in  future  projects. We  at  The  New  Paltz  Oracle  would  like  to  take   time  in  this  editorial,  not  to  illustrate  what  the  budget  is  all  about,  but  instead  to  encourage  students  to  make  the  effort  to  un-­ derstand  the  budget  and  how  it  can  affect  you  and  future  students  for  years  to  come. We’re  at  the  point  of  the  semester  where  all  of  us,  as  stu-­ dents,  are  a  bit  burned  out  and  tired  of  the  semester.  A  phrase  we  often  hear  is  â€œmy  tuition  dollars  don’t  pay  for  this,â€?  ac-­ companied  by  any  other  frustrations  regarding  construction  projects  or  other  expenses.  While  this  may  be  nothing  more  than  a  derivative  of  the Â

frustration  suffered  from  a  seemingly  overwhelming  amount  RI Âż QDOV LW GRHV UDLVH FRQFHUQV IRU XV KHUH DW The  Oracle.  For  the  past  several  years,  we  have  heard  students  complain  about  their  tuition  dollars  going  to  construction  projects  such  as  the  Atrium,  the  Wooster  Science  Building  UHQRYDWLRQ DQG WKH QRW \HW FRQÂż UPHG 3DUN 3RLQW +RXVLQJ project.  Despite  countless  articles  on  each,  where  we  outline  KRZ WKHVH SURMHFWV DUH Âż QDQFHG LW LV VWLOO D FRPPRQ VRXUFH of  confusion  for  students.  As  students,  we  make  a  sort  of  transaction  when  we  pay  for  our  education.  We  agree  to  pay  for  professors  and  the  facilities  we  use.  And,  as  with  any  business  transaction,  it’s  important  for  a  buyer  to  understand  why  they  are  paying  cer-­ tain  amounts.  To  their  credit,  our  administration  offers  plenty  of  tools  and  opportunities  to  learn  and  understand  the  budget.  We’re  a  student  body  that  deserves  transparency  from  our  adminis-­ tration  and  this  is  an  area  where  they  certainly  deliver.  With  budget  forums  and  several  pages  on  newpaltz.edu  that  illustrate  the  budget  process,  it  is  clear  that  the  adminis-­ tration  is  doing  everything  they  can  to  make  sure  the  student Â

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body  understands  where  their  tuition  dollars  are  going  to  go.  We  commend  the  efforts  of  administration  and  student  leaders  to  help  better  the  understanding  of  our  campus  community  on  these  issues.  We  encourage  our   fellow  classmates  to  keep  up  with  the  stories,  to  use  the   tools  provided  and  to  seek  new  information  at  every  opportunity.   The  more  educated  we  are  as  a  student  body,  the  better.  After  all,  we  get  what  we  pay  for.

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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REFLECTIONS ROBERTO  LOBIANCO Copy  Editor Â

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Journalism  should  strive  to  amplify  the  voice  of  the  community  it  serves  and  enable  people  to  take  action;Íž  it  should  be  empowering,  not  disabling.  From  students  striving  for  social  change  to  the  dismal  pay  afforded  to  our  contingent  faculty  and  the  YLEUDQW VWXGHQW OLIH DW 1HZ 3DOW] WKHVH DUH DOO VWRULHV that  would  go  untold  if  not  for  the  countless  hours  of  research,  reporting  and  editing  of  The  Oracle  staff.  They  believe  in  what  they’re  doing,  and  so  should  you.    My  stint  on  The  Oracle  was  short-­lived.  I  spent  more  time  on  the  outside  looking  in.  From  that  vantage  point,  it’s  too  easy  to  remark  about  the  occasional  mis-­ placed  punctuation  point  or  misspelled  word  or  to  feel  slighted  when  a  quote  gets  paraphrased.  7R WKRVH ZKR DUH TXLFN WR FULWLFL]H , VD\ :ULWH OHW ters,  contribute  columns  and  story  ideas,  become  a  staff  writer,  get  on  the  copy  desk.  Help  us  tell  the  stories  that  matter.  Or  better  yet,  join  us  and  tell  them  yourselves. Cat,  you  welcomed  me  right  away  and  made  me  feel  that  my  contributions  were  valued,  as  only  a  successful  leader  could.  If  there’s  one  thing  that  I  hope  I’ve  accom-­ plished  in  my  time  here  it’s  to  have  proven  that,  in  fact, Â

BEN  KINDLON Features  Editor

N02182316@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu ,ÂśP DERXW DV XQDFFXVWRPHG WR ZULWLQJ D UHĂ€ HFWLRQ piece  as  I  am  to  public  speaking.  And  as  unaccustomed  as  I  am  to  public  speaking,  I’ve  still  been  able  to  turn  a  head  or  two  when  doing  so.   After  a  few  semesters  writ-­ ing  with  The  Oracle,  my  writing  has  managed  to  do  the  same.  So,  vale,  let’s  get  this  over  with.  In  fall  2011,  I  declared  my  major  in  journalism.  I  wasn’t  terribly  enthusiastic  about  my  degree  at  the  time.   I  chose  to  pursue  this  particular  degree  because  I  honestly  had  no  idea  what  I  wanted  to  do,  and  it  seemed  versatile.   After  going  to  print  with  The  Oracle  a  few  times  as  a  contributing  writer,  some  of  the  E-­board  members  at  the  time  asked  if  I  was  interested  in  meeting  the  Editor-­in-­ Chief  and  possibly  becoming  a  sports  copy-­editor.   I  said  yes.   Joining  The  Oracle ZDV WKH PRVW EHQHÂż FLDO HQGHDYRU I  pursued  during  my  entire  academic  career.  I  learned  the  difference  between  â€œhard  workâ€?  and  hard  work.   I  gained  a  solid  work  ethic,  developed  helpful  communication Â

I  am  not  the  mole.  Katie,  your  voice  is  developed  well  past  your  years.  When  you  write,  I  want  to  keep  reading,  even  when  it’s  about  One  Direction.  P.S.  There’s  still  time  for  â€œCon-­ stuck-­tionâ€?  to  make  its  way  into  this  week’s  issue.  Just  sayin’.  Andrew,  I  remember  watching  the  Jets  when  Tes-­ taverde  was  at  the  helm  and  I  didn’t  think  I  would  ever  derive  any  entertainment  value  following  the  team  again.  You  changed  my  mind.  Use  sports  writing  to  reach  folks  with  stories  they  may  not  otherwise  come  to  themselves.  Abbott,  your  wit  is  as  sharp  as  Tony’s  Senate  briefs  are  long.  That’s  a  good  thing. John,  your  patience  and  focus  on  the  news  desk  PDNHV WKH ZRUOG D EHWWHU SODFH , Âż UPO\ EHOLHYH WKDW \RXU music  night  was  the  best.  Jen,  you  always  caught  that  one  mistake  that  the  rest  of  us  missed,  no  matter  the  hour.  I  don’t  care  what  you  say,  you  were  in  the  PA  reporting  class  with  the  rest  of  us  every  Wednesday  morning. Anthony,  from  one  news-­drone  to  another:  You  will  make  a  great  desk  editor.  Don’t  forget  that  cell  phone  UHFHSWLRQ LQ $OEDQ\ LV RIWHQWLPHV VXE SDU OHDYH H[WUD WLPH LI \RX HYHU Âż QG \RXUVHOI KDYLQJ WR FRQWDFW D VRXUFH there. 6X]\ $OIRQVR ZLOO OLYH RQ ZLWKRXW PH WKHUH DQG you’re  responsible  for  that.  Let  that  sink  in.  Maddie,  you’re  the  friendliest  person  on  the  copy  desk.  Don’t  let  anyone  tell  you  otherwise. Â

0D[ \RX ZRUNHG YLGHRJUDSK\ PDJLF RQ PXOWLSOH occasions  I  can’t  wait  to  see  what  your  photos  look  like.  Ben,  it  was  inspiring  to  see  you  develop  your  voice  through  â€œBoarder  Patrolâ€?  and  hone  in  on  a  topic  that  you  love  deeply.  It   shines  through  in  your  writing.   April,  your  thoughtful,  deliberate  editing  made  my  features  writing  stronger  and  for  that  I’m  grateful.  Hannah,  the  diverse  set  of  talents  you  bring  to  your  work,  your  singing,  your  stage  presence,  is  unsurpassed.  The  fact  that  you  you  carry  that  over  to  the  newsroom  helped  us  all  make  it  through  some  long  Wednesday  nights.  See  you  in  Brussels. Robin,  your  attention  to  detail  makes  for  shots  that  are  stories  unto  themselves.  You  make  me  want  to  be  a  better  photographer.   Julie  G.,  I  can’t  fathom  what  The  Oracle’s  cartoons  will  look  like  when  you’re  gone.  But  I  dare  any  future  Oracle  cartoonist  to  match  your  clever,  creative  and  GLVWLQFW VW\OH <RXU DUW HQFRPSDVVHV RXU ZRUGV DQG H[ presses  multitudes.  To  my  number  one  fan,  one  day  soon  we’ll  sit  down  over  some  coffee  and  chat  about  that  alumni  page  I’ve  heard  so  much  about. ,I , KDG WR WR WZHHW P\ UHĂ€ HFWLRQ LW ZRXOG UHDG 3XQ LQIXVHG FDIIHLQH GULYHQ DOOLWHUDWLRQ ELQJHV &RS\ Ă€ RZV through  us,  onto  the  page.  The  orange  walls  serve  to  am-­ plify  our  peers’  voices. That’s  140  characters,  I  checked. Farewell  folks.  It’s  been  a  good  run.

VNLOOV DQG KDYH D JUHDWHU DSSUHFLDWLRQ IRU RXU Âż UVW DPHQG ment  rights.  I  also  had  tons  of  fun  pissing  people  off  in  an  entirely  respectable  manner  and  legitimate  forum  â€”  an  art  that  is  losing  its  merit  in  present  times.  Most  people  aim  to  avoid  confrontation.   I  thrive  on  it.  The  heat  doesn’t  bother  me  like  it  does  others.  I’ll  take  a  hit  or  make  a  block  if  it  means  scoring  a  touchdown  later.  Journalism  is  a  good  place  for  this  kind  of  character.   7R DOO WKRVH WKDW , PD\ KDYH SHUVRQDOO\ DIĂ€ LFWHG RU upset  because  of  my  articles  or  columns  during  my  time  here  I  say:  I  am  not  sorry,  not  even  in  the  slightest.  In  fact,  I  probably  enjoyed  it.  -RXUQDOLVP LV GHVLJQHG WR DIĂ€ LFW WKH FRPIRUWHG DQG WR FRPIRUW WKH DIĂ€ LFWHG ,W LV WKH HSLWRPL]HG H[KLELWLRQ RI our  right  to  free  speech.   :KHQ XVHG FRUUHFWO\ RXU Âż UVW DPHQGPHQW ULJKWV DO low  us  to  wield  a  force  that  is  far  deadlier  than  what  we  can  bear  under  the  fourth.   $V PXFK DV , ORYH DIĂ€ LFWLQJ WKH FRPIRUWHG , GRQÂśW think  I’ll  continue  writing  for  newspapers  as  I  continue  on  with  my  life.   At  times  I’m  consumed  with  a  sense  of  overriding  guilt,  feeling  sorry  to  the  world  for  my  apa-­ thetic  attitude  towards  what  the  majority  of  our  society  sees  as  â€œmore  importantâ€?  issues.  But  shit,  all  I  really  care  and  want  to  write  about  is  snowboarding  and  I’ve  got  to  do  me.  Life  is  too  short  to Â

do  anything  other  than  what  makes  you  truly  happy.   I  would  like  to  personally  thank  all  of  my  current  and  former  colleagues  on  The  Oracle  E-­board.   If  I  were  writ-­ ing  a  novel,  I  would  mention  each  of  you  individually.   I  don’t  feel  that  I’d  be  able  to  give  justice  to  each  of  you  with  1,000  pages  and  won’t  even  get  myself  started  with  only  500  words.  The  fun  we  had,  the  laughs  we  shared  and  the  strug-­ JOHV ZH RYHUFDPH WRJHWKHU DV D WHDP FRPSULVH DQ HIÂż FD FLRXV HQHUJHWLF H[SHULHQFH , ZRQÂśW VRRQ IRUJHW 7KDQN you  all  for  what  you  have  taught  me  in  regards  to  our  profession,  and  for  what  you’ve  helped  me  learn  about  life  and  myself.  I  hope  I  was  able  to  provide  some  of  you  with  the  same  fun  insight  you  shared  with  me.  I  really  do.  Despite  the  frustrations  that  came  with  a  lack  of  sleep  and  an  overloaded  work  schedule,  I  greatly  appreciate  and  revel  in  my  time  as  a  sports  copy  editor  and  as  the  features  editor  on  The  Oracle.  It  was  a  necessary  step  in  my  maturation  as  a  writer,  and  I  am  grateful  for  the  H[SHULHQFH ,QVWHDG RI PDNLQJ WKLV UHĂ€ HFWLRQ IHHO VR PXFK OLNH a   â€œgoodbye,â€?  I’d  rather  leave  with  a  sense  of  â€œsee  you  soon.â€?  Or  maybe‌  yeah  that’s  it: Bon  voyage.

Thursday,  December  12,  2013

OPINION

The New Paltz Oracle

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REFLECTIONS KATHERINE  SPELLER Managing  Editor  Katherine.speller79@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

I  think  one  of  the  best  bits  of  writing  advice  I  was  ever  given  was  pretty  simple:  â€œyou  have  to  know  when  to  retract  your  claws  and  let  the  damn  thing  go.â€?  I’m  mid-­retract  from  a  lot  of  things  and  I’m  trying  hard  to  keep  those  words  close.  Paired  with  the  only  pseudo-­wisdom  I  ever  seem  to  dis-­ pense  these  days,  vague  as  it,  I  suppose  I’ll  just  have  to  â€œdo  the  thingâ€?  and  take  my  own  advice. Well,  kids,  this  is  it.  I  never  really  put  much  thought  into  what  I  would  say  in  this  thing.  It  kind  of  snuck  up  on  me,  but  we’re  here.  This  exit  is  a  bit  more  whimper  than  bang  [1]  for  my  tastes,  but  I  know  all  things  (books,  newspapers,  marathon  production  nights)  must  come  to  an  end.  And  I’ve  made  peace  with  that.  I’ve  had  the  privilege  to  work  with  a  bril-­ liant  parade  of  writers,  photographers  and  design-­ ers  who  consistently  challenged  and  inspired  the  way  I  carried  myself  a  journalist  and  a  human.  I’ve  stopped  my  count  at  52  different  people  on  and  off  staff  from  the  time  I  started  to  today.  That  is  a  deck  of  cards  worth.  Also,  insane.  I  could  hardly  do  the  crowd  of  you  justice,  but  I  want  it  to  be  clear  how  grateful  I  am  to  have  occupied  the  same  space  you  all  did..  But,  now,  I’m  at  the  hard  part.  This  is  where  I  get  emotionally  volatile,  sipping  some  wine  out  of  an  embarrassing  mug  and  trying  to  put  to  words  all  these  fuzzy,  complex  feelings  [2]  I  have  about  the  staffs  I’ve  served  on  [3]: -XOLH \RX ZHUH P\ Âż UVW MRXUQDOLVP WHDFKHU at  SUNY  New  Paltz,  when  Dinosaurs  roamed  the  earth  and  I  was  a  philosophy  major.  You  gave  me  the  kick-­start  I  needed  to  fall  in  love  with  this  craft  and  with  this  paper.  But,  aside  from  that,  you’ve  become  such  an  important  part  of  my  life.  I  value  your  words  of  wisdom,  your  commitment  to  be-­ ing  empathetic  and  attentive  and  our  bizarrely  long  telephone  conversations  more  than  you  could  ever  know.  We’ll  be  grey  sisters  until  our  hair  is  as  grey  as  our  hearts.  Ron  (Andrew),  you’re  a  troglodyte  and  I  hope  you  enjoy  your  encyclopedias  and  literature.  Though,  as  far  as  step-­fathers  go,  I  do  think  you  really  are  the  best  one  I  could’ve  been  stuck  with.  Even  if  you’re  a  derp.  Carolyn,  I  will  circle  you  until  my  bones  are  no  longer  capable  of  orbit.  I  have  yet  to  meet  a  person  who  wields  the  English  [1]  If  you  thought  a  Katie  Speller  UHĂ€ HFWLRQ ZRXOG QRW LQFOXGH pretentious  literary  references  and/ or  footnotes,  you  must  be  new.

ODQJXDJH DV Âż HUFHO\ DV \RX GR , KDYH \HW WR PHHW D SHUVRQ ZKR IHHOV WKLQJV DV Âż HUFHO\ DV \RX GR , will  always  want  to  smear  your  writing  all  over  my  body  and  scream  at  people  on  the  freeway.  Princess  Johnbenet  Brand-­die,  my  beloved  ¿ UVW QHPHVLV <RX ZHUH WKH SODJXH XSRQ P\ )HD tures  kingdom,  stealing  away  my  copy  editors  to  the  news  section.   I’m  sure  that  curse  will  likely  never  be  broken  as  you  bled  on  a  secret  pentagram  somewhere  under  CSB  24.  I  was  honored  to  be  your  on-­staff  Jewish  writer,  waiting  in  the  wings  with  your  â€œline!â€?  and  will  forever  be  waiting  for  you  to  come  twerk  my  macrame  off  my  walls.  You’re  the  most  brilliantly  hilarious  person  I  know  and  I  really  am  terribly  sorry  about  that  Tetanus  article.  Maria,  if  I  could  create  a  perfect  situation  it  would  be  you,  me  and  our  cats  watching  serial  killer  documentaries,  surrounded  by  glueten-­free  foods  of  your  choosing.  There  is  never  a  time  when  I  don’t  want  to  squeeze  you.  Rachel,  your  beauty  is  only  matched  by  your  skills  as  an  editor  and  news  ZULWHU , VWLOO PDNH JRDW VDFULÂż FHV WR \RX ZKHQ I’m  desperately  trying  to  hit  a  word  count.  I  prob-­ ably  always  will.  Molly,  catch  the  pearl  and  ride  the  dragon’s  wings  with  me.  I  am  grey-­tful  that  of  all  the  gin  joints  in  all  the  world,  you  walked  into  ours.  Zan,  you  challenged  me  as  a  page  editor  and  ZULWHU IURP WKH EHJLQQLQJ 2GGO\ HQRXJK P\ Âż UVW memory  of  you  was  you  telling  me  you  liked  my  review  but  that  journalism  would  ruin  me  as  a  writ-­ HU <RX ZHUH NLQG RI ULJKW EXW , WU\ WR Âż JKW LW HYHU\ day.  I  want  you  to  come  play  private  concerts  for  me,  Stevie  and  Lois.  Sam,  it’s  time  for  me  to  sa-­ lute  my  Schwartz.  You  were  my  rock  in  the  gunk  WKURXJK P\ WLPH LQ )HDWXUHV DQG \RXU EULOOLDQW mastery  of  wordplay  and  dad  jokes  is  one  of  my  ultimate  inspirations.  See  you  at  the  Punderdome. $QG Âż QDOO\ WR URXQG RII WKH ROGHQ GD\V > @ my  long  lost  copy  editors  who  left  before  me:  Ca-­ terina,  Tanique,  Angela  and  April,  you  were  all  amazing.  You  made  our  section  a  beautiful  thing,  you  beautiful  things. Now,  to  the  hard  part,  my  current  staphlings.  It’s  hard  to  write  this  knowing  I’ll  be  looking  across  the  table  at  your  delightful  faces  as  you  edit  this  for  the  numerous  typographical,  AP  style  and  logical  errors  in  this  piece.  So,  please,  don’t  fuck-­ ing  look  at  me.  Especially  if  I’m  already  crying  [5]. Suzy,  I  pick  you.  You  are  one  of  the  few  peo-­ SOH , Âż QG DV IXQQ\ DV , Âż QG P\VHOI <RXU FRPHGLF timing,  mastery  of  impressions  and  shameless  pur-­ suit  of  the  lolz  is  simultaneously  inspiring  and  in-­

[2]  To  work  and  play,  collaborate  and  commiserate  with  a  group  of  people  the  way  one  does  ZKHQ WKH\ MRLQ WKLV SXEOLFDWLRQ IRUJHV D VRUW RI ERQG WKDW ,ÂśP UHOXFWDQW WR GHVFULEH )ULHQGVKLS family,  borderline-­criminal-­obsession  are  all  close,  but  still  too  reductive  for  my  tastes.  So,  for  ye  uninitiated  folk,  know  this:  our  love  (particularly  in  terms  of  one  another)  is  violent. Â

timidating.  I’m  glad  that  you  wormed  your  perfect  curly  head  and  freaky  waggly  tongue  into  my  heart  (and  not  through  the  backdoor.)  I  want  a  future  full  of  showtune  harmonizing,  family  dinners  and  boy  band  cardboard  cut-­outs.  Never  forget  to  seize  the  day,  champ. Robin,  there’s  something  amazing  about  the  way  you  see  the  world  through  your  lens.  It  almost  makes  me  wish  I  cared  more  about  sports.  You’ve  got  a  brilliant  eye  that  never  fails  to  impress  me  when  I  catch  a  glimpse  of  your  work  and  I  hope  that  someday,  when  you’re  a  success,  you’ll  let  me  park  my  cardboard  box  in  your  garage.  John  Tappen,  you  are  one  of  the  most  bi-­ zarrely  zen  humans  I’ve  ever  spent  extended  peri-­ ods  of  time  with.  It  kind  of  freaks  me  out,  actually.  Although  I  really  do  think  we  should  have  been  enemies  this  semester,  you  somehow  managed  to  evade  it.  I  want  to  be  like  you  when  I  grow  up. Lil  Lief,  I’ve  enjoyed  our  extensive  emotion-­ al  heart-­to-­hearts  this  semester.  You’ve  been  an  almost-­worthy  adversary  and  I  hope  you  someday  ¿ QG \RXU FKHHVHEXUJHU LQ SDUDGLVH RU ZKDWHYHU , hope  you  see  how  far  you’ve  come  since  joining  staff  and  that  you  know  how  much  faith  I  have  in  you  that  you’ll  keep  this  monster  of  a  paper  run-­ ning.  Know  I’ll  always  be  here  to  talk  about  your  feelings  and  to  help  you  out  when  your  head  shot  is  too  zoomed  in. Ben,  it’s  no  small  feat  to  take  the  helm  of  a  section  mid-­semester.  It  takes  a  certain  kind  of  strength  to  pull  off  all  you  did  in  the  last  year  and  you  should  be  proud.  I’m  grateful  you  were  there  WR NHHS WKDW PXWDWHG VRUW RI LQEUHG )HDWXUHV EDE\ breathing.  Roberto,  your  evolution  from  source  to  mole  to  emerging  psychopath  (Alfonso)  has  been  a  privilege  to  witness.  I  knobolobo  you’ll  do  great  things.  Anthony,  promise  me  you  will  never  lose  your  enthusiasm.  It  gives  me  so  much  hope.  Max,  to  this  day  the  Puppet  interview  remains  one  of  my  favorite  journalistic  experiences  at  New  Paltz.  I’m  glad  you  were  along  for  the  ride.  You’re  delightful. Jen,  I  admire  your  ambition  intensely.  I  have  no  doubts  about  your  future  success.  It’s  inevitable.  I  hope  to  watch  â€œSupernaturalâ€?  with  you  as  soon  as  you’re  caught  up.  Abbott,  when  I  tell  you  I  am  ob-­ sessed  with  you,  I  want  you  to  know  those  aren’t  empty  words.  You’re  unapologetic  and  authentic  in  the  best  ways,  you  princess.  Maddie,  you  have  one  of  the  most  relaxing  presences  of  any  person  I’ve  ever  met.  You’re  too  sweet  for  this  world,  if  I’m  going  to  be  honest.  Hannah,  we  lucked  out  hav-­ ing  you  on  staff.  You’re  clearly  too  good  for  all  [3]  Nothing  gave  me  more  anxiety  than  trying  to  order  this  shit,  so  I  gave  up.  Know  that  the  order  is  almost  entirely  arbitrary  and  I’m  a  total  headcase.

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of  us,  but  I’m  glad  you  slummed  for  the  semester.  Dana,  you’ve  dealt  with  the  stress  of  your  job  with  an  amazing  and  impressive  amount  of  poise  and  dignity.  You  go,  girl. Our  support  team:  Emily,  my  favorite  newsie.  I’m  so  thankful  for  each  and  every  hours  you  put  in  and  the  delightful  manner  in  which  you  carry  yourself.  You’re  the  king  of  New  York.   Nicole  and  Maya,  you  keep  me  grounded  and  sane  and  I  am  forever  in  your  debt  for  taking  on  the  maintenance  of  this  baby.  $QG Âż QDOO\ &DW 0\ ROG IULHQG WKLV ZLOO EH D night  to  remember.  I  hate  so  many  things  about  this  UHĂ€ HFWLRQ DQG WKDW LW PLJKW HYHQ UHPRWHO\ VRXQG like  a  goodbye  to  you  is  one  of  them.  Together,  ZHÂśYH VHHQ WRR PXFK DQG EXLOW WRR PXFK )URP our  early  days  in  the  Julie  Bird  nest  to  driving  our  own  horde  of  kids  to  soccer  practice,  you  now,  and  always  will,  have  my  axe.  It’s  been  a  privilege  to  do  so  many  of  these  wonderful  things  with  you.  We  could’ve  (and,  really,  we  did)  have  it  all,  you  fucking  pretty  boy.  But,   it’s  time  for  me  to  wrap  this  up.  This  paper  has  seen  me  at  my  manic,  my  mortifying  and  my  most  delightful.  It’s  brought  out  the  the  best  and  worst  in  me,  as  the  things  that  matter  often  do.  And,  though  I’m  really  sure  of  so  little  right  now,  I  know  that  I  am  better,  more  whole,  because  of  this.  I  have  to  believe  in  a  few  things:  in  the  hu-­ mility  of  typos  in  newsprint  and  hours  waiting  by  the  phone;Íž  in  friendships  forged  over  3  a.m.  copy  and  7  a.m.  vigils  around  temperamental  computer  screens;Íž  that  empathetic,  innovative  and  earnest  reporting  will  endure  and  that,  most  of  all,  the  sun  will  rise,  â€œBorn  to  Runâ€?  will  play  and  The  Oracle  will  come  out  on  Thursday.  I  need  to  know  that  these  things  are  more  powerful,  more  important,  than  those  jaded  enough  to  say  we’re  treading  on  long-­dead  ground.  I  need  to  know  these  things  will  endure  because,  as  long  DV ZRUGVPLWKV SV\FKRV DQG VWRU\WHOOHUV FDQ Âż QG one  another  between  these  orange  walls  and  as  long  as  journalism  remains  â€œliterature  in  a  hurry,â€?  nothing  here  is  dead. A  long  time  ago  I  wrote  â€œThere  is  merit  to  what  you  do.â€?  And,  man,  do  I  mean  those  words  more  than  any  others  I’ve  written.  There’s  merit  in  ¿ QGLQJ WKH WKLQJV WKDW PDNH \RXU KHDUW EHDW IDVWHU and  I  found  all  of  you.  And  if  I  leave  behind  nothing  but  these  words  and  a  lasting  psychological  aversion  to  the  words  â€œaspectâ€?  and  â€œutilize,â€?  well,  that’s  enough  for  me. Carry  on  my  wayward  sons.  They  can’t  stop  the  signal. Â

[4]   I’d  mention  the  already-­graduated  ghosts  I  was  lucky  enough  to  befriend  from  beyond  the  post  post-­secondary  grave,  but  I’m  already  burning  ink  as  it  is.  I  love  y’all  too.  Don’t  make  it  weird.

[5]  If  any  member  of  staff  partici-­ SDWHV LQ DQ RIÂż FH SRRO UH ZKHQ I’m  going  to  start  crying,  I  reserve  the  right  to  eviscerate  them.

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LETTER Letter to the Editor by Greg Bruno, co-written by Rachel Wissner I’m writing this in response to Ben Kindlon’s column in last week’s Oracle, to correct the inaccuracies that were said about New Paltz Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) and the Student Association (SA). New Paltz SSDP does not appreciate Kindlon’s excessive use of stereotypical and devaluing language such as “dank,� “zooted,� “potheads,� “demonred eyes,� and “lazy couch dwellers� in reference to our legitimate political cause. Kindlon voiced a concern that we “need to do more than sit on their couches and smoke weed while complaining about its [marijuana’s] illegality,� without knowing the breadth of New Paltz SSDP’s accomplishments. New Paltz SSDP is responsible for the SUNY-wide implementation of a Good Samaritan 911 Policy. Last year we spent several meetings calling voters in Colorado informing them of Amendment 64 during the SSDP’s national campaign to legalize Colorado.

On the local front we called our state senators, urging them to pass the medical marijuana bill that passed in the House. Over the summer, two SSDP EBoard members went to lobby in Washington D.C. for marijuana policy reform DQG PHW ZLWK WKH RIĂ€ FHV RI 5HSUHVHQWD tives Chris Gibson and Nita Lowey. In October, the New Paltz SSDP E-board attended the International Drug Policy 5HIRUP &RQIHUHQFH LQ &RORUDGR ZKHUH we met with other SSDP chapter leaders and like-minded drug policy reformers to discuss implementing alternative drug policies and ways to end the war on drugs. Kindlon’s criticism of SA displayed his lack of knowledge of SA’s efforts this semester. To name one pertinent accomplishment, SA Executive Vice 3UHVLGHQW =DFK 5RXVVHDV DQG VHYHUDO senators were able to get Gender Identity included in SUNY New Paltz’s nondiscrimination policy. I would certainly not call SA’s time spent on changing the drug policy “excessive.â€? Drug policy may be the most visible focus of University Police De-

“Once, twice, three times a Katie.â€? — Katherine Speller, Managing Editor “John, I’m really glad I sit next to you because it brightens up my day and it darkens your GD\ Âľ Âł &DW 7DFRSLQD (GLWRU LQ &KLHI ´7KH FKHHVHEXUJHUV DUHQ¡W JRLQJ to buy themselves.â€? — Abbott %UDQW &RS\ (GLWRU “And the crowd goes silent!â€? — Andrew Lief, Sports Editor Katherine Speller: “I try my best but I don’t succeed.â€? 5REHUWR /RELDQFR ´7KDW¡V called failure. “

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partment (UPD) Committee, but it is not the only thing that UPD Committee has done work on. UPD Committee pushed WKURXJK D UHVROXWLRQ WR JHW PRUH RIÀ FHUV trained in dealing with sexual assault cases. Also, Senate passed a resolution to have more lighting on Plattekill Ave. in response to the recent sexual assault incidents. This semester four senators, who are members of SSDP, began the campaign allow sanctions on the second strike as opposed to a minimum of expulsion. We aided SA President Manuel Tejada LQ À QLVKLQJ XS WKH FDPSXV ZLGH VXUYH\ that will inform legislation on the drug policy to be put into Senate early next semester. New Paltz SSDP does not have a problem with criticism. Criticism strengthens us by challenging our views and actions. We do have a problem with falsities and ill-informed opinions about our organization. *Editor’s Note: The New Paltz Oracle acknowledges that Greg Bruno was formerly a copy editor at The New Paltz Oracle.

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STROKES OF SUCCESS   The  Women’s  Swimming  team  has  a  3-­0  record.                                                                                                                                        Â

By  Andrew  Lief Sports  Editor  |  N02452747@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

Heading  into  their  break  from  now  until  Dec.  29,  the  Women’s  Swimming  WHDP KDV D UHFRUG DQG Âż QLVKHG IRXUWK in  the  Eastern  College  Athletics  Confer-­ ence  (ECAC)  Winter  Championships. Head  Coach  Scott  Whitbeck  said  the  team  has  succeeded  during  the  fall  portion  of  their  season,  which  is  set  up  WR EXLOG Âż WQHVV VWUHQJWK DQG SUDFWLFH racing  at  dual  meets  â€œThey  set  themselves  up  to  have  a  great  second  half  of  the  season,â€?  Whit-­ beck  said. He  said  the  highlight  of  the  meet  was  fourth-­year  distance  free  swimmer  Chelsea  Allocco,  who  achieved  two  NCAA  provisional  qualifying  times.   She  met  the  NCAA  â€œBâ€?  cut  in  the  1,650  freestyle  (17:17.62)  and  the  NCAA  â€œBâ€?  cut  in  the  500  freestyle  on  the  way  to  setting  a  meet-­record  (5:00.76).

Allocco  said  she  is  happy  with  how  she’s  been  performing  in  competitions  so  far  this  season. “I’m  a  lot  faster  than  I  was  at  this  point  last  season,â€?  Allocco  said.   â€œI’m  hoping  it  will  lead  to  good  things  at  the  end  of  the  season.â€?   In  addition  to  Allocco,  Whitbeck  said  he  was  pleased  with  the  800m  free  relay  team  composed  of  Allocco,  sec-­ ond-­year  Cassidy  Griger,  third-­year  Kat  Buyes  and  fourth-­year  Victoria  Scalise.   Allocco  said  the  team  is  doing  bet-­ ter  than  they’ve  done  in  the  past  as  an  overall  unit. “We  had  a  huge  meet  this  past  week-­ end  and  a  lot  of  people  got  best  times  from  freshman  to  seniors,  so  you  can  see  everyone  is  improving,  which  is  great,â€?  she  said.   Both  Whitbeck  and  Assistant  Coach  Jay  Daniels  said  they  have  been  im-­ SUHVVHG ZLWK Âż UVW \HDU IUHH VZLPPHU Kyrstin  Gallagher.  Â

“We  didn’t  know  what  we  were  go-­ ing  to  get  out  of  her  and  we’re  starting  to  see  she’s  going  to  be  a  long-­term  con-­ tributor  for  us,â€?  Whitbeck  said. Allocco  said  Whitbeck  has  stressed  the  team  needs  to  make  sure  they  get  to  WKH ZDOO Âż UVW EHFDXVH WHDPV KDYH EHHQ out-­touching  them  recently  in  the  last  ¿ YH \DUGV RI D UDFH 6KH DOVR VDLG WKDW the  team  needs  to  prepare  so  they  have  a  plan  going  into  their  races. Whitbeck  said  the  swimmers  need  to  make  sure  they’re  improving  every  day  and  challenging  themselves  to  get  better  when  working  on  their  individual  WHFKQLTXHV DQG ÂłUDFH VSHFLÂż F ZRUN ´ Having  a  lot  of  time  away  from  the  team  setting  because  of  winter  break,  Allocco  said  she  will  be  training  on  her  own. “I’m  going  to  join  a  gym  when  I’m  home  and  try  to  workout  an  hour  or  two  D GD\ GXULQJ Âż QDOV ZHHN EXW REYLRXVO\ VFKRRO FRPHV Âż UVW ´ VKH VDLG

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Whitbeck  said  the  team  leaves  for  Florida  on  Dec.  29  where  they  will  train  and  compete  with  Limestone  College  until  Jan.  6.   â€œThey  need  to  keep  working  out,  but  it’s  on  them,â€?  Whitbeck  said. Allocco  said  the  team  has  the  ability  to  do  â€œawesome  things  this  year.â€? “We  can  come  in  second  in  SUNY-­ ACs,  we’ve  come  in  fourth  the  past  few  years,â€?  she  said.  â€œThis  year,  with  this  team  we  have  a  real  shot  of  coming  in  second.â€? Whitbeck  said  the  team  needs  to  have  all  18  swimmers  contribute  to  have  a  chance  to  win  the  SUNYAC  Champi-­ onship. “We  spend  so  much  time  working  and  now  we  have  to  start  showing  the  results,  start  swimming  fast,  start  per-­ fecting  race  and  stroke  techniques,  so  we  can  rest  and  then  peak  in  February  at  the  SUNYAC  Championships,â€?  Whit-­ beck  said.

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The  Women’s  Basketball  team  opened  SUNYAC  play  with  an  85-­61  loss  to  SUNY  Fredonia  on  Dec.  6  and  then  an  84-­60  loss  to  Buffalo  State  on  Dec.  7.   Head  Coach  Jamie  Seward  said  the  team  â€œreally  struggledâ€?  defending  and  rebounding,  which  became  more  magni-­ ÂżHG VLQFH WKH WHDP ZDV QRW PDNLQJ VKRWV He  also  said  the  team  is  better  than  their  performance  in  these  two  games.   Fredonia  out-­rebounded  the  Lady  Hawks  45-­31  and  Buffalo  State  had  a  59-­39  advantage.  On  defense,  the  Lady  Hawks  have  a  minus  nine  scoring  differ-­ ential  this  season  and  are  allowing  66.5  points  per  game.   â€œTo  be  perfectly  honest,  and  we  were  perfectly  honest  with  our  players  today  ZKHQ ZH ZDWFKHG ÂżOP LW ZDV HPEDUUDVV-­ ing,â€?  Seward  said.   â€œWe  were  not  pleased  with  that.â€? Third-­year  Captain  Shannon  Walker  said  the  team  wasn’t  tough  enough  get-­ ting  loose  balls  and  rebounds  and  can’t  let  teams  out-­compete  them.   Despite  their  struggles,  Seward  said  ¿UVW \HDU JXDUG DQG IRUZDUG .LW 6PDOO and  second-­year  Captain  Goldie  Har-­ rison  were  the  two  â€œbright  spotsâ€?  from  the  weekend.  Small  averaged  13.5  points  over  the  two  games  and  Harrison  aver-­ aged  10  points.   Seward  said  the  team  needs  to  re-­es-­ tablish  their  identity  as  a  tough  opponent.   â€œWe  need  to  get  back  to  being  a  team  that  nobody  wants  to  play  against  because  right  now  we’re  a  team  that  ev-­ erybody  wants  to  play,  which  is  a  com-­ plete  180  from  what  we’ve  always  been  and  want  to  be  moving  forward,â€?  Seward  said.   Walker  said  the  team  learned  a  lot  about  themselves  during  the  two  losses.   â€œSometimes  you  need  to  get  brought  down  to  build  up  to  your  potential,  so  that’s  what  we’re  working  on  right  now,â€?  Walker  said. Seward  said  the  team  needs  the  un-­ derclassmen  to  develop  at  a  faster  rate  to  help  the  team  progress.   He  also  said  fourth-­year  Captain  Jeanette  Scott  has  to  make  sure  she  stays  out  of  foul  trouble, Â

so  she  can  stay  on  the  court  to  help  the  team. “Nobody’s  more  disappointed  than  her,â€?  Seward  said.   Walker  said  Seward  told  the  team  he  still  has  â€œcomplete  faithâ€?  in  them  and  that  the  team  needs  to  change  their  im-­ age. This  season,  Walker  is  averaging  seven  points  per  game  and  2.2  assists  per  game  so  far  and  she  said  she  still  has  a  lot  of  room  for  improvement. “It’s  still  early  in  the  season  and  I  know  I  can  get  up  to  the  level  that  I  want  to  be,â€?  Walker  said.  In  their  last  game  before  winter  break,  the  Lady  Hawks  lost  to  Hamilton  College  62-­46.   After  trailing  34-­24  at  halftime,  the  Lady  Continentals  went  on  an  11-­0  run  RYHU WKH ÂżUVW RI WKH VHFRQG KDOI Harrison  and  Walker  led  the  Lady  Hawks  in  scoring  with  11  points  each  and  Scott  led  the  team  in  rebounds  with  seven. Walker  said  it’s  a  challenge  for  the  team  to  stay  in  game-­shape  while  they’re  away  from  each  other,  so  she  said  it’s  im-­ portant  for  the  team  to  go  to  the  weight  room  and  work  on  their  individual  skills. Seward  said  the  team  will  have  off  until  Jan.  2  to  focus  on  schoolwork,  but  said  they  must  make  sure  they  stay  in  shape  while  they’re  away.   â€œWhen  we  get  back  here  for  practice  we  really  need  to  start  building  from  the  foundation  and  working  on  the  funda-­ mentals,  which  made  us  successful  in  the  past,â€?  Seward  said.  â€œIf  we’re  going  to  be  successful  in  the  future,  we  need  to  get  back  to  doing  those  things.â€? Walker  said  the  team  still  has  high  expectations  for  the  remainder  of  the  season. “We  still  think  we  have  the  ability  to  win  the  SUNYAC  Championship,â€?  Walker  said.  7KH /DG\ +DZNV ZLOO KDYH ÂżYH games  over  break  against  SUNY  Cor-­ tland  Jan.  7,  SUNY  Oneonta  Jan.  11,  SUNY  Oswego  Jan.  14,  SUNY  Platts-­ brugh  Jan.  17  and  SUNY  Potsdam  Jan.  18.   All  of  their  games  over  break,  except  the  Oswego  game,  will  be  played  at  the  Hawk  Center.

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After  four  consecutive  non-­conference  losses,  the  Men’s  Basketball  team  began  SU-­ NYAC  play  last  weekend  with  a  split  record  of  1-­1. The  Hawks  defeated  SUNY  Fredonia  on  the  road  72-­67  on  Dec.  6  before  dropping  a  109-­99  contest  to  Buffalo  State.  â€œI  think  right  now  we’re  in  a  much  better  spot,â€?  Head  Coach  Mike  Rejniak  said. Rejniak  said  with  three  games  in  six  days  upon  the  team’s  return  from  a  non-­con-­ ference  tournament  in  California,  the  morale  of  the  Hawks’  2-­0  start  to  their  season  wasn’t  enough  to  keep  the  momentum  going,  lead-­ ing  to  losses  against  Vassar  College,  Delaware  Valley  College,  Mount  Saint  Mary  College  and  Eastern  Connecticut  State.  â€œThe  wins  in  Cali  got  to  our  heads  a  little  bit,â€?  second-­year  guard  Keegan  Donovan  said.  â€œWe  came  back  positive,  but  we  let  games  slip  that  we  all  felt  we  should  have  won.â€? Donovan  said  these  â€œshortcomingsâ€?  were  a  wakeup  call  to  the  team  going  into  confer-­ ence  play  and  let  them  know  the  journey  to  the  conference  tournament  would  not  be  easy.  â€œWe  really  didn’t  have  time  to  gain  trac-­

tion  and  correct  a  lot  of  things  when  we  got  back  from  California,â€?  Rejniak  said.  Rejniak  said  the  team  was  banged  up  by  the  string  of  losses,  both  physically  and  men-­ tally,  and  he  needed  to  make  some  changes  JRLQJ LQWR WKHLU ÂżUVW ZHHNHQG RI FRQIHUHQFH play. “Friday  and  Saturday  we  made  some  switches  to  the  lineup  and  solved  a  lot  of  the  SX]]OH RI WU\LQJ WR ÂżJXUH RXW RXU LGHQWLW\ DV D team,â€?  Rejniak  said.  â€œThese  changes  worked  and  helped  us  get  a  little  bit  of  our  morale  back.â€?  Rejniak  said  that  last  weekend’s  confer-­ HQFH SHUIRUPDQFHV SURYLGHG WKH FRQÂżGHQFH the  team  needed,  and  said  immediate  rein-­ forcement  of  success  is  important  for  a  young  team  like  the  Hawks  to  solidify  to  them  they  are  capable  of  playing  at  a  high  level. “You  take  Kewan  Beebe.  One  of  his  strengths  is  his  shooting  ability,â€?  Rejniak  said  RI WKH ÂżUVW \HDU JXDUG Âł+HÂśV D JUHDW VKRRWHU but  he  started  off  the  year  0-­10  for  shots.  It  MXVW WRRN KLP WR KLW WKDW ÂżUVW RQH RQ )ULGD\ DQG all  of  a  sudden  he  had  his  swag  back.â€? 5HMQLDN VDLG WKDW SURJUHVVLRQ H[HPSOLÂżHV the  team  as  a  whole,  who  went  from  scoring  61  or  less  points  during  their  sequential  losses Â

to  putting  up  99  points  against  Buffalo  State. “We  just  have  to  work  on  scoring  the  ball  more,â€?  Beebe  said.  â€œLast  two  games  we  had  99  and  72  points  and  we  need  those  sort  of  high  scoring  games  and  to  be  consistent  with  it.â€? First-­year  guard  and  forward  Derrick  An-­ sah  agreed,  he  said.  â€œOverall  consistency  is  our  problem,â€?  Ansah  said.  â€œThat’s  partially  because  we’re  a  young  team.  It  might  take  most  of  the  season  to  get  it  down,  but  once  we  get  there  we’ll  be  OK.â€?  Rejniak  said  although  there  is  less  expe-­ rience  on  the  team  than  previous  years,  it  is  compensated  by  the  talent  the  Hawks  possess  across  the  board,  with  any  player  capable  of  coming  off  the  bench  any  night  and  putting  up  double  digits.  â€œWe’re  quick  and  we’re  versatile,â€?  Re-­ jniak  said.  â€œSaturday,  Taylor  (Sowah,  third-­ year  Captain)  had  26  (points)  and  Donovan  had  19.  On  Friday  we  had  Zach  (Cone-­Doug-­ las,  second-­year  guard)  coming  off  the  bench  with  10,  Nick  Taldi  [graduate  student  captain]  coming  off  with  15.  It  makes  us  a  lot  tougher  to  scout  and  pinpoint  who  to  stop.â€? Looking  forward,  Rejniak  said  the  re-­

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mainder  of  SUNYAC  play  will  be  a  â€œdog-­ ÂżJKW ´ ZLWK QR VSHFLÂżF VWDQGRXW WRS WLHU WHDPV this  season.  â€œPlattsburgh  didn’t  graduate  any  players  last  year,  they  made  it  to  the  NCAA  Tourna-­ ment  last  year  and  are  always  at  the  top  of  the  conference,â€?  Donovan  said.  â€œThey  will  be  tough  competition  along  with  Cortland,  who  are  4-­1  so  far  this  season  and  are  also  always  at  the  top  of  the  conference.â€? With  the  adversity  the  team  has  faced  thus  far  this  season  and  the  continued  tough  competition  they  expect  to  encounter  against  their  conference  opponents,  Ansah  said  the  WHDP UHPDLQV FRQÂżGHQW WKH\ FDQ FRPH RXW RQ top.  â€œThat’s  the  game  of  basketball,â€?  An-­ sah  said.  â€œYou  might  go  through  slumps  that  seem  like  forever,  but  you  bounce  back.  We  got  over  our  scoring  slump  with  Fredonia  and  we  lost  a  tough  one  to  Buffalo  State.  But  we  ZLOO GHÂżQLWHO\ PDNH LW WR WKH 681<$& 7RXU-­ nament  if  we  continue  to  improve  day  in  and  day  out.â€? The  Hawks  will  take  on  Hamilton  Col-­ lege  Jan.  4  in  Clinton,  NY  before  returning  to  the  Hawk  Center  Jan.  7  to  continue  SUNYAC  play  with  a  matchup  against  SUNY  Cortland.

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Coast  riders  enjoying  their  seasons  well  into  the  spring,  maybe  even  summer,  and  beginning  the  following  season  ear-­ lier  than  us  on  the  east  coast  could  hope  to  imagine.  This  year,  just  prior  to  the  start  of  the  season,  I  blistered  and  tore  a  tendon  behind  my  knee  while  skateboarding  a  planter  gap  on  campus.  After  waiting  patiently  for  months  on  end,  powder-­ stricken,  the  2013-­14  snowboarding  season  has  kicked  off   â€”  and  I’m  stuck  watching  the  opening  day  recaps  on  Transworld.  Each  day,  I  say  to  myself,  â€œAlright,  you’re  hurt.  You’ve  just  got  to  bide  your  time,  try  to  be  patient  and  soon  enough  we’ll  (Cecilia,  my  snowboard,  and  I)  be  throwing  back-­three  tail  grabs  at  Hunt-­ er.â€?  I  try  so  hard  to  remain  optimistic  on  my  way  down  the  stairs,  only  to  feel  dis-­

heartened  and  embittered  all  over  again  once  I  step  out  the  front  door.  Life  is  re-­ ally  tough  when  you’re  injured.  But  is  it  impossible?  No.  As  bad  as  my  situation  is,  I  know  it  could  be  worse.  I  think  of  skateboarding  legend  John  Cardiel  and  the  life-­changing  in-­ jury  he  had  to  endure.  In  2003,  Cardiel  ZDV VWUXFN E\ D YDQ ZKLOH Âż OPLQJ IRU KLV part  in  the  movie  â€œTent  Cityâ€?  in  Aus-­ tralia.   When  he  awoke,  the  doctor  told  him  his  paralysis  would  prohibit  him  from  ever  walking,  let  alone  skating,  again.  Cardiel  proved  medical  experts  wrong  by  regaining  his  ability  to  walk.   Not  even  paralysis  could  keep  him  away  from  his  addiction  to  thrill  seeking.   Al-­ though  he  can’t  skate,  Cardiel  connects  with  the  same  joy  he  got  through  skate-­ boarding  by  riding  bikes. Yesterday  I  stood  on  the  back  porch  Photo  Courtesy  of  Ed  Diller  Photpgraphy

I  feel  like  a  cokehead  with  a  large  supply  and  a  stuffy  nose.   I  sit  staring,  longing  for;Íž  rather  obsessing  over  this  white  powdery  substance  that  lies  di-­ rectly  in  front  of  my  face,  unable  to  do  anything  with  it.   My  drug  of  choice,  VQRZ KDV Âż QDOO\ FRPH DQG DOO , FDQ GR is  look  at  it.  Nothing  is  more  frustrating.   Unlike  coke,  snow  is  substance  that  is  anything  but  detrimental  to  my  life.  In  fact,  it’s  quite  the  opposite.  Without  love,  there  can  be  no  hate,  and  vise  versa.   Coupled  with  the  intense  love  I  hold  in  my  heart  for  snowboard-­ ing  and  everything  involved  with  the  lifestyle,  is  the  dark  depression  of  my  time  without  it.   As  an  East  Coast  rider,  I’ve  learned  to  cope  with  three  to  four-­month-­short  seasons  and  only  a  few  choice  powder  days  per  year.  I  wait  patiently  through-­ out  the  rest  of  the  year,  jealous  of  West Â

of  my  apartment  and  watched  as  the  ZKLWH DQJHOLF Ă€ DNHV IDOOLQJ IURP WKH clouds  came  down  to  cover  the  ground  white.   Instead  of  frustration,  I  encour-­ aged  myself  to  feel  the  hope.   Things  could  be  worse,  and  fortunately  I  can  rest  assured  that  for  me,  they’ll  get  bet-­ ter.   In  these  times  of  despair,  the  worst  thing  to  do  is  mope.   The  frustration  I  am  experiencing  with  my  injury  only  exists  in  the  balance  of  my  love  for  riding.  I  hate  being  hurt  so  much  now  only  because  I  have  loved  my  time  snowboarding  so  dearly.  This  love-­hate  relationship  is  what  makes  my  world  go  round.   This  balance  is  what  keeps  me  knowing  invulnerabil-­ ity  is  a  false  sense  of  security.    Spinning  and  balance.  Sound  famil-­ iar?   East  Coast,  beast  coast,  later  skaters. Â

Oracle  Athletes  of  the  Semester Danielle  Conklin

&RQNOLQ LV D IRXUWK \HDU IRUZDUG IRU WKH Âż HOG KRFNH\ WHDP This  season  she  led  the  team  in  goals  (28),  assists  (14)  and  points  (70),  achieving  single-­season  records  in  each  category,  while  helping  her  team  win  a  second  straight  SUNYAC  Championship.   She  was  selected  to  the  First-­Team  All-­SUNYAC  and  participated  in  the  2013  Front  Rush/National  Field  Hockey  Coaches  Association  (NFHCA)  NCAA  Div.  III  Senior  Game. Â

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 Gorski  is  a  fourth-­year  Captain  on  the  Men’s  Cross  Country  team.  This  season,  Gorski  won  the  Vassar  Invitational  (6K)  with  a  time  of  +H Âż QLVKHG LQ WK SODFH LQ WKH 681<$& &KDPSLRQVKLSV . ZLWK D WLPH RI DQG Âż QLVKHG WK LQ WKH 1&$$ $WODQWLF 5HJLRQDO Championships  (8K)  with  a  time  of  26:18.3.   He  aided  the  Hawks  in  their  ¿ IWK SODFH Âż QLVK DW WKH 681<$& &KDPSLRQVKLSV DQG D WK SODFH Âż QLVK at  the  NCAA  Atlantic  Regional  Championships.

Photo  Courtesy  of  Ed  Diller  Photpgra-­

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Predictions  and  Playoff  Chances

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Since  this  will  be  the  last  column  I  will  write  about  the  Jets  during  the  regu-­ lar  season,  I’m  going  to  analyze  the  re-­ maining  three  games  and  take  a  look  at  their  playoff  chances.    This  weekend  they’ll  be  hitting  the  road  to  take  on  the  Carolina  Panthers,  ZKLFK LV WKH PRVW GLIÂż FXOW WHDP UHPDLQ ing  on  their  schedule.   Despite  the  trouble  the  Panthers  had  in  their  31-­13  loss  to  the  Saints  on  Sun-­ day,  they  have  emerged  as  a  legitamate  contender  in  the  NFC.   Cam  Newton  has  become  the  player  everyone  expected  to  be  when  he  was  drafted,  now  in  his  third  year.   Their  de-­ fense,  led  by  linebacker  Luke  Kuechly,  KDV Âż QDOO\ EHFRPH D VWURQJ DQG GRPLQDQW unit  after  a  few  years  of  struggling. 7KH 3DQWKHUV ZLOO EH D GLIÂż FXOW matchup  for  the  Jets. As  good  as  the  Jets’  defensive  line  is,  I  think  they  will  have  a  lot  of  trouble  con-­ taining  Newton.   Newton  is  too  fast  and  too  strong.  There’s  no  linebacker  on  the  Jets  that’s  capable  of  playing  as  a  spy  on  him  to  try  and  contain  him.   On  the  outside,  the  Panthers  don’t  have  great  skill  players  on  offense,  but  the  Jets  don’t  have  great  ones  on  defense,  so  they  should  even  out.   On  offense,  the  Jets  will  have  trouble  moving  the  ball  and  go  back  to  their  ways  against  the  Bills,  Ravens  and  Dolphins. Prediction:  34-­16  Panthers Week  16  the  Jets  will  host  the  Cleve-­ land  Browns.   Despite  their  4-­9  record,  the  Browns  are  a  very  tough  team.   They  had  the  Patriots  beat  last  week  and  were  robbed  by  a  terrible  pass  inter-­ ference  call,  which  lost  them  the  game  (and  kept  me  alive  in  my  survival  pool).   Josh  Gordon  leads  the  entire  NFL  in  receiving  yards  with  1400  yards,  with  what  seems  to  be  a  different  quarterback  every  week  with  Brandon  Weeden,  Jason  Cambpell  and  Brian  Hoyer.   A  lot  of  Jets  fans  will  see  this  game  on  the  schedule  and  say,  â€œOh,  we’re  play-­ ing  the  Browns?  That  will  be  an  easy  win.â€? Wrong.   The  Browns  have  a  very  physical  de-­ fensive  line  and  an  all-­pro  cornerback  in Â

Joe  Haden.  I  think  Geno  Smith  and  Co.  will  have  a  lot  of  trouble  moving  the  ball  consistently.   The  Jets  have  no  chance  of  stopping  Gordon  and  tight  end  Jordan  Cameron.   These  are  two  all-­pro  level  players  and  ZLOO KDYH D Âż HOG GD\ DJDLQVW WKH -HWVÂś VHF ondary.   It  will  be  a  close  game,  but  ultimate-­ ly  another  rough  one  for  the  Jets. Prediction:  24-­17  Browns The  Jets  will  end  their  season  in  South  Beach  when  they  take  on  the  Mi-­ ami  Dolphins.   This  game  will  be  a  lot  closer  than  WKH Âż UVW PHHWLQJ EHWZHHQ WKHVH WZR teams,  when  the  Dolphins  won  23-­3.   I  believe  the  Dolphins  are  a  lot  worse  than  their  7-­6  record  and  will  fall  short  of  making  the  playoffs  to  the  Baltimore  Ravens.  Ryan  Tannehill  really  isn’t  a  very  good  quarterback,  so  Quinton  Coples  and  Muhammed  Wilkerson  will  be  able  to  contain  him.   Mike  Wallace  is  a  very  inconsistent  wide  receiver,  who  will  have  one  of  his  bad  games  this  week.   I  think  Smith  will  have  a  great  game  to  end  the  season  to  really  show  John  Idizk  that  he  is  deserving  of  being  the  Jets  quarterback  of  the  future.   I  think  he  will  put  up  250  yards  and  three  touchdowns. Prediction:  27-­24  Jets 2YHUDOO WKH -HWV ZLOO Âż QLVK WKH VHDVRQ with  a  7-­9  record.   This  will  put  them  in  a  position  where  they  are  not  good  enough  to  make  the  playoffs,  but  at  the  same  time  not  bad  enough  to  have  a  top-­10  pick  in  the  2014  draft.   6LQFH WKH\ÂśOO Âż QLVK ZLWK D VRPHZKDW respectable  record  and  much  better  than  everyone  expected  them  to  be,  Idzik  and  owner  Woody  Johnson  will  bring  Rex  Ryan  back  as  head  coach  next  season.  Even  though  Smith  has  nine  touch-­ downs  and  20  interceptions,  which  is  a  terrible  ratio,  I  think  Smith  will  be  the  starting  quarterback  again  next  year.   Even  through  the  ups  and  downs,  he  showed  enough  bright  spots  where  he’s  worthy  of  holding  onto  the  job.   An  en-­ tire  offseason  as  the  starting  quartback  VKRXOG EH EHQHÂż FLDO IRU KLP <HV LW ZDV D YHU\ GLIÂż FXOW VHDVRQ IRU Jets  fans,  as  usual.   The  Jets  still  were  a Â

     PHOTO  COURTESY  OF  WORDPRESS  USER  Lilman33196  Geno  Smith  has  been  inconsistent  all  season  for  the  Jets. Â

much  better  team  than  everyone  expect-­ HG 7KLV WHDP GHÂż QLWHO\ KDV SRWHQWLDO WR be  a  contender,  but  they  are  just  a  few  pieces  away  from  being  there. What  I  really  want  to  see  in  these Â

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last  three  games  is  a  team  that  competes.  I  don’t  expect  them  to  win  all  three  of  these  games,  but  it  would  be  nice  to  see  them  have  a  chance  to  win  in  the  fourth  quarter.

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