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New Residence Hall Breaks Ground

Left: Parking lot 37A, site of the new residence hall. Right: A rendering of what the new hall will look like in August 2015.

By John Tappen News Editor | John.tappen@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

An hour-­long groundbreaking ceremony took place on Thursday, Dec. 19 at parking lot 37A, next to the Athletic and Wellness Center — the site of what will be the newest residence hall.

Vice President of Student Affairs David Rooney spoke at the ceremony to a crowd that included Hudson Valley politicians, such as assemblyman Kevin Cahill.

“Local politicians have supported our campus well,” Rooney said.

Construction of the new 69,000 square foot build-­ ing commenced in December and is expected to be completed by August 2015, in time for students to move into rooms for the 2015-­16 academic year.

The estimated cost for the project is now $30.5 million, according to the New Paltz website.

Director of Facilities Design and Construction John McEnrue said the decision to construct the new residence hall next to Lenape Hall was a logical choice when taking into account the limited space to build in

the areas of Hasbrouck and Parker quads.

The new hall will add another 225 students to the South Complex area, which includes Esopus and Lenape Hall, the two most recent residence halls. Be-­ tween the three halls, there will be nearly 700 students housed in that corner of campus — a “critical mass,” Rooney said, that would require the school to imple-­ ment changes to the area, in particular an additional eating area.

“The most interesting feature will be the new cafe that will be added to the facility,” McEnrue said. “It will be close to the building’s entrance so that it is ac-­ cessible to all students on campus, not just the students living in the new residence hall. This will provide din-­ ing options for students in this section of the campus IRU WKH ¿UVW WLPH ´ Rooney said the school wants to enable students to “spread out the convenience of using their meal plans.”

The new hall will include a 2,000 to 3,000 square foot café, a more convenient dining option for students living in the South Complex. The new café will keep

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residents from feeling restricted to going to Hasb-­ rouck Dining Hall and the Student Union all the time, Rooney said.

The new café, as well as a small gym inside the residence hall, will help students in that section to not feel disconnected from the rest of campus.

The design of the building will mirror the ones in its complex, and resemble a hybrid of both Esopus and Lenape, Rooney said.

There will be quads and clusters of two bed rooms surrounding bathrooms, as opposed to the long and narrow corridor hallways in Parker Quad and the suite RU DSDUWPHQW FRQ¿JXUDWLRQ RI WKH +DVEURXFN TXDG UHVL-­ dence halls.

Architecture Plus, the company that has headed up the renovations of Crispell and LeFevre Halls, was also hired to design the new residence hall.

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UNIDENTIFIED  MURDER  VIC-­ TIM  IN  WYOMING 7KH GLVFRYHU\ RI DQ XQLGHQWLÂżHG PXU-­ der  victimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  headless  body  nearly  three  weeks  ago  on  a  remote,  dead-­end  dirt  road  in  Wyoming  has  stymied  investi-­ gators  and  led  some  residents  to  specu-­ late  that  big-­league  drug  violence  has  reached  a  rural  county  just  east  of  Yel-­ lowstone  National  Park.

SHOPPING  MALL  ATTACK The  gunman  in  a  deadly  attack  at  a  Maryland  shopping  mall  wrote  in  gen-­ eral  terms  about  killing  people  in  his  journal  and  said  that  he  was  ready  to  die,  police  said  Wednesday  in  releasing  new  details  about  writings  the  shooter  left  behind.

Sonia  Shah  will  be  introduced  to  the  campus  as  the  James  H.  Ottaway  Sr.  Visiting  Professor  Tuesday,  Feb.4  in  the  Honors  Center.

By  John  Tappen News  Editor  |  John.tappen@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

Award-­winning  journalist  Sonia  Shah  has  been  named  SUNY  New  Paltzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  2014  James  H.  Ottaway  Sr.  Visiting  Pro-­ fessor  of  Journalism.  This  spring  semes-­ ter,  Shah  began  teaching  a  course  titled  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Science,  Environment  and  Disease:  New  Approaches  to  Science  Journalism.â&#x20AC;?

Shah  has  written  extensively  on  the  topics  of  science  and  politics  and  is  the  author  of  three  books,  including  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Fe-­ ver:  How  Malaria  Has  Ruled  Humankind  for  500,000  Years,â&#x20AC;?  which  was  the  cul-­ PLQDWLRQ RI ÂżYH \HDUV RI LQYHVWLJDWLYH UH-­ search  and  reportage  from  her  time  spent  in  Cameroon,  Malawi  and  Panama.  For  Journalism  Professor  and  Head  of  the  Ottaway  Search  Committee  Lisa  3KLOOLSV 6KDK W\SLÂżHG DQ 2WWDZD\ SUR-­ fessor  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  a  distinguished  journalist  at  a  high  point  in  her  career  that  can  offer  a  perspective  that  students  have  likely  not  been  exposed  to  yet. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  never  had  a  journalist  with  the  particular  combination  of  things  she  has,â&#x20AC;?  Phillips  said  about  Shahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  unique  orientation  in  both  science  and  human  rights.  Her  seminar  course  will  focus  on Â

Lyme  disease.  Shah  said  the  class  will  help  her  with  her  research  of  emerging  diseases,  a  topic  that  she  has  spent  the  last  nine  months  writing  about  for  her  upcoming  book.  ³/\PH GLVHDVH H[HPSOLÂżHV DOO WKHVH changes  in  society  that  I  think  are  inter-­ esting,  like  deforestation,  spillovers  be-­ tween  people  and  other  animals,  the  facts  that  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  focused  on  deer  as  sort  of  the  bad  guys.  That  may  or  may  not  be  true  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  the  whole  vagueness  of  diagnosis  and  treatment.â&#x20AC;?  Shah  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  think  all  of  those  things  exemplify  how  confusing  and  dis-­ ruptive  new  disease  can  be  because  we  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  understand  them  very  well.  It  really  exposes  all  the  weakness  in  our  society  and  all  the  changes  that  are  happening.â&#x20AC;?  Phillips,  who  has  covered  Lyme  dis-­ ease  in  the  past  for  a  neurology  orien-­ tated  publication,  said  Shahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  decision  to  make  Lyme  disease  the  focal  point  of  the  course  is  both  brave  and  important.  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  A  GLIÂżFXOW WRSLF EHFDXVH LW ZLOO SXW VRPH RI the  biggest  challenges  in  journalism  to  practice.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;People  have  very  strong  feelings  about  it  [Lyme  disease],  and  how  to  get  to  the  facts  beyond  the  feelings  is  an  im-­ portant  part  of  the  journey  when  covering Â

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Lyme  disease,â&#x20AC;?  Phillips  said.

Philips  said  that  the  course  will  pres-­ HQW VWXGHQWV ZLWK VLJQLÂżFDQW TXHVWLRQV such  as:  what  constitutues  being  an  ex-­ pert,  who  is  a  good  source  and  what  can  be  considered  a  good  source  of  informa-­ tion.  Shah,  who  graduated  from  under-­ graduate  studies  alongside  Phillips  from  Oberlin  College  in  1990,  has  experience  teaching  copy  editing  classes  and  classes  for  new  reporters,  as  well  as  giving  about  a  half  dozen  lectures  at  colleges  every  year  for  the  past  10  years.  She  also  gave  a  TED  Talk  on  Malaria  at  TEDGlobal  in  2013.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  was  really  excited  to  be  able  to  design  a  course  myself,â&#x20AC;?  Shah  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  also  love  interacting  with  college  stu-­ dents.  I  think  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  such  an  amazing  time  of  life  where  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  so  open  to  new  ideas  and  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  becoming  accomplished,  but  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  still  really  open  minded  and  DEVRUELQJ HYHU\WKLQJ , ÂżQG LW UHDOO\ UH-­ warding  to  work  with  undergraduate  stu-­ dents.â&#x20AC;?

Shah  will  give  a  speech  and  answer  questions  from  President  Don  Christian  on  Tuesday,  Feb.  4  at  6  p.m.  in  the  Hon-­ ors  Center.

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SOUTHERN  SNOW The  Deep  South  is  still  digging  out  of  the  not-­so-­deep  snow  that  nonetheless  paralyzed  the  region,  forcing  school-­ children  to  spend  the  night  at  schools,  stranding  motorists,  and  extending  commutes  normally  counted  in  min-­ utes  to  hours.

SUPER  BOWL  ADS  MATURE Forget  slapstick  humor,  corny  gim-­ micks  and  skimpy  bikinis.  This  yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Super  Bowl  ads  promise  something  surprising:  Maturity.  There  wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  be  any  close-­up  tongue  kisses  in  Godad-­ dyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  ad.  Nor  will  there  be  half-­naked  women  running  around  in  the  Axe  body  spray  spot.  ATLANTA  SCHOOLS Thousands  of  Atlanta  students  strand-­ ed  all  night  long  in  their  schools  were  reunited  with  their  parents  Wednes-­ day,  while  rescuers  rushed  to  deliver  blankets,  food,  gas  and  a  ride  home  to  countless  shivering  motorists  stopped  cold  by  a  storm  that  paralyzed  the  busi-­ ness  capital  of  the  South  with  less  than  3  inches  of  snow.

MISSUORI  EXECUTION  A  Missouri  who  killed  a  jeweler  dur-­ ing  a  1991  robbery  was  executed  for  the  crime  late  Wednesday,  marking  the  stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  third  lethal  injection  in  as  many  months.

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Last  fall,  23-­year-­old  New  Paltz  resident  and  Marist  College  graduate  Daniel  Torres  was  elected  to  the  New  Paltz  Town  Board  as  a  councilman.   Torres,  who  graduated  from  New  Paltz  High  School  in  2009,  said  he  values  the  community  where  he  grew  up  and  wanted  to  give  back. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People  give  back  to  the  community  in  various  ways,â&#x20AC;?  Torres  said.   â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some  people  volunteer,  some  MRLQ WKH PLOLWDU\ )RU PH WKDW ZDV UXQQLQJ IRU RIÂżFH ´ Torresâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  role  as  councilman  entails  helping  to  create  the  budget  for  the  town  and  to  act  as  a  legislature  on  behalf  of  Ulster  County.   He  said  he  views  his  position  as  a  way  to  be  a  community  advocate  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  one  who  helps  his  neighbors  regardless  of  the  situation.   Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  also  taken  on  the  responsibility  of  the  townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  communication  and  utilizing  social  media,  which  he  said  is  a  useful  tool  because  it  fosters  open-­govern-­ ment.   Ulster  County  Comptroller  Elliott  Auerbach  said  he  has  known  Torres  from  when  he  was  an  intern  in  KLV RIÂżFH ZRUNLQJ RQ KLV WKLUG UH HOHFWLRQ FDPSDLJQ While  working  as  an  intern  Torres  was  involved  in  writing  and  doing  public  research  for  Auerbach.   For  WKH FDPSDLJQ KH ZDV D ÂżHOG FRRUGLQDWRU He  said  he  views  Torres  as  a  multi-­talented  person.   â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seeing  Dan  really  in  both  worlds  I  recognized  that  he  had  the  skill  and  ability  to  make  the  big  deci-­ sions,  handle  the  tough  problems,  handle  himself  and  convey  his  message  well  to  the  public  and  truly  be  the  representative  on  the  town  board  that  has  the  ear  of  the  public,â&#x20AC;?  Auerbach  said.   Being  23-­years-­old,  Torres  said  he  brings  a  unique  perspective  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  important  to  be  represented  in  gov-­ ernment.   â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  bring  something  from  the  perspective  from  someone  who  is  younger  and  would  like  to  start  a  fam-­ ily  and  I  see  the  challenges  that  make  it  hard  for  some-­ one  my  age  to  do  that,â&#x20AC;?  Torres  said.   Torres  said  New  Paltz  is  a  unique  community  and  is  accepting  of  different  kinds  of  people.   He  said  he  believes  this  contributed  to  his  election,  and  said  he  thinks  citizens  in  a  lot  of  other  towns  would  have  not  voted  for  a  23-­year-­old  candidate.   Auerbach  said  he  doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  believe  people  should  be  paying  attention  to  Torresâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  age  because  of  how  talented  he  is.   â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  think  youth  is  a  secondary  in  this  respect,â&#x20AC;?  Au-­ erbach  said.   â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dan  has  the  maturity  and  the  wisdom  beyond  his  age.â&#x20AC;?

Torres  said  SUNY  New  Paltz  is  a  weird  entity  be-­ cause  of  how  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  affected  by  both  the  town  and  village.   Since  heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  so  close  in  age  with  most  students,  he  said  heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  willing  to  listen  to  and  help  students  because  heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  able  to  relate  with  them.   Auerbach  said  he  thinks  Torres  has  a  long  career  ahead  of  him  in  serving  the  community.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  think  the  New  Paltz  town  board  will  be  the  last  stop  on  Danâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  public  service  train,â&#x20AC;?  Auerbach  said.   â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  would  say  political  train,  but  that  may  be  broadened  to  him  keeping  himself  involved  in  some  sort  of  public  service.â&#x20AC;?  Looking  forward,  Torres  said  he  is  looking  at  ways  to  help  New  Paltz  become  a  more  environmentally-­ Â

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friendly  community.   Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d  also  like  to  start  the  dis-­ FXVVLRQ RI LPSOHPHQWLQJ D ÂżUVW WLPH KRPHEX\HU WD[ H[HPSWLRQ EHFDXVH 1HZ 3DOW] KDV D YHU\ \RXQJ FRP-­ munity  and  not  everyone  can  afford  to  stay  there.   In  addition  to  working  as  a  councilman,  Torres  is  an  integrated  marketing  communications  graduate  stu-­ dent  at  Marist. Â

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Azealia Banks

Chrisette Michele

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Jheno Aiko, Chrisette Michele, Azealia Banks, RUBBLEBUCKET, Rita Ora, Dev and Estelle are the art-­ ists included in the 2014 Spring Con-­ cert survey, released on Jan. 17.

Vice President of Programming Yaritza Diaz said she wanted to bring in a female artist because the school KDVQ¶W KDG RQH LQ ¿ YH \HDUV “I’m not bringing artists based on my liking so much, it’s more on the fact that I want to bring something dif-­ ferent that hasn’t been done here be-­ fore,” Diaz said.

Diaz ran for Vice President of Programming on the platform that she would try and bring in a female art-­ LVW 6KH KDG LW RQ KHU À \HUV DQG VRPH people don’t remember that, Diaz said.

Student Association (SA) Presi-­ dent Manuel Tejada said the budget for the concert is approximately $80,000. $50,000 of it is used to pay the artist and the remaining money is used for the production of the concert and pro-­ viding food.

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Diaz said the process of picking an artist is done by the production com-­ mittee’s board of 10 people, which LV FRPSRVHG RI ¿ YH VHQDWRUV DQG ¿ YH members of the council of organiza-­ tions.

The committee met every other week during the fall semester and were each assigned a different genre of mu-­ VLF 2QFH ¿ YH DUWLVWV ZHUH FKRVHQ IRU each genre, the committee had a week to listen to the music and decide their opinion on the artists prior to a vote that narrowed it down to 10 artists.

Once the list was cut down to 10 art-­ ists, it was then shaved down again to seven artists before it was sent out to the students.

This is different than what previous vice presidents of programming would do, Diaz said. Diaz said they would ei-­ ther come up with the list themselves or just choose music from one genre.

Director of Student Activities and Union Services Mike Patterson said SA Productions (SAP) checks to see if artists have done shows at colleges in WKH SDVW DV D ¿ UVW OLQH RI LQWHUHVW 7KH\

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Rita Ora

don’t take the size of the schools where the artist has performed in the past into consideration because the majority of artists don’t know the differences be-­ tween schools, besides the large insti-­ tutions.

Diaz said the options for pick-­ ing a female artist are limited because popular artists are either extremely overpriced, or underpriced and nobody knows who they are.

Patterson said if students aren’t happy with the choices on the survey they shouldn’t keep their opinions to themselves. Instead, they should be contacting SAP and senate to let them know how they feel.

“I think that the SAP were think-­ ing thoughtfully in terms of trying to diversify the entertainment that comes every year,” Patterson said.

Tejada said not everyone is going to agree on the gender and genre of the artist, but it’s important that the school is diverse and branches out to all as-­ pects of the community.

The survey received mixed reac-­ tions, Diaz said.

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³$W ¿ UVW , NLQG RI WRRN LW SHUVRQ al,” Diaz said. “At the end of the day I can’t get angry because it’s not a per-­ sonal thing. I’m doing my job. I have to deal with the fact that I can’t please everybody.”

7KLUG \HDU DFFRXQWLQJ DQG ¿ QDQFH double major Kelly Pry said she wasn’t pleased with the choices because she has never heard of any of the artists and believes now she won’t get her hopes up that a popular artist will per-­ form.

“I don’t have time to sit down and listen to a list of artists to decide which one I would like to hear perform, when I ultimately don’t believe that my opin-­ ion will affect the decision,” Pry said.

“None of my top choices have been picked so far so I don’t think it would matter too much either way.”

Third-­year communications ma-­ jor Ilana Kantor said she liked Azealia Banks was one of the options on the survey, but at the same time would have liked to have seen a wider selec-­ tion of artists that she knows.

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Teaching Through the Trauma NEW PALTZ GRAD STUDENT TRAVELS TO ISRAEL

The Institute for Disaster Mental Health group poses in Israel.

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A few weeks ago, a team of trauma ex-­ perts including alumni and mental health couseling graduate student Rebecca Rodri-­ guez traveled to Israel as part of the Institute for Disaster Mental Health at SUNY New Paltz.

Rodriguez began her time at New Paltz as a psychology major and a disaster stud-­ ies minor. As a graduate student she works as part of the mental health counseling pro-­ gram.

“It sounds cliché but when do people need help the most?” Rodriguez said. “It’s something about disasters that make you want to help.”

The purpose of the trip was to train the

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30 Israeli and Palestinian mental health pro-­ fessionals who attended the session on how to deal with the psychological aspects that come with trauma so they could then pass it on and train members of their own com-­ munities.

Rodriguez described the training ses-­ VLRQ DV D VRUW RI SV\FKRORJLFDO ¿UVW DLG “I feel like it’s being human. You try to get people to develop their natural coping mechanisms whether that means social or practical support,” Rodriguez said. “If you are trained, it means you know how to get someone in a stable place. You are really promoting being calm and empathetic with them.”

All of the attendees of the training ses-­ VLRQ ZHUH LQ WKH PHQWDO KHDOWK ¿HOG LQ RQH

way or another.

Rodriguez felt initially the Israelis and Palestinians were a bit closed off to each other but had some basic level of comfort already in place. The groups were split up and then put back together.

While everyone had come together to learn how to deal with crisis and disaster mental health, the two sides still had their reservations, Rodriguez said.

“I noticed that the Palestinians and Is-­ raelis had a willingness to discuss, but they also held back,” Rodriguez said. “There were certain things they didn’t want to get into. With politics there was a sort of self-­ regulation.”

Rodriguez said that topics would come up and someone would say they “didn’t

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want to get into it,” in order to avoid poten-­ tial arguments.

The two sides began a discussion about the challenges they face, which proved to show that many of their problems were very similar.

A survey at the end of the session showed that attitudes toward one another’s national origins had changed, and that they felt they now had a better understanding of each other.

The experience of turning a population of people into individual stories was some-­ thing Rodriguez also felt.

“Organizationally, we conceptionalized the two groups as Israelis and Palestinians,” Rodriguez said. “But by the end of the trip they all had a face and all had story.”

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History  is  not  found  solely  in  textbooks.  In  fact  it  ex-­ ists  all  around  us  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  in  the  earth,  in  our  technology  and  in  each  other.  But  history  in  its  most  tangible  form  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  as  well  as  its  most  vulnerable  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  exists  closer  to  home,  sometimes  literally.  Nearly  60  people  gathered  in  Deyo  Hall  on  Jan.  26  on  New  Paltzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  historically  renown  Huguenot  Street  to  hear  Dr.  Bill  Rhoads,  an  architectural  historian  and  former  pro-­ fessor  of  art  history  at  SUNY  New  Paltz,  discuss  the  suc-­ cessful  efforts  to  preserve  the  old  stone  houses  of  Historic  Huguenot  Street,  as  well  as  ongoing  work  to  preserve  and  SURWHFW KLVWRULFDOO\ DQG DUFKLWHFWXUDOO\ VLJQLÂżFDQW EXLOG-­ ings  from  various  periods  in  the  Village  and  Town  of  New  Paltz.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  sing  the  praises  of  Historic  Huguenot  Street  in  terms  of  historic  preservation  but  there  are  a  lot  of  anony-­ mous  preservers  of  New  Paltz,â&#x20AC;?  Rhoads  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lots  of  peo-­ ple  who  own  private  houses  have  maintained  these  houses  over  the  years.â&#x20AC;?  8VLQJ D ÂżOP VOLGH SURMHFWRU WKHPDWLFDOO\ DSSURSULDWH for  the  evening,  Rhoads,  a  resident  of  New  Paltz  since  1970,  presented  to  the  audience  what  he  called  â&#x20AC;&#x153;a  personal  look  at  the  archeological  history  of  New  Paltz,â&#x20AC;?  display-­ ing  photos  he  had  collected  of  the  late  19th  and  early  20th  century  structures  that  still  populate  the  surrounding  com-­ munity  in  varying  stages  of  their  existence.  5KRDGV DOVR KLJKOLJKWHG PDQ\ VLJQLÂżFDQW VWUXFWXUHV WKDW KDYH EHHQ ORVW WR ÂżUH DOWHUDWLRQ DQG GHPROLWLRQ Among  those  was  the  New  Paltz  State  Normal  School,  the  â&#x20AC;&#x153;ancestorâ&#x20AC;?  of  SUNY  New  Paltz  built  on  the  shores  of  the  Wallkill  River.  The  school  would  later  move  to  its  current  ORFDWLRQ DIWHU EHLQJ ORVW WR ÂżUH LQ â&#x20AC;&#x153;In  recent  years  both  the  village  and  town  have  cre-­ ated  Historic  Preservation  Commissions,  which  have  been  effective  in  advocating  the  cause  of  historic  preservation  and  landmarking  districts  and  individual  buildings,  includ-­ LQJ VLJQLÂżFDQW WK FHQWXU\ DQG PRGHUQ VWUXFWXUHV EXW WKH local  commissions  have  no  authority  over  actions  by  the  state  on  the  SUNY  campus,â&#x20AC;?  Rhoads  said.  Rhoads  said  state  experts  had  recently  declared  that  the  Hanmer  House,  located  behind  College  Hall  and  uti-­ lized  as  the  international  student  affairs  building,  had  no  â&#x20AC;&#x153;special  historical  valueâ&#x20AC;?  and  is  expected  to  be  demolished  in  the  next  few  weeks,  contributing  to  a  prevailing  concern  over  the  SUNY  campusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  treatment  of  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  historic  build-­ ings.

Rhoads  addressed  the  renovation  of  the  Wooster  Sci-­ ence  Building,  lamenting  the  loss  of  what  he  described  as  â&#x20AC;&#x153;a  powerful  example  of  Brutalism  in  architecture,  with  its Â

One  of  the  preserved  stone  houses  on  Historic  Huguenot  Street. Â

EROG SURMHFWLRQV DQG KDUG FRQFUHWH VXUIDFHV ´ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Winner  of  a  Progressive  Architecture  design  award  in  1966  but  always  controversial,  Wooster,   in  2013  called  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;a  monstrosityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  by  some  campus  sophisticates,  will  now  be-­ come  something  more  pleasantâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;for  someâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to  gaze  upon,  DV ZHOO DV PRUH HQHUJ\ HIÂżFLHQW DQG DGDSWHG WR QHZ XVHV But  a  landmark  of  modern  design  has  been  lost,â&#x20AC;?  Rhoads  said.  However,  Rhoads  said  SUNY  New  Paltz  should  not  be  benighted  for  their  actions.  Rhoads  showed  before  and  after  slides  of  stone  structures  on  both  the  Harvard  and  Princeton  campuses  that  had  been  demolished  or  reno-­ vated  to  include  aesthetically  uncomplimentary  additions  such  as  a  modern  designed  observatory  deck  in  the  case  of  the  latter.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;So  anytime  you  feel  mildly  inclined  to  be  critical  of  SUNY  New  Paltz,  be  reminded  that  some  of  these  out-­ standing  American  institutions  have  done  unwise  things  in  regards  to  historical  architecture,â&#x20AC;?  Rhoads  said. Â

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Rhoads  applauded  what  he  believed  to  be  successful  efforts  of  preservation  on  the  New  Paltz  campus.  Rhoads  used  the  example  of  the  Lefevre  House  located  on  Route  DQG 9DQGHQEHUJ +DOO ERWK ORVW WR ÂżUH DQG UHVWRUHG WR their  original  design  with  the  former  being  re-­purposed  as  WKH $OXPQL DQG $GPLVVLRQV RIÂżFH DQG WKH ODWWHUÂśV LFRQLF FXSROD EHLQJ UHSODFHG DQG UHEXLOW WR LWV RULJLQDO VSHFLÂżFD-­ tion.  While  Rhoads  touted  historical  preservation  he  noted  that  demolition  and  change  was  an  inevitable  means  of  progress  but  should  be  considered  with  regards  to  histori-­ FDO VLJQLÂżFDQFH â&#x20AC;&#x153;Change  is  inevitable  but  we  do  like  to  think  that  change  should  be  made  with  good  information,  good  awareness  of  the  history  of  these  buildings  and  we  need  to  be  vigilant  when  these  changes  arise,â&#x20AC;?  Rhoads  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;[His-­ torical]  houses  have  been  removed  to  put  up  a  fast-­food  restaurant  or,  more  often,  to  create  a  parking  lot,  both  dam-­ aging  the  character  of  New  Paltz.â&#x20AC;?

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Winter  break  gave  me  a  lot  of  time  to  do  all  sorts  of  productive  things.  Thankfully,  I  chose  none  of  those  and  instead  decided  to  sleep,  watch  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bonesâ&#x20AC;?  on  TNT,  eat  salty  foods,  and  generally  run  up  my  parentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  electric  and  heat-­ ing  bill.  One  slightly  constructive  activity  I  spent  my  time  on  was  reading  ...comic  books.  From  Japan.  I  also  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  have  shame  glands,  so  thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  that.  So  yes,  the  majority  of  my  time  wrapped  in  about  twenty  different  blankets,  unwashed  and  unshaven,  avoid-­ ing  the  sun  and  trying  to  solve  murders  before  Brennan  and  Booth  reached  the  58  minute  mark,  were  actually  spent  amidst  the  black-­and-­white  pages  of  volumes  1-­12  RI Âł$WWDFN RQ 7LWDQ ´ LQ WKH KLJK GHÂżQLWLRQ JORU\ RI P\ phoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  4.7-­inch  super  LCD  2  display.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Attack  on  Titan,â&#x20AC;?  or  as  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  known  in  its  language  of  origin,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shingeki  no  Kyojin,â&#x20AC;?  is  the  comic  written  and  illustrated  by  Hajime  Isayama  that  has  inspired  the  Japa-­ nese  serial  animation  of  the  same  name  whose  popularity  has  spread  quickly  overseas.  If  you  have  a  friend  on  Tum-­ blr  who  likes  anime,  thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  good  chance  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  seen  a  GIF  or  two  from  the  show.  One  hundred  years  prior  to  the  beginning  of  the  story,  giant,  grotesque  and  near-­indestructible  humanoid  crea-­ tures  called  Titans  suddenly  appeared  as  natural  predators  to  humans.  As  a  result,  humanity  teeters  on  the  brink  of  extinction  and  has  hidden  itself  within  the  safety  of  three  50-­meter  concentric  stone  walls  of  a  medieval-­esque  monarchy  ruled  city-­state.  When  a  sixty  meter  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Colossal  Titanâ&#x20AC;?  mysteriously  appears  and  breaches  the  outermost  ZDOO VPDOOHU 7LWDQV Ă&#x20AC;RRG WKH RXWHU WHUULWRU\ DQG KXPDQLW\

LV IRUFHG WR ÂżJKW RU GLH DJDLQVW LWV JUHDWHVW WKUHDW â&#x20AC;&#x153;Attack  on  Titanâ&#x20AC;?  is  a  dark,  dystopian  work  of  fanta-­ sy  that  is  a  welcome  breath  of  fresh  air  to  a  genre  that  has  recently  begun  to  feel  stagnant.  The  author  quickly  estab-­ lishes  that  nothing  is  sacred,  everyone  can  and  probably  will  die,  and  every  familiar  clichĂŠ  used  to  inspire  hope  DQG V\PEROL]H D VKLIW LQ FRQĂ&#x20AC;LFW PRPHQWXP LV D GHFHS-­ tive  plot  device  used  to  rip  your  heart  out  straight  from  \RXU FKHVW 6XIÂżFH WR VD\ , GLGQÂśW KDYH HQRXJK UHVROYH stored  in  the  Feels  Bank  to  cover  such  a  hefty  emotional  investment.  The  writing  effectively  has  the  reader  empathizing  with  the  main  charactersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  confusion,  fear  and  frustration  primarily  due  to  their  shared  ignorance  of  what  exactly  KDV FDXVHG WKH 7LWDQV WR DSSHDU :RUNV RI ÂżFWLRQ ZKHUH humans  are  knocked  from  the  top  of  the  food  chain  by  a  foreign  entity  is  not  a  new  idea  by  any  means,  but  not  since  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Walking  Deadâ&#x20AC;?  comics  have  I  seen  such  a  thoughtful  portrayal  of  the  emotional  impact  it  plays  on  the  characters,  though  the  two  series  are  extremely  differ-­ ent  for  each  other  in  most  other  regards.  Thematically,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Attack  on  Titanâ&#x20AC;?  is  at  once  a  revenge  story,  a  commentary  on  the  persistent  nature  of  humans,  DQG FRQVHTXHQFHV RI VDFULÂżFH ,W PLJKW MXVW EH WKH MRXU-­ nalist  in  me  talking,  but  in  the  charactersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  motivations  I  saw  that  fanatical  drive  for  the  truth  that  puts  a  desperate  ORRN LQ \RXU H\HV DQG KDV \RX ÂżJKW DQG EOHHG XQWLO \RXU body  is  dry  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  all  too  familiar  with.  The  fear  that  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  die  before  you  get  answers  and  questioning  your  convic-­ tion  to  faces  the  horrors  before  you  to  get  them.  Maybe  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  being  melodramatic,  but  underneath  the  seriesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  surface,  the  message  I  get  is  one  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  all  familiar  with  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  reaching  out  to  the  truth. Â

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The  Dorsky  will  be  springing  into  this  semes-­ ter  head-­on  with  their  newest  exhibition  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mary  Reid  Kelley:  Working  Objects  and  Videos.â&#x20AC;?  A  multimedia  PL[WXUH RI SDLQWLQJ ÂżOP KLVWRU\ DQG WKHDWULFDO SHUIRU-­ mance,  the  exhibition  opened  on  Wednesday,  Jan.  22  and  will  run  until  Sunday,  April  13.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  were  interested  in  showing  Mary  Reid  Kel-­ ley  and  her  husband,  Patrick  Kelleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  work  because  theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  extraordinary  artists  who  are  just  beginning  to  receive  acclaim  for  their  work,â&#x20AC;?  Sara  Pasti,  Neil  Trager  Director  at  The  Dorsky,  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  encompasses  so  many  different  disciplines.  The  narrative  is  intel-­ lectually  interesting,   funny,  serious  and  sensitive  and  it  covers  a  lot  of  different  emotions.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  very  rich  in  what  it  offers  to  the  viewer.â&#x20AC;?

Mary  Reid  Kelley  and  her  husband  collaborated  on  the  exhibition,  using  everyday  and  found  objects,  as  per  the  exhibitionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  name,  painted  them  black  and  white  and  used  them  as  props  for  their  videos.  The  videos  reenacted  historical  events  or  time  periods  from  a  different  lens  than  most  commonly  viewed,  be  it  feminist,  comedic  or  with  a  contempo-­ rary  twist.  Exhibition  curator  Daniel  Belasco  brought  this  exhibition  to  New  Paltz  because  he  said  it  would  be Â

interesting  for  a  Hudson  Valley-­based  artist  to  gain  recognition  in  her  own  area.  %HLQJ WKDW WKLV LV WKH ÂżUVW WLPH WKH SURSV XVHG LQ Mary  and  Patrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  videos  will  be  on  display,  Belasco  said  the  exhibition  will  be  of  particular  interest  to  stu-­ dents  because  it  shows  the  artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  creative  process.  He  said  although  The  Dorsky  has  shown  many  multimedia  exhibitions  before,  this  one  might  be  a  dif-­ ferent  take  on  an  average  Dorsky  exhibition  and  will  EH VRPHWKLQJ ÂżOP DQG DUW VWXGHQWV ZLOO DSSUHFLDWH â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  museum  has  a  strong  program  of  showing  FRQWHPSRUDU\ DUW WKDWÂśV VLJQLÂżFDQW ´ %HODVFR VDLG â&#x20AC;&#x153;Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  work  has  rich  content  that  relates  to  history  and  gender  studies,  literature  and  theater,  so  it  would  be  of  interest  to  a  wide  variety  of  students.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  as  much  an  intellectual  literary  experience  as  it  is  a  visually  aesthetic  experience.â&#x20AC;?

The  exhibition  will  also  be  on  display  at  the  Uni-­ versity  at  Albany  Art  Museum  on  the  SUNY  Albany  campus  beginning  this  July.  Representatives  from  Albany  had  been  interested  in  Mary  and  Patrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  work  for  a  while  and  took  up  the  opportunity  to  exhibit  it  with  Belasco  as  the  curator  after  hearing  about  New  Paltzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  involvement  in  it.  Curator  and  Associate  Director  of  the  University  at  Albany  Art  Museum,  Corinna  Ripps,  interviewed  both  artists  about  their  work  and  said  she  loved  talk-­

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ing  with  them  because  it  showed  her  how  immersed  they  are  in  their  work.  She  said  they  incorporate  their  family  into  their  videos  and  are  â&#x20AC;&#x153;real  role  models  to  students  and  curators  to  have  that  level  of  dedication  to  their  vision.â&#x20AC;?

Because  of  the  different  nature  of  the  museum  space  at  Albany,  the  exhibition  will  have  a  different  feel  when  it  is  shown  on  the  Albany  campus,  Ripps  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  work  is  compelling  and  multi-­layered  and  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  magical  no  matter  where  it  is  but  we  have  an  open  space,â&#x20AC;?  Ripps  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  almost  theatrical  when  you  come  into  the  space,  you  see  everything  at  once.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  like  a  stage  and  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  one  of  the  things  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  be  working  on.  Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  kind  of  use  our  space  to  create  an  exciting  and  dramatic  backdrop  in  Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  videos.â&#x20AC;?

Ripps  is  currently  working  on  compiling  a  cata-­ logue  about  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Working  Objects  and  Videos,â&#x20AC;?  which  will  include  her  interview  with  Mary  and  Patrick,  an  essay  by  Belasco  and  basic  information  on  the  nature  of  the  exhibition.  It  will  be  released  while  the  show  is  still  open  in  The  Dorsky.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  exhibition  brings  an  appreciation  of  his-­ tory  and  contemporary  art,â&#x20AC;?  Pasti  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  includes  a  heightened  sense  of  the  past  to  bring  awareness  to  the  future.  I  have  not  appreciated  Sophocles  until  I  saw  her  videos.â&#x20AC;?

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Grammy-atically Correct

FLATS AND SHARPS OF A NIGHT IN MUSIC HISTORY Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  a  little  surprised  and  disappoint-­ ed  that  Janelle  Monaeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Electric  Ladyâ&#x20AC;?  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  receive  a  single  nomi-­ nation.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  complete,  phenomenal  album  that  deserved  so  many  acco-­ lades.  J-­Monae  was  cheated,  plain  and  simple. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Cat  Tacopina,  Editor-­in-­Chief Â

After  Daft  Punk  won  Album  of  the  Year,  I  gave  Random  I  gave  Random  Access  Memories  Memories  a  listen  and  ended  up  really  enjoying  it.  However,  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  still  Taylor  Swift  in  that  .gif  of  her  when  she  thought  Red  won  the  Grammy. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Robin  Weinstein,  Photo  Editor  Â

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Breaking Boundaries

CONCERT SERIES SEEKS TO STRIKE A DIFFERENT CHORD By  Zameena  Mejia

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While  bars  and  basements  currently  set  the  scene  for  live  music  shows  in  New  Paltz,  Musicians  Sans  Frontières  seeks  to  break  these  boundaries  with  its  new  concert  series.

Musicians  Sans  Frontières  (MSF),  a  play  on  the  world-­renown  Medicièns  Sans  Frontierès  (doctors  without  borders),  is  an  organization  that  aims  to  make  the  New  Paltz  music  scene  available  to  everyone  by  setting  up  all-­ages  venues  where  musicians  who  com-­ pose  original  music  can  play. Âł, WKLQN >06)@ LV GHÂż QLWHO\ DQ DWWHPSW WR VWDUW D QHZ community  of  bands  both  in  and  outside  of  New  Paltz  that  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  have  to  worry  about  playing  at  a  bar  or  paying  heavy  fees  in  the  school,â&#x20AC;?  Andy  Lawson,  a  third-­year  sociology  major,  said.  Lawson  is  part  of  the  hardcore  rock  band  Cygnus,  which  will  kick  off  MSFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  monthly  concert  series  at  St.  Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Church.  Other  musicians  performing  include  solo  song-­ writer  Jake  Harms,  indie/punk  rock  band  DIA  from  Carmel,  N.Y.  and  the  melodic  post-­punk  band  Oswald  from  New  Paltz.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;MSF  plans  to  brand  New  Paltz  as  a  destination  for  bands  and  music  enthusiasts  from  across  the  country,â&#x20AC;?  Joseph  Ruoto-­ lo,  the  founder  and  coordinator  of  the  organization,  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  mission  of  MSF  is  to  meet  this  need  for  the  performers  and  the  arts  and  music  community  at  large.â&#x20AC;?

Currently  pursuing  his  second  bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  degree  in  math,  Ruotolo  founded  Musicians  Sans  Frontières  as  a  way  to  pro-­ mote  new  avenues  of  music. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  have  been  playing  shows  in  the  New  Paltz  music  scene  for  years;Íž  the  venues  have  been  mostly  in  bars  where  the  audi-­ HQFH FDQ EH GLIÂż FXOW WR HQJDJH ´ 5XRWROR VDLG Âł7KLV LGHD IRU D concert  series  was  born  out  of  the  desire  to  have  a  space  where  musicians  who  compose  original  music  can  play  for  an  excited  audience.â&#x20AC;?   Max  Narotsky,  a  third-­year  secondary  education  major  with  a  concentration  in  social  studies,  not  only  performs  in  Os-­ wald  but  also  helped  form  Musicians  Sans  Frontières.

Narotsky  said  MSF  is  both  a  great  way  to  meet  likeminded  musicians  from  the  Hudson  Valley  and  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;great  way  to  network  with  other  creative  people  in  positive  outlets.â&#x20AC;?  Narotskyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  connection  with  MSF  includes  booking  and  advertising  for  the  organization  and  acting  as  the  liaison  between  MSF  and  the  student-­run  club,  The  New  Paltz  Music  Collec-­ tive.   ³:H Âż QG WKDW WKH FXUUHQW PXVLF VFHQH LQ New  Paltz  is  held  predominantly  at  houses  and  bars,  restricting  access  to  people  under  21  or  those  that  want  to  see  music  in  a  friendly  and  safe  envi-­ ronment,â&#x20AC;?  Narotsky  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  aim  is  to  create  a Â

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Macklemore  politics  aside,  I  love  the  song  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Same  Loveâ&#x20AC;?  and  I  thought  the  performance  was  heartfelt.  How-­ ever,  I  did  think  Madonna  looked  a  bit  out  of  place.  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Suzy  Berkowitz,  A&E  Editor

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Joseph  Ruotolo  stands  in  front  of  the  new  concert  venue,  St.  Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Church.

non-­exclusive  concert  experience  in  a  town  oversaturated  with  bar  and  basement  shows  going  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;till  2  a.m.â&#x20AC;?  Musicians  Sans  Frontièresâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  concert  series  will  begin  this  Friday,  Jan.  31  at  7  p.m.  at  St.  Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Church  and  will  run  on  the  last  Friday  of  every  month.  The  upcoming  concert  will  be  sponsored  by  St.  Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Church  and  Musicians  Sans  Frontières.  All  proceeds  beyond  production  costs  will  go  directly  toward  supporting  the  musi-­ cians. Â

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MUSICIAN OF THE WEEK: JAMIE PAGIRSKY

THEATER DEPARTMENT SETS THIS SEMESTERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S STAGE YEAR: Fourth MAJOR: Sociology HOMETOWN: Belle Harbor, N.Y.

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

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Buried Childâ&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;On The Vergeâ&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eurydiceâ&#x20AC;?

WHATâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S Â YOUR Â INSTRUMENT Â OF Â CHOICE Â AND Â WHY?

The  Theater  Departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  mainstage  production  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Buried  Child,â&#x20AC;?  written  by  Sam  Shepard,  is  not  about  the  grueling  climb  toward  achieving  the  American  Dream,  rather  the  devastating  plummet  of  those  who  once  lived  it  but  lost  their  grasp. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  plot  centers  around  a  family  who  emphasizes  this  theme  [of  deterioration]  by  consisting  of  those  who  were  once  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;classical-­ ly  American,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;  but  who,  after  a  family  scandal  and  tragedy,  completely  fell  apart  mentally,â&#x20AC;?  Julia  Fell,  the  productionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  costume  design-­ er,  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Buried  Childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  is  a  play  about  the  destruction  and  corruption  of  the  American  Dream.â&#x20AC;?

Fell,  a  fourth-­year  theater  major  with  a  concentration  in  costume  design,  said  her   most  challenging  costume  design  will  be  for  a  character  who  has  a  false  leg  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  removed  during  the  show. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Since  the  actor  cast  in  this  role  has  ERWK OHJV Âż JXULQJ RXW D ZD\ WR PDNH KLP ORRN OLNH DQ DPSXWHH LV JRLQJ WR EH LQWHUHVW ing.â&#x20AC;?

For  Sara  Lyons,  a  third-­year  theater  and  history  double-­major  and  the  showâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  drama-­ turg,  the  production  teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  biggest  obstacles  will  be  adhering  to  a  strict  schedule  and  maintaining  a  healthy  mindset,  despite  the  PHQWDO VWUHVV WKDW FRPHV IURP ZRUNLQJ RQ VXFK D KHDUWEUHDNLQJO\ WUDJLF SOD\ Lyons  said  she  researches  many  aspects  of  the  production,  offers  advice  and  â&#x20AC;&#x153;a  new  pair  of  eyesâ&#x20AC;?  to  certain  scenes  and  discusses  KHU Âż QGLQJV ZLWK GLUHFWRU DQG $VVRFLDWH 3UR IHVVRU )UDQN 7UH]]D UHJXODUO\ WR KHOS GHYHORS the  trajectory  and  vision  of  the  production. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All  of  [us]  are  bearing  a  heavy  psycho-­ logical  load,â&#x20AC;?  Lyons  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;So  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  all  been  developing  ways  to  ensure  that  the  rehearsal  spaces  stay  safe  spaces,  and  each  of  us  is  de-­ YHORSLQJ RXU RZQ ZD\ RI VKDNLQJ WKH SOD\ off  our  shoulders  as  we  leave  meetings  and  research  sessions.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Buried  Childâ&#x20AC;?  will  run  from  Thursday,  )HE WKURXJK 6XQGD\ 0DUFK LQ 3DUNHU Theatre. Â

Those  whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  been  bitten  by  the  travel  bug  will  be  able  to  live  vicari-­ ously  through  the  adventurous,  wayfar-­ ing  characters  of  the  Theater  Depart-­ mentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  mainstage  production  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;On  the  Verge.â&#x20AC;?  Written  by  Eric  Overmyer,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;On  The  Vergeâ&#x20AC;?  is  about  three  women  from  1888  who  set  off  on  a  journey  to  explore  WKH ODVW XQNQRZQ SDUWV RI WKH ZRUOG DF FRUGLQJ WR GLUHFWRU DQG $VVLVWDQW 3URIHV sor  Connie  Rotunda.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;As  [the  women]  travel  further,  they  realize  that  they  are  not  only  traveling  through  space,  but  they  are  also  traveling  through  time,â&#x20AC;?  Rotunda  VDLG Âł7KHLU MRXUQH\ LV WDNLQJ WKHP LQWR the  future.  Terra  Incognita.â&#x20AC;?

Besides  the  three  women,  there  are  eight  additional  characters,  who  are  all  portrayed  by  one  diverse,  if  not  exhaust-­ ed,  actor.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  man  plays  eight  different  roles  ranging  from  a  German  dirigible  pilot  to  a  smooth  nightclub  crooner,â&#x20AC;?  Rotunda  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  requires  an  actor  with  a  good  ear  who  has  a  comedic  sensibil-­ ity  who  can  also  ground  themselves  in  reality  and  truth.â&#x20AC;?   $VVLVWDQW 3URIHVVRU DQG WKH SURGXF tionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  costume  designer,  Andrea  Varga,  said  the  show  has  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;wonderful  sense  and  humor  and  explores  character,  lan-­ guage  and  movement  in  really  delight-­ ful  ways.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;On  the  Vergeâ&#x20AC;?  will  be  performed  LQ 3DUNHU 7KHDWUH ZKLFK 9DUJD VDLG LV an  advantage  because  designers  are  able  to  indulge  in  small  details  the  audience  wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  otherwise  see  in  any   of  the  larger  campus  venues.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  has  period  clothing  that  has  been  a  lot  of  fun  to  research  and  will  be  excit-­ ing  to  recreate  for  the  stage,â&#x20AC;?  Varga  said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;On  The  Vergeâ&#x20AC;?  will  run  from  Thursday,  April  24  through  Sunday,  May  5. Â

*UHHN WUDJHG\ ZLOO EH IURQW DQG FHQWHU GXULQJ WKLV VHPHVWHUÂśV EODFN ER[ SURGXFWLRQ of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eurydice,â&#x20AC;?  bringing  the  dramatic  love  story  of  Orpheus  and  his  wife  to  the  stage  of  3DUNHU 7KHDWUH â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eurydice,â&#x20AC;?  written  by  Sarah  Ruhl,  LV D ORRVH UHWHOOLQJ RI WKH *UHHN VWRU\ RI Orpheus   that  focuses  on  the  viewpoint  of  his  wife  and  her  trip  to  the  underworld  im-­ mediately  after  their  wedding,  according  to  the  productionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  costume  designer  Jamie  Kracht. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In  the  underworld,  she  encounters  her  father  and  ultimately  has  to  choose  between  staying  in  the  land  of  the  dead  with  him  or  returning  to  the  mortal  world  with  her  hus-­ band,â&#x20AC;?  Kracht,  a  fourth-­year  theater  major  with  a  performance  concentration,  said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eurydiceâ&#x20AC;?  features  a  prominent  fe-­ male  lead  and  a  strong  ensemble,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;some-­ thing  that  the  Theater  Department  is  al-­ ZD\V ORRNLQJ IRU LQ WKHLU VHDVRQ VHOHFWLRQ ´ according  to  director  Adam  Harrison,  a  fourth-­year  theater  major  with  a  concentra-­ tion  in  performance  and  directing.

Harrison  said  there  will  also  be  some  surprises  for  the  audience,  including  some  imaginative  and  â&#x20AC;&#x153;dauntingâ&#x20AC;?  stage  directions  that  he  said  will  provide  an  interesting  chal-­ lenge  for  the  production  team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All  of  these  technical  elements,  such  as  Eurydice  entering  the  underworld  in  a  raining  elevator...either  happen  onstage,  or  will  be  represented  onstage  by  some  action  or  device  that  gives  the  same  message  to  the  audience,â&#x20AC;?  Harrison  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Finding  creative  and  clever  solutions  to  these  technical  needs  is  not  only  the  most  challenging  component  in  a  student  production,  but  the  most  fun  as  well.â&#x20AC;?

For  Harrison,  he  hopes  the  audience  can  appreciate  the  playâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  timeless  and  sim-­ ple  message,  and  that  they  leave  the  theater  feeling  connected  to  the  story  theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  just  been  told. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eurydiceâ&#x20AC;?  will  run  from  Friday,  April  5  through  Sunday,  April  6. Â

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Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  had  the  most  experience  with  drums  and  playing  is  a  very  physical,  tangible  re-­ lease.  Guitar  also  allows  greater  room  for  creativity  and  authenticity.

WHAT  ARE  YOU  INVOLVED  WITH  MUSICALLY? I  was  in  a  band  called  Year  on  a  Mountain,  but  it  dissolved  after  a  while.  I  currently  drum  for  Mamahuhu,  the  punk-­y,  abrasive  offspring  of  YOAM. WHO  ARE  YOUR  BIGGEST  INFLUENCES? Brand  New,  Thrice  and  Title  Fight.  Their  drummers  have  a  common  theme  of  know-­ ing  what  to  play  and  when.

WHO  HAVE  YOU  BEEN  LISTENING  TO  LATELY? Jawbreaker,  Yo  La  Tengo,  Dinosaur  Jr.,  Sonic  Youth,  Pavement,  Yuck,  Title  Fight,  Ovlov,  Basement,  Speedy  Ortiz  and  Pity  Sex. WHATâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S  YOUR  PLAN  FOR  THE  FUTURE? Ideally,  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d  love  to  drum  for  a  touring  band.  I  canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  travel  enough  and  playing  music  is  easily  one  of  my  biggest  passions,  so  to  combine  the  two  would  be  truly  righteous.

ANY  ADVICE  FOR  ASPIRING  MUSICIANS? Find  others  who  share  the  same  adoration  and  appreciation  for  music  that  you  do  and  jam  your  hearts  out.

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Days  before  the  start  of  the  spring  semester,  a  survey  was  sent  out  to  the  student  body  regarding  the  annual  Stu-­ dent  Association  Production  (SAP)  spring  concert.  The  sur-­ vey  asked  students  to  rank  seven  different  artists  based  on  how  desirable  they  were  as  the  concertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  headlining  act.

The  choice  of  artists  has  been  met  with  criticism  by  the  student  body.  When  the  survey  came  out,  Facebook  feeds  ZHUH Ă&#x20AC;RRGHG ZLWK VWXGHQWV FRPSODLQLQJ DERXW WKH FKRLFH RI artists  being  similar  to  artist  selections  in  the  past,  as  well  as  complaints  about  how  unknown  the  artists  were.  We  at  The  New  Paltz  Oracle  believe  the  student  body  has  every  right  to  complain  about  the  choice  of  artists  picked  for  this  yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  concert  and  that  the  current  system  of  artists  selection  needs  a  complete  makeover.  In  the  past  couple  of  years,  SAP  has  picked  a  diverse  crop  of  artists  for  the  survey,  which  normally  comes  out  near  the  end  of  the  fall  semester.  However,  this  yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  choice  of  artists  are  all  similar  enough  that  it  may  alien-­ ate  a  large  amount  of  the  student  body.  This  yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  choice  of  artists  all  have  similar  music  styles,  not  to  mention  that  theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  similar  to  artists  that  have  been  selected  the  past  several  years.  This  isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  to  say  these  artists  arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  talented  or  unde-­ serving  of  the  money  that  comes  from  the  activity  fee  we Â

pay  for  as  part  of  our  tuition;Íž  Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  just  disappointed  that  there  wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  more  of  a  selection  given.

As  students  ourselves,  we  empathize  with  the  senti-­ ment  that  there  are  no  major  mainstream  artists  on  the  list.  Students  at  SUNY  schools  are  likely  to  have  friends  at  other  SUNYs,  and  are  probably  familiar  with  the  artists  that  visit  their  friendsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  schools.  While  we  obviously  cannot  compete  with  the  size  and  budget  of  schools  like  Binghamton,  Buf-­ falo  and  Albany,  we  can  be  competitive  with  schools  like  SUNY  Oneonta,  SUNY  Oswego  and  SUNY  Fredonia.  Oswego  alone  has  had  acts  such  as  The  Goo  Goo  Dolls,  Sam  Adams  and  Lupe  Fiasco  as  headliners.  Fredonia  has  also  had  Fiasco,  along  with  Jackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Mannequin  within  WKH SDVW IHZ \HDUV :H ÂżQG LW GLIÂżFXOW WR EHOLHYH WKDW WKHVH schools  have  that  much  larger  of  a  budget  than  ours  that  they  are  able  to  afford  larger  and  different  types  of  artists  as  opposed  to  us.  We  always  encourage  students  to  get  involved  if  they  wish  to  see  change,  but  that  is  much  easier  said  than  done.  And  when  it  comes  to  this  yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  SAP  process  alone,  we  believe  the  committee  could  have  done  much  more  to  pick  a  more  diverse  section  of  artists.  In  our  coverage  of  Stu-­ dent  Senate  this  past  year,  we  noticed  that  discussion  of  the  spring  concert  was  mum  in  compared  to  years  recent.  Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re Â

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troubled  by  the  possibility  that  the  desire  was  not  a  high  priority  of  SAPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.  We  believe  that  the  current  survey  format  needs  a  com-­ SOHWH RYHUKDXO DQG KDV WR EH Âż[HG )RU WRR ORQJ QRZ ZH have  seen  nothing  but  discontent  and  animosity  as  products  of  the  survey.  There  needs  to  be  increased  dialogue  before  WKH ÂżQDO VXUYH\ FRPHV RXW DQG 6$3 QHHGV WR EH PRUH RSHQ DERXW WKH VHOHFWLRQV IRU WKH ÂżQDO VXUYH\ :H DUH FRQÂżGHQW LQ WKH DELOLW\ RI 6$3 WR SURGXFH D concert  students  will  be  enthusiastic  about,  and  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  sure  WKH ÂżQDO FKRLFH PDGH ZLOO EH FRQVLGHUDWH RI ZKDW VWXGHQWV hope  to  see. Â

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LETTERS A Call to Action: Building Student Power at SUNY New Paltz Greetings brothers, sister and com-­ rades, Last year, as the Student Association vice president of academic affairs, I sub-­ mitted two Op-­Eds [1] [2] which aimed to highlight the fact that the Black Stu-­ dent population at SUNY New Paltz has been steadily declining for more than ten years, resulting in a racial diversity crisis. I hope to now provide some en-­ couraging words to push the struggle for student power forward.

To student senators: Congratula-­ tions to you all for joining the New Paltz Student Association;; now it’s time to do work. Student government is not some-­ thing you simply put on your résumé. It is your opportunity to exercise your col-­ lective power as students to create social change for the advancement of society in general and historically underrepre-­ sented people in particular.

To all students: What are you doing about the decisions made and not made by the New Paltz administration which possess your tuition money? Does your college administration represent you?

What are you doing about the fact that the Black student population at New Paltz has been decreasing for more than ten years and about racist vandalism on campus? What are you doing about the fact that students and faculty now have a JDJ RUGHU IRU ¿YH \HDUV DQG FDQQRW PRYH to transform the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program into a full department? What are you doing about Dear Editor: Hello and welcome back to campus!

We would like to take a moment to update you on events and activities happening at NYPIRG. For those of you may be unfamil-­ iar with us, NYPIRG, the New York Public Interest Research Group, is the state’s larg-­ est and most effective student-­directed orga-­ nization on 20 college campuses across the state. For the past 40 years, NYPIRG has built student power through grassroots orga-­ nizing and advocacy, public education and offering students countless opportunities to become civically engaged members of the campus, off-­campus and in the community to develop the skills needed to become ef-­ fective student activists. As the returning Project Coordinator for SUNY New Paltz’s chapter of NYPIRG, I urge every member of the campus community to help build stu-­

queerphobic vandalism on campus?

What are you doing about the fact that adjunct professors get paid less than the poverty line to teach you classes? Are you defending your public higher educa-­ tion, or are you allowing the administra-­ tion to continue business and status quo as usual? What are you doing to develop true political solidarity and unity among students to build STUDENT POWER? For four years at New Paltz, I heard people constantly complain about the lack of unity on campus. What we must realize is that unity is achieved not only socially, but also politically. We need the capacity as students and alumni to make demands that will create real so-­ cial change. We can not just sit on our hands and wait for the administration to do it for us. And I’m not referring to pet-­ ty demands like more color printing. I’m talking about real demands that are tied to a broader struggle for self-­determi-­ nation, like those happening in colleges throughout the United Kingdom, the City University of New York, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Quebec, Chile, and Egypt. I’m talking about defending those poor and working class people, women, people of color, and LGBTQ people who are mar-­ ginalized at New Paltz and who are op-­ pressed by a society that doesn’t want us here. Spoiled students, do not be blinded by your privilege. You are not to watch on the sidelines as you wait for the next woman to get raped, or the next young Black male to be beaten by police, or the next LGBTQ person to be called a fag-­ got. dent power by attending our Higher Edu-­ cation Day of Action. On Wednesday, Feb. 26, NYPIRG will be bringing students from across that state to head to our state capitol to meet with lawmakers and demand that they invest in access to higher education.

To learn more about Higher Education Action Day and all of our other campaigns including Environmental Protection, Hun-­ ger and Homelessness Outreach, and Con-­ sumer Protection, stop by our Student Ac-­ tion Meeting: Wednesday, Feb. 19, at 6 p.m., in Student Union Building 401/405.

Have a great semester!

Eric Wood NYPIRG Project Coordinator @nypirg.org SUB 426 X3085

Students at New Paltz need to re-­ alize their potential as a collective, as a community, and build solidarity.

Programs, events and parties are not enough. We need to BUILD political power that gives purpose to these social gatherings. That New Paltz is considered a liberal school is not proof of progress, only the illusion of it. As Malcolm X said, “A [person] who stands for nothing will fall for anything.” So where do you stand? If student senate isn’t working for you, then join a student organization on campus, or create your own political organization, and pressure both student government and the administration with social justice demands and hold them ac-­ countable.

I understand the desire to enjoy the frills of college, but we need to balance these with the realities of our lives. As Na’Im Akbar said when discussing the power of education and self-­knowledge, “Each generation has the responsibility of maintaining the level of conscious-­ ness attained by the previous genera-­ tions, and of advancing the community to even higher levels by the development of their own consciousness [3].” Realize that there were people who risked and gave up their LIVES for you to be in col-­ lege, people who had to think about very similar questions I ask and who had to decide if they wanted to live in a world that continued to oppress them and their communities. They had to STRUGGLE for you to see that acceptance letter in the mail. So, how will you make a dif-­ ference and continue the legacy that was

built at New Paltz by warriors who sac-­ UL¿FHG WKHLU WLPH DQG HQHUJ\ IRU IXWXUH students like you all to receive public education? What legacy will you leave behind? What contribution will you make to the New Paltz campus and in this world?

We need to remember our ances-­ tors, especially Warrior Dr. Margaret Wade-­Lewis. New Paltz Alumni are watching you all, and we expect much of you. When we return to visit, we ex-­ pect students and faculty to continue this legacy of struggle passed down to us by those who came before us. We will not succeed as individuals. We will not make a difference if we only look out for ourselves. Victory is achieved through collective struggle. Education is a right not a privilege. ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE! Much love to you all. Good luck this semester. Peace.

[1] Espinosa, Jonathan. “Op-­Ed: A CALL TO SUNY NEW PALTZ: TO-­ WARD A STRATEGIC ENVIRON-­ MENT OF RACIAL EQUITY.” New Paltz Oracle. May 2, 2013. < http://oracle.newpaltz.edu/op-­ed-­ jonathan-­espinosa/> [2] Espinosa, Jonathan. “Op-­Ed: A CALL TO SUNY NEW PALTZ: SO-­ LUTIONS TOWARDS A STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENT OF RACIAL EQUI-­ TY.” New Paltz Oracle. May 9, 2013. < http://oracle.newpaltz.edu/op-­ed-­ jonathan-­espinosa-­2/> [3] Akbar, Na’Im. 1998. Know Thy-­ self. Tallahassee: Mind Productions and Associates, Inc. p. 1.

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The  Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Volleyball  team  defeated  pulled  out  a  win  against  UVC  rival  Vassar  College  Jan.  29.                                   Â

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The  SUNY  New  Paltz  Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Volley-­ ball  team  have  taken  off  this  season,  and  have  soared  to  a  5-­0  record  to  begin  their  2014  campaign.  The  team  started  off  the  season  with  a  Tournament  Title  at  the  Roadrunner  In-­ vitational,  with  a  4-­0  undefeated  record.  They  defeated  Brooklyn  College,  host  Ramapo  College  and  United  Volleyball  Conference  (UVC)  rival  No.  9  Stevens.  The  Hawks  maintained  a  perfect  12-­0  match  record  during  the  tournament.  The  Hawks  continued  their  undefeat-­ ed  streak  with  a  3-­2  come-­from-­behind  win  over  UVC  and  Hudson  Valley  rival  Vassar  College  on  Wednesday,  Jan.  29.  Though  the  season  is  still  young,  the  team  is  looking  to  maintain  and  expand  the  dominance  they  have  shown  the  past  several  seasons,  fourth-­year  Captain  Bri-­

an  Smith  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  have  one  of  the  most  talented  teams  in  the  nation,â&#x20AC;?  Smith  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;When  we  all  play  together,  when  everything  is  FOLFNLQJ DQG ZH ÂżUH IURP DOO F\OLQGHUV we  are  a  very  scary  team  to  play  against.â&#x20AC;?

Training  for  the  season  began  on  Jan.  2,  with  the  team  coming  back  for  two-­a-­ day  practices.  Fourth-­year  Captain  Victor  Tuminelli  said  the  team  would  practice  once  in  the  morning,  and  then  practice  again  in  the  afternoon.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It's  really  intense,â&#x20AC;?  Tuminelli  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It's  a  lot  of  intense  conditioning  that  in-­ volves  sprints  and  doing  olympic  lifts.  <RX FDQ W IHHO \RXU DUPV DIWHU WKH ÂżUVW week.â&#x20AC;?

The  team  comes  into  the  2014  sea-­ son  having  only  graduated  one  senior  in  2013.  Tuminelli  and  Smith  both  said  the  chemistry  and  experience  the  team  has  playing  with  one  another  gives  them  an Â

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advantage  over  other  UVC  teams.  Preseason  Rankings  from  the  UVC  ranked  them  as  No.  2  in  the  15-­member  conference,  with  the  American  Volleyball  Coaches  Association  (AVCA)  putting  them  at  the  No.  4  spot.  Head  Coach  Radu  Petrus  said  the  rankings  give  the  team  FRQÂżGHQFH DQG SUHVVXUH WR SHUIRUP ZHOO â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  team  is  very  good  and  does  de-­ serve  to  be  among  the  top  teams,â&#x20AC;?  Petrus  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;But  they  have  to  prove  it  and  live  up  to  the  preseason  expectations.â&#x20AC;?

The  team  lost  in  the  2013  UVC  semi-­ ÂżQDOV WR 6WHYHQV ZKRP WKH\ DOUHDG\ defeated  3-­0  this  season.  Stevens,  along  with  UVC's  No.  1  Nazareth,  are  two  of  the  teams  Smith  said  the  team  was  look-­ ing  forward  to  playing  most  this  upcom-­ ing  season. Âł7KH\ UH GHÂżQLWHO\ GDWHV \RX FLUFOH on  the  calendar,â&#x20AC;?  Smith  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;But  we  want  to  take  it  one  game,  one  set  at  a Â

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time.  There  are  four  graduating  seniors,  and  it  sounds  scary,  but  this  is  the  last  time  all  of  us  will  play  together  as  a  team,  so  we  have  to  enjoy  it.â&#x20AC;?

Tuminelli  said  games  against  teams  like  Stevens  and  Nazareth  are  check  points  for  the  Hawks,  and  are  games  where  they  further  intensify  practices  by  scrimmaging  more  with  one  another.  He  also  said  while  the  UVC  playoffs  are  weeks  away,  he  and  his  teammates  are  already  thinking  of  the  possibility  of  winning  a  championship.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  key  idea  is  to  always  have  championships  in  the  back  of  your  mind,  but  to  never  look  too  far  into  the  future,â&#x20AC;?  Tuminelli  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  make  sure  we  al-­ ways  focus  in  practice.  If  we  look  too  far  ahead,  we  can  fall  apart  in  big  games  and  get  too  cocky.â&#x20AC;?

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After  losing  to  SUNY  Geneseo  and  The  College  at  Brockport  on  Jan.  24  and  Jan.  25,  the  Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Basketball  team  now  has  an  overall  record  of  3-­14.

Head  Coach  Jamie  Seward  said  the  teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  mindset  hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  changed  even  though  their  re-­ cord  isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  what  they  expected  it  to  be  going  into  the  season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  just  been  trying  to  establish  a  com-­ petitive  culture  with  a  young  team  and  are  trying  to  get  better  everyday,â&#x20AC;?  Seward  said.   Despite  losing  10  of  their  last  11  games,  third-­year  Captain  Shannan  Walker  said  she  still  sees  that  the  team  has  a  positive  attitude  and  is  continuing  to  work  hard  in  order  to  improve.   Seward  said  the  teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  lone  win  during  that  stretch,  a  68-­62  win  over  SUNY  Oswe-­ go  on  Jan.  21  was  a  nice  result  for  the  team  to  show  them  that  their  hard  work  in  prac-­ tice  is  paying  off.   He  also  said  the  team  can  learn  from  that  game  and  build  on  it  going  forward. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  not  the  type  of  program  who  is  happy  getting  a  win,â&#x20AC;?  Seward  said.   â&#x20AC;&#x153;If  any-­

thing,  this  has  made  us  appreciate  the  win-­ ning  that  much  more.â&#x20AC;?   Third-­year  guard  Ashley  Riefenhauser  said  Seward  has  been  positive  with  the  team  because  he  knows  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  young  and  inexperi-­ enced  team  that  has  lost  a  lot  of  players  from  last  season.   ,Q SUDFWLFH WKH WHDP LV VSHFLÂżFDOO\ ZRUN-­ ing  on  defense  by  trying  different  things  that  they  havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  been  doing  in  the  past,  Walker  said.   Seward  said  a  bright  spot  of  the  team  has  been  second-­year  Captain  Goldie  Harrison  because  of  how  sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  grown  as  a  player  and  leader.   He  said  sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  starting  to  hold  her  teammates  more  accountable  and  starting  demand  more  out  of  them.

He  also  said  heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  also  been  impressed  with  the  productivity  the  team  has  received  IURP ÂżUVW \HDU IRUZDUG &RXUWQH\ ,UE\ DQG ÂżUVW \HDU JXDUG DQG IRUZDUG .LW 6PDOO +H is  proud  of  Irbyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  tremendous  progress  from  the  beginning  of  the  season  until  now  and  believes  that  Small  is  going  to  be  a  special  player  for  the  program  in  the  future.   Walker  said  she  hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  been  playing  up  to  her  potential.   She  thinks  in  order  to  elevate  her  game,  she  has  to  become  more  aggres-­

sive  by  trying  to  get  to  the  basket  and  free  throw  line  more  often.   She  also  said  she  wants  to  become  a  better  leader  on  the  court.

Seward  said  would  like  to  see  Walker  play  consistently  like  she  did  in  the  win  against  Oswego,  where  she  scored  19  points  and  made  three  three-­pointers.   â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  would  like  to  see  her  get  to  a  point  ZKHUH VKHÂśV PRUH FRQÂżGHQW DQG SOD\LQJ more  to  the  level  that  we  really  believe  she  can  be,â&#x20AC;?  Seward  said.   With  eight  games  left  in  the  regular  sea-­ son,  Riefenhauser  said  she  wants  the  team  to  keep  competing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  great  about  our  team  is  that  re-­ gardless  if  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  winning  or  losing  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  do-­ ing  this  together,â&#x20AC;&#x153;  Riefenhauser  said.

Seward  said  the  teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  main  goal  for  the  remainder  of  the  season  is  to  keep  working  hard  and  develop  a  high  level  of  competive-­ ness.   â&#x20AC;&#x153;Until  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  mathematically  eliminated  ZHÂśUH JRLQJ WR FRQWLQXH WR ÂżJKW DQG EHOLHYH that  we  have  a  shot  to  get  better  and  get  in  that  tournament,â&#x20AC;?  Seward  said.   The  Lady  Hawks  will  hit  the  road  this  weekend  as  they  play  at  SUNY  Potsdam  on  Jan.  31  and  at  SUNY  Plattsburgh  on  Feb.  1.  Â

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The  Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Basketball  team  is  look-­ ing  to  bounce  back  from  a  three  game  home  court  losing-­streak  last  week.  The  6-­11  Hawks  (3-­7  in  conference  play)  couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  keep  a  lead  Jan.  21,  as  SUNY  Oswego  scored  11  consecutive  SRLQWV WR HQG WKH ÂżUVW KDOI EHIRUH continuing  their  momentum  into  the  second  half  and  defeating  the  Hawks  64-­52.  The  team  fell  to  the  same  fate  against  SUNY  Geneseo  on  Jan.  24,  as  WKH %OXH .QLJKWV ZHQW RQ D UXQ with  7:57  left  in  the  contest  to  force  the  game  into  overtime,  ultimately  winning  92-­82.  The  next  day  the  Hawks  suffered  from  an  array  of  turnovers  in  the  second  half,  allowing  SUNY  Brockport  to  capi-­ talize  and  turn  the  Hawksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  43-­36  lead  at  the  half  into  a  78-­69  win  for  the  Golden  Eagles.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Last  yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  team  was  the  polar  op-­ posite  in  the  fact  that  we  played  well  at  home  and  we  started  games  out  slow  DQG ÂżQLVKHG VWURQJ ´ +HDG &RDFK 0LNH

Renjiak  said,  referring  to  this  seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  1-­8  home  record  and  tough  time  closing  out  teams  in  the  second  half.  During  the  2012-­13  season,  the  Hawks  boasted  a  7-­5  home  record,  with  nine  of  their  11  wins  on  the  season  aided  by  a  halftime  lead.   â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  could  be  a  matter  of  youth  be-­ ing  that  we  only  have  two  seniors,  but  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  more  of  a  mental  thing,â&#x20AC;?  graduate  student  Captain  Nick  Taldi  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  know  how  to  play  with  a  lead  and  not  force  the  issue  when  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  winning.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  frustrating,  but  unfortunately  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  learning  the  hard  way.â&#x20AC;?  Rejniak  agreed,  and  said  the  answer  the  team  is  looking  for  is  not  a  physical  one,  but  a  mental  one  aimed  to  execute  certain  crunch  time  situations  in  games.

The  Hawks  have  also  been  suffering  from  the  absence  of  key  players  since  their  loss  against  SUNY  Plattsburgh  -DQ Âą DQ LQĂ&#x20AC;XHQFH WKDW XQGHQLDEO\ LV taking  its  toll  on  the  team,  Rejniak  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  losses  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  you  can  get  over  those  because  as  a  player  you  deal  with  those.  But  when  you  lose  a  teammate, Â

two  teammates,  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  more  demoralizing  sometimes  than  what  you  anticipate,â&#x20AC;?  Rejniak  said  of  losing  third-­year  for-­ ward  and  guard  R.J.  Rosa  as  well  as  ¿UVW \HDU JXDUG .HZDQ %HHEH WR D KDQG LQMXU\ VXVWDLQHG GXULQJ WKH ÂżUVW DJDLQVW the  Cardinals.  With  Rosaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  9.4  point  average  with  a  career  high  of  20  against  both  Ham-­ ilton  College  and  Oneonta,  along  with  Beebeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  83.3  percent  from  the  char-­ LW\ VWULSH WKH GHÂżFLHQF\ RI ERWK RQ WKH FRXUW LV IHOW VHFRQG \HDU JXDUG .HHJDQ Donovan  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;R.J.  was  a  starter  and  did  a  lot  for  us,â&#x20AC;?  Donovan  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not  only  from  a  scoring  aspect  but  just  as  an  overall  presence,  he  brought  a  lot  of  energy.  +H ZDV ORQJ DQG DWKOHWLF .HZDQ ZDV starting  to  get  a  lot  more  burn  and  really  VWDUWLQJ WR ÂżQG KLV UROH :KHQHYHU \RX lose  players  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  blow  to  the  team.â&#x20AC;?

But  Rejniak  and  the  players  alike  said  they  are  not  discouraged  as  they  look  toward  the  rest  of  the  season.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;They  know  exactly  what  they  have  to  do,â&#x20AC;?  Rejniak  said.  Learning  to  keep Â

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constant  pressure  on  their  opponents,  he  said,  and  â&#x20AC;&#x153;turning  the  screw,  rather  than  just  relinquish  that  graspâ&#x20AC;?  like  they  have  done  in  many  games  this  season,  will  be  the  key  to  success.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  think  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  going  to  turn  this  around  and  go  on  a  run,â&#x20AC;?  Taldi  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;For  whatever  bizarre  reason  we  per-­ form  better  on  the  road  than  we  do  on  our  home  court,  so  maybe  these  next  three  road  games  are  a  blessing  in  dis-­ guise.  Basketball  is  a  game  of  runs  and  streaks,  hopefully  we  see  some  positives  this  week.â&#x20AC;?

An  upcoming  streak  is  necessary  to  the  Hawksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  SUNYAC  playoff  hopes,  as  the  team  must  win  six  out  of  their  next  eight  games  in  order  to  secure  a  .500  re-­ cord  for  the  season  and  obtain  the  sixth  spot  in  the  tournament,  Donovan  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  have  high  hopes  and  full  inten-­ tions  of  making  the  playoffs,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  The  Hawks  will  begin  the  second  half  of  regular  season  play  on  Friday,  Jan.  31  against  Potsdam  before  taking  on  Plattsburgh  Saturday,  Feb.  1  and  SUNY  Cortland  Tuesday,  Feb.  4. Â

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The  Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Basketball  team  raised  money  for  the  Wounded  Warrior  Project  during  their  game  againt  Brockport.

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The  Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  and  Women's  Basketball  teams  hosted  a  duo  of  philanthropic  games  last  weekend  in  support  of  both  the  Ameri-­ can  Cancer  Society  and  the  Wounded  War-­ riors  Project.

The  Women's  Basketball  team  played  host  to  SUNY  Geneseo  in  their  annual  Think  Pink  game  on  Jan.  24.  Though  defeated  62-­ 41  by  the  Lady  Knights,  the  team  raised  awareness  for  breast  cancer  research  and  all  revenue  from  ticket  sales  was  donated  to  the  American  Cancer  Society.  Fans  in  at-­ tendance  also  had  the  opportunity  to  donate  toward  the  cause.  The  team  wore  pink  tops  during  the  pregame  shoot-­around  in  honor  of  the  event.

7KLV JDPH KDG VLJQLÂżFDQW DQG HPRWLRQ-­ al  meaning  for  Head  Coach  Jamie  Seward. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  think  everyone  has  been  affected  by  this  terrible  disease,â&#x20AC;?  Seward  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;My  mother's  best  friend  who  was  basically  my  other  mother  growing  up  was  a  breast  cancer  survivor.  Everybody  has  someone  that  has  been  affected  by  cancer  so  it  hits  home  on Â

an  individual  level.  Any  time  where  you  can  put  yourself  in  a  position  where  you  can  help  a  very  worthy  cause  and  potentially  raise  VRPH PRQH\ WR JHW ULG RI WKLV RU ÂżQG D FXUH or  something  to  alleviate  this  disease,  you're  doing  something  good.â&#x20AC;?

Seward  said  Think  Pink  games  origi-­ nated  when  North  Carolina  State's  Women's  Basketball  Head  Coach,  Kay  Yow,  was  di-­ agnosed  with  breast  cancer  and  have  been  relevant  in  the  WBCA  for  a  long  time.  He  said  although  the  Lady  Hawks  did  not  have  WKH DELOLW\ WR ÂżOO RXW D VHDW DUHQD ZLWK so  many  colleges  holding  events  for  the  so-­ ciety,  the  team  just  wanted  to  do  their  small  part  to  bring  an  end  to  this  disease. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  personally  felt  good  playing  in  the  7KLQN 3LQN JDPH ´ ÂżUVW \HDU FHQWHU &RXUW-­ ney  Irby  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  had  a  strong  start  which  was  due  to  preparing  for  the  game.  But  with  the  lack  of  urgency  and  intensity  we  were  unable  to  get  the  win.â&#x20AC;?

During  the  game  second-­year  guard  Christine  Rivera  led  the  Hawks  with  11  points,  matching  her  season-­  and  career-­ high.  First-­year  forward  Kit  Small  had  her Â

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On  the  other  side  of  the  charitable  week-­ end,  the  Men's  team  played  host  to  No.  23  SUNY  Brockport  Jan.  25  in  support  of  the  Wounded  Warrior  Project  and  were  defeated  LQ D ÂżQDO VFRUH RI 6DWXUGD\ V FRQWHVW ZDV WKH SURJUDP V ÂżUVW HYHU :RXQGHG :DU-­ rior  Project  game,  and  all  revenue  from  tick-­ ets  sold  were  donated  to  the  organization,  which  aims  to  meet  the  needs  of  injured  ser-­ vuce  nenbers,  Fans  in  attendance  had  the  op-­ portunity  to  donate  toward  the  cause  as  well.  7KH WHDP ZRUH FDPRXĂ&#x20AC;DJH WRSV GXULQJ WKH pregame  shootaround  to  celebrate  the  event. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our  involvement  with  the  organization  started  with  a  partnership  that  we  started  last  year  with  athletic  director  Stuart  Robin-­ son,â&#x20AC;?  Head  Coach  Mike  Rejniak  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Wounded  Warrior  Project  is  an  organization  that  has  really  gained  steam  and  we  wanted  to  get  involved.  Especially  during  the  past  few  years,  it  has  been  sponsored  by  all  of  these  kinds  of  races  and  fundraisers.  With  all  the  happenings  going  on  in  the  world,  we Â

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need  help  now  for  veterans  now  more  than  ever.â&#x20AC;?

Rejniak  said  the  athletic  department  aims  to  hold  a  Wounded  Warrior  Project  game  once  a  season,  with  Men's  Soccer  hav-­ ing  held  one  in  the  fall  and  the  baseball  team  to  host  one  in  the  spring.  The  athletic  depart-­ ment  also  holds  a  sports  camp  during  the  summer  for  veterans. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It's  a  great  opportunity  for  my  players,â&#x20AC;?  Rejniak  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every  game  matters,  but  from  a  different  angle,  this  one  mattered  more.â&#x20AC;?

During  the  game  third-­year  Captain  Taylor  Sowah  led  the  team  in  scoring  with  SRLQWV VHYHQ UHERXQGV WKUHH DVVLVWV DQG three  steals.  Second-­year  guard  Zach  Cone-­ Douglas  scored  a  career  high  11  points,  all  in  D FDUHHU KLJK RI PLQXWHV FRPLQJ RII WKH bench. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Having  the  opportunity  to  play  in  the  :RXQGHG :DUULRU 3URMHFW JDPH ZDV GHÂż-­ nitely  really  cool,â&#x20AC;?  Cone-­Douglas  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our  service  men  and  women  do  and  go  through  so  much  so  we  can  maintain  how  we  live  to-­ day.  I  believe  it  is  important  to  show  grati-­ tude  to  these  brave  service  members.â&#x20AC;?

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The  Sochi  Olympics  are  just  a  week  away,  which  means  the  NHL  is  close  to  commencing  its  two  week  hiatus.  I  personally  love  the  olympics,  and  I  especially  love  Olympic  hockey  (and  ¿ JXUH VNDWLQJ WRR EXW WKLV LV D KRFNH\ column  so  I  wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  go  into  my  love  for  ¿ JXUH VNDWLQJ KHUH +RZHYHU 5DQJ HUV IDQV VKRXOG IHHO DQ RXQFH RI GLVDS SRLQWPHQW DERXW WKH 1+/ KLDWXV $IWHU D QLJKWPDUH EHJLQQLQJ WKH 5DQJHUV EH JDQ WR SLFN XS VRPH PXFK QHHGHG PR PHQWXP DW WKH HQG RI 'HFHPEHU ZKLFK continued  to  swell  throughout  January.  ,WÂśV EHHQ DQ HYHQWIXO PRQWK IRU WKH 5DQJHUV VR OHWÂśV JR RYHU ZKDW ZHÂśYH missed  and  what  we  can  expect  of  the  5DQJHUV RQFH WKH 1+/ JHWV EDFN IURP the  Olympic  holiday.  January  Record 7KH 5DQJHUV DUH VHW WR FORVH RII -DQX DU\ ZLWK DQ ZLWK D JDPH OHIW WKLV upcoming  Friday  against  the  New  York  Islanders.  Even  more  impressive  than  the  January  record,  however,  is  how  strong  the  team  has  looked  in  a  large  PDMRULW\ RI WKHLU JDPHV ,W GLGQÂśW PDW ter  if  they  were  facing  the  St.  Louis  %OXHV RQH RI P\ FKRLFHV IRU WKH 6WDQ OH\ &XS WKLV \HDU RU WKH 1HZ -HUVH\ Devils  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  they   looked  competitive  in Â

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After  21  weeks,  there  is  only  one  game  left  of  the  2013-­14  NFL  season.   The  Denver  Broncos  will  be  playing  the  Seattle  Seahawks  on  Sunday  in  New  Jersey  to  see  who  will  become  the  new  world  champions.   Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  extremely  rare  that  the  two  pre-­ season  favorites  will  actually  meet  in  the  Super  Bowl.  The  leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  No.1  offense,  the  Broncos  and  the  No.1  defense,  the  Seahawks  both  have  had  dominant  sea-­ sons.   Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  take  a  look  at  how  these  two  teams  matchup  for  the  big  game: For  the  Broncos,  Peyton  Manning  has  had  the  greatest  regular  season  by  a  quarterback  in  NFL  history  by  throwing  for  a  record  5,477  yards  and  55  touch-­ downs.   His  weapons,  wide  receivers  De-­ maryius  Thomas,  Eric  Decker  and  Wes  Welker,  running  back  Knowshon  Moreno  and  tight  end  Julius  Thomas  have  all  been  incredible  this  year.   The  Seahawks  offense  hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  been  that  explosive  this  season  because  of  Per-­

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Super  Bowl  Spoilers cy  Harvinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  injuries.  Quarterback  Russell  Wilson  has  been  able  to  make  big-­time  plays  when  needed,  but  for  the  most  part  he  has  just  been  a  solid  player.  Marshawn  Lynch  continued  to  be  a  beast  this  season  running  for  1,257  yards  and  12  touch-­ downs.   Doug  Baldwin  and  Golden  Tate  are  solid  secondary  receivers.  If  they  played  with  Harvin  throughout  the  sea-­ son  then  their  numbers  would  have  been  much  better  since  opposing  defenses  would  pay  less  attention  to  them.   The  Broncos  defense  hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  been  incredible  this  season,  but  they  havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  needed  to  be  because  they  have  the  great-­ est  offense  of  all-­time  on  their  team.   Their  pass  rush  has  been  pretty  much  nonexis-­ tent  due  to  the  loss  of  Elvis  Dumervil  to  the  Ravens  and  Von  Millerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  ACL  injury.   Cornerback  Chris  Harris  tearing  his  ACL  is  a  huge  loss  for  their  secondary  because  now  a  past  his  prime  Champ  Bailey  will  KDYH WR SOD\ VLJQLÂż FDQW WLPH The  Seahawks  defense  has  been  the  best  in  the  league  all  season  because  their Â

dominant  secondary  composed  of  Byron  Maxwell,  Earl  Thomas,  Kam  Chancellor  and  Richard  Sherman.   Michael  Bennett  and  Cliff  Avril  have  been  solid  pass  rush-­ ers  with  8.5  and  8  sacks,  respectively.   In  regards  to  special  teams,  I  give  the  edge  to  the  Broncos.  They  have  the  best  kicker  in  the  league  this  season,  Matt  Prater,  who  set  the  NFL  record  for  the  ORQJHVW ¿ HOG JRDO 7KH\ DOVR KDYH RQH RI the  fastest  players  in  the  league,  Trindon  Holliday,  returning  kicks.   For  the  Seahawks,  if  Harvin  was  healthy  all  season,  then  I  think  the  Se-­ ahawks  would  have  had  a  much  better  return  team  than  they  did.   Steve  Haus-­ chka  has  been  very  consistent  kicking  ¿ HOG JRDOV DOO VHDVRQ 2YHUDOO WKH\ ZHUH a  solid  unit,  but  nothing  that  special.

2Q GHIHQVH WKH 6HDKDZNV KDYH EHHQ dominant,  allowing  their  opponents  to  gain  only  273.6  yards  per  game,  which  is  almost  30  yards  better  than  the  next  best  team.   Prediction:  24-­17  Seahawks

I  think  the  Seahawks  are  much  more  suited  to  win  in  the  cold  and  wet  envi-­ ronment  that  is  expected  on  Sunday  night.   Lynch  will  have  at  least  25  car-­ ries  and  will  be  able  to  move  the  chains  consistently  to  give  the  Seahawks  the  edge  in  time  of  possession.   Harvin  will  stay  healthy  for  the  entire  game,  allowing  Baldwin  and  Tate  to  have  a  lot  of  free-­ dom.  Wilson  wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  put  up  huge  numbers,  EXW KH ZLOO SOD\ DQ H[WUHPHO\ HIÂż FLHQW game  allowing  his  team  to  win.   The  Se-­ ahawks  defense  will  give  up  a  couple  of  touchdowns,  but  for  the  most  part  will  be  able  to  contain  Manning  and  Co.  because  of  how  physical  of  a  defense  they  are.   I  think  Head  Coach  Pete  Carroll  will  have  Harvin  returning  kicks  as  long  as  heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  ca-­ pable,  because  he  realizes  that  in  a  one  game  scenario  such  as  the  Super  Bowl  having  someone  as  dynamic  as  Harvin  EDFN WKHUH FRXOG EH KXJH IRU Âż HOG SRVL tion.   And  most  importantly,  Bruno  Mars  will  kill  it.

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