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More Problems With Enrollment In the Future

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Renovations  on  Lefevre  Hall  have  taken  away  aproximately  20  spaces  in  the  Crispell  Parking  Lot. Â

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With  construction  at  various  locations  around  campus,  including  renovations  to  LeFevre  Hall,  Wooster  Science  Building  and  construction  of  a  new  residence  hall  in  the  South  Complex,  the  locale  of  available  parking  spaces  have  shifted.  â€œThe  perception  is  that  parking  is  gone,â€?  Assis-­ tant  Vice  President  of  Administration  and  Finance  Ju-­ lie  Majak  said  about  the  relocation  of  spaces  through-­ out  campus.  Majak  said  that  while  many  of  the  lots  in  the  heart  of  campus  have  gone  away,  the  number  of  spaces  re-­ mains  roughly  the  same.  According  to  Director  of  Facilities,  Construction  and  Design  John  Shupe,  the  Route  32  parking  exten-­ sion,  which  was  constructed  with  permeable  asphalt  ¿OWHUV ZDV FRPSOHWHG ODVW \HDU DQG DGGHG DSSUR[L-­ mately  140  spaces.  A  portion  of  lot  23B  next  to  the  Admissions  and  Alumni  Center  was  made  exclusively Â

for  student  parking.  Lot  35  behind  Esopus  Hall  was  changed  to  an  overnight  lot.  A  column  in  lot  28  is  now  reserved  for  students  and  the  newly  constructed  Le-­ nape  parking  lot  has  198  spaces.  Those  spaces  will  combat  the  loss  of  parking  lot  37A  where  the  new  residence  hall  is  currently  being  constructed,  as  well  as  approximately  20  spaces  lost  due  to  the  renovations  on  Lefevre  Hall.  Plattekill  Lot  18  at  the  edge  of  campus  is  also  planned  to  be  closed  at  some  point  this  semester  according  to  Director  of  Facilities,  Construction  and  Design  John  Shupe,  where  a  new  science  building  will  be  created.  Shupe  said  the  ultimate  goal  of  maneuvering  the  parking  is  to  create  a  pedestrian-­friendly,  walking  campus,  something  outlined  in  the  School’s  Site  and  Landscape  Master  Plan.  According  to  the  plan,  one  of  the  major  themes  is  to  create  an  â€œinviting  and  accessibleâ€?  campus  through  YDULRXV PRGLÂżFDWLRQV “To  achieve  this  goal,  the  plan  proposes  several Â

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changes  to  create  new  and  better  accessible  routes  through  the  landscape  and  places  of  the  campus.â€? The  overall  plan  proposed  to  move  parking  from  the  center  of  campus  out  towards  the  peripheral,  so  that  students,  faculty  and  staff  will,  for  the  most  part,  park  on  the  edges  of  campus  and  walk  to  their  classes  DQG RIÂżFHV D PRYH WKDW 6KXSH VDLG LV PRUH LQ OLQH with  other  college  campuses  as  well  as  a  more  sus-­ tainable  alternative.  Shupe  also  said  that  these  changes  would  help  decrease  the  likelihood  of  pedestrian  and  vehicular  FRQĂ€LFWV According  to  Shupe,  student  ticket  writers  con-­ duct  campus  lot  counts  to  keep  track  of  the  number  of  empty  spaces  in  lots  across  the  campus.  The  most  recent  lot  count  from  last  semester  revealed  that  there  were  often  approximately  600  empty  spaces  in  cam-­ pus  lots  at  any  given  time.  An  updated  version  of  the  campus  map  is  avail-­ able  on  the  New  Paltz  website. Â

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VATICAN  POLICIES The  Vatican  â€œsystematicallyâ€?  adopted  policies  that  allowed  priests  to  rape  and  molest  tens  of  thousands  of  chil-­ dren  over  decades,  a  U.N.  human  rights  committee  said  Wednesday,  urging  the  +RO\ 6HH WR RSHQ LWV Âż OHV RQ SHGR philes  and  bishops  who  concealed  their  crimes. EXPLOSIONS  IN  BAGHDAD 0XOWLSOH H[SORVLRQV URFNHG %DJKGDG RQ :HGQHVGD\ NLOOLQJ DW OHDVW SHRSOH DQG VHQGLQJ SOXPHV RI VPRNH LQWR WKH VN\ DFURVV WKH VWUHHW IURP D PDMRU JRYHUQPHQW building  in  a  brazen  reminder  of  the  ability  of  insurgents  to  penetrate  the  heart  of  the  capital. CHILDREN  IN  SYRIA Children  in  Syria  have  been  tortured,  VH[XDOO\ DEXVHG DQG VXEMHFWHG WR ÂłLQ GLVFULPLQDWH´ DWWDFNV E\ 3UHVLGHQW Bashar  Assad’s  forces,  and  recruited  for  combat  and  terror  operations  by  the  UHEHOV Âż JKWLQJ WR WRSSOH KLP GXULQJ WKH FRXQWU\ÂśV QHDUO\ \HDU ROG FRQĂ€ LFW D new  United  Nations  report  said. OLYMPIC  PROTESTERS Protesters  in  cities  around  the  world  targeted  PDMRU 2O\PSLF VSRQVRUV :HGQHVGD\ MXVW ahead  of  the  Winter  Games  in  Sochi,  urg-­ LQJ WKHP WR VSHDN RXW DJDLQVW 5XVVLDÂśV ODZ restricting  gay-­rights  activities.  Two  more  sponsors  of  the  U.S.  Olympic  team  con-­ demned  the  law,  but  leading  global  sponsors  GLG QRW MRLQ WKHP THREAT  OF  PROTEST  VIOLENCE The  threat  of  new  protest  violence  in  8NUDLQH LV WDSHULQJ RII EXW WKH FRXQ try’s  two-­month-­old  political  and  eco-­ nomic  crisis  remains  far  from  being  resolved,  the  European  Union’s  foreign  policy  chief  said  Wednesday. EUROPEAN  UNION The  European  Union’s  antitrust  watch-­ dog  on  Wednesday  accepted  â€œfar-­ reachingâ€?  concessions  offered  by  Google  to  settle  allegations  it  is  abus-­ ing  its  dominant  position  in  Internet  searches,  bringing  the  three-­year-­old  case  close  to  an  end. Compiled  from  the  AP  Newswire

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SUNY  New  Paltz  President  Donald  Christian  said  in  his  January  Faculty  Report  that  enrollment  numbers  for  the  spring  semes-­ ter  are  lower  than  expected,  despite  hitting  WDUJHW QXPEHUV IRU Âż UVW \HDU DQG WUDQVIHU VWX dents.  In  the  inaugural  report  for  2014,  Christian  said  numbers  were  down  due  in  part  to  pre-­ vious  graduating  classes  and  the  shortage  in  housing  available  at  the  university  and  in  the  community.  â€œOur  spring  semester  enrollments  are  GRZQ VOLJKWO\ DOWKRXJK LQ WKH Âż UVW ZHHN of  class,  any  assessments  are  preliminary,â€?  Christian  said  in  the  report.  â€œWe’re  successful  in  spite  of  the  deep  external  challenges  we  and  other  colleges  face,  given  the  steep  competi-­ tion  for  highly  capable  students.â€? &KULVWLDQ VDLG RQH RI WKH NH\ IDFWRUV LQ explaining  the  current  decline  in  enrollment  is  that  more  undergraduate  students  complete  WKHLU GHJUHHV LQ IRXU WR Âż YH \HDUV DV RSSRVHG WR Âż YH WR VL[ \HDUV +H DOVR VDLG WKH QXPEHU of  students  from  the  2008  entering  class  who  were  able  to  complete  their  degrees  in  four  years  has  contributed  to  the  decrease  in  enroll-­ ment.

“A  slight  decrease  in  undergraduate  en-­ rollment  for  spring  semester  stems  in  part  from  a  great  success:  the  unusually  large  en-­ tering  class  of  2008  had  strong  four-­year  grad-­ XDWLRQ UDWHV DQG WKH Âż YH \HDU JUDGXDWLRQ UDWH this  past  spring  was  also  very  high,â€?  Christian  said.  â€œEven  though  we  exceeded  our  targets  IRU LQFRPLQJ Âż UVW \HDU DQG WUDQVIHU VWXGHQWV for  this  year,  our  total  enrollment  is  down  in  part  because  the  class  of  2008  â€˜moved  through  the  pipeline’  at  a  higher  rate  than  we  had  an-­ ticipated  a  year  ago  when  planning  this  year’s  enrollment  targets.â€? While  enrollments  are  currently  â€œsound,â€?  enrollment  could  decrease  because  of  the  school’s  current  â€œhousing  crisis,â€?  Christian  said.  The  school  is  able  to  house  less  than  half  of  students  enrolled.  The  opening  of  the  resi-­ GHQFH KDOO QH[W WR /HQDSH +DOO ZLOO DOORZ WKH school  the  ability  to  house  half  of  the  student  body.  Christian  said  the  potential  problems  that  could  rise  would  be  remedied  if  the  private  company  Wilmorite,  Inc.  were  given  approval  WR EXLOG 3DUN 3RLQW D KRXVLQJ SURMHFW WKDW KDV been  a  controversial  topic  among  New  Paltz  community  members  for  the  past  two  years.  ³,ÂśYH ZULWWHQ DQG VSRNHQ PDQ\ WLPHV

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with  the  Town  Planning  Board  and  the  Ulster  County  Industrial  Developing  Agency  and  how  important  expanding  housing  is  for  our  students,â€?  he  said.  Vice  President  for  Enrollment  Manage-­ ment  L.  David  Eaton  said  the  steady  increase  in  undergraduate  students  since  2007  have  contributed  to  the  school’s  need  for  housing.  The  increase  in  undergraduates  is  due  to  the  decline  of  graduate  student  enrollment;Íž  Eaton  said  graduate  students  do  not  use  or  need  the  same  housing  amenities  undergraduates  need  from  the  school.  â€œBecause  of  the  increase  in  full-­time  un-­ dergraduates,  the  housing  shortage  that  exists  at  New  Paltz  is  a  serious  factor  that  impacts  the  college’s  attractiveness  to  potential  trans-­ fer  students  and  graduate  students,â€?  Eaton  said.  â€œThe  new  residence  hall  currently  being  FRQVWUXFWHG DGMDFHQW WR WKH :HOOQHVV &HQWHU will  alleviate  some  of  unmet  demand  for  hous-­ ing  from  incoming  transfer  students.â€?  Eaton  also  said  New  Paltz  does  not  in-­ tend  to  increase  undergraduate  enrollments,  and  will  instead  focus  on  increasing  graduate  enrollments.  Should  an  increase  in  graduate  HQUROOPHQWV KDSSHQ WKH VFKRRO ZLOO ORRN WR either  stagnate  undergraduate  enrollment  or  attempt  its  decline.

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OLYMPIC  PROTESTERS Protesters  in  cities  around  the  world  targeted  major  Olympic  sponsors  Wednesday,  just  ahead  of  the  Winter  Games  in  Sochi,  urging  them  to  speak  out  against  Russia’s  law  restricting  gay-­ rights  activities.  Two  more  sponsors  of  the  U.S.  Olympic  team  condemned  the  law,  but  leading  global  sponsors  did  not  join  them. NAVY  YARD  RENAMED 2IÂżFLDOV DUH UHQDPLQJ WKH :DVKLQJWRQ Navy  Yard  building  where  a  gunman  fatally  shot  12  people  in  September  be-­ fore  he  was  killed  by  police. FORMER  NEW  ORLEANS  MAY-­ OR Federal  prosecutors  rested  their  cor-­ ruption  case  Wednesday  against  for-­ mer  New  Orleans  Mayor  Ray  Nagin,  leaving  it  to  defense  lawyers  to  counter  ¿YH GD\V RI WHVWLPRQ\ IURP PRUH WKDQ WZR GR]HQ ZLWQHVVHV LQFOXGLQJ ÂżYH who  said  they  were  involved  in  bribing  Nagin.

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The  SUNY  New  Paltz  Student  As-­ sociation  (SA)  is  looking  to  continue  working  toward  improving  the  issues  they   took  on  last  semester  as  the  spring  semes-­ ter  gets  underway.  The  college’s  drug  policy,  maintain-­ ing  food  quality  at  affordable  pricing  and  the  ongoing  debate  over  Park  Point  are  is-­ sues  that  will  continue  to  be  discussed,  SA  President  Manny  Tejada  said.  Last  semester,  SA  questioned  aspects  of  the  potential  Park  Point  housing  com-­ plex,  including  cost,  transportation  to  and  from  campus,  police  presence  and  the  use  of  natural  gas  as  opposed  to  the  possibility  of  green  gases.  The  drug  policy  was  also  under  scru-­ tiny  at  the  end  of  last  semester,  as  Tejada  revealed  the  responses  to  the  senate-­creat-­ ed  drug  survey  conducted  last  semester  at Â

6$ÂśV ÂżQDO IDOO PHHWLQJ 7HQ SHUFHQW RI WKH student  population  took  the  survey,  and  talks  of  further  analyzing  the  results  in  hopes  of  creating  a  proposed  renovation  to  the  current  policy  took  place.  Tejada  said  increasing  diversity  and  inclusion  on  campus,  particularly  with  use  of  the  remaining  money  SA  has  from  the  â€œLet’s  Talk  About  Itâ€?  grant,  will  continue  to  be  a  topic  on  the  table  at  SA  meetings  within  the  next  few  weeks.  At  the  end  of  the  semester,  SA  will  begin  focusing  on  looking  at  the  â€œactivity  fee  and  constitu-­ tional  convention,â€?  he  said.  â€œThese  issues  are  important  because  they  touch  upon  different  constituent  bod-­ ies  campus  interests,  and  are  issues  that  affect  students’  futures  and  their  experi-­ ence  on  campus,â€?  Tejada  said.  â€œOverall  these  issues  highlight  the  need  to  continue  being  active  politically  and  socially  on  campus.â€?

SA  Vice  President  Zachary  Rousseas  said  he  will  use  his  position  on  SA  to  as-­ sist  the  the  Queer  Student  Union  (QSU)  in  their  goal  for  achieving  transgende-­ related  healthcare  to  be  included  in  the  student  insurance  policy,  along  with  other  LGBTQ  activists  on  campus.   â€œI  am  in  contact  with  a  few  other  stu-­ dent  government  leaders  in  the  SUNY  system  who  identify  as  queer  who  will  also  be  working  on  this  issue  alongside  SUNY  New  Paltz,â€?  Rousseas  said.  â€œAl-­ though  this  is  not  necessarily  a  new  issue,  creating  safe  spaces  tends  to  manifest  it-­ self  in  different  ways  every  semester  as  we  continue  to  progress  to  a  more  inclu-­ sive  campus.â€? Rousseas  said  he  cannot  foresee  or  de-­ tail  what  type  of  legislation  will  be  passed  this  semester,  but  â€œhopes  to  see  legislation  that  works  to  make  SUNY  New  Paltz  a  safer  space  and  more  inclusive.â€?

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Last  month,  SUNY  New  Paltz  alumnus  Rebecca  Mackey  was  ap-­ pointed  to   the  new  position  of  Di-­ rector  of  Operations  at  Historic  Hu-­ guenot  Street  after  spending  three  months  as  the  interim  executive  director. She  has  been  with  Huguenot  Street  on  and  off  since  2008  and  re-­ turned  full-­time  in  August  of  2011.   In  her  new  role,  she  is  responsible  for  the  administrative  and  logistical  side  of  operations.   She  is  also  in  charge  of  infrastructure,  historical  properties,  preservation  of  resourc-­ es,  human  resources  and  overseeing  large-­scale  sight  projects. “I’ve  been  with  Huguenot  Street  on  and  off  for  some  time  now,  so  it’s  good  to  be  in  a  position  where  I  feel  I  can  help  move  the  organization  forward,â€?  Mackey  said.   According  to  a  press  release  from  Historic  Huguenot  Street,  the  Board  of  Directors  decided  to  cre-­ ate  this  position  to  deal  with  the  â€œincreased  importance  of  attention  to  organizational  administration  and  meet  the  challenges  of  preserving  buildings  and  collections  that  date  to  the  1600s.â€? Taylor  Stoermer,  director  of  strategy,  development  and  historic  interpretation  said  since  Historic  Huguenot  Street  is  looking  to  be-­ come  a  more  active  and  engaging  place,  Mackey  is  the  perfect  person  for  this  role  because  of  her  skill  in  running  the  daily  operations  of  an  organization.   Before  serving  time  as  the  in-­ terim  executive  director,  Mackey  was  the  director  of  visitor  services,  programs,  tours  and  visitor  services  manager,  director  of  visitor  services  at  Historic  Huguenot  Street.   Now  in  her  new  role,  she  said  she  expects  there  to  be  many  chang-­ es  at  Huguenot  Street  in  the  next  WKUHH WR Âż YH \HDUV E\ WU\LQJ QHZ things  that  will  help  the  organiza-­ tion  grow.    Mackey  said  she  wants  to  con-­ tinue  the  relationship  Huguenot  Street  has  with  SUNY  New  Paltz.   Currently,  students  get  to  tour  for Â

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free  and  there  are  students  who  have  and  are  currently  interning  at  Hu-­ guenot  Street.   Stoermer  said  Mackey’s  best  traits  are  that  she  has  a  great  analyti-­ cal  mind  and  that  she  is  extremely  level-­headed.   â€œShe  is  really  able  to  get  at  the  KHDUW RI D LVVXH DQG Âż QG RXW ZKDW really  matters  about  it,â€?  Stoermer  said.  â€œShe  can  really  reduce  what  otherwise  might  be  a  complicated  question  into  its  most  important  part.  That  kind  of  skill,  being  able  to  focus  on  the  important  things,  on  an  otherwise  complicated  issue  is  worth  its  wait  in  gold.â€? Stoermer  said  one  of  the  great  things  about  Rebecca  is  that  what’s  good  for  her  is  what’s  good  for  Hu-­ guenot  Street.   He  also  said  dealing  with  the  challenges  and  responsi-­

bilities  she  faces,  along  with  main-­ taining  the  historic  homes  and  trans-­ forming  the  entire  site  into  a  place  that  is  more  friendly  for  visitors  to  visit  is  something  that  can  help  transform  this  area.   â€œIt  [Transforming  Huguenot  Street]  is  something  that  will  change  the  lives  of  the  people  at  the  organi-­ zation  and  make  a  big  difference  for  the  people  who  visit  it,â€?  Stoermer  said.   Looking  forward,  Mackey  said  there  will  be  changes  with  tours.  7KHUH ZLOO EH PRUH Âż UVW SHUVRQ types  of  stories  inside  the  houses,  the  exhibitions  will  be  highlighted  more,  there  will  be  a  new  exhibit  this  year  and  there  will  put  a  new  orientation  exhibit  put  in  at  the  ori-­ entation  site. Â

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A  congressman  threatens  a  NY1  Reporter  saying  â€œI’ll  break  you  in  half.  Like  a  boy.â€?  A  great  news  headline  if  I’ve  ever  heard   one.  Now  as  a  journalist  with  aspirations  to  get  into  the  political  spectrum,  I  understand  how  intimidating  it  can  be  to  speak  with  politicians.  That’s  why  it’s  so  shocking  (and  exciting)  when  one  of  these  well-­rehearsed  politicians  slips  up  publically.  That’s  why  people  love  Rob  Ford  so  much  â€”  because  the  controversy  surrounding  him  is  a  hot  mess.  So  when  I  heard  about  Rep.  Michael  Grimm,  a  Republican  New  York  Congressman  already  dealing  with  an  investigation  into  possible  cam-­ SDLJQ Âż QDQFH YLRODWLRQV DQG VDZ WKH YLGHR RI him  threatening  a  reporter,  it  brought  up  a  whole  mess  of  emotions  in  me.  For  those  of  you  who  have  not  seen  the  NY1  video,  a  fresh-­out-­of-­college-­looking  reporter,  Michael  Scotto,  asks  Congressman  Grimm  about  WKH RQJRLQJ LQYHVWLJDWLRQ RI KLV Âż QDQFHV DW WKH recent  State  of  the  Union  address.  Grimm,  in-­ stead  of  the  usual  â€œno  commentâ€?  response,  got  noticeably  angry  and  walked  away.  But  once  the  reporter  signed  off,  he  came  back  for  an  encore.  At  one  point  Grimm  said,  â€œLet  me  be  clear  to  you,  you  ever  do  that  to  me  again  I’ll  throw  you  off  this  f-­-­-­-­-­g  balcony.â€? So  on  one  hand  there’s  the  complete  unpro-­ fessionality  of  the  comments  by  the  Congress-­ man  and  outright  abuse  of  power.  On  the  other  hand,  he  did  not  know  the  camera  was  rolling,  so  it  begs  the  question  of  how  often  this  actually  happens  in  the  world  of  politics.  The  Staten  Island  Congressman  later  apolo-­ gized  for  his  threats,  although  not  initially,  try-­ ing  to  mend  his  image,  the  smart  move  to  make.  However  just  because  he  had  to  appoligize  does  not  mean  the  origin  of  the  issue  magically  goes  away  with  an  â€œI’m  sorry.â€?   It  is  a  problem  when  politics  are  reduced  to  threats,  because  of  so  called  â€œcheap  shotsâ€?  by  reporters,  instead  of  transparency  within  the  in-­ stitution.  This  reporter  was  just  one  example  of  a  journalist  trying  to  watch  the  watcher,  and  this  video  is  proof  of  the  need  for  reporters  who  are  not  afraid  to  ask  tough  questions.  This  â€œboyâ€?  did  the  right  thing.  He  did  his  job.

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Open  SUNY  Offers  New  Opportunities By  Andrew  Lief During  SUNY  Chancellor  Nancy  Zimpher’s  â€œ2014  State  of  the  Univer-­ sity  Address:  Innovation  at  Scale,â€?  last  month,  she  introduced  the  Open  SUNY  program.   This  program  created  eight  new  on-­ line  degree  programs  to  go  along  with  making  all  12,000  online  SUNY  courses  accessible  to  every  student  in  the  SUNY  system.  The  goal  of  the  program  is  to  â€œreach  the  nearly  seven  million  adults  in  New  York  with  a  high  school  diploma  but  no  college  degree,â€?  she  said.   Anoth-­ er  reason  Zimpher  gave  for  starting  this  initiative  was  that  by  at  least  2025,  60  percent  of  jobs  will  require  a  bachelor’s  degree.     The  eight  new  online  degree  pro-­ JUDPV DUH LQ WKH ÂżHOGV RI DSSOLHG VFL-­ ence  in  clinical  laboratory  technologies,  business,  management  and  economics,  science,  mathematics  and  technology,  tourism  management,  electrical  engi-­ neering,  nursing,  business  administra-­ tion  and  health  services  administration.   Provost  Philip  Mauceri  said  he  hopes  Open  SUNY  attracts  and  allows  people  who  haven’t  had  the  ability  to  recieve  higher  education  previous  to  re-­ cieve  a  degree.  â€œThere  is  a  growing  mismatch  be-­ tween  the  educational  attainment  that  the  US  workforce  currently  has  and  the  higher  skill  levels  needed,  and  this  ini-­ tiative  can  certainly  help  address  this  problem,â€?  Mauceri  said.  â€œI  also  think  that  Open  SUNY  will  offer  students  within  SUNY  and  beyond  more  choices  in  class  and  program  selections.â€? SUNY  New  Paltz  President  Donald  Christian  said  Open  SUNY  was  created  to  help  students  graduate  through  the  program  more  quickly. Christian  said  New  Paltz  is  increas-­ ing  its  online  course  offerings  and  pro-­ grams  by  continuing  to  grow  the  amount  of  online  courses  offered  during  the  January  winter  session,  so  students  can  WDNH FODVVHV WKDW PLJKW QRW ÂżW LQWR WKHLU schedule  during  the  fall  and  spring.  He  also  said  the  School  of  Business  is  fo-­ cusing  on  developing  online  classes  as  part  of  the  MBA  program  to  help  stu-­ dents  facilitate  through  the  program.   Mauceri  said  this  initiative  now Â

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puts  pressure  on  the  school  to  make  sure  they  make  the  right  choices  about  which  courses  to  offer  online,  so  the  students  ZLOO EHQHÂżW WKH PRVW +H DOVR VDLG WKH school  is  constantly  working  to  help  in-­ crease  the  online  teaching  abilities  of  its  faculty.   Christian  said  some  colleges  and  universities  require  their  students  to  take  an  online  course  because  some  corpora-­ tions  make  their  employees  take  online  courses  as  a  part  of  continuing  their  education.   He  also  said  faculty  develop  new  approaches  when  teaching  an  on-­ line  course,  which  helps  them  when  they Â

go  back  to  teaching  a  class  in  person.   â€œIt’s  a  way  of  diversifying  and  changing  the  way  faculty  assemble  the  course  and  engage  students,â€?  Christian  said.   â€œI  think  this  initiative,  like  others  that  have  been  launched,  demonstrate  a  willingness  in  SUNY  to  be  creative  and  pro-­active  in  the  face  of  the  vast  changes  reshaping  higher  education,â€?  Mauceri  said.   â€œIt  is  always  best  to  get  ahead  of  FKDQJHV DQG KHOS GHÂżQH WKH FKDQJH UDWK-­ er  than  to  be  passive  and  allow  change  WR UHGHÂżQH ZKR ZH DUH ´ According  to  Zimpher’s  address, Â

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students  who  participate  in  Open  SUNY  will  have  the  support  of  a  student  con-­ cierge.  The  concierge  is  a  24/7  help-­ desk  that  includes  tutoring,  mentoring,  GHJUHH SODQQLQJ DGYLVLQJ DQG ÂżQDQFLDO aid  information.   While  the  school  is  continuing  to  grow  its  online  courses  program,  Mau-­ ceri  said  the  students  are  still  focused  on  in  person  classes.   â€œAlthough  our  students  are  inter-­ ested  in  hybrid  and  online  courses,  their  main  focus  remains  on  face-­to-­ face  courses,  and  I  do  not  expect  that  to  change  dramatically,â€?  Mauceri  said. Â

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The SUNY New Paltz Biology Department will be hosting a six part series of lectures in alliance with The Shawangunk Ridge Biodiversity Partnership (SRBP) in order to promote awareness of the Shawangunk Ridge within the community. The series, named “Secrets of The Shawangunks,” will begin on Thursday, Feb. 6 and feature a guest speaker each week that will discuss top-­ ics concerning The Ridge. Director of the Nature Conservancy’s Shawangunks Ridge Program Cara Lee said the yearly “Secrets of The Shawangunks” lectures play a noticeable part in teach-­ ing the public about the importance of The Ridge. “I think that many people are interested in knowing more about where they live — that’s valuable because it improves one’s quality of life,” Lee said. “And if people know about a place, they are more inclined to protect it. If people understand [that] different birds and wild-­ life live on the Ridge, they are more likely to be con-­ cerned about protecting that area. Many of us who work for conservation organizations want to inform people [about this].” According to Lee, the series generally reaches full attendance. “Secrets of the Shawangunks” has been held

yearly for over a decade, with each year bringing upon new topics and guest speakers. “People particularly like to learn about wildlife of the area,” she said. “We bring in research scientists, au-­ thors and all kinds of people who are knowledgeable about the natural history of the Shawangunk,” she said. “We always have it in the dead of winter when people are thinking about the outdoors, but maybe not going out of doors as much as they usually do. We have pre-­ sented over the years all kinds of topics related to the natural history and management of the ridge in terms of conservation.” Professor Emerita of Biology Carol Rietsma said although the college hosts other lecture series through-­ out the year, few, if any provide this kind of information to its audience. “These lectures deal with natural resources and their protection/conservation on the Shawangunk Ridge which is in the backyard, so to speak, of the college,” VKH VDLG ³>65%3@ XVHV ¿HOG UHVHDUFK DQG DQDO\VLV WR manage the landscape, provide environmental educa-­ tion, and work with local communities to preserve open space on the slopes of the Ridge.” Along with providing students with an opportunity to learn about the nature surrounding New Paltz, Riets-­ PD VDLG ELRORJ\ VWXGHQWV DWWHQG WKHVH OHFWXUHV WR IXO¿OO

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department requirements. “As a graduation requirement, students in the Biol-­ RJ\ SURJUDP DUH UHTXLUHG WR DWWHQG D VSHFL¿HG QXPEHU RI VHPLQDUV WKDW DUH RI¿FLDOO\ VDQFWLRQHG E\ WKH GHSDUW-­ ment. Many students attend the Shawangunk Ridge lec-­ tures — particularly those who are in the Organismal and Environmental track in the Biology program.” she said. “The Shawangunk Ridge is a very special place with so much land protected from development within 90 miles of New York City,” Rietsma said. Each “Secrets Of The Shawangunks” lecture is free and is open to the public. They will take place in Lecture Center 102 at 7 p.m. on Feb 6, 13, 20, and 27.

Secrets of The Shawangunks Lecture Series in Lecture Center 102 Feb. 6, 13, 20 and 27

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New Paltz: There’s An App For That MOBILE APP BRINGS NEW PALTZ STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE By Hannah Nesich Assistant Copy Editor | Hnesich@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu For software analyst Barrie Dener, the workday doesn’t end after her 9 to 5 job. That’s when the tech junk-­ ie trades keyboards for keypads and gets to coding her newest phone-­friendly creation: the New Paltz App. New Paltz App is essentially a virtual phone book for New Paltzians, allowing users to peruse local businesses and establishments and link directly to their websites. There’s an array of categories, from restaurants to farms to places of worship, and within each section is a list of options for the user to choose from. The application can be downloaded for free onto An-­ droid and iOS devices and features one-­touch calling for services like the New Paltz Delivery Doctor, New Paltz Taxi, a tow truck service and—most popular—Rocco’s Pizzeria. “I’d like [New Paltz App] to be a household name in New Paltz, I’d like everyone to know, sort of like the new phone book,” Dener said. “People don’t use their phone book anymore and a lot of people, more and more people are using their phone more than they’re using computers.” Dener markets the product with her husband Butch Dener, a former band promoter. The entrepreneurial duo combine their unique talents to promote the app at estab-­ lishments in town and collaborate over creative direction. “She’s the genius and I am the schmoozer,” Butch Dener said. “I saw how she envisioned it and gave input on the way. We’re like songwriters, she had the melody, I gave her the words.” Barrie agreed. “It’s nice for us to get more involved in the commu-­ nity together and use our skills together. It’s a project for us to do together,” she said. The app originated as a mere idea, brought on by boredom, in July of 2013. Barrie Dener was on bed rest for a month following surgery. Initially thrilled with the freedom, she soon grew restless and decided to channel her creativity into pursu-­ ing what had always been an interest of hers: creating her own app. Three months later, Dener’s labor-­of-­love was born, and since then, has superseded both of the Deners’ expec-­ tations. The pair have been advertising the app since it went live in September, when Barrie was so excited “it was like she gave birth to a child,” Butch said. The couple initially promoted New Paltz App at the annual Taste of New Paltz Festival and at SUNY New Paltz’s First-­Year Student Businesses Fair in September,

The New Paltz App launch screen open on an iPad.

where they were met with pleasant shock when many of the students they spoke to said they’d already downloaded the app. ³(YHU\ IRXUWK RU ¿IWK SHUVRQ ZKR FDPH XS WR RXU table said they had downloaded it when they found out they were coming to New Paltz by searching ‘New Paltz Apps,’” Barrie Dener said. “I thought, ‘It’s promoting it-­ self. I love it.’” Since going live, the app’s corresponding website has had more than 13,000 visitors. The app itself has been ac-­ cessed by more than 2,000 different phones, has had more than 340 phone calls made through it and averages about 6,000 views per week. Barrie Dener said she’s been discussing the possi-­ bility of developing a travel app with her sister, a travel agent, and is interested in extending a similar application to surrounding communities, which has proven to be more complicated than she anticipated. “I even thought I would do Rhinebeck and Wood-­ stock,” Barrie said. “But there’s so much of a community element involved in it that I didn’t realize, it takes more

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time.” The Deners also emphasized how important it is for them to support businesses in the community, where many of their friends work, and to help the town grow and pros-­ per. “We really want to help local businesses be more vis-­ ible in places that they might not be,” Butch Dener said. “It needs to be a service to the local businesses, it needs to work well for them, too.” Butch Dener said he thinks it’s important for SUNY New Paltz students, one of the app’s biggest intended tar-­ get audiences, to realize there is more to the local commu-­ nity than the downtown area, and that the New Paltz App can help reveal that. “Main Street is all you really see. But it’s important WR NQRZ WKHUH LV D PXVLF FOXE ¿YH PLQXWHV DZD\ 2U D farm stand where you can get incredible local stuff,” he said. “It’s good to know about the community, so you can UHJLVWHU WR YRWH DW WKH WRZQ FOHUN²\RX FDQ ¿QG WKDW RQ the app. Just getting to know the everyday life besides the bars and restaurants.”

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Sonia  Shah,  this  semester’s  James  H.  Ottaway  Sr.  Visiting  Professor  of  Journalism,  spoke  with  New  Paltz  President  Donald  Christian  Tuesday,  in  the  Honors  Center  in  his  annual  interview  event  within  the  Ottaway  program.  Shah  answered  questions  pertaining  to  her  success  in  journalism  as  well  as  her  experience  as  a  women  of  color  within  WKH ¿HOG 6KDK¶V QH[W SXEOLF WDON ZLOO EH RQ $SULO LQ WKH &R\NHQGDOO 6FLHQFH %XLOGLQJ $XGLWRULXP DW S P

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Singing In The Key Of Victory NEW PALTZ’S A CAPPELLA GROUP PITCHSLAPS THE COMPETITION By  Suzy  Berkowitz $ ( (GLWRU _ Sabbasberkowitz90@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

New  Paltz’s  co-­ed  a  cappella  group  Absolut-­ely  dominated  this  year’s  International  Championship  of  Collegiate  A  Cappella  ,&&$ 1RUWKHDVW 4XDUWHUÂżQDO URXQG +HOG DW 5HQVVHODHU 3RO\WHFKQLF ,QVWLWXWH 53, LQ 7UR\ 1 < RQ 6DWXUGD\ -DQ WKH FRPSHWLWLRQ IHDWXUHG D FDSSHOOD JURXSV IURP 681< 3RWVGDP 681< $OEDQ\ DQG 53, (DFK JURXS SHU-­ formed  sets  of  three  songs,  complete  with  choreography  and  mi-­ crophones,  and  the  top  two  were  chosen  to  move  onto  the  North-­ HDVW 6HPLÂżQDO URXQG DW %HUNOHH &ROOHJH RI 0XVLF LQ %RVWRQ RQ 6DWXUGD\ 0DUFK :KLOH RWKHU FROOHJLDWH D FDSSHOOD JURXSV VROHO\ ZRUN WRZDUG ICCA,  entering  the  contest  was  an  afterthought  for  Absolut  A  &DSSHOOD DFFRUGLQJ WR (PLO\ +ROXE “We  saw  that  the  competition  was  open  the  day  before  sub-­ PLVVLRQV ZHUH GXH DQG ZH VXEPLWWHG D YLGHR RI RXU ÂżUVW SHUIRU-­ mance  ever  which  wasn’t  even  that  good  and  we  got  in,â€?  Holub,  a  third-­year  organizational  communications  major  and  president  RI $EVROXW $ &DSSHOOD VDLG Âł:HÂśYH QHYHU GRQH WKLV EHIRUH :H SXW WKLV DOO WRJHWKHU LQ D ZHHN DQG ZH GLGQÂśW WKLQN ZH ZHUH JRQQD ZLQ ´ :KLOH WKH JURXS QRUPDOO\ UHKHDUVHV RQO\ WKUHH GD\V D ZHHN WKH\ EXPSHG LW XS WR ÂżYH EHIRUH WKH FRPSHWLWLRQ FKRRVLQJ WR VLQJ WKH WKUHH DUUDQJHPHQWV WKH\ ZHUH PRVW FRQÂżGHQW ZLWK +ROXE VDLG After  narrowing  down  the  choices  of  performance  pieces  through  D YRWH $EVROXW GHFLGHG RQ Âł3DUDFKXWH´ E\ ,QJULG 0LFKDHOVRQ Âł:DLWLQJ IRU <RX´ E\ 6HDO DQG Âł&RVPLF /RYH´ E\ )ORUHQFH DQG WKH 0DFKLQH 7KH\ DOVR LQFRUSRUDWHG FKRUHRJUDSK\ LQWR WKHLU SHU-­ IRUPDQFH ZKLFK ZDV QHZ WR WKHP Âł:H MXVW VLQJ :H GRQÂśW SHUIRUP ZLWK PLFV DQG GR FKRUHRJ-­ raphy  for  a  million  people,  that’s  not  what  we’re  about,â€?  Holub  VDLG Âł7KH FKRUHRJUDSK\ ZDVQÂśW WHFKQLFDOO\ KDUG EXW LW ZDV UHDOO\ DHVWKHWLFDOO\ SOHDVLQJ ´ Absolut  made  sure  not  to  get  pitchslapped  by  the  competi-­ WLRQ DV WKH\ SULGH WKHPVHOYHV RQ HQWHULQJ IRU WKH VDNH RI KDYLQJ IXQ According  to  Stephen  Kalogeras,  a  fourth-­year  sociology  and  theater  performance  double-­major  and  vice-­president  of  Ab-­ VROXW LQ WKH HQG LW ZDV DOO DERXW GRLQJ ZKDW WKH\ ORYH “It  feels  great  because  we  didn’t  go  in  to  win,â€?  Kalogeras  VDLG Âł7R NQRZ WKDW RXU KDUG ZRUN SDLG RII DQG WKDW RWKHU SHRSOH VDZ WKDW ZDV JUHDW (YHQ LI ZH GLGQÂśW ZLQ ZH JRW WR VKDUH RXU WDO-­ HQW IRU RWKHU SHRSOH ´ $FFRUGLQJ WR .DORJHUDV D FRPSRQHQW RI $EVROXW WKDW PDNHV them  stand  out  from  the  competition  is  their  ability  to  mimic  in-­ VWUXPHQW LQ WKHLU DUUDQJHPHQWV :KLOH RWKHU JURXSV LQFRUSRUDWH

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VWDFNHG KDUPRQLHV DQG VXVSHQGHG YRZHO VRXQGV $EVROXW DS-­ proaches  songs  by  mirroring  the  instruments’  sounds  in  the  orig-­ inal  song  and  building  the  song  behind  their  soloist,  Kalogeras  VDLG According  to  Anthony  Amitrano,  a  Resident  Director  and  graduate  student  with  a  major  in  higher  education  administration  and  a  former  member  of  Absolut,  who  attended  the  competition  at  53, KH NQHZ $EVROXW ZDV JRLQJ WR ZLQ DV VRRQ DV WKH\ ÂżQLVKHG SHUIRUPLQJ “The  other  groups  were  good,  but  I  was  getting  bored,â€?  Ami-­ WUDQR VDLG Âł2QFH $EVROXW ZHQW RQ WKHUH ZDV D FOHDU GLVWLQFWLRQ EHWZHHQ WKH TXDOLW\ RI WKH SHUIRUPDQFHV 7KH FKRUHRJUDSK\ DQG DUUDQJHPHQWV JDYH PH FKLOOV ´ According  to  Kalogeras,  when  it  was  Absolut’s  turn  to  per-­ IRUP WKH\ ZDONHG RQVWDJH VDQJ GLG D KHDUWEHDW PRYHPHQW ZLWK their  hands  and  put  their  heads  down  when  the  performance  was  RYHU “When  our  performance  was  over,  the  crowd  went  silent,  and Â

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BLOWOUT BLOW UP SUNDAY NIGHT MAY HAVE FALLEN FLAT ON THE FIELD, BUT IT HIT THE HIGHS ON THE STAGE. HERE ARE OUR EDITORS’ THOUGHTS ON THIS YEAR’S HALFTIME SHOW. I  thought  Bruno  Mars  sounded  incredible  live,  but  I  couldn’t  tell  whether  the  bigger  blow-­ out  was  happening  during  the  game  or  on  his  head.  ²6X]\ %HUNRZLW] $ ( (GLWRU Between  Bruno’s  footwork  and  Red  Hot  Chili  Peppers’  craziness,  it  was  perfect.  The  only  prob-­ lem  is  that  I  wish  RHCP  could  have  performed  an-­ other  song. —Robin  Weinstein,  Photo  Editor   Bruno  literally  made  me  tear  up.  Baby,  you’re  D Âż UHZRUN +H FKDQQHOHG D OLWWOH (OYLV )UDQN =DS pa  and  James  Brown  â€”  there’s  no  doubt  he  pulled  off  an  amazing  performance.  ²=DPHHQD 0HMLD &RS\ (GLWRU I’ve  never  been  a  huge  fan  of  Bruno  Mars,  but  I’ve  been  con-­ verted  after  his  p e r f o r m a n c e .  Not  so  much  his  voice,  but  his  drum  and  dance  skills  were  so  on  point.  â€”Cat  Ta-­ copina,  Edi-­ tor-­in-­Chief

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Music Department Tunes Up

PULLING ON HEARTSTRINGS, ONE CONCERT AT A TIME By  Suzy  Berkowitz $ ( (GLWRU |  Sabbasberkowitz90@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

The  New  Paltz  Music  Department  is  tuning  up  for  an  emotional  semester  as  they  ring  in  the  new  year  with  their  concert  series.  Themed  â€œLove,  Jealousy  and  Despair  in  Music,â€?  the  performances  will  feature  mu-­ sical  stylings  from  both  faculty  and  students,  varying  in  style  from  classical  to  jazz.  .LFNLQJ RII WKH VHPHVWHU RQ WKH NH\V ZLOO EH $OH[ 3HK DVVLVWDQW SUR fessor  of  piano,  whose  time  at  New  Paltz  only  began  last  semester.  Peh’s  piano  recital,  â€œEmbraceable  Youâ€?  will  feature  music  that  pertains  to  the  themes  of  love  and  loss  in  different  ways  and  time  periods,  according  to  Peh  and  will  be  performed  on  Tuesday,  Feb.  11.  $ FODVVLFDO SLDQLVW DW KHDUW 3HKÂśV UHFLWDO ZLOO IHDWXUH PXVLF E\ &KR pin,  Mozart,  Liszt,  Schubert,  Stravinsky,  Verdi  and  Gershwin,  all  pieces  transcribed  to  be  played  on  the  piano.  Peh  considers  this  recital  a  way  of  introducing  himself  to  the  students  and  IDFXOW\ EHLQJ WKDW WKLV LV WKH Âż UVW WLPH KHÂśV SHUIRUPHG VROR at  New  Paltz.  â€œI  chose  to  have  this  recital  in  February  because  it’s  close  to  Valentine’s  Day,â€?  Peh  said.  â€œThe  music  ex-­ plores  what  it  means  to  be  human.  The  point  is  to  just  inspire  people  to  make  music.â€?  The  concert  series,  which  also  features  perfor-­ mances  from  the  Pone  Ensemble  for  New  Music,  students  in  the  Senior  Chamber  Jazz  Ensemble  and  the  College  Youth  Symphony  and  a  guest  per-­

formance  by  Madera  Vox,  runs  mainly  on  Tuesday  nights  in  collaboration  with  Lecturer  Susan  Seligman’s  Introduction  to  Music  class.  Seligman’s  class  discusses  the  elements  of  music  and  how  to  properly  listen  to  it.  The  class  requires  students  to  attend  the  Tuesday  night  concerts  and  then  write  about  them.  The  concerts  are  also  open  to  other  students,  faculty  and  general  community  members.  â€œI  don’t  think  many  students  have  been  to  this  variety  of  live  music  concerts,  and  I  think  it’s  important  to  emphasize  that  these  are  live  con-­ certs,â€?  Seligman  said.  â€œOne  of  the  strengths  of  the  music  department  is  that  the  faculty  really  does  love  to  perform,  so  it’s  nice  to  bring  that  to  the  campus  so  we  can  show  what  we  do  and  the  students  can  also  have  a  chance  to  show  what  they  do.â€? Professor  Carole  Cowan  helps  organize  and  schedule  the  concert  se-­ ries.  She  said  she  believes  music  can  be  transformative  and  that  attending  a  live  concert  provides  a  somewhat  different  experience  for  everyone  than  listening  to  recorded  music.  â€œI  don’t  think  you  have  to  know  a  lot  about  music  to  go  to  a  concert  and  enjoy  what  is  being  performed,â€?  Cowan  said.  â€œThe  students  are  always  very  enthusiastic  and  even  when  they  didn’t  expect  to  like  the  music,  they  always  end  up  liking  it  a  lot,  it’s  [their]  exposure  to  something  different  or  something  familiar  in  a  different  context.â€? Cowan  said  the  theme  of  love,  jealousy  and  despair  in  music  was  cho-­ sen  because  it  gives  the  concert  focus  and  ties  all  the  performances  together.  â€œNot  every  single  piece  is  going  to  be  related  to  it,  but  it  gives  a  little  bit  of  focus  and  it  reminds  people  that  music  can  express  these  wonderful  and  strong  emotions.â€?

Band of Bacchus Set To Rock Us

PROGRESSIVE GROUP BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND By  Jahna  Romano Staff  Writer  |  Romanoj3@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

It’s  time  to  get  progressive. Bacchus  Restaurant  is  hosting  progressive-­rock  band  Di-­ azepam  for  the  third  time.  Originally  part  of  a  group  show,  they’ve  been  invited  back  to  Bacchus  once  more  to  play  on  their  own  this  Friday,  Feb.  7  at  10  p.m.  Diazepam’s  style  can  also  be  described  as  â€œexperimental  URFN ´ DQG KDV LQĂ€ XHQFHV IURP DOO VW\OHV RI PXVLF 'DQ $QGHU sen,  bassist  and  graduate  of  SUNY  Oneonta  said.  William  Burgaleta,  keyboardist  and  a  graduate  of  SUNY  Purchase  said  Diazepam’s  sound  is  unique  because  of  its  ec-­ centricity.  $FFRUGLQJ WR $QGHUVHQ WKHLU VRXQG LV DOVR XQLTXH ÂłEH cause  of  two  main  factors:  the  urge  in  each  of  our  members  WR LQFOXGH LQĂ€ XHQFHV DQG WR QRW FRPSURPLVH RXU RUJDQLF DS proach.â€?  They  also  plan  on  doing  some  improvisation  at  their  show  at  Bacchus.  ³7KLV LV UHĂ€ HFWHG LQ WKH PXVLF WKDW ZH ZULWH 6RPHWLPHV ZH play  rock  that  is  loud  and  frenetic,  sometimes  jazz  or  funk‌  DQG LQFRUSRUDWLQJ /DWLQ RU KLS KRS UK\WKPV ´ $QGHUVHQ VDLG

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Inspiration  from  the  band’s  music  comes  not  only  from  WKHLU PDQ\ PXVLFDO LQĂ€ XHQFHV EXW DOVR IURP RXWVLGH VRXUFHV %XUJDOHWD VDLG KH Âż QGV LQVSLUDWLRQ LQ PXVLF DUW KLVWRU\ DQG ZKHUHYHU HOVH KH FDQ Âż QG LW “Our  commitment  to  songwriting  gives  us  something  that  people  don’t  typically  witness  from  a  live  band,â€?  Burgaleta  said.  $QGHUVHQ VDLG KH IHHOV FRPSHOOHG WR PDNH DUW EXW DW WKH same  time,  he  is  also  â€œvery  consciously  inspired  by  powerful  personalities,  politics...and  concepts  of  love.â€? $V IDU DV WKHLU SHUIRUPDQFH DW %DFFKXV JRHV 'LD]HSDP has  no  set  plan  at  the  moment,  though  they  are  looking  to  play  mostly  original  songs  with  some  covers.  &KULV $QGUHVNL JXLWDULVW DQG JUDGXDWH RI 681< $OEDQ\ %XUJDOHWD DQG $QGHUVHQ ZLOO DOVR EH MRLQHG E\ GUXPPHU 5LFK Bozek,  also  a  graduate  of  Oneonta.  David  Ellison,  bar  manager  and  entertainment  booker  for  Bacchus,  said  Bacchus  looks  for  bands  that  have  the  ability  to  keep  the  restaurant’s  patrons  dancing  until  early  hours  of  the  morning.  Ellison  said  Diazepam  is  also  appealing  because  â€œthey’re  a  tight  band  with  a  good  web  presence.â€? “Our  audience  is  a  mix  of  demographics,â€?  Ellis  said.  â€œWe  have  students,  professors,  tourists,  not  just  one  part  of  the  spectrum.â€?

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Dorsky Turns Back Time

NEW EXHIBITION PROVIDES A BLAST FROM THE PAST By  Zameena  Mejia Copy  Editor  | =PHMLD #KDZNPDLO QHZSDOW] HGX

The  Dorsky  will  be  taking  a  trip  down  memory  lane  with  their  newest  exhibtion.  Named  for  the  era  from  which  the  pieces  come,“1980s  Style:  Image  and  Design  in  The  Dorsky  Museum  Collec-­ tion,â€?  a  new  exhibition  at  The  Dorsky,  showcases  prints,  photographs  and  jewelry  from  back  in  the  day.   Bold  geometry,  vibrant  colors  and  the  dawn  of  the  dig-­ ital  age  characterize  the  â€˜80s  era  from  fashion  form  to  art  form.  The  1980s  was  a  time  artists  took  it  upon  themselves  to  express  their  troubles,  according  to  exhibition  curator  Daniel  Belasco.  Belasco  said  artists  during  this  time  were  living  in  a  world  facing  issues  of  nuclear  war,  domestic  violence,  AIDS,  Apartheid  and  other  pressing  matters,  Belasco  said  he  selected  the  exhibition  pieces  to  best  portray  the  aggression,  anxiety,  anger  and  political  con-­ cerns  of  the  1980s.  As  a  child  during  the  decade,  Belasco  said  he  was  always  interested  and  immersed  in  the  â€˜80s  culture.  â€œThrough  this  exhibition,  I’ve  been  able  to  take  a  more  critical  look  at  what  was  happening  in  the  â€˜80s,â€?  Belasco  said.  Having  been  recently  appointed  The  Dorsky’s  new  cu-­ rator  of  exhibitions  and  programs,  Belasco  said  he  started  his  time  at  the  museum  with  the  vision  of  providing  a  new  take  on  the  collection  by  having  a  collection  show. From  the  5,500  objects  in  The  Dorsky  collection,  Belasco  said  he  believed  the  â€œarresting  qualitiesâ€?  of  the  selected  works  of  â€œ1980s  Styleâ€?  accurately  portrayed  the  emotions  of  the  day.  He  describes  the  pieces  as  straying  from  previous  art  styles  and  having  an  asymmetry  for  the  purpose  of  activ-­ ism.   Belasco  said  that  artists  during  the  â€˜80s  were  un-­ ashamed  of  expressing  their  fears  through  their  work,  un-­ like  today’s  artists.  Among  The  Dorsky  collection  pieces  in  â€œ1980s  Styleâ€?  are  artist  and  Professor  Ann  Lovett’s  photography,  ceramic  work  by  New  Paltz  graduate  with  a  Masters  in  Fine  Arts,  Stephen  Ladin’s  prints  donated  by  SUNY  Purchase  and  an  Andy  Warhol  screenprint.  Rachel  Beaudoin,  a  third-­year  art  history  major,  has  been  the  current  curatorial  intern  since  spring  2013  and  as-­ sisted  Belasco  in  putting  together  â€œ1980s  Style.â€? “When  I  started  as  an  intern  at  the  Dorsky,  Belasco  shared  with  me  his  idea  of  doing  an  exhibition  of  works  from  the  collection  that  were  made  in  the  80s  and  expressed  the  mentality  of  that  time,â€?  Beaudoin  said.  Beaudoin  and  Belasco  started  with  a  large  list  of  po-­ tential  works  for  the  show,  according  to  Beaudoin  who  re-­ searched  the  artists  and  their  pieces. Â

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MUSICIAN OF THE WEEK: MARIA CASSANO

YEAR: Fourth MAJOR: English HOMETOWN: Massapequa, N.Y.

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THE DEEP END CAYETANA SUZUKI Major: Graphic Design Year: Third Inspirations: Helmo, Stefan Sagmeister, Emily Hadden “My work is about finding a balance between traditional and experimental graphic elements through various multi-media. I believe that design doesn’t always have to be so serious. Having fun is typically an element in my work.”

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SUNY Â FLIPS Â THE Â SWITCH

CARTOON Â BY Â JULIE Â GUNDERSEN Â

During  SUNY  Chancellor  Nancy  Zimpher’s  2014  State  of  the  University  Address  on  Jan.  14  she  introduced  the  Open  SUNY  program.   Open  SUNY  offers  eight  new  online  degree  programs  as  well  as  making  all  12,000  online  courses  offered  within  SUNY  available  to  all  SUNY  students.   The  program  was  created  to  allow  the  6.9  million  New  Yorkers  who  have  a  high  school  diploma,  but  no  college  education  able  to  receive  one.  Its  function  is  to  also  help  to  prepare  citizens  for  2025,  when  it’s  estimated  that  60  per-­ cent  of  jobs  will  require  a  bachelor’s  degree. We  at  The  New  Paltz  Oracle  applaud  SUNY  for  making  higher  education  accessible  to  those  who  might  not  have  had  an  opportunity  to  earn  one. The  rising  cost  of  higher  education  means  that  higher  education  isn’t  always  accessible  to  potential  students.  Also,  people  have  other  responsibilities  in  life  that  don’t  always  allow  them  to  spend  the  necessary  to  actually  attend  classes  in  person,  so  having  online  classes  available  allows  them  the  opportunity  to  earn  an  education.   We  also  applaud  SUNY  New  Paltz  for  looking  to  in-­ FUHDVH WKHLU XVH RI RQOLQH HGXFDWLRQ ,W LV RIWHQ GLIÂż FXOW IRU students  to  sign  up  for  a  class  they  are  required  to  take  dur-­ ing  the  fall  and  spring  semesters,  so  having  the  ability  to  earn  this  credit  during  the  summer  or  winter  allows  students Â

to  become  one  step  closer  to  earning  their  degree.  This  also  helps  students  complete  their  general  education  require-­ PHQWV ZKLFK RIWHQ EHFRPH GLIÂż FXOW WR FRPSOHWH LQ IRXU years  without  taking  an  online  class.  New  Paltz  President  Donald  Christian  said  when  fac-­ ulty  teach  an  online  class,  it  allows  them  to  learn  new  ap-­ proaches  to  educating  students,  which  then  translates  to  how  they  teach  classes  in  person.   :H EHOLHYH IDFXOW\ÂśV DELOLW\ WR GR WKLV LV EHQHÂż FLDO because  they  are  not  only  educating  students,  but  are  also  learning  new  skills  to  teach  students  in  the  most  effective  way  possible.  By  teaching  an  online  class,  faculty  have  the  ability  to  learn  a  new  way  of  reaching  students  that  they  might  not  have  ever  learned  or  thought  of  by  just  physically  teaching  in  classes.  These  skills  will  help  both  their  current  and  future  students.  While  it’s  great  that  SUNY  is  allowing  people  who  might  not  have  had  the  ability  to  receive  a  higher  education  the  resources  to  receive  one,  administration  has  said  that  the  primary  focus  of  the  student  body  is  on  face-­to-­face  courses,  which  isn’t  expected  to  change  because  of  the  increase  in  online  courses.   At  the  end  of  the  day,  New  Paltz  isn’t  going  to  become  an  online  university,  so  the  education  that  takes  place  on Â

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campus  is  the  primary  focus  of  the  students  and  needs  to  remain  the  primary  focus  of  the  administration.   As  Open  SUNY  progresses,  we  hope  the  amount  of  classes  that  are  offered  to  students  increase,  while  keep-­ ing  the  costs  low  enough  to  allow  people  to  attend.   This  is  crucial  because  if  costs  do  rise,  people  who  don’t  have  the  money  to  pay  for  these  classes,  but  still  desire  a  higher  edu-­ cation  won’t  have  the  ability  to  earn  one.    Overall,  Open  SUNY  is  a  program  that  our  state  should  EH SURXG RI EXW LWV FUHDWLRQ LV MXVW WKH Âż UVW VWHS 1RZ SHR ple  need  to  spread  the  world  and  tell  their  peers  who  would  EHQHÂż W WKH PRVW IURP WKH SURJUDP VR WKH\ FDQ UHFHLYH WKH higher  education  they  rightfully  deserve. Â

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My  Happy  Place

Everyone  has  that  one  place.  That  one  special  place  where  they  are  happy  no  matter  what.   For  me,  that  place  happens  to  be  called  My  Place.   My  Place  is  a  resturant  where  dreams  come  true.   Where  food  is  just  not  a  part  of  life,  it  is  life.  Where  wings  aren’t  just  crispy,  but  extra  crispy.   For  almost  30  years,  My  Place  has  been  â€œServing  food  all  the  time.â€?  I  can  only  speak  for  the  limited  por-­ tion  of  time  that  I’ve  been  eating  there,  but  I  have  never  had  a  negative  experience  with  my  food.  There’s  nothing  better  than  sitting  down  with  your  closest  friends  and  enjoying  a  meal  at  the  best  restaurant  in  all  the  land.   My  favorite  day  to  go  is  Monday  when  they  serve  $1  burgers  at  the  bar  all  day.   You  might  say,  â€œWhy  do  they  have  $1  burgers  on  Monday?â€?  To  be  honest,  I  have  no  idea.   I  think  they  do  this  because  they  know  Mondays  are  the  toughest  day  of  the  week  for  people,  so  they  know  by  having  $1  burgers  they  can  put  a  smile  on  the  faces  of  their  glorious  customers.   I  love  sitting  down  and  order-­ LQJ Âł1RW RQH QRW WZR QRW WKUHH QRW IRXU QRW Âż YH QRW

ZAMEENA  MEJIA Copy  Editor

Zmejia09@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu 2Q 'HF , WRRN D VWUDLJKW HLJKW KRXU Ă€ LJKW DFURVV the  Atlantic  Ocean  from  Madrid  to  New  York  City.  With  my  family,  my  three  adorable  dogs  and  my  new  beautiful  baby  niece  to  welcome  me  back  home,  everything  felt  right.  Come  Christmas  Day,  my  family  surprised  me  by  saying  we’d  be  off  to  the  Dominican  Republic  right  after  ringing  in  the  New  Year.  My  last  couple  of  weeks  in  Madrid  were  riddled  with  ¿ QDOV DQG ODVW PLQXWH UXQV DURXQG WKH FLW\ VR KHDULQJ , ZRXOG VSHQG WKH Âż UVW FRXSOH RI ZHHNV RI LQ WKH 'RPLQLFDQ 5H public  was  a  huge  relief.  After  spending  an  amazingly  relaxing  15  days  on  the  island,  it  was  already  time  to  return  home  and  pack  for  my  move  back  to  New  Paltz. Within  the  past  year,  I’ve  left  the  country  three  times  and  traveled  countless  miles  by  land,  sky  and  sea.  For  someone  who  likes  to  be  on  her  feet,  I’ve  been  very  lucky,  but  I’ve  also  come  to  terms  with  something  I’ve  tried  to  run  from  for  a  long  time  â€”  everything  changes.  In  the  past,  I  often  turned  my  comfort  zone  into  this  lovely  lounge  space  where  I  wanted  my  emotions,  friends  and  memories  to  stay. Â

sixâ€?  cheeseburgers.   A  phenomenon  that  I  became  a  part  of  last  summer  was  the  â€œTwin  Clam  Roll  Friday  Night  Party.â€?  I  would  get  it  every  Friday  night  and  they  were  amazing.  They  were  so  good  that  you  would  think  you  were  eating  in  New  England  and  not  Schodack,  N.Y.,  in  the  foothills  of  the  Berkshires.  Upon  entering,  I  love  checking  out  the  soups  sign  where  they  list  the  soups  that  are  being  served  on  that  particular  day.   The  soups  range  from  the  Cheeseburger  Chowder  to  the  Italian  Wedding.   I’m  not  a  soup  connois-­ VHXU OLNH P\ IULHQG $GDP 2IÂż W]HU VR ,ÂśP QRW JRLQJ WR JR too  in-­depth  about  the  soups. Pretty  much  all  of  the  people  I  go  with  partake  in  the  eating  of  wraps.  The  two  most  popular  wraps  among  my  peers  are  the  chicken  caesar  and  buffalo  wraps.  I  don’t  eat  the  wraps  because  of  the  healthy  items  inside  of  them,  but  I’ve  heard  nothing  but  good  things  about  them.   I  can  be  seen  on  cold  days  wearing  my  fresh  My  Place  &  Co.  beanie  that  keeps  me  warm,  while  stylish  at  the  same  time.  Also,  during  the  fall  and  spring  sea-­ sons,  I  can  be  seen  wearing  my  My  Place  and  Co.  zip-­up Â

sweatshirt.  I’m  still  praying  that  one  day  there  will  be  My  Place  and  Co.  sweatpants.   What  do  you  say,  My  Place?  Let’s  make  it  happen! After  reading  my  thoughts  on  My  Place,  if  you  don’t  think  it’s  a  great  restaurant  than  you  are  dead  wrong.   My  Place  is  and  will  always  be  my  favorite  place  to  eat.   It  has  such  a  wide  variety  of  options  on  the  menu  that  I  JXDUDQWHH DQ\RQH ZLOO Âż QG VRPHWKLQJ WKDW LQWULJXHV WKHP and  that  they  will  love.   If  you’re  going  to  take  anything  from  this  column,  remember  this,  friends;Íž  there  are  three  guarantees  in  life:  Death,  taxes  and  Andrew  Lief  liking  My  Place  &  Co.  Schodack’s  Facebook  status.  Â

Andrew  Lief  is  a  third-­year  journalism  major  who  twice  ate  eight  cheeseburgers  and  four  orders  of  fries  in  one  sitting.  During  his  free  time  he  enjoys  watching  basketball,  playing  Xbox,  watching  â€œFriday  Night  Lightsâ€?  and  listening  to  sports  radio.

Traveling  Change Then  spring  2013  came  around.  I  spread  myself  thin  be-­ tween  work,  classes,  extracurriculars,  friends  and  weird  re-­ lationships.  The  fear  of  missing  out  on  things  while  studying  abroad  loomed  around  me.  My  best  friend  since  the  beginning  of  college  was  transferring  and  I  felt  like  I  was  losing  him.  I  felt  like  I  was  losing  a  lot.  Life  was  sort  of  swirling  around  me. At  the  spring  study  abroad  pre-­departure  orientation,  the  fact  I  wouldn’t  be  in  New  Paltz  the  following  semester  became  D UHDOLW\ %\ WKDW WLPH , DFFHSWHG WKDW DOO , FRXOG GR ZDV Âż QLVK the  semester  in  the  best  way  possible  for  myself.   I  woke  up  and  allowed  myself  to  enjoy  the  rest  of  the  semester.  I  spent  one  QLJKW LQ WKH VRFFHU Âż HOGV ZDWFKLQJ D PHWHRU VKRZHU ZLWK JRRG friends,  another  night  running  through  the  rain.  As  the  semester  came  to  an  end,  I  slowly  said  my  goodbyes  to  graduating  Oracle  staff,  faculty  on  campus  and  dear  friends.  Soon  enough,  I  was  off  and  away.  Literally.  I  spent  a  few  weeks  down  in  the  Dominican  Re-­ SXEOLF LQWHUQHG IRU D FRXSOH PRQWKV WKHQ Ă€ HZ RII WR 0DGULG LQ August  for  a  whole  other  growing  experience.  Not  even  a  month Â

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into  my  time  there,  my  iPhone  5  was  stolen.  Siestas  were  at  1  p.m.,  dinner  at  9  p.m.,  people  went  out  at  1  a.m.  and  I  clocked  out  at  crazy  a.m.  Here  it  was  again,  that  thing  I  fear  â€”  change.  Yet  again  I  had  no  reason  to  worry.  I  quickly  made  Spanish  and  international  friends,  became  close  with  my  Spanish  room-­ mate,  learned  the  public  transportation  system,  stayed  in  a  hostel  IRU WKH Âż UVW WLPH H[SORUHG 0DGULG %DUFHORQD =DUDJR]D 7ROHGR and  Granada,  got  along  with  my  professors  and  the  list  goes  on.   Life  is  unpredictable  and  you  shouldn’t  be  hard  on  yourself  when  things  don’t  go  your  way.  It’s  important  to  let  yourself  go  but  don’t  lose  yourself.  It  took  a  lot  of  ups  and  downs  to  get  where  I  am  today,  but  I’m  so  happy  to  be  back. I’m  a  junior  back  in  America.

Zameena  Mejia  is  a  third-­year  public  rela-­ tions  and  Spanish  major.  She  loves  travel-­ ling,  making  new  friends,  staring  at  night  skies  and  writing  (21  diaries  and  counting).  Â

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Chelsea  Allocco  set  the  Eliting  Pool  record  in  the  1,000  freestyle.                    Â

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With  their  eye  on  the  SUNYAC  Championship,  the  SUNY  New  Paltz  Women’s  Swimming  team  won  the  six-­ team  Skidmore  Sprint  Invitational. The  Lady  Hawks  won  the  Saturday,  Feb.  1  invitational  with  a  score  of  580  points,  towering  over  the  competition  with  Vassar  coming  in  second  with  384  points. $IWHU WKLV Âż QDO ODS EHIRUH WKH FKDP pionships,  Head  Swimming  Coach  Scott  Whitbeck  called  the  Sprint  Invi-­ WDWLRQDO D ³¿ QDO WXQH XS´ IRU WKH WHDP WR see  how  they  were  progressing  and  to  gage  where  they  were  heading.  â€œWe’re  starting  to  come  together  as  D WHDP ´ :KLWEHFN VDLG Âł2XU IRFXV LV all  about  training.  It’s  all  about  the  end  of  the  season,  the  championships  and  how  we  do.  I  think  we’re  starting  to  get  FORVHU WR ZKHUH ZH ZDQW WR EH ´ The  Lady  Hawks  beat  Mount  Saint  Mary  College  125-­52  on  Jan.  24  in Â

WKHLU Âż QDO KRPH PHHW RI WKH VHDVRQ DQG DJDLQ DJDLQVW 681< 2QHRQWD in  a  dual  meet  on  Jan.  25.  Whitbeck  said  these  meets  don’t  mean  much  in  the  long  run,  but  are  important  training  for  the  championships.  ³2XU IRFXV WKLV \HDU KDV EHHQ PRUH about  swimming  through  these  meets,  training  really  hard  and  hoping  we  can  ¿ QLVK KLJKHU WKLV \HDU ´ KH VDLG Âł7KLV WHDP KDV KDG WR Âż QG LWVHOI DQG , WKLQN they’ve  done  a  nice  job.  Whitbeck  cited  the  leadership  of  fourth-­year  distance  free  swimmer  Chelsea  Allocco  and  fourth-­year  free-­ style  swimmer  Victoria  Scalise  as  the  driving  force  of  a  team  with  10  second-­ year  swimmers.  â€œI  think  they’re  really  develop-­ LQJ DQG JHWWLQJ EHWWHU ´ :KLWEHFN VDLG “I  think  we  have  an  opportunity  to  do  something  special  during  the  season.  +RSHIXOO\ ZHÂśOO Âż QLVK RXW VWURQJ ´ $OORFFR VDLG VKH LV DLPLQJ WR Âż QLVK RXW KHU Âż QDO VHDVRQ VWURQJ DV ZHOO 6KH set  the  Eliting  Pool  record  in  the  1,000 Â

IUHHVW\OH ZLWK D WLPH RI EHDW ing  the  previously  held  record  by  six  seconds.   â€œIt  feels  great  to  have  gotten  this  UHFRUG ´ $OORFFR VDLG Âł,WÂśV EHHQ VRPH thing  I’ve  been  working  for  since  I  was  a  freshman,  so  it  was  nice  to  be  able  to  accomplish  my  goal  before  I  gradu-­ DWHG ´ Allocco  said  her  coach  helped  her  achieve  this  record. “Scott  has  helped  by  providing  me  with  awesome  practices  every  day  which  allow  me  to  reach  my  true  po-­ tential  as  a  swimmer,  and  by  telling  me  when  I  need  to  pick  up  the  pace  to  reach  WKH WLPH , ZDQW ´ VKH VDLG Allocco  holds  the  school  record  already  in  all  of  the  women’s  distance  events,  Whitbeck  said.  According  to  the  New  Paltz  Hawks  website,  Allocco  is  last  season’s  SU-­ NYAC  champion  in  the  400  individual  medley  and  the  1,650  freestyle.  Whit-­ beck  cited  her  hard  work  and  talent  re-­ sponsible  for  her  accomplishments. Â

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“She  is  quite  simply  the  greatest  female  distance  swimmer  that  has  ever  VZDP LQ WKLV FRQIHUHQFH ´ KH VDLG Âł,WÂśV been  a  real  pleasure  to  have  coached  her  for  four  years.  She’s  made  me  look  like  a  great  coach.  She’s  got  this  certain  vet-­ HUDQ FRQÂż GHQFH WKDW \RX MXVW GRQÂśW VHH from  other  swimmers.  She  knows  that  when  she  goes  out  there  she’s  going  to  win  and  when  she  puts  her  mind  to  it  VKH FDQ GR DQ\WKLQJ VKH ZDQWV ´ Allocco  said  she  will  miss  her  team-­ mates  the  most  when  she  graduates  at  WKH HQG RI WKH VHDVRQ EXW LV FRQÂż GHQW the  team  will  continue  to  get  better  even  after  she  leaves. “Having  people  who  you  see  every  day  without  fail,  who  work  out  with  you  and  who  share  the  same  pain  as  you  will  EH LUUHSODFHDEOH DIWHU FROOHJH ´ VKH VDLG The  Lady  Hawks  return  to  competi-­ tion  from  Thursday-­Saturday,  Feb.  20-­ 22,  for  the  2014  SUNYAC  Swimming  &  Diving  Championships  hosted  at  Erie  Community  College’s  Burt  Flickinger  Athletic  Center. Â

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The  Women’s  Basketball  team  won  two  of  their  three  games  this  week,  im-­ proving  their  conference  record  to  3-­10.  The  team  defeated  SUNY  Potsdam  76-­66  Friday  before  losing  to  SUNY  Plattsburgh  84-­53  the  following  day.  But  the  Lady  Hawks  bounced  back,  and  Tuesday’s  matchup  against  SUNY  Cortland  ended  in  a  58-­48  win.  The  two  victories  were  against  teams  that  had  defeated  the  Lady  Hawks  previously  in  the  season.  â€œAgainst  Potsdam  we  really  pushed  the  ball  well  in  transition  to  get  easier  baskets  for  us,â€?  third-­year  Captain  Shannan  Walker  said.  â€œWe  also  were  getting  the  ball  inside  to  our  posts  which  created  more  opportunities  on  offense.â€? Against  Cortland,  Head  Coach  Jamie  Seward  said  the  difference  lay  in  adjust-­ ing  to  the  Lady  Red  Dragons  the  second  half.  â€œI  was  really  happy  because  for  the  ¿UVW WLPH DOO \HDU WKH SOD\HUV ZHQW RXW and  executed  the  adjustment  we  imple-­

mented  at  half  time  very  well,â€?  Seward  said.  â€œWe  came  back  out  and  really  FRPSHWHG RQ WKH JODVV 7KH ÂżUVW KDOI ZH got  beat  up  pretty  good  on  the  glass,  but  the  second  half  they  really  held  their  own  and  I  think  that  was  a  big  differ-­ ence.â€? Seward  said  Walker’s  strength  in  shooting  and  Captains  Jeanette  Scott  and  Goldie  Harrison’s  presence  on  de-­ fense  were  key  elements  in  Tuesday’s  win,  and  said  the  experience  this  season  has  brought  his  young  team  to  become  more  apparent  on  both  the  court  and  the  scoreboard.  â€œAs  much  as  this  season  has  been  a  struggle  from  the  wins  and  losses  stand-­ point,  it’s  been  enjoyable  coaching  this  team,â€?  Seward  said.  â€œSince  January  they’ve  come  back  from  the  break  and  they’ve  really  learned  how  to  practice  and  work  in  that  extra  gear,  and  compete  more  consistency  at  a  higher  level.â€? Seward  said  looking  out  on  the  court  and  seeing  a  predominantly  under-­ classmen  Lady  Hawks  squad  compete  against  the  other  conference  teams  with Â

a  majority  of  seasoned  players  helps  him  stay  positive  about  the  future  of  the  team.  â€œI  think  the  inexperience  set  us  back  early,  but  it’s  going  to  help  us  long  term,â€?  Seward  said.  Walker  said  the  players’  closeness  with  one  another  is  a  big  factor  in  how  they  keep  their  spirits  up  and  will  re-­ main  positive  the  remainder  of  the  sea-­ son.  The  Lady  Hawks  will  have  to  win  all  of  their  remaining  conference  games  to  have  a  shot  at  the  SUNYAC  Tourna-­ ment,  Seward  said.  But  the  team  will  not  stray  from  their  season-­long  game  plan.  â€œWe  haven’t  done  as  much  for  prepar-­ ing  for  a  particular  opponent,  more  so  focusing  on  us  and  growing  ourselves  as  a  team,â€?  Seward  said.  â€œAnd  we  will  continue  to  do  that.â€? The  Lady  Hawks  will  have  back-­to-­ back  match-­ups  at  the  Hawk  Center  as  they  take  on  Buffalo  State  Friday,  Feb.  7  before  vying  against  SUNY  Fredonia  Saturday,  Feb.  8.

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The  Men’s  Basketball  team  dropped  three  games  this  week  on  the  road,  giv-­ ing  them  a  conference  record  of  3-­10.  â€œPlayoffs  are  still  possible  if  we  get  on  a  run,â€?  Head  Coach  Mike  Rejniak  said.  â€œWe  just  made  it  a  heck  of  a  lot  harder  for  ourselves.â€?  The  team  suffered  a  86-­81  loss  to  SUNY  Potsdam  Jan.  31  before  dropping  a  contest  against  SUNY  Plattsburgh  90-­ 78  the  following  day.  The  Red  Dragons  of  SUNY  Cortland  trumped  the  Hawks  84-­56  on  Feb.  4.  â€œThe  last  few  games  we’ve  been  bat-­ WOLQJ WKH Ă€X EXJ EXW ZHÂśYH EHHQ GRLQJ the  best  with  what  we’ve  got,â€?  Rejniak  said.  â€œThe  long  travel  to  Potsdam  and  Plattsburgh  was  not  ideal.â€? Rejniak  said  Potsdam  and  Platts-­ burgh’s  ability  to  come  out  of  the  gates  swinging  by  establishing  their  tempo  right  at  the  beginning  of  the  game  led Â

to  their  early  success,  and  a  loss  for  the  Hawks.  Setting  the  pace  was  a  strength  the  team  had  at  the  beginning  of  the  season,  he  said,  but  is  something  the  Hawks  have  been  struggling  with  re-­ cently.   ³/DVW ZHHNHQG ZDV GHÂżQLWHO\ QRW RXU best  weekend,â€?  third-­year  Captain  Tay-­ lor  Sowah  said.  â€œOur  team  lacked  the  energy  in  the  opening  minutes  in  both  games  which  lead  to  a  big  lead  by  both  teams.â€?  Sowah  said  the  team  came  out  stron-­ ger  in  the  second  half  of  both  games,  EXW UHDOL]HG WKDW D OHWKDUJLF ÂżUVW KDOI couldn’t  be  made  up  for.   To  remedy  this,  Rejniak  said  the  Hawks  are  going  back  to  the  basics.  â€œWhat  we’ve  been  doing  in  practice  is  really  establishing  our  swag  again,  DQG JHWWLQJ PRUH FRQÂżGHQW E\ JRLQJ right  back  to  the  fundamentals,  which  we  had  at  the  beginning  of  the  year  just  to  re-­center  our  focus  going  into  these  next  two  home  games,â€?  Rejniak  said.

At  this  point  in  the  season,  Rejniak  said  he  aims  to  hold  practices  that  are  more  intense  than  the  games,  in  order  to  help  players  push  through  any  men-­ tal  and  physical  barriers  that  may  stop  them  from  performing  at  their  best.   â€œI  will  give  a  lot  of  credit  to  this  group  for  having  dealt  with  a  lot  of  adversity  this  year  from  many  different  areas  -­  it’s  just  a  whole  learning  process,â€?  he  said.  â€œThey  continue  to  stick  together  and  they  haven’t  given  up  yet.  They  just  continue  to  elevate  their  game.  They’re  still  hungry,  which  goes  to  say  a  lot  for  a  team  of  primarily  sophomores  and  freshmen.â€? Looking  forward,  Sowah  said  the  team  has  nothing  to  lose.  â€œWe’re  just  going  to  give  it  all  we  got  for  a  full  40  minutes  to  try  and  still  make  playoffs,â€?  he  said.  The  Hawks  will  return  to  the  Hawk  Center  Friday,  Feb.  7  to  take  on  Buffalo  State  and  Saturday,  Feb.  8  to  contend  against  SUNY  Fredonia.

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The  Men’s  Swimming  team  compet-­ ed  in  the  Vassar  Sprint  Invitational  title  on  Sunday  afternoon  in  Poughkeepsie,  1 < LQ LWV ÂżQDO WXQH XS EHIRUH WKH State  University  of  New  York  Athletic  Conference  (SUNYAC)  Swimming  &  Diving  Championships. With  two  weeks  remaining  until  the  SUNYACs,  Head  Coach  Scott  Whitbeck  said  the  team  is  beginning  to  move  to-­ wards  tapering,  resting  and  getting  ready  to  start  peaking  physically  at  the  right  time.  â€œSwimming  has  one  of  the  longest  seasons,â€?  Whitbeck  said.  â€œIt’s  all  com-­

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bined  into  one  big  season.  Swimming  is  a  training  sport,  as  opposed  to  a  game  sport.  We  are  focused  on  peaking  at  the  end  of  the  season  at  our  Conference  Championships,  and  tapering  and  things.  We  spend  our  fall  and  into  the  winter  training  hard.  Competitions  are  just  op-­ portunities  to  see  where  we  are.â€? :KLWEHFN VDLG WKH ÂżUVW \HDUV RQ the  team  have  developed  in  a  big  way  throughout  the  season.  He  believes  they  ZLOO EH D VLJQLÂżFDQW SDUW RI WKH WHDPÂśV success  at  SUNYACs. “The  Men’s  Swim  team  has  just  be-­ gun  tapering  for  our  SUNYAC  meet,â€?  ¿UVW \HDU IUHH Ă€\ VZLPPHU /XNH =HQLU said.  â€œWe  are  excited  for  SUNYACs.  Our  in-­season  record  isn’t  representa-­

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tive  of  how  well  we’re  going  to  do  at  the  championship  meet.â€? The  team  believes  in  making  the  best  of  their  off-­days  and  workouts. “Since  we  lift  more  and  have  more  intense  swimming  workouts  than  most  of  the  other  schools  in  our  conference,  the  Men’s  team  was  broken  down  for  most  of  its  dual  meets,  so  we  have  yet  WR VZLP DW RXU IXOO SRWHQWLDO ´ =HQLU VDLG “Because  we  train  so  hard  during  the  season,  the  effects  of  our  taper  are  going  WR EH PXFK PRUH QRWLFHDEOH DQG EHQHÂż-­ cial  than  some  other  teams.â€? Despite  having  a  losing  record  of  2-­6,  the  team  continues  to  be  optimistic  and  focused  on  their  ultimate  goal.  â€œWe  went  into  this  year  knowing Â

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it  was  a  rebuilding  year  being  a  young  WHDP ´ VHFRQG \HDU IUHH EUHDVW VWURNH VZLPPHU 5\DQ /LQGJUHQ VDLG Âł:H didn’t  really  put  much  weight  on  dual  meets.  Our  whole  year  training-­wise  has  been  going  towards  SUNYACs.  Obvi-­ ously  losing  isn’t  fun,  but  it  will  all  be  worth  it  when  we  show  up  at  SUNY-­ ACs.â€? The  Hawks  return  to  competition  from  Thursday-­Saturday,  Feb.  20-­22,  for  the  2014  SUNYAC  Swimming  &  Diving  Championships  hosted  at  Erie  County  Community  College’s  Burt  Flickinger  Athletic  Center  in  Buffalo,  N.Y.  The  pre-­ liminary  heats  are  set  for  10  a.m.  each  GD\ ZLWK WKH FKDPSLRQVKLS ÂżQDO VHV-­ sions  set  for  6  p.m.

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Well,  that  wasn’t  the  most  exciting  Super  Bowl. Despite  the  fact  that  the  game  wasn’t  very  competitive,  it  was  extremely  im-­ pressive  how  well  the  Seahawks  defense  played.   That’s  what  should  be  remem-­ bered  about  this  game.   Not  Peyton  Man-­ ning  coming  up  short  yet  again,  but  the  Seahawks’  defense  putting  on  a  defen-­ sive  clinic.   Their  defensive  performance  was  up  there  with  the  â€™85  Chicago  Bears,  2000  Baltimore  Ravens,  â€™02  Tampa  Bay  Bucaneers  and  â€™07  New  York  Giants.  5LJKW IURP WKH Âż UVW SOD\ RI WKH JDPH when  the  Seahawks  scored  on  a  safety,  you  could  just  tell  the  Broncos  weren’t  completely  focused  for  a  game  they  had  two  weeks  to  prepare  for.   The  Seahawks’  defense  was  clearly  the  more  aggressive  and  physical  team  compared  to  the  Broncos’  offense.   The  best  way  to  disrupt  a  great  quarterback Â

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He  is  one  of  the  greatest  quarter-­ backs  of  all  time  and  people  need  to  ap-­ preciate  his  greatness,  rather  than  just  soil  his  reputation  because  he  met  a  far  superior  team  in  the  Super  Bowl.  He  has  one  Super  Bowl  ring.  There  are  so  many  quarterbacks  who  don’t  have  any  rings,  so  he  should  not  be  criticized  for  failing  to  win  the  big  game  for  a  second  time.   There’s  no  set  of  requirements  that  determine  if  one  player  is  better  than  an-­ other.   It’s  all  based  on  a  person’s  beliefs  and  opinion.   That’s  the  fun  thing  about  sports.   While  these  debates  go  on  for-­ ever,  there’s  no  correct  answer,  which  makes  having  these  arguments  and  hear-­ ing  all  the  different  viewpoints  extremely  interesting.   Looking  forward,  I  believe  the  Se-­ ahawks  have  a  tremendous  chance  of  re-­ peating  as  long  as  they’re  able  to  keep  their  players,  who  will  become  free Â

agents  this  offseason.  They  have  a  sys-­ tem  in  place  that  is  dominant  and  one  of  the  youngest  teams  in  the  league.   I  think  the  Broncos  are  going  to  have  a  major  drop  off  next  season.  I  think  a  team  will  overpay  for  wide  receiver  Eric  Decker,  so  he  won’t  be  returning.   Wide  receiver  Wes  Welker  will  be  another  year  older  and  past  his  prime.   Another  big  is-­ sue  is  the  team’s  defense.  Vice  President  of  Football  Operations  John  Elway  will  KDYH WR Âż QG VRPH GHIHQVLYH EDFNV WR VH cure  up  the  back  end  of  their  defense.   Overall,  it  was  another  great  NFL  season.  The  NFL  is  continuing  to  grow  and  build  its  empire  as  America’s  most  popular  sport.  I’m  excited  for  what  should  be  a  very  exciting  offseason,  as  there  will  be  some  very  interesting  sto-­ rylines.   And  most  importantly  I  was  right,  Bruno  Mars  absolutely  killed  it. Â

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