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Lots 18, 19 and 29 are closed, due to construction.

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Continued construction has forced the closure of three parking lots on the SUNY New Paltz campus. In an email sent out to the campus community on Wednesday, March 23, University Police Department (UPD) Chief David Dugatkin cautioned both drivers and pedestrians of the closings to Lots 18, 19 and 29. The lots have been closed due to the construction of the new science building. In preparation for lot closings, the college expand-­ ed Lot 28, located on the east side of Route 32. Dugat-­ kin said in the email that UPD presence in the area will be added due to the closing. ³83' ZLOO LQFUHDVH WUDI¿F SDWUROV DQG HQIRUFHPHQW in the area to remind both pedestrians and motorists to stay alert, be aware and follow the rules of the road,” Dugatkin said in the email. “Also, the college has add-­ ed an additional pedestrian crosswalk sign in the area of Lot 28 to remind drivers of their responsibilities.” The lot closings are the latest in a series of clo-­ sures made in light of several campus construction and renovation projects. Director of Facilities Design and Construction John McEnrue said even with the three recent closings, with the Lot 18 closing being perma-­ nent to build the new science building, there are recent parking openings for students to use.

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“West Student Parking Lot 40, located on the west side of Lenape Hall, was built in 2013 to accommodate for the creation of our new residence hall, currently under construction, and for the loss of West Student Parking Lot 37A,” McEnrue said. 'XJDWNLQ VDLG VLQFH SURYLGLQJ 83' RI¿FHUV DW WKH pedestrian crosswalk, parking and commuting on cam-­ pus have remained without incident. ³,W KDVQ¶W KDG PXFK RI DQ LPSDFW >RQ WUDI¿F@ (Y-­ erything has gone pretty smoothly,” Dugatkin said. “The perception is we’re losing parking, but the school has expanded parking at Lot 28 to accommodate for the closings while the opening of the lot behind Le-­ nape has provided more parking. The parking for some may be farther than in the past, but it is available.” Dugatkin and McEnrue both said they have re-­ ceived few complaints about parking options being too IHZ RU WRR KDUG WR ¿QG “The response to the closings have been relatively quiet to date,” McEnrue said. “One student sent me an email expressing her angst but otherwise, students, faculty and staff seem to be adjusting well. Route 32, Lot 28 is very close to the Student Union building and Haggerty Administration Building and the core aca-­ demic buildings are directly behind them so the walk to these facilities are not as far as people may have initially imagined.”

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Partially-­closed Crispell Lot 11 will reopen at the end of August 2014 -­ Resnick Lot 20 will re-­ open when the Wooster renovation is complete in 2016 -­ West Student Parking Lot 40, located on the west side of Lenape Hall, was built in 2013 -­ Plattekill Lot 18 is permanently closed -­ Route 32 Lot 28 across from Hopfer Admissions was expanded in 2013

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US  TROUBLED  BY  IRAN’S  CHOICE  OF  ITS  UN  AMBASSA-­ DOR The  U.S.  objected  Wednesday  to  Iran’s  anticipated  selection  of  a  former  hos-­ tage-­taker  at  the  American  Embassy  in  Tehran  as  its  newest  ambassador  to  the  United  Nations.  But  the  Obama  administration  stopped  short  of  saying  it  would  refuse  him  a  visa  to  enter  the  United  States. CHILE’S  M8.2  QUAKE  CAUSES  LITTLE  DAMAGE,  DEATH Hard-­won  expertise  and  a  big  dose  of  luck  helped  Chile  escape  its  latest  magnitude-­8.2  earthquake  with  surprisingly  little  damage  and  death. IMPRISONED  SPY  MAY  BE  KEY  FOR  KERRY  ON  PEACE  TALKS In  an  improbable  twist,  the  fate  of  an  imprisoned  American  who  spied  for  Israel  could  now  play  a  big  role  in  res-­ cuing  Middle  East  peace  negotiations  after  a  dramatic  Palestinian  rebuff  to  Secretary  of  State  John  Kerry. MALAYSIAN  PM  ARRIVES  IN  AUSTRALIA Malaysia’s  prime  minister  on  Thursday  ar-­ rived  at  the  Australian  air  force  base  serving  as  a  hub  for  the  search  for  Malaysia  Airlines  Flight  370,  as  the  coordinator  of  the  multi-­ national  search  effort  warned  that  the  hunt  for  the  jetliner  was  one  of  the  most  compli-­ cated  searches  in  history. STOLEN  GAUGUIN  ON  SICILY  KITCHEN  WALL  FOR  YEARS A  Paul  Gauguin  still  life  stolen  from  a  wealthy  collector’s  home  in  Britain  decades  ago  has  been  recovered  after  hanging  for  40  years  in  a  Sicilian  auto-­ worker’s  kitchen. BOMB  KILLS  6  AT  WELL-­ GUARDED  AREA  IN  AFGHANI-­ STAN A  suicide  bombing  killed  six  police-­ men  at  the  Afghan  Interior  Ministry  compound  in  one  of  the  capital’s  most  KHDYLO\ IRUWLÂżHG DUHDV :HGQHVGD\ SDUW of  a  recent  escalation  in  violence  in  the  heart  of  Kabul. Compiled  from  the  AP  Newswire

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The  Turk  Hospitality  Group,  owners  of  Rocking  Horse  Ranch  Resort  and  Splash  Down  Beach  Water  Park,  proposed  a  new  250  to  275-­room  family  resort  called  the  Wildberry  Lodge  to  the  Town  of  New  Paltz  Town  Board. 7RZQ %RDUG RIÂżFLDOV YRWHG WR EULQJ the  proposal  to  the  Town  of  New  Paltz  Planning  Board  for  an  informal  review,  according  to  Steve  Turk,  the  owner  of  the  Turk  Hospitality  Group. Town  Councilman  Daniel  Torres  said  7RZQ 6XSHUYLVRU 6XVDQ =LPHW ZDV ÂżUVW DS-­ proached  with  this  project  in  January,  and  WKH ÂżUVW IRUPDO SUHVHQWDWLRQ ZDV MXVW RYHU two  weeks  ago.   Torres  said  the  town  board  will  have  to  look  at  amending  some  of  the  town’s  zon-­ ing  laws,  which  have  the  motel  standards  set  for  motels  that  were  made  during  the  1940s.   He  said  this  project  is  more  compli-­ cated,  so  it  will  require  new  zoning  laws  to  EH ÂżJXUHG RXW 7KHUH LV FXUUHQWO\ QR WLPH-­ table  for  when  the  amending  of  the  zone  laws  will  be  completed. Prior  to  planning  the  lodge,  Torres  said  the  Turk  Hospitality  Group  talked  to  the  town  board  privately  about  the  basics Â

of  the  project,  so  the  board  had  a  prior  un-­ derstanding  of  the  plan  before  the  presenta-­ tion. “I  think  they  took  a  real  community-­ focused  approach  in  rolling  out  their  proj-­ ect,â€?  Torres  said.   Turk  said  the  lodge  would  be  a  57-­acre  resort  located  at  the  intersection  of  Route  299  and  South  Ohioville  Road.   7RUUHV VDLG WKH ÂżUVW \HDU WKH :LOGEHUU\ Lodge  would  pay  $1  million  in  taxes.  He  said  these  tax  dollars  would  give  the  town  SHUFHQW RI WKRVH SURÂżWV DQG WKH UHVW ZLOO be  split  among  the  state,  county  and  school  district,  which  will  pick  up  most  of  that  portion. The  Turk  Hospitality  Group  is  seek-­ ing  a  Payment  In  Lieu  of  Tax,  but  will  still  be  paying  property  taxes,  Torres  said.   He  said  it  would  provide  250  jobs  during  the  winter  months  and  350  during  the  summer  months.   â€œThey’ll  be  paying  $1  million  in  [tax-­ HV@ WKHLU ÂżUVW \HDU DQG KDYH D PLQLPXP RI 250  jobs,  where  in  comparison  the  Wilm-­ orite  Park  Point  project  wants  to  pay  no  taxes  and  create  about  eight  low-­paying  jobs,â€?  Torres  said.    Turk  said  the  outside  of  the  resort  would  feature  a  four-­station  zip  line,  a  ropes Â

course,  bouldering  program,  outdoor  ten-­ nis  and  ice  rink  during  the  winter  months.  Inside  will  include  a  10,000-­square-­ foot  conference  center  and  ballroom,  a  70,000-­square-­foot  indoor  water  park,  which  connects  to  an  outdoor  water  park  GXULQJ WKH VXPPHU D ÂżYH VWRU\ URFN FOLPE-­ ing  facility  and  a  10-­lane  bowling  alley. The  lodge  would  have  two  full-­service  restaurants,  a  cafĂŠ  and  two  faster  dining  op-­ tions,  which  serve  pizza,  fresh  sandwiches  and  ice  cream,  Turk  said.   Turk  said  the  lodge’s  concierge  staff  would  help  guests  plan  visits  to  nearby  ar-­ eas.   He  also  said  there  would  be  a  shuttle  service  that  goes  to  boutiques,  galleries,  restaurants  and  the  Historic  Huguenot  dis-­ trict. Turk  said  the  lodge  isn’t  the  only  thing  that  will  attract  visitors.   â€œThe  greater  Hudson  Valley  region  is  just  as  much  part  of  the  attraction  as  the  amenities  at  Wildberry  Lodge,â€?  Turk  said.  Overall,  Torres  said  he’s  glad  this  property  could  be  put  to  good  use  after  the  â€œcrossroads,â€?  a  potential  Wal-­Mart  caused  a  few  years  ago,  which  the  property  is  cur-­ rently  most  famous  for.  Susan  Zimet  could  not  be  reached  as  of  press  time.

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The  57th  Student  Senate  met  Wednes-­ day,  April  2  in  Student  Union  (SU)  building  418  at  8  p.m.  Student  Association  (SA)  President  Manuel  Tejeda  spoke  about  the  â€œLet’s  Talk  About  Itâ€?  forum  held  on  Sunday,  March  30.  Tejada  said  the  diversity  consultant  the  ad-­ ministration  is  hiring  will  be  coming  in  the  fall  to  train  leaders  on  campus  in  areas  of  di-­ versity.  Executive  Vice  President  Zachary  Rous-­ seaus  said  that  University  Police  Department  (UPD)  Committee  met  on  Tuesday,  April  1  and  spoke  about  the  marijuana  protest.  Rousseaus  also  said  the  Queer  Student  Union  is  hosting  an  HIV  rapid-­testing  Friday,  April  4  from  11  a.m.  to  3  p.m.  in  SU  331. Vice  President  of  Finance  Youssouf  Kouyo  presented  the  budget  that  the  Budget  and  Finance  Committee  (BFC)  had  put  to-­ gether  over  the  weekend  for  the  2014  year.  General  Programing  and  conferences  will  slightly  increase.  The  research  grant  will Â

decrease  to  $8,000,  and  the  Rainbow  Coali-­ tion  will  decrease  to  $2,000.  Money  left  over  from  Black  Solidarity  Day  and  unappropri-­ ated  funds,  a  total  of  $10,000,  was  moved  to  general  programming  for  the  remainder  of  the  semester.  â€œLast  weekend  was  BFC  weekend.  It  was  long  and  we  were  tired  in  the  end,  but  we  did  a  good  job,  it  was  very  successful,â€?  Kouyo  said. The  Council  of  Organizations  Council  Board  accepted  three  new  clubs:   New  Paltz  Young  Democrats,  New  Paltz  Women  in  Sci-­ ence  and  Engineering  and  Brazil  Without  Borders.  Council  Board  also  plans  on  con-­ trolling  the  number  of  SA  approved  clubs  by  accepting  fewer  new  charters  so  that  more  money  can  be  meaningfully  allocated  to  ex-­ isting  clubs  on  campus.  Senator  Rabih  Ahmed  announced  the  spring  concert  will  be  Friday,  April  25  with  Rubblebucket  and  Jhene  Aiko  as  the  musi-­ cal  performers.  Students  are  asked  to  contact  Yaritza  Diaz  for  volunteering  opportunities.  The  Student  Activity  Fee  Task  Force  met Â

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Tuesday  and  said  extending  the  Loop  Bus  service  to  weekend  would  cost  a  little  more  than  $18,000.  The  Task  Force  also  discussed  allotting  $12,500  for  non-­SA  recognized  groups  and  coming  up  with  stipulations  for  how  that  money  is  used.  Senator  Rebecca  Berlin  said  the  Campus  Auxiliary  Services  (CAS)  Board  meeting  is  Thursday,  April  10,  at  which  they  will  vote  on  bylaw  changes.  They  will  discuss  adding  a  student  food  service  worker  to  the  board.  Senator  Cait  O’Connor  shared  an  analy-­ sis  and  statistics  she  compiled  showing  how  UPD  uses  their  resources  in  regards  to  sexual  assault  in  comparison  to  drug-­related  arrests.  The  next  senate  meeting  will  be  Wednes-­ day  April  9  in  Lecture  Center  104  from  7:30  p.m.  to  9:30  p.m.  The  program  will  be  held  like  a  regular  senate  meeting  and  will  serve  to  inform  the  public  about  the  Student  Associa-­ tion,  what  senate  does  and  what  the  E-­board’s  duties  are.  Students  will  get  the  chance  to  mingle  with  the  current  senators  and  get  in-­ formation  on  running  for  candidacy.

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State  Decides  On  Finance  Reform By  Roger  Gilson

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The  2014  New  York  State  Budget  was  approved  Monday,  March  31,  after  negotiations  between  Gov.  Andrew  Cuomo  and  state  legislative  leaders.  How-­ ever,  the  budget  that  was  eventually  settled  upon  left  reformers  working  to  overhaul  the  Campaign  Finance  system  disappointed. The  Campaign  Finance  reforms  that  were  agreed  upon  will  provide  public  funding  for  the  State  Comp-­ troller’s  race.  Each  dollar  contributed  directly  to  the  candidate  will  be  matched  with  $6  of  public  money,  with  a  cap  at  $40  million  of  total  contributions,  ac-­ cording  to  The  Legislative  Gazette. 7KH SDSHU UHSRUWV WKDW WKH ÂżQDO EXGJHW DOVR HVWDE-­ OLVKHV D QHZ LQGHSHQGHQW HQIRUFHPHQW RIÂżFHU DW WKH board  of  elections  to  investigate  violations  of  cam-­ SDLJQ ÂżQDQFH ODZV Cuomo  ran  on  a  platform  of  Campaign  Finance  Reform  in  2010.  However,  according  to  Eric  Wood,  the  director  of  the  SUNY  New  Paltz  branch  of  the  New  York  Public  Interest  Research  Group  (NYPIRG).  â€œWhat  we  do  know  is  that  Cuomo  is  one  of  the  biggest  receivers  of  large  campaign  contributions  â€Ś  if  he  went  through  with  his  proposed  budget  for  Cam-­ paign  Finance,  he’s  really  biting  off  the  hand  that  feeds  him.â€? Wood  said  he  thought  the  budget  Cuomo  brought  into  negotiations  was  a  political  strategy  to  placate  his  constitutions. 1HZ <RUNHUV VXSSRUW RYHUKDXOLQJ FDPSDLJQ Âż-­ nance  laws  as  opposed  to  making  only  modest  changes  by  a  two-­to-­one  margin,  according  to  a  poll  conducted  by  Lake  Research  Partners  in  2012. “We’re  thinking  it’s  about  political  strategy,â€?  Wood  said. An  analysis  of  campaign  contributions  released  by  NYPIRG  on  March  25  showed  that  the  Democratic  Party  received  more  money  from  large  donors  than  the  Republican  Party  in  New  York.  Of  the  12  contri-­ butions  amounting  to  more  than  $200,000,  10  went  to  Democratic  organizations,  according  to  the  report.  However,  these  large  contributions  were  not  given  di-­ rectly  to  candidates,  but  instead  to  Democratic  Politi-­ cal  Committees. Dr.  Gerald  Benjamin,  the  director  of  the  Cen-­ ter  for  Research,  Regional  Education  and  Outreach  (CREEO),  which  publicizes  research  on  regional  top-­ ics,  called  this  the  â€œgrey  money  problem.â€?  ³,I ZH JHW >FDPSDLJQ ÂżQDQFH@ UHJXODWLRQV LQ 1HZ <RUN ZH VWLOO KDYH WR GHDO ZLWK WKLV LQĂ€RZ RI IXQGV IURP RXWVLGH RI 1HZ <RUN IURP VRXUFHV XQLGHQWLÂżHG ´ Benjamin  said.  Republicans,  led  by  Dean  Skelos,  had  expressed  their  disapproval  of  any  public  funding  well  before  Cuomo’s  executive  budget  came  to  the  negotiating  table. A  spokesperson  for  Republican  State  Sen.  John  Bonacic,  who  represents  New  Paltz  in  New  York’s  up-­

Gov.  Andrew  Cuomo.  per  legislature  said  â€œrather  than  asking  hard-­working  taxpayers  to  fork  over  hundreds  of  millions  of  dollars  to  pay  for  political  campaign  mail,  as  some  advocates  want  to  do,  Senator  Bonacic  would  rather  see  those  dollars  invested  in  the  Tuition  Assistance  Program  (TAP),  our  classrooms  and  hospitals.â€? Brent  Ferguson  is  the  counsel  for  The  Brennan  Center  for  Justice’s  Democracy  Program,  which  de-­ scribes  itself  on  its  website  as  a  non-­partisan  public  policy  and  law  institute.  If  Cuomo’s  executive  budget  had  gone  through  unaltered,  the  state  would  have  to  â€œincrease  their  spendingâ€?  to  match  small  campaign  contributors  six-­to-­one,  he  said. Cuomo’s  Executive  Budget  planned  on  funding  the  measure  from  taxpayer’s  optional  donations  at  tax  time,  as  well  as  a  surcharge  on  recovered  funds  from  securities  fraud  cases.  There  were  varying  estimates  as  to  how  much  of  the  matching  funds  this  would  cover,  Benjamin  said.  Matching  funds  not  covered  by  these Â

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means  would  be  covered  by  the  State  General  Fund. “Every  politician  is  going  to  give  you  reasons  they  can’t  fund  one  thing,â€?  Wood  said. Wood  said  that  justifying  denying  money  to  a  SURJUDP D SROLWLFLDQ ÂżQGV XQGHVLUDEOH E\ VD\LQJ WKDW it  would  deprive  another  program  of  cash  is  â€œa  very  common  political  move.â€?   Benjamin  called  big  money  â€œagnosticâ€?  and  said  that  Campaign  Finance  Reform  â€œwould  reduce  the  LQĂ€XHQFH RI WKH PRVW UHVRXUFHG LQWHUHVWV LQ VRFLHW\ ´ whether  they  are  conservative  or  liberal. 7KH 1<3,5* DQDO\VLV VKRZHG WKH LQĂ€XHQFH RI ELJ donors  over  both  parties.  â€œOne  hundred  and  seventy  campaign  contributors  donated  $50,000  or  more  to  state-­level  candidates  and  party  committees  in  2013,  the  analysis  said.  â€œThey  contributed  a  total  of  $28,211,646.61,  representing  more  than  half  â€”  51.41  percent  â€”  of  all  the  money  donated  by  New  York’s  19.7  million  residents.â€?

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SUNY  New  Paltz  English  Professor  Thomas  Festa  has  been  named  the  2013  recipient  of  the  College  of  Lib-­ eral  Arts  &  Sciences  (LA&S)  Excellence  in  Scholarship  Award.  The  award  aims  to  distinguish  outstanding  achieve-­ ments  in  research,  scholarship  or  creative  activity  accom-­ plished  by  a  faculty  member  of  the  College  of  Liberal  Arts  and  Sciences.  )HVWDÂśV PDLQ ÂżHOG RI VFKRODUVKLS LV EDVHG XSRQ HDUO\ modern  English  literature,  but  one  of  his  main  concentra-­ tions  is  on  the  study  of  English  poet  John  Milton. According  to  the  LA&S  Excellence  in  Scholarship  Award  guidelines,  applicants  are  evaluated  based  on  ex-­ cellence  as  demonstrated  in  books,  professional  journals  or  other  publications,  and  presentations  at  professional  meetings  or  other  venues  that  are  subject  to  peer  review  processes.  The  committee  considers  work  published  or  presented  in  the  past  three  years  from  the  time  of  nomina-­ tion.  Interim  Dean  of  Liberal  Arts  and  Sciences  Mary  Stel-­ la  Deen  said  Festa  was  nominated  for  this  award  on  behalf  of  English  Department  Chair  Nancy  Johnson,  who  rec-­ RJQL]HG WKH IRXQGDWLRQV RI KLV ÂżUVW UDWH SXEOLFDWLRQ DQG FRQIHUHQFH SUHVHQWDWLRQV LQ WKH ÂżHOGV RI 0LOWRQ VWXGLHV and  sixteenth  and  seventeenth  century  English  literature.  ³,Q DGGLWLRQ WR WKLV SUROLÂżF SXEOLFDWLRQ 3URIHV-­ sor  Festa’s  scholarship  has  been  included  in  prestigious  volumes  and  has  garnered  national  and  international  ac-­ claim,â€?  Deen  said.  â€œIn  the  past  three  years,  Professor  Fes-­ ta  has  published  an  anthology  of  Women’s  writing  in  the  early  modern  period  and  eight  articles  on  [English  poets  John  Milton  and  Edmund  Spenser],  and  the  poetic  imagi-­

nation.â€? Deen  also  said  aside  from  Festa’s  accolades  in  the  world  of  literature  and  Milton  studies,  she  is  thoroughly  impressed  with  his  abilities  to  connect  with  his  students  through  his  literary  passions  in  the  classroom. “Professor  Festa  is  an  outstanding  classroom  instruc-­ tor,  one  who  engages  students’  interest  in  seventeenth  century  literature  through  his  knowledge  of  and  passion  for  his  subject,â€?  she  said.  â€œAs  Director  of  the  Graduate  Program  in  English,  Professor  Festa  advises  and  mentors  some  70  graduate  students  and  leads  his  colleagues  in  cur-­ ricular  development  [and  he]  richly  deserves  the  honor  of  the  College  of  Liberal  Arts  and  Sciences  Excellence  in  Scholarship  Award.â€? As  the  recipient  of  this  award,  Festa  is  very  pleased  that  his  home  institution  has  chosen  to  recognize  his  work  in  a  topic  of  study  that  he  is  so  passionate  about.  â€œI’m  honored  and  delighted  to  be  recognized  by  the  college  for  my  scholarship,â€?  Festa  said.  â€œIt  feels  particu-­ larly  gratifying  to  receive  such  positive  attention  from  my  colleagues  in  LA&S  from  across  the  disciplines.  I  feel  lucky  to  be  able  to  teach  at  a  supportive  university  that  encourages  research  as  well  as  teaching.â€? :KHQ )HVWD ÂżUVW HQUROOHG LQ FROOHJH DW WKH 8QLYHUVLW\ of  California,  Los  Angeles  (UCLA)  for  his  undergraduate  degree,  his  intention  was  to  study  English  as  a  â€œstepping  stoneâ€?  for  law  school.  After  working  as  an  intern  for  a  FRXSOH RI VXPPHUV DW KLV XQFOHÂśV ODZ ÂżUP KH HQFRXQWHUHG the  powerful  realization  that  instead  of  law,  English  litera-­ ture  was  the  path  that  he  wanted  to  pursue  in  life. “I  loved  reading  English  literature  so  much  that  I  didn’t  want  to  stop  studying,  so  I  put  my  plans  to  apply  WR ODZ VFKRRO RQ LQGHÂżQLWH KROG DQG DSSOLHG WR 3K ' SUR-­ grams  instead  during  my  senior  year,â€?  Festa  said. Â

Through  his  decision  to  study  literature,  Festa  then  GLVFRYHUHG KLV DIÂżQLW\ IRU VWXG\LQJ 0LOWRQ DQG WHDFKLQJ students  later  in  life  about  the  poet’s  work. Âł7KH ÂżUVW XSSHU GLYLVLRQ FRXUVH , ZDONHG LQWR ZDV D lecture  on  John  Milton  taught  by  Chris  Grose,  the  pro-­ fessor  who  eventually  became  my  Honors  Thesis  advisor,  XQRIÂżFLDO PHQWRU DQG DOO URXQG OLWHUDU\ JXUX ´ )HVWD VDLG Âł)URP WKH ÂżUVW PRPHQWV RI WKH FODVV , ZDV WUDQVÂż[HG E\ Milton’s  sublime  poetry  and  intrigued  by  the  [complex]  philosophical  depth  that  the  professor  seemed  effortlessly  to  coax  from  the  text.  I  guess  you  could  say  that  from  that  moment  on,  I  was  hooked.â€? Preceding  his  studies  of  Milton’s  works  in  a  college  setting,  Festa  has  continued  to  research  the  seventeenth  century  poet’s  work  throughout  his  professional  career  and  has  authored  an  extensive  collection  of  publications  PHOTO  BY  ROBIN  WEINSTEIN WR UHFRUG KLV ÂżQGLQJV +H KDV VLQFH UHFHQWO\ DSSHDUHG RQ print  in  Huntington  Library  Quarterly,  where  he  discuss-­ es  the  rival  traditions  of  editing  and  annotating  Milton’s  Paradise  Regained  and  is  also  in  the  process  of  co-­editing  collections  of  scholarly  essays  that  are  showcased  in  â€œThe  Conference  on  John  Miltonâ€?—  a  writer’s  seminar  focused  on  Milton  â€”  which  is  held  at  Middle  Tennessee  State  University  every  other  year.  Among  his  most  recent  accomplishments,  Festa  also  feels  that  teaching  at  SUNY  New  Paltz  for  the  past  nine  \HDUV KDV EHHQ D IXOÂżOOLQJ H[SHULHQFH “I  feel  fortunate  to  have  had  such  outstanding  stu-­ dents  and  great  colleagues  in  my  time  here,â€?  Festa  said.  â€œI  think  my  experiences  teaching  here  at  the  college  have  led  to  some  of  my  best  scholarly  ideas,  and  I  certainly  feel  grateful  to  my  students  and  colleagues  for  helping  inspire  me  to  keep  growing  and  learning  as  a  thinker  and  teacher.â€?

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Steven  Holman,  a  second-­year  Master  of  Fine  Arts  can-­ didate  in  the  SUNY  New  Paltz  Metal  program,  was  nomi-­ nated  for  the  2014  Talente  award  and  exhibition  in  Munich,  Germany.  Talente  is  a  showcase  and  competition  for  newcomers  under  30  who  work  in  design  and  technology,  according  to  NOLPW QHW,  â€œA  website  that  offers  space  of  knowledge,  infor-­ mation,  debates  and  exchanges  inside  the  context  of  contem-­ porary  jewellery.â€? The  exhibition  takes  place  as  a  special  show  during  the  International  Trade  Fair  for  the  Skilled  Trades  in  Munich  each  year.  â€œHonestly,  I  was  very  surprised  and  excited  by  my  nomi-­ nation  for  the  Talente  award,â€?  Holman  said.  â€œI  was  one  of  two  Americans  nominated  for  the  award,  and  although  I  did  not  ZLQ WKH ÂżQDO DZDUG WKH FKDQFH WR UHSUHVHQW $PHULFD LQ VXFK a  well-­known  and  prestigious  show  was  an  amazing  honor.â€? Â

According  to  Holman,  the  application  process  involved  submitting  up  to  10  images  of  work,  as  well  as  an  artist  state-­ ment.  He  submitted  10  different  works  from  his  â€œTribeâ€?  series  and  of  those  two  were  chosen:  â€œMother’s  Pearls,  a  Rabbit’s  Denâ€?  and  â€œGeode  Torque.â€?  Although  not  directly  involved  in  helping  Holman  apply,  Professor  Jamie  Bennett  and  Professor  Kerianne  Quick  were  there  to  provide  their  input  in  the  process  of  making  these  works. “Steven’s  participation  in  this  exhibition  coincided  with  all  our  MFA  Metal  students  having  an  exhibition  at  the  Pina-­ kothec  Museum  in  Munich,  which  is  also  a  remarkable  ac-­ complishment,â€?  Bennett  said.  â€œWe  have  taken  our  graduate  students  to  Munich  for  these  exhibitions  over  the  last  10  or  more  years.  It  is  always  a  great  experience,  but  this  year  was  very  special.â€? Quick,  who  also  attended  the  exhibition,  said  Holman  is  WKH ÂżUVW 681< 1HZ 3DOW] VWXGHQW WR EH QRPLQDWHG LQ D ZKLOH She  explained  that  the  Talente  award  is  in  conjunction  with  Schmuck,  a  conference  in  connection  with  the  International Â

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Trade  Fair  of  Skilled  Trades,  but  is  for  younger  artists.  Ap-­ plicants  have  to  be  under  30  and   have  to  be  in  the  beginning  stages  of  their  career.  There’s  an  exhibition  and  all  the  ac-­ cepted  works  are  delivered  to  Germany.  During  the  exhibi-­ tion,  a  jury  selects  the  award  winner  from  the  pool  of  accepted  works. Holman  also  showcased  work  of  his  in  the  aforemen-­ tioned  Pinakothec  Der  Modern-­housed  SUNY  New  Paltz  stu-­ dent  and  alumni  exhibition  titled  â€œStaring  in  Hindsight.â€?  He  said  he  had  been  to  Schmuck  before,  but  had  never  showed  there,  so  it  was  exciting  to  have  his  work  presented  at  two  important  venues.  â€œIt’s  an  amazing  networking  experience  where  [the  stu-­ GHQWV@ JHW WR PHHW RWKHU SHRSOH LQ WKH ÂżHOG ERWK WKHLU SHHUV and  famous  artists  that  they  respect  and  only  get  to  engage  with  their  works  through  photographs  on  the  web,â€?  Quick  said.  Bennett  said  when  any  program  develops  an  internation-­ DO UHSXWDWLRQ DQG UHFHLYHV VXFK KRQRUV LW LV FHUWDLQO\ EHQHÂżFLDO to  the  standing  of  the  university.

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The  New  Paltz  Town  Board  recently  passed  a  resolution  against  a  Federal  Energy  Regula-­ tory  Commission  (F.E.R.C.)  decision  allowing  the  state’s  power  grid  operator,  the  New  York  Indepen-­ dent  System  Operator  (N.Y.I.S.O.),  to  create  a  new  energy  capacity  zone  in  the  Lower  Hudson  Valley,  set  to  go  into  effect  May  1.   The  purpose  of  the  creation  of  a  zone  is  to  â€œmaintain  system  reliability  and  attract  invest-­ ments  in  new  and  existing  generation  and  demand  response  resources,â€?  essentially  drawing  in  new  investments  for  additional  power  plants,  according  to  a  Reuters  article. However,  the  zone  would  cause  a  spike  in  electric  prices,  raising  them  three  to  10  percent  and  potentially  increasing  electric  bills  in  the  Lower  Hudson  Valley  by  $350  million  a  year,  the  article  reports. The  capacity  markets  pay  generators  to  help  keep  existing  power  plants  in  service  and  create  new  units  to  maintain  the  system  reliability.  De-­ mand  response  providers  who  agree  to  reduce  power  usage  when  needed  can  also  participate  in  capacity  markets. On  Feb.  20,  the  New  Paltz  Town  Board Â

passed  two  resolutions,  one  opposing  the  capac-­ ity  zone  and  one  proposing  transmission  upgrades.  Councilman  Dan  Torres  offered  the  solutions  and  then  moved  for  their  adoption,  seconded  by  Coun-­ cilwoman  Jean  Gallucci.  They  passed  unanimous-­ ly  by  all  members  of  the  council  in  attendance. “Therefore,  be  it  resolved  that  New  Paltz  calls  upon  the  Federal  Energy  Regulatory  Commission  WR SRVWSRQH LQGHÂżQLWHO\ LWV RUGHU LVVXHG $XJXVW ZKLFK FRQĂ€LFWV ZLWK 6WDWH HIIRUWV FXUUHQWO\ underway  to  address  the  same  problem  of  trans-­ mission  constraints;Íž  and  further  calls  on  N.Y.  Gov.  Andrew  Cuomo,  U.S.  Sen.  Charles  Schumer  and  Gillibrand  and  US.  Rep.  Gibson  to  intervene  on  our  behalf  to  halt  the  creation  of  the  N.C.Z.,â€?  the  ¿UVW UHVROXWLRQ VDLG Town  Supervisor  Susan  Zimet  said  the  main  take  away  of  the  new  capacity  zones  is  that  the  Federal  Government  will  be  increasing  the  cost  of  electricity  to  users  in  the  Hudson  Valley  through  WZR FRPSRQHQWV WKH ÂżUVW EHLQJ WKH FUHDWLRQ RI D capacity  zone. Cuomo’s  Energy  Highway  Blueprint  is  a  comprehensive  initiative  that  was  issued  in  2012  and  will  infuse  New  York  State’s  electric  power  system  with  up  to  3,200  MW  of  additional  elec-­ tric  generation  and  transmission  capacity  and  clean  power  generation,  the  Reuters  article  reported.

Demand  for  electricity  is  greatest  in  the  southeastern  portion  of  the  state,  while  much  of  the  supply  is  located  to  the  north  and  west  of  the  state.  During  times  of  peak  demand  when  the  weather  is  very  hot  or  very  cold,  transmission  lines  running  through  the  Hudson  Valley  are  unable  to   carry  enough  supply  from  upstate  sources  to  meet  down-­ state  sources,  creating  transmission  congestion.  â€œThe  main  problem  with  this  plan   is  that  the  section  of  existing  transmission  lines  between  Greene  County  and  Dutchess  County  constitutes  a  bottleneck  [congestion]  in  the  transport  of  power  from  major  generation  points  further  upstate...  where  demand  is  highest,â€?  Zimet  said. Four  applications  are  currently  under  con-­ sideration  by  the  Public  Service  Commission  for  projects  that  would  upgrade  the  infrastructure  and  alleviate  the  problem,  Zimet  said,  three  of  which  would  route  the  power  through  Dutchess  County’s  existing  transmission  corridor,  possibly  requiring  the  construction  of  additional  towers. “The  bulk  power  transmission  projects  pro-­ posed  in  response  to  Gov.  Cuomo’s  Energy  High-­ way  Blueprint  initiative  will  bring  lower  cost  up-­ state  power  to  the  Lower  Hudson  Valley  and  New  York  City  region,  thereby  potentially  negating  the  QHHG IRU ) ( 5 & WR RIIHU ÂżQDQFLDO LQFHQWLYHV WR build  more  power  plants  downstate,â€?  Zimet  said.

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Citizens  for  Local  Power  (C.L.P.)  Co-­founder  Jen  Metzger  said  the  group  collectively  believes  the  creation  of  a  new  capacity  zone  is  costly,  unfair  and  unnecessary.   â€œIt  will  increase  our  electricity  rates  while  in-­ centivizing  generation  by  dirty  fossil-­fueled  power  plants  at  a  time  when  we  need  to  invest  in  distrib-­ uted  renewable  generation  and  more  aggressive  demand  reduction,â€?  she  said. These  upgrades  are  being  made  in  a  concert-­ ed  effort  by  the  state  to  increase  renewables  and  reduce  demand  through  conservation  and  energy  HIÂżFLHQF\ DQG DUH D IDU PRUH VHQVLEOH DQG VXVWDLQ-­ able  path  to  take  to  address  the  peak  demand  prob-­ lem,  Metzger  said.   Schumer  has  also  spoken  out  against  the  ca-­ pacity  zones,  and  stated  that  he  would  be  calling  the  F.E.R.C.  Commissioner,  asking  him  to  person-­ ally  hold  off  on  the  implementation  of  this  order  to  give  more  time  for  the  state  and  federal  govern-­ ment  to  solve  this  issue  together,  Zimet  said.  â€œThere  are  many  ways  to  increase  the  amount  of  power  we  can  deliver  to  the  Hudson  Valley,â€?  6FKXPHU VDLG LQ D UHFHQW SUHVV UHOHDVH Âł2XU ÂżUVW option  shouldn’t  be  doing  it  on  the  backs  of  con-­ sumers.  What’s  worse,  these  rate  hikes  are  like  a  shot  in  the  dark,  there  is  simply  no  guarantee  more  power  will  be  created.â€? Â

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L.O.P.  â€”  the  Least  Objectional  Programming.â€?  Carroll  explained  that  in  a  time  where  only  three  to  four  WHOHYLVLRQ RSWLRQV H[LVWHG QHWZRUNV ZRXOG DLU FRQYHQWLRQ ally  safe,  conservative  programming  to  appeal  to  the  largest  viewing  audience.  However,  in  the  age  of  audience  frag-­ PHQWDWLRQ QHWZRUNV QRZ KDYH WKH OHHZD\ WR WDNH ULVNV LQ airing  â€œedgierâ€?  content  â€”  attracting  niche  audiences  that  in  the  past  would  not  have  had  the  viewership  necessary  to  be  considered  economically  viable.   Carroll  cited  HBO’s  â€œGirlsâ€?  as  a  prime  example  of  a  hit-­ show  based  on  its  â€œcommitted,  passionate  audience,â€?  that,  despite  having  a  viewership  of  less  than  500,000  in  today’s  PDUNHW RI PLOOLRQ 79++ LV ZKDW FDEOH QHWZRUNV GHVLUH Carroll  said  this  approach  at  niche,  quality  programming  LV WKH GLUHFWLRQ KH WRRN DV $0&ÂśV 3UHVLGHQW RI (QWHUWDLQPHQW 6HUYLFHV ZKHQ LQ WKH QHWZRUN ZKRVH FKDQQHO SUR gramming  was  exclusively  movies,  sought  to  create  original  content  when  their  function  was  challenged  by  commercial-­ f r e e  v i d e o Â

“There’s  nothing  on  TVâ€?  is  a  common  phrase  among  couch  surfers,  but  in  this  entertainment  age,  changing  the  channel  is  no  pressing  issue.    On  Thursday,  March  27,  SUNY  New  Paltz  alumnus  and  &KLHI 2SHUDWLQJ 2IÂż FHU RI $0& 1HWZRUNV (G &DUUROO DV SDUW RI WKH FROOHJHÂśV 'LVWLQJXLVKHG 6SHDNHU 6HULHV KHOG D lecture  on  what  he  referred  to  as  a  new  â€œgolden  ageâ€?  of  tele-­ YLVLRQ LQ ZKLFK Âż OP LV EHLQJ UHSODFHG E\ 79 DV WKH PHGLXP for  thoughtful  drama  narratives.  Carroll  started  by  providing  context  on  the  nature  of  a  â€œhit  showâ€?  on  television,  both  in  the  past  and  today.  Accord-­ ing  to  a  slideshow  detailing  television  viewership  ratings  from  various  decades,  an  estimated  52  million  American  households  had  televisions  (TVHH)  in  1964,  19  million  of  which  were  tuned  to  â€œBonanzaâ€?  each  night  it  aired  â€”  a  sta-­ tistic  that  when  measured,  accounted  for  36.5  percent  of  the  WRWDO SRWHQWLDO PDUNHW $FFRUGLQJ WR WKH VDPH VOLGHVKRZ WKH VRDS RSHUD Âł'\QDVW\´ UDQNHG 1R DW PLOOLRQ RI D SR tential  85  million  TVHH  in  1984,  totaling  29.4  percent  of  WKH PDUNHW “Now  we’re  going  to  [2004]  and  we  see  something  different  start  to  happen,â€?  Carroll  said.  â€œAlthough  the  tele-­ vision  homes  in  the  country  continue  to  soar  to  about  110  million,  the  number  one  show,  â€˜CSI,’  is  watched  by  18  mil-­ OLRQ DQG LW IDOOV SUHWW\ TXLFNO\ DIWHU WKDW ² WKH DXGLHQFH LV getting  fragmented.â€?           Carroll  attributed  the  fragmentation  phenomenon  to  the  growing  range  of  television  and  other  media  options.  According  to  him,  in  1990  the  average  number  of  televi-­ sion  channels  was  33  compared  to  2013’s  189  channels.  Alongside  that  is  YouTube,  which  receives  168  million  views  per  month  and  1HWĂ€ L[,  which  averages  4  million  streams  per  month  and  accounts  for  50  percent  of  Ameri-­ can  broadband  usage  on  any  given  night. Despite  what  seems  to  be  audiences’  move  away  from  TV,  Carroll  said  television  still  counts  as  the  primary  me-­ GLXP IRU FRQWHQW FRQVXPSWLRQ ² KRXUV SHU ZHHN RI an  average  American’s  60  hours  of  content  consump-­ WLRQ SHU ZHHN 7KLV FRQĂ€ XHQFH RI FRPSHWLQJ PHGLD RXWOHWV resulting  from  technological  advancements  and  its  derivative,  audience  fragmentation,  has  created  a  rush  for  quality  television  â€œalmost  by  accident,â€?  according  to  Carroll.   ³)RU KDOI D FHQWXU\ WHOHYLVLRQ GHÂż QHG LWVHOI DV a  mass  media,â€?  Carroll  said.  â€œSo  if  you  were  a  [tele-­ 3+272 &2857(6< 2) %/2*6327 &20 vision]  programmer,  you  wanted  a  show  that  was Â

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on  demand  services.  â€œI  told  our  production  people,  â€˜do  not  worry  about  rat-­ ings,  just  worry  about  something  that’s  fresh,  something  that’s  not  been  done  before,’â€?  Carroll  said.   It  was  at  that  point,  Matthew  Weiner,  a  writer  of  HBO’s  WKHQ UHFHQWO\ FRQFOXGHG PDÂż D GUDPD Âł7KH 6RSUDQRV´ DS proached  AMC  with  the  pitch  that  would  become  â€œMad  0HQ ´ 7KH VKRZ KDG EHHQ SDVVHG XS E\ QHWZRUNV VXFK DV HBO  and  Showtime  for  worries  Carroll  said  had  to  do  with  its  nature  as  a  period  piece  as  well  as  the  belief  that  audi-­ ences  would  be  uninterested  in  its  ad  agency  setting.  Though  VKDULQJ VLPLODU ZRUULHV $0& SLFNHG XS WKH VKRZ VHHLQJ LW as  fresh  and  shot  the  pilot  for  about  $5  million.   According  to  Carroll,  â€œMad  Menâ€?  premiered  to  about  700,000  people,  only  half  of  whom  were  in  the  25  to  54  demographic  that  advertisers  buy  into.  â€œThe  buzz  started  to  build,  the  press  embraced  it,  it  started  to  show  up  in  fashion  magazines  and  it  built  and  it  built  and  it  built,â€?  Carroll  said.  â€œAudiences  were  able  to  come  on  and  discover  the  show  and  that’s  why  â€˜Mad  Men’  is  where  it  is.â€?   A  year  and  a  half  later,  Vince  Gilligan,  a  writer  previ-­ ously  of  â€œThe  X-­Filesâ€?  came  to  AMC  with  a  pitch  about  â€œa  chemistry  teacher  who  got  a  bad  diagnosis  and  he  would  GHFLGH WR UHVRUW WR PDNLQJ DQG VHOOLQJ FU\VWDO PHWK ´ DV &DU UROO H[SODLQHG 6LQFH WKHQ PDQ\ QHWZRUNV KDYH PRYHG LQWR the  space  of  higher-­end  dramas.  â€œThey  get  an  upscale  discerning  audience,  they  stand  RXW JHW DWWHQWLRQ DQG LI DGYHUWLVHUV OLNH LW WKH\ÂśOO SD\ D SUHPLXP ´ &DUUROO VDLG Âł1HWZRUNV QRZ PRUH WKDQ HYHU FDQ EH UHZDUGHG IRU WDNLQJ D FKDQFH ² EUHDNLQJ ROG formulas,  trying  something  new,  creating  complex  char-­ acters  doing  morally  ambiguous  things.  At  least  for  me,  television  has  replaced  movies  at  telling  intricate  stories  and  pushing  boundaries.â€?  According  to  Carroll,  part  of  the  economics  of  airing  high-­end  drama  is  to  dissuade  audiences  from  â€œbinge-­view-­ ingâ€?  series  on  1HWĂ€ L[  or  elsewhere  after  they  premiere  live  ingâ€?  series  on  since  advertisement  dollars  are  what  directly  fund  televi-­ VLRQ QHWZRUNV The  solution  to  this  problem,  he  said,  is  to  chal-­ lenge  writers  to  remain  fresh  and  unpredictable  â€”  WKXV HQVXULQJ UHWXUQ YLHZHUV ZHHN DIWHU ZHHN Âł:H ZDQW WR VKRFN WKH DXGLHQFH ZH ZDQW WR SH nalize  them  for  not  watching,â€?  Carroll  said.  â€œIf  you  GRQÂśW ZDWFK Âľ7KH :DONLQJ 'HDGÂś RQ 6XQGD\ DQG \RX JR WR ZRUN RQ 0RQGD\ JXHVV ZKDW \RX PD\ OHDUQ WKDW \RXU IDYRULWH FKDUDFWHU ZDV MXVW NLOOHG RII 7KDWÂśV the  penalty  for  you.â€? Â

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A Fever Trip Through History VISITING PROFESSOR DISCUSSES MALARIA’S ERAS OF IMPACT By  Cat  Tacopina Editor-­in-­Chief  |  Ctacopina@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu While  visiting  cousins  in  India  dur-­ ing  her  youth,  Ottaway  Professor  Sonia  Shah  was  a  mosquito  magnet.  â€œOut  of  all  my  relatives,  I  was  the  one  who  was  getting  bit  by  mosquitos,â€?  Shah  said.  â€œI’d  have  to  sleep  under  a  net  at  night  so  they  couldn’t  get  to  me.  They  always  knew  I  was  an  outsider.â€? This  early  encounter  is  what  sparked  initial  interest  in  Shah’s  research  on  ma-­ laria,  which  she  discussed  as  part  of  a  lecture  in  conjunction  with  her  teachings  as  the  2014  James  H.  Ottaway  Sr.  Profes-­ sor  of  Journalism  at  SUNY  New  Paltz  on  Tuesday,  April  1  in  the  Coykendall  Sci-­ ence  Building  auditorium.  The  lecture,  based  on  her  book  â€œFear:  How  Malaria  Has  Ruled  Humankind  for  500,000  Years,â€?  explored  the  history  of  malaria  on  a  global  scale  and  the  preven-­ tion  efforts  made  in  both  the  past  and Â

present.  6KDK VSHQW ÂżYH \HDUV UHVHDUFKLQJ DQG writing  the  book,  which  was  published  in  2010.  Her  research  on  malaria  spawned  a  successful  appearance  with  TED  Talks,  which  has  been  viewed  by  more  than  800,000  people  since  it  aired  in  2013.  During  the  lecture,  Shah  traced  back  the  roots  of  malaria  to  the  Stone  Age  and  placed  emphasis  on  the  disease’s  rise  in  the  Roman  Empire.  Shah  said  the  Ro-­ mans  didn’t  know  that  mosquitos  car-­ ried  the  disease  and  were  responsible  for  spreading  it,  but  they  did  know  that  the  environment  played  a  factor. “The  Romans  knew  that  some-­ thing  with  the  air  and  the  humidity  was  part  of  the  equation  in  what  caused  ma-­ laria,  which  is  also  how  the  disease  got  its  name,â€?  she  said.  â€œâ€˜Mal’  is  the  Italian  word  for  bad,  while  â€˜aria’  is  the  word  for  air,  so  the  literal  translation  is  â€˜bad  air.’â€? Europe  and  Colonial  America  also  suffered  from  malaria,  Shah  said.  How-­

ever,  both  countries  had  the  resources  to  rid  and  further  prevent  the  disease.  Shah  said  that  the  cure  and  prevention  of  ma-­ laria  had  already  been  discovered  by  that  period.  Even  before  the  synthesis  of  the  chemical  pesticide  dichlorodiphenyltri-­ chloroethane  (DDT)  in  1945  was  used  to  combat  mosquitos,  Jesuit  missionaries  found  the  best  cure  for  malaria  in  Peru  during  the  1600s.  â€œJesuits  from  Europe  who  traveled  to  Peru  saw  that  the  Cinchona  bark  was  able  to  cure  the  disease  so  they  brought  it  back  with  them,â€?  Shah  said.  â€œThen  in  the  1800s,  the  British  doctor  Ronald  Ross  discovered  that  it  was  actually  mosquitos  who  carried  the  disease  rather  than  the  air.  The  answers  to  curing  and  preventing  malaria  have  been  around  for  awhile.â€? Today,  curing  and  treating  malaria  is  an  economic  and  cultural  issue  rather  than  a  medical  science  issue,  Shah  said. “People  who  have  it  are  apathetic  to Â

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having  it,â€?  Shah  said.  â€œCommunities  with  a  strong  presence  of  malaria  see  malaria  as  a  part  of  life.  It’s  just  something  that  they  live  with.â€? Since  the  1950s,  several  global  ini-­ tiatives  worth  several  billion  dollars  have  been  invested  in  curing  malaria.  Despite  this,  three  million  people  are  infected  with  malaria  each  year,  with  one  mil-­ lion  deaths  attributed  to  the  disease,  Shah  said.  While  some  scientists  and  doctors  believe  that  malaria  on  the  global  scale  can  be  cured  by  2015,  others  believe  that  ZHÂśUH QRZKHUH FORVH WR ÂżQGLQJ D FXUH Shah  said.  According  to  her,  it  is  too  ear-­ ly  to  tell  when  an  accessible  cure  and  the  resources  to  produce  it  will  be  found,  but  that  it  will  eventually  be  discovered. It’s  just  a  matter  of  what  Shah  calls  â€œpolitical  will.â€? Âł,Q WKH HQG LWÂśV DOO DERXW ÂżQGLQJ WKH political  will  so  that  no  one  else  has  to  die,â€?  she  said.   Â

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UKRAINIAN DELEGATES VISIT COLLEGE FOR DISCUSSION PANEL By Jennifer Newman Asst. Copy Editor | Jnewman46@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu Despite the chaos currently surrounding Ukraine, three mayors from the country took a seven-­day trip to the Hudson Valley to get an up-­close look at Western-­style democracy. As part of their tour, the mayors visited SUNY New Paltz to learn about the American Federal System and en-­ gage in discussions with political science students of the college. In attendance were three delegates from Ukraine, all scheduled to come to New York long before military and political events unraveled in their country. Serhiy Buleha, the Head of Kitsman City Council, de-­ scribed his home in western Ukraine as an agricultural re-­ gion with a small population of 10,000 people. Oleksandr Korinnyy, part of the Executive Committee of Novourayinsk City Council, described his central Ukraine home as predominantly agricultural with some food process-­ ing industry and a population of roughly 20,000 people. Lastly was Oleh Onutse, the First Deputy Head of Ka-­ lanchatska Village Council, who said his southern Ukrainian home had around 10,000 people as well. 7KH WKUHH RI¿FLDOV VSRNH WR WKRVH LQ DWWHQGDQFH DW WKH college through their translator, Olha Tykhonova, the Com-­ munications Manager for LBM Engineering. Their trip to the local area was coordinated through The Friendship Force of the Hudson Valley and the Open World Program, both of which promote international relations with overseas allies. The event in New Paltz was just one stop in the three delegates visit to the area which included stops in Goshen, Newburgh, Beacon, Montgomery, Hyde Park and New York City. “Seeing the freedom your local citizens and local gover-­ nance have is something Ukrainians have to strive for in the future,” Buleha said. The Ukrainian delegates were brought to New Paltz to OHDUQ DERXW WKH 1HZ <RUN SROLWLFDO V\VWHP VSHFL¿FDOO\ IURP a sub-­national perspective, according to Kathleen Dowley, a professor in the political science and international relations department. “We very rarely get a look at politics beneath the na-­ tional level,” she said. “It’s a unique opportunity to take a look at what’s going on on the ground level, not just in the capital city.” Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach Director Gerald Benjamin agreed with Dowley about the importance of getting a smaller localized government point-­ of-­view. “Diplomats from national governments and internation-­ al organizations do high diplomacy, but they don’t talk about the water system, the sewer systems, the roads;; things like that,” he said. 2ULJLQDOO\ WKHUH ZHUH ¿YH PD\RUV VFKHGXOHG WR FRPH

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to New York from Ukraine, but two could not attend, one of which was from the Crimea peninsula, according to Interim Associate Director of CRREO, Robin Jacobowitz. Despite this, Jacobowitz said she thought the visiting mayors presented a unique opportunity to speak to people from Ukraine and to hear their account of the country’s cur-­ rent circumstances. 7KH WKUHH PD\RUV DGGUHVVHG WKH &ULPHDQ FRQÀLFW GXU-­ ing the question and answer portion of the evening. Onutse said his town is being greatly affected by events unfolding in Crimea, as it is close to the region. “The banks are not working in Crimea ... no electricity... there is a shortage of food,” he said. “We see people living in vacation areas in Crimea come and raid our grocery stores

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for our products.” Buleha said he was disappointed by the West’s weak re-­ VSRQVH DQG ZLVKHG PRUH VSHFL¿F DFWLRQV ZHUH WDNHQ DJDLQVW Russia. “Europe kept silent over the invasion of Austria... and as a result, Hitler had taken over half the world,” he said. When asked if the delegates had a fear of military action in their towns, Buleha again responded. “Of course we are fearful,” Buleha said. “Not for the transition itself, but for Russians bringing in more troops. We are very hopeful Russia will not make another mistake, because this can mean war if Russians start moving into the mainland.” *Hannah Nesich contributed reporting to this article.

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zone. “As  actors,  we’re  not  onstage  to  make  people  feel  comfort-­ able,  we’re  on  the  stage  to  make  people  anything  but,â€?  she  said.  â€œTo  tell  the  story  and  make  the  points  the  show  is  trying  to  make,  there  are  necessary  moments.  Our  job  as  performers  is  to  make  people  think.â€?  Richards  said  the  show  on  the  whole  is  about  a  struggle  for  control  between  the  characters,  some  of  whom  are  the  abuser  and  others  who  are  being  abused  in  their  relationships.  She  said  the  produc-­ tion  pedals  the  lesson  that  we  don’t  have  control  over  other  people,  materialized  in  the  notion  that  whenever  a  character  tries  to  exercise  their  control  over  another  character,  things  start  falling  apart.  Although  the  show  exposes  the  audience  to  ex-­ plicit  and  adult  material,  the  pro-­ duction  team  has  taken  the  neces-­ sary  precautions  to  ensure  the  au-­ dience  are  aware  that  the  musical’s  content  should  not  be  taken  lightly,  from  placing  trigger  warnings  in  the  show’s  program  to  printing  explicit  content  signs  on  promotional  posters. However  disturbing  the  show’s  content  is,  Kalogeras  said  those  involved  in  the  show  neither  condone  nor  glorify  its  material,  and  that  by  bringing  these  issues  to  the  stage,  Miami  will  be  shedding  light  on  these  dark  corners.  â€œThese  people  aren’t  characters,  they’re  people  and  as  over  the  top  as  they  are,  they’re  real  people,â€?  he  said.  â€œYou  can’t  sugar  coat  it  and  say  they’re  not  there,  because  they  are  there  and  these  things  do  happen.  Art  imitates  life  and  you  have  to  put  it  out  there.â€? “The  Wild  Partyâ€?  will  run  from  Thursday,  April  10  through  Saturday,  April  12  at  8  p.m.  in  Studley  Theatre.  The  cast  of  â€œThe  Wild  Partyâ€?  takes  the  stage  next  weekend.  Â

The  Miami  Theatre  Players  will  be  coming  alive  as  this  se-­ mester’s  production,  â€œThe  Wild  Partyâ€?  takes  the  stage.  The  Andrew  Lippa  musical,  set  in  the  1920s,  details  the  abusive  relationship  between  Vaudeville  performers  Queenie  and  Burrs  before,  during  and  after  the  play’s  focal  point:  a  party  created  to  stir  up  trouble.  Between  several  storylines  simultaneously  playing  out  and  the  allure  of  sen-­ sual  masochism,  the  show  is  one  rife  with  complexities,  choices  and  the  struggle  for  control.  â€œI  think  one  of  the  things  that  attracted  me  to  this  show  in  the  ¿ UVW SODFH ZDV WKDW LWÂśV QRW like  something  Miami  has  done  before,â€?  Kevin  Fa-­ gan,  a  third-­year  digital  media  management  and  advertising  and  promotions  double-­ major  and  the  pro-­ duction’s  assistant  director,  said.  â€œBut  if  you  look  at  the  shows  we’ve  done  in  the  past,  it  builds  up  to  it.  Every  show  every  semester,  we  do  some-­ thing  more  complicated  or  more  serious  or  more  musical,  so  there’s  a  build  we  go  through.  It  was  a  big  step  but  it  was  on  a  path  we’ve  already  been  following.  All  our  other  shows  had  some  darkness  to  it.â€? Fourth-­year  theater  performance  and  soci-­ ology  double-­major  Stephen  Kalogeras  said  tapping  into  his  character,  Burrs,  was  interesting  because  he’s  never  had  to  play  the  antagonist  in  a  production  before.  After  describ-­ ing  Burrs  as  a  violent,  rough,  misunderstood,  dark  person  and  himself  as  anything  but,  Kalogeras  said  he  had  to  search  for  emo-­ tions  he  usually  doesn’t  feel  and  â€œjust  go  for  it.â€? Director  and  third-­year  vocal  jazz  studies  major  Casey  Rich-­ ards  said  Miami’s  version  of  the  production  replaces  some  of  the  show’s  explicit  content  with  implications  performed  through  song  and  dance  to  convey  the  characters’  emotions  and  struggles. Â

“I  think  anything  about  this  production  that  could  have  been  controversial,  the  actors  have  handled  well.  It  does  touch  upon  some  darker  issues  like  rape  and  substance  abuse  and  it’s  some-­ thing  that  will  have  to  be  explicitly  said  before  the  show,  but  I  think  people  are  going  to  take  things  the  way  they  are  and Â

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Set To Draw An Assorted Crowd COLORFULLY-STYLED BAND OF BACCHUS SHARPENS UP

By  Melissa  Kramer

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 The  Assortment  of  Crayons  are  ready  to  put  their  true  colors  on  display. The  band,  hailing  from  Albany,  N.Y.  is  familiar  with  performing  in  the  New  Paltz  area,  and  will  be  making  their  second  appearance  at  Bacchus  on  Satur-­ day,  April  5  at  10  pm.  Band  manager  Roy  Hench  said  The  Assortment  of  Crayons’  previous  performance  at  Bacchus  in  January   â€œdrew  a  pretty  solid  crowd,â€?  and  was  a  pretty  great  night.  The  band  was  booked  to  play  Bacchus  in  April  on  WKH VSRW DIWHU WKHLU Âż UVW SHUIRUPDQFH LQ -DQXDU\ Vocalist  and  keyboardist  Matthew  Richards  said  the  band  enjoyed  playing  at  Bacchus  back  in  January  because  of  their  passion  to  perform  in  front  of  their  friends.   â€œWe  aim  to  reach  those  who  enjoy  jazz  fusion,  prog  rock,  funk,  experimental  rock,  improvisation  and  music  to  dance  to,â€?  Richards  said. Â

“We  want  the  audience  to  feel  sort  of  like  they  ate  a  three-­course-­meal.  Each  person  in  the  audi-­ ence  has  different  tastes,  but  there  will  be  enough  of  a  variety  to  satisfy  everybody.â€? 7KH EDQG ZKRVH VW\OH ÂłSXOOV LQĂ€ XHQFHV from  classic  rock  n’  roll,  blues,  jazz,  funk,  pop,  disco,  techno,  fusion  and  many  other  genres,â€?  according  to  their  Facebook   page,  was  formed  in  2007  and  Assortment  of  &UD\RQV UHOHDVHG WKHLU Âż UVW H[WHQGHG (3 Styles,  in  2012.  Since  their  creation,  guitarist  and  vocalist  Sean  Hill  said  the  band’s  perfor-­ mances  have  always  contained  setlists  that  told  a  story.  He  also  said  the  band  has  a  lot  of  jokes  behind  some  of  their  songs  and  lyrics  about  past  or  present  relationships.  â€œMost  of  the  original  material  is  geared  toward  accomodating  the  party  vibe  but  with  different  genres,  say  jazz Â

and  electronic,  or  reggae  and  funk,â€?  Hill  said.  â€œOccasion-­ ally  we  throw  in  a  song  with  screaming  and  metal  break  downs  which  surprises  ev-­ eryone.  It’s  good  to  be  sur-­ prised.â€? The  Assortment  of  Crayons  will  also  be  playing  along-­ side  local  jazzy  funk  alternative  punky  band,  Those  Greasy  Bastards.

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Mixing In The Pitches’ Brew WITCHY WOMEN SPELL OUT THEIR FIRST INVITATIONAL

MUSICIAN OF THE WEEK: NICOLE BADER

YEAR: Third MAJOR: English HOMETOWN: Monroe, N.Y.

WHAT’S YOUR INSTRUMENT OF CHOICE AND WHY?

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Witching hour will come this week-­ HQG DV 7KH 6H[\ 3LWFKHV KRVW WKHLU ¿ UVW invitational, “The Salem Pitch Trials.” The event, set for Friday, April 4 at 7 p.m. in McKenna Theatre, will be cast upon the campus a year before New Paltz’s 15-­member, all-­female a cappella group’s 10th anniversary. Second-­year public relations major and member of The Sexy Pitches, Sara Shameem, said the invitational has been a goal the group has strived toward for at least a year. “We have worked really hard this semester expanding our repertoire...so we wanted one night to really showcase our talent to the New Paltz community,” Shameem said. “We wanted to show the New Paltz community the world of a cappella and how it’s such a big part of college in general. That’s why we are inviting groups from different schools to spice up the invitational.” Bubbling in the same cauldron of this invitational will be New Paltz’s two other a cappella groups, Male Call and Absolut A Cappella, as well as guest per-­ formances by Hofstra University’s Hof-­ stra Dutchmen, Syracuse University’s

Orange Appeal and SUNY Purchase’s Choral Pleasure. Shameem said the invitational’s theme, “The Salem Pitch Trials,” will be introduced at the beginning of the event with two videos: one a humorous play on the words “witches” and “pitches” and the second showing the group’s progress within the past year as a way to “cele-­ brate [The Pitches] as a group of fabu-­ lous women.” Third-­year public relations major and longest-­running member of The Sexy Pitches, Natalie Skoblow, said the group has transformed in the best pos-­ sible way since she joined the second semester of her freshman year. “We have a more diverse song selec-­ tion, and are much closer as a group than ever before,” Skoblow said. “This truly IHOW OLNH WKH SHUIHFW WLPH WR KDYH RXU ¿ UVW invitational and be able to show off our talents in a fun and creative way. The in-­ vitational is called ‘The Salem Pitch Tri-­ als,’ so you can most certainly expect a haunting performance as well as funny history references and witchy attire.” As president of the group, Skoblow said organizing the invitational required a lot of paperwork and meetings to make sure everyone was on the same page

about the night’s program. The Pitches utilized any of their connections with other universities in order to invite out-­ side performance groups before deciding RQ WKUHH ¿ QDO JURXSV WR LQYLWH The Pitches collaboratively decided to put the suggested donation proceeds toward The Malala Fund, an organiza-­ tion focused on helping girls go to school and raise their voices for the right to an education. “The Malala Fund helps girls from all around the world get a proper edu-­ FDWLRQ DQG ¿ JKW IRU WKH ULJKW WR EH HGX cated regardless of social and economic background,” Shameem said. “Not many women are allowed to get an education because they have no rights as women. Raising the money for The Malala Fund will hopefully help change this problem and I have so much faith that it will.” Shameem also said The Sexy Pitches have been through a lot, from members graduating to the changing of dynamics within the group itself. She said the invi-­ tational will bring about a new era. “The Sexy Pitches is a joy to all of us,” she said. “Being in this group re-­ OLHYHV VWUHVV DQG JLYHV XV D ORW RI FRQ¿ dence. We know that this show will bring us to the next level, and we want to show

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My voice because I’ve been singing since middle school and I’ve been doing everything from opera to a cappella and it’s a lot of fun. WHAT ARE YOU INVOLVED WITH MUSICALLY? I’m in Absolut Acappella and Epic-­Glee and sometimes I’m in the Miami Theatre Players’ shows. WHO ARE YOUR BIGGEST INFLUENCES? Freddie Mercury, Led Zeppelin, Heart and Fleetwood Mac. I love unique vocalists with strong voices. They all sing with a lot of passion, which is great. WHO HAVE YOU BEEN LISTENING TO LATELY? Ellie Goulding and Panic! At The Disco. WHAT’S YOUR PLAN FOR THE FUTURE? I’m an English major so hopefully a publishing job but I’d love to make it to Broadway. ANY ADVICE FOR ASPIRING MUSICIANS? Just because you’ve been put down or denied doesn’t mean you should stop trying. Always do everything with all of your being.

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THIS WEEK IN

THE DEEP END MARIA VONN

Major: MFA Painting and Drawing Inspiration: Wenda Gu, Eva Hesse, Hrafnhildur Arnardottir “My current theme of work comes primarily from the body. I looked to express the sensation of mental duress, primarily focusing on those caused by the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder of Trichotillomania. Trichotillomania is the compulsion to pull out or at one owns hair, often leading to noticeable hair loss and emotional distress, which then triggers the cycle to continue the impulse of picking or pulling. Coming from the influence of other ‘abject’ artists, or artists who make work primarily from bodily materials, I felt that the best way to represent the discomfort of living with this compulsion- which I have struggled with for most of my life- by working with the very material that makes me uncomfortable, hair. My work is primarily made from horse hair, but also from some donated human hair thanks to very generous friends, and paper. I sculpt the hair into nest-like structures to symbolize a sense of trying to gain a semblance of control over the hair, but accepting that due to the materiality of hair I cannot control every outcome. After this I often pull it into the digital realm through photography or scanning to regain some control in creating large floating tumorous forms. For me it all comes down to finding a balance between what can an cannot be controlled with my materials, just as in life where those who live with mental disorders work to find a balance of control in their daily lives.”

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SAY SOMETHING

CARTOON BY JULIE GUNDERSEN

On March 28, Student Association (SA) Vice President of Academic Affairs and Governance Jordan Taylor sent an email to the student body about SA elec-­ tions via Vice President of Student Af-­ fairs Ray Schwarz. In the email, Taylor said running in the elections “is a chance for students who want to get more involved on cam-­ pus to run for Student Association Senate or Executive Board positions.” Elections are important because it gives the students a say. The people you elect will ultimately determine where the money students pay is going, so why not learn about what is currently going on with SA and what platforms people are running on? We at The New Paltz Oracle believe that any student who runs for an SA Sen-­ ate or E-­board position should be well informed on what issues SA has been grappling with in recent semesters, and they should have a plan for what initia-­ tives he or she wants implemented for the future. If elected, these students should be accessible to the student body, as well as provide factual information that goes into their decision-­making, not personal bias. Students who are thinking about run-­

ning for a position, please don’t do so be-­ cause you want something that will en-­ hance your résumé. Instead, run because you want to make a positive impact on campus. These positions are positions of importance, and should be treated as such. There are many committees that are a part of SA that cater to various top-­ LFV RI SHRSOH¶V LQWHUHVW ² ¿QG RQH WKDW interests you and help make a difference on campus. To the current SA, from now until elections the student body needs to know as much information as possible. If the student activity fee is raised, students need to know exactly what that money will help fund. They need to know every-­ thing that you are trying to accomplish for the upcoming school year. Overall, they need to just be informed. You were selected to be in your respective posi-­ tions because your peers believed in you. The discussions of where the new money would go if the Student Activity Fee receives enough votes to be raised has not been clear. It is unacceptable for SA to lack transparency by calling ille-­ gal executive sessions. They were put in these positions by the student body, so their priority needs to be providing the student body with clear and accurate in-­

formation. Part of the activity fee funds clubs and organizations, so students have the right to know where exactly the money is going because of their commitments, and more importantly, because they pay the fee. We hope that SA can send out charts of where exactly the money goes with the current the budget and where the new money would go if the fee receives enough votes to be increased. We have concerns about members of SA having personal agendas. Twice in the past year individual members have called illegal executive sessions, which is unethical. While some on both E-­board and Senate have addressed the issue individually, everyone on Senate needs to understand and respect these rules. Transparency works both ways. The weekly senate meetings are public forums. The student body has the right to know what exactly goes on, so these ille-­ gal private meetings should not be taking place anymore. For the future we hope that SA can put together a monthly newsletter similar to President Donald Christian’s monthly faculty reports. This will allow the stu-­ dent body to know what exactly SA has been working on and will look to work

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on for the future. This is important be-­ cause it will help ensure that SA and the students are on the same page. To the student body, you are tasked with choosing the future leaders of the school’s SA. It is essential for you to do your research about what SA’s plans are. If you’re confused about something, ask questions. If you’re concerned about what is going on, tell SA how you feel. SA is a democratic government. Every-­ one is allowed to express what’s on their mind. So please, students, don’t just be an innocent bystander. Instead, help make a positive impact on campus. Now, as always, is a crucial time for students to know what exactly SA’s plans are. If students don’t know what’s going on with SA currently and what their plans are for the future, get informed. Editorials represent the views of the majority of the editorial board. Columns, op-­eds and letters, excluding editorials, are solely those of the writers and do not necessarily represent the views of The New Paltz Oracle, its staff members, the campus and university or the Town or Village of New Paltz.

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“In  30  seconds,  tell  me  what  character  you  wished  you  had  but  didn’t  when  you  were  growing  up.â€? I’ve  been  a  fairly  gluttonous  consumer  of  pop  cul-­ ture  my  entire  life.  Despite  being  an  extroverted  and  RXWJRLQJ FKLOG , GLVWLQFWO\ UHPHPEHU KDYLQJ DQ DIÂż QLW\ IRU Âż FWLRQDO SHRSOH PRUH WKDQ PRVW RI WKH UHDO SHRSOH , knew.  So  when  the  time  came  and  one  of  my  close  friends  asked  me  what  character  was  missing  from  my  life  as  part  of  a  project  she  is  working  on,  I  thought  I  would  be  pretty  stumped.  Key  word:  stumped.  The  answer  to  her  question  actually  came  sooner  than  I’d  anticipated. 7R EH KRQHVW ,ÂśYH JURZQ XS VSRLOHG ZKHUH Âż FWLRQDO characters  are  involved.  I  had  â€œHarry  Potter,â€?  â€œBuffy:  The  Vampire  Slayerâ€?  and  â€œMulanâ€?  growing  up.  It  wasn’t  something  I  was  actively  seeking  out  as  an  eight  or  10-­year-­old  kid  growing  up  in  a  Long  Island  suburb,  but  I  was  never  short  of  feminist  role  models  and  icons.  But  even  then,  even  when  I  knew  that  I  had  it  pretty  good,  there  was  something  I  was  missing  out  on.  There  was  something  that,  even  when  I  look  at  myself  now,  I  couldn’t  relate  to  when  I  was  admiring  Buffy  or  Herm-­ ione  Granger. I  needed  a  female  character  who  didn’t  have  roman-­ tic  relationships.  Or,  at  the  very  least,  a  female  character  who  made  it  okay  to  not  be  romantically  involved  with  someone.  To  be  fair,  most  of  the  female  characters  I  loved  the  most  growing  up  reinforced  the  idea  that  they  could  get Â

Fitting  The  Mold along  without  a  romantic  partner  in  their  life;Íž  the  duel  EHWZHHQ %XII\ DQG $QJHOXV LQ WKH VHFRQG VHDVRQ Âż QDOH of  â€œBuffyâ€?  will  forever  be  one  of  my  favorite  moments  on  television.  But  for  all  of  the  good  that  came  from  â€œBuffy,â€?  the  titular  character  was  almost  never  without  some  romantic  interest  either  by  her  side  or  waiting  in  the  wings.  Think  about  it:  she  settled  for  Riley.  Yeah,  settled. 7KH FORVHVW ,ÂśYH FRPH WR Âż QGLQJ WKLV FKDUDFWHU LV LQ Âł.LOO %LOO´ DQG EULHĂ€ \ Âł7KH 1HZVURRP ´ 1RWKLQJ GLV appoints  me  more  though  than  how  this  works  in  â€œThe  Newsroom.â€?  My  two  favorite  characters  in  this  show  VWDUW RII ZLWKRXW WKDW VWURQJ URPDQWLF LQĂ€ XHQFH WKH\ÂśUH two  women  who  are  insanely  good  at  what  they  do,  and  even  more  insanely  dedicated  to  what  they  do. %XW WKHQ WKH\ ERWK Âż QG WKHPVHOYHV ZLWKLQ URPDQWLF triangles  at  some  point.  Good  TV.  And  that  was  the  thing  that  none  of  the  female  char-­ acters  I  responded  to  as  a  kid  could  do  for  me.  None  of  them  could  tell  me  that  not  being  in  a  relationship,  or  not  placing  romance  and  intimate  relationships  any-­ where  on  the  priority  spectrum,  was  okay. Several  of  the  women  in  my  family  met  their  hus-­ bands  when  they  were  very  young  and,  at  my  current  age,  were  either  involved  in  very  serious  relation-­ ships  or  already  engaged.  None  of  them  expect  me  to  be  exactly  like  them,  but  it’s  tough  to  not  ask  yourself,  â€œwhat’s  wrong  with  you?  What  makes  you  different?â€?  ZKHQ LW VHHPV OLNH HYHU\RQH DURXQG \RX LV DEOH WR Âż QG that  special  someone  or  whatever  when  you  can’t.

Not  to  mention  it’s  almost  embarrassing  when,  as  VRPHRQH ZKR LGHQWLÂż HV DV SDQVH[XDO DQG KDV D PXFK larger  selection  pool,  you  still  come  up  with  nothing.  But  with  my  own  insecurities  aside,  there  is  impor-­ tance  to  showing  female  characters  who  aren’t  roman-­ tically  linked  to  other  characters.  We  need  to  tell  girls  that  it’s  okay  to  not  want  a  relationship  in  your  life  at  a  given  time.  I’m  at  that  point  in  my  life  where  one  â€œWhat  are  you  doing  after  college?â€?  incites  an  existential  crisis.  I  don’t  know  where  I’ll  be  working  or  if  I’ll  be  working  in  two  months.  Honestly,  I  don’t  even  know  what  show  to  catch  up  on  tomorrow  in  my  post-­production  night  Thursday  haze.  I  couldn’t  even  begin  to  think  about  be-­ ing  in  a  relationship  with  someone. That’s  okay.  It’s  always  been  okay.  It  can’t  be  stressed  enough  to  young  girls  that  they  are  not  breed-­ ing  machines.  They’re  more  than  a  plot  device  used  to  create  character  growth  for  male  characters.  It’s  okay  to  not  be  romantically  linked  to  someone  and  not  have  that  be  a  major  part  of  your  life. I  need  that  character  in  my  life.  Cat  Tacopina  is  a  fourth-­year  journalism  major  who  will  only  respond  to  â€œCatleesiâ€?  from  here  on  out.  She  likes  crying  over  how  bad  the  Mets  are,  and  especially  while  driving  over  the  Throgs  Neck  Bridge  while  listening  to  â€œPiano  Manâ€?  by  Billy  Joel.

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The  baseball  team  is  currently  1-­5  in  SUNYAC  play  after  a  6-­2  loss  to  the  Red  Dragons  of  Oneonta  April  1  on  the  Hawks’  home  turf.  The  9-­13  Hawks  answered  Oneonta’s  RSHQLQJ WZR UXQV DW WKH WRS RI WKH Âż UVW ZLWK an  RBI  single  by  second-­year  shortstop  An-­ thony  DiNardo  that  sent  fourth-­year  second  EDVHPDQ DQG OHIW Âż HOGHU .HQQ\ *HQWLOH KRPH DW WKH ERWWRP RI WKH LQQLQJ *HQWLOH evened  up  the  score  at  two  in  the  bottom  of  the  eighth,  stealing  second  and  third  before  stealing  home.  The  Red  Dragons  countered,  however,  with  four  runs  in  the  ninth.  â€œTheir  kid  threw  strikes,  and  you  can’t  take  anything  away  from  that,â€?  Head  Coach  Matt  Righter  said  of  third-­year  pitcher  Alex  Mastrianni  who  held  the  mound  until  the  ninth  inning  for  the  Red  Dragons.  â€œOur  hit-­ ters  can  be  a  little  more  aggressive.  As  far  as  the  game  as  a  whole,  we  did  some  good  WKLQJV :H VWROH KRPH EURXJKW DQ RXWÂż HOGHU LQ WR SOD\ WKH LQÂż HOG DQG ZH PDGH WKH SOD\ To  me  it  was  more  of  a  3-­2  game  rather  than Â

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what  the  score  showed.â€? The  Hawks  opened  conference  play  with  a  three-­game  series  sweep  to  SUNY  Cort-­ land,  dropping  the  double  header  13-­3  and  4-­0  March  21  before  being  blanked  5-­0  the  following  day.  Righter  said  the  team’s  per-­ formance  was  impacted  by  the  travel  from  the  previous  week’s  trip  to  Florida,  but  the  bearing  was  worth  the  experience  of  play-­ ing  talented  teams  during  a  time  other  teams  were  not  competing.  But  the  magnitude  of  the  shutout,  and  the  players  â€œtaking  games  against  Cortland  personally,â€?  provided  an  experience  for  growth,  Righter  said.  â€œI’m  a  believer  in  that  we  need  to  be  pre-­ pared  mentally  and  physically  and  treat  any  team  like  any  other  game,â€?  he  said.  â€œAs  long  as  we  execute,  we  can  play  with  any  team  in  the  country,  including  Cortland.â€? Mentality  and  physicality  made  the  difference  in  the  second  game  of  the  split  doubleheader  against  The  College  of  Brock-­ port  on  March  29,  fourth-­year  Captain  Dave  /RVWDJOLR VDLG 7KH +DZNV GURSSHG WKH Âż UVW game  in  the  series  to  the  Brockport  8-­1  be-­ IRUH GHIHDWLQJ WKH *ROGHQ (DJOHV

In  their  win  against  Brockport,  the  Hawks  got  on  the  board  in  the  second  as  third-­year  third  baseman  Mike  Sparacino  was  brought  home  on  an  RBI  single  by  sec-­ ond-­year  catcher  Tyler  Bell.  Andrew  DiNar-­ GR KLW D WZR UXQ VLQJOH WR FHQWHU Âż HOG DQG came  around  to  score  on  a  defensive  miscue  ZLWK WZR RXWV EHIRUH VHFRQG \HDU Âż UVW EDVH man  Chris  Baltera  drove  in  Sparacino  with  a  single  through  the  right  side  to  give  the  Hawks  their  5-­0  advantage. After  aiding  in  the  win  against  the  *ROGHQ (DJOHV 'L1DUGR UDQNHG VHFRQG RQ WKH WHDP LQ EDWWLQJ DYHUDJH DQG Âż UVW in  runs  scored  (11),  hits  (22)  and  walks  (10),  earning  him  the  SUNYAC  Player  of  the  Week. “Andrew  has  been  great,â€?  Righter  said.  â€œWe’ve  moved  him  around.  He  has  caught,  he’s  played  shortstop,  he’s  played  third  base,  he’ll  do  whatever  it  takes  the  help  the  team.  I  really  appreciate  that  mentality.  He  works  hard  and  gets  a  lot  of  hits.  He  deserves  it.â€? Lostaglio  said  the  second  Brockport  game,  the  team  came  out  with  more  intensity,  energy  and  focus.  â€œWe  were  more  urgent  than  we  were  in Â

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WKH Âż UVW JDPH DV LQ WKH Âż UVW JDPH ZKHUH ZH ZHQW Ă€ DW DIWHU WKH Âż UVW FRXSOH RI LQQLQJV ´ KH said. Righter  said  as  head  coach,  he  would  never  place  the  blame  of  a  loss  on  the  play-­ ers,  and  that  everything  the  team  needs  to  improve  on  â€œis  something  I  can  teach  and  improve  on.â€?  Righter  said  the  team  is  focused  on  smaller  goals  to  reach  the  bigger  goals  at  hand:  making  it  to  the  SUNYAC  tournament. Thus  far  the  team’s  conference  losses  were  a  result  of  lack  of  the  focus  and  energy  it  takes  to  be  successful  in  the  SUNYAC  con-­ ference,  Lostaglio  said.  But  when  the  team  possesses  these  qualities,  he  said,  they  are  a  GLIÂż FXOW WHDP WR SOD\ DQG EHDW With  a  long  list  of  series  to  still  be  played  in  the  regular  season  against  Oswego,  Oneonta,  Brockport,  Plattsburgh  and  Fredo-­ nia,  Righter  said  the  team  has  a  chance  to  win  each  remaining  series.  The  Hawks  will  take  on  Oswego  this  weekend  at  home,  beginning  April  5  with  a  doubleheader  beginning  at  noon,  followed  E\ WKH Âż QDO JDPH RI WKH VHULHV DW QRRQ RQ April  6. Â

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The   tennis  team  began  their  spring  season  taking  on  four  different  teams  in  Orlando,  F.L.  on  their  spring  break  trip  from  Tuesday,  March  18  to  Thursday,  March  20.  The  team  entered  the  spring  season  with  an  8-­4  record  in  dual  matches.  :HDWKHU SOD\HG D VLJQLÂżFDQW IDFWRU in  the  Lady  Hawks’  experience.  Originally,  the  team  was  supposed  to  take  on  Grinnell  College  on  Mon-­ day,  March  17.  The  match  was  halted  after  the  doubles  portion  as  a  result  of  a  severe  storm  that  included  a  tornado  warning.  The  match  concluded  the  fol-­ lowing  day,  Tuesday,  March  18  along  with  another  match  against  William  Smith  College. The  Lady  Hawks  were  defeated  8-­1  E\ :LOOLDP 6PLWK &ROOHJH LQ WKH ÂżUVW of  two  matches  on  the  day.  Fourth-­year  Captain  Paige  Munroe  was  the  Hawks’  lone  winner  against  William  Smith,  at  No.  2  singles,  winning  her  match,  6-­2,  6-­1  in  two  sets.  However,  Munroe  was  defeated  8-­5  in  the  No.  1  doubles-­match.  Third-­year  Jessica  Schmidt  lost  at  No.  3  singles,  forcing  a  tiebreak  with  a  6-­4  victory  in  the  second  set  before  falling,  11-­9,  in  the  deciding  frame. Later  that  evening,  the  Lady  Hawks  concluded  their  match  against  Grinnell  College  and  were  edged  5-­4.  On  Wednesday,  March  19,  the  team  was  defeated  8-­1  by  the  University  of  Wisconsin-­La  Crosse.  Munroe  was  de-­ feated  in  both  the  singles  and  double  matches.  Schimdt  was  defeated  in  sin-­ gles  and  doubles.  The  Lady  Hawks  tallied  a  win  in  the  ¿QDO PDWFK RI WKH IRXU PDWFK VFKHGXOH sweeping  Virginia  Wesleyan  College  9-­0.   The  Lady  Hawks  swept  the  match,  ZLQQLQJ DQG DW Ă€LJKWV one,  two  and  three  of  doubles,  respec-­ tively.  Munroe  won  in  both  her  singles  and  doubles  match  with  partner  Jessica  Schmidt,  6-­1,  6-­0.   In  doubles,   Munroe/ Devin  Tracy   won  8-­1.  Jessica  Schmidt/ Veronika  Paikin   clinched  the  win   8-­1. Head  Coach  Rob  Bruley  said  the  matches  over  spring  break  were  good,  but  the  team  faced  some  â€œreal  toughâ€?  competition  against  four  very  strong  teams. “Two  of  those  teams,  Grinnell,  and  Wisconsin-­La  Crosse  had  already  won Â

their  conference,â€?  he  said.  â€œUnfortu-­ nately,  a  couple  of  matches  went  against  us.  Although,  if  you  look  at  the  scores,  it  looks  like  we  got  beat  pretty  bad.  But  when  you  look  at  the  actual  individual  scores,  the  matches  were  a  lot  closer.  We  played  really,  really  well.  So  this  helps  us  with  trying  to  get  an  at-­large  bid  for  the  National  Championships  in  May.â€? Munroe  said  spring  break  was  a  blast  and  the  best  team  trip  she  has  been  on  in  her  four  years.  She  said  the  com-­ petition  was  tough,  but  it  was  a  good  kickstart  to  the  team’s  spring  season.  She  said  some  of  the  games  were  a  little  rusty  as  the  result  of  it  being  the  Lady  +DZNVÂś ÂżUVW PDWFKHV RI WKH VHDVRQ “We  managed  to  give  a  good  ac-­ count  of  ourselves  losing  in  a  tight  match  to  Grinnell  5-­4  and  winning  our  ¿QDO PDWFK DJDLQVW 9LUJLQLD :HVOH\DQ 9-­0,â€?  she  said.  â€œWe  also  had  some  fun  relaxing  times  as  a  team  playing  mini  golf,  going  bowling  and  day  trips  to  Daytona  Beach  and  Disney  World.â€? Bruley  said  all  four  teams  that  the  team  played  during  spring  break  have  indoor  tennis  courts  on  campus,  where-­ as  the  Lady  Hawks  do  not.  â€œThese  girls  have  been  hitting  since  WKH ÂżUVW RI -DQXDU\ ZKLOH ZH MXVW KDG six  sessions  indoors  in  the  evening,â€?  he  said.  â€œWe  are  kind  of  playing  â€˜catch-­up’  a  little  bit.  I  was  very  pleased  with  the  way  that  the  team  performed.  It  sets  us  up  for  the  spring  when  we  can  get  out-­ doors.â€? Schmidt  said  she  hopes  the  weather  will  begin  to  progressively  get  nicer  so  the  team  will  be  able  to  practice  outside  IRU WKH ÂżUVW WLPH WKLV VSULQJ In  the  meantime  the  team  trains  with  athletic  trainer  Gary  Gall,  Schmidt  said,  who  keeps  the  team  has  been  working  with  since  the  fall.  Bruley  said  tennis  is  not  a  cold-­ weather  game.  â€œThe  problem  with  going  outside  is  number  one,  the  balls  don’t  bounce  when  it’s  as  cold  as  this  and  strings  are  DOZD\V EUHDNLQJ ´ KH VDLG Âł7KH\ÂśUH MXVW eager  to  get  out.  Tennis  is  so  dictated  by  the  weather.  Even  in  the  fall,  a  couple  of  drops  of  rain  and  you  have  to  stop  play.â€? With  a  9-­7  record,  the  Lady  Hawks  next  travel  to  Schenectady,  N.Y.  to  take  on  Union  College  Saturday,  April  5  at  1  p.m. Â

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The  Men’s  Rugby  team  held  its  second  consecutive  St.  Baldrick’s  head-­ shaving  event  on  March  27. The  entire  team,  along  with  other  en-­ thusiastic  devotees,  shaved  their  heads  in  support  of  the  St.  Baldrick's  Foundation,  a  volunteer-­driven  charity  committed  to  IXQGLQJ UHVHDUFK WR ÂżQG FXUHV IRU FKLOG-­ hood  cancers  and  support  survivors.  St.  Baldrick's  coordinates  head-­ shaving  events,  where  participants  raise  money  through  promoting  their  newly  bald  heads  and  the  cause  it  supports  through  social  media  and  by  word  of  mouth.  These  head-­shaving  events  have  raised  $125,251,567  since  the  charity’s  start  in  2005  according  to  their  website.  â€œWe  used  to  do  it  as  a  team  in  the  past,â€?  Fourth-­year  Men’s  Rugby  Presi-­ dent  Jake  Coulter  said.  â€œThe  president  last  year  brought  it  back  and  we  want  to  keep  doing  it.â€? Coulter  said  the  team  raised  ap-­ proximately  $8,000  last  year  and  have Â

reached  the  same  amount  again  during  this  year’s  month-­long  fundraising  for  the  event,  leading  up  to  the  team’s  mass  sheering  in  the  activity  center  in  the  Stu-­ dent  Union  Building.  Participants  donned  a  green  St.  Bal-­ drick’s  smock  as  inches  of  hair  buzzed  RQWR WKH Ă€RRU DQG VZHSW LQWR EDJV DV their  teammates  and  bystanders  cheered,  LQFOXGLQJ ÂżUVW \HDU UXJE\ SOD\HU 6DQWRV Sanchez. “I’ve  shaved  my  head  before  but  it’s  been  a  couple  years,â€?  Sanchez  said.  â€œIt  was  about  10  inches.  The  second  I  heard  we  were  doing  this,  a  huge  smile  came  across  my  face  and  I  was  super  excit-­ ed.  Free  haircut  and  doing  it  for  a  great  cause.â€? Third-­year  Captain  Ryan  Kelly  said  the  location  of  this  year’s  head-­sha+ve  drew  a  lot  of  spectators  and  donators  to  the  event,  which  raised  around  $1,000  â€“  including  three  female  shavees.  Suffern  resident  Lexi  Pellegrino  made  the  trip  up  to  New  Paltz  after  a  friend  participated  in  a  head-­shave  event Â

and  suggested  supporting  the  charity  in  the  same  way.  Pellegrino  raised  $630  be-­ fore  becoming  bald  for  the  good  reason,  as  well  as  necessity  for  her  own  cause.  â€œI’m  going  to  live  in  the  woods  for  six  months  with  a  trail  conservation  program,â€?  Pellegrino  said.  â€œSo  I  was  going  to  shave  my  head  anyway,  but  I  knew  there  was  a  bunch  of  cancer  things  I  could  do  it  for.  I’m  still  working  as  a  waitress  for  the  next  three  weeks,  and  I’m  worried  about  reactions  I  might  get  or  people  might  think  that  I’m  sick,  but  I’m  more  than  willing  to  tell  everyone  why  I’m  doing  this  and  the  fundraiser  I  did  it  for.â€? 7KLV LVQÂśW WKH ÂżUVW VXFFHVVIXO FKDULW\ event  the  team  has  held  this  year.  Most  recently  the  team  came  in  second  the  most  successful  blood  drive  ever  to  be  held  on  the  campus,  Coulter  said,  adding  that  the  team  will  be  holding  a  Relay  For  Life  walk  in  late  April.  â€œWhen  we  hear  of  a  really  great  op-­ portunity  to  help  people  we  try  to  make  the  most  of  it,â€?  Kelly  said. Â

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The  lacrosse  team  began  SUNYAC  play  with  a  17-­13  loss  on  March  29  as  they  played  Buffalo  State  on  the  road.  Head  Coach  Liz  Student  said  the  team  is  more  prepared  for  SUNYAC  play  this  year.  "We  know  that  our  conference  is  either  the  strongest  or  one  of  the  stron-­ gest  conferences  in  Div.  III  and  we  are  ready  to  represent  New  Paltz  proudly  with  some  wins,"  she  said.  "We  have  to  be  prepared  to  play  our  best  every  game  in  order  to  win  these  games." Down  12-­6  with  12:49  to  play  in  the  game,  the  Lady  Hawks  mounted  a  come-­ back  to  get  within  three  goals  on  two  oc-­ casions,  but  couldn't  overcome  late  scor-­ ing  by  Buffalo  State. 7KLUG \HDU DWWDFN DQG PLGÂżHOGHU .HOVH\ +HDO\ WKLUG \HDU PLGÂżHOGHU /L-­ anne  Valdivia  and  fourth-­year  Cap-­ tain  Talia  Tesler   had  three  goals  each.  Second-­year  attack  Alexa  Vitale  had  two Â

late-­game  goals  â€“  which  tied  a  career  high.  Fourth-­year  Captain  Maggie  Rose  Melito  tied  a  career-­high  with  four  ground  balls. Student  said  the  team  left  Buffalo  with  a  lot  of  lessons  learned. "We  had  pockets  of  good  lacrosse  throughout  the  game,  but  we  need  to  be  able  to  play  60  minutes  well,"  she  said.  "After  every  game  we  have  to  learn  from  all  of  the  good  and  bad  and  make  adjust-­ ments  for  the  next  game.  We  have  a  very  strong  team  this  year  that  that  has  the  ability  to  beat  anyone  when  we  play  to-­ gether  as  a  team." On  Tuesday,  April  1  the  Lady  Hawks  won  their  home  opener  with  a  close  15-­ 14  win  in  overtime  against  SUNY  Pots-­ dam  in  the  team's  second  SUNYAC  matchup.  Down  10-­3  in  the  second-­half  against  the  Lady  Bears,  the  Lady  Hawks  stormed  back  to  tie  the  contest  with  33  seconds  left  in  regulation,  pushing  the Â

game  into  overtime. Third-­year  Captain  Carissa  Citro  scored  the  game-­winning  goal  1:10  into  the  bonus  period.  Tesler  scored  a  career-­high  seven  goals,  six  of  the  seven  total  goals  were  scored  in  the  second  half.  Coach  Student  said  going  into  the  game,  she  could  tell  that  the  team  felt  pressure  to  win,  which  led  to  a  lot  of  FDUHOHVV WXUQRYHUV LQ WKH ÂżUVW KDOI 6KH never  doubted  that  the  team  would  win  the  game.  )RU WKH ÂżUVW WLPH LQ RXU SURJUDP V history  we  were  able  to  come  back  from  D VHYHQ JRDO GHÂżFLW DQG ZLQ WKH JDPH LQ overtime,"  she  said.  Student  attributed  the  success  of  Tes-­ ler,  Citro  and  third-­year  Captain  Jackie  Ulanoff  to  the  team's  success.  "Talia  Tesler  has  done  a  great  job  creating  opportunities  for  herself  and  more  importantly  for  her  teammates  to  score,"  she  said.  "Carissa  Citro  is  the  type  of  player  that  everyone  wants  on Â

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their  team.  She  works  hard  day  in  and  day  out  and  consistently  preforms  at  a  high  level.  She  is  also  a  very  good  stu-­ dent  and  sets  a  great  example  for  every-­ one  around  her.  Our  goalie,  Jackie,  came  up  huge  playing  her  best  of  the  season  when  we  needed  it  the  most." Student  said  the  overtime  win  against  Potsdam  will  give  the  team  more  FRQ¿GHQFH JRLQJ LQWR 6DWXUGD\ V JDPH against  SUNY  Fredonia.  With  an  overall  record  of  4-­2,  and  1-­1  record  in  SUNYAC  play,  the  Lady  Hawks  next  travel  to  SUNY  Fredonia  to  take  on  the  Lady  Blue  Devils  in  a  SUN-­ YAC  matchup  Saturday,  April  5  at  1  p.m.  "We  will  continue  work  on  our  weaknesses  and  keep  improving,"  Stu-­ dent  said.  "We  have  a  heavy  road  sched-­ ule  this  year  spending  most  weekends  in  western  New  York,  making  time  man-­ agement  a  top  priority.  The  team  is  ca-­ pable  of  doing  great  things  this  season,  we  just  have  to  preform  when  the  time  comes."

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After  60  games  of  the  2014  Div.  I  Men’s  NCAA  Basketball  Tournament,  there  are  only  three  games  left  of  what  has  been  a  very  exciting  tournament.   In  game  one  of  the  Final  Four,  the  Connecticut  Huskies  will  take  on  the  Florida  Gators.   The  Gators,  the  country’s  No.  1  ranked  team,  were  picked  by  most  peo-­ ple  to  be  playing  in  North  Texas  on  April  5.   They  showed  the  college  basketball  world  that  they  shouldn’t  look  down  on  veteran  teams.  Head  Coach  Billy  Donovan  is  vying  for  an  opportunity  to  win  his  third  na-­ WLRQDO FKDPSLRQVKLS DQG Âż UVW VLQFH WKH 2006-­07  season. The  Huskies  are  the  most  surprising  team  playing  in  the  Final  Four  after  an  up  and  down  season.   In  his  second  sea-­ VRQ DV KHDG FRDFK DQG Âż UVW VHDVRQ HOLJL ble  for  postseason  play,  Kevin  Ollie  has Â

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WKH :LOGFDWV DUH Âż QDOO\ KLWWLQJ WKHLU stride  and  playing  like  the  team  everyone  expected  them  to  be.   Despite  some  turn-­ RYHU LVVXHV $QGUHZ +DUULVRQ KDV Âż QDOO\ been  playing  like  a  true  point  guard.  His  brother,  Aaron,  has  been  playing  like  one  of  the  most  clutch  players  in  the  country  as  of  late,  and  his  game-­winner  against  Michigan  was  the  shot  of  the  tournament  so  far.  This  is  Bo  Ryan’s  best  team  during  his  tenure  at  Wisconsin.   The  Badgers  have  always  been  known  as  a  defensive-­ minded  team,  but  this  year  they  are  a  high-­scoring  squad.   Forward  Frank  Ka-­ minsky  has  been  one  of  the  best  players  in  the  tournament.   I  think  Kentucky  has  too  many  weapons  for  Wisconsin  to  handle.   Ju-­ lius  Randle  will  score  24  points  and  grab  13  rebounds  as  the  Wildcats  advance  to  championship  Monday.

Prediction:  Kentucky  68  -­Wisconsin  61 The  National  Championship  Game  will  feature  the  fourth  matchup  of  the  season  between  Florida  and  Kentucky.   This  game  will  be  different,  though. Kentucky  is  playing  with  a  tremen-­ GRXV DPRXQW RI FRQÂż GHQFH DQG KDYH enough  talent  on  their  roster  to  beat  any  team  in  the  country.   In  this  game,  the  key  will  be  if  An-­ drew  Harrison  can  contain  Wilbekin.   Andrew  Harrison  has  the  size  and  strength  advantage  over  Wilbekin,  but  KHÂśV VR GLIÂż FXOW WR JXDUG EHFDXVH RI KRZ poised  of  a  player  he  is.  In  the  post,  Randle  will  be  able  to  make  sure  Patric  Young  doesn’t  domi-­ nate  the  boards.  James  Young  will  score  SRLQWV LQ WKH Âż QDOV DQG EH QDPHG WKH Final  Four’s  Most  Outstanding  Player.   Prediction:  Kentucky  71-­  Florida  68

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If  I  had  to  throw  around  a  probable  ratio  of  cynical  Rhythm  and  Blueshirts  columns  vs.  opti-­ mistic  columns,  I  would  like  to  say  it's  probably  60:40.  In  reality,  it's  probably  70:30.  I  feel  like  I  tend  to  view  the  team  more  pessimistically  than  they  probably  deserve.  After  all,  nothing  protects  you  and  cures  your  disappointment  faster  than  low  expectations.  This  week,  however,  is  one  of  those  col-­ umns  that  falls  into  the  30th  percentile.  Unlike  most  seasons  where  the  Rangers'  playoff  hopes  come  down  to  the  very  last  wire,  it's  possible  that  the  Blueshirts  will  be  able  to  seal  the  deal  by  the  weekend.  Even  if  they  don't,  they  will  more  than  likely  secure  a  spot  in  the  playoffs  with  a  game  or  two  to  spare.  The  Rangers  only  need  three  more  points  to  FOLQFK D SOD\RII EHUWK ZLWK Âż YH JDPHV OHIW 1RW RQO\ WKDW EXW WKH\ UH RQ Âż UH ULJKW QRZ After  a  season  with  many  gripes  about  key  players  not  putting  in  solid  and  consistent  perfor-­ mances,  everything  is  coming  together.  Goalten-­ der  Henrik  Lundqvist  set  two  franchise  records Â

and  notched  another  30-­win  season,  Forward  Rick  1DVK LV Âż QDOO\ VWDUWLQJ WR ORRN OLNH WKH SOD\HU ZH traded  for  back  in  2012  and  recent  acquisition  For-­ ZDUG 0DUWLQ 6W /RXLV JRW KLV Âż UVW JRDO DV D 5DQJHU in  their  Tuesday  night  victory  against  the  Vancou-­ ver  Canucks.  As  opposed  to  nothing  working  in  the  team's  favor,  it's  amost  as  if  virtually  everything  is  going  in  their  favor.  I  say  virtually  because  the  injury  to  Ryan  McDonagh  from  Tuesday  night  is  going  to  hurt.  On  the  other  hand,  the  defense,  particularly  Dan  Girardi  and  Marc  Staal,  are  playing  extremely  well.  The  team  could  have  the  luxury  to  rest  Mc-­ Donagh  until  the  end  of  the  season  because,  let's  IDFH LW WKH 5DQJHUV GRQ W KDYH D YHU\ GLIÂż FXOW schedule  ahead  of  them.  They  have  to  face  the  Colorado  Avalanche  (who  have  already  earned  their  playoff  berth),  the  Ottawa  Senators,  the  Carolina  Hurricanes,  the  Buffalo  Sabres  and  the  Montreal  Canadiens.  It  isn't  the  most  terrifying  of  schedules,  especially  when  several  factors  are  taken  into  consideration.  First,  as  previously  stated,  these  aren't  the  most  terrifying  of  teams  to  go  up  against.  The  only Â

two  teams  who  should  theoretically  give  the  Rang-­ ers  any  problems  are  the  Avalanche  and  the  Cana-­ dians.  Ottawa,  Buffalo  and  Carolina  are  far  out  of  playoff  contention  and,  when  you  consider  that  the  Rangers   only  need  three  more  points  to  make  it  to  the  playoffs,  it  shouldn't  be  hard  to  get  that  small  of  an  amount  of  points  against  those  teams. That's  the  other  thing;Íž  the  Rangers  don't  need  that  many  points  to  make  the  playoffs.  Just  three.  They  could  easily  tie  with  Colorado  and  then  beat  Ottawa  at  home  on  Saturday,  April  5.  Ottawa  is  a  fast  team  which,  traditionally,  the  Rangers  don't  stack  up  that  well  against.  However,  the  Rangers  are  getting  hot  at  the  right  time,  so  it's  very  pos-­ sible  that  locking  up  a  spot  in  the  postseason  can  happen  Saturday  night.  There  are  two  concerns  the  Rangers  need  to  look  out  for.  Both  the  Philadelphia  Flyers  and  Columbus  Blue  Jackets  have  seven  games  left  as  RSSRVHG WR Âż YH DQG QHLWKHU DUH WKDW IDU EHKLQG WKH Rangers.  Columbus  has  83  points  while  the  Flyers  have  87.  If  the  Rangers  lose  steam  and  the  Flyers  and  Blue  Jackets  pick  that  steam  up,  the  Rangers  would  have  to  shoulder  more  pressure  for  getting Â

into  the  playoffs. But  that's  a  lot  of  â€œifs,â€?  and  those  â€œifsâ€?  be-­ FRPH PDJQLÂż HG ZKHQ \RX ORRN DW KRZ WKH )O\ ers'  and  Blue  Jackets'  opponents  stack  up  against  the  Rangers'  opponents.  In  those  seven  games,  the  Flyers  will  go  up  against  the  Blue  Jackets,  the  Pittsburgh  Penguins  and  the  Boston  Bruins.  They're  just  coming  off  of  an  overtime  loss  to  the  St.  Louis  Blues,  and  they'll  also  have  the  Tampa  Bay  Lighting  to  look  forward  to.  Sure,  they'll  also  have  easy  teams  like  Buffalo  and  Carolina,  but  they'll  face  tougher  challenges  than  the  Rangers.  The  Blue  Jackets  aren't  going  to  face  as  many  GLIÂż FXOW RSSRQHQWV DV WKH )O\HUV EXW WKHLU VFKHG XOH PD\ SURYH WKH PRUH GLIÂż FXOW RI WKH WZR &R lumbus  will  play  back-­to-­back  games  three  times  from  now  until  April  12.  They'll  get  a  one-­day  break  between  each  run  of  two,  but  that's  going  to  tire  them  out.  With  a  seven-­point-­gap  to  make  up  for,  it's  more  likely  the  Blue  Jackets  will  gas  out  before  they  can  catch  up.  It's  going  to  be  really  nice  actually  enjoy-­ ing  the  end  of  the  regular  season,  rather  than,  you  know,  noticing  the  daily  rise  in  blood  pressure. Â

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