The New Paltz Oracle, Volume 83, Issue 19

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SWORN IN Donald Christian Inaugurated As Eighth SUNY New Paltz President STORY ON PAGE 3

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Katherine  Speller  FEATURES  EDITOR

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Samantha  Schwartz  Robin  Weinstein  PHOTOGRAPHY  EDITORS

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Christian  Becomes  New  Paltz’s  Eighth  President

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Bagpipes  accompanied  by  a  procession  of  students  KROGLQJ VFKRRO EDQQHUV DQG LQWHUQDWLRQDO Ă€DJV EHJDQ WKH inauguration  of  Donald  P.  Christian,  the  eighth  president  of  SUNY  New  Paltz,  on  Friday,  April  13.  Christian  previously  served  as  provost  and  vice  presi-­ dent  of  academic  affairs  for  the  2009-­10  academic  year  and  began  serving  as  interim  president  in  July  2010.  The  Presidential  Search  Committee  appointed  Christian  in  June  2012  succeeding  former-­President  Steven  Poskanzer.  â€œU.S.  higher  education  is  a  grand  ecosystem  with  responsibilities  and  commitments  expanding  beyond  the  reach  of  our  individual  campuses,â€?  Christian  said.  â€œI  tip  my  hat  to  the  seven  past  presidents  here  at  New  Paltz  â€”  my  aim  is  to  build  on  your  legacy  and  leave  this  great  col-­ lege  even  greater  than  it  is  today.â€?  Lori  DuBord,  New  Paltz  alumna  and  district  represen-­ tative,  read  a  letter  at  the  inauguration  on  behalf  of  New  York  State  Assemblyman  Maurice  Hinchey.  In  his  letter,  Hinchey  noted  Christian’s  achievements  from  the  past  year  and  his  background,  framing  the  theme  of  the  instal-­

lation  ceremony.  â€œIn  your  short  time  here,  Mr.  President,  you  have  made  an  indelible  impression  on  the  New  Paltz  campus  and  the  community  at  large,â€?  Hinchey  said.  â€œYour  Mid-­ western  sensibility  helped  guide  you  and  the  campus  through  a  federally  declared  disaster  and  enabled  you  to  develop  a  budget  that  made  sure  the  liberal  arts  tradition  ZDV HQVXUHG GXULQJ WKHVH GLIÂżFXOW HFRQRPLF WLPHV ´ Christian  used  lessons  he  learned  from  his  aunt  and  uncle’s  dairy  farm  in  Ohio  to  illustrate  his  commitment  to  the  college  and  the  work  necessary  to  meet  his  goals.  â€œThese  include  things  like  the  value  of  hard  work,  the  LPSRUWDQFH RI FRRSHUDWLRQ RI ÂżQGLQJ UHZDUG LQ ERWK WKH process  of  our  work  and  the  product  of  recognizing  that  sometimes  a  day’s  work  will  include  walking  through  ma-­ nure,  or  shoveling  it,â€?  Christian  said. He  did  this  while  weaving  his  metaphor  with  his  leadership  views,  the  strength  and  values  of  the  campus,  the  national  context  of  New  Paltz  and  his  thoughts  about  student  education  and  success.  Overall,  Christian  said  his  goal,  as  well  as  the  single  most  important  challenge,  is  stu-­ dent  education.  â€œWe  are  all  teachers,  students  learn  from  all  of  us Â

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about  how  to  interact  with  each  other  and  the  world  and  we  must  be  purposeful  about  those  lessons,â€?  Christian  said.  â€œThe  opportunities  and  challenges  they  will  face  are  QRW GHÂżQHG RU ERXQGHG E\ GLVFLSOLQH RU IXQFWLRQ ´ Within  the  next  year,  Christian  said  he  plans  to  bring  about  a  number  of  improvements  for  the  New  Paltz  cam-­ pus  and  students,  such  as  the  current  work  on  the  Wooster  Science  Building,  the  Sojourner  Truth  Library  and  the  new  science  building,  all  while  focusing  on  sustainability.  â€œThis  process  will  be  consultative,  drawing  on  the  creativity  and  experience  of  our  talented  and  diverse  com-­ munity,â€?  Christian  said.  â€œWe  will  not  begin  with  a  blank  VODWH EXW LQVWHDG RXU IRFXV ZLOO EH WR UHÂżQH DQG RSHUDWLRQ-­ alize  the  vision  points  that  have  served  us  so  well.â€? Assemblyman  Kevin  Cahill  said  Christian  has  been,  and  will  be,  the  president  New  Paltz  needs  at  this  moment  in  time  and  in  the  future.  â€œWe  are  closing  a  chapter  on  this  institution  where  ZHÂśYH VHHQ D ÂżQDQFLDO LQYHVWPHQW LQ WKH SK\VLFDO VWUXF-­ ture  of  this  campus  rivaling  the  initial  investment,â€?  Ca-­ hill  said.  â€œ[Christian  has]  already  proven  to  be  not  just  an  able  spokesman  for  SUNY  New  Paltz  but  for  the  [SUNY]   system.â€?

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Senate  Hears  Art  Alliance  Appeal By  Clarissa  Moses  Â

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On  Tuesday,  April  17,  the  53rd  student  sen-­ ate  held  their  11th  regular  meeting  during  which  they  heard  an  appeal  from  the  Student  Art  Al-­ liance  (SAA)  which  addressed  issues  with  So-­ GH[R DQG UDWLÂżHG WKH EXGJHW SAA  attended  the  senate  meeting  with  QXPHURXV PHPEHUV WR DSSHDO IRU WKH SURSRVHG EXGJHW ZKLFK ZDV FXW E\ PRUH WKDQ 6$$ UHTXHVWHG LQVWHDG RI WKH $14,548  that  they  were  allotted  during  Budget  DQG )LQDQFH &RPPLWWHH %)& ZHHNHQG <RXVVRXI .RX\R YLFH SUHVLGHQW RI ÂżQDQFH said  SAA  was  denied  money  to  provide  lunch  for  their  speakers,  a  photographer  and  an  emer-­ JHQF\ IXQG 7KH\ ZHUH JLYHQ LQVWHDG RI $500  for  workshops  and  the  two  thirds  rule  which  BFC  introduced  this  year  will  provide  the  FOXE ZLWK RQO\ WZR WKLUGV IXQGLQJ IRU WKHLU WULSV In  addition,  the  Student  Association  (SA)  will  EH SURYLGLQJ 6$$ ZLWK KDOI RI WKH IXQGLQJ IRU WKHLU DQQXDO KRQRUDULXP Âł:H DUH SD\LQJ KDOI RI WKH KRQRUDULXP EH-­ FDXVH ZH EHOLHYH WKDW ZH VKRXOGQÂśW EH SD\LQJ for  events  that  only  art  students  or  only  a  cer-­ WDLQ JURXSV RI SHRSOH DUH VXSSRVHG WR EH JRLQJ WR ´ .RX\R VDLG Âł(YHU\ HYHQW WKDW ZH IXQG LV VXSSRVHG WR EH RSHQ WR HYHU\ERG\ ,W VHHPV OLNH >WKHLU HYHQWV@ DUH YHU\ IRFXVHG RQ DUW VWXGHQWV ´ SAA  said  they  were  unaware  they  were  in  YLRODWLRQ RI DQ\ SROLFLHV +RZHYHU WKH\ DUH SUH-­ pared  to  make  necessary  changes  to  satisfy  the  demands  of  the  policies  while  preserving  pro-­ JUDPPLQJ “To  say  the  least,  these  cuts  would  have  a  devastating  effect  on  the  opportunities  our  college  can  offer  through  SAA  to  the  student  population  and  the  community  at  large,â€?  Todd  Martin,  graduate  student  in  the  Printmaking  De-­ SDUWPHQW VDLG 7KH VWXGHQW VHQDWH GLVFXVVHG WKH SRVVLELOLW\ RI LQFUHDVLQJ WKH 6$$ EXGJHW E\ DOORZ-­ ing  SAA  to  hold  programs  such  as  the  honorari-­ XP ZLWKRXW DQ\ GLIÂżFXOW\ After  consideration,  the  senate  decided  in  IDYRU RI D PRWLRQ VSRQVRUHG E\ 6HQ :HQG\ &R-­ KHQ 7KH VWXGHQW VHQDWH PRYHG IURP WKH *HQHUDO 3URJUDPLQJ EXGJHW DQG IURP WKH &RQIHUHQFHV EXGJHW WR WKH 6$$ EXGJHW LQ DGGL-­ WLRQ WR WKH WKH\ ZHUH DOUHDG\ DZDUGHG The  senate  awarded  this  money  with  the  stipulation  that  contracts  with  artists  participat-­ ing  in  the  honorarium  specify  that  all  students  DUH DEOH WR SDUWLFLSDWH LQ WKH OHFWXUH VHULHV DQG KDYH WKHLU DUWZRUN FULWLTXHG $OVR WKH HYHQWV PXVW EH KHOG LQ D PRUH SXEOLF VSDFH In  addition  to  SAA,  the  General  Manager  of  Food  Services  Ralph  Perez-­Rogers  attended  WKH VHQDWH PHHWLQJ WR VROLFLW TXHVWLRQV DERXW IRRG VHUYLFHV DQG 6RGH[R IURP WKH VHQDWRUV 6HQ 'KUXY 6KDK H[SUHVVHG FRQFHUQV ZLWK the  price  of  food  on  campus  compared  to  the  SULFH RI IRRG LQ WRZQ +H VDLG WKH SULFH RI WKH IRRG RQ FDPSXV DQG LQ WRZQ LV VLPLODU EXW WKH VHUYLFH DQG TXDOLW\ RI WKH IRRG RQ FDPSXV LV QRW

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Students  Seek  Printers  In  The  Residence  Halls By  Jaleesa  Baulkman  Â

OHIO  REVIVES  DEATH  PENALTY Ohio  on  Wednesday  executed  a  man  for  fatally  stabbing  the  15-­year-­old  son  of  his  former  employers  during  a  1985  farm-­ KRXVH EXUJODU\ PDUNLQJ WKH VWDWHÂśV ÂżUVW execution  in  six  months  and  signaling  a  possible  return  to  Ohio’s  status  as  one  of  the  country’s  busiest  death  penalty  states. CANDIDS  COME  UNDER  FIRE The  White  House  says  the  conduct  de-­ picted  in  photos  that  purport  to  show  U.S.  troops  posing  with  the  bodies  of  dead  insurgents  in  Afghanistan  is  â€œreprehen-­ sible.â€?  PHOTO  BY  ROBIN  WEINSTEIN Efforts  are  being  made  to  install  printers  in  each  of  the  residence  halls  on  campus. Â

they  have  to  walk  over  to  the  Sojourner  Truth  Li-­ brary  (STL)  or  Hasbrouck  before  midnight.  Although  there  are  printers  installed  in  Shan-­ go,  they  are  not  accessible  to  all  students,  Liver-­ pool  said.  Members  of  SA  feel  these  installations  are  necessary  because  students  might  have  limited  access  to  the  printers  in  the  STL  due  to  the  on-­ going  library  renovations  which,  according  to   newpaltz.edu,  is  scheduled  to  be  completed  in  â€˜winter  2013.’  ³%HFDXVH ZHÂśUH ORVLQJ D Ă€RRU RI WKH OLEUDU\ it’s  going  to  make  the  library  smaller,â€?  Liverpool  said.  â€œ[The  installation  of  printers  in  each  hall]  will  make  it  a  little  better  for  us.â€?

Liverpool  said  funding  issues  might  halt  or  slow  down  the  process  of  installation  and  al-­ though  this  initiative  falls  under  the  Residence  Life  budget,  they  aren’t  sure  if  they  have  enough  money  to  install  printers  in  each  hall. Director  of  Residence  Life  Corinna  Caracci  said  the  senate’s  goal  is  plausible  but  will  cost  a  lot  of  money  to  buy  and  maintain  the  printers  if  they’re  in  each  residence  hall. Liverpool  said  this  initiative  can  be  properly  handled  with  a  trial  run,  which  consists  of  a  print-­ er  installation  with  regulated  hours  and  possibly  a  lab  proctor  to  see  how  students  respond. “There  are  still  a  lot  of  question  marks,â€?   Carraci  said.

Construction  Begins  On  The  Mohonk  Walk By  Dan  O’Regan  Staff  Writer  |  N01726896@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

Blue  fences  were  raised  last  month  around  Mohonk  Avenue  East  and  Wooster  Parking  Lot  21  as  construction  began  on  the  â€œMohonk  Walk.â€? The  current  construction  projects  are  tied  to  the  work  on  the  Hasbrouck  Quad,  with  both  proj-­ ects  totaling  over  $11  million.  The  Mohonk  Walk  construction  is  expected  to  be  completed  by  the  summer  of  2013. John  McEnrue,  director  of  facilities,  design  &  construction,  said  the  Mohonk  Walk  will  be  an  east-­west  axis  that  will  improve  accessibility  from  Route  32  to  the  main  quadrangle  and  concourse.  After  the  completion  of  the  walk,  McEnrue  said,  the  focus  of  the  renovations  will  be  shifted  toward  creating  a,  â€œmore  sustainable,  low  main-­ tenance  environment.â€?  They  hope  to  work  toward  developing  a  natural  edge  to  the  pond  and  continue Â

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After  installing  a  printer  in  the  Student  Union,  members  of  the  Student  Association  (SA)  and  Academic  Computing  are  looking  to  install  printers  in  other  areas  on  campus. Earlier  this  semester,  the  student  senate  set  a  goal  that  each  residence  hall  on  campus  have  printers  installed  in  their  computer  labs.  This  ini-­ tiative  was  spearheaded  by  Sen.  Ramelle  Liver-­ pool.  â€œWe  should  have  printers  in  our  [residence  halls]  especially  when  [there’s  already]  a  com-­ puter  lab  in  there,â€?  Liverpool  said.  Assistant  Director  of  Academic  Computing  Lura  Speth  said  she  will  be  purchasing  printers  for  this  initiative  within  the  next  couple  of  months  and  she  plans  to  start  installing  them  over  the  summer  break.  These  actions  are  the  result  of  the  student  senate  and  the  responses  Academic  Computing  received  from  a  survey  given  in  spring  2010  re-­ garding  this  issue,  Speth  said.  Speth,  who  has  worked  on  the  initiative  for  nearly  two  years,  said  Academic  Computing  sent  out  a  survey  to  students  and  the  majority  that  re-­ sponded  said  they  would  like  to  see  printers  in-­ stalled  in  residence  halls  on  campus.  â€œAs  far  as  I  know,  the  printers  will  be  located  LQ WKH 5$ RIÂżFH DQG VWXGHQWV ZLOO EH DEOH WR SULQW during  RA  hours,â€?  Speth  said. Although  Liverpool  is  pushing  for  24-­hour  printing,  she  said  these  installations  would  be  con-­ venient  for  students  because  they  wouldn’t  have  to  leave  their  residence  halls.  She  said  since  not  all  students  have  access  to   printing  in  their  halls,  Â

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making  improvements  to  the  campus  drives  walk-­ ways. Although  the  project  will  eventually  improve  travel  on  campus,  some  students  are  more  focused  on  the  short-­term  implications,  as  parking  and  foot  travel  have  been  disrupted  on  the  north  end  of   campus.  â€œI  used  to  park  in  the  handicap  spaces  right  outside  of  the  Haggerty  Administration  Building  [HAB],â€?  Christina  Holtzberger,  fourth-­year  visual  arts  major,  said.  â€œI’ve  been  trying  to  use  the  circle  SDUNLQJ ORW E\ 2OG 0DLQ EXW LWÂśV EHHQ ÂżOOLQJ XS more  quickly  since  the  construction.â€? Holtzberger  suffers  from  a  bone  disease  known  as  osteochondromatosis,  making  it  hard  for  her  to  get  around  on  campus.  â€œEven  just  from  a  walking  standpoint,  if  I  have  to  go  from  Old  Library  to  Smiley  I  have  to  walk  all  the  way  down  and  around  instead  of  being Â

able  to  cut  through  the  parking  lot  which  is  much  quicker,â€?  Holtzberger  said.  2WKHU VWXGHQWV WU\ WR IRFXV RQ WKH EHQHÂżWV RI the  construction. “I  think  [the  walkway]  will  add  to  the  cam-­ pus  and  make  it  seem  less  like  a  concrete  jungle,â€?  Jennaleigh  Fish,  third-­year  psychology  graduate  student,  said. Fish  is  another  commuter  whose  regular  park-­ ing  spot  has  also  been  taken  up  by  the  construction.  She  said  she  doesn’t  really  mind  the  construction  and  welcomes  the  added  exercise  from  walking  be-­ tween  campus  and  the  parking  lots  by  Shango  Hall.  McEnrue  said  certain  changes  will  â€œframeâ€?  the  scenic  view.  â€œThe  walk  will  include  seating  elements  as  well  as  a  double  row  of  trees  which  will  help  to  frame  the  famous  view  of  the  Mohonk  Lodge  in  the  Shawangunk  Mountains,â€?  he  said. Â

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PAGING  NURSE  RATCHED A  nurse  has  admitted  to  fatally  shooting  a  young  mother  in  a  town  near  Houston  and  abducting  the  dying  woman’s  new-­ born  son  whom  she  apparently  intended  to  adopt,  authorities  said  Wednesday. CRASH  AND  BURN North  Korea’s  recent  failed  rocket  launch  shows  that  the  communist  country  has  PDGH OLWWOH SURJUHVV LQ LWV VSDFHĂ€LJKW program,  the  head  of  the  U.S.  missile  de-­ fense  program  said  Wednesday. FIGURING  OUT  THE  FUNDS )HGHUDO PRQH\ PRVW RI LW WKURXJK WKH Âż-­ nancial  aid  that  students  get,  accounts  for  XS WR SHUFHQW RI IRU SURÂżW FROOHJHVÂś revenue  -­  even  more  in  some  cases  if  vet-­ erans  attend  the  school  on  the  GI  bill. JUMP  ON  THE  JACKPOT  A  retired  southern  Illinois  couple  FODLPHG WKH WKLUG DQG ÂżQDO VKDUH RI last  month’s  record  $656  million  Mega  Millions  jackpot  on  Wednesday,  and  said  they  plan  to  treat  themselves  -­  pos-­ sibly  even  to  a  vacation  -­  once  they’ve  sorted  out  how  to  invest  their  windfall.

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Students  Raise  Concerns  About  Sodexo By  Ben  Kindlon    Copy  Editor  |  N02182316@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

A  representative  of  Sodexo  Inc.,  SUNY  New  Paltz’s  current  food-­service  provider,  confronted  students  gathered  in  the  Student  Union  (SU)  on  Monday,  April  9.   Outside  of  SU  62/63,  where  Sodexo’s  focus  group  meetings  were  held,  Students  With  a  Common  Interest  (SCI)  said  they  gath-­ HUHG WR H[SUHVV WKHLU GLVWDVWH IRU 6RGH[R ,QF ZKHQ %RE *ULIÂżQ D representative  of  Sodexo  Inc.,  tore  up  their  signs  after  being  told  to  leave  them  alone,  they  said. According  to  SCI  President  Robert  LoBianco,  SCI  members  are  displeased  with  Sodexo  Inc.  as  a  food  provider  and  are  opposed  to  renewing  a  contract  with  them. The  purpose  of  the  meetings  was  to  gauge  student  feedback  on  the  dining  experience  on  campus,  Sodexo  spokesperson  En-­ rico  Dinges  said.  Sixty  students  registered  for  the  event  and  were  split  into  groups  for  meetings  at  different  time  blocks.  Sodexo  Inc.  partnered  with  SUNY  New  Paltz  to  organize  the  on-­campus  focus  group  meetings.  'XULQJ D EUHDN LQ EHWZHHQ WKH ÂżUVW DQG VHFRQG PHHWLQJV *ULI-­ ÂżQ H[LWHG 68 DQG EHJDQ WHDULQJ XS WKH SURWHVWRUV VLJQV DF-­ cording  to  a  University  Police  report. Third-­year  political  science  major  Lisa  Wojehowski  was  one  of  the  few  protesters  present  during  that  time.  Most  of  the  other  SIC  members  were  in  class,  she  said. :RMHKRZVNL VDLG VKH SOHDGHG ZLWK *ULIÂżQ WR VWRS GHVWUR\LQJ their  signs,  explaining  there  was  nothing  wrong  with  what  they  were  doing.  Wojehowski  said  he  ignored  her  completely  and  â€œact-­ ed  if  she  weren’t  there.â€? 'LQJHV VDLG WKH LQFLGHQW EHWZHHQ WKH GHPRQVWUDWRU DQG *ULIÂżQ was  a  miscommunication. “His  intent  was  to  clean  up  the  signs  prior  to  the  next  event,  WKLQNLQJ WKDW WKH SURWHVWHUV KDG ÂżQLVKHG DQG OHIW ´ KH VDLG Âł,W ZDV just  a  misunderstanding.  An  apology  was  given  and  that  was  that.â€?  LoBianco  said  he  and  his  fellow  classmates,  and  even  profes-­ sors,  have  been  disappointed  by  Sodexo’s  service  at  New  Paltz.  LoBianco  said  he  was  disgusted  with  the  controversial  issues  the  company  is  involved  in  both  on  and  off  campus.  â€œThere  is  no  accountability,  and  no  oversight,â€?  he  said. “We  do  actually  source  a  lot  of  products  locally  â€Ś  that  help  support  the  local  economy,â€?  Dinges  said  in  an  interview  with  the  Daily  Freeman.   LoBianco  said  he  wanted  to  stress  the  fact  that  the  â€œlocalâ€?  businesses  that  Sodexo  is  being  supplied  by  includes  a  Pepsi  Co.  which  is  located  within  Ulster  County.  He  said  there  have  been  dozens  of  complaints  from  Sodexo  employees  worldwide.   In  a  press  release  from  the  TransAfrica  Forum,  workers  com-­ plained  about  separate  and  unequal  treatment  between  employees  of  different  races  or  ethnicities: A  Sodexo  warehouse  worker  from  Guniea  claimed  the  em-­ ployees  of  European  descent  are  always  well  fed  and  taken  care  of,  but  he  and  others  of  his  descent  sometimes  show  up  to  work  and  are  given  nothing  to  eat.  A  company  in  Columbia  being  supplied  by  Sodexo  was  given  spoiled  food  leading  to  more  than  60  workers  contracting  food  poisoning.   A  Sodexo  employee  in  Morocco  said  in  the  report  that  he  and  his  co-­workers  fear  their  employer.

 PHOTO  BY  ROBIN  WEINSTEIN Ralph  Perez-­Rogers  (right)  of  Sodexo  appeared  before  the  student  senate  after  students  expressed  concerns  about  the  company’s  services.

“We  do  not  complain  about  the  supervisor  because  we  are  scared  of  him,â€?  he  said  in  the  report. Human  Rights  Watch  released  a  study  of  the  labor  practices  of  European  corporations  in  their  operations  in  the  United  States.   The  study  showed  Sodexo  managers  have  â€œat  times  crossed  the  line  to  anti-­union  behavior,  unlawful  under  both  U.S.  Law  and  international  standards...recent  developments  indicate  that  Sodexo  still  resists  workers’  new  organizing  attempts.â€? In  a  report  titled  â€œVoices  For  Change:  Sodexo  Workers  From  Five  Countries  Speak,â€?  an  employee  of  Loyola  University  in  New  Orleans  reported  that  there  is  no  opportunity  for  workers  making  lower  wages  to  earn  overtime  hours.  The  employee  said  she  had  to  leave  Sodexo  and  receive  outside  food  industry  experience  to  be  eligible  to  become  a  supervisor. “When  they  see  you  are  close  to  38  or  40  hours,  you  have  to Â

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leave  and  go  home,  even  if  you  are  in  the  middle  of  a  shift,  because  they  don’t  want  you  to  go  into  overtime,â€?  she  said. A  Sodexo  cafeteria  worker  at  Tulane  University,  New  Or-­ leans,  still  makes  less  than  $10  an  hour  after  working  there  for  40  years,  according  to  the  forum. The  SCI  and  other  students  around  the  New  Paltz  campus  are  outraged  with  these  allegations,  according  to  LoBianco. Students  contend  Sodexo  has  been  unresponsive  to  com-­ plaints  about  the  poor  quality  of  food.  â€œWe  need  to  get  Sodexo  out  of  New  Paltz,â€?  second-­year  lin-­ guistics  major  Chacho  Guenancia  said,  â€œIt’s  fucking  terrible.  My  stomach  has  never  been  the  same  since  I  started  eating  here.â€? SCI  will  hold  a  forum  to  discuss  campus  food  issues  and  pos-­ sible  alternatives  to  Sodexo.  LoBianco  said  the  forum  will  be  held  on  Thursday,  April  26  in  SU  407.

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While  campus  administrators  continue  to  review  re-­ quests  for  a  share  of  the  new  revenue  generated  by  a  tuition  increase,  one  campus  group  has  already  been  informed  that  their  proposal  will  not  be  acted  on:  the  United  University  Professions  (UUP)  union. Vice  President  of  Administration  and  Finance  Jacque-­ line  DiStefano  said  the  UUP  proposal  to  set  aside  15  percent  of  the  estimated  $1.6  million  in  new  revenue  the  college  could  be  receiving  in  2012-­13  for  increased  adjunct  pay  will  not  be  acted  on  because  the  union  is  still  negotiating  their  contract. DiStefano  said  the  contract,  which  is  negotiated  with  WKH VWDWH JRYHUQRUÂśV RIÂżFH RI HPSOR\HH UHODWLRQV DQG WKH XQLRQ KDV QRW EHHQ ÂżQDOL]HG DW WKLV WLPH 6LQFH WKH FXUUHQW faculty  contract  makes  no  mention  of  salary  for  part-­time  IDFXOW\ 'L6WHIDQR VDLG FROOHJH RIÂżFLDOV KRSH WKH XQLRQ members  will  bring  this  issue  to  the  negotiating  table. “We  had  hoped  that  these  types  of  requests  be  brought  to  the  people  they  are  negotiating  with  in  Albany,â€?  she  said.  â€œWe  are  not  going  to  react  to  the  requests  until  those  nego-­ WLDWLRQV ZHUH ÂżQDO ´ 1HZ 3DOW] 883 &KDSWHU 3UHVLGHQW 3HWHU %URZQ VDLG WKH EXGJHW UHTXHVW ZDV PDGH ZLWK WKH IDFW WKDW FDPSXV RIÂżFLDOV have  the  ability  to  set  a  per-­credit  compensation  rate  for  ad-­ juncts  in  mind,  however,  and  the  union  felt  the  availability  of  new  revenue  could  provide  a  chance  to  close  pay  gaps  between  part-­time  and  full-­time  faculty. $IWHU WKH SDVVDJH RI *RY $QGUHZ &XRPRÂśV 1< 681< SODQ DQG WKH VWDWHZLGH DGRSWLRQ RI D ÂżYH \HDU UDWLRQDO WXLWLRQ SODQ DFURVV WKH V\VWHP WKH VWXGHQWV DW 1HZ 3DOW] DQG DFURVV WKH 681< V\VWHP H[SHULHQFHG WXLWLRQ LQFUHDVHV EHJLQQLQJ ODVW IDOO 3UHVLGHQW 'RQDOG &KULVWLDQ VDLG DGPLQ-­ istrators  are  estimating  that  the  college  may  have  as  much  DV PLOOLRQ LQ QHZ UHYHQXH LQ WKH QH[W ÂżVFDO \HDU DV D result. UUP  members  proposed  that  15  percent  of  those  funds  ² DSSUR[LPDWHO\ ² EH VHW DVLGH WR LQFUHDVH SD\ IRU DGMXQFWV %URZQ VDLG WKH XQLRQ FKRVH WKLV QXPEHU EH-­ cause  it  is  the  same  percentage  of  funding  earmarked  for  part-­timers  in  the  UUP’s  Individual  Development  Awards,  a  joint  state  and  union  program. Âł:H WKRXJKW VLQFH WKDW QXPEHU DOUHDG\ H[LVWV LQ D MRLQW program,  it  was  a  reasonable  number,â€?  he  said.  â€œIt  would  FRPH RXW WR EH D IHZ H[WUD KXQGUHG GROODUV IRU HDFK DGMXQFW per  course.  It’s  not  a  huge  amount  of  money,  but  it  would  be  more  than  just  a  symbolic  step  towards  closing  the  gap  between  adjunct  salaries  and  everybody  else.â€? %URZQ VDLG KLV UHVHDUFK VKRZV WKDW DGMXQFWV W\SLFDOO\ earn  $12,000  annually  for  teaching  two  three-­credit  courses  SHU VHPHVWHU DW 681< 1HZ 3DOW] ZKLFK KH VDLG UHTXLUHV them  to  seek  other  sources  of  income.  He  said  the  235  part-­ timers  employed  by  the  college  have  not  received  a  substan-­ tial  salary  increase  in  the  past  seven  years,  with  compensa-­ WLRQ GURSSLQJ SHUFHQW RYHU WKH SDVW IRXU GHFDGHV ZKHQ DGMXVWHG IRU LQĂ€DWLRQ

 The  compensation  of  part-­timers  is  an  important  issue  WR WKH XQLRQ %URZQ VDLG EHFDXVH PHPEHUV IHHO WKH FROOHJH should  be  concerned  for  the  livelihood  of  the  part-­timers  relied  on  to  teach  all  types  of  courses  across  academic  units  DW 681< 1HZ 3DOW] 7KH XQLRQ SUHVLGHQW VDLG WKH IDFW WKDW these  faculty  do  not  receive  much  pay  could  also  discour-­ DJH VWXGHQWV IURP HQWHULQJ WKH HGXFDWLRQ ÂżHOG DQG WKDW WKLV should  be  corrected. “If  students  see  the  result  of  hard  work  and  getting  good  grades  and  getting  a  higher  education  degree  is  going  to  result  in  a  dead-­end  job  and  near  poverty  wages,  they  are  not  going  to  go  into  the  teaching  profession,â€?  he  said.  â€œI  think  we  need  to  inspire  students  and  get  good  people  to  go  LQWR WKLV ÂżHOG EXW LI ZH SD\ SHRSOH OHVV WKDQ ZKDW WKH FOHDQ-­ ers  get  paid,  people  will  not  want  to  go  on  to  get  a  graduate  degree  and  end  up  in  a  really  low  paying  job.â€? However,  DiStefano  said  the  rate  offered  to  adjuncts  DUH RQ SDU ZLWK FROOHJHV FRPSDUDEOH WR 681< 1HZ 3DOW] at  this  time. “We’ve  looked  at  national  and  local  benchmarks,  in-­ cluding  that  for  adjunct  compensation  at  the  nine  other  com-­

SUHKHQVLYH FROOHJHV LQ WKH 681< V\VWHP ´ VKH VDLG Âł7KRVH data  indicate  that,  comparatively,  the  per-­credit  hour/per-­ course  rates  that  we  offer  are  very  competitive.â€? DiStefano  said  union  members  should  bring  their  re-­ search  and  opinions  about  compensation  for  part-­timers  to  contract  negotiations  in  Albany,  as  she  feels  this  is  a  state  and  national  issue  in  higher  education. %URZQ FDOOHG WKH ODFN RI PHQWLRQ RI DGMXQFW SD\ LQ WKH last  contract  a  â€œglaring  omission.â€? “In  the  meantime,  it’s  up  to  individual  adjuncts  to  ne-­ gotiate  their  own  salaries  and  they  have  no  leverage  what-­ soever,â€?  he  said.  â€œThis  all  strengthens  the  argument  that  we  need  better  provisions  for  adjuncts  in  our  contract.â€? Other  requests  for  shares  of  the  possible  $1.6  million  in  QHZ UHYHQXH DUH VWLOO EHLQJ UHYLHZHG DQG VXPPDUL]HG 'L6-­ tefano  said.  As  of  press  time,  she  said  administrators  have  received  about  100  requests  for  funding  from  the  revenue  garnered  from  the  tuition  increases.  The  UUP  request  was  the  only  one  dealing  with  compensation,  DiStefano  said,  while  the  rest  were  predominantly  asking  for  funds  to  hire  new  faculty  and  student  support  services.

3UHVLGHQW *HWV 3LHG $W 5+6$ (YHQW The  Residence  Hall  Student  Association  (RHSA)  commemorated  the  inauguration  of  3UHVLGHQW 'RQDOG &KULVWLDQ RQ 6XQGD\ $SULO with  a  barbecue.  RHSA  representatives  said  more  than  1,000  students  used  their  meal  â€œswipesâ€?  to  get  barbe-­ cued  food  at  the  event.  Other  items,  like  cotton  candy  and  snow  cones,  were  also  available.  2WKHU FDPSXV FOXEV DQG *UHHN RUJDQL]D-­ tions  were  invited  to  table  at  the  barbecue  to  commemorate  the  inauguration  that  happened  on  Friday.  One  participating  group  was  Kappa  Delta  Phi,  who  allowed  event  goers  to  pie  members  in  the  face  if  they  made  a  donation  to  charity.  The  fraternity  members  saved  one  whipped  cream  SLH WR SXW LQ WKH IDFH RI &KULVWLDQ KLPVHOI ZKR was  in  attendance  Sunday.  Kappa  Delta  Phi  raised  more  than  $100  at  the  barbecue.  $VLGH IURP YLVLWLQJ RUJDQL]DWLRQ WDEOHV VWX-­ dents  in  attendance  could  ride  a  mechanical  bull,  participate  in  jousting  or  go  in  a  bouncy  castle.  5+6$ RIIHUHG JLYHDZD\ SUL]HV DW WKH HYHQW to  students  who  answered  trivia  questions  about  WKH UHVLGHQFH KDOOV 7KH SUL]HV LQFOXGHG 7 VKLUWV lanyards,  mugs  and  more. 3+272 %< 52%,1 :(,167(,1 &$37,21 %< -8/,( 0$160$11

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After  months  of  searching,  SUNY  New  Paltz  has  ¿OOHG WZR WRS DGPLQLVWUDWLYH SRVLWLRQV In  a  campus-­wide  email  sent  on  April  10,  President  Donald  Christian  announced  that  Phillip  Mauceri,  cur-­ UHQWO\ VHUYLQJ DV GHDQ RI WKH &ROOHJH RI 6RFLDO DQG %H-­ KDYLRUDO 6FLHQFHV DW WKH 8QLYHUVLW\ RI 1RUWKHUQ ,RZD ZLOO VHUYH DV SURYRVW DQG YLFH SUHVLGHQW IRU DFDGHPLF DIIDLUV VWDUWLQJ LQ $XJXVW 'DQLHO )UHHGPDQ ZKR VHUYHG DV LQ-­ terim  dean  of  science  and  engineering  at  New  Paltz  since  August  2011,  was  shed  of  his  interim  tag  and  was  an-­ QRXQFHG DV IXOO WLPH GHDQ E\ &KULVWLDQ &KULVWLDQ VDLG 0DXFHUL ZKR ZLOO WDNH RYHU IRU ,Q-­ WHULP 3URYRVW &KHU\O 7RUVHQ\ ZKR DUULYHG DV WKH FDPSXV FKLHI DFDGHPLF RI¿FHU ODVW -XQH ZDV DQ LGHDO FKRLFH WR DFW DV DQ DGPLQLVWUDWLYH RI¿FLDO DW 1HZ 3DOW] ³, DP GHOLJKWHG WKDW ZH KDYH IRXQG VXFK DQ RXWVWDQG-­ LQJ OHDGHU DV 'U 0DXFHUL WR DVVXPH WKH UHVSRQVLELOLWLHV RI WKLV SRVLWLRQ ´ &KULVWLDQ VDLG LQ KLV DQQRXQFHPHQW HPDLO ³'U 0DXFHUL KDV D VWURQJ DFDGHPLF EDFNJURXQG DQG DQ H[FHSWLRQDO UHFRUG RI OHDGHUVKLS DQG DGPLQLVWUDWLYH DF-­ FRPSOLVKPHQWV ´ Mauceri,  who  will  also  hold  a  faculty  appointment  in  the  Political  Science  Department  in  addition  to  his  role  DV SURYRVW VDLG KH LV ORRNLQJ IRUZDUG WR FRQWLQXLQJ KLV FDUHHU DQG ZRUNLQJ WRZDUG LPSURYLQJ 1HZ 3DOW]œV UHSX-­ WDWLRQ ZKHQ KH EHJLQV KLV QHZ SRVLWLRQ WKLV VXPPHU ³,Q SDUW WKLV ZDV D QDWXUDO QH[W VWHS LQ P\ FDUHHU , KDYH KDG WR GHDO ZLWK D ZLGH YDULHW\ RI LVVXHV DV GHDQ including  a  major  budget  crisis,  and  felt  that  I  was  well  SUHSDUHG WR WDNH WKLV VWHS ´ 0DXFHUL VDLG ³:KHQ , VDZ the  position  announcement  for  New  Paltz,  I  knew  I  had  WR DSSO\ ,W KDV DQ RXWVWDQGLQJ UHSXWDWLRQ LV SRLVHG IRU a  major  takeoff  and  is  located  in  an  absolutely  beautiful  VHWWLQJ ´

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New  Paltz  RHSA  Honored  With  Several  Awards By  Maria  Jayne   Copy  Editor  |  Maria.jayne17@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

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Graduate  Program  Moves  Up  In  The  Ranks By  Katherine  Speller  Features  Editor  |  Katherine.speller79@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

The  SUNY  New  Paltz  Master  of  Fine  Arts  Program  ranked  83rd  in  U.S.  News  &  World  Report’s  list  of  the  best  graduate  VFKRROV IRU ÂżQH DUWV New  Paltz  was  one  of  four  schools  in  the  SUNY  system  to  be  recognized  in  the  top  100  on  the  list,  moving  up  11  places  from  its  previous  rank  in  2008. “We  are  so  proud  of  this  recognition  of  our  arts  programs  and  the  creativity  and  level  of  accomplishment  of  our  students,  faculty  and  staff,â€?   President  Donald  Chris-­ tian  said  on  the  university’s  website.  â€œThe  DFFODLP JLYHQ WR RXU ÂżQH DUWV JUDGXDWH SUR-­ JUDP LV \HW DQRWKHU UHĂ€HFWLRQ RI WKH YLEUDQ-­ cy  of  the  Hudson  Valley  arts  community  that  is  so  important  to  our  region’s  culture,  history  and  economy.â€? L.  David  Eaton,  vice  president  of  en-­ rollment  management,  said  the  distinction  FRQÂżUPV ZKDW KH DOUHDG\ NQHZ DERXW WKH quality  of  the  program.  â€œWe  must  be  good  to  be  at  the  top,â€?  Ea-­ ton  said.  â€œWe  are  continuously  recognized  for  being  good  and  remaining  committed  to  continual  improvement.â€?  Eaton  said  more  applications  could  be  received  as  a  result  of  the  listing.  However,  the  MFA  program  is  already  competitive  with  high  admission  standards.  Jennie  Hirsch,  a  second-­year  art  his-­ tory  major  and  volunteer  at  The  Dorsky,  said  students  would  be  attracted  by  both  the Â

 PHOTO  BY  ROBIN  WEINSTEIN The  Master  of  Fine  Arts  Program  at  SUNY  New  Paltz  was  one  of  four  schools  in  the  SUNY  system  to  be  ranked  in  the  top  100  of  this  magazine’s  list. Â

ranking  and  the  artistic  environment  of  the  school. “I  think  that  moving  up  on  a  list  shows  that  the  school  has  a  high  standard,  and  that’ll  attract  attention,â€?  Hirsch  said.  â€œI  think  that  especially  at  the  graduate  level  it’s  the  quality  of  work  that’s  being  pro-­ duced  that  pushes  people  to  actually  study Â

here.  There  are  a  lot  of  really  talented  peo-­ ple  at  New  Paltz  right  now.â€? Eaton  said  the  goal  of  the  institution  is  to  continue  moving  forward  and  improving  the  quality  of  the  educational  environment.  The  U.S.  News  &  World  Report  MFA  Program  rankings  are  based  on  the  results  of  a  peer  assessment  survey,  according  to Â

the  publication’s  website.  Respondents  to  the  survey,  conducted  by  Ipsos  Public  Af-­ fairs,  rated  the  academic  quality  of  pro-­ JUDPV RQ D VFDOH RI RQH WR ÂżYH In  2012,  New  Paltz  was  also  ranked  as  sixth  among  the  best  public  universities  and  30th  among  public  and  private  universities  in  the  north  by  the  publication. Â

New  Paltz  Chosen  For  EPA  Sustainable  Program By  Clarissa  Moses  Copy  Editor  |  Cmoses59@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

New  Paltz  was  named  by  the  Environmental  Protection  Agency  (EPA)  as  one  of  the  13  nationwide  communities  to  be  part  of  their  Sustainable  Materials  Management  (SMM)  program.  â€œSustainable  materials  management  is  a  corner-­ stone  of  any  sustainability  program,â€?  Kimiko  Link,  environmental  scientist  at  United  States  Environmental  Protection  Agency  (USEPA)  Region  2,  said.  â€œA  SMM  approach,  combined  with  a  sustainable  energy,  sustain-­ able  food  and  sustainable  water  approach  will  help  pre-­ serve  our  precious  natural  resources,  improve  health,  strengthen  our  economy  and  build  resilience  for  the  future.â€? The  SMM  program  is  aiming  to  serve  human  needs  by  using  and  reusing  resources  most  productively  and  sustainably  from  extraction  to  disposal.  The  SMM  approach  seeks  to  minimize  the  amount  of  materials  involved  and  all  associated  environmental  impacts,  as Â

ZHOO DV DFFRXQW IRU HFRQRPLF HIÂżFLHQF\ DQG VRFLDO FRQ-­ siderations,  Link  said.  In  order  to  promote  nationwide  awareness  and  change,  one  municipality  per  EPA  region  was  chosen  to  participate  in  the  program.  New  Paltz  was  recruited  as  the  New  York  community  from  USEPA  Region  two  to  be  a  part  of  the  program,  Link  said.  Link  said  New  Paltz’  interest  in  both  the  SMM  program  and  the  partnership  made  the  town  a  good  choice.  She  said  the  partnership  program  was  intended  WR UHĂ€HFW D YDULHW\ RI GHPRJUDSKLFV 7KH 1HZ 3DOW] community’s  mix  of  village,  suburban  and  rural  per-­ VSHFWLYHV DJULFXOWXUDO DQG FROOHJH LQĂ€XHQFHV SUR[LPLW\ to  urban  centers,  access  to  markets  and  varied  disposal  RSWLRQV ÂżWV WKH SURJUDPÂśV QLFKH Organizations  such  as  the  SUNY  New  Paltz  Re-­ cycling  Club  and  the  New  Paltz  Recycling  Center  will  be  collaborating  with  the  EPA  to  reach  the  goal  of   zero  waste  through  the  SMM  program. Kelly  Drummond,  president  of  the  Recycling  Club,  said  they  will  be  involved  with  the  initiatives  tak-­

ing  place  on  the  SUNY  New  Paltz  campus.  Drummond  said  some  of  the  events  the  club  has  already  hosted,  such  as  awareness  events  and  the  RecycleMania  pro-­ gram,  promote  recycling  on  campus  and  educate  stu-­ dents  about  sustainability. “Having  people  know  their  resources  will  prob-­ DEO\ EH WKH PRVW GLIÂżFXOW ´ 'UXPPRQG VDLG Âł7KHUH DUH so  many  different  resources  out  there  that  are  just  not  really  known.  Once  people  know  what  recourses  are  out  there  they  will  be  willing  to  participate.â€? The  New  Paltz  Recycling  Center  will  also  assist  the  EPA  in  a  variety  of  ways  including  technical  support  and  peer-­to-­peer  networking,  Link  said. “New  Paltz  Recycling  Center  will  be  the  â€œhome  baseâ€?  for  the  Reduction,  Diversion  and  Reuse  part  of  the  Zero  Waste  Initiative,â€?  Recycling  Coordinator  Lau-­ ra  Petit  said.  â€œWe  have  hosted  school  and  scout  tours  of  the  facility,  offer  internships  and  training  opportunities,  and  have  low  cost  materials  on  site  that  have  been  di-­ verted  from  the  waste  stream  (environmental)  and  help  socially  and  economically  to  reduce  expenses  for  arts, Â

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crafts,  home  improvements,  etc.â€? Link  said  the  EPA  is  hopeful  this  program  will  inform  the  community  about  the  effects  and  costs  of  current  approaches  to  materials  management  and  addi-­ tional  options  available. The  EPA  has  extended  the  SMM  program  to  other  communities  and  individuals  who  are  not  directly  in-­ volved  by  developing  sustainable-­type  challenges  in  which  people  can  demonstrate  how  the   U.S.  can  move  toward  a  greener  future.  The  challenges  include  the  Federal  Green  Challenge,  the  Food  Recovery  Challenge  and  the  Electronics  Challenge. “The  sustainability  phenomenon  has  rippled  throughout  the  community  through  public  support  and  information  that  the  EPA  brought  in  through  network-­ ing,  workshops  and  the  creation  of  programs  (real  pro-­ grams,  not  just  meetings  and  talk),â€?  Petit  said.  â€œThere  will  be  a  food  waste  program,  backyard  composting  initiative,  more  aggressive  recycling  and  compliance  efforts,  and  hands  on  inspecting  of  what  is  being  thrown  out  versus  what  should  have  been  recycled  or  diverted.â€?

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Second-­year  Ryan  Randazzo  is  among  the  minority  of  students  living  in  a  single  room  on  campus.  Although  he  lives  in  a  suite  with  several  others,  his  loud  treatments  and  coughing  require  him  to  live  alone.  His  living  situation  is  just  one  element  of  his  life  at  SUNY  New  Paltz  affected  by  his  Cystic  Fibrosis;Íž  another  is  how  he  walks  to  class  â€”  he  has  to  hold  his  breath  to  get  there. “I  can’t  be  around  smoke,â€?  Randazzo  said.  â€œI  hold  my  breath  and  run  by  Humanities.â€? Randazzo  has  Cystic  Fibrosis,  a  genetic  disease  that  causes  a  thick  mucus  to  build  up  in  the  lungs  and  diges-­ tive  tracks.  He  started  the  Cystic  Fibrosis  Awareness  Club  at  SUNY  New  Paltz  with  the  help  of  one  of  his  suitemates  to  educate  people  about  his  disease  and  to  help  raise  mon-­ ey  for  research.  Prior  to  meeting  Randazzo,  Cecilia  Stein,  a  second-­ year  international  relations  major,  said  she  had  no  knowl-­

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The  Cystic  Fibrosis  Awareness  Club  aims  to  promote  themselves  and  awareness  of  the  disease  on  campus  by  hosting  events  like  the  5K  run  they  held  on  the  Old  Main  Quad  on  Sunday,  April  15.  Randazzo  said  they  provided  brochures  for  participants  to  learn  about  the  illness  and  sold  bracelets  to  earn  money  to  donate  to  the  Cystic  Fi-­ brosis  Foundation. “There  are  so  few  people  with  the  disease  that  there’s  not  a  lot  of  research  being  done,â€?  Randazzo  said.  â€œAll  of  the  money  that  the  Cystic  Fibrosis  Foundation  gets  is  from  people  like  us.â€? According  to  their  website,  the  Cystic  Fibrosis  Foun-­ dation  aims  to  fund  research  on  drugs  that  can  be  used  to  ¿JKW WKH GLVHDVH WR KHOS WKRVH ZKR VXIIHU IURP WKH GLV-­ HDVH DQG WR ÂżQG D FXUH IRU LW Randazzo  said  he  grew  tired  of  explaining  his  disease  to  people  he  met,  so  he  began  carrying  around  a  page  in  his  wallet  explaining  his  illness.  He  hopes  his  club  will  eliminate  the  need  to  carry  a  page  in  his  wallet  ever  again.

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A Weighted Issue In New Paltz PROGRAM DISCUSSES COMMON EATING DISORDERS By  Roberto  Cruz Thou  shall  live  thy  life  by  the  scale  â€”  and  for  many  Americans  this  means  risking  your  life  to  attain  an  unhealthy  weight.  The  SUNY  New  Paltz  Eating  Disorders  Awareness  com-­ mittee  hosted  a  viewing  of  â€œAmerica  the  Beautiful  2:  The  Thin  Commandmentsâ€?  on  Thursday,  March  29  in  Lecture  Center  100  as  part  of  the  college’s  Healthy  Living  Aware-­ QHVV :HHN 7KH ÂżOP GHDOV ZLWK FRPPRQ SUREOHPV LQ GLHWLQJ eating  disorders  and  debates  whether  it  was  the  willpower  of  the  dieter  or  the  instinctive  need  to  eat  that  makes  dieting  so  GLIÂżFXOW IRU PLOOLRQV RI $PHULFDQV Writer  and  Director  Darryl  Roberts  documented  his  tri-­ als  of  numerous  popular  dieting  methods  including  $80  per  gallon  vegetable  juice  diets,  detoxing,  Picture  Perfect  Weight  Loss,  Weight  Watchers  and  Lean  Cuisine.  Roberts  said  di-­ HWV ZHUH GLIÂżFXOW IRU KLP WR PDLQWDLQ DQG LQ PRVW FDVHV WKH changes  in  his  diet  led  him  to  gain  more  weight  than  he  lost;Íž  until  his  regimented  exercise  and  healthy  mind-­set  led  him  to  lower  his  blood  pressure  from  160/108  to  116/72  â€”  a  drastic  improvement.  Roberts  also  lost  11  pounds,  and  concluded  that  a  healthy  mindset  can  be  more  of  an  asset  than  a  set  of  six-­pack  abs.  The  documentary  was  followed  by  a  panel  discussion  where  the  41  students  and  faculty  in  attendance  asked  ques-­ tions  about  weight  and  mental  health  to  members  of  the  Eat-­ ing  Disorders  Awareness  Committee  including  Dr.  Gweneth  Lloyd  of  the  Psychological  Counseling  Center,  the  campus’  registered  dietitian  and  nutritionist,  Evelyn  Gezo  and  Dr.  Richard  Ordway,  director  of  Student  Health  Services.  Gezo  spoke  to  the  audience  about  problems  with  the  Center  for  Disease  Control’s  Body  Mass  Index  (BMI)  mea-­ surements,  like  how  the  scale  is  the  same  for  men  and  women.  She  said  numbers  can  be  skewed  depending  on  the  amount  of  muscle  mass  on  the  body.  â€œThere’s  no  cookie-­cutter  approach  to  this,â€?  Gezo  said. *H]R DQG 2UGZD\ WKHQ WRXFKHG EULHĂ€\ RQ JDVWULF E\SDVV surgery  and  the  uniqueness  of  each  individual’s  body  type  in  relation  to  their  weight.  Lloyd  said  it  was  important  to  use  a  calm  demeanor  when  approaching  a  friend  or  family  member  dealing  with  an  eating  disorder,  like  anorexia  or  bulimia.  She  spoke  about  life  in  moderation,  a  lifestyle  approach  that  does  not  ask  the  dieter  to  avoid  certain  foods  altogether  or  demand  an  obses-­ sive  workout  routine,  but  rather  a  healthy  realistic  approach  to  dieting.  Lloyd  stressed  the  importance  of  self-­love  and  accep-­ tance. Lloyd  said  eating  disorders  manifest  through  deep-­ seeded  psychological  and  emotional  issues.  Where  there  are  eating  disorders,  there  is  often  deep  psychological  trauma.  She  said  eating  disorders,  in  some  ways,  greatly  resemble  an  DGGLFWLRQ ² HVSHFLDOO\ WKH ZD\ WKH DIĂ€LFWHG LQWHUDFWV ZLWK

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others  on  a  daily  basis. “They  have  it  down  to  a  science,â€?  Lloyd  said.  â€œThey  know  just  how  many  calories  they  need  to  survive.â€? Lloyd  said  college  students  are  especially  susceptible  to  developing  eating  disorders,  because  their  sleep  habits  leave  them  deprived  of  a  chance  to  rebuild.  She  said  mental  fatigue  leads  to  the  lack  of  ability  to  tolerate  stress  and  anxiety.  Lloyd  HVWLPDWHV WKDW KHU RIÂżFH VHHV DERXW VL[ RU VHYHQ VWXGHQWV D year  about  eating  disorders.   Colleen  A.  Bruley,  head  coach  of  Women’s  Soccer  at  New  Paltz  and  a  member  of  the  Eating  Disorders  Awareness  Committee,  said  she  joined  the  committee  four  years  ago  to  try  to  make  a  difference  in  students’  lives. She  said  during  her  tenure  at  New  Paltz  she  has  dealt  with  two  players  that  battled  with  eating  disorders.  â€œIt’s  not  about  the  food,â€?  Bruley  said.  â€œIt’s  about  the  loss  of  control  in  one  area  of  their  life,  and  food  is  something  they  can  control.â€?  Students  at  the  screening  were  giving  bookmarks  cov-­ ered  in  healthy  living  awareness  tips,  and  blue  water  canisters  given  by  the  Psychological  Counseling  Center  that  had  â€œCel-­ ebrate  Our  Natural  Sizesâ€?  written  underneath  a  half-­hollow  silhouette  of  a  curvy  person.    6DP :HLVV D ÂżUVW \HDU SV\FKRORJ\ PDMRU VDLG WKH GRFX-­ mentary  met  her  expectations,  which  were  admittedly  low.  Both  of  Weiss’  parents  have  undergone  gastric  bypass  sur-­ gery,  and  she  said  the  documentary  drove  a  lot  of  emotion  out  of  her,  as  well  as  her  appetite.

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“I  felt  like  I  didn’t  want  to  eat  for  a  week,â€?  Weiss  said. Weiss  said  she  has  been  working  out  up  to  six  times  a  week  since  the  eighth  grade.  She  said  after  her  parent’s  sur-­ geries,  the  family  took  action  by  dieting,  eating  more  fresh  foods.  She  said  she  also  bought  a  treadmill  for  her  home.  â€œPeople  think  you  can  look  like  a  twig,â€?  Weiss  said.  â€œAs  ORQJ DV \RXÂśUH KHDOWK\ DQG KDSS\ \RXÂśUH ÂżQH ´ %URRNH 7HWD DQ XQGHFODUHG ÂżUVW \HDU VWXGHQW VDLG VKH had  to  look  away  during  scenes  of  stomach  stapling,  and  lap  banding.  Her  father  underwent  lap  banding  to  try  and  combat  his  type  one  diabetes  and  back  issues.  She  said  she  thinks  that  KHDOWK\ OLIHVW\OHV RQ FDPSXV FRXOG EHQHÂżW IURP DQ LPSURYHG diet  at  Hasbrouck  Dining  Hall.  â€œThey  need  a  bigger  vegan  section,â€?  Teta  said.  â€œIt’s  pa-­ thetic.â€?  The  documentary  also  included  interviews  with  health  and  nutrition  experts,  including  Michigan  State  University’s  Dr.  Jon  Robison,  former  Ohio  Senator  Kevin  Coughlin  (who  PDGH LW D ODZ WR PHDVXUH %RG\ 0DVV ,QGH[ RI FKLOGUHQ LQ ÂżUVW and  third  grades)  and  current  Secretary  of  Health  and  Human  Services  Kathleen  Sebelius,  who  commented  on  the  obesity  epidemic.    According  to  the  National  Association  of  Anorexia  Ner-­ vosa  and  Associated  Disorders  website,  95  percent  of  all  diet-­ HUV ZLOO UHJDLQ WKHLU ORVW ZHLJKW ZLWKLQ ÂżYH years  and  91  per-­ cent  of  women  surveyed  on  a  college  campus  had  attempted  to  control  their  weight  through  dieting,  while  22  percent  â€œof-­ tenâ€?  or  â€œalwaysâ€?  dieted. Â

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Each week, one of the members of our Copy Desk will share their culinary chops with you. Bon appetit! Recently,  I  have  become  sort  of  a  vegetarian‌ but  not  by  choice.  Meat  these  days  is  pricey  and  as  a  FROOHJH VWXGHQW WKDW GRHVQÂśW Ă€ \ ,I \RXÂśUH D SRRU FRO lege  student  too,  take  a  break  from  the  high  sodium  Ramen  Noodle  alternative  and  listen  up.  Eggplant  parmesan  is  quick  and  cheap  to  make,  easy  to  store  and  totally  delicious!  I  know,  some  of  you  may  have  just  gagged  a  little,  but  trust  me,  this  stuff  is  good.  I’m  Italian  and  if  there  is  something  we  do  well,  it’s  breading  food  and  throwing  sauce  and  cheese  over  it.  If  you  are  daring  enough  to  try  this  out,  you  will  QHHG WKH IROORZLQJ 2QH HJJSODQW ,WDOLDQ VW\OH EUHDG crumbs,  three  eggs,  vegetable  oil,  garlic,  basil,  sugar,  WRPDWR VDXFH PR]]DUHOOD FKHHVH DQG VSDJKHWWL RS tional). 3HHO WKH VNLQ RII RI WKH HJJSODQW 6OLFH LW YHUWL FDOO\ DERXW RQH Âż IWK RI DQ LQFK &XW WKHP LQWR WR inch  long  pieces,  but  make  sure  they’re  not  so  thin  that  they  burn  in  the  pan.  &UDFN WKUHH HJJV LQWR D ERZO DQG ZLVN WKHP 3RXU VRPH EUHDG FUXPEV LQWR D VHSDUDWH ERZO 'LS WKH HJJSODQW VOLFHV LQWR WKH PL[WXUH FRYHULQJ WKH VOLFH HQ tirely  with  egg  and  place  it  into  the  bread  crumb  bowl,  covering  the  eggplant  piece  in  bread  crumbs.  Repeat  this  step  with  all  the  slices.  3RXU DERXW D TXDUWHU RI D FXS RI RLO LQWR D SDQ VHWWLQJ WKH Ă€ DPH RQ PHGLXP 3ODFH D IHZ VOLFHV LQ DW D time,  turning  them  over.  :KLOH WKH IULHG HJJSODQW VOLFHV DUH FRROLQJ down,  you  can  boil  sauce  in  a  medium  sized  pot.  This  VKRXOG OLWHUDOO\ WDNH PLQXWHV )RU Ă€ DYRU EDVLO DQG JDUOLF FDQ EH DGGHG DQG WR EXIIHU DFLGLW\ D IHZ SLQFK es  of  sugar  are  needed.  %RLO VSDJKHWWL LI GHVLUHG 2QFH WKH VDXFH LV done,  drown  the  eggplant  in  your  tomato  sauce  and  place  a  slice  of  mozzarella  cheese  on  top.  3ODFH LQ WKH PLFURZDYH IRU RQH DQG D KDOI PLQ utes  and  you  have  your  dish! ,I \RX FDQÂśW Âż QLVK DOO RI WKH VDXFH DQG HJJSODQW you  can  wrap  it  up  and  store  it  in  the  fridge.  It  lasts  RYHU D ZHHN 6HW VRPH VDXFH DVLGH IRU WKH HJJSODQW and  place  excess  in  a  container  and  freeze  it.  This  way,  you  have  tomato  sauce  stored  securely  for  your  QH[W KRPH FRRNHG PHDO ZKHQHYHU WKDW PD\ EH

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<RXQJ DGXOWV FDQ KDUERU IHDUV RI LQÂż GHOLW\ LQ WKHLU UHODWLRQVKLSV %XW ZKDW GH Âż QHV D SHUVRQÂśV EHKDYLRU DV HPRWLRQDOO\ or  sexually  unfaithful? Amanda  Guitar,  a  graduate  student  of  SV\FKRORJ\ XQGHUWRRN D VL[ PRQWK ORQJ research  project  to  answer  that  question.  &ORVH ERQGLQJ FRQVWDQW Ă€ LUWLQJ while  in  a  relationship  and  doing  anything  that  you’re  not  willing  to  tell  your  partner  DERXW DUH DOO GHÂż QLWLRQV RI LQÂż GHOLW\ JLY HQ E\ VWXGHQWV RQ WKH 1HZ 3DOW] FDPSXV *XLWDU VDLG UHYHDOLQJ WKH PXOWLSOH SHU spectives  that  exist  and  the  opportunity  IRU VRPH WKRXJKW SURYRNLQJ UHVHDUFK *XLWDU ZDV LQYLWHG E\ 3URIHVVRU *OHQQ *HKHU 681< 1HZ 3DOW]ÂśV GL UHFWRU RI (YROXWLRQDU\ 6WXGLHV WR WHDP up  with  three  other  college  institutions  WR FUHDWH D VXUYH\ WR GHÂż QH HPRWLRQDO DQG VH[XDO LQÂż GHOLW\ DQG LGHQWLI\ H[ amples  of  such  behaviors  among  college  students. *XLWDU VDLG WKH JRDO IRU WKH UH

search  is  to  keep  the  concepts  thrown  DURXQG XS WR GDWH DQG VKHG QHZ OLJKW RQ WKH XQGHUVWDQGLQJ RI LQÂż GHOLW\ Guitar  said  the  exploratory  survey  XVHG RSHQ HQGHG TXHVWLRQV WKDW DOORZHG VWXGHQWV WR SURYLGH SHUVRQDO LQWHUSUHWD WLRQV IRU D FRQFUHWH GHÂż QLWLRQ UHĂ€ HFW ing  the  current  cultural  and  generational  YLHZ RI LQÂż GHOLW\ 7KH VXUYH\ DVNHG SDU ticipants  to  rate  the  severity  of  emotional  RU VH[XDO LQÂż GHOLW\ RI VSHFLÂż F EHKDYLRUV ZKLOH LQ ORQJ WHUP UHODWLRQVKLSV VXFK DV HPDLOLQJ RU WH[WLQJ HURWLF SLFWXUHV JR ing  shopping  together  or  having  sex  just  once,  Guitar  said.  Guitar  said  meeting  the  quota  of  130  respondents  to  the  survey  in  only  one  day  showed  that  college  students  are  thinking  DERXW LQÂż GHOLW\ *HKHU VDLG LQÂż GHOLW\ DPRQJ FROOHJH students  is  common  because  their  current  OLIH VWDJH LV IRFXVHG RQ PDWH VHOHFWLRQ DQG H[SORUDWLRQ ZLWK SRVVLELOLWLHV RI EH ing  in  a  monogamous  relationships. 'XULQJ WKLV WLPH RI Âż QGLQJ QHZ UH ODWLRQVKLSV DQG ORYH *XLWDU VDLG VKH EH OLHYHV \RXQJ DGXOWV ZLOO EHQHÂż W IURP XQ GHUVWDQGLQJ WKH YDULRXV YLHZV RI LQÂż GHOLW\ the  research  will  hopefully  uncover. 6WLOO DZDLWLQJ WKH Âż QDO UHVXOWV IURP WKH 1HZ 3DOW] GLYLVLRQ RI VXUYH\V *XLWDU LV HDJHU WR VHH LI GLIIHUHQFHV EHWZHHQ VH[ es  and  sexual  orientations  are  present  in  the  participants’  responses.  The  inclusion  RI WKH ÂłTXHHU SRSXODWLRQ ´ ZKLFK LV WUDGL tionally  excluded  from  other  research,  JLYHV WKLV VXUYH\ D XQLTXH SHUVSHF tive,  Guitar  said.

'DQLHO - .UXJHU WKH UHVHDUFK DIÂż OL DWH IURP WKH 8QLYHUVLW\ RI 0LFKLJDQ VDLG he  has  begun  to  analyze  the  results  from  Michigan’s  student  participants  in  the  shared  survey.  He  said  those  who  were  PRUH FRPIRUWDEOH ZLWK VKRUW WHUP PDW LQJ WDFWLFV VXFK DV RQH QLJKW VWDQGV DQG casual  sex,  were  more  likely  to  admit  FRPPLWWLQJ VH[XDO LQÂż GHOLW\ EXW GLG QRW UHSRUW HPRWLRQDO LQÂż GHOLW\ A  second  phase  of  the  survey  is  FXUUHQWO\ EHLQJ FRPSLOHG XVLQJ WKH UH VSRQVHV SURYLGHG E\ WKH RULJLQDO SDUWLFL SDQWV WR H[WHQG WKH Âż QGLQJV DQG GLPLQLVK UHVHDUFKHU ELDV *XLWDU VDLG 6KH DQG KHU colleagues  will  be  presenting  their  results  at  the  sixth  annual  meeting  of  the  North  (DVWHUQ (YROXWLRQDU\ 3V\FKRORJ\ 6RFLHW\ at  the  end  of  April. Âł>*XLWDU@ LV DQ DOO VWDU VWXGHQW LQ all  respects,â€?  Geher  said.  â€œHer  work  on  the  development  of  this  project  has  been  enormous.â€? Guitar  said  she  hopes  to  expand  WKLV UHVHDUFK RI LQÂż GHOLW\ EHWZHHQ PDWHV to  include  the  perspective  of  friendship,  wondering  if  betrayal  and  unfaithfulness  can  also  be  present  in  relationships  with  peers.

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Keep up with the latest faculty writing projects! Author:  Lauren  Meeker,  assistant  professor  of  anthropology  Title:  â€œSounding  Out  Heritage:  Cultural  Politics  and  the  Social  Practice  of  folk  music  in  Northern  Vietnamâ€?

Illustrator  Robert  Sabuda  creates  3-­D  pop-­up  books. Â

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The  allure  of  pop-­up  art  brought  faculty,  students,  mothers  and  children  together  outside  the  Lecture  Center  to  get  their  books  signed  by  illustrator  Robert  Sabuda,  on  Wednesday,  April  4. Sabuda  returned  to  SUNY  New  Paltz  to  host  a  lecture  RQ KLV OLIH DV DQ LOOXVWUDWRU DIWHU KLV ÂżUVW DSSHDUDQFH LQ This  lecture  brought  inspiration  and  gave  the  audience  insight  on  the  world  of  pop-­up  books.   â€œI  hope  I  inspired  students  to  go  out  there  and  make  something,â€?  Sabuda  said.  â€œWhen  was  the  last  time  some-­ one  actually  made  something?â€? Sabuda’s  lecture  was  sponsored  by  the  Friends  of  the  Sojourner  Truth  Library,  a  group  of  faculty,  alumni,  com-­ munity  members  and  students  who  donate  books  and  mate-­ ULDOV WR WKH 6RMRXUQHU 7UXWK /LEUDU\ WR EHQHÂżW WKH VWXGHQWV Other  events  that  they  host  include  the  used  book  sale  and  the  annual  Dennis  O’Keefe  lectures.  Sabuda  graduated  from  the  Pratt  Institute  in  Brooklyn,  N.Y.,  where  he  studied  art.  He  said  he  decided  he  wanted  to  be  a  children’s  book  illustrator  after  interning  with  Dial  %RRNV IRU <RXQJ 5HDGHUV +LV ÂżUVW VXFFHVVIXO ERRN ZDV titled  â€œThe  Christmas  Alphabet,â€?  published  in  1994. Attendees  had  the  opportunity  to  purchase  Sabuda’s  pop-­up  books  before  and  after  the  lecture.  Sabuda  took Â

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time  to  chat  with  fans,  address  their  questions  and  sign  FRSLHV RI KLV ERRNV ZKLOH VWRSSLQJ WR Âż[ PLQRU GHIHFWV LQ a  few  injured  copies. 6DEXGD H[SODLQHG KLV GHVLJQ SURFHVV ZKLFK KH FDOOV “paper  engineering,â€?  during  his  lecture.  He  begins  with  the  completion  of  a  manuscript  and  then  gets  together  with  his  design  team  to  create  a  pop-­up  list.  Library  Outreach  Coordinator  Morgan  Gwenwald  helps  the  Friends  of  the  Sojourner  Truth  Library  coordi-­ nate  events.  She  said  she  was  on  board  with  having  Sabuda  come  to  New  Paltz,  and  was  pleased  with  the  outcome.  â€œRobert  Sabuda  was  a  fabulous  speaker  and  success-­ ful  author,â€?  Gwenwald  said.  â€œEveryone  from  kids  to  adults  could  get  something  out  of  this.â€? Alissa  Oko,  a  graduate  student,  said  she  was  amazed  by  Sabuda  after  attending  the  lecture  with  her  children’s  literature  class.  â€œI  did  not  realize  that  there  was  so  much  you  could  do  with  pop-­up  books,â€?  said  Oko.  â€œWe  thought  it  would  be  interesting  to  come.â€? Oko  said  she  ended  up  purchasing  a  copy  of  â€œPeter  Panâ€?  because  it  was  her  favorite  as  a  child.  Sabuda  said  he  hopes  everyone  took  something  out  of  this  event.  â€œAll  I  want  for  a  child  is  to  think  â€˜I  want  to  do  that,’â€?  Sabuda  said. Â

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Subject:  It  is  based  on  research  I  did  on  Quan  Ho  folk  music.  Basically,  it’s  a  type  of  singing  that  started  out  in  the  villages  of  Northern  Viet-­ nam  in  one  particular  province  and  you’d  have  groups  of  singers  all  one  gender  â€”  so  all  female  VLQJHUV H[FKDQJLQJ VRQJV ZLWK RWKHU JURXSV RI singers.  Women  singers  would  get  together  with  a  group  of  male  singers  and  they  would  sing  back  and  forth.  What  this  book  looks  like  is  the  village  form  of  this  music  as  well  as  what  has  happened  to  it  as  it  has  moved  onto  the  professional  stage.  How  long  have  you  been  working  on  this?:  This  is  based  upon  my  dissertation  research,  ZKLFK , VWDUWHG LQ 6R , GLG WKH research.  Then  I  wrote  my  dissertation  and  de-­ fended  it  in  2007  and  since  I’ve  been  at  New  Paltz  I’ve  spent  two  summers  over  there  [in  Viet-­ nam]  talking  to  people  and  updating  some  of  the  research.  Then  I  got  a  contract  with  the  Univer-­ sity  of  Hawaii  Press  to  revise  the  dissertation.  It  has  evolved  into  the  book  that  it  is  over  a  long  period  of  time.  Publication  date:  The  manuscript  is  at  the  pub-­ lishers  at  the  moment  and  it  is  in  line  to  be  copy-­ edited.  Generally  speaking,  [the  process]  takes  about  a  year.  What  makes  this  unique?: Well,  there  are  no  books  published  in  English  DERXW 4XDQ +R IRON PXVLF 6R LW ZLOO EH WKH ÂżUVW one  in  English.  There’s  a  few  things  that  have  been  published  about  performance  in  Vietnam  but  not  a  whole  lot  at  this  point,  so  I’m  contribut-­ ing  to  this  growing  body  of  anthropology  work. Â

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Caribbean Nights GROUP HOLDS FUNDRAISER FOR MISSIONARY TRIP

By Caterina De Gaetano Copy Editor | Cdegaetano64@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu The SUNY New Paltz Catholic Campus Ministry (CCM) celebrated Caribbean-­style in preparation for their mission trip to the Dominican Republic this spring. The group held the Caribbean night dinner dance fundraiser at St. Joseph’s Church in New Paltz on Sat-­ urday, April 14. Members of the New Paltz Catholic community gathered in the basement of the church to feast on a buf-­ fet of rice and beans, curry chicken and spicy pulled pork while salsa and Reggae music played in the back-­ ground. Couples and young people practiced their two-­ VWHS DQG &KD &KD $OO JXHVWV WRRN SDUW LQ D UDIÀH DQG D silent auction of gift cards, paintings and other novelties with the funds going to the missionaries. Katelyn Burns, a third-­year communication disor-­ GHUV PDMRU KDV EHHQ D PHPEHU RI &&0 VLQFH KHU ¿UVW year at SUNY New Paltz. She said she is one of 12 stu-­ dents going on the trip in May. Burns said the materials the group needs to aid the

people abroad are expensive, so any help is appreciated. “We will be raising money for our funds that are going to the trip. We are bringing a water pump to a school in Haiti that is a costly expense,” Burns said. “We also will be doing service projects while we are there so we’ll need supplies for cleaning and painting. It is costly for all of us to travel there so any support is much appreciated.” CCM members will leave on May 21 and arrive at the central mountain region of the Dominican Republic where they will begin construction work and establish a Bible school for the children in the area, part-­time Cath-­ olic Ministry Minister Hank Grimsland said. The team will be working in Jarabacoa and Mao, regions of the Dominican Republic, Grimsland said. He also said that the ministry will visit a school in Fort-­ Liberté, Haiti where they will install the electric water pump. Students are required to raise funds individually and as a group before the trip, Grimsland said. The pro-­ ceeds from auctioneers and guests at the group event aid in purchasing the electric water pump.

Grimsland said the ministry has held this fundrais-­ ing event in the past and it has seemed to catch on. “The combination of dinner, dancing — merengue, salsa and bachata — and silent auction seems to work very well,” Grimsland said. Trudy Unger, a New Paltz resident who attended the event Saturday, said she was impressed with the stu-­ dents for traveling abroad. “I hope they surpass what they hoped they would do to begin with. [I wish] success for them,” Unger said. The student missionaries will return on June 1, Burns said, but in the brief time they will be there, the group will be making a tremendous impact on people who have very little. “The work we will be doing there will literally be changing people’s lives. The communities we work with are very poor and they greatly appreciate all the work we do for them,” Burns said. “I look forward to seeing our work help [the children]. I know this trip, just like the last one, will be life changing!”

Graduates Anonymous

NEW SUPPORT GROUP STARTED FOR SENIOR STUDENTS By Jena Lagonia Contributing Writer | N02046663@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu The Psychological Counseling Center at SUNY New Paltz is now hosting a group that will bring seniors togeth-­ er to express what concerns they have about graduating. The group, Gearing Up For Graduation, aims to bring graduating students together to speak about their concerns and what graduation means to them. The group will be hosted by Catherine Davies, the co-­facilitator at the SUNY New Paltz Counseling Center, and Carrie Schapker, a so-­ cial work intern. Davies and Schapker started the group due to the stressful job market awaiting students when they gradu-­ ate. The objective is to help students realize that they are not at all alone in their post-­matriculation concerns. Every student may have a different situation that they want to speak about. “Some students are worried that if they return home they are a failure, others may be concerned about apply-­

ing to grad school,” Davies said. “This group will provide perspective and give these students a comfort in knowing that they are not alone in their concerns.” The group was supposed to start meeting in the begin-­ ning of April on Monday afternoons, however not enough students were aware it existed. Caroline Monahan, a fourth-­year student, said she ZRXOG GH¿QLWHO\ DWWHQG WKH JURXS “I am so bad at coping with graduating,” Monahan said. “This would be comforting because everyone is a wreck and so many of us don’t know what we want to do.” Schapker just graduated herself and said she under-­ stands the unsettling feeling that comes with making the next steps after college. Schapker said she hopes students will be able to relate to her and that the group will hold discussions that are challenging. She said she will speak of her own experiences and help to facilitate the group. “I heard about Catherine’s idea and jumped on it,” Schapker said. “The feeling of entering unknown territory is very relevant to me right now, so it will make the group

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more relatable.” All of the discussions held in the group are completely FRQ¿GHQWLDO 0HPEHUV RI WKH JURXS ZLOO DOO KDYH D FKDQFH to speak about their own experiences and concerns. Some students have a rough home life or have personal feelings. The group would be a place where they can express these IHHOLQJV ZLWK FRPSOHWH FRQ¿GHQWLDOLW\ “Things always seem bigger and scarier when you look at them,” Schapker said. “Talking about it and bring-­ ing it into the light will help to evaluate their fears and worries.” Schapker said the group still plans to hold meetings once enough people sign up for the group. This will give VWXGHQWV D FKDQFH WR KDYH D FRQ¿GHQWLDO RXWOHW WKH\ FDQ JR to every week. “We just want students to know that they are not alone in their concerns,” Davies said. “It brings comfort to know that if they are not successful right out of college, they are still not a failure.”

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Dancing To Make A Difference

By  Dan  O’Regan 6WDII :ULWHU _ N01726896@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu Latin  dance  music  surged  through  Elting  Gym  this  weekend  as  tank  top  clad  participants  bounced  and  kicked  their  way  through  two  hours  of  cardio.  Relay  IRU /LIH¶V ¿UVW ³=XPEDWKRQ´ ZDV KHOG RQ 6DWXUGD\ April  14.  ³, DWWHQGHG D µ=XPEDWKRQ¶ ODVW \HDU ZKLFK ZDV UH-­ DOO\ SRSXODU VR , WKRXJKW LW ZRXOG EH D JRRG IXQGUDLVHU IRU 5HOD\ ´ VDLG 6DUDK 6REHO WKLUG \HDU RUJDQL]DWLRQDO communications  major  and  co-­chair  of  Relay  for  Life. $FFRUGLQJ WR (OWLQJ *\P =XPED LQVWUXFWRU DQG VHFRQG \HDU EXVLQHVV PDMRU /L] 6\GQH\ =XPED LV DQ LQWHUQDWLRQDO LQWHUPLWWHQW FDUGLR ¿WQHVV GDQFH ZRUNRXW 6\GQH\ VDLG WKDW XVLQJ =XPED DV D ZD\ WR UDLVH funds  was  what  inspired  her  to  become  an  instructor.  6KH VDLG WKH ZRUNRXW VW\OH KDV KHOSHG LQVSLUH RWKHUV WR not  only  donate,  but  also  to  get  in  shape.  -HQ (YHUG\NH D ¿IWK \HDU FRPPXQLFDWLRQV DQG PHGLD PDMRU LQVWUXFWV =XPED DW ,JQLWH )LWQHVV LQ 1HZ 3DOW] (YHUG\NH VDLG =XPED KDV KHOSHG KHU VWD\ LQ shape  and  live  a  healthier  lifestyle.  ³,¶YH ORVW SRXQGV VLQFH , VWDUWHG GRLQJ =XPED ´

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The Last good Book I Read: ‘Eyes Like Stars’ by Lisa Mantchev By  Nicole  Brinkley  Staff  Writer  |  Nicole.brinkley76@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

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Collaborative Cartoonish Cooperation DOUGLAS C. EBERHARDT MIXES POP WTH MACABRE IN UPCOMING MFA SHOW By  Zan  Strumfeld When  he  graduates  from  SUNY  New  Paltz,  printmaker  Douglas  C.   Eberhardt  will  be  a  master  of  collaboration. For  part  of  his  Master  of  Fine  Arts  (MFA)  thesis,  Eberhardt  decided  to  make  more  than  100  prints  of  a  self-­portrait  inside  a  robotic-­looking  silhouette,  with  another  EODQN ÂżJXUH EHVLGH KLV Calling  it  the  â€œLets  Hang  Out  Kit,â€?  he  sent  them  to  his  artist  friends,  along  with  ev-­ eryone  in  the  SUNY  New  Paltz  printmaking  SURJUDP DQG DVNHG WKHP WR ÂżOO LQ WKHLU RZQ self-­portraits  any  way  they  liked.  â€œPeople  did  interpretations  of  them-­ selves,â€?  Eberhardt  said.  â€œThis  is  sort  of  a  way  of  bringing  friends  and  community  into  my  work  because  my  work  can  be  re-­ ally  personal.  A  lot  of  it  is  pretty  accessible,  cartoony,  but  bringing  other  people  into  it  makes  it  interesting  to  me.  Kind  of  opens  up  a  whole  new  realm.â€?  During  his  undergraduate  career  at  Ed-­ inboro  University  in  Pennsylvania,  Eber-­ hardt  became  inspired  by  the  older  technique  of  the  exquisite  corpse  â€”  where  different  artists  draw  separate  parts  of  a  body  and  combine  them  together,  allowing  the  possi-­ bility  to  interchange  the  parts.  With  this  idea  in  mind,  Eberhardt  will  WDNH WKH ÂżOOHG LQ ' SULQWV DQG IROG WKHP LQWR ' ÂżJXUHV 7KH ÂżJXUHV ZLOO VWDQG LQ front  of  a  diorama  of  an  environment  Eber-­ hardt  painted,  showcasing  the  major  places  in  his  life:  the  Buffalo  house  he  grew  up  in,  the  house  he  lived  in  as  an  undergraduate  and  the  cityscapes  of  New  York  City,  Buffalo  and  Pittsburgh.  â€œI  wanted  it  to  be  as  noisy  as  possible,â€?  Eberhardt  said. Eberhardt’s  work  is  colorful,  bursting  with  energy,  exuding  the  grotesque  and  eerie  shapes  of  the  face  and  body.  In  one  particular  self-­portrait  that  will  be  on  display  at  his  the-­ sis  show,  Eberhardt’s  print  shows  him  sleep-­ ing  on  a  couch  with  an  explosion  of  wild  images  pouring  out  of  his  head  in  different  directions. “It’s  a  really  abstracted  self-­portrait  that  was  trying  to  explain  all  of  the  ideas  coming  out  of  my  head,â€?  Eberhardt  said.  â€œIt’s  as  if  my  head  just  blew  up  on  a  bunch  of  paper.  That  is  what  I  was  trying  to  go  for.â€? Â

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Âł3RUFK /LIH´ E\ 'RXJODV & (EHUKDUGW ZLOO EH RQ GLVSOD\ DORQJ ZLWK RWKHU SULQWV DQG ÂżJXUHV DW 7KH 'RUVN\ 0D\ Eberhardt  said  his  work  is  a  â€œmix  of  printmaking  and  illustration.â€?  Often  describ-­ ing  his  pieces  as  â€œcartoonyâ€?  and  even  â€œsilly,â€?  Eberhardt  said  his  style  of  drawing  comes  from  a  lot  of  places,  including  touches  of  Ed  Roth  and  Ralph  Steadman  and  a  lot  of  car-­ toon-­watching. Âł,ÂśP UHDOO\ LQĂ€XHQFHG E\ FDUWRRQLVWV like  Art  Crumb.  He  straddles  the  line  between  high  art  and  low  cartoon  art,â€?  Eberhardt  said.  â€œI  really  enjoy  pretty  much  anything  and  everything  that  I  deem  is  good.  That  can  be  anything  from  older  â€˜90s  cartoons  like  â€˜Ren  &  Stimpy,’  and  then  there’s  really  good  new  cartoons  out  now,  like  â€˜Adventure  Time.’â€? Eberhardt’s  very  personal  work  is  also  inspired  by  the  people  around  him.  Another  print  in  his  thesis,  â€œPorch  Life,â€?  represents  his  old  porch  from  his  house  in  Pennsylva-­ nia.  A  self-­portrait  of  Eberhardt  sits  com-­ fortably  while  a  swarm  of  monstrous  and Â

bizarre-­looking  creatures  surround  him.  â€œThat  was  a  print  about  how  embracing  a  party  or  rock  â€˜n  roll  lifestyle  is  not  only  a  good  thing,  but  how  it  changes  your  per-­ spective,  and  changes  the  way  people  inter-­ act  with  each  other,â€?  Eberhardt  said.  â€œI  don’t  mean  to  show  them  [friends]  in  a  super  nega-­ tive  way  and  me  in  a  glorifying  way,  being  WKH RQO\ QRQ PRQVWURXV DEVWUDFWHG ÂżJXUH , wanted  to  show  the  interactions  people  make  and  the  way  my  perception  may  be  to  every-­ body  else.  It’s  a  way  of  understanding,  an  example  of  perceiving  the  world.â€? Eberhardt  said  he  also  enjoys  lithogra-­ phy  and  has  had  his  work  on  display  at  the  Unison  Arts  in  Water  Street  Market,  Cel-­ ebration  of  the  Arts,  McKenna  Theatre  and  Haggerty  Administration  Building.  While  a  graduate  student  at  SUNY  New  Paltz,  he  also  taught  an  Introduction  to  Printmaking  class,  and  would  be  interested  in  returning  to  New Â

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Paltz  to  teach  professionally.  After  he  graduates,  Eberhardt  will  be  interning  at  a  farm  outside  of  Poughkeepsie,  called  The  Wassaic  Project.  Yet  on  a  larger  scale,  Eberhardt  said  he  would  love  to  start  a  collective  in  Pittsburgh  where  a  group  of  artists  can  pool  their  resources  together  for  projects  like  large  printmaking  installations. “I’m  really  interested  in  making  fun  ob-­ jects,  it’s  sort  of  eye-­candy,â€?  Eberhardt  said. Eberhardt’s  MFA  thesis  show,  â€œPor-­ traits,  Parodies  &  Perspectives,â€?  will  be  on  display  in  The  Dorsky,  May  11  to  15.

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Constructed Chaos ANTHONY TINO SHOWCASES TALENT By Suzy Berkowitz Copy Editor | N02007890@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

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Anthony Tino spends the majority of his time working with plaster gauze, fabric, metal, plastic and video. Tino, a fourth-­year printmaking Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), said he focuses on several mediums and is cur-­ rently working toward preparing for his senior thesis show on display at the Dor-­ sky. His show, called “Yotonyo,” will include a large format digital print with silkscreen, an assemblage type of sculp-­ ture and a video monitor. Though Tino entered New Paltz studying literature, he found himself being drawn more to the formation of a book than the content of it. He learned how to design images and after taking a class about creating sound experiences, he realized he belonged in the Fine Arts Department. Since then, his focus has shifted to-­ ward working with visual and audio me-­ diums to communicate his art, he said. Over the past two semesters, Tino has accumulated works from his time at New Paltz and elaborating on them. “I think there might be a few themes in the show that include disguise, fetish-­ ism and subversion,” Tino said. “There will also be alternative ways of using materials, which all kind of boils down

to my making a show that’s about an ex-­ ploration of taste.” The most challenging part of put-­ ting together his thesis show, Tino said, was scaling back the work he wanted to show. He said he overproduced and then KDG WKH GLI¿FXOW WDVN RI ¿WWLQJ KLV ZRUN into the space he was given. The inclusion of several different mediums in Tino’s thesis has not dis-­ couraged him because the chaos rein-­ forces the show’s themes and is embed-­ ded in the pieces on display, he said. “I think the more confused the view-­ er is, the better,” Tino said. Coupled with the show’s chaotic nature, Tino said he created the show to feel as busy as a conversation might. A FOHDU YLVLRQ RI ZKDW WKH ¿QLVKHG SURGXFW would look like is not evident. “I am an artist and printmaker but above all, I am in love with the way aes-­ thetics works, movements are created and artworks that make us think,” Tino said. “My show deals with how images are recycled and how the act of produc-­ tion is mimetic of things that have come before. My show undermines notions of the individual artistic genius and places that emphasis on culture while simulta-­ neously glamorizing myself as an artist and my personal interests.” Tino’s BFA thesis show will be on display at The Dorsky from May 4 to 8.

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APRIL 27 - MAY 1 Elana Bernnard – Painting and Drawing Ben Campbell – Painting and Drawing Jenna Chalmers – Photography John C. Chichester – Printmaking Allison Clogg – Metal Tanya Monique Crane – Metal Katie Grove – Printmaking Veronica Hilado – Ceramics

Andrew Kaminski – Painting and Drawing Allison Krein – Photography Boram Lee – Painting and Drawing Jamie Ogrodnik – Photography Matthew James Ortiz – Photography Hannah Van Ravenswaay – Painting and Drawing Gabrielle Stein – Photography Hannah Ward – Painting and Drawing

Miranda Austin – Painting and Drawing Anthony Brickner – Photography Katie Chirichillo – Photography L.T. Christie – Photography Nikki Frumkin – Painting and Drawing Ian Gallagher – Painting and Drawing Krista Hannaford – Printmaking Laura Hertel – Painting and Drawing

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Maegan Nally – Ceramics Neil Pickus – Sculpture Molly Rose Purcell – Printmaking Lauren Renner – Photography Anthony Tino – Printmaking Jeremy Vanderheyden – Ceramics Megan Wachs – Metal

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The Shins Port of Morrow With  a  synthesized  drone  and  other  elec-­ tronic  noises  turning  on,  The  Shins  return,  fur-­ ther  pushing  their  sound  into  new  directions  on  Port  of  Morrow.  Lyrically  and  musically,  The  Shins  sound  a  shade  darker  on  the  driving  opener,  â€œThe  5LĂ€ HÂśV 6SLUDO ´ 7KH JXLWDUV DQG GUXPV KDYH DQ HQWUDQFLQJ GHSWK DQG KHDYLQHVV WR WKHP )URQW PDQ -DPHV 0HUFHUÂśV LFRQLF YRFDOV VRXQG TXLWH VHULRXV DQG O\ULFV OLNH Âł'HDG OXQJÂśV FRPPDQG LW <RX SRXU \RXU OLIH GRZQ WKH ULĂ€ HÂśV VSLUDO ´ ORRP ODUJH RQ DQ RSHQLQJ WUDFN (DFK LQVWUX

ment  here  has  a  compelling,  discernible  sound,  while  they  all  work  together  to  pulse  the  song  DORQJ ZLWK LQWHQVLW\ 6\QWKHVL]HUV ZHDYH LQ DQG out  as  a  perfect  counterpoint,  opening  and  clos-­ LQJ WKH WUDFN ,W LV D Ă€ DZOHVV RSHQHU DV LW WXJV DW \RX ZLWK DQWLFLSDWLRQ IRU ZKDW LV WR FRPH ,Q IRUPHU 6KLQV PHPEHUV 0DUW\ Crandall  and  Jesse  Sandoval  exited  the  band,  and  Mercer  replaced  them  with  a  slew  of  new  PHPEHUV ,Q 0HUFHU UHOHDVHG D VHOI WLWOHG album  for  his  side  project,  Broken  Bells,  with  DFFODLPHG SURGXFHU PXVLFLDQ 'DQJHU 0RXVH On  Port  of  Morrow,  Mercer  and  these  QHZ PHPEHUV FKDQQHO VRPH RI %URNHQ %HOOVÂś WRQH ZLWK D VSDFLHU JUDQGHU VRXQG $OWKRXJK The  Shins  sound  different  with  the  new  mem-­ bers,  based  on  the  evolution  of  their  sound  and  IROORZLQJ ÂśV Wincing  the  Night  Away,  the  SURJUHVVLRQ IHHOV QDWXUDO 7KH VHFRQG WUDFN DQG WKH DOEXPÂśV Âż UVW VLQJOH Âł6LPSOH 6RQJ´ SXOVHV ZLWK URFN SRS

MR\ ,I OLVWHQHUV ZHUH DIUDLG 7KH 6KLQVÂś LFRQLF sound  had  disappeared,  they  need  only  to  wait  until  the  chorus  as  Mercer  passionately  wails,  ³, NQRZ WKDW WKLQJV FDQ UHDOO\ JHW URXJK ZKHQ \RX JR LW DORQH ´ 0HUFHUÂśV UHPDUNDEO\ KLJK range  jumps  up  and  down  with  such  Shins-­y  IDPLOLDULW\ RQH FDQÂśW KHOS EXW EH WDNHQ E\ LWV FKDUP 7KH PL[ LV OLWWHUHG ZLWK IUHQHWLF JXLWDU riffs,  sweeping  harmonies  and  punchy  drums,  ZKLFK DOO PDNH Âł6LPSOH 6RQJ´ WKH SHUIHFW UH VSRQVH WR WKH JUDQGHXU RI Âł7KH 5LĂ€ HÂśV 6SLUDO ´ Clocking  in  around  40  minutes,  10  songs  in  total,  Port  of  Morrow  is  well-­paced,  like  pre-­ YLRXV 6KLQV UHFRUGV Âł%DLW DQG 6ZLWFK´ JURRYHV along,  with  a  catchy  little  chorus  and  guitar  so-­ ORV WKDW KHDUNHQ EDFN WR HDUO\ 6KLQV PDWHULDO Âł6HSWHPEHU´ ZRQGHUIXOO\ SXOOV EDFN GULYHQ E\ 0HUFHUÂśV DFRXVWLF JXLWDU DQG YR FDOV LW LV UHPLQLVFHQW RI Âł<RXQJ 3LOJULPV´ RII ÂśV Chutes  Too  Narrow,  though  the  lush  harmonies  and  reverb-­rich  guitars  give  it  a Â

PXFK IXOOHU VRXQG ,Q WHUPV RI SURGXFWLRQ 7KH 6KLQV VRXQG SDUWLFXODUO\ FOHDQ DQG FULVS 7KH YRFDOV JXL tars  and  drums  are  all  very  polished,  more  so  WKDQ RQ DQ\ RWKHU 6KLQV UHFRUG +RZHYHU WKLV GRHVQœW DOZD\V ZRUN LQ WKHLU IDYRU DV WUDFNV OLNH ³1R :D\ 'RZQ ´ ERXQFHV DORQJ XQRULJL QDOO\ VRXQGLQJ D OLWWOH WRR FOHDQ 7KH ¿ UVW half  of  the  album  is  stronger  than  the  second;͞  though  Port  of  MorrowœV WLWOH WUDFN FORVHV WKH album  effectively  with  a  slow  psychedelic  jam,  DV 0HUFHUœV YRFDOV HYRNH D ELW RI 7KRP <RUNH DQG 'DYLG %RZLH Despite  the  weak  moments  on  the  album,  LW LV UHDOO\ 0HUFHUœV DELOLWLHV DV D VRQJZULWHU and  vocalist  making  the  material  exciting  DQG UH OLVWHQDEOH 0HUFHU UHDOO\ LV WKH VRXQG of  The  Shins  and  he  maintains  that  familiar  6KLQV VRXQG RQ WKLV UHFRUG ZKLOH ¿ QGLQJ QHZ melodies  and  a  colorful  musical  landscape  to  H[SORUH

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JORDAN REISMAN

YEAR: Fourth MAJOR: Anthropology HOMETOWN: Scarsdale, N.Y.

WHAT’S  YOUR  INSTRUMENT  OF  CHOICE  AND  WHY? I’ve  been  playing  drums  since  I  was  nine.  That’s  my  main  instrument.  I  play  guitar  for  fun. Â

Jeff Moves To The Screen

MAN-CHILD FILM BEATS EXPECTATIONS

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Jeff, Who Lives at Home Directed by Jay and Mark Duplass When  I  went  to  see  the  Duplass  brothers’  â€œJeff,  Who  Lives  at  Homeâ€?  over  the  long  weekend,  I  braced  myself  for  another  mediocre  comedy  about  a  man-­child  who  refuses  to  grow  up.  I’m  actually  a  fan  of  those  comedies,  but  I  don’t  expect  much  from  them.  Judging  by  the  title,  Jason  Segel’s  top-­billing  and  the  fact  that  co-­writer/director  Mark  Duplass  stars  in  a  show  about  fantasy  football  (FX’s  â€œThe  Leagueâ€?),  I  thought  I  would  have  exactly  this  experience:  I’d  watch  Segel  do  his  bug-­eyed  thing,  enjoy  the  clever  one-­liners  and  pop  culture  references  and  make  a  mental  venn  diagram  comparing  the  moments  I  laughed  to  the  moments  I  cringed.  To  my  surprise,  that  wasn’t  my  experience  at  all.   â€œJeff,  Who  Lives  at  Homeâ€?  is  about  a  thoughtful,  30-­year-­old  slacker  (Segel)  who’s  been  thinking  about  his  place  in  the  world.  Jeff  believes  the  universe  sends  signs  to  guide  us,  but  his  cynical  brother,  Pat  (Ed  Helms),  doesn’t  agree  â€”  until  a  simple  errand  sends  the  pair  on  a  day-­long  journey  toward  destiny.  Throw  in  two  car  crashes,  a  broken Â

marriage  and  an  AIM-­chat  secret  admirer  and  you’ve  got  a  touching,  clever  comedy-­drama  about  human  connection  and  self-­discovery.   Segel,  who  consistently  takes  blasĂŠ  roles  as  clumsy  JDORRWV WXUQV RXW D WUXO\ WHQGHU SHUIRUPDQFH LQ WKLV Âż OP Look  for  the  moments  when  his  face  switches  from  inno-­ cent  amusement  to  watery-­eyed  epiphany  in  about  half  a  second.  You’ll  end  up  with  the  same  expression. The  supporting  cast’s  performances  were  equally  ab-­ sorbing.  Susan  Sarandon  (Jeff’s  mother)  is,  as  always,  fan-­ tastic.  Her  character’s  compelling  subplot  culminates  in  WKH Âż OPÂśV PRVW MR\RXV PRPHQW +HOPV SOD\V KLV FKDUDFWHU VR DJDLQVW KLV QRUP KHÂśV DOPRVW UHSXJQDQW DW Âż UVW DQG -XG\ Greer,  as  his  unhappy  wife,  easily  steals  the  few  scenes  in  which  she  appears.  I  also  want  to  point  out  how  great  the  original  score  was.  Michael  Andrews’  deceptively  simple  music  was  de-­ lightful,  carrying  the  action  in  bursts  of  playfulness  and  poignancy.  I’m  itching  to  buy  the  soundtrack. It’s  not  often  that  I  walk  out  of  a  theater  crying  because  , IHHO P\ IDLWK LQ KXPDQLW\ KDV EHHQ UHVWRUHG $W WKH Âż OPÂśV heart  is  a  simple,  but  much  needed,  reminder:  people  have  an  endless  capacity  to  be  excellent  to  each  other.  You  bet  I  just  borrowed  a  phrase  from  â€œBill  and  Ted’s  Excellent  Adventureâ€?  to  acknowledge  the  endurance  of  compassion  in  our  cynical  world. &RPLQJ LQ DW D FR]\ PLQXWHV WKLV Âż OP LV D EUHDWK of  fresh  air.  Take  a  short  break  during  the  next  few  weeks  and  go  see  â€œJeff,  Who  Lives  at  Home.â€?  You  don’t  need  to  wait  for  a  sign. Â

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WHAT  ARE  YOU  INVOLVED  WITH  MUSICALLY? I’ve  been  in  Male  Call  for  three  years.  I  have  a  band  called  the  Love-­ ly  Matadors.  We  just  released  an  EP  at  thelovelymatadors.bandcamp.com. WHO  ARE  YOUR  BIGGEST  INFLUENCES? Bouncing  Souls.  Latterman.  The  Avett  Brothers.  Michael  Jackson. WHO  HAVE  YOU  BEEN  LISTENING  TO  LATELY? Frightened  Rabbit.  The  National.  The  Menzingers.  WHAT’S  YOUR  PLAN  FOR  THE  FUTURE? I  want  to  always  have  a  band  and  tour  and  release  music  when  it’s  convenient  for  me.  Music  has  never  been  my  entire  life  but  I’ve  always  enjoyed  playing  it  in  bands.

ANY  ADVICE  FOR  ASPIRING  MUSICIANS? Don’t  think  you’re  above  anything  musically.  Be  open-­minded.  Just  keep  playing  all  of  the  time.

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Major: MFA Painting & Drawing Year: Second Year Graduate “The research that influences my painting practice relates to technology and modes of communication by way of video chat. I am interested in questions pertaining to digital and virtual reality and their implications on perception.”

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On  April  9,  a  representative  from  our  current  food  service  provider,  Sodexo  Inc.,  confronted  stu-­ dents  rallying  in  front  of  Student  Union  62/63  where  an  open  forum  was  held.   The  meeting  was  for  stu-­ dents  to  express  their  concerns  about  the  current  food  program  and  propose  changes.  At  around  noon,  the  Sodexo  representative  left  the  meeting  and  tore  up  signs  and  materials  the  students  had  posted,  ignoring  their  pleas  to  stop.  Distressed  by  the  situation,  the  stu-­ GHQWV FDOOHG 8QLYHUVLW\ 3ROLFH ZKR ODWHU ¿ OHG D UHSRUW on  the  incident. We  at  The  New  Paltz  Oracle  are  outraged  that  students  were  forced  out  of  an  open  forum  where  cli-­ ent  feedback  was  requested  by  the  company.  We  are  appalled  that  students  merely  expressing  their  opin-­ ions  were  treated  so  harshly.  The  forum  was  meant  for  the  student  body  to  freely  address  their  thoughts  and  feelings  on  the  present  food  service  and  when  negative  responses  were  given,  the  company  attempt-­ ed  to  silence  them  in  an  aggressive  way. If  our  society  expects  to  see  changes,  voices  must  be  heard  and  not  silenced.  In  order  to  make  chang-­ es  on  our  campus,  student  voices  are  essential.  The  school  is  for  students  after  all.  Disturbingly,  it  ap-­ SHDUV 1HZ 3DOW] VWXGHQWV DUH QRW WKH ¿ UVW JURXS 6R

dexo  has  attempted  to  silence.  Sodexo  Inc.  is  a  multinational  corporation  serv-­ ing  campuses  across  the  nation,  as  well  as  120  pris-­ ons  worldwide.  The  company  has  a  history  of  abusing  workers’  rights  in  the  United  States  and  in  countries  abroad  such  as  the  Dominican  Republic,  Columbia  and  Morocco,  according  to  documents  of  the  NGO  TransAfrica.  It  is  startling  that  Sodexo’s  intolerance  for  justice  doesn’t  end  with  the  rallying  of  New  Paltz  students.  6RGH[R KDV EHHQ DFFXVHG RI Âż ULQJ ZRUNHUV LQ Columbia  as  a  result  of  their  efforts  to  form  a  labor  union.  In  Guinea,  workers  allegedly  are  not  allowed  to  drink  from  the  same  canteen  as  European  workers.  They  claim  the  food  they  are  given  is  scarce  in  con-­ trast  with  the  European  laborers.  In  the  United  States,  Sodexo  also  launched  an  aggressive  campaign  against  some  of  their  employees’  efforts  to  form  unions  and  bargain  collectively.  These  examples  seem  to  indicate  Sodexo  likes  to  rough-­up  anyone  who  speaks  or  acts  against  the  company.  6RGH[R LV QRW D JRRG Âż W IRU RXU FDPSXV :H should  not  support  a  company  known  for  mistreating  employees  and  denying  them  of  their  rights.  In  addition,  Sodexo  has  been  found  guilty  of Â

scamming  universities  and  public  schools  across  the  nation.  The  New  York  State  Attorney  General’s  Of-­ Âż FH FRQGXFWHG DQ LQYHVWLJDWLRQ LQ WKDW IRXQG 6R dexo  cheated  SUNY  colleges,  including  New  Paltz,  out  of  millions  of  dollars.  The  New  York  Times  found  that  Sodexo  continues  to  exploit  legal  loopholes  that  allow  the  company  to  pocket  funds  intended  for  our  schools  through  a  process  called  â€œprompt  payment  discounts.â€? We  desperately  urge  Campus  Auxiliary  Services  (CAS)  and  administration  to  review  the  college’s  con-­ tract  with  Sodexo  as  their  contract  is  up  for  renewal  and  other  food  services  are  up  for  consideration.  We  ask  that  these  other  services  are  seriously  considered  and  the  contract  with  Sodexo  is  not  renewed  for  the  aforementioned  reasons.  We  refuse  to  support  a  ser-­ vice  which  abuses  employees,  swindles  schools  out  of  money  and  serves  unhealthy  food  to  young  con-­ sumers.  Our  university  deserves  better  service  and  an  equitable  business  relationship.  We  as  students  are  entitled  to  healthier  food  for  a  more  affordable  price,  which  can  be  found  with  alternative  providers. We  look  forward  to  working  with  CAS  and  the  administration  and  would  like  to  see  the  contract  with  Sodexo  reassessed  in  the  coming  year. Â

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It  was  easier  for  me  to  make  new  friends  as  a  child.  I  used  to  walk  over  to  someone,  impress  them  with  my  toys  or  Barbie  doll  collection  and  BOOM!  Just  like  that,  we  were  friends.  I  was  much  more  outgoing  and  eager  to  make  friends  too.  But  now  I’ve  become  so  jaded  that  I’m  not  even  interested  in  making  friends  anymore.  Also,  I  haven’t  found  anyone  my  age  that  still  plays  with  Barbie  dolls  or  would  be  interested  in  my  collection. I  avoid  people  now.  I  avoid  potential  friends  the  way  a  browbeaten  kid  would  avoid  the  school  bully.  For  example,   if  I  was  on  my  way  to  class  and  I  saw  some-­ one  I  knew  20  yards  away  and  walking  toward  me,  I  would  most  likely  take  a  detour,  even  if  that  means  arriving  to  class  10  or  20  minutes  late.  I  used  to  look  down  at  my  cellphone  to  avoid  someone  walking  by,  but  then  I  realized  everyone  else  does  that  shit  too.  It  also  really  doesn’t  work  with  some-­

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It  was  only  a  month  ago  when  I  knew  exactly  what  I  was  going  to  do  with  my  life.  I  had  a  plan:  major  in  jour-­ nalism,  minor  in  law,  get  straight  A’s,  ZDON RXW RI FROOHJH DV D Ă€ XHQW &KLQHVH speaker  with  a  4.0  GPA  and  become  a  writer  for  The  New  York  Times  (special-­ izing  in  news  and  legal  writing).  It  was  perfect.  Then  my  advisor  emailed  me  about  declaring  my  major  and  suddenly  my  plan  fell  apart. It’s  not  that  I  can’t  follow  through  with  my  plan‌I  am  already  taking  jour-­

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COLUMNS one  who  is  super  talkative  and  friendly.  They’ll  see  that  you’re  busy  â€œtextingâ€?  or  listening  to  your  iPod  and  decide  to  talk  to  you  anyway.  That  happened  to  me  once  and  I  swear  on  my  pinky  toe  this  is  how  the  conversation  went. Bitch  I’m  trying  to  avoid  (BITTA):  â€œHey.â€?  Me:  â€œHey.â€? BITTA:  â€œWhat’s  up?â€? Me:  â€œNothing  much.  What’s  up  with  you?â€? BITTA:  â€œOh,  nothing.â€? Me:  â€œOkay,  bye.â€? And  that’s  it.  These  are  the  types  of  verbal  exchanges  I  try  to  avoid.  If  you  ask  me,  I  think  I’m  doing  these  people  a  favor  by  avoiding  them.  No  one  wants  to  be  in  a  dry-­ass  dialogue  like  that.  I  mean,  I  don’t  understand  why  someone  would  interrupt  me  to  start  some  bullshit  conversation  like  that.  Especially  when  you  have  nothing  to  say.  I  mean,  this  conversation  wouldn’t  be  so  annoying  if   the  person  had  something  to  say  after  I  said  â€œWhat’s  up  with  you?â€?  I  don’t  mind  speaking  to  â€œhiâ€?  and  â€œbyeâ€?  people  be-­ cause  that’s  all  they  say  â€œhi,â€?  â€œheyâ€?  and  keep  it  moving.  But  I  digress,  I  think.

Lately,  social  settings  have  been  the  bane  of  my  existence,  especially  when  I  don’t  know  the  people  too  well.  Outside  of  the  incredibly  small  group  of  friends  I  have  at  SUNY  New  Paltz,  I  realized  that  I  just  can’t  deal  with  people.  They  are  either  too  annoying,  loud,  vain,  or  want  to  be  the  center  of  attention  all  the  time.  I  can’t  deal  with  that  shit.  Some  of  my  friends  have  these  char-­ acteristics  but  they  also  possess  positive  attributes  that  overpower  the  annoying  ones.  I  don’t  really  know  most  people  well  enough  to  see  past  their  annoying  traits. I’ve  made  friends  or  acquaintances  outside  of  my  small  circle  of  friends.  , XVXDOO\ IRU WKH PRVW SDUW GRQÂśW Âż QG these  people  to  be  annoying.  But  I’m  not  emotionally  attached  to  them  like  I  am  to  the  people  in  my  circle.  So  it’s  easy  for  me  to  drop  them  like  a  hot  potato  and  not  feel  guilty  about  it  or  anything.  I’ve  done  that  to  a  lot  of  people  since  I’ve  been  here.   I  like  that  I  am  this  way,  though.  You  see,  when  I  was  younger  I  always  tried  to  please  people,  and  impress  them,  in  hopes  that  they  would  become  my Â

friends.  I  was  more  vulnerable  to  (so-­ cial)  rejection  back  then  and  I  often  got  my  feelings  hurt.  I  mean,  when  I  was  a  toddler,  other  kids  used  to  steal  toys.   So  I  stopped  trying  so  hard. The  friends  I  have,  I’ve  made  them  effortlessly.  I’m  not  going  to  start  lis-­ tening  to  music  and  watching  the  same  79 VKRZV DV RWKHUV MXVW WR Âż W LQ , PHDQ I  probably  would  check  it  out  if  I  was  interested.  But  I  wouldn’t  do  it  just  to  make  friends.  I  know  a  lot  of  people  who  do  that  shit  and  it  annoys  me.  I  don’t  know  why  it’s  not  easier  for  me  to  make  friends  now.  I  mean,  I’m  at-­ tractive,  funny  (once  you  get  to  know  me),  and  I  have  a  ton  of  smart  and  dumb  shit  to  say.  However,  I’ve  noticed  that  now  it  takes  a  while,  a  long  while,  for  me  to  feel  comfortable  with  someone  before  a  friendship  (if  at  all)  follows.  I  know  that  friendships  can  be  more  com-­ plicated  and  hard  to  keep  hold  of  when  you’re  older  so  maybe  that’s  a  factor‌I  don’t  know.   I  wish  making  friends  and  building  friendships  could  be  as  simplis-­ tic  as  it  was  when  I  was  a  child.  Maybe  they  are  still  that  simple  and  I  just  don’t  know  it.

nalism  and  law  classes;Íž  I  have  spoken  to  RQH RI WKH &KLQHVH SURIHVVRUV P\ *3$ is  a  3.7  (so  I’m  close)  and  I’ve  grown  ac-­ FXVWRPHG WR WKH WLWOH Âł&ODULVVD ([SODLQV It  Allâ€?  while  working  for  The  Oracle  so  I  may  be  New  York  Times-­worthy  pretty  soon.  My  problem  is  I  don’t  know  if  I  like  my  plan  anymore.  I  might  want  to  be  a  public  relations  major  instead,  law  is  getting  a  bit  too  complicated,  straight  $ÂśV ZDV RQO\ D Âż UVW VHPHVWHU WKLQJ &KL nese  doesn’t  seem  so  cool  anymore  and  The  New  York  Times,  well,  maybe  that’s  still  possible. After  all  of  my  strategic  planning  and  mapping  out  of  my  life,  reality  set  in  as  soon  as  my  advisor  told  me  I  can  set  my  plan  in  motion  and  declare.  It Â

was  like  a  wave  of  anxiety  swept  over  me  and  my  perfect  life  plan  was  turned  into  1,000  piece  puzzle.  It’s  strange  how  just  two  words  -­  â€œdeclare  majorâ€?  -­  can  spark  all  of  these  thoughts.  It’s  also  strange  how  I  can  go  IURP D GHÂż QLWH MRXUQDOLVP PDMRU WR D possible  English  major,  to  an  undecided  major  to  a  pretty  positive  public  rela-­ tions  major  then  back  to  undecided  in  just  a  week.  My  parents  have  told  me  to  get  out  LQ WKH Âż HOG ÂłYROXQWHHU ´ ÂłLQWHUQ ´ ÂłVHH ZKDW \RX OLNH ´ 8QIRUWXQDWHO\ Âż QGLQJ an  internship  (which  is  free  labor)  is  just  DV KDUG DV Âż QGLQJ D MRE WKHVH GD\V At  the  end  of  the  day,  I  sometimes  have  to  question  if  my  major  even  mat-­ ters.  I’m  paying  thousands  of  dollars  for Â

this  education  and  some  of  my  future  co-­workers  won’t  even  have  a  college  degree.  They  will  have  gotten  there  by  who  they  know,  not  by  what  they  learned  as  whatever  major  in  whatever  college. Yes,  I  know  it  seems  a  bit  soon  for  me  to  start  thinking  about  my  future  co-­workers  but  I  only  have  three  more  years  -­  THREE!  And  I  have  just  a  matter  of  months  before  I  am  forced  to  declare  a  major.  I  refuse  to  waste  my  time  taking  random  classes  just  as  an  experiment.  I  want  to  work  toward  my  career,  not  just  VRXO VHDUFK ZKLOH , IXOÂż OO P\ *(ÂśV &ROOHJH LV WKH WLPH WR Âż JXUH WKLQJV out‌  I  guess‌but  I’m  just  hoping  this  road  to  self  discovery  doesn’t  take  too  long.

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LETTERS I’ve met a truly wonderful man who will be on the Democratic Pri-­ mary ballot on June 26, to take over Maurice Hinchey’s seat in Congress. He is Joel Tyner, and in addition to Maurice’s position on expanding Medicare, the “break up the too big to fail” banks, amending the Con-­ stitution to get rid of corporate per-­ sonhood, “No! to NAFTA,” clean money elections, and ending “Big Oil” speculation, Joel supports crim-­ inalizing fracking. He is endorsed by Josh Fox, the creator of “Gasland,” the wonderful movie that has done

so much to bring the evils of frack-­ ing to the public’s awareness. He is endorsed by Pete Seeger, who knows something about progressive politics. He is endorsed by Dr. Cornel West, distinguished Professor at Princeton, a leader for civil rights, progressive social rights, a man who exposes the anti-­humanistic distortions held by 5HSXEOLFDQ DQG 'HPRFUDWLF RI¿FH holders. Dr. West has a great sense of humor, and so does Joel, and I will never trust anyone who can’t laugh at themselves. Joel can, and will win. He has

EHHQ HOHFWHG ¿YH WLPHV LQ D URZ WR the Dutchess County Legislature in a solid Republican district. He has enormous energy and is knowledge-­ able and progressive on every issue that I’ve heard him speak about. I support Joel all the way, and I hope that Woostockers will do the same.

So many of you now are graduat-­ ing. Done with classes. Done with tests. Done with ... clubs and organizations? Perhaps -­ that is what many people do. I’ve know some incredibly active and involved people who gave their all in clubs and organizations who just stopped doing those things after college. People often see those things as some-­ thing you do while you’re in college and

forget that those types of groups exist out in the ‘real world.” This shouldn’t be the case. The end of your college (or perhaps just undergraduate) time should be just the start of your involvement in the community. In the Hudson Valley or wherever you live after you leave SUNY New Paltz, there are tons of organiza-­ tions looking for new members, volun-­ teers and even leaders and organizers.

These could be clubs, social or cultural organizations, charitable groups, or ath-­ letic groups & teams. Being involved in these groups can be fun, educational, let you meet new people and make your community a better place.

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Joel Tyner embodies the values of peace, justice, environmental protec-­ tion and true democracy that I learned from Dr. King and Pete Seeger -­ and he works as hard as humanly possible to assure that they are realized. His dedication and perseverance have al-­ ORZHG KLP WR EH UH HOHFWHG ¿YH WLPHV to the Dutchess County legislature -­ the last time running unopposed. He’s the very best person I know of to succeed Maurice Hinchey in Congress to rep-­ UHVHQW WKH SHRSOH RI WKH QHZO\ FRQ¿J-­ ured District 19. Margaret Mead said it best: ‘Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world;; indeed it’s the only thing that ever has.’ No more hoping for change, let’s create it. IT’S TIME FOR TYNER. Manna Jo Greene Councilwoman Town of Rosendale Cottekill, NY 845-­687-­9253 mannajo.weebly.com

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The  SUNY  New  Paltz  Women’s  Lacrosse  team  began  this  season  under  the  guidance  of  a  new  coach  and  a  brand  new  approach  to  victory. On  Tuesday,  April  17  a  historic  win  was  secured.  The  21-­20  game  over  SUNY  Oswego  ended  in  the  favor  of  the  /DG\ +DZNV JLYLQJ WKHP WKHLU Âż UVW ZLQ over  a   SUNYAC  team  since  the  pro-­ gram’s  reinstatement  in  2009. Head  Coach  Liz  Student  said  the  team  really  pulled  it  together  in  the  game.  She  said  they  quickly  realized  they  needed  each  other  to  win  and  made  all  of  the  right  moves. “It’s  been  a  joy  to  watch  them  grow  DV SHRSOH DQG SOD\HUV RQ WKH Âż HOG ´ 6WX dent  said.  â€œOur  approach  to  every  game  is  the  same,  and  the  girls  have  kept  their  ZLQQLQJ DWWLWXGHV ´

Student  said  the  team’s  persever-­ ance,  positivity  and  refusal  to  let  the  tough  times  beat  them  has  been  their  greatest  advantages.  Thinking  of  the  SUNYAC  games  as  different  from  oth-­ ers  is  not  something  she  stresses  to  her  players. Student  said  her  focus  on  details  has  brought  out  the  best  playing  in  the  team  overall. Fourth-­year  Captain  Samantha  Del-­ *DXGLR VDLG WKH WHDP ZDV FRQÂż GHQW DW the  start  of  the  game  and  collectively  sensed  a  win  going  in.  The  entire  team,  VKH VDLG XQGHUVWRRG WKH ÂłVLJQLÂż FDQFH RI WKH ZLQ ´ 7KHLU JUHDWHVW DVVHW LV WKDW HDFK girl  strives  for  what  is  best  for  the  team  as  a  whole,  she  said.  7KH ODGLHV PDGH VDFULÂż FHV WR EHQHÂż W the  rest,  third-­year  Captain  Juli  Rehain  said,  which  is  something  she  has  never  seen  from  any  other  team.  She  said  they Â

hold  the  camaraderie  of  doing  what  is  best  for  the  group,  not  the  individual,  which  will  lead  them  to  victory  come  the  approaching  games. Student  attributes  much  of  the  team’s  success   to  their  winning  attitude.  More  of  a  psychological  element,  she  said  they  are  shifting  their  focus  from  their  past  to  their  extremely  bright  future  as  a  young  team. The  balance  of  the  team,  Student  said,  is  somewhere  between  physical  and  mental.  With  this  in  mind,  Student  has  assigned  a  summer  reading  list  for  the  2012  summer,  compiled  of  books  that  address  the  mental  side  of  the  team. “It’s  not  fair  to  just  focus  on  the  SK\VLFDO VLGH RI WKH JDPH ´ 6WXGHQW VDLG Fourth-­year  Captain  Julia  Donato  agreed  and  said  the  team  has  changed  its  tactics  these  past  few  weeks,  practic-­ ing  as  a  whole  in  order  to  â€œstrengthen Â

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UHODWLRQVKLSV´ DV ZHOO DV SUHSDUH WR OHDYH HYHU\WKLQJ EHKLQG ZKHQ WDNLQJ WKH Âż HOG “We  have  begun  to  focus  more  on  holding  each  other  accountable  for  ev-­ erything  so  we  play  consistently  and  WKRURXJKO\ ´ VKH VDLG DelGaudio  said  even  when  the  team  was  down  in  their  Tuesday  game  against  2VZHJR ÂłQRERG\ÂśV KHDGV GURSSHG´ DQG “[they]  never  felt  as  though  a  win  was  RXW RI >WKHLU@ UHDFK ´ Pumped  up  from  this  well-­earned  victory,  Student  said  the  team  is  an-­ ticipating  more  success  in  their  future  games,  as  well  as  looking  forward  to  the  quickly  approaching  Senior  Day  on  Sat-­ urday,  April  21. “There’s  a  quote  we  say  before  each  JDPH ´ 6WXGHQW VDLG ³¾1RERG\ ZKR ever  gave  their  best  regretted  it.’  And  it’s  true  these  girls  give  their  best  each  time.  $QG WKLV VHDVRQ ZHÂśUH JRLQJ XS ´

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Around  New  Paltz,  it  seems  like  trying  to  grind  will  al-­ ways  to  be  a  hassle.  I’m  not  talking  about  the  stuff  you  see  on  WKH GDQFH Ă€ RRUV RI 3 *ÂśV DQG &DEDORRVDÂśV ² ,ÂśP UHIHUULQJ WR the  grinding  tricks  of  the  SUNY  New  Paltz  skateboard  club,  B-­ &XEHG According  to  the  Student  Handbook,  students  are  allowed  to  skateboard  anywhere  on  campus  as  long  as  they  are  mind-­ ful  of  other  people  passing  and  do  not  skateboard  in  front  of  entrances.   Third-­year  computer  engineering  major  Julian  Santo  said  University  Police  reprimand  him  constantly  for  skateboarding  around  campus.  He  said  he  is  more  often  than  not  talked  down   to  by  police,  and  treated  like  â€œsome  sort  of  punk.â€? In  one  instance,  Santo  was  skateboarding  with  a  friend  in  an  empty  parking  lot  when  a  cop  forced  them  to  leave.  Santo  asked  why  they  couldn’t  skate  in  a  parking  lot  that  was  not  being  used,  and  the  cop  would  either  ignore  his  questions  or  respond  with  â€œjerky  wisecracks.â€?  The  area  he  was  skating  in  had  no  vio-­ lation  of  the  Student  Handbook,  an  explanation  the  cop  (who  will  remain  unnamed)  was  not  willing  to  listen  to,  according  to  Santo. “He’s  trying  to  override  something  written  down  in  our Â

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Skating  On  Shaky  Ice literally  just  gotten  home  for  Easter,  turned  on  the  TV  with  my  folks  and  bam,  Stepan  was  on  the  ice. , WKRXJKW WKHUH ZRXOG GHÂż QLWHO\ EH VRPH punishment  for  Orpik,  my  original  guess  being  a  three-­game  suspension.  But  there  was  nothing.  There  wasn’t  even  a  hearing.  I  was  embarrassed  with  the  league,  because  LW RQO\ IXUWKHU VROLGLÂż HG WKH 3HQJXLQ SURWHF tion  theory. And  I  know  all  of  you  out  there   didn’t  think  it  could  get  any  worse.  Oh  yes  it  could,  apparently. Let’s  talk  about  Carl  Hagelin. +HUHÂśV D SOD\HU ZKR LQ KLV Âż UVW \HDU LQ the  NHL  has  barely  placed  a  skate  out  of  line  and  would  probably  need  Mike  Rupp  to  point  him  toward  the  direction  of  the  penalty  box,  that’s  how  little  he’s  been  there.  How  did  he  warrant  a  three-­game  suspension?  I’m  not  saying  he  should  have  been  ex-­ HPSW IURP KHDULQJV RU D Âż QH RU VXVSHQVLRQ because  he  shouldn’t  have  been.  The  fact  is  you  can’t  be  careless  about  what  you  do,  and  if  you  elbow  someone  and  seriously  injure  them  (Daniel  Alfredsson  did  suffer  from  a Â

concussion,  keeping  him  out  of  game  three  of  the  series),  there  should  be  consequences. However,  this  was  inconsistent  and  un-­ fair  and  displays  some  serious  problems  in  the  NHL  right  now.  It’s  clear  certain  players  are  given  more  leeway  than  others,  and  that  NHL  Player  Safety  has  become  a  joke. This  is  more  disappointing  than  aggra-­ YDWLQJ :KHQ %UHQGDQ 6KDQDKDQ Âż UVW FDPH in,  everyone  thought  things  would  get  bet-­ ter.  Here  was  a  guy  who  had  been  a  success-­ ful  and  honest  player  for  many  years  in  the  NHL.  He  is  someone  who  understands  what  players  go  through  and  what  goes  on  in  their  heads.  At  least,  he  was  supposed  to.  I’m  embarrassed  to  remember  how  fond  I  was  of  him,  especially  when  he  was  a  Ranger.  He  knows  that  delivering  pain  and  causing  concussions  is  not  part  of  the  Rangers’  organization.  He  openly  stated  he  doesn’t  believe  Hagelin  is  that  kind  of  play-­ er  and  he’s  a  â€œgoodâ€?  kid.  Alfredsson  said  he  thinks  it  was  just  the  intensity  of  the  play-­ offs.  So  how  is  it  he  got  three  games  when  players  like  Shea  Weber  and  James  Neal  get Â

D PHUH Âż QH DQG RQH JDPH UHVSHF tively? Weber  grabbed  Henrik  Zetterberg  by  the  neck  and  bashed  his  head  into  the  glass.  Neal  attacked  both  Sean  Couturier  and  Claude  Giroux  out  of  nowhere.  Hagelin  made  a  mistake,  but  the  difference  is  that  Hagelin  isn’t  a  star,  and  the  player  he  at-­ tacked  ended  up  hurt.  Things  like  that  can’t  affect  punishment.  Discipline  should  be  based  on  intent.  Players  like  Orpik  and  Weber  have  histo-­ ries  of  acting  like  neanderthals.  However,  they’re  both  stars,  and  Neal  has  made  a  name  for  himself  this  season.  They  get  to  stay  around  because  they’re  such  important  keys,  not  only  in  their  respective  markets,  but  in  the  NHL  as  a  whole.  I  understand  the  importance  of  star  players  and  making  smaller  markets  grow,  especially  Nashville.  However,  safety  needs  to  be  taken  more  seriously  and  it  certainly  can’t  be  as  biased  as  it  is  now.  It  has  to  start  getting  consistent,  or  else  the  fans  who  have  been  there  won’t  stick  around  much  lon-­ ger.    Â

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With  the  Mets  heading  to  Philly  last  weekend,  I  could  not  help  but  miss  the  once-­great  rivalry  the  two  teams  had.  Gone  are  the  days  of  the  smack  talk  between  Jimmy  Rollins  and  Car-­ los  Beltran,  gone  are  the  days  of  crucial  series  in  September  and  certainly  gone  are  the  days  of  Pat  Burrell  unleashing  terror  upon  the  Mets  every  season.  It  makes  sense  really;Íž  the  Mets  and  Phillies  were  at  each  other’s  throats  LQ ZKHQ WKH 3KLOOLHV WRRN Âż UVW place  by  one  game  and  in  2008,  the  Phillies  once  again  took  the  best  of  the  Amazin’s.  Since  then,  the  Phillies  have  be-­ come  World  Champions  and  been  a  SOD\RII FRQWHQGHU IRU Âż YH \HDUV ZKLOH the  Mets  have  gone  into  a  tailspin,  a  re-­ gime  change  and  complete  rebuilding  PRGH :LWKRXW WKDW FRPSHWLWLYH Âż UH

how  can  a  rivalry  maintain  its  gusto? But  back  to  this  weekend’s  series.  I  asked  myself  â€”  do  the  Mets  actually  have  a  rival  at  this  point? The  once-­hated  Braves  lost  the  hoist  of  biggest  rival  once  the  Phillies  usurped  them  as  the  dominant  force  of  the  division.  Since  their  fall  from  grace,  Braves  series  are  not  the  adrenaline  DQG EHHU Âż OOHG UDJH IHVWV WKDW RQFH shook  the  halls  of  Shea  Stadium.  Sure,  Chipper  Jones  is  still  around,  but  his  soon-­to-­be  hall  of  fame  career  is  end-­ ing  this  season,  so  the  venom  Mets  fans  once  had  now  calmed  to  something  of  a  somber  acknowledgement.  The  Nationals  and  Marlins  have  done  their  fair  share  of  damage  to  the  Mets  over  the  years,  but  nothing  close  to  a  rivalry-­like  status.  The  closest  thing  the  Nationals  and  Mets  had  to  an  ongo-­ ing  rivalry  was  when  Pedro  Martinez  plunked  Jose  Guillen  in  2006,  causing Â

WKH 1DWV RXWÂż HOGHU WR FKDUJH WKH PRXQG with  his  bat  and  benches  to  empty.  Perhaps  with  Jose  Reyes  now  don-­ ning  his  funky  new  uniform  in  Miami,  the  Mets  could  kindle  some  sort  of  sat-­ isfaction  from  winning  games  against  him  down  the  line.  But  for  now,  it  doesn’t  seem  too  heated  â€”  especially  with  the  revelation  that  the  Mets  will  be  honoring  him  with  a  video  tribute  when  the  Marlins  head  to  town.  The  basic  conclusion  is  that  the  Mets  have  not  played  meaningful  games  in  the  past  few  years,  and  be-­ cause  of  this,  they  do  not  have  a  cur-­ rent  heated  rivalry.  Without  high  stakes  games  putting  emotions  on  edge  and  excitement  to  build,  there  are  fewer  op-­ portunities  to  bring  about  the  buzz  that  surrounds  rivalries.  Perhaps  as  the  Mets  grow  and  go  through  their  transformation  into  a  younger  and  more  sustainable  club,  the Â

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rivalries  that  once  made  stadiums  shake  and  fans  roar  will  come  back.  Hopeful-­ ly  players  like  Matt  Harvey  and  Zach  Wheeler  will  thrust  themselves  into  the  thick  of  things  and  force  teams  to  take  the  Mets  more  seriously.  With  the  development  of  players  like  Lucas  Duda,  Jon  Niese  and  Ruben  Tejada  â€”  among  others  â€”  the  Mets  are  gearing  themselves  up  for  better  years  in  the  future,  which  will  lead  to  more  wins  and  ultimately  to  bigger  and  better  rivaliries  that  will  excite  a  fan  base  that  LV LQ GHVSHUDWH QHHG RI VRPH Âż UH Maybe  then  I  can  feel  that  same  burning  desire  to  watch  Philadelphia’s  team  be  devoured  by  smack  talk  and  passion.  Maybe  the  next  few  years  will  ignite  the  rabid  fan  inside  of  me  and  I  can  stop  writing  columns  that  ask  â€œwhat  if?â€?  and  â€œnext  year.â€?  We  can  only  hope,  the  fan  in  me  is  waiting  to  be  unleashed. Â

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