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Consolidation  Draft  Under  Review By  Andrew  Wyrich

sulting  in  the  newly  formed  City  of  New  Paltz  â€“  and  a  merger  of  the  town  and  village  into  a  coterminous  A  preliminary  report  on  the  effectiveness  of  com-­ town/village  of  New  Paltz.  Article  17  of  New  York  State  Village  Law  iden-­ bining  the  Town  and  Village  of  New  Paltz  was  released  WLÂżHV WKH K\EULG WRZQ YLOODJH PXQLFLSDO VWUXFWXUH RI D by  Fairweather  Consulting  on  April  19,  offering  its  recommendation  on  the  future  of  New  Paltz’s  govern-­ coterminous  town/village.  Under  this,  both  the  Village  and  Town  of  New  Paltz  would  retain  its  legal  entity  ments.  7KH LQWHULP UHSRUW GHÂżQHV WKH SRWHQWLDO PRGHOV IRU and  would  survive  consolidation.  The  resulting  struc-­ a  restructured  government  in  New  Paltz  as  part  of  the  Study  of  Full  Municipal  Consolidation  Options  for  the  1HZ 3DOW] *RYHUQPHQW (IÂżFLHQF\ DQG (IIHFWLYHQHVV “It  makes  sense  to  eliminate  project.  bureaucracy  and  redundancy,  â€œIt’s  very,  very  preliminary,â€?  newly-­elected  village  trustee  Sally  Rhoads  said.  â€œBut  I  believe  if  we  all  come  but  not  at  the  expense  of  together  and  work  this  out,  town  taxes  will  not  go  up.  transferring  the  tax  burden  When  you  mash  two  budgets  together,  you  don’t  take  the  duplication  out.â€?  from  one  segment  of  the  The  report  represents  nine-­months  worth  of  work  population  to  anotherâ€? by  the  Community  Advisory  Committee,  Steering  Committee  and  Fairweather  Consulting.  It  states  that  while  the  report  is  preliminary,  it  can  serve  as  an  â€œim-­ —  Toni  Hokanson portant  resource  to  guide  and  inform  the  subsequent  efforts  of  the  research  team.â€?  Town  Supervisor  Toni  Hokanson  said  the  recent  draft  took  the  budgets  of  both  the  town  and  village  ture  would  be  considered  a  consolidated  municipality  and  combined  them  while  eliminating  duplications  and  that  is  governed  by  a  single  board,  according  to  the  law.   This  approach  was  recommended  by  the  report,  other  areas  of  expense  with  the  goal  of  seeing  how  a  FLWLQJ Ă€H[LELOLW\ DQG QHZ SURYLVLRQV XQGHU JHQHUDO 0X-­ consolidated  government  would  be.  She  said  the  idea  of  consolidation  is  something  she  nicipal  Law  Article  17-­A.  Under  this  law,  the  town  and  has  considered  but  said  more  public  education  needs  to  village  could  establish  a  consolidation  agreement  and  would  present  it  to  voters  through  a  referendum  from  happen  before  any  changes  could  be  made.  â€œIt  makes  sense  to  eliminate  bureaucracy  and  re-­ each  government  entity.  If  agreed  upon,  this  would  es-­ dundancy,  but  not  at  the  expense  of  transferring  the  tax  tablish  the  new  Town/Village  of  New  Paltz.  Former  mayoral  candidate  Pete  Healey,  who  ran  burden  from  one  segment  of  the  population  to  anoth-­ his  campaign  on  the  platform  of  consolidation,  said  the  er,â€?  Hokanson  said.  7KH UHSRUW UHOHDVHG ODVW PRQWK LGHQWLÂżHV D UHFRP-­ Community  Advisory  Committee  will  need  to  consid-­ mended  structure  of  potential  consolidation.  Options  HU WKH UHSRUWÂśV ÂżQGLQJV QRZ WKDW WKH FRQVXOWDQWV KDYH considered  included  the  dissolution  of  the  Village  of  gathered  the  information  and  organized  a  form  that  New  Paltz,  the  merger  of  the  town  and  village  â€“  re-­ is  understandable  to  the  10  members  currently  on  the  Sports  Editor  |  Andrew.wyrich63@newpaltz.edu

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committee.  â€œThe  coterminous  option  that  we’ve  studied  and  advocated  previously  is  being  proposed  by  the  consul-­ tants  as  a  potential  way  forward,â€?  Healey  said.  Healey  said  he  believes  the  consultants  were  â€œtoo  carefulâ€?  in  their  claim  that  there  were  no  automatic  savings  by  the  merger  of  two  governments.  He  said  by  adding  the  town’s  tax  levy  to  the  village’s  tax  levy  and  distributing  them  equally,  the  villagers  are  no  longer  paying  for  their  own  government  and  receive  help  from  town  resident’s  whose  taxes  go  up  â€œby  several  percent-­ age  points.â€?  +HDOH\ EHOLHYHV ÂżQGLQJ ÂłKDUPOHVV´ VROXWLRQV WKDW keep  taxes  at  a  similar  level  to  those  currently  imposed  DQG ÂżQGLQJ VDYLQJV E\ FXWWLQJ GXSOLFDWH GHSDUWPHQWV DQG RIÂżFHV WKDW ZRXOG UHVXOW IURP FRQVROLGDWLRQ ZRXOG be  the  best  course  of  action.  Hokanson  said  while  there  is  more  work  to  be  done  EHIRUH D ÂżQDO GHFLVLRQ FDQ EH PDGH VKH GLG DSSUHFLDWH the  importance  of  the  study.  â€œI  think  we  don’t  have  enough  information  to  make  a  judgment  [regarding  consolidation],â€?  Hokanson  said.  â€œWe  are  still  looking  at  what  forms  of  consolidation  we  should  pursue.â€?  The  report  states  the  immediate  next  step  will  be  to  receive  comments  and  suggestions  from  the  Steering  Committee  and  compile  a  revised  report  for  the  town  and  village  boards  to  review.  At  the  same  time,  Fairweather  Consulting  and  the  Government  Law  Center  will  work  with  the  Steering  Committee  to  complete  another  study  on  shared  servic-­ es  for  highway  and  street  maintenance  and  equipment  planning  and  maintenance.  After  both  of  the  simultaneous  reports  â€œapproach  their  conclusion,â€?  Fairweather  Consulting  and  the  Government  Law  Center  will  review  their  respective  ¿QDO YHUVLRQV DQG ZRUN ZLWK WKH 6WHHULQJ &RPPLWWHH to  develop  potential  consolidation  or  shared  service  plans.  Â

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News Briefs National  An  Oklahoma  man  who  suffers  from  learning  disabilities  says  attackers  held  him  down,  tattooed  the  word  â€œRAPESTâ€?  on  his  forehead  and  shocked  his  genitals  with  a  stun  gun. Eighteen-­year-­old  Stetson  Johnson  said  Wednesday  that  tattoos  were  forcibly  placed  on  his  forehead  and  chest,  and  he  was  beaten  unconscious  with  a  baseball  bat  in  the  April  17  attack. ***** The  House  voted  Wednesday  to  limit  tax  breaks  for  insurance  policies  that  cover  abortions. The  bill,  which  passed  251-­175,  was  the  latest  Republican  effort  to  chip  away  at  President  Barack  Obama’s  health  care  overhaul  and  follow  through  on  the  GOP’s  campaign  prom-­ ise  to  keep  taxpayers  from  underwrit-­ ing  abortions. ***** Gasoline  demand  continues  to  fall  in  the  U.S.  as  pump  prices  keep  climbing. Reports  from  government  and  indus-­ try  groups  show  motorists  have  been  cutting  back  on  the  amount  of  gas  they  put  into  their  tanks  for  more  than  a  month.  That  could  signal  trouble  for  the  economy  since  Americans  typically  cut  spending  on  other  activities  before  they  do  less  driving.   International  Briefs  on  Page  5

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Senate  Hears  Final  Appeal  By  John  Brandi  Copy  Editor  |  Jbrandi02@newpaltz.edu

$W WKH ÂżQDO VHQDWH PHHWLQJ RI WKH VH-­ mester,  the  legislative  body  heard  their  ¿QDO DSSHDO PRYHG XQXVHG IXQGV DQG elected  a  new  senate  chair.  On  Tuesday,  May  3,  the  legislative  body  heard  an  appeal  from  New  Paltz  Lacrosse.  There  was  a  miscommuni-­ cation  between  the  new  and  outgoing  SUHVLGHQW RYHU KRZ WR ÂżOO RXW SDSHUZRUN The  new  president  had  hired  two  refer-­ ees  in  October  for  a  game,  but  made  an  DGPLQLVWUDWLYH HUURU ZKLOH ÂżOOLQJ RXW WKH paper  work  and  they  were  never  paid. The  current  president  said  he  has  since  received  training  from  Disbursing  Agent  Linda  Lendvay  and  Vice  President  of  Finance  Youssouf  Kouyo  and  he  guar-­ antees  that  this  kind  of  mistake  won’t  happen  again.  He  was  requesting  $150  for  each  referee,  for  a  combined  total  of  $300.  The  legislative  body  granted  him  this  amount  from  General  Programming  unanimously.  The  legislative  body  also  voted  on  moving  $6,000  from  the  Budget  and  Finance  Committee  (BFC)  Unappropri-­

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The  51st  student  senate  had  their  last  general  meeting  of  the  semester  on  Tuesday.   ated  Fund  into  General  Programming.  The  vote  was  also  unanimous.  During  her  report,  Student  Associa-­ tion  Executive  Vice  President  Eve  Stern   urged  the  legislative  body  to  get  in-­ volved  in  choosing  a  new  police  chief.  â€œ[Need  a  chief]  that  has  the  energy  and  motivation  to  do  a  great  job,â€?  said  Stern.  Stern  also  discussed  campus  food  feedback.  She  tried  to  identify  ideas  to  make  Campus  Auxiliary  Services  (CAS) Â

better  through  student  criticism,  trying  WR ¿QG RXW ZKDW FDQ EH FKDQJHG DERXW food  services.  Student  Sen.  Alberto  Aquino  was  run-­ ning  against  Sen.  Samantha  Kossin  for  the  position  of  senate  chair.  Aquino  was  FRQ¿UPHG WR WKH SRVLWLRQ E\ WKH OHJLVOD-­ tive  body  11  to  three.  7KH ¿UVW JHQHUDO VWXGHQW VHQDWH PHHW-­ ing  of  next  semester  has  yet  to  be  sched-­ uled.

Council  to  Make  Bylaw  Amendments By  Zan  Strumfeld  A&E  Editor  |  Ssttrumfeld34@newpaltz.edu

Council  of  Organizations  is  in  the  pro-­ cess  of  changing  its  system  in  minor  ways,  DFFRUGLQJ WR RIÂżFLDOV Council  of  Organizations  Chair  Shayna  %HQWOH\ VDLG 6WXGHQW $VVRFLDWLRQ 6$ RIÂż-­ cials  are  looking  to  make  amendments  in  the  bylaws. “As  of  right  now,  the  bylaws  ask  for  a  YHU\ VSHFLÂżF EUHDNGRZQ RI HDFK PHHWLQJ D EUHDNGRZQ ZKLFK , GLG QRW ÂżQG WR EH HIIHF-­ tive,â€?  she  said.  â€œThe  only  amendment  to  this  piece  would  be  to  add  in  a  simple  ending  to  the  sentence,  â€˜Council  shall  be  run  as  fol-­ lows...’â€? Bentley  said  the  end  of  the  sentence  would  say  something  along  the  lines  of  â€œ...or  at  the  discretion  of  the  council  chair.â€?  There  is  also  some  confusion  over  the  at-­ tendance  policy.  Organization  representatives  are  allowed  to  miss  up  to  three  meetings. “Seeing  how  we  sometimes  only  have  ¿YH RU VL[ PHHWLQJV D VHPHVWHU , GRQÂśW UH-­ DOO\ VHH KRZ WKDW FRXOG EH EHQHÂżFLDO WR DQ\

party,â€?  she  said.  Over  the  summer,  Bentley  is  going  to  work  with  returning  student  senators  and  Di-­ rector  of  Student  Activities  and  Union  Ser-­ vices  Mike  Patterson  to  write  up  a  legislation  on  the  issue.  She  said  that  representatives  must  attend  half  plus  one  meetings.  In  doing  so,  it  would  make  Council  of  Organization  meetings  more  strict. “We’re  working  towards  keeping  council  effective,â€?  she  said.  â€œLast  council  meeting,  I  still  had  people  coming  in  saying,  â€˜What  do  I  do  here?  I’ve  never  been  here  before.’  Meet-­ ings  are  not  as  effective  as  they  should  be.â€? Relay  for  Life  Council  Representa-­ tive  Liz  Pinto  said  she  attends  every  council  PHHWLQJ EXW VWLOO ÂżQGV WKH DWWHQGDQFH LGHD WR be  positive. “I  think  it’s  a  good  idea  because  there’s  some  things  about  paperwork  and  really  mi-­ nor  things  that  if  you  miss,  it’s  not  a  big  deal.  But  if  you  miss  something  that’s  important,  it’s  kind  of  important,â€?  said  Pinto. %HQWOH\ LV DOVR WU\LQJ WR ÂżJXUH RXW WKH most  â€œreasonable  form  of  repercussionsâ€?  if Â

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an  organization  fails  to  hand  in  the  travel  ros-­ ter  on  time.  â€œI  realized  that  [the  Student  Association  (SA)]  was  facing  major  liability  issues  when  it  came  to  organizations  using  our  money  and  our  name  to  go  on  trips,  registering  in  hotels  and  at  conferences  and  renting  transporta-­ tion,â€?  said  Bentley. Bentley  said  the  roster  would  ensure  only  current  New  Paltz  students  are  using  SA  funds  to  go  on  trips.  Students  must  provide  their  name,  Banner  ID  number,  cell  phone  and  an  emergency  contact.  Bentley  is  work-­ ing  with  Sports  Advisor  Joe  Deck  and  Pat-­ terson  to  make  this  roster  possible. As  a  returning  council  chair,  Bentley  is  working  on  a  number  of  issues  in  an  effort  to  make  the  council  as  important  to  others  as  she  believes  it  is. “I  would  love  to  have  people  come  in  and  make  things  happen,  and  to  bring  forth  issues,  concerns,  ideas  for  collaborations  on  campus,â€?  she  said.  â€œI  think  we’re  getting  there  but  it’s  still  a  work  in  progress.â€? Â

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New  Meal  Plan  to  be  Offered  By  Rachel  Freeman  Copy  Editor  |  Rachel.freeman17@newpaltz.edu

Campus  Auxiliary  Services  (CAS)  and  Sodexo  are  implementing  a  new  meal  plan  next  fall  as  a  trial  period  in  prepara-­ tion  for  the  renovations  to  be  introduced  to  Wooster  Science  Building. The  Jazzman’s  Cafe  in  Jacobson  Fac-­ ulty  Tower  (JFT)  will  undergo  changes  over  the  summer.  According  to  CAS  Board  Student  Representative  Jonathan  Freifeld,  the  redone  cafe  will  have  three  lines  instead  of  the  one  wrap  around  line  currently  used.  Students  will  also  be  able  to  have  any  sandwich  or  panini  heated  up  and  there  will  be  more  salad  options  as  well.  These  new  additions  are  key  factors  to  the  upcoming  â€œSimply  To  Goâ€?  meal  plan.  This  meal  plan  will  replace  both  the  45  and  65  Hasbrouck  meal  plans.  The  â€œSimply  To  Goâ€?  plan  will  allot  stu-­ GHQWV ÂżYH PHDOV SHU ZHHN WR EH XVHG DW Jazzman’s  or  Hasbrouck  along  with  about  1,070  dining  dollars.  If  students  decide  to  take  a  meal  at  Jazzman’s,  they  will  receive  a  sandwich  or  salad,  a  snack,  a  piece  of  fruit,  a  des-­ sert  and  a  beverage  all  for  one  swipe.  The  only  option  that  will  remain  the  same  is  the  Carte  Blanche  unlimited  Hasbrouck  meal  plan. The  idea  for  this  plan  came  about  in  an  effort  to  suit  students  needs. “The  most  important  was  we  have  for  the  longest  time  been  trying  to  add  more  value  to  the  upperclassmen  meal  plans,  to  be  able  to  give  an  option  to  eat  other  than  Hasbrouck  with  these  meals,â€?  said  CAS  Director  Steve  Deutsch.  â€œSo  we  needed  to  sort  of  create  a  brand  new  system  that  ZRXOG VSUHDG VRPH RI WKH WUDIÂżF EHWZHHQ Hasbrouck  and  a  facility  we’re  building  on  the  west  side  of  campus  [Wooster].â€? However,  Wooster,  which  will  fea-­ ture  a  Panera  Bread  style  dining  facility,  will  not  be  completed  for  another  two  or  three  years.   They  decided  to  offer  the  meal  plan  at  the  JFT  Jazzman’s  to  ensure  that  the  program  is  successful  and  that  students  are  happy  with  it. To  determine  student’s  desires  and  needs,  Sodexo  conducted  a  survey  nearly  two  years  ago.  The  survey  asked  a  variety  of  questions  such  as  when  students  eat  meals,  where  they  take  their  meals,  how  far  are  they  willing  to  walk,  if  they  eat Â

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News Briefs World Now  that  Osama  bin  Laden  is  dead,  some  analysts  are  speculating  that  al-­Qaida  and  its  Afghan  Taliban  allies  could  go  their  separate  ways,  increas-­ ing  the  chances  for  a  negotiated  settle-­ ment  in  Afghanistan. Osama  bin  Laden’s  death  is  likely  to  revive  a  debate  within  the  Afghan  Taliban  about  their  ties  to  al-­Qaida  -­  a  union  the  U.S.  insists  must  end  if  the  insurgents  want  to  talk  peace. *****

PHOTO  BY  JASON  JONES The  Jazzman’s  Cafe  in  Jacobson  Faculty  Tower  will  undergo  changes  over  the  summer.  breakfast,  lunch  and  dinner,  how  much  are  they’re  willing  to  spend  and  how  much  are  they’re  currently  spending.  Based  upon  the  answers  to  these  questions  and  others,  CAS  members  said  they  were  able  to  understand  how  people  thought  about  and  ate  food  in  a  campus  environment.  They  said  they  gathered  that  the  main  things  students  wanted  were  Ă€H[LELOLW\ SRUWDELOLW\ DQG EUDQGV CAS  needed  to  collect  this  type  of  in-­ formation  and  develop  a  meal  plan  before  they  could  open  Wooster.  They  had  to  sat-­ isfy  the  needs  for  brands  and  the  ability  to  use  the  meal  plan  all  throughout  campus.  They  were  also  challenged  by  the  need  for  a  retail  environment  where  faculty  and  students  who  were  not  on  major  meal  plans  could  pay  cash  for  individual  items,  but  where  students  could  also  use  a  meal. “It  is  sort  of  a  hybrid  of  all  these  dif-­ ferent  major  desires  that  students  said  they  had  and  we  had  to  solve  it  with  this  one  small  facility,â€?  Deutsch  said.  $QRWKHU EHQHÂżW RI WKH QHZ RSWLRQ is  that  students  are  getting  more  meals,  said  Deutsch.  The  total  amount  of  meals  comes  out  to  80  for  the  entire  semester Â

DQG WKH ÂżYH SHU ZHHN GLVSHUVHPHQW RI meals  lessens  the  stress  of  budgeting.  Having  to  use  your  block  of  65  meals  all  at  Hasbrouck  â€œis  a  lot  more  cumbersome  to  deal  with.â€? First-­year  undeclared  student  Faiqa  Amreen  greets  the  new  meal  plan  with  open  arms. “I  think  that  the  new  meal  plan  is  a  perfect  idea.  The  opportunities  for  a  new  variety  of  food  will  come  as  a  relief  to  both  freshmen  and  upperclassmen,â€?  Am-­ reen  said.  â€œI  would  be  concerned  that  there  wasn’t  enough  meals  for  a  week,  and  think  that  seven  meals  a  week  would  be  a  better  idea,  but  hey.  At  this  point,  a  relief  from  Hasbrouck  is  well  welcomed.â€? Deutsch  said  the  plan  has  garnered  many  other  encouraging  responses  too,  as  they  have  presented  the  plan  to  many  groups  such  as  the  CAS  board  and  the  cabinet. “We’ve  had  a  bunch  of  meetings  with  people  both  formally  and  informally  to  gage  and  this  really  has  gotten  a  lot  of  positive  feedback,â€?  Deutsch  said.  â€œSo  we’re  excited  about  it.  I  think  it’s  going  to  improve  food  service  here  quite  a  bit.â€?

Thursday,  May  5,  2011

 Stunned  and  saddened  relatives  held  a  vigil  Wednesday  outside  a  mine  in  northern  Mexico  where  nine  workers  were  trapped  and  possibly  dead  fol-­ lowing  an  explosion  that  killed  at  least  ¿YH RI WKHLU FROOHDJXHV Rescuers  used  picks,  shovels  and  their  hands  to  tunnel  through  dirt,  wood,  metal  and  rock  in  a  frantic  effort  to  reach  the  miners  trapped  197  feet  (60  meters)  underground  in  the  northwest-­ ern  state  of  Coahuila. ***** An  explosion  on  Wednesday  ripped  through  a  Yemeni  military  vehicle  in  WKH VRXWK NLOOLQJ ¿YH VROGLHUV ZKLOH another  four  civilians  died  in  the  ensu-­ LQJ ¿UH¿JKW The  blast  hit  the  vehicle  close  to  a  busy  market  selling  qat,  the  mildly  stimulating  leaf  that  Yemenis  addic-­ tively  chew  in  a  province  known  as  a  stronghold  for  the  local  branch  of  the  al-­Qaida  militant  group.

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The  New  Paltz  Oracle

Village  and  Students  March  Against  Fracking By  Andrew  Wyrich  Sports  Editor  |  Andrew.wyrich63@newpaltz.edu

Protesters  in  New  Paltz  repeated  their  opinion  loud  and  clear  regarding  the  use  of  hydraulic-­fracturing  in  their  region  â€“  â€œno  fracking  way.â€?  Shoeless,  tie-­dyed  and  impassioned  members  of  New  Paltz’s  campus  and  vil-­ lage  community  gathered  on  Old  Main  Quad  and  marched  through  village  streets  Friday,  April  29,  to  rally  against  the  use  of  hydraulic  fracturing  in  New  York. Melanie  Glenn,  an  organizer  of  the  ral-­ ly,  said  the  march  was  a  way  for  New  Paltz  to  have  their  opinions  heard  regarding  the  use  of  the  controversial  natural  gas  extrac-­ tion  process.  â€œThis  is  our  action,â€?  Glenn  said.  â€œThis  is  a  democracy  and  our  voice  matters.â€?  The  march  and  rally  was  intended  to  be  an  action  that  capped  off  Sustainable  Ac-­ tion  Week  at  SUNY  New  Paltz.  Organizers  said  they  hoped  participants  of  the  week’s  events  would  take  the  information  they’ve  OHDUQHG DQG ÂżJKW IRU D PRUDWRULXP RQ WKH use  of  the  controversial  process.   The  rally  capped  a  seven-­day  series  of  events  which,  according  to  the  goals  published  by  the  group’s  working  during  the  week,  was  envisioned  to  spread  com-­ munity  consciousness  and  understand  re-­ source  consumption  habits  to  then  use  the  knowledge  to  bring  sustainable  solutions  to  the  New  Paltz  community.  The  week’s  events  included  multiple  fairs,  guest  speak-­ ers,  documentary  showings  and  a  campus  farmer’s  market.  Village  resident  and  member  of  the  Climate  Action  Coalition  of  New  Paltz  Ro-­ salyn  Cherry  said  the  protesters  intended  to  end  their  march  by  calling  Gov.  Andrew  Cuomo  and  Department  of  Environmental  Conservation  Commissioner  Joe  Martins  to  show  them  that  members  of  the  community  are  against  fracking.  Students  for  Sustainable  Agriculture  President  Yael  Krevsky  said  she  hoped  the  march  would   inspire  the  New  Paltz  com-­ PXQLW\ WR WKLQN RI LQQRYDWLYH ZD\V WR ÂżJKW against  hydraulic  fracturing.  â€œI  hope  that  the  New  Paltz  community  becomes  more  engaged  with  events  like  this,â€?  Krevsky  said.  â€œI’m  glad  it  started  on  campus  and  then  into  town  and  mobilized  the  larger  community.  I  hope  this  is  a  step-­ ping  stone  for  more  great  things  to  come.â€? Hydraulic-­fracturing  has  been  debated  among  Hudson  Valley  residents.  According Â

On  the  Friday  of  Sustainable  Action  Week,  protestors  rallied  against  hydro-­fracking.                                        PHOTO  BY  ANDREW  WYRICH            to  the  Environmental  Protection  Agency’s  website,  the  process  hydraulic-­fracturing  ¿UHV SUHVVXUL]HG Ă€XLGV LQWR URFN IRUPD-­ WLRQV ÂżVVXULQJ DQG VSOLQWHULQJ WKHP DQG DO-­ lowing  drilling  companies  to  extract  natural  gas  from  within  the  shale.  Protesters  argued  that  the  process  is  hazardous  to  the  health  of  the  environment  and  those  living  within  it,  believing  the  extraction  can  contaminate  drinking  water  DQG WKH Ă€XLG LQMHFWHG LQWR WKH URFN LQFOXGHV hazardous  chemicals.  Environmental  Task  Force  Co-­chair  Ariana  Basco,  who  was  recently  elected  to  be  a  village  trustee,  participated  in  the  rally  and  said  fracking  was  an  issue  she  wanted  to  protest  against.  â€œI  think  we  should  ban  fracking,â€?  Bas-­ co  said.  â€œIt’s  not  a  safe  process  and  we  are  putting  our  drinking  water  at  risk,  our  lives  at  risk.  I  think  we  can  have  a  world  that  is  a  lot  better  and  I  want  to  pass  that  onto  future  generations.â€?  The  gas  drilling  industry  has  said  it  is  LPSRVVLEOH IRU WKH Ă€XLGV WR HQWHU JURXQGZD-­ ter,  and  United  States  Environmental  Pro-­ tection  Agency  (EPA)  scientists  have  been Â

unable  to  investigate  claims  of  contamina-­ tion  because  the  identity  of  chemicals  used  in  fracking  are  protected  as  trade  secrets  â€“  an  exemption  the  EPA  cannot  override  un-­ der  the  2005  Energy  Policy  Act.  Students  and  village  residents  painted  signs  hours  before  the  march,  urging  the  public  to  support  their  cause  while  other  protesters  worked  on  puppets  or  larger  signs  to  show  the  village.  Large  white  spin-­ ning  windmills  covered  the  sunlit  quad,  at-­ tracting  passerbys  and  interested  students.  Before  leaving,  Glenn  stood  atop  a  ta-­ EOH DQG GURYH KHU ÂżVW LQWR WKH DLU JDWKHULQJ the  crowd  in  front  of  her.  Members  of  the  group  loudly  beat  drums  and  made  noise  EHIRUH DVVHPEOLQJ LQ D ODUJH FLUFOH DQG MRLQ-­ ing  hands.  â€œRaise  your  hand  if  you  want  renew-­ able  energy!â€?  Glenn  said  before  leading  the  group  off  campus.  â€œAre  you  ready?â€?  After  engaging  oncoming  cars  and  ca-­ sual  members  of  the  village  on  Main  Street,  the  march  ended  on  the  lawn  of  the  Depart-­ ment  of  Environmental  Conservation  at  21  S.  Putt  Corners  Rd.  While  there,  speakers  including  Ulster Â

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County  Legislator  Susan  Zimit,  and  SUNY  New  Paltz  Professor  Donna  Flayhan.  Vil-­ lage  Trustee  Shari  Osborn  also  spoke,  explaining  current  legislation  regarding  hydro-­fracking,  the  potential  health  hazards  and  the  shale  that  sits  beneath  the  village  of  New  Paltz. Osborn’s  legislation  would  ban  the  use  of  fracking  in  the  municipality  and  not  al-­ low  the  material  to  be  transported  through  or  dumped  on  properties  within  New  Paltz.  Jim  Krivo,  a  local  activist  and  musi-­ cian,  also  led  the  protesters  in  songs  writ-­ ten  by  the  different  groups  before  members  of  the  community  performed  small  skits  â€“portraying  characters  such  as  drilling  ex-­ ecutives,  affected  townspeople  and  a  polar  bear.  Sitting  on  the  steps  of  Old  Library  and  looking  out  at  the  tables,  wind  mills  and  banners  across  Old  Main  Quad,  Cherry  said  she  hoped  the  rally  could  lead  to  future  ac-­ tion  from  those  who  attended.  â€œYou  have  an  idea  and  you  can  actually  do  it.  Look  at  this,â€?  Cherry  said.  â€œIt’s  amaz-­ ing  how  everything  has  fallen  in  place.â€?

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Forum  Held  to  Explain  Budget

By  Julie  Mansmann Â

Editor-­in-­Chief  |  Jmansmann60@newpaltz.edu

Campus  administrators  invited  faculty,  staff  and  students  to  an  open  forum  last  Thursday  so  they  could  explain  portions  of  the  budget  reduction  plan  that  outlines  actions  meant  to  grapple  the  college’s  HVWLPDWHG PLOOLRQ GHÂżFLW Interim  President  Donald  Christian  and  Vice  President  of  Finance  and  Administration  Jackie  DiS-­ tefano  presented   forum  attendees  with  a  slideshow  detailing  portions  of  the  plan,  which  include  cuts  to  the  utilities,  other  than  personnel  services  and  part-­ time  personnel  budgets,  among  other  changes.  Parts  of  the  plan  were  based  on  suggestions  that  came  from  units  and  departments  that  were  evaluat-­ ed  based  on  the  criteria,  constraints  and  ground  rules  set  forth  earlier  in  the  year,  Christian  said.  â€œIt’s  a  collective  plan,â€?  he  said.  â€œAnd  it  is  im-­ portant  to  remember  that  this  is  a  plan,  not  an  out-­ come.  It  will  require  discipline  and  change.â€?  Administrators  outlined  ideas  for  meeting  the  budgetary  shortfall  â€“  caused  by  cuts  in  state  taxpay-­ er  support  and  other  factors  -­  in  an  e-­mail  sent  to  the  campus  community  and  by  updating  information  on  budget.newpaltz.edu  last  week.  ,Q 'HFHPEHU DGPLQLVWUDWRUV VDLG WKH GHÂż-­ cit  exceeded  $3.2  million.  But  when  Gov.  Andrew  Cuomo’s  Executive  Budget  proposal  was  passed  by Â

the  New  York  State  Legislature  several  weeks  ago,  such  as  an  applied  music  fee  increasing  to  $480  and  administrators  told  the  campus  that  the  shortfall  bus  fees  for  theatre  arts  courses.  could  widen  to  $6.3  million  because  of  a  10  percent  Faculty  in  attendance  asked  about  the  $903,000  cut  to  the  part-­time  personnel  budget,  with  United  University  Profession  (UUP)  Vice  President  for  Ac-­ ademics  Peter  Brown  and  others  requesting  infor-­ mation  as  to  how  and  when  adjuncts  will  be  receiv-­ ing  letters  of  non-­renewal.  Although  she  and  Christian  said  they  regret  that  adjuncts  will  be  lost,  DiStefano  said  that  with  the  VL]H RI WKH GHÂżFLW DQG D JRDO WR QRW HOLPLQDWH DQ\ DF-­ ademic  programs,  hard  choices  needed  to  be  made.  â€œIt’s  no  longer  business  as  usual  here,  and  we  re-­ ally  need  to  think  about  how  we  operate,â€?  she  said. However,  other  members  of  the  full-­time  faculty  expressed  concern  as  to  how  the  decreased  number  of  adjuncts  and  budgetary  constraints  will  affect  their  workload.  Eve  Tuck,  a  professor  of  educational  studies,  â€”  Donald  Christian said  she  is  already  busy  teaching  her  students,  con-­ ducting  research  and  doing  other  activities;Íž  she  said  she  does  not  know  how  she  would  be  able  to  cope  with  workload  increases  due  to  less  faculty.  â€œI  have  never  worked  so  hard  in  my  life,â€?  she  cut  in  SUNY  funding. said.  At  the  forum,  DiStefano  explained  the  eight  Administrators  said  they  will  continue  to  moni-­ parts  of  the  plan,  expanding  upon  details  of  adjust-­ tor  the  budget  situation  and  the  concerns  of  the  cam-­ ments  for  economizing.  For  example,  DiStefano  pus.  According  to  DiStefano,  accounting  processes  said  that  some  new  course  fees  will  be  introduced,  will  continue. Â

“It’s  a  collective  plan... and  it  is  important  to  remember  that  this  is  plan,  not  an  outcome.  It  will  require  discipline  and  changeâ€?

Mid-­Hudson  Partnership  Reactivated By  John  Brandi

Copy  Editor  |  Jbrandi02@newpaltz.edu

Interim  President  Donald  Christian  said  he  and  leaders  at  the  six  commu-­ nity  colleges  within  a  45  mile  radius  of  SUNY  New  Paltz  are  cooperating  and  â€œreactivatingâ€?  an  organization  to  bet-­ ter  address  transfer  students’  academic  performance.   â€œAbout  48  percent  of  our  new  stu-­ dents  are  transfers,  which  is  third  or  fourth  highest  in  the  whole  SUNY  sys-­ tem,â€?  said  Christian.  â€œWe  also  have  the  highest  retention  of  any  SUNY  campus  of  transfer  students  for  the  second  year.  I  shared  that  with  them  as  a  way  of  indicating  that  their  successes  are  our  successes  and  vice  versa  and  we  want  to  keep  that  going.â€?  The  organization,  called  the  Mid-­ Hudson  SUNY  Alliance,  aims  to Â

“mainline  and  facilitateâ€?  the  progress  of  those  students  who  transfer  from  one  of  the  community  colleges.  There  is  a  level  of  cooperation  among  the  institu-­ tions  to  prepare  transfer  students  and  to  get  them  on  the  same  academic  level  as  their  New  Paltz,  all  four-­year  coun-­ terparts. “We  talked  about  ways  in  which  we  might  develop  special  programs  in  which  students  are  admitted  as  fresh-­ men  jointly  to  the  community  college  DQG WR 1HZ 3DOW] VSHQG WKHLU ÂżUVW WZR years  at  the  community  college,  but  have  advising  or  summer  experiences  here  and  build  a  different  connection  to  the  institution,â€?  he  said.  Christian  said  he  wants  transfer  students  to  move  through  their  pro-­ grams  successfully. Meanwhile,  one  student  that  trans-­ ferred  to  New  Paltz  felt  that  her  experi-­

ence  at  a  two-­year  community  college  was  â€œchallenging.â€?  â€œ[Community  Colleges]  are  now  RYHUĂ€RZLQJ ZLWK SHRSOH WKDW FDQQRW DI-­ ford  to  go  to  four-­year  colleges  or  can’t  ¿QG D MRE ZLWKRXW DQ HGXFDWLRQ WKDW WR EH DEOH WR ÂżQG D SDUNLQJ VSRW , ZRXOG have  to  park  on  the  grass,  along  with  dozens  of  other  people,â€?  said  third-­year  psychology  major  and  Westchester  Community  College  transfer  Daniela  Granzo.  â€œThe  resources  were  minimal  and  scattered.â€?  Granzo  said  that  some  of  the  prob-­ lems  have  followed  her  to  New  Paltz.  She  said  SUNY  â€œclaimedâ€?  that  all  of  her  credits  would  transfer  automati-­ cally,  but  that  she’s  still  â€œwaiting  on  credits  to  be  accepted.â€?  Granzo  said  she  had  to  speak  with  several  different  department  chairs  to  make  this  happen.  Moreover,  Christian  stressed  that Â

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a  system  could  be  created  that  would  patch  together  faculty  at  New  Paltz  and  the  six  community  colleges  in  a  net-­ work  that  would  offer  a  potential  on-­ line  course.  The  reason  behind  this  is  to  bridge  the  gap  between  those  second-­ year  potential  transfers  and  second-­ year  students  at  New  Paltz.  Still,  Christian  said  this  partnership  between  New  Paltz  and  community  colleges  is  also  to  â€œsupport  regional  economic  development.â€? “The  more  we  can  educate  students  within  the  region,  the  more  likely  they  are  to  stay  here,  take  jobs  or  create  jobs  and  help  build  our  regional  economy,  which  we  all  depend  on,â€?  he  said. The  community  colleges  in  the  Mid-­Hudson  Alliance  include  Ulster,  Orange,  Dutchess,  Rockland,  Sullivan  and  Columbia  Greene.   Â

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Obama Announces bin Laden’s Death New Paltz Students React to National Announcement By Pamela Vivanco News Editor | Pvivanco57@newpaltz.edu

Osama bin Laden, the al-­Qaida leader behind the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, was killed by American military and C.I.A operatives last week in Abottabad, Pakistan, according to The New York Times. On Sunday, May 1, President Barack Obama announced that bin Laden, who had been in hiding for the last 10 years, had been killed and later buried at sea. During his report on National Security, Obama described the scene of 9/11 and said that, as a country, “we will never tolerate our security being threatened.”

“We will be relentless in defense of our citizens and our friends and allies. We will be true to the values that make us who we are,” he said in the broad-­ cast. “And on nights like this one, we can say to those families who have lost loved ones to al-­Qaida’s terror: Justice has been done.” Like President Obama, third-­year creative writing major John Sotomayor said bin Laden’s death is justice. “He deserved death,” he said. “But it’s wrong to dance on someone’s corpse. Loving kindness means loving all human beings, even (and especially) the most evil, terrible people of them all. His death is a very good thing, but

I think people are going about it the wrong way.” Third-­year political science major Cleo Stern said she was shocked when she saw the news about bin Laden’s death on Sunday but celebrating was not her reaction. “For us to vilify his death doesn’t make it any better than him celebrating the success of 9/11 attack,” she said. Third-­year sociology major Colin O’Neil was sitting in the Sojourner Truth Library on Sunday when he opened up his Facebook page to statuses revealing the death of bin Laden. Moments after updating his own status, O’Neil said he deactivated his

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Facebook account. “I had to step away from Face-­ book IRU VRPH WLPH RI UHÀHFWLRQ DQG , recommend others do the same,” he said. “Facebook was blowing up and I saw visions of people celebrating in the streets. And to me it was kind of hard to understand seeing this as a victory in the eyes of many Americans...I see it as a completion of an agenda, but it’s not the end to a war.” Obama said no Americans were harmed or killed during the “targeted operation.” Aside from bin Laden, The New York Times reported that three men were killed, one believed to be his son and the other two his couriers.

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Thursday, MAY 5, 2011

New Paltz welcomes clothing boutique,

RITUAL Story on page 7B

PLUS... EARTH DAY Festival held on Huguenot Street

‘TOMMY’ Theatre department presents The Who’s rock opera

CHILDREN’S CENTER Students play an important role in child development

AND MORE!

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Breaking Down the Basics

SUSTAINABLE ACTION WEEK EXAMINES ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE NEW PALTZ COMMUNITY By Katherine Speller Copy Editor | Katherine.speller79@newpaltz.edu

All last week, environmentally-­minded residents of New Paltz gathered across cam-­ pus for Sustainable Action Week. According to the event’s description, the goal of Sustainable Action Week was to understand how everyday consumption con-­ nects to larger problems of food production, water privatization, energy use and to pro-­ mote the sustainable options available to stu-­ dents. The week long event dedicated several programs over the seven days to different lec-­ tures, rallies, workshops and movies related to sustainable living. While the event had a strong show of

community members, there was a weaker stu-­ dent turnout. “The average amount of people at the lectures was 30 plus,” said Melanie Glenn. “I love strengthening the town-­gown connec-­ tion, but it is a bit weak as of now.” The wealth of community members was bittersweet, according to Glenn. “It was just a bit disappointing to see more community members caring about the environment and wanting to be educated than the young minds here on this campus,” she said. “Our whole point was to spread the knowledge to those who don’t know about it.” Monday’s theme was to “educate your-­ self.” There was a sustainability fair and a keynote address by Deena Wade. Tuesday

focused on Food and Compost. Wednesday focused on fresh water with a screening of the documentary “Living Downstream,” fol-­ lowed by a panel discussing the dangers of hydraulic-­fracking and a concert featuring student talent. Thursday highlighted sustainable en-­ ergy with speaker Tina Clarke. According to Glenn, Clarke spoke about transitioning communities to a more connected town. She discussed sharing knowledge and bartering instead of getting caught up with money and the global economy. Friday discussed taking action with a sign making and letter writing campaign against hydro-­fracking leading up to the anti-­ fracking rally. Saturday was when the Green

Feminisms Conference was held with mul-­ tiple speakers and workshops on gender and the environment. The week closed with Sunday’s Eco-­ Sabbath which included Vinyasa Yoga on the quad and guided meditation. Organizers of the event are optimistic about next year, but wished that the event had garnered more student participants. Lana Heintjes, who ran the yoga class on the quad, said she hopes the event will focus more on personal sustainability in the future. “I want to encourage the week to be re-­ volved around what we can change in our ev-­ eryday lives right now to be more sustainable and get as many people to do that during the week,” said Heintjes.

The mission of Sustainable Action Week was to educate students about environmental degradation, energy and water preservation. P HOTO BY ROBIN WEINSTEIN

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The Littlest Scholars CHILDREN’S CENTER HELPS YOUNGSTERS By  Sandra  Hamlett Staff  Writer  |  Shamlett78@newpaltz.edu

By  Maeve  Halliday Asst.  Fact  Checker Mhalliday74@newpaltz.edu With  the  end  of  the  semester  coming  up  on  the  horizon  and  the  warm  ZHDWKHU ÂżQDOO\ VWDUWLQJ WR VHW LQ ,ÂśYH EHHQ FUDYLQJ YHJJLHV EXW KDYH KDG little  time  to  cook  them.  This  quick  and  tasty  meal  was  adapted  from  a  recipe  from  an  old  issue  of  Eating  Well  Magazine WR ÂżW WKH OLPLWHG contents  of  my  fridge.      For  crepes:  Â‡ F PLON ‡ HJJV ‡ WVS EXWWHU ‡ F Ă€RXU ‡ WVS EDNLQJ SRZGHU ‡ WVS VDOW  For  sauce:  Â‡ FXS UHGXFHG IDW VRXU FUHDP ‡ FXS FKRSSHG IUHVK FKLYHV GLYLGHG SOXV PRUH IRU JDUQLVK ‡ WDEOHVSRRQV ORZ IDW PLON ‡ WHDVSRRQV OHPRQ MXLFH ‡ WHDVSRRQ VDOW GLYLGHG )RU YHJJLH ÂżOOLQJ ‡ WDEOHVSRRQ H[WUD YLUJLQ ROLYH RLO ‡ FXSV FKRSSHG ]XFFKLQL ‡ FXSV FKRSSHG JUHHQ EHDQV ‡ EDJ RI IUR]HQ SHDV FRUQ DQG FDUURWV ‡ FXS VKUHGGHG 0RQWHUH\ -DFN FKHHVH ‡ WHDVSRRQ IUHVKO\ JURXQG SHSSHU Directions: Crepes %OHQG PLON HJJV EXWWHU Ă€RXU VDOW DQG EDNLQJ SRZGHU WR IRUP batter.  Spray  skillet  with  Pam  or  wipe  oil  around  pan  with  napkin  and  KHDW 3RXU FXS EDWWHU LQWR VNLOOHW WXUQ DQG OLIW SDQ WR VSUHDG WKLQ and  brown.  Turn  crepe  with  lifter  and  brown  other  side,  then  remove  ¿QLVKHG FUHSH 6HW FUHSHV DVLGH Sauce: 6WLU VRXU FUHDP FXS FKLYHV PLON OHPRQ MXLFH DQG WHD-­ spoon  salt  in  a  small  bowl  until  combined.  Set  aside. Filling:  Heat  oil  in  a  large  nonstick  skillet  over  medium-­high  heat.  Add  garlic,  zucchini,  asparagus,  peas,  corn  and  carrots  and  cook,  stirring,  until  contents  begin  to  brown  (about  six  to  eight  minutes).   Switch  to  low  heat  and  add  cheese,  salt  and  pepper  to  taste.  Cook,  stirring  gently,  until  the  cheese  is  melted,  one  to  two  minutes.  Remove  from  the  heat. To  roll  crĂŞpes,  place  one  on  a  piece  of  parchment  or  wax  paper.  Spoon  RQH IRXUWK RI WKH YHJHWDEOH FKHHVH PL[WXUH DERXW FXS GRZQ WKH center  of  the  crĂŞpe.  Use  the  paper  (or  plastic)  to  help  you  gently  roll  the  FUrSH DURXQG WKH ÂżOOLQJ 3ODFH WKH FUrSH VHDP VLGH GRZQ RQ D GLQQHU SODWH 5HSHDW ZLWK WKH UHPDLQLQJ FUrSHV DQG ÂżOOLQJ 6HUYH HDFK FUrSH topped  with  two  tablespoons  of  the  reserved  sauce  and  more  chives,  if  desired.   Enjoy!              Â

Stepping  through  the  doors  of  the  Senator  Charles  Cook  Children’s  Center  a  visitor  is  met  by  calm.  If  not  for  children’s  artwork  displayed  on  the  walls,  the  toys  and  the  cuddly  rocking  sheep  in  the  waiting  area  you  would  be  sur-­ SULVHG WR ÂżQG FKLOGUHQ SOD\LQJ EHKLQG WKH \HO-­ low,  red  and  blue  doors. From  7:30  a.m.  to  5  p.m.,  Monday  to  Fri-­ day,  the  Center  is  a  home  away  from  home  for  FKLOGUHQ EHWZHHQ WKH DJHV RI WZR DQG ÂżYH  â€œWe  are  a  place  where  parents  can  bring  their  kids  while  they  get  an  education,â€?  said  Cindy  Joao,  a  teacher  of  the  4  and  5  year  olds  at  the  center.  Joao  has  been  teaching  at  the  center  for  30  years.  More  than  half  the  children’s  parents  are  New  Paltz  students.  The  rest  are  the  children  of  faculty,  staff  and  members  of  the  community. The  program  was  founded  more  than  35  years  ago  and  began  in  the  basement  of  the  Old  Main  building.  The  center  was  then  moved  to  Van  den  Berg  Hall.  It  has  occupied  its  current  location  overlooking  College  Pond  for  about  10  years. Considered  part  of  the  Student  Associa-­ tion,  the  center  receives  part  of  its  funding  from  the  university  budget.  This  special  relationship  gives  the  Center  a  vital  role  in  the  life  of  the  campus. “Since  the  Student  Association   is  run  by  students,  fundamentally  the  students  are  vali-­ dating  our  presence  on  this  campus,â€?  said  Mar-­ cia  Villiers,  director  of  the  Center. Additional  funding  is  provided  by  New  York  State  through  the  Operating  Grant  and  the  Childcare  Development  Block  Grant.  These  grants  cover  the  operating  expenses  and  allow  tuition  subsidies  for  those  students  who  qualify.  Students  pay  the  lowest  tuition  and  have  prior-­ ity  for  open  spaces.  â€œAt  most  child  care  centers  you  get  either  a  full-­time  or  a  part-­time  schedule,â€?  said  Joao.  ³2XU Ă€H[ VFKHGXOH UHDOO\ KHOSV VWXGHQWV RXW ,W works  beautifully  because  students  can  actually  just  take  the  time  that  they  need  for  their  educa-­ tional  classes  or  to  do  homework  or  whatever  else  they  need.â€? $OWKRXJK WKLV Ă€H[LEOH VFKHGXOH FUHDWHV PRUH ZRUN LW DOORZV WKH FKLOGUHQ WR EHQHÂżW from  constant  social  interaction.  The  Center’s  focus  is  on  the  social  and  emotional  develop-­

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ment  of  the  children. Alison  Pletch,  a  chemistry  major,  came  to  the  Center  as  a  3-­year-­old.  Even  now,  Pletch  has  strong  memories  of  singing  in  class  and  the  stories  her  teacher,  Charlie  Hoerr,  told  during  the  afternoon   story  time. “A  place  like  the  Children’s  Center  with  its  philosophy,â€?  said  Pletch.  â€œLeads  to  well-­ adjusted  kids  because  it’s  a  place  children  can  really  rely  on  for  support.â€? The  teaching  style  of  the  Center  is  eclectic  and  relaxed.  The  staff  is  well-­read  regarding  educational  philosophies.  The  Center  encour-­ ages  melding  of  diverse  educational  ideas. “The  curriculum  is  pretty  alive  so  things  can  evolve  and  change,â€?  said  Joao.  â€œIf  some-­ one  has  a  great  new  idea  or  way  they  want  to  approach  it  then  we’re  on  it  and  trying  it.  In  doing  it  this  way  I  feel  like  we’ve  really  cre-­ ated  something  that  really  works  and  is  open  and  feels  that  newness  can  come  in  at  any  time.  It’s  a  good  thing.  It’s  good  for  me  as  a  teacher.  I  want  to  be  able  to  feel  that  I  can  do  something  completely  different.â€? The  campus  is  not  just  a  backdrop  for  the  Center.  The  children  make  visits  around  the  campus  especially  during  the  spring.  One  of  the  children’s  favorite  trips  is  to  the  Sojourn-­ er  Truth  Library  for  storytelling.  The  children  also  take  hikes  along  the  pond  and  enjoy  feed-­ ing  the  ducks. The  campus  provides  the  center  with  an-­ other  valuable  resource:  students. “We  don’t  bring  adults  into  the  classroom  MXVW WR ÂżOO XS VSDFH ´ VDLG -RDR Âł2XU ZRUN study  positions  are  really  valued.â€? Brianna  Buckler,  a  second-­year  elementary  education  major,  has  been  working  at  the  Cen-­ ter  for  two  years.  Although  the  job  is  provided  through  work  study,  Buckler  says  she  would  work  there  even  if  she  wasn’t  getting  paid. “I  have  learned  so  much  here,â€?  said  Buck-­ ler.  â€œI  don’t  know  if  I  would  be  the  same  person  without  working  here.  I  have  gotten  to  see  the  children  grow  and  learn  and  experience.â€? The  Children’s  Center’s  presence  on  the  New  Paltz  campus  provides  the  children  with  an  valuable  resource  they  will  take  with  them  as  they  set  off  on  their  journey  as  lifelong  learn-­ ers. “The  Children’s  Center  may  on  some  sub-­ conscious  level  have  been  a  developmental  pil-­ lar  for  me  in  growing  up,â€?  said  Pletch.

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Out of the Cocoon LOCAL STORE AND SISTER SHOP CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARIES By  Katie  Kocijanski Staff  Writer  |  Kkocijanski14@newpaltz.edu

This  past  weekend,  Verde  celebrated  their  sec-­ ond  anniversary  in  New  Paltz.  Along  with  their  sister  store,  Cocoon,  it  celebrated  its  sixth  year  in  business  and  sales  were  held  at  both  locations.  Thirty  percent  discounts  were  offered  on  clothing  and  50  percent  was  given  off  air  plants. Originally  opening  in  2009  as  a  gardening  store,  owners  Julie  Safron  and  Paul  Fernandez  sought  to  bring  a  unique  boutique  to  the  area  af-­ ter  being  inspired  by  a  gardening  store  outside  the  Philadelphia  area  called  Terrain.  Clothing  was  added  to  their  selection  to  expand  their  market  of-­ fering  to  their  customers.  After  holding  a  success-­ ful  test  market,  it  was  introduced  as  being  loose,  comfortable  and  inexpensive  for  customers. Safron  decided  to  start  her  own  business  af-­ ter  working  for  several  years  on  Wall  Street  for  a  hedge  fund  company.  Starting  Cocoon  in  June  2005  allowed  them  to  spend  more  time  with  their  son  and  move  out  of  the  city  to  New  Paltz.  New  Paltz  was  the  ideal  place  to  start  a  business  for  Saf-­ ron  and  Fernandez,  after  having  bought  a  house  in  the  area.  Safron  handpicks  each  item  sold  at  Cocoon  and  Verde.  She  looks  for  unique  items  at  boutiques.  Items  are  sold  at  â€œreasonable  prices.â€?  According  to  Safron,  Verde  is  considered  â€œa  concept  store  that  responds  to  customer  wants  -­  a  funky  boutique.â€?          All  the  items  shown  throughout  the  store  share Â

a  common  style  theme.  There  is  a  great  â€œamount  of  diversity  in  such  a  small  space,â€?  according  to  Safron.  Originally  when  opening  each  store,  a  month  and  a  half  each  year  was  spent  traveling  and  researching  the  dif-­ ferent  products  she  wanted  to  include  in  the  stores.  Safron  travels  to  several  trade  shows  each  year  to  look  for  items  to  include  in  both  Verde  and  Co-­ coon.  These  shows  include  the  Gift  Show  and  Ac-­ cessories  Show.  At  these  shows,  Safron  has  noticed  a  common  trend  of  moving  away  from  the  idea  of  decorat-­ ing.  People  are  focusing  more  on  buying  personal  items.  These  personal  things  are  the  kinds  of  items  sold  at  Cocoon  and  Verde.  At  Cocoon,  housewares  and  gifts  are  sold  while  Verde  sells  gardening  tools  and  clothing.  Air  plants  are  another  exclusive  item  sold  at  Verde.  According  to  Verde  key  holder,  Daniel  San-­ giacomo,  air  plants  need  no  soil  and  only  need  to  be  watered  once  a  month.  Once  a  month,  the  plant  should  be  submerged  in  tepid  or  rainwater  over  night.  The  roots  of  air  plants  grab  onto  trees,  es-­ pecially  in  the  rainforest.  Nutrients  and  water  are  absorbed  through  the  leaves.  Prices  for  the  plants  depend  on  the  size.  The  smallest  are  priced  at  $5,  mediums  go  for  $9  and  the  largest  ones  cost  $28.  To  see  more  of  their  products,  stop  by  their  storefronts.  Verde  is  located  at  3  North  Front  St.  and  Cocoon  is  located  at  67  Main  St.  Or  you  can  visit  www.cocoonathome.com. Â

WHO’S WHO

...with  Annie  Yu

Aruna Puthota Fourth-­year student major in cell/ molecular biology. Co-­captain of Nachle, RA in Scudder, Student Ambassador, Science tutor at the Tutoring Center, Southasian Cultural Association, Catholic Campus Ministry.

Annie  Yu:  What  made  you  decide  to  come  to  New  Paltz? Aruna  Puthota:  I  started  here  in  August  2007.  My  older  sister  came  to  New  Paltz  and  I  didn’t  want  to  come  here  because  I  didn’t  want  to  follow  in  her  footsteps  but  I  got  accepted  into  its  seven-­ year  Med  program.  I  knew  New  Paltz  was  a  good  school  and  I  liked  the  campus. AY:  What  is  one  accomplishment  you  are  extremely  proud  of? AP:  My  sophomore  year,  I  kind  of  fell  into  a  rut  because  I  real-­ ized  I  wasn’t  keeping  up  with  the  demands  of  the  Med  program.  I  chose  to  leave  the  Med  program  and  just  continue  as  a  four  year  Biology  student  and  I  think  my  biggest  accomplishment  was  tak-­ ing  advantage  of  the  opportunities  at  New  Paltz  and  turning  my  negatives  into  positives.  That’s  when  I  started  to  apply  to  be  an  RA  and  excel  academically.  By  setting  my  own  goals,  I  was  able  to  achieve  what  I  wanted. AY:  Where  is  your  favorite  place  to  go  to  on  campus? AP:  I  have  a  few.  When  I’m  in  the  library  and  studying  for  long  periods  of  time,  I  like  to  take  breaks  and  go  to  the  view  between  Fine  Arts  and  the  library.  That’s  one  of  my  favorite  spots  on  cam-­ pus.  When  I  was  a  freshman,  I  lived  in  Shango  so  Old  Main  Quad  will  always  have  a  special  place  in  my  heart.  I  made  a  lot  of  good  friends  there  and  I  was  also  taking  painting  classes  so  I  would  paint  on  Old  Main  and  I  felt  at  home  and  very  comfortable. AY:  If  you  could  recall  one  memory  of  New  Paltz  that  really  resonates  with  you,  what  would  it  be? AP: 0\ Âż UVW \HDU DV DQ 5$ P\ UHVLGHQFH KDOO ZRQ Âż UVW SODFH LQ Spirit  Week.  I  was  pretty  involved  with  the  lipsynch  and  it  took  a  lot  of  preparation  so  it  was  awesome  to  be  a  part  of  something  that  everyone  put  effort  into.  A  lot  of  memories  not  only  on  campus  but  right  off  campus  as  well.  Picnics  right  by  Minnewaska,  hiking  up  with  CCM  (Catholic  Campus  Ministry)  at  Mohonk  and  other  things  I  wouldn’t  be  able  to  do  if  I  didn’t  come  to  New  Paltz.  AY:  Ultimately,  what  do  you  see  yourself  doing  in  the  future? AP:  I’ve  always  known  I  wanted  to  become  a  doctor  and  there  may  have  been  some  moments  at  New  Paltz  where  that  goal  seemed  harder  and  out-­of-­reach  but  I  still  have  the  same  goal  I  entered  college  with  and  I’m  still  working  towards  it.  I  want  to  go  into  pediatrics  but  specialize  in  behavioral  and  developmental  pediatrics.  I’ll  probably  stay  in  the  Northeast  region.  I  never  want  to  be  more  than  a  car  or  train  ride  away  from  my  family.  If  any  place  involves  taking  a  plane,  not  an  option.

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Getting in Touch with Mother Nature ANNUAL EARTH DAY FESTIVAL HELD ON HISTORIC HUGUENOT STREET By  Heather  Barr

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“ There is a religious and spiritual connection to the environment. This fair helps bring people together�

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A New Ritual Comes to Town

BOUTIQUE OPENS ON MAIN STREET FEATURING CLOTHING, ART AND MUSIC By  Zan  Strumfeld A&E  Editor  |  Sstrumfeld34@newpaltz.edu

Brooklyn  has  come  to  New  Paltz  in  the  form  of  both  new  and  vintage  clothing. Owner  Laura  Andrighetti,  23,  opened  Ritual,  a  â€œunique  boutique,â€?  on  April  11.  The  small  store  at  56  Main  St.  holds  an  array  of  clothing  and  accessories,  as  well  as  art  for  sale.  Andrighetti,  originally  from  Wilton,  Conn.,  said  she  al-­ ways  wanted  to  have  a  store  and  was  a  â€œhoarderâ€?  all  her  life.  â€œI’ve  always  collected  stuff  since  I  was  a  kid,â€?  she  said.  â€œThere’s  a  hoarding  gene  in  my  family.  I  really  just  needed  a  place  for  all  the  stuff  I  collected.â€? Before  coming  to  New  Paltz,  Andrighetti  moved  to  New  York  City  in  2005  to  attend  Marymount  Manhattan.  She  dropped  out  after  one  year,  worked  in  retail  and  then  went  to  beauty  school.  She  worked  in  a  salon  and  a  small  boutique  in  Brooklyn,  but  decided  she  needed  a  change. “I  had  just  moved  up  here  on  a  whim.  I  was  sick  of  Brooklyn,â€?  she  said.  â€œI  was  looking  at  places  in  the  Hudson  Valley  and  New  Paltz  seemed,  according  to  Google,  like  a  cool  place  to  be.â€? After  looking  on  Craigslist,  Andrighetti  came  to  New  3DOW] IRU RQO\ RQH GD\ WDNLQJ WKH ÂżUVW DSDUWPHQW VKH VDZ DQG moving  in  a  week  later  in  August  2010.  She  had  the  opportunity  to  open  the  store,  formally  Si-­ erra  Moon,  in  January.  Andrighetti  gives  credit  to  her  mom,  who  passed  away  when  she  was  a  kid,  for  the  store. “I  did  this  for  her  because  she’s  not  here.  For  all  the  strong  ladies  in  my  family  that  aren’t  here  anymore,â€?  she  said.  â€œI  wanted  to  do  something  in  their  honor.  They  taught  me  how  to  collect  stuff  and  appreciate  the  small  beauty  in  other  people’s  junk.â€? Ritual  offers  a  combination  of  both  men  and  women’s  new  and  vintage  clothing.  Some  of  the  wholesale  items,  which  can  range  in  price  up  to  $68,  are  from  boutiques  in  New  York  City.  As  for  the  vintage  items,  many  things  are  either  what  Andrighetti  has  collected  or  from  other  collec-­ tors.  She  has  also  gathered  clothing  from  thrift  stores,  which  have  much  cheaper  prices  than  the  better  quality  of  vintage  clothing.  Andrighetti  said  she  immediately  picks  what  she’s  â€œat-­ tracted  to.â€?  â€œIf  you’re  at  a  thrift  store  or  even  your  parents’  clos-­ ets,  you  see  the  same  things  over  and  over  again,â€?  she  said.  â€œThere’s  certain  ideas  of  what’s  outdated  and  what’s  not  cool.  If  you  look  at  it  a  different  way,  your  style  becomes  something  completely  different.  It  no  longer  becomes  out-­ dated.  It  becomes  an  interesting  piece  of  clothing.â€?

Laura  Andrighetti  is  the  owner  of  Main  Street’s  newest  clothing  store,  Ritual.                               PHOTO  BY  LAURA  LUENGAS Mark  Moran,  originally  from  Virginia,  is  the  art  curator  RI 5LWXDO DQG WKH DUW IRU VDOH LQ WKH VWRUH UHĂ€HFWV WKH FRORUV RI the  clothing  and  the  store  itself.  He  met  Andrighetti  in  New  York  City. “My  main  goal  is  to  develop  pieces  from  different  art-­ ists  in  the  area  about  different  concepts,â€?  said  Moran.  â€œOur  opening  show  was  a  purely  aesthetic  vibe,  with  bright  colors  of  spring,  happiness.â€? Moran  is  in  the  works  of  putting  on  a  show  in  June  with  artists  Kate  Kosek  and  Jason  Linguanti,  best  friends  whose  work  really  compliment  one  another.  Moran  said  he  is  al-­ ways  keeping  an  eye  out  for  emerging  talent. “I  went  to  campus  last  Friday  to  see  the  thesis  shows  and  got  a  few  cards  with  things  I  enjoyed,â€?  said  Moran.  â€œThere’s  a  lot  of  talent  on  the  SUNY  campus.â€? Ritual  is  also  working  on  having  music  be  a  part  of  the  store.  On  May  14,  Bronx-­based  reggae  band  Royal  Chaos  will  be  playing  in  the  alleyway  in  front  of  Cabaloosa’s.  They’re  also  interested  in  having  other  bands  play,  like  Breakfast  in  Fur. The  store,  which  is  open  from  11  a.m.  to  7  p.m.  every Â

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day,  but  closed  on  Tuesdays,  has  been  getting  positive  feed-­ back. “People  are  just  checking  it  out  and  seeing  what  we  are.  I  think  we  kind  of  stun  people,â€?  she  said.  â€œA  lot  of  people  ZLOO ZDON LQ DQG VWRS LQ WKH ÂżUVW SDUW RI WKH VWRUH DQG EH OLNH ‘That’s  cool!’  and  run  to  look  at  stuff.  That’s  the  kind  of  reac-­ tion  I  was  hoping  for.â€? An  artist  herself,  Andrighetti  said  she  is  happy  to  be  in  a  place  like  New  Paltz. “It’s  a  big  difference  from  the  city.  Everyone’s  just  so  much  nicer,â€?  she  said.  â€œIt’s  nice  to  be  around  a  bunch  of  young  people  that  are  motivated  and  enjoy  art  and  culture.â€? Christina  Dedonato,  a  resident  of  Beacon,  N.Y.,  came  to  the  store  with  two  full  boxes  of  items  to  bring  to  Andrighetti.  She  said  she  believes  in  the  vintage  movement. “I  think  that  people  are  getting  sick  and  tired  of  mass-­ produced,  poorly  made  clothing.  I  think  that’s  really  bringing  on  the  retro  movement  to  use  what  we  have  instead  of  mass-­ producing  more  junk,â€?  she  said.  â€œI  think  this  store  has  a  re-­ ally  good  shot.  It’s  got  a  nice  mix  of  handmade  and  vintage.  It’s  going  to  take  off  for  the  sky.â€?

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DANCE FEATURE

Dance, Dance, Revolution

CULTURE SHOCK MEMBERS ORGANIZE FIRST ANNUAL MOVEMENT DANCE CONVENTION By  Rachel  Freeman Copy  Editor  |  Rachel.freeman17@newpaltz.edu

Dance  conventions  are  held  all  over  the  U.S.,  but  costs  usually  reach  nearly  $300  per  person.  So  SUNY  New  Paltz  dance  enthusiasts  decided  to  take  matters  into  their  own  hands. English  graduate  student  and  Culture  Shock  Dance  Troupe  alumnna  Samantha  Taylor,  along  with  current  Culture  Shock  members  Nicole  Pemberton,  Shakiraye  5RRNZRRG DQG %LQD )URQGD RUJDQL]HG WKH ÂżUVW DQQXDO Movement  Dance  Convention.  The  convention  is  the  biggest  in  the  Hudson  Valley  and  will  take  place  this  coming  weekend  from  May  6  to  8.  The  price  of  gen-­ eral  admission  is  $40,  but  for  New  Paltz  students  the  cost  is  only  $20.  If  students  do  not  want  to  complete  the  full  weekend,  they  can  attend  Friday  and  Saturday  or  Saturday  and  Sunday  for  half  price.  Donations  will  also  be  accepted  for  Elle’s  Encore,  an  organization  in  honor  of  Noelle  Lucivero. The  convention  will  offer  two  classes  Friday,  four  on  Saturday  and  four  on  Sunday,  for  a  total  of  10  classes  in  all.  In  each  time  slot  there  will  be  three  to  four  different  classes  of-­ fered  in  more  than  16  styles  of  dance,  such  as  Afro-­ Modern,  Ballet,  Brazilian  Samba,  Hip-­Hop,  Jazz  and  Tap.  Attendees  will  also  be  able  to  choose  from  a  variety  of  levels,  ranging  from  just  liking  dance  for  fun  to  very  advanced. “We’re  doing  very  diverse  styles  of  dance  which  is  wonderful  so  that  everyone  can  get  a  taste  of  other  styles  even  if  they’ve  done  only  one  style  their  whole  life,â€?  Taylor  said. While  the  team  is  extremely  excited  to  hold  the  HYHQW WKH SODQQLQJ ZDV PXFK PRUH GLIÂżFXOW WKDQ LQL-­ tially  thought.  A  main  decision  was  determining  which  types  of  dances  would  be  taught  and  how  many  classes  students  wanted.  They  decided  to  create  a  poll  to  an-­ swer  these  questions  and  put  it  online,  on  Facebook,  sent  it  to  students  and  to  all  of  the  dance  teams.  From  this  poll,  the  coordinators  were  able  to  develop  most  of  their  ideas  for  the  convention. With  only  four  of  them  actually  putting  the  entire  production  together,  the  group  split  up  the  necessary Â

tasks  to  lessen  the  workload,  such  as  purchasing  nec-­ essary  items  and  writing  all  the  e-­mails.  Taylor  took  RQ WKH FXPEHUVRPH WDVN RI ÂżQGLQJ DOO RI WKH SRWHQWLDO choreographers. “I  looked  up  and  found  out  about  all  the  chore-­ ographers  and  I  had  them  e-­mail  me  resumes  and  we  chose  from  the  choreographers  that  we  had  responded  to,â€?  Taylor  said.  â€œWe  checked  out  their  resumes,  their  backgrounds  and  only  took  a  few  per  each  style  and  put  it  together  that  way.  Luckily,  we  started  in  Janu-­ ary  so  we  were  able  to  get  most  of  the  people  that  we  wanted.â€? The  most  challenging  part  for  the  organizers  was  advertising  and  getting  their  name  out  since  this  is  the  premiere  of  the  Movement  Dance  Convention.  They  e-­mailed  almost  every  uni-­ versity  in  the  Tri-­State  area  and  Massachusetts  that  has  a  dance  team  or  dance  program,  as  well  as  high  school  dance  programs  and  many  New  York  City  dance  studios. “We  would  have  meet-­ ings  where  we  would  get  together  and  just  spend  like  two  hours  with  a  group  of  six  or  seven  of  us  just  going  on  Google,â€?  Taylor  said.  â€œWe’d  Google  â€˜New  York  dance’  or  â€˜Brooklyn  dance’  or  â€˜Hudson  Valley  dance,’  and  just  call  ev-­ ery  dance  studio  and  leave  messages  or  send  out  e-­mails.â€? First-­year  art  major  Alexis  White,  a  volunteer  for  the  convention,  looks  forward  to  the  experience  and  is  even  bringing  her  mother  and  sister. “I’m  excited  to  expose  people  to  this  art  form,  which  I  think  is  under-­appreciated,â€?  White  said. The  coordinators  are  expecting  a  turnout  of  100  people  ready  to  bust  a  move,  and  hope  that  if  the  event  is  successful,  it  can  be  done  every  semester. “We  not  only  wanted  to  get  big  name  choreogra-­ phers  that  everybody  knew,â€?  Taylor  said.  â€œWe  also  wanted  to  bring  all  our  New  Paltz  dance  communities  experiences  together  and  learn  from  all  the  different  styles  we  had  growing  up.â€? If  you  want  to  attend  the  Movement  Dance  Con-­ vention  you  can  register  online  or  the  day  of  the  event.  For  further  information  visit  their  website,  http://the-­ movementdanceconvention.com/coord.html.

“ I’m excited to

expose people to this art form which I think is underappreciated�

-ALEXIS WHITE

Thursday,  May  5,  2011

CLASSES OFFERED IN SUB MPR: [SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE]

FRIDAY, may 6 5 to 9 p.m. - Registration 6 to 7:20 p.m. - Contemporary 7:40 t0 9 p.m. - African Dance

saturday, may 7 8:30 to noon - Registration 9 to 10 a.m. - Warm-Up 10:20 - 11:40 a.m. - Contemporary noon to 1:20 p.m. - African Dance 1:20 - 2:40 p.m. - Lunch and Talk Back with Choreographers 2:40 to 4 p.m. - Hip-Hop 4:20 to 5:40 p.m. - Hip-Hop

sunday, may 8 8:30 to 9 p.m. - Warm-Up 9 to 10:20 a.m. - Hip-Hop 10:40 - noon - Contemporary noon to 1:20 p.m. - Lunch and Fundraiser for Elle’s Encore 1:20 - 2:40 p.m. - Latin 4:30 to 7 p.m. - Banquet

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Who’s On Stage?

THEATRE FEATURE

DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE ARTS PRESENTS ROCK-OPERA ‘TOMMY’ FOR THE FINAL SEMESTER PERFORMANCE By  Cat  Tacopina Copy  Editor  |  Ctacopina97@newpaltz.edu

According  to  Jack  Wade,  â€œTommyâ€?  is  one  of  the  most  demanding  shows  SUNY  New  Paltz  has  ever  done. “What’s  funny  about  this  show  is  that  it  comes  off  as  being  this  trite  kind  of  rock  and  roll  show,  but  in  terms  of  complexity,  it’s  one  of  the  most  complex  we’ve  ever  done,â€?  said  Wade,  the  director  of  the  show.  â€œAs  they  say,  it’s  a  rock  opera,  so  it  has  operatic  proportions  in  every  area.  The  set  design,  the  singing  and  the  dancing  are  all  very  big.â€? “The  Who’s  Tommyâ€?  recently  opened  at  McKenna  7KHDWUH RQ $SULO DQG LV WKH Âż QDO VKRZ RI WKH \HDU WR be  put  on  by  the  school’s  Department  of  Theatre  Arts.  â€œTommyâ€?  tells  the  story  of  a  boy  who  is  deemed  â€œdeaf,  blind  and  dumb,â€?  but  eventually  goes  on  to  become  an  international  superstar.  However,  the  journey  to  stardom  LV PDUUHG ZLWK GLIÂż FXOW WULDOV DQG VDGQHVV IRU WKH PDLQ character. “It’s  a  really  dark,  bleak  story  about  the  journey  of  this  little  boy  through  all  sorts  of  trauma  and  we’ve  re-­ ally  tried  intentionally  to  make  it  dramatic  and  theatrical  to  provide  the  audience  with  clarity,â€?  said  Wade. Stephen  Kitsakos,  the  musical  director  for  the  show,  said  that  he  and  Wade  had  been  thinking  about  doing  â€œTommyâ€?  for  a  long  time. “Both  of  us  grew  up  listening  to  the  original  album  by  The  Who  and  both  of  us  have  been  intrigued  with  the  way  it  was  adapted  for  the  musical  theatre  stage,â€?  said  Kitsakos.  â€œJack  and  I  have  worked  together  on  many  proj-­ ects...  because  he  is  an  extraordi-­ nary  designer  as  well  as  director,  and  I  have  a  background  in  mu-­

VLF WKHDWUH DQG URFN ÂľQ UROO LW VHHPHG D QDWXUDO Âż W IRU WKH two  of  us  to  work  together  as  director  and  music  director  on  this  project.â€? Kitsakos  and  Wade  both  agreed  that  this  year  would  be  the  right  time  to  put  on  â€œTommy,â€?  as  it  is  described  as  being  a  â€œbearâ€?  of  a  show  and  it  took  a  large  amount  of  time  and  planning  to  go  into  effect. “I  would  say  there  are  about  50  students  in  total  who  are  working  on  this  show,â€?  said  Wade.  â€œAnd  at  least  half  of  the  department  is  involved‌All  of  the  designs,  except  for  the  set  design,  are  all  done  by  students.  Costume  de-­ sign,  lighting  design,  sound  design,  choreography  are  all  done  by  students.â€? The  show  was  not  just  a  demanding  task  for  the  actors  performing  it,  but  for  all  of  the  people  who  took  on  roles  as  designers  as  well.  Kitsakos  said  that  he  and  Wade  were  meeting  with  people  and  discussing  ideas  for  the  design  and  overall  look  of  the  production,  for  about  a  year.

“This  show  in  particular  is  quite  complex  as  it  in-­ volves  integrating  scenic  elements,  lighting,  projections,  video,  sound  and  a  live  rock  and  roll  band  on  stage,â€?  said  Kitsakos.  â€œWe  spent  the  last  two  weeks  before  the  show  opened  in  the  theatre  writing  technical  cues  for  lights,  pro-­ jections  and  video.  This  is  tedious  work  which  requires  great  concentration  and  patience.â€? Another  concern  for  both  Wade  and  Kitsakos  was  casting  the  lead  role  of  the  adult  Tommy.  Wade  said  that  he  originally  worried  he  would  have  to  bring  someone  from  off-­campus  to  play  the  role,  as  Tommy  is  a  character  with  a  vocal  range  that  is  deemed  as  being  a  â€œrock-­tenorâ€?  type  of  voice,  much  like  Roger  Daltrey.  However,  both  found  their  answer  in  Kevin  Berger,  a  third-­year  transfer  theatre  major,  who  only  just  enrolled  at  New  Paltz  last  semester. “When  I’m  singing  Tommy,  when  I’m  in  the  moment,  I  feel  like  this  is  a  piece  of  theatre,  not  a  rock  concert,â€?  said  Berger. Wade  said  that  there  were  many  stressful  parts  of  the  show  and  that  he  felt  pressure  as  to  whether  what  he  and  Kitsakos  wanted  would  fall  into  place.  In  the  end  however,  he  feels  that  the  show  is  incredible. “We’re  very  proud  of  the  show,â€?  said  Wade.  â€œI  really  don’t  think  we  could  have  done  a  better  job.â€?

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THE DOCTOR IS IN:

KATIE’S “DOCTOR WHOâ€? CONFIDENTIAL By  Katherine  Speller Copy  Editor  |  Katherine.speller79@newpaltz.edu

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EPISODE 2: “Day of the moonâ€? This  week’s  episode,  â€œDay  of  the  Moon,â€?  was  the  second  part  of  the  two-­part  opener.  In  previews  we’d  seen  watching  just  about  every  main  character  get  shot,  strange  tally  markings  on  the  central  characters  and  something  involving  the  moon  landing.  The  episode  starts  three  months  after  the  events  of  the  last  one  and  we’re  given  more  ques-­ tions  than  answers. The  team  reunites  in  the  Tardis,  discussing  information  they’d  gathered  on  the  Silence.  Judging  by  the  markings  they’d  made  on  their  bodies  (a  tally  sys-­ tem  to  record  Silent  sightings),  the  alien  beings  are  numer-­ ous.  To  spare  the  space,  the  Doctor  takes  down  the  Si-­ lence  in  a  surprisingly  anti-­climactic  way  that  single-­handedly  turns  the  human  race  towards  geno-­ FLGH %\ Ă€ DVKLQJ D YLGHR RI a  Silent  psychically  sug-­ gesting  (ordering)  humans  to  kill  his  kind  on  sight,  the  ultimate  enemy  is  made  the  ultimate  target.  Hiding  the  clip  in  the  iconic  footage  of  the  moon  landing  is  a  nice  touch.  So,  every  time  you  have  a  bruise  or  cut  and  you’re  not  sure  what  the  cause  of  it  is,  it’s  a  battle  scar.  You  just  killed  a  Silent.  Good  job,  soldier! We  have  a  lot  of  great  moments  in  this  episode.  We  get  to  see  the  Doc-­ tor  with  a  beard  (loved  it).  There’s  a  great  exchange  between  President  Nixon  and  Canton  Delaware  III  about  how  the  rough  and  tough  agent  had  been  booted  from  the  FBI  because  he  wanted  to  get  married.  The  look  on  Nixon’s  face  when  Canton  tells  him  about  the  man  he  wants  to  marry  is  abso-­ lutely  priceless. There’s  more  attention  paid  to  the  Doc-­ WRU DQG 5LYHU VSHFLÂż FDOO\ 7KH Âż QDO JOLPSVH of  the  characters  is  a  goodbye  kiss  between  WKH WZR KLV Âż UVW ZLWK KHU DQG ZKDW ZH discover  to  be)  her  last  with  him.  This  is  particularly  tragic  because  we’ve  discovered  their  timelines  are  moving  in  opposite  direc-­ tions  (from  her  death  in  the  episode  â€œSilence Â

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in  the  Libraryâ€?)  and  that  River  will  know  the  Doctor  less  and  less  as  the  series  progresses. Along  with  that,  there’s  the  question  of  Amy’s  pregnancy.  The  Tardis  reads  that  she  is  both  pregnant  and  not  pregnant  (most  likely  a  side  effect  of  time  travel).  The  baby  issue  is  pushed  more  when  Amy  discovers  a  photo  of  herself  with  an  infant  while  in  the  abandoned  children’s  home  before  being  confronted  by  the  astronaut  girl  again.  To  make  matters  more  confusing,  the  FORVLQJ VFHQH Ă€ DVKHV XV WR 1HZ <RUN &LW\ There,  we  see  the  little  girl  again  (this  time  without  her  astronaut  suit.)  She  shivers  and  coughs,  announces  she’s  dying  and  regener-­ ates.  In  the  single  most  shocking  moment  of  the  episode,  regeneration  energy  shoots  from  her  head  and  hands  the  same  way  the  Doctor  does  when  he  begins  that  process.  Is  this  a  time-­baby,  and  is  she  Amy’s? I’m  currently  subscribing  to  the  theory  that  River  Song  will  turn  out  to  be  Amy’s  baby  all  grown  up  and  that  she  is  unable  to  tell  Amy  and  Rory  that  they  are  her  parents  due  to  the  intergalactic  â€œFight  Clubâ€?  rule  I’d  discussed  last  week.  Some  information  can’t  be  revealed.  That’s  the  danger  of  â€œspoilers,â€?  as  River  would  say.  I  want  to  take  some  Rory  Williams  ap-­ preciation  time.  I  adore  him.  To  me,  he  is  WKH SHUIHFW 0U 3RQG IRU $P\ ,Q WKH Âż UVW episode  introducing  the  companions  and  the  new  Doctor,  Rory  talks  about  how  Amy  used  to  make  him  dress  up  as  the  â€œraggedy  doctorâ€?  when  they  were  children.  It’s  this  childhood  game  with  his  childhood  love  that   inspires  Rory  to  go  into  the  medical  profes-­ sion  as  a  nurse.  His  job  makes  him  all  at  once  superior  and  inferior  to  the  doctor;Íž  his  grounded  position  makes  him  real  enough  to  be  a  partner  for  Amy,  but  his  lower  title  will  always  leave  a  bitter  taste  in  his  mouth.  Rory  will  always  feel  second  best  when  standing  next  to  the  Doctor.  But,  Rory  is  still  the  one  who  waited  for  Amy  when  she  was  in  the  Pandorica.  Rory  is  the  one  that  prom-­ ises  to  always  come  back  for  her  (some-­ thing  the  Doctor  failed  to  do  when  she  was  young).  No  matter  how  fantastic  the  Doctor  may  be,  Rory  is  the  real  man  who  can  offer  her  real  love. Also,  I’m  glad  to  have  heard  from  many  of  you  who  read  last  week’s  column.  Feel  free  to  e-­mail  me  with  your  own  crack-­pot  theories;Íž  I  have  nothing  better  to  do  than  read  about  â€œDoctor  Whoâ€?  anyway. Â

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Reality Check AMERICA’S FINEST PRESENTS ITSELF IN NEW SERIES

MUSICIAN OF THE WEEK:

Sam Smith

YEAR: Third-year Transfer MAJOR: Jazz Performance HOMETOWN: Warwick, N.Y.

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“MOB WIVESâ€? SUNDAY AT 8 P.M. ON VH1 “Mob  Wivesâ€?  follows  the  lives  of  four  women,  Renee  Graziano,  Karen  Gravano,  Drita  D’avanzo  and  Carla  Facciolo.  Being  the  wives  and  daughters  of  men  of  the  mob,  these  women  are  left  to  pick  up  the  pieces  as  their  fathers  and  husbands  pay  their  time  in  prison.  Al-­ though  â€œMob  Wivesâ€?  has  only  just  begun,  drama  is  always  following  these  women.  Friend-­ ships  between  the  ladies  of  Staten  Island  (Renee,  Carla  and  Drita)  are  tested  when  Karen  UHWXUQV WKHUH IURP KHU ORQJ WLPH Ă€ HH WR $UL]RQD .DUHQ LV WKH GDXJKWHU RI 6DPP\ Âł7KH %XOO´ Gravano,  the  mobster  who  infamously  took  down  the  Gotti  and  Gambino  families  when  he  cooperated  with  the  government  when  Karen  was  only  19.  It’s  clear  that  she  is  still  identi-­ Âż HG ZLWK KHU IDWKHUÂśV FKRLFHV WKRXJK ZKHQ VKH IDFHV WHQVLRQ IURP 5HQHH DW &DUODÂśV ELUWKGD\ SDUW\ 8QGHUQHDWK WKH G\HG KDLU WKLFN PDNHXS DQG Ă€ DVK\ FORWKLQJ WKHUHÂśV VRPHWKLQJ UDZ DQG real  about  these  women.  As  they  are  faced  with  prison  visits,  single  parenting,  negative  media  attention  and  failing  marriages,  these  mob  wives  will  have  to  live  up  to  their  names  and  put  up  D UHDO Âż JKW

What  is  your  instrument  of  choice?  Why? Bass.  I  like  rhythm  a  lot.  My  friend  in  middle  school  showed  me  his  bass  guitar,  I  really  liked  it.  Ever  since  then  it  was  my  favorite  thing  to  do. Who  are  you  currently  listening  to?

“THE VOICE� tuesday AT 10 P.M. ON nbc

A  lot  of  McCoy  Tyner  and  Paul  Jackson. Â

“The  Voiceâ€?  is  a  new  series  hosted  by  Carson  Daly.  The  show  follows  â€œAmerican  Idolâ€?  traditions  like  the  trend  of  judges  that  â€œentertainâ€?  with  corny  jokes  and  witty  digs  at  one  another,  but  it  brings  a  more  impressive  panel:  Adam  Levine  of  Maroon  5,  country  star  Blake  Shelton,  Cee  Lo  Green  and  Christina  Aguilera  judge  and  coach  on  this  new  series.  These  four  singers  are  on  a  quest  to  ¿ QG DUWLVWV WKDW KDYH SRWHQWLDO WR EH VXFFHVVIXO +RZHYHU WKLV VKRZ KDV D WZLVW 7KH MXGJHV DUH DOVR competing  in  this  show.  Blind  auditions  are  held,  meaning  the  judges  turn  around  to  ensure  the  choice  is  made  purely  on  the  voice.  The  judges  choose  artists  they  like  by  hitting  a  button  in  front  RI WKHP +RZHYHU LI PRUH WKDQ RQH FRDFK WXUQV WKH FRQWHVWDQW QRZ KDV WR FKRRVH WKH DUWLVW WKH\ IHHO LV Âż W WR ZRUN ZLWK WKHP DQG WKH FRDFKHV PXVW FRQYLQFH WKHP ZK\ ,I QR MXGJH FKRRVHV WKHP the  singer  is  out  of  the  competition.  Each  judge  chooses  a  team  of  the  eight  artists  and  coaches  them  to  get  through  â€œbattle  rounds.â€?  When  there  are  four  singers  on  their  team,  America  decides  who  will  win  to  be  the  next  great  star,  and  which  judge  is  responsible  for  the  discovery.

“KHLOE & LAMARâ€? sunday AT 10 P.M. ON e! If  you  were  getting  anxious  that  you  were  no  longer  able  to  see  â€œKeep-­ LQJ 8S ZLWK WKH .DUGDVKLDQV ´ WKH JRRG QHZV LV WKDW \RX VWLOO FDQ +RZ ever,  if  you’ve  seen  the  newest  Kardashian  show,  â€œKhloe  &  Lamar,â€?  you  may  realize  this  isn’t  such  good  news  after  all.   The  new  series  follows  the  lives  of  Khloe  (the  youngest  of  the  Kardashian  girls)  and  her  new  husband,  Lamar  Odom.  The  two  married  after  only  dating  for  30  days,  but  we  can  tell  by  Khloe’s  strained  baby-­talk  voice  and  constant  mention  of  her  weight  insecurities  that  the  two  are  completely  them-­ selves  around  one  another.  Much  like  the  other  Kardashian  shows,  one  can  expect  to  be  either  really  entertained  or  bored  by  the  staged  plots  DQG EDG DFWLQJ VNLOOV RI WKHVH FHOHEV +RZHYHU OLNH PRVW UHDOLW\ 79 there’s  something  mesmerizing  about  it  all.

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:KR DUH \RXU PDLQ LQĂ€ XHQFHV" Paul  Jackson.  Sting.  Hadrien  Feraud. What  do  you  do  with  music  on/off-­campus? My  group,  The  Mahopac  Chord,  is  playing  at  Rock  Against  Racism  at  4  p.m.  I  play  with  my  friends  back  home  a  lot  but  The  Mahopac  Chord  has  been  my  main  outlet.  I  did  the  Chamber  Jazz  Ensembles. What  will  you  do  with  your  degree? I  try  to  not  think  about  that  question.  I’d  like  to  play  the  bass  and  live  my  life  around  that.  If  I  could  do  anything  with  bass,  it’d  be  perform-­ ing  original  music.  If  I  could  pick  one  thing  that  would  be  my  ultimate  goal,  but  that’s  such  an  unfeasible  thing  to  happen.

Check  out  video  of  Sam  Smith playing  bass  at  oracle.newpaltz.edu  or  scan  the  QR  code  with  a  free  app  on  any  smartphone!

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One  of  the  most  successful  athletic  stories  of  the  year  comes  from  the  New  Paltz  Men’s  Rugby  team.  The  club  team,  which  plays  mainly  in  the  fall  with  some  â€œfriendly  matchesâ€?  and  tourna-­ ments  during  the  spring,  are  coming  off  a  very  successful  year  where  they  beat  college  rivals  and  fell  short  at  the  SUNY  Division  II  Champi-­ onships  by  seven  points. The  Men’s  Rugby  team  was  founded  in  DQG KDV EHHQ D SHUPDQHQW Âż [WXUH RQ FDP pus  since  that  time.  There  are  no  coaches,  trainers  or  adminis-­ trators  who  assist  in  the  preparation  of  the  team.  Members  said  the  fact  that  because  the  team  is  completely  student-­run,  the  athletes  developed  a  close  bond  which  propels  them  toward  suc-­ cess.  â€œThe  Men’s  Rugby  team  has  just  completed  a  very  successful  spring  season  with  a  record  of  4-­1,â€?  said  rugby  player  Tom  Vaughan.  â€œWe  de-­ feated  both  cross  town  rivals  in  Marist  &  Vas-­ sar,  and  our  only  loss  came  in  the  SUNY  Di-­ vision  II  Championships  to  Geneseo  by  seven Â

points.â€? Julian  de  la  Rua,  who  joined  the  team  in  the  fall  of  2008,   said  that  the  year  could  not  be  go-­ ing  any  better  for  the  team  and  that  he  is  proud  of  the  hard  work  that  the  entire  team  has  put  in. The  team  is  at  its  busiest  during  the  fall,  when  they  play  games  almost  every  Sunday  and  it  is  then  when  they  are  at  their  most  competitive.  In  con-­ trast,  the  players  said  the  spring  is  more  UHOD[HG IRU WKH WHDP Most  games  and  tour-­ naments  take  place  on  Saturdays,  and  some  tournament  and  game  spots  have  been  in  Albany,  Marist  and  Vassar.  Another  contrib-­ uting  factor  toward  the  team’s  success  is  the  type  of  attitude  that  WKH\ EULQJ WR WKH Âż HOG HYHU\ WLPH WKH\ JR RXW WR

practice  or  play  a  game.  â€œThe  attitude  of  the  team  has  been  geared  to-­ wards  winning  and  focusing  on  making  the  or-­ ganization  better  for  the  future  semesters,â€?  said  third-­year  player  Ken  Iscaro.   â€œWe  are  achiev-­ ing  this  by  hard  work  at  practice  and  heavy  recruiting.â€? De  la  Rua  agreed  with  Iscaro  and  also  said  the  success  of  the  team  has  helped  to  keep  up  the  positive  attitude  throughout  the   course  of  what  can  be  a  grueling  sea-­ son. “The  attitude  of  the  team  is  very  posi-­ tive,â€?  said  De  la  Rua.  â€œThe  victories  we  have  been  having  en-­ courage  everyone  to  work  harder  and  put  more  in  towards  the  team.â€? Vaughan  said  that  while  the  team  does  like Â

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Swingin’  In  The  Rain:  Croquet  Dominates

On  April  16  and  17,  the  New  Paltz  Extreme  Croquet  Society  competed  in  the  2011  USCA  National  Collegiate  Championship.                               PHOTO  COURTESY  OF  CHELSEA  STOKES

By  Chelsea  Stokes  Contributing  Writer  |  Cstokes52@newpaltz.edu

On  April  16  and  17,  the  New  Paltz  Extreme  Croquet  Society  was  one  of  eight  teams  to  compete  in  the  2011  USCA  National  Collegiate  Champi-­ onship  held  at  Merion  Cricket  Club  in  Haverford,  Pa.  Despite  it  being  New  Paltz’s  fourth  year  attending  the  national  tournament,  WKH WHDP ZDV DEOH WR SODFH ÂżUVW LQ VL[ wicket,  breaking  St.  John’s  College’s  seven-­year  winning  streak  and  also  placing  third  in  golf.  Approximately  80  players  com-­ peted  in  the  National  Championship  this  year.  While  many  teams  prepared  rigorously  for  this  year’s  competition,  no  amount  of  practice  could  prepare  the  players  for  the  extreme  conditions  on  Saturday,  April  16,  making  it  even  more  GLIÂżFXOW WR PDNH LW LQWR WKH ÂżQDO ODGGHU Through  the  rain,  each  school  put  at Â

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players.â€? Despite  having  many  players  and  much  preparation,  both  schools  felt  af-­ fected  by  the  horrid  weather  on  April  16,  altering  many  players’  performanc-­ es.  New  Paltz,  which  is  known  for  play-­ ing  in  extreme  conditions,   had  the  ad-­ vantage. Âł, WKLQN WKH UDLQ GHÂżQLWHO\ KHOSHG XV ´ VDLG 3DODVLHVNL Âł, ZDV LQ WKH UDLQ ÂżYH GD\V OHDGLQJ XS WR WKH WRXUQDPHQW The  team  itself  always  plays  in  bad  weather.â€?  Anne  Morris,  chairman  of  the  USCA  Collegiate  Division,  viewed  the  rain  positively.   ³, DFWXDOO\ OLNH SOD\LQJ LQ WKH UDLQ , WKLQN LWÂśV D JUHDW HTXDOL]HU 7KH EHVW teams  will  be  able  to  work  through  it.â€? Morris’  sentiment  proved  true  when  New  Paltz  and  St.  John’s  were  found  to  be  the  only  teams  in  the  six  ZLFNHW ÂżQDOV %\ WKH HQG RI WKH GD\

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everyone  crowded  around  to  watch  the  ¿QDO JDPH EHWZHHQ 1HZ 3DOW]ÂśV FR presidents  Palasieski  and  Tim  Mullen  and  St.  John’s  Stephen  Monteiro  and  Linus  Feder.  While  New  Paltz  started  out  strong  in  the  lead,  Feder  made  an  astonishing  comeback,  but  it  was  not  HQRXJK ,Q WKH HQG WKH 1HZ 3DOW] WHDP Ă€RRGHG WKH ÂżHOG WR WDFNOH WKHLU WZR FR presidents  who  had  just  earned  them  the  national  title  in  six  wicket,  shattering  St.  John’s  seven-­year  legacy. “Our  strategy  was  to  play  it  safe  and  wait  for  the  other  team  to  make  the  ¿UVW PRYH ´ VDLG 3DODVLHVNL Morris  recognized  New  Paltz  as  a  force  to  be  reckoned  with.  â€œNew  Paltz  and  St.  John’s  is  the  QHZ ULYDOU\ , WKLQN 1HZ 3DOW] ZLOO EH the  next  big  team.  They  are  such  a  com-­ munity.  They  do  almost  everything  to-­ JHWKHU , UHDOO\ WKLQN WKH\ ZLOO EH VXF-­ cessful,â€?  she  said. Â

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The New Paltz Oracle

New York Bound: 2011 NFL Draft Analysis

By David Spiegel

Staff Writer | David.spiegel98@newpaltz.edu

MUHAMMAD WILKERSON Rd. 1 No. 30 (30) – DE, Temple, 6’4,’’ 315 lbs

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Thursday, May 5, 2011

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Trade Jose? No Way!

With each excruciating loss, the likelihood that Jose Reyes will no longer be wearing orange and blue in 2012 be-­ comes more of a reality. Last issue, I touched upon the pos-­ sibility of the Mets trading Reyes, but a slew of losses to the Giants and Phillies over the course of this week have further GULYHQ WKH QDLO LQ WKH FRI¿ Q IRU DQ\ KRSH of the Mets’ sparkplug sitting atop the lineup on Opening Day next year and have compelled me to write a column analyzing what the Mets could receive in return for the star-­shortstop. Reyes is a once-­in-­a-­lifetime tal-­ ent. There is no denying that Reyes pos-­ sesses a special quality as a leadoff hitter and can change a game simply by being on base. He wreaks havoc on opposing pitchers’ mentality and offers a fresh face in a clubhouse dynamic. He has grown up before Mets fans’ very eyes and in many ways is the best player on the team. When this season began, many pun-­ dits and analysts questioned whether Reyes would be able to capture the magic that once made him one of the most feared hitters in baseball. Injuries have always plagued Reyes, compound-­ ed with his shortened 2009 season and back-­and-­forth 2010 campaign did not quiet his critics. So far this season Reyes has made those critics eat their words. Currently boasting a .325 batting average and 11 stolen bases, Reyes seems to have repos-­ sessed the qualities that made him such a valuable commodity all those years ago. However, it is those qualities that other teams are interested in and will be even more interested in, once the July 31

Jose Reyes and David Wright may not be playing side-­by-­side for much longer.

trade deadline rolls around. It is becoming evident that the Mets are in a transitional period. Their cur-­ rent roster consists of overpaid veterans and promising, yet raw, young talent. It is obvious that General Manager Sandy Alderson wants to begin to imprint his vision upon the current makeup of the team and it is unclear whether that vi-­ sion includes No. 7 over the long term. If Alderson does intend to trade Reyes, the market is already beginning to form. Just recently it was reported that the San Francisco Giants have had internal discussions regarding possible packages to acquire Reyes and I expect them to come calling once the summer months begin to show on the calendar. The Giants possess some young tal-­ ent that could be intriguing for the Mets to inquire about. The Giants are cur-­ rently struggling to score any runs, and might be willing to send a bit more to ensure they are able to acquire a catalyst such as Reyes. If I were Alderson, Madison

Bumgarner would be a starting point for conversation. The Mets are in desperate need of a young hurler, and Bumgarner is a promising young arm in the Giants overloaded pitching staff. The 21-­year-­old Bumgarner has struggled this season, going 0-­5 with a 4.75 ERA so far, but showed a lot of promise last season when he had a 3.00 ERA and struck out 86 batters over the 111 innings he pitched. The Mets would also be prudent to ask about the availability of pitching prospect Zach Wheeler. Wheeler was drafted sixth overall in ‘09 and is contin-­ uously listed in top-­50 prospect lists by various analysts. The prospect could be even more valuable than Bumgarner and could be chosen as a piece to build a deal around, and if that’s the case it would send a clear message that the Mets in-­ tend to rebuild their roster. Another slightly more intriguing trade-­partner for the Mets are the Bos-­ ton Red Sox. The Red Sox currently have Jed Lowrie manning shortstop and

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I’m sure the idea of Reyes running the base paths and hitting balls off the Green Monster excites Theo Epstein and his IURQW RI¿ FH Again, the Mets would be prudent to inquire about the Sox pitching pros-­ pects. In a perfect world, the Mets would EH DEOH WR À LS 5H\HV IRU VRPHRQH OLNH Clay Buchholz, but that seems too lofty a price. More likely targets could be Daniel Bard, or a package consisting of some combination of pitching prospects Drake Britton, Chris Balcom-­Miller or Michael Bowden. The Mets posses a strong trade-­chip in Reyes and could receive a substan-­ tial return if teams get desperate enough down the stretch. One thing I need to stress is if the Mets do intend to trade Reyes, they cannot afford to botch the deal. Reyes is a beloved member of the Mets community and anything less than an astronomical return for the former gold-­glover would be less than enthrall-­ ing for fans.

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