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Volume 85, Issue III

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BAGGED PARKING METERS IN BUSINESS DISTRICT STORY ON PAGE 4

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THE NAME GAME WGSS Steering Committee agrees to

memorandum that will grant program one full-­time faculty member.

Will not seek departmental status.

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INSIDE THIS WEEK’S ISSUE OF THE NEW PALTZ ORACLE

Gov. Andrew Cuomo Comes to New Paltz...3J NYPIRG Combats Use of GMOs....................Pg 7 Halstead Hired as VP for Administration and Finance..Pg 8 6DWXUGD\V RI 6HUYLFH 6WDUWV 3J

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April  Castillo  FEATURES  EDITOR

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WGSS  Faculty  Agrees  to  Memorandum By  Cat  Tacopina (GLWRU LQ &KLHI  |  Ctacopina97@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

The  Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s,  Gender  and  Sexualities  Studies  program  recently  agreed  to  a  memorandum  that  would  give  them  at  least  one  full-­time  faculty  member,  and  in  exchange  will  QRW VHHN GHSDUWPHQWDO VWDWXV IRU D PD[LPXP RI ÂżYH \HDUV In  a  12-­2  vote,  the  WGSS  steering  committee  voted  in  favor  of  the  memorandum  written  by  SUNY  New  Paltz  Interim  Provost  Phillip  Mauceri,  WGSS  Program  Director  Kathleen  Dowley  and  Dean  of  Liberal  Arts  and  Sciences  Stella  Deen,  the  program  has  now  been  authorized  by  the  SURYRVW WR EHJLQ D VHDUFK IRU D IXOO WLPH IDFXOW\ PHPEHU At  the  end  of  the  spring  2013  semester,  faculty  gover-­ nance  voted  88-­8  in  favor  of  the  program  seeking  depart-­ PHQWDO VWDWXV $IWHU WKH YRWH 0DXFHUL 'HHQ DQG 'RZOH\ ZRUNHG RQ WKH PHPRUDQGXP RYHU WKH VXPPHU 7KH PHPR-­ randum  restores  a  tenure  track  line  that  Mauceri  said  will  allow  the  program  to  expand  the  curriculum  and  increase  FRXUVH FKRLFHV  Before  reaching  departmental  status,  however,  the  provost  said  he  believes  the  program  needs  more  time  to  become  stronger  to  make  itself  a  better  candidate  for  de-­ SDUWPHQWDO VWDWXV LQ WKH IXWXUH â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  memorandum  is  a  commitment  to  work  together  to  do  all  we  can  to  strengthen  WGSS  as  an  interdisciplinary  program,  and  requires  all  the  signatories  to  confer  regularly  and  work  on  concrete  measures  to  strengthen  the  program,â&#x20AC;?  0DXFHUL VDLG Âł7R HQVXUH WKDW ZH DUH PDNLQJ SURJUHVV RQ these  mutually  agreed  to  goals,  the  memorandum  asks  for  DQ DVVHVVPHQW RQ RXU SURJUHVV LQ WKUHH WR ÂżYH \HDUV ´ The  current  WGSS  program  is  interdisciplinary,  and  offers  courses  that  incorporate  other  departments  such  as  VRFLRORJ\ DQG %ODFN 6WXGLHV 0DXFHUL EHOLHYHV WKH LQWHU-­ disciplinary  nature  of  a  program  like  WGSS  will  make  it  VWURQJHU ZLWKLQ WKH QH[W VHYHUDO \HDUV Âł, ÂżUPO\ EHOLHYH WKDW WKH LQWHUGLVFLSOLQDU\ FKDUDFWHU RI WGSS  is  a  source  of  strength,  allowing  it  to  transcend  the  silo  mentality  that  all  too  often  develops  in  departments,  DQG JLYLQJ LW D FDPSXV ZLGH LQĂ&#x20AC;XHQFH WKDW LV XVXDOO\ GLI-­ ÂżFXOW IRU GHSDUWPHQWV WR DWWDLQ ´ 0DXFHUL VDLG Dowley  said  that  after  Amy  Kesselman  left  her  post  of  31  years  as  the  only  full-­time  faculty  member  at  the  end  RI WKH VSULQJ VHPHVWHU WKH GHSDUWPHQW KDV \HW WR ÂżQG full-­time  faculty  support  from  an  educator  with  a  back-­ JURXQG LQ :RPHQÂśV 6WXGLHV While  the  memorandum  would  guarantee  a  replace-­ PHQW IRU .HVVHOPDQ 'RZOH\ VDLG WKDW RQFH WKH ÂżUVW IXOO time  faculty  member  is  hired,  there  is  a  possibility  and  an  increased  likelihood  that  a  second  full-­time  faculty  mem-­ EHU ZLOO EH KLUHG LQ WKH IXWXUH â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stella  [Deen]  believes  that  WGSS  is  a  program  that  deserves  support,  and  she  played  a  large  role  in  making  VXUH RXU QHHGV ZLOO EH PHW ´ 'RZOH\ VDLG Student  Association  (SA)  Vice  President  of  Academic Â

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Affairs  and  Governance  Jordan  Taylor  said  SA  originally  believed  the  program  would  only  be  given  one  full-­time  IDFXOW\ PHPEHU +RZHYHU WKH 6$ ( ERDUG QRZ VXSSRUWV the  program  accepting  the  memorandum  on  the  condition  that  there  is  room  for  another  full-­time  faculty  member  to  EH KLUHG â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  is  going  to  take  a  full  year  for  the  program  to  hire  VRPHRQH IXOO WLPH IRU WKH SURJUDP ´ 7D\ORU VDLG Âł7KHQ LQ the  coming  years  theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  get  the  ability  to  compete  to  hire  another  full-­time  faculty  member  every  year  starting  next  \HDU ´ Former  chair  of  the  Academic  Affairs  Committee  Jan-­ ice  Anderson  said  in  a  dissenting  email  to  the  WGSS  steer-­ ing  committee  that  her  initial  response  to  the  memorandum  was  to  question  the  hesitance  of  giving  the  program  depart-­ PHQWDO VWDWXV â&#x20AC;&#x153;If  it  walks  like  a  duck  and  quacks  like  a  duck,  why  LVQÂśW LW D GXFN" ´ $QGHUVRQ VDLG LQ KHU GLVVHQW HPDLO Âł,I the  WGSS  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  functions  administratively  just  like  a  department,  why  is  there  such  resistance  to  the  name  desig-­ nation,  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Department?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

Taylor  said  the  difference  between  whether  something  is  a  department  or  a  program  is  in  the  name  and  the  legiti-­ PDF\ WKH QDPH EULQJV +H VDLG D GHSDUWPHQW RIIHUV PRUH legitimacy  and  autonomy  regarding  who  faculty  can  hire  DQG ÂżUH +H DOVR VDLG WKDW ZLWK GHSDUWPHQWDO VWDWXV :*66 would  be  more  appealing  to  professors  with  educational  backgrounds  in  Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Studies,  as  opposed  to  the  pro-­ gramâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  current  faculty  make  up  where  the  majority  of  its Â

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VWDII LV FRPSULVHG RI HGXFDWRUV ZKR VSHFLDOL]H LQ ÂżHOGV OLNH VRFLRORJ\ DQG SROLWLFDO VFLHQFH :LWK WKH FXUUHQW WLPHWDEOH RI WKUHH WR ÂżYH \HDUV EHIRUH seeking  departmental  status,  Taylor  said  Mauceri  wants  to  use  that  time  to  make  WGSS  an  example  of  a  strong  uni-­ YHUVLW\ SURJUDP IRU RWKHU SURJUDPV DW 1HZ 3DOW] Mauceri  said  the  amount  of  time  listed  in  the  memo-­ randum  would  give  the  program  and  the  administration  the  WLPH WR HYDOXDWH ZKHWKHU RU QRW :*66 LPSURYHV RU QRW â&#x20AC;&#x153;Clearly  these  efforts  will  require  time,  which  is  why  ZH VHW ÂżYH \HDUV DV WKH RXWHU OLPLW RI RXU WLPHOLQH ´ 0DX-­ FHUL VDLG Anderson  said  in  her  dissent  that  she  believes  the  memorandum  fails  to  recognize  the  importance  of  the  :*66 SURJUDP â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Provostâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  interdisciplinary  â&#x20AC;&#x153;center,â&#x20AC;?  I  contend,  is  a  smoke-­screen  for  implicit  gender/heterosexuality  bias  which  refuses  to  accord  the  WGSS  Discipline  enough  legitimacy  to  â&#x20AC;&#x153;rateâ&#x20AC;?  in  Administratorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  eyes  as  a  depart-­ PHQW ´ VKH VDLG Mauceri  said  through  discussions  with  other  faculty  members  and  students,  the  dialogue  on  the  whole  has  been  UHVSHFWIXO GHVSLWH D IHZ LQVWDQFHV â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  am  disappointed  with  the  resort  to  ad  hominem  ar-­ JXPHQWV´ 0DXFHUL VDLG Âł&ROOHJH LV D WHDFKLQJ DQG OHDUQLQJ environment  that  requires  us  all  to  model  civil  discourse,  in  which  we  respect  the  rights  of  others  while  creating  an  atmosphere  where  students  and  faculty  reason  with  clarity,  ORJLF DQG PXWXDO UHVSHFW ´

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SECURITY  COUNCIL )RUHLJQ PLQLVWHUV IURP WKH ÂżYH SHUPD-­ nent  members  of  the  U.N. Security  Council  and  Germany  will  meet  with  Iranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  top  diplomat  on Thursday  to  test  the  Islamic  Republicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  apparent  willingness  to  reach a  deal  to  resolve  international  concerns  about  its  nuclear  program LEGITIMATE  TARGET $O 6KDEDE WKH DUPHG 6RPDOL ,VODPLF H[-­ tremist  group  that  attacked  a shopping  mall  in  Kenya,  said  Wednesday  that  foreigners  were  a ÂłOHJLWLPDWH WDUJHW´ DQG FRQÂżUPHG ZLWQHVV accounts  that  gunmen  tried to  let  Muslims  go  free  while  killing  or  tak-­ ing  the  others  captive.

DISPLACED  Displaced  Palestinians  are  losing  out  to  Syrians  in  desperate  need of  aid,  and  the  United  Nations  is  asking  $UDE FRXQWULHV WR SLWFK LQ and  bolster  funding  for  its  agency  man-­ dated  with  helping  Palestinian refugees.

BASHAR  ASSAD 6\ULDQ 3UHVLGHQW %DVKDU $VVDG VDLG LQ DQ LQ-­ terview  broadcast Wednesday  that  he  does  not  discount  the  possibility  of  a  U.S.  military attack  even  though  threatened  action  was  forestalled  when  he  agreed  to give  up  chemical  weapons.

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CAPSULE  DOCKED $ 6R\X] FDSVXOH FDUU\LQJ WKUHH DVWUR-­ nauts  successfully  docked  with the  International  Space  Station  early  Thursday,  bringing  the  size  of WKH FUHZ DW WKH RUELWLQJ RXWSRVW WR VL[ Compiled  from  the  AP  Newswire

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New  Meter  Price  Stirs  Community By  Katherine  Speller                               Managing  Editor  |  Katherine.Speller79@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

Red  plastic  bags  cover  the  strip  of  parking  meters  along  Main  street,  North  Chestnut  Street  and  North  Front  Street  in  New  Paltz.  The  bags  serve  as  a  tempo-­ UDU\ Âż[ LPSOHPHQWHG LQ $XJXVW E\ WKH Village  of  New  Paltz  in  response  to  lo-­ cal  outcry  against  a  raise  in  meter  prices,  Deputy  Mayor  Rebecca  Rotzler  said.  Rotzler  said  the  Village  began  the  process  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;baggingâ&#x20AC;?  the  parking  meters  in  â&#x20AC;&#x153;the  core  business  districtâ&#x20AC;?  after  resi-­ dents,  patrons  and  business  owners  dis-­ covered  meter  prices  in  the  vicinity  had  been  raised  from  25  cents  an  hour  to  $1  an  hour  and  their  use  was  limited  to  only  one  hour  at  a  time.  Until  the  changes  could  be  reversed,  the  price  was  set  at  the  new  50  cents  an  KRXU IHH DQG ZDV FRQÂżJXUHG WR DOORZ WZR hour  parking  in  certain  locations.  The  bags  were  the  best  option,  Rotzler  said.

Rotzler  said  the  initiative  to  change  the  meters  originally  began  before  she  joined  the  board  in  June  with  a  commit-­ tee  of  local  business  owners  conducting  research  on  the  local  parking  situations.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;They  did  their  own  little  study  of  the  parking  meter  situation  to  make  it  better,  but  in  the  meantime  what  they  had  done  was  raise  the  rates,â&#x20AC;?  Rotzler  said.  However,  Rotzler  said  the  owners  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;more  retail-­oriented  businessesâ&#x20AC;?  were  more  involved  with  the  committee  which  led  to  an  oversight  in  terms  of  the  â&#x20AC;&#x153;ser-­ vice-­orientedâ&#x20AC;?  businesses.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;[Retail-­oriented  businesses]  are  PRUH WKH W\SH WR GR D TXLFN VKRS ÂżIWHHQ minute  buy  your  pair  of  socks,  necklac  and  leave.The  restauraunts,  yoga  studios,  pilates  studios  and  such?  Not  so  much,â&#x20AC;?  Rotzler  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  was  basically  sort  of  a  not  well-­thought-­out  plan.â&#x20AC;?

David  Santner,  owner  of  The  Bak-­ ery  on  Front  Street,  said  he  immediately  heard  complaints  from  his  customers  when  the  increase  was  implemented.   ³$W WKH WLPH >WKH PHWHUV@ ZHQW off  without  anyone  knowing  what  was  happening,â&#x20AC;?  Santner  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;When  they  ¿UVW FKDQJHG ZH KDG KXJH FRPSODLQWV from  customers  and  a  number  said  they  wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  come  to  the  shop  anymore  be-­ cause  of  the  meters.  They  just  couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  do  it.â&#x20AC;?

Santner  said  he  attended  the  meeting  DQG IRXQG WKH RI¿FLDOV ³UHVSRQVLYH´ WR

Bagged  meters  on  Front  Street  cause  controversey.                    PHOTO  BY  ROBIN  WEINSTEIN his  concerns. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They  were  not  aware  of  how  it  would  affect  many  of  the  businesses  in  the  area,â&#x20AC;?  Santner  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;But  they  some-­ how  thought  we  were  all  more  aware  of  what  was  happening.â&#x20AC;?

Rotzler  said  that  when  the  commit-­ tee  made  the  decision  to  implement  their  changes,  they  used  an  email  system  that  was  â&#x20AC;&#x153;not  used  as  much  as  it  used  toâ&#x20AC;?  to  spread  the  word. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  committee  felt  they  had  studied  it  well  enough  and  informed  enough  peo-­ ple,â&#x20AC;?  Rotzler  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;But  not  everyone  was  checking  for  emails  from  this  group.â&#x20AC;?  Those  who  hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  heard  of  the  raise  were  â&#x20AC;&#x153;caught  by  surprise,â&#x20AC;?  Rotzler  said,  and  the  Village  began  to  receive  numer-­ ous  emails  and  phone  calls.  $Q HPHUJHQF\ PHHWLQJ ZDV FDOOHG DW 9LOODJH +DOO RQ )ULGD\ $XJ WR DG-­ dress  the  concerns  and  complaints,  Rot-­ zler  said.  In  the  meantime  she  said  she  was  able  to  get  in  touch  with  Department Â

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of  Public  Works  to  â&#x20AC;&#x153;work  out  solutions  and  be  more  proactive  about  the  situa-­ tion.â&#x20AC;?

That  issue,  Rotzler  said,  was  with  a  device  issued  by  the  meter  company.  The  device,  which  must  be  used  manually  to  FKDQJH HDFK PHWHU ZDV FRQ¿JXUHG WR change  to  one  hour  or  four  hour  parking  at  the  one  dollar  price.

Rotzler  said  the  device  had  to  be  sent  back  to  the  company  and  that  changes  cannot  be  made  until  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  returned.  She  said  an  estimate  for  the  deviceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  return  and  the  end  of  the  bagging  is  roughly  nine  weeks  from  the  starting  point  of  the  bagging  process.

Until  the  meters  are  back  in  order,  Rotzler  said  those  monitoring  the  meters  are  â&#x20AC;&#x153;chalking  tiresâ&#x20AC;?  to  keep  track  of  vehi-­ cles  in  the  metered  spots.  The  attendants  write  a  time  in  chalk  on  the  vehicleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  tire  and  if  the  car  is  still  there  more  than  two  hours  later,  they  write  the  tickets.

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SUNY  New  Paltzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Emerging  Lead-­ ers  Program  ushered  in  a  new  group  of  student  leaders  at  its  four  introductory  sessions  held  in  early  September.

The  45  minute-­long  sessions  were  held  Sept.  10,  11,  12  and  18,  giving  pro-­ spective  leaders  a  glimpse  at  everything  WKH SURJUDP KDV WR RIIHU ¿UVW \HDU VWX-­ dents.

Luisianna  Sosa,  one  of  three  pro-­ gram  mentors  said  the  purpose  of  these  sessions  â&#x20AC;&#x153;is  to  create  leaders  in  the  small  scale,  but  who  can  grow  into  better  lead-­ ers  and  get  other  leadership  positions,  like  R.A.â&#x20AC;?  Sosa,  a  second-­year  political  science  major,  decided  to  become  an  emerging  leader  after  attending  an  introductory  VHVVLRQ KHU ÂżUVW PRQWK RI FROOHJH +HU H[SHULHQFH HQGHG XS EHLQJ VR IXOÂżOOLQJ that  she  applied  to  be  a  mentor  in  the  spring. Âł,W ZDV Ă&#x20AC;H[LEOH DQG FRXOG ZRUN around  the  other  clubs  I  was  involved  in,â&#x20AC;?  Sosa  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  interfere  with  my  school  work,  which  is  always  a  big Â

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At  the  intro  sessions,  Sosa  said  the  program  director,  Emily  Bazinet,  explained  the  program  and  its  require-­ ments  to  the  students. Âł$W RXU ÂżUVW LQWUR VHVVLRQ (PLO\ talks  about  the  pillars  of  the  program,  what  is  required  of  you  to  be  an  emerg-­ ing  leader  to  graduate  and  lets  students  get  to  know  us,  the  E.L.  mentors,â&#x20AC;?  Sosa  said.

Sessions  also  featured  interactive  portions,  mentor  Dana  Stuono  said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In  the  intro  session,  we  had  peo-­ SOH ZULWH GRZQ WKHLU RZQ GHÂżQLWLRQV RI leadership,  and  they  collectively  make  a  GHÂżQLWLRQ RI OHDGHUVKLS ´ 6WXRQR D VHF-­ ond-­year  English  elementary  education  major,  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  talk  about  it  just  to  get  WKH MXLFHV Ă&#x20AC;RZLQJ ´ Stuono  estimated   there  will  be  50  to  70  students  becoming  emerging  leaders  for  the  2012-­13  school  year,  surpassing  the  40  to  50  students  who  participated  last  year.

According  to  the  SUNY  New  Paltz  Emerging  Leaders  page,  emerging  lead-­

ers  must  attend  one  leadership  retreat  per  semester,  and  participate  in  a  variety  of  workshops  that  address  one  or  more  RI WKH ¿YH GLPHQVLRQV RI OHDGHUVKLS 7KH\ DOVR PXVW FRPSOHWH ¿YH KRXUV SHU semester  of  group  service  learning  proj-­ HFWV DQG ¿YH KRXUV RI LQGLYLGXDO FRP-­ munity  service.

Bazinet  said  the  program  was  pro-­ moted  at  the  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Getting  to  Know  New  Paltz  Business  and  Services  Fair,â&#x20AC;?  held  after  convocation,  where  â&#x20AC;&#x153;a  lot  of  inter-­ ested  students  spoke  to  us.â&#x20AC;?

The  two  mentors  said  they  are  con-­ sidering  applying  for  further  leadership  positions  on  campus  as  R.A.s  and/or  orientation  leaders.  Third-­year  public  relations  and  Spanish  major  Payal  Batra  was  a  mentor  last  year,  and  said  her  experience  played  D VLJQLÂżFDQW SDUW LQ GHYHORSLQJ KHU OHDG-­ ership  role  on  campus.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Being  an  emerging  leader  let  me  develop  many  leadership  skills,â&#x20AC;?  Batra  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;And  then  being  a  mentor  allowed  me  to  further  increase  these  skills,  but  also  gain  a  mentoring  perspective,  which  comes  in  handy  as  an  R.A.â&#x20AC;?

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The  fall  2013  Saturdays  of  Service  program  will  take  place  on  Friday  Oct.  18,  Saturday,   Oct.  19,  Saturday,   Nov.  16  and  Tuesday  Dec.  17.   The  theme  for  the  program  this  semester  is  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Feeding  WKH +XGVRQ 9DOOH\ )RRG ,QVHFXULW\ DQG Sustainability.â&#x20AC;?  The  Saturdays  of  Service  Program  is  modeled  after  the  Alternative  Spring  Break  program  at  SUNY  New  Paltz.  The  difference  between  the  two  pro-­ grams  is  that  the  Saturday  of  Service  Program  is  over  the  duration  of  the  semester,  while  the  Alternative  Spring  Break  lasts  for  only  a  week.   The  students  chosen  to  take  part  in  the  program  will  work  at  the  Queenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Galley  in  Kingston,  the  Brook  Farm  Project  in  New  Paltz  and  possibly  the Â

)RRG %DQN RI WKH +XGVRQ 9DOOH\ LQ &RUQZDOO 2Q +XGVRQ DFFRUGLQJ WR WKH application.   Erica  Wagner  is  the  service  learning  coordinator  and  is  charge  of  organizing  the  program.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;[I  hope  the  students]  make  a  dif-­ ference  and  see  the  needs  of  within  the  community  and  then  hopefully  continue  to  volunteer  at  some  of  the  sites  in  the  future,â&#x20AC;?  Wagner  said.

Felice  Castellano,  the  assistant  di-­ rector  of  Queenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Galley,  said  they  have  worked  with  New  Paltz  students  for  many  years.   The  committee  chooses  students  from  a  variety  of  different  backgrounds  to  participate  in  the  program,  Wagner  said.   â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  try  to  pick  a  range  of  students  with  different  backgrounds,   different Â

class  years,  different  majors,  some  stu-­ dents  who  have  volunteered  a  whole  bunch  and  those  who  havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  before,â&#x20AC;?  Wagner  said.   â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  really  try  to  make  it  a  diverse  group  of  students.â&#x20AC;?   Castellano  said  she  hopes  students  who  participate  will  realize  what  actu-­ ally  occurs  in  their  communities.   â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  hope  it  encourages  them  to  do  more  community  service,  whether  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  where  they  live  or  in  the  New  Paltz  area,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.

Ultimately,  Wagner  said  she  hopes  the  students  will  become  better  people  from  this  program. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[I  hope  they  get]  an  understanding  of  what  the  needs  of  the  community  are  and  some  friendships  with  new  people,â&#x20AC;?  Wagner  said.   â&#x20AC;&#x153;Networking  with  differ-­ ent  volunteer  sites  and  leadership  skills  as  well.â&#x20AC;?  Â

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NEWS BRIEFS NATIONAL NAVY  GUNMAN Washington  Navy  Yard  gunman  Aaron  Alexis  left  a  note  saying  he  was driven  to  kill  by  months  of  bombard-­ ment  with  extremely  low-­frequency radio  waves,  the  FBI  said  Wednesday  in  a  disclosure  that  explains  the phrase  he  etched  on  his  shotgun:  â&#x20AC;&#x153;My  ELF  Weapon!â&#x20AC;?

LAS  VEGAS  TEEN A  Las  Vegas-­area  teenager  who  had  been  sought  in  the  U.S.  and  along the  Mexican  border  following  the  butcher  knife  slayings  of  his  mother and  younger  brother  was  arrested  Wednesday  while  he  sat  alone  in  a food  court  on  the  Las  Vegas  Strip.

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The  prosecutor  leading  the  investigation  into  last  yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  massacre DW 6DQG\ +RRN (OHPHQWDU\ 6FKRRO plans  to  appeal  a  decision  by  the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Freedom  of  Information  Commission  to  release  911  tapes  from the  shooting SAT  SCORES

Scores  on  the  SAT  college  entrance  exam  were  largely  stagnant  for  a third  year,  although  African-­American  students  made  slight  gains,  the College  Board  said  Thursday.

GEORGE  H.W.  BUSH )RUPHU 3UHVLGHQW *HRUJH + : %XVK ZDV DQ RI¿FLDO ZLWQHVV DW WKH same-­sex  wedding  of  two  longtime  friends,  his  spokesman  said.

POSTAL  BOARD  OF  GOVERNORS The  postal  Board  of  Governors  said  Wednesday  it  wants  to  raise  the SULFH RI D ÂżUVW FODVV VWDPS E\ FHQWV citing  the  agencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ÂłSUHFDULRXV ÂżQDQFLDO FRQGLWLRQ´ DQG the  uncertain  prospects  for postal  overhaul  legislation  in  Congress.

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The  Council  of  Organizations  met  to  discuss  how  to  obtain  grant  money  for  clubs  on  Monday,  Sept.  23.  Roughly  80  students  attended  the  meeting.  The  council  currently  has  $23,850  remaining  to  award  to  fund  various  clubs  after  starting  the  2013   year  with  $75,000,  Vice  President  of  Finance  Youssouf   Kouyo  said.   Kouyo,  who  spoke  on  behalf  of  the  council,  brought  up  new  tactics  to  save  money.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  going  to  be  strict  on  general  programming,  because  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  usually  where  we  run  out  of  money,â&#x20AC;?  Kouyo  said.

Kouyo  also  said  that  for  most  club  trips,  like  a  club  team  travel-­ ing  to  Albany  for  a  game,  the  team  would  pay  two-­thirds  of  the  cost  of  fuel  and  could  use  money  allotted  to  them  from  their  grants  to  cover  the  rest.  He  also  said  that  if  a  team  were  to  have  a  chance  of  going  to  nationals,  they  could  request  ad-­ ditional  grant  money  for  the  team  to  get  there.  He  also  said  each  club  will  be  funded  for  one  meal  to  be  used  for  a  general  interest  meeting.  Kouyo  said  that  the  next  meet-­ ing  would  go  into  more  detail  on  how  exactly  clubs  can  go  about  REWDLQLQJ PRQH\ VSHFLÂżFDOO\ IURP the  Budget  and  Finance  Commit-­ tee  (BFC).  Clubs  that  request  more  than  $1,000  have  to  go  through  BFC.  A  representative  from  BFC  also  mentioned  a  spot  on  the  com-­ mittee  had  recently  become  avail-­ DEOH DQG ZDV WKHQ ÂżOOHG GXULQJ WKH meeting. Â

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Communities  across  the  state  affected  by  severe  weather  over  the  last  several  years  will  take  the  lead  in  preparing  for  future  storms,   Gov.  Andrew  Cuomo  said.

Cuomo  was  at  SUNY  New  Paltz  on  Tuesday  to  announce  the  start  of  the  Ulster  County  NY  Rising  Community  Reconstruc-­ tion  Planning  Committee.

New  Paltz  is  one  of  102  municipali-­ ties  taking  part  in  the  program  statewide  in  ZKLFK ORFDO RI¿FLDOV DQG FRPPXQLW\ PHP-­ bers  will  create  a  stormwater  management  plan.

The  Town  and  Village  of  New  Paltz  are  each  eligible  for  $3  million  in  Community  Development  Block  Grant  Disaster  Recov-­ ery  funding  to  implement  the  committeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  recommendations  and  eight  other  communi-­ ties  in  Ulster  County  are  eligible  for  another  $27  million  in  funds.

Cuomo  said  the  committees  will  adopt  a  bottom  up  approach  that  calls  on  the  af-­ fected  communities  â&#x20AC;&#x153;to  tell  us  how  to  use  the  funds.â&#x20AC;?  However,  the  plans  will  be  sub-­ MHFW WR D VHW RI FULWHULD DQG ÂżQDO DSSURYDO LV XS WR VWDWH RIÂżFLDOV &XRPR VDLG Cuomo  cited  more  frequent  and  intense  weather  events  as  a  pressing  concern  for  communities  like  New  Paltz.  ³:HÂśYH KDG ÂżYH VWRUPV LQ WKUHH \HDUV and  every  time  they  told  me  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  worry Â

this  is  a  once  in  a  100  years  storm,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?  Cuomo  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;This  frequency  of  extreme  weather  is  here  and  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  here  to  stay,  unfortunately.â&#x20AC;?

The  10  inches  of  rain  that  fell  during  Hurricane  Irene  crippled  New  Paltz  for  several  days  in  late  August  2011.  The  base-­ ments  of  the  Student  Union  and  Haggerty  $GPLQLVWUDWLRQ EXLOGLQJV ZHUH ERWK Ă&#x20AC;RRGHG During  Cuomoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  talk,  a  group  of  about  30  students  gathered  outside  the  Student  Union  Building  to  call  on  Cuomo  to  ban   hydrofracking. Âł7KH LQĂ&#x20AC;X[ DQG VHYHULW\ RI VWRUPV ZHÂśYH had  is  unnatural  to  this  area  and  is  a  result  of  climate  change,â&#x20AC;?  fourth-­year  journalism  student  Kenny  Satterlee  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fracking  is  a  huge  contributor  to  that  through  methane  gas  and  other  emissions  it  causes.â&#x20AC;?

Some  students  who  attended  the  protest  were  unhappy  with  how  Cuomoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  staff  and  University  Police  handled  their  presence.

Satterlee  said  that  University  Police  would  not  let  student  protesters  within  50  feet  of  the  Student  Union  Building. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  protest  was  a  great  showing  of  civic  participation  something,  that  our  in-­ stitution  is  supposed  to  cultivate,â&#x20AC;?  Satterlee  said.

Jaklin  Levine-­Pritzer,  fourth-­year  stu-­ dent  and  president  of  Oxfam  America  at  SUNY  New  Paltz,  was  invited  to  Cuomoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  event  by  a  faculty  member  as  part  of  her  en-­ vironmental  ecology  class.

Levine-­Pritzer,  who  attended  the  protest Â

before  heading  to  the  Student  Union  Multi-­ purpose  room  to  hear  the  governorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  presen-­ tation  said  she  was  repeatedly  questioned  by  Cuomo  staff  for  wearing  a  T-­shirt  that  said  â&#x20AC;&#x153;NY  Says  No  to  Fracking.â&#x20AC;?  She  said  she  was  asked  to  turn  the  shirt  inside  out. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  wore  it  into  the  event  without  think-­ ing  anything  of  it.  I  had  no  bad  intentions  in  wearing  the  shirt,â&#x20AC;?  Levine-­Pritzker  said.

Levine-­Pritzer  said  that  after  taking  her  seat  she  was  asked  to  step  outside  by  a  male  Cuomo  staffer  and  was  allowed  to  return  in-­ side  after  assuring  him  that  she  â&#x20AC;&#x153;wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  cause  any  problems.â&#x20AC;?

According  to  Levine-­Pritzker,  the  same  VWDIIHU DSSURDFKHG KHU DJDLQ ÂżYH PLQXWHV later  and  asked  her  to  turn  her  t-­shirt  inside  out. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  told  him  that,  with  all  due  respect,  I  have  a  right  to  wear  whatever  t-­shirt  I  want  so  long  as  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  not  offensive.â&#x20AC;?  Levine-­Pritz-­ ker  said.  Levine-­Pritzker  was  ultimately  allowed  to  stay  for  the  duration  of  the  event. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  takes  a  lot  to  get  me  worked  up,  but  EHWZHHQ EHLQJ GHQLHG RXU ÂżUVW DPHQGPHQW right  to  peacefully  assemble,  and  being  treated  like  a  criminal  at  an  event  I  was  in-­ vited  to  for  being  involved  in  positive  things  on  campus,  I  left  very  upset  and  frustrated,â&#x20AC;?  said  Levine-­Pritzker. &XRPRÂśV RIÂżFH GLG QRW UHVSRQG WR D UH-­ quest  for  comment  by  press  time.

Senate  Discusses  Potential  Greek  Funding By  Anthony  DeRosa Copy  Editor  |  N02385288@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

The  56th  student  senate  met  for  their  third  meeting  of  the  semester  on  Sept.  18  at  7:30  p.m.  in  Student  Union  (SU)  418.  Student  Association  (SA)  President  Manu-­ el  Tejada  opened  the  meeting  and  said  that  the  SUNY-­wide  campus  smoking  ban  set  to  begin  at  the  start  of  January  2014  will  not  be  enforced  as  it  has  not  yet  been  made  into  law  by  state  legislature.  Tejada  also  said  that  the  Park  Point  PILOT  agreement  is  expected  to  have  a  public  hearing  at  New  Paltz  town  hall  in  November.  On  Sept.  25th  the  senate  met  for  their  fourth  meeting  of  the  semester.  Vice  President  of  Academic  Affairs  and Â

Governance  Jordan  Taylor  said  that  he  had  met  with  Chanel  Ward,  Director  of  the  Scholarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Mentorship  Program  and  ascertained  the  num-­ bers  on  enrolled  black  students  in  the  last  two  years.  According  to  Taylor,  in  2012,  94  black  ¿UVW \HDU DQG WUDQVIHU VWXGHQWV HQUROOHG DW SUNY  New  Paltz,  compared  to  90  black  fresh-­ man  and  transfer  students  enrolled  in  2013.  Senate  then  moved  to  discuss  the  United  Greek  Associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  (UGA)  proposed  request  IRU 6$ IXQGLQJ 8*$ LV QRW RIÂżFLDOO\ UHFRJ-­ nized  by  the  student  association  on  the  grounds  that  organizations  that  are  exclusive  in  nature  and  do  not  offer  the  same  opportunities  to  all  of  the  student  body  can  not  receive  school  fund-­ ing. Â

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A  majority  of  the  Senate  was  opposed  to  the  idea,  voicing  opposition  toward  senate  mon-­ ey  being  used  to  promote  not  only  an  exclusive  organization,  but  one  that  promotes  hazing  and  underage  drinking  associated  with  Greek  life.  Senator  Jesse  Ginsburg  said  that  fraterni-­ ties  have  proven  to  be  unsafe  environments  for  alcohol  related  issues  and  that  senate  should  draw  a  line  and  deny  funding  to  any  organiza-­ tion  that  poses  health  and  safety  concerns.  The  senators  agreed  that  a  representative  from  UGA  should  make  a  senatorial  presenta-­ tion  detailing  exactly  how  the  senate  funding  would  be  used.  The  E-­board  resolved  to  meet  with  the  UGA  E-­board  to  discuss  the  matter  further.         Â

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NYPIRG  Tackles  Issue  of  GMOS  In  Food By  Jennifer  Newman Copy  Editor  |  Jnewman46@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

The  SUNY  New  Paltz  branch  of  New  York  Public  Interest  Research  Group  (NYP-­ IRG)  is  combating  GMOs  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  genetically  mod-­ LÂżHG RUJDQLVPV ² IRXQG LQ SURFHVVHG IRRGV Program  coordinator  of  NYPIRG,  Eric  :RRG RUJDQL]HV WKH JURXS RI VWXGHQWV Âł*HQHWLFDOO\ PRGLÂżHG RUJDQLVPV DUH ELR-­ technology  used  to  create  transgenic  species  of  plants  and  animals  that  exhibit  traits  found  in  completely  unrelated  species,  such  as  bacteria  DQG YLUXVHV ´ :RRG VDLG :RRG JLYHV WKH H[DPSOH RI FRUQ 6RPH SODQWV KDYH EHHQ JHQHWLFDOO\ PRGLÂżHG WR SUR-­ duce  a  bacterial  toxin  (Bt  toxin)  that  makes  them  poisonous  to  the  corn  borer,  a  pest  that  DWWDFNV FRUQ SODQWV :RRG VDLG â&#x20AC;&#x153;GMO  genomes  have  interspecies  DNA  combinations  that  are  never  found  in  nature  and  could  never  come  into  existence  through  conventional  breeding  techniques,â&#x20AC;?  Wood  VDLG Âł,W LV LPSRVVLEOH IRU EDFWHULD WR EUHHG ZLWK FRUQ SODQWV ´ According  to  Wood,  this  process  to  pro-­

tect  the  crop  does  not  come  without  question-­ DEOH VLGH HIIHFWV The  Bt  toxin  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  a  bacterial  insecticide  pro-­ duced  in  some  GMO  corn  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  has  been  found  in  the  bloodstream  of  93  percent  of  pregnant  women  and  80  percent  of  their  fetuses,  accord-­ LQJ WR :RRG â&#x20AC;&#x153;This  indicates  that  Bt  toxin  can  survive  digestion  and  enter  the  bloodstream  despite  in-­ GXVWU\ FODLPV WR WKH FRQWUDU\ ´ KH VDLG GMO  crops  were  introduced  commer-­ FLDOO\ LQ WKH 8QLWHG 6WDWHV LQ 6LQFH then,  GMOs  have  dominated  the  agricultural  ODQGVFDSH :RRG VDLG 86'$ GDWD IURP shows  that  GMO  varieties  are  being  grown  on  88  percent  of  corn  acres,  90  percent  of  cotton  and  sugar  beet  acres  and  94  percent  of  soybean  DFUHV Foods  with  GMOs  have  become  com-­ monplace  in  the  country  with  80  percent  of  all  bagged,  bottled,  boxed,  or  canned  foods  estimated  to  contain  GMO  ingredients  such  as  high-­fructose  corn  syrup  and  xanthan  gum,  ac-­ FRUGLQJ WR :RRG Brian  Obach,  chair  of  the  sociology  de-­ partment  has  similar  concerns  about  GMOs, Â

and  said  there  are  dangers  to  not  knowing  what  H[DFWO\ WKH\ GR WR WKH KXPDQ ERG\ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Genetic  engineering  is  one  of  those  tech-­ nologies  that  has  been  broadly  implemented  without  a  full  understanding  of  health  or  en-­ YLURQPHQWDO LPSDFWV ´ 2EDFK VDLG Âł6RPH studies  suggest  that  there  could  be  detrimental  consequences,  but  the  fact  is  that  we  just  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  know,  which  is  why  this  should  not  be  allowed  DW WKLV WLPH ´ Obach  said  that  GMOs  have   negative  ef-­ fects  for  small  and  mid-­sized  farmers  by  es-­ sentially  placing  even  more  control  of  the  food  system  in  the  hands  of  agribusiness  corpora-­ WLRQV â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  can  meet  all  of  the  worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  food  needs  using  safe,  sustainable,  low  tech  farm-­ LQJ SUDFWLFHV ´ 2EDFK VDLG Âł*02 WHFKQRORJ\ places  human  health  and  that  of  the  environ-­ ment  at  risk  while  undermining  the  economic  ZHOO EHLQJ RI WKRVH ZKR JURZ RXU IRRG ´ Second-­year  sociology  major  Annie  Courtens  said  she  has  worked  closely  with  NYPIRG  and  is  passionate  about  GMO  aware-­ QHVV â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  are  not  only  unaware  of  what  is  in Â

our  food  today  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  since  there  is  no  requirement  IRU ODEHOLQJ *02V LQ WKH 8 6 ² EXW RI WKH LP-­ plications  growing  GMOs  has  on  biodiversity  in  the  environment  and  on  people,â&#x20AC;?  Courtens  VDLG â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yet  we  do  see  an  increase  in  the  use  of  pesticides,  herbicides,  and  fungicides,   de-­ crease  in  seed,  crop,  animal  diversity  and  overall  polluted  environments  all  over  the  world  from  industrial  agriculture  practices,â&#x20AC;?  &RXUWHQV VDLG On  campus,  NYPIRG  is  spearheading  a  campaign  demanding  that  manufacturers  label  WKHLU SDFNDJLQJ â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  are  advocating  a  bill  in  the  New  York  State  Senate  and  Assembly  that  would  require  any  GM  food  to  be  adequately  labeled  to  inform  consumers,  so  we  have  a  choice  on  whether  we  want  to  purchase  GM  food  or  take  DOWHUQDWLYH URXWHV ´ :RRG VDLG Âł:H ZLOO HGX-­ cate  the  student  body  on  the  issue  through  class  presentations,  tabling  efforts,  one  on  one  con-­ versations  with  students,  collaboration  with  other  campus  clubs  like  the  Students  for  Sus-­ WDLQDEOH $JULFXOWXUH DQG RQ FDPSXV HYHQWV ´ Wood  said  that  advocating  the  public  to Â

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The  Center  for  Research,  Regional  Edu-­ cation  and  Outreach  (CRREO)  at  SUNY  New  Paltz  has  released  its  10th  discussion  brief,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;En-­ ergy  Action  Consortia:  Moving  Municipalities  Toward  Collective  Sustainability,â&#x20AC;?  a  study  on  the  collaborative  effort  of  northern  Westchester  &RXQW\ PXQLFLSDOLWLHV WR FUHDWH DQ HQHUJ\ HIÂż-­ FLHQF\ SURJUDP WDUJHWHG DW KRPHRZQHUV $FFRUGLQJ WR WKH EULHI LQ 3UHVLGHQW Obama  signed  into  law  the  $831  billion  Ameri-­ can  Recovery  and  Reinvestment  Act  (ARRA)  LQ UHVSRQVH WR WKH QDWLRQÂśV HFRQRPLF FULVLV 7KH lawâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  primary  goal  was  to  create  jobs,  in  part  through  public  investment  in  areas  such  as  en-­ HUJ\ HIÂżFLHQF\ $V D UHVXOW QRUWKHUQ :HVW-­ chester  County  municipalities  joined  in  April,  ZLWK WKH JRDO RI UHGXFLQJ FRQVXPSWLRQ DQG increasing  renewable  resources  using  stimulus  PRQH\ DZDUGHG IURP WKH IHGHUDO 5HFRYHU\ $FW $FFRUGLQJ WR WKH EULHI VLQFH 1RUWK-­ ern  Westechester  Energery  Action  Consortium  NWEAC  has  been  recognized  in  Westchester  County  and  beyond  as  an  innovative  leader  in  energy  policy  and  practice,  as  well  as  on  general  VXVWDLQDELOLW\ LVVXHV

CRREO  recognized  NWEACâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  sustainabil-­ ity  policies  and  published  a  brief  which  served  to  help  other  communities  and  governments  repli-­ FDWH 1:($&ÂśV HQHUJ\ HIÂżFLHQF\ SURJUDP â&#x20AC;&#x153;Public  universities  have  a  responsibility  to  serve  the  public,â&#x20AC;?  Gerald  Benjamin,  CRREO  director  and  associate  vice  president  for  region-­ DO HQJDJHPHQW DW 681< 1HZ 3DOW] VDLG Âł,WÂśV [CRREOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s]  mission  to  address  issues  of  conse-­ TXHQFH LQ WKH UHJLRQ ´ Benjamin  said  by  creating  these  briefs  and  distributing  them  through  the  region,  organiza-­ tions  and  groups  become  associated  with  the  the  college,  building  a  network  and  educating  the  Hudson  Valley  on  important  issues  such  as  sus-­ WDLQDELOLW\ According  to  KT  Tobin,  chair  of  the  Cam-­ pus  Sustainability  Committee,  the  Mid-­Hudson  regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  greenhouse  gas  emissions  totaled  an  es-­ WLPDWHG PLOOLRQ PHWULF WRQV RI FDUERQ GLR[LGH LQ HTXLYDOHQW WR HPLVVLRQV SURGXFHG IURP EXUQLQJ PRUH WKDQ WDQNHU WUXFNVÂś ZRUWK RI JDVROLQH â&#x20AC;&#x153;People  need  to  understand  that  they  have  WR XVH OHVV LQ WKH ZD\ WKH\ OLYH ´ %HQMDPLQ VDLG â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sustainability  means  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;not  running  out,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;  and  WKLQJV DUH UXQQLQJ RXW ´

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0LFKHOH +DOVWHDG ZDV RIÂż FLDOO\ named  the  new  vice  president  for  admin-­ LVWUDWLRQ DQG Âż QDQFH WKLV VXPPHU DIWHU D FRPSHWLWLYH QDWLRQDO VHDUFK WR Âż OO WKH seat  left  by  Jacqueline  DiStefano  in  No-­ vember  2012.  Halstead  said  this  position  was  â&#x20AC;&#x153;a  long  time  coming.â&#x20AC;?  Having  earned  one  of  her  bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  degrees  at  SUNY  New  Paltz  in  1991,  she  has  since  worked  at  the  college  for  20  years  in  different  ca-­ pacities,  most  recently  as  assistant  vice  SUHVLGHQW IRU DGPLQLVWUDWLRQ DQG Âż QDQFH She  previously  served  as  assistant  director  of  accounting  services,  director  of  accounting  services  and  held  interim  SRVLWLRQV DV FKLHI Âż QDQFLDO RIÂż FHU GL rector  of  accounting  services,  supervisor  IRU WKH RIÂż FH RI LQVWLWXWLRQDO UHVHDUFK and  acting  director  of  student  accounts.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  good  to  have  grown  up  here  in  the  town  and  to  have  grown  profession-­ ally  here,â&#x20AC;?  Halstead  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  scary  and  exciting.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  huge  position.â&#x20AC;?

But  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  position  Halstead  said  VKHÂśV UHDG\ WR Âż OO :LWK KHU \HDUV RI H[ perience  in  professional  and  personal  capacities  at  SUNY  New  Paltz  she  said  her  knowledge  of  the  inner-­workings  of  the  campus  is  unmatched.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;My  job  was  to  watch  the  money  come  in  and  to  watch  the  money  come  out,â&#x20AC;?  Halstead  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Having  had  the  ex-­ periences  through  accounting,  the  one  thing  I  felt  comfortable  saying  [in  my  interview]  was  that  I  know  this  budget  better  than  anyone  who  has  come  before  me  and  possibly  anyone  who  will  come  after  me.â&#x20AC;?

Halstead  said  the  interiewing  pro-­ cess  was  â&#x20AC;&#x153;strange,â&#x20AC;?  particularly  as  an  in-­ ternal  candidate.  Throughout  the  search  period,  she  interviewed  via  Skype  in  her  RIÂż FH DQG KDG IDFH WR IDFH LQWHUYLHZV with  her  own  colleagues  at  a  Hilton  Gar-­ den  Inn  in  Albany,  N.Y.   â&#x20AC;&#x153;My  colleagues,  knew  [I  was  ap-­ plying]  and  if  I  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  make  it,  theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d  know,â&#x20AC;?  Halstead  said.  However,  Halstead  said  there  are Â

some  advantages  to  being  an  internal  candidate. Âł.QRZLQJ WKH Âż QDQFHV WKH ZD\ , do  and  the  way  I  got  to  know  them  and  building  relationships  with  those  around  me  has  helped,â&#x20AC;?  Halstead  said.  President  Donald  Christian  said  that  Halsteadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  knowledge  of  the  campus  certainly  helped  her  in  the  process  but  that  her  application  stood  out. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As  I  looked  at  the  candidates  that  emerged  in  the  national  search  she  was  the  best,â&#x20AC;?  Christian  said.   â&#x20AC;&#x153;Several  peo-­ SOH WROG PH IURP ZKHQ WKH\ Âż UVW VDZ KHU printed  application  that  if  she  had  been  applying  from  some  other  college  or  university,  her  credentials  would  have  caught  their  attention  right  away.  It  was  a  really  nice  alignment  of  her  experi-­ ences  here  and  her  ability  to  shine  in  a  national  search.â&#x20AC;?  Halstead  said  that  her  long-­time  co-­ workers  and  staff  are  also  one  of  her  the  greatest  strengths. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My  staff  has  risen  to  the  occasion,â&#x20AC;?  +DOVWHDG VDLG Âł:LWKRXW WKHLU VXSSRUW

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Halstead  said  she  has  built  up  con-­ nections  with  the  different  departments  DQG RIÂż FHV VKH KDV ZRUNHG ZLWK XVLQJ that  familiarity  to  better  address  the  campusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  needs.  ³:KHQ \RX KDYH WKDW NLQG RI UH lationship,  you  understand  their  busi-­ ness  and  physical  needs  in  relation  to  the  money,â&#x20AC;?  Halstead  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;You  get  to  XQGHUVWDQG WKH Âż QDQFLDO SK\VLFDO DQG RWKHU QHHGV DQG ZKDW PDNHV WKHLU RIÂż FHV tick.â&#x20AC;?

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Delectable  dishes  and  mugs  of  beer  over-­ Ă&#x20AC;RZHG IURP WKH WHQWV DW 7DVWH RI 1HZ 3DOW] but  the  trash  did  not.  This  yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  food  festival  marked  the  start  of  a  dedicated  recycling  pro-­ cedure  for  the  day.

In  2012,  no  one  cleaned  up  properly  after  the  feast  and  the  environment  suffered,  Mi-­ chelle  Bergkamp,  recycling  coordinator  of  the  Ulster  Country  Resource  Recovery  Agency,  said.   'HVSLWH PRUH WKDQ SHRSOH VZDUP-­ ing  last  yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  festival,  the  Ulster  County  Fairgrounds  had  no  recycling  bins.

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NEW PALTZ GRADUATE RELEASES FIRST SOLO RAP ALBUM By  Mariah  Brown Contributing  Writer  |  n02519905@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

Rapper  Nick  Taldi  looks  forward  to  WKH IXWXUH ZLWK WKH UHOHDVH RI KLV ÂżUVW (3 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Farewellcome  Vol.  1.â&#x20AC;?  The  album,  which  dropped  last  Au-­ gust,  is  named  for  Taldiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  desire  to  leave  the  past  behind  and  open  a  door  to  the  fu-­ ture,  he  said.   A  Bellmore  native  and  SUNY  New  3DOW] FODVV RI JUDGXDWH 7DOGL LV more  commonly  known  by  his  rap  name  1LNPRRG\ +H PDMRUHG LQ (QJOLVK ZKLOH in  school  and  is  currently  a  student  in  the  schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  graduate  program. %HIRUH WUDQVIHUULQJ WR 1HZ 3DOW] 7DOGL DWWHQGHG & : 3RVW /RQJ ,VODQG University  for  a  year  where  he  was  in-­ volved  with  the  slam  poetry  team.  He  began  rapping  after  some  encouragement  from  his  friends.

Nick  Vitale  is  one  such  friend  who  encouraged  Taldi  to  rap.  ³7KH ÂżUVW WLPH KH HYHU UDSSHG IRU me,  we  wanted  to  see  what  he  could  do  because  we  knew  he  could  write  poetry,â&#x20AC;?  Vitale  said.    When  Taldi  transferred,  he  joined  the  1HZ 3DOW] VODP SRHWU\ WHDP :KLOH KH was  on  the  slam  team,  he  met  Mike  Crow.  Their  common  interests  brought  them  together  to  form  a  pop  group  called  One  Way.  During  the  two  years  the  group  was  together,  they  made  three  mixtapes  and  held  local  performances.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  had  a  nice  thing  going  and  then  last  summer,  we  kind  of  went  our  sepa-­ rate  ways,â&#x20AC;?  Taldi  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  still  friends  and  he  was  on  my  mixtape.â&#x20AC;?   When  the  group  split  during  the  summer  of  2012,  Taldi  launched  a  solo  career  as  an  artist.  Once  he  went  solo,  Taldi  changed Â

the  stage  name  he  used  when  he  was  a  member  of  One  Way,  from  Niko,  to  Nik-­ moody.  The  name  originates  from  a  name  his  mother  used  to  call  him.  ³,W VWDUWHG ZLWK EDVNHWEDOO ´ 7DOGL VDLG Âł, ZRXOG QHYHU EH VDWLVÂżHG ZLWK WKH ZD\ , SOD\HG ,ÂśG FRPH RII WKH FRXUW DQG ,ÂśG EH SLVVHG ,ÂśG QHYHU EH KDSS\ >0\ PRP@ ZRXOG VD\ , ZDV VR PRRG\ 6KH started  constantly  calling  me  that.â&#x20AC;?  The  mixtape  started  out  as  an  idea  of  a  20-­song  master,  Taldi  said.  When  Tal-­ GLÂśV PDQDJHU 0LNH (SVWHLQ WROG KLP WR FXW WKH DPRXQW RI IHDWXUHG VRQJV WKH ÂżQDO product  was  cut  down  to  seven  songs  and  a  bonus  track.  Taldi  incorporated  his  personal  ex-­ periences  in  the  material  produced  on  the  mixtape. Âł, ZHQW WKURXJK D ORW RI FKDQJHV LQ WKH SDVW \HDU , ZDV LQ D UHDO EDG SODFH ´ KH VDLG Âł, NLQG RI ZHQW VRPHZKHUH WKDW ,

am  normally  not  associated  withâ&#x20AC;Śand  a  lot  of  people  thought  a  lot  of  things  about  me  and  it  kind  of  inspired  me  to  reveal  a  truth.â&#x20AC;?

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YEAR: Third MAJOR: Psych and Spanish HOMETOWN: Niskayuna, N.Y.

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ANY  ADVICE  FOR  ASPIRING  MUSICIANS? Always  break  your  comfort  zone  because  eventually  the  uncomfortable  will  become  comfortable.

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THE DEEP END

The New Paltz Oracle

This Week in

tHe Deep END JAMES SENZER

Major: Photography Year: Third Inspirations: Shomei Tomatsu, Alec Soth, William Eggleston, Richard Misrach

“The photographs displayed here come from two series. The two images on the left are from the series “Your Trash,” created in 2013. The series concerns our perception of the waste industry. Selected images from “Your Trash” were included in the Eyesores exhibition at Calumet Gallery in New York City.

The two images on the right are from the series “Straight Face,” which is an ongoing project created in the Dead Pan aesthetic. If interested in being photographed for this series, contact James.Senzer@gmail.com.”

PHOTOS COURTESY OF JAMES SENZER. CAPTION BY DANA SCHMERZLER

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KATHERINE  SPELLER Managing  Editor katherine.speller79-­@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

OPINION

The  New  Paltz  Oracle

COLUMNS Game  of  Seconds JOHN  TAPPEN News  Editor

John.tappen@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

I  feel  like  if  I  had  to  pinpoint  the  exact  moment  I  went  completely  insane,  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d  say  it  was  the  day  I  got  a  Yorkie.  It  was  after  the  loss  of  my  beloved  childhood  dog  Jade,  a  sweet  (if  slightly  neurotic)  maltese  who  lived  to  the  ripe  old  age  of  17.  It  wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  long  before  my  family  missed  the  pitter  patter  of  puppy  footsteps  and  the  late-­night  cuddling  that  comes  with  having  a  dog.  We  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  even  mean  for  it  to  happen.  We  stopped  at  one  of  those  awful  pet  stores  with  all  the  puppies  locked  in  tiny  pens,  just  taking  a  look  around,  when  my  mom  locked  eyes  with  this  shivering,  tiny  thing  standing  up  in  a  cage.  We  took  him  into  one  of  the  bathroom  stall-­ sized  â&#x20AC;&#x153;play  rooms,â&#x20AC;?  and  he  immediately  ran  head  ¿ UVW LQWR WKH WLOHG ZDOO I  wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  lie  to  you,  reader,  it  was  love.  And  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  when  we  brought  the  little  critter  home  and  gave  him  an  ironic  and,  frankly,  assinine,  name:  Gluteus  Maximus.  Max  is  not  your  typical  Yorkie.  Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  not  very  good  at  being  a  dog.  His  bark  sounds  like  a  small  child  clearing  its  throat.  He  likes  to  sit  on  the  arm  of  my  momâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  reclining  chair  like  a  gargoyle  and  he  prefers  to  perch  on  my  shoulder  when  being  carried.  Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  also  got  a  slight  Napoleon  complex  that  has  him  lifting  his  leg  across  the  fence  dividing  the  big  and  small  dog  sections  at  the  dog  park.  If  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  not  bad  enough  calling  for  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Maximusâ&#x20AC;?  at  the  park  and  having  this  barely-­four-­pound  squirrel  thing  trot  over,  trying  to  stop  him  from  making  claim  on  every  surface  is  pretty  awful.   All  his  weird  eccentricities  aside,  I  still  canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  get  over  that  damn  dog.  I  hate  the  fact  that  I  live  an  hour  away  and  only  get  to  see  him  every  few  weeks.  The  tiniest  part  of  me  is  afraid  heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  start  loving  my  other  family  members  more  than  me.  Excluding  his  slightly  lazy  (I  prefer  to  call  it  â&#x20AC;&#x153;naughty,â&#x20AC;?)  left  eye  and  his  obsessive-­ compulsive  need  to  lick  everything,  heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  got  these  adorable,  cherubic  features  that  make  him  look  like  a  living,  breathing  teddy  bear.  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  that   far   gone  that  I  call  my  dog  â&#x20AC;&#x153;cherubicâ&#x20AC;?  and  really  mean  it.

But,  I  canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  lie  to  you.  Most  nights  at  home,  when  heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  curled  up  on  my  shoulder  sleeping  or  waiting  up  by  the  window  for  me  to  come  home,  I  canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  help  but  think  being  crazy  ainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  that  bad. Â

Katherine  Speller  is  a  fourth-­year  journalism  major  who  should  really  learn  to  cope  with  her  feelings  in  a  way  other  than  rage.

Matt  Joyce  homers  to  right.  David  DeJesus  doubles,  driving  in  Myers.  /RQJRULD KLWV D VDFULÂż FH Ă&#x20AC; \ WR ULJKW scoring  DeJesus.  And  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  how  the  Yankee  season  ended.  It  only  took  one  more  half  inning  against  the  Rays  to  end  my  Summer.  Like  Peter  Gammons  wrote  several  de-­ cades  ago,  Summer  has  been  extended  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  in  Boston,  in  Oakland,  possibly  in  Cleveland  and  Tampa.  But  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  been  cold  in  the  Bronx  for  a  while. :LWK WLPH WR UHĂ&#x20AC; HFW P\ PLQG JRHV back  to  Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  game:  Mariano  Ri-­ vera  Day  at  the  stadium  and  Andy  Pet-­ titteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  last  start  in  pinstripes.  When  Pettitte  jogged  to  the  mound  for  the  eighth,  I  had  my  hands  clasped  together,  hoping  for  a  shutout.  And  I  can  only  imagine  that  the  sole  thought  in  his  mind  was  getting  this  win  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  staying  in  playoff  contention.  Then  Sandoval  doubles  to  left  and  out  comes  Joe  Gi-­ rardi.  Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  it.  A  career  ended.  In  four  minutes  he  went  from  warm  up  pitches  to  a  tip  of  the  cap  to  55,000  fans  chant-­ ing  his  name,  and  to  a  seat  back  on  the  bench  where  retirement  begins  to  set  in.  $IWHU WKH KLJK Âż YHV DQG FRQJUDWX lations,  he  must  have  been  greeted  by  memories:  the  phone  call  when  he  was  drafted.  His  start  on  the  last  game  of  his  rookie  season  that   clinched  the  ¿ UVW SOD\RII ELUWK IRU WKH WHDP LQ RYHU a  decade.  Game  two  of  the  2003  World  Series  when  he  threw  a  shutout  against  the  Marlins  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  his  eleventh  consecutive  win  after  a  Yankee  loss.  Four  minutes  ago  he  was  just  pissed  he  hung  a  slider.  Andy  is  beloved  by  fans  and  re-­ spected  by  broadcasters.  There  was  a  moment  in  the  middle  of  the  Yankees  16  scoreless  innings  against  Toronto  last  week  that  really  cemented  that:  Robinson  Cano  hits  a  GULEEOHU GRZQ WKH Âż UVW EDVH OLQH WKDW KH thinks  will  go  foul.  When  it  doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t,  he  puts  his  hands  on  his  hips,  spits  from  his  wad  and  grimaces  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  half  in  agony  and  half  in  hilarity  at  the  way  the  Yan-­

kees  season  has  turned  out.  In  the  booth,  Kay  and  Flaherty  ripped  him  for  a  lack  of  hustle  and  poor  leadership.

The  camera  zoomed  into  the  dugout  and  caught  a  shot  of  Andy  leaning  on  the  rail  facing  forward  and  Cano  walk-­ ing  down  the  clubhouse  stairs  in  the  back.  The  juxtaposition  of  two  Yankee  veterans  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  one  who  lacks  hustle  when  it  counts,  and  one  who  is  the  ceaseless  professional  spoke  to  them.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  real  easy  to  forget  that  Andy  Pettite  was  caught  using  steroids.  It  must  have  been  magically  blotted  out  of  everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  mind.  You  would  think  that  if  people  cared  as  much  about  players  taking  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;roids  as  they  say  they  do,  theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d  share  with  Andy  some  of  the  boos  they  shower  A-­Rod  with.  People  will  claim  to  dislike  A-­Rod  because  heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  cheat  who  used  PEDs.  Fans  love  to  hate  A-­Rod  because  heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  hitter  who  isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  as  clutch  as  he  is  good.  Kenny  Rogers  and  Kyle  Farn-­ sworth  can  attest  that  a  player  doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  need  to  take  steroids  to  get  New  York-­ ers  to  tell  them  theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  awful.  Oppos-­ ing  fans  boo  A-­Rod  because  heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  made  a  career  of  hitting  home  runs  against  them  and  his  salary  represents  every-­ thing  small  market  fans  loathe  about  baseball.  But,  most  importantly,  they  do  it  because  they  think  heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  arrogant.  His  steroid  use  is  just  additional  evidence  that  fans  all  over  will  point  to  as  evi-­ dence  that  heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  jerk.  Does  anyone  really  think  that  A-­rod  taking  steroids  is  more  detrimental  to  baseball  than  the  Miami  Marlins?  Than  $8  hot  dogs,  corporate-­sponsored  calls  to  the  bullpen  and  product  placement  at  every  replay  and  highlight?  Fans  are  hypocritical.  Barry  Bonds  was  hated  everywhere  outside  of  San  Fransisco,  but  George  Steinbrenner  called  Jason  Giambi  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;hell  of  a  man.â&#x20AC;?

Fans  use  steroids  to  justify  their  hatred  of  A-­Rod  and  to  admire  Pettitte  because  cheating  somehow  made  him Â

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more  human  and  relatable.  Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  something  to  that.  Because  in  baseball,  perception  is  important.  This  isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  football.  The  Yankees  canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  dress  as  many  players  as  the  Tex-­ as  A&M  Aggies  can.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  just  25  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  and  none  of  them  are  wearing  a  face  mask.  Baseball  fans  develop  a  relationship  with  the  players  on  their  team  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  too  intimate  to  justify.  They  see  them  HYHU\GD\ DQG FDOO SOD\HUV E\ WKHLU Âż UVW name.  So  when  they  see  a  player  strike  out  with  the  bases  loaded,  who  throws  a  WDQWUXP RQ WKH Âż HOG DQG UHIXVHV WR VWDQG in  front  of  his  locker  and  answer  ques-­ tions  after  the  game,  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  like  theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  been  let  down  by  a  friend.  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  been  told  that  our  character  is  what  we  do  when  no  one  is  looking.  But  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  constantly  watching  ball  players  and  we  use  these  series  of  anecdotes  and  at-­bats  to  unfairly  make  conclu-­ sions  about  who  they  are  and  if  we  like  them.  Earlier  this  month  I  met  my  Dad  at  Yankee  Stadium  to  see  Andy  Pettitte  throw  one  last  time.  I  sat  in  the  right  ¿ HOG XSSHU GHFN DQG WKRXJKW DERXW HY ery  time  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  seen  Andy  pitch  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  every  runner  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  seen  him  pick  off  and  ev-­ ery  time  I  tried  to  emulate  that  move.  I  thought  about  the  number  21  Andy  Pet-­ titte  Houston  Astros  jersey  I  wore  out  until  it  completely  faded.  And  I  thought  DERXW EHLQJ DQG Âż JKWLQJ EDFN WHDUV RQ D OLYLQJ URRP Ă&#x20AC; RRU ZKHQ 3HWWLWWH fought  to  keep  the  Yankees  alive  in  game  six  of  the  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;03  Series  and  lost.  Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  everything  I  know  about  Andy  Pettitte.

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After  placing  third  and  fourth,  respec-­ tively,  at  the  Saratoga  Invitational  last  week-­ end,  the  Women  and  Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Cross  Country  teams  are  on  the  right  track  to  continue  their  successful  season,  Head  Coach  Mike  Trunk-­ es  said.  Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  performance  earned  the  women  a  No.  6  regional  ranking  in  the  U.S.  Track  &  Field  and  Cross  Country  Coaches  Association  NCAA  Div.  III  Atlantic  Region-­ al  Cross  Country  Rankings  for  the  week.  7KLV LV WKH Âż UVW WLPH LQ SURJUDP KLVWRU\ WKH team  has  been  ranked  within  the  top  10.   This  is  a  testament  to  the  talent  the  womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  team  possesses  this  season,  Trunkes  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  am  extremely  proud  of  what  they  have  accomplished,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  No.  5  ranked  Vassar,  who  is  also  ranked  No.  30  nationally,   has  been  defeated  by  the  Lady  Hawks  twice  this  season.  This,  and  the  teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  success  at  prior  races  against  SUNY,  regional  and  non-­regional  teams,  JLYHV 7UXQNHV FRQÂż GHQFH WKDW WKH WHDP ZLOO do  well  within  the  SUNYAC  Championship  and  ultimately  the  NCAA  Div.  III  Atlantic  Regional  Championships,  he  said.  In  past  years,  the  top  two  teams  in  the  regional  championship  would  receive  an Â

automatic  birth  to  nationals,  with  a  limit  of  three  additional  bids  given  by  a  committee  for  each  region.  These  three  bids  at  large  are  based  off  of  certain  criteria  of  the  teamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  per-­ formance  within  the  season,  including  rank-­ ings  within  the  region,  as  well  as  defeating  high  ranking  teams  in  other  regions,  Trunkes  said.  7KLV \HDU WKH 1&$$ UDWLÂż HG WKH UXOHV and  is  not  placing  a  limit  on  the  number  of  at  large  bids  that  can  be  given  by  the  com-­ mittee.  With  some  regions  across  the  country  only  producing  a  few  competitive  teams  out  of  the  65  to  70  teams  each  region  has,  the  NCAA  felt  it  was  only  fair  to  increase  the  number  of  teams  from  more  competitive  re-­ gions  allowed  to  attend.  This  gives  the  Lady  Hawks  an  even  greater  chance  to  obtain  one  of  those  extra  bids,  Trunkes  said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our  goal  this  season  is  pretty  straight  forward,â&#x20AC;?  third-­year  Terisa  Woych  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  ZDQW WR EH DV D WHDP RQ D Ă&#x20AC; LJKW WR +DQRYHU Ind.  to  compete  in  the  National  Champion-­ ships.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  not  only  just  possible,  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  tangi-­ ble.â&#x20AC;?  Trunkes  said  the  Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  team  also  has  a  lot  of  motivated  and  dedicated  talent  this  season.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  difference  between  the  menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  team  this  year  and  last  year  is  like  night  and  day,â&#x20AC;? Â

he  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Their  commitment  to  training  and  getting  better  is  tremendous.â&#x20AC;?  Third-­year  Mike  Scher  said  considering  how  well  the  team  performed  at  the  Vassar  ,QYLWDWLRQDO ZKHUH WKH PHQ FDPH LQ Âż UVW of  11  teams,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;this  is  the  best  the  team  has  looked  within  the  past  10  years  or  so.  We  have  a  real  solid  group  of  guys.â&#x20AC;?

Although  the  meet  on  Friday  was  not  all  WKH\ KDG KRSHG IRU WKH WHDP UHPDLQV FRQÂż dent,  Scher  said.   Trunkes  believes  the  Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  team  can  ¿ QLVK WKLV VHDVRQ ZLWKLQ WKH WRS RI WKH UH gion,  which  would  be  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;huge  improvementâ&#x20AC;?  from  last  year.  He  said  the  top  two  runners  on  the  team,  IRXUWK \HDU 5RE *RUVNL DQG Âż UVW \HDU *DOR Vasquez,  are  two  valuable  assets  in  accom-­ plishing  this  goal.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rob  is  strong  and  mentally  tough,â&#x20AC;?  Trunkes  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Galo  is  an  extremely  talented  freshman  that  we  are  very  lucky  to  have.  Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  already  breaking  records,  and  you  can  tell  he  hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  even  dipped  into  the  tank  yet  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  he  hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  even  touched  his  full  potential.â&#x20AC;?  Woych  and  fourth-­year  Amanda  Wolfer  are  the  forefront  who  lead  the  womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  top  ¿ YH UXQQHUV DQG ZLOO KRSHIXOO\ OHDG WKH WHDP to  the  top  of  the  SUNYAC  Championship  and  on  to  Nationals,  Trunkes  said.  Third-­year Â

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Bridgette  Joskow,  who  had  suffered  a  back  injury  before  the  start  of  the  season,  will  also  be  a  contributing  talent  upon  her  recovery.

With  two  months  until  regionals  and  six  weeks  until  the  SUNYAC  Championship,  Trunkes  said  he  plans  on  using  one  of  the  two  remaining  invitationals  of  the  regular  season  in  a  similar  fashion  to  how  the  teams  approached  the  Oneonta  and  Marist  Invita-­ tionals.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;If  you  go  into  every  race,  racing  all  your  best  and  going  all  out,  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  how  you  burn  out  runners,â&#x20AC;?  Trunkes  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oneonta  and  Marist,  we  just  cruised  through  the  courses  to  get  a  feel  of  it  and  how  we  match  up  against  other  teams.  It  also  allows  us  to  not  constantly  pressure  our  top  runners  to  perform  their  best  every  week,  which  can  re-­ sult  in  injuries.â&#x20AC;?  According  to  Trunkes,  they  will  likely  approach  the  Connecticut  College  Invita-­ tional  this  way  in  preparation  for  the  follow-­ LQJ WZR ZHHNV ZKHUH WKH\ ZLOO Âż UVW KHDG WR Oneonta  to  compete  for  the  SUNYAC  title,  and  then  compete  at  Geneseo  in  the  Regional  Championship.  The  Hawks  have  two  weeks  until  their  next  race,  when  they  will  travel  to  SUNY  Geneseo  on  Oct.  5  to  compete  in  the  Pre-­ Regional  Geneseo  Invitational.

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The  SUNY  New  Paltz  Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Soccer  team  HDUQHG LWV ÂżUVW ZLQ RI WKH VHDVRQ ZLWK D victory  over  Western  Connecticut  State  Uni YHUVLW\ RQ :HGQHVGD\ 6HSW 6HFRQG \HDU PLGÂżHOGHU -DPHV )DON ZDV DEOH WR ÂżQG WKH EDFN RI WKH QHW LQ WKH WK PLQXWH RII DQ DVVLVW IURP IRXUWK \HDU IRUZDUG %HUQDUGR 0HQHQGH] 7KH &RORQLDOV ZRUNHG WKH EDOO LQ WKH +DZNVÂś ER[ ZKLFK OHG WR DQ own  goal  that  tied  the  game  in  the  66th  min ute.   'HVSLWH WKH ODSVH LQ GHIHQVH WKH +DZNV FDPH EDFN WR ZLQ RQ D SHQDOW\ NLFN VFRUHG E\ Menendez.   $OWKRXJK WKH +DZNV FOLQFKHG WKH YLFWRU\ over  the  Colonials,  Head  Coach  Gene  Ventri JOLD VDLG KH LVQÂśW HQWLUHO\ VDWLVÂżHG ZLWK KRZ WKH +DZNV KDYH EHHQ SOD\LQJ VR IDU WKLV VHD son.   ³, H[SHFWHG WR EH LQ D EHWWHU VLWXDWLRQ DW this  point,â&#x20AC;?  he  said,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  are  much  better  than Â

our  record  shows.â&#x20AC;?

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A  New  Hawk  in  the  Nest By  Andrew  Lief

Matt  Righter  was  chosen  by  SUNY  New  Paltz  Athletic  Director  Stuart  Robin-­ VRQ WR ¿OO WKH KHDG EDVHEDOO FRDFKLQJ YD-­ FDQF\ ZLWK 0DWW *ULI¿WKV VWHSSLQJ GRZQ last  spring.

Once  the  2013  season  had  ended,  Righter  applied  for  the  opening.  He  exhibit-­ ed  himself  as  someone  who  impressed  New  Paltzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  search  committee,  Robinson  said.   ³+H ZDV FOHDUO\ WKH ÂżUVW FKRLFH KH MXVW impressed  all  members  of  the  search  com-­ mittee,  impressed  the  staff  by  his  energy  and  passion  for  the  sport,â&#x20AC;?  Robinson  said.   Righter  comes  to  New  Paltz  from  his  DOPD PDWHU -RKQV +RSNLQV 8QLYHUVLW\ ZKHUH KH VHUYHG DV WKH KHDG SLWFKLQJ FRDFK and  recruiting  coordinator  from  2009-­13.   He  was  an  undergraduate  student  at  Johns  Hopkins  from  2000-­2004  and  played  four  years  of  baseball  and  basketball,  earning  All-­Conference  in  both  sports  in  2004.   After  college,  Righter  was  drafted  in  the  21st  round  by  the  Detroit  Tigers,  becoming  the  highest-­picked  player  in  Johns  Hopkins  history  at  the  time.   He  spent  2004-­08  in  the  Tigers  organization,  making  it  all  the  way  WR WKH WHDPÂśV 7ULSOH $ DIÂżOLDWH WKH 7ROHGR Mud  Hens.   His  professional  career  ended  in  2009  after  he  spent  the  season  pitching  for  the  Southern  Maryland  Blue  Crabs  of  the  in-­ dependent  league,  the  Atlantic  League.

During  his  professional  career  he  would  help  out  with  the  non-­traditional  por-­ tion  of  the  Blue  Jays  season  during  the  fall.  Once  his  professional  career  ended  in  2009,  5LJKWHU LPPHGLDWHO\ MRLQHG WKH -RKQV +RS-­ kins  coaching  staff.   During  the  application  process,  Righter  ZDV LQYLWHG WR YLVLW WKH FDPSXV DQG ZDV RI-­ IHUHG WKH MRE DW WKH HQG RI GD\ )LUVW KH KDG WR ÂżUVW UXQ LW E\ WKH ERVV LQ KLV IDPLO\ KLV wife,  he  said.   â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  asked  if  I  could  bring  her  up  that  ZHHNHQG WR VHH WKH FDPSXV DQG PHHW HYHU\-­ body  and  after  that,  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  when  we  decided  ZHÂśG WDNH WKH MRE ´ 5LJKWHU VDLG Righter  credited  his  coach  at  Johns  Hopkins  for  turning  him  into  the  coach  he  is  today  more  than  his  professional  career  did. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  would  say  the  teaching  and  coaching  I  got  at  Hopkins  from  Bob  Babb,  our  Head  Coach,  who  has  been  there  for  34  years  DQG KDV DERXW D WKRXVDQG ZLQV PLJKW KDYH KHOSHG PH HYHQ PRUH WKDQ WKH SUR VLGH ´ Righter  said.  Â

5RELQVRQ VDLG KH EHOLHYHV 5LJKW-­ HUÂśV SURIHVVLRQDO H[SHULHQFH ZLOO JLYH the  student-­athletes  he  works  with  new  insight. Âł>3OD\LQJ SURIHVVLRQDOO\@ JLYHV KLP D SHUVSHFWLYH WKDWÂśV XQLTXH IURP D ORW RI other  candidates,â&#x20AC;?  Robinson  said.   â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  D VLWXDWLRQ ZKHUH KH EULQJV D SHUVSHFWLYH that  allows  our  students  to  understand  ZKDW LW PHDQV WR SOD\ DW WKH KLJKHVW OHY-­ el,  but  at  the  same  time  an  appreciation  for  what  hard  work  could  potentially  be  out  there.â&#x20AC;?  )RXUWK \HDU FDWFKHU 'DYLG /RVWD-­ JOLR ZDV LQ DZH RYHU ZKDW KH WKLQNV KLV new  coach  is  going  to  bring  to  the  team,  he  said.   ³, ZDV MXVW UHDOO\ LPSUHVVHG E\ KLV resume  and  what  heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  bringing  to  the  program,â&#x20AC;?  Lostaglio  said.   â&#x20AC;&#x153;He  has  a  great  resume,  and  a  ton  of  experience  that  heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  bringing  to  us.   Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  excited  to  see  what  else  he  has  in  store  for  us.â&#x20AC;?

While  coaching  at  Johns  Hopkins  in  2010,  Righter  started  his  own  com-­ pany,  eBaseball  Training.  The  company  KHOSV DPDWHXU EDVHEDOO SOD\HUV GHYHORS PHFKDQLFV FRQÂżGHQFH DQG DSSURDFKHV to  all  positions  that  will  help  them  reach  their  playing  goals.  Righter  said  his  company  allowed  KLP WR GHYHORS WKH VNLOOV QHHGHG WR EH-­ come  a  head  coach. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  think  working  with  people  one  RQ RQH JLYHV \RX WKH DELOLW\ WR DFFHVV certain  issues  mechanically,  or  maybe  HYHQ PHQWDOO\ ´ 5LJKWHU VDLG Âł%HLQJ able  to  run  a  business  helps  you  run  a  WHDP HIIHFWLYHO\ VR , WKLQN WKH YDOXHV , learned  from  running  a  business  helped  SUHSDUH PH IRU D KHDG FRDFKLQJ MRE ´ While  Righter  was  hired  to  be  the  head  baseball  coach  at  New  Paltz,  he  is  constantly  talking  with  the  Head  Bas-­ NHWEDOO &RDFK 0LNH 5HMQLDN DERXW WKH basketball  program.  Righter  was  an  as-­ sistant  basketball  coach  at  Johns  Hop-­ kins  during  the  2012-­13  season,  so  he  hopes  to  help  out  the  New  Paltz  Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Basketball  Team  when  he  can,  he  said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  think  right  now  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  be  more  be-­ hind  the  scenes,â&#x20AC;?  Righter  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  would  QRW UXOH RXW PH JHWWLQJ EDFN LQYROYHG KRSH-­ fully  with  New  Paltz  basketball.â&#x20AC;?

Robinson  hopes  that  Righter  will  bring  WKH EDVHEDOO SURJUDP WR D KLJKHU OHYHO WKDQ WKH\œYH EHHQ DW WKH SDVW IHZ \HDUV KH VDLG

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;[I  want  him]  to  be  the  person  we  hired,â&#x20AC;?  Robinson  said.   â&#x20AC;&#x153;To  be  the  person  ZKR FDQ PRWLYDWH OLVWHQ XQGHUVWDQG EXW challenge  our  students.  And  push  them  to  DFKLHYH DW D OHYHO WKDW ZH KDYH QRW DFKLHYHG at  consistently.â&#x20AC;?

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Looking  forward  to  the  season,  Righter  WKLQNV KLV WHDP ZLOO FRPSHWH DW D KLJK OHYHO he  said. Âł:H KDYH VRPH VHQLRUV WKDW UHDOO\ GRQÂśW ZDQW WR KDYH D ORVW \HDU ´ 5LJKWHU VDLG Âł2XU expectations  going  in  are  high.â&#x20AC;?

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hit  straight-­airs  over  the  gap  (no  spin  or  grab).   Being  the  arrogant,  14-­year-­old  little  shit  that  I  was,  I  smirked  and  made  the  point  to  one-­up  them  both.  To  signal  my  drop,  I  raised  my  green-­jacketed  arms  to  touch  my  black  mittens  together  above  my  head.  Grabbing  the  rim  of  my  rest-­ ing  on  my  forehead,  I  positioned  them  down  around  my  soon  to  be  watering  eyes.  I  took  off  toward  the  jump  without  another  secondâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  hesitation.  Picking  up  speed,  I  could  IHHO WKH Âż HUFH QDVW\ ZLQG VOLFLQJ against  my  unprotected  cheeks.   My  board  slid  over  the  hard-­ packed,  icy  ground  like  Frank  Zamboniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  ice-­resurfacing  ma-­ chine  over  the  Rangerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  hockey  rink.   The  lip  of  the  jump  was  just  before  my  eyes;Íž  it  was  time  to  take  off.   I  wound  my  shoulders  up  for  a  spin,  and  carved  back  my  board  for  proper  rotation.  I  came  off  the  lip,  but  with  no  rotation.

1H[W WKLQJ , NQRZ ,ÂśP Ă&#x20AC; \ ing  10  feet  over  the  Earthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  white,  snow-­covered  surface.  Unfortu-­ nately,  the  next  thing  I  realized  was  that  my  feet  were  far  from  un-­ der  me.   The  position  I  took  in  the  air  was  reminiscent  to  a  position  Homer  Simpson  would  take  on  his  couch  after  a  few  too  many  Duffs.   My  butt  was  down  with  my  legs  stretched  out  in  front  of  me  like  they  were  resting  on  an  ottoman.   Time  slowed  like  the  sand-­ man  just  hit  the  switch  from  the  â&#x20AC;&#x153;bunny-­rabbitâ&#x20AC;?  to  the  â&#x20AC;&#x153;turtleâ&#x20AC;?  set-­ ting.        All  of  a  sudden,  I  heard,  and  felt,  the  snap.  Coming  down  on  the  â&#x20AC;&#x153;knuckleâ&#x20AC;?  of  the  landing  ramp,  is Â

one  of  the  greatest  fears  a  park  rid-­ er  has  to  deal  with.   The  knuckle  is  the  part  of  the  landing  where  it  rolls  into  a  down  ramp  for  the  rider  or  skier  to  land  on,  after  clearing  WKH Ă&#x20AC; DW ZKLFK LV WKH JDS &RPLQJ up  short  and  landing  on  knuckles  is  a  good  way  to  tear  your  ACL,  bruise  your  heels,  or  wreck  your  back  from  compression  stress.  I  hit  the  landingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  frigid,  im-­ penetrable  knuckle  full  force.   And  I  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  stomp  down  on  it  with  my  boots,  but  instead,  on  my  tip  of  my  tailbone.   Needless  to  say,  I  was  pretty  much  done  for  the  season.   I  went  from  wrapping  up  a  mediocre  trip  with  sights  set  on  the  next  powder  day,  to  not  being  able  to  sit  without  squealing  like  a  dying  pig.  Ever  since  taking  that  fall  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  had  a  mental  block  when  it  comes  to  hitting  big  jumps.  I  spent  what  felt  like  hours  replaying  the  fall  over  and  over  again  in  my  head,  totally  psyching  myself  out  for  seasons  to  come.   Whenever  I  was  faced  with  a  big  jump,  I  opted  out  and  went  to  jib  metal  instead.  Al-­ though  my  rail-­game  dramatically  improved,  I  lost  the  aptitude  I  had  originally  possessed  on  jumps  and  failed  to  regain  it  for  a  number  of  years.   To  be  honest,  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  still  not  really  where  it  was  before  that  FRQÂż GHQFH ZUHQFKLQJ DVV VPDFN   Injuries  tend  to  be  a  turn  off,  but  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  important  to  not  let  a  slam  deter  you  from  the  ultimate  goal  of  progressing.   This  response  to  injuries  is  a  relevant  approach  to  every  day  life.   If  something  gets  you  down,  you  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  let  it  keep  you  down.   Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  when  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  time  to  overcome.

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get  back  up  and  keep  riding),  I  make  a  point  to  repeat  that  trick  until  I  land  it  again.   Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  similar  to  the  idea  of  not  going  to  sleep  when  \RXÂśUH VWLOO LQ D Âż JKW ZLWK \RXU partner.   If  the  last  thought  I  have  RI GRLQJ D NLFNĂ&#x20AC; LS LV UROOLQJ P\ ankle,  I  hesitate  to  pop  one  next  time  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  skating.   So  I  make  it  a  point  to  end  the  day  landing  that  shit  bolts,  so  when  I  come  back  to  shred  I  know  what  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  capable  of  and  am  able  to  repeat  it.

I  learned  this  trick  from  a  bud-­ dy  of  mine,  a  SUNY  New  Paltz  alum,  Wes  Hoen,  who  has  been  a  rock  climber  for  more  than  nine  years.  A  couple  years  back,  Hoen  missed  his  crash  pad  after  falling  from  a  boulder  in  the  Shawangunk  Mountain  Range,  snapping  both  of  his  ankles  on  impact.  He  was  bed-­ ridden  for  at  least  two  months,  but  still  remained  optimistic  and  eager  to  climb.   Once  healed,  Hoen  re-­ turned  to  the  same  boulder,  con-­ fronting  the  ankle-­breaking  slab  of  rock  head  on.   He  sent  that  route  and  conquered  a  mental  block  would  have  been  destructive  to  his  overall  prowess  and  progression  as  a  climber.  Snowboarding,  like  most  sports,  is  about  pushing  yourself  and  extending  your  own  comfort  zone.  As  important  as  it  is  to  push  yourself,  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  go  so  hard  that  you  get  hurt.   Ride  for  you,  not  the  oth-­ er  kids  in  the  park,  and  not  for  the  gapers  watching  you  from  the  lift.   Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  lot  cooler  to  have  fun  and  ride  the  way  that  makes  you  happy  than  it  is  to  try  and  show  off.  No  one  has  fun  with  a  kid  who  has  to  chill  on  a  donut.   Until  next  time  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  East  Coast,  beast  coast.   Later  skaters.   PHOTO  COURTESY  OF  FLICKR  USER  BRIDGET  SAMUELS

$ ORRPLQJ GDUN JUD\ ¿ OOHG WKH sky  overhead.  Teamed  with  strong  winds  and  a  temperature  well  be-­ low  freezing,  I  was  feeling  less  WKDQ FRQ¿ GHQW DV , VWUDSSHG XS , was  at  Jay  Peak,  Vt,  with  my  girl-­ friend  at  the  time,  and  had  just  split  up  from  her  to  go  and  take  some  park  laps  while  she  went  to  warm  up  with  some  hot  chocolate  in  the  Tram  Haus  Lodge.

Icy  conditions  are  customary  in  the  life  of  an  East  Coast  rider.   Infamously  known  for  their  ability  to  acclimate,  I  felt  I  needed  to  play  my  part  as  an  Ice  Coast  ripper,  and  JR ELJ GHVSLWH WKH IULJRULÂż F NLFNHU lips  and  frozen-­over  landings.  Go  big  or  get  out,  right?  Well,  lesson  learned,  some-­ times  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  better  to  just  get  out.   I  hit  each  feature  in  the  park  without  a  problem,  blowing  my  HJR ZHOO SDVW WKH SRLQW RI FRQÂż dence,  entering  the  realm  of  cocki-­ ness.   Up  until  the  last  jump,  I  was  conscious  of  taking  off  and  landing  RQ WKH Ă&#x20AC; DW EDVH RI WKH ERWWRP RI my  board,  careful  to  avoid  catch-­ ing  an  edge  on  the  slippery  ice.   After  hitting  every  trick  in  the  line  I  had  planned  from  the  top  of  the  run,  I  got  ahead  of  myself,  think-­ ing  I  was  Torstein  Horgmo  status.  The  last  jump,  about  a  25-­foot  gap  with  around  a  three-­second  hang-­time  was  positioned  at  the  end  of  the  park  with  its  landing  leading  back  to  the  chairlift  line.   This  makes  it  a  classic  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Holly-­ woodâ&#x20AC;?  or  â&#x20AC;&#x153;money-­shotâ&#x20AC;?  kicker,  al-­ lowing  the  skier  or  rider  to  show  off  for  everyone  in  line  for  and  on  the  lift.  I  got  myself  in  line,  and  watched  the  two  riders  before  me Â

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Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  rare  that  I  ever  get  a  re-­ quest  to  discuss  a  certain  topic  from  someone.  Most  of  the  time  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  me  picking  the  topic  I  want  to  discuss,  and  then  I  churn  it  out  maybe  a  half  an  hour  before  I  should  hand  it  in. %XW EHFDXVH LWÂśV WKH Âż UVW IXOO season  after  a  disappointing  lock  out  and  there  was  plenty  that  went  down  at  the  Collective  Bargaining  Agreement  meetings,  several  peo-­ ple  have  asked  me  to  discuss  the  league  rules  I  believe  will  affect  the  Rangers  most,  and  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  going  to  give  the  NHL  a  letter  grade  for  how  well  they  got  it  right.  So,  without  further  ado,  hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  what  you  missed  from  the  CBA  talks: Visors  will  be  grandfathered  into  the  league.

The  concussion  scare  that  has  plagued  the  league  since  the  end  of  the  2004-­05  season-­long  lock  out  has  lead  to  several  discussions  in  regards  to  concussion  preven-­ WLRQ +RZHYHU WKLV LV WKH ¿ UVW UHDO action  the  league  has  taken  in  an  effort  to  try  and  make  the  number  of  concussions  decrease.  All  play-­ HUV HQWHULQJ WKH OHDJXH IRU WKH ¿ UVW time  will  be  required  to  wear  a  vi-­ sor,  while  returning  players  have  the  option  of  doing  so  or  not.

Rangers  defenseman  Marc  Staal  was  a  large  factor  on  this  one  after  getting  a  concussion  this  past  February  when  he  took  a  puck  right  in  the  eye.  Honestly,  heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  lucky  that  he  isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  blind  in  that  eye,  but  heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  still  such  an  un-­ fortunate  case  of  how  easy  it  is  for  these  players  to  get  concussions.  He  wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  even  back  to  his  former  self  after  a  concussion  his  older Â

brother  Eric  had  given  him  more  than  a  year  before  when  he  got  hit  in  the  eye,  which  is  why  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  not  VDWLVÂż HG ZLWK WKLV QHZ UXOH While  forcing  the  young  play-­ ers  to  keep  it  safe  when  theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  young  and  inexperienced  at  the  professional  level,  Staal  and  Pen-­ guins  forward  Sidney  Crosby  have  both  proven  on  several  occa-­ sions  that  any  player  at  any  given  time,  regardless  of  age,  talent,  experience  and  or  fame  can  get  a  concussion.  Concussions  can  be  career  and  life-­threatening  in-­ juries,  so  the  league  should  be  as  strict  as  possible  when  concussion  prevention  is  involved.

I  understand  some  players  ar-­ gue  impaired  eye  sight  isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  worth  the  amount  of  protection,  but  theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  acting  like  morons  about  it.  Get  a  grip,  get  a  visor  and  snap  it  on  your  helmet.

NHL  GRADE:  C-­.  They  should  have  been  much  stricter  with  this  one.  Like  I  said,  anyone  can  get  a  concussion,  including  seasoned  veterans.  Players  should  drop  the  machismo  act,  and  coaches  and  other  team  personnel  should  call  them  out  on  it.

Smaller  goalie  pads.

In  an  effort  to  increase  goal  scoring  in  a  league  where  winning  a  championship  has  increasingly  been  a  question  of  who  can  get  passed  whose  defense  more,  the  league  has  decided  that  smaller  goalie  pads  are  their  best  bet  to  in-­ crease  goal-­scoring  and  offensive  contributions.

This  is  probably  the  most  important  and  problematic  rule  change  the  Rangers  face;Íž  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  also  the  rule  which  will  make  the  game Â

most  interesting  this  season.  Mak-­ ing  the  pads  smaller  will  make  WKH DUHD EORFNLQJ D JRDOLHÂśV Âż YH hole  bigger,  which  will  increase  a  playerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  chances  of  scoring  in  an  area  that  was  mostly  covered  by  the  pads  before.  This  rule  is  going  to  have  a  VLJQLÂż FDQW FKDQJH RQ WKH ZD\ goaltenders  play  the  game  be-­ cause  since  the  season-­long  lock  out  nine  (nine!)  years  ago,  many  of  the  leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  best  goaltenders  and  Vezina  Trophy  candidates  KDYH EHHQ EXWWHUĂ&#x20AC; \ VW\OH JRDOLHV The  new  rule  provides  the  most  problems  for  this  style  of  goalie  EHFDXVH ZKLOH WKHLU TXLFNHVW UHĂ&#x20AC; H[ LV WR GHIHQG WKH Âż YH KROH WKH\ÂśOO KDYH WR PDNH WKDW UHĂ&#x20AC; H[ DQG MXPS to  cover  that  much  quicker  and  that  much  tighter.

Rangers  goalie  Henrik  Lun-­ dqvist  is  not  only  one  of  the  best  in  the  game  right  now,  but  heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  also  the  best  at  playing  this  particular  style.  While  it  would  be  foolish  to  not  expect  some  adjustment  to  the  new  pads  and  one  would  expect  KLV Âż YH KROH WR EH D OLWWOH ZHDNHU than  in  previous  seasons,  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  not  too  worried  about  him.  Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  go-­ ing  into  a  contract  year  where  he  knows  he  needs  to  be  on  his  best  game.  Also,  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  debatable  wheth-­ er  or  not  thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  player  in  the  league  right  now  more  determined  to  be  the  best  than  Lundqvist  is.

NHL  GRADE:  A-­.  It  makes  life  a  little  less  fair  if  your  team  is  a  defense  heavy  team,  but  this  could  make  the  game  more  fun.  Penalty  for  tucked-­in  jer-­ seys.

From  now  on,  all  players  have  to  wear  their  jersey  the  same Â

Thursday,  September  26,  2013

way.  If  a  player  wears  their  jersey  tucked  into  their  pants,  they  will  ¿ UVW EH JLYHQ D ZDUQLQJ WKHQ D two  minute  penalty  if  they  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  comply,  and  then  possibly  a  10  minute  misconduct  and  a  game  misconduct  if  the  player  still  re-­ fuses.

This  is  a  stupid  rule  and  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  not  sure  why  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  being  adopted,  EXW LW LVQÂśW WKH PRVW GLIÂż FXOW RU VH rious  of  regulations  the  league  can  enforce.  There  isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  anyone  on  the  Rangers  who  tucks  in  their  jersey  enough  to  notice,  but  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  one  of  those  strange  things  the  league  has  decided  to  enforce.

Some  people  have  speculated  this  is  a  step  toward  putting  adver-­ tisements  on  jerseys,  which  I  sin-­ cerely  hope  is  not  in  the  future  of  the  game.  It  has  worked  for  soc-­ cer  and  leagues  all  over  the  world,  but  it  canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  help  but  make  you  sad.  We  all  know  that  sports  arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  just  sports  anymore  and  that  they  are  also  businesses,  but  having  to  be  reminded  of  it  every  time  your  team  steps  out  to  play  is  depress-­ ing.  NHL  GRADE:  D.  Because  really,  even  if  we  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  know  why  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  here,  the  speculated  reason  for  it  being  around  is  extremely  de-­ pressing.

Other  rules  to  look  out  for-­Ex-­ tra  penalty  for  players  who  take  RII WKHLU KHOPHW ZKLOH Âż JKWLQJ video  reviews  of  high-­sticking  penalties  which  could  cause  a  IRXU PLQXWH GRXEOH PLQRU 6KDO lower  nets  that  will  give  offensive  players  more  room  to  take  a  shot  on  goal,  and  will  also  make  goal-­ reviews  easier  to  call. Â

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