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Rachel  Freeman  FEATURES  EDITOR

Zan  Strumfeld ARTS  &  ENTERTAINMENT  EDITOR

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Samantha  Schwartz  Robin  Weinstein  PHOTOGRAPHY  EDITORS

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HERMAN’S  HARASSMENT  $ WKLUG ZRPDQ FRQVLGHUHG ÂżOLQJ D workplace  complaint  against  Herman  Cain  over  what  she  deemed  aggressive  and  unwanted  behavior  when  she  and  Cain,  now  a  Republican  presidential  candidate,  worked  together  during  the  late  1990s. PROTESTS  CLOSE  PORT Several  thousand  Occupy  Wall  Street  dem-­ onstrators  gathering  in  Oakland  forced  a  KDOW WR RSHUDWLRQV DW WKH QDWLRQÂśV ÂżIWK EXVL-­ est  port  Wednesday  evening,  escalating  a  movement  whose  tactics  had  largely  been  limited  to  marches,  rallies  and  tent  encamp-­ ments  since  it  began  in  September. AFGHAN  ADVISORY  ROLE The  Obama  administration  is  consider-­ ing  an  early  shift  in  the  U.S.  military  role  in  Afghanistan  from  primarily  combat  to  mainly  advisory  and  training  duties,  even  as  it  struggles  to  create  the  beginnings  of  a  political  settlement  of  the  war,  a  senior  8 6 RIÂżFLDO VDLG ODWH :HGQHVGD\ MEETING  OF  THE  MINDS The  United  States  has  an  important  role  to  SOD\ LQ KHOSLQJ JXLGH (XURSH WKURXJK LWV Âż-­ nancial  crisis,  but  it  is  ultimately  Europe’s  problem  to  solve,  the  White  House  said  Wednesday  as  President  Barack  Obama  headed  for  an  economic  summit  in  France. TREKKING  ACROSS  THE  SAND While  all  but  a  small  number  of  U.S.  troops  will  be  out  of  Iraq  by  the  end  of  the  year,  they  won’t  all  be  home  for  the  holidays  as  President  Barack  Obama  promised  last  month.

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In  an  effort  to  better  understand  the  over-­ all  campus  attitude,  SUNY  New  Paltz  faculty  and  staff  are  releasing  a  climate  survey  con-­ cerning  LGBTQ  issues  on  campus.   The  survey,  which  will  be  distributed  to  all  members  of  the  campus  community,  is  set  to  be  available  within  the  upcoming  week.  Director  of  Student  Activities  and  Union  Services  Michael  Patterson  has  been  work-­ ing  closely  with  the  creators  of  the  survey  in  order  to  make  it  available  as  soon  as  possible. “Last  fall,  a  group  of  faculty  and  staff  got  together  after  the  death  of  Tyler  Clemente  at  Rutgers,â€?  Patterson  said.  â€œSome  of  the  fac-­ ulty  were  concerned  and  it  lead  us  to  talking  about  the  campus  climate.â€? Patterson  said  one  of  the  largest  concerns  of  the  faculty  is  that  while  New  Paltz  is  seen  and  considered  to  be  an  LGBTQ-­friendly  campus,  the  conversation  about  issues  con-­ cerning  the  LGBTQ  community  are  never  brought  to  light.  According  to  Patterson,  a  campus  climate  that  does  not  talk  about  the  climate  of  its  community  is  just  as  hostile.  President  of  the  New  Paltz  Queer  Ac-­ tion  Coalition  and  third-­year  dual  Women’s  Studies  and  sociology  major  Cody  Hill  said  one  problem  on  campus  he  hopes  will  be  ad-­ dressed  in  the  survey  is  issues  concerning  transgender  students.  â€œThere  aren’t  a  lot  of  gender-­neutral  bath-­

rooms  on  campus  and  there  is  no  gender-­neu-­ tral  housing,â€?  said  Hill.  â€œI  think  that  there’s  also  a  lack  of  knowledge  on  trans-­issues  amongst  professors.  I  know  a  lot  of  trans  stu-­ dents  who  have  encountered  professors  that  didn’t  quite  know  how  to  deal  with  them.â€? Assistant  Professor  Ben  Junge,  Library  Research  Coordinator  Morgan  Gwenwald  and  Lisa  Ostrouch  all  worked  on  the  survey. “We  had  a  dialogue,  and  we  realized  with  some  shock  and  embarrassment,  this  campus  has  never  actually  done  any  kind  of  climate  survey  around  sexuality  and  sexual  orienta-­ tion,â€?  Junge  said.  â€œSo  we  talked  in  the  spring  and  did  some  research  looking  at  similar  campuses  across  the  country  and  looked  at  what  they  have  done.â€?   In  order  to  prepare  the  survey,  members  on  the  committee  that  were  tasked  with  put-­ WLQJ WRJHWKHU UHVHDUFK ÂżQGLQJV IURP RWKHU colleges  and   SUNY  schools.  The  process  took  an  â€œextensiveâ€?  amount  of  time,  and  homework  was  done  to  make  sure  the  survey  was  able  to  cover  the  necessary  bases  of  cam-­ pus  concerns. “It  will  be  a  survey  for  all  students  and  faculty,â€?  Junge  said.  â€œFor  students,  it  asks  questions  on  campus  life,  things  like  partici-­ pation  in  student  organizations,  living  in  fra-­ ternities  and  sororities.  There’s  a  stereotype  that  fraternities  are  homophobic  and  who  knows,  maybe  they’re  not  -­  this  survey  will  help  us  understand  that.  This  survey  is  anony-­ mous  and  at  no  point  are  you  asked  to  identity Â

yourself.â€?  Patterson  said  that  one  of  the  goals  of  the  survey  is  to  open  up  a  dialogue  on  issues  surrounding  the  concerns  of  LGBTQ  com-­ munity.  The  college,  according  to  Patterson,  wants  to  retain  faculty  and  students  and  it  is  necessary  for  campus  to  have  a  positive  cli-­ mate  in  order  to  keep  people  in  the  New  Paltz  community.  According  to  Patterson,  promotion  and  distribution  for  the  survey  will  have  both  an  electronic  and  paper  component.  â€œIt  won’t  be  through  my.newpaltz.edu,  but  everyone  will  receive  an  e-­mail  encouraging  them  to  take  it,â€?  Patterson  said.  â€œIf  folks  are  concerned  about  the  anonymity  associated  with  an  online  thing,  we  welcome  people  to  take  the  paper  survey  as  well,  which  will  be  located  in  campus  locations  such  as  the  li-­ brary  and  the  student  HQ  desk.â€? Patterson  said  he  hopes  the  survey  will  reach  all  members  of  the  campus  commu-­ nity,  from  ground-­workers  to  the  president  and  students.  His  desire,  and  the  goal  of  those  involved,  will  be  to  have  the  results  of  the  survey  published  before  the  Thanksgiving  recess. “I  really  hope  that  the  results  are  well-­ publicized  so  that  if  there  are  problems  on  this  campus  for  queer  students,  everyone  will  be  made  more  aware  of  them,â€?  said  Hill.  â€œThe  problems  are  very  underlying  and  they’re  not  very  known  by  people  who  aren’t  directly  af-­ fected.  This  will  raise  a  lot  of  awareness.â€?

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The  Student  Association  (SA)  at  SUNY  New  Paltz  is  looking  for  ways  to  reach  out  to  students  and  address  concerns  to  foster  a  better  environment,  repre-­ sentatives  said.   On  Oct.  2,   the  E-­Board  held  a  question  and  an-­ swer  session  open  to  all  students  to  voice  concerns  and  learn  about  the  student  senate  and  student  association  process.  The  major  message  reinforced  by  the  board  and  entire  event  was  that  the  student  government  is  there  to  give  a  voice  to  students,  they  said. “We  work  for  the  students,  so  the  only  way  we  can  effectively  do  our  jobs  is  by  having  students  voice  their  opinions  and  let  us  know  what’s  on  their  minds,â€?  said  Eve  Stern,  executive  vice  president  of  the  Student  Association. Each  SA  member  introduced  themselves  and  their  role  in  student  government  to  break  the  ice  and  discuss  what  they  are  currently  working  on.  The  members  in  attendance  were  Executive  Vice  President  Eve  Stern,  Vice  President  of  Academic  Af-­ fairs  and  Governance  Ayanna  Thomas,  Vice  President  of  Programming  Laneesha  Bacchus,  Secretary  Christine  Picault,  Senate  Chair  Alberto  Aquino,  Vice  President Â

of  Finance  Youssouf  Kouyo  and  SA  President  Terrell  Coakley.  SA  is  currently  working  on  a  number  of  projects  including  gender-­neutral  housing,  extending  library  hours,  researching  improvements  for  academic  advis-­ ing,  nurturing  a  better  relationship  between  students  and  the  University  Police  Department  and  holding  events  students  will  appreciate.  According  to  Aquino,  the  student  senate  is  in  need  of  students  for  next  semester  and  he  wants  input  from  everyone.  â€œOur  government  is  for  everyone  to  voice  their  opinions,â€?  said  Aquino.  Following  the  introductions,  students  were  asked  to  voice  questions  or  concerns.  According  to  Stern,  SA  LV FXUUHQWO\ ZRUNLQJ RQ D QHZ V\VWHP IRU ÂżOLQJ FRP-­ plaints  with  police  on  campus  because  if  it  is  not  prop-­ erly  documented,  complaints  cannot  be  addressed.  â€œDon’t  just  yell  and  complain,  bring  your  con-­ cerns  to  usâ€?  said  Stern,  â€œE-­mail,  call  or  see  us  about  what  steps  need  to  be  taken.â€?  She  also  said  that  New  Paltz  requires  at  least  FRPSODLQWV IRU D GRFXPHQW WR EH ÂżOHG VR WKH PRUH people  that  report  the  same  issues,  the  better  the  oppor-­ tunity. The  complaints  addressed  Oct.  2  ranged  from  per-­ sonal  to  broader  campus-­related  problems. Â

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Three  students  addressed  their  personal  problems  with  privacy  in  residence  halls.  They  felt  violated  be-­ cause  workers  were  keying  into  their  rooms  without  warning  or  when  they  were  not  there.   Another  pressing  issue  is  that  of  racism  at  New  Paltz.   A  student  felt  like  her  professor  belittled  her  due  to  her  ethnicity.  All  E-­Board  members  had  suggestions.  Stern  suggested  the  student  address  that  professor  per-­ VRQDOO\ DQG WKHQ UHSRUW WKH LQFLGHQW WR WKH 2IÂżFH RI $I-­ ÂżUPDWLYH $FWLRQ LI QRWKLQJ LV FKDQJHG Other  concerns  were  broader,  such  as  smoking  on  campus  and  how  to  enforce  the  consequences.  Some  students  suggested  punishing  students  that  do  not  obey  the  â€œ50  foot  ruleâ€?  in  relation  to  how  far  they  are  from  buildings.  Since  this  was  brought  to  SA’s  attention,  Stern  said,  they  will  work  on  methods  of  eradicating  this  problem  and  bringing  concerns  to  administration.  Di-­ rector  of  Environmental  Health  and  Safety  Mike  Malloy  recently  sent  out  an  e-­mail  on  Nov.  1  that  the  smoking  policy  will  work  through  â€œcampus  community-­based  enforcement.â€? “These  issues  should  be  brought  to  light,â€?  said  Coakley.  â€œA  lot  feel  that  way  but  are  scared  and  feel  like  they  can’t  voice  it.â€? SA  said  they  plan  on  holding  events  like  this  on  the  last  Monday  of  every  month  in  order  to  keep  helping  VWXGHQWV ÂżQG VROXWLRQV WR WKHLU FRPSODLQWV DQG SUREOHPV

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At  their  ninth  meeting  on  Nov.  1,  members  RI WKH QG VWXGHQW VHQDWH ÂżOOHG VHYHUDO FRP-­ mittee  seats  and  updated  each  other  on  their  progress  on  several  objectives  that  were  listed  on  their  list  of  goals  that  they  drafted  at  their  eight  meeting.  When  the  student   senate  met  on  Oct.  25  they  created  a  set  of  goals  they  hoped  to  achieve  by  the  end  of  this  semester.  Some  of  the  goals  on  that  list  that  were  discussed  included  modi-­ fying  the  current  meal  plan  and  Student  Union  (SU)  hours,  placing  printers  in  the  SU  and  in-­ creasing  the  exposure  of  student  artwork  on  campus.  Members  of  the  senate  were  divided  up  into  committees  for  each  objective.  In  all,  there  were  a  little  over  10  goals  on  that  list.  SA  Executive  Vice  President  Eve  Stern  and  Sen.  Richard  Jean-­Louis  are  on  the  com-­ mittee  responsible  for  trying  to  modify  the  cur-­ rent  meal  plan.  Stern  explained  that  Campus  Auxiliary  Services  (CAS)  cannot  alter  the  meal  plan  mid-­semester. “It’s  not  something  that  they  can  just  like  change  next  week  because  I  think  there  are  some  contractual  issues,â€?  said  Stern.  â€œBut  it’s  something  that  I  brought  up  [at  the  CAS  Board  meeting]  and  I  was  saying  that  students  are  very  concerned.â€? The  next  goal  discussed  was  one  spear-­ headed  by  Sen.  Matt  Greenberg  to  increase  exposure  of  student  artwork  on  campus.  Mike  Patterson,  SA’s  faculty  advisor  and   the  director  of  Student  Activities  and  Union  Services,   said  that  he’s  been  speaking  with  Mary  Hafeli,  the  dean  of  the  School  of  Fine  and  Performing  Arts,  about  plans  to  have  students  artwork  displayed  in  the  Student  Union  â€œon  the  rotating  basis.â€?  Adding  printers  in  the  SU  was  the  next  goal  on  the  list.  This  goal,  spearheaded  by  Sen.  Jonathan  Espinosa,  would  make  it  more  con-­ venient  for  students  to  print  out  papers  there  instead  of  walking  over  to  the  library  or  com-­ puter  labs.  Espinosa  asked  the  senate  for  rec-­ ommendations  about  who  to  speak  to  about  this  goal.  Coakley  suggested  that  he  speak  to  Disbursing  Agent  for  the  Student  Associa-­ tion  Linda  Lendvay,  Council  of  Organizations  Chair  Shayna  Bentley  and  Patterson.  Another  goal  discussed  at  the  senate  meeting  was  extending  the  SU  hours,  spear-­ headed  by  both  Espinosa  and  Sen.  Manny  Tejada.  They  want  to  open  it  past  midnight.   Espinosa  said  they  plan  on  creating  a  survey  asking  students  how  many  hours  they  spend  in  the  SU  and  what  they  would  like  to  see  open  past  midnight.  Tejada  does  undertand  that  WKHUH DUH ÂżQDQFLDO FRQVWUDLQWV RI H[WHQGLQJ 68

MEXICAN  MAYOR  MASSACRE A  mayor  in  Mexico’s  western  state  of  Micho-­ acan  was  shot  dead  Wednesday  night  while  campaigning  for  President  Felipe  Calderon’s  sister  in  her  run  for  the  governorship.

FEW  FLEE  FROM  FLOODS There’s  no  food  left  for  sale  anywhere  near  Thipawan  Pipatkul’s  house.  In  fact,  there’s  not  much  of  her  house  left  above  the  surface  now  that  the  fetid  black  waters  have  poured  LQ <HW OLNH WKRXVDQGV LQ %DQJNRNÂśV Ă€RRG zones,  she’s  ignoring  government  warnings  to  evacuate.

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hours.  Sen.  Matt  Clarkson  pointed  out  that  Espi-­ nosa  and  Tejada’s  ideas  tie  together  a  couple  of  the  goals  listed  on  the  senate  list  such  as  library  hours,  placing  a  printer  in  the  SU  and  keeping  the  SU  open  past  midnight.  â€œI  was  thinking  if  we  could  get  a  printer  in  the  [SU],  and  keep  it  open  later  maybe  it  would  sort  of  alleviate  some  of  the  stress  of  library  hours  not  going  so  late,â€?  said  Clarkson.  â€œSo  that  kids  who  just  need  to  use  the  computer  can  come  to  the  [SU]  at  night  and  type  up  and  print  [their  paper].â€? Patterson  recommended  that  the  student  senate  speak  to  him  because  he  had  answers  to  a  lot  of  things  they  talked  about  or  debated  re-­ garding  the  goals  pertaining  to  the  SU.  Â

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In  addition  to  discussing  some  of  their  goals,  the  senate  also  discussed  the  possibility  of  giving  senators  monetary  incentives.   Ac-­ cording  to  Coakley,  the  issue  is  really  about  the  reallocation  of  Student  Association  funds.  With  a  vote  of  16-­2,  the  legislative  body  created  a  committee  to  reach  out  to  other  VFKRROV DQG ¿JXUH RXW KRZ WKH\ HVWDEOLVKHG SD\ for  senate  members.  One  School  of  Science  and  Engineer-­ LQJ VHDW ZDV ¿OOHG RQ WKH $FDGHPLF 6HQDWH E\ Clarkson  and  one  School  of  Science  and  En-­ JLQHHULQJ VHDW ZDV ¿OOHG RQ WKH %XGJHW *RDOV and  Plans  Committee  by  newcomer  Sen.  Dhruv  Shah. The  next  senate  meeting  will  be  Tuesday,  Nov.  9  in  SU  418.

Prosperous  countries  have  not  lived  up  to  their  promises  to  help  the  poor,  the  U.N.  declared  Wednesday,  saying  poor  people  often  go  hungry  because  of  polluted  water,  drought  and  other  environmental  factors  that  are  increasing  poverty.

IS  GREECE  IN  OR  OUT? European  leaders  drew  a  line  in  the  sand  for  Greece  on  Wednesday,  saying  its  referen-­ dum  on  a  hard-­won  bailout  deal  will  decide  whether  it  stays  in  the  eurozone  -­  and  vowing  Athens  will  not  get  new  aid  until  the  result  is  in.

ONE  SMALL  STEP  Two  unmanned  Chinese  spacecraft  docked  above  Earth  successfully  early  Thursday,  moving  China  one  step  closer  to  setting  up  its  own  space  station.

ISRAEL  INSISTS  ON  EXPANSION Israeli  Prime  Minister  Benjamin  Netanyahu  on  Wednesday  defended  his  decision  to  ex-­ pand  construction  in  east  Jerusalem,  saying  it  was  Israel’s  â€œrightâ€?  and  â€œdutyâ€?  to  build  in  all  parts  of  its  capital.

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Administrators  Seek  To  Find  New  Faculty THE SEARCHES BEING CONDUCTED FOUR  FULL-­TIME  AND  TENURE-­TRACK  IN  THE  FINE  AND  PERFORMING  ARTS  DEPARTMENT:  -­  A  â€œcredentialed  music  therapistâ€? -­  A  position  in  music  theory  -­  A  person  to  grow  the  Master  of  Fine  Arts  (MFA)  program  in  photography -­  A  position  in  art  education  -­  A  non-­full  time  and  non-­tenure  track  position  in  metals  to  â€œreplace  back-­to-­ back,  one-­year  sabbaticalsâ€?

FOUR  FULL-­TIME  AND  TENURE-­TRACK  POSITIONS  IN  THE  LIBERAL  ARTS  AND  SCIENCES  DEPARTMENT: -­  A  position  in  Spanish  -­  Two  positions  in  history,  one  for  the  Latin  -­  American  minor  and  another  that  will  work  closely  with  Women’s  Studies  -­  A  position  in  sociology Â

TWO  FULL-­TIME  AND  TENURE-­TRACK  POSITIONS  IN  THE  SCHOOL  OF  EDUCATION:

-­  A  position  in  literacy/English  language  arts/elementary  -­  A  position  in  secondary  English  education

FOUR  FULL-­TIME  AND  TENURE-­TRACK  POSITIONS  IN  THE  SCHOOL  OF  SCIENCE  AND Â

By  John  Brandi  News  Editor  |  Jbrandi02@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

A  new  round  of  faculty  hiring  searches  was  authorized  for  â€œcritical  needâ€?  positions  across  several  departments  for  2011-­12,  according  to  two  hiring  memos  from  college  administrators.  â€œWe  were  particularly  interested  in  posi-­ tions  in  areas  where  we  have  very  pressing  gen-­ eral  education  needs  and  course  enrollment  de-­ mands,â€?  President  Donald  Christian  said.  The  initial  hiring  idea  was  two  pronged,  with  one  round  of  discussion  addressing  15  open  positions  on  Labor  Day  and  another  six  recently  authorized  last  month.  There  are  21  faculty  posi-­ tions  under  consideration  and  some  were  made  possible  due  to  increased  tuition  revenue,  ac-­ cording  to  the  memo. The  areas  where  the  searches  are  being  conducted  include  four  full-­time  and  tenure-­ track  positions  in  the  Fine  and  Performing  Arts,  four  full-­time  and  tenure-­track  positions  in  Liberal  Arts  and  Sciences,  two  full-­time  and  tenure-­track  positions  in  the  School  of  Educa-­ tion,  four  full-­time  and  tenure-­track  positions  in  the  School  of  Science  and  Engineering,  and  ¿YH IXOO WLPH DQG WHQXUH WUDFN SRVLWLRQV LQ WKH School  of  Business.  President  Christian  said  enrollment  was  one  of  the  driving  forces  behind  these  new  searches.   â€œOverall,  the  average  section  size  across  the  entire  campus  this  year  is  24;Íž  that’s  up  from  21  or  22  last  year,â€?  he  said.  Christian  said  the  School  of  Business  has  seen  it’s  numbers  rise  to  about  40  per  section.  Dean  of  the  School  of  Business  Hadi  Salavitabar  said  he  appreciates  the  efforts  administrators  has  PDGH WR ÂżOO WHDFKLQJ JDSV “It  is  very  important  to  our  college  adminis-­ tration  and  the  School  of  Business  that  we  offer  courses  our  students  need  in  order  to  graduate  on-­time,â€?  Salavitabar  said.  â€œIt  is  also  very  im-­

portant  to  all  of  us  to  provide  our  students  with  high  quality  education  and  education  experienc-­ HV *LYHQ WKH VLJQLÂżFDQW LQFUHDVH LQ HQUROOPHQW in  the  School  of  Business,  we  believe  it  is  neces-­ sary  for  us  to  recruit  new  faculty  members.â€?  Interim  Provost  Cheryl  Torsney  also  men-­ tioned  the  School  of  Business  as  having  â€œenroll-­ ment  booms.â€?  The  enrollment  increase  comes,  in  part,  to  the  â€œreal  demandâ€?  of  students  from  Turkish  institutions  pursuing  a  dual-­degree  pro-­ gram  at  New  Paltz.  She  said  that  future  increases  in  enrollment  are  predicted  as  the  business  and  economics  courses  remain  popular.  Meanwhile,  the  search  committees  are  about  ready  to  send  the  advertisements  to  poten-­ tial  candidates,  waiting  on  the  charge  of  Torsney.  Dean  of  the  School  of  Science  and  Engi-­ neering  Daniel  Freedman  said  the  administra-­ tion  takes  hiring  concerns  â€œextremely  seriousâ€?  as  these  are  national  searches.  He  said  when  adding  another  personality  to  the  campus,  because  the  college  has  a  close-­knit  feel,  the  searches  have  to  be  done  â€œcarefully.â€?  Mainly  he  said,  potential  candidates  must  possess  a  â€œstrong  teaching  and  research  background.â€?  Freedman  said  enrollment  numbers  in  mathematics  and  biology  have  increased,  espe-­ cially  the  later  by  â€œhuge  numbers  in  the  last  three  or  four  years.â€?   Still  Torsney  said  another  driving  force  is  strategic  gains,  to  address  student  demands.  For  example,  Torsney  wanted  to  see  graduate  enroll-­ ment  for  the  (MFA)  in  photography  establish  and  grow.  Dean  of  Fine  and  Performing  arts  Mary  Hafeli  shared  her  sentiment.  â€œWe  currently  do  not  have  an  MFA  pro-­ gram  in  photography.  We  are  developing  a  new  MFA  in  photography  in  response  to  student  in-­ terest  and  demand  and  to  support  the  college’s  goal  of  increasing  graduate  enrollments,â€?  Hafeli  said.  â€œThe  photography  faculty  position  we  are Â

searching  for  this  year  will  be  critical  to  support-­ ing  the  M.F.A  program  as  well  as  sustaining  our  very  popular  undergraduate  photography  pro-­ gram.â€? Prior  to  the  formation  of  the  search  com-­ mittees,  chairs  and  faculty  of  departments  got  together  to  address  areas  of  need.  The  list  then  was  passed  on  to  the  deans.  ³:H ORRNHG DW ÂżUVW FKDLU UHTXHVWV FULWLFDO need,â€?  Torsney  said.  â€œThen  we  looked  a  tier  down  from  that,  which  would  be  a  need,  and  then  we  had  a  third  tier  â€œwish  listâ€?,  there  are  no  ZLVK OLVW KLUHV WKDW JRW RQ WKH ÂżQDO OLVW ´ When  questioned  about  last  year’s  budget  and  the  termination  of  several  adjuncts,  Torsney  VDLG WKH IDFXOW\ VHDUFKHV DUHQÂśW QHFHVVDULO\ WR ÂżOO the  positions  previously  vacated  as  the  college  will  no  longer  do  â€œbusiness  as  usualâ€?  and  return  to  â€œthe  practices  of  the  past.â€? “As  I  have  been  telling  these  search  com-­ mittees,  as  I’ve  been  charging  them,  â€˜hiring  new  faculty  is  among  the  most  important  things  you  do,’â€?  she  said.  7RUVQH\ VHHV WKH SRVLWLRQV EHLQJ ÂżOOHG by  mid-­point  of  next  semester.  Deans  Freedman  and  Hafeli  agreed  with  Torsney’s  timeline.  Dean  Salavitabar  said  that  the  department  had  already  interviewed  a  â€œnum-­ ber  of  candidatesâ€?  with  more  scheduled  in  â€œthe  next  10  days.â€?  Salavitabar  said  he  hopes  to  com-­ plete  the  process  by  the  end  of  this  semester  and  have  the  candidates  on  campus  for  the  spring.  Any  future  proposals  for  faculty  searches  to  the  interim  provost  must  â€œprovide  data  on  en-­ rollment  trends  and  pressures  and  suggest  how  a  new  hire  will  serve  student  needs,â€?  according  to  the  Sept.  6  memo.  â€œWe  are  conducting  them  with  care,  con-­ ÂżGHQWLDOLW\ DQG ULJRU ,WÂśV LPSHUDWLYH WR JHW WKH right  people  for  the  job,â€?  Torsney  said. Â

ENGINEERING: -­  A  position  in  biology -­  A  position  in  mathematics  -­  A  position  in  engineering,  considered  an  â€œinvestment  hire  to  help  develop  a  joint  program  in  art  and  engineeringâ€? -­  A  position  in  chemistry Â

FIVE  FULL-­TIME  AND  TENURE-­TRACK  POSITIONS  IN  THE  SCHOOL  OF  BUSINESS: -­  A  position  in  management,  under  â€œstrategyâ€? -­  A  position  in  quantitative  -­  A  position  in  statistics/project  management  -­  A  position  in  international  business  $ SRVLWLRQ LQ ÂżQDQFH

According  to  President  Donald  Christian,  there  are  pressing  needs  in  different  areas  for  new  faculty  and  more  searches  were  authorized. Â

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Hokanson  Remains  On  Ballot  In  2011 By  Andrew  Wyrich  Managing  Editor  |   Andrew.wyrich63@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

Though  her  name  will  appear  on  the  ballot  on  Election  Day,  current  Town  Su-­ pervisor  Toni  Hokanson  announced  that  she  has  decided  to  withdraw  from  the  2011  race  for  the  position.  After  serving  the  Town  of  New  Paltz  for  16  years,  Hokanson  initially  pre-­ pared  to  compete  with  Susan  Zimet   â€”who  secured  the  Republican  and  Dem-­ ocratic  endorsements  â€”  but  publically  announced  she  would  no  longer  seek  to  be  reelected  to  her  current  post.  Coupled  with  receiving  a  full-­time  job  offer  that  was  contingent  on  her  with-­ drawal  from  the  race,  Hokanson  said  she  would  not  be  seeking  a  fourth-­term  as  supervisor  even  though  she  garnered  the  Working  Families  Party  endorsement.  â€œI  had  to  be  realistic  with  what  my  RGGV ZHUH ´ +RNDQVRQ VDLG Âł,WÂśV GLIÂż-­ cult  to  win  just  having  the  Working  Fam-­ ilies  nomination  when  your  opponent  has  both  the  Republican  and  Democratic  nominations.â€?  Although  Hokanson  said  she  is  no  longer  looking  for  an  Election  Day  win,  the  Ulster  County  Board  of  Elections  FRQÂżUPHG WKDW KHU QDPH ZLOO UHPDLQ RQ the  ballot.  According  to  Hokanson,  this  could  not  be  changed  because  absentee  ballots  have  already  been  disseminated.  The  town  supervisor  said  she  is  aware  her  name  will  be  on  the  ballot  next  week  in  spite  of  her  withdrawal  and  stands  by  her  request  for  people  to  vote  for  her  in Â

The  New  Paltz  Times. “I  encouraged  people  to  vote  for  me  in  that  article  to  send  a  message,â€?  Hokan-­ son  said.  â€œBy  voting  for  me,  people  can  show  support  for  the  ideas  I  stood  for.â€?  Zimet,  who  previously  served  as  su-­ pervisor  for  two  terms,  said  she  was  con-­ cerned  the  incumbent  supervisor’s  name  would  still  appear  on  the  ballot  Nov.  8.  The  former  supervisor  said  the  fact  that  Hokanson’s  announcement  about  not  be  seeking  another  term  was  on  the  front  page  of  The  New  Paltz  Times  gave  her  publicity  that  could  affect  the  elec-­ tion  outcome. “She  basically  said  â€˜I  can’t  win,’  and  she  got  advertising  she  could  have  never  gotten  otherwise  by  any  means,â€?  Zimet  said.  â€œShe  got  a  front  page  story  that  went  on  two  pages.  At  the  end  when  people  withdraw,  they  usually  say,  â€˜I’m  out,  so  let’s  all  get  behind  my  opponent  and  work  together  to  do  what  needs  to  be  done,’  But  that’s  not  what  she  said.  In-­ stead  she  said,  â€˜Still  vote  for  me’  and  her  name  is  still  on  the  ballot.â€?  Zimet  said  the  name  appearing  on  the  ballot  was  â€œquestionableâ€?  and  was  un-­ easy  about  voters  possibly  being  unsure  about  the  options  available  to  them  on  Election  Day.  The  candidate  said  she  hopes  voters  will  still  come  out  to  the  polls  although  they  may  think  the  election  is  uncon-­ tested.  â€œWhat  I  am  concerned  about  is  the  fact  that  I  have  everybody  calling  me  to  congratulate  me,  and  they  are  forgetting Â

Toni  Hokanson,  current  supervisor,  will  remain  on  the  ballot  for  this  election.                 PHOTO  BY  ROBIN  WEINSTEIN

that  I  haven’t  already  won  the  race,â€?  Zi-­ met  said.  â€œThey  forget  that  they  actually  have  to  go  out  and  vote  and  that  I  still  have  to  get  more  votes  in  the  end  than  Toni.â€?  However,  Hokanson  said  she  does  not  think  this  will  be  the  case.  â€œIt  sounds  like  [Zimet]  is  concerned  that  people  aren’t  going  to  go  out  and  vote  at  all,â€?  Hokanson  said.  â€œI  don’t  think  people  are  going  to  stay  home  be-­ cause  I  withdrew.â€?  /RFDO RIÂżFLDOV DJUHHG ZLWK +RNDQ-­ son,  saying  they  don’t  believe  the  in-­ cumbent’s  name  remaining  on  the  ballot  will  confuse  New  Paltz  citizens  when  it  comes  time  to  cast  their  votes.  Deputy  Town  Supervisor  Jane  Ann  Williams  said  while  there  might  be  mi-­

nor  confusion,  the  situation  isn’t  com-­ pletely  out  of  the  ordinary.  â€œThere  is  always  confusion,â€?  Wil-­ liams  said.  â€œI  don’t  think  [her  name  be-­ ing  on  the  ballot]  disenfranchises  anyone  or  will  change  the  outcome.â€?  Members  of  the  other  portion  of  the  area’s  local  government,  the  Village  of  1HZ 3DOW] DJUHHG ZLWK WRZQ RIÂżFLDOV Village  Trustee  Ariana  Basco  said  she  feels  Hokanson’s  withdrawal  has  been  well  broadcasted  to  the  community.  â€œI  don’t  think  it  will  affect  the  out-­ come,â€?  Basco  said.  â€œPeople  may  be  confused,  but  Zimet  is  on  both  the  Dem-­ ocratic  and  Republican  line.   I  think  it  be-­ ing  on  the  cover  of  The  New  Paltz  Times  will  help  people  realize,  though.â€?

New  Paltz  Hosts  Open  House  For  Prospective  Students By  Jaleesa  Baulkman  Copy  Editor  |   Jbaulkman75@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

The  SUNY  New  Paltz  Fall  Open  House  took  place  on  Oct.  22  and  Oct.  29  for  inter-­ ested  students  and  their  families.  Open  house,  a  regular  event  used  to  at-­ tract  prospective  students,  is  a  day  where  students  and  their  families  visit  and  tour  the  SUNY  New  Paltz  campus.  It  also  provides  information  about  academic  programs  and  VWXGHQW VHUYLFHV VXFK DV ÂżQDQFLDO DLG DQG Residence  Life  programs.  â€œIt’s  really  just  to  give  prospective  stu-­ dents  the  opportunity  to  see  what  we  have  to  offer,â€?  said  Dana  Rinschler,  the  co-­coor-­

dinator  of  Open  House  and  the  director  of  off-­campus  recruiting.  â€œGetting  students  to  campus  is  really  the  most  important  thing  so  they  can  actually  put  themselves  here  and  see  themselves  here.â€? 6WXGHQW VHUYLFH RUJDQL]DWLRQV VXFK DV Âż-­ nancial  aid  and  health  centers  are  available  on  Open  House  weekends.  Rinschler  thinks  it’s  a  good  way  for  students  to  get  expert  information  about  the  majors  they’re  inter-­ ested  in  and  student  services  on  campus.  Nearly  2,600  people  registered  for  the  ¿UVW )DOO 2SHQ +RXVH :HHNHQG DQG registered  for  the  second  Open  House  Week-­ end,  said  Rinschler.  It’s  possible  that  fewer  than  2,300  students  attended  the  Open  House  event  on  Oct.  29  due  to  the  winter  weather. Â

According  to  Shana  Circe,  the  co-­coor-­ dinator  of  Open  House  and  the  director  of  the  Welcome  Center,  the  event  is  â€œso  large  it  would  be  impossible  to  move  it  to  another  day.â€? Their  target  goal  for  each  year  is  2,500. “The  planning  process  begins  a  full  year  out  from  the  event,â€?  said  Circe.  â€œThe  bulk  of  WKH GHWDLOHG SODQQLQJ WDNHV SODFH PRQWKV out  from  the  event  and  accelerates  as  we  get  closer  to  the  event.â€?  Circe  said  the  Open  House  program  is  IXQGHG E\ WKH EXGJHW DOORFDWHG E\ WKH 2IÂżFH of  Undergraduate  admissions. Other  ways  Circe  and  Rincschler  pro-­ mote  SUNY  New  Paltz  to  potential  students  is  by  having  representatives  attend  regional Â

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and  national  college  fairs  and  by  recruiting  students  from  Long  Island,  New  York  City  and  Dutchess  County.  Some  of  the  things  Rincschler  said  sets  New  Paltz  apart  from  other  colleges  is  loca-­ tion. “It  kind  of  puts  us  in  a  great  spot,â€?  said  Rinchsler.  â€œWe  have  a  lot  of  internship  op-­ portunities  because  of  where  we’re  located.â€? She  also  says  that  the  amount  diversity  in  terms  of  student  body,  academic  programs  offered  and  student  clubs  and  organizations  is  another  attribute  of  New  Paltz  that  set  it  apart  from  other  colleges. Âł6WXGHQWV UHDOO\ FDQ ÂżQG WKHLU QLFKH [here],  â€?  she  said. Â

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The School of Science and Engineering will soon offer students the option to major in bio-­ chemistry, faculty said. Daniel Freedman, interim dean of the school, said students could begin enrolling in the 70-­plus credit biochemistry program in fall 2012. This new major program of study took two and a half years to formulate. The program was created by grouping exist-­ ing biology and chemistry courses and developing QHZ FODVVHV VSHFL¿F WR WKLV VFLHQWL¿F ¿HOG )UHHG-­ PDQ VDLG D ELRFKHPLVWU\ SURJUDP ZDV D QDWXUDO ¿W for the School of Science and Engineering, which DGGHG IDFXOW\ ZLWK EDFNJURXQGV LQ WKLV ¿HOG DV others began to retire in the last 10 years. “This is something that we have kind of talk-­ ed about for a while, and in the turnover in both departments we really ended up hiring some real expertise in biochemistry. It’s not just one or two SHRSOH LW¶V IRXU RU ¿YH ZKR DUH DOO ZRUNLQJ LQ WKLV interdisciplinary area,” he said. “It’s really some-­ thing that we probably should have done a while ago, but it just became a no-­brainer that we really could not only do it but do it very well because of the people and the facilities that we have.” Since Freedman began teaching chemistry at SUNY New Paltz in 1999, every professor in the program from that time has retired. He also said there is only one faculty member who has been teaching at the college before 1992 in the Biology Department. These developments allowed for new faculty to join each department, some with experience LQ WKH QHZ LQWHUGLVFLSOLQDU\ ¿HOG WKH VFKRRO ZLOO be introducing as a major program of study. This group of faculty includes Preeti Dhar, a Chemistry Department member who has been teaching bio-­ chemistry since 1999 and will serve as the director of the new program. Biochemistry is the chemistry of life, accord-­ ing to Dhar, and can be broadly divided into three PDLQ DUHDV 7KH ¿UVW RQH GHDOV ZLWK WKH VWXG\ RI the four macromolecules — proteins, carbohy-­ drates, fats and nucleic acids — found in our cells. How they interact with each other and how they function is a direct result of their structure. The second area deals with the totality of reactions oc-­

curring in the body and the third area pertains to genetic information, she said. Dhar said this new major track will attract pre-­health career students and current molecular biology majors who minor in chemistry to get ad-­ ditional training in biochemistry. “Students majoring in biochemistry would be those who already have expressed an interest in a formal interdisciplinary biochemistry experi-­ ence,” she said. “The program will be constituted as a collaboration between the Biology and Chem-­ istry Departments but will provide a separate and unique educational experience compared to cur-­ rent tracks in both chemistry and biology.” Dhar said biochemistry majors are offered at most four-­year schools, so it was time that SUNY New Paltz offered the major. Current students en-­ rolled in science courses at the college agreed. Julia Vogel, a fourth-­year student who has taken biology courses at the college since transfer-­ ring to SUNY New Paltz, said this new program of study is one the school needs to attract students interested in pursuing careers in medicine. “I think students will be interested in the major and it will help the college create a better program for premedical students, which is lacking right now,” Vogel said. Dhar said students interested in this sort of career path or others that are seeing “tremendous FKDQJH´ RFFXU DV VFLHQWL¿F EUHDNWKURXJKV DUH made can enter this interdisciplinary major and resources from both the Biology and Chemistry Departments would be “pooled in.” According to Dhar, two new courses have been designed for this major to accompany other existing courses in both biology and chemistry. The two new courses are Protein Structure and Function, to be taught by Jeff Reinking of the Bi-­ ology Department, and a Capstone biochemistry ODE H[SHULHQFH WKDW VWXGHQWV ZLOO WDNH LQ WKH ¿QDO year of the program upon completion of other re-­ quired biochemistry courses. These include the protein course and biochemistry I, II and a lab course, Dhar said. Freedman said a student majoring in bio-­ chemistry would have to build a background in HDFK ¿HOG EHIRUH WDNLQJ WKH VSHFL¿F FRXUVHV IRU their major. Students are required to take 16 cred-­ its of biology and chemistry while choosing a four credit biology elective and a three credit chemistry

elective. Although many of the courses that make up the major already existed prior to the offering of the biochemistry major, Freedman said, the new program will offer students a unique experience and the department will continue to develop its own identity as time progresses. “There are already a lot of students who re-­ ally wanted to take this group of courses so what we did was repackage those so it was a major,” he said. “Although a lot of these courses were already offered, this provides students with a unique way to group courses that people would have a real nat-­

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ural interest in. With the addition of new courses in the upper levels, it provides something very dif-­ ferent than what was offered before.”

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Along  with  getting  local  food  to  the  SUNY  New  Paltz  campus  and  cre-­ ating  a  campus  food  garden,  Students  for  Sustainable  Agriculture  has  been  helping  to  launch  a  Community  Supported  Agriculture  (CSA)  project  called  Binnewater  Farm  Project  located  in  Rosendale,  N.Y.  The  heavy  snowfall  this  past  weekend  caused  the  farm  to  reschedule  garlic  planting  on  the  site  which  was  supposed  to  take  place  with  the  help  of  S.F.S.A  on  Oct.  29.  Members  of  Binnewater  Farm  Project  have  leased  the  10  acre  area  from  the  Legacy  Farm  Co-­housing  property,  an  â€œintentional  neighborhoodâ€?  where  â€œresidents  are  consciously  committed  to  living  as  a  community,â€?  ac-­ cording  to  the  Legacy  Farm  website. Community  supported  agriculture  allows  for  residents  of  a  community  to  become  familiar  with  their  local  farmers.  Those  interested  in  purchasing  produce  from  a  CSA  pay  an  annual  fee  and  at  the  beginning  of  each  week  receive  a  share  of  the  crop.  Both  the  farmers  and  consumers  who  purchase  shares  of  the  crop  are  susceptible  to  the  risks  of  farming.  By  paying  in  ad-­ YDQFH IDUPHUV ZLOO JDLQ VRPH ÂżQDQFLDO VWDELOLW\ LI D FURS LV GHVWUR\HG E\ EDG weather  or  pests,  said  the  Binnewater  Farm  website. Dan  Guenther,  consultant  for  Binnewater  Farms,  said  Students  for  Sustainable  Agriculture  get  involved  after  fourth-­year  geography  major,  and  member  of  S.F.S.A  Jared  Pazienza  attended  some  of  the  initial  meetings  to  start  the  CSA  in  February  2011.  Guenther,  who  has  been  a  farmer  and  farm  consultant  for  20  years,  helped  create  some  of  the  CSA’s  in  the  Hudson  Valley  including  Brook  Farm  Project  and  Phillies  Bridge  Farm.  He  inspired  Legacy  Farm  Co-­housing  to  VWDUW WKH SURMHFW EHFDXVH LW SURYLGHV EHQHÂżWV QRW RQO\ WR WKH FR KRXVLQJ SURS-­ erty  but  to  Rosendale  and  communities  nearby.  Guenther  believes  society  needs  to  revisit  farming  practices   prevalent  before  processed  food  became  a  large  source  of  sustenance.   â€œWe  no  longer  can  afford  to  separate  ourselves  from  the  source  of  our  food,â€?  Guenther  said.  â€œFood  that  is  supposed  to  be  sustaining  us  is  actually Â

killing  us.â€?  Pazienza  was  a  â€œkey-­playerâ€?  in  getting  the  student  group  involved  with  the  project,  Guenther  said.  Guenther  has  worked  with  S.F.S.A  since  its  inception  and  has  helped  students  learn  more  about  organic  food  production.  When  Pazienza  wanted  to  intern  at  a  local  CSA  he  contacted  Guenther  who  directed  him  to  the  Binnewater  Farm  Project.  Pazienza  feels  that  volunteering  on  this  farm  has  helped  not  only  the  Rosendale  community  but  has  fostered  an  important  relationship  between  sustenance  and  the  body.  â€œOur  society’s  food  production  system  is  not  right  and  [CSA’s]  are  a  good  way  to  get  people  accustomed  to  knowing  the  people  who  grow  their  food,â€?  Pazienza  said.  â€œIt  gives  you  a  real  feeling  of  connection  with  your  food  which  is  generally  lost  in  our  society.â€?  The  students  have  been  helping  to  cut  cedar  trees  to  create  fence  posts,  plant  vegetables  and  will  soon  take  on  the  task  of  repairing  and  refurbishing  the  barns  located  on  the  land. Dimitri  Galitzine,  member  of  Legacy  Farm  Co-­housing  and  head  of  the  farming  committee,  appreciates  all  of  the  work  the  students  have  put  into  making  his  vision  a  reality. Âł,WÂśV EHHQ D WHUULÂżF FRQQHFWLRQ ´ *DOLW]LQH VDLG Âł7KH\ KDYH EHHQ KHOS-­ ing  a  lot  and  they  will  continue  to  help.â€?  Galitzine  always  thought  about  creating  a  CSA  since  joining  Legacy  Farms  Co-­housing. “It  was  always  in  our  mission  statement  to  promote  or  develop  sustain-­ able  agriculture  and  to  use  a  portion  of  the  property  to  preserve  farming  land  in  the  area,â€?  Galitzine  said.  %LQQHZDWHU )DUP LV WKH ÂżUVW &6$ LQ 5RVHQGDOH *DOLW]LQH KRSHV WKDW Binnewater  Farm  Project  will  not  only  provide  organic  food  grown  local-­ ly  but  will  also  educate  younger  generations  on  the  importance  of  eating  healthy. “What  we’re  hoping  to  gain  is  basically  to  create  a  community  orga-­ nization  which  can  at  the  same  time  provide  healthy  local  farm  products  for  the  community  of  Rosendale,â€?  Galitzine  said.  â€œWe  are  also  very Â

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interested  in  sort  of  running  educational  programs  and  teaching  the  kids  in  the  area  where  their  food  comes  from  and  what  is  the  difference  between  healthy  food  and  garbage  food.â€?  Fourth-­year  geography  major  and  Co-­president  of  S.F.S.A  Angela  DeVivo,  enjoys  the  democratic  decision-­making  that  is  being  employed  to  create  and  sustain  this  CSA.  â€œWhile  we  are  just  helping  out,  this  project  is  exciting  to  us  because  it  is  a)  community  run,  with  open  meetings  being  held  to  help  make  major  decisions  and  b)  it  is  new  and  available  for  us  to  help  along  the  way  and  learn  from  as  well,â€?  DeVivo  said. Rosendale  resident  Emma  Kreyche  has  been  a  member  of  several  CSA’s  in  the  Hudson  valley  and  was  happy  to  hear  that  she  would  be  able  to  help  her  community  start  and  sustain  a  model  for  food  production  that  she  loves.  â€œCSA’s  are  a  great  way  for  communities  to  lessen  their  dependence  on  industrial  agriculture  and  build  a  more  just  and  ecologically  sustainable  food  system,â€?  Kreyche  said.  â€œThere  isn’t  much  agriculture  land  in  Rosendale,  so  when  I  heard  that  the  co-­housing  group  wanted  to  start  a  farm  on  their  land,  I  was  very  excited  to  get  involved  with  the  project.â€? Binnewater  Farm  Project  will  be  up  and  running  in  spring  2012.  Ac-­ FRUGLQJ WR *DOLW]LQH OHWWXFH VDODG JUHHQV DQG JDUOLF VFDSHV ZLOO EH WKH ÂżUVW vegetables  available  to  the  CSA’s  members.  They  are  hoping  to  incorporate  chickens  for  eggs  and  other  produce  as  the  farm  expands.  Anyone  can  volunteer  to  help  with  the  farm  and  can  visit  www.bin-­ newaterfarm.org  for  more  information.  Though  CSA’s  are  created  to  provide  people  with  healthy  and  organic  local  food,  Kreyche  stresses  the  importance  of  using  these  farms  to  realize  that  relying  on  community  is  an  effective  way  to  solve  large  scale  problems.  â€œIt’s  also  about  building  a  community’s  capacity  to  feed  itself  during  a  time  of  economic  uncertainty  and  changing  climatic  conditions,â€?  Kreyche  VDLG Âł,WÂśV DERXW ÂżQGLQJ ORFDO VROXWLRQV WR JOREDO SUREOHPV ´

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New  Paltz’s  Hooked  on  Stitches  club  hopes  to  bring  the  college  together  through  the  Special  Olympics  USA  Scarf  Proj-­ ect.  â€œThe  mission  of  the  Special  Olympics  USA  Scarf  Project  is  to  foster  a  sense  of  unity  and  community  among  the  athletes,  coaches,  families,  volunteers  and  supporters  of  the  Special  Olympics  movement,â€?  said  Heather  Hill,  media  contact  for  the  2011/2012  Special  Olympics  USA  Scarf  Project.  According  to  Hill,  it  began  with  an  idea  to  provide  a  gift  for  the  athletes  from  95  different  countries  coming  to  the  2009  Spe-­ cial  Olympics  World  Winter  Games.  A  call  went  out  for  5,000  scarves,  and  in  the  end,  the  organization  received  an  estimated  60,000  scarves  from  all  50  states  and  12  countries  around  the  world.  â€œThe  project  continued  in  2010  through  the  Special  Olym-­ pics  Idaho  State  Winter  Games,  and  in  2011  with  Red  Heart  Yarns  on  board  as  a  national  supporting  partner,  we  launched  the  Special  Olympics  USA  Scarf  Project,  inviting  all  50  USA  programs  to  participate,â€?  Hill  said.  â€œFor  the  2011  USA  Scarf  Project,  we  received  an  estimated  27,000  scarves  across  the  35  programs  that  chose  to  participate.  For  2012,  our  goal  is  roughly Â

47,000  scarves  across  40  participating  Programs  in  the  USA.â€?  President  and  fourth-­year  public  relations  major  Kaitlyn  Day  said  she  feels  it  is  important  to  use  the  club’s  knitting  skills  to  help  others.  â€œEven  if  we  each  only  make  one  scarf,  it’s  a  scarf  that  will  put  a  smile  on  someone’s  face,â€?  Day  said.  â€œIt’s  also  important  to  focus  on  one  project  at  a  time  and  I  feel  that  this  is  perfect  for  beginners  to  practice  either  knitting  or  crocheting.â€?  7KH SURMHFW DVNHG WKH FOXE WR XVH WKH VSHFLÂżF FRORUV RI 5HG Heart  Super  Saver  or  Soft  yarn,  incorporating  both  the  red  and  the  blue  into  the  requested  sized  scarf.  The  sized  scarf  is  6  inch-­ HV ZLGH E\ LQFKHV ORQJ 7KLV LV WKH ÂżUVW \HDU +RRNHG RQ Stitches  is  participating.  According  to  Day,  it  could  take  a  beginner  knitter  any-­ where  from  two  weeks  to  more  than  a  month  to  make  a  scarf,  depending  on  pace  and  choice  of  pattern.  For  someone  more  experienced  more  than  one  scarf  can  be  completed  in  one  week.  Each  ball  of  yarn  costs  $2.99  and  the  club  requested  enough  funding  to  make  at  least  15  scarves,  about  $100.  The  club  has  set  a  goal  of  making  at  least  10  scarves.  Between  seven  and  10  members  are  expected  to  participate. For  more  information  on  the  event,  visit  www.scarvesfor-­ specialolympics.org  or  e-­mail  New  Paltz  Hooked  on  Stitches  at  nphookedonstitches@gmail.com.

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The  African  Women’s  Alliance  (AWA)  at  New  Paltz  hosted  its  31st  annual  Niabinji  event  in  the  Student  Union  Multipur-­ pose  Room  on  Sunday,  Oct.  30. According  to  Danielle  Ladson,  president  of  AWA  and  fourth-­year  business  administration  major,  Niabinji  is  an  Afri-­ can  term  for  celebration,  self-­expression  and  dance.  It  translates  to  â€œNight  of  Expression.â€?  Each  year  AWA  holds  this  event,  which  includes  singing,  dancing,  rap,  poetry,  guitar  and  drums.  â€œThe  event  consists  of  a  variety  of  performers  showing  us  WKHLU WDOHQWV DQG ZKDW NLQG RI GHÂżQHV WKHP DV D SHUVRQ ´ VDLG Ladson.  â€œEveryone  expresses  themselves  in  several  different  ways  in  more  than  just  one  and  there  is  a  reasoning  behind  each  and  every  performance.â€? There  were  performances  from  Culture  Shock,  Shades,  Ja-­ masia,  the  Glee  Club,  the  Warriors,  New  Day  Ensemble,  Urban  Lyrics  and  Nachle  New  Paltz.  Ladson  said  they  have  an  ever-­ growing  performance  base  each  year  and  hope  to  have  new  fac-­ es  and  clubs  every  time  â€”  this  year  they  had  more  than  15  acts. Â

“Each  person  who  comes  up  brings  something  exciting  ev-­ ery  time,â€?  said  Ladson. One  of  the  organizations  that  performs  every  year  is  the  Culture  Shock  Dance  Troupe.   The  club  started  15  years  ago,  according  to  Dey  Armbrister,  vice  president  of  Culture  Shock  Dance  Troupe,  and  has  been  performing  at  Niabinji  ever  since.  This  year  they  did  a  performance  consisting  of  dance  pieces  in-­ corporating  hip-­hop,  dancehall  and  vogue  choreography,â€?  said  Armbrister.  Many  of  the  entertainers  return  every  year  and  con-­ sistently  collaborate  with  AWA.  This  year  Culture  Shock,  per-­ formance’s  theme  was  â€œCS  Army.â€? Âł,W KDV EHHQ D ORQJ WUDGLWLRQ WKDW LV WKH ÂżUVW SHUIRUPDQFH of  the  fall  semester  for  us,  this  is  where  our  â€˜Sparks’  or  new  PHPEHUV RI &XOWXUH 6KRFN DUH LQGXFWHG WR WKH WHDP DV RIÂżFLDO Culture  Shocks,â€?  said  Armbrister.  â€œMiyah  Tomlinson,  our  cur-­ rent  president,  is  also  a  part  of  AWA  as  the  Community  Service  Liaison,  so  we  have  close  ties  to  the  organization  through  her  as  well.â€? Another  organization  that  consistently  participates  at  the  event  is  Nachle  New  Paltz.  Even  though  they  are  a  relatively  new  group  on  campus  (having  been  created  in  2009)  they  have Â

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been  working  with  AWA  and  performed  at  Niabinji  two  years  in  a  row  and  plan  on  continuing  in  the  future,  said  Minna  George,  co-­captain  of  Nachle  New  Paltz.   This  year,  Nachle’s  dance  featured  a  mix  of  Bollywood  songs,  Bhangram  Cinematic  and  indie  hip-­hop.  â€œAll  four  songs  involved  in  the  mix  were  from  recent  Bol-­ O\ZRRG ÂżOPV DQG ZHUH PRVWO\ VXQJ LQ +LQGL ´ VDLG *HRUJH Âł:H also  do  fusion  dances  of  classical  Indian  dancing  styles  and  in-­ corporate  songs  from  other  Indian  languages  into  our  mixes.â€? Many  of  the  participants  and  clubs  that  present  have  been  practicing  for  this  night  since  the  beginning  of  September  in-­ cluding  Culture  Shock  and  Nachle  New  Paltz.   â€œWe  have  been  practicing  since  the  beginning  of  Septem-­ ber  onwards,â€?  said  George.  â€œA  lot  of  practices  were  held  in  or-­ der  to  keep  our  team  progressing,  but  I  believe  all  of  our  hard  work  paid  off  as  the  guests  of  AWA  enjoyed  our  dance  and  we  as  Nachle  enjoyed  ourselves  as  we  danced.â€?  Niabinji  is  an  event  that  began  when  the  late  Dr.  Marga-­ ret  Wade-­Lewis  established  the  AWA  club  on  campus  and  has  happened  every  year  since  in  order  to  celebrate  Niabinji  and  its  origins,  Ladson  said. Â

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Developing More Diversity NEW PALTZ HOSTS CONFERENCE ON MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION

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In  a  time  of  extreme  educational  pressures,  teachers,  students  and  com-­ munity  members  plan  to  come  together  in  support  of  inclusivity  and  diversity  in  schools  at  the  17th  annual  Multicultural  Education  Conference. “It  originally  developed  when  peo-­ ple  here  at  SUNY  New  Paltz,  especially  in  the  school  of  education  and  in  the  community,  wanted  to  make  sure  that  all  students,  whatever  their  race,  gender,  class,  sexual  orientation  or  language  background  were  being  given  full  op-­ portunities  in  the  school  and  in  the  com-­ munity,â€?  event  organizer  and  education  professor  Nancy  Schniedewind  said. This  year’s  conference  on  Friday,  Nov.  18  titled  â€œCourage  in  the  Face  of  Contradiction:  The  Power  &  Hope  of  Multicultural  Education,â€?  will  go  from  8:30  a.m.  to  2:30  p.m.  and  feature  a  key-­ QRWH VSHDNHU D ÂżOP SUHYLHZ D SDQHO RI Mid-­Hudson  educators  and  students  and  a  workshop  for  high  school  students.   While  this  conference  will  not  have  the  usual  series  of  workshops,  the  plan-­ ning  for  these  parts  of  the  event  took  a  great  deal  of  work,  beginning  in  Feb-­ ruary,  Schniedewind  said.  There  is  a  conference  committee  that  meets  every  three  weeks  and  numerous  co-­sponsors  including  concerned  parents  of  New  Paltz,  various  departments  and  pro-­ grams  at  New  Paltz,  Vassar  and  Marist  College. Âł,WÂśV GHÂżQLWHO\ D PDWWHU RI DVNLQJ questions  about  what  are  the  needs,  who  can  meet  those  needs,  let’s  contact  pos-­ sible  speakers  and  then  how  do  we  get  the  word  out,â€?  Schniedewind  said.  â€œIt  is  done  corroboratively.â€? This  year  they  decided  to  have  the  conference  focus  on  the  pressures  edu-­ cators  currently  face,  such  as  â€œtop  down  mandates  and  high  stakes  testing.â€?  The  committee  then  thought  up  a  list  of  possible  speakers  across  the  na-­ tion  who  could  address  this  theme  and  decided  on  Kevin  Kumashiro,  professor  of  Asian  American  studies  at  the  Uni-­ versity  of  Illinois  at  Chicago,  director  of  the  Center  for  Anti-­Oppressive  Educa-­ tion  and  president  of  the  National  As-­

sociation  for  Multicultural  Education.  &KLQHVH $PHULFDQ ÂżOPPDNHU /HH 0XQ Wah  will  accompany  Kumashiro  as  the  second  main  speaker. “Both  of  these  individuals  are  na-­ WLRQDOO\ NQRZQ VSHDNHUV LQ WKH ÂżHOG RI Multicultural  Education.  This  will  be  a  valuable  opportunity  to  hear  national  experts,  as  well  as  multicultural  educa-­ tors  in  the  Mid-­Hudson  region,â€?  com-­ mittee  member  and  assistant  education  professor  Terry  Murray  said.  â€œThey  will  offer  both  ideas  and  hope  for  teaching  the  diversity  of  young  people  in  our  schools  and  communities  in  effective  and  meaningful  ways.â€? .XPDVKLURÂśV OHFWXUH Âł)LYH /HQVHV for  Multicultural  Teaching  and  Ad-­ YRFDF\´ ZLOO GLVFXVV ³¿YH QHZ PHWK-­ ods  for  perceiving  and  re-­evaluating  the  obstacles  to  and  the  advantages  of  multicultural  education.â€?According  to  Schniedewind,  he  will  also  talk  about  the  right  wing’s  role  in  the  â€œdebate  on  education,  how  it  has  brought  education  to  this  point  of  external  assessment  pres-­ sures  and  how  to  teach  in  that  context. Schniedewind  believes  that  it  is  extremely  important  to  develop  a  cur-­ riculum  that  is  relevant  to  all  students  no  matter  their  gender,  race  or  cultural  background,  but  feels  this  pressured  en-­ vironment  forces  teachers  to  â€œteach  to  the  test,â€?  rather  than  address  diversity  issues. “Good  education  is  responding  to  the  needs  of  the  students,  making  cur-­ riculum  meaningful  to  students  back-­ grounds  so  you  can  engage  them  and  challenge  them  to  achieve,â€?  Schnie-­ dewind  said.  That’s  totally  mitigated  by  all  this  testing.â€? Mun  Wah  will  be  screening  a  seg-­ PHQW RI KLV QHZ ÂżOP FDOOHG Âł,I 7KHVH Halls  Could  Talk,â€?  which  is  about  ex-­ periences  of  students  of  color  on  pre-­ dominantly  white  college  campuses.   Afterward  he  will  facilitate  a  diversity  dialogue  so  that  those  who  really  care  about  the  issue  can  speak  about  it  and  share  ideas  with  others.  6FKQLHGHZLQG KRSHV WKH ÂżOPÂśV UHO-­ evance  will  be  of  particular  interest  to  SUNY  New  Paltz  students  and  will  al-­ low  them  to  think  about  what  they  can-­

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OHDUQ IURP WKH ÂżOP WKDW PLJKW ÂłHQDEOH them  to  think  different,  act  differently  and  engage  differently  with  the  diverse  students  of  SUNY  New  Paltz.â€?  This  will  take  place  in  the  afternoon  and  students  have  the  option  of  only  at-­ tending  this  portion  if  they  cannot  take  part  in  the  whole  conference. The  other  guests  at  the  conference  are  a  panel  of  local  teachers,  an  admin-­ istrator,  a  social  worker  and  a  student  active  in  a  high  school  diversity  club.  7KH\ ZLOO HDFK EULHĂ€\ WDON DERXW ÂłNHHS-­ ing  a  commitment  to  diversity  aliveâ€?  in  their  work  and  how  they  do  that.  Retired  high  school  teacher  Gwen-­ dolyn  Higgins  will  be  holding  the  work-­ shop  for  about  50  high  school  students  from  Poughkeepsie,  Pine  Bush,  New  Paltz,  Arlington,  Ellenville  and  Dover,  all  members  of  diversity  clubs.  This  pro-­ vides  them  with  a  chance  to  meet  and  speak  to  each  other  about  what  they’re  doing  and  ways  to  help  each  other  in Â

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making  their  schools  â€œmore  accepting  of  diversity,â€?  Schniedewind  said. 6FKQLHGHZLQG LV FRQÂżGHQW WKDW WKH conference  will  be  successful  and  hopes  that  attendees  will  leave  more  informed  about  how  to  handle  today’s  situation  of  increased  pressures  along  and  with  a  strong  motivation  to  keep  multicultural  HGXFDWLRQ DĂ€RDW “We  hope  that  people  will  feel  a  renewed  energy  and  commitment  to  addressing  multicultural  issues  in  their  educational  spaces,â€?  Schniedewind  said.“For  teachers  it  will  be  being  more  conscious  about  their  curriculum  and  in-­ teractions,  for  students  it  will  be  more  aware  and  knowledgeable  about  issues  of  inclusivity.â€? The  cost  of  the  conference  is   $40  for  the  public  and  $5  for  students.  The  deadline  for  registration  is  Tuesday,  Nov.  8,  those  interested  should  visit  the  2IÂżFH RI 6WXGHQW $FWLYLWLHV WR VLJQ XS

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Gwen  Frost  -­  yes,  that  is  her  real  name  -­  attends  Mythos  Academy.  The  entire  school  is  full  of  descendants  of  people  from  mythology.  This  includes  Valkryries,  who  have  weird  magical  sparkly  powers  and  Spartans,  who  can  WDNH D GXOO HUDVHU DQG ÂżJXUH RXW KRZ WR PXUGHU VRPHERG\ with  it. As  a  Gypsy,  Gwen  thinks  she’s  about  as  useless  as  a  dead  slug  until  a  supremely  stereotypically  peppy  girl  gets  murdered  in  the  library  and  she  decides  to  solve  the  crime.  Oh,  and  the  Bowl  of  Tears  gets  stolen  -­  an  artifact  WKDW *ZHQ DOVR WULHV WR ÂżQG ZKLFK FDQ EULQJ DERXW DQRWKHU Chaos  war. There’s  also  a  random  hot  guy  named  Logan  who  more  often  than  not  just  appears  to  look  hot  and  brooding  and  randomly  save  Gwen’s  life.  I  can  always  tell  how  much  I  like  a  book  by  how  of-­ ten  I  put  it  down.  I  put  Jennifer  Estep’s  â€œTouch  of  Frostâ€?  (Kengsington  Publishing,  July  2011)  down  because  I  had  to  leave  for  work,  came  home  intending  to  read  it,  couldn’t  remember  where  I  put  it  and  read  another  book  until  I  found  it  a  few  days  later.  It  was   interesting  enough  for  me Â

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THE BAKERY HOSTS ANNUAL HALLOWEEN PUMPKIN CARVING CONTEST The Bakery, located on North Front Street in New Paltz, hosted “Night of 100 Pumpkins” on Oct. 31. The annual event showcased the town and village’s pumpkin carving skills. People of all ages submitted their carved creations for the over 100 lined up visitors to see after being treated to pumpkin bread slices, hot cocoa and hot cider. Pumpkins entered in the contest were split up into different categories and received awards for their creativity. CAPTION BY ANDREW WYRICH PHOTOS BY SAMANTHA SCHWARTZ

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LOS PROSTETOS BRING ENERGETIC, LATIN FUSION TO LOCAL VENUES By  Zan  Strumfeld $ ( (GLWRU _ Sstrumfeld34@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

Something  sexy  and  spicy  has  been  sneaking  its  way  through  the  New  Paltz  music  scene.  In  less  than  a  year,  Latin-­infused  band  Los  Prostetos  has  been  getting  boo-­ ties  to  shake  like  they  never  have  before.  The  band  â€“  combining  Danhel  ³:DLNL´ (JXHUV JXLWDU YRFDOV Ă€XWH 6HDQ 0RUULVRQ NH\V YRFDOV 5LFN %LU-­ PLQJKDP YLROLQ 0DWW 5R\HV EDVV KDUPRQLFD 0DWW &UDQH FRQJDV YDULRXV SHUFXVVLRQ DQG -RH 5XRWROR WLPEDOHV GUXP NLW Âą KDV FUHDWHG D GLYHUVH /DWLQ groove.  And  the  rhythm  is  infectious.  Performing  at  numerous  venues  in-­ FOXGLQJ 6QXJÂśV +DUERU %DFFKXV %DU 5HVWDXUDQW DQG 2DVLV WKLV XS DQG FRP-­ ing  group  is  all  about  keeping  everyone  on  their  feet. “It’s  really  hard  not  to  dance  to  it.  It’s  so  strong  and  people  that  aren’t  familiar  ZLWK LW GHÂżQLWHO\ KDYH DQ LPSDFW ´ VDLG Eguers,  a  third-­year  transfer  student  ma-­ joring  in  contemporary  music.  That  salsa  tempo  seeps  through  the  bones  of  the  two  who  started  the  group  â€“  (JXHUV DQG 0RUULVRQ %RWK (JXHUV IURP Lima,  Peru,  and  Morrison,  a  third-­year  transfer  student  studying  jazz  studies,  grew  up  listening  to  Latin  music.  ³, ZDV ERUQ LQ WKH %URQ[ Âą WKDWÂśV OLNH 3XHUWR 5LFR QXPEHU WZR ´ VDLG 0RUULVRQ “My  mom  always  played  the  standard  Latin  stuff.  We’d  always  listen  to  it  in  the  house.â€? Taking  their  musical  roots  to  SUNY  New  Paltz,  the  two  started  playing  to-­ gether  and  sharing  their  passion. “We  were  chilin’  in  my  old  apartment  above  Grimaldi’s  one  cold  night,â€?  said  Eguers.  â€œSean  came  to  me  with  a  melody  and  we  started  jamming  on  it.  And  then  it  ZDV OLNH Âľ2K OHWÂśV VWDUW D /DWLQ EDQG ϫ After  that,  the  two  began  to  recruit  friends  to  play  with  them.  They  said  they Â

/RV 3URVWHWRV GUHVVHG XS DQG SOD\HG DW 2DVLV &DIH RQ +DOORZHHQ QLJKW mainly  found  people  to  play  percussion,  including  Nick  DePalma,  Alan  Silverman  and  Sara  Sciorra.  According  to  Eguers,  the  variety  of  percussion  is  â€œwhat  it’s  all  about.â€? “It’s  all  about  the  groove.  The  differ-­ HQW UK\WKPV LQWHUORFN PDLQO\ &XEDQ DQG &ROXPELDQ UK\WKPV ´ KH VDLG They  have  rotated  musicians  but  KDYH EHHQ SOD\LQJ ZLWK %LUPLQJKDP 5R\HV &UDQH DQG 5XRWROR WKHLU SDVW IHZ shows.  The  group  covers  mostly  older  Latin  standards,  but  still  brings  their  own  spin  to  the  songs  to  make  them  their  own. “They’re  mostly  tunes  that  everyone  who  lives  in  a  Latin  American  country  would  be  familiar  with,â€?  said  Eguers.  â€œLatin  standards,  but  we  arranged  them.â€?  However,  they’ve  written  their  own  VRQJV LQFOXGLQJ Âł9DPRV D %DLODU´ DQG

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“Legalizar,â€?  which  were  inspired  by  /DWLQ PXVLF %RWK (JXHUV DQG 0RUULVRQ said  they  are  most  inspired  by  Fela  Kuti,  a  West  African  musician  from  Nigeria.  â€œHe  basically  was  the  father  of  Afro-­ EHDW ZKLFK LV OLNH LI -DPHV %URZQ ZHQW to  Africa,â€?  said  Morrison.  â€œIt’s  super  rhythmic.  His  arrangements  were  really  cool.  And  he  was  super  political.  That’s  always  cool  when  music  has  a  message.â€? Los  Prostetos  has  their  own  message. “All  these  different  rhythms,  no  mat-­ ter  where  they  come  from,  we  can  always  make  them  work  together  as  one,â€?  said  Eguers.  â€œThrough  our  music,  all  these  dif-­ ferent  ethnic  rhythms  we’ve  come  across  and  enjoy‌even  though  they  come  from  different  places,  can  all  work  together  and  create  something  beautiful.â€? However,  the  future  for  Los  Prostetos Â

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is  looking  shaky.  At  the  end  of  December,  Eguers  is  moving  back  to  Peru.  He  said  he  hopes  Morrison  comes  to  visit  him  to  start  a  new  band.  Los  Prostetos  still  has  VKRZV ERRNHG WR ÂżQLVK RXW WKH VHPHVWHU LQFOXGLQJ SOD\LQJ DW 2DVLV RQ 1RY DQG Snug’s  on  Dec.  3  with  Harmalogna.   â€œI  feel  like  we  could  record  and  go  and  play  festivals  and  be  crazy,  you  know.  %XW , GRQÂśW OLNH WKH FROG ´ VDLG (JXHUV As  for  the  name,  the  band  made  it  up.  According  to  Eguers,  los  prostetos  doesn’t  â€œexist  in  the  dictionary.â€?  Al-­ though  they  play  Latin  music,  Eguers  said  they  don’t  come  from  the  true  Latin  source  and  tradition,  so  to  the  band,  it  means  â€œThe  Prosthetics.â€? Âł,WÂśV ORRVHO\ OLNH Âľ7KH )DNHV Âś %XW QRW in  a  bad  way.  Most  people  think  it’s  â€˜The  Prostates,’â€?  said  Morrison.

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Parker Theatre To Perform Double Feature ALUMNUS BRADLEY DIUGUID PRESENTS ‘BLACKDAMP’ AND ‘DESIRE’

By  Chris  Morello Contributing  Writer  |  Cmorello06@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

The  SUNY  New  Paltz  Theatre  Department  is  presenting  the  world  premier  of  two  one  act  play  readings  written  by  alumnus  Bradley  Diuguid  from  Nov.  4  to  6.  The  two  plays  to  be  shown  are  â€œDesireâ€?  and  â€œBlack-­ damp.â€?  â€œDesireâ€?  has  two  versions  that  will  play  back-­to-­ back.  Diuguid  graduated  from  SUNY  New  Paltz  in  2007. 7KH ÂżUVW SOD\ WR EH VKRZQ LV WKH WZR YHUVLRQV RI Âł'H-­ sire.â€?  Though  the  script  is  exactly  the  same,  one  version  uses  a  heterosexual  couple  and  the  other  uses  a  homosexual  couple.  The  play  is  about  a  couple  who  have  just  rekindled  a  UHODWLRQVKLS WKDW HQGHG ÂżYH PRQWKV DJR DQG WRXFKHV XSRQ WKH struggle  that  arises  the  next  day.  â€œJordan  is  very  emotionally  attached  to  Riki  or  Richard,  depending  on  which  version  we’re  talking  about,â€?  student  di-­ rector  and  fourth-­year  theatre  arts  major  Brittney  Pierri  said.  â€œRiki/Richard  thinks  about  things  in  a  more  artistic  version  and  would  talk  about  the  rain  in  reference  to  what  happened.â€?  That  second  play  premiering  is  â€œBlackdamp.â€?  This  play Â

is  about  an  autistic  15-­year-­old  boy’s  relationship  with  his  PRWKHU DQG KLV QHZ IULHQG ZKR LV WU\LQJ WR ÂżQG KHUVHOI “The  play  is  about  my  character  Dale’s  new  friendship  and  how  his  mother  is  trying  to  do  what’s  best  for  him  as  a  single  mother,â€?  said  fourth-­year  theatre  arts  performance  major  Matthew  Turkle,  who  plays  Dale.  Pierri  and  Turkle  said  the  meetings  with  the  cast  and  Diuguid  were  very  helpful.  â€œFrom  an  actor’s  point  of  view,  it’s  better  being  in  a  play  where  you  have  access  to  the  playwright,â€?  said  third-­year  musical  theatre  and  creative  writing  major  Megan  Jordan,  who  plays  Lauren  (Dale’s  mother).  â€œBradley  will  be  present  for  some  readings  and  be  able  to  give  instant  feedback.â€? Everyone  involved  is  coming  up  with  ideas  of  where  these  plays  can  lead  an  audience.  â€œThis  is  not  the  director’s  project,  it’s  everybody’s  proj-­ ect,â€?  Pierri  said.  â€œThis  is  something  the  actors  can  have  as  much  say  as  to  what  goes  on  with  the  concepts  as  we  do.â€? Turkle  said  it  is  more  fun  to  work  on  a  new  piece  because  each  actor  is  creating  the  character  and  not  basing  it  off  a  fa-­

mous  actor’s  portrayal.  He  suggests  that  actors  must  make  a  character  his/her  own.   In  preparation  for  playing  an  autistic  boy,  Turkle  said  they  worked  with  Elizabeth  Boikos,  a  woman  who  teaches  autistic  children.  She  explained  what  autism  is,  along  with  all  the  different  types.  In  addition,  he  has  researched  through  ¿OP DQG RQOLQH YLGHRV KRZ DXWLVWLF FKLOGUHQ DQG WKHLU SDUHQWV act  in  order  to  properly  portray  his  character. “I  want  to  make  it  believable,  I  didn’t  want  to  produce  something  that  was  fake,â€?  Turkle  said.  â€œThat’s  one  of  the  main  themes  of  the  show,  the  struggle  my  character’s  mother  has  to  deal  with  and  what  that’s  like  for  her.â€? According  to  Pierri,  SUNY  New  Paltz  is  supportive  of  student  and  alumni  written  work  and  often  has  play  series  featuring  those  works.  â€œA  lot  of  the  people  the  department  gets  are  through  alumni  e-­mail  lists,â€?  said  Pierri.  â€œFor  Bradley’s  shows  in  par-­ ticular  they  wanted  to  dedicate  the  whole  night  to  his  stuff.â€? The  plays  will  be  shown  in  Parker  Theater,  tickets  are  $6.

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Laughter is Half the Medicine ‘50/50’ FINDS HUMOR THROUGH TRAGEDY WITH GORDON-LEVITT & ROGEN By  Olivia  Wells Contributing  Writer  |  Olivia.wells34@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

50/50 Directed by Jonathan Levine

“50/50â€?  is  about  relationships.  When  confronted  with  our  own  mortality,  or  that  of  our  loved  ones,  we  are  forced  to  dig  DQG Âż QG RXW ZKDW NLQG RI SHRSOH ZH DUH Âł ´ IUHVKHQV XS this  familiar  territory.  It’s  a  funny  and  engaging  movie  written  by  young  screenwriter  Will  Reiser,  based  on  his  own  experi-­ ence  with  spinal  cancer. Everything  is  very  light  at  the  start  with  banter  and  a  catchy  pop  score  â€“  all  the  elements  of  a  feel-­good  comedy.  7KHQ WKH GLDJQRVLV 7KH PRYLHÂśV FOHYHU WULFN LV WR SURFHHG ZLWK the  lighthearted  comedy  template,  but  include  moments  of  sad  realization  and  sincerity  throughout.  While  undergoing  chemotherapy,  Adam  (Joseph  Gordon-­ /HYLWW PHHWV $ODQ 3KLOLS %DNHU +DO DQG 0LWFK 0DWW )UHZ er),  two  fellow  cancer  patients  who  promptly  offer  their  new Â

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A Magnetic Night of Mangum NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL IDOL PERFORMS AT BEARSVILLE THEATRE By  Zan  Strumfeld A&E  Editor  |  Sstrumfeld34@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

Jeff Mangum Bearsville Theatre Thursday, Oct. 27

I  used  to  date  someone  who  was  more  LQ ORYH ZLWK -HII 0DQJXP WKDQ KH ZDV ZLWK PH +H HYHQ KDG D SKRWR RI 0DQJXP DV KLV GHVNWRS SLFWXUH DW RQH SRLQW ,W ZDV ZHLUG , KDG OLVWHQHG WR 1HXWUDO 0LON +RWHO 10+ LQ KLJK VFKRRO EXW GDWLQJ WKLV NLG EURXJKW LW to  a  whole  new  level.  I  had  all  the  LPs,  EPs,  live  shows  and  everything  in  between  that Â

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started  playing  those  opening  chords.  I  grabbed  one  of  my  best  friends  by  my  side  DQG VTXHDOHG , ZDV VFDUHG WR VLQJ DORQJ HYHQ though  it  was  one  of  my  favorite  songs.  Jeff  LV QRWRULRXV IRU NLQG RI EHLQJ DQ DVVKROH Âą VR I  didn’t  want  to  be  that  stereotypical  fan  in  the  front  singing  all  his  songs  (even  though  everyone  else  was).  Plus,  every  time  I  tried  to  sing  a  word,  I’d  start  to  tear  up.  I  guess  you  could  say  this  was  an  emotionally  musical  month  for  me  (see  Andrew  Bird  article,  Issue  %XW GXULQJ KLV VHFRQG VRQJ Âł7ZR +HDGHG %R\ ´ KH DVNHG HYHU\RQH WR VLQJ WKH KRUQ SDUW After  that  permission,  I  felt  free  to  sing  every  song  as  loudly  as  possible,  smiling  every  mo-­ PHQW ORRNLQJ OLNH D VLOO\ HFVWDWLF IDQ +H ZDV MXVW VR LQFUHGLEOH WR ZDWFK +H ORRNHG OLNH D PL[ RI QRW ZDQWLQJ WR EH WKHUH

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YEAR: Fifth MAJOR: Graphic Design & Black Studies HOMETOWN: Brooklyn, N.Y.

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Tom Waits

WHEN  DID  YOU  START  RAPPING? I  began  writing  in  middle  school.   I  made  a  rap  on  titainium  after  a  chemistry  high  school  class.  I  grew  up  with  R&B.  I  started  writing  raps  more  seriously  freshman  year  of  college.  Â

Bad As Me

On  Bad  As  Me,  as  ever,  Tom  Waits’  cover  art  speaks  volumes.  Even  idle  fans  will  remember  Bone  Machine’s  manic,  blue-­scaled  snapshot  of  a  goggled,  gaping  Waits  in  a  devil-­horned  hat.  It’s  inexpli-­ cable  â€“  until  you  hear  the  music.  By  the  time  â€œGoing  Out  Westâ€?  arrives  on  that  record,  the  listener  no  doubt  shares  Tom’s  crazed,  often  sinister  exuberance.  In  a  similar  fashion,  the  bighearted  grin  and  blurry,  early  evening  carnival  tones  in  the  background  anticipates  the  music  before  WKH Âż UVW FKRUG MXPSV RXW RQ Bad  As  Me. 7KH GL]]\LQJ Âż UVW WUDFN Âł&KLFDJR ´ LV PDUNHG E\ D FKDUDFWHULVWLF mĂŠlange  of  instruments:  a  staggered  horn  section,  piano,  a  minimalist  EDQMR SOXFN DQG SHUFXVVLRQ WKDW VRXQGV OLNH KDQGV WDSSLQJ RQ D GHVN (or,  more  likely,  a  steering  wheel).  Waits  has  never  been  the  sort  to  ZDVWH WLPH RU PLQFH ZRUGV LGO\ DQG KHUH KH H[HPSOLÂż HV WKDW VHQVH RI urgency.  It’s  a  familiar  theme  â€“  moving  on  to  another  city,  another  life,  but  this  time  it’s  different,  no  matter  if  his  voice  shakes:  â€œI’m  not  alone  /  I’m  not  afraid.â€?  Many  of  the  myriad  personas  adopted  by  Waits  throughout  his  FDUHHU DUH SUHVHQW ZH Âż QG WKH ORQHVRPH SURGLJDO VRQ VLQJHU LQ Âł3D\ Me,â€?  the  shaky  gospel-­steeped  blues  wailer  on  â€œRaised  Right  Men,â€?  WKH VRPEHU EDUĂ€ \ RQ WKH QRLUHVTXH Âł7DONLQJ $W WKH 6DPH 7LPH ´ WKH UHVWOHVV ZD\IDUHU RQ WKH MHUN\ Âł*HW /RVW´ DQG WKH KHDUWEURNHQ FURRQHU LQ Âł%DFN LQ WKH &URZG´ DQG Âł.LVV 0H ´ :KLOH GLVWLQFW DQG RXWZDUGO\

WHAT  DO  YOU  BASE  YOUR  LYRICS  ON? I  write  about  life  experiences  and  what  I  know.  I  rap  about  college  and  being  a  Black  man  in  America.  My  pull  is  that  I  don’t  want  to  lie.  I  try  to  be  honest. 3+272 &2857(6< 2) ROLLINGSTONE.COM

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ALEX FABIANO Major: Visual Arts, Photography Year: Third Influences: Vincent Moon, Lasse Hoile, PostRock, Munaf Rayani, Jake Quain, The Blot Spot (Binghamton, N.Y.), color field paintings, collage art, live music, documentaries, being in the woods, friends and loved ones. “My work is often very ambiguous. Lately I’ve been interested in making my photos look more like collages and paintings.”

PHOTOS COURTESY OF ALEX FABIANO. CAPTION BY SAMANTHA SCHWARTZ.

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AVOID  CONFUSION  AT  THE  POLLS  The  recent  realization  that  Toni  Hokan-­ son’s  name  will  be  present  on  the  ballot  on  Nov.  8  as  an  option  for  New  Paltz’s  town  su-­ pervisor,  despite  her  public  withdrawal  from  the  race,  has  us  at  The  New  Paltz  Oracle  troubled.  Whether  you  are  of  the  opinion  that  the  withdrawl  announcement  on  the  cover  of  The  New  Paltz  Times  was  an  attempt  for  public-­ ity  or  not,  the  fact  remains  that  Hokanson’s  name  appearing  on  the  ballot  after  rescinding  KHU FDQGLGFD\ VR WR VSHDN LV SURRI RI Ă€DZHG election  laws  that  need  to  be  reviewed  and  re-­ vised.   We  believe  it  is  presumptuous  to  assume   that  the  announcement  was  a  ploy  for  adver-­ tising  in  a  race  where  a  hail-­mary  pass  would  be  the  only  option  for  re-­election.  However,  the  real  issue  is  that  the  opportunity  for  that  to  KDSSHQ LQ WKH ÂżUVW SODFH ZDV HYHQ DYDLODEOH We  live  in  a  digital  age  where  computers  give  us  the  option  to  connect  instantaneously  with  one  another  and  edit  mistakes  with  the Â

FOLFN RI D EXWWRQ :K\ LV LW VR GLIÂżFXOW WR DV-­ sume  that  a  candidate’s  name  could  not  be  taken  off  of  a  ballot  once  they  withdraw  from  a  race?  Despite  absentee  ballots  being  sent  out  and  other  parameters  weighing  in  on  why  Ho-­ kanson’s  name  will  still  appear  on  the  ballot  next  week,  we  believe  it  is  not  unreasonable  to  ask  for  voters  to  only  be  able  to  vote  for  candidates  who  actually  wish  to  serve  in  the  position.  Once  Hokanson  publicly  announced  she  intended  to  take  her  full-­time  job  offer   and  drop  out  of  New  Paltz’s  town  supervisor  race,  her  name  should  no  longer  have  been  an  op-­ tion  for  voters  to  consider.  Hokanson  urging  voters  to  continue  to  vote  for  her  as  a  â€œmessageâ€?  was  misguided  and  we  believe  is  a  clear  example  of  problems  associated  with  our  current  electoral  process.  If  she  publicly  declared  she  was  no  longer  an  option  to  consider,  why  did  she  continue  tell-­ ing  people  to  vote  for  her? Â

While  Susan  Zimet  is  the  clear  front  run-­ ner  for  the  position  of  supervisor,  the  fact  Ho-­ kanson’s  name  is  still  an  choice  for  voters  to  consider  means  that  whether  Hokanson  really  wants  the  job  or  not,  there  is  still  a  slim  chance  she  could  be  re-­elected  to  a  fourth-­term.  While  Hokanson  has  served  the  Town  of  New  Paltz  strongly  over  her  tenure  as  super-­ visor  by  spearheading  important  environmen-­ tal  conservation  laws  and  developing  projects  such  as  the  community  center  and  LOOP  bus  service,  once  she  announced  she  no  longer  would  be  actively  running  it  was  evident  she  no  longer  wanted  the  position.  How  can  we  as  voters  allow  for  someone  who  has  publicly  withdrawn  their  name  from  a  race  be  an  option  for  that  position  -­  no  mat-­ ter  how  small  the  possibility?  Much  of  the  focus  on  Election  Day  will  be  on  races  for  higher  level  positions,  it  is  im-­ portant  that  we  don’t  lose  sight  of  the  micro-­ level  politics  that  make  a  difference  in  every-­ GD\ OLYHV 7R OLYH DQG Ă€RXULVK DV D FRPPXQLW\

and  democracy  it  is  vital  that  voters  are  in-­ formed  and  not  be  confused  as  to  who  is  even  running  for  the  positions  they  are  casting  their  ballots  for.  Change  is  needed  in  New  York  state’s  election  laws  if  we  are  to  avoid  potential  con-­ fusion  that  may  arise  come  time  to  vote  next  week.  We  only  ask  that  voters  head  to  the  polls  informed  not  only  of  what  policies  the  candidates  believe  in  -­  but  whether  or  not  they  actually  want  the  job. Â

Editorials  represent  the  views  of  the  majority  of  the  editorial  board.  Col-­ umns,  op-­eds  and  letters,  excluding  editorials,  are  solely  those  of  the  writ-­ ers  and  do  not  necessarily  represent  the  views  of  The  New  Paltz  Oracle,  its  staff  members,  the  campus  and  university  or  the  Town  or  Village  of  New  Paltz.

LETTERS Closely  decided  elections  have  become  the  norm.   In  2006,  the  county  comptroller  race  was  determined  by  174  votes  â€“  out  of  78,040  cast  county  wide.    Just  this  past  September,  mayoral  pri-­ maries  in  Kingston  were  determined  by  less  than  10  votes.   These  very  recent  electoral  experiences  serve  as  stark  reminders  that  every  vote  does  count.   There  truly  is  a  vital  need  for  all  citizens  to  show  up  and  exercise  their  right  to  vote  on  Election  Day.  In  2007,  a  three-­way  race  for  Ulster  County  District  Attorney  split  the  Democratic  vote.   The  result  was  that  our  county  was  VWUDGGOHG ZLWK D FDQGLGDWH ZKR ZDV QRW WKH ÂżUVW FKRLFH RI WKH majority  of  voters  (the  current  D.A.  garnered  43%  of  the  vote  in  2007).   The  last  four  years  have  proven  what  a  disaster  that  could  WXUQ RXW WR EH Âą WKH FXUUHQW ' $ ÂśV RIÂżFH KDV EHHQ DEOH WR FDWHU WR WKH ZLOO RI WKH PLQRULW\ DQG DOORZ VLJQLÂżFDQW WUDQVJUHVVLRQV involving  public  corruption  to  escape  trial  and  punishment. Yet,  every  day  I  encounter  people  telling  me  that  I  should  not  be  worried  about  this  November’s  race  for  Ulster  County  D.A.  -­-­  an  attitude  so  very  similar  to  the  one  which  suppressed  the  vote  four  years  ago!   This  race  is  certainly  different,  but  just  because  there  are  only  two  candidates  does  not  mean  either  candidate  has  the  vote  locked  in.   Each  and  every  vote  for  Jon  Sennett  for  D.A.  is  critical.   Opposing  an  incumbent  is  always  a  considerable  chal-­ lenge.   This  is  a  county  wide  race  and  Ulster  County  politics  are  highly  polarized.   Voter  enrollment  in  the  county  is  not  dominated  by  any  one  party,  but  voter  turnout  is  â€“  by  Republicans.   There  is  no  question;Íž  Ulster  County  needs  to  show  up  and  vote  for  our  Jon  Sennett  on  November  8th  so  that  we  will  have  a  D.A.  with  a  true  commitment  to  public  integrity  -­  see  you  at  the  polls! -­  K.T.  Tobin

Thursday,  November  3,  2011

When  world  and  national,  and  even  state  news  head-­ lines  seem  overwhelming,  I’m  reminded  of  how  grateful  I  am  to  live  here  in  our  beautiful  Ulster  County.  Here,  at  the  local  level,  I  feel  like  an  individual  can  make  a  real  dif-­ ference  in  the  community,  whether  it’s  volunteer  work  for  charity,  or  a  vote.  My  voice  counts. ,WÂśV WKH VDPH IRU RXU ORFDO RIÂżFLDOV 7KH\ FDQ PDNH RU break  our  county’s  reputation  through  their  actions,  or  inac-­ tion,  as  the  case  may  be.  A  question  about  the  honorability  RI DQ HOHFWHG RIÂżFLDO DIIHFWV DOO RI XV :KLFK LV ZK\ , DP voting  for  Jon  Sennett  for  Ulster  County  District  Attorney. 6HQQHWW ZLOO XSKROG SHUVRQDO LQWHJULW\ DQG WKDW UHĂ€HFWV my  own  values.  He’s  not  afraid  to  ask  the  tough  questions  about  what’s  been  happening  in  our  county  over  these  last  four  years.  He  is  ready  for  the  job. Please  join  me  in  voting  for  Jon  Sennett  for  Ulster  County  DA  in  November. -­  Wendy  Baur

, DOZD\V DSSUHFLDWH ZKHQ JRRG SHRSOH UXQ IRU RIÂżFH and  this  year’s  election  has  some  game-­changers.   One  candidate  I’m  voting  for  is  Jonathan  Sennett  for  Ulster  County  District  Attorney.  -RQ LV SUHSDUHG WR PRYH WKH RIÂżFH RI WKH 'LVWULFW $W-­ torney  forward.   He  has  a  head  for  justice,  and  he  knows  how  enforcement  of  our  laws  can  build  and  shape  commu-­ nities.   He  will  help  to  make  even  more  of  a  difference  by  thinking  â€œoutside  the  boxâ€?,  so  that  more  can  be  accom-­ plished,  for  less.   To  have  good  government,  we  need  good  people  to  be  the  leaders.   Jonathan  Sennett  has  integrity.   If  you  are  in-­ terested  in  transparency  in  government,  reduction  of  crime  in  your  community,  and  you  really  want  to  see  things  change,  please  go  to  the  polls  on  November  8  and  vote  for  Jonathan  Sennett! The  choice  is  yours.   Let’s  get  Jon  Sennett  in  there,  and  let’s  get  to  work.  -­  Vicki  Stockard

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They’re  back  and  seeking  redemption. The  New  Paltz  Women’s  Volleyball  team  has  ce-­ mented  itself  as  the  No.  2  Seed  in  the  East  Division  for  the  2011  SUNYAC  Tournament.  After  compiling  a  conference  record  of  6-­2  and  an  overall  of  24-­10,   New  Paltz  will  go  up  against  SUNYAC  rival  and  the  Western  Division  No.  3  seed  SUNY  Geneseo. Head  Coach   Matt  Giufre  said  that  he  and  his  team  are  excited  and  ready  to  take  on  their  upcoming  competi-­ tion.  â€œI  feel  good  about  the  team’s  chemistry  in  practice  and  on  the  court,â€?  said  Giufre.  â€œThe  keys  to  success  during  the  tournament  are  playing  together,  playing  one  point  at  a  time,  and  enjoying  the  moment.â€?   7KH +DZNV UHDFKHG WKH 681<$& ÂżQDOV ODVW \HDU before  falling  to  rival  and  2011  Tournament  host  SUNY  Cortland.  Cortland  received  the  top  seed  in  the  Eastern  Di-­ vision  and  have  the  conference-­best  record  of  8-­0,  with  an  overall  record  of  37-­1. “The  team  has  put  in  a  tremendous  effort  this  year  and  over  the  last  month  so  all  you  can  do  is  em-­ brace  the  challenge  and  enjoy  the  journey,â€?  said  Giufre.          The  coach  is  not  the  only  one  that  is  excited  about  the  Lady  Hawks  upcoming  tournaments.  Fourth-­year  captain  and  outside  hitter  Melinda  DiGiovanna  has  been  preparing  for  this  tournament  for  the  past  couple  of  weeks. “[We’ve  been]  focusing  on  practicing  hard  these  past  couple  of  weeks  and  working  on  individual  skills Â

has  really  helped  them  secure  the  wins  needed,â€?  said  Di-­ Giovanna.  DiGiovanna  also  said  how  excited  her  fellow  team-­ PDWHV DUH IRU WKH SRVW VHDVRQ DQG WKHLU ÂżUVW PDWFK LQ WKH post-­season  against  SUNY  Geneseo.  She  said  that  the  team  this  year  is  bringing  a  higher  level  of  experience  compared  to  last  year’s  team. “Young  players  know  what  to  expect  and  can  go  LQWR WKH JDPH ZLWK D ELW RI FRQÂżGHQFH ´ 'L*LRYDQQD VDLG The  chemistry   between  the  three  captains  is  present  as  well.   Fourth-­year  right  side  Captain  Tara  Annunziata  HPSKDVL]HG WKH VDPH LGHD RI FRQÂżGHQFH DQG LQFUHDVHG from  last  year.  â€œWe  cannot  go  in  scared,â€?  said  Annunziata.  â€œWe  had  many  freshmen  last  year  starting.  Now  everyone  starting  has  had  experience,  and  anyone  is  ready  to  go  in  at  anytime  off  the  bench.â€?  The  team  is  taking  it  one  step  at  a  time  and  focusing  on  what  is  in  front  of  them  as  of  now.  The  tournament  is  the  team’s  main  focus  as  of  now  and  then  â€œwe’re  going  for  it  allâ€?  said  fourth-­year  setter  and  captain  Kelsey  Garmendia.  The  players  said  their  strong  mentality  and  team-­ work  is  what  brought  them  this  far  in  the  competition,  and  that  shows  no  reason  why  the  Lady  Hawks  should  not  be  the  No.2  seed  in  the  SUNYAC  Tournament.  DiGiovanna,  Annunziata  and  Garmendia  said  they-­ all  want  that  championship  trophy  as  the  icing  on  their  se-­ nior  cake,  but  their  main  focus  is  taking  it  one  game  at  a  time.  If  all  goes  well  they  know  that  they  will  have  their  cake  and  eat  it  too.

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Bonilla  To  Return  To  Courtside  For  Hawks By  Kate  Blessing Copy  Editor  |  Kblessing34@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

The  Men’s  Volleyball  team  is  wel-­ coming  a  new  coach  with  a  familiar  face.   Tony  Bonilla,  director  of  the  EOP  at  New  Paltz,  is  a  Hawks’  volleyball  player  and  coaching  alumnus  returning  to  be  a  serious  part  of  the  team  that  has  been  a  major  part  of  his  life.  Starting  next  semester,  Bonilla  will  join  the  Athletics  staff  as  the  assistant  coach  for  the  men’s  volleyball  team. “I  understand  coach  Petrus’s  phi-­ losophy  of  coaching  and  it’s  very  simi-­ lar  to  mine,â€?  Bonilla  said.   â€œI  believe  we  will  complement  each  other  on  the  court.â€? Bonilla  has  been  an  active  member  of  the  SUNY  New  Paltz  community  since  his  time  as  a  student.   He  was  in-­ ducted  into  the  Hall  of  Fame  in  2002  for  his  99-­3  record  as  a  player  and  com-­

piled  a  197-­150  record  in  the  12  years  he  coached.  Because  of  the  long  hours,  Bonilla  gave  up  coaching  temporarily  to  watch  his  kids  grow  up.   Now  that  they  are  in  college  themselves,  he  has  returned  to  the  court  with  academic  mentoring  ex-­ perience  from  EOP  under  his  belt.   â€œI  feel  it  is  an  extension  of  coach-­ ing,â€?  Bonilla  said.   â€œI  am  helping  stu-­ dents  realize  and  utilize  the  different  tools  to  enhance  their  college  experi-­ ence  and  reach  their  highest  potential.â€? Head  Coach  Radu  Petrus  is  excited  WKDW %RQLOOD ÂżQDOO\ DFFHSWHG WKH SRVL-­ tion  and  they  are  both  eager  to  begin  working  together. “I  have  high  expectations  for  them  on  the  coaching  side  and  I  don’t  see  any  problem  for  them  to  meet  those  expec-­ tations,â€?  said  fourth-­year  Captain  Mike  VanTyne.   â€œBoth  Radu  and  Tony  know  so  much  about  the  game  it  is  kind  of Â

scary.â€? The  team  captains  aim  to  win  the  UVC  Championship  this  year,  having  come  very  close  last  season,  and  hope  their  coaches  can  lead  them  to  victory.   Fourth-­year  Captain  Kevin  Stross  has  FRQÂżGHQFH LQ 3HWUXV DQG %RQLOOD EH-­ cause  they  are  both  experienced  head  coaches.   He  said  Bonilla  will  also  be  a  great  mentor. “He  has  a  knowledge  and  a  passion  for  the  sport  that  is  infectious,  and  I  NQRZ WKDW RXU VWXGHQWV ZLOO EHQHÂżW IURP his  expertise,â€?  said  Athletic  Director  Stuart  Robinson. Men’s  Volleyball  is  eager  to  begin  what  will  hopefully  be  a  winning  sea-­ son.  Because  Bonilla  has  played  with  students  in  the  off-­season,  he  under-­ stands  the  players  and  their  playing  style  and  they  are  familiar  with  him. Both  players  and  coaches  said  that  trust  is  imperative  in  volleyball  and  that Â

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TONY BONILLA the  team  is  a  tight-­knit  unit  that  believes  in  their  ability  this  season.  â€œIf  we  trust  each  other  as  people,  we  can  trust  each  other  on  the  court,â€?  Stross  said.   â€œIn  volleyball,  trust  and  FRQÂżGHQFH DUH WKH RYHUZKHOPLQJ IDF-­ tors  toward  the  end  of  the  game  when  it’s  close.â€? The  team’s  season  begins  in  mid-­ November.

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 Cousins  Beth  and  Patti  Bowling  have  been  a  driving  force  for  the  Women’s  Soccer  team.                                                                                              PHOTOS  BY  ROBIN  WEINSTEIN NYAC  Women’s  Player  of  the  Week  multiple  times  this  season.   Instead  of  getting  jealous,  Patti  said  she  The  SUNY  New  Paltz  women’s  soccer  team  is  gets  even  more  excited  than  her  cousin. “I  get  excited  when  she  gets  SUNYAC  Player  or  known  to  be  a  tight-­knit  group,  but  the  left  side  of  the  New  Paltz  Hawk  Player  of  the  Week,â€?  said  Patti  their  starting  lineup  is  a  little  closer  than  the  rest. Cousins  Patti  and  Beth  Bowling  grew  up  and  with  a  smile.“I  put  it  all  over  her  Facebook  wall  and  played  soccer  together  for  many  years  on  Long  Is-­ embarrass  her.â€? land  before  coming  to  play  for  the  Hawks  in  2009.   They  know  each  other’s  style,  which  they  said  can  boost   the  Hawks’  game  play. “It  helps  out  our  team  because  we  know  how  each  other  are  playing,â€?  said  Patti. The  Bowlings  have  taken  over  the  left  side  over  WKH ODVW WZR VHDVRQV ZLWK %HWK DW PLGÂż HOG DQG 3DWWL in  the  back  end.   Head  Coach  Colleen  Bruley  be-­ lieves  that  having  the  two  of  them  on  the  left  side  has  been  a  key  component  to  the  Hawks’  recent  suc-­ PATTI  BOWLING cess. “Over  the  past  two  years,  they’ve  really  been  working  well  together  on  the  left  side,â€?  said  Bruley.  The  cousins  said  they  did  not  originally  plan  to  â€œThey’re  just  so  used  to  working  together  and  play  go  to  college  together  after  graduating  from  differ-­ off  of  each  other  so  well  and  know  each  other  so  ZHOO ,WÂśV UHDOO\ EHHQ D EHQHÂż W WR KDYH ERWK RI WKHP ent  high  schools.   Although  they  played  on  the  same  club  team  for  six  years  before  coming  to  New  Paltz,   there  together.â€? $V D PLG Âż HOGHU %HWK KDV KDG PRUH RSSRUWXQL each  other  again. “I  wasn’t  sure  that  they  were  planning  on  going  ties  to  score  and  collect  statistics  than  Patti.   Because  to  the  same  place,â€?  said  Bruley.  â€œThey  kind  of  did  of  this,  Beth  has  been  named  nphawks.com  and  SU-­ By  David  Spiegel

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their  own  thing,  but  it  worked  out  that  they  both  de-­ cided  to  come,  and  it’s  worked  out  great.â€? Patti  and  Beth  each  made  a  few  visits  to  the  New  Paltz  campus  while  looking  at  other  schools,  but  only  made  one  together.   Patti  committed  to  New  Paltz  early  in  the  process  after  visiting  numer-­ ous  times  and  meeting  with  Bruley.   Beth  made  the  decision  to  join  Patti  a  few  months  later  after  visit-­ ing  a  few  more  schools. “I’m  glad  I  go  to  school  with  her!â€?  said  Patti,  leading  Beth  to  comment. “You  get  to  deal  with  me  all  the  time!â€?  Beth  said. While  both  of  them  looked  at  many  different  SUNY  schools,  Beth  originally  wanted  to  go  far-­ ther  up  north  while  Patti  planned  on  staying  close  to  home.   When  all  was  said  and  done,  they  both  de-­ cided  that  New  Paltz  was  the  perfect  distance  from  home  for  both  of  them. The  cousins  said  that  their  parents  enjoy  being  able  to  drive  up  for  games  together.   The  situation  was  not  only  better  for  the  cousins,  but  for  their  par-­ ents  as  well. “They  know  we  cause  some  raucous  up  here,  but,â€?  said  Patti.   â€œThey  get  to  keep  an  eye  on  both  of  us,â€?Beth  continued.“They  love  it.â€?

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Club  Baseball  Steps  Up  To  The  Plate  By  Jake  Cameron Contributing  Writer  |  N02374347@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

Though  a  tight-­knit  community,  not  every  athlete  at  SUNY  New  Paltz  knows  each  other.  New  Paltz’s  club  baseball  team  was  founded  in  the  spring  of  2010  by  student  Joe  Waterhouse.  When  :DWHUKRXVH ZDV D ÂżUVW \HDU VWXGHQW WKHUH ZDV QR FOXE team  available. “I  came  in  here  my  freshman  year  so  it  took  a  lit-­ tle  work  to  start  up,â€?  Waterhouse  said.  â€œWe  had  some  practices,  but  were  unable  to  play  games  until  the  fol-­ lowing  fall.â€?  Waterhouse  said  he  puts  an  extensive  amount  of  work  into  the  team  scheduling  practices,  games  for  the  upcoming  season  and  meetings  to  make  sure  the  team  is  on  the  same  page.  Waterhouse  keeps  about  25  players  on  his  travel  roster  though  it  seems  â€œa  little  unnecessaryâ€?  according   WR :DWHUKRXVH +H VDLG WKDW LW LV GLIÂżFXOW WR KDYH WKDW many  â€œand  expect  that  everyone  is  going  to  be  able  to  get  the  amount  of  playing  time  that  they  want.â€?

Waterhouse  said  that  it’s  not  always  easy  for  him  to  run  the  team  with  different  players  and  balance  his  social  life.  He  understands  players  have  other  commit-­ ments  going  on,  but  when  his  players  â€œblow  off  prac-­ tices,â€?  it  can  be  stressful.   â€œThe  worst  thing  that’s  happened  a  few  times  is  encountering  players  with  huge  egos  that  think  they  deserve  so  much  when  they  deliver  half  of  what  they  talk  about,â€?  said  Waterhouse. The  club  team  is  provided  a  15-­game  schedule  to  play  other  schools  such  as  Fordham  University.  How-­ ever,  Waterhouse  strives  for  an  additional  10  games,  which  makes  the  season  longer  for  athletes  willing  to   compete.  Since  playing  in  the  northeast  is  hard  with  the  cold  weather,  games  can  get  cancelled  very  quickly,  providing  a  disadvantage  for  players  that  want  to  get  out  and  play  baseball.   Because  it  is  a  club  baseball  team,  Waterhouse  said  the  enthusiasm  from  players  sometimes  isn’t  there  100  percent  of  the  time.  He  said  he  makes  an  effort  to  let  his  players  understand  that  the  â€œteam  is  a  commitment Â

and  I  expect  them  to  come  to  at  least  three  out  of  four  practices  as  a  week.â€? Fourth-­year  player  Brian  Coleman  said  that  he   loves  being  a  part  of  the  team.  â€œI  started  playing  club  because  I  missed  playing  the  game,â€?  Coleman  said.  â€œBaseball  is  a  huge  part  of  my  life  and  wanted  to  keep  playing  at  a  high  level.  I’m  GHÂżQLWHO\ VWLOO KDSS\ ,ÂśP SOD\LQJ ,WÂśV QRW DV FRPSHWL-­ tive  as  the  varsity  level  here,  but  it  allows  us  to  com-­ pete  against  other  schoolsâ€?. Graduate  student  Dylan  Franco,  who  played  on  the  varsity  team  last  year  as  an  undergraduate  student,  has  joined  the  team  after  completing  his  studies  last  spring.  Franco  is  in  the  business  administration  graduate  pro-­ gram  and   he   loves  how  the  team  is  run  by  Waterhouse  as  well,  especially  with  playing  time.  â€œEveryone  on  the  team  just  loves  to  play  the  game,â€?  said  Franco.  â€œI  think  everyone  is  just  happy  to  be  out  RQ WKH ÂżHOG SOD\LQJ LQ FROOHJH -RH UHDOO\ GRHV D QLFH job  spreading  out  the  team  so  everyone  plays.â€?  Â

Getting  Over  Hurdles SUNYAC  Shortcomings  By  Melissa  Fleckenstein  Staff  Writer  |  N02117482@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

The  New  Paltz  Equestrian  team  re-­ sides  at  the  scenic  Lucky  C  Stables,  but  riding  isn’t  as  easy  or  as  graceful  as  it  looks.   The  team  said  they  have  had  many  hard  and  grueling  practices,  in  order  to  achieve  the  graceful  appearance  of  rider  and  horse  just  before  overcoming  a  jump.  During  these  practices,  coaches  are  try  to  prepare  the  riders  for  both  a  judge’s  remarks,  and  horses  that  they  are  not  used  to  riding.   â€œThe  only  thing  predictable  about  a  horse  is  that  they  are  unpredictableâ€?  said  Coach  Susan  Clark. Because  of  this  unpredictably  the  riders  should  be  ready  for  any  horse.  The  riders  are  judged  on  their  ability  to  control  and  maneuver  a  horse  effec-­ tively.    The  team’s  goals  for  this  season  are  to  be  champions  or  at  least  third  place  in  their  division.    â€œWe  are  currently  in  sixth  place  but  there  isn’t  many  points  between  us  and  third  place,â€?  said  Clark. Overshadowing  the  team  are  the Â

Regional  Champions.  New  Paltz  is  able  to  hold  their  own  and  compare  them-­ selves  to  the  Champions  and  they  can  observe  the  techniques  of  their  competi-­ tors.   According  to  Clark,  one  of  the  weaknesses  of  this  year’s  team  is  a  lim-­ ited  amount  of  participation  in  shows.  Participation  in  multiple  shows  would  help  alleviate  jitters  which  are  easily  picked  up  by  the  horses  and  can  affect  how  well  they  ride.   â€œHorses  are  beautiful  but  not  very  bright,  they  act  like  chickens  some-­ times,â€?  said  the  team’s  public  represen-­ tative  Lacey  Lohr.   When  asked  how  the  team  was  do-­ ing  Lohr  said  â€œrankings  don’t  pan  out  until  the  end  of  the  year.â€?   â€œThe  strengths  of  the  team  this  year  include  wonderful  chemistry  and  many  new  riders,â€?  said  Clark.  Clark  is  hopeful  the  new  riders  will  stay  with  the  team  for  years  to  come  and  continuously  improve  their  skills  so  the  potential  for  a  good  solid  team  is  there.   â€œThe  wonderful  thing  about  this  di-­ vision  of  riding  is  that  anybody  can  par-­ ticipate,â€?  Clark  said.

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While  serving  as  host  to  the  SUNYAC  Tournament  this  year,  New  Paltz’s  Cross  Country  Teams  did  not  see  the  results  they  were  expecting. 7KH :RPHQÂśV WHDP WRRN ÂżIWK SODFH DW WKH WRXUQDPHQW ZKLOH WKH 0HQÂśV WHDP WRRN ODVW SUNY  Geneseo  was  able  to  win  for  both  the  men  and  women’s  teams.  Placing  highest  for  the  Lady  Hawks  was  third-­year  runner  Nichole  Wischoff,  who  placed  HLJKWK RXW RI ZKLOH -HII 5DDE RI WKH 0HQÂśV WHDP SODFHG WK RXW RI UXQQHUV

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