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ResLife To Limit First-Years To Corridor Halls

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By Anthony DeRosa News Editor | N02385288@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

SUNY New Paltz Department of Residence Life (ResLife) has announced that year students will be limited to living in time a restriction has been placed on where

to the Health Center, opening in Fall 2015, the college now has the means to house all said.

Ridgeview will be a corridor-style building containing 236 beds, bringing the total number beds in corridor-style residence halls at SUNY New Paltz to 2,122 — 53 percent of which will be utilized to accommodate in-

The decision is in line with ResLife’s years in corridor-style buildings as possible, Coordinator for Housing Operation Rafael Calderon said. However, until now the percentage of the total corridor-style — about 1,125 — could not be met without affecting where returning students could register to live. With the construction of the new Ridgeview Residence Hall located parallel

live in suite-style rooms, Director of Residence Life Corinna Caracci said. Caracci said one of the reasons ResLife’s policy has halls is due to the “open-door community” environment that is less present in suites where social activity can be limited only to one’s suitemates.

“We know better from our research and experience that students who live in a corri-

acclimate to college life socially and succeed academically,” Caracci said.

Caracci also cited an example of where age discrepancy between suitemates could as an upper-classman who is 21-years-old and that student wants to drink in the suite, it may pose a situation where the upper-classstudent from the social engagement or possibly allow that student to drink underage,” Caracci said.

However, some students believe that the may have unperceived negative consequences.

“Unlike some other SUNYs, the ability suite-style residence halls is — was — an at-

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tractive feature for applicants to the college,” a student services worker speaking on the condition of anonymity said.

Other students have brought up possible problems the restriction presents for non-cis gender identifying students.

“I think this decision may potentially put incoming transgender and gender nonconforming students in an uncomfortable position where they are placed in a gendersegregated corridor-style hall that does not match their gender identity,” Student Association Sen. Dana Hershkowitz said. “There may also be a situation in which an incoming identity and would prefer the option of gender-neutral housing available in some suites so not to be stigmatized.”

Hershkowitz said herself and fellow senator, Adriana Dulmage, will be meeting with Caracci on Nov. 19 to discuss the issue.

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By Sam Manzella Copy Editor | Manzells1@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

New legislation in the Village of New Paltz has banned the distribution of plastic bags in shops and restaurants in the village. Through this ban, the Village Board aims to reduce plastic waste and encourage the use of reusable shopping bags in the commercial district. The policy will go into effect in April 2015.

The village is in talks with the town board to see “if we can set the date for enacting the law as Earth Day to celebrate the occasion,” according to Gian Starr of the New Paltz Environmental Protection Commission (EPC), who spearheaded the legislation.

So far, the Town of New Paltz, which includes two major supermarkets Shop Rite and Stop & Shop, has not enacted any similar restrictions.

Starr said how this new legislation came to be, from its earliest stages to its adoption. The proposed policy was instantly popular among New Paltz residents.

“[Through research for the EPC] I discovered that many municipalities, states and even national governments had legislation regarding plastic bags,” Starr said. “Our EPC brought the issue to the Village Board, and after discussions between the commission and the board over several months as well as after several rounds of public comment, the law was adopted.”

Starr also explained the successes of previous plastic bag regulations elsewhere.

“In places where such laws have been enacted, there has been a sigbags, which is the goal of the law,” Starr said. “This corresponded with a huge decrease in the use of plastic bags. The environmental impacts have However, plastic bag bans continue to face rising controversy in public lawsuits. According to recordonline. com, Town Councilman Dan Torres received a letter from a supermarket industry spokesman which vocalized the industry’s distaste for such legis-

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lation and “[requested] that the New Paltz Town Council refrain from introducing legislation regulating plastic bags until the court rules on [their] claims.” The article also cited a recent lawsuit in Hastings-on-Hudson over an identical plastic bag ban.

Torres called the ban “a pre-emptive strike,” according to recordonline. com. “It’s exactly the way large corporations try to intimidate small communities when it comes to environmental issues,” Torres said.

Despite the controversy, Starr remains hopeful for the widespread implementation and success of such legislation.

“There are several municipalities in New York that have enacted the exact same law that our Village has passed,” Starr said. “They are Larchmont, Mamaroneck, Rye, Southampton and East Hampton. It turns out that as we were developing our law, Hastings-on-Hudson was busy passing their own. It is a growing movefor the environment.”

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Town Board Looks To Mitigate Mold Damage

By Andrew Lief Editor-In-Chief | Alief@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

The Town of New Paltz board has decided to pay cleaning service Servpro $32,600 to remediate their documents, furniture and computers due to mold found in the hall.

New Paltz Town Supervisor Susan Zimet said after the town received an initial estimate of $150,000, she had the town’s employees go through their documents to see what can be recreated and what books the town can replace with new copies.

“I’m not going to my board or taxpayers to ask for this kind of money,” Zimet said.

Zimet said the state requires that certain documents such as payroll and police records be kept, so the town doesn’t have a choice about whether or not they can keep them.

After the town’s employees went

bids. One for $95,000 from a company in New York City and Servpro’s $32,600 offer.

The remediation will be paid for with the town’s contingency money, Zimet said. She said she put aside $400,000, which is a large amount compared to the normal $150,000 to $300,000.

“I put the money in because I always knew there was a chance we’d have to move and rent space. I always knew we had problems with the building, but I didn’t realize they were so bad,” she said.

She also said the extra contingency director, to settle the town’s police contract and to have money for contingency’s sake.

The town received a $50,000 grant from state Sen. John Bonacic to offset the cost of the move. Zimet originally

applied for the grant to conduct a study to see if New Paltz could combine the emergency operations center in New lance squads in New Paltz.

Zimet said she received a call from the state telling her to use the grant for brick-and-mortar. Shortly after that, mold was found in town hall, so Zimet decided to use the grant money to address the problem.

“The Town Hall building has declined over the years and this is a project that is sorely needed for the safety of staff and visitors,” Bonacic said in the press release.

Zimet said hopefully by the beginning of December everyone will be moved into the new town hall.

“The most important thing is that we have to get people out of the building,” Zimet said. “We also have to get back to a full-time work schedule, opposed to

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this scaled down schedule with people being in a building they shouldn’t be in.” been put together. Zimet said the sewer and water are being hooked up now and Central Hudson is helping to set up the electricity. This week, new computers will be hooked up and the old ones will be remediated.

In two weeks Servpro will begin to remediate the documents and furniture with mold.

Going forward, Zimet said she doesn’t want to keep town hall by Clearwater Road in temporary headquarters.

She wants to build a new town hall in a way that won’t cost the taxpayers a lot of money. as soon as possible and would like for the state, country, town, village, schools solution that can help.

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SEI Form Changes Proposed By Senate

By Melissa Kramer Copy Editor | Kramerm1@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

The Academic Senate met on Friday, Nov. 7 in Lecture Center 107 to discuss proposals, provisions and reforms to the Student Evaluation of Instruction (SEI) forms.

Members of the Academic Senate include faculty members as well as student representatives. President Donald Christian and Provost Philip Mauceri were in attendance as well.

Since 2011, SEIs have been conducted online through my.newpaltz.edu.

Professors are currently mandated to choose 10 individualized questions from a database of over 200 to be selected for students to answer based on their experience.

As a part of the evaluation, students questions, where students numerically rate the professor on a scale of one to 10. The second half is “Question 13” in which students submit their open-ended comments to the professor.

As it currently stands, each semester, professors have the option to opt-in or optout to grant permission for the open-ended comments to be sent to higher authoritative powers such as the department chair, the dean, the reappointment, promotion and tenure committee, Mauceri and Christian.

The current provision states “explicit faculty permission is required for release of the SEIs student written comments to third-parties.”

As a result of the conversion to the online format, faculty lost the option of choosing whether or not they wanted to release the open-ended comments received from Question 13. The comments would no longer be released without the explicit permission from the individual faculty member had the provision not been reformed.

With the new provision, faculty will have a checkbox provided to individually authorize release of these comments to other parties, which will include the department chair, the dean, the reappointment, promotion and tenure committee, Provost and the President.

In addition to faculty, students will have the ability to check a box to authorize release of their written open-ended comments to other parties aside from individual faculty.

The default on the SEI survey will be an unchecked box. Faculty authorization will only be granted by checking the box.

The faculty authorization rule does not pertain to Freedom of Information Law requests.

Christian said a concern and goal of the SEIs is “protecting good teachers from

negative narrative assessment.”

Another concern of the SEI proposals is protecting faculty from comments about physical attributes and personal attacks. Several professors in attendance expressed their experiences with receiving these types of comments through Question 13.

“The other thing that I think a number of female professors expressed, is that there is empirical evidence that women receive more negative comments than men,” ulty and associate professor said. “That’s something that most men wouldn’t recognize is that women consist to receive more negative comments. When you read SEIs, there are going to be extremes on both ends. Many of the best innovations I’ve done in my teaching have come from the SEIs. Yeah, you need a tough skin. Those kinds of comments resonate with you for years.”

Jordan Taylor, vice president of academic affairs and governance said he would like to see student participation and ciency of teaching with SEIs that are sensitive to faculty members. “[Faculty] are human beings, too,” he said. “Students go overboard sometimes.

I would like to see a balance between student concerns and faculty comfort in the

process.”

Throughout the discussion, there was a variety of opinions stated by Christian, the Provost and faculty members.

Zach Grossman of the Academic Affairs Committee (AAC) said he was content with where the recommendations came from. He said it has been a long year to year and a half working on the proposals.

“It’s been very tiring, but I’m very happy that I was able to see it move up the ladder,” he said. “One point was brought up, so we will discuss it in Academic Affairs Committee and see what we can do.

As of now, I’m happy where I am with our recommendations and our proposals.”

Mauceri said Christian and himself have agreed to the suggested recommendations and revisions that the AAC have put forward.

“We look forward to working with the Academic Affairs Committee in developing new ways to qualitatively assess the area of teaching,” he said.

The meeting was adjourned before a vote was conducted. The vote to pass the proposals and revisions will be delayed until the next Academic Senate meeting on Friday, Dec. 5. If the vote is passed, it will appear on the agenda for the next faculty meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 10 from 1 to 3 p.m.

Transit Hub Provides Safety, Convenience

By Kayleigh Verney Contributing Writer | Verneyk1@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

A new Campus Transit Hub was unveiled, providing SUNY New Paltz students with a safe and convenient location for commuting to class.

The $1 million project, located in the Route 32 parking lot, was created up and drop off students by pulling into the lot.

Assistant Vice President for Facilities Management, John Shupe, was adamant about his concerns for students’ safety while using the Route 32 cross walks. Instead of Trailways buses stopping in the middle of the road and causing students to blindly cross the street,

they will now have somewhere to pull off, he said.

“We built this to last decades so the money is all worth it in the long run,” Shupe said. “It was just a matter of time before someone got hurt, so we are doing whatever we can to prevent that for students and faculty.”

now Trailways’ only stop on campus.

UCAT and campus buses will continue their normal stops throughout campus but students are urged to use the Transit Hub for all Trailways rides, Shupe said.

Kerry Kamnidin, a third-year psychology major, said she was impressed with the hub and was using it for the

main reasons why this project was necessary for campus, Shupe said. Buses would stop in the road going southbound on Route 32 and let students out,

catching the bus on campus.

“It’s not much of a difference, but this is easier than taking the bus behind my dorm building,” Kamnidin said.

Third-year public relations major Mackenzie Quick has yet to use the Transit Hub but plans to do so this holiday season. The Tuesday before Thanksgiving, Quick plans to take

the bus and students to cross through a busy road.

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Trailways to New York City so she can spend time with family there. Her expectations are high for the convenience and comfort of the new Transit Hub since the weather may make traveling uncomfortable.

“It’s always a struggle traveling around Thanksgiving, so I hope this is worth the money they spent,” Quick said.

Shupe and his team want to remind students that the hard work and money spent from campus on this project was for the purpose of their safety. When using the Route 32 crosswalks, never walk right into the street, make sure the surrounding cars are aware of your crossing.

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Senate Discusses Elections, Pending Proposals

By Melissa Kramer Copy Editor | Kramerm1@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

The 58th Student Senate met on Wednesday, Nov. 12 discussing a range of topics such as the transformation of Backstage Cafe to a Starbucks, the upcoming elections and updates on the new proposals to the Student Evaluation of Instruction and General Education system.

Student Association President Osato Okundaye gave an update that Parker Theatre will be introducing a full Starbucks Cafe. The vote passed 5-4. The menu will include sandwiches and other items. He spoke to Diane Jackson, manager of Sodexo, who sent out a survey asking students opinions. Sodexo employees will be working at the Starbucks and will be trained.

Steve Deustch, director of CAS, said Jazzman’s will be closing when the new Wooster Dining Hall opens.

“Some students are concerned that the addition will disrupt the established culture Parker Theatre represents,” he said.

Okundaye also discussed the proposed ban of water bottles on campus, as sustainable initiative to ban plastic waste. Water fountains will

be available in places such as the Student Union Building and Jazzman’s. Water bottles will only be placed in vending machines and students will have to pay cash. CAS will have make a decision

by Dec. 10, their last meeting of the semester.

Jesse Ginsburg, executive vice president said the rescue squad is training their staff in case of an Ebola outbreak.

Jordan Taylor, vice president of academic affairs discussed the upcoming Student Association Elections. Candidacy forms are due Tuesday, Nov. 18. Elections will take place on mynewpaltz.edu from Dec. 2 at noon to 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 4. Three candidates are running for reelection.

Taylor said the Academic Advising Comdent feedback on advising.

“The problem is that a lot of times when students voice their frustrations, it is usually regarding registering for classes, they are not actually critical of the actual advising but their frustrations on registration,” he said.

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Sen. Zach Grossman shared his reports on the Academic Senate meeting on Friday, Nov. 7. There, the faculty governance discussed reHe said some faculty were in favor of the teaching enhancement proposal, some were not. He shared his proposals to revise the Student Evaluation of Instruction (SEI). His goal is to have it completed by next semester. He said students would want to know if faculty opted in or opted out in sending their Question 13, open-ended comments to higher levels.

“We see what they want, they see what we want,” he said.

Sen. Nadia Alirahi said the Liberal Education Committee is on hiatus until further notice.

Academic Senate decided to disband the committee until further notice. Their mission was to propose a change to the current General Education (GE) system at SUNY Paltz. The new GE proposal was previously voted down by the faculty earlier this year.

Next, was the report from outside bodies.

Tom Savidge, President of Young Americans For Liberty and Students For Liberty campus coordinator, said there is an annual “Know Your Rights” event upcoming on Thursday, Nov. 20 at 6:30 p.m. in Lecture Center 107. There will be a discussion on what to do when approached by a of a discussion on First Amendment rights as a result of the September pepper-spray incident.

Eric Wood, head of NYPIRG at New Paltz shared his report. The Senate unanimously voted to co-sponsor a letter to Gov. Cuomo to pass the New York State Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act. This act documented immigrant parents to be eligible for eligible for in-state public college tuition, but To close the meeting, Sen. Brienna Parsons and the Senate took the pledge “It’s On Us,” to acknowledge and take action when recognizing what could lead to sexual assault and harassment.

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Locals far and wide agree that New Paltz creates its own sense of magic on Halloween night.

Families living in surrounding towns like Gardiner went to the Night of 100 Pumpkins, an annual pumpkin decorating and carving contest hosted by The Bakery, right in the heart of New Paltz.

Located at 13 N Front St., The Bakery put sparkling orange lights on decorative display as creatures of all sorts came out to experience the contest. Fairies, superheroes, witches and monsters lined up to view the intricate and super-artistic pumpkins that local residents created.

Celebrating the 24th anniversary of this annual Halloween event, the owner, David Santner, gave out over 60 prizes to each of the 60 participating pumpkin carvers. With both children and adults participating, there were categories ranging from “Petrifying” to “Most Poetic.”

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Businesses from all over New Paltz donated gift cards to distribute to the winners and participants of Night of 100 Pumpkins including Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Karma Road, Rock Yoga, The Guilded Otter, Earth Goods and Candy Candy.

Santner, a local of New Paltz who opened The Bakery in 1981, made it his duty to get everything perfect and prepared for this community tradition, which he admitted was an idea that his wife creatively came up with.

“She’s a kindergarten teacher. That’s how she thinks,” Santner said.

Every year, once the clock strikes 6 comes to life. Each of the pumpkins are lit up as jack-o-lanterns and drummers Assane Badji, Amadou Diallo, Moustapha Diedhiou and Mark Sommers play their traditional music to get all attendees into the spirit of the holiday.

“They get the people dancing,” bakery manager Alex Letourneau said. “It’s a tradi-

tion and it’s a nice celebration.”

Many attendees agreed that Night of 100 Pumpkins is a Halloween staple. Some go so far to even say that it wouldn’t be Halloween without it.

Ondrea Lynn, a resident of Albany, visited a friend in New Paltz and said it was her “I saw ideas that I thought could never be done with a pumpkin,” she said.

Karen Harting, a resident of Gardiner, said she has attended Night of 100 Pumpkins every year since her 13 year-old son was a baby. She said they meet up with friends in New Paltz and go trick-or-treating, which is a tradition of most young families who attend this annual event.

Santner said he is dedicated to this event each and every year and loves seeing how much all of the people enjoy themselves and getting to see all of the intricate pumpkins that participants put so much effort into making.

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Santner said his goal has always been to create a sense of community within New Paltz.

According to New Paltz residents, Santner has achieved this goal.

“There is a real sense of community,” Annia Reyes, a SUNY New Paltz graduate, said. “It’s a wholesome event for the kids and for me. All of the creativity that goes into the costumes and pumpkins … I love it.

It feels magical and it never loses its magic.”

Every year is a new, unexpected surprise for all attendees and judges of Night of 100 Pumpkins.

“We see all different, amazing things,” Santner said, reminding himself of 2013’s creations which included sushi pumpkins, totem poll pumpkins and anti-Common Core pumpkins.

The overall consensus is that it has become a staple in the community. “[The Night of 100 Pumpkins] is exactly what Halloween should be about,” local meaning of Halloween.”

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By Jennifer Newman Features Editor | Jnewman46@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu Combine creativity, social issues and a large variety of contributors to get the new local publicatoin, “Social Pioneering Monthly.” some of the topics the publication will be addressing in their magazine.

This grassroots magazine currently has one issue out, “Corporation Corruption,” and is run by the Social Pioneering Monthly club on the SUNY New Paltz campus.

Co-presidents, second-year Sociology majors Alexis Polokoff and Zachary Rausch started this club pocket through PDQ Printing in town. lustrations and other submissions from students, faculty, anonymous artists and alumni who felt strongly on the month’s topic of corruption in industries and how it affects people.

“I feel really strongly about the power of words and art to drive people,” Rausch said. “So [many issues] could be dealt with if people were informed, motivated and were empowered enough to be active on political and social issues to vote or at least care.”

Polokoff said she is passionate about getting the word out about different issues in the world and doing it in a creative way. She said it is important to her to keep spreading awareness on topics that really need public education.

“People know what racism is but [we want to highlight] how it actually affects people and how it’s so prev-

alent today and how it can change,” she said.

Each edition covers a different issue. Polokoff said this publication’s goal is to educate people through this interesting medium. She said this illustrated approach is more eye-catching and she thinks it will make people more interested in important social issues.

“People don’t want to sit down [and read] usually,”

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ly and that image or poem will stay in their head for a while.”

Anyone who submits can interpret the month’s topic however they want, she said.

“If they’re for it, they can even do that. It’s all about getting your own voice out there,” she said. dustry, entitled “Menufacturing” about GMOs, fast food and other issues. Polokoff said she is hoping to have a December issue on racism.

At the end of each month, the club votes on what topic choices should be considered and then a poll goes on the Facebook page, SUNY New Paltz Social Pioneering Monthly, for people to decide on what they want to see in print.

“I want it to not just be an exclusive club,” Polokoff said. “I want any student on campus to submit [material] anytime if they show an interest and they want to.”

FRESH PALTZ’s mission is to document what some stylish people are wearing around the campus of SUNY New Paltz. #FreshPaltz Name: Sabrina Sarro Year: Third-year

meet the club every Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Sojourner Truth library in the media section.

The club accepts submissions from any SUNY New Paltz student, faculty or alumni. Submissions can be sent to Socialpioneersdaily@gmail.com.

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Food and sex may seem completely seperate, yet the two have many cultural aspects in common.

Italian and Italian-American culture, was explored in the presentation “Linguine and Lust: Food and Sex in Italian/American Culture,” on Thursday, Nov. 6 in Lecture Center 104.

Distinguished Queens College and John D. Calandra Institute professor of English and Italian American Studies, Fred Gardaphé, created the presentation.

Gardaphé talked about an experience he had at an Italian restaurant with some fellow professors.

At this restaurant, he made so many comments about the food that one of his colleagues asked, He’s Italian! It’s in his blood!”

Although he had found that encounter humorous, it made Gardaphé ponder on the different stereotypes of his Italian-American background. This lead to Gardaphé researching food and stereotypes of Italian-American culture and creating this presentation.

two main stereotypes of Italian culture: their love of food and their love of sex. Gardaphé started to ponder on the relationship between food and sexuality, how it is different between Italian and American cultures,

how these two cultures portray their relationships with food and sex and how the media portrays their relationships with food and sex.

Gardaphé then read a poem by Victor Buono.

Its ending line stated “eating is the oldest sin of all.”

This poem referenced the story of Adam and Eve tying sex and food together through religious sins.

Gardaphé said people are judged by the way they eat, and that there is a big difference in calling someone a “pig-eater” compared to saying that a person “eats like a pig.”

Gardaphé said the way people eat is often used to categorize people. According to Gardarphé, Ital-

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said, “Don’t be an American, you’re better than that.”

He went on to say that sexual relations in cultures could be seen through language.

Gardaphé gave many examples of Italian words that are related to sexual lingo, such as the Italian word for , can also be used to reference a vagina. Many Italian foods and pastries, such as the , which means the small penises of angels, are named after sexual body parts or sexual innuendos, which shows the ties between food and sex in Italian culture.

Attendees were able to get a better understanding of Italian culture through a humorous presentation that included a discussion as well as visuals such as video clips from famous movies like .

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ANNUAL JAIL N’ BAIL FUNDRAISER FOR ST. JUDES SUCCESSFUL

By Nathaniel Sheidlower | Sheidlon1@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu “No, not Terrance. He’s a good boy,” the custodial workers pleaded with Ofrance Morgan out of Esopus Hall and toward the police cruiser in cold silver handcuffs.

“Good luck,” one of the custodians said as Morgan was locked in the back seat, hands behind his back. in the car to take Terrance away to the jail.

Morgan, a second-year marketing management major, was being taken to the mock jail located in SUB 100 on Thursday, Oct. 30. He and about 13 others were arrested, only to be bailed out dren’s Hospital as part of the third annual Morgan and his fellow inmates, including fourth-year sociology major and President of the Student Association, Osatohamwen Okundaye, stood behind ceiling windows of the mock jail and hollered at those walking by to come donate.

“This event brings fun and lightheartedness to something very serious,”

nating this event. She said about $500 in donations were collected during the event, adding to the near $700 they have already received this semester.

There is no minimum dollar amount the inmates must earn before leaving to go about their day, according to Nicole Barci, fourth-year public relations major who was arrested both last year and this year. She said on average students raise about $20 before leaving and faculty raise about $100.

“It’s a really good cause,” Barci said.

“These kids don’t know if they’ll be here tomorrow, so we need to do what we can to help them.” motivated to donate, but an event like this one puts a fun spin on the topic and encourages donations.

Third-year accounting major, Sarah Alloush, partook in this fundraiser for she said it really grabs people’s attention and gets them to think about the children and donate.

University Police Department (UPD)

SA President Osatohamwen Okundaye gets arrested for fundraiser.

members who participated in the event, arresting people throughout the day.

“This is more than just someone said. “People are giving up their time, which is precious to all of us.”

Dugatkin said he had been involved in a similar fundraiser while working

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partment. He said if an emergency did raiser to help.

He said it is a fun way for police to be involved with the campus community and he was impressed with everyone’s commitment for the good cause.

A Prideful Turnout Of Unity

LARGEST STUDENT PARTICIPATION FOR BLACK SOLIDARITY DAY

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month that they will not tolerate discrimination.

Students, graduates and faculty of SUNY New other on Black Solidarity Day at the Pointe of Family Over 300 students participated in Black Solidarity Day. Students of all different races did not attend class. returned to the campus from the day-long event.

mas and professor Luis Inoa, as well as the keynote adclub Urban Lyrics.

“I hope students of color gain a sense of coment in terms of race in a place where people don’t look like you,” Reynoso said. “And for people who aren’t of color, I hope they gain some knowledge of this and pass it on to promote awareness of struggles of people of color.”

Before Urban Lyrics performed their piece one of

people have in society.

She said it is important “to show the campus community how life would be different without the black student population.” ticipated in Thomas’ social media workshop about how “I learned that we’re programmed to learn a certain way about ourselves and because of that we tend to perpetuate stereotypes,” she said. “We need to be conscious of those stereotypes and not perpetuate them.”

This year’s theme of Black Solidarity Day was

Yaranny “Rookie” Reynoso, secretary of the Black StuThe event consisted of four workshops instructed

Young conducted a workshop, Taking Back Black Media on the representation of culture. She said the purpose of the day is to show the importance black

the media than white men.

“They [the media] didn’t use the picture of Mi-

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“They chose a photo of Michael Brown that could put him in a particular light where the media could say, ‘Okay, this is why he was killed. He struggled with an ences at one of the marches in Ferguson, MO. “People were passing us bandanas in case they tear gassed us,” he said. “Some of them had gas masks.

They weren’t dressed like that because that’s how they always dress. They had been tear gassed by the police.”

Breana Hendricks, a fourth-year Fine Arts and ceramics major who attended Black Solidarity Day for the third time, said she liked how hands-on the keynote was.

“He allowed the audience to interact with him rather to be a lecture,” she said. “Being able to interact with him allowed me to be more informed.”

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JOSH RUBEN AND VINCE PEONE SCREEN NEW STAND-UP COMEDY FILM AT SUNY NEW PALTZ

By Russell Hartman A&E Editor | Rhartman@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

On Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, Josh Ruben and Vince Peone, of CollegeHumor fame, paid a visit to SUNY New Paltz to host a screening of their new was hosted by the Media and Journalism Society and came to fruition mainly due to the hard work of Vice President Ian Todaro. The event featured a Q&A with Ruben and Peone, which followed the Josh Ruben and Vince Peone, who are from Woodstock and Saugerties respectively, were introduced by a mutual friend named Travis Satten. Satten attended Woodstock Youth Theater with Ruben and was the drummer for Peone’s band. They hung out sparingly while they both lived in upstate New York but after Peone attended the School of Visual Arts in the city, they formed the sketch comedy group Dutch West where they created video content and really began to work together as a team.

YouTube wasn’t around when Dutch West began making videos so when it was launched Peone said they had 50 videos in the can and uploaded them.

CollegeHumor was also a relatively new website and wasn’t creating their own legeHumor contacted Ruben and Peone after seeing Dutch West’s videos.

at the whiplash comedy show which is

The duo began working at CollegeHumor soon after and stayed there for seven years. According to the duo,

They were both passionate about the of this really cool thing that was going on every Monday night in a basement in New York that’s free and constantly Peone said.

Peone elaborated on the concept of

fame), and Sean Patton.

This whole event would not have come together though, if Todaro hadn’t interned at the Woodstock Comedy Festival.

Todaro, 24, was interning at the Woodstock Comedy Festival when he met Ruben who was screening A Night at Whiplash at the festival. Todaro said he knew about Ruben and Peone prior to the comedy festival due to their CollegeHumor videos. After the event ended Todaro got Ruben’s email from the Director of Media and PR of the festival, Sheila Isenberg, and the two began communicating regularly. Over the course of about a month Todaro and Ruben communicated and set up the event. the possibility of screening the movie said.

Ryan Percy, president of the media excited for the event and that he was

Photo Courtesy of Splitsider located in New York City at the Upright p.m. and is free and open to the public.

Famous comics such as Aziz Ansari,

make these videos! Do you wanna come do that for us and get paid to do the exact

with laughter right from the start of of made before. make a feature in an evening which is unusual because we are sort of long form centric nowadays, writing movies and

all performed there.

Of course the main focus of a stand up comedy show is the comics them-

seemed to get better and better. Once the credits began to roll the applause began and the lights came up. Ruben and Peone were greeted with a huge applause as they made their way to the podium.

Students from the audience asked Ruben and Peone many questions about

longest running stand up show at the UCB and would love you guys to… if tape are headed for greatness, they’re Ruben said.

Ruben continued to elaborate on the

company in that span of time, including CollegeHumor after their seven-year tenure and recently pitched an idea for a T.V. show to Comedy Central and are currently waiting to hear back.

The videos that Ruben and Peone created for CollegeHumor were typically shorts and weren’t more than two minutes in length. A Night at Whiplash is unlike any of their CollegeHumor videos and it gave them the chance to make a feature in one night.

Peone said.

The comics featured in A Night at Whiplash are Sheng Wang, Carmen Gene on Bob’s Burgers), Janeane Garofalo (Of The Larry Sanders Show and Saturday Night Live Michael Che (Of Saturday Night Live

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and Peone said they wanted it to feel like we were actually there in the comedy The duo shared stories from their beginnings, CollegeHumor days, comedy stories in general and experiences they’ve had with comedy. At the end of the Q&A, they tossed Woodstock Comedy Festival t-shirts out to the audience and gave away some posters.

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Simple Songs of Friendship

MUSICIAN OF THE WEEK:

UNISON ARTS CENTER HOSTS HIGHLY PRAISED PERFORMANCE

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Unison Arts Center hosted “Ya Got Me: Songs for Two or Three,” with friendship serving as the common topic for the event.

The event, which featured duets, trios, and a few solos by the voices of the American Musical Theatre, took place at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 8. The two-hour event included a 10 minute intermission and featured performances by Molly ParkerMyers, Kevin Archambault and Victoria Howland.

“I liked the theme of friendship and the familiar songs,” said Addie Haas, who has attended many events at Unison in the past. “I like musical theatre, and I’m a big supporter of Unison.”

The musical performance was performed in front of an audience of 40 people ranging from ages four to 80, most viewers being senior citizens, 65 years-old or older.

The event was sponsored by Attorney Jonathan Katz, Mary Collins Real Estate Inc.

and the staff of the Kingston Hampton Inn. The seating of the small room that the event took place in was that of cabaret style. In front of the stage, there were sevtwo long rectangular tables with seating for 10. In addition, colorful paintings were hung on the walls.

“I had never been to Unison before, so I wanted to check it out,” said Randy Loder, an audience member who happened to know two of the three performers, Archambault and Howland. “I liked the different themes of friendship. I thought they The performance’s plot was about the performers being in rehearsal, getting performed was a song simply titled “friendship.”

The different themes of friendship throughout the performance included childhood friends, family (who, as noted by the performers, can make the best friends), and friends’ support. Songs performed ranged

from upbeat trios such as “Side By Side” from the musical Company, to ballad duets such as “For Good” from the broadway musical Wicked.

There was also several show tunes performed that audience members, such as Thom Webb, had never heard before.

Webb, who has performed in other shows at Unison and is a friend of the three performers, liked the songs that he was unfamiliar with, due to his friends’ performance of them.

But another audience member, Archamabault’s mother, especially enjoyed the musical performance.

“It’s a delight to hear him sing,” Mary Jo Archambault said, who was at the performance with her husband to see their son performance at Unison.

The event ended with an audience sing-a-long. Audience members pulled out lyric sheets, taped underneath their seats by the staff of Unison and sang along with the performers about friendship.

SUNY New Paltz Rocks the Vote

SUNY NEW PALTZ STUDENTS LEARN THE IMPORTANCE OF VOTING

By Jess Napp Contributing Writer | Nappj1@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

On Tuesday Oct. 28, from 1 to 5 p.m., the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) hosted The Rock The Vote Concert on the SUB concourse to educate students on the importance of voting.

The event was a part of the nationwide Get Out The Vote drive. Students were educated about ballot initiatives and the major elections coming up. Restaurants in town, such as Asian Fusion and Rock Da Pasta, donated free food, live music played throughout the event and stuof gift cards.

James Auer, a fourth year Political Science major, NYPIRG intern and voter mobilization project leader coordinated the event. From Aug. 25 until Oct. 10, Auer and others involved in the voter mobilization project could be seen around campus registering students to vote. 809 people registered with them.

This program took three and a half weeks event that he has ever coordinated and he a had

a team of three to four student volunteers who helped him. the semester were dedicated to registering student voters, and now it was time to educate these voters.

“We are the future,” Auer said.

At the event, posters on display educated students on the various candidates in the up and coming elections such as the Congressional race, the Gubernatorial race and even state and local races. NYPIRG is nonpartisan and an equal amount of information on all of the candidates and their political parties was presented.

Chapter President Peter Brown of the United University Professions (UUP), the union for all faculty on campus, spoke at the event. According to Brown, UUP has been co-sponsoring the Rock the Vote Campaign at New Paltz for years.

“Why do you need an old fart like me to tell you that voting is important?” Brown said.

NYPIRG is the largest 501 (c) (4), nonprofit, organization in the state. There are 207 college campus chapters and it is New York’s largest student-directed research and activism group.

NYPIRG has seven main areas of concern: environmental protection, consumer rights, higher education, government reform, voter registration, mass transit and public health.

“We are an activist training camp,” Auer said.

Eric Wood, SUNY New Paltz Project Coordinator for NYPIRG, helped with the planning and promotion for this event.

According to Wood it is especially critical

YEAR: Junior MAJOR: Digital Media Production HOMETOWN: Brewster, N.Y.

WHAT’S YOUR INSTRUMENT OF CHOICE? Guitar and singing because without songwriting there is no reason to stay alive in this world.

WHAT ARE YOU INVOLVED WITH MUSICALLY?

The band Sativa Cult.

WHO ARE YOUR BIGGEST INFLUENCES? Nirvana, Pile, Heeley and Hendrix.

WHO HAVE YOU BEEN LISTENING TO LATELY?

Ovlov, Speedy Ortiz, Gerogia Anne Muldrow, Tricot, The Gradiants.

WHAT’S YOUR PLAN FOR THE FUTURE? To go to Osaka to be with the woman I love.

ANY ADVICE FOR ASPIRING MUSICIANS? Love all, love yourself, all Is one, feel compassion, live for the truth and for your vision. Be the symbol you strive for but most importantly use your voice.

the student voice and the student needs, such as students need to know the technicalities involved with voting, such as where they can go to vote on Election Day, Nov. 4.

Allee Surgeary, a second year journalism and history major, attended the event. Surgeary was an intern for the Sean Eldridge Campaign and according to her, it is very hard to get students voting. However, Surgeary believed that the event was a fun way to educate students about their right to vote.

“Young people should be aware of what is going on around them,” Surgeary said.

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PIANO PERFORMANCE BY FACULTY AND STUDENTS IMPRESSES

By Amya Pinka Copy Editor | Pinkaa1@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

On Tuesday, Nov. 11 at 8 p.m. SUNY New Paltz faculty and students graced the stage of the Julien J. Studley Theatre to put on a performance titled “Piano Riot.”

Part of the music department concert series, the concert showcased the array of talent of pianists that prevails within the music department. On one shared piano, a combination of Photo Courtesy of Maxwell Reide professors and students played a number of songs at one time including Professors Sylvia The show opened with “Overture from The Buccelli, Alex Peh and Ruthanne Schempf.

Marriage of Figaro” played by Buccelli, Peh Students who took the stage included Adam and Schempf.

Gloc, 21, a double major in piano performance Orr and Peh performed a piece by Felix and music composition, second-year Theresa Mendelssohn.

Orr, 19, studying piano performance and music “The duet I am performing by Mendelstherapy, Theodor Rosa and fourth-year piano sohn will be very beautiful and I am excited to performance major, Danielle Strassman, 21. share it,” Orr said before the performance.

According to Peh, a pianist of 30 years, the Other songs performed include “Waltz and idea for such a performance came about when Romance” in A major for Six Hands performed the piano faculty wanted to do a recital with all

by Gloc, Rosa and Strassman. Buccelli and of them playing at once. “We thought it would Schempf performed the “Wizard of Oz Fanbe fun,” he said. tasy.”

From there, the search began for music What made this program so special was composed for three pianists at one piano.

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Dr. Alex Peh and Theresa Orr

nists have shared one piano during the concert series.

“While four-hand concerts have previously been programmed, the addition of a third faculty pianist ventures into new territory,” Buccelli said. “Also, very importantly, the addition of the boundaries between student and professor and creates a true New Paltz piano community celebration of the sounds of the piano.”

Another emphasized aspect about this concert was that students and faculty collaborated. them performing experience with professional

for teachers because then they have to keep up with their students.”

The three professors closed the show with a piece called “Celestial Mechanics: Makrokosmos IV” composed by George Crumb.

According to Buccelli, its four movements are named after various galaxies and the resulting piano sounds seek to push into an “extraterrestrial” realm. With tones generated from inside the instrument as well as the keys, Crumb forms a literal totality of piano sound not often encountered.

“It’s an extremely demanding work for two pianists and page turner [who plays a small part in the piece]. We play the piano in every way imaginable, from simply playing the keys, to scraping the strings, plucking them and knocking on the wood,” Peh said.

During the piece, the performers changed their seating a number of times, struck the strings of the piano and before the performance; cation to be performed properly. and a standing ovation to the performers.

“It is not often when you hear three people perform on one piano,” Strassman said.

History of A Fine Foundry

DICK POLICH’S EMPLOYEES DISCUSS THEIR EXPERIENCES

By Karl Evers-Hillstrom Copy Editor | Kevershillstrom@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

Four veteran crew members of Dick Polich’s Sunday, Nov. 2 to discuss their experiences and answer questions to a packed crowd of art enthusiasts in SUB 62/63.

John and Wendy Gilvey, Thom Joyce and Morgan Donohue have all worked at the Tallix Foundry for years, and had many stories to tell after being introduced by Samuel Dorsky Museum Curator Daniel Belasco.

Polich, a master in metallurgy and engineering, founded the Tallix Foundry in 1968 inside a garage in Nelsonville, New York. Over the years, more artists caught on to what the foundry could create for them, and that garage turned into an 85,000 square foot facility in Beacon, New York.

The foundry creates artworks out of metal and other materials for artists, and has created works for John and Wendy Gilvey, now married and still

working at the foundry, met at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan and were not sure what to do after graduating and moving out of the city. foundry, which she said read, “Art background helpful, not necessary.” She applied and became Wendy Gilvey worked with wax to create molds and also worked with metal chasing and patina, a process of coating materials to prevent them from being damaged.

“Wendy told me about this foundry and told me that I should get a job,” John Gilvey said. “I said, ‘Well things are going pretty well without me having a job’, but she insisted, so Dick hired me to John and Wendy Gilvey have now been working at the foundry for over 30 years.

Joyce never expected to work for Polich at the foundry as a career.

“I had no art experience other than hanging out at the art department where all the other hippies hung out,” Joyce said. “I came in to tallix to

practice welding.”

In the mid-1970s, Joyce initially planned on practicing welding at the tallix so he could go work on an assembly line, but Polich convinced him to stick around.

Donohue started as a photographer and took pictures of the foundry one day. Donohue applied for a job at the tallix since he wanted to learn sculpture, and in 1984 Polich “hired someone with no experience.” Donohue has been working at the Foundry for 28 years, mostly doing sand molding.

Although Polich was great to his employees and laid back, he did not accept anything that wasn’t perfect.

“Dick inspired us to reach a certain level of perfection,” John Gilvey said. “If we thought it was okay, we’d have to make it a little better.” imperfections in the projects that everyone else missed.

“He’s the ultimate problem-solver,” John Giland then we’ll work on solving it. Every time we

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accomplished something, there was a mile of things we had not yet accomplished.”

Joyce also emphasized the perfection that Polich instilled in the team as something that was very important to their process.

“If you mess up on the mold, the wax is gonna have a problem; if you mess up on the wax, the shell is gonna have a problem,” Joyce said. “If you make a mistake in the beginning, it multiplies later in the process, so everyone has to have that level of perfection.”

All of the speakers agreed that the foundry was a team effort, that nobody was truly alone in their efforts on a project.

“We are all connected and know each other,” Donohue said. “We all help each other with our own works. It’s a strange situation, but a great one.”

At the end of the event, Polich stood up from his front-row seat to answer a question about metals. After extensively answering the question, Polich thanked everyone in attendance for coming, and thanked his loyal employees for their hard work.

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THE DEEP END ADELIA ROBERTS

Major: Painting BFA

Year: Fourth

“Nature is boundless, awe-inspiring, timeless and enigmatic. Our natural surroundings have always provided me with a sense of balance, peace and rejuvenation. Nature has an innate ability to soothe and heal the mind, and my abiding relationship to nature helps me maintain equilibrium. Everything has a different shape, texture and color. Nothing is exactly the same from one thing to the next, each as their own mark.

In life I surround myself with nature, and it follows that I keep bringing nature into my artwork. Because I can only control the alcohol ink to a degree, the fluidity of the ink allows me to directly translate onto paper what I feel at the moment. Nature, when attacked, knows how to heal herself. Although nature is fragile, she is resilient and she never loses focus.�

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In the darkest of times, there is always a key to your light. All you need to know is the right time to turn that key. After you do, the possibilities are endless. Finding the key is stumbling through the dark, but you keep looking.

Today, I am a member of The Black Keys family. I have become lifelong friends with Dan and Pat, the two members of the duo rock group hailing from Akron, Ohio. I have even become pals with the stage crew and others involved with the band. They all know how appreciative I am of their hard work every day. I am beyond grateful to have met the greatest people I have ever known and to have become a member of the family.

To have my idols know how much they mean to me keeps me going every day. time back in May. This September, when I went on my road trip to see them twice in three days, I had the incredible opportunity to meet them again in Philadelphia. I was placed last in the line by the staff because they wanted to make sure I had more time with them. As I was waiting, I watched the guys reactions to meeting complete strangers. Yes, they are always the sweetest guys, but they when they saw me. To see Dan and Pat’s

‘Luck In My Head’ faces light up and be so genuinely happy when they saw me is something I will never be able to comprehend. To know that I have the same effect on them as they do on me is completely surreal.

Never in my life would I have ever thought I would be calling them my brothers. I am already looking forward to the next time they come back around to the East Coast so we can reunite.

As a result of my bond with the Keys, I have also formed lifelong friendships with some pals from Akron, Ohio who always say, “we have luck in our head.” That phrase has been resonating with me every day. To be able to do what I love every day and to be a member of The Oracle family has meant the world and more to me and it is such an honor.

I have met lifelong friends there who share the same passion as me. As Pat, The Black Keys drummer said in an issue of Rolling Stone Magazine, “Getting paid to do what you love? That’s killing it.” I have had more luck in my head than I could ever imagine possible.

Through writing, I am able to make a difference in people’s lives just as The Black Keys have made in the most sigful to do what I love every day in the same way they do. They are the hardest workers, most dedicated and most determined people I know and I will continue to go about life the same way they do

every single day. Nobody else makes me happier. In the darkest of times, they always pick me back up when nothing else can. There is no way to ever thank them enough for all of the pure happiness, comfort and inspiration they continue to bring me.

If you are ever going through a dark time, I will guarantee you, amazjust have to look at the big picture. You need people in your life who pick you up when you are down and are happy to see and talk to you, not those who consistently put you down and disappoint you.

Not those who place blame on you and do not look at themselves. Never give these people another second.

I have certainly learned a lot in the ing the greatest moments of my life and battling through the darkest times of my life, lower than rock bottom. Just because people put you down does not mean you should accept one word or your whole life should be affected. Once you begin to realize you are better off without these people, you feel the best you ever have.

Life automatically gets better without them. Then you pick yourself back up and realize what you are left with is beyond compare. It is not a replacement by any means; it’s becoming stronger and realizing you had better all along.

Be thankful every day for the people

whom you do have in your life. You may just form lifetime bonds and friendships like I have.

I could not be happier with where I am now. Looking back on the past year, it sure did take every ounce of willpower and strength in my body to be at the levmean it. I am glad I went through what I did because it made me realize I never want to be there again.

If you want to accomplish something, you do it. The only barrier between accomplishing it and not is whether or not you are determined enough. The Keys played in front of crowds of 50 and traveled hours on end in a van to get to out and were happy with any numerical amount of people they played for.

The only thing that mattered was they embraced it and are able to share their passion with the world. Now, they are world-famous and share their passion to sold-out arenas everywhere.

I am completely happy and honored to be where I am now. It can only go up from here, and here is pretty damn good.

Do what you love and love what you do.

Melissa Kramer is a second-year journalism major who’s favorite place to be is in the front row of a Black Keys Concert.

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UPD Unresponsive to Student Concerns Regarding Cuomo Incident The student-police interaction that happened on Sep. 16, 2014 when Governor Cuomo visited SUNY New Paltz has been a large topic of discussion and controversy for students and faculty since the incident happened on campus.

The exact incident involved a Univerdemanding students to back away from an area they were not allowed to protest in, according to the security requests of the governor. Students inquired to know why they were being told to move back not have an answer to their completely reasonable question. Rather than apologizing for being ill-informed or calling for more information, he proceeded by threatening to pepper spray the students if they did not comply with his orders.

He even held his pepper spray as if he was about to use it. The incident was reported on by The New Paltz Oracle.

More details on the matter can be found there.

Understandably, students were frustrated with the lack of respect demonin procedure that allowed the event to occur as it did. The Student Senate took it upon themselves to pass legislation regarding the issue. Several students voiced their complaints to Police Chief David Dugatkin regarding the incident.

The incident on campus drew a formal response from President Christian, which was emailed to every student on campus. While he was receptive to some of the concerns of students, especially regarding their rights to free speech, he failed to acknowledge any wrongdoing was the crux of student complaints.

In his email to the students, President Christian stated that “[I] would not second-guess the split-second decisions in a situation where I was not present.”

This comment was made despite a videotape of the event being present and available for his viewing. This statement demonstrates no support for the students who were threatened by the pepper spray and does not condemn the actions

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Op-Ed assure students that this behavior by the assurance by President Christian that he as inexcusable and behavior that needed to be eliminated. On this case of injustice, President Christian chose the path of neutrality.

As lackluster as the response has been from President Christian in supporting students, UPD has been much less transparent regarding the issue. I, as the student liaison to UPD, was formally charged by Student Senate, to meet with Police Chief Dugatkin regarding the incident along with Student Senator Nadia AliRahi. Understandably, the representative body of the students wanted clarity, closure, and a plan forward on the troubling issue. I insisted upon a meeting because of the requests from Student Senate.

Despite having previously expressed an interest in communicating with students about the conduct of UPD, Police Chief Dugatkin was hesitant to meet with me directly regarding the issue- insisting that there was nothing to talk about because President Christian had already addressed the issue. His reluctance to meet with me regarding the incident is a violation of his previous commitment to have a dialogue with students about UPD. After I continued to press him to meet about the incident, Police Chief Dugatkin adhered to my request. with him regarding the incident Nov. 7, exactly 52 days after the incident had occurred. At one point in our discussion, Police Chief Dugatkin attempted to dismiss the conversation as not worthwhile because the incident had happened so long ago - not recognizing that the sole reason for the meeting being so late was with us sooner.

In the meeting, Nadia and me were hoping that Police Chief Dugatkin would give us some interpretation of the incident and some explanation as to what he had done in reaction to the incident. All Police Chief Dugatkin mentioned was that the issue had been addressed with

that. Police Chief Dugatkin used the statement of President Christian as an explanation for not having to answer our questions, and by extension, answering to the students. Police Chief Dugatkin has done nothing to alleviate the concerns that students have had regarding the incident and has resisted any form of communication with students other than simply allowing students to voice their concerns to him. Students have not at all been involved in the process of reform and have been given no explanation as to how reform will happen.

Police Chief Dugatkin did not believe that he was in a position of moral obligation to speak for what had happened or to give any details as to how this situation was being dealt with. Police Chief Dugatkin did not apologize for what had happened, or even acknowledge any wrongdoing on behalf of the Chief Dugatkin is invested in preventing this conduct from his staff in the future.

Students have exhausted all their options in trying to communicate with UPD and the administration in trying to come to some resolution and path forward. On one hand, we have President Christian abstaining from judgment on hand, we have silence from UPD. Obviously, these responses are not satisfactory. Where does the inaction of the powerful leave us as students? I call for two changes that would help prevent similar events from happening in the future: First, there should be a formal process or committee that includes students and has standing to address concerns about police behavior.

According to a national law enforcement journal, the question of the validity of citizen oversight is no longer an issue of dispute. They write that: “On one side of the debate, there are those who assert that internal review and control is the only way to manage the problem of misconduct. Basically, they argue that the involvement of citizens without intimate knowledge of law enforcement procedures and legal limitations will only muddle the review process.

Yet those on the other side argue that under democratic systems of checks and

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balances, no one should be left to judge him- or herself. The wide-ranging powers and discretion of law enforcement keepers of the criminal justice system make it imperative that members of the abuse their powers and seek protection from scrutiny behind the so-called blue wall of silence.

The issue of whether some form of citizen review is appropriate may have been settled from the public’s viewpoint.

Three-fourths of the largest cities in the United States have established some form of citizen law enforcement review.

These actions represent a de facto public appropriate response to the problem of law enforcement malpractice.”

-Police Chief - Professional Voice of Law Enforcement October, 2014 Second, police must carry cameras ior, and the behavior of those they confront. In this case, students happened to dent presence is not guaranteed. If cameras were not present, this incident may have gone unnoticed. Requiring UPD wards accountability.

When events like this happen on campus, far too often students are left in state of confusion and disarray. We are without a clear understanding of how to move forward. Organizing and demanding action on behalf of the administration and UPD is the only way to proceed.

Massive student protests and strategically applied pressure will get the desired results. We as students must reassert our power to protect ourselves from police abuse. We need reform now. It has been made clear that those in charge will not willingly make the necessary changes.

We, as students, need to demand change. This incident demonstrates that all students are subject to injustice. Students have a choice between demanding change and consenting to our own abuse.

I hope that students choose change.

Jesse Ginsburg Executive Vice President 11/9/2014

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WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL NAMED 2014 SUNYAC CHAMPIONS

The Women’s volleyball team defeated both of their SUNYAC tournament competitors in three sets each this weekend.

By Alex Perlman Contributing Writer | N02553967@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

The Women’s volleyball team won their second SUNYAC championship in program history this past Sunday, Nov. 9.

The team now holds an overall record of 31-5 and has shown consistency with a 10-game winning streak thus far.

The team played two deciding games this weekend and shut out both of their matchup of the weekend on Saturday, Nov. 8, the Hawks swept the Brockport 21, 25-15. The Hawks then completed a second straight sweep against the secondseeded Fredonia Blue Devils 25-19, 2516, 25-19 the following day.

Third-year outside hitter Becca Borquist earned the SUNYAC Tournament MVP title after leading all tournament participants with 34 total kills over the weekend. Borquist alongside fourth-

year libero Katy Herbst and fourth-year middle hitter Alli Coleman were elected to the All-Tournament Team.

Fourth-year right side hitter Alex Bizub, who produced a service ace for the the Hawk’s title as SUNYAC champions, said the meshing of players on the team is what has brought them to this point.

“We work together as one very well,” she said. “We have a lot of individual talent, but it means nothing if you can’t mesh together and I think we do that almost perfectly.”

The Hawks aren’t foreign to the playoff atmosphere, having reached the NCAA tournament in ‘08, ‘09,‘12 and ‘13. Head Coach Matt Giufre said he believes the team’s experience under pressure played to their advantage this weekend.

“We know what it’s like to play in a one and done situation,” Giufre said.

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“We’ve played a very tough schedule this year and all of those matches fully prepared us for anything we would face in the tournament.”

Giufre earned his second consecutive SUNYAC Coach of the Year award after leading his team to an undefeated conference record. This achievement will mark award in 12 years coaching the Hawks.

With this victory, the Hawks earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they will face Haverford takes place at Christopher Newport University’s Freeman Center in Newport News, Virginia on Friday, Nov. 14.

“We don’t know a lot about Haverford, so we have been working out our own kinks rather than focusing too much on what’s ahead,” Bizub said. “We don’t want to jinx ourselves – but we would love to keep winning.”

The plays in Virginia this Friday with an overall record of 31-5.

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Cold Hard Progress for Cross Country

The top seven runners from both cross country teams will run in regionals this weekend.

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“Staying warm was really important – and

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The Men’s and Women’s Cross Country teams competed in the SUNYAC Championships on Saturday, Nov. 1 in Brockport, New York.

Despite being faced with bitter cold and rainy conditions at the event, the men’s team

that he’s done now,” he said. “He’s packaging his

the races that he’s running.”

Second to cross the line for the men’s team was fourth-year Dave Lukas, notching a time of

placed above their host, The College at Brockport. the race and taking 26th place. The men’s team fourth-year Mike Scher, placing fourth overall with a time of 25:46.0. Scher completed the race the SUNYAC Cross Country Hall of Fame – an accolade that has never been accomplished in the history of either the men’s or women’s teams at New Paltz.

“It feels great,” Scher said. “I wouldn’t say that I was expecting it because the conference is have all year and raced my race – which happened to put me in that position.”

Head Coach Mike Trunkes said Scher’s dedication to his sport is what has propelled him to

On the women’s side, fourth-year Terisa ing a time of 23:12.0 and picking up 13th place overall. This earned Woych Second Team All-SUThird-year Gabby Mancuso was the second

Woych said the harsh weather conditions the day of the race made staying warm close to im-

bus, with the heat blasted, until it was time to warm up. During the race, I wore cotton gloves, which blocked the wind chill, but my entire body was completely numb by the end of the race.”

Being that the weather in New Paltz has been relatively mild for November, Trunkes said, racing upstate is a test for the Hawks since they haven’t had much opportunity to acclimate themselves to cold-weather running yet this season.

“I think that to some extent, some of the upper state schools that live in the areas where the weather is not quite as nice as it is down here may have a bit of an advantage over us,” he said. “But now we know what to expect since there’s probably going to be similar conditions up in Rochester this weekend.”

The main goal for the women’s team as the season gets closer to its end, Woych said, is to step up in their last few meets to get ahead of some big contenders in the region.

“Our goal is to be tenacious and not be afraid to compete with the big names in the region,

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many of which are in our SUNYAC conference,” Woych said. “SUNYACs was a learning race for us. We went into the race looking to beat Cortland and Oneonta, but they’re strong teams and we need to bring our A game to regionals if we want to place ahead of them.”

This conference meet served as both team’s last race before the 2014 NCAA Div. III Atlantic Regionals this Saturday, Nov. 15, where the top seven runners from each team will compete.

Trunkes said he has bright prospects for both teams to put out what they have been doing all end. ish out the season with a strong effort,” he said.

“We’ve had some challenges, but what I’m looking for is them to come together as a team and let the chips fall where they may. They have the ability and talent to put it all together. For the men, the conversation I’ve had with them is that surprising things can happen. You don’t know how other teams will do or other runners will run, but if you a great season.”

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out of four teams with 507 points following the Saturday in Manhattan.

The Hawks concluded day one at the invitational Friday night in Manhattan ranked third out of four teams with 160 points.

The relay team of third-year Will Koenig, Treadwell and third-year co-Captain Ryan 1:28.98 in the 200 freestyle relay to begin the meet. Koenig later followed that up with a sixth year co-Captain Jack Spader took ninth in the dividual medley (22nd, 2:09.19).

that’s important to see where we are. Overall, if you were to look up and down the results comparing it to a year ago, I think in three out of

place time of 3:46.62.

The following day, Spader recorded the top freestyle (17:27.00). Koenig and Taskindoust took ninth in the 100 freestyle (49.71) and the 200 freestyle (1:52.00), respectively. The 200 medley relay quartet consisting of Piliero, Lindgren, Treadwell and Koenig combined for a third-place time of 1:42.65.

Head Coach Scott Whitbeck said the team wanted to go out and face some of the best swimmers in the country, to get a sense and a gage to where they are as a program. They also wanted to make sure they were racing against the best competition that is out there, Whitbeck said.

“Compared to one year ago, we are head and shoulders better than last year,” he said. “I think

depth and talent is much improved and that’s nice.” will go out and surprise a lot of people. out there this year and surprise a lot of people and have one of the best seasons this program has seen in a long time,” he said. “And it’s only going to get better from there.” meet of the season when they visit SUNY Oswego on Saturday, Nov. 15 at 1 p.m.

Whitbeck said the team has had a very focused, motivated and all-around great attitude.

He said the leadership in their three captains

thinks it will be something that is going to make a big difference over the course of the season.

“I think we have every possibility of going out there and winning and doing very well on Saturday,” he said. “We’re also very young and have a lot of stuff to learn and have a lot of room to develop, which is a good thing to have. Hopefully we don’t make too many rookie mistakes as we go through the season. I’m pleased with where we are. This may be the most fun I’ve had coaching a men’s team in my seven years. I’ve really enjoyed this team so far.”

Cooke said everyone on the team has something to be proud of at this point in the season.

“We are 100 percent ready to travel to Oswego this weekend and collect sweet revenge for last year’s loss on the men’s side,” he said. “This year is the start of a dynasty. You’ll be hearing a lot more from us, I can guarantee it.”

Women’s Swimming Places Third at NYU Invitational

By Kyra Connelly Contributing Writer | Kyraconnelly@yahoo.com

The Women’s swim team placed third out of four teams in the New York University (NYU) Invitational this weekend.

The two-day event was won by the host NYU with a total of 1,064 points.

Stevens Institute of Technology took second with 836 points. New Paltz came in just after to take third with a total of 659 points, besting Arcadia University’s 277 points.

Third-year Cassidy Griger took second in the 200 freestyle (1:58.41) and 55.10. Fourth-year Samantha Granan

was the Hawks’ top breaststroker of the stroke (2:35.10) and sixth in the 100 breaststroke (1:10.22).

Third-year swimmer Casey O’Connor, who ranked eighth in the 200 backstroke (2:17.13) at the Invitational, said she was happy with her team’s performance.

“NYU and Stevens Institute are highly ranked Div. III teams with strong swimmers,” she said. “We stepped up and got some great times this weekend on both the women’s and men’s side.”

Head Coach Scott Whitbeck said he is also content with the results of the weekend.

“NYU and Stevens are two of the best

teams in the country and have been for the last couple years,” he said. “And although they did beat us, I’m happy with how we did.”

O’Connor said she feels prepared for go this weekend.

“We have a lot of depth on our team this year and I know we are all excited to see how we match up against teams in the SUNYAC conference,” she said.

Last year the Women’s swim team had two all-American swimmers graduate from New Paltz. Since then, the team has been focusing on getting faster to compete in more national level competitions, Whitbeck said.

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“We have some top end swimmers but in order to compete at the highest levels we need to have everyone step up,” he said.

One of these competitions is the MIT Invitational, which is scheduled for early December. Whitbeck said he plans to prepare for this Invitational by attending dual meets like the one against SUNY Oswego this weekend.

“I expect the team to be able to handle Oswego this weekend,” he said. “We learned a lot this weekend and we are better because of it.” meet of the season this Saturday, Nov. 15, hosted by SUNY Oswego at 1 p.m.

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College Basketball is Back

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The NCAA Men’s Div. I College Basketball season begins on Friday, starting what will be an amazing season. Many great players returned to school this year, to accompany a great class of freshmen, which should provide a lot of entertainment for fans across the country.

Here are my top 10 teams for the 201415 season: No. 1 Kentucky Wildcats After a disappointing 2013-14 regular season, the Wildcats hit their stride in the NCAA Tournament as they advanced all the turning besides James Young and Julius Randle and four top-25 recruits now on campus, anything besides a championship will cause disappoint in Lexington.

No. 2 Duke Blue Devils The Blue Devils had the No. 1 recruiting class last year, which makes them one of the favorites this season. Center Jahlil Okafor NBA draft and should be the best player in the country this season. The teams’ mix of veterans and rookies gives them a great chance to be playing in Indianapolis in the Final Four.

No. 3 Wisconsin Badgers The Badgers are returning their entire team except for guard Ben Brust. Forwards

Frank Kaminsky and Sam Dekker will be two of the best players in the country. After makBo Ryan will make it two in a row in 2015.

No. 4 Arizona Wildcats The Wildcats replaced their star forward Aaron Gordon with top 10 recruit Stanley Robinson. They were poised to make a deep run in March before forward Brandon Ashley tore a ligament in his foot. With Ashely back, the Wildcats will win the Pac 12 and make it to the Final Four.

No. 5 Kansas Jayhawks The Jayhawks have won 10 consecutive Big 12 titles, and until they lose, it will be impossible to go against them and Head Coach Bill Self. The losses of guard Andrew Wiggins and center Joel Embiid will hurt, but guard Wayne Selden’s return and forward Cliff Alexander’s arrival on campus will make for a smooth transition in Lawrence.

No. 6 North Carolina Tar Heels Despite the possibility of the NCAA imposing sanctions on the program for the alleged academic scandal, the Tar Heels will have a big season. Guard Marcus Paige is the preseason ACC player of the year. They will hind Duke.

No. 7 Wichita State Shockers

Home Isles Advantage

After being undefeated, the Shockers lost in the Sweet 16 to Kentucky last year. If they can beat the Memphis Tigers on Nov. 18 and St. Louis Billikens on Dec. 6, there’s a great chance they’ll be undefeated for the second year in a row heading into the NCAA Tournament.

No. 8 Louisville Cardinals Moving to the ACC, the Cardinals will be one of the best teams in the conference.

Guard Russ Smith’s departure will hurt their perimeter scoring, but forward Montrezl Harrell will become an All-American and lead the No. 9 Gonzaga Bulldogs The ‘Zags will have one of the most explosive offenses in the country this season.

Guard Kevin Pangos will continue to be one of the best shooters in the country and former Kentucky forward Kyle Wiltjer will be a versatile stretch four on offense. Look for the Bulldogs to be in the top-10 all season long.

No. 10 Texas Longhorns At this point last season, there were questions about Head Coach Rick Barnes’ future in Austin, but now the Longhorns are back to being one of the top programs in the Big 12.

The addition of forward Myles Turner gives the Longhorns a legitimate chance to make a deep run in March.

Predictions Player of the Year: Jahlil Okafor, Duke Freshman of the Year: Jahlil Okafor, Duke Coach of the Year: Bo Ryan, Wisconsin Defensive Player of the Year: Willie Cauley-Stein, Kentucky National Champion: Kentucky

Islanders Take on West Coast Competition

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The Islanders took to the road for Thursday, Oct. 30 to Saturday, Nov. 8. and

the Isles went 2-3 during the game.

The Isles are currently in the top half of the league in powerplay statistics. On

Marking the conclusion of the road trip, the Isles have played eight straight games against Western Conference teams.

It was a big sigh of relief to see the Isles beat the Ducks in overtime on Wednesday, Nov. 5. Tavares put the team on his back by scoring two goals and sealed the deal by scoring the overtime winner on the powerplay. The Isles defeated a team that previously had a 10-3 record. The last time the Islanders beat the Ducks was on Dec. 16, 2010.

Powerplay conversions were key, as

last in the NHL with the worst total penalty kill percentage.

It has been interesting to see Matt Martin getting some time on the third-line instead of the fourth. Usually Martin, Casey Cizikas and Cal Clutterbuck are the perfect hard-hitting, gritty match for a fourth-line.

I’m glad Coach Capuano put “Marty” back to his rightful spot. However, Clutterbuck started the Arizona game on the second-line. Also, Eric Boulton has been getting some playing time as well.

I believe the Isles just hit a roadblock

(literally) as a result of the different style of the play of the Western Conference teams faced. The losses to Colorado and San Jose were just bumps in the road. No need to worry. They are not going to revert back to their old ways. It is still early in the season to make any judgments. As proven, the team won the next three in a row.

The Isles have been notorious in past years for having a poor record in the month of November. They have also been known for being plagued by injuries in recent years as well as around this time of the could stay in one piece as a whole group.

On Tuesday, Nov. 11, the Islanders returned home and shutout the Colorado

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Avalanche 6-0.

Until Saturday, Dec. 6, the Isles will face an Eastern Conference opponent. This will be a great opportunity to continue to rack up points and gain more ground in the the month of November with six-straight games against Metropolitan Division teams.

The Islanders are in Sunrise, Florida to take on the Florida Panthers tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. They then travel to St. Petersburg, Florida to take on the Tampa Bay Lightning in a home-and-home series beginning Saturday, Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. and then at the Nassau Coliseum on Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 7 p.m.

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