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Albany  Agreement  Forces  Adjunct  Absences By  Andrew  Lief Sports  Editor  |  N02452747@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

February’s  Collective  Bargaining  Agreement  (CBA)  signed  by  New  York  Gov.  Andrew  Cuomo’s  2IÂżFH DQG WKH 8QLWHG 8QLYHUVLW\ 3URIHVVRUV 883 WKH XQLRQ UHSUHVHQWLQJ 681< IDFXOW\ ZLOO UHTXLUH DOO 681< FDPSXVHV WR LPSOHPHQW D 'HÂżFLW 5HGXFWLRQ /HDYH '5/ IRU DOO 883 UHSUHVHQWHG HPSOR\HHV DF-­ FRUGLQJ WR 681< 1HZ 3DOW] 3URYRVW 3KLOOLS 0DXFHUL $V D UHVXOW DOO 883 UHSUHVHQWHG HPSOR\HHV ZLOO EH furloughed  for  two  days  and  have  their  salaries  reduced  accordingly.  Full-­time  faculty  must  take  two  days  off  EHWZHHQ 2FW DQG 0DUFK DQG DG-­ MXQFWV PXVW WDNH WZR GD\V RII EHWZHHQ 2FW DQG 'HF 19.   1HZ 3DOW] 883 &KDSWHU 3UHVLGHQW DW 1HZ 3DOW] 3HWHU %URZQ VDLG WKH XQLRQ KDG WR DFFHSW WKH DJUHHPHQW because  Gov.  Cuomo  imposed  it  on  the  state  level. “It’s  taking  money  away  from  us  to  help  close  the  budget  cap  in  New  York  State,  so  hopefully  it  never  happens  again,â€?  Brown  said.   %URZQ VDLG 883ÂśV HIIRUWV WR LPSURYH SD\ IRU DG-­ junct  professors  are  through  labor  management  meet-­ LQJV WKH N FDPSDLJQ 883 VWDUWHG LQ 0D\ DQG WKH IDF-­ ulty  passing  resolutions.   In  addition,  six  departments  DQG SURJUDPV KDYH SDVVHG WKH 5HVROXWLRQ IRU )DLU 3D\ Act,  which  calls  for  a  starting  salary  of  $5,000  for  ad-­ junct  professors  per  course.   According  to  a  letter  written  by  the  Chair  and  a  associate  professor  of  the  communication  and  media  department  Jason  Wrench  to  the  department’s  faculty,  furlough  days  taken  by  adjunct  professors  can’t  inter-­ IHUH ZLWK WKH UHTXLUHG DPRXQW RI GD\V D FRXUVH QHHGV WR meet  in  order  for  students  to  receive  credit.   Brown  said  adjunct  professors  don’t  receive  enough  wages  compared  to  full-­time  faculty  and  this  new  policy  hurts  them  even  more.  â€œWe’re  trying  to  get  the  administration  to  pay  ad-­ juncts  a  living  wage  and  we’re  asking  for  a  minimum  starting  salary  of  $5,000  per  three  credit  course,â€?  he  said.   0DXFHUL VDLG LQ FRPSDULVRQ WR SULYDWH FROOHJHV LQ WKH DUHD DQG WKH ORFDO FRPPXQLW\ FROOHJH 681< 1HZ 3DOW] SURYLGHV EHQHÂżWV WKDW DUHQÂśW RIIHUHG WR DGMXQFWV DW the  other  institutions.   ³$GMXQFW IDFXOW\ DW 1HZ 3DOW] ZKR WHDFK WZR RU PRUH FRXUVHV TXDOLI\ IRU KHDOWK LQVXUDQFH EHQHÂżWV EH-­ JLQQLQJ ZLWK WKHLU ÂżUVW VHPHVWHU RI WHDFKLQJ DQG FRQ-­ WLQXLQJ WKURXJK DOO VXEVHTXHQW VHPHVWHUV WHDFKLQJ DW that  level,â€?  he  said.   â€œThe  state  pays  88  percent  of  the  costs  of  the  premium  for  employee  coverage  and  73  percent  of  the  premium  for  dependent  coverage.â€? Brown  said  he  appreciates  the  professors  who Â

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Furlough  days  will  force  adjuncts  to  miss  classes  and  their  salaries  will  be  reduced. don’t  give  up  classes  and  work  without  pay  for  the  sake  of  their  students,  but  is  worried  about  the  negative  ef-­ fects  it  could  have  in  the  future. Âł, WKLQN SHRSOH VKRXOG UHDOL]H WKDW LI LWÂśV YLHZHG DV being  too  easy,  these  two  furlough  days,  that  the  state  will  say  in  the  next  contract  â€˜two  furlough  days  with  no  SUREOHP OHWÂśV JR WR ÂżYH IXUORXJK GD\V RU IXUORXJK days,’â€?  he  said.  Â

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PHILIPPINES  DEVASTATED A  Philippines  city  devastated  by  the  ty-­ phoon  has  begun  burying  its  dead  in  a  mass  grave.  The  ceremony  took  place  Thursday  in  graveyard  just  outside  the  city  of  Tacloban,  where  workers  bur-­ ied  30  bodies  in  black  bags.  No  prayers  were  said. MAYOR  ADMITTED  TO  BUYING  ILLEGAL  DRUGS Toronto  Mayor  Rob  Ford  admitted  during  a  heated  City  Council  debate  Wednesday  WKDW KH ERXJKW LOOHJDO GUXJV ZKLOH LQ RIÂżFH but  adamantly  refused  to  step  down  despite  calls  from  nearly  every  councilor  to  take  a  leave  of  absence  and  get  help. BIRD  FLU $ VWUDLQ RI ELUG Ă€X WKDW VFLHQWLVWV thought  could  not  infect  people  has  shown  up  in  a  Taiwanese  woman,  a  nasty  surprise  that  shows  scientists  PXVW GR PRUH WR VSRW ZRUULVRPH Ă€X strains  before  they  ignite  a  global  out-­ break,  doctors  say. TERRORIST  DESIGNATION Lawmakers  who  had  long  pushed  for  U.S.  action  against  Nigerian  Islamic  extremists  welcomed  the  State  Department’s  decision  on  Wednesday  to  designate  two  militant  groups  as  foreign  terrorist  organizations  blamed  for  the  deaths  of  thousands  of  peo-­ ple  in  Africa’s  most  populous  nation. $83  MILLION  DIAMOND An  enormous  diamond  known  as  â€œThe  Pink  Starâ€?  sold  for  more  than  $83  mil-­ lion  at  auction  Wednesday  night,  far  surpassing  its  expected  price. MOHAMMED  MORSI

Egypt’s  ousted  President  Moham-­ med  Morsi  accused  the  military  chief  who  deposed  him  of  treason  in  a  mes-­ sage  from  prison  read  by  lawyers  on  Wednesday,  saying  the  country  cannot  return  to  stability  until  the  coup  is  re-­ versed  and  those  behind  it  are  tried. Compiled  from  the  AP  Newswire

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Despite  numerous  rebuffs  from  campus  administrators,  SUNY  New  Paltz  students  have  not  stopped  in  their  efforts  to  change  the  school’s  marijuana  policy. After  a  push  at  the  end  of  the  spring  2013  semester  to  make  a  change  in  the  policy,  a  petition  asking  for  adminis-­ trators  to  change  the  language  in  the  school’s  current  â€œNo  Second  Chanceâ€?  policy  continues  to  circle  the  campus  community. The  petition,  which  at  the  time  of  this  publication  has  677  signatures,  is  what  Student  Association  (SA)  Execu-­ tive  Vice  President  Zachary  Rousseas  said  is  a  â€œcall  to  actionâ€?  aimed  at  ad-­ ministrators  and  policy  makers  to  vo-­ calize  student  opinion  that  the  current  policy  is  too  harsh.  Rousseas  said  the  â€œNo  Second  Chanceâ€?  policy,  as  it  stands  now,  has  seen  students  leave  the  school  and  re-­ sulted  in  the  expulsion  of  several  stu-­ dents.  Rousseas  said  another  reason  stu-­ dents  are  searching  for  an  opportunity  to  change  the  policy  is  because  of  the  portrait  it  paints  of  students  who  sup-­ port  marijuana  reform.  â€œI  think  another  important  reason  why  we  need  to  change  the  policy  is  be-­ cause  with  the  policy  in  place,  there’s  a  stigma  that  surrounds  marijuana  sup-­ porters,â€?  Rousseas  said.  â€œI  feel  like  the  current  policy  portrays  us  as  students  who  need  to  be  controlled,  who  can’t  be  independent,  who  can’t  make  deci-­ VLRQV WKHPVHOYHV DQG , ÂżQG WKDW D OLWWOH offensive.â€? Student  Senator  Kelly  Brennan,  one  of  the  leaders  pushing  for  the  policy  re-­ form,  said  the  goal  for  right  now  is  to  see  the  language  in  the  policy  change.  â€œThis  policy  states  that  the  mini-­ mum  sanction  generally  imposed  for  violations  of  the  policy  on  controlled  substances  is  expulsion  (permanent  separation)  from  New  Paltz,  and,  where  appropriate,  the  imposition  of  criminal  charges,â€?  the  policy  says. Brennan  said  she  would  like  to  see  the  language  change  so  that  instead  of  the  mimimum  punishment  for  two  strikes  being  expulsion  from  the  univer-­ sity,  this  would  become  the  maximum. “If  we  could  get  a  sanction  which  says  no  more  than  expulsion,  which Â

gives  students  a  little  more  leeway,  or  even  expulsion  from  campus  rather  than  the  entire  university,  that’s  a  success,â€?  Brennan  said. Most  schools  in  the  SUNY  system  have  a  three  strikes  policy  for  marijuana  usage.  However,  this  and  the  most  recent  advances  by  SA  members  to  change  the  policy  has  not  changed  President  Don-­ ald  Christian’s  mind. Christian  said  in  the  past  that  he  and  other  administrators  have  no  intention  to  change  the  policy.  He  said  it  is  his  belief  that  a  change  in  the  policy  would  hurt  the  academic  integrity  of  the  cam-­ pus  community.  Currently,  the  overall  student  GPA  is  a  3.1  and  the  majority  of  individual  students  at  the  university  have  a  3.0  or  above,  Christian  said. But  among  the  10  students  who  have  either  left  or  been  expelled  from  the  university  due  to  marijuana  charges,  their  average  GPA  is  a  2.5.  Only  one  of  those  students  had  a  GPA  of  a  3.0  or Â

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above,  according  to  Christian. “I  know  we  can’t  demonstrate  cause  and  effect,â€?  Christian  said.  â€œBut  that’s  an  indication  I  have  that  if  I  were  to  loosen  our  marijuana  policy,  we  might  see  an  impact  on  student  academic  suc-­ cess  and  that  is  what  we  are  here  for.â€? He  also  said  he  was  surprised  by  the  petition  and  the  way  students  phrased  their  demands. “Students  are  saying  since  there  are  two  states  with  legalized  marijuana,  we  should  change  our  policy,â€?  Christian  said.  â€œBut  there  are  another  48  states  who  haven’t  legalized  it  and  New  York  is  one  of  them.  I’m   little  confused  as  to  the  logic  there.â€? Despite  this,  Brennan  said  she  be-­ lieves  there  is  room  for  change  where  the  policy  is  concerned. “I  think  the  culture  and  public  per-­ ception  around  marijuana  is  changing,â€?  she  said.  â€œI  could  see  us  making  some  sort  of  compromise  with  administrators  within  the  next  four  years.â€?

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SECRET  SERVICE  UNDER  IN-­ VESTIGATION 7ZR 8 6 6HFUHW 6HUYLFH RIÂżFHUV DUH under  investigation  and  have  been  re-­ moved  from  President  Barack  Obama’s  detail  following  allegations  of  miscon-­ duct,  according  to  The  Washington  Post. MARINES  KILLED Four  Marines  were  killed  Wednesday  during  an  operation  to  clear  a  range  of  unexploded  ordnance  at  Camp  Pendle-­ ton  in  San  Diego  County,  a  Marine  of-­ ÂżFLDO VDLG SEATTLE  CLOSE  TO  ELECTING  SOCIALIST  TO  CITY  COUNCIL

UUP  hosted  a  forum  where  school  faculty  were  able  to  speak  on  contingency  in  higher  education.

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The  SUNY  New  Paltz  chapter  of  the  Unit-­ ed  University  Professors  (UUP)  Union  hosted  a  faculty  forum  on  contingent  faculty  titled  â€˜Con-­ tingent  Faculty  at  SUNY  New  Paltz:  Where  are  We  Now?’  in  Lecture  Center  108,  Wednesday  Oct.  30.  The  event  coincided  with  Campus  Equity  Week,  an  awareness  campaign  that  takes  place  every  other  year  on  campuses  across  America  during  the  last  week  of  October  and  aims  to  inform  the  public  of  the  inequity  surrounding  contingent  academic  labor,  according  to  UUP’s  New  Paltz  chapter  website. According  to  UUP,  contingent  faculty  is  GHÂżQHG DV DOO WKRVH ZKR DUH QRW RQ D WHQXUH track  leading  to  continued  employment,  a  term  that  can  be  applied  to  the  majority  of  people  teaching  at  SUNY  New  Paltz  â€“  more  than  300  adjuncts,  full-­time  lecturers,  part-­time  instruc-­ tors,  full-­time  instructors  with  term  appoint-­ ments  and  visiting  professors.  7KH IRUXP SURYLGHG DQ RSHQ Ă€RRU IRU FRQ-­ tingent  and  tenure-­track  faculty,  professionals,  chairs,  deans  and  administrators  to  speak  on  the  topic  of  contingency  in  higher  education.  7KH ÂżUVW VSHDNHU RI WKH IRUXP ZDV FR chair  of  the  Contingent  Concerns  Committee  of  UUP  Beth  Wilson,  who  quoted  former  part-­ time  lecturer  in  Women,  Gender  and  Sexuality  Studies  at  SUNY  New  Paltz  Suzanne  Kelly  in  her  farewell  address  to  the  college,  where  she  described  her  contingent  relationship  to  the Â

school  as  â€œone  of  love  and  fear.â€?   Through  Kelly’s  words,  Wilson  addressed  the  fear  contingent  faculty  face  when  they  are  unsure  of  whether  or  not  they  will   have  a  class-­ room  to  return  to  in  the  future.  â€œFear  runs  through  my  everyday  work  life  OLNH DQ XQWDPHG ÂżUH D ÂżUH WKDW DOO WKH ORYH LQ the  world  cannot  seem  to  put  out,â€?  Wilson  read.  â€œFear  of  whether  I’ll  have  health  insurance  in  the  upcoming  months,  of  whether  I’ve  planned  well  enough  via  my  other  cobbled-­together  in-­ comes  for  the  upcoming  term.â€? Wilson  went  on  to  discuss  the  inequity  that   the  institution  of  higher  education  promotes  by  paying  faculty  through  a  two-­class  system  of  workers,  and  said  that  demands  must  be  made  of  colleges  if  faculty  discrimination  is  to  end.  â€œIf  there  is  a  relationship  between  what  professors  get  paid  for  the  work  they  do  and  the  value  of  education,  then  I  hear  loud  and  clear  what  this  institution  thinks  about  education,â€?  Wilson  read.  Psychology  Professor  at  New  Paltz  Doug-­ las  Maynard  spoke  on  how  tenure  track  faculty  could  help  contingent  faculty  better  represent  themselves  in  their  respective  departments  and  not  be  overlooked  by  administration.  â€œReaching  out  to  [contingent  faculty]  to  make  sure  they  are  welcome  at  department  meeting,  social  gatherings,  making  sure  knowl-­ edge  distribution  is  not  limited  to  the  core  full-­ time  faculty,â€?  Maynard  said.  Maynard  said  inclusion  instead  of  margin-­ alization  in  a  social  organizational  sense  would  allow  contingent  faculty  â€œmore  of  a  voiceâ€? Â

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were  changes  that  could  be  made  in  the  present  while  UUP  worked  toward  increasing  contin-­ gent  salaries.  Chair  of  the  Elementary  Education  De-­ partment  Andrea  Noel  spoke  on  behalf  of  ju-­ nior  faculty  members  in  her  department,  and  said  that  many  did  not  make  the  wages  required  WR PHHW WKHLU ÂżQDQFLDO REOLJDWLRQV 1RHO VDLG contingents  were  being  â€œtaken  advantage  ofâ€?  and  as  a  result  would  lead  to  disadvantages  to  students  and  the  college  as  an  institution.  â€œIt  is  ethically  correct  and  morally  nec-­ essary  to  support  fair  pay  to  all  of  our  col-­ OHDJXHV ´ 1RHO VDLG Âł,W KDV DOZD\V EHHQ GLIÂż-­ cult  to  survive  on  an  adjunct  salary  but  it’s  even  PRUH GLIÂżFXOW QRZ ´  Noel  said  that  this  problem  has  been  known  for  a  long  time,  but  administration  and  faculty  have  ignored  it,  herself  included.  How-­ ever,  during  the  memorial  service  of  long  time  adjunct  professor  Norbert  Hellman  who  died  in  January,  Noel  found  herself  struck  with  empa-­ thy.  â€œAccording  to  the  students  and  faculty  who  spoke  out  at  Professor  Hellman’s  service,  he  was  as  dedicated  and  passionate  instructor  as  New  Paltz  ever  had,  yet  he  was  never  paid  a  salary  commensurate  for  his  service,â€?  Noel  said.  â€œAn  increase  from  the  low  $3,000  range  to  the  $5,000  range  per  course  would  have  made  Norbert’s  life  more  comfortable.â€? Noel  continued.  â€œI  did  not  know  [Hellman]  well,â€?  Noel  said.  â€œBut  after  his  death  I  felt  just  awful  for  ignoring  his  plight.â€? Â

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Voters  in  left-­leaning  Seattle,  where  police  recently  handed  out  snacks  at  a  large  marijuana  festival  and  politicians  often  try  to  out-­liberal  each  other,  are  close  to  electing  a  Socialist  candidate  to  the  City  Council.

OVERBOARD  ON  CRUISE &RDVW *XDUG RIÂżFLDOV VHQW D UHVFXH plane  to  waters  northeast  of  Hawaii  on  Wednesday  afternoon  to  respond  to  re-­ ports  of  a  woman  going  overboard  on  a  cruise  ship. DELAYED  EXECUTION Ohio’s  governor  delayed  a  condemned  child  killer’s  execution  on  Wednesday  to  study  the  feasibility  of  accommodat-­ ing  the  unusual  request  by  a  state  death  row  inmate  to  donate  his  organs.

PHEONIX  KILLING A  Phoenix  neighborhood  became  a  chilling  crime  scene  when  a  man  killed  his  wife,  their  teenage  daugh-­ ter  and  another  family  member  and  VHW ÂżUH WR KLV VSRXVHÂśV ERG\ LQ WKH backyard,  police  said.  He  then  killed  KLPVHOI ZLWK D VHOI LQĂ€LFWHG JXQVKRW wound. Compiled  from  the  AP  Newswire

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Rally  Protests  Campus  Racial  Incidents By  Anthony  DeRosa Copy  Editor|  N02385288@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

Nearly  two  dozen  students  barred  themselves  against  freezing  winds  in  the  shadow  of  the  Hag-­ gerty  Administration  Building  on  Tuesday,  rallying  in  protest  against  SUNY  New  Paltz  administration’s  handling  of  the  recent  racial  inci-­ dents  on  campus.  Directing  their  voices  up  to-­ ZDUG WKH DGPLQLVWUDWLYH RIÂżFHV ralliers  chanted  â€œNo  justice,  no  peace,â€?  while  holding  signs  reading  â€œWe  are  Emmett  Tillâ€?  and  â€œBlack  lives  matter,â€?  drawing  the  attention  of  faculty  and  students  entering  the  building.    â€œWe  want  to  let  administra-­ tion  know  that  Emmett  Till  did  not  deserve  to  die,â€?  fourth-­year  Black  studies  and  sociology  major  Joevenelly  Peralta  said  via  mega-­ phone.  â€œWe  will  not  stop  until  something  is  done.â€?  Third-­year  Black  Studies  and  political  science  major  Jordan  Tay-­ lor,  one  of  the  rally’s  organizers,  said  the  event’s  purpose  was  to  have  students  come  together  to  discuss Â

their  experiences  with  the  racial  cli-­ mate  on  campus.  Members  of  the  rally  shared  personal  anecdotes  and  opinions,  with  some  members  ex-­ pressing  themselves  through  slam  poetry  readings.  â€œThese  incidents,  or  what  ad-­ ministration  calls  incidents,  is  actu-­ ally  an  ongoing  pattern  that  has  been  plaguing  the  system  for  years,â€?  Per-­ alta  said.  â€œWe  don’t  want  [the  Em-­ mett  Till  racial  incident]  to  be  swept  under  the  rug  like  it  has  in  the  past.â€?  Peralta  said  that  by  organiz-­ ing  and  having  concerned  student’s  voices  heard,  pressure  will  be  put  on  the  college  to  administer  change  so  that  the  campus  environment  will  be  made  safer  for  minority  students  in  the  future.  â€œAdministration  say  it’s  [cam-­ pus  racial  climate]  improving,  but  it’s  obvious  that  it’s  not,â€?  Peratla  said.  â€œWe  want  to  spread  the  word  on  campus  and  make  people  aware  of  these  issues.â€? Among  the  demonstrators  was  second-­year  geochemistry  major  Ryan  Baker-­Urzva,  who  said  he  at-­ tended  the  rally  to  stand  in  solidar-­

ity  with  students  of  color.  Baker-­Urzva  is  white,  making  him  â€œpart  of  the  privileged,â€?  he  said.  Baker-­Urzva  said  he  believed  there  to  be  â€œa  lotâ€?  of  racism  on  cam-­ pus  and  hoped  that  this  and  subse-­ quent  rallies  would  see  results  from  the  college,  noting  that  administra-­ tion  tended  to  be  â€œlacksadaisical  with  a  lot  of  things.â€?   Taylor  said  the  rally  will  help  to  support  a  request  to  administration  for  a  racial  campus  climate  survey  that  will  document  people  of  color’s  satisfaction  with  their  cultural  needs  on  campus,  similarly  to  the  LGBTQ  campus  climate  survey  which  led  to  the  creation  of  the  LGBTQ  task  force. “[The  survey]  hopefully  will  call  for  a  Racial  Climate  Task  force,  along  with  other  goals  that  we  will  go  through  the  respective  channels  for,  since  the  administration  is  not  directly  responsible  for  everything  on  this  campus,â€?  Taylor  said.  â€œDif-­ ferent  operations  on  this  campus  are  controlled  by  different  institutions,  so  we  must  take  on  each  goal  ac-­ cordingly.â€?

Construction  Coming  to  South  Complex By  John  Tappen News  Editor  |  John.Tappen@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

Construction  of  a  new  residence  hall  that  will  cost  just  under  $28  million  and  house  225  students  will  begin  around  Thanksgiving  and  be  completed  for  stu-­ dent  move-­in  by  August  of  2015,  accord-­ ing  to  Director  of  Facilities  Design  and  Construction  John  McEnrue.  â€œThere  is  a  strong  demand  from  stu-­ dents  for  more  campus  housing,â€?  McEn-­ rue  said.  â€œCurrently  many  freshmen  are  living  in  students  rooms  that  are  tripled.â€? The  new  residence  hall  will  be  lo-­ cated  behind  Lenape  Hall,  a  decision  that  McEnrue  called  a  â€œlogical  choiceâ€?  when  taking  into  consideration  the  landscape  of  the  campus  and  the  aim  to  not  overcrowd  one  area,  such  as  Hasbrouck  or  Parker  quads. The  new  hall  will  be  positioned  in  a  spot  that  adds  to  the  Lenape  and  Esopus  Hall  area,  McEnrue  said.  The  hall  will  create  a  cluster  of  build-­

ings  â€”  joining  the  most  recently  con-­ structed  residence  halls,  Lenape  and  Eso-­ pus  â€”  that  will  all  together  house  nearly  700  students  and  be  known  as  South  Com-­ plex,  according  to  Director  of  Residence  Life  Corinna  Caracci.  Caracci  said  she  knew  there  was  a  desire  for  increased  housing,  particularly  among  transfer  students,  who  in  the  last  seven  or  eight  years  she  said  could  not  be  provided  with  campus  housing. Out  of  300  transfer  students  who  re-­ quested  housing  this  semester,  Caracci  said  the  school  was  only  able  to  offer  rooms  to  105,  all  of  whom  were  assigned  to  live  in  a  triple  â€”  with  two  other  students.  â€œIt’s  exciting  that  the  campus  is  growing  and  we  can  offer  more  housing  options,â€?  Caracci  said. The  new  hall  will  also  contain  a  cafĂŠ,  a  more  convenient  food  option  than  Has-­ brouck  Dining  Hall  or  the  Student  Union  for  students  who  will  live  in  the  one  of  the  three  buildings  in  the  South  Complex.  McEnrue  said  that  the  cafĂŠ,  although Â

geared  toward  and  constructed  with  those  living  in  this  section  in  mind,  would  be  available  for  all  students.  â€œThe  most  interesting  feature  will  be  the  new  cafe  that  will  be  added  to  the  fa-­ cility,â€?  McEnrue  said.  â€œIt  will  be  close  to  the  building’s  entrance  so  that  it  is  acces-­ sible  to  all  students  on  campus,  not  just  the  students  living  in  the  new  residence  hall.  This  will  provide  dining  options  for  stu-­ dents  in  this  section  of  the  campus  for  the  ¿UVW WLPH ´ In  addition  to  a  cafĂŠ,  another  facet  of  the  new  hall  will  be  its  own  gym  within  the  building,  a  feature  it  will  share  with  Esopus  Hall.  Esopus  will  be  the  template  of  the  de-­ sign  for  the  new  hall,  Caracci  said,  with  clusters  of  rooms  around  bathrooms  as  opposed  to  long  and  narrow  corridor  hall-­ ways  like  those  of  the  Parker  Quad  resi-­ GHQFH KDOOV 6KH DOVR VDLG WKDW Ă€RRUV ZLOO not  be  gendered.  The  new  hall  has  yet  to  be  given  a  name.

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Senate  Discusses  Sexual  Assaults By  Madeline  Anthony Copy  Editor  |  N02436976@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

The  56th  student  senate  met  on  Wednesday,  Nov.  13  to  discuss  current  events.  Student  Association  (SA)  President  Manuel  Tejada  brought  up   the  â€œLets  Talk  About  Itâ€?  event  happen-­ ing  this  coming  Saturday.   He  encouraged  everyone  to  bring  people  out  to  the  program. SA  Vice  President  Zachary  Rousseas  spoke  about  KRZ KH KDG DWWHQGHG D PHHWLQJ ZLWK WRZQ RIÂżFLDOV WKLV past  week  and  that  he  had  expressed  student  concerns  about  Plattekill  Avenue  safety.  Rousseas  said  he  told  WKH RIÂżFLDOV KRZ VHULRXV 6$ LV DERXW WKH FDOO IRU OLJKW-­ ing  on  Plattekill,   calling  the  increased  lighting  simply  a  â€œband  aidâ€?  for  a  larger  problem,  stating  that  it  will  not  end  rape  culture  by  itself. The  SUNY  Assembly  Conference  was  held  in  Rochester,  N.Y.  between  Nov.  8  and  10  and  was  at-­ tended  by  several  SUNY  New  Paltz   student  assembly  members.   Rousseas,  who  attended  the  conference,  said  that  doing  so  made  him  proud  to  be  part  our  student  assembly,  calling  the  other  schools  â€œvery  conserva-­ tiveâ€?  and  said  that  only  SUNY  New  Paltz  and  SUNY  Purchase  realized  the  importance  of  social  justice. An  SA  member  met  with  University  Police  Chief  'DYLG 'XJDWNLQ DERXW WKH QXPEHU RI SROLFH RIÂżFHUV trained  in  handling  sexual  assault.   Dugatkin  said  there  ZHUH PDQ\ RIÂżFHUV WUDLQHG LQ VH[XDO DVVDXOW KDQGOLQJ and  said  that  the  public  isn’t  supposed  to  know  what  exactly  the  department  is   doing  for  security  reasons.  The  senator  said  she  got  the  feeling  they  didn’t  like  that  senate  was  getting  involved. In  terms  of  food  news,  there  is  talk  of  something  similar  to  a  Panera  Bread  being  put  in  Wooster  Science  Building.  Sodexo  wants  to  put  working  groups  together  as  a  way  of  asking  students  what  they  want  so  they  can  implement  the  changes.  Suggestions  included  chain  restaurants  like  Dunkin  Donuts.  According  to  a  recent  study  students  want  healthi-­ er  food  options.  Sales  at  â€œSalad  Tossâ€?  have  been  down  UHFHQWO\ DQG DV D UHVXOW 6RGH[R RIÂżFLDOV IHOW WKLV WR EH untrue.  A  senator  explained  how  students  need  more  healthy  options  besides  salads  alone  which  she  felt  was  well  accepted.  Yet  another  racially  offensive  posting  was  found  in  Gage  Hall  yesterday.  Someone  wrote  a  note  in  Gage  Hall  on  a  white  board  stating  â€œNigger*  Alert.â€?  The  discussion  was  motioned  to  be  moved  until  next  week. *  Editor’s  Note:  The  New  Paltz  Oracle  does  not  condone  use  of  this  derogatory  language.  In  accordance  with  Associated  Press  Style,  this  word  was  printed  because  it  was  â€œessential  to  the  storyâ€?  in  that  it  provided  facts  related  to  the  incidents  described  in  the  article.

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For  hours,  members  of  the  New  Paltz  Recycling  Club  collected  all  forms  of  E-­waste  including  old  com-­ puter  towers,  speakers,  cell  phones  and  CD  players  in  giant  bins  in  front  of  the  Backstage  Cafe  on  campus.  The  club  hosted  an  E-­waste  collec-­ tion  drive  on  Monday,  Oct.  28  to  give  recyclers  a  place  to  dispose  of  their  old  electronics  in  an  environmentally-­ friendly  way.  By  the  end  of  the  day,  the  club  had  received  two  bins  full  of  vari-­ ous  E-­waste  materials  as  well  as  a  large  container  of  expired  batteries. As  an  incentive  for  people  to  come  out  and  recycle,  the  club  offered  up  a  free  apple  cider  donut  to  anyone  drop-­ ping  off  their  unwanted  electronics.  However,  Club  President  and  fourth-­ year  student  Melissa  Iachetta  said  that  people  didn’t  even  need  this  incentive  to  be  responsible  about  the  environment. “When  planning  the  event,  we  just  wanted  to  make  it  fun  for  faculty  and  students  to  recycle  and  give  them  an  in-­ centive  for  doing  the  right  thing  â€”  but  we  found  out  throughout  the  day  that  people  were  barley  focused  on  the  do-­ nuts,â€?  she  said.  â€œThey  really  were  con-­ cerned  about  disposing  of  their  waste  in  a  proper  and  environmentally  sound  way,  which  was  really  great  to  see.â€? Recycling  Club  Secretary  Gabrielle  Buck  said  that  this  event  wasn’t  pow-­ ered  solely  by  the  students  of  the  col-­ lege  either. “A  lot  of  people  from  the  commu-­ nity  came  out  to  recycle  too  â€”  it  was  probably  advertised  just  by  word  of  mouth  around  town,â€?  she  said. After  item  upon  item  was  collected  throughout  the  day,  the  Recycling  Club  turned  the  responsibility  over  to  campus  facilities  to  send  the  materials  onto  their  next  destination. Campus  Sustainability  Coordinator  Lisa  Mitten  said  that  after  events  such  as  this  one,  facilities  management  pre-­ pares  the  materials  for  pickup  by  repu-­ table  E-­waste  recycling  company,  Ma-­ ven  Technologies. “Maven  Technologies  became  the  ¿UVW HOHFWURQLFV UHF\FOHU LQ 1HZ <RUN 6WDWH WR EHFRPH FHUWLÂżHG E\ WKH 5H-­

3+272 %< 52%,1 :(,167(,1 Community  members  took  part  in  the  Recycling  Club  E-­Waste  collection  drive.

cycling  Industry  Operating  Standard  5,26 ´ VKH VDLG Âł7KLV FHUWLÂżFDWLRQ YHULÂżHV WKDW WKHLU HOHFWURQLFV UHF\FOLQJ practices  meets  the  highest  industry  standards  for  quality,  environmental,  health  and  safety.â€? At  the  event,  statistics  from  the  En-­ vironmental  Protection  Agency  (EPA)  were  posted  among  the  club’s  table  to  remind  the  public  how  important  E-­ waste  recycling  can  be,  not  only  to  the  environment,  but  also  for  human  health. One  sign  read  â€œOf  computers  dis-­ posed  in  2009,  only  38  percent  were Â

properly  recycled,â€?  followed  by  another  that  read,  â€œComputers  contain  hundreds  of  chemicals,  including  lead  and  mer-­ cury  â€”which  are  known  to  cause  can-­ cer,  respiratory  illness,  and  reproductive  problems.â€?  Besides  raising  awareness  about  E-­ waste  recycling,  Iachetta  said  that  this  event  was  also  organized  to  let  students  know  that  they  can  bring  their  old  or  broken  electronics  and  batteries  to  their  5$ RIÂżFHV ² ZKHUH WKH\ ZLOO WKHQ EH appropriately  recycled.  Iachetta  also  said  the  club  is  in  the Â

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midst  of  planning  its  annual  Sustainable  Craft  Fair,  which  will  be  held  some  time  towards  the  end  of  November.  As  for  any  more  E-­waste  recycling  drives  in  the  future,  Iachetta  is  already  coming  up  with  new  ideas  to  project  even  greater  turnout  than  this  year’s. “This  semester  we  collected  a  lot  more  overall  than  anticipated,â€?  she  said.  â€œWe  hope  to  do  the  event  again  next  year  with  a  longer  advertisement  period  to  give  students  the  opportunity  to  bring  E-­waste  from  home.â€?

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Proposition  Opens  Gates  For  Casinos By  Hannah  Nesich Asst.  Copy  Editor|  Hnesich@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

The  neon  slot  machines  and  carpeted  craps  tables  of  Las  Vegas-­ style  casinos  may  be  making  a  comeback  to  the  Hudson  Valley  re-­ gion  as  a  result  of  the  Proposition  1  legislation  that  was  passed  Nov.  5. Proposition  1,  or  Prop.  1,  allows  for  the  authorization  of  seven  casinos  on  non-­Native  American  land  in  New  York  state,  which  will  be  constructed  in  two  separate  phases. 7KHUH DUH FXUUHQWO\ ÂżYH 1DWLYH $PHULFDQ FDVLQRV LQ 1HZ <RUN state  and  nine  racinos,  which  are  combined  race  tracks  with  video-­ lottery  terminals,  according  to  USA  Today.   Las  Vegas-­style  casinos  refer  to  casinos  that  feature  table  games  as  well  as  slot  machines.  ,Q WKH ÂżUVW SKDVH WZR FDVLQRV ZLOO EH FRQVWUXFWHG DQG RSHUDWHG in  the  Catskills,  one  in  the  Southern  Tier  and  one  near  Albany,  and  the  second  phase  allows  for  the  creation  of  a  casino  in  New  York  City  after  seven  years  pass,  the  The  Daily  Freeman  reported. New  York  state  voters  approved  Prop.  1,  with  57  percent  vot-­ ing   in  favor.  Of  the  11  million  registed  voters  in  the  state,  about  24  percent  voted  in  the  Nov.  5  election  on  Prop.  1,  according  to  the  New  York  State  Board  of  Election. “The  passage  of  Proposal  One  is  a  big  win  for  local  govern-­ ments,  school  districts,  and  taxpayers  across  New  York  state,â€?  Gov.  Andrew  Cuomo  said  in  a  statement. Cuomo’s  effort  to  pass  Prop.  1  was  backed  by  a  powerful  coali-­ tion  of  business  and  labor  leaders  who  raised  more  than  $4  million  to  support  the  campaign,  New  York  Daily  News  reported. &XRPRÂśV EXGJHW RIÂżFH VDLG WKH VWDWH ZLOO WDNH LQ PLOOLRQ in  new  casino  revenue,  with  $238  million  for  education  in  a  repeat  of  the  strategy  that  approved  lottery  games.  The  rest  will  go  to  com-­ munities  near  the  casinos  to  compensate  for  public  safety  and  social  costs  and  for  tax  reduction,  according  to  a  Daily  Freeman  article. Ulster  County  Assembly  member  Kevin  Cahill  said  that  if  a  casino  is  located  in  Ulster  County,  the  immediate  impact  will  be  the  addition  of  hundreds  of  construction  jobs,  providing  another  major  destination  resort  in  the  Hudson  Valley  area. “We  are  already  attractive  to  tourists  from  all  over  the  world.  Most  come  to  the  Hudson  Valley  to  enjoy  our  natural  beauty  and  out-­

standing  culture,â€?  Cahill  said.  â€œIt  is  too  early  to  tell  if  a  casino  resort  will  add  to  that  or  detract.  Each  of  us  should  be  vigilant  in  assuring  WKDW RXU ORFDO QHHGV IURP WUDIÂżF FRQVLGHUDWLRQV WR RXWVLGH GHYHORS-­ ment  pressures,  are  respected  at  every  step  in  the  processes  ahead.â€? Michael  Treanor,  the  CEO  of  Nevele  Investors  LLC  is  planning  to  obtain  a  casino  license  for  the  former  Nevele  resort,  casino  and  spa.  Treanor  said  once  he  is  granted  a  license,  he  plans  to  re-­open  the  establishment,which  closed  in  2009  due  to  debt.  Treanor  said  he  thinks  the  social  impacts  of  re-­opening  the  Nevele  will  bring  job  opportunities,  and  with  that,  optimism,  to  the  town  of  Ellenville,  which  presently  has  18  percent  unemployment. “When  you  are  in  a  place  where  a  lot  of  hope  is  going  away,  the  society  there  is  not  a  vibrant  and  robust  society,  it’s  sad  and  broken,â€?  Treanor  said.  â€œSo  what  we  want  to  do  here  is  bring  hope  and  prosper-­ ity  back  to  Ellenville  and  the  whole  region,  including  New  Paltz.  The  societal  impact  of  that  can’t  be  measured.â€? Treanor  said  though  he  understands  social  risks  associated  with  casinos,  such  as  increases  in  crime  and  gambling  addictions,  he  pointed  out  that  Hudson  Valley  is  not  very  far  from  current  casinos.  â€œSitting  at  New  Paltz,  you  can  drive  less  than  an  hour  and  a  half  and  be  at  a  casino,  right  now.  You  can  drive  to  Connecticut  or  Penn-­ sylvania  in  somewhere  between  an  hour  and  hour  and  a  half.  So  for  those  people  who  already  have  a  tendency  to  gamble  as  an  addiction,  it’s  already  relatively  close,â€?  Treanor  said.  7UHDQRU UHPDLQV FRQÂżGHQW WKDW WKH 1HYHOH ZRXOG HPSOR\ SURY-­ en  ways  to  deal  with  social  impacts. “If  it  is  in  someone’s  backyard,  there  could  be  slightly  more  chance  someone  that  would  have  an  addiction,  that  is  true.  It’s  like  having  a  liquor  store  close  to  a  college  dorm,â€?  Treanor  said.  â€œWe  need  to  have  robust  plans  to  identity  the  negative  impacts  that  come  along  with  it.  Casinos  across  the  country  have  ways  of  dealing  with  this  that  have  proven  effective.  It’s  not  a  new  invention.â€?  New  Paltz  Town  Board  member  Kristin  Brown  said  she  is  dis-­ appointed  that  Sullivan  County  didn’t  choose  another  possibility  to  boost  local  and  state  revenue,  such  as  a  hospital  devoted  to  child-­ hood  diseases  or  any  other  â€œstate  of  the  art  medical  facilityâ€?  that  is  underserved  in  the  area. “I  am  so  disappointed  that  the  best  idea  our  governor’s  eco-­

nomic  task  force  could  come  up  with  was  the  highly  addictive,  en-­ vironmentally  destructive  and  socially  irresponsible  black  hole  of  gambling,â€?  Brown  said. Some  local  entertainment  venue  directors  have  expressed  con-­ cern  with  Prop.  1  and  how  it  might  impact  the  type  of  performers  they  are  able  to  host  at  their  establishments.   Chris  Silva,  executive  director  of  the  Bardavon  Opera  House  in  Poughkeepsie  and  Ulster  County  Performing  Arts  Center  in  Kings-­ ton,  said  though  he  sympathizes  with  suggestions  that  casinos  put  aside  money  for  impacted  performing  arts  centers,  his  real  concern  OLHV OHVV ZLWK ÂżQDQFHV DQG PRUH ZLWK FDVLQRV EHLQJ DEOH WR ÂłFRQWURO the  talent.â€?   The  Bardavon  is  a  part  of  the  Upstate  Theaters  for  a  Fair  Game  coalition,  a  group  of  premiere  arts  and  entertainment  venues  from  Upstate  New  York  who’ve  been  communicating  with  Cuomo  about  ensuring  signed  partnership  agreements  with  casinos  that  open  near-­ by.  â€œBasically  the  governor  agrees  that  no  casino  can  get  a  license  unless  they  have  a  signed  partnership  with  the  upstate  theatre  coali-­ WLRQ WKDW GHDOV ZLWK RXU VSHFLÂżF FRQFHUQV ´ 6LOYD VDLG Âł)RU XV LWÂśV an  issue  of  casinos  controlling  the  talent.  Every  single  one  of  [the  DUWLVWV ZHÂśUH IHDWXULQJ QRZ@ ZRXOG JR WR D FDVLQR ÂżUVW EHFDXVH WKH\ pay  more.  If  there  were  a  casino  in  Ellenville,  I  wouldn’t  be  able  to  book  those  shows.â€? Silva  said  his  theater’s  current  headliners,  like  Elvis  Costello,  DUH WKH ELJ QDPHV WKDW QRQ SURÂżW SHUIRUPLQJ DUWV FHQWHUV FDQ DFWX-­ ally  make  money  on.  This  allows  theaters  to  feature  more  â€œartistic,  culturalâ€?  performances  that  don’t  bring  the  Bardavon  the  majority  of  their  revenue,  like  the  classical  symphony  season,  the  Metropolitan  Opera  Broadcast,  children/senior  programs  and  ballets.   Controversy  has  surrounded  the  wording  of  this  amendment,  which  promises  casinos  would  bring  more  school  aid,  jobs  and  tax  breaks,  added  in  by  the  state  Board  of  Elections.  However,  it  neglects  to  mention  opponents’  concerns  about  crime,  addiction  or  the  declining  casino  market  that  has  forced  some  states  to  subsidize  casinos. The  provocative  wording  resulted  in  a  lawsuit,  unsuccessfully  challenged  by  Brooklyn  lawyer  Eric  Snyder. Â

CRREO  Hosts  Open  Session  On  NYS  Healthcare By  Jennifer  Newman Copy  Editor  |  Jnewman46@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

The  Center  for  Research  Regional  Education  and  Outreach  (CRREO)  at  SUNY  New  Paltz  hosted  an  open  information  session  ODVW ZHHN RQ Âł1< 6WDWH RI +HDOWK´ UHODWLQJ WR FRVW VDYLQJV DQG Âż-­ nancial  assistance  enrollment  as  a  gateway  to  affordable  healthcare. CRREO  works  to  foster  community  collaboration  among  envi-­ ronmentalists,  advocates  of  development  and  key  government  deci-­ sion  makers  on  regional  economic,  social  and  environmental  issues,  according  to  their  website.  Assistant  Director  of  CRREO  at  SUNY  New  Paltz  Janis  Benin-­ casa  said  the  Nov.  7  event  was  successful  despite  a  small  turnout  of  10  people,  eight  of  whom  were  small  business  owners  in  New  Paltz. The  session  provided  information  on  navigating  the  NYS  of  Health  website  and  brought  up  questions  about  the  difference  be-­ tween  individual  and  small  business  enrollment,  Benincasa  said. Â

Self-­employed  people  enroll  as  individuals,  she  said.  However,  each  of  the  business  owners  present  were  considered  â€œS  Corpora-­ WLRQV ´ PHDQLQJ WKHLU LQFRPH Ă€XFWXDWHV IURP PRQWK WR PRQWK “The  NYS  of  Health  website,  however,  asks  for  the  prior  three  months  income  only,  posing  a  problem  for  small  business  owners,â€?  Benincasa  said.  â€œThe  health  navigators  who  were  present  [at  the  HYHQW@ VDLG WKDW WKH VWDWH FRQVLGHUV WKLV DVSHFW RI HQUROOPHQW Ă€XLG DQG that  they  would  contact  the  state  to  get  answers  to  these  questions.â€? According  to  a  CRREO  press  release,  in  less  than  one  week  after  the  New  York  State  Health  Plan  website  launched  on  Oct.  1,  2013,  more  40,000  New  Yorkers  signed  up  for  â€œquality,  low-­cost  health  insuranceâ€?  on  the  exchange.  However,  the  State  Health  Reform  Assistance  Network  es-­ WLPDWHV WKDW PRUH WKDQ SHRSOH DUH XQLQVXUHG LQ WKH ÂżYH county  Mid-­Hudson  Region  including  21,000  children  ages  0-­18  and  116,000  adults  aged  19-­64.  The  New  Paltz  information  session,  presented  by  the  Maternal-­

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,QIDQW 6HUYLFHV 1HWZRUN 0,61 D ORFDO QRW IRU SURÂżW IXQGHG WR provide  Health  Exchange  Navigator  services  in  Dutchess,  Orange,  Putnam,  Sullivan,  and  Ulster  Counties,  addressed  these  issues. Caren  Fairweather,  the  executive  director  of  MISN,  the  Lead  Agency  for  the  State-­funded  health  insurance  programs,  said  more  RI D IRFXV RQ VWXGHQW KHDOWK FDUH ZRXOG EH EHQHÂżFLDO “We  would  love  to  return  to  offer  an  information  session  for  students,  especially  those  who  do  not  have  health  insurance  covered  through  their  parents’  plan,â€?  Fairweather  said. Fairweather  said  letting  students  know  their  healthcare  options  would  be  an  event  she  would  like  to  come  back  to  SUNY  New  Paltz  for.  However,  Fairweather  agreed  with  Benincasa  about  the  success  of  last  week’s  event. “The  people  who  attended  had  many  great  questions,â€?  Fair-­ weather  said.  â€œMost  of  them  were  self-­employed  and  wanted  to  OHDUQ KRZ WKH\ FRXOG EHQHÂżW IURP JHWWLQJ WKHLU KHDOWK LQVXUDQFH through  the  NYS  of  Health  Marketplace.â€?

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Daylight  streaming  brought  to  Peace  Park.

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The  Village  of  New  Paltz  Depart-­ ment  of  Public  Works  [DPW]  spent  the  bulk  of  October  bringing  a  long-­buried  stream  beneath  the  Village  of  New  Paltz  Peace  Park  to  light,  moving  through  the  park,  under  the  Village  Hall  parking  lot,  to  reemerge  in  the  northern  part  of  Has-­ brouck  Avenue.  The  project,  which  has  been  in  the  works  since  Village  Mayor  Jason  West  proposed  the  unearthing  of  the  stream  instead  of  the  more  expensive  and  non-­ permanent  process  of  replacing  broken  pipes,  Deputy  Mayor  Rebecca  Rotzler  said.  The  process  known  as  â€œdaylight  streamingâ€?  is  an  infrastructure  project  recommended  by  the  Department  of  En-­ vironmental  Conservation  (DEC)  to  re-­ duce  storm  water  run-­off  and  to  increase  JURXQGZDWHU LQÂżOWUDWLRQ E\ UDLVLQJ ÂłSUH-­ viously-­culverted  [or]  piped  streams,â€?  according  to  the  New  York  State  Storm Â

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Water  Management  Design  Manual.  The  DEC  cites  the  process  as  a  â€œGreen  Infrastructure  Technique  Ac-­ ceptable  for  Runoff  Reduction,â€?  as  the  process  also  assists  â€œto  restore  natural  habitats,  better  attenuate  runoff  by  in-­ creasing  the  storage  size,  promoting  LQÂżOWUDWLRQ DQG KHOS UHGXFH SROOXWDQW loads.â€? Though  she  was  not  present  at  the  time  of  West’s  initial  proposal,  Rotzler  said  the  project  is  something  she  sup-­ SRUWV DV LW ZRXOG EHQHÂżW WKH DUHD DHVWKHW-­ LFDOO\ ÂżQDQFLDOO\ DQG HQYLURQPHQWDOO\ “It’s  in  line  with  our  community’s  goals  of  creating  a  beautiful  and  green  area,â€?  Rotzler  said.  Rotzler  said  options  for  the  future  include  similar  aesthetics  to  the  tradi-­ tional  look  of  the  Peace  Park,  including  a  hand-­laid  sculpture  installation  from  the  village’s  sister  city,  Osa,  in  Japan.   â€œI’d  hope  to  see  plants,  potentially  edible  ones  that  bring  another  dimen-­ sion  of  sustainability,â€?  Rotzler  said.  â€œIt Â

will  only  expand  the  beautiful  park  we  already  have.â€? At  a  February  Village  Board  meet-­ ing,  a  presentation  was  given  to  discuss  the  different  aesthetic  options  for  the  park,  ultimately  raising  concerns  regard-­ LQJ WKH HIIHFW WKH\ PLJKW KDYH RQ WUDIÂżF

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/DWHU ODQGVFDSLQJ DQG WUDI¿F LP-­ provements  were  also  incorporated,  including  an  additional  93-­foot-­wide  crosswalk  between  Plattekill  and  Has-­ brouck  avenues  to  alleviate  potential  VDIHW\ LVVXHV DW WKH KHDYLO\ WUDI¿FNHG intersection.

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New  Racially  Offensive  Messages  Found  In  Residence  Hall By  Katherine  Speller Managing  Editor  |  Katherine.Speller79@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

Another  racially  offensive  message  was  discovered  on  a  white  board   by  Resident  As-­ sistant  (RA)  staff  in  Gage  Hall  at  11:30  p.m.  on  Tuesday,  Nov.  12  University  Police  (UPD)  Chief  David  Dugatkin  said.  Dugatkin  said  the  â€œoffensive  messageâ€?  read  â€œNigger*  Alert,â€?  what  UPD  believes  could  be  lyrics  from  a  song  by  rap  artist  Drake  titled  â€œAll  Me.â€?  The  college  is  currently  inves-­ tigating  the  possible  causes  of  the  act,  Dugat-­ kin  said. “Whether  it  was  quoting  lyrics  or  intend-­ ing  to  be  offensive  does  not  matter,â€?  Dugatkin  said.  â€œBad  intent  or  good  intent,  you  have  to  think  a  step  or  two  ahead.  These  are  very  hurt-­ ful  things  to  say  and  are  not  accepted  in  our  society.â€? President  Donald  Christian  condemned  the  postings  in  an  email  titled  â€œLet’s  Talk  About  Race,â€?  addressed  to  the  campus  commu-­ nity  on  Wednesday  morning.  â€œSaddened  and  angered  to  reportâ€?  the  posting,  Christian  said  it  â€œseem[ed]  to  have  been  directed  at  a  particular  individual  student.â€? “Hate  speech  must  be  rebutted  with  edu-­

cative,  thoughtful,  respectful  speech  that  uni-­ ÂżHV UDWKHU WKDQ GLYLGHV XV ´ &KULVWLDQ VDLG Âł:H must  create  more  opportunities  to  educate  each  other  about  the  motivation  for  such  incidents  and  their  impact  on  our  students  and  our  com-­ munity.  â€œ Christian  said  the  upcoming   â€œLet’s  Talk  About  Race,  Gender,  and  Identityâ€?  symposium  sponsored  by  the  Student  Association  (SA)  on  Saturday,  Nov.  16  at  1  p.m.  in  the  Multi  Pur-­ pose  Room  of  the  Student  Union,  will  prove  to  be  â€œone  important  stepâ€?  in  conjunction  with  an  upcoming  workshop  planned  for  student  and  campus  leaders  in  the  spring  to  encourage  con-­ versations  about  racial  issues.  â€œI  know  from  my  conversations  recently  with  students  in  the  residence  halls  that  stu-­ dents  are  interested  in  having  their  professors  â€“  beyond  a  small  subset  of  disciplines  â€“  ac-­ knowledge  and  discuss  these  incidents  and  their  underlying  issues,â€?  Christian  said.  â€œI  en-­ courage  such  conversations,  in  and  out  of  the  FODVVURRP GLIÂżFXOW DV WKH\ DUH ´ Christian  also  said  he  hopes  to  work  in  cooperation  with  Executive  Director  of  Com-­ pliance  and  Campus  Climate  Tahena  Pacheco-­ Dunn  to  develop  a  forum  to  maintain  momen-­

tum  in  the  discussions  and  encourage  ongoing  conversations  on  race. Citing  a  process  called  â€œDismantling  Racismâ€?  he  organized  while  serving  as  dean  at  another  university,  Christian  said  the  most  effective  solutions  would  be  found  through  ³FRPPXQDO DFWLRQ DQG GLVFXVVLRQ RI GLIÂżFXOW issues  that  have  plagued  U.S.  society  our  entire  history,â€?  rather  than  through  individual  reac-­ tions  to  isolated  incidents.  However,  Christian  said  he  would  prefer  that  the  process  be  the  fruit  of  collaborations  between  student  and  faculty  leadership.  â€œAdministration  alone  cannot  achieve  success  in  addressing  such  complex,  deeply  rooted  issues,â€?  he  said.   SA  Vice  President  of  Academic  Affairs  and  Governance  Jordan  Taylor  said  he  believes  the  semester’s  trend  of  racial  postings  is  indica-­ tive  of  greater  social  issues  on  campus. “I  wasn’t  really  shocked  by  it,  or  anything.  I  was  just  like,  â€˜oh  yeah,  there’s  another  one,’â€?  Taylor  said.  â€œYou  can  see  it’s  an  ongoing  thing  and  we  have  another  example  of  it;Íž  there’s  some  kind  of  culture  that’s  forming  and  once  you  separate  yourself  from  something  and  de-­ humanize  something,  you  can  justify  however Â

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you  treat  it  and  think  of  it.â€?  Going  in  to  the  upcoming  symposium,  Taylor  said  the  additional  incident  only  reaf-­ ÂżUPV WKH QHHG IRU DQ LQFUHDVH LQ FRQYHUVDWLRQ giving  credibility  to  its  cause.  He  said  he  hopes  in  the  future  for  change  on  a  curricular  level.  He  said  the  addition  of  more  non-­western  courses  and  a  more  thorough  introduction  to  the  history,  philosophy  and  con-­ tributions  of  people  of  color   would  â€œgive  credit  where  credit  is  dueâ€?  and  foster  a  better  cultural  understanding  throughout  campus.   â€œThat  will  kind  of  bridge  the  gap  from  the  way  people  see  white  people  and  people  of  color,â€?  Taylor  said.   â€œIf  we  all  notice  that  we  are  all  humans  who  have  brought  something  to  world  and  contributed  â€Ś  instead  of  identify-­ ing  with  our  separate  things,  we  can  identify  with  each  other  and  decrease  the  likelihood  of  another  thing  like  this  happening.â€? *  Editor’s  Note:  The  New  Paltz  Oracle  does  not  condone  use  of  this  derogatory  language.  In  accor-­ dance  with  Associated  Press  Style,  this  word  was  printed  because  it  was  â€œessential  to  the  storyâ€?  in  that  it  provided  facts  related  to  the  incidents  de-­ scribed  in  the  article.

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A History Of Oppression Through Chilean Eyes

JOURNALIST SCREENS DOCUMENTARY ON 30-YEAR REIGN OF TERROR By  Roberto  LoBianco Copy  Editor  |  rlobianco83@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

September  2013  marked  the  40th  anniversary  of  a  violent  military  coup  in  Chile  that  launched  the  30-­year  reign  of  US-­backed  general  Augusto  Pinochet. In  the  Coykendall  Science  Building  (CSB)  Audito-­ rium  on  Oct.  30,  Chilean  journalist  Raul  Cuevas  shared  clips  of  his  raw  footage  of  life  under  Pinochet’s  Chile. In  1970,  Salvador  Allende,  founder  of  the  Chilean  Socialist  party,  was  elected  as  president,  winning  with  only  36  percent  of  the  vote  and  strong  opposition  from  the  political  right. 5D~O &XHYDV ÂżOPHG $OOHQGHÂśV FDPSDLJQ LQ SUHSD-­ ration  for  a  documentary  about  the  rise  to  power  of  the  president’s  socialist  coalition,  but  in  September  1973  that  coalition  came  to  an  abrupt  and  violent  end. In  September  1973,  after  Allende  had  nationalized  American-­owned  copper  mines  and  formalized  relations  with  China  and  Cuba  and  Chile’s  economy  had  begun  to  stagnate,  the  military  abolished  the  civilian  government  and  began  a  widespread  campaign  of  repression. Nightly  raids  by  secret  police  woke  slumbering  citi-­ zens  and  protesters  in  the  streets  were  met  by  military  force. CĂŠsar  Barros,  a  professor  of  the  department  of  for-­ eign  language  and  literature,  met  Cuevas  at  Fidox,  a  2011  GRFXPHQWDU\ ÂżOP IHVWLYDO LQ &KLOH Barros  described  Cuevas’  documentary  work  as  â€œscenes  of  absolute  and  violent  repressionâ€?  with  the  â€œpe-­ culiar  character  of  being  both  the  work  of  a  witness  and  an  accuser.â€? The  documentarian  fought  in  opposition  to  the  dicta-­ torship  in  its  early  years  and   was  taken  prisoner  by  the  regime  a  few  weeks  after  the  coup.  He  was  held  captive  for  two  months  under  brutal  conditions,  but  managed  to  Ă€HH WR $UJHQWLQD Cuevas,  armed  with  BBC  press  credentials,  returned  to  Chile  in  1984  and  spent  the  next  six  years  amassing  about  170  hours  of  raw  footage  of  protests,  detention  cen-­ ters  and  military  raids  â€“  everyday  life  under  Pinochet’s  regime. “The  reason  I  could  go  everywhere  was  that  I  was  working  for  the  BBC  â€“  the   press  credentials  had  a   British  Ă€DJ ´ &XHYDV VDLG Âł7KH &KLOHDQ PLOLWDU\ VDZ WKH %ULWLVK Ă€DJ DQG OHIW PH DORQH ´ In  one  of  the  scenes  Cuevas  presented,  a  German  ca-­ merman,  part  of  Cuevas’  team,  was  holed  up  in  a  building  across  from  the  national  soccer  stadium  in  the  Chilean  capital  of  Santiago.  The  stadium  had  been  converted  to  a  processing  center  where  thousands  of  political  prisoners Â

 Student  protesters  in  Santiago,  Chile  in  June  2011.                         PHOTO  COURTESY  OF  BLOGSPOT  USER  DAVIDLOHR Â

were  brought  after  being  taken  from  their  homes. “They  went  to  this  town  and  arrested  all  the  men  over  15  years  old,   took  them  to  an  empty  stadium  and  put  on  the  front  of  their  houses  a  marking,â€?  Cuevas  said.  â€œWhen  I  arrived  there,  I  only  saw  women  and  children.â€? According  to  the  United  Nations  Human  Rights  com-­ mission  some  250,000  people  were  detained  for  political  reasons  and  as  many  as  3,197  people  died  or  disappeared  according  to  an  investigation  conducted  by  Chile  in  1996. The  footage  Cuevas  captured  was  broadcast  in  the  UK  and  across  Europe,  but  Chileans  didn’t  see  it  until  years  after  Pinochet  stepped  down. Chile  today  remains  a  deeply  divided  country,  ac-­ cording  to  Barros. In  September  2011,  hundreds  of  thousands  of  stu-­ dents  shut  down  the  Chilean  university  sytsem  calling  for  tuition-­free  education. “Education  as  we  know  it  now  in  Chile  is  a  product  of  that  dictatorship  and  the  system  that  it  perpetrated,â€?  Barros  said. Like  most  of  Chile’s  institutions,  its  education  sys-­ tem  has  its  roots  in  the  Pinochet  regime.  The  country’s Â

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constitution,  written  in  1980  by  the  military  regime,  has  remained  largely  unchanged.  These  youth  and  student  protesters  are,  according  to  Barros,  revisiting  the  Pinochet  era  as  a  result  of  unprec-­ edented  access  to  footage  and  historical  records  from  the  dictatorship. “All  of  their  statements  are  very  historically  rooted,â€?  %DUURV VDLG Âł7KH\ ÂżJXUHG RXW D ZD\ WR DUWLFXODWH WKLQJV much  better  than  previous  student  generations,  including  my  generation  in  the  â€˜90s.â€? Pinochet’s  exit  from  power  was  gradual  â€“  he  re-­ mained  commander  in  chief  of  the  army  for  eight  years  after  stepping  down  in  1990  and  became  â€œsenator-­for-­ life,â€?  as  per  the  constitution,  a  title  he  held  until  he  died  in  2006. Barros  plans  to  host  a  screening  of  Cuevas’  docu-­ mentary,  â€œImages  of  a  Dictatorship,â€?  next  semester. “It’s  very  different  to  see  it  than  to  hear  about  it,â€?  Barros  said.  â€œYou  really  see  how  violent  the  reality  is  and  how  similar  it  can  be  to  your  reality.  It’s  not  only  Latin  America  or  countries  in  the  third  world.  Police  can  be  very  violent  here  also.â€?

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EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE TEACHES MULTICULTURAL DIVERSITY By Ben Kindlon Features Editor | N02182316@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

With an aspiration to ensure equity in the learning envi-­ ronment, nearly 250 people gather every year on the SUNY New Paltz campus for the Multicultural Education Conference, according to professor of educational studies, Nancy Schnied-­ wind. The conference, now in its 19th year, is designed to bring students, staff and other local residents together to help devel-­ op skills for handling sensitive situations. In past years, confer-­ ences have covered issues such as violence and sexism in the classroom and how to approach problems that arise regarding these issues, Schniedwind said. This year’s conference, “A Million Moments For Ensur-­ ing Equity and Creating Change,” focuses on creating and maintaining equitable learning environments. Through a variety of hands-­on workshops, participants were given a chance to learn and practice appropriate respons-­ es to sensitive situations that were designed to promote equity throughout the community. The workshops are on all different issues and “help us to develop skills for teaching and creating more inclusive class-­ rooms,” Schniedwind said. The workshops cover topics such as gender binary, op-­ pression, racism and other controversial topics teachers and students face in school and in everyday life. One of the workshops will feature a cultural arts perfor-­ mance by the Hip Hop Psychology Performing Arts Move-­ ment. Their performance, “Creativity & Hip Hop Perfor-­ mance: A Catalyst for Intrinsic Motivation for Learning & Action,” will give students and educators a chance to learn the basics of hip hop verbal and dance arts in regards to hip hop culture. The activity is designed to explore ways in which Hip Hop expression can be used to increase engagement and learn-­ ing in classrooms. “They [Hip Hop Psychology Performing Arts Movement] focus on performing pieces that encourage identity develop-­ ment and social change,” Schniedwind said. Along with the hands-­on workshops, Schniedwind said she is “looking forward” to hearing the insights of this year’s

Members of the Hip Hop Psychology Performing Arts Movement PHOTOS COURTESY OF DANA SCHMERZLER

keynote speaker, Enid Lee. Lee, author of “Beyond Heroes and Holidays: A Practical Guide to K-­12 Anti-­Racist, Multi-­ cultural Education and Staff Development,” was the keynote VSHDNHU DW 1HZ 3DOW]¶V ¿UVW 0XOWLFXOWXUDO (GXFDWLRQ &RQIHU-­ ence 19 years ago. Lee is the author more than 30 publications, and is an ar-­ dent advocate of racial equality. She has taught and lectured in the Caribbean, Canada, and the United States. Schniedwind said Lee is “very persuasive with lots of

tactical ideas.” “Lee is able to effectively communicate how we can be attentive to those issues and address those issues day in and day out,” she said. Schniedwind said she has high expectations for the event. “The conferences are a wonderful gathering of diverse folks,” Schniedwind said, “They’re always successful and people always leave with new ideas and improved technical skills.”

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SUNY  New  Paltz  Professor  Robert  Miraldi  presenting  his  newest  book  in  the  Honors  Center  on  campus.

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At  16  years  old,  award-­winning  au-­ thor  and  founding  chair  of  the  Commu-­ nications  and  Media  Department  Robert  Miraldi  came  of  age  working  at  the  Stat-­ en  Island  Advance ÂżOOLQJ SRWV RI JOXH and  getting  coffee. Miraldi  gave  a  talk  about  his  life  and  career  as  a  journalist  and  his  new  book,  â€œSeymour  Hersh:  Scoop  Artistâ€?  on  Nov.  5  in  the  Honors  Center  at  SUNY  New  Paltz.  â€œThere  isn’t  anyone  in  the  commu-­ nications  department  that  doesn’t  owe  a  direct  gratitude  to  Robert  Miraldi,â€?  Journalism  Professor  Howard  Good  said  as  he  began  introducing  his  long-­ time  friend  and  colleague. Good  said  the  entire  Public  Rela-­ tions  concentration  was  Miraldi’s  idea, Â

as  was  the  journalism  major  altogether.  â€œHe  had  the  patience  and  the  perse-­ verance  and  I  guess  the  political  chops  to  get  it  done,â€?  Good  said.  It  was  Miraldi  who  got  SUNY  New  Paltz  the  Ottoway  fellowship,  an  en-­ dowment  which  funds  a   distinguished  journalist  or  person  in  the  communica-­ WLRQV ÂżHOG WR FRPH WHDFK D FRXUVH IRU D semester,  visit  other  classes  and  speak  to  the  campus  as  a  whole,  Good  said.   After  Miraldi  took  the  stage  he  thanked  several  people  including  his  â€œintellectual  soul  mateâ€?  Good  for  the  introduction. Miraldi  spoke  with  passion  about  his  topic:  his  own  career  and  that  of  Sey-­ mour  Hersch,  the  subject  of  his  book. Miraldi  said  Hersh  is  arguably  one  the  most  famous  investigative  reporters  in  America.  â€œThe  darling  of  the  political  left,â€? Â

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Hersh  won  the  Pulitzer  Prize  in  1969. Miraldi  spent  the  duration  of  his  talk  switching  between  detailed  accounts  of  how  Hersch  located  his  sources,  read-­ ing  excerpts  from  the  book  and  telling  amusing  stories  of  his  own  experience  LQ WKH MRXUQDOLVP ÂżHOG He  described  an  early  misstep  â€”  incorrectly  reporting  the  death  of  Presi-­ dent  Eisenhower,  standing  on  the  table  in  front  of  his  podium  to  illustrate  the  chaos  of  the  scene. After  his  lecture,  Miraldi  took  a  few  questions  before  offering  to  sign  books  for  anyone  who  was  interested. Although  some  may  say  it’s  a  dying  ¿HOG 0LUDOGL VDLG KH PDLQWDLQV DQ RSWL-­ mistic  view  for  journalists. “Maybe  we  can  make  some  good  things  happen  in  the  world  of  journal-­ ismâ€?  he  said,  shutting  his  book.

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Of Blood, Hair And Feelings BRUTALLY HONEST MEETS BEAUTIFULLY POIGNANT

By  Cat  Tacopina (GLWRU ,Q &KLHI _  Ctacopina97@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu I’ve  been  waiting  to  review  this  book  for  a  long  time.  , ZDV ¿UVW LQWURGXFHG WR ³:HWODQGV´ in  the  Fall  2012  semester,  while  enrolled  LQ :RPHQ LQ *HUPDQ /LWHUDWXUH DQG )LOP DQ DZHVRPH FODVV LI \RX¶UH ORRN-­ LQJ IRU D FRRO *( ,W ZDV WKH ODVW ERRN of  the  semester  and  the  one  I  had  looked  forward  to  the  most.  It  was  relatively  new,  having  been  published  in  2010,  and  the  one  my  professor  gave  the  most  hype  about.  I  prefer  to  milk  a  book  out  for  what  LW¶V ZRUWK ,I , UHDG D ERRN LQ ¿YH GD\V WLPH ,¶OO JHW XSVHW ZLWK P\VHOI EHFDXVH I’ll  tell  myself  I  didn’t  take  the  time  it  really  deserved. , ¿QLVKHG WKLV ERRN LQ WZR GD\V , FRXOGQ¶W VWRS ,¶YH SUREDEO\ QHYHU EHHQ more  grossed  out  in  my  life.  It  was  worth  it.  ³:HWODQGV ´ *HUPDQ 79 SUHVHQWHU &KDUORWWH 5RFKH¶V GHEXW QRYHO LV DERXW 18-­year-­old  Helen  Memel’s  stay  in  the  hospital  as  she  undergoes  surgery  for  an  DQDO ¿VVXUH +HOHQ¶V SDUHQWV GLYRUFHG several  years  prior  to  the  start  of  the  book  and  she  sees  her  hospital  stay  as  WKH SHUIHFW RSSRUWXQLW\ DQG RFFDVLRQ WR have  them  reunite.  ,¶P VXUH LW¶V OLWWOH VKRFN WR DQ\RQH that  a  book  about  a  girl  who  literally  tears  KHU DQXV RSHQ EHFDXVH VKH ZDV FOXPV\ ZKHQ VKH ZHQW WR VKDYH LW FDXVHG D KXJH stir  when  it  was  released.  But  trust  me  when  I  say  it  doesn’t  matter  the  kind  of  VWRPDFK \RX KDYH IRU JUDSKLF GHWDLO HY-­ eryone  should  read  this  book. Among  all  of  the  books  I  have  had  WR UHDG IRU P\ *HUPDQ 6WXGLHV PLQRU D ORW WKLV LV E\ IDU P\ DEVROXWH IDYRULWH E\ D ODUJH PDUJLQ ,W¶V GH¿QLWHO\ RQH RI P\ IDYRULWH ERRNV ZLWKLQ WKH ODVW ¿YH years,  maybe  even  one  of  the  best  I’ve  ever  read. 7KHUH¶V EHHQ D ORW RI FRQWURYHUV\ surrounding  the  book.  Conservative-­ minded  readers  have  slammed  the  book  IRU EHLQJ WRR JUDSKLF VRPH UHDGHUV KDYH

VODPPHG 5RFKH IRU EHLQJ JUDWXLWRXV LQ her  grossness  and  some  feminist  read-­ HUV KDYH GLVFDUGHG LW DV QRW KDYLQJ WKDW PXFK RI DQ LPSDFW LQ WKH WKLUG ZDYH feminist  movement.  , FRPSOHWHO\ GLVDJUHH That’s  something  I  will  tell  you  right  QRZ LI \RX DUHQ¶W RQH IRU IHPLQLVW OLW-­ HUDWXUH GRQ¶W ERWKHU SLFNLQJ WKLV RQH XS I’d  go  as  far  to  say  this  is  one  of  the  third  ZDYH¶V PRVW GH¿QLQJ QRYHOV ,W LVQ¶W PXFK RI D VWUHWFK WR ODXG IHPDOH VH[XDO-­ LW\ DQG PDNH WKH FODLP WKDW ZRPHQ WDN-­ LQJ FRPSOHWH RZQHUVKLS RI WKHLU VH[XDO LGHQWLW\ LV UHYROXWLRQDU\ ,W LVQ¶W PXFK RI D VWUHWFK HLWKHU WR VD\ WKH IHPDOH ERG\ LV PRUH WKDQ MXVW DQ H[WHQVLRQ RI D PDQ¶V VH[XDO GHVLUH But,  I  do  believe  no  one  else  has  ever  been  as  honest  and  open  about  the  IHPDOH ERG\ VLQFH 5RFKH 1RW HYHQ ELRO-­ RJ\ WH[WERRNV And  that’s  what  is  most  rewarding  DERXW 5RFKH¶V QRYHO ,W¶V VR VR EUXWDOO\ honest.  From  a  more  moderate  stand  SRLQW +HOHQ LV SUHWW\ JURVV 6KH WDONV H[WHQVLYHO\ DERXW VKDYLQJ KHU DQDO KDLU HDWLQJ KHU PDQ\ ERGLO\ H[FUHWLRQV DV D PHDQV RI ³UHF\FOLQJ´ WKHP DQG DERXW how  she  abhors  personal  hygiene.  But  5RFKH GRHVQ¶W EHFRPH DV JUDSKLF DV D ZULWHU FDQ EH IRU WKH VDNH RI JURVVLQJ \RX RXW 6KH¶V JURVV EHFDXVH ² OHW¶V IDFH LW ² DOO KXPDQ ERGLHV DUH ³JURVV ´ :KLOH IHPDOH VH[XDOLW\ KDV EHHQ DFNQRZOHGJHG LQ D SXEOLF VHWWLQJ PRUH LQ WKLV SDVW GHFDGH ZH DV D VRFLHW\ VWLOO struggle  to  be  more  open  and  honest  DERXW WKH QRUPDO ELRORJLFDO SURFHVVHV RXU ERG\ JRHV WKURXJK +HOHQ¶V DFFRXQW HQFRXUDJHV RSHQQHVV ZLWK WKH QRUPDO SURFHVVHV RI WKH KXPDQ ERG\ DQG WKDW KLGLQJ WKHVH WKLQJV FDQ EH XQQHFHVVDULO\ stressful  and  tedious.  On  top  of  that,  it’s  not  as  if  Helen  LV GH¿QHG E\ D FOHDU RXWOLQH RI ZKDW D VH[XDO KXPDQ EHLQJ LV OLNH +HU FKDUDF-­ ter  is  so  well-­developed  with  depth  until  WKH ODVW SDJHV RI WKH ERRN 6KH¶V D VSH-­ FLDO FKDUDFWHU ZLWKLQ WKH IHPLQLVW OLWHUDU\ movement,  and  her  story  is  one  feminist  VFKRODUV FDQ¶W DIIRUG WR SDVV XS

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The Shakesperean Show Must Float On STAGE FLOOD DOESN’T TEMPT THIS PRODUCTION TO BE SHIPWRECKED By  Suzy  Berkowitz A&E  Editor  |  sabbasberkowitz90@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

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If  smooth  seas  truly  make  for  poor  sailors,  the  cast  and  crew  of  the  Theater  Department’s  production  of  Shakespeare’s  â€œThe  Tempestâ€?  have  earned  their  weight  in  skill,  Theater  De-­ partment  Chair  Jack  Wade  said. $IWHU ZDGLQJ WKURXJK D WKUHH IRRW GHHS Ă€RRG WKDW UDQ UDP-­ pant  through  the  pit  of  McKenna  Theatre  on  Sunday,  Nov.  10,  professors,  actors  and  techies  alike  have  a  newfound  respect  for  the  space  in  which  their  mainstage  production  is  scheduled  to  open  this  Thursday.  ³:H ZHUH LQ WKH ÂżUVW PDMRU GUHVV UHKHDUVDO ZLWK IXOO FRV-­ tumes,  lighting  and  set  and  there  was  suddenly  an  enormous  amount  of  water  coming  out  of  one  of  the  stage  entrance  hall-­ ways,â€?  Wade  said.  â€œWe  pulled  a  trapdoor  onstage  and  found  about  three  and  a  half  feet  of  water  coming  from  an  electrical  outlet  beneath  the  stage.â€?  The  department  contacted  University  Buildings  and  Grounds  who  were  able  to  pump  the  water  out  from  beneath  the  stage  after  clearing  the  area  of  all  stock  scenery  being  stored  LQ WKH SLW DOO RI ZKLFK ZDV WRR GDPDJHG E\ WKH Ă€RRG WR EH VDO-­ vaged,  including  a  turntable  used  in  previous  productions  as  â€œThe  Producersâ€?  and  â€œFat  Ramâ€?  and  several  platform  pieces.  Cast  and  crew  evacuated  the  premises  Sunday  afternoon  DQG FRPPHQFHG WKHLU ÂżUVW GUHVV UHKHDUVDO WKDW HYHQLQJ LQ WKH smaller  Parker  Theatre  in  full  costume  with  basic  lighting  and  scenic  cues.  A  concerted  effort  of  a  total  of  40  individuals  and  three  hours  worth  of  hauling  a  literal  ton  of  watered-­down  scenic  ele-­ ments  beginning  Monday  morning  made  for  a  restored  stage  by  8  p.m.  that  night. “The  thing  that’s  important  to  understand  is  the  magni-­ tude  of  the  issue  and  the  quickness  of  the  response,â€?  Assistant  Professor  of  Theater  and  Set  Designer  for  â€œThe  Tempest,â€?  Ken  Goldstein,  said.  â€œSomething  we  hope  the  students  walk  away  from  this  with  is  that  if  you  work  together,  you  can  do  far  more  than  you  imagine.  Standing  ankle  deep  in  sludge,  working  hard,  we  were  all  still  laughing  and  making  the  best  of  the  situation  with  everyone’s  spirit  and  energy,  and  that’s  the  reason  we  were  DEOH WR GR VXFK D VDIH DQG HIÂżFLHQW MRE ´ :KDW ZDV VXSHUÂżFLDOO\ DQ ÂłH[FLWLQJ´ RSSRUWXQLW\ IRU WKH actors  to  perform  in  a  smaller,  more  intimate  setting  was  any-­ thing  but  for  the  production’s  crew,  particularly  Master  Electri-­ FLDQ DQG IRXUWK \HDU WHFKQLFDO WKHDWHU PDMRU ZLWK D FRQFHQWUD-­ tion  in  lighting,  AJ  Jacobs.  â€œWe’d  been  working  nonstop  between  building  and  paint-­ ing  the  set  and  doing  all  the  electrical  work  for  the  past  three Â

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months  and  we  thought  we  were  gonna  have  to  move  the  show  pened  and  that  when  people  hear  about  it,  they  won’t  believe  it.  to  Parker,  ready  to  open  for  gala  in  three  days,â€?  he  said.  â€œWe  7KLV LVQÂśW JRLQJ WR EH WKH VKRZ WKDWÂśV UXLQHG E\ WKH Ă€RRG ´ would’ve  had  to  completely  redesign  the  show  for  a  smaller  space  and  we  wouldn’t  have  been  able  to  sleep.â€? Check out more of Brandon Missig’s $FFRUGLQJ WR -DFREV WKLV VSDFH WKUHDWHQLQJ Ă€RRG WHDFKHV the  valuable  lesson  of  adaptation  in  the  theatrical  business,  photos of the McKenna Theatre flood by along  with  the  notion  that  every  venue  is  precious.  scanning this code with any smartphone! By  the  same  token,  Wade  said,  this  situation  taught  the  de-­ partment  not  to  take  their  strongly  supported  productions  for  granted,  because  â€œhaving  it  pulled  out  from  under  our  feet  and  then  having  it  back  again  really  taught  us  that  we’re  fortunate  to  have  it.â€? “The  Tempest,â€?  scheduled  to  open  on  Thursday,  Nov.  14  ZLWK SHUIRUPDQFHV UXQQLQJ XQWLO 6XQGD\ 1RY ZLOO Ă€RDW RQ in  the  original  and  fully  restored  McKenna  Theatre  as  if  no  wind  had  ever  redirected  the  sails.  â€œThe  fact  that  we  only  lost  one  rehearsal  in  this  is  a  minor  miracle,â€?  Goldstein  said.  â€œThe  hope  is  nobody  notices  what  hap-­

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Forty Years Of Artistic Women A CRAFTY CELEBRATION OF SORTS

The Women’s Studio Workshop, located in Rhinebeck, N.Y., is the largest publisher of artists’ books and houses women artists pursuing residencies from around the world for 6-­10 weeks. Currently gearing up to celebrate their 40th anniversary, the Women’s Studio Workshop plans on celebrating by expanding their facilities. Artists photographed are Monica Meler working on a matrix for pressure printing, Tyanna Buie working on mural scale screen prints and Valerie Maynard in the etching studio. PHOTOS COURTESY OF ANN KLAMBACH CAPTION BY SUZY BERKOWITZ

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Shedding Abstract Light On The Darkness

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An  evolution  of  artwork  was  introduced  to  the  Albert  Shahinian  Fine  Art  Gallery  in  Rhinebeck  as  the  work  of  local  artist  Leslie  Bender  was  installed  on  Saturday,  Nov.  2.  â€œInvolutions  â€”  Invocationsâ€?  represent-­ ed  the  seasoned  artist  whose  work  has  been  represented  in  the  gallery  for  three  major  solo  exhubitions.   Bender’s  art  is  largely  abstract,  and  she  uses  several  different  mediums  to  express  her  inspiration. Bender  said  she  enjoys  painting  people  in  action,  inspired  by  their  form  and  move-­ ment,  as  well  as  the  mystery  and  mystical  aspect  that  comes  with  a  carnival  or  a  circus.  To  create  her  pieces,  Bender  said  she  uses  â€œall  the  mediums:  oil,  acrylic,  pastel,  collage.â€?     Bender  said  her  art  is  essential  to  her  survival  and  her  sanity. “This  is  what  I  was  born  to  do,  and  this  is  how  I  breathe,â€?  she  said. Bender  said  her  artwork  expresses  the  idea  that  a  person  has  darkness  inside  of Â

WKHP DQG ÂłLQ RUGHU WR ÂżQG WKH OLJKW WKH\ must  learn  to  live  through  the  darkness,  in-­ stead  of  simply  getting  rid  of  it.â€?   Bender  also  said  she  is  trying  to  â€œreach  people  that  relate  to  [her]  work,  [it]  shows  deep  issues,  and  human  issues.â€?   In  a  society  fascinated  by  perfection  Bender  said,  â€œit’s  important  to  deal  with  your  dark  side.â€?  At  the  Albert  Shahinian  gallery,  where  the  gallery’s  owner  and  namesake  is  a  dealer  LQ ÂżQH DUWV %HQGHUÂśV DUW LV D VWDSOH Shahinian,  the  owner,  said  he  considers  KHU LQ D ÂłKDQGIXO RI ÂżYH DUWLVWV WKDW DUH H[-­ ceptional  in  what  they  do.â€?  The  recent  gallery  opening  on  Saturday,  Nov.  2  was  â€œa  very  good  opening,â€?  Shahin-­ ian  said.  â€œIt  was  busy,  but  not  overwhelm-­ ingly  so,  and  [it  was]  a  wonderful  show  in  terms  of  presentation.â€?  Bender  agreed,  and  said  that  even  a  lo-­ cal  politician,  Joel  Tyner,  made  an  appear-­ One  of  Leslie  Bender’s  paintings,  â€œBeach  Scene  With  Dog.â€? ance.  â€œInvolutions  â€”  Invocationsâ€?  will  be  Bender  said  her  plans  for  the  future  be  exposed  to  its  art  scene,  opening  her  own  exhibit  in  one  of  the  New  York  City  muse-­ showing  at  the  Albert  Shahinian  Fine  Art  include  inviting  art  critics  from  New  York  ums  and  doing  more  teaching.   Gallery  until  Dec.  31,  2013.  City  to  view  her  work,  traveling  to  Italy  to  PHOTO  COURTESY  OF  LESLIE  BENDER

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HUDSON VALLEY COVER BAND TUNES UP TO ROCK BACCHUS By  Maddie  Anthony Copy  Editor  |  n02436976@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

Voted  â€œBest  Local  Musicianâ€?  of  2013  by  Hudson  Valley  Mag-­ azine,  In  The  Pocket  aims  to  please.  The  six  piece  soul  and  rock  band,  three  of  whom  are  SUNY  New  Paltz  alumni,  will  be  playing  at  Bacchus  on  Saturday,  Nov.  16  and  Wednesday,  Nov.  27,  both  nights  at  10  p.m. In  The  Pocket  is  a  cover  band  that  plays  a  mix  of  Motown,  soul  and  rock  music  from  the  1960’s  to  today.  Strictly  a  cover  band,  In  The  Pocket  doesn’t  plan  on  writing  their  music  anytime  soon.  â€œWe  are  very  particular  in  the  music  we  play,â€?  Tony  Basile,  the  band’s  trombone  and  percussion  player,  said.  â€œWe  play  music  we  really  enjoy  hearing,  not  just  typical  bar  music.â€?   Although  they  shy  away  from  the  habitual  set  of  songs  cover  bands  generally  play,  Basile  says  that  listeners  will  still  be  able  to  recognize  the  music  they  hear  which  includes  tunes  by  the  Temp-­ tations  and   The  Beatles. 7KH EDQG RULJLQDWHG ÂżYH \HDUV DJR ZKHQ %DVLOH VWDUWHG LW ZLWK his  brother,  Ben  Basile.  They  played  regularly  on  Tuesday  nights  at  Oasis.  The  band  dismembered,  but  came  back  to  life  two  years  ago  with  their  three  year  anniversary  coming  up  in  February.   The  group  also  prides  themselves  on  playing  at  community Â

events,  fundraisers  and  weddings  as  well  as  standard  bars. Other  band  members  include  Mike  Siena  who  sings  backup  vocals  and  plays  drums,  Jared  Anderson,  guitarist  and  vocalist,  Ben  Basile,  who  dresses  like  Johnny  Cash  and  plays  bass  and  sings,  Christian  Joao,  who  plays  saxaphone  and  sings  and  Steve  Schultz,  keyboardist  and  vocalist.   â€œWhat  I  think  is  most  unique  about  us  is  our  horn  section  which  opens  us  up  to  many  genres,â€?   Basile  said.   The  band  consists  of  a  two-­piece  horn  section,  guitar,  bass,  piano  and  drums. Schultz  is  also  a  singer  and  songwriter  on  his  own  and  is  cur-­ rently  working  on  his  second  album.  He  is  a  multi-­instrumentalist  and  has  been  writing  and  performing  his  music  for  more  than  10  years.  He  plays  frequently  throughout  the  Hudson  Valley  as  well  as  in  New  York  City.  Schultz  enjoys  playing  with  In  The  Pocket  because  of  the  comfort  level  and  energy  the  band  has  together.  He  said  his  experi-­ ence  working  with  In  The  Pocket  differs  from  what  he  encounters  as  a  solo  artist  because  of  the  priorities  he  holds  close  when  per-­ forming  solo  and  in  the  band.  â€œWe’ve  been  together  so  long  at  this  point,â€?  Schultz  said.  PHOTO  COURTESY  OF  TONY  BASILE “We  can  anticipate  what  each  other  is  going  to  do  and  we  don’t   have  to  think  about  the  actual  playing,  we  can  just  have  fun  and  â€œIn  The  Pocketâ€?  is  a  cover  band  that  plays  Motown,  soul  and  rock  music. let  it  happen.â€? Â

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THE PLAYLIST WE WON’T SHAVE FOR LATER In honor of No Shave November, our Editorial Board has chosen their favorite tunes by bearded beauties and a brief note about the songs behind the stubble.

MUSICIAN OF THE WEEK: DANIELLE ROBERTS

YEAR: Third MAJOR: Music HOMETOWN: Putnam Valley, N.Y.

WHAT’S  YOUR  INSTRUMENT  OF  CHOICE  AND  WHY? Voice  because  I’ve  always  sang  since  I  was  little. WHAT  ARE  YOU  INVOLVED  WITH  MUSICALLY? I’m  part  of  the  Jazz  Studies  Program  so  I’m  in  Jazz  Ensemble  and  I  sing  for  Urban  Lyrics.  I  also  participate  in  open  mic  nights  in  town. Â

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“Pretty Girl At The Airport�

“Forever�

My  parents.  My  mom  sings  and  my  dad  plays  guitar.  My  sister  sings  also.  My  family  is  very  supportive  of  me.

Whenever  I  hear  this  song,  I  think  of  a  beautiful,  bearded  man  in  a  military  green  bomber  jacket  seeing  me  off  on  a  foreign  assignment.                 â€”Cat  Tacopina,  Editor-­In-­Chief

Whenever  I  hear  this  song,  I  just  want  to  play  basketball  because  that’s  my  favorite  sport  and  I  enjoy  dribbling  up  and  down  the  court.                                 â€”Andrew  Lief,  Sports  Editor Â

WHO  HAVE  YOU  BEEN  LISTENING  TO  LATELY? Missy  Higgins  and  OneRepublic  and  a  lot  of  jazz.  WHAT’S  YOUR  PLAN  FOR  THE  FUTURE?

Maroon Five

Matisyahu

“Daylight�

“King Without A Crown�

I’d  like  to  be  famous.  Otherwise,  I  don’t  have  a  plan. ANY  ADVICE  FOR  ASPIRING  MUSICIANS?

Adam  Levine’s  voice  (and  face)  make  me  weak  in  the  knees,  and  he’s  a  nice  Jewish  boy  â€”  what’s  not  to  love?  This  song  is  also  adorable,  almost  as  adorable  as  the  scruff  this  lead  singer’s  sporting.    â€”Suzy  Berkowitz,  A&E  Editor

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Don’t  give  up.  Don’t  listen  to  what  people  tell  you  when  they  say  you  can’t  do  it.  As  long  as  you  put  everything  into  it,  you  can  do  whatever  you  want  to  do.

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This  timeless  tune  is  the  perfect  blast  from  the  past  to  get  \RX LQ WKH PRRG IRU D /LVD )UDQN Âż OOHG Âľ V UDJHU $ IDYRULWH of  the  late  Oracle  greats,  this  crowd  pleaser  deserves  to  make  its  way  into  a  tribute,  if  not  become  the  next  national  anthem.  â€”Suzy  Berkowitz,  A&E  Editor Â

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Silly, sad, satirical, and still, striving for greatness in what seems like an ever-sinking pit of daily struggles. With my work, I project a sense of loathing for peers and self with snark and glitter. I find solace in a superficial landscape full of crying cows and bubblegum clouds and try every day to make myself laugh through my art. I make work for gurlz who binge eat, keep up with the Kardashians, and read the New Yorker on a semi-frequent basis. I am an every-day intellectual with a pocket full of sunshine and pallet covered pink.

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OP-­ED A  Plea  for  Sensible  Bike  Policy By  Ari  Kaputkin  and  Will  Raphaelson SUNY  New  Paltz’s  commitment  to  the  environment  is  widely  recognized.  As  an  RIÂżFLDO VLJQDWRU\ RI WKH $PHULFDQ &ROOHJH DQG 8QLYHUVLW\ 3UHVLGHQWÂśV &OLPDWH &RP-­ mitment  program,  we  stand  at  the  forefront  of  collegiate  environmental  awareness  and  activism.  Our  campus  sustainability  plan,  SXEOLVKHG LQ DV ZHOO DV WKH &OLPDWH $FWLRQ 3ODQ VXEPLWWHG WR WKH $&833& WKLV year,  both  detail  a  comprehensive  approach  toward  reducing  our  carbon  footprint,  im-­ SURYLQJ HQHUJ\ HIÂżFLHQF\ SURPRWLQJ VXV-­ tainable  best  practices,  and  increasing  local  and  regional  awareness  regarding  pressing  environmental  concerns.   On  the  sub-­institutional  level,  stu-­ dents,  faculty  and  staff  add  to  the  college’s  efforts  through  their  own  organizations  in  the  form  of  numerous  and  varied  clubs  tackling  environmental  issues  on  a  local  and  global  scale.  It’s  no  wonder  our  cam-­ pus  has  been  featured  in  national  publica-­ tions  such  as  the  Princeton  Review’s  guide  to  green  colleges.  So  why  then,  as  our  campus  strives  towards  exemplary  environmental  steward-­ ship,  have  we  yet  to  realize  the  importance  of  bicycles  in  this  model? The  New  Bike  policy  takes  a  punitive  approach  by  preventing  students  from  lock-­ ing  their  bikes  to  trees,  lampposts,  etc.  in-­ VWHDG RI ELNH UDFNV ,Q WKH RIÂżFLDO UHOHDVH RI the  policy,  the  stated  purpose  is  to  ensure  safety  and  prevent  damage  and  obstruction  to  maintenance  efforts.  However,  emails  from  facilities  management  cite  only  the  QHHG IRU EHDXWLÂżFDWLRQ RI WKH JURXQGV Murky  motivation  notwithstanding,  the  policy  continues  by  assuring  our  bikes  will  be  clipped,  at  our  expense,  if  they  are  not  properly  tethered  to  a  bike  rack  (as  well  as  encouraging  the  illegal  practice  of  riding  on Â

the  sidewalk). In  light  of  all  our  campus  does  to  pro-­ mote  sustainable  initiatives,  we  are  sur-­ prised  by  the  draconian  nature  of  the  regis-­ tration  and  clipping  procedure.  At  a  school  where  more  than  half  its  students  and  its  entire  staff  live  off  campus,  meaningful  environmental  sustainability  is  contingent  on  providing  and  encouraging  alternative  forms  of  transportation.  While  not  as  sexy  DV /((' FHUWLÂżHG EXLOGLQJV DQG VRODU FRP-­ pacting  trash  cans,  the  importance  of   sus-­ tainable  transit  should  not  be  understated,  as  a  large  part  of  our  carbon  footprint  comes  before  we  even  arrive  on  campus. Bikes  are  not  only  a  sustainable  form  of  transportation,  but  are  highly  symbolic  of  our  greater  commitment  to  sustainabil-­ ity.  So  what  are  the  issues  with  bikes  on  campus?  First:  Too  many  bikes  are  locked  to  trees,  railings,  benches,  and  light  posts,  cre-­ ating  a  potential  hazard  to  campus  and  per-­ sonal  property,  obstructing  maintenance,  and  in  the  opinion  of  the  new  policy’s  in-­ cubators,  creating  an  eyesore  for  those  who  come  to  visit.  And  secondly:  The  environment  is  in  a  state  of  anthropogenic  disrepair,  as  an  institution  of  higher  learning  and  research,  we’ve  committed  to  doing  something  about  it.  What  if  we  could  hit  these  two  birds  with  one  proverbial  stone?  &RXOGQÂśW ZH WDNH D VWDE DW ERWK RI WKHVH issues  by  simply  installing  more  bike  racks  or  moving  underutilized  racks  to  high  de-­ mand  locations?  It  would  alleviate  the  need  to  expend  bureaucratic  energy  on  the  reg-­ istration  and  clipping  process,  while  still  keeping  the  campus  safe  and  beautiful;Íž  and  it  would  promote  and  facilitate  the  sus-­ tainable  ideals  New  Paltz  so  vehemently  endorses.  And  if  that’s  not  reason  enough:  bike  racks  at  every  building  were  promised  in  the  2012  campus  sustainability  plan.

Our  neighbor  across  the  river,  Vas-­ sar,   has  bike  racks  outside  of  every  single  campus  building  and  indoor  bike  parking  in  each  dorm.  There  is  even  a  campus  bike  shop  for  maintenance  and  repairs.  They  en-­ courage  registration  of  bikes  for  anti-­theft  purposes.  Yale  University  has  fostered  a  thriv-­ ing  bike  culture  by  positively  encourag-­ ing  cycling  to  and  within  campus,  provid-­ ing  the  infrastructure  to  boot.  Bike  racks  stand  at  every  building,  and  where  they  are  needed,  a  request  form  can  be  submit-­ WHG $ Ă€HHW RI FUXLVHU ELNHV DUH DYDLODEOH through  a  bike-­share  program  for  just  $20  a  year.  Several  nearby  repair  shops  help  with  maintenance  and  host  safety  classes.  There  is  a  once  a  month  bike-­to-­school  breakfast,  free  for  cyclists,  building  the  environmen-­ tally  conscious  community.  Yale  even  goes  so  far  as  to  provide  affordable  insurance  against  bike  theft.  We  are  fully  aware  at  how  petty  this  may  sound.  â€œThere  are  more  important  issues  to  attend  toâ€?  you  may  be  saying.  We  agree.  We  think  that  there  are  way  more  pressing  issues  at  hand,  and  that  this  shouldn’t  even  be  a  problem.  But  we,  the  authors,  refuse  to  watch  this  legitimately  backwards  policy  unfold  unimpeded,  and  allow  our  campus  to  continue  ignoring  im-­ plementing  bicycles  into  our  sustainability  agenda. The  campus’  commitment  to  sustain-­ able  transportation,  galvanized  by  detailed  commitments  to  â€œinstitute  a  shared  biking  programâ€?  and  â€œinstall  bike  racks  at  every  campus  buildingâ€?  are  not  being  met.   A  IDFLOLWLHV RSHUDWLRQV RIÂżFLDO ZDV UHFHQWO\ quoted  in  the  Oracle  saying,  â€œPeople  need  to  be  patient,  but  we’ll  get  them  racks.â€?  But  our  request  is  a  simple  one:  scratch  this  policy,  install  more  bike  racks  in  stud-­ ied  locations,  and  from  there,  work  with  the  staff  and  students  to  write  a  well-­founded Â

and  agreeable  bicycle  policy  to  move  for-­ ward  with.  We  understand  how  hard  buying  a  pre-­ assembled  piece  of  scrap  steel  can  be,  espe-­ cially  when  the  town  has  surplus  racks  lay-­ ing  unused  in  storage.   If  we  installed  the  right  kind  of  bike  racks  to  begin  with,  more  cyclists  would  lock  their  bikes  to  them,  and  the  problems  that  the  new  policy  attempts  so  poorly  to  address  would  cease  to  exist  all  together.  Why  don’t  we  work  with  students  and  faculty  in  the  art  department  to  design  bike  racks  using  recycled  parts?  The  black  wave  racks,  currently  the  campus  standard,  DUH QRW VSDFH HIÂżFLHQW DQG GR QRW DGHTXDWH-­ ly  support  bikes.  We  won’t  even  address  the  poor  excuse  for  bike  parking  that  are  the  temporary  aluminum  bar  racks.   For  these  reasons,  we,  the  authors  of  this  op-­ed,  volunteer  our  valuable  time.  In  fact,  Ari  has  already  engaged  in  extensive  research  on  the  ideal  locations  and  man-­ ner  by  which  to  install  new  racks,  and  has  experience  implementing  bicycle  friendly  LQLWLDWLYHV WKURXJK WKH 1HZ <RUN &LW\ %XVL-­ ness  Improvement  District  program.  Will  is  D Ă€HGJOLQJ SXEOLF SROLF\ DQDO\VW DQG FDQ serve  as  a  liaison  to  the  Joint  Town/Village  %LF\FOH DQG 3HGHVWULDQ &RPPLWWHH ZKHUH KH LV DQ RIÂżFLDO YLOODJH DSSRLQWHH Again,  on  behalf  of  all  earth-­loving  members  of  our  community,  we  will  be  patient.  But  while  we  are  waiting  for  the  administration  work  with  us  and  deliver  on  its  promise  of  supporting  sustainable  trans-­ portation:  Please  don’t  clip  our  bikes.  Our  campus  sustainability  coordinator  has  organized  a  meeting  with  all  who  are  interested  to  discuss  the  future  of  bikes  on  campus.  We  encourage  all  who  found  this  op-­ed  convincing,  offensive,  or  anywhere  in  between  to  come  out  on  Tuesday  No-­ vember  19,  at  3  PM  to  SUB  419  to  help  shape  our  campus  bike  policy. Â

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The  Student  Association  (SA)  recently  re-­ leased  a  drug  policy  survey  to  students  and  has  been  discussing  SUNY  New  Paltz’s  two-­strike  marijuana  policy  with  the  campus  community.  A  similar  sur-­ vey  was  released  last  year.  In  the  past  the  Student  Senate  has  passed  res-­ olutions  calling  for  changes  to  the  college’s  mari-­ juana  policy.  At  New  Paltz  a  â€œsecond  strikeâ€?  results  in  mandatory  expulsion  â€“  the  strictest  policy  in  the  SUNY  system Âł7KH FXUUHQW SROLFLHV UHĂ€ HFW WKH FROOHJHÂśV YDO ues  that  we  have  as  a  community  right  now,â€?   New  Paltz  President  Steven  Poskanzer  said  in  May  2005.  That  month  250  students  gathered  in  front  of  the  Haggerty  Administration  Building  calling  for  an  end  to  expulsions  as  a  sanction  for  drug  posses-­ sion,  according  to  The  New  Paltz  Oracle.  Recently,  President  Donald  Christian  reiterated  this  sentiment  when  he  said  that  he  and  other  administrators  have  no  intention  of  changing  the  policy. The  conversations  between  students  and  ad-­ ministrators  often  lack  context.  Some  of  that  context  can  be  found  in  data  looking  at  the  costs  of  policing,  the  effects  of  UPD’s  current  policies  and  the  demo-­ graphics  of  students  affected  by  those  policies.  Resource  Redux The  costs  and  scope  of  police  services  on  cam-­ pus  should  be  part  of  any  discussion  involving  the  campus  drug  policy.  The  Town  of  New  Paltz,  with Â

CAT  TACOPINA Editor-­In-­Chief   Ctacopina97@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

People  who  know  me  know  that  I’m  a  Lorde  fan.  I  haven’t  stopped  listening  to  her  al-­ bum  since  it  was  released  and  I’ve  been  pleas-­ antly  surprised  with  the  insights  the  16  year  old  has.  Which  is  why  I  am  going  to  defend  her  in  the  whole  Selena  Gomez  vs.  Lorde  feud,  which  is  silly  on  the  surface  but  is  actually  pretty  sinis-­ ter  when  you  think  about  it.  Lorde  recently  said  Gomez’s  single  â€œCome  and  Get  Itâ€?  has  a  poor  message  for  women  and  then  Gomez  said  what  Lorde  said  wasn’t  femi-­ nist  because  Lorde,  a  woman,  is  not  supporting  Gomez,  also  a  woman,  as  an  artist.  To  be  fair,  if  Gomez  wrote  â€œCome  and  Get  Itâ€?  herself,  I  don’t  want  to  invalidate  her  feel-­ ings.  With  that  being  said,  I  don’t  think  Lorde  is  wrong  and  I  think  Gomez  is  totally  amiss  in  her Â

UHVLGHQWV KDV RQO\ IXOO WLPH SROLFH RIÂż cers  compared  to  SUNY  New  Paltz’s  24  full  time  RIÂż FHUV According  to  police  logs  posted  online  nearly  25  percent  of  UPD  calls  are  marijuana-­related. 7KLV UHSUHVHQWV D ODUJH EXUGHQ RI Âż QDQFLDO DQG human  resources  spent  on  policing  minor  drug  of-­ fenses.  A  resource-­drain  replicated  by  law  enforce-­ ment  agencies  at  both  the  national  and  state  level.   On  our  campus,  the  third  highest  paid  individ-­ ual  is  not  a  professor,  staff  member  or  administrator  ¹ EXW D 83' RIÂż FHU /W 0LFKDHO 'R\OH %HWZHHQ DQG WKH WRWDO VDODULHV SDLG WR 83' RIÂż cers  increased  by  $1  million,  according  to  data  from  SeeThroughNY.  7KH QXPEHU RI 83' RIÂż FHUV ZHQW IURP LQ 2011  to  29  in  2012,  yet  average  salaries  increased  by  $24,000  â€“  from  $60,000  in  2011  to  $84,000  in  2012.  Much  of  that  increased  pay  is  going  towards  over-­ WLPH 'R\OHÂśV EDVH VDODU\ LV Âą EXW WKDW Âż J ure  burgeons  to  $156,000  after  over  time  and  other  supplementary  compensation  is  factored  in. 7KH QH[W KLJKHVW SDLG 83' RIÂż FHU /W 7LPR thy  Wurtz  made  $141,000  in  2012  â€“  $58,000  more  WKDQ KLV EDVH VDODU\ :KLOH ERWK RIÂż FHUV KDYH EHHQ RQ WKH IRUFH IRU QHDUO\ \HDUV HYHQ QHZHU RIÂż FHUV are  raking  in  tens  of  thousands  of  dollars  over  their  base  salaries. The  overall  average  salary  for  all  29  UPD  of-­ Âż FHUV LQ ZDV The  growing  costs  of  policing  the  campus  should  play  a  more  central  role  in  discussions  about  the  drug  policy. Policies  Shifting The  college  can’t  choose  whether  or  not  to  en-­ accusation  that  if  Lorde  were  truly  a  feminist,  she  wouldn’t  insult  Gomez  solely  based  on  the  fact  the  two  are  women  artists  in  the  industry. We’ll  start  with  the  song.  The  message  of  â€œCome  and  Get  Itâ€?  is  essentially,  â€˜you  can  go  and  do  whatever  you  want  romantically,  sexu-­ ally,  emotionally,  etc.,  but  I’m  not  going  to  do  anything  because  I  love  you  so  much  and  I’ll  love  you  forever  and  I’m  going  to  wait  for  you.’  I  don’t  think  she  articulated  it  perfectly,  but  I  do  think  Lorde  makes  a  strong  point.  She  may  be  taking  on  more  adult  roles  and  matur-­ ing,  which  she  is  completely  entitled  to  do,  but  Gomez  hasn’t  necessarily  shed  her  younger  fan  EDVH 6KH LV VWLOO ZLOOLQJ WR SURÂż W RII RI WKHP DQG performing  a  song  like  â€œCome  and  Get  Itâ€?  and  distributing  it  to  those  younger  fans  is  pretty  in-­ sidious.  What  I’m  most  bothered  by,  however,  is  Gomez’s  reaction  to  Lorde’s  criticism.  All  Lorde  did  was  point  out  that  Gomez’s  song  can  poten-­ tially  have  a  terrible  message.  As  a  camp  coun-­ selor  for  girls  who  are  just  entering  adolescence, Â

force  the  federal  and  state  laws  on  the  books  when  it  comes  to  marijuana  cases.  However,  it  can  choose  how  it  handle  cases  that  are  brought  through  the  campus’  judicial  process.  It’s  important  to  acknowledge  UPD’s  shifting  policies  and  policing  strategies  and  discuss  how  those  changes  are  affecting  students.At  New  Paltz,  students  face  mandatory  expulsion  on  their  â€œsecond  strikeâ€?  â€“  the  strictest  marijuana  policy  in  the  SUNY  system. There  was  a  marked  shift  in  UPD’s  handling  of  drug-­related  offenses  between  2011  and  2012.  Data  from  UPD’s  Annual  Security  Report  show  that  more  cases  are  being  handled  through  the  campus  judicial  process  while  fewer  students  are  being  arrested. ,Q VWXGHQWV ZHUH DUUHVWHG RQ GUXJ FKDUJHV 7KDW GHFOLQHG WR LQ ZLWK DU rested  in  residence  halls. The  number  of  students  who  were  referred  for  disciplinary  action  on  drug  related  charges  went  IURP LQ WR LQ :KHQ 'DYLG 'XJDW kin  began  his  stint  as  UPD  chief  in  September  2011,  he  said  he’d  be  implementing  a  policy  of  increased  UPD  patrols  in  and  around  residence  halls  in  an  at-­ tempt  to  improve  police-­student  relations.  While  it’s  unclear  whether  or  not  that  relation-­ ship  has  improved,  what  is  clear  is  that  the  num-­ ber  of  students  in  residence  halls  being  remanded  for  disciplinary  action  on  drug  related  offenses  has  more  than  doubled  â€“  22  in  2011,  50  in  2012.  The  total  number  of  drug-­related  arrests  de-­ creased  by  36  percent,  but  the  total  number  of  stu-­ dents  referred  for  disciplinary  action  increased  by  83  percent.  A  Process  Apart Â

I  feel  so  uncomfortable  with  the  idea  of  wait-­ ing—  as  long  as  it  takes  for  someone  â€”  being  constantly  reinforced  to  them.  But  then,  Gomez  made  feminism  about  her  and  said  the  reason  Lorde’s  statement  is  anti-­ feminist  because  the  latter  isn’t  supporting  an-­ other  female  artist. Well,  sorry  to  burst  your  bubble,  but  wom-­ en,  including  you,  Selena  Gomez,  can  say  sex-­ ist,  harmful  things  and  you  should  be  called  out  when  you  perpetuate  those  kind  of  ideas.  I  said  before  that  I’m  a  camp  counselor  and  there  were  several  times  this  summer  where  I  was  impressed  with  the  girls  I  look  after.  Some  of  them  are  more  self-­aware  and  know  how  to  see  past  something’s  face  value  better  than  some  of  the  people  I’ve  met  here.  But  what  I  get  really  worried  about  is  what  the  celebrities  they  look  up  to  say  and  just  how  much  of  an  impression  those  celebrities  can  make  on  them.  Celebrities  who  our  society  deem  accept-­ able  to  look  up  to,  like  Gomez,   Taylor  Swift  and  Katy  Perry  have  all,  at  some  point  used Â

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 The  campus  judicial  process  isn’t  like  a  court  of  law.  The  evidentiary  standards  are  lower  and  stu-­ dents  aren’t  afforded  the  same  rights  as  defendants  in  a  court  of  law,  like  questioning  witnesses  or  hav-­ ing  a  lawyer  present  at  the  hearing.In  a  May  9,  2013  article  in  the  Oracle  Christian  said  that  over  the  last  WKUHH \HDUV VWXGHQWV KDYH UHFHLYHG D Âż UVW XVH judicial  violation  while  eight  students  have  been  ex-­ pelled  for  a  second  violation.  However,  this  number  doesn’t  include  students  who  â€“  faced  with  the  option  of  going  before  a  judi-­ cial  panel  stacked  against  them   â€“  choose  to  leave  without  contesting  the  charges.  A  second-­strike  ex-­ pulsion  means  a  permanently  marred  transcript  and  little  chance  of  transferring  to  another  institution.A  fuller  analysis  of  who  the  students  being  arrested  or  remanded  for  disciplinary  action  are  is  necessary.  A  full  accounting  of  this  cohorts’  demographics  is  in  order. According  to  Christian,  most  students  who  have  been  expelled  after  a  second-­strike  offense  have  an  average  GPA  of  2.5  while  the  college’s  overall  average  GPA  is  3.1  â€“  an  indication,  Christian  said,  that  loosening  the  marijuana  policy  might  de-­ crease  the  college’s  academic  quality. Conversely,  this  may  indicate  that  students  who  are  struggling  academically  need  more  support  services    and  less  policing  in  order  to  succeed  at  New  Paltz. Rather  than  a  survey  that  asks  students  their  thoughts  about  policy  â€“  the  results  of  which  are  eas-­ ily  predictable  â€“  Student  Association  and  college  administrators  should  partner  to  look  at  the  data  be-­ hind  the  policy  in  a  comprehensive  and  thoughtful  way. their  clout  as  a  celebrity  to  demonize  and  invali-­ date  women.  I’m  sure  everyone  is  sick  of  hear-­ ing  about  Miley  Cyrus’  VMA  performance,  but  when  are  people  like  Perry  going  to   stop  villify-­ ing  her  for  being  â€œso  naked.â€?  Even  Ed  Sheeran  jumped  on  that  bandwagon.  It’s  old  and  anyone  who  thinks  that  that  was  the  offensive  part  of  her  performance  needs  to  reevaluate.  I  shouldn’t  need  to  tell  you  why.  If  you  do,  bye.  What  I’m  trying  to  say  is,  it’s  damaging  for  girls  to  hear  that  criticizing  something  which  can  potentially  be  seen  as  sexist  isn’t  feminist.  It  isn’t  fair  of  Gomez  to  take  a  criticism  so  per-­ sonally  that  she  goes  on  to  villify  someone  who  is  several  years  younger  than  her.  What  Gomez  needs  to  realize  is  that  she  has  a  responsibilty  as  an  idol  for  young  girls  that  she  does  have  a  responsibility  to  them  to  try  and  build  up  their  FRQÂż GHQFH DQG VHOI HVWHHP DV PXFK DV VKH FDQ She  currently  isn’t  doing  that,  and  I  do  hope  she  can  do  that  soon.  In  the  meantime,  go  look  to  Beyonce  for  inspiration.

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Women’s  Volleyball  Pushes  Past  Defeat By  Andrew  Lief Sports  Editor  |  N02452747@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

Despite  falling  to  Buffalo  State  in  the  SUNYAC  Championship  game,  the  Women’s  Volleyball  team  earned  an  at-­ large  bid  in  the  Div.  III  NCAA  Tourna-­ ment  for  the  second  year  in  a  row.   The  Lady  Hawks  will  travel  to  Pots-­ dam,  N.Y.  on  Friday  to  take  on  Colby-­ 6DZ\HU &ROOHJH LQ WKH ÂżUVW URXQG DV SDUW of  the  eight-­team  Clarkson  Regional.  This  is  the  third  time  in  program  his-­ tory  they’ve  earned  a  Pool  â€œCâ€?  berth  in  the  NCAA  Tournament,  and  will  be  their  fourth  time  participating  in  the  tourna-­ ment.   They  were  one  of  the  19  teams  to  earn  a  Pool  â€œCâ€?  Berth  this  year. The  Lady  Hawks  were  9-­0  in  SU-­ NYAC  play  and  earned  the  right  to  host  the  SUNYAC  Tournament.   They  beat  SUNY  Plattsburgh  3-­2  (25-­13,  20-­25,  LQ WKH VHPLÂżQDOV EH-­ fore  being  upset  by  the  No.  2  Lady  Ben-­ gals  3-­1  (26-­28,  25-­23,  25-­22,  21-­25)  in  WKH ÂżQDOV

Head  Coach  Matt  Giufre  said  he’s  proud  of  how  his  team  performed  against  Plattsburgh  because  of  how  strong  of  a  defensive  team  they  are,  but  said  they  were  just  â€œoutplayedâ€?  the  following  day  by  Buffalo  State. “We  unfortunately  defensively  didn’t  do  some  things  that  we  needed  to  do  to  get  that  win,â€?  he  said.   â€œHats  off  to  them,  they  played  better  volleyball  than  we  did.â€? The  Lady  Hawks  defeated  the  Lady  Bengals  3-­1  on  Oct.  12  in  the  team’s  only  meeting  during  the  regular  season. Fourth-­year  Captain  Marissa  King  said  the  team  didn’t  have  the  right  com-­ posure  during  the  championship  match.   ³:H NHSW ÂżJKWLQJ EDFN IURP EHLQJ GRZQ DQG ZH ZRXOG ÂżQDOO\ WLH LW XS ZLWK WKHP EXW WKHQ ZH FRXOGQÂśW ÂżQLVK ´ VKH said.   â€œOnce  we  were  even  with  them,  we  were  too  jittery  and  we  needed  to  be  composed  in  those  moments.â€?  Giufre  said  the  team  was  very  emo-­ tional  after  the  Buffalo  State  match  be-­

cause  of  the  uncertainty  they  were  pre-­ sented  with.   â€œThe  seniors  were  wondering,  â€˜Is  this  it?’  Everyone’s  upset  and  disap-­ pointed  that  somebody  else  is  celebrat-­ ing  on  our  court,â€?  he  said.   â€œI  told  them  I  was  proud  of  them  how  they  battled  and  competed.â€? King  said  Giufre  told  the  team  to  re-­ main  optimistic  after  the  loss  because  he  knew  there  was  still  a  chance  they  could  receive  a  bid  to  nationals. “Coach  kept  it  short  and  sweet  right  after  the  game  and  just  told  us  that  we  have  done  so  well  this  year,  but  that  ba-­ sically  we  didn’t  play  our  game  today,â€?  she  said. King  and  fourth-­year  Captain  Carrie  Hack  were  named  to  the  SUNYAC  All-­ Tournament  team. Second-­year  outside  hitter  Becca  Borquist  said  she  was  with  her  boyfriend  when  she  got  text  a  text  telling  her  that  the  team  received  a  bid  to  the  NCAA  Tournament.  Â

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“We  have  a  group  text  message  with  the  team  and  everyone  was  going  wild  about  it,â€?  she  said.   Giufre  said  the  team  is  going  to  practice  hard  this  week  and  will  attempt  to  make  a  deep  run  in  the  NCAA  tourna-­ ment. “Every  time  we’ve  been  fortunate  enough  to  make  it  that’s  kind  of  been  the  expectation,  that  we’re  not  just  happy  to  be  there,â€?  he  said.   â€œA  group  believed  that  we  belong  there,  let’s  show  them  that  they  were  right.â€? King  said  she  expects  the  team  to  ³FRPH RXW RQ ÂżUH´ LQ WKH 1&$$ 7RXUQD-­ ment  because  of  their  mindset.    â€œWe  will  be  going  with  the  mentali-­ ty  that  we  are  running  on  borrowed  time,  so  I  know  the  team  will  give  it  their  all  because  there’s  nothing  to  lose,â€?  King  said.   â€œWe  know  that  the  teams  only  get  stronger  as  it  goes  on  from  here,  but  once  you  get  to  this  point  in  the  season,  you  just  have  to  have  fun  and  enjoy  the  time  with  the  team.â€?

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The  Road  to  March  Madness By  Andrew  Lief

Sports  Editor  |  N02452747@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

The  NCAA  Men’s  Div.  I  College  Basketball  season  began  on  Nov.  8  and  started  what  should  be  an  amazing  season.   Many  great  players  returned  to  school  this  year,  to  accompany  one  of  the  best  ¿ UVW \HDU FODVVHV RI DOO WLPH ZKLFK VKRXOG SURYLGH a  lot  of  entertainment  for  fans  across  the  country. Here  are  my  top-­10  teams  for  the  2013-­14  season: No.1  Kentucky  Wildcats Head  Coach  John  Calipari  brought  in  the  best  recruiting  class  since  the  Michigan  Wolver-­ ines’  â€œFab  Fiveâ€?  in  the  early  â€˜90s.   After  last  year’s  disappointment  of  not  making  the  NCAA  Tourna-­ ment,  this  year’s  team  should  be  the  best  in  the  country  if  they  play  up  to  their  potential.   They  have  a  point  guard  again  with  Andrew  Harrison,  and  Aaron  Harrison  and  James  Young  on  the  wing,  who  should  put  up  big  numbers.   Forward  Julius  Randle  will  be  a  beast  on  both  ends  and  will  be  a  National  Player  of  the  Year  candidate  all  season.   No.  2  Michigan  State  Spartans Tom  Izzo  is  the  best  coach  in  the  entire  coun-­ try  and  with  many  returning  players,  he  should  be  able  to  lead  the  Spartans  to  their  seventh  Final  Four  during  his  tenure.  Guard  Gary  Harris  will  put Â

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She’s  all  I  can  think  about.   There  is  nothing  distracting  enough  to  keep  me  from  thinking  of  her.  Sleep  doesn’t  even  act  as  a  safe  haven  from  these  slalom-­ ing  thoughts.  They  always  seem  to  carve  deep  turns  through  the  snow-­covered  forests  that  are  my  dreams.   Just  weeks  ago  we  were  planning  our  upcoming  trips  together.  All  the  fun  we  were  going  to  have.  Now,  I  can  barely  even  look  at  her.   The  air  in  the  room  tells  me  the  feeling  is  mutual.  Since  my  most  recent  skateboarding  injury,  I’ve  been  unable  to  shred.  My  sweetheart,  Cecelia,  is  up-­ set  that  I  can’t  ride  her.  Snowboards  can  be  pretty  demand-­ ing  of  their  owners  sometimes.   And  this  relationship  is  no  different.  .LOOLQJWRQ ZDV WKH Âż UVW RI 9HUPRQWÂśV ski  areas  to  open  for  the  2013-­2014  sea-­ son.   The  mountain  opened  its  lifts  to  the  public  on  Oct.  26,  and  even  had  an  ear-­

up  huge  numbers  and  be  an  All-­American  and  Big  10  player  of  the  year  in  his  second  season  as  long  as  he  can  stay  healthy.  Guard  Keith  Appling  will  continue  to  run  the  show  in  an  effective  manner  and  center  Adreian  Payne  will  be  a  force  down  low  all  season. No.  3  Duke  Blue  Devils The  addition  of  forwards  Jabari  Parker  and  Rodney  Hood  will  make  the  Blue  Devils  national  titile  contenders.  Third-­year  point  guard  Quinn  Cook  will  have  total  command  of  the  offense  in  his  second  year  starting.   Tyler  Thornton  is  an  es-­ sential  piece  to  any  winning  team  because  of  all  the  little  things  he  does  and  Amile  Jefferson  will  do  enough  down  low  to  make  his  presence  known.   No.  4  Kansas  Jayhawks Andrew  Wiggins  is  the  name  everyone  knows  right  now  because  of  all  the  preseason  hype  about  him,  but  he’s  not  the  only  good  player  the  Jayhawks  have.   Wayne  Selden  and  Joel  Em-­ biid  will  put  up  big  numbers,  which  will  take  a  lot  of  pressure  off  of  Wiggins.   They  will  win  the  Big  12  for  the  10th  straight  year  because  of  Embiid,  Selden  and  Wiggins,  and  the  coach  who  has  been  the  most  consistent  in  the  country,  Bill  Self.  No.  5  Louisville  Cardinals The  defending  champs  got  a  major  break  when  Russ  Smith  changed  his  mind  and  decided Â

to  return  to  school  for  his  fourth  year.  Smith,  along  with  future  lottery  pick  Montrezl  Harrell  and  last  \HDUÂśV 1&$$ 7RXUQDPHQW 023 /XNH +DQFRFN will  lead  the  Cardinals  to  a  AAC  championship  and  a  shot  of  repeating.   No.  6  Arizona  Wildcats The  Wildcats  will  be  one  of  the  most  athletic  teams  in  the  country  this  season  with  forwards  Aaron  Gordon  and  Brandon  Ashley  to  go  along  with  guard  Nick  Johnson.   Head  Coach  Sean  Mill-­ er  has  put  together  impressive  recruiting  classes  the  past  few  years,  which  should  make  his  team  the  best  in  the  Pac-­12. No.  7  Oklahoma  State  Cowboys Point  guard  Marcus  Smart’s  decision  to  re-­ turn  to  school  was  crucial  for  any  success  the  Cowboys  would  have  this  season.   His  return  al-­ lows  them  to  be  a  Top-­10  team,  compared  to  a  team  that  would  be  on  the  bubble  without  him.   /HÂś%U\DQ 1DVK ZLOO KDYH WR SOD\ XS WR KLV SR tential  coming  out  of  high  school  if  they  want  to  knock  Kansas  off  their  throne.   No.  8  Ohio  State  Buckeyes  The  best  perimeter  defender  in  the  country,  Aaron  Craft,  will  lead  the  Buckeyes  to  a  second  SODFH Âż QLVK LQ WKH %LJ LQ KLV Âż QDO \HDU LQ &R lumbus.   Craft  will  win  the  National  Defensive  3OD\HU RI WKH <HDU DZDUG )RUZDUG /D4XLQWRQ

5RVV ZLOO VWHS XS DQG ¿ OO WKH YRLG 'H6KDXQ 7KRP as  left.   No.  9  Syracuse  Orange ,Q WKHLU ¿ UVW \HDU LQ WKH $&& WKH 2UDQJH should  be  one  of  the  top  teams  in  the  conference.   Tyler  Ennis  will  be  a  solid  replacement  for  Mi-­ chael  Carter-­Williams.   The  key  to  how  well  they  do  this  season  is  if  one  of  their  three  bigs,  Baye-­ Moussa  Keita.  Dajuan  Coleman  and  Rakeem  Christmas  can  contribute  on  a  consistent  basis   No.  10  Michigan  Wolverines  The  Wolverines  will  have  a  bit  of  a  drop  off  after  losing  in  the  national  championship  game  last  year.   The  loss  of  Trey  Burke  and  Tim  Hard-­ DZD\ -U ZLOO EH GLI¿ FXOW WR UHSODFH *OHQ 5RELQ son  III.,  Nick  Stauskas  and  Mitch  McGary  will  all  have  solid  seasons,  but  the  key  to  any  success  will  depend  on  their  point  guard  play. Predictions: Player  of  the  Year:  Doug  McDermott,  Creighton Freshmen  of  the  Year:  Jabari  Parker,  Duke Coach  of  the  Year:  Greg  McDermott,  Creighton Defensive  Player  of  the  Year:  Aaron  Craft,  Ohio  State Final  Four:  Duke,  Kansas,  Kentucky,  Michigan  State National  Champion:  Kentucky

Ice-­cold  Shoulder ly-­season  rail  setup  for  the  kids  ready  to  jib.   The  GBP  crew  just  released  an  edit  showcasing  a  daylong  session  in  mini-­ park  they  had  in  place  at  Killington,  which  the  team  absolutely  destroyed.    The  edit  was  truly  impressive.  I  thought,  if  guys  are  throwing  down  this  hard  in  November,  we  can  all  expect  to  witness  some  pretty  big  doings  in  the  park  this  season.    For  weeks  I’ve  been  stretching  and  praying  in  a  hopeful  attempt  to  heal  my  OHJ ,Q WKH WLPH VLQFH .LOOLQJWRQ Âż OOHG LWV Âż UVW FKDLUOLIWV RI WKH VHDVRQ /RRQ Mountain  in  New  Hampshire  had  its  opening  weekend.  Even  Hunter,  the  closest  mountain  to  New  Paltz,  started  blowing  snow  this  week.   As  the  East  Coast’s  winter  steadily  shifts  into  second  gear,  guilt  and  anxi-­ ety  consumed  me  as  I  sat  on  my  couch  watching  the  opening  day  edits  on  Snowboarder.com.   After  all  this  time Â

contemplating  the  shred,  I  felt  as  if  Ce-­ cilia  and  my  dreams  had  been  crushed.   I  waded  into  despair,  sighing  in  response  to  the  shooting  pains  that  shot  through  my  leg. It’s  tough,  but  the  pain  is  part  of  the  challenging  game  of  life,  especially  as  an  Eastern  boarder.  The  consequences  of  your  injury  may  seem  like  the  most  important,  attention-­consuming  matter  to  think  of.   It’s  crucial  to  remember  that  it  isn’t.  The  most  important  part  of  an  injury  is  maintaining  positivity  throughout  re-­ covery. I  went  hard  with  Sherane,  my  skate-­ ERDUG WKLV IDOO 'HVSLWH WKH Âż HU\ IUXV tration  I  carry  over  hurting  myself  rid-­ ing  her  instead  of  Ceclia,  and  having  it  happen  directly  prior  to  the  start  of  my  preferred  season,  I  can’t  say  I  regret  my  actions  with  her.   I’ve  always  loved  snowboarding Â

Thursday,  November  14,  2013

more  than  anything,  and  have  tried  to  devote  myself  to  the  sport  to  the  point  of  putting  it  before  anything  else.  When  I  feel  the  sad,  disappointed  vibes  from  Cecilia  and  start  to  feel  guilty,  I  need  to  remind  myself  that  our  relationship  isn’t  as  black  and  white  as  I  sometimes  think  it  to  be.   The  abuse  is  mutual;Íž  she’s  put  me  through  a  hell  of  a  lot  too.   Cecilia  also  needs  to  understand  that  skating  Sherane  was  only  done  to  help  improve  my  style,  thus  improving  our  relation-­ ship  in  the  long  run.  It’s  hard  to  feel  like  I’m  missing  out  on  as  much  as  I  am,  but  I’m  going  to  try  to  stay  optimistic.   Cecilia  and  I  will  have  our  time,  as  soon  as  I’m  healed  and  we  can  session  together.  When  that  time  ¿ QDOO\ FRPHV ,ÂśOO JLYH KHU D KRW ZD[ DQG have  her  sliding  down  the  hill  in  no  time.  Board-­love  is  hard,  but  it’s  worth  WKH SRS (DVW &RDVW EHDVW FRDVW /DWHU skaters.

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