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PHOTO  BY  MARIA  SCHETTINI  The  SUNY  New  Paltz  administrators  set  in  place  three  recommendations  for  changes  to  the  grading  policy  that  were  reviewed  by  the  Academic  Affairs  Committee,  the  Academic  Senate  and  faculty.     Â

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Plans  are  in  the  works  to  modify  SUNY  New  Paltz’s  current  grading  policy. Two  years  ago,  college  administrators  set  in  place  three  recommendations  for  changes  to  the  grading  policy.  This  fall,  the  proposals  were  reviewed  by  the  Academic  Affairs  Committee,  the  Academic  Senate  and  the  faculty  at  an  all-­  faculty  meeting.  â€œNew  Paltz  is  a  place  where  faculty,  staff  and  students  take  academics  seriously.  These  policies  were  not  in  line  with  serious  academics,â€?  said  L.  David  Eaton,  vice  president  of  enrollment.  Student  Association  Vice  President  of  Academic  Affairs  and  Governance  Ayanna  Thomas,  a  member  of  the  Academic  Affairs  Committee  and  the  Academic  Senate,  said  the  administration  recommended  these  changes   to  the  grading  policy  due  to  â€œbudget  constraintsâ€?  and  because  â€œmany  students  are  getting  locked  out  of  classes  because  there’s  so  many  students  retaking  courses.â€?  Proposals  made  by  the  administration  are  sent  to  the  Academic  Affairs  Committee,  who  then  sends  it  to  the  Academic  Senate  for  review,  and  then  the  faculty  review  WKH SURSRVDOV 7KH IDFXOW\ PDNHV WKH ÂżQDO GHFLVLRQ VDLG Thomas.  7KH ÂżUVW SURSRVDO PDGH DGPLQLVWUDWRUV ZDV WR JLYH

students  the  ability  to  change  their  S/U  option  to  a  letter  grade  after  the  withdrawal  deadline.   The  S/U  option  provides  students  with  the  means  to  â€œexperiment  with  courses  that  are  harder  than  you  think  you  can  manage  and  not  risk  your  grade  point  average,â€?  said  Eaton. The  current  policy  that’s  in  place  now  gives  students  up  to  three  years  to  change  an  S/U  to  a  letter  grade.  When  the  Academic  Affairs  Committee  received  this  SURSRVDO WKH\ PRGLÂżHG WKH DGPLQLVWUDWRUVÂś SURSRVDO DQG recommended  a  new  grade  policy  change  that  allows  students  to  have  a  year  to  change  an  S/U  option  to  a  letter  grade. The  S/U  recommendation  made  by  the  Academic  Affairs  Committee  was  passed  by  the  Academic  Senate  and  faculty,  said  Thomas.  According  to  Eaton,  the  S/U  option  policy  needed  to  be  PRGLÂżHG EHFDXVH WKH FXUUHQW SROLF\ LV WRR Ă€H[LEOH The  second  grade  policy  proposed  by  the  administration  was  that  students  will  only  be  allowed  to  repeat  courses  in  which  they  received  an  initial  grade  of  C  minus  or  lower,  said  Thomas.   The  current  policy  allows  students  to  repeat  a  course  no  PDWWHU ZKDW JUDGH WKH VWXGHQW UHFHLYHG LQ WKHLU ÂżUVW FRXUVH enrollment.   The  second  recommendation  from  the  administration  was  revised  by  the  Academic  Affairs  Committee  to  allow Â

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students  to  repeat  a  course  if  they  received  a  grade  of  B  minus  or  lower.  Thomas  said  this  decision  by  the  Academic  Affairs  &RPPLWWHH ZDV PDGH EDVHG RQ ÂżVFDO UHVHDUFK IURP (DWRQ that  showed  that  most  students  who  do  repeat  courses  had  a  B  minus  or  lower.   This  second  recommendation  was  passed  by  Academic  Senate  but  opposed  by  faculty  at  an  all-­faculty  meeting;Íž  therefore,  this  policy  will  not  go  into  effect.  The  administration’s  last  proposal  regards  the  replace  grade  option.  They  proposed  that  there  should  be  a  policy  where  â€œall  circumstances  a  grade  in  the  [repeated]  course  always  replace  an  earlier  grade  in  GPA  calculations,â€?  said  Thomas.  This  means  that  if  students  repeats  a  course,  their  second  JUDGH QRW WKHLU KLJKHVW ZLOO EH ÂżJXUHG LQWR WKHLU JUDGH point  average.  The   current  policy  in  place  for  replace  grading   is   that  although  both  grades  for  the  repeated  course  will  appear  on  a  student’s  transcript,  only  the  highest  grade  will  be  calculated  into  your  accumulated  grade  point  average.  Eaton  supports  the  revision  of  this  policy. “We  really  want  people  to  think  really  hard  about  repeating  a  course  and  to  take  it  seriously,â€?  said  Eaton.  This  revised  proposal  was  passed  by  the  academic  senate  and  faculty. These  proposals  won’t  go  into  effect  until  next  semester.

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AIR  FORCE  DUMB  Gruesome  revelations  about  mishan-­ dling  the  nation’s  war  dead  mark  the  Air  Force’s  second  embarrassing  failure  in  three  years,  following  the  time  when  air-­ PHQ PLVWDNHQO\ Ă€ HZ D % DUPHG ZLWK nuclear  weapons  across  the  country. INCIDENT  IN  IDAHO  All  16  workers  exposed  to  radiation  at  the  Idaho  National  Laboratory  were  allowed  to  go  home  following  the  incident,  which  RIÂż FLDOV :HGQHVGD\ VDLG OLNHO\ UHVXOWHG from  decades-­old  plutonium  powder  that  escaped  its  damaged  stainless-­steel  shell. DEMS.  DRAFT  DEBT  DEAL Democrats  on  Congress’  supercommittee  secretly  presented  Republicans  with  a  re-­ YLVHG GHÂż FLW FXWWLQJ SURSRVDO HDUOLHU WKLV ZHHN WKDW FDOOV IRU D EOHQG RI WULOOLRQ LQ VSHQGLQJ FXWV DQG WULOOLRQ LQ KLJKHU WD[ UHYHQXH RYHU WKH QH[W GHFDGH RIÂż FLDOV LQ both  parties  said  Wednesday  night,  add-­ ing  that  compromise  talks  remain  alive  though  troubled. BP  CLEANUP  COMMENCES  Word  that  the  government  is  letting  BP  end  its  cleanup  of  the  Gulf  Coast  left  many  residents  seething  and  fearful  over  who  would  monitor  or  respond  to  any  lin-­ gering  effects  of  the  worst  oil  spill  in  U.S.  history. SIOUX  YOU  LATER  Like  many  of  her  classmates  and  Univer-­ sity  of  North  Dakota  students  who  came  before  her,  senior  Annie  Hessinger  says  it  doesn’t  matter  that  the  school  is  shedding  LWV \HDU ROG QLFNQDPH DIWHU D GUDZQ RXW dispute  with  the  NCAA. Â

TSA  TEST  TACKLES  TIE-­UPS A  woman  who  killed  her  co-­worker  in  an  upscale  suburban  Washington  yoga  cloth-­ LQJ VKRS ZDV FRQYLFWHG RI ¿ UVW GHJUHH murder  Wednesday  and  faces  the  prospect  of  life  in  prison.

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Student  Association  (SA)  Produc-­ tions  has  began  the  planning  process  for  the  spring  semester’s  main  concert.  Over  the  last  month,  SA  Production’s  board  has  met  several  times  to  discuss  particulars  of  the  event    â€”  which  will  no  longer  be  associated  with  Rock  Against  Racism  â€”  and  send  out  surveys  in  an  effort  to  bring  artists  students  want,  said  Laneesha  Bacchus,  SA  Vice  President  of  Programming  who  chairs  the  board.  â€œThe  survey  is  very  important;Íž  we  will  see  who  the  students  want,â€?  Bac-­ chus  said.  â€œOne  of  my  main  goals  for  this  position  was  to  get  those  surveys  out.  Student  input  is  important  to  me.â€? This  spring,  the  board  decided  to  fo-­ cus  efforts  on  hosting  an  outdoor  festi-­ val  that  would  include  local  acts  from  New  Paltz  and  New  York  City  as  well  as  having  local  food  vendors,  Bacchus  said.  SA  Executive  Vice  President  Eve  Stern  said  the  board  has  come  up  with  D Âż QDO OLVW RI DUWLVWV WKDW WKHLU thousand  line  â€œcould  most  realistically  DIIRUG ´ 7KH\ KDYH Âż QLVKHG ZULWLQJ XS what  the  survey  will  say  and  is  currently  waiting  to  go  out  to  students.  â€œThe  students’  input  will  be  the  main  deciding  factor  of  who  SAP  will  be  se-­ lecting  at  this  point,â€?  Stern  said.  â€œAs  far  as  deciding  which  local  acts  will  be  per-­ forming  during  the  day,  SA  Productions  KDV WR Âż JXUH RXW KRZ WKDW SURFHVV ZLOO be  decided.â€?  Bacchus  said  the  board  is  narrowing  GRZQ D OLVW RI RYHU EDQG QDPHV WKDW could  be  options  on  the  survey  including  MGMT,  3OH!3,  LMFAO  and  Drake.  Once  the  list  is  compiled,  surveys  will  be  e-­mailed  and  handed  out  to  students.

“We  are  doing  this  because  a  lot  of  people  don’t  check  their  e-­mails  regu-­ larly  and  we  think  face-­to-­face  surveys  will  give  us  better  feedback  from  stu-­ dents,â€?  Bacchus  said.  Some  students,  such  as  third-­year  theatre  major  Brendan  Quinn,  have  been  concerned  with  the  SA  Productions  band  selections  in  the  past  and  hope  surveys  will  lead  to  better  judgments  of  what  students  would  like  to  see.  â€œI  think  that  the  general  student  body  hasn’t  really  had  much  input  into  the  decisions  of  SA  in  the  past,â€?  Quinn  said.  â€œStudents  I’ve  talked  to  have  been  confused  as  to  why  certain  acts  appeared  and  it  seemed  these  acts  would  only  appeal  to  a  narrow  collec-­ tion  of  students  as  opposed  to  acts  that  everyone  would  enjoy.â€? Bacchus  said  this  year’s  concert Â

Former  Vice  President  of  Program-­ ming  Anthony  Lino  helped  combine  the  annual  activism  event  with  SA  Pro-­ duction’s  spring  concert  last  year  when  the  popular  rapper,  Nas,  performed  for  VWXGHQWV LQ WKH (OWLQJ *\P The  event’s  move  indoors  sparked  FRQWURYHUV\ DV FROOHJH RIÂż FLDOV GH clined  to  let  the  concert  be  held  in  an  outdoor  setting,  citing  safety  concerns  with  the  amount  of  students  expected  to  see  the  rapper  perform.   In  response,  Lino  and  former  NORML/SSDP  Presi-­ dent  Marc  Pottak  garnered  more  than  VWXGHQW VLJQDWXUHV LQ SURWHVW RI WKH move.   Daniel  Pinto,  a  third-­year  Radio/TV  Production  major,  thought  the  decision  to  split  Rock  Against  Racism  was  a  good  idea. “I  don’t  even  know  how  they  picked  the  guests,â€?  Pinto  said.  â€œI  know  some  people  were  excited  to  see  Nas,  but  , FDQÂśW VD\ WKDW LW ZDV DQ\RQHÂśV Âż UVW choice.  Thinking  about  it,  they  always  pick  the  same  type  of  thing,  â€˜hippity-­ hop,’  that  isn’t  really  relevant  anymore.  I  guess  if  they  split  it  up  they  can  get  some  different  genres  happening.â€?  Bacchus  said  the  separation  this  year  was  not  in  response  to  the  obstacles  faced  last  year,  but  rather  a  unanimous  decision  by  the  newly  elected  board.  Moving  forward,  Stern  said  she  hopes  students  will  understand  how  productions  such  as  the  spring  concert  â€œrealistically  work.â€?  â€œWe  are  a  smaller  school,  which  means  there  are  less  students  with  less  money  going  into  a  student  activity  fee  compared  to  much  larger  schools  like  Buffalo  and  Geneseo,â€?  Stern  said.  â€œThis  is  something  really  important  to  remem-­ ber  before  students  form  their  stance  of  how  SAP  works.â€?

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At  their  10th  general  meeting,  the  52nd  student  senate  invited  SUNY  New  Paltz  Police  Chief  David  Dugatkin  to  the  Student  Union  so  they  could  present  questions  to  him  concern-­ ing  a  sticker  referring  to  racial  segregation  found  in  the  Humanities  Building.  The  legisla-­ tive  body  also  agreed  to  co-­sponsor  an  event  that  will  have  an  open  dialogue  and  discussion  related  to  the  Occupy  Wall  Street  movement   on  Nov.  8 Student  Association  (SA)  President  Ter-­ rell  Coakley  said  that  earlier  that  day  at  about  11:30  a.m.,  a  sticker  labeled  â€œColored  Onlyâ€?  ZDV SODFHG RQ D ZDWHU IRXQWDLQ RQ WKH ÂżUVW Ă€RRU RI WKH +XPDQLWLHV %XLOGLQJ 7KH VWLFNHU which  references  Jim  Crow  Laws,  was  discov-­ ered  by  Vice  President  of  Academic  Affairs  and  Governance  Ayanna  Thomas  and  Sen.  Jonathan  Espinosa.  &RDNOH\ WKHQ QRWLÂżHG 'LUHFWRU RI 6WXGHQW Activities  and  Union  Services  Michael  Patter-­ son  and  Associate  Vice  President  of  Student  Affairs  Raymond  Schwarz.  L.  David  Rooney,  vice  president  of  Student  Affairs,  was  then  no-­ WLÂżHG DERXW WKH LQFLGHQW DQG KH UHSRUWHG LW DV D hate  crime.  The  offensive  sticker  was  retrieved  by  campus  police  for  further  investigation. “This  will  not  be  tolerated,â€?  said  Dugat-­ kin.  â€œThis  is  your  home,  this  is  my  home  and  I’m  not  going  to  put  up  with  any  of  this.â€? PHOTO  BY  JACK  SOMMER He  also  said  that  whoever  did  this  will  be  The  senate  discussed  a  hate  crime  and  the  â€œOccupy  Wall  Streetâ€?  movement.  prosecuted  to  the  fullest  extent. of  the  goals  discussed  was  to  extend  the  hours  Coakley,  who  thought  this  act  was  offen-­ with  Lobianco.  Meanwhile,  the  Constitution  and  Rules  of  the  Student  Union.  Sen.  Manuel  Tejada  has  sive  to  a  wide  array  of  people,  said  that  the  Black  Student  Union  (BSU)  plans  on  holding  Committee  is  putting  together  a  survey   for  created  a  survey  for  students  regarding  the  SU  hours.  He  hopes  to  create  legislation  based  on  a  program  this  semester  to  provide  an  open  students  regarding  library  hours. Later  on,  the  senators  updated  each  other  the  survey.   dialogue  and  discussion  about  race.  The  stu-­ The  next  senate  meeting  will  be  Nov.  15  dent  senate  agreed  to  be  involved  in  the  BSU  on  the  tasks  assigned  to  them  from  the  goal  list  that  they  created  two  weeks  earlier.   One  in  Student  Union  418. program. The  legislative  body  also  agreed  to  co-­ sponsor  an  event  with  Roberto  Lobianco  which  will  take  place  Nov.  30.  The  event  will  be  a  community  dialogue  and  discus-­ sion  panel  about  the  issues  that  the  â€œOccupy  Wall  Streetâ€?  movement  is  trying  to  address.  Sen.  Wendy  Cohen  motioned  to  vote  in  favor  of  co-­sponsoring  the  Lobianco’s  event  but  retracted  the  motion  after  Sen.  Mark  Malizia  objected  the  motion  to  vote  because  he  wanted  the  student  senate  to  have  a  dis-­ cussion  about  this  event  before  voting.  He  concluded  that  he  would  support  this  event  if  it  had  a  more  unbiased  tone  to  it.  After  the  discussion  there  was  another  motion  in  favor  of  the  student  senate  co-­ sponsoring  this  event.  With  a  19  of  the  20  senators  voted  in  favor  of  co-­sponsoring Â

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AN  IMBALANCED  ITALY With  markets  tumbling  around  the  globe,  Italy’s  president  promised  emphatically  Wednesday  that  Silvio  Berlusconi  will  step  down  soon  as  premier  and  lavished  honors  on  a  leading  economist,  who  instantly  be-­ came  Berlusconi’s  presumed  successor. GAME  POSTPONED? Police  say  the  naked  bodies  of  six  men  and  a  woman  have  been  found  on  an  outdoor  basketball  court  in  northern  Mexico.  Po-­ lice  say  the  bodies,  which  bore  signs  of  violence,  were  found  in  a  village  outside  the  city  of  Durango.  STUDENT  CLASHES  IN  CHILE  Thousands  of  students  marched  through  the  Chilean  port  of  Valparaiso  on  Wednes-­ day  to  demand  more  money  for  public  education  and  to  show  support  for  student  leaders  who  met  with  lawmakers. TREMORS  IN  TURKEY An  earthquake  struck  eastern  Turkey  on  Wednesday  night,  killing  at  least  three  people  and  leaving  dozens  trapped  in  the  rubble  of  toppled  buildings  damaged  in  a  previous  temblor,  which  had  killed  600  people. LOCKED  IN  A  LOOP A  Russian  spacecraft  on  its  way  to  Mars  with  12  tons  of  toxic  fuel  is  stuck  circling  the  wrong  planet:  ours.  And  it  could  come  crashing  back  to  Earth  in  a  couple  of  weeks  if  engineers  can’t  coax  it  back  on  track. GREEK  TALKS  GO  NOWHERE Greece’s  laborious  power-­sharing  talks  disintegrated  into  chaos  Wednesday,  with  political  leaders  failing  to  name  a  new  prime  minister  who  will  take  over  from  George  Papandreou  and  head  an  interim  government,  despite  three  days  of   negotiations.

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Elections  for  the  Town  of  New  Paltz  and  the  Ulster  County  district  attorney  have  been  announced,  with  all  machines  accounted  for  as  of  9:53  a.m.  on  Nov.  9,  according  to  the  Ulster  County  Board  of  Elections.  Former  Town  Supervisor  Susan  Zimet  returned  and  reclaimed  her  seat,  beating  out  her  opponent  and  current  Town  Supervisor  Toni  Ho-­ kanson,  1,389  to  446  votes.  â€œI  feel  like  I  came  home,â€?  Zimet  said,  referencing  Dorothy  from  â€œThe  Wizard  of  Oz.â€?  â€œIt  was  very  last  minute.  I  got  into  the  race  and  there  were  a  lot  of  mixed  feelings  about  doing  it.  As  I  got  more  involved,  I  realized  there  were  some  serious  issues  and  there’s  a  lot  of  work  to  be  done  and  we’re  going  to  kick  ass.â€?  =LPHW VDLG KHU Âż UVW WKUHH SULRULWLHV LQFOXGH VKHSKHUGLQJ WKH WRZQ and  village  consolidation  efforts,  kick-­starting  some  form  of  renewable  energy  at  South  Putt  Corners  Road  and  starting  work  with  getting  New  Paltz  â€œoff  the  grid.â€?  She  said  her  other  less  immediate  goals  included  reigning  in  spending  and  working  on  the  tax  cap.  Zimet  said  she  wants  to  explore  how  to  â€œdeliver  services  with  pres-­ VXUHV IURP WKH VWDWH ´ 6KH VWLOO ZDQWV WKH JRYHUQRUÂśV RIÂż FH DQG WKH VWDWH to  use  New  Paltz  as  a  model  with  such  things  as  effective  consolidation.  â€œJust  [for  them]  to  see  the  revolution  begins  on  the  local  level,â€?  she  said.  At  a  â€œMeet  the  Candidatesâ€?  forum  on  Tuesday,  Nov.  1.  Zimet  said  the  issue  she  was  questioned  about  during  the  election  was  wetlands  protection.  She  made  it  clear  that  she  has  every  intention  to  protect  them.  â€œPlease  don’t  doubt  because  I  know  that’s  been  used  against  me  a  lot  during  this  election,â€?  she  said.  She  also  agreed  with  Town  Board-­elect  Kevin  Barry  that  the  cost  of  living  in  New  Paltz  is  hard  for  residents  to  handle  and  one  of  her  and  Barry’s  goals  is  to  work  on  bringing  taxes  down.  ³, KDYH QR WLPH RU SDWLHQFH IRU SHUVRQDO Âż JKWV RU SHUVRQDOLW\ SURE lems.  We’re  there  to  do  the  business  of  the  public,â€?  Zimet  said.  â€œWe  need  to  work  together,  we  need  to  respect  you,  we  need  to  get  to  work  and  respect  each  other.  We  have  to  work  closely  with  the  school  district,  the  YLOODJH WKH WRZQ DQG WKH FROOHJH WR GHOLYHU VHUYLFHV LQ DQ HIÂż FLHQW ZD\ ´ Barry,  who  collaborated  on  campaigning  with  Zimet  and  Jean  Gal-­ OXFFL VDLG KH ZLOO ZDVWH QR WLPH EHIRUH -DQ ZKHQ WKH\ RIÂż FLDOO\ DV sume  their  positions.   â€œI’m  feeling  really  well  right  now,  very  happy  with  the  results.  Very  happy  I’ll  be  serving  with  Zimet  and  Gallucci,  and  we’re  going  to  hit  the  ground  running  Jan.  1,â€?  Barry  said.  â€œWe’re  going  to  do  a  lot  of  work  before  then,  we  look  forward  to  serving.â€? At  the  forum,  Barry  said  this  campaign  was  unlike  any  other  and  everyone  was  amicable  to  one  another. Â

Barry,  with  1,214  votes,  and  Gallucci,  with  1,256  votes  beat  out  opponents  Randall  Leverette  (724  votes)  and  Raymond  Lunati  (554  votes).  Gallucci  said  she  prides  herself  with  â€œhaving  a  thing  for  numbersâ€?  and  knowing  the  â€œvillage  and  town  budgets  intimately.â€?  She  said  her  ¿ UVW SULRULW\ ZLOO EH WR H[DPLQH WKH EXGJHW DQG DWWHQG WKH KHDULQJ RQ Nov.  15  along  with  Barry  and  Zimet.  â€œI  am  running  for  the  Town  Board  because  I  take  my  role  very  seri-­ ously,  I  do  read  my  agenda  packages  and  I  do  come  prepared,â€?  she  said  DW WKH IRUXP Âł0\ VSHFLDOW\ LV Âż VFDO PDQDJHPHQW DQG DFFRXQWDELOLW\ and  that’s  what  I  offer  to  you.  I  would  like  to  reduce  taxes,  increase  the  tax  base,  increase  sale  tax  revenue  and  help  you  be  able  to  stay  here.â€? According  to  Gallucci,  taxes  have  gone  up  â€œnearly  45  percentâ€?  in  the  last  seven  years  in  the  town,  but  she  said  she  hasn’t  received  â€œa  45  percent  raise  over  the  past  seven  yearsâ€?  to  combat  the  rise  in  the  cost  of Â

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unopposed  and  won  with  1,557  votes.  Prior  to  Election  Day,  he  said  that  he  is  the  one  protecting  resi-­ dents’  constitutional  rights  where  applicable.  â€œI  enjoy  my  job;Íž  it’s  challenging  and  interesting,â€?  he  said.  â€œAs  a  local  judge,  I  see  my  job  to  protect  people  from  the  power  of  the  state.  To  assert  your  constitutional  rights,  and  the  prosecutor  works  within  his  bounds  and  come  to  just  determinations.â€? Another  unopposed  candidate  was  Christopher  Marx,  who  ran  for  New  Paltz  superintendent  of  highways  position  and  won  with  1,748  votes.  He  said  he  appreciated  the  support  that  he  had  gotten  and  assured  everyone  he  would  see  them  Jan.  1.  Rosanna  Mazzaccari  won  the  town  clerk  position  in  an  uncontest-­ ed  election,  garnering  1,733  votes. In  the  race  for  Ulster  County  district  attorney,  incumbent  Holley  Carnright  beat  Jon  Sennett,  22,174  to  14,652. Carnright  told  the  Poughkeepsie  Journal  that  he  is  humbled  from  the  amount  of  support  he’s  received,  and  that  he  will  continue  to  â€œpush  toward  domestic  violence  awarenessâ€?  while  working  as  district  attorney.  He  also  said  a  top  priority  will  be  investigating  fraud  in  the  county.  Village  Trustee  Ariana  Basco  was  â€œpretty  anxiousâ€?  and  â€œnot  too  pleasedâ€?  with  the  result  of  Sennett’s  loss.  Basco  said  her  focus  was  working  with  his  campaign.  However,  she  said  that  when  it  came  to  the  town  elections,  she  would  be  happy  working  with  anyone  on  the  local-­ level  especially  because  there  are  a  lot  of  â€œinter-­municipal  projects  and  potential  for  working  with  the  town.â€?  ³, Âż QG WKDW DQ\ERG\ ORFDOO\ UHDOO\ WKHLU LQWHQWLRQV DUH WR PDNH WKH community  better  and  do  good  things  for  everybody  who  lives  here,â€?  she  VDLG Âł,WÂśV DOO D PDWWHU RI Âż QGLQJ ZKDW ZH DJUHH RQ DQG PRYLQJ IRUZDUG on  those  things.â€? Basco  described  the  voter  turnout,  of  what  she  saw  as  of  Nov.  9,  as  moderate.  She  said  the   great  number  of  uncontested  elections  on  the  local  level  likely  affected  how  many  people  made  their  way  to  the  polls  Tuesday.   â€œYou  can’t  blame  the  weather  this  time,â€?  she  said.    2WKHU YLOODJH RIÂż FLDOV VDLG WKH\ DUH ORRNLQJ IRUZDUG WR ZRUNLQJ with  their  newly  elected  peers  in  town  government.  Village  Mayor  Jason  West  said  he’s  known  Zimet  for  about  12  years  and  has  worked  with  her  on  various  issues.  He  said  that  we  will  probably  learn  more  about  the  newly  elected  candidates  priorities  in  the  PRQWKV OHDGLQJ XS WR -DQ ZKHQ WKH\ DVVXPH WKHLU RIÂż FLDO FDSDFLW\ +H said  it’s  a  diverse  group  of  people,  but  he’s  sure  they  will  work  for  the  good  of  each  segment  in  the  community.  ³7KH EHVW SHRSOH ZKR UXQ IRU RIÂż FH DUH UHDOO\ KRSHIXO ZH FDQ JHW a  lot  of  work  done  for  the  good  of  everyone  in  New  Paltz;Íž  [the]  village,  town  and  SUNY,â€?  West  said.

living  expenses.  Before  he  lost  the  election,  Leverette  said  at  the  forum  he  had  KRSHG WR LQFUHDVH HIÂż FLHQF\ “I  want  to  serve  on  the  board  to  help  make  New  Paltz  affordable  IRU HYHU\RQH DQG , WKLQN WKH ZD\ WR GR WKDW LV WR EULQJ DERXW DQ HIÂż FLHQW government,â€?  he  said.  At  the  forum,  Lunati  said  he  initially  ran  for  Town  Board  because  ZKHQ KH EURXJKW XS D SODQ IRU Ă€ RRG FDSDEOH YHKLFOHV HVSHFLDOO\ DIWHU the  increased  rainfall  from  Hurricane  Irene  and  Tropical  Storm  Lee,  it  fell  on  â€œdeaf  ears.â€?  â€œAs  Town  Board  member,  I  will  always  have  an  open  ear  for  any-­ body  who  wants  to  talk  with  me,â€?  he  said.  â€œ[Also]  I’m  not  against  pass-­ ing  laws,  I’m  against  passing  over-­restrictive  laws,â€?  he  said  before  he  lost  on  Election  Day. Meanwhile  James  Bacon,  who  ran  for  New  Paltz  town  justice,  ran Â

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Fourth-­year  graphic  design  major  Rachel  Kubikowski  suffers  from  Celiac’s  disease,  meaning  she  is  gluten  in-­ tolerant.  When  she  started  her  thesis  class  for  her  graphic  GHVLJQ EDFKHORUÂśV RI ÂżQH DUWV SURJUDP ZLWK WKH WKHPH RI “Design  for  Good,â€?   she  opted  to  use  her  skills  to  try  and  change  the  way  campus  dining  handles  feeding  students  with  allergies.  Kubikowski  said  she  hopes  to  draw  attention  to  the  of-­ ten-­overlooked  issue  of  allergies  on  a  college  campus.  According  to  the  student,  although  there  are  some  op-­ tions  like  loaves  of  gluten/wheat-­free  bread  or  pizza  crusts  available  for  those  who  ask  for  them,  there  is  little  to  no  FRPSUHKHQVLYH SODQ IRU VWXGHQWV DIĂ€LFWHG (YHQ WKH YHJDQ options  on  campus,  at  times,  have  nuts  or  other  allergens  leaving  them  off  limits,  she  said. “One  particular  student  told  me  how  she  can  never  eat  vegan  baked  goods  because  they  are  often  on  the  same  tray  with  goods  containing  nuts.â€?  said  Kubikowski.  â€œShe  has  both  a  nut  and  milk  allergy.â€? Other  options  for  these  students  include  gluten/wheat-­  free  pasta  at  Hawk  Station,  but  otherwise  Kubikowski  said  there  is  nothing  on  campus  that  is  guaranteed  to  be  allergen  free. Kubikowski  believes  that  gaining  knowledge  regarding  DOOHUJLHV LV WKH ÂżUVW VWHS WR EHWWHULQJ WKH FDPSXV GLQLQJ HQ-­ vironment.  She  believes  better  information  should  be  sup-­ plied  to  the  employees  of  student  eateries.  She  said  that  if  the  food  staff  had  an  informational  pamphlet  or  video  explaining  the  dangers  of  food  allergies,  allergic  reactions  could  be  avoided.

“For  me,  the  main  problem  is  a  lack  of  information;Íž  the  students  who  work  at  the  food  vendors,  and  even  some  of  the  regular  staff,  aren’t  aware  of  how  serious  the  issue  of  food  allergies  is.â€?  Kubikowski  said Having  an  adverse  reaction  to  something  can  be  avoid-­ ed  so  long  as  â€œwe  know  what’s  in  it;Ížâ€?  however,  oftentimes  the  staff  will  have  already  thrown  away  the  packaging  with  ingredients,  or  won’t  really  check  what’s  in  an  item  believ-­ ing  that  it’s  not  really  a  big  deal,  according  to  Kubikowski.   She  said  one  of  the  major  issues  is  that  students  who  have  allergies  have  to  go  to  the  school  dietitian  in  order  to  know  what  is  safe  for  them  to  eat  and  if  they  don’t  arrange  such  a  meeting,  they  are  at  risk. Campus  Dietitian  Evelyn  Gezo  said  that  such  meetings  are  essential  for  students  with  allergies  as  they  â€œpersonal-­ izeâ€?  their  dining  experiences.  According  to  Gezo,  the  process  can  begin  prior  to  en-­ rollment.  She  often  receives  phone  calls  from  or  talks  to  parents  of  students  with  severe  allergies,  taking  down  num-­ bers  and  e-­mails  to  explain  the  accommodations  that  can  be  made  for  the  individual  student  after  moving  on  campus. “At  that  point  [students]  are  encouraged  to  make  an  ap-­ pointment  to  see  me  regarding  their  nutritional  needs  and  how  to  maneuver  and  select  foods  in  Hasbrouck  as  well  as  the  SUB  and  Hawk  Station  (formally  Oscars)  since  not  HYHU\RQH ÂżWV LQWR D VWDQGDUG GLHW DQG PDQ\ KDYH PXOWLSOH intolerances,â€?  said  Gezo.  For  Kubikowski,  bettering  the  overall  dining  environ-­ ment  is  of  the  utmost  importance.  She  hopes  to  capture  the  DWWHQWLRQ RI WKH KLJKHU XS RIÂżFLDOV (YHQWXDOO\ .XELNRZV-­ ki  said  she  would  like  to  see  place  cards  detailing  the  ingre-­ dients  for  each  dish  being  served.  She  said  this  would  cut Â

back  the  number  of  students  who  could  accidentally  ingest  something  harmful.  Though  there  have  been  oversights  in  the  past  to  stu-­ dents  with  allergies,  Gezo  said  they  have  been  remedied.  In  the  case  of  the  â€œCircus  Nightâ€?  event  held  in  Has-­ brouk  Dining  Hall  last  semester,  open  bowls  of  peanuts  in  the  shell  were  made  available  to  the  students.  The  event  was  held  again  this  semester  and  packages  of  Cracker  Jacks  were  substituted.  However,  this  didn’t  alleviate  student  concern.  â€œOne  student  did  bring  it  to  our  attention  that  students  were  eating  them  at  the  tables  and  she  felt  unsafe,â€?  said  Gezo.  â€œShe  suggested  that  the  packages  be  given  to  stu-­ dents  on  their  way  out.  Management  was  made  aware  of  the  situation.â€?  Second-­year  theatre  major  Julia  Fell,  who  has  a  nut  al-­ lergy,  has  talked  to  dining  services  numerous  times  regard-­ ing  the  issue  of  cross-­contamination  in  Hasbrouck.  â€œFor  people  with  allergies,  cross-­contamination,  or  any  kind  of  contamination  by  particles  or  oils  from  the  allergen  are  a  serious  threat,â€?  said  Fell.  â€œPeanut  shells  and  Cracker  Jack  crumbs  are  pretty  much  the  last  thing  that  I  (or  anyone  else  with  my  allergy)  want  to  see  anywhere  near  their  eat-­ ing  surfaces.â€? Fell  said  that  it  is  important  to  get  input  from  as  many  students  with  allergies  as  possible  as  her  experiences  have  helped  her  to  realize  how  risky  it  can  be  navigating  campus  dining  as  a  student  with  allergies.  Kubikowsi  will  hold  a  meeting  on  Wednesday,  Nov.  16  at   7  p.m.  in  Student  Union  407  for  students  interested  in  discussing  allergies  and  ways  to  ensure  a  safe  dining  envi-­ ronment  on  campus. Â

Physicist  Janna  Levin  To  Come  To  SUNY  New  Paltz By  Kate  Blessing  Copy  Editor  |  Kblessing34@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

Janna  Levin,  theoretical  physicist  professor  at  Barnard  College  and  Columbia  University,  will  be  coming  to  New  Paltz  Nov.  10  as  a  part  of  the  Distinguished  Speaker  Series.   Her  talk  entitled  â€œThe  Third  Cultureâ€?  will  be  about  the  overlap  of  art  and  science  and  her  research  as  a  part  of  the  One  Lab  collective. /HYLQ KDV PDGH ÂłVLJQLÂżFDQW FRQWULEXWLRQV DV D WKHRUHWL-­ FDO SK\VLFLVW LQ WKH ÂżHOGV RI FRVPRORJ\ DQG EODFN KROHV ´ VDLG Amy  Forestell,  assistant  professor  in  New  Paltz’s  Department  of  Physics.  â€œShe  has  done  much  to  involve  the  general  public  in  the  world  of  science,â€?  she  said.  â€œDr.  Levin  has  spoken  at  many  world-­class  venues  and  we  are  very  fortunate  to  have  her  as  the  fall  speaker.â€? Levin  is  an  author/artist/philosopher  with  a  Ph.D.  from  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology  (MIT).   She  was  also  a  speaker  at  a  Technology  Entertainment  &  Design  (TED)  Con-­ ference  and  has  been  a  guest  author  on  â€œThe  Colbert  Report.â€? “As  a  woman  with  combined  work  in  both  astrophysics  and  the  arts,  she  is  helping  to  break  stereotypes  about  scientists  and  will  inspire  more  young  girls  to  enter  the  STEM  (science,  WHFKQRORJ\ HQJLQHHULQJ DQG PDWK ÂżHOGV ´ VDLG )RUHVWHOO Her  talk  will  feature  ideas  and  projects  fostered  by  her Â

FRPPXQLW\ RI FROODERUDWLYH WKLQNHUV DV SDUW RI WKH QRQSURÂżW group,  One  Lab.   There  are  18  separate  groups  of  artists  and  scientists  that  connect  and  collaborate  with  one  another.   They  do  not  have  a  name  but  sometimes  refer  to  themselves  as  â€œ7â€?  because  the  JURXSV RFFXS\ WKH VHYHQWK Ă€RRU RI WKHLU EXLOGLQJ “It’s  a  collection  of  people  that  just  think,â€?  Levin  said.   â€œIt’s  not  that  there’s  a  program  everyone  is  subscribing  themselves  to,  it’s  something  much  more  accidental  in  a  way,  fortuitous.â€? One  Lab  explains  on  their  website,  www.onelab.org,  that  WKH\ KRSH WR ÂżQG VROXWLRQV WR RSHQ WKH VRFLRSROLWLFDO ERXQGDULHV that  can  separate  people  from  design.  Their  broader  goal  is  to  â€œcreate  a  language  of  technological  designâ€?  that  connects  indi-­ vidual  responsibility  to  our  environmental  crisis.   They  understand  these  environmental  issues  â€œas  a  crisis  of  human  alienation  from  the  natural  worldâ€?  and  explore  ways  to  bridge  this  gap. “I  believe  others  on  our  campus  and  surrounding  commu-­ nity  will  be  inspired  to  learn  more  about  the  increasing  impor-­ WDQFH RI KRZ WKH VFLHQWLÂżF LPDJLQDWLRQ ZLOO KHOS DFKLHYH LQWHO-­ lectual  goals,â€?  said  Special  Events  Coordinator  Lisa  Sandick. 7KH HYHQW LV IUHH IRU VWXGHQWV ZLWK WKHLU VWXGHQW LGHQWLÂżFD-­ tion,  faculty  and  staff.  Alumni  can  pay  $13.  The  general  public  will  pay  $18.  â€œThe  Third  Cultureâ€?  will  begin  at  7:30  p.m.  in  Lecture  Center  100,  and  tickets  are  on  sale  to  the  public  through  WKH 3DUNHU 7KHDWUH ER[ RIÂżFH

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School  Board  President  Busted  For  Pot By  Andrew  Wyrich  0DQDJLQJ (GLWRU _ Andrew.wyrich63@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

New  Paltz  School  Board  President  Donald  Kerr  was  charged  with  possession  of  8  pounds  of  marijuana  on  Nov.  7,  leading  to  his  resignation  from  the  board. Kerr  was  arrested  after  signing  for  a  package  that  contained  8  pounds  â€”  approximately  $32,000  worth  â€”  of  marijuana  that  was  delivered  to  the  building  his  business  is  located  in  on  Main  Street.  Police  charged  Kerr,  a  52-­year-­old  Millrock  Road  resident,  on  Monday  with  second  degree  criminal  pos-­ session  of  marijuana  after  a  K-­9  unit  positively  identi-­ ÂżHG WKH SDFNDJH WR FRQWDLQ WKH GUXJ 7KLV LV D FODVV “Dâ€?  felony.   Kerr,  who  was  also  charged  with  possession  of  marijuana  and  driving  while  impaired  more  than  two  years  ago,  has  left  some  community  members  con-­ cerned  over  the  nature  of  his  departure  and  its  effect  on  the  district  in  light  of  his  resignation.    â€œA  member  of  something  like  that  in  the  com-­ munity,  especially  the  president  â€“  he  has  a  role  and  has  a  responsibility  to  the  community  and  obviously  to  the  students  he  is  supposed  to  be  serving,â€?  said  Gina  Guar-­ HQWH YLFH SUHVLGHQW RI WKH GLVWULFWÂśV 3DUHQW 7HDFKHU $V-­ VRFLDWLRQ 37$    Guarente  called  Kerr’s  arrest  â€œirresponsibleâ€?  and  believed  Kerr’s  position  in  the  community  should  have  prevented  him  from  being  in  the  situation.  She  said  she  felt  strongly  that  it  was  the  responsibility  of  those  in  WKH HGXFDWLRQ ÂżHOG WR VHUYH DV ÂłUROH PRGHOV´ IRU WKRVH they  serve.    â€œIt’s  one  of  those  things  â€“  it’s  crazy,  trying  to  put  it  into  words  is  hard.  I  guess  it’s  not  something  \RXÂśUH H[SHFWLQJ WR ÂżQG LQ D FRPPXQLW\ DV VPDOO DV

New  Paltz,â€?  she  said.  37$ 3UHVLGHQW $OLVRQ (DVWRQ GHFOLQHG WR FRP-­ ment  on  Kerr’s  resignation.    Andy  Kossover,  Kerr’s  attorney,  said  Kerr  was  arrested  â€œwithin  secondsâ€?  of  signing  for  the  package  but  believes  his  client  was  charged  unjustly  as  the  par-­ cel  was  not  addressed  to  Kerr  or  his  business.   â€œI’m  not,  as  an  attorney,  sure  there  was  enough  probable  cause  to  make  an  arrest,â€?  Kossover  said.  â€œIt  would  have  been  a  much  different  situation  if  they  had  waited  to  see  what  an  individual  would  do  with  a  pack-­ age  like  that.â€?  Kossover  believes  that  because  the  package  was  not  addressed  to  Kerr,  and  he  did  not  place  it  by  a  door-­ ZD\ RU SXW LW LQ KLV FDU RU RIÂżFH KH ZLOO EH H[RQHUDWHG from  the  charge.  He  also  said  it  was  important  to  note  that  the  building  currently  has  four  commercial  ten-­ ants  and  three  residential  tenants  â€“  some  of  whom  are  traditionally  students.   â€œMany  of  us  sign  for  packages  all  the  time,  that  doesn’t  make  us  guilty  of  a  felony,â€?  Kossover  said.   ³:H DUH GHÂżQLWHO\ ORRNLQJ IRUZDUG WR KDYLQJ KLP H[-­ onerated  from  his  charge.  Mr.  Kerr  is  innocent  of  this  charge  and  we  look  forward  to  the  opportunity  to  prov-­ ing  that.â€?    Kossover  said  although  he  believes  he  is  inno-­ FHQW .HUU ² ZKR KDV OHDG WKH %RDUG RI (GXFDWLRQ since  2009  â€”  decided  to  resign  as  to  not  â€œparalyze  the  boardâ€?  and  create  distractions. 6FKRRO %RDUG 9LFH 3UHVLGHQW .DWKOHHQ 7RELQ Flusser  said  in  light  of  the  resignation,  the  board  can  take  two  routes  to  replace  Kerr.  One  possibility  would  include  someone  being  appointed  by  a  majority  vote,  RU D VSHFLDO HOHFWLRQ PD\ EH KHOG 7RELQ )OXVVHU VDLG

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New  Paltz  School  Board  President  Donald  Kerr  resigned  over   marijuana  possession  allegations.  the  board  will  discuss  the  issue  the  next  time  they  meet  all  together.   )RU QRZ 7RELQ )OXVVHU VDLG WKH ERDUG QHHGV WR stay  focused  in  the  aftermath  of  the  resignation.  â€œWe  have  a  lot  of  serious  issues  -­  building  a  budget  in  light  of  a  2  percent  tax  cut‌my  course  of  action  is  to  stay  focused  on  education,â€?  she  said. Â

Diversity  Program  Considered  For  Spring By  Cat  Tacopina  6SRUWV (GLWRU _  Ctacopina97@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

In  a  recent  meeting  of  the  student  senate,  6WXGHQW $VVRFLDWLRQ 6$ 3UHVLGHQW 7HUUHOO &RDN-­ ley  addressed  his  plan  to  host  a  diversity  program  IRU WKH EHJLQQLQJ RI WKH VSULQJ VHPHVWHU &RDNOH\ÂśV SURJUDP ZRXOG FRQFHUQ VWXGHQWV and  faculty  within  the  campus  community  at  SUNY  New  Paltz,   and  raise  awareness  to  edu-­ cate  students  on  campus  about  the  difference  be-­ tween  â€œdiversityâ€?  and  â€œmulticultural.â€? “When  it  comes  to  diversity  and  multicul-­ tural,  you  can  be  multicultural  by  default,â€?  said  &RDNOH\ Âł7KDW GRHVQÂśW PHDQ \RXÂśUH GHÂżQLWHO\ diverse  or  vice  versa.  Just  because  you  assume  that  you’re  diverse  doesn’t  mean  that  you’re  multicultural,  and  I  don’t  believe  there  is  enough  awareness  on  those  issues.â€? 7KH LQVSLUDWLRQ IRU WKH SURJUDP FDPH IURP &RDNOH\ÂśV SDUWLFLSDWLRQ LQ D VLPLODU HYHQW D \HDU

DJR ZLWK RWKHU PHPEHUV RI 6$ :KLOH &RDNOH\ has  been  unable  to  contact  the  person  who  hosted  the  event,  he  credited  him  for  changing  his  out-­ look  on  diversity. &RDNOH\ VDLG WKH LQVWUXFWRU UXQQLQJ WKH SUR-­ JUDP XVHG ÂżYH KRXUV WR KROG WKH ZRUNVKRS 7KH instructor  would  break  students  up  into  groups  and  give  each  group  a  few  tasks  to  carry  out.  â€œIt  was  something  that  was  pretty  minute,  but  it  changed  my  look  on  a  lot  of  things,â€?  said  &RDNOH\ Âł+H WHDFKHV D ORW RI LQQHU FLW\ \RXWK kids  and  I  want  to  bring  him  here  to  teach  us.â€? 7KH SURJUDP DW 1HZ 3DOW] ZRXOG EH UXQ similarly,  and  would  address  issues  such  as  bias-­ HV DQG GHQLDO RI VDLG ELDVHV DFFRUGLQJ WR &RDN-­ ley. He  said  hiding  your  own  personal  bias  is  GDQJHURXV DQG VKRXOG EH DGGUHVVHG &RDNOH\ said  if  such  issues  are  not  addressed,  than  people  create  more  problems  for  themselves  and  then Â

more  room  for  controversy  are  aroused. “When  you  try  to  hide  your  bias,  you  tend  WR GHQ\ LW ´ &RDNOH\ VDLG Âł$QG WKHQ ZKHQ \RX deny,  it  you  subversively  act  on  it.  When  you  talk  about  it  and  admit  that  you  have  one,  you  can  bring  it  to  light  for  yourself  and  for  your  others.â€? 6RPHWKLQJ &RDNOH\ VDLG KH ZDQWV LV IRU some  departments  to  mandate  the  program  for  WKHLU FODVVHV ,GHDO JURXSV WKDW &RDNOH\ VDLG KH ZDQWHG WR LQYROYH DUH ÂżUVW \HDU VWXGHQWV DQG people  involved  in  departments  such  as  Black  Studies  and  Women  Studies. Second-­year  elementary  education  and  %ODFN 6WXGLHV PDMRU 6WHSKDQLH &DEUHUD VDLG she  liked  the  idea  of  the  program  and  believes  it  ZRXOG EH EHQHÂżFLDO IRU WKH VWXGHQW ERG\ “I  think  it  will  bring  together  the  communi-­ ty  of  students  in  New  Paltz  that  feel  that  they  are  WDUJHWHG ´ &DEUHUD VDLG Âł, WKLQN LWÂśV D JRRG RS-­ portunity  for  people  to  share  their  experiences.â€?

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Mary  Hafeli,  dean  of  the  School  of  Fine  and  Performing  Arts,  said  a  small  statue  in  KHU RIÂżFH ZDV FUHDWHG WKURXJK D UHYROXWLRQ-­ DU\ SURFHVV +DIHOL VDLG D WZR GLPHQVLRQDO image  of  her  husband  became  a  three-­dimen-­ sional  bobble  head  thanks  to  â€œdigital  fabri-­ cationâ€?  technology  that  merges  the  sciences  and  arts. Âł7KLV ZHQW LQ DV D SKRWRJUDSK DQG FDPH out  of  a  printer  like  this,â€?  she  said.  â€œThis  kind  of  thing  could  be  used  as  a  piece  of  art-­ ZRUN Âą \RX FRXOG PDNH D UHDOO\ LQWHUHVWLQJ piece  if  you  made  a  hundred  or  so  of  these  and  put  them  together  to  convey  some  sort  RI VWDWHPHQW RU PHVVDJH Âą EXW LW FRXOG DOVR be  anything  for  industry.  The  possibilities  are  interesting.â€? Administrators  in  both  the  School  of  Fine  and  Performing  Arts  and  the  School  of  Science  and  Engineering  said  students’  inter-­ HVWV IDFXOW\ ZLWK QHZ H[SHUWLVH DQG WKH GH-­ PDQG IRU SURIHVVLRQDOV ZLWK EDFNJURXQG LQ GHVLJQ DQG HQJLQHHULQJ LQ WKH ZRUNIRUFH DUH prompting  them  to  collaborate  in  creating  an  interdisciplinary  program. According  to  Hafeli,  conversations  be-­ WZHHQ DGPLQLVWUDWRUV LQ HDFK DFDGHPLF XQLW EHJDQ DERXW D \HDU DJR ZKHQ 'DQLHO -HOVNL former  dean  of  the  School  of  Science  and  En-­

gineering,  approached  her  about  developing  D GHJUHH SURJUDP EHWZHHQ WKH WZR VFKRROV The  deans  then  assembled  groups  of  faculty  ZKR H[SUHVVHG LQWHUHVW LQ FURVV GLVFLSOLQDU\ ZRUN ZKR WKHQ PHW DERXW VL[ RU VHYHQ WLPHV throughout  the  year.  'DQLHO )UHHGPDQ VDLG KH RQO\ EHFDPH involved  in  these  talks  this  summer  upon  being  named  interim  dean  of  the  School  of  Science  and  Engineering,  but  he  thinks  an  DFDGHPLF PDUULDJH EHWZHHQ WKH DUWV DQG HQ-­ JLQHHULQJ ZLOO EH ÂłUHDOO\ IXQ ´ Âł7KLV ZLOO UHDOO\ WDNH DGYDQWDJH RI VRPH of  the  unique  strengths  of  the  school,â€?  he  said.  â€œWe’re  the  only  one  of  the  comprehen-­ sive  colleges  in  the  SUNY  system  that  has  an  HQJLQHHULQJ SURJUDP DV ZHOO DV DQ DEVROXWHO\ fabulous  school  of  art.  It’s  not  as  an  estab-­ lished  area,  so  I  think  it’s  going  to  be  really  H[FLWLQJ WR VHH ZKDW ZH DUH JRLQJ WR JHW RXW of  it.â€? Freedman  and  Hafeli  said  they  are  look-­ LQJ WR ÂżUVW GHYHORS DQ LQWHUGLVFLSOLQDU\ SUR-­ JUDP DW WKH JUDGXDWH OHYHO LQ ZKLFK VWXGHQWV can  concentrate  in  either  the  arts  and  design  RU HQJLQHHULQJ ZKLFK PD\ OHDG WR WKH FUH-­ ation  of  a  bachelor’s  degree  program.  When  the  discussions  about  the  program  began,  IDFXOW\ H[DPLQHG FRXUVHV FXUUHQWO\ RIIHUHG in  each  unit.  Hafeli  said  they  then  started  re-­ search  interdisciplinary  programs  offered  at Â

other  colleges  last  spring.  +DIHOL VDLG WKH\ WKRXJKW LW ZRXOG EH D good  idea  to  talk  to  leaders  of  these  programs  ZKR KDYH JRQH WKURXJK WKH SURFHVV RI FUHDW-­ LQJ D QHZ NLQG RI FXUULFXOXP “There  is  no  kind  of  manual  for  doing  WKLV DV WKHVH DUH WZR YHU\ GLIIHUHQW GLVFL-­ plines,â€?  she  said.  â€œWe  are  each  kind  of  bring-­ LQJ RXU RZQ EDFNJURXQG WR WKH WDEOH DQG ZH DUH DOO H[FLWHG EXW ZHÂśUH LQYHQWLQJ VRPH-­ thing  and  there  is  no  real  curriculum  for  it.â€? +DIHOL VDLG FURVV FROODERUDWLRQV EHWZHHQ the  arts  and  sciences  â€œfell  into  certain  cat-­ egoriesâ€?  at  other  schools.  One  type  of  pro-­ gram  is  called  â€œinformation  visualization,â€?  DQG LW LQYROYHV GHYHORSLQJ ZD\V WR GLVSOD\ LQIRUPDWLRQ QRUPDOO\ VKRZQ LQ SLH FKDUWV RU graphs  in  three-­dimensional,  modeled  forms.  Another  thing  other  schools  have  done  is  SDUWQHU ZLWK D FRPSDQ\ ZKR ZRXOG SURYLGH UHVRXUFHV IRU VWXGHQWV WR ZRUN ZLWK WKHP them  to  solve  a  problem Âł<RXÂśYH JRW DUWLVWV DQG GHVLJQHUV ZKR are  very  inventive  and  imaginative  and  can  visualize.  You’ve  got  engineers  and  scien-­ WLVWV DQG FRPSXWHU HQJLQHHUV ZKR KDYH DOO RI these  technical  skills  and  you  have  an  indus-­ WU\ SDUWQHU ZKRVH JRW D IDEULFDWLRQ DUHD DQG HYHU\ERG\ ZDQWV WR FUHDWH VRPHWKLQJ WKDW LV going  to  contribute  to  maybe,  solar  energy  or  sustainability,â€?  she  said.  â€œThe  other  thing Â

WKDW WKLV ZRXOG DOORZ XV WR GR LV WR XVH LQGXV-­ try  facilities  for  the  purpose  of  art  making  in  ZD\V WKDW ZH KDYHQÂśW EH DEOH WR EHIRUH ´ $OWKRXJK 3UHVLGHQW 'RQDOG &KULVWLDQ said  he  has  not  be  involved  in  recent  discus-­ sions  about  this  collaboration,  he  said  he  thinks  several  developments  in  the  sciences  at  the  college  could  be  important  to  the  local  economy. &KULVWLDQ D PHPEHU RI *RY $QGUHZ &XRPRÂśV UHJLRQDO +XGVRQ 9DOOH\ (FRQRPLF 'HYHORSPHQW &RXQFLO VDLG WKH FUHDWLRQ RI the  biochemistry  major  at  the  undergradu-­ DWH OHYHO DQG QHZ RIIHULQJV LQ WKH *UDGXDWH 6FKRRO FRXOG PHHW ORFDO ZRUNIRUFH QHHGV “I’ve  learned  that  one  of  the  key  indus-­ try  clusters  that  is  a  focus  of  economic  de-­ velopment  in  this  region  is  biotechnology.  7KDW WKHQ UDLVHV TXHVWLRQV DERXW ZKHUH WKH ZRUNIRUFH LV FRPLQJ IURP IRU WKDW ´ KH VDLG “I’m  learning  some  things  about  program-­ ming  that  may  have  promise  for  us.â€? Hafeli  said  the  schools  are  looking  to  have  a  curriculum  for  the  program  developed  and  going  through  a  campus  level  approval  process  by  the  end  of  the  academic  year.  Administrators  have  begun  to  reach  out  to  possible  industry  partners  and  have  been  met  ZLWK ÂłKXJHO\ SRVLWLYH UHVSRQVH ´ 7KLV SUR-­ FHVV ZLOO DOVR FRQWLQXH DV WKH \HDU JRHV RQ

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$ QHZ OLYLQJ OHDUQLQJ FRPPXQLW\ IRUPHG WKLV IDOO DOORZV $PHULFDQ VWXGHQWV OHDUQLQJ &KLQHVH DQG QDWLYH &KLQHVH VSHDNHUV WR OLYH WRJHWKHU WKURXJKRXW the  semester.  Program  Organizer  Kristine  Harris  said  the  FRPPXQLW\ ZKLFK LV VXLWH VW\OH DQG ORFDWHG LQ &ULVSHOO +DOO ZDV HVWDEOLVKHG IRU D YDULHW\ RI UHD-­ sons. Âł:H KDYH D JURZLQJ QXPEHU RI VWXGHQWV VWXG\LQJ $VLDQ ODQJXDJHV ²-DSDQHVH DQG &KLQHVH ² VR ZH WKRXJKW RI WKLV DV D ZD\ RI UHLQIRUFLQJ ZKDW VWXGHQWV JHW LQ WKH FODVVURRP LQ HYHU\GD\ OLIH DQG H[SHULHQFH ´VDLG +DUULV DVVRFLDWH SURIHVVRU RI history  and  director  of  Asian  Studies.“In  fact,  stu-­ dents  have  been  asking  for  opportunities  like  this.   We  already  have  conversation  tables  for  students  VWXG\LQJ &KLQHVH RU -DSDQHVH DQG WKDWÂśV D ZHHNO\ event  and  sometimes  there  are  movie  screenings  so  this  built  on  that.â€? 1HZ 3DOW] ZDV KRPH WR D VLPLODU OLYLQJ learning  community  in  the‘70s.  Harris  said  that  as  the  Asian  Studies  program  developed,  many  alum-­ ni  returned  for  reunions  and  discussed  their  fond  memories  of  the  program. Âł,W ZDV FOHDU WR PH WKDW \HDUV ODWHU SHRSOH KDG YHU\ FOHDU UHFROOHFWLRQ RI WKHLU H[SHULHQFHV

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“Students  have  been  telling  me  it  really  helps  in  reinforcing  the  kind  of  language  learning  that  you  don’t  necessarily  get  in  the  classroom,â€?  Har-­ ris  said.  Third-­year  Asian  studies  major  and  commu-­ QLW\ PHPEHU -XVWLQ %H\QRQ DJUHHV WKDW OLYLQJ ZLWK D &KLQHVH URRPPDWH KDV LPSURYHG KLV ODQJXDJH SURÂżFLHQF\ DQG FXOWXUDO DFXLW\ Âł,WÂśV FRRO , FDQ OHDUQ DERXW KLV FXOWXUH ZKDW DFWXDO &KLQHVH SHRSOH DUH OLNH ZKDW WKH\ YDOXH KRZ WKH\ÂśUH GLIIHUHQW IURP $PHULFDQV ´ %H\QRQ VDLG Âł+HÂśV P\ URRPPDWH VR ZHÂśUH JRLQJ WR NQRZ HDFK RWKHU VR ZHOO ´ Sillner  aims  to  the  further  the  residential  and  academic  connection  of  the  program  in  the  future  E\ LQFRUSRUDWLQJ DFWLYLWLHV VXFK DV OHFWXUHV ÂżOP series’  and  possibly  a  class  for  those  in  the  living  DUUDQJHPHQW ,Q FRPLQJ \HDUV KH ZRXOG DOVR OLNH to  make  the  same  opportunity  available  to  students  VWXG\LQJ RWKHU ODQJXDJHV +RZHYHU KH LV SOHDVHG ZLWK WKH VXFFHVV RI WKH SURJUDP KDV EHHQ WKXV IDU RQO\ WZR DQG D KDOI PRQWKV LQ “As  far  as  I  can  tell,  this  is  a  really  unique  op-­ portunity.  What  makes  this  program  so  very  special  LV WKDW ZHÂśUH SDLULQJ QDWLYH VSHDNLQJ VWXGHQWV ZLWK VWXGHQWV VWXG\LQJ WKH ODQJXDJH DQG ZLWK DQ LQWHU-­ HVW LQ $VLD DQG &KLQD VSHFLÂżFDOO\ ´6LOOQHU VDLG Âł:H think  that  this  dynamic  gives  both  sets  of  students  D UHDOO\ ZRQGHUIXO RSSRUWXQLW\ ´

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SUNY  New  Paltz  students  now  have  a  way  to  be-­ come  better  informed  about  prominent  issues  and  learn  to  take  action  with  the  inception  of  the  campus  chapter  of  React  to  Film. 5HDFW WR )LOP LV D QRQ SURÂżW RUJDQL]DWLRQ RULJLQDOO\ FUHDWHG WR LQĂ€XHQFH LPSRUWDQW PHPEHUV RI WKH PHGLD EXW DOVR FUHDWHG HGXFDWLRQDO SURJUDPV VWHPPLQJ IURP LW Âł7KH RUJDQL]DWLRQ RULJLQDWHG DV D GRFXPHQWDU\ VH-­ ULHV VFUHHQHG WR LQĂ€XHQWLDO PHPEHUV RI WKH PHGLD LQ DQ HIIRUW WR EULQJ WKH FULWLFDO LVVXHV SRUWUD\HG LQ WKH ÂżOPV to  the  forefront  of  their  consciousness,â€?  React  to  Film  &ROOHJH $FWLRQ 1HWZRUN 'LUHFWRU 'DKOLD *UDKDP VDLG Âł7KH &ROOHJH $FWLRQ 1HWZRUN EXLOGV RQ WKH Âľ,QĂ€XHQFHU 6HULHVÂś PRGHO WR EULQJ GRFXPHQWDULHV WR LQVWLWXWLRQV RI KLJKHU OHDUQLQJ E\ FUHDWLQJ VWXGHQW FKDSWHUV WKDW RUJD-­ QL]H VFUHHQLQJV DQG VWXGHQW PRWLYDWHG DFWLRQ DIWHU HDFK ÂżOP ´ )RXUWK \HDU PHGLD PDQDJHPHQW PDMRU /LQGVD\ 1LPSKLXV IRXQGHG WKH FKDSWHU DIWHU ÂżOP DQG YLGHR VWXG-­ LHV 3URIHVVRU *UHJRU\ %UD\ UHFRPPHQGHG KHU IRU WKH WDVN %UD\ OHDUQHG DERXW WKH RUJDQL]DWLRQ IURP D IRUPHU student,  Jacqueline  Northacker,  who  he  ran  into  at  the  :RRGVWRFN )LOP )HVWLYDO DQG ZDV LQWHUQLQJ ZLWK 5HDFW to  Film.   Northacker  sent  him  more  information  on  the  RUJDQL]DWLRQ ZKLFK KH WKHQ UDQ E\ 3URIHVVRU 'DQLHO Schackman. Âł,W VHHPHG OLNH D YHU\ LQWHUHVWLQJ RUJDQL]DWLRQ , OLNHG WKH NLQG RI PRYLHV WKH\ ZHUH WDONLQJ DERXW EULQJ-­ LQJ WR FROOHJH FDPSXVHV ´ %UD\ VDLG Âł,W VHHPHG OLNH LW ZRXOG EH D JRRG VRFLDO ÂżW IRU WKLV XQLYHUVLW\ DV ZHOO ´ 7KH WZR IHOW LW ZRXOG EH D JRRG SURJUDP IRU WKH ÂżOP DQG YLGHR VWXGLHV PLQRU WR JHW LQYROYHG ZLWK DORQJ with  the  Communication  and  Media  Society.   They  also  WKRXJKW LW ZRXOG EH D JRRG RSSRUWXQLW\ IRU D PHGLD PDQ-­ DJHPHQW PDMRU ZLWK DQ LQWHUHVW LQ SURGXFWLRQ DQG WKH\ said  Nimphius  stood  out  as  an  impressive  student  who  FRXOG KDQGOH WKH MRE While  other  schools  had  months  to  plan  their  initial  VKRZLQJ 1LPSKLXV KDG WZR ZHHNV WR SXW WRJHWKHU WKH ÂżUVW VFUHHQLQJ RI WKH VHPHVWHU ,W WRRN SODFH RQ 7XHVGD\ 1RY and  was  a  documentary  titled  â€œMissrepresentationâ€?about  women’s  portrayal  in  media  and  the  effect  on  society.  With  the  help  of  the  Communication  and  Media  Society  E-­board  and  various  professors,  Nimphius  advertised  the  HYHQW WKURXJK Facebook  and  word  of  mouth.  /HFWXUH &HQWHU ÂżOOHG XS FRPSOHWHO\ DQG DWWHQG-­ HHV KDG WR EULQJ LQ H[WUD VHDWLQJ :LWK WKH ODUJH WXUQRXW

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Spirituals Choose Chanting

NEW PALTZ UNISON ARTS CENTER HOSTS BI-MONTHLY RELIGIOUS EVENTS By  Maria  Jayne Copy  Editor  |  Maria.jayne17@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

A  sacred  chanting  service,  combined  with  sound  healing,  singing  bowls,  gongs,  poetry  and  music  con-­ tinue  to  be  held  at  Unison  Arts  Center  in  New  Paltz  twice  a  month.   This  sacred  chanting  services  are  led  by  three  spiritual  teachers:  Joseph  Jastrab,  senior  teacher  and  lead  facilitator  for  the  Hero’s  Journey  Foundation;Íž  Amy  McTear,  New  Paltz  resident,  frame  drum  teach-­ er  and  Islam  circle  group  leader;Íž  and  Dahlia  Bartz-­  Cabe,  Montgomery  resident,   meditation  counselor  and  sacred  songwriter.  The  services  have  been  held  for  about  three  years  now,  according  to  Bartz-­Cabe.  â€œAbout  three  years  ago  Unison  contacted  Amy  and  Joseph  and  approached  them  to  see  if  they  were  interested,â€?  Bartz-­Cabe  said.   â€œBefore  I  got  involved  more  it  was  kind  of  like  a  round  robin.â€? Bartz-­Cabe  originally  attended  the  chants  be-­ fore  she  started  leading  them  and  about  a  year  and  a  half  ago,  she  said  she  spoke  to  McTear  and  Jastrab  and  asked  to  help.  Now  they  practice  together  the  weekend  before  the  chanting  service  and  although  each  leader  might  not  always  be  at  every  chanting  service,  at  least  two  leaders  usually  attend.  â€œWe  try  to  work  around  if  someone  has  to  be  out  of  town,  the  other  two  have  to  take  over  but  we  like  it  best  when  all  three  are  there,â€?  Bartz-­Cabe  said.   The  current  leaders  like  to  include  special  guest  musicians  and  vocalists  in  addition  to  encouraging Â

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NEW PALTZ ALUMNAS CAROLE BELL FORD READS FROM HER LATEST BOOK

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Local  author  and  SUNY  New  Paltz  alumna  Carole  Bell  Ford  read  her  latest  book  titled,  â€œAfter  the  Girls  Club:  How  Teenaged  Holocaust  Survivors  Built  New  Lives  in  America,â€?  at  the  Elting  Memorial  Library  in  New  Paltz  on  Sunday,  Nov.  $IWHU ÂżYH \HDUV RI ZRUN WKH ERRN ZDV SXEOLVKHG LQ E\ Lexington  Books. 'XULQJ KHU FDUHHU DW (PSLUH 6WDWH &ROOHJH )RUG GLG D ORW RI LQIRUPDO ZRUN LQ KLVWRU\ 6KH ZDV DOZD\V LQWHUHVWHG LQ WKH ÂżHOG EXW KHU ZULWLQJ ZDV VSDUNHG ODWHU RQ E\ D SLHFH RI OLWHUDWXUH VKH KDG UHDG DQG ZDQWHG WR UHVSRQG WR Âł, ZDV UHVSRQGLQJ WR D ERRN WKDW , WKRXJKW ZDV IURP D YHU\ PDOH SHUVSHFWLYH DQG VR , ZDQWHG WR JLYH D ZRPDQÂśV SHUVSHFWLYH on  some  of  the  issues  raised,â€?  Ford  said. $IWHU ZULWLQJ WKLV UHVSRQVH )RUG UHDOL]HG KRZ PXFK VKH HQMR\HG ZULWLQJ DQG WKRXJKW LW ZDV JUHDW WR GR SULRU WR UHWLUH-­ ment.  $OWKRXJK )RUG KDV QR SHUVRQDO WLHV WR WKH +RORFDXVW D SURIHVVRU DW 681< $OEDQ\ ZKR KDG UHDG )RUGÂśV ÂżUVW ERRN (“The  Girls:  Jewish  Women  of  Brownsville,  Brooklyn,  1940-­ ´ DQG ZDV GLVSODFHG GXULQJ $GROI +LWOHUÂśV UHLJQ WKRXJKW VKH ZRXOG EH WKH SHUIHFW FDQGLGDWH WR ZULWH DERXW WKH ZRPHQ DW *LUOV &OXE D WRSLF VKH KDG ZDQWHG WR H[SORUH IRU \HDUV Âł,W ZDV DQ DFFLGHQWDO PHHWLQJ 7KLV SURIHVVRU KDG D QXP-­ EHU RI IULHQGV D JURXS RI ZRPHQ ZKR ZHUH IULHQGV DV WHHQDJ-­ ers.  They  met  in  high  school  and  have  remained  friends  over  WKH \HDUV ´ )RUG VDLG Âł7KH\ ZHUH DOO RUSKDQV DQG +RORFDXVW VXUYLYRUV PRVW ZHUH LQ JKHWWRV DQG FDPSV (DFK KDG GLIIHUHQW stories.â€?  â€œAfter  the  Girls  Clubâ€?  is  a  historical  account  of  a  small  JURXS RI RUSKDQHG IHPDOH +RORFDXVW VXUYLYRUV ZKR FDPH WR $PHULFD DV UHIXJHHV DQG UHVLGHG LQ WKH *LUOV &OXE DQ RUSKDQ-­ age  and  safe  haven  in  Brooklyn,  N.Y.   The  book  follows  the  women  from  childhood  to  old  age.  It  focuses  on  their  lives  in  $PHULFD DIWHU WKH KRUULÂżF HYHQWV ZKLFK RFFXUUHG LQ (XURSH GXU-­ ing  WWII.   ³7KHUH DUH YHU\ VXUSULVLQJO\ IHZ LI DQ\ ZRUNV RI OLWHUD-­

WXUH RQ FKLOG VXUYLYRUV RU D IROORZ XS RQ WKHLU OLYHV ´ )RUG VDLG Âł7KHUH DUH GR]HQV PD\EH WKRXVDQGV RI PHPRLUV RI SHRSOH ZKR survived  the  wars,  but  not  after.â€?  7KH ERRN LV VSOLW LQWR WZR SDUWV ZLWK WKH ÂżUVW KDOI FRQWDLQ-­ LQJ DFFRXQWV DQG LQIRUPDWLRQ DERXW ZKDW OHG XS WR WKH ZDU DQG LWV GXUDWLRQ DQG WKH VHFRQG KDOI FRPSLOHV WKH SHUVRQDO DFFRXQWV RI WKH ZRPHQ 7KH VWRULHV EHJLQ ZLWK WKH ZRPHQÂśV DUULYDO LQ WKH United  States  and  how  they  begin  to  build  their  lives  over  time.  Although  it  is  not  a  wartime  narrative,  Ford  had  to  include  the  ZRPHQÂśV ::,, H[SHULHQFHV IRU KLVWRULFDO FRQWH[W DQG WR FUHDWH a  sense  of  where  they  had  been.  Getting  in  touch  with  the  women  interviewed  was  not  the  PRVW GLIÂżFXOW SDUW RI SXWWLQJ WKH ERRN WRJHWKHU DV WKH SURIHV-­ VRU SURYLGHG FRQWDFW LQIRUPDWLRQ )RUG VDLG WKH LQGHSHQGHQWO\ FRQGXFWHG LQWHUYLHZV ZLWK WKH ZRPHQ ZHUH WKH ORQJHVW DVSHFW RI WKH SURFHVV Âł0\ SUHYLRXV ERRNV ZHUH RUDO KLVWRU\ VR , KDG GHYHORSHG LQWHUYLHZLQJ VNLOOV DQG WHFKQLTXHV , XQGHUVWRRG WKH SLWIDOOV RI LW DQG VRPH \RX FDQÂśW DYRLG ´ )RUG VDLG Âł$OWKRXJK \RX FDQÂśW PDNH JHQHUDOL]DWLRQV EXW LQ WKLV FDVH JHQHUDOO\ VSHDNLQJ +R-­ ORFDXVW VXUYLYRUV KDYH QRW OLNHG WDONLQJ DERXW WKHLU H[SHULHQFHV ZLWK RWKHU SHRSOH HVSHFLDOO\ QRQ +RORFDXVW VXUYLYRUV 0RVW survivors  do  not  want  to  go  back  there  and  have  to  relive  ex-­ WUDRUGLQDULO\ SDLQIXO H[SHULHQFHV ´ )RUG KRSHV KHU UHDGHUV ZLOO XQGHUVWDQG WKDW VWHUHRW\SHV RI children  of  the  Holocaust  are  not  accurate.  According  to  Ford,  LW ZDV VSHFXODWHG WKDW WKH \RXQJ VXUYLYRUV ZRXOG QHYHU EH FD-­ SDEOH RI OHDGLQJ QRUPDO OLYHV GXH WR WKHLU SK\VLFDO DQG PHQWDO SUREOHPV UHVXOWLQJ IURP ZDU FULPHV “They  were  considered  to  be  the  lost  generation,  but  they  turned  out  to  be  resilient,â€?  Ford  said.  7KH PRVW LPSRUWDQW WKLQJ )RUG ZDQWV KHU DXGLHQFH WR WDNH from  these  accounts  is,  â€œthese  women  built  successful  lives  by  WKH VWDQGDUGV RI WKH WLPH SHULRG WKH\ OLYHG LQ ´ Ford  believes  the  book  is  easily  accessible  and  caters  to  a  wide  audience,  including  academics,  those  interested  in  Holo-­ FDXVW :RPHQÂśV 6WXGLHV DQG KLVWRU\ DV ZHOO DV QRQ DFDGHPLFV The  book  is  available  at  the  Elting  Library  and  via  the  SUNY Â

‘The Women of CourtWatch: Reforming a Corrupt Family Court System’

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‘The Girls: Jewish Women of Brownsville, Brooklyn, 19401995 (Suny Series in Modern Jewish Literature & Culture)’

Carole  Bell  Ford  draws  on  extensive  inter-­ views  with  Florence  Kusnetz,  the  attorney  who  led  the  reform  effort,  and  other  Court-­ Watch  veterans,  as  well  as  news  accounts,  WR SURYLGH D IXOO KLVWRU\ RI WKH IRUPDWLRQ VWUXJJOHV DQG VXFFHVVHV RI D ZRPHQœV JUDVV-­ URRWV RUJDQL]DWLRQ WKDW RYHUFDPH SRZHU-­ IXO SROLWLFDO LQWHUHVWV WR LPSURYH +RXVWRQœV  family  courts.

This  book  tells  the  stories  of  the  Jewish  women  who  came  of  age  in  Brownsville,  Brooklyn,  in  the  1940s  and  1950s.  Through  LQ GHSWK LQWHUYLHZV ZLWK PRUH WKDQ ZRP-­ HQ &DUROH %HOO )RUG H[SORUHV WKH FKRLFHV they  made  and  the  boundaries  within  which  they  made  them,  offering  insights  into  the  culture  and  values  of  Jewish  women  in  the  SRVWZDU SHULRG PHOTOS  AND  CAPTIONS  COURTESY  OF  AMAZON.COM

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The Importance Of Being Interns PANEL OF CURRENT AND FORMER STUDENTS TO OFFER INFORMATION SESSION  By  Ryan  Cleary  Contributing  Writer  |  N02358653@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

As  part  of  the  â€œYour  English  Degree  @  Workâ€?  series,  Beth  King,  internship  coor-­ dinator  of  the  Career  Resource  Center,  and  Thomas  Olsen,  chair  of  the  English  Depart-­ ment,  have  teamed  up  to  bring  students  an  information  session  about  internships,  fea-­ turing  a  panel  of  former  and  current  SUNY  New  Paltz  students.  The  â€œInternship  Information  Panel  and  Roundtableâ€?  will  take  place  on  Wednesday,  Nov.  16  from  4  to  5:30  p.m.  and  will  give  students  important  information  about  the  internship  program,  as  well  as  real  experi-­ ences  from  students  who  have  successfully  gone  through  the  program.  â€œWe  are  having  this  panel  event  for  our Â

students  to  come  and  listen  to  their  peers  talk  about  what  they  did  on  their  internships,  why  it  was  a  good  experience  for  them  and  why  do  they  think  it  will  be  important  for  other  students  to  participate  in  an  internship  experience,â€?  King  said.  According  to  Moshe  Siegel,  a  recent  SUNY  New  Paltz  graduate  and  panelist  for  the  event,  King  and  the  Career  Resource  Center  laid  down  the  foundation  for  his  ca-­ reer  through  an  internship. “The  panel  will  certainly  be  worth  at-­ tending.  There  is  no  such  thing  as  an  unpaid  internship,â€?  Siegel  said.  Siegel  graduated  from  SUNY  New  Paltz  in  2010  with  a  bachelor’s  degree  in  English  and  creative  writing,  and  is  cur-­ rently  interning  with  Random  House  Author  Susannah  Appelbaum. King  and  Olsen  will  discuss  the  process Â

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EMMA LYNCH RECEIVES 2011-12 AWARD  By  Katie  Kocijanski Asst.  Copy  Editor  |  Kkocijanski14@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

The  Mid-­Hudson  Human  Resources  Asso-­ ciation  (MHHRA)  and  the  School  of  Business   announced  Emma  Lynch  as  the  recipient  of  the  2011-­2012  HR  Leader  of  Tomorrow  Scholarship.  Lynch  feels  honored  to  be  the  recipient  of  scholarship  from  the  MHHRA.  â€œI  feel  very  fortunate  and  happy  to  have  re-­ ceived  this  scholarship.  I  am  currently  studying  abroad  in  New  Zealand  and  this  scholarship  has  KHOSHG PH VLJQLÂżFDQWO\ ZLWK FRVWV LQYROYHG LQ attending  university  here,â€?  Lynch,  a  fourth-­year  business  management  and  international  business  PDMRU VDLG This  scholarship  was  established  in  2006  by  the  MHHRA  to  recognize  and  encourage  New  Paltz  students  interested  in  pursuing  a  career  in  WKH KXPDQ UHVRXUFHV ÂżHOG According  to  the  MHHRA  website,  the  mis-­ sion  of  the  organization  is  to  give  professionals  in  human  resources  an  opportunity  to  meet  and  GLVFXVV WKHLU VKDUHG LQWHUHVW LQ WKH ÂżHOG Applicants  who  were  active  members  of  the  Management  Association  (MA)  were  given  pref-­ erence.  The  MA  is  the  New  Paltz  student  chapter  of  the  Society  for  Human  Resource  Manage-­ PHQW DQ DIÂżOLDWH RI WKH 0++5$ Dean  of  the  School  of  Business  Hadi  Sa-­ lavitabar  said  he  is  excited  to  have  a  School  of Â

Business  student  chosen  as  the  winner  of  the  scholarship.  â€œI  am  very  delighted  to  have  HR  Leader  of  Tomorrow  Scholarship  in  our  school  and  award  it  to  very  deserving  students,â€?  Salavitabar  said.  â€œThis  scholarship  became  possible  because  gen-­ erous  donation  from  the  Mid-­Hudson  Human  Resources  Association.â€?  7R ÂżQG WKH VFKRODUVKLS /\QFK ORRNHG through  the  scholarship  catalog  that  comes  out  HYHU\ VSULQJ WR ÂżQG WKH VFKRODUVKLSV VKH FRXOG apply  for.  From  there  she  had  to  get  recommen-­ dations  from  professors.  7KH IDFXOW\ RI WKH VFKRRO FRPSOHWHG WKH Âż-­ nal  selection  process. “The  applications  for  this  scholarship  were  carefully  reviewed  by  our  School  Faculty  Schol-­ arship  Committee  and  they  selected  Emma  as  the  one  most  closely  meeting  the  requirements  of  the  scholarship,â€?  Salavitabar  said.  After  graduating  this  spring,  Lynch  plans  on  VWD\LQJ DW 1HZ 3DOW] IRU D ÂżIWK \HDU WR HQUROO LQ the  graduate  program  for  the  School  of  Business. “After  completing  my  MBA,  who  knows?  I  ZRXOG ORYH WR ÂżQG D MRE WKDW ZRXOG DOORZ PH WR travel  or  I  could  see  myself  being  involved  with  the  business  aspects  of  the  art  world,  but  only  time  will  tell,â€?  Lynch  said.  â€œI  could  also  see  my-­ self  opening  up  a  business,  possibly  a  cafe  or  bed  and  breakfast  type  of  place,  but  that  is  more  of  a  future  goal  for  me.â€?

of  how  to  set  up  an  internship,  including  in-­ formation  about  the  forms  that  need  to  be  ¿OOHG RXW DQG ZKDW VWHSV VKRXOG EH WDNHQ followed  by  the  panelists  speaking  about  their  experiences,  and  ending  with  a  Q&A  session.  â€œPeople  who  come  to  the  event  can  ex-­ pect  to  know  that  they  will  be  told  the  prac-­ tical  side,  as  well  as  the  experiential  side,â€?  Olsen  said.  For  both  King  and  Olsen,  one  of  the  most  important  aspects  consid-­ ered  when  putting  together  the  intern-­ ship  panel  was  that  it  featured  real  students  talking  about  their  actual  experi-­  ences. “These  are  really  high-­achieving,  really  good  students,â€?  Olsen  said.  â€œI  expect  that  they  are  going  to  give  a  wonderfully  wide  range  of  experiences,  and  really  kind  of  give Â

real  advice  from  real  students  about  their  real  experience.â€? In  addition  to  Siegel,  panelists  will  in-­ FOXGH ÂżIWK \HDU (QJOLVK PDMRU 6XQ\D %KXW-­ ta,  who  is  currently  with  Time  Out,  New  York WKLUG \HDU (QJOLVK PDMRU $OH[DQGHU Moser,  who  interned  with  Marvel  Comics,  Kristine  Pilla,  who  interned  with  the  Anton  Media  Group,  as  well  as  recent  New  Paltz  graduate  Robert  Kilcrease  who  spent  time  with  House  magazine. Kilcrease  believes  an  internship  can  be  a  student’s  foot  in  the  door,  something  that  can  be  useful  in  today’s  marketplace. “Employers  may  be  willing  to  hire  stu-­ dents  on  as  interns  so  that  they  can  prove  themselves,  but  may  not  hire  them  as  re-­ cent  graduates,â€?  Kilcrease  said.  â€œGraduates  without  internships  are  severely  behind  the  curve;Íž  internships  are  essential.â€?

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AMA DEBUTS BUSINESS FASHION SHOW  By  Kelsey  Belgrave  Contributing  Writer  |  Kelsey.belgrave99@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

Students  will  learn  the  do’s  and  don’ts  of  dressing  professionally  dur-­ ing  the  American  Marketing  Association  $0$ RI 681< 1HZ 3DOW]ÂśV ÂżUVW DQQXDO business  fashion  show  on  Monday,  Nov.  21  in  Van  Den  Burg  Hall. First-­year  member  Erica  Vaccaro  be-­ OLHYHV WKH VKRZ ZLOO EH EHQHÂżFLDO IRU DOO VWXGHQWV HYHQ ÂżUVW \HDUV Âł(YHU\RQH LV JRLQJ WR KDYH WR ÂżQG D MRE HYHQWXDOO\ ´ 9DFFDUR VDLG Âł,WÂśV QRW MXVW EXVLQHVV UHODWHG EHFDXVH WKH\ DOO ZLOO have  to  go  on  interviews.â€? Vaccaro  said  she  did  not  know  what  WR ZHDU WR KHU ÂżUVW LQWHUYLHZ DQG UHFDOOHG the  situation  as  â€œembarrassing  and  unpro-­ fessional  looking  to  not  look  the  part.â€? AMA  President  Fiona  Lee  said  that  students  often  don’t  seem  prepared  for  events  including  career  or  internship  fairs  that  happen  on  campus.  According  to  Lee,  common  issues  that  arise  are  wearing  too  much  fragrance  or  makeup. “The  point  of  this  show  is  to  show  students  what  to  wear  and  what  not  to  wear,â€?  Lee  said. AMA’s  goal  is  to  inform  students  how  to  properly  dress  in  business-­like  situations  in  a  fun  and  engaging  way.  The Â

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individual  scenes  are  split  up  by  style,  in-­ cluding  a  scene  dedicated  to  business  ca-­ sual  attire,  and  another  for  what  to  wear  to  an  interview.  This  allows  students  to  differentiate  between  the  various  styles  available. “There’s  three  main  styles  of  business  attire  â€”  business  casual,  business  profes-­ sional  and  business  formal,â€?  Lee  said.   Collaborating  with  others  outside  of  WKH EXVLQHVV VFKRRO RU WKH PDUNHWLQJ ÂżHOG is  something  AMA  wants  to  achieve  along  with  getting  the  word  out  about  the  club.  As  it  will  be  the  debut  of  the  fash-­ ion  show,  all  participants  are  part  of  the  School  of  Business.  However,  Vice  Presi-­ dent  of  Fundraising,  Alexandra  Sanky  KRSHV WR LQFOXGH RWKHU PDMRUV LQ WKH IX-­ ture  and  show  them  that  AMA  members  â€œlike  to  participate  in  fun,  yet  educational  events,â€?  such  as  the  fashion  show. Sanky  said  she  feels  it  is  important  for  students  to  know  how  to  dress  even  on  casual  days.  Students  always  misinterpret  the  word  casual  and  will  assume  they  can  ZHDU DQ HYHU\GD\ RXWÂżW WR ZRUN ZKLFK LV in  correct,  she  said. “You  always  have  to  present  yourself  well,  so  this  show  will  be  a  good  way  to  teach  students  that  in  a  fun  way,â€?  Sanky  said.  â€œIt’s  all  about  good  impressions.â€?

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Recently,  everywhere  you  look,  fairy  tale  retell-­ ings  seem  to  pop  up.  Two  new  television  shows  based  on  spins  of  classic  fairy  tale  stories  (“Grimmâ€?  and  â€œOnce  Upon  A  Timeâ€?)  and  dozens  of  books,  especially  in  the  middle  grade  and  young  adult  genres,  heavily  incorporate  fairy  tales  into  their  stories.  Adam  Gidwitz’s  â€œA  Tale  Dark  and  Grimmâ€?  (Pen-­ guin,  2010)  takes  the  characters  of  Hansel  and  Gretel  and  weaves  a  dozen  Grimm  fairy  tales  around  them.  Hansel  and  Gretel  go  from  their  classic  incarnations  ² VLOO\ FKLOGUHQ ZKR Ă€HH IURP QHJOHFWIXO SDUHQWV ² to  well  developed  interesting  characters  in  this  enter-­ WDLQLQJ URPS *UHWHO LV IRUFHG WR FXW RII KHU ÂżQJHU DQG Hansel  turns  into  a  wolf.  The  entire  story  can  be  read  together  or  chapters  can  be  picked  at  will.  It  works  as  both  an  overarching  narrative  and  a  series  of  short  sto-­ ries. I  enjoyed  Gidwitz’s  retelling;Íž  it’s  a  cute  and  cre-­ ative  way  to  introduce  young  children  to  the  Grimm Â

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IDLU\ WDOHV 7KH UHDO RQHV 1RW WKH Ă€XII\ EDVWDUGL]HG Disney  versions.)  The  dark  elements  are  there,  writ-­ ten  as  the  Grimms  intended  as  a  matter  of  fact  part  of  the  story,  that  is  unavoidable,  unhappy  and  a  necessary  part  of  life  that  can  be  moved  past. Besides  the  clever  use  of  Hansel  and  Gretel  -­  and,  perhaps,  the  gorgeous  cover  -­  nothing  in  particular  stands  out  to  me  about  Gidwitz’s  novel.  When  I  was  younger,  I  would  have  eaten  this  up  and  I’ll  probably  gift  it  to  my  younger  sister  for  the  holidays.  For  now,  though,  â€œA  Tale  Dark  and  Grimmâ€?  is  lost  among  the  many  other  fairy  tale  retellings. If  you’re  looking  for  a  cute  fairy  tale  book  to  buy  a  pre-­teen  sibling  for  the  holidays,  pick  up  â€œA  Tale  Dark  and  Grimm.â€?  However,  if  you’re  looking  for  a  fairy  tale  retelling  to  read  yourself,  I  prefer  books  such  as  0DOLQGD /RÂśV Âł$VK´ DQG -HVVLFD 'D\ *HRUJHÂśV Âł3ULQ-­ FHVV RI WKH 0LGQLJKW %DOO´ ² WKRXJK WKH\ RQO\ IRFXV on  one  main  tale,  they  seem  much  more  interesting  than  Gidwitz’s  rendition.  Â

Relay Club Rallies GROUP HOLDS MID-SEMESTER EVENT

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Students  at  SUNY  New  Paltz  gave  cancer  a  fright  on  Tuesday,  Nov.  1,  at  the  Half-­Way  to  Relay  Halloween  Party. The  party  was  organized  by  the  Relay  for  Life  Club  in  an  effort  to  spread  the  word  about  the  club  and  to  encourage  students  to  sign  up  for  the  relay.  )URP WR S P VWXGHQWV ÂżOOHG WKH 0XOWLSXU-­ pose  Room  in  the  Student  Union  to  enjoy  free  food,  games,  and  performances  by  SUNY  New  Paltz’s  female  a  capella  group  Sexy  Pitches  and  the  Epic  Glee  club.  Aside  from  the  performances  and  activities,  students  could  purchase  Luminaria  bags,  which  rep-­ UHVHQW D VLJQ RI VXSSRUW IRU WKRVH ÂżJKWLQJ FDQFHU RU in  remembrance  of  those  who  passed  away.  A  table  was  also  set  up  to  assist  students  in  the  online  sign-­ up  process.  After  the  performances,  a  slideshow  explain-­ ing  Relay  for  Life  and  the  registration  process  was  SUHVHQWHG E\ FOXE &R &KDLU 'DYLG 0DQLV D WKLUG year  general  business  major.  The  presentation  an-­ swered  frequently  asked  questions  (FAQ)  about  the  fundraiser  as  well  as  how  Relay  for  Life  raises  money.  Relay  for  Life  is  a  fundraiser  for  the  American  Cancer  Society  and  is  highly  involved  with  college  campuses  across  the  nation.  SUNY  New  Paltz’s  chapter  raised  more  than  $13,000  at  last  year’s  relay. Â

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Emily  Caccia,  a  fourth-­year  organizational  communications  major,  performed  with  the  Sexy  Pitches  and  expressed  her  enthusiasm  for  the  cause.  â€œIt’s  good  to  support  these  kinds  of  events,â€?  Caccia  said.  â€œPeople  should  be  more  aware  about  events  like  this  on  campus.â€?  Fundraising  is  done  through  individual  teams  who  develop  different  ideas  to  get  donations.  At  the  actual  relay,  members  of  each  team  take  turns  walk-­ ing  for  the  duration  of  the  event,  showing  support  for  people  whose  lives  have  been  affected  by  cancer.  With  more  than  40  attendees,  the  club  hopes  this  will  mean  more  participation  from  students.  The  committee  board  is  optimistic  that  they  will  be  able  to  top  the  amount  raised  last  year  and  believes  it  can  be  done  with  the  number  of  people  who  showed  interest  at  the  event.  ³7KH PRUH SHRSOH WKH EHWWHU ´ 0DQLV VDLG Âł,WÂśV just  more  people  that  can  get  involved.â€? According  to  the  club’s  public  relations  of-­ ÂżFHU 0LFKHOOH (LVHQVWDGW D WKLUG \HDU SXEOLF UHOD-­ tions  major,  the  successful  turnout  was  the  result  of  good  advertising.  By  promoting  the  event  through  Ă€LHUV SRVWHUV DQG WKH 681< 1HZ 3DOW] WHOHYLVLRQ and  radio  stations,  advertisements  reached  students  in  many  forms.  This  year’s  relay  at  SUNY  New  Paltz  will  take  place  on  April  14. Âł&DQFHU DIIHFWV HYHU\ERG\ ´ 0DQLV VDLG Âł,W doesn’t  discriminate.â€?

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Keep on Rising FORMER SUNY NEW PALTZ STUDENT SAM LACHOW TAKES COLLEGE RAP TO ANOTHER LEVEL

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Sam  Lachow,  21,  accumulated  more  than  3,000  views  for  his  most  recent  original  music  video  dur-­ LQJ LWV Âż UVW ZHHN RQ YouTube.  But  the  former  SUNY  New  Paltz  student  said  he  never  set  any  sort  of  goals  IRU WKH Âł+DVK 0XIÂż QV´ YLGHR RU KLV UDS FDUHHU LQ JHQHUDO KH MXVW ZDQWV WR ÂłNHHS ULVLQJ ´ Âł, QHYHU ZDQW WR SHDN ´ KH VDLG Âł, MXVW ZDQW WR NHHS PDNLQJ WKH DUW , ORYH PDNLQJ ´ /DFKRZ QRZ D WKLUG \HDU Âż OP PDMRU DW WKH &LW\ &ROOHJH RI 0DQKDWWDQ UHOHDVHG KLV Âż UVW VROR DOEXP Brand  New  Bike,  in  July.   Although  he’s  already  made  over  $3,000  from  the  iTunes  store  since  the  UHOHDVH WKH UDSSHU VDLG KH ZRQÂśW VWRS WU\LQJ WR EH VXFFHVVIXO DW PDNLQJ KLV DUW DQ\ WLPH VRRQ 8QOLNH RWKHU UDSSHUV ZKR PDNH WKHLU EHDWV ZLWK GUXP NLWV DQG V\QWKHVL]HUV /DFKRZ VDLG KH XVHV OLYH PXVLF WR GHYHORS DQ DXWKHQWLF VRXQG Âł1R VDPSOLQJ QR QRWKLQJ ´ KH VDLG Âł:KHQ \RX OLVWHQ WR WKLV VWXII \RX NQRZ LWÂśV DOO XV ´ ,QĂ€ XHQFHG E\ DUWLVWV UDQJLQJ IURP &DW 6WHYHQV to  Andre  3000,  Lachow  blends  smooth  jazz  with  witty  lyricism  to  create  an  innovative  style. $ORQJ ZLWK ZULWLQJ KLV RZQ O\ULFV DQG SURGXF ing  original  beats,  Lachow  directs  and  edits  all  of  KLV RZQ PXVLF YLGHRV UDFNLQJ XS RYHU YLHZV on  a  music  video  for  an  original  song  that  he  shot,  edited  and  directed  single-­handedly.

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Urban Lyrics Pursues Legacy NEW ON-CAMPUS RAP AND POETRY TEAM OFFERS OUTLET OF EXPRESSION By  Suzy  Berkowitz &RQWULEXWLQJ :ULWHU _ Sabbasberkowitz90@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

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CULTURE SHOCK DANCE TROUPE PREPARES TO HOST ANNUAL SHOW By  Clarissa  Moses &RQWULEXWLQJ :ULWHU _ N02440259@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

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Exuding Emotion and Self-Discovery ALUMNA LAIANNA FERRUGGIA BEGINS JOURNEY AS A FREELANCE ARTIST

By Olivia Wells Staff Writer | Olivia.wells34@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

SUNY New Paltz alumna Laianna Ferruggia said her interest in art began when she was growing up in New Paltz. “My mom was a single mom and she would take me to work with her at Rhino Records. I would sit in Rhino drawing for hours,” said Ferruggia, the grand-­ daughter of Rhino Records’ owner Steve Ferber. “I was very young, but already I knew that art was one of the few things I loved.” After graduating in 2011, Ferruggia began her jour-­ ney to become a successful freelance artist. She hopes to make a career out of what she loves. Born in Southern California, Ferruggia moved to New Paltz at the age of two. She attended New Paltz Central High School and took basic art classes. She said she knew, even then, drawing was her forte. Ferruggia went on to major in drawing at Dutchess Community College (DCC). Ferruggia was awarded the Karen Lee Knapp Me-­ morial scholarship from DCC and in 2008, her art was featured in the Best of SUNY Student Art Exhibition. She continued her education at SUNY New Paltz on full scholarship, completing a Bachelor of Science in visual arts with a concentration in drawing and painting. In the summer of 2010, Ferruggia studied Plein Air painting and European Art History in France. Plein Air

is a French expression, which means “in the open air” and is used to describe the act of painting outdoors. “It was such an enriching experience. I am so grate-­ ful I was able to participate in the program,” she said. Since then, Ferruggia’s work has been shown in two exhibits at the Unframed Artists Gallery and sever-­ al exhibitions at galleries in Chelsea in New York City. More recently, she displayed her work at Celebration of the Arts on Oct. 10. Her work is currently on display at Grimaldi’s Pizzeria, where she is a server. Ferruggia said her art exudes the depth of emotions and self-­discovery. “My art is about getting in touch with what’s in-­ side of me. I have always been very interested in faces. There’s so much that can be said with a facial expres-­ sion. I like to mix those human elements with elements of nature,” she said. Ferruggia continues to enrich her knowledge of art by taking art classes with Andrew Lattimore in Corn-­ wall, NY. “I’m not sure where I want to be, but I know I want to travel and spread my art,” she said. “There’s so much that I want to see. I want to be involved with things I really believe in like sustainable, local foods. I don’t know what’s next but I’m excited for whatever it may be.” More of Ferruggia’s artwork can be seen at www.laiannaferruggia.com.

Works by Laianna Ferruggia from left to right: “Affection,” “Sanctuary 1” and “Back Study.” Top right: “ Lisa.” PAINTINGS BY LAIANNA FERRUGGIA

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Viewing Variety with ‘Video Remix’

MEDIA DEPARTMENT UNDERTAKES NEW TELEVISION SHOW By  Andrew  Wyrich Managing  Editor  |  Andrew.wyrich63@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

The  lights  are  up  and  the  stage  is  set  for  a  new  television  show  at  SUNY  New  Paltz.  â€œVideo  Remix,â€?  a  project  spearheaded  by  Professor  Dan  Labbato  of  the  Communi-­ cation  and  Media  department,  is  a  30-­minute  variety  show  meant  to  showcase  the  talents  of  the  department  to  both  the  campus  and  New  Paltz  community.  â€œWe  wanted  to  make  a  show  that  shows  what  the  media  part  of  this  department  is  doing,â€?  Labbato  said.  â€œSince  we  were  mak-­ ing  videos  in  this  department,  I  thought,  â€˜Wouldn’t  it  be  great  if  what  we’re  making  got  into  the  community  at  large?’  My  original  idea  was  to  have  students  create  a  TV  show  to  do  that.â€?   Each  show,  which  run  every  Monday  at  9  p.m.  on  Channel  6,  has  a  lead-­in,  wrap  around,  theme  song  and  hosts  that  guide  the  audience  through  the  show,  Labbato  said.  /DEEDWR ZKR ZRUNHG LQ JHQHUDO ÂżOP-­ making  as  a  cameraman,  assistant,  gaffer  and  editor  for  the  last  20  years,  said  while  the  show  is  only  a  trial-­run  on  campus,  the  goal  is  to  reach  the  masses  by  next  year.

Students  in  the  class  found  working  on  the  show  helpful,  as  they  were  able  to  gain  a  sense  of  a  real  world  experience.  â€œIt  was  a  good  experience,â€?  fourth-­year  student  Christina  DiNapoli  said.  â€œWe  were  WDXJKW KRZ WR DFWXDOO\ ÂżOP LW DQG SURIHVVRU Labbato  is  very  intelligent.â€?  Labbato’s  idea  came  to  fruition  after  discussions  within  the  Radio  and  TV  Produc-­ tion  major  led  to  a  new  class  being  formed  to  focus  solely  on  using  Avid,  an  industry-­stan-­ dard  editing  program  and  Labbato’s  creation  of  a  â€œDigital  Archive.â€? Projects  by  students  in  Professor  Greg  Bray’s  Senior  Seminar  class  were  uploaded  to  the  archive  along  with  work  from  other  class-­ es.  The  amount  of  footage  stored  was  â€œyears’  worthâ€?  of  material  that  would  be  forever  digi-­ tized  for  the  editing  class  to  use.  â€œI  didn’t  want  them  to  go  have  to  collect  LQIRUPDWLRQ LQ WKH ÂżHOG WR EULQJ EDFN EHFDXVH that  would  dilute  the  focus  on  just  editing  it-­ self,â€?  Labbato  said.  After  this,  Labbato  knew  he  needed  a  co-­ hesive  theme  to  tie  the  material  together.  â€œI  thought,  how  do  I  tie  together  this  con-­ glomeration  for  all  this  work  together?  Then  I Â

“Video  Remixâ€?  runs  every  Monday  at  9  p.m.  on  Channel  6.         PHOTO   COURTESY  OF  DAN  LABBATO proposed  to  create  hosts,â€?  Labbato  said.  ing  the  tie-­ins,  all  while  keeping  in  mind  the  In  a  variety  show  format,  each  piece  is  theme  and  other  aspects  of  the  show.  shown  after  being  introduced  by  the  hosts.  â€œIt  kind  of  shows  the  interdisciplinary,  Each  segment  is  approximately  eight  minutes  crossing  of  classes  that  we  are  trying  to  stress  long,  allowing  three  pieces  of  student  work  to  as  a  department,â€?  Labatto  said.  be  showcased  in  each  show.  Student  submissions  are  welcome  for  On  the  other  end  of  the  lens,  classes  be-­ future  shows,  Labatto  said.  In  fact,  he  hopes  gan  working  on  shooting  the  three,  30-­minute  that  at  some  point,  Video  Remix  would  serve  episodes  planned  to  air  this  semester  while  as  a  point  for  student  work  to  be  recognized.  students  from  the  school  of  Fine  and  Pre-­ If  you  want  to  send  work,  send  an  e-­mail  forming  Arts  acted  as  the  hosts.  of  ideas  to  digitalarchive@newpaltz.edu  or  Other  classes  were  in  charge  of  shoot-­ contact  Labatto  at  labbatod@newpaltz.edu. Â

New Zine for the Art Scene NEW STUDENT-RUN CREATIVE MAGAZINE TO DEBUT THIS FALL By  Katherine  Speller Copy  Editor  |  Katherine.speller79@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

Everywhere  you  look  in  New  Paltz  there  is  someone  cre-­ ating  something.  From  the  strumming  of  guitars  on  the  quad,  the  layers  of  thrift  store  fashion  or  the  soul-­bearing  artwork,  our  town  and  campus  is  most  certainly  an  artistic  scene. Students  looking  for  a  publication  catering  to  their  artis-­ WLF WDVWHV ZLOO VRRQ EH VDWLVÂżHG E\ Scene,  a  new  student-­run  magazine  to  reach  campus  before  the  end  of  the  fall  semester. Focusing  on  drawing  attention  to  the  diverse  music,  art  and  fashion  in  New  Paltz,  the  magazine  will  hopefully  draw  underground  or  peripheral  talents  of  students  into  the  spot-­ light. Founder  of  Scene  and  third-­year  media  management  ma-­ jor  Christina  Taufan  said  she  tried  to  pitch  an  idea  for  a  maga-­ zine  aimed  primarily  at  women  readers,  but  found  that  Avant-­ Â

Garde  already  existed.  From  there,  she  decided  to  develop  a  solid  concept  for  an  arts  magazine. Âł, DFWXDOO\ ZDV WKLQNLQJ RI D VSHFLÂżF GHPRJUDSKLF LQ RXU school  that  hasn’t  been  catered  to  yet,â€?  said  Taufan,  â€œIt  was  funny  for  me  to  realize  that  there  are  two  magazines  that  are  designed  for  minorities,  but  no  magazine  for  the  majority.â€? Diana  Regal,  a  third-­year  English  and  philosophy  major  who  attended  the  general  interest  meeting  on  Tuesday,  Nov.  1,  said  that  the  magazine  will  hopefully  encourage  further  ar-­ WLVWLF UHĂ€HFWLRQ E\ EULQJLQJ DWWHQWLRQ WR RXU DOUHDG\ DUWLVWLF community.  The  magazine  hopes  to  include  work  from  contributors  that  makes  a  statement  about  the  college  and  our  â€œscene.â€?  Taufan  said  it  is  important  for  the  campus  community  to  ac-­ knowledge  the  eclectic  styles  that  portray  the  feelings  and  thoughts  of  its  students.  Its  through  acknowledging  the  talent  and  style  that  is  ever-­present  in  New  Paltz  that  Taufan  hopes Â

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to  establish  a  stronger  sense  of  community. “Scene  Magazine  intends  to  surface  the  creative  abilities  of  current  New  Paltz  students,  particularly  students  who  are  declared  as  studio  art,  English/creative  writing  or  music  ma-­ jors,â€?  said  Regal.  Regal  said  it’s  important  to  pay  attention  to  how  students  GHÂżQH WKHPVHOYHV EHFDXVH FROOHJH LV D FULWLFDO WLPH IRU FRQ-­ structing  an  identity.  Her  hope  is  that  the  magazine  will  cap-­ ture  â€œwhat  movesâ€?  today’s  college  students. “Hopefully  we  can  connect  with  students  by  capturing  what  it  means  to  be  part  of  the  scene  here  at  New  Paltz  and  recognizing  members  of  our  own  student  community  who  are  doing  some  really  cool  things,â€?  said  Stacy  Mazzara,  third-­year  Spanish  and  organizational  communications  double-­major.  Members  of  the  magazine  hope  to  reach  interested  stu-­ dents  through  social  media  and  posters  while  the  publication  is  still  in  its  early  stages. Â

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Painful Activity THIRD FILM IN SERIES IS ONE TOO-MANY By  Katherine  Speller &RS\ (GLWRU _ Katherine.speller79@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

Paranormal Activity 3 Directed by Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman

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FRONDS RADIO’s

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THURSDAYS 8 TO 10 P.M. WITH DJ PHIL & DJ RYAN 1. “Li ve and Le arn� - Crush 40

6. “Montezuma� - Fleet Foxes

2. “Don’t Shoot (I’m a Man)� - Devo

7. “Tracking Elevator� - Shugo Tokumaru

3. “Down by the Water� - The Decemberists

8. “Droplet� - Uz Jsme Doma

4. “Leh Jani� - Omar Souleyman

9. “Bre akable� - Ingrid Michaelson

5. “Tunak Tunak Tun� - Daler Mendhi

10. “Last Known Surroundings� - Explosions in the Sky

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MUSICIAN OF THE WEEK: KENNY SILVERN

YEAR: Third MAJOR: Music and Math Education HOMETOWN: Poughquag, N.Y.

WHEN  AND  WHY  DID  YOU  START  PLAYING  CELLO? I  started  playing  the  cello  in  elementary  school.  People  said  it  was  a  mid-­range  instrument,  so  I  picked  the  middle,  which  I  often  do.   Not  the  highest,  not  the  lowest,  but  the  middle.  It  was  a  good  decision. WHO  IS  YOUR  BIGGEST  INFLUENCE? Susan  Seligman.  I  never  had  any  real  music  teachers  besides  Susan.  But  I  was  always  interested  in  learning  how  to  play  the  cello  really  well. WHO  HAVE  YOU  BEEN  LISTENING  TO  LATELY? Whatever  comes  on  the  radio.  Mostly  FODVVLFDO PXVLF OLNH 9LYDOGL %DFK 'YRÄœiN

WHAT  ARE  YOU  DOING  MUSICALLY  OFF  CAMPUS I  played  at  a  wedding  and  I  played  at  my  church.  And  I’m  going  to  start  teaching  cello  lessons  to  kids.  WHAT  DO  YOU  PLAN  TO  DO  WITH  THE  FUTURE? My  future  goal  is  to  be  a  lesson  teacher.  Also  maybe  play  in  something.  That’d  be  good. ANY  ADVICE  FOR  ASPIRING  MUSICIANS? You  should  practice.  Practice  as  much  as  you  want  to  be  good  at  your  instrument. Â

CHECK Â OUT Â KENNY Â SILVERN PLAYING Â CELLO Â BY Â SCANNING Â THIS Â CODE Â WITH Â ANY Â SMARTPHONE! Â

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MUSICIAN OF THE WEEK? &RQWDFW Zan  Stumfeld  at  sstrumfeld34@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu Â

THE DEEP END

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This Week in

tHe Deep END AUDREY RYAN

Major: BFA Drawing/Painting, Art Education Year: Fifth “I am interested in the figure, expression, emotionality captured in gesture. My work is extremely personal, often autobiographical...I like to think it’s kind of like if Egon Schiele, Francis Bacon and Nan Goldin all miraculously had a lovechild. My top five all-time favorite musical artists are Tom Waits, Nick Cave, The Clash, Ceremony and Fiona Apple. I’m from the Binghamton area and I love cats. My thesis show is up Dec. 9 to 13 at The Dorsky. The opening reception is from 5 to 7 p.m. on Dec. 9. Come party.”

PHOTOS COURTESY OF AUDREY RYAN, CAPTION BY SAMANTHA SCHWARTZ

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EDITORIAL

The  New  Paltz  Oracle

CARTOON Â BY Â JOSH Â KUSAYWA Â

FOR Â OUR Â ENTERTAINMENT Â

While  nothing  has  been  set  in  stone,  we  at  The  New  Paltz  Oracle  are  happy  with  Student  Association  (SA)  Produc-­ tion’s  attempt  to  have  a  more  student-­ represented  spring  concert.  The  politics  that  strangled  the  process  last  year  can  now  be  avoided  by  simply  bringing  an  act  that  students  actually  want  to  see. With  a  brand  new  and  diverse  board  this  year,  SA  Productions  is  cur-­ rently  putting  together  a  festival  for  the  spring  with  music,  food  and  games.  Lo-­ cal  bands  will  play  throughout  the  day  and  one,  or  possibly  two,  larger  act(s)  will  conclude  the  festival.  New  Paltz  is  teeming  with  talent,  so  we’re  happy  that  there  is  a  strong  focus  on  local  mu-­ sic.  Finally,  SA  Productions  is  catering  to  what  students  want. Although  plans  are  still  in  the  be-­ ginning  stages,  SA  Productions  will  eventually  send  out  a  campus-­wide Â

survey  with  multiple  acts  for  students  to  choose  from.  They  have  also  decided  WR JR IDFH WR IDFH ZLWK VWXGHQWV WR ÂżQG out  exactly  what  we  want.  Although  the  e-­mail  surveys  are  helpful,  SA  Produc-­ tions  is  aware  that  not  everyone  will  participate.  We’re  glad  that  the  board  is  really  showing  their  dedication.  As  they  narrow  down  a  list  of  over  40  bands  (including  MGMT  and  Drake)  we  can  only  hope  for  something  great  -­  especially  with  a  $50,000  budget. It’s  a  little  ridiculous,  however,  that  we  must  congratulate  them  for  doing  their  job.  Last  year’s  concert  is  a  prime  example  of  how  SA  Produc-­ tions  really  did  not  have  the  students’  interests  at  heart.   By  combining  Rock  Against  Racism  with  the  spring  FRQFHUW WKH HYHQW EHFDPH DIÂżOLDWHG with  a  politically-­driven  organization  instead  of  just  providing  entertain-­

ment  for  the  students.  Plus,  it  became  a  completely  complicated  situation;Íž  Nas  was  supposed  to  perform  on  Old  Main  Quad,  but  for  multiple  reasons  he  was  squashed  into  the  Elting  Gym.  This  limited  attendance  to  1,500,  even  though  the  entire  student  body  paid  for  the  show  since  funds  collected  from  our  student  activity  fee  help  supply  the  SA  Productions  budget.  The  concert  in  the  spring  is  paid  for  by  us,  the  students,  when  we  pay  this  mandatory  fee.  Therefore,  it’s  about  damned  time  we  enjoy  the  show  we   un-­ willingly  pay  for.  If  the  money  comes  from  all  of  us,  shouldn’t  the  decision  be  made  by  all  of  us?  Each  semester  we  fork  over  a  fee   with  the  intention  of  enhancing  our  college  experience. As  we  are  commending  SA  Produc-­ WLRQV IRU ÂżQDOO\ ZRUNLQJ LQ WKH ULJKW GL-­ rection,  we  feel  this  should  be  the  stan-­

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dard  when  it  comes  to  events  like  this.  We  elect  senators  who  participate  in  SA  Productions,  and  in  doing  so  elect  them  to  provide  entertainment  for  us  and  not  not  just  for  themselves.  SA  Productions  job  is  to  represent  the  student  body  and  our  spring  concert  should  be  as  broad-­ based  as  possible  and  not  just  appeal  to  the  personal  agendas  of  a  few  senators.

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

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For  the  sake  of  children  everywhere,  Katy  Perry  must  be  stopped. The  former  Christian  rock  singer  (un-­ der  the  alias  Katy  Hudson—which,  by  the  way,  is  a  ridiculous  way  to  spell  the  name  Katie)  threatens  the  safety  and  social  well-­ being  of  today’s  youth. While  we  can  discuss  all  day  how  Brit-­ ney  Spears,  Rihanna  and  (DEAR  GOD)  Lindsey  Lohan  could  potentially  be  worse  role  models  for  young  girls,  Perry  is  ex-­ ceedingly  damaging.   Dear  Katy, Encouraging  girls  (likely  younger  girls  given  your  ridiculous  Rainbow  Bright-­in-­ VSLUHG RXWÂż WV DQG EHDWV VR VZHHW WKH\ JLYH me  a  headache)  to  kiss  their  best  friend—or  stranger—  just  because  they’re  a  girl,  could  send  a  positive  message  to  young,  scared,  sexually-­curious  tweens,   but  you  took  it  too  far.   Girls  kissing  girls  is  not  a  novelty,  it’s  a  lifestyle,  so  respect  it  as  such. In  an  interview  with  YRB  magazine  you  told  reporters,  â€œI’m  not  here  to  be  a  role  model  personality,  I’m  here  to  be  in  the  business  of  f***ing  rock  and  roll.â€?   Wrong  again,  sweetheart.   Nothing  about  what  you  do  is  rock  and  roll  except  for  your  very  British  hubby—but  I  want  to  talk  about  something  else  you  straddle:  brands. You  tried  the  Christian  rock  thing  and  it  (ever  so  surprisingly)  didn’t  shoot  you  to  superstardom.   Good  try.   You  moved  on  to  become  Miss  Katy  Perry,  the  California  party  girl  we’ve  all  gotten  to  know  [and  loathe].   Congratulations,  you’ve  done  it!   But  at  what  cost? Your  superstardom  is  proof  enough  that  you  can  successfully  maintain  fans  across  a  broad  range  of  ages  and  styles.   <RX KDYHQÂśW VROLGLÂż HG \RXUVHOI WR RQH brand,  much  like  early  Britney  (although  while  she  was  shakin’  her  thang  in  2001, Â

you  were  singing  little-­known  ditties  like  â€œFaith  Won’t  Failâ€?—oh,  how  sweet  the  sentiment).   This  way,  young  kids  can  tap  their  toes  to  your  tunes  and  match  their  braces’  rubber  bands  to  your  bright  ward-­ robe—and  your  fans  in  college  can  sym-­ pathize  with  your  lyrics  about  one  night  stands  and  blacking  out.   Since  the  music  and  lyrics  are  mutually  exclusive,  can  you  not  see  the  dilemma? Young  girls  are  listening  to  your  song  and  wondering  why  their  â€œLast  Fri-­ day  Nightâ€?  wasn’t  so  eventful.   Maybe  next  weekend  they’ll  give  your  ideas  D WU\²\RX NQRZ WR Âż W LQ <RXQJ JLUOV aren’t  under  enough  pressure  to  do  drugs,  drink  and  have  sex;Íž  you’re  right,  good  on  you  for  kickin’  it  up  a  notch. See  the  problem  isn’t  your  music  or  your  lyrics,  or  even  the  vomit  your  styl-­ ist  permits  you  to  don—it’s  the  combi-­ nation.   Kids  hear  your  bubblegum  beats  and  see  your  bright,  colorful  clothes  and  think,  â€œHey,  she’s  just  like  me,  she’s  into  everything  I  am.â€?   And  Katy,  10-­year-­ olds  are  not  having  sex,  let  alone  black-­ ing  out  the  one  night  stand  you  seem  to  encourage.  Gynecologists  and  middle  school  nurses  everywhere  thank  you  for  the  business—venereal  disease  is  run-­ ning  rampant  thanks  to  your  â€œart.â€? If  you  really  were  in  the  business  of  rock  â€˜n’  roll  and  your  songs  had  some  value,  a  slip-­up  might  be  overlooked.   Unfortunately,  your  career  is  just  one  big  slip-­up  and  eventually  karma,  disgrun-­ tled  fathers  or  court-­mandated  damages  will  be  your  downfall.   Kate  Blessing  is  a  super  senior  and  hopes  WKLV ZLOO EH KHU Âż QDO VHPHVWHU DV D MRXUQDO ism  and  visual  arts  major  with  a  Spanish  minor.   She  hates  all  things  Katy  Perry  be-­ cause  Perry  speaks  in  tongues  and  corrupted  Elmo.   She  spends  her  free  time  beating  up  her  rugby  friends  and  teammates.

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By,  Richard  Hartmann ,W ZDV WKH VSULQJ RI ² WKH Ă€ RZHUV were  blossoming,  New  Paltz  was  doing  renova-­ tions  so  incoming  freshman  don’t  immediately  think  the  school  is  ugly  and  I  was  on  commute.  Even  though  I  live  about  two  and  a  half  hours  away  from  school  by  train,  I  didn’t  let  that  be  a  deterrent  to  living  as  comfortably  and  luxuri-­ ously  as  I  could  at  a  fraction  of  the  price.  However,  I  didn’t  accomplish  this  by  couch  VXUÂż QJ DW DOO P\ IULHQGVÂś SODFHV EHIRUH WKH\ kicked  me  out. There   is  a  storage  facility  called  A  Space  Place  Storage  that  is  a  bike  ride  away  from  cam-­ pus.  At  the  time  I  wasn’t  sure  how  many  miles  LW ZDV DZD\ IURP FDPSXV PD\EH IRXU RU Âż YH But  I  was  sure  it’s  a  bike  ride’s  distance  because  that’s  how  I  got  there  (Google  maps  now  tells  me  it’s  about  six  miles  away). What  inspired  me  to  use  the  facility  was  an  article  I  had  read  when  I  was  younger  about  an  NYU  student  living  in  the  library  for  a  few  years  before  being  kicked  out.  Now,  I’m  no  drifter,  but  the  idea  of  living  without  limits  and  beating  the  system  has  always  been  appealing  to  me. Once  I  passed  by  the  storage  facility  on  D ELNH ULGH LGHDV VWDUWLQJ Ă€ DVKLQJ WKURXJK P\ head  and  I  couldn’t  resist  stopping  in  and  asking  some  questions  at  the  front  desk.  After  a  friendly  negotiation,  I  got  a  chance  to  look  at  a  5Ă—5  stor-­ age  unit‌I  mean  a  5Ă—5  chill  place. $W Âż UVW , ZDV D OLWWOH VK\ DERXW XVLQJ WKH space  for  what  I  truly  wanted  because  as  much  as  I  think  being  a  drifter  is  cool,  I  didn’t  want  locals  to  think  I  was  a  vagabond.  So  I  left  some  stuff  like  a  Nintendo  64,  some  crates  of  clothes,  just  some  conservative  stuff.  Once  I  started  get-­ ting  more  comfortable  with  the  space,  I  started  thinking  bigger. Entrenched  in  my  newly-­found,  grandiose  property,  I  started  leaving  bottles  of  water  and Â

packs  of  snacks.  In  a  way,  I  turned  a  storage  unit  into  a  halfway  house.  On  one  exhausting  bike  ride,  I  had  to  make  a  pit  stop  for  a  bike  pump  DQG D *DWRUDGH EHFDXVH , JRW D Ă€ DW WLUH 7KHQ , started  not  bringing  my  book  bag  home,  leaving  some  books  in  storage  and  some  at  home. My  back  thanked  me,  and  whenever  I  dropped  my  books  off  at  the  facility,  a  snack  or  two  became  my  habitual  pleasure.  It  was  really  everything  you  have  at  home  â€“  clothes,  food  and  comfort,  minus  the  bed.  I’ve  never  heard  of  a  house  you  can’t  sleep  in,  so  I  wouldn’t  call  it  that.  It  was  more  like  a  hybrid  between  a  locker  and  a  home. Now,  I  can  see  how  this  would  not  appeal  to  everyone  and  might  not  even  qualify  as  a  positive  experience.  However,  the  point  is  that  you  can  get  inspired  enthusiasm  and  apparent  convenience  out  of  anything.  All  it  takes  is  a  little  creativity. At  any  school  in  this  economy,  if  you  aren’t  getting  scholarships,  we  know  exactly  how  costly  it  can  be.  So  don’t  stress  â€“  try  to  cut  a  few  corners  and  make  your  own  niche.  You  don’t  have  to  do  it  as  cool  as  I  do,  but  pick  and  choose  the  way  you  want  to  customize  your  living  experience. ,I \RX Âż QG WKDW WKH VSUD\ RQ WDQV H[FHVVLYH amounts  of  diners,  the  lovely  ghost  town  of  a  campus  that  is  New  Paltz  on  the  weekends  and  New  York  accents  too  overbearing,  stay  at  home  even  if  you  live  more  than  an  hour  away. If  you  live  in  one  of  New  Paltz’s  cramped  GRUPV \RX FDQ VWLOO Âż QG JUHDW XVH LQ D IDFLOLW\ like  the  one  I  found.  And  it  helps  so  much  more  if  you  don’t  want  to  carry  stuff  in  between  home  and  school.  Come  on,  who  needs  to  take  that  col-­ lege  fridge  all  the  way  back  every  semester? *Note:  don’t  try  to  sleep  in  a  storage  unit.  A  lot  of  units  are  airtight.  I  also  don’t  recommend  anyone  to  actively  live  in  a  unit  either.

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OP-­ED By  Pat  FitzGerald People  who  travel  in  New  Paltz  at  night  might  be  categorized  as  those  who  have  al-­ ready  been  harassed  by  police  and  those  who  will  be.   It  is  important  you  know  your  rights  and  know  how  the  police  are  encouraged  to  lie  to  you  about  your  rights  in  order  to  co-­ erce  you  into  forfeiting  your  rights.   The  following  is  a  story  that  is  true  and  that  happens  almost  nightly  in  the  New  Paltz  area.  Be  aware. It  was  2  a.m.  on  an  early  Friday  morn-­ ing.    I  had  just  dropped  off  some  friends  at  the  Slash  Root  Cafe  on  Main  Street  in  New  Paltz,  and  went  up  the  block  to  drop  off  a  friend  at  her  home.   As  we  turned  onto  her  street  men  in  a  state  car  passed  us  and  quickly  spun  a  u-­turn,  put  on  the  emergen-­ cy  lights  and  followed  us  down  the  block.   Since  my  friends’  home  was  only  a  block  away  we  were  already  pulled  into  her  drive-­ way  on  private  property  when  the  state  car  pulled  in  behind  us.   I  was  told  I  was  getting  a  ticket  for  not  using  my  blinker  light  into  the  driveway,  even  though  he  had  already  had  his  lights  on  before  we  made  the  turn.   Apparently  he  knew  I  was  going  to  break  some  law  before  I  did.   I  gave  him  my  license,  registration,  insurance  card  and  tried  to  engage  in  some  polite  conversa-­ tion.   He  then  asked  me  to  step  out  of  the  vehicle  and  I  complied.   He  asked  if  I  had  been  smoking  marijuana,  if  I  was  carrying  marijuana,  if  there  was  marijuana  in  my  car.   I  replied  no  three  times.   He  said  he  smelled  marijuana  smoke  and  was  anyone  smok-­ ing  in  the  car.   I  said  yes  someone  had  been  smoking  an  herbal  cigarette  but  it  was  not  marijuana.   He  said  he  was  going  to  search  my  car.   I  told  him  I  do  not  consent  to   being  Â

searched.   7KHQ WKH RIÂżFHU RI WKH ODZ UDLVHG KLV voice  and  said  loudly  â€œI  will  search  your  car  if  I  want  to!â€?  â€œThen  you  will  have  a  lawsuit,â€?  I  re-­ plied.   Again  he  shouted  â€œI  will  search  your  car  if  I  want  to!â€?   I  said  â€œokâ€?  in  a  sarcastic  tone  as  is  â€œokâ€?  bully  with  a  gun,  I  guess  you  are  going  to  do  what  you  will,  tough  guy.     7KH RIÂżFHU RI WKH ODZ WKHQ KDG PH UDLVH my  hands  against  my  car,  spread  my  legs  and  searched  me.   Then  he  went  to  get  the  passenger  out  of  the  vehicle  and  as  she  got  out  she  went  to  lock  and  close  the  door  be-­ hind  her,  but  the  man  had  reached  into  the  vehicle  as  she  was  closing  the  door  and  it  bumped  into  his  arm.   â€œWhat!â€?  he  yelled,  â€œYou  don’t  do  that  to  me!â€? Forcibly  he  grabbed  her,  wrenched  her  arm  behind  her  back  and  manhandled  her  to  behind  the  vehicle,  and  handcuffed  her,  saying  again  â€œyou  don’t  do  that  to  a  police  RIÂżFHU ´ The  rain  was  now  absolutely  pouring  down,  and  there  we  stood,  me  in  bare  feet,  hands  up  against  the  car  with  legs  spread,   my  friend  with  her  arms  shackled  behind  KHU EDFN RQH RIÂżFHU RI WKH ODZ ZDWFKLQJ us  with  his  hand  on  his  gun  while  the  other  RIÂżFHU RI WKH ODZ UXPPDJHG WKURXJK P\ vehicle  and  personal  belongings.   Amazed  at  the  violation,  I  said  to  the  man  with  his  hand  on  his  gun  â€œcan  you  imagine  any  circumstance  where  a  young  George  Washington  would  have  been  pulled  from  his  carriage  by  armed  men  and  then  have  his  stuff  searched?â€?   â€œIf  you  don’t  like  this  country  you  should  get  outâ€?   he  said  in  a  angry,  raised Â

voice. “I  actually  do  love  this  country,â€?  I  said  calmly.   â€œI  am  just  saying,  how  would  you  feel  if  a  man  with  a  gun  told  you  to  get  out  of  your  car  and  started  searching  through  your  personal  things?  and  I  wonder  who  told  you  that  you  could  do  this  to  me.â€? “We  told  you!â€?  he  shouted,  and  again  â€œWe  told  you!â€? At  this  point  I  decided  not  to  fur-­ ther  provoke  and  confuse  my  captor,  so  we  stood  there  for  a  few  minutes  quietly,  still  with  hands  raised  against  the  vehicle,  spread  legs,  my  friend  with  arms  shackled,  in  the  pouring  rain. “Can  we  at  least  sit  in  your  car?â€?   I  asked  after  a  few  minutes  as  the  rain  poured  on  us.   No  response.   â€œOk  I  am  going  to  put  my  arms  down  now,  ok?  I  am  not  going  to  attack  you  or  anything,â€?  I  said.  â€œYou  think  I  am  afraid  of  you  attacking  me!?â€?  he  shouted.   I  shook  my  head  and  wondered  out  loud  â€œWhy  would  I  ever  do  that?â€? A  few  more  minutes  passed  and  the  of-­ ÂżFHU RI WKH ODZ FDPH EDFN IURP UXPPDJLQJ through  my  belongings,  told  me  to  go  back  and  sit  in  my  vehicle  and  put  my  friend  in  the  back  of  the  state  car.   They  had  found  nothing  illegal.  He  then  gave  me  a  ticket  for  not  using  a  blinker  light  and  took  my  friend  to  the  station  where  she  was  processed  and  released  a  few  hours  later. We  both  now  face  court  dates  that  cost  us  money  and  waste  our  time,  defending  ERJXV FKDUJHV ZKLOH WKH RIÂżFHUV RI WKH ODZ court  clerks,  security  guards  and  judges  all  get  paid  at  taxpayer  expense.   All  because  WKHVH RIÂżFHUV KDG GHFLGHG WKDW WKH\ NQHZ we  were  breaking  some  law  and  forced  his  will  on  us. 6RPHKRZ ZH ÂżQG RXUVHOYHV LQ D FRXQ-­

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Third-­year  goalkeeper  Stephanie  Vega  has  collected  awards,  titles  and  acclaim  through-­ out  this  groundbreaking  season  for  New  Paltz  Women’s  Soccer.   She  was  named  MVP  of  the  SUNYAC  tournament,  SUNYAC  player  of  the  week  for  the  week  of  Nov.  6,  received  all-­SUNYAC  honors  DQG KDV VROLGLÂż HG KHUVHOI DQ HYHQWXDO SRVLWLRQ LQ the  New  Paltz  Hall  of  Fame  by  demolishing  the  program  shut-­out  record  â€”  as  a  junior.   SUNY  Cortland  goalkeeper  Pam  Monnier  ZDV QDPHG WR WKH 681<$& Âż UVW WHDP IRU WKH fourth  time)  while  Vega  was  given  second-­team  honors.   Second-­team  honors  are  no  doubt  im-­ pressive,  but  Vega  deserved  more.   12  shutouts,  tournament  champions,  tournament  MVP,  and  VRPHRQH HOVH WRRN KHU SODFH DV 681<$& Âż UVW team  goalkeeper? Cortland  is  used  to  winning,  but  they  need  to  mourn  this  loss.   The  sports-­oriented  school  hosted  three  tournaments  that  weekend  as  the  top  seed  and  soccer  was  the  only  sport  that  lost.   So  now  I’m  wondering:   What  is  so  great  about  Monnier? 7KLV VHDVRQ 0RQQLHU KDG Âż YH FRQIHUHQFH shutouts  to  Vega’s  six  and  11  season  shutouts  to  Vega’s  12.   Vega  is  in  third  place  for  the  most  SUNYAC  shutouts  ever  in  the  SUNYAC  confer-­ ence  behind  SUNY  Oneonta  who  have  17  and  14.   She  is  tied  for  second  place  in  conference  shutouts  â€”  and  she  still  has  the  NCAA  tourna-­ ment  ahead  of  her. The  Cortland  keeper  was  named  the  SUNYAC  player  of  the  year  â€”  as  a  graduate   student  â€”  even  though  her  season  didn’t  match  up  to  Vega’s  stellar  performance.   Monnier  saved  just  28  percent  of  shots  on  goal  while  Vega  saved  47  percent.   Can  someone  please  explain  to  me  what  is  so  great  about  Miss.  Monnier?   The  stats  don’t  add  up  and  this  girl  had  her  turn.   It’s  about  time  SUNYAC  gives  credit  where  it  is  due. I’m  not  trying  to  say  that  Monnier  didn’t  have  a  great  season  -­  Vega  just  had  a  better  one.  All  of  Vega’s  stats  are  better  than  Monnier,  so  what  does  SUNYAC  think  makes  the  latter  better  and  more  deserving  of  the  award?  This  reeks  of  sports  politics  â€”  something  that  always  leaves  a  bitter  taste  in  my  mouth.   The  best  athletes  will  play  and  the  best  team  will  win,  and  this  year  that  team  was  New  Paltz  and  the  star  athlete  was  Vega.   In  my  opinion,  she  was  shafted  for  an  undeserving  graduate  student.   Monnier  is  a  great  player,  but  Vega  clearly  deserved  this  one.

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In  a  season  marked  with  success,  one  New  Paltz  athlete  has  brought   in  awards  and  broken  records  as  if  it  were  easy. Third-­year  Women’s  Soccer  goal-­ keeper  Stephanie  Vega’s  fall  2011  season  will  be  remembered  as  one  of  the  most  statistically  strong  for  a  New  Paltz  ath-­ OHWH $VLGH IURP EHLQJ WKH Âż UVW 1HZ 3DOW] goalkeeper  to  win  a  SUNYAC  Title,  she  recorded  12  shut-­outs  on  the  season,  a  program  record.  Due  to  her  success,  Vega  was  named  the  SUNYAC  Tournament  MVP  and  the  SUNYAC  player  of  the  week  for  Wom-­ en’s  soccer  the  week  of  Nov.  6.  â€œIt  still  feels  unreal,â€?  Vega  said.  â€œI’ve  just  really  wanted  a  SUNYAC  champion-­ ship  and  it  still  feels  unreal  that  we  got  it.â€?  Vega,  who  has  played  all  three  years  of  her  college  career  as  a  Hawk,  said  soc-­ cer  has  always  been  a  huge  part  of  her  life.  She  began  playing  at  the  age  of  six  and  was  recruited  by  Head  Coach  Col-­ leen  Bruley  before  coming  to  New  Paltz  LQ DV D Âż UVW \HDU “She  was  big  and  built  like  a  goal-­ keeper,â€?  said  Bruley.  â€œShe  also  spoke  with  a  lot  of  passion.  I  was  excited  to  see  what  she  could  do  for  us.â€? During  the  SUNYAC  tournament,  Vega  held  both  opponents  scoreless. Â

'XULQJ WKH VHPL Âż QDO JDPH DJDLQVW 1R 3  SUNY  Fredonia,  Vega  faced  no  shots  RQ JRDO ,Q WKH Âż QDO JDPH DJDLQVW 1R 681< &RUWODQG 9HJD EORFNHG Âż YH VKRWV on  goal  over  the  course  of  the  match.  These  performances  garnered  her  the  Tournament  MVP  title,  which  came  as  a  surprise  to  the  veteran  goalkeeper. Âł, WKRXJKW DW Âż UVW WKDW PD\EH , ZDVQÂśW getting  anything,  but  when  they  called  my  name  I  was  not  expecting  it  to  be  me,  honestly,â€?  said  Vega.  â€œI  feel  like  I  have  GHÂż QLWHO\ LPSURYHG WKLV VHDVRQ DQG KDYH come  a  long  way  but  in  no  way,  shape  or  form  did  I  expect  to  be  named  MVP  of  the  tournament.â€? Vega  was  the  starting  goalkeeper  for  WKH /DG\ +DZNV ZKHQ VKH Âż UVW FDPH LQWR the  program  in  fall  2009.  Though  Bruley  said  she  always  knew  Vega  would  become  a  successful  player  for  the  Hawks,  it  took  some  time  to  reach  that  point. “It  took  Vega  a  little  while  to  become  the  player  she  is  today,â€?  Bruley  said.  â€œShe  started  in  goal  for  us  as  a  freshman  but  never  had  the  leadership  of  another  goal-­ keeper  to  challenge  her.   Her  second  year  she  was  the  only  keeper  and  she  struggled  even  more  with  this.   Vega  needs  to  be  challenged  in  order  to  succeed.â€? On  Nov.  8  it  was  announced  that  9HJD DORQJ ZLWK WKLUG \HDU PLGÂż HOGHUV Beth  Bowling  and  Emily  Rokitowski,  was  named  to  the  All-­SUNYAC  second  team. Â

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Third-­year  forward  Shelby  Kondelka  and  fourth-­year  defender  Shannon  Cobb  were  QDPHG WR WKH Âż UVW WHDP Vega  attributes  much  of  her  success  as  a  goalkeeper  to  Cobb. “Cobb  is  a  big  part  of  my  achieve-­ ments  because  she’s  my  defender  and  the  one  who  I’ve  always  looked  to  and  asked  her  for  advice,â€?  Vega  said. While  Vega  has  been  the  one  who  reaping  many  of  the  rewards  women’s  soccer  has  seen  this  season,  she  made  it  clear  that  she  is  not  the  only  one  who  de-­ serves  the  success  and  recognition. “I’m  the  last  line  of  defense,  but  we  have  such  a  strong  back  four  and  I  feel  like  they  don’t  always  get  the  recogni-­ tion  that  they  should  receive,â€?  said  Vega.  â€œThey’re  the  ones  who  put  themselves  out  before  me.  A  lot  of  my  accomplishments  this  season  I  owe  to  them.â€? For  Bruley,  Vega  has  been  a  factor  in  the  team’s  success  this  year,  and  Vega’s  strong  play  helped  her  teammates  play  better. ,I \RX DUH FRQÂż GHQW LQ \RXU NHHSHU it  changes  the  whole  dynamics  of  your  team,â€?  Bruley  said.  â€œIt  allows  the  team  to  just  play  and  not  worry  about  that  po-­ sition.  I  am  so  proud  of  how  far  she  has  come  and  I  know  this  has  helped  her  grow  as  a  person  too.   She  is  loved  by  the  team  and  is  always  there  for  every  one  of  them.â€?

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The  New  Paltz  Men’s  Soccer  team  ended  their  season  Oct.  29  with  a  3-­2  overtime  loss  to  SUNY  Geneseo  in  the  SUNYAC  tournament.  7KH 1R VHHG +DZNV ZHUH QRW DEOH WR ÂżQG WKH net  during  overtime  and  fell  to  the  No.  3  seed  Blue  .QLJKWV GXULQJ WKH WRXUQDPHQW TXDUWHUÂżQDOV “We  were  extremely  competitive  as  demonstrated  E\ WKH UHVXOWV RI DOO RXU JDPHV (YHU\RQH RQ WKH ÂżHOG played  two-­way  soccer,â€?  said  Head  Coach  Gene  Ven-­ triglia.  â€œWe  all  committed  to  attack  on  offense  and  we  all  played  defense  when  we  lost  the  ball.â€? 7KH ÂżUVW WULS WR WKH WRXUQDPHQW VLQFH 9HQ-­ triglia  feels  the  team  will  continue  to  advance  in  the  future.  â€œI  am  looking  forward  to  making  the  New  Paltz  Men’s  Soccer  program  a  highly  respected  program  in  the  SUNYAC  and  in  our  region,â€?  Ventriglia  said. Though  13  seniors  are  graduating,  Ventriglia  is  eager  for  next  season.  He  will  encourage  the  team  to Â

work  hard  in  the  offseason  so  that  despite  the  rebuild-­ ing  year,  they  might  make  it  one  step  further  in  the  post-­season.   â€œThe  season  is  almost  everything  I  could  have  asked  for,â€?  said  fourth-­year  forward  Jimmy  Altadon-­ na.  â€œMy  personal  goal  was  to  get  a  taste  of  what  the  playoffs  are  like  because  once  we  got  in,  I  knew  we  could  do  some  damage.â€? Altadonna  joined  three  of  his  teammates  in  secur-­ LQJ $OO 681<$& KRQRUV 0LGÂżHOGHU &DSWDLQ 7RPP\ *DUDIROD UHFHLYHG ÂżUVW WHDP KRQRUV GHIHQGHU -DPDO Lis-­Simmons  received  second  team  honors  and  de-­ fender  Nicholas  Dipaola  joined  Altadonna  on  the  third  team. The  season  earned  Garafola  a  place  as  the  sixth  New  Paltz  Men’s  Soccer  player  to  receive  four  All-­ 681<$& KRQRUV LQFOXGLQJ WZR FRQVHFXWLYH ÂżUVW WHDP KRQRUV 7KLV LV DOVR WKH ÂżUVW \HDU WKDW IRXU 1HZ Paltz  players  were  awarded  All-­SUNYAC  honors  since  1997.   The  Hawks  will  lose  Garafola,  Lis-­Sim-­ mons  and  Altadonna  to  graduation. “The  team  has  a  solid  foundation,  believe  it  or Â

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not  â€”  even  after  losing  13  seniors,â€?  Altadonna  said.   â€œOur  coach  needs  to  do  a  good  job  recruiting  and  they  should  have  a  great  chance  of  making  the  playoffs  again  and  hopefully  do  better  than  my  graduating  class.â€? Ventriglia  said  he  taught  the  Hawks  a  new,  pro-­ fessional  style  of  play  this  season.  He  said  the  boys  took  to  it  well  and  they  hope  the  team  continues  the  tradition. “I  can  guarantee  you  there  wasn’t  one  team  in  the  SUNYAC  conference  that  was  waking  up  at  6  a.m.  everyday  for  practice,â€?  said  fourth-­year  goalkeeper  Tom  Viscardi.   â€œIt  was  a  big  challenge  for  everyone  but  once  we  began  getting  into  a  routine,  it  just  be-­ came  a  part  of  our  everyday  lives.â€? Though  the  season  was  challenging,  the  team  stepped  up  their  game  and  commitment  level. “Although  we  had  plenty  of  ups  and  downs  this  \HDU DOPRVW WRR PDQ\ ZKHQ WKH WLPH FDPH WR ÂżJKW for  our  lives  in  order  to  make  playoffs,  we  refused  to  lose,â€?  Viscardi  said.

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For  the  fourth  consecutive  year,  The  New  Paltz  Women’s  Volleyball  team  appeared  in  the  SUNYAC  Tournament  Finals.  The  Eastern  Division’s  No.  2  seeded  Hawks  took  home  second  place  after  falling  to  the  Eastern  Division’s  No.  1  seed  SUNY  Cortland.  This  is  the  third  consecutive  year  that  the  Hawks  have  met  the  Red  Dragons  in  WKH FRQIHUHQFH ÂżQDO JDPH Women’s  Head  Coach  Matt  Giufre  said  he  believed  the  tournament  would  be  a  challenge,  but  nothing  that  the  Lady  Hawks  couldn’t  handle. “I  thought  it  was  going  to  be  a  very  tough  tournament  and  I  thought  that  we  had  a  good  chance  of  winning  it,â€?  Giufre  said.  â€œI  can’t  say  it  was  going  to  be  easy,  especially  with  SOD\LQJ *HQHVHR ÂżUVW DQG PRYLQJ RQ IURP there.â€? The  team  started  the  tournament  by  de-­ feating  conference  rival  SUNY  Geneseo  in  WKH TXDUWHUÂżQDOV RQ 7KXUVGD\ DQG EHDWLQJ SUNY  Fredonia  on  Friday.  Giufre  said  Fredo-­ nia  had  been  leading  the  Hawks  during  the  entire  match  and  that  the  Hawks  were  able  to  come  from  behind  in  order  to  advance  to  the  FRQIHUHQFH ÂżQDOV According  to  Giufre,  the  Hawks  seemed  â€œtentativeâ€?  at  the  beginning  of  the  match,  but  were  able  to  take  an  early  lead  during  the  con-­

IHUHQFH ÂżQDOV EXW WKH WLPH RXW WKDW WKH 5HG Dragons  took  changed  the  momentum  of  the  match. “We  were  up  10-­6  when  Cortland  called  a  time-­out,â€?  Giufre  said.  â€œWe  were  up  20-­17  late  in  the  game  and  then  for  whatever  reason  we  stopped  doing  what  we  were  doing  to  be  successful  up  until  that  point.  Cortland  seized  that  opportunity  and  really  started  rolling  on  us.â€? Giufre  said  that  the  Hawks  let  too  many  balls  go  past  them,  something  that  had  been  uncharacteristic  for  them  as  of  late.  After  the  match,  Giufre  said  the  team  was  displeased  with  their  result. “When  you  realize  that  the  season’s  over  and  three  very  special  people’s  careers  are  over,â€?   Giufre  said.  â€œI  don’t  think  we  really  put  our  best  foot  forward  consistently  on  Sat-­ urday  and  that  was  disappointing.â€? Although  taking  home  a  second-­place  ¿QLVK IRXUWK \HDU FDSWDLQV 0HOLQGD 'L-­ Giovanna,  Tara  Annunziata  and  Kelsey  Gar-­ mendia  were  unhappy  with  their  senior  year  ¿QLVK Âł:LWK WKLV HQGLQJ ,ÂśP QRW VDWLVÂżHG ´ $Q-­ nunziata  said.  â€œI  wanted  to  go  out  with  a  SU-­ NYAC  championship.â€? DiGiovanna  said  the  goal  going  into  the  WRXUQDPHQW ZDV WR ÂżQLVK JDPHV FRPSOHWHO\ and  be  able  to  move  on  to  the  next  day  of  play.   Garmendia  said  the  three  captains  knew  that  each  game  could  be  their  last  game,  which Â

motivated  them  to  play  harder  than  they  nor-­ mally  would. “Every  day  could  have  been  our  last  game  as  a  New  Paltz  volleyball  player,  so  we  wanted  to  go  as  far  as  we  could,â€?  Garmendia  said. The  Hawks  were  able  to  place  DiGiovan-­ na  and  second-­year  libero  Carrie  Hack  to  the  All-­Tournament  Team  after  Saturday’s  match.  DiGiovanna  was  named  to  the  SUNYAC  First  Team,  while  Hack,  second-­year  setter  Ma-­ rissa  King  and  third-­year  middle  hitter  Dana  Vosilla  were  named  to  the  second  team.  First-­ year  libero  Katy  Herbst  was  named  SUNYAC  rookie  of  the  year.

Although  their  careers  at  New  Paltz  have  ¿QLVKHG WKH WKUHH FDSWDLQV DOUHDG\ NQRZ ZKDW the  team  needs  to  do  to  be  successful. Âł7KH\ QHHG WR FRPH RXW ÂżJKWLQJ ´ 'L-­ Giovanna  said.  â€œThey  need  to  know  that  they  can  go  farther  than  where  we’ve  gone.â€? Garmendia  also  said  an  identity  needs  to  be  formed  for  the  Hawks’  future  success. “I  think  that  they  need  to  be  a  team  that  when  they  go  to  a  tournament,  they  can  walk  into  a  gym  and  not  be  cocky,  but  know  that  they’re  the  team  to  beat,â€?  Garmendia  said.  â€œEveryone  wants  to  beat  them,  but  they  have  to  want  to  beat  everyone  else.â€?

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The  Rangers  Rise  Again the  top  pair,  and  Michael  Del  Zotto  has  come  back  in  and  shown  that  he  is  capable  of  playing  at  this  level.  He  had  a  pretty  drastic  sophomore  slump,  but  he  could  have  just  permanently  tanked  altogether.  It  seems  like  MDZ  is  back  and  he’s  come  around  to  stay  for  good  this  time. The  interesting  part  is  the  recent  signee  for  WKH 5DQJHUV \HDU ROG 6ZHGLVK SOD\HU $QWRQ Stralman  was  signed  for  $900,000  this  past  week  LQ RUGHU WR ¿ OO LQ GHIHQVLYH ZRHV ZKLOH 6WDDO LV away.  Stralman  recently  played  for  the  Columbus  Blue  Jackets  and  will  make  his  Rangers  debut  within  the  coming  games.  :LWK WKH 5DQJHUV RQO\ FDUU\LQJ VL[ GHIHQG ers  at  the  moment,  getting  anyone  to  come  in  and  be  a  seventh  man  is  pretty  vital.  No  one  has  been  playing  poorly,  per  se,  but  it  doesn’t  hurt  to  have  DQ H[WUD PDQ ZLWK WKH WHDP However,  Stralman  tried  out  with  the  Dev-­ ils  over  the  summer  and  didn’t  make  their  roster.  This  is  troublesome,  but  at  the  same  time  he  did  KDYH DVVLVWV ZLWK WKH %OXH -DFNHWV ODVW VHDVRQ If  Stralman  is  truly  coming  in  to  help  alleviate  the  problems  the  Rangers  do  face  with  Staal  not  being  in  the  lineup,  his  only  objective  is  to  keep  the  NHL’s  elite  as  far  away  from  goal-­scoring  op-­ portunities  as  much  as  he  can. 7LP (UL[RQ LV LQ WKH $+/ IRU QRZ EXW ,¶P pretty  sure  he’ll  be  making  another  appearance  for  the  Rangers  sometime  later  in  the  season.  More  or  less  everyone  involved  with  the  Rangers  organization  can’t  stop  talking  about  his  potential  and  how  good  he’s  going  to  be. $OO LQ DOO ZH¶UH GHIHQVLYHO\ VDIH )RU QRZ $QWRQ 6WUDOPDQ MRLQV WKH 1HZ <RUN 5DQJHUV GHIHQVH 3+272 &2857(6< 2) FLICKR.COM Â

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term,  he  has  returned  some  of  what  once  made  KLP DQG $OO 6WDU FORVHU :KLOH LW LV XQOLNHO\ KH would  be  anointed  as  a  closer,  he  would  be  a  JRRG ¿ W $QRWKHU RSWLRQ FRXOG EH IRUPHU 7RURQWR Blue  Jays  reliever  Jon  Rauch.  Rauch’s  off-­season  LQ PLJKW VHUYH WKH 0HWV ZHOO DV KH PD\ EH forced  to  take  a  cheaper  contract  to  prove  he  can  once  again  be  a  dominant  force.  Rauch  has  had  up  and  down  years  throughout  his  career  but  he  PLJKW EH ZRUWK WKH JDPEOH IRU $OGHUVRQ WR PDNH Other  bullpen  options  the  Mets  may  look  to  VLJQ FRXOG EH DORQJ WKH OLQHV RI 3DW 1HVKHN &KDG 4XDOOV RU SRVVLEO\ VRPHRQH OLNH 0LFKDHO :XHUW] On  the  other  end  of  the  mound  the  Mets  will  be  searching  to  upgrade  the  back  end  of  their  rotation  now  that  Chris  Capuano  has  seemingly  priced  himself  out  of  the  Mets’  price  range. Â

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One  name  on  the  market  that  stands  out  is  the  perpetually-­rumored-­to-­be-­a-­Met  Jason  Mar-­ quis.  Marquis  spent  time  on  the  Nationals  and  'LDPRQGEDFNV ODVW VHDVRQ DQG KDG DQ UHFRUG ZLWK D (5$ EHIRUH KDYLQJ KLV VHDVRQ FXW VKRUW E\ 0HWV KLWWHU $QJHO 3DJDQ RQ $XJ $JDLQ WKH 0HWV ZRXOG EH WDNLQJ D JDPEOH EXW 0DUTXLV KDV DOZD\V H[SUHVVHG KLV LQWHUHVW LQ playing  for  his  hometown  team  and  the  Staten  Island  native  is  coming  off  an  injury  shortened  VHDVRQ²ZKLFK FRXOG PHDQ D GLVFRXQWHG SULFH for  the  Mets  to  capitalize  on.  $V IRU RWKHU QHHGV WKHUH DUH SOHQW\ ,I 5H\HV decides  to  hang  with  Hanley  down  in  Miami  (and  wear  those  God  awful  new  uniforms)  the  Mets  PD\ QHHG WR ORRN LQWR D QHZ LQ¿ HOGHU 2WKHU QHHGV ZLOO LQFOXGH DQRWKHU RXW¿ HOGHU D EDFNXS FDWFKHU DQG GHSWK DW WKH $$$ OHYHO

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