The Chronicle- April 5, 2011

The Saint Rose Chronicle April 5, 2011

Volume LXXIX Issue 22

Serving The College of Saint Rose Community in Albany, New York

Distracted Driver Damages Wall On Campus

By BRIAN HUBERT Contributing Writer On Monday afternoon a distracted driver crashed into a brick wall in front of the Center for Communications and Interactive Media Building, damaging the wall, and the Lexus she was driving.

Khahilia Shaw, 19, daughter of the Dean of Arts and Humanities, Lorna Shaw, was driving a 2004 Lexus Sedan into the music lot when she became distracted and

failed to make the turn in front of the CCIM. “She states she dropped something while entering the music parking lot, she did not say what it was,” stated Frederick Whitney Assistant Director of Security at the College of Saint Rose.

The vehicle sustained significant damage when it mounted the wall, Whitney said.

Steve Felano, a graduate communications student, was arriving for his evening class when he noticed the Lexus parked very

close to the sidewalk with no one inside. “I thought this was odd, and approached the vehicle to see if I could determine why it was parked so close to the curb,” Felano said.

The vehicle climbed over the curb, and impacted a small brick wall adjacent to the front steps of the building, causing significant damage to the front bumper Felano said. The rest of the vehicle seemed to be in good shape FelaContinued on page A3

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Albany Fire Department Uses Condemned Buildings for Drills

By TG BRANFALT JR. Contributing Writer The Albany Fire Department began using 930 Madison Ave as the site for search and rescue drills on Tuesday. The drills will run twice a day through Friday.

The department will be using both hose, ladder and medical response companies in the drills.

The building, along with neighboring 926 and 932, will be demolished in the coming months to make way for the new Saint Rose dormitory.

The fire department learned of the buildings’ fate and contacted Saint Rose Project Manager Jonathan Otterbeck about using the

property to conduct the drills.

“Albany Fire Department thought it was a good opportunity,” said Otterbeck. “It’s better training, actual live training in a real world situation that you can’t just learn in a classroom. It’s also an opportunity for Saint Rose to give back to the city.”

The department will use a fog machine to simulate smoke screen conditions, use mannequins as victims to train firefighters in search and rescue and will train with thermal imaging cameras.

They will practice cutting a hole, using a chainsaw, in a peaked roof for ventilation. Peaked roofs are uncommon in Albany.

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All Good Bakers Bakery Opens Its Doors in the Pine Hills

By JACKIE ABUKHALAF Contributing Writer

Steve Felano Khahilia Shaw’s Lexus Sedan in the wall in front of the CCIM Building monday afternoon.

News Albany Bishop Howard Hubbard to retire at age 75. Page A5

Arts

Chris Surprenant reviews the horror film Insidious. Page B8

The Albany Womens Club aims to Grammy Nominee Tim Reynolds visits Saint Rose. Page B9 help the community. Page A6

All Good Bakers, a bakery that uses local and organic ingredients in their products, will be opening its doors next week in the Pine Hills. All Good Bakers has made a name for themselves as a community supported bakery (CSB) but is now opening a retail space on Quail St. The bakery prides itself on using mostly New York State organic ingredients such as white and whole wheat flour and fresh eggs from local farmers. Owners Nick and Britin Foster say the use of New York state ingredients is

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the focus of their business and the foundation of the idea behind All Good Bakers—an idea that is eight years in the making.

“We want people’s health to be benefited,” said Britin. “The ingredients are local and it’s not going to make them sick. That’s really the biggest thing we want people to know, that the food is healthy. It may be indulgent at times but the food is good for you. There really aren’t any other bakeries in Albany that are currently doing this.”

New York State suppliers for the bakery include: Champlain Valley Milling in Westport, Continued on page A4

Sports

The Women’s Inititative presents their first column. Page C11

Scott Lawson weighs in on “buying talent.” Page D14

Campus community responds to Rose Rock relocation. Page C12

St. Rose baseball splits with UMASS Lowell. Page D16

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Fire Department Drills Continued on page A4 “We get a lot of fires on flat roofs,” said Captain Alex Kapczynski who is in charge of the drills, “you need different equipment for peaked roofs.”

This is a rare training session for the Albany Fire Department.

Most buildings in Albany scheduled to be demolished are long condemned.

“You need a structurally sound building, and not a lot of structurally sound buildings are torn down… If we’re lucky we get to do this once a year,” said Deputy Fire Chief Joseph Toomey.

Each company and drill varies in manpower. The Tuesday morning drill was lightly manned.

Each truck carried four or five men in full gear. The men in each truck had a specific job. The medical response team with two men from the ladder truck ran inside the building to search for victims.

One man from the hose truck hooked up to the hydrant while another controlled the truck and another ran hose from the truck to the building. The ladder truck worked similarly. One man operated the ladder controls, while two men climbed the ladder to the roof, one carrying a ladder the other a chainsaw. Once the ladder was in position and stabilized the man with the chainsaw climbed the ladder, chainsaw running, and cut a hole in a labeled spot on the roof. Plywood will be used to cover it.

The afternoon drill featured more trucks with twice as many firefighters but functioned similarly. The drills were conducted full speed as an emergency situation. The teams radioed their superiors, Kapczynski and Toomey, of their findings inside the building.

“The building is one of the oldest in Pine Hills, probably built

around 1860-1870,” said Cara Macri, the director of preservation services for the Historic Albany Foundation. The Foundation has an agreement with Saint Rose to salvage items of historical value, including doors, wood trim and door escutcheons. “Saint Rose is probably the best for contacting us when they start a project,” Macri said The valuable copper piping throughout the properties will become the property of the contractor who wins the bid for the job.

There are eight contractor bids.

The 930 Madison Ave. site is also the former law office of Alice Berke.

“I think it’s great,” Berke said when informed that fire drills were being held in the building, “I could have left my furniture behind and made it more realistic.” She was given permission by the college to take whatever she wanted, so long as removing the items would not lead to code

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Firefighters gather after a drill.

be completed before the buildings can be demolished. There will be a site plan meeting on Thursday.

“If the site plan is approved, construction is scheduled to begin in late May,” said Saint Rose Project Manager Otterbeck.

The building, one of the oldest in Pine Hills and once a Madison Avenue landmark, is serving its final purpose.

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violations. She moved out of the building in December. Signs Berke had put up inside in the building still remained.

There is more to be completed before the buildings come down, asbestos abatement is scheduled to take place between April 18 and April 30. Asbestos was found in pipe insulation and chimney sealant according to a notice fixed to the doors of all three buildings.

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Antonio Caban Saint Rose security at the scene of the crash on Wednesday afternoon.

CCIM Wall Damaged Continued from page A1 no said. “It was also clear to me that significant damage had been done to the brick wall, as much of its top half had been shifted out of place. I noticed an Albany Police Department cruiser parked nearby, and a member of Saint Rose security next to the damaged vehicle,” Felano said.

No citations were issued to Shaw by the Albany Police Department after accident said, officer Kevin Seel, assistant to the chief.

“I saw Dr. Lorna Shaw, Dean of the Saint Rose School of Arts and Humanities, approach the damaged Lexus, open the driver side rear door, and retrieve something from the back seat. She then walked away to take a call on her cell phone. The Lexus was

The Lexus Sedan being removed Wednesday afternoon. later removed on a flatbed truck,” Felano said.

Rachel Theall, an undergradu-

ate student in the communications program, arrived shortly after the accident. “A student stopped me in the hall, and said there was a small accident. The small accident was a car lodged on top of the wall in front of the building,” Theall said.

Theall saw Shaw outside texting. She was probably telling her mom that she crashed her car Theall said. She said she dropped something and bent over to pick it up Theall said. Theall was able to examine the damage to the vehicle. “The front drivers side ran up on the wall. The passengers side was lifted up, only the back tires were touching the ground,” Theall said. Damage to the car included a massive scrape, and the front side was dented in Theall said.

Bricks were wedged into the tie rods, which hold the tires onto the frame of the car, Theall said.

“When you look at a car frame, it looks like a square, with the tie rods holding the tires on the frame. It’s a very expensive repair Theall said.

Chronicle staff noticed that the wall was put back together by Wednesday afternoon, but repairs still needed to be done.

According to Charles Kimberling, the Head of Facilities, the repairs will have to wait for an appraisal.

“The wall hasn't been repaired yet and we haven't gotten a quote for the repair, since it just hap-

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The CCIM wall late Wednesday afternoon.

Plastic jersey barriers and reflective tape were alter erected around the damage. pened,” said Charles Kimberling director of facilities at the College.

“It's fortunate that no one was injured,” Whitney said.

“The

security and safety of students is ever evolving. Myself, and Director Stella will review everything.

If we can find something that can benefit our campus population of

course we'll do it,” Whitney said.

We recommend that people be aware of the surroundings, and drive safely within in the confines of the law, Whitney said.

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There’s a New Baker in Town From page A1 Meadowbrook Farms in Clarksville and Adirondack Farm in Fonda.

Before the decision to open a store front for All Good Bakers, the Fosters have been running a Community Supported Bakery (CSB) serving the Albany area since last November. Similar to a Community Supported Agriculture model, All Good Bakers brings shareholders sustainable bread, baked goods and ingredients each week at various pick-up locations and farmer’s markets.

“My boyfriend and I decided to join the CSB after we sampled some of their goods at a harvest festival in Washington Park,” said Christine Hmiel who joined All Good Bakers last fall. “We loved their creative spin on the community supported agriculture model and that they use local, organic and top-quality ingredients. We love supporting independent businesses and we had never heard of anything quite like Nick and Britin’s CSB. The price

was fair and the breads were delicious-- so we signed up!”

“We have about 50 weekly customers who pay in advance at the beginning of the season and pick out which bread and baked good they want each week,” said Britin. “It’s been going great and has helped us develop relationships with the community that’s made it possible to open this store front.”

Several customers of the Foster’s CSB are excited about the opening of the retail store and hope their philosophy of fresh and local ingredients spreads throughout the Pine Hills.

“The storefront bakery is incredible! Their customers from the farmers markets and the CSB already know how valuable Nick and Britin are to the community and now more people will get a chance to try out their baked goods and support the business,” said Hmiel. “Albany doesn’t have many stand-alone independent bakeries so All Good Bakers completely fills a gap. It will be

a perfect place to grab a cup of coffee and a slice of foccacia or to pick up loaves of fresh bread for a dinner party. I can’t wait until it’s open.”

The bakery is also serving as a shared or co-op kitchen for other bakers in the area who don’t have a space to call their own. Currently, Gatherers Granola maker Alessandro Gerbini shares the kitchen with All Good Bakers and is an important element to the success of the business.

“Our initial aim for [the bakery] was to make it a co-op kitchen,” said Britin. “The difficulty that we had finding a kitchen to rent is what prompted this idea.

There are a lot of small producers around here that need a place they can rent out affordably a couple of times a month; we wanted to offer those services.”

Representatives from the Pine Hills are particularly excited about several new businesses that have opened their doors in the neighborhood recently.

“We are fortunate that a num-

Jackie Abukhalaf Nick and Britin Foster outside of All Good Bakers located at 160A Quail St.

Jackie Abukhalaf Several items that will be offerent on the menu at All Good Bakers.

The new bakery will be opening its doors this coming summer. ber of such businesses have sprung up over the last few years.

These help keep the neighborhood pedestrian friendly and vibrant,” said Pine Hills Neighborhood Association president Todd Hunsinger. “One of the things that make Albany and the Pine Hills neighborhood special is the presence of unique small businesses.”

Much like businesses of the past, the bakery’s execution of a co-op kitchen and bartering tactics mimic life in the 19th century. In an ad from the 1879 December issue of the Albany Mirror featured below, confections and baked goods were an important staple in Albany then as they are today. All Good Bakers channels this early American baking philosophy by using wholesome, local ingredients that were executed in 1879.

Sustainability is extremely important to the Fosters, from the recycled furnishings in the store to the plans of eliminating excess waste; All Good Bakers plan to promote environmental consciousness and hopes their customers will also embrace this school of thought.

“We’re environmentally and socially conscious. We plan to have customers bring their own cups for coffee which will only cost $1,” said Britin. “We donate loaves to Catholic Charities and hope to get involved with the social justice and environmental student groups. We like to be

involved in the community and hope to engage the student population.”

“It’s so important for businesses to follow down the path of sustainability the way Nick and Britin have,” said Hmiel.

“From the quality local products that they use, to their packaging choice and their sourcing of second-hand furniture for their bakery, they really live their beliefs. I think this philosophy is becoming more popular and Nick and Britin are definitely leading the way in Albany.”

“I think our community would benefit if more businesses operated with the philosophy,” said Niki Suto, a customer of All Good Baker’s CSB for two years.

“They are dedicated to creating quality products and their dedication to finding ingredients that are locally sourced is important in sustaining local economy.”

If you’re interested in eating locally harvested scones, cinnamon buns, breads and more, visit All Good Bakers located at 160A Quail St. It will be open weekends throughout the summer and plans to be involved in various community events in the Pine Hills and the greater Albany area.

All Good Bakers is open Friday from 11-6pm, Saturday 114pm and Sunday from 10-2pm.

For more information about All Good Bakers please visit allgoodbakers.weebly.com or visit their Facebook fan page.

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The Final Stretch for Bishop Howard Hubbard

By ADAM CLARK Contributing Writer The Most Rev. Bishop Howard Hubbard is working continuously into the age of his retirement at 75 years of age, only three years away. Hubbard is the head of one of the largest corporations in the Pine Hills neighborhood, the Albany Diocese, serving roughly 12 million people. Last month Hubbard celebrated his 34th year as Bishop, a job he started at age 38.

For the next three years Hubbard has an incredible plan in place to reach out in encouragement to the Roman Catholic community.

Hubbard plans on pursuing a three year plan during his final three years as Bishop of the Albany Diocese before his resignation must take place October 31, 2013. Each year will have themes: God’s love, person of Christ, and movement of Spirit within our lives, respectively.

Hubbard also aims to concentrate

on the day to day responsibilities of the Diocese.

Hubbard was born in and raised in Troy, going to public school for the first four years. He then proceeded to Saint Patrick’s academy, graduating in 1952. From 1952 to 1956 Hubbard attended the La Salle Institute within Troy, and then studied philosophy at the Mater Christi seminary in 1956.

After seminary Hubbard went to North American College in Rome, 1960-196, attending Gregorian University and received a master’s degree in theology. He was ordained in Rome in 1963 being a student during the first two years of the second Vatican council.

Throughout his upbringing Hubbard was considering one of three items to pursue after graduation. One was pursuing a career in Journalism, as he enjoyed writing for his High School newspaper. Another was to become a Lawyer, in his Uncle’s footsteps.

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Lastly Hubbard was able to see the personal side to his inspirations, the priests within his lives.

He saw the good that those people brought to the youth and families.

Hubbard was ordained as the 9th Bishop within the Albany Diocese after his initial 13 years in ministry working in the innermost city of Albany. At the age of 38 he was the youngest Bishop at the time, a great surprise to him.

He is the proud founder of Providence House which still stands today in reaching out to the African American community where it’s located assisting with needs including housing, tutorial programs, and after school programs. Hubbard has also been successful in founding Hope House, as a treatment facility working with people struggling over drug addictions.

Although the responsibilities Hubbard has as a Bishop are immense, his primary focus is on being out with the people, which he enjoys the most. As Bishop, Hubbard oversees 10 different Pastoral Departments, is responsible for near 140 Parishes within the 14 counties that account for the Albany Diocese.

There are roughly 1.2 million people within those parameters.

Hubbard attends many local and national meetings as well as serving on multiple boards, as well as attending functions held within the Diocese such as special events and all confirmations.

The Diocese owns almost an entire block within the Pine Hills community on North Main Avenue, serving needs ranging from homelessness, struggles in pregnancies for women, helping those with HIV & Aids, working with children, and helping in parenting, as well as St. Vincent DePaul Church near the College of Saint Rose. “Certainly there are many things that I admire about Bishop Hubbard, but particularly his commitment to justice and the poor” says Sister Jane Hubbard, Superintendent of School within

Ken Goldfarb A head shot of Bishop Howard Hubbard. Hubbard will be retiring in three years at the age of 75. the Diocese of Albany.

Over the years as the Bishop, Hubbard has been sticking to his motto, Rejoice, we are God’s people. He has seen an increase in layperson taking more responsibilities within the Roman Catholic community. “While we have fewer priests today then we had 50 years ago, probably have as much or more ministry taking place because of the lay people out and coming forward and assuming their rightful role as full members of church and becoming ministries in church” After serving in the priesthood for 47 years, Hubbard feels this has been very successful.

In his free time, Bishop Hubbard enjoys reading novels of interest, particularly within the historical genre. Hubbard also is an avid reader of the New York Times, and well as Times Union,

daily, as well as three periodicals every week. He is an avid Sienna fan and has season tickets to their games, as well as enjoying the Mets and Red Sox within baseball.

Hubbard has brought an immense impact throughout the years as Bishop. He doesn’t know his plans for after retirement at the current time but does see himself residing somewhere within the Diocese. The process of picking a successor for Hubbard will start once his resignation letter is submitted on October 31, 2013.

Then, a consultation takes place with select Bishops, Priests, Deacons, among others, to name the successor.

Hubbard has served the Albany community faithfully, and has loved doing such, “…those are the things I enjoy most, being out with the people.”

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Woman’s Club of Albany: Helping the Total Community

By DANA LENSETH Contributing Writer Members of the 100-year-old Woman’s Club of Albany pride themselves on improving their community from their historic headquarters on Madison just west of Lake Avenue.

Tonight and tomorrow, the ladies of the Woman’s Club are hosting a craft fair to benefit a breast cancer survivor group.

Hope in the Boat will receive 10 percent of the proceeds from the Club’s fourth annual fair.

People join at all steps of the breast cancer journey, said Sheila Platt, president of Hope in the Boat. Hope in the Boat is the first local dragon boat team for breast cancer survivors and was founded by Lucille Freeman in 2007.

In ancient China boats were decorated with dragons to encourage a bountiful harvest.

When a Canadian doctor proved in 1995 that upper body exercise was suitable for women with breast cancer, he advocated for women with breast cancer to take up dragon boating.

Freeman learned about dragon boat teams during her treatments and made an effort to find out more from teams located in Buffalo and Philadelphia. Twenty paddlers, a drummer, and a caller who makes the rowers aware of their position, comprise the teams on 40 foot dragon boats. Paddlers move their canoe forward in rhythm set by a drummer in the boat with them. Now in their fourth season on the water, Freeman said it “very healing to be on the water with other women who have shared the experience of breast cancer.”

Platt said they are extremely grateful for the proceeds from the Club’s craft fair, but more than that, she hopes this will be an opportunity for Hope in a Boat’s

message to spread. Dragon boating “helps make a breast cancer survivor feel empowered,” said Platt, and she just wants women to know they’re out there and available.

Along with spreading their message, Freeman hopes the proceeds will contribute to scholarships to help send their paddlers to their competitions. And Platt said the money could help go towards their second boat, a trailer for the boat they have now, or a chase boat that will help them train better.

ago, in 1981, when the mayor proclaimed September 26 as Everywoman’s Day. That event featured panels focused on women, their personal lives, and their professional growth. Today, the Woman’s Club is practicing its efforts to enrich women year round.

“Friendships, camaraderie, the ability to make a difference…” said Fran Altshuler, are all part of the reason she enjoys the group.

“It’s the women,” she said simply. Altshuler, a five year member and president of the Club, talked extensively about the history of

Last month, Women’s History Month, the Woman’s Club sponsored a series of presentations specifically geared toward women’s issues. One night featured a presentation on the Underground Railroad, on another a SUNY professor spoke about women’s efforts in non-governmental organizations to advance women’s interests globally.

Programs designed for women and to help women date back to decades ago in the neighborhood. Thirty years ago in 1981, 30 years ago at The College of Saint Rose, sponsored an Everywoman’s Conference 30 years

the house, the club’s numerous charitable works, and the benefits of membership.

Altshuler is not alone in her assessment of the club. Sue Hannon, another member and vice president of the Club, said her work there has, “given me as much, if not more, than what I gave to the Club.” Hannon said it expanded her social horizons after she retired from teaching and was looking to fill her spare time.

Today, the club membership has grown to 130, a number that required a concerted effort, Altshuler said. Only three members were active just eight years ago

April 5, 2011 when the house was in danger of being sold. Altshuler attributes a party for a local restaurant, El Loco, to the revitalization of the club. After the party, membership grew and the Woman’s Club began its revival.

The Woman’s Club building was erected in 1895 as a wedding present from a father to his daughter. The house was deeded to the Club in 1919 and in March the Club received support from the state Environmental Protective Fund for preservation. According to Hannon, the Woman’s Club of Albany is one of only three other woman’s clubs in New York who own their own house.

The house was built for teas, said Altshuler, who gestured around the handsome dining room, complete with a built in sideboard and shining chandelier.

During the holidays, the Club hosts an event called Teas and Trees and donates proceeds from those events to groups such as the Women’s Employment Center and Girls Inc. Another event called Teas to Tasting benefited the scholarship foundation for the Black Women’s Association.

Altshuler barely had enough time to talk about all of the charitable works the Club is responsible for. From raising money for scholarships, to book drives, to Friday’s Craft Fair for breast cancer survivors. “We try to do a combination of fundraising, programming, that kind of thing,” Altshuler said. The Woman’s Club has donated to Equinox, the Battered Women Shelter, the Regional Food Bank, and a local dance school’s scholarship fund.

The club spreads its charitable

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Like Hope in the Boat, the Woman’s Club is looking to spread its message to the community, too. Altshuler said, “we’re one of the best kept secrets.”

The big mission is not only to get more members, but younger women to join the Club. The Club uses word-of-mouth and events at the house to draw in members, but now the Club is even offering a discount in dues to any members under 30.

It’s all volunteer work at the Woman’s Club, but Hannon said, the members are not “doing it in a vacuum.” In the coming weeks, the Woman’s Club is hosting an annual community celebration called No Hats No Gloves. This event honors members of the Club whose efforts benefited historic preservation and community initiatives. This month, on April 26, the Club is honoring Susan Holland, the executive director of Historic Albany; and Lorraine Weiss, a preservation planner, to recognize their charitable work for the community.

The Club of Albany members participate in many charitable activities themselves, including reading to children at Troy School 2, and planting tulips near Interstate 787 for a celebration of New York in Bloom. The group has hosted public concerts, and is already planning its next charitable event.

The Woman’s Club, said Sue Hannon, “women coming together and making a difference in the community” and “improving the total community.”

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Insidious Possesses the Imagination and Won’t Let Go

By CHRIS SURPRENANT Arts Editor Never, in the history of my brief life, has a movie made me curl up in a ball and whimper like a small child. Insidious is, without a doubt, the most horrifying movie I have ever seen. I am not embarrassed to say that I screamed like a thirteen year-old girl with Bieber fever—because grown men were doing the same thing.

Josh and Renai Lambert (Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne), an average American couple, move into a seemingly average house with their three adorable young children. Their oldest son, Dalton (Ty Simpkins), explores the large, old home all the way to the attic, only to fall off a ladder, and into a coma. Soon after, mysterious instances begin to happen: a misplaced book here, disembodied voices there, and a nighttime prowler or two thrown in along the way. Renai, fed-up with the goings-on, demands that the family move away from the seem-

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ingly haunted house.

The Lambert’s move, and so do their troubles. Ghostly apparitions and demonic creatures make their presence known, in several creative ways. After a family friend/psychic Elise (Lin Shaye) is called in, she chillingly reveals, “It’s not the house that’s haunted, it’s your son.”

The apparitions are after Dalton’s soul, and the Lambert’s must fight with all their might if Dalton is to rejoin the living.

In order to do so, Dalton’s soul must be saved from another dimension, referred to as “the Further.”

The suspense is a finely crafted piece of work. At first, the film appears to be a routine haunted house flick. A few doors slam mysteriously, scratching sounds begin, and booming voices appear from nowhere.

However, the scares slowly begin to take on a physical existence in the form of long-dead, ghoulish brides, children, and a malevolent, demonic pres-

arts ence. Throughout each scene, the viewer may think he saw something in the corner of the screen, but can never be sure, that is until it jumps out of a closet and runs amok throughout the house. Such instances keep occurring, and the atmosphere becomes more and more tense as these beings from the past try to invade the present.

Even if you’re not easily scared, Insidious includes something for every type of fear. Be it fear of the dark, the unknown, the undead, lurking demons, or even puppets, something in the film is sure to leave you uneasy once you leave the theater. The scares are real here, there aren’t false scares to make you jump. It’s a fiend from “the Further” and they want what they came for.

For all the gripping of the theater seats you may be doing, there is much-needed comic relief in even the tensest of situations. Be it in the form of two nerdy paranormal investigators, or an absurd séance that involved gasmasklike apparatuses, the film managed to ease up on the intensity of the storyline. Like any good movie, comic relief is essential to help the audience through some very uncomfortable situations.

Though the plot is incredibly well thought out, the same cannot be said for the writing or the acting, and that’s okay. Wilson and Byrne have good chemistry and portray a “good enough” believable, tortured couple. However, separately, they are nothing special. Frankly, they are blander

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Alliance Films 2011 Insidious promotional poster. than unbuttered mashed potatoes. When Renai cries out to Josh to follow her voice, Byrne comes off as only half-interested in saving the lives of her family. At times, Wilson’s Josh comes off as if he’s trying to compensate for something. But, in a horror movie, one shouldn’t expect Oscar-quality performances. You go to see a scary movie for an intense thrill ride.

The lack of beaming performances are often overshadowed by a wonderful story and riveting visuals. Good acting is just gravy, if anything.

For as terrifying as Insidious may be, it’s very hard to overlook the similarities to other films, such as Poltergeist. It is not a carbon-copy, but rather an affectionate shout-out to such films. Wan manages to make an original story with only paral-

lels to other horror classics. This film, however, is in its own right a classic. In this day and age when so many other films rely on blood, guts and gore to shock an audience, it is refreshing to find a film that relies more on what one doesn’t see to terrify a viewer.

Insidious is probably one of the best horror films you’ll ever see.

It’s right up there with The Exorcist and Poltergeist. It may not get an “A” in the acting department, but the plot and pure dread more than make up for it. The scares will stick with you long after you’ve left the theater. Remember how our parents always talk about that one movie that scared the life out of them back in the day? Well, Insidious is our movie, and it will always leave our heads spinning.

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Grammy Nominee Wows Sold Out Massry Center Crowd

By MIKE CARROLL and DARREN BOYSON Grammy nominated guitar player Tim Reynolds treated fans at the sold out Massry Center to two hours of his unique sound Wednesday night. “To put into words what we really saw doesn’t do it justice. He is just amazing,” said Joe Davis of Albany. At times it would seem that more than one person had to be on stage as Reynolds layered sounds upon other sounds. Reynolds explaining his acoustic style said, “it comes from an older tradition mixed with some of this new technology maybe a little far out.”

The rarity of Reynolds’ solo acoustic performance offered him a chance to play new material, while also performing old fan favorites. During the sound check, Reynolds said that “the most fun is to play the newest things I’ve

learned… Every gig is a different experience,” said Reynolds.

“He can do things with a guitar that 99% of musicians are incapable of. I feel that his work is very unique, especially in current-day music where catchy pop tunes dominate the landscape,” said Michael Allen from Binghamton.

Before the show Reynolds’ explained performances should be not only about the music, but evoking emotions with the crowd.

“There is just something about an experience of a song that takes you on a journey, that’s what I really dig about music, the journey and the feeling,” said Reynolds.

His diverse musical talents and ability to play different genres has made him a favorite among music fans, along with a Grammy nomination.

Reynolds reached worldwide notoriety with his blistering guitar solos as the lead guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band. He has

Tim Reynolds performed Wednesday at the Massry Center.

also toured numerous times with Dave Matthews as an acoustic duo, resulting in several concert recordings, one of which led to a Grammy nomination for best rock instrumental performance.

Reynolds is also the lead guitarist and vocalist for his band TR3. By following multiple musical paths, Reynolds has become more than just a guitar player, he has been described as a sonic innovator and his skill in its rawest form was on display at this rare and intimate solo acoustic performance.

Explaining the difference of touring solo compared to being with the Dave Matthews Band Reynold’s said “it’s really different… but all stages are really kind of the same, you’re just there with the music…but in a way the audience plays you.”

Throughout the performance Reynolds alternated between musical songs and ones where he also sang. He stopped only

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Tim Reynolds during sound check Wednesday. briefly every now and then to say thanks or make a quick joke.

“I’m in really committed relationships, gonna get my other girlfriend now,” Reynolds joked as he switched from his six string to 12 string guitar.

Reynolds made sure those in attendance knew he appreciated them being there. While thanking the crowd he explained that the next song went out to them.

“This song is dedicated to you, it’s called Hug, I’m gonna give you a hug,” said Reynolds. Reynolds also received a cheer when he made sure to recommend The Point Restaurant to those in attendance, describing his waitress as a “beautiful water goddess.”

Reynolds’ concert was part of the Massry Center’s Premiere Performances. These shows bring both well known and emerging musical talents from a wide variety of genres to the Saint Rose campus. “Concerts like these draw new people to the campus and make them think ‘Wow there are some great things happening

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here at the College.’ Having a name like Tim Reynolds on campus also helps raise the profile of the school and makes people notice the Massry Center as a player in the music scene in the Capital Region,” said Sal Prizio, programming manager at the Massry Center for the Arts.

Reynolds fits the mission of the Massry Center. “Tim represents part of the new focus of the Massry Center. Given its size we had to come up with a strategy to maximize our attendance, while also maintaining the integrity of the room at an affordable price.

The goal is to offer some of the best performers in a premiere more intimate setting for various genres, whether it is classical, jazz or contemporary,” said Prizio.

“I just love these kind of theaters for playing acoustic music,” Reynolds said. “These kinds of venues generally are more conducive to playing acoustic music you know, so I kinda dig that.”

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Frequency North: Hogan and Verlee’s Visit Well Received

By SUNSHINE OSELLA Staff Writer On Thursday, March 31 at The College of Saint Rose, the final Frequency North performance of the season featured the poets Eboni Hogan and Jeanann Verlee.

Frequency North is an event series that features visiting authors from all different genres of literature. The emotionally charged poetry of Hogan and Verlee was a great ending to this year’s series.

Daniel Nester, Saint Rose Associate Professor of English, who heads the Frequency North events said that it is always the hope to make the events appeal to a diverse audience. These two engaging poets performed a wide variety of pieces that appealed to a large number of people. Students, faculty, and the public all showed up to share their mutual interest in this genre of literature.

Hogan and Verlee were well-received by the full crowd that attended Thursday’s performance.

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their performance in such a way that they would take turns reading pairs of poems. Hogan and Verlee visited the English 218 class and explained that they had a general set list, but had not figured everything out. Verlee told the class how they also planned on each reading one of each other’s poems. They worked well performing together because they are longtime friends. At the beginning of the performance, Hogan explains the way their performance is going to work and she tells the audience that Verlee and herself are “besties” and will be working together.

Hogan, who opened the performance, currently lives in Chicago and is a full time poet. She has performed in over 30 U.S. cities and facilitated many workshops.

She is also the reigning Women of the World Slam Champion, and the 2008 Urbana Grand Slam Champion. Hogan studied theater at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Her work is published in two anthologies and

Eboni Hogan poses for a photo with Amie Walter and Elizabeth Corey. her first book, Grits.

Hogan said that she first became passionate about poetry when she was about nine. “My father gave me a book of Langston Hughes’ poems and I absolutely loved them,” said Hogan.

She began writing seriously in High School. Hogan said that, like most teenagers, she needed an outlet for all her emotions and poetry was a great nonviolent option for her.

“When I first started writing I didn’t initially think about what

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my poetry would sound like being read aloud,” said Hogan.

“Now that I perform for a living I can almost hear my own voice in my head as I write.” She said that, because of her background in theater, she is automatically comfortable letting go and entertaining. It is natural for her. To learn more about Eboni Hogan and her poetry, visit her new website starting up on June 1: www. ebonihogan.com.

Verlee, second to perform, is author of Racing Hummingbirds, and the recipient of the Independent Publisher Book Award Silver Medal in Poetry. Her work has also been published in The New York Quarterly, FRiGG, PANK, and Not A Muse. Verlee curates the Urbana Poetry Slam Series at Bowery Poetry Club in New York City, has represented NYC six times at National Poetry Slam competitions, and has toured the U.S. performing and conducting workshops.

Verlee began writing when she was seven. She loved fiction based writing throughout high school, and even more so in college when she began writing poetry more seriously. “The English classes I took in college cracked a whole world open for me,” said Verlee. She said that she started writing poetry for herself because

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there is something real about it for her. Now her poems also need to be able to stand on their own, so she said her writing is geared toward the page; although she believes that all poems can be performed.

“I am adamant about being as honest as possible in my work,” said Verlee. She believes that all aspiring writers should read as much as possible. Verlee said that reading helps expand your knowledge and you can really learn from others’ writing. “Consume as much as possible!” To learn more about Jeanann Verlee and her poetry, visit her website: www.jeanannverlee.com.

Hogan and Verlee’s visit to Saint Rose was an enjoyable experience for many. After the performance ended, people lined up for a chance to speak with the authors and/or get their books signed. Hogan and Verlee happily talked with everyone and offered advice on writing. Hogan and Verlee created a wonderful night of engaging humor and dark emotion that set the bar high for future Frequency Norths.

For a full video of the event visit www.strosechronicle.com.

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Academia Across the Pond

By SUSAN WALENSKY Contributing Writer Growing up, I always had a clear understanding that while we are here, our time is what we make of it. I could never think of a better way to get the most out of my college experience than by studying abroad, but I never thought that I would actually do it. I’m still not even really sure why I am came here in the first place, other than that the opportunity was presented and I took it. Anyone who knows me knows that this is completely out of character for me- I don’t even like to talk on the phone with people that I don’t know. However, I stepped outside of the box and now here I am in Galway, Ireland and I could not be happier. I haven’t experienced “culture shock” and I’ve yet to be homesick because of the countries welcoming manner and how fun it is to be here.

I have been in Ireland for a little under three months now, but it still feels like just yesterday that I was saying goodbye to all my friends at Saint Rose. At first I felt extremely out of my element here; this city has a much different rhythm than Albany and it’s even more diverse than my home in the countryside. I live in a rather large apartment on the Galway Bay with three other girls: Saint Rose student Meghan Bulva, Carrie Richards, and Karrah Chapman, both from MCLA. Our landlords, though a bit off and sketchy at times, have been helpful in getting us settled in and accommodating us when friends from home have come to visit.

Carrie and I joined the two most random clubs on campusTaekwon Do and the Nothing Specific Society, which is basically a large gathering of nerds.

I never thought I’d ever do Taekwon Do, let alone while studying abroad in Ireland. I probably won’t go all of the way to black belt, but who knows what I will

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The View From Venus A New Column By the Women’s Initiative

By EMILY PEREZ The Women’s Initiative

Susan Walesky Meghan Bulva and Susan Walensky in Scotland. do. We’ve met so many amazing people through TKD and I’m glad to say they are some of my favorite people in this country. In NSS, we fought in a cardboard battle where everyone made armor and weapons out of nothing but cardboard and duct tape. It is definitely one of the strangest things to see on the NUIG lawn, and I could tell people were judging us. It was unbelievably dorky, but so awesome.

Unfortunately, we also have class to attend as well. We’re studying at the National University of Ireland in Galway, but I use the term “studying” loosely.

Galway just seems like one constant party with optional classes during the week. There is no continuous homework here, just a midterm and final exam or essay for each class, and the professors never know if you attend class or not because there are anywhere from 100-150 students in each class. However, I do miss the familiarity with the professors and students that we have at Saint Rose. I’m taking an odd array of classes: Celtic Mythology, American History, Medieval Literature, and Entertainment Law. Classes only meet for two hours each week and there are no 8 a.m. classes, which is the best thing ever because it is hard to wake up

early when you’ve spent all night in the pub with friends.

The walk to campus from our apartment is a good twenty minute walk, and another ten minutes to the grocery store. I’ve never been so thankful for on-campus housing and the dining hall. I have to buy and cook everything myself. I can’t go grab a sandwich in Camelot or go up to the dining hall for a quick bite. And let’s be honest, it may seem impossible, but my cooking is worse than the food in the dining hall. So these past few months I’ve been living on Ramen noodles and the occasional bowl of frozen vegetables.

Needless to say, I will stop complaining about the dining hall.

A part of me never wants to leave this place. I’ve made such amazing friends and to be cliché, I will never forget this for as long as I live. I highly recommend studying abroad to anyone, it has been such an amazing experience and I’m only halfway through the journey.

We at the Women’s Initiative are thrilled to be given the opportunity to express our opinions in our very own column The View from Venus in The Saint Rose Chronicle. We’ll be using this space to keep readers informed on a number of women’s issues on campus, in the capital region and state, as well as nationally and globally. As a group we strive to promote education, awareness and activism. We are made up of an assembly of incredible, diverse and strong young women on campus; we’re really only missing one thing…you! We want to be representative of all backgrounds and mindsets. In order to achieve that we need to hear your voice.

So come talk to us! Our meetings are held on the first and third Wednesday of the month at 5:45pm in Avila Hall, and the second and fourth Monday in Avila at 8pm. Alright, enough with the spiel, on to our inaugural column!

This past week one of our members was witness to a highly interesting encounter between a pair of fifth graders at an afterschool mentoring program. Said encounter gave her a lot of hope for the future of young girls everywhere….strange, we know.

Allow us to set up the scene: (A group of boys play an intense rugby-esque game while waiting for the bus home to pull up, a lone girl approaches) Girl: Can you guys pass it over here? I wanna play!

Boy: Hell no, get out of here!

You can’t keep up with us, you’re just a girl.

Girl: (Sassily) Excuse me? You wish you could keep up with me.

Wasn’t I the one who schooled you in dodgeball yesterday?

Boy: No! You only won because I felt sorry for you. Now run off and play some sissy game with the other girls or something.

Jeez, just go away.

Girl: FOOL, I do what I want!

(Grabs the ball from him and runs off with the rest of the boys) Pause…can we give this girl a round of applause? She has all the tools necessary to grow up to be a strong, smart and capable young woman at her disposal. She is a future leader and a force to be reckoned with.

That is exactly the kind of girl we at the Women’s Initiative love to see. That is exactly the kind of reader we hope this column finds.

We’re also searching for those of you who may feel like you haven’t yet developed your own voice. We want to help you find it.

We want to encourage the men out there who know that women are their equals to bring their as of yet unenlightened brothers into the fold. We want those men who haven’t reached that conclusion yet to be moved by our words and our thoughts and engage in debate with us.

And as for the reader who has been rolling his eyes since he started reading this column, who has had his hand poised at the bottom corner of the right hand page, just itching to turn it and move on to the movie review, who right this very moment may be muttering “Do they really need their own column…am I going to have to see this every week?” We really have only one thing to say: FOOL. We do what we want.

Seriously, until next time, a big thanks to The Saint Rose Chronicle, the readers and all our supporters! We can’t wait to dive right into the issues and hear back from you.

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Letters to the Editor How Much Power Is Too Much Power?

On March 28, 2011, the Student Events Board of The College of Saint Rose held a comedic event in St. Joseph’s Hall Auditorium. The event was scheduled to begin at 8pm with doors opening at 7:30pm. Students began lining up inside the vestibule of the hall at 6:45pm with hopeful expectations of a night filled with fun and laughter.

Within a half hour, the line had extended far beyond Gibbons Hall while the early-comers were soon told to move outside to free up the entrance space. The excitement and anticipation of being in attendance at the ever-popular Ralphie May’s stand up special here at our own school was palpable. At the conclusion of the show, all of the students who witnessed the event were more than satisfied with the whopping two hour set May performed - all except one of the first students in line, but Ralphie May was not the person at fault.

The student at hand has been a stalwart in the prestigious academic program of the college’s Biology department for the past four years. Earning his Honors Diploma this May with an im-

pressive GPA of 3.52, this member of the Saint Rose Community has done nothing but prove his eligibility to attend such an event.

So, why would he not be allowed in might you ask?

Previously in contact with SEB Vice President Rachel Knight, a mutual friend of the would-be attendee made it very clear with her that the student had been home and forgotten his student I.D. Following the interaction, Knight agreed that this student would be “O.K.” to get into the event since she knew him very well.

This Saint Rose Senior proceeded to wait in line in the blistering thirty-six degree weather with wind gusts estimating at about twenty miles per hour for over forty-five minutes. According to a credited source, Knight was remarkably already planning on changing her mind and denying the student admission to the event that evening. However, she knowingly looked out the front window of St. Joseph’s Hall, saw this attendee waiting second in line for the show, but yet let him wait in this weather just to eventually reject him at the door. “Not only did she deny me, but she em-

barrassed me in front of my closest friends and also many of my colleagues at the college,” said the Saint Rose Senior.

Shortly after, a group of unsuspecting friends of the student witnessed someone being let into the event without an I.D. When she reached her seat, she proclaimed to her friends, “Oh, they knew I was an athlete so they let me by.”

Junior Dennis Legnante added, “It is appalling how a mere student-run club, no different from the rest of the student population, believes that they are superior to the rest of the student body.

They are power corrupt and have steered away from their true role: to provide fun and entertaining events at our collegiate institution."

With the reality of a fellow student being appointed the unjust ability to deny another student, who has spent over $100,000 in tuition at Saint Rose, admission into a FREE event, we ask you… how much power is too much power?

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The TruthWon’t SetYou Free Were you ever told that telling the truth is what you should always do? Were you punished when you got caught in a lie?

Well contrary to popular believe, the truth will not set you free, in fact it will put you deeper in to debt. When it comes to filling out your college financial papers we all know that if you fudge some numbers you’ll get more money.

Who’s going to know? Who’s it going to hurt? After all it’s only federal money and we all know that the powers that be spend it on just about anything they can think of to enhance their political

portfolio, so why not you? But what about us little people, we always seem to get the short end of the stick when it comes to getting the money we need for buying a home, a car, paying our medical needs and sending a child to college. My problem is the last one on that list. While going to the local community college my tuition was paid solely by TAP, but I still applied for student loans to help make ends meet. Was I right, maybe not, but I still will have to pay it back in the end. Well, I don’t know what possessed me to tell the truth when it came to fill-

ing out my last set of financial papers. Since doing so not only did I mess up my college funds it also messed up both my sons’ funds as well. Now I have to go looking for alternative ways to finance mine and that of my sons’ college future. So remember when it comes to telling the truth don’t be so fast with your information.

What’s that other old saying? Ah yes, “Loose Lips Sink Ships”.

PS: I hope this won’t get me deeper in debt.

Phil Smith

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Rose Rock Concern In light of the fact that no Saint Rose student was implicated in the events over St. Patrick's Day weekend, I do not understand why the Saint Rose community, the majority of which was still on, or returning from, spring break should be punished for the actions of a handful of students from SUNY Albany. Being a senior, Rose Rock the past three years has been one of my favorite events of the year, and it has never shown even the potential to turn violent or chaotic. The major appeal of the day has always been that it is a day when friends can get together in the sun, relax, listen to music, and enjoy one of the final times being together for the year.

Moving the event to the gym, in my opinion, should be something that should be reserved for poor weather, which in the past we have been lucky enough to be

spared from. Moving the event to the gym will not only make it feel dreary and closed off, but I can guarantee that the event will be a major failure. One of the best qualities of Rose Rock was that it had the feel of somewhere like SPAC: outdoors in the nice weather. With regards to the noise spillage affecting neighboring houses, the quad is completely surrounded by Saint Rose buildings. Another point that can be raised is that Rose Rock is during the day and early evening on a Saturday, noise ordinances do not come into effect even close to the time that Rose Rock concludes Every student that I have talked to so far regarding this has been extremely upset. Every student, without exception, loves relaxing on the quad all day with good friends and good music. I, and certainly every over student at Saint Rose, urge Saint Rose to reconsider this action. I hate to sound so dramatic, but moving the event to the gym will ruin Rose Rock. Hopefully my concerns do not fall upon deaf ears, but I felt that I needed to make my concerns, and the concerns of many of my classmates known.

Joe Harper

Letters to the Editor The Chronicle accepts Letters to the Editor. If you have an opinion on a specific issue pertaining to Saint Rose or would like to respond to an article in The Chronicle you can send your Letter to Opinion Editor Leigh Ward at wardl717@strose.edu.

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Off The Record

By LEIGH WARD Opinion Editor Though MTV may not play music as frequently as it used to, music today is more accessible and more diverse than ever. The vast array of bands and musicians that have sprawled out of the studio in the last few years can please just about anyone’s taste.

Personally, I’m fairly open to any type of music, well; open to anything with a good beat that doesn’t sound like Rebecca Black’s viral video, “Friday.” My mother, on the other hand, would have a few choice words about my need to listen to music that constantly pushes against what is socially acceptable, or at least acceptable enough to play with the windows down in my car.

I frequently read Pitchfork to get the latest news on what’s going on in the music world.

My favorite articles are the ones featuring up and coming rap-

pers bound together by the name “Odd Future”, also abbreviated as “OFWGKTA.” Front man Tyler, The Creator has been could be deemed “morally repugnant” with lyrics that are far too repulsive to publish. However, if you want to look some up, Google “Sarah”, a hardly normal love song to the girl who turned down his offer to go to prom.

However, I’ve found that his lyrics do have some meaning.

Though he may be fatherless, he doesn’t let that stop him from producing something that kids can relate to, even if his albums yield a parental advisory label.

Aside from the fact that his first album, “Bastard”, is rife with vulgar slang and vivid imagery, I can’t help but be fascinated with his fearlessness to make “real” music. It’s this type of fearlessness that will steer the music industry in the right direction for future years.

The music industry is expanding rapidly, but is it moving up or moving down?

By CHRIS SURPRENANT Arts Editor Music today isn’t what it used to be. With lyrics ranging from explicitly sexual to encouraging drug use, I’m not so sure that the industry is moving in the right direction. Oh yeah, and that screaming incoherent nonsense doesn’t do it for me either. I prefer something with a nice beat and well-thought out lyrics that mean something or at least paint a nice picture.

Let’s take Frank Sinatra. Songs about love and life permeated the airwaves years ago with ditties like “That’s Life.” It’s a classic moping tune if you’re ever just not pleased with what’s going

on around you. With lyrics like, “Each time I find myself, flat on my face, I pick myself up and get back in the race” listeners aren’t patronized, nor are they scolded. It’s a feel-good song that gives you a nice little pep-talk when you need it most.

In today’s world of electronic dance/pop music, I would be really surprised to find an artist (I use that term in a broad sense) that creates a song with diverse, universally accepted lyrics. Lady Gaga, with her over-the top character, creates songs such as “Love Games” includes lyrics such as “…you've indicated your interest, I'm educated in sex yes, and now I want it bad…” I’m sorry

Lady Gaga, but I don’t care to hear about your plentiful sexual excursions.

I suppose the music industry has evolved, but it’s questionable if it’s going in the right direction.

Lyrical content and synthetic sounds have not really improved music, but rather made it something of a farce. However, “someday, when I’m awfully low, I’ll feel a glow just” listening to good old Frank.

Not Enough Room

By JACKSON WANG Staff Writer If you have ever been to the Saint Rose fitness center, you know that it is not a very big place. The fitness center is about a little bit bigger than one of the classrooms in Albertus Hall and it is shared between the students, athletes, faculty and staff.

So when you go workout at the fitness center, it will most likely be a little crammed, especially if you go before or after dinner hours during the weekdays. Most of the machines will usually be taken and you’ll have to wait to use it.

The machines in the fitness center are very good, but there just are enough machines for people to use and there just isn’t enough room in the fitness center especially since there are only four treadmills, five elliptical, three bikes, and only three

bench/squat racks.

It’s difficult to workout when people are squeezing by you and bumping into you when you are in the middle of your lift.

If you want to stretch or do an abdominal workout, it’s typically done outside the fitness center in the hall because there isn’t enough space in the fitness center to do it.

The size of the fitness center isn’t large enough for a division two school that has sixteen men’s and women’s sport teams, and an enrollment of about five thousand students. With the size of our fitness center, one fitness center isn’t enough for our sports teams.

I checked to see how the other fitness centers are at other NE10 schools compare to the Saint Rose fitness center.

I discovered that Bentley University has a two-story fitness center as well as a separate weight room for its varsity teams.

The College of Saint Rose Fitness Center.

Merrimack College, also has a two floor fitness center, while at Southern New Hampshire, there is a 5,500 square-foot fitness center with a ten-foot climbing wall.

Many of the athletes here at Saint Rose trained hard when in

season for their sport at the fitness center and continue to train when out of season at the fitness center.

Many students go to the fitness center as well, multiple times a week to make sure they stay in shape as well.

Leigh Ward Saint Rose should consider at least having a separate weight room for its athletes because the fitness center that we have now is not big enough for the athletes, students, and faculty at Saint Rose.

D14 The Saint Rose Chronicle What Are You Complaining About?

You Do the Same Thing

By SCOTT LAWSON Sports Editor With the NCAA tournament winding down, we typically turn from one major sport to another.

For some, hockey is the way to go as they cheer their teams and hope that they win the Stanley Cup. But for others like me, we turn to America’s pastime: baseball.

The first pitch of the 2011 MLB season has already been thrown and the season is now officially underway. Baseball is back.

Myself, I have been a die-heart Yankee fan for as long as I can remember, and I have seen some pretty good things to look forward to. On paper, the Yankee’s have the best bullpen in the MLB, lead by notable veteran Mariano Rivera and including returning players like Derek Jeter, A-Rod and Robinson Cano. Jeter is on pace to hit the milestone 3000 hits of his career, A-Rod is continually climbing up the all time homerun list, and Robinson Cano is blossoming into one of the best, if not the best player on the team.

On opening day, I saw countless people who were like myself and wore the navy and white on March 31. It was hard not to run into any of my friends who did not do the same.

But you may be starting to wonder, “What is your point?

Where are you going with this?”

Well, after talking baseball with some people, I have heard nothing but negative things about the Yankees. And the major complaint I’ve heard is, “All they do is buy talent, it’s not even fair.”

And where do you think I heard this complaint from? If you guessed a Red Sox fan, you hit the nail on the head.

And I honestly don’t know

where that came from at all. When the Red Sox won the World Series in 2007, they had to spend money to do so. Do the names Daisuke Matsuzaka and Hideki Okajima ring any bells? If they don’t, let me refresh your memory. They were the pitching prospects that came from the Japanese league.

Combined, Matsuzaka and Okajima cost the Red Sox $53.6 million and $51.1 million of that was on Matsuzaka alone.

Makes sense now? Or is one example not good enough for you? Let’s also look at what was done recently over the off season.

The two biggest names tossed up were Cliff Lee and Carl Crawford over the winter. We all know what happened with them, Lee went to the Phillies to be part of what is without a doubt one of the strongest starting pitching rotations of our generation and Crawford settled on the move to Fenway. After that deal, the Red Sox were projected to be one of the best teams in baseball, and definitely a force to be feared in the American League East.

So the Yankees spending a lot of money is a bad thing right?

Other clubs have done it in the past besides the Yankees and look what that has done for them—the Red Sox won two World Series.

Owners and general managers have one goal, and that is to win. They will spend the money that will ultimately allow them to have the best team they possibly can. Who cares how much you have to spend to win? There’s a reason that the big market teams are as good as they are...they have the cash to pay out. Teams like the Pittsburg Pirates simply cannot compete; they don’t have as much in their coffers.

Also in the mix are the Washington Nationals. They have the

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Cold Weather Plagues Opening Day

By SAM MAXWELL Staff Writer ‘Tis the season for hot dogs, cracker jacks, and popcorn. It seems like it was only yesterday that we saw Brian Wilson striking out Nelson Cruz to end the World Series, and now the baseball sea-

son is back to us yet again.

The starting of baseball season doesn’t just mean that we will be seeing “web gems” every night from now until the beginning of November, it also means that spring is finally here! You wouldn’t know that by taking

a look outside, or at ballparks around the MLB. On opening day at Yankee stadium, the temperature was a brisk 42 degrees. The next day on April 1st in Cleveland, the Indians and White Sox began their seasons in 44-degree weather.

Colin Cowherd brought up an interesting proposition on his radio talk show, “The Herd,” which the MLB should seriously consider. When you add up the teams that play in a dome, warm weather climate, or a stadium with a retractable roof, there are 14 teams; that is basically half of the teams in the MLB. And yet, there were opening day games in Washington D.C., Cleveland, New York, Philadelphia, and Cincinnati. The MLB should really do a better job of scheduling the beginning

Masters Tournament Fast Approaching Golf’s elite get set for chase for the green jacket

By THOMAS STAMAS Staff Writer While most people would associate the start of April with the beginning of a new baseball season, it also marks the date of the annual Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia.

The PGA’s best will all meet on April 7 for the 75th Masters Tournament at Augusta National, one of the most challenging courses on the PGA Tour.

The biggest storyline is, as always, Tiger Woods. He has not won the tournament since 2005 and will surely be under close watch by fans and experts alike.

In fact, Woods has not won a major tournament since his return to golf following the downward spiral of his career after the divorce from his wife.

Once seen as a national icon, Tiger’s image is still in question

by many as his personal life has cost him a number of sponsors and diminished his previously perfect image he had built up for himself. A Masters win will most certainly help to put Woods back on the fast-track to reclaim his world #1 ranking, and to reclaim the respect and admiration of his fans.

Other than Tiger Woods, the biggest story would have to be Phil Mickelson as he is looking to win back-to-back Masters titles.

He has won the coveted green jacket three times in his career (2004, 2006, 2010), but last year’s was by far the most emotional and the most meaningful.

It came after his wife was diagnosed with breast cancer and you can still picture the feel-good image of him walking off the 18th green last year and sharing an embrace with his wife after he sealed up the Masters title.

It was the quintessential example of how sports can bring happiness to everyone watching, no matter who you may be rooting for.

Although Mickelson will be looking to repeat his feat from last year, some of the unknowns will be looking to turn themselves into a household name.

The Masters has an uncanny way of turning the average player into one of the most well known in golf. Take the 2007 champion for example, Zach Johnson. Now personally, as an average fan of golf, I had never heard of him before he started to hang around the leaderboard in the Masters.

I saw the name early in the tournament and I figured to myself that he would eventually fall off and give in to the pressure of golf’s elite following closely behind him. But he surprised me, and just about everyone else, as

of the season, being wary of the fact that spring does not usually hit the Northeast until the second, or third week in April.

Now, I realize it is impossible to keep every Northeastern team on the road until it gets warmer, but when you have the Houston Astros playing the Phillies in Philadelphia on opening day, I don’t see why they could not play that first series in Houston, which has a warmer climate. The Cincinnati Reds played the Milwaukee Brewers in Cincinnati, when the Brewers have a retractable roof in Milwaukee. And the Atlanta Braves played the Washington Nationals in Washington, where it was 41 degrees.

If the MLB is a business and it wants to keep the fans happy, then I think it should try and find

some way to keep the colder climate weather teams on the road for a series or two. Again, I know that it is impossible to do this for all teams, but it would be a more enjoyable experience for the fans and players if they were not shivering the whole time. If opening day is a day where the stadium is packed, wouldn’t it be better for the teams, and the MLB, if the fans wanted to stay for the whole game? The longer they stay, the more merchandise they might buy, and the more refreshments they buy.

Even though there are years where it is 70 degrees in the Northeast on opening day, more than likely, it will be below 50 degrees, and that is not pleasant for anyone.

he held off Tiger Woods and won his first green jacket.

Since then, Zach Johnson’s name is one that every fan of golf now knows and remembers, just because of his 2007 Masters victory. Not to say that he is a mediocre golfer who just got lucky once, but the Masters did basically put him “on the map.”

So how will the 2011 Masters Tournament play out? Will Tiger Woods finally put his career back on track? Will Phil Mickelson win his second consecutive green jacket? Or will we see a new champion emerge out of the field? Find out April 7-10 as the Masters unfolds a new chapter in its already prestigious history.

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Golden Knights Come Back to Split with Red-Hot UMASS Lowell

By DAVID ALEXANDER Contributing Writer The College of Saint Rose came back from 1-0 and 4-2 deficits to take the nightcap 6-5 after suffering a tough 3-2 opening setback to visiting Northeast-10 Conference rival UMass Lowell this afternoon on Bellizzi Field at the Plumeri Sports Complex. The River Hawks (20-3/7-1 NE-10), off to the best start in program history, entered the day riding a seven-game win streak.

The Golden Knights (7-11/1-5 NE-10) benefitted from outstanding pitching out of the bullpen by a pair of freshmen, while junior shortstop Jesse Burba brought across the winning run by grounding out on a safety squeeze in the sixth that allowed another freshman in left fielder Brian Maynard to score.

Rookie left-hander Tom Buckley and freshman right-hander Ryan Harper allowed just one hit and fanned seven collectively throughout 4.0 innings of work out the bullpen. Buckley picked up the win to go to 2-0 on the year, while Harper chalked up the second save of his young career.

Seven different Saint Rose players had one hit apiece, including senior first baseman Grant Smith who had an RBI single in the first.

Junior first baseman Mark Sanborn and senior second baseman Connor Burnham both had two hits to lead UMass Lowell.

Burnham also had an RBI triple and then scored on a wild pitch in the fourth that briefly afforded the River Hawks a 4-2 lead. Saint Rose then scored a pair of unearned runs in the bottom half of the frame to make it a 4-4 ball-

game.

In the opener, UMass Lowell junior left-hander Jack Leathersich was dialed in although Burba blasted a triple to the left-center field gap in the sixth that brought across senior second baseman Ryan Burke who walked one batter earlier. Saint Rose then added another on an error to tie the game 2-2. However, freshman right fielder Dylan Flynn Knocked in the winning run with an infield base hit in the eighth.

Leathersich allowed just Burba’s hit and fanned 12 throughout 8.0 innings of work to run his record to 4-1. He furthermore retired 16 of the first 17 batters he faced. Meanwhile, Flynn wound up with a pair of hits while junior center fielder Matt Jacobs had a two-run single in the fifth to put the River Hawks up 2-0.

Senior right-hander Doug Du-

Shortstop Jesse Burba at the plate

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lin suffered a hard-luck loss for the Golden Knights. Dulin scattered seven hits and fanned five throughout 8.0 innings of work to keep Saint Rose within striking distance throughout.

Looking ahead, the Golden

Knights return home tomorrow for a 12:00 pm conference double-dip versus Saint Anselm.

Meanwhile, UMass Lowell will host the Hawks on Tuesday at 3:30 pm.

Saint Rose Drops Decision to Southern New Hampshire

By CHAD COOPER Contributing Writer The College of Saint Rose took on Southern New Hampshire in a Saturday morning Northeast-10 Conference match, falling 9-0 to the league-leading and 36thranked Penmen.

Saint Rose had its best opportunity to score a point in the second doubles match. Sophomore Jennifer Crego and senior Kimberly Schacher battled against sophomore Alena Mukdaprakorn and freshman Kirsten Jean, rallying in several games before dropping an 8-2 set.

The Golden Knights also got a solid effort in the sixth singles flight where senior Valeria Bianchi played freshman Katherine Wait to an 8-2 final.

Saint Rose wraps up its weekend with a match against conference foe Merrimack on Sunday.

Prior to the contest, the Golden Knights will honor four seniors.

The match is set for noon at Kelton Courts in Albany. The senior ceremonies will begin at approximately 11:30 am. Southern New Hampshire is also in action tomorrow. The Penmen travel to Bentley for an 11:00 am NE-10 match in Waltham, MA.