The Chronicle- February 16, 2011

The Saint Rose Chronicle February 16, 2011

Volume LXXIX Issue 17

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

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Governor's Budget Proposal

Eliminates $75 TAP Reduction

By IAN BENJAMIN On Tuesday, February 2, recently elected Governor Andrew Cuomo announced his proposal for the 2011 – 2012 New York State Budget. The budget controls the allocation of funds to all institutions and services within the state such as roads, hospitals, mental health institutions and higher education. In line with Governor Cuomo's claims, the proposed $132.9 billion budget would aim to “erase a $10 billion deficit without raising taxes or incurring new debt.” Although the Governor's efforts to cut the deficit include cuts to higher edu-

cation, the cuts that have been proposed are not as deep as they could have been.

State aid to higher education primarily takes the form of direct financial aid to students through the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) and through direct aid to independent (non-SUNY/ CUNY) colleges and universities, also called Bundy Aid. Saint Rose receives Bundy Aid and many Saint Rose students receive TAP awards—both would be affected by the budget proposal. (For a list and comparison of higher education funding for Saint Rose under the proposed budget see Chart A.) Continued on Page A3

All-Knighterz Improv. Group Looks to Create Unexpected Comedy on Campus

By REGINA IANNIZZOTTO Do you think you have what it takes to do improv? Well, there are a few students who think they do. Myles Clendenin and Julia Wickersheim are two such.

Founders of the All-Knighterz Improv Group, they have created a way students can relax, explore alternate personalities, and have fun all at the same time.

“Julia and I took an improv class during our freshman year and we [...] had so much fun that

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we wanted to bring it to campus,” explains founder Myles Clendenin.

Julia Wickersheim added, “…

There really isn’t a big emphasis on drama here at St. Rose.”

Basing their acts on shows like Whose Line Is It Anyway and Saturday Night Live, the All-Knighterz group of about ten members do improv exercises which have included: hitchhikers taking on different personalities with one Continued on Page A2

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All Knighterz Looking for Laughs Continued from Page A1 member guessing who they are; party quirks, which has a similar description; and movie trailer, which consists of one member describing a movie trailer while two or three others act it out. The last also happens to be a favorite of the troupe.

The All-Knighterz performed on the stage in St. Joseph’s Hall alongside the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Touring Company on February 8, 2011. The group was honored by the professional improv company’s willingness to have a two-hour workshop with them beforehand. “They were very helpful,” said Clendenin, “I learned a lot that will be useful for me to teach others how to do improv.” With only three practices under their belt, the AllKnighterz took the stage before the duo’s sketch and participated in a hitchhiker sketch with them afterwards. The audience was entertained and laughing throughout the whole show.

Going up on stage can be intimidating for most, but for Wickersheim, it was not so bad.

“Sure it can be nerve-wracking at first, but when you get the audience to believe you are portraying something believable…it’s a wonderful feeling.” She likes making people laugh and smile;

who doesn’t?

For the future, the All-Knighterz hope to gain more members, become part of Student Association, and have at least one performance a month. “This is my first time ever running a group, so it’s really difficult, but fulfilling.

I know our group is doing really well and I’m really proud of that,” said Clendenin, “The whole thing about improv is working off each other’s energy.”

For those who are nervous about improv and performing in front of others, don’t be. The AllKnighterz are there to help you through your nervousness and be there for support. Want some advice? “Just take the risk…You don’t always have to be funny… the most important thing is to be yourself,” said Wickersheim.

According to the group, anyone can join, no matter their major or if they think they can or not.

Although there are no set times for meetings right now, the AllKnighterz are getting ready to add some members and will be reaching out to the Saint Rose population really soon. So keep an eye out and don’t be afraid to get involved!

If you are interested email Clendenin for more information at clendeninm357@strose.edu and he will keep you posted on the group’s activities.

The Saint Rose Chronicle Staff Managing Editor Teresa Farrell farrellt691@strose.edu Class of 2011

Executive Editor Rich Aviles avilesr028@strose.edu Class of 2011

Contributing Writers

Assistant Editor Marissa Crary crarym393@strose.edu Class of 2011

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Alumni Spotlight: Louise Principe

By JACKSON WANG Even a genetic disease has not stopped Saint Rose alumna Louise Principe from doing the things she loves, while helping others. Principe was in a wheelchair while she attended medical school and while she was working at the New York State Health department. Principe even opened the Franciscan Missionaries of Jesus Crucified in 1987 in Albany, NY. It was a church opened mainly to serve the disabled people of Albany.

Louise Principe graduated from the College of Saint Rose in June of 1965 and joined the sisters of Saint Josephs of CarondeJackson Wang

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let. She left the order in 1982 to take care of her father who was suffering from Alzheimer’s.

Principe received her master’s degree in organic chemistry at the University of Albany. After receiving her master’s degree, Principe started her teaching career. Principe taught high school chemistry and science for 12 years. Due to her genetic disease, it forced her to stop teaching because of the difficulty of running up and down stairs at her high school and that eventually lead to her being in a wheelchair.

After teaching for 12 years, Louise Principe attended Albany Medical School to get her doctorate in pharmacology. After receiving her doctorate from Al-

Lousise Principe in her home. Principe graduated from Saint Rose in 1965 and went on to joine the sisters of Saint Josephs of Carondelet.

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Louise Principe was born in 1943 in the city of Pittsfield, Massachusetts. She attended Pittsfield High School, and then moved to the city of Albany to attend the College of Saint Rose in the fall of 1961.

While attending the College of Saint Rose, Principe majored in chemistry and minored in physics and education. Principe lived on campus while attending Saint Rose. This is where Principe met her future long time friend Pamela Zilka. Zilka was Principe’s roommate the first year at the College.

45 years later, Principe and her first roommate are still friends.

“Opposites attract,” Pamela Zilka said. “We were very opposites and got along fine.”

Louise Principe enjoyed her time while attending the College of Saint Rose. She had a great times messing with rival Siena College while she was attending the College of Saint Rose. Principe also enjoyed the great education she received from the College of Saint Rose.

“At Saint Rose, the professors are primary interested in teaching, not research,” Louise Principe said. She also added that Saint Rose has a great atmosphere for students.

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Proposal Eliminates TAP, Maintains Other Reductions Continued from Page A1 TAP was first implemented in 1974. Since then TAP has helped eligible students pay the cost of attending an institution of higher education through the awarding of grants. According to the 2011 – 12 Executive Budget Briefing Book the proposed budget “will extend the one year reduction's to TAP enacted in 2010 – 11, which would provide gap-closing values in 2011-2012 of $30.8 million.

Overall funding for TAP would increase by $19.0 million, or 2.3%, from 2010 – 2011 levels on an All Funds basis due to enrollment growth.” More specifically, the Governor's budget proposal would affect TAP by:

but would have major implications for students just beginning college.

These grant schedule changes would include an increase in the number of credits required per semester, an increase in the total credits accrued, and an increase in the minimum GPA. Currently, the credit requirement for TAP eligibility is set at 12 credits; however, under the budget proposal, the requirement would rise to 15 credits. If a student who is taking 15 credits were to lose 3 credits— for whatever reason, be it a class closing or a job/class time conflict—they would also lose their TAP award. Such a significant change as an increase in 3 credits can mean the difference between

• Firstly, and most immediately, eliminating the $75 reduction in all TAP awards.

• Not reinstating TAP for graduate students, this was eliminated in the 2010 – 11 budget. The average graduate TAP award had been $387.

• Maintaining the $4,000 cap on TAP awards for students in two-year degree programs.

• Maintaining the inclusion of private pension and annuity income— which are excluded from NYS income tax—in the calculation of TAP grant awards.

And lastly, as described by Steven Dwire, Assistant VicePresident of Financial Aid, the budget proposal would create “more stringent” academic progress requirements (Satisfactory Academic Progress). This change would not influence the grant amount schedule of any student currently attending Saint Rose Chart B

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a student being able to hold a job and attend college successfully, or not.

Also, under the current budget, a student who has completed two semesters of study must have accrued three credits. Under the proposal, this amount would be increased from three credits to six.

And lastly, whereas current TAP schedules require that eligible students maintain a GPA of 1.1 after their second semester, the new schedule would require that students hold a GPA of 1.5 after two semesters. (For a more comprehensive comparison and breakdown of the proposed changes in GPA and credit requirements see Charts B and C.) As has been done in previous years, the Saint Rose Office of Financial Aid will notify the student body of changes to TAP

“Our main priority is our students and our services to students” and “Our faculty also, for without them we wouldn't have students.”

Gail Gardner, Saint Rose Executive Director of the Budget

awards via email as well as an insert included with TAP award letters. The only change current Saint Rose students would see is an increase of $75 in TAP award amounts, supposing said students were receiving TAP. Saint Rose, in being a private independent college, is eligible for and receives unrestricted financial assistance (Bundy Aid).

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Proposed 2011 - 2012 Budget

• $4,000 cap on students matriculated in two-year programs.

Maintained

• Private pension and annuity included in calculation of TAP eligibility.

Maintained

• Students in default on any State or Federal loan are ineligible for a State grant or loan.

Maintained

• TAP for independent students with spouse and no children cannot be reduced any more than $3,025.

Maintained

• Eliminated TAP for graduate students.

• All TAP awards reduced by $75.

• Minimum academic standards increased each year for continued TAP eligibility.

• Reduction in Bundy Aid.

Not reinstated.

Eliminated Increase in academic standards for TAP eligibility.

Additional reduction in Bundy Aid. Chart created by Emily Robertson

In the proposed budget, Bundy Aid was reduced by 10%. According to Gail Gardner, Executive Director of the Budget, Saint Rose receives $3.1 million in Bundy Aid. If this amount were to be reduced by 10% Saint Rose would lose $310,000. It is impossible to predict exactly what de-

partments or services this reduction might effect. However, when aid is reduced the Saint Rose administration tries to limit the visibility of reductions by pushing back future initiatives, such as new building, and not approving new financial proposals from departments. Though there may be some concern regarding the ramifications of a 10% cut Gardner says that “Our main priority is our students and our services to students” and “Our faculty also, for without them we wouldn't have students.”

For more information visit the website of the NYS Division of the Budget at www.budget.state. ny.us or the NYS Higher Education Services Corporation at www.hesc.com (see the Financial Aid Services Bulletin 2011)

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A 3-dimensional rendering of the new School of Business. Construction will begin in late 2011.

The School of Business Will Get New Home

By JACKSON WANG At The College of Saint Rose, most students wouldn’t be able to tell you where the current School of Business is. This is because there really isn’t a School of Business here at Saint Rose. Most of the classes for the business programs are spread all around the campus of Saint Rose and the dean’s office for the School of Business is located at 454 Western Ave. “There is no identity for the School of Business now,” Severin Carlson said, the Dean of business.

The College of Saint Rose plans to start construction on the new School of Business near the end of 2011. The cost of this project is approximately $3.5 million dollars. The School of Business will be put in at 994 Madison Ave. This will be a remodel and add on of the current historic building at that current site.

The new School of Business will be a two-story building that has an expansion with a teaching wing. The teaching wing will have graduate style classrooms with high technology items. The new School of Business will also have three seminar rooms, two 15-person rooms and one 24-person room.

The Dean’s office, MBA coordinator and the Master’s Accounting will also be in the new School of Business.

“It’s a place for business students to call home,” referring to the new School of Business, Carlson said. The new School of Business will have a lounge for student to relax and surf the web.

The building will also have classrooms and presentation areas for business students to practice.

The internship and field of study center will be in the new School of Business. Internships are an important part of the busi-

ness department. Every business student at the College of Saint Rose will have at least one internship before they graduate. The new School of Business will also give students more interaction with the business community. It also gives students the ability to interact with people off campus as well. “It’s a more centralized place for visitors to find,” Carlson said.

“The new School of Business is great for the College of Saint Rose,” said Jason Mink, sophomore at Saint Rose and a business administration major. “It will draw more attention to the business program,” Mink added.

Mink believes the business program will become more popular as a major. “It would have more tools to enhance my college career,” said Mink.

“It (new School of Business) will grow by itself,” Marcus Buckley said, the Vice President

February 16, 2011 for Finance and Administration.

Buckley hopes the new School of Business will make an impact on good enrollment. Buckley also hope the new School of Business will make a big difference for the College of Saint Rose, just like the new Center for Communications and Interactive Media. The new Center for Communications and Interactive Media made life a lot easier for students and faulty compare to having the communication classes in the basement of Albertus Hall.

Sacco and McKinney, the architects who designed the new Center for Communications and Interactive Media, will be the architects for the new School of Business. The new School of Business will have a very similar design to the building at 1006 Madison Ave. Both faulty and students were also involved in the designed for the new School of Business. Many people had a voice in this project to make sure it was right for everyone. Marcus Buckley hopes to make the new School of Business useful for everyone.

“We try to keep our projects affordable,” Buckley said. The new School of Business is still in the beginning phrase.

The design for the new School of Business is complete. The current process of the new School of Business is raising funds to have the construction start. The finance

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In 1949, The Rosaverian wrote a story about The College of Saint Rose building a new library on campus. The new library was a three-story building facing Western Ave. The price of the new library was estimated to be $400,000. The new library will be a three-story building that consists a book capacity of 80,000 volumes.

This new library is equipped to provide additional facilities for students to study and research in advancement inaugurated programs by the college, which is opened to men and women of graduate study. The new library also contained a reading room, seminar, film and record rooms.

The construction for new library started in the spring of 1950. The construction for the new library finished in September of 1950. The completion of the new library was just in time for the opening of the 30th anniversary year of the college.

The construction for the new School of Business will take approximately ten months. The completion for the new School of Business will be in the fall of 2012. The new School of Business will have a nice setting for people to find and get around.

Buckley hopes the new School of Business will “raise everybody’s mood for the college.”

Bobbie Ludwig 994 Madison Avenue is currently Saint Roses’ Administration building. It will become a part of the new School of Business that is planned to be built by early 2012.

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By BOBBIE LUDWIG Homeowners and neighbors of neglected homes in the Pine Hills and surrounding communities are constantly calling The College of Saint Rose. They either wantSaint Rose to purchase a nearby home that is not taken care of,or they call to sell their homes, hoping to make moneyfrom the college before putting it on the shaky market.

The college fields between two and three phone calls a week with requests such as these, said Mike D’Attilio, executive director of government and community affairs at Saint Rose. “When the college purchases a home, it improves the value of homes in the area.” Off-campus Saint Rose homes are easily spotted because of their cleanliness and landscaping.Some neighbors look to Saint Rose to buy a neighborhood eyesore and clean it up.

Though it’s always eager to help the community, the college can’t buy every property being offered.

“The college tries to stick inside its parameters,” said D’Attilio, who has worked at Saint Rose for 37 years.

This area goes from Western avenue to Morris street (north to south) and Main to Partridge street (east to west). D’Attilio notes that besides the location, homes also need to be well taken care of to be considered by the college.

The college not only purchases homes and buildings to accommodate for its growing population, but moves residents and offices around to fit its current layout. John Bryant, assistant vice president for facilities, said in an e-mail interview that space is always at a premium on campus and its use is selected in a way that best supports the mission of the college. The idea, according to D’Attilio, is toeventually have

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Many of Saint Roses’ on campus dorms, such as Morris Hall, were once residential homes. student housing on the west side of the campus, and faculty offices on the east. “It’s a slow progression,” D’Attilio said.

Many buildings on Western avenue, including Griffin Hall, changed occupancy in 2004 when student beds were moved to Brubacher Hall and offices moved into the homes. According to “New house nix for spring,”an article in the November 1979 issue of Inscape, (thenthe Saint Rose newspaper) students were scheduled to move into Griffin Hall for the fall 1980 semester.24 years later, Griffin Hall was transformed into Saint Rose’s school of business.

Changes and improvements on campus are nothing new and will continue as the college grows.

Most recently, the college purchased 994 Madison Ave., and has designated it as the future school of business, pending reno-

vations. Also in the works arebuilding a new dorm on Madison avenue and subsequent parking lot. Joseph Pryba, assistant director in the office of residence life, said that Saint Rose tries to increase the amount of resident housing space at a rate that is equal to enrollment growth. The new projects are a testament to the growth the college expects in the future.

Residents of the Pine Hills community have mixed feelings about the college expanding.

D’Attilio said that some residents want on-campus housing only, and some wish the college were elsewhere. Some people are in favor of the new dorm and some are not. “But that’s life,” he said.

“Everyone has their opinions.”

Overall, D’Attilio thinks the Pine Hills will benefit. “The college is bringing revenue to the area and helping stabilize the community.”

The Chronicle is always accepting Letters to the Editor. If you have an issue you would like to voice an opinion about don’t hesitate to email a Letter to the Editor to chronicle@strose.edu

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Calendar of Events Wednesday, February 16 4:30 p.m. St. Rose Chronicle Meeting. CCIM 119 5:00 p.m. Student Events Board Meeting. St. Joseph’s Auditorium 5:30 p.m. Women’s Basketball Game vs. New Haven, Gym 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. SADD Club Meeting, Standish Room 7:30 p.m. Men’s Basketball Game vs. New Haven, Gym 7:30 p.m. MEISA Open Mic Night, Jack’s Place in the CCIM 5:00 – 5:30 p.m. Mid-Week Catholic Mass. Hubbard Sanctuary 8:00 – 10:00 p.m. Karate Club Meeting, Standish Rooms Thursday, February 17 4:00 p.m. Environmental Club Meeting, 950 Madison 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. African American Read-In, Touhey Forum in Lally 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. Student Association Meeting, Standish Rooms 7:30 p.m. African Drum Workshop, St. Joseph’s Auditorium 7:45 – 9:00 p.m. Identity Weekly Meeting, Standish Rooms 8:30 p.m. Philosophy Club, Main Lounge Friday, February 18 6:00 – 10:00 p.m. BLACK EXPO Annual Fashion Show, St. Joseph’s Auditorium 7:30 p.m. Premiere Performances III: The Saint Rose Camerata

Presents “Strings with Winds and Voice”. PRH in Massry Saturday, February 19 7:30 p.m. Solo Piano Performance: Young Kim and the Saint Rose

Student Pianists 3 play Franz Liszt. Free and open to the public. PRH in Massry Sunday, February 20 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Zumba Class. Standish Rooms Monday, February 21 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. Yoga for Students. Hubbard Sanctuary 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Outside the [Box] Meeting. Standish Rooms 8:00 – 9:15 p.m. Opp! I forgot the Lyrics...2! Sponsored by SEB. St.

Joseph’s Auditorium Tuesday, February 22 1:00 p.m. Saint Rose Semi-Formal tickets go on sale. $20. The semi-

formal will be held on April 1st at The Century House and

the theme will be Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. For

more info. and to buy tickets go to the SEB Office in the

EAC across from Main Lounge 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Adventure Club Meeting. Standish Rooms 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. Spell Outside the [Box]. Standish Rooms 8:00 p.m. Panel Discussion: Radio with Chris Wink of 97.7 WEXT

and Laura of the band Hello Pretty City. Sponsored by MEISA. CCIM 119, The Viewing Room 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. Yoga for Students, Hubbard Sanctuary 8:00 – 11:00 p.m. Open Mic Night. Hudson River Coffee House Wednesday, February 23 4:30 p.m. St. Rose Chronicle Meeting, CCIM 119 5:00 – 5:30 p.m. Mid-Week Catholic Mass, Hubbard Sanctuary 6:30 p.m. Rebecca Walkowitz talk entitled “Born-Translated and

Born-Digital: Comparative Writing in an Age of Electronic

Literature”. Carondelet Symposium, Carondelet Sympoisum

in the Lally Education Bldg.

7:30 p.m. Music Performance: “Life Is What You Make It: A Concert

and Conversation with Peter Buffett” feat. Peter Buffett on

piano and Michael Kott on cello. $5 student seating/$25

reserve seating. PRH in Massry 7:30 p.m. Open Mic. Night, Jack’s Place in the CCIM 8:00 – 10:00 p.m. Karate Club Meeting, Standish Room If you have an upcoming event you’d like to see in our weekly Calendar fo Events, please e-mail benjamini528@ strose.edu.

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Saint Rose Remains Influencial in Alumna’s Life

President’s Day Word Search

From Page A2 What really got Louise Principe to come to the College of Saint Rose was the open house she attended. The school itself made her really want to come to the college. She also stated that the College of Saint Rose offers a great broad base of education and that’s why students who graduate from Saint Rose are very well prepared.

Principe believes it’s very important to be broadly educated.

“That’s why I value education so much,” Principe said. She also added that in order for a student to be successful, they have to be able to think critically.

Since Principe work at the lab of the New York State Health department, she had the opportunity to do some research about her genetic disease. This was a ge-

netic disease that her mother and two cousins also had. This was a strange disease that Principe was born with and that forced her to be in a wheelchair. In 1993, Principe had surgery on her neck, which left her partially paralyzed from the neck down. The surgery forced Principe to retire from the New York State Health Department in 1994.

“Her disability has became worse,” Peggy Hovish said, a friend of Principe for 45 years.

Hovish also added Principle’s disease had changed her ability to do things. Hovish described Principe as a “hardworking and dedicated person.”

Louise Principe still has a lot of loyalty to the college. Principe said that Saint Rose helped her develop a strong faith back-

ground and a strong academic background.

“College education is self-education under direction,” Louise Principe said. Students educated themselves and the college directs them to success. Louise Principe still has a lot of love for the College of Saint Rose.

Pamela Zilka describes Principe as a very nice person to meet and a caring person. Zilka explains a story where Principe traveled from Albany to Scotia by bus to see Zilka’s dying husband in the winter of 2007 all in a wheelchair.

Zilka also added that everyone likes Louise Principe, and Principe always wanted to get to know other people. “My parents thought the world of her,” Zilka stated.

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Giving the “Every Man” Hope

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characters as they make jokes with each other and the patient and seem extremely familiar and comfortable with one another.

As the movie progresses, Danny is attending a party where he meets the new girl of his dreams, 6th grade teacher Palmer. He doesn’t wear his wedding ring because he unexpectedly runs into her and begins conversing with her. They end up spending the night on the beach together and discuss having a proper date the next day. Palmer reaches for Danny’s jeans to get a business card with his number on it, when she finds the ring much to her dismay. She storms away and tells him to never talk to her again.

In an effort to win over Palmer, Danny finds where she works and goes there. He explains to her that the wedding ring means nothing to him now because he has been in the midst of a divorce from his wife, who he names Devlin. After hearing this, Palmer requests to meet “Devlin” so she can gain her good graces. Immediately, Danny calls Katherine and begs her to be his fake wife so he can remain in the relationship with Palmer. She agrees to do it and they all meet for lunch.

The web of lies continues after lunch when Katherine answers a phone call from her children and they end up having to tell Palmer they have 2 children together, which prompts another meeting so Palmer can introduce herself to the children. Danny has to bribe the children to act as his, promising them money and toys in exchange for their cooperation. The day ends up going well, until the son blackmails Danny and gets him to agree to do his ultimate wish, go to Hawaii to swim with dolphins.

The mere fact that this lie

turned into an entire fake trip to Hawaii is where the story line takes an extremely odd, and unique twist. The fake family goes on vacation, and we learn that Danny, although he lies to girls about being married, is a very kind person with a big heart.

We see this through scenes of him with the children and how he actually takes care of them and has fun with them. We also find out that Katherine is actually in love with Danny, and vice versa.

Overall, the film was interesting. It was an extremely authentic

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story line, and the acting in it was very good. Aniston and Sandler have a very good on screen chemistry which made the film and the story line that much more believable than it should be. The two children are very good additives as well. They are very innocent, while at the same time very smart and manipulative of the adults who they know are lying. It is certainly not an Adam Sandler classic, but I think we can put this film on a list of the most authentic in the past decade.

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Adam Sandler’s new production was one that left me shaking my head. It was a typical Sandler film in the sense that it was filled with the typical immature humor that brings you back to the Billy Madison days. The film included several members from his movie posse for a short time, including Kevin Nealon who was a wealthy, over-botoxed man who couldn’t make any facial expressions. The story line, though, is something that I personally have never seen in a Sandler film, or any other film for that matter. Not to mention the fact that the entire movie is flooded with bikini models.

We begin on Long Island in 1988. Adam Sandler’s character, Danny, is about to get married to the woman of his dreams.

The woman is in the dressing room with her brides maids, one of whom is Danny’s sister. They are discussing the prospects of marriage, and the sister leaves the room to do something for her soon-to-be sister in-law. Before I continue, keep in mind that Danny and his entire family have noses that look like cucumbers.

Once she has disappeared, the bride explains how she can’t stand the sister and the typical behind-the-back talk that goes on. She also goes into discussion about a man she had slept with just the night before and hints that she has been cheating by saying “this is the last time I swear.”

While all of this talk is going on, Danny is standing outside of the room and hears everything.

Needless to say, the wedding doesn’t happen. The scene changes to a downtrodden Danny still in his tuxedo drinking away his sorrows at a local watering hole. He is holding on to his wed-

ding ring and clearly in disbelief about his experience. Suddenly the focus changes, and we see a beautiful woman walking into the bar being heckled by every guy she walks passed. When she sits at the bar, Danny kindly tells her that her purse has fallen to the floor and she responds angrily asking if she could order a drink without being hit on. The downtrodden, friendly Danny simply picks up the bag and apologizes.

It is at this moment that the story starts to take hold.

The woman notices the wedding ring on his finger and inquires about it. Danny, in an effort to make himself not look like a loser, makes up a lie about how he is married to an abusive woman who cheats on him. This interests the woman who grabs his hand and leads him out of the bar to her apartment. I’ll leave the rest to imagination.

From this moment on, Danny has his game plan set. He gets plastic surgery on his nose, which influences him to become a plastic surgeon. We jump ahead 10 years and we are put into a mini montage of different girls Danny told his wedding lie to in an effort to get to know them better, for lack of a better phrase.

We are also introduced to Jennifer Aniston’s character, Katherine, a single mother of two.

Katherine is Danny’s office assistant who helps organize patient information and also helps him when he is dealing with different patients. In one of the funnier moments in the movie, the two are dealing with a patient who got a faulty eyebrow lift which caused one eyebrow to be too high up on her head to the point where she continuously looks confused. The audience gets a real feel for the dynamic between the two main

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By CHRIS SURPRENANT

Let’s face it—by the middle of the week, many of us are burnt out. After work or after class, sometimes we just need to relax.

Lucky for us, the folks at television network ABC are willing to

plays the harried mom Frankie, was initially flattered and flabbergasted that her son Axl (Charlie McDermott) wanted her to help him pick out a gift for his new girlfriend. What Frankie initially saw as typical mother-son bonding was soon lovingly char-

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not outdoing each other, and also explored the idea of working with family members. Joel (Kurt Fuller) advised his sons-in-law to get only a card and a rose for their girlfriends, just as he did. Needless to say they ignored him, and shenanigans ensued. Meanwhile,

Copyright ABC Studios help with their fantastic Wednesday night comedy lineup.

Starting us off right, The Middle greets us at 8:00 p.m. with the antics of the day-today activities of the Heck Family. Many critics have said that The Middle, which stars Patricia Heaton of Everybody Loves Raymond fame, is underrated and deserves to find a wider audience. I could not agree more.

As a person in a long-standing love-affair with television, The Middle should be a breath of fresh air for families across the country. The Hecks truly are the typical American family. They’re not perfect, their children aren’t perfect, and their house isn’t perfect. Sound familiar? It should.

They’re probably your family.

This past week, in an episode entitled Valentine’s Day II, the Hecks were faced with problems your family might very well have dealt with before. Heaton, who

acterized

by Frankie’s husband Mike (Neil Flynn of Scrubs) as “dating.” However the real humor came when Frankie found out that Axl’s new lady-friend was pierced, tattooed, and rode a motorcycle. That should have gone over well... right?

After meeting the Hecks, viewers are introduced to the multigenerational comedy Better With You at 8:30 p.m. Here we are met by the Putneys, their two daughters, and their daughters’ two beaus. Each couple is a representation of how different relationships can be from generation to generation. Be it a seasoned married couple, two people living together for an extended period, or two people madly in love, Better With You hits all the right notes.

Better With You, in keeping with the Valentine’s Day theme, explored the issues of men buying for women, while

Vicky (Debra Jo Rupp of That 70’s Show) and Maddie (Jennifer Finnigan) went to work for Mia (JoAnna Garcia Swisher of Reba). Vicky, being mother allknowing, tries to run the place like it’s 1985—shoulder pads, office inebriation, and the like. The show took a little time to grow on me, but I find that it is far-superior to NBC’s similar, but rushed Perfect Couples.

At 9:00 p.m., the critically acclaimed sit-com Modern Family graces our screens.

Modern Family focuses around the changing family dynamic of contemporary America.

Each episode revolves around the Dunphys (the “typical” family),

the Pritchetts (the step-family), and the Pritchett-Tucker family (the same-sex couple). The storyline for each family is closely intertwined and often results in a huge dose of irony.

For their February 9 episode, the families dealt with the competition Valentine’s Day can produce among couples. Phil and Claire’s personas of Clive and Juliana reappear in hopes of inspiring some passion on the holiday; Jay and Gloria each try to surprise each other with very thoughtful gifts; Mitchell and Cam each compete for the interests of Mitchell’s office intern.

Each setup was very comedic and well-played, yet still managed to keep a sense of sentimentality and integrity, as does every episode. It’s definitely your go-to feel-good show.

As the warm and fuzzy feelings of Modern Family begin to wear off around 9:30 p.m., the viewer is usually treated to the antics of Courtney Cox and company on an episode of Cougar Town. However, the quirky show, which has garnered mixed reviews, is an acquired taste, and is on midseason leave. In its place is the new Matthew Perry comedy Mr. Sunshine.

Mr. Sunshine revolves around Ben (Matthew Perry of Friends), the sardonic manager

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of a sports arena, and his wellintentioned though colorful coworkers. Judging from the first episode, the show definitely has potential; while Perry’s timing is perfect, his jokes aren’t. Allison Janney plays Crystal, Ben’s boss, and is probably the funniest character in the cast. Crystal is politically incorrect, and doesn’t care.

Normally a viewer would hate someone like her, but she is so seemingly sincerely well-meaning one cannot help but sympathize with her character. Crystal’s neglected son Roman (Nate Torrence) is underused. Though there is evidence of a wealth of talent, Torrence’s character never evolves beyond an innocent sap.

Overall, Mr. Sunshine has room to shine, but for now the forecast is cloudy.

If ever you need a little pick-me-up on a Wednesday night, look no further than ABC. There truly is something for everyone’s taste, so don’t be afraid to stick around and watch some of the best programming on television today. The writing is smart, the characters are smarter, and the concept is full of heart. ABC fights the “Hump Day” blues in every way, and lets you know that in this great big world, and there’s always a family waiting for you, even if they’re on the other side of a screen.

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Routine for Us, Revolutionary for Them

BY LEIGH WARD No matter how much you say you use it or what you use it for, Facebook will somehow lead you to your best friends’ third cousin who dated that kid from your sophomore year English class.

I’m not sure, but after seeing “The Social Network”, I think that’s what Zuckerberg intended for Facebook to do.

I can’t say much though, I deleted mine. It was a rocky breakup but it’s for the better. Luckily, I didn’t need it to see that there is a more positive use for the addictive social networking site.

If you haven’t been following any of the developments in Egypt, a large part of the protesting was due to young adults utilizing technology and social networking.

Recently, protesting in the Yemeni capital of Sana’a was organized through text messaging, which resulted in over 1,000 young Yemenis squaring off against security, said in a report published by The New York Times. This demonstration was sought to mimic the protests in Egypt.

Before these revolts took place, it was hard for me to grasp the power that sites like Facebook have over young people. The only power it ever wielded over me was the power to make me procrastinate. The most useful thing I’ve seen it [Facebook] used for was to “creep” on classmates or to respond to one of those “I lost my contacts!” groups.

However, this is different.

Facebook and the greater Egyptian population wins this round.

I’ve written a few other pieces on social networking, so naturally this caught my eye. After researching the protests and any new developments that may have occurred, an article published by Newsweek caught my eye.

Using a combined effort of online and street protesting, the tactic has been dubbed, “the nation’s oldest social network.”

According the report, one of the protests main Facebook pages has acquired more than 43,000 people attending the “event.” To put that on a local perspective, that number of people would fill up the Times Union Center...

Twice, with some left over.

That fact alone did me in. It’s pretty exceptional to see young adults not much older than ourselves change their country through the click of a mouse.

Maybe we’ll never understand the power that the Internet and technology have over anyone who isn’t us. This is a luxury most of us have grown up with and have had for as long as we can remember, and I think that’s our downfall. Culturally, we’re on two different spectrums.

When is the last time you or someone you know utilized Facebook to change the world?

For the Egyptians, it was a totally different ball game. They relied on the Internet to communicate with relatives who may be overseas, but most importantly, the fact that they made use of social networking for positive change, and change that was ef-

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fective nonetheless, astounds me.

In a report by the New York Daily News, Wael Ghonim, the Google marketing manager who more or less spearheaded the protests, tweeted “They lied at us, told us Egypt died 30 years ago,

but millions of Egyptians decided to search and they found their country in 18 days.”

I haven’t done much research on it, but I’m almost positive no group of people has taken down their country’s president in that

amount of time.

There is a definite message that everyone can learn from these protests and demonstrations: you don’t get a revolution without becoming a worldwide trending topic on Twitter.

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The Freshman Perspective War of the Roommates

BY CHRIS SURPRENANT College loves to inform us that the world is not all about us, nor will it ever be. For many freshmen, the world of student housing opens our eyes to the world.

For this guy, sharing a room and everything in it, for the first time, was quite a wake-up call. Forget sharing a fridge with someone you know. What about a complete stranger? Does one declare war on one’s roommate in order to protect their own property?

Well, no.

For some, sharing a room can be quite an ordeal if you don’t get along with you roommate.

For the person who brought the refrigerator, the television, or the microwave, they can be very protective of their appliances, in a non-weird way of course. With this overprotection may come the assumption that because they own the refrigerator, they are allowed to dictate what goes in and out of it. This is not the case.

In a rooming situation, you need to share whatever you’ve got, as long as it’s nothing contagious. A lot of give and take occurs. I must say, I love dairy products. This doesn’t mean I am free to fill the fridge with string cheese and yogurt. My roommate needs room for his Red Bull.

Then we have the microwave, that wonderful little invention that lets us heat up leftovers, soup, Easy Mac, and countless other things. Though not necessarily a huge deal to share, it definitely makes things interesting when I try to heat up my lunch. For my rooming situation, my roommate brought the microwave, and therefore it is on his deskon his side of the room. Now, his desk is slightly more cluttered than mine, which one day caused me to spill soup all over while trying to slide it out of the microwave. It’s a good thing he has a good sense of humor, because his desk smelled

like minestrone for days.

Probably the big ticket item everyone is worried about when sharing a room is the television set. I don’t know about any of you, but I really enjoy TV. I enjoy it to the point where I monopolize it for two hours on Wednesdays and Thursdays. But that’s a different story. Though I brought the TV, I can’t help but feel guilty for watching it so much, even though my roommate is more of a casual viewer. I have no problem sharing, but since there’s no urgency to share, I end up coveting it.

Heck I watch it so much I could probably have my own reality show on TLC. Aside from the things we each brought to make our room more like home, we obviously also have to share the room itself. For my roommate and me, we never had to share a room at home, so we were used to doing our own thing. However, when college came around, we had to learn the habits and quirks of a complete stranger. Though we get along very well, one can’t help but notice the clear division right down the center of the room. My side, I’ve been told, looks way too clean (you can never be too clean) for a college student, whereas my roommate’s side is considered average.

After sharing a room for five or so months with someone, am I ready to wage war on my roommate? No. That would be totally unreasonable. My roommate and I have learned to share what we have, and respect each other’s space. It may sound like a page out of a self-help book, but it’s true. Learning to share isn’t just something you learn in kindergarten, but rather something you learn your whole life. Once you get to college, it’s either learn to share or pull out your hair. I’m happy to report that neither I nor my roommate is balding.

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Dig ‘em Out, Their Time is More Important than Yours

BY SCOTT LAWSON Snow has been falling here in the Capital Region quite a bit in the past month or so.

When it comes to being a home owner, you have a couple things to worry about: digging your car out so that you can go to work, making sure that your walkway is clean, shoveling out your driveway and worrying about your roof collapsing from snow weight. But, do you ever worry about digging out your nearby fire hydrant?

You read this and you may ask “Why should I bother?”

Well, I am a volunteer firefighter in the Town of Colonie and, as a member of the Midway Fire Department, there is nothing more annoying—and that is an understatement— then coming up to a fire and seeing that the hydrant wasn’t dug out.

Walking around campus and Pine Hills and seeing that the hydrants are still buried gets me a little fired up, because that means that one of the firefighters on the truck has to do it—that is never fun, to say the

Firefighters dig where they believe a fire hydrant is. least. We wear about 80 pounds of equipment—that’s right, 80 pounds—and having to do something that should already have been done is not only tiresome and stressful, but also dangerous.

The failure to dig out fire hydrants is a major safety issue. If there was ever a fire, there are things one should know before one doesn’t dig out their fire hydrant.

On average, a truck with a water tank of about 750 gallons gives

A hydrant that is surrounded by snow, making it difficult and unworkable

a firefighter about five minutes of flowing water–and yes, I did say five minutes. So the person who hooks up the hydrant is kind of an important guy. It will take that person on average a minute and a half to three minutes to do everything they need to do.

However, if a firefighter has to dig out a hydrant that adds about another five minutes to the time it takes them to hook up a hose to the hydrant. That is five minutes that the fire that needs to be fought is allowed to grow. Time is something that firefighters do not really have a lot of. Fires double in size every 30 seconds, so do the math, any fire that is allowed to grow for five minutes is going to be 1024 times bigger than it was when it first started five minutes beforehand.

You may think that the five extra minutes it takes to dig out a fire hydrant is torture, but those five minutes may mean the difference between preserving someone’s life and property, or not.

If you live near a hydrant your neighbors, community and local firefighters would greatly appreciate it if you could dig’em out.

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NFL Lockout Looming

By THOMAS STAMAS

day with the cancellation of the second day of a planned two-day bargaining session.

For those that don’t know what exactly the CBA entails, it’s basically a set of agreements between the two sides (the NFL and the Players Union) regarding things such as health benefits, retired players benefits, second career savings (401K), and salaries.

The basic understanding needed is that it is what keeps the players happy because hey, this is their job; and like every job, there are agreements between the company and the workers.

The basic cry from the fans is to just get it done because the mentality is that these players make enough to live comfortably for the rest of their lives. Not to mention, without a season being played, the NFL would lose a massive amount of money as stated earlier.

I personally will be shocked if an agreement is not met because even if they don’t reach an agreement by the deadline of March 4th, they will most likely extend it. Do you really believe that an

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Football is Over, Time to Watch Some Baseball

By RICH AVILES

2011 NFL season could possibly be in jeopardy Sunday afternoons might just get a little boring for football fans across the country this September. A possible lockout of the 2011 NFL season could be on the horizon.

The current Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the NFL and the NFL Players Union is set to expire this year, and needs to be renewed by the March 4th expiration date in order to continue football.

If this agreement cannot be reached, the NFL will essentially cancel their next season in 2011.

This means no football, no playoffs, and no Super Bowl for fans everywhere.

If there is no NFL season, the league will lose a considerable amount of money. According to a recent analysis on ESPN, the dollar amount would get into the billions as the NFL would lose approximately $600 million per week when the NFL would normally have games scheduled to be played.

The negotiations that are taking place to prevent this lockout took a negative turn last Thurs-

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organization as huge as the NFL would really let a lockout happen?

We’re talking about the most popular sport in America. The amount of money the NFL would lose is too much for them not to settle on an agreement. Not to mention the players need their jobs. Without a season to be played, how will they make a living?

Sure, some sacrifices may need to be made but do you really think the players and the NFL will prevent another season? I doubt it.

Yes, Sundays without football sound absolutely horrendous, but I wouldn’t worry. Let the billionaires and the millionaires argue until they reach an agreement.

They won’t be able to lose their precious money for a year because of some disagreements.

Once the dust has settled, the NFL and the Players Union will both finish the dispute and we will be able to look forward to what we wait the whole summer for; another NFL season.

Following the NFL’s Super Bowl XLV on February 6, I sat in my apartment thinking back on the past season and the good times it brought. Super Bowl XLV was the culmination of the great season and brought to reality there will be no more football until next September, and that might not even happen due to the pending labor dispute. Now don’t get me wrong, basketball and hockey are great sports and I enjoy following them as well, but there is a certain void in a sports fans life when football isn’t around.

As I sat and though in somber silence about the ending of the all American game, I saw a light at the end of the dreary tunnel.

“Wait a minute,” I began to say out loud, “pitchers and catchers report next week!” Well take a look at that. Maybe the end of the Super Bowl isn’t such a bad thing after all.

Here I sit now, anticipating one of the best baseball seasons to happen in some time. It all starts with the Philadelphia Phillies.

They made the best off season trade of any team in the league by far when they re-acquired left handed ace Cliff Lee from the Texas Rangers and are the pre season favorites to win this year’s World Series. The Boston Red Sox came in a close second by signing speedy left fielder Carl Crawford from the Tampa Bay Rays and left handed slugger Adrian Gonzales from San Diego.

The New York Yankees, on the

other hand, didn’t do anything too major. They picked up set up man Rafael Soriano from Tampa and catcher Russel Martin from Los Angeles. This year, the Yankees are in question. Their pitching staff minus C.C. Sabathia is questionable, and all-star short stop Derek Jeter is getting older. They are expecting great years out of Alex Rodriguez and Robinson Cano, who had the best season of his career in 2010.

My team to watch heading into Spring Training is the Colorado Rockies. They had a relatively quiet off-season and have their entire starting lineup returning for them. Led by short stop Troy Tulowitzki, the Rockies are taking aim at the playoffs once again and are hungrier for a NL West title than ever. Although I think they are going to have a good season and make some major improvements, I’m not too sure if they can come out of the National League and play in the World Series just yet. They are going to have to add another solid ace to their pitching staff and give take some of the pressure off of Ubaldo Jiminez.

All in all, I think we are going to witness an extremely exciting MLB season this year. The young talent in the league is beginning to flourish, and the talent is spread very equally. Pitchers and catchers reporting on Monday was just the beginning of a 182 game roller coaster ride folks.

March 31 can’t come any quicker.

Do you have any opinions about sports and want everyone to know it? Do you like to write? If so, write a Sports Column for the Saint Rose Chronicle!

Send your columns to Scott Lawson (LawsonS408@strose.edu) for publication.

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Golden Knights Hold Off Pace In Key NE-10 Matchup

By DAVID ALEXANDER Senior forward Amy Voelkel came up with a steal with 37 seconds remaining and The College of Saint Rose forced visiting Pace University into a turnover on its ensuing possession to chalk up a key 54-51 Northeast-10 Conference victory this afternoon. The two teams came into the game tied for fourth place in 16-team league with identical 12-6 records and have now split the season series after the Setters upended the Golden Knights 64-58 in Pleasantville back on November 28.

Saint Rose (17-6/13-6 NE-10) rallied from a 31-27 halftime deficit by shooting 46.2 percent (12-for-26) and forcing Pace (187/12-7 NE-10) into just 25.9 percent (7-for-27) shooting during the final 20 minutes.

Junior forward Ali Johnson posted her third “double-double”

of the year to lead the Golden Knights who have now reeled off eight straight in Albany after falling 69-65 to Assumption in their home opener. Johnson wound up with 12 points, on 5-for-7 shooting, and 11 rebounds to go with four blocks.

Junior guards Ola Shajuyigbe and Ashley Rath tossed in 19 and 14 points respectively, while Voelkel wound up with six assists and eight boards to go with three points.

Saint Rose trailed throughout the initial 27 minutes and was down by as many as 12, 25-13, with 6:46 remaining in the first half, before closing the stanza with a 14-6 jaunt that made it a four point ballgame at the break.

Six minutes into the second period, Shajuyigbe knocked down a trey from the right wing and then

finished inside to get Saint Rose to within one, 39-38. Pace subsequently came up empty and Johnson finished off a feed from Voelkel to put the Golden Knights ahead to stay, 40-39, with 12:42 showing on the clock.

The lead then hovered between three and five points during the next four minutes until Rath scored inside to afford the Golden Knights a seven point, 52-45, advantage with 6:46 left.

However, Pace tallied six unanswered points throughout the next five minutes to get back to within one, 52-51, after sophomore guard Allison Cleary knocked down a 3-pointer with 1:56 to go. Voelkel then went 1-for-2 from the foul line and then came up with her key steal that set the stage for the closing moments of a heart-stopping affair.

Clutch Free Throws Help Saint Rose Get Past Pace The College of Saint Rose men’s basketball team held off a late charge by visiting Pace University and continued its stellar free throw shooting to preserve a 64-59 Northeast-10 Conference victory over the Setters today at the Daniel P. Nolan Gymnasium.

The Golden Knights (17-7/127 NE-10) are now off to a 4-0 start in the month of February for the second year in a row and are tied for fifth place in the 16team league standings with three games left in the regular season.

Saint Rose did its best to help fight cancer by donating $2,840 in paid admissions to the Susan G. Komen Foundation, the V Foundation for Cancer Research and Camp Bravehearts. Additionally, the College honored some 40 student-athletes and several teams in recognition of outstanding athletic achievement throughout the past year during halftime of today’s contest.

By JOSHUA JENNINGS Saint Rose overcame a dismal shooting performance this afternoon to win its fourth in a row, which is the longest current streak in the NE-10. The Golden Knights hit just 34.3 percent (24for-70) of their attempts, including a 3-for-19 effort from the arc.

However, they committed a season-low six turnovers and generated a 16-4 margin off of 12 Pace miscues. Saint Rose furthermore took advantage of a depleted lineup for the Setters, who only had seven players in uniform.

The Golden Knights broke open a tight 43-43 ballgame with a little more than 10 minutes to play behind a 13-4 run that covered a six and a half minute span.

Junior forward Brian Hanuschak and sophomore guard Andre Pope converted back-to-back layups to get things going. Pope

then buried a pair of free throws and junior guard Shea Bromirski added a jumper off of his own steal that made it a 56-47 affair with 3:42 left.

Pace (10-14/6-13 NE-10) refused to go away behind a 12-4 spurt of its own to get back to within a point, 60-59, with 27 seconds on the clock. Sophomore forward Keon Williams jumpstarted the outburst with a conventional 3-point play and then capped things with a jumper from the baseline to make it a one possession game.

Saint Rose then displayed why it leads the conference in free throw shooting percentage down the stretch. Junior guard Rob Gutierrez drained four in a row from the line in the waning moments, which completed a perfect 13-for-13 effort by the Golden Knights in the contest. Saint Rose has additionally knocked down 48-of-49 attempts from the stripe

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Ali Johnson records her third double-double of the season against Pace Sophomore forward Brittany Shields finished with 16 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Setters, while Cleary added 10 points in 22 minutes off the bench.

Looking ahead, both teams have 5:30 pm conference home dates scheduled for Wednesday.

The Golden Knights will welcome New Haven to Nolan Gymnasium, while the Setters will entertain Le Moyne. Each squad also has only three games left on its regular-season docket.

Following today’s contest, Saint Rose held a check presentation ceremony at halftime of the

men’s game. The College donated the proceeds from paid admissions to the contests, a figure that was then matched by Saint Rose President Dr. R. Mark Sullivan; to the Susan G. Komen Foundation, The V Foundation for Cancer Research, and Camp Bravehearts. The final figure wound up being $2,840.

Saint Rose furthermore honored some 40 student-athletes for outstanding athletic achievement during the past year in a separate ceremony.

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Shea Bromirski scores 16 points in game against Pace over the last two games.

Gutierrez led the Golden Knights with 17 points and eight boards. Bromirski finished with 16 points, while Pope filled up the box score with 11 points, nine rebounds and four assists.

Williams topped all scorers with 23 points to lead the Setters.

Meanwhile, Primus-Devonish

added 16 points and six assists.

Both squads return to league action Wednesday night with a pair of 7:30 pm starts. Saint Rose will put its 10-2 home slate on the line when its hosts the University of New Haven, while Pace welcomes Le Moyne College to Pleasantville.