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October 9, 2012

Volume LXXXI Issue 8

Special Inauguration Edition David Szczerbacki will be Ushered in as the Ninth President of The College of Saint Rose

KELLY PFEISTER

This Saturday, October 13th, David Szczerbacki will be inaugurated as the ninth president of the institution at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in Albany, N.Y.

Convention Hall to Host Inauguration

Szczerbacki talks Future of Saint Rose

By EJ CARELLA Contributing Writer

President David Szczerbacki has been working nearly around the clock to keep the college running since he took office earlier this year.

We need to “keep the eye on the prize,” Szczerbacki said.

The president insists on “con-

tinuing momentum” and noting that in the last decade, the school has made vast strides at being the school that it is today and will continue to make forward progress to achieving greatness.

Under his leadership, Szczerbacki has three major issues he would like to improve upon while president of the college. The president addressed the tuition of the

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school first and foremost and his desire to make it more affordable for students. He also wants to do more to attract more international students to the school, and expand the market research so that the school can reach more horizons around the globe. In addition, Szczerbacki said, he wanted to Continued on Page A8

By SAM MAXWELL Staff Writer

The Empire State Plaza Convention Hall has been chosen as the venue for the inauguration of President David Szczerbacki.

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will pay the state Department of General Services $2,820 to rent the space for the day, said Mike D’Attilio, government and community affairs director for Saint Rose, who is also in charge of Continued on Page A8

Sports

Diana B. Henriques talks at Saint Rose.

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Regalia for Presidential Inauguration.

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Men’s basketball preview.

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Dream Share Project visit.

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Student compares Presidental Candidates’ debates.

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UMass Lowell gets a scare from Golden Knights.

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News Past and Future Children Presidential Expectations of a Saint Rose President of Saint Rose Presidents Discuss Inauguration

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By BLAISE BRYANT Contributing Writer

By JOURDAN THOMPSON Contributing Writer One of the keynote speakers at Saturday’s inauguration, Katie Szczerbacki, daughter of the new president, plans to highlight her father’s leadership qualities including his strong listening skills and his introspective nature.

Katie Szczerbacki, who already has a law degree, is furthering her studies at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass. The New York native will receive her PhD in policy studies, the same degree as her father’s. She plans to finish her PhD within the next three years. “I think I am introspective like my father,” both, she said, are “interested in systems, policy, and how people work together.

“I think I’m fortunate to be able to tell a relatively large gathering of people about the role my dad has played in my life. It’s a unique opportunity and I’ll try my best to make my remarks clear and compelling which could be challenging given the variety of venerated people who will speak before I do,” Katie Szczerbacki said.

Inauguration day was a big day 16 years ago when former

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President Mark Sullivan took the helm.

“I knew how much this presidency meant to my dad, and he was beaming that day,” said Anna Sullivan, daughter of former President Sullivan. The youngest Sullivan who was 15 at the time of her father’s inauguration described the event and her relationship with the college as a warm and unforgettable feeling.

The College of Saint Rose, she

“I couldn’t have imagined a better place for my family to be paired with over the last 16 years.”

Anna Sullivan said “is truly a remarkable institution, and will be a special part of our lives forever. Katie should be very excited for what is ahead.

I couldn’t have imagined a better place for my family to be paired with over the last 16 years.”

Sullivan’s middle child, Kate Sullivan, recalled that she had just entered her senior year of high school at the time of her father’s inauguration. “It was an exciting but anxious time for us all. We were very happy and excited for my Dad’s new role but it was a change for our family and we were feeling the waters so to speak. I also remember everyone at St. Rose was so welcoming and kind and smiling so much.”

During the 16 years of her father’s presidency Kate Sullivan

has learned a few things and has offered advice to Szczerbacki’s daughter. “Help your dad stay grounded. It’s easy to become so dedicated, so in love with the work that you do, that you forget to ‘pick your head up.”

Kate would often relieve her father’s stress by jokingly stating “Hey, you are not the president of the United States, you are not a brain surgeon with a patient on the table, so take a deep breath, gain some clarity and then tackle this problem with a clear head.

That would always make him laugh and put things in perspective”.

In 1996, Jeremiah Sullivan, former President Sullivan’s son was given the honor of speaking at his father’s inauguration. Jeremiah Sullivan, or Jay for short, recalls the day Sister Anne Clark asked him to speak at his father’s inauguration stating.

“I’m not sure I’ve ever been more flattered or nervous at the same time,” he said. “Our family will always remember the inauguration as the official beginning of what we really believed was going to be a terrific relationship and opportunity for both our family and the College”.

The same type of relationship is what Katie Szczerbacki already feels and expects to continue.

“I feel we are fortunate, blessed to continue to be a part of an institution and community of people who are warm, welcoming and which is firmly committed to things that I believe in like quality education, social justice, and citizenship. I guess I would say that this new phase of my Dad’s life and career at Saint Rose is an extension of that relationship. I know that it’s a relationship that my family appreciates.”

The new president of The College of Saint Rose will need to put in 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and will be taking on both a tiring and rewarding job, as two former college presidents tell it.

As David Szczerbacki begins his presidency, he has major challenges to face. From a financial aspect, he needs to strengthen the $31,000,000 endowment while tuition is on the rise, said Dan Nolan, chairman of the Board of Trustees. Because Saint Rose is a private college, the main sources of revenue are tuition and endowments. The institution could not be successful if the endowment isn’t strengthened to meet the higher enrollment and cope with the economy, Nolan said.

Szczerbacki, who was the college’s provost for the last seven years, had the “inside track” said Nolan. This experience brings a great deal of familiarity with the mission and goals of the college, Nolan said.

It was Szczerbacki’s familiarity with the college campus that made the presidential transition very easy, said previous president Mark Sullivan, who served from 1996 to 2012. He is a great person to work with and I know he will continue developing our higher education programs, Sullivan said.

The focus on international students is supported by past president Louis Vaccaro, who served from 1983 to 1996. Internationalizing the campus should be one of the main concerns, said Vaccaro.

“To have the best education requires both the brightest faculty and the brightest students” Vaccaro said.

The U.S. ranks 16 in the world in terms of college education.

By making the campus more diverse, both American and international students can teach each other about their different cul-

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tures, Vaccaro said. Szczerbacki and Vaccaro are collaboratively working on a paper entitled “The Third Revolution of American Education.”

It is important to improve our online education, said Sullivan. It is also essential to continue building the undergraduate and graduate programs, to meet the rising enrollment. This can be achieved because Szczerbacki specifically worked in these areas while college provost and being a “student of higher education” Sullivan said.

Sixteen years ago, when Sullivan celebrated his inauguration, he remembered that it was a beautiful fall day, and the inauguration was out on the lawn. “It was a celebration of the campus community and it was my time to start laying out a foundation to improve the institution,” Sullivan said. At the time, building more undergraduate and graduate programs, better classrooms, buildings designed for specific majors, and another dormitory were on Sullivan’s agenda.

The inauguration was “both a joyous and daunting occasion” said Vaccaro. “It was a very nice celebration, however, I knew I had a lot of work to do,” Vaccaro recalls. Attracting men to the campus, improving parking, raising the salary of faculty, and campus renovations were key priorities during the presidency, said Vaccaro.

The advice offered by the former presidents to Szczerbacki was very simple and encouraging. Keep up the good work, Sullivan said.

“Dave, you need to do all these things, all of these things well, but keep your sense of humor” Vaccaro said.

All are invited to the inauguration of President Szczerbacki which will take place Saturday, Oct. 13 at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center.

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Inauguration Reception: A Time to Talk and Eat

By BECKY WISNIEWSKI Contributing Writer

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For the first time in 16 years, a special reception will take place to celebrate the inauguration of Dr. David Szczerbacki as the ninth president of The College of Saint Rose. Szczerbacki’s reception will take place at approximately noon on the campus quad, directly after the inauguration ceremony. Anyone who attended the ceremony is invited to the reception. Once the buses transport the guests back to the campus, the reception will begin.

The reception will allow guests time to reflect on the historic moment they just witnessed in a comfortable, social environment with tents, and a number of tables with chairs. A simple food menu will be provided to help guests ease their hunger.

Mike D’Attilio, the Executive Director for Government Community Affairs, and Kim Lynch, the Director of Events Scheduling and Administration, are both in charge of the success of the reception.

Even though there will not be enough seating for the estimated 800 guests at the reception, the usual picnic tables will be scattered throughout the quad, along with additional round tables and chairs. Three tents will also be set up. The seating will be pro-

vided for those who will not be able to stand throughout the duration of the reception.

D’Attilio and Lynch are both working hard to perfect the menu that will be served to the guests.

The menu is not definite at the moment. The food choices will be similar to those served at commencement. An array of hors d’oeurves including fruits, cheeses, breads, and vegetables are expected to be served. “We try to keep it user-friendly for people,” said Lynch. The menu needs to be kept simple for the mere reason that people will be standing and talking for the majority of the reception. Finger foods make talking and eating easier.

The Pepsi Company has donated the beverages for the reception. Guests will be able to choose from: Pepsi, diet Pepsi, other carbonated Pepsi drinks and water. All plates and napkins will be disposable for the convenience of the guests and the caterer.

Saint Rose’s dining service, Aramark, will be catering the reception.

Aramark declined to comment on their part in the reception.

According to Lynch, the total cost of the reception and final menu decisions cannot be determined until all of the RSVPs have been received.

Students can partake in the reception as well. Any student who attends the inauguration ceremo-

ny is also invited to attend the reception. “I hope the students really take this opportunity to come,” Lynch said. It is a chance for students to be involved in a fun and history-making event at the college. If attending the historic ceremony is not enough to attract students, they may also attend the reception for free food.

D’Attililo and Lynch both agree that the reception is purely a social event to celebrate the new President. Saint Rose will not be providing a musical group to play at the reception. D’Attilio says that as the number of people at the reception begins to grow, the more noise there will be. Once guests commence socializing, it will be near impossible to hear and appreciate the work of the music group.

In addition, there will be no speakers at the reception and no informational booths set up.

According to Steve Stella, the Director of Safety and Security at Saint Rose, Campus security will provide additional staff at the event to ensure the safety of the guests and students.

Parking for the reception will be permitted in all school lots except for the resident student lots.

If the weather does not permit on Saturday, the reception will be held in the Nolan gym and should last one to two hours.

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Calendar of Events Tuesday, October 9 2 p.m. MLA Style Workshop Academic Support Center 4 p.m. MAPS ALB 109 4 p.m. The Peter Tully Lecture Lally Touhey Forum 6:30 p.m. Student Association Standish 7 p.m. G4G (Girls For God) Sanctuary 7 p.m. Theatre Guild Lima Basement 7 p.m. Grad School Info Night Lally Touhey Forum 7 p.m. Haunted Hayride Ticket Sales SEB Office 8 p.m. Yoga Sanctuary Wednesday, October 10 3 p.m. Men’s Soccer vs. New Haven Plumeri 3:45 p.m. Environmental Club Community Service Office 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. Academic Showcase on Undergraduate Research

Lally Touhey Forum 4 p.m. SEB Standish 5 p.m. Mid-Week Mass Sanctuary 7 p.m. Women’s Volleyball vs. Pace Nolan Gym 7 p.m. Spectrum Standish 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Night to Be A Child Main Lounge 7:30 p.m. Saint Rose Camerata - Inaugural Concert Massry 7:30 p.m. BASIC Sanctuary Thursday, October 11 10 a.m. Thesis Statement Workshop Academic Support Center 3:30 p.m. Mind, Body, and Spirit The Counseling Center 4 p.m. Dedication of the Huether School of Business Huether School 6 p.m. Women’s Initiative Main Lounge 8 p.m. Senior Interest Meeting Main Lounge Friday, October 12 2 p.m. Women’s Soccer vs. Merrimack Plumeri 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. RA Group Day Saturday, October 13 10 a.m. Inauguration of President Szczerbacki

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Madoff & Much More: Lessons from a Professional

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Henriques speaking about her latest book to the audience at Thursday’s night event in the Touhey Forum.

By KELLIE MCGUIRE Staff Writer There are lessons to be learned not only about Bernie Madoff, but also lessons that can be learned from Bernie Madoff.

That was the theme Thursday night when Diana B. Henriques spoke on the College of Saint Rose campus to help raise funds for the Women’s Press Club of New York’s Scholarship Endowment Fund. Henriques is reporter for the New York Times, and author of The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust.

Henriques also met with Saint Rose Communications students Friday morning for a talk about journalism and the media.

Henriques graciously spoke for over an hour Thursday night about her book The Wizard of Lies, the lessons she learned about Madoff and Wall Street while writing the book, as well as life lessons she learned in the process.

Lessons like: “If you see it coming you are dealing with an amateur.” About what real con men are like, and Bernie Madoff was certainly one. No one saw him coming.

Another was the painful lesson that people “cannot place our

trust in some sort of Wall Street honor code, some unwritten commitment to neither lie, cheat, or steal nor tolerate those who do.”

While there are many honest brokers, it’s the few bad apples spoil the bunch.

She also pointed out that there were lessons not learned from Madoff but that should have been.

The politicians have “financial amnesia” Henriques said. “Regulation has dropped off the political radar.” Except the promise to repeal Dodd-Frank, regulation is not mentioned on the Presidential camping trail this fall.

“Regulation was so relaxed in finance that it led to the perfect storm. We have, in less than four years, forgotten those lessons.” said Richard King, of Providence Street in Pine Hills.

There was a crash course about the wizards in people’s lives: Wizards are those people who seem so good, so much better than, almost magical, that people give them leeway and trust them.

Mozart, Hamilton, Jefferson, Newton, the young Tiger Woods, and Wayne Gretzky, are the true magicians. Bernie Madoff was not. He just seemed like the wizard of Wall Street, according to Henriques.

“Don’t trust the wizards. And it

is fear not greed that leads to bad decisions” King said were some other lessons he took away from the evening.

“The magic spell that keeps us safe from the occasional evil wizard is not suspicion, it is humility,” Henriques said and “rules for personal conduct.”

And finally, a lesson on perseverance: It took 18 months for Henriques to get the first interview with Madoff. Her book

deadline was looming and she just kept writing letters to him, and writing, and writing, and writing.

Then, just weeks before her deadline she got the interview.

“The lesson to young journalists - never give up. Never, ever give up- just keep at it” Henriques said Thursday day night while telling the tale of writing her latest book.

The lessons in Friday morning’s talk focused on the three

Henriques signing copies of her new book.

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jobs of being a reporter: time management, source management, telling the story.

“I will use her tools in my future,” Jackson Wang, executive editor of the Saint Rose Chronicle, said. They are “the step-bystep goals to achieving success.

Other lessons Henriques taught were by example. She spoke in a clear, concise way about complicated subjects. She not only stated the importance of writing for the general reader but also demonstrated it.

“The biggest lesson I learned was to do more writing” Joshua Natoli, Sports Editor at the Chronicle, said about what he learned. He said he wants to “find myself- my style.”

Through these two events the Saint Rose community had lessons about: Wall Street, banking and finance, journalism, keeping out of the clutches of con men and wizards, success, writing, and sources.

According to Henriques the way journalists should rate their sources is not how many phone numbers they have but rather: “How many people are familiar enough with you that they will put forth some effort for you?”

Clearly, not just a journalism lesson but a life lesson too.

News A5 The Dream Share Project Visits Saint Rose October 9, 2012

By CAROLINE MURRAY Advertising Manager Last Wednesday, October 23, the creators of The Dream Share Project presented their documentary to a small, but eager crowd at Saint Joseph’s Hall. Since the beginning of September, Chip Hiden and Alexis Irvin have been busy sharing their inspirational film with students across the coast, but more importantly spreading their positive message of success.

“We wanted to share it with college students because we are recent graduates,” said Irvin when referring to their tour. “When talking to our friends, everyone was having the same issues. Not sure what to do, not sure what job to get, not sure of their next step.

We thought that they would be a good target audience to show the film to.”

Hiden and Irvin’s adventure began one year after they graduated in 2009. Prior to their expedition, the couple both obtained ordinary nine-to-five office jobs, just like a lot of other college graduates. Although they appreciated their pay-checks, they could not stand the thought of settling down and dismissing their dreams for good. That is when the idea for The Dream Share Project evolved. After saving enough money, they would set off across the country and interview people about their own journey to success. When they realized their plan could turn into a reality, they quit their jobs and embarked on the road trip of their lives.

“When we first did this, we did not really know what we were doing. It seems so crazy to quit your job and go on this road trip,” said Hiden. “You can imagine how our parents reacted, not thrilled, but supportive.”

During their trip, Irvin and Hiden were able to meet people from all different backgrounds, cultures, and careers. They interviewed and filmed everyone from a savvy entrepreneur to a driven

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creative art-director to an enviro-activist and even a brewery owner, all whom have one thing in common; the passion to follow their dreams.

On their first stop in Cincinnati, Ohio, they interviewed LaMarque Ward, a professional basketball player. After Ward retired, he created the Cincinnati Dream Academy. He developed the youth athletic organization not only to help support their basketball careers, but also to help them develop their dreams in life.

“The problem isn’t that kids don’t want to be great. They don’t have a dream. So I started the Cincinnati Dream Academy,” said Ward during his interview.

From there, Irvin and Hiden continued across the states all the way to California. Along their voyage to The Golden State they came across several interviewees including famous comedian Alex Reymundo, Olympic Skier Megan McHames, and finally in Santa Monica they interviewed Nisha Ganatra, a successful director, producer, writer and actress.

“I don’t have any family in the film industry; I don’t have a trustfund. There is no good reason that I have a successful career in film and television. It sort of just came out of pure tenacity,” said Ganatra.

Throughout the documentary, the couple was able to gather all the information the interviewees presented to them, and organize it in a way that was both educational and entertaining. Irvin and Hiden also included their own input in the film, giving it a personal touch.

At the end of the film viewing, the duo implemented a brief, but helpful workshop. The seminar asked students to think on their feet, explore their dreams, and create a plan to make their dreams come to life.

“I think it is people like them, that come and they kind of force you to address your concerns and they outlined it so beautifully with all the steps… they did a re-

ally good job,” said Iman Kanji, freshman and exploratory student who attended the event. “For a person like me who is completely lost, they gave me a lot of guidance.”

The night’s event was hosted by the college’s Career Center and Delta Epsilon Iota (DEI), an honor society that focuses on career development and planning for the future.

“We were specifically looking for something for the athletes, but this film worked for everyone,” said Paula Borkowski, Assistant Director of the Career Center.

“There were other films we could have showed, but this one was more current.”

Hiden and Irvin have a busy schedule ahead of them. By the end of the year, they will have toured 80 colleges and are currently working on a book deal.

“If you are at the end and you look back and you’re like ‘that was a good run’ I did everything I wanted to do I don’t have any regrets, I took risks, I tried new things. That’s a good life. That’s a successful life,” said Hiden.

Dream Share Project Presenters, Alexis and Chip.

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Members of Delta Epsilon Iota Career Honor Society with the Dream Share Presenters from left to right.

Back row: Michele Osborne, Megan Thomas, Alexis Irvin, Chip Hiden, Shaina Carrigan, Christina Strezenec. Front row: Kimberly Moshier, Brianna Wadsworth, Heidi Epting, Paula Borkowski.

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Inauguration Banner Carriers Chosen to Represent Each School of Saint Rose

By ALEXANDRA KORCZ Contributing Writer

It is time to take the banners out of storage for the inauguration of David Szczerbacki the future president of the College of Saint Rose this Saturday.

The banners featured on Inauguration Day are the same ones used at commencements, convocations, and honors convocations.

Mike D’Attilio, Executive Director of the Government and Community Relations said that the college did not own the banners for the last inauguration sixteen years ago and this is the first time they will ever be used at inauguration.

When the banners aren’t in use, they are stored in the cedar closet on the third floor of 441 Western Ave, where D’Attilio’s office is located. The banners are called gonfalons. The gonfalon refers to the style of the banner (rectangular on top and pointed on the bottom) and the fact that the banner hangs from a cross bar. They are similar to medieval style flags.

The gonfalons are approximately 6 x 3 ½ ft in size. They are white and gold, which represent the school colors.

In 1929 the Knickerbocker Press wrote that the colors represent “the Papal flag. White symbolizes purity, joy, and happiness. Gold signifies splendor, dignity, and worth.” On the center of each of the gonfalons is the school shield. The shield was designed by Mr. P. C. LaRose and uses the symbols of “Saint Rose, the Blessed Virgin, and Saint Joseph” and while it is shown in black and white on the banner, it was originally red, white, and blue representing the United States of America. The shield is surrounded by the college motto in Latin: “In Tuo lumnie videbimus lumen.” In English this means “In Thy Light We Shall

See Light.” The motto was chosen by Bishop Gibbons from the Book of Psalms, Ps. XXXV 10.

This information about the motto and about the shield can be found in the Rose Leaves Yearbook of 1925.

There are four gonfalons representing the School of Arts and Humanities, the Thelma P. Lally School of Education, the Richard J. Huether School of Business, and the School of Mathematics and Sciences which all make up the college. There is also a gonfalon for the Student Association and for the Student Alumni Association.

On inauguration day, the gold and white of the College of Saint Rose banners will be broken up by the colorful banners representing the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Carondelet.

The banners will be brought to the convention center the day before the inauguration and carried on stage. Banner carriers have been selected by each of the schools and will march to bring them on stage.

The banner carriers are: Jermaine Brookshire Jr. and Rebecca Maile – School of Arts and Humanities.

Nicole Fleitz and Caitlyn Tompkins – Thelma P. Lally School of Education.

Kellie Monroe and Alicia Dolly – Richard J. Huether School of Business.

Jeremy Stiefel and Jennifer Lopez – School of Mathematics and Sciences.

Jermaine Brookshire Jr., copresident of the Dean’s Student Advisory Council, was in D.C. for Barack Obama’s inauguration, but for other banner carriers, Szczerbacki’s inauguration will be their first. Both Brookshire and his co-president Rebecca Maile were selected by Lorna Shaw, the Dean of Arts and Humanities. Brookshire and Maile

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This is the banner for the School of Mathematics and Science that will be featured during the inauguration. are both graduating seniors and are excited that they get to witness and participate in this “moment in the school’s history”.

Equally excited is Caitlyn Tompkins, president of Kappa Delta Phi. Although Tompkins is a Communications Sciences and Disorders major, she will be representing the Lally School of Education. Fellow banner carrier Jeremy Stiefel, is “ecstatic and speechless” to be chosen by Richard J. Thompson, Dean of

Mathematics and Sciences.

While the student banner carriers were chosen to represent their schools, faculty and staff volunteered, including Colleen Flynn Thapalia, Director of International Recruitment and Admission. Thapalia volunteered to be a banner carrier and in an email writes “I volunteer annually for commencement and honors convocation. So, it seemed like a natural thing for me to do - to take part in the inauguration.” She

looks forward to walking “with the delegates from the other colleges and universities” and “helping them have a great Saint Rose experience.”

Other banner carriers on inauguration day will be Joseph Pryba, Jeffrey Ryan, Rebecca Beach, Jeanne Hopkins, Ian Dreger, Cameron Miller, Emily Wright, Meagan Corbett, and Jessica Nicosia.

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A “Visionary” Presidential Legacy

By KAYLEE PAGANO Contributing Writer

More than forty years following the first formal inauguration, The College of Saint Rose prepares to welcome its ninth president, David Szczerbacki.

Yet, someday in the future, Szczerbacki will step down from his presidential post, leaving numerous records behind in the college archives under the watchful eye of the archivist, Maria KesslerMcShane.

All information regarding the history of the college is preserved in the archives on the third floor of the Neil Hellman Library. The college archives were not officially established until the early 1990s. Prior to that date, the Sisters of Saint Joseph saved materials that were thought to be important unofficially, said McShane.

One president that left a lasting impression on the college was Sister Clarence Paul of the Sisters of Saint Joseph, better known as Sister Margaret Keeshan. Keeshan served as the fourth President from 1966-1970. It is apparent that the Sisters viewed Keeshan as a memorable figure, as there are a massive amount of documents preserved from her presidency.

Sr. Tess Wysolmerski, a student, a sister, a colleague in the biology department, a housemate and a friend of Keeshan remembers the impact that the fourth president left on her life. Keeshan always rallied for everyone, including Wysolmerski to succeed, especially when she encouraged her to go to medical school. On top of all of that, Keeshan loved her life thoroughly, and Wysolmerski, “loved her for loving her life.”

Wysolmerski describes Keeshan as humble, she “never boasted.” Szczerbacki easily embodies these traits, evident in his numerous appearances at school events such as Reach Out Saint Rose or Fall CLASSIC, casually mingling in a baseball cap and khakis.

Keeshan was caring and giving, listened to the concerns of others, and always had solutions for her friends and colleagues.

Szczerbacki has also been described as a thoughtful listener, always taking the experiences of others into perspective before giving advice, said Katie Szczerbacki, his daughter.

Pat Cullen, an administrative secretary in the career center since 1966, remembers Keeshan as a personable president, because she never treated any employee differently.

A fond memory of Cullen’s is the landscaping by Keeshan along the perimeter of Saint Joseph Hall of rose bushes following her retirement. Though the roses are long gone, Cullen often thinks of Keeshan when walking into in the building every morning.

On October 8th, 1966, the board of trustees formally welcomed Keeshan to the position of President in an inauguration held in the Saint Joseph Hall auditorium. In front of a crowd of nearly 800 people, Keeshan took office.

Bishop Edward Maginn presided over the ceremony, and Keeshan’s brother, Reverend Paul Keeshan provided the invocation. Keeshan’s other siblings, and niece, a college senior at the time, also attended the ceremony to show their support for Keeshan. Keeshan’s doctoral mentor from her Ph.D. program at Saint John’s University, Daniel M. Lilly, delivered the inaugural address.

Perhaps one of the biggest contributions Keeshan left, was the evolvement from an all female college to a coeducational institution. During her short tenure, the college also saw the introduction of the HEOP Access program, and offered its first course in African American studies. Keeshan also guided the college through the aftermath of the Kent State student massacre, and the peak of the conflict in Vietnam, a tumultuous time for college campuses across the nation.

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The program for Sister Margaret Keeshan’s Inauguration back in 1966.

Prior to serving as President, Keeshan experienced every aspect of life at the college, moving from an undergraduate, to a graduate student, to a professor of biology, head of the biology department.

Although Keeshan reluctantly agreed to serve as President, her true passion could be found in the biology lab where she spent a majority of her time researching various subjects. This included research on new radiation machinery received through a grant secured by Keeshan, making the

college one of the first in the region to own this technology.

Keeshan opened up the college to an entirely new audience when the college became coeducational. Szczerbacki, in a manner similar to Keeshan, aims to attract a wider body of international students to campus during his presidency.

Wysolmerski sincerely believes that Szczerbacki will have a similar effect during his presidential term, “making Saint Rose shine to the nation.” At her inauguration, Keeshan said that the

inauguration of a new president, “might be compared to the construction of a bridge which will link the established past to the uncertain future by means of the arch of the present.”

Both Cullen and Wysolmerski see many qualities of Keeshan in Szczerbacki. Wysolmerski saw Keeshan as, “a visionary,” a term that she feels could easily describe Szczerbacki. As a man who cherishes academic excellence, she sees the passion for academia of Keeshan in Szczerbacki.

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Continued From Page A1 improve the school by increasing the high quality academic experience for all students in the classroom. The President emphasized these three points and indicated that more details would be left for his well anticipated speech at his inauguration.

Beyond the three major objectives, the president later added a fourth goal to be accomplished in his tenure. The President wanted to continue improving upon Saint Rose’s reputation for reaching out to the community and how this is one of his “dominant priorities”.

A point he wishes to continue to approve upon with the rest of the school. However the president noted cautiously that the school has a limited number of students and that the school needs to be more careful at picking right opportunities for the college to send students on community service.

He says he “can’t put the school at risk “and being more focused and intentional on community service opportunities so there are always enough students ready to lend a hand.

Overall, the President was very humble when asked various questions of his upcoming inauguration date. From being asked about all of the other colleges sending representatives to the event, to some of the other groups and organizations attending. Such as dignitaries from schools like UAlbany and Siena among others. The president would shy away from talking about himself.

Szczerbacki emphasized that this event symbolized a celebration for the college and its future and spoke of that proudly. Everything Szczerbacki plans to do and everything about his special date he attributes to the school and puts the college first on every topic.

Szczerbacki, who has spent 33 years working in higher edu-

cation, sees his new position at Saint Rose as a good fit. The president says that being associated and working with the school in the past nine years had made him fully capable with taking the full responsibilities the job entitles.

Szczerbacki said the alignment of his capabilities fit with what the school needed to be successful.

He said some people are fit for specific universities or organizations to run and that his was Saint Rose.

Influence was also a big deal for the president. Without giving

“Szczerbacki, who has spent 33 years working in higher education, sees his new position at Saint Rose as a good fit.” away too much from his speech on his inauguration day, the president did list that in order of the most important people to thank family always comes first, followed by friends, and then close associates that have helped him through life. And when you are the president of a school you must have a giant host of those who make you deserving of the title.

President Szczerbacki said that he would most like to improve relaxing and unwinding after a long day at the office. And a man in his line of work would need a breather often when dealing with so many things to go above and beyond to strengthen all aspects of the college.

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Empire State Plaza Convention Hall Continued From Page A1 organizing the event. That price will also cover the cost of state employees who will work for or during the event, according to Heather Groll, spokesperson for the state Office of General Services, who runs the Convention Hall.

With the Convention Hall being located in the heart of downtown Albany, those worried about traffic on the day of the inauguration should not be worried, according to Groll.

“October 13 is a Saturday so there should not be traffic issues,” said Groll. “Basically free parking will be available at the surface parking lots and underground parking in the “V” or visitor’s lot, will be $5.”

The parking lots will open at 7 a.m., according to D’Attilio.

However, there will be transportation provided to guests attending the event who do not wish to use their own mode of transportation.

Buses will leave the College of Saint Rose campus from in front of the Events and Athletic Center starting at 8:30 a.m. and will rotate until the start of the inauguration at 10 a.m.

Upstate Transit of Saratoga will provide seven buses, each carrying 47 or 55 passengers, depending on the bus model, according to Christine Kulls, who works for Upstate Transit of Saratoga.

After the inauguration has ended, the buses will bring guests

A look inside the Empire State Plaza Convention Hall. back to campus. Students can go to http://www.strose.edu/about_ saint_rose/presidentialinauguration and register as a guest for the buses.

This is not the first time the college has used the Convention Hall for an event. It was formerly used for December commencement regularly. However, the college simply, “out-grew it” around seven years ago, said D’Attilio.

The entrance to the Empire State Plaza Convention Center looks modest at best. Just three sets of double doors with the words “Convention Hall” displayed over the middle set.

However, when the guests enter, they immediately see why the Convention Hall was chosen as the venue for the inauguration.

It is 176’ x 147’, with a center dance floor, measuring 86’ x 64’.

To compare, the dimensions of a NBA basketball court are 94’ x 50’.

The entrance door to the Convention Hall.

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The college is expecting anywhere between 1,000 and 1,600 guests, according to D’Attilio.

The maximum capacity of the Convention Hall is 2,418 people.

The four u-shaped carpeted tiers that surround the dance floor allow for every guest in attendance to have a view of the event.

For the inauguration, seats will be arranged in an auditorium style with chairs facing the stage on all tiers. Delegates, or those marching in the procession, will sit on the lowest floor and guests will sit on the three higher levels, according to D’Attilio.

Each tier is also handicap accessible.

“Once inside the Convention Hall, guests will find three disabilities lifts (in the south west corner) which will transport guests from the top tier down to the main dance floor,” said Groll.

Other than its many amenities, the Convention Hall was chosen because the college wanted to find a time and date that space was available and that would allow travel time for those coming a distance, said D’Attilio.

The inauguration will take place at 10 a.m., Saturday October 13th with doors opening at 8:30 a.m.

For more information on parking, and a map for people with disabilities to the Convention Hall go to http://ogs.ny.gov/BU/ BA/Parking/Visitor/, and http:// ogs.ny.gov/ESP/CCE/Docs/DisabledAccessRoute.pdf.

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Ode to Szczerbacki

By TORI WALTERS Contributing Writer

To commemorate the inauguration of new Saint Rose president, Music Industry senior Nicole DeMarco, was asked to compose a song about David Szczerbacki to be played at a faculty dinner the Friday before the inauguration.

The ode provides audiences with messages about the college's rapid growth and includes how Szczerbacki is a man with a vision who wants to help change the community and help Saint Rose students become leaders. It is broken up into several sections, each of which include different aspects of Saint Rose and how it is related to Szczerbacki’s goals.

DeMarco begins the song by explaining how the college was founded, followed by a chorus and other verses about how the president will help guide students to see their futures, even if they fall out of focus along the way.

The ode is about three and a half minutes long and will be sung by DeMarco along with a back-up band on October 12th at the faculty dinner in honor of Szczerbacki.

DeMarco started working on lyrics for this piece mid-September. At first she struggled to find inspiration, but after researching press releases and letters written

by Szczerbacki, and after asking her mother for advice, she had enough material to start writing the ode. The song finally came to her one night.

"The song just hit me while I was waiting for a ride at work.

It was pouring out and I had no tables because they told me to go home early, so I took my pad out and just started jotting down lyrics," said DeMarco.

After DeMarco had a rough draft of the lyrics written, she started writing a melody and arranging parts. To help arrange the piece, Saint Rose Music Industry junior Kevin Carey was asked to serve as the musical director and arrange of the ode. Carey's job includes choosing instruments, directing rehearsals, and writing parts for the piece. He has cho-

sen to include guitar, piano, bass, drums, and a few vocalists for the piece.

Not only is this Carey’s first time working with DeMarco to this extent and his first time writing an ode, he has also never met the president of the college. However he doesn’t seem to be struggling with any of these factors.

“I generally have no trouble envisioning a song with little inspiration. Ideas just sort of come to me as long as I have a specific theme or mood in mind,” said Carey.

Like Carey, DeMarco had never written an ode before, however she has plenty of experience in the music field and has written more than 200 songs in her lifetime. She has found the most inspiration over the years has come from artists Jewel and Tony Sly. Both DeMarco and Carey first heard about this project through Sean McClowry, assistant professor in the music industry department. The Dean of Arts and Humanities, Lorna Shaw, asked McClowry to assemble a group of students to create a song in honor of Szczerbacki. McClowry chose DeMarco and Carey because he is always impressed with their work.

According to McClowry, Carey is good at both writing and arranging music and thought he’d be the perfect person to bring on board. McClowry also said that DeMarco’s songs and lyrics always have a sense of urgency.

"Nicole is a particularly talented songwriter. Her music has always impressed me," said McClowry.

Throughout the writing process, McClowry and DeMarco had several meetings about the format and content of the song, however McClowry always insists on giving his students their space to be creative.

"I didn't want to dictate to her what I thought it should be like," said McClowry. He is impressed with how closely DeMarco captures Szczerbacki’s vision of the college without meeting the president before writing the piece.

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Official Academic Regalia for Presidential Inauguration

By LAUREN KLOSE Contributing Writer The official academic regalia of the College of Saint Rose’s new president, David Szczerbacki, consists of a blue doctoral gown with midnight blue velvet panels running down the front.

On either arm four chevrons made from the same dark blue velvet will run horizontal across the puffy sleeves. There will be buffalos embroidered over the panels on the chest and an academic hood will hang down his back, the dark blue velvet turned inside out to show a gold stripe.

The colors, designs, and styles of academic regalia all have important significance, but what does all of it mean?

Szczerbacki’s blue gown represents the State University of New York at Buffalo from where he received his doctoral degree in policy studies. The embroidered buffalos on the front of the midnight blue velvet panels that run down the front also represent the university, according to Julie Kochan, the president’s executive administrative assistant. These velvet panels and the bell-shaped sleeves with the bars of velvet or chevrons across them signify that he is wearing a doctoral gown.

The three chevrons mean that the person has a doctorate degree, but four chevrons mean that the person is a college or university president, explained Debra Liberatore.

The blue of his hood is based on his academic program or discipline which is policy studies, while the gold stripe represents the colors of the College of Saint Rose.

Szczerbacki will also be wearing is the President’s medallion around his neck which features the presidential seal.

Accompanying the new president will be the faculty of the College of Saint Rose in academic regalia according to the level of degree they have and the board of trustees in a gold gown that

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looks similar to a doctoral gown.

Students participating that have yet to earn their degree with wear a basic student’s hood and gown.

There are two other types of gowns besides the doctoral gown: a bachelor’s gown and a master’s gown.

Each represents the level of degree a person has earned. Bachelor’s gowns have closed pointed sleeves while master’s gowns have sleeves that LAUREN KLOSE The President’s hood. are open and long.

Hoods also come master’s degrees. According to in three different variations: the Pogge, typically gold tassels repprofessional/faculty hood, stu- resent a doctoral degree, black dent hood, and associate cowl. tassels on a black tam represent a Associate cowls simply show the master’s degree, and tassels that institutional colors in their lining. are the school’s colors or black The hoods form a “V” over the that are on a mortarboard reprechest and goes up over the shoul- sent a bachelors degree. ders.

The academic regalia provided The velvet color is based on for Szczerbacki’s inauguration one’s academic discipline or as well as for commencement program. White represents Arts, each year comes from Herff English, History, Literature and Jones which is partnered with Sociology. Crimson represents the school’s bookstore. Prices for Communication and Journalism gowns can vary from as low as while gold represents Psychology $50 to as high as almost $500. “A and purple represents Law. majority of professors and staff The hood is turned inside out rent their academic regalia,” said behind the back to show the col- Christopher Wilson, manager of ors of the institution. This hon- the Saint Rose bookstore. ors the school or institution and Pogge said, at some instituis called “showing your colors,” tions, professors and other faculty said Bonnie Pogge, the assistant members wear their academic reto the provost. These hoods can galia daily while teaching or their also vary from three to four feet institutions have certain days in length. where they wear them. While Another piece of academic re- this tradition may have slowly galia are the mortarboards, tams declined the wearing of academic and tassels. Mortarboards are regalia will remain a tradition flat, usually black and have four none the less to represent the sides with a single button on the importance of events such as the top for the tassel. Tams are poofy inauguration of the new president on top, made from velvet and are of the College of Saint Rose, Daworn by those with doctoral and vid Szczerbacki.

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MEISA’s First Fall Show Brings New Bands To Jack’s Place

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By LAUREN HALLIGAN Features Editor MEISA’s first show of the fall semester, a rock show with bands On The Run, Cosmonauts, and Aim Your Arrows will take place in Jack’s Place at 7 p.m. on Sunday, October 14. All the bands on the bill will be performing at Saint Rose for their first time. Tickets can be purchased at the door for only $3 for St. Rose students with ID, and $5 for the general public.

Female-fronted band Aim Your Arrows will be opening the show, having what MEISA President Megan O’Brien considers “a Paramore-type vibe.”Aim Your Arrows are from Detriot, Michigan and have recently been touring with On The Run. Their latest EP “Reflections” was co-produced

by Craig Owens of the popular hardcore band Chiodos.

Second on the bill, Cosmonauts, are a semi-local group hailing from Glens Falls, NY who are eager to play at Jack’s Place for the first time on Sunday. “Albany has always been good to us, no matter what venue we play. The atmosphere is always different, a little more amenable, and there’s a subjective kind of electricity in

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Cosmonauts performing at Savannah’s on Pearl Street this past spring. the air,” said vocalist and bassist Joe Mansman. “The merit in playing college events is simply getting to hang out with a different kind of crowd. We’re very outgoing when talking to showgoers, and we just love meeting new people.”

The band has released two EPs entitled “The Disfiguartion of

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Bassist and vocialist for Cosmonauts, Joe Mansman.

Emily Malone” and “The Demise of Daniel Raincourt” in their two years of existence, and are currently in the works on a third.

“Saint Rose students should come to have fun...and to explore their taste in music.”

Courtney Becker “We will be entering the studio this month to begin recording for our next effort, with high hopes of releasing a finished product by late Winter/early Spring. In the meantime we will be playing locally and regionally to support this undertaking,” said Mansman.

As of right now, the band is planning on releasing both an EP as well as a few stand alone singles.

Cosmonauts most recently debuted a new video on Youtube of

their new single “Cold Harbor.”

Ever-releasing new songs for their music-hungry fans, “[w] e’ve always been a group of zealous writers, individually and in our group,” explained Mansman.

The group will be personally handing out free EPs at the Jack’s Place show, while all of their music can be downloaded for free at their website cosmonautsmusic. com.

Headliners On The Run are a Pennsylvanian band formed in 2008, who have also released two EPs, their latest entitled “Departures,” which their website calls an “energy-driven rock album that delves into the themes of determination in the face of uncertainty, and leaving behind what’s in the past.”

On The Run are what O’Brien describes as “catchy alt-rock with an appealing edge.

Their newest single “Monsters Like Me” is available for free download on Bandcamp at http:// bit.ly/RgbwDd. “I personally am a fan of both Cosmonauts and On The Run, so when I had the chance to

book them together on a show, I jumped at it,” said O’Brien. “People should check out this show if they are into that kind of music in any way,” O’Brien added.

“We have different kinds of bands come and it’s just a good experience to also broaden your musical interests,” said MEISA member Courtney Becker. “Saint Rose students should come to have fun, enjoy the music, and to explore their taste in music,” said Becker.

The show will be held at Jack’s Place in the CCIM located at 996 Madison Ave. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and music will begin promptly at 7 p.m.

MEISA encourages all to come listen to the bands and be intrigued. To check out the music online, visit On The Run’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/ weareontherun?ref=ts&fref=ts, Cosmonauts at http:// www.facebook.com/ CosmonautsMusic?fref=ts, and Aim Your Arrows at h t t p : / / w w w. f a c e b o o k . c o m / AimYourArrows?fref=ts.

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Tim Burton Makes His Freshest Film in Years with Frankenweenie

By M. WILLIAM SMITH Staff Writer Tim Burton is a director with whom I have a somewhat contentious relationship. At his best, he can deliver something that’s truly unique and sincere, and at his worst, he delivers a film that feels hollow and without substance.

Over the past decade or so, his films have become increasingly hit-or-miss. For every Big Fish, there’s a Planet of the Apes. For every Sweeney Todd, there’s an Alice in Wonderland. Just earlier this year, he delivered one of the worst films of his career, Dark Shadows. So naturally, expectations going in to Frankenweenie, based on Burton’s own 1984 short film, were mixed.

Therefore, I’m pleased to report that this film represents something of a return to form for Burton, and while I can’t say it reaches the heights of his best work (Ed Wood sets that bar way too high for any movie to truly match it), it’s a fun and entertaining piece that proves that he hasn’t lost his touch completely.

As the title suggests, Frankenweenie borrows several elements from the classic tale of Frankenstein, going so far as to name the main character Victor Frankenstein (Burton’s never really been about subtlety). After the death of his dog Sparky, Victor brings him back to life harnessing the power of lightning. The consequences of this action unintentionally result in the town being put into a state of panic. The detail put into the townspeople may be my favorite aspect of this film.

The animation for every character, especially the kids, is just creepy enough to be hilarious (there’s a character only known as Weird Girl who got the biggest laughs from me by just being onscreen). The choice to make the film black-and-white rather

than color was a smart one as well, working to make the film more and more like the original Frankenstein (a tactic that Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein also used to great effect).

What I really appreciate about this film, though, is that it avoids a lot of what I like to call “Burton Clichés.” The biggest one is that Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter are nowhere to be found in this film. To be clear, I think both are good at what they do, but their appearances in Burton’s films have begun to feel tired, and after Dark Shadows, I’m ready for Burton and Depp to take a break from each other for a long, long time. Other “Burton Clichés” like the protagonist having father issues or the film being a dark reimagining of other people’s material are thankfully avoided.

Of course, some of them are still there, like the Danny Elfman score or the eccentric characters, but Burton makes them work well for this film, something much of his recent work seems unable to do (I don’t mean to keep bashing Dark Shadows, but I mean, man, that movie is terrible).

The cast, which features the likes of Catherine O’Hara, Martin Short, Martin Landau, and Winona Ryder, all of whom have worked with Burton in the past, play their parts well and add a sense of depth to their characters, in spite of their comical appearance. Ryder’s character in particular seems to be modeled after her role in Beetlejuice, a fun Easter egg for Burton’s fans.

The film’s message gets a little confused at the end, and if it had gone just a little differently, the film could have had the potential to join the ranks of Burton’s best.

As it is, it wraps everything up just a little too neatly, and feels like something of a cop-out.

That shouldn’t dissuade people from seeing the film, though. The

good greatly outweighs the bad here, and I hope it’s a sign that Burton’s upcoming work will be more like this and less like… well, Dark Shadows. Frankenweenie retains the heart that makes films like Ed Wood and Big Fish what they are, while keeping the dark sense of humor he made popular in films like Beetlejuice and Mars Attacks. The film will inevitably be compared to this summer’s other horror-themed stopmotion film, ParaNorman, and while Frankenweenie isn’t quite as good as that film, it serves as a testament to the creative team that it feels completely different while covering similar territory.

Frankenweenie should be pleasing to a lot of Tim Burton fans out there, but it’s not like they’re hard to please. I mean, some of them liked Dark Shadows! (Now I’m just joking, please don’t get angry at me, Dark Shadows fans.)

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Mumford and Sons’ Babel Sounds Disappointingly Familiar

By ZACHARY OLSAVICKY News Editor Cranking up Babel, the new LP from folk group Mumford and Sons, on my headphones a few days ago, I couldn’t help but think of Apple’s release of the iPhone 5 in weeks prior. Past versions saw widespread acclaim, but the new model received a lukewarm reception: the quality is there, but the lack of innovation meant the novelty is wearing off. Babel strikes me in a similar manner: the quality holds from 2009’s Sigh No More, but the songs bear such resemblance to their debut effort that the record falls flat.

The similarities begin from the album’s opening bars. The guitar and drums on the eponymous first track build until, after a moment’s pause, a chorus of instruments begins the song in earnest.

This would be an altogether welcome to the album if it weren’t for the bridge to “Roll Away Your Stone,” which matches “Babel” in both arrangement and tempo— and the keys are only a note apart.

To their credit, the Sons have the decency to change things up on the following track “Whispers in the Dark” by changing the time signature. But the arrangements remain the same, front man Marcus Mumford continues singing in his groveling yell, and the time signature receives an infantile boost. By the time the third track, “I Will Wait,” burst to life with more sixteenth-note runs on the banjo at 140 beats per minute (three BPM slower than ‘Whispers’) I began to wonder if the Sons had anything else in their arsenal.

From that point, the album did little to temper my notion.

“Ghosts That We Knew” has a slower feel to it, but little changes in the guitars and the band’s harmonies remain largely unchanged from earlier songs. Perhaps a lis-

ten to some Beach Boys would do the Sons well—if Fleet Foxes can make bluegrass out of baroque pop, certainly Mumford can.

“Reminder” works well, mostly because it is the shortest track on the album. The second half of Babel slows down and sounds softer, both a nice change of pace and a sign that a better album would exist had they properly ordered songs.

Lyrically, too, Mumford and Sons quickly begin to sound stale.

The issues they wrestle with include love and pain bore out of it, self-confidence, death, and purpose, each stoking the fire of life, whose flames we grapple with daily. Yet imagination is sparse.

Mumford sings exclusively from the first person, and happiness is hard to come by. This could be a byproduct of their success. If it ain’t broke…Yet repeating those triumphs instead of building upon them is a copout, both to fans and the band itself. This doesn’t mean the Sons need to make a radical transformation in their style. Remember how Nelly Furtado went from “I’m Like a Bird” to “Promiscuous?” They need some creative spark.

When compared to their contemporaries, Mumford and Sons struggle to stand out in spite of vastly superior record sales. Fellow folk-rocker Laura Marling, who collaborated with the group on the lively Dharohar Project EP, takes the Sons to school in terms of songwriting. Each album takes a different genre and aptly molds it to fit with folk roots, and her lyrics show more creativity and a better understanding of shared subject matter. Consider that she released three albums in the same time it took Mumford and Sons to release two. One has to wonder why her popularity lags far behind the Sons’.

Another substantial problem with Babel, though a problem

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Mumford and Sons performing. not exclusive to this album, is its fidelity. One of the easiest ways to ruin a recording is to capture sound at such a high decibel level that it is distorted when played elsewhere. As I went to turn up the title track, the band sounded its loudest at about a medium volume, and pushing on to higher levels made the music crackle and fizz. Cymbals sound less like instruments and more like digital hissing, and the rasp in Mumford’s voice exaggerated to in-

tolerable levels. This is not a new problem for the music industry.

Metallica fans complained when CDs of 2008’s Death Magnetic had a poorer sound quality than Guitar Hero versions. It’s unfortunate that Mumford and Sons add to the cacophony.

One of the harshest criticisms of Mumford and Sons is that they are inauthentic. Whether it is in style, sound, or some other intangible, people deride the band for sounding phony. With remark-

ably similar arrangements, lyrics, and a general atmosphere of forced masculinity, it’s easy to see why that thought exists. However, I don’t think Mumford and Sons sounds inauthentic if only because their catalog suggests they have a limited range of material to draw on. They are good sources, however, and Babel is not bad music—but even tradition becomes a chore if it isn’t varied.

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ICBYWT: Made of Honor

By RACHEL M. BOLTON Managing Editor This week I decided to return the abyss of romantic comedies, and boy did I pick a doozy. This film has got it all: the unoriginal character types, national stereotypes, fat stereotypes, gender stereotypes, and racial stereotypes, all wrapped up in one tasteless package. Made of Honor has limited redeeming qualities and it did make me laugh a few times, but in a “Dear Lord, what am I watching?” kind of way.

The protagonist Tom (Patrick Dempsey) is your average unrepentant man-whore, with a different woman every week. But his best friend is female. He and Hannah (Michelle Monaghan) have known each other since he accidentally hopped into her bed dressed as Bill Clinton during Halloween in college. Tom and Hannah have your usual romantic comedy jobs. Tom invented the “coffee collar” and is a lazy millionaire because of it. Hannah works in an art museum, because she is supposed to be artsy and creative.

But their relationship changes when Hannah announces that she is going to Scotland to find paintings for six weeks. Of course, when she is away, Tom has the epiphany that he has always loved Hannah and that there is more to life that just sleeping around. But, in typical rom-com fashion, it’s not going to be that easy.

Hannah did not come back from her trip alone, she brought he her new fiancé, a strapping Scotsman named Colin (Kevin McKidd). To add salt is his wounds, Hannah asks Tom to be her maid of honor. It’s a bit of a silly title, considering that a male MOH is usually called the man of honor.

But Tom is still determined to win Hannah, so he agrees to run her wedding party with the bride stealing advice of his male friends. What can possibly go wrong?

One thing about this film that

made me mildly happy was that the film explored gender roles.

But it does so haphazardly. Tom and his male friends embrace their feminine side while putting together gift baskets. On a less comedic note, there is a scene were a person in their underwear drunkenly gets on top of someone in an attempt to have sex with them. The victim is male and the perpetrator is female. Sadly, this is played for laughs, and it was uncomfortable to watch.

The other characters in this film are pathetic archetypes.

One bridesmaid is a big beautiful woman and since a chubby gal cannot love her body, spends the whole movie on a liquid diet so she can fit into a small dress.

Said dress later rips at the wedding. There is a creepy glassesgirl who stalks Tom and blogs about her love for him. And one of Tom’s buddies is a sassy black man. But what bugged me the most was the constant referring to Hannah as a prize to be won

by Tom. You don’t want to win her, but you want to win her affections.

The pop culture jokes fall flat too. It’s probably because I’m an English Major, but Hannah describes meeting Colin as something out of a Bronte novel.

However, movie, it’s pronounced “Bron-tay” not “Bron-tee.” Do your research.

Don’t get me started on Colin’s native land. In Bonnie Scotland here, everyone wears a tartan kilt, speaks in an unintelligible accent, eats haggis, says “wee”, and lives in a castle. I think all they needed was a blue-faced Mel Gibson shouting about his land and the image would be complete.

If you are in the mood to watch to watch a romance between best friends, I recommend When Harry Met Sally. It deconstructs the usual tropes for these types of films and it does not follow the same tired formula. Plus, there is that famous scene in the diner. It’s far more though provoking than the abysmal Made of Honor.

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“Are You…?”: New season of Dexter kicks off with a bang

By ALISSA PETSCHE Contributing Writer Dexter (Michael C. Hall) may not be fully outed just yet, but he definitely can no longer keep the dark passenger secret from his sister Deb (Jennifer Carpenter).

After season 6 ended with the cliffhanger of the century (Deb witnessing Dexter murder Travis Marshall – Colin Hanks), fans have been dying to know how they were both were going to handle her knowledge of Dexter’s serial killer persona.

To satisfy fans’ need to see Dexter answer to Deb for his actions, a good portion of the first episode was dedicated solely to Deb throwing every question that comes to mind at her brother. For the season 7 premiere, viewers not only got their questions an-

swered about the dreaded season 6 cliffhanger, but got a glimpse as to the exciting new storylines that will be focused on in the series’ final season.

Seasons’ five and six did not receive the warmest of reviews and viewers were starting to feel that the show was become formulaic and boring. Many Dexter fans will attest that the show has increasingly declined after Rita’s death in the fourth season because nothing could ever compare to John Lithgow’s Trinity Killer performance. Common worries among fans was that the entirety of season 7 would be based around Dexter trying to dodge Deb’s suspicions and continue to attempt to keep his sister in the dark.

The ending of the first episode, “Are You…?” proved otherwise,

and has been a real game changer for what fans expect to see this season. Episode one has certainly drawn fans back in and delivered a thrilling and viable endgame to the entire Dexter saga. The premiere felt like a return to form for longtime Dexter fans as it gave the same chilling anxiety felt in the first four seasons, not to mention the cliffhanger at the end of episode one was even better than the one fans were left with at the end of the season 6 finale.

“Are You…” was a promising and well-crafted way to kick start season 7 and left viewers with goose bumps of excitement for what’s to come. Tune in to Showtime Sundays at 9PM to see where it all leads and follow American’s favorite serial killer this season!

WWE Premieres New Original Series on ION Television

By ALISSA PETSCHE Contributing Writer Wednesday, October 3, marked the debut of WWE’s newest weekly television show called WWE Main Event. WWE is constantly trying to add new ways to get their product shown more, whether it is online or through a new show. While many new WWE television shows have failed over the years, it doesn’t guarantee this one will too.

Right now, it appears that Main Event is going to be a weekly show featuring a dark match that will break away from storyline. It gives fans a chance to see main event caliber matches they may not have otherwise seen.

According to the Nielsen overnight data, ION Television’s brand new series WWE Main Event garnered the highest male

audience in the last year with the most men 18-49 (422,000), men 25-54 (444,000), and total male viewers( 876,000) as well as delivering 518,000 in total female viewers, finishing ahead of most female cable networks. In a network TV press release from ION Media Networks, ION’s CEO Brandon Burgess noted, “The viewers have spoken. Fans of the WWE are passionate and seem to have a knack for finding their favorite superstars wherever they live. Needless to say, we are particularly pleased that WWE has found a new home on ION Television, and we congratulate our new partner in the success of the premiere.”

WWE Main Event airs Wednesdays at 8 pm ad features WWE Superstars and Divas from both Monday Night Raw and Friday Night Smackdown.

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A Transfer’s Perspective

October 9, 2012

Volume 81 Issue 8

Getting to know Professors, Faculty, and Staff

By LAUREN SEARS Staff Writer Six weeks into the new/first semester here at Saint Rose, and I am fully involved with SA, SEB, DSAC, and The Chronicle.

As exciting as my extracurricular activities may be, I realized I am seriously lacking on a major part of academic success and networking: Getting to know my professors!

I remember from orientation, at both my old university and Saint Rose, that one of the most important keys to academic success is to get to know your professors.

At my previous university, I was that person that would meet their professor outside of class to get help on a project or have concepts clarified. However here, I have not made as much of an effort as I did when I was a freshman.

To be honest, I do not even know why I have not made as much of an effort; perhaps it is because I am still adjusting every day to life as a Saint Rose student, maybe it is because I am afraid of giving a wrong answer in class, or maybe it is because I am understanding the material and concepts in all of my classes.

In all five of my classes, the professors emphasize course participation. Not only does it show that you are actively paying attention to everything they are teaching in the class, but it also shows that you – the student – are making an effort to engage in a conversation with them. In MTH 140, Dr. Palmer has made a great effort to get to know each and every one of us in the class, which

makes a two and a half hour math class go by very quickly. I have made an effort to get to know Dr. Palmer since he has done the same for his students. In SOC 111, it is normal to go two hours and have students add input to important sociological concepts.

The class can be seen as boring otherwise. In all of my COM classes, my professors expect participation both in and outside of the classroom. In COM 242 with

“What’s nice about my COM classes is that all of my professors are based in CCIM and I can always find them if I need help or have a quick question.”

Dr. McGrath, we are expected to participate online twice a week and in class once a week, which adds to the importance of getting to know a professor since we only meet once a week. In COM 105, Professor Smith has also done the same thing as Dr. Palmer by getting to know the students and we learn something interesting he has done in the field of Journalism. It adds more interpersonal connections in the classroom. In COM 420 with Professor Conti, it s absolutely 100% essential we participate every class, whether that is by reading the chapters, adding input to discussions about different television stories, or

simply ask questions, the students are showing him we respect him.

In Turn Professor Conti also tells us anecdotes about his experiences in the news world which is valuable knowledge for me, since I want to be the next Katie Couric. What’s nice about my COM classes is that all of my professors are based in CCIM and I can always find them if I need help or have a quick question.

With all of this being stated, I wanted to ask some other transfer students who once were in the same position I am what their advice would be to other transfer students about getting to know their professors. Senior Antonio Caban told me that: “You can easily get to know your professors just by talking to them. Simply asking them what they expect on a paper during a one on one meeting… or saying hi in the hallways is the easiest way. I think above all participating in class is key to getting to know your professors.

It lets them know you appreciate what they’re teaching you.”

Junior Linda Dolder said this: “I would say, to be involved and participate in class because it shows your interested in the subject and that you’re friendly and it makes it easier for the professor to make conversation with you after class and also easier for yourself to make conversation!”

Overall if you are looking to succeed academically, to receive recommendations, and learn valuable knowledge that cannot be obtained by reading a textbook, then all students, not just transfers, should make the effort to know their professors.

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Guy in St. Joe’s: “I don’t even know you and I know you’re lying.”

Girl Walking: “Let’s go to Fridays’. I work at Tuesdays so I’ve wanted to visit another day of the week.”

Girl in Lounge: “I’ll be up with the ham ‘til the porcupine sings.”

Guy Walking: “He made real potatoes from a box.”

Girl Walking: “I love you, but not your germs. We need to exercise them out. Not exercise like fitness; exercise like exorcism. Out demon germs, out!”

Girl in Dorm: “The only bad thing about the ice caps melting is that people are complaining about the polar bears.”

Guy in Dorm: “I used to play Star Wars with my pretzels all the time.”

Guy in Dorm: “Who cares about polar bears?

Why not care about the dodo? Best bird ever.”

Girl Walking: “I’m not the sharpest shed in the tool.”

Guy Walking: “Ever since I watched Cujo - If a dog comes running at me, I don’t care. I’ll duke it out with a poodle.”

Girl in Dorm: “Even dogs have better dates than I do.”

Girl in Dorm: “You know how when I’m sick I look a little green? Well, you look a little orange.”

Guy in POD: “I have a suit guy in Stuyvesant.”

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The Motivational Speaker Takes on the Great Debater

By KATHERINE BAKAITIS Contributing Writer With Election Day a little over a month from now, nothing stirs the pot more than a friendly debate. Now, friendly may not be the precise word to describe what happened at the University of Denver, but the candidates certainly tried to make a job of masking their inner hatred for one another’s policies (the only job either one of them has created), so that counts (?).

The stakes were high for both candidates, but no more so than Romney. With his series of missteps and tumbles, Romney needed to play some serious catch up in order to bump himself up in the polls to Obama’s level. Romney is a great debater, as was shown on October 3rd, but his background, policies, and overall behavior are often called into question.

Obama, on the other hand, is more of a motivational speaker – a distance man if you will – that is not cut out for thinking on his feet in these types of situations.

That is not to say Obama’s plans are in any way inferior to Romney’s, nobody’s views are superior or inferior to anyone else’s, but he has trouble spitting out what he is trying to say. That happens when you are on the spot, but he probably should have practiced what he was going to say with more vigor as Romney did, because this could have cost Obama the independent vote – a crucial group of people to win over as a politician on the chopping block.

For Liberals and Democrats, there is only one word that describes the first 2012 presidential debate, and that is painful. Besides Romney spewing lies, the hardest part to watch was Obama just sitting back and taking the hits. Some people have come up with some (lame) excuses as to why Obama was not playing at his best: he had not had time to adjust to the altitude in Colorado, according to Al Gore; Bill Mahar said he needed a teleprompter; and Matt Drudge has gone so far as to say that the president was on Valium! Maybe Obama

has developed a strategy through his passiveness; instead of doing most of the talking in this round, he listens carefully for Romney’s mistakes, and when the time comes for round two he pokes a dozen holes in his logic (or lack thereof). But the Obama camp’s precise strategy is uncertain. For all we know, he could have just clamed up.

Personally, I had Obama as the projected winner, but the other night proved many of us wrong.

This rambling Obama was more reminiscent of the one who debated in Orangeburg, South Carolina on April 2007 than the Obama who came out on top during the 2008 debates with McCain. All the pressure is now on the Gaffe King, Joe Biden, in the Vice Presidential debate to hit a home-runner for the Obama camp. Hopefully, Biden will follow Dick Cheney’s path when he debated against John Edwards in 2004, saving Bush’s butt when he suffered a complete fail against his Democratic opponent, John Kerry. The candidates still have more

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Saint Rose students watching the Presidental Debate on Wednesday, October 3rd, in Centennial Hall.

debates lined up, and hopefully Obama can claim those victories.

The President can easily conquer the foreign policy debate, which is a clear grey area for Romney.

Do his off-shore accounts count as foreign policy?

To the lesser analyzed view, it would be easy to see why Mitt Romney won this round: he spoke with fluency, assertiveness, and even his body language displayed his confidence. A lot of numbers were thrown around in the debate, so let’s just get down the facts; Obama said that Mitt Romney will give millionaires another tax break and raise taxes on middle class families by up to $2,000 a year, and that has been proven to be mostly true. This claim is based on an analysis of Romney’s incomplete plan by the Tax Policy Center. People at the center agree that in order to meet Romney’s stated goals of cutting taxes by 20 percent while not increasing the deficit, the closed loopholes cannot just hit the wealthy. The Tax Policy Center’s view that middle class families would lose exemptions of up to $2,000 fits with what we know of Romney’s proposal.

On another point, Romney claimed that six studies proved Obama’s charge about him raising taxes is “completely wrong”.

This has been proven false because the so-called “studies” he cites are two editorials in the Wall Street Journal, an article in the same paper by one of his own economic advisers, and two analyses by conservative thinkers.

Obama stated that Romney would turn Medicare into a voucher system and this passed the check as mostly true. For all of you who do not know what a voucher is, it is a bond that has a certain monetary value which may be spent only for specific reasons or on specific goods, so seniors would only get a certain amount of money to spend on their healthcare. Romney also claimed that ObamaCare creates “an unelected board that’s go-

ing to tell people what kind of treatments they can have”, being dubbed “one of the biggest whoppers of the night”, this claim is clearly false.

Romney said Obama doubled the deficit, which is completely inaccurate. When Obama took office in January 2009, the Congressional Budget Office had already estimated that the federal deficit in fiscal 2009 would be $1.2 trillion, but it ended up being $1.4 trillion. For fiscal 2012, the deficit was $1.1 trillion lower than when he took office. And “measured as a share of the economy, as economists prefer, the deficit has declined more significantly- from 10.1 percent of the economy’s total output in 2009 to 7.3 percent for 2012.” It would be wise to re-check your “facts”, Governor.

With regard to the moderator, Jim Lehrer, that poor fellow had no control of the debate whatsoever. Despite being constantly interrupted, Romney practically told him right there that he would be fired because of cuts to PBS. Speaking of which, Romney is going to shoot down Big Bird if he is elected; this kind of evil cannot become the leader of the free world. Both candidates acted like bickering children, both wanting the last word, consequently they ran well over their 15 minute time limit.

In the end of it all, Romney ended up receiving most of the independent votes; probably in part because of his performance (the conservatives trained their drone well). Before heading to the polls, take into regard what you read, and form your own opinion; do your research and do not just pick the “coolest guy” or whatever. To be honest, both sides stretched the truth in one way or another.

It would not be such a wild idea if everybody voted independent.

It would certainly send our leaders a message about the two party systems. The next debate is the Vice Presidential one on October 11th at 9:00 P.M.

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Last week’s debate: Beneficial to the Candidates, but not to Voters

ANTONIO CABAN Staff Writer Let me be frank, last week’s Presidential debate was one of the worst televised Presidential debates I have ever seen. Never mind which candidate won or lost on stage last week, I believe the real loser in the debate was the American people, especially voters who are still on the fence about who they would like to see run our country.

The major question I asked myself after seeing President Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney face off in Denver was; what did I learn? In that moment, I had come up with my own conclusion, but needed a second opinion. I turned to voters and asked them the same question. The response was the same answer – a big fat nothing.

Let me be clear – the debate was full of substance with topics like taxes, health care, social security, and the role of government, but it was an utter wonkfest. Numbers and regulation terminology were thrown around like confetti at a tickertape parade leaving many viewers scratching their heads. Voters know this is

a choice election and both candidates proved that on stage, but still neither one offered any details as to why putting them in the White House for the next four years would be beneficial for the country.

A number of attacks were lobed at Romney for his proposed plan to get America’s fiscal house in order, but when asked by the President and the moderator which loopholes he would close to help bring down the deficit, Romney dodged the topic and ignored specifics.

The President was also to fault as well. Obama barely even outlined a plan, if he has any, let alone defended the broad ideas he has now for putting the country back to work. We already know this. Undecided voters already know this. Both candidates need to give something that’s going to give voters that “ah ha” moment and none of that transpired in Denver, despite the media hype the debate was given.

Neither candidate shined behind the podium. Both gave us revamped, lackluster, idea-void versions of their stump speeches, which amounted to an hour and half of just back and forth finger

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Students watching President Barack Obama speak during the Wednesday’s Presidental Debate. pointing. Some would challenge me with the notion that that is what debates are all about, but this one should have gone differently, especially for what is at stake.

I would be remiss if I did not include that last Wednesday was undoubtedly a victory for Romney and his campaign. His debate performance definitely added that much needed jolt of energy Republicans were looking for, especially after playing new-cycle catch up with the President.

Meanwhile, Obama who clearly stumbled on stage has some work to do ahead of the next debate in Hempstead, New York on October 16th.

The debate did do one interest-

ing thing though, it supported the political myth many pundits call the “October surprise”. The debate was in fact a surprise, especially in regards to the President’s performance. National polls going into the debate overwhelming me predicted Obama would win and news outlets everywhere where touting the President’s campaign successes over the last couple of weeks, but by Thursday morning headlines shifted beneficially to Romney. This election is indeed a toss up, not only in the minds of voters, but in the media cycle as well, but it is important to remember not to settle on an election prediction based off of one event. While it was an important debate, there are still two more

including a Vice Presidential debate scheduled for October 11th, so nothing is written in stone yet.

In respect to the numbers, polls will shift, but like I have said before they are only statistical snapshots of the race and should not be taken as hard evidence.

I, for one, am glad there are two more debates scheduled ahead of November 6th. I have high hopes that in that time both candidates will come to the realization that they need to do more to convince voters to turn out to the polls.

On the other hand, moderators need to facilitate that in the next two debates by challenging both Obama and Romney to give the details that so many desperately want to hear.

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By REGINA IANNIZZOTTO Opinion Editor Jermaine Brookshire Jr, Gerald Moore Jr, and Kajanna McKenzie are a trio of Seniors at The College of Saint Rose who took it upon themselves to inspire the world…well, the students at Albany High School for starters.

With The Great Expectations Movement, this troupe has created a presentation they hope will “empower individuals to think about becoming better than what they already are,” says Brookshire Jr. He says they hope the students will self-evaluate and find something greater to achieve.

With help from Albany High School Citizenship Academy Theme Coordinator Alicia HoltRiley, Brookshire Jr, Moore Jr, and McKenzie are preparing a presentation for the students to help them realize their potential on Friday, October 12, 2012 beginning at 10 a.m. According to Moore Jr, she has helped save a location in the school and has coordinated the times of when and where the trio will be to stage their four presentations throughout the day. She has also helped describe the different types of students they will be encounter-

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ing throughout the day.

The Great Expectations Movement consists of “Five Gems to Success: Dream, Plan, Execute, Achieve, and Give Back,” the last of which Brookshire Jr claims is the most important. These “Five Gems” are ideal to succeeding and fulfilling any dream one has.

The mission of this presentation is to make the students believe that they can accomplish anything and to help them foster that dream to make it a reality.

Holt-Riley is a big supporter of the Five Gems and said, “It my vision that students not only learn the gems of the Great Expectations Movement but that they internalize them and eventually share them with others for the betterment of our community” When Holt-Riley first heard of the projection one month ago, she expressed much interest knowing the students would take away a lot from the trio. She describes the three as “excellent models of determined successful African American young adults who are creating their own pathways to success and that image alone is important.”

“The principles of the Great Expectations Movement; hard work, determination, and ser-

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Brookshire Jr looking at a book of court cases in the Senate building.

vice are principles that we can all be reminded of over and over again,” says Holt-Riley, “but the more that our students can hear these messages the better chance they have of actualizing it in their own lives.” She is very excited about the trio’s arrival and hopes to keep a connection with the Great Expectations Movement in future.

In regards to Saint Rose support, Brookshire Jr expressed his gratitude towards Lisa Haley-Thomson, Vice President for Public Relations and Strategic Communications. He has also expressed that the college administration has “embraced” the movement.

As for the presentation itself, Brookshire Jr expressed that they will be “delivering a testimony” rather than a speech. “We want to show that we are not beaten down or shackled by our failures,” says Brookshire Jr. “And with that we plan to give our story of how we’ve come so far, how we’ve got a long way to go, but we’re very adamant and excited about the long journey we have ahead of us.”

The presentation will consist of a video to the song “Great Expectations” by Diggy Simmons. However, that is only three minutes and fifty-five seconds of time. This trio has an hour to get across a message it may take years to understand. Their approach is to not have a set speech, but rather incorporate the students and “go off the cuff” as Brookshire Jr put it. He said that Moore Jr might pick out a student and ask him to give him a set of push-ups. “It’s whatever we’re really feeling…we’re just trying to engage them.”

Brookshire Jr believes that this presentation will make a difference. “I know we’re going to touch some of these kids spirits.”

Upon asking about the hopes for Great Expectations, Brookshire Jr revealed, “The Great Expectations Movement will eventually go across the country” to which Moore Jr’s response was,

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Gerald Moore Jr giving a presentation at Huether School of Business.

Kajanna McKenzie studying in the science lab.

“Wait, what?” The group may have some discussions about the future to attend to, but they all have Great Expectations for the movement currently.

Although there are no specific titles for each member of the trio, each member brings something different to the table. Brookshire Jr began this movement as an idea and brought on McKenzie and Moore Jr to help make it a reality.

Now that it has become so, they can bring out their unique personalities more prominently during the presentation on Friday. Moore Jr said that since he is always qui-

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et and nervous, “this will be a life changing event.”

McKenzie became part of the movement when Brookshire Jr came to her and Moore Jr asking them to take part. McKenzie described her part as: “To share my story of hos I was able to accomplish everything to this day and hopefully be able to uplift and encourage someone to do the same.”

As Moore Jr believes it to be life changing for him, the group hopes it to be life changing for the groups of students at Albany High School.

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Troubled Road Ahead for Struggling Jets

By ELIZABETH RAMOS Contributing Writer

The New York Jets. It was only the season before last they shocked the nation as they took out the Patriots in the playoffs to advance to the AFC Championship game. Just this year, they acquired former Broncos miracle quarterback Tim Tebow, known for his stunning plays and comeback finishes.

But recently, the Jets have looked anything but stunning.

While the San Francisco 49ers are one of the most promising teams of the season so far, that does not explain why the Jets were shut out, 34-0.

What caused the Jets to fail so miserably? Unfortunately, it’s more than just bad luck and a 49ers team still hungry for a chance at the Super Bowl. Upon close examination, there are a few glaring team problems that make

it unlikely the Jets will land on their feet any time soon.

First of all, the quarterback.

Granted, a quarterback is not solely responsible for his team’s shortcomings, but it sure does not help when he too fails to rise to the occasion. Every year for the Jets seems to start the same way, a whole lot of preseason hype that this is the year. After all, Sanchez has led them to two AFC championships in his first two years, so surely a Super Bowl must be in the near future...

Not quite.

Last year, the Jets fell short of even making the playoffs. And while it is still early in the 2012 season, it is not looking good.

Sanchez has had his moments.

He has led the Jets in some big games and major upsets, but he seems to be running out of luck.

Beyond player motivation and ability however, another obstacle

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Star cornerback Darrelle Revis is out with a torn ACL.

has presented itself in front of the Jets: pure, bad luck. Santonio Holmes, Jets wide receiver, is now out for the entire season.

He was put on injured reserve for a Lisfranc injury acquired during the recent game against the 49ers.

The news comes shortly after the previous announcement that Darrelle Revis experienced a devastating ACL injury in a game facing the Dolphins. The cornerback will now most probably not be playing for the rest of the season.

This leaves the already struggling Jets reeling with the loss of both these players.

So can the Jets be saved? Although they have had an inarguably shaky start, there are still some options for the team that could potentially help them.

Personally, giving Tebow a chance at the quarterback position for a game or two doesn’t sound like such a bad idea at this point. Sure, he might have a reputation for being a terrible passer and simply getting lucky on some major plays, but the Jets could use any luck right now they could get. Not to mention, with Holmes now out, maybe it would not be such a bad idea to experiment with running the ball more – an act Tebow was often known to (and quite frequently forced to) resort to with his time on the Broncos. Even if Tebow fails, maybe it’ll give Sanchez the kick he needs to get his head back in the game and realize that – regardless of the hype and his accomplishments just a few years ago – it’s high time to get back to work. Perhaps the replacement for Holmes, wide receiver Jason Hill, will be able to connect more efficiently with the quarterback and give the Jets a much needed offensive boost.

Whatever the improvements the Jets end up making, they will need to do it fast. For the Jets, things are going from bad to worse, and if they want to even have a shot of making it to the top this year, they will need to get their game together sooner rather than later.

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Head coach Rex Ryan has to bring his team together if the Jets wish to win.

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Quaterback Mark Sanchez needs to be the player he was his first two seasons to bring the Jets back to form.

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October 9, 2012

By NICHOLAS BUONANNO Staff Writer The Saint Rose Men’s basketball team will enter the upcoming season of the 2012-2013 year hoping to have a better overall season then they did last year. At the end of the 2011-2012 season they finished with a 7-19 overall record, and averaged 65.6 points per game. Although the team did not finish as well as they might have liked, they had a core group of solid players. Five players scored over 200 points last season and played in almost every game, which helped with the success the Golden Knights saw.

Three of the top five scoring leaders were seniors last season, which means the team this up-

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coming season, will hope to have new and returning players do the same things as last year’s players did. The number top scoring leader for the team last season was their guard Rob Gutierrez, scoring 317 points and averaging 12.2 points a game, which was six points more than his former teammate, upcoming junior Dominykas Milka who scored 311 points. The third highest scorer was senior, Brian Hanuschak who scored 280 points and averaged 10.8 points per game.

The last senior from the previous season who was in top five for points scored was Sheldon Griffin by scoring 242 points overall and 9.3 points per game.

Although the team lost some good key players, they have play-

ers coming back from last season to help win and build off of their own personal success last year.

Going into the 2012-13 season,

“Although the team did not finish as well as they might have liked, they had a core group of solid players.”

Dominykas Milka , will be looking to continue helping the team by carrying a large load for his

team again. Last season as the Golden Knights center, he was second overall for most points scored, scoring over 300 and averaging a good 12.0 points per game. Milka helped the team in other ways besides his high scoring games. He was second on the leader board with rebounds, in 26 games he grabbed 154, which was only a few behind former teammate Brain Hanuschak, who had 162 rebounds. Dominykas helped the team on defense as well with 15 blocks which was only one behind Sheldon Griffin in that category. Milka faces a blemish on his stat line last year, leading the Golden Knights men’s basketball team in turnovers with 67.

Another player returning as a senior this season is the Golden

Knights guard Andre Pope who finished fourth on last year’s team of points leaders by scoring 256, and averaged 10.7 points per game. Pope helped and led the team in other ways as well; he finished fourth last year for most field goals with 88, and 3.7 per game. He played in 24 of the 26 games last season. Pope led the Golden Knights with the most three-point shots on his team with 39 and averaged 1.6 threepoint shots per game. He finished fifth for most free throws and rebounds on the team with 41 shots made and 108 rebounds.

The 2012-2013 Men’s basketball season starts Saturday November 10. With the returning players and new freshmen the team looks to have a good season.

passed the ball in the middle to Mariah Shade, who then scored on a shot that slipped in the lower right post, setting off an enthusiastic celebration for the Yellow Jackets. On this play, Boyce recorded her third assist of the season, and Shade’s game-winning goal was her first goal of the season.

This is the first time this season that the Golden Knights have not scored at least once in a game.

This is also Saint Rose’s first loss of the season as well. The last time the Golden Knights lost a game was all the way back on October 15, 2011, which was to another Northeast-10 rival, Merrimack. In that game, Saint Rose also failed to score, losing 3-0.

Following that loss, The College of Saint Rose then went on a 21 game win streak. In that win streak, they captured the NCAA Division II Title.

In the past three seasons combined, The Golden Knights are 33-2-2 in the Northeast-10 Conference and a collective 33-1-1 at home. This is the first time in two and one-half years that The Golden Knights have dropped a home match since the opening of

the Plumeri Sports Complex.

Keeper Jessica Gerski recorded four saves for The Golden Knights and still leads the Northeast-10 Conference in goals allowed with only three, and also still leads the conference with a 0.35 goals-against average.

Despite this loss, The College of Saint Rose remains atop of the Northeast-10 Conference standings. When asked about what this loss meant, Coach Laurie Darling Gutheil said: “This game is over and it doesn’t matter anymore. Whether we win, lose, or tie, everything is always one game at a time,” Gutheil said. “I thought our team played well, but we just couldn’t capitalize on our opportunities.

Needless to say, we will bounce back from this and be ready for our next game.”

Looking ahead, The College of Saint Rose heads to Worcester, Massachusetts this Wednesday night to take on another conference rival, The Greyhounds of Assumption College. Assumption College is currently 2-5-3, and 2-3-3 in conference play.

Game time is set for 7 p.m.

Women’s Soccer Drop Game at Home

By SHAWN BERMAN Staff Writer

SHAWN BERMAN

The Golden Knights suffered a setback at the hands of American International.

Last Monday night, the number one ranked team in the nation, The College of Saint Rose Golden Knights Women’s Soccer team hosted another one of their Northeast-10 Divisional rivals, the Yellow Jackets of American International.

In a game that was a nail-biter to the end, The College of Saint Rose generated a 9-2 shot advantage over American International, including a 6-0 shots-on-target differential. The Golden Knights also produced three corner kicks while only giving up one throughout the 45-minute time span.

In the second half, midfielder Laura Taylor, midfielder Sydney Bond, backs Amanda Vasquez and Ojwanna Wilson, and midfielder Michaela Phillips all put dangerous shots-on-goal for the Golden Knights However, the nation’s top scoring team could not manufacture a goal and in the second overtime, The Yellow Jackets took advantage of this. American International’s Caroline Boyce collected the ball on the right flank, and

Sports Golden Knights Make Run at UMass Lowell

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By JOSHUA NATOLI Sports Editor It is said that there is no such thing as a good loss, but he Golden Knights men’s soccer team had about as good of a loss possible against the sixth ranked UMass Lowell River Hawks this past Saturday at Sullivan Field in the Plumeri Sports Complex.

The last time these two teams met it was not pretty. After a game-tying goal by the Golden Knights in the 31st minute, the River Hawks scored six unanswered goals, five of them in the second half. Three of those goals were scored by Mohammed Saeed within a 20-minute span in the second half.

The winless Golden Knights came into the afternoon match looking to upset the River Hawks, who had won nine straight contests.

Although the River Hawks

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never trailed, the Golden Knights had solid play through the entire 90 minutes. Lowell struck first in the eleventh minute when Homero Morais scored on an assist from Bruno Bonicontro.

“There is no such thing as a good loss, but the Golden Knights had about as good of a loss as possible.”

The score was swiftly knotted up when sophomore Jeff Kozlowski sent a goal into the net on an assist from freshman Martin Schlegalin in the 17th minute.

UMass Lowell went ahead

The Golden Knight played sound soccer throughout the contest.

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Although the River Hawks never trailed, the Golden Knights remained in striking distance.

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The Golden Knights fell to UMass Lowell 4-2.

with three minutes before halftime when Eric DeSanits scored to put the River Hawks up 2-1 over the Golden Knights.

The Golden Knights came back in the second half to even the score when senior midfielder Dan Nilsson fed a pass from freshman Nick Iuorno into the net.

As the Golden Knights remained fundamentally sound dur-

ing the tie, but struggled to contain an offense that has outscored opponents 28-14 this season. The River Hawks struck again with another goal by Morais to take the lead in the 54th minute. Daniel Galvin proceeded to provide an insurance goal for UMass Lowell with less than three minutes left to play, taking away all hope of a massive upset.

The close match can be seen as a great rebound for the Golden Knights, considering UMass Lowell handed them a 7-1 beat down the last time these two met.

Looking forward, the Golden Knights will host New Haven Wednesday in another Northeast-10 contest. The match is set for 3 p.m. at Sullivan Field in the Plumeri Sports Complex.