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February 5th, 2013
Turning Pages with the President
High Winds Bring Trouble to Pine Hills By LAUREN HALLIGAN Features Editor An extremely windy morning on Partridge Street resulted in a large tree breaking and falling on two cars and a porch between Morris Street and Myrtle Street on Thursday, hitting electrical wires on the way down, causing power outages, and blocking local morning traffic on the oneway street. According to Justin Rivera, who lives at 270 Partridge St., the tree fell at approximately 5:45
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By JACKSON WANG Executive Editor Did you always enjoy having your parents read you a book before bed? Well, Saint Rose President David Szczerbacki can now
do the same thing, sort of. Szczerbacki, who’s an avid reader, has started an online book club via the Saint Rose Blog to engage with students and the community. “The book club, at its essence,
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is a way of having different conversations between myself and the people that make up the Saint Rose community,” said Szczerbacki, who was inaugurated as the ninth president of The College last October. “I’m pretty ex-
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cited about it.” Six books will be discussed this year by Szczerbacki; one book every two months. “I thought that was enough time for me to read and to announce the book,” said Szczerbacki. “It also gives people time to read it, and it gives people a chance to discuss it.” The first book Szczerbacki picked was “The Grapes of Wrath” by John Steinbeck, which serves for January and February’s discussion. His first blog post was put up in late January, which has received seven comments. As of Friday, there were 195 independent hits on the blog. “We’re trying to get the word out,” said Szczerbacki, who’s been publicizing the book club through social media. Szczerbacki also sees his online book clubs as a way to reach
a.m., landing at the foot of his front porch stairway. One of the vehicles that received severe damage was Luis Tirado’s silver Jeep Liberty. Tirado, a resident at 266 Partridge Street, woke Thursday morning to find the front of his car underneath the fallen tree. Although the car was not totaled, damages were substantial on the driver’s side of the Jeep. The cars were parked between residential buildings 274 and 270 Partridge Street. Continued on Page A3 out to alumni and new students. During alumni reunion weekend this June, he’ll be holding an in-person book discussion with former students. Szczerbacki said he hasn’t picked a book for the months of May and June, but it’ll be something appealing to alumni. As for reaching out to new students, Szczerbacki would like to send a copy of the book for July and August, which hasn’t been selected, to incoming freshmen. He’s hoping the new students will read it and contribute to the blog. “It’s an intellectual way to interact with students,” said Szczerbacki. “It’s going to be fun; it’s not going to be a test.” The bookstore in the EAC has also set up a book display for the book club. They’ll be selling Continued on Page A5
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Man arrested for operating a backhoe drunk. See pages A2
Kickn’ it with KJ: new and old. See page B10
A-rod in trouble again. See page D14
Alumnus with a passion for giving back. See pages A4
The liberal legislation continues- abortion. See page C11
Golden Knights conclude Northeast-10 Champiships See page D16