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Greats Visit Saint Rose By MAttHeW Woods Staff Writer and VictoriA Addison Sports Editor
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Jim Boeheim, seen here signing autographs in the Nolan Gymnasium, visited Saint Rose on Saturday Sept. 27 to conduct a coaching clinic.
Fall CLASSIC 2014 By AleX WHeeler Features Editor Hosting around 160 Saint Rose members (faculty, staff and students) and featuring 20 presentations, Silver Bay YMCA at Lake
George was seeing a ton of development at Fall CLASSIC this past weekend. The buses were loaded on Friday afternoon as students, faculty, and staff trekked on up to Lake
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Saturday, Sept. 27, was certainly a memorable day in the Capital Region. As the weather outside brought back memories of summer, it was inside the air conditioned Nolan Gymnasium at The College of Saint Rose that great basketball minds came together to teach and enlighten those in attendance. St. Rose was honored to host the Howard Garfinkel Coaching Clinic and to have some of the most respected basketball coaches in the country on hand. The clinic was headlined by a number of high-profile basketball coaches, including Syracuse University head coach Jim Boeheim, University of Florida head coach Billy Donovan, University of Kentucky head coach John Calipari, ESPN analyst and former virginia Tech head coach Seth Greenberg, as well as NBA commentator and former coach Mike Fratello. The stands were filled with coaches from all different levels. Recreational coaches, high school coaches, and even col-
lege coaches alike were trying to absorb as much information from the guests as they could and hopefully be able to apply what they learned to their respective teams. The clinic lasted from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., giving each coach about an hour to talk and show the crowd his different coaching philosophies. Boeheim taught his offensive ideologies which he has used for players like Hakim Warrick and Gerry McNamara. Donovan focused more on defense and his turnover-inducing full-court press, while Calipari emphasized quick and precise ball movement in many of his drills. Each provided a unique and new perspective to many of the coaches in attendance. In relation to the day’s overall theme, giving back has always meant a lot to these coaches. “Somebody helped me,” Donovan said. “Somebody took time with me, I think you always have responsibility to give back as much as you can.” All the coaches were here to do what others had done for them; further the game of basketball and spread their well sought-after knowledge and experience. “Well someone helped me, and Continued on Page A6
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Adjuncts vote to Unionize See page A5
Tiernan Foley reviews Gotham See page B13
Rookies, Ready to Roll? See page D23
Brian Jay Shows His Human Nature See page A8
Stop Betting Against Elon Musk See page C20
The NFL: AKA the Natural Fighting League See page D24
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Fun Fact: Dragonflies have six legs but can’t walk.
Your Top 5 Stories from Friday to Sunday *Source: BBC News
Worker Beheads co-Worker
Police Officer Shot in Ferguson
Chelsea Clinton Has Baby girl
Man Smuggles Turtles in Pants
Cancer Kills First Responders
An Oklahoma man beheaded his female co-worker and injured another after being fired. Alton Nolen, 30, was under investigation by the FBI after he allegedly tried to convert his co-workers to Islam. The attack was stopped by a manager who is also a reserve police officer.
A police officer has been shot in unknown conditions in Ferguson, Missouri. The officer’s condition is currently unknown. The shooting follows soon after the burning of the Michael Brown street memorial under suspicious circumstances. The Brown shooting is under investigation by the US Justice Department.
Chelsea Clinton and her husband Marc Mezinsky welcomed a daughter, Charlotte Clinton Mezinsky, on Friday. Clinton and Mezinsky married in 2010. The news comes as Clinton’s mother, Hillary Clinton, considers running for president in 2016. Chelsea Clinton has been a correspondent with NBC News.
Canadian Kai Xu, 26, has been charged with wildlife smuggling after being found at the US-Canadian border with 51 turtles inside his pants. Border guards found the animals taped to his legs. Xu faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted. The turtles were handed over to the fish and wildlife agency.
Three 9/11 first responders have died from cancer on the same day. Thousands of rescue workers have been diagnosed with illnesses, including cancer. Around a thousand deaths have been connected to the toxic dust and chemicals from ground zero. Congress has set aside 2.78 billion in compensation.
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Teens Arrested in Cell Phone Theft Two teens have been arrested for allegedly stealing a woman’s cell phone on Madison Avenue. At 9:25 p.m. on Sept. 25, 2014, the Albany Police Department officers on patrol witnessed a group of males steal a cell phone from the back pocket of a female vic-
tim as she walked on the 700 block of Madison Avenue. The suspects ran off on foot as the officers stepped in. Rasaan Boyd and Myaire Leigh, both 17 and of Albany were arrested after a short chase. There were no injuries in the
incident. The teens were charged with one count of larceny in the 4th degree. Boyd and Leigh were arraigned in the Albany City Criminal Court and sent to the Albany County Jail after failing to post bail.
Teen Arrested in Shooting An Albany teen has been arraigned in the Albany City Criminal Court and sent to the Albany County Jail after being arrested in connection to a July shooting on Madison Avenue this year. Naseir Simmons, 16, of Albany
allegedly shot a 39-year-old man on the 500 block of Madison Avenue at 9:40 p.m. on July 30. The victim was transported to the Albany Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries. The investigation recovered
a hand gun. Simmons has been charged with attempted murder in the second degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and criminal possession of a weapon the fourth degree.
Mary Lambert to Visit Saint Rose Mary Lambert will be coming to Saint Rose for a concert on Oct. 17. Lambert first achieved recognition after her collaboration with artist Macklemore on his song “Same Love.” She will be headlining the event in the Massry recital hall at 7:30 p.m. with artist Howie Day accompanying. This will be the fifth stop on her tour, which is set to promote songs off her debut album Heart On My Sleeve. Included on the album is her hit single “Secrets.”
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Calendar of Events tuesday, september 30th 9:00 a.m Manager’s Meeting St Joseph Conf Rm 417 6:30 p.m Kappa Delta Pi New Members Meeting Touhey Forum 7:30 p.m SPECTRUM General Board Meeting SCR A & B 7:30 p.m Saint Rose Knight Club Bru; Saint Rose Room 8:15 p.m Golden Knights Dance Practice EAC Rm 110 8:00 p.m Yoga for Students Hubbard Sanctuary 9:00 p.m Sean McClowry Recording Project Massry: PRH 9:30 p.m Guided Mediation Hubbard Sanctuary Wednesday, October 1st 6 p.m SA Meeting SCR A & B 7 p.m Board Game Club Meeting Albertus 103 7:30 p.m Saint Rose Knight Club Bru; Saint Rose Room 7:30 p.m CDAEYC General Meeting Albertus 301 8 p.m Knights of Service Albertus 302 9 p.m Karate Club Practice Lima Conf. Room
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Continued From Page A1 committee, Fall CLASSIC is a weekend retreat that allows Saint Rose students to connect with other students, form relationships, have a good time, and learn more about themselves. The Chronicle was able to sit down with Justin Whittaker, president of the Student Association, and talk about all of the planning that goes into each Fall CLASSIC. “Planning for CLASSIC starts right after each CLASSIC actually,” Whittaker said. “The committee is made up of students, faculty, and administration and we meet on a bi-weekly basis throughout the year.” The committee works hard all
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year to brainstorm events, read through and accept proposed workshops, do room accommodations, and plan some extra fun things for the weekend--like a haunted house. The committee stays around all weekend to help facilitate programs and to, as Whittaker said, “Ensure that when things don’t go as planned, we can fix them.” Every Fall CLASSIC brings a special keynote speaker with it and this year’s was no other than The College of Saint Rose’s president, Carolyn Stefanco. “It was an experience,” said Whittaker. “Her story of coming from nothing to something was extraordinary.”
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Archery, another activity offered to the students over the three day event
President Stefanco’s speech received a standing ovation from everyone filled into Silver Bay’s Morse Hall on Friday night. The rest of the weekend was filled with the most workshops that Fall CLASSIC has ever seen-a record 20 workshops. The workshops were broken down into five time slots: four on Saturday and one on Sunday, with four workshops per time slot for students to choose from. With such a strong and vast list of workshops to choose from, students were spread all over Silver Bay, further developing themselves as future leaders here at Saint Rose. To coincide with the amount of workshops, the CLASSIC committee and the folks at Silver Bay made sure to offer students a wide array of extracurricular opportunities over the span of the weekend. There were bonfires, frisbee, hikes, archery, boating, the haunted house, and even an opportunity to dance it up with the ALANA Steppers. Directly before the haunted house on Saturday night, the CLASSIC committee hosted what was supposed to be a karaoke night, but the karaoke equipment wasn’t functioning correctly. What easily could’ve been a bust turned into an overwhelming success--the committee thought on its feet and was able to turn karaoke night into a lip syncing night. Instead of singing the songs, students were encouraged to bring the music on their phones, hook them up to the speakers, and take the stage. Myles Clendenin, who was a part of the committee this year and also a co-host of karaoke was ecstatic with how the night turned around, saying that, “Sadly the program did not work, but that didn’t stop anyone from having any fun!” Students were overwhelmingly positive about their weekend experience with some returners citing improvements. Carly Weller, who had been to Fall CLASSIC last year, said, “The way we di-
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Maria Hartz enjoying kayaking, just one of the many activities available to students.
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The event programs for Fall CLASSIC, detailing all of the events and activities for students to attend. vided to go to workshops this year worked a lot better and was more laid back. There were great people here and that’s really what it is all about. You can’t beat great people.” Another returner, Eric Treacy, said that this Fall CLASSIC was “On point. I had a great time.” For Brittany O’Shea, a graduate student, this was actually her first CLASSIC. She thought that the weekend was great, saying that, “I originally went to Fall CLASSIC because I thought as a graduate student I should have
this experience at least once. It allowed me to connect with new students, staff and administration. I would and hopefully will be returning next fall.” Whether you were a returner or a newcomer, or even a facilitator, Fall CLASSIC, with its slight bumps here or there, was an overwhelming success. As the weekend wraps up, the new CLASSIC committee is already getting plans in order for next year and they have a tough year to top.
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Waiting:The Lindsey Brooker Profile By Adriana Rosales Staff Writer As a senior attending The College of Saint Rose, 21-year-old Lindsey Brooker is hoping to one day become a speech language pathologist. Hailing from Long Island, the communication science and disorder major plans to “jump right into” graduate school. But before Brooker can do that she is working three different jobs. She is not only tutoring at the on-campus Academic Support Center, a receptionist at the Pauline K. Winkler Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic, but she is also waitressing at the Stuyvesant Plaza TGI Firdays. Brooker has been a part-time employee at TGI Fridays for one year, and had previously held a hostess position until late June. When she received a promotion,
she was happy not to work as a hostess anymore because she couldn’t “stand there and do nothing.” On the other hand, Brooker always finds something to do with waitressing. Because she lives off campus, Brooker uses the CDTA bus service, and stated that “It runs right to Stuyvesant Plaza, so it’s pretty convenient.” According to her co-worker, Benjamin Engwer, her job includes a series of tasks, such as “serving guests, advertising products, running food to tables, rolling silverware, and keeping her section of the restaurant clean.” After bringing them their food, she will “leave the customer alone for a little while,” walking by a couple of times to see if they need anything. “There’s a fine line,” Brooker said. “You don’t want to bother them, but you don’t want to ignore them…there’s a reason we’re called waiters. We wait a
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Lindsey Brooker, who has been a part-time employee at TGI Fridays for a year now.
lot.” Before working at TGI Fridays, Brooker worked for a small,
“[Brooker] takes her job seriously and does her best to accommodate the customers.” Kayla Jeffrey family-owned Greek restaurant in Floral Park, Long Island. Regarding the difference between working for a corporate restaurant and family owned-restaurant, Brooker explained that, “It’s a much smaller staff,” and “You feel like you’re a part of the family.” Jokingly, she explained that when working for a corporation, it sometimes feels like the company is eating your soul, like a death eater from the J.K. Rowling book series, Harry Potter. Brooker works nearly 20 hours a week, and though it’s a “stressful job at times…without awesome coworkers,” nothing would get done. SUNY Albany student Kayla Jeffrey has been working at TGI Fridays since January 2014. Not only did Jeffrey start working with Brooker, she was also trained by her. According to Jeffrey, Brooker “takes her job seriously and does her best to accommodate the customers.” On her relationship with her co-workers, Brooker stated, “You become a little family. We spend holidays together because restaurants don’t close.” Brooker works her many different jobs because she has to pay rent for her off-campus apartment and has to buy groceries. She also tries to save as much money as she can, but when asked what she does during her free time, she asked me, “What free time?”
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The Results Are in: Adjuncts Vote to Unionize By Lauren Sears News Editor On Monday, Sept. 22, adjunct faculty at The College of Saint Rose voted 175-61 to form a union. Representation of the adjuncts will be provided by the Service Employees International Union as a collective bargaining unit. The College works with two other unions on campus. According to a press release, the College has “respect for the negotiating process and will work with the SEIU to address the issues concerning the adjunct faculty that President Carolyn Stefanco recognized early on in her tenure.” The vote was historic for the College. “For decades, adjuncts, who represent more than half of our faculty, have had no say in the contracts we were offered. It was simply ‘take it or leave it.’ That process has resulted in woefully inadequate compensation, a total lack of benefits, non-existent job security and growing stress on hard working members of the Saint Rose community.
“For decades, adjuncts...have had no say in the contracts we were offered.” Now that the administration has recognized the clear inequities resulting from years without adjuncts having a voice, we anticipate substantial improvements in teaching and learning conditions that put into practice the school’s often stated commitment to social justice,” said Bradley Russell. Russell has been heavily
involved in the unionization process. He teaches anthropology and sociology at Saint Rose. The process has only just begun. The next steps for the adjunct unionization process is choosing its leadership. This also includes “continu[ing] communicating with our membership about the coming contract negotiations. We have reached out to the administration about beginning the negotiations. We look forward to beginning talks as soon as it can be arranged,” said Russell. The College also expressed the importance of communicating with adjunct faculty. “The issues surrounding the role of adjunct faculty in our nation’s colleges and universities is one that deserves national discussion and dialogue, and we thank our faculty for taking a role in propelling the conversation. Currently, approximately 70 percent of the undergraduate and graduate credits at Saint Rose are taught by full-time faculty and 30 percent are taught by adjunct faculty who bring a wealth of professional experience into the classroom. As the collective bargaining process gets underway, I know we will continue to work together to move Saint Rose forward and to provide excellence in teaching and mentoring to our students in and outside the classroom. This is the heart of the Saint Rose mission,” said a press release from the College. The organizing committee also says that “Our organizing committee would like to thank our fellow adjuncts, the full-time faculty, the students and our local community for the outstanding level of support that they have shown our team as we were doing the hard work required to move us into a new day here at Saint Rose.”
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Continued From Page A1 get me where I am,” Greenberg said. “There is nothing more enjoyable to me than being around coaches and to share the little bit that I have learned with others.” St. Rose head basketball coach Brian Beaury was another coach who provided his expertise in the clinic, and whose players also had the chance to learn from the guest coaches in attendance “It is a great day for basketball and The College of St. Rose when we can have these kinds of people come here and spend some time,” said Beaury. “To get to be on the floor and learn from coaches of this caliber, the players are certainly winners today, too,” he added. Both members of the St. Rose men’s and women’s teams were present for the clinic, but it was the men’s team that participated in the drills that the coaches were teaching. St. Rose sophomore forward Anthony Russell was frequently involved in many of the drills and was taking in the entire experience of learning from the coaches as well. “It’s great. It’s great for the area, for the school, and we learn
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Billy Donovan, the head coach of the Florida Gators men’s basketball team, also spoke at the clinic.
a lot from it. We always listen to our coach every day and hearing a different perspective and voice, it’s awesome,” said Russell. Same can be said for the women’s team as senior forward Mariah Lesure was also very excited to see what the coaches had in store. “It’s cool, we don’t get to play against these high-profile coaches so you see them and it’s a big deal but the fact that they are willing to take the time and coach us, we are blessed with the opportunity,” she said. The organizer of the event, Rene LeRoux, was truly the perfect individual to put the clinic together and did a fantastic job in doing so. “We had as famous as basketball coaches as there are in the country. It’s amazing that they all came today and they did so willingly, happily, they loved it and had a great time. They were great,” said LeRoux. Boeheim was perhaps the biggest drawing card to the clinic, considering the location of Syracuse to Albany and the large following of Syracuse fans in the northeast. Also, Boeheim has been tied to the area before. In 2003, freshman forward Carmelo Anthony led the Orangemen as they won two games at the Pepsi Arena, now the Times Union Center, en route to its only national championship. Boeheim has also led his team to a Final Four in each of the last four decades, thus proving his longevity as a winning coach. Donovan has been the coach at Florida since 1996, taking a weak program and transforming it into one of the most dominant in college basketball. Donovan is also a national championship-winning coach as his Gators went back-toback in 2007 and 2008. Donovan’s style of coaching is one that we have seen for a while, as he learned from current Louisville
head coach Rick Pitino. “In coaching you are going to be directly affected by the people that you play for and that you work for,” Donovan said. “I was fortunate to play for and coach under Coach Pitino.” Calipari may be the most popular coach in college basketball today. Year after year his team is consistently nationally ranked, which is even more impressive considering the amount of freshmen he has had over the years. Calipari has coached stars such as guards Derrick Rose and John Wall, forwards Anthony Davis, Demarcus Cousins, and center Marcus Camby. As 3-time national coach of the year, Calipari won a championship in 2012 and has been to 5 Final Fours, while also leading his eighth-seeded Wildcats to the National Championship game in last year’s NCAA tournament. Greenberg was the former head coach at Virginia Tech, leading them to multiple NCAA tournaments. He is now an analyst for ESPN, and says that New York basketball is still thriving. “Let’s face it, you have multiple universities right here that have been very good. The job you guys have done here, what the coaches have done here is incredible, look at these banners, it’s insane,” said Greenberg, “To me, I am honored to be asked to speak here and it’s good to be around coaches and to spend time.” Fratello, who coached the Memphis Grizzlies, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Atlanta Hawks during his professional coaching career, is among the winning head coaches in NBA history. He has also served as the head coach of the Ukraine National Team since 2011. Apart from his coaching career, Fratello is widely known as a broadcaster and NBA analyst. Currently, he provides commentary for the New York Nets on the Yes Network and can also be seen on NBA TV.
Even with the big names that were on campus, the day was about 2 people: the coaches in the stands, and Howard Garfinkel. Better known as “Garf,” Garfinkel is a New York native who is known for running the Five Star Basketball Camp, which lasted from 1966 to 2008. Each summer, the camp hosted some of the country’s biggest names in high school basketball, including those such as Michael Jordan, Kevin Durant, LeBron James, and Vince Carter. The players were counseled by college athletes, well-known college coaches, and coaches-in-waiting. Furthermore, Garfinkel has helped many players who have attended his camp go on to earn their first coaching job. Coach Beaury, who participated in the camp as both a player and a young coach, attested to Garfinkel’s legacy and what it has meant for college basketball. “The idea of today was about Howard Garfinkel, who helped pave the way for a lot of these
“The job you guys have done here, what the coaches have done here is incredible, look at these banners, it’s insane.” Seth Greenberg
big-time coaches to get to where they are through Five Star Basketball Camp. The clinic is a tribute to Howard Garfinkel and the Five Star Basketball family because as coaches we are all in a fraternity,” Beaury said. The coaches on hand varied from level to level and held a variety of coaching experience themselves. There were a number of notable collegiate coaches
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Boeheim spent the morning running drills with the Saint Rose men’s basketball team. in attendance, from schools such as Binghamton, Siena, and University at Albany. But it was the high school coaches that outnumbered the rest. One of the coaches present, Walter Lesure, father of St. Rose player Mariah, was there looking to improve his own team. “I came here because of the defensive coaches; Billy Donovan’s full-court press and Seth Greenberg’s 1-3-1 press, both very unique and they work. I am really excited about it,” said Lesure. The significance of the experience was obvious for everyone involved, including the guest speakers. Greenberg, among the other coaches who took time out of their busy schedules to take the trip to St. Rose, helped create a day that was filled with coaching knowledge that those in attendance will not only never forget, but will also carry along to their own teams. “What a great job they have done here, just phenomenal, the turnout, and the ownership, and the passion. It speaks volumes for NY basketball,” said Greenberg. “This is a great area for basketball.”
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Howard Garfinkel Coaching Clinic Photos by Conor Shea
Clipboards were given to attendees for the purpose of taking notes and drawing out plays.
Point guard Kareem Thomas, after a long set of drills led by Jim Boeheim.
The crowd was a mixture of coaches from all over upstate New York, and fans of the guest speakers.
Boeheim, demonstrating to the Saint Rose men’s basketball team the advantages of 2-3 zone defense.
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Brian Jay Shows His Human Nature By ALEX WHEELER Features Editor
Brian Jay has been a musical staple at Saint Rose since anyone can remember. His debut album, Human Nature, hits iTunes, Spotify and many more online distributors tomorrow, and he couldn’t be happier. Brian Jay’s musical journey began when he was around the age of 9 or 10 when he started playing the piano. “By the time I was 13 I was making my own instrumentals,” Jay said. “I also got into poetry a lot and started adding beats and sounds to it.” When The Chronicle sat down with Brian Jay, he described the core makeup of the music as “poetry with rhythm and with a beat,” and that his favorite genres originated in the R&B and pop genres. Lately, however, Jay has been listening to all genres to elicit inspiration from every angle. He pointed out that he has been listening to a lot of country lately, citing that he enjoyed the genre for the lyrics, mostly. On the topic of the best sound
recording system out there, Jay said that Sound Cloud was the most effective in helping him reach an audience over the past four years. “I’ve quadrupled the amount of views,” Jay said. Social media has a lot to do with pushing music or even any sort of medium nowadays and Jay primarily uses any form of his social media to help promote his musical endeavors. About the reasoning behind the title of his album, Jay said that he was asked by some people: “Why do you make music?” and he recalled that he had a hard time finding the right answer to that question. He believes the answer lies within the album’s title, saying that, “Why I do [music], helps me relieve things in my life. Everyone can relate to music because of our human nature and that is what brings us all together as people.” Recording of the album started about seven to eight months ago and some of the writing for the music dates back at least a year. Jay recorded the album at various music studios, including some
off-campus studios in Albany, a few studios in New York City, and studios here on campus. When speaking about the production process, Jay said that for every song on the album “there’s a producer,” and that there were nine producers in total on the album. Students familiar with Jay and his music have been highly anticipating his album the past coming weeks, due in part to Jay’s social media coverage of his work and his countless performances here at the College including both Family Weekend and even this past weekend at Fall CLASSIC. During CLASSIC’s karaoke night, Jay took front stage to perform a song from the album and the crowd was really eating it up. Erica Schipani, a junior here at Saint Rose said that, “I’m very excited to see his new material because of how hard he works.” Schipani was even in a photo shoot with Jay to help promote his work. Reflecting on the experience Schipani said that it was “great and I really enjoyed it.” Another Saint Rose student,
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Brian Jay, considered by many to be a staple at Saint Rose, seen performing here at Family Weekend.
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Brian Jay’s new album Human Nature will be released on Oct. 1. Mckenzee Greene, said that she has “really enjoyed following Brian throughout his career and I have high expectations for Human Nature.” Ashley Ramharracksignh, another student, said that she is “very, very excited for Human Nature. I’m a die-hard fan. He’s a good person making good music.” The album has 12 tracks and runs no more than 45 minutes. “About 60 percent of the album is material I’ve already performed,” Jay said. The lead single is the track titled after the album, Human Nature. “The track was originally called ‘Affliction,’” said Jay. “It changed once I named the album. So the name of the album came before the name of the track.” When it came down to financials, Jay informed The Chronicle that he would be selling download cards at various events on campus in the coming weeks priced at $3. The download cards come from the company DropCard and even though those who receive
the download cards don’t get a physical copy of the album, they get the card on a lanyard with the album artwork on it. The album will be available for $7 on iTunes and other music download sites and Jay said that those sites get about “30 percent of that and I get the other 70 percent.” Jay went on to say,“I’m not for the profit. I’m for the professional platform; I want to be taken seriously. Now people will see that I’ve put this work into a production.” The Chronicle was unable to get an official sample of the album before it hits online shelves on Oct.1, but it goes without saying that after Jay’s performances at Family Weekend and at Fall CLASSIC, audiences are in for a treat. If you see Brian Jay anywhere around campus, he will have the download cards for the album with him and you can preview and purchase Human Nature on Oct. 1 on iTunes, Amazon and many other places.
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Fall CLASSIC 2014 Photos by Chris Lovell
Myles Clendenin, showing off his baton skills.
The whole group of attendees. Can you find yourself?
Archery, just one of the many activities students took part in over the weekend.
AndrĂŠa Dassie, the keynote speaker for Fall CLASSIC, spoke on leadership, fear, confidence, and an assortment of other core values.
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Mike Miller spoke on the importance of networking, and the advantages of sites like LinkedIn
Attendees listened attentively to the various presentations.
Jacob Barkman was all smiles, all weekend.
President Stefanco gave a speech telling students a little more about herself.
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Top of the Week For Sept. 22 - 27 Movies at the Box Office
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1. The Maze Runner (32.5M) 2. A Walk Among the Tombstones (12.8M) 3. This Is Where I Leave You (11.6M) 4. No Good Deed (9.8M) 5. Dolphin Tale 2 (8.9M) 6. Guardians of the Galaxy (5.2M) 7. Let’s Be Cops (2.7M) 8. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2.7M) 9. The Drop (2.1M) 10. If I Stay (1.8M)
1. NBC Sunday Night Football 2. CBS Thursday Night Football 3. Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick 4. CBS Thursday Night Pre-Kick 5. 60 Minutes 6. NBC Football 7. CBS Thursday Night Kick-Off 8. America’s Got Talent (Wednesday) 9. America’s Got Talent (Tuesday) 10. Miss America Competition
*Source: RottenTomatoes.com
*Source: Nielsen.com
Books
Music
Fiction: 1. Edge of Eternity (Ken Follett) 2. Personal (Lee Child) 3. Somewhere Safe With Somebody Good (Jan Karon) 4. The Bone Clocks (David Mitchell) 5. Festive In Death (J.D. Robb) Non-Fiction: 1. 13 Hours (Mitchell Zuckoff) 2. What If? (Randall Munroe) 3. World Order (Henry Kissinger) 4. Jesus On Trial (David Limbaugh) 5. This Changes Everything (Naomi Klein)
Albums: 1. X (Chris Brown) 2. Partners (Barbra Streisand) 3. Native (OneRepublic) 4. Shadow Heaven Town (Tim McGraw) 5. Bulletproof Picasso (Train) Songs: 1. All About That Bass (Meghan Trainor) 2. Shake It Off (Taylor Swift) 3. Bang Bang (Jessie J, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj) 4. Anaconda (Nicki Minaj) 5. Black Widow (Iggy Azalea W/Rita Ora)
*Source: New York Times Best Sellers
*Source: Billboard.com
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The Frozen Phenomenon
By Nicholas Negron Staff Writer Frozen is now the most successful film in the Walt Disney Animation Studios catalog. The feature grossed over $1.274 billion worldwide and $259,000 in domestic DVD and Blu-ray sales. Various movie tie-ins including merchandise and apparel have kept the beloved Elsa, Anna, Kristoff, Sven and Olaf in stores throughout the country. The Academy Award-winning music from Frozen has resonated in the hearts of millions of children around the world. Songs like “Let it Go” and “Do You Want to Build a Snowman” make up the 10 original songs composed for the film, with its soundtrack selling over two million copies. The name Elsa was even ranked on a 2014 mid-year report of the top 100 commonly used baby names, by Babycentre. co.uk, coming in at 88. Disney has been able to capitalize on Frozen’s success in any and every way possible, most recently into network television. The Snow Queen and her
The name Elsa was even ranked on a 2014 mid- year report of the top 100 commonly used baby names. friends have recently taken their first steps into primetime spotlight in ABC’s Once Upon a Time. The Frozen characters join Emma, Snow White, Prince Charming, Captain Hook, Rumpelstiltskin and a plethora of other characters in the fictional town of Storybrooke, Maine. The will be the most recent Disney story transcended in the
television show. In the past OUAT has visited the Forbidden Forest, Oz, Neverland, and Wonderland. One can only wonder what mishaps Elsa will be bringing to Storybrooke. Season three ended on a cliffhanger when a dangerous magic, Elsa, that even Rumplestiltskin feared, was released from confinement. Before she marches out into her new surroundings, she demolishes the container that held her captive with a frigid blast. As she walks away, she leaves a trail of frost behind her. While support for Once Upon a Time is strong, the number of viewers for season three dropped to 6.80 million. This is down from the 8.52 million who watched the season’s premiere. Adding Frozen to their lineup of fairytale characters is a sure way to attract families to their television screens on Sunday nights. An older character on the show, Maleficent is also set up for a larger arc this season. This is mostly due to the highly successful Disney film Maleficent, released earlier this year. Walt Disney World is now in the process of incorporating Frozen into its theme parks. An amusement park attraction based on the film will open at Disney’s Epcot in 2016. This will be replacing the Maelstrom, located in the Norway pavilion of the World showcase at Epcot. The log chute attraction teaches a history of mythological Norway while taking passengers on a boat voyage. It will be retiring Oct. 4 of this year after a 26-year run. This decision has been met with both excitement and disappointment. Many older Disney fans see this as the “end of an era.”Various
hash tags including #saveMaelstrom and #BelieveinEPCOT have trended on social media. Some see Epcot as the Disney Park that is above the hysteria. It is the park for the sophisticated with themes of international culture and acceptance, and technological innovation. With little Disney film themed references at all in the park, excluding a Finding Nemo themed attraction, it is almost odd that Disney chose to place the ride at Epcot. Frozen is inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale The Snow Queen, a classic. It is unknown if this new attraction will expose readers to the history and culture of northern Europe. In perhaps a more fitting light, Queen Elsa will take over Cinderella’s castle this winter. “Queen Elsa will use her powers to transform Cinderella Castle into an ice palace every night starting in early November,” said Disney Parks chairman Todd Staggs in a press conference. A concept photo of the show was released by Disney. Elsa, Ana, and Olaf are parading on the deep blue stage, surrounded by a completely transformed and iced out castle with white fireworks and snowflakes engulfing the area. A third Disney Park, Hollywood Studios, is promised to have Wandering Oaken’s shop setup through the holiday season with “real snow.” Earlier in January 2014, it was released to the public that Disney Theatrical Productions was in its earliest stages of adapting Frozen to the Broadway stage. CEO Bob Iger has stated there is no demanding rush as the creators are striving for excellence. Musical directors of the film, Rob-
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Two fans of Frozen show off their love of the characters by cosplaying as them. ert and Kristen-Anderson Lopez have both confirmed the musical will not ready for at least a few more years. Disney on Ice, a Feld Entertainment traveling productions, recently premiered an ice skating show based on Frozen with help from the film’s directors and producers. A Frozen film short is also in the works to be released next year. In recent weeks there has been controversy over Frozen’s theme. The Big Bang Theory star Mayim Bialik recently expressed her “hate” for the film. She explained in her blog that the plot is antifeminist, and “male bashing”. “...these characters are young; certainly not old enough in my
socially conservative opinion to be searching for mates!” she wrote in her blog. Bialik is not the average actress. She is a neuroscientist with a PhD from UCLA. She is known for expressing her opinions on today’s culture. While some did not take kindly to her comments, others are just frustrated that Frozen is still a topic in the media, almost one year after the film’s release. Should Disney retire Frozen? That would be ridiculous. While the story of Queen Elsa and Princess Anna is still near and dear to millions of children’s, it is pointless to take it away from them.
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He Isn’t Batman, But He’s Still a Hero: A Review of Gotham
By Tiernan Foley Contributing Writer Over the last few years a lot of us have come to love Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy. Whether it is because of our caped-crusader, the diabolical villains, or just the amazing cinematography, Batman has made his way into our hearts. However, there is one hero from the comic series whose complexities and origins are never really explored. The character I am referring to is Commissioner James Gordon. The role of commissioner wasn’t involuntarily thrust upon him for the sake of the role, but was actually a position that Gordon had to work hard for. The new series Gotham acts as a prequel to the Batman storyline, and explains the origins of not only Gordon, but many familiar villains as well. The show adapts their own take on the origins of Batman and the murder of Bruce Wayne’s parents, but still remains true to it for the most part. It comes out hardhitting with murder, bloodshed, and theft only to keep the viewer on their toes. Before you know
it, Benjamin McKenzie makes his dramatic entrance as Detective Jim Gordon. From there on you meet other influential Batman characters such as Harvey Bullock who is a shady Gotham detective, Oswald Cobblepot (The Penguin), Edward Nygma (The Riddler), and the young Bruce
Gotham is built from corruption, insanity, power, greed, and crime which is why it always needs a hero. Wayne himself. The pilot episode contains extensive dialogue, action-filled scenes, dramatic cameos, and a craving for another episode. This adaptation really provokes the viewer and has them ponder the question: how did these characters become who they are now? The show also scrutinizes
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the relationship between Gordon and Wayne and how it was established. It provides a better rationale as to why they can relate to each other the way they do in the future. You get to know more about Gordon, learning that he is a former military man and an ex-cop before he moves up to detective and then in the future, commissioner. Gordon is also related to a former Gotham District Attorney. He has a lot of charisma, and backs it up with moral-fiber and an outgoing sense of self. His morals and values become very apparent within the first episode, and closely resemble Batman’s. It implies that a lot of what Batman stands for comes from one of his biggest adolescent influences: Jim Gordon. The Gotham Police Force plays a crucial role in the city, but is only shown in short segments and is never really touched upon above the surface. Within the force there are tons of political struggles along with moral questions that each individual has to face. The perspective that is shown through the Gotham storyline propels every move that prominent officers and agents make to get to where Gotham is today. Gotham City is one of the darkest settings in not only the comic book world, but a lot of other fictional settings in general. Gotham is built from corruption, insanity, power, greed, and crime which is why it always needs a hero. As you see criminals climb the steps to the top, you wish you could stop them in the making. Cobblepot (The Penguin) wasn’t always a crime boss that wields an umbrella, but instead started at the bottom of the crime totem pole who was willing to do anything to get to the top. He is almost like a fiendish Jay Gatsby.
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Benjamin McKenzie (left) and Jada Pinkett Smith (right), star in Gotham, a show about the city before Batman. The acting has been phenomenal as well. All the performances have captured the essence of darkness that is Gotham City. You can tell that the actors really want to get into their roles, since there are high stakes at risk because of the acting quality in the Dark Knight trilogy, specifically Ledger’s role. They put their own take on the perpetual personalities that these characters have. Not to sound like an English teacher, but I am looking very forward to character development.
Although there has only been one episode, I can already tell that it is going to be an amazing series and will most likely develop a cult following. I am ready to put Gotham in juxtaposition with other Batman series like Batman Beyond, and Batman the Animated Series and bet that it will be even better. It could even surpass Arrow and the up and coming spinoff focusing on the Flash. Although Gordon isn’t Batman, he is still a hero.
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Sleepy Hollow is Back
By Rachel Bolton Managing Editor
Last season’s Sleepy Hollow seemed an unlikely choice to be a good show. While it was not perfect, season one of the series was campy, fun, and just the right amount of scary. The adventures of Ichabod Crane and police lieutenant Abbie Mills had started to build its own mythology by the finale back in January. Season one ended with the shocking revelation of who the apocalyptic horseman of war was, and saw our heroes separated. Abbie was stuck in purgatory and Crane buried alive. Abbie’s sister Jenny was injured in a Headless Horseman caused car accident. Thankfully, the first episode wraps up these plot threads with its usually creative flair. I think that season two is off to a great start, the episode ends with War gaining new powers from the big bad demon, Moloch. We still don’t know what happened to Abbie’s boss Captain Irving, who has taken the fall for the murders committed by Moloch. I hope that they bust him out of prison soon. Orlando Jones’ performance as the no-nonsense man stuck in the fantastic is one of the best in the series. This episode reminded viewers
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of one of the funnier, yet awesome, updates done to Washington Irving’s story. Why would the Headless Horseman still use a sword now that he is in the 21st century? Time for him to whip out a machine gun. The man turning into Rambo is one of his better moments this time. Old Headless is still in love with Crane’s wife Katrina, who he knew when he was still human. Now that she is out of purgatory and in his hands, Headless is doing his best to woo her, even creating an illusion that he still has a head so they can talk. I wish that they had dropped this plot line. Can’t a villain have some motivation that isn’t about being rejected by a woman? Katrina spent all of last season as a plot MacGuffin, does she have to do the same in season two. I hope that Headless goes back to being the frightening badass he was at the start. One aspect of Sleepy Hollow that I love is how it plays with figures from the American Revolution. Crane is often a Forrest Gump like character, who met and worked with Thomas Jefferson and George Washington. Some humor is driven from Crane’s hatred of Jefferson, as he claims the founding father stole some of his ideas. This week, Benjamin Franklin gets a starring role in a flashback. His famous key was not simply to test electricity, but to try to destroy a key to purgatory. I will give the show credit, as they portray Ben Franklin’s less appropriate pastimes here. Remember this is a man who really enjoyed his time in the French Royal Court. Next week looks promising, as it appears that Crane and Abbie will be creating their own monster of sorts to fight War and the Headless Horseman. As for me, I look forward to seeing what sort of reinterpretation of American history will be next. Now is the perfect time to jump on to a new addicting series.
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Live From New York:
It’s Season 40 of Saturday Night Live! By Alyssa Haddad Staff Writer Last Saturday, Sept. 27, marked 40 years of the legendary sketch comedy series, Saturday Night Live, gracing our television sets. The late night comedy show has been a breeding ground for comedians since it first aired in 1975, when the original cast included stars like John Belushi, Chevy Chase, and Gilda Radner. For instance, in the 1980s, recognizable names such as Eddie Murphy, Jon Lovitz, Billy Crystal, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus got their start. By the ‘90s, beloved comics like Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, and Will Ferrell became household names due to their stints on SNL. Furthermore, the 2000s created current comedy superstars like Tina Fey, Jimmy Fallon, and Amy Poehler. The current 2014 cast includes twelve returning cast members, and two new ones. Among these are Emmy nominated actresses Kate McKinnon and Aidy Bryant. The purpose of all of this name
dropping is to show that Saturday was not just the anniversary of 40 years of laughs and success, it also marked 40 years of SNL taking struggling improvisers, writers, and stand-up comics, and turning them into household names and giant movie and television stars. I guarantee that even a person who has never owned a television would recognize at least one of these names; that is the power of SNL. For example, three of the most popular current late night talk show hosts, Conan O’Brian, Jimmy Fallon, and Seth Meyers, got their start on Saturday Night Live, whether as actors or writers. Even Paul Shaffer, David Letterman’s musical director, was a member of the SNL house band during the original cast. Even in Primetime television, SNL’s influence can be easily found on each of the four major networks. For example, on NBC’s rival network, FOX, the new comedy Mulaney, is not only produced by the long time sketch show’s creator, Lorne Michaels,
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it is created by John Mulaney, writer for many of the show’s infamous characters, such as Bill Hader’s recurring Weekend Update character, Stefan. Additionally, Mulaney’s cast consists of recent SNL graduate Nasim Pedrad, and Martin Short. FOX is also home to the Golden Globe nominated Brooklyn 99, led by former cast member, Andy Samberg. To digress, FOX is not alone. Saturday Night Live has produced some of that talent that has helped to create and star in shows on ABC and CBS, as well. While the 40th anniversary of Saturday Night Live may only be exciting to comedy nerds and huge fans of the show, the lineup for this season is stacked enough to appeal to anybody. On Saturday, Chris Pratt led off the season premiere with musical guest Ariana Grande. The Guardians of the Galaxy star led off the season on a high note with his lovably charming sketch appearances and delightful monologue song, where he poked fun at his recent weight loss for the summer blockbuster, and his marriage to actress, Anna Faris. Next Saturday, Sarah Silverman returns to the sketch show for the first time since her brief stint as a writer in 1993. The We Are Miracles comedian will be accompanied by musical guest Maroon 5. Another exciting host this season is SNL alum, Bill Hader, in his first time as host, along with indie artist, Hozier. Lastly, Dumb and Dumber leading man, Jim Carrey has been confirmed as the fourth host, marking his third appearance on the show. So far, the schedule announced for Saturday Night Live’s 40th season seem like a great fit to celebrate the show’s anniversary.
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Arts B15 American Horror Story: Freakshow
By JONAH HERNANDEZ Contributing Writer October 8 marks an early arrival for Halloween, with American Horror Story’s newest installment, Freakshow, premiering that night. Now for those of you confused about this recent addition to late night television, American Horror Story is a dark and suspense driven thriller that began airing in 2011 around the same time. It’s different from most shows of the same genre in the sense that each season tells a different story with a different set of characters, so you can watch it starting with any season you wish because the other seasons have nothing to do with each other; although there are some recurring actors in the cast for every season. The first season, commonly known by the show’s title but subtitled as Murder House, tells the story of the Harmon family who move across the country from Boston to Los Angeles, in order to start a new life after dealing with unfortunate circumstances involving a miscarriage and adultery. The house they move into is a mansion a part of
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a bus tour around the city of Los Angeles where it is labeled as the Murder House (see how that ties back to the title?), because it is notorious for the violent deaths of the original owners in 1922, and all the other owners that met their untimely demise that followed after. The main characters that revolve around this season include: Ben Harmon (played by Dylan McDermott), who is a psychiatrist and runs his practice in their new home, his adultery plays a factor in their move to Los Angeles; His wife, vivien (played by Connie Britton), who suffered a miscarriage prior to the move; their teenage daughter, violet (played Taissa Farmiga), who suffers from depression and gets acquainted with the boy next door; Constance Langdon (played by Jessica Lange), a previous owner of the home who lives next door to the Harmon family; her daughter, Adelaide (played by Jamie Brewer), nicknamed ‘Addie’, who has an attachment to her former home and appears constantly in it much than the Harmon’s liking; her teenage son, Tate (played by Evan Peters), who is one of Ben’s patients and is violet’s love
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interest for the season; the mansion’s maid, Moira (this character is portrayed differently throughout the season and is thus played by two different actresses, older Moira being played by Francis Conroy and younger Moira being played by Alexandra Breckenridge), who has a shroud of mystery surrounding her. The season unravels and delves into really creepy stuff, but to sum if I had to sum it up in one sentence (potential spoilers, by the way.): “ghosts, deaths, what could only be demon spawn, and a season finale that ends with a dead family celebrating Christmas.” Season two of the show, subtitled Asylum, takes place in 1964 and follows Lana Winters, a journalist investigating the infamous serial killer, Bloody Face, who is rumored to have been recently apprehended and admitted to Briarcliff Mental Institution in Massachusetts. This season has some returning actors such as: Jessica Lange as Sister Jude, who is the warden of the institution and Evan Peters as Kit Walker, who is falsely and wrongly accused of being the serial killer known as Bloody Face. Actors in the first season who played smaller roles get bumped up quite a bit this season, and become major characters, like: Sarah Paulson as Lana Winters, a journalist wrongly admitted to Briarcliff simply because she’s a lesbian, Lily Rabe as Sister Mary Eunice, who is Sister Jude’s lackey in a way, and Zachary Quinto as Dr. Oliver Thredson, a psychiatrist who deals with the mentally unhealthy. Of the three seasons that the show has had so far, this was the weirdest one; the entire season as a whole can be explained in only four measly words: aliens, demon possession, freak science experiments, and mommy issues. Season three, subtitled Coven, and my personal favorite season, took place in modern times in New Orleans Louisiana, and was all about the supernatural; the story followed a boarding school
for girls that was in truth a secret coven for witches. Coming back this season is once again Jessica Lange as Fiona Goode, the Supreme, which is a super powerful witch that every coven has, she has several abilities such as telekinesis, mind control, and the ability to drain or give life force, to name a few. Other returning actors this season are Sarah Paulson as Cordelia Foxx, Fiona’s daughter, Lily Rabe as Misty Day, a witch with the power of resurrection, Taissa Farmiga as Zoe Benson, a witch who comes into her powers in an embarrassing and traumatizing moment of her life, and Evan Peters as Kyle Spencer, a college student who becomes Zoe’s love interest (much like their characters violet and Tate in Murder House); there are even some big names in the cast as main characters this season like Emma Roberts, Kathy Bates, Angela Basset, and Gabourey Sidibe (known commonly for her role as the main character in the film, Precious). This season in its entirety can be described as “a soap opera with all the qualities of one, plus lots and lots of black. Also, witches.” And now that brings us to Freakshow. From the online trailer we can
see that there’s an eerie feeling to the season in itself. I mean, it’s kind of guaranteed given the fact that it’s a circus and it’s American Horror Story, so there won’t be any holding back on their end. In the trailer we see different attractions you would normally see at a Freakshow circus: a bearded lady (but creepier), trapeze artists (but creepier), acrobats (but creepier), and clowns (somehow they’re made creepier than they already are); along with those attractions are a two-headed woman, a woman with three breasts, and a man with conjoined fingers, and the ring leader in a circus tent themed dress. My guess for the first episode, is that the circus will just be a front for a large volume of murders and the ring leader will be the reason behind them and use the circus as an alibi. She’ll be a total hardass, as Jessica Lange’s characters always are, and by the end of the season will probably get all the characters involved in some sort of Freakshow turf war, with a whole a dramatic scene involving a bunch of innocent bystanders. I highly suggest you watch Freakshow as it’s going to be filled with intense drama, gruesome murder and one really, really demented clown.
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By VICTORIA ADDISON Sports Editor After almost a year of waiting, South Park finally returned last week with an episode that left fans more than satisfied. The premiere of season 18 literally stuck to the phrase “go big or go home” as everything from the Washington Redskin’s identity crisis to the threat of ISIS was covered throughout the episode. “Go Fund Yourself” provided the vulgar humor and ridiculous storyline that viewers love, even if a couple of feelings were hurt along the way. As the episode opened, it was hard to keep a straight face as Eric Cartman and the gang listed off potential names for their “company” in the making. The company was then created using the internet start-up program Kickstarter, which asks for public donations to fund creative projects. If you remember the guy who got rich by asking for donations to make potato salad a couple months back, it is easy to see that Kickstarter is essentially
used to make money off of doing nothing, as mentioned in the episode multiple times. Although the many ideas they
The first episode of South Park this year set the bar high for the upcoming season, which should be nothing short of excellent. listed had potential (all of which are too inappropriate to mention), eventually Cartman decided to register the company under nonother than “The Washington Redskins”. For those of you who do not keep up with the sports world, the Redskin’s have received serious backlash regarding their team’s name as it has
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been deemed offensive towards Native Americans. Therefore, the team recently lost their right to trademark the name, hence why Cartman was able to use it for his company. As prescribed, South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker did not just stop to take a few jabs at the Redskin’s organization, but rather stuck around to humiliate the rest of the NFL while they were at it. Perhaps most amusing was their portrayal of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, who was referred to as “Goodell-Bot”. Not only did Goodell repeat quotes from his disappointing press conference regarding the Ray Rice/ domestic violence situation a couple weeks ago, but he did so in a robot-like fashion that included twitches, glitches, and of course a few robot hand gestures. Perhaps even more amusing was the depiction of the NFL owners. Each owner who chimed in to bash the “Goodell-Bot” made sure to emphasize its uselessness or as Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti remarked, “Man, that
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thing hasn’t worked right since we bought it.” Between the Redskins owner Dan Snyder fighting for his team’s life and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones showcasing his stupidity and love for prostitutes, the episode continued to generate laughs. Tensions mounted as Snyder and the actual Redskins continued to fight “bear and eagle” for the right to their team’s name. The players not only raided Kickstarter in a graphic fashion, but eventually gave up hope, forcing Snyder to be a sole soldier in their battle against the Cowboys on game day. The game was oddly comparable to what you would see in an old Western showdown, except add a football field and replace the cowboy hats for football helmets. Of course the episode did not forget to include a Ray Rice reference. As the fighting at Kickstarter was briefly halted, the screen cut to elevator footage in which a Redskins player and frightened woman were shown inside. Although it may be too soon for South Park to make such vivid Rice jokes, it still got the point across. Among the more subtle topics, the episode also took the time to poke fun at Apple, whose newest iPhone is arguably is no different than the previous version. During a conference in which Cartman discusses the changes to the
Washington Redskins company, he mentions ground breaking innovations such as moving the furniture from one side of the room to the other and also the addition of a new rug that just so happens to match the curtains. The scene is almost too much to handle as Cartman parades across the stage, clicker in hand, rambling on about the company’s ridiculous innovations to the cheers of an energetic crowd who is blind to the nonsense presented, kind of like that day-long conference held for the release of the new Apple products. Of course, the episode was not complete until ISIS showed up, who claimed to be intrigued by the Washington Redskins company and their “F-you attitude”. Although ISIS only made a few appearances, their presence was a hilarious addition. As the episode ends, protests ensue over the company’s offensive name and even ISIS is onboard with its removal, which is clearly saying something as a member of the crowd cheers, “Good for you ISIS!” All in all, “Go Fund Yourself” provided NFL fans with the laughs they needed after all the stress caused by idiotic players and an even more idiotic commissioner. The first episode of South Park set the bar high for the upcoming season, which should be nothing short of excellent.
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Total War: Rome II - Emperor Edition Review By AleXAnder PecHA Arts Editor Rome 2 has had an interesting lifespan. Upon release the 8th game in the Total War franchise was broken beyond belief. Bad game design decisions mixed with game breaking bugs (Ships were capable of floating into the land, yeah it was that bad) made the game virtually unplayable. However I was lucky enough to pick up the game several months after release; more or less when they fixed a lot of game breaking bugs. I loved the game from when I picked it up as a result, but it still had many, many issues. However since Creative Assembly released the game they have turned Rome 2 from a broken mess into a game worth holding the Total War title.
As hilarious as it was to see an Egyptian army of 2000 men re-enact Monty Python and the Holy Grail I’m still very glad they fixed that issue. For the uninitiated the Total War series is a turn based and real time strategy game that centers around controlling and expanding a realworld historical empire. You take control of one of many historical powerhouses and both run the entirety of the Empire when it comes to it’s economy, politics and diplomacy in a turnbased setting like a period locked Civlization game. However Total War mixes up the turn based formula by having you take direct, real-time control of your armies when they clash with enemy armies; this makes you have to balance both being the leader of
an Empire as well as it’s chief strategic mind and general. As you have have guessed from the title this Total War title revolves around the rise and apex of the Roman Empire. It is the second game in the Total War series to tackle this period of time. It was also considered the lesser of the two games to take on the Roman time period, at least until now. You see, Creative Assembly, the developers of Rome 2, decided to one up their constant patching and fixing that they’ve been doing for over a year and release the granddaddy of all patches. This came in the shape of the “Emperor Edition.” The Emperor Edition was a free “Upgrade” (Read: Patch) that fixed a lot of the remaining issues, balanced a bunch of gameplay things and added an entirely new campaign. While this doesn’t make the Emperor edition a brand new game it does make it new enough to discuss, especially with the new campaign attached. The first and hardest thing to cover is the balancing. Creative Assembly took to task the current balance of units. Abilities were removed, some things made weaker, some things made stronger. The most notable things are the upgrading of elephants and making Roman Legions more expensive. The increase of Roman Legion’s is more or less a personal gripe, can’t field the large armies I personally love if I can’t afford them. The elephants, however, are a different matter with a bit of a history. For the unaware war Elephants in the original Rome: Total War game were more akin to actual tanks than real elephants,
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Rome II allows you to follow the steps of the actual Roman Empire, from Europe to the Middle East. capable of absorbing arrows, ballista bolts, swords, whatever. This made elephants the most feared enemy back in the day if not at all historically accurate. Creative Assembly sort of fixed that in this game by making elephants more realistic at launch. However with the latest patch they’re back to their tank-like legacy. Whether that’s a good or a bad thing is up to the beholder, though I choose to look at it as hilarious when 5 elephants manage to kill over 400 heavily armed and armored men. There’s not much to say about what Creative Assembly fixed “Under the hood” with their technical patches other than they stopped the AI’s annoying tendency to throw all of their forces at a main gate to burn it down even if they have siege equipment. Now the AI will approach every battle with some small semblance of logic. If the enemy
has siege towers, they’ll use siege towers, if they have battering rams, they’ll use battering rams and so on. As hilarious as it was to see a Egyptian army of 2000 men re-enact Monty Python and the Holy Grail I’m still very glad they fixed that issue, it wasn’t exactly a challenge otherwise. There’s countless other fixes but the siege fix was the most important one that I noticed. Finally there’s the big addition. The Imperator Augustus campaign; if you’re a history buff you may have already guessed the subject of this campaign. Taking place in 39 BC you can choose to play as one of 10 factions during the period of time known as the “Final War of the Roman Republic”. Better known as the war between Mark Antony and Octavian (Later Augustus). This period of history is extremely important for
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the path of Roman history, and, some historians argue, the world. It also happens to be a really good period of time to turn into a video game. With the Roman Republic split between the future Emperor Octavian, the well-known party animal Mark Antony and the third wheel Lepidus as well as other third party factions outside of Rome’s control prepped for a war it sets up the perfect scenario for a game. I managed to get a good 10 hours playtime with the campaign both with a friend and against the AI and it is oodles of fun. It’s a fascinating period of history and a tough scenario to beat, which is good for a dedicated strategy fan. Overall the Emperor Edition was a good point to take stock and reexamine Rome 2. It’s officially fixed most, if not all, of the big gripes that people had with the game as well as add some cool stuff all for free; it’s hard to complain with that. If you want some Roman Era strategy and battles than Rome 2 has been the game for you for a few months, it’s now just better than ever. Just remember one thing: Veni, Vidi, Vici.
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spreading themselves too thin. Here’s the thing: You can do anything you put your mind to. If you’re willing to put in a little extra effort, you won’t regret it. It forces you to push yourself and make yourself more productive than you ever have been before. There are clubs and organizations all over campus that are searching for people to attend their events and their meetings.
Stop by the tables outside of Camelot and just learn a little bit about the clubs sitting there! Stop and look at the bulletin boards around campus with the posters on it! Walk into the Student Association or Student Events Board offices and ask what events are coming up or how you can get involved! There are opportunities all around campus just waiting to be taken advantage of. Carpe diem, people!
The Good Kind of Peer Pressure Getting More Involved on Campus
By MEGHAN KIELY Contributing Writer It’s hard to say no once you get to college. Peer pressure often gets the best of us and sometimes we get sucked into doing things that our friends are doing. Maybe we should get on the same page, here. I’m referring to the big push to join clubs and organizations on campus at the beginning of the year! Starting my senior year, I already have a solid idea of how much is too much and when I’m spreading myself too thin. For those of you just starting college it may be a little harder to tell. It’s definitely scary to join something new and devote your time to things you don’t know everything about. However, let me start by telling you a little story about my years here at Saint Rose. My freshman year I came here not knowing anyone on campus, not having a single friend, and completely starting from scratch. The one thing that I did know was that doing well in school was a huge priority for me. As a bit of a slacker in high school, I promised myself that I would get the absolute most out of my education here. I needed to do well especially if I was going to be in debt for it! My freshman year I was completely uninvolved on campus. I found myself lounging around, eating too much food, watching too much television, and not having very many friends. I absolutely hated every second of my freshman year. Why, you ask? I wasn’t involved. My sophomore year I began to get a little more involved. I took 18 credits of classes both semesters, had a work-study job, and was an active member of a committee on the Student Events Board. I felt nervous to take anything else on. Would my grades suffer? Would I be spreading my-
self too thin? I was seeing ads to join clubs left and right, and so tempted to join some of them, but hesitation and nerves got the best of me. Finally, my junior year rolled around. I was again taking 18 credits each semester and working a new work-study job in the Public Relations building, but I was also selected to be the Musical Entertainment chair on the Student Events Board! I was so excited to be able to help plan and create events on campus for everyone and to actually execute something and see it be successful. Somewhere down the line I decided I wanted a job to help keep myself afloat and keep the number in my bank account in the positives. I found an amazing job working as game night staff for The Albany Devils, Albany’s AHL hockey team. Two jobs, a huge commitment as an on campus leader for Student Events Board, and 18 credits worth of classes. I wanted to bang my head against the wall once I sat down and wrote out my calendar with all of my time commitments, meetings, events, and shifts.
I learned that by keeping myself busy I was an overall happier person. What had I gotten myself into? The first week that I had all of those activities and commitments was nearly traumatizing. However, it got better from that day on. I learned how to organize and manage my time, I learned how to prioritize my work and social activities, and I learned that by keeping myself busy I was an
overall happier person. This year is my last year at Saint Rose. I am still a chairperson for Student Events Board, I still work for the Albany Devils, I still have my work-study job, I occasionally make a guest appearance with The Chronicle, and I still am taking a challenging group of classes! Yet, here I am to tell the tale. I lived! Not only did I live, but I have also had the most amazing time and met some of the most amazing people along the way. I became so close with a group of people that I probably otherwise would have never known. I met my current roommate because I got involved. I am unafraid to go to an event or activity by myself because I know that I’ll most likely know someone, or I’ll have the chance to meet someone new! I am now unafraid to speak up and voice my opinion. Joining clubs and organizations on campus can be scary and intimidating at first. But I urge everyone to break out of his or her shell and just do something! People are always worried about
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You Get What You Pay For… Right? By NICOLE BAKER Staff Writer Generally, when we buy products or services, we like to think that we are getting our money’s worth. Oftentimes, the more something costs, the better we deem it to be. This concept can be applied to shopping for shoes, furniture, electronics, or in this case, college tuition. The College of Saint Rose, for example, isn’t exactly cheap. As a result, we would like to think that its high cost is justified by the quality of education it provides. Yet, are the programs here actually preparing us for the work world? While I can’t speak for all of Saint Rose’s educational programs, I do know that many Communications majors are questioning the structure of their curriculum. As a Communications major myself, I feel that the classes offered are quite informative and interesting. Despite this, somehow after each class something is always missing—there is always
At each class’s conclusion, I didn’t feel like I was prepared to work in an actual Public Relations firm. something more I think I could have learned. For instance, I’ve taken two classes for my Public Relations concentration, and in each one, the information that I learned was very basic and inapplicable to the real world. At each class’s conclusion, I didn’t feel like I was
prepared to work in an actual Public Relations firm. Of course, we all learn many things about our chosen industry once we are actually working in a real world environment, but it would be nice to know that the high price we are paying for an education to get us to that point was actually worth it. Why pay extra for an above-average school when it is only giving you an av-
We learn by reading textbooks, which can only give us so much preparation. erage education? Apparently, I’m not the only one who feels this way. About three weeks ago in my Public Relations and Advertising Campaigns class, Professor Damiano (a new Communications professor at Saint Rose) asked the class what our thoughts were on the Communications department. The discussion that ensued was eye-opening and informative. The overall reaction was that many of the classes that the Communications major offers focuses on topics that aren’t necessarily relevant to working real jobs in the future. We don’t learn from other individuals who actually work in the field—we don’t learn what a typical day might be like or what problems might be encountered. Instead, we learn by reading textbooks, which can only give us so much preparation. There is very little hands-on learning, giving us only a taste of what we would actually be doing in the work force. This alone isn’t enough to prepare us, and it leaves students unexcited about the field of Communications— many even admit to questioning
their choice of said major. I would like to note that I am by no means criticizing any of the professors of the Communications department, or the faculty at Saint Rose for that matter. I am simply relaying what I think are very important implications of this recent class discussion. In many ways, college administrators and other faculty can learn a lot from the students who go to Saint Rose, and use their input to better formulate different programs, departmental structure, and the overall college curriculum. Interestingly, it came up during my class, that not many professors or other college faculty take the time to ask students what their thoughts and opinions are on their current curricula—information that could provide great insight into how to improve educational standards. Students have a lot of useful knowledge when it comes to their programs. After all, they are the ones who have to deal with the curriculum and its reper-
[Students] know exactly which classes were helpful to them, and which were a complete waste of time cussions once they get into the work force. They know exactly which classes were helpful to them, and which were a complete waste of time. In the end, we are paying money to go to college and get an education that will prepare us for our future, so shouldn’t we “get our money’s worth,” and have a say
in how the process is conducted? Administrators, professors, and other faculty in all departments should take the time to listen to the students who have to endure the curriculum placed before them.
After all, the world is going through a process of change, and it is about time college faculty from all departments adopt a curriculum that can adapt to and tackle the consequences of that change in each field of study.
Know a staff member that had a strong impact on you? Contact Opinion Editor Katie Klimacek at klimacekk546@strose.edu
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Stop Betting Against Elon Musk
By CONOR SHEA Executive Editor Tesla Motors has taken a bit of a dive in the markets recently. As always when this happens, I advised my friends who own shares of Tesla not to sell, and wait for it to balance out. Clearly not everyone follows this strategy (I would imagine while you are reading this they are still in decline), but I shoot for the long term investment, not the quick buck. Companies publicly traded are undoubtedly vulnerable to the whims of your everyday investor. If enough of these e-trade account holding, mad money watching, “prosumer” day traders worry that Tesla might not have a future you’ll surely see a drop in share price. However, it’s no secret that the majority of stock purchases are made through larger firms, and the markets aren’t affected significantly by the united masses of “prosumer” traders. What they don’t tell you, is that the larger firms often make their calls off of where they think the market and public opinion is heading, so in a way these prosumer traders do have an effect on the market. There we find the fickle selffulfilling prophecy of the stock market. I’m reminded of particu-
lar scene from House of Cards, where a devious looking Frank Underwood whispers to Zoe Barnes “Say that name; Katherine Durant. Say it over and over... Then watch that name come out of the mouth of the President of the United States. This is where we get to create.” Mad Money’s Jim Cramer makes a whole lot of noise, captures your attention with shiny things, and tells you he has no confidence in X company. Watch the magic as X company suddenly sees a steady dip in price, and cue your obnoxious friend telling you how Cramer “made him a ton of money.” Does Cramer have a strong understanding of the market and its inner workings? Of course he does! However, that doesn’t mean that he hasn’t been known to hype and exaggerate just to draw in viewers. For example, when a Tesla Model S erupts in flames, they see the tide of public opinion shifting, and adjust investments accordingly. I would be seriously surprised if the big players in the stock market saw flames licking the hood of a single electric vehicle and thought “Well this is it for Tesla.” How many car fires are reported each hour? The NFPA estimates 31. How many Tesla car fires have happened
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over the life of the company? Survey says… One! What was that flammable liquid they use to power cars these days? Oh yeah, gasoline. You can’t blame big investment firms for adjusting to the changing landscape of public opinion (the name of the game is profit after all). However, the root of their decisions to sell is a perceived shift in the temperature of the prosumer market, and larger consumer markets as a whole, which I would argue is only an effective technique for the short game. When I invest in a company, I spend a fair amount of time looking at their financials to see how money is spent and distributed. Any investor would be a fool to put money into a business without knowing the ins and outs of their operation. In the end what really pushes me to a buying decision is my confidence in the company (and brand) as a whole. Nine times out of ten that will come from my confidence in its leader, and how I see them playing a role in the future of said company. Turning back to Tesla; Elon Musk is more than a leader, he’s a world mover. He has a grand vision for the future of mankind, and he is willing to spend a preposterous amount of his own money to get there. He wanted to kick start a commercial space travel business, so he taught himself astrophysics. How you might ask? “I read a lot of books,” he has been known to reply nonchalantly. Musk then traveled to Russian to price an ICBM as the shell for his first rocket. When that was too expensive (and inefficient), he decided to just do it himself and make one. He constructed a team of the best engineers in the country and created the first iteration of what is largely considered to be the most powerful and efficient rocket currently available. You can’t make this stuff up.
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After the first three of his rocket launches failed, he bankrolled his remaining inheritance on a fourth. Why? Because to Musk, failure is a learning opportunity and a constructive consequence. More than that, his desire to craft his own future far outweighs his need for wealth. He applied this same attitude of relentlessly marching forwards with his desire for an environmentally friendly, yet aesthetically appealing vehicle. Musk wanted more than just an electric car caused him less pain at the pump. He wanted the electric car.
He wanted the car that could go further, ride cleaner, and accelerate faster than any car you might find in 10 years. Regardless of whether the public tires on the idea of electric cars and shifts to hydrogen vehicles, Tesla Motors is a step in the right direction, a step firmly guided by Elon Musk. In that respect I think it’s time to stop asking if Tesla (or rather Musk) will succeed, and start asking when. At the poker table you play the man, not the cards; and if Elon Musk is sitting across from me I’m folding.
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#HeForShe and the Struggle for Equality
By SOLEIL PAZ Staff Writer I sincerely hope that none of you will roll your eyes or put down the paper simply because you read the word “feminism.” Ideally, I shouldn’t even have to be worried about that. Too often has the word been equated with such things as annoyance, ostracism, isolation, or frustration. Contrary to popular belief, feminists don’t actually want to dismantle the patriarchal paradigm; feminists by definition want gender equality. Sadly, our society—and any society for that matter—still has not reached the point in which all can truly be deemed “equal.” But before I go any further on my
equality soapbox, let’s talk about Hermione Granger, lest the remainder of you roll your eyes and put down the paper as well. Emma Watson, having just graduated from Brown University this past May, was recently introduced as the United Nations’ Global Goodwill Ambassador. Already a committed scholar and humanitarian, a representative for UN Women, and a leader of their solidarity movement, her casting as the beloved brainiac in Harry Potter is frighteningly accurate. On September 20, Watson delivered a mind-blowing speech that introduced UN Women’s new HeForShe campaign, the solidarity movement for gender equality. HeForShe has gained a lot of traction in the past week alone,
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launching an official website that demonstrates its supporters from all over the globe. This is, as Watson has put it, a formal invitation for men to join the cause, so that the fight for gender equality is no longer for women, led by women. A video of the speech can be found online for those who are interested. Yes, we’re going to be tackling the big issues now; let me just get my soapbox ready. Statistically, women make about eighty cents to a man’s dollar for the same work. Jobs held by women are most often held at a lower status than men, and even more so after childrearing comes into play. Though women make up about half of the total workforce, only 5% of all senior managers are female. Business needs aside, as basic right women should be able to make decisions about their own bodies, yet that too is being threatened. That issue alone is a dangerous subject. Even as I write this, I worry that there is an invisible line that I might overstep, and that crossing it would label me in the same way that ignorance labels feminism. Perhaps the most prominent piece of Emma Watson’s speech was on the double standards to which we hold men and women. We teach our daughters to be cooperative, passive, and emotional. We teach our sons to be competitive, dominant, and rational. If anyone, including men, falls somewhere in between (or in a category that has not already been appropriated for their biological sex) people tend to see it as an abnormality. Society steers us towards different directions simply because we were born one way or the other. As it was phrased in Watson’s speech, “It is time that we all perceived gender on a spectrum, instead of two sets of opposing ide-
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The United Nations in conjunction with their Global Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson have begun their HeForShe equality campaign. als.” Gender is not divided into solid blocks of male and female. It is crucial that we start understanding gender and biological sex as two separate entities, for if our gender were based exclusively on biology, we would all conform to the archetype of our designated sex. We are not defined as one of two subtypes of the human population, we are defined as humans. Period. That’s what feminism is. Doesn’t seem too bad anymore, now does it? The movement is not as radical a notion as we have been led to believe. For whatever reason, our society has taken that word and mutated it, thinking it to mean an over-inflation of the female ego. Men are afraid of independent women because they have been taught that it is abnormal; god forbid people start being too individual. For example, as a girl with a somewhat boyish haircut I’ve been told my hair is too short,
too daring, too masculine, and too assertive. While I have actually received more compliments than complaints, it still bothers me when people start asking if I worry that I’ll be misinterpreted, asking when I will grow it back, even grieving the loss of my femininity. I would argue that taking control of how I style my hair does not rob me of my femininity, it proves it. If you walk away from this with anything at all, let it be that identifying as a feminist does not mandate the hatred or the degradation of men. Many who claim not to be feminists still share the same beliefs with them, whether they are aware of it or not. While we cannot seem to agree on a more receptive word for the cause, what is truly important is the idea that lies behind the word. Regardless, I applaud you for reading all the way to the end, however many eye rolls it took.
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Ello: The Biggest Social Network You’ve Never Heard of
By conor sHeA Executive Editor Usually when I read the print edition of the newspaper, it’s in some way a re-hash of what I’ve already seen online just hours before. However when reading USA Today this weekend stumbled upon something I hadn’t heard of, and that something is a social networking site called Ello. The flagship feature of this website is their promise that it is, and always will be, advertisement free. Their minimalistic design aims to act as a palate cleanser for the tired eyes of Facebook users. On the homepage of the site, their rationale for this decision can be found: “Every post you share, every friend you make and every link you follow is tracked, recorded and converted into data. Advertisers buy your data so they can show you more ads. You are the product that’s bought and sold.” The site is currently “invite only” and has been reported to receive about 31,000 invite requests per hour. This “gated community” style beta was introduced by the newly re-vamped MySpace, during their overhaul to focus entirely on musicians. It has been further reported that some invitees are selling their access on Ebay, over-inflating the hype even more. I would ordinarily criticize those who claim that this will be the next big thing, citing that the concept doesn’t have the legs, or that it’s only a fad. Whenever those thoughts creep up I’m reminded of when people mocked Facebook (or even the Internet as a whole) claiming it was just a passing fancy. The creators of the site have
claimed that it will always be free, but that some features will be added as expandable packages for a small price. This “freemium” model has worked wonders for the mobile gaming platform (think Candy Crush), but it has not yet been effectively proven on the web. Some have already gone so far as to say this will be the site that finally dethrones Facebook, while others scoffed at the very idea of it. I think that in principle, this site has the potential to do just that. What I believe will stop it from doing so is simply that they are not operating on the most cost effective of business models. If we extrapolate the number of invite requests per hour, it appears that this could grow a user base as large as Facebook in no time at all. That’s both a wonderful accomplishment for the site, and what will kill it. The cost of data storage and servers with enough processing power to handle the load balancing is astronomical. That cost is the reason why Facebook uses advertisement’s so liberally. It’s not because they are a power hungry information receptacle (well actually they are, but that’s beside the point), it’s primarily to accommodate for the costinefficient model of storing 665 million active daily users’ selfies, messages, emojis, and posts of song lyrics. In the end, social networking sites come and go. Facebook has stuck around, but before that there was MySpace, and before that there was even Friendster (and don’t forget that before that there was also talking to friends in real life). Only time will tell if the whole world will say hello, to Ello.
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Rookies, Ready to Roll?
By JOSH HELLER Staff Writer As NFL fans, we have only gone through a handful of weeks and 3 of the top 4 rookie quarterbacks have already taken over starting roles. At the end of the preseason, it was announced that Derek Carr, the fourth quarterback taken in last year's draft, would be starting for the Oakland Raiders over veteran Matt Schaub. It was also announced that the second quarterback taken, Johnny “Football” Manziel, would assume the backup role behind starter Brian Hoyer. This announcement came much to the dismay of many Manziel fans, but it is not quite certain whether or not Johnny Football will take over as a starter soon. And now, as announced after Week 3, the first and third ranked quarterbacks in the draft will take the reins for their respective teams, of which are Blake Bortles of the Jacksonville Jaguars and Teddy Bridgewater of the Minnesota Vikings. Before the preseason even began, Jaguars coach Gus Bradley announced that Bortles, who was highly coveted coming out of the University of Central Florida this past offseason, would spend the entire season on the bench behind Chad Henne. Many fans dis-
agreed and were very surprised that a great talent such as Bortles would spend the whole season as an understudy. But, there was also a high percentage of people who figured that this wouldn’t last, and it hasn't. After Week 3's blowout loss to the Colts, the Jaguars announced that Bortles would start Week 4. It is no question that Minnesota has had a rough season. Their record is not great, they lost arguably the best RB in the league in Adrian Peterson, and then starting QB Matt Cassel was placed on Injured-Reserve for a fractured foot. Instead of calling on youngster Christian Ponder, the Vikings decided to turn to rookie Teddy Bridgewater to take over as the starter. Bridgewater was drafted after Manziel and Bortles, but he is definitely on an equal level talent-wise. Bridgewater has explosiveness, big-play-ability, and the arm to be a good passer, but he also has the legs to take off if the pocket breaks down or if there is a read option. Another rookie that had the chance of starting in Week 4 was one that not many people expected, the tenth quarterback taken in the draft by the Tennessee Titans, Zach Mettenberger. On Sunday, it was announced that starting quarterback Jake Locker was injured
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and would not start. This began the argument of whether the starter would be Mettenberger, the rookie, or veteran Charlie Whitehurst. Ultimately, the Titans decided to roll with Whitehurst, and this brought up a small argument. Personally, I think the Titans should have given the chance to Mettenberger to see what he could do. With Mettenberger and running back Bishop Sankey, the Titans have a potentially good future, if they give their young guys a chance. Although all of these QB's have great potential, I personally think Bridgewater has the best opportunity to be great. Furthermore, I think that for the rest of the season, the rookie with the best stats will end up being Bortles. Bortles has 4 solid options at wide receiver and tight end, while Bridgewater only has about 2 or 3. However, if the Browns hand over the starting job to Manziel, he would have the best chance to succeed. The Browns have a surprisingly good backfield with running backs Terrance West, Ben Tate, and Isaiah Crowell. Not to mention, the Browns receiving core includes Jordan Cameron, Josh Gordon (not until Week 12), and Andrew Hawkins. Hawkins and the running backs have really surprised me this year, and I'm actually a little surprised that the Browns do not have a better record. Hawkins has been a monster receiving the ball, and the Browns will only get better when a healthy Jordan Cameron and a fully reinstated Josh Gordon rejoin the team. The Browns are comparably better than the Jaguars, Vikings, and Raiders. Now that Maurice Jones-Drew has left Jacksonville and gone to Oakland, the Jaguars signed running back Toby Gerhart. Everyone had thought Gerhart would be great, but in reality he has been horrible. As far as MJD on the Raiders, he has had some injury concern with his broken hand, but
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Viking’s quarterback Matt Cassel was recently placed on injured reserve and will be out for the remander of the season. they have a nice running attack between him and Darren McFadden. The Vikings are fine when at full strength, but that is very rare. Bridgewater needs a great running back in the backfield and while Matt Asiata is good, he is nothing compared to Peterson. These rookie QB's have ridden a roller coaster all the way from draft day to today. Some of
them went from being told they would sit out the whole year, and others were thrown directly into the starting role. Some of the rookie QB's have countless weapons, while others have nothing good around them. Regardless, I expect all of these QB's to play well, and I'm sure all of them, except Manziel, will be starters by the end of the year.
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By JOSH VESHIA Contributing Writer Strategy, teamwork, preparation; these are all crucial components of the game of football that require the utmost respect in order to achieve greatness. But lately, it seems as though football is synonymous with the violence as nothing seems to sum of the game of professional football quite like that word. Take a look at the 2014 Super Bowl Champion Seattle Seahawks for instance. All season the team prided themselves on tough, physical defense and a powerful rushing attack that propelled them into the championship game in which they, politely put, embarrassed the Denver Broncos, creating the perfect comparison. The Denver Broncos were led by their quarterback, Peyton Manning, who will go down as truly one of the greatest at his position of all time. But his play is more described as full of finesse, thoughtful, or elegant. There was nothing elegant about Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman staying in a receiver’s hip pocket his entire route and
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The NFL AKA the Natural Fighting League manhandling him as the ball was thrown that direction. The success they were able to achieve was done so through, in essence, violence. The week 3 matchup between the Eagles and Redskins seemed destined for some form of violence as well. After the Eagles released top receiver DeSean Jack-
Jackson has never been afraid to expressive his feelings towards particular issues both on and off the field. son in the offseason, he made the decision to sign with an NFC East rival; the Washington Redskins. In doing so, he showed his disapproval of the Philadelphia front office, but more importantly paved the way for a heated matchup on September 21 between the two teams. Jackson has never been afraid to expressive his feelings towards particular issues both on and off the field. The way he plays the
game is loved by teammates, but very much hated by opponents. No matter what sort of talking he did with his mouth, he certainly was able to let his game do some talking as well. In his 6 seasons with Philadelphia, he was able to solidify himself as one of the top receivers in the game of football. As the game started, you could almost sense something was bound to happen. Since head coach Chip Kelly’s takeover of the Eagles last year, their offense seems to be nothing less than unstoppable and the Redskins seemed invigorated behind their passionate new receiver. In the very first quarter, all this animosity came to life when Jackson was hit late after catching the ball down the right side and was then hit late by Eagle’s safety Malcolm Jenkins up by his head, clearly after already being down. Jackson got up and shoved Jen-
The stage was now set and it was clear that the rest of the game was going to be played with the audience on the edge of their seat...
kins and a penalty came in when fellow Eagle Nate Allen shoved Jackson back. The stage was now set and it was clear that the rest of the game was going to be played with the audience on the edge of their seat, waiting for the next big incident. In the fourth quarter, their prayers were answered. Nick Foles threw an interception into the hands of Redskins safety Bashaud Breeland and on WIKIMEDIA COMMONS the return was absolutely crushed by Redskins defensive lineman Wide receiver DeSean Jackson, who joined the Washington Red- Chris Baker. The hit was unnecskins in the offseason. essary, cheap, and sent shockwaves into the streets of Philadel-
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The Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins, both members of the NFC East, are divison rivals. phia. Jason Peters, a Philadelphia Eagle offensive tackle, made himself the spokesperson as he charged after Baker and threw a left jab at his facemask, sparking a rare bench clearing brawl in the middle of Lincoln Financial Field. For the fans, this was the peak for this mountain of anticipation, but could this event have done more harm than good? Both men were ejected from the game and given fines for their actions, but perhaps that isn’t enough. For the millions of people who watch football week after week dedicating their free time to the sport, the violence they see can be something they grow too comfortable with. Matters like this seem small and unimportant, but looking back on the highlights of the game, I remember more of the brawl than I do of Nick Foles’ exceptional fourth quarter comeback in an absolutely magical ending to a great football game.
Violence is just something that is always going to be a part of the NFL. No matter how many “hands off the quarterback” or “don’t touch the kicker” rules you throw in to play, it’s still going to exist and do so prevalently. It is the nature of the game. However, extra-curricular activity on the field like an entire team-on-team brawl is not a natural part of the game and maybe setting an example with all the negative attention off the field , especially with domestic violence, could have been in the best interest for the NFL. Yes, football and violence work hand in hand, but clean hands seem to work better together. Want to write for sports? Contact our Sports Editor Victoria Addison.
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Draftkings Becoming the Newest Fantasy Football Trend
By Vinnie rullo Contributing Writer Draftkings.com offers an unique way for people to play fantasy football. Are you tired of losing in your fantasy football league each week? Try Drafking’s format, which is quickly becoming popular, and compete against thousands of people throughout the world. The unique thing about Draftkings, as compared to normal fantasy football leagues, is that you only draft your team for that particular week of football games. There is no long term commitments of having to submit a lineup every week, or to use the same group of players you originally drafted as with standard leagues. Ultimately, you decide if you want to play Draftkings each week or not. In order to play you have to deposit some form of money to compete in these weekly leagues. They have leagues as cheap as $1 to $5 per entry to upwards $10,000 a buy in. Draftkings allows you to pick players and
build your team, although you cannot stack your team with all superstar players, you have to create a balance using the salary format. After you make an actual deposit of money, you are given $50,000 of salary money to build your team. Each player that is able to be chosen for your team is provided with a salary based number. An example from last week’s games would be New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, whose value was $9,300. His value was so high because he was facing a weaker Dallas Cowboys pass defense. Another example of a value pick would be Blake Bortles, quarterback for the Jacksonville Jaguars, whose value was $5,800. The difference is Brees is more likely to put up huge numbers for the given week because he is a more proven player compared to Bortles, who is a rookie. The goal of Draftkings is simple; to try to build the most balanced team possible of stars, semi-stars, and a few mediocre players for that particular week to
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give you a good chance to compete against other people's teams that they also have to build. You are required to pick 9 players any time you compete; 1 quarterback, 2 running backs, 3 wide-receivers, 1 tight end, 1 flex, and a defense. The flex spot allows you to pick another running back, widereceiver, or tight end. You have the choice to pick which player best suits your team. The choice how you pick your players is all up to you. A good strategy when choosing players for your team is to find value picks with low salary amounts, stars that you think will have big games, and players that are consistent putting up stats each week. The key is making sure you utilize all of your $50,000 player salary properly when building your team. You do not want to have any money left over. If you happen to be over the salary when building your team then you will not be allowed to submit your lineup and will have to rearranged a few players on your team with different salary values. The scoring system on Draftkings is very similar to normal fantasy football leagues, but how you play is extremely different. Each week, if you chose to make your lineup, you are not competing against one person head-to-head most points scored, but rather against the number of people in your league lobby. There are lobbies with anywhere from hundreds to thousands of people in them. The people you play against throughout the world could actually have the same players you picked for your team. The better all of your players do for the week, the better the chance you have at winning more money. A great value pick for a lot of people in Week 3 was Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins, who threw for over 427 passing yards and totaled 3 touch-
down passes. Cousins was valued at $5,800 player salary that week, meaning the people that used him earned nearly 35 fantasy points for their team. Those who risked taking a less popular quarterback were also rewarded because having extra team salary money allowed them to have a stronger player at a different position. Your success ultimately comes down to how your players perform for the week. If you happen to pick 7 or 8 players that do very well for you, there is a chance you could win big depending on the amount you bought in for. I would recommend starting out small and giving Draftskings a try. It is really fun to follow your team and see how they do against everyone else for the week. The future of fantasy football, in my opinion, are these types of leagues like Draftkings and the already prominent, yet similar website called Fanduel. These
websites continues to grow weekly and overall they are becoming more popular. Fantasy football experts on Twitter are often using the hashtag #DFS which stands for Daily Fantasy Leagues. Experts often recommend players that have good DFS value that you should use in formats such as Draftkings to help you win for that week. I think more people will learn and enjoy to play this format of fantasy football in the future. The advertising of daily leagues is often showcased on commercials shown on ESPN and on other prominent sports radio stations explaining to listeners how easy it is to play each week. Draftkings allows people who are interested in fantasy football to play in an innovative and strategic way, and it is quickly becoming a new trend.
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Sports Revewing the 2013-2014 New York Yankees’ Season
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By NICHOLAS BUONANNO
Contributing Writer
Going into the 2014 baseball season, the New York Yankees had high hopes of reaching their franchises’ ultimate goal of winning the World Series. After missing the playoffs in 2013, Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman went to the free agent market to add key players that looked to help the teams chances of returning to the playoffs. Cashman added two big name outfield free agents by signing Jacoby Ellsbury and Carlos Beltran to multiyear deals. With Brett Gardner returning to the Yankees after signing a contract extension at the start of the season, the team’s outfield now looked to be very deep in depth. Cashman was not done after signing two big name outfielders, he also added a power hitting catcher in Brian McCann, which looked to be a major upgrade for the Yankees catching position compared
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to their 2013 group of catchers. After rumors of the New York Yankees not wanting to go over any luxury taxes, it was unsure if they would then go after the top free agent pitcher who was coming to the Major Leagues from Japan in Masahiro Tanaka. The Yankees indeed did go hard in the Tanaka negotiations, and on the bid to offer Tanaka a seven-year contract, making him one of the highest paid pitchers in baseball. Just before the start of the 2014 Spring Training season, another big announcement concerning the Yankees was released. After writing a note to fans through his Facebook account, the Yankees starting shortstop and team captain officially announced that the 2014 season would be his last. After this announcement was made, many Yankees fans were hoping that the season would end with Jeter and the Yankees winning another World Series before his retirement. At the beginning of the regular season, the team’s offense did not get off to a hot start as some of the
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big free agent signings were starting their career off slowly. During the remainder of the season, the Yankees not only had to deal with a lack of offense, but also had to battle through many injuries. During the course of the season, players like Carlos Beltran, Mark Teixeira, CC Sabathia, Ivan Nova, Michael Pineda and Masahiro Tanaka all spent extended time on the disabled list. With 3 of the 5 starting pitchers being injured for the majority of the season, guys like Minor League call up pitcher Shane Greene stepped up in big game situations. Another big pitcher that stepped in was midseason pickup Brandon McCarthy who the Yankees received in a trade.
After this accouncement was made, many Yankees fans were hoping that the season would end with Jeter and the Yankees winning another World Series before his retirement. McCarthy helped keep them in the wild card race up until the final few games of the season. Since offense was the teams main problem throughout the 2014 season, Cashman also added a few offensive players who he thought could help the team down the stretch. With additions like Chase Headley, Martin Prado and Stephen Drew, the Yankees looked to have a few offensive upgrades to try to help them make a playoff push. Although most of the additions did help the team stay close in the Wild Card race, they were eliminated from any playoff contentions this past week. The Yankees did not get much offensive help from key additions like Carlos Beltran or Brain McCann
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Pitcher Masahiro Tanaka was among the players who spent time on the disabled list this season. throughout the season. Even though their final home game was after the Yankees found out they had no chance to make the playoffs for now two seasons in a row, the focus was not on the team's failure to reach their franchises’ ultimate goal, but rather on how Major League Baseball and all the Yankee’s fans looked forward to saying their final goodbyes to one of the most respected men in all of sports, that being Derek Jeter. The Yankees final home game was a dramatic one from the start, with Jeter drilling a double deep to left field to hit in the Yankees first run of the game. Following his double, Jeter would score and tie the game. Before Jeter hit first at bat, in the top of the first inning the loud Derek Jeter roll call and chants began and continued throughout the remainder of the game, to the point where Jeter admitted that it was hard for him to focus and how he appreciated and thanked the fans once again.
Jeter ended his final at bat in Yankee Stadium by doing something that he had never done before at the new stadium, which was get a walk off hit. Jeter ended the final chapter to his storybook Yankees career by getting the walk off RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning. Although Yankees fans were not able to see their team in the playoffs due to its major lack of offense and many injuries, at least they were able to see and celebrate a legend who continued to play the game the right way each and every season for the past 20 years. Now everyone can have one last Derek Jeter memory that we can all remember forever, along with the many more that happened throughout his glorious Yankees career. Want to write for sports? Contact our Sports Editor Victoria Addison.
Sports D27 Golden Knights Scoreboard and Standings
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NE-10 Men’s Soccer GP So. New Hampshire 7 So. Connecticut 6 Le Moyne 7 Stonehill 8 American Int’l 8 Adelphi 7 Merrimack 7 Assumption 6 Franklin Pierce 7 Bentley 8 New Haven 7 Saint Michael’s 8 Saint Rose 7 Saint Anselm 6
NE-10 Women’s Tennis Record 7-0 1.000 6-0 1.000 6-1 0.857 5-2-1 0.688 5-3 0.625 4-3 0.571 5-1-1 0.786 1-4-1 0.250 3-3-1 0.500 2-5-1 0.312 2-5 0.286 5-3 0.625 1-5-1 0.214 1-5 0.167
Scores: L 1-3 vs. Stonehill
NE-10 Women’s Soccer GP Assumption 6 Saint Rose 8 Adelphi 7 Stonehill 7 So. Connecticut 7 Saint Anselm 6 Merrimack 7 Le Moyne 9 New Haven 8 Pace 8 Saint Michael’s 8 Franklin Pierce 7 American Int’l 7 So. New Hampshire8 Bentley 8
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Record 5-1 0.833 7-0-1 0.938 6-0-1 0.929 5-1-1 0.786 4-3 0.571 4-1-1 0.750 4-2-1 0.643 4-4-1 0.500 3-5 0.375 3-5 0.375 3-5 0.375 3-3-1 0.500 1-5-1 0.214 3-4-1 0.438 2-6 0.250
Scores: W 1-0 at Franklin Pierce
GP Adelphi 10 Stonehill 5 So. New Hampshire 4 Merrimack 6 Saint Michael’s 6 Assumption 9 Bentley 6 Le Moyne 9 Saint Anselm 7 New Haven 8 Saint Rose 9 American Int’l 5 Franklin Pierce 6
Record 9-1 0.900 5-0 1.000 3-1 0.750 4-2 0.667 4-2 0.667 4-5 0.444 3-3 0.500 4-5 0.444 3-4 0.429 3-5 0.375 2-7 0.222 0-5 0.000 0-6 0.000
Scores: L 3-6 at Adelphi
NE-10 Women’s Volleyball Stonehill So. New Hampshire New Haven Adelphi Merrimack Franklin Pierce Assumption So. Connecticut Saint Anselm Bentley Le Moyne Saint Rose Saint Michael’s Pace American Int’l
GP 13 14 12 13 9 12 9 13 13 13 9 11 9 11 15
Scores: L 2-3 at Adelphi
NE-10 Cross Country Purple Valley Classic Men 8th/14 teams Women 2nd/10 teams
Record 10-3 0.769 10-4 0.714 8-4 0.667 4-9 0.308 7-2 0.778 6-6 0.500 3-6 0.333 4-9 0.308 7-6 0.538 6-7 0.462 3-6 0.333 7-4 0.636 5-4 0.556 3-8 0.273 4-11 0.267
Saint Rose Cross Country Teams: Purple Valley International
By VICTORIA ADDISON Sports Editor On Saturday, the College of Saint Rose men and women’s cross country teams competed in their second meet of the season. The teams traveled to Williamstown, Massachusetts to compete in the Purple Valley Invitational, hosted by Williams College at Mount Greylock High School. The teams opened their 2014 campaign on Saturday, September 13 at the Saratoga Invitational, in which the men’s team finished eighth and the women’s twelfth of 14 teams. The teams respectively finished second and fourth overall. For the men’s team, senior Eamonn Coughlin finished the 5000-meter course with a time of 16:53.7, which landed him in third place overall. Following behind Coughlin was freshman Nathan Yost who earned sixth place overall with a time of 17:00.5. Of the St. Rose men’s team, Coughlin finished first, followed by Yost, freshman Trevor
Drapeau (17:35.3), sophomore Benjamin Kapuscinski (17:47.9), junior Krystopher Lotocky (17:48.6), and finally sophomore Joe Becker (17:54.7). As for the women’s team, senior Bianca Jordan and sophomore Emily Baker were the first to cross the finish line. With a time of 21:11.5, Jordan finished the 5k event ninth overall while Baker finished fourteenth overall with a time of 21:31. Finishing behind Baker for the Golden Knights was sophomore Michelle Lujan (21:36), followed by senior Kristen Harrington (21:51.2), sophomore Alicia Bousa (22:31.4), freshman Jayda Allen (23:06.9), and ending with freshman Jenn Ferro (25:03.5). Next for the St. Rose cross country teams is the Disney Classic on Saturday, October 11. The event is held in Orlando, Florida. Following the Disney Classic, the teams are set to compete in the Northeast-10 Conference Preview Meet. The meet will be held on October 18 at Mansfield University in Pennsylvania.
Upcoming Games Men’s Soccer: Tues. vs. Adelphi @ 6:00 p.m. Women’s Soccer: Tues. at Pace @ 4:00 p.m. Tennis: Tues. at Le Moyne @ 3:00 p.m. Volleyball: Tues. vs So. Connecticut @ 7:00 p.m.
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By SHAWN BERMAN Staff Writer Last Thursday night, the No. 11 UCLA Bruins went marching into Tempe and pulled out a huge Pac-12 conference win, beating the No. 15 Arizona State Sun Devils, 62-27. Despite hyperextending his non-throwing elbow in the previous game against Texas, quarterback Brett Hundley had himself a huge night, reestablishing himself as a Heisman candidate. Hundley completed 18 of his 23 passes, throwing for 355 yards and 4 touchdowns (tying a careerhigh).
The Arizona native also had 72 rushing yards to go along with a 1-yard rushing touchdown, arguably making the best performance of his college career. It is clear, when healthy, that Hundley may be the most dynamic quarterback in the nation. During his postgame interview with Fox Sports 1 Hundley said, "It's nothing that I did. It's what the team did. The offensive line did a great job and I give them all the credit.” The offensive line was a bit of a question mark for The Bruins, as they surrendered 11 sacks in just 3 games. However, they did their job and gave Hundley plenty of time to make all the right plays.
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The Bruins defensive line basically shut down Arizona State’s running back D.J. Foster, only giving up 30 yards to the back. Coming into the game, Foster was ninth in the FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) in both rushing yards (510) and yards per carry (9.4). Hundley also credited his receivers for “balling out.” Led by Jordan Payton and Thomas Durate, the two combined for nine receptions and nearly 250 yards. Payton also had a touchdown. Another Bruin that had a big night was safety Ishmael Adams. Adams took the air out of Tem-
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pe and changed the momentum of the game with an impressive pick-six before the first half ended and a 100-yard kick return to start the third quarter. There was one bright spot for The Sun Devils though. Redshirt junior Jaelen Rose led The Sun Devils with 12 catches for 146 yards. Rose was kept out of the end zone, as Arizona State’s backup quarterback, Mike Bercovici, struggled to put together consistent drives. Just how good of a win was this for UCLA? Look at it this way: The Sun Devils ran almost 100 plays and had 583 yards of total offense and still lost by 35 points. When asked what this win will do for The Bruins in the polls, head coach Jim Mora told the media, “none of that crap matters until the end of the season.” This dominating performance will definitely quiet the critics for a while. In fact, The Bruins may even be the best team in the Pac12 right now (sorry, Oregon) and will definitely be a team to watch come playoff time. The Bruins look to improve to 5-0 when they take on Utah in a Pac-12 South game on October 4.
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