The Chronicle- September 10, 2013

The Chronicle

September 10th, 2013

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Mayoral Candidates Faceoff in One Last Debate at Saint Rose

By JACKSON WANG Executive Editor Albany democratic mayoral candidates Corey Ellis and Kathy Sheehan faced off in one last debate on Tuesday at The College of Saint Rose before the democratic primary election. The two potential candidates went head to head, taking questions for about an hour and even raised the tension in the room at certain points.

The debate began with both candidates being asked about their campaigns.

Ellis talked about his knowledge of the city as someone growing up in Albany and living

in the city all his life. He then highlighted on his success of fighting property taxes as a common councilmember. Sheehan also highlighted on her political success, pointing to her creation of the parking system while she was treasurer of the city.

The next question focused on the policing in Albany. Both candidates credited Chief of Police Steven Krokoff on lowering the crime rate.

“I believe the chief has put us on a good path,” said Kathy Sheehan.

Ellis also said Krokoff has Continued on page A4

Saint Rose’s Reach Extends

By LAUREN HALLIGAN News Editor

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A student enjoys music provided by DJ Dre Black Spectrum’s luau this past Saturday afternoon.

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This past Saturday morning, more than 800 Saint Rose students woke earlier than normal with one common goal in mind: to reach out and better their community.

An annual and ever-growing volunteer event, this year’s Reach Out Saint Rose was the largest to date. A record high approximate 840 volunteers participated by spending their morning helping

local organizations in any way they needed. Another record broken, more commuter students signed up for the event than ever before.

The enormous group of students gathered in the gymnasium at 8:30 a.m., where coffee, bagels, and local radio station Fly 92.3 motivated and energized the volunteers. Clubs and residence halls then separated into groups in which they would serve their Continued on page A6

Sports

Meet new Area Coordinator Michael Opare-Addo See page A2

The rise of Netflix original programming See page B10

Who Ya Got? - Battle of Top Point Guards in NBA. See page D17

The Fourth Anuual Moving Message Walk See pages A5

What’s next in the U.S. - Syria situtation.

See page C15

Golden Knights defeats Golden Eagles.

See page D20

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Meet New Area Coordinator Michael Opare-Addo

By LAUREN HALLIGAN News Editor

She thought it would be a good fit for me.

Meet the newest addition to the Residence Life Staff, Michael Opare-Addo, who joined the team in August, just before the semester’s start. Opare-Addo is area coordinator of Zone 4, which includes 974, 972, 944, 968, 908, and 912 Madison Ave., Centennial Hall, and Morris Hall. A former member of University at Albany’s Residence Life office, he is now area coordinator for 358 Saint Rose campus residents, and is eager to make his mark on the Saint Rose community.

What exactly does your job as Area Coordinator entail?

What is your background working in a college setting?

I was an RA for SUNY Albany’s Alumni Quad right down the block from Saint Rose. I started as an RA five years ago. I was an RA there for two-and-a-half years, then I moved as a Housing Manager in the apartments. Then I became a Graduate Assistant for the Department of Residential Life, overseeing the wellness center and the game room and supervising the wellness assistants and supervising RAs as well, right back down on Alumni Quad.

After that year, I was an Assistant Apartment Coordinator, back at the apartments over the summer.

Then this job happened and my supervisor encouraged me to apply. So, I applied and now I’m Area Coordinator at Saint Rose.

What did you study at UAlbany?

I got my bachelor’s in biology at UAlbany and I’m currently working on my master’s in public health at UAlbany. I graduate in May. How did you become involved with The College of Saint Rose?

My supervisor saw the position, I told her about it, and she highly encouraged me to apply.

I make sure that the residence halls are kept up to par, I supervise the RAs, my ten RAs that I have and whenever I’m on duty I supervise the RAs that are on duty, attend meetings, run committees. I’m still new so I’m still adjusting to campus life committees. For the in-house committees, I’m in charge of RA selection this year. Basically anything that has to do with any of the residence halls. When RAs have questions they come to me, or the residents come directly to me and we figure it out. Also, if any of the residents violate the policies I serve as the judicial hearing officer, and we go through that process. That’s the downside of the job, but it has to be done.

What are your goals for this year as a new member of the Saint Rose community the Resident Life staff?

To sharpen my professional skills. That is definitely something I want to do. I also want to sharpen my mentorship skills.

My style is to mentor my staff. I lead by example. Leadership by example is key. Anything that I ask them to do, I make sure that I apply it to myself.

What are you most looking forward to upon joining the Saint Rose community?

I actually just want to get immersed in the whole Saint Rose community. I didn’t know that this was a very big art school.

I did not know that, and I’ve been in Albany right down the block for more than 5 years now.

It’s something intriguing. I just bought an acoustic guitar, that’s something I want to learn to play, and it’s a great place to be to learn that.

What is your best advice to offer to student residents as they come to Saint Rose for the semester?

Always remember why you are here; you’re here for academics first.

All other things can come into play afterwardjob, hobbies, clubsthose are extremely important, but always keep your academics first, because without that you wouldn’t be here.

LAUREN HALLIGAN

Area Coordinator Michael Opare-Addo.

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In Brief

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the loaded .9mm handgun on 29 year old Joel Hart.

He was charged with three counts of criminal possession of a weapon, and one count of criminal contempt.

Hart was arraigned in Albany City Criminal Court and sent to the Albany County Jail.

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New Gary Burton Quartet to Perform at Saint Rose Gary Burton, jazz’s most innovative and accomplished vibraphonist, will be performing at The College of Saint Rose.

This is part of the New Gary Burton Quartet’s 70th birthday

tour with special guests Bopitude featuring Gary Smulyan. The concert will take place September 24 at 7:30 p.m. in the Kathleen Picotte Recital Hall, Massry Center for the Arts.

Tickets for the performance can be purchased at www.massrycenter.org or 518-337-4871.

The tickets cost $30.

Rick Moody to Read at Frequency North Rick Moody, award winning memoirist, novelist, and lyricist will be taking part in the “Frequency North” reading series.

Moody will be reading in the Standish Room on September 26 at 7:30 p.m. The program is free and open to the public. Copies of

Moody’s work will also be available for purchase and signing.

Funds by Poets & Writers Inc. and public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts supported this event.

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Tuesday, September 10 4 p.m. MAPS ALB 109 4:30 p.m. Women’s Soccer vs. Roberts Wesleyan Plumeri Sports Complex 7 p.m. G4G (Girls For God) Sanctuary 7 p.m. Theatre Guild Lima Basement 7 p.m. Women’s Volleyball vs. Dominican Nolan Gym 8 p.m. Outside the [Box] Lima Basement 8 p.m. Yoga Sanctuary Wednesday, September 11 12 p.m. Weight Watchers St. Joseph’s Hall 3 p.m.Student Teaching Application Meeting Standish 5 p.m. Mid-Week Mass Sanctuary 4:30 p.m. Student Association Meeting Carondelet Symposium 7 p.m. Spectrum Standish 7:30 p.m. BASIC Sanctuary 8 p.m. Colleges Against Cancer Meeting Lima SA Conf Rm 10 p.m. Karate Club Practice EAC Room 110 Thursday, September 12 10:45 a.m. Fall Activities Fair Campus Quad 5:30 p.m. SEB Meeting St. Joseph’s Hall 7:30 p.m. Frequency North Writers Series Standish 7:30 p.m. Identity Main Lounge 8 p.m. 8th Annual Kermit Hall Memorial Lecture St. Joseph’s Hall Friday, September 13 1 p.m. Business Internship Networking Event Carondelet Sympsoium 4 p.m. Student Association Club Council Standish Saturday, September 14 10 a.m. Moving Message Awareness Walk Campus Quad Sunday, September 15 6:30 p.m. College Mass St. Vincent de Paul Church 6:30 p.m. NCAA AOD Program St. Joseph’s Hall Monday, September 16 3:00 p.m. Environmental Club Meeting Community Service Office 4:30 p.m. Student Teaching Seminar Carondelet Sympsoium 5:15 p.m. Yoga Sanctuary 8:30 p.m. CEC Lima Basement

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Calendar of Events

Schenectady Man Found with Loaded Gun on Delaware Avenue A Schenectady man was arrested for handgun possession on Delaware Avenue on Friday.

Albany police responded for a reported fight at the Elbow Room.

When officers arrived, they were told a male on the scene was in possession of a handgun.

Police then searched and found

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Albany Mayoral Debate

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Sheehan. “We need to work together.”

One popular debate that developed over the summer was economic development in downtown Albany. Both candidates were asked about it on Tuesday.

Ellis is for the proposed aquarium for the city because he said it would generate revenue. He also

students in the city and relationships with them.

Ellis said the city needs to provide safer streets for the students and develop strong relationships with them. He also said the city needs to keep their college students in Albany, even after they graduate by getting them jobs in the state capitol.

“We need our college students,” said Ellis. “Students need to understand what is happening.”

As for Sheehan’s plan, she said the city needs to do a better job of code enforcement. “This is a place that needs to be respected,” said Sheehan.

Also, Sheehan would like to work with student leadership and make them feel like they’re part of the Albany. She would also like to work with residential assistants and freshmen students by providing transportation to bring them to downtown Albany, which would also help with revenue.

The primary election will be September 10 as either Ellis or Sheehan will be picked to represent the Democratic Party for the Albany mayoral race. If either Ellis or Sheehan gets elected mayor of Albany, they will be the first African American or female mayor of the state capitol.

“We need our college students.

Students need to understand what is happening.”

Corey Ellis

KELLY PFEISTER

Corey Ellis and Kathy Sheehan laugh as they answered questions during the Mayoral debate on Tuesday.

Continued from front page done a great job, but questions the police tactic of stop and frisk.

He said that the tactic isn’t fair because African Americans feel it the most.

But beyond the crimes, another major problem that the city of Albany has been facing for many years is budgeting. Both candidates were asked of their plans for the budget if they were elected mayor.

Sheehan said she would adopt the zero based budgeting, which means she would use money only if a certain city department needed it. Her opponent went in the opposite direction.

“We can’t start at zero, we know we have costs,” said Ellis.

“I haven’t heard my opponent talk about her plans to generate revenue for the city.”

Ellis said he would establish a plan that would bring revenue to Albany. Sheehan rebuttaled by saying the city is far away from establishing what is driving the costs.

“If we work together, we can figure out the budget,” said Sheehan.

Another big issue the city is dealing with is education. Last year, Albany High School had a graduation rate of 49 percent, and it has hovered around that rate for many years now. If that rate continues, Albany High School could

Sheehan also said that it’s more than an education issue. She said everyone is involved; teachers, parents, and students.

“We need to make sure our kids are getting to school,” said

said the convention center would not be a great idea because it would be a public building, which means no revenue.

As for Sheehan, she said the city needs to build on its strengths.

“We need to work on our development plan,” said Sheehan.

“I won’t start anything that we don’t have a plan to finish.”

One of the last topics both candidates debated on was college

“We need to make sure our kids are getting to school.

We need to work together.”

Kathy Sheehan be receiving the “death penalty,” which means the state would take control of the school.

Sheehan said she would try to fix the problem by working with the school district and figure out how the money can be spent, in order to avoid the “death penalty.” Ellis responded by saying, “the control needs to stay local.”

He pushed on the importance of education, while trying to save money.

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Camera crews from YNN covered the event, which was aired on the channel later that evening.

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Fourth Annual Moving Message Fundraiser Providing a Voice

By CONNOR HICKS Staff Writer Imagine what life would be like if suddenly you were stripped of your ability to speak.

Cognitively, you were all there.

You laughed at jokes, cried in sad movies, remembered your first crush. Throughout your life, you had built relationships with people whom you admired and cared for in some way or another.

Your colleagues respected you;

your friends and family loved you for your unique personality.

But somewhere along the line, your voice was taken from you, and with it, your sense of identity in the world around you. With a whole life ahead of you, you lost

The Chronicle your ability to communicate effectively with anybody. If you tried to speak, it was slow and shaky, difficult to comprehend.

Even those you knew had difficulty following you and to make it all worse, people looked down on you because of it. After all, if you can’t speak, you probably have something wrong with you intellectually, right?

Wrong. Each year, hundreds of thousands of people suffer an injury to the brain that can cause this to happen. Whether it’s a teenage girl hit by a drunk driver at no fault of her own, a stroke victim, or someone involved in a construction accident, people with these types of brain injuries are many times stripped of the major characteristic that lies at the forefront of interacting with the world around us: communication.

Now, that is not to say that these injuries are a complete death sentence to one’s ability to speak. With rigorous speech therapy over a long period of time, many people are able to regain that voice. Unfortunately, not everyone has access to this.

See, primary medical insurance companies typically cover short-term speech therapy, lasting a few months. This means that many victims of such injuries get a limited number of sessions to start the long road to recovery, but are virtually left on their own to take care of the rest. As a result, the only option left is to pay

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out of pocket for the expensive, but invaluable services long-term speech therapy provides. These victims are often people who have kids to put through college, loans to pay off, mortgages still to pay. Many selfless people put the therapy at the bottom of the list of priorities, accepting a very limited ability to speak as their fate.

The Moving Message strives to become a voice for these people. Over the years, the event has raised thousands of dollars to help provide victims with the services they deserve, that we all would deserve if something were to ever happen to us.

Help us raise awareness about the communication difficulties that occur after brain injuries.

Walk a lap with someone who has been down that road and help us rid the stigma that an intellectual disability often serves hand in hand with it.

You can help by registering for the event ($15, $10 for students), buying a T-shirt ($12/short sleeve, $15 long sleeve), buying raffle tickets for great prizes like an iPad, or simply by donating. The event will have live music, free food, refreshments, free massages, balloon animals, face painting, and much more.

The College of Saint Rose will be hosting the event from 10:00 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept.

14 on the school quad. To learn more about how you can contribute, email Connor Hicks at hicksc053@strose.edu.

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Reach Out Saint Rose Continued from front page community at more than 60 nearby locations.

“Living is connected to giving,” said student Daniella Watson, who spoke to her peers Saturday morning as an experienced volunteer. After student testimonials, Fr. Chris DeGiovine riled up the crowd with an inspirational message.

Volunteers then loaded onto buses that dispersed the crowd throughout the community to lend a hand to organizations in need. Lifting, cleaning and gardening were among the miscellaneous tasks that the hundreds of students performed throughout the day.

Freshman Allee von Stackelberg volunteered her time at a local community garden. Glad to have helped, von Stackelberg also took the opportunity to meet other residents on her floor. A first time Reach Out-er who calls the countryside her home, she was surprised at the notion of needing special land to grow fruits and vegetables, but was contented to have helped those who do not have this luxury she takes for granted.

Another volunteer, Aideen Hanlon, sophomore Resident Assistant in Brubacher Hall, led her residents to volunteer at the Church of the Good Shepard in Green Island and helped the staff with yard work such as pulling weeds and trimming hedges, as well as cleaning the kitchen.

“They were very friendly there,” Hanlon said, noting that they were welcoming to her group of first-year students who had never before experienced Reach Out Saint Rose. Describing the experience as fun and rewarding, Hanlon was glad that her freshmen residents could see early on in the semester what it really means what it means to be a part of the Saint Rose community.

After the day’s work was completed, the students had a chance

to go inside the church and admire (and play) the 150-yearold organ. Appreciative of all the hard work put into bettering the church’s facilities, Hanlon was even asked if she and her residents would be interested in coming back again and helping with the church’s special events.

“It kind of went above and beyond the typical Reach Out Saint Rose.”

Aideen Hanlon “It kind of went above and beyond the typical Reach Out Saint Rose,” Hanlon said at the end of the day.

Another grateful organization member, Peter Fish, Executive Director at the Albany United Methodist society, an organization Saint Rose has volunteered

ANTHONY CHAPIN

Freshmen Allyssa Rose and Alyssa Han helping out during the annual Reach Out Saint Rose event.

ANTHONY CHAPIN

Student volunteers were treated to pizza after a day of service at various locations in the Captial District.

with for more than a decade, said “Saint Rose has been our most active partner in terms of area colleges, which we’re very proud of,” noting that they help not only through Reach Out Saint Rose, but also through Urban Launch and students volunteering with the afterschool programs.

This year, students again volunteered with Fish’s organization, eager to help friends of the college. A group of 16 students scrubbed the West Hill Community Center’s gymnasium from top to bottom, before moving on to other areas of the building.

“The work being done today really helps us get ready for our busy season with youth programming and basketball tournaments that we host throughout the fall and winter,” Fish said. “The center is a vital resource for the residents of West Hill, and [the work done] today increases our opportunities to offer more activities for our neighbors.”

After five months of planning,

Ken Scott, Director of Community Service at The College, said “There’s an enormous amount of preparation and problem solving behind a logistically complex event like this and yet it always amazes me how it works out and the fabulous experiences students have.”

Joan Horgan, Director of Campus Ministry and person-incharge of the community-wide event, said “I think it was an awesome success,” noting that numbers were up for both commuter and resident participation this year.

A Saturday event, “A lot of what we can do on a day like this are tasks that organizations can’t make happen during the week,” she said regarding the type of volunteer work students executed all over the neighborhood that morning.

Above all, “I couldn’t be more grateful to the students for finding a way to be part of this,” Horgan said.

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Photos From Around Campus

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Many came out to the opening gala of Andrea Hersh’s exhibit “Community Garden.” The exhibit opened cocurrently with “Design@Work: The Karene Faul Alumni Exhibition.”

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Students were treated to a buffet style dinner with a variety of tasty foods at Spectrum’s luau event.

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LAASIA BROWN

Students and vistors alike enjoy refreshments at the opening of the “Community Garden” exhibit by Andrea Hersh, as well as the Karene Faul Alumi Exhibition.

Identity collaborated with Spectrum, and had t-shirts and candy ready for students to enjoy at Saturday’s luau.

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Arts How Breaking Bad Became One of TV’s Best Dramas By Never Planning Ahead The Chronicle

By M. WILLIAM SMITH Staff Writer (DISCLAIMER: This article will contain several major SPOILERS for Breaking Bad, through the halfway point of Season 5. Nothing from the final eight episodes is spoiled, but if you’re making your way through the show now or plan to soon, don’t continue reading this page.)

“The moral of the story is I chose a half-measure when I should have gone all the way. I’ll never make that mistake again.

No more half-measures, Walter.”

At the time of this writing, there are four episodes left in the final season of AMC’s acclaimed drama series Breaking Bad. What that means for me, and for a great deal of others, is four more hours

of nail-biting tension, bitingly funny dark humor, countless heart attacks at every commercial break, and probably more than a few beloved characters dying horrible deaths (that last bit is, of course, pure speculation, but it’s hard to imagine a positive outcome for most of these people at this point).

Breaking Bad is a series that, from the beginning, has never held back. The kinds of things other shows may take an entire season, or even multiple seasons, to accomplish, Breaking Bad can do with ease, sometimes within a single episode.

Breaking Bad is a remarkable show for many reasons, and I couldn’t possibly list them all here. Visually, there’s nothing else like it on TV. The show’s use of color, unique camerawork, and the vast New Mexico landscape

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Bryan Cranston stars as villian protagonist Walter White.

create a world that at once seems real and fantastical. Though it takes place in contemporary America, the world of Breaking Bad is one that wouldn’t feel out of place in a spaghetti western or a Coen Brothers film. The cast is typically and reliably brilliant, with Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul delivering some of the finest performances the medium of television has ever seen, and creating a strong team of supporting players with Anna Gunn, Dean Norris, Bob Odenkirk, Giancarlo Esposito, and Jonathan Banks, among others.

But putting all that aside, Breaking Bad is Breaking Bad because of Vince Gilligan and his writing team. For five seasons, they’ve shaped the way this story has played out, they’ve brought their characters to the brink of self-destruction several times over, they’ve been constantly aware of the audience’s expectations and have consistently subverted them – and they’ve done so in a fairly unconventional way.

Gilligan and his team have consistently said that they generally don’t plan ahead when writing Breaking Bad. In an age when many shows have several seasons planned in advance, this gives the show an immediacy that makes every episode feel like it has a purpose.

There’s never been a “filler” episode of Breaking Bad. Even an episode like “Fly,” the 10th episode of the third season, in which Walt is obsessed with catching a fly that has made its way into his lab, is an important character piece. It allows the audience to see the mindsets of Walt and Jesse at that point in the story, arguably justifying their actions that follow in the next few episodes.

There’s never a wasted moment in Breaking Bad, and the idea that Gilligan barely gives a thought to where the show is go-

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ing in the future is, frankly, kind of amazing.

When the second half of season five began this summer, it began with a flash-forward, building off of a scene we saw last year, showing Walt months removed from the current events in the show, possibly on the run and clearly out to kill someone. Gilligan and his team seem to write themselves into corners frequently; the fun is seeing how they get themselves out of it.

When Jesse killed Gale at the end of season three, where could the story have gone from there?

When Walt took down Gus Fring at the end of season four, how could they possibly build off of that? Yet, they found a way each time, always subverting expectations, always following these events up with things the audience might not see coming.

So when Hank discovered Walt’s secret at the end of last year’s mid-season finale, the year-long wait for the next episode was agonizing. This was the event that had to happen, but the way it transpired came out of nowhere; it was a perfect cliffhanger, and I was desperate to see what happened next.

Naturally, the show hasn’t disappointed, and the season thus far has been as tense as ever.

But there’s a consistent sense of anxiousness surrounding it; with only four episodes left, how can Gilligan and Co. even attempt to tie together every story thread in a satisfying, coherent narrative?

It doesn’t seem possible, but if there’s one writing team in television that can, it’s likely them.

One of Breaking Bad’s greatest strengths has been its ability to take relatively smaller events of their world and weave them into the larger narrative of the show. Combo’s death in season two seemed like a minor setback, but it became a driving force in

the narrative of the latter half of season three. Walt and Jesse’s encounter with Hector Salamanca early in season two pays off in a big way by the fourth season finale.

Gale’s personalized copy of Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass from season three resurfaces to reveal Walt’s true identity in the fifth season. Gilligan believes in leaving no stone unturned; everything that happens in the show happens for a reason, even if he doesn’t quite know what the reason is yet.

The quote at the top of this article is from the end of Mike Ehrmantraut’s monologue from my favorite episode of Breaking Bad, “Half Measures,” the penultimate episode of season three.

In it, Mike describes his previous life as a police officer, and the death of an innocent woman, that resulted from his action, something he refers to as a “half measure.” The next episode of the show, the season three finale, is entitled “Full Measure,” in which Jesse knocks on Gale’s door and kills him at his doorstep.

In essence, this is a perfect metaphor for the show in its final weeks. Gilligan and his team are with Jesse, pointing their gun directly at the audience, preparing to pull the trigger.

Breaking Bad has never backed down with half measures, but now, with four episodes left (three by the time you’ll be reading this), it’s more important than ever for the show to follow through on its goals, for Gilligan to end the show on his terms, to really go out with something great. A final full measure for a show filled with full measures.

An ending befitting the great, “Classic Coke” Heisenberg.

Look upon his works, ye Mighty, and despair.

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FXX: New Network Close to the Comedy Gold Standard

By ANDY GILCHRIST Staff Writer Last week, the wildly successful FX network launched a spinoff to focus on their comedy programming. The new channel, called FXX, will now air all of FX’s sitcoms and comedy reruns.

By launching alongside three of their strongest shows, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The League, and Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, FXX is able to draw hundreds of thousands of viewers and quickly establish itself as one of the best networks for comedy programming.

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia follows the lives of five “friends” living in Philadelphia, running an unsuccessful Irish bar called Paddy’s Pub. All five are greedy, selfish, and willing to do anything to end up on top.

There’s the butt-of-all-jokes and failed actress Dee (Kaitlin Olson) and her egotistical and entitled brother Dennis (Glenn Howerton), wannabe tough guy Mac (Rob McElhenney), the neurotic Charlie Kelly (Charlie Day), and Dee and Dennis’ father, Frank (Danny DeVito), who thinks he’s a business genius.

Every episode sees The Gang getting into pointless, embarrassing, and sometimes violent situations, based on each member’s attempts to one up the others with nonsensical plans and schemes.

The series is known for lampooning everything, such as racism, the education system, gun control, gay marriage, religion, and evolution.

The League also follows a group of “friends,” six of them this time, living in the city of Chicago and competing in the same fantasy football league.

Like Sunny’s protagonists, these six will gladly stab a friend in the back and laugh at them while they’re down in order to win The League. There’s the husband and wife team of Kevin (Stephen Rannazzisi) and Jenny MacArthur (Katie Aselton), slacker and

prankster Pete Eckhart (Mark Duplass), ruthless and paranoid lawyer Rodney Ruxin (Nick Kroll), the always gullible plastic surgeon Andre Nowzick (Paul Scheer), and ladies’ man/clueless pothead Taco (Jon Lajoie).

The show thrives on its extreme profanity and sexual humor, with Seth Rogen regularly guest-starring as a porn filmmaker named Dirty Randy.

But the show is just as funny due to its bizarre recurring objects and characters, such as the Shiva and Sacko trophies, the crazy-expensive fantasy draft, Jenny and Kevin’s foul-mouthed eight-yearold daughter Ellie, Ruxin’s pampered five-year-old son “Baby” Geoffrey, and Ruxin’s perverse and psychopathic brother-in-law Rafi (Jason Mantzoukas).

Finally, Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell is a political comedy one-man talk show. Every episode, San Francisco-based comedian Bell highlights the absurdities and bizarre nature of American political figures and policies in his opening monologue before moving into a pre-recorded segment where he leaves the set and ventures outside to interview people connected with a developing political issue. Finally, he sits down to interview a seemingly random celebrity, ranging from politicians to actors to scientists to fellow comedians.

If this sounds like a rip-off of The Daily Show, take a breath.

Bell does all the on-camera work, reading the monologue, heading out to the streets, and interviewing the guests, all by himself.

In addition to that, he serves as a writer and executive producer, and firmly establishes the voice of the show as his own, rather than multiple personalities spread throughout the episode.

Over the past decade, FX has established itself as one of the premiere networks for original programming. While its drama series, such as The Shield, Justified, and American Horror Story, regularly got critical acclaim and

large followings, its comedy offerings never seemed to catch on as easily.

This resulted in the network’s comedy series becoming cult classics, maintained by a tightknit group of obsessive fans who gave the shows just enough viewers to warrant a new season.

But within the past few years, critics and audiences have begun to catch on to the fact that FX’s comedies are just as good as their dramas. In addition to the three series mentioned above, Louie C.K.’s Louie, Jim Jeffries’ Legit, and the existential/absurdist comedy Wilfred have pushed the network’s list of comedies into the very good graces of critics, which in turn has led to increases in overall viewership across the board.

The reason these comedies, all now on FXX, have proven so popular is because they’re giving viewers humor that’s truly unlike anything else on TV. While Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory consist almost solely on sex jokes and raunchy humor, they air on the major networks and therefore cannot be explicit. FXX’s comedies don’t have that problem; because they air both on a cable network and after 10 p.m., these shows are allowed to say anything except the f-word and show anything except full-frontal nudity.

As one can imagine, the humor hits new levels of vulgarity and hilarity every week, pushing the boundaries of what is acceptable not just on television, but in comedy in general.

As FX launches their new comedy-centric channel FXX, they are also debuting the new seasons of three of their strongest comedies: It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The League, and Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell. By launching the network simultaneously with new episodes of three popular shows, FXX is well on its way to announcing its presence as one of the best networks for comedy.

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I Can’t Believe You Watched ThatDeath at a Funeral (2007)

By RACHEL M. BOLTON Arts Editor Of all the family gatherings to have something get screwed up, a funeral is probably the worst.

Alas this is the case in Death at a Funeral, where what can go wrong does go wrong. The film is a fantastic black comedy and still manages to have a few poignant moments as well.

Good son Daniel (Matthew Macfadyen) is doing his best to put together his father’s in-home funeral, which does not start on the right foot, due to the undertakers bring him the wrong casket on accident. Daniel’s brother Robert is a bit of flake, although he is the more popular brother for being a successful novelist.

Daniel’s cousin Martha brings her fiancé Simon (Alan Tudyk) along. Simon has a horrid case of the nerves, due to the thought of meeting his intimidating future father-in-law. Martha gives him what she thinks is valium to calm him down. Her brother Troy is really a drug dealer, moonlighting as a pharmacology student, and what Martha thinks is valium is actually acid.

The biggest problem is when Daniel notices a little person (Peter Dinklage) by his father’s casket. Peter tells Daniel that he and his father were lovers and that he deserves compensation. 15,000 pounds of compensation that is, or he will show the family photos of the two of them together.

It’s all downhill after that.

The film thrives on its multiple elements that slowly culminate

into a ball of disaster. The pills disappear; Daniel and Robert try to keep the truth about their dad hush hush, and family friend Howard is forced to take care of horrid old man Uncle Alfie. For a comedy, the film has many twists and turns that will leave you going, “how did I not see that coming?”

The casting of the movie is a treat for television and Jane Austen fans. Matthew Macfadyen AKA Mr. Darcy, gets to be blueeyed and sad once more. And of course, Peter is played by none other than Game of Throne’s Tyrion Lannister himself. Sherlock’s Rupert Graves stars as Robert, and I could not get over how silly his hair looks in this role. Fans of Firefly will be happy to see Wash back in business.

There is only one real issue with the film, but that is mostly me nitpicking. Without spoiling anything, let’s just say that some very interesting explanations are going to be involved.

The film was remade in America under the same name in 2010, with Chris Rock and Martin Lawrence as the leads. Peter Dinklage reprises his role as the blackmailer. While I like the original more than the remake, the 2010 film is still hilarious and faithful to the original in tone and style.

I definitely recommend the film. The British accents may be hard to grasp at first, but that’s what subtitles are for. Fans of the film Little Miss Sunshine will be happy with Death at a Funeral.

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How the Netflix original series are changing the traditional way of watching television

By KATIE KLIMACEK Contributing Writer There is nothing better than coming home after a long day of school, changing into comfy sweats, and sitting down with friends and family to tune into your favorite television show.

Television has played a big role in American culture over the past 60 years. It has helped to bring the American family closer together, change the way we think, and open us up to the world that we live in.

With the changing technology of today, we no longer sit down at 6 o’clock to listen to the nightly news or tune in at 9:00 p.m. to watch a primetime television series. We just don’t have the time and patience for it anymore.

Whether it is the latest season of Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia or all 18 episodes of Freaks and Geeks, a Netflix viewer is able to be in control of the content they are watching, and this is what so many like about online streaming. Recently, Netflix has come into even more popularity and success due to their original series shows that have been airing.

House of Cards, Orange is the New Black, the fourth season of Arrested Development and Hemlock Grove are just some of Netflix’s new original series.

With these shows that Netflix has signed go straight to the site, not on TV and not in weekly parts.

The full season of the series goes straight to Netflix where the customer is able to binge and rewatch the series as much as they want. But will this new form of entertainment last for more than just for now?

At this years Edinburgh International Television Festival in London, actor/writer/producer, Kevin Spacey talked about his new series on Netflix, House of

Cards, and how this new form of television will revolutionize American entertainment.

House of Cards was the first original series that Netflix presented, a dark political drama that follows the story of fictional Congressman Francis Underwood, played by Spacey, who plays the game in order to get revenge on those who have done him wrong.

When Spacey and his team set out to start making House of Cards, all of the major networks turned him down because they wanted the show to have a pilot, which Spacey and his team did not want.

“We wanted to tell a story that would take a long time to tell; we were creating a sophisticated multi-layer story with complex characters that would revile themselves over time and relationships that would need space to play out,” Spacey stated during his lecture.

By having this type of an approach to a show it allows the audience to get a better feel for the character, it lets them relate more

to the character rather than follow the outline that a traditional pilot sets for so many shows.

Amelia Ablazabal, a freshman at St. Rose, likes the approach that House of Cards has taken.

“For some shows a pilot is needed, but characters do change and grow. Not having a pilot allows the viewer to pick up anywhere during the season, understand what is going on, and is still able to see the changes of the characters.”

Along with House of Cards, Netflix recently picked up a new show called Orange is the New Black. Just like House of Cards, this new original series has no pilot and goes against the traditional television programming. Orange is the New Black follows the life of Piper Chapman, a woman in her 30s who is incarcerated for carrying drug money for her exlesbian lover.

With this show it was necessary not to have a pilot that sets the limits for the characters because it not only follows Piper

and her past, but the other inmates at the Litchfield Federal Prison for Women and what made them who they are today.

“I like all the different personalities that are depicted in the show” says Madison Mannese, a fan of the show.

With Netflix streaming the whole season at once, the viewer is able to go back and get more information, and that is what so many subscribers to the sight enjoy- you have the freedom to watch what ever when ever.

In his speech, Spacey made the point that by allowing the customer “the freedom to watch what they want, when they want it, in the form they want it in and for a reasonable price you have the chance to take a bite out of piracy.”

By Netflix giving costumers full access to material, it also allows the customers to become involved within the show. As an audience member you are looking for a story, something to take you to a different perspective, a differ-

ent side to a story, and with this opportunity it permits the viewer to get more involved within the story and stay within it.

A handful of shows that are successful now did not start out with the fan base they currently have. The Sopranos and Seinfeld are just two shows that didn’t truly get recognized by viewers until they were well into their fourth and fifth season, and Breaking Bad didn’t even launch into full success until its release on Netflix in early 2011. So by Netflix giving the subscriber the full story at once, there is more likely of a chance that the fan following will pick up quicker, like Spacey said; “Give them what they want”.

Within the years to come, don’t be surprised if fewer shows are on major networks and more are starting off as Netflix original series. Television will soon be an oddity to people around the world as this new form of fast, easy and cheap entertainment develops even more.

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Kevin Spacy (left) stars as Francis Underwood on Netflix’s House of Cards. Michael Cera stars on Season four of Arrested Development.

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Honda Civic Tour 2013: Kelly Clarkson and Maroon 5

By LAUREN SEARS Staff Writer On Thursday September 5, the Honda Civic Tour featuring Kelly Clarkson and Maroon 5 came rolling into Saratoga Performing Arts Center. This tour has been highly anticipated since tickets went on sale back in July! Even though it was cold out on Thursday night, the show definitely brought the heat!

Kelly Clarkson opened up her act with her hit single, “Stronger.” Going into the concert my feelings were mixed about Ms. Clarkson: I liked her old music but not her most recent hit singles. She then went on to perform other hits like “Because of You,” “Since You’ve Been Gone,” “My Life Would Suck Without You,” and “Miss Independent.”

Clarkson also sang her hit song “Don’t You Wanna Stay” featuring Jason Aldean. Clarkson performed the country hit as a solo, which really showcased the other side of her talent. Perhaps my favorite song she performed was

Adam Levine of Maroon 5 sings.

“Breakaway” because it was the first Kelly Clarkson song I heard on the radio when I was younger.

Clarkson, during a break in her set, mentioned to the crowd that she wasn’t sweating because it was cold out! But that didn’t stop her from putting on a talented and spectacular performance.

The stage effects were also very unique and elegant, which added an extra element to her set list.

Kelly Clarkson definitely gained a new respect from me; she sounds so much better live!

After a 20 minute intervention, the moment I had been waiting for since 2002, arrives! Maroon 5 came onto the stage. Screams from the crowd were in full roar as they began to play!

The opening song was “One More Night” from their new album: Overexposed. I was absolutely in shock! It was so colorful, high energy and a powerful number to open with.

Next up on Maroon 5’s set list was the 2002 hit “This Love” from their first album, Songs About Jane.

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“Lucky Strike,” which is one of the newer songs released off their 2012 album Overexposed was performed right after. This song is a mix of punk, pop and rock which was a perfect balance to get the crowd’s energy up higher.

Then Adam Levine and the rest of Maroon 5 had a mini throwback with three songs in a row off of Songs About Jane: “Tangled,” “Harder to Breathe,” and “Sunday Morning.” “Sunday Morning” is my all time favorite Maroon 5 song, and I couldn’t have asked for a better live performance by Adam Levine.

I’m still in shock that I got to see my favorite song played by one of my favorite bands! Older Maroon 5 fans were screaming like crazy during this act of the show. Maroon 5 then sang a cover of “I Wanna Be Your Lover”

by Prince, which made the older audience members happy.

The first half of the performance ended with the 2007 hit “Makes Me Wonder,” off the album It Won’t Be Soon Before

Long, which is the band’s ultimate breakup song, and “Shiver” from Songs About Jane.

I was ecstatic going into the second part of the performance

by Maroon 5. They continued with “Wake Up Call” off of It Won’t Be Soon Before Long.

Adam Levine then spoke to the audience and how he was thankful that older and newer fans were at the concert supporting the band in what they do. He became emotional, and that’s when I knew what song he was going to perform: “Won’t Go Home Without You.” This was my favorite song Maroon 5 sang on Thursday: you could see the emotion on Adam’s face and his voice was off the charts. He is so relatable to most average people, which made “Won’t Go Home Without You” that much deeper. I was moved to tears when he sang this song!

After Maroon 5 mellowed the crowd out, they performed their current hit single, “Love Somebody,” off of Overexposed. Then, perhaps the most unique song

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Kelly Clarkson performed at the Honda Civic Tour.

Maroon 5 has in their library was performed; “Misery,” off of their 2010 album Hands All Over.

In the middle of “Misery,” Adam switched to singing Daft Punk’s summer hit “Get Lucky,” which I personally think Adam can sing better than Daft Punk!

After Adam was done performing “Get Lucky,” he sang his hit with Gym Class Heroes, “Stereo Hearts.” I was surprised that Adam could rap like Travie McCoy does in the radio version of the song! The crowd was really loud during this song, singing right along with the lyrics!

Next on the list was the first song released off of Hands All Over last summer: “Moves Like Jagger,” featuring Christina Aguilera. The song got the crowd pumping again.

However, as some readers may know, Adam Levine is a coach on the NBC show The Voice. He is known to play tricks… and did just that after the song. He acted like the concert was over, but then a “payphone” began to ring.

Maroon 5 performed the hit song and had Wiz Khalifa’s rap part of the song show up on the video screens.

The last two songs Maroon 5 performed were “She Will Be Loved,” which was the first song ever released by Maroon 5 on the radio back in 2002, and the current hit song “Daylight.” “She Will Be Loved” was performed acoustically.

It melted my heart those 11 years later they still performed their first song. “Daylight,” I thought, was the perfect ending, since the lyrics say “When the daylight comes, I will have to go, but tonight I’m gonna hold you so close.”

Or in other words, saying Maroon 5 was leaving but hold the memories of the concert close.

This was the best concert I have ever been to! I was glad I went with my friends and enjoyed the last little bit of the summer concert season at SPAC. Next time Maroon 5 comes to the area, I will be splurging and sitting near the stage!

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nearly everyone on the show, at least if they were a member of the landing party. The phaser used energy to stun or kill whatever alien creature(s) was/were harming the landing party.

A similar modern-day item for the phaser would be a taser or stun gun. Like the Star Trek phaser, a taser uses energy (electrical currents) to subdue potentially dangerous people. Although used by police as a non-lethal weapon, tasers have been known to kill victims.

used. It scouts unfamiliar areas, makes detailed examinations of living things, and records and reviews data. The medical tricorder is what Dr. McCoy used. It scans the body to diagnose diseases and to collect bodily information about the patient. The engineering tricorder is what Mr. Scott used. It is fine-tuned for starship engineering purposes.

There can’t be a modern-day equivalent for this thing, right?

Wrong. In the early 2000s, NASA scientists began developing LOCAD devices to assist them in areas related to space exploration (environmental control and life systems support, medical systems, and remote exploration).

One device in use now on the International Space Station is the LOCAD-PTS, which stands for Lab-on-a-Chip Application Development-Portable Test System, and is a handheld device used for microbial monitoring about the space station. The device weighs about 2.5 pounds and allows an astronaut to take swab samples of a surface, dissolve it in water, and analyze the sample, all in under 15 minutes. Considering the traditional method for microbial monitoring was to grow the bacteria cultures over several days and often send the samples to Earth to be analyzed by scientists here, this was one small step for bacteria but one giant leap for technology.

Technology is always improving and hanging, and through these examples of technology we have available to us now that were once merely ideas in a sciencefiction television show, perhaps we’ll continue to see technology improve. Who knows, maybe one day we’ll see the invention of the transportation or warp drive, but for now we can see how much easier our lives are with these inventions that were once sciencefiction but are now a reality.

Star Trek Tech: Not Science Fiction Anymore

By MARIE FRANKSON Contributing Writer In 1966, Gene Roddenberry’s space opera Star Trek aired on the small screen for the first time.

This series, as well as those that followed, not only showed a fictionalized version of what was going on in the world in the turbulent 1960s, but also showed the famous Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Dr. “Bones” McCoy, and Mr. “Scotty” Scott using some pretty far-out gadgets.

In the mid-1960s when man had not yet set foot on the moon, the crew of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701 were exploring new worlds, seeking new life and new civilizations, and boldly going where no man had gone before.

Several series and movies later, it seems that technology has changed with the times and many of the gadgets we take for granted everyday were first seen on Star Trek. This article will highlight a few of the many gadgets from the Star Trek franchise that have since become a reality.

1. Communicators: The tiny device everyone carried with them to talk to each other or to contact the ship was called a communicator. The device would be flipped open to reveal buttons and dials. Keep in mind that that was back in 1966.

Nearly 10 years later, in 1973, Motorola’s Martin Cooper placed the world’s first mobile phone call. The call was made on the prototype for the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X (which hit markets in 1983). Weighing in at 2.5 pounds, the 8000X was a far cry from the Star Trek communicators, but as the years have gone by and technology has improved, so have our “communicators.” The touch screens and sleek designs of the smart phones we have now are a far cry from the Star Trek com-

municators, but it’s awesome to see a device from science-fiction become reality nonetheless.

2. Hypospray: Not an episode went by when we didn’t see Dr. McCoy inoculate someone or give them a shot when they got injured. The sound of the air rushing when he pressed on the silver device is forever burned into our memories. The hypospray seemed so high-tech compared to being poked with metal needles.

Hypospray had been a reality since before Star Trek aired, but it wasn’t that common yet. Since the mid-1930s, jet injectors had been used to provide mass vaccinations around the world.

Like the hypospray in Star Trek, the jet injector uses a highpressure narrow jet of the injec-

tion liquid instead of a needle to penetrate the skin. It can be powered by compressed air or gas or even electricity. There were a few concerns about the use of the jet injectors, especially when it came to the transfer of diseases like Hepatitis B. Since the jet injector still breaks the skin, there is a chance of bloodborne pathogens to be spread from patient to patient.

Due to concerns of infection or the spread of diseases, the US Department of Defense stopped the use of jet injectors for mass vaccination of the armed forces.

3. Phaser: “Set phasers to stun” was a line often spoken by Captain Kirk. The phaser was a gun that shot out photon lasers (thus the name) and was used by

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William Shatner played the original Captian Kirk.

4. Telepresence: Every episode, it seemed, some alien being and/or captain of another ship in the area would come up on the Enterprise’s big screen to talk to Captain Kirk. This was referred to as telepresence. Captain Kirk could see and talk to beings faceto-face even if they were hundreds of feet, or hundreds of light years, away. An obvious modernday technological equivalent to telepresence is video conferencing. Video conferencing allows two or more locations to communicate by simultaneous two-way video and audio transmissions.

The same technology has been applied to many classrooms all around the world as well. There are two different types of video conferencing: point-to-point (between two people or locations) and multipoint (more than two people/locations). As should be obvious to see so far between communicators and telepresence, Star Trek has changed the way we communicate with one another.

5. Tricorders: Last on this list is the tricorder, the device Mr. Spock used while in landing parties. The tricorder was used for sensor scanning, data analysis, and data recording. There are three types of tricorders in the Star Trek university. The standard tricorder is what Mr. Spock

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How I Met Your Mother: The Story’s Conclusion

By NICHOLAS NEGRON Contributing Writer

How I Met Your Mother is a TV series airing on CBS which premiered in September of 2005.

The show will soon be in its 9th and last season, come September 23. The show is a comedy that explains how Ted Mosbey, played

by Josh Radnor, meets his wife.

He tells this story to his two children. This story has thus far taken 8 seasons to complete. The narrator of this epic is older Ted Mosbey, voiced by Bob Saget.

The internet was set abuzz after the 8th season finale. After 184 episodes, “the mother” has been revealed. The actress’s name is Cristin Milioti. The mother has become a figure of wonder and mystery for fans of the show. She is often symbolized with a yellow umbrella. Without spoiling much, fans know that the mother likes making breakfast, singing show tunes, playing the bass guitar, and painting pictures of robots playing sports. There are brief moments that fans see the mother’s legs or an arm.

There is a particular scene where it is raining outside with the world being gloomy. Everyone is walking through New York City with umbrellas. The only thing that stands out is the mother’s bright yellow umbrella.

Cristin Milioti has done an interview with Entertainment Weekly about the process of becoming the mother. She says “I received a phone call from my agents, and they said, ‘How I Met Your Mother would like to interview you for a possible character arc,’ and I asked, ‘What’s the character?’ And they said, ‘We

has gone on for everybody,” the star said. “It’s like a real family.

It’s the longest I’ve known any group of people besides my family.”

The cast of How I Met Your Mother doing a sit down interview at the Paley Centre. don’t know.’ So I had a Skype meeting with [creators] Craig [Thomas] and Carter [Bays], and we talked maybe for a half hour. I told them about Once, and a few days later they sent people to the show. Then I was told that I was going to fly to L.A. to test for this role, but I still had no idea what it was. They were so secretive, so I had my suspicions. The day I shot [my first scene], it was really on lockdown. All the extras in that train station are producers and writers of the show. It was so beautiful, because I got to meet everyone and they were incredibly welcoming.” Her casting may be one of the most important decisions in the history of sitcoms.

The audience had 184 episodes to imagine their own vision of who the mother was in their mind. She has become a staple in the minds of millions. Everyone had their own theory of what she looked like. They have their own theory on her personality. The only question is, will the mother live up to the expectation of the world? Only time can tell.

Other than the mystery of the mother, viewers have been entertained by the many wacky sayings and mannerisms of Barney Stinson, played by Neil Patrick Harris. He is the shows breakout character. Everyone cannot help but fall in love with the suit wearing, laser tag loving, chauvinist

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that is Barney.

Cobie Smulders plays Robin Scherbatsky. She is Canadian and is often subjected to cruel humor

by Barney and others because of this. She used to be a pop star.

The show has produced four music videos starring her. The four songs can be found on iTunes.

Lily and Marshall, played by Alyson Hannigan and Jason Segel, are the shows married couple. Their zany antics and love for each other win over the audience and steal the show. Segel is quoted in US Weekly saying “My favorite moments have just been watching my cast mates grow up. We have been together for a decade now and a lot of life stuff

“Nothing Suits Me Like a Suit” is a song sung by Neil Patrick Harris featuring his co-stars.

The song has peaked at 50 on the UK Singles Chart and 76 on the Canadian Hot 100. The musical number featured on the show has 75 dancers. The song itself has a 50-piece orchestra. The performance is one of the highlights of the shows history.

Over time, many have caught on to the show. Some may have spent hours in their rooms streaming How I Met Your Mother on Netflix. Social media such as Tumblr and Twitter have helped spread the word of the show. It has brought many late viewers in the series. Of course, the show is not desperate for viewers. The pilot episode that debuted on September 19, 2005 had over 10 million viewers. Today, the show regularly has between eight and 10 million viewers. How I Met Your Mother was created by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas. The show has been nominated for 24 Emmys and has won seven.

The end to a great television series is among us. There are still many questions to be answered.

What is Barney’s occupation?

Will Marshall and Lily move to Italy? What is the mother’s name? It is indeed one of the greatest sitcoms in television history. Humor, mystery and love make for a powerful plot. All of this is wrapped into one, what should be, simple story; the story of How I Met Your Mother.

Arts B14 Book Review: James S.A. Corey’s Abaddon’s Gate a Fast-Paced, Personality-Filled Read The Chronicle

By ALEX PECHA Contributing Writer What defines a good science fiction? Is it the universe building that an author must do to immerse you in their world? Or is it the descriptions of the space ships that the protagonist travels on? It’s hard to say what exactly makes good science fiction, but I can say this; Abaddons Gate by James S.A. Corey (A pen name for Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck) is damn good science fiction.

Abaddons Gate is the third part in the ongoing science fiction series The Expanse. In the universe of the expanse, humanity has gone to the stars, or at least one star; ours. The three major political factions, Earth, Mars and the OPA (who represents the outer planets and the asteroid belts near them), constantly compete for power and dominance, or in the OPA’s case, simple le-

“This concentration on personalities is one of the things that really makes Abaddons Gate… stand out among the science fiction crowd.” gitimacy. Thrown into the middle of that struggle was an unlucky ex-Earther soldier named James Holden, who, after the events of the first two books, has become something of a celebrity and pariah, all rolled into one.

The book starts off with the protomolecule from the first two books leaving Venus (where it made a spectacular crash landing in the first book) and creating

some sort of gate farther out in the solar system. Naturally, all the big players want to know what’s going on so they send their own fleets and scientists to study/observe the newly formed gate.

The book is told from the perspective of four characters: series regular James Holden, the ex-military man with a rather interesting reputation and attitude; Bull, the Earther-turned-OPA security chief for the OPA’s brand new super ship; Anna, the small Russian priest who rapidly finds herself in a very non-religious and non-peaceful world; and finally, “Melba,” the reformed rich girl who takes on a secret identity to hunt down James Holden and ruin his life and career.

All four characters get good book time and they all have well fleshed out personalities with their own motives and way of doing things. This is what the Expanse series is great at; almost all of the characters are well thought out and have real personalities.

This concentration on personality is one of the things that really makes Abaddons Gate (And the Expanse series) stand out among the science fiction crowd.

Personality isn’t all this series has going for it. The other thing is the great world building, the universe Ty and Daniel have crafted feels plausible and understandable. This is partly because the more sciencey parts get glossed over, avoiding the trap that a lot of authors fall into where they try to explain something with actual science and wind up shooting themselves in the foot in the eyes of anyone who is willing to use the internet. The politics also helps with the universe immersion. Often in science fiction, humanity tends to be one huge clump of white Americans; in the Expanse universe, however, every group has its own culture, language, and sometimes look.

Belters, the term for people born

on the solar systems asteroid belt, are born in zero gravity and as such look almost alien to someone from Earth. They also have their own hybrid language made up of several Earth languages.

This attention to detail on both the macro and micro levels makes the Expanse series stand out as something special.

The story itself in Abaddons Gate is a hair raiser. Feeling less like some of the older and slower science fiction many people are used to, Abaddons Gate almost has the feeling of a summer blockbuster movie. This isn’t to say that the book is dumb by any means, but it manages to propel itself along at a decent speed to keep you interested. It’s also interesting how the characters play off of each other; unlike in certain books where all the main characters work together, Abaddons Gate has several of the characters work directly against each other.

Due to this difference of perspective you may see a well-known side character get killed from the perspective of someone who doesn’t even know them or hear about how one perspective character is directly messing up another’s day. This makes for a very interesting way to see the story and sometimes leads to what you could call “the slow motion trainwreck,” where you can see the

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antagonists lining up their plans perfectly but you also know that the protagonists have zero idea as to what is about to happen.

While the story is a solid one, certain science fiction tropes and patterns may emerge that can allow well versed scifi fans to quickly figure out where certain elements in the plot are going.

You might not be able to guess what happens to everyone exactly, but you will be able to figure out what happens to certain elements of the story in general.

If I can level a complaint at the book, it’s the reliance it has with the other books in the series. While nothing new in multinovel works, this can still be a turn off for a lot of people. The book expects you to know the basics of the universe, who’s who, why they’re important, who the big players are, etc; there’s the occasionally “in case you’ve forgotten” type of reminder, but it’s not enough to verse someone in the universe as well as the first book did. Even if you are familiar with the series, they occasionally bring out people who got a few paragraph mentions in the earlier books and expect you to remember them, though it never reaches A Song of Ice and Fire levels of obscure character importance. So if you want to get into the series it is a much safer bet to start with

the first book, Leviathan Wakes.

All told, Abaddons Gate is a great book for the science fiction fan out there. Its masterful mixing of universe building and well-

“Feeling less like some of the older and slower science fiction books, Abaddons Gate almost has the feeling of a summer blockbuster movie.” paced storytelling will make you want to read from cover to cover as fast as possible; and its complex and varied characters will almost definitely have you understanding where everyone is coming from, even the antagonists.

Alex Pecha can be contacted at pecha188@strose.edu.

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Volume 82 Issue 4

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The U.S. and Syria: What’s Next?

By KAYLYNN DAY Contributing Writer Topping news headlines for the past few weeks has been the crisis taking place overseas in the Middle Eastern country of Syria.

Since 2011, Syria has been in a state of turmoil. According to a study done by the United Nations, it has been reported that more than 100,000 people have been killed since the violence began a little over 2 years ago.

The conflict started when Syrian rebel forces began to take action in pursuits of overthrowing President Bashar al-Assad. The original goal for the rebel forces was simply to gain more democracy and freedom in their country. This was done by peaceful protesting throughout Syrian cities. But things quickly escalated when the government began to use violent tactics against citizens who were protesting for what they believed in. As the violence against demBy DOMINIGA GLEASON Contributing Writer The first week of college is something that can be scary, exciting and nerve wracking all at once, but it is still something we all must go through. When you look at colleges, you always think, “Okay, these people might go here with me, my life might be like this, but nothing is for sure.”

Even if you do an overnight visit, it can all still seem so far fetched.

For me, doing an overnight was a lot like buying a house; I had to make sure everything felt right, and would cater to my needs.

By the time orientation rolls around, where you stay on campus with people who actually are going to school with you, it still doesn’t seem real. It’s more like doing a two day summer camp.

After orientation, there is that long wait for summer to end. You count down the days until you leave, and it is so exciting until there's about five days left and then it really all hits you.

I remember first arriving on

onstrators rose, so did the conflict within the country. At this point, President Assad made an effort to appease his citizens by making plans to meet their demands. All of the attempts made by Assad and other government officials to calm citizens down did nothing but upset them further. Nothing President Assad brought to the table could blindside Syrians from what they set out to achieve; the resignation of their current leader.

As the Civil War in Syria raged on, other foreign countries began to get involved in the conflict.

The United States government took actions to sever all ties with Syria and the conflict that was steadily rising in their country.

Sanctioning Syria and several government officials, freezing all of Syria’s assets in the U.S. and prohibiting any Syrian products were just a few of the actions taken by United States officials to wash their hands with the matter. For 2 whole years the civil campus; this rush flew over me. I realized this was all actually happening and the wait was over. Saint Rose was going to be my new home for the next few months. While I thought I was ready for it, my first week was still a shock. Everything was so new. Everyday that first week it kept hitting me how real it actually was. At first it kind of just seemed like orientation again but I had to keep reminding myself that this was not just a quick visit.

My biggest fear in coming here was that I was being thrown into an atmosphere that 90 percent of the people were used to it, and it would just me and my fellow freshmen that would stand out.

While I'm outgoing, I was really nervous about making new friends, but it was surprisingly easy. Its kind of crazy how you meet someone new every five feet. It’s been almost two weeks and I'm still meeting new people.

It's also funny how I see people I remember from either acceptance dinners or school visits before I committed, but I'm sure they

war continued to rage on in Syria.

Several attempts had been made by the United Nations as well as neighboring countries to end the war and stop the violence from spreading any further, but all attempts went unfazed. The Syrian government had waged a full blown war against its own people, and it began to see that there was nothing anyone could do to stop it.

In the wake of a new year and a new presidential term, the United States managed to make its way back into the middle of the Syrian conflict despite its attempts to avoid the matter. The possible use of chemical warfare from Syrian government officials on their civilians became an issue that the United States government became aware of and is still currently deciding how to handle. The Obama Administration publicly responded to the issue by saying Syrian officials had crossed a “red line” by using

The Chronicle chemical warfare and spoke of plans to increase support to Syrian Rebels. The news of the use of chemical warfare and possible United States intervention sent the world into panic. Both the United States and the United Nations ordered immediate investigations into the matter to uncover whether or not chemical warfare had actually been used. Once the investigations are completed, it will be up to each party involved to decide how to respond to the issue at hand.

Syria native and first year student at Saint Rose Miriam Toro gave her opinion on the matter. “If America wants to help Syria they should do it in a peaceful way, not through war.” Miriam Toro believes it is not the United States’ place to involve themselves in Syria’s issues. When asked what she thinks will happen if America retaliates against Syria, Toro said that she thinks a “large war will start.” Toro was also asked what she sees the ending result of this issue to be and she responded by saying “more dead people.”

With many questions into the

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matter still unanswered, many worry about what the outcome will be if the United States does decide to intervene in this matter.

Some believe a full-fledged war will start; others have even gone as far as speculating the start of World War 3. With new information on the matter being surfaced every day, one is left to wonder how far the United Sates will take this and what the outcome will be.

An extremely important thought to consider is, can we as a country handle going through another war? It was hard enough for us to bounce back from the war in Iraq, and if we retaliate against Syria, this war will only be larger and harder to recover from. It is now up to us as citizens of the United States (especially the youth) to pick a side on the issue and allow our voices to be heard. We, the youth, are the future of our nation and deserve for our voices, hopes, dreams and opinions to be heard and taken into consideration.

Whether we realize it or not, this issue affects us all not only as a nation but as a society.

The Freshman Perspective Settling In have no idea who I am. So then I have to awkwardly try and decide if I should wave or not. As for my roommate, the horror stories I have heard had made me really nervous to meet her, and on top of that I had some roommate drama of my own. I got placed twice with roommates who it turned out were not even going here! But it all worked out perfectly; I love my roommate and my dorm room.

It truly feels like my own room, and I barely even miss my room at home! As for the food here, it was definitely something to get used to. While I think it tastes pretty good, everyone is different.

People always talk about gaining the freshman 15 once you get to college. However, I have nothing to worry about because when you live at Bru, the possibility of getting fat isn’t very realistic!

Between the walk to campus and

the fact that there is no elevator, the freshman fifteen is going to be more like freshman negative fifteen. Speaking of Bru, I've heard some rumors that it might be haunted, and I have to say I’ve seen some questionable things. In my friend’s room, her posters and boards seem to constantly fall off the walls, no matter how many command strips she's puts on, and my door constantly slams shut for no reason. So I've concluded this hall is either haunted or it is a giant wind tunnel. Who knows what I will experience during the rest of the year.

When it came to actual school, classes here were so different than I thought they would be.

All my teachers in high school made it seem like my classes would be two to three hour lectures that were really boring, but that is not the case at all. Most of

my classes are only an hour and fifteen minutes and have a lot of hands on actives or discussion to keep them interesting. The weirdest thing for me to get used to about college classes is when you have step out of class, you can just leave. I still want to raise my hand and ask if it's okay first.

Out of everything freshman have to go through, I think the hardest part of being a freshmen, is realizing you’re a freshmen. Unlike high school, no one here seems to be "upperclassmen snobs" and everyone seems to love to share their college knowledge. It's really you against yourself the first week, trying to fit in, and trying not to seem as nervous as you actually are. My first week was a great learning experience, and Saint Rose has honestly become my second home and I could not be happier.

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September 10th, 2013

Volume 82 Issue 4

Reaching out for the First Time

By VANESSA LANGDON Contributing Writer My first reach out Saint Rose experience was layers of fun. And by layers I mean that my Lima two girls and I ventured the long bus ride to the Regional Food Bank Farm to spend our time picking onions. Lots and lots of onions.

The morning began with all of us sleepy girls congregating in our hall wondering what we had signed up for. Why were we up at 8 a.m. on a Saturday again? Then we were reminded by the smiling faculty and organizers who helped us perk up with bagels and coffee. Served along with the goodies were inspirational stories of service that our fellow St. Rose community members experienced. And then I was ready to go and kick the farm’s butt.

My can-do attitude was put to the test as my seatmate and I drowsily poked each other to stay awake and keep our resolve on

the way to the farm. As you can imagine, we had to drive a little outside of downtown Albany to get to the farm.

Once at the farm, all 22 of us were instructed to pick onions.

The task seemed manageable enough at first, but after about 15 minutes the smelly onions lost their allure. The multitude of bins that us girls collected was astounding, easily measuring in the fifties! Each bin that we collected averaged a weight of 120 pounds. The bins were generally the weight of many of the girls; it was a struggle to lug them to the road for the employees to heft into the truck.

In true Reach out Saint Rose fashion, well what appears to be true to me-a lowly freshman, the grueling back breaking work of picking the onions brought us all closer. This community service helped immensely to make the, at times, psychiatric hospital-looking halls feel like a real family. The ordeal even fostered

Students sort vegetables at the Regional Food Bank Farm.

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Over 850 students participated in Reach Out Saint Rose 2013.

new friendships with foreign friends. Foreign meaning those who, brace yourself, live on the other side of the bathrooms-the bathrooms being the general line of demarcation for Lima floors.

Only brave souls venture to the other side. From reminiscing about a simpler childhood while picking to Smash Mouth’s “All Star” or trying to remain calm and not throw an onion as far as we could while jamming to Mumford and Sons.

The sense of community was really an added bonus because even while we were all mumbling and grumbling about how we had dirt under our finger nails and the leaves kept breaking off the onions, forcing us to dig them out, I just tried to remember who we were doing it all for; the underprivileged in the area. They would love these onions, these dreadful smelly onions.

Freshman Ally Bricker’s experience was a little muddled by

her conditions. She was picking squash at the community garden.

The garden a tool used to help get fresh produce into the hands of those experiencing economic hardships. The produce is sold at whole sale prices to help lower the cost of the fresh and healthy goods. Ally explained that while she would participate again in the future, “I wish we would have gotten a choice where we got to go. I did not want to be in the jungle with giant spiders. I would have rather been directly helping people at a soup kitchen or [working] with senior citizens.”

Ally may not have enjoyed being outside in what she dubbed ‘the jungle,’ battling off spider, bugs, and mice, she did say the experience facilitated talking to those on her floor and roommate bonding; “We were all cheering each other on.”

Reach Out Saint Rose was back breaking and sweat inducing and sometimes creepy crawler filled

work, but besides karmic reward, when returning to campus we were greeted with boxes of pizza.

The amount of pizza provided along with the numerous smiling faces congratulating us on a job well done worked better than hot soapy water to clean all the stress and dirt away that we were covered in.

The only drawback that I saw in my experience was that while the bonding with floor mates was invaluable it would have been interesting to allow some mingling of the grades. As a freshman I feel like the only upperclassmen that I have actually talked to were Resident Assistants, so bonding with the older and ‘wiser’ St. Rose community members would have been beneficial. All in all, Reach Out Saint Rose was an eye opening experience that as one Resident Assistant put it is “just one example of how Saint Rose truly does help give new perspectives to all its students.”

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Who Ya Got?: Battle of Top Point Guards

By ALEX HORTON Contributing Writer Having just finished up with summer league play, NBA teams are getting ready for training camps at the end of the month, and there are looming questions going into the upcoming basketball season. The biggest question of the offseason is if Derrick Rose will come back and be as good as he was when he won the MVP in 2010-2011. And if he can, will he be good enough to have the Bulls compete with the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference?

Other questions surround another star powered team in the Oklahoma City Thunder and their point guard, Russell Westbrook.

Will OKC finally break out of their postseason misfortune and be the ones to knock King James and the Miami Heat off their throne? And will Russell Westbrook be the one who can take them there?

Let’s start out in Oklahoma City with Russell Westbrook.

Westbrook has been a means of scoring and energy by all means since he was drafted by the then Seattle SuperSonics in 2008. As a rookie he averaged over 15.3 points and 32.5 minutes a game.

Not bad for a rookie who started 64 games. As Westbrook became more experienced in the league, his scoring skyrocketed from 16.1 points a game in his second year in the league to 23.2 last season, a pretty big accomplishment playing with one of the best scorers in the league in Kevin Durant. In reliability he gets an A+, because he hasn’t missed a single regular season game his whole career. Which I have to say, is pretty good for someone who spends his time getting to the basket with no regard for his own safety, and becoming a human highlight reel. His assists jumped from 5.3 his rookie year to 8.0 in his sophomore campaign. Along WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Derrick Rose sat himself out for the entirety of the 2012-2013 season to rehab a torn ACL.

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Russell Westbrook is returning from a torn miniscus injury.

with his rebounds staying around 4.5 to 5 a game every year, he is always a contender for best point guard in the league. But the question still looms how he will react to the surgery he had on a torn meniscus, which he suffered during Game 2 of the first round of the NBA Playoffs after colliding with Patrick Beverly of the Houston Rockets? And when he comes back, will he become a smarter basketball player contradicting his poor decision-making in past years? I am highly confident that he will be back to his normal self and become a more mature player.

Now over to the windy city itself and its historic franchise, Chicago Bulls. There are a lot of questions surrounding the Bulls but none bigger than will Derrick Rose be ready to compete at an NBA MVP level? Well, after almost 16 months of rehabbing from ACL surgery, let’s hope so.

D-Rose is considered to be the

most electric point guard to ever play the game, getting to the basket when he wants with high-flying acrobatic dunks and layups, stopping on a dime and changing his direction in the blink of an eye. Rose’s rookie year was quite similar to Westbrook’s with 16.8 points a game in 37.0 minutes played while starting in 80 of the 81games he played in. D-Rose’s numbers skyrocketed year after year. They jumped off the page at you, scoring four more points a game in his second year at 20.8 and early five more the year after that at 25 points a game. Not to mention his assist totals steadily went up from 6.0 to 7.7 in consecutive years. Not too bad when he’s scoring close to 25 points a game. And his rebounding has stayed right around 4 to 4.5 a game since he entered the league, but with guys like Carlos Boozer and Joakim Noah roaming the paint, he doesn’t have to be doing too much of that. The only prob-

lem with Derrick Rose is in recent years he has struggled to stay healthy and that is a big deciding factor when it comes to choosing a point guard.

This is a close debate but DRose is going to take this one.

The Bulls whole offense goes through Rose and he is the leader of that team. There is also that shiny MVP trophy D-Rose has in his trophy case along with Rookie of the Year, which are pretty convincing. No offense to Westbrook, but he isn’t the leader of the Thunder and the offense doesn’t always go through him like it does Rose. Rose just has more control over whether his team wins or loses compared to Westbrook. Westbrook is a great point guard and definitely one of the top-five in the league. Westbrook just turns the ball over too much and takes too many ill-advised shots. There just isn’t anyone I see but King James himself stopping Rose.

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College Football at its Finest

By TORI ADDISON Staff Writer The college football season has just begun and players are already making a name for themselves.

Last week’s games gave fans a preview of what to expect in the coming weeks and who to expect it from.

It is no secret that the quarterback class this season is packed with talent, both rookie and veteran. Florida State freshman Jameis Winston had an impressive start to his career against Pittsburgh with a 41-13 victory for the Seminoles. Winston not only threw five touchdown passes and totaled 356 yards, but also set the FSU football program’s single-game record for completion percentage. It is safe to say that replacing EJ Manuel won’t be a problem for FSU with Winston at the helm of their offense.

Another quarterback who made noise in week one was Louisville’s Teddy Bridgewater. He totaled five touchdowns to demolish Ohio by 42 points. With Bridgewater’s first nine passes he totaled 122 yards and two touchdowns. The junior went 23 for 28 for 355 yards, which is not a bad way to kick off his Heisman campaign. Five seemed to be the magic number for quarterbacks as Clemson’s Tajh Boyd dominated with five touchdowns as well.

The Tigers only beat Georgia by three points, but that didn’t stop Boyd from throwing three touchdowns and running two into the end zone.

All the hype surrounding Miami’s sophomore running back Randy “Duke” Johnson certainly is not anything to joke about.

Johnson is already being projected to be one of the Hurricane’s best running backs to come out of the program. In week one he

had 19 carries, 186 total rushing yards, 38 receiving yards, and a touchdown. Johnson houses nothing but potential as the Hurricanes progress into the season.

Let’s not forget about the reigning champs over in Alabama, and how can you with wide receiver Christion Jones’ performance. He was a large part in the Tide’s 3510 win over Virginia Tech. Jones had three touchdowns; one on a 72 yard punt return, another on a 94 yard kick return, and the last on a 38 yard pass. He ended with 256 all-purpose yards and a very happy AJ McCarron at quarterback. Another receiver who showed up in week one was Vanderbilt’s Jordan Matthews.

Even though he was knocked in the stomach by a tackle causing him to vomit on the sidelines, he still returned to the game to rack up yards. Matthews totaled 178 yards, his career best, and matched his personal high with 10 catches. The senior is looking towards a big year with his fellow Commodore team members.

The first week of college football held more than just impressive offensive plays. Georgia Tech’s defense held Elon 70-0 in the two team’s first meeting in history. The last time the Yellow Jackets scored 70 points was in 2001 when they beat Navy by nine touchdowns. Georgia Tech also managed to break Florida State’s record of largest margin of victory in the ACC. The Yellow Jackets defensive probably won’t be as sustainable in games against more competitive teams, but for now they are basking in the glory of victory.

After the excitement in week one, it’s hard to imagine what the rest of the season will bring.

From touchdowns to tackles, college football never seems to disappoint.

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September 10th, 2013

Volume 82 Issue 4

What We Learned from Broncos-Ravens

By TARIQ KENDALL Contributing Writer On Thursday night, the NFL opened up the 2013 season with a rematch of last year’s divisional playoff matchup between the Denver Broncos and the Baltimore Ravens. This game was good…. For 2 quarters after that, it was the Peyton Manning show.

Ladies and gentleman, if you’re reading this section of paper, then there’s probably no need to tell you that Peyton Manning is one of the greatest quarterbacks to ever play pro football, but in case you needed any more evidence of this, you got it on Thursday. Manning was, in a word, phenomenal. He dominated the Ravens’ defense throwing two touchdown passes in the second quarter, three in the third, and another two in the fourth. Now if you weren’t keeping count, that’s seven touchdown passes. The last time that was done, Richard Nixon was president. By the end of the night, Manning had 462 yards, and a passer rating of 141.1. I could spend the entire article trying to find the right combination of words to accurately describe the show Peyton put on opening night, but my efforts would all be in vain. The man was simply awesome.

Now where there’s good there’s bad, and where there’s amazing, there’s dreadful. On opening night, the Ravens fully embodied dreadful. It began in the second quarter with Baltimore leading 7-0, kick returner and Super Bowl hero Jacoby Jones sprained his MCL after his teammate ran

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into him. The foolishness didn’t stop there. After a fumbled punt left the Ravens on the Denver one-yard line, the following play left star right tackle Michael Oher with an injured ankle when right guard Marshal Yanda rolled onto him.

Tuning into this game, the thought was that NBC was broadcasting two teams that had been practicing for months leading up to this game. If that’s the case why are people running into each other? What do these ‘practices’ consist of? Who’s in charge? It became apparent to all who watched on Thursday that the Ravens accomplished nothing during their training camp.

They failed to improve issues that plagued them during their Super Bowl run, like their excessive penalties (they had seven that cost them 53 yards), the things that they used to lean on like solid tight ends in Dennis Pitta and Ed Dickson, and a stout defense having gone by the wayside.

Speaking of the Baltimore defense, I must talk about the spanking they received Thursday evening. The thing that got the Ravens to the Super Bowl last year was their defense. No, it wasn’t the unbreakable force that it had been in previous years, but they ranked in the top half of league in the majority of defensive stats in 2012 according to Pro-Football-Reference.com.

Thursday in Denver, the Ravens’ defense looked gassed. They managed to hold it together in the first half with a few lapses, but come the second half, the wheels came off. The Ravens allowed 35 points in the second half, all of them coming through the air.

The Ravens are a long way off from the days of Ray Lewis and Ed Reed, but if they want to be looked at as a legitimate NFL team, they have to do better than this.

Speaking of doing better, the Ravens offense did no better. They managed to spit out 27 points, but none came in the third quarter when they need it the most. The Ravens had times where absolutely nothing worked on offense. Their superstar, Ray Rice, had 36 yards on 12 carries.

That’s partially because he didn’t have his entire O-Line out there.

Turning to the passing game, the Ravens 120 million dollar man, Joe Flacco, had 362 yards, but he threw the ball 62 times. He had two touchdowns, but he threw two picks. It summed up to a total QBR 34.4 and a Passer Rating of 69.4, both of which are atrocious.

In the end the Ravens performance in the season opener was just plain bad. Guys were running into each other. The offense was one dimensional and ineffective, and because the offense was stagnant, their defense got no rest. The defense, which appeared overmatched from the start, got absolutely hammered

by Peyton Manning and the Broncos no-huddle offense. The result was a 49-27 beat-down that would make a grown man cry to his momma.

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Golden Knights Upend Caldwell in Overtime Photos by Anthony Chapin

Christian Esposito clearing the field with a drop kick.

Uros Antic blocks a pass.

Drew Wingate makes a move for the ball.

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Golden Knights’ Speed Overwhelms Felician Golden Eagles

By ALEX HORTON Contributing Writer With Additions By JOSHUA NATOLI Sports Editor The Golden Knights pulled out to an early 1-0 lead on the Felician Golden Eagles early during their Saturday afternoon match-up before scoring three quick goals in the second half of the contest, sealing a 4-0 victory at Sullivan Field at the Plumeri Sports Complex. The Golden Knights started off strong scoring a quick goal in the sixth minute of the first half; the goal was scored

by Amanda Vasquez and was assisted by Carmelina Puopolo. The one goal was all Saint Rose was able to muster in the first half, but they came out shooting in the second and scored three goals. Kristen Carr, off the Joani Medero assist scored the Golden Knights first goal of the second half, soon

followed by a goal by Jennifer Busk and assisted by Carmelina Puopolo. That wasn’t all for Puopolo though, she assisted on another goal scored in the 70th minute by none other than Amanda Vasquez. The four goals were enough for The Golden Knights to easily cruise to victory.

The Golden Knights held the Golden Eagles to zero shots on goal, while Saint Rose had eight shots on goal, four of them finding the net. By controlling the ball for more than 85% of play, Saint Rose controlled the tempo of the game for the entire two halves.

Speed and great ball striking kept Felician out of the Golden Knights zone for the entire game, not allowing for the Eagles even a glimpse at goal.

The Golden Knights have another non-conference home match-up against the Robert Wesleyan College Redhawks this Tuesday. Kickoff is set for 4:30 p.m.

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Kristin Carr contributed a goal in the Golden Knights’ thumping of Felician.

Upcoming Golden Knights’ Schedule Women’s Men’s Volleyball Soccer Soccer Tuesday vs. Robert Wesleyan 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday at Saint Thomas Aquinas 3:00 p.m.

Saturday at Stonehill 1:00 p.m.

Tuesday vs. Dominican 7:00 p.m.

Friday vs. Bloomfield 5:00 p.m.

Saturday at Robert Wesleyan

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Carmelina Puopolo assisted on three goals.

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