The Chronicle - December 13, 2011

December 13, 2011

The weekly student newspaper at The College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York

Thief Makes Huge Mistake

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By KAYLA MATTEO Staff Writer A robbery victim chased down and tackled the man who stole her wallet last Monday. Michelle Williamson, a 22-year-old State University at Albany student, was eating dinner around 6:40 p.m. inside Chang’s Garden restaurant on the corner of Quail Street and Western Avenue when 48-yearold Antonio Lucas came inside.

After pretending to order food, he turned to the table where her and a friend were sitting and grabbed her wallet, nonchalantly putting it into his pants pocket.

“He just came up and said, ‘I’m gonna take this’,” said Williamson, in an exclusive interview. “I

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The annual Saint Rose holiday reception at the Hearst Tower showcased College’s recent achievements.

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Antonio Lucas is being held in Albany County Jail. didn’t even notice him at first, we were completely in conversation.

I had a mouthful of food.”

He turned and walked out of the restaurant. Williamson was aware of the contents of her wallet, which had $60 in cash, a Story continued on Page A3

New Street Signs Help Locate College

By CHAD GAMBOA Staff Writer Twenty local area street signs have been replaced due to efforts made by The College of Saint Rose. The new signs have a dual function: serving to brand the school and to help those new to Saint Rose find the college easily.

The new signs feature the seal of the state of New York, with the street name on the right of the seal, and the words ‘The College of Saint Rose’ in black let-

ters against a yellow background underneath the seal and the street name.

The new street signs, installed between October 18 and 19, cost the college about $4,100 said Vice President of Finance and Administration Marcus Buckley.

Buckley helped set up funding for the project after it was approved by the Board of Trustees.

In addition to the 20 street signs, Saint Rose has also purchased six highway guide signs, Story continued on Page A2

Extended Library Hours The library has extended hours this week due to finals.

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The spectacular view of Manhattan from the 44th floor of the Hearst Tower.

Arts & Opinion

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Sports

Court-issued community service at Capital Holiday Lights in the Park. See Page A4

Matt Henry reviews the Black Keys’ latest album. See Page B9

The Los Angeles Angels have new highprofile players. See Page D15

CDTA’s newest bus route more convenient for college students. See Page A6

Daniela Cunsolo talks about how to get bargains on holiday fashions. See Page B10

Saint Rose women’s basketball shuts down American International. See Page D16

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In Brief Compiled by the Editorial Staff

English Professor Featured on Radio Show

The new signs feature the College of Saint Rose logo and the seal of Albany.

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New Signs (continued) Story continued from Page A1 bringing the total spent on new signage to $23,350. This was the first attempt in 25 years the college had made update its own signage.

The street sign renovations were a collaborative effort between the police department and the college said William Trudeau, coordinator of traffic engineering for the Albany Police Department. The signs, some of which were in disrepair, were paid for entirely by Saint Rose.

“Criticisms were often made about the college’s lack of identification signage…visitors often told stories of driving right through campus without realizing they had done so,” said Buckley,

in an e-mail sent regarding the reason for the updated signage.

The signage update was an effort years in the making said Lisa Thomson, a spokesperson for The College of Saint Rose. At the forefront of the project was college president R. Mark Sullivan; his goal was to gain awareness of the college through branding, including street signs on the corners of Partridge Avenue and Madison Avenue as well as Partridge Avenue and Western Avenue.

“One of the goals of the program was to create what the design people refer to as a ‘sense of arrival’,” Buckley said. “I think that the team that worked on this project accomplished that goal.”

Hollis Seamon, a professor of English at Saint Rose, was featured on radio show The Academic Minute Friday.

Seamon spoke on the modern resurgence of fairy tales as a literary genre. “Literary writers have taken up the traditions of this ancient genre with renewed enthusiasm, reinventing familiar stories new and conjuring new stories of their own, wonder tales for our time,” spoke Seamon.

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In the morning on Sunday, Dec. 4, a vehicle collided with the front of an Albany coffeehouse.

The vehicle drove onto sidewalk sometime between midnight and 1:30 a.m. damaging a metal handrail and chipping pieces of concrete off the façade of the building at 227 Quail St. It then careened into a series of sanitation cans, narrowly missing

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by cultural attitudes. Anderson, airing the day before, spoke on how volcanism on Earth can help illuminate similar processes elsewhere in the universe.

The show is hosted by Lynn Pasquerella, president of Mount Holyoke College and airs every weekday at 7:37 a.m. and 3:56 p.m.

You can listen to Seamon’s segment at http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wamc under the section entitled Academic Minute.

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The building houses the Hud- box Brigade. The young owner, Anton Pasquill, is son River Coffor promotfee House on the Hudson River had known ing local musical bottom floor and just celebrated its acts in his venue. apartments above.

Pasquill has There was no damfirst anniversary been featured in age inside the store Friday. or to the upper the Times Union, apartments.

Keep Albany BorHudson River had just cele- ing, and All Over Albany and his brated its first anniversary Friday business won Metroland’s Best with an evening of music featur- New Venue in 2011. ing such acts as the Sunnyside of

ITS Plans Technology Upgrades Students will have new technology upgrades to look forward to after the break.

Library renovations will include the addition of 40 new computers, nine new wireless access points and a relocation of the digital signage unit, said ITS executive director John Ellis.

Selected upgrades are also planned in Albertus and Picotte halls. There will be a new Smart Board in Albertus 209, a new projector and electric screen in Albertus 102 and new digital signage displays (the special screens set up in the main campus buildings) while in Picotte four projectors will be replaced with DLP projectors. Digital Light Processing projectors are an improvement over LCD projectors in that

they do not require filters, which reduce costs associated with maintenance. They also produce a better picture due to improved contrast ratios, said Ellis.

In addition, upgrades to the RAVE emergency alert system, the Camtasia Relay lecture capture recording system, as well as the Blackboard database servers will be implemented.

The Camtasia software is used to prerecord lectures and other course content. Faculty and students will enetually use this software. ITS is also planning large technology orders for the Huether School of Business and Centennial Hall. The second annual Technologies in Education Conference to be held May 17 and May 18, 2012.

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Crime Blotter Burglary Morris St. near the intersection with S. Main Ave.

Larceny In the vicinity of Western Ave along the sidewalk next to Events and Athletics Center

Theft from Building Building located on partridge St. near the intersection with Ridgefield.

Theft from Building Building located on Hudson St. near intersection with Quail St.

Theft from Vehicle On Morris St. near the intersection with Partridge St.

Robbery Intersection of Quail and Morris Streets

Theft from Vehicle On S. Lake Ave near the intersection with Park Ave.

Theft from Building Building near intersection of Partridge and Warren

Theft from Vehicle Intersection of Yates and Quail St.

Theft from Vehicle On S. Lake Ave near the intersection with Myrtle Ave.

Theft from Vehicle On Washington Ave. near intersection with Quail St.

Burglary On Washington Ave. near intersection with Quail St.

Aggravated Assault N. Allen St. near intersection with Madison Ave.

Robbery On Hamilton St. near intersection with Quail St. Theft from Vehicle On Hudson Ave. near intersection with Qual St.

This crime blotter is compiled using the City of Albany Police Department’s crime map. This map shows the incidents that happened in the past week, Monday through Sunday, within the boundaries of the Pine Hills Neighborhood limits as established by the Pine Hills Neighborhood Association.

The map can be found at: http://www.albanyny.org/Government/Departments/Police/cmapping/maps.aspx

Weekly Safety Tip Security escorts are always available to Saint Rose students. Save the Security Department’s contact number in your cellphone to have it in case of an emergency: (518) 454-5187.

Huge Mistake (continued) Story continued from Page A1 “At one point he was on top of credit card, a debit card, and me. He put his arm near my throat her ID, and wasn’t about to just and I’m really claustrophobic,” let it slip away. She ran out of the she said. That gave her the extra restaurant after him yelling that push she needed to flip the 215 pound man over and pin him to he stole her wallet.

“There were a lot of people the ground under her.

“I had such an adrenaline rush. around but nobody did anything,” she said, “I don’t think they knew Afterwards the cops were trying what to do. He looked really big.” to make me go get looked at but Infuriated that he was about I really didn’t think I got hurt at to get away with it, she started all,” said Williamson, who sufan altercation. One push by Wil- fered only small cuts and scrapes liamson turned into an all out to her arm and hands.

Lucas, who was on wrestling match on probation, begged the street, where she “I wasn’t trying Williamson to “just ripped his leather jacket off of him, leav- to be impressive, let him go”, but she ing the jacket and the I just wanted my stayed put, telling him to be quiet and shirt he was wearing wallet.” not move until the in shreds. cops arrived.

“The cops showed Michelle “I felt safe, there me the jacket afterwere a lot of peowards and were like, Williamson ple around at that ‘Look what you did point,” she said. to this jacket’,” she said, laughWilliamson attributes the robing.

During this fight, Lucas threw bery to a few weird coincidences her to the ground, where she hit that put her in the wrong place at her head and he began to run east the wrong time.

Whatever the case, she has on Western Avenue. Williamson, who frequently runs as a hobby, been the cause of lots of recent got up after a minute and, even conversation amongst those who missing one shoe, began to chase know her and those who don’t.

“I wasn’t trying to be impreshim. She caught up to him by the First Lutheran Church less than a sive,” said Williamson, who never considered that Lucas might block away.

A group of fraternity boys were have a weapon on him, “I just eating pizza close by and ran out wanted my wallet.”

Antonio Lucas is being held in to help her, but by the time they got to her, she already had Lucas Albany County Jail for 2nd degree robbery and unlawful pospinned to the ground.

Williamson, A UAlbany rugby session of marijuana. player for four years, had tackled Lucas to the ground.

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Festive Event Gets Help from City Court

By MICHAEL BELLIZZI, CHAD GAMBOA, SCOTT LAWSON, KAYLA MATTEO, TOM MCDONALD and TENNY SNYDER Newsroom For the first time ever, the Capital Holiday Lights in the Park festivity this year relied on the help of the Albany City Court and its community service program to both prepare and operate the 39-day fundraiser for the Police Athletic League.

City court often offers community service as a choice to individuals charged with violating codes pertaining to open containers, and loud parties. During court appearances, those who have been ticketed sometimes choose to perform community service rather than pay fines, which sometimes runs into the hundreds of dollars.

This year the Police Athletic League, which sponsors scores of year-round programs for city youngsters, asked the Albany City Court to offer the Holiday Lights program as a choice for

community service. City Attorney Bill Kelly, who is involved with this and a number of community service assignments citywide, said the athletic league asked for help setting up the holiday lights display. The display, located in Washington Park, is marking its 15th year in business.

According to Judge Gary Stiglmeier, community service has been effective with the defendants that he has seen this year.

“Community service is having a positive impact,” said Stiglmeier.

The average number of courtmandated offenders who assist with Holiday Lights ranges from 10 to 15 individuals weekly, out of hundreds more who volunteer their time for the fundraiser, according to Leonard Ricchiutti, executive director of the Police Athletic League. Those assigned to community service set up displays, clear the area around the displays, and run lead cords, said Ricchiutti, a retired Albany police sergeant.

“Our volunteers coordinate and take care of the entire instal-

Decorations in the Washington Park Lake House.

lation and breakdown,” said Ricchiutti. “[It’s] about a three and a half to four month process.”

Visitors pay $15 to see the lights beginning everyday at 6 p.m. Weekdays, the display runs until 9 p.m., and on the busier weekends, until 10 p.m. Ricchiutti estimated some 500 to 600 cars drive through the park on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. This season, traffic is slightly up from last year, Ricchiutti said. However, a rainy night like last Wednesday can mean a dent in business.

Safety concerns forced the league to shut down the operation that night.

The program also relies on financial support from corporations such as Hannaford Supermarkets.

“We support PAL programs throughout the year also. We believe heavily in their program,” said Molly Tarleton, a community relations specialist at Hannaford.

Holiday Lights in the Park runs through Jan. 2, 2012.

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Pine Hills Homes in Holiday House Tour

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A house on Providence Street that was featured on the tour.

By TOM MCDONALD Contributing Writer A cluster of homes in the Pine Hills were featured in the ninth annual Holiday House tour on Sunday, Dec. 11 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The holiday house event is one way the Historic Albany Foundation promotes preservation of properties in Albany.

This year’s house tour featured 12 homes and one public location at the Opalka Gallery at 140 New Scotland Ave., where the event began. Annually, some 250 to 300 people usually participate in the tour.

“This year is a little different from the previous tours,” said Genny Faist, program coordinator, before the event took place.

“There will be three clusters this year so we can expose the different architectural structures in separate parts of the city.”

In addition to the Pine Hills cluster of homes, another was located in the Center Square and Lark Street area, and a third in the Buckingham Pond area.

“In years past all of the houses have been within walking distance, but this year we are encouraging everyone to drive from cluster to cluster,” said Faist.

Each cluster had a minimum of four homes.

Janna and David Mendonca

were recruited by the Historic Albany Foundation as a possible stop on the tours. They accepted the invitation and their Providence Street home was featured on the tour. The Mendoncas are the fourth owners of this 98-yearold home.

“The Historic Albany foundation reached out to us in an email,” said homeowner David Mendonca. “There is a lot of history in this Dutch colonial-bungalow style house.”

The Mendoncas moved to the city of Albany after David accepted a job working with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Plans for the Mendonca’s home were first developed by a bridge engineer, C.H. Wood.

At least one home on the tour was on the market. The home, on Ontario Street, has received some media attention, and from the outside appears not to be a home at all.

“I am involved to get more exposure for a future buyer to see what is truly a great space,” said owner Will Voseck “I’ve worked with an architect, who created a movable room, which can reconfigure the space of the warehouse.”

Those who attended the event were encouraged to see every stop on the tour map. Ticket holders were allowed to take any route they’d like to view the homes.

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Hearst Tower Holiday Reception

By ASHLEY YOUNG Contributing Writer

Rose of Lima dinner in Oct. 2011.

Short, 20, attended the event because she was intrigued by the The Hearst Corp. and Foun- great things she learned about the dations, Saint Rose alumni, and Hearst Corporation. some current Saint Rose students “George Hearst had only told gathered on the 44th floor of the me phenomenal things about the Hearst Tower for the College of event and the corporation; I had Saint Rose’s annual holiday re- to see it for myself,” said Short, ception to celebrate another suc- a Hearst scholar. “Also this event allowed me to network within a cessful year at the College.

The purpose of the event is to positive environment.”

Short was not the only Hearst engage the alumni population in the New York area, giving them scholar in attendance. Omar Lothe opportunity to learn more pez, 24, was a Hearst scholar about the state of the College, throughout his entire undergradusaid Ridgely Harrison, a develop- ate career at Saint Rose. The 2008 graduate who works as a policy analyst with Democrats for Education Reform said he loves to reconnect with people from Saint Rose. He also said that the reception is significant because it gives supporters of the College the opportunity to put a face and BENJAMIN A. MARVIN story to the reports President R. Mark Sullivan they get about the in(left) shaking hands with stitution’s accomplishments.

George R. Hearst III (right).

“It’s important for people involved in the College to see the ment officer in Institutional Adfruit of their labor,” said Lopez. vancement.

Dr. Sullivan illustrated the dePresident R. Mark Sullivan velopment of the College to atgave a short speech about retendees. The event allowed the cent developments at Saint Rose alumni to get a good view of how such as the construction of Cenfar Saint Rose has come while he tennial Hall and the Huether has been in office and even from School of Business. News of the last year’s Hearst event, said Harwomen’s soccer team’s victory in rison. the NCAA Division II National Saint Rose Trustee George R. Championship brought great joy Hearst III has sponsored the reto the crowd. The trophy was reception at the Hearst Tower for vealed at the end of his speech. four years in the past, according The reception was held in the to Stephanie Lamphere, director Hearst Tower located at 300 West of special events at Saint Rose.

57th St. at 6 p.m. in a room overThis year, the reception proved to looking Manhattan. The majority be a success. of the event was spent network“I feel this event is important ing around round tables with red because it celebrates the accomflower as centerpieces. Attendees plishments of Saint Rose and also enjoyed hor d’oeuvres and thanks the many donors for their wine while live acoustic music contributions and support,” said was played.

Short. “This event is also a time Raven Short, a junior studying to spend with faculty and staff communications: public relations that up kept the motto of Saint and advertising at Saint Rose, Rose, to be the difference.” received a personal invitation to the reception from Hearst at the

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Grab a Slice for Half the Price at Mild Wally’s

By DEREK KALISH Contributing Writer Most Thursday nights, college students crowd the entrance of Mild Wally’s on Quail Street for $1 cheese slices.

“I know that when I’m broke and hungry, I’m going to scrape the change off my dresser and get a slice from Mild Wally’s,” said Robert Borovec, a local college student.

The $1 slice grew out of a marketing strategy brainstorming session among the managers at Wally’s, said owner Brian Kovelman.

“Around five or six years ago we had 50 cent slices,” said Kovelman. “There really isn’t a lot of money to be made for the dollar slices. It’s about getting menus in the customer’s hands and exposing them to the environment.”

The dollar slices, however, are not Mild Wally’s only attractive option. A variety of other selections are available for customers with more money to spend.

Wally’s fresh jumbo chicken wings come in 15 different original flavors, ranging in price from $6.25 for 10 wings to $22.99 for 50. The shop also runs a Monday special and cuts $5 off a 50-wing order.

“We do quite a few things that stand out but wings are our most popular order,” said Kovelman.

“Honey BBQ is the most popular non-spiced, and Buffalo medium is the most popular spiced flavor.”

Long-time employee Brett Gold said there are other customer faves as well.

“Our hickory Philly steak is unique, I don’t think anyone makes it the way we do,” said Gold.

Wally’s also recently added the Chef’s Choice options to the menu, for customers with a more sophisticated palate.

All of these selected items have been marked with a black circle containing “CC,” written inside the menu, or the choices can be found grouped together under the “Chef’s Choice” section of the menu. These include the chicken

penne alfredo, and the Hickory Philly Steak Sub mentioned before. Most items range from $4 to $7, but a large order of wings can still be more expensive.

Albany is full of hungry college students but it’s also swarming with other food establishments, and this can make running a business hectic.

“Place come, places go, we’ve lasted a long time and we’re not going anywhere.”

Brett Gold Wally’s is at Quail at the intersection near Western Avenue, right next to the new Chicken Joe’s, and only 350 feet from the Quail Street Market. That thoroughfare is home to other

successful pizza parlors including Paesan’s, I Love New York, and Madison’s. The competition is certainly fierce.

“It is certainly exponentially more difficult than it would appear,” Kovelman said. “There are different customer bases.”

Between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., most Wally’s customers are folks who work in the neighborhood.

During these hours, the slices with special toppings are most popular.

When evening turns to night, from around 11 p.m. until early morning, about 1 a.m., Wally’s switches gears and prepares for the rush of cheese slice orders.

The store employs about 27 or 28 mostly part time workers throughout the work week, but even so, “it’s hard to keep up,” said Kovelman.

“We’ve been here a long time, and we know what we’re doing, this is an Albany institution,” Gold said. “Places come, places go, we’ve lasted a long time and we’re not going anywhere.”

Mild Wally’s before a Thursday night rush.

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CDTA Introduces New Bus Route

By KAYLA MATTEO Staff Writer A new bus route introduced with the restructuring of the Capital District Transit Authority bus routes has been a great help to students and residents who live on and south of Madison Avenue.

The new route, which runs from Crossgates Mall to the Rensselaer Amtrak Station on Madison and Washington Avenues twice an hour, replaces portions of the now discontinued 3 and 4 routes. It has stops at The State University at Albany, Albany High School, and The College of Saint Rose, making this a very student-oriented route.

“It’s convenient. I wish they

Map of new CDTA bus route 114.

had made it three years ago.

There’s never been any real service for SUNY students who live on the Madison corridor and the southern neighborhoods except for a once an hour SUNY shuttle,” said Andy Kissner, a State University at Albany senior.

This shuttle is for SUNY students only, and while it stops at request, it is mainly for getting back and forth between the East Campus in East Greenbush and the Main Campus via Madison Avenue. Kissner used to ride CDTA route 11, the UAlbany Shuttle, to school but now takes the 114 which stops closer to his home on Yates Street.

“It’s also really great that I can get to the train station from

News my apartment by only taking one quick bus. I used to have to transfer and it would take about an hour,” continued Kissner, who travels to New York City by train occasionally.

Route 114 was introduced with several other new routes to CDTA on Nov. 13. While it is too early to tell how the route is doing in comparison to others because it has only been running for a few weeks now, the route is popular especially because of its connection to the train and Greyhound bus stations, said Ross Farrell, senior transportation manager for CDTA. The 114 is also convenient for non-students and those who use other routes because there are more buses which means the routes are less crowded.

“The 10 and the 11 [routes] were always so packed with

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people, sometimes they wouldn’t even stop,” said Elisabeth George, who rides the bus to her job at University Plaza. “Now there’s a lot less people on all the routes which makes them quicker,” she continued, “And the 114 is closer to where I live so I don’t have to walk so far alone at night if I go somewhere like the mall.”

Many students live south of Madison Avenue on streets like Yates, Morris, and Myrtle. This new route will definitely improve the safety of these students who ride the bus to and from school.

Full-time student residents who used the SUNY campus in previous summers could only take route 12 there, which was all the way on Washington Avenue, about a half mile from Madison Avenue. Now they can take the 114 as well.

The College of Saint Rose has

seen an increase in student and staff riders.

“Due to these improvements, our numbers have increased as students and employees now have a free way to to commute to the College daily – saving the cost of the yearly parking permit,” according to Pat Buckley, director of purchasing and auxiliary services. “Since the expanded routes were announced to the community our weekly numbers went from an average of 2,800 per week to an average of 3,100 per week,” she added.

While the bus route switch was confusing for many when it first began but most riders are accustomed to the new changes now. “I thought it was very well handled, but I knew about the route changes several weeks in advance,” said Kissner of the changes, “I’m very happy with them.”

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A Stress-Free Zone event was held in the main lounge of the EAC on Dec. 8, 2011.

Stress-relieving activities such as coloring holiday pictures, playing with dogs, decorating cupcakes, making sundaes, and creating balloon animals were available to students preparing for final exams. Santa Claus also came to visit!

Colin Ruggiero and Will Mintzer playing with dogs at the Stress-Free Zone.

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Jen Danz and Bianca Gonzalez decorating their own cupcakes.

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Marlena Moran and Christine Laurentiev table a balloon animal stand.

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Michael Burgess, Vince Bergami, Kelly Ennis, and Kyra Fitzgerald making their own sundaes.

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Chronicle Christmas Party

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The Saint Rose Chronicle put together a Christmas Party on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011. The $67 raised from admission and the “Pie Your Editor” station was donated to St. Catherine’s Marillac Family Shelter. There were free brownies, coffee, and apple cider. There was also a bake sale, a cookie decorating station, a coloring station, and a raffle. The raffle prizes were: a movie package with numerous movies, popcorn and candy; a Starbucks gift card; and A Night out package with a Regal gift card, Ruby Tuesdays gift card, and a disposable camera.

Amanda Prinz, Arts Editor Chris Surprenant, and Managing Editor Alison Lester posing at the cookie decorating station.

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Staff Writer Asia Ewart after CAITLYN FUELLEMAN decorating a cookie at the station.

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The Chronicle’s Adviser Cailin Brown got a pie to the face at the “Pie your Editors” station for fifty cents a toss.

The Chronicle Staff of the Fall 2011 semester.

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Opinion Editor Regina Iannizzotto gets pied by one of her favorite security guards, John Margen.

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T-Shirt Company Finds Beginnings at Saint Rose

By DEREK KALISH Contributing Writer Fresh Prints clothing has evolved from a makeshift T-shirt press located in Gibson Hall dormitory to a two station table top press in Brooklyn, the home of former Saint Rose student Tim Fealey.

Fealey’s Fresh Prints are now designed and created out of his apartment in Brooklyn on a professional press, and the change in scenery has helped to influence his work. “There’s a lot of inspiring people and artwork. There’s always something to motivate you,” Fealey said about life in Brooklyn.

During the week Fealey works for the graphic arts and design department at Converse in Manhattan where he is, “gaining massive amounts of experience, and learning a lot,” said Fealey.

Fresh Prints however remains his passion. “Converse is my 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. job. My weekend and night job is Fresh Prints,” said Fealey.

The company was formed in Gibson Hall dorm at Saint Rose in late 2007 while Fealey was a sophomore at Saint Rose making T-shirts for his friends with his hand-made set up.

Fealey said, “To call my first printing set up a press would be very generous. It was more of a jerry-rigged machine I put together using a kit I bought at some craft store. I would set it up on the floor of my dorm and print shirts one by one and hang them to dry.”

Fealey’s prints endured this process for a semester and a half until eventually he convinced his parents to invest in his artwork. They helped him purchase a much bigger professional press and soon he was hard at work.

“I took an old kitchen table, bolted down the press and basically took over my parents garage for two to three years. I would go home every weekend to print or-

ders. Sometimes I would even go home in the middle of the week and print through the night after I finished my classes. There were more than enough all nighters to go around in that garage. I even almost got frostbite one winter trying to finish an order on time,” said Fealey.

Students and faculty alike were enlightened by Fealey’s gift for screen-printing. What I liked about Tim, was he took assignments and developed them around his own ideas and life,” said Chair of the Art Department Karene Faul.

Faul also included how she emphasizes that students can make money off their artwork, and Fealey was the first to take her advice and begin selling his prints.

“She really helped shape us all as young adults, and young artists,” said Fealey about Faul.

“The whole graphic arts department is awesome,” he added.

While attending Saint Rose Fealey also participated in various extracurricular activities including Reach Out Saint Rose and the Ronald McDonald House. He also worked with the Hurricane Katrina benefit twice.

“I met a lot of really nice families and grateful people,” Fealey

said about the trip.

After his junior year, Fealey received a paid internship from Converse with the help of various faculty members. “He was a terrific fit,” said former teacher Kristine Herrick.

Fealey expresses regret for not copywriting Fresh Prints initially while in college, because another company has emerged with the same name. He has been working to obtain copyright and trademark rights, but said the process is “very costly.”

Ultimately, Fealey would like to develop a full-time career out of Fresh Prints. With the help of a web developer, he created a professional website for the company that launched this May. The site features unisex clothing apparel, and artwork by Fresh Prints. Fealey is adding a “Doodle of the Day” category to the site shortly, which will offer $5 poster designs. To see more, visit: www.freshprintsclothing.com Fealey is the originator of Fresh Prints and his dedication is evident. Although copyright issues have prevented the sole ownership of the name, his hard-working nature has already brought him recognition in the world of graphic arts and design.

Whatever success is coming to

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A happy banana t-shirt design by Tim Fealey.

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Tim Fealey wearing one of his own unique designs.

The Black Keys Do It Again

By MATT HENRY Staff Writer Last year they gave us Brothers, this year they have given us El Camino. In their seventh studio album, the Black Keys go with a driving, rock and roll-like sound, much different from their R&B/blues soul style heard in Brothers. Think of El Camino as the fast paced, party hard album, whereas Brothers is more of the calm, relaxing album.

The duo sticks with their usual formula, steady, driving, rhythmic, melodic music. Like Brothers, El Camino is made up of different themes, most of them revolving around either women or money. Danger Mouse returns to help produce El Camino as he did for the Black Keys’ fifth studio album Attack and Release.

Some of the highlights from this album are the songs “Sister”, “Run Right Back”, “Gold on the Ceiling”, “Dead and Gone”, “Stop Stop” and the single “Lonely Boy”. The sound coming from these songs and the album overall

can be compared to the works of the White Stripes and Led Zeppelin. I would even argue that the track “Little Black Submarines” sounds somewhat similar to that of Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven”.

El Camino is the kind of record that slowly scratches into your skin and gets you hooked immediately after listening to it a few times. The album ends perfectly with “Mind Eraser”, a great song with that seems to beckon to the listener and begs you not to go.

Unlike Brothers, El Camino gets you off of your rear and makes you dance. It’s the kind of album that you can’t help but to tap your foot to.

In my opinion, this is easily the best rock album of 2011. Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney have created an album for all the hard partying, fast-driving maniacs in the world. El Camino is the kind of record that makes you move no matter how much your body tries to control it, it’s quite the experience.

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By RACHEL BOLTON Staff Writer It’s that time of the year again!

Christmas is here! While we are busy taking our final exams, we are dreaming of cookies, family, and gifts. I know I am. Everyone has certain Christmas traditions.

Some of my family’s are to watch Christmas movies! As my last review of the semester I give you, my loyal readers, my favorite films of the Christmas season.

7. The Nativity Story (2006) - Christmas is originally a celebration of the birth of Jesus. I like this movie because it shows a more historically accurate vision of his birth, like casting nonwhite or Middle Eastern actors in the lead roles. The film gives Mary and Joseph character arcs and spends time developing their relationship. I enjoy the scenery and the ending is beautiful.

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Die Hard(1988)Yes this counts as a Christmas movie. John McClane gives the Christmas gift of saving us from Hans Gruber. It gives us another perspective of what can go wrong on holidays, like Evil Snape holding you hostage. But in the Christmas spirit, the day is miraculously saved and our faith in humanity is restored.

5. The Muppet’s Christmas Carol (1992)- Muppets can make anything better! I love this twist on a classic story. Michael Cain does a convincing job as Mr. Scrooge, but the real stars of the movie are the Muppets. Good old Kermit the frog and Miss Piggy as the Cratchits make me laugh.

The best part is the return of the Saldorf and Watler (The Critics) as the ghosts of Marley. It’s an enjoyable time all around.

4. A Christmas Carol (1999) - This is my favorite interpretation of A Christmas Carol. It stars Patrick Stewart in the title role.

The acting is brilliant and this is how I picture the story happening. Stewart brings depth to the character and it makes his jour-

ney all the more meaningful in the end. Seeing the new Scrooge at the end warms your heart with the Christmas spirit.

3. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966) – Forget Jim Carrey’s version, this is the Grinch. The animation is wonderful and the Grinch’s expressions are deviously fun. Christmas time is not complete without the song “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” by Thurl Ravenscroft. It’s descriptive and witty lyrics are fun to sing. The Grinch is Dr. Seuss’ unique spin on the true meaning of Christmas. It’s not about the gifts; it’s about spending it with the people you love.

2. A Christmas Story (1983)This is about the one Christmas we all remember, the one where we got the gift we had been dreaming of for months. All Ralphie wants for Christmas is an Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action 200-Shot Range Model Air Rifle with a compass in the stock, and this thing which tells time.

But he’s warned “You’ll shoot your eyes out!” Ralphie’s quest for his gift gets sidetracked by the antics of his family, friends, and the neighborhood bullies. With so many memorable scenes and lines, this is the Christmas Movie everyone needs to see once.

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Christmas Vacation (1989)-This is the movie that my family can never skip watching.

Overachieving and delusional, Clark Griswold wants to have the perfect family Christmas. But reality quickly interferes with is plans, creating one of the best comedy of errors about the holidays. Clark has to deal with rude neighbors, his crazy relatives, a mean boss, and a squirrel in his Christmas tree. But in a true Christmas fashion everything comes together in the end, even if it is in an unconventional way.

I hope this gives you ideas about what to watch over break.

Have a happy holiday, and may it be filled with good food and family. See you next semester.

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Holiday Fashion Trends and Bargains

By DANIELA CUNSOLO Contributing Writer With finals week approaching, 10 page papers, and endless reading students can’t be bothered to be taken away from school to start their holiday shopping. In the midst of the holiday season, malls put up big flashy signs with half-off prices, buy-one-get-one free deals, and other enticing items that make budget savvy students like us want to go in.

Although we are so busy in finals craziness, we do know that holidays are approaching and we need to find the perfect gifts for our friends, significant others, and family. Each season, new trends and new fashion finds come out, especially around the holiday season. Frequenting malls and department stores by Saint Rose, I found the best holiday deals and fashion finds.

Looking for the right gift around this time for the right price is hard to find, especially if you are watching your budget.

This season, boots have been so big, especially for women. Ugg’s always come up as a must-have on the list. With Ugg prices starting at $100 and up, we can’t be bothered to spend the money.

If you are planning on saving money, you can save so much by going to Target. Target has suede boots, and the famous moccasins starting at $20!

Although the word “UGG” isn’t written across the back, they still are good quality and you are

saving a ton of money! The moccasins and boots are soft inside, and have a good tread on the bottom; they are comfy and have gotten reviews on their website.

Another store that has great boots and shoes is Burlington Coat Factory, located in Crossgates Mall.

They have great boots starting from suede, to high heel leather boots. I bought three pairs of boots from there for the price of one from any type of brand name store.

“Department stores like Walmart, Target, JC Penney, also have great finds for a budget. They have a lot of variety and selection.”

Another big item for girls around this season is scarves.

When looking around for good scarf deals, I came several at department store JC Penney. They have all different patterns and colors starting at $10. The good thing about JC Penney is they have great deals and coupons all throughout the week.

Lastly for us girls, big earrings and fun jewelry were found at the new store in Colonie Center called Charming Charlie’s. They had walls sorted by color of great accessories for really cheap. It

was a great place for all kinds of jewelry at the right price for students on a budget! All these stores above have great holiday gifts not only for girls, but for men as well.

They all have a variety of items and great holiday finds.

Now for the men. Although Forever 21 targeted towards girls, I went into the store with a different outlook. I wasn’t looking for myself, but rather for men’s clothes. They had great hats, jackets, and nice shirts for really reasonable prices. They also had several great t-shirts and sweaters for the holidays.

When looking for sports attire, I went into Dicks Sporting Goods, and found sections of MLB and NFL shirts and accessories all on sale. There were clearance racks, and often there are coupons. They had great sneakers, hats, gloves, and everything that would be fitting for winter time at a great price. Department stores like Walmart, Target, JC Penney, also have great finds for a budget.

They have a lot of variety and selection. When finding gifts, they all have watches, hats, gloves, cologne, shoes, or anything else a man would want.

With the holidays in full swing, we are constantly bombarded by deals. When you see a good fashion find at a good price, grab it.

Although with finals we can’t get a second to ourselves, take the time and go look! You will find great trends for a great price if you take the time to hunt for it.

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Jack’s Place On Thursday, Dec. 1, and Saturday, Dec. 3, students from the Artist Management class at Saint Rose showcased the musicians they worked with. The donations from the event on Thursday went to the National Food Bank. The performers on Thursday were: Nicole DeMarco, Matt Lisk and Pat Tiernan. On Saturday, the groups were Battle Ave., Israfel and Duck Basket.

Jared Dirolf, guitarist of Duck Basket.

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Nicole DeMarco singing her own song, Dandelion.

Adam Mish alternated between singing and playing the saxophone.

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Jesse Alexander, the lead singer of Battle Ave. sings into the microphone.

Pat Tiernan opened the show, performing a song he wrote.

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Across: 1: Curly coif 5: Smile from ear to ear 9: Padrone 13: Coral habitat 14: Equivalent 16: Nincompoop 17: Estrangement 18: Go down 19: Tiff 20: Gave a ticket to 21: Fixes one’s laces 23: Long haul 25: Goes bad 26: Floor wedge, perhaps 30: Does’ mates 32: Golfer Irwin 33: Tint 34: Flower sites 35: Refs’ decisions 36: Spot and Fido 37: Palindromic preposition 38: Microbrewery offerings 39: Meat case selection 40: Looks down on with dis dain 43: Separate 44: Printing liquids 45: Masses of prickly plants 47: Merits, as compensation 50: Potter’s purchase 51: Tag players 53: Film with Robin Williams as a neurologist 56: ‘Flee, feline!’

57: Institution to improve

one’s health [1938] 58: Roof rim 59: Youngster 60: Enlivens (with ‘up’) 61: Ball of yarn

2: Not as many 3: Repeats 4: Many a time 5: Ropes with weights attached 6: Give off 7: Musclebound brute 8: Chess piece 9: Indonesian dyed textiles 10: Article that may list survivors 11: Fruit for flavoring gin 12: Transmit 14: Promontories 15: Jeff Gordon, notably 19: Gains a lap 22: Dresses nattily, with ‘up’ 23: Causeway fees 24: Lobster and beluga prod- ucts 26: Valleys 27: Histrionic 28: Inning enders 29: Pain in the neck 30: Stepped on it 31: Ripped apart 32: Compels to go 35: Amontillado container, for Poe 36: Breathing space 39: One way to travel 41: Ring’s locale, perhaps 42: Map legend, usually 43: Rainbow maker 45: Not legitimate 46: Prevent, with ‘off’ 47: Right, on the map 48: On vacation, perhaps 49: Wine of Bordeaux 50: Barbershop sound 52: Hearty meal 54: Fuzz 55: Wrath 56: Brief time, briefly

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A Not-So RAVE Alert

By REGINA IANNIZZOTTO Opinion Editor On Sunday, Dec. 4, a friend came running down my hallway into the common room where I was writing a paper. Noticing she was out of breath, I asked if she was okay. She said, “Coming over here, I overheard an announcement saying something about a security alert and that everyone should stay inside. So I came here!” Confused, I checked Facebook and Twitter; nothing.

A few minutes later, I received a text message from the RAVE Alert System that said “Strose Alert:”; and that alert would be?

Thank you Saint Rose for letting me know what kind of danger I am in. Following that, numerous housemates rang the doorbell because their ID card would not work. The first time or two, we regarded it as it just not working anymore. Then, I received another text from RAVE telling me that we are on lockdown and everyone should stay inside.

Once again, there was no explanation. At least there were more than two words in this one.

Then I realized that since we were on lockdown, the dorm ID systems were probably shut down so intruders could not enter.

Saint Rose made a Facebook status at 10:48 p.m. saying “From Saint Rose alert: ‘Shelter in place until further notice. Police emergency in Saint Rose neighborhood.’ Will update ASAP.” At 11:13 p.m., Saint Rose’s Facebook status was: “From Saint Rose alert: ‘Police emergency canceled. University police have given all clear. Emer-

gency ended.’”

At 2 a.m., the door to my dorm was still on lockdown and people were still ringing the doorbell to get inside.

Let’s just think about this for a moment: We are told to stay where we are, but what about those who may not have gotten the message and were trying to get in the house? What about those who had just received the message and were trying to get inside and just following orders?

They could not get in, and therefore, could not get to a safe place.

Imagine this: a person receives the message. They try to get in the house, but can’t since their ID card is not working. Suddenly, someone comes up behind them and attacks them. Well that message failed then, didn’t it?

The person was trying to follow orders and look what happened.

Now they are on the floor, beaten and bruised. Good decision you made there.

I understand the thought behind it, but I do not think it was fully thought out. I understand Security did not want uninvited visitors in the dorms, but the ID swipers are supposed to take care of that in general. If I was not in the common room working on a paper until the wee hours of the morning, I would have been woken up thanks to the ringing of the doorbell at 1 a.m.

So here are my questions to Security: Why in the world would you stop the ID swipers from letting those who live in the house enter? If the ID swipers were not good enough for an emergency, how are they keeping us safe on a daily basis?

ATTENTION CLUB MEMBERS! Would you like to have your club’s voice heard in The Chronicle? Contact Opinion Editor Regina Iannizzotto at iannizzottor407@strose.edu.

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Another Semester is Over Already?

By HEATHER THIBDEAU Women’s Initiative

A group of friends hanging out: “Look at the size of that big toe! It’s on steroids!”

Girl in Dining Hall: “I chugged water once and I felt like a water balloon. I heard it sloshing in my stomach.”

The Freshman Perspective Away From the One I Love

By SABLE BRUNO Staff Writer One thing I really had a hard time dealing with is being away from my boyfriend. We both attend different schools and we are too far from each other to visit every weekend, so we are left with having to wait for school vacations and using Oovoo as means for seeing each other. It is harder than I thought it would be; I am trying hard not to miss him so much, but I am managing. I am sure there are other freshmen that are dealing with the same thing.

I found that there are some helpful tips to keep you from dying of missing that significant other.

1. If he/she has a laptop with a camera, make sure they sign up for a web chatting website. (Without it, you will begin to miss their face a bit more than usual).

2. If you both have hectic schedules, try and set a time during the day or night where you both can have each other, even for a little while.

3. Make sure you both are responsible when partying; sometimes couples find that once

in college they can do what they want because they are not being watched - not a good idea.

4. Always stay positive; many couples fail because they feel they cannot pull off long distance, but it is because they are not trying hard enough.

I understand that it may be hard to put so much trust in your significant other only because you are not around to monitor their moves or you just have trouble being confident in them. But if you really love your other, it should not be hard. That also does not mean that you can feel your other has to be in their room locked away while you have fun and do things you know you should not.

Also, some people who are in a relationship like to act single; it is not fair to your other who is probably being faithful to you. If you feel as if you know you will not be able to keep your end of the bargain, do not waste their time.

End things on a mutual basis so no one is hurt.

If you honor and love the one you are with, I guarantee you things will work out. It is working for my significant other and I, why can’t it work for others?

I recall when I was younger, my mom always told me that the school year picks up after December, and sure enough, January, February, and March flew by faster than I could imagine each year. However, college is broken up into nifty 15 week semesters, which makes the time fly faster than ever before. I am still trying to grapple with the fact that the past four years have happened— since when am I a college senior?

Didn’t I just graduate from high school?

Regardless, whether we want to or not, the semester is rapidly coming to a close, as is our column for now. On behalf of the Women’s Initiative, we wish you all a happy, relaxing, stress-less break. We thank everyone for their support this semester, and if anyone wants to become involved, join our e-mailing list or Facebook page (csrwomensinitiative@gmail.com and the group ‘Saint Rose Women’s Initiative,’ respectively) and keep a lookout for our meeting times next semester! We wish we could give you our meeting times now, but we are still in the process of working with our new e-board and coordinating schedules. Most likely, when a meeting time has been set, we will notify everyone via e-mail, Facebook, the Office of Intercultural Leadership bulletin board outside Camelot, and this article, so there is really no way to miss it!

On that note, congratulations to our new e-board for the Spring 2012 semester! I will not be officially part of it anymore, as I will be off student teaching, but I wish everyone the best of what this season has to offer, and good luck for next semester! We have a lot of exciting things planned for 2012, so stay tuned!

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A Look Back at Albany

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In honor of finals, this week’s word search is in dedication to the stress students are going through. So while you sit in the library and shove your head in a book, take a break and learn a new word for what you are going through, along with every other college student.

Good luck on finals and have a wonderful break!

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At the bottom of the page, it gives a description of the purpose of the name. “Why The Arrow? Because it’s direct, Because it’s sharp, Because it’s straight, Because if it’s aimed right it hits the mark.”

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Sports

A Force to be Reckoned With The Los Angeles Angels made a big splash in the free agent market by landing high profile players

By DAVID LEBLANC Staff Writer Late Tuesday night, the L.A. angels put a deal in to land the high profile free agent Albert Pujous. Yet with the look of Miami pulling out, it was sure that the St. Louis Cardinals were going to resign their beloved first baseman.

Yet early Wednesday morning, Pujous signed the deal that would send him to the west coast for approximately $250 million dollars.

This was without a doubt the biggest signing of the winter meeting thus far.

Yet the Angels weren’t done.

Around eleven o’clock they signed the second highest profile player in C.J. Wilson. This deal cost them $77.5 million for a five year deal. Without a question, the Angels are making waves at the winter meetings, but is it enough to bring them back to their first world series since 2002?

Albert Pujous is certainly a place to start. The 31 year old first baseman is continuing to turn heads year after year as he gradually works his way towards becoming one of baseball’s greatest first basemen’s. Yet was he worth a ten year deal?

Over the past three years, he

has averaged a batting average of .330, with 42 homeruns and 12 steals. These numbers are ridiculous! When the new season and his contract kicks in, he’ll be 32 years old. Will Pujous be putting up these numbers when he is 42?

Will he even be playing by then?

But for now he is certainly a valued investment. Not only will he produce on the field, but he will be a marketing tool to the Latina community that exists in L.A. One question that still lingers is how Pujous will perform in the American League. As we recapped on his three year averages, we must take in to consent that those were in fact in a National league. Will his number decrease seeing how the pitchers are used to power hitters? Or will his numbers somehow improve even more than they already are.

Will the pressure of pitchers having to throw to nine hitters instead of eight and a pitcher change the way they pitch to Pujous? As we look through the Angels lineup it is not a bunch of no named bums. With guys like Maicer Izturis, Howie Kendrick, and Eric Auybar, adding another bat could be a serious swing in their favor.

For anyone who lives in Vegas,

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Albert Pujous will be taking his talents to Los Angeles next season.

not only did the sports world take a huge step when L.A. signed Pujous but so did Vegas. The odds of L.A. winning the World Series went from 22-1 down to 14-1. The odds also made Albert the favorite to win the American League MVP at the odds of 3-1.

With the signing of Pujous, the Angels weren’t quite done. They also signed the top pitching free agent in C.J. Wilson. Wilson has had exceptional years with the Angels inter-division rivals the Texas Rangers. But as it would appear they are tired of fight against him.

Adding Wilson to their already above average pitching staff with Dan Haren, Ervin Santana and Jered Weaver, they begin to look like a team to be taken seriously. Another player that should be mentioned is relief pitcher La Troy Hawkins who also signed with L.A. late Wednesday night.

Not only has the power shifted to the west, so has the rivalry.

For years upon years, the YankeeRed Sox rivalry has excited fans and drove the desire to watch up.

However many sports analysts are now saying that the era in baseball has came to a close, they feel a new rivalry has emerged.

Over the past few years, the division rivalry between the Texas Rangers and the L.A. Angels has been attracting more and more attention. Yet now with the move of C.J. Wilson and Albert Pujous, analysts believe they are the new faces of Rivalry. It no longer lies in the American League East, but rather in the West.

With the rivalry heating up, and the acquisition of two high end free agents, will the Angels be the team to beat, or will they turn out to be like the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFL? One thing is for sure, it will be a very long and exciting season in 2012. But who will be holding the trophy at the end?

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Chris Paul Deal Becoming a “Melo” drama?

By JOSHUA NATOLI Staff Writer

balance.

This became a big issue when the Boston Celtics signed Ray The Los Angeles Lakers had Allen and Kevin Garnett, and hit Chris Paul in their grasp. They a higher note when the Miami had initiated a trade between Heat signed LeBron James and themselves, the Houston Rock- Chris Bosh. Now with the Lakets, and the New Orleans Hornets ers making an attempt to trade in a deal that would bring Paul for Chris Paul they would create to Los Angeles, ship Pau Gasol another super-team, with Paul beto the Rocking alongside ets, and Lafuture Hall of mar Odom, Famer Kobe Kevin MarBryant. tin, and Luis The Lakers Scola to the had even more Hornets. Evtrade ambition eryone wins. after the acquiThe Rocksition of Paul ets finally as well. The get some ofMICHAEL DEMOCKER/THE TIMES-PICAYUNE plan was to f e n s i v e Paul could be playing with Bryant soon. move Gasol presence, and Odom for the Hornets get some young tal- Paul and then offer center Anent, and the Lakers get the best drew Bynum up to the Orlando point guard in the game. Every- Magic in exchange for Dwight one wins right?

Howard.

Wrong.

With a team like that I don’t As soon as the news of this blame the owners for calling the deal got everyone in the sports trade- off. You have the best point world buzzing, the owners of the guard in the game in Chris Paul, Hornets put the trade on hold, the long-time superstar in Kobe likely ending it entirely. On the Bryant, and the NBA’s most same day a new labor deal built dominant center in Dwight Howto prevent deals like this, another ard. Every time the Lakers play deal making a team of superstars. a team like the Minnesota TimThis is the reasoning of the own- berwolves, it would be like the ers of the Hornets.

Harlem Globetrotters playing the The Hornets owners are trying Washington Generals, it would be to move Paul as quickly as pos- a win every time. sible to avoid the black cloud that Hopefully, Paul will be traded followed Carmelo Anthony and soon. If he isn’t moved before the the Denver Nuggets last year. It season’s start, there will be such seems like now they are doing just a void in Paul’s game. He won’t the opposite, and dragging on this play the same, the Hornets won’t Chris Paul trade story even lon- be the same, and the media will ger. To makes things even worse, be all over the two parties. It will Chris Paul is required to report to put such a damper on Paul’s seaHornets training camp December son.

9th. Talk about awkward.

Carmelo Anthony wasn’t the So will this deal ever get done? same player with all the drama Most likely not. With the Hornets surrounding him about trade rubeing a league-owned team, there mors. I would hate to see the will always be a voice shoot- same happen to Chris Paul. There ing down this trade. The owners is no doubt he will be traded, it’s formulated this new deal with a just a matter of where he’s going heavy emphasis on competitive to go, and if owners will allow it.

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Women’s Basketball Upends American International 58-42 Great defense from the Golden Knights helped shut down the Yellow Jackets’ offense

By MICHAEL SMITH Staff Writer On Saturday, the women’s basketball team hosted the Yellow Jackets of American International at the Nolan Gymnasium in a 5842 win.

It was a convincing win for the Golden Knights, they never allowed the Yellow Jackets to get within 10 points in the final 11:58 of the game.

It was also a game that the Yellow Jackets never led, a highly impressive defensive effort gave the Knights a 10-8 lead with 9:15 remaining in the first, and they never relinquished that lead. The

defense was stellar, forcing the Yellow Jackets into 16 turnovers, and limiting them to shooting 25.9% from the field.

“Defensively we really tried to keep the ball out of the shooters hands so that they couldn’t get in a rhythm and we did a great job of it. Boxing out was also a key factor to not let them have second chance points,” said senior guard Ashley Rath about her team’s defensive effort.

The offense had a much slower start, for both teams. Both sides had trouble connecting on passes and getting into a consistent rhythm. The biggest issue Saint Rose faced offensively was the

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Freshman Gabie Polce preparing for free throw.

press put on by American International, it forced the Knights to make longer passes which led to some confusion, and even a couple of early turnovers. Saint Rose had five turnovers in the first half.

However, American International’s offense started to help out Saint Rose with a few turnovers, a few coming by fouls in their offensive end. This allowed Saint Rose to start to work through their offensive problems because they kept getting the ball back, an advantage the Golden Knights were not handing back to their opponent.

Saint Rose capitalized on this, and though they only finished the first half with 21 points, momentum carried over to the second half. Plus, the turnovers allowed for a little defensive momentum, as American International could only muster up 10 points in the first 20 minutes.

The Golden Knights, who were largely led by freshman point guard Gabie Polce, kept that momentum going into the second half. The offensive really built up pressure on American’s defense.

“In the second half we tried to get the ball into the post more and work the ball around to get better shots. We also penetrated

Players in a huddle during a timeout. more that allowed for more open shots,” said Polce.

In that second half, Saint Rose had two key defensive plays that really got the crowd and their teammates into the game. One from Polce, who had a steal that got her two quick points on the fastbreak. The other was a block from senior guard Ola Shajuyigbe, it was a thunderous block on a three-point attempt from American International senior Michelle Lafond.

Those two plays really pumped up the team. American International started to make two runs

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after those two plays, but they couldn’t get within seven points of Saint Rose as the defense stopped those runs before they could gain any significant momentum.

Twice in the final five minutes Saint Rose led by as many as 24 points, but the final tally would be 16, as the Golden Knights took a 58-42 win over the Yellow Jackets.

Polce finished with six points, Rath had eight, and senior forward Allison McGrath added 10 off the bench to back up Shajuyigbe’s team leading 13.

Athletic Events for the Week Friday: Women’s Basketball

at C.W. Post at 6 p.m.

Saturday: Men’s Basketball

vs. Molloy at 1 p.m.

Sunday: Men’s Basketball

vs. Bloomfield at 12 p.m.

*Men’s basketball games will take place in Garden City, NY