The Chronicle - October 21, 2014

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October 21st, 2014

Saint Rose Student Missing By lAUReN SeARS News Editor The missing freshman mathematics major who was last seen Wednesday left behind a wallet and a cell phone inside his dorm room in Brubacher Hall according to his roommate.

Connor W. Trapatsos, 17, of Fairpoint, Monroe County has been missing since Wednesday, Oct. 15.

According to Deputy Chief of Operations Aran Mull, at the University at Albany Police Department, Trapatsos was identified near the Walmart at Crossgates Commons shopping plaza. Mull said that the evidence suggests that Trapatsos had used a CDTA bus as transportation. This information is being used to more accurately locate him.

The College of Saint Rose reported Trapatsos missing to law enforcement officials Friday evening.

Trapatsos’s roommate (The Chronicle has opted not to release the name of the roommate) first noticed that Trapatsos did not return to their room late Wednesday evening.

“I didn’t view it as a concern and didn’t tell my RA until Friday morning,” said the roommate.

Once the roommate told officials at Saint Rose, a thorough search was conducted in both Brubacher Hall and all of campus.

“We first swept Bru early this afternoon. We extended the search campus wide after our third sweep of Bru produced the same result,” said Benjamin Marvin, director of media relations for Saint Rose.

Saint Rose Security and University at Albany Police are working together to investigate Trapatsos’s whereabouts. The university is involved because Brubacher is owned by the University and leased by Saint Rose

In an email to The Chronicle, Steve Stella said “The University at Albany Police Department are the lead agency and are working closely with the college and the investigation is continuing.”

Video footage shows that Trapatsos left Brubacher Hall alone Continued on Page A7

Connor W. Trapatsos (left), who has been missing since Oct. 15.

MidKnight Madness Packs the House

By VICTORIA ADDISON Sports Editor MidKnight Madness consumed campus on the night of Thursday, Oct. 16 as students gathered together in the Daniel P. Nolan Gymnasium for the annual rally that introduces the members

of the men and women’s basketball teams for the upcoming season. The event was such a success that the gym was packed to its maximum 1,000-person capacity.

Starting at 8:40 p.m., the gym was opened to the line of students that stretched out the Events and Athletics Center and into the

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quad. After receiving their free Tshirt, students packed the bleachers as DJ Patrick Burke provided music to complement the already growing crowd noise that would soon be amplified as hosts Myles Clendenin and CJ Joseph began Continued on Page A5

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Harvest Fest 2014: A Preview of Rose Rock 2015?

By Alex WheeleR Features Editor Oct. 13, 2014 saw the annual Saint Rose Harvest Fest, brought to you by the Student Association, return for another year. There was one catch, however, and it is that it was held outside on the Saint Rose quad.

Food, fun, music and company were plentiful as Harvest Fest swept the campus green. Donut on a string eating contests and pumpkin carving were just a few examples of the festivities going on at Harvest Fest.

Student and security guard Pat Searer told The Chronicle that he was pleased with the “good turnout” and that everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves. Maria Hartz, another student at the College and a member of SEB said that Harvest Fest was “fun and that it was a little cold, but that wasn’t stopping people.”

The list of bands consisted of some local Saint Rose fare including Brian Jay and CJ, with the outsourcing of bands consisting of The Renaissance and 2096, a band featuring one of the security guards on campus.

The Chronicle was able to sit down with one of the Harvest Fest committee members, Jessica Gabala, and talk about the festivities. Gabala said that the committee started meeting a few weeks

into the school week in order to plan and set up the event.

“We went over everything from shirt design to getting the event decorated,” said Gabala.

The committee essentially plans everything from activities, what food will be there, shirt and hat design, to who will actually perform at the event. “We listened to all of the bands that submitted to us,” Gabala said.

The head of the committee and Student Association Director of Social Activities, Patrick Burke, was able to take some time out Continued on Page A4

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Just one of the many carved pumpkins designed at this year’s Harvest Fest.

Sports

Changing of Hands at Magin & Keegan See page A8

David Fincher’s Gone Girl Review See page B14

Bulls Looking to Bounce Back See page D22

Alexis Williams, On and Off the Field See page A9

Police are People, Too See page C17

Run, DeMarco, Run See page D23

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The Weekly Wrap-Up

Volume 83 Issue 10

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American Sniper Shot War on Terror veteran and sniper Chris Kyle has been allegedly murdered by fellow Iraq war veteran Eddie Ray Routh on a Texas shooting range. Kyle’s neighbor, Chad Littlefield was also murdered. Routh was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and Kyle and Littlefield were attempting to help him.

Nurse Tests Negative for ebola A Spanish nurse who was the first person to contract Ebola outside of West Africa has now tested negative for the virus. Doctors will administer a second test to be certain.

Officials say that around 4,500 have died in West Africa due to the virus.

White house Intruder Faces Charges More charges have been filed against Omar Gonzalez. Gonzalez is accused of allegedly climbing the fence of the White House with a knife. President Obama and his family were not home during the incident. Gonzalez, an Iraq war veteran, suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder.

Russian Ship Adrift A Russian container ship is adrift on the Canadian coast after disconnecting from a tow boat.

The ship is without power and was at risk of running aground.

However, a coast guard official says that the ship no longer poses a threat. Efforts to reattach the tow boat are under way.

“Sex Toy” Sculpture Damaged A large inflated sculpture that was inspired in part by a sex toy has been damaged in Paris.

The sculpture was damaged when its support lines were cut.

The sculpture is part of a contemporary art fair and will be restored as soon as possible.

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Professor Cailin Brown’s Journalism 1 class at the Times Union with Greg Stapleton, the marketing and brand manager,

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Albany PD to Host 5k for Domestic Violence Awareness

On Saturday, Oct. 25 at 11:00 a.m. the Albany Police Department will host a 5K race for domestic violence awareness.

This first annual walk/run will be held at Jennings Landing in Albany. Online registration is up

now, and will close at 10:00 a.m. on Oct. 22. T-shirts will be provided to the first 200 registrants.

Race day registration will be available from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the location for the race.

Tickets will be $25 for adults, and

free for children under 12.

Proceeds from the event will be donated to a local domestic violence shelter.

McPhersonTerrace Stabbing The Albany Police Department is investigating a stabbing that took place on McPherson Terrace Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014.

At 4:25 a.m. officers responded to a report of a stabbing at McPherson Terrace and Robin

Street.

Officers discovered a 48-yearold victim, who was treated at the scene by medical personnel.

The victim was later transported to Albany Medical Center, where he is listed as being in

critical condition. The stabbing remains under investigation.

The Albany Police Department is asking that anyone with information to call the Albany Police Detective Division at (518) 4628039.

Saint Rose Swimming Places Second in Season Opener

By VICTORIA ADDISON Sports Editor

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The College of Saint Rose men and women’s swimming and diving teams opened their season on Saturday, Oct. 18 at the Hartwick Relays, both with second-place finishes out of six teams overall.

The women’s team finished with 100 points, which was just below first-place Oneonta, which earned 102. Also finishing with 100 points, the men’s team lost

first place to Hartwick, which finished with a total of 118 points.

Going into the Hartwick Relays, senior Kiersten Beckford mentioned the changes to the team’s training program, which should help the teams when it comes time to translate the skills they learn at practice into their future meets.

“We have all been putting in so much hard work to get ready for our competitive season,” Beckford said. “Everyone is super

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Calendar of Events Tuesday, October 21st 6:00 p.m. MAPS Weekly Meeting AH 109 7:30 p.m. Spectrum General Board Meeting SRA A&B 7:30 p.m. Saint Rose Knight Lounge Bru: Saint Rose Rm 8:00 p.m. Yoga For Students Hubbard Sanctuary 8:15 p.m. Golden Knights Dance Practice EAC Rm 110 Wednesday, October 22nd 6 p.m SA Meeting SCR A & B 6:30 p.m. BASIC Weekly Meeting Hubbard Sanctuary 7 p.m Board Game Club Meeting Albertus 103 7:30 p.m Saint Rose Knight Club Bru; Saint Rose Room 7:30 p.m CDAEYC General Meeting Albertus 301 8 p.m Knights of Service Albertus 302 9 p.m Karate Club Practice Lima Conf. Room 9:30 p.m. ALANA Steppers Practice EAC Rm 110 Thursday, October 23rd 1:00 p.m. Kan Jam and Happiness Celebration Campus Green 4:30 p.m. Film Enthusiast’s Club Meeting Hearst Center Rm 121L 5:30 p.m SEB Meeting St Joseph’s Auditorium 7 p.m. Crate of Apes Improv Show St. Joseph’s Auditorium 7 p.m. Saint Rose Knight Lounge Bru: Saint Rose Rm 8:30 p.m Identity Meeting Lima Conf. Room 9: 30 p.m ALANA Steppers Practice Lima Conf. Room Friday, October 24th 3 p.m Kinghtz in Motion Practice EAC Room 110 7 p.m Saint Rose Knights Club Bru; Saint Rose Room

supportive of each other, which makes this such a great team to be a part of.”

Although the teams are without a number of fast seniors from last season they have brought in talented freshmen to make up for the loss.

The teams have their next match on Oct. 25 as they return to Oneonta for the Hartwick Quadrangular Meet.

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Harvest Fest 2014 Inside the Job: Alec Hickey Continued From Page A1 of his busy schedule to sit down with The Chronicle.

When it comes to planning Harvest Fest and the even bigger Rose Rock Burke made it clear that there are a lot of hoops to jump through and a lot of things to consider in order to make an event like this actually happen.

“Dates, dates, dates,” Burke said concerning what one of the struggles with planning events like this is. The committee had moved the date of Harvest Fest around a few times but ultimately chose Oct. 13 as the date because of the absence of classes going on at the time of the event due to the holiday and due to the fact that both the quad and Saint Joe’s were open for the event to occur in – Saint Joe’s being the rain site.

Burke said that the committee went along with the country theme of the event because it allowed for a “more laid back experience to make it feel more like a festival with bands performing.”

This is a contrast to the theme of the event’s past, where Harvest Fest was typically a Battle of the Bands event.

Burke and company were extremely pleased with the laid back attitude of the event and Burke went on to say that he was

“happy with the turn out. I think it ran smoothly and overall it was a great event.”

Around 150 students were in attendance throughout the duration of the event, which ran from 4 p.m to 9 p.m. While this number is smaller in comparison to last year’s 250, Burke was still optimistic due to the fact that the event took place on a holiday and that there was a little difficulty in getting the word out.

Before The Chronicle left Patrick Burke to get back to his work, he was able to give us some early bird information into this year’s upcoming Rose Rock.

“The Harvest Fest committee will be debriefing on that event as we start to get into consideration for bands for Rose Rock,” said Burke. A mass list of the selection of bands available for the event will be coming to students soon – so stay posted.

Rose Rock will be on Saturday, April 25, 2015, so mark your calendars, ladies and gents. Between then and now, if you have any ideas regarding activities, food, or anything else Rose Rock, feel free to stop and see Patrick Burke in the SA office located in the EAC. He’s open to anyone’s opinions.

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Students at Harvest Fest crafting creative jack-o-lanterns.

By Kevin Walsh Contributing Writer

Ever since being offered a job after simply buying a drink five years ago, Alec Hickey, 22, has loved managing the Fuel N’ Food in Mayfield every weekend.

Hickey graduated from Mayfield High School in 2011 and is currently a full-time senior at The College of Saint Rose. Alec Hickey is a mathematics major and has dreams of one day becoming an actuary in the Albany area, but until then his job is a juggling act between Saint Rose and Fuel N’ Food.

At this rural convenience store Hickey manages the deli and register as well as fills propane and weighs hunted game. Hickey has done it all. At his job he would be considered a “man of all trades.”

In his managerial position Hickey is required to know how to do every aspect of the job, whether it is interacting with customers or behind-the-scenes jobs.

Hickey explained that neglecting one aspect of the job is as bad as missing a piece of a puzzle.

Hickey said, “Flexibility is a key aspect of my job. You’re not just the cashier or the stock boy, you are the business and you have to do everything to keep it running properly and positively.”

He also said that to work at the Fuel N’ Food it is essential to be social with the customers and be comfortable enough to interact with a wide range of people from different backgrounds.

Fuel N’ Food is located in countryside Mayfield approximately an hour Northwest of Albany’s city limits. The town of Mayfield is a different world compared to Albany; it is full of woods, hunting grounds, and fishing sites. Hickey has spent his life in Mayfield; the environment is a good way for him to still keep in touch with his roots.

Aside from spending his early weekend mornings at the store for eight hours each day, Hickey

hunts and fishes with his father for the better part of the weekend.

Hickey’s school friend and fellow Soccer Club member, Daniel Mardon, 21, said that Hickey’s father is a role model to him and has taught him nearly everything he knows, especially when it comes to hunting.

The two have a passion for hunting and have a good fatherson relationship with one another.

Daniel Mardon said, “Alec Hickey is intelligent in the classroom,

“Flexibility is a key aspect of my job.

You’re not just the cashier or the stock boy, you are the business” Alec Hickey particularly in his math courses.”

Mardon believes in Hickey’s goal of becoming an actuary due to his good work ethic and focus in the classroom.

Outside of the classroom, Mardon said Alec Hickey has a good personality that “allows him to interact with many different people.” Hickey’s sociable personality and good interactions with others make him fit for his job at the Fuel N’ Food while also preparing him for his future profession of becoming an actuary.

Alec Hickey is a well-motivated student according to his friend, Jesse McNamara, 21, who has been friends with Hickey since the fourth grade at Mayfield Elementary School. McNamara and Hickey ran track together at Mayfield High School for three years in the spring while Hickey played soccer in the fall season for four years.

McNamara said he feels that Hickey takes after his older sister Kassandra, who works in the bio-

chemical field in the Albany area.

They both share the same discipline in the classroom setting and strive to improve themselves intellectually every day. Hickey thrives in the math field and upholds an impressive understanding of the materials covered in the classes in hopes of achieving his dream job one day.

Aside from his work ethic in the classroom, Hickey hopes that his current part time job at the Fuel N’ Food will also prepare him for what lies ahead in the actuary field. Having multiple jobs within his managerial position can be tough, but Hickey thinks fondly of his job.

Many people depend on Hickey at Fuel N’ Food, which only gives him a glimpse of what will be expected of him as an actuary in the future. “The job is not for everyone. [You] can’t be sensitive about the line of work. It is a one of a kind shop,” said Hickey.

People from all over the New York area, even as far as Connecticut, visit the shop for their annual hunting game contests. The hour drive every weekend to his job in the early mornings is all worth it to Alec Hickey, where “[his] job is nothing short of a ‘home away from home.’”

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Alec Hickey, 22, who manages the Fuel N’ Food in Mayfield.

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MidKnight Madness 2014 Continued From Page A1 the festivities.

Fear the Knight was the first to perform, with a dance routine that had the crowd laughing and dancing along the entire time.

The cheerleaders performed second and were in charge of picking audience members to participate in events throughout the night, the first being a shooting contest. The winners of each contest were lucky enough to receive their very own Saint Rose lunchbox.

The Golden Knights Dance Club was next on the list of performers, who put on a show that was met with many cheers from the crowd.

“Performing at MidKnight Madness was such a fulfilling, exhilarating, and unreal experience. Barely being able to hear the music over all of the cheering for all of the hard work you put into the countless rehearsals is so rewarding,” said sophomore dancer Kathleen Kassian. “I can't stop thinking about how awesome it felt to do what I love in front of the whole school with an

Of all the performances the night had to offer, junior Shannon Friel mentioned her favorite was by the Knightz in Motion.

“It is cool seeing such a big group of the St. Rose community performing so well and accurately,” she said.

“St. Rose has been such a blessing in my life and I love being excited about it.”

McKenzee Greene Once the performances concluded it was time to bring out the men and women’s basketball teams. The women’s team was introduced first, and treated the crowd to a Beyoncé-inspired dance routine after each player

was announced.

Head coach Karen Haag mentioned that MidKnight Madness is one of the best events the campus has to offer, and also that it is a wonderful way to bring the St. Rose community together. Senior forward Mariah Lesure also expressed her excitement in regard to the success of the event.

“MidKnight Madness is a really special event for me as a basketball player because it shows the support that the Saint Rose community gives to its athletes,” she said.

The crowd was then introduced to the members of the men’s team, who skipped the dancing and instead conducted a mini-practice session to show off some of its shooting and dunking abilities.

Forward Chris Dorgler, a junior, of the men’s team was also thankful for the support from the many students that were present.

“Watching everybody coming out here, all the students supporting us, supporting all the other clubs, it was just such an adrena-

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The Saint Rose GK Dance Club performed at the event, to a great deal of applause. line rush being out there in front of the whole student body. It was awesome,” he said.

As for the students, they had their fair share of fun at MidKnight Madness. McKenzee Greene, a junior, could not express her excitement enough.

“I love the school spirit and that it brings everybody together.

“Performing at MidKnight Madness was such a fulfilling, exhilarating, and unreal experience.”

Kathleen Kassian. amazing group of people.”

Left to perform was the ALANA Steppers, who had the crowd’s full attention with a tribute to the hit Netflix TV series Orange is the New Black; the dance group Knightz in Motion; and lastly the men of Groove Phi Groove. The performances were intertwined with a variety of challenges, including a game of dizzy bat, a dance contest, and musical chairs.

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The student body was out in force for MidKnight Madness. The gym was packed to its maximum 1,000-person capacity.

I love getting excited about something so wonderful,” she said.

“St. Rose has been such a blessing in my life and I love being excited about it.”

The event concluded with the Student Athlete Advisory Committee announcing the winners of its week-long raffle, the proceeds of which went to the Make-AWish Foundation.

The women’s team opens its season away from home against Chestnut Hill College on Friday, Nov. 14 at 6 p.m. Its first home game is on Tuesday, Nov. 25 against Adelphi at 5:30 p.m. The team ended last season with a record of 11-15, finishing 6-14 in the Northeast-10 Conference.

As for the men’s team, it will open its season at home as hosts to the Northeast-10 Challenge, presented by the Hilton Garden Inn-Albany Medical Center. Its first game is against Wilmington College on Saturday, Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. The next day the team plays Bloomfield College at 5:30 pm.

The men’s team ended last season with a record of 13-14. It finished 10-10 in the NE-10.

Both teams look toward success in their upcoming 20142015 seasons.

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Kevin Feng: More Than Just a Waiter

By Katie Klimacek Opinion Editor It is hard today to find someone who is really passionate about his or her job and focuses all of his or her energy on it. It is especially hard to find that in a restaurant where waiters get paid minimum wage, work long hours standing on their feet, and put up with all types of customers.

Fortunately there is one place where hungry Albany residents can go and know that they will be taken care of by the staff. That place is Ruby Asian Bistro, located at 875 Madison Ave. Kevin Feng is one of the workers at the restaurant who treats all of his customers like close friends.

At Ruby, Feng takes the orders, serves food, and works on maintaining the front end. He is the epitome of an ideal waiter. The way he interacts with his customers is like watching a dance between perfection and simplicity.

Feng is not the kind of waiter to get in his customers’ faces or be disingenuous with his service.

When Feng is waiting on a customer, one can easily recognize these qualities and see why so many go back again and again.

Feng was born in 1969 in Canton, China about 75 miles northwest of Hong Kong. In 1983,

when Feng was only 14, his parents decided to move the family to America. Feng’s uncle was already living in the states and was able to sponsor Feng’s family.

“Living in China was tough,” said Feng, but life for the young boy was just as difficult once the family arrived in the states. Feng knew no English before coming to America, making the transition hard. He also arrived as a teenager, which added t o the complication of being in a new country.

“Being 14 is an awkward age in life and it is an awkward age to move to another country, where you don’t know the language,” Feng said. When his family arrived in the states, they settled in Chinatown in New York City. His parents enrolled him into a bilingual school but it was difficult because he would go to school and speak English, but hang out with other kids from Chinatown and speak Chinese.

In 1999, when Feng was 30, he decided that NYC was too fast paced for him and decided to move to Albany. He chose the capital because it was less hectic and slower paced, but still close enough to home where he could go and visit his parents.

Once in Albany, Feng worked in a number of Asian cuisine restaurants and even temporarily

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Kevin Feng takes a lot of priide in his work and how he serves his customers.

worked for the Postal Service.

He found Ruby after eating there one night, and the owners, whom he knew prior, asked him if he would be interested in working at the restaurant. Feng said yes and has been there for three years now.

“Kevin is a fantastic waiter.

“Kevin is a fantastic waiter. He does his job with a lot of class and he is certainly very enjoyable to be around” Blaise Bryant He does his job with a lot of class and he is certainly very enjoyable to be around. What makes him stand out is how his classiness is part of him, as opposed to many other waiters who it’s somewhat of an act,” said Blaise Bryant, a recent graduate of Saint Rose and a frequent customer at Ruby.

Another student of Saint Rose who was celebrating at Ruby, knows first hand the effort that Feng puts into his work. On her 21st birthday, Rachel Bolton, a senior, was enjoying a celebratory sake and when she was getting ready to leave, Feng checked on her and made sure someone was taking her home. The two knew each other prior to Bolton’s birthday, and he always asks how she and her friends are doing and makes sure they have done all of their schoolwork.

“Kevin is very kind-hearted and knows how to connect with people while he serves food. He is one of the reasons Ruby is such a good restaurant,” Bolton said.

When he is not working at Ruby, Feng devotes his time to his two-year-old Jack Rus-

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Feng enjoys taking long walks with his dog, Jackie. sell, Jackie. He likes to take her down to Washington Park to get all of her energy out. Once at the park and away from traffic, Feng lets Jackie off her leash to roam free, chase squirrels, and explore.

Jackie is well trained and with just a simple call of her name, the little spitfire of a pooch is back at Feng’s feet.

Most of the people in the park know Jackie by name. She usually runs ahead of Feng but periodically looks back to make sure he is still in her sight. The two are like friends. They keep each other company and Jackie definitely makes Feng laugh and occasionally yell.

When he is not at the restaurant or taking a stroll with Jackie, Feng enjoys baking. His favorite thing to make is a chocolate soufflé, a flourless cake. He once tried

one at a restaurant and enjoyed it.

When he went home he looked up how to make the dessert, made some modifications to suit his taste buds, and his signature soufflé was born. He also enjoys making classic NYC Cheesecake and other desserts. If a spot opened up near the Saint Rose campus Feng would like to try to get a spot selling scones and other sweets. He chuckled at the idea of “Kevin’s Confectionaries.”

Feng doesn't know how much longer he will stay at Ruby. Despite how much he loves his job, it is very physically demanding.

He said he would stay at least one more year, but after that he is not sure.

“I like my job and being around the students because it makes me feel young again,” he said.

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and on his own around 10 a.m.

Wednesday. University at Albany Police now have the video for the purpose of investigating Trapatsos’s whereabouts.

The roommate told The Chronicle via email that Trapatsos was in the room all the time and stopped showing up to his classes.

“I do not even think I saw him go to the dining hall in the last week,” said the roommate. The roommate also said Trapatsos was withdrawn, and not involved on campus.

Saturday evening, the campus community gathered for a prayer service for Trapatsos and his family. “At times like these, our Saint Rose value of community, that intangible feeling of caring and support that permeates Saint Rose life, is what makes our College special. Please keep Connor and his family in your thoughts,” said an email from Dennis McDonald, vice president of Student Affairs at Saint Rose.

President Stefanco also added similar remarks about the campus community coming together since Trapatsos’s disappearance.

In an email to the campus com-

munity Sunday afternoon she had no updates to report. She did, however mention in the email how she is “heartened by the strength of the Saint Rose community.” Stefanco also attended the prayer service on Saturday evening. “In addition to many current students and others who gathered, we were joined by a large number of Sisters of Saint Joseph, many of them trustees of the College. Their presence was especially meaningful, because it reminds us of our founding values, and of the larger religious community that will always support us,” said Stefanco. She also

mentioned how every student is a part of the Saint Rose family.

“In one day, I witnessed the Saint Rose difference. I know that we are stronger together than we are alone,” said Stefanco in an email to the campus community.

Trapatsos is wearing a white T-shirt, a black hooded sweatshirt with the words “Pilot 21” on the back, blue shorts, blue Nike running shoes and carrying a darkcolored backpack. According to an email sent by Steve Stella late Saturday afternoon, Trapatsos also left his prescription medication behind in his room and may require medical attention.

He may be walking west on Route 5 or Route 20 toward Rochester, NY. There is a New York State Missing College Student Notification issued to law enforcement and hospitals about Trapatsos, as well as NY-Alert emails and roadside messaging to notify the general public.

If anyone has information about Trapatsos’s whereabouts, or tips that can help the investigation please contact New York State University Police Department at 518-442-3131, University at Albany Police at 518-4423103 or Saint Rose Security at 518-454-5187.

Mary Lambert RocksThe College of Saint Rose

By Katie Klimacek Opinion Editor On Friday, Oct. 17, Saint Rose’s Picotte Recital Hall was bustling with anxious fans awaiting a show from Howie Day and Mary Lambert. The concert was one presented by the Massry Center for the Arts, orchestrated by Sal Prizio.

The show began with artist Howie Day. He came out to a rousing bout of applause from the audience. Playing about seven songs lasting about an hour, Day’s performance was high energy. His performance included looping, play back, and beats, which made his songs sound like there was a full band playing with him, despite being the only one on stage. He was greeted with applause after every song.

During his set he played two new songs that have not yet been released to the public. Before playing one new song, “Tree Tops,” Day said, “ I hope I remember the lyrics and tempo.”

For what was believed to be his last song, Day played his wellknown 2004 single, “Collide.”

He started off with saying that it was a new song, but once he played the first few chords there were gasps of excitement from

the audience. He ended up playing one more song after, saying that he thought it was too ironic and obvious to end with “Collide.” Regardless, judging by its reaction, the audience loved it.

After his set was over, there was a 15-minute intermission.

By then the auditorium was completely filled with fans of all ages waiting for Mary Lambert to make her Saint Rose appearance.

When the stage door opened up, the crowd erupted into a boisterous applause. “You are making me blush,” Lambert said when she sat down at her computer after the minute-long applause.

She instantly connected with the audience saying, “You are all beautiful, are you guys ready to cry? Ready to hear about body image?”

The first song that she performed, “When You Sleep,” was off of her new album, Heart on My Sleeve, which was released last Tuesday. After the song the audience once again erupted into applause. Lambert was humbled by the reaction that her fans gave her.

“I have to talk about an uncomfortable thing,” she said before starting her next song. “I am going to take you on an emotional roller coaster.” Lambert, who is clinically bipolar and openly talks

about it, uses that as inspiration to write and perform her songs. One song she performed, “Born Sad,” has never been released before.

She talked about how she grew up as a “sad child” due to her experiences with bipolar and being abused as a child.

“It was just about everything I wanted to say. This song isn’t on record. I imagine it might be on one in the future, but it means so much to me. I think it really communicates to everyone as to what it is like to have that struggle.”

At the beginning of her set Lambert said she was going to make everyone cry. She did exactly that when she performed “Body Love.” The song was her first spoken piece that she wrote.

Before she started she talked about how she got to this song and why she decides to write.

“If we keep on perpetrating this idea of unattainable beauty, we are constantly going to feel less. So I want you to know that you are worthy and deserving of love.”

The crowd gave Lambert a standing ovation after the song, which was accompanied by sniffles from the audience. Inbetween each of her songs she interacted with the audience, talking about the inspiration for her songs and what led her to writing

about it.

She expressed how she wants to always connect with everyone and based upon the feedback from the audience, she was able to connect with people on some level that not all artists are able to. One of her band members and best friend, Tim Mendonsa, knows first hand how Lambert is able to connect with people.

“She is pretty genuine with everything. What she portrays and talks about, she means.”

Tim Mendonsa After working with her in a restaurant the two clicked very quickly on an emotional level.

When she started her music career and needed band members, Lambert asked her best friend if he wanted to be in her band.

On whether Lambert is any different from her personality on stage, Mendonsa replied “Not even a little bit. She is pretty

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genuine with everything. What she portrays and talks about, she means.”

It is clear that she put a lot of emotion into her performance and songs. The way that she was able to reach out into the audience and trigger something in all of them is something that not every artist is able to do. Carly Weller, a sophomore at the College, experienced first hand Lambert’s ability to connect.

“It was like she was having a conversation with you even though it was a full house,” said Weller. Weller, who only knew a few songs before going to see the show, enjoyed the connection that Lambert was able to have with her audience. She enjoyed Day’s performance, but felt he lacked the same connection. Nonetheless, she enjoyed his raw talent.

Weller further expressed that students should take advantage of the performances that the College offers. After seeing Todd the Wet Sprocket last year she knew that she would be coming back to see whoever was performing.

Lambert finished her set by thanking the audience for the great time she had. “Thank you for letting me talk about the things I care about and letting me be vulnerable and letting yourself be vulnerable.”

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By Vanessa Langdon

The Magin & Keegan Funeral Home on Madison Avenue has been a staple in the Pine Hills neighborhood since it opened its doors in 1956. Since that opening, the funeral home has lost both of its founders--Frederick Magin and Eugene Keegan. Two of Eugene Keegan’s sons have taken over ownership of the property after his passing in October of last year. The two are now co-owners of the business at 891 Madison.

The twin brothers, John and James Keegan, 50, are the only two full-time employees at the 24-hour funeral home. The seventh and eighth of nine children, the brothers said their father never tried to force his children into following his footsteps into the funeral business. “He didn’t discourage or encourage us. In this business, time’s not your own, so it’s a difficult family life,” said John Keegan.

He never planned on entering

into the funeral home business, he said. “When you’re young, the death care industry is a little unknown and scary.” He admitted that if given the chance, he would not do it again, because of the stress level and the hurry-up-andwait mentality of the business.

He would have gone into auto mechanics instead. He experienced that business through a high school job. “It was a job I liked. I enjoyed the camaraderie of the guys, driving the tow truck.

This business is just way too stressful.”

The stressful nature of the job was not apparent to the twins until the death of their father. “I could always count on him. Families answered to him,” said John.

“I was in the background.” Families would come in to speak with Eugene Keegan, and at times there would be eight to ten people in the funeral home. He often would complain that he couldn’t get work done because of all the people there to visit.

The death of the Keegan patriarch affected more than just the

business. “He was the boss and our father and now we don’t have that,” said James Keegan. The brothers explained that the death of an original owner results in a loss of business because community members would go to the funeral home because of their father. “He had a strong following of families,” said James Keegan.

The two are starting to define their roles in the business: John as funeral director and president, and James also as funeral director, vice president, secretary and treasurer. The two run all aspects of the business “from watering the plants to filing taxes,” said John Keegan.

Although they do not have any full-time employees, they do have professionals on standby they can call if they become too busy. One of those professionals is 64-yearold Jim Sheeran. He has lived in the Pine Hills neighborhood his entire life, and remembers going to Magin & Keegan’s Funeral Home as a child. Sheeran’s father’s funeral was at Magin & Keegan’s. That sparked the in-

John Keegan is one of the only two full-time employees at the 24hour funeral home.

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The Magin & Keegan Funeral Home on Madison Avenue has been a staple in the Pine Hills neighborhood since it opened its doors in 1956. terest in him as a 12-year-old. “I came in and said I was interested in the business, and they remembered burying my father, so then I would come in just to talk,” said Sheeran.

He went on to work full-time for the funeral home for five years until business slowed and he was laid off. Prior to his part-time return to the funeral home, Sheeran worked for the Department of State in the licensing division for 25 years.

According to Sheeran, the brothers have “their own style from their father.”

The brothers said that a huge difference has occurred in the neighborhood since their father purchased the property 58 years ago.

“You don’t want to open a funeral home across the street from another funeral home. This place was available and across from a church. It was a perfect spot at the time,” said John Keegan. Since the purchase, the brothers have had to deal with what they deem a student ghetto. “With no families around, there are no funerals.”

The pair tries to maintain an edge on other funeral homes in the

area by avoiding price increases.

The funeral home has not raised its prices in the past four years, despite an average price increase of 4 percent on all aspects of the funeral business because of rising oil prices.

The brothers absorb the increase in expenses by taking less money in salary every year. They also rent out the space above the second floor of the 891 property to offset the cost of taxes. According to Albany tax records the property was assessed at $292,000 in 2014. The property was turned over to the brothers in March of 2013 following their father’s death--the business was left to them, but they had to buy the property from their late father’s estate.

The strain of owning and operating a small family business is made even more challenging because of other responsibilities the brothers have taken on.

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work hours rarely overlap unless calling hours are scheduled, in which case he can usually get a co-worker to cover for him.

When something traumatic happens and John has to leave, all the funeral home duties fall to James. The recent quadruple homicide in Guilderland resulted in him being out of the funeral home for two and a half days.

The experiences gained as coroner translate into the funeral business, John said, because it “makes me more sympathetic with some of the death scenes I’ve come across. The reality and finality of death is more acute after being at a traffic or homicide scene.”

The two have to be very flexible, not just with each other, but also in every aspect of their lives. The death care business is 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They each have two cell phones and two beepers. While John is an avid fisher, “whether it be Striper fishing on the Hudson River, King Salmon fishing on Lake Ontario or ice fishing on Warner Lake,” and James likes to do renovations on his home, they have to be prepared to drop everything and go at a moment’s notice. “We’ve left parties, movies, dinner. In a service-oriented business, holidays mean nothing.

There will always be a Keegan available,” said James Keegan.

In the 28 years that John Keegan has been working in the funeral home he has never taken a sick day. “You don’t cancel funerals. No matter the weather, you don’t cancel a funeral.”

The biggest difference that the two have seen throughout their time working alongside their father, and more recently running the business themselves, is the increase in the number of women in the death care industry. “They’re natural nurturers. Women are

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much better at consoling. It’s just the men versus women societal views,” said the funeral home’s president. Cremation has increased in popularity as well; the brothers say it has doubled in the past few years due to the affordability. The funeral home does arrange cremations.

The service-oriented business is largely a rush for three days and then there is a lull until another call may come in. “You work really hard, really fast,” said John Keegan. That ‘lull’ is a time for the pair to get maintenance done, and “there’s always paperwork.

We never run out of things to do.”

The funeral home has approximately 75 to 100 funerals a year, breaking down to eight to ten a month or one to two a week.

There is an increase in the funerals during the months of January and February.

It’s “very depressing, very cold, and the elderly kind of let go. There’s nothing to look forward to, after watching their family in the first day of school, Thanksgiving, and then Christmas,” said John Keegan.

The brothers hope to continue the business as long as they can.

“It’s getting tougher and tougher.

There used to be hundreds and hundreds of families, and typically families will stay with funeral homes in their neighborhood,” said John Keegan.

While the brothers both did say they would not go into the business again if they could go back, they agreed that it is a rewarding, although mentally exhausting job. “I like the look in someone’s eyes when they say thank you at the end of the service,” said John Keegan.

The two explained that there is a lifelong dedication to the funeral home profession. “Once it’s in your blood it stays in your blood.

You always come back. I don’t know anyone who retired. They work until they can’t anymore.”

By Rachel Salasky Contributing Writer Senior catcher for The College of Saint Rose softball team, 21-year-old Alexis Williams does more than the average studentathlete is asked to do.

The Ohio native is a clinical psychology major and hopes to become a college softball coach.

Before she gets there she has done everything to stay busy.

Playing softball in college as well as attempting to keep up with school is already a full time job, but Williams has managed to add a curveball in her everyday routine. She works three days a week as a waitress at a new restaurant in town.

Two miles from campus, Williams waits tables at City Line Bar and Grill off Western Ave across from UAlbany. Officially opened Sep. 2014, owner Ryan Jankow employed Williams just at the end of August and she began her 18 hours of training immediately.

Williams said her favorite thing about waitressing is being able to “talk to different people, something new everyday.” Prior to her employment at City Line Bar and Grill she was waiting tables at Juniors on Madison Ave., two blocks from campus.

She waited tables every day dur-

ing the summer, making only tips and a percentage of sales. Once school began she needed a more flexible job because of her very demanding softball schedule, and City Line offered her that.

Williams works to help her parents pay for her off-campus apartment, where she lives with teammate Gracie Trudeau and former teammate Ashley Frazier.

Trudeau looks up to Williams as a teammate.

“Alexis gives her all on the field every day, and inspires others on the team to work just as hard. She never settles and is always finding new ways to improve her game. She’s a natural leader on the team through her work ethic,” says Trudeau.

After her rent is paid, the rest of her money goes towards gas, because she does drive her car to work and the softball field. Anything left over becomes some extra money to spend while in college.

Since working at City Line, Williams has picked up more shifts than she originally had at Juniors, and she is making more money too- she earns five dollars an hour plus tips. A few weeks ago she actually received a $50 tip, her best yet.

Williams works Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday nights at City Line and continues to man-

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Alexis Williams, seen waiting tables at the newly opened City Line Bar and Grill.

age her schoolwork and train with the softball team. Her response to how she does it all wasn’t a surprise- intense time management.

“I have to make sure I get all my work done while working and doing softball,” Williams said.

Not only does she manage her time wisely for school, softball, and work, she is able to go to the gym every other day on the Saint Rose campus. She has to continue to work out to stay in shape for softball.

Williams has had some challenges at work; on her second shift she had multiple tables filled in her section at once. There was a couple that wasn’t happy with the attention they received from Williams and they left without leaving a tip. However, they did leave a nasty review on Williams’s service, something her boss wasn’t too happy about. She said that she works hard to make sure it doesn’t happen again.

With all the stress of waitressing, Williams manages to stay positive. Sometimes Williams “gets giddy” during her shift, said Monika Hotchkiss, one of her coworkers. When it gets busy, she still manages to “keep consistent,” Hotchkiss said.

When Williams isn’t working she enjoys reading Harry Potter and going to the field to get extra throwing practice with a few of her teammates. She is also planning what she wants to do after graduation. She visited Boston over the summer with her roommate and fell in love with the city. She either wants to attend grad school there or back home in Ohio.

She plans to study athletic administration and use that to continue her dreams of one day becoming a college softball coach.

Her love for the game showed while she talked about her time on the field. Williams said it is the “one place I cannot worry about anything else.”

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Photos by Chris Alvarado and Chris Lovell

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In total five Saint Rose groups performed at MidKnight Madness: the Saint Rose cheerleaders, the GK Dance Club, The ALANA Steppers, Knightz in Motion, and Groove Phi Groove.

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Carly Weller and Meghan Mallon, carving a pumpkin with dining hall utensils at Harvest Fest.

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Mary Lambert performing at the Massry recital hall on Friday, Oct. 17.

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Fear gave quite the dancing performance of his own at MidKnight Madness.

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CJ Joseph and Myles Clendenin, pausing to pose during MidKnight Madness.

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Top of the Week For Oct. 13 - 18 Movies at the Box Office

T.V. Shows

1. Gone Girl (26.4M) 2. Dracula Untold (23.5M) 3. Alexander and the Terrible...(18.4M) 4. Annabelle (15.9M) 5. The Judge (13.1M) 6. The Equalizer (9.7M) 7. Addicted (7.5M) 8. The Maze Runner (7.5M) 9. The Boxtolls (6.6M) 10. Left Behind (2.8M)

1. NBC Sunday Night Football 2. NCIS 3. Big Bang Theory Special 4. The Big Bang Theory 5. NCIS: New Orleans 6. Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick 7. CBS Thursday Night Kick-Off 8. How to Get Away With Murder 9. Scorpion 10. Dancing With The Stars

*Source: RottenTomatoes.com

*Source: Nielsen.com

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Music

Fiction: 1. Deadline (John Sandford) 2. Burn (James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge) 3. Edge of Eternity (Ken Follett) 4. Lila (Marilynne Robinson) 5. Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good (Jan Karon)

Albums: 1. Old Boots, New Dirt (Jason Aldean) 2. Hozier (Hozier) 3. It’s About Us (Alex & Sierra) 4. Kauai (Childish Gambino) 5. Everything Will Be Alright... (Weezer) Songs: 1. All About That Bass (Meghan Trainor) 2. Shake It Off (Taylor Swift) 3. Black Widow (Iggy Azalea/ Rita Ora) 4. Habits (Tove Lo) 5. Bang Bang (Jessie J, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj)

Non-Fiction: 1. Killing Patton (Bill O’Reilly) 2. Not that Kind Of Girl (Lena Dunham) 3. Being Mortal (Atul Gawanade) 4. The Innovators (Walter Isaacson) 5. Stop the Coming Civil War (Michael Savage) *Source: New York Times Best Sellers

*Source: Billboard.com

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By VICTORIA ADDISON Sports Editor and Alex PeChA Arts Editor If there is one thing you can take from the newest South Park episode, “Handicar,” it is that Matt Stone and Trey Parker do not like taxi services. The new episode starts out the gate sprinting by immediately taking pot-shots at hummer with their caricature of your typical hummer sales-person. However, the episode quickly introduces its primary focus, the Handicar.

It turns out that Timmy is trying to raise money for the handicapped kid’s summer camp, and has decided to do so by driving people around in luxury with his drivable wheelchair and a metal wagon. This irks the local cab companies as well as Nathan who does not want to return to summer camp since the last time he went he was raped by a lake shark.

Nathan, as well as his supposedly idiotic sidekick, Mimsy, quickly try to shut down Timmy’s Handicar service. Nathan’s first plan is to provoke the local cab

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companies into action against Timmy. However the cabbies plan involves breaking Timmy’s legs while he sleeps, for the uninitiated Timmy’s legs already do not work as he needs a wheelchair to get around.

“It’s hard not to laugh when Nathan slaps his partner in crime and exclaims “Shut up Mimsyyy!”

Nathan, frustrated with the cabbies idiocy, moves onto his next plan. He decides to convince Timmy to let him partake in the Handicar business, reasoning to Timmy that the demand for his services has to exhaust Timmy.

Timmy agrees and lets Nathan run the Handicar, however it turns out that Nathan’s plan was to sexually harass one of Timmy’s customers, therefor ruining his repuADVERTISEMENT

tation. This does not work like Nathan intends however as when he comes on to a female customer the woman turns out to be a transvestite who then proceeds to rape Nathan in a bathroom.

Not only did Nathan’s plan get him raped, but it also resulted in Timmy allowing hundreds of South Park residents to take part in the Handicar movement, leading to the town being filled to the brim with them.

After Elon Musk, The CEO of Tesla Cars, is questioned at a press conference about Handicar he then turns to Nathan and Mimsy for an answer as to what to do about Handicar. Nathan suggests that to prove the quality of Tesla cars they should race Timmy’s Handicar. Timmy agrees to this.

However, once the race is announced CNN breaks the news that other people plan to partake in this race, including an angry Russian cabbie, a Zipcar driven

by Matthew McConaughey, a Hummer, a Lyft car, Elon Musk in a Tesla D, a Canadian Car I’m not allowed to describe in detail, a fully automated Japanese car, Dick Dasterdly from Wacky Races, and finally Timmy’s Handicar.

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Matthew McConaughey was a focus of attention, specifically in reference to his recent advertisement with Lincoln Motors.

CNN says that the appearance of all these racers signals the return of Wacky Races, to which the general population quickly starts panicking and buys all of the cereal and milk in the stores.

During the race the Tesla D takes the lead rather easily however Nathan tells Elon to slow down so that Timmy can take the passenger they need to pick up just so the other racers can steal the passenger from Timmy. In a flurry of action many of the racers are eliminated due to crashes and sabotage, leaving only Handicar, Tesla, Dasterdly, and the Zipcar driven by McConaughey.

Timmy’s Handicar is in possession of the passenger, despite Nathan’s planning. The Tesla tries to catch up to the Handicar, but in a surprise attack the South Park Handicar members overtake and turn over the Tesla vehicle. Nathan and Mimsy somehow steal Dasterdly’s car and set off a bomb that is supposedly planted in Timmy’s car. However the bomb goes off in McConaughey’s car, destroying the zipcar and pulling McConaughey into a wormhole.

Nathan blames Mimsey who says that he put it in the car of “the *****bag that everyone likes for some reason.” Handicar then wins the race.

With Timmy’s success he man-

aged to raise 2.3 billion dollars for the Summer Camp, the counselors of which state it will be “The best summer camp ever.”

Back at his house Nathan tries to talk to his mom about not going to summer camp this year, however his mom says that Nathan is “too retarded” for her to understand what he is saying. However she tells her husband she understood him perfectly, but states that "she'll be damned if he's going to ruin their Italy trip."

There are other jokes and references in the episode that are not covered in this article. You can check out the full episode for free on SouthParkStudios.com.

Alex’s Opinion Dear South Park, all is forgiven. The last two episodes have been heaping cups of “meh”, so much so that I think I may have been a little too kind to them in previous articles. However this episode more than makes up for the last two.

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laughing the whole time.

I was particularly glad to see Nathan and Mimsy back; it’s hard not to laugh when Nathan slaps his partner in crime and exclaims “Shut up Mimsyyy!” These two are some of the more underused characters in the South Park universe in my opinion. However it may be their underuse that gives them so much charm, either way it was great to see them again.

Of special interest to me in this episode was where the oldlady passenger in the Wacky Race part of the episode was forced to watch Jimmy Fallon, despite her protests. As a Saint Rose student I can certainly relate to having Jimmy Fallon continuously shoved into my face even when I don’t really want to hear about him.

All in all Handicar is jam packed with references, jokes and insults and makes for an amazing South Park episode easily on par with Go Fund Yourself or even some of their more infamous episodes. Do yourself a favor and check out Handicar if you have

the chance.

By Johan Hernandez Staff Writer

Score: 4.5/5

Victoria’s Opinion After two highly disappointing episodes, “Handicar” was exactly what South Park fans needed. Between Timmy yelling his name every five minutes and the appearance of Nathan and Mimsy, the episode kept me laughing the entire time. Not to mention, South Park was spot on in portraying Matthew McConaughey, which made the episode all the better.

I also was pleased that Stone and Parker chose to limit the references from the previous episodes, although the ten second appearance of Randy singing to himself was completely necessary in my opinion. Overall, “Handicar” was not only a great episode, but also a way for South Park to redeem themselves after the past two episodes. While “Go Fund Yourself” is still my favorite thus far, “Handicar” is a very close second.

Score: 4/5

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Elon Musk and his recent release of the Tesla Model D drew the attention of Matt Stone and Trey Parker.

This is the time of year that TV channels push out as many shows as possible to rank in the ratings.

Although some may not make the cut to television, there are a few that do, and one of those shows that did make the cut this season was CW’s The Flash.

The Flash is yet another in a line of superhero TV shows that have become something of a fad in recent years. It all started back when The CW was The WB, in 2001. The WB aired Smallville, the coming-of-age story of everyone’s favorite man in red and blue, Superman. The series revolved around a young Clark Kent and how he eventually became the Caped Crusader. It lasted ten seasons, with a season finale that ended with the classic Superman move, ripping his shirt off revealing the iconic ‘S’ as he goes off to save those in peril. Not long after the finale of Smallville came Arrow, a spin-off series that focuses on The Green Arrow, which is currently in its third season.

And that brings us to The Flash. This series focuses on the Barry Allen incarnation of the fastest man alive. In the show, set in fictional Central City, his tragic backstory is seeing his mother being murdered by a mysterious man in yellow lightning, but his father is blamed for his death since no one believes his story.

With his father in jail, Barry is raised by Joe West, a police officer working for the city police, and years later Barry becomes a forensic scientist working for the same precinct as Joe. Barry is in love with Joe’s daughter, Iris, whom he grew up with. But as with any childhood friend cliché, she only sees him as a best friend and a brother.

Barry comes into his powers one night, during an accident brought upon by a particle accelerator exploding from a nearby

demonstration. The explosion sends out a wave of energy, striking him with lightning, which grants him superhuman speed and reflexes. It is later revealed that the wave of energy also struck numerous other people in Central City, granting them abilities and making them meta-humans, much like Barry. He later decides to don the iconic red suit in order to make the city a better place; again, much like every other superhero movie and show.

In the two episodes that have aired, Barry has taken on villains that have been shown in the comic. One was a man with the ability to manipulate the weather to his favor; originally thought to be the villain Typhoon, but there was no reference to the name, leaving it ambiguous.

And he’s also taken on Multiplex, a former scientist with the ability to replicate himself exponentially. My guess is the show will most likely have a new metahuman antagonist every episode that are references to the comic’s villains.

Frankly, I was hesitant to watch the show because although I haven’t read the comics, the Flash has been a character I’ve enjoyed since I watched Justice League and Justice League: Unlimited

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Tom Cavanagh, who plays physicist Harrison Wells in The Flash. when I was younger. Those had the Wally West incarnation of the Flash, who was the main source of comedic relief for the team. I think because that’s the only exposure I’ve had to the Flash, I expected something similar to it, and didn’t really expect the alter ego cliché of the mild-mannered average Joe who’s harboring a some sort of secret.

And while having a physicist from the future with some secret ulterior motive is an interesting addition, it doesn’t really stand out for me as much as it should.

Superhero shows like this all seem to bleed together and culminate into one mass, with not much to differentiate them. It may be the fact that they run for too long by focusing too much on fleshing it out for it to be any good.

But who knows? Since it’s just the start of the series, I could be proven wrong and it could be as big as Smallville. But since there haven’t been any superhero shows that big and impressive since Heroes, I’m not holding my breath.

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David Fincher’s Gone Girl

By Alex Wheeler Features Editor and Joseph Conway Contributing Writer Is a film made to entertain or to win awards? Does it happen to be entertaining and also award worthy? Alexander Wheeler and Joseph Conway are here to answer those questions in this week’s edition of “Award Great or Award Bait” Being the first film featured here, Gone Girl has a lot of good things running in its favor as the first film featured in “Award Great or Award Bait.”

Gone Girl was released nationwide on October 3, 2014 and stars Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike, directed by David Fincher (Se7en, The Social Network, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) and was penned by Gillian Flynn.

We were fortunate enough to

catch the highly acclaimed film, which has 88 percent “Fresh” rating on RottenTomatoes, on its second weekend, and the theater was still packed.

Alexander’s Opinion: Being a huge fan of David Fincher and his films, Gone Girl was undoubtedly already a winner in my opinion – but I couldn’t have guessed I would’ve had such an intense and guttural reaction to this film.

Much like Fincher’s Dragon Tattoo, Gone Girl is an utterly engaging and extremely gutwrenching experience. Tense, stylish, and shot to perfection by cinematographer Jeff Cronenweth, Gone Girl is Fincher at his best.

Joseph’s Opinion: David Fincher’s Gone Girl is a mysterious thriller that engages its audience from beginning to end. Although Ben Affleck’s character is an interesting and

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Ben Affleck has been receiving a great deal of attention for his portrayal of Nick Dunne.

an enjoyable character to watch, the breakout star of the film (who truly has a chance at Oscar Glory) is Rosamund Pike, with her portrayal of Anna Dunne. In order to avoid spoilers, let’s just say that her character is explosive and mesmerizing. Due to Rosamund Pike’s performance, this movie moves from good to great.

The plot of the film is not a typical Oscar-winning film, as lately it has seemed that historical films are most likely to win Oscars.

Films like Lincoln, The Help, and 12 Years a Slave have been very successful, but this does not mean that Gone Girl does not have a chance.

When we look back into Oscar history, we see that movies such as The Silence of the Lambs, The Departed, and No Country for Old Men have won Best Picture at the Academy Awards.

This goes to show that a movie without a significant message or some historical significance can win Best Picture as long as it is a great film.

Gone Girl fits these criteria because it does not truly have any message that will improve society, and it is not based on a great historical moment, but it is an extremely enjoyable film that makes audience members tightly grip the arms of their seat and wish the film wasn’t over as quickly as it seems.

Highlights: Rosamund Pike’s performance is sure to be one to compete with this year in the award circuit. She has entered the race early and with a slam dunk performance that will be sure to stay on a lot of voter’s minds.

Fincher’s slick and smooth direction is so heavily apparent throughout the picture that it would be hard to see him not listed among the year’s top directors.

Flynn’s screenplay is perfec-

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The cast of Gone Girl, at the film’s premier in New York earlier this year. tion, unsurprising considering she penned the novel that the film is based on as well. A nod and possibly a win for Adapted Screenplay wouldn’t be out of the question.

Alexander’s Nominations: Best Picture, Actress, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing.

Joseph’s Nominations: Best Picture, Actress, Adapted Screenplay.

Our dark horse pick: Ben Affleck for Best Actor. As you will see in the coming weeks, Lead Actor will be a tough race to get into this year, but that still

doesn’t take away from Ben Affleck’s stellar performance in Gone Girl. Subtle, quiet and a strong onscreen presence, Affleck carries a lot of the film squarely on his shoulders and proves to audiences around the world that he is still in Hollywood for many reasons other than his directorial skills. If the awards circuit favors Gone Girl, be on the lookout for Affleck’s name somewhere in big shining lights.

Together, we’re pleased to award Gone Girl with the title of Award Great. If you haven’t done so, run out and see this mesmerizing film, and be prepared to talk about it for hours after the final credits roll.

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Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl (left), and Rosamund Pike, who plays Amy Dunne in the film (right).

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Ebola: Why You Should Stop Freaking Out About it

By Ryan Geever Staff Writer Many people are in uproar over the Ebola virus, and frankly, most of it is uncalled for. Yes, it is fact that there have been people who have died from Ebola. Yes, there are cases of Ebola in America.

Now that we have those facts out of the way, let me tell you some reasons why Ebola isn’t going to end the world as we know it.

Ebola is Extremely Hard to Catch!

To contract the Ebola virus, fluids from an infected patient have to enter your body via a cut or one of your orifices. If you wanted to, you could literally douse your hands in infected blood and— provided you didn’t have a cut and you washed properly afterward—still not get Ebola.

You might be saying to yourself, “But what about the common fluids, the sort we share on a daily basis like saliva and sweat?”

Well, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), the live virus has never been isolated from sweat, so no, your bodies aren’t going to be spreading Eb-

ola anytime soon via your perspiration.

As for saliva, it only becomes a problem in the most dangerous stages of the virus, meaning you’d have to be French-kissing a terminally ill patient to even begin to stand a chance of catching it from saliva. And no, bloodsucking insects like mosquitoes do not carry the virus from one human to another.

Ebola is not Airborne!

Well, okay, it’s possible for it to mutate and become airborne, but only in the same way that it’s technically possible for Kanye West to become the 45th president. While Ebola theoretically could evolve to take to the air, it would have to go against everything we know about virus transmission to do so. According to the WHO, there is literally no evidence that in any way documents airborne Ebola (not even the 1989 Ebola mutation discovered in Reston, Virginia). No virus in history has changed its method of transmission so drastically. Even super-fast mutating viruses like HIV and flu have never switched

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One of the treatment wards in Africa used to keep those infected with Ebola separated from the public.

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delivery method, and Ebola is like a sleeping sloth compared to those two.

And what about the possibility of Ebola being spread by coughs and sneezes, flu-style?

Again, it’s extremely unlikely.

As Scientific American pointed out, Ebola doesn’t replicate in sufficiently large quantities in the lungs and throat to make infection via sneeze a possibility. The virus also doesn’t give its victims cold-like symptoms.

There’s a Small Number of Actual Cases of Ebola!

Who of us here remember swine flu? In 2009, we were convinced that a flu outbreak was going to annihilate all life on Earth. We barely noticed as it first spread across the globe, yet the virus still managed to infect over 60 million people in the US alone. If the States could shrug off nearly one-fifth of its population coming down with the last media panic, how many people must Ebola have already infected to cause such a storm this time?

8,000... worldwide. While that’s clearly 8,000 too many and horrible for all concerned, it does show how phenomenally slow and limited Ebola’s spread is.

Only a single infection has been reported in Spain and Senegal each, with no deaths. Even in the States, where Ebola has already claimed a life, the total number of infected people (at time of writing) stands at three.

For comparison, on average, the bubonic plague infects seven Americans annually. Yet, as of 2014, we’re still to experience a repeat of the Black Death pandemic that devastated Europe.

It’s Been Here Since 1976!

Ebola has been a thing since the mid-seventies, and even came to America in 1989, so if this extremely deadly virus has been

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A closer look at the Ebola virus, which can only be contracted by coming into contact with the bodily fluids of the infected. here that long, shouldn’t everyone in Africa and America be diseased and long since dead by now?

The Media is Fear-Mongering You By now, you’re probably wondering why we’re hearing so much about a virus that will almost certainly burn itself out with very limited fatalities. Why are newspapers publishing stories that suggest all health and medical professionals are intentionally lying to us and the world as we know it is about to end? There are a few reasons, and one is very simple: audiences eat it up.

Look back at almost any pandemic story of the last decade, and it’s pretty clear that the media focuses almost exclusively on the negatives. During the SARS epidemic, the Daily Mail ran the headline “SARS more serious than AIDS,” predicting over a billion cases. There hasn’t been a single case reported globally

since 2004. When swine flu blew up, multiple papers claimed that it could kill 120 million people.

In the UK, the effect of the panic was worse than the flu itself. By summer 2009, only 30 people had died, but the media-induced panic had nearly crashed the nation’s health services.

People simply don’t want to be reassured. If I’d named this article “Ebola Will Destroy America (And It Is All Obama’s Fault),” this would be the most read issue of this paper thus far.

Same deal with news sites: they can’t let the other guy get all the Ebola clicks, so they churn out bigger, louder, and scarier articles to pull everyone in.

After all, if they keep on scaremongering, they may be right sometime. A disease may devastate the whole Earth at some point in the future. But this Ebola epidemic won’t. And the sooner the world’s editors and reporters realize that and just settle down, the better.

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Work Hard, Not Smart

By JONAS MIlleR Contributing Writer Almost anyone who hears the name “Mike Rowe” will automatically picture him upsidedown in a dumpster, or in the midst of one of the world’s most disgusting occupations, from his role on his claim-to-fame show “Dirty Jobs.”

In the past year, Rowe has been in the news not for his dirty work, but for his criticism of America’s approach when it comes to the job market and how it is viewed.

More specifically, the way our society pushes kids into getting a college education, telling them they will never be successful without one.

“We’re lending money we don’t have, to kids who will never be able to pay it back, for jobs that no longer exist,” Rowe told Theblaze.com’s Erica Ritz.

Being a sophomore here at The College of Saint Rose who comes from a home with a single mom, I know full well that college is something that most middle class families cannot really afford. My dad helps out a lot, but without him, I would not be here. I also know that I wake up every day wondering what my future holds.

People’s first question after I tell them I’m a Communications major is almost always, “What do you want to do with that?” I usually answer with a very casual, “Graduate.” They giggle and give me an underwhelmed look, as if my answer does not satisfy the social expectations they are supposed to.

In reality, how am I supposed to know what I want to do three years from now? I have no way of knowing what the job market is going to be like when I graduate, proving Rowe’s theory to be true.

Society throws teenagers into college and says, “Here, learn all of this so you can become [insert ideal and perfect job] four years from now.” The notion that kids can plan out their entire future at the age of 18 is just unrealistic.

In the same article, Rowe talked about a poster he saw in high

school that read, “work smart, not hard,” depicting the student who worked “smart” holding a diploma, and the student who worked “hard” with a miserable look on their face, performing some sort of manual labor.

Rowe thought this was “the worst advice in the history of the world,” and I’d have to agree with him. Never in life should you do anything less than your absolute best. Even if the task is simple or below your pay grade and just boring, you work hard.

“Today, skilled trades are in

You don’t need a four-year degree to put a roof over someone’s head, or to install a toilet into the same home. demand,” Rowe said. He’s right; trade schools are on the rise, and are an essential part of our economy, as they always have been.

Picture the world without welders, or carpenters, or plumbers. You don’t need a four-year degree to put a roof over someone’s head, or to install a toilet into the same home. A college degree is looked at as something you need to have to succeed in today’s day and age, and that is simply not true.

Rowe went on to say that he’s not against a college education, he’s against debt, specifically stating that he is strongly against “…promoting college at the expense of vocational training,” which is what people can truly build careers off of.

As hypocritical as it sounds coming from a current college student, I fully agree with Rowe.

It is much more practical, and certainly much less expensive, to learn a skill such as carpentry.

You can be a carpenter for the rest of your life, and you don’t have

to struggle through four years of business and philosophy classes that just don’t interest you to achieve such a career.

I highly recommend that everyone take a five-minute break from studying and go read Ritz’s entire article on her interview with Rowe. It’s a reality check, putting into perspective how overvalued a college education really is. I’m not saying it’s pointless. Obviously I see enough value in it to spend four years of my life here at Saint Rose. I’m simply saying that there are many opinions out there, such as Rowe’s, that may stray from social norms a little, but present valid points that we can all certainly learn from.

This past Wednesday, October 15, Rowe did an interview on the topic of jobs in America, stirring up further controversy. He compared a woman’s search for the perfect man, to most peoples search for the “perfect job.”

“Stop looking for the ‘right’ career, and start looking for a job.

Any job,” Rowe said. He’s right once again. People seem to have this dream in their head of finding the most ideal job right away. The job that is close to home, with good co-workers, and great pay; that’s unrealistic.

I’ve always tried to be as realistic and logical as possible when it comes to the jobs I get throughout my life. I know that there is a very good chance I’m going to end up behind a desk that I really don’t want to be behind someday, and that’s totally okay.

The best things in life are worth waiting for, or if you’re Mike Rowe, worth working for.

If you aren’t prepared to work your way to where you want to be in life, you simply aren’t ready to exist in today’s society. Sure, some people do get things handed to them, but that’s their life, not yours. There is no use thinking of what could have been, when you have the entire world in front of you, just waiting for you to decide what you’re going to do next.

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Alumni Perspective Police are People,Too

By Nathaniel Meyers Contributing Writer Recently here at Saint Rose, a special event was conducted on campus called the “Hands Up Rally.” I must admit I was not at the event, but I did speak to a friend who was there. He expressed his misgivings on what he perceived as a prominent antipolice vibe at the rally.

The conversation, along with the recent events involving Ferguson, MO and New York City, re-ignited my own feelings on law enforcement, feelings that stand in stark contrast to the mostly negative misgivings today’s public has towards police.

As a recently-graduated Criminal Justice major, the examination of social problems that ail this country, particularly those pertaining to race, have always been a prominent topic in my studies.

Why they exist, where they are concentrated, and how it affects the field of law enforcement are all topics that found their way into lectures and exams. A major problem is that there is a rising ignorance to the fact that these social issues, the roots of which took hold as long as a century or more ago, are not easily solvable.

It requires, at the least, an overhaul of people’s opinions and prejudices (a nearly impossible task), as well as the vast improvement of living conditions, employment opportunities, education, and wealth distribution and asset accumulation. These are all things that take a lot of time and resources, and human beings are rarely patient creatures. Filling the void to be blamed is often times the men and women of law enforcement.

What has happened is the dehumanizing of police. What I have noticed on both mass and social media is that police officers have been characterized as non-sentient soldiers, straight out

of a George Orwell novel. They are, in the opinion of many, programmed by the government to oppress and endanger the masses until their shift is over, when they undoubtedly return to their pods to process more training techniques in holding down the public. Any incident involving police and a minority is immediately met by accusations of racism and trigger-happy tactics, instead of an unbiased examination of the

The media often chooses to focus on video feeds of riots, violent arrests, and shootings, rather than looking at the whole picture. event.

The media often chooses to focus on video feeds of riots, violent arrests, and shootings, rather than looking at the whole picture. Facebook is filled with anti-police pages and individuals declaring a policeman’s decision as fascist and power-crazed. So it may come to some surprise as to what I am about to say next.

Policemen are just like you and me. I ask that you please hear me out, in case you’re considering reaching for the proverbial torch and pitchfork.

It is true that some in the ranks are not suitable to be policemen and are unfit to wear the uniform, and they should rightfully be weeded out. Poor policing casts doubt on the force in general, which in turn makes life even more difficult for the good officers. The citizenry, in turn, is right to call for justice in these circumstances for the betterment of the community.

But we as citizens need to find a way to accept that there is no

magic bullet for eradicating social problems in this country.

Simply calling a cop a racist for shooting a black teen who robbed a store is ignorant of the many underlying issues that led to that very moment of the trigger being pulled. Questioning the training and the moral character of an officer for firing his weapon “too much” when struggling for his life, is to hypocritically ignore the fact that, given the circumstances, we would all probably do the same thing in the fight for survival.

Just as police officers should learn to understand the community they work in, the community should be aware of the stressors of a law enforcement job, and the underlying threat to their own safety that they face every day.

At the end of the day, police officers are ordinary men and women called upon to do extraordinary things. There can be no doubt that not everyone is meant to be one.

But there is futility in every field of life. There are bad cooks, bad businessmen, and even bad professors. Yet, because of our fears of having our rights violated (and perhaps our skepticism toward those with power), the errors of a few policemen seem to outweigh the great amount of good that they do every day.

We must not let a few bad experiences with law enforcement result in hatred toward the whole field. Let it be a learning process for all involved, so that academies educate young officers to the needs of the communities they are sworn to protect, and so that those communities can better understand why policing is such a stressful and difficult job.

But most importantly, we need to remember that the vast majority of officers never want to fire their weapons, nor do they harbor hatred toward a certain race or group. They are simply trying to do their jobs to the best of their abilities, so that they can go home safely when the shift is through.

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Fear of Failure: Just as Damaging as Failure?

By CONOR SHEA Executive Editor I can vividly recall earning my first terrible grade. Beyond a few check minuses from way back when, I didn’t do terribly on school assignments until seventh grade. In Mr. Cashman’s prealgebra class I received a 60 on a quiz, because I didn’t bother to study (stupid move, I know).

I remember the crushing sense of defeat that came with the grade, and how it made me want to give up entirely on the class. That desire to give up is something that I still fight to this day; only now the fear often makes me throw in the towel before the game has begun.

I will frequently start an article for The Chronicle, and end up giving up hours later. I don’t do this because of writer’s block, but rather because of a fear that it will never be good enough for publication.

I write lengthy passionate articles about my beliefs, only to later tell myself that it’s not good enough for publication, and that it would be a waste of my audience’s time to place in front of them.

What if it doesn’t flow? What if it’s repetitive? What if this isn’t something our readers will care about? These are a few of the hundred thoughts that fill my head instead of the puns and one-liners I should be filling the article with.

Recently I’ve been challenging myself to never stop writing, and to complete the piece even if it’s terrible in my own eyes. This is the only way that I ever see my

articles published, despite them not quite reaching a standard of “perfection.”

What’s more, I often try to forget that I’m writing the piece for the readership, and instead write it for myself. For that reason a lot of my opinion articles read like a transcript of a trip to your local therapist (sorry readership).

I’ve always found that writing from the heart serves to make the process smoother and, while this makes my articles more personal, it also helps to keep the creative cogs turning.

My fear of failure is what stops me from getting the ball rolling.

In that sense my fear is worse than the actual prospect of failure. This sometimes extends beyond writing for the paper, and even bleeds into my academic career. I get into my own head and imagine worst case scenarios, create mental blocks, and think of a million reasons why I shouldn’t start the task at hand. Excuse me while I clean my apartment instead of studying for a midterm.

Over time I’ve come to realize that while my perception is that the task at hand will be impossible, usually I have the skills to tackle it. The real challenge then becomes taking the first step to attack the problem.

But I’m done letting my fear get the better of me, and I’m tired of putting articles on file until I’ve edited away their heart and soul.

My new motto? I would rather fail spectacularly than succeed moderately. Who knows, maybe I’ll even publish this one.

I often try to forget that I’m writing the piece for the readership, and instead write it for myself.

Opinion A Community of Giants

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By Jacob Barkman Staff Writer Each one of us belongs to a very distinct community: The College of Saint Rose. What exactly is this community? What makes it distinct from others?

More importantly, what does it mean to be a part of that community? What does it mean to each one of us, both individually and as a part of the whole?

In 1920, a group of sisters associated with The Sisters of Saint Joseph of Carondelet, along with Monsignor Joseph Delaney, started a Roman Catholic college for women with a liberal arts curriculum in Albany, NY. They purchased the building now known as Moran Hall at 979 Madison Avenue. In 1949, the college added a graduate school to provide master’s degrees that admitted both men and women.

The college became fully coeducational in 1969 and began offered male housing in the 1970s.

Think about those facts. This college was founded on women leadership. In the 1920s. These sisters were leaders in social justice and community service, following their profound desire for union with God and the “dear neighbor.” Within a society, both American and Catholic, that had emphasis on men, these women pushed back against adversity.

First we are founded by women, for women. Then we integrate a graduate program for men and women, a program that cultivates a society of men and women as equals. Then our full program becomes co-educational and men and women work together at all levels of the college, as equals.

Fast forward to 1991. The college starts an interfaith advisory board named the Sidney and Beatrice Albert Interfaith Lectureship Board. This board contained religious and non-religious faith leaders from around the Albany community. Their task was to further interfaith dialogue, understanding, and acceptance in the community and to focus everyone

on social action. A few years later, in 1997, the Hubbard Interfaith Sanctuary opens on campus. It opens as a space designed by students, to be a space for students to explore their own spirituality and gain appreciative knowledge of the beliefs and spirituality of the “dear neighbor.” This furthered the mission of the Sidney and Beatrice Albert board and helped the college lead the Interfaith Action in the Albany area.

Fast forward one more time to the current College of Saint Rose.

Take a look around campus.

We have opportunities to impact the world’s largest social justice issues, and some of us are taking them.

There’s still that sense of calling to social action on campus, in the all around student life. We have clubs dedicated to community service and social action, like the Knights of Service, a community service club, and Better Together, our interfaith dialogue through service club.

Clubs like Environmental Club seek to raise awareness about the need for care of the earth, our truest “dear neighbor.” Even our student government, the Student Association, places huge emphasis on service with their large events like PB & Jams, St. Baldricks Day, and Stuff the Van. Our academics follow suit, with the addition of an environmental science degree to respond to the need for government officials that understand the changing nature of the our environment.

Our generation is one bringing about the change. We have op-

portunities to impact the world’s largest social justice issues, and some of us are taking them. But the problem is, we all need to be taking them. Look at the protest that is happening in Hong Kong, look at the widespread interfaith movement, look at the environmental movement, they all have one key thing that we all need to relate to, and that’s the fact that it is our generation who are leading them. Others are doing.

And because we are a part of the College of Saint Rose community, we have a duty to ensure we take them ourselves. In following with the heritage of the college, the prophets of the Hebrew Bible all held their leaders accountable. They led people to hold all leaders of all lands accountable for their actions, and accountable for their people and the problems of their people.

So that’s what it means to be a part of the community of The College of Saint Rose. It’s a community of shakers and movers, leaders, and free thinkers. It has been that way since before the start, and will never lose that distinct niche. It’s the job of the college to put out people who hold those in charge accountable, challenge the norm, and push for social justice, and so far it has done just that.

But that means that you, having chosen this small, independent, non-denomination, liberal arts institution, have entered into that prestigious group of leaders.

You have interviewed, applied, been accepted, and chosen this distinct and special group. The worst thing to do is reject this identity.

By accepting it you become another great shaker and mover, leader, thinker, and motivator.

Empower yourself. Make campus what you want it to be, and lead it there yourself. But remember that you are part of a community of collective leadership, and in the face of adversity we will always come together for the better.

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What’s With Our Audience?

By Soleil Paz Staff Writer It has recently come to my attention that on The Chronicle’s website, the most viewed article of the semester so far is none other than features editor Alex Wheeler’s opinion piece on Maroon 5 and their controversial music video. And now, I would like to have my own say in the conversation, though not so much about how undeniably great Adam Levine is.

As a staff writer that has come out with a number of opinion pieces in a number of consecutive weeks, it is no secret that I am probably more dedicated to that section than I should be. And in the short time that I’ve worked for The Chronicle, I have seen countless opinion articles that speak out on pressing issues—off the top of my head, I remember topics such as troops in the Middle East, getting our money’s worth for our education, Ferguson, and the Ebola scare. I myself have come out with articles on feminism and the riots in Hong Kong.

The thing is, people choose to read about Maroon 5.

Don’t get me wrong- I have an insane amount of respect for our Features Editor and his article.

It just got me thinking about the kinds of things our readership looks for in the newspaper.

What first comes to my mind is that age-old concept of bread and circuses, however extreme that may sound. Give the people bread and circuses, give the people entertainment, and it will distract them from what is actually happening. After all, some bread and a circus is nicer and much more

enjoyable than, for lack of a better phrase, facing reality.

I can’t say that I was not expecting this. It is only understandable, being a college community, that we gravitate to subjects like that simply because it is easier to read about what our favorite artists are up to instead of tackling the serious business. But it says a lot about us. As a writer, I think it says a lot about my audience.

People seem to need a distraction more than a pressing news update. Entertainment has become something that is so essential to us that we spend all our time on it, occasionally shaking our heads at the latest news on Ebola, then forget about it once we return to our favorite TV shows. It is the way that we are.

It is safe to say that most writers only hope to appeal to an audience. Many of us will choose our topics carefully for that particular reason. Since the articles I write diverge from the entertainment path, I suppose my mind doesn’t think that way.

Even as I write this short little statement, I am preoccupied by all the huge issues that I believe I should be taking on, instead of this one. I see Maroon 5 and think, “Why write something so superficial when this, this, and this is happening?” And while I am admittedly a tad bit jealous of the success of Alex Wheeler’s article, I don’t think I will be altering my focus any time soon for the sake of my audience.

Reading an article is your decision. Writing it is mine.

People seem to need a distraction more than a pressing news update.

Want to write for Opinion? Contact our Opinion Editor Katie Klimacek.

Sports D19 Six Inducted into Saint Rose Hall of Fame

October 21st, 2014

By VICTORIA ADDISON Sports Editor The College of Saint Rose held their annual Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Saturday, October 19. A total of six players were inducted as part of the 2014 class.

The first inductee, Nicole LaRocque Cuoco, was a member of the women’s basketball team from 1996-2000. LaRocque Cuoco is seventh all-time in scoring history at the College, recording 1,416 points during her career.

She also holds seventh place for assists (326) and is eleventh overall in steals (184). Furthermore, she was a member of the 199900 team that set an NCAA Division II single-season record with 34 consecutive wins. LaRocque Cuoco was named the Most Valuable Player of the NCAA Northeast Regional that same year.

Tim Koubek, a member of the men’s basketball team from 19851989, was the next athlete to be inducted. Koubek is the second all-time assists leader (688), as well as one of the top-20 scorers (1,185) in the history of the basketball program. He led the team as the only captain in the 1988-89 campaign to win both the NAIA

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District 31 Championship and the National Catholic Basketball Tournament.

Koubek expressed how he was not only proud to be a new member of the Hall of Fame, but also humbled.

“I played because I had passion for the game,” he said.

“It is such a special evening. It’s just so celebratory of a great deal of hard work, commitment, selflessness, and opportunity.”

Cathy Haker “I think it just represents how great of a time I had at St. Rose and how much St. Rose helped develop me as an individual at a personal, academic, and an athletic level.”

The third inductee, Gus Terry, was a member of the men’s baseball team from 1998 to 2001.

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The 2014 College of St. Rose Athletics Hall of Fame class; David Benyo, Tim Koubek, Gus Terry, Kylee Litchfield, Nicole LaRocque Cuoco, and Daniel P. Nolan.

Terry helped lead the team to the NCAA Divison II World Series in 2000, in which he earned NCAA Northeast Regional MVP honors.

Terry stands as third all-time in strikeouts (277) and also holds the ninth-best winning percentage (24-11; .686) in the history of the program.

“It’s a great honor, and I am glad that everyone that came was able to support St. Rose and the athletics department,” Terry said.

“It really is a great honor.”

Laurie Darling Gutheil, head coach of the women’s soccer team, introduced the fourth inductee, Kylee Litchfield. As a member of the team from 2003 to 2006, Litchfield earned the Northeast-10 Conference title of Co-Defender of the Year as a senior and was also a member of the team that set a school record with 17 wins in 2006. During her four years at St. Rose, Litchfield was a part of three NCAA Tournament teams.

Despite her many successes at St. Rose, Litchfield mentioned that she feels as though she did not deserve the honor, especially after watching the women’s matchup against Merrimack earlier that day.

“I don’t think I am in any position to give the players advice,” she said, “I watched them play today and I could have learned a thing or two from them.”

Coach Gutheil added on the experience, “It is such a special evening. It’s so powerful because you are able to recognize and celebrate the players that have contributed to the success of our program.”

The next inductee, Daniel P. Nolan, was not an athlete at St. Rose, but rather the former Chairman of the Board of Trustees, a position that he held for 10 years.

During his tenure as chairman, the Plumeri Sports Complex was completed and the Events and Athletics Center underwent renovations. Nolan is not only an active member of the St. Rose community, but also an avid fan of the Golden Knights sports teams.

David Benyo was the last member to be conducted. A former teammate of fellow inductee Terry, Benyo was a player on the baseball team from 1998 to 2001.

Benyo helped lead the team to the NCAA Divison II World Series in 2000 and was also seleceted to the NCAA Northeast Regional All-Tournament Team in the same year. Upon graduation, he led the school in hits (225) and games played (190). He was also tied for second in all-time doubles (43) and home runs (41).

The College’s Athletic Director, Cathy Haker, expressed her appreciation for the ceremony and also how special the experience was for those in attendance.

“It is such a special evening.

It’s just so celebratory of a great deal of hard work, commitment, selflessness, and opportunity,” she said. “These players had an

opportunity to excel because of what we do here at St. Rose, and are great examples of what the coaching staff tries to instill in our student athletes, to work hard and be the best and do the right thing.”

As for the current Golden Knights in attendance, the evening was very inspirational.

“It is nice to see how great the alumni did before us. It is inspiring and it makes us want to play better for them,” said senior soccer player Emily Benjamin.

And for the current players, now-Hall of Fame member Koubek had some very important advice to offer.

“Enjoy the time you have here and do the little things,” he said.

“Don’t expect things to come to you. If you see something that needs to be done, go out and fix it yourself.”

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By VINNIE RULLO Contributing Writer Each year in college basketball there are highly-recruited freshmen right out of high school.

These players are highly regarded and will play for some of the top schools in the country. Some of these freshmen will make an immediate impact for their prospective teams this season.

Last year's recruiting class from the 2013-14 season will be hard to top, which featured Andrew Wiggins and Joel Embiid from Kansas, Jabari Parker from Duke, and Julius Randle from Kentucky. All of these players were NBA lottery draft picks this past June.

This year's college basketball freshman class features a lot of talented players. Similar to last year, Duke once again has an impressive recruiting class. The class features three of the high-

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est rated recruits, with center Jahlil Okafor, guard Tyus Jones, and forward Justise Winslow. All three players have been highly rated from multiple pre-season rankings, including ESPN, Sports Illustrated, and USA Today.

This year’s college basketball freshman class features a lot of talented players.

Okafor has been regarded as a powerful throwback center because of his size and strength. On NBADraft.net, Okafor has been compared to Charlotte Hornets center Al Jefferson. Okafor has already been mentioned as a possible top five pick for the 2015 NBA Draft and is the early pre-

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Jahlil Okafor will be entering his freshman season with Duke University.

season favorite to win National Freshman of the Year honors.

Tyus Jones should see a good number of minutes at point guard for Duke this season, but he will be competing with senior Quinn Cook for minutes. Justice Winslow should also make an impact this season, as Duke is one of the favorites to win the National Championship this year, only behind Kentucky.

Kentucky, lead by Coach John Calipari, is again bringing in another impressive recruiting class.

According to ESPN, Kentucky recruited two freshmen ranked in the Top Ten this year- power forward Trey Lyles and center Karl Towns, Jr. Towns has been regarded as a center who can stretch the floor with his offensive game, which should allow him to play more.

Kentucky's freshmen make an immediate impact each year, and the program has also produced some of the best NBA players the last couple of years, including John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins, and Anthony Davis, to name a few. Overall, Kentucky's freshmen and the return of the Harrison brothers from last year should give them a favorable chance to win the National Championship.

Another freshman who will stand out this season is Stanley Johnson from Arizona, who will play both shooting guard and small forward. Arizona had a standout freshman on their team last year in Aaron Gordon, who was the fourth player selected overall in last year’s NBA Draft.

Johnson has been regarded as a more skilled player offensively than Gordon. Two-way players are very valuable for the next level as well because NBA teams want versatile players on their rosters. Expect Johnson to make an impact for Arizona this college basketball season, and to be a top 15 NBA draft pick this June as well.

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Former Kentucky Wilcat Anthony Davis, who is now plays for the New Orleans Pelicans.

Two other freshmen big men that will have an impact this college basketball season are Myles Turner, center from Texas, and

Kentucky, lead by Coach John Calipari, is again bringing in another impressive recruiting class.

Cliff Alexander, power forward from Kansas. Both players have been ranked among the best freshmen recruits according to ESPN's rankings, number second and third respectively, only behind Okafor.

Turner has been highly regarded because of his uniquely large wingspan. According to

NBADraft.net, he is 6'10”, 242 pounds with a 7'4” wingspan and 9'3” reach. Turner is a very athletic big man, and should be one of the top picks in the NBA Draft this June.

Alexander is an excellent rebounder, with incredible strength.

He has been compared to Thomas Robinson, who plays for the Portland Trailblazers and also played for Kansas a couple of years ago.

Robinson is known as a great rebounder.

Of all the notable college basketball players, I think most of them will go pro to after this college basketball season, also known as "one and dones." These players are highly talented and some of them could even play in the NBA already, but rules prevent them from doing so. These players will be very interesting to watch this college basketball season. Be sure to look for them to stand out.

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Five for Five The 5 Sports Stories You Need to Know

By MATTHEW WOODS Staff Writer 1. Victor Cruz Done for the Season As if the New York Giants 27-0 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles could not have been worse, the Giants also lost their star receiver Victor Cruz for the entire season with a torn patellar tendon in his right knee.

Cruz was injured while running a fade route in the back of the end-zone, as his right leg seemed to twist when leaping for an Eli Manning-thrown ball.

After Cruz wasn’t able to haul in the pass, he immediately reached for his right knee, and when the pass finally fell incomplete, Cruz crumpled to the ground, in obvious pain.

Surrounded by players and

coaches from both teams, Cruz was placed on a stretcher, where his pain got the better of him on his way to the locker room. Cruz had surgery on his knee Monday and the timetable for his return next season is still uncertain, but he is confident his NFL career isn’t over.

This is a huge loss for a Giants team that was already thin at the wide receiver position, and perhaps the biggest blow to any playoff chances the Giants may have had.

To make up for the lack of depth at that position, the Giants signed former Cowboy and Lion Kevin Ogletree, perhaps to fill Cruz’s role as the primary slot wide receiver.

But the sad fact of the matter is that no receiver the Giants sign will make up for the loss off Cruz.

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Peyton Manning looks to lead the Denver Broncos to the Super Bowl again this season.

2. America’s New Team Year after year, the Dallas Cowboys fail to live up to the hype they undeservedly receive each season. Maybe the pressure of being “America’s Team” got to them, but they won’t have to worry any longer, as they are now “America’s 4th Team.”

The Cowboys’ pitiful reign as America’s team has finally ended, according to a recent Harris Poll survey. America’s new team is the Denver Broncos. Led by prolific future Hall-of-Fame quarterback Peyton Manning, the Broncos have won the most games in the NFL in the past two seasons and are looking to do the same this year.

If any team deserves this title in the NFL right now, it’s the Broncos, who are unlike the Cowboys in that they are consistent, and they win. The Broncos also hold the NFL’s second longest home sellout streak, dating back to 1970, trailing only the Washington Redskins. Last year’s bridesmaid in Super Bowl XLIII, the Broncos’ improved roster looks to land them back in the NFL’s final game for the second straight season.

3. Autograph, Anyone?

As if the investigation into University of Georgia running back Todd Gurley profiting from memorabilia wasn’t enough last week, it seems Florida State University quarterback Jameis Winston felt the need to be the center of another investigation as well.

Both Gurley and Winston are under investigation for autographing and profiting from sold memorabilia. Gurley was suspended indefinitely while the investigation continues. Meanwhile, Winston was linked for the same actions.

Gurley did not play in last week’s drubbing of Missouri, 340, and did not play this past Saturday against Arkansas. Gurley

played the first five games for the Bulldogs, totaling 773 rushing yards and eight touchdowns.

Meanwhile, Winston was on the field as the second-ranked Seminoles played the fifth-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish. The Seminoles went on to win in a nail-biting 31-27.

Both players are Heisman trophy candidates, with Gurley perhaps the favorite before his suspension. Winston, on the other hand, is showing us all, once again, just how immature he really is.

Perhaps incidents like this will help the push for NCAA athletes to be paid, but who knows? This isn’t the first time that college athletes have tried to make money this way, and it certainly won’t be the last.

4. Burfict Storm Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict was fined $25,000 by the NFL on Friday for his unsportsmanlike actions during last Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers, which ended in a 37-37 tie. Burfict was caught on video twisting the ankles of Panthers quarterback Cam Newton and tight end Greg Olsen after the play had been whistled dead. In both cases, a penalty was not called.

It was clearly a deliberate action on the side of Burfict to injure the other players. This is not his first incident, either. Last season, Burfict was fined $21,000 by the NFL for striking a player in the groin. Over the past two seasons, Burfict has been fined four times, for a total of $77,000 for on-field incidents.

Both Newton and Olsen spoke out after the game about the incidents, saying that Burfict should be suspended by the NFL. Newton had off-season ankle surgery this summer and Olsen had been dealing with ankle issues this entire season.

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You can be sure that the NFL will keep an eye on Burfict and his on-field conduct going forward.

5. NBA Lands New TV Deal The NBA extended its television deals with ESPN and TNT for the next nine years. The estimated annual value of the deal is $2.66 billion, and it is certainly all about the money.

This deal has a major effect on everyone involved. The players will make more, the NBA will be wealthier, and the fans will see even more of the NBA on their televisions.

So why is this such a big deal?

The new revenue will allow a significant salary cap increase starting next summer when the deal takes effect. This deal is the reason why LeBron James signed only a two-year deal with the Cleveland Cavaliers back in June. The deal contains a player option after the first year, allowing James to test free agency.

By having the ability to opt out of the contract, James can force the Cavaliers to pay him a maximum player contract, which would be upwards of $25 million per year. Other free agents that may be shown the money this off-season include Kevin Durant, Monta Ellis, and Rajon Rondo.

The deal also means that fans will be able to see more NBA action on their televisions, as well as other media platforms. The NBA will add at least 20 more games to the ESPN and TNT primetime schedule, while ESPN will focus 750 more hours of NBA coverage on their networks.

Since taking over for David Stern, commissioner Adam Silver has certainly made an impact on the NBA, strengthening the brand immensely.

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Bulls Looking to Bounce Back

By ALEX HORTON Staff Writer In the Windy City, where basketball is everything, the past two years for Chicago Bulls fans have been long, excruciating, and heartbreaking. Since that fateful April night, Kevin Harlan’s words, “holding on to his knee, holding onto his knee, and down,” have echoed through the ears of Bulls fans. The 2013 and 2014 Chicago Bulls made the playoffs both years without the help of Derrick Rose. They won by having the most heart, the most grit, and by playing as a true team.

This season is no different. The Bulls will have to play with heart and grit to prove they deserve to be in the upper echelon of the Eastern Conference. However,

they have something this year that they have not had for two full seasons- a seemingly-healthy Rose. So far during this off-season, Rose has showed that he is not only healthy, but that he can get back to the explosiveness and bounce from his days of being the league’s youngest MVP. The pressure is on Rose, there is no doubt about that, but he does not have to do it alone. This year’s Bulls team is better and plays deeper than the one Rose left two years ago. Joakim Noah, who was titled defensive player of the year last season, has shown that he is an all-star. Jimmy Butler has shown signs that he is budding to be a great defensive presence and that he could be a second scoring option in a Bulls offense that struggled to score last year. Taj Gibson, who was in

running for sixth man of the year last year, has shown that he is a great perimeter defender and another large presence in the paint next to Noah.

It’s not only the in-house improvements that the Bulls have made that make them better this year, but also that the Bulls made a splash in this year’s off-season.

Drafting Doug McDermott out of Creighton and signing four-time all-star and two-time NBA Champion Pau Gasol gave them two more great options. The Bulls are also cashing in on their over-seas prospect Nikola Mirotic, who has been playing for Real Madrid in the Spanish Euroleague. Mirotic won the Spanish League MVP honors in 2013 and was also crowned the Spanish Cup MVP last season.

The Chicago Bulls are also

led by one of the best coaches in the NBA in Tom Thibodeau. His smash mouth defense and neverquit attitude suits that of his players and the franchise. Thibodeau forms a deep connection with his players that brings out the best in the coach and his team whenever they are on the floor.

During his acceptance speech of his Defensive Player of the Year award, Joakim Noah credited Thibodeau’s system and leadership as the reason he was receiving his award.

It is quite clear that the Bulls are built to win now, and they are going to need to play that way this season. They are definitely not the most talented team, but they do have a very strong and solid core of players, with role players built to accompany Rose. However, because Rose is coming off of

two major injuries, Thibodeau is going to have to limit his minutes and progressively increase them as the season goes on so that he will be ready to handle the playoffs. There is no question that this team can coast right through the regular season into the playoffs as a number two or three seed.

Being a Chicago Bulls fan and knowing how much heart this team has, I know how much they want the number one seed.

It will not be easy to obtain now that LeBron James has teamed up with Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving. Rose and company have some unfinished business they need to take care of, and that involves dethroning the King from his place atop the East. If there is one team built to battle the Cleveland Cavaliers in the East, it is the Chicago Bulls.

Kansas City Royals Back on Top

By NICHOLAS BUONANNO Staff Writer It was a long wait for the Kansas City Royals organization and fans since their team last appeared in the postseason and the World Series. I was not even born yet the last time the Royals made it all the way to the World Series, and I am 23 years old. The Royals had one of the longest postseason appearance droughts, waiting 29 years before returning to the postseason in 2014.

The most notable player in the Kansas City Royals’ last World Series appearance, in 1985, was George Brett. Like many Royals fans, Brett also remained loyal to his team and stuck by their side through many bad seasons when the team just struggled to play good baseball.

At the beginning of the 2014 season, many fans and analysts did not think to predict the Kansas City Royals making it all the way to the World Series. Well, the Royals did just that this past

season, and they did it with a low team payroll and without many big name players.

For the past few seasons prior to 2014, since the Royals would finish low in the MLB standings, they ended up getting good draft picks. In previous drafts, the Royals were able to draft young, talented players who were actually able to help the team make the postseason this past season.

Young players like Billy Butler, Alex Gordon, Eric Hosmer, and Mike Moustakas developed over the years, dating back to the 2004 draft when Butler was drafted in the first round.

The Royals combined their talented first round draft picks that were mentioned above and went out and signed more players, like Omar Infante, who plays a solid second base for them. In prior seasons, the Royals organization also made great trades that would end up helping this 2014 “Destiny” team. For example, in 2010, the Royals traded one of their previous pitching aces, Zack

Greinke, for players like Lorenzo Cain and Alcides Escobar. Both of these players did help the 2014 Kansas City Royals team, and both have played an important part in their postseason so far with their defense and speed.

Cain actually helped the Royals so much that in the postseason that he was named the ALCS MVP. In 2012, the organization made another big trade that would help the 2014 Royals team. The Royals traded one of their top hitting prospects, Wil Myers, and a top pitching prospect in Jake Odorizzi for two veteran pitchers, James Shields and Wade Davis.

Both of these pitchers also played an important role in helping to end the Royals’ postseason 29year drought.

Before the 2014 season started, the Royals decided to sign a few more key players who would help this 2014 team. Along with Infante, they also added more starting pitching depth with Jeremy Guthrie and Jason Vargas. Both of these pitchers had strong sea-

sons and helped the team have a 7-0 record so far this postseason.

Throughout the 2014 season, the Royals never once dominated any other team, and they made the postseason after winning a great one-game Wild Card game.

During the 2014 season the Royals finished last in homeruns, so many people have thought was odd that they could last this long in the postseason. But, the team played with heart, and fatewas one their side throughout the whole season, including the postseason.

The Royals have been able to play so well all season and postseason due to their defense being so strong. Another key to theirsuccess is that they know how to play small ball, since their team does not hit many home runs, but the Royals can get key base kits and infield singles. When a lot of their players reach base, they have the speed to steal many bases.

Since the Royals played so well all season long and continued that hard playing over to the

postseason, they deserve to have the title American League Champions. I am sure that the Royals will continue to play with heart into the World Series, which starts in Kansas City on Tuesday, October 21. You can tune in at 8 p.m. on Fox to watch.

The Royals will be facing the National League Wild Card winner and National League Champions the San Francisco Giants.

This year's World Series is being labeled by MLB as “Dynasty vs Destiny,” since the Giants seem to win the World Series every other year, and the Royals have played with fate all season long. This year’s World Series should be a good one to watch for baseball fans since both of these teams have already played some exciting postseason games and both deserve the chance to be named the 2014 World Series Champions.

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Run, DeMarco, Run

By JUSTIN PORReCA Staff Writer In a quarterback-driven league where it is pass first, run second, where the devaluing of running backs continues, and where ESPN analyst Mel Kiper Jr. has his theory of never taking a running back in the first round because they aren’t franchise players or players that can win a Super Bowl, one player stands alone in an effort to refute these league-wide notions.

That player is DeMarco Murray. Overshadowed by his superstar peers Adrian Peterson, LeSean McCoy, and Jamal Charles, Murray has done everything this season to put himself at the forefront of the conversation as the NFL’s best running back and MVP. The former Oklahoma Sooners

tailback, and now Dallas Cowboy after being selected in the 2011 Draft as a third round pick, is having his best season to date, bar none. Murray was elected to his first Pro Bowl last season, and is well on his way to another one. He has a league-leading 913 yards and 187 carries. He also has seven touchdowns. Oh yeah, and the guy broke Jim Brown’s record, which was set back in 1958, with seven consecutive 100 yard games.

Digging deeper into Murray’s 2014 stats, they become almost freakish. His rushing yards are more than 30 other team’s total rushing yards so far this season.

After Week Six, Murray had 41 first downs with 594 rushing yards, which was 35% of Dallas’ first downs. Murray’s yards on first downs alone would be a

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DeMarco Murray is on pace to break the NFL single season rushing record.

league-leading rushing yards total. He also has 474 rushing yards before contact, more rushing yards than notable starters Frank Gore, Matt Forte, Alfred Morris, and “Beast Mode” himself, Marshawn Lynch.

Murray is on pace for not only a career season, but quite possibly a record-breaking one as well.

If Murray keeps up his pace of 26.5 carries per game, he will surpass Larry Johnson’s NFL singleseason carries record of 416 that was set back in 2006. However, a more impressive NFL record Murray seems set on breaking is the NFL single season rushing record, held by Hall of Famer Eric Dickerson.

30 years ago, Dickerson set the NFL single season rushing record with 2,105 yards, breaking O.J. Simpson’s 2,003 yard record set in 1973. In the last 30 years, six men have come close to dethroning Dickerson, Adrian Peterson being the closest in 2012, but no one has finished the deed.

If Murray continues averaging 130.8 yards per game over his next 10 games, he will finish the season with a grand total of 2,093 yards, 13 yards short, but he would become the eighth running back to rush for 2,000 yards in a single season. That would be no letdown, because there is another Hall of Famer’s record Murray would be breaking in the process.

Dallas’ single-season rushing title goes to Cowboy great Emmitt Smith. In 1995, Smith started the season off with four consecutive 100 yard games and finished the season with 1,773 yards. With Murray’s electrifying pace, he would shatter Smith’s record, an amazing feat considering Emmitt Smith is a Hall of Famer and one of the greatest running backs to play the game.

Bring all of these mind-blowing statistics together, and Murray has himself quite the MVP résumé through the first seven games of the NFL season. The only guy in relatively close sight of Murray is an underrated Pro

Bowl quarterback in San Diego named Phillip Rivers. Rivers is in Murray’s rearview mirror, waiting for him to come down from the heavens and turn into a normal back again. Rivers broke an NFL record in Week Six with a five straight games of a 120+ passer rating. Rivers also leads the league in QBR, passer rating, completion percentange, and yards per attempt.

This is a quarterback league, where typically only quarterbacks win the MVP, unless a running back has a magical season.

Cue Murray. He’s having a season voters cannot ignore, and he has put the entire Cowboys team on his back through the first seven weeks of the season.

Murray should send Dallas’s offensive play-caller, Scott Linehan, a nice thank-you card, since Linehan is the brains behind Murray’s early season success. He can thank his dominant offensive line for opening up the gaping

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holes he’s running through, but we would not be talking about Murray if it was not for Linehan.

After spending five seasons with the pass-happy Detroit Lions, Linehan went to Dallas to be one of the brilliant offensive minds running the Cowboys offense.

Prior to training camp, Linehan told the press that Dallas was going to lean heavily on Murray and the running game. Linehan’s idea of feeding Murray the ball more looks pretty brilliant week by week and is paying dividends so far.

The magic number was seven for Murray in his Week Seven matchup versus the rival Giants.

Despite battling an illness and being listed as questionable for the game, he still made an impact.

Murray took sole possession of a 56-year-old NFL record versus the Giants, and he will continue his quest toward an MVP nod and the moniker of “League’s Best Running Back.”

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College Football Playoffs:The Good,The Bad, and the Ugly

By JOSH VESHIA Staff Writer

People fear change. Examples of political change come to mind, along with another historically significant American entity, that being sports.

The world known as NCAA, Division 1 FBS football showed their ability to change when they implemented a playoff system this season, in an attempt to give more teams a fair chance at a championship.

The previous Bowl Championship Series (BCS) system, which had been in place since 1998, was an improvement to the previous system, as it allowed for the top two ranked teams to play each other in the National Champion-

ship game. As the BCS-football website points out, 16 times in their 16 years of existence the top two ranked teams have played each other for a national championship. In theory, this is the ideal scenario for college football.

Teams battle it out every year in their respected conferences, in which some prove to be more powerful than others. The Southeast Conference has proved its dominance, with at least one team representing in the national championship game the past eight seasons and two teams competing in 2011. As of week eight in the AP Poll for college football rankings, the SEC had five ranked teams inside of the top 10, including the top-ranked Mississippi State

after going undefeated and reaching number nine in the rankings, they were awarded a spot in the Fiesta Bowl against the seventh ranked, Big 12 powerhouse Oklahoma Sooners. A matchup like this made those (self-proclaimed) old college football historians practice rolling over in their nearfuture graves. How can a bottom feeder team in the MWC go up against a proud, historic establishment like Oklahoma? Well, not only did they show up, get dressed and participate, but Boise State won the game 43-42 and finished the season undefeated.

Their success, along with the success of other teams in similar situations like Utah and TCU 73092 (before TCU joined the Big 12 in

Bulldogs, who had made their way from unranked to top-ranked in a matter of five weeks. The Big Ten and the Big 12 conferences have historical power as well, but do not have the dominance that SEC has had in rceent years.

With that being said, there are in fact other teams that play college football besides those in the bottom right corner of the United States. In the first 10 years, at the turn of the century, we saw the emergence of the Boise State Broncos. A team not known for their big-time recruits or high level of competition in the Mountain West Conference, the Broncos posted impressive records year after year, grabbing the attention of fans across the nation. In 2006,

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2012), sparked a debate throughout the college football world. It is true that these teams don’t play to the same level of competition throughout the season like the SEC teams do. But how can you measure the level at which these schools are playing and decide whether or not they deserve any chance, or better yet, consideration for a chance at all? Maybe something like a playoff system would do the trick.

The idea behind the playoff system is to take the top four teams in the country and put them in a tournament in which the two teams that win their semifinal games play in a championship.

However, these four selected teams are not necessarily the top four ranked teams and are decided by a selection committee who are experienced individuals in the sport, according the college football playoff website. So would it be fair if the fourth ranked team in the country got snubbed from the playoff for a lower ranked team? Would it be fair if an undefeated team out of a weaker conference was excluded for a one loss team from a more powerful conference?

The only certain conclusion to be drawn from all this madness is that here is no certainty. As an FBS team, you get a dozen games to prove yourself and leave your mark in the regular season. It would be impossible for all the top ranked teams to play each other throughout the season. That would take too long, and people are making enough money from these games as it is. Your good performances in losses and your bad performances in wins are determined by a power outside of your control.

As upsets continue to pile up and top ranked teams continue to crumble, the ending to the college football season is on track to be quite the show. The right choices for the playoff might differ from “expert” to “expert.” All we can do as fans of the sport is sit back and hope the right choices are made.