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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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Volume lxxxIII Issue 10
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
CHRIS ALVARADO
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