The Chronicle - May 6, 2014

The Chronicle

May 6th, 2014

The weekly student newspaper of The College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York www.strosechronicle.com - @strosechronicle

Volume LXXXII Issue 32

Graduation Issue CLASS OF 2014

News & Features

Arts & Opinion

Sports

Senior Profiles See pages A9-A16

Summer 2014 Movie Preview See pages B26-B27

Famous Jameis Keeps Fishing for Trouble See page D39

Editor Profiles See pages A17-A20

Farewell Letters From The Chronicle See page C31-C37

Senior Profile: Olivia Reeves See page D40

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The Weekend Wrap-Up Your Top 5 Stories from Friday to Sunday

Midterms in the Woods

One high school in Jingzhou, central China’s Hubei Province, decided to hold its midterms outside in a nearby forest. The intention was to provide more space between the students so that cheating might be eliminated.

This is the first time Chengfeng School has done this, although none have commented on why.

Vice Journalist Released

Pro Russian forces in Eastern Ukraine have admitted to capturing and holding journalists hostage.

Five journalists were released, although Vice news reporter Simon Ostrovsky has been confirmed as captured and is still being held by the separatists.

Hawking Warns Against AI In light of the release of ‘Transcendence,’ a film about the dangers of artificial intelligence, Physicist Steven Hawking has come out with a warning. In a story published in The Independent, he asks researchers, “[W] hat can we do now to improve the chances of reaping the benefits and avoiding the risks?”

Girls Held Hostage

Two hundred thirty four people are still missing after a group of Islamic extremists attacked and raided a Nigerian school last month. Initially, reports put the estimates at around 276 children missing, but since then 53 have been documented as able to escape and return home.

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Fun Fact: The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

CIA Advising Ukraine Specialists from the CIA and FBI have been brought on as advisers to the Ukrainian government according to a German newspaper. According to the report, the FBI is limiting its activity to Kiev, the capital. The White House has confirmed that CIA director John Brennan visited Kiev late last month.

Pics of the Week

Daniela Cunsolo, Mandi Steves, and Elisabeth Holbein during their sophomore year.

Britney Firstiun Elisabeth Holbein on move-in day in 2011.

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In Brief

Albany Patrol Car Hits House

An Albany patrol car was involved in an accident involving another vehicle on Friday.

The accident occurred near North Main Avenue and Lancaster Street. While responding to an emergency call, the officer’s vehicle was forced to evade as the other vehicle in question entered

the officer’s lane.

After striking a utility pole, the patrol car struck a house on North Main Avenue.

The officer and other driver involved were taken to a local hospital for treatment, although no major injuries have been reported.

The Chronicle Earns High Honor The Chronicle has been awarded the American Scholastic Press Association’s First Place with Special Merit award for 2014.

Each year, the American Scholastic Press Association takes submissions from newspapers, magazines, and yearbooks. It evaluates the newspapers and magazines based on page design, story layout, graphics, headlin-

ing, cover design, advertising placement, photography, and a number of other qualities.

The Chronicle was one of 30 colleges selected for the First Place with Special Merit award.

Included in the letter of congratulations was a list of ideas and suggestions from judges on how to improve the paper.

Correction A headline misspelled a soccer player’s name in the previous issue. The headline should have read: “For the Love of the Sport: Alvaro Sosa-Suarez.” Sosa-Suarez’s name was correctly spelled in the article. The Chronicle regrets the error.

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Executive Editor Jackson Wang ‘14 wangj847@strose.edu

Features Editor Conor Shea ‘15 sheac613@strose.edu

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been lots of fun, that you have made lasting friendships, and that you have fashioned excellent lifetime memories.

May you enjoy sustained health, happiness, and luck in your lives. Welcome to the alumni group of 2014!

Dear Graduates of the Class of 2014:

On this Saturday, May 10, we will celebrate your academic accomplishments at the 91st Annual Commencement of The College of Saint Rose. More than 1,500 of you have completed your bachelor’s, master’s or advanced certificates in liberal arts or professional studies in one of our 70 undergraduate, 53 graduate or 26 Advanced Certificate programs.

Congratulations!

Of course, your academic and personal success are the reasons for the College’s existence. The faculty, administration and staff celebrate with you--your commencement is our most important and joyful yearly event because you have fulfilled our mission!

We are proud of you, and hopeful for your future prospects.

As we watch you graduates walk across the stage to receive your diplomas, we faculty, staff, and administrators are reminded

of our faith in education to positively transform your lives and enrich the civic communities in which you will live and work and that you have the power to improve. And, we are reminded, too, of how much we owe you.

You students have been central to our lives; you comprise the College community we value and made it vibrant, intellectually stimulating, and a “Best Place to Work” (Times Union, April 27, 2014). Thank you!

I certainly hope, too, that in addition to the hard work and accomplishments that bring you to your graduation day, there has

About the Graduation Issue What you have in your hands is the Graduation Issue of The Chronicle, the student newspaper at The College of Saint Rose.

This newspaper is published each week during the academic year and once during the summer months. On average, the newspaper has 20 pages of content including, but by no means limited to: news, profiles, events listings, advances, reviews, recaps, and sports coverage.

This issue is a little different in that it also has content specific

Business Manager Shawn Dixon dixons@strose.edu

Managing Editor Opinion Editor Chris Surprenant ‘14 Zachary Olsavicky surprenantc572@strose.edu olsavickyz977@strose.edu

Advertising Manager Shawn Dixon dixons@strose.edu

News Editor Searching For Applicant

Arts Editor Andy Gilchrist ‘14 gilchrista788@strose.edu

Web Editor Christopher Lovell ‘15 lovellc083@strose.edu

Layout Editor Jennifer O’Connor ‘16 oconnorj984@strose.edu

Sports Editor Joshua Natoli ‘14 natolij477@strose.edu

Head Photographer Kelly Pfeister ‘14 pfeisterk953@strose.edu

Assistant Layout Editor Searching For Applicant

Copy Editor Jenessa Matis ‘14 matisj311@strose.edu

Faculty Adviser Cailin Brown

Staff Writers Tori Addison Katherine Bakaitis Kaylynn Day Asia Ewart Alyssia Haddad Kevin Jacob Katie Klimacek Vanessa Langdon Nicholas Negron Alex Pecha Alissa Petsche Lauren Sears Ashley Sweet Brendan Tenan Staff Photographers Chris Alvarado Anthony Chapin Adriana Rosales

to the graduating class, most notably the inclusion of senior profiles. Although only a handful of students have been profiled here, we know that there are many others who are just as worthy of a few words. We wish we could include them as well, but as is ever our limiting factor, we are only so many.

We hope you enjoy this issue, the graduation ceremony, and wish you success in wherever your endeavors may take you.

—The Chronicle Editorial Staff

Sincerely, Dr. Maggie Kirwin Interim President

Graduating Class of 2014 MAJORS

STUDENTS

Accounting American Studies

38 1

Applied Technology

79 65 Business 152 Communications 73 CommunicationSciences&Disorders 83 Computer Science 18 Criminal Justice/Sociology 33 Educational & School Psychology Art Education

Counseling/CSSA/Educational Leadership & Administration Education English History/Political Science Interdepartmental Studies Literacy / Special Education Mathematics Medical Technology Music Philosophy Psychology Science Social Work Spanish

587 123 36 36 15 193 12 2 49 1 43 43 18 7

*Data provided by Saint Rose Registrar Office

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The Chronicle accepts Letters to the Editor from any party. We recommend that submissions not exceed 1000 words. Letters, columns, and cartoons published in this newspaper represent the opinion of the author, not necessarily that of The Chronicle.

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No Action by City on Urban Blight Service and Appreciation

By JOURNALISM I Two men patched a vacant residential building in the neighborhood late last week, a property that was once a rental unit, but has been vacant for 18 years since a fire there in 1996.

Another city inspection at the property, 681 Park Ave., was scheduled for this spring but city officials did not return repeated calls from The Chronicle requesting a status update on the derelict property.

And, another request for records pertaining to the house under the states Freedom of Information law has not yet been filled.

City Inspector Dave Aumand recommended two years ago that the building be demolished and previous records show that the property is unsafe. As recently as April 2013, the city ordered

the owner to rectify a number of building code violations.

In the nearby town of Colonie, if it is determined a building is to be demolished, the owner may hire an engineer to try and prove that the building is safe, said Paul Shepard, a building inspector in Colonie.

“To bring a building up to code you need a building permit and a set of plans which is usually very expensive,” said Shepard.

In Albany, the city ordered property owner Patrick Landers, an Albany firefighter, to repair all missing siding, paint all doors and window coverings a complimentary color, repair exterior stairs, replace missing glass, fix the back porch, and register the building. In addition, the roof needs to be reinforced and the awnings removed. Few of these deficiencies had been addressed by press time.

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Two men making repairs to the house at 681 Park Ave.

As of May 2, both old, weathered plywood and new unpainted plywood covered some windows and a front doorframe. The old fake brick siding and old aluminum siding have been removed since a recent inspection.

Before the city building and codes department conducted property inspections, the task fell to Albany firefighters.

But, in 2011, an audit of the city’s code enforcement regulations by the city’s Chief Auditor Leif Engstrom, criticized the city for permitting firefighters to inspect other firefighter-owned properties.

Three years ago, that audit stated that, “Of 55 rental properties that were listed on the city assessor’s website as having an active firefighter as the current or previous owner, 16 had inspections performed by a fire company while under firefighter ownership.”

That city audit followed an audit 12 years earlier that determined city firefighters should not inspect other city firefighter properties.

The house on Park Avenue is one of 28 vacant properties in the Pine Hills neighborhood, out of more than 800 properties citywide that are vacant or abandoned.

When a vacant building registry was created in the city after a 1998 proposal to the city Common Council, the purpose of that proposal was to “determine the responsibilities of owners and speed the rehabilitation of these structures.”

In 2002, a class from the state University at Albany developed a registry that at the time identified more than 800 vacant buildings in the city.

This story was researched and reported by: Paige DeSorbo, Ashley Girard, Courtney Guttenberg, Vanessa Langdon, Jessica LePore, Justin Porreca, Danielle Martinez, Joe Russell, Alexis Saccone, Ashley Sweet, and Dominga Cooper-Gleason.

Awards 2014

The Service and Appreciation Award Ceremony was held on Friday, April 11th in Saint Joseph Hall Auditorium. A listing of all the awards and their recipients can be found below.

Arts Department Service and Appreciation Award Lisa Meyer Chelsea Mason Sarah Liv Zabka

Sister Elizabeth Varley Award Sara Adams Yelfri De Leon Tiffani Gonzalez Mariela Marmol

Philosophy and Religious Studies Service Awards Priscilla Ly Chelsea Foster Alex Sherman-Cross

Academic Support Center Outstanding Peer Tutor Award Amelia Bromirski Elizabeth Ramos Katherine Pray Drew van der Poel

Dedicated Service to Communications Jackson Wang Kelly Pfeister Brendan Tenan Burton-Biagiotti Service Award Alexis Fischer Junior Service Award Department of History and Political Science Tyler Piazza Mathematics Service Award Drew van der Poel Amelia Bromirski Erica Hamilton Emily McNeight Victoria Allen Science Service Award Keri Robinson Gabriella Castillo Lina Libreros Meaghan Brady Amer Cecunjanin Teacher Education Service and Appreciation Award Malana JoJo Megan Loussedes The President’s Leadership and Inclusive Excellence Awards

The Sister Catherine Francis Soulier Junior Appreciation Award Priscilla Ly The Community Servant Leaders Award Krystal Bartels Abby Brigham Tara Parker Natish Davis Friday Knights Fishes Swim Program Award Megan Billings Andrew Mancini Friday Knights Recreational Program Award Carolyn Perrotta Jennifer Pugh Faculty Member of the Year Award Mark Ledbetter Administrator of the Year Award Julianna Hart Staff of the Year Award Cynthia Forte Club Advisor of the Year Award Cailin Brown, The Chronicle

Leadership: Andrea Dassie Special Recognition: Kieferray Chung

Student Association Representative of the Year Award Bryan Barry

Inclusive: Ana Sofia Gonzalez Special Recognition: Jacob Barkman

Student Association Club of the Year Student Event Board

The Chronicle Award Jackson Wang

Outstanding Dedication Award Jackson Wang

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By JACKSON WANG Executive Editor Dozens of students in the last two weeks have complained of getting sick after eating in the Saint Rose dining hall, many of whom said they had to be admitted to a local hospital for treatments.

But, so far, there have been no confirmed cases of food poisoning linked to the dining hall from the Albany County Department of Health, the Saint Rose Health Center, or any local hospitals.

Rich Meigel, director of dining services for the College, said he has yet to hear a confirmed case.

“There’s no food poisoning,” Meigel said. “It’s easy to blame the food, that’s why students do it.”

Matthew Ramirez, director of special interests for the Student Association, said he’s heard many students report getting food poising from the dining hall as early as April 24, but none have been confirmed.

Ramirez, who assists students with food service issues, said he ate the food in the dining hall on the evening of April 24 and did not get sick.

A few days after students fell ill, Emma D’Alessio, a freshman at Saint Rose, started a Facebook group complaining about the food in the dining hall. She said she created the group to get people talking.

“By the end of the next day, I decided to take down the page because it had gotten catty and lost track of the actual issue at hand,” said D’Alessio, who believes she got food poisoning that weekend.

“It did, however, generate a large reaction from a lot of people that I had not expected.”

Ramirez was invited to join the Facebook group, but instead told the group that going on social media isn’t the best way to communicate because it’s not direct.

Ramirez said he would rather meet the students who have a problem with the food in person.

“I want to be able to help the

Rich Meigel, director of dining services for the College, said he has yet to hear a confirmed case. students,” Ramirez said.

After the Facebook page was taken down, D’Alessio then started a petition with the help of Kaitlin Fitzgerald and Brian Tomek.

D’Alessio said the point of the petition is to see a change in the food for next year.

“The food is far from being anything close to great, but I realize we can’t expect amazing food,” D’Alessio said. “What I do expect is that our food that we are required to pay for will not make us sick.”

In an attempt to defuse the food -poisoning rumors, the health service center issued a statement last week stating the College has seen an increase number of students with symptoms of gastroenteritis, also known as stomach bug.

Sandra Frese, director of Health Services at Saint Rose, said her office noticed an increase

in the usual numbers on April 25.

As of 12 p.m. Friday, Frese said 18 students came to the health service center with symptoms of gastroenteritis.

“The norovirus, which causes a large number of gastroenteritis infections, is highly contagious,” Frese said. “There is really no definitive way to determine how the virus may have been introduced into the community.”

Frese said while there are no confirmed cases of food poisoning, the health service center has had ill students who’ve utilized the dining hall, as well as those who have not.

Meigel said this stomach bug is a fast-spreading illness and it could’ve come from anywhere, even the surfaces in the dining hall. He said the illness could’ve been transferred very easily, especially with multiple students

using the same tongs to pick up food.

But Meigel said his staff is stepping up its efforts to make sure the illness doesn’t spread by cleaning the surfaces and changing the tongs more often than normal.

“It’s a difficult process and we’re working through it,” Meigel said.

But still, many students are still unsatisfied with the food and the service in the dining hall.

“When I was living on campus, I was a vegetarian at the beginning of my stay and the latter half of my stay I was a vegan,” said Ryan Leddick, a senior music major at Saint Rose. “The lack of food that was vegan or veggie friendly was hard to digest. Even more off putting, alongside the food poisonings, was the large amount of dishes and what not

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that weren’t even clean.”

D’Alessio said she doesn’t plan to continue to eat in the dining hall next year as she plans to get a doctor’s note that she hopes will get her out of a meal plan.

“I think it’s a ridiculous requirement, especially when houses have kitchens and students strongly dislike the food,” D’Alessio said. “But ultimately the dining hall needs to clean up their act.”

Ramirez said he wants to help students out with whoever has an issue with the dining hall, but many of the students who complained about the food service have yet to meet him face-to-face.

“I’m still receiving a lot of complaints and I’m willing to talk to these people,” Ramirez said.

Web editor Chris Lovell contributed to this article.

News A6 Decades of Changes: Maggie Kirwin Set to Retire The Chronicle

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By CHRISTOPHER SURPRENANT

Managing Editor and CONOR SHEA Features Editor

Although graduation day is fast-approaching, seniors will not be the only ones starting a new chapter in their lives. Maggie Kirwin, interim president at The College of Saint Rose, will be retiring after 40 years of service and will be succeeded by Carolyn Stefanco. During her tenure at the College, Kirwin has seen a number of changes—a trend she sees continuing long into the future.

Kirwin began her career at Saint Rose in 1973 as a faculty member in Teacher Education as the coordinator of the graduate elementary education program. As her career progressed, she could later also be in charge of the undergraduate programs for education ranging from early childhood to secondary education. She was also chair of the Teacher Education department, dean of studies, and vice president of academic affairs.

Kirwin would spend another few years in the education department, and then once again became dean of the School of Education where she remained until last year when she became interim provost and then interim president after the departure of David Szczerbacki.

While Kirwin has done her fair share of moving around during her time at Saint Rose, she’s enjoyed every title she has held.

“I really have enjoyed everything I’ve done including being a faculty member without the administrative responsibilities.

That was a really nice switch.

They were all fun, though the biggest honor was to be the interim president. It’s been an honor to represent the College in that special way,” Kirwin said.

While taking on such a role is daunting, Kirwin said that the transition was much easier than it might otherwise have been because she has been a part of the campus community in so many

Maggie Kirwin reflects on her career at Saint Rose. different roles over the years.

There was some anxiety when taking on the presidential role, but she knew she would not be a stranger on campus, and that’s what she found most comforting.

However, it was a role she had never even considered.

“Absolutely not,” Kirwin said.

“Not ‘til the moment it happened.

As a young woman, it was a very big aspiration to become a faculty member at a college. It was a dream I had had since high school. That was my biggest aspiration, and I’m very happy that I fulfilled that dream.”

Kirwin has seen many changes come to campus since she first began at Saint Rose. When she started in 1973, there were 70 Sisters of Saint Joseph on faculty.

Currently, there is only one. She has also seen the student body grow in a number of different ways.

When she first began, the College had around 1,800 students.

Today, that number has grown to roughly 4,500. Diversity is something that has also changed

in Kirwin’s time at the College.

In the 1970’s, only about 3.4 percent of students were minorities.

Today, that number has risen to around 30 percent thanks to projects started by former President Louis Vaccaro.

Kirwin has many things of which she is happy to have accomplished at Saint Rose, but she is most proud of some the education initiatives she has taken part in. She was involved with the acquisition of the SLATE grant (Service Learning and Teacher Education) for area colleges.

While the grant was for $1.3 million over three years, it was acquired at the start of the Recession, so those involved were required to accomplish objectives within two years, spending only $430,000 in the process.

Beyond just her own achievements during her time at the College, Kirwin has high hopes for the future of Saint Rose. Some of those lay in the expansion of Saint Rose’s reach, not just internationally, but across the country as well.

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“Not only will there be more international students, but I think students will come from many more states,” she said.

She also expects to see new ma-

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jors emerge, as well as increased numbers of students from underrepresented populations, and more online learning opportunities. All of this, however, comes on the heels of the new rhetoric of “return on investment” when it comes to a college education.

“I think we’re living in a time where in all my years I have not seen so much negativity about education,” said Kirwin, on some of the challenges faced by higher learning. “People are questioning the value of a college education… everything comes down to return on investment… college education should not, in my view, come down to an economic investment.

It should also include the richness that it offers your satisfaction with life.”

When asked what she would miss the most about the College, she said, “I’m a little worried about being around people my own age all the time,” laughing.

She went on to conclude that she will miss far more than just the student body, saying, “I’ll of course miss my colleagues, faculty, administration, and staff. Saint Rose is really about the people, it’s different here.”

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Carolyn Stefanco will become Saint Rose’s 11th president.

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Pine Hills Pilates on the Rise

By LAUREN KLOSE Staff Writer

A free pilates class offered at the Pine Hills Library has become wildly popular since it first began three years ago. The class is once a week, alternating between the Pine Hills and Delaware branch of Albany Public Library. Taught

by Megan Haley, an art teacher at a local elementary school, the class has 20 to 30 students with an age range of 20 to 70.

Due to budget cuts, the class will soon be divided into sixweek sessions with a monthly break in between in an effort to save money. With the economy, the library is trying to be more efficient, said Haley, who is happy that the class will be continue.

“Not only is it a great opportunity for those who might not be able to afford a group class, but it is also a space where everyone is welcome without judgment,” said Haley The class started back in 2011 at the New Scotland branch after Haley received her pilates certification and began looking for a place to teach. “When I decided that I wanted to pursue a deeper understanding for pilates and yoga, teaching was a no-brainer,” said Haley. “I knew that it would be the perfect way to explore my love for teaching and learning on a different creative level.”

Having taken yoga and pilates herself for many years, Haley wanted to share her passion for the exercise and how great it makes her body feel. “I wanted people who hadn’t exercised or stretched in years to be able to come and see how great their bodies could feel,” said Haley. Over the years, as the program grew and gained more popularity, a bigger space was needed. Despite having a larger room there is still a waiting list, as the class has a limit, said Xiaofei Li, a librarian at the Pine Hills branch. Haley alternates every other Wednesday between the Pine Hills and the Delaware branch. The class begins at 6:30

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The class is once a week, and is either held at the Pine Hills or Delaware branch of Albany Public Library. pm and goes until 7:30 pm.

“I love the mind and body connection you get from it,” said Sierra West, an Albany resident. A lot of pilates is focus and paying attention to your movement, she said. Unlike other sports, pilates can help injuries and doesn’t cause them. The exercise retrains your body to move in safer and more efficient ways which is an added benefit for those with injuries.

Henri Williams, the only male student in the class, was wary of the class at first, not believing it would help his shoulder injury. A few classes in, however, he was very surprised, and now can’t stop coming back, said Haley.

Not only has Williams’s injury improved, but he also finds that he loves the sense of community and the friendships that he has forged in the class.

“It is something that really pushes you to challenge yourself,” said Anne McDonnel, who has been coming to the class since it first began. McDonnel hoped that with this class she would become more flexible, and after having attended the class for a few years, she has. “I love

the fact that it not only improves your muscles but your balance as well,” said McDonnel.

In today’s world, people’s bodies, no matter what shape they are in, suffer from things such as poor posture and incorrect breathing. The things people push their bodies to do such as sitting at a desk, driving and carrying heavy objects, can tire them out.“Pilates

concentrates on alignment, centering, balance, and breathing,” said Haley.

Pilates was invented 90 years ago by Joseph Pilates and is a method that involves both a person’s mind and body. “Pilates dramatically transforms the way your body looks, feels and performs,” said Haley. “It builds strength without excess bulk,

The class begins at 6:30 pm and goes until 7:30 pm.

creating a sleek, toned body with slender thighs and a flat abdomen.” Another added benefit of pilates is that it teaches great posture. Movement is also more fluid. Flexibility and agility attained can even help get rid of back pain. This is done by training multiple muscle groups all at once by performing fluid and smooth movements.

The Pine Hills Library allowed its space to be used for either library programs that are set up, organized and paid for by the library but are free to the public, or for public use such as renting the rooms for meetings or events. In order to rent the rooms from the library, a set of guidelines and policies are available on the Albany Public Library website.

“The pilates class is organized by the programming director of the Albany Public Library system, because it goes back and forth between the Pine Hills and Delaware branch. It is one of our more popular programs that has always had a high attendance rate,” said Lauren Cardinal, the reference librarian at the Pine Hills branch.

For more information visit www.albanypubliclibrary.org/locations/pinehills.

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Saint Rose Graduates Open General Store

By JACKSON WANG Executive Editor Saint Rose graduates Katy Smith and Caroline Corrigan have been friends for almost 10 years. They met when they were freshmen living in Lima Hall.

Through the years, they’ve only continued to grow as friends and now their friendship will enter a new chapter.

Smith and Corrgian have started their own business called Fort Orange General Store, which is located just a few buildings down from The Spectrum 8 Theatres on Delaware Avenue.

The store held a soft opening this past weekend and will host a formal grand-opening party this Friday at 6 p.m.

“The idea of a general store came up rather spontaneously,” said Smith, who currently works as a registered nurse at Samaritan Hospital in Troy. “We both love living in Albany, and have wanted to open some sort of business in our community for a long time.”

Corrigan said the Fort Orange

General Store will offer a local spot to buy high-quality gifts and basic home goods.

“We try to select our products for lasting quality and good, beautiful, functional design,” said Corrigan, who works as a freelance graphic designer. “The things in your home should be beautiful and last forever.”

The two Saint Rose alumnae said Albany is very supportive of new initiatives and small businesses, so they knew their dream could become a reality, especially after they saw a retail space open up on Delaware Avenue.

When that happened, the first thought that popped in their heads was, “What do we need to make Albany more livable?”

“We felt there was a good market for more places to buy gifts and household essentials without driving to Colonie or ordering online,” Smith said.

Once they decided they were going to open up a general store, they started by talking to owners of other successful small businesses in the area, such as Anchor No. 5 Boutique in Troy, Troy

The store will host a grand-opening party this Friday.

The Fort Orange General Store will sell high-quality gifts and basic home goods.

Cloth & Paper, and Hounds on the Hudson, a dog-walking company.

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“We got a lot of support and many good ideas from them,” Corrigan said. “Then we rented the space and jumped in with both feet.”

After renting the building, they began researching the process for starting a retail company in Albany County and met with the Albany Community Loan Fund.

“We have had to learn a lot about all aspects of business: legal matters and permits; bookkeeping; marketing; insurance; and construction and maintenance,” Corrigan said.

Once the Fort Orange General Store opens, they will try to source from small businesses and artisans as a neighborhood business.

Smith and Corrigan credit their education from Saint Rose and the great connections with helpful professors to have been able to open up their own business.

They said one of the best things about the College was its urban campus.

“Being located on a city block in the thick of Albany means that

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instead of being isolated in the traditional campus bubble, students get to feel like a part of the city,” Smith said. “On nice days we can walk to Lark Street, or sit in Washington Park and study.”

They also believe that gives students a feeling of being part of a larger community than just the College.

“There’s a strong art and music culture, and we’re in a political hub,” Smith said. “By the time we graduated from Saint Rose, many of our classmates had friends, jobs, and connections in the area, and a few of them are also small business owners.”

As they prepare for the grand opening this Friday, Corrigan and Smith are just hoping to have a successful start.

“We hope people will respond well and like what we’ve done,” Smith said. “We also hope we can help out a few artisans, so they can focus on the things they make, not the retail end of things.”

Reach Jackson Wang at Wangj847@strose.edu .

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Volunteering to Success

By CONOR SHEA Features Editor

It’s not uncommon to find a student who spends his or her time outside of school working in order to pay the bills. Many said students wouldn’t be at all surprised to find themselves working close to 25 hours a week.

However, it is rare to find a student who spends the majority of his or her time outside of classes volunteering, and even more unexpected when he or she still manages to carry top academic standard.

Andrew Kochian, 23, meets that standard, and has even exceeded it while studying at Saint Rose. Kochian, who is currently enrolled in a five-year program at Saint Rose, will be graduating this May with a master’s in accounting and a bachelor’s in business administration.

While this program is a popular one, few other than Kochian choose to spend most of their time outside of the classroom, both giving back to the community, and furthering their career.

While not in classes, Kochian spends most of his time working just down the street from the College at the Catholic Charities pastoral center. His work there is unexpectedly not religiously affiliated, as he volunteers with VITA, an IRS-funded tax assistance program.

This Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program consists of a team of knowledgeable accounting workers who help those in the lower income tax bracket in Albany complete their income tax returns.

Much like taking a tax return to H&R Block, Kochian and his fellow volunteers walk clients through the whole process and make sure that everything is in order with their finances in the eyes of the IRS. Kochian has spent the past four yeas volunteering with VITA, and

while he is busier now more than ever—as he was recently promoted to a managing position—he still holds a love for school and academics in general.

This love for academia shows itself no more prominently than in his GPA, which currently stands at a 4.0, a number he reluctantly divulges when asked.

“I’ve always been someone comfortable with the school environment. As I’ve realized all five years, this is where I thrive,” said Kochian on his excellent academic standing.

When Kochian does have downtime he likes to decompress with reading or video games, activities purposefully devoid of the analytics required when studying or practicing tax.

Kochian further mentioned that a lot of what makes his work at VITA more appealing for him is the sense of community involvement, and one-on-one client interaction.

“A big part of the process of doing a tax return is talking with your client. You really have to get to know them so they feel comfortable talking to you and divulging their income and showing their paperwork.”

Kochian even added that he occasionally makes follow-up calls even after his work is done with a client, just to check that everything is alrighton their end.

Kochian said he is incredibly grateful for the opportunities and experiences presented by the VITA program, especially considering the other typical opportunities for accounting students.

“What I liked about that is I could use accounting for purposes other than just making people money; for more of the social side of it,” he said on the difference between his work and that of a typical internship.

“I’m more of a person who doesn’t want to work at a CPA firm or a big business; I gravitate more towards social things,

helping people out, and initially I wasn’t sure if I would be allowed to do that,” he continued.

As he soon found out, he would be allowed to do just that, due in part to a professor at Saint Rose that Kochian considers a mentor. Professor Catherine Katagiri,

“I’ve always been someone comfortable with the school environment... this is where I thrive.”

Andrew Kochian who teaches intermediate level accounting courses, has had Kochian in a number of classes, and built a working relationship with him despite not being his adviser.

“She really understands that as an accounting major, I don’t want to work at a CPA firm or a big business. Most accounting professors assume you want to do that, and once I told her that I didn’t, she helped me gravitate towards careers that really weren’t with CPA firms,” said Kochian, smiling.

When asked about Kochian, Katagiri had nothing but positive comments, saying, “Getting to know Andrew as a student in my accounting theory classes has been a gradual, academically and personally rewarding experience.

He has demonstrated excellence in the classroom paired with an unassuming, outgoing personality. Andrew has a willingness to participate, to assume responsibilities and a personal maturity uncommonly found in students.”

“I know Andrew to have a wonderful sense of himself and an eagerness to participate in life. As he graduates, I will miss

his valuable input and service to [Saint Rose]; I have no doubt of his success in whatever pursuits await,” she continued.

Kochian’s love of both clients and the work doesn’t mean the position can’t become frustrating, something he readily admits.

“There are some clients that come in and don’t understand that this is a free program. They expect you to know everything and expect to get a refund when they can’t get one for that year, and they question your knowledge.

This is a free service, and so we do what we can to help them.”

When asked what he would miss the most about leaving Saint Rose, Kochian responded with little hesitation: “The sense of community here.”

“If you have a very large classroom you may not get to know

your teacher very well, but when you’re at Saint Rose you get to know them… and they just really make a commitment to help you out in your career, and beyond.”

On his plans for the future, Kochian is unsure, but says he wants to stay away from the bookkeeping side of accounting. He further mentioned that he has applied for jobs with the IRS, and he is hopeful given his experience working at VITA. Perhaps students will one day see Kochian come back to the academic environment with a different intention, as he said he could see himself nurturing young minds.

“I would definitely like to teach, after I get some experience with taxation, I would love to come back here because I feel so at home in the classroom.”

Kochian will graduate this Saturday with a master’s and a bachelor’s degree.

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early age.

His teachers would yell at him, regard him as lazy and stupid, and he was ushered away into the back room where they kept the “less desirable” students.

“The worst that can happen is you feel stupid,” he said. “It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy when you feel defeated before you’ve even begun, and everyone around thinks you’ve lost, it’s hard not to lose.”

However, Williamson did have an army by his side: His mother and father. They fought the school system tooth-and-nail, raising a riot more than once to make sure he had the proper accommodation for his cognitive learning style. Andrew says, however that the system was still broken.

He never truly got the assistance needed to understand the

Why Saint Rose? Williamson replied, “Mom always said ‘go to Saint Rose’. I didn’t listen. Finally, I did. I started part time to see if I could handle the work.”

His first class was Comparative Politics with Professor Mustapha, whose reputation as a tough professor has preceded his classes.

Williamson scored 100-percent on his first exam.

“Once I convinced myself I could do it, it became easy,” Williamson said.

Williamson’s opinion of academia has shifted since coming to college because of his favorite show. “My favorite show of all time is The Fresh Prince of BelAir. There is one episode where Will [Smith] goes off to college, and his philosophy teacher is hard on him. So, Will quits school. But Uncle Phil tells him ‘Will, when you go to college, you will meet a professor who is able to inspire you and challenge you, and possibly change your life.” That, for me, is Dr. [Ben] Clansy.”

Williamson would like to pursue a career in politics, possibly non-profit work. His involvement in Affirmative Action will never cease. “I firmly believe government can do good.” He wants to stand for the unheard voices, the poor, the minorities, and those deemed incapable.

Recently, Williamson received the Outstanding Senior in Political Science Award at this year’s Honors Convocation.

“My greatest accomplishment here has been proving to myself and others that, even with a disability, you can achieve at the highest level,” Williamson said.

And so, as sad as it is to say goodbye, time must take its course.

“I am well aware that I am the last one standing of all my classmates with disabilities,” he said.

“Not a single one of them earned a college degree. Some of them dropped out of high school. When I get my diploma, it’s for them as well as me.”

Striving for the Highest Level

By JUSTIN DAVIS Contributing Writer If you ever have a spare second, step outside the Camelot room toward Albertus Hall. You will see a raging, red-haired man in a Polo cap yelling about the latest political stir. But if you stop and talk to him, Andrew Williamson is one of the most approachable people you will find on campus, always ready with a story or an extra second to sit and idly shoot the breeze.

However, Williamson goes beyond the mundane and borders the extraordinaire. Involved in Student Association, he serves as a member of the Budget & Grant Committee, Constitution Committee, and Election Committee.

He recently founded the Library Student Advisory Committee and the Political Science Society where he serves as President. Last year he participated in the Model UN debate, all while successfully maintaining a 3.75 GPA.

“I’m someone who needs to learn things the hard way. Going from one dead end to another made me realize I needed school.”

Andrew Williamson

“It was a great opportunity to see politics in action firsthand.”

Andrew Williamson His role in SA—this will be his sixth consecutive semester—as a representative/general member has him discussing clubs proposed by students, attending weekly meetings, and participating in office hours. His role on the Constitution Committee from ’13-’14 has him reviewing the proposed constitutions and assisting in assimilating the club into Saint Rose.

Last year, he advised candidates for the Student Body Office while on the Election Committee, something he is doing again this semester as a member of this

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Williamson has been part of many different student organizations. year’s committee.

He also managed an internship with Senator Jose Peralta in the New York State Senate where he was responsible for researching the bills that were up for ratification and attended the senate sessions.

“It was a great opportunity to see politics in action firsthand,” he said.

He recently rejoined the College’s Library Committee as a

student representative where he addresses concerns of the facilities at hand, potential improvements, and general welfare of the library. His concern is always for his fellow students.

He himself struggles with dyslexia. Diagnosed in first grade, his public school refused the diagnosis, claiming it wasn’t a reality. The disbelief in this real and challenging disability caused Williamson to hate school at an

purpose of school and graduated still hating the education process.

He went on to Hudson Valley Community College, where he received an associate’s degree in criminal justice. He then moved on to UAlbany, but left to join the workforce. He soon came to realize the value of school after working one unfulfilling job after another.

“I’m someone who needs to learn things the hard way,” Williamson said. “Going from one dead end to another made me realize I needed school.”

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Senior Bryan Barry didn’t always have a fascination with rocks. Barry, a Geology major at Saint Rose, came here as a freshmen trumpet player, majoring in music, then switched to exploratory the second semester of his freshman year.

It wasn’t until he took Intro to Geology with Jacqueline Smith, associate professor of geology, that his interest in the science began.

It was Smith that convinced him to switch over to Geology although,“it didn’t take much convincing,” Barry said. She became his adviser.

Fast-forward three years to now: Barry has a vast collection of rocks, minerals and fossils including some from different places that he’s traveled to, and ones that glow in the dark. He figures that he has around over a hundred rocks.

“I like the variety of rocks.

They can be so different. I like that rocks can tell a story,” Barry said. “They can also help you remember places you’ve been. You can pick up a rock and remember seeing it in place wherever you were.”

He tries to collect rocks that best represent the formation or area he visited. His favorite is a rock friend that he made two years ago at Geology Club.

Barry took on the role of president of Geology club his senior year, after serving as vice president, and was also involved on

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Bryan Barry poses with his favorite rock from Geology Club. the Harvest Fest and Rose Rock committees. “He’s great at organizing events and because he is so outgoing, everything we do (rock friends for example) gets plenty of visitors and volunteers. Even him being on the Harvest Fest and Rose Rock committees make the meetings jovial and the events ten times more fun,” said Ashley Cirone, a senior at St. Rose.

Barry is most proud of the op-

portunities that he’s had while at Saint Rose. He traveled to South Carolina, Colorado, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and realized that New York consists of more than his hometown of Long Island.

When he presented his micro plastics poster at NEGSA (the National Geological Society of America’s Northeastern section) he won an outstanding poster

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award. “I’ve gotten to present my poster at meetings with professionals and I got to meet the chief scientist for the D.E.C. The global recruiting guy from Exxon Mobile, just a whole bunch of amazing people.”

Another highlight for Barry was two years ago when the Geology Club went to the National conference at the Geological Society of America. The club rented two SA vans and drove 13 hours to Charlotte, North Carolina.

“That was an awesome trip,” Barry said.

From these experiences, Barry has learned that “you can do anything you want, you just have to want to do it.”

Over his years at Saint Rose, Barry has collected much more than rocks, including friendships,

which he’ll miss when he graduates. “I am going to miss my friends. Don’t get me wrong, they are friends for life. I’ve lived with the same guys for four years now.

It’s going to be weird not having anyone to yell at for the dishes in the sink,” Barry said.

“Bryan Barry has been a friend of mine since we lived next door to each other in Brubacher hall.

Bryan is a very funny and outgoing. He is a blast to hang out with and one of the most generous people I know,” said Dan Marchione, one of Barry’s roommates.

Barry plans to stay in the Albany area after graduation, where he hopes to secure a job.

He owes a thank you to his parents, friends, girlfriend and his adviser, Dr. Smith. “Without them, who knows?” he said.

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friend Cynthia Crudale was ultimately the one who encouraged her to follow her dreams. She recalled Crudale saying, “Shut up and do it.”

Stolz grew the blog into a club on campus through the Office of Spiritual Life during her junior year. With only one advertisement, her first meeting drew 20 girls. As of now, the club retains an average of 15-20 girls on a weekly basis.

While Stolz will be graduating, she leaves behind a leadership team she is confident will carry on the goals she has set for herself and the club. Stolz refers to this board as “student leaders,” because, Stolz notes, that’s the way Jesus led. “You serve the people you’re leading. That’s the most effective form of leadership.

It’s not about you. It’s bigger than you.” Stolz said.

Ashley Sweet, one of G4G’s new Servant Leaders, learned a great deal from Stolz. “She can be the court jester one minute and a concerned mother figure the next, and I couldn’t ask for a better combination of things in my best friends. One of the most powerful things Tinamarie ever said to me in bringing me onto G4G, was to stay true to me and lead in my own way. She told me people don’t need pretty, they need real and that’s what she wants G4G to be no matter what,” Sweet said.

Stolz’s leadership style is one recognized by Horgan, as well as mentor Julianna Hart “She [Stolz] has greatly and deeply impacted many students on campus, especially young women. She’s done it in a way that’s really insightful and devoted,” said Horgan.

Also a resident assistant for three years, Stolz developed a close friendship with new Area Coordinator Hart.

“Tinamarie really stepped up to be supportive,” Hart said. “She’s never afraid to take on more responsibility. The most unique thing about Tinamarie is that she cares about people. A lot of people say they’ll be there, but she actually is. She’s leaving some very big shoes behind. There’s a standard of things that she’s set.”

Stolz has found her time at Saint Rose to be one of the “most challenging and rewarding experiences of her life.” She’s also realized that “My friends have made my memories just excellent.”

With her boyfriend, Christopher Alvarado, transferring to Saint Rose, Stolz has had too many good times to count.“I’ve had some really great times. Dodgeball Madness, 3 a.m. DP Dough, Ruby. The nights I’ve stayed up all night with my friends talking, and Saint Patrick’s Day with Megan Fuchs.”

In all, Stolz’s greatest lesson has been “Being a positive person is the only way. There’s no other option. I’ve all this because of the amazing people who’ve surrounded me.”

A Leader with a Plan:Tinamarie Stolz

By CHRISTOPHER SURPRENANT

Managing Editor

For most graduating seniors, the very thought of the future is terrifying and uncertain. Thinking about a potential job, place to live, and doing something with that hard-earned degree is on everyone’s mind.

Senior Tinamarie Stolz, however, finds herself fortunate enough to have plan in place.

Beginning in August, Stolz will begin working in Detroit at Saint Christine’s Ministry at Christ the King Parish.

Stolz, 22, didn’t just happen to stumble upon St. Christine’s.

“I was looking for jobs. I was asking myself, ‘Should I stay home? Look for something here?

Take the summer?” After speaking with Joan Horgan, director of campus ministry at Saint

Rose, Stolz did a search through the Catholic Volunteer Network.

The network matches individuals with organizations that are in need of particular skill sets. Stolz is a public relations concentration, and while St. Christine’s did not initially have any positions available, Stolz was contacted 25 minutes after her first phone interview. A PR position was created specifically for her. “That was a really big leap of faith,” Stolz said.

While at St. Christine’s, Stolz will be actively involved in ministry work. She will be working in their food pantry, childcare services, as well helping the poor. As for personal goals, Stolz hopes to generate more press coverage for the organization and create new promotional materials that say, in Stolz’s words, “This is the ministry you want to go to for services.

This is the ministry you want to financially support.”

In addition to her outlined duties, Stolz will also be able to continue and grow a cause very close to her heart: Girls for God (G4G). She will be starting G4G workshops at the parish as well as those utilizing St. Christine services. G4G was originally a blog started by Stolz in her sophomore year at Saint Rose to encourage, support, and empower women through a strong faith connection.

As a cause near to her heart, G4G almost didn’t happen. Stolz began her undergraduate career as a biology major because she was afraid she would find a job in the communications field. “I hated math and science my entire life. What was I thinking? I hated it, just hated it,” Stolz said.

After changing her major to communications, Stolz’s close

Tinamarie Stolz will begin working in Detroit at Saint Christine’s Ministry at Christ the King Parish after graduation.

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anyone that this science student’s work ethic is exceptional, to say the least. She says she has enjoyed her time in Albany and thankful for all that Saint Rose has offered throughout her years here.

“My goal is to be a laboratory scientist who gets to travel all across the world,” said Robinson.

After graduating in a few days, she will be on a plane to France with Murad and other food microbiology students to spend a week and a half experiencing and learning France science and cul-

After being a passionate student and involved member of Saint Rose, Keri Robinson is looking ahead to a future of science and traveling. With graduation approaching in just a few days, Robinson said it has been a great ride and all that she hoped it would be. Deciding to be a Biology major with a concentration in cell and molecular and a public health minor, Robinson’s love of science dates back to high school.

“When I was in high school biology class we watched a really interestinig video on parasites,” said Robinson. “I couldn’t help but be amazed by how much a tiny little organism could wreak havoc.”

“She’s just awesome and will definitely be missed around here.”

Katie Willey

“When I was in high school biology class we watched a really interestinig video on parasites.”

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Robinson chose Saint Rose out of the appreciation for small class sizes all of the financial aid she received, and that if she could do it all over again she would choose to be a Rosebud every time. She has put in her fair share of hard work at the campus bookstore, the campus Academic center, being a Pathways Challenge leader, and being a member of the Nation Science Association. She is also a proud member of Sigma Xi (the Scientific Research Honor Society), Delta Epsilon Iota, and the American Society of Microbiology.

“You can always see her going from place to place around campus,” said Gabriella Castillo, a friend of Robinson’s and a chem-

One of Robinson’s biggest roles on campus has been being a part of the National Science Association. istry adolescent education major.

“She is quite the busy bee, but no matter what she will put her all into everything she does.”

One of Robinson’s biggest roles on campus has been being a part of the National Science Association. She was public relations director her junior year and president this past senior year.

“Keri has great leadership skills,” said Kari Murad, biology professor at Saint Rose. “She is a person that I never have to doubt will get things done and done right.”

Outside of campus, Robinson has had two internships with the New York State Health Depart-

ment, at the Biggs Laboratory, Wadsworth Center near the Empire State Plaza. She has also enjoyed school trips to the Boston Aquarium and Bodies exhibit, as well as a few Broadway plays through the Student Events

Board.

“She has a good sense of humor but knows what it’s time to get serious,” says Katie Willey, the manager of the campus book store where Robinson works.

There were no questions from

ture.

“She’s just awesome and will definitely be missed around here,” said Willey, upon thinking about Robinson starting her next chapter.

Upon returning, Robinson plans to continue work for the New York State Department of Health, before going on to receive her master in public health.

“I fully expect to be watching TV some night and see her interviewed about the latest Ebola epidemic in Africa,” said Murad.

“She has set a great example for the next generation of student leaders.”

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From Schoolwork toWorkforce

By JACKSON WANG Executive Editor

As students prepare to walk across the stage at the Times Union Center on Saturday, some will be scrambling to find a job, while others will take some time off and try to recuperate.

But for senior business student Yelfri De Leon, he will be getting ready to start a career as credit analysis.

For the last few months, De Leon has been working as a credit analysis intern at New York Business Development Corporation.

Due to his hard work and dedication to the company, De Leon was offered a full-time job about a month ago.

“I learned a lot about the ins and outs of commercial banking through this internship,” De Leon said.

When De Leon first arrived at Saint Rose in fall 2010, he started out as an exploratory major. He had a sense that he was going to major in business, but wasn’t completely sure at the time. But once he took an introduction business level class, he knew that the business major was the right fit.

In that introduction level class, De Leon created a venture opportunity project. From there, his interest in business continued to grow, as he chose his concentration in finance, despite his hatred for math.

“Finance is a different kind of math,” De Leon said. “You’re not doing calculus, you’re doing simple math.”

De Leon also credits his professors in finance that have helped him developed an interested in the subject, while guiding him along the way during his Saint Rose career.

“He is very intelligent and hardworking,” said Yu-Jung Avis, who has had De Leon in two of her classes, contemporary topics in finance and introduction to financial modeling in excel. “He is extremely well organized. He is a planner. He plotted the course of

his academic career from the day I met him, and he has been carrying out the plan step by step.”

She said one of De Leon’s best traits is his positive attitude towards everything.

“He grew from an ambitious and curious big boy to a sophisticated, well mannered, and intelligent young adult,” Avis said.

During his time at Saint Rose, De Leon also took advantage of an opportunity to study abroad in the spring semester of 2013 at Regents College in London.

“It was a pretty great experience,” De Leon said.

While at Regents College, he took elective courses there. De Leon said the best part of studying abroad was getting to know so many people from different parts of the world and getting to travel around Europe.

“The fact that I was living in a foreign country was pretty amazing,” De Leon said. “I feel like l earned three years’ worth of things while studying abroad. I learned a lot about the different cultures.”

Living in a different country is nothing new to De Leon since he was born in the Dominican Republic. At the age of four, De Leon moved to Panama City, Panama with his family. He also spent a brief period of time in Puerto Rico with his father when he was nine-years-old.

De Leon moved to the United States at the age of 13 and was thrown into American high school without knowing any English.

“At the beginning, it was pretty hard,” De Leon said.

But De Leon battled through it and was able to survive high school as he then made another transition to Albany for college.

Adjusting to living in Upstate New York wasn’t too difficult for De Leon because he went through a single week program as an HEOP (Higher Education Opportunity Program) member during the summer.

“By the time the academic semester started, I kind of knew my

Yelfri De Leon spending time in Paris, France, while studying abroad. way around campus,” De Leon said.

And once De Leon began his Saint Rose career, he jumped right in by joining many clubs and organizations, including student association, student events board, adventure club, The Chronicle, Spectrum, Relay for Life, and the Alana Leadership Program.

“There have been so many opportunities that I’ve taken advan-

tage of,” said De Leon, who also spent on summer as an orientation leader.

He also continued to work for HEOP, which is a program that helps students that have the potential and are in good academic standing, but are from low income families, come to a private college like Saint Rose. De Leon was honored last month for his hard work to HEOP with the Sis-

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ter Elizabeth Varley Award.

And as De Leon wraps up his four-year Saint Rose journey, he said he what he will miss the most is the wonderful people he has met and the close tight community here at the College.

“I have no doubt that Yelfri will prove to be one of our most outstanding alumni in the years to come,” Avis said.

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With graduation for the Class of 2014 being less than a week away, many graduating seniors are taking the time they have left at Saint Rose to reflect on what they’ve learned in the last four years.

Senior Michael Alston, who spent the entirety of his last undergraduate year studying abroad in San Juan, Puerto Rico, looks back at his Saint Rose years and feels nothing but great pride and accomplishment.

“The last four years of college for me can only be described as an age of discovery. Being a student at Saint Rose, I have learned so much in just a small amount of time. The scope of my learning has not only reached out into my academic life, but I have also learned so much about other people and their way of living as well,” he explained.

Alston, a double major in Criminal Justice, Behavior, and Law and Spanish, has been a well-known face on the Saint Rose campus since his freshman year; some of his accomplishments include being a criminal justice tutor, the Spanish Representative for the Dean’s Student Advisory Council (DSAC) for the School of Arts and Humanities, and being an RA. “My greatest accomplishments would include being able to do research in both Panama and Puerto Rico while at the College of Saint Rose,” Alston said. “Among other personal accomplishments, I would include also the fact that I have completely changed as person. Don’t get me wrong, I liked myself four years ago, but I also loved the positive adjustments and lessons I’ve learned that has brought me here today.”

Senior year brought Alston to La Universidad del Sagrado Corazon in San Juan, Puerto Rico for a yearlong studying abroad experience, an academic move four years in the making.

“Study abroad has been a prodigious experience. I started off as a freshman wanting to study in Spain. My dream was to go to Sevilla, Spain and study Spanish,” Alston said. “One week before the application deadline, I changed the destination to San Juan, Puerto Rico. I decided that Puerto Rico would be the best decision for my future. I knew that the majority of Spanish speakers in the Northeast are not from Spain, so the best thing to do would be to learn not only the Spanish, but the culture of a Spanish speaking country in the Americas. After being in San Juan for a semester, I knew that I couldn’t stop because I was learning so much. It was a hard deci-

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His study abroad experience helped him to grow not only academically, but personally.

“San Juan allowed me to grow even more as a student and a person. Saint Rose gave me the tools and San Juan allowed me to use them,” Alston said. “I have taken all of my classes here, except one English literature class, in Spanish. I remember leaving my first

day of class at Saint Rose with a headache because I was stressed.

At the end on my junior year, I was a college pro; then I arrive at a new university and felt like a freshman again with daily migraines. Now I’m at the end of my experience here and can now say that I can text in class and pay attention at the same time; just kidding. Puerto Rico has had a huge impact on my life but I could not have survived it without everything I’ve learned at Saint Rose.

Because of Puerto Rico, I’m more confident, I handle problems better, I appreciate differences even more, and overall I feel like a smarter and better person. I’ve learned that the best lessons don’t come from textbook, but from

life experiences.”

When the inevitable “What are your plans for after college?” was asked, Alston responded in the usual excitement and terror that seniors emit when asked about the future.

“I have no idea,” Alston said.

“I applied to graduated school for a PhD in Spanish at UAlbany and at John Jay for a Masters in Criminal Justice. I don’t even want to think about this. I still have no idea what I am going to be wearing for graduation.”

For underclassman, Alston keeps his final words of advice short and sweet.

“Wake up. Be Amazing. Do it again tomorrow. Don’t be basic.

Do a little extra every day.”

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Michael Alston spent his whole senior year abroad in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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Solving the College Equation

By LAUREN KLOSE Staff Writer For Tara Parker, a senior at The College of Saint Rose, having grown up in a small town called Columbia Center, coming to Albany for school was a big change.

While Saint Rose wasn’t originally her top choice, after four years in Albany, she is extremely glad that she chose to attend the school.

After graduating from Mohawk High School 3rd in a class of 74, the smaller size of Saint Rose and the closeness to home fit her needs. Parker, who originally began at Saint Rose as a Psychology major, will be graduating on May 10th, with a dual degree in Computer Science and Mathematics. “Between the clubs, service trips, studying abroad and all the friends I have made, I am so glad that I chose Saint Rose,” said Parker.

Some of the multiple community service opportunities she has done are things such as three of the alternative spring break trips through Saint Rose, two to New Orleans in Louisiana and one to Florida. Parker helped plan the Florida trip, which was new this year, and worked with an organization called Paint Your Heart Out where volunteers painted the exterior of houses for low income families. “I have also taken part in Reach Out Saint Rose and Social Justice week,” said Parker.

One of the biggest ways Parker spent her time was volunteering at the after school program at the Refugee and Immigrants Support Services of Emmaus (RISSE) in Albany, at the Emmaus United Methodist Church. For this program, Parker has helped children with their homework and working with them on their English speaking skills.

“Working at RISSE with the kids has made me realize how much I enjoy working with children, particularly helping them

Tara Parker at the United Nations in New York City. to learn how to communicate,” said Parker. Her work at RISSE sparked an interest in Parker who hopes to find a job in project management after graduation. She is hoping to save up in order to travel to Italy or South Korea to teach English as a second language to children.

In order to be certified, Parker will have to take a four week course, which includes student

teaching and observation, in the country where she will be teaching. The courses can range in price from $2,000 to $4,000. “If I go there I can get to know the area that I’ll be living in and teaching in,” said Parker. An additional benefit would be that she would be taking the course with other people who will also be teaching in the area. “It’s nice knowing people when you are going to a

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foreign country by yourself,” said Parker.

Parker is no stranger to traveling, having studied abroad in Ireland during the fall semester of her junior year. “It was absolutely beautiful, I loved every second of it,” said Parker. Attending an early start program, she toured the country for a month with her professor before studying at the University College Cork. I saved a lot

of my liberal education courses for the program so I took some interesting classes like Old Norse and Step Dancing, which counted as a gym class, said Parker. During her free time, she traveled the country and the surrounding ones, taking in the sites and sampling many of the local dishes.

In addition to community service and studying abroad, Parker has been involved with Adventure Club, Identity, Student Association, and more recently the United Mathematics Organization (UMO).

“Freshman year, my roommate and I went to the activities fair where I was interested in Adventure Club and she was interested in Identity so we both decided to join each club together and have stuck with them since, said Parker.”

Sophomore year, Parker was the president of Adventure Club, the treasurer her junior year, and currently the events coordinator.

Junior year, Parker was also treasurer of Identity. She also held the executive assistant position in Student Association, taking notes during the meetings her sophomore year.

Extracurricular activities has always been a big part of Parker’s life, having played multiple sports such as soccer, field hockey, and track as well as participating in her high school’s musicals.

She balanced all her extracurriculars while managing a full time job at McDonald’s. She has since left her job at McDonald’s and will be working at Cooperstown Dreams Park, which is a youth baseball camp, in the technology department.

While I’m excited to get out of Albany, I’m really going to miss a lot of things like my friends, professors, the activities I have done here and just Saint Rose in general, said Parker. “It’s been my home for the past four years and the people of Saint Rose have been my family,” said Parker.

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There’s a saying about Jackson Wang that goes, “Jackson doesn’t always procrastinate, but when he does, he does it by doing other work.”

Wang entered college with the intention to go in, get out, and get a job.

“That’s what I intended to do.

And then I got involved in The Chronicle, and it just took off from there,” Wang said. “I knew that at that point if I wanted to make something out of this experience and really succeed in life, I’d have to take every opportunity that I have. If there isn’t any opportunity, go find something for me to do that will put me on the path to success. That’s what I’ve been trying to do for the past four years.” His hard work has paid off.

As a communications major, Wang started out writing for The Chronicle his freshman year. He moved up to sports editor his sophomore year, co-executive editor his junior year, and took over the role of executive editor this year. Under his direction, the paper has produced 32 editions over the 2013-2014 term. “Jackson Wang is a real treasure and we are lucky to have had him at the helm of The Chronicle,” said Cailin Brown, adviser to The Chronicle.

His work at The Chronicle helped him obtain internships and jobs. The summer before starting his junior year he completed an internship at the Times Union covering local news at the city desk.

“Four times out of those 10 weeks I got stories on A-1, so that was a pretty awesome experience,” he said.

He enjoyed his internship so much that he returned that winter during his college break to work as an intern. This helped him realize his full potential.

The next summer, he worked as a news intern at YNN (now Time Warner Cable News) where he discovered that television was the

Jackson Wang working on the issue of The Chronicle for the 2013-2014 academic year. field he would like to aim for and make it on air—his ultimate goal to be “the next Brian Williams.”

In December of 2013 he started working as an associate producer for NewsChannel 13, where he produces the 10 p.m. newscast, or “the dime” as he calls it, and the noon shows. On weeknights, he works the assignment desk.

“Jackson is a talented individual who has already made his mark in local journalism before even graduating. He helped us launch a brand new weekend 10PM newscast on WNYA,” said Eric Hoppel, NewsChannel 13’s News Director.

Wang also freelances for the Troy Record, where he covers sports – from high school to even some Albany Devils games where he got to meet the coaches and players, “a pretty cool experience,” he said.

It’s through his philosophy, the ones he signs his e-mails with,

“When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe then you will be successful,” that has motivated Wang to accomplish so much during his time at Saint Rose.

Saint Rose has helped him learn “how to stand out.” During his junior year he went on a conversion trip with Undergraduate Admissions to talk to students in different states about Saint Rose.

This required Wang to speak to larger audiences about himself and Saint. Rose. Before the conversion trip, Wang hadn’t been too keen on public speaking. But through the experience, he became more comfortable with it.

Throughout all of the jobs and internships he’s had, The Saint Rose Chronicle has remained a constant. “It’s my pride and joy, my baby,” he said, looking at the bulletin board in the Chronicle office lined with this year’s editions of The Chronicle. Over the

four years he’s written countless articles, ranging from subjects like new college presidents, campus events like Relay for Life.

It’s hard for him to choose a favorite, because each is “unique in their own way” he said. One that comes to mind was an article he wrote about twins who were both on Saint Rose’s volleyball team – “a good story” he said.

Under Jackson’s leadership, The Chronicle received “First Place with Merit” from the American Scholastic Press Association. Wang is quick to thank The Chronicle editors, writers and photographers for all of their hard work. “I appreciate it every time I walk by the quad, the dining hall, CCIM when I see people reading it, it means a lot to me,” he said. He hopes that everyone has enjoyed reading it for the past four years.

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ing Dedication of the Year” award this past April, which attests to Wang’s hard working attitude.

Another constant at Saint Rose are his friends. He’ll miss his roommates that he’s had for the past four years, and The Chronicle staff. “It’s almost too much to comprehend at once,” he said.

“The Chronicle staff benefited from Jackson’s strong leadership, patience guidance and inclusive philosophy,” Brown said. “Jackson ‘s skills are many and Saint Rose is fortunate to count him among its graduates.”

After Wang walks across the stage at graduation, he will start work at Time Warner Cable News as a news assistant.

“You can do anything you want in life if you set your mind to it.

You just gotta go after it,” he said.

With this philosophy, it’s certain that Wang has even bigger things to come in his future.

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Take Photos with a Passion

By JACKSON WANG Executive Editor

It’s almost impossible to spot Kelly Pfeister without a camera in her hands. The communications senior can be seen throughout the year covering anything on and off campus from concerts and art shows, to readings and sporting events. Whatever the assignment maybe, Pfeister is normally there snapping away.

But what most people might not know about Pfeister is that when she first came to Saint Rose, she was actually an English Adolescent Education major.

“I didn’t know what I was doing,” said Pfeister, while laughing and thinking about her first semester at the College. “I was just pretending.”

Her tenure of studying in the Lally School of Education and Albertus Hall was short-lived. In late October 2010, Pfeister approached her then adviser Kim Middleton, who helped her transition over to the Communications department, where Pfeister was then advised by journalism professor Cailin Brown.

“I walked into the (Hearst Center) and it felt so much better,” Pfeister said.

Pfeister said when she saw Brown’s passion and enthusiasm for journalism, she realized that Communications would be the right fit for her. Soon after making the transition, Pfeister began the semester by taking an introduction level journalism course, as well as joining The Chronicle as a photographer, after being convinced to attend a meeting by Brown.

“I remember how cool it was to walk the streets after Kegs and Eggs with Chris Surprenant,” said Pfeister, referring to a class assignment. “He was the reporter, so he had his notebook out and I used to take the photos and it was just so cool.”

Out of the dozens of photos that Pfeister took for The Chronicle freshman year, one in particular

sticks out- the graduation edition, which is a picture of the campus looking out toward Madison Avenue with leaves falling.

“She’s always extremely interested in those around her, which is probably one of the things that make her such a great photographer,” said Chris Suprenant, who is currently the managing editor of The Chronicle and has worked with Pfeister for the last four years. “She’s always willing to go out of her way to help out if she’s able to, and she always does so with a smile on her face.”

When she returned that fall semester of 2011, not only was Pfeister back to take photos for The Chronicle, but there was also a new editorial position created for her by then Executive Editor Ian Benjamin. Pfeister said it was an amazing honor to be recognized for her work when she was named the first ever head photographer of The Chronicle.

“People get to start to know you and it was really cool, or at least know your work,” said Pfeister, who started taking photos after receiving a camera as a Christmas gift when she was a freshman in high school.

Later that year, in late November, Pfeister received an email from Brown that had an exclusive opportunity.

“She basically said there was an opportunity to freelance for The New York Times,” said Pfeister, with a big smile on her face.

A few days later, she got an email from a photo editor at The Times telling her that they would accept her photos. Pfeister then went out and shot photos of the Stress-Free Zone event that fall.

After submitting the photos, she waited patiently, checking the education section of The Times each Sunday to see if her photos would get published.

“I was losing hope,” said Pfeister, after waiting over a month.

But in late January 2012, the photos finally appeared and it’s a day that Pfeister said she’ll never

forget. community, the people, and the a great quality to have,” said “I think I woke up all of Bru- resources available here at the Richards, who has had Pfeister in two of her classes, documentary bacher Hall that morning,” said College the most.

Pfeister, who was then a resi“I know that I can walk into and multimedia story telling.

Pfeister said that her dream job dential assistant in the freshman any of my professor’s office and dorm. they will clear off their desk and would be to working as a White House Press Photographer or take “Kelly Pfeister demonstrated have me sit down,” Pfeister said. her commitment to The ChroniLiz Richards, a communica- photos for Getty, Agence France cle year-after-year,” said Brown, tions professor, said Pfeister is Presse, or the Associated Press of adviser to The Chronicle. “In a really hard worker and has an the Royal Family. She said she journalism classes Kelly showed interesting perspective on the would also like to one day live a keen eye for detail, both in her world. Richards said at first, and work in London.

“I want her to go do her things, stories and through her photogra- Pfeister was quiet and it took her phy.” a while to figure out Pfeister’s in- but I wish she could stay another year,” Richards said. “I know Brown said the communica- terests. tions department was so proud of “She’s really humble and that’s she’s going to do great.”

Pfeister when her work appeared twice in The New York Times.

Along with getting published in The Times, Pfeister also took an opportunity to study abroad in London in fall 2012. She said one of favorite things to do in London was “stalking” Queen Elizabeth II. Pfeister said she was in the Queen’s presences three times.

But wherever she went in London, Pfeister always had her camera with her.

“It never left my side,” Pfeister said.

And that seems to be the case even back in Albany. Pfeister said that some of her favorite events that she’s covered includes the Rose Rock concerts and BB King.

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lem with public speaking. I was good at it, and I had a knack for it.

I thought combining my personality with my love of sports would be a good fit for me, so that’s why I decided to become a communications major,” Natoli said.

Natoli has been a member of The Chronicle since 2012 during his sophomore year. Starting his career as a sports writer under then-Sports Editor Jackson Wang, Natoli’s work at The Chronicle would lead him to take on more responsibility as he continued on.

In 2013, Natoli was promoted to Sports Editor where he oversaw a stable of staff writers who wrote anything from Golden Knights athletics to columns analyzing and critiquing professional sports. Natoli was able to further grow the Sports section by getting coverage of athletics other than specialty sports at Saint Rose like basketball and soccer. Stories concerning swimming and diving, track and field, as well as tennis, to name a few, all found their way into D pages.

Natoli came to Saint Rose for a variety of reasons, but two biggest factors were the location and affordability. Originally from Kingston, NY, home is only a stone’s throw away. However, he plans to stay in Albany for the time being, hoping to find work at local news stations so that he might work his way up in the ranks to eventually find himself

in front of the camera.

During his four years at the College, Natoli has had a lot of memorable experiences that he’ll carry with him for years to come. However, working as a tour guide on campus provided him with one of his favorites.

“Last year, during an admissions event, I was a tour guide. We had to do a break out session where we had to talk about our specific major to future students. I took what I did at The Chronicle and internships for granted, thinking it was all student stuff. When I had to tell people what I’ve been doing over the past few years, it made me realize just how much I had done by that point. From that moment on, I didn’t really take things for granted anymore.”

That’s one thing that Natoli hopes underclassmen take away from their time at Saint Rose. “I wish I had joined The Chronicle sooner. It took me two years to truly involve myself into the communications community and I loved it. It would have been nice to find it a bit sooner. Get involved in whatever major-related clubs that you can. Every last thing you can do to make you more marketable in the future, do it,” he said.

Like many graduating, Natoli will be moving on to bigger and better things, moving on to a new chapter. However, the friends he won’t soon be forgetting. “I really love working with all the other editors [at The Chronicle]. It’s been so great transcending my relationship with all of them past the office. It’s like a second family for me on campus. I’ve made so many friends here, some of which have become best friends.

It was so great meeting so many new people and creating new memories.”

Summing up his college experience, Natoli will be graduating older and wiser. “I realized how privileged I am and how fortunate I am to be able to do the things I do at this school. It made it all the more fun and much more meaningful.”

The Chronicle’s Off to a Running Start Surpreman

By JOSHUA NATOLI Sports Editor If you take a stroll into The Chronicle office on any given Sunday afternoon, you’ll usually find Chris Surprenant, the paper’s Managing Editor, diligently at work piecing together the upcoming week’s issue. Surprenant is an interesting specimen in that he majors in English, rather than communications like most of the staff.

The 21-year-old Whitesboro, N.Y. native quickly established himself within The Chronicle.

Surprenant had previously written for his high school publication, The Smoke Signal, at Whitesboro High School and jumped aboard The Chronicle his freshman year. He began writing for the Arts ection doing movie and television reviews, as well as “The Freshman Perspective,” which were small observations from a new college student.

After his first semester, Surprenant quickly moved up the totem pole to the Arts Editor position, which he would hold until May 2013, when he would again move up to Managing Editor in which he now resides. Working for The Chronicle has given Surprenant some pretty memorable journalistic opportunities.

“One of my favorite events I was able to cover was a press conference with Tina Fey and Paul Rudd on their movie Admission,” said Surprenant.

Before Surprenant could join The Chronicle, he had to choose Saint Rose first, “I chose Saint Rose for two reasons. One, they sent me all these flyers asking me to come, so I thought I was something special. Whether or not that's true, well, that's not for me to decide. Reason two is that after actually visiting the campus, I realized that I wanted to go to a small school where I would be able to talk to my professors and

get to know them. I also like that it's located right in the middle of a city. There's never a shortage of things to do.”

The choice has seemed to benefit Surprenant tremendously.

Not only has he been a prominent member of The Chronicle for four years, but he is also the President of Sigma Tau Delta, the English Honor Society on campus, and is also graduating alongside his peers this month.

Although Surprenant will be leaving The College of Saint Rose for good this Saturday, he wishes to leave a legacy for the remaining underclassmen, as well as all other incoming students.

“Always, always, always remember that college is the gateway to the future, so remember to do the work and to do your best work,” Surprenant said. “Remember that your major should be something you're passionate about. If you truly love what you're doing, then you've got to give it 110 percent. Also remember that college is a time that you have to have fun. Stay up late eating, studying, laughing, whatever. Go to strange places and do strange things that you'd never otherwise do. Try weird food, meet weird people. Do it all and never regret any experience, good

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A lot of people are sports fans.

A lot of people can talk sports.

However, not many can actually write about sports. Joshua Natoli, a senior Communications major at The College of Saint Rose, as well as the Sports Editor at The Chronicle, has been able to combine those passions into something he will hopefully be turning into a future career.

However, there was a time when Communications was not Natoli’s top career choice. “There was a time when I was in high school when I was interested in the big, money-making majors.

I was thinking of law school and medical school. I learned more about law and realized it wasn’t for me, and I wasn’t good enough at math and science for medical school,” Natoli said.

While Communications is certainly different from law or medical school, Natoli realized it was definitely for him after watching ESPN. “I was watching Sports Center one day, and I realized that, while I wasn’t always good enough to play sports, I loved watching them. Also, I’m very extroverted; I didn’t have a probor bad. Those are all experiences that are going to shape you and make you the best person you can be.”

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Joshua Natoli, left, and Chris Surprenant, right, taking a break from layout on a Sunday afternoon.

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The Chronicle Photographer’s Pick : Best Photos of 2013 and 2014

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Carly Weller holds her hair as she gets a shave at St. Baldrick’s Day in March.

Jackie Frost At The Annual Identity Drag Show.

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Joe Badore at A Pop and Broadway Concert.

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Ben Thornewill sings and plays the keyboard at Rose Rock in April.

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Pat Findley from Walls plays at Rocktober fest on Oct. 26, 2013.

Fear the Knight dances at Midknight Madness.

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Girls Next Door Performing at A Cappella Night.

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Philip Wiser at The College of Saint Rose.

Harry Rosenfeld at The College of Saint Rose, in late September.

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Joleen Loliscio sings her heart out in “Fire,” by Ingrid Michelson

Amber Kida shows some personality while she sings Still Into You by Paramore on Saturday.

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Kat Butera solos in “City,” by Ingrid Michelson.

Kat Butera leads the Girls Next Door in the song Heaven with GND alumni.

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Above: King, a collie, gets some time with students.

Right: Coloring and Play-Dough were available on Thursday.

Oliver the dog gets a pat on the head from students at the Stress Free Zone on Thursday.

Genevieve Diller smiles as she scoops ice cream at the Stress Free Zone.

Health Services had smoothies and healthy snacks available for students.

Arts Top of the Week For April 28th - May 6th

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Movies at the Box Office

T.V. Shows

1. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 2. The Other Woman 3. Heaven is for Real 4. Captain America: The Winter Soldier 5. Rio 2 6. Brick Mansions 7. Divergent 8. The Quiet Ones 9. The Grand Budapest Hotel 10. God’s Not Dead

1. The Big Bang Theory 2. Dancing with the Stars 3. The Voice (Tuesday) 4. Blue Bloods 5. The Blacklist 6. NCIS 7. The Voice (Monday) 8. 60 Minutes 9. NCIS: Los Angeles 10. Castle

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Books

Music

Fiction: 1. The Target (David Baldacci) 2. The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt) 3. Chestnut Street (Maeve Binchy) 4. The Collector (Nora Roberts) 5. The Serpent of Venice (Christopher Moore)

Albums: 1. Frozen (Soundtrack) - Various 2. Honest - Future 3. The New Classic - Iggy Azalea 4. G I R L - Pharrell Williams 5. Testimony - August Alsina

Non-Fiction: 1. Flash Boys (Michael Lewis) 2. A Fighting Chance (Elizabeth Warren) 3. Everybody’s Got Something (R. Roberts & V. Chambers) 4. Capital in the Twenty-First Century (Thomas Piketty) 5. Thrive (Ariana Huffington)

Songs: 1. Happy (Pharrell Williams) 2. All of Me (John Legend) 3. Dark Horse (Katy Perry ft. Juicy J) 4. Talk Dirty (Jason Derulo ft. 2 Chainz) 5. Turn Down for What (DJ Snake & Lil Jon)

*Source: New York Times Best Sellers

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Another One Bites the Dust: Craig Ferguson Steps Down as Host of The Late Late Show

By ALYSSA HADDAD Staff Writer The late night changes continue as Craig Ferguson announced last Monday that he will be ending his 10 year reign as the host of The Late Late Show in 2015.

He has stated that he is leaving to pursue other projects and that he had planned to step down as the host of the show before he had known that David Letterman was planning on leaving The Late Show.

According to Ferguson, he and the network are on good terms, stating that “CBS and I are not getting divorced, we are ‘consciously uncoupling,’” the infamous phrase actress Gwyneth Paltrow used to describe her recent split from Coldplay singer, Chris Martin. Ferguson went on to joke “we will still spend holidays together and share custody of the fake horse and robot skeleton, both of whom we love very much.”

Ferguson’s almost 10 years as host of The Late Late Show have redefined late night television for viewers who normally hate the usual late night talk shows. He has been known to rip up his notecards before a celebrity come on for an interview, so that it feels more like a real life conversation. The Scottish comic also talks closely and directly into the camera during his monologues, a tactic that tends to keep the show loose.

Ferguson is known for approaching the typical late night style in a unique way, like having a robot skeleton as his sidekick, and not having an in house band.

Nina Tassler, chairman of CBS Entertainment, praised Ferguson for his talents as a writer, producer, actor, and comedian, and released the statement that “he infused the broadcast with tremendous energy, unique comedy, insightful interviews and some

of the most heartfelt monologues seen on television.”

But who should follow the new host of The Late Show, Stephen Colbert, and take over Ferguson’s throne? Neil Patrick Harris seems to be one of the most tossed around names. The How I Met Your Mother star would make an amazing host due to the fact that he is skilled in every way.

Another name being suggested is Community front man and host of The Soup, Joel McHale. It is uncertain whether McHale has the credibility to excel in a late night spot, as well as the fact that he has several projects on his plate.

Many celebrities, like Girls star, Lena Dunham, have been incredibly vocal about the possibility of a woman as the host of a late night talk show.

Many celebrities, like Girls star, Lena Dunham, have been incredibly vocal about the possibility of a woman as the host of a late night talk show.

Currently, the only one is Chelsea Handler, who is also stepping down when her contract runs out in nine months with the E! Network. Handler reportedly was shot down as a possible option to taking over The Late Late Show, however, funny women like Amy Schumer and Aisha Tyler have been said to be potential choices.

Regardless of who CBS picks, Craig Ferguson will be missed as the weirdest and most unconventional host of late night television.

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they fall in with their old social circles, jealousy between them threatens to derail not just the case, but their partnership.

Transformers: Age of Extinction June 27 Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Jack Raynor, Stanley Tucci Synopsis: It’s been four years since the last film and Transformers have since been outlawed and hunted down. But when a man discovers Optimus Prime in a junkyard, the war between Autobots and Decepticons is reignited.

Summer 2014 Movie Preview:

By ANDY GILCHRIST Arts Editor It’s May again, which means that the summer movie season is upon us. It will undoubtedly be dominated by the mega-budget tentpole sequels and reboots that the big studios churn out, with box office records being broken once again. But it’s important to remember that there are several smaller-budgeted films hitting theaters that deserve to be seen just as much, if not more, than the blockbusters.

Chef May 9 Starring: Jon Favreau, Sofia Vergara, John Leguizamo, Robert Downey Jr. Synopsis: After losing his job at a prestigious L.A. restaurant, a chef buys a food truck in order to reclaim both his reputation and family. Many have interpreted the film as a response to writer/director/star Favreau leaving the Iron Man franchise.

Neighbors May 9 Starring: Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne, Dave Franco Synopsis: A couple with a new baby is starting the next chapter of their lives, having just bought a nice house on a nice street. But when a fraternity is established next door, an intense prank war begins that threatens to consume both houses.

Godzilla May 16 Starring: Bryan Cranston, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen Synopsis: This reboot of the classic Japanese monster movie franchise presents a real-life response to an attack by a giant sea creature. But the government must try to use Godzilla to their advantage when other monsters starting appearing also.

Million Dollar Arm May 16 Starring: Jon Hamm, Madhur Mittal, Suraj Sharma, Lake Bell Synopsis: A struggling sports agent comes up with a mad idea: to recruit Indian cricket players to play baseball in America, and he helps set up a reality TV show to find them.

X-Men: Days of Future Past May 23 Starring: Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence Synopsis: In the future, man and mutant are engaged in a war that has decimated the planet. In a desperate move, Wolverine’s mind is sent back in time into his younger body in order to interact with younger versions of the XMen and stop the seeds of war from being planted.

Blended May 23 Starring: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Bella Thorne, Joel McHale Synopsis: A man and woman, both divorced with children, go on a disastrous blind date. But impossible luck causes them both to be booked at the same family resort while on vacation, where they begin to suspect that they might be perfect for each other.

corrupt king. As the child grows older, she realizes that Maleficent is more than what her father and the kingdom’s people have told her.

The Fault in Our Stars June 6 Starring: Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Laura Dern Synopsis: A teenage girl with terminal cancer has long accepted that her life will be ending soon.

But a chance meeting with a boy in remission at a support group makes her reconsider and decide that life is worth living after all.

Trust Me June 6 Starring: Clark Gregg, Amanda Peet, Sam Rockwell Synopsis: A down-on-his-luck talent agent has a chance to revitalize his career when he discovers a child prodigy. But he is thwarted at every step by his long-time nemesis.

A Million Ways to Die in the West May 30 Starring: Seth MacFarlane, Charlize Theron, Amanda Seyfried, Liam Neeson Synopsis: An Old West farmer loses his girlfriend and reputation when he backs out of a duel.

Years later, he has a chance for redemption when his new love interest’s estranged spouse challenges him for her hand.

Edge of Tomorrow June 6 Starring: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton Synopsis: A soldier in a future war is killed on the battlefield, but is instantly reborn the previous morning. As he repeats the events of the day numerous times over, he teams up with another soldier with the same dilemma and realizes their ability could end the war.

Maleficent May 30 Starring: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley Synopsis: In this prequel to Sleeping Beauty, the villain Maleficent places a curse of the daughter of the land’s evil and

22 Jump Street June 13 Starring: Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ice Cube Synopsis: After busting a high school drug ring, Officers Schmidt and Jenko are sent undercover at a local college. But as

How to Train Your Dragon 2 June 13 Starring: Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera Synopsis: Five years after taming dragons, there is nowhere in the world that man cannot go and explore. But when the discovery of a new clan of dragons threatens to ignite a war, only Hiccup and his dragon Toothless can stop it.

The Rover June 13 Starring: Guy Pierce, Robert Pattinson, Scoot McNairy Synopsis: A Cannes Film Festival selection. In post-apocalyptic Australia, a man has his only prized possession stolen by a gang of dangerous thieves.

He immediately seeks revenge, forcing an injured member of the gang to help him.

Jersey Boys June 20 Starring: John Lloyd Young, Erich Bergen, Vincent Piazza, Michael Lomenda Synopsis: Based on the Tony Award-winning musical, four young men from 1960s New Jersey form the musical group The Four Seasons. They find immediate success across the country, but their newfound glory presents as many problems as perks.

Think Like a Man Too June 20 Starring: Michael Ealy, Taraji P. Henson, Kevin Hart, Regina Hall Synopsis: Two years after Think Like a Man, all the couples are still together and living happily. But when they gather for a wedding in Las Vegas, outlandish behavior by both sexes threatens to stop the ceremony and end all the relationships.

Tammy July 2 Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Susan Sarandon, Allison Janney Synopsis: After losing her car, job, and husband all in one day, Tammy decides to hit the road and start over. But the only way to do so is to hitch a ride with her crazy grandmother.

Deliver Us from Evil July 2 Starring: Eric Bana, Edgar Ramirez, Olivia Munn, Joel McHale Synopsis: A New York cop is assigned a case where nothing makes sense. It’s only when he consults with a priest specializing in exorcisms that he realizes the magnitude of the situation he finds himself in.

Earth to Echo July 2 Starring: Teo Halm, Reese Hartwig, Ella Wahlestedt Synopsis: A group of schoolchildren investigate a series of inexplicable text messages, leading them to discover a recentlycrashed alien. When government forces try to hunt it down, the kids must band together to protect their new friend.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes July 11 Starring: Andy Serkis, Jason Clarke, Keri Russell, Gary Oldman Synopsis: A virus has decimated the human race, causing

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and daughter whose house is destroyed all unite to stay alive.

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A Mix of Big Budgets & Indies Boyhood July 11 Starring: Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette, Ellar Coltrane Synopsis: A boy goes through school, from first through twelfth grade, while trying to maintain the relationships with both of his divorced parents. What makes this film unique is that the director and stars reunited for a few weeks every year for twelve years to accurately portray the passage of time.

Jupiter Ascending July 18 Starring: Mila Kunis, Channing Tatum, Sean Bean, Eddie Redmayne Synopsis: From the creators of The Matrix trilogy comes the story of a girl who lives a boring, uneventful life. But when an alien assassin tries to kill her, she learns that her DNA marks her as a member of a family of space kings and threatens the power of the Emperor of the galaxy.

Planes: Fire & Rescue July 18 Starring: Dane Cook, Julie Bowen, Ed Harris Synopsis: After an injury prevents him from ever racing again, Dusty Crophopper joins the world of firefighting. Together with other anthropomorphic vehicles, Dusty learns both how dangerous his new job is and just how brave and heroic he truly is.

The Purge: Anarchy July 18 Starring: Frank Grillo, Zack Gilford, Kiele Sanchez Synopsis: The Purge, the night when all crime is legal, is upon us again. A couple on the run, a man seeking vengeance for the death of his son, and a mother

Wish I Was Here July 18 Starring: Zach Braff, Kate Hudson, Jim Parsons, Mandy Patinkin Synopsis: Zach Braff’s highly publicized Kickstarter-funded movie finds him playing a man in the middle of a mid-life crisis.

Inspired by his wife and children, he decides to go out and find what truly makes him happy.

I Origins July 18 Starring: Michael Pitt, Brit Marling Synopsis: In this Sundance Film Festival selection, a molecular biologist and his lab assistant make a discovery that threatens to change everything we know about both science and religion.

Hercules July 25 Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Rufus Sewell, Ian McShane, John Hurt Synopsis: After completing his legendary Twelve Labors, the Greek demigod Hercules finds himself without purpose. But he finds out his true test has just begun when he accepts a job of helping defeat a warlord.

Magic in the Moonlight July 25 Starring: Colin Firth, Emma Stone, Marcia Gay Harden Synopsis: Woody Allen’s latest film takes place in 1920s France and follows a girl who claims to be a psychic. When a renowned debunker of the supernatural is called to investigate her, he finds himself falling for her instead.

Sex Tape July 25 Starring: Jason Segal, Cameron Diaz, Rob Corddry Synopsis: A couple tries to spice up their dull marriage by making a sex tape. But when the

recording is transmitted to all the Tablets they gave out as presents at a recent party, they must do everything in their power to delete it from “the cloud.”

Step Up: All In July 25 Starring: Ryan Guzman, Alyson Stoner, Briana Evigan Synopsis: The main characters of the previous movies team-up to win a Las Vegas breakdancing competition in the fifth installment of the popular dance movie series.

Get On Up August 1 Starring: Chadwick Boseman, Viola David, Octavia Spencer Synopsis: This film about the life of legendary singer James Brown tracks his career from his troubled youth to the height of his stardom in the 60s and 70s. But the film also takes a look at the darker side of his personal life, such as the strained relationship with his family.

Guardians of the Galaxy August 1 Starring: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Batista, Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel Synopsis: Five interstellar criminals meet at a space prison and break out together. But when the whole galaxy comes after them, they realize that they possess a weapon that could change the balance of power in the universe.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles August 8 Starring: Megan Fox, Will Arnett, William Fichtner Synopsis: A New York reporter begins investigating the dark forces that control the city. But her reporting leads her to an even more shocking discovery: four walking, talking, human-sized turtles named Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, and Michaelangelo, all of whom are ninja masters

Lucy August 8 Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman Synopsis: A woman transporting drugs inside her body cavities gains superhuman powers when the chemicals spill into her organs. As her body and kind become dangerously advanced, she decides to take revenge on those who made her this way and change the world forever.

Into the Storm August 8 Starring: Richard Armitage, Jeremy Sumpter, Sarah Wayne Callies Synopsis: A group of high school students decide to become amateur storm chasers. But they get more than they bargained for when they come face to face with the most dangerous storm in decades.

The Hundred-Foot Journey August 8 Starring: Helen Mirren, Manish Dayal Synopsis: An Indian family moves to France and opens a restaurant across the street from a five-star restaurant. Though they start off as bitter rivals, the heads of both restaurants realize that they could be better served by working together.

Let’s Be Cops August 13 Starring: Jake Johnson, Damon Waynes Jr., Nina Dobrev, Andy Garcia Synopsis: Two men dress as police officers for a costume party and begin parading around pretending to be real cops. But their lives are put on the line when they get involved with the mob and dirty cops.

The Giver August 15 Starring: Brenton Thwaites, Jeff Bridges, Katie Holmes, Alexander Skarsgard Synopsis: In a utopia, a boy is chosen to be society’s keeper of memories. But when he discovers the way that his world was created, he must choose if he can live with it or demand change.

The Expendables 3 August 15 Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Statham, Mel Gibson Synopsis: The Expendables thought they had killed their psychotic co-founder Conrad Stonebanks years ago. But when he turns up alive and wanting revenge, the team must call in every member of the team to fight him.

If I Stay August 22 Starring: Chloe Grace Moretz, Mirelle Enos, Jamie Blackley Synopsis: A car accident kills an entire family except for teenager Mia, who lies in a hospital bed in a coma. She must decide, knowing that her entire family is dead, whether she should fight for life or accept death.

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For August 22 Starring: Josh Brolin, Eva Green, Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Joseph Gordon-Levitt Synopsis: Nine years after the original Sin City, the long-awaited sequel finally arrives. In four separate stories, Dwight must save his recently-reappeared true love, Marv wakes up surrounded by dead bodies, Johnny takes on the city’s most dangerous men in a card game, and Nancy seeks revenge for Hartigan’s death.

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Bang Your Head with Brendan:

Three Women Who Rock,Two Legends Return, and a Goodbye

By BRENDAN TENAN Staff Writer Welcome to the final edition of “Bang Your Head with Brendan,” the only column in The Chronicle dedicated to all things rock and metal. I’ll have more to say on this being my final column later.

Right now, let’s take a look at the latest entries in the rock and metal canon.

Lacuna Coil, Broken Crown Halo: Italy’s Lacuna Coil has led the charge in the symphonic goth metal scene for two decades now.

Anchored by two singers with differing, yet complimentary styles and a melodic instrumental approach to industrial rock, the band recently released their latest album, Broken Crown Halo.

The album is yet another solid effort from Lacuna Coil with very little filler. Vocalists Andrea Ferro and Christina Scabbia blend their distinct singing styles to create unique harmonies. While Ferro is known for a more straightforward rock sensibility in his delivery, Scabbia is at her best when utilizing a more melodic, classical approach. The rest of the band – guitarist Marco Biazzi, keyboard and bass player Marco Coti Zelati, and drummer Ryan Blake Folden – provide equal measures of heaviness and harmony to match the balancing act put on by their singers.

Opening track “Nothing Stands In Our Way” is arguably the best of the bunch, providing a defiant, anthem-like chorus for fans to sing in concerts. Meanwhile, “I Forgive (But I Won’t Forget Your Name)” is an empowering song that can be applied to breakups or betrayals. Other album highlights include “Die & Rise” and “In The End I Feel Alive,” with no song being an actual letdown. Broken Crown Halo isn’t a spectacular or career-defining album, but it’s a solid effort that fans of Lacuna Coil are sure to enjoy.

Rate: 8/10

Arch Enemy, “War Eternal” (Single): Arch Enemy was the first death metal band I ever heard with a female vocalist and a decade later, the list hasn’t grown that much. Their lead singer, Angela Gossow, seems to take pride in representing the grossly underrepresented women of the metal community.

Naturally, it came as quite a surprise when it was announced back in March that Gossow was leaving the German band. While her departure appears to be amicable, it was still a sudden and unexpected piece of news. In the same press release announcing Angela’s departure, Arch Enemy announced that they had replaced her with Alissa White-Gluz, formerly of Canadian metal band The Agonists, and recording for the band’s next album was already underway.

It turns out fans didn’t have to wait long to get a taste of what’s to come, as Arch Enemy released the title track off their upcoming album War Eternal a couple weeks ago. For anyone worried that the lineup change would result in a significant change in the band’s sound, rest assured that Arch Enemy still sounds as brutal and relentless as ever. WhiteGluz’s guttural growls may not be as powerful as Gossow’s, but she has a good command of her lower register. She even lets out a few primal screams that sound great and fit with the band’s sound very well.

Given that Arch Enemy was already a strong, cohesive group of musicians, the main concern was with White-Gluz finding her place in the band. If “War Eternal” is any indication, it looks like Arch Enemy is poised to begin a successful new era with her at the helm.

Rate: 8.5/10 St. Vincent, St. Vincent: Annie Clark, better known as indie rock singer-songwriter St. Vincent, has steadily made a name for herself

over the last few years and seems on the cusp of making a breakthrough with mainstream audiences. After making waves on a collaborative album in 2012 with former Talking Heads front man David Byrne, St. Vincent is back with an eponymous solo album.

St. Vincent is a breath of fresh air in the musical landscape.

Clark is both an excellent songwriter and a skilled guitar player (listen to “Prince Johnny” and “Regret” for proof). However, what makes the album so interesting and a joy to listen to is Clark’s deconstruction of pop songs and the drastic shifts in tone and timbre she employs. “Huey Newton” is a great example of this, as it begins with an almost meek interaction between Clark’s voice and a synthesizer before kicking into another gear and becoming a heavy piece of sludge rock. “Rattlesnake” probably comes closest to being a radio-friendly song, yet retains a dark side heard throughout the entire album, while “I Prefer Your Love” has an almost hypnotic feel that enhances the song’s overall ambiance.

Rate: 9.5/10 Slayer, “Implode” (Single): After five years since the release of their last album, the mighty Slayer has unleashed their first single since undergoing significant changes to their lineup. Original drummer Dave Lombardo left the legendary thrash band over a contract dispute near the end of 2012, and guitarist Jeff Hanneman shockingly passed away a year ago. The loss of Hanneman was especially significant, as he was credited with penning some of the band’s most popular song lyrics and guitar riffs.

Since then, the two remaining original members, bassist and lead singer Tom Araya and guitarist Kerry King, have worked hard to figure out the future of the band. They recruited two fellow Bay area thrashers, guitarist Gary Holt from Exodus and drummer

Paul Bostaph, formerly of Testament. While most aren’t expecting a full length album to be released by Slayer until sometime next year, the band has released the first single under their new lineup, “Implode.”

The song starts off with a heavy mid-tempo riff that feels like a funeral dirge compared to the typical frenetic pace of their work. The pace picks up about a minute into the song, and soon after begins to take the familiar shape and sound of a trademark Slayer song. All their hallmarks are in this song: a blistering, frantic guitar solo from Kerry King, bass and drums propelling the tempo, and Tom Araya’s menacing howl.

Despite these seemingly positive attributes, something seems off and the song doesn’t quite measure up to the band’s standards. It could be that the song’s subject matter (the end of the world) is a bit too predictable nowadays, or that Araya’s vocals are sometimes overpowered in the mix by the rest of the band.

Whatever the reason, “Implode” is a good Slayer song that will grow on you, but is unlikely to become anybody’s favorite anytime soon.

Rate: 7/10 Judas Priest, “Redeemer of Souls” (Single): Another band making a long-awaited return with a change to their lineup is the metal gods Judas Priest. The iconic British act will be releasing their seventeenth album, Redeemer of Souls, on July 15. They recently released the title track as the album’s first single. With a six year wait between albums, it’s fair to say Priest fans have lofty expectations ahead of the album’s release.

Despite the substitution of Richie Faulkner for longtime guitarist K.K. Downing, the band doesn’t appear to have lost any of their power. There is still plenty of Priest’s signature twin guitar

sound and exciting solos, courtesy of Faulkner and Glenn Tipton.

Lead singer Rob Halford is in fine form and still in full command of his impressive voice.

He may have lost some of his range over the years, but he can still pack a punch vocally. The track is reminiscent of the songs heard on classic Priest albums like Painkiller or British Steel without sounding like a carbon copy of their earlier work. Judas Priest has always been a band that’s worked diligently to deliver a good product to their fans, and “Redeemer of Souls” is no exception.

Rate: 9/10 That’s it for this edition of “Bang Your Head with Brendan.”

As I mentioned earlier, this is the last music column I’m writing for The Chronicle. I had a great time writing this column over the last year, and I hope you all enjoyed reading what I had to say about the wild and eclectic world that is rock and roll.

I only wish I had thought of this column sooner. I want to thank Jackson Wang and everyone at The Chronicle for giving me space each week in this paper to express myself. I especially want to thank my two editors, Rachel Bolton and Andy Gilchrist. Both of you did a great job and I wish you nothing but the best.

Most importantly, I want to thank you, the readers. I don’t know how many people took the time to read my reviews, but I hope I was able to get some of you to check out at least one of the bands or artists I’ve mentioned in past columns.

More than that, I hope I was able to get some of you to take pride in all of the music you love, regardless of what others may say or think. Music is a hell of a way to express ourselves, and sometimes there is no better way than to open the windows, crank up the speakers, and kick out the jams!

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By KEVIN JACOB Staff Writer Well everybody. The time has come. This will be the last edition ever of Kickin’ It With KJ for The Chronicle due to me being a graduating senior. I will not be writing a music review this week, but I wanna sort of write a letter to the people about the time I’ve had here and how I’m about to go into the “real world” (god I’m f****n tired of that phrase). First off, I want to thank all of The Chronicle staff for all of the hard work they put in. It’s much appreciated. Shoutout to Jackson Wang for being a great head editor and for dealing with all of my BS. To be honest, I didn’t really even think I would be getting to this point. In the beginning of freshmen year, things were great socially, but I didn’t really give my all into school, mainly because I didn’t really know what I wanted to do. I wanted to learn music producing, but Saint Rose said I had to do an audition and play an instrument. Since I couldn’t do that, I thought I’d try being a high school social studies teacher due to my boy back at KHS, Mr. Sullivan, being the man. A semester and one week later, I knew that I didn’t love history nearly as much as my roommate Luca Sainato did. Then in the second freshmen semester, I ended up taking the minimum of 12 credits because I changed majors. I also was struggling heavily with this computer science class that everybody and their brother told me not to take. Even though the kid DVP tried to help me, I was a lost cause. I had to drop the class. But shoutout to Kelly Meyer for telling me I should really go for that one. I’ve finally figured out that a part of this dude’s job is to hold us back. Saint Rose wants keep us for as many years as they can so they can get the most money out of us. It makes sense, but boy is it messed up. Anyway, freshmen year ended great (at least socially).

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year that I had my major change for the second time with Business being my major. To be honest, no flexing, I was really good at it.

But again trouble found me with almost possibly getting kicked out of the school. I took financial accounting and found ways to be able to find answers to our homework on Google, which kind of spread and got found out about. I confessed to my teacher Rebecca Patterson of what I had done and she said that I seemed like such a bright kid and couldn’t understand why I would cheat when I could’ve just come to her. She gave me a zero on the homework but gave me a chance to redeem myself by coming to her for help.

I did and in turn, she became one of the best teachers here at the College of Saint Rose. And by the way, I heard she’ll be here next year, but won’t be the year after because Saint Rose isn’t giving her full time. I don’t get it at all.

She’s one of the best teachers in the department, but you won’t make her full time? BS. Although I liked business, I didn’t know if I wanted to keep it up. I decided that since I loved music and couldn’t be a music producer, I went to the next major that dealt with it in certain ways.

And that was communications.

Second semester sophomore year I took some COM classes and I fell in love with it. Especially media literacy with my dude Jin Kim who has become one of my favorite teachers here at the College.

Sophomore year also started the beginning of my Chronicle career as I was given encouragement

by Jackson to write. I thought I could contribute to dope music and to oppose all of the fake s*!t out there. I did it, I’ve loved it, and I’ve been doing it since then.

Sophomore year, I was also living on Madison Avenue in what was probably the most fun year that I’ve had here, besides senior year, at Saint Rose. But we had to move out because Saint Rose bought our house. Nobody’s lived in it since. Thanks for kicking us out.

Junior year is the year I think I grew up. I started to take school way more seriously and my grades improved. It made me feel good. I started going hard and was taking a bunch of classes where I was actually learning stuff, especially in COM 217 and in Global Cinema, which was one of my favorite classes yet. Fast forward to senior year. So far it’s been my best year yet. In the fall semester, I was taking seventeen credits and didn’t get under a B, which was my first semester ever doing that and was a huge personal accomplishment, as well as just appreciating life more. I’m not gonna lie, I’ve gone through some really tough times and I’ve come through clean outta each one, but sometimes you don’t know if you’re ever gonna see the good in things. I think I finally have. I have an even greater appreciation for my family and my friends because through all of the s$!t, they’ve been with me through all of it.

This brings me to this semester. I did an internship with Albany Broadcasting, which I loved and took some great classes especially with Paul Conti, who I can say that I probably learned the most from here at the College.

He’s one of the best professors at this school and I’m glad the College was smart enough to give him tenure!

The time I’m writing this is on a Friday afternoon and I’m finished with my internship, my classes, and as of this morning, my final exams. Technically, I’m done with college. My gown’s been purchased. The senior cruise is this Thursday and the big day, graduation is Saturday. It seems like the time has really flown by these past four years. I’ve learned a lot of great things inside and outside of the classroom and I don’t think my college experience could’ve been as good if I went elsewhere. I’m proud to be able to call myself a graduate of the College of Saint Rose.

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out section. Last but not least, I wanna thank the readers for sticking with me, if you have, for all of these years. Every time I hear some dope thoughts about the column, it made it that much easier to write. I hope I gave y’all some awesome work.

I wanna shout out my family: mom dad, nan, pop, and my Grandma Jacob, I love you all more than you’ll ever know. To my cousins, or should I say my brothers, Ryan, Danny, Jack, Chase, Drew, Matthew, Lil Mike, and Nicky (TCIH kid!), I’m proud as all hell of you guys and it’s been an honor watching you guys grow up so far. Love y’all.

Shoutout to my hometown Kingston. Pat, Javonne, Carl Ware, and Tobias, although I don’t really talk to you guys as much any-

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more, you guys were there for me back in the day when most people weren’t. I appreciate it highly and that’s why your names are in here. Want to give a shoutout to all the roommates I’ve had over the years as well. Frank, Jackson, DVP, Luca, Howard, Carlin, and the whole BRU 2 Center west. I love and appreciate y’all to the highest extent. You get the utmost of my respect and I know you guys are my brothers for life.

Even if we end up not talking as much after school, I wish the best for your guy’s lives. Thank you as well to everyone else that I didn’t mention just because this part is getting to long!

That’s all for the final edition of Kickin’ It with KJ. I’m Kevin Jacob and it’s been an honor.

Peace.

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White House Acknowledging That “1 is 2 Many,” Not 1 Minute 2 Soon

By ASHLEY SWEET Staff Writer It is very sad to think that sexual assault and domestic violence are a common part of society our now. Between constant news reports and ever expanding TV shows, it is impossible to hear about abuse toward women in one way or another.

Every two minutes in the United States, a sexual assault takes place, and one in six women will be assaulted in their lifetime. That already sounds like too many, until you hear that the National Institute of Justice reports that on average, nationwide, colleges can experience about 350 rapes in one school year.

So, when the White House recently announced an initiative to make more colleges aware and equipped to prevent instances of sexual assault, it was met with open arms by much of the female community. The campaign has been named, “1 is 2 Many,” and puts focus on: one incident being too many, the need for colleges to take action, and most importantly calling upon the action and support from the male population in order to stop the occurrences.

Sexual assault has been referred to as an “age old” topic at

times, yet in recent years some of the most prestigious colleges have faced heat from activists and assault survivors about the poor response and prevention provided by their college. Amherst College, Vanderbilt University, and Dartmouth College top the list mentioned in various news reports following the campaign’s announcement.

For many programs, within a college campus as well as society, the goal of sexual assault awareness has been to alert women about the actions of men. We are told things such as the following: never to walk alone at night, use the buddy system, check in with friends, don’t leave our drinks unattended, don’t be afraid to say no, how to hold our keys to defend ourselves, carry a rape whistle, and possibly invest in some pepper spray. I am in no way saying that this is not good information and advice, but it is all directed at the possible victims, not the possible assaulter.

However, during the last days of April, the White House Task Force to Protect Students From Sexual Assault, a group created

by President Obama this past January, created a 20 page list of recommendations for colleges and universities nationwide.

The video that aired about the campaign features President Obama, Vice President Biden, and various male celebrities who talk about the important of “bystander interaction.” No longer is it talking to the female population and alerting them to danger on the street.

The male role models in the ad look to the men, bystanders, and general population of the United States and explain the importance of bringing the incidents to a screeching halt by stopping the number of assaults, not further badgering women about buying pepper spray.

This was music to my ears, especially as Sexual Assault Awareness Month drew to a close this April. I would have settled for federal invention of any kind, but to have the White House take the initiative and having the focus of the campaign be what it is, is a bonus.

It is long overdue to bring an end to victim blaming. To say that women “should know better” at the times they walk alone, wear short skirts, drink too much, and all the other various mistakes that are can happen as young adults are the problem with society is wrong. A stumbling, intoxicated women should be helped home,

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Vice President Joe Biden is helping to launch the White House’s new “1 is 2 many” initiative. not forced under the covers. A young lady in a short skirt needs help with her body image, not a spiked drink. And the girl who is walking alone, should be entitled to her independence, not fear the alleyways. I think the responsibility falling on the men of our society is long overdue.

I am not trying to say that every guy I see on campus is a threat, but they all have a voice the same as I do. If the world expects women to speak up about being assaulted, men should be expected to speak up and stop it when they see it happening. I am more than willing to point out to a friend that leaving with someone is a bad idea, so why can’t a male point out to a guy when his actions are harmful?

The continuous search for victims to speak up is not going to help the victims affected every

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two minutes. That is how to help the affected population, but that is now how we are going to contain the problem. The word “initiative” is the breakthrough as this campaign is attempting to stop the assault before it happens. The need for women’s shelters and hotlines is still necessary, but the source of the problem happens in the actions before that. That… that is what makes this an initiative.

While politics is not an easy thing to sort through in an opinion column of the school newspaper, I will say that I support this move by our government very much. I think it is time for bystander action, for the men’s responsibility to take place in our society. For one is indeed too many.

Ashley Sweet can be contacted at sweeta984@strose.edu.

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This year, The Chronicle staff produced some 32 editions of the college newspaper. We are so grateful to our staff and especially to our graduates: Executive Editor Jackson Wang; Managing Editor Chris Surprenant; Sports Editor Josh Natoli; Chief Photographer Kelly Pfeister; Arts Editor Andy Gilchrist and Opinion Editor Zach Olsavicky.

From the first time the editors arrive to develop a summer Orientation edition for freshmen to this last edition for the school year, these editors have worked tirelessly. Every week they hold staff meetings and encourage future journalists, and they have sacrificed their weekends and vacations to get the paper prepared in time for Tuesday circulation.

Each of these individuals gen-

erously shared his or her unique gifts and talents to help provide the college and neighborhood communities with stories relevant to their lives. The ideas of every campus constituency were welcomed and embraced by the staff and the result was a more vibrant student newspaper.

We are so grateful for your time, energy and professionalism and for elevating the quality of campus journalism. Thank you for your hard work and dedication during the year. I wish you the very best in the future, and look forward to hearing about your successes.

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A Letter from Walking Off: A Farewell Chronicle Adviser Letter from Sports Cailin Brown Editor Josh Natoli

Sincerely, Cailin Brown Adviser The Chronicle

KELLY PFEISTER

Joshua Natoli, sports editor of The Chronicle.

To Whom it May Concern,

ZACHARY OLSAVICKY

Cailin Brown, associate professor of communications and faculty adviser for The Chronicle.

If you are reading this, I made it. I’m finally graduating. It seemed so far away when I got my “Class of 2014” t-shirt in the mail before I got to Saint Rose and now it’s happening. It’s definitely been a crazy journey and the best years of my life.

All the friends I’ve made, the shenanigans I participated in, and all the stories I’ve written have made my college experience absolutely incredible. My four years here haven’t been all sunshine and rainbows, as I’m sure nobody’s has. I’ve faced many bumps in the road but I’ve gotten through them and am now on my way to crossing that stage as the

man I am today. I would love to thank my family, who are probably reading this waiting for the ceremony to begin (hi, guys).

Without them I wouldn’t have had the support and drive to make the most of my college experience. I’d also like to thank all of my friends. I have been fortunate enough to have met many people from different backgrounds, interests, and beliefs that have really helped me grow as a person.

To the entirety of the communications department, thank you.

Cailin Brown, Paul Conti, Maryalice Molgard, Liz Richards, Karen McGrath, Jin Kim, Joe Donahue and some others I may have missed, you have all helped grow my aspirations to heights I

didn’t know I had, prepared me for the future ahead, and, most importantly, made me feel like I was a part of one big family. And last, but definitely not least, The Chronicle. I love all of you guys.

You have given me such an amazing opportunity to work with great people each and every day and I cannot repay each of you enough for that. My Sundays will now be much less exciting with no layout to go to. I would just like to leave this with my favorite inspirational quote: “I have two rules to success: 1.

Never tell all you know.”

Thank you all so much, Joshua Natoli

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“And I Suppose, If It’s My Last Chance to Say It…” A Farewell Letter From Arts Editor Andy Gilchrist “We all change. When you think about it, we’re all different people all through our lives, and that’s okay, that’s good, you gotta keep moving, so long as you remember all the people that you used to be. I will not forget one line of this. Not one day. I swear.”

– The Eleventh Doctor Please note that I’m writing this after having written my 17plus page senior seminar paper over the past few weeks and don’t know what it’s like to sleep much anymore. This piece has been brought to you by 5-Hour Energy (Seriously though? That stuff’s gross).

I’ve been a writer for The Chronicle for a year and a half, editor of the arts section for the past semester. It’s been pretty awesome. I’ve worked with great people for 15 weeks and they were always the best parts of my week. Plus, I watched awesome movies and TV shows and actually got a wide audience to share my thoughts on them with.

But it was also kind of bizarre.

The Chronicle editors are such a weird group. Everyone’s got their own quirks, their own individualities that make them the funny, strange, irrevocable people they are.

Layouts on Sunday afternoons are something none of us will ever forget or be able to replicate.

Simultaneously funny and disgusting, some of the funniest and dirtiest jokes I’ve ever heard were shared in that room. A majority of what was said in that room can never be repeated. You found out who people really were during layouts. Again, it was the best part of my week.

But on to serious things. I’d like to take this opportunity to make my final recommendations. There are well-known films that everyone should see, such as the original Star Wars trilogy, The Godfather Parts 1 & 2, Casablanca, and everything

The Chronicle Arts Editor Andy Gilchrist editing and laying out articles.

by Stanley Kubrick and Christopher Nolan. But this is my list of unknown/underappreciated films that I recommend to everyone: Drive Sunshine The Insider The Big Lebowski The Game Zodiac Memento The Untouchables Cloud Atlas Blue Velvet Jackie Brown The Rules of Attraction Escape from New York Hunger The Cabin in the Woods The Raid Here is a list of films that are critically acclaimed, but never reached a wide audience. Or, they were big upon release, but have unfortunately lost popularity over time. They are the hidden gems, diamonds in the rough, whatever other cliché you want to use. And since they aren’t really popular movies, a majority of them are almost always streaming on Netflix.

Now, a message for all the graduating college seniors, not just at Saint Rose, but across the

country, maybe even the world.

Maybe even throughout time.

I don’t want to be overly sentimental, telling you that this is the next chapter of your lives; that it might be tough at first, but with perseverance, you’ll get through it and have a great life. This is all true, but you’ve heard it before.

At the same time, I won’t make some outlandish claim. I won’t be that guy who screamed “IF YOU WANT TO BUILD AN IRON MAN ARMOR, YOU CAN BUILD AN IRON MAN ARMOR” during his valedictorian speech. Because you can’t. Iron Man isn’t real. You cannot build his armor.

But there’s going to come a moment in few years. A bad moment. I don’t know exactly when it’ll be, but it will happen. You’ll be unhappy with every aspect of your life. You’ll have a terrible job or be unemployed. Your romantic life will be a disaster. Your social life will be a mess. You’ll be on the verge of eviction, have no money, few possessions, and you’ll be hungry. It will be the lowest point of your life.

Of course, things won’t be nearly as bad as you’ve convinced yourself they are. It’s just

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that things will pile on and everything will seem bleak. It’ll be raining, you’ll get into a fender bender, you’ll be late for work, the Wi-Fi will go out. Suddenly, everything sucks. You’re not happy with where life has taken you and you’re petrified that you’ll be stuck there forever. You’re going to think all of this while lying in bed one morning and you’ll realize that staying there and never doing anything again is better than going out into the world.

It’s all just too much and you just want everything to stop.

But you just need a reason to get up. It can be as something major as seeing your loved ones or getting to that career defining presentation. Or it can be something as minor as seeing who won the game last night. Whatever it takes to get you out of bed and out of the mood you’re in. Find a reason to get up, a reason to get out of the house, a reason to get out into the world. If you liked where you were, liked the direction you were going in, get back on your normal routine and get back into it. If you hated what you were doing before, take this as a sign that you need a change. Go somewhere else and do what you really

want to. Never waste time doing something you hate.

As we reach the end, I’d like to thank several people. Thanks to all of my professors for pushing and pulling me to where I am now. Thank you for reinforcing how important hard work is in order succeed. And thank you for showing me that I will never take a job involving the writing of research papers.

Thanks to all of my friends on and off campus. Good times were had by all. Your stories made me laugh and hopefully mine did the same for you. Procrastinating rather than doing research for our final papers and panicking when they were due next week and we hadn’t even started them was totally worth it.

And a special thanks to the other Chronicle editors. As I’ve said earlier, my best times at this school, the best times of this period of my life, were spent with you.

We laughed, we cried, we wrote, and we ate a lot of junk food. We argued about The Avengers, were disturbed over Nymphomaniac, and came up with hundreds of puns that were so much better than the titles we printed. We had fun every time we got together.

And that’s exactly what I hoped this would be. Thank you.

With my final lines, I’d like to instill three universal truths I have discovered in my years: 1. If you don’t like something, it’s not necessary that you discuss it at length.

2. “Bohemian Rhapsody” is the greatest song ever written, but the Beatles are the best band of all time.

3. Everything in life can be boiled down to a quote from Spongebob and/or Doctor Who. “Before I go, I just want to tell you, you were fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. And do you know what? So was I!” – The Ninth Doctor

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I can’t believe how quickly four years have gone by. It seems like it was just yesterday that my parents were dropping me off for my freshman year. I still remember my mom making my bed, tucking a little card in for me to find when I went to sleep later that night. She told me how proud my whole family was of me and how they knew I would be successful in whatever path I chose to follow. I didn’t know how life at Saint Rose would turn out, but I can honestly say that the past four years are not at all what I expected them to be.

When I first came to Saint Rose, I had declared my major as communication sciences & disorders. I had always enjoyed working with children, particularly those with intellectual disabilities. Growing up, I had a hard time concentrating in class and needed extra help from tutors or the teachers in the resource room. While I can never fully understand the frustration and difficulties children with intellectual disabilities go through, I still felt a connection with them.

When I expressed interest in go-

ing into a field that helps children, my aunt, who is a speech pathologist, suggested I look into speech therapy. After observing her in the classroom, I realized that this could be something I really want to do. But, after two years in the program at Saint Rose, I became frustrated with the field.

I really wanted to help children, but I couldn’t see myself being 100 percent happy in the future working as a speech therapist. I know now though that I can continue to help children through other ways like teaching Sunday School at my church and volunteering at a horseback riding camp for intellectually and physically disabled children. It was still hard to come to terms with the fact that working with kids as my career just wasn’t in my future.

I remember crying on the phone to my mom, not knowing what to do. I told her I was thinking about changing to education, since a lot of my classes were similar and I could still possibly graduate on time. My mother could hear the doubt in my voice though, and shocked

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me by suggesting I take a second look at journalism. She reminded me how much I enjoyed writing, whether it was a paper for english class, the school newspaper, or just for fun. I never took the possibility of becoming a communications major with a concentration in journalism, thinking that it would ruin my love of writing. It’s kind of funny though; I loved working with children, and while being a CSD major didn’t make me hate the idea of working with children, the possibility of me being happy teaching took away from the enjoyment I used to have working with kids.

So I took a daring leap and switched to communications. Let me tell you the two could not be more different. I remember the summer between my sophomore and junior year where I was planning out the next two years of school, picking new classes and freaking out about not being as great of a writer as I was always told while growing up. However, after two years in the communications department, I am so happy that I made the switch. I found myself more involved with my classes, clicking with other communications students and honing my writing skills. Even though I switched extremely late, I still managed to complete an internship at The Record and graduate on time. I know that I wish I had more experience, but that’s what graduate school is for, right?!

As much as my mother and father would like to think, my life wasn’t all about school and classes. I spent a great deal of my time making memories and friendships that I know will last a lifetime, as corny as that sounds!

Yes, there was drama, yes there were fights, yes there were times where we did stupid things like “borrow” traffic cones and stay up all night on Chatroulette. And of course there is the fact that most people on campus know me as

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“Princess” after I got stuck with the nickname at freshman orientation. But there were also a lot of good times: the hours spent working on projects at CCIM; swing dancing in the hallways and our bedrooms late at night; having spray bottle wars; making friendship bracelets on the quad; having a random photoshoot just because we had nothing better to do; and the craziness of all the campusrun events like Rose Rock, Relay for Life, Semi-formal, movie nights, comedians and Bing-o.

Plus you can’t forget some of the colorful characters we have met in Albany: the homeless man who serenaded my roommate, friends and myself; the man who pushes around a cart with with mannequin heads on it; the guy with the dreads who sat down on the sidewalk with my friends and I, and played my guitar; and of course all of the wonderful restaurant owners who feed us college students when we get hungry at two in the morning.

So even though there was a

ton of stupid and pointless drama that shouldn’t have happened, the good definitely outweighed the bad. Plus it doesn’t matter where you go; stupid stuff happens everywhere. You can’t avoid it.

What matters is what you do with your time and the people you spend it with, and I for one am so grateful to all the people who have gotten me through the past four years at Saint Rose. It’s been a high-speed roller coaster ride filled with lots of loops, twists, and turns, but we got through it together!

So farewell Saint Rose and goodbye Albany. Thank you for some of the loudest, craziest, ridiculous, goofiest, emotional four years of my life. I know I will never experience anything like the four years I spent at Saint Rose. To all the seniors, congratulations Class of 2014! WE DID IT! Lots of Love, Lauren Klose

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was Joan Horgan. She’s earned every kind word said about her, and so do the students who work to make these events happen.

I’d also like to shine a light on a department that can be overlooked at Saint Rose. College is a delicate time in the development of young people, and it’s easy for life’s challenges to become overwhelming. The school’s Counseling Center is here for those times, and it can be a safe harbor for students who feel lost or alone. It’s one of the most valuable services offered by Saint Rose, and students need to be unafraid to use it.

It also takes a good bit of courage to write for a school newspaper—it’s a chore to have your writing and opinions critiqued by a professor, but it’s something else for your peers to do the same. I’ve had a number of writers—Katie Bakaitis, Kaylynn Day, Katie Klimacek, and Nicholas Negron, among others—put themselves on the line, and it made my job a lot easier. I’d also like to give thanks and credit to Chris Surprenant, who would edit my section when I couldn’t come in to edit.

And I couldn’t forgive myself if I didn’t blame Ian Benjamin for sucking me in to the Chronicle in the first place.

There are also a few people whose kind words supported me through stressful times. When I took photographs for the paper last year, The Girls Next Door were very complementary and encouraging of my work. Even though I was denied the opportunity to put more photos of them in the paper this year, their kind words gave me confidence, and I loved taking photos of their events. Thanks are also in order to Kaylee Pagano, a 2013 graduate whose encouragement on a difficult story last February really emboldened me.

Lastly, I’d like to thank my parents for providing all of life’s necessities during my collegiate years. It’s easy to take parents for granted, but they’ve provided me with more than my fair share of resources. Hopefully, I can pay it forward once I’m their age.

Turning toward the future, I don’t have any advice or grand philosophical musings for my fellow classmates—c’mon, that would be stupid. I’m 23. If you want to build your life around the words and ideas of an uninformed twenty-something, go read Thought Catalog. I do hope people walk out of here with an interest in community service— though we all are disadvantaged in different ways, we do have great potential to make a positive impact on the world. I also hope that people cool it with the selfies—folks, it’s not too difficult to ask someone else to take your picture.

There’s one last cliché I’d like to indulge—a quote from the John Irving novel The Cider House Rules. When one character, Melony, leaves the orphanage where she was raised, she takes a copy of Jane Eyre with her.

This gives comfort to one of her guardians: “…wherever Melony went, she would not be without guidance, she would not be without love, without faith; she had a good book with her.” I hope my fellow graduates bring a good book wherever they go—if nothing else, they can fall back on it.

Though my experience as a graduate student wasn’t everything I hoped it would be, I look forward to what lies next in store.

I hope my new home, wherever it may be, is happy and peaceful.

A Parting Shot from Opinion Editor Zachary

When I learned two years ago that I was accepted to Saint Rose as a graduate student, I felt deeply proud of myself. It felt like a second chance to take advantage of the college experience. I wrote on my personal blog that I was “so happy” to call this school my home.

But a lot changes over the course of two years. Looking back on five years, and two degrees as a student at Saint Rose, I feel more than anything else a sense of relief at departing. In many ways, I felt disconnected from the school—though I tried to do my

best for people, it felt like what I did was taken for granted. I’ve been disappointed by a number of people I looked up to. Though there are many people here who are genuinely good, I wasn’t able to spend as much time with them as I needed.

I’ll focus on the good people, though—those are the memories I’ll try to take with me.

First and foremost, I’d like to thank my three advisers: Paul Conti, Angela Ledford, and Karen McGrath. Trying to pull off a double major during undergrad took a lot of schedule juggling,

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and Paul and Angela were very helpful in providing me direction. Karen helped me with jumping through a few administrative hoops when I began my graduate studies, and she was an invaluable resource for guiding my capstone. Three professors—Cailin Brown, Ben Clansy, and Marda Mustapha—also provided guidance during a trio of independent studies, without which I would not have graduated on time.

A number of staff also helped me pull off my trifecta of studies, but one person stands out. When I first transferred to Saint Rose in the fall of 2009, my schedule was a mess, and Kelly Meyer sat down with me in an already busy first week of classes and helped me re-arrange it. Without it, I wouldn’t have been able to double major, and he went above and beyond the call of duty—an effort I am grateful for to this day.

It’s the realization of this school’s tremendous potential for good.

Outside of the classroom, I had a chance to work with Sal Prizio as a graduate assistant at the Massry Center for the Arts.

No matter the performer, it was always fun to be at the Massry Center the night of a show and feel the excitement building.

Though the opportunities I had to photograph artists like Chick Corea and B.B. King were great, what stood out is the great crew of people who put on shows. Sal did a great job of pulling things together, and getting to work with him was a treat.

One of my favorite things to write about at Saint Rose is community service. I hear a lot about learning through work, and events like Social Justice Week help to educate students morally and ethically. There’s a great crew of students and staff who craft these events, and behind many of them

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A Final Frame from Chief Photographer Kelly Pfeister For the past three years at Saint Rose, I’ve opened up the graduation edition of The Chronicle and felt relieved that I didn’t have to write a senior goodbye.

But now it’s my fourth year at Saint Rose, and I can’t put writing this final piece off any longer. There’s a bulletin board in the Chronicle office where we hang each edition of the newspaper up, a visual representation of how much time I had left here.

Depending on the day I found it either terrifying or exciting.

I’ve been a part of a lot of groups on campus, but when I reflect back on my four years here, The Chronicle comes to mind

first. Each year that I’ve been at Saint Rose has been extremely different, but The Chronicle has been there through most of it.

I started taking photos for The Chronicle during the second semester of my freshman year, and I never expected to become as invested in this humble publication as much as I have.

It changed my entire experience at Saint Rose in unexpected ways.

The obvious was my job: taking photos. Every week for the past three years here I’ve photographed at least one event for The Chronicle. I’ve gotten to photograph some really cool things – I

I’ve been part of a lot of groups on campus, but when I reflect on my four years hre, The Chronicle comes to mind first.

had the privilege of sitting in interviews with Saint Rose’s different presidents, and photographing B.B. King when he came to the college.

I also got a taste for what real news was like. Some of my favorite memories are running from class, camera in hand, trying to make a breaking news story, photographing right alongside local photojournalists. I love being one of the first people to know the details, and I love preserving the history of a moment through photos.

This love stuck with me. When I studied in London during the fall of my junior year and returned for an internship there that summer, I tracked news to see if there was anything I could photograph. I ended up in the middle of protests, checking the Queen’s royal diary, and spent hours over the course of several days outside

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Kelly Pfeister, chief photographer of The Chronicle.

of the hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to Prince George, all in the name of news. (And because I love England and the people within it.) Living in London was one of the most incredible experiences of my early life so far, and I can’t wait until another major event happens over there, because I’ll have to go back to cover it.

Getting back to Saint Rose, the editors and staff of The Chronicle are wonderful.

We’re such different people, and we bring out the best (or at least, the funniest) in each other. I never expected such a group of people to become the crowd I spent my Sundays in CCIM with. It’s been a great experience working alongside of most of them for the entire time I’ve worked here.

I have to thank Mr. Jackson Wang, our executive editor, and Mr. Chris Surprenant, our managing editor in particular for giving me creative liberties with the photography in the paper. Whenever I come to them with an idea for a new way to incorporate more photography into the paper, they always let me go for it.

The communications department has been my home for the past three and a half years, and I’ll miss it immensely. My professor Liz Richards, who I met just this year, has helped me tremendously, and I’m very grateful for it. I’m also quite lucky to have had Cailin Brown as my adviser.

She has never hesitated to beckon me into her office when I want to talk about anything, even if she has class in ten minutes. She’s

always encouraged me to go after any job or internship that I wanted, even if it seemed like a long shot, and never let me doubt myself.

Thank you to my friends and everyone at Saint Rose, who have given me the privilege of getting behind the scenes to your events, and being subjects for stories. My camera (and I) will miss your smiling faces.

It’s through you guys and The Chronicle that really helped cement my love of photography.

On one last note, something I realized this year was that the most important things I’ve learned aren’t through classes.

Rather, it’s the challenges that I’ve gone through here at Saint Rose while being an active student on campus that taught me the most valuable lessons. And I think that’s the biggest achievement of them all, at least for me – learning that there is more to life in college than the stuff that we get so stressed out about here.

Assignments, projects, trying to write this senior goodbye meaningfully on deadline…

We’re each put into situations that we’ve never encountered before, and we find our way through them and survive them, all while completing the requirements needed to get through college. I think that’s the achievement in graduating. I know it’s what I’ll be most proud of when I walk across the stage.

Each year that I’ve been at Saint Rose has been extremely different, but The Chronicle has been there through most of it.

—Kelly Pfeister Chief Photographer, The Saint Rose Chronicle

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Seasons Change, and So Do We A farewell from Managing Editor Christoper Surprenant

As I sat down to write this, I found myself thinking of The Guess Who and their song No Time. Truer words have never been spoken. The refrain goes on, “Seasons change, and so did I/ You need not wonder why.”

That’s just it. I’ve been wondering about change during my last year at Saint Rose, and I’ve found that change is inevitable.

It’s a part of life that no one can escape, so it’s better to embrace it and move forward.

Getting on with the future, of course, is no easy task. There are jobs to find, bills to pay, and new people to meet. As my undergraduate career comes to a close, I’m once again restarting, once again in a place similar to where I was four years ago. However, what’s different in May 2014 than August of 2010 is that I’m now prepared to face change, good or bad.

There have been more experiences than I can list here that have readied me for the so-called “real world.” One of the best, however, has been my time at The Chronicle. Not only did I receive training for the industry I hope to one day enter, but, more importantly, I met a great group of people that I’m proud to call friends.

At first glance, the editors of The Chronicle don’t seem as if they’d fit well together. We’re composed of sports enthusiasts, pop culture junkies, English nerds, and anglophiles. We’re all very different people. However, that’s the beauty of this group of people. One of my favorite phrases has always been, “variety is the spice of life.” It couldn’t be more applicable to the group of people who work tirelessly every weekend to produce a stand-up college paper. It’s rare to meet a single person, let alone a group of people, who put themselves into everything they do. I won’t ever be able to say how happy I am to have worked with these folks

over the past four years. From our Chronicle Happy Hours to the Quote Board, we’ve all had some great times that I won’t ever forget.

It’s strange to think that four years ago, I was writing ‘The Freshman Perspective’ as a new college transplant who didn’t know the first thing about college life. I look back at those articles and I have to roll my eyes at some of the things I wrote. I can’t beat myself up too much. I was looking at the world with a fresh set of eyes then. It’s funny, but now I feel like things are much clearer than they’ve ever been.

That clarity wouldn’t be possible without all the friends I’ve made at Saint Rose. We’ve called ourselves the “Wolfpack” since day one, and it’s been nothing but good times ever since. From our late-night McDonald’s runs and turning any floor into a dance floor, we’ve made memories that won’t soon fade. We’ve studied hard and played hard, and it’s all paid off. We’re all very different people, but different is just what you need when you come to college. You change and grow with the people you meet, and they ready you to go out to face new challenges.

I’d also like to thank my parents, Gary and Jeanine, for always encouraging me and keeping me calm, and my brother Nick for always being there for a laugh. They’re great people, and you should all be jealous.

Thanks to all my professors I’ve had over the years, especially Dr. Catherine Cavanaugh, Dr. Brian Sweeney, and Dr. Cailin Brown for being such great mentors.

Congratulations, Class of 2014! We did it! Good luck to everyone, we’re going to do great things!

--Christopher Surprenant Managing Editor, The Chronicle

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As I sit here and write this one last article ever for The Chronicle, I realize that summing up my four years at Saint Rose in less than 1,000 words is going to be very difficult. But I will do my best.

In our office, we have a large board that has every edition published this year hung up on it. As I look at it, there’s 31 issues up and one spot remains open on the lower right side.

That’s spot is reserved for The Chronicle Volume 82, Issue 32, the last newspaper I will ever publish here at Saint Rose.

And for those who know me, this has basically been my life for the last four years. I’ve put in hundreds of hours into this publication that proudly call The

Chronicle, and I’m extremely thankful for the great editors, staff writers, and photographers that I’ve had the opportunity to work with.

It’s funny how in the end of my lede I said, “I will do my best.” It’s the same message my parents told me when they dropped my off at college in August 2010. I honestly thought I would just go to class, write a few articles for the school newspaper, and just coast through four years.

I didn’t think I would even make it in journalism after taking my first ever college course with Cailin Brown. But I just stuck with it and the next thing I knew, I was writing sports for The Chronicle.

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One Last Byline: A Farewell Letter from Executive Editor Jackson Wang Much of my success here at Saint Rose is due to other people, pushing me to strive for greatness because they saw potential in me.

Jackson Wang leads a Chronicle editorial meeting in September of 2012.

sports editor Scott Lawson, who continuously asked me to come to a meeting. So I did, picked up a story idea, which was a profile story on Dominykas Milka, and then wrote the article. It was the first article I ever had published in The Chronicle, and after that I was hooked.

But much of my success here at Saint Rose is due to other people, pushing me to strive for greatness because they saw potential in me, even when I was scared of taking a risk and leaving my comfort zone. Toward the end of my sophomore year, then executive editor Ian Benjamin kept asking me to take his role.

At the time, I had no interested and was hoping to stay as sports editor. But one day, after graduation, he sent me a surprise email offering me the role of co-executive editor. So that point, I was told myself, “why not, there’s nothing to lose.”

And I can honestly say that I’m in this position today because of that email. My junior year was

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terrific as I worked alongside Sunshine Osella, who was a wonderful person to work with.

From there, that’s when I first realized the potential I had and I knew I wanted to leave my mark here at Saint Rose in some way. And as I sit here with a week until graduation, I truly feel like I have and that is thanks to my great staff and the wonderful professors of the communications department.

I wanted to take this newspaper to a whole new level entering my senior year, and I knew I could do it because my editorial staff was the best the one The Chronicle has seen thus far. With one issue to go, I believe many people can vouch that statement with all the wonderful newspapers we’ve published so far.

One best parts of this job was seeing all the students and faculty members picking up and reading The Chronicle on Tuesdays.

When that happens, I know we did our jobs right.

To my whole Chronicle staff, thank you for a wonderful year.

I truly appreciate your hard work and dedication. I’m really going to miss editing and laying out articles on the weekend with my editors. If Saint Rose found out about half of things we did in our office, we most likely would not have had our own space.

To my communications professors, thank you for your guidance and service. You guys are awesome and I can’t thank you enough for everything you’ve done for me.

I’m sure most communication students can agree with my last statement. And speaking of students, thank you to all those who pick up The Chronicle on Tuesdays. You are the reason why we exist, along with help from student association, who has also been great to work with this year.

To my roommates, thank you for putting up with me for the last few years.

I’m truly going to miss the bond we’ve developed during our time here at Saint Rose. I know you all will go on to do wonderful things in life.

Lastly, I have to give a big thank you to Cailin Brown, who has been a great professor, adviser, and mentor during my time at the College. You’ve helped me grow leaps and bounds in the last four year. Thank you for helping me chase down my dreams.

Conor Shea, the ship is all yours and I know you will sail to great success. To all future editors, staff writers, and photographers, keep up the hard work and I expect to see more awards in the future because I know you guys are going do awesome things.

Thank you Saint Rose for giving me the opportunity to attend this institution and I wish the College great success in the future.

Congratulations to everyone graduating this year and I wish you all the best of luck on your future endeavors.

I didn’t think I would even make it in journalism after taking my first ever college course with Cailin Brown. But I just stuck with it and the next thing I knew, I was writing sports for The Chronicle.

—Jackson Wang Executive Editor, The Saint Rose Chronicle

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NE-10 Men’s Lacrosse

Northeast Division

GP So. New Hampshire 46 Franklin Pierce 49 Bentley 37 Stonehill 45 Assumption 38 Merrimack 42 Saint Michael’s 32 Saint Anselm 45 Southwest Division

So. Connecticut New Haven Le Moyne Adelphi Saint Rose American Int’l Pace

GP 39 33 41 42 41 41 37

Scores: W 6-4 at Le Moyne

NE-10 Softball Northeast Division

GP Saint Anselm 41 So. New Hampshire 42 Merrimack 41 Bentley 38 Stonehill 45 Assumption 36 Franklin Pierce 32 Saint Michael’s 35 Southwest Division

New Haven Adelphi Le Moyne Pace So. Connecticut Saint Rose American Int’l

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GP Record Adelphi 17 16-1 0.941 Le Moyne 15 13-2 0.867 Merrimack 17 12-5 0.706 Bentley 15 8-7 0.533 So. New Hampshire 15 7-8 0.467 Saint Anselm 15 6-9 0.400 Franklin Pierce 13 6-7 0.462 Pace

12 5-7 0.417 Saint Michael’s 14 4-10 0.286 Assumption 14 5-9 0.357 Saint Rose

14 2-12 0.143 Record American Int’l 16 2-14 0.125 24-14-1 0.628 22-11 0.667 Scores: L 14-5 vs. Saint Anselm 19-22 0.463 21-21 0.500 14-27 0.341 15-26 0.366 NE-10 Women’s Tennis 12-25 0.324 GP Record Merrimack 20 15-5 0.750 Adelphi 19 13-6 0.684 Stonehill 24 17-7 0.708 Saint Michael’s 19 11-8 0.579 So. New Hampshire 21 13-8 0.619 Bentley 19 8-11 0.421 Record New Haven 14 7-7 0.500 27-14 0.659 Assumption 18 6-12 0.333 29-13 0.690 American Int’l 12 4-8 0.333 21-20 0.512 Le Moyne 17 5-12 0.294 20-18 0.526 Saint Anselm 12 2-10 0.167 20-25 0.444 Franklin Pierce 13 1-12 0.077 16-20 0.444 Saint Rose 18 0-18 0.000 12-20 0.375 Scores: L 4-5 at Le Moyne 1-34 0.029 Record 34-12 0.739 34-15 0.694 22-15 0.595 28-17 0.622 18-20 0.474 21-21 0.500 7-25 0.219 12-33 0.267

GP Record 45 29-16 0.644 45 27-18 0.600 41 24-17 0.585 40 18-22 0.450 37 19-18 0.514 34 11-23 0.324 35 11-24 0.314

Scores: L 4-3 at Adelphi (DH) L 5-2 at Adelphia (DH)

NE-10 Track and Field NE-10 Outdoor Championships Women 7th/10 teams Men 8th/10 teams

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Golden Knights Compete in NE-10 Outdoor Championships

By TORI ADDISON Staff Writer The College of Saint Rose track and field teams competed at the 2014 Northeast-10 Conference Championships on the Stonehill College campus this past weekend.

The women took seventh place with a total of 47 points, while the men ended up in eighth place with 35 points.

The Stonehill Skyhawks claimed the women’s team title with a total of 49 points, leaving Southern Connecticut State in second place, while the Owls were a staggering 67.5 points better than host Stonehill to capture the men's team championship.

Four school records were set by the Golden Knights Saturday.

The women's 4x400 meter relay, shot put, and heptathlon school records, along with the men's pole vault record, were all beaten.

The women's 4x400 meter quartet closed out the meet on a high note. Freshman Amber Goodspeed, junior Bianca Jordan, freshman Alicia Bousa and senior Jessica Razy ran a school record 3:58.66 to finish fifth.

Senior Bridget Buckley also broke her own school record with a second place heptathlon finish behind 4,224 points, while freshman Gabrielle Trejo claimed a shot put record with a seventh place toss of 11.05 meters.

Additionally, senior Jordan Westcott ran a fourth place, 5000 meter time of 18:15.76 and also ran the third leg for the fourth place 4x800m relay team that went 9:37.33. Westcott ran the leadoff leg and then handed off to Goodspeed, followed by Westcott and freshman Michelle Lujan.

Furthermore, senior Soroya Hudson was third and fourth in the triple and high jumps with

respective 11.73 meters and 1.57 meters efforts.

Jordan and Goodspeed were also ninth in the 800 meter and 1,500 meter runs. Jordan ran the 800 meter in 2:21.26, while Goodspeed covered the 1,500 meter in 5:01.64. Junior Kristen Harrington and Lujan were fourth and sixth in the 3,000 meter steeplechase with times of 11:54.04 and 11.55.97.

For the men, junior Kyle Thompson cleared the pole vault bar at a school record 4.00 meters, passing the previous 3.95 meters record effort that freshman Dennis Turner recorded Friday, on the way to a third place decathlon finish with 5,676 points.

Also, sophomore Andrew Reifman-Packett ran a fourth place 3,000 meter steeplechase time of 9:41.86 and sophomore Michael Benson crossed the line fourth with a time of 15.48 in the 110 meter hurdles.

The 4x800 meter relay quartet of junior Eamonn Coughlin, sophomore Krystopher Lotocky, senior Tim Scudds, and sophomore Jonathan Cahill ran a sixth place time of 7:48.36, while freshman Deejay Brown finished eighth in the 400 meter hurdles with a 58.31 clocking.

In the field, sophomore Zach Noll finished fourth in the hammer throw and was fifth and eighth in the discus and shot put respectively. He tossed the hammer 43.22 meters, the discus 43.74 meters and the shot put 14.43 meters.

Looking forward, several student-athletes will compete in the Oneonta State May Meet this Saturday in a final attempt to reach NCAA Championship qualifying standards.

You can reach Tori Addison at addisonv653@strose.edu.

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By TORI ADDISON Staff Writer All internet memes aside, Jameis Winston is in serious trouble if he cannot manage to get his act together. Between a sexual assault case and most recently what has become known as crabgate, “Famous Jameis” cannot seem to get it right unless he is playing football. With all his accomplishments, and he has many, Winston needs to smarten up and start staying out of trouble off the field.

As if Winston is not under enough scrutiny regarding the sexual assault case that came to light this past football season, he still continues to add to his record. Not only did Winston steal $32.72 worth of seafood from a local super market, but he tried to save himself by claiming that he “forgot to pay”.

To think that you can walk out of a super market with a handful of crab legs is completely ridiculous, especially when you are a recognizable collegiate athlete. Even more, he is still yet to apologize to the store or even pay them back for the stolen seafood.

While it may be true that Winston had a hookup in the seafood department, he should know better than to walk out without paying and furthermore should have the respect to own up to his actions.

Yet, what most people do not know is that this is not the first time that Winston has stolen. If you dig deep enough, you will find that Winston was caught stealing soda from Burger King back in July. Even more, back in November of 2012 Winston was involved in the shooting of an apartment complex in which teammates joined him to shoot out thirteen of the building’s win-

dows. Lucky for Winston, he has not yet been arrested.

Perhaps the most unsettling aspect of the situation is the way in which Winston has represented the Heisman thus far. No matter how impressive his freshman season was, he has not lived up to the unspoken moral standards that come with winning the Heisman.

Not every football player has the chance to win a trophy of such importance, and those who do are considered a part of an elite group of athletes. If I was a past winner, I would not want to be associated with a delinquent who does not appreciate the value of the Heisman. Little does he realize, Winston is ruining his reputation as a National Champion quarterback, and no more undefeated records can save him now.

At this point, Winston’s future as a professional athlete is in jeopardy.

He has already been suspended from the Florida State baseball team, and football Coach Jimbo Fisher is yet to announce if he is going to take action against his starting quarterback for Winston’s most recent incident. At some point, Winston has to realize that he is under the eye of not only the public, but also every NFL owner in the league. Scouts are already saying that his draft stock is destroyed, and when I say destroyed I mean falling out of the first round. NFL teams are not going to waste their first-round pick on a player who they are going to have to babysit, let alone one who is going to make headlines for all the wrong reasons. At least Winston had a nice seafood dinner before he realized that his days of smooth sailing are over, giving him quite the reason to be crabby.

“If I was a past winner, I would not want to be associated with a delinquent who does not appreciate the value of the Heisman.”

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Winston was recently suspended from the Seminole’s baseball team.

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Crossing Home Plate on the Field and in the Classroom

By ASHLEY SWEET Staff Writer From playing t-ball on the playground to being a Golden Knight’s softball captain, Olivia Reeves has been leaving her mark on the rosters for quite some time.

This 21-year-old Poughkeepsie, NY native from Arlington High School in Lagraneville, N.Y. has played competitively in soccer, volleyball, and basketball since her freshmen year of high school.

“I was obsessed with sports,” Reeves said. “As a child, my parents allowed me to participate in as many sports as I wanted.”

Reeves was ultimately drawn to softball after being able to

naturally swing a bat and having a good throwing arm. Throughout high school, Reeves was an outfielder. She continued to hold the position in college until recently as she has found herself playing first base for the first time ever as a senior.

“My senior year has been the most memorable thus far because I enjoy the team’s chemistry,” Reeves said.

Fellow captain and teammate Valerie Nelson, also a senior, said that there has been nothing better than having Reeves on her team.

“We started out as rivals in soccer and basketball,” Nelson said, remembering how the two played opposing middle school teams in Poughkeepsie. The two have now

been playing softball together for seven years, four of them as Golden Knights.

“Every day with Olivia is a funny moment,” Nelson said. “A memorable softball moment was the excitement on her face when she hit a homerun and was rounding third to greet the team. She’s the type of person that doesn’t let any of that go to her head.”

Reeves has been a communication major, with a concentration in public relations and advertising, after switching from her biology major when she became interested in all that the field has to offer. She graduates in May, and hopes to obtain a position in college athletics or elsewhere in the sports industry.

KELLY PFEISTER

Reeves is the captain of the Golden Knights’ softball team.

ANTHONY CHAPIN

Reeves majors in communications with a concentration in public relations and advertising.

“I like being able to create and design my own campaigns,” Reeves said. “I also hope to become a coach someday because I cannot imagine letting softball go in May.” After spending so long in the communications department, many of the professors have come to know both Reeves and her signature good work.

“Olivia sets high standards for herself,” said Rosemary Sheridan, a lecturer of the communications department. She explained that Reeves never settle for the bare minimum on assignments and her final products are always excellent regardless of the time constraints brought about by softball. “As a matter of fact, she was so adept at being prepared for class and getting her assignments in on time, that it wasn't until she came to class one day carrying

some softball gear that I realized she was on the team. It is amazing to me that Olivia produces such consistently high quality schoolwork and, at the same time, is also a top-level softball player.”

Reeves explained that it has been a bumpy road at times trying to balance work and sports throughout college. Between the long and busy days, missing meals, and trying to be everywhere at once, she says she thinks she has a good handle on time management for the future. As she gets ready for graduation she said that there is a lot of excitement, and thanks to Saint Rose, a sense of assurance.

“Olivia is a credit to her family and Saint Rose,” said Sheridan.

“Her work ethic and personal integrity lead me to believe that she will be a sterling representative of Saint Rose in the years ahead.”