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Molly McGuane ‘17NEWS & FEATURES EDITOR

Tragedy at Geneseo spurs discussion on Domestic Violence

Kelsey Annese and Matt Hutchinson were both students at SUNY Geneseo, both members of Geneseo Athletic teams, both young. Hutchinson, 24, was a member of the Men’s Hockey team, while Annese, 21, played basketball for the Knights. On Jan. 17 both Hutchinson and Annese were killed by Annese’s ex-boyfriend, Colin Kingston, a former Geneseo student.

Before killing himself, Kingston called his father to say he had hurt Annese and that the wanted to take his own life as well. His father, Daniel Kingston then called 911.

When police arrived, they found that Kingston had stabbed Annese and Hutchinson with a large knife he had recently purchased, before stabbing himself. Kingston was a former member of the men’s basketball team at Geneseo and had dated Annese for 3 years before their recent breakup.

Many articles have described Kingston

The Central New York Community Foundation recently granted Le Moyne College $10,000 for the upcoming spring production of “Romeo & Juliet — In Concert!”

This grant will allow the Performing Arts Center [PAC] to bring in Symphoria musicians to work with Le Moyne students and perform in the final concerts alongside them. It will also enable the program to involve students from the Syracuse City School District as members of the orchestra, as well as giving them the opportunity to take part in acting and stage combat workshops.

Come April it will be 400 years since Shakespeare’s death, and what better way to honor his memory than to present the Le Moyne community with four performances of arguably his greatest masterpiece? Director of Theatre Matt Chiorini is set to direct the production and Director of Le Moyne College Chamber Orchestra Travis Newton will be conducting the orchestra. Throughout the production the orchestra will perform works that were originally inspired by the play, from Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, and Bernstein.

The average production at Le Moyne can cost anywhere from $5,000 to $15,000. “This grant is a huge help and will allow us to maintain a high artistic

standard while still reaching out to involve the community in a one-of-a-kind event,” said Chiorini.

After discovering the opportunity to receive a grant for the production through the Community Foundation, Newton thought it would be a perfect fit for the kind of project the PAC was trying to accomplish. It is unclear whether this is the first grant the PAC has received in its history, but with the possibilities it affords the theatre program Newton says it may not be the last.

“Grant writing is time-consuming, but if the potential outcomes make the effort worthwhile, then yes, we will be looking to apply for more grants in the future,”

Fall 2015 production of Pericles, Prince of Tyre at the PAC

Amari D. Pollard ‘17EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

said Newton. The PAC is filled with excitement

as it prepares for this “one-of-a-kind” event. Chiorini says a production of this magnitude, which celebrate both the author and composers whose works Shakespeare influenced, is bound to make for an unforgettable collaboration and really showcase the arts at Le Moyne.

“Romeo & Juliet — In Concert!” starring Kevin Hait or Kelsey Rich is slated to for April 20 to 30. Tickets may be purchased online at this link or by calling (315) 445-4200.

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as distraught after the breakup, and described the murder as a crime of passion, from someone with a broken heart.

However Meghan Murphy, a writer for the Feminist Chronicle had a different response to Kingston’s actions in her article titled “Men Don’t Kill Women out of ‘Love’.” Murphy argues that the media is wrong.

“What we are to believe, in case it’s unclear, is that ‘love’ caused this man to kill a woman. This is a message we hear so often, it probably seems reasonable to many. But it’s not reasonable,” Murphy wrote in her article. “Men who kill their partners tend to be possessive, jealous, controlling men—they feel entitled to ‘their’ women. And so when these women escape, their last ditch effort at complete control is murder.”

The article became widely shared and

liked on Facebook, sparking a discussion on violence against women and how the media portrays it; all with the hope that something good could come out of such a tragedy.

The Geneseo community is still mourning the tragedy and held a memorial service on Jan. 20, where students and family were able to discuss their memories of Kelsey and Matt during such a difficult time. In addition, the Men’s Hockey team and Women’s basketball team both saw wins in their first game back after the loss of their teammates.

The hockey team defeated SUNY Cortland 6-1, while the Women’s basketball team beat SUNY Potsdam 75-32.

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Love & FriendshipAmazon bought for $2 million deal

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Remembering David BowieSeth Montpelier ‘18

ARTS & LEISURE EDITOR

On Jan. 10, the music world lost a major force. David Bowie died at 69 from liver cancer after an 18-month battle. Kept a secret, lost battle against cancer left the world in shock. Old friend Brian Eno’s account of his collaborator's last email is particularly sad. Bowie seemed to be making a strong return. Two days earlier, he had released Blackstar, his second album in three years, and an Off-Broadway show based on his music had just opened. However, when one goes back and listens to his new songs, death seems to be more of an overlying theme than in most by him. He knew he was losing his fight, so he crafted the ending he wanted.

Bowie made his name by always standing out. He was an uncompromising oddity that broke into the mainstream. This was in every one of his personas: the strange space-rock folkie, the dramatic glam

performer, the isolated ambient composer, the stadium-filling megastar, the ‘90s has-been, and the genius recluse. He wasn’t interested in pleasing everyone. In fact, his mega-hit “Modern Love” was written to spite the record label who had just dropped him for not being commercial enough.

He has dozens of classic songs and more than enough classic albums to earn his place among the greats. Few artists could write songs as original, with bizarre chord changes, complex melodies, and surreal lyrics. “Changes” is a catchy pop tune, but its lyrics of a young man on the cusp of stardom and slick production [with Bowie on the sax] made it a breath of fresh air. “Heroes” was an anthem about two lovers divided by Berlin that die trying to meet each other with a synth-line and guitar riff that makes you feel empowered by the tragedy. “Life On Mars?” is a song you can sing along to, but one that would seem unfathomable to write.

His theatrics made him one of the best live performers of all-

time. His fearless disregard for the gender norm made him an LGBT hero. He’s as important to rock and roll as The Beatles, the Stones, and Dylan, or even Chuck Berry and Little Richard. For many years, he was the face of popular music.

Now that he is gone, the world of rock and roll does seem a little lonelier. The musicians that brought pop to its peak are growing old and their influence seems to be waning. David Bowie was a pillar of rock and now there is an enormous void in its structure.

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Le Moyne Artists To Know Amari D. Pollard ‘17EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Some refer to him as the rapper. Others just know him as Renard, the loveable, warm guy from Brooklyn. And if you don’t know who he is by now, you better get used to hearing his name around campus a lot more. This newcomer doesn’t plan on going anywhere, and can’t wait to rap his lyrics for all of Le Moyne.

Here is Sonny Rays:

Amari Pollard: What is your year and major?

Renard Harris: I’m a junior in the communications program.

AP: How did you first get into music?

RH: I started getting into music in my after school program. At first it was just an activity, but then I fell in love with it. My friends and I started rapping at breakfast and lunch time, and then we formed a group where we performed at talent shows.

AP: What’s your official stage name and how did you come up with it?

RH: My stage name was Sonny D because my favorite drink was Sunny D, but then I changed it to Sonnie Rays because I still liked the name Sonny and people like to pronounce my name as Raynard instead of Renard, so I just added them together.

AP: How would you describe your music?

RH: It has a very old school feeling to it. I’m not so much

about a club beat as I am about the lyrics.

AP: What artists influence you most?

RH: The artist that influenced me most was Drake back in 2007...back then I was hungry and cared about his lyrics.

AP: Would you say you rap with a message? And if so, what would that message be?

RH: My rap message is to emphasize the regular people. Rap in this day and age is about money, cars, clothes and other things that are sometimes so irrelevant.

AP: Where can people listen to your music?

RH: They can listen to it on Soundcloud: Sonnie-Rays-12

AP: Out of all your songs, which one is your favorite and why?

RH: My favorite songs change over time, I always feel that I get better and therefore it switches.

AP: Will the Le Moyne community be able to see you perform on campus this semester?

RH: Yes, hopefully I will be able to perform on Dolphy Day again.

AP: Are you working on any new stuff?

RH: I am currently working on my mixtape Sunny Side Up. It is going to be dope.

AP: What's your favorite part of performing?

RH: The crowds reaction definitely gets my hype.

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See You in ValhallaGabrielle Zumpano ‘16

STAFF WRITER

Welcome to the second season of Netflix and Chill! That was super corny, but let’s move on. Over the break, I watched a lot of shows, documentaries, and movies...purely for my role as a staff writer, not because I am a hermit. One movie that really captivated me was the comedy-drama "See You in Valhalla." This movie kept sneaking into my suggested watches and one night I decided I would watch and I am so glad I did.

The movie is about a dysfunctional family whose arguably most dysfunctional member dies in an unusual way. "See You in Valhalla" really makes

Every Day by David Levithan: A Book Review

Skyy Cannon ‘19STAFF WRITER

“I wake up. Immediately I have to figure out who I am. It’s not just the body-opening my eyes and discovering whether the skin on my arm is light or dark, whether my hair is long or short, whether I’m fat or thin, boy or girl, scarred or smooth. The body is the easiest thing to adjust to, if you’re used to waking up in a new one each morning. It’s the life, the context of the body, that can be hard to grasp. Every day I am someone else. I am myself—I know I am myself—but I am also someone else. It has always been like this.”

When this book came out almost four years ago, I read the first page and it didn’t catch my attention, even though when I look back at it now, it is perfectly intriguing. The novel itself is not only about this 16-year-old person waking up as someone else every day, but also about one day falling in love with the most perfect girl and wanting to be with her for the rest of his/her life. This is a task that is not easy for normal human beings, let alone A, what the main character calls itself.

In a sense, this might sound boring, but what really caught me was how A spoke. Since A is not one person, he/

she sees the world through a whole other lens and it’s quite amazing to read. By waking up in different bodies, you experience what it’s like, in A’s eyes, to be a different race, gender, and size. It also even looks at disorders. On top of all of that, you get to hear what A feels love is and should be like.

Don’t worry though, it’s not all rainbows and butterflies. The book can become eye opening in a very dark way, especially when things start to go wrong and A starts to take risks that should have never been done.

In the end, I felt that I should have cried, but since the only author to crack that safe is John Green, I didn’t. Speaking of, Green and Levithan have worked together to write Will Grayson, Will Grayson and gave Levithan a thumbs up to write this novel “and not steal his idea from him,” according to the acknowledgments in the back. Levithan has collaborated with other authors and artists such as Brian Selznick, Jonathan Farmer, and Rachel Cohn, as well as writing his own solo novels. You’ve probably watched "Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist," which was co-written by him, and another adaptation was recently released [you can watch it on Netflix], Naomi and Ely’s No Kiss List.

With all of this being said, I will leave you with my favorite quote from the novel….

“If you stare at the center of the universe, there is a coldness there. A blankness. Ultimately, the universe doesn’t care about us. Time doesn’t care about us. That’s why we have to care about each other.”

you think about your life and how crazy things can be. I do not want to say much because you need to watch this movie with a pure mindset, you should not go in knowing anything about this movie, trust me. I wish I could watch it again for the first time because it really resonated with me, and will with you.

"Valhalla" stars Sarah Hyland, who most people will know from her character on "Modern Family." Her role as Johana Burwood is so different from Haley Dunphy. Johana is very mature and has made some very tough decisions, basically the complete opposite of Dunphy. It was nice to see that Hyland can branch out and be a versatile actress, especially for being relatively young.

Take a chance on me this weekend (or week, since you know, syllabus week) and watch this movie. Take whatever you can from it. and I’ll "See You in Valhalla."

Top 10 Films of 2015Seth Montpelier ‘18

ARTS & LEISURE EDITOR

1.) "Spotlight": Tom McCarthy’s biopic about the brave team of journalists at the Boston Globe that take on the scandals of the Catholic church could have been easily self-righteous or exploitive. Instead, this film is understated (with less of a thriller’s tone than one of disillusionment and disappointment.) In Boston, the church is an enormous force and the group of journalists are advised to back off, which makes the end achievement so much more powerful. This is also an actor’s movie with everyone—Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci, Brian d’Arcy James, and Billy Crudup—giving equally strong and important performances. This is a film that not only addresses an urgent issue, but also has more than good intentions to offer.

2.) "Anomalisa": Charlie Kaufman fans have waited seven years for a follow-up to the mind-bending epic Synecdoche, New York. He’s returned with his most accessible film yet: an R-rated stop-motion about a customer service advice author who cannot make a real human connection. Leave it to a creative mind like Kaufman to take a form with endless possibilities and use it to create a mundane setting: a nice hotel. Michael [David Thewlis] hears literally the same voice for everyone [Tom Noonan] until he meets Lisa [Jennifer Jason Leigh]. A quirky and kind fan makes him think his crisis has ended, even if he can allow the feeling only for a moment. Funny, tender, and glum, this is Kaufman in a completely new light.

3.) "Diary of a Teenage Girl": Taking place in 1976 San Francisco, Marielle Heller’s debut tells the story of 15-year-old Minnie [an excellent breakthrough performance by Bel Powley] who begins an affair with her mother’s boyfriend. She documents her new feelings of maturity and empowerment on a tape recorder. The film succeeds because there is no judgement in its telling. Smart, endearing, and very funny, this is what teenage-films should aspire to.

4.) "Love and Mercy": A Brian Wilson biopic that gives the Beach Boys-genius the proper telling the TV movies never could: being able to balance accuracy and art. It might be the most honest music film ever. Mr. Wilson seems to think so. Paul Dano and John Cusack play Brian Wilson at his Pet Sounds peak and his years oppressed by Dr. Eugene Landy, respectively. Both give knockout performances: Dano playing a genius struggling to convey his mind and Cusack playing an odd, blunted shell. The best music bio in years, it has what "Straight Outta Compton" seemed to be searching for: focus and total honesty. By objectively showing two points in a chaotic life instead of trying to cram all of it in, "Love and Mercy" belongs with the best of biography films.

5.) "The Hateful Eight": Tarantino’s Western mystery features a great ensemble—particularly Jennifer Jason Leigh, Samuel L. Jackson, and Walton Goggins—and his talent that is always overshadowed by the blood and guts [which there is also plenty of]: tension. Almost the entire film takes place in a stagecoach rest stop in the Reconstruction-era. The first half is almost entirely this signature tension. The allies are never as they seem and the casualties are always a surprise. Leigh is the real standout, a captured criminal awaiting execution. One might be taken aback when she is violently struck, but she is fearless and strong—probably the strongest one [and most despicable].

6.) "Sicario": Emily Blunt gives the performance of the year as the brave DEA agent who tries to remain clean, even when her peers are compromised. Benicio Del Toro plays the agent that is done playing by the rules, only concerned with vengeance. The images of cartel violence are hard to watch, but provide this action-thriller with the honesty and brains most others lack.

7.) "The Revenant": Alejandro Inarritu is the best director this year—only a year after winning an Oscar for best director ["Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance")]—with his revenge Western about a fur trapper who is brutally attacked by a bear and then left for dead by someone in his pack who kills his son and creates the story of a hero for himself. Much of the pain seen in DiCaprio is real: the film was shot in the vicious Canadian wilderness. Intense and merciless, this feature shows revenge as the best cause for survival.

8.) "The Big Short": Adam McKay takes a break from [very funny] screwball comedies to tell a story that provokes fury: the collapse of the economy in 2008. Told with wicked wit from Ryan Gosling, the film follows the men who saw the bubble on the verge of popping and decided to bet against their own economy. This being another ensemble film—Christian Bale, Brad Pitt, Gosling, Steve Carell, Melissa Leo, Finn Wittrock, John Magaro, Hamish Linklater, and Jeremy Strong—gives a film about greed and manipulation the humor that might make the film too hard to watch without.

9.) "Steve Jobs": Michael Fassbender and Aaron Sorkin provide what 2013’s "Jobs" couldn’t: edge. A film that shows Steve Jobs as manipulative, vindictive, egotistical, and cruel. Taking place before three different product launches over 15 years, the film shows Jobs at his rise, at his nadir, and at his comeback, with him having the same mindset at each one. Seth Rogen also makes a great performance as Steve Wozniak, the mind behind Apple who is rarely bitter, despite often being the one played. The real Woz has stated the film felt like real memories, although others portrayed haven’t been so positive.

10.) "The Look of Silence": Joshua Oppenheimer’s companion piece to his 2012 documentary "The Act of Killing", which was about the soldiers who executed accused communists in the Indonesian genocide that live normal lives, never receiving punishment. While the first film tried to bring out remorse [of which they had disturbingly little] in the murderers and bring them to accept their sins, the second film follows the victims’ families confronting the soldiers, trying to make sense of it all. Like its predecessor, the film is haunting and harrowing, a film that’s important for everyone to see.

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Making Madrid Mine

Rachel Chea '17STAFF WRITER

About three weeks ago, I embarked on a semester-long adventure in Madrid, Spain, and I’m still in awe that this is my life. These past three weeks have felt like two months. While I’m still trying to find my rhythm in this new city, there are some things that I already know I like and I don’t like.

Cheers to Madrid “winter!”This time of year is considered

winter in Madrid, but it feels more like spring to me! While the rest of Madrid is bundled up in heavy winter coats, I’m here in a North Face enjoying the sunny, 50 degree [Fahrenheit]. Being from the islands, you would think that this would be freezing to me, but I guess it’s safe to say that my body has officially acclimated to Syracuse’s weather patterns.

I’m not going to lie to you, sometimes I get cold and wish I actually had a winter coat, but then I remember that I could be knee-deep in snow and ice right now—that thought alone just warms me up! Let’s just say that being here has been a nice change from the normal snowy, frigid and tundra-like Syracuse

winter. Good luck with that!

Jeers to the countless slow walkers in a big city

New York, Washington, DC and Paris. All three of these have three things in common: they’re all major cities in the world. I have visited each, and in each of these cities people walk at a brisk pace. Call it a common belief or misconception, but I was under the impression that life in big cities is fast paced and that people walk at a brisk pace. Apparently Madrid is the exception to this unspoken rule.

Being a fast walker myself, naturally slow walkers make me angry. Imagine coming to a city, and having people walk at the pace of snails in front of you, in the metro when you’re trying to catch a train, at crosswalks and on the sidewalk. Now I’m not saying that everyone is like this, yet, it is a tad annoying.

I must admit that some of the culprits are of the older generation. However, when you’re on a mission to get somewhere and they take up the sidewalk or escalator, you would be a little peeved. To quote a new friend of mine: “The amount of abuelitas I’ve almost drop-kicked, is far too high.…”

Cheers to tapas and sangria! I don’t know about later in

the semester, but for right now, I never get tired of these two things. Tapas—which are basically Spanish appetizers—are just amazing and make the perfect lunch or snack! If it were up to me, I would eat tapas every day. At most tapas restaurants, or at least ones that I have been to so far, it seems that sangria is the drink of choice, aside from beer. So cheers to you tapas and sangria, you never fail to satisfy and delight!

Jeers to late night dinnersOne common fact about

Spain, that everyone knows or hears about, is that they eat dinner late at night…or at least later than I am accustomed to. I don’t know about you, but I’m used to eating at 7 pm. Prior to coming here, I had always heard that they have dinner around 10 pm. In my host family, we eat around 9:30 pm or a little bit earlier—and I can barely handle that! I’ve been here for three weeks so far and I still don’t know how they do it; I have yet to find the secret.

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The Home Stretch: The Approach of the

Iowa CaucusSarah Willard ‘19STAFF WRITER

The Iowa Caucus will be held on Feb. 1 and it will be determining who will gain much of the spotlight for the rest of the presidential election. The winner of this caucus will determine who the media will follow endlessly in order to be the eyes of the public, as the front runners will gain more attention.

On the other hand, it may be a possibility that it could be the end of the line for some nominees that don’t receive much of the vote from the caucus.

All in all, the Iowa Caucus is known for either “making or breaking” a candidate. The aftermath reveals the select candidates that have generated most of the public’s support and if they are promising what the majority of the voters would like.

It also gives insight to the presidential candidates, letting them know if the platform that

they have been presenting is as appealing as they’ve hoped.

According to the Huffington Post, Hilary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are the frontrunners for the Democratic Party and leading the Republican Party is Donald Trump and Ted Cruz.

The rest of the caucus’ though, will also play a major role in the expectations in the outcome of the election, but none can truly be compared to that of Iowa. By the end of the first few caucus’, the winners of the national nomination will be able to be predicted and once again, will be displayed all over the media and given the utmost attention by the public.

However, the winner of the caucus will obviously be determined Feb. 1, when the citizens of Iowa cast their vote and shove the frontrunners into the spotlight, to be watched incessantly by the rest of the public, who are in turn, waiting to cast their own votes.

Marisa Duval ‘17STAFF WRITER

Over winter break eight nursing students of the Purcell School of Professional Studies, seven undergraduate and two graduate students and two faculty members—embarked on a service trip in Belize City from Jan. 1 to Jan. 15.

The two-week trip was led by nursing chair Dr. Margaret [Meega] Wells and Dr. Chad Corcoran of the biology department. The mission of the trip was to conduct medical service trips in the surrounding Belize City area.

Students did screenings and educated community members at a diabetic clinic, blood pressure screenings on faculty members and educated students at a local high school in Belize City. While there they also accompanied doctors and nurses of the Mercy Clinic on home visits.

“It was incredible to work with doctors during home visits,” said Kaylyn Woodrick,

one of the nine students that went on the trip. “The doctor and nurse worked as a unique team assessing and treating the patient as co-providers.”

Clinical sites counted towards community health clinical hours for the seven undergraduate students.

Aside from working and educating, the group went zip lining through the rain forest, cave tubing, snorkeling in the Mesoamerican Reef off the coast of San Pedro, and explored the Mayan Ruins.

“The experience definitely opened our eyes to the differences, both medical and cultural, between the U.S. and Belize. There are so many vast differences in our healthcare systems,” stated senior Kaylyn Woodrick.

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The seniors of the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams participated in the last home meet of their careers at Le Moyne on Jan. 23 as both teams topped SUNY Cortland.

The men’s team defeated the Red Dragons by a score of 130-103, while the women took the meet with a score of 138-100.

The list of seniors on the roster for the Dolphins includes Katelyn Votapka, Tara O’Donnell, Meghan Myers, Rachel Lawler, Meghan Gilheney, Mike Bardo, C.J. Carey, Ronnie Lowe, Josh Byrne, Ben Verdi, Chris Mosconi, Daniel Tarbrake, and Zarian Cleare.

O’Donnell led the women’s team by winning two individual events as well as being a part of a relay team that was victorious. But it was junior Tim Buff who led the men’s team, also winning two individual events.

O’Donnell’s victories were recorded in the 200-yard freestyle and the 100-yard backstroke. The relay victory came when she teamed with sophomores Alyssa Baker and Kelsey Smith, as well as freshman Emily Nicastro in the 200-yard medley relay.

“It was pretty bittersweet thinking I’d never race in that pool again,” O’Donnell said. “I know the other senior girls and I

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had a great time at the meet and we had our own senior relay at the end of the meet to make it special.”

Votapka was also able to secure two individual victories for the women’s team, winning the 1650-yard freestyle and the 500-yard freestyle. Her time in the 1650-yard freestyle was an individual best, as well as a pool record.

Myers also registered an individual win for the Dolphins, winning the 200-yard IM.

Over on the men’s side, Buff registered individual wins in the 200-yard freestyle and the 500-yard freestyle. Among those who registered one individual victory apiece in the meet for the Dolphins were seniors Josh Byrne in the first one-meter diving event and Daniel Tarbake in the 100-yard butterfly with a season-best time, sophomore Andy Raiola in the 1650-yard freestyle, sophomore Travis May in the 200-yard IM, and freshman Cory Knapp in the 100-yard freestyle.

Knapp, Raiola, May, and Bardo teamed up to get the victory in the 200-yard freestyle relay while setting a pool record.

Le Moyne will compete next in the Northeast-10 Conference Championships, which are set to begin on Feb. 4 at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, located in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Swimming and Diving Tops Cortland

The Past Month in the Sports World

Will Giambertone ‘16STAFF WRITER

It was quite a month and a half in the sports world. In Philadelphia, the Eagles got rid of a coach who people were skeptical of possessing the abilities to coach a team in the NFL. In his first two seasons, Chip Kelly led the team to back-to-back records of 10-6. They made the playoffs his first year. Prior to the start of this season he was given the role of head of football operations. In the offseason where he got rid of fan favorite running back LeSean McCoy for his former player at the University of Oregon, Kiko Alonso. He also signed DeMarco Murray to replace him. He was unable to replicate the success of the first two seasons and lost his job after rumors started swirling that he was losing the locker room and that he was only worried about himself.

Also in that division was the Washington Redskins who surprised everyone by winning the division without Heisman winning quarterback Robert Griffin III. With backup quarterback Kirk Cousins taking over the starting job, Washington went on to win the division at 9-7. Cousins, who is a free agent, will make himself a lot of money this winter as he put up career best numbers.

Yet, none of these newsworthy events compared to the firing of Cleveland Cavaliers head coach David Blatt. However, his firing comes as no surprise considering there had been numerous rumors he was going to get fired, from the day he was hired. A bit of an exaggeration, perhaps, but either way, he never stood a chance and it will be interesting to see what the public thinks of LeBron James after this. He was never

really a fan of David Blatt and there had been rumors that LeBron would ignore Blatt in huddles. This was a coach who went to the NBA Finals in his first season and had his team at 30-11 before he was fired. The goal for the Cavs is a championship, and the new coach Tyronn Lue has a lot of expectations to handle in his first stint as a head coach in the NBA.

The day that rumors had leaked about Peyton Manning using HGH was a day that could have lived in infamy. He is one of the true professionals in all of sports and one of the greatest to ever play his respective sport, so if this were true, it would put a huge cloud over the role models in sports. If Peyton Manning is doing HGH then anyone could be doing anything. The level of cynicism surrounding sports would be at an all time high. Luckily, this report was quickly refuted by Manning and the source from the article admitted he had lied about Manning, actually having no knowledge of it.

The Buffalo Bills made a historical hire when they brought Kathyrn Smith onto the coaching staff recently. She is the first woman to be named to an NFL coaching staff as a full time member. She is someone who has worked hard for this promotion—she worked with the Buffalo organization for the past seven years. This past season she was the administrative assistant to Rex Ryan. This will hopefully be something that starts a trend in sports and leads to more diversity in the workplace of the NFL.

Le Moyne Hoops Looks to Forget

Struggles with Win this WeekendSteve Thomson ‘17SPORTS EDITOR

Syracuse, N.Y. --- Over the past month and a half, Le Moyne basketball has had their struggles. The Dolphins started the season 5-5 and have since lost six of seven games during Winter break. Their 4-8 mark in the conference puts them ahead of only four teams in the Northeast-10 Conference.

Le Moyne was defeated 84-58 by conference opponent Bentley University at home this past Saturday, Jan. 23. Bentley’s Keegan Hyland carried Bentley with a career-high 34 points. He is the older brother of Le Moyne sophomore guard Tanner Hyland.

“We couldn’t make a shot against Bentley and they made all of theirs, even the tough ones,” said Le Moyne junior forward Stan Buczek. “It was one of those games where we couldn’t buy a bucket.”

Three days prior, the Dolphins won their first game in over a month over Saint Michael’s on a buzzer-beater from freshman guard Eriq Jenkins.

This Saturday, Jan. 30, Le Moyne looks to get back on track against Franklin Pierce. The Dolphins will try and get themselves in position to qualify for

the conference and NCAA tournaments by winning the remaining conference matchups they have.

“We have to defend and constantly talk on the defensive end against Franklin Pierce,” says Buczek. “It’s been an issue this season, but we are taking steps to fix it. If we can defend then we can win.”

Le Moyne students will be back in the stands on Saturday when the Dolphins face Franklin Pierce after being away from campus for more than a month. The student section will be dressed in all white and the first 100 students to enter the game will receive a free shirt.

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8OPINION 8 THE DOLPHINTHURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2016

Winter break is all about taking the time to restore yourself after getting torn apart by the fall semester and happily letting all the nonsense tv feeds you push everything you learned out of your brain. At first it’s fun: waking up when your body tells you to instead of your irritatingly loud alarm clock, eating real food that doesn’t go right through you, wearing your pajamas all day without caring whether you’re productive or not. And then the days start to blend together and the monotony becomes, well, boring.

So you begin to look forward to getting back to campus. Seeing your friends and yes, actually having work to do that will keep you busy and effective. The idea of getting back to a structured schedule is actually comforting and you welcome it. Gradually you start to countdown the days until you move back into your dorm room...and then the day comes.

It’s one thing to think about the semester starting, it’s a completely other thing to actually go back. As you pack up your room your excitement quickly starts to fade as you remember the stress and tiredness from last semester, and although you want to see everyone again, you begin to think Facetime might be just as good as seeing them in person.

Here are some thoughts that go through every college

student’s’ head at some point as they get ready to return to college after winter break:

1. A month away isn’t long enough. I need more time.

2. I barely got the chance to do any of the things I planned on doing.

3. I read twenty pages of that one book, but I’m going to need at least another month or so if I’m going to get halfway through it.

4. My bed was too comfortable for me to be productive.

5. Wait. Does sleeping count as an activity?

6. Because if it does, I was extremely productive over winter break.

7. Plus I watched a lot of Netflix. Netflix, my love.

8. How will I make time for Netflix with school getting in the way of us spending time together?

9. I don’t know if I can do it. We barely had time together last semester, and that was unbearable.

10. I mean, my grades were better—but still, it was rough.

11. I wonder if my friends

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watched that show “Making A Murderer.”

12. I did. Finished it in a day. No shame.

13. If I didn’t have school I might’ve watched it again.

13. Uh, I miss my friends so much.

14. I can’t wait to see them15. But I’ll miss my parents

too...16. ...especially when I have

to do my laundry or cook or pay for things.

17. Hopefully they put money in my account.

18. God I hope they did. 19. (Checks bank account)

Phew. 20. (Phone dings) Oh, I just

got an email from my professor. 21. Homework. Due. First day. 22. WHAT IS THIS?23. What ever happened to

easing back into school work? 24. This isn’t even an

important class—It’s elementary Spanish.

25. I’m already tired of school. I need my bed.

#DolphinsLiveWellThe Dream of Dr. King

Maria RandazzoSTAFF WRITER

Welcome back fellow Dolphins to spring semester 2016 and a new year of hopes, dreams, and goals! Hopefully you had a peaceful and restorative winter break and are energized and excited to be back on the Heights. As you start classes and the routines of academic life, Le Moyne as a community is taking this week to celebrate the life and work of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. While the official holiday was observed on Jan. 18, his legacy is one that should be put into practice every day of the year. With that in mind, we ask all of the Le Moyne community to make a pledge to exemplify and engage in the values and principles put forth by Dr. King.

Dr. King was a deeply spiritual man. Much, if not

most, of the theory behind his social activism stemmed from his religious beliefs. He saw Christianity as “a spirit of brotherhood made manifest in social ethics.”1 In essence, we are all equal and we all deserve equality. According to Dr. King, all people are strung together in a network of life and that race, religion, gender, etc. simply do not matter. He believed that our societies need to reflect equality for all of us to prosper: “All life is interrelated, that somehow we’re caught in an inescapable network of mutuality tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. For some strange reason, I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be.”2

It is clear that Dr. King’s

beliefs strongly reflect our Jesuit values and traditions. As you read this and hopefully engage in MLK activities on campus this week, ask yourself how you can align Dr. King’s dream with your own belief in being men and women for others.

This past M o n d a y , students filled out pledge forms that can be seen in the hallway outside of the Dining Center. This evening, at Le Moyne’s 2016 Martin Luther King Jr. convocation, there will be a keynote speech by renowned American feminist and anti-racism activist, Peggy McIntosh. Along with the speech, a video will be shown of students displaying quotes by Dr. King

that are significant to them. There will also be a peace walk around campus tomorrow evening to show our solidarity as an inclusive community and our commitment to service.

As we begin a new year, take this opportunity to determine what you can do to further Dr. King’s dream on Le Moyne’s

campus as well as in your own life.

1http://www.alternet.org/story/14960/the_spiritual_politics_of_martin_luther_king

2http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-wallis/martin-luther-king-jr-was_b_695964.html

How to succeed on your new year's resolution

Allison Stephens ‘16STAFF WRITER

Alright, let's face it. We have already lost our resolution for this year. We already stopped going to the gym, or put down that book, or just plainly reverted back into our 2015 ways...like we do every year. But hey, there's always time to start anew! So here are a few tips to get you back on track for this new year!

Set a Time Limit: In situations like this, having a deadline can really help someone out! Give yourself a schedule to stick to and you'd be surprised what you can accomplish!

Find a Buddy: Doing anything with a friend is always more enjoyable than doing it alone. Find someone who wants to make their New Year's resolution similar to yours and cheer each other on. If you have someone you're working with, chances are you will take it more seriously yourself.

Don’t Give Up: If you mess up once, don't use that as an excuse to just walk away from the whole thing. Use it as the setback it is and work through it.

Set Realistic Goals: Chances are, you're not going to read every single day to start out, but try reading at least once a week! Little accomplishments like that make it easier to stay on track and not give up on your resolution!

I hope these tips will help! Welcome back to Le Moyne, ‘Phins! Have a great semester and an even better year!

OPINION 9THE DOLPHINTHURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2016

788: the number of dollars I spent simply APPLYING to graduate programs—and I have currently only applied to four institutions. $200 to take the GRE (and I had to take it twice, so $400, really—but by the standardized tests conversation we’ll save for a rainy day), $27 for each school I send my GRE score to, and then anywhere between $65 and $80 of application fees for each school. This, my friends, is a scam; this is theft in the clearest format; this is a rigged system. And I am angry. And if you’re paying attention, you should be too.

Here’s the deal. I am a fortunate and privileged young woman. I was lucky enough to be born into a family that is financially stable, so I could afford to pay the ridiculous price in order to possibly, maybe, go to graduate school. But I have trouble understanding how young, struggling students from less-fortunate backgrounds are supposed to finance even applying to graduate schools. I understand there are a p p l i c a t i o n s for fee waivers for most u n i v e r s i t i e s and there are federal programs to finance GREs and that whole process, but how absurd is that? In order to be able to afford to apply to a university, you must first

apply to receive financial aid, i.e. your worth as a student is determined before you even apply to an institution.

We preach that education is a cornerstone in our functioning society, that education is the key to a successful future, yet we chastise those that are financially unstable and claim that they don’t work hard enough, don’t want to go to school, or only want to sit and take advantage of our welfare systems. Yes, everyone has the same freedoms to go to school or find a decent job, but there is a clear disparity in freedom of opportunities. There are certain socioeconomic demographics in this country that are not given the same opportunities as others, simply based on the most random circumstance of all: birth. We do not choose where we are born, into what family, into what gender, what ethnicity or race, what sexuality—all of these things are out of our control. But so much of our lives are determined based off of these uncontrollable variables. Because I was born a white woman, into a stable family, and in Northern Alabama, I could afford to finance my

education without any qualms or tribulations. Yes, I had to take out some loans, as most students do, but there is absolutely no way I would be here, typing this article on my computer if the circumstances were different and I was economically less fortunate.

So let me be clear: I work hard, I pay for things on my own when I can, I have a job on campus, and I have a banking app to keep track of my money. But I did not earn anything. I do not deserve to be where I am. I did not work to be here. I was afforded certain opportunities because of the hard work of my parents and the absolutely uncontrollable circumstance of my birth. I was born with an outrageous freedom of opportunity, so I can attend school, forward my education, become more employable, and build a better life for myself and my family. Someone born into a different situation does not have the same freedom of opportunity as me and must always work infinitely harder than me to forge a better life. Our system favors those that already have, and demonizes and criminalizes those that do not.

That is the reality of our rigged system.

The reality of a rigged system

Allison Dolzonek '16OPINION EDITOR

Abigail Adams ‘16Editor-In-Chief

Well, I guess I’m graduating...

So, I just realized a couple weeks ago that I’m a senior, and along with this spring semester comes graduation...woah. It’s kind of a daunting thought at first. You think about the first day you came to Le Moyne; all the smiles, friendly people, fun places. You realize that pretty soon all of that will be gone forever.

It’s almost like being born again. Le Moyne brought you back into this little womb and then births you back out into the world again. But you return to the world a better person and definitely more educated than you were before.

I’ve talked to several of my senior friends and we all say the same thing each time we talk: “Can you believe we’re graduating?” Everyone answers wide-eyed and says, “No, I can’t believe it.” Well here’s my advice: believe it.

Yes, you will have some sort of breakdown and wonder if your life will go straight to the gutter, but

that’s what we have friends and family for, right? Someone will drag you out of that ditch and get you some fries, don’t worry.

The truth is, you can’t predict your entire future. You can maybe sense a direction, but you can’t pinpoint every little thing you’re going to do the second you graduate. So, don’t let people make you feel like you’re lost, because you aren’t. Want to move to California? Do it. Want to write a book? Do it. Want to start your own business? Do it. Graduating college is not the end of your world. It’s actually the beginning of the rest of your adult life.

Scared you’ll never see your friends again? Make it a mission to meet up with them once or twice every couple months. Don’t lose sight of the people who mattered most to you during your college career. I’ve heard that the friendships you make in college will last for the rest of your life. So make that happen.

Now raise your fist in the air and say “I CAN DO THIS.”

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THEME: HOLLYWOOD LEGENDS

ACROSS1. Buzz off6. Dunce9. Back of the neck13. Big Dipper shape14. Rejuvenating spot15. Succeed16. Helped17. Waikiki garb18. *Like characters

played by Lon Chaney19. *Marx brother21. *Famously played

title role in "Cleopatra"23. *1950s teen idol, ___

Hunter24. Not that25. Thrilla in Manila

boxer28. Friendly jab on

Facebook30. Set aside as inferior35. Marijuana user's

hookah37. Stole material39. Cowboy sport40. Christmas season41. Boston hockey

player43. Petri dish filler44. Holiday activity?46. Caffeine tree47. Egg holder

48. *1979 Sean Connery and Natalie Wood clunker

50. Newton, e.g.52. "____ no evil,..."53. Spew profanities55. Roman road57. *Scarlett O'Hara or

Blanche DuBois60. *Katharine or

Audrey64. Asian chew65. Springsteen's "Born

in the ____"67. Make baby food?68. Mountain ridge69. #37 Across, e.g.70. English county71. Training spots72. ATM extra73. Doled out cards

DOWN1. Smeltery refuse2. Age of Aquarius flick3. Edible root of taro

plants4. Alaska native5. Train station porter's

head gear6. Northern European

capital7. *Kong, e.g.8. Country singer ____

Hill9. Season to be jolly10. 1970s hairdo11. *Laurel and Hardy

or Abbott and Costello12. Old-fashioned

"before"15. Old Faithful20. Edward Teller's

creation22. Lung necessity24. Lacking substance25. Deep cavity26. Jeweler's glass27. Coastal feature29. *"Spartacus" star31. *"Mommie Dearest"32. Ruler sides, e.g.33. This and desist34. Type of dessert36. *"An American in

Paris"38. Potter's oven42. Lacking guile45. Easily handled49. Poe's "The Murders

in the ___ Morgue"51. Left gratuity54. Pinch in the nose56. Bullying, e.g.57. Extremely58. Any thing59. Docs for dachshunds60. Aesop's race

competitor61. Celestial bear62. *Where all

Hollywood legends' work winds up

63. Sales clerk's call64. Paper or plastic?66. Seek damages

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Welcome back everybody. That is all.

I’m sorry, if you were expecting a longer introduction than usual? Forgive me for trying to limit my word count so as to avoid an inevitable spiral into a self-deprecating stream of consciousness that ends up making me sound like a sarcastic prick who vents his frustrations through a very viable and very respectable student newspaper. Honestly, I’m shocked they’re letting me write this column for another semester. (How’s that for a proper introduction?)

1 Cheer: Campus Security…Bear with me here. I was (predictably)

running late for work on the first day of classes this semester. Not only that, but I made the grave mistake of assuming that I was going to find a parking spot in Lot C after 9:30 a.m. (I’ve griped about this before). I made my own parking spot and I decided to take the inevitable parking ticket rather than be late for my first day of work. When I came out later to find the blue and white slip of paper under my wipers, I braced myself for the hefty fine only to find that it was a $0 warning notice. Well played, Campus Security. Well played.

2 Cheers: Inclement WeatherI’m going to assume most people get quite

frustrated with the Syracuse double whammy of snow and freezing temperatures. If you enjoy these things, well…I hope we never become friends. But for the rest of us, the only way this horrendous, hideous, and harrowing weather has any merit is if classes are cancelled. Keep the faith students.

3 Cheers: Gas PricesImagine my surprise when

I returned home after traveling for majority of the winter break to discover the price of gas to be under two dollars. I can’t remember the last time pumping gas didn’t feel like I was taking out a second mortgage on a home. With all of this extra money I’ll have now, I think I’ll finally be able to afford renting my textbooks this semester.

1 Jeer: Wet FloorsWinter is always tricky on college

campuses, especially if you’re like me and habitually throw your backpack underneath your chair when you sit down for class. I wish the desks had an elevated cubby of sorts, because before I realize what I’ve done, I’ve placed my backpack into a gigantic puddle of slush, that nice new book I bought is now totally ruined, and now I’m going to fail the class because I can’t do the assigned reading. Thanks winter!

2 Jeers: Panera BreadI have nothing against Panera Bread. The food is

pretty fantastic, the atmosphere and the staff in the place is always welcoming, and they have these cool new pagers that detect which table you’re sitting at so they can bring the food right to you. But the prices are just too high. Thanks for the $50 gift card to Panera Bread, mom! I got a sandwich and some lemonade and had to pay the difference.

3 Jeers: SlushI can barely tolerate the snow and freezing

temperatures. It’d be a completely different story if it snowed all the time like it does in Fairytale Snow Globe Land, with nice puffy snowflakes that coat the ground in a beautiful sea of white. Unfortunately, the roads and sidewalks look like the crayola crayon nobody ever used, my car looks like I let toothpaste and salt dry on it overnight, and my nice new boots are covered in gunk.