The weekly student newspaper at The College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York Volume LXXX Issue 17December 13, 2011

Arts & Opinion SportsMatt Henry reviews the Black Keys’ latest album. See Page B9

The Los Angeles Angels have new high-profi le players. See Page D15

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

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

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

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

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Extended Library HoursThe library has extended hours this week due to fi nals.

Find all the times on Page A3 ASHLEY YOUNGThe spectacular view of Manhattan from the 44th fl oor of the Hearst Tower.

A Reception to RememberThe annual Saint Rose holiday reception at the Hearst Tower showcased College’s recent achievements.

Full story on Page A5

By KAYLA MATTEOStaff Writer

A robbery victim chased down and tackled the man who stole her wallet last Monday. Michelle Williamson, a 22-year-old State University at Albany student, was eating dinner around 6:40 p.m. inside Chang’s Garden restaurant on the corner of Quail Street and Western Avenue when 48-year-old Antonio Lucas came inside. After pretending to order food, he turned to the table where her and a friend were sitting and grabbed her wallet, nonchalantly putting it into his pants pocket.

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

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didn’t even notice him at fi rst, we were completely in conversation. I had a mouthful of food.”

He turned and walked out of the restaurant. Williamson was aware of the contents of her wal-let, which had $60 in cash, a

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ALBANY PD

Antonio Lucas is being held in Albany County Jail.

By CHAD GAMBOAStaff Writer

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

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

New Street Signs Help Locate College

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

The new street signs, installed between October 18 and 19, cost the college about $4,100 said Vice President of Finance and Administration Marcus Buckley. Buckley helped set up funding for the project after it was ap-proved by the Board of Trustees.

In addition to the 20 street signs, Saint Rose has also pur-chased six highway guide signs,

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bringing the total spent on new signage to $23,350. This was the first attempt in 25 years the col-lege had made update its own signage.

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

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

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English Professor Featured on Radio ShowHollis Seamon, a professor of

English at Saint Rose, was fea-tured on radio show The Aca-demic Minute Friday.

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

Hosted on local NPR affili-ate WAMC 90.3, The Academic

Minute is a nationally syndicated show which features profes-sors from institutions around the world speaking on interesting and diverse topics in academia, rang-ing from literature to the hard sci-ences and everything in between.

Recent speakers have included Dominik Guess from the Univer-sity of North Florida and Steve Anderson of University of North-ern Colorado. Guess, whose epi-sode aired on Thursday, focused on how an individual’s approach to problem solving is influenced

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

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

You can listen to Seamon’s segment at http://www.public-broadcasting.net/wamc under the section entitled Academic Min-ute.

Vehicle Hits Local Coffeehouse

Compiled by the Editorial Staff

ITS Plans Technology Upgrades

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

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

a newly installed bike rack.The building houses the Hud-

son River Cof-fee House on the bottom floor and apartments above. There was no dam-age inside the store or to the upper apartments.

Hudson River had just cele-brated its first anniversary Friday with an evening of music featur-ing such acts as the Sunnyside of

the Street Band and Lucky Juke-box Brigade. The young owner,

Anton Pasquill, is known for promot-ing local musical acts in his venue.

Pasquill has been featured in the Times Union, Keep Albany Bor-

ing, and All Over Albany and his business won Metroland’s Best New Venue in 2011.

Hudson River had just celebrated its first anniversary

Friday.

Students will have new tech-nology upgrades to look forward to after the break.

Library renovations will in-clude the addition of 40 new computers, nine new wireless ac-cess points and a relocation of the digital signage unit, said ITS ex-ecutive director John Ellis.

Selected upgrades are also planned in Albertus and Picotte halls. There will be a new Smart Board in Albertus 209, a new projector and electric screen in Albertus 102 and new digital sig-nage displays (the special screens set up in the main campus build-ings) while in Picotte four projec-tors will be replaced with DLP projectors. Digital Light Process-ing projectors are an improve-ment over LCD projectors in that

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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“At one point he was on top of me. He put his arm near my throat and I’m really claustrophobic,” she said. That gave her the extra push she needed to flip the 215 pound man over and pin him to the ground under her.

“I had such an adrenaline rush. Afterwards the cops were trying to make me go get looked at but I really didn’t think I got hurt at all,” said Williamson, who suf-fered only small cuts and scrapes to her arm and hands.

Lucas, who was on probation, begged Williamson to “just let him go”, but she stayed put, telling him to be quiet and not move until the cops arrived.

“I felt safe, there were a lot of peo-ple around at that

point,” she said. Williamson attributes the rob-

bery to a few weird coincidences that put her in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Whatever the case, she has been the cause of lots of recent conversation amongst those who know her and those who don’t.

“I wasn’t trying to be impres-sive,” said Williamson, who nev-er considered that Lucas might have a weapon on him, “I just wanted my wallet.”

Antonio Lucas is being held in Albany County Jail for 2nd de-gree robbery and unlawful pos-session of marijuana.

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RobberyIntersection of Quail and

Morris Streets

RobberyOn Hamilton St. near

intersection with Quail St.

Crime BlotterAggravated Assault

N. Allen St. near intersection with Madison Ave.

Larceny In the vicinity of Western Ave

along the sidewalk next to Events and Athletics Center

BurglaryMorris St. near the

intersection with S. Main Ave.

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

Theft from BuildingBuilding located on partridge St. near the intersection with

Ridgefield.

Theft from Vehicle On Morris St. near the

intersection with Partridge St.

Theft from VehicleOn S. Lake Ave near the

intersection with Park Ave.

Theft from BuildingBuilding near intersection of

Partridge and Warren

Theft from VehicleOn S. Lake Ave near the

intersection with Myrtle Ave.

Theft from VehicleIntersection of Yates and Quail

St.

Theft from VehicleOn Hudson Ave. near

intersection with Qual St.

Theft from VehicleOn Washington Ave. near intersection with Quail St.

BurglaryOn Washington Ave. near intersection with Quail St.

This crime blotter is compiled using the City of Albany Police Department’s crime map. This map shows the incidents that happened in the past week, Monday through Sunday, within the boundaries of the Pine Hills Neighborhood limits as established by the Pine Hills Neighborhood Association. The map can be found at: http://www.albanyny.org/Government/Departments/Police/cmapping/maps.aspx

Wednesday, Dec.:7......................................................................................................8:15 a.m. - 1 a.m.Thursday, Dec. 8.........................................................................................................8:15 a.m. - 1 a.m.Friday, Dec. 9................................................................................................................15 a.m. - 9 p.m.Saturday, Dec. 10.............................................................................................................9 a.m. - 6 p.m.Sunday, Dec. 11.............................................................................................................12 p.m. - 1 a.m.Monday, Dec. 12.........................................................................................................8:15 a.m. - 1 a.m.Tuesday, Dec. 13.........................................................................................................8:15 a.m. - 1 a.m.Wednesday, Dec. 14....................................................................................................8:15 a.m. - 1 a.m.Thursday, Dec. 15.....................................................................................................8:15 a.m. - 11 p.m.Friday, Dec. 16.......................................................................................................8:15 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.Saturday, Dec. 17 and Sunday, Dec. 18.......................................................................................Closed

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credit card, a debit card, and her ID, and wasn’t about to just let it slip away. She ran out of the restaurant after him yelling that he stole her wallet.

“There were a lot of people around but nobody did anything,” she said, “I don’t think they knew what to do. He looked really big.”

Infuriated that he was about to get away with it, she started an altercation. One push by Wil-liamson turned into an all out wrestling match on the street, where she ripped his leather jacket off of him, leav-ing the jacket and the shirt he was wearing in shreds.

“The cops showed me the jacket after-wards and were like, ‘Look what you did to this jacket’,” she said, laugh-ing.

During this fight, Lucas threw her to the ground, where she hit her head and he began to run east on Western Avenue. Williamson, who frequently runs as a hobby, got up after a minute and, even missing one shoe, began to chase him. She caught up to him by the First Lutheran Church less than a block away.

A group of fraternity boys were eating pizza close by and ran out to help her, but by the time they got to her, she already had Lucas pinned to the ground.

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

Weekly Safety Tip

Security escorts are always available to Saint Rose students. Save the Security Department’s contact number in your cellphone to

have it in case of an emergency: (518) 454-5187.The weekly safety tips are provided by Professor Rosemary Sheridan's COM372 Campaigning class

in collaboration with The College of Saint Rose Security Department.

“I wasn’t trying to be impressive, I just wanted my

wallet.”Michelle

Williamson

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By MICHAEL BELLIZZI,CHAD GAMBOA, SCOTT LAWSON, KAYLA MATTEO, TOM MCDONALD and TENNY SNYDERNewsroom

For the first time ever, the Cap-ital Holiday Lights in the Park festivity this year relied on the help of the Albany City Court and its community service program to both prepare and operate the 39-day fundraiser for the Police Athletic League.

City court often offers commu-nity service as a choice to individ-uals charged with violating codes pertaining to open containers, and loud parties. During court appear-ances, those who have been tick-eted sometimes choose to per-form community service rather than pay fines, which sometimes runs into the hundreds of dollars.

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

Festive Event Gets Help from City Court

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

According to Judge Gary Sti-glmeier, community service has been effective with the defen-dants that he has seen this year.

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

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

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

By TOM MCDONALDContributing Writer

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

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

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

“This year is a little different from the previous tours,” said Genny Faist, program coordina-tor, before the event took place. “There will be three clusters this year so we can expose the dif-ferent architectural structures in separate parts of the city.”

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

“In years past all of the houses have been within walking dis-tance, but this year we are en-couraging everyone to drive from cluster to cluster,” said Faist. Each cluster had a minimum of four homes.

Janna and David Mendonca

Pine Hills Homes in Holiday House Tour

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

Visitors pay $15 to see the lights beginning everyday at 6 p.m. Weekdays, the display runs until 9 p.m., and on the busier weekends, until 10 p.m. Ricchiut-ti estimated some 500 to 600 cars drive through the park on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. This season, traffic is slightly up from last year, Ricchiutti said. Howev-er, a rainy night like last Wednes-day can mean a dent in business. Safety concerns forced the league to shut down the operation that night.

The program also relies on financial support from corpora-tions such as Hannaford Super-markets.

“We support PAL programs throughout the year also. We be-lieve heavily in their program,” said Molly Tarleton, a commu-nity relations specialist at Han-naford.

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

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

“The Historic Albany foun-dation reached out to us in an email,” said homeowner David Mendonca. “There is a lot of his-tory in this Dutch colonial-bun-galow style house.”

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

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

“I am involved to get more ex-posure for a future buyer to see what is truly a great space,” said owner Will Voseck “I’ve worked with an architect, who created a movable room, which can re-configure the space of the ware-house.”

Those who attended the event were encouraged to see every stop on the tour map. Ticket hold-ers were allowed to take any route they’d like to view the homes.PHOTO COURTESY OF NEWSROOM

Decorations in the Washington Park Lake House.

TOM MCDONALD

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

December 13, 2011 Volume 80 Issue 17 The ChronicleNews A5By ASHLEY YOUNGContributing Writer

The Hearst Corp. and Foun-dations, Saint Rose alumni, and some current Saint Rose students gathered on the 44th floor of the Hearst Tower for the College of Saint Rose’s annual holiday re-ception to celebrate another suc-cessful year at the College.

The purpose of the event is to engage the alumni population in the New York area, giving them the opportunity to learn more about the state of the College, said Ridgely Harrison, a develop-

Rose of Lima dinner in Oct. 2011. Short, 20, attended the event be-cause she was intrigued by the great things she learned about the Hearst Corporation.

“George Hearst had only told me phenomenal things about the event and the corporation; I had to see it for myself,” said Short, a Hearst scholar. “Also this event allowed me to network within a positive environment.”

Short was not the only Hearst scholar in attendance. Omar Lo-pez, 24, was a Hearst scholar throughout his entire undergradu-ate career at Saint Rose. The

2008 graduate who works as a policy ana-lyst with Democrats for Education Reform said he loves to recon-nect with people from Saint Rose. He also said that the reception is significant because it gives supporters of the College the oppor-tunity to put a face and story to the reports they get about the in-

stitution’s accomplishments.“It’s important for people in-

volved in the College to see the fruit of their labor,” said Lopez.

Dr. Sullivan illustrated the de-velopment of the College to at-tendees. The event allowed the alumni to get a good view of how far Saint Rose has come while he has been in office and even from last year’s Hearst event, said Har-rison.

Saint Rose Trustee George R. Hearst III has sponsored the re-ception at the Hearst Tower for four years in the past, according to Stephanie Lamphere, director of special events at Saint Rose. This year, the reception proved to be a success.

“I feel this event is important because it celebrates the accom-plishments of Saint Rose and thanks the many donors for their contributions and support,” said Short. “This event is also a time to spend with faculty and staff that up kept the motto of Saint Rose, to be the difference.”

Grab a Slice for Half the Price at Mild Wally’sBy DEREK KALISHContributing Writer

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

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

The $1 slice grew out of a mar-keting strategy brainstorming ses-sion among the managers at Wal-ly’s, said owner Brian Kovelman.

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

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

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

“We do quite a few things that stand out but wings are our most popular order,” said Kovelman. “Honey BBQ is the most popular non-spiced, and Buffalo medium is the most popular spiced flavor.”

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

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

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

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

Hearst Tower Holiday Receptionpenne alfredo, and the Hickory Philly Steak Sub mentioned be-fore. Most items range from $4 to $7, but a large order of wings can still be more expensive.

Albany is full of hungry col-lege students but it’s also swarm-ing with other food establish-ments, and this can make running a business hectic.

TOM MCDONALDMild Wally’s before a Thursday night rush.

“Place come, places go,

we’ve lasted a long time and we’re not going

anywhere.”Brett Gold

Wally’s is at Quail at the in-tersection near Western Ave-nue, right next to the new Chick-en Joe’s, and only 350 feet from the Quail Street Market. That thoroughfare is home to other

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

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

Between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., most Wally’s customers are folks who work in the neighborhood. During these hours, the slices with special toppings are most popular.

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

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

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

(left) shaking hands with George R. Hearst III (right).

ment officer in Institutional Ad-vancement.

President R. Mark Sullivan gave a short speech about re-cent developments at Saint Rose such as the construction of Cen-tennial Hall and the Huether School of Business. News of the women’s soccer team’s victory in the NCAA Division II National Championship brought great joy to the crowd. The trophy was re-vealed at the end of his speech.

The reception was held in the Hearst Tower located at 300 West 57th St. at 6 p.m. in a room over-looking Manhattan. The majority of the event was spent network-ing around round tables with red flower as centerpieces. Attendees also enjoyed hor d’oeuvres and wine while live acoustic music was played.

Raven Short, a junior studying communications: public relations and advertising at Saint Rose, received a personal invitation to the reception from Hearst at the

BENJAMIN A. MARVIN

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By KAYLA MATTEOStaff Writer

A new bus route introduced with the restructuring of the Capi-tal District Transit Authority bus routes has been a great help to students and residents who live on and south of Madison Avenue. The new route, which runs from Crossgates Mall to the Rensselaer Amtrak Station on Madison and Washington Avenues twice an hour, replaces portions of the now discontinued 3 and 4 routes. It has stops at The State University at Albany, Albany High School, and The College of Saint Rose, mak-ing this a very student-oriented route.

“It’s convenient. I wish they

had made it three years ago. There’s never been any real ser-vice for SUNY students who live on the Madison corridor and the southern neighborhoods except for a once an hour SUNY shut-tle,” said Andy Kissner, a State University at Albany senior.

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

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

CDTA IntroducesNew Bus Route

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

Route 114 was introduced with several other new routes to CDTA on Nov. 13. While it is too early to tell how the route is doing in comparison to others because it has only been running for a few weeks now, the route is popular especially because of its connec-tion to the train and Greyhound bus stations, said Ross Farrell, senior transportation manager for CDTA.

The 114 is also convenient for non-students and those who use other routes because there are more buses which means the routes are less crowded.

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

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

Many students live south of Madison Avenue on streets like Yates, Morris, and Myrtle. This new route will definitely improve the safety of these students who ride the bus to and from school. Full-time student residents who used the SUNY campus in pre-vious summers could only take route 12 there, which was all the way on Washington Avenue, about a half mile from Madison Avenue. Now they can take the 114 as well.

The College of Saint Rose has

seen an increase in student and staff riders.

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

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

COURTESY OF THE CDTAMap of new CDTA bus route 114.

December 13, 2011 Volume 80 Issue 17 The ChronicleNews A7Stress-Free Zone at Saint Rose

A Stress-Free Zone event was held in the main lounge of the EAC on Dec. 8, 2011. Stress-relieving activities such as coloring holiday pictures, playing with dogs, decorating

cupcakes, making sundaes, and creating balloon animals were available to students preparing for final exams. Santa Claus also came to visit!

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

Jen Danz and Bianca Gonzalez decorating their own cupcakes.

Marlena Moran and Christine Laurentiev table a balloon animal stand.

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

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Chronicle Christmas PartyThe Saint Rose Chronicle put together a Christmas Party on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011. The $67 raised from admission and the “Pie Your

Editor” station was donated to St. Catherine’s Marillac Family Shelter. There were free brownies, coffee, and apple cider. There was also a bake sale, a cookie decorating station, a coloring station, and a raffle. The raffle prizes were: a movie package with numerous movies, pop-corn and candy; a Starbucks gift card; and A Night out package with a Regal gift card, Ruby Tuesdays gift card, and a disposable camera.

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

The Chronicle Staff of the Fall 2011 semester.

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

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

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

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said about the trip.After his junior year, Fealey

received a paid internship from Converse with the help of vari-ous faculty members. “He was a terrifi c fi t,” said former teacher Kristine Herrick.

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

Ultimately, Fealey would like to develop a full-time career out of Fresh Prints. With the help of a web developer, he created a professional website for the company that launched this May. The site features unisex clothing apparel, and artwork by Fresh Prints. Fealey is adding a “Doo-dle of the Day” category to the site shortly, which will offer $5 poster designs. To see more, visit: www.freshprintsclothing.com

Fealey is the originator of Fresh Prints and his dedica-tion is evident. Although copy-right issues have prevented the sole ownership of the name, his hard-working nature has already brought him recognition in the world of graphic arts and design.

Whatever success is coming to

In the LimelightBy DEREK KALISHContributing Writer

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

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

During the week Fealey works for the graphic arts and design de-partment at Converse in Manhat-tan where he is, “gaining massive amounts of experience, and learn-ing a lot,” said Fealey.

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

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

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

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

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

T-Shirt Company Finds Beginnings at Saint Rose

PHOTO COURTESY OF TIM FEALEY

Tim Fealey wearing one of his own unique designs.

By MATT HENRYStaff Writer

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

The duo sticks with their usual formula, steady, driving, rhyth-mic, melodic music. Like Broth-ers, El Camino is made up of different themes, most of them revolving around either women or money. Danger Mouse returns to help produce El Camino as he did for the Black Keys’ fi fth stu-dio album Attack and Release.

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

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

El Camino is the kind of record that slowly scratches into your skin and gets you hooked imme-diately after listening to it a few times. The album ends perfectly with “Mind Eraser”, a great song with that seems to beckon to the listener and begs you not to go. Unlike Brothers, El Camino gets you off of your rear and makes you dance. It’s the kind of album that you can’t help but to tap your foot to.

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

The Black Keys Do It Again

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

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

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

“She really helped shape us all as young adults, and young artists,” said Fealey about Faul. “The whole graphic arts depart-ment is awesome,” he added.

While attending Saint Rose Fe-aley also participated in various extracurricular activities includ-ing Reach Out Saint Rose and the Ronald McDonald House. He also worked with the Hurricane Katrina benefi t twice.

“I met a lot of really nice fam-ilies and grateful people,” Fealey

A happy banana t-shirt design by Tim Fealey.PHOTO COURTESY OF TIM FEALEY

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saving a ton of money! The moc-casins and boots are soft inside, and have a good tread on the bot-tom; they are comfy and have gotten reviews on their website. Another store that has great boots and shoes is Burlington Coat Fac-tory, located in Crossgates Mall. They have great boots starting from suede, to high heel leather boots. I bought three pairs of boots from there for the price of one from any type of brand name store.

Another big item for girls around this season is scarves. When looking around for good scarf deals, I came several at de-partment store JC Penney. They have all different patterns and colors starting at $10. The good thing about JC Penney is they have great deals and coupons all throughout the week.

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

was a great place for all kinds of jewelry at the right price for stu-dents on a budget! All these stores above have great holiday gifts not only for girls, but for men as well. They all have a variety of items and great holiday fi nds.

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

When looking for sports attire, I went into Dicks Sporting Goods, and found sections of MLB and NFL shirts and accessories all on sale. There were clearance racks, and often there are cou-pons. They had great sneakers, hats, gloves, and everything that would be fi tting for winter time at a great price. Department stores like Walmart, Target, JC Penney, also have great fi nds for a budget. They have a lot of variety and se-lection. When fi nding gifts, they all have watches, hats, gloves, cologne, shoes, or anything else a man would want.

With the holidays in full swing, we are constantly bombarded by deals. When you see a good fash-ion fi nd at a good price, grab it. Although with fi nals we can’t get a second to ourselves, take the time and go look! You will fi nd great trends for a great price if you take the time to hunt for it.

Something Sour, Something Sweet:Movies for Christmas

By RACHEL BOLTONStaff Writer

It’s that time of the year again! Christmas is here! While we are busy taking our fi nal exams, we are dreaming of cookies, family, and gifts. I know I am. Everyone has certain Christmas traditions. Some of my family’s are to watch Christmas movies! As my last re-view of the semester I give you, my loyal readers, my favorite fi lms of the Christmas season.

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

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

5. The Muppet’s Christmas Carol (1992)- Muppets can make anything better! I love this twist on a classic story. Michael Cain does a convincing job as Mr. Scrooge, but the real stars of the movie are the Muppets. Good old Kermit the frog and Miss Piggy as the Cratchits make me laugh. The best part is the return of the Saldorf and Watler (The Critics) as the ghosts of Marley. It’s an enjoyable time all around.

4. A Christmas Carol (1999) - This is my favorite interpreta-tion of A Christmas Carol. It stars Patrick Stewart in the title role. The acting is brilliant and this is how I picture the story happen-ing. Stewart brings depth to the character and it makes his jour-

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

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

2. A Christmas Story (1983)-This is about the one Christmas we all remember, the one where we got the gift we had been dreaming of for months. All Ral-phie wants for Christmas is an Offi cial Red Ryder Carbine-Ac-tion 200-Shot Range Model Air Rifl e with a compass in the stock, and this thing which tells time. But he’s warned “You’ll shoot your eyes out!” Ralphie’s quest for his gift gets sidetracked by the antics of his family, friends, and the neighborhood bullies. With so many memorable scenes and lines, this is the Christmas Movie everyone needs to see once.

1. Christmas Vacation(1989)-This is the movie that my family can never skip watching. Overachieving and delusional, Clark Griswold wants to have the perfect family Christmas. But reality quickly interferes with is plans, creating one of the best comedy of errors about the holi-days. Clark has to deal with rude neighbors, his crazy relatives, a mean boss, and a squirrel in his Christmas tree. But in a true Christmas fashion everything comes together in the end, even if it is in an unconventional way.

I hope this gives you ideas about what to watch over break. Have a happy holiday, and may it be fi lled with good food and fam-ily. See you next semester.

By DANIELA CUNSOLOContributing Writer

With fi nals week approaching, 10 page papers, and endless read-ing students can’t be bothered to be taken away from school to start their holiday shopping. In the midst of the holiday season, malls put up big fl ashy signs with half-off prices, buy-one-get-one free deals, and other enticing items that make budget savvy stu-dents like us want to go in.

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

Looking for the right gift around this time for the right price is hard to fi nd, especially if you are watching your budget. This season, boots have been so big, especially for women. Ugg’s always come up as a must-have on the list. With Ugg prices start-ing at $100 and up, we can’t be bothered to spend the money. If you are planning on saving money, you can save so much by going to Target. Target has suede boots, and the famous moccasins starting at $20!

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

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Jared Dirolf, guitarist of Duck Basket. Adam Mish alternated between singing and playing the saxophone. Jesse Alexander, the lead singer of Battle Ave.

sings into the microphone.

Nicole DeMarco singing her own song, Dandelion. Pat Tiernan opened the show, performing a song he wrote. KELLY PFEISTERKELLY PFEISTER

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

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Another Semester is Over Already?

The View from Venus

Away From the One I LoveThe Freshman Perspective

By SABLE BRUNOStaff Writer

One thing I really had a hard time dealing with is being away from my boyfriend. We both at-tend different schools and we are too far from each other to visit ev-ery weekend, so we are left with having to wait for school vaca-tions and using Oovoo as means for seeing each other. It is harder than I thought it would be; I am trying hard not to miss him so much, but I am managing. I am sure there are other freshmen that are dealing with the same thing. I found that there are some help-ful tips to keep you from dying of missing that significant other.

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

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

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

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

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

By HEATHER THIBDEAUWomen’s Initiative

I recall when I was younger, my mom always told me that the school year picks up after De-cember, and sure enough, Janu-ary, February, and March flew by faster than I could imagine each year. However, college is broken up into nifty 15 week semesters, which makes the time fly faster than ever before. I am still trying to grapple with the fact that the past four years have happened—since when am I a college senior? Didn’t I just graduate from high school?

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

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

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

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

I understand that it may be hard to put so much trust in your sig-nificant other only because you are not around to monitor their moves or you just have trouble be-ing confident in them. But if you really love your other, it should not be hard. That also does not mean that you can feel your oth-er has to be in their room locked away while you have fun and do things you know you should not. Also, some people who are in a relationship like to act single; it is not fair to your other who is prob-ably being faithful to you. If you feel as if you know you will not be able to keep your end of the bargain, do not waste their time. End things on a mutual basis so no one is hurt.

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

By REGINA IANNIZZOTTOOpinion Editor

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

A few minutes later, I received a text message from the RAVE Alert System that said “Strose Alert:”; and that alert would be? Thank you Saint Rose for letting me know what kind of danger I am in. Following that, numer-ous housemates rang the doorbell because their ID card would not work. The first time or two, we regarded it as it just not work-ing anymore. Then, I received another text from RAVE telling me that we are on lockdown and everyone should stay inside.

Once again, there was no ex-planation. At least there were more than two words in this one. Then I realized that since we were on lockdown, the dorm ID systems were probably shut down so intruders could not enter.

Saint Rose made a Facebook status at 10:48 p.m. saying “From Saint Rose alert: ‘Shelter in place until further notice. Police emer-gency in Saint Rose neighbor-hood.’ Will update ASAP.”

At 11:13 p.m., Saint Rose’s Facebook status was: “From Saint Rose alert: ‘Police emer-gency canceled. University po-lice have given all clear. Emer-

gency ended.’”At 2 a.m., the door to my dorm

was still on lockdown and people were still ringing the doorbell to get inside.

Let’s just think about this for a moment: We are told to stay where we are, but what about those who may not have got-ten the message and were trying to get in the house? What about those who had just received the message and were trying to get inside and just following orders? They could not get in, and there-fore, could not get to a safe place.

Imagine this: a person receives the message. They try to get in the house, but can’t since their ID card is not working. Sud-denly, someone comes up behind them and attacks them. Well that message failed then, didn’t it? The person was trying to follow orders and look what happened. Now they are on the floor, beaten and bruised. Good decision you made there.

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

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

A Not-So RAVE Alert

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This is the January 22 edition of The College of Saint Rose’s newspaper in 1936, The Arrow. At the bottom of the page, it gives a description of the purpose of the name. “Why The Arrow? Because it’s direct, Because it’s sharp, Because it’s straight, Because if it’s aimed right it hits the mark.”

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

Good luck on finals and have a wonderful break!

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By DAVID LEBLANCStaff Writer

Late Tuesday night, the L.A. angels put a deal in to land the high profile free agent Albert Pu-jous. Yet with the look of Miami pulling out, it was sure that the St. Louis Cardinals were going to re-sign their beloved first baseman.

Yet early Wednesday morning, Pujous signed the deal that would send him to the west coast for ap-proximately $250 million dollars. This was without a doubt the big-gest signing of the winter meeting thus far.

Yet the Angels weren’t done. Around eleven o’clock they signed the second highest profile player in C.J. Wilson. This deal cost them $77.5 million for a five year deal. Without a question, the Angels are making waves at the winter meetings, but is it enough to bring them back to their first world series since 2002?

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

Over the past three years, he

has averaged a batting average of .330, with 42 homeruns and 12 steals. These numbers are ridicu-lous! When the new season and his contract kicks in, he’ll be 32 years old. Will Pujous be putting up these numbers when he is 42? Will he even be playing by then? But for now he is certainly a val-ued investment. Not only will he produce on the field, but he will be a marketing tool to the Latina community that exists in L.A.

One question that still lin-gers is how Pujous will perform in the American League. As we recapped on his three year aver-ages, we must take in to consent that those were in fact in a Na-tional league. Will his number decrease seeing how the pitchers are used to power hitters? Or will his numbers somehow improve even more than they already are.

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

For anyone who lives in Vegas,

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

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

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

Not only has the power shifted to the west, so has the rivalry. For years upon years, the Yankee- Red Sox rivalry has excited fans and drove the desire to watch up. However many sports analysts are now saying that the era in baseball has came to a close, they feel a new rivalry has emerged.

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

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

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

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

By JOSHUA NATOLIStaff Writer

The Los Angeles Lakers had Chris Paul in their grasp. They had initiated a trade between themselves, the Houston Rock-ets, and the New Orleans Hornets in a deal that would bring Paul to Los Angeles, ship Pau Gasol to the Rock-ets, and La-mar Odom, Kevin Mar-tin, and Luis Scola to the Hornets. Ev-eryone wins.

The Rock-ets finally get some of-f e n s i v e presence, the Hornets get some young tal-ent, and the Lakers get the best point guard in the game. Every-one wins right?

Wrong.As soon as the news of this

deal got everyone in the sports world buzzing, the owners of the Hornets put the trade on hold, likely ending it entirely. On the same day a new labor deal built to prevent deals like this, another deal making a team of superstars. This is the reasoning of the own-ers of the Hornets.

The Hornets owners are trying to move Paul as quickly as pos-sible to avoid the black cloud that followed Carmelo Anthony and the Denver Nuggets last year. It seems like now they are doing just the opposite, and dragging on this Chris Paul trade story even lon-ger. To makes things even worse, Chris Paul is required to report to Hornets training camp December 9th. Talk about awkward.

So will this deal ever get done? Most likely not. With the Hornets being a league-owned team, there will always be a voice shoot-ing down this trade. The owners formulated this new deal with a heavy emphasis on competitive

balance. This became a big issue when

the Boston Celtics signed Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett, and hit a higher note when the Miami Heat signed LeBron James and Chris Bosh. Now with the Lak-ers making an attempt to trade for Chris Paul they would create another super-team, with Paul be-

ing alongside future Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant.

The Lakers had even more trade ambition after the acqui-sition of Paul as well. The plan was to move Gasol

and Odom for Paul and then offer center An-drew Bynum up to the Orlando Magic in exchange for Dwight Howard.

With a team like that I don’t blame the owners for calling the trade- off. You have the best point guard in the game in Chris Paul, the long-time superstar in Kobe Bryant, and the NBA’s most dominant center in Dwight How-ard. Every time the Lakers play a team like the Minnesota Tim-berwolves, it would be like the Harlem Globetrotters playing the Washington Generals, it would be a win every time.

Hopefully, Paul will be traded soon. If he isn’t moved before the season’s start, there will be such a void in Paul’s game. He won’t play the same, the Hornets won’t be the same, and the media will be all over the two parties. It will put such a damper on Paul’s sea-son.

Carmelo Anthony wasn’t the same player with all the drama surrounding him about trade ru-mors. I would hate to see the same happen to Chris Paul. There is no doubt he will be traded, it’s just a matter of where he’s going to go, and if owners will allow it.

Chris Paul Deal Becoming a “Melo” drama?

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Paul could be playing with Bryant soon.

Volume 80 Issue 17The Chronicle December 13, 2011SportsD16

Athletic Events for the WeekFriday: Women’s Basketball at C.W. Post at 6 p.m.

Saturday: Men’s Basketball vs. Molloy at 1 p.m.

Sunday: Men’s Basketball vs. Bloomfield at 12 p.m.

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

By MICHAEL SMITHStaff Writer

On Saturday, the women’s bas-ketball team hosted the Yellow Jackets of American International at the Nolan Gymnasium in a 58-42 win.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

more that allowed for more open shots,” said Polce.

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

Those two plays really pumped up the team. American Interna-tional started to make two runs

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

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

Polce finished with six points, Rath had eight, and senior for-ward Allison McGrath added 10 off the bench to back up Shajuy-igbe’s team leading 13.

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

Freshman Gabie Polce preparing for free throw. MICHAEL SMITH

MICHAEL SMITHPlayers in a huddle during a timeout.