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[ Keene-Equinox.com ]VOL. 65, ISSUE #3
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THURSDAY, SEPT. 27, 2012
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Journalists wonder whether they ‘Got Rights?’REBECCA MARSH
EQUINOX STAFF
The Constitution means everything to both the well-being of the United States of America and to the American people. The First Amendment includes many rights per-taining to the people of America, including freedom of speech, freedom of religion, free-dom of assembly, and freedom of the press. The Got Rights U.S. Constitution Commem-
oration includes panelists who discussed the rights of the American people and clari-
is wrong. The third annual Commemora-tion took place at 1 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 21 at Keene State College. The commemora-tion dealt with the issues about freedom of speech and freedom of the press.
about their experiences in journalism, among them Marianne Salcetti, professor of
journalism at Keene State College. The mod-erator was Chad Nye, assistant professor of journalism at Keene State College.
“What we do every year is we try to do
said, “but we see what’s relevant, what’s timely, what’s happening in the news, and
According to Nye, the Constitution is a
present in the lives of Americans in what
they do and how they conduct their daily lives.
One idea that came up frequently in the commemoration was the changing use of technology. “There are people who are reluctant to talk to microphones and cam-
Monadnock Radio Group in Keene, N.H., said, “and a growing reason why is not everyone with a microphone or a camera is
The use of electronic mail has also changed the way people have conducted meetings to avoid the press. “They (the government) can circulate a document by e-mail where no one is meeting in the tradi-
and editor for the Keene Sentinel, said.Scheuring expanded on that statement
by saying, “It gets to the point where, really, the only way this could be policed is not to
Students face-off with suspicious individuals
KAITLYN COOGANNEWS EDITOR
A student sits alone in the dark with noth-ing more than space to separate him or her from being the next victim in a dangerous situation.
Since August there have been multiple sus-picious individuals meandering around campus causing more students to report what they see, according to Amanda Warman, director of Campus Safety.
“We’ve had a busy fall and that is because
Warman said. On Aug. 24, a man was reported taking pic-
tures of a female employee in the Spaulding Gymnasium while she was showering, accord-ing to the Campus Safety crime alerts.
-pect for the crime, Donald Mason, was arrested on Sept. 8. Mason was a contract employee of Keene State College who, since the incident, has
A crime alert went out to students and fac-
ulty when at 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday Sept. 19, students from Owl’s Nests Two and Three wit-nessed a man looking into their window while exposing himself and masturbating. According to Campus Safety, there is no indication that the individual was ever in the building or had any direct contact with the students.
The suspect is a white male, approximately 5 feet 6 inches, average build and wearing a dark
NRA educates
students about
gun rights
CHARLES AUGUSTUS STAHLEQUINOX STAFF
presented on Monday, Sept. 17, a gun rights session at Keene State College, in an effort to educate the next generation of gun rights advocates.
The presentation, dubbed NRA University, is a tour of 29 universities in 10 weeks aimed at spreading information about the NRA and Second Amendment rights. Though the Republican Club brought the presentation to KSC, the NRA emphasized throughout that they remain non-partisan and a single-issue organization. Of the 60 seats in Centennial Hall, less than half
were two journalism classes who attended the presentation. So to a
-dents, Suzanne Anglewicz, “part
spoke about the presentation on guns and gun rights.
The presentation began with talking about education. Angle-wicz said that in higher education,
“There is never an opportunity to learn about the context of the Bill of Rights. So we started NRA University because most impor-tantly, we realized that college students are the future dialog on those individual rights. You’re those guys are the ones, whether you believe it or not, are once you leave this place, going to deter-mine what an individual right is, what the constitution actually says, or how they’ll interpret it in
“And so we thought the best
KARINA BARRINGA ALBRINGEQUINOX STAFF
Vahrij Manoukian, Board
he lost his son. “My son abused prescription drugs… that caused
Chief Ken Meola from Keene -
scription pain medication often
“Everybody is going to have a relative or somebody that they know that is dear to them that died from prescription drug over-
-ventional pain physician and Keene State College alumnus, said. These were some statements that experts shared at the Summit
was held at the Redfern Art Cen-ter’s Alumni Recital Hall Monday, Sept. 24. The event was co-orga-nized by the Health Science Department of KSC and Monad-
raise awareness about substance abuse issues. Recent studies
second highest rate of prescrip-tion abuse among 18 to 25 year-olds in the country. According to
-rie Droppa, this fact indicates col-lege-aged adults are at the highest risk for prescription drug abuse currently. “It’s also our country’s
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY CHRIS PALERMO / PHOTO EDITOR
Holocaust and Genocide Studies speaker promotes humble humanitarianism
Four recent events shake safety of Keene State College campus
LINDSEY ARCECI EQUINOX STAFF
For its annual lecture, the Holo-caust and Genocide Studies honor
presentation that struck at the heart of the issue of humanitarian inter-vention in other countries.
Discussing what he sees as the dilemmas and possible solutions to humanitarian intervention, Ben-jamin Valentino, associate profes-sor of Government at Dartmouth College, presented information all revolving around the question so many ask everyday, “What can we
-tino discussed was the issue with trying administer aid or training to those in need, but instead giving it to wrongful people who repre-sented them.
“While humanitarianism is intended to save the lives of purely defenseless men, women, and chil-dren, in fact it turned out to be
nearly impossible for the West to intervene to help those people with-out simultaneously providing direct or indirect support to armed groups who were claiming at least to repre-
He used the example of the
U.S. trying to train rebel groups in Bosnia in the 1990s, when in fact those same groups were part of the effort to try and ethnically cleanse the country and ultimately kill thousands of innocent lives.
Valentino also mentioned that
when the U.S. government inter-venes and uses military forces, you cannot avoid the killing of many innocent civilians amongst bombs
Another dilemma he discussed addressed the issue of the U.S. expecting that we can easily afford to intervene and help people in other countries.
He said the U.S. wants a low cost of intervention, but that is not an inexpensive thing to do.
To put the cost of humanitarian intervention into perspective, Val-entino said for one tomahawk mis-sile used in the Libya intervention in March of this year, it cost the U.S. around $1.4 million to make it. In that intervention the U.S. launched 200 missiles, costing around $280 million.
The third dilemma Valentino discussed was that interventions can make things worse for people a country is trying to help. He said empowering victims can make it
target people to kill. He also said that sometimes
when other countries know a coun-try is coming to help, it may make
back against that aid. “You never know what will be
-tino added.
In his conclusion, Valentino said that for these dilemmas, some pos-sible solutions would include using simple interventions over larger ones involving military force.
These would be less expensive and would take place earlier than when normal military interventions have taken place in the past. Another idea was to be more involved in helping the public health of a coun-try or area in need.
He especially talked about the amount of money and lives that could be saved if we could admin-ister more vaccinations and other medical aid to more places.
that a country work more towards
helping people in danger escape an area instead of trying to administer help to people in that area.
One audience member, KSC senior Cassie Orr said that she views humble humanitarianism as a suggestion and not necessarily the complete solution.
Orr said that humanitarian aid along with help from the military is necessary to really help a country in need.
-tion was an excellent representation of what they study as Holocaust and Genocide Studies majors.
is no clear solution to what to do when there’s killing or autocracies happening in other countries.
“It’s important to recognize when
added.
Lindsey Arceci can be contacted [email protected].
! GOT RIGHTS, A3
! NRA, A3 ! PRESCRIPTION DRUG, A2 ! SUSPICIOUS INDIVIDUALS, A2
Prescription
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America’s
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KATIE CONLON / EQUINOX STAFF
Benjamin Valentino presented the question, “What can we really do?”
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CAMPUS SAFETYreport log
Week of: Sept. 17
NEWS / A2 THURSDAY, SEPT. 27, 2012[ Keene-Equinox.com ]
Monday, Sept. 17
12:46 a.m. Keddy Hall: Student on drugs seeking
medical help.
7:28 p.m. Tisdale Apartments: Report of resi-dents bothering a rabbit and it
is not able to get away.
Tuesday, Sept. 18
11:36 a.m. Randall Hall: Graffiti on white board.
10:30 p.m. Owl’s Nest 6: Report of strange smell in
building. Officer could not
locate smell.
Wednesday, Sept. 19
7:12 p.m. Owl’s Nest 2: Reporting suspicious activity
from Nest 3.
8:32 p.m. Randall Lot: Suspicious male behind build-
ing.
9:29 p.m. Owl’s Nest 2: Student said she saw a male
masturbating outside.
Thursday, Sept. 20
12:46 p.m. Monadnock Hall: Parent called asking if we
could check up and see if his
daughter is on campus.
1:01 p.m. Media Art Center: Report of a female acting
strange in the Media Art Center
and outside of the building.
11:45 p.m. Off Campus: Stolen sweatshirt and ID.
Friday, Sept. 21
4:08 a.m. Owl’s Nest 6: Report of a group of people
fighting and yelling.
9:07 a.m. TDS: Suspicious person outside building.
12:38 a.m. Grafton Visitors Lot: Person sleeping in vehi-cle.
11:23 p.m. Randall Hall: Bag of drug paraphernalia
found on floor next to couch.
Saturday, Sept. 22
1:31 a.m. Carle Hall: Subject in tree.
11:49 p.m. Off Campus: Possible assault reported.
Sunday, Sept. 23
3:53 a.m. Off Campus: Ambulance dispatched for
possible assault.
6:25 a.m. Butler Court: Suspicious vehicle parked in
Carle Bull Pen.
10:25 a.m. Fiske Hall: Subject reporting some rude
graffiti on his white board.
5:28 p.m. TDS: Desk atten-dant fell and hit head.
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Some students may recall a similar incident that happened last year outside of Carle Hall.
“I remember hearing last year the same exact thing happen-ing outside of Carle,” junior Kim Lynch said.
Warman said that it may or may not be the same person but it is more than a single individual per-forming a crime.
“One of the reasons for the crime alert is to see if we can get additional information from other people who have seen that person,” Warman said.
“The crime alerts are intended to not just alert people the activity but to say can you help provide us information about the occurrence of the crime,” she said.
Residence Assistant Elizabeth
the students about the suspect. -
dents. We wanted to make sure they received the services they needed,” Behr said.
On Saturday, Sept. 22, at approximately 11:30 p.m. Campus Safety sent out another crime alert to all students and faculty about a suspicious individual following then proceeding to grab a female student.
Warman said the student was heading home from a party when she was assaulted. The suspect
grabbed her and pulled her around the corner onto Davis Street. She was able to release an arm from the suspect’s grip and punched the
to a residence hall to call Campus Safety who also called the Keene Police.
According to Warman, the sus-pect picked the student because she was walking alone even though there were two businesses still open, Domino’s and Cobble
The student is provided sup-port resources that include 24 hour counseling.
Also in the week of Sept. 17, a former female student, LaLae Heihim-Panah, was wandering around campus looking dazed and confused.
According to Warman, she was asking questions that made no sense and was prostituting herself to students.
There was no physical contact with other students and she left campus on her own.
Warman asks students to report regularly any suspicious individu-als, stay with a group of people, do not leave anyone behind, and stay alert.
Kaitlyn Coogan can be contacted at [email protected].
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KAITLYN COOGAN NEWS EDITOR
Student Assembly met Tues-day, Sept. 25 at 6 p.m., to dis-cuss advances students want, a constitution for a new frater-nity, the request for an amend-ment to the funding criteria and budget requests.
The assembly started with a presentation by Laura Seraich-ick, from the IT Group, who talked with the members about the new advances at Keene State College. These advances included the new Owl Card and the new MyKSC account
Seraichick then asked the members what they, and other students, want to change or be created on campus.
The members rose issues about the new Owl Card and
-dents if the card worked on local businesses around Keene.
Another idea of having wire-less internet in all dorms was asked and Seraichick said they are currently working on it and should be done by January.
Phi Lambda Chi submitted a new constitution for recogni-tion to the Constitution Com-mittee.
The fraternity was originally called Sigma Lambda Chi a couple years ago but since then the name has changed.
The fraternity has 300 or more alumni support and 11 members so far.
They also claim to be a very diverse group of students rang-ing in different majors all over the spectrum. The motion to recognize the fraternity was passed.
Next on the agenda, was the requesting of an amendment to the funding criteria with the addition of a new statement.
The statement is “Priority of funding will be given to a stu-dent or organization that will provide 20 percent of their total budgeted request through con-tributions of individual mem-bership dues, organization dues, and/or fundraising.”
The Finance Committee chose 20 percent based on the evidence of organizations on campus and how they can raise the extra amount by one way or another.
Members questioned the “a student” part of the state-ment. Some were confused on how one student can come up with 20 percent of the total cost of a very large project such as
“Relay for Life”. After deciding that if a stu-
dent needed more money they could request more funding at that point, they passed the statement because it would make it more fair for the organi-zations on campus to all receive the same consideration.
The Dance Team, next, requested $7,455 for their com-petition. After one of their members dropped out of the team, the price decreased to $7,100 and was passed.
The team still needs to come up with $7,528 which they intend to get with sponsors and fundraising.
The Advocates for Healthy Communities Club was also requesting some funding.
After some complications last year, the members turned in the budget form too late so only 80 percent of last year’s budget was given and passed by the assembly.
The Environmental Outing Club was given $2,240 for their budget; 80 percent of last year’s budget for turning in the form too late also.
The last club to request money, and be approved, was the Students in Free Enterprise Club for a total $660, which is also 80 percent of last year’s budget.
Kaitlyn Coogan can be con-tacted at
DAVE GRAMASSOCIATED PRESS
Five big hydroelectric projects on the Con-necticut River are up for federal relicensing, providing a once-in-a-generation chance for envi-ronmentalists, recreational river users and others to recommend changes to the dams’ operations.
The projects affect a roughly 85-mile stretch of the river, which forms the boundary between Vermont and New Hampshire, bisects Massachu-
Island Sound.“It’s a huge opportunity for the public and
project operators to think about not just one loca-tion but a whole stretch of river,” said Andrew Fisk, executive director of the Connecticut River
kick off a process of environmental reviews and
years. It’s too early to know what issues will garner
the most attention during relicensing, environ-mental group leaders and dam owners Trans-Canada Corp. and FirstLight Power Resources of Glastonbury, Conn., said last week.
The dams provide low-cost power without big carbon emissions, as well as jobs and big tax rev-enues in nearby communities, spokesmen Grady Semmens of TransCanada and Charles Burnham of FirstLight said.
Fisk said one area of study may be the impact
that raising and lowering river levels behind the -
larly at Wilder. A second issue may be whether enough water is being left in the river to support
Relicensing begins less than three months
after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced it was abandoning a nearly half-century effort to restore populations of Atlantic salmon that had dwindled in the Connecticut basin after the dams were built, saying the program had not been suc-cessful enough to justify the continuing cost.
Connecticut River dam licensing offers a chance for a desired change
TOBY TALBOT / AP PHOTO
In this Sept. 21, 2012 photo, the hydroelectric generating plant is seen in Wilder, Vt. Five big hydropower stations on Connecticut River are up for relicensing, which environmentalists say gives a rare opportunity to consider their combined impacts on one of New England’s most important waterways.
LYNNE TUOHYASSOCIATED PRESS
No project in New Hampshire Fish and Game history comes close in duration to the 22-year effort to build a boat launch on state land on
And with cases still pending in the New Hampshire Supreme and Superior courts, the 2012 boating season will close with the propos-al’s fate uncertain. The scenic 3.3-
acre parcel on the western short of the state’s sixth largest lake remains an overgrown refuge for deer and other wildlife.
“We still don’t know what the endpoint is going to be,” said Assis-tant Attorney General K. Allen Brooks. “It’s been a very long pro-cess.”
The Lake Sunapee Protective Association and town of Newbury are the chief adversaries of the pro-posal to pave over two-thirds of the property for an access road, parking and two 12-foot-wide boat ramps.
The launch would be open 24 hours a day and have security light-ing.
The saga has its roots in the state’s pursuit in 1989 of 133 acres of property — most of it on the side of Mt. Sunapee — that was in fore-closure after a developer’s plans to build 80 luxury homes fell through.
A six-page letter written by Wilbur LaPage — then director of the state’s Division of Parks and Recreation — has been a focal point of the dispute.
LaPage said acquisition of the land was a top priority.
He wrote that the 3.3 acre lake-front parcel “should be kept as natural as possible; no paving is nec-essary at this site.”
Long-running battle over boat launch far from over
JIM COLE / AP PHOTO
Art Burritt stands next to a rock known as the “Old Man of the Lake”.
Droppa believes the issue is not prescription drug itself. “We found was that there was a real lack of awareness that there was a problem, and that was very surprising.”
KSC student Kimberly Feener said she didn’t “know what opioids are” and had no idea New Hamp-shire had a high rate of prescription drug abuse among youth. “I think it makes no sense. I like New Hamp-shire; it’s fun.”
Mimi Levesque said, “You can’t get a prescription drug without a prescription of a doctor, obviously; that is basically the common knowl-edge. That is all I know.”
She said she wouldn’t be inter-ested in learning more about this issue.
On the other hand, some KSC students, faculty and alumni want the community to learn about it and have joined efforts in order to raise
drug abuse.The summit is part of these
efforts. “The Pitfalls of Prescribing Opioids and Other Medications: Prescribers Practices, Prescription and Disposal” included a keynote speech by Dr. Dunbar, who was the
medical school.During his speech, Dr. Dunbar
referred to prescription drug abuse as an “epidemic in America”. “Pre-scription drug is hitting home to everybody… It is something per-sonal now.”
Dr. Dunbar recommended
questions to their patients before prescribing opioids, including family history or giving patients the necessary prescription without
He then covered some good disposal practices for unused pre-scription medication. “You could
them away in zip lock bags.” The important thing is to prevent them from being misused. Following the night’s agenda, panelists explained the strategies that are being imple-mented in the state to reduce pre-scription drug abuse.
On June 12, 2012, a monitoring program for prescription drugs was signed in New Hampshire. That makes it the forty-ninth state to implement this system.
The monitoring program will allow physicians to have a report on what medication their patients have obtained, when they obtained it and who wrote the prescription.
According to Dr. Dunbar, law enforcement has had this system for a long time, as well as pharmacists.
“They just never shared it with phy-sicians… they were jeopardized.”
In KSC’s Center for Health and Wellness, prescription drugs are managed cautiously. Registered Nurse Debb Starratt said, “We don’t usually prescribe this type of medi-cation. It is very seldom that we do. Most people that are on this type of medication is for a chronic illness.”
She says they give strong advice
to students when they take these medications.
“We always tell people that there is a potential for abuse, to make sure that they keep it safe, because there is a potential for somebody to steal
don’t want to give it to their friends, because it is desirable in the com-munity.”
The college’s involvement in addressing prescription drug abuse started far before the summit. During Fall 2011, a group of Health Science students and nursing stu-dents worked on a research project that seek to diagnose the Monad-nock Region consciousness towards the problem and developed strate-
two Health Science classes as semes-ter-long assignments, except that the project did not end by December. Droppa, who taught the class and guided her students during the pro-cess, believes “the project grew life of itself.”
“Part of the class was not only to do the research. The college pushes to two things very importantly. One is that our undergraduate stu-dents experience research, and the
second is that our students also then become part of civic engagement process of it,” Droppa explained.
In order to become involved, the students had to go back into the community where they had pre-viously done research to present
“They had to come up with strate-gies to try to deal with these prob-lems,” Droppa said. Some students will present the results of the study at the COPLAC (Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges) Regional Undergraduate Research Confer-ence, which is coming up in October.
Moreover, strategies that the stu-dents suggested after their research helped develop a state plan to address prescription drug abuse that just passed the New Hamp-shire legislation.
According to Droppa, the confer-ence “represents very well efforts that our students have made in this area and the community’s embrac-ing of that”.
Karina Barriga Albring can be con-tacted at
STUDENT ASSEMBLYConstitutions, amendments, and budgets discussed
“It’s our country’s fastest growing drug problem.”
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STAFF COMMENTARY
Starting this fall, the Keene Police Department is attempt-ing to foster its relationship with Keene State College stu-dents through party registration. This process, which several students in apartments off campus have already used, is an attempt by the police department to generate better communication between the department and the students, with the hopes that this communication will help alleviate tensions oftentimes felt between the two.
According to the police department, students who want to register their parties through the police or Campus
either through the Keene State College website or through the City of Keene website.
There have been mixed reviews regarding how the police respond to parties that have been registered. For some, the registration has helped facilitate a smooth inter-action when the police have had to come because of noise violations or neighbor complaints. In these circumstances,
to 11 p.m. to warn them of potential noise violations and to make sure things are running smoothly. These cases rep-resent the ideal possibility of this new form of communica-tion—namely a respectful relationship between authority and college student. However, there is room for improve-ment, as can be seen when things do not run as smoothly.
In one particular case, a student was issued a ticket for
out the party registration form, he ended up not hosting a party; however, his neighbors did. Instead of ticketing
issued the alleged non-offending student the ticket. This
could turn into—that is, abuse of authority and the possi-bility of being held responsibility for something in which someone had no part. Although this is a possibility for all aspects of the law, it must be a priority of both the Keene Police Department and the college community to avoid these types of miscommunication.
-ment. Hopefully the process of party registration will grow to its full potential as a useful tool bridging the gap between college students and the greater Keene community. Here at Keene State College, the student population actually has access
to a pretty large variety of programs/conveniences that make our lives better.
We have access to printing at the library for free, access to almost all up-to-date equipment campus wide, and a “convenience store” (The Owl’s Roost) on campus.
All of these things, along with the campus’ layout, help to make the col-lege experience nice and organized. However, there are also a lot of pro-grams and things we have access to that get overlooked or that are used every day without a thought given to them. Or things we have access to which are actually a big deal, but a lot of people don’t even know about!
One good example is the radio station we have on campus, WKNH. I have been involved with the radio since freshman year, and am still amazed at the technology and studio we have.
The equipment we have is on the level of many radio stations that people listen to at home every day. Using the equipment gives a very com-plete insight to a radio DJ career. To be able to access that kind of equip-ment is huge, but a lot of the student population does not even know about the studio.
-dent Center, many will not have an answer for you. This is unfortunate because such a huge opportunity exists to any student here and is often
Another unsung help around campus is access to the free shuttle. Think about how much of a hassle it would be to have to walk to the plaza where Target, Dick’s, Michael’s and other stores are. This year alone I have already had to go to the plaza four separate times. Trying to get there without the shuttle is just impossible.
The most amazing part is that we have access to the shuttle for free, just for being a KSC student. Not every college has access to a shuttle service, even at bigger schools where it might be more needed. This keeps students from being forced to have a car at school and makes it easy to get around. The driving staff is also always pleasant and helpful too, which makes taking the shuttle not bad at all.
Owl’s Perch game room. We have access to unlimited pool and ping-pong, again, just for being a student. The equipment is all well kept and ready to use. There is a full poker table, along with cards to use. There is also an Xbox 360 and a Nintendo Wii, with multiple controllers available.
any means, but has been added strictly for student entertainment. I had no idea it even existed until the second semester of my freshman year. The
behind the pick-up window for the mail room.
David Padroza can be contacted [email protected]
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According to a study released by Northeastern Uni-versity on ABC News, reports say that binge drink-ing college students are generally happier than their non-binge drinking counterparts. It’s a pretty shock-ing result for health experts, whose studies have shown that binge drinking only has negative health effects.
According to the Center for Disease Control, 92 per-cent of Americans report binge-drinking in the past 30 days. In addition, the CDC also reports that 70 percent of all of the binge drinking in the United States is done by adults aged 26 and older, not college students.
We all know college students binge drink and that the health effects as a result can be damaging. The CDC lists, among its negative health effects, unintended pregnancy, STD’s, alcohol poisoning, liver disease, sexual dysfunction, neurological damage, uninten-tional injuries, high blood pressure and stroke. None of these things seem to be the earmarks of happy college students, so what gives?
According to the ABC News report, “Binge drink-ing is a symbolic proxy for higher social status in col-lege and is correspondingly related to greater social satisfaction,” writes Carolyn Hsu, lead author on the study and chair of Sociology and Anthropology at Col-gate University.
In laymen’s terms, it seems to mean that the age--
dents who do binge drink to perceive their social status and standing to be higher than that of a student who doesn’t go out all weekend to drink.
Another thing to look at here is the socioeconomic status of the students in the study who were asked about their general happiness. As the study reports,
directly related to ‘status’ — with wealthy, white, male,
happier than ‘lower status’ students.” It’s a sad thing to think about--that the ability to buy
a handle of vodka is equivalent to getting into a coun-try club in terms of social status. Not all students can get into the club, but it seems as though they are cer-tainly happier if they do.
One thing to blame for this is the advertising for alcohol. Most of the advertisements seen in magazines and on the television for alcohol all show the same thing--young, attractive people, our age, having an amazing time at a party or some sort of social func-tion, implying that it’s with the help of the alcohol that they’re advertising.
For instance, for some brands of alcohol, it’s all about the maintenance of the image they’re trying to sell. Ketel One vodka is sold to the elite businessman, with its slogan, “Gentlemen, this is vodka.”
A few years ago, SKYY vodka put out an ad for its alcohol with a man in a business suit standing over a highly sexualized woman, wearing only a swimsuit.
This is the type of advertising that worries me. The adage “sex sells” is a tried and true formula to selling a product, but alcohol industries need to understand the danger of what they’re doing. Showing the upper ech-elon, high class society indulging in alcohol at a social function sends the wrong message to college students:
College students also need to understand how easily manipulated we are. Understand the images that the alcohol companies are trying to sell. What do these images say about our society? About how we function in social settings?
It’s easy to place all the blame on effective alcohol advertising, but what the companies are doing is dan-gerous. Instead, more emphasis needs to be placed on the dangers of binge drinking, so as not to make it look so inviting to young people. The throwaway tag of “Drink responsibly” at the end of a Budweiser commer-cial isn’t even remotely enough to make people under-stand what it means.
In addition, this study should not be looked at as the end-all for the psychological health of students who drink. The study was taken at Northeastern in 2012, with approximately 2,000 student surveyed.
This is a sampling of the college population, so the
population. I would have liked to have seen the break down of the socioeconomic groups of the students, the amount of females surveyed versus males or what other activities the students were involved in on campus.
Nevertheless, I’m taking the study at face value, it serving as a microcosmic example of a larger social problem.
As far as the problem itself, I’m not saying “don’t drink” because that’s the easy solution. Everyone is
going to drink anyway. Students need to be able to assess the imagery from the media that they are soak-ing in every day and understand what it means.
We don’t have to take the images we see in the media and impress those values onto ourselves. In order to feel socially accepted, college students shouldn’t feel forced to fork over their money so they can drink every
We’re living in a false reality of trying to live up to these glamorized lifestyles without realizing the nega-tive health effects that they don’t show in those alcohol commercials.
So while you’re trying to drink with everyone else
someone you’re not? Be smart about how you’re con-suming media and realize what effect it truly has on your life, your health and your friends.
Whitney Cyr can be contacted at
What’s in the glass attempts to reflect ‘class’
New study suggests correlation between alcohol consumption and greater social satisfactionIt’s a sad thing to think about-that the ability to buy a handle of vodka is equivalent to getting into a country club in terms
of social status. Not all students can get into the club, but it seems as though they are certainly happier if they do.
-CYR
Fort building and other existentialist creations: reclaiming the inner child at collegeWe’ve all heard the phrase, “Connect to your inner
child.” These words intend to conjure up images intri-cately linked with nostalgia—of times long gone and deeply missed.
For some, childhood is a source where one can draw strength in the face of ever-increasing stress, whether that stress be from the 10-page paper due tomorrow that you, in your struggle to juggle multiple assign-ments, simply forgot.
Or it could be from that awkward social encoun-ter at the DC with the boy you hit on last night and tried to bring home, forgetting, in your hazy drunken-ness, that he was actually your roommate’s best friend’s unshaven “boy toy.”
Whatever the case may be, stress is an inescapable fact of life. It is something that we should all learn to
many medical experts the world over, that we all need moments in our lives where we simply stop, drop, and
simple ways to do just that.
1. Expand your creative possibilities and engage in classic child’s play, fort building. Rearrange your room, apartment, kitchen—whatever space you claim as yours.
Grab pillows, blankets, clothing, sofas and go to town experimenting with your inner architect.
said fort, it falls down with you inside. What matters—as with anything in life—is the journey (cue coming-of-age musical score). Building a fort creates a direct
self and your inner child.
2. Buy a pair of footie pajamas. Now I know I have been on the lookout for these bad boys since I outgrew my last pair in approximately 7th grade.
I am a outspoken advocate for these functional, comfy, stylish pieces of clothing for several reasons, the largest of them being that once you put on a pair—pref-erably in rainbow or leopard print—your whole day starts to look a little less formidable. Wear your footie pajamas to class, to the gym, wherever you feel most stressed. I guarantee they will make a difference.
this piece, I happened to take my own advice and the
dare I say, quite comfortable. Many of us spend long hours—whether it be in class
or at work—sitting at desks and on chairs that are not designed for proper posture. And by proper posture I mean slouching, stretching, and general freedom of
movement.
chance to mold itself back into these (un)healthy posi-tions, it also works to ground you. Children know this, and you, once being a child, know this as well. Give it a try, I dare you.
4. Which leads me to my next piece of advice: revive dares and double-dog dares. Good old peer pressure is a classic retreat to childhood—whether that retreat is pleasant for people is another topic entirely. However,
a motivator as any in the adult world—beside, perhaps, money but who’s got that nowadays anyways?
Dares can serve as both site of bonding between the darer and the daree as well as between the daree and the dare. As always, if the person refuses your dare, feel free to openly shun said person for as long as pos-sible or until she or he caves.
Friendships have ended using this approach; how-ever, it is important to remember your overarching goal—connecting to that inner child.
5. Lastly, laugh. This is probably the most important
we tend to get wrapped up in the seriousness of our lives.
Granted, sobriety is an important—although highly overrated—part of life; however, when it comes to the point where you go hours, days, weeks without cracking a smile, there might be something off about your lifestyle. If laughing comes hard to you, practice. Laughing is like a riding a bike—once you learn, you never forget. Make it a point to laugh at least three times a day—no, this is unrelated to dental hygiene, but you should practice that too—and for at least 30 seconds.
Eventually, the things in laugh that used to just bring a smile to your face will now have you bursting out in socially awkward ways.
No worries, though, because children don’t care what others think.
Hannah Walker can be contacted at
Granted, sobriety is an important—although highly overrated—part of life; however, when it comes to the point where you go hours, days, weeks without cracking a smile, there might be something off about your lifestyle. If laughing comes hard to you, practice.
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Students gain perspective from visit to Nicaragua
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really cool experience,” she said.
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The new tobacco policy at Keene State College will require a small change in location, but tobacco users could soon will be looking for a new place to smoke.
This fall, smokers and tobacco users must now move 25 feet from the perimeter of a campus facil-ity instead of the previous 20 feet, which has been in effect since 2007.
Paul Striffolino, assistant vice-president of Student Affairs, said,
“The difference between 20 and 25 feet isn’t that much,” and he contin-ued and said that some people who smoke on campus might not know what the length of 25 feet is. Accord-ing to Striffolino, this new policy was put into effect because of rules that must be in place for the campus buildings.
Matthew Cecchetelli, a KSC stu-dent, said that the new rule won’t affect his smoking habits. He said,
“I really didn’t know about that (new policy) to be honest, but now I do so I will follow it.”
Katelyn Williams, student body president, commented on the change in smoking policy and said,
“It’s changed but it’s not changed--do you know what I mean? It’s changed but it’s not enforced yet, it’s not even out to the public yet.”
While this change on campus is small, it is the start of a possi-ble bigger change that could affect smokers and non-smokers more. Williams is working on modify-ing the tobacco policy. Williams said, “We would like to change the smoking policy, which hasn’t been changed since 2007. We did do a survey back last spring where we found a majority of the students feel as though they are affected by
smoking on campus in that they don’t want it to affect their air but at the same time they don’t want to tell people they can’t smoke.”
Williams continued, “Hope-fully we’re talking about maybe November we will start enforcing this policy in some way, but my thing is if we’re going to change the policy why not change it and make it better.”
Williams said her plan would provide designated smoking areas for people to use their tobacco prod-ucts.
Such areas for tobacco users wouldn’t take away the luxury of sitting on a bench and enjoying a cigarette or tobacco product; rather, Williams aims to create an area that is covered and offers places to sit, without it affecting other people around them.
A survey conducted last spring by former student body president Colin Daly and Williams showed that 70 percent of KSC students would like their air to not contain smoke.
Tiffany Mathews, coordinator of wellness education, said about the student survey whether to make KSC a tobacco free campus, “Based on those results we realized people do want to have the ability to avoid tobacco areas, so they want to be able to breathe in a clean area basi-cally but they don’t want to make it completely tobacco free because it sounded as though from the survey we also don’t want to infringe upon the tobacco users rights.”
If KSC does become a campus with a strict tobacco policy they will not be alone.
According to the American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation, the University of Maine became a tobacco-free campus in 2011, and
Queens College in New York also joined the bandwagon becoming a tobacco-free campus in early Janu-ary this year. Even though more campuses are becoming tobacco free, KSC will continue to work on
within the community. Williams said, “I would like this to be a grad-ual step and a gradual process, and what I mean by that is I would like
maybe this January to have areas where people can enjoy their smok-ing with the current policy in place but providing them with areas in which they can do that, and then maybe next fall have designated areas over campus.” Georgia Carter, a KSC student, said she won’t mind designated areas to smoke, “I think it’s a good thing. I think we should be respectful of everyone.”
Mathews commented, “We’re trying to increase the number of tobacco-free areas on campus to get people that right to breathe clean air. At the same time we are hoping that tobacco usage will decrease, and how we are hoping to decrease it is by educating people on the resources we have available.” Mathews also said it is hard to get a message out to the entire campus,
but that the Center for Health and Wellness provides free nicotine replacement therapy to students.
KSC’s focus right now is on trying to make the campus a healthy and enjoyable place to be for all members of the community.
Morgan Markley can be contacted at [email protected]
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Cady: I used to think there was just fat and skinny. But apparently there’s lots of things that can be wrong on your body.
Gretchen: My hairline is so weird.Regina: My pores are huge.Karen: My nail beds suck. Cady: I have really bad breath in the morning. Karen: Ew!We are our own worst critic. Plenty of us have
had conversations like the one above between Cady, Gretchen, Regina and Karen from “Mean Girls.” Let’s be honest, it’s not fetch to have pimples.
When Regina George went on the all-cranberry juice diet, her boyfriend, Aaron Samuels, was quick to point out the high sugar content and cautioned her of the side effects of maintaining a diet that is solely based on sugar intake. Why? Because you are what you eat. Rebecca Briggs, registered dietitian of the Zorn Dining Commons, warned that students need to keep in mind how the body operates when they ingest food. “One of the things to keep in mind when you’re thinking of your skin is to remember that your body really works from the inside out. So what you put in is really what
you get out of it, which translates into eating healthy, limiting alcohol and not smoking,” Briggs said.
Focusing on the types of food consumed can allow students to work towards achieving the complexion they desire. Briggs highlighted fruits and vegetables as foods rich in antioxidants and vitamins A,C, and E, which are healthy for your skin.
Briggs stated, “The basic message is if you’re eating lots of colorful foods, you’re getting those. That really is the simple tip to pass along to people that eating lots of color, eating lots of fruits and vegetables is a great way to protect your skin, because then you’re going to get those antioxidants and antioxidant vitamins A,C, and E,” she continued, “Certainly there’s antioxidants in other foods besides fruits and vegetables which is why having a general healthy balanced diet that includes some nuts and seeds, includes protein sources that you’re going to make sure you’re getting everything you need to support your skin.” What many don’t real-ize is that our skin is an organ and like most organs, our skin needs the fundamentals in order to survive. “To think about the fact that you have to protect it and the less that you expose it to initially obviously the longer it’s going to last for you--the more it can bounce back, the easier it is to recover,” Briggs explained. Remember-ing what our skin needs in order to stay healthy and bal-anced will allow us to not only feel healthier, but appear healthy as well. That’s fetch. Virginia Mariolo, a junior, said in order for her to maintain a healthier appearance, she avoids greasy and oily foods.
“I can feel my skin getting oily. I have naturally oily skin and that (eating greasy foods) exacerbates it,” Mariolo said. In order to combat the greasy foods, Mari-olo said she washes her face compulsively; however, in order to get the results you desire it is best that you stay away from foods that you think have the tendency to cause irritation or imperfections.
In regard to the idea that greasy foods may be the instigator for some individual’s greasy skin, Briggs said,
think about it, if a healthy diet supports healthy skin, a
your skin the way you want it to.”It’s not the same for everyone, so what might irri-
tate one person’s skin may not have the same effect on another’s. For freshman Julie Cerbone, eating choco-
-bone said that when she eats chocolate and other greasy foods she has noticed that she tends to break out around her mouth. Cerbone shared, “If my skin breaks out it’s because I’m eating too much chocolate.”
However, for Sarah Sherr, eating chocolate is not her problem. Sherr makes sure that she sticks to a healthy and balanced diet, consisting of dried fruits and salads, and this particular diet affects her skin in a positive way. “My skin is never that bad,” Sherr said.
Part of the reason Sherr maintains an even com-plexion is because fruits possess a high water content.
complexion. Briggs suggests approximately eight cups
of water per day.
healthy.”If your goal is to maintain the look of The Plastics,
avoid greasy foods, sugar, and alcohol, because we know “it’s better to be in The Plastics hating life than to not be in at all.” We all know Gretchen’s hair is so big because it’s full of secrets--secrets to keeping your com-plexion clear. Gretchen probably already knows to avoid excessive alcohol intake. Briggs knows this too, and she said, “If your body is constantly trying to eliminate the toxin of alcohol, and your skin plays the role of trying to eliminate toxins, then it would have an impact.” As always, exercise and relaxation hold the keys to your health, too, and a rested body and mind looks better than a tired ones.
“Mean Girls” summed it up best: “Calling somebody else fat won’t make you any skinnier. Calling some-one stupid doesn’t make you any smarter. And ruining
-pier. All you can do in life is try to solve the problem in front of you.” Let’s start with solving your skin prob-
Julie Conlon can be contacted at [email protected]
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BRITTANY BALLANTYNE
SOCIAL MEDIA DIRECTOR
They’re not brothers of blood and they haven’t been together long, but they’re brothers nonetheless. These brothers make up Sigma Pi, an international fraternity at Keene State College.
The group is making a comeback after the frater-nity on campus split over a year ago and aims to bring back what they say is a fraternity with a purpose. One of those purposes is spreading awareness about organ donation after one of their brothers died.
President and recruitment chair Matthew Soprano said, “We did lose a brother, and he was an organ donor who saved about 50 people. Somebody has his own heart now, so his family basically pitched to (Sigma Pi) that ‘We have a 300-pound African American man in our family now because he has my son’s heart.’ It’s pretty touching, and I feel like that’s going be a really great thing for us.”
Cameron Chana was an Eastern Illinois University alum who died in a bus accident in May 2009. Today, the Donate Life organization is Sigma Pi’s national phi-
increases organ, tissue, and eye donation throughout the country. The members of Sigma Pi at KSC are host-ing Donate Life events this year to raise and promote awareness about donation and teach others how dona-
Aside from Donate Life, Sigma Pi is also hosting another philanthropic event called Amazing Day for suicide awareness.
“Those are our two fraternity philanthropy events, but we do other things such as our ACE project which is just giving back to the community, giving back to the school, because they’ve already given us so much so we want to give that back to them such as a faculty dinner,” Soprano said. Also on the fraternity’s agenda are other brotherhood events such as barbecues, bowling, movie nights, and socials with other fraternities and sororities on campus.
Senior Kevin Robinson, Sigma Pi’s third counselor and treasurer, described that ACE stands for Altruistic Campus Experience.
“We’re trying to give back to our campus and school due to the fact that they’re giving us education so we’ve done things like have faculty dinners, we’ve had things
-ers plants, helping paint rooms, things like that just to give back to the school,” said Robinson.
Junior Dillon Hyland also a member, said the focus of the fraternity is developing.
really just to help its members develop into people, into men. We really try to push ourselves into new areas and help one another grow,” he said.
Soprano had a similar response.“I think our purpose is just to promote becoming a
man. I think a lot of things kind of fall from what we try to provide for everybody. We try to provide scholar-ships, chivalry, things of that sort but our main purpose is to take boys, make them into men, through what we see is accurate in our eyes such as getting a high GPA, doing community service, becoming a brother, leading the pack basically,” he said.
Robinson furthered that the fraternity was about lifelong friendships as well. Although the group split sometime last January, according to Soprano, the new Sigma Pi established quickly. Many members joined last February. Soprano explained that twenty members had left during the break up and the only two that stuck with the hopes of keeping Sigma Pi alive were gradu-ate Tim Reiss and junior Cameron Haggar. The group is getting a fresh start with only nine members so far after a handful of brothers transferred to other schools and graduated from the college last May.
“It was kind of a he-said, she-said thing, but the past is the past so I’m not even dwelling on it right now, just looking forward,” Soprano said when asked why the old Sigma Pi split. Now, the group is focused on recruit-ing more members.
“Quality derives from quantity, so I really want to get enough people interested in seeing that we’re legit and we’re ready to go and that they’re going to be found-ing fathers of hopefully one of the best fraternities on campus,” Soprano said.
He continued, “I just really want to set that founda-
tion so that next semester when I leave, my brothers will be able to build off that,” Soprano said.
He explained that after elections were held, he became president because he had the most time to con-tribute the most for the group.
He said, “I feel like I have the tools necessary to build a nice foundation for future brothers to build off of.”
Hyland pointed out what he and the brothers are looking for in possible members.
“We’re interested in people that are going to take it seriously, we have fun, but we get down to business too,” he said. “One of the really interesting things about this is people who join Sigma Pi now at Keene State are going to be founding fathers so we’re going to be our own division and do our own thing and really establish Sigma Pi Keene State,” Hyland further said.
According to Hyland, the group is aiming to have 20 men by the end of the semester.
There is no set rush date for Sigma Pi and the broth-ers will be looking for more members as the year con-tinues.
“We need to focus a lot on recruitment just because we’re starting brand new,” Robinson said. “So we gotta
with a smile. Brittany Ballanytne can be contacted at [email protected]
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Students and community mem-bers gathered Saturday morn-ing outside the L.P. Young Student Center for the Alzheimer’s Associa-tion Walk to End Alzheimer’s in an effort to raise money and awareness for the disease, as well as a come together of those who have been affected by it.
Appian Way visiting sponsors, pet-ting miniature ponies, and carry-
About 300 people attended the event this year said Sinead O’Mahony, volunteer and logistics coordinator for the past six years.
Will Reiter, Vice President for the Massachusetts/New Hampshire, chapter described what makes this walk so successful and stated, “I think one of the great things of the Keene walk is that it’s in the heart of the town. It’s a vibrant univer-sity. There are a lot of young people that are involved which is so impor-tant and then it goes off and walks through the town so that everybody that’s driving through on that day sees.”
O’Mahony noted how “Keene students have been phenomenal and they come back year after year.”
The event began with a Zumba demonstration, which helped to
according to O’Mahony. She said they try to choose some-
thing every year that helps get walk-ers stretching and moving around before they begin.
During the introductions Reiter stated, “The time is now to make a difference with this disease.” Speeches discussed how everyone is affected differently by various sharing stories, but how everyone is still united in helping make a dif-
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sented those who lost someone to
victims, and orange was for advo-cates.
The Promise Garden, which accord-ing to the Alzheimer’s Associa-tion website symbolizes, “making a
to remember, to honor, to care and
wrote personal messages on the
of loved ones who have passed.The Walk to End Alzheimer’s
allows people to share their stories and their experiences with those
who have gone through similar struggles.
According to Reiter, support for not only victims, but also their families and caregivers as well is extremely important. The associa-tion provides opportunities “to hear with others what’s happening and hear that it’s possible to get the help they need and make it through the next day and the next day and the next day.”
Reiter’s grandmother developed dementia in 1985 and he said, “Now we know a lot more about the dis-ease and how important it is to care for the person not only in terms of
their medical care but their emo-tional care and family involvement, so there’s a lot of good things hap-pening today in terms of providing support and help.“
He continued saying he knows it’s made a difference for him to meet with families and help them see them light and not just the dark and “just enjoying things day to day and when you can let go of that grief and loss and just enjoy the moment.”
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band 14 months ago after his diag-nosis in 2008, already in the mid stage. She began going to a support
group after he died and she said it made a huge difference for her knowing other people have gone through this too.
This event she said was great for her and she plans on returning next year.
Participants included more than just those personally affected by the disease.
Sorority members, Kristen Jack-son and Maddie Rosa carried orange
“We all got really emotional during the whole thing. It’s awful to think that people are losing their memory, forgetting things, and can’t remem-
ber people. It’s really sad.” They continued to talk about the
tragedy other people’s stories were who have lost or are currently losing loved ones and added, “One woman was 54 when she got it and that’s my mom’s age, I can’t even imagine.”
Miraya Young, Mrs. Cheshire County, attended the walk and while looking over the Promise Garden talked about her experience working for a nursing home.
She said she was there to sup-port them, the ones she’s lost and the ones whom she still works with because they taught her, “to cherish the memories that you have with people because you never know when you’re going to lose them.” Young mentioned several of her patients and expressed how, “they (her patients) sort of become your family after a while.”
Speaking strongly for the cause O’Mahony said, “Enough is enough,” and stated she hopes by the time the younger generation reaches older age there won’t be a walk because a cure will have been found. She worked at Bentley Commons for seven months with Alzheimer’s patients and talked about how she met some amazing people, loved ones and those with the disease.
Regarding her experiences she said, “Alzheimer’s is such a devas-tating disease that I don’t want to see my parents have to go through anything like what I’ve seen people go through.”
Concerning the walk itself O’Mahony expressed, “I think it’s such an almost uplifting experience for those who have had a loved one pass or, as a caregiver, have seen what others have gone through. It’s a community; it’s not just a fund-raiser.”
Regan Driscoll can be contacted at [email protected]
Keene walks to end Alzheimer’s
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Approximately 300 Keene State College students and community members gathered Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012, on the L.P. Young Student
Center lawn for “The Walk to End Alzheimer’s.” Participants held flowers in colors specific to their connection with Alzheimer’s. The flowers
were planted in The Promise Garden at the beginning of Appian Way where members finished the walk.
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surprising how easily we communicated. I learned that the human spirit is just so universal.”
Students said that the experience they had with La Chureca remains the most powerful, and that through that experi-ence they learned how the strength of the
“human spirit” and generosity of Nicara-gua’s people was unlike any other place they had traveled to. Students attributed this experience to a newly gained per-spectives on America.
Kirk said, “I just learned a lot about the U.S. government that really pissed me off. We have exploited that country for every-thing that they have. And yet, we walk down the streets in that place and they just don’t hold it against us. It just makes us think about what our government does and how they hide it from us,” Kirk said. Kirk explained the strength of the people by using an example of a man the students spoke to in Nicaragua.
“We went to an organic coffee farm and the owner told us of how people had been trying to take his land from him. He was telling us how important it was
truth. That will help you overcome any-thing. Just being truthful and non-violent. His coffee was delicious too,” Kirk said. Walsh said returning from the trip, she has hopes for what her students would take away.
“I want the students to examine their own cultural perspectives and the privi-leges they have received being educated in the US. There are extremely creative passionate people in Nicaragua that are looking extremely hard to address the challenges that they and their chil-dren and their co-workers face in Nica-ragua. Meeting these people gives the
students a sense of solidarity and how we are living on the same planet.” Sullivan stated, “For a country having so little resource at their disposal, they gave up a lot to make us feel welcome.”
Sullivan added, “I’m able to see things on a more global scale, and how you can be happier having less in your life.»
Sullivan said she learned a lot from
the people in Nicaragua. “You have more in common with
people than you realize. When we were at the home stay; we being English speaking white people or ‘Gringos’ as they called us, we just played a big game of kick-
kids and younger kids who were Spanish speaking. We were able to just bridge that
gap and play. It was fun,” Sullivan said. Walsh, concluded, “It’s always hard to say goodbye.”
Pamela Bump can be contacted at [email protected]
Julie Conlon can be contacted at [email protected]
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KSC Honors Program director Margaret Walsh took students traveled to Nicaragua this summer and worked with Non Governmental Organizations
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This semester Keene State College is graced with the presence of ten foreign exchange students from countries including Ireland, Ecuador, Alaska, England, China and Japan.
Steven Spiegel, associate director from the
exchanges. “It is amazing how domestically and international exchange students bring and offer so much to Keene State College,” Spiegel said.
Meghan Smyth, from Foxford County, Mayo, Ireland, says her transition from Ireland to the U.S. has been easier than expected, and credits a por-tion of the ease to the GEO.
“The transition has been a lot smoother than I thought it would be,” she said. “I was very, very anxious before I came because I’ve lived away from home for quite some time but never out of the country except for Spain, which was for two months over the summer. It’s been a lot easier because of the GEO and their help-–the orientation program that we had with them especially.
For senior Ben Forrest from Manchester, Eng-land, who traveled nine hours away from home to America, the transition to American culture was
The biggest shock to Forrest? American college life.
Forrest said, “I knew about American culture, but college culture is so much like the movies, but at the same time so much more because I’m living it and experiencing it, I’m not just watching it. Everything you see on TV about America is true so far, not going to lie. Pong is the ultimate student game that you see on television and you think, ‘No it’s not that hard,’ but it actually is a lot harder than it looks.” Smyth went on to agree with Forrest in regards to what she expected America to be like.
“The outrageousness of America- in a way. It makes me laugh. Greek life is the perfect example of college life in the movies. There are no sororities or fraternities in Ireland,” she shared. The differ-ences between America and Ireland are humorous to Smyth.
“America is all that and more. There is some-thing everyday that makes me laugh. I was in Walmart the other day and there was chewing
-one told me that’s something you could get I would never believe it. It was so crazy to me,” continued Smyth.
Smyth and Forrest both agreed when it came to friendliness in American people.
“What I like most about America is how friendly people are. I mean you’ve always got somebody and nobody’s going to turn to you and say no,” Forrest said. “People are always there to help you. English people are a lot more reserved. Americans are a lot more forward in terms of approaching people and social situations where English people are not as much that,” he concluded.
Smyth couldn’t agree with Forrest more when she stated, “I think it’s the greetings people give you; whether it’s someone serving you in a shop or a friend you just met, everyone’s got a big smile for you. I haven’t really come across anyone who wasn’t nice – positive attitudes all around.”
Smyth and Forrest said they were eager to travel New England and as much of the country as time permits.
The foreign exchange students have already been to Brattleboro, Vt., and Boston, Mass., with the GEO and global culture club.
Forrest said, “We have already been to Ver-mont. I am going to Montreal hopefully. I’m really looking forward to that because I’ve never been to Canada and have always wanted to go. I’d like to go to New York, and I really want to go to Salem, Massachusetts because I do theatre and it’s kind of known for their witchcraft, which sounds really cool. We’ve been to Boston, I really enjoyed that, I would like to go back.”
Smyth, like Forrest, wants to absorb as much of the American culture as she possibly can while here for the semester.
She said, “I will literally go anywhere. I went to a friend’s house just to see what a real American house is like. All of that really interests me.”
Aside from positive aspects of America, there is always a bit of culture shock. “In America every-one’s very punctual. You’re like crazy, you’re ten minutes early to everything and everyone in Ire-
where in Ireland time is time for tea. It’s a bit more
way to live, (American scheduling). It’s a good way to live, but I like spontaneity more,” Smyth said.
Forrest agreed with Smyth, “Out here, I really believe time is money because it’s the way every-thing is scheduled in, everything has a deadline.”
Nicole Lackie, a senior from KSC, had the opportunity to study abroad in San Ramon, Costa Rica this past summer. The summer session was
double major: secondary education and general sciences. And the summer session made it easier for her to graduate on time. “The summer program is great because you don’t miss anything going on at Keene State. The only bad thing about it is that it’s way too short. The process to study abroad is super easy; you write an essay and apply to the
Lackie is carrying on the lessons learned in Costa Rica and applying them to her life at KSC.
In the short time Lackie was in Costa Rica she
went in not knowing any Spanish.
Megan Markus can be contacted at [email protected]
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The clock slowly starts to dwindle down: ten, nine, eight, seven. Just a few seconds left to make the game-winning point. You feel the pressure of your
just enough time to score—but the pressure of the win is starting to take a hit on your mental game. As your body wills you to make the point, it is not enough to prevent you from succumbing to the pres-sure. The pressure of the win is enough to knock you
out the stress with music will allow you to ignore the pressure and maintain a steady balance.
Dr. Fitni Destani, who has a PhD in Psychology Social Aspects of Sport and is assistant professor of physical education, said, “Music has a great poten-tial, from my experience, of getting you in an opti-mal level of arousal and it also helps you feel like you are managing your anxiety and stress. It’s able to calm you and it’s also able to get you going if you are too complacent.” Music has the ability to alter your state of mind and create a stress-free environ-ment. According to the article, “Music in Sport and Exercise,” by Costas Karageorghis and David-Lee Priest, “In the hotbed of competition, where athletes are often very closely matched in ability, music has
become anxious and stressed, however, by determin-ing where you are mentally before a game, you can decrease the anxiousness you feel.
According to Destani, “When it comes to arousal, stress, and anxiety, you have to determine where are you currently right now? Are you in comfort zone within that arousal, stress, and anxiety? “ he contin-ued, “If you are low, you are not necessarily uncom-fortable, but you are also not ready and prepared. ”
However, Destani said rather than listening to a new song before a game, listen to it during practice to see how it optimizes your performance. This way, music will become part of the routine. Erin Taylor, junior goalie of the Keene State College women’s lacrosse team, said that before she heads out onto the
by Kid Cudi, and “White Panda Remix,” by Stereo Hands. “Up until 10 minutes before a game I will listen to what is ever on my iPod and then I will listen to those three songs,” Taylor said. Listening to the same three songs before a game allows Taylor to not only block out stress and anxiety, but it also allows her to enhance her performance. “People are crea-tures of habit; they tend to do things over and over again and that is not good. We don’t want to get to the point where if we don’t do this we are not going to perform well. It is just there to help us get ready; it is not there to threaten our performance in any way,” Destani said.
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tion I think that when you are in the repetition part that is when you use the music. If you are having to think, then the music could be a distraction.” The only way music will be detrimental to your perfor-mance is if the athlete allows it to be anything but an enhancement. According to the article, “Effects of music interventions on emotional states and run-ning performance,” by Andrew Lane, “Music listen-
ing can function not only as an effective emotion regulation strategy, but also as a strategy to improve performance.” However, music is not only used as a stimulant before playing a game, it can also be used as a form of celebration. One KSC club team listens to the same song after every victory. Dave Robicheau, a senior defenseman on the KSC hockey team, said that his team listens to the song “Good Vibrations,”
Robicheau said, “After every win we listen to ‘Good Vibrations’ because it is a feel good song after a good win.” For the hockey team, “Good Vibrations” is their celebratory music because of the repeated passages and the beat that is present throughout the song. When it comes to selecting a song to either amp up your performance, or to celebrate your victory, it is important to choose a song that focuses primarily on the beat rather than the lyrics. “[In music] there are a lot of repeated passages, the words are some-times cool but they are not the primary thing, it has different sounds,” Chesebrough said. These sounds are what increases the motivation amongst student athletes.
Vita, music acts as a way to not only motivate him-self, but to also keep his head in the game. “Through-out the game I’ll be singing songs in my head. It gets me away from the stress of baseball,” Vita said. The songs that Vita recites in his head as he plays are mostly beats by rappers Kanye West or J. Cole. In fact, every time Vita walks up to the plate, the song “Good Life,” by Kanye West can be heard throughout the KSC Owl Athletic Complex. “I didn’t want something that would get me too energized. It relaxes me before I go to the plate,” Vita said. “It [music] gives you something to focus on other than the activity at the moment,” Chesebrough said. Some of these moments are captured through a tradition. For the KSC wom-
before every game, the team listens to the song “The Way You Make Me Feel,” by Michael Jackson. For the
performance. It’s not just KSC athletes who look to music as a way to motivate themselves prior to com-petition; Olympic athletes also use music as a way to channel their adrenaline. Rolling Stone Magazine recently published the playlist Michael Phelps used during the 2012 London Olympic Games. “I’m Me,”
“Levels,” by Avicii, “Go Getta,” by Young Jeezy, and “Right Above It,” by Lil’ Wayne, are the songs that
ever. “What activates your stress and anxiety levels is your perception of something that is a fear or a chal-lenge. You have to challenge your skill level. Music is helping you stay in control and not doubt yourself,” Destani said.
down: ten, nine, eight, seven--there are just a few sec-onds left to make the game winning point. As you feel the pressure of your team’s win riding on your shoulders, block out the mental game and harness the power of music and focus on the physical game:
two, one: swish.
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S.A.C. announces fall concertJAKE WILLIAMS
EQUINOX STAFF
The Keene State College Student Activities Coun-cil has announced its choice for the annual fall con-cert, though inside S.A.C. members have known since summer.
Their pick is the pop-duo Karmin, led by members Amy Heidemann and Nick Noonan according to the S.A.C. concert coordinator Colleen Butler.
The group who now hinges highly on their tendency
became popular after a video of Heidemann rapping to the song “Look at Me Now” by Chris Brown was posted on YouTube.
This video that displays Heidemann rapping with an agility and cadence comparable to a male rapper like Twista, quickly racked up millions of views according to the groups website. Today, this video has over 73 mil-lion views.
out about Karmin on YouTube. She added she has seen her live several times in Boston—where the two are based out of after meeting during their time at the Berk-lee College of Music. Richard added, “She can take any rap song and do it better than any guy that I know.”
The seed for which artist S.A.C. will choose are sown in the spring. According to Butler, surveys are placed on the MyKSC homepage during this time about what per-formers students want to see for Spring Weekend.
After using this input to choose a spring performer, these opinions are recycled through a committee made up of interested S.A.C. members towards the end of the spring semester. According to Butler, this commit-tee brainstorms ideas on what performers the school should bring based on the answers given during that time period.
Butler added that during this summer brainstorm session and planning period, they ask outside sources about their musical preferences. They also look into who may be gaining popularity at this time. According
to Butler, the next step for S.A.C. is to contact an agent. This person acts as a middleman, facilitating informa-tion more easily about who may be available around the area. Butler said the decision regarding whom to bring for the fall concert is not as simple as choosing the per-former most people want to see.
S.A.C. must deal with issues such as budgetary lim-itations and artist availability. “Sometimes it ends up being your last choice, where choices A, B, and C don’t work out because they’re already booked,” Butler said.
“That’s the unfortunate part of it.” According to Butler, the money spent for the fall con-
cert is half of the organization’s budget, with Spring Weekend existing outside the main budget. Butler said one of the largest deciding factors for bringing Karmin was that S.A.C. has never invited a female performer for any of their shows.
“Obviously, it’s such a huge campus you can’t please everybody, so I want to get as many different genres as I possibly can on-campus so I can appease a different group,” Butler said.
“I think it’s cool there is a popular person coming here,” freshman Erin Beccia said. “I haven’t really heard much of her music,” freshman Joe Martino said, “Hope-fully it will be good.” Martino added he would like to see an artist like Chiddy Bang back on campus, who performed during last year’s Spring Weekend.
In the future, Butler hopes to create a more in-depth survey to divulge student preferences, possibly begin-ning this spring. Going around to clubs and organiza-tions and having them write down a list of performers is one idea she wants to implement.
Richard said that although Karmin may not be some-thing students really want to see, they would enjoy the performance if they went.
The fall concert will take place on Sunday, Nov. 18 in the Mabel Brown Room with doors opening at 7:30 p.m. Tickets will cost $10 for students.
Jake Williams can be contacted [email protected].
Solo artist captivates audience at Fritz’s concertJAKE WILLIAMS
EQUINOX STAFF
Plan B is an alternative plan of action, a contingency if Plan A may be unsuccessful.
If nothing else, the preparation alone leaves the door open to go in a different direction.
Although this description doesn’t exactly suit the journey of 30-year-old guitarist and musician Thomas Jay Kowalchuk, looking back, he always had a Plan B.
“From the time I was young I always played [base]ball. I loved it, that’s what I really wanted to do.”
At Fritz: The Place to Eat on Sept. 21, the NY-based musician, TJay, played in a part open-mic series. He played a mix of covers and his own songs, using his own blend of rock, blues, and jazz; all songs played with pop sensibility and a seemingly unapolo-getic admiration for the pop rock of the late 1990s and early 2000s. On his website, TJay is described as a one-man jam-band. This description arises from his use of looping pedals— akin to artists such as Keller Wil-liams and Zach Deputy.
These foot pedals allow him to exist in more than one place in a single song. He can lay down the guitar melody, a bass track, and even some percussion by using the sur-face area of his guitar as a hand-drum.
-alchuk the opportunity to display his chops as a frontman, all the while being his own rhythm section.
Audience member and friend, Ed Garza, from Stoddard, N.H., said TJay’s overall feel for music is the one thing that allows him to perform this seamlessly, and from an out-sider’s perspective, that is a complicated task.
TJay had a scholarship to play baseball at Division I Binghamton University in N.Y., where he played for four years. He now writes, records, and plays music around the New England area. He has opened for a wide-array of well-known acts, ranging from bands such as the Rusted Root of 1990s alternative jam band fame to 1970s legends the Doobie Brothers and Little Feat.
crafting of his set this Friday. Kowalchuk’s set ranged from songs such as the Counting Crows’ cover of Joni Mitchell’s “Big Yellow Taxi” to Stevie Ray Vaughn’s “Coldshot.”
Kowalchuk said his musical experience began playing trumpet as a formality of his second grade music class in his hometown of Cold Spring, N.Y. Kowalchuk said he can
still play trumpet, “if you give [him] a few
performance of his original song “Put You Down” to test his skills at mouth trumpet.
Kowalchuk said when he was ten years old, it was required they learn to play the ukulele in his music class. This was when
“Half of the year of music class was ukulele and you had to start playing ukulele and that’s just four strings of the guitar,” Kowalchuk said.
“My father had a guitar at home and I just picked it up one day. I just applied [ukulele] and was just making it work.”
Kowalchuk explained his family has -
ing a lot of his musical tastes from his
through his relationship with his cousin keyboardist Bill— a former house key-board player at the Lane Hotel in Keene.
Kowalchuk said as a student-athlete, there wasn’t much time to play his music, though he always kept his guitar with him. It was during his junior year at Bing-hamton University that he really began to play live music.
On Monday nights, he and his team-
where he would jam live. Still, baseball remained the central
focus.“By my senior year I wanted to play ball
and for whatever reason it didn’t work out but I was trying,” Kowalchuk said. Come draft time, Kowalchuk had calls from Major League teams such as the Oakland Athletics saying they were going to draft him, but “they just never did.” He spent the time following going to
whatever tryouts he could, using his music to support his baseball career.
“I had a couple of disappointing chains of
events that almost took my heart out of me,” Kowalchuk said.
This was when the paradigm shifted and music replaced baseball as the primary focus.
“When I moved back home it was music,” Kowalchuk said.
“I started playing in a couple of cover bands, I was playing my own stuff and people started saying ‘Hey, where’s your CD, you need a record.’”
“He seems like he was really born to play music,” audience member Heather Banks said. Together with his friend, Jess, he
which he laments was put together with the -
mentary level mix CD given to a friend. This record contains two of the tracks
that TJay performed during his set, “Grady on the Run” and “Put you Down.” Ed Garza cited “Grady on the Run” as his favorite song of the set.
“It’s one of those songs you just want to move to,” Garza said. Following his original EP, Kowalchuk recorded two more records: 2009’s “Take a Seat” and his most recent effort “Pivot,” which features harmonica savant and Blues Traveler frontman John Popper, as well as Matchbox 20 member Ryan Macmillan. Kowalchuk brooded with
He exhaled a deep, venerable breath while holding the record up like a proud parent.
“They say you want to improve every time and I feel like I improved, so I’m happy.”
Whether Plan A or Plan B, it doesn’t seem to matter.
Life is about improvement. What else can we ask for?
Jake Williams can be contacted [email protected].
BRIAN CANTORE / EQUINOX STAFF
Solo artist, TJay, has played with bands like the Doobie Brothers and Little Feat.
SPOTLIGHT ON POETRY
Escaping an Ink-Painted Desert
RICH CAUTELA
Coarse landscape smoothed by midnight. Sand and blotted black paint
Blend together until the desert becomesA collection of oil-slick snowballs,
Sheen in moonlight.
The ground oozes, a viscous stew of ink -
foot.My toes displace the mush,
Sucking sounds with every raised foot.Muck, strings of black hang from my leg
hairs,Moon gloss igniting paint into threads of
silver.
I bump into an edge of canvas, Stretch the frame,
Rubbery darkness expanding until I breech into the painting’s
Negative space.
Black bruising the unscathed space,Paint and sand skid marks drag over noth-
ingness,My legs spreading color,
Diffusing the aroma of an inkwell desert.
Rich Cautela can be contacted [email protected].
WES SERAFINE
EQUINOX STAFF
Two weeks ago we looked at the Zero Issue for Green Lan-tern. Despite being well written and telling a compelling story, it focused more on the plight of Arabic people in post 9/11 Amer-ica than it did anything Green Lantern related.
As I previously mentioned, there have been several Green Lanterns over the years, Hal Jordan just being the most well-known.
Today’s comic not only deals with another one of those Green Lanterns, Kyle Rayner, but also the concept that is partially responsible for the recent surge in the popularity of Green Lan-tern comics.
The past few years have seen a dramatic increase in the popu-larity of Green Lantern comics, and much of that is thanks to the concept of the emotional spec-trum.
Most fans, who are only familiar with the movies or car-toons, may not be aware that green is not the only color a lan-tern can have.
There are, in fact, seven dif-
ferent colored types of rings that grant the user power, each one representing a different emotion. The Green Lantern’s, of course, wields the green light of will-power.
The Sinestro Corps, the Green Lantern’s nemesis, is named for their leader. Sinestro uses the yellow light of fear.
The Red Lanterns are all con-
the orange light of greed and avarice.
The Blue Lanterns use the blue light of hope to aid people throughout the galaxy. The mys-terious Indigo Tribe converts evil doers into agents for good using the indigo light of compassion. Finally, the Star Sapphires serve the violet light of love.
The different factions are at odds with one another most of the time, but in times of crisis are forced to work together. Today, merchandise related to the dif-ferent lanterns can be seen worn by comic book fans everywhere, including yours truly.
The idea from longtime Green
Lantern writer Geoff Johns, has since brought Green Lantern into the mainstream in a way that it hadn’t been in years.
The main character of our comic Kyle Rayner is a graphic artist who was chosen to be a Green Lantern during a time when the entire Green Lantern Corps was wiped out.
Recently, Kyle has learned that his unique origins give him an ability to manipulate the other colors in the emotional spectrum, making him the perfect candi-date to unite the seven factions.
After learning of the corrupt activities of the self-proclaimed Guardians of the Universe, the founders of the Green Lantern Corps, Kyle seeks out Hal Jordan, but Hal is nowhere to be found.
Hal’s longtime lover and member of the Star Sapphires.
The two quickly learn that
Black Hand, a villain with the power to manipulate the dead,
him and potentially lend a hand.
The Black Hand, but they do
power of hope, which happens to have the fortunate side effect of supercharging a Green Lantern’s powers, and defeats the undead hordes.
This event activates the Star Sapphires’ ability to look into one’s heart. Kyle and Carol are shown visions of Kyle’s future, which reveal that it is his destiny to unite the seven powers within himself, and he’s going to have to complete it soon since The Guardians have recently set into motion events that could devas-tate the cosmos if Kyle can’t stop them.
For the better part of last year, this was the most consistently enjoyable book in my regular rotation. Instead of going back to the character’s origins like other Zero Issues have, this issue advances the story and lays the groundwork for the next major story arc.
There’s a new threat and a new development with Kyle starting to learn more about his new powers. I’ve always preferred Kyle Rayner to Hal
Jordan and the other Green Lan-terns. As a graphic artist, he feels more suited to wield a ring that requires creativity and imagina-tion to function.
Kyle’s character changed and evolved over time, while Hal has
years. When Ryan Reynolds was
announced as The Green Lan-
believed that the known come-dic actor was more suited to play Kyle than Hal because Kyle’s per-sonality was more compatible with Reynolds’ acting style.
Also, Kyle and Carol have surprisingly good chemistry, despite having very little interac-tion up to this point. They trust and respect each other as fellow superheroes, but by the same token they have this interest-ing love/hate dynamic going on.
addition to this series.
Overall: 5/5
Decoding the powers the Green Lantern possesses“What most fans, who are only familiar with the movies or cartoons, may
not be aware of is that green is not the only color a lantern can have.”-SERAFINE
“They say you want to improve every time and I feel like I improved, so I’m happy.”
- THOMAS JAY KOWALCHUKMUSICIAN
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Bringing a piece of the Caribbean to campusSAM NORTON
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Every instrument is a piece of history—but some instruments possess a story that is more intriguing than others. Around 1900, the British government ruled the island of Trinidad, an island populated mostly by African descendants.
The government feared that a population so large had potential to overthrow the gov-ernment. As a result, the British government decided to stop a musical uprising before it happened. All musical instruments were banned, but the government would loan out musical instruments if you received approval.
What the government didn’t realize was the role that music played in Trinidad’s cul-ture. This led to the invention of the steel drum. In 1939, around the time of World War II, the steel drum was born.
During Keene State College’s Faculty Recital entitled “KSC Caribbean Night,” Murray Mast, James Walker, Christopher Swist, Don Baldini, and Julian Gerstin made
-cance of the steel drum not only in today’s culture, but also in Trinidadian culture.
During the recital, Murray Mast, pro-fessor of music, said, “The poor people had no musical instruments whatsoever includ-ing drums they had crafted themselves,” he
stamping tubes, and hollow out the inside of the bamboo.”
However, bamboo did not produce the notes that the people of Trinidad desired. They soon realized that metal would pro-duce a much louder sound. The people soon started to beat on cookie tins, Mast said during the recital.
These cookie tins were beat in order to create bubbles on its surface, which would then determine the pitch. Legend has it that a young boy named Spree Simon invented the steel drum. The boy would beat the pan to get the notes he desired—what he didn’t realize that when you try to beat back metal it stretches which creates bubbles on the surface of the metal. These bubbles are what creates the different pitches, Mast said during the performance.
The recital, which was held on Friday,
the Redfern Arts Center. Christopher Swist, professor of music, said, “Nothing like this has ever happened in my 10 years here, so it is a neat little fun thing that we are hoping to make a tradition out of.”
“There are some local steel drum bands in the area but it is still a rare opportunity for students to hear and especially hear from someone [Mast] who has been there, and who has visited there and who knows the style,” Swist said.
Mast, who teaches half of the percus-sion studio here at KSC, not only plays the steel drums, but also studies the culture of it as well. “Murray has been to Trinidad and Tobago. He played in a couple of the bands there and studied how they do the authentic music there,” Swist said.
KSC Caribbean Night was an opportu-nity for Mast to educate the crowd on the legends and the folklore surrounding the steel drum and the Trinidadian culture, according to Swist. These steel drums that are a staple in the Trinidadian culture are made out of authentic 55 gallon oil barrels, according to Swist.
These barrels, which look like the insides of turtle shells, are hammered into the shape the musicians desire. Mast said during the recital that “somebody has to take a sledge-hammer and their job is to sink the drum and they have to go around and stretch the metal,” he continued, “The next person’s job is to put the notes in and they will take a hammer and punch a section off each of the individual notes. Nowadays, they will have a magnet that is the right size and will trace around the magnets and get those sizes. The
-ute local tensions.”
After this process, these hammered oil barrels are ready to create melodies. All of the songs played during the faculty recital helped bring a little bit of the Caribbean here to the KSC campus. KSC senior Miriam Sharrock said that the concert “trans-ports you to the Caribbean.” The evening
included popular songs such as “I Shot the Sheriff,” by Bob Marley, “Yellow Bird,” by Michael Mauleart Monton, and “Georgia on My Mind,” by Hoagy Carmichael.
“Yellow Bird,” which was originally believed to be written by singer Harry Belafonte, has been traced back to Haitian roots, according to Mast. “This speaks to the amount of borrowing of melodies in Trini-dad,” Mast said during the recital. Mast added that many players would set lyrics to melodies they already knew so they can sing-a-long right away.
However, for Swist, “Yellow Bird” was not the only song that he was looking for-ward to playing. Swist said that their ver-sion of “Summertime” by George Gershwin was the song he was looking forward to most. Swist played drums during the per-formance, along with Mast on steel drums, guest artist James Walker on steel drums,
Don Baldini on bass guitar, and Julian Ger-stin on percussion. The ensemble played a cha-cha version of “Summertime,” a perfor-mance that gave Swist his own drum solo.
-ers, steel drum bands usually consist of 20 to 25 players, Mast said. But Swist said that his group, who call themselves Harmony of Steel, have been playing together for quite some time. Mast, Swist, and Walker have been playing with one another for over 15 years, Swist said.
Swist said he hopes this won’t be the last
Night, rather he said this is a tradition he hopes to continue— bringing the Caribbean to KSC.
Sam Norton can be contacted [email protected].
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On Sept. 21, Christopher Swist, Don Baldini, Murray Mast, James Walker, and Julian Gerstin played a faculty recital entitled “KSC Caribbean Night.”
Redfern hosts season previewJULIE CONLON
STUDENT LIFE EDITOR
In a visually captivating display of dance, music, and theater, the Redfern Arts Center revealed their 2012-2013 season to Keene State College and community members Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. The evening included the unveiling of a brand new marimba and per-formances by KSC faculty and stu-dents.
The party began with an hour of mingling in a full Redfern lobby where faculty, students, community members, and deans intertwined in conversation and came together for one common reason: their appre-ciation for the arts. Jackie Hooper, marketing and promotions special-ist for the RAC, stated her intentions for the preview party were to intro-duce the season to the community and the people on campus.
“We just want to get people excited about the season and make them want to come and attend and see some of our events,” Hooper said.On the season as a whole, Hooper stated she believed RAC direc-tor Shannon Mayers added a new feel to this year’s season as Mayers enters her second year at Keene. “I think Shannon has brought a little bit more contemporary performers here that might appeal to students,” Hooper said. This collaboration draws the theme of community that Mayers is striving to establish in her
Mayers stated, “I think what I admired about the Redfern Arts Center is the diversity of what was presented. This year, as I got to know the campus and community, what I focused on as the overarch-ing theme was more community collaboration.” Mayers contin-ued, “I think that there’s a lot that I think families can really learn and enjoy about it. It’s very diverse and the companies are very strong and dynamic and they’re very much about engaging with their audience as well. These aren’t celebrity artists that will do a show and run away.”
Similarly, Sharon Fantl, events manager for the Redfern, stated,
“Working so closely with commu-nity groups is a different sort of proj-ect for us because it will require us working more closely with groups and people that we’ve never worked with.” Fantl referenced several proj-ects such as the collaboration that will take place with the Spectrum Dance and the Cohen Center and the department of Holocaust and Genocide Studies on Oct. 16.
Fantl continued, “We are trying to build on more engagement in our performances; that’s a little bit more of a new direction for us. We see more thematic connections, some-thing we’ve been working towards for a while. I think the performances we have coming offer us a different sort of opportunity to partner.”
Others shared in Mayers’ and Fantl’s excitement. Ruppart Thomp-son and Mike Kelley of Apple Hill String Quartet, who closed the evening and are scheduled to play once again in April, similarly stated their anticipation for the Redfern’s season.
Thompson said, “I think it looks like you have a really spe-cial season.” “We’re excited about the collaborations too,” he said. Dan Bullard, a junior, performed a scene from last year’s production of “Rashomon” for the audience at the party. Bullard said there were two particular shows in the upcom-ing season he was looking forward to. “I’m looking forward to Capitol Steps. I saw them four years ago and they’re hilarious. Also, Letters Home—it looks like it will be good. A little depressing but good.”
Bullard was one of many who referenced the season opener Capi-tol Steps and their show, “Take the Money and Run for President!” The political satire group is scheduled
presidential debate on Oct. 4.“Letters Home,” a presentation
actual letters home written by troops from the Iraq and Afghani-stan wars. The company is set to perform March 20, 2013.
KSC’s new Dean of Arts and Humanities, Andrew Harris, shared in the atmosphere of anticipation when he shared his reasoning for his attendance that evening. Harris stated, “I am here tonight because this is the public face of the arts at Keene, and it’s where students learn and where the community comes to experience the arts in this region.” Harris continued and said that he looks forward to the 2012-2013 season the Redfern has to offer.
“As a new dean and a new member of the community, part of this is learning for me too,” he said.
“I wanted to experience what is exciting about the new season, both for my own enjoyment and so I can promote the arts within and beyond the college.” Harris concluded and stated what he believes to be one of the greatest things about the Redfern is the exposure to vari-ous types of art the center provides. Harris said the Redfern offers to the campus creative work which for many is unfamiliar.
“One of the greatest things about the Redfern is that it exposes us to all kinds of creative work with which we don’t have familiarity, work that is provocative, stimulat-ing and intellectually engaged.” He concluded, “I hope members of the college and community can be part of that engagement throughout the year.”
Julie Conlon can be contacted [email protected].
“I think what I admired about the Redfern Arts Center is the diversity
of what was presented.”-SHANNON MAYERS
REDFERN ARTS CENTER’S DIRECTOR
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Jimmy Kimmel hosts an efficient EmmycastFRAZIER MOOREASSOCIATED PRESS
What did we learn from Sunday’s Emmycast?
We learned who won the Emmys, of course.
But there were other lessons to be gained from the three-hour trophy handout, aired on ABC from Los Angeles’ Nokia Theatre.
For instance, when you win 10 Emmys in a row, you apparently get license to drop an F-bomb. Jon Stewart did, on accepting his annual statuette for “The Daily Show.” But it was bleeped. Social media yawned. Life went on.
A seismic shift could be felt by the audience as terrorism thriller “Homeland” seemed to shove aside “Mad Men” as TV’s reigning prestige drama, winning four tro-phies while “Mad Men” was shut out.
Though the Emmycast moved briskly, its
trigger-happy music cues applied to accep--
drama.“I don’t know when they’re going to cut
me off,” he said, “but this is the biggest night of my career. I’m going to keep talk-ing until they do.”
Cheers from the audience as a new movement was born: Occupy Podium.
We learned for sure what we had previ-ously only suspected, thanks to the gown
of what is only hinted at in her “2 Broke
viewers’ jaws dropping and tweeters madly tweeting.
Speaking of Twitter, we learned that fans of social media are game for a prank
— and also are ripe to become victims of it.Midway through the show, host Jimmy
Kimmel instructed people to go on Twit-
Morgan just passed out at the Emmys. Turn on ABC right now!” It was a joke, just to see how swiftly the alarm would spread (and maybe bring in new viewers). “30 Rock” star Morgan, who was in on the gag, complied by lying on the stage for several minutes. The message went viral, and presumably loads of bemused followers tuned in to check on Morgan’s condition.
And what of Kimmel?Presiding over the glitz and tributes, he
didn’t break a sweat. Nor did he break any records for laughs or memorable moments.
His opening monologue was routine, with a few political jokes not quite hitting
the mark.He compared the proper, regal world
of “Downton Abbey” to “what it must have been like to grow up in Mitt Romney’s house,” and cracked that “being a Republi-
Later on, he offered up a spoof of the
was meant to pay tribute to someone still living — “to the life and work of someone everyone in this room admires, respects and loves.”
That person, of course, was Kimmel, who was displayed in slow-motion video
You Beautiful.” It was amusing.But overall, to his credit, Kimmel kept
the Emmycast focused squarely on the Emmys, resisting the urge as host to make the show about himself. His jokes weren’t standout, his comedy bits mostly felt pedes-trian. But he got the job done in professional style.
And he seemed to have fun — especially when ousting his parents from the audito-rium.
He had warmly introduced his mom and dad, telling viewers they had always been supportive of their son.
“They always told me I could do anything I set my mind to,” he said, “and this year I set my mind to winning the Emmy. And
guess what? I didn’t.“You told me I could, and I didn’t, and I’m
devastated,” he said, addressing his parents. “You lied to me!”
With that, Kimmel summoned security to remove Mom and Dad.
“It’s OK if you Taser them if you need to,” he told the security men.
Kimmel set up the night’s funniest
Bad” would have been like had it been on
The answer: a spoof of the opening to -
ing Bad” stars Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul, fully suited up to cook crystal meth,
was heard. As a punch line, they shot dead
billed as co-star Don Knotts.
learned: Don’t dismiss Kimmel’s skill at prophecy, even when it’s inadvertent.
In his monologue, he hailed “Mad Men” star Jon Hamm, once again nominated for best actor.
“You gave a tremendous performance this year,” Kimmel said, “and I for one am shocked that you did not win tonight.”
As a star who has been jilted by Emmy year after year, Hamm cracked up, along with everyone else. Maybe by the end of the
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Host Jimmy Kimmel speaks on stage at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theatre on Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012, in Los Angeles.
New York City Ballet meets designer Valentino at glittery galaJOCELYN NOVECK
ASSOCAITED PRESS
NEW YORK (AP) — One by one, the ballerinas of New York City Ballet made their grand entrances in
“Bal de Couture,” a new work by Peter Martins, and the glittery crowd applauded in delight. But the applause, this time, wasn’t for the dancers.
It was for the costumes.You might have thought Fashion Week at Lincoln
Center was already over. But on Thursday night, on the same plaza where models had strutted the runways just days earlier, it seemed like that had been a mere prelude to NYCB’s glittery fall gala.
The evening’s star was legendary designer Valentino, and the focus was on clothes, onstage and off.
And they were pretty cool clothes: Designer gowns in the audience, of course, many of them in Valentino’s signature red, but truly dramatic concoctions onstage:
bright red or pink, like red bloomers on a can-can girl.Or a one-shoulder ballgown covered with rosettes,
all in ruby red. Or sculpted, bubble-shaped tutus with tight bodices, in black, white, and, of course, red.
-vani, is now 80, a statesman of the fashion world. He retired nearly four years ago from the fashion house he founded in 1960.
But one of his most loyal celebrity fans, Sarah Jessica Parker, a board member of City Ballet, came up with the
idea of a collaboration for the fall gala. It didn’t hurt that Valentino was a longtime friend of
Martins, City Ballet’s master in chief. Fashion, the com-pany clearly reasoned, could be a way to connect with younger audiences.
top designers; the last gala, in the spring, was a French-
of the J. Mendel label. And last spring’s gala featured “Ocean’s King-
dom,” with music by one Paul McCartney. The costume designer? His designer daughter Stella, of course.
But Thursday’s gala was the company’s most sweep-ing ode to fashion yet. In the crowd, along with Parker, were other famous fans like actress Anjelica Huston, model Iman, actress Anne Hathaway, and Martha Stew-art.
A number of ballet patrons wore Valentino, some-times with accompanying rubies and diamonds.
Speaking of “Rubies,” that Balanchine classic — the middle section of his famous “Jewels” — was the only ballet performed Thursday that Valentino didn’t design for. Its well-known red costumes are by Karinska, and its inclusion was a clear tribute to the designer.
The evening began with two new ballets created by Martins. In “Sophisticated Lady,” to music by Duke Ellington, Maria Kowroski glided ballroom-style
Charles Askegard. The dancing was pleasant but the focal point was
clear: Kowroski’s fabulous red, one-shoulder Valentino gown. (Hopefully, she recycled it later for the evening’s gala dinner.)
to music by Fred Astaire and Van Phillips, notable for the tapping of Robert Fairchild and the bright, engag-ing dancing of Tiler Peck in a frothy pink-and-red Val-entino tutu.
The best dancing by far, though, came in the lovely
-ter and Dina Washington. It was a preview of Wheel-don’s new ballet, “Five Movements, Three Repeats,” and though there are no immediate plans for City Ballet to perform it again, it was the highlight of the night for those who came for dance.
Whelan remains a wonderful muse for the hugely gifted Wheeldon, her every move conveying meaning, purpose and feeling.
The evening would end with a sumptuous dinner on the promenade of the David H. Koch Theater, where tables were decked with pink tablecloths and bright
overhead.
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Taylor in a lead role, a hopeful sign for the season ahead.)
Afterward, the crowd stood — but only when Valen-tino came out for his bows.
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This Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012 image released by the New York City Ballet shows Tiler Peck, left, and Robert Fairchild performing in “Not My Girl” at the New York City Ballet fall gala, with costumes designed by Valentino Garavani in New York.
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The number of Syrians in need of food aid has jumped from 250,000 in April to 1.5 million today, the head of the U.N.’s food agency said Monday, as more civilians are driven from their homes by an escalating civil war.
Separately, the international envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, told reporters at the U.N.
Middle East and is “extremely bad and getting worse.”
In a closed-door session of the U.N. Security Council, Brahimi had harsh words for Bashar Assad, saying the Syrian president has no intention of carrying out reforms that would end his family’s four-decade grip on Syria.
Brahimi’s comments were relayed by a dip-
spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss publicly what was said.
Assad insists he is ready to consider polit-
bring him down as foreign-backed terrorists. Syria’s opposition groups, both in exile and in the country, dismiss Assad’s promises and say the dictator must step down ahead of any political dialogue.
reached a stalemate, with neither Assad’s mili-tary nor armed rebels able to deliver a knock-out blow.
The death toll has reached nearly 30,000, according to activists, while hundreds of thou-sands of Syrians have been displaced, many seeking refuge in neighboring Turkey, Leba-
focused on Aleppo, Syria’s largest city and a strategic prize for both sides.
Rebels seized several neighborhoods of Aleppo over the summer, but have been unable to take full control of the city of 3 million, Syr-ia’s commercial capital and a former regime stronghold.
The regime for its part has been unable to
Taking Aleppo could give the rebels momentum and a stronghold in the north near the Turkish border. A rebel defeat, at the very least, would buy Assad more time.
On Monday, Syrian warplanes bombed two buildings in Aleppo’s southern neighborhood
children from the same family, activists said. The apartment buildings were destroyed
and more people were feared buried under the rubble, activists said.
An amateur video showed people digging through the debris in search of survivors.
The aim of such strikes on residential areas is to terrify people and turn them against the Free Syrian Army rebel group, said Aleppo-based activist Mohammed Saeed.
“The regime wants people to say that had the Free Syrian Army not entered the city, the regime wouldn’t have bombed us,” Saeed said.
In New York, the U.N.’s World Food Pro-gram warned that it is running short of funds to cover operations in Syria because of sharply growing needs.
World Food Program chief Ertharin Cousin said the agency had raised $78 million, but needs $60 million more to cover its annual Syria budget. The crisis is likely to worsen as Syria’s wet, chilly winter rolls in, she said.
In addition to aid pledges, Cousin said, donor countries need to exert diplomatic pres-sure to ensure the Syrian government allows agency workers access to those in need.
Aid workers are struggling to reach fami--
tal Damascus, and in the cities of Aleppo and Homs, adding that the agency’s staff are trav-eling in armored vehicles.
The spike in the number of Syrians needing -
ing has forced families to leave homes and jobs, with little hope of supporting themselves else-where.
“People are now living in schools and other public facilities like schools because they can’t go back to their homes,” she said.
“It’s an impossible situation for families, women, children, living through this crisis on a daily basis.”
UN: 1.5 million Syrians in need of food aid
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday dismissed threats of military action against Iran’s nuclear program, asserting that his country’s project to enrich uranium is only for peaceful pur-poses and disputing that the country worries at all about an Israeli attack to destroy Iran’s nuclear capacity.
Speaking to a group of edito-
visit to New York for the annual U.N. General Assembly, Ahmadinejad said it was not too late for dialogue with the United States to resolve dif-ferences.
He also said that Iran is neutral in the Syrian civil war, and denied that Tehran is providing weapons or training to the government of Presi-dent Bashar Assad.
“We like and love both sides, and we see both sides as brothers,” he said.
that international “meddling from the outside has made the situation even harder.”
He refused to say whether Iran would accept a government not led by the Assad regime, which for years has been Iran’s closest ally in the Middle East.
It was Ahmadinejad’s eighth visit to the U.N. gathering held each September, which he cited as proof that he is open to understanding other countries’ views.
In spite of his assertions on the importance of dialogue and respect for others, Ahmadinejad presented a hard line in many areas.
He refused to speak of the state of Israel by name and instead referred only to the “Zionists,” and when asked about author Salman Rushdie he made no attempt to distance him-
Iran president
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SUZANNE GAMBOAASSOCIATED PRESS
Deidra Reese isn’t waiting for
whether they are registered to vote.With iPad in hand, Reese is going
to community centers, homes and churches in nine Ohio cities, looking up registrations to make sure voters have proper ID and everything else they need to cast ballots on Election Day.
“We are not going to give back one single inch. We have fought too long and too hard,” said Reese, 45.
Reese is the coordinator of the Columbus-based Ohio Unity Coalition,
Black Civic Participation.Reese is part of a cadre of black
women engaged in a revived wave of voting rights advocacy four years after
black president. Provoked by voting law changes
in various states, they have decided to help voters navigate the system — a
women had the highest turnout of any group of voters in 2008.
“We’ve forgotten our mothers went to three jobs, picked us up from school, put the macaroni and cheese on the table, got up and got somebody regis-tered to vote,” said actress Sheryl Lee Ralph.
Ralph was one of several women who participated in a strategy session this week during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s annual leg-islative conference in the nation’s capi-tal.
Ralph is married to Pennsylvania state Sen. Vincent Hughes.
black women is one of the themes of this year’s four-day event.
It will culminate Saturday with a keynote speech from one of the most
lady Michelle Obama.“It’s time for us to lead the way
because we voted in greater numbers than any other gender and race group last election, and we got to do the same this year,” said Elsie Scott.
Scott is the president and CEO of the Congressional Black Caucus Foun-dation.
Turnout among women of all races is generally higher than for men. In 2008, about 69 percent of eligible black female voters went to the polls.
That represents an increase of 5.1 percentage points over 2004, according to a study of census data on 2008 voters by the Pew Hispanic Center.
That compares with 66.1 percent of white women.
African-American women, who number about 20 million in the U.S., have long been the largest group of Democratic voters in the country, said David Bositis, senior research associ-ate with the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.
In a room at the Washington Con-vention Center on Wednesday, the sense of urgency among the women was palpable.
They noted that voter registration deadlines in some states are as early as Oct. 6, the last of them on Oct. 16.
Few attendees accepted the argu-ment that the new voting laws were
of those laws maintain.Judith Browne-Dianis, co-director
of The Advancement Project, said black women showed in 2008 they can turn
Black women rally
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Despite voters’ disapproval, someone
will win Romney-Obama electionBILL BARROW
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Never have American voters re-elected a president whose work they disapprove of as much as Barack Obama’s. Not that Mitt Romney can take much comfort — they’ve never elected a challenger they view so negatively, either.
Unless things change dramatically, this Election Day
a sitting president with a slow economy, 8 percent-plus unemployment and an average Gallup job-approval rating below 50 percent. Or he’ll be a challenger who isn’t liked personally by a majority of the public and faces notable dis-cord within his own party.
Polls since the nominating conventions show Obama slowly widening a slight lead nationally and in several key states that could decide a close election. And the mere fact that Romney hasn’t ever notched a clear lead in polling, unlike previous winning challengers by this point, under-scores his struggle to strike a chord with an electorate that isn’t exactly enamored with the incumbent.
The presidency already gives certain campaign advan-
the longer Romney looks up at Obama, the greater the pres-ident’s chances at a second term.
History, of course, isn’t predictive. But it does provide context to help understand the current state of the race.
Some Republicans point to 1980 as hope for a Romney rebound. That year, Ronald Reagan pulled away from Pres-ident Jimmy Carter in late October to win in a landslide that has reached almost mythical status in GOP annals. But there are many reasons why this is not 1980, not the least of which are that Romney is not Reagan and Obama is not Carter.
From Labor Day through late October, Carter was tied with or led Reagan. But, unlike Romney, Reagan had led for most of the summer, and Carter hadn’t polled better than 41 percent since the spring, well below Obama’s lowest head-to-head numbers this year.
Many Republicans, meanwhile, are growing restless fol-lowing Romney’s lackluster convention, his comments on Middle East unrest and the release of a secretly recorded video that showed the GOP nominee dismissing 47 percent of the country as believing they are “victims” and dependent on handouts.
Still, says Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Car-olina, “This is our election to lose. If Obama wins, he’ll be rewriting political history.”
Using historical Gallup job approval ratings in election years — in September where possible — Obama ranks below
the seven presidents who have been re-elected since 1948. But he is in a stronger position than the three — Carter, Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush — who lost. The three losing presidents all had unemployment rates lower than today’s, but the overall economic circumstances vary.
Obama’s personal favorability ratings have consistently been higher than his job approval ratings. Republican strate-gist Timmy Teepell, who manages gubernatorial, House and Senate campaigns for the GOP, credits independents with the difference. “They may not like what he’s done,” he said, “but they think he’s a good guy and he’s trying hard.”
Voters with negative impressions of Romney, meanwhile, have outnumbered those with favorable impressions for much of his bid. That dynamic was fueled in no small part by
-thing from his moderate record as Massachusetts governor to his business ventures at Bain Capital.
Top pollster Neil Newhouse proffers the Politics 101 method for beating an incumbent. At the same time, he acknowl-edges that Romney’s effort so far isn’t enough.
“We recognize that over the next seven weeks we need to not just make the case why Barack Obama doesn’t deserve a second term,” Newhouse said, “but also to paint a picture of how a Mitt Romney presidency would be different and better.”
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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney campaigns in Pueblo, Colo. on Monday, Sept. 24.
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“Those who are food insecure are also internally displaced for the most part. If we don’t provide them with the food assistance that is required, they will go hungry,” Cousin said. Across Syria, at least 48 civilians and 22 regime soldiers were killed Monday, including 16 in Aleppo, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based activist group. The battle for Aleppo has marked the
-copters and warplanes regularly to strike from the air, bringing an even heavier toll of civilian casualties. Previously, the military relied heav-ily on often indiscriminate artillery and tank shelling.
The Observatory and another group, the Local Coordination Committees, reported violence elsewhere in the country, includ-ing attacks by government troops backed by helicopter gunships on the southern town of Sheikh Mis-keen in Daraa province. The Obser-vatory said rebels and troops were
of Tabaqah in the northern prov-ince of Raqqa. Last week, rebels cap-tured a major border crossing with Turkey in Raqqa. Meanwhile, the Assad regime came under attack in a different arena. The state-run news agency SANA said its Face-book page was hacked in what it described as “another attempt tar-geting the Syrian national media.”
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-gious foundation. “If he is in the U.S., you should not broadcast it for his own safety,” Ahmadinejad said.
He said this would be his last trip to New York as president of Iran, because his term is ending and he is barred from seeking a third consecutive term.
But he did not rule out staying active in Iranian politics and said he might return as part of future Iranian delegations to New York.
“Fundamentally, we do not take seriously threats of the Zionists,” Ahmadinejad said. “We believe the Zionists see themselves at a
adventure to get out of this dead end. While we are fully ready to defend ourselves, we do not take these threats seriously.”
He also sought to delegitimize Israel’s historic ties to the Middle East and their political and mili-tary power in the region and the world, saying that Israelis “do not even enter the equation for Iran.” On the other hand, he said the argument over Iran’s nuclear pro-gram was a political rather than a legal matter and needs to be resolved politically.
“We are not expecting that a 33-year-old problem between America and Iran to be resolved in speedy discussions, but we do believe in dialogue.”
White House press secretary Jay Carney responded to Ahma-
dinejad’s remarks, telling a midday
Ahmadinejad says foolish, offen-sive and sometimes unintelligible things with great regularity,” he said. “What he should focus on is the failure of his government of Iran to abide by its international obligations, to abide by United
Nations Security Council resolu-tions.”
Ahmadinejad later took aim at the United States and Israel while addressing a high-level U.N. meet-ing promoting the rule of law, accusing Washington of shielding what he called a nuclear-armed
“fake regime.”
He also alluded to the amateur anti-Islam video made in the U.S. that has caused protests across the Muslim world, accusing the United States and others of misusing free-dom of speech and failing to speak out against the defamation of peo-ple’s beliefs and “divine prophets.”
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out in record numbers. But in 2010, “we sat home and
while we were sitting at home, there were others that were plotting and what they decided to do was to change the rules of the game.”
The women invoke the name of abolitionist and women’s suffrag-ist Sojourner Truth, and repeat civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer’s famous line — “I am sick and tired of being sick and tired” — as a ral-lying cry.
They talk strategy about check-ing to see who’s been purged from voter rolls or locating documents that voters need to get photo iden-
All along, they remind voters of the time, before the Voting Rights Act of 1965 became law, when black people were kept from voting.
Barbara Arnwine, executive director of the Lawyers Commit-tee for Civil Rights Under Law, said a voter hotline set up by sev-eral groups already gets a thousand calls a day.
Callers are typically people who don’t know if they can vote, whether their felony conviction keeps them from voting or what ID is required in their state, if at all.
Her organization has created a computer app that allows people to verify their registration status, get help registering online, learn about voting requirements in their state, find polling places and receive other assistance.
With Romney working on the second part of that effort, the president has capsized the usual rules of an incumbent election and, in some respects, made Nov. 6 a referendum on Romney
“We’ve just done a better job telling the pres-ident’s story than they’ve done telling theirs,” claims Paul Begala, a veteran Democratic strate-gist who is advising the pro-Obama Super PAC Priorities USA Action.
As they did at their convention in Charlotte, N.C., Democrats inside and close to the cam-paign say the president and his surrogates will continue to frame the last four years as progress, acknowledge that millions of Americans are still struggling and work to convince them that the groundwork for an economic renaissance is in place. At the same time, they will keep criticizing Romney as unable to understand the day-to-day concerns of middle class households.
Romney will keep contending, as he did Monday while campaigning in Pueblo, Colo., that that’s exactly backward. Obama loves gov-ernment and wants higher taxes, Romney says, hurting rather than helping the middle class and keeping American business from creating the new jobs that everyone claims to desire.
And, Romney said, taking a shot at Obama’s dealings with foreign troubles, U.S. foreign policy should not be conducted “at the mercy of events” overseas.”
Ed Meese, Reagan’s 1980 campaign chief of staff who would become attorney general, said recently that his boss ran a thematic campaign
“against the welfare state and an accomodation-ist foreign policy.” Reagan held up Carter as an embodiment of larger problems, Meese said, and convinced voters he could solve them.
Begala, who worked for Bill Clinton when the Arkansas governor unseated George H. W. Bush, recalled the buzz phrase of 1992: “It’s the economy, stupid.” The expression took off after being cap-tured in a picture of a dry-erase board at a Clin-
up wasn’t for voters, it was for staff,” Begala said. “That sign actually said, look, this race is about three things: real change vs. more of the same, it’s the economy stupid, and don’t forget health care.’”
Clinton led Bush from mid-summer through Election Day, regardless of whether independent Ross Perot was included as a choice. Begala said the campaign “knew it was over” the week after Labor Day.
of victory until the “weekend before the election.”Reagan pulled away after a single debate, held
Oct. 27, a week before the election. Carter, Meese said, had “portrayed Reagan as this dangerous gunslinger from the West,” successfully pulling Reagan down in the polls. But standing side-by-side with the president for 90 minutes, Reagan shattered that view and surged to a landslide win.
But with Carter pulling 41 percent of the vote, equal to his high heading into the meat of the campaign, the returns proved that the fundamen-tals of the race had never really changed: A clear majority of the electorate was always poised to
-tion year dealing with a weak economy at home and the Iranian hostage crisis overseas.
Four years before Carter lost to Reagan, he won the popular vote over Ford by 2 percentage points, but he led from the start and ran his advantage in opinion polls to as much as 62-29 in the summer.
Even a few losing challengers have managed to seize the leads that have eluded Romney.
Republican Thomas Dewey led for almost the entire race before President Harry Truman pulled
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RYAN GLAVEYADMINISTRATIVE EXECUTIVE EDITOR
This week’s Athlete of the Week is Brittany Croteau of the Keene State College women’s soccer team.
a big part of KSC’s offense this week helping the Owls to two victories.
Croteau had an eye for pass-ing with two assists in KSC’s 4-1 over Clark College. Croteau
Owls’ 3-0 victory against Little East Conference rival Southern Maine.
After a slow start to the season this week’s two victories brought the Owls up to a 3-5 record on the year.
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week is Kalin Billert. Billert is a forward and senior leader of the
Billert was a scoring force in KSC’s 6-0 victory over Southern Maine. Billert was responsible for three of the Owls’ goals and kept the pressure on with an additional two shots on goal.
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Alexis Michal of the KSC vol-leyball team. The freshman setter has come into the squad and become one of the team’s top distributers.
Michal led the team with a combined 36 assists over the team’s three matches this past week. In addition to her set-up game, the freshman was a solid contributor defensively. With 23 digs over the three-game span, including a 12-dig performance in KSC’s 3-0 sweep of Eastern Connecticut State, Michal was thea team’s second top digger.
Ryan Glavey can be contacted at [email protected]
LYNDSAY KRISEL EQUINOX STAFF
As the 2012 Keene State College athletic match-ups continue to rise above and chal-lenge determined players, KSC coaches
East Conference play. KSC switched over from the Division
II New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) into the Little East Conference, (LEC) in 1997.
Fifteen years ago, no one could have predicted the overall success that KSC has achieved up to this point. For several coaches who were around during that time,
-ebration of a group of athletics team who have left their legacy and continue to strive
for the best in the Division III conference. According to KSC Women’s Basketball
Coach Keith Boucher, KSC’s athletic teams were not equally funded back when they competed in the DII conference, which placed a lot of stress on both the department and players to compete with other teams.
Boucher said, “It was like we were always climbing uphill, and slipping on banana peels all the way up because just
when we thought we took a few more steps uphill, we’d slip back down.”
Boucher stressed his belief that making the switch to Division III attributed a great deal of success to the entire athletic pro-gram, especially because KSC and its com-petitors are now equally funded.
“I think right now, for the whole athletic program, we’re in a good place because it allows every student athlete to compete,
Boucher said.The ability to compete is the most impor-
tant aspect of the athletic program, and over these past 15 years, the LEC Conference has given KSC athletes just that, however, from KSC Men’s Soccer Coach Ron Butcher’s per-spective, KSC’s rival teams have risen to our playing level, and could beat us in any given
Number 15 is no different than any other
One KSC athlete’s personality shines on the field
ZACH WINNEQUINOX STAFF
It’s almost the end of a long September soccer practice and freshman Rushane Kelley is walking towards a white line for the part of the day most players dread: sprints.
Injured for most of the summer, Kelley came to training camp at Keene State College rusty and out of shape. Since then, however, he’s been working to get back up to speed.
Kelley is second on the team in goals with two so far this season.
The goal he scored in the Owls’ opening game on Sept. 1 indicated how far he’d come. Kelley has traveled farther than most people think.
Originally born in Jamaica, it’s safe to say Kelley didn’t ever see himself playing soccer in Keene, N.H.
“I didn’t even know Keene existed until my cousin told me about the school last year,” Kelley said.
After graduating from his high school, Kelley attended college in Jamaica for a year, with plans to transfer to the University of
Connecticut and play soccer, however his cousin had different plans.
“He basically told me ‘Yo, come play with me at Keene, come play from Jamaica with me,’” Kelley explained before adding that his cousin is taking a year off but will be back in the spring.
So he changed his plans and 18 months ago arrived in Keene. Luckily, he had already established contact with head coach Ron Butcher.
“We developed a relationship early and talked throughout the summer so that really
helped me out,” Kelley said.Kelley said the biggest difference between
his hometown and Keene is, “It’s the entire lifestyle here. The cultural difference is the main thing. It’s a totally new culture.”
There is one constant, however: sports. Kelley has always been extremely active. At his previous college in Jamaica he won sports-man of the year, something unheard of for a freshman.
“I play a ton of sports,” Kelley said.
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Rushane Kelley breaks into a dance following a goal he scored against UMass-Boston on Sept. 15, 2012 at the KSC Owl Athletic Complex.
Hailing from Jamaica, Rushane Kelley continues to prove himself every day
STEPHEN TRINKWALDEQUINOX STAFF
For high school athletes search-ing for the right school, some stu-
As high school athletes consider prospective schools, an overnight visit can give great insight to daily life at a college. For a coach, some-times that overnight visit gives you all you need to know about a recruit.
Women’s volleyball coach Bob Weiner said he likes to give recruits a perspective on everyday life while attending Keene State College.
“What the overnight trip is sup-posed to do is to represent what college is going to really be like,” Weiner said.
Weiner said he prefers students to come stay the night on Fridays to give students a chance to expe-rience KSC in the classroom and in the gym.
“I like to have the recruit sit in on a class, just to see that it’s not, if they were worried about it, it’s not what they think it is. Friday after-noons in the off-season we play pick-up ball. So it’s an opportunity for the girls to play with the current team,” Weiner said.
Weiner said the visit also gives the recruit a better understanding of KSC socially, and vice versa.
“My kids are going out, they’re going out and doing what college students do, but how do they rep-resent the kids and the college? Are they idiots, or are they actually respectful and student-athletes? But in the same way, if a kid is an idiot, I need to know,” Weiner explained.
Weiner said he uses overnight visits to get a better idea of what kind of person the recruit is outside of the gym.
‘We don’t like her’ after a visit. My team will come back and go ‘This is not our type of girl; I think she’s not
good team does. That’s part of what the visit is,” Weiner said.
Weiner said issues during an overnight raise an immediate red
“Kids who have come with the idea that ‘I’m going to get drunk on my college visit,’ that’s a problem, because they’re going to be embar-rassed, and someone has to take care of them, which should be no one’s job,” Weiner said.
KSC men’s basketball coach Rob Colbert mirrored these sentiments.
“If it’s a violation of federal, state or city law obviously we would have serious concerns about recruit-ing that student athlete. I can’t put a blanket on all the potential offenses, but if it were a violent offense I
would probably cease recruiting that student,” Colbert said.
While Colbert said an overnight visit can be constructive, he said it can go the other way as well.
“There are some hazards that go along with that, and I don’t think I need to go on with some of the things that can happen on a college
campus, on any college campus for -
nite land mines that we try to stay away from, whether it is parties or alcohol. One of the things I tell the kids right before I hand them off to their host is ‘If anything happens that you’re not comfortable with here’s my home number. Call me
right away,’” Colbert said.Weiner said that talent doesn’t
put to rest concerns when it comes to a recruit.
“There are kids who are problems waiting to happen. I’ve got enough to do in my day where I can’t. Vol-leyball is supposed to be a privilege
Recruiting overnights give coaches a better look at prospective athletes
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BRIAN SCHNEEEQUINOX STAFF
Transitioning from high school to college for most students is a learning process and leaves the door open for many uncertainties
it’s about where your skill level is and what type of opportunities stem from personal ability.
There are three divisions in the National Collegiate Athletic Asso-ciation. Maintaining a certain level of talent will help a student-athlete place further educational institutions within striking dis-
college, the choice is yours.One key factor in the college
decision process is indeed how far prospective campuses are from a student’s hometown. In proximity to each other, Keene High School and Keene State College are located minutes from one another by vehicle. This leaves a pending question for many residents on the college search: do I stay this close to home?
KSC sophomore Kaleb Lique-Naitove asked himself that
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Not many Major League Baseball
(MLB) players can say that they are
actually strong enough to kill a bird
with a baseball.
But there are some baseball play-
ers out there who actually are strong
enough to kill a bird with a baseball.
According to the “ESPN Uncy-
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bird being killed by a baseball was
in 1981. In a game between the Class
entire occurrence, is that an out-
incident.
The second time that this inci-
dent was reported occurred in 1983
during warm-ups between innings.
According to the book, “Dia-
monds in the Rough: The Untold
Zoss and Bowman said that
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occured in Toronto, Canada.
his pinstripe counterparts when it
struck an innocent seagull that was
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ing to “Diamonds in the Rough,” a
Needless to say, the seagull died
was actually arrested by Toronto
surprise, these charges didn’t hold
up and were dropped the next day.
in jail.
The next time a bird was inno-
cently murdered at the hands
occurred in 1987, according to the
book “Diamonds in the Rough.”
Alex Reisner, baseball statisti-
American Baseball Research wrote
an entire article on bird killing base-
ball players. In this article, he dis-
cussed the 1987 incident.
Reisner said that during the
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dying on impact. And according to
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girl. The ball girl then deposited the
bird underneath the stands, Reisner
said.
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zona Diamondbacks pitcher Randy
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exhibition game in 2001 against the
San Fransisco Giants.
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lutely no malicious intent behind
course, there’s that one jerk who
at him.
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turbing incidents that I came
across upon researching this topic
the incident.
in Daytona Beach, Fla on a day when
the ballpark was completely empty.
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dropped.
According to Robinson, the
osprey that Ryu launched a baseball
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The bird died six days later, Rob-
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turbing that this guy would huck a
baseball at this innocent, state-wide
protected osprey. But I don’t think
that this was the most newsworthy
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dent, Ryu told journalist Charles
Robinson (through broken english)
that he “didn’t want anyone to think
he was a bad person.”
are a bad person. But we are all enti-
tled to our own opinions.
column to express these opinions in.
Michelle Berthiaume can be contacted at
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Wednesday, October 3, 7 p.m.
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Monday, October 2, 6 p.m.
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Tuesday, October 3, 4:30 p.m.
Thursday, September 27, 7 p.m.
Saturday, September 29, 2 p.m.
Saturday, September 29, 4 p.m.
Tuesday, October 2, 6 p.m.
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MLB players that have killed a bird during a game
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year.
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ward.”
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are many more teams in the league, that also do
Athletics as a whole.
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“It’s all about the athletes,” women’s basketball
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with their opponents.”
year is young.
Lyndsay Krisel can be contacted at [email protected]
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sport, but it certainly isn’t the norm.
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and that the education is top notch.
Summers who also stayed local.
because it was always right there,” Summers said. “I
choices being in New England.”
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contrast to other schools he was looking at.
He added, “It was appealing knowing I could come to
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up.
tradition that the high school seniors play their most rec-
Now they’re on the big stage day-in and day-out.
“It was always a night to remember.”
These athletes now get to experience playing on that
stage multiple times per season.
Brian Schnee can be contacted at [email protected]
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He lists off his wide spectrum of ath-letic feats like a laundry list. He’s played tennis, ping-pong, track, and volleyball.
“Actually,” Kelley said, “I played for the Under 21 Jamaican national volley-ball team for a year.”
Despite all of this, there were still questions about Kelley’s level of play coming into the season.
“He came in as a bit of an unknown because of the injury obviously,” Butcher said. “But I think he’ll be a super-sub off the bench. He’s a great goal scorer.”
part of a 3-1 Owl victory) Kelley added another goal and is currently one of only four players on the team with multiple goals this year, despite starting just one game so far.
Kelley’s play has helped the team get off to a 6-2 start, but there are still improvements to be made Kelley said.
“I have a tendency, not to lose the ball, but to keep it for too long. I like being extra careful and I want to know that when I make the pass it’s perfect so I take my time a little too much,” Kelley said.
Kelley said that hesitation too often leads to him absorbing unnecessary contact from charging defenders.
The 175-pound striker has spent more time sprawled out on the grass
after a hit than he’d have liked to, but it’s all part of learning the game at this level, Kelley said.
“There’s a learning curve for every-one in terms of athletics,” Butcher said. “He’s a very technical player and he’s going to be very good. Everyday
freshman have an adjustment period.”It’s just another adjustment Kelley
needs to make.“I’ve got to play quicker,” Kelley says.That’s where the sprints come in. The
team begins the familiar routine, back and forth, over and over. The monoto-nous motion has most of the players groaning in frustration, but not Kelley.
the game he loves.
comes out. I don’t worry about anything when I’m playing soccer, I just play,” Kelley said. “I’m open and free.”
No matter where Rushane Kelley goes in life, he plans on bringing a soccer ball with him.
“I’ll be playing soccer until I can’t anymore,” Kelley said. “Until my legs fall off and I can’t run.”
Zach Winn can be contacted at [email protected]
that you get to play if you are a good student and a
said. The beginning of overnight visits will vary from
month to month, but for Weiner he said he’ll be get-ting one as soon as this weekend. Though he may get a stray visit or two early on this year, he said the busy season will be later on in the school year.
“We tend to think as November and December
couple kids who hold out for the early DI offers. When they realize DI’s aren’t knocking, we get a second group in February and March,” Weiner said.
of recruits. “We try to wait until a week or two into the season,
practice has really started so we don’t look really sloppy in practice and the kids get a chance to prac-tice and/or play,” Colbert said.
Colbert and Weiner both agreed they focus heav-ily recruiting out of state, and Athletic Director John Ratliff said the results have backed that up.
“What’s interesting is about 75 percent of our stu-dents are from outside of New Hampshire,” Ratliff said.
Though coaches may try to reach out as far as they
outside the New England region is somewhat of a rarity.
Stephen Trinkwald can be contacted at [email protected]
Men’s SoccerOVERALL CONF. HOME AWAY STREAK
6-2 2-0 4-1 2-1 Won 3
Women’s SoccerOVERALL CONF. HOME AWAY STREAK
vs. Clark at Southern MaineGoals by Period Goals by Period1 12 2Total Total
3-5 1-1 1-2 1-3 Won 2
ClarkKeene State College
Keene State CollegeUSM
0 13 1
2 10 0
14
30
Field HockeyOVERALL CONF. HOME AWAY STREAK
vs. Trinity College vs. Southern MaineGoals by Period Goals by Period1 12 2Total Total
4-4 2-2 2-2 2-2 Won 1
Trinity CollegeKeene State College
USMKeene State College
1 31 0
0 03 3
41
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Keene State College athletic team records
at Worcester State vs. Southern MaineGoals by Period Goals by Period1 12 2Total TotalKeene State CollegeWorcester State
USMKeene State College0 1
51
121 1
1 02 3
VolleyballOVERALL CONF. HOME AWAY (neutral) STREAK
vs. Eastern Connecticut vs. Western New EnglandSet Scores Goals by Period2 13 2Total Total
6-8 2-0 1-5 3-1 (2-2) Lost 1
Eastern ConnecticutKeene State College
Western New EnglandKeene State College
20 1825 25
25 2313 25
03
31
116 25
4 25
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Men’s Cross Country
Women’s Cross CountryUMass-Amherst Invitational Amherst M.A., Sept. 15, 2012
33. Maggie Fitter 24:4147. Marie Whitney 20:0551. Erin Crawford 20:10
UMass-Amherst Invitational Amherst M.A., Sept. 15, 2012
8. Thomas Paquette 24:41 41. Chris Plankey 25:47 47. Ryan Brady 26:06
DALTON CHARESTEQUINOX STAFF
Hard work, persistence and ded-
ication are the exact components that allowed Gary Gardner to coach for team U.S.A. in the 2012 London Olympic Games.
An alumnus of Keene State Col-lege, Gardner is a former track
time All-New England standout during his time here.
Now entering his tenth year at the helm of UMass-Lowell’s Men’s Cross Country and Track and Field programs, Gardner recently earned a trip to the London Olympics as a coach to help guide former UMass-Lowell runner Ruben Sanca, 25, in the 5,000 meter run.
Gardner said he has been with Sanca since he recruited him out of O’Bryant High School in Boston, Mass. his senior year.
Once Sanca made the qualify-ing standard for the Olympics, he was chosen to run the 5,000 meter and with Sanca being chosen to represent the U.S.A. in the London Games, he was able to choose Gard-ner to be his personal coach. Gard-ner described the experience 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean as something that exceeded his every expectation.
“The experience was pretty incredible,” Gardner said. “Just walking around the village and the U.S. Olympic basketball dream team is walking around, Usain Bolt’s walking around and we got to meet Prince William and Prince Harry and Kate when they were in the vil-lage one day.”
Gardner said he even ate lunch everyday next to U.S. Olympic hero Michael Phelps.
“We had some company when some friends of ours from the States came over,” Gardner added. “Liter-ally Michael Phelps came in and sat behind us which he did every single day. They’re like, ‘Oh my god, that’s Michael Phelps.’ I told them that it
just became a normal thing. Look-ing back on it, it was a pretty incred-ible experience.”
Keene State College’s tenured -
try coach Peter Thomas coached Gardner during his college career at
Gardner’s career both competitively as an athlete and in starting his suc-cessful career as a coach.
“I was a pretty mediocre high school runner,” Gardner said. “I wasn’t a good runner for the col-lege level but coming to Keene State, Coach Thomas really took the time
to work with me.”Thomas said his relationship
with Gardner was great and remains great as he described the UMass-Lowell coach as a highly motivated and focused runner.
“I had a great relationship with him. I love him,” Thomas said. He added, “But he was an athlete who became real good through work ethic. He looks for kids who are sim-ilar, who are tough minded and are willing to train hard.”
Thomas’s training techniques as a coach seemed to have rubbed off enough onto Gardner. For other
coaches who have been around as long as Thomas, who’s been coach-ing at KSC since 1979, they started to believe the two were related.
Thomas added, “He is relentless in his pursuit of getting kids quite intense. You know, he reminds me of myself. Coaches who have been around long enough say, ‘Hey, how is your son doing?’”
The story of Gardner getting to the London Games had an under-lying factor to it that most people never knew. According to Gardner’s wife, Caitlin Gardner, Gary Gard-ner’s relationship with his athlete,
Ruben Sanca, is much more per-sonal. Sanca came to UMass-Lowell
born and Mrs. Gardner saw it as a special bond.
“The bond that Ruben also has with our family, it’s really beyond a player-coach,” Caitlin Gardner said.
“He’s really like our third son.”Gardner said that his relation-
ship with his Olympic athlete was really something special.
“A lot of the Olympic coaches don’t have long standing relation-ships with their athletes,” Gardner said.
Gardner added, “Ruben and I have been working together for seven years. We took him from a good high school runner to an Olympic athlete. At the time that’s probably the most rewarding part.”
Thomas said that experience was great for everyone, not just Gardner and Sanca, “I was very proud of him. It’s very good for Keene State.”
Caitlin Gardner said her hus-band does not only mean a lot to the
-gram, but also to their family.
“He’s just so dedicated, he’s hard-working but beyond that he’s just a really caring and compassionate person,” she said. Caitlin Gardner added, “He’s a wonderful father, he’s a wonderful husband and he’s a truly amazing coach.”
Gardner said he wouldn’t rule out coming back to KSC for a future coaching career but complimented Thomas’s great work here at the school for so many years.
“We’ll see. Maybe when he retires. Maybe I’ll be ready for my second career and come back to Keene State,” Gardner said. He added, “I still have a lot of love for the area and a lot of love for the school. Hopefully when he retires I’m the
shot in consideration.”Unfortunately, Ruben Sanca
didn’t qualify for the 5,000 meter
London Games. But the player-coach duo haven’t ruled out attempt-ing to get their place back to the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil.
Dalton Charest can be contacted at [email protected]
Former KSC athlete coaches on sports biggest stage, 2012 Olympics
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Torrey Smith showed up at the sta-dium tired and drained, unsure if he would suit up for the Baltimore Ravens.
No one would have blamed him if he didn’t. After all, his younger brother had died in a motorcycle accident less than 24 hours earlier.
Smith opted to play, and the second-year wide receiver caught touchdown passes of 25 and 5 yards to help the Ravens beat the New England Patriots 31-30 Sunday night in a rematch of the AFC title game.
Tevin Jones, 19, died late Saturday night in Virginia. Smith left the team hotel at 1 a.m. Sunday and spent much of the day with his family before head-ing back to Baltimore.
“I texted my mom when I got to the stadium. That was when I knew I was going to play,” Smith said. “She was excited about it. She said, ‘He’d want you to play.’”
With his teammates offering him encouragement and prayers, Smith not only played, but contributed heavily. He had six catches for 127 yards to help Bal-
“I gave him a psalm,” teammate Ed Reed said. “God’s in control, and God has a bigger plan than ours.”
Ray Rice, who ran for 101 yards, praised Smith for his determination and courage.
“He’s a stronger man than I am,” Rice said. “If I had to face death within hours of playing the game, that would be a tough decision. He’s got two families, and he knows we have his back.”
Upon arriving at the stadium, the familiar surroundings helped Smith get ready to go.
Ravens top Patriots with late FG
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