Morrisville State College • May 2012• vol. XLII • no. 7

InsideCampus

Opinion

Lifestyle

Softball team has high hopes for next

year

see story on page 7

Women’s lacrosse wins the NAC West

Champion tournament

see story on page 8

Founder of Chobani yogurt to speak at Commencement

MSC student new Vice President of SUNY Student Assembly

The Avengers has risen to life in 3D IMAX

theatressee story on page 5

Obamacare is there for those who can’t afford

health insurancesee story on page 2

Final plant sale of the semester starts May 11

see story on page 5

Jeffrey Dwyer, ‘15Campus News Co-EditorBrittany Tuft, ‘15Lifestyle Editor

Starting this summer, Mor-risville State College will have a representative on the execu-tive board of the SUNY Stu-dent Assembly for the first time.

Nicole Williams, the current Student Government Organi-zation president at MSC, has just been elected vice-president of SUNY Student Assembly.

The SUNY Student Assembly is a representation of the stu-

dents. It works to meet SUNY student needs, deals with student issues, and serves for the inter-est of the 64 SUNY campuses.

The assembly meets two times a year, in the fall and in the spring.

Her duties as vice-president include planning conferences for the campuses, attending all executive meetings, and filling in for President Kaitlyn Bleacher when she’s unable to make a meeting. Her job also includes visiting other SUNY campuses.

“It’s amazing. I feel quite accomplished,” Williams says about being elected. “It opens

the door for Ag. Tech. schools to be better, to say ‘I can do this.’”

“I will work on keeping the communication strong,” Williams said in regards to keeping Morrisville in the loop of all of SUNY Stu-dent Assembly’s actions. She is motivated to help change things at MSC for the better.

Williams spent many late nights-into early mornings working on her campaign. Many of Morrisville’s own SGO mem-bers helped her along the way. “I appreciate all their effort, I re-ally am thankful,” said Williams.

Scott Turner, who is run-ning for director of diversity for SUNY Student Assembly, plans on working under Wil-liams to fight for gender-neutral housing. The two work closely together now, and if Turner is elected, the duo will continue.

“I can’t cure the world, but I could help more peo-ple,” said Turner, who is the current SGO secretary.

W i l l i a m s ’ i n a u g u r a t i o n day is on May 29. Her term as vice-president begins June 1, and ends at the end of the 2012 academic year.

Correction: College unveils Equine Rehabilitation CenterBriana Foisia, ‘13Executive Editor

In the previous print is-sue a few errors were made in

the article regarding the new Equine Rehabilitation Center.

The CHIMES incorrectly stated that Cassie Clark, an equine student at Morrisville State College, led Purdie Lo-

pin Machine in the first swim demonstration. During the first demonstration Kathryn Rowe, an equine student at MSC - not Cassie Clark - led Modern Desire, not Purdie, around the pool to

demonstrate how swim training can strengthen a horse’s muscles.

Modern Desire is a stan-dardbred that was donated to the new program to teach stu-dents how to swim the horses.

Monica Bonneau, ‘13Senior EditorPublic Relations Office

Hamdi Ulukaya had a vi-sion to create a yogurt brand that would thrive off of natu-ral ingredients, specifically lo-cated in America. Seven years ago in 2005, he made that vi-sion a reality when he founded Chobani, which is now Ameri-ca’s # 1 brand of greek yogurt.

This year, Hamdi will be the guest speaker at the 101st Morrisville State College Commencement Ceremony.

Hamdi was born and raised in Erzincan, Turkey, and comes from a family with a legacy of dairy farming, as they have op-erated yogurt and cheese com-panies for years. Hamdi came to America in 1994, to keep his family legacy going by study-ing business. He earned a bach-elor’s degree in Turkey in po-litical science, and a master’s degree from SUNY Albany.

Having a keen eye for per-fection and quality products, he launched a feta cheese com-pany called Euphrates in 2002. A few years later, he really made a name for himself when he founded Chobani Inc., in 2007.

The company started out small, but today, over 1.5 million cases of Chobani yogurt are pro-

duced each week, which trans-lates into a success for Hamdi.

Chobani brand represents success and also represents char-ity. In Mediterranean language, Chobani means “shepherd,” which symbolically translates into giving without asking for anything back in return. Ten

percent of Chobani’s post-tax profits go to the Shepherd’s Gift Foundation, a charity that works to make the lives of people and the world, a brighter place.

In 2009, Hamdi was hon-ored as a distinguished 40 Un-der Forty business leader. In addition, he received the Jack

Avrett Volunteer Spirit Award from the American Advertis-ing Federation for his outstand-ing commitment to the adver-tising world of public service.

The 101st Commence-ment Ceremony will take place on May 19 at 1 p.m., in the Recreational Center.

Handi Ulkaya, founder of Chobani greek yogurt, is set to speak at this year’s Commencement cer-emony. Chobani is now America’s number one greek yogurt.

Photo courtesy of the Public Relations office

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Let's be clear on this: OBAMA did NOT kill Bin Laden. An American soldier, who Obama just a few weeks ago was debating on whether or not to PAY, did. Obama just happened to be in office when one of our soldiers finally found O.B.L and took him out. This is NOT an Obama

Katie Collins ‘12Journalism & Communicstions for Online Media

On May 19, Morrisville State College’s class of 2012 will celebrate its academic accomplishments at the college’s 101st commencement.

Although this is their commence-ment, seniors had no input in the loca-tion of commencement because the decision was made last May.

Because of poor weather in the past, administrators decided com-mencement will be in the Recreation Center. Administrators say it cost too much time and money to set up both locations.

A petition signed by 120 seniors asked MSC’s Officer-in-Charge, Dr. Wolf Yeigh to have the Recreation Center, as well as the new stadium, set up for commencement.

Initially he offered the unrealistic proposition that if all 600 seniors and members of their families signed a petition, he would reconsider com-

mencement’s location. But a few weeks ago, students received an email saying it won’t happen. He gave us false hope.

Although the possibility of contact-ing all 600 seniors and their families seemed impossible, I had to try. The problem, however, was that initially I was only able to find 120 seniors by walk-ing around campus and asking random people if they were seniors.

So now, I needed a list. But I couldn’t obtain a list of seniors.

MSCs Provost and Chief Operating Officer Dr. David Rogers said feder-ally mandated legislation, the Buckley Amendment, requires colleges to “safe-guard the personal and academic infor-mation of all students at Morrisville.” So on to plan B: contacting students through email.

I soon learned that students are not allowed to send mass emails to the campus. If they do, their accounts will be disabled. So… how was I supposed to contact all seniors?

Plan C: contact local newspapers. There was an article in the Post-Stan-

dard, http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2012/04/morrisville_state_students_pet.html and a letter to the editor in a print issue of the Oneida Daily Dispatch.

Plan D: I spoke at a Student Govern-ment Organization meeting, and I was pleased that people seemed interested. I even noticed that a few people had signed the online petition.

Not appreciating the false hope that Dr. Yeigh gave, and although I was told I could not send a mass email, I sent a mass email and I got a lot of responses and over 40 new signatures to an online petition I created on change.org. A les-son learned: my account was disabled.

I have considered the time and money, but I can’t help but think about the time and money students have put forth to get to this point—paying end-less fees for their education, caps, gowns, tassels, diplomas and soon, their loans.

I have heard last year’s commence-ment was beautiful. Knowing MSC’s staff and how hard they work, there’s no doubt that they will make the Rec-

reation Center beautiful. But as seniors look out on campus and see the green-ery surrounding our rural college, they should question where they want to walk May 19th: in the Recreation Center or outdoors in MSC’s new multi-million dollar stadium?

Although Dr. Yeigh has made his decision, it would be interesting to see how many students and their families would like commencement outdoors.

Grads only should go to www.change.org and type ‘Morrisville’ into the search box, to sign the petition. Please vote only once. Voice your opinion, because students should have input into commencement’s location.

Thanks,Katie Collins, ‘12Journalism and Communicationfor Online Media

The act provides some subsidies to businesses to control the costs of provid-ing employees with healthcare. Compa-nies are now more eligible for tax credits and financial aid for retirees through the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program.

By 2014, states will be required to provide health insurance exchanges, marketplaces where individuals or small businesses can choose from a selection of insurers offering different policies and prices and purchase insurance.

One questionable part of the act es-tablishes the individual mandate, which requires any person not covered by an employer health plan, Medicaid or Medi-care to purchase insurance from a private insurer or pay a penalty.

While exceptions are made for recog-nized religious sects and financial hard-ship, this policy could force people who can’t afford insurance but don’t qualify for the exemptions to spend whatever money they do have on pointless fees.

Still, the act is a step toward solving a serious problem, which is the fact that approximately 40 million Americans can-not afford health insurance.

The act has been passed by both branches of Congress. It was passed in the Senate in 2009 by a vote of 61-39, and in the House of Representatives in 2010 by a vote of 219-213.

Many state governments, individuals and organizations have gone to court to contest the constitutionality of the act.

The Supreme Court has not yet ruled on it, either. Hopefully, the courts will recognize that the act does not represent drastic change and regulation, but prog-ress towards providing more Americans with healthcare.

Matt Johnston, ‘13 Staff Reporter

The Patient Protection and Afford-able Care Act, commonly referred to as Obamacare, is a bill designed to make health insurance more available to Ameri-cans and hold insurance companies more accountable for healthcare needs.

Some Americans see the act as a step toward socialism, or the beginnings of a

transformation into a public healthcare system like that of Canada. But the Af-fordable Care Act is merely an attempt to remedy the problems in our current, private and federally funded system.

The Affordable Care Act contains several modifications to our current healthcare law.

Health insurers are now required to offer the same healthcare prices to ap-plicants of the same age, regardless of most pre-existing conditions (excluding

tobacco users) that insurers have been us-ing to avoid providing coverage for years. In addition, the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan provides government aid to those who have been denied insurance.

The act limits the amount of money insurers can spend on administrative, overhead and marketing costs, requiring them to focus most of their funds on providing quality healthcare.

The act abolishes most yearly limits and lifetime limits insurers have been setting on clients.

The act also requires some transpar-ency on the part of health insurance com-panies. A health insurance company can no longer raise the premiums of a client by more than 9.9 percent without explain-ing itself to a rate review committee.

The act abolishes most yearly limits and lifetime

limits insurers have been setting on clients.

Obamacare available for Americans without health insurance

Graduates should have had input on commencement location

Catherine Flood, Editor In ChiefCourtney Cook, Managing Editor Briana Foisia, Executive Editor

Silke Mahardy ....................................................................Copy EditorRoxanne Bailey .......................................................... Opinions EditorMollie Carter ...............................................Campus News Co-EditorJeffrey Dwyer ..............................................Campus News Co-EditorBrittany Tuft................................................................. Lifestyle EditorDaniel Moreno-Gonzalez ..............................................Sports EditorBrendan Shannon ............................................................ Photo EditorMollie Carter ............................................................ Online Co-EditorJeffrey Dwyer ........................................................... Online Co-EditorJacob DeRochie ................................................ Diversions Co-EditorJoshua Risley ..................................................... Diversions Co-Editor

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The CHIMES is a publication of students in the Journalism Department at Morrisville State College. Readers can contact CHIMES staff members in 101 Charlton Hall, through e-mail at chimes@morrisville.edu, or by phone at (315) 684-6247. Letters and columns appearing on the Opinions page reflect the opinions of their authors, and are subject to editing for length, clarity, and standards of decency.

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“When I first heard I’d be performing in Morrisville I didn’t know where the hell I was going,” Dev said jokingly.

“All I remember was waking up on the bus seeing a lot of trees,” she added.

This response wasn’t shock-ing coming from the mainstream artist, given her unfamiliar-ity with the area, but she still seemed very eager to perform in front of the MSC crowd.

She unknowingly returns to this side of town after perform-ing at the Lava nightclub in Verona, N.Y. She describes her experience there as a lot of fun.

Dev is currently coming to the end of her “The Night The Sun Came Up” album release tour. She said the tour has been quite successful so far, as she had the opportunity to perform some of her new releases.

“The tour has been great,” she said. “I finally got to tour for my album.”

Out of all the tour dates she has had, she said perform-

ing at home, in Cali, was really fun, but her most memorable performance on the tour had to be Boston.

“They sang every song, it’s like I didn’t even have to be there

for the show to go on,” she said.Her best performance of all

time came from a previous tour in London, she added.

“There had to have been at least 90,000 people! It was rain-

ing, I was nervous, I thought I was going to fall, but everything went well,” she said.

After all the performances, hours in the studio and touring, Dev gives a few words of advice to up and coming artists who may find the road a bit rough.

“Keep making the music and put all the B.S. to the side. The game is insane, but with good music will come good shows and good fans,” she said.

Campus Activity Board Chairperson Nathan Compton said C.A.B. was pleased with the concert’s success.

“The level of success wasn’t based on the turn-out alone,” Compton said. “It was based on the turn-out, how well the open-ing acts performed and how well C.A.B. members worked the event.” He said that Dev had a great performance; she got the crowd involved and even complimented them on custom Dev shirts and crowns.

“Matt Corey and August-Hill also had great performances,” Compton said. “Many students told me afterwards that they were great opening act choices.”

Singer Dev has great performance at MSC despite small crowdEnvironmental biology stu-

dent Sarah Maywelch from Cazenovia College said she had a great time at the concert.

“When I heard Dev would be performing here I couldn’t wait,” she said. “When I tried to see her in concert in New York City I didn’t get to because of a family emergency, so this was perfect for me.”

Compton said he was espe-cially pleased with Dev’s prompt arrival and interaction with the C.A.B. staff.

“She was really easy to work with, and she remained on cam-pus for the entire time after her arrival,” he said. “She was very laid back and easy going.”

Director of Public Relations for the student government organization Wendy Vair said it was a really good concert, and those who didn’t attend truly missed out.

Compton said for the future, C.A.B. plans to put out a survey on acts within the budget so students can have more options. For Mustang Weekend next fall, C.A.B. hopes to bring Juggler, Lindsey Gram.

Dev performs in front of a Morrisville audience Friday April 27 in Ham-ilton Hall. The Morrisville performance marked the end of her "The Night the Sun Came Up" album tour.

Photo by Brendan Shannon, ‘13 | Photo Editor

Marissa Felker, ‘12 Senior Editor

The Election Advocacy Panel addressed the Student Government Organization as-sembly on April 26 regarding issues with the recent election process.

Originally the EAP had de-cided that there was not enough evidence to support the claims of misconduct during the cam-paign that were made so they did not feel the need to address the assembly, current SGO president Nicole Williams said.

“We misinterpreted the con-stitution and realized that any complaints or concerns brought to the EAP had to be brought to

the assembly,” she added. There were several issues

of misconduct brought to the committee’s attention. First, presidential candidate Galen Morehead was said to have told people that he was running for secretary when people signed his petition. The EAP did reveal that Galen had admitted to this and had tried to correct the problem.

“He did get additional sig-natures,” Williams said. “Only five or six people asked to be removed from the petition and Galen got an additional ten signatures.”

The second issue was a complaint about how another presidential candidate, Megan

Collins, had placed her petition at the front desk near the sign-in sheet for the SGO meeting. There was a concern that some people had signed the petition accidentally, thinking it was the sign-in sheet.

“The sign-in sheet was over there (at the other end of the table) and my petition was in front of me,” said Collins. “I clarified to people what they were signing before they did so.”

A third accusation against the third presidential candidate, Sabrina Johnson, stated that she put handouts at the Norwich campus that were not approved by SGO. There was also talk that EAP committee member Van-essa Connally was campaigning

for Johnson, which is not al-lowed due to her involvement with the EAP. When the EAP reviewed the issue they found that Connally was actually cam-paigning for Morehead.

“During the first election I did not have anything posted in Norwich that was not ap-proved,” Johnson said.

There was also a problem with posters. Morehead’s post-ers were taken down and some-one was caught in the act but the resident assistant on duty did not document it. Collins’ posters were also taken down and replaced by posters of Morehead and vice presidential candidate Nicholas Feidt. John-son’s posters were also taken

down in Oneida Hall but the EAP believed they may have been placed in unauthorized positions.

“I was the one who put the posters in Oneida for Sabrina,” Conservation Tri Society alter-nate Ryan Raker said. “I saw Ga-len’s posters on the walls in the hallways and put Sabrina’s under his. Sabrina’s were removed but Galen’s were not so I spoke with the resident director and told him this was unfair.”

Also, during the tie-break-er, election posters remained in STUAC, which should have resulted in immediate disquali-fication of both Morehead and Johnson.

~continued on page 6~

EAP addresses SGO assembly about the recent presidential election

Catherine Flood, ‘13Editor in Chief

Q: What are your plans for SGO next year?

A: I have a whole list of plans I have made for next year. I plan to reform parliamentary procedures, along with launch-ing a campaign to promote the Student Government Organi-zation more. I want to show students more about what SGO

New SGO President Galen Morehead discusses future plans for MSCis about: what we do, what we are involved in, and what goes on in our meetings.

I would like to tweak guide-lines for clubs to attend meet-ings. If a resident assistant has a meeting and cannot attend an SGO meeting, it is not fair that they should be penalized. If they have a legitimate excuse, there should be more leniencies.

I would also like to utilize WCVM and The CHIMES

more so that SGO can have more media outlets to promote itself more. I believe it will be a good partnership.

Q: What are your goals for MSC next year?

A: When it comes to the Morrisville Auxiliary Corpora-tion, I would like to change how many meal usages students are allowed during the day. Students feel they should be able to use their meals whenever they want

as long as they do not go over their limit for the week. Some students have class during lunch time and eat at 4:30 p.m. and then cannot eat later on when they are hungry again. Because of this, students with larger meal plans are having their meals wasted, which is also wasting their money.

The MAC shuttle bus should also be able to go to the Nor-wich campus. Students who do

not have cars or access to trans-portation are at a real loss when it comes to only having the option to take specific classes. Some classes that are required for some majors are not held on the Morrisville campus and only held in Norwich. This is not re-ally fair to those who are trying to graduate on time.

I would like to update the blue light emergency phones.

~continued on page 6~

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Cartoon by Jacob DeRochie, ‘15 | Diversions Co-Editor

Artist of the Week previewJacob DeRochie, ‘15Diversions Co-Editor

Attention students, faculty, and staff of all ages. The new fun and exciting Diversions section of The CHIMES is starting up an Artist of the Week competition next se-mester for you, as an artist, to show off your talent.

The contest will include the submitted artwork of the top five people (editors’ pick) every week on the online page. From there, the top artist from each month will be featured in the monthly print edition.

The top artwork of the semester will be featured in the final print issue.

The art that is submitted can be photography, paintings, drawings, cartoons, graphic designs, oil and soft pastels and sculptures.

The guidelines for submit-ting the artwork are sending a picture and name of the piece to the listed emails below for review.

No obscene or vulgar im-ages, please. A name, major and graduation year is required and contact info (if needed).

All artwork should be sub-mitted to deroch381@mor-risville.edu and risley983@morrisville.edu. Please send the artwork and information to both of the emails listed above.

Cartoon by Joshua Risley’ 15 | Diversions Co-EditorCartoon by Jacob DeRochie | ‘15 Diversions Co-Editor

NO Henrey, you can’t buy hand grenades from a weapon smith.

Well why not!

Nerd in Real Life

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The Avengers “smashes” box office records in opening weekend

Horticulture students to hold final plant sales of semester

Flowers in the greenhouse, ready for the upcoming sales. There are 550 hanging baskets for sale

Photo by Jessica Reed, ‘15 | Staff Reporter

Jessica Reed, ‘15Staff Reporter

“People are sick of winter around this time of year,” said horticultural professor David Soucy. “It’s like a horticulture fever going on.”

At the end of the semester at MSC, the greenhouse is full of

to all of the plants at the end of the semester?

The vast majority of the plants go to two different sales at the end of the semester, Soucy said. The first sale will be held Friday, May 11 from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. This sale will con-sist of mostly hanging baskets. There are roughly 550 hanging

Out of all of the plants being sold, Soucy believes the million bells will sell the best. They’re a “real hot item,” and they are “beautiful and they’re tough.”

Next in line, Soucy believes supertunias, geraniums, bonfire begonia, and tomato plants will be the most popular at the sales.

“We’ll be selling a lot of the same bread-and-butter stuff we have for years,” he said. “Those are always popular.”

“We have very good plants and it’s very, very competitive to sell them,” Soucy said. “We have a lot of value in what we do, and we do our best to keep the prices down.”

Students in horticulture ma-jors are required to come back for the second sale even though the semester has already been over for nearly a week.

“It may seem strange to have the students come back,” said Soucy, “but the money goes back into the program.” He said it is a rough time for the campus financially, and horticulture is an expensive major. The sales help to put money back into the program.

If all of the plants are not sold during the two sales, Soucy said the rest of them are nor-mally used on campus.

Flowers from the green-house are even used at com-mencement. Flowers are pro-

vided to be put on stage during the ceremony. They are not donated, Soucy says. There is a graduation account with money in it specifically for the cause.

Not only do the students operate a sale at the end of the semester, but they also create floral arrangements during the semester for real clients.

“Wedding-wise, it has been a pretty busy semester,” Soucy said. He believes it is a great opportunity for the students to be able to work with real clients. He believes it is more beneficial for the students versus doing a “bouquet lab.” While working with a client they are forced to consult with the bride and the bride’s mom, and then they have to come up with ideas and

show it to the bride. After the meeting they have to make any changes the bride wants; in the end, they get more training out of it, Soucy explained

There is also an iguana in the greenhouse.

“We’ve had multiple igua-nas,” said Soucy. “They were all free from college students.”

The greenhouse is a sub-tropical environment, which is what an iguana needs to live. Soucy said a lot of school kids come through the greenhouse on tours and the iguana is nor-mally the “star of the second-grade tours.”

baskets and Soucy believes they will sell a good portion of them during this sale.

The second sale will be held for three days, from noon to 5 p.m. starting on May 23.

The second sale is held on these dates because it is closer to the outdoor planting sea-son. Plants such as tomatoes and bedding are all late-season plants.

flowers and other plants. There are tables set up back to back covered with plants, only leaving enough space for a person to walk between them, with a cen-ter isle. The ceiling is lined with rows of basket flowers as well.

“All that stuff has been grown by students for the class,” Soucy said. At the beginning of the semester the entire green-house was empty. What happens

A potted yellow daisy for sale in the greenhouse. Plants are for sale on May 11 and 23

Photo by Jessica Reed, ‘15 | Staff Reporter

Daniel Moreno-Gonzalez ‘13 Sports EditorJoshua Risley ‘15 Diversions Co-Editor

This summer’s chain of big budget blockbusters started with Joss Whedon’s “The Aveng-ers.” This action thrill ride has smashed into the box offices grossing $200.3 million in its first weekend. This was fueled by Marvel fans anticipating the hit since its tie-in, in the concluding scene of “Iron Man” (2008).

Whedon has brought to-gether several of Marvel’s super heroes which include Iron Man, played by Robert Downey Jr.; Captain America, played by Chris Evans; Hulk, played by Mark Ruffalo; Thor, played by Chris Hensworh; Black Widow, played by Scarlett Johansson and Hawkeye, played by Jeremy Renner.

The movie was inspired by the classic 1963 comic of Stan

Lee and Jack Kirby’s “The Avengers.” The heroes are brought together by Nick Fury, played by Samuel L. Jackson, director of the Supreme Head-quarters International Espio-nage Law-enforcement Division (S.H.I.E.L.D), to fight off a world-ending threat by Loki, played by Tom Hiddleston.

As the team gets together for the first time, each character is dealing with separate personal issues which hinder the unity of the team throughout the early parts of the movie.

With Loki’s attack and his plot to manipulate each hero, they somehow find a way to co-exist in the mist of the looming threat of world destruction by his army, the Chitauri, which is an alien race in the Marvel Comic universe.

Whedon did well intertwin-ing each character and their diverse personalities and man-ages to fit them into a perfect

storyline that satisfied not only the avid Marvel fan but the ca-sual movie fan.

“The Avengers” was domi-nated by actions, but was im-maculately laced with comedic dialogues and fight scenes, which brought fans to rave about it after the movie.

In one scene, where the team was in the midst of battling the Chitauri army, Hulk and Thor team up together in the middle of the Grand Central 42nd street train station. They kill off one of the Chitauri transporta-tion beasts and as they both stare down at their defeated opponent, Hulk intentionally pulverizes Thor out of the shot, which brought fans into laughter.

Along with breaking the “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollow-Part 2” three-day box office record by $31,110,573, “The Avengers” drew great review from fans.

RottenTomatoes.com post-ed a 4.7 out of 5 average rating for the movie by the fans, while the website’s critics posted an 8 out of 10 average rating.

As the movie goes into its closing credits, fans made sure

they stayed for any scenes that could possibly tie-in a sequel to “The Avengers.” In typical Marvel films, they did not dis-appoint, so make sure to keep an eye out.

“Avengers” debuted on May 4 in 3D theatres across the nation. The movie grossed $200.3 million in its first weekend

Cartoon by Jacob DeRochie, ‘15|Diversions Co-Editor

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~continued from page 3~“We were told, and as

was the case in the first election, that EAP would be taking them down,” Johnson said. “I did call ahead to Jazzy Joe’s to tell them to take mine down. I don’t think that Galen and I should be penalized.”

To end the list of mis-conduct it was brought to the EAP’s attention that More-

head was allowed to speak at the Norwich campus while Johnson was not.

“The EAP should be able to decide what is a concern and if it should be brought to the assembly,”Williams said. “I didn’t think all of these issues should be presented because it takes power away from the EAP and takes up a lot of time.”

Collins had some complaints about the reaction time of the

EAP addresses SGO on recent findings in presidential election

~ continued from page 3 ~These phones are located

across campus. The current phones are

out of date and are not handi-capped-accessible.

I would also like to launch an Inclusion Acceptance Tolerance campaign, also known as a “no hate” campaign. I would like to promote more acceptance in college for everyone on cam-pus. I want to get rid of the ignorance and show people that diversity is good and important.

I also want to change the

breathalyzing procedure for school dances. University police should not breathalyze those who are 21 or older. It is legal for anyone 21 or older to drink, so it is not fair to tell someone who legally can drink that they cannot drink before coming to a school function. It is under-standable if they are not capable of being in public and then they can be escorted out, but to deny them the right to go after only having a few drinks is not really fair. They should I.D. everyone, and those who are under 21

Q&A with SGO President Morehead on plans for MSC

EAP committee. “I sent an email on the 15

th(of March) about my com-plaints and got a response on the 19th saying that the committee would discuss it,” she said. “I didn’t receive anything until the 26th, after the election, so I was not given the opportunity to do anything.”

“There were some shady things that happened in this election I’m not happy about,

and I’m doing good and not flip-ping the hell out,” Johnson said.

There were several motions made, one that called for a revote with the three original presidential candidates and an-other that would disqualify both Johnson and Morehead, leaving Collins as president.

The first was passed and the second one failed.

After the first motion had passed, several members of

the EAP committee stepped down, unwilling to run another election.

In the end, all of the prior motions were retracted and a motion was made to move to the next topic.

There was a voice vote and the meeting moved forward leaving Morehead as SGO presi-dent. Morehead was unavailable to comment at press time.

should be the ones who are breathalyzed.

Q: How will you manage your busy schedule while also attending school?

A: If I have nothing to do is when I usually slack. Hav-ing more on my plate actually gives me a better work ethic. I always do my homework, and for example, becoming an RA has provided me with more time management skills. It will definitely be worth the stress.

Q: How do you believe you will be a good SGO President?

A: The first election vote count I received 114 votes and the second election vote count I received 241 votes. The votes went up, I believe, because I went up to students and asked them what they wanted and what their needs were. Some of my ideas are my own, but I am also trying to keep student ideas to light. I am speaking for the students. I want to work to make the student ideas come to life. It is my job to make the students’ ideas known to the administration.

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Softball team ends 2012 season with a loss to Keuka College

Former MSC student becomes youngest UFC ChampionFernando Quiles Jr., ‘12Staff Reporter

On April 21, UFC light-heavyweight champion Jon “Bones” Jones defended his title against “Suga” Rashad Evans at UFC 145 in Atlanta.

This was Jones’ 17th mixed martial arts bout and 11th bout in the UFC. No other 24-year old fighter has had more fights in MMA’s top organization than Jones. He also happens to be the youngest champion in UFC history.

Jones and Evans used to be training partners at Greg Jackson’s Submission Fighting Camp. In Dec. 2008, Evans won the UFC light-heavyweight title.

After losing it the following year, Jones was invited to the camp. At one point, the two fighters were good friends. Ev-ans told MMA30tv, “I will never fight Jon Jones.”

In 2010, Evans was sched-uled to face Mauricio Rua at UFC 128 for the light-heavy-weight title. “Suga” was forced to pull out of the bout with an injury.

UFC President Dana White made the decision to replace Ev-ans with Jones. After “Bones” won the title, Evans split from Jackson’s camp and helped start the Blackzilians. Jones beat Ev-ans unanimously.

This was Jones’ third con-secutive successful title defense,

Daniel Moreno-Gonzalez, ‘13Sports Editor

The softball team concluded its 2012 season on a four-game losing streak, losing double-headers to SUNY-IT on April 20 and Keuka College, April 22. Both teams are the top two in the Northeastern Athletic Conference.

The Mustangs ended their season with a 10-18 record, 5-15 in NEAC play.

Coach Tom Blackford said they were on pace to go beyond last season’s record, but key in-juries hurt their chances.

Senior catcher Cassandra Smith played through her in-juries and covered the plate in all games. Sophomore pitcher Jenna D’Ercole sustained inju-ries to her back and ribs.

Freshman pitcher Maranda Owens and senior captain Paige Jerrett stepped in to replace D’Ercole as pitcher.

Neither had any experience pitching at the college level be-fore this season.

“Even though neither Paige nor Maranda had any game experience beforehand,” said D’Ercole. “They surprised ev-

eryone on how comfortable they were on the mound.”

Third baseman Eileen Far-rell said she was impressed with Owens because of the way she stepped up and worked hard to help the team in her first year.

“Both did a very good job in finishing our 14 games,” Black-ford said. Both their teammates and Blackford were happy with how they performed given their inexperience at pitching.

The Mustangs’ season did not end with a positive win percentage, but Blackford said a couple of players were great throughout the season.

He said first baseman Kayla Walker continued to be one of the best hitters in the confer-ence.

Walker led the team in hits with 35 and was fourth in runs batted in with 11. She also led the team in defense with a .948 defensive percentage, recording 162 putouts and only 9 errors.

Freshman shortstop Sa-mantha Porter was a player Blackford said gave it her all on defense. Porter led the team in stolen bases with 13.

“As long as we all can work together and have confidence

in ourselves and one another, I believe we can be a lot better,” third baseman Eileen Farrell said. In her second year Farrell was second on the team in runs batted in and hits.

The team will be losing se-niors Cassandra Smith, Monique

Smith and Aryel Lawson. They will all be graduating this May.

Blackford said they were important but if players return next season ready, and with recruits coming in to boost the team’s pitching depth, the team will improve. They will then be

able to compete with the top teams in their conference.

“In college softball you don’t have enough time to prepare, with many games in such little time,” Blackford said. “It’s hard, but I was pretty happy with how the team rallied this season.”

championship with Iowa Cen-tral Community College, before transferring to Morrisville State College.

In his 2009 interview with Sherdog, Jones revealed that he dropped out of college because he wanted to pursue his mixed martial arts career full-time.

Just under four months after making his MMA debut, Jones earned a unanimous decision win over Andre Gusmao in the UFC.

Even during his UFC career, Jones has had to overcome ob-stacles. On Dec. 5, 2009 he was disqualified for using 12-to-6 elbow strikes against his oppo-nent, Matt Hamill.

Despite this, “Bones” was put in higher profile bouts due to his impressive performance against Hamill before being disqualified.

The bout that followed was against Brandon Vera. Jones came into the fight 9-1 while Vera came in 11-3.

Jones broke Vera’s orbital bone with a legal elbow. The fight ended in a TKO at 3:19 of round one.

with all his opponents being former champions.

Two more title defenses will tie Jones with the record set by Tito Ortiz in the light-heavyweight division.

The accomplishments of Jones weren’t handed to him. In 2006, Jones earned an NJCAA

Jones hasn’t made too many friends in his division. In the press conference leading up to UFC 135, Quinton Jackson said, “I like Jon Jones, I just think he’s cocky.”

The notion of Jones being cocky didn’t stop with Jackson. At another press conference, Evans said, “You guys think I’m cocky, but Jon Jones is ‘pray-to- himself ’ cocky.”

Despite the criticisms, Jones stays firm in his belief of show-ing his opponents respect.

The champion told Brian J. D’Souza, “My only goal is just to represent our sport in the best light, and to treat people with love and respect, and never look past anyone, and respect every-one. I pretty much let everything else take care of itself.”

Jones also has two brothers who are professional athletes in the NFL. Arthur Jones was drafted to the Baltimore Ravens in 2010 as a defensive end.. His youngest brother, Chandler Jones was just drafted as a defensive end to the New Eng-land Patriots for the 2012-2013 season.

UFC light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones defended his title against Rashad Evans at UFC 145. Jones is the youngest champion in UFC history. Photo courtesy of Getty Images

Outfielder Nicole Duchene drops down a bunt against SUNY IT on April 20. The Mustangs lost the double header as they ended their season with a 10-18 record.

Photo by Daniel Moreno-Gonzalez, ‘13 | Sports Editor

ATHLETIC NEWSWomen’s lax loses in NAC Championship, qualifies for ECAC

Men’s lacrosse team set to compete in the ECAC playoffs

Marissa Felker, ‘12Senior Editor

The women’s lacrosse team lost to Castleton College 18-11 in the North Atlantic Confer-ence Championship on May 5. They ended the season with a 13-5 record.

Freshman midfielder Shelby Wood led the Mustangs with four goals. The first three goals were unassisted, and the last was on an assist by senior defender Alison Falkenburgh.

Senior defender Hillary Hartnett had three goals while junior midfielder Jamie Ander-son had two goals. Sophomore midfielders Lesa Ward and Erin Rundle each had one goal. Sophomore goalie Danielle Puzio had 14 saves.

The team won the North At-lantic Conference West Cham-pionship on April 29 defeating Keuka College 11-10 in the fourth overtime.

“In many ways we had been preparing for this game since we

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The men’s lacrosse team clinched a spot in the Eastern College Athletic Conference playoffs as the fourth seed. They were to host a game against Medaille College on Wednesday, May 9.

The Mustangs lost to Me-daille on May 5, 10-9, in the Northeastern Athletic Confer-ence semi-finals.

Freshman midfielder Jack Martocello and senior mid-fielder Devin Maxwell led the Mustangs with three goals apiece.

Senior midfielder Andrew Stein added two goals and freshman attacker Jeremy Beresovoy added one. Senior goalie Michael Hinchey had 11 saves in net.

The team clinched the regu-lar season NEAC title April 28 by defeating Hilbert College,

lost in the NEAC Champion-ship game last year,” said head coach Amanda Nobis. “Mostly, we just tried to stay relaxed and focus on our game and the things that we know we do well.”

Ward reflected on her team this season. “Both on and off the field, our team has great chemistry, which makes five a.m. workouts and preseason

conditioning bearable,” said Ward. “We all know each other so well that we have little inside jokes on the field that can make you put aside your bad pass or shot and kind of remind you that you aren’t just playing for yourself, you’re playing for your whole team.”

Hartnett led the team with five goals and five ground balls.

Senior defender Hillary Hartnett runs in on an attack against Keuka College. The Mustang won the NAC West Championship tournament on April 29.

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Hartnett scored an unassisted goal early in the game and fol-lowed shortly after on a free position shot.

Her other two shots were unassisted and she scored the winning goal in the fourth overtime on a free position shot. Hartnett was named the tourna-ment MVP. Wood was named NEAC Rookie of the year for the 2012 season.

Ward followed with three goals and three ground balls. Two of Ward’s goals were unas-sisted and the other was a free position shot.

“They were all united and left everything they had on the field, not for the win, but for each other,” said Nobis. “They play the game for one another and success comes with that. Every single person won that game for us.”

Two goals were added to the offensive effort by Wood while Falkenburgh added one goal as-sisted by Anderson. Puzio had 13 saves.

“We make sure everyone always knows when they do a great job on the field, and try to correct the things that are going on,” said Falkenburgh. “As the captain of the team, I really try to make sure everyone stays calm and the girls really look to me to give them a motivational speech.”

Sophomore midfielder Tay-lor Smith led offensively for Keuka scoring three goals and tallying six ground balls.

Sophomore attacker Maggie Bonafede, freshman midfielder Kaycee Maguire, and freshman midfielder Olivia Hudson each added two goals. Junior goalie Molly Hogan had 11 saves for the team.

The team traveled to Mary-wood University in Pennsylva-nia on May 9 for the Eastern College Athletic Conference playoffs.

Marywood is the second seed for the conference while MSC isthe seventh seed. Results unavailable as of press time.

21-10. Ending the regular sea-son with a perfect 7-0 record.

Stein and Beresovoy led the Mustangs, scoring five goals apiece.

Martocello and Maxwell each added three goals, while freshman attacker Andrew Donoghue scored two. Maxwell and Donoghue each had three

assists to add to the offensive efforts.

“Going from winning three games my freshman year to winning in double digits the

past three is an accomplish-ment in itself,” said senior defender Tom Longland.

Martocello grabbed seven ground balls while junior mid-fielder Matt Fiore picked up six. Hinchey had 11 saves be-tween the pipes in 51 minutes. Freshman goalie Nate Bordeau posted three saves.

“Hosting the playoffs and clinching the regular season championships is pretty excit-ing,” said Hinchey, “especially because it’s the third year in a row.”

Morrisville also won the ground-ball battle 40-29, and was whistled for 16 penalties in the game.

“But it’s a whole differ-ent kind of season now,” said Longland. “Everything that we have learned throughout the year comes down to one game at a time. It’s exciting, it’s the best time of year, and we can’t wait to get started.”

Defender Tom Longland faces off against Medaille College’s, Brock Levick, in last Saturday’s champion-ship. The Mustangs lost 10-9 on May 5.

Photo by Joshua Risley, ‘15 | Diversions Co-Editor