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In light of the alleged rape of a SUNY New Paltz student on Nov. 1, University 3ROLFH 'HSDUWPHQW 83' RIFLDOV DUHstressing that students exercise caution.

Twenty-three-year-old Brennan G. De-brosky was charged with attempted rape after the New Paltz Police Department was dispatched to a multi-unit home occupied by SUNY New Paltz students at 5:30 a.m on Saturday.

While investigating, police learned that Debrosky was visiting a tenant of the home and attempted to rape the SUNY New Paltz student, according to the Daily Freeman.

University Police offered their opin-ions on safety both on or off campus.

Lt. Johnny G. Coxum said he believed students must always be cautious, whether they are on or off campus. He said he feels they should take the same safety precau-tions because both are the same environ-ment, so to speak.

According to the 2009 Annual Security Report, which is published to meet the re-quirements of the Student Right to Know and Campus Security Act of 1990 (now known as the Clery Act) SUNY New Paltz reported three forcible sex offenses on cam-pus property in 2009. The number of forc-ible sex offenses has decreased over the last three years.

The report also states that in order for SUNY New Paltz to educate students about sexual offenses, all new students are given a comprehensive orientation session on rape and sexual violence prevention and UPD offers sexual assault education and information programs to students and em-ployees upon request.

One of these courses is RAD which stands for Rape, Aggression and Defense.

The course teaches female students about situations involving sexual offenses and how to react.

We teach them not to freeze or panic during these situations, said Coxum. De-pending if a weapon is involved they may be able to get themselves out of the situa-tion.

According to the New Paltz website, RAD is a comprehensive course for women that begins with awareness, preven-tion, risk reduction and avoidance, while progressing on to the basics of hands-on defense training, and is open to students, faculty, staff or community members.2IFHU-HQHOOH.HOVH\VDLGVKHDGYLVHV

students to trust their instincts when in po-tential situations that lend themselves to possible sexual violence.

If you feel like something is not right, give us a call, Kelsey said.

Kelsey said she believes the best way to avoid dangerous situations is to not walk alone, be aware of your surroundings and stay in well lit areas.

Dont go off the beaten path, Kelsey said. Dont go behind buildings or bushes or places where predators can hide and eas-ily take you away quickly.

Coxum stressed that students should take advantage of the Police Departments Escort service, which is designed to bring

students from location to location on cam-pus if walking alone is their only option.

According to New Paltzs website, the service is available for students, staff and faculty at SUNY New Paltz and stops at various parts on campus.

While teaching students how to defend themselves is important, Coxum said the polices main concern is teaching students not to get themselves into potential danger-ous situations.

If you allow yourself to get into these situations, its going to happen, Coxum said. If youre not trained to defend your-self, most times, you are in big trouble. You may not survive.

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By Andrew WyrichSports Editor | [email protected]

UPD Encourages Cautiousness

PHOTO BY MATHEW JOHN JR.

SUNY New Paltzs Annual Security Report said the number of forcible sex offenses on campus have decreased over the last three years.

Do you want to join The New Paltz Oracle? Come to our elections on Sunday, Nov. 21 at 7 p.m. in Student Union 403!


The New Paltz OraclePg 4 NEWS

Senate to Remedy Appeals Problems

The 50th student senate discussed the potential amendment of bylaws at their most recent general meeting.

Webmaster and Chief Justice of Judi-cial Board Travis Nanek stood before the senate and presented suggestions aimed to prevent appeals like the ones made to senate in the last couple of weeks. Those include the appeals on Oct. 26 made by Invisible Children and Student Association President Jennifer Sanchez, and the Nov. 2 appeal made by the Art History Association.$IWHUEHLQJFRQUPHGIRUDSDUWLDODS-

peal by senate, the Art History Association presented its appeal to the judicial board. The appeal was approved in full by the board because the error was a result of mis-information, said Nanek.

On Oct. 26, the legislative body ap-proved an appeal made by Sanchez regard-ing a trip to the American Speech and Hear-

ing Association (ASHA) Conference in Philadelphia, Pa., where she and three other students will present selected research.

After being approved for the full amount by the Budget and Finance Com-mittee to cover the expenses of the trip, the National Student Speech Language Hear-ing Association requested money to go to the ASHA conference as well.

BFC decided to spread the money out evenly reducing the amount of money the research group was originally awarded. Senators decided that because their re-VHDUFK ZDV VSHFLFDOO\ VHOHFWHG E\ WKHASHA convention to present, they should be given the money.

In regards to Sanchezs appeal, it was suggested the senate should amend the bud-get so conferences have two separate lines, one for presenters and one for attendees.

In order to prevent another case like the one presented by Invisible Children, Nanek and the judicial board suggested senate clarify bylaws in regards to charity

events on campus.A few senators will meet on Friday,

Nov. 12 to research and possibly draft by-law amendments that will be presented at the next senate meeting to be approved or rejected.

During her report, Sanchez announced VKHLVLQWKHSURFHVVRIJXULQJRXWDZD\WRadd another line to the Oasis/Haven hotline because currently they only have one line.

Vice President of Programming An-thony Lino said last week SA Productions met and brainstormed ideas about the Dec. 4 show. Lino said collaboration with Na-tional Organization for the Reformation of Marijuana Laws (NORML) might be pos-sible.

Executive Vice President Eve Stern and Lino are encouraging slam poets, mu-sicians and bands to contact them for a spot in the Dec. 4 concert.

The next student senate general meet-ing will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 16 in the Student Union 418.

By Pamela VivancoCopy Editor | [email protected]

NewsBriefsNational

The Paterson administration says FORVLQJWKHODWHVWGHFLWPD\UHTXLUHcuts of perhaps 1 percent in every area including a midyear cut in school aid.

Budget Director Robert Megna says the $315 million shortfall in the current budget must be addressed by Decem-ber 31. Thats when Patersons term ends and Andrew Cuomo, a fellow

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In January, the state Senate may also be in Republican hands pending a recount of votes from Tuesday.

*****$ZRPDQFKDUJHGZLWKUVWGHJUHHmurder in the slaying of her 4-year-

old daughter in suburban Chicago told police she killed her child to prevent her from being raped and sold as a sex

slave online, prosecutors said.

Marci Webber, of East Nassau, N.Y., was being held Monday at DuPage County Jail on $5 million bond in the death of Magdalene Maggie Webber. Her body was found last week in an upstairs bathroom of a Bloomingdale town house. The childs throat was

slashed and the words divine mercy were scrawled in blood on a nearby wall, according to DuPage County

prosecutors.

*****A woman has been killed after she was struck by a dump truck in Milwaukee.Witnesses tell WTMJ-TV in Milwau-kee that the woman appeared to cross DJDLQVWDWUDIFOLJKWRQ0RQGD\DWDQintersection on the citys south side.

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PHOTO BY LAURA LUENGASThe student senate discussed how they would clarify bylaws in regards to campus charity events in the future.



WorldBriefs

International

Egypts antiquities council said yes-terday that New Yorks Metropolitan Museum of Art has agreed to send back treasures believed to have been taken from the tomb of the legendary

Pharaoh, Tutankhamun.

The museum agreed to recognise Egypts right to 19relics in its pos-session since early last century, the

council said in a statement.

The artifacts, which include a bronze JXULQHRIDGRJZLWKDJROGHQFROODUand a sphinx, part of a bracelet made of semi-precious lapis lazuli, will

be returned next year and will go on display in 2012, antiquities chief Zahi

Hawass said.

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HAITI is desperately seeking to halt a cholera epidemic that threatens to spiral out of control after reaching the capitals crowded slums, where 73 cases and one death have so far been

recorded.

The epidemic of cholera, a highly contagious disease, is no longer a

simple emergency, its now a matter of national security, the director of Haitis Health Ministry, Gabriel Thi-

mote, said on Tuesday.

Desperate scenes were described in the town of Gonaives where some 60 people were said to have died in the past few days, many of them villag-ers who couldnt make it to hospital as taxis wouldnt take them. Haitian authorities were warned to prepare for the worst if the acute diarrhoeal illness takes hold in tent cities crammed with

earthquake survivors.

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Supervisor, Chief Oppose Fund CutsAmidst the struggle to keep down property tax

increases to the Town of New Paltz budget, Town Su-pervisor Toni Hokanson and New Paltz Police Chief Joseph Snyder questioned the Town Boards decision to cut funding to the police personnel line.

The board heard arguments from Snyder Wednesday after a 3-2 vote was made at the previous budget meeting to remove funding for the personnel line.

A majority of the board voted to take out almost $138,000 out of the police personnel line, Hokanson said shortly before the meeting. The rest of the mem-bers who pushed for this think that we can eliminate RQHRIFHUSRVLWLRQDQGWKDWZHGRQWQHHGWRKDYHDdispatcher from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m.

Hokanson, who said she is absolutely opposed to the cuts, voted in the minority against them because she felt they would negatively have a direct impact on public safety.

In his arguments to the Town Board, Snyder agreed with Hokanson.

They talked about eliminating the night dis-patch, Snyder said after the meeting. I said, You cant do that. We have evidence, we have an armory in the station. We cant leave it unattended. Someone could break in and wed have some major issues.

Snyder felt the community may not be entirely in agreement with the boards cuts and may show opposi-tion to the decision. He said that when a town super-visor attempted to eliminate the police department in 1999 in an attempt to lower increases, the community came out in the hundreds in opposition to the pro-posed cuts and the town supervisor was not reelected.

In this years budget process, however, the town

supervisor is very much in agreement with the police department regarding potential cuts. Hokanson rep-resented one of two votes against cuts to the depart-ments personnel line.

$GGLWLRQDOO\6Q\GHUKDGOOHGWKHVHDWRIDUH-cent retiree in the department. Under the proposed cuts, he will not be able to fund the salaries and ben-HWVRIDOOSDWURORIFHUVORWVKHKDVRQWKHGHSDUW-ments current roster.

We have one person retiring this month, back-RZHG ZLWK D QHZ SHUVRQ LQ WKDW WK VSRW $QGtheyre saying that after the end of the year, they dont

want to keep that position, Snyder said. They said WKDW,VKRXOGQWKDYHUHSODFHGWKDWUVWZLWKRXWWDONLQJWRWKHP%XW,KDGVORWVLQP\EXGJHW7KH\QHYHUVDLGWRPHWKDWWKH\GLGQWZDQWPHWREDFNOOLW,WVnever been discussed.

Councilwoman Kitty Brown said that there was no joy in making the decision the board came to, but that it needed to be done. She said board mem-EHUVZHUHQRWDZDUH6Q\GHUKDGEDFNRZHGDQHZSHUVRQLQWRDUHWLUHGRIFHUVVORWEXWWKDWWKHWRZQVbudget could simply not afford it. She also pointed out WKDWZKHQEHQHWVDUHLQFOXGHGLWZRXOGFRVWWKHWRZQeven more.

She also said a night dispatcher is a position that many towns do without, and that a large percentage of people who have emergencies likely call 911 and not the police dispatcher.

Snyder, however, argued that it isnt fair to com-pare New Paltz to other municipalities.

Ive been here 23 years, he said. And since Ive been here, Ive heard the argument comparing us to other towns around us. But New Paltz is unique.

Ultimately, Brown said she and the other mem-bers have a duty to lower the property tax increases of the residents of New Paltz.

Its just not our money, she said. Another thing to remember is that this is a community of artists and plenty of self-employed people. The economy is hurting.

With only one meeting left for board members to make changes to the preliminary budget, a retraction of the cuts may not be likely, but Snyder is hopeful.

Its not over until its over, he said. Im go-ing to continue to express my feelings and opinions of what I think is essential for our services that we offer. I would like to have more public input.

By Justin McCarthyNews Editor | [email protected]

PHOTO COURTESY OF FACEBOOK.COM

Town Supervisor Toni Hokanson voiced her opposition to cutting funding to the police personnel line.

Houses Discuss Potential ChangesAt this weeks Council of Organizations meet-

ing, guest speaker Mark Balaban from the Counseling Center made an announcement about National Eating Disorders Awareness (NEDA) Week this February.

The Counseling Center is looking for more participation from clubs and organizations this year. Balaban passed around a sign-up sheet for clubs and organizations to table at a fair about eating disorders. Balaban is also attempting to garner club involvement in Fearless Friday, a Friday without dieting, which will be the last Friday of NEDA Week, and will sup-ply food for students.

Afterwards, Council Chair Shayna Bentley put up a Problems With Council? slide and had every-one split into houses in order to discuss their current problems with the council and what should be done. She also said there will be no more Student Associa-tion (SA) E-board announcements and instead, the E-board will give Bentley their announcements be-forehand so she can report the most important ones. Bentley said the Pakistan Relief Effort that SA Presi-dent Jennifer Sanchez is working on has been moved

to Dec. 8.There are three seats open for SA Productions

and elections will be at the next meeting. SA Produc-WLRQVZLOODOVREHKROGLQJDVPDOOIHVWLYDORQ'HFLQthe Student Union Multi Purpose Room and are look-ing for any kind of performances. Those interested should send an e-mail to anyone on the SA E-board.

Finally, Bentley announced that the SA E-board had recently attended a SUNY Student Assembly meeting. After talking to Purchase College, which has mandatory paperwork training for their club/group representatives, SUNY New Paltz SA has decided to begin this policy next semester.

After the Houses separated and spoke about their critiques of council, a representative of each house came to many different conclusions. Overall, the houses thought council was boring, ran long and could be bewildering for new members and caused confusion concerning dates of the meetings.

Bentley announced she is working to create a FDOHQGDU RI VSHFLF WLPHV DQG HYHQWV ,I VKH LV XQ-able to create the calendar, she said she will distribute program sheets for groups to list brief information and details about upcoming events. Bentley would then compile the information and send it out in an

e-mail. It was also recommended to spotlight a few clubs each week to say who they were, what they were doing and what their upcoming events were.

However, some houses said there were positives to Council, including self-promotion, networking abilities and social aspects.

Bentley then proposed her new plan for Council, which stated that it will only run to an hour maximum. In regards to club announcements, instead of spend-ing time announcing during the meetings, Bentley VXJJHVWHGDQHZLGHDRIOOLQJRXWIRUPVDERXWLQIRU-mation for upcoming events for clubs/organizations, which Bentley would then organize into an e-mail and send out to all representatives by Thursday of that week. She also wants to create a council board, where one representative from each house would meet with Bentley to discuss the concerns or changes they want made from what they gathered from their house.

%HQWOH\EHOLHYHVWKHQHZSODQZLOOEHEHQHFLDOfor Council, which she said has had many problems for a long time.

Council is supposed to be about you all and it hasnt been, she said.

The next Council of Organizations meeting will EHRQ0RQGD\1RYDWSP

By Zan StrumfeldFeatures Editor | [email protected]

SUNY New Paltz administrators announced that renovation plans for Sojourner Truth Library (STL) are expected to go into effect in 2011.

Designed to hold 250,000 volumes, STL has primarily remained the same since its completion in 1968. However, the facility now houses more than twice that number of voluma, said Dean of the Library Chui-chun Lee.

Despite a number of enhancements over the years, the buildings infrastructure has not kept pace with the current demands for electric power and telecommunications to meet 21st century aca-demic library functions, said Lee. Library reno-vation is sorely needed.

The project, which will begin with the re-URRQJRIWKHOLEUDU\LQ0D\WKURXJKIDOOLVbeing supported by funds from the State Universi-ty Construction Fund and secured as an additional state appropriation by legislators Kevin Cahill and

John Bonacic. Interior renovations of the library will follow in winter 2011 through 2012, and are estimated to be completed by December 2013.

In his report to the Academic and Profession-al Faculty on Oct. 22, Interim President Donald Christian offered an update on the library renova-tion project.

Christian announced that the planning for the librarys renovation is being led by Baltimore-EDVHGDUFKLWHFWXUDOUP$\HUV6DLQW*URVV$6*and lead architect Sandra Vicchio,]. Christian said both have extensive, successful experience in the design of academic buildings, especially librar-ies.

The design team includes Christian, Lee, several staff members, an academic faculty mem-ber who has coordinated ongoing input from fac-ulty on the Library Committee, campus architects and SUCF representatives.

Lee said that in 2006 the campus hired an DUFKLWHFWXUDO UP WR FRQGXFW D IHDVLELOLW\ VWXG\of library space reallocation. President Poskanzer

submitted the plan to SUNY as a capital project of the college.

,Q0D\VWDWHIXQGLQJPLOOLRQLQFOXGLQJPLOOLRQIRUURRIUHSODFHPHQWZDVapproved and allocated to renovate the library building, said Lee.

0XFKRIWKHUHQRYDWLRQSODQVIRUWKHOLEUDU\were generated from the feedback upheld by two separate surveys given to students and faculty/staff regarding the library, Christian said. In ad-dition, two student focus group meetings and two open forums were organized for faculty and staff to express their views on library renovation.

After taking the survey results into account, -RKQ0F(QUXH GLUHFWRU RI IDFLOLWLHV GHVLJQ DQGconstruction, said an almost-complete interior UHQRYDWLRQWRWKHOLEUDU\VPDLQRRUZLOOEHGRQHHe said it will include improved collaborative study spaces, updating power and data access in a new information commons, adding and improving seating, lighting - including more natural light, or-JDQL]DWLRQRIWKHVSDFHDQGLQWHULRUQLVKHV,P-

SURYHGVHDWLQJDUHDVDQGLQWHULRUQLVKHVZLOOEHDGGHGWRWKHORZHURRUV$VSULQNOHUV\VWHPZLOOalso be added to the building.

Third-year international relations major Jes-sica Prestia said shes glad that natural lighting is included in the librarys design plan.

0RUHZLQGRZVDOZD\VDSOXVVDLG3UHV-tia. Its just more refreshing than staring at four white walls.

Christian said the surveys displayed a stu-dent need for longer library hours. He said the results showed that students have interest in using the library until about 2 a.m.

We are talking about ways in the renova-tion that we can design passages and security so that students could have access to the information FRPPRQVRQWKHPDLQRRURIWKHOLEUDU\ODWHULQWRthe evening, he said.

Initially, environmentally-friendly options for the roofs construction were explored, but 0F(QUXHVDLGWKHRULJLQDO OLEUDU\VWUXFWXUHZDVnot designed to withstand the load-bearing needed to support such a roof. However, the new science EXLOGLQJPD\LQFRUSRUDWHJUHHQURRQJ

,QDQHIIRUWWREHHFRIULHQGO\0F(QUXHVDLGthe project will include the use of recycled and UHF\FODEOHPDWHULDOVLQFDUSHWVDQGRWKHUQLVKHVPRUH HQHUJ\ HIFLHQW OLJKW [WXUHV HQHUJ\ HI-cient exterior glazing, water conserving plumbing [WXUHVDEHWWHU LQVXODWHGURRI ORZ92&SDLQWVDQGQLVKHVDQGVXEVWDQWLDOUHF\FOLQJRIGHPROL-tion and construction waste.

Third-year communication and media major Josh Koopersmith said hes a bit concerned about the availability of the library while it is under con-struction.

Whenever I need to get away from my room and need to concentrate to get work done, I can always go to the library, Koopersmith said.

%XW DFFRUGLQJ WR 0F(QUXH WKHUH ZLOO EHcarefully thought out construction phasing, which means that while parts of the library are be-ing renovated, functions will relocated and avail-able elsewhere.

There is no doubt there will be some in-convenience, but one of our goals is to be sure that key library functions and support for students continues throughout the whole project, Chris-tian said. Services will be relocated within the library during this process, and every effort is be-ing made to minimize disruptions to our academic mission.



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Library To Be Renovated

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CONSTRUCTION

After three years of construction, the Old Main Building of SUNY New Paltz will re-open its doors next fall.

According to Director of Facilities De-sign and Construction John McEnrue, renova-tions made throughout the facility were fund-ed through the State University Construction Fund, with costs expected to be approximate-ly $25,000,000.

McEnrue said new electrical wiring in-stallation has been completed in Old Main, as has most of the heating, ventilating and airconditioning equipment and support duct work. The plumbing supply and return piping has been installed, in addition to most of the telecommunications wiring throughout the facility.

Interim President Donald Christian said adminstrators anticipate the building to be open again in one years time.

We are being assured that the construc-tion will be done in the spring, probably May, he said. Then, we can begin relocating into that building during the summer to be ready to support academic programs in fall 2011.

When the construction at Old Main is

complete, McEnrue said there will be 10 new classrooms, two new computer labs and two new education science labs. There will also EHRIFHVLQWKHEXLOGLQJ

McEnrue said this is a sharp increase IURPWKHSUHYLRXVQXPEHURIRIFHVDYDLODEOHin Old Main.

:HFUHDWHG WKUHH OHYHOVRIQHZRIFHVin the south wing of the facility which pre-viously housed an obsolete and abandoned gymnasium, he said.

7KH ZDOO QLVKLQJ RRU LQVWDOODWLRQnew lighting, telecommunication and smart classroom installation work remains incom-plete in the building, according to McEnrue. He said a new elevator and disabled lifts also need to be installed.

Old Main Building housed the School of Education prior to construction. After the project began, classes were dispersed in fa-cilities like the South Classroom Building (which will soon serve as a swing space for Wooster Science Building occupants dur-ing renovation), Humanities Building and the Coykendall Science Building. McEnure said 2OG0DLQVDFWLYHRRUVSDFHSULRUWRWKHUHQovation totaled 72,000 square feet, while the South Classroom Building only totals 20,000 square feet.

Students in the department said this is one of the reasons they look forward to the buildings return in fall 2011.

All of our classes are so spread out on campus now, said third-year elementary ed-ucation-English major Sarah Schmidt. This can be one space thats kind of ours.

McEnrue said because of the increase WKHQXPEHURIIDFXOW\RIFHVDYDLODEOHRWKHUGHSDUWPHQWDORIFHVZLOODOVREHDEOHWRPRYHinto the renovated south wing of Old Main. SUNY New Paltzs original gymnasium used to be located in the area.

Access to Old Main will not be available XQWLO WKH VFKRRO UHFHLYHV D FHUWLFDWH RI RFcupancy for the facility, McEnrue said. This will only happen when renovation is substan-tially complete.

McEnrue said the renovations will have a lasting impact on the campus community.

We are upgrading SUNY New Paltzs original DQGPRVWKLVWRULFDOO\VLJQLFDQWbuilding, he said. Our technology has to be state of the art because we are educating tomorrows educators.

By Julie MansmannEditor-in-Chief | [email protected]

Old Main Construction Nearly Complete

SUNY New Paltz has began the early concept and programmatic stage of design for a new science building, adminstrators said.

Interim President Donald Christian said a survey of students in science and engineering courses was conducted earlier this fall so those working on the project could get some sense of what students were interested in for the building. Though they must factor LQSUHOLPLQDU\FRVWLQJ&KULVWLDQVDLGVFKRRORIFLDOVhave begun to consider the design of the new facility.

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Director of Facilities Design and Construction John McEnrue said the new science building will be ORFDWHGRQWKHQRUWKHDVWFRUQHURIWKHFDPSXVVSHFLcally at the corner of South Manheim Boulevard and Plattekill Avenue. According to McEnrue, it is too early in the process to know the style of architecture that will be used for the facility.

Christian said the building will be part two-story, part-three story, to take advantage of views in the area. The survey showed that science students would prefer WRKDYHDVFLHQFHFRPPRQVRQWKHVHXSSHURRUVVRthey could look at the views to the west.

McEnrue said the new facility, which will have a gross square footage of approximately 80,000 square feet, will offer wireless technology, smart classrooms, seminar rooms and four new research labs. The build-ing will also house the geology, geography, physics, computer science and mathematics departments.

Facilities Management will consider incorporat-ing rainwater harvesting, grey water recycling, green URRQJDQGSKRWRYROWDLFSDQHO LQVWDOODWLRQDVGHVLJQpossibilities for the building.

Though the design is not yet complete, McEnrue said the new science building construction

is scheduled to begin in the fall 2012. Construction is expected to be com-

plete either in late 2014 or early

2015.

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is scheduled to begin in the fall 2012. Construction is expected to be com-

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By Julie MansmannEditor-in-Chief | [email protected]

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COMPETITIONStory on page 5B

While reading a book can spark a per-sonal journey, it can also work wonders on a community level, just as One Book/One New Paltz (OB/ONP) has continued to do in re-cent years. Currently in its sixth year running, group events and discussions will be underway from Nov. 12 to 20 for this years selection, Zeitoun by Dave Eggers.

Zeitoun, a true account chosen because of WKHIWKDQQLYHUVDU\RI+XUULFDQH.DWULQDFKURQL-cles the life of Syrian-born Abdulrahman Zeitoun after he chooses to remain in New Orleans and SURWHFWKLVSURSHUW\DIWHUKLVIDPLO\HHV7KLQJVgo awry, leading to questions of human rights, when accusations of al-Qaida involvement are made in the tale. Eggers used a series of inter-views and oral histories as the basis of his story. >=HLWRXQ@ FRQQHFWV HYHQWV IURPYHDQG

ten years ago events that occurred far away and events that occurred in our area in a straight-forward but nuanced manner that will challenge and reward New Paltz readers, according to a OB/ONP press release. [It] has been a popular

choice due to the timely subject matter, the lively writing and the dramatic story.

Suggestions are made by the planning com-mittee and accepted from the community during the program week for the following year, with the only requirement being accessibility; it must be a well-written, reasonably lengthed story that opens up a number of discussion topics for a wide UHDGHUVKLS7KHOLVWLVWKHQWKLQQHGGRZQWRWKUHHor four works, each of which is read by every committee member. A lengthy discussion fol-lows, and the choice is made.

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OB/ONP is the 2005 brainchild of Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach (CRREO) Director Gerald Benjamin, who was formerly the Dean of Liberal Arts and Science.

Gerry thought up the idea of a community read as a town gown activity, said OB/ONP Co-

ordinator Jacqueline Andrews, who is also the as-sistant vice president of institutional research and planning on campus. Since its start, the group has been working at its goal of promoting reading, while also building and celebrating community.

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As the son of a travel agent, Joe Gardner has always had one foot in London and the other in the air.

We traveled around Europe once or twice a month, said Gardner, whose mother receives fare dis-counts from her travel agency, and longer distances, to America or Asia, maybe twice a year.

Gardner, a second-year student from Englands Kingston University, came to SUNY New Paltz in Au-gust to study journalism and creative writing for a year. As an aspiring writer, he already has a rich stock of ex-periences to draw from: he has traveled extensively in Europe, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Egypt, Austra-lia, the Caribbean islands and the United States.

If his global learning isnt enough to pre-pare him for a journalism career, he also has valuable newsroom experience.

I did an internship at the BBC three years ago which was amazing, he said. They kind of threw me in at the deep end. One day I was putting together reports for BBC World News and the next day they let me read the cricket results for Australian radio. It was crazy.

Gardner has brought his real-world education to New Paltz, where he has joined WNPC TV, the cam-pus television station, as a business news anchor. He has yet to see himself on television because he thinks that it would add a new layer of pressure to the job.

Gardner has also been involved with the Queer Action Coalition (QAC) at SUNY New Paltz. At his

home university, he served on the committee for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) So-ciety, a group similar to the QAC, but his decision to study overseas this year meant he couldnt run for a second term. Gardner said that the QAC is more polit-ically-minded than Kingstons LGBT society, which is more of a social gathering.

Thats just one of the differences Gardner has noticed in his new culture.

I think the main difference is the drinking, said Gardner. If you go to a bar here, you go to drink. At home, pubs have always been more of a meet-ing place. I miss just being able to sit in a pub. Its such a big part of British culture. In America its more about coffee shops.

In February, when Gardner turns 21 years old, he plans on celebrating in true American styleeither in New Orleans or Las Vegas. A trip down south (which Gardner might time to coincide with Mardi Gras) would also turn into a musical pilgrimage. With a honed taste for country and Western artists such as Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton and Gretchen Wilson, Gardner has his eye on the musical capitals of New Orleans and Memphis. His New Paltz friends dont understand why.

The music down there is really good, said Gard-QHU,QGWKDWZHKDYHDJUHDWHUDSSUHFLDWLRQIRUFRXQ-try and Western music at home because we dont associ-ate it with the politics so much. When I speak to people at New Paltz and I tell them I like country and Western music, they always put it down and say oh, its just right-wing, Republican music.

Before coming to the United States last August, Gardner, a self-confessed city-lover, had already seen San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York and Las Vegas. Since August, he has added Washington D.C. to that list. By May, he hopes to have seen New Or-leans, Memphis and Toronto, Canada. Gardners com-pulsion to see and learn about the world embodies the true spirit of a journalist.

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Across the Pond, Across the GlobeBRITISH STUDENT JOE GARDNER PREPARES FOR A CAREER IN JOURNALISM

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Annie Yu: Where are you from originally? And how did you end up in New Paltz?Erik Tellone: Washingtonville. I started here in 2005. Something just told me to go here. Oneonta and here were my top two, and I passed by this school one day and just had a feeling.

AY: Do you have any pets?ET: Yes. Two dogs and a cat. Zoe is the one dog and the other dog is new, so I think her name is Cassie. And the cats name is Sassy. Thats right, they rhyme.

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AY: Looking back on your years here, whats a good memory?ET: Working as an RA and meeting so many people. Even still, thats the one thing that holds me to this school. All the different everything people, friend-ships, etc.

AY: Since youve been in the education undergrad program and now the business grad program, has there been someone whos inspired you and made your stay here better?ET: I worked as a TA last semester with a chemistry professor and that was cool because I got to see the other side. The professors name was Pamela St. John. Also, Chris Sgro was my organic chemistry lab instructor and I ended up observing him in Highland +LJK6FKRROIRUP\HOGZRUNREVHUYDWLRQVDQGZHYHkept in touch ever since. Its cool that Ive been able to keep in touch with professors outside the classroom setting.

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ART FEATURE

Carrying a Cause for the CommunitySDMA SPREADS GUN CONTROL LAWS THROUGHOUT THE TOWN AND VILLAGE OF NEW PALTZ

Instead of bringing people to the art, members of the Samuel Dorsky Muse-um of Art (SDMA) decided it was time to bring art to the people.

In partnership with the Village and Town of New Paltz, the SDMA opened an exhibi-tion in August entitled Carrying, made up of 50 signs dispersed throughout the community. Each sign within the exhibit describes the laws governing concealed guns on college campuses within a single state.

It was conceived as a public art project, as in art that should ideally be seen outside the mu-seum, said SDMA curator Brian Wallace.

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designed to assess potential public art projects. His next step, he said, was to reach out to Town DQG 9LOODJH RIFLDOV LQFOXGLQJ 9LOODJH 0D\RUTerry Dungan, Village Trustee Shari Osborn and Town of New Paltz Supervisor Toni Hokanson.

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was to encapsulate the authority that signs have in our world, she said. That was really emphasized when you saw it down in the town or on the Rail Trail.

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searched by the pair and included on each sign, Prown said a major goal of the project was to keep the community informed.

This is something we were both pretty pas-sionate about because we were both working in education at one time, she said. We know how fragile the educational environment can be. It just seemed like something we needed to take on.

Until Nov. 14, Wallace said anyone inter-ested in viewing the pieces should take a walk through New Paltz. For those wanting to see a combination of all 50 signs, he recommended visiting the SDMA for a complete set on display.

Even though both showings contain the same content, Wallace said each evokes a different feeling.

You can have a realization of just how big and complicated the world is, he said. The very same artwork thats made up of 50 signs in a mu-seum, it looms over you. But you get the signs up into the world and you feel really puny. Its very humbling. It puts the message into perspective.


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A visitor views all 50 signs from the Carrying exhibit in the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art. PHOTO BY MATHEW JOHN JR. PHOTO COURTESY OF BELSHEPROWN.COM

The Culture Shock Dance Troupe presented its annual Dance Evolution show/competition on Nov. 6 at New Paltz High School. The event, titled Kill Bill: Volume 3, drew hundreds of family, friends and alumni who came to support the dance team.

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We [dont only] do hip-hop, we do a whole array of genres, Armbrister said. We do voguing, reggae, contemporary we even dab-bled in Irish dancing before. Anything you can name, weve tried it out.

Having chosen Kill Bill as the inspira-tion for this years event, the dancers of Culture Shock Troupe stomped and swiped at one another in a series of deadly dance-offs. Dancers acted as FKDUDFWHUVIURPWKHOPDQGSHUIRUPHGURXWLQHVin a condensed mash-up of the Kill Bill series.

The performance didnt follow the exact lines of the movie, however.

We watched both parts of the movie and we chose what stuck out for us and then we re-vamped it, he said. We take certain elements out of the movies, but we make them our own, which is why this year it was Kill Bill Volume 3. We would highlight original Kill Bills, but we put our own spin to it.

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Grappone performed a number of routines with the Crazy 88, who surrounded her menacingly as they fought for O-Ren Ishii.

Whats interesting about this show was that as it progressed, if you were killed off, youd be-come part of the Crazy 88, said Armbrister.

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Many dance troupe members said they were proud of their ability to include other cul-tural elements into their routines because in previous years, the performances were largely hip-hop centric.

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before me, they said that this was the best theyve ever seen, Grappone said.

Alumni were present at the performance, in-cluding host and former president Angel Espada, who graduated last year.

Members of Culture Shock Dance Troupe said they look forward to the future.

Part of what we tried to do this year and what we want to keep doing is continue expand-ing out to different groups of students on campus because a lot of the time, the same students are coming in, said Caitlin Ryan, a dancer in the troupe who played a member of the Crazy 88. What were hoping to do is expand so more people get exposed to us.

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The Lady Hawks soccer season ended in disappointment after losing a sudden death shoot-out against Buffalo States squad. Despite this disappointment, the team had a better season than the last, with a record of 7-8-4 and a determina-tion to do even better next season.

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Bruley said the team will build off this experience for next year. While they faced some tough losses early in the sea-

son, Brittany Bennett, one of the team captains, said she knows the team have a list of accomplishments to be proud of.$KLJKOLJKWZHKDGZDVGHQLWHO\RXU

Brockport-Geneseo weekend. We really played well and showed our potential as a WHDP,GHQLWHO\WKLQNWKRVHZHUHJDPHVthat we were really proud of. We came together as a team and turned our season around, Bennett, a fourth-year, said.

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end, one that I probably wont forget. I have wanted to beat those teams, espe-cially Geneseo, for a long time, Cobb said.

Another highlight of the season was the addition of second-year Shelby Kon-

delka, who transferred to New Paltz from SUNY Plattsburgh and had a strong sea-son for the Hawks. Kondelka is expected to be a driving force for the team in the future.

Shelby Kondelka made a huge im-pact for us as a target player and goal scorer. She has great vision and ability on WKHHOGDQGVKHKHOSHGXVJHW WRZKHUHwe did this year, Bruley said.

Another impact player for the Hawks this season was their goaltender, Stepha-nie Vega.

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Bruley also said that there were many other players who contribute to the teams success, and it never seemed to be the same person. The ability of the entire

team to contribute towards success will be vital for the team and something they will keep in mind when they are focus-ing on making the next season even bet-ter than this one. But for now, the team knows exactly what they need to improve upon.

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Swim Teams Season Starts SwimminglyThe SUNY New Paltz Womens Swim

team recently began its 2010-11 season, and theyre hoping for streamlined success.

The team went stroke-for-stroke against SUNY Oneonta and the United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA) this past week-end, defeating Oneonta 118-87 on Friday and coming just shy of victory Saturday at 146-116 against the USCGA. Although the team received mixed results over the week-end, morale is high and the team is taking it RQWKHFKLQDQGPRYLQJWRZDUGELJJHUVK

The Womens Swim team, led by Head Coach Scott Whitbeck (who has held the position for three years), has many of the same swimmers from last season. Though IRXUJUDGXDWHGWKHWHDPDGGHGVHYHQUVWyears. Whitbeck said this year the team is better than ever, and it could potentially be one of the best that weve ever had at this college.

Along with the new and improved lineup, Whitbeck has changed the way the team practices and add-ed more dry land train-ing. He said the team has transitioned from a three day a week lift-ing program to a four day a week program where the team spends two days a week in the weight room and two days doing dry land techniques.

You can do a lot of bench presses and bi-ceps in the weight room, but will that necessarily make you a better swim-mer? Im really trying to use motions and things, to help develop muscles WKDWZLOO KHOS WKHP VSHFLFDOO\ IRU VZLP-ming, he said.

While tougher, this new style of prac-ticing has been met with positive results

and reactions from the team.

Fourth-year soci-ology major and swim team co-captain Allison Wells thinks the new training regimen has made the future of the team all the more bright.

Its more intense but I really think its going to pay off at the end of the season when we head to Buffalo for championships, said Wells.

According to Whit-beck, the team is formi-dable from any angle, with talented swimmers

OOLQJ HYHU\ SRVLWLRQ :KLWEHFN VDLG WKDWwith such a well-rounded team, the goal is

to live up to that potential during the sea-son, and improve every day.

With new teammates, its hard for any team to get things in order and get over the awkward assimilation stage. However, ac-cording to swimmer Becky Baker, a fourth-year psychology major, the new girls have been embraced by the whole team. Baker said the new swimmers have also adjusted to the unique form of practicing as well. Baker also highlights the close relationship between herself and all of the other girls, as one contributing factor to the teams suc-cess.

The hope of every swimmer is to drop their times and stay fast so that they can continue accumulating wins and breaking records, Baker said. With such a positive RXWORRN DQG ZHOO GHQHG OLQHXS WULXPSKcan only be expected of the Lady Hawks and Whitbeck seems to agree.

Were training harder than we ever had, said Whitbeck. Im happy with where we are.

By Ryan Patrick Hanrahan Copy Editor | [email protected]

Its more intense but I really think its going to pay off at the end of the season

Allison Wells



While the Womens Soccer teams sea-son may have ended in a penalty kick show-down on Oct. 30, Shelby Kondelkas soccer career is only beginning and coaches and teammates said the future looks bright.

Kondelka, a second-year transfer stu-dent from SUNY Plattsburgh, was the teams leading scorer during their 2010 campaign DQGDGULYLQJIRUFHIRUWKHWHDPLQKHUUVWyear with the Hawks.

Kondelkas explosive attack as a for-ward for the Hawks netted her nine goals on the season, which was triple the amount of goals that the next leading scorer on the team had.

[Kondelka] has a great ability to see through balls, and make the passes for the other forward to run on to, Head Coach Collen Bruley said. She is our playmaker.

Kondelkas road to success began when VKHZDVYH\HDUVROG+RZHYHUVKHVDOVRplayed travel soccer in middle-school and watched her sisters play soccer in college.

Kondelkas success this season was not ZLWKRXWLWVFRPSOLFDWLRQV.RQGHONDUVWDW-tended SUNY Plattsburgh but soon realized LWZDVQRWWKHULJKWWIRUKHUDQGVKHEH-gan exploring other collegiate options. Dur-ing this transition period, Kondelka was not able to play soccer and missed it. After visit-ing New Paltz she loved everything about it and talked to Bruley about playing soc-cer. After this discussion, Kondelka decided to attend SUNY New Paltz.

[Soccer] has always been a passion of mine, Kondelka said. I have worked so hard over the years to get to the college level, dedicating so much time and effort into playing and becoming the best player I could. :KHQVKHUVWDUULYHGDW1HZ3DOW]WKH

year away from soccer was still fresh in her mind. She looked to come back as successful as she had been earlier in her soccer career.

I wanted to prove to myself, my family and to everyone that I can still do it. It made me have a lot of determination and focus to make the team, get a starting position and be a successful forward, Kondelka said.

Kondelkas hard work and determina-tion paid off, and Bruley remembers teach-ing her a basic technique that allowed Kon-delka to become the player [Bruley] knew she could be.

According to Bruley, she stressed that

Kondelka needed to step to the ball instead of allowing it to come to her, which she mas-tered. After that, everything began to click.

Over the course of the season Kondelka took 28 shots on goal, which was second most on the team. She ended the season with a .321 shot percentage which was also sec-ond on the team.

Kondelka said her simple style of play and relaxed ball handling skills have allowed her to be successful. , DPQRW DYHU\DVK\SOD\HUEXW LI ,

can take a defender on and go to goal I will take advantage of it, Kondelka said.

As for the future, Bruley believes Kon-delka will develop into a model for the other Hawks by leading by example. Her quiet demeanor is something that Bruley believes will set an example for players on and off WKHHOG

According to Bruley, her mental state is key for Kondelkas success, believing Kon-GHONDZDV DW KHU EHVWZKHQKHU FRQGHQFHwas high. ,KRSHWRVHH>KHUFRQGHQFH@JURZDQG

RXULVK WKURXJKRXW WKH QH[W IHZ \HDUV ,Ishe continues playing like she did this year she has the ability to break some goal scor-ing records for us, Bruley said.

Kondelka hopes to improve upon her success this year and continue playing for the Hawks. Her goal is simple win a SU-NYAC championship.

I want to continue being successful here, scoring goals and help lead the team WRLWVUVWHYHUFKDPSLRQVKLSLQVFKRROKLV-tory.

ByAndrew Wyrich Sports Editor | [email protected]

Kondelka Kills The Competition

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Kondelkas explosive attack as a forward for the Hawks netted her nine goals on the season

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Hawks fans may have one question on their mind: is there anything the Womens Tennis team hasnt done?

This year, the team went undefeated in SUNYAC play, won the SUNYAC title (qualifying them to go on to the 2011 NCAA Tennis Championships), had their captain named SUNYAC Player of the Year, their coach named SU-NYAC Coach of the Year, and to top it all off, six of the nine team members from this season were named to a SU-NYAC All Conference team. Fourth-year students Stepha-nie Schara and Lindsay Garyn, second-year Kayla DiPaulo DQGUVW\HDU3DLJH0XQURHZHUHQDPHGWRWKHUVW WHDPZKLOHVHFRQG\HDUV$OOL(VSRVLWRDQG0RQWDQD:LOVRQZHUHnamed to the second team.

Captain Stephanie Schara has already been on the SU-NYAC all conference team in her college career, but said it IHHOVMXVWOLNHLWGLGWKHUVWWLPH,WWRWDOO\IHHOVOLNHWKHUVWWLPH$VDQDWKOHWHLWVMXVW

impossible to compare the feeling of winning your confer-ence and being number one. I have a completely different team this year than when I won my freshman year and made all conference, and the difference in atmosphere and players makes it even more special, Schara said. I think it really

shows how great of a coach Rob is to have an entirely dif-ferent team accomplish the same feat.

Garyn, a fourth-year who went undefeated with Schara in SUNYAC Doubles this season echoed Scharas senti-ment. ,WV VXFK DQ KRQRU WR EH QDPHG UVW DOOFRQIHUHQFH

because Ive never received it before. Last year I received VHFRQG WHDP VR LWV DZHVRPH WR QLVKP\ VHQLRU \HDU RQtop, she said.

Coach Bruley, the SUNYAC Coach of the Year, is no stranger to watching his team members gain success. In his 13 years with the tennis squad, he has led the team to four SUNYAC championship titles and has had 49 of his play-ers placed on SUNYAC teams. He is the type of coach his players never question because they know that they can trust whatever he says and take his advice.

Im really proud as a coach to see the complete SUN-YAC team get recognized in this way. It really adds validity to our program and shows how strong our tennis program is at New Paltz, Bruley said.

Even before gaining the accolades of SUNYAC All-Team members, the team has been training for the 2011 spring season. Not only that, but theyre already planning for next fall, which is important since the team will be los-ing two of its most important players, Schara and Garyn.

However, early training and conditioning will lead the team to become even stronger of a tennis powerhouse than they DOUHDG\DUH6FKDUDKDVFRQGHQFHLQWKLV

I have absolutely no doubt that they can do it again, said Schara, especially if they continue to work as hard as they did this past season.:KLOH WKH WDVN LV DOZD\V GLIFXOW ERWK 6FKDUD DQG

Bruley believe that this will be a continuing trend for the Womens Tennis Team.

Im always looking at ways that will give us the edge over other teams. In total we have had some 37 athletes PDNHUVW WHDPDOOFRQIHUHQFHRYHU\HDUV0\DWKOHWHVhave never questioned: why are we doing this this way? Bruley said. They trust my judgment and go with it and we do have a lot of fun with the program. It also comes down to recruiting, which other than tennis is the biggest part of my job. Like all the coaches in our department Im recruiting 12 months of the year trying to bring in the best players out there, without offering athletic scholarships, to our tennis program.

The Lady Hawks now have the entire winter to gear up for the spring and fall seasons and they know that they have WKHWDOHQWDQGFRQGHQFHWRQRWRQO\PLPLFEXWH[SDQGRQtheir personal and team accomplishments. Even with the loss of two key players, they know that they are ready.

By Cat TacopinaStaff Writer | [email protected]

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The free agent season began Sunday, meaning teams are now allowed to negotiate contracts with players across baseball. The likes of Cliff Lee, Jayson Werth and Carl Crawford will begin talking to big market clubs such as the Yankees, Red Sox, Phillies, Angels and Tigers and will all likely gain enormous contracts from those teams.

The Mets and their newly anointed General Manager San-dy Alderson will likely be in the shadows of this incredibly top heavy free agent class and will focus on plugging up holes with the goal of becoming a player in 2011-12s free agent class. This could include players such as Adrian Gonzalez, Dan Uggla, Da-vid DeJesus, Mark Buehrle, Edwin Jackson, C.J. Wilson and Jonathan Papelbon. That offseason, the Mets will be shedding the cumbersome contracts of Carlos Beltran, K-Rod and Oliver 3HUH] DOORZLQJ WKHP WR EHH[LEOHZLWK WKHLU SRWHQWLDO SOD\HUpersonnel moves.

While waiting for next offseason is the plan, the Mets real-ize that the current fan base is not a patient bunch and expects the Mets to be a competitive team next year. The Mets currently have many needs, and short term stop gaps could be helpful in creating a team that is at least intriguing next season. 7KH0HWVUVWQHHGLVWRQGDVWDUWLQJSLWFKHU:LWK-RKDQ

Santana out for much of next season, the Mets will be stuck with a rotation of Mike Pelfrey, Jon Niese, R.A. Dickey and two TXHVWLRQPDUNV7KH0HWVVKRXOGORRNLQWRQGLQJVWDUWHUVZKRcan provide solid innings each time they go out to the mound, and luckily this years free agent market offers a perfect solu-tion Jon Garland.

Garland was rumored to be a potential Mets option last off-season, but ultimately wound up signing with the San Diego Pa-dres. I was quite vocal about my opinions about Garland being a strong back end of the rotation candidate, and Garland proved me right. Garland did not disappoint the Padres, and was a driv-LQJIRUFHLQWKHLULQFUHGLEO\VXFFHVVIXOFDPSDLJQ+HQished the season with a 14-12 record and 3.47 ERA. While he ZDVQRWDVK\RUE\DQ\PHDQVDGRPLQDQWIRUFH*DUODQGZDVWKHGHQLWLRQRIVROLGZKLFKLVVRPHWKLQJWKH0HWVFRXOGXVHAt the very least Garland could become a solid No.4 starter that the Mets rely on for the next few seasons.

Another necessity the Mets need to address is the second base position. Luis Castillo will likely be with another club by the start of next season, leaving Ruben Tejada as the Mets only second base option. While Tejada is brilliant defensively, it is quite evident that the 21-year-old is not ready to hit major league

pitching and could use some time to adjust. To provide this time I would advocate signing either Orlando Hudson or David Eck-stien. Both are free agents this season and would provide the 0HWVZLWKDVLJQLFDQWXSJUDGHRYHUWKHLUSUHYLRXVVHFRQGEDVHmen. While Hudson, who played for the Minnesota Twins last season, has previously stated his desire to play for the Mets. He has two things going against him that make me wary. Hudson is getting older, and his production is dropping, which could mean giving him more than a one-year contract could be dangerous. Hudson is likely to cost more than Eckstien as well. For those reasons, I think adding Eckstien would be a wise move. Not only would Eckstien be cheap, he is a gritty player who loves the JDPHDQGFRXOGEHDVLJQLFDQWSUHVHQFHLQWKHFOXEKRXVH+Hcould be a tutor to Tejada while also being a perfect hitter in the No.2 slot in the Mets lineup. His contact rate is extraordinary, he never strikes out and could provide the Mets with the best 1-2 combo they have had at the top of the order in a long time.

Finally, the Mets need to add bullpen depth and a backup catcher. Alderson has already shown that he is unwilling to overspend on bullpen arms by not giving Hisanori Takahashi the three-year $15 million dollar deal he was reportedly looking for. This also likely means that Pedro Feliciano is not going to be UHVLJQHGE\WKH0HWV:KHQOOLQJWKHVHKROHV,WKLQNWKH0HWVVKRXOGNHHSDQH\HRQDIHZQDPHV7KHUVWRQHLVVRPHRQHI advocated acquiring last year (this is beginning to sound like a theme...), Joe Beimel. Beimel pitched for the Rockies last VHDVRQDIWHUEHLQJLUWHGZLWKE\WKH0HWVODWHLQWKHRIIVHDVRQBeimel once again proved that he is a solid middle reliever and posted a 3.40 ERA despite pitching half of his games in Den-vers cool air. Beimel would likely come cheap, and could be had for a one or two year deal and would replace Feliciano or Takahashi as one of the lefty relievers. Other names to keep an eye on are: Jon Rauch, Grant Balfour, Randy Choate and maybe even Brian Fuentes if his price drops. $V IRU D EDFNXS FDWFKHU WKH0HWV QHHG WR QG VRPHRQH

who could mentor likely starter Josh Thole. Thole became the regular catcher late last season and showed the Mets that he seems to have a future as their backstop. However, Thole is still young and having a seasoned veteran behind the plate could be helpful. The Mets could resign Henry Blanco, because he is getting old and giving money to an aging veteran may not be the wisest decision. One option that intrigues me is former Boston Red Sox star Jason Varitek. Varitek has not been great over the past few seasons, but he could provide the Mets with a veteran who could mentor Thole and could come at a very low price on a one-year deal. :KLOHWKLVRIIVHDVRQPD\QRWEHDVK\IRUWKH0HWVHYHQ

though some on the MLB Network predicted Carl Crawford

signing with the Mets) the team still has an opportunity to make small moves that could make the team competitive in 2011. One WKLQJWKDW,DPFRQGHQWDERXWKRZHYHULV$OGHUVRQVDELOLW\WRmake smart baseball savvy moves that will not come back to haunt the team. He proved it with Takahashis contract situa-tion, and it seems like the way the Mets do business has changed completely, and that makes me happy.

Cliff Lee Rangers Jayson Werth Red Sox Carl Crawford Angels Derek Jeter Yankees Mariano Rivera Yankees Vladimir Gurerro RaysManny Ramirez - Indians Victor Martinez Red Sox Paul Konerko Dbacks Adrian Beltre Angels Adam Dunn White Sox

Nov.7 Free agents can negotiate with any teamNov.16 to 17 GM Meetings, Orlando, FL Nov.23 Deadline to offer arbitration to their own FANov.30 Deadline for players to accept arbitrationDec.2 Deadline for teams to tender contracts to arbitration playersDec.6 to 9 Winter Meetings, Lake Buena Vista, FLJan.18 7HDPVDQGSOD\HUVH[FKDQJHVDODU\DUELWUDWLRQJXUHV

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WOMENS SOCCER SEASON ENDS IN NAIL BITING PKS : PAGE 11ALL PHOTOS COURTESY OF STOCKTON PHOTO

Tennis Players Land on SUNYAC Teams

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Womens Swimming Starts 2010 Campaign

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