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The search committee for the college’s next

will report to, has reviewed applicants and is now

President Donald Christian said the 15 committee

“They wanted to kind of test the basis for how

Chief of Staff Shelly Wright, member of the

search committee, said the search is progressing

newpaltz.edu/provost_searchThe advertisement for the open provost seat was

An interim provost was appointed after Christian,

The committee will reconvene the week

after spring break to review feedback and make a

creativity and oversee academic personnel decisions

Wright said these searches are following a

after the provost, who the search committee hopes to be

“They are pacing similarly to the provost search,

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prices of the New Paltz plan as compared to other

SUNY schools — New Paltz has one of the least cost

variety and professionalism with the dining services

rather have more freedom in dining dollars than be

Stern is trying to get the CAS board members to

develop a plan that will satisfy both the needs of the

aren’t treated as professional jobs — people don’t

Stern said she does not want to see the dining

said they might will possibly change the vendor from

Stern said she expects small changes to begin

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Campus Continues Search For ProvostBy Julie Mansmann

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One option explored was to only

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Dr. Tomas D. Morales, president of City University of New York (CUNY) College of Staten Island (CSI), was named commence-ment speaker for the 2012 spring commence-ment ceremony on May 20.

Morales attended SUNY New Paltz through the Educational Opportunity program and graduated cum laude in 1975 with a history degree, later earning his masters and Ph.D in educational administration and policy studies from SUNY Albany.

Morales became the president of the College of Staten Island in 2007. He has also held senior administrative positions in the Cali-fornia State University systen, the State Uni-versity of New York (SUNY) and the CUNY system.

Morales will receive an honorary doctor-ate of humane letters from the college at the ceremony, according to the SUNY New Paltz website.

The honorary doctorate is one of the high-est honors the school can present to a person and, prior to bestowing the distinction, the board must approve an “in-depth nomination

-didate.”

“Conferring an honorary degree on Dr.

he is an alumnus with an impressive record

in public higher education administration, but because of his service in various professional leadership positions at New Paltz for more than 15 years,” President Donald Christian said on newpaltz.edu. “Like New Paltz, Dr. Morales values the highest standards in recruitment, re-tention, instruction and pedagogy, and embrac-es a vision for diversity, acceptance and equal access to excellence in public education.”

Morales also serves on the American As-sociation of State Colleges and Universities Board, the American Council on Education’s Commission on Racial and Ethnic Equity, the Governing Board and as Secretary to the Board of the Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities and the National Information and Communication Technology Literacy Policy Council.

He has also been appointed by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to the NYC Panel on Education Policy, a member of the Board of Directors of the Staten Island Founda-tion, SINY Inc. and A Vision for Staten Island.

Fourth-year linguistics major Kimberly Kelly, graduating this spring, said she is not fa-miliar with Morales or his work.

“I don’t think anyone remembers anything

their speech,” Kelly said. “Graduation is a time

at this place that we stayed at for four years.”Fourth-year physics major Ryan Lynch,

also graduating in May, said the choice of an unknown speaker makes the ceremony less intimate.

“I don’t really see the point in having someone speak that didn’t have anything to do with our time here at SUNY New Paltz,” Lynch said. “I just don’t really see why we need a com-mencement address, and if we did need one, I’d rather it be from someone like the president of our school, or ideally, small speeches from the heads of the departments to make it more per-sonal to us as a group of peers, graduating with degrees and entering into the work force.”

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Thursday, March 8, 2012

NEWS BRIEFS NATIONAL

Mitt Romney said Wednesday he’s “pre-

the Republican presidential nominee af-ter padding his delegate count on Super

Tuesday.

An Internet outlaw’s decision to go to work for the FBI poured light on a secre-tive world where young computer experts caused havoc and where authorities say a Chicago man and others celebrated their successes as they stole hundreds of thou-sands of dollars with stolen credit card

numbers.

ROMNEY READY TO ROAR

THE BOILING POINTA man killed by a methamphetamine lab

over 90 percent of his body, and his death was accidental, a medical examiner said

Wednesday.

A POWERFUL LIGHT SHOW-

ward Earth and could disrupt power

MEETING OF THE MINDSPresident Barack Obama has met with Libya’s prime minister at the White House ahead of the nation’s June elections in a

DEFENSE SEC. ON THE DEFENSEDefense Secretary Leon Panetta pushed back on Wednesday against fresh de-mands for U.S. military involvement in Syria to end President Bashar Assad’s

deadly crackdown on his people.

HACKER CHANGES HANDS

Compiled from the AP Newswire

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Dr. Morales to speak at commencement. PHOTO COURTESY OF NEWPALTZ.EDU

Commencement Speaker Revealed

The response rate for the digital Student Evaluation of Instruction (SEI) — introduced last semester — was higher than expected, ac-

Associate Professor of Communication & Media Janice Anderson said the overall stu-dent response rate for the online SEIs was 71 percent, which exceeded the Academic Affairs Committee expectations.

“Our research prior to implementation indicated response rates might be much low-er,” Anderson said. “On the Academic Affairs Committee, we considered that rate to be high-ly successful because the old response rate, according to Institutional Research, was only about 80 percent.”

The School of Fine & Performing Arts had the highest response rate with 72 percent, according to Assistant Vice President of Insti-tutional Research & Planning Jacqueline An-

drews. She said the School of Business, School of Education and School of Liberal Arts and Sciences had a 71 percent response rate while the School of Science and Engineering held a 70 percent response rate.

According to Andrews, there was no dif-ference between response rates for courses with full-time versus part-time professors and no difference in response rates for general edu-cation (GE) versus non-GE courses.

SEIs lasted from Wednesday, Oct. 12 to Tuesday, Dec. 13. The average comple-tion time was 2.34 minutes, according to newpaltz.edu.

“5,830 students responded to at least one SEI,” Andrews said. “A total of 7,972 students were eligible to respond to the SEIs.”

Anderson said our generation of students is well-acclimated to online surveys and for-mats, so it was not as much of a problem con-vincing students to evaluate the classes.

The Institutional Research and Computer Services posted constant reminders when stu-

dents logged onto my.newpaltz.edu. Anderson said faculty statements such as, “Your feed-back really matters to me,” assisted in achiev-ing a higher response rate.

Anderson said digital SEIs save money such as printing and posting costs. They are also less time consuming and provide faculty with more expedited feedback.

“More timely feedback allowed me to change things that needed to be changed and continue new practices that I and the students thought worked well,” Anderson said. “This timeliness was very helpful from my view-point. I also liked that I could add questions to

classes that I teach.” Anderson said this feedback could build

an assessment form adapted to classes and con-

the 12 common questions, they are continuing to hear suggestions for improvements.

All results of the SEIs from past semesters can be viewed at newpaltz.edu/oir/sei.html.

By Katie KocijanskiCopy Editor | [email protected]

SEI Response Rate Exceeds Expectations



NEWS BRIEFS WORLD

Rescuers shoveled through deep snow Wednesday, searching for victims of an avalanche that destroyed a village of about 200 people in northeastern Afghanistan,

authorities said.

Anders Behring Breivik was indicted Wednesday on terror and murder charges for slaying 77 people in a bomb and shoot-ing rampage, but prosecutors said the con-fessed killer likely won’t go to prison for Norway’s worst peacetime massacre.

IT’S SNOW JOKING MATTER

GETTING OFF EASY?

THIS TAXI TURNS HEADSIt has all the trappings of an Egyptian taxi. The radio is usually tuned to the legendary singer Umm Kulthoum, whose robust voice is a favorite among cabbies. On the dash-board is a pack of Marlboro cigarettes. But startlingly, so are a stick of black eyeliner

and lip gloss.

On Yangon’s teeming streets, 2012 is theyear of Aung San Suu Kyi. Her once-ban-ished image now appears everywhere, on T-shirts, keychains and coffee mugs. Pi-rated copies of “The Lady” - the big screen version of Suu Kyi’s life - are the best-

selling DVD.

TAKING THE BLAMEAl-Qaida has claimed responsibility for a weekend assault on a military base in

nearly 200 soldiers dead.

SHROUDED IN SILENCE

look inside the shattered district of Baba Amr on Wednesday but found most people

-hood in Homs following a devastating

military siege.

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The 53rd student senate met for their sixth regular meeting on Tuesday, March 6, to review the projects the Executive Board and student senate committees have been working on.

Student Association (SA) Executive Vice President Eve Stern informed the leg-islative body about her conversation with the Dean of Students Linda Eaton in which she discussed the aspects of the judicial process on and off campus.

Stern also expressed her frustration with the manager of Sodexo, who has not returned her emails, and she brought up student concerns about the dining services which she plans to discuss during the next Campus Auxiliary Service (CAS) board meeting.

Stern also said she will be having a meeting to discuss the possibility of the LOOP bus making a new stop at a retire-ment community that may not be directly contributing to funding.

SA President Terrell Coakley ex-pressed his disappointment with the low turnout of straight males who attended the event “(Pause) No Homo” sponsored by Culture Shock Dance Troupe. He en-couraged the senators to attend the event TRANSaction on Monday, March 12, at 7 p.m. in Lecture Center 102 and to bring straight males.

“It’s the same thing if we have a pro-gram about racism and there is not enough diversity of people who have an issue about race as if we have a program about sexism and there are no males there,” Coakley said. “The most prevalent force is an op-posing force and I think the problem has to do a lot with not having straight males around for the conversation.”

SA Executive Vice President of Af-fairs and Governance Ayanna Thomas in-formed the senate body about the proposals the committee devised concerning General Education. They focused on revamping liberal arts education and engaging stu-dents outside of the classroom.

Thomas said the Constitutional Rules Committee (CRC) is currently focusing on their constitutional convention, which will take place on April 21 and 22. Students will have the chance to suggest changes they’d like to see in the constitution on April 21 and it will be reformed on April 22.

Vice President of Programing Lanesha

Bacchus presented to the senate the results of the Student Association Productions (SAP) meeting that took place on Monday night. Bacchus told the senate the contract with Wale currently is in the process of be-

on the SAP committee. Bacchus urged sen-ators to promote the position on the com-mittee.

-na Bentley informed the legislative body

as there already exists many literary maga-

campus.

Sen. Josh Simpson presented his re-search regarding transportation for edu-

-covered methods other schools are using to provide transportation and is working on possibly getting those methods into the

The senate also discussed its goals list and the progress they have made with the 12 current items. One goal, student repre-sentation in the library representation proj-ect, was taken off of the list as the library committee is already working on that issue.

The next senate meeting will be held on March 13 in Student Union 418.

Senate Leaders Share Their Thoughts

Student Association E-board members report to the senate concerning their objectives.

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A photovoltaic solar panel system was recently installed on the roof of Resnick Engineering Hall to be used as both an educational resource and an energy-generating alternative.

“[We] put together a proposal that incorporated solar panels on the roof that courses in engineering and general education (GE) courses use,” Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Mike Otis said.

Funding for the project came through a $60,000 grant secured by state Sen. John Bonacic through New York State Energy Re-search & Development Authority (NYSERDA). Otis said students will be able to physically access the panels on the roof and also monitor the data through a website or Internet-enabled mobile de-vice. There are currently 24 panels with a plan to place an additional 18.

Otis said the design for the panels was a collaboration between himself, engineering alumna Courtney Lin and volunteers. He said they also collaborated with a solar installation company called Sun-Wize Technologies based in Kingston.

Otis said some of the problems that exist with this type of sys-tem is that energy absorption isn’t continuous. On cloudy days and during the night, the amount generated is low. He said that for solar systems, they aren’t Stand-Alone, and for the one on the engineer-

Electric Company. “Some people use battery systems, but the lifetime of batter-

ies don’t last forever,” Otis said. “[They’re] falling out of favor. [They’re popular with] Stand-Alone cabins in the woods or in third world infrastructure.”

Otis said on a clear, sunny day the panels can generate 1,000 watts as opposed to a cloudy day where they can generate 200 to 300 watts. He said that’s a difference of “1/5” and the “electronics would compensate for that.”

Interim Dean of the School of Science and Engineering Dan Freedman said the idea to place the panels was “going around for

years.” He said this system gives students a chance to utilize con-verters, from direct current (DC) to alternating current (AC).

degree angle. The panels on top of the engineering hall are at a 20 to 25 degree angle, according to Freedman. There is a fear, since they

they were situated any higher. Freedman also explained, since the

Still, Freedman said if a situation like Hurricane Irene should happen again, it wouldn’t affect the solar panels because a 4 foot protective barrier exists around the Resnick roof.

The unique angle effects the energy output. According to an analytics website operated by the engineering department, the 24 panels have the potential to generate 8 kilowatts. The same website revealed that on Tuesday, March 6, a generally clear, sunny day, the system generated 3 kilowatts. Freedman said it has the potential to peak at 4 or 5. When the additional 18 are placed, the number will jump from 8 to 16 kilowatt potential.

Freedman said that the 8 kilowatts represents enough energy

further, he said 4 kilowatts can provide a residential house with between 70 and 80 percent of its energy usage. However, he said residential areas usually have slanted roofs which are better situated for operating solar panels.

The kilowatt potential “is entirely based on space,” Freedman said.

Students within the School of Science and Engineering had a positive response to the photovoltaic system and thought it would offer them useful and relevant experience.

Fourth-year electrical engineering major Julian de la Rua said the system will provide him with relevant data that he can compare to a current project he is working on.

“I’m doing a senior engineering design that includes solar panels and having some right in our building allows me to make several tests that weren’t possible before,” he said. “In addition,

the department offers a GE course on renewable energy that covers solar power thoroughly and will now have the chance of showing a working installation to its students.”

The renewable energy GE course will be taught by Otis. Fourth-year computer engineering major Robert Fogel, president of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers at New Paltz and vice president of Eta Kappa Nu (electrical and computer engi-neering honor society chapter), said gaining experience with a tan-gible system will give students an edge.

“Getting experience with solar panels that are actually hooked up to the system will give students a great edge over others who have only done work in a lab with a smaller and likely less powerful solar panel,” he said.

The switch to a “renewable, safe and healthier energy source” is ideal and the system of solar panels is a great start, according to Fogel.

Meanwhile, Otis said if anything should go wrong with the

He said that they are also easily accessible and it would be obvious if something was broken because there’s a “web-based maintaining system.”

The actual installation of the panels went quickly, but con--

tween paying gigs, according to Freedman. There were about three signoffs required to build and connect the system from members of Central Hudson, a structural team and solar installers.

The system has a 25-year lifetime expectancy, and the payback is expected between the 10- and 15-year mark, in part to New York state incentives. Freedman said overall, the system will generate $1,000 a year in electricity and will offset a coal burning plant that releases 6,000 kilograms of Carbon Dioxide into the atmosphere.

The Athletic and Wellness Center currently has a solar panel system on its roof but it is much larger than the one on Resnick.

“It’s absolutely critical to move to alternative energy, both for obvious and compelling reasons,” Freedman said. “[We’re] going to run out of hydrocarbons, the supply is not inexhaustible.”

A photovoltaic solar system was recently installed on the roof of the Resnick Engineering Hall where it will be used as both an educational model and energy-generating alternative.


Solar Panels Installed On Resnick Roof

On Thursday, March 1, SUNY New Paltz

professors held a panel in the Coykendall Science

Building (CSB) auditorium discussing the social

The practice, commonly referred to as frack-

and into naturally-occurring fractures in shale, re-

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Geology Assistant Professor Alexander Bar-

natural gas prices, there were approximately $205

The Marcellus Shale is “at its thickest in the

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The panel explained although the area that

would undergo the process is too deep to affect

drinking water, there are a host of other problems

pumped down to release it, there is no pumping

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cause it is under pressure from the thousands of

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around it, or between different sections of the pipe

Produced along with the natural gas is “waste

“Problems with this are that there are natural

contaminant (sic) within the shale itself, besides

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Professor Brian Obach, chair of the sociol-

“They suggest that natural gas is some kind

the truth;; natural gas is a detour, not a bridge, to a

Obach said although fossil fuels seem inex-

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fossil fuels which can lead to the increase of the

make the production (and purchase) of fossil fuels

up in the pricing of fossil fuels as these sources

of fuel become more scarce and therefore will be

Lipson spoke about peak oil, saying that the Inter-

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tion of fossil fuels from known sources peaked in

“The bounty was last century, this century is

Lipson said he sees fracking as an act of des-

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left is the less energy-dense material that requires

ingredient for fertilizers in industrial farming, and

our current population is not sustainable without

The problem, Lipson said, is that “political

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What the political leaders should be doing

instead is “calling for a slow, planned contraction

of their economy towards more local and resilient

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much fewer of us on the planet when that



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Professors Analyze Hydraulic Fracturing

On Friday, March 2, SUNY New Paltz pro-

fessors discussed transgender issues as part of a

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The panel titled, “Women Passing as Men:

play tells the story of a transgender woman from

Italy who comes to New Zealand in pursuit of a

Professor and Assistant Chair of the theater

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of the panel included Karl Bryant from the so-

Gonzalez from theater arts, Morgan Gwenwald,

Library, and Susan Lewis of the history depart-

directed the play while Kitsakos composed the

Kitsakos said the idea for hosting a panel

“The department is committed to interdis-

ciplinary discourse and, in that regard, we try to

Panel members were selected based on their

knowledge of the issue and how their areas of

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derstanding of transgender persons and the strug-

what the topics should be and how they should

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duction with the department of history, sociology

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was an important person in gathering necessary

“She was instrumental in gaining us access

to documents, photographs and other ephemera

Lewis conducted research alongside Gwen-

wald while the play was being produced at New

at transgender history, the research she and Gw-

where, instead of taking off your clothes, women

would dress as men and it was all about acting

dressing as men but little documentation about

three times as much as a man than you could as

larger than many other interdisciplinary panel

Play Inspires Transgender Issue Panel Discussion

By Roger GilsonStaff Writer | [email protected]

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Sen. Jonathan Espinosa decided not to move for-ward with the proposal he made during a senate meeting to raise the student activity fee after learning that raising it would be a state-wide, rather than an exclusively local issue.

“There are more pressing issues on campus right now,” said Espinosa. “I think [this] would be a great cause but too time consuming at this moment.”

Espinosa initially wanted to raise the mandatory stu-dent activity fee because he wanted the revenue brought in from that fee to fund more college programs and events.

On all SUNY campuses, student activities and extra-curricular programs are funded by the mandatory student activity fee.

At SUNY New Paltz, the fee is used to fund pro-grams and services such as the New Paltz LOOP, The Children’s Center and campus student television, said Director of Student Activities and Union Services Mi-chael Patterson.

Students at SUNY New Paltz are paying the state’s maximum mandatory student activity fee which is $100 per semester, or $200 an academic year. The state maxi-mum is something the SUNY Student Assembly, an organization where SUNY students can participate in

university-wide governance, has input on. According to SUNY Central, SUNY New Paltz was

-mum amount in the 2004-05 academic year. Before go-ing to the maximum amount, SUNY New Paltz students

year for student activity fees. Patterson said SUNY New Paltz currently requires

its students to pay the state maximum for student activ-ity fees.

“Even if Jonathan and the Student Association want-ed to raise the student activity fee there are current reg-ulations that prevent them from raising it higher,” said Patterson.

Although it’s possible, raising the activity fee would not be an easy task. Patterson said all speculation would have to go to the Student Assembly.

The Student Association would have to go to the Student Assembly, a collection of representatives from all SUNYs, and if they endorsed Student Association’s proposal, the Student Assembly would then have to make a recommendation to the chancellor to raise the fee.

He said this would take a “very long time” since Student Assembly only meets twice during the academic year. This means that increasing the activity fee would not happen immediately.

Raising the fee would also be tough because Student

Association’s on all SUNY campuses must have an input since this change would affect their schools as well, said Patterson.

“It’s a double-edged sword because Student Asso-ciation could do more and provide more service [with an increase in the student activity fee],” said Patterson.

money … [during] a tough economic climate.”The activity fee is set by students on this campus and

it’s the only fee students have control over. They will be able to determine the cost of the student activity fee in the upcoming Student Association E-board elections. By SUNY regulations, students must vote on a referendum.

Every two years, or every fourth election, students are able to vote on whether or not they want to lower the student activity fee or keep it the same. About 10 to 12 percent of the student population must vote, according to Patterson.

In the Student Association constitution it states that, “The majority vote of the students will be held binding on the Student Association. The Student Association will honor the reasons for which the students changed the ac-tivity fee.”

In the event students vote to lower the activity fee, Patterson said although it would save students some money it could also mean there would not be enough money to support various organizations and services.

By Jaleesa Baulkman Copy Editor | [email protected]

Proposal To Raise Activity Fee Abandoned

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A New Paltz student and survivor of rape is taking a leap to raise money and awareness for the topic.

Sabrina Kowaleski, a fourth-year English major, was raped twice in the past year, once by her boyfriend of two years and the other by an acquaintance.

“When it happened, I was in shock. I didn’t know

happened,” Kowaleski said. “Through talking with my friends about what had happened I was able to pro-cess it somewhat and put a name to what he had done: rape.”

Aside from getting her story out there and in-forming the masses, Kowaleski is participating in the event “Operation Freefall: The Two-Mile High Stand Against Sexual Assault 2012” by doing the tandem skydiving jump as a part of the healing process.

The event was started in 2001 by the founder of

Speaking Out Against Racism (SOAR), Kellie Greene, as a means of raising money and drawing attention to the problem of rape. Operation Freefall occurs the last Saturday in April of every year. SOAR uses the funds

media and the public about sexual violence. While there are several rape defense classes across

the country that teach women how to be cautious, Kowaleski said there are not enough programs to in-form men and how to prevent attacks from occurring. She hopes to help raise awareness for this cause and educate others.

“Girls shouldn’t have to try to not get raped;; rath-er people should just not be rapists,” Kowaleski said. “Society tends to hold the belief that rape is when a stranger attacks a girl in a dark alley with a weapon. However, though statistics vary, 80 to 90 percent of rape victims knew their attackers.”

She said the current local outlets are under-edu-cated when it comes to sexual assault and rape and she

wants to make sure this doesn’t continue. After her or-deal, Kowaleski sought help from the Campus Coun-seling Center and said they placed the blame on her.

“At a time when I needed support and comfort, I was made to feel worse about an already terrible situa-tion,” Kowaleski said. “Which is why I am now striv-ing to help others in the hopes that they will not be treated the way that I was.”

To join the jump, each participant must raise a minimum of $850 prior to April 9. All proceeds go to helping victims of rape. They said they use the money to increase local support for survivors, risk reduction and prosecution information to communities, better

-dents, the media and public about sexual violence.

Last year, 77 people participated and total pledges raised were $76,252.40. She is currently at $240 out of her $850 minimum and said her personal fundraising site is

Leap Of Faith

STUDENT PROMOTES SEXUAL ASSAULT

AWARENESS THROUGH OPERATION FREEFALL

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New Paltz Goes Viral FACEBOOK PAGE TAKES CAMPUS BY STORM Oh, you haven’t heard of New Paltz Memes? You

must be new. At least that’s the way things have worked out for the

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ed the the page after seeing other colleges (like SUNY Geneseo) making similar pages.

Cohen said the memes featured on the page bring students in the campus community together through its digs at the inedibility of the food in Hasbrouck Dining Hall, the water quality of the Gunk and other staples of the campus.

“Just from making this page, I’ve already received friend requests and in only two days the page has gotten over a 1,000 likes. This means people are inviting friends who are inviting other friends and so on,” Cohen said. “It also brings together people who stand up for the same things.”

Through bonding over shared New Paltz experienc-es, students have found the community within the social networking site.

puns and each of them has their own social theme,” con--

-ted memes about the library and what occurred while she was there. Pry said she feels the memes on the page are funny, for the most part, and generally accurate .

“Not all of them make sense to me, but that’s be-cause some people post things that aren’t universal expe-riences to everyone on the campus,” Pry said. “Consider-ing they’re being posted by the students in the campus

knows the campus better than the students who live on it?”

A meme helps carry out and spread cultural ideas and extremes from one person to another and by posting

these school-centric memes online, it gives insight into the way students see their campus, Cohen said.

However, Cohen said he struggled with moderating the site, keeping up with the submitted memes and taking down ones he felt were inappropriate.

One incident was when Cohen encountered memes related to a reported crime on campus in which po-lice said an 18-year-old SUNY New Paltz student was charged with kidnapping and assault after holding stu-dents hostage in Deyo Hall with a katana-style sword.

Cohen said he removed memes related to the inci-dent, as they targeted an individual rather than actually

-gether in disapproval of these more personal memes.

“I believe that the environment that I am fostering

about common things together,” Cohen said. “I think that the memes that actually have thought and real humor be-hind them are very, very funny.”

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COPY DESK

COOKOFF:

There’s nothing better than waking up in the morning to a delicious breakfast feast. Every morning I get out of bed dreaming of chocolate chip pancakes drenched in real Vermont maple syrup, steaming scrambled eggs covered in cheese complimented with a colorful bowl of mango and pineapples on the side. I know, I dream big.

I was sitting bored and hungry in my prison of a dorm room when my recipe for Red Velvet

iron (yes, you need one of those) to a medium-high heat and spray with nonstick cooking spray. Following the instructions on the back of the box, mix the ingredients of the batter into a large mix-ing bowl. Scoop about 2 cups of the batter — I like

minutes. Yes, it’s that easy … so far.For the cream cheese icing drizzle, you will

need: 4 oz. of cream cheese, confectioner’s sugar, vanilla extract, salt and milk. In a separate large mixing bowl, cream together the 4 ounces of soft-ened cream cheese, ¾ cups of sugar, ½ teaspoon of vanilla and just a pinch of salt. After those are mixed together to your satisfaction, whisk in about ¼ cups of milk (more if you like it extra creamy). Simple, right?

red berry salad topping, because I am a fruit fa-natic and, after this meal, I like to pretend I had something healthy. This part of the recipe is relative to your tastes in fruit, but I like mine

cups of fresh, red strawberries (oh yes!). I then mix in one cup of ripe raspberries and a ½ cup of pomegranate seeds. I top that off with about one tablespoon of sugar for extra sweetness.

with creamy cream cheese icing and topped with a pile of fresh fruit. Too good to be true, right? But believe me, it is true and just as amazing as it sounds. The recipe is, as my good friend Rachael Ray says, delish!

Each week, one of the members of our Copy Desk will share their culinary chops with you. Bon appetit!

“Red Velvet

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An Allergic ReactionPROFESSOR PUSHES FOR ALLERGY AWARENESS

Beware of the heart-shaped box: for some students, these confections can be lethal.

Heather Hewett, associate professor of English and Women’s Studies, explores the subject of allergies in “When Valentine’s Day is dangerous for kids,” her recently published article on CNN.

“It’s an opinion essay arguing that we need to make schools safe for kids with food allergies,” said Hewett.

She said her inspiration came from the death of 7-year-old Ammaria Johnson in January. Johnson died of an allergic

her any medication.Ammaria’s death could have been prevented by epineph-

rine, a form of adrenaline, Hewett said. She said the adrena-line would immediately treats the effects of anaphylaxis,

While researching this topic, Hewett interviewed sources and brought herself up-to-date on the pending legislation such as the School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act, which currently a bill in committee in Congress. The new bill en-courages states to pass laws introducing incentives for schools to stock epinephrine for all students not only those who have a prescription.

Hewett said she drew from her own experiences as a mother of a child with life-threatening food allergies. Hewett

and her family are well-acquainted with epinephrine as it is administered to her daughter by an automatic injector and sold under the brand names of Twinject or EpiPen. Hewett said her daughter has needed multiple shots of epinephrine in four emergencies, and those shots saved her life.

Hewett’s research suggests the most common allergies

milk or nuts in it and can be cross-contaminated. Studies have also shown that up to 25 percent of all epinephrine administra-tions at school involve someone with a previously unknown allergy.

Recently, Hewett also spoke with fourth year-BFA graph-ic design major Rachel Kubikowski, who is raising aware-ness about food allergies at New Paltz.

“The most important thing I got from Hewett’s article was that the biggest issue is people not knowing about food allergies, and then not reacting properly when someone has an attack,” Kubikowski said.

Kubikowski is currently researching to see what options the school offers to students who suffer from severe food al-lergies. She is also currently working on designing a series of posters that she said she hopes to hang in Hasbrouck Dining Hall and around the Student Union Food Court.

Hewett said that food allergies are a hugely important is-sue that needs to be addressed both in terms of policy as well as awareness and training. It is true, not only for children, but also for students in universities as well.

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Author:

Robert Miraldi, professor of communica-tion and media

Title:

“Scoop Artist: The World According to Seymour Hersh/From My Lai to Abu Ghraib.”

Subject:

It is a biography of the man many con-sider to be the best — and most famous — investigative reporter in America. He won the Pulitzer Prize for his expose of the My Lai massacre in 1969 and exposed the abuse at Abu Ghraib in 2004.

How long have you been working on

this:

years.

Publication date:

It is being published by Potomac Books in Washington, D.C. and is due out in 2013.

Why it is unique:

Hersh is an icon of American journalism and is a particular target of the political right for his long history of exposes on targets the right would rather see bur-ied, from My Lai to Henry Kissinger to the wars in the Mideast. There is no biography of Hersh.

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Hitting the

BooksKeep up with the latest

faculty writing projects!

‘Money Talks’

Fraternity Discusses Money Management

La Unidad Latina Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity Inc. held an event on Wednesday, Feb. 29 in Student Union 100 called “Money Talks,” where the topic of discussion was to change the way underrepresented students think about money and teaching the community how to earn it.

The keynote speaker of the night was Ash Cash, a business

of “Mind Right, Money Right: 10 Laws of Financial Freedom.” He has years of banking experience from managing at Chase, CitiBank and the Carver National Bank.

While many other programs planned for that day were can-celed due to weather, “Money Talks” went on as scheduled in spite of the snow.

“It was an eye opener,” second-year early education major Pamela Ng said. “Once we graduate, we don’t know how to in-vest and we really need to learn.”

The program kicked-off with a brief informational by fourth-year sociology major and Chapter President Jonathan Talmi discussing how motivation, education and drive are the key concepts for monetary success.

The main goal of the fraternity is to provide access to high-er education and Talmi said people of color tend to struggle in

obtaining it.Talmi showed a slideshow featuring pictures of a mansion

and a sports car. He said that although underrepresented students want the aforementioned luxury items, they may lack the neces-sary money to obtain them.

Talmi said 14.5 percent of people of color as a whole hold leadership positions on corporate boards among fortune 500 companies and the statistics are even smaller for Latinos (as only 3.28 and 2.9 percent hold these positions).

“It’s suprising that statistically people of color know how to invest less,” Ng said.

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taught in schools. Cash said self-imposed barriers prevent people of color

from reaching their full potential and make it easier for them to be used by others in the business world.

“People are going to use you, if you allow yourself to be used,” Cash said.

Ng said she is planning on investing mutual funds and chose to aim for personal success rather than the role society set for her.

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Hitting The High NotesFIRST OPERA TO BE FEATURED AT SUNY NEW PALTZ

Route 32 isn’t just for vehicles any-more. While the road connects New Paltz to Kingston and Albany, two 21-year-olds have altered its path to pave something new: a booking agency, music collective, festival and a growing family.

Jake Harms and Kali Quinn, the founders of Route 32, both moved to New Paltz within the last year or so;;

year student Quinn, to study art history at SUNY New Paltz.

Each had similar complaints about what felt was a reserved music scene.

“When I moved up here I was un-der the impression that there was some awesome music scene because I went to one good show,” Quinn said. “I realized there wasn’t a variety of genre.”

Harms said he felt there was a lack

of consistency for a cohesive music col-lective. He started putting on shows in his basement, featuring underground bands that weren’t playing often at bars and venues in town.

“Even when I moved here origi-

Godchilla. I have since learned to love Godchilla and I like everybody in it a lot, but I knew that I wanted there to be more things. If that was the most popular band in town, I wanted more,” Harms said. “I felt with the basement shows, a lot of people got exposed to really good rock ‘n roll and other things they wouldn’t have necessarily heard if they were going to Oasis. Our emphasis is to bring indie rock and punk music and less jam bands.”

Quinn said they are focused on more “experimental, sub-genres” but also other genres — “things that kids won’t hear on the radio and don’t know

exist and are awesome.”“I feel like kids come to shows now

to hear music, experience music, learn and enjoy, rather than get shitfaced and try to court the other sex,” Quinn said. “[We’re] bringing a real music commu-nity in the bubble of New Paltz. Bring-ing something more raw to something that’s so sheltered.”

Harms and Quinn have been book-ing many shows each week in New Paltz. Though most of their shows have been at DIY-type venues, they have booked some bars in town, including Baachus, Oasis and Snug’s. Harms said they have made a lot of the shows 18-plus. Quinn said they not only focus on local bands, but balance out by booking musicians outside of New Paltz.

Harms, who is in the band Nelson-villains, recently went on tour and said he understands the importance for col-lectives like Route 32.

“I can meet cool bands on tour and say, ‘Hey if you come to New Paltz, we’ll treat you well,’ instead of like, ‘Hey, I can show you to a venue and leave you there.’ If you know anything about booking, the worst thing some-one says is, ‘Oh, I’ll help you out,” and they give you a list of venues,” Harms said. “That’s like a brick wall.”

Quinn said they provide bands with a place to sleep and food. She said it’s nice because “you form really good friendships.”

“Because we are so welcoming and true to what we believe in, bands from other areas are excited to come here and are shocked how sweet we are and how awesome the crowd is,” Quinn said. “One funny thing is this band from Bard…they don’t have a scene there and they’re like begging us to be a part of our scene. They are so envious of the New Paltz scene that is just developing.

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It’s cool that the surrounding towns feel that way.”

Through booking smaller shows, Harms and Quinn got to-gether and decided to put on their own festival called Route 32 Fest. With hardly any experience and only about a month to plan, a Route 32 team of 15-or-so people hosted a one-day, outdoor festival on May 20, 2011 with 22 bands.

“It happened to be the day that everybody moved out of their dorms, which was kind of a pretty big oversight. We still had 200-plus attendees on record. We were able to pay all of the bands,” Harms said. “We had the cops show up twice. If anything, that taught us how complicated it is to do some-thing outdoors and how liable you are. Even though it’s awesome, it’s almost dangerous.”

With the success of the festival, the two said they decided to plan a second one, but “this year we’re kind of making it a lot smarter,” Harms said.

From March 29-April 1, over 40 bands will play at Oasis, Snug’s and two DIY outer venues. Harms said doing a South by Southwest inter-venue styled festival was more feasible and easier to manage than another outdoor festival.

The festival will host many local bands including Year On A Mountain, Nelsonvillains, Light-ning Bug, Young Neighbors and 16HPP. They are also booking out-of-town bands.

Instead of having a larger team from last year’s event, both Harms and Quinn are doing everything themselves, but could still use help. They are also trying to use a shuttle system for the festival, which they used for a “secret show” farther outside of town. Every 15 min-

would shuttle people from town to the venue.

Quinn said they are also look-ing for videographers, photogra-phers and anyone else willing to help out for the festival and shows in general.

Harms said they choose bands for their shows and the fes-

of performers they want in their

collective.“When we’re booking shows,

we try to make the sets make sense,” Quinn said. “The town and vibe of the music make sense with each other. The bands we do book often make sense with each other.”

Quinn said the collective is al-ways looking for more musicians and they should speak to Quinn or send her an EP.

Quinn said she is also hopeful that when younger crowds, attend their shows, they will be inspired to create their own bands and keep the music scene growing.

“People get jaded by the fact that they’re here for four years and then they’re leaving. Or they stay here for-fucking-ever. I know a lot of kids that are my age who don’t care about these shows we put on. It’s literally because we didn’t hit them at the age when it was impres-sionable for them to care,” Harms said. “It’s not that they don’t like the music we’re bringing, but it’s like that crowd is less likely to want to come out to these shows just because they don’t have the same outright passion that comes from people being young, really wanting to belong to a scene.”

Both Harms and Quinn said they understand networking is a large aspect to their booking agen-cy. They are currently trying to work with Salvation Recording Co. and other outside resources.

“It’s a cool thing to learn when you’re young ‘cause that’s all you really have. Everyone else has a lot of money and power and own-ership of things. We don’t have shit, but we know we have good taste and we know what we want,” Harms said. “Nobody can take that from you.”

Harms said ultimately, they want to raise the bar but “include everybody.”

“We want to make kids realize there is new music. There are new genres. And it’s not shitty. There [are] really creative people and music is not dead,” Quinn said.

More information on Route 32 can be found on rt32fest.tumblr.com and Route 32 on Facebook. Tickets for the festival can also be purchased online.


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New art club, Art Unmasked, cherish the collections at the MoMa.

Unmasking A Love For ArtCLUB ON CAMPUS TAKES AFICIONADOS TO MOMASUNY New Paltz’s new art club’s mask has been lifted.Art Unmasked is a group on campus for art lovers who

cherish the art collection of New York City’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMa).

President Jasmine Cepeda said she created the club be-cause of her love of art, art history and the famous museum. She is a MoMa Teen alumna who took classes at the museum since her junior year of high school.

“I really missed having conversations about the current art scene and visiting the MoMA,” Cepeda said.

Sadie Godlis, to be vice president and they created Art Un-masked together.

Godlis said she was always surrounded by art because her dad is a photographer.

“[He] used to take me to museums and exhibitions, and for a while I didn’t really understand that there was some-thing special about art, it was just a part of my life,” God-lis said. “But after a while, I would . . . stand in front of a painting or photograph for 30 minutes and not get sick of it.

That’s when I really began to love art.”The group discusses artists they love, what different

types of art mean to them, exhibits and work they’ve seen at the MoMa and the SUNY New Paltz art scene, Godlis said.

-day, Feb. 28, where they saw Sanja Ivekovic’s “Sweet Vio-lence” show. Trips are completely free, including transporta-tion and admittance to the museum.

Godlis said their trips are not guided, so they usually go to one exhibit together for about 40 minutes to an hour, and then club members can visit other parts of the museum for about an hour.

“Last time, we went out to eat after the tour and talked about [what] we saw,” Cepeda said.

The group will take their second trip to the MoMa on Saturday, March 10 to see Cindy Sherman’s exhibit.

The club also has an event planned for Monday, March 12 called “Art Junction,” where SUNY New Paltz students are invited to come and create a collaborative art piece, God-lis said.

According to their Facebook event, students are wel-come to bring their own materials or use ones that Art Un-

masked will provide, such as paint, canvases, brushes, prints of famous works, spray paint and chocolate and strawberry syrups.

The group hopes to “spread . . . appreciation and love for art on the SUNY New Paltz campus,” according to their Facebook page.

Art Unmasked meets on Mondays at 7:30 p.m., in Stu-dent Union 401/405.

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Relentlessly Dancing Despite StrugglesNEW PALTZ DANCERS STRIVE TO GET RECOGNITION

Relentless Dance Crew is trying to get their feet off the ground, but having been denied club recognition on campus, the group is taking baby steps to get there.

Relentless began as an effort to create more growth and collaboration among its members. When asked for a charter, however, Relentless was told they were too similar to other teams to be recognized as their own club.

“Other dance teams didn’t have the mix of styles that we wanted, so we started our own,” Dominique Jordan, a third-year communication disorders major and president of Relentless, said. “It’s all about individuality and creating growth.”

Dancers on Relentless said they felt frus-trated their voices weren’t being heard. They

said they hadn’t been expanding their horizons beyond their previous dance experience, so they came together to start something new.

Relentless dancers have backgrounds in hip-hop, jazz, tap, ballet, pointe, contemporary and break dance. Their diversity helps shape their next move. They said dancers are able to learn a style they aren’t as familiar with, and Re-lentless provides them with a democratic envi-ronment where they can make suggestions and step outside their comfort zone.

First-year psychology major Mike Geisel said he joined Relentless because he wanted to make a difference.

“We’re trying to make it more fun to be part of a team,” Geisel said. “We’re more will-ing to work with you.”

Similar to Geisel, second-year electronic media production major Alex Klouse was look-

ing for a place to step up, and found Relentless. “This is something worth doing as a danc-

er,” Klouse said. “It’s based on your passion.”Without a club charter, however, Relent-

less is limited as far as funds and practice space go. Not being a recognized club, they are un-able to schedule a time and place to practice and are not given funding for their own shows. This

around campus, said Jordan.“We’ve had to practice in dorm lounges

and the gym when it’s not being used, and it’s frustrating,” Kyle Ducham, a second-year phi-losophy major and co-creator of Relentless, said. “We want to dance and we’re gonna dance. We have the knowledge and we want to share it.”

Although they’re not a chartered club, Re-lentless said they will keep dancing simply be-

cause they love to. They hope to gain enough support to make the campus recognize their tal-ent.

“New Paltz has always prided itself on giving students the opportunity to be their own leader and start something, but then when we try to, we’re denied,” Jordan said. “I thought I could make my own standards here, I guess not. We’re just waiting for our shot to make a mark on this campus.”

In the meantime, Relentless is scheduled to perform in April for Relay for Life and will be featured in the New Paltz Dance Team’s show. They hope this exposure will help them make a name for themselves as a chartered club.

“Relentless is about the passion of want-ing to dance and to be a part of a team,” Klouse said. “Here, you’re allowed to express yourself, because, really, that’s what dance is all about.”

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‘Eugenia’ ExcelsSPRING SEMESTER’S FIRST MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION BRINGS IT HOME

MUSICIAN OF THE WEEK:BRE METCALF-OSHINSKY

It isn’t fair to critique a play based

on its opening night performance. Re-

gardless of the skill level, it always

takes actors a few minutes to settle in

before they’re able to carry on with the

show.

With that being said, New Paltz

Theater Department’s Mainstage pro-

duction of “Eugenia” was still solid on

its opening night, and will only contin-

ue to get better.

Eugenia is a juxtaposition between

two stories. First is the story of Italian

immigrant Eugenia Martelli, a trans-

gender woman who goes by the name

of Jack in 1916 New Zealand. Martelli

marries a woman named Violet Davis.

The second story is of a modern-day

New Zealand school set to perform a

play about the titular character’s life.

The two storylines were the major

weaknesses of the show. Eugenia’s sto-

ryline was much stronger than the pres-

ent-day storyline. It was much more co-

hesive and easier to get in touch with,

as opposed to the present-day plot.

The characters in the past had more

depth and personality than those in the

present. It was also much easier to em-

pathize and develop feelings for the

characters in the past. Eugenia’s story

But that isn’t because of how the

stories were executed. It has nothing to

do with the acting — that was the best

part of the production.

The cast was made up of only six

actors, with each actor playing at least

two parts. Maybe it’s because the cast

is so small that the chemistry on stage

was spot-on.

Most impressive of all was the con-

nection between Genevieve Bozek and

Loren Moslin in their roles of Eugenia

and Violet, respectively. I’d previously

seen three plays here in New Paltz be-

ly the best connection.

Bozek’s Eugenia has a clear tender-

ness for Moslin’s Violet, who displays

a forgiveness for Eugenia that seems so

real you can feel it when you’re watch-

ing the two. And it’s a nice feeling;; it

isn’t the kind that hits you like a ton of

bricks. Rather, it slowly eases its way

in and leaves you leaning in closer,

wondering what is going to happen be-

tween the two.

While both Bozek and Moslin

turned in stunning performances, the

other members of the cast shone in

their individual light as well. Brendan

Quinn’s charcter in the past is a horrible

person who exposes Eugenia to Violet,

but you can’t really hate him because

the performance is just too good.

Aside from the acting, the chore-

ography was wonderful. The opening

entrances were a bit spastic, but the rest

made my jaw drop. No, I’m not even

kidding about this). This play excels

in its subtlety, and the small notions

and what’s going on in the background

bring the entire play to life.

One of the best parts of the show

was the score that accompanied, writ-

ten by Assistant Professor Stephen Kit-

sakos. It complimented the action of

both stories nicely, and never crossed

the line of taking too much focus away

from the action.

“Eugenia” is absolutely worth the

watch. It’s successful in that it’s not

only entertaining for the audience,

but it makes you think. I’m not one

for spoilers, but if you leave the play

questions, you’ll have to go see it again.

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WHAT’S YOUR INSTRUMENT OF CHOICE AND WHY?

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Piano. I’ve been playing since I was six. I also play bass, ukulele, a little bit of saxophone and I sing. I sing the most often. I write music on the piano and ukulele, but the bass I was classically trained for 11 years on stand up, that’s my love.

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WHAT’S YOUR PLAN FOR THE FUTURE?I have a YouTube channel. I have a ‘ukeulele dairy’ where I try to teach people songs on ukuele. I’m involved in this organization called Music for People

tries to get everyone involved with music as a universal language. I plan on doing that for the rest of my life. And playing, because I love it. I’m also in Sexy Pitches and Absolut A Capella.

WHO ARE YOUR BIGGEST INFLUENCES?Stevie Wonder. India Arie. Dispatch.

ANY ADVICE FOR ASPIRING MUSICIANS?Practice, even when it’s hard, even when you don’t think you can do it. Just fool around, mess around. Give yourself permission to mess up.

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PANEL POWER


How did it become my senior year

of college? Everything is constantly

changing right now. I remember read-

ing somewhere recently that this time in

my life can be considered a transitional

period. How can I be on the verge of

graduating in less than a year? It feels

like yesterday I was a senior at Mon-

ticello High School. I thought I had it

remember being so excited to go away

and start over.

perience for me by any means. I had a

great set of friends at the time and did

well in my classes. I always had this

idea that college would be a much bet-

ter experience for me. I wanted to be-

come a different person than I was in

high school. I let people walk all over

me and never stood up for myself. I

never felt respected or like I belonged.

vowed to change this in college.

Looking back, four years later, I

did change that perception of myself.

many amazing people, some of whom

had good and bad impacts on me. I no

like I have a great group of people in

my life. Some of them may be coming

and going in the next year or so and for

the rest of my life. I accept that. I know

that the ones that truly matter will stick

around.

Now, in 2012, this is the year of

time at New Paltz with some wonder-

is that I want to be happy and experi-

ence life to the fullest. I want to see

the world and take advantage of all the

opportunities life presents to me. I will

always treasure this time in my life and

can honestly say at almost 22, I have no

regrets.

Time has a funny way of catch-

ing up with us. Everything has a way

that I know I am not alone. My family

continues to be one of my few saving

graces, as is my best friend, Charlotte.

ences together. My college years may

beginning.

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Disclaimer: I realize that there are

many people who follow a vegan diet

for health reasons or because they sin-

cerely want to make a difference. Please

disregard this column.

If, however, you choose to use your

veganism as a platform on which to

complain about not being able to expe-

rience the perfection that is red pepper

gouda soup or milk chocolate because

of a dietary restriction that you placed

food for thought:

Home in Brooklyn, vegetarians are

few and far between, but in New Paltz,

are vegan, and although I was initially

excited to be around so many people

with similar dietary restrictions as me,

I quickly found that many vegans walk

around with a chip on their shoulders.

but choose to eat their biproducts, and

up cheese or milk chocolate in the near

mother trying to slip brisket onto my

plate every chance she could get and

have my family burn me at the “steak”

for it.

etarian for the same pro-animal rights

reasons as I have, our efforts have all

understand the animosity between those

ians should be given any less credit or

trying to play the martyr card, as I real-

ize this was my own choice. The least

select vegans could provide us with is a

little support.

to eat animals or their bi-products is for

bragging rights or to put another tally

under your martyr board, you need to

reevaluate your food intake - or lack,

thereof.

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Third-year Alex McCullough of the SUNY New

Paltz Women’s Basketball team was selected to the

loss to conference rival SUNY Oneonta in the 2012

State University of New York Athletic Conference

(SUNYAC) Tournament game.

“For me it’s just another goal and another chal-

lenge I’m ready to take on,” McCullough said. “It

also shows we have good players, and that next year’s

team’s better watch out.”

McCullough led the team with 13 points in New

Paltz’s 66-63 loss to Oneonta, giving her a season

overall point count of 299.

A post-player all throughout her basketball career,

McCullough said she has expanded her game and de-

veloped herself considerably during her time at New

Paltz.

“I can shoot the ball from anywhere on the court

now,” McCullough said. “I’ve also learned how to

guard all players, no matter their sizes.”

Originally from Albany, N.Y., McCullough began

her basketball career when she started playing for the

gest obstacle in the beginning, McCullough said, was

speed and the need to become faster. This fueled Mc-

Cullough’s drive to become a better player.

“The intensity level of college basketball was

comed me as a freshman,” McCullough said. “I lucked

out with coaches too, to be honest. Coach Seward is

great.”

ing the team six seasons ago, encourages the play-

ers and always expects 110 percent from the team,

McCullough said.

After her All-Tournament Team honor, Mc-

Cullough is beginning her preparation for the coming

2012-13 basketball season.

“I need to get myself ready physically and men-

tally,” McCullough said. “We all have our own things

we do. I can’t play a game if my hair isn’t straight, and

I always stand in the same spot in the huddle.”

McCullough said the team’s “chemistry [has]

come through” this season, having only lost two of

their last 12 games.

“It really just came down to us trusting in each

other this season. We did a lot of team-bonding ac-

tivities like group dinners at the senior house, coaches

included,” McCullough said.

an 18-9 record, setting the team up for victory for next

season, McCullough said.

“The end of a season is always bittersweet,” Mc-

Cullough said. “It would have been nice to win, but

we had a great year.”

The team, McCullough said, is graduating six

girls at the end of the spring 2012 semester.

“Next year is another year to try and be better

than before,” McCullough said. “If there’s one thing

we all can agree on it’s that it’s our time for a cham-

pionship.”

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ALL HONORSBy Kelsey Damrad

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There might have been snow covering Loren Campbell Field last week, but that hasn’t stopped SUNY New Paltz’s Baseball team from preparing for their ultimate goal this season — to win a SUNYAC champion-ship.

Armed with a pitching staff and lineup that is largely intact from last season, the Hawks are hoping their experience and fun-damentally sound game will deliver the pro-

see an improvement from their 20-19 record last season.

“We have our goals we are looking to achieve, any team that sets out — their number one goal is to win a championship,”

certainly the case for us and anything less than that we won’t consider a success.”

winning “little battles” that occur during each game by focusing on the fundamentals he has stressed in practices.

The team will be tasked with complet-ing different objectives such as throwing

chances to win. In addition to the team’s focus on fun-

would provide the Hawks with the needed tools to have a strong season.

“I can honestly say one through nine, we have players we can expect to play well. And a lot of our guys are interchangeable, we can switch our No. 4 guy and our No. 7 guy on any given day depending on who

not necessarily [that] we are looking for one

tency from top to bottom.” Chris Paulicelli, the team’s starting sec-

.284 batting average and had 21 hits over the 25 games he played, said in addition to the team’s depth, the work ethic of this semes-ter’s group of players is worth noting.

“Everyone is buying into and wants to attain the goal to win a championship,” Pau-licelli said. “Everyone is trying to get better everyday and get in the best shape they can. Our work ethic will put us over the edge.”

team’s roster, which only lost two seniors to graduation last year, will be a strength mov-ing forward based on a better team chemis-try and experience gained from the Hawks trip to the SUNYAC championship tourna-ment last year.

Returning to the middle of the lineup

Jake Cameron, who slugged four home runs last season and led the team with 24 RBIs, and third basemen Matt Prescia who led the team with a .360 batting average.

Prescia said he believes this team has improved every facet of their game since last year, but the team’s pitching and defense will be driving forces of the team.

“Our ultimate goal is to not just make the playoffs, but to win a championship and go even further,” Prescia said. “Our pitching and defense is strong. We have a good team, we can do it. It’s going to be a good season.”

This year’s staff will once again be anchored by third-year ace Chris Chismar, who’s 2011 campaign boasted a 6-4 record with a 2.64 ERA in addition to his team lead-ing 78 strikeouts. Chismar was awarded the 2011 SUNYAC Don Axtell Pitcher of the Year.

offense and defense have all improved since last year, and sees no reason the team can’t compete for a SUNYAC championship — or more.

“Once we click in all aspects of the game at once, I don’t think it’s necessarily going to matter who we are playing in the game. If we play our own system and ex-ecute it well, the other team doesn’t matter. The only team that can beat us at the point is

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TRIPLE PLAY

Hawks Hope All-Around Depth Will

Lead Team To First Championship

By Andrew WyrichEditor-In-Chief | [email protected]

STARTING

LINEUP

1. MATT CARR LF

2. PAUL MEROLA SS 3. MATT PRECIA 3B

4. JAKE CAMERON 1B

5. MATT KALDON C

6. TOM PINNOLA RF

7. JIMMY BRIGGS DH

8. CHRIS PAULICELLI 2B

9. ANTHONY RAPETTO CF

* Played For NYIT

AVG: .257 HR: 0 RBI: 4

AVG: .360 HR: 0 RBI: 10

AVG: .315 HR: 4 RBI: 24

AVG: .314 HR: 1 RBI: 15

AVG: .296 HR: 0 RBI: 13

AVG: .248 HR: 4 RBI: 21

AVG: .284 HR: 0 RBI: 9

AVG: .250 HR: 0 RBI: 1

Hawks’ starting shortstop Paul Merola hit .257 last year and will bat second this season. Merola had 29 hits in 113 at-bats last season while walking a team-leading 17 times. PHOTO COURTESY OF NEWPALTZ SPORTS INFORMATION

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MATT CARRANTHONY RAPETTO

TOM PINNOLA

MATT PRESCIA

PAUL MEROLA CHRIS PAULICELLI

JAKE CAMERON

JIMMY BRIGGS MATT KALDON CHRIS CHISMAR

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SS 2B

3B 1B

DH C SP

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Second-year Men’s Volleyball player Brian Smith was picked as UVC Player of the Week. Smith is the second Hawks player this season to be given this honor.

“UVC Player of the Week is a great honor to receive no matter what year you are, and to be one of the younger guys who have received it is a great honor in itself,” Smith said.

According to nphawks.com, Smith appeared in 23 matches and acquired 54 sets for his team in 2011. Smith totaled 54 digs, 141 kills and 23 blocks.

him and it is a determining factor of success.

dence about myself, but when it comes to the team I have

Smith said. “This award is a great testament to our team because nobody can receive this award without great team-mates helping on and off the court.”

Head Coach Radu Petrus said he believes Smith has shown great improvement over the years he has been play-ing for the team.

“Brian has more experience and has improved his vol-leyball skills over these years,” Petrus said.

Petrus said Smith has competed against the best and came out on top, having a high-hitting percentage against No. 8 Stevens Institute of Technology.

“He has a great hitting percentage against one of the top volleyball teams in Div. III No. 8 Stevens,” Petrus said.

Smith was humble about receiving the UVC Player of the Week award and said he was in complete shock when he received the news via text message from his mom.

“My mother follows the New Paltz athletic site reli-giously and she was actually the one who texted me and

Smith said he was happier for his team and the way they played against Stevens in the Hawk Center on Feb. 15.

“We just had a great team win handing Stevens Tech

well but I was more happy for the team than my perfor-mance,” Smith said.

Smith said the honor extends beyond being an indi-vidual accolade.

“I’m just proud to say I can represent my family, my team and the university in receiving this award,” Smith said.

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If Henrik Lundqvist does not win the Vezi-na Trophy this year, I will scream.

Every year, Lundqvist should be up for a Vezina. This is a man who carries his team to the playoffs every year and plays the most games of all NHL goalies. But every year, there is always that one person who just has the sea-son of their life and Hank misses out.

But not this year. This year is Lundqvist’s time to shine and not only welcome a child, but

Rangers fans can be critical all they want, but no matter what Lundqvist always has a good season. Every season he’s won 30+ games and has a GAA of less than 3.0 (so far, his 2011-12 GAA is 1.84). That’s pretty remarkable for someone who was drafted as the 205th pick during the eighth round of the 2000 Draft.

It would have been nice if the amount of

games a goalie plays in a season were a factor

play the most games of all goalies. Now that Biron is here and healthy, Tortorella and the rest

telling him he needs to relax. Biron has turned in some bad performances as of late, but he’s still talented enough to let Lundqvist take a break.

But what really gets me going is how Tim Thomas could possibly win the Vezina again. That is not acceptable this year.

I’ll be honest, part of this week’s column is to talk about how fed up I’ve been with Tim Thomas this season (You know, as opposed to the other seasons where I disliked him too). I’ve always been skeptical of a man who plays

ways really bothered me how much people love

and adore him because, yeah, he may be good, but he isn’t the second coming.

titude forth and believe me when I tell you the storm has been brewing for a while when it comes to this man. The beast is coming forth.

When it was announced that Tim Thomas was not going to the White House with the rest of the Boston Bruins, I immediately thought he must have been sick or some dire family emer-gency was going on. I never thought I’d see the day where someone was so “very conservative” that they couldn’t stand to exchange pleasant-ries with the president of their country for may-be two hours. Ken Campbell said it was admi-rable for him to stick up for what he believed in.

Forget that. Don’t tell me that in the long history of Stanley Cup champions going to the White House, not one of them disagreed, dis-

going there as an individual, you’re going as a

team and no one is above another person on a team. Respect the tradition, respect your team and respect your country. It’s that simple.

But the real kicker came this weekend when Thomas decided that instead of taking the defeat like an adult, he would instead blame the lights in Madison Square Garden for his play.

Yes, the lights in Madison Square Garden had that much of an affect.

Thomas has played in that building enough times now to know the lighting isn’t the prob-lem. Quite simply, the Rangers match up well against Boston and know how to beat them. Thomas complaining about this literally makes me seethe.

Lunqvist always has strong seasons, but this season has shown a completely new animal. I can’t bare to think of him not getting what he deserves. If he loses it to Thomas, I will toss in every last shred of hope I had for this league.

I mean it.

The Fairest of Them All

Mets Swing Into SpringWhen the weather gets a little bit warmer

and pictures of orange and blue batting prac-

pop up on the Internet, I can’t help but be over-whelmed with a sense optimism for the upcom-ing season.

It’s soul-crushing come October. That being said, there is a lot to be excited

about heading into the 2012 season. While the initial outlook seems pretty bleak, this year is certainly a stepping stone for a brighter future.

this spring, the Mets showcased many excit-ing prospects that could be ushered into a new era in Flushing over the course of the next few years.

Of course the pitching quartet of Zach Wheeler, Matt Harvey, Jenrry Mejia and Jeurys Familia has deservingly captured the attention of fans and the media. It’s simple — pitching wins championships and the Mets boast an in-triguing crop of hurlers who are on the cusp of making it to the big leagues.

However, there is also promise on the of-fensive side of the ball.

Lucas Duda has opened the eyes of Mets

possesses. With the dimensions of Citi Field

being adjusted to better suit the current roster of Mets players, Duda is one of the bats that

In 100 games last year, Duda hit 10 home runs and knocked in 50 RBIs, but so far this spring Duda’s uncanny ability to hit balls over

to mirror Citi Field’s newfound dimensions, has fans and Mets brass alike dreaming of an Adam Dunn-like hitter.

Jason Bay and David Wright have both marveled at Duda’s strength, not to mention the hitting exhibitions he has routinely put on for the team.

“He’s putting the rest of us to shame,” Bay said in an article for ESPN New York. “He was bench-pressing the other day. I couldn’t really tell, but I’m pretty sure they were the 120-pound dumbbells he was doing with one arm. You don’t see that very often.”

Duda, who just turned 26, had the high-est on-base percentage among NL rookies last

second in batting average (.292). It’s hard not to get excited about a full season’s worth of Duda’s offensive production.

Other prospects have also been competing in camp and should be arriving in Queens ear-lier rather than later.

Kirk Nieuwenhuis, one of the Mets top

called up at the end of last season if it wasn’t for a shoulder injury that sidelined him. While Niewenhuis won’t stick out in any one catego-ry, sometimes the sum of parts is greater than the whole.

Niewenhuis has not been counted out of breaking the Opening Day roster with the Mets;; however, the most likely scenario for the cen-

Buffalo and being called up if or when newly-acquired Andres Torres falters.

Finally, second base prospect Reese Ha-vens should factor into the Mets future as long as he can stay healthy.

Havens has always had back injuries,

which have limited him to only 213 games over his four professional seasons since being select-

this, Havens was listed as the ninth best second basemen prospect in the game by mlb.com and has been lauded for his all-around solid bat.

“Reese Havens, when he’s healthy, is an outstanding, fun-looking player,” Collins said on ESPN New York. “He’s one of those guys you just know the ceiling — if we can get him in the lineup, he’s going to play in the big leagues.”

While this season may not deliver the Mets a shimmering trophy to celebrate their 50th sea-son in existence, the horizon offers fans hope of better days.

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