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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Bagpipes accompanied by a procession of students

inauguration of Donald P. Christian, the eighth president of SUNY New Paltz, on Friday, April 13.

Christian previously served as provost and vice presi-dent of academic affairs for the 2009-10 academic year and began serving as interim president in July 2010. The Presidential Search Committee appointed Christian in June 2012 succeeding former-President Steven Poskanzer.

“U.S. higher education is a grand ecosystem with responsibilities and commitments expanding beyond the reach of our individual campuses,” Christian said. “I tip my hat to the seven past presidents here at New Paltz — my aim is to build on your legacy and leave this great col-lege even greater than it is today.”

Lori DuBord, New Paltz alumna and district represen-tative, read a letter at the inauguration on behalf of New York State Assemblyman Maurice Hinchey. In his letter, Hinchey noted Christian’s achievements from the past year and his background, framing the theme of the instal-

lation ceremony. “In your short time here, Mr. President, you have

made an indelible impression on the New Paltz campus and the community at large,” Hinchey said. “Your Mid-western sensibility helped guide you and the campus through a federally declared disaster and enabled you to develop a budget that made sure the liberal arts tradition

Christian used lessons he learned from his aunt and uncle’s dairy farm in Ohio to illustrate his commitment to the college and the work necessary to meet his goals.

“These include things like the value of hard work, the

process of our work and the product of recognizing that sometimes a day’s work will include walking through ma-nure, or shoveling it,” Christian said.

He did this while weaving his metaphor with his leadership views, the strength and values of the campus, the national context of New Paltz and his thoughts about student education and success. Overall, Christian said his goal, as well as the single most important challenge, is stu-dent education.

“We are all teachers, students learn from all of us

about how to interact with each other and the world and we must be purposeful about those lessons,” Christian said. “The opportunities and challenges they will face are

Within the next year, Christian said he plans to bring about a number of improvements for the New Paltz cam-pus and students, such as the current work on the Wooster Science Building, the Sojourner Truth Library and the new science building, all while focusing on sustainability.

“This process will be consultative, drawing on the creativity and experience of our talented and diverse com-munity,” Christian said. “We will not begin with a blank

-alize the vision points that have served us so well.”

Assemblyman Kevin Cahill said Christian has been, and will be, the president New Paltz needs at this moment in time and in the future.

“We are closing a chapter on this institution where -

ture of this campus rivaling the initial investment,” Ca-hill said. “[Christian has] already proven to be not just an able spokesman for SUNY New Paltz but for the [SUNY] system.”

By Maria Jayne Copy Editor | [email protected]

Christian Becomes New Paltz’s Eighth President

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On Tuesday, April 17, the 53rd student sen-

ate held their 11th regular meeting during which

they heard an appeal from the Student Art Al-

liance (SAA) which addressed issues with So-

SAA attended the senate meeting with

$14,548 that they were allotted during Budget

said SAA was denied money to provide lunch

for their speakers, a photographer and an emer-

$500 for workshops and the two thirds rule

which BFC introduced this year will provide the

In addition, the Student Association (SA) will

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for events that only art students or only a cer-

SAA said they were unaware they were in

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pared to make necessary changes to satisfy the

demands of the policies while preserving pro-

“To say the least, these cuts would have

a devastating effect on the opportunities our

college can offer through SAA to the student

population and the community at large,” Todd

Martin, graduate student in the Printmaking De-

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ing SAA to hold programs such as the honorari-

After consideration, the senate decided in

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The senate awarded this money with the

stipulation that contracts with artists participat-

ing in the honorarium specify that all students

In addition to SAA, the General Manager

of Food Services Ralph Perez-Rogers attended

the price of food on campus compared to the

Perez-Rogers said the fact that students

must go to the same places to get food every day

develop a solution that will create more choices,

Perez-Rogers also said he contacted com-

munications to speak with corporate Sodexo

representatives in response to the incident tak-

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The senate added a goal to develop a sci-

SA President Terrell Coakley reported to

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tives he discussed last meeting and is hopeful

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cussed the gender-neutral housing survey which

Thomas encouraged senators to hand in their

the Constitutional Rules Committee drafted a

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Bacchus, said SA Productions is continuing to

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the Student Union (SU) near SU 100 and tickets

Senate Hears Art Alliance AppealBy Clarissa Moses

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After installing a printer in the Student Union, members of the Student Association (SA) and Academic Computing are looking to install printers in other areas on campus.

Earlier this semester, the student senate set a goal that each residence hall on campus have printers installed in their computer labs. This ini-tiative was spearheaded by Sen. Ramelle Liver-pool.

“We should have printers in our [residence halls] especially when [there’s already] a com-puter lab in there,” Liverpool said.

Assistant Director of Academic Computing Lura Speth said she will be purchasing printers for this initiative within the next couple of months and she plans to start installing them over the summer break.

These actions are the result of the student senate and the responses Academic Computing received from a survey given in spring 2010 re-garding this issue, Speth said.

Speth, who has worked on the initiative for nearly two years, said Academic Computing sent out a survey to students and the majority that re-sponded said they would like to see printers in-stalled in residence halls on campus.

“As far as I know, the printers will be located

during RA hours,” Speth said.Although Liverpool is pushing for 24-hour

printing, she said these installations would be con-venient for students because they wouldn’t have to leave their residence halls. She said since not all students have access to printing in their halls,

they have to walk over to the Sojourner Truth Li-brary (STL) or Hasbrouck before midnight.

Although there are printers installed in Shan-go, they are not accessible to all students, Liver-pool said.

Members of SA feel these installations are necessary because students might have limited access to the printers in the STL due to the on-going library renovations which, according to newpaltz.edu, is scheduled to be completed in ‘winter 2013.’

it’s going to make the library smaller,” Liverpool said. “[The installation of printers in each hall] will make it a little better for us.”

Liverpool said funding issues might halt or slow down the process of installation and al-though this initiative falls under the Residence Life budget, they aren’t sure if they have enough money to install printers in each hall.

Director of Residence Life Corinna Caracci said the senate’s goal is plausible but will cost a lot of money to buy and maintain the printers if they’re in each residence hall.

Liverpool said this initiative can be properly handled with a trial run, which consists of a print-er installation with regulated hours and possibly a lab proctor to see how students respond.

“There are still a lot of question marks,” Carraci said.

Students Seek Printers In The Residence Halls

Efforts are being made to install printers in each of the residence halls on campus.

By Jaleesa Baulkman Copy Editor | [email protected]

NEWS BRIEFS NATIONAL

Ohio on Wednesday executed a man for fatally stabbing the 15-year-old son of his former employers during a 1985 farm-

execution in six months and signaling a possible return to Ohio’s status as one of the country’s busiest death penalty states.

The White House says the conduct de-picted in photos that purport to show U.S. troops posing with the bodies of dead insurgents in Afghanistan is “reprehen-

sible.”

OHIO REVIVES DEATH PENALTY

PAGING NURSE RATCHEDA nurse has admitted to fatally shooting a young mother in a town near Houston and abducting the dying woman’s new-born son whom she apparently intended to adopt, authorities said Wednesday.

CRASH AND BURNNorth Korea’s recent failed rocket launch shows that the communist country has

program, the head of the U.S. missile de-fense program said Wednesday.

FIGURING OUT THE FUNDS-

nancial aid that students get, accounts for

revenue - even more in some cases if vet-erans attend the school on the GI bill.

JUMP ON THE JACKPOT A retired southern Illinois couple

last month’s record $656 million Mega Millions jackpot on Wednesday, and said they plan to treat themselves - pos-sibly even to a vacation - once they’ve sorted out how to invest their windfall.

CANDIDS COME UNDER FIRE

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Blue fences were raised last month around Mohonk Avenue East and Wooster Parking Lot 21 as construction began on the “Mohonk Walk.”

The current construction projects are tied to the work on the Hasbrouck Quad, with both proj-ects totaling over $11 million. The Mohonk Walk construction is expected to be completed by the summer of 2013.

John McEnrue, director of facilities, design & construction, said the Mohonk Walk will be an east-west axis that will improve accessibility from Route 32 to the main quadrangle and concourse.

After the completion of the walk, McEnrue said, the focus of the renovations will be shifted toward creating a, “more sustainable, low main-tenance environment.” They hope to work toward developing a natural edge to the pond and continue

making improvements to the campus drives walk-ways.

Although the project will eventually improve travel on campus, some students are more focused on the short-term implications, as parking and foot travel have been disrupted on the north end of campus.

“I used to park in the handicap spaces right outside of the Haggerty Administration Building [HAB],” Christina Holtzberger, fourth-year visual arts major, said. “I’ve been trying to use the circle

more quickly since the construction.”Holtzberger suffers from a bone disease

known as osteochondromatosis, making it hard for her to get around on campus.

“Even just from a walking standpoint, if I have to go from Old Library to Smiley I have to walk all the way down and around instead of being

able to cut through the parking lot which is much quicker,” Holtzberger said.

the construction.“I think [the walkway] will add to the cam-

pus and make it seem less like a concrete jungle,” Jennaleigh Fish, third-year psychology graduate student, said.

Fish is another commuter whose regular park-ing spot has also been taken up by the construction. She said she doesn’t really mind the construction and welcomes the added exercise from walking be-tween campus and the parking lots by Shango Hall.

McEnrue said certain changes will “frame” the scenic view.

“The walk will include seating elements as well as a double row of trees which will help to frame the famous view of the Mohonk Lodge in the Shawangunk Mountains,” he said.

Construction Begins On The Mohonk WalkBy Dan O’Regan Staff Writer | [email protected]

PHOTO BY ROBIN WEINSTEIN

A representative of Sodexo Inc., SUNY New Paltz’s current food-service provider, confronted students gathered in the Student Union (SU) on Monday, April 9.

Outside of SU 62/63, where Sodexo’s focus group meetings were held, Students With a Common Interest (SCI) said they gath-

representative of Sodexo Inc., tore up their signs after being told to leave them alone, they said.

According to SCI President Robert LoBianco, SCI members are displeased with Sodexo Inc. as a food provider and are opposed to renewing a contract with them.

The purpose of the meetings was to gauge student feedback on the dining experience on campus, Sodexo spokesperson En-rico Dinges said. Sixty students registered for the event and were split into groups for meetings at different time blocks. Sodexo Inc. partnered with SUNY New Paltz to organize the on-campus focus group meetings.

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cording to a University Police report.Third-year political science major Lisa Wojehowski was one

of the few protesters present during that time. Most of the other SIC members were in class, she said.

their signs, explaining there was nothing wrong with what they were doing. Wojehowski said he ignored her completely and “act-ed if she weren’t there.”

was a miscommunication.“His intent was to clean up the signs prior to the next event,

just a misunderstanding. An apology was given and that was that.” LoBianco said he and his fellow classmates, and even profes-

sors, have been disappointed by Sodexo’s service at New Paltz. LoBianco said he was disgusted with the controversial issues the company is involved in both on and off campus.

“There is no accountability, and no oversight,” he said.“We do actually source a lot of products locally … that help

support the local economy,” Dinges said in an interview with the Daily Freeman.

LoBianco said he wanted to stress the fact that the “local” businesses that Sodexo is being supplied by includes a Pepsi Co. which is located within Ulster County.

He said there have been dozens of complaints from Sodexo employees worldwide.

In a press release from the TransAfrica Forum, workers com-plained about separate and unequal treatment between employees of different races or ethnicities:

A Sodexo warehouse worker from Guniea claimed the em-ployees of European descent are always well fed and taken care of, but he and others of his descent sometimes show up to work and are given nothing to eat. A company in Columbia being supplied by Sodexo was given spoiled food leading to more than 60 workers contracting food poisoning.

A Sodexo employee in Morocco said in the report that he and his co-workers fear their employer.

“We do not complain about the supervisor because we are scared of him,” he said in the report.

Human Rights Watch released a study of the labor practices of European corporations in their operations in the United States.

The study showed Sodexo managers have “at times crossed the line to anti-union behavior, unlawful under both U.S. Law and international standards...recent developments indicate that Sodexo still resists workers’ new organizing attempts.”

In a report titled “Voices For Change: Sodexo Workers From Five Countries Speak,” an employee of Loyola University in New Orleans reported that there is no opportunity for workers making lower wages to earn overtime hours. The employee said she had to leave Sodexo and receive outside food industry experience to be eligible to become a supervisor.

“When they see you are close to 38 or 40 hours, you have to

leave and go home, even if you are in the middle of a shift, because they don’t want you to go into overtime,” she said.

A Sodexo cafeteria worker at Tulane University, New Or-leans, still makes less than $10 an hour after working there for 40 years, according to the forum.

The SCI and other students around the New Paltz campus are outraged with these allegations, according to LoBianco.

Students contend Sodexo has been unresponsive to com-plaints about the poor quality of food.

“We need to get Sodexo out of New Paltz,” second-year lin-guistics major Chacho Guenancia said, “It’s fucking terrible. My stomach has never been the same since I started eating here.”

SCI will hold a forum to discuss campus food issues and pos-sible alternatives to Sodexo. LoBianco said the forum will be held on Thursday, April 26 in SU 407.

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By Ben Kindlon Copy Editor | [email protected]

Ralph Perez-Rogers (right) of Sodexo appeared before the student senate after students expressed concerns about the company’s services.

Students Raise Concerns About Sodexo


While campus administrators continue to review re-quests for a share of the new revenue generated by a tuition increase, one campus group has already been informed that their proposal will not be acted on: the United University Professions (UUP) union.

Vice President of Administration and Finance Jacque-line DiStefano said the UUP proposal to set aside 15 percent of the estimated $1.6 million in new revenue the college could be receiving in 2012-13 for increased adjunct pay will not be acted on because the union is still negotiating their contract.

DiStefano said the contract, which is negotiated with

faculty contract makes no mention of salary for part-time

members will bring this issue to the negotiating table.“We had hoped that these types of requests be brought

to the people they are negotiating with in Albany,” she said. “We are not going to react to the requests until those nego-

have the ability to set a per-credit compensation rate for ad-juncts in mind, however, and the union felt the availability of new revenue could provide a chance to close pay gaps between part-time and full-time faculty.

-istrators are estimating that the college may have as much

result.UUP members proposed that 15 percent of those funds

-cause it is the same percentage of funding earmarked for part-timers in the UUP’s Individual Development Awards, a joint state and union program.

program, it was a reasonable number,” he said. “It would

per course. It’s not a huge amount of money, but it would be more than just a symbolic step towards closing the gap between adjunct salaries and everybody else.”

earn $12,000 annually for teaching two three-credit courses

them to seek other sources of income. He said the 235 part-timers employed by the college have not received a substan-tial salary increase in the past seven years, with compensa-

The compensation of part-timers is an important issue

should be concerned for the livelihood of the part-timers relied on to teach all types of courses across academic units

these faculty do not receive much pay could also discour-

should be corrected.“If students see the result of hard work and getting

good grades and getting a higher education degree is going to result in a dead-end job and near poverty wages, they are not going to go into the teaching profession,” he said. “I think we need to inspire students and get good people to go

-ers get paid, people will not want to go on to get a graduate degree and end up in a really low paying job.”

However, DiStefano said the rate offered to adjuncts

at this time.“We’ve looked at national and local benchmarks, in-

cluding that for adjunct compensation at the nine other com-

data indicate that, comparatively, the per-credit hour/per-course rates that we offer are very competitive.”

DiStefano said union members should bring their re-search and opinions about compensation for part-timers to contract negotiations in Albany, as she feels this is a state and national issue in higher education.

last contract a “glaring omission.”“In the meantime, it’s up to individual adjuncts to ne-

gotiate their own salaries and they have no leverage what-soever,” he said. “This all strengthens the argument that we need better provisions for adjuncts in our contract.”

Other requests for shares of the possible $1.6 million in -

tefano said. As of press time, she said administrators have received about 100 requests for funding from the revenue garnered from the tuition increases. The UUP request was the only one dealing with compensation, DiStefano said, while the rest were predominantly asking for funds to hire new faculty and student support services.


By Julie Mansmann Managing Editor | [email protected]

The Residence Hall Student Association (RHSA) commemorated the inauguration of

with a barbecue. RHSA representatives said more than 1,000

students used their meal “swipes” to get barbe-cued food at the event. Other items, like cotton candy and snow cones, were also available.

-tions were invited to table at the barbecue to commemorate the inauguration that happened on Friday.

One participating group was Kappa Delta Phi, who allowed event goers to pie members in the face if they made a donation to charity. The fraternity members saved one whipped cream

was in attendance Sunday. Kappa Delta Phi raised more than $100 at the barbecue.

-dents in attendance could ride a mechanical bull, participate in jousting or go in a bouncy castle.

to students who answered trivia questions about

lanyards, mugs and more.

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After months of searching, SUNY New Paltz has

In a campus-wide email sent on April 10, President

Donald Christian announced that Phillip Mauceri, cur-

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terim dean of science and engineering at New Paltz since

August 2011, was shed of his interim tag and was an-

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Mauceri, who will also hold a faculty appointment

in the Political Science Department in addition to his role

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including a major budget crisis, and felt that I was well

the position announcement for New Paltz, I knew I had

a major takeoff and is located in an absolutely beautiful

— one in an airport with the search committee and Presi-

dent Christian and another on campus — and was called

position will be to start discussions across campus to de-

termine what the most “urgent” issues facing academic

“I hope to further strengthen academic programs and

position them to succeed in the rapidly shifting terrain of

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see undergraduate and graduate programs in astronomy,

biology, biochemistry, chemistry, computer science, en-

mathematics and physics on a full-time basis with his ap-

position by President Christian last year, he did not intend

to apply for the full time job, but after working in the role,

“Sometimes you get to a point where you want to try

much broader committees, and I had a lot of fun working

with the honors committee and considering much larger

Nothing “dramatic” will change in the School of Sci-

“I think we are not in a position to put in a lot of new

what we really need to do is make sure that the programs

By Andrew Wyrich Editor-in-Chief | [email protected]

Two Administrative Positions Filled

The SUNY New Paltz Residence Hall Student As-

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award, National Communications Coordinators (NCC)

of the year award and third place for most funds raised,

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“It was a huge honor because philanthropy is impor-

NEACURH is an entirely student run organization

bringing together college institutions and student lead-

ers from more than 400 schools from the United States,

Canada, Mexico, Australia and Qatar, according to

neacurh.nacurh.org

In order to be considered for the award, each cam-

Conference held at Rhode Island College this past spring

“In the region, SUNY New Paltz has shown that

The regional NCC of the year award honors the dedi-

NCCs are in charge of conferences and communication

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“They are really at the heart of our success at this

Paltz more present in the NEACURH region and on a

RHSA also won the third-place award from

said RHSA is looking toward the future and working to-

Next fall, RHSA will be attending the NACURH


New Paltz RHSA Honored With Several Awards

UNI.EDU

New Paltz was named by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as one of the 13 nationwide communities to be part of their Sustainable Materials Management (SMM) program.

“Sustainable materials management is a corner-stone of any sustainability program,” Kimiko Link, environmental scientist at United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Region 2, said. “A SMM approach, combined with a sustainable energy, sustain-able food and sustainable water approach will help pre-serve our precious natural resources, improve health, strengthen our economy and build resilience for the future.”

The SMM program is aiming to serve human needs by using and reusing resources most productively and sustainably from extraction to disposal. The SMM approach seeks to minimize the amount of materials involved and all associated environmental impacts, as

-siderations, Link said.

In order to promote nationwide awareness and change, one municipality per EPA region was chosen to participate in the program. New Paltz was recruited as the New York community from USEPA Region two to be a part of the program, Link said.

Link said New Paltz’ interest in both the SMM program and the partnership made the town a good choice. She said the partnership program was intended

community’s mix of village, suburban and rural per-

to urban centers, access to markets and varied disposal

Organizations such as the SUNY New Paltz Re-cycling Club and the New Paltz Recycling Center will be collaborating with the EPA to reach the goal of zero waste through the SMM program.

Kelly Drummond, president of the Recycling Club, said they will be involved with the initiatives tak-

ing place on the SUNY New Paltz campus. Drummond said some of the events the club has already hosted, such as awareness events and the RecycleMania pro-gram, promote recycling on campus and educate stu-dents about sustainability.

“Having people know their resources will prob-

so many different resources out there that are just not really known. Once people know what recourses are out there they will be willing to participate.”

The New Paltz Recycling Center will also assist the EPA in a variety of ways including technical support and peer-to-peer networking, Link said.

“New Paltz Recycling Center will be the “home base” for the Reduction, Diversion and Reuse part of the Zero Waste Initiative,” Recycling Coordinator Lau-ra Petit said. “We have hosted school and scout tours of the facility, offer internships and training opportunities, and have low cost materials on site that have been di-verted from the waste stream (environmental) and help socially and economically to reduce expenses for arts,

crafts, home improvements, etc.”Link said the EPA is hopeful this program will

inform the community about the effects and costs of current approaches to materials management and addi-tional options available.

The EPA has extended the SMM program to other communities and individuals who are not directly in-volved by developing sustainable-type challenges in which people can demonstrate how the U.S. can move toward a greener future. The challenges include the Federal Green Challenge, the Food Recovery Challenge and the Electronics Challenge.

“The sustainability phenomenon has rippled throughout the community through public support and information that the EPA brought in through network-ing, workshops and the creation of programs (real pro-grams, not just meetings and talk),” Petit said. “There will be a food waste program, backyard composting initiative, more aggressive recycling and compliance efforts, and hands on inspecting of what is being thrown out versus what should have been recycled or diverted.”



New Paltz Chosen For EPA Sustainable ProgramBy Clarissa Moses Copy Editor | [email protected]

The SUNY New Paltz Master of Fine Arts Program ranked 83rd in U.S. News & World Report’s list of the best graduate

New Paltz was one of four schools in the SUNY system to be recognized in the top 100 on the list, moving up 11 places from its previous rank in 2008.

“We are so proud of this recognition of our arts programs and the creativity and level of accomplishment of our students, faculty and staff,” President Donald Chris-tian said on the university’s website. “The

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cy of the Hudson Valley arts community that is so important to our region’s culture, history and economy.”

L. David Eaton, vice president of en-rollment management, said the distinction

quality of the program. “We must be good to be at the top,” Ea-

ton said. “We are continuously recognized for being good and remaining committed to continual improvement.”

Eaton said more applications could be received as a result of the listing. However, the MFA program is already competitive with high admission standards.

Jennie Hirsch, a second-year art his-tory major and volunteer at The Dorsky, said students would be attracted by both the

ranking and the artistic environment of the school.

“I think that moving up on a list shows that the school has a high standard, and that’ll attract attention,” Hirsch said. “I think that especially at the graduate level it’s the quality of work that’s being pro-duced that pushes people to actually study

here. There are a lot of really talented peo-ple at New Paltz right now.”

Eaton said the goal of the institution is to continue moving forward and improving the quality of the educational environment.

The U.S. News & World Report MFA Program rankings are based on the results of a peer assessment survey, according to

the publication’s website. Respondents to the survey, conducted by Ipsos Public Af-fairs, rated the academic quality of pro-

In 2012, New Paltz was also ranked as sixth among the best public universities and 30th among public and private universities in the north by the publication.

Graduate Program Moves Up In The RanksBy Katherine Speller Features Editor | [email protected]

The Master of Fine Arts Program at SUNY New Paltz was one of four schools in the SUNY system to be ranked in the top 100 of this magazine’s list.


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Council Discusses Upcoming SA ElectionsOn Monday, April 9, the Council of Organizations

At the beginning of the meeting, Council Chair

Shayna Bentley said all students should take Student

Association (SA) Executive Vice President Eve Stern’s

survey on gender-neutral housing that was emailed

for everyone in attendance to make sure they spread the

Following this, Bentley said the Community Out-

reach and Development (COD) program is canceled

ever, Bentley said she is hoping that next semester Rose

Bentley then addressed insurance issues that have

arisen due to SA-funded organizations hosting events

at bars under their SA club names or similar pseud-

because there is a chance someone might be injured

She said the insurance company threatened to drop

SA the next time a club hosts events at a bar or restau-

not be able to have any clubs or organizations on cam-

Vice President of Academic Affairs and Gover-

nance Ayanna Thomas announced that elections for SA

Rules Committee (CRC), SA E-Board positions, senate

Thomas said SA elections would start on May 7 at

be done through my.newpaltz.edu and a minimum of 10 percent of the student body must vote in order for the

She said last year 1,077 votes were cast, meaning

not many people vote for student government and all

students need to realize how important this is for their

She said she hopes this year the voting numbers are

higher and she encouraged those in attendance to tell

Thomas also said the SA constitution is up for re-

view this semester and they are looking for student in-

The meeting ended with organizations meeting and

speaking with a CRC representative about their con-

cerns regarding campus rules and regulations, as well

as any other ways they would like to change the senate

The next Council of Organizations meeting will be

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Second-year Ryan Randazzo is among the minority of students living in a single room on campus. Although he lives in a suite with several others, his loud treatments and coughing require him to live alone.

His living situation is just one element of his life at SUNY New Paltz affected by his Cystic Fibrosis;; another is how he walks to class — he has to hold his breath to get there.

“I can’t be around smoke,” Randazzo said. “I hold my breath and run by Humanities.”

Randazzo has Cystic Fibrosis, a genetic disease that causes a thick mucus to build up in the lungs and diges-tive tracks. He started the Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Club at SUNY New Paltz with the help of one of his suitemates to educate people about his disease and to help raise mon-ey for research.

Prior to meeting Randazzo, Cecilia Stein, a second-year international relations major, said she had no knowl-

edge of the disease. But after viewing a slideshow during

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pecially informative because of a video that Randazzo’s sister made about Randazzo living with Cystic Fibrosis at college was shown.

Randazzo said his sister was unable to go away to school because of her own experience with Cystic Fibro-sis, so the video offered a different perspective on the ex-perience.

As a student, Randazzo is also involved in other extra curricular activities such as rugby. He serves as vice pres-ident of the rugby team, even though he said he always gets sick after games due to dehydration.

“I technically can’t play,” Randazzo said. “My doc-tors don’t know I do.”

However, he said his doctors do encourage him to

complying with.

The Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Club aims to promote themselves and awareness of the disease on campus by hosting events like the 5K run they held on the Old Main Quad on Sunday, April 15. Randazzo said they provided brochures for participants to learn about the illness and sold bracelets to earn money to donate to the Cystic Fi-brosis Foundation.

“There are so few people with the disease that there’s not a lot of research being done,” Randazzo said. “All of the money that the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation gets is from people like us.”

According to their website, the Cystic Fibrosis Foun-dation aims to fund research on drugs that can be used to

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Randazzo said he grew tired of explaining his disease to people he met, so he began carrying around a page in his wallet explaining his illness.

He hopes his club will eliminate the need to carry a page in his wallet ever again.

By Chelsea Hirsch

Contributing Writer | [email protected]

PHOTO BY ROBIN WEINSTEINThe Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Club hosted a 5K run on Sunday, April 15 on Old Main Quad.

Club For A CauseGROUP PROMOTES CYSTIC FIBROSIS AWARENESS

Thou shall live thy life by the scale — and for many Americans this means risking your life to attain an unhealthy weight.

The SUNY New Paltz Eating Disorders Awareness com-mittee hosted a viewing of “America the Beautiful 2: The Thin Commandments” on Thursday, March 29 in Lecture Center 100 as part of the college’s Healthy Living Aware-

eating disorders and debates whether it was the willpower of the dieter or the instinctive need to eat that makes dieting so

Writer and Director Darryl Roberts documented his tri-als of numerous popular dieting methods including $80 per gallon vegetable juice diets, detoxing, Picture Perfect Weight Loss, Weight Watchers and Lean Cuisine. Roberts said di-

changes in his diet led him to gain more weight than he lost;; until his regimented exercise and healthy mind-set led him to lower his blood pressure from 160/108 to 116/72 — a drastic improvement.

Roberts also lost 11 pounds, and concluded that a healthy mindset can be more of an asset than a set of six-pack abs.

The documentary was followed by a panel discussion where the 41 students and faculty in attendance asked ques-tions about weight and mental health to members of the Eat-ing Disorders Awareness Committee including Dr. Gweneth Lloyd of the Psychological Counseling Center, the campus’ registered dietitian and nutritionist, Evelyn Gezo and Dr. Richard Ordway, director of Student Health Services.

Gezo spoke to the audience about problems with the Center for Disease Control’s Body Mass Index (BMI) mea-surements, like how the scale is the same for men and women. She said numbers can be skewed depending on the amount of muscle mass on the body.

“There’s no cookie-cutter approach to this,” Gezo said.

surgery and the uniqueness of each individual’s body type in relation to their weight.

Lloyd said it was important to use a calm demeanor when approaching a friend or family member dealing with an eating disorder, like anorexia or bulimia. She spoke about life in moderation, a lifestyle approach that does not ask the dieter to avoid certain foods altogether or demand an obses-sive workout routine, but rather a healthy realistic approach to dieting.

Lloyd stressed the importance of self-love and accep-tance.

Lloyd said eating disorders manifest through deep-seeded psychological and emotional issues. Where there are eating disorders, there is often deep psychological trauma. She said eating disorders, in some ways, greatly resemble an

others on a daily basis.“They have it down to a science,” Lloyd said. “They

know just how many calories they need to survive.”Lloyd said college students are especially susceptible to

developing eating disorders, because their sleep habits leave them deprived of a chance to rebuild. She said mental fatigue leads to the lack of ability to tolerate stress and anxiety. Lloyd

year about eating disorders. Colleen A. Bruley, head coach of Women’s Soccer at

New Paltz and a member of the Eating Disorders Awareness Committee, said she joined the committee four years ago to try to make a difference in students’ lives.

She said during her tenure at New Paltz she has dealt with two players that battled with eating disorders.

“It’s not about the food,” Bruley said. “It’s about the loss of control in one area of their life, and food is something they can control.”

Students at the screening were giving bookmarks cov-ered in healthy living awareness tips, and blue water canisters given by the Psychological Counseling Center that had “Cel-ebrate Our Natural Sizes” written underneath a half-hollow silhouette of a curvy person.

-mentary met her expectations, which were admittedly low. Both of Weiss’ parents have undergone gastric bypass sur-gery, and she said the documentary drove a lot of emotion out of her, as well as her appetite.

“I felt like I didn’t want to eat for a week,” Weiss said.Weiss said she has been working out up to six times a

week since the eighth grade. She said after her parent’s sur-geries, the family took action by dieting, eating more fresh foods. She said she also bought a treadmill for her home.

“People think you can look like a twig,” Weiss said. “As

had to look away during scenes of stomach stapling, and lap banding. Her father underwent lap banding to try and combat his type one diabetes and back issues. She said she thinks that

diet at Hasbrouck Dining Hall. “They need a bigger vegan section,” Teta said. “It’s pa-

thetic.” The documentary also included interviews with health

and nutrition experts, including Michigan State University’s Dr. Jon Robison, former Ohio Senator Kevin Coughlin (who

and third grades) and current Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, who commented on the obesity epidemic.

According to the National Association of Anorexia Ner-vosa and Associated Disorders website, 95 percent of all diet-

years and 91 per-cent of women surveyed on a college campus had attempted to control their weight through dieting, while 22 percent “of-ten” or “always” dieted.

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COOKOFF:

Recently, I have become sort of a vegetarian…

but not by choice. Meat these days is pricey and as a

lege student too, take a break from the high sodium

Ramen Noodle alternative and listen up.

Eggplant parmesan is quick and cheap to make,

easy to store and totally delicious! I know, some of

you may have just gagged a little, but trust me, this

stuff is good. I’m Italian and if there is something we

do well, it’s breading food and throwing sauce and

cheese over it.

If you are daring enough to try this out, you will

crumbs, three eggs, vegetable oil, garlic, basil, sugar,

tional).

inch long pieces, but make sure they’re not so thin that

they burn in the pan.

tirely with egg and place it into the bread crumb bowl,

covering the eggplant piece in bread crumbs. Repeat

this step with all the slices.

time, turning them over.

down, you can boil sauce in a medium sized pot. This

es of sugar are needed.

done, drown the eggplant in your tomato sauce and

place a slice of mozzarella cheese on top.

utes and you have your dish!

you can wrap it up and store it in the fridge. It lasts

and place excess in a container and freeze it. This

way, you have tomato sauce stored securely for your

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

“Eggplant Parmesan”

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or sexually unfaithful?

Amanda Guitar, a graduate student of

research project to answer that question.

while in a relationship and doing anything

that you’re not willing to tell your partner

spectives that exist and the opportunity

up with three other college institutions

amples of such behaviors among college

students.

search is to keep the concepts thrown

Guitar said the exploratory survey

ing the current cultural and generational

ticipants to rate the severity of emotional

ing shopping together or having sex just

once, Guitar said.

Guitar said meeting the quota of 130

respondents to the survey in only one day

showed that college students are thinking

students is common because their current

ing in a monogamous relationships.

the research will hopefully uncover.

es and sexual orientations are present in

the participants’ responses. The inclusion

tionally excluded from other research,

tive, Guitar said.

he has begun to analyze the results from

Michigan’s student participants in the

shared survey. He said those who were

casual sex, were more likely to admit

A second phase of the survey is

colleagues will be presenting their results

at the sixth annual meeting of the North

at the end of April.

all respects,” Geher said. “Her work on

the development of this project has been

enormous.”

Guitar said she hopes to expand

to include the perspective of friendship,

wondering if betrayal and unfaithfulness

can also be present in relationships with

peers.

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the research will hopefully uncover.

es and sexual orientations are present in

the participants’ responses. The inclusion

tionally excluded from other research,

tive, Guitar said.

peers.

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BooksKeep up with the latest

faculty writing projects!

The allure of pop-up art brought faculty, students, mothers and children together outside the Lecture Center to get their books signed by illustrator Robert Sabuda, on Wednesday, April 4.

Sabuda returned to SUNY New Paltz to host a lecture

This lecture brought inspiration and gave the audience insight on the world of pop-up books.

“I hope I inspired students to go out there and make something,” Sabuda said. “When was the last time some-one actually made something?”

Sabuda’s lecture was sponsored by the Friends of the Sojourner Truth Library, a group of faculty, alumni, com-munity members and students who donate books and mate-

Other events that they host include the used book sale and the annual Dennis O’Keefe lectures.

Sabuda graduated from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he studied art. He said he decided he wanted to be a children’s book illustrator after interning with Dial

titled “The Christmas Alphabet,” published in 1994.Attendees had the opportunity to purchase Sabuda’s

pop-up books before and after the lecture. Sabuda took

time to chat with fans, address their questions and sign

a few injured copies.

“paper engineering,” during his lecture. He begins with the completion of a manuscript and then gets together with his design team to create a pop-up list.

Library Outreach Coordinator Morgan Gwenwald helps the Friends of the Sojourner Truth Library coordi-nate events. She said she was on board with having Sabuda come to New Paltz, and was pleased with the outcome.

“Robert Sabuda was a fabulous speaker and success-ful author,” Gwenwald said. “Everyone from kids to adults could get something out of this.”

Alissa Oko, a graduate student, said she was amazed by Sabuda after attending the lecture with her children’s literature class.

“I did not realize that there was so much you could do with pop-up books,” said Oko. “We thought it would be interesting to come.”

Oko said she ended up purchasing a copy of “Peter Pan” because it was her favorite as a child.

Sabuda said he hopes everyone took something out of this event.

“All I want for a child is to think ‘I want to do that,’” Sabuda said.

By Bianca MendezContributing Writer | [email protected]

Popping Up Into New PaltzROBERT SABUDA HOLDS BOOK SIGNING IN LECTURE CENTER

Illustrator Robert Sabuda creates 3-D pop-up books. PHOTO BY JESSICA DOHANYOS

Author: Lauren Meeker, assistant professor of anthropology

Title: “Sounding Out Heritage: Cultural Politics and the Social Practice of folk music in Northern Vietnam”

Subject: It is based on research I did on Quan Ho folk music. Basically, it’s a type of singing that started out in the villages of Northern Viet-nam in one particular province and you’d have groups of singers all one gender — so all female

singers. Women singers would get together with a group of male singers and they would sing back and forth. What this book looks like is the village form of this music as well as what has happened to it as it has moved onto the professional stage.

How long have you been working on this?:

This is based upon my dissertation research,

research. Then I wrote my dissertation and de-fended it in 2007 and since I’ve been at New Paltz I’ve spent two summers over there [in Viet-nam] talking to people and updating some of the research. Then I got a contract with the Univer-sity of Hawaii Press to revise the dissertation. It has evolved into the book that it is over a long period of time.

Publication date: The manuscript is at the pub-lishers at the moment and it is in line to be copy-edited. Generally speaking, [the process] takes about a year.

What makes this unique?:

Well, there are no books published in English

one in English. There’s a few things that have been published about performance in Vietnam but not a whole lot at this point, so I’m contribut-ing to this growing body of anthropology work.

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The SUNY New Paltz Catholic Campus Ministry

(CCM) celebrated Caribbean-style in preparation for

their mission trip to the Dominican Republic this spring.

The group held the Caribbean night dinner dance

fundraiser at St. Joseph’s Church in New Paltz on Sat-

urday, April 14.

Members of the New Paltz Catholic community

gathered in the basement of the church to feast on a buf-

fet of rice and beans, curry chicken and spicy pulled

pork while salsa and Reggae music played in the back-

ground. Couples and young people practiced their two-

silent auction of gift cards, paintings and other novelties

with the funds going to the missionaries.

Katelyn Burns, a third-year communication disor-

year at SUNY New Paltz. She said she is one of 12 stu-

dents going on the trip in May.

Burns said the materials the group needs to aid the

people abroad are expensive, so any help is appreciated.

“We will be raising money for our funds that are

going to the trip. We are bringing a water pump to a

school in Haiti that is a costly expense,” Burns said.

“We also will be doing service projects while we are

there so we’ll need supplies for cleaning and painting.

It is costly for all of us to travel there so any support is

much appreciated.”

CCM members will leave on May 21 and arrive at

the central mountain region of the Dominican Republic

where they will begin construction work and establish a

Bible school for the children in the area, part-time Cath-

olic Ministry Minister Hank Grimsland said.

The team will be working in Jarabacoa and Mao,

regions of the Dominican Republic, Grimsland said. He

also said that the ministry will visit a school in Fort-

Liberté, Haiti where they will install the electric water

pump.

Students are required to raise funds individually

and as a group before the trip, Grimsland said. The pro-

ceeds from auctioneers and guests at the group event aid

in purchasing the electric water pump.

Grimsland said the ministry has held this fundrais-

ing event in the past and it has seemed to catch on.

“The combination of dinner, dancing — merengue,

salsa and bachata — and silent auction seems to work

very well,” Grimsland said.

Trudy Unger, a New Paltz resident who attended

the event Saturday, said she was impressed with the stu-

dents for traveling abroad.

“I hope they surpass what they hoped they would

do to begin with. [I wish] success for them,” Unger said.

The student missionaries will return on June 1,

Burns said, but in the brief time they will be there, the

group will be making a tremendous impact on people

who have very little.

“The work we will be doing there will literally be

changing people’s lives. The communities we work

with are very poor and they greatly appreciate all the

work we do for them,” Burns said. “I look forward to

seeing our work help [the children]. I know this trip, just

like the last one, will be life changing!”

GROUP HOLDS FUNDRAISER FOR MISSIONARY TRIPBy Caterina De GaetanoCopy Editor | [email protected]

Caribbean Nights

The Psychological Counseling Center at SUNY New

Paltz is now hosting a group that will bring seniors togeth-

er to express what concerns they have about graduating.

The group, Gearing Up For Graduation, aims to bring

graduating students together to speak about their concerns

and what graduation means to them. The group will be

hosted by Catherine Davies, the co-facilitator at the SUNY

New Paltz Counseling Center, and Carrie Schapker, a so-

cial work intern.

Davies and Schapker started the group due to the

stressful job market awaiting students when they gradu-

ate. The objective is to help students realize that they are

not at all alone in their post-matriculation concerns. Every

student may have a different situation that they want to

speak about.

“Some students are worried that if they return home

they are a failure, others may be concerned about apply-

ing to grad school,” Davies said. “This group will provide

perspective and give these students a comfort in knowing

that they are not alone in their concerns.”

The group was supposed to start meeting in the begin-

ning of April on Monday afternoons, however not enough

students were aware it existed.

Caroline Monahan, a fourth-year student, said she

“I am so bad at coping with graduating,” Monahan

said. “This would be comforting because everyone is a

wreck and so many of us don’t know what we want to do.”

Schapker just graduated herself and said she under-

stands the unsettling feeling that comes with making the

next steps after college. Schapker said she hopes students

will be able to relate to her and that the group will hold

discussions that are challenging. She said she will speak

of her own experiences and help to facilitate the group.

“I heard about Catherine’s idea and jumped on it,”

Schapker said. “The feeling of entering unknown territory

is very relevant to me right now, so it will make the group

more relatable.”

All of the discussions held in the group are completely

to speak about their own experiences and concerns. Some

students have a rough home life or have personal feelings.

The group would be a place where they can express these

“Things always seem bigger and scarier when you

look at them,” Schapker said. “Talking about it and bring-

ing it into the light will help to evaluate their fears and

worries.”

Schapker said the group still plans to hold meetings

once enough people sign up for the group. This will give

to every week.

“We just want students to know that they are not alone

in their concerns,” Davies said. “It brings comfort to know

that if they are not successful right out of college, they are

still not a failure.”

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Latin dance music surged through Elting Gym this weekend as tank top clad participants bounced and kicked their way through two hours of cardio. Relay

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communications major and co-chair of Relay for Life.

funds was what inspired her to become an instructor.

not only donate, but also to get in shape.

shape and live a healthier lifestyle.

Everdyke said. The cause hits home for Everdyke, who lost her

grandfather to cancer in 2002. To her, the event is not just about giving money, but interacting with people and remembering those lost.

Participants raise money and show their support for the cause by walking, usually on a track, for ex-

to the mission and helped raise awareness for next week’s Relay for Life.

part of next year’s Relay for Life. This year’s Relay for Life event will be held on

10 p.m.

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political coverage for a number of years, according

the Center held an event on April 9 in Parker Theatre

This event focused on musical and literary works -

lish or translated from Persian. There were two speak-

piano music by Ariana Barkeshli, music educator and scholar.

The main goal of the event was to enhance the cul-

2009 academic year.

community members scholars and diplomats from various points of view to exchange ideas in a respect-ful way that will promote regular understating of

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Callaloo in 2009.

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corder, even though she did not know Persian. The message of dialogue and activism guided the

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essential to understanding a country’s national and in-ternational circumstances.

a different part of the community exacting lessons in

Students Raise Iranian Voices By Maria Jayne

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EVENT STRIVES TO SPARK DIALOGUE ABOUT THE MIDDLE EAST

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The Last good Book I Read: ‘Eyes Like Stars’ by Lisa Mantchev

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I will happily drop out of school if the Theatre Illuminata will take me into their fold. Sure, I can’t act or paint or do any-thing in a theater, but I would magically acquire a skill for them.

The Theatre Illuminata is where “Eyes Like Stars,” the

lows Beatrice Shakespeare Smith, a girl who isn’t an actress but

Dream” and Ariel, the wispy air spirit from “The Tempest.”But the theater is no longer enough for Bertie — not be-

how she got to the theater. The typical questions plague her: Who is she? Where did she come from?

But Bertie isn’t your typical heroine, and in a world where

create her own part.I could be less cheesy in the description of this book, but

characters, the plot — all of it is bloody brilliant. Bertie herself

fect, but she’s a pretty damn fabulous character.The world of the Theatre Illuminata is one that I could

way that I can only be jealous of. It’s a fantasy world, to be

beautifully.But the highlight of this book comes from the subtle shout-

outs to other texts, mainly Shakespeare. Perhaps it’s the inner

“‘Is this a doughnut I see before me?”

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ARTS ENTERTAINMENT&

When he graduates from SUNY New Paltz, printmaker Douglas C. Eberhardt will be a master of collaboration.

For part of his Master of Fine Arts (MFA) thesis, Eberhardt decided to make more than 100 prints of a self-portrait inside a robotic-looking silhouette, with another

Calling it the “Lets Hang Out Kit,” he sent them to his artist friends, along with ev-eryone in the SUNY New Paltz printmaking

self-portraits any way they liked. “People did interpretations of them-

selves,” Eberhardt said. “This is sort of a way of bringing friends and community into my work because my work can be re-ally personal. A lot of it is pretty accessible, cartoony, but bringing other people into it makes it interesting to me. Kind of opens up a whole new realm.”

During his undergraduate career at Ed-inboro University in Pennsylvania, Eber-hardt became inspired by the older technique of the exquisite corpse — where different artists draw separate parts of a body and combine them together, allowing the possi-bility to interchange the parts.

With this idea in mind, Eberhardt will

front of a diorama of an environment Eber-hardt painted, showcasing the major places in his life: the Buffalo house he grew up in, the house he lived in as an undergraduate and the cityscapes of New York City, Buffalo and Pittsburgh.

“I wanted it to be as noisy as possible,” Eberhardt said.

Eberhardt’s work is colorful, bursting with energy, exuding the grotesque and eerie shapes of the face and body. In one particular self-portrait that will be on display at his the-sis show, Eberhardt’s print shows him sleep-ing on a couch with an explosion of wild images pouring out of his head in different directions.

“It’s a really abstracted self-portrait that was trying to explain all of the ideas coming out of my head,” Eberhardt said. “It’s as if my head just blew up on a bunch of paper. That is what I was trying to go for.”

Eberhardt said his work is a “mix of printmaking and illustration.” Often describ-ing his pieces as “cartoony” and even “silly,” Eberhardt said his style of drawing comes from a lot of places, including touches of Ed Roth and Ralph Steadman and a lot of car-toon-watching.

like Art Crumb. He straddles the line between high art and low cartoon art,” Eberhardt said. “I really enjoy pretty much anything and everything that I deem is good. That can be anything from older ‘90s cartoons like ‘Ren & Stimpy,’ and then there’s really good new cartoons out now, like ‘Adventure Time.’”

Eberhardt’s very personal work is also inspired by the people around him. Another print in his thesis, “Porch Life,” represents his old porch from his house in Pennsylva-nia. A self-portrait of Eberhardt sits com-fortably while a swarm of monstrous and

bizarre-looking creatures surround him. “That was a print about how embracing

a party or rock ‘n roll lifestyle is not only a good thing, but how it changes your per-spective, and changes the way people inter-act with each other,” Eberhardt said. “I don’t mean to show them [friends] in a super nega-tive way and me in a glorifying way, being

wanted to show the interactions people make and the way my perception may be to every-body else. It’s a way of understanding, an example of perceiving the world.”

Eberhardt said he also enjoys lithogra-phy and has had his work on display at the Unison Arts in Water Street Market, Cel-ebration of the Arts, McKenna Theatre and Haggerty Administration Building. While a graduate student at SUNY New Paltz, he also taught an Introduction to Printmaking class, and would be interested in returning to New

Paltz to teach professionally. After he graduates, Eberhardt will be

interning at a farm outside of Poughkeepsie, called The Wassaic Project. Yet on a larger scale, Eberhardt said he would love to start a collective in Pittsburgh where a group of artists can pool their resources together for projects like large printmaking installations.

“I’m really interested in making fun ob-jects, it’s sort of eye-candy,” Eberhardt said.

Eberhardt’s MFA thesis show, “Por-traits, Parodies & Perspectives,” will be on display in The Dorsky, May 11 to 15.

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Anthony Tino spends the majority of his time working with plaster gauze, fabric, metal, plastic and video.

Tino, a fourth-year printmaking Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), said he focuses on several mediums and is cur-rently working toward preparing for his senior thesis show on display at the Dor-sky.

His show, called “Yotonyo,” will include a large format digital print with silkscreen, an assemblage type of sculp-ture and a video monitor.

Though Tino entered New Paltz studying literature, he found himself being drawn more to the formation of a book than the content of it. He learned how to design images and after taking a class about creating sound experiences, he realized he belonged in the Fine Arts Department.

Since then, his focus has shifted to-ward working with visual and audio me-diums to communicate his art, he said.

Over the past two semesters, Tino has accumulated works from his time at New Paltz and elaborating on them.

“I think there might be a few themes in the show that include disguise, fetish-ism and subversion,” Tino said. “There will also be alternative ways of using materials, which all kind of boils down

to my making a show that’s about an ex-ploration of taste.”

The most challenging part of put-ting together his thesis show, Tino said, was scaling back the work he wanted to show. He said he overproduced and then

into the space he was given. The inclusion of several different

mediums in Tino’s thesis has not dis-couraged him because the chaos rein-forces the show’s themes and is embed-ded in the pieces on display, he said.

“I think the more confused the view-er is, the better,” Tino said.

Coupled with the show’s chaotic nature, Tino said he created the show to feel as busy as a conversation might. A

would look like is not evident.“I am an artist and printmaker but

above all, I am in love with the way aes-thetics works, movements are created and artworks that make us think,” Tino said. “My show deals with how images are recycled and how the act of produc-tion is mimetic of things that have come before. My show undermines notions of the individual artistic genius and places that emphasis on culture while simulta-neously glamorizing myself as an artist and my personal interests.”

Tino’s BFA thesis show will be on display at The Dorsky from May 4 to 8.

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With a synthesized drone and other elec-

tronic noises turning on, The Shins return, fur-

ther pushing their sound into new directions on

Port of Morrow.

Lyrically and musically, The Shins sound

a shade darker on the driving opener, “The

ment here has a compelling, discernible sound,

while they all work together to pulse the song

out as a perfect counterpoint, opening and clos-

Crandall and Jesse Sandoval exited the band,

and Mercer replaced them with a slew of new

album for his side project, Broken Bells, with

On Port of Morrow, Mercer and these

The Shins sound different with the new mem-

bers, based on the evolution of their sound and

Wincing the Night Away, the

sound had disappeared, they need only to wait

until the chorus as Mercer passionately wails,

range jumps up and down with such Shins-y

riffs, sweeping harmonies and punchy drums,

Clocking in around 40 minutes, 10 songs

in total, Port of Morrow is well-paced, like pre-

along, with a catchy little chorus and guitar so-

Chutes Too Narrow, though the lush

harmonies and reverb-rich guitars give it a

tars and drums are all very polished, more so

half of the album is stronger than the second;;

though Port of Morrow

album effectively with a slow psychedelic jam,

Despite the weak moments on the album,

and vocalist making the material exciting

of The Shins and he maintains that familiar

melodies and a colorful musical landscape to

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Jeff Moves To The ScreenMAN-CHILD FILM BEATS EXPECTATIONS

MUSICIAN OF THE WEEK:JORDAN REISMAN

When I went to see the Duplass brothers’ “Jeff, Who Lives at Home” over the long weekend, I braced myself for another mediocre comedy about a man-child who refuses to grow up. I’m actually a fan of those comedies, but I don’t expect much from them.

Judging by the title, Jason Segel’s top-billing and the fact that co-writer/director Mark Duplass stars in a show about fantasy football (FX’s “The League”), I thought I would have exactly this experience: I’d watch Segel do his bug-eyed thing, enjoy the clever one-liners and pop culture references and make a mental venn diagram comparing the moments I laughed to the moments I cringed.

To my surprise, that wasn’t my experience at all. “Jeff, Who Lives at Home” is about a thoughtful,

30-year-old slacker (Segel) who’s been thinking about his place in the world. Jeff believes the universe sends signs to guide us, but his cynical brother, Pat (Ed Helms), doesn’t agree — until a simple errand sends the pair on a day-long journey toward destiny. Throw in two car crashes, a broken

marriage and an AIM-chat secret admirer and you’ve got a touching, clever comedy-drama about human connection and self-discovery.

Segel, who consistently takes blasé roles as clumsy

Look for the moments when his face switches from inno-cent amusement to watery-eyed epiphany in about half a second. You’ll end up with the same expression.

The supporting cast’s performances were equally ab-sorbing. Susan Sarandon (Jeff’s mother) is, as always, fan-tastic. Her character’s compelling subplot culminates in

Greer, as his unhappy wife, easily steals the few scenes in which she appears.

I also want to point out how great the original score was. Michael Andrews’ deceptively simple music was de-lightful, carrying the action in bursts of playfulness and poignancy. I’m itching to buy the soundtrack.

It’s not often that I walk out of a theater crying because

heart is a simple, but much needed, reminder: people have an endless capacity to be excellent to each other. You bet I just borrowed a phrase from “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure” to acknowledge the endurance of compassion in our cynical world.

of fresh air. Take a short break during the next few weeks and go see “Jeff, Who Lives at Home.” You don’t need to wait for a sign.

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WHO HAVE YOU BEEN LISTENING TO LATELY?

I’ve been playing drums since I was nine. That’s my main instrument. I play guitar

for fun.

Frightened Rabbit. The National. The Menzingers.

WHO ARE YOUR BIGGEST INFLUENCES?Bouncing Souls. Latterman. The Avett

Brothers. Michael Jackson.

ANY ADVICE FOR ASPIRING MUSICIANS?Don’t think you’re above anything musically. Be open-minded. Just keep playing all of the

time.

WHAT ARE YOU INVOLVED WITH MUSICALLY?I’ve been in Male Call for three years. I have a band called the Love-ly Matadors. We just released an EP at

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On April 9, a representative from our current

food service provider, Sodexo Inc., confronted stu-

dents rallying in front of Student Union 62/63 where

an open forum was held. The meeting was for stu-

dents to express their concerns about the current food

program and propose changes. At around noon, the

Sodexo representative left the meeting and tore up

signs and materials the students had posted, ignoring

their pleas to stop. Distressed by the situation, the stu-

on the incident.

We at The New Paltz Oracle are outraged that

students were forced out of an open forum where cli-

ent feedback was requested by the company. We are

appalled that students merely expressing their opin-

ions were treated so harshly. The forum was meant

for the student body to freely address their thoughts

and feelings on the present food service and when

negative responses were given, the company attempt-

ed to silence them in an aggressive way.

If our society expects to see changes, voices must

be heard and not silenced. In order to make chang-

es on our campus, student voices are essential. The

school is for students after all. Disturbingly, it ap-

dexo has attempted to silence.

Sodexo Inc. is a multinational corporation serv-

ing campuses across the nation, as well as 120 pris-

ons worldwide. The company has a history of abusing

workers’ rights in the United States and in countries

abroad such as the Dominican Republic, Columbia

and Morocco, according to documents of the NGO

TransAfrica. It is startling that Sodexo’s intolerance

for justice doesn’t end with the rallying of New Paltz

students.

Columbia as a result of their efforts to form a labor

union. In Guinea, workers allegedly are not allowed

to drink from the same canteen as European workers.

They claim the food they are given is scarce in con-

trast with the European laborers. In the United States,

Sodexo also launched an aggressive campaign against

some of their employees’ efforts to form unions and

bargain collectively. These examples seem to indicate

Sodexo likes to rough-up anyone who speaks or acts

against the company.

should not support a company known for mistreating

employees and denying them of their rights.

In addition, Sodexo has been found guilty of

scamming universities and public schools across the

nation. The New York State Attorney General’s Of-

dexo cheated SUNY colleges, including New Paltz,

out of millions of dollars. The New York Times found

that Sodexo continues to exploit legal loopholes that

allow the company to pocket funds intended for our

schools through a process called “prompt payment

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We desperately urge Campus Auxiliary Services

(CAS) and administration to review the college’s con-

tract with Sodexo as their contract is up for renewal

and other food services are up for consideration. We

ask that these other services are seriously considered

and the contract with Sodexo is not renewed for the

aforementioned reasons. We refuse to support a ser-

vice which abuses employees, swindles schools out

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equitable business relationship. We as students are

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which can be found with alternative providers.

We look forward to working with CAS and the

administration and would like to see the contract with

Sodexo reassessed in the coming year.

Editorials represent the views of the majority of the editorial board. Columns, op-eds and letters, excluding editorials, are solely those of the writers and do not necessarily represent the views of The New Paltz Oracle, its staff members, the campus and university or the Town or Village of New Paltz.

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It was easier for me to make new friends as a child. I used to walk over to someone, impress them with my toys or Barbie doll collection and BOOM! Just like that, we were friends. I was much more outgoing and eager to make friends too. But now I’ve become so jaded that I’m not even interested in making friends anymore. Also, I haven’t found anyone my age that still plays with Barbie dolls or would be interested in my collection.

I avoid people now. I avoid potential friends the way a browbeaten kid would avoid the school bully. For example, if I was on my way to class and I saw some-one I knew 20 yards away and walking toward me, I would most likely take a detour, even if that means arriving to class 10 or 20 minutes late.

I used to look down at my cellphone to avoid someone walking by, but then I realized everyone else does that shit too. It also really doesn’t work with some-

one who is super talkative and friendly. They’ll see that you’re busy “texting” or listening to your iPod and decide to talk to you anyway. That happened to me once and I swear on my pinky toe this is how the conversation went.

Bitch I’m trying to avoid (BITTA): “Hey.”

Me: “Hey.”BITTA: “What’s up?”Me: “Nothing much. What’s up

with you?”BITTA: “Oh, nothing.”Me: “Okay, bye.”And that’s it. These are the types of

verbal exchanges I try to avoid. If you ask me, I think I’m doing these people a favor by avoiding them. No one wants to be in a dry-ass dialogue like that. I mean, I don’t understand why someone would interrupt me to start some bullshit conversation like that. Especially when you have nothing to say. I mean, this conversation wouldn’t be so annoying if the person had something to say after I said “What’s up with you?” I don’t mind speaking to “hi” and “bye” people be-cause that’s all they say “hi,” “hey” and keep it moving. But I digress, I think.

Lately, social settings have been the bane of my existence, especially when I don’t know the people too well. Outside of the incredibly small group of friends I have at SUNY New Paltz, I realized that I just can’t deal with people. They are either too annoying, loud, vain, or want to be the center of attention all the time. I can’t deal with that shit.

Some of my friends have these char-acteristics but they also possess positive attributes that overpower the annoying ones. I don’t really know most people well enough to see past their annoying traits.

I’ve made friends or acquaintances outside of my small circle of friends.

these people to be annoying. But I’m not emotionally attached to them like I am to the people in my circle. So it’s easy for me to drop them like a hot potato and not feel guilty about it or anything. I’ve done that to a lot of people since I’ve been here.

I like that I am this way, though. You see, when I was younger I always tried to please people, and impress them, in hopes that they would become my

friends. I was more vulnerable to (so-cial) rejection back then and I often got my feelings hurt. I mean, when I was a toddler, other kids used to steal toys. So I stopped trying so hard.

The friends I have, I’ve made them effortlessly. I’m not going to start lis-tening to music and watching the same

I probably would check it out if I was interested. But I wouldn’t do it just to make friends. I know a lot of people who do that shit and it annoys me.

I don’t know why it’s not easier for me to make friends now. I mean, I’m at-tractive, funny (once you get to know me), and I have a ton of smart and dumb shit to say. However, I’ve noticed that now it takes a while, a long while, for me to feel comfortable with someone before a friendship (if at all) follows. I know that friendships can be more com-plicated and hard to keep hold of when you’re older so maybe that’s a factor…I don’t know. I wish making friends and building friendships could be as simplis-tic as it was when I was a child. Maybe they are still that simple and I just don’t know it.

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It was only a month ago when I knew exactly what I was going to do with my life. I had a plan: major in jour-nalism, minor in law, get straight A’s,

speaker with a 4.0 GPA and become a writer for The New York Times (special-izing in news and legal writing). It was perfect. Then my advisor emailed me about declaring my major and suddenly my plan fell apart.

It’s not that I can’t follow through with my plan…I am already taking jour-

nalism and law classes;; I have spoken to

is a 3.7 (so I’m close) and I’ve grown ac-

It All” while working for The Oracle so I may be New York Times-worthy pretty soon.

My problem is I don’t know if I like my plan anymore. I might want to be a public relations major instead, law is getting a bit too complicated, straight

nese doesn’t seem so cool anymore and The New York Times, well, maybe that’s still possible.

After all of my strategic planning and mapping out of my life, reality set in as soon as my advisor told me I can set my plan in motion and declare. It

was like a wave of anxiety swept over me and my perfect life plan was turned into 1,000 piece puzzle.

It’s strange how just two words - “declare major” - can spark all of these thoughts. It’s also strange how I can go

possible English major, to an undecided major to a pretty positive public rela-tions major then back to undecided in just a week.

My parents have told me to get out

an internship (which is free labor) is just

At the end of the day, I sometimes have to question if my major even mat-ters. I’m paying thousands of dollars for

this education and some of my future co-workers won’t even have a college degree. They will have gotten there by who they know, not by what they learned as whatever major in whatever college.

Yes, I know it seems a bit soon for me to start thinking about my future co-workers but I only have three more years - THREE! And I have just a matter of months before I am forced to declare a major. I refuse to waste my time taking random classes just as an experiment. I want to work toward my career, not just

out… I guess…but I’m just hoping this road to self discovery doesn’t take too long.

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LETTERSJoel Tyner embodies the values of

peace, justice, environmental protec-tion and true democracy that I learned from Dr. King and Pete Seeger - and he works as hard as humanly possible to assure that they are realized. His dedication and perseverance have al-

to the Dutchess County legislature - the last time running unopposed. He’s the very best person I know of to succeed Maurice Hinchey in Congress to rep-

-ured District 19. Margaret Mead said it best: ‘Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world;; indeed it’s the only thing that ever has.’ No more hoping for change, let’s create it. IT’S TIME FOR TYNER.

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So many of you now are graduat-ing. Done with classes. Done with tests. Done with ... clubs and organizations?

Perhaps - that is what many people do. I’ve know some incredibly active and involved people who gave their all in clubs and organizations who just stopped doing those things after college. People often see those things as some-thing you do while you’re in college and

forget that those types of groups exist out in the ‘real world.” This shouldn’t be the case. The end of your college (or perhaps just undergraduate) time should be just the start of your involvement in the community. In the Hudson Valley or wherever you live after you leave SUNY New Paltz, there are tons of organiza-tions looking for new members, volun-teers and even leaders and organizers.

These could be clubs, social or cultural organizations, charitable groups, or ath-letic groups & teams. Being involved in these groups can be fun, educational, let you meet new people and make your community a better place.

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I’ve met a truly wonderful man who will be on the Democratic Pri-mary ballot on June 26, to take over Maurice Hinchey’s seat in Congress. He is Joel Tyner, and in addition to Maurice’s position on expanding Medicare, the “break up the too big to fail” banks, amending the Con-stitution to get rid of corporate per-sonhood, “No! to NAFTA,” clean money elections, and ending “Big Oil” speculation, Joel supports crim-inalizing fracking. He is endorsed by Josh Fox, the creator of “Gasland,” the wonderful movie that has done

so much to bring the evils of frack-ing to the public’s awareness. He is endorsed by Pete Seeger, who knows something about progressive politics. He is endorsed by Dr. Cornel West, distinguished Professor at Princeton, a leader for civil rights, progressive social rights, a man who exposes the anti-humanistic distortions held by

holders. Dr. West has a great sense of humor, and so does Joel, and I will never trust anyone who can’t laugh at themselves.Joel can, and will win. He has

the Dutchess County Legislature in a solid Republican district. He has enormous energy and is knowledge-able and progressive on every issue that I’ve heard him speak about. I support Joel all the way, and I hope that Woostockers will do the same.

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The SUNY New Paltz Women’s Lacrosse team began this season under the guidance of a new coach and a brand new approach to victory.

On Tuesday, April 17 a historic win was secured. The 21-20 game over SUNY Oswego ended in the favor of the

over a SUNYAC team since the pro-gram’s reinstatement in 2009.

Head Coach Liz Student said the team really pulled it together in the game. She said they quickly realized they needed each other to win and made all of the right moves.

“It’s been a joy to watch them grow

dent said. “Our approach to every game is the same, and the girls have kept their

Student said the team’s persever-ance, positivity and refusal to let the tough times beat them has been their greatest advantages. Thinking of the SUNYAC games as different from oth-ers is not something she stresses to her players.

Student said her focus on details has brought out the best playing in the team overall.

Fourth-year Captain Samantha Del-

the start of the game and collectively sensed a win going in. The entire team,

girl strives for what is best for the team as a whole, she said.

the rest, third-year Captain Juli Rehain said, which is something she has never seen from any other team. She said they

hold the camaraderie of doing what is best for the group, not the individual, which will lead them to victory come the approaching games.

Student attributes much of the team’s success to their winning attitude. More of a psychological element, she said they are shifting their focus from their past to their extremely bright future as a young team.

The balance of the team, Student said, is somewhere between physical and mental. With this in mind, Student has assigned a summer reading list for the 2012 summer, compiled of books that address the mental side of the team.

“It’s not fair to just focus on the

Fourth-year Captain Julia Donato agreed and said the team has changed its tactics these past few weeks, practic-ing as a whole in order to “strengthen

“We have begun to focus more on holding each other accountable for ev-erything so we play consistently and

DelGaudio said even when the team was down in their Tuesday game against

“[they] never felt as though a win was

Pumped up from this well-earned victory, Student said the team is an-ticipating more success in their future games, as well as looking forward to the quickly approaching Senior Day on Sat-urday, April 21.

“There’s a quote we say before each

ever gave their best regretted it.’ And it’s true these girls give their best each time.

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Local Kids Take To The CourtsBy Mike Crocker

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Three’s Company For Carlin

Around New Paltz, it seems like trying to grind will al-ways to be a hassle. I’m not talking about the stuff you see on

the grinding tricks of the SUNY New Paltz skateboard club, B-

According to the Student Handbook, students are allowed to skateboard anywhere on campus as long as they are mind-ful of other people passing and do not skateboard in front of entrances.

Third-year computer engineering major Julian Santo said University Police reprimand him constantly for skateboarding around campus. He said he is more often than not talked down to by police, and treated like “some sort of punk.”

In one instance, Santo was skateboarding with a friend in an empty parking lot when a cop forced them to leave. Santo asked why they couldn’t skate in a parking lot that was not being used, and the cop would either ignore his questions or respond with “jerky wisecracks.” The area he was skating in had no vio-lation of the Student Handbook, an explanation the cop (who will remain unnamed) was not willing to listen to, according to Santo.

“He’s trying to override something written down in our

Student Handbooks, and he talks down to us like he’s some su-per authority when it’s not his place at all to be making these kinds of rules,” Santo said.

At a different time, Santo was given a citation and was ob-ligated to meet with the Dean of Students after a cop had written

to, what the cop thought he was trying to use as a skate obstacle Santo hadn’t been using. After going to a hearing, Santo’s case was dismissed due to the lack of evidence the cop had to show.

Jesse Fishman, a second-year electrical engineering major

chased through grants given to them by the Student Association. So is this fair? I’d say no. After talking to the Rugby Team

last week and hearing the number of injuries their teammates go through, it’s ridiculous for there to be any restrictions on the skateboarding community because their actions are potentially dangerous. Wake up administration: When a 20-year-old is try-ing to slide a metal rail at 15 miles per hour, he or she has con-sidered the possibility of injury.

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With the Mets heading to Philly last weekend, I could not help but miss the once-great rivalry the two teams had. Gone are the days of the smack talk between Jimmy Rollins and Car-los Beltran, gone are the days of crucial series in September and certainly gone are the days of Pat Burrell unleashing terror upon the Mets every season.

It makes sense really;; the Mets and Phillies were at each other’s throats

place by one game and in 2008, the Phillies once again took the best of the Amazin’s.

Since then, the Phillies have be-come World Champions and been a

the Mets have gone into a tailspin, a re-gime change and complete rebuilding

how can a rivalry maintain its gusto?But back to this weekend’s series.

I asked myself — do the Mets actually have a rival at this point?

The once-hated Braves lost the hoist of biggest rival once the Phillies usurped them as the dominant force of the division. Since their fall from grace, Braves series are not the adrenaline

shook the halls of Shea Stadium. Sure, Chipper Jones is still around, but his soon-to-be hall of fame career is end-ing this season, so the venom Mets fans once had now calmed to something of a somber acknowledgement.

The Nationals and Marlins have done their fair share of damage to the Mets over the years, but nothing close to a rivalry-like status. The closest thing the Nationals and Mets had to an ongo-ing rivalry was when Pedro Martinez plunked Jose Guillen in 2006, causing

with his bat and benches to empty. Perhaps with Jose Reyes now don-

ning his funky new uniform in Miami, the Mets could kindle some sort of sat-isfaction from winning games against him down the line. But for now, it doesn’t seem too heated — especially with the revelation that the Mets will be honoring him with a video tribute when the Marlins head to town.

The basic conclusion is that the Mets have not played meaningful games in the past few years, and be-cause of this, they do not have a cur-rent heated rivalry. Without high stakes games putting emotions on edge and excitement to build, there are fewer op-portunities to bring about the buzz that surrounds rivalries.

Perhaps as the Mets grow and go through their transformation into a younger and more sustainable club, the

rivalries that once made stadiums shake and fans roar will come back. Hopeful-ly players like Matt Harvey and Zach Wheeler will thrust themselves into the thick of things and force teams to take the Mets more seriously.

With the development of players like Lucas Duda, Jon Niese and Ruben Tejada — among others — the Mets are gearing themselves up for better years in the future, which will lead to more wins and ultimately to bigger and better rivaliries that will excite a fan base that

Maybe then I can feel that same burning desire to watch Philadelphia’s team be devoured by smack talk and passion. Maybe the next few years will ignite the rabid fan inside of me and I can stop writing columns that ask “what if?” and “next year.” We can only hope, the fan in me is waiting to be unleashed.

Where The Rivals Once Were

Skating On Shaky IceThe NHL playoffs have been nothing

short of entertaining thus far. Too bad it’s for almost all of the wrong reasons.

The social media-sphere is in an uproar due to the NHL Player Safety Department and its recent lack of consistency. Blown

have become commonplace in the league, and thousands of people — including fans, analysts, coaches, writers and players — have started to become more vocal about these issues.

Ranger fans are all too familiar with how badly things have spiraled out of con-trol, seeing as it more or less started with them. It may have been a couple of weeks ago now, but the Orpik knee incident was

come. The Penguins’ star defenseman Brooks Orpik knee’d Derek Stepan, causing the latter injury. It isn’t totally clear, but if you look closely enough you see that Or-pik’s skate turns out and there’s no reason why it should have.

I can’t even begin to tell you how livid I was when I saw the play. I had

literally just gotten home for Easter, turned on the TV with my folks and bam, Stepan was on the ice.

punishment for Orpik, my original guess being a three-game suspension. But there was nothing. There wasn’t even a hearing. I was embarrassed with the league, because

tion theory.And I know all of you out there didn’t

think it could get any worse. Oh yes it could, apparently.

Let’s talk about Carl Hagelin.

the NHL has barely placed a skate out of line and would probably need Mike Rupp to point him toward the direction of the penalty box, that’s how little he’s been there. How did he warrant a three-game suspension?

I’m not saying he should have been ex-

because he shouldn’t have been. The fact is you can’t be careless about what you do, and if you elbow someone and seriously injure them (Daniel Alfredsson did suffer from a

concussion, keeping him out of game three of the series), there should be consequences.

However, this was inconsistent and un-fair and displays some serious problems in the NHL right now. It’s clear certain players are given more leeway than others, and that NHL Player Safety has become a joke.

This is more disappointing than aggra-

in, everyone thought things would get bet-ter. Here was a guy who had been a success-ful and honest player for many years in the NHL. He is someone who understands what players go through and what goes on in their heads. At least, he was supposed to.

I’m embarrassed to remember how fond I was of him, especially when he was a Ranger. He knows that delivering pain and causing concussions is not part of the Rangers’ organization. He openly stated he doesn’t believe Hagelin is that kind of play-er and he’s a “good” kid. Alfredsson said he thinks it was just the intensity of the play-offs.

So how is it he got three games when players like Shea Weber and James Neal get

tively?Weber grabbed Henrik Zetterberg by

the neck and bashed his head into the glass. Neal attacked both Sean Couturier and Claude Giroux out of nowhere. Hagelin made a mistake, but the difference is that Hagelin isn’t a star, and the player he at-tacked ended up hurt. Things like that can’t affect punishment.

Discipline should be based on intent. Players like Orpik and Weber have histo-ries of acting like neanderthals. However, they’re both stars, and Neal has made a name for himself this season. They get to stay around because they’re such important keys, not only in their respective markets, but in the NHL as a whole.

I understand the importance of star players and making smaller markets grow, especially Nashville. However, safety needs to be taken more seriously and it certainly can’t be as biased as it is now. It has to start getting consistent, or else the fans who have been there won’t stick around much lon-ger.

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