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Thursday, May 10, 2012

College Terrace Considered For Study SpaceBeginning in September 2012, there will be a new late

night study room in the College Terrace.The new study room location was picked as an alternative

to the one in the Sojourner Truth Library (STL). The library is due to close for renovations and its current study room will be unavailable to students for late-night study hours. A group of

-ogy staff, facilities and student affairs chose the College Ter-race because it’s a well-lit area and has convenient parking for students.

The importance of study rooms on campus became clear

came for additional late-night and weekend study hours. Over

student group on campus, have approached the college asking for more study hours. Vice President of Academic Affairs Cher-yl Torsney said the administration responded by restoring hours that had been lost due to budget cuts.

“We agreed to accommodate them and they have been using these additional hours, making it well worth the added cost,” Torsney said.

As the STL’s closing date draws near however, a new loca-tion is needed for a study room. The college looked at a number of locations before deciding on the Terrace.

“We considered several spots, including the Lecture Center lobby, a piece of the Multipurpose Room in the SU, the lobby of the Humanities building, even the library,” Torsney said. “We decided against all of those options. At a point in our delibera-tions, the possibility of using the Terrace as [a] late-night study space during the library renovation materialized.”

The college intends to invest in technology, card access and daily cleaning for the Terrace. In addition to the lighting

and parking, the Terrace will offer laptops and a printer for student use and large round tables will be available for group studying.

Some students said it’s a little out of the way as compared to other locations. They still want to have more late-night study hours and more study rooms to utilize.

third-year communication and media major, said.

provide students a good venue for their work.The college hopes the new study room in the College Ter-

race will be an attractive alternative for students as the one in the library becomes temporarily unavailable, providing all the space and technology they need. The study room is scheduled to open Sept. 1, 2012. It will be open Sunday through Thursday,

By Ryan WalzContributing Writer | [email protected]

There will be a new late-night study room situated in the College Terrace available to students starting this September.

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Thomas Sipos, SUNY New Paltz School of Business advi-sory council chairman, recently announced plans to run for the newly-formed 106th Assembly District seat.

Sipos said he is choosing to run for the position because of the knowledge he has concerning the Hudson Valley economy.

“I’m not a politics guy, so this has been a real education for me,” Sipos said. “However, I have seen the economy of the Hudson Valley for years, and it’s currently in the worst shape it’s ever been. If I join the assembly, I want to make sure people know the truth and what we can do to make things better.”

Sipos has been an active member of the Hudson Valley economic community for over 30 years. While not having a background in politics, Sipos is the founder of Hudson Valley Focus, a radio talk show which focuses on issues such as poli-tics and the regional economy. Prior to founding Hudson Valley Focus, Sipos served as co-owner and vice president of Sipos Insurance.

Sipos said his main focus if he does win the Assembly seat is to help rebuild the economy in the Hudson Valley. He said

while his seat would represent parts of Dutchess and Colum-bia County, the position hosts a regional platform for getting initiatives accomplished.

local economy, I believe having this position would allow me to stand as a regional leader in improving our economy and

jobs,” Sipos said. Sipos said when the change in the economy happened “no

one” was prepared for it to become as bad as it has. Sipos said one of his strategic objectives is “to restore the

30,000-plus jobs lost in the Columbia, Dutchess, Orange and Ulster Region,” and to help citizens realize there are “hundreds, maybe thousands” of jobs available for people who possess the skills for them.

“What we’re seeing right now is that there are a lot of jobs

things like that a while ago,” Sipos said. “There are plenty of

and knowledge of how to work a machine shop.”Sipos said another key issue is to educate students on the

opportunities that are available to them. He said students are the future and the driving force toward making the economy better, and if he isn’t elected, he will still pursue educating students on possible opportunities.

“If this whole assembly thing doesn’t work out, I’d like to -

pos said. “I think there’s a big misunderstanding about our job economy, and I want them to know where our country stands. There may not be as many jobs out there, but the value of what students can provide is doubling and tripling.”

Hadi Salavitabar, dean of the School of Business, said Si-pos is someone whose knowledge and care for the economy

“He is knowledgeable and he cares deeply about the stu-dents here,” Salavitabar said. “He knows a lot about our econo-my having been involved with it for so long.”

Sipos said he believes he can make a difference in the Hud-son Valley because of his economic knowledge.

“I want the younger generations to have a future, and I don’t want them to be worried about not having any options,” Sipos said. “The options are out there.”

By Cat TacopinaSports Editor | [email protected]

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NEWS BRIEFS WORLD

On the fence no longer, President Barack Obama declared his unequivocal support for gay marriage on Wednesday, a histor-ic announcement that gave the polarizing social issue a more prominent role in the

2012 race for the White House.

North Carolina voters overwhelmingly passed a constitutional amendment that

and a woman, but not much is expected to change immediately.

OBAMA’S OUT ON MARRIAGE

PUTIN IT ON PAUSERussian President Vladimir Putin is skip-ping a planned visit to the United States this month for an economic summit and a much-anticipated meeting with Presi-dent Barack Obama, the White House an-

nounced Wednesday.

LAUNCHING FORWARDThe House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday backed construction of a missile defense site on the East Coast, re-jecting Pentagon arguments that the facil-ity is unnecessary and Democratic com-plaints that the nearly $5 billion project amounts to wasteful spending in a time of

tight budgets.

ALLEGATIONS IN ARIZONAFederal authorities said Wednesday that they plan to sue Arizona sheriff Joe Ar-

civil rights violations, including the racial

WAR POPULARITY PLUMMETSSupport for the war in Afghanistan has hit a new low and is on par with support for the Vietnam War in the early 1970s, a bad sign for President Barack Obama as he argues that to end the war respon-sibly the United States must remain in

Afghanistan another two years.

CONSTITUTIONAL CLARITY

Compiled from the AP Newswire

As the semester comes to a close, Stu-dent Association (SA) President Terrell

-pact on campus by starting projects that he will ultimately leave for the next SA Execu-tive Board (E-board).

While the goal to have the Student Union (SU) open later is completed, Coakley is looking to create additional food space in the SU.

“I just had a conversation and I’m going to pass it along to the next E-board,” Coakley said.

Coakley said he suggested creating a food space in addition to Hawk Street Station. He said if the senate next year works on it and if Campus Auxiliary Services (CAS) has the funding for it, an additional food area will be open in the SU until 1 a.m.

Michael Patterson, director of student activities and union services, said the SU is used for club meetings, a place to study and

serve as a common place for students to con-nect and socialize. He said having it open

ways and he understands Coakley’s rationale of getting an additional food space in the SU because it is a natural facility to look at.

-tivities and Union Services made the recom-mendation to reallocate the hours of the SU. He said some hours were taken off Sunday to extend the hours from Monday to Thursday until 1 a.m.

“Based on our usage and conversation with the Student Association we came to a common ground in terms of what was the best case scenario for everybody,” Patterson said.

Patterson said while Coakley’s effort to get additional food space in the SU is in its infancy of a conversation, it is a good idea. He said it is a good choice for SA to continue the conversation with food service providers and it will be interesting to see where that conversation leads.

First-year undeclared major Melissa Ia-

chetta said she thinks it isn’t fair that the SU closes earlier than other schools.

“I have some friends at Hofstra Univer-sity and they had a Student Union like ours with a pool table and TV’s and everything,” Iachetta said. “They also had a food place within the building. I thought that was such an awesome and convenient feature. Further-more there were so many students there tak-ing advantage of the late hours. I think stu-dents will be [in the SU] even more with the late hours and possible food options.”

Coakley said he has sought feedback from students by sitting in Hasbrouck and in front of Hawk Street Station. He said in one day he got feedback from about 80 students. He said the general consensus was that stu-dents wanted alternative food options which would be open later, no matter the location.

“Every student, I don’t care who you are, freshmen, sophomore, everybody wants something else,” Coakley said. “That’s the exact phrase, ‘I want something else and I don’t care where it is.’”

SA To Explore Creating Food Areas On CampusBy Clarissa Moses Copy Editor | [email protected]

The Old Main Building restorations are complete and the building will be re-dedicated to the campus community during the ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday, May 11 at 11 a.m.

“Having the School of Education back in the main part of the campus makes us all feel a stronger connection to the campus community and allows more interactions between students and faculty,” Interim Dean of the School of Education Karen Bell said.

The ceremony will take place on the front steps of Old Main, with the alternative rain site in the 1907 room, Bell said. Speakers will include Bell, President Donald Christian, State Sen. John Bonacic, Assemblyman Kevin Cahill and former-Dean Robert Michael. A reception, tours of the renovated building and a dedication of a plaque honoring former foreign language professors will follow the ceremony, Bell said.

New Paltz, because the event will showcase the oldest building on campus.

“It’s great that the building will be highlight-ed,” Bell said. “It holds a special place in the hearts of many, since it was the heart of the campus for many years.”

Among the transformations the building went through were the additions of electronic class-

Center where students struggling with reading will be able to seek help, the Curriculum Materi-

projects) and lounge areas, Bell said. John F. McEnrue, director of facilities

design & construction, said in a New Paltz Times

article that the most drastic change made during the Old Main renovations was gutting the previ-ous gymnasium area. It was replaced with a “softly lit pale-blue-and-grey elevator lobby,” and the

Old Main is more handicap-accessible, with a

pad authorized automatic doors and a new gran-ite ramp with sturdy railings. The building was also updated with green features, such as energy

according to the New Paltz Times. Still, the building has maintained its vintage

qualities during the restoration period. The de-signers cleaned and reinforced the stained-glass windows in Old Main, as well as preserved the wrought-iron railings and replaced some wooden railings in the stairwells, according to the New Paltz Timeshas also been replaced with pendant lamps, which

building, according to the New Paltz Times. “It is often believed that building upgrades

that are necessary to keep pace with modern tech-nology, conformance with safety codes and ex-pected occupant comforts cannot coincide with

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and the State University Construction Fund have proven this theory wrong with the renovation of Old Main.”

Bell said she hopes for good weather so the event can remain on the front steps outside of Old Main’s doors and guests can enjoy the ceremony and what the day has to offer. She said the tours will be a special opportunity to share some of the

take special interest in them. “The Old Main Building has been home to

the School of Education ever since the school was

we were spread out across the campus. Now, we have returned home.”

Ribbon Cutting Reopens Old MainBy Caterina De Gaetano Copy Editor | [email protected]

Old Main Building will be re-dedicated to the campus community on Friday, May 11.



NEWS BRIEFS NATIONAL

A decade after hijackers mostly from Saudi Arabia attacked the United States with pas-senger jets, the Saudis have emerged as the principal ally of the U.S. against al-Qaida’s spinoff group in Yemen and at least twice have disrupted plots to explode sophisti-

cated bombs aboard airlines.

Search and rescue teams were scouring the slopes of a dormant volcano in west-ern Indonesia early Thursday for signs of a new Russian-made passenger plane that dropped off the radar while on a demon-

including potential buyers, diplomats and journalists.

A NEW ALLY EMERGES

BUYING UP THE BANKSSpain’s government will effectively na-tionalize the nation’s fourth largest bank to shore up the hurting banking sector and try to convince investors the country doesn’t need a bailout like those taken by Greece, Ireland and Portugal, the Economy Minis-

try said Wednesday.

Greece drew closer to holding repeat elections next month after Radical Left leader Alexis Tsipras said Wednesday he has failed to forge a coalition that would

political deadlock.

A FRAGILE TRUCE A roadside bomb hit a Syrian military truck Wednesday just seconds after the head of the U.N. observer team drove by in a convoy, demonstrating the fragility of the international plan to end the country’s

bloodshed.

THE LEADER AND LEGALITY

A low-level administrative court ruled Wednesday in favor of a lawsuit call-ing for Egypt’s presidential election to be suspended, a decision that is likely to

lawyer said.

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GREEK PARTY LOSES GRIP

SEARCH AND RESCUE

The 53rd student senate met for

Tuesday, May 8 to discuss the Clean Construction Resolution, hear from Students with a Common Interest and say farewell to those not returning next semester.

The Executive Board (E-board) congratulated the senate on a produc-tive semester as most of them move toward graduation.

“You all have done an amazing job this semester,” Student Association (SA) President Terrell Coakley said. “Just keep the ball rolling and thank you for a great semester.”

SA Executive Vice President Eve Stern said she is in the process of typ-ing up information for the next vice president, which will help them get the hang of things come fall.

Vice President of Academic Af-fairs and Governance Ayanna Thomas said the senate passed new advising proposal which would help improve advising.

Sen. Wendy Cohen said many de-partments were revised and the meth-ods professors were using to get stu-

Instruction (SEIs), such as having stu-dents complete them during lab time.

Thomas said currently 711 students have voted in favor of the Student Ac-

-quired votes. She said Blackout Day is helping to highlight the importance of

Council Chair Shayna Bentley also encouraged the senators to vote for the

word. She said she sent out an email to promote the fee and forwarded it to clubs and organizations.

Sen. Matt Clarkson sponsored a resolution written by Eric Wood, New Paltz’s NYPIRG chapter leader, which involved a clean construction policy. The Clean Construction Resolution re-quires all construction to comply with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards. The resolution was unanimously supported by the senate and approved.

Students with a Common Interest brought to the senate’s attention their concern with the administrative deci-

sion to stop funding temporary work-

Center. The representatives said tutor-ing was cut due to budgeting and the Tutoring Center needs $3,000 more dollars to be brought back.

-souf Kouyo said it is not possible for SA to fund the Tutoring Center.

However, Stern said she is in the process of talking to administrative of-

should wait until she gets a response before they act. She said she will be emailing the senate with the response

from the administrators once they reply.

Coakley suggested that in the meantime, willing tutors should vol-unteer to help students as they prepare

Residence Hall Student Associa-tion (RHSA) President Ranysha Ware awarded Coakley with her last bronze pin which is the highest award one can receive from RHSA. She said although

three away. She said she chose Coakley because of his dedication to the role of president.

Senate Concludes For SemesterBy Clarissa MosesCopy Editor | [email protected]

The 53rd student senate completed the semester with saying goodbye to graduating SA E-board members.

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In light of the recent exploration of re-enforcing smoking zones on campus, one graduate student has decided to mark them with an artistic approach.

graduate student, used an assignment in his photo silkscreen class to draw liquid chalk installations in front of the Fine Arts

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the zones next to building entrances that are smoke-free areas.

“I wanted to draw attention to the 50- foot smoke-free zone around the entranc-es because I didn’t know if people were aware of the area or even the distance,” Martin said. “I feel privileged in having

-cased on campus.”

Outside of each of the building’s en-

trances, Martin used stencils to draw white daffodils and the words “smoke free zone”

three-dimensional surface.

Martin said. Director of Environmental Health &

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recent attempt to remind students of the smoke-free areas around campus.

through the talent of our students, even better.”

Sen. Jonathan Espinosa, one of three senators who spearheaded a project to

in prohibited areas earlier this semester, said he was unaware of Martin’s project;;

to raise awareness. “I think the use of art to help solve

and appealing,” Espinosa said. Despite positive reactions from cam-

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while others have designated smoking areas.

might not be the best idea, but...that is not

Martin said because the installations were liquid-chalk based, he wasn’t sure

buildings because of weather conditions, but hoped he might be able to work on them more in the future.

“It would be great if I could get com-missioned to do more on campus, or make a permanent one,” Martin said.

Other options to better enforce the -

plored, including moving cigarette

entrances, but nothing has been set in

not smoking too close to buildings. We need to have one voice, if we ignore it,

too close.”

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

Student Highlights Smoke Free Zones

PHOTO BY ROBIN WEINSTEINN



During course registration in one year’s

-cally feature different information: time.

President Donald Christian said after lis--

ommendations from a national organization in

-visory groups and “Hot Cocoa and Hot Top-ics” discussions in residence halls in recent months, issues relating to course scheduling

led to some immediacy on that particular issue,” he said.

consultant from the American Association of

11,000 higher education admissions and regis-tration professionals. Christian said administra-

Christian said. Currently, students and faculty

speak to one another more often.

schedule getting from one class to the next,” he

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Amanda Borgia, a fourth-year Women’s

students to do things like ask professors ques-

group.

avoid missing class time to go to the restroom.

is a long line.”-

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students “plenty of time” to get from one class to the next.

class on time,” she said. “If I’m late, it’s my

Christian said AACRAO had other recom-mendations in addition to the schedule time ad-

of the next year.

By Julie Mansmann Managing Editor | [email protected]

Course Schedule To Be Adjusted In Fall 2013

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SUNY New Paltz is currently searching for a new dean of Sojourner Truth Library (STL) after Chui-chun Lee retired last semester.

The new dean will replace Interim Dean William Connors who took the position Jan. 1. They must be willing to lead the STL through the upcoming $12 million renovations, support student-faculty collaborative research, manage resources and staff and as-sist in external fundraising among many other duties, according to newpaltz.edu.

The search committee recently held three open forums for stu-dents to ask questions and hear from each candidate. The forums took place on different days for each candidate. May 1 was the fo-rum for Barbara Petruzzelli, director of the library at Mount Saint Mary College (MSMC), May 4 was W. Mark Colvson, associate director of the library at Marist College and the last forum was May 8 with Natalka Sawchuk, assistant director of the Library for Public Services and Systems at Iona College.

Following each forum, students were given the option to re-view the candidates and submit evaluations on Zoomerang. For an opinion to be considered, students must have read a candidate’s re-

sume and/or attended a session with him/her, Jacqueline Andrews, assistant vice president of institutional research and planning and chair of the search committee, said. Their resumes and cover letters are posted on Blackboard under “My Announcements” on the right side of the opening page.

Andrews, who is also the moderator of the open forum, said she hoped students took the opportunity to attend the forums and vote.

“If students come to the forum, their voice is heard,” Andrews said. “The dean of the Sojourner Truth Library is an important player in the intellectual lives of students and it is right that students have an opportunity to meet the candidates for the position.”

Colvson said he brings 22 years of experience and his goal is to better the communication between students and the library staff. He said although STL currently has a large online presence, he hopes to engage students and the community by making improvements to social media networks, blogging and the website.

“The SUNY New Paltz community have already begun a major review of ways to enhance the library space, through the renovations and the planned learning commons,” Colvson said. “I’m excited to build on that foundation, especially by continuing the conversations among students, faculty, staff and administration that have informed the process so far.”

Another concern, Colvson said, is the gap between the STL budget and the cost of online journals and databases.

“Online journal costs are growing by 5 to 8 percent annually, while most library budgets have grown by less than 2 percent,” he said. “I’d like to be an advocate, along with librarians nationally for alternatives, such as so-called ‘Open Access’ publishing, which is

Petruzzelli said she worked in STL for 12 years prior to the six from Mount Saint Mary College.

She said her goal is to create better learning spaces for students and to teach them how to be “skilled information users.”

“My vision for a college library is one that offers outstanding learning spaces for students, [student teachers] to be skilled informa-tion users, and advances teaching, learning, and scholarship across the disciplines,” Petruzzelli said. “The library is a place where peo-ple come together from all different majors, backgrounds and inter-ests to learn something new — a true intellectual, cultural and social gathering place on campus.”

although priority is given to applications that were received on or before March 15.

Sawchuk declined to comment.

Committee Evaluates Sojourner Truth Library Dean CandidatesBy Maria Jayne Copy Editor | [email protected]

President Donald Christian recently announced that Dr. Mi-chael Rosenberg will be the dean of the School of Education at SUNY New Paltz, effective August 3.

committee, which was assembled after Robert Michael announced his retirement nearly two years ago.

at New Paltz when he leaves his current position as associate dean for research in the School of Education and a professor in the Special Education Department at Johns Hopkins University.

Christian said Rosenberg will bring a wealth of administra-tive and faculty experience and strengths as “a serious-minded, thoughtful leader and problem-solver and an effective commu-nicator.”

“His strong commitment to collaborative, transparent lead-ership, his dedication to student learning, and his reputation as an advocate for high quality will serve us well,” he said in his email.

Prior to his 26-year stint at Johns Hopkins University, Rosenberg was an assistant professor at Ball State University and also a visiting scholar at Westminster College in Oxford, England. Prior to his return to graduate study, Rosenberg taught secondary students with learning and behavior disorders for the Orleans-Niagara Board of Cooperative Educational Services in New York, Christian said.

Rosenberg is also the co-editor of Teacher Education and Special Education, the journal of the Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children. Christian said he holds both his master’s and bachelor’s degrees in special education from the SUNY Buffalo.

Karen Bell, who served as an associate dean of her academic unit from 2003 to 2010, was appointed interim dean of the School of Education in December 2010.

Bell said the new dean should look forward to leading the school through our next accreditation review within the next three years.

“There will also be the need to address increased account-ability, reduced resources and pressures from outside and inside the institution,” she said.

In a campus wide email, Christian thanked Bell for serving as interim since January 2011.

Rosenberg’s duties will include overseeing undergraduate

programs in elementary and secondary education, master’s de-gree programs in elementary and secondary education, literacy, special education and humanistic education, as well as the cer-

Christian said. Rosenberg could not be reached for comment by press time.

Rosenberg Named School Of Education DeanBy Julie MansmannManaging Editor | [email protected]

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SUNY New Paltz was named one of The Princeton Review’s “Guide to 311 Green Colleges” for 2012.

According to newpaltz.edu, the guide was produced in partnership with the U.S. Green Building Council to

In this year’s guide, the college was recognized

for its academic programs, environmentally-friendly

greener living in mind: the Atrium was designed with

Jennifer Newman, a Environmental Task Force

nity on campus.

and the Earth day events and carnivals, we’re doing so

much. But, we can do more.”

working on is making our campus into a “tree cam-

pus.” She said this is a regional acknowledgement that

the college works toward restoring the greenery on

their land and having more trees.

Newman said the participation in RecycleMania,

an inter-Residence Hall contest that tallies the amount

to 2012. Students collected 45,269 pounds of recycled

goods opposed to the 28,000 pounds earned previously.

However, Newman said she thinks the competitive

nature of the event was more of an incentive for most

students to participate.

“I’d love to say that it was love of the environ-

the competition certainly helped.”

Second-year theater major Julia Fell said she

admires the school’s attempts at greener thinking,

especially the way it reaches the classroom.

does, in some cases, succeed,” Fell said. “There are

many ways to recycle and the installation of the print

quota, although annoying if you have a lot to print, ul-

ments is something that I think is a really great step

forward.”

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On April 4, four SUNY New Paltz se-niors were awarded the 2012 SUNY Chan-cellor’s Award for Student Excellence and were recognized by Who’s Who Among Stu-dents in American Colleges and Universities at a ceremony in Albany.

Jeremy Borrelli, Alexandra Danz, Ayanna Thomas and Kristofer Pistillo were among 257 students from 64 state university campuses honored.

According to the SUNY New Paltz website, the Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence was created in 1997 and recog-nizes students who have best demonstrated academic excellence while achieving ac-complishments in leadership, community service, athletics, creative and performing arts or career achievements.

A selection committee, appointed by SUNY New Paltz President Donald Chris-tian, nominated the qualifying students. These nominees were then sent to the Chan-

Chancellor. Pistillo, a fourth-year psychology and

organizational communications major, said his involvement on campus helped him over-come many of the obstacles in his life. How-ever, Pistillo said getting involved served as

an outlet for his stresses.Pistillo said he has worked two intern-

ships and served as a Resident Assistant in Dubois Hall in the last three years. He founded the Dub-Step into Leadership or-ganization, which he said helps students in-dividually to realize the potential they have to succeed on their own by just being them-selves.

Pistillo said he believes the people he has met during his time at New Paltz, helped to shape who he has become and to achieve the Chancellor’s award he was given last month.

“Honestly, I think there are so many amazing people on our campus that do so much and if it wasn’t for them, I wouldn’t have people to live up to,” he said. “I am driven to help those around me and I want to make every experience one I wouldn’t forget as well as make an experience others wouldn’t forget.”

Danz, a fourth-year earth science and adolescent education major, was excited when she found out that she had been nomi-nated for the 2012 Chancellor’s Award but she didn’t realize what an honor it was at

lacrosse, joined the Emerging Leaders pro-gram and became a mentor in her second year.

Gamma Epsilon (the National Honor Soci-ety for the Earth Sciences) something she said she is most proud of. She currently works in the Student Union as a student ac-tivities manager.

Danz said she appreciated the geology program and said she has had unforgettable experiences from the department.

ambition to learn every day of my life,” Danz said.

Danz said she hopes to work as a full time earth science teacher at a high school or middle school come September.

Thomas, a fourth-year political sci-ence major and Black Studies minor, said she has only attended New Paltz for three years because she is graduating a year early.

Thomas has been the Student Associa-tion vice president of academic affairs and governance since 2011 and said she has helped in the efforts to extend library hours and creating the Student Concerns commit-tee on senate.

“I was very grateful to receive the award because it was a great feeling to know that my hard work this year paid off,” Thomas said. “I have represented the student body well.”

Thomas said she will be attending St.

John’s Law School in Queens next fall. Borelli, a fourth-year anthropology ma-

jor, said he was honored to be nominated for the Chancellor’s award.

Borelli has been a swimmer throughout his undergraduate career and served as cap-tain of the Men’s Swim team this year. He was also a member of New Paltz’s Student Athlete Advisory Committee as well as the rising stars leadership academy.

Academically, he said he has been in-volved in work within his major. Last sum-mer, he worked as the crew chief for New Paltz’s Archaeological Field School and has been the vice president of the Anthropology Club for the past two years.

to balance school work with everything else he was involved with at times, but extracur-riculars helped him relax.

Borelli said he is proud of the impact he had on the Anthropology Department, working closely with faculty to spread infor-mation about the major and create interest among students. He said his success is due to the support of those around him, especially his teammates.

“Getting involved on campus and fol-lowing your passion is key and looking back on my career, I can say that I have no regrets and followed what made me happy and this

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The Academic EliteFOUR SENIORS RECEIVE CHANCELLOR’S AWARD FOR STUDENT EXCELLENCE

Ayanna Thomas, Kristofer Pistillo, Jeremy Borrelli and Alexandra Danz were among 257 students from 64 state university campuses recognized for Student Excellence. PHOTOS BY SAMANTHA SCHWARTZ

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Reclaiming The NightTBTN TAKES A STAND AGAINST VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT

Chalk arrows and positive messages scrawled across the sidewalk informed students and attendees where to go and that “this is a safe place.” Under a large white tent in the middle of Parker Quad, SUNY New Paltz students gathered for the annual Take Back the Night (TBTN) event.

This year TBTN took place on Sunday, May 6, from 2 to 7 p.m. and all money raised was donated to Battered Women’s Services in Poughkeepsie N.Y., TBTN club President Karly Fesolowich said.

“Take Back the Night’s purpose is to open up the con-versation about our violent culture and to change viewpoints from a victim-blaming standpoint to one in which we are more supportive of survivors,” Fesolowich said. “I know way too many unbelievably strong survivors of violence and the nega-

The event featured several performances by slam poets and musicians, speeches, T-shirt tie-dyeing and organizations tabling.

Fesolowich said the women contributing to the event all have strong ties to the cause and are advocates for women’s rights, including the two alumna who performed, Sophia

Wortzel and Megan Falley. The T-shirts are designed not only to draw in participants,

but to also start conversations every time a shirt is worn, TBTN President-elect Petra Vega said.

This year, Vega said the theme of the shirt was to “unveil the elephant in the room.”

“The problem is that we don’t talk about [abuse] enough or at all, openly with one another,” Vega said. “These issues are things that we usually know happen but we act like they aren’t there by associating the issues with shame, or the idea that it’s taboo and shouldn’t be spoken about.”

Shayna Bentley, who was tabling for her Planned Parent-hood Human Service internship, handed out condoms, ribbons and informational pamphlets. She said the event is thought- provoking and needs to be seen on campus.

“In our society, women are extensively taught on how to not get raped and be abused, while men aren’t really taught how to respect us and how to not be abusive/rapists,” Bentley, the Student Association’s council chair, said. “If a group on campus that is comprised of mostly men created a program in conjunction with Take Back the Night titled ‘Give Back the Night’ that was geared toward men, I think it would be really effective.”

Each year, the group starts planning the event at the be-ginning of the spring semester. TBTN happens toward the end of the school year during Rape and Sexual Assault Awareness Week,Vega said.

Fesolowich said she originally attended TBTN as a part of her Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) course.

“I went to the event and ended up being used as a dem-onstrator for RAD,” Fesolowich said. “Ever since, I was hooked.”

Fesolowich said that the next year she made sure to be-come part of the planning committee and soon rose to the position of president.

Vega said that as president she will be in charge of reach-ing out to the public and raising awareness for these issues and she is looking forward to working with new people.

“I have so many ideas about reaching out to other orgs on campus in an effort to raise awareness and direct act against the multiple oppressions that foster an environment that make incidents like rape and sexual assault happen such as racism, sexism, stereotypes, gender scripts, homophobia, transphobia, the media,” Vega said. “These are issues that are better tack-led with a group of dedicated individuals who seek to make change.”

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Cultures Collide In New PaltzTURKISH-THEMED NIGHT SHARES MUSIC, FOOD AND CUSTOMS FROM THE EAST

Traditional Turkish folk music played throughout the Student Union (SU) on Thursday, May 3. Partici-pants gathered in the SU Multipurpose Room to dis-cuss their country and its culture during Turkish Night, hosted by New York Assemblyman Kevin Cahill and the Turkish Cultural Center in Albany.

Turkish exchange students joined with Ameri-can New Paltz students and greeted each other with “salam,” or “hello” in Turkish. The event featured speeches by Cahill, President Donald Christian and

The speeches were followed by traditional Turkish dance and food, provided by New Paltz’s own Anatolia Turkish restaurant.

Eight years ago a dual diploma program was cre-

Turkish Higher Education Council. The program’s purpose is to promote increased cultural awareness between the United States and Turkey, while provid-

ing additional educational opportunities for Turkish students.

New Paltz currently offers its 150 Turkish ex-

varying majors including business, economics and teaching English.

At the end of the program, students earn degrees from New Paltz and their partner Turkish university, including Middle East Technical University, Istan-bul Technical University and Izmir University of Economics.

“These are among the most competitive schools in Turkey so we get excellent students who participate in this program,” Director of the New Paltz SUNY

this time, we have very few American students who choose to study in Turkey but the Turkish universities and government would love to host American students on their campuses as well to create a more balanced exchange.”

Turkish Night invited campus-dwellers and New

Paltz community members to learn about Turkish stu-dents and their culture, while combatting stereotypes associated with Turkey and its political ties, Cahill said.

Cahill presented a video promoting Turkish culture and history, focusing on the intercultural and interfaith freedom within Turkey. In addition, large presentation boards illustrating the history of religious intolerance in the Ottoman Empire were displayed.

Assistant of the Center for International Programs Purnima Schachter said this event shows how open the school is to different cultures, regardless of differing political opinions.

“This celebration is cool because we mostly as-sociate with fellow Turkish kids here, since we are placed in the dorms together,” Cem Menase, Turkish exchange student and third-year student at New Paltz, said. “New Paltz is very different than my home city of Istanbul, but the people are very welcoming here and I love seeing American students eating our food and listening to the music of our culture.”

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Title: Group Counseling with Elementary School Students: A Practical Guide for School Counselors.

Subject: How to run counseling groups for kids who have experienced the death of a parent or kids whose families are going through transitions like parents that are getting a divorce or separation.

How long have you been working on this?

I’ve been working on the book for four months. I wrote an article for a magazine and it was about grief counseling for kids and how to run a group and help kids out that are experiencing the death of a parent or sibling. I got a lot of emails after that from people saying “I want to run a group on divorce, how do I do it?” and “I want to run a group on social skills and how do I do it?” I wrote the publisher of the magazine and she asked if I’d be willing to write a book. And I said, “Sure, that sounds like a good idea.”

When will it be published?

The American School Counselor Associations will publish it this June.

How is it unique?

It includes curriculum and goes over what to

with the students, this the second time, this the third time — the books that are out there don’t do that. It’s also unique because it is designed for school counselors completely. Also, it incorporates lots of aspects of play and art, including different art techniques: puppet shows with the kids to illustrate a concept or reading a book to them and types of games.

Second-year business major Richard Mundy left his room in Bouton Hall to get dinner on April 23 when he found something he didn’t expect: someone had defecated at the end of his hallway.

“I saw it. I smelled it and I just knew it was shit,” Mundy said. “It was smudged on the radiator and there was a solid piece on the

seen feces make its way into the hallway.Director of Residence Life Corinna Caracci said she doesn’t

think students’ desire to defecate throughout the residence hall is

“They’re braver…the sloppier they get, the more likely they’re going to get caught. They’re taking risks,” Caracci said. “It’s all disgusting.”

Students in this particular campus residence hall said this problem has been recurring for years.

Kevin Carlin, a second-year communication and media major, said that in the past two years the shower in his bathroom has been

However, Carlin said he has only happened upon excrements when going to take a shower.

“I went into the stall and saw it,” he said. “I turned around and went into a different one, and I told my [Residence Assitant] after.”

Mundy said aside from his encounter in the hallway, he has also seen feces in the shower.

“[It] was in an unreachable spot,” Mundy said. “I’m just pic-turing someone doing that in an unreachable spot. They must have done it and kicked it somewhere.”

More than just creating a bad smell, students said the act had other repercussions.

Carlin said the affected restroom is locked for a week after

bathroom,” Carlin said.

However, Bouton Hall Complex Director Chanel Ward said the restroom was closed as a safety protocol and not as a punishment.

She and other complex directors are trained to call the main-tenance facilities, so it’s not a health concern for the rest of the population, Ward said. Caracci said feces, blood and vomit are haz-ardous to those who come into contact with it and therefore must be cleaned by authorities.

Caracci said she does not want to punish those who use the bathrooms respectfully.

“We don’t want to close the bathrooms for a long time,” Car-acci said. “It just punches people in the face who didn’t do it.”

Ward said that when incidents like this happen, a hall meet-ing is held with herself, the RA in control of the restroom and the residents of the particular section.

The meetings are directed toward residents who use the of-

fending restroom because people who regularly use that restroom will know something about the situation, Caracci said.

The meeting is an “open forum” in which students can discuss the current issue as well as other cases, allowing residents to be critical of their surroundings and encourage them to speak up if they see something, Ward said.

“You can correct the actions of others,” Ward said. “Say some-thing [to them] yourself or just tell me.”

Caracci said the only way to prevent defecation in the showers is for residents to be responsible for their living space and for oth-ers actions. She said administrators have to believe what students tell them due to the lack of evidence. However, she said confront-ing the suspect usually solves the problem because the suspect knows that he or she is being watched.

“We’re not putting in cameras. We’re not putting in security at the bathroom. We’re not living in an authoritarian society,” Caracci said.

According to the Housing Handbook, “behavior that poses a danger to themselves or others” and “behavior that is disruptive and/or destructive to the Residence Hall environment” are grounds for revoking the student’s Residence Hall License.

The contract has nothing to do with due process, Caracci said. If the contract is broken, it is revoked.

Caracci said that usually the suspected students have offenses on their records already and alcohol use often goes along with the defecation.

“Sometimes it’s a joke,” Caracci said. “But sometimes some-one has serious issues…they need help, and they will get the help that they need.”

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turing someone doing that in an unreachable spot. They must have

More than just creating a bad smell, students said the act had

Carlin said the affected restroom is locked for a week after

However, Bouton Hall Complex Director Chanel Ward said the restroom was closed as a safety protocol and not as a

She and other complex directors are trained to call the main-tenance facilities, so it’s not a health concern for the rest of the population, Ward said. Caracci said feces, blood and vomit are haz-ardous to those who come into contact with it and therefore must be

Caracci said she does not want to punish those who use the

“We don’t want to close the bathrooms for a long time,” Car-

Ward said that when incidents like this happen, a hall meet-ing is held with herself, the RA in control of the restroom and the

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Students in Bouton Hall were locked out of their bathroom

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COPY DESK

COOKOFF:

News Editor John Brandi: Clearly, it was Suzy because Bev-isms are hilarious and a delight. You should hear her do her impression — it’s even better. Honestly though, who doesn’t like charcoal

popcorn? Burn everything: rules to live by. Stay Gold.

Sports Editor Cat Tacopina: First, props to both of my copy editors, Ben and Kelsey. Ben tapped into my slightly appalling love for bacon, while Kelsey tickled and teased my sweet tooth. However, I’m an Italian cook myself, so

Carolyn, Caterina and Pete really spoke to me. For this one, I’m going to take the side of my girl Carolyn. Pizzelles are simple, great to share with friends and, while they may not be the healthiest, they certainly are satisfying.

A&E Editor Zan Strumfeld: Ben wins, hands down. He clearly took the Cookoff seriously and although I don’t eat bacon, I was impressed with his capabilities of supplying a meal in six minutes.

Features Editor Katherine Speller: I’m really such a Pollyanna about this sort of thing. Everyone has to be a winner in my eyes, I guess. Otherwise, I’d feel bad. I thought there was merit in just about

everyone’s submissions. This column hosted an all-star menu of heart-warming family favorites, classy culinary chops and some genuinely hilarious commentary from our talented and charming copy desk. Honestly, I was impressed by everyone, making this decision really freakin’ hard. But, a decision has to be made and, by some

sick joke, it’s my call. Considering I’m the least culinary apt person I know (I burnt cereal one time), I’m going to have to go with the submission that made me laugh the hardest and pine a bit for the bizarre workings and idiosyncrasies of my own home-kitchen: Suzy’s Tips From Bev!

Thanks for reading and look out for more dishes next semester!

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

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A long time ago, in a galaxy not so far away, the force was not strong with the “Star Wars” prequels, said the self-proclaimed “professor of badassery” and second-year edu-cation major Blake McGready.

Armed with puns, character impersonations and a plethora of knowledge regarding George Lucas’ classic space operas, McGready stood in front of over 30 students in Lecture Center 107 and presented his lecture “Midi-Chlorians and Other Failures of the Star Wars Prequels,” on Thursday, May 3 as part of an event hosted by SUNY New Paltz’s chapter of Dumbledore’s Army.

“I have a lot to say about these movies,” McGready said as he started his presentation. “I will try my very best not to point out just the plot holes, I am not a screenwriter or a Hollywood executive – just a man…But boy do I have a lot to say.”

would have been an entire separate lecture, so instead he

“Attack of the Clones” and “Revenge of the Sith” were disappointments when compared to their revered counter-parts.

In fact, McGready said in the beginning of his lecture that he would not approach the subject of Jar Jar Binks — one of the most common complaints fans have with the

“What more could I possibly say about this character that hasn’t already been said before?” McGready said.

McGready’s lecture went through each of the prequels one-by-one, meticulously picking apart each scene. The “Ba-

aspects to prove how the prequels did not stack up to the

“Episode I starts out with a trade federation blockading Naboo,” McGready said. “Naboo is part of the republic, the Jedi are part of the republic…[and] the trade federa-tion is part of the republic. So why does the republic, send the republic to protect the republic from the republic? It doesn’t make any sense.”

Later in the lecture, McGready had volunteers act out certain scenes from both the original trilogy and their lat-er additions to showcase how the quality of writing had decreased in the new incarnations of the “Star Wars” se-ries — and at one point even likened Anakin and Padme’s romance to Napoleon Dynamite.

rather than a spiritual ideal that anyone could accomplish. By doing this, McGready said Han Solo’s famous accep-tance of the force in “A New Hope” became essentially meaningless.

Finally, McGready became feverish when discussing

supposed immaculate conception. “Anakin is not space Jesus,” McGready said. Elizabeth Pinto, a third-year creative writing major

and organizer of the event, said McGready’s lecture was eye-opening and a fun cap off to the club’s semester.

“We wanted to have something fun so we could have a

about the movies now, I saw them when I was really young

before.” McGready volunteered to do the lecture, not only for

entertainment, but to talk about the movies that have been close to him all his life.

“‘Star Wars’ has always been a big part of my life,”

Hope’ from the local library.”

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Dumbledore’s Army of New Paltz hosted a lecture on the failures of the “Star Wars” prequels.

Dancers are encouraged to put more than just their left foot in and out of the Walkway Over the Hudson to vie for a Guinness World Record on Saturday, June 9.

What’s it all about?The Walkway will host these waving limbs as the organi-

zation attempts to set the world record for the longest line of organized dancers — a record previously held by 2,354 people performing the “Toe Dance,” an Estonian folk dance, in 2008, according to the Guinness World Record website.

Ellen E. Henneberry, development manager at Walkway Over the Hudson said that, if the attempt is a success, it will be the second record for the organization, as the walkway currently holds the record for longest footbridge.

Walkway Executive Director Elizabeth Waldstein-Hart said

organization as the funds are crucial for sustaining and improv-ing the Walkway State Park.

“We feel the Guinness World Record attempt represents a perfect fundraising event for the Walkway organization because it combines a great opportunity for public involvement with an activity that will draw the world’s attention to this great re-

source,” Waldstein-Hart said. Henneberry said the funds from this particular hokey pokey

hootenanny will go to the building a 21-story elevator from the Poughkeepsie Train Station to allow more pedestrians entrance to the Walkway.

Henneberry set the scene for the day’s events. Registration will be from 7:30 to 8 a.m., where hopefully the necessary 3,000 bodies will arrive and pay the $15 event fee.

-cians especially for the record attempt, broadcasting and record-ing the event over the airwaves to more than 200,000 listeners.

people to arrive with a working portable radio to broadcast the cumulus station during the dance.

“Then we’ll line everybody up on the walkway, across the 1.28 miles of the bridge,” Henneberry said. “And we’ll dance.”

Guiness World Record judge Danny Girton, of Fishkill, N.Y., will be on hand to watch and ensure the attempt is done according to protocol, collecting a head count while walkway ambassadors — who are not included in the count — help par-

needed to set the record.

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Getting Into The Right MindsetGRADUATE STUDENT ADMINISTERS CAMPUS-WIDE SURVEY EXPLORING YOGA DEMOGRAPHICS

SUNY New Paltz graduate student Monique Dauphin said she has spent the majority of her life practicing and teaching yoga — the art of connecting mind and body through physical, mental and spiritual discipline.

A yoga instructor at Hudson River Yoga in Poughkeepsie

in peaceful and beautiful ways.“I’ve been teaching and practicing yoga for quite some

time,” Dauphin said. “I started to notice that almost all of my students were white and female, so I started wondering why other groups, like African-Americans, might not be as likely to practice yoga.”

Dauphin said she partakes in the Mental Health Counsel-ing Program, conducted a campus-wide study on the common perceptions of yoga. With a survey containing questions regard-ing ethnicity and socio-economic status in relation to those who practice yoga, Dauphin said she attempted to better understand the purpose of yoga through most peoples’ eyes.

Before administering the survey, Dauphin said she predict-ed that ethnicity and socio-economic status would indeed have an effect on whether certain groups practice yoga.

She said the survey received a good response. While only an inkling, Dauphin took note of the fact that many of the par-ticipants were white women, and only 14 percent were people of color.

She said the survey pinpointed certain notions Dauphin predicted to be true in regards to peoples’ perceptions of yoga. She said she addressed the ideas that yoga is only for white people, particularly women, that underprivileged people have less time to practice yoga and that yoga is only affordable to the richer half of the population.

Dauphin said yoga was developed in India where people could go to an ashram and study it in exchange for service. Dur-

yoga became increasingly popular in the United States. Since then, yoga has become more and more expensive in the U.S.

Second-year art history major and yoga instructor Jennie Hirsch said yoga is more than just a physical workout. It’s a time when one can learn what the body is capable of doing.

“The gym is great but it’s not for your mind,” Hirsch said.

it is your body is doing.”With sights set high, Dauphin said she is planning on using

her experience in counseling for Post-Traumatic Stress Disor-der (PTSD), incorporating this into her teaching.

She said her new class at Hudson River Yoga will be called Mindful Yoga. Beginning May 12, Dauphin intends to teach ex-ploratory yoga techniques for those who have experienced mild to severe trauma as a means of coping.

“The mind cannot process trauma until the body is calm,” Dauphin said.

Mindful Yoga will involve the same poses as a traditional class;; however, it will be instructed using invitational language such as “please” and “if you’d like” instead of the active lan-guage and demanding tone used in other classes, Dauphin said.

Trauma victims “lose the right to have a choice,” Dauphin said, and so it is important not to be too demanding when teach-ing a yoga class.

Dauphin said the class’ popularity is directly related to the results of the survey. These preconceived perceptions of yoga block the groups who need it the most. She said that people with a lower socio-economic status tend to experience a dispropor-tionately high amount of trauma and life stressors. These are the people who tend to shy away from yoga and who also could

“I’ve begun to learn how to recognize systematic biases,” Dauphin said. “And with more study in the future, I hope to

themselves and yoga.”

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And for that, I went to “Soulless” by Gail Carriger.“Soulless” follows the tale of Miss Alexia Tarabotti, a

spinster who lacks a soul. After being attacked by a vam-pire in a library — quite rude! — Alexia sets off to dis-cover just what the hell is going on in London.

She runs into a large and rather attractive werewolf after murdering a vampire who tried to attack her. Lord Maccon, Alpha wolf of the local werewolf pack, acts as an investigator. Though he wants Alexia to stay away from his investigation, Queen Victoria has other plans for the soulless Alexia and demands she be involved.

Alexia’s always up for a bit of adventure. This partic-ular one involves new vampires appearing, friendly vam-pires disappearing and using her parasol as a very handy weapon.

This is, without a doubt, one of my favorite novels of all time. There is nothing about this story that I dislike. The world Carriger builds is fabulous and so much fun to

read about. Who wouldn’t love an alternate paranormal steam-punk London?

But, I can’t decide if my favorite part is the humor or the characters. To be fair, they may be too interconnected to tell.

Even with the villainous characters, there’s not a single character in “Soulless” that I dislike. Everybody

and funny and I absolutely adore it. Alexia herself may be one of my top three favorite female characters of all time. Her tendency to beat things with her parasol, her indiffer-ence to the frivolous tendencies of her sisters, her love of adventure;; I love it.

And we could talk about how sexy Lord Maccon is —

in any way, I might add — but that would take away some of the reading pleasure for yourself.

Now, I don’t want to make it sound like “Soulless” is a piece of paranormal chick lit. It’s not. Trust me, there’s enough battle scenes and mystery to keep even the most hard-hearted of men interested.

summer reading, whether you love paranormal or not.

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Jackie Wolozin, under her pseud-onym Kinky Demure, took the stage at Alpha Psi Ecdysia’s (APE) burlesque show in white roller skates and gold hot pants.

“You are not at the opera,” Wolozin said. “It’s not a sit down, hands-in-your-lap kind of night.”

The crowd cheered and “Things That Go Boob In The Night,” held on Thursday, May 3 and Friday, May 4 in Parker Theatre, began.

Wolozin said the show, punning off the phrase “things that go bump in the night,” embodies a theme — fear. She said performers did not have to choose things they were personally afraid of, but were encouraged to “think outside the box.”

“There were acts about fear of death, fear of manipulation, monster acts, an act about oil as a non-renew-able resource and a little bit at the end about graduating for the seniors in the troupe,” Wolozin said.

APE performer Jennifer Rai-mondo’s act extended outside of her own personal fear. Raimondo’s stage persona, Ramona Lisa, was introduced as “every parent’s worst nightmare.”

“I was kind of playing on that whole parent fear and also the societal fear [of] women in control,” she said.

Raimondo’s act started as an ‘in-nocent’ girl, dressed in a powder-pink robe, then transformed into a rebellious punk who shoved a paper clip through her lip and strutted around with a huge, black anarchist symbol tattooed on her

stomach. Raimondo said she thought care-

fully about how she would convey this transformation, including the color scheme of her costumes (the shift from pink to black and red) and her song choice, “Cherry Bomb” by Joan Jett.

“Originally, I wanted to go with a song by the Sex Pistols or the Ramones, but I deliberately picked a female sing-er,” she said. “I wanted to demonstrate how society fears powerful women. I wanted to get that message across and

foundation, than just punk in general.”

event showcased diverse body types. She said she hopes it shows there is not one “right” size and shape for burlesque.

“Everybody’s philosophy on bur-lesque is different, but I kind of like to think of it as doing it the way you are,” she said. “You don’t have to worry about losing weight and then perform-ing. I think that naturally that sends the message to be empowered by your own body.”

Wolozin said she hoped the audi-ence had fun. She said sex can be can-didly talked and joked about in public.

“I hope that [the audience] sees that everyone is in charge of their own sexuality and that being sexy has noth-ing to do with size, shape, color or gen-der,” she said. “I hope that people walk away from our shows feeling a little more empowered than they did before, but even if they simply had a good time without any of the other stuff, I will be happy.”

By Carolyn QuimbyCopy Editor | [email protected]

Spooky StrippingALPHA PSI ECDYSIA BURLESQUE TROUPE MAKES SCARY SEXY

APE performers focused on fears in their show, “Things That Go Boob In The Night.”

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Artists Hit The StreetsWATER STREET MARKET TO HOST FIRST HUDSON VALLEY CHALK ART FESTIVAL

On sunny summer days, children are often outside creating chalk masterpieces and explor-ing their imaginations — but this summer, profes-sional artists from around the country are hitting the pavement in downtown New Paltz.

Hudson Valley Chalk Art July 20 to 22 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m..

The festival will consist of 12 professional artists showing off their talents by making intri-cate illustrations and 3D pieces of temporary art, Theresa Fall, events coordinator for Water Street, said.

She said each professional will be assisted by a local artist to help with the workload, but they must pay their own entry fee. Fall said they are currently accepting portfolios through email that will be judged based on creativity, talent and interest.

“All skill levels and types of artists are wel-come,” Fall said. “You don’t have to be a chalk artist to participate.”

Chalk art is a new medium in which the art-

the product, and it disappears at its own pace. Fall said it can last as long as the environment doesn’t interfere.

Fourth-year psychology major Shane Triano said the temporary aspect of the artwork is en-dearing and it’s necessary to bring different art forms to the community.

“Art is necessary and we’re really lucky to live in a town where we have access to so much great visual and musical art,” Triano said. “I’m a big fan of temporary art too, so sounds pretty badass to me.”

To make room for the artwork, the upper parking lot will be closed for the three days, Fall said. Each artist will get their own area of the lot’s asphalt and places will be mapped out and marked prior to the event.

Fall said the event was created by the owner of Water Street Market who saw chalk art when he was traveling and thought it would draw a large crowd. According to hudsonvalleychalkfestival.com, the event will be sponsored by several businesses in town such as Unison Arts Center and Krause’s Chocolate.

Christine Retta, a fourth-year secondary

education major, said she thinks this is a great opportunity for New Paltz.

“I always see pictures of things of that nature online and didn’t believe it actually happened. Bringing it to New Paltz is such an interesting

-ture of our town, especially Water Street Market,” Retta said. “I only wish it was going to be during the school year so the student population could enjoy it as well as the local population.”

By Maria JayneCopy Editor | [email protected]

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For this year’s spring concert, rapper Wale per-formed in the Elting Gym on Saturday, May 5. In addition to the hip-hop artist, local band Bounce Method and rapper Sam Lachow were selected as the opening acts through a video

submission contest.

Wale was chosen to perform after a survey was sent out to students by Student Associa-tion Productions last semester. Wale placed

SPRING CONCERT: WALE

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Gettin’ No Rest In All Night FestMUSIC, ART AND ACTIVISM TAKE ROOT IN ROSENDALE EVENT

A stage constructed from trees: the makings of Forest Fest 2012.

A music, arts and activism festival, Forest Fest planted its roots in 2009 and has been growing taller ever since. Fea-turing local bands performing rap, jazz, metal, indie rock, electronic and R&B, the festival brought in audience mem-bers who camped out for a day-long event on Saturday, May 5 at the Center for Symbolic Studies in Rosendale.

“It’s a mess of social collaboration that is slowly spreading outward to en-compass as many individuals as it can touch,” Brad Gorfein, one of the event’s coordinators, said. “It’s creating a plat-form for positivity through creativity, especially music and art.”

Although the festival has been an annual event for several years now, this

light and legal changes were made for both positive and negative outcomes. Having to book a space and attain a li-cense and insurance for the festival was tiresome, but worth it, Gorfein said.

However, some bands were given the short end of the tree limb.

DawnMarie Allan, a fourth-year music therapy major and lead singer for Harmologna & the Foxy Booty Bootyz, was shut down around 1 a.m. because of a noise complaint after only perform-ing three or four songs with her band. They were provided the smaller stage to perform on, but were excited to sing together for the last time before going their separate ways, she said.

“That was our last gig before we break up because everyone’s graduating and leaving,” Allan said. “And it was re-ally rough because everyone was really hyped to hear us and we had to shut it

Although Allan would have liked to perform on the main stage so her band

looking forward to attending next year, perhaps not as a performer.

Besides that, Gorfein said the fes-tival was a success. He is planning on providing transportation to and from the festival next year to accommodate more people in general as well as being eco-logically friendly.

“We expected hundreds more peo-ple and I think one of the major reasons why they weren’t there was because

there wasn’t a shuttle,” Gorfein said. “No way any of the freshmen would have known where this was and if we were able to get a shuttle, we could’ve made it easier and more ecologically friendly.”

Despite the kinks that still needed to be worked out, this year’s Forest

Fest was enjoyed by many, including Sandy Davis, guitarist/singer for Young Neighbors.

“It was a lot of fun,” she said. “Overall there was a really good energy and it was fun to be hanging out with our friends in the sun with really happy people and a lot of good music.”

By Suzy BerkowitzCopy Editor | [email protected]

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Folk Singer Takes On A ‘Brand New Key’MELANIE SAFKA TO COME TO BEARSVILLE THEATER THIS JUNE

With more than 40 years of performing under her belt, folk singer-songwriter Melanie Safka is still not taking a break. On June 2, she will bring her grassroots back to the stage at the Bearsville Theater.

Safka, also known as just Melanie, began her career in the ‘60s and got her break at Woodstock. She is best known for her hits “Brand New Key” and “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain).”

She said Woodstock changed everything for her.“It’s a real phenomenon because I walked on that stage an

unknown person and I walked off a celebrity,” she said. “Just a total different life after I walked off.”

Safka is currently on tour for her newest album, Ever Since You Never Heard Of Me. Although it was completed in 2010, the record release was put on hold when her husband, Peter Schek-eryk, who was also her producer, passed away. Safka said that, while dealing with the loss of her husband, she had no idea how to handle the business.

“Peter is the business and I did the music, that was the way we were happy,” she said. “Then life presented these challenges. We are dealing with them. The only way I could get through it was to keep doing the gigs. When I’m singing, I’m OK.”

The album is a culmination of Safka’s painful truths, she said. “I Tried to Die Young” features lyrics like, “I took a plane through the dawn / Threw myself on the tracks / But the train didn’t come and I had to walk back.”

“I pretty much go for the truth,” Safka said. “I write down what I feel. I write journal entries and I put them on my web-site and my songs. It’s always my little universe I’m trying to explain.”

Safka’s son, Beau Jarred Schekeryk, is also featured on the album with his own instrumental, “Deserts of Blue.”

Although she was often around big-named celebrities, in-cluding taking a plane ride with Jimi Hendrix and talking with Elton John, Safka said she was always pretty shy and didn’t stay close with anyone. She said she hid from cameras and although she liked performing, stayed out of the spotlight.

“I was married in a very conventional way with kids and all I wanted to do was go home to my organic vegetables,” Safka said. “I was totally granola. It was just the way it was.”

By Zan StrumfeldA&E Editor | [email protected]

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Celebrating Their YouthNOISE-PUNK BAND DELIVERS EXPLOSIVE SECOND ALBUM

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MUSICIAN OF THE WEEK:CHRIS MANOHARAN

Want to be overcome with a feeling of pure, musically-induced invincibility? If you do, look no further than Japandroids’ newest al-bum Celebration Rock.

My friend happened upon the not-yet-released album — which is scheduled to infect the ears of the entire noise-punk genre on June 5 — and let me listen to it. Upon its completion, I instantly decided that it

Put simply, Celebration Rock is an album about youth. Japan-droids’ premier album Post-Nothing was saturated with the theme of unbridled youthfulness that made you want to break out a bottle of alcohol and sneak into the dead of night. Each song on Post-Nothing reminded you to resist society’s desire for you to grow up and evolve from your teenage debauchery through loud chants and grizzly guitar riffs, and Celebration Rock spins that feeling into a mature fashion.

Instead of thrusting against your inevitable turning of the calen-dar, Celebration Rock preaches a sober acceptance — albeit an un-wanted one — of your coming-of-age.

The band’s unguided energy has no limit in its ability to make you

Nights of Wine and Roses,” throws the listener into a state of euphoria I can only imagine would force you to slap on a pair of aviators, light up a cigarette and just drive for hours into the distance.

The album continues to storm forward with fantastic middle

strained vocals and choruses that demand every inch of energy you

act of Celebration Rock that is an explosion of revolts, chants and un-checked, well....celebration.

Celebration Rock, discusses exactly what you would expect — the desire to relieve the

saying things like we’ll sleep when we’re dead and thinking this feel-ing was never gonna end / remember that night you were already in bed / said ‘fuck it’ and got up to drink with me instead” how can you not yearn to relate with their youthful exuberance? The song shows that the band has accepted their coming of age, just not as happily as you might expect.

Celebration Rock, offering not only an anthemic rock that could inject energy into even

the album entirely.

song I’ve ever heard — and it’s perfect. The song makes you want to lash out and scream against the walls caving in around you and live the

shadow / and if they try to slow you down / tell them all to ‘go to hell,’” how can you not be overcome with a revolution-like feeling of power?

Celebration Rock, complete with repeated guitar slamming and soft-spoken lyrics that seem to question whether anyone out there feels the same way the

repeat and listen to Celebration Rock again?

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YEAR: Fourth MAJOR: Classical Guitar Performance, Music History & LiteratureMINOR: AnthropologyHOMETOWN: Yonkers, N.Y.

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WHAT’S YOUR INSTRUMENT OF CHOICE AND WHY?

WHO HAVE YOU BEEN LISTENING TO LATELY?

It changes depending on my mood.

Sometimes I’m in the mood to play classical

guitar, violin or sing songs. At the end of

the day, it’s classical guitar. There’s some-

thing about being your own ensemble that’s

really satisfying.

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WHO ARE YOUR BIGGEST INFLUENCES?David Russell. John Williams. Stephane

Grappelli.

ANY ADVICE FOR ASPIRING MUSICIANS?

music. I look at myself as a philosopher. I’m

looking for truth and music is my language.

WHAT ARE YOU INVOLVED WITH MUSICALLY?Right now, I’m trying to build my profes-

sional career with a website and getting

gigs. I also teach and am trying to get more

a Turkish band.

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WHAT’S YOUR PLAN FOR THE FUTURE?Long term, I want to be a college professor

teaching musicology, anthropology and gui-

tar. I want to have a professional classical

guitar career. For the immediate future, I

want to travel the world.

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Major: BFA Ceramics

Year: Fourth

“Working with ceramics and wood is not merely a

material choice, it is a lifestyle choice. By working

closely with materials that have been forged over

time by the processes of this planet, I am humbled

by their vast history, character and tradition.

!ese materials speak of craftsmanship, life and

patience. I hope that through interacting and

using my work individuals can begin to under-

stand the value of material, craftsmanship, the

environment and their role as integral members of

communities and our society.”

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Student Association (SA) President Terrell Coakley recently proposed that administrators work to provide more food service providers in the Student Union (SU) which would work in tandem with the Student Activi-ties announcement of extended SU hours starting next semester to improve life in the SU.

We at The New Paltz Oracle commend Coakley and administrators for this initiative as it demonstrates a willingness to work amicably to ensure all parties get what they need from our campus facilities.

Especially in light of recent discourse regarding our meal service providers and the hype surrounding the potential renewal of Sodexo’s contract, we feel this is an important topic worth our time and attention. What better time than now to approach the potential operation hours critically with attention to the students needs?

We are also in favor of Coakley’s idea of expanding the admittedly limited meal selection.

It’s no secret that students have incredibly limited

food options as the sun goes down, especially toward the end of the week. With the choices between Hawk Street Station or Hasbrouck come 7:30 p.m., students aren’t given particularly healthy or appetizing regular choices.

We think these changes to the SU are a step in the right direction, but further extensions to the building’s hours would be even better. Students would get what they need — and what they were promised — from the space.

Our campus is lucky to have such a wealth of active organizations that call the SU their home. However, they are often rushed out by the limited hours of op-

would allow for more productive and comprehensive meetings that would certainly ensure more thoughtful and engaging programs and events. It’d be a great ser-vice to our campus, creating a strong core location for the thriving community.

Organizations aside, our student body as a whole is incredibly busy and active with complex and unpredict-

-ing between classes, work and extracurriculars in rapid succession with little to no down time from their daily grinds.

It seems imprudent that the SU, which was meant to be a sanctuary from our academic stresses, is open primarily during the hours we’re in class or busy. This beautiful building equipped with televisions, pool ta-bles and computers is going to waste. The SU could be a true anchoring headquarters that could only improve our community — if only it was available. We can’t

In the end, improvements to our SU would only work to foster a comfortable and accommodating liv-ing environment for those of us who spend our time on campus. It’s important to remember that during the academic months the campus is our home and we shouldn’t feel like guests.

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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By the time you read this, I will no longer be the news editor for The New Paltz Oracle. Least important, I won’t be a full-time college student either. I’ll be off into the sunset, to follow my psychotic dreams of fame. You want to know how to be famous? Send in an audition tape to the “Real World,” and for some reason do a lot of splits, convince them that you’re dramatic and demon-strate that you can pull a weave off when cornered. Once accepted, go wild. Throw shit, scream a lot, drink, drink some more and turn that mother out. Hopefully this will lead to your own spinoff, your spot on celebrity rehab or worst case, six hours in jail. However, there’s always the reunion and God help those bitches.

Then again, who am I kidding? I can’t even make a proper phone call to journalism sources. You can most

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tion.” I’m here to talk about the one thing in college that I actually enjoyed: the Oracle. There was a time when I was seriously considering not returning to the news chair a second time. Then I got drunk and made the best deci-sion of my life, and believe me friends, that don’t happen often. Needless to say, you all know what that was. I’m still here.

how bad shit just seems to follow me incessantly. My time as news editor has been marked with confronta-tions, verbal assaults, let downs and M.I.A contributing

dall dungeon. That’s life and I wouldn’t change a thing. It’s not going to be sunny all the time. It has to go super-

nova sometimes. With the Oracle, you get real world ex-perience, and the faster you learn there are real shit heads in this college microcosm, the faster it’ll transform you into a stronger, more capable person. This too shall pass.

Fact time! According to a study conducted in 2008, “more than 76 percent of college students have read their college newspaper in the past

cent of faculty members have read their publication in the last month, with 51 percent reading it in the last week.” The college newspaper is an integral part of campus life, and the numbers show that its survival be assured. Now let’s ask a professional.

“The college newspaper continues to hold its value with students as a key source for news and information and despite growth in technology and new media op-tions, we consistently mark very strong audiences who rely on this source to maintain a connection to their cam-pus community and local happenings,” Samantha Skey, executive vice president of strategic marketing of Alloy Media + Marketing, said.

Meanwhile: Andrew, you’re doing a wonderful job, just put those damn previews on the website. Oh and I quit. Julie Bird, I’ll miss our ladies who lunch meals and you drawing the line when #RealTalk becomes #ViciousTalk;; hopefully, we’ll be friends after this. I’m

resident psycho and co-glitter egg sister, you have all the oxygen you need. It’s up to you now to make sure

exact length of awkward silence it takes for a gay baby to be born somewhere in the world). Katherine Speller,

issa, please return one day to take the news chair, you’re perfect. Jaleesa, you may or may not read this, but thank

terina, you get the shit stick, you understand me. Shard on, sister. Kelsey, it was a pleasure getting to know

when you were the only one there, never got old. Suzy, I think this girl got butt implants or something, I hope

to the tune of “Eleanor Rigby,” thanks for forever ruin-ing that song and thank you for being a diligent copy editor. You’re good people. Robin, thanks for the awe-some photos and being hyper-organized. Sam, good looks with the map. Ben, keep it real and boogie on;; I hope you’re YouTube famous one day. The distro team,

hate anything above a 28, too). Sara, I’m not sure what you do, witchcraft Web-ery, but thanks for making the site look awesome. Pete, thanks for helping me com-ing up with sick headlines about murder, it was ‘snow’ laughing matter. Last and least, laolaoaloalaoaal my mirror sister, the shade of it all that you’re on the bot-tom probably searching for your name thinking I for-got. Hey, smile because you’re news chair and you did it and you’re going to be great. Keep hard on them and crack that whip. I’ll be here if you need me, but only if you REALLY need me.

When in doubt, just remember student-based journalism, i.e. the Oracle, gives you the opportunity

who are in charge. I am a better person because of it. No one can take that from me. How many people can say they’ve asked their college/university president a direct question, or got to know their student leaders to

but this graf is oozing. I’m going to miss the program and the paper. However, I know there’s a lot more out there for me that I have to experience and explore. So I slip you my sincerest sayonara. I’m signing off for the

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“My ovaries went Incredible Hulk on that one.” - Katherine Speller

“Oh, pick me!” - Suzy Berkowitz catch phrase

“Every single time I’m in here, I see a different part of a different part of YouTube.”

“The times, they are New Roman.” - Katherine Speller

“I never said I was an elegant princess.” - John Brandi

“Wait, can we watch videos of babies eating lemons?” - Katherine Speller

“When is Cinco de Mayo?”

“I think my tongue and my pelvis need to join.” - Suzy Berkowitz

“Yo Zan, do you have that kid’s number? He owes me 20 bucks.” - Ben Kindlon, in reference to a source

“You’re going to hell” John: “Maybe there’s parking there.”

“No more eggs for this bird — I’m menopausal.” - Julie Mansmann

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LEAVING THE MOUND

By Andrew [email protected]

Sunlight pours through the fresh budding leaves and the dull boom of the 32-ounce Gatorade bottle cuts through the chirping of the birds. The main viewing area is a hefty picnic table plas-

called on a day like today.

are the bleachers, with all types of char-acters;; sun-bathing girls glaring over glasses and shirtless bystanders baiting on the batter. The umpire sits in a leather lounge chair relaxed but exact, ready to quell any disputes among the games’ restless young players.

“I always like to say it’s not your av-erage backyard sport. It’s extreme yet re-sourceful,” third-year Recycaball MVP Luke DiCola said.

The game’s name was coined by for-mer New Paltz student Sam Lachow, who also serves as designated commissioner for Recycaball. While visiting New Paltz

on the weekend of February 4, Lachow

non-student players, he has watched the game develop with each visit.

-come a game, I just loved cracking the bottle,” Lachow said. “But it was really

you to hit as hard as you can. Recycaball couldn’t be played anywhere else.”

Three-man teams face off in this

batter a Gatorade bottle across the 75--

jority of 22 South Oakwood Terrace’s

of PVC pipe, the raised driveway and

technical base running.

despite its miniature status. One man

or the coveted home run, which is any -

dling is key and the bottle’s awkward shape can prove to be an obstacle. How-

ever seasoned players have come to understand its ways.

In the end, Recycaball is about mas-

never before honed in the realm of ama-teur sports.

“It takes basic baseball skills and the team who makes the least mistakes usu-ally wins,” Captain Taylor Yedvarb said. “If I was to pick a team to take home the championship it would of course be my team, Midnight Thunder, but the Cool

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-peting since the league’s development in mid-March, sporting names like “Berry Rain,” and “Riptide Rush,” tributes to

league gets closer to perfecting their guidelines.

-test to Recycaball’s spirit and so can the

New Paltz police who recently respond-ed to a late night game noise complaint.

“We explained all the rules to them,” DiCola said. “They said it sounded fun, and if they were off duty they might have

-tle too late to be playing I guess.”

Oakwood Terrace put an end to the Recy-caball league due to the commotion and unwanted neighborhood publicity. The grass on the baselines is now beginning to grow back, and the umpire’s chair has found its way back inside.

an end to this unique sport, and crushed dreams for these one-of-a-kind athletes.

“In a day and age when young people are inclined to sit inside and just watch T.V., it’s sad to see there’s no room for an original game that kept us active all day and was such a good time” Cool Blue Coach Ethan Kramer said.

For more information on the game and its pioneers, search “Recycaball” on Facebook or visit recycaball.webs.com.

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Hitting The Bottle Out Of The Park

New Paltz Women’s Lacrosse Finishes Season

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The Lady Hawks Softball team com-pleted their spring 2012 season with an overall record of 14-26, accompanied by their 6-12 record in SUNYAC play.

The Hawks’ season began at the Na-tional Training Center Spring Games in Cl-ermont, Fla. From March 17 to 22, where they competed in 12 games and went 4-8. The spring season concluded with back-to-back doubleheaders on the SUNY New Paltz turf against No. 11 SUNY Cortland and SUNY Oswego.

winning game on Friday, but not making it to the SUNYACs was disappointing, Head Coach Denise Marchese said.

“The seniors are the most disappointed,

said. “But they never stopped working hard,

The Hawks were one of the youngest teams in the conference this season with

with plenty of ideas for future improve-ment. Marchese said the team was hoping for more success at the start of the season.

Marchese said two of the team’s big-gest issues were consistency and a lack of

recreate the pressure felt in games, drive the players to play hard and reinforce their

Practices have become increasingly de--

tality to bring into games, Marchese said. While the Lady Hawks “practice like rock-

Though many of the girls anticipate better fortune in the future, the seniors gave their tearful adieus to their teammates, wishing them well as they leave this chapter behind them.

Going into the season, the girls had

preseason rankings false by making SU-NYACs a reality for the team, fourth-year Shelby Martin said.

Though shocked and frankly disap-pointed by the turnout of their season, the

no one will soon forget, she said.“A few obstacles we had to overcome

were to put the ball in play in order to make

season the biggest hurtle I would have to

Without much belief in the team from outsiders going into the season, Martin said

make a name for this team.Fourth-year Co-Captain Samantha Bar-

ra said a big concern for the team going into the spring season was team chemistry. With new faces being introduced to an old family, whether or not the ladies would mesh well together was on everyone’s mind, she said.

newcomers and to the new roles each player

to see them be the underdog that takes on

The end of the season for the seniors has been bittersweet, Barra said, yet it was

turf where many of the girls grew together as a family in their years at New Paltz.

“The time goes fast. Play in the moment and

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Lady Hawks Look Ahead

The days are getting longer and warmer as summer rapidly approaches. For many, the summer is lush and de-sirable. For us snowboarders, it’s comparable to purgatory. Most resorts on the East Coast don’t start running their lifts until mid to late November, and sometimes even as late as December.

After already dealing with terrible conditions and all the resorts closing early during the 2011-12 season, the thought of having to wait six or seven months to shred again is catastrophic for too many of us east-coasters.

Luckily, there are solutions to this problem. If you go

these involves spending the prettiest of pennies, it could turn out to be the best trip of your life. Here’s my list for you:

1) High Cascade Snowboard Camp:Or should we just call it “Heaven on Earth?” Located

at the base of Mt. Hood in Government Camp, Oregon, High Cascade leads the pack in terms of greatness as an ex-treme sports camp. The main park offers a variety of small, medium and large jumps, as well as a 22-foot super pipe.

Winner of the 2010 Winter Dew Tour Wendy’s Invi-

tational Half Pipe competition Danny Davis said, “The pipe is epic and you can’t touch the rail garden there.” The ridiculous collection of rails the camp has acquired over the years, along with the always-growing creativity the park crew exhibits, puts High Cascade on top.

High Cascade’s Team Riders, including my personal favorite urban and park rider Scott Stevens, recently re-

You can check those videos, and others, as well as pricing and session dates on their website at highcascade.com.

High Cascade is open exclusively to snowboarders. Sorry, no pole-holders allowed.

2) Woodward at Copper & Woodward at Tahoe:The internationally-known and award-winning skate-

camps established, one at Boreal in Northern California and another at the summit of Copper in Colorado. Each are the only summer snowboarding camps in their states.

Along with the nicely-sculpted jump lines and killer rail features the snow park have to offer, each of the camps have indoor facilities to be noted as well. The Barn, at

Woodward at Copper, has a number of indoor trampolines, foam-pits and a skate park.

Woodward at Tahoe has a snow park comparable to its sister park at Copper, operated by lift (no hiking nec-essary!). If you’re not feeling the snow that day, you can always check out the camp’s 33,000-square-foot indoor skate park.

For videos, pricing and session dates, check out the camps’ sites, woodwardatcopper.com and woodwardattahoe.com.

3) New Zealand:Now, if you’re really trying to ball outrageous, you

credits simultaneously.I’m studying abroad in New Zealand for the entirety of

two months, on July 2. The closest mountains to the town I’ll be living in, Dunedin, plan to open between July 10 and 15. One of these mountains is the home of Snowpark, NZ, a resort that has been known to have the best terrain park in all of the Southern Hemisphere.

Pretty cool beans, eh?

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going to be nothing short of an all-star for years to come.

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A Summer Of HopeThe best thing about baseball is that

year. After the initial spring beginnings

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worst part about writing about baseball in

for the Mets this summer.

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system. This highlights the cultural shift the

era where free agent signings were the

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into the summer is not the talent they are

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A Time To Be Thankful

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WHAT’S INSIDE LEFT ON BASE

PHOTOS BY ROBIN WEINSTEIN

Women’s LacrosseLeaves A Mark

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Softball LooksAhead To 2013

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