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Students Criticize Closed Door Meetings

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New Paltz Celebrates Valentines Day By Showing Support

For Female Victims Of Violence Worldwide

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“I NEED TO SEE MORE”SA President Questions Student

Senate’s Motivation In Recent Meeting

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Thursday, February 21, 2013

It all started when Mary Goggin heard Eve Ensler speak at the Omega Institute, an educational retreat center in Rhinebeck, N.Y. There, Ensler unveiled her plans for “V-Day” in 2013 – a plan that includ-ed women and their supporters protesting violence through choreographed dance.

This “solidarity among women,” Goggin said, moved her to host One Billion Rising in New Paltz.

A dance movement performed on Feb. 14 in 203 countries, One Billion Rising allows women and men to show their support for female victims of violence worldwide by dancing to a song written for the event called “Break the Chain.”

Goggin worked with community organizer Jo-

New Paltz. Neither had organized anything like this before.

Longbotham, who discussed the issue with her two sons, said the movement is important because it aids in starting a conversation about the issues of violence against women in our culture and the media.

“There is a sense of entitlement,” Longbotham said. “So much media pressures girls to be available to male desire. It’s important to start talking about it.”

At a practice of the “Break the Chain” choreogra-phy, participants followed Zumba-style motions and simple steps to perform.

Goggin said she disapproves of the questions nor-mally asked following a rape victim’s attack.

“It should not be, ‘What was she wearing?,’” Goggin said. “They should be asking, ‘What made this man think that he could rape this girl?’ Whether we’ve been violated or know someone, there is soli-darity among women.”

The solidarity was present at a practice one week before the event, as the cause united those in atten-dance, organizers said.

“I joined for the fun and to show unity for pre-venting violence against women,” Theresa Monroe, secretary of residence life, said. “We talk about diver-sity, but us doing this on Valentine’s Day will bring together fun and one good cause.”

A huge turnout packed the Student Union atrium,

New Paltz President Donald Christian attended with a pink tie and pink heart pinned to his shirt for the festivities.

Two dance instructors stood above the crowd as “Break the Chain” blasted at 3 p.m. in the atrium.

“Going on the website is really inspiring,” sec-

ond-year marketing major Christina Waterman said. “It could happen to any of us. We’ve got to spread awareness.”

Spreading awareness in New Paltz meant two rallies: the one hosted on campus and another in town held at 3:30 p.m.

On Main Street, the rally before the “Break the -

ing signs and Goggin herself telling the crowd to stand up to violence.

Goggin said that when everybody participates in perpetuating rape culture, nobody tries to stop it.

“It comes down to education,” she said. “This has opened up my mind.”

First-year biology major Nadia Ouedraogo said she decided to partake in the event because she per-sonally knows the reality of violence against women.

“I decided to participate because I’m originally from Africa,” Ouedraogo said. “I know people who have been abused – physically, sexually, mentally. It’s real. Even if you help one person, it helps.”

Goggin stressed the importance of individual im-pact and getting people involved with One Billion Rising.

Goggin said. “We need to start rising up.”

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PHOTOS BY ROBIN WEINSTEINThe New Paltz community combatted violence against women on Feb. 14 by participating in the One Billion Rising movement.

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Beginning in fall 2013, SUNY New Paltz will hold classes on the religious holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, as detailed in an email sent to students on Feb. 4.

L. David Eaton, vice president for enrollment management, said the Jew-

academic calendar for almost the past 40 years.

He said the faculty began discuss-ing these scheduling changes around 1997-98 and talked about them in the academic senate and during full faculty meeting, but given the delicate nature of the matter, it took until 2010, nearly 14 years, for it to come to a vote.

“It’s a really value-laden kind of question and the questions of course...that come up are ‘What about my reli-gion, if I’m Muslim or Hindu or Chris-tian,’ ‘Why not Good Friday,’ ‘Why not Ramadan?,’ etc.,” Eaton said. “The other aspect is that after four years, it’s tradition. Taking away a tradition from

However, when it was put to a vote, Eaton said everyone had the chance to give their input and the faculty passed it by a large majority. He said the deci-sion came out of “what is best for the institution in terms of delivering high quality academic experience.”

-nal decision stemmed from the issue of disruption, such as in 2010 when there were two weeks of school in August followed by an entire week off because of when Rosh Hashanah fell.

“That was disruptive and particu-larly the science faculty...said ‘this is

meet once a week and if you knock two Mondays out or two Wednesdays out, then we can’t get our work done,’” Ea-ton said.

He said when they began looking at the fall 2013 calendar in 2010, they realized they could not avoid having students come to school for one week, having the next week off and then re-

take action.There have also been a number of

complaints regarding evening classes which only meet once a week, Eaton

said. Although they can still count it as an instructional day when they cancel classes after 3 p.m. before Rosh Hash-nah or Yom Kippur, classes that only meet once a week lose a “good portion” of instructional time if they miss one or two days.

While these changes will not be new for students who come to the college next year, Eaton said they un-derstand that this is a change for the Jewish community and for students, faculty and staff who come here under a certain assumption.

“I think we are empathetic and un-derstand that this is a change and one that is going to cause disruption to them, but this is the direction the in-stituion has elected to go,” Eaton said. “It’s based on the overwhelming vote of the faculty who recommended the administration make these particular changes and we said based on the ratio-nale, it makes sense to do so.”

Under New York State Education Law, “Any student who is unable, be-cause of religious beliefs, to attend classes on a particular day or days, shall be excused from any examina-tion, study, or work requirements. It shall be the responsibility of the faculty

equivalent opportunity to make up any examination, study, or work require-ments which he may have missed be-cause of such absence on a particular day or days.”

Eaton said this stipulation is not new, as it has applied to other stu-dents, faculty and staff because of New Paltz’s “diverse spiritual background,” but is new for those who observe Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

Thus far, Eaton said he has received two telephone calls from parents who were upset because their children chose New Paltz partially because they were free to come home for the holidays and did not feel it was fair to change this prior to their graduation. He said he has not received any direct student feedback, but that some were involved in a conversation on Facebook.

Third-year geography major Ari Kaputkin, a Jewish student, said he was more upset about the lack of informa-tion provided in the actual email an-

nouncing the changes, rather than the changes themselves.

“The press release gives zero explanation as to why the schedule needed to be revised, why these days were chosen, or what alternatives were considered, and instead basically states ‘the changes were made because we made them,’” Kaputkin said. “The lack of why, and only the how is what of-fends me.”

Erin Healy, a fourth-year visual arts major said she believes the changes

make things worse because of the num-ber of Jewish students and faculty.

“I think it’s ridiculous considering the fact that we have a large population of both Jewish students and professors and faculty members,” she said. “Stu-dents are just going to end up missing classes and professors are going to have to cancel their classes which therefore solves nothing, and in turn, makes it harder for students who participate in Jewish holidays, as well as professors.”

Third-year micro and macro social change major Jaklin Levine Pritzker said as a Jewish student, she is unhappy she no longer gets the high holidays off, but understands the decision as there are “so many religions, spiritualities, beliefs and important days of the year” and choosing which ones are “the most ‘important’ is a very subjective and dif-

Eaton said that if the schedule was going to change, someone was going to

time, but that it is important to look at the decision process and appreciate the college’s ability to make these changes.

“It’s important to consider that it was more than thoroughly discussed and everybody had the opportunity to express their points of view. Religion

talk about,” he said. “It takes a very tol-erant and respectful community to be able to navigate those and New Paltz demonstrated that it is one of those communities and I think that’s some-thing to be proud of.”

Additional information about the new schedule can be found on the New Paltz website under “FAQ: Changes to the Academic Calendar.”

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Student Association (SA) President Josh Simpson questioned the motivation of members of senate in his opening remarks during the fourth meeting of the student senate on Wednesday, highlighting a lack of comprehension and unity within the senate at large regarding the recently distributed “State of the College” address.

Simpson said the address, which was sent to SUNY New Paltz President Don-ald Christian, was “insulting” to SA and showed a lack of motivation within the sen-ate as “thousands” of students had read the document before the senate had in-depth knowledge and understanding of the text.

“Honestly you are all dead,” Simpson said in his report to the senate. “I come into this room and the energy doesn’t feel right. No one feels motivated. I need to see more and I need to hear more. You are wasting your time not talking here…That’s why SA is ineffective, and it’s not just because we have to go through certain loops – it’s because there is a lack of motivation and a lack of willingness to communicate with each other in this room.”

“The State of the College”, which was sent across campus last week, addressed particular institutional “policies that dimin-ish the potential of the many in exchange for maintaining the prosperity of the privi-leged few,” the document said.

Some of the topics discussed in the letter included: the Women’s Studies de-partment, gender-neutral housing, sustain-ability, bringing local food to campus, ad-missions and the campus’ marijuana policy.

The address asked President Christian for a response by March 13.

Simpson said while the address brought up many points that have been important to both past senate boards and the current one, acting outside of the senate disenfranchises those already working on it as part of the student government.

“In my mind it’s counterproductive to have a system in place to represent the stu-dent body and not use that fully,” Simpson said. “I didn’t know about this address until Don [Christian] already got it. I don’t think my E-board knew about it, and that’s con-cerning.”

Simpson said the passion members of the senate put into the “State of the Col-lege” should be focused on the pre-existing government that is in place.

“The conversations in this room on

those topics are dead,” Simpson said. “If you are passionate enough about something to write something to Don [Christian], I would like to see that passion come into this room – from all the senators. It’s my hope the SA and the senate can become a part of these conversations before it goes to the administration – so students are more aware.”

Simpson said he hoped moving for-ward, the “State of the College” can be used as a guideline for the senate to take action.

Sen. Roberto LoBianco said the letter, and the thousands of signatures it garnered, was empowering to the students involved

as they were certain that their message reached thousands of students on campus, rather than passing legislation through the senate.

“We write legislation and it goes into this netherworld where we don’t know what’s being read and addressed by the administration and how they are to act on that,” LoBianco said. “That collaborative process empowered the students who wrote it. That in of itself is a good thing.”

The topic of the address was added to the agenda for the senate’s next meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 27 at 7:30 p.m. in Student Union 418.

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Executive Director of Campus Auxiliary Services Steve Deutsch recently announced in an email sent to the CAS Board that they will hold a closed meeting on March 13 to decide who SUNY New Paltz will choose as a food vendor beginning in fall 2013.

The Board met on Monday, Feb. 11 with each of the three vendors in closed presenta-tions where vendors Sodexo, Aramark and Chartwells discussed what they would bring to the campus community if they were to be selected as the school’s next food service pro-vider.

Students not representative of the CAS Board showed up to each presentation, but were turned away at the door. Deutsch said the meetings were kept closed because it was

-viders and the CAS Board to present and ask questions, respectively.

“This has been a two-year process with tons of documents to go through,” Deutsch said. “It’s not that we don’t want students to know what’s going on, we have videos of each presentation on the CAS website for people

informed on the issue to be at those meetings with people who do know what’s going on.”

Sodexo, New Paltz’s current food service

They said they currently spend close to $1.4 million on local foods gathered within 50 miles on the campus.

Regional District Manager Rick Riani said 20 percent of what New Paltz and Sodexo spends on food is local, and that should Sodexo be chosen as the food service provider again, one of their priorities would be to increase the percentage.

“Our goal in our proposal is to get to 25

doable with programs like the Better Tomorrow program, a global program with commitments to health, community and the environment.”

Riani said the Better Tomorrow program would look to reduce packaging and waste products on campus, and would explore ways to increase sustainability. General Manager of Food Service Ralph Perez-Rogers said that not only would Sodexo attempt to improve sustain-ability, but they would get student feedback as well.

“With Oscar’s, we listened to students when they said they wanted it back,” Perez-Rogers said. “We sent out surveys and collected data, and Oscar’s reopened. It’s been a big hit.”

Perez-Rogers also said Sodexo would look to expand the size of Hasbrouck Dining Hall in order to allow more seating.

Aramark was the next food service pro-

vider to present to the board. Like Sodexo, they also discussed locally-grown food and sustainability on campus. Director of Business Management for Aramark Jennifer Eule said that even though they would like to bring in national brands such as Subway and Dunkin Donuts, they want to include improved local options as well.

“Even with national brands, we can cus-tomize the menu so that it complements the New Paltz dining experience,” Eule said. “We have a local board station that we’d like to have in Hasbrouck that would provide foods that are

Eule said along with local concerns, Ara-mark will focus on engaging students on cam-pus with social media and smartphone apps. This is also a plan of Chartwells, who was the last group to present that day.

Chartwells, the current food service pro-vider on other SUNY campuses such as Pur-chase, Plattsburgh and Old Westbury, said they would plan on offering a mobile app that could access “nearly everything about dining services in the palm of your hand,” Chartwells Regional Marketing Director Kevin Howard said.

“We understand students are constantly on the go and don’t always have time to stop and sit down and eat,” Howard said. “With the app, students can order food made to order and pick

While Deutsch said the meetings were an informative way for the board to get a bet-ter pulse on what each food service provider would bring to New Paltz, students are dis-pleased with the lack of information they were provided with by the CAS Board.

Student Senators Annie Courtens and Re-becca Berlin both said they understand why Deutsch did not want students at the meeting, but were unhappy that students were barely be-ing informed by the board on what was going on.

“There are a lot of documents to go through and I understand why the board wouldn’t want all of those students there,” Berlin said. “With that being said, students want to get involved and they want to know what is going on, and the fact that we’re not being involved more with what little representation we have on the board, it’s a problem.”

Courtens said student representation is necessary for a CAS Board that wants to be transparent with the student body, and that turning students away from that meeting makes relationships between the two groups hostile.

“Even if the meetings are online, they don’t publicize that,” Courtens said. “It makes it look like they’re trying to hide something, and what students are eating is something that shouldn’t be hidden from the student body at all.”

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Former New Paltz School Board President Donald Kerr is suing Town of New Paltz Police Chief Joseph Snyder, Detective Sgt. R. Lucchesi and two United States Postal Ser-vice workers after he was arrested on Nov. 4, 2011 for signing a package containing 8 pounds of marijuana worth $32,000.The ordeal began when two post-

183 Main St. with a package he did not order nor did he have knowledge of what was enclosed, according to

He signed for the delivery, which was addressed to Shawn Mulligan, and planned to deliver it to the prop-er recipient. Kerr was immediately placed in handcuffs after accepting the package, according to his court complaint. He was charged with pos-session of marijuana on Nov. 7.

Kerr is suing the defendants for infringing on his constitutional rights on that day. “As defendants, acting under

color of state law, personally vio-lated the constitutional right of the plaintiff to be free from unreasonable search, seizure and detention with-out reasonable suspicion or arguable probable cause in violation of the Fourth Amendment, as made action-able against them by and through the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments, this Honorable Court has jurisdiction over this matter,” the complaint said. According to Kerr, he was de-

tained and questioned in his own

call an attorney to represent him. His laptop, which served him for several years as his work computer, was con-

June 1, 2012, he said. “The computer contained years

of contacts, emails, invoices, signed agreements and other valuable and

important documents accessible only via that laptop,” the complaint said. At the suggestion of the educa-

tion board trustees, Kerr stepped down from his position as president of the school board after his arrest was made public, according to the complaint. He also lost $60,000 of his business income due to the con-

“It is impossible to exaggerate the damage that was done by this false and reckless arrest;; damage to my reputation, damage to my family,

my New Paltz-based business,” Kerr said. Kerr is suing the defendants in-

dividually and plans on presenting his case in front of a court and jury panel, the complaint said. “Nothing is personal here,” he

said. “There is a process to follow and I will follow it. I look forward to the end of this painful saga.”

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Two alumni have made a $25,000 gift to begin an endowed fund

for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to provide scholarships

ing to a press release.

The scholarship will be granted to a junior or senior majoring in

a program in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences with a minimum

grade point average of 3.0.

James Schiffer, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Brody (’73) and Karen Brody (’71, ‘80) made the gift in January 2013,

“Usually these things begin as just kind of a casual conversation

and then you just try to follow up and secure it, but it is part of a larger

effort in Liberal Arts and Sciences to do some fundraising for really

for the scholarship. Schiffer said a $1,000 scholarship will be awarded

to one student initially and as the endowment grows, so will the award

amount.

Steven Brody serves on the Liberal Arts and Sciences board

and his wife Karen Brody is a member of the College Foundation

board. Karen Brody said the education she and her husband received

also said they both struggled to pay tuition, so they can relate to the

challenges students may experience.

“Although I had help with my education from my parents, I still

left college with a college loan and Steven had to pay for his college

Karen Brody said. “We felt that we would like to perhaps make it a

bit easier for a deserving student who’s having trouble in the last two

losing a house unexpectedly. Schiffer said eligible recipients will be

of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

“Any number of things can happen and we’re very conscious of

at SUNY generally and at New Paltz in particular, giving really high

cussed by a number of people, including President Donald Christian

and Interim Executive of Development David Ferguson. They agreed

ating.

cial aid when they’re freshmen and when they’re sophomores and a

are getting closer to the end of their education who maybe have fallen

refer them to a foundation board that will select the student for the

award.

out the details, and information will be posted on the college’s website

Both Karen and Steven Brody hope their gift will inspire other

alumni to contribute to SUNY New Paltz.

ties, although New Paltz is up there in age as well, there is more of a

culture of philanthropy that has been cultivated with the alumni and

would like to inspire other graduates to give back to the university

Steven Brody also said he and his wife would like to add to the

endowed fund to ensure that it generates more money. He said any

gift amount is useful as it makes a SUNY New Paltz degree more

valuable.

“I do also think that it shouldn’t be about cultivating people who

ing people who give any gift, so you know, whether you give $5 or

$5,000 it doesn’t really matter. You know the stronger your school is

the better your education will be recognized as you go through life, as

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The latest single to ignite the charts, “Hotter Than

Fire,” is nothing more than a scheme.

Brett Cohen, a fourth-year media management major,

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ody he was passionate about.

Cohen said he knew he was not done with parodies

Times Square with bodyguards and a camera crew, trick-

This time, Cohen said he wanted to show that anyone

could create a popular song if they had the right people

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and Taylor Swift.

Cohen said he wanted to poke fun at the industry when

he penned the song “Hotter Than Fire” in about 20 min-

utes, telling producers he wanted it to sound like a compi-

lation of clichés.

“It doesn’t matter what I’m talking about. It’s catchy,”

a formula. It’s more about opening the eyes of the con-

sumer.”

hours. Cohen admitted it took a lot of work because he is

a “terrible” singer.

Cohen said.

To premiere the song and record audience reactions,

Cohen and his crew headed to Bliss Lounge in Clifton,

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“The owners had no idea it was a joke,” Cohen said.

bodyguards and two background dancers doing nothing.”

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ter Than Fire” was also released on iTunes and Amazon, just like any other single.

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said.“You need to do what you do best and not hold back.

it’s going to work.”

Cohen said his public relations classes with Professor

Donna Flayhan were essential for tips on how to get his

name out there and impact his public perception. Flayhan

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elements in her classes.

“Like ‘Gangnam Style,’ Susan Boyle, Brett Cohen,

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Pink, green, blue and red cloth-draped tables, co-ordinating balloons and streamers brought South Asian festivity to New Paltz.

On Friday, Feb. 15, the South Asian Cultural As-sociation (SACA) took over the Student Union (SU) Multi-purpose Room (MPR) for a night to celebrate “Festivals.”

SACA celebrates the various cultures of South Asia by spreading awareness of its traditions and culture through cuisine, music, arts and language. At 7 p.m., about 150 students, professors and families poured into the MPR for SACA’s annual dinner, presenting eclectic South Asian music, food, fashion and culture to attend-ees.

The South-Asian dance team, Nachle New Paltz, opened up the night channeling the dinner’s “Festi-vals” theme. For their segment, the dancers formed a line and two of them would step up to the front of the stage and portray a different South Asian festival such as “Holi” or “Ganesha Chaturthi.”

Following two opening dance performances, the SACA fashion show gave a glimpse into the fashion of Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Accord-ing to SACA’s Co-president Oluwatofunmi “Tofunmi”

Ayanfodun, SACA’s fashion show was modeled after a Bollywood movie titled “Fashion,” portraying the glitz and glamour of “all kinds of South Asian fashion.”

“Most of the clothes that were worn were tradition-al attire with a modern twist. For instance, a ‘salwar

look are really dependent on the individual who owns it,” Tofunmi said.

The intermission for the performances doubled as the highlight of the evening: the buffet-style authentic Indian dinner. Attendees wrapped around the walls of the MPR for Poughkeepsie-based Spice Aroma catered chili chicken, naan, chicken tikki masala and other va-rieties of vegetarian food and desserts.

Other Asian-culture campus clubs such as Jam Asia, the Fobulous Four and the Indo Latino Dance Group also took the stage to show their take on South Asian dancing.

The night ended with an intricate dance preview that will be performed again by a portion of the Nachle dance team at Dance Underground, the yearly show-case of all the SUNY New Paltz dance groups held by the New Paltz Association.

On Wednesday, Feb. 13, second-year Crispell Hall government President Payal Batra brought the rest of her Nachle dance mates to the dorm’s main lounge and

invited the rest of the hall to a Bollywood-style night of Zumba and henna tattooing.

“We put on this program to promote Indian culture throughout the dorm and get people hyped up about the upcoming dinner,” Batra said. “Before the program started, people saw the Nachle girls practicing and

brought more people to the SACA dinner.” Batra said the Nachle dance team practiced twice

a week in the time leading up to the SACA dinner and two hours a day the week of the event.

“Six of the girls are in both SACA and Nachle, so

night of the dinner,” Batra said. Tofunmi, a fourth-year student, has been a part of

-mester co-leading the SACA dinner. Tofunmi said she thinks “Festivals” went well and could have gone bet-

-ginning of the show.

She said SACA reached its target number of at-tendees, didn’t run out of food and had an all-around good time.

“At some points, we did feel that the cards were stacked against us,” Tonfunmi said. “But we perse-vered, we succeeded and we put on a good show.”

Students Hold South-Asian FestivitiesSACA GROUP GIVES A GLIMPSE OF SOUTH ASIAN CULTURE

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hadn’t really been a story that discussed a couple engaging in

The story follows Shelby, a girl who promised on her

This promise is something the character really takes to

one of her mother’s rules, Shelby agrees to take part, but she

She decides the loophole to the whole purity promise would

Ultimately, Shelby’s inner monologue starts to work out

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Under the twinkling Christmas lights

and the colorful window signs, HelloRadio

on Tuesday, Feb. 12.

through music while incorporating art and

spoken word.

organization in June 2012, because, as a

young music fan herself, she wanted to open

up a space for people to enjoy music — “the

cially.

“I felt like people go through their life

today doing their own thing, [and] there’s so

they’re missing it, but I wanted them to stop

for a moment, feel the music and create real

relationships.”

When choosing the bands who play at

tion in.

The connecting thread of the New Paltz

dio Circus.

between people, good music and art, and

once.

in New Paltz,” she said. “It was so fun to

bring music to New Paltz because people

people.”

she booked the show at Snugs and asked the

band to play in the show.

“I’m really glad Adina picked New

Paltz to branch out to,” he said. “New Paltz

has so much to offer to fans, musicians

play, too.”

HelloRadio, whose members switched

instruments throughout their set, said

they’re just beginning to branch out of their

city and that they would return to New Paltz,

Alphonse Rispoli.

“Although we were only there for a few

Rispoli said. “We got the impression that

New Paltz nurtures the writer, painter, pho

tographer, musician, beer enthusiast...and

like that.”

chance to attend.

“Snugs is kind of a diamond in New

mosphere and I’m really looking forward to

through music that makes them happy.

“In music, a lot of people compete, but

to enjoy together and support each other,”

for me it’s still all about the music, the lyr

ics, being inspired by the songs.”

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Harboring Music-Kinship NEW YORK CITY ORGANIZATION BRINGS ROCK SHOW TO NEW PALTZ

An inexpensive bar near I-84 made The

Knights of Columbus in Hopewell Junction,

N.Y. the ideal venue for Stephen Gritzan to

merchandise.

“Think of it as a big store,” Gritzan said.

Gritzan has coordinated record fairs in

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ter he moved to Goshen, N.Y. as a part time

bring shows to the area.

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“Now CDs are in the garbage,” he said.

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competition for local record stores who have

been forced to close their doors, according

to John Greak, who helped table for Jack’s

and remembers before digital downloads

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dium.

“These shows were one of the few places

outside of record stores that provided a reli-

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core collectors,” Greak said.

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a social experience — bumping elbows while

said.

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fair, a place with a bar.

like minded folks face to face,” Greak said.

When he preps for fairs, Greak takes into

account what the potential customer base will

look like.

rock, hip hop or more experimental genres,

where classic rock and bop jazz are still the

big movers,” he said.

shows.

Gritzan said he hopes to host another lo-

cal record fair in the fall.

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Spinning A Regional Record RiotDEBUT EVENT CATERS TO HUDSON VALLEY VINYL ENTHUSIASTS

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work screened “The Interrupters” in the

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numerous national accolades, including

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“The spotlight was on a group of peo-

are working at the roots of violence,” club

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duction major Alexandra Klouse said.

families and friends of street violence vic-

centers and even funerals, Klouse said.

Klouse added that the group also spends

personal time with and checks in on peo-

fall victim to violence.

or informational session and how well it

calls people to take action, because their

goal is to spark social change, according

to Klouse.

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want to create change,” Klouse said.

will often hold livestreamed question-and

host a panel of local experts with profes-

being explored.

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dia management and media production

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with the other schools, due to timing of

attended [the screening] was engaged and

spoke of feeling inspired to do more.”

screening of the semester, the number

of people who attended did not meet the

club’s expectations. According to Klouse,

the amount of other clubs on campus.

“What I hoped people took from the

a prevalent issue in our immediate com-

of,” Klouse said.

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MUSICIAN OF THE WEEK:THOMAS WEIKEL

YEAR: FourthMAJOR: HistoryHOMETOWN: Buffalo, N.Y.

DO WANT TO BE...YOU

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MUSICIAN OF THE WEEK?

LISTEN TOTHOMAS WEIKEL

PERFORMING BY SCANNING THIS CODE WITH ANY SMARTPHONE!

WHAT’S YOUR INSTRUMENT OF CHOICE AND WHY?

WHO HAVE YOU BEEN LISTENING TO LATELY?

I am a drummer. I always have been. I got

a toy drum set for my second birthday and

a real one on my third.

Tame Impala. Japandroids. Simon Miller

Quintet. Mose Allison. Jack White’s

Blunderbuss.

WHO ARE YOUR BIGGEST INFLUENCES?

Dave Grohl, Ginger Baker, Mitch Mitchell,

John Bonham and Keith Moon. Also, Max

music giving me a unique perspective

and style.

ANY ADVICE FOR ASPIRING MUSICIANS?

you’re nervous, because a crowd can sense

nervousness like dogs.

WHAT’S YOUR PLAN FOR THE FUTURE?

One thing I know for sure: I will be playing

music and hopefully earning money for it.

Taking The National StageTWO NEW PALTZ STUDENTS COMPETE AT THEATER FESTIVAL

Once a year, performers take center stage at the Ken-nedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF), a national competition. An opportunity that brings together actors, directors and designers, KCACTF gives students and faculty the chance for their craft to be nationally recognized.

Of the seven New Paltz students chosen to compete this

theater performance major Brittany Martel and third-year theater performance major Adam Harrison, who were nomi-nated for their lead roles in “Crimes of the Heart” and “Eu-genia,” respectively.

Out of 240 students competing in the Region 1 prelimi-nary round, consisting of schools in New York and the New

“You don’t realize what the competition is going to be like until you get there,” Martel said. “You’re nominated and you start picking scenes and a partner, and you commit to do-ing work that you might not get any credit for and it’s really stressful.”

Nominees prepare a three-minute scene with a partner for the preliminary round, two scenes with a partner for the

Scene partners are chosen based on onstage chemis-try and work ethic. According to Harrison, he needed an open-minded partner who would be able to complement his strengths as an actor. Martel said that aside from the techni-cal requirements, her scene partner had to be someone she “looked good with physically.”

taller than me because I’m tall,” she said. “Doing a scene with a shorter man wouldn’t be realistic, and there would have been an overwhelming awkwardness that draws atten-tion away from the scene.”

Students chose a scene based on how it highlighted them as actors. The material needed to show off their range, with a clear beginning, middle and end, according to Nancy Saklad, associate professor of voice, speech and acting.

Saklad has been coaching KCACTF nominees since she began teaching at New Paltz and said the required prepara-

grasp. “For every minute of time you spend performing, you

have to spend an hour’s worth of rehearsal time,” she said. “Most actors think that because they’re acting, they can fake it. The truth in acting is that it’s not about faking it, it’s about living it. It’s about being connected to the moment as op-posed to pretending you’re in the moment.”

According to Martel and Harrison, being connected to the moment required disconnecting from the scene. Because they performed their scenes repeatedly over the four days, the students took to not rehearsing so much that it became robotic, according to Harrison.

“Even though we’d been performing these scenes over and over, we had to keep listening,” Harrison said. “If you’re always onstage and listening, you can’t go wrong because it’s a reaction. You might have a text to react with but that doesn’t mean your reaction needs to be the same every time. If you’re listening onstage, you’re always living in the mo-ment.”

Although neither Martel nor Harrison were chosen to compete for the Irene Ryan Scholarship on a national level, both students consider it an accomplishment to have made it as far as they did.

tion,” Harrison said. “I hadn’t gotten my hopes up or expect-ed to move on, but once I did, my chances of winning were higher. The whole festival was an opportunity for me to real-ize that the hard work I’ve been doing could be put to use.

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Write a review for the A&E sec-tion of a recently released album, movie, TV show, comic book or something else! Make them less than 500 words and rate them out

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HOMETOWN: Buffalo, N.Y.

WHAT ARE YOU INVOLVED WITH MUSICALLY?I’m involved in two bands: Defunct Radio

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Major: BFA Photography

Year: Fourth

In!uences: Stephen Shore, William Eggleston,

Richard Misrach, Richard Mosse, Bernd

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“My work is an exploration of the banal. I present ordinary

scenes from urban and suburban areas with attention to the

details and visual coincidences that often go unseen.”

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On Feb. 14, crowds of students gathered in the Stu-

part of the campus’ “V-day” festivities. The dance was part of the movement One Billion Rising, which calls attention to the issue of violence against women.

Over 200 people were in attendance in the Atrium

mob in the village for members of the New Paltz com-munity to participate in.

We at The New Paltz Oracle want to commend

violence against women, and hope that actions like this will continue in the future.

In the past, we’ve talked about how we constantly hear students discuss social change and activism, yet fail to do more than hold mere discussion. It isn’t that discussion isn’t helpful, but talking about issues in a circle of people who share the same views and not do-ing anything from there hardly helps anything.

New Paltz community proved that we’re past the point of only open dialogue and have moved on to taking a physical stand against violence aimed toward women.

New Paltz has always been progressive in thought,

and issues of violence against women have been a ma-jor topic of discussion these past couple of years. In New Paltz, we are able to recognize the severe conse-quences of rape culture, slut-shaming and general in-equality between men and women.

But outside of this bubble of progression, these aren’t topics in the conversation at all. It’s too often we see in our media culture a gross lack in knowledge concerning women’s health and the violence women go through every day. Needless to say, we as a cam-pus organization hope to see these types of movements continue in the future.

And, like all social movements, we hope one large

bating violence against women.It’s great that these events are planned, organized

and become a reality, but we need to see things like this continue in the future. The battle between violence against women and progression is far from over, and the one billion rising movement is a step forward in the right direction. We need to see this progress continue not just in our community, but in other communities as well.

We are a diverse group with diverse backgrounds.

Here in New Paltz we come together as a united front against such pointless violence and trauma, but we need to stand up against such unnecessary grief in our communities back home. There is plenty of progress waiting to happen in our hometowns, and we need to take our knowledge back there and spread it.

What we do here in New Paltz is meaningless if we contain it to our bubble of progress. We’re privileged to live in a place so willing to make social change, but that willingness is wasted if we aren’t brave and determined enough to bring the knowledge we have to our com-munities back home.

Editorials represent the views of the major-ity 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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With the Season 3 premiere of HBO’s se-ries “Game of Thrones” rapidly approaching, I

Journalists share quite a bit in common

ered a noble profession, made up of people

defense for information coming to the public,

protecting the “realm” from the horrifying creatures of the north, standing mightily atop

Starting to sound familiar?

one by one here:

THE WALL:

GAME OF THRONES: The Wall is an enormous titan of architecture that separates the unorganized northern region of Westeros

that reside in the harsh mountains of the north,

JOURNALISM: The Wall represents the

a necessary function for citizens of a democ-

THE WAR IN THE SOUTH:

GAME OF THRONES:

random occurrence or perhaps a ploy to get more

JOURNALISM: The War In The South is the

understand the problem – but don’t do anything

free and non-partisan press, people can’t rely on

?

THE NORTH:

GAME OF THRONES:

by most of the ‘intellectual’ members of Westeros

JOURNALISM: This one is an easy connec-

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MEN & WOMEN SWIMMING PREVIEW

The Men’s Swim team enters the SUNYAC Swimming and Diving Champi-

onships on Feb. 21 through Feb. 23 with a 2-5 overall record. They recently placed

Head Coach Scott Whitbeck said this is a rebuilding year for the team and he

Second-year Marton Keri is the No. 2 seed in both breaststroke events, while

second-year Jack Spader is seeded third in the 500 freestyle and fourth in the

1,650 freestyle.

First-year Rod Taskindoust will compete in the 200 freestyle, 500 freestyle

Fourth-year Bryan Farm said the team produced a number of goals that will

be carried out during their SUNYAC championships run.

“At the beginning of the season the team produced short and long-term goals,

which can be summed up into being the kind of athlete that makes other athletes

want to be you,” Farm said. “At championships we will accomplish great perfor-

mances by keeping physically and mentally tough and by focusing on what needs

to get done.”

The Women’s Swim team is undefeated with a 7-0 overall record as

they head to the SUNYAC Swimming and Diving Championships.

The Lady Hawks will bring an eclectic mix of experienced swimmers

and rookies to the championships, who will look to defeat their rivals, the

Geneseo Blue Wave.

NYAC champions this season.

“As a team we have a huge standard to live up to,” Marshall said.

“We’re all really excited about going into SUNYACs undefeated and the

Fourth-year Yuka Suzuka is the three-time defending SUNYAC

ranked third in the 500 freestyle and fourth in both the 200 freestyle and

100 freestyle.

Head Coach Scott Whitbeck wants to improve from the fourth place

nia,” Whitbeck said. “We have women competing for conference titles in a

us in the best position to compete.”

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Spring Intramural Leagues

The 2012-13 college basketball season has been considered by many as one of the weakest in years. This is because there are no dominant players like an Anthony Davis or Kyrie Irving-type who will be the unanimous choice as the number one overall pick in the NBA draft, or a clear cut front runner to win the National Championship, like the 2011-12 Kentucky Wildcats. But that doesn’t mean it hasn’t been an exciting season, and it hasn’t been one so far removed from the last.

ESPN College Basketball Analyst Jay Bilas recently tweeted “Total losses of Top 25 teams this week? 112. Total losses of Top 25 one year ago this week? 122. No great teams, but not much different.” So, there isn’t a big difference between the produc-tion of the Top 25 teams from last year to this year.

One particular story that has brought positive attention to the sport is the reemer-gence of the Indiana Hoosiers, led by Head

Coach Tom Crean and star players Cody Zeller and Victor Oladipo, as a National Championship contender once again.

Crean took over the Hoosiers basket-ball program in April of 2008, after Kelvin

NCAA violations. It took some time for Crean to make the Hoosiers relevant again, but it happened.

Zeller was the unanimous pre-season National Player of the Year prior to this sea-son. He started off slow, but is currently dominating by averaging 18 points and 7.2

has been the most consistent player for Indi-ana all season, averaging 14 points, six re-bounds and 2.4 steals per game.

While one of college basketball’s most storied programs, they are still accomplish-ing new and impressive achievements. Their win over the Michigan State Spartans on Feb. 19 was the highest-ranked road victory in the history of their program. That’s saying

championships and had the last undefeated season in college basketball, which took

place in 1976. There may not be many powerhouse

teams and players this season in college bas-ketball, but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t been a crazy ride so far. There have still been his-toric upsets such as the TCU Horned Frogs beating the Kansas Jayhawks on Feb. 6, and great buzzer beaters such as Rotnei Clarke’s

winner for Butler in Maui over Marquette to Matthew Dellavedova’s winner for St. Mary’s over BYU.

One thing we know for certain though is that this year’s “March Madness”will be

ride to see which team will have their “One Shining Moment.”

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Hope Springs Eternal

Regular Season Redundancy

The Rangers are in 9th place in the Eastern Conference.

They haven’t lived up to the pre-season expectations just about everyone had for the Blueshirts. The team was seen at the top of just about every list for who would be the best during the short-ened season and, needless to say, they haven’t been that team everyone had predicted them to be.

the Eastern Conference, they’re at the bottom of the postseason picture. John Tortorella even said they were a bad team.

And that’s okay. Really, all of this

now, you shouldn’t be. The regular sea-son doesn’t matter.

I’m not a New York Giants fan, but the 2007 Giants have taught me and ev-eryone who follows sports one of the most important lessons about anything with a regular and postseason;; The regu-lar season is redundant. The only thing that matters is who brings it to the play-offs and who gets hot at the right time. Knowing how to play the game is more crucial than playing the game.

The Cinderella Story in sports used

to be a thing you saw once every blue moon and then you’d see it again when Hollywood made a movie about it. But in the past several years the story has been an almost normal occurrence in the professional world of sports. The 2007 Giants are the most pure example of the Cinderella Story, but there are so many different examples of theory becoming reality that at this point, it’s hard to wor-ry about your team not performing well early on.

If you want to look at the predica-ment the Rangers are in right now, you don’t have to look much farther than your own backyard. If the Giants are the most shining example, the Los Angeles Kings are a close second.

For the 2011 leg of the 2011-12 sea-son, the Kings were hardly in the playoff picture. The team had so many problems and, regardless of how well Jonathan Quick was playing, nobody thought the Kings were going to make it into the top eight in the Western Conference.

And then they turned it around in 2012 and went on to win the Stanley Cup.

You can say that bringing in a new coach or new players did the trick, but

to me that’s not enough to make a No. 8 seed a Stanley Cup champion. The Kings as a whole weren’t clicking or trying in 2011, and it was only a late season push that got them there. In the end, it didn’t matter that they didn’t play well in 2011. All that mattered is that they made it in and knew when to pick it up.

The Kings proved that you don’t have to be the best, you just have to be

the best at postseason competition.And that’s what could easily happen

to the Rangers. Players like Brad Rich-ards and Henrik Lundqvist are still top-notch competitors that any team would want in the postseason. The Rangers will make the playoffs, and they’ll make noise when the postseason rolls around. Fear not fellow Blueshirts fans, it’s a long way to go to the top.

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Finally, the end is in sight. Baseball fans have suffered through the gruel-

highlights consisting of basketball and hockey long enough – Spring Training is about to begin.

There’s a funny thing about Spring Training;; regardless of their place in the standings the year before, every team enters March with wide eyes and hearts

ing season may bring. The Mets are no different, and even

being tantalized with quotes from play-ers who are asking “why not us?”

I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t falling for it a little bit. There is just something about the new season beginning. Teams have a chance to wash away the sins of the previous season and correct them, it’s cathartic in many ways.

While I can’t say I’m expecting the Mets to be this year’s version of the Bal-timore Orioles or Oakland Athletics and jump to the top of the standings while defying all baseball odds, I can see a fairly decent season unfolding.

More importantly, this season will truly be a transition into a new era.

The 2013 season will offer the Mets a chance to watch the transition into a new identity begin. Gone are the days of Jason Bay, and soon the days will

be numbered for Johan Santana and his overly-bloated contract. With their de-partures comes a crop of new and young

will usher the Mets into a new decade of competitive baseball.

Mets General Manager Sandy Al-derson has received an unprecedented

of major offseason signings, but when looking at the Mets’ larger picture, it makes perfect sense to operate the way they are.

The Mets are waiting for Matt Har-vey to sync-up with prospects like Zack Wheeler and Travis d’Arnund and cre-ate a core of young players that will ri-val other teams across the league.

Spending frivolously on players such as Micheal Bourn would have been foolish. The Mets are not going to contend for a playoff spot this year, and

player would only be weighing down

nancial situation. The Mets will have less than $40

million committed to players on the 2014 roster, opening up almost $60 mil-

ter around the team’s developing core players. It’s a slow process, but one that has the greatest possibility of success moving forward.

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