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Thursday, September 27, 2012

How did the chicken cross the road? Straight through your backyard.

At the New Paltz Village Board meeting on Aug. 28, the board passed the “Backyard Chicken Law,” which allows residents to keep chickens on residential (R-1) lots, but not without resistance.

Student Sen. Roberto LoBianco said most of the complaints lodged against the law concerned the human treatment of the animals.

“For some, it’s a matter of animal rights,” LoBianco said. “But, I believe it’s really a matter of food justice.”

LoBianco, who owns free-range chickens on his property, said the law will be a good thing for village residents who want a more sustainable home-grown option for their food.

The law details that chickens may be kept provided there are only six ani-mals per half-acre lot, they are kept in a pen and they are used only for domestic use or consumption.

“It’s better to do it in a sustainable way rather than a way where animals are treated cruelly,” LoBianco said.

Anne Muller, president of Wildlife Watch, said that the chickens are likely to bring on other animals, including nat-

ural predators, to the village area. These predators may lead to future trapping is-sues in the village area.

“There are opossums, snakes, foxes, numerous animals that would go after the eggs,” Muller said. “It is certainly an attractant to wildlife.”

Muller said that Wildlife Watch has written several letters to the editor to lo-cal publications denouncing the law due to the environmental impact.

“It was so under-publicized,” Muller said. “There really should’ve been an environmental impact report.”

The law also includes restrictions to ensure the chicken’s living environ-ments are up to code. Property owners and tenants are required to apply for a “Chicken Keeping License” and pay a $100 fee to receive clearance to own

-rameters for chicken coops, ensuring

provide an appropriate amount of space for the animals.

Building inspectors will then be able to deny permits if the tenant or property owners fail to meet any requirements.

-ences that do not allow roosters, which addresses many residents’ concerns regarding early waking hours due to

crowing. The chicken keeper is also respon-

sible for keeping their animals wellfed and ensuring they are not a nuisance to other residents.

LoBianco said that another com-plaint from those attending the meeting was that the law affected so few village residents. He said that given the six chickens per half-acre restriction, there would only be a couple dozen chickens in the village.

New Paltz town councilwoman Kit-ty Brown said that while the town does not currently have a similar law to the “Backyard Chicken Law,” she would be open to hearing more, especially after reviewing the village law.

“It would make more sense for the town to allow chickens as residents of-ten live on larger plots,” Brown said. “It would be a great opportunity for resi-dents to get away from the storebought, cruelly obtained eggs.”

By Katherine SpellerFeatures Editor | Katherins,[email protected]

New Paltz Village Board passed the “Backyard Chicken Law” in August.

PHOTO BY ROBIN WEINSTEIN

In an effort to continue improving campus dining, Campus Auxiliary Ser-vices (CAS) has collaborated with Pepsi to open Shop24, a 24-hour vending ma-chine, in October.

“There are certain items that folks will have access to 24/7,” Executive Director of CAS Steve Deutsch said. “It’s nice to know that folks who live on campus don’t need to go all the way into town to get the items they need.”

Deutsch said CAS has been working with Pepsi to decide what items will go into the machine. He said the machine will include items ranging from laundry detergent to socks and soda.

Controller for CAS Don Diamond said the goal of Shop24 is not to dupli-cate items that are already sold in other vending machines on campus, but to

offer a variety of foods, beverages and home goods.

“Nothing that you see in the vending machines will be in the Shop24 because there is no point in that, obviously,” Dia-mond said. “There may be 20oz bever-ages in Shop24 but they should not be the same beverages offered in traditional vending machines on campus.”

While Shop24 will offer students a small store in a central location, Deutsch said currently the machine will not be accepting dining dollars although he can see why some students may not be happy with that.

Josh Simpson, Student Association (SA) president, said the Shop24 vend-ing machine has the potential to be great due to the numerous amounts of items that will be offered. However, he said he is concerned about the students hav-ing to spend “real money” as opposed to the money which is included in their

meal plan.“Hopefully with working with CAS

and Steve Deutsch we can have it so that you can use dining dollars on food items,” Simpson said. “I understand not being able to buy laundry detergent with dining dollars but chips or a loaf of bread you should be able to use dining dollars.”

Simpson said last year the student CAS board members and the SA senate were supportive of the Shop24, how-ever, they didn’t forsee some of the dif-

now that they see issues they have the opportunity to change them.

Deutsch said while he understands student frustrations, the purpose of the meal plan is to provide on-campus stu-dents with a tax-free plan for prepared food on campus and the plan does not allow that money to be used in vending machines. He said people are confusing

what a vending machine is with what meal plan money is.

“I don’t think the machine will af-fect the students negatively because nothing is being taken away from them,” Deutsch said. “It’s already here.”

Although the vending machine was initially supposed to replace the conve-nience store in Hasbrouck, Deutsch said, the store will remain open due to strong opposition to this plan.

He said students want a place where they can spend their dining dollars and if sales continue to be strong the store may stay open permanently.

Although dining dollars are not ac-cepted by the machine, Deutsch said it is conceivable that one day they will be.

“It’s hard to say yet whether this is a good investment, we have to open it up and see if folks like it,” Deutsch said. “We plan to change and adapt as need arises.”

SA, CAS Discuss Shop24 Not Accepting Dining DollarsBy Clarissa Moses Assistant Copy Editor | [email protected]

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NEWS BRIEFS WORLD

Cuba’s signature industry is showing

signs of life two years after the worst

harvest in more than a century.

HOW SWEET IT IS

PUTIN HOOLIGANA Russian tycoon who supported the op-

position has been charged with hooligan-

ism and assault for punching a business-

man during a television talk show.

STAYING UP FOR SYRIAEgypt’s new President Mohammed Mor-

si, making his debut on the global stage at

the United Nations, said Wednesday that

he will not rest until the civil war in Syria

is brought to an end.

BAN IN BURMA

President Thein Sein, the former general

who is opening up Burma, meets with

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham

Clinton who is likely to announce an

easing of an import ban the key plank of

America’s remaining economic sanctions.

FRACTURING FINANCES-

tered Wednesday as investors worried

that violent anti-austerity protests in

Greece and Spain’s debt troubles showed

that the continent still cannot contain its

Wednesday’s fashion week previews in

Paris - the second of eight days on the

spring-summer 2013 calendar - showed

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tions meeting was held on Monday, Sept. 24 at

7:30 p.m. in the Student Union Multipurpose

room.

Council Chair Rose Faber called the

meeting to order at 7:40 p.m. with a board

member introduction. Student Association

(SA) President Josh Simpson, SA Vice Presi-

dent Manuel Tejada, Vice President of Finance

Youssouf Kouyo, Vice President of Program-

ming Esthephanie Peralta, Academic Affairs

and Governance Vice President Jonathan Es-

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tended.

Tejada announced the SA will be hosting

that an email regarding the event will be sent

out to students.

After the introduction and announce-

ments made by SA E-board members, Faber

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mit their charters for the fall 2012 semester by

Molly Thurston nominated herself, and

being the only candidate, was unanimously

voted council board vice chair. Faber then

asked students to sit with their designated

houses, in which clubs are divided by the na-

ture of their function to elect their board rep-

resentatives.

The representatives elected were: Ad-

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Ali and Kimberly Boland. Faber told the rep-

resentatives to meet with Council Secretary

Heather Rae after the meeting.

The next elections were for programming

board, conducted by Peralta, in which there

were seven seats available. Those voted onto

the board were: Nicole Rivera, Brittany Jor-

Bailey, Jake Canull and Jarred Slatky.

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mittee followed. Kouyo said the committee is

“We oversee requests from any club

that’s over $1,000 and decide whether the

amount the club is asking for is worth spend-

ing,” Kouyo said.

He announced that if any club wants to

should ask him.

“If you are planning to have food at your

[general interest] meeting, request now,” he

said, and announcing that clubs will only have

access to food one time.

He also mentioned that clubs requesting

Six people nominated themselves for the

and the winners were: Anne Rich, Rosemary

and Matthew Solano.

The last elections, conducted by Espi-

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Acosta, Ki Soo Kim, Nadeen Zoheir, Kyle

the committee.

Before the meeting was over, Peralta an-

nounced that nominations for SA Productions

will be held at the next council meeting on

Council Holds First Meeting Of SemesterBy Tanique WilliamsCopy Editor | [email protected]

the nation’s greenest institutions in the “Princ-

eton Review’s Guide to 322 Green Colleg-

es.”

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ed States and two in Canada, selecting colleges

based on their “strong commitment to sustain-

ability in their academic offerings, campus in-

frastructure, activities, and career preparation,”

according to the Princeton Review website. It is

Among its many other green features, New

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tion of the Atrium to the Student Union, Recy-

cleMania and local environmental research op-

portunities are showcased in this year’s guide.

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in the guide for its contributions to campus

sustainability. Yael Krevsky, co-president of

many food service and agriculture projects, as

well as educational initiatives that highlight the

importance of sustainable agriculture.

“A lot of what we are trying to do is change

the way in which people view food as an en-

vironmental issue—our society has made the

two topics mutually exclusive issues,” Krevsky

said. “The implications that our current food

systems has on society politically and economi-

cally is huge.”

Eric Wood, project coordinator for New

the college’s inclusion in the guide is a positive

achievement, it was not unforeseeable.

“The students here are very education ori-

ented and socially active, so though impressed,

[I am] not surprised,” Wood said.

has a long history as a green force on campus,

having been responsible for initiating the col-

lege’s recycling program. Recently, they have

issued a resolution in support of clean construc-

tion on campus, and they continue to work with

students to prevent hydrofracking in the area.

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ing member of the Environmental Task Force

marks its third appearance in the guide.

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ects focused on areas such as sustainable food,

also cited improvement in building design as a

recent achievement for the college.

“The ETF has long advocate[d] for

buildings that are greener and more energy-

management on campus have really taken it to

heart.”

at the college become inspired to help the en-

vironment.

“The Princeton listing may help to draw

more environmentally conscious students to

are in the midst of the greatest ecological crisis

in the history of humankind and many people,

including students and even faculty and admin-

istrators at the college, still don’t appreciate the

scope of the problems we are facing.”

Wood, on the other hand, said that current

environmental crises are already encouraging

people to become environmentally aware.

“We are seeing an increase in student in-

terest in our environmental projects over the

“The negative impacts of climate change are

becoming more tangible and visible these days,

which is sparking interest in activism in the en-

New Paltz Recognized For Going GreenBy Molly HoneCopy Editor | [email protected]



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The 54th student senate held their third meeting of the semester on Tuesday, Sept. 25. Senators compiled a goals list for themselves, discussed campus concerns and held elec-tions.

Student Association (SA) President Josh

about meetings he recently attended and up-dating senators about campus news.

Simpson announced that the College Council will be adding the Good Samaritan policy to the Student Handbook, increasing the likelihood that medical attention is provid-ed to students who need it because of alcohol or drug use.

SA Vice President Manuel Tejada updat-ed the senate on university police concerns. First, Tejada assured the senate that, Chief of Police David Dugatkin said there are no facial recognition cameras on campus at this time.

Tejada then discussed the idea of univer-sity police using bicycles to patrol campus. He said if this were to happen, there would be a more direct relationship between police and students.

Next, Vice President of Academic Affairs Jonathan Espinosa spoke to senators regard-ing information from academic senate.

Although Espinosa had previously amended the student representation from two

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and the committee overruled, bringing student representation back down to two students.

Vice President of Finance Youssouf Kouyo updated senate on his progress of ob-

Kouyo said he would be having a meeting with CAS in the future to talk about the cost.

Vice President of Programming Estheph-anie Peralta said that at the next council meet-ing, scheduled for Monday, Oct. 1, nomina-tions for Student Association Productions (SAP) would be held. Peralta said she met with a concert organizer and hopes to start planning early.

Sen. Yaritza Diaz addressed the senate’s reputation among campus and asked senators to think before they speak and to make sure to always be respectful.

“I don’t want us to have people coming in here, trying to help us out, and we are being disrespectful or rude,” Diaz said.

Senate reports included updates on com-mittee meetings and campus news. Senators who attended the Transportation Implementa-tion Committee meeting addressed the con-cern of pedestrians walking near campus, re-

minding senators to be careful and aware. In addition, senators discussed extending

the health center hours, the improvement of the escort system and the topic of misgender-ing.

New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) chair Eric Wood said that in honor of National Voter Registration Day, they successfully registered more than 150 students to vote in one day. They plan to con-tinue their registration efforts through Oct. 12, and are working on organizing a Rock the Vote concert.

Council of Organizations Chair Rose Fa-ber spoke for the Resident Hall Student Asso-ciation, announcing Gage Hall as the winner of Spirit Weekend.

Senators then joined together in making a senate goals list, which they plan to refer to each week in hopes of completing them by the end of the term, semester or year. Goals on the list included: reforming the school’s drug policy, creating more of an art presence

on campus, improving food services, creating a more trans-inclusive campus and extending

-mittee elections were held toward the end of the meeting. Three students were elected to the Educational Technology Committee, one

committee, three students were elected to Ac-ademic Affairs and four students were elected to the Curriculum Committee. Two students were elected to the Budget Goals and Plans Committee;; one student was elected to the En-vironmental Task Force Committee and two students to the Constitution and Rules Com-mittee.

Two seats are still available to students on the Educational Technology Committee, three seats on Academic Affairs, two seats on the Curriculum Committee, four seats on the Budget Goals and Plans committee and two

-tions will be held at the next meeting on Oct. 2 in SU 418.

Senate Drafts List Of Goals For SemesterBy Elyse HennesCopy Editor | [email protected]

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Despite the fall 2012 semester being only a month old, two attempted sexual assaults have al-ready been reported by local police.

On the heels of these crimes, SUNY New Paltz’s 2011 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report was released on Sept. 24 and showed a 30 percent increase in total “forcible sexual of-fenses,” with four offenses in 2009 rising to 12 in 2011.

“There is no normal or abnormal amount [of sexual offenses], the only acceptable amount is zero in my eyes, ” Chief of University Police David Dugatkin said. “Is it fair to say that having two in such a short period of time in the beginning of a school year is rather unusual and rare? Yes, it is unusual and yes, it is rare... the only number we want to see is zero.”

In comparison to SUNY New Paltz, SUNY Oneonta’s 2011 annual report states that “forc-ible sexual offenses” went up from one in 2008 and 2009 to two in 2010, both on campus and in residence halls, which are a subset of on campus. There were no reported offenses off campus.

The number of offenses at SUNY Bingham-ton doubled, with three on campus and in resi-dence halls in 2009 jumping to six in 2011. No offenses were reported off campus either.

According to crime alerts released by the

took place off of Main Street on Aug. 26 at 2 a.m., while the second occurred in a residence off of North Chestnut Street on Sept. 1. Both victims are female SUNY New Paltz students.

-ducting the investigation. Maximillian Hunte, 19, of Newburgh, was arrested for the second assault and charged with attempted rape and burglary among other charges.

New Paltz students and organizations have reacted to the assaults.

Rachel Dornheim, a co-facilitator of New Paltz Survivors Support, a community for sexual assault survivors to share their experiences, said sexual assault will not stop until the societal per-ception of rape changes and people become better informed.

“It sickens me that rapes and sexual assaults are happening on campus, and in New Paltz in general,” Dornheim said. “But they’re going to continue until the shame in reporting is taken away, and proper anti-rape education is put up in its place.”

When it comes to giving out tips on prevent-ing sexual assault, Dugatkin said he is very care-ful in handling such a delicate matter, as advice

can be misconstrued as further victimizing the survivor.

“When I tell people ‘be aware’ or ‘walk with friends’ or ‘have a cell phone,’ I don’t want people to interpret that as if they don’t walk with people and if they don’t have a cell phone and if some-thing happens it’s your fault, because it still isn’t and it’s not true,” Dugatkin said. “I am not saying it to say ‘well you didn’t do that so look at what happened,’ I’m saying it to say maybe it just gives you a little bit extra of a chance.”

This idea of creating an even more victimiz-ing situation for someone who has been assaulted is one that some students believe permeates so-ciety.

Petra Vega, president of Take Back the Night, which holds an event every spring se-mester reclaiming the right to walk through the streets wearing what you want without fear and encouraging solidarity, said victim blaming is an extremely prevalent issue which even the college is subject to and needs to be reversed.

“We live in a rape culture that thrives on shaming the survivor, unequal power relations and the presence of liquid and substance courage;; an environment that can be found on any college campus,” Vega said. “Rape and sexual assault sur-vivors are bombarded with ‘blaming the victim’ rhetoric demonstrated through the ways they’re

go home with that person’ or ‘why did you drink so much?’ Not once is the blame rightfully put on the person who could not control themselves against invading another individual’s autonomy.”

Vega said she believes victim-blaming stems from an overarching disrespect for rape and rape victims. Similar to other serious issues, Vega said society views rape and sexual assault as “patho-logical” and “humorous,” noting that our culture is rife with rape jokes.

Recently, rape has been in the national lime-light, as various political statements have caused controversy.

These statements, such as Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan’s reference to rape as another “method of conception” and Republican Rep. Todd Akin’s coinage of “legiti-mate rape” and assertion that “the female body has ways to shut down that whole thing” when it comes to possible pregnancy from rape, received backlash.

Upon hearing Akin’s words, Vega said his beliefs highlighted the corruption of the “politics of culture” and left her worried for the future.

“Here is a man who I am sure as privileged as he is, has more than enough resources to edu-cate himself about the anatomy of bodies and the realization that many women have abortions because of rape,” Vega said. “And here is a man

I’m sure some look up to that is spreading blatant and idiotic lies, only furthering the ignorance sur-rounding rape culture and the structures in place to support it.”

Although two sexual assaults at the begin-ning of the year is already high, Dornheim said she “assumes” there have been more due to a problem with underreporting. She said she used to feel the same way many victims do about re-porting an attack.

“A few years ago, I had the same mentallity that many people do: There’s no point in trying to report it, because no one will believe me, I don’t

my attacker, nor was I threatened with physical violence,” Dornheim said.

A variety of factors keep victims from re-porting sexual assaults, such as having to relive the trauma when dealing with police and courts, reporting someone you know, being in a relation-ship with the attacker and fearing you will be doubted because you were drunk, Dornheim said.

When it comes to preventing rape and sexual assault, Vega said “education is key.” She said that the rape and sexual assault class offered by the Women’s Studies department is taken predom-inantly by women and would serve a greater pur-pose if there were more diversity in enrollment.

“Historically, men have been the perpetra-tors of rape and sexual assault against women and children,” Vega said. “And while not all men rape, there needs to be a more gender-variant dialogue about rape, sexual assault and abuse that can only be had when more than women are discussing the topic.”

As a result of the reality of rape and sexual assault, SUNY New Paltz has a list of resources available on their website.

The school offers professional support and advice from the Psychological Counseling Cen-ter, peer support from HAVEN, a hotline for sex-ual assaults, Rape Aggression Defense (R.A.D.) classes and other services. The list also suggests habits such not walking alone, watching out for friends who have had too much to drink and car-rying a cell phone with UPD’s phone number.

Dornheim, however, said she feels these types of safety tips do not do much to address and protect from the real issue at hand.

“Knowing how to punch someone in the nose to buy me time to run to a blue light on cam-pus isn’t going to help me when I’m having sex with my partner and they don’t understand that no means no,” Dornheim said. “I’m really just tired of being told this is what I need to do to prevent myself from being raped, when I see little to none — and most of the time its none — instructions being given on how to not rape someone.”

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Security Report Shows Spike In Sexual Assault CasesSOUNDING OFF

“There is no normal or abnormal amount [of sexual offenses], the only acceptable amount is zero in my eyes,”

“It sickens me that rapes and sexual assualts are happening on campus, and in New Paltz in general,”

- DAVID DUGATKIN

- RACHEL DORNHEIM

“We live in a rape culture that thrives on shaming the survivor, unequal power relations and the presence of liquid and substance courage;; an environment that can be found on any college campus,”

- PETRA VEGA

Thirteen students from SUNY New Paltz’s 2012 Summer Undergraduate Research Experi-ence (SURE) presented their work on Monday, Sept. 10 and Wednesday, Sept. 12.

SURE, which is funded through the pro--

development since 2004, according to Director of Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities Maureen Morrow.

“Students having an opportunity to work on a faculty-mentored research project will gain

classroom, like critical thinking and communi-cation skills,” she said.

and fourth-year philosophy major Joseph Bac-chi were two of the 2012 SURE participants.

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Professor Michael Vargas, suggested SURE to

gave her an opportunity to continue researching the topic of the independent study she started in

Her research topic, “Converso Identities in Late Medieval Spain,” required her to con-

research.

visiting various archives in Barcelona and Ma-drid to view primary source documents from the period of the Inquisition,” she said. “This...

to comprehend the Latin in archival documents, -

while.”Bacchi said he got involved in the SURE

program after hearing that a fellow philosophy

major and friend had a good experience with the program and after taking a class on Nietzsche.

“I was on the edge of my seat every class and wanted more at semester’s end,” he said.

Morrow said the student-mentor relation-ship is an important part of the experience. She said applications for entrance into the program

faculty mentor work together.“Certainly there are students who can do

-rience we’re striving for,” Morrow said. “The

project reveals so much and it’s really exciting

-perience and that he plans on expanding his re-search project, “Overcoming ‘Man’: The Great Health & Nietzsche’s Zarathustra,” this semes-ter and presenting it as his honors thesis project.

“It was great to work so closely with such a great professor, and to feel that I was really

conversation surrounding Nietzche’s Zarathus-tra,” he said. “I enjoyed the work and am ex-cited to continue.”

Morrow said she hopes that undergraduate and graduate students realize there are groups, such as the RHSA and the Student Association, that will provide funding for research and travel expenses.

“I hope people recognize that there’s sev-eral ways to get involved and receive funding,” she said. “The earlier in their college career that they’re aware of these opportunities, the earlier they’ll get involved.”

quality of the students’ presentations. -

cause the students are so amazing,” she said. “We’ve had the experience multiple times where students go to conferences and they tell me that they were mistaken for graduate or post-doctoral students, and it makes me so happy.”


not to increase its student representation.In light of the Request For Proposal (RFP)

draft for future prospective food service provid-

consultant, student senators had hoped to add

-mum 50 percent allotment in order to ensure stu-dent desires were included in the RFP.

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motion at their most recent meeting on Sept. 19. “It would need a majority vote, it did not get

a majority,” LoBianco said.

voted against the proposal, according to LoBi-anco.

LoBianco said he hoped to get more stu-

desires were clearly outlined in the draft that is

providers within the next few weeks.

“Students are required to have a meal plan;; -

co said. “I think if you mandate that, students -

termine what food they are eating.” Steve Deutsch, executive director of CAS,

said those at the meeting who voted against the proposal to add student representatives to the

reasons that students were well-represented and

quality of student representation,” Deutsch said. -

Enrollment Management L. David Eaton, spoke of their unease toward voting in favor of the mo-

voting constituencies. “I feel that if students got two more spots

positions…I have to protect the interest of the faculty here.”

Eaton had similar concerns and said he felt

as it currently stands.

group,” Eaton said at the meeting on Sept. 19.

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upset that the motion did not receive the required

-sion Strategies last semester.

“The students who were at the meetings

the concerns of the administration in regards to

options for food.” Despite students not receiving the addi-

-

language in the RFP that highlights the desires

survey. Moving forward, LoBianco said it is not too

food they would like to haves, as it will affect fu-ture generations of students who eat on the New Paltz campus.

should speak up now,” LoBianco said. “This

or the students graduating after this year...it’s re-

on campus.”

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CAS Board Votes Down More Student Representation

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Student Research Program Proves To Be A SURE Thing

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contract renewal that is seven years overdue with Time Warner Cable Company.

company in 1995, and since 2005 the New Paltz Public Access Advisory Committee has

of the committee said.

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cess channel and the return of the construc-tion fund.

The construction fund is one of the most

from the franchise fee cable customers pay and was not properly allocated by the cable company.

“The fund contains $325,000 of Town

The construction fund was meant to ex-tend cable lines over 17 years to all people in the area who could receive cable. Now that this has been accomplished, the town wants

equipment for schools so they can update the town on events on their own separate chan-

said that the money would be deposited in a

public access committee member, said the

verbally.

-ey to the town if they tell us how they will use

The committee received a copy of a letter -

ernment relations to Glenville, a small town

The committee wrote a letter to the ca-

money should be provided to the town but

“Time Warner Cable and the Town of

-

on 23, as well as a separate channel which

Time Warner line extensions fund, which will not be included in the new contract, is an “il-

-

“The town still feels that the money

After a close race at the end of last se--

sociation (SA) President. Simpson said his plans for this year in-

administration and the student body as well

and SA.--

students have the opportunity to have a dia-

campus.

on racism after the events that occurred last

“We all chose SUNY New Paltz to be our home for four plus years and everyone should

-form students about current issues on cam-pus, but serve as an educational tool.

believes that Simpson and the rest of the

healthy relationships with faculty and staff.

of the Student Association with only a month -

-

-

Manuel Tejada said Simpson has been able to directly communicate students’ concerns

-

food in the request for proposal and food ser-vice contract.

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was eventually able to open a convenience store based upon student needs.

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Not only has Simpson improved com-munication with faculty, but also within the

-body and that communication within the sen-

“There will always be some miscom-

For the future, Simpson said he plans on

faculty and staff about the current issues. Tejada said he hopes to see Simpson and

-

ter communications with the administration

be used as a template for success for current senators the and E-board.

-dents and transfers in the future.

the attributes and characteristics that a leader

leader, he will be one of the best SA presi-

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SA President Simpson Tackles Campus Issues

Town of New Paltz Fights to Renew Overdue Cable Contract By Caterina De Gaetano


The GUNKThe GUNK Thursday, septmeber 27, 2012

PHOTO BY SAMANTHA SCHWARTZ

falling into the season:The Hudson Harvest Festival

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From local farmers selling fresh produce, to an array of animals readily available for petting, to live music, activities and games, the Hudson Valley Har-vest Festival had a little something for everyone.

annual Hudson Valley Harvest Festival was held this past weekend at the Ulster County Fairgrounds.

Brainchild of Family of Woodstock Inc’s Execu-tive Director Michael Berg, the Harvest Festival be-came a reality when he teamed up with the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County’s Executive Director Lydia Reidy to bring the plans to life.

“What we were really interested in was having folks come out to an agricultural setting and realize how agricultural Ulster County still really is,” Reidy said. “We came up with this idea so they can under-stand the breadth of what Ulster County can grow.”

Reidy said the emphasis of the Harvest Festival was to make the event family-friendly so it incorpo-rated many events for all ages.

A sampling of the events included a sweet corn shuck off, corn tortilla-making, live bands perform-ing throughout the day and Zumba dance demos;; these might not even have been the liveliest of the events.

Livestock — including pigs, cows, chickens and bunnies, were available for petting as overseen by Cornell Cooperative 4-H youth development pro-gram members.

Vendors were stationed outdoors, serving des-serts and eclectic food like Mediterranean, Mexican and Jamaican specialties, as well as indoors where a variety of locally grown produce was showcased.

to the success of the Harvest Festival, especially with recent decreases in county and state funding. Fam-ily of Woodstock and the Cornell Cooperative col-laborate on free programs on education, family and nutrition with a focus on the Hudson Valley and its resources.

Hudson Valley growers have gradually learned to maintain quality produce and “sustain family farms in

a time when produce is being produced in huge quan-tities,” Berg said. With the continuation of the organi-zations’ programs,they can continue progressing.

All of the Hudson Valley Harvest Festival pro-

“Our goal was to have the people that came have

a really great experience and by word of mouth spread the excitement of their time here,” Reidy said. “What will get people excited about this is realizing that it’s right in their own backyard and it’s celebrating our agricultural heritage, so let’s go!”

Harvesting Happiness HUDSON VALLEY FESTIVAL USHERS IN THE FALLBy Zameena MejiaContributing Writer | [email protected]

PHOTO COURTESY OF CATERINA DE GAETANOA young 4-H Club member holds her rabbit, Sir Fuz-a-lot.

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SUNY New Paltz will host The New York Confer-

Friday, Sept. 28 and Saturday, Sept. 29.Conference co-chair and assistant professor of his-

tory at SUNY New Paltz Akira Shimada said he is very excited for the event to come to New Paltz as the con-ference is one of the oldest regional conferences out of the nine held under the Association of Asian Studies,

studies community in the world.

of topics from ancient studies of Asia to an analysis of modern and postmodern Asia. Ha Jin, award-winning writer and author of “A Good Fall,” a collection of short stories, will be featured to coincide with the theme of “Contesting Tradition.”

“It’s a large conference and we got generous sup-port from multiple departments and schools, includ-ing the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, School of Business, School of Fine and Performing Arts, In-ternational Program and the President Don Christian,” Shimada said.

Buildings around campus will also host conference exhibitions celebrating Asian culture: the Sara Bed-rick Gallery in the Dorsky Museum will have “Shino-hara Pops! The Avant-Garde Road, Tokyo/New York”

of Ushio Shinohara. Shinohara is famous for his role in the Tokyo avant-

for inventing Boxing Painting, the style of painting with boxing gloves. Shimada said there will be a boxing painting performance by Shinohara on Sept. 29.

The McKenna Gallery will also feature an exhibi-

development created by New Paltz graduate Veronica O’Keefe.

Maxwell Reide, a second-year digital media pro-duction and Asian Studies major and an experienced conference attendee said he does not know what to ex-pect.

Reide said the last event he attended in the Asian -

tions (NGOs) operating in Asia which he said he found surprisingly interesting.

Professor Shimada said the event will be a great opportunity for students to experience a real academic conference and to learn more about scholarly discus-sions on Asia.

Students can enter the conference free of charge, though meals and the reception are for paying attendees only. The registration fees for full participation of the conference, including meals and the Indian Music con-cert, is $60 for one day and $80 for the full conference.

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Do You Want To Write For The Features Section?Come to our story meeting Sunday, Sept. 30 in room 407 at 7 p.m.

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Hitting the

BooksKeep up with the latest

faculty writing projects!

Who are the Authors?

Nancy Schniedewind & Mara Sapon-Shevin.

What is the title?

“Educational Courage: Resisting the Ambush of Public Education.”

What is the subject?

The book focuses on braces and presented the braces in stories of educators, students and par-ents across the country who have been resisting and challenging what is the privatization and stan-dardization of education over the past 10 years. In America, public education has always been some-thing that’s been democratic and something that’s been controlled at the local level parents, teachers school boards, local tax payers traditionally have had a major say in educational policy but now that’s totally changing. People are being told what to do by people far away from the classroom and what they’re being told to do is not educationally sound. The book goes to the grass-root and it tells the story of teachers and parents and others and students that are challenging that and why.

How long have you been working on this?

We’ve been working on this for about four years.

When was it published?

It was just published this month on Sept. 4.

What makes this unique?

There is no other book that collects these narra-tives of grassroots resistance to these policies.It has very diverse voices in terms of peoples back-grounds: some urban, some rural, different racial backgrounds, some people working as individuals, some people working in groups, it’s a collection and there is no collection like this out there.

The Regional Chamber of Commerce Foundation at New Paltz hosted its second E-Waste Recycling Event to provide a safe way for businesses and households to dispose of old elec-tronics at the ShopRite Supermarket parking lot on Sept. 22.

Households and businesses recycled old electronics in-cluding monitors, printers, batteries, cellphones and more. Though the event was free, donations were accepted and households were asked to give $5 while businesses were asked to donate $20. Director of Communications and Mar-keting for the New Paltz Chamber of Commerce, Janet Nurre, said 75 businesses and households donated more than $700.

Nurre said this event was created to meet the demands of local businesses.

“Partially, it’s be-cause we’ve had people ask us for this,” Nurre said. “This would be a really great way to give people an opportunity to do what they want anyways.”

Nurre said the ShopRite Supermarket was chosen as the loca-tion because it’s a “ter-

supporter of New Paltz for many years.”

The foundation has partnered with Ad-vanced Recovery Inc.,

waste stream. According to the company’s website, computer moni-

tors and televisions leak out hazardous materials such as lead, phosphorus and mercury when the glass is crushed in a trash-compacting facility. The particles then become an airborne hazard. Advanced Recovery Inc. collects these electronics to make sure these particles don’t pose a threat to the envi-ronment. They repurpose them, harvest the precious metals found in the electronics and sell the parts.

Mark Rea Jr., said the events have collected an average of 10 tons of electronic waste each. He said the participation has been decent but can increase if local businesses are made more aware of the event.

Nurre said the event aids both the environment and local businesses.

“The most important thing is to make sure that all of these electronic goods are being recycled properly and not

harming the environment,” Nurre said. “Companies stay in compliance with state and federal laws [when] they safely dispose of electronics.”

The event was previously held over a period of two days. One day was allotted for households to dispose of their elec-tronics, and the other for businesses.

Nurre said the foundation decided to allow both parties to donate on the same day. According to Nurre, the turnout was probably the same as last year but because New Paltz residents were familiar with the event, it might have attracted more people.

Kathy Drew, owner of Moondance Ridge Bed and Break-

this year. She said her business donated televisions, computer equipment and an old cellphone.

Drew said she dis-posed of her electronics this way because she knew the Chamber of Commerce Foundation would be environmen-tally-conscious.

“I knew that the chamber would be working with the com-pany [Advanced Recov-ery Inc.] and not dump them someplace,” Drew said. “It was very easy, very professional.”

The money col-lected at the event will go toward a scholar-

ship provided by the foundation. Members of the Regional Chamber of Commerce and immediate family are eligible to receive this scholarship.

The Regional Chamber of Commerce Foundation focus-es on supporting the education of Mid-Hudson Valley resi-dents by providing annual scholarships to students pursuing

foundation in 2007. Nurre said the foundation was opened as a 501-C3 so that

donations would be tax-deductible and would hopefully pro-vide people with an incentive to donate money.

Rea said these events play a dual role in bringing recy-cling awareness to communities.

“It is very important that these types of events are held

proper recycling channels,” Rea said. “These events not only keep the local environment ‘green,’ but they instill a sense of awareness in the community about the proper recycling methods available.”

E-Waste Not, Want NotEVENT HELD TO COLLECT USED TECHNOLOGYBy Angela MatuaCopy Editor | [email protected]

These events not only keep the local environment ‘green,’ but they instill a sense of awareness in the community about the proper recycling methods available.”

-MARK REA JR.

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New Paltz resident Lynda Saylor strolls The Flower Kart along the sidewalk, pausing for some time on the corner of Plattekill Avenue and Main Street to speak with customers.Saylor, 45, said she opened the cart in August as an addi-

tional source of income when the Hudson Valley Rehabili-tation and Extended Care Center — where she had worked as a nurse for 12 years — began to cut back on overtime. “I’ve been wanting to do something involved with plants

Saylor, a single mother, said she considered getting an

vinced her otherwise.

Saylor’s daughter, Trisha, 17, sometimes helps her trans-port the cart into town, and Saylor’s ex-husband, Michael Saylor, 43, built the cart for her over the summer.

part, she said businesses did not mind.“When I actually went to the town hall they were very

Saylor said she has permission to roll the cart around town, but she usually stays in the sidewalk area outside of Starbucks.

Saylor said she usually has an assortment of 100 roses,

daisies and big mums.

usually have some sort of cooking herb in a bundle to use

said.

able until the end of October. She usually brings it into town Thursday and Friday evenings and Saturday and Sun-day during the day, weather permitting. She also said she hopes to get her cart back out for Valentine’s Day.

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COPY DESK

COOKOFF:

Sometimes, I really crave breakfast food for any time of the day other than the morning. My favorite breakfast meal: scrambled eggs. Yes, this seems so drab and to some,

really great source of protein and if made right, can really turn into a delicious meal.So, for all you egg lovers out there,

here is an egg-making how-to.For this fancy feast, you will need:

two eggs, butter, frying pan, fork, me-dium mixing bowl, cheddar cheese and a vegetable or meat of your choice.First, take two large eggs from the

carton and crack them into a mixing bowl. Then whisk the eggs with a fork so the yolks become a yellow glop.Next, take some shredded cheddar

cheese and sprinkle it into the goo. I like

but you can put peppers, mushrooms, ha m — basically whatever you want —into the mixture.After your gooey concoction is

whisked, take your frying pan out, grease it with butter and turn on the burner. Af-ter the butter melts, dump your egg mix-ture into the pan and let it fry for about

stirring.

to solidify. Once they’re solid and your cheese is melted and veggies cooked,

eggs onto your plate, then toast and but-ter some bread. There you have it!

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

“EGGS.”By Caterina De [email protected]

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The Last Good Book I Read: ‘DARKER STILL’ by LEANNA RENEE HIEBER

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Of all of the prevalent tropes in young adult literature right now, instant love is by far the most frustrating. Mak-ing characters fall madly in love with one another as perfect strangers is carelessly thrust in as a way to avoid true char-acter development. Usually it makes no sense. It’s more than just curiousity and attraction and within a single meeting or a single day a character has fallen in love.

Leanna Renee Hieber’s “Darker Still” starts and ends with insta-love. But, for once, it makes sense.

“Darker Still” is the journal of Natalie Stewart, a girl- scared-mute by the death of her mother at a young age. Per-fectly capable outside of that, she outgrows the school that she has been placed in and convinces her father to let her work where he works — at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Here she befriends a young girl and her aunt — but most

herself completely enamored.And when she falls into the world of the portrait and

very quickly. His soul has been trapped by a demon and only she can set him free. Natalie knows that it’s irrational but, as with every classic story, the heroine must throw herself into danger.

Natalie sets off to free the troubled young lord from his prison of paint.

The book manages to capture a clever voice in Natalie, a girl who embodies the characteristics of classic heroines while admitting the silly things that happen within the con-text of her life. She makes fun of her own instant-love story, admitting that it’s silly. Her strength of will and her own intel-ligence make the book by itself.

The side characters, from her father to her sometimes va--

ting them become stock characters and giving each a moment

Densbury may be the only unmemorable character and, considering he spends most of the book either trapped in a

be forgiven. The sequel should more than make up for it.Overall, “Darker Still” is a fabulous Victorian-era romp

with strong characters and an interesting plot and worth the read, particularly if you like or are interested in classic novels.

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ARTS ENTERTAINMENT&

Hasbrouck Park will be bustling with artists, musi-cians and writers over Columbus Day weekend.

The sixth annual Celebration of the Arts (COTA) event will take place on Saturday, Oct. 6, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

COTA’s regular venue, Huguenot Street, was not available for this year’s date, so Fine Arts & Events Co-ordinator Melanie Cronin said they will return to the park

“We feel that keeping the date consistent is impor-tant to encourage people to pencil it on their calendars to come year after year,” Cronin said.

COTA is produced by The Arts Community, a non-

to Hudson Valley residents, who have also helped raise money for the event through fundraising.

“The Arts Community...is an incredible group of -

tional...as well as the fund raising aspect,” Cronin said.

Harbor Bar and Grill to do a fundraiser.”Cronin said the event’s turnout has increased every

year with 1,400 visitors last year alone. Despite the in-creased exposure and attendance, COTA has stayed true to its roots.

“We stick to the original mission and that is to cre-ate a platform where artists of all disciplines and skill levels can come together on one day and celebrate what

art world comes...through exposure and networking, and that is what COTA is all about.”

COTA’s Writer’s and Poet’s Coordinator Chris Whitaker has been the panel curator for four years. He

willing to read at the event.“The response was overwhelmingly positive, so I

think the word is getting out,” Whitaker said. “People

Whitaker said that unlike last year’s readings, which

was on young adult literature from the Hudson Valley.

He said writers will be given a half hour to read from their books and do interactive activities of their choos-ing.

“How they structure their time is up to them,” Whitaker said. “This year [the readings] are going to be story-oriented [to] encourage families to come because it will interest parents and kids.”

Whitaker said COTA worked closely with Deborah Engel at Inquiring Minds, so that all the authors’ works would be available for purchase.

“She’s ordered all the books so people can have them signed,” he said. “After the authors read, they will be at the book tent, so people can get to know them bet-ter, ask questions and see their work.”

COTA puts out an open call to shine a spotlight on

as many artists, performers, musicians and authors of all disciplines, ages and skill levels in the community as possible.

“We will have several large sculptures throughout

well known NYC subway artists,” Cronin said. “We are...thrilled to have Rhett Miller [lead singer of the Old

Rhett is a member of our community, ...and we are fortu-

us.”

continued outpouring of support and interest in COTA. “We are a dynamic community and I think COTA

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The sixth annual COTA event will take place on Saturday, Oct. 6.

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Mini Works, Big EffortUNISON ART GALLERY ANNUAL SHOW RETURNS TO TACKLE “IDIOMS”

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TURTURRO RETURNS TO HIS ROOTS

Esteemed alumnus and established actor John Turturro returned to his old stomping grounds Friday, Sept. 21. Turturro, best known for his roles in “Bar-

“Passione,” which he both directed and narrated. “Passione” is a documentary that brings light to the rich music of Naples, Italy. Featuring a number of musical acts from around the

through song.

held a Q&A session with the audience. Highlights of the Q&A included advice to aspiring

(he will be working with Woody Allen). Turturro spoke positively about his time as a

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Oracle readers, consider yourselves warned: my review is going to get a little candid, a little emotive

silly voices, they ignore everyone else in the room…

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Forever Or For WorseUNCONVENTIONAL LOVE STORY HITS CLOSE TO HOME

Celeste and Jesse ForeverDirected by Lee Toland Krieger

Gallery opened an art show by

tained guests with vocals, melodic accordion and

Seen on the Scene

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Building a MasterpieceTHE AVETT BROTHERS NEW ALBUM LEAVES FANS IN LOVE

All it will take is just one moment to fall in love with The Avett Brothers’ The Carpenter.

Sure I’m biased, but what the heck? This album is a great addi-tion to their discography.

The Carpenter, released Sept. 11, doesn’t sound much different than their previous stuff. In fact, my major complaint is that there’s less banjo than on previous albums. With that being said, the lyrics on this album are the best that Seth and Scott Avett have turned out, and it’s clear they’ve matured over the past three years. Compared to the winsome and optimistic I And Love And You (2009), The Car-penter is heavier and darker.

The album kicks off with “The Once and Future Carpenter,” which sounds a lot like what the North Carolina-bred brothers have

released the past several years, bluegrass-y banjo and all. However, the lyrics are a different animal compared to their past work. One of the major themes on the album is mortality, and they don’t waste time getting into it with this one.

That theme is tackled the most in “Through My Prayers,” which is arguably one of the most beautiful tracks released by any artist in 2012. The group usually has one or two tear-jerkers per album, but this one could count for a lifetime. The song will break anyone who’s lost someone too soon. It feels like an icy, pale hand slowly reaching into your chest and pulling your heart out.

While the album has a darker tone, there are still moments where you can’t help but smile at how catchy and joyful some of the tracks are. Take “Live and Die,” a delightful mix of pop and folk, which made me want to grab a guitar while wearing a button-down and a pair of jeans from The Gap. I dare you to not catch yourself singing it.

And that’s what’s so great about The Avett Brothers—this al-bum is different than their past works, but they are still able to main-tain their identity and hold onto their roots. Sure, the album is a little more rock and a little less bluegrass, and it may not be melodically novel, but that isn’t the be-all-end-all of great music. A great album just has to let you transcend reality for a little while. It has to make you feel something, and in doing that The Carpenter truly succeeds.

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Sports Editor | [email protected]

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The Boss’s Birthday BashBRUCE SPRINGSTEEN “BORN TO RUN” THE SHOW

in my lifetime, and I cannot stress how amazing they truly have been.Saturday night’s show was no exception. Bruce Springsteen and

the E-Street Band’s non-stop three and a half hour performance on Sept. 23 was one for the books.

Thousands of fans gathered at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium

start at 7:30 p.m., was delayed until 10:30 p.m. because of danger-ous storms throughout the area. You would think a three hour delay would cause many fans to leave, but midnight marked Springsteen’s 63rd birthday and fans knew the show would be worth the wait.

Devoted fans cheered as the Boss entered the stage to “In The

Midnight Hour” blaring over the PA system. Although rain was fall-ing, fans smiled as Bruce said, “I think I’ve just invited 55,000 peo-ple to my birthday party!” Kicking the night off right, the band broke into “Out In The Street.”

every emotional chord in my body. I cried as Bruce performed “Into the Fire,” “Waitin’ on a Sunny Day” and “My City of Ruins,” but just as quickly, I found myself dancing uncontrollably to “Working on the Highway” and “Shackled and Drawn.”

The crowd cheered as Springsteen asked “Did I mention it’s my birthday?” No sooner did Bruce’s mother, sister and in laws enter the stage with a guitar shaped birthday cake, which Bruce later cut up and handed to fans in the front row.

Steve Van Zandt led the crowd in singing “Happy Birthday” to the Boss himself, perhaps a once in a lifetime experience for die-hard Bruce fans.

The show ended just minutes before 2 a.m. with the crowd sing-ing “Twist and Shout.” Despite being tired from dancing for three hours, my mom and I, in true Springsteen spirit, sat with fellow fans to reminisce about the amazing show.

My mom reminded me, “We can’t go home just yet! There is no other place in the world where we can stand in a parking lot, dancing to Bruce Springsteen, and not be looked at like lunatics.”

By Elyse Hennes


Bruce SpringsteenMetLife StadiumSaturday, Sept. 23

MUSICIAN(S) OF THE WEEK:REILLY BREEN & SETH BLISSENBACH

YEAR(S): Fourth

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WHAT’S YOUR INSTRUMENT OF CHOICE AND WHY?

Reilly: I sing because I’m too lazy to carry a guitar case.

Seth: Guitar because it’s versatile and I don’t know how to play the marimba.

WHAT’S YOUR PLAN FOR THE FUTURE?

Reilly: To learn to play harmonica! Seth: I’d like to start a recording studio and a concert hall when I’m older.

WHO HAVE YOU BEEN LISTENING TO LATELY?

Reilly: Passenger and a lot of ‘50s radio classics.

Seth: Honestly, Riff Raff. Also The Avett Brothers.

WHAT ARE YOU INVOLVED WITH MUSICALLY?

Just this project (Hoodrats) but we’re

trying to do another group with our other

housemate (Hoodrats and Homegirls).

We’re excited about it.

ANY ADVICE FOR ASPIRING MUSICIANS?Reilly: Try new things. It’s not the worst thing if something you try doesn’t work.

Seth: Practice makes perfect.

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of my work is based in the traditions of

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tally and impulsively, going through cycles

of creating and destroying, tearing and

mending.”

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For months, a debate has been brewing behind closed doors.

After tiresome discussion, the Campus Auxiliary Services (CAS) board has decided not to adopt a motion set up by sev-eral members that would increase student representation on the board to the maximum allotment of 50 percent.

We at The New Paltz Oracle believe the CAS board has made a serious oversight in denying more student representa-tion.

Particularly at this moment — a time when CAS is re-sponsible for crafting a Request For Proposal (RFP) draft that will be sent to prospective food service providers when the contract of the incumbent provider, Sodexo, runs out — the need for student input is paramount.

On their website, CAS states they are charged with “en-riching campus life.” If the board is steadfast in this belief, how can they justify not having the maximum amount of students on their board — who would be the only way to truly gauge what the “campus” would like to be “enriched” with.

However, after CAS tabled the motion set forth by cur-rent student senators on the board at their meeting on Sept. 12 and then voted down the motion when it was discussed at their next meeting on Sept. 19, it appears to us that a serious divide between what CAS claims they do and what they actually prac-tice is disturbingly evident.

Yes, more student representation would require the board to amend their bylaws and have them approved by SUNY New

tention to bring the student needs and desires to the campus and then shy away from increasing student representation seems counterintuitive.

Of course, there are other ways to gauge student desires, such as the survey sent out by Envision Strategies earlier in the year that was used to craft the current draft of the RFP.

The survey clearly stated what students want to see in their new service provider: more sustainable food. The student sena-tors, in addition to wanting more representation on the board,

the new provider would be required to offer on our campus.In our minds, the only way the CAS board can truly stand

by their promise of “enriching” the campus would be to adhere to the wishes of the overwhelming majority of students and put that wording into the RFP before sending it out.

At the Sept. 19 meeting, faculty and staff members of the board said they believed adding student representation might dilute other voting constituencies on the board and therefore give students a larger voting block.

has been solid for such a long time that a change would disrupt its balance.

We believe they are missing the point. Students are the ones who will be eating this food — those

who live on campus are required by the college to have a meal plan — so it only makes sense that they would have the loudest

Even if the student representation on the board is transient

and will change from year to year — something faculty and staff members cited as a reason for their voting down of the proposal — the need for students to have a loud and empow-ered voice is imperative.

In fact, a fresh crop of minds, ideas and beliefs should be welcomed by the board, and should not be something they shudder in fear of.

into the RFP could drive up costs and alienate potential food service providers, but if they truly stand by their supposed con-victions, this should be a far and distant second priority to pro-viding the students of SUNY New Paltz with what they desire.

It is time for CAS to stop cooking up ways to avoid the issues at hand and stop running the student representatives on the board through a bureaucratic cog. If they truly believe in what their website says, our desires for food options need to be

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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I Have The Bird Flu

“NUMB SKULL,” A WEEKLY CARTOON BY RYAN PATRICK HANRAHAN AND JULIE GUNDERSEN

One of the reasons I moved to Orange County from New Jersey was because of the beauty and the rolling hills that are perfect for bike riding. I rode my bike as often as possible and participated in three differ-ent tours of 60 miles each.

In October 2009, I was riding my bicycle uphill when I became the victim of a hit-and-run truck driver.

a month my right breast had inexplicably hardened. By December, it was as hard as cement. At the time, I was in school working toward my BS degree and other women in my class comforted me as we worked hard

At the time I did not have health insurance other than that provided by the community college I was at-tending, so I convinced myself that the symptoms were from something benign since I had had mammograms for years (although not every year) and three of my sisters had benign breast tumors. I was lucky that this accident happened because it led to my diagnosis. We can rationalize anything when we want to, right?

and radiology clinic to diagnose me with invasive ductal

breast cancer because I had read the prognosis for that was much worse. At this point, I had an inverted nipple and orange peel skin as well as the cement like breast.

which means the breast cancer had spread to my bones. By this time, my husband managed to get us some good health insurance that is accepted by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center which, even though it is lo-cated in New York — one and a half hours’ drive away from where I live — is one of the best cancer centers in the country. I knew this was where I had to go.

I was so lucky to have been given my medical oncologist, a breast cancer specialist who has tons of empathy and whose goal is helping me to live. My breast cancer was negative for the HER2 protein, so the HER2 protein was not causing the cancer, but estrogen was. I was premenopausal and tested negative for the BRCA genes. My breast tumor was 10 cm in size, about the size of a baseball. I started chemotherapy in April of 2010 with no end date. We were going to keep me on the chemo until I either was no longer respond-ing or developed unacceptable side effects. Despite everything that was going on with the diagnosis and

bald head. By the fall semester, I served as president of the

Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society and was taking two classes, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Between classes, I drove home and rested for an hour.

is not going to deter me from receiving the bachelors degree I had craved my entire adult life and yet was always too busy traveling for business to get.

In January, I started an oral hormonal treatment

and I was starting to feel like myself again. I took a triathlon training class where I was able to swim, bike

did. My husband and I went to Montauk for Fourth of

on the ocean. It was as if I didn’t even have cancer. However, by August, despite this treatment, my

breast tumor was still active and the decision was made to have a mastectomy to avoid any local problems.

In September, I started school at SUNY New

on a college campus and I loved learning with men and

with a 4.0. The mastectomy was done in December 2011 (to avoid missing school) with an expander placed.

semester. Nevertheless, I was going into the city

February 2012, I exchanged it for a silicone implant. A month later, I started radiation to the breast.

a half weeks, I chose to have the radiation done at my cancer center’s satellite radiation clinic that was located only an hour’s drive away (no tolls or parking charges

-

-ness and pain in my right leg at the hip unrelated to

the radiation. I was actually in Albany wearing a suit

interest in the topic, I was asked to be interviewed. I declined because I didn’t want to be the face of cancer

I could barely walk and had to pull my leg

about this the next day, they told me to go to Urgent Care at my cancer center immediately because it could be spinal compression, which can lead to paralysis. Needless to say, I rushed to the city. After a neurological exam and MRI, it was suspected that a tumor may have been pressing on the nerves at the hip. Okay, not bad. I wasn’t worried. My oncologist was going out of town, but she called me from the airport to let me know she was setting me up for a brain MRI, CT and PET scans, and bloodwork the following week and then she would see me on Friday. I wasn’t worried.

I went in and had the brain MRI and the CT scan and when I came out, I saw I had four calls from the cancer center and three from my husband. The replacement oncologist had received my brain MRI and was trying to call me. Instead, she called my husband to tell him that I had to get to the hospital immedi-ately because I had brain tumors. Needless to say, he freaked. In fact, he was more freaked than I was. The MRI showed I had at least 10 enhancing lesions and one large cystlike tumor. This tumor was what was giving me problems walking. I was hospitalized to have a quick PET scan and a spinal tap because the PET scan

was in the hospital, on my laptop, I learned I received

semester. How could I have brain lesions and a tumor when I was able to do so well in school? I also danced

My nurse loved me.

released from the hospital and started radiation on my lower back and whole brain radiation (WBR) to my head. The mask I had to wear for the WBR made me

receptor antagonist. I also took an online class on Ho-locaust literature because I wanted to be reminded that there are others who are in a much worse situation than I was. Although it was really hard for me to do that one

was switched to a pill chemotherapy that crosses the blood brain barrier.

Now I was on a drug that would work on my brain, lung, liver and bone metastases. I am still bald from the whole brain radiation, but I am tolerating the oral chemotherapy very well. I am now attending SUNY New Paltz twice a week with two back-to-back classes. I can handle that.

In addition to traditional treatment, I also do yoga, meditate, exercise, am careful about my food intake, drink a lot of water every day and receive monthly (or more) reiki/qi gong healing sessions, acupuncture and various supplements. I have a loving husband of 25 years, an adult daughter, a brother who lives close and has stayed with me throughout my radiation to the brain, sisters and a brother who live far and yet came to visit this summer. I have good friends who support me along with MBC discussion boards. I am looking forward to attending a retreat for women with metastatic breast cancer at the Omega Institute sponsored by Breast Cancer Options at the end of September. I am grateful to be part of a group of amazing breast cancer

or others will keep my metastatic breast cancer under control while I hope for a cure.

My future goals are to graduate with a degree in English with a minor in Journalism and to walk the Camino de Santiago de Compostela. If anyone wants

[email protected].

Luck And Stage IV CancerBy Barbara Gallagher

Gene Ventriglia was skeptical when

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SHINING

STARBy Cat Tacopina

[email protected]

Longtime Head Coach Colleen

Bruley is heading into her 15th season

coaching the New Paltz Women’s Soc-

cer Team. With 101 victories under her

belt, Bruley has brought the Hawks to

the SUNYAC Tournament six times and

last year brought the team to the confer-

ence title, earning a spot in the NCAA

Div. III Women’s Soccer Championship

Tournament.

She has coached 26 All-SUNY-

AC selections and two National Soc-

cer Coaches Association of America

(NSCAA) All-Region players. Bruley

has twice been named the SUNYAC

Coach of the Year.

Her arsenal of experience can par-

tially explain her success. Bruley dis-

covered soccer at the age of seven and

was the starting goalkeeper every game

from then on.

“In high school I went to an over-

night soccer camp in Lake Placid,”

Bruley said. “That changed my life in

so many ways. I then began working at

the same camp as a goalkeeper assistant

coach and that is where I began to learn

about coaching. I remember one day a

little boy calling me coach and I thought

that was so cool.”

Bruley spent her college years at

SUNY Canton and then SUNY Platts-

burgh, playing as the starting goalkeep-

er for both schools. After graduating

with a degree in Criminal Justice, she

accepted an offer to be the goalkeeper

coach for Skidmore College.

She married tennis Head Coach

Robert Bruley, whom she met at the

Lake Placid camp, and moved to his

native England for several years. It was

here where Bruley gained vital experi-

ence as a soccer player and coach.

“I was able to play and start in goal

for the premier league women’s team,

Millwall. I stayed there and then had

a brief stint at Arsenal with their re-

serves,” Bruley said.

After traveling with Millwall, Bru-

ley then played for her local English

club, Sutton United.

She brought her playing experience

back to New York when she applied for

the Head Coach position at SUNY New

Paltz. Her husband also gained a coach-

ing position here at New Paltz as the

tennis head coach, and both have been

here since.

Upon arriving, Bruley looked at the

state of the program and knew that she

had her work cut out for her.

“[It was] Awful, I knew we had a

lot of work to do,” said Bruley.

Since then, Bruley has developed

the team into a program that is “disci-

plined and much more competitive with

a strong recruiting process in place.”

be able to play a great possession

game,” Bruley said. “We like short

simple passes to move the ball for-

ward. That is what makes the game

beautiful.”

Fourth-year defender Emily Roki-

towski said that with Bruley as head

coach, her skill as a player has im-

proved.

me into a better player,” Rokitowski

said. “She has also made me a more

technical and accurate player. Ball work

is a high priority for us, and having bet-

and read the game better.”

With the team she has now, Bruley

looks back on when she started and

said she admires how far the program

has come. She said the team is par-

ticularly close and that all of them

have one another’s backs.

“We are a family,” Bruley

said. “We have goals that we

could have never dreamed of

when I started here. We have

had some great players come

through the program but never a

full 11 who could actually play

like the girls can this season.”

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From Player To Coach: Lis-Simmons Returns

By Adi McHugh


Bruley Begins 15th Season As A Hawk

SUNY New Paltz alumnus Jamal Lis-

Simmons was named the new assistant

coach of the Men’s Soccer team on Aug. 31,

returning to New Paltz after graduating in

spring 2012.

Lis-Simmons, who played for both the

Men’s Soccer team in fall 2012 and Basket-

ball team in 2011-12, was the clear choice of

Men’s Soccer Head Coach Gene Ventriglia.

Ventriglia said he contacted Director of Ath-

letics Stuart Robinson to have Lis-Simmons

as the assistant coach.

“Jamal was very much my choice to

serve in the assistant coach capacity,” Ven-

tiglia said. “I made this known to Stuart

Robinson, our Director of Athletics, and he

proceeded with interviews and the hiring

process.”

Lis-Simmons has known Ventriglia

since the 1990s, and said the offer to be an

assistant coach was an offer he couldn’t re-

fuse.

thrilled at the opportunity,” Lis-Simmons

said. “I couldn’t turn it down.”

he played for him on a club team and also for

Highland High School’s soccer team. After

knowing each other for over a decade, Ven-

triglia said they understand each other very

well, and that his leadership is key to Lis-

Simmons’ success.

“Jamal has a knack for commanding re-

spect from the other players and that aura of

immediately commanding the respect of his

players,” Ventriglia said. “He is an outstand-

ing leader and has a great understanding of

the game.”

Lis-Simmons is not new to the coaching

scene, as he coached boys high school soc-

cer from 2004-06 at his alma mater Highland

High School. During his time at Higland,

Lis-Simmons recorded a 40-14-1 record.

Before beginning his athletic and aca-

demic journey at SUNY New Paltz, Lis-

Simmons attended Div. I SUNY Albany.

At Albany, he was nominated for America

East Conference Rookie of the Year. Lis-

Simmons then returned to New Paltz in 2010

with two years of eligibility left to play soc-

cer.

Lis-Simmons graduated with accolades

from the SUNYAC and the annual New Paltz

Athletic Ceremony. He was honored with the

All-State SUNYAC Second team and was

voted MVP and Leadership Wall honoree.

Lis-Simmons will be assisting Ventri-

glia at the team’s daily practices and with

home and away games. He will also serve

triglia.

“Jamal is much more than a past athlete

here at New Paltz continuing in a coaching

situation,” Ventriglia said. “I am very close

to this young man, having coached him as a

budding soccer star late in the 90s.”

By Kaycia Sailsman

Staff Writer | [email protected]

a strong recruiting process in place.”

be able to play a great possession

game,” Bruley said. “We like short

simple passes to move the ball for-

ward. That is what makes the game

beautiful.”

Fourth-year defender Emily Roki-

towski said that with Bruley as head

coach, her skill as a player has im-

proved.

me into a better player,” Rokitowski

said. “She has also made me a more

technical and accurate player. Ball work

is a high priority for us, and having bet-

and read the game better.”

With the team she has now, Bruley

looks back on when she started and

said she admires how far the program

has come. She said the team is par-

ticularly close and that all of them

have one another’s backs.

“We are a family,” Bruley

said. “We have goals that we

could have never dreamed of

when I started here. We have

had some great players come

through the program but never a

full 11 who could actually play

like the girls can this season.”

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2012 MLB Playoff Predictions

American League

The American League East division battle be-tween the Yankees and the Orioles is looking like one for the ages. The Yankees had what seemed like an in-surmountable lead of 10 games on July 18. However, the Orioles, managed by Buck Showalter, have battled back. The Yankees have been dealing with injuries and poor execution with runners in scoring position. The Orioles have been strong in extra-inning games this season, winning their last 15.

This division will go to the birds, literally. The Orioles will win the division on the last few days of the season. The Yankees, however, will clinch one of the American League wild card spots.

The American League Central will be won by the Detroit Tigers. Their offense, with potential Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera and slugger Prince Fielder, is potent and their pitching, with perennial Cy Young Award nominee Justin Verlander, is not to be messed with.

The Texas Rangers will be the winners of the American League West, but not by much. The surpris-

will be a battle to the end.The American League wild card winners will be

the A’s and the Yankees.

By Zach Higgins

Staff Writer | [email protected]

shot this time around. The end of September is near and the playoff picture is all but painted. Some division titles are still very much up for grabs, examples being the American League

East and the American League Central divisions. This season, baseball will feature 10 playoff teams, as opposed to eight teams in years past. There will be two wild card winners in each league. The two Ameri-

on to the divisional round.

National League

The National League divisions are not as close

season, each division is all but locked up by their respective leading teams.

isn’t hard to see who will be heading to the postseason

The Washington Nationals, Cincinnati Reds and San Francisco Giants have sizeable leads in their respective divisions.

Both the Reds and the Giants have double digit leads over the second place teams in their divisions.

The Atlanta Braves have a big lead in the wild card standings and have already locked up their spot in the one-game wild card playoff.

still very much up for grabs. Six teams are separated

will be the defending World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals, who should enter a one-game playoff against the Braves and are currently riding a four-game winning streak.

World Series Match-up

late in the season, it is very hard to stop them. The Reds have been the best team in baseball for the latter part of the season. The Orioles have a great offense and a knack for late-game

playoff baseball, except for picking the outcome correctly.

The New Paltz Men’s Rugby team kicked off their

season on Sept. 9 with a victory against Sacred Heart Uni-

versity. The Hawks defeated their northeastern rival with a

score of 29-17.

plan to compete in the Union 15 playoffs at the end of the

feated Hofstra University with a score of 13-3.

Fourth-year Co-Captain Dean Hottum said he thinks

that this year’s team is a good one. He said last year’s team

time around.

“The tricky part about college teams is that people

The Hawks are led by rookie Head Coach Anthony

Sasso. He said he feels like his job is to work with athletes

as individuals in order to make them a team.

“Working together as a whole is the key to the success

different personalities. The guys have done a great job of

socializing together and developing bonds on and off the

“This team this year is a solid team because we know

while this year we support each other and make one another

The team practices Monday through Thursday on the

times a week. The team dedicates Tuesday and Thursday to

conditioning at 7 a.m.

Hottum said the team does not take workouts and prac-

tices lightly. He said it’s a necessity for their games. The

workouts are also important to prepare the team emotion-

ally.

said. “You can really see the kids being emotionally invest-

ed in what they’re doing. If they win or score or whatever

Hottum also said one of the things that motivates the

Paltz community. The team competes every Sunday. To see when the

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LUESHIRTSLUESHIRTS

First on the Mets to-do list once their season mercifully ends on Oct. 3 will be General Manager Sandy Alder-son aggressively looking into swapping

possibly get in return. The likelihood of the Mets actually

partner who would consider taking on an

homers in 187 at-bats is admittedly slim. That isn’t even taking into account that

cluding a 2014 buyout. However, as Adam Rubin of ES-

PNNewYork pointed out in an article on

tracts that other teams will be looking to rid themselves of.

ache for another team’s contract of simi-lar digestibility and hoping that a change of scenery might net them a player who catches lightning in a bottle.

One particular team that might be a

in the AL East and are boasting a 68-86

that could be worked into a larger deal for both clubs.

Also, Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports

looking to aggressively shop around this offseason in an effort to shore up needs in other areas.

and also a possible producer in 2012 in a

and shortstop Yunel Escobar.

2013 and is hitting .240 with 10 HR and

buyouts of option years, the minimum

Lind, while under-performing,

could platoon with Lucas Duda in left

Escobar, while a bit of a headcase,

son, and would allow the Mets to either shift Ruben Tejada or Escobar to second base.

looking into upgrading their starting

of which the Mets can consider parting with.

had reportedly discussed a deal that

Arencibia.

nation of Mets starting pitchers or pros-pects could be considered as an option.

incumbent second basemen Daniel Mur-phy.

Collin McHugh or Dillion Gee into the deal. Anything at this point would be worth considering if it meant the team

trotting out onto the diamond at Citi Field.

So how is this for an armchair GM deal:

in the Mets’ case particularly, it sheds salary after the 2013 season—suppos-

decent again.

Can The Mets Trade Jason Bay?

Blocked From The LockQuick, everyone groan and shake

your head like it’s 2004. The lockout has become a harsh reality again.

there isn’t anything else to talk about, and it isn’t my fault that the Oracle’s off-week came when the lockout did. And it isn’t as if, you know, there have been

been done since the lockout began.

and-gloom sounding, there’s room for optimism. For Rangers fans, the lockout is actually a pretty good thing to have right now.

First, it’s highly doubtful that this

not be the money-making monster that

age, but it may be what saves the season.

even without games on, but business sponsors aren’t. The television deals the

ent than what the league had in 2004, and there’s going to be pressure on the

have to answer to big bucks walking out, which wasn’t so much the case back in 2004.

cus on the Rangers and what’s going to

months. And more, importantly, why the Rangers are more than likely the team

Marian Gaborik underwent shoulder surgery this summer, and doctors said he wasn’t going to be able to play again un-til the beginning of December, at least.

date of Oct. 11, the Rangers would be

missing out on their best scorer for two months, give or take. For a team that ranked 11th in goals per game last sea-son, it would have been devastating to not have him around.

That concern isn’t a concern any

early December, they’ll miss him for maybe a week or two. They may not

that once the league comes back, so will Gaborik.

timistic that things won’t be like 2004.

absolutely sucks. This is the second lockout in eight

years. How awful is it that the reason

ing Agreement that is no longer good

fans the way other major sports leagues

than others, but it is fervent in its love for

a league to do this to a group of people

just to show support for a group of men

well-being 82 times a year.

owners who are jerking players and fans around. The owners are the ones who

this out, because if this is another sea-son-long lockout, the league is in big trouble.

Hockey is a game steeped in tradi-tion. As it turns out, barring players from playing and fans from watching is weav-

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Men’s RugbyTackles Competition

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Documents

The New Paltz Oracle Volume 84 Issue 4