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Student Association (SA) and Sodexo are con-sidering expanding late night dining options.

SA President Josh Simpson and Vice President Manuel Tejada recently met with Ralph Perez Rog-ers, a Sodexo representative, to discuss student con-cerns about late night dining in the Student Union (SU). Long lines, high prices and few options were all among the issues raised, Simpson said.

He said lack of variety was one of the larger concerns brought up by SA at their meeting with Sodexo.

With the closing of Hawk Street Station, students lost access to a hot dinner item on week nights, Simpson said. While the SU does offer many dining options, he said, many students have

a hot dinner item similar to those found in Hawk Street Station and the Grille has begun offering spe-ciality burgers.

dinner that we ate for lunch,” Simpson said.Nicholas Andersen, a fourth-year music theo-

ry major, said he supports these changes.

been closed for two months now,” Andersen said.

Another issue raised was pricing. Students on

lars to purchase most of their meals. Simpson said if these students begin to run low on funds, there is little they can do to save money.

The Grille will soon be offering a Blue Plate Special to give students a less expensive option, Simpson said. This special will consist of a food item and a drink, which students can purchase to-gether at a reduced cost. He said this is intended

Long lines in the SU during the afternoon and evening seem to be a constant source of frustration for students, according to Simpson. Simpson said although there are many factors which lead to the lines being as long as they are, Sodexo has said they will begin hiring additional staff in hopes of expediting the process of ordering food during busy

hours.Although the changes are relatively small,

Simpson and Tejada said they feel this is a step in the right direction. SA will continue to work with Sodexo to further improve campus dining further.

Enrique Varona, a third-year creative writing major, agreed.

effort being made.”Tejada urged students to continue making

their opinions known if they wish for additional changes to be made. He said students can speak to a

Late Night Dining Menu Adjusted

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The Grille will soon be offering Blue Plate Specials to give students a less expensive food option.

By Bryan Isaia

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Student Health Services Hour Extensions

The idea of extending Student Health Ser-vice hours was proposed at a student senate meeting held on Sept. 11.

Sen. Andre Smith introduced the idea be-cause he said an acquaintance fainted during a weekend while they were in the Student Union.

Smith said a lot of students have had medical issues after 5 p.m. while school was in session and had to seek medical assistance at a hospital.

“I feel as though if the health center was

often get sick as well as those who just need check-ups and things like that,” Smith said.

Student Health Services are currently open Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. until 5

posed hours included Monday to Friday until 7 p.m. and the addition of four hours on the weekend.

Ordway said the largest problem with ex-tending Student Health Service hours is pre-

dicting the volume of students who will use the health center during the expanded hours and

“Our plan would be to staff that time for new problems only, and have follow-up visits come earlier in the day,” Ordway said. “This would allow us to have less staff present at that time to keep the cost down.”

Ordway reminded Smith that an increase in hours would also result in an increase of the student health fee. According to an estimate by Ordway, if health center hours were increased between 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays and

dent health fee.“Whether this is what the students want is

to be determined by a survey which is currently being done by members of the Student Asso-ciation,” Ordway said.

decided to create a survey that is going to be sent to the student body next week. Smith ad-vises students to look out for the survey and to

there is also an option to keep the hours the way they are.

Mitchell said the possible extension of Student Health Service hours is a good idea.

“Even though extending our hours is such a big step, it might actually be a positive thing because we could accommodate more kids throughout the day, especially during our busy season,” Mitchell said.

Ordway said these changes deal with stu-dent tuition and involve hiring additional staff but they probably would not happen until the

While, other Student Health Services

does. Mitchell said SUNY New Paltz is one of very few SUNY schools to have a doctor on call at all times. At other schools, when their hours are over, they are over, Mitchell said.

For Ordway, the number one priority is providing quality medical care in a compas-sionate environment, which is a part of Student

cerned is that students, when they come in here, get good care,” Ordway said. “If students decide they want to get the hours extended, we want to make sure that continues. Not just that students see somebody, but seeing that they get treated properly.”

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from SUNY New Paltz’s Multipurpose

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you up-to-the-second coverage of the

2012 Presidential Election.

New Paltz students surveyed

showed overwhelming support for

President Barack Obama as they

waited in line to vote for hours inside

the Student Union. Below are some of

their reactions:

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“I am extremely proud of our country as a woman and as a queer person,”

- MAE BARTOW

“It shows that facts come ! rst. People vote on opinions or emo-tions rather than information, but it’s started to change,”

- JOSEPH STATEN

The SUNY New Paltz Sustainability Commit--

College and University Presidents Climate Commit-

2008.The proposal “provides detailed information on

the state of environmental performance at the college and offers a plan for the coming years and decades

Nov. 5 email sent to all students from Kathleen To--

gional Education and Outreach and the committee’s current chair.

The committee was created in 2009 in order to

according to the email. Tobin said the committee is made up of a faculty representative from each school as well as student and administration representatives.

Chair of the Sociology department Brian

said the college will hire a sustainability coordinator

full time consultant for the committee.-

bers gathered relevant information and met regularly -

tee also worked with an outside consultant on quan-

tifying the school’s emissions and coming up with a plan to reduce them.

Tobin said the proposal focuses heavily on

-chasing. Many of the recommendations in the land

which also makes a commitment to sustainability. Tobin said the plan will be revised continually be-cause of persistent developments in technology.

“Things were happening even as we were writ-

Obach said many of the recommendations are in areas that fall under the administration’s respon-sibility and that President Donald Christian is cur-rently reviewing the plan. Obach expects much of the plan to be taken into consideration by the admin-istration.

but some measures can be implemented more read-

infrastructure will certainly be taken into consider-ation as campus renovations move forward. In many

-ing implemented. The college has made a strong

Obach said given the college’s current resourc-

“We have all of the ingredients…and we have an administration that has demonstrated support for

Tobin’s email. Tobin will be accepting student com-

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WORLD

China’s ruling Party opened a con-gress Thursday to usher in a new group of younger leaders faced with the challenging tasks of righting the economy and meeting public calls

for better government.

THE YOUTH IN CHINA

BARELY A BILLGreece’s Parliament passed a crucial austerity bill early Thursday in a vote so close that it left the coalition government

reeling from dissent.

GUATEMALA HIT HARD

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dreds were injured.

GRATEFUL GRANDMA

Waving her walking cane and smil-

Barack Obama celebrated Wednesday as this tiny Western Kenyan village danced and rejoiced after the United States president won four more years

in the White House.

Three teenage monks and a Tibetan

-molations protesting Chinese rule over

London-based rights group said.

FOUR SELF-IMMOLATE

Compiled from the AP Newswire

New Paltz Completes First Sustainability Plan

The State University of New York at New Paltz recently posted an advertisement on Afpmhv.afpnet.org for an open position on campus.

The campus is seeking a new Director of -

The director would be responsible for working with alumni and the campus to increase alumni participation and support for the college.

new director is responsible for increasing partici-

-tion of reunions and other strategic special events.

been cut due to the economic crunch and has been

interim director of development and alumni rela-tions.

“The president recognizes that there’s money -

Ferguson is currently holding the position until March of next semester. During his time at

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ecutive director of the SUNY New Paltz Founda-

various lectures and opportunities for old friends

Ferguson is one of two colleagues who trav-eled with the president to California to meet with alumni. He has also worked instrumentally in bringing alumni back to campus to speak in class-

The position requires the commitment in cre-

to the announcement of vacancies.

spring semester. The most important aspect of the position is

getting alumni to help in anyway possible in this

he said. The position calls for “creating good will to

interact with alumni and help communicate the

The college’s budget used to consist of 80

The need for private support from alumni is cru-

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lor’s degree from an accredited college or univer-

relations or fundraising in a higher education set-ting and have demonstrated accomplishment in fostering productive relationships with volunteers.

skills and the ability to organize and complete multiple tasks simultaneously with close attention

announcement of professional vacancy regarding the position.

By Molly HoneCopy Editor| [email protected]

New Paltz Searches for Alumni Relations DirectorBy Ricardo A. Hernandez Jr.Staff Writer | [email protected]

MALE MAJORITYSyria’s main opposition bloc elected an all-male leadership team early Thurs-

-case itself as a more diverse group that can represent all those trying to oust

The Sustainability Plan focuses heavily on reducing CO2 emissions.



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The 54th student senate held their ninth meeting of the semester on Tuesday, Nov. 6 in Student Union (SU) 418.

In the interest of time, the meeting did not include E-board reports because a Stu-dent Association (SA) run election event was taking place in the Multipurpose Room (MPR).

A senator said Pandini’s in the SU will be bringing back its Caribbean night entrees and a panini station has been added in The Grille.

Sen. Roberto LoBianco said due to the long voting line outside the SU MPR on election night, voters left the line. He said the Ulster County Board of Elections decid-ed to send two poll workers and books but only one machine. In response to this, LoBi-anco said that he would like to write a letter of complaint to the board or even form a ral-ly in front of their headquarters in Kingston,

disheartened and would like to prevent this from happening again four years from now.

“We don’t want to be disenfranchised,” LoBianco said.

NYPIRG Coordinator Eric Wood re-ported that the Halloween Trick or Eat drive was successful. He said 25 students volun-teered and almost 500 non-perishable food items and toiletries were collected for Fam-ily of New Paltz located on Chestnut Street. Their fracking event last week was also a success with almost 60 people in attendance, he said. Next week, NYPIRG will organize a press conference about the dangers of the Indian Point nuclear power plant.

A member of the Environmental Task Force Committee (ETF) said they are pre-paring for a screening event next week of

political science department is in contact

screening, she said. She also said she wants to feature some local bands such as Upstate Rubdown during the event. The screening is free with a $5 suggested donation to local fracking activism.

The ETF member also said the commit-tee talked about the hydration station plan and some other ways to reduce plastic use on campus. One member of the ETF had joined the Pepsi Marketing Committee, she said. She also discussed Park Point and their concerns about its environmental impact.

Services Mike Patterson said the E-Board

give his Park Point presentation at next Tuesday’s meeting when more members will attend. Patterson said the president will speak promptly at 9 p.m. He also encour-aged senators to discuss Park Point with their peers and get some feedback.

Vice President of Academic Affairs and Governance Jonathan Espinosa reminded senators that senate elections are in the be-

bers to advertise to friends and peers, spread

ested in running for senate can contact Es-pinosa at [email protected].

Sean Mulloy, the new campus book-store manager, introduced himself at the meeting and discussed new promotions in the store. He said that they will implement a buy-back program for all books and that

the store guarantees a “best price” promise where they will match the lowest price of new and used books. He also assured that for the spring semester, the store will be ful-ly staffed and supplied to reduce lines and accommodate all students.

“No student will not have a textbook,” Mulloy said.

Mulloy said he will train his staff to un-derstand what the better deals are in order to help students out. He said if anyone ever wants an item, they should visit the book-store and request it and he will contact the buyer to supply it.

The Academic Affairs committee still has two seats available and senators are en-

seats.The goals list was discussed and the

meeting was adjourned.The next senate meeting will take place

on Tuesday, Nov. 13 in SU 418 at 9 p.m.

Senate Discusses Voting Lines and Fracking By Caterina De GaetanoCopy Editor | [email protected]

V.P. of Academic Affairs and Governance Jonathan Espinosa prepares students for upcoming elections.PHOTO BY ROBIN WEINSTEIN

A nor’easter blustered into New York and New Jersey on Wednesday with rain and wet snow, plunging homes

right back into darkness.

SECOND STORM

POT POLITICS

Those who have argued for decades that legalizing and taxing weed would be better than a costly, failed U.S. drug war have their chance to prove it. Colo-

states to allow pot for recreational use.

PROBATION TO PRISON

that led to violence in parts of the Mid-dle East was sentenced Wednesday to a year in federal prison for probation violations in an unrelated matter.

SHAVING FACE

Attorneys for the suspect charged in

their appeal of rulings that he can have his beard forcibly shaved before his

murder trial.

A TASTE OF FREEDOMA former suspect in the 1979 disappear-ance of a New York City boy walked out of a northeastern Pennsylvania prison Wednesday morning after more than a quarter-century behind bars and was promptly arrested by state police, accused of a Megan’s Law violation.

One day after the election, President Barack Obama and Republican House Speaker John Boehner both pledged Wednesday to seek a compromise to avert looming spending cuts and

tax increases.

CREATING COMPROMISES

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Miscommunications regarding the RFP for potential food providers has caused controversy.

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Students on the Campus Auxiliary Services (CAS) board are criticizing the board after a miscommunication re-garding the Request for Proposal (RFP) sent out to potential food providers and discontent with the drafting process.

During a board meeting on Sept. 19, member and stu-dent senator Roberto LoBianco and other students asked Ex-ecutive Director of CAS Steven Deutsch for a copy of the

At this meeting, however, Deutsch said he told the board he was taking back control of the RFP process, as it was in danger of not being completed on time. Deutsch said Envi-sion Strategies, the consultant selected by students to write

by the time the current contract ended. Deutsch said students on the CAS board were invited

to read and give input on the document at an earlier meet-ing, but at the following meeting, which was intended to give feedback directly to the consultant, he said they spent half the time discussing adding students to the board.

At the meeting on Sept. 19, Deutsch said he realized

“I realized given the schedule, if we keep in this direc-tion, if we keep revising the RFP document itself, we’ll never get it done,” Deutsch said. “So what I said to the CAS board was highlight the things that you think are the most impor-tant in an advisory capacity, give me what you want me to make sure gets covered in the RFP.”

Deutsch said when he agreed to send a copy of the RFP to students, he thought they just wanted to have the docu-ment before he “put it out on the street,” but soon realized there had been a miscommunication after an email exchange with LoBianco.

“He took that to mean that he could add more revisions, even though we had made it abundantly clear that was not going to be the case, that the time for board input was over,” Deutsch said.

However, LoBianco said the main issue was how late

“We asked for a copy like a month before the deadline and I thought we’d be able to see it and look over it and even if we had comments to make, I didn’t expect that it would be put off until the day that it was going out,” LoBianco said. “That’s not what Steve agreed to do.”

LoBianco said the challenge of receiving the RFP re-

along with it. He said aside from two summer meetings with only one student (Student Association President Josh Simp-son) present and the two September meetings, the majority of the document was created by Envision Strategies.

After researching, LoBianco said other schools such as Pace University establish committees made up of students, administrators, faculty and staff whose purpose is to draft the RFP.

When reading the RFP, LoBianco took issue with one part asking food service providers how they would bring a national brand to the Student Union (SU).

“There’s kind of a division between students about whether they want to see a national brand or not,” LoBianco said. “In the survey that the consulting group came out with, a huge number of students want to see local food, local busi-nesses, sustainable practices and I don’t know that a national brand represents those interests.”

The survey also listed national brands and asked stu-dents how frequently they would visit each one, which Lo-Bianco felt “skewed” results, as there was no section ask-ing how often students would visit a local establishment if it were brought to campus.

He said having an accurate idea of what students want as well as their input is imperative, given the magnitude and effect of the RFP.

goes into the RFP is exactly what goes into the contract. All the goals, the entire vision for the food service program for

“There’s a lot of changes that students wanted to see made and I don’t know if we had enough time to contribute as much to the document as we could have and should have been able to.”

While LoBianco believes students did not play a great enough role in developing the RFP, Deutsch said the process was “beyond transparent,” given that boards are often unin-volved in writing the RFP.

“Any of my colleagues who do this at other SUNY schools, when I told them what I was doing, were amazed,” Deutsch said. “They said ‘we don’t share this information with our boards typically.’”

CAS recently completed RFPs for many services such as the bookstore and cable service without the board, Deutsch said, but decided to take the “extra step” and involve them in the food service RFP because dining is a large part of CAS’s

job and is something people feel strongly about.In Deutsch’s opinion, the process got to a point where

it was no longer productive and he feared that despite a year and a half of work, they might have to renew the contract with Sodexo for another year and extend the process.

Although he brought the board’s three main concerns -

tional brands to the consultant and gave LoBianco the option of distributing another survey, the part regarding national brands was left in to better represent the whole student body, Deutsch said.

who want Taco Bell…so I know from my own experience that there are students who really want it, I also know there are students who really don’t want it,” Deutsch said. “The point is, with the RFP it’s just a question.”

The 54th student senate passed “Declaration #2,” dated Oct. 16, in response to the “violation of transparency” dur-ing the RFP process, advocating for total transparency in all future RFP processes assumed by the CAS board and empha-sizing its importance.

LoBianco said he believes the problem not only lies in the RFP process, but in the model of contracting out food

corporations leads to “less than optimal” results in food qual-ity, environmental impact and health.

He said in the future he would like to see New Paltz re-vert back to the self-operating food service model it once had by creating a supply chain in the community.

“We’re in the Hudson Valley of all places, we’re sur-rounded by farms and produce of all kinds,” LoBianco said.

model, I think it could be successful in New Paltz of all places.”

By Rachel FreemanManaging Editor | [email protected]

Student Senate Seeks More Transparency With CAS



More than 60 New Paltz residents, students

and local business owners packed New Paltz

Town Hall on Friday, Nov. 2 to make their voices

Park Point project.

Park Point — a 732-bed residential hous-

was debated by various community members at

last week.

the impact the construction could have on the

environment.

to develop the project because the state would not

min said the objection to a private developer/man-

tion between public and private.

understand why this is such a controversial mat-

However, several community members

nic levels need to be done on the soil, while others

be built on was covered in pesticides when it was

an orchard.

said she was particularly concerned with how en-

The project would be built on acres owned

By Andrew [email protected]

Community Debates Proposed Housing Project

FAST FACTS : - 732 beds - 42 acres of land - $40-50 million- Nov. 19 Public Hearing

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Fairweather Consulting, a New Paltz

New Paltz and creating a “coterminous” community.

-weather Consulting, conducted the study by using “most recent and historical”

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with the New York State Comptroller’s

“We also did in-depth interviews -

ernments to understand how they pro-vided services and how their operations

said.During a joint Town and Village

meeting on Thursday, Nov. 1, Village Trustee Sally Rhoads proposed the board

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provides up to $1 million in state aid to local governments who agree to consoli-date.

Town Supervisor Susan Zimet said

they set Monday, March 18, as the goal

the ballot.

and village, have to vote on this to put it

we don’t vote and agree to consolidation by April 1, we have to wait another whole

During the meeting, Village Mayor Jason West said he was “opposed to this tooth and nail” and questioned how “le-gitimate,” “thorough” and “accurate” the

the 2012 Fairweather study.“We...don’t deserve to be telling peo-

ple that we’re going to make their lives -

idea to have one government,” West said.

until we have the data. The data that Fair-weather was supposed to be providing us

-mittees were established to pull together

have said the study was “lacking” and not “comprehensive enough,” but said that it was “just the beginning, not the end.”

should consolidate but now it is up to us,

she said.

conducted the survey under the assump-tion that there would be “virtually” no

-duction, is “in perpetuity,” meaning that it is not a one time gain.

“In a time when people’s property taxes have exceeded their ability to pay, that million dollars could go a long way,” Zimet said. “As long as the legislation stands, it would be a million dollars a

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By Carolyn [email protected]

Consolidation Debate Continues In New Paltz

proposed to alleviate the problem. --

pumps actually existed on campus. The automotive shop located in the

Service Building and the heating plant

said these services have been available

at New Paltz. Though the service exists, advertis-

ing it has been a problem. Shupe sug-

school take on unnecessary costs.

that,” Shupe said. “We’re not good at

other people on campus know that it’s

there.”

pumps exist, he will not pursue his orig-inal plan to add more pumps on campus.

“I haven’t really done anything

don’t know how I’d go about that,” he said. “I’ll probably bring it up to SA, see what they think, I’m not sure yet.”

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Patterson during a recent SA meeting, and said Patterson suggested that he add a reminder to the weekly emails he sends to commuter students.

people who have bikes on campus so

said.Second-year visual arts major Ca-

was at a local gas station in town. Moore

campus. “I thought I couldn’t be the only stu-

asked Jesse, knowing that he’s a senator,

said. “I’m pretty sure other students had no idea there was an automotive shop or even where it is located. I have still yet

Moore said she believes the pumps should be located in more visible places

near the gym. -

burg’s proposal but thinks all other op-

“When Jesse proposed this, I didn’t say no, no way I’m just saying…who’s

be maintained, we have an option, and again we haven’t marketed it enough.”

SA Spreads Word About Bike Pumps On CampusBy Angela Matua

[email protected]

The GUNKThe GUNK Thursday, November 8 2012

PHOTO BY SAMANTHA SCHWARTZ

HURRICANE RELIEFLocals Lend Their Voices To

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FEATURES

The Department of Black Studies held a forum called “Race and the 2012 Presidential Election,” on Tuesday, Oct. 23 in Lecture Center 102 to address is-sues of race in this election cycle.

Black Studies professors presented their observa-tions about the implications of race in society from both

opened for attendees to ask the panel questions and kick off the discussion.

to vote, but to provide an interdisciplinary discussion and to generate critical insight and feedback on the is-sues surrounding race, media and the e l e c t i o n ,

Black Studies Assistant Professor Dr. Karanja Keita Carroll said.

Carroll’s presentation focused on race being used as a device by both parties to manipulate votes. Carroll said that he has been critical of Obama and his policies

are not.“People of African descent are in a delusional state

and are looking at [Obama] to boost their self-esteem, not looking at the social issues he’s not engaged in,” Carroll said.

Carroll also spoke about the racial tension building up in the United States since Obama’s election, noting

House.”Department of Black Studies Chair and Associate

Professor Dr. Major Coleman is a political scien-tist trained in quantitative methods of evaluating

ings to discuss racial polarization in elec-toral politics.

Coleman said the issue of racial equality is not seriously on the agenda of either major party.

“The GOP party platform, unlike in 2008, does mention that the GOP

crimination. This is a big improve-

deplorable.” Coleman said that Obama could have

funded the U.S. Equal Employment Opportu-

black community, but has not done so. Fourth-year political science major Josette Ram-

“I thought Coleman and Carroll made some great

can’t just stand behind him because he’s black,” Ram-nani said. “It’s up to us to apply pressure and hold him accountable.”

Ramnani said that even though the professors pre-sented reasons to doubt his commitment to the black

community, she has to believe that Obama ultimately represents hope.

Carroll said each fall semester the Department of Black Studies tries to hold similar discussions including all faculty members to introduce them to the campus

students to be “thought and opinion leaders of the fu-ture.”

“Race and culture are central to everyone’s lived re-ality,” Carroll said. “The attempt by many to argue that

to become more conscious and

related reali-ties.”

Discussing The Presidential RaceDEPARTMENT OF BLACK STUDIES TALKS RACE AND POLITICSBy Tanique WilliamsCopy Editor | [email protected]




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Business students at SUNY New Paltz attended the 17th annual Business Day Conference hosted by the American Marketing Association (AMA) on Wednesday, Oct. 24 to

The theme of the conference was “Go Green to Make Green” and it included workshops and a keynote speaker, Jeff Zelaya, to illustrate topics like digital marketing, mar-

entrepreneurship. Ted Clark, marketing lecturer and AMA adviser, said the

theme for the conference was chosen from one of “the hot marketing topics” of the year. Clark said “going green” has become a concern for mar-

kets around the world, with many companies trying to de-sign green packaging that will minimize waste going into

“Finally, the expectation is that to some degree when we talk about green, we’re talking about the least negative impact on society,” Clark said. “So, that’s become a very important topic in marketing as well as business actually

in the entire globe and so that’s why we chose it this year.”AMA had a target of 200 attendees this year and about

190 students, staff, faculty and businesses attended, in-cluding some from other colleges, Clark said.Erica Vaccaro, vice president of communications for

AMA, said the organization believes it is time to transform the way we treat the environment and that business leaders play a key part in that transformation.“AMA believes that the world needs to change and ev-

eryone needs to give a helping hand and save the planet,” Vaccaro said. “Going green is a way for business leaders to show that they care about the environment and consumers respond to that in a positive way.”Samantha Bove, a second-year marketing major, said

the conference allowed her to see concepts she learned in the classroom in practice.“This conference was interesting because it is different

to learn about techniques and concepts in a classroom than it is to hear directly from a business professional,” Bove said. “When talking one on one with a business profes-sional, one can not only learn about the steps to become successful but also get tips based off of experience.”Bove said she enjoyed Vincent Cozzolino’s presentation

on marketing solar energy because she learned how green

said she learned something surprising from Zelaya’s pre-sentation on digital marketing.“One interesting tip that Jeff Zelaya shared was that one

can gain more customers if they do not sell or over-pro-mote a product,” Bove said. “This surprised me because I thought that marketers would want to try selling their product when marketing it.”Clark said green marketing usually stems from a reac-

tion to feedback from consumers on the internet. Clark also said tracking success in green ventures through social

necessary at the conference.Clark said these conferences are important for students

to attend because they allow them to see practical applica-tions of the concepts and theories learned in the classroom. “What you need to do is talk to people who are practic-

ing this idea of marketing,” Clark said. “But more spe-

students... how the theories and concepts are actually ap-plied and what’s successful and what’s not.”

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Waldman Reflects On Post 9/11 IdentitiesDISTINGUISHED SPEAKER DISCUSSES ‘THE SUBMISSION’ ON CAMPUS

Author and former New York Times journalist Amy Waldman spoke about the symbiotic relationship she sees between

the fourth annual SUNY New Paltz Distin-guished Speaker Series.

On Thursday, Nov. 1, Waldman was presented as the eighth annual One Book/One New Paltz guest author to speak about her book “The Submission” to an audience of more than 230 students, faculty and New Paltz residents.

To clear the misconception that her novel is a 9/11-focused story, Waldman said

day to connect to the historic events that fol-lowed.

Waldman said post-9/11 sentiments kept her on her feet as she went from a local writer in New York to a foreign correspon-dent in Iran, Russia and Afghanistan.

The New York Times stationed her in India as co-chief of the New Delhi bureau where she encountered the primarily-Mus-lim countries of South Asia.

“I was in an exile of sorts, that’s what a foreign correspondent is — you’re exiled from your own country,” Waldman said. “It’s the clearest way to see your own coun-try.”

Waldman said she felt both American and Islamic people were in the midst of an identity crisis post-9/11.

“A beard on a Brooklyn hipster is a cli-ché at this point whereas a beard on a Mus-lim is something made to seem threatening because we don’t know what it means,”

Waldman said.Waldman said that a close friend expe-

in her book.“This novel turned out to be not just

about America and Islam, it’s also about our relationships to ourselves, our identities and the groups we belong to,” Waldman said.

ourselves as individuals and the loyalties we feel to family, faith and country.”

Waldman said that while she was a member of the Radcliffe Institute Fellow-

break from her journalistic roots to enter a

“I’m glad I went through so many years as a journalist,” Waldman said. “But jour-

-tion, there’s a lot each can take from each other.”

Waldman said that writing a novel is “like going into a pitch black room” as there is little guidance or reassurance as to whether she is doing the job correctly.

“I think the role of the novelist is to raise questions rather than to provide an-swers, to complicate rather than simplify reality,” Waldman said.

One Book/One New Paltz coordina-tor Jacqueline Andrews said the committee that chose this year’s One Book/One New Paltz had to “duke it out,” vote and make sure “The Submission” was accessible for the community.

“I am so happy to see the student and community member turnout and through her speech, Waldman was really able to connect to the audience,” Andrews said.

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Student activists and SUNY New Paltz professors discussed the potential risks of hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking) and also screened the documentary “The Sky Is Pink” on Thursday, Nov. 1.

The New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) held the event to voice concerns of potential risks of hydrofrack-ing, a method of natural gas and oil extraction in which water is pumped into shale beds in order to fracture the rock, releasing the oil and gas.

The 18 minute-long documentary focused on the issue of fracking in New York State, calling into question the safety and ethics of the gas drilling.

Director Josh Fox presents evidence suggesting hydrofrack-ing poses risks to the New York City watershed. He also suggests the industry is trying to push forward despite knowledge that the practices pose serious environmental and health concerns.

“Just as there is no safe cigarette, there is no safe drilling,” Fox said.

The panel discussion was held after the screening and in-cluded presentations from geology Professor Alvin Konigsberg, political science Professor Dan Lipson and SUNY New Paltz alumnus and activist Joe Ruotolo.

While they said that the public opinion remains divided, the message the panel delivered was clear: there should be no gas drilling in New York.

Konigsberg voiced his concerns to the crowd, particularly regarding the safety of New York’s ground water.

“I don’t think we understand the geology as much as we

should right now,” Konigsberg said. Konigsberg said he believes that if the chemicals were to

mix with the water and those present in the shale entered the groundwater, they could cause serious long-term environmental damage.

“If we start breaking this stuff up…it’s going to end up somewhere else,” Konigsberg said.

Lipson said the problem isn’t just the gas. He said he sees an economic quagmire in the making.

“This is a classic bubble that’s going to burst before it ever gets started,” Lipson said.

Lipson said the economic growth model has been made pos-sible by the abundance of fossil fuels, however he believes that it is “time...to look at the new economy,” as the age of cheap energy is over.

Ruotolo presented photographs from Dimock, Pa., a site of intense fracking. The photographs showed the water containers needed for clean drinking water, fracking sites and pro and anti- fracking propaganda.

“Most people [in Dimock] are pro-fracking,” Ruotolo said.However, Lipson said he holds a more skeptical attitude

about the future of fracking in New York: he said despite the

sentiments from those with ‘moneyed and powerful interests.’” Lipson said that if the gas drilling does proceed, much of the

product will be exported to China, ultimately having little effect on American gas prices.

lent lies to investors,” Lipson said. Lipson said he believes that the gas prices will not provide

the economic advantage the industry touts.

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Oh, holiday season! The season of gifts, family, friends, smiles and lots and lots of food! I love this time of year. We gather up with all of our family members and smile cheerfully as if we’re happy to see them, but we’re really happy to see the feast sitting on the dining room table.

However, as we get older a problem occurs: the dish your mom brought is no longer considered the dish from your mom, your dad and you.

Aunts and uncles start to ask you “Well, what did you cook?” Although they ask it with a smile and a laugh you know they’re thinking “No really, what did you cook?”

I decided that this is my year. I’m going to woo my family with a homemade apple pie, recipe courtesy of my lovely Co-Resident Assistant, Christine Retta.

First, you will need a frozen pie crust, a pie top, brown sugar, white sugar, a little bit of salt, some

all: apples. Make sure to get good baking apples like Macintosh and Granny Smith, not Red Delicious.

Cut your apples into slices, then begin adding your ingredients. Start with some brown sugar, add

to make it rise and cinnamon (which can be added based on how much you enjoy cinnamon).

As you add the ingredients, take your hands — freshly washed preferably — and mix all the ingredients in. Somehow like magic the ingredients are going to get all gooey, covering the apples in a thick sweet cinnamon glaze.

After the apples are all mixed up, pour them into the pie crust and cover the apples with the pie top. You can neatly fold the ends of the pie top to make a fancy design or you can just cut the ends off. Once the pie top is on cut a few slits into it. I like to take this as an opportunity to show off my drawing skills and create a unique design on top of the pie.

Now you’re ready to put it in the oven! Bake it for about 40 minutes.

Your pie should come out a nice golden brown. Let it cool and you are ready to serve up some homemade apple pie for the holidays.

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

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Hurricane Sandy left parts of New York completely devastated, including Long Beach, the place SUNY New Paltz students Kali Quinn and Erin Kellar call home.

On Sunday, Nov. 4, Quinn hosted the “Route 32 Presents: Hurricane Sandy Relief Fundraiser” at Oa-sis Café, featuring Shana Falana, Crawl Babies, Dirty River and Inkmouth. In place of the $5 cover, of which 80 percent went to Hurricane relief, people could bring donations such as food, water or clothing.

Despite having less than a week to plan, Quinn said putting this event together wasn’t hard because she has two years of booking experience. She said that the com-munity has also been “wonderful” and “receptive” to her fundraising efforts.

“Mike Amari from BSP Lounge took a show he was having there and moved it to Oasis,” she said. “Kevin, the manager, opened Oasis on a Sunday for us. Amari is also a graphic designer. He made the poster in a day, printed them and brought them here for me. It’s abso-lutely incredible.”

Kellar said she was pleased with the show’s turnout because it happened on such short notice and was on a Sunday night.

“We made over $400 and had so many donations,”

down. I got way more than I expected.”The fundraising efforts have extended outside of

New Paltz’s “strong community,” Kellar said. She said she contacted a friend from her hometown who attends Marist to say they were looking for donations.

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nitely been a collective effort.” Quinn said the show was not a standalone hurricane

relief event, but part of a larger series of fundraisers. She said she already has a show planned at BSP Lounge in Kingston on Saturday, Nov. 10 and a house show on Thursday, Dec. 13.

“I want to do other events too like art auctions,” Quinn said. “We’re going to make things to sell. We [want to] make a compilation on Bandcamp. I contacted a bunch of bands and [we’ll] sell it online and give all the donations to whichever area we’re working on.”

Quinn said she also hopes the events will help spread awareness about what’s happening in hurricane affected areas and environmental issues.

“Another thing I want to do through these events is spread awareness,” she said. “First, of what’s going on because the hardest thing about this, besides being away

from my family and friends, is being up here where peo-ple are in la-la land — they don’t read the news. It’s terrifying. I also want to spread news of climate change, open people’s minds and bring them back to reality.”

Amanda Sisenstein, an environmental activist and member of the planning committee, said it is important to look at Hurricane Sandy in the context of a bigger picture — climate change. She said two hurricanes [Irene and Sandy] of that severity and frequency hitting this region is not normal.

“Our focus is twofold — alleviate the suffering happening now and solving the systematic problem of climate change,” Sisenstein said. “If we come together as a community, country and global community, we can solve this.”

Kellar said the group hopes to fundraise and help other affected areas.

“Right now the focus is on Long Beach, because that’s where our hearts are and families are,” she said. “We’re going to try to extend to other areas that aren’t getting help, like Breezy Point, New Jersey and Staten Island.”

If people want to get involved with the planning process or give donations to the hurricane relief, Quinn said to contact her through Facebook.

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The Dance Evolution FactoryCULTURE SHOCK TO HOST ‘WILLY WONKA’ THEMED COMPETITION

Culture Shock Dance Troupe’s annual competition, “Dance Evolution Presents: Pure Imagination,” is sure to be sweet.

Interpreting dances inspired by the movie “Willy

hip hop dance team will showcase their talents on Sat-urday, Nov. 10 at 5 p.m. in Studley Theatre.

DJ Haze will spin hip hop, soca and reggae mu-sic, and New Paltz performance groups Urban Lyrics, Impacto Sensual, Warriors Dance Team, Shades Step Team, Domino Effect and Nachle New Paltz will be featured along with competitive dance teams from New York City.

second is a competition. The winning team walks away with $1,000, according to third-year biology major Shakiraye Rookwood.

Culture Shock’s performances are based on any

movie the troupe wants to revolve a dance routine, costumes and scenes around, according to Nicole Pem-berton, vice president of Culture Shock Dance Troupe. Past performances have been based on movies such as “Alice in Wonderland” and “Kill Bill.”

Although rehearsals were overseen by head chore-ographers, the team worked together to add bits to the performance so the choreography was a more collab-orative effort. Even with so many voices contributing to the dance, Culture Shock was able to organize its performance stylistically, Pemberton said.

“Our dance performance is broken up into halves, and each half has a different style,” she said. “We have a boys’ half which is more hard hip hop, masculine cho-reography, we have a girls’ half which is feminine and a little sexy and then we have a pop half that is very technical and fast. All of us put in plenty of effort to choreograph and clean each piece.”

The dance troupe opens its show to all perform-ers during auditions, being sure to “double-check how

entertaining they are,” Culture Shock President Craig Washington said. Culture Shock then works with other dancers to clean up their pieces and make sure they are stage-ready.

The most challenging aspect of organizing the show, Washington said, was matching up everyone’s schedule to rehearse and getting the word out about the performance.

Despite the challenges that Culture Shock Dance Troupe faced getting their show off the ground, Pem-berton said she is sure this will be a golden performance.

“We have a script that is also incorporated, so we are telling a full story as opposed to only dancing,” Pemberton said. “We’ll have jokes about New Paltz, shout-outs to the crowd or alumni, plenty of things that keep the crowd on their toes. It’s such a long journey from the idea to the full show, and what I really would love is for people to leave the show remembering parts of it.”

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Guitar. My dad played for 40 years and at 13, I was given his original instrument and

haven’t looked back since.

Funkadelic. Lettuce. Bill Evans. Wayne Short-er. Black Sabbath. King Tubby. Om.

Radio Moscow.

WHO ARE YOUR BIGGEST INFLUENCES? Jimi Hendrix. John Coltrane. Ali Akbar Khan. Eddie Hazel. Tony Iommi. Sleep. I’m

and Monster Magnet.

ANY ADVICE FOR ASPIRING MUSICIANS?Don’t stop practicing, always try to play with musicians who are better than you, take constructive criticism and always be hum-ble. Recognizing that there is always more to learn is an important thing, that is, if you don’t want to pidgeonhole your mind!

WHAT ARE YOU INVOLVED WITH MUSICALLY?I play in Jazz Ensembles on campus for school. I also play with Balls Deep, a heavy

funk group.

WHAT’S YOUR PLAN FOR THE FUTURE?Start/own a comprehensive local record la-bel/promotion group and help create and sup-port a burgeoning music scene. I’m also en-ticed by the idea of working as a professional musician or a full-time music producer.

The Great ‘XX’pectationsLONDON-BASED BAND’S PERFORMANCE IS PERFECT PARADISE

When the song “Islands” by the xx appeared on one of my Pandora Radio stations a couple years ago, I could not have imag-ined how in love I would be with the London-based indie pop band two years later.

After two weeks of midterm assignments and a day of Friday classes, a close friend and I drove down to the Paradise Theater in the Bronx. A life goal was completed on Oct. 26: we saw the xx

When we arrived at the theater, the line was moderately short, so we explored the area. After eating fast food and cotton candy, restroom-hunting and being approached by several ticket scalpers, we made it into Paradise Theater.

Brooklyn-based band Chairlift, well-known for its song “Bruises,” opened up for the xx. After the opening act, a white curtain fell and concealed the stage. The theater’s blue lights dimmed and the music began.

Playing from behind the white curtain, the xx started with Coexist.

Midway through the song, the white curtain dropped as producer

tarist Romy Madley Croft and bassist Oliver Sim sang and inhab-ited their separate sides of the stage, joining together for their call-and-answer lyrics. Croft’s signature melodic guitar riffs resonated

throughout the theater, matching Sim’s minimal bassline while Smith produced the tracks live behind them.

The trio played “Crystalised,” “Reunion” and “VCR,” among other crowd favorites, alternately playing songs from their self-ti-tled debut, xx, and Coexist. I have encountered bands whose won-derful sound booth audio-recorded songs do not meet my great expectations when I see them live, but the xx exceeded any I had. I couldn’t contain my screams of joy when the progression of songs transitioned the way I always felt they would.

The impressive Greco-Roman styled theater held more than 3,000 audience members with two tiers above the main level and an open standing area. The atmospheric theater was made to make audience members feel as though they’re outside. With the intense

ing above an ocean of clouds. At times, only Smith could be seen above the smoke while Croft and Sim appeared to dance, playing their instruments under the blanket of smoke.

xx, extended longer than I expected — when Sim continued singing “give it up” and Croft continued replying “can’t give it up,” I would not have guessed a huge three-dimensional ‘X’ would slowly descend from the stage ceiling behind the band. Maybe the band’s collective crescendo should have given it away, but the crowd roared as Croft and Sim

The band wasn’t able to walk off stage before the crowd de-manded an encore. They played “Intro,” “Tides” and “Stars.” I couldn’t make out their departing message, partially due to the excitement of the crowd and the band members’ whispery voices, but I couldn’t believe it was over.

The xx perfectly blends echoey guitar lines, steel drums, sing-ing that’s as faint as whispers and lyrics about love while manag-ing to be pop. How? I don’t know, but this concert was, by far, the best show I have ever been to. If you are searching for music to either lay your head and fall asleep or mindlessly dance to, the xx offers the best of both worlds.

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Two weekends ago, I had some of the best couple of days ever. From Oct. 26 through 28 I was in Florida at the Fest 11, a music festival which is basically the mecca for punx. Being there was seriously surreal from the very start. See, Fest is something I’ve wanted to go to for a while, but the prospect of planning always seemed far too daunting for my trip to actu-

it all just seemed like too much work. But oh, was it worth it.

The whole atmosphere throughout the weekend was unlike any other I’d felt before. I go to shows often, I push people around, I sing too loudly and I show up in photos with my face contorted in a way that makes me look like I’m in severe pain when I’m actually having the time of my life. What I’m trying to say is that I’ve been to a lot of shows and they’ve all felt great, but nothing can compare to the emotions I felt during Fest.

Just seeing all these people who looked exactly the same, myself included, led to some

fun games of “stare longingly at people’s band tees,” “guess the size their ears are stretched to” and “admire that beard,” but more importantly created this overwhelming and incredible sense of unity, especially knowing you’re all there for the same beautiful reason: music.

Just imagine people coming from all across the country and all around the world to join together in Gainesville and hop from venue to venue at all hours for three days straight. It’s so easy to spot someone who’s there for Fest, you don’t even have to glance at their wrist for that lime green band, you just know (that also might be because there’s a hilarious divide in Gainesville between grungy punx and some of the trashiest people I have ever seen).

I should probably talk about the tunes now. Everyone keeps asking me who my favorite act was and I keep saying it’s so hard to choose and proceed to list everyone I saw and why they were perfect, so I guess I’ll do the same here.

The Menzingers, ah The Menzingers. Af-ter listening to their latest album on repeat this summer, I was beyond stoked to see them and

they did not disappoint. They played pretty much every song I could have wanted to hear, with the exception of two. This was the one set I saw where I actually made it to my usual front spot and left the Florida Theatre sweaty and beer-covered. I’ve never felt better.

Seeing Braid was unreal, of course. Ev-ery time I see a ‘90s emo band that I never thought I’d get to hear live (and by every time I mean that one other time I saw Cap’n Jazz) I am blown away. To see them play “A Dozen Roses” was all I could have asked for and I feel a little bit more complete as a human being.

I’ve got to wrap this up soon, so short de-scriptions from now on. Lemuria was fantastic as always and it was weird not to see them in a crowded New Paltz basement. Iron Chic and RVIVR went right after each other and played great sets and helped me make a new friend! Good Luck was as fun as I thought they would be and “Public Radio” was so satisfying to sing to.

I spent all of Friday at one venue seeing a straight string of amazing bands including

Prawn, Stay Ahead of the Weather, Restora-tions, Koji and Into It. Over It. with a full band. Restorations was better than I could have ever anticipated, despite not playing my favorite song and I’m pretty sure they surprised every-one with how powerful their set was. I’ve seen IIOI a bunch of times, but I’m now convinced he should always play with a band behind him. It just sounded right, especially when he played “Pilsen.”

Hop Along, Comadre, Calculator, La Dis-pute, Ceremony…all insane. I could keep go-ing, but I should probably stop.

From good friends to 24-hour Krispy Kreme adventures to a ballin’ tofu sandwich to staying up until 6 a.m. and sleeping on a hotel

cops came and the band still kept playing…I couldn’t have asked for anything more from you, Fest.

I still haven’t taken off my wristband be-cause I don’t want to admit you’re over.

But I’ll see you next year. I can hardly wait.

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After claiming the SUNYAC title in 2011, SUNY New Paltz’s Women’s Soc-cer team missed the goal in 2012.

With their double overtime loss to SUNY Fredonia on Oct. 27, the Hawks

match was 2-1 in favor of the Hawks, but

shootout, which the Hawks lost 3-2. The two goals in regulation were scored by Chelsea Weir and Samantha Abravanel,

The Hawks came into the SUNYAC

out of their last four contests. They start-

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-conference record.

For some members of the team, the

Paltz uniform. This includes Abravanel,

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reer assists.

to win SUNYAC Offensive Player of the Week honors, winning the award for the week ending on Oct. 28.

Even with the records and the

awards, winning is the ultimate achieve-ment, and it hurts when it is taken away so quickly, Abravanel said.

“It feels as if the victory was stolen from us because of the late goal they scored with only about a minute and ten seconds to go,” Abravanel said. “Un-fortunately, that’s the game though. It doesn’t always seem fair.”

shutouts with eight.-

lades, Head Coach Colleen Bruley said she knows those honors come secondary to the team.

“The records are of course great, but

could have traded those records to get through the last minute of the last game with a win, I know both of them would

For others, this is only the beginning

-son scoring seven goals and ranked third

resonated with her.“They all fought until the end in each

showed me that I had to do the same,” Weir said. “I knew I could never give in because they never gave in.”

By Zach Higgins

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On Saturday, Oct. 13, SUNY New Paltz’s Men’s Soccer team held an intracon-ference record of 2-5.

Three weeks later, they were in the SU-

with an overall record of 11-8-1 and a SU-

of 1-0. The lone goal came from fourth-year

Earlier in the season, the Hawks were shot down by the Golden Eagles 5-2. Head

the tournament.“This is a totally different team than the

-triglia said. “It was almost like we had two seasons.”

seed, the Hawks were the dominant team dur-

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controlled the entire game and you could see their frustration.”

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to the Red Dragons during the regular sea-son, fourth-year forward Harrison Lane said

them during the tournament.“I thought that Oneonta was our tough-

Lane said. “I knew that in order to win the -

formance of the year on both a team and in-

well against Oneonta in the semis.”Lane notched the lone goal against

Oneonta, which came off of an assist from

but Oneonta came back to win by tallying

“There were a few mistakes that were made that resulted in the two goals they

Lane said. “I am not criticizing our overall

better.”Even with the loss to the eventual SU-

“We were attacking for most of the game

back, but we truly believed we could win that game. They’re going to feel very good about that game.”

For Lane, the end of the season is bitter-sweet. However, the team’s growth during the

that is becoming a threat in the SUNYAC.

-ing to be a rebuilding year and boy did we

know my collegiate career is over, but the

luck to the team that has become my family, and will surely be watching for many years to come.”

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Mets fans, rejoice! Jason Bay is no longer going to be forced to wear an or-ange and blue uniform next season.

An announcement by the team on Wednesday said that the oft-injured and

contract terminated, leaving the Mets with

The termination does not absolve the

ment they made to Bay, but the need to erase him from the team’s roster certainly outweighed the idea of simply paying him what he is owed and moving on.

Bay’s tenure with the Mets has been horrendous, for lack of a better word. The

career in Queens and hit a dismal .234 with 26 home runs over his 1,125 plate appear-ances with the Mets.

He was signed to be a middle-of-the-order bat and provide offense similar to the production he routinely cranked out dur-ing his days in Pittsburgh and Boston. That never came.

Bay is seen by Mets fans as a clear symbol of the spend-heavy Omar Minaya regime. At the time the Mets signed him, Bay was coming off a 36 home run season

He failed to hit that many home runs over all of the years he played for the Mets.

Minaya’s tenure with the Mets is marked by high-priced contracts being thrown around like candy, and consider-

ing the Mets had an option between Bay and now-Cardinals slugger Matt Holliday, the contract that was handed to him seems even worse.

The only silver lining to Bay’s dis-mal Mets tenure is that he was nowhere close to the vesting option that could have kicked in, adding yet another year to his contract.

To offset that horrendous contract, the Mets decided to terminate Bay’s contract and will pay him the remaining $21 mil-lion over the course of several years, rather than over the next 12 months.

Now, the Mets no longer have to worry

his gargantuan contract – which is a good thing. The move will now open up a roster

The buzz and aura around Mets Gen-eral Manager Sandy Alderson is now be-ginning to fade, with some members of the media beginning to criticize his lack of productivity at the helm. However, this agreement with Bay should be seen as a much needed boost that immediately takes one dragging, giant question mark off the 2013 roster.

Now, the Mets can head into next sea-

ity, one less headache to fuel Spring Train-ing team reports and a general feeling that the light is at the end of the tunnel in terms of the handicapping contracts that have plagued this team for years.

Bay-gones Will Be Bay-gones

Winter Classic Frozen For 2013There was one shred of hope left for a

2012-13 NHL season a week ago. Among all the talks of negotiations going nowhere and sneaky public relations battles, there was one beacon standing at the center of shrinking optimism for a season of hockey - then, the NHL 2013 Winter

The light of hope has diminished and the rest is silence.

Is that melodramatic? Perhaps, but there’s no denying that with the Winter Classic can-celed, the incentive to get the NHL back up and running died a little.

Players can say whatever they want about how much they love and want to play hockey and owners can talk about how much they want to get things started so that they can please the fans and do business fairly.

But now it’s time to get real. Let’s face it, the only people who are truly suffering at this point are the fans. Team owners have other busi-nesses and enterprises to keep them occupied and players have multiple playing options and endorsement deals to keep them going.

Of course, players are more than likely anx-ious to put their NHL sweaters on and itching to lace up their skates. However, the fans are the ones with no real outlet to sustain their craving for hockey. With the way things look, it’s prob-

ably going to stay that way for a while. The center of this feud has been the amount

of money players and owners will get from rev-enue. It’s actually unbelievable that two collec-tive groups of grown men haven’t been able to come up with a solution at this point. And do you want to know something?

Who knows if they even will at this point?I had said several weeks ago that if there

was going to be an NHL season, it would include a Winter Classic. Although very young, it’s argu-able the yearly event has become one of the most highly anticipated sporting events in America.

Not only is it highly anticipated, it also brings in some of the most revenue. And the de-sire for money after missing out on early season games would have been a desperate desire for both the NHL and NHLPA.

The 2013 classic was to be a match up be-tween Original Six teams the Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs. This could have been the biggest Winter Classic cash cow yet.

Last year’s Winter Classic between the New York Rangers and the Philadelphia Flyers was without a doubt the biggest and most adver-tised match up in the event’s history. The 2013 Detroit/Toronto match up was going to destroy that. The game was going to be held at Universi-ty of Michigan’s Big House, which sits 100,000 people. It would have been a shock if the place

didn’t sell out within a week.Not only would that bring in a huge sum

of money, but it would have brought in a Cana-dian audience that, despite the fact that hockey is their national past time, hasn’t been present since the Winter Classic began.

Each Classic has featured an American team, with the closest team to Canada being the

Winter Classic in 2008. With Toronto entering the picture, there would have been a slew of Ca-

nadian support. It wouldn’t have been surprising to see an atmosphere and tension similar to that of the 2010 Olympic gold medal game.

Having two of the most storied and oldest franchises in the NHL compete in a Winter Clas-sic and the money it would have made no doubt should have been a major incentive and driving force toward CBA negotiations.

Instead, the ice keeps on getting thinner and thinner for the NHL.

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