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Common App glitches cause student woesRyan [email protected]
Glitches to the Common Application system, a college application service that allows students to submit to dozens of schools at a time, are gumming up the ap-plication process and being monitored by admissions officials nationwide.
The Common App is used by 500 uni-versities, both public and private, through-out the country. The current set of issues stems from a system upgrade in Common App launched in August.
The system requires users to create a username and password, but applicants attempting to submit to universities have found themselves locked out or receiving an error message when attempting to log in.
Problems with the credit card payment system have also been reported to universi-ties nationwide and addressed by Common App in a press release, in which it noted that payments have occasionally taken sev-eral days to process.
ALANA controversyMissed deadlines, conflicts between students and supervisors hamper ALANA Week’s fashion show production
Moraima Capellán PichardoA&E [email protected]
organizations, faculty and staff. The purpose of ALANA is to bring aware-
ness to underrepresented cultures on cam-pus with a series of educational programs, workshops, speakers and entertainment.
The major student organizations in-volved are the African Student Organiza-tion, the Black Student Union, the Latino Student Union, the Asian Student Associa-tion and the Caribbean Student Associa-tion. The theme of ALANA week changes each year, and the theme of this year’s con-ference was “Nature’s Essence.”
Each organization is not only in charge of presenting an educational program of its choice and creating a 10-15 minute scene for the fashion show, but is also assigned a specific duty, such as to clean up after the show or host the banquet.
The fashion show, held in Waterman Theatre on Saturday, Sept. 21, also had participation from the Gospel Choir and Image Step Team. Comedian Talent Harris hosted the show, and Oswego State alum-nus DJ Tumbo provided the music.
On stage, everything at the 27th Annual ALANA Fashion Show
appeared effortless, on point and on time, but behind the curtains, a mix of chaos and excitement was present, as the models of ALANA Fashion prepared to perform.
Part of the ALANA Student Leadership Conference, the fashion show is often seen as the event’s highlight. To some, however, the conditions in which the fashion show was arranged this year took the students out of the equation.
Created in 1986 by Tyrone Holmes, the former assistant director of Hewitt Union, and Howard Gordon, the executive assis-tant to Oswego State President Deborah Stanley, ALANA (African, Latino, Asian and Native American) week began as the Multicultural Leadership Conference. To-day, it continues under the supervision of Maggie Rivera, the student involve-ment coordinator at The Point and oper-ated as a collaboration of various student See ALANA, A5
Taylor Clock | The OswegonianA scene at the ALANA Fashion show Saturday, Sept. 27. The management of the show upset participants.
SA senate of 14 senators contains 13 newcomers; several senators unable to write legislation
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In an Oct. 8 senate meeting, An-thony Smith, the president of Student Association, addressed the SA Senate with a request: to go online and read the SA constitution.
The request, made to a senate whose 14 members contain 11 fresh-
men exemplified the uphill climb SA faces as it breaks in an inexperienced group of senators.
Oswego State’s Student Association Senate is the student governing body on campus. It passes bills and resolutions involving the entire Oswego community,
yet not as many people are involved as would be expected.
The 14 members of senate meet every Tuesday at 6 p.m. in Lanigan 103 and com-mittees, which each senator is required to be a member of at least one of, meet spo-radically throughout the week.
To become a member of the senate one must be an enrolled student at Oswego State with a GPA of the college minimum for academic standing (2.0).
According to the SA constitution, sen-ators become members once their constit-uency elects them. However, the current senators have been elected through gath-ering signatures of their constituency. For residents, 50 signatures are required and 100 signatures for At-Large senators.
The number of senate seats is appor-tioned as such per the SA bylaws (Section Two, Article III, Subsection A, B and C):
-For every 200 on-campus residents in a residence hall, one seat is apportioned
-For every 270 off-campus residents, one seat is apportioned
-For every 500 enrolled students, one At-Large seat is apportioned
Of these senators, the only returning member is Francisco Perez, a senior polit-ical science major. Perez has been a mem-ber of senate since his sophomore year.
“When I first joined, I was in the same position that they are in,” Perez said of the 11 freshman senators. “I didn’t know what was going on. Senate had a lot of rules and there’s a lot of processes that happen and I didn’t know what they were.”
Perez said back then there were older senators in the senate who did not help newer senators learn much. Perez said he had to learn a lot on his own.
Under these terms, according to the senate roll call, the seats are apportioned as follows:
- 24 seats from residence halls- 3 for Cayuga- 2 for Funnelle- 1 for Riggs- 2 for Hart- 3 for Seneca- 2 for Oneida- 2 for Mackin Complex/Sheldon- 1 for Scales- 1 for Waterbury- 3 for Onondaga- 2 for The Village- 7 from off-campus- 8 At-Large senate seats- 3 Faculty Assembly seats
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Pride Alliance uses month to spread awarenessDaniel O’ConnorCopy [email protected]
October is LGBT History Month and Oswego State’s Pride Alliance is taking full advantage of this time to promote LGBT+ events, holidays and compassion for stu-dents who need support.
During the month of October, many students, staff and members of the local area take time to honor the historical and prominent members of the LGBT+ com-munity who have made steps toward LGBT rights and advancements. Oswego State’s Pride Alliance takes this month to celebrate students’ pride, individuality and to showcase LGBT+ events.
Senior Marian Holmes, the president of Pride Alliance, looks positively at LGBT History Month and feels that it is a very important time because it brings the cam-pus together. She said the month highlights past and current LGBT efforts for equality.
“It’s really important because it’s a pub-lic display of support beyond and I think on top of that, it’s a way to celebrate those who have come before and have helped pave the way to allow us to exist,” Holmes said. “I
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Abbey Slack, 20, was arrested on Oct. 14 at 9:21 p.m. at the corner of State Route 104 and East Third Street for unlawful posses-sion of marijuana.
Phillip Nelson, 28, was arrested on Oct. 14 at 10:48 a.m. at 341 St. Route 104 for petit larceny. Nelson was released on an appearance ticket.
Ashley Nelson, 27, was arrested on Oct. 14 at 10:48 a.m. at 341 St. Route 104 for petit larceny. Nelson was released on an appearance ticket.
Mathew McIntosh, 22, was arrested on Oct. 14 at 9:54 a.m. at 169 W. Second St. for aggravated harassment.
Joshua Christopher, 17, was arrested on Oct. 13 at 4:17 p.m. at 258 W. Fourth St. for menac-ing, endangering the welfare of a child, criminal possession of a weapon and unlawful posses-sion of a weapon on school grounds.
Chad Martin, 40, was arrested on Oct. 13 at 1:22 a.m. on the corner of West First Street and West Bridge Street for disorderly conduct. Mar-tin was released on an appearance ticket.
Michael Hegmann, 22, was arrested on Oct. 13 at 1:06 a.m. on the corner of West First Street and West Bridge Street for dis-orderly conduct. Hegmann was released on an appearance ticket.
The Dr. Lewis B. O’Donnell Media Sum-mit is making its return for the ninth con-secutive year on Nov. 6. This year’s theme is “Get into the Game,” and it will be moder-ated by Oswego State alumnus, Steve Levy.
For more information on the Media Sum-mit, be sure to look for the Media Summit Committee members in the Campus Center the week prior and the week of the Media Summit, beginning Oct. 30 and 31, then Nov. 4 and 5.
Be sure to listen for the Media Summit’s broadcast on the Oswego State radio station, WNYO, Thursday at 8 p.m. For quick and easy updates, join the Lewis B. O’Donnell Media Summit Group on Facebook, check out the Media Summit on Twitter or Insta-gram @OZMediaSummit, or Tumblr at OZ-MediaSummit.tumblr.com. Official Count-down: 20 days.
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The cold and soggy weather will stick around this weekend, as we drift closer and closer to the fall.
Friday will have some showers in the morning into the afternoon, but it should clear up and make way for some sun-shine, heading into a clear and cool night.
We won’t be as lucky on Saturday, as rain will persist throughout the day and night. The rain could be on and off dur-ing the day, but it will pick up more at night and last through Sunday morning.
Sunday will be similar to Friday, with rain in the forecast during the day but ending at night. Sunday night will be the coolest night we’ve had in a while, with a low of 38 degrees.
Sometimes in committees we don’t have a lot to do and say, ‘Oh motion to vote on this by meows and barks.’” A3NEWS FRIDAY, Oct. 18, 2013
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The AgendaOur weekly list of what to do in Oswego
“Wonderful World of Wood Ducks” presentation on central New York waterfowl on Saturday at 1 p.m.
at Rice Creek Field Station.
Go to “Classic Bluegrass.” One of New York’s finest choral organizations performs with local bluegrass
musicians on Sunday at 3 p.m. in Sheldon Ballroom.
“Celebration of Life” for Dr. Lucina Hernandez Laundre today at 5:30 p.m. at Rice Creek Field Station.
Go see Audrey Hager offer instruction in Zen meditation on Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. in Campus Center 205.
See writer Tammy Ryan talk about the process of play-writing during Oswego State’s Living Writer Series on
Monday at 3 p.m. in Campus Center 132.
Fourth meeting of the semester
Student Association held its fourth sen-ate meeting Tuesday in Lanigan 103 at 6 p.m.
The senate welcomed two new senators, Laura Smith and Tyler Markowski. The two were sworn in and then Vice President Ben-jamin June announced that one senator had resigned since the week before.
Fourteen senators were in attendance and the minutes were approved from the previous meeting. The agenda was amended to add two bills written by Presi-dent Anthony Smith regarding executive spending accounts.
LSU asks for additional funds
Latino Student Union President Kaylina Rivera addressed the senate with a presen-tation asking for additional funds for their annual dinner. Rivera told the senate they were requesting additional funds to make Hewitt Union feel more like a carnival. The event will celebrate Latino culture, and Rivera would like to keep guests en-tertained with carnival games and team building exercises. She said that it has been about four years since the event has had a speaker and she is hoping the funds will help bring one. She would also like decora-tions to add more to the feel of the event. She went through her plans for the event,
which call for renting a popcorn machine for $48, a cotton candy machine rental for $128.98 and posters for $109.99. She said that a DJ will cost the organization $200 and the speaker would cost $500. While this event is mostly covered by the organi-zation’s budget, they are requesting $540 in additional funds to help make the event a success. Senator Francisco Perez will write the bill requesting the additional funds.
Rhay Guillen, director of student affairs, made remarks on behalf of SA’s president. He said that Smith asked the senate to vote to approve those he hired for director posi-tions. He also noted that Smith put in a bill for a leadership conference that SA will be holding and Guillen is working on. He also noted that an anti-hazing event is being planned for club sports teams.
June reminded senators that they are required to attend a bill-writing workshop that is open to the public on Saturday at 2 p.m. in Lanigan 101.
Director of Finance Hassan Al-Shareffi told the senate that he believes its audit went well and hopes to hear more about that in the coming weeks. He talked about meeting with the finance committee and how he will be attending its meetings for the next few weeks to help it with its tasks. He reminded the senate that it still has the same amounts of money in its accounts from the week prior. He also noted that
the senators should remain unbiased when they decide on bills and resolutions, and that they represent 250 students each in the Oswego State community.
Rules and Judiciary
The Rules and Judiciary committee reported to the senate that it will have a bill on the election timeline at the next meeting. It also voted unanimously to support the approval of Luke Carbonaro for chief justice of the supreme court for SA. Perez became the chair of the elec-tion sub committee.
Before the senate voted on the chief jus-tice nominee, Al-Shareffi gave his support of Carbonaro.
“I believe he’d be an asset as chief jus-tice,” Al-Shareffi said.
The senate approved Carbonaro 13 yes-es, zero noes and one abstention.
Finance and Appropriations
The Finance and Appropriation commit-tee reported that it discussed how to run bet-ter and Perez went over how to look at a bill with them.
Student Involvement
Perez reported that the Student Involvement
committee discussed its recommendations for director positions. Christopher Collins-McNeil spoke to the senate about becoming the civic engagement director and about how he would work with Guillen on the leadership conference. He said he has already been working on hosting political members to speak to students on cam-pus. He noted that he plans on studying abroad next semester and that his position would just be for the short term. He plans on having his large projects done and giving his smaller proj-ects to some members of a civic engagement committee to work on. He noted that he spoke with Smith about this prior to his hiring and that Guillen would take over the position’s responsi-bilities next semester. He also said he would be trying to organize a public forum to hear from the student body about issues they have. The senate approved Collins-McNeil with 12 yeses, zero noes and two abstentions.
Perez recommended Tiffany Jenkins for assistant director of campus commu-nity relations. She told the senate that she plans on getting the “campus and the community more intertwined.” She said that the students do not have a very good reputation in the community and that she wants to change that. Both Perez and Al-Shareffi spoke highly of Jenkins. She was approved unanimously.
Erica Eiche was recommended unani-mously by the committee for director of athletic affairs. She could not attend the
meeting, but Perez told the senate about her plans for the anti-hazing event for sport clubs. She said she would be the li-aison for the sport clubs and SA. She was also approved unanimously.
Perez supported Sarah Harbacz for SA’s graphic designer and showed the senate a poster she had already made them for its tabling. The senate unani-mously approved her as well.
New legislations presented
First, a resolution written by Perez was presented to the senate. The resolution rep-resents the thoughts of the entire student body at Oswego State. It announces SA’s resentment towards the shutdown of the federal government that lasted 16 days. The resolution was intended to be sent to New York’s two senators and Oswego’s represen-tative in the House, Dan Maffei. The resolu-tion was passed with 12 yeses, one no and one abstention.
Readings for two other bills that deal with money were both referred to the Fi-nance and Appropriations committee for a period of one week. Those bills were writ-ten by Smith and readings of both bills were waived without objection.
The next SA senate meeting will be held Tuesday at 6 p.m. in Lanigan 103 and, as al-ways, is open to the public.
Attend “Artistic talk with Aaron Sinift” on Wednes-day at 7 p.m. in Campus Center 132
Oswego State will host its 74th Technology Edu-cation Fall Conference on Thursday starting at 9
a.m. in Wilber Hall.
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From The Lighthouse: indoor rock climbingThe Wall facility gives community place to experience adventure
JoAnn DelauterContributing [email protected]
JoAnn Delauter | The Oswegonian
The wall offers a place for students to experience the adventure of climbing with the safety of lower heights. It also provides a good work out.
Students looking for an unconvention-al workout, or just to have some fun with friends, may find what they are looking for at The Wall, an indoor rock climbing facility in Oswego.
Located at 77 W. First St. in Oswego, this semester The Wall introduced free Fri-day night climbing for all Oswego State students from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. But that is not all The Wall has to offer.
Unlike many rock climbing facilities, there are no harnesses at The Wall, no ropes and no helmets. Yet The Wall compensates by supplying a challenging and supportive bouldering experience. It provides a total change from a traditional workout. Climb-ing at The Wall can work out different mus-cles, while growing balancing and coordi-nation skills that students can’t achieve at a standard gym.
The Wall was founded by Mike Taber in September 2011 in an effort to create a local place for curious college climbers, and also offer an honest introduction into the real world of climbing for all of its customers. Whether looking for a place to try some-thing new, or to help one become a pro-fessional climber, The Wall offers a range of difficulty levels. From beginner to ad-vanced, it will keep any person motivated and challenged.
When one walks into this seemingly small facility, a highly experienced staff greets him or her. Whether students or professionals, staff members will al-ways offer suggestions and guidance on climbing through some of the more difficult routes.
“There is nothing more satisfying when you conquer that fear or route,” said Andy
Freeman, previous manager of The Wall and a climber since 1988. “I have seen this sport change a lot of people’s lives, not only including my own but power stu-dents as well. I’ve seen kids walk in here not knowing how to climb but having that drive and eventually become great climb-ers even outside of The Wall.”
Despite the size, The Wall is larger than it looks mainly because of the rotation and constantly changing routes, rocks and ad-ditions. The Wall will always supply its customers with climbing shoe, access to chalk bags and safe crash pads below each
wall. With bouldering walls ranging from 14 to 16 feet high and angles varying from 50, 75 and 65 degrees, all four sides have a total of 68 different routes.
The Wall also has more to offer than its facilities. The facility hosts classes, competi-tions, birthdays and group events. For the fall semester it is open Monday through Thursday from 4:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m, Fri-day 4:30 p.m. to midnight and Saturday and Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is free on Fri-days starting at 7 p.m. for all Oswego State students, but prices for the public and more information is posted on their website.
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The Wall provides customers with the gear needed to climb the 16-feet-high structure.
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Errors with Common App’s recommen-dation system have been reported as well. Slow load times have caused recommenders to spend up to an hour attempting to upload recommendations, or at times unable to up-load them at all.
One teacher voiced her frustration on the Common App’s Facebook page, saying : “This is ridiculous! I spend so much time writing teacher recommendations for over 30 students. I should not have to spend an ad-ditional 40 minutes trying to upload a docu-ment … Get your act together.”
About 60 percent of Oswego State appli-cants used Common App last year, according to Dan Griffin, the interim director of admis-sions. Griffin said the admissions office is monitoring the situation.
“While we have not been impacted yet, we are very concerned with the issues Common App has been having,” Griffin said via email. “Between our office and the team in CTS, we have been working everyday for about a month now toward getting students’ applications submitted via Common App into our student infor-mation system (Banner).”
While Griffin noted that Oswego State has not been as impacted because application deadlines haven’t arrived yet, other schools have not been as fortunate.
The University of North Carolina-Chapel
Hill and Georgia Tech have both extended early decision deadlines after receiving sev-eral complaints from applicants.
More schools could potentially face de-lays, as the Common App acknowledged in a press release the looming concern of ap-proaching deadlines.
“As we approach the busy deadline sea-son, we are fully committed to ensuring the
complete and timely review of applications for all Common Application members, par-ticularly those with November 1 deadlines,” the release said.
The manner in which the application system has addressed the problems and con-cerns of schools and applicants, however, has been called into question, as many of the issues have dated back to months earlier.
Common App relies on a ticket-filing system and provides no way to reach rep-resentatives by phone, according to a report by Inside Higher Ed. This policy has led ap-plicants and their parents to leave frustrat-ed messages on the system’s Facebook page about both wait times for response and the lack of direct person-to-person interaction.
Common App keeps a progress up-dates page where errors are reported with the status of their repair. As of Thursday, the page had 16 known issues with repairs marked as “in-progress.”
Oswego State’s early decision applicatin is due Nov. 29, and Griffin said admissions will closely watch issues with the Common App until then.
“If November rolls around and things haven’t improved much, we may need to act,” Grif-fin said. Oswego State also accepts applications through the SUNY Application system, which Griffin said the school could use as a backup plan.
“… for us as a SUNY college, that could mean getting word out to students and families to go the SUNY App route—luck-ily, we are having no issues processing ap-plications submitted via the SUNY site,” Griffin said. “Frankly that gives us a big advantage over colleges and universities that are exclusive to Common App.”Griffin said, however, that the school is unlikely to be forced to go this route.
“I don’t expect to have to go to such an extreme measure,” Griffin said. “but I sleep better at night knowing it’s an option.”
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Increase in psychology students since 2008Major becomes second most popular within Oswego State campus
Luke ParsnowAsst. News [email protected]
The psychology department at Os-wego State has seen a sizeable increase in enrolled students over the last few years.
According to the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment, 402 under-graduate students declared psychology as their major for the fall 2008 semester. In fall 2012, that number had increased to 564, with a peak of 570 in 2011.
Psychology has the largest amount of students out of any major in the Col-lege of Liberal Arts and Sciences. In 2011, psychology passed childhood ed-ucation as the second-highest enrolled major at Oswego State, behind busi-ness administration.
Other majors in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, including biochemis-try, cinema and screen studies, creative writing, public justice and zoology have seen considerable increases in enroll-ment since 2008, but they average by 20 to 50 students, versus psychology’s 162 student difference.
“Many people study psychology for the purpose of ‘self discovery;’ to un-derstand themselves better,” psychology professor Mark Mirabito said. “This has always been one reason for the popularity of the subject.”
Sophomore Katie Labozzetta came to Oswego State last year undeclared and chose psychology after she real-ized her fondness for people, which began years earlier.
“All throughout high school, my friends had terrible relationships and they wanted me to help them with their life,” Labozzetta said. “So I would just talk to them and stuff, about what they were feeling and whatnot, and they always seemed to feel better after it. So I was like ‘Oh, maybe I’m kind of good at this.’”
Sophomore James Heinegg was an ad-olescent education with a concentration in earth science major until recently when he changed to psychology.
“I decided to change to psychology for a few reasons actually,” Heinegg said. “For one, I realized my interest for the geology courses was getting less and less, so I figured I was probably in the wrong spot for a career. I liked the teach-ing aspect of it so I still wanted to be in-volved with kids and the school atmo-sphere. I was also told by a few people close to me that I was good at analyzing people and that psychology would be a strength for me.”
Heinegg added that there may be a big interest in psychology because it is such a large field with plenty of differ-ent opportunities.
“Given the cultural climate and given what’s happening in the world, people may be attracted to psychology to find a career that suits them,” Matthew Dykas said, the psychology department chair.
Some people believe that the large emer-gence of social media and communication technologies since 2008 has increased hu-man interaction, thus increasing awareness and interest in human behavior.
“A lot of students for their indepen-dent study will do research on social networking and the role of technology,” Dykas said. “It’s not my interest per se, but a lot of students come in wanting to do research on technology and especially on social media, so I think again, culturally, social media has taken a larger role in life and I think students want to understand how that works.”
In addition, Mirabito said that pop cul-ture can be tied with new media to spike young people’s interest in the field.
“TV shows such as ‘Dr. Phil,’ ‘Oprah,’ and ‘Dr. Drew’ focus on human behavior and its underlying causes,” Mirabito said. “People who watch those shows, and find them interesting may be drawn to the for-mal study of psychology.”
Heinegg said that watching the show “Psych” also helped boost his interest in the study, but believes new media and technology are hurting actual human in-teraction.
“As opposed to face-to-face interaction, I feel kids are more interested in electronic
communication and care less about actually seeing each other,” Heinegg said. “So, for me, I don’t think this makes kids want to take psychology.”
Students and faculty both compliment-ed the department faculty and programs and said that could be partly responsible for the increase in enrollment.
“Oswego State has a long tradition of quality in the psychology department,” Mirabito said. “Not only is the instruction of superior quality, but research done on our campus, such as the children’s study, has earned the department high marks.”
According to the psychology depart-ment’s web page, the faculty has experts in the fields of bio-physiological, clinical, cognitive, developmental and social psy-chology. Participation in research activities is viewed as a cornerstone for students’ learning in psychology and prepares them for postgraduate degrees.
“The department is better than a lot of other schools in the surrounding area,” Labozzetta said.
The department has grown so much that new majors have been established from separate branches of the study. Os-wego State offers degrees in philosophy/psychology, psychology and human-com-puter interaction and human develop-ment. In the last month, human develop-ment became a new minor because of its increased interest. Though preliminary data shows psychology majors number at 502 for 2013, 139 are enrolled in human development compared to 101 in 2012, ac-cording to the Office of Institutional Re-search and Assessment.
With registration for spring classes nearing, there is be some concern about class sizes and possible future overcrowd-ed numbers in the department.
“Right now, the psychology depart-ment is doing OK,” Dykas said. “The college is supporting our department and allowing us to offer the classes that need to be offered. But again, if we get more students, we’ll have to increase the faculty size and hire more faculty mem-bers, but right now with the faculty we have, we’re managing.
said. “I think that’s something that’s commonly forgotten, that people who fought, like Stonewall, allowed for the creation of things like the Pride Alliance and people forget to say thank you. I feel like it’s almost the LGBT Thanksgiving.”
Pride Alliance is Oswego State’s only LGBTQIA+ organization and works to bring about acceptance, understanding and change to the campus, students and staff. Not only does Pride Alliance promote equality and change, but it also serves as an outlet for LGBT students and straight allies. Sophomore Devon Perkins, a double major in philosophy and global & international studies said that Pride Alliance is a good group for him to be a part of in college.
“To me it means being able to live where I wanna live, because as a trans-person, it’s kind of hard to know who to call and where to go and where to find a good roommate,” Perkins said. “Because, you know, not everyone would not be okay with living with someone who’s gay or living with someone who’s trans.”
Oswego State’s Pride Alliance holds events and meetings during the entire school year, but some of its signature events are held during LGBT History Month. On Oct. 10, the Pride Alliance organization handed out free T-shirts in preparation for National Coming Out Day celebration and on Thursday the group handed out purple ribbons in honor of “Spirit Day.” The group further celebrates the month by hosting various discussion events and inviting LGBT+ speakers to the campus. All of this action by Pride Alli-ance aims to inform students and support acceptance on campus.
“It means quite a bit because I mean, you learn all about the history and we’re bringing in a lot of people like speakers and stuff like that to talk about different LGBT issues,” Perkins said. “So we’re es-sentially making history, through educat-ing people.”
Pride Alliance and its events during LGBT History Month are not only there to
serve students, but to remind the campus of just how far LGBT rights and equality has moved forward.
“I think it’s easy to go ‘Oh, not all 50 states have gay marriage, oh, not all 50 states recognize same-sex benefits, oh, this and that is wrong,’” Holmes said. “I think it’s easy to get caught up in the neg-ative but I think sometimes it’s important to look back and see how far we’ve actu-ally come, which is further than a lot of people give credit for.”
On Oct. 11, Pride Alliance and Oswego State students observed National Com-ing Out Day by wearing T-shirts that ei-ther read “I Support Equality” or “Out and Proud.” Students were seen all over campus wearing the shirts, and communi-cation major Christina Grehlinger agreed with Pride Alliance’s message.
“I think it really gives a voice to those people that maybe not necessarily wanna openly say it, but when they see a group in society that they see that they can fit in with without having to say anything,” Grehlinger said. “I think it makes it easier for them. So I think it’s a positive thing.”
Going further on Pride Alliance’s LGBT friendly events, Olivia Basile, double ma-jor in graphic design and communication, supports Pride Alliance’s bridge-building efforts with campus events.
“I think they do a really good job get-ting everyone involved, whether you do identify LGBT or if you’re completely on the other aspect of it, and I think they are pretty inviting for anyone that wants to join or get involved,” Basile said. “I went to their ‘drag ball’ last year and it was so much fun. They have good events.”
Pride Alliance has weekly meetings on Thursdays at 7p.m. in room 133 in the Campus Center. The group also has an of-fice in room 107 at The Point where LGBT students can go to during office hours. They have also created an anonymous chat option this year on their website, for students who seek advice and sup-port. Events and more information can be found at their website pridealliance.wix.com/pridealliance, such as their famous ‘Drag Ball’ on Oct. 28.
I don’t expect to have to go to such an extreme measure, but I sleep better at night knowing it’s an option.”
- Dan Griffin, interim director of
admissions
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LGBT History Month being celebrated
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Devon Perkins and Marian Holmes, members of Pride Alliance giving out Spirit Day ribbons in Campus Center.
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Purple ribbons were handed out by members of Pride Alliance in support of Spirit Day.
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11 senators in SA are freshmen, responsible for over $1.4 million each academic yearSENATE from COVER
The current senators represent the student body as such:
• Cayuga Hall: ▪ Devon Rusinek• Funnelle Hall: ▪ Alex George• Hart Hall: ▪ Daniel Jackson ▪ Tyler Markowski• Johnson Hall: ▪ Emily Nassir ▪ Tyler Jodeit• Mackin Complex/Sheldon: ▪ Michelle Wee• Off-Campus: ▪ None• Oneida Hall: ▪ None
“Now, things are on the other side,” Perez said. “So all the senators are ei-ther freshmen or it’s their first year in the organization.”
Perez has a positive outlook for the future of this year’s senate. He is ta-bling in the Campus Center with other senators to try to increase involvement.
“Based on what we’ve done in the past years, it’s pretty much the same. I definitely think it’s of a different nature,” Perez said. “The fact that we already have 14 right now is pretty good.”
While Student Association Vice Pres-ident Benjamin June was a member of senate last year, he does not get to vote in the senate unless there is a tie to be broken. June is, however, the president of the senate and oversees it.
This means that 13 senators who represent the entire student activ-ity fee-paying body of Oswego State
So, as Smith asked senators at the Oct. 8 senate meeting to read the SA constitu-tion, it appeared that these senators took an oath to uphold a constitution they knew little about.
The senate also failed to reach quorum on Oct. 1 for their meeting. Quorum is one half the total number of senators plus one, but this number can never be less than 12 senators. Not enough senators showed up in order to make the meeting official, resulting in a missed week of sen-ate business.
Despite this lack of involvement from the student body, June is content.
“I think it’s good,” June said. “We are kind of like starting fresh as opposed to other years where we did have a lot of people returning. But to see this many new people, who are just coming straight into it with no experience at all, we’re up a lot from other years.”
June also has high expectations for in-volvement in the senate.
“Every year is slow to start, but we’re not falling behind other years, we’re even
• Onondaga Hall: ▪ Jordan Dedrick• Riggs Hall: ▪ None• Scales Hall: ▪ Domenico Angerosa• Seneca Hall: ▪ None• Waterbury Hall: ▪ None• At-Large: ▪ Kelsey Thomas ▪ Neely Laufer ▪ Eyub Yegen ▪ Laura Smith• The Village: ▪ Francisco Perez
ALANA organizations view the fashion show as a chance to introduce themselves to new or transfer students, but with the guidelines implemented, some organizations felt that their pow-er was constricted.
A major complaint of the students in-volved was the ticket price of the event. Regular audience members paid $5 for their ticket and performers and models were also forced to pay for a ticket to their own show.
President of the Latino Student Union Kaylina Rivera found it problematic to re-quire participants to pay for their ticket.
“[Performers] were complain-ing on why they had to pay because they’re participants and they are put-ting on the show for the people to en-joy,” Rivera said.
According to Rivera, another concern for LSU was the limit on the number of per-formers that were allowed in each scene. Each organization was only allowed to have 20 participants.
“LSU is trying to expand and it kind of sucks that we can’t because there is a limit on the first big show that we want to do,” Rivera said. “The fact that we had to do au-ditions and cut people was hurtful because I feel like they won’t participate in any oth-er events that we may have.”
Director of Marketing for the Black Stu-dent Union Ashley Freeze was disappoint-ed by the rule that did not allow perform-ers to wear open-toed shoes.
“The creativity and flexibility was limited this year, “ said Freeze, who has performed with BSU since her freshman year. “Not being able to dance barefoot as a dancer who has been dancing for eight years, that limited my ability to dance as naturally and as good as I wanted to.”
Titled “Death Over Designer,” the BSU section of the fashion show was inspired by Kanye West’s song “New Slaves” and sent a message to African Americans about the dangers of obsessing over designer labels. Models walked out in handcuffs and in chains to represent the mind dominance of trends in the black community. It also fea-tured a modern dance piece.
Rivera also expressed dislike for the closed-toed shoes regulation because it di-rectly affected the theme of the LSU scene.
“It was hard because our theme was un-derwater,” Rivera said, “so we wanted to give the whole aspect of being underwater and we couldn’t because we had to wear closed-toed shoes.”
Rivera added that there were strict rules about when music and video were to be submitted to the Waterman staff for the show. These deadlines were heavily en-forced and Rivera was disappointed when, during LSU’s performance, the video and music suddenly stopped. LSU received warm encouragement and support while on stage and when the video went back up, the performers were able to get back into the show.
“We managed to get it together because I told all of them, don’t move, don’t get off the stage, you all worked really hard to get here,” Rivera said.
According to Maggie Rivera, the guide-lines for the show were created for the safety of the students and student organi-zations. She explained that every year after the ALANA week is over, student commit-tees are formed to help create next year’s ALANA conference. These committees meet often throughout the fall and spring semesters and help decide everything from the rules to hosts.
“We really depend a lot on students that come forward and help with planning,” said Maggie Rivera, who recalled that not a lot of students came forward last year to help with the planning, but that those who did agreed on the rules.
According to Rivera, during these meetings it was decided that all partici-pants would pay the same general price ticket and the amount of participants al-lowed per group.
Graduate Assistant for Student In-volvement Brandon Farmer said that in the past, damages and vandalism done to Waterman Theatre called for more organization.
“There was a lot of chaos that I think a lot of people don’t take into consideration, and that is why I guess the ALANA fashion show has been micromanaged…it’s to pro-tect everyone involved,” Farmer said. “Af-ter the vandalism occurred, who got the bill for that? Not the student organizations.”
Regarding the tickets for the fashion show, Farmer said that models need a place to sit in between shows. In the past, there have been complaints from Waterman staff about students standing in the aisles. By en-suring that everyone has a seat, conflict can be avoided.
Rivera explained that, although in the past the fashion show was free to students, the policy changed as the economy and prices have changed. Most students are unaware of the costs of putting on a show and Rivera said that, from renting Water-man Theatre, paying the host, paying for the banquet and keynote speakers, ALANA
week becomes expensive. According to the Student Association’s
Director of Finance Hassan Al-Shareffi, ALANA was awarded $19,000. Rivera said that this money was used for the various events throughout the week, such as Col-lection of Expressions, hosted by the broth-ers of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, and which featured a performance by Oveous Maxi-mus, a spoken word artist.
This year, Waterman Theatre’s new fa-cilities manager, Suzayn Mackenzie-Roy, helped Rivera coordinate and organize the entire production. Roy and her team were in charge of all the technical aspects of the production, from lighting to sound. As tensions rose close to show time, some students said they did not enjoy their inter-action with Roy.
“Suzayn was very rude. She told one of my constituents, Jasmine Barlow, to get the [expletive] off her stage,” said Freeze, who explained that the interaction occurred af-ter Barlow ate a fruit on stage. “We are not children. We were highly offended by that and so was Jasmine.”
Roy acknowledged the interaction and said that it was unfair to the students.
“I apologized,” Roy said. “I lost my temper. It was completely inappropriate. I’ve already spoken to the ALANA organi-zation regarding it.”
A commotion was also caused after one of the scenes scheduled was cut out the night before the show. Shuave Jackson, who was in charge of coordinating and cre-ating the Greek Unity scene, said that lack of communication between them and the theater supervisors caused their section to be removed from the show.
The Greek Unity scene usually features the multicultural fraternities and sororities on campus in a performance of stepping and strolling.
According to Jackson, Greeks are not part of ALANA but are incorporated into the show because they are multicultural.
“We are not supposed to be on the fashion show, so for Maggie to even give us a scene, that was very kind of her,” Jackson said.
Jackson, a sister of Mu Sigma Upsilon Sorority, explained that her group was un-able to meet a couple of the deadlines for the show, and thus had its spot removed.
According to Jackson, they were unable to meet the deadline for video, but when she tried to contact Roy through email, she did not receive a response. Jackson was eventually able to talk to Roy at a rehearsal in Hewitt Union, where Roy extended the video deadline for their group. Still, Jack-son was unable to create the video on time
have no formal training in being a member of senate. All senators are re-quired to take an oath before they are officially senators. In this oath, they swear to preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the Student Asso-ciation to the best of their ability. They take this oath with their hand on top of said constitution.
a little bit ahead of some other years,” June said. “We only have 14 people now, we’re hoping by the end of the year we’ll have like 30. I’m feeling good about this year.”
Each senator is paid $100 at the end of the semester. Smith said that they essentially “get their student activity fee back.”
He also noted that the compensa-tion is only for those who attend all senate meetings and committee meet-ings. For every senate meeting missed, $5 is deducted from this amount. For every committee meeting missed, $3 is deducted. For every required office hour missed, $1 is deducted. Smith said that usually the payment to sena-tors is not the full amount.
Since the first official senate meet-ing on Sept. 17, the senate has passed one bill and one resolution. The bill concerned the funding of the League of Legends club in the amount of $110. The resolution was passed Tuesday and it urged the U.S. government to quickly end the shutdown that lasted 16 days and was resolved Wednesday. This resolution came after Smith rec-ommended it as a possible resolution a week prior.
Smith thinks that this lack of leg-islation will change once senators are more experienced.
“I hope that in the future, next semes-ter, when they know what they’re doing, we can get more done,” Smith said.
Smith also said that there is not a par-ticular issue that has sparked heated de-bate on campus.
“We don’t have anything to rally behind,” Smith said. “We’re not being challenged.”
June also understands the lack of productivity.“I would like to see more, but I under-
stand why we haven’t had much because we only have one returning person who has experience writing bills [in senate],” June said.
A bill-writing workshop for senators will be held this Saturday, and June thinks the number of legislation being presented will change greatly following. June is not concerned for the senate, but he knows
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Other issues arose, according to Jack-son, the night before the show. Everyone was scheduled to do a run-through of their scene in Waterman Theatre, but the Greek Unity scene was not scheduled to practice. They were able to fix that with Roy and started to go through their performance, but their music was not fully prepared.
“The only thing we had to do was cut the music…it takes 10 seconds to do that,” Jackson said. “So they made it into this big project, that they need lights and every-thing. And what I’m trying to explain to her, had she came to me in a professional note, in a polite manner, I could have ex-plained to her we didn’t need her system. We would just play our song from [DJ] Tumbo’s equipment cause that’s what we did last year, but she didn’t give me a chance to express that to her. So she came to me while we were practicing and said you’re out.”
Jackson said that she understands that deadlines were not met, but that Roy should not have waited until they were al-most done with their rehearsal to tell them that they were cut from the show.
“We were all very upset because we’ve been practicing all week,” Jackson said. She believes that something could have been done to keep their scene.
“I know that a lot of people were very disappointed in not only the fact that we didn’t have a Greek scene, but the fact that the show wasn’t about the students,” Jack-son said. “They were so focused on trying to make the show so structured and orga-nized that they forgot the main point was to have fun with it…it wasn’t us. And you could tell, it was evident, that it didn’t come from the students.”
To protect the privacy of the students involved, Maggie Rivera would not make specific comments on the Greek scene situ-ation.
“We gave all the organizations some deadlines and some of the deadlines were not met,” Rivera said.
Roy said that the decision to cut the group was made alongside faculty and staff.
“We decided as a whole that it wouldn’t be safe to have them on stage because they weren’t prepared,” Roy said. “We had been specific from the beginning about deadlines.”
Roy added that her concern was with safety. “If I have a group that isn’t prepared
to perform,” Roy said, “I can’t ensure that they are going to be safe.”
In the 2012 fashion show, the Caribbean Student Association had a similar experience where it was cut from the show due to missed deadlines. But to the current president of
CSA, Darlynda Brownlee, the students were responsible for not being a part of the show.
“People did not hand things in on time and they thought they could be a bigger au-thority and overrule that, and that’s not how it went down,” Brownlee said. “I definitely made sure that everything that needed to be done got done ahead of time actually.”
Brownlee added that her organization had a good experience and relationship with both Roy and Rivera.
Roy said that she understands why some of the regulations did not settle well with students, but that, along with the ALANA staff, they attempted to make the show as safe as possible, including the rule regarding open-toed shoes that upset performers.
“I understand it is a fashion show, but because of the way our stage is set up, it’s not safe to wear open-toed shoes,” said Roy, who clarified that this rule is present for any theatre production.
According to Roy, there is a dance floor that can be placed on the stage for dance performances that allows bare feet, but that comes with an extra fee.
Roy said she enjoyed working with AL-ANA and that the performance went well.
“I think the groups were fantastic,” Roy said. “I think everyone had a great attitude, I think everything ran smoothly.”
Farmer and Rivera recommend that students with concerns make formal com-plaints so that any issues can be addressed.
“Nobody has approached me and stu-dents do know that we are here,” Rivera said.
Rivera plans to start the student com-mittees for next year’s ALANA toward the end of October. The meetings will be open to anyone and provide students a chance to take leadership in not only the fashion but also workshops and programs.
Both Farmer and Rivera said that, al-though the fashion show was successful (the theatre holds 500 and the show was sold-out), ALANA week is about a lot more than just the fashion. Throughout the week, nu-merous events such as the Unity Peace Walk, the Alumni Student Leadership Panel and educational programs such as Definition of Beauty in Asia and Women’s Economic Em-powerment: The Rise of Independence took place and were run by students.
“I hope, as an alumni, as someone that participated in ALANA, they need to real-ize it’s more than just the fashion,” Farmer said. “There’s plenty of workshops and programs that are valuable…yet we are not even supporting it. People really, really need to re-evaluate what ALANA means to them. It’s importance and the fact that, if we don’t take ownership of it and if we don’t nurture it, we might lose it.”
Purple ribbons were handed out by members of Pride Alliance in support of Spirit Day.
I would like to see more, but I understand why we haven’t had much because we only have one returning person who has experience writing bills [in senate].”
- Benjamin June, vice president
of Student Association
their limitations due to inexperience. “I’d like us to go quicker, but I under-
stand that it’s better for everyone if we take it a bit slower,” June said.
Smith is working on changing the image of SA from that of a piggy bank for student organizations to the voice of the student body to the administra-tion of Oswego State. He wants stu-dents to know they do have power on this campus to make changes and help better the community.
SA is, as Smith alluded to, best known for its money. Each student at Oswego State is required to pay a $97 student activity fee that is voted on every two years by the student body. Over $700,000 is paid to SA each semester and roughly $1.4 million each academic year.
Occasionally, students from organi-
Passed legistlations by SA senate this semester:
● One bill to fund $110 to the League of Legends Club for a hosting server.
● One resolution calling for a quick end to the federal government shutdown.
● Two bills sent to finance and approprations committee for further review
zations will approach SA to request ad-ditional funds that their annual budgets do not cover. They plea their case in front of the senate then a senator vol-unteers to help them in writing a bill requesting more money.
When the bill is complete, it is brought to the senate where it is voted on. It is up to the discretion of each senator to vote on a bill he or she sees best for the student body and his or her constituents.
When a motion to vote on a bill is pro-posed by a senator, he or she can motion to vote by any means they see fit. This ranges from secret ballot, yays and nays, to even animal noises.
“Sometimes in committees we don’t have a lot to do and say, ‘Oh, motion to vote on this by meows and barks,’” June said.
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“Oswego Community Cares Day,” a charity event for cancer hosted by the brothers of Tau Kappa Epsilon, was held Sunday at the Ameri-can Foundry.
The event included musical acts from Our Friend’s Band, ZXZ band, Behind Broken Flames and Bao and a comedic performance by sophomore Sarah Benson.
TKE brother and fraternity public rela-tions manager Stanley Dorelien has been planning the event since May in an effort to bridge the gap between college students and the Oswego community.
Re-founded two years ago, TKE has been looking to create an event for a good cause and works extensively with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. One of the founders of St. Jude’s, Danny Thomas, was once a TKE brother so they strongly support their organization. Dorelien said a number of the brothers had a lot of cancer in their families.
“Cancer is a big cause that we feel really strongly about and we really wanted to touch that,” Dorelien said. “And it just fit perfectly with
St. Jude, being founded from a TKE, it also helps children with cancer, and it just came about.”
Vin McCarthy, a TKE brother, has had a lot of cancer in his family history. He was really touched by the event.
“There really isn’t a more noble cause than trying to support cancer research for children,” McCarthy said. “You generally think you won’t get cancer until you’re older.”
McCarthy said that his grandparents had can-cer and his father had cancer when he was young and it has helped make him the person he is.
“It’s been around my life so much that I can’t just not do something about it. I can’t not be in-volved in something like this,” McCarthy said.
McCarthy also said that finding a cure for cancer by raising money shouldn’t be the pri-mary goal, but instead should go to finding bet-ter ways for treatment and curving the fatality rates of cancer.
Dorelien said that he needed help with the event and was contacted by public relations major Kristen Burke. Burke works with the Stu-dent Association Programming Board and is a member of the Public Relations Student Society of America.
“I got involved in this because I have some brothers that were involved in TKE and I had
charity work experience and some event plan-ning experience,” Burke said.
Burke said that advertising was difficult for the charity event. She and TKE used primarily social media to advertise and had trouble writ-ing content that makes people interested.
“I’ve done event planning in my past, but it’s definitely a new experience being in Oswe-go,” Burke said. “I’m a sophomore now but it’s hard trying to make new connections in a new environment, so I’ve learned how to appeal to a different kind of community.”
Dorelien called Burke, “the heart to this project.”The people who came to the event enjoyed
a chicken barbeque dinner and raffles that gave away prizes that included an autographed Flor-ida-Georgia Line album, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis album and Jets and Giants sports gear. All proceeds went to St. Jude’s.
“I’m happy about how everything worked out,” Dorelien said. “I learned a lot of things.”
Burke said that the event made her think about connections between the city and the col-lege, and also in between clubs.
“If this charity has an event, then you guys should go support them,” Burke said. “If I know a different fraternity or sorority or club on cam-pus, just things that you know are happening,
you should all try to support each other for the better good.”
Burke expressed her thanks to everyone that came, all the local businesses that donated either as a sponsorship or all the raffle prizes and in
TKE holds first ever Oswego Community Cares Day for charityFraternity joins forces with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to raise money; entertainment event a success
general everyone for their support. “As far as getting people together and show-
ing that TKE is at least trying to reach out to the community, I think we were pretty successful,” Dorelien said.
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Members of TKE giving out raffle prizes at their event “Oswego Community Cares Day” held on Sunday.
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“The team treats me and the other freshmen just like they would a senior,” Trovato said. “Our team chemistry is one of the best out of all the teams I have been on.”
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Lakers split, stay in playoff race
See SOCCER, B2 Junior Tia Segretto (center) kicks the ball up the pitch during Oswego State’s match against Buffalo State last Friday afternoon. The hosts fell to the Tigers, 1-0.
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Club hockey wins second straight at homeOswego State surges in final period to defeat Binghamton University
Oswego State’s Andrew Schutt (right) prepares for a faceoff during last Friday’s 4-1 victory against Binghamton University in the Campus Center Ice Arena.
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Freshman goalie learns from first collegiate season
Freshman goaltender Jon Runge had some big shoes to fill on the men’s soccer team, as Oswego State lost two senior goalies at the end of the 2012 season.
The young net minder has made a ter-rific impression on the squad’s senior captain, Mike Naab, with his ability to handle “getting thrown in the fire.”
“He’s definitely stepped in and done well,” Naab said. “He’s definitely risen to the occasion in my eyes and everyone else’s. He’s got a bright future ahead of him.”
Runge has also impressed his coaches on the sidelines.
“Jon’s been great as a freshman stepping up to play,” assistant coach Brett Littlefield said. “He’s been ready when we’ve had to call on him. He’s done what he’s had to do to keep us in game and much more.”
But even with all the praise of those around him, Runge is critical of his play and notices the areas that he needs to improve upon heading into his sophomore season.
“I need to work on crosses. I used to be a lot better in the air but now the balls are bet-ter,” Runge said. “I need to work on getting up for big balls and owning my box.”
Runge and the Lakers have struggled to own their defensive third in the 2013 season. Oswego State has conceded 26 goals in 2013, an average of 2.17 per game, in its 12 games. Runge was in net for nine of those contests, allowing 21 goals for an average of 2.19 per game.
The statistics do not tell Runge’s entire story, as there has been improvement in ar-eas that are not visible on the scoreboard.
As Oswego State’s goalie, Runge is the leader of the defensive formation and must be a prevalent voice throughout games.
“Being the leader in the back, you need to be loud and not be afraid to hurt peo-ple’s feeling by telling them what they’re doing wrong,” Runge said of communi-cating with his teammates. “You need to be able to give constructive criticism.”
His teammates have already seen signs of a great leader developing just nine games into his career.
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Coming off a decisive victory over SUNY Cortland last Friday night, the Oswego State men’s club hockey team (3-2-1) was back in action at the Campus Center Ice Arena on Friday night, defeat-ing Binghamton University 4-1.
Oswego State’s Dylan Niewiemski had to make the game’s first save, but it would be Harris Pittinsky of Binghamton who was peppered with shots through-out the opening period.
The Lakers were aggressive and put 17 shots on net in the first period, with two of those chances beating the Bearcats’ sophomore net minder.
The hosts outshot Binghamton 17-6 in the period, in part due to Oswego State’s dominance of the puck throughout the opening 20 minutes.
Freshman forward Michael Pisarevsky beat the Binghamton goalie’s glove side to extend the Lakers lead. The goal was Pisarevsky’s second of the 2013 season.
The freshman’s goal would once again swing the momentum the home team’s way as the Lakers continued to attack and keep the puck in Binghamton’s zone.
But with just over two minutes to play in the period, the Bearcats earned an offen-sive zone faceoff, which led to a Bingham-ton goal before time expired.
The visitors won the faceoff and moved the puck from the right circle to the front of the net.
Senior Brian Shkolnik picked up the puck and slipped it past Niewiemski, cut-ting the Oswego State lead in half.
The goal was Shkolnik’s first of the season. The first period ended with a 2-1 Oswego State lead.
The Lakers used the many holes in the Bearcats’ defensive zone coverage in the first half of the period to pass and shoot at will, revealing Pittinsky’s discomfort in the crease.
Although their offensive control was unbroken for the first eight minutes, it only took the Lakers two minutes to put the game’s first goal on the board.
At the 18:02 mark, junior forward Ben Paige received a pass from senior forward Bobby Drexler
Paige took it to the goal line, just in-side the left faceoff circle, where he slid it behind Pittinsky and into the net.
A slashing penalty on senior Robert Thomaris gave the Lakers another scor-ing opportunity, and they were sure to take advantage on the power play.
Oswego State scored its second goal of the game just over a minute into the power play, increasing its lead to 2-0 early in the period.
Just one day after suffering a devas-tating 1-0 loss on Friday against Buffalo State, the Oswego State women’s soccer team overcame an early deficit and se-cured a 2-1 win against SUNY Fredonia on Senior Day.
The Lakers fell behind within the first 12 minutes of action before knotting the score up at the half and taking the lead in the final 45 minutes.
At the 11:22 mark, Fredonia freshman Jordyn Ruston crossed the ball through the box to fellow freshman Alexis More-land, who sent it home past Laker goal-tender, senior Emily Varonier.
Oswego State evened the score when reigning SUNYAC Offensive Player of the Week sophomore Bailey Waterbury scored an unassisted goal, her fourth of the year, at the 27:54 mark.
The Lakers took the lead about 10 minutes later when Waterbury fed junior Tia Segretto who buried the shot in the back of the net to give Oswego State a 2-1 lead it would never relinquish.
The goal was Segretto’s sixth of the year, which is good for second on the team behind senior captain Nikki Liadka who has 10.
The score remained 2-1 at the half, though Oswego State dominated posses-sion. The Lakers fired off 10 shots in the first period, compared to just three from the Blue Devils.
Fredonia made a strong push to even the score in the second half, tallying six shots, while the Lakers only recorded three.
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BAILEY WATERBURYWomen’s Soccer
Sophomore, Plattsburgh, N.Y.
In a 0-1-1 week for the Lakers, Naab scored Oswego’s only goal this past weekend. After playing 72 minutes of scoreless soccer with Fredonia on Satur-day afternoon, Naab found the back of the net at 72:40 to give the Lakers a late advantage. The goal was Naab’s fourth of the season which is good for the team lead. He is also in a five-way tie for the team-high in assists.
Waterbury was instrumental in the Lakers 2-1 victory over Fredonia on Saturday. She helped Oswego State come back from an early defi-cit at Laker Field on Senior Day. Dur-ing the 28th minute, she prevented a clearance by Fredonia, settled the ball and scored an unassisted goal. Waterbury also assisted on Tia Seg-retto’s goal for her, team and SUNY-AC leading, sixth assist this season. The goal she scored on Saturday was her first of the year.
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ROAD RECAPS
Men’s SoccerOswego State grabbed its third
draw of the season last Saturday. After 72 minutes of scoreless play, Lakers senior Mike Naab netted the first goal of the game at 72:40. It was seven minutes later when SUNY Fredonia found the equalizer from Mike Biggane. The two sides were unable to find a winner in the extra 20 minutes ending the game in a tie.
Field Hockey
The Oswego State volley-ball team went the distance to sweep its season series with St. John Fisher College by beating the host Cardinals in a tight matchup 3-2 (25-22, 25-27, 30-28, 10-25, 15-7) on Wednesday night. Oswego is now 5-1 in matches that go five sets while improving to 15-11.
Volleyball
The Oswego State field hockey team attempted only five shots in a 6-0 loss to SUNY Geneseo. Lisa O’Callaghan shot three times to lead Oswego while Court-ney Collins took two. Geneseo scored four goals in the first half and two in the second to arrive at the final score. Oswego goal-keeper Priscilla Paulose made 10 saves in the game.
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Despite some questionable officiating, Ariola said it did not impact the outcome of the game.
“We were getting pushed around quite a bit,” Ariola said. “I don’t think it af-fected the outcome of the game. It’s part of the game. They just have to learn to be physical right back.”
The Lakers performed well on defense to keep the game close. They surrendered only seven shots on goal throughout the game, most of them slow rollers that Laker goal-keeper, sophomore Alyssa Glasshagel easily scooped up.
“I think defensively, we played very well today,” Ariola said. “It was one of the best games I’ve seen defensively out of our team. [Buffalo State’s] a physical team and we matched that pretty well.”
The Lakers received a strong performance from freshman forward Nicole Perniciaro, who has seen her playing time increase lately. She substituted for Bri Dolan in the 31st min-ute and played until the overtime period.
“She’s playing really well,” Ariola said. “She came in as a walk-on and she’s been re-ally impressive and she’s getting better every day. It’s helping out a lot having her come off the bench.”
Perniciaro had a chance to win the game for the Lakers when, in the 87th minute, she dribbled the middle of the field, shook off a defender and found some space to advance the ball to the 18-yard box. She sent the ball toward the far post, but the ball sailed wide of the net.
Despite receiving the loss, Glasshagel had another strong game in between the posts with five saves.
She dominated the 18-yard box, being forced on numerous occasions to run out to the top of the box to flag down errant crosses and thru-balls.
In the 60th minute, Glasshagel came up huge for the Lakers, making a save on a breakaway shot against senior Bengal for-ward Shaunta Pyles.
Sophomore Bailey Waterbury carries the ball upfield against Buffalo State last Friday afternoon.
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Oswego State’s weekend split gives it an 8-5 record (3-3 SUNYAC). The Lakers currently sit in fifth place in the SUNYAC standings with nine conference points.
They trail Buffalo State (12 points), SUNY Oneonta (12 points), SUNY Cort-land (11 points) and The College at Brock-port (10 points).
The Lakers have played all their home games this season and have three road contests remaining before the postseason.
Oswego State has a chance to make up some ground in the SUNYAC standings when they travel to Brockport today for a conference match against the Golden Eagles at 3 p.m.
Oswego State holds ground as season winds down
Senior Damian Archie has enjoyed his time at Oswego State as a member of the men’s cross country team since transferring from Broome Community College.
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With just three games left in the 2013 season, the Oswego State men’s soccer team has a lot of work to do if it wants to make the postseason.
The Lakers (0-4-2, 0-9-3) are in last place in the SUNYAC, which has 10 teams, with just two points.
In the SUNYAC, only the top six teams advance to the conference tournament. At the moment, Oswego State sits four points behind the sixth spot shared by Buffalo State and SUNY New Paltz.
A win counts for three points and a tie earns one point, so closing a four-point gap in three games is far from impossible.
However, the Lakers’ remaining sched-ule is full of tough matchups, so any three-point result will have to be truly earned.
Oswego State does have the advantage of playing all of their remaining games at home on Laker Field.
The Lakers will start the home stand by facing The College at Brockport (3-1-1, 8-1-3, 10 points) today at 3 p.m., in their Breast Cancer Awareness game, followed by a match against SUNY Geneseo (3-2, 6-2-2, 9 points) Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m.
The Lakers will wrap up the season next Saturday afternoon with Senior Day against second place SUNY Cortland (4-2, 7-6, 12 points).
Oswego State will look to its seniors, playing to extend their college careers, to step up.
Those seniors include their captains Mike Naab and Brendan Beisner, along with Ryan Tibbetts, Eddie Silvestro, J.J. McLoughlin and Brandyn Peters.
Four of the six fourth-year players have contributed to the Lakers’ offense statis-tically this season and each of them has shown flashes of scoring capability at one time or another.
As many around the team say, they have the talent, but it is just about “string-ing it together.”
In the next three games that is what needs to be done in order to see soccer past Oct. 26.
Naab leads the team with four goals and an assist, but it will take more than his efforts atop the Oswego State formation to get the job done.
That being said, the players coming back will need to perform as well and they’re ready to.
“It’s all about playing for the seniors right now,” junior midfielder Zack Sac-cocio said. “We’re going to send them off with a few more good memories.”
The underclassmen can definitely help in that respect. Sophomore Patrick Sprague is second on the team in goals with two, and with his speed and foot skills, he can surely add another much-needed dimension to spark Oswego State’s offensive attack.
Facilitating Naab and Sprague will start in the midfield, where Oswego State has a plethora of talented distributors, including Saccocio, Beisner, Tibbetts and junior Michael Fuss.
They are expected to win balls around midfield and start the break, where Naab and Sprague are most effective.
Look for Silvestro and McLoughlin to supply some chances from the back line, as each has shown strong and accurate punting ability throughout the season.
Turning to Friday’s action, the Golden Eagles are currently in third place in the conference, but their postseason berth is far from sealed.
Led by sophomore Peter DiLorenzo, who has a SUNYAC-leading eight goals and senior Bobby Ross, who has added four goals along with four assists, SUNY Brockport has no trouble finding the back of the net.
The Golden Eagles average two goals a game, a total Oswego State has only reached twice in 2013, so the Lakers fresh-man goalie, Jon Runge, will be crucial for any success.
Oswego State will need strong commu-nication between Runge and his defensive backs in order to balance possession and create opportunities.
The offense’s ability to attack Brockport sophomore goalie Casey Sullivan will take pressure off Runge, after such a high-pres-sure freshman campaign.
This task will be a tall one, as Sulli-van is the conference leader in shutouts (seven), save percentage (.908) and goals against average (.480).
Moving onto Saturday, the Knights are battling for their playoff spot more than any of the Lakers’ final three opponents, as they sit in fifth place.
Averaging just over a goal in their five games in October, Geneseo is a team that relies on strong goalkeeping from their tandem to win.
Senior Dan Maddock and sophomore Logan Calvey have split time evenly this season, each allowing less than two goals per game.
The Lakers will need to be effective and quick with their counter attack on offense in order to take advantage of the Knights scoring struggles.
On Oct. 26, Oswego State will say goodbye to its six seniors against a conference rival in SUNY Cortland.
Cortland is the closest SUNYAC school geographically to Oswego State and has be-come the Lakers’ second-biggest rival, behind SUNY Plattsburgh.
The Red Dragons are one of the most bal-anced squads in the conference. They are led by senior, Bryan Merlos, junior Darren Mc-Cormack and sophomore Dillon Johnson, who each have scored five goals in 2013.
SUNY Cortland has outscored opponents 26-19 this season, which is also attributed to solid goal keeping by junior Tim Beauvais.
Beauvais leads the SUNYAC in saves per game with just under seven, and is third in the conference with four shutouts.
The Lakers will surely have their hands full as they try to send off the class of 2013.
Coming into this final three game stretch, Oswego State has been starting to put the piec-es together. It has lost two of its last four to Buf-falo State and SUNY Plattsburgh, but it picked up its second and third draws of 2013 as well, against SUNY Fredonia and SUNY Potsdam.
While the Lakers have a lot of work to do, their coaches have confidence that they can still do this if they take it one step at a time.
“Our team’s focused to win these three games,” assistant coach Brett Little-field said. “It’s one game at a time, starting this Friday.”
Junior midfielder Zack Saccocio has helped lead Oswego State’s offense this season. The Lakers are currently 0-9-3 on the season with three games remaining.
Men’s soccer looking for strong finish, playoff spot as 2013 season reaches conclusion
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However, Varonier managed to save every shot that reached the net to secure the victory for Oswego State.
The Lakers needed to secure the vic-tory against a conference opponent after dropping Friday’s contest 1-0 to SUNYAC rival Buffalo State.
Buffalo State defender Katie Shaw headed home the winning goal less than five minutes into overtime, as her tally was the only goal in a bitter 1-0 overtime loss for the Lakers.
Though the Lakers held a 12-7 shot advantage, they were shutout for the sec-ond game in a row after losing at home to SUNY Potsdam 2-0 on Oct. 5. The first major chance for the Lakers came in the 17th minute when freshman midfielder Emily Gleason sent the ball toward the goal from the top of the 18-yard box.
The ball deflected a number of times in the box before until Bengal goalkeeper Linda Banfield was able to grab it. Six minutes later, Gleason sent a header from the top of the 18-yard box that was sent wide of the net.
The Lakers failed to dominate possession the way they had in previous games, but still managed to keep pressure on the Ben-gals’ defense throughout the game. Assistant coach Gabby Ariola said the team struggled to finish.
“We need to be more composed when we’re in front of the goal, take our shots, take the girls on,” Ariola said.
The Lakers did not get much production from their top scorers. The goal-scoring four-some of junior Bri Dolan, Segretto, Waterbury and Liadka combined for only two shots on goal, both from Waterbury.
Buffalo State held a large size advan-tage, but Ariola said her team was ready for the challenge.
“[Buffalo State] won a lot of balls in the air, but our girls did well at midfield trying to contest with them.”
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Damian Archie has had a successful senior year for the Oswego State men’s cross country team and could not be hap-pier at Oswego State after transferring from Broome Community College.
“I’ve loved Oswego so far,” he said via email. “It’s a whole new change and different atmosphere than being at a community college.”
While many talk about the horrible winters of Oswego, Archie has embraced them and the city as a whole.
“I also made it through the first win-ter. It’s a lot more exciting when you have to run out in those temperatures everyday too,” Archie said. “We run all over the city and it’s more interesting than back home in a fairly big city. Here there’s so much history with the fort and so many parks and trails you can go ex-plore, I love it.”
Archie said that his time at Oswego State has been valuable, as the program has helped him become a stronger run-ner than he was at his former school.
“At Broome, we practiced maybe five days a week and ran around 30 miles a week.,” Archie said. “Broome was more laid back than here. We still have a lot of fun here, but it is taken more serious by all of us as we all want to do well.”
Archie has also enjoyed the higher level of competition both in practice and during races with Oswego State.
Lakers win second in a row at homeHOCKEY, from B1
“The competition isn’t as strong when I was at Broome compared to some of these SUNYAC teams we race against,” Archie said.
“This season we’ve been in the up-per-60 miles a week and the workouts are exponentially more challenging. We also did most of our workouts on a track, where here we do our workouts around the lagoon on grass. You go from running around 40th place at a national meet in the NJCAA to 100-something at a regional meet in the NCAA while running over a minute faster.”
Archie did not participate in cross-country until college, as he chose not to run during high school. Yet, he has still managed to post solid times and strong results this season.
Archie is very happy with his races so far, considering how much work he has put in during practice.
“I’ve already ran 30 seconds faster than last year and only feel like I’m get-ting faster,” Archie said. “The workouts we’ve been doing, on paper, would look extremely difficult last year, but this year, they are still challenging and I feel good doing them.”
Archie said he will continue to work hard in practice to better prepare himself for the rigors of championship races.
“The times from last year are start-ing to carry over and, although there’s only one meet left until championships, there’s still three weeks left until then,” Archie said.
The Lakers dominated the faceoff circles and had much to celebrate in their 4-1 victory last Friday night.
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Cross country star succeeds in final season
“That’s plenty of time to work out the kinks and get ourselves in better shape and prepare for SUNYACS.”
This past Friday, the men’s and wom-en’s cross country teams participated in an intra-squad meet.
Archie said that both teams looked good across the board, and he is excited to see how it will translate into the team’s remaining meets.
“We have several seniors this year who will be leaving, so it’s the last year to do something big and we’re all very excited,” Archie said.
One of the goals Archie has for the up-coming championship meets is to break the 26-minute mark. If he can accomplish that feat, he said he thinks he can make the All-Conference and All-Region teams and try to make the cut for Nationals. He also said that the team is shooting to move up in the SUNYAC standings and will fight to become one of the top 16 teams in the region. Archie said the national meet is also always a goal for a cross-country team, though he cited the difficulties in doing so.
“The national meet is very difficult to get into, especially running in the SUN-YAC conference,” Archie said. “There are so many really good teams in this region that beat most of the D1 teams in the state. We would all have to drop 1-2 minutes each in order to match up with some of the top teams, which isn’t all impossible, but it would take the perfect race on our part with some bad races by other teams.”
Senior Damian Archie has enjoyed his time at Oswego State as a member of the men’s cross country team since transferring from Broome Community College.
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Off the opening faceoff of the second period, Binghamton pushed the puck into its offensive third and put pressure on Niewiemski.
Outside of an unfruitful run at the net by freshman Michael Lucarelli around the 16:30 mark, the Lakers failed to cut into the Bearcats’ puck possession until their first power play of the period.
A slashing call on Binghamton junior Scott Muhlstein at 12:10 in the period opened up the ice for the hosts. Pittin-sky continued to play well throughout the period, as he handled the majority of Oswego State chances.
The best chance the Lakers had dur-ing the man advantage was blocked by Binghamton and taken the other way. Al-though the visitors didn’t capitalize, the sequence further exposed the let up in the Oswego State pressure.
The Lakers fell back into a counterat-tack style of play for the period, allowing Binghamton to win the 50-50 pucks.
With the open range made available to them, the Bearcats settled in and were able to pepper the Oswego State net. The Bearcats finished the period with 11 shots, the highest single-period total of the night.
However, Niewiemski continued to impress the campus center crowd and Lakers’ head coach Jay Peacock, and managed to hold Binghamton scoreless in the period, saving all 11 shots and reaching 26 total saves.
“We’ve got this ace in the hole named Dylan Niewiemski,” Peacock said. “He just keeps coming up with [saves].”
Each team would have one last rush on net for the period, but each defensive unit had enough left in the tank to fill the gaps in front of their respective net and push the puck out, holding the score at 2-1 in favor of the Lakers.
Out of the locker room for the third period, Oswego State had re-discovered its aggressive, up-tempo style from the opening period.
In the first six minutes, shots were fly-ing all around Pittinsky and then, at the 13:54 mark, Pisarevsky struck again.
The line of Pisarevsky, fellow fresh-man Kegan Storjohann and junior Richie Santini controlled the puck and advanced it to Pittinsky’s doorstep.
Santini fired a shot on goal, which the Bearcats’ net minder pushed onto the back netting. However, Storjohann found the puck and managed to keep the Oswego State possession alive.
The freshman from Arizona brought the puck around to the right pipe and slid it cross-ice onto the stick of Pisarevsky for the finish.
The sequence gave each player his sixth point of the season, tied for the team-high.
The young line was facilitating chances all night and Pisarevsky said he felt good about its play and the team’s performance as a whole.
“I’m lucky enough to be on a line with guys who get me the puck,” Pisarevsky said. “Once we get the puck in the zone, we’ve got a lot of speed. Everyone can skate and we get the goals flowing.”
The Lakers changed lines for the en-suing faceoff but the new cast of players quickly had the same success.
Freshman forward Andrew Schutt won the faceoff and found graduate stu-dent Chris Timmons. He fed it back to Schutt, who gave it off to senior DJ Maz-zoni for the score.
Mazzoni weaved around Pittinsky and finished Oswego State’s fourth and final scoring play of the night, just 16 sec-onds after scoring its third goal.
Schutt, along with Storjohann, Pisarevsky and Brendon Wormley, ig-nited Oswego State’s offense on Friday night and Peacock said he was very pleased with the performance of his freshmen so far this season.
“Last year our freshmen scored three goals all year long. Last Saturday versus Cortland, they scored eight,” Peacock said. “That’s how they contribute to this team and they go, and they go, and they go.”
From that point on, the intensity level skyrocketed. At the 8:21 mark, Paige put a shot on the Binghamton net, which Pit-tinsky squeezed up against the left pipe with his pad.
Several Lakers came on to try to force the puck in, but they instead ran into Pit-tinsky, leading to immediate retaliation from the Bearcats.
A scrum ensued behind the Bingham-ton net, which led to three players earn-ing two minutes in the penalty box.
Oswego State’s Paige and Pisarevsky each received two minutes for roughing, while Binghamton’s David Dvorak got two for charging.
Oswego State picked up two more penalties in the following six minutes, allowing the Bearcats to push the puck in the Laker zone toward Niewiemski.
The sophomore held steady and kept Oswego State on top, as the team secured its third win of the 2013 season.
The Lakers will continue their cam-paign next weekend with two games against nationally ranked opponents in the Buffalo area.
They will take on No. 23 Niagara Uni-versity on Friday night, followed by a matchup with No. 22 University of Buffalo on Saturday.
Oswego State is set to host “Pink the Rink” on Sunday, Oct. 27 to support and raise awareness for breast cancer.
The Lakers will take on Syracuse Uni-versity at 1:30 p.m. at the Campus Center Ice Arena.
“He talks to his backs, which is the most critical part,” Naab said. “He’s definitely al-ways communicating. He does that to his de-fenders and the rest of the team as well.”
Littlefield is impressed with the squad’s keeper and sees him stepping up in 2014.
“It’s a big step, especially in the back, that’s the last line of defense because any mistake he makes is going to show more than anywhere else because it’s going to end up as a goal against us,” Littlefield said. “We’re ex-pecting him to take a bigger leadership role.”
Runge’s favorite memory from his fresh-man season has been the friendships he made with his teammates.
“Coming to college, a lot of kids have trouble making friends, and having a good group of friends to get into is a good start,” Runge said.
The Cicero native has enjoyed his time at Oswego State so far and looks forward to making an impact the next three years.
“It’s a great school. I’ve loved it from the start and it has a great accounting program,” Runge said. “It has a pretty good soccer history and I hope to see what we can do going forward and try to play some good college soccer.”
Runge is optimistic that Oswego State can learn from this year and that “good college soccer” can start next season.
“We have players who can string it together,” Runge said. “We had talent but just couldn’t put the pieces together. We’ve definitely had our chances, just couldn’t put them away. We had a hard work ethic and never gave up all the way through to the end. Hopefully next year we can string everything together with some new players.”
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Recreational Sports Report
While some intramural sports are in the thick of their seasons the co-rec intramu-ral softball league has just two teams re-maining this year before the championship game approaches.
Funnelle All-Stars and WTOP and Athletes will face off in the championship contest on Oct.18.
WTOP and Athletes has had a domi-nant season thus far. Led by Matt Stone, they went unbeaten in the regular season, going 5-0.
The team advanced in the playoffs af-ter a forfeit victory in the semifinals.
Meanwhile, Funnelle All-Stars have had a rollercoaster season, finishing the year 3-2. However, after an impressive 6-1 win in the semifinals against Honey Nut Ichiros, they now find themselves just one victory away from taking home the championship T-shirts.
Their championship meeting marks the second time that the two teams will go head-to-head this season.
Back on Sept. 23, both teams fought hard, with WTOP and Athletes outlasting Funnelle All-Stars, 8-7, in a close contest.
However, the stakes have now been raised with a championship title waiting to be claimed.
In the men’s league, there are two squads left competing for the title. Ten teams entered the playoffs with champi-onship aspirations, but only Sons of Pitch-es and The Guild remain standing.
The Guild has had a solid season, los-ing only one game en route to a 5-1 regular season record.
In the playoffs, it relied on its offense to carry the team, as it out-swung Ball so Hard, 13-6, in the quarters and Monstars, 9-6, in the semis.
Sons of Pitches endured an inconsis-tent regular season, going just 3-2. The squad lost twice to The Guild in the reg-ular season by scores of 13-9 and 15-14.
However, after a 15-12 win over Dirty Mike and the Boys and a 9-8 defeat of previously unbeaten Rolltiders, Sons of Pitches will try to extend their winning streak and secure a championship title.
Meanwhile, intramural flag football has reached the end of the regular season with the playoffs now on the horizon.
In co-rec league, Daddie$$ clinched the No. 1 seed after earning a 4-1 record in the regular season. The squad scored at least 30 points in all of its wins.
Its top challenger would seem to be the 2-2 Ball Crushers, which was the only team to beat Daddie$$ during the regular season.
However, in the men’s competitive league, it is a completely wide open race to see who comes out a champion.
With 27 teams in the league, the play-offs will be impossible to predict. Hell-hounds and Channel 5 News went a combined 11-0 and will be the favorites.
However, there are other teams fight-ing for a chamionship as well.
The Guild did not lose a game en route to finishing 3-0-1, while 4 RIP, S.O.D.M.G, Rolltiders, Dillon Panthers and Hustlin Homies all finished at 4-1. The Saltine Warriors are also in the mix with a 3-1 record.
Play is set to resume next week, with championship aspirations on the line.
Sophomore goalie leads Oswego State
“We all know that on the field, the goalie is the commander,” Glasshagel said. “Off the field, I’m an underclassman. With the other upperclassmen and espe-cially the captains, I let them know that I know my place. At the same time, they respect me as much as I respect them.”
Glasshagel started the season in a goal-keeping platoon with Varonier. Her hard work caught the eye of her coach and she was named the starter after nine games. During the prior two seasons, Varonier, her predecessor, had started all but one game in goal.
“It’s bittersweet,” Glasshagel said about winning the starting job. “I’m so close with [Varonier]. We feed off each other at practice. We give each other our inspiration and our competition levels rises because of it. But I worked so hard for it that I can’t not be happy for myself.”
Standard procedure normally calls for the player with the most experience to start over the inexperienced if their skill sets are relatively equal. But McGrane does not see himself as going against con-ventional wisdom with his decision to start Glasshagel.
“Both of them competed and we just felt that Alyssa was playing with at a little bit more confidence,” he said.
McGrane and the Lakers have not re-gretted that decision. Glasshagel has been one of the players at the forefront of a bounce-back year for the Lakers.
They currently sits at 8-5, one win bet-ter than all of last season, and the team credits Glasshagel’s strong play as a key to their success.
“Everything starts from the back,” Wa-terbury said. “We’re able to trust that she can save us.”
Glasshagel has been facing adversity for as long she’s been between the posts. At five feet, two inches tall, she is short for a position that usually requires more size.
“My height’s been an issue since I start-ed playing soccer,” Glasshagel said. “Ev-eryone’s always told me I’m the shortest one on the field.”
Glasshagel started playing goalie at the age of five. She was put in the position be-cause she “couldn’t play anywhere else.” She quickly fell in love with the idea of being a shot stopper.
“I grew a love for it,” she said. She once had a coach tell her that she
would never play soccer in college, telling her she was too short, too slow and not good enough.
“He’s the reason I’m playing college ball,” Glasshagel said. “It motivated me.”
Glasshagel has worked to use her height to her advantage.
“My strengths are my low balls just because of my height,” she said. “I’ve worked hard on my breakaways and low balls to make sure that’s concrete.”
Glasshagel admits that she sometimes has issues with shots and crosses that are high, though she refused to acknowledge it as a weakness.
“I don’t call it a weakness because I’ve been working on them,” she said. “I al-ways work on them, but you know, 5’ 2’’.”
Glasshagel’s height came into play during two conference games this season against SUNY Potsdam and Buffalo State.
Both games were losses for the Lak-ers. Each of the game-winning goals were high arcing shots that a taller goalkeeper could have potentially stopped, some-thing McGrane denies.
“At this level, all goalies, no matter what their height are going to have trou-ble with high balls,” McGrane said.
Glasshagel, for her part, has not let the set-backs bother her too much.
“Being a goalkeeper, you have to realize that there are good goals and there are bad goals,” she said. “Even if you have a bad goal go in, you can’t take it to heart, especially into the next game, or you’re not going to play right.”
Her poise has impressed her teammates, as she does not let anything get to her from the bad goals to the success and pressure of being in a playoff run.
“I’ve learned from being a goalkeeper for so long,” Glasshagel said, “that you have to take in the experience then, let it go.”
Torrin KearnsStaff [email protected]
Sophomore Alyssa Glasshagel has stepped into the starting goalkeeper role in 2013 and become a center piece of a postseason bound team.
Students compete in the campus recreation intramural softball league. There are only two teams remaining.
Sophomore goaltender Alyssa Glasshagel has made life easier for the 8-5 Oswego State women’s soccer team through her performance between the posts. Her play can be summed up with one particular play last weekend.
In a scoreless game, a visiting player found a hole in the back line of the Lakers’ defense and broke through for a break-away attempt. The player glanced down for just a moment to take the perfect le-thal touch. When she looked up, she saw Glasshagel stationed at the top of the 18-yard box, waiting to make a play.
Surprised by Glasshagel’s approach to the ball, the visiting player panicked and shot early, a low shot, flat on the ground. Glasshagel collapsed to the ground and smothers the ball, her intellect and abil-ity to play the ball providing the Lakers with a terrific presence between the posts on that play and more.
When teammates and coaches talk about Glasshagel, the key word out of ev-eryone’s mouth is confidence.
“She’s a confident kid,” Lakers head coach Brian McGrane said.
Glasshagel’s confidence is soaring af-ter earning the starting goalkeeper job for the Lakers as a sophomore.
She has a goals-against-average of just over one and has four wins on the season despite splitting time with senior and for-mer starter goalie Emily Varonier earlier in the season.
The way Glasshagel has gone about handling her responsibility as a starting goalkeeper has impressed her teammates.
“She’s confident in her position and she knows what she’s doing,” sopho-more midfielder Baily Waterbury said. “She knows what she has to get done and does it.”
Glasshagel understands the leader-ship responsibility that comes with being a goalkeeper and the modesty that comes with being an underclassman.
Photo provided by Allison Martin
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OPINION
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Rachael Keplerfreshman, broadcasting and mass communication major
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Peter Myersjunior, cinema and screen studies major
“No.”
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FRIDAY, Oct. 18, 2013
Do you know who your SA senator is?
Tip of the hat...
Wag of the finger...
◊...to the mothers of students using the Common Application for voicing their
concerns Facebook.
◊...to TKE fraternity for hosting the first annual Community Cares Day.
◊...to University Police for catching more drug dealers, because drugs are bad.
◊...to chicken, both cooked and uncooked, for having too much salmonella.
◊...to the student body for knowing nothing about SA.
◊...to the Common Application for stifling the dreams of applicants across the country.
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STAFF EDITORIALUSE YOUR VOICE FOR CHANGE
IN THE OFFICEDraconian law is disgrace to country
Moraima Capellán PichardoA&E Editor
The Dominican Republic Constitution-al Court recently passed a ruling that will strip the citizenship of thousands of chil-dren of migrant workers. The ruling will affect those born to immigrants without a residency permit since 1929.
The people most affected by this rul-ing are Haitians, including Haitians who may not have Haitian citizenship, Hai-tians who may not speak Creole, Haitians who consider themselves Dominicans and Haitians who work and contribute to the island of Hispaniola like any other normal citizen.
Sound familiar? It’s exactly the way the children of immigrants, especially Mexicans are treated in the United States: no humanity and reasoning solely based on racism.
Since the organization’s inception, Os-wego State students have made a habit of complaining about the Student Association government. Whether complaints focus on cuts in funding to their clubs or a lack of productivity, SA has become a go-to punch-ing bag around campus.
What students don’t seem to like to do, however, is get involved to solve some of the problems they complain about. The fact that SA has only 14 senators, 11 of whom are freshmen, speaks to the general cul-ture of apathy at Oswego State. Quite sim-ply, students would rather sit around and complain than take the initiative to get out and help solve the problems students face on campus.
Certainly, SA is not without blame. Its interaction with student organiza-tions has left much to be desired and the
As a Dominican immigrant who has experienced first-hand the prejudice and harsh reality of migrating to the United States, I am disgusted. It’s embarrassing to the work of countless people who have attempted to bring fairness into the immi-gration system in the states.
Latinos apparently cannot get along. By oppressing one another, Latinos often behave the way the white system wants them to. White racists no longer need to work hard. We do the work for them, and the Dominican Republic is a perfect ex-ample of this.
Dominican and Haitian conflict is old news, but one thing that has always fueled the conflict is race. Dominicans constantly deny their African roots. Since we speak Spanish, it is easy for us to identify with the “beautiful” Spanish Conquistadors (or murderers). Most Dominicans find it easy to agree with what the rest of the world is telling us: black is ugly, black is worthless. It’ i harder to fight this notion, I guess.
Growing up on the island, I was sur-rounded by racist adults who refused to admit that to the rest of the world they are not white. Because black is so ugly, they call themselves “Indio” or “India.” They talk about “bettering the race” by encour-aging their children to stay away from Haitians and Indio Dominicans.
At a young age, I noticed that I was
treated differently, because to Domini-can standards, I am “light-skinned” and my hair is not nappy. I can recall my first years in Brooklyn and the surprise that I got when I met successful Haitians. As a child, I had grown to believe that Haitians are dangerous and disgusting, much like the way white children are taught to cross the street and clutch their purses when they see African Americans walk down the block.
But like most Dominicans, I am black. It is not the same black as African-Americans, and it is not the same black as African immigrants. It is a wonder-ful mix of African slaves, Taino natives and Spaniards.
African roots are prevalent all over Do-minican culture and all over Latin culture at that. From our famous plantain dish, Mangú (it has West African roots) to our music (palos anyone?), all of the aspects that make us proud of our small island have an African touch. So why do we look across our island and abuse our Haitian brothers and sisters? We want to be treat-ed like human beings in the States, but we maltreat our neighbors.
This is due to a lack of education, the Americanization of our culture and the lack of a good mirror. If you’re Domini-can, if you’re Latino, stop making a fool of us. You are black. Get over it.
LETTER TO THE EDITORIt’s the smallest of words that can either
hurt you or save you. It’s the power that one has to create meaning and the ability to not only share opinion, but also paint pictures with letters across a page. Having the ca-pability to write one’s judgment and have it not only be said, but heard is a privilege, one that up until October 2011, for the mi-nority on this campus was non-existent.
Kwame Belle, a recent graduate of Os-wego State, gave our minority that oppor-tunity by creating The Voice. The Voice, a gift to the Black Student Union, is an online magazine, dedicated but not limited to the minority of Oswego State. In transferring to our university Belle realized that there were no real outlets for people of color to share, speak, or be heard on campus.
“We were constantly misrepresented or
just downright ignored,” Belle said. Begin-ning this outlet was no class assignment, or quick way to become “the man on campus” but out of sheer passion, passion driven by fearlessness and a need for results. Even with the media outlets offered on campus, Belle realized students of color had a lack of articles and there was generality within the stories to said students.
In a school where diversity is so strongly suggested, it is easy to see how that sug-gestion is in some ways subjective. The Voice is an outlet that challenges the ideas of students of all color to write, record and express whatever it is that they feel. There are so many students on campus that feel strongly about different things and want to have their thoughts in different forms of writing published for eyes to see yet fail
to make it. With The Voice, failing is never an option.
A lot of time we speak, and are heard but not necessarily listened to. With The Voice, there is such a variety of both culture and insight that the only thing to do is become entrapped in the verses of your very own peers. We have such genuinely talented people on this campus and The Voice is that outlet for discovery. The Voice is the outlet to finally openly write and say what you want loud and clear.
As a minority on campus and now edi-tor of The Voice, Belle’s visions have come to life. Students of color now have a media outlet to finally be heard. Our first step is to speak.
Kiana St. Louis Junior, Oswego State
organization’s transparency has, for several years now, been abysmal.
The Oswegonian, along with other me-dia organizations on campus, deserves blame for problems between SA and stu-dents as well. It is our job to keep students informed on all SA policy that directly af-fects them and, in this regard, we have dropped the ball. We have turned our eye away from SA senate meetings and events, allowing SA leaders to slip more and more out of the consciousness of students. It is our hope that enhanced coverage, includ-ing the new “This week in SA” section, will create greater transparency in the sen-ate and draw more student interest to their student government.
SA handles $1.2 million of student, which under the current system is being controlled by only a handful of students. Until more
students directly involve themselves in gov-ernment, whether through applying for sen-ate seats or showing up in-person to meet-ings and letting their voices be heard, we will have no true “student” government.
Students should keep in mind that any-one is allowed to submit legislation to the senate floor. See a problem on campus? Contact your senator and work on a solu-tion. The whole idea of student govern-ment is to provide to students, the primary financers of the entire university, a way to dictate the policy of the university they at-tend. When 99 percent of the student body avoids involvement, we leave ourselves utterly powerless.
So next time you find yourself with the urge to complain, instead find your way into a senate meeting and make your voice worth something.
OPINION B5FRIDAY, Oct. 18, 2013THE OSWEGONIAN
Entire class sent abroadLouisiana college sending freshman class abroad prompts discussion
Centenary College of Louisiana an-nounced on Oct. 3 an initiative called “Cente-nary in Paris.” The initiative involves the plan of taking its entire freshman class to Paris for approximately 10 days during the summer. It is a part of the college’s new immersive seg-ment of the fall semester, starting next August.
This idea of sending 150 first-year students of a college to a foreign country sounds “for-midable,” (wonderful) as William Arceneaux, president of the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana stated. True. Centenary College of Louisiana is the first one in the na-tion to do this. True. The highest officials of Louisiana and France are linked to the idea. They approved it. True.
This idea is attractive. However, concerns to debate the idea still lingers.
The first interesting point is, provided that 150 students are at once in the foreign country, they have less chance to learn about France and Paris. True merit of study abroad programs come from understanding a foreign culture and the understanding comes from meeting locals and talking to them in their language and realizing who they are as Amer-icans themselves.
However, under the Centenary in Paris initiative, 150 students are likely to talk to each other and hang around by themselves, as they are new to each other, too. They will rather build friendships among themselves, especially if faculties hold their whole class and supervise their trip.
The program may support students in cre-
Jihyoung SonStaff Wrtier
ating strong bonds with classmates and with the college, that’s not a learning procedure of a foreign country or culture. This suits well with what David Rowe, president of Centena-ry College of Louisiana said to Inside Higher Ed, “The focus of the study is not Paris. Paris is the venue of the study.”
This goes against the remark of Arceneaux, praising the initiative’s “efforts to promote its French language heritage,” which Louisiana State originally had during the European colonial era.
Secondly, the fact that the students are “freshmen” matters. Research from Uni-versity of Delaware “The Freshman Factor: Outcomes of Short-Term Education Abroad Programs on First-Year Students,” compared the effects of study abroad programs between freshmen and sophomores.
Eighty percent of sophomore first-timers said sophomore year was the right time for them, according to the survey conducted on freshmen and sophomore first-timers who participated in the study abroad program in January 2006 and 2007. Only 20 percent of them wished they were in the program in the first year. It also shows freshmen are not thinking primarily about their major or career choosing to go abroad. The report also said sophomore first-timers learned more than freshmen about current political or social is-sues outside of the U.S., considering Univer-sity of Delaware has not had a program of all first year students going abroad at once, this looks significant.
English professor of Centenary College of Louisiana Jeff Hendricks said, “often it is too late as they (juniors) have to shift their focus to graduation.” Well, I am currently a junior now and I am having a great experience here.
Now I can see what I would not have seen if I was a freshman.
Last but not least, money matters. Accord-ing to the Louisiana local newspaper Shreve-port Times, students will not be required to pay any additional fees or expenses for the trip as the cost of study abroad is factored into tuition and fees.
This means if the college’s budget is tight due to a larger curricular overhaul, they may plan to increase the tuition fee for incoming students. An article of Inside Higher Ed in Oc-tober pointed this out, saying the university plans to increase tuition.
Details to be settled are not confined to the monetary issues. Where are they going to stay once all 150 students arrive at Paris? Is there a suitable building in a college in Paris that all students could accommodate at the same time?
What about Rowe’s remark that the “Cen-tenary in Paris course is not required to gradu-ate,” according to National Public Radio? Will this confuse Centenary first-year students?
In addition to these, in a discussion forum of Inside Higher Ed, pros and cons make a controversy, which leads to students’ confu-sion. Remarks range from questioning who exactly approved the trip idea and possibly how many students do not support this Paris initiative. No matter these are clarified fact or not, this is not helpful for students who need to make a decision.
The best thing the Centenary College of Louisiana authorities could aim at is to set up the detail as soon as possible and notify facul-ties, staff and students to prevent any further confusion, if possible.
The idea, which sounds attractive, means it also involves risks.
Over the course of the last few months, the Shineman Center has transformed from an object of admiration to a building in which we need to get work done. In this process, there are bound to be growing pains, and Shineman has proven to have its fair share thus far.
The problem that got my attention was the unbearable periodic roars and whistles of the ventilation system in some class-rooms. Not only are these sounds incred-ibly distracting, but they can also make the teacher impossible to hear. Most likely, oth-ers have found different problems.
My first reaction was that the ventilation issue is a shame. At the same time, it struck me as being ungrateful to complain. The Shineman Center was an incredibly gener-ous gift to Oswego State, and we should be thankful for it, warts and all.
Others seemed to share a similar reac-
Growing pains, concerns rattle Shineman
Kimberlyn BaileyStaff Writer
tion. My calculus professor went so far as to complain to the class that he should not have to teach in a room that sounds like a factory, and apologized for the difficulty. Later, he begrudgingly contented with himself spending, hours speaking at a vol-ume on the verge of shouting.
I found this too bothersome to keep from making a formal complaint. When I finally reported the problem to Facilities Maintenance and Operations, they did not, to my surprise, politely tell me to suck it up and get used to it. It turns out that the con-
The resources to fix these problems are available. We just need to remind ourselves of
this when we hesitate to report them.”
tractors who built Shineman included a one-year warranty in their deal with Os-wego State that will allow the school to fix these problems.
“This is kind of like a bumper to bumper warranty on an automobile,” said Allen Bradberry, construction co-ordinator at Oswego State. “As items are discovered or identified, they are brought to the attention of the contrac-tor and addressed accordingly. But they do need to be brought to the attention of Facilities Services so that we are aware of them.”
This gave me the thought that we should keep this “bumper to bumper warranty” in mind as we settle into our new place. A few days ago, I noticed the ventilations systems in my classrooms were quiet, and my calculus professor was happy to not have to yell. It’s un-fortunate that it took this long for the problem to be reported. The resources to fix these problems are available. We just need to remind ourselves of this when we hesitate to report them.
We should aim to be constructive in this next year. Let’s pay attention to the noises, odors, cracks and snags of the building, and report any problems to Facilities Maintenance and Operations. We’ll use this beautiful space for a long time, but only this year can we get it fixed for free.
To request maintenance anywhere on campus, go to iservicedesk.oswego.edu, or contact Facilities Maintenance and Operations at [email protected],
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For years, I’ve been a huge OutKast fan. I love Andre 3000 and Big Boi. Their mu-sic is just out of this world, and since the beginning of the semester, I’ve been getting back on my OutKast flow. There’s some-thing in the lyrics that Andre 3000 comes up with that just blows my mind. The man is a lyrical genius, just as he is musically. With Dre, I can apply most of his lyrics to the way things are in the world around me. A prime example lies within the second verse of their smash hit “Hey Ya!” in which 3000 says “We get together, oh we get together, but separate’s always better when there’s feelings involved”.
Somehow in college, those lyrics never seemed more appropriate.
Sure, I’m a first year freshman, so it’s easy to ignore this article and chalk it up to me being immature and having a mis-understanding of relationships. But I’m a romantic. I pride myself on being a roman-tic whether I live or die as one, and in col-lege your romantic life can either go very good, or very bad. In college, you’re going to meet people you will most likely keep in touch with for the rest of your life. In the six short weeks that I’ve been at Oswego, I’ve
Issack CintronStaff Writer
seen many people walking around campus holding hands with their significant other. I believe in true love, but sometimes true love can bite you on the dark side of the moon, and when it does sometimes it can be hard to recover. This presents a com-mon question for college students: are col-lege relationships worth it?
The factors of schedules, homework, studying, extra-curricular activities, etc. definitely make a difference. Then there comes the whole “I want to do this with my life, but you want to do that with your life” issue. All of these prove to be noth-ing more than road blocks for relation-
Ancient attendance policy needs tweaksMikael Pelkey
Staff [email protected]
Most of the classes at Oswego State have strict guidelines pertaining to attendance. Attendance, in most classes, is a part of your final grade. This can seem unfair, but at the same time it does seem reasonable.
Firstly, students could be very sick or just feeling under the weather. If getting yourself across campus for class is too much for you to handle right now, should you go to class?
In any situation where you are feeling very sick and unhealthy, it is unwise to at-tend class. Not only are you putting your body at more of a risk to attract new germs, you are also exposing other people to your sickness by the things you touch. Most pro-fessors seem to take sickness pretty well. If you are doing fairly OK, they don’t harp on it.
Lectures: The best way to handle that is to understand what is going to be addressed during the lecture. It’s never OK to skip a class because you are not feeling it, or if it’s boring and too long. Maybe if you make prior arrangements with your professor he
or she will be more lenient about missing it. Maybe in a lecture you are not under-
standing a certain topic, and have previ-ously looked it over and even talked with the professor. Instead of wasting an hour in a long lecture, you can use the time to see a tutor.
Find common ground, take leap when meeting new people
When it comes to making friends in col-lege, you might find yourself thinking it’s strangely difficult. Most people settle into a friend group throughout grade school and high school very easily. You live in the same neighborhood, your parents are friends, you have all of your classes together and people are generally doing the same thing and going to the same places.
In college, it seems like everyone is whizzing around you in pairs, triplets or gangs of people, and you find yourself feel-ing alone. So how do you make friends in this environment?
TeamsBeing on a team is a great way to meet
people and remain in contact with them. If there’s a person you think you could be friends with, you can work on it slowly because you will see them at every prac-tice. There are also the social aspects, like having sport mixers, pasta dinners, doing community service together and, of course, game days.
The best part about a team is being able to work toward a common goal with people that share the same values as you. Needing to rely on people for success is something that can draw people closer to each other. Being active can relieve stress and create jokes—like last week when my teammate passed gas loudly while we were all do-ing abdominal workouts. You bet our abs were even sorer the next day from laughing so hard.
Random RoomingFor Lauren Sobel, sophomore zoology
Shanna FuldCopy Editor
major, finding a good friend was as easy as doing random room selection. Lauren wanted to make friends when she arrived at Oswego State. Even though she already had one friend here, she chose to get a ran-dom roommate in hopes of finding a new friend. Sobel said she felt okay because she knew that everyone in her group was equal-ly lonely and interested in making friends.
PlacesIt is true that many people are crea-
tures of habit. People often have routines on campus. I met one of my best friends because we worked out in the gym on the same schedule. We saw each other every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 11:15 in the changing room at the gym. Eventually, we took our friendship outside of the gym and started spending weekends together. The gym, the library, the café, places to study or even cafeterias are all places where students can find each other having some down time. You never know where you will find someone that could potentially be a great friend.
ClubsBeing a part of The Oswegonian is
wonderful. With every week, I feel more comfortable in the office and friendlier to-ward my coworkers. When I wasn’t able to work one week, and a friend from the office said things were a bit slow without me, it really made me feel like I was a val-ued part of the team. Feeling included is a human necessity.
Greek Life Being involved in a Greek Organization
is a different method of making friends. Pledging for a Greek organization can make the worst enemies into friends. The pledg-ing process takes a group of willing college students and puts them through the mo-
tions for an extended period of time. It is so time-consuming, taking up most of the day while not in class, and can make a group of people get along and work together.
Mostly, people make friends by choos-ing the people they think they share inter-ests with, or people that they could imag-ine having a good relationship with. Since pledges are pledging with a group of people that they most likely are not already great friends with, is it a normal and healthy way to make a true friend? Pledge classes come out as a very tight-knit group of people, but it defies the idea of homophily, which is a communication term meaning that people gravitate naturally toward similar others.
Making friends is difficult but can be achieved in many different ways. It also doesn’t have to be rushed. Walking to class or eating a meal alone is normal. Naturally, people become friendly with one another. But if you find yourself struggling to find a good friend, try something new, and see if you can find someone who values friend-ship at the same level that you do.
If you are looking for someone to party and drink with on Saturday nights, you can find that person easily. If you are looking for someone to confide in and have a strong connection with it might take longer, but there is a large community at Oswego State, so he or she might just be lifting weights in the gym next to you or studying two seats over.
It’s not about the amount of friends you have, but having a friend with substance that you can really connect with. It might take all semester before you take your strictly gym-buddy friendship to a birthday dinner at the Pressbox or take your library relationship to the mall, but that is normal. And just remember—it takes two to tango.
Every relationship is worth it when feelings are involved, even if it doesn’t work out in the end. The
time you spend in the rela-tionship makes it worth it.”
ships when the truth is, they’re built on passion.
See, relationships function on love, passion, the will to make sacrifices just to be with someone, because that some-one isn’t just anyone, they are your sig-nificant other. I highly doubt anyone will ever have the perfect relationship, but you know what? That’s perfectly fine. You don’t need to have the perfect re-lationship. You can make a relationship perfect. When the two people involved are willing to stay by each other’s side for love, for that feeling of “I can’t say goodbye to them without breaking a lit-tle inside,” for that moment where you hold them close and never want to let them go, that’s what makes a relation-ship perfect. And always remember, college relationships are a lot different than high school relationships. It can be a serious thing. You may end up spend-ing the rest of your life with this per-son, or it could end up not working out and both parties end up hurt. However, that’s the beauty of relationships: they are unpredictable.
This brings me back to the lyric, “Separate’s always better when there’s feelings involved.” Is it always better? Or can together be better when feelings are involved? That’s on you to decide. The question, “Are college relationships worth it?” is ridiculous. Every relation-ship is worth it when feelings are in-volved, even if it doesn’t work out in the end. The time you spend in the relation-ship makes it worth it. You can’t change the past or control the future, but you can control today. So live for today and share your happiness with the one you love, and always make it worth it.
Lily Choi | The Oswegonian
Heed mind, follow heart
It’s crucial to under-stand that the attendance
policy is there to somewhat force students to attend
class, otherwise they might just be too lazy to go.”
I would only recommend the idea of missing a class for a tutor if it’s just one topic you’re unsure upon. You can’t just skip ev-ery day to go see a tutor; that’s unnecessary. And if the topic is that difficult, then maybe it is time to get even more help besides the tutor arrangement for a class period.
All in all it’s important to understand that the professors are doing their jobs when they get up and teach. They are here to help you learn. If you have a viable, reasonable excuse and are a good student most of the time, they will believe you when you cannot make a class or need to make prior arrange-ments for a test.
It’s crucial to understand that the atten-dance policy is there to somewhat force stu-dents to attend class, otherwise they might just be too lazy to go. When you don’t attend class and you have no excuse, it looks like a lack of respect for your professor and a lack of regard for your own education.
The attendance policy does make sense, but it could use some tweaking.
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Hanks ‘Captain Phillips’ rises above generic thriller
“FAhRENhEIt 451”Date: Friday, Oct. 18Time: 7:30-10 p.m.Location: Waterman Theatre, Tyler HallTickets: $12 regular admission, $7 Oswego State students
“whAt hAvE wE DoNE?”Date: Friday, Oct. 18Time: 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.Location: Oswego State Downtown, 186 W. First St.
CoNCERt: SYRACuSE voCAl ENSEmblEDate: Sunday, Oct. 20Time: 3-4:30 p.m.Tickets: $5 for studentsLocation: Ballroom, Sheldon Hall
opEN SkAtEDate: Sunday, Oct. 20Time: 6-7:30 p.m.Tickets: $1, $2 for skateLocation: Arena, Campus Center
plANEtARIum ShowDate: Sunday, Oct. 20Time: 7-8 p.m.Location: Shineman Center, second floor
tAlk: wRItER tAmmY RYANDate: Monday, Oct. 21Time: 3-4:30 p.m.Location: Auditorium, Campus Center 132
mIloNgA: EvENINg oF DANCINg ARgENtINE tANgoDate: Monday, Oct. 21Time: 6:30-9:30 p.m.Location: Activity Court, Campus Center
FACultY ARt ExhIbItIoNSDate: Tuesday, Oct. 22Time: 11:30-3 p.m.Location: Tyler Art Gallery, Tyler Hall
tAlk: ARtISt AARoN SINIFtDate: Wednesday, Oct. 23Time: 7-8 p.m.Location: Auditorium, Campus Center 132
FIlm: bEASt wIShESDate: Wednesday, Oct. 23Time: 7:30-10:00 p.m.Location: Shineman Center, Room 175
tEChNologY INNovAtIoN ShowCASEDate: Friday, Oct. 25Time: 9-10:30 a.m.Location: Wilbur Hall, Rooms 117 and 121
Events CalendarFriday, Oct. 18 through Friday, Oct. 25
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the head and the heart stick to folk-pop rootsRiley AckleyStaff [email protected]
The Head and the Heart met minor success in 2011 with its self-titled debut album. Now, after opening up for bands such as Vampire Week-end and Death Cab For Cutie, the Seattle-based band is ready to release its sophomore al-bum, titled “Let’s Be Still.”
The Head and the Heart’s second album attempts to bring in a larger audience with a slightly more upbeat sound, while still sticking to its folksy roots.
Just as The Lumineers reached widespread success outside of the folk world last year, The Head and the Heart hopes to achieve the same level of prominence both in the folk and the mainstream world.
To some degree, the folk-indie singers may achieve some slight success. Their unique sound, however, may not be catchy enough to turn them into breakthroughs.
The title song, “Let’s Be Still,” is one of the album’s strongest. The song’s sound is in line with the band’s roots, but also brings about new in-
strumentals to create a more synthetic beat. Listeners to the song will feel as though they are watching the end of a mov-ie, or reaching the final song on their prom night because of its humming, laid back sound.
The lead track, titled “Home-coming Heroes,” is a new endeavor for the normally quieter lullabies the band has been known to focus on. Sounding similar to a track off of Of Monsters and Men’s debut album, the track offers up sweet violins and melodic vocals, one of a few songs that has the potential to become a crossover hit.
Another song that offers up a characteristically differ-ent sound from the band’s original album is “Shake.” The album’s lead single, “Shake,” is much more engaging then some of their previous work. Its beat is catchy and, like The Lumineers’ summer hit, “Ho Hey,” the song will incite feel-ings of summer nights filled with mason jar lights and hay bales.
This is where “Let’s Be Still” faces its main issue. With similarities to other al-bums and music, The Head and the Heart seem to have lost some originality with its newest record.
Also of note, the fact that
appeal to fans of the genre. The Head and the Heart’s sophomore album acts as a stepping stone past its first album’s slow, dreary tunes. The album is filled with more up-beat tunes and crossover potential, and will surely be an indie music lovers dream. Bringing in clas-sic folk sounds, combined with more pop-music instrumentals and beats, The Head and the Heart’s second album is worth it; even if some tracks seem repetitive or slightly unoriginal.
“Let’s Be Still” has quite a few tracks that sound identical to previous ones. The lack of differentiation between some tracks, such as “Another Sto-ry” and “Cruel,” only hurts the band when comparing it to bands like Of Monsters And Men or The Lumineers, whose albums offer diversity in between songs.
“Let’s Be Still” is a slightly above average compilation of folk tunes that will strongly
Photo provided by apesontape.comThe Head and the Heart offer fare similar to the Lumineers and Of Mon-sters and Men, but infuse pop music sensibilities into their brand of folk.
“Captain Phillips,” a hos-tage thriller starring Tom Hanks (“Cloud Atlas”), is a thrilling ride that will grip viewers from start to finish.
Based on true events, “Captain Phillips,” directed by Paul Greengrass (“The Borne Ultimatum”) is about a large cargo ship that gets tak-en by armed Somali pirates.
‘Captain phillips’ retells riveting hostage story
Starting rather slowly, the first 20 minutes of the movie are set up of Captain Phil-lips getting to the ship. This is merely the calm before the storm, because once this mov-ie gets going, it doesn’t stop.
What is interesting is that the story is not told mere-ly from Captain Phillips’ perspective. Viewers get a
glimpse into the pirates’ lives, the hellish conditions they live under and why they take over the ship in the first place. It doesn’t make the pirates sym-pathetic necessarily, but helps the audience understand their actions in the course of the film.
The Somali pirates are played by little-known actors and each is absolutely bril-liant. They manage to be scary but also realistic.
Hanks also gives an in-credible performance. From the actions he took, to both the fear and calmness of the captain, Hanks potrays every emotion perfectly.
The film focuses on Phillips and the captain of the pirates, Muse, played by Barkhad Abdi in his debut role. The antagonistic relationship is at
the center of the film, along with the tension involving the rest of the crew. After Captain Phillips is taken hostage, the action revolves around the growing tension in the crew of the pirates.
The scene in which the pirates take the ship is the most intense one in the entire movie. It is shot extremely well, with quick cuts be-tween the pirates attempting to get the ladder on and Captain Phillips trying to evade them. It is perfectly done, nail-biting action that will leave viewers on the edge of their seat.
“Captain Phillips” is a great hostage thriller. The acting and the directing elevate it from being just a generic action thriller. While it does have a few quiet, slow mo-ments, they only add more to the tension. Above all, Hanks’ heart-wrenching performance makes the movie.
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Photo provided by captainphillipsmovie.comHanks and several unknowns play grounded, realistic characters in tense situations that captivate the audience.
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‘Ribbons Inc.’ exposes industry of greed
Did you know that 59,000 women in North America die from breast cancer each year? Did you also know that around the world, every 23 seconds someone is diagnosed with breast cancer, and every 60 seconds the disease claims another life?
On Monday evening, the Women’s Center put together a program showing a documentary entitled, “Pink Ribbons Inc.” The film allowed the students the op-portunity to learn about the in-dustry and idea behind not only the pink ribbon effect that takes over the month of October, but also a second look at the means behind the promotion of breast cancer awareness.
According to the film, millions of women and supporters around the world join the breast cancer awareness campaign, whether its taking part in the “Avon Run” in San Francisco, the “Revlon Walk” in New York City or the “Jump for Hope” in Canada. People have engulfed themselves in the tradi-tion of wearing pink, donating money and walking miles in sup-port of what they think will help toward breast cancer research.
This kind dedication and en-ergy will forever be a soothing effort, but what does it all do to affect change? Major companies such as Estèe Lauder, Susan G. Komen and Avon continue to host these festivities of hope, promot-ing that they’ve raised abnormally large amounts of money, but nev-er say directly how much fund-ing actually goes into research, or what’s next for that matter.
The purpose of this film was to bring awareness to the fact that some companies abuse the pink ribbon movement to ben-efit the company rather than help the cause. The documentary showed that cosmetic compa-nies sell limited edition items on “sale,” promoting the need for a cure but use cancerous material in their products. For example, many nail polish makers include an ingredient called formalde-hyde, a nail-hardening agent that is known to cause cancer, accord-ing to the National Healthy Nail Salon Alliance.
From October to December, Yoplait “supports” breast cancer awareness by telling customers
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to send back their pink ribbon lids after eating the yogurt. They will then donate 10 cents a lid to research. According to one of the speakers in the film, if you send three lids a day for those three months, it would amount to $340. For that little amount of money, these people might as well just make donations. Companies see more of a price increase in their pink products than they actually donate to research.
There are so few stage-4 sup-port groups, even though this stage is the last and most fatal phase of breast cancer. Corpora-tions have turned the awareness of breast cancer into a soft, pink loving campaign; everything that breast cancer, especially in stage 4, is not. Different brands have jumped on the bandwagon sell-ing the disease in a certain way to promote this kind of “sisterhood,” but us as constituents and buyers fail to inquire about research and lose sight of the actuality that the awareness is out and now is the time to find a cure.
Students who attended this program were amazed at the findings in the documentary and said that the outlook on the film changed the way they view aware-
ness for breast cancer as a whole. Victoria Brodeur, president of the Women’s Center, viewed this doc-umentary for the first time and said all of the information was eye opening.
“I’m really shocked that cor-porations work like this and have no regulations. I have Type 1 diabetes and I’m sure there are big businesses that do the same thing,” said Brodeur.
Mary McCune, adviser to the Women’s Center and woman’s studies professor said she’d al-ways felt uncomfortable about the pink campaign and watch-ing this documentary only fueled her curiosity.
“You want to be helpful,” Mc-Cune said, “and when things like this are happening to a serious cause, it’s hard to stay positive.
Becoming more than just a face in the pink crowd begins with asking questions. Purchasing be-jeweled pink ribbons is a step, but we need to take actual steps to figure out what we can really do to invoke change and find a cure. On behalf of the mothers, daugh-ters, sisters, and the thousands of women that are living the re-ality of this cancer, think before you pink.
Photo provided by firstrunfeatures.comDocumentary exposes the monetization of breast cancer support movements.
The Walking Dead, Episode 4.01; “30 Days Without an Accident”
In the season four premiere of
“The Walking Dead,” the episode opens up with Rick walking out of the prison, which seems to have turned into a little town, much like Woodbury did. He splashes water on his face and starts to listen to an MP3 player he likely found.
We then see Rick cropping the land and begin to understand that this has become his new lifestyle, a way of getting away from every-thing that’s going on.
While he is working on the land he finds a handgun and holds it up. He stares at it for a while and then takes it apart and throws it into the wheelbarrow, showing us what he thinks about his old life-style and also what’s going on in his life now. It is a great way for the show to open the season showing that things are changing for Rick, especially from when he is first in-troduced to the show.
Several complaints will likely be heard about the new romances thrown at the viewers. Beth, Mag-gie’s sister, has a thing with a new character, Zach, and there is Tyreese and Karen, who are both new characters. On an enjoyable note, the show has continued the suspense over the relationship be-tween Carol and Daryl. To start off the season with so many romances, however, comes off as cliché. Yes, it can incite a lot of drama, which they are ultimately looking for, but it gets old, especially in a survival
type show. It all felt unnecessary for the first episode.
Usually in a season premiere, something big happens that es-calates throughout the season. This episode had a lot going on, but nothing that was particularly shocking. More questions were posed than answers given, so it’s hardly a fantastic beginning to the season.
The scene where Rick tried helping that random Scottish wom-an was a highlight of the episode. It shows that Rick is going back to his old ways and that his human-ity is coming back to him. He still wants to help people, but at the same time, still has his guard up. However, when she flashes a knife at him and then kills herself to be with her zombie husband, a rush of guilt is upon Rick’s face. The guilt of all he’s had to do in order to sur-vive is seen in his eyes..
The governor was only men-tioned once. Michonne was look-ing for him, by herself, because he apparently had fled, likely be-cause he did, after all, kill most of the people of Woodbury. Still, it would’ve been nice to see where the governor was because much of the tension from last season re-volved around finding him. A little clip of where he might possibly be would’ve sufficed.
The episode wasn’t bad, but it could’ve been so much better had it gone for more. For a show like “The Walking Dead,” which has such a large fan base, one would think they’d go big for the first episode.
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Student filmmakers compete in annual Panic Film Festival
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Robert Rodriguez’ ‘Machete Kills’ exploits grindhouse genre“Machete Kills” is the latest
film in writer and director Rob-ert Rodriguez’s Machete film series. Danny Trejo reprises the role of Machete as he fights his way through Mexico and the United States to stop a rampag-ing madman. The film features Rodriguez’s signature grind-house aesthetic and penchant for ultra-violence.
“Machete Kills” has a very ba-sic plot. The president of the Unit-ed States (Carlos Estevez, “Scary Movie 5”) recruits Machete to kill a Mexican revolutionary who has a missile aimed at Washington, D.C. and then disarm the missile. During the course of the film, Ma-chete encounters bounty hunters, the cartel, crooked cops, and the man responsible for creating the missile, Voz (Mel Gibson, “Get the Gringo”).
The entire film is completely over the top. It is full of cheesy dialogue, crazy deaths and fake trailers the grindhouse genre has come to be known for. Despite a
number of inconsistencies with the plot, the film is enjoyable. Most characters have a distinct person-ality and it is easy to see the actors are having a lot of fun with their portrayals. Danny Trejo was sim-ply born to play Machete. Despite being a character that speaks very little about his emotions, it is easy to sympathize and understand Machete through the expression and movements of Trejo. Demian Bichir (“The Bridge”) is good as the revolutionary/cartel madman Mendez. His character suffers from multiple personality disor-der, allowing Bichir to display his acting talents in a variety of ways. Mel Gibson has the best perfor-mance in the movie. It is clear he is having the most fun with his char-acter and he handles being both crazy and serious interchangeably exceptionally well.
However, there are a number of actors who are underutilized. The film touts an impressive re-sume of actors, but has most ap-pear only for a brief scene before
leaving. This is the case for actors Antonio Banderas, Cuba Good-ing Jr. and Lady Gaga, who have little screen time despite being highly billed.
“Machete Kills” is easy to fol-low without having seen the pre-vious film, but some things will be glossed over in the assump-tion viewers are familiar with its world. Fight scenes are creative and deaths can be extremely graphic at times. Weapons of all kinds are used, ranging from the signature Machete to helicopters, flamethrowers, boats and machine gun bras. Audiences expecting a detailed plot will be disappointed as the movie keeps the story very basic, focusing more on the action with intermittent laughs. The hu-mor is often hit or miss. It is an outlandish, ultra-violent action film. Plot holes and inconsistencies are easy to spot, but actually work for the film’s throwback style. Au-diences looking for a good action film with creative fights, deaths and decent laughs will enjoy it.
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Photo provided by machetekillsmovie.tumblr.comA majority of the characters in “Machete Kills,” portrayed by well-known actors such as Alexa Vega, Lady GaGa and Antonio Banderas ,are underdevelopted.
The 4th annual Panic Film Festival, an event requiring stu-dents to produce films in 48 hours, wrapped up last Saturday with a screening in the Campus Center auditorium.
“Unfortunately, a lot of teams that registered didn’t complete their films in the 48 hour time re-quirement,” Jessi Partridge, the festival coordinator said, “We had 18 teams register, 12 films submitted, and eight films eligi-ble for competition.”
This year was the first festi-val that one of the requirements was a sound effect. They had to include a rack focus, a line of dialogue that was given to them, and a certain prop.
Of those films, only one win-ner is chosen by judges. Jake Dodd, one of the judges, said that they considered writing, production design, cinematogra-phy, sound and costume/make-up in their deliberations. After looking at all of the films, he felt that the productions were at the 50 percent mark, meaning that 50 percent of them were very strong.
“Out of the eight [we judged on] four were really good, if not the best we’ve seen for this fes-tival so far,” Dodd said. This is his second time judging the Film Festival since 2011.
For viewers watching, es-pecially new comers, the Panic Film Festival is a unique chal-lenge. Sophomore Paige Han-ley enjoyed her first time at the Festival.
“I thought the film festi-val was great,” Hanley said. “I liked watching the movies right after each other. It [made] it easier to compare and contrast them instead of having breaks in between.”
For people coming back and seeing Panic for more than just the first time, it’s still a thrill.
Junior Kelsey Valentin has gone to Panic every year. “I was really happy that so many people had entered into panic,” Valen-
tin said. “I think every year it evolves and gets better.”
The winner of the film fes-tival was senior Brian Riley and his crew for their film “In Between Days.”
“We all collaborated on the idea,” Riley said. They filmed their movie for 13 hours and it ended up being the ultimate win-ner from both the judges and the audience choice.
Riley said he was surprised when they won.
“I hadn’t won one yet,” said Riley.
The film was about the last
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few days of a boy’s life. Death is seen in black clothes, following him, indicating that he is going to die soon. Through a series of scenes, we get further up the car to reveal the dead boy at the end. The movie was filmed similarly to “Momento” by Christopher Nolan, where a viewer didn’t know the full story until the next scene.
Even fellow competitors en-joyed this film very much.
“The first place award win-ning group had an amazing ex-perimental piece,” said senior Ryan Farmer, whose “Coulro-
phobia” was also entered into contention. “The quality was very sharp and the camera move-ments were precise.”
Dodd said that the top three winners were his favorites. The winners were “In Between Days,” “The Horla” and “Re-union” coming in third. Sopho-more, Max Fehr who was a part of “Reunion” said he was sur-prised considering the quality of the other competing films.
“There were a lot of good (films) this year,” Farmer said. “Regardless of the judging, ev-eryone should be proud.”
Photo provided by Taylor Clock“In Between Days” won first place at the annual Panic Film Festival. The experimental film focused on the theme of death.
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Short, incoherent thoughts in Fall Out Boy’s ‘PAX AM Days’
“PAX AM Days” is not a new Fall Out Boy album. Just 13 minutes long, “PAX AM Days” is an experi-mental, spur-of-the-moment punk-inspired EP that has nothing to do
with the band’s most recent release “Save Rock and Roll,” from this past spring.
Fall Out Boy recorded the EP over a span of two days with sing-
er/songwriter Ryan Adams, who also produced it. Although these tracks are featured on a new special edition two-CD version of “Save Rock and Roll,” if you were looking for the Fall Out Boy of “Save Rock and Roll” on this new EP, you won’t find it.
The songs on this album are all so short that it’s hard to get a han-dle on them. The longest, “Caffeine Cold,” clocks in at two minutes and 42 seconds, which is still short by anyone’s standards, and the short-est, “Art of Keeping up Disappear-ances,” is just one minute and three seconds. It is definitely not Fall Out Boy’s norm and it’s immediately off-putting.
That unsettling unfamiliarity seems to be the case with most as-pects of this EP. The music doesn’t sound quite like Fall Out Boy, the singing doesn’t sound quite like Patrick Stump, and all the enun-ciation Stump finally achieved in “Save Rock and Roll” is nowhere to be heard, so it’s hard to tell without looking them up if the lyrics are any-thing like Fall Out Boy.
The most Fall Out Boy-esque thing on “PAX AM Days” is the song titles. “Art of Keeping up Disappearances” is a classic Pete Wentz play-on-words, as is “Caf-feine Cold,” and “Hot To the Touch,
Photo provided by josepvinaixa.comListeners are left confused with “PAX AM Days.” The EP, which was recorded in two days, does not resemble any of Fall Out Boy’s earlier work.
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Cold On the Inside,” which is the song that will probably be the best-received by long-time Fall Out Boy fans.
“Hot To the Touch, Cold On the Inside” is just one minute and 25 seconds long. The opening, where Stump sings, “They’ve got us sur-rounded, we’re in their sights, but / they’re not taking us alive / Hot to the touch, cold on the inside, but / They’re not taking us alive,” be-comes the chorus and is the moment most reminiscent of Fall Out Boy on the EP. Stump finally gets a chance to sing without the harsh instru-ments drowning him out, but by the time the first verse comes around, the song follows the same pattern as the others on the EP: Stump tries to scream along to a part that should rightly have been done by Wentz and his voice is lost in music that doesn’t fit it.
The first track, “We Were Doomed From the Start (The King is Dead),” begins with a husky man’s voice asking, “Hey darling, know any bands for my, play my party?” A girl responds, “Um, I don’t know, how about… Fall Out Boy?” Drum-sticks click, the song begins… and then it goes nowhere. “The king is dead / long live the king,” is re-peated over and over throughout the track, Stump mumbles through
some hardcore-sounding verses, and in the chorus his voice tries to branch out and play with complicat-ed scales he’s used to, but the nature of the song doesn’t allow him to.
The following track, “Art of Keeping Up Disappearances,” seems like it should be part of “The King is Dead” The chorus is almost exactly the same, only “The king is dead / long live the king” has been replaced with “The art, the art / of keeping up disappearances.” Again, the song begins and then ends, but doesn’t do much in between. The same can be said for the EP itself: it begins and ends, and the listener is left wondering what the point was.
“PAX AM Days” refers to Ryan Adams’ record label, Pax Americana Recording Company, and the two days that it was recorded in. The title of the EP tells a Fall Out Boy fan everything he or she needs to know before deciding whether or not to listen to it. As an exercise in attempt-ing to record some decent songs in a very short time period, it’s a pretty impressive effort by the band. But standing alone as a new release by Fall Out Boy, “PAX AM Days” isn’t worth listening to, not when com-pared to all of its previous work. A better use of that 13 minutes would be to listen to “Young Volcanoes” four times in a row.
Hint of experimentation in Parade’s ‘Monsters in the Closet’
Alternative rock band Mayday Parade returned with their fourth album “Monsters in the Closet” released on Oct. 8. Many songs maintain a theme of dealing with the pain we create for each other. The opening track points out that the “monsters” in the album’s title actually refers our lovers. The songs tell how rejection and separation cause suffering for lovers, making them the biggest monsters. The theme of life and death is preva-lent throughout the album, with tracks titled “Ghosts,” “Demons” and “Angels.”
The first track, “Ghosts,” opens with vocal harmony from each member of the group. After this interlude the track continues with similar themes to previous tracks from the band. “Ghosts,” the main single for the album, features a
more light-hearted tune than previ-ous songs, but the lyrics remain in the same style of previous Mayday Parade songs. The song is about a person who has left this world and the singer comforting her as he deals with the monsters in his life and the loss of his love. The song has great atmosphere and strong vocals from the entire group. The lyrics easily paint the picture their story tells.
The second single released from the album is “Girls.” This track fol-lows the light-hearted atmosphere in the melody set by “Ghosts.” The lyrics for this track are decent, but could be misinterpreted as misogy-nistic. The track is about how girls do not listen and boys can be there to listen to them. The song ends with a plea to grow up and stop playing games, as the singer and girl of the song are not young anymore, and should enjoy themselves. The song is weaker than “Ghosts,” but stands as a decent single on its own.
This album is not a shift to a softer style for the band. Songs such as “Last Night For A Table of
Two” and “Repent and Repeat” fea-ture heavier melodies, faster paces, and a higher emphasis on guitar and drums.
Tracks like “12 Through 15” demonstrate the band’s diversity. Combining the elements of rock, punk and pop, this is one of the strongest tracks on the album. This track features more diverse lyrics than most of the bands previous library, but maintains the boy-long-ing-for-girl subject matter of many Mayday Parade songs. The melody is slower than other tracks, but the vocals have true emotion making the track powerful to listen to.
The final track, “Angels,” re-turns to a slower style, but adds a focus on an acoustic sound. This song has deep emotion and tells a story of someone feeling broken after a break-up. The person con-gratulates the people lucky enough to be in a good relationship with a toast while he mourns his loss. As a final track, “Angels” has a slow pace that helps build the album’s atmosphere. Strong and meaning-ful lyrics leave the listener to think
about the themes of the album and the songs, considering their rela-tionships when it concludes.
Overall, the album is very solid. The tracks follow previous May-day Parade style, but there is still some experimentation. Track five, “The Torment of Existence Against the Horror of Nonbeing,” adds a violin to help create mood. Track eleven, “Hold Onto Me,” maintains
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the band’s signature lyrical style, but features heavy reliance on an acoustic and pop sound. Though the band struggles to differentiate themselves from previous work, the album demonstrates their enthusi-asm for their music. There is a lot of heart and emotion in the tracks, the songs blend the signature pop punk, alternative and emo genres of Mayday Parade.
Photo provided by altpress.comThe theme of love is present in heartfelt lyrics and tracks such as “12 Through 15”
“In Between Days” won first place at the annual Panic Film Festival. The experimental film focused on the theme of death.
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waiting. I waited for you. I wait-ed for our daughter. I waited for freedom, from this life that has always been a chain around my neck. Now here you are, lying in our bed, and I wait to be some-where else. I sit at the dinner table and wait for you to be si-lent. I wait for the girl across the bar, with smoke on her tongue and fire in her eyes, to cross the floor and touch me. Why have you continued to stand by me, all this time, when I’ve only grown to hate you? I wait for you to leave, or to cry, or to scream as I lie beside you and refuse to acknowledge you.
I see you in the living room, watching an old black and white romance with tears in your eyes. You softly brush away at each drop rolling down your cheeks. Your hands shake and I leave the room. As I’m packing my bags in a quiet, gentle fashion, I watch as you sleep and you dream.
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And I remember the light in your eyes the day we said, “I do.” And I remember the laugh-ter that sprang from your lips during those long, heated sum-mers, back in the days when I still loved you, when I still felt life inside of me. But I have been waiting my whole life for some-thing that will never come, and in the meantime I have forgotten you. You will watch our daugh-ter grow as I wait to be alone. You will find another lover as I wait to disappear. And although the feeling may seem to subside, each day you will wait. You will wait for me. You will wait for the past. You will wait for the youth and the carefree innocence that has left you. Because waiting is all we can do, people like you and I. We wait, and yet nothing ever comes.
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Phone: 315.312.3600
Available 2013-2014. Newly remodeled 1 & 2 BR apartments. Prime location. Free
garbage, lawn, and snow removal.591-2253
Available 2014-15, 4 bedroom houses. West-side. Free washer/dryer, off-street parking, rent includes snow, garbage,
lawn care and water. Lease and security. Call 529-1015.
EXTRA LARGE HOMES. 2014-2015. 5-11 bedroom models to choose from.
Please call (no texting). 315-963-8286 or 315-593-0707 [email protected]
Housing 2014-2015! Luxury 4 bed-room apartments includes EVERY-
THING!Student Discount Card, Wi-Fi, and
cable, washer, dryer, dishwasher, free parking, garbage and snow removal, fitness center, movie theater, recre-
ation hall, game room, semester care package, free food, and so much more! Walking distance from campus! Pre-
mier Living Suites! Call 315-
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1-5 Bedroom quality college housing available for the 2014-2015 year. Utilities included, off-street parking, garbage and snow removal, flat Screen TVs, discounts
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FOR RENT: 3-7 bedroom houses. Available June 1, 2014. Above aver-age Student housing, very homey.
Coinless washer/dryer, garbage, lawn & snow removal available. Utilities included. Reputable landlord with
many references. Call John Luber at 315-529-2475 BEFORE 9 pm.
Eaglesmere Management. Fine student homes. Now booking
2014-2015. 1-11 bedroom houses AND apartments. Starting at
$299 p/p. Please call or e-mail (no texting). 315-963-8286 cell. 315-
593-0707 office. [email protected]
Large Room in house on west side. Kitchen, laundry and bathroom
privileges. Cable, Parking, lawn care, snow removal, utilities, and garbage
included. Call for info. Ask for Deborah. 315-343-2776.
3-8 bedroom. Available June 1,
2014. 315-532-1338
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Affordable off-campus hous-ing. Great locations. 1-8 bed-room houses. Starting At $340/
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Exceptional 3 and 4 bedroom homes,
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Nice clean large 5 or 6 bedroom house. All utilities included, lots of
parking and snow plowing provided 591-3077.
Awesome 7-8 bedroom. 2 full bathrooms, double
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Huge Bedrooms 3,4,5,6 Bed-rooms and larger to 8 Bedroom.
Very close to downtown and campus plenty of parking with or without utilities.
Call 591-3077.
Massive 8 bedroom. BEST location. 2 full Baths. Fireplace,
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Check out our Homes. Many include fireplaces, dishwashers,
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Nice, Clean Large Homes. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
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Outstanding FOUR bedroom Victorian. Large rooms, dish-washer, nice porch.
ALL utilities included & snowplowing. 591-
3077.
BIG Bright Beautiful 3-4 bedroom-massive bedrooms!
Excellent location. ALL utilities included 591-3077.
Gianormous 6 bedroom house. Dishwasher. Very
nice home. Close to nightlife.591-3077.
Big Bright 4 bedroom
Victorian with fireplace. Huge rooms, excellent
location. 591-3077.
NICE, Clean, 5 bedroom house.
Convenient location. Double living room.
591-3077.
13-’14 4 & 5 Bedroom Houses For Rent. Es-
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care, garbage/snow removal, and cable in-
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Variety of houses. 2-4 bedroom houses. All large
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Responsible landlord. Off-street parking. 591-8521.
3-4 bedroom apart-ment. Center of down-town. Great location.
Washer/Dryer included. Low utilities. Off-street
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Up until now, you’ve been indulg-ing in romantic feelings. Time to get your act together, Aries. De-clutter your space, empty the inbox and hit the gym. Take the incoming chal-lenges, but do not obsess or allow your independent nature to get in the way of fulfilling your personal and career ambitions.
Love and naughty times are coming your way. Indulge, but remember to speak your mind. Find a comfortable place and listen to your inner voice. It has been trying to speak to you for a while and what it has to say may surprise you.
Don’t let your temper get the best of you. This is a great time for improvement, whether it’s personal or your environment. You are full of creative energy, so redecorate your house or try
more adventurous outfits.
This is a great time for social net-working. Get away from your clique and get a new perspective. The world is big, ready and smiling with you. With good energy, nothing bad will come your way.
Stay on a budget this week and money will find its way back to you. Only commit to a couple of projects and give it your all. This way you will avoid exhaustion and the feeling of disappointment when you do not complete a task.
It’s time to focus on you. What makes you happy? Where do you see yourself in the future? You might need more time alone to get away from those that roam around you. Avoid com-parison and self-critique that
isn’t productive. It will only discourage you.
You are going to feel restless en-ergy this week. Channel and tune into your creative side. Emotions are begging to get out and speak to the world whether it’s through a poem or a painting. Let go.
You have been driven and focused for some time now and you may have found yourself at the top with no one behind you. Reach back and let people into your life again. The rhythm of being around different voices will inspire you and strangely connect you with your desires.
There are no limits for you, Sagittari-us. Your goals and ambitions are be-coming a reality as you find yourself
Adventure is waiting for you. Get on a plane, or a bus, or a bike, or just walk and go with the flow. You will want to work independently but you might find a sexy traveler to keep you warm. You will have the urge to be direct, but don’t ignore people’s emotions or sensitivities.
You tend to avoid connecting emotionally and/or sharing your vulnerability but someone is breaking that wall. Let them in but do not let them become the center of your universe or you will come off as possessive.
working harder than ever. You know what you are doing and everything is full of passionate promise.
Pay attention to the reactions and responses you are receiving from
others and you will get a picture of what is going on inside you. A best friend or lover can be the mirror that you need. Don’t like what you see? Take matters into your own hands be-cause you are starting to bore yourself.
