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On Wednesday, Oct. 3, Campus Auxil-iary Services (CAS) and the campus bookstore company Neebo (formerly known as Validis) held an open forum to discuss problems with the bookstore, including a shortage of text-books, delayed shipping and disorganized shelving arrangements.

About 15 people, including faculty, staff and two students attended the forum.

Executive Director CAS Steven Deutsch, requested the forum that was conducted by Neebo’s new District Manager, Garrett Barton.

Deutsch said he requested the event to allow students, faculty and the campus book-store to communicate, as well as to encourage a tangible new direction for the bookstore.

“I want everybody to feel as though they have been heard,” Deutsch said. “I’d like some clear commitments from the bookstore com-pany and a plan from them going forward.”

He said CAS used to run the campus bookstore, as well as other campus services, internally for decades, but a growing trend in the outsourcing of certain services on college campuses prompted CAS to begin working with outside bookstore companies.

Paltz and has been running the bookstore for two and half years.

Both Deutsch and Barton said there are a number of circumstantial problems that have

opening and closing of Mando Books, the de-partures of store managers and issues with the

submission of book orders by professors. Deutsch also said the renovation of the

-ricane Irene were sources of problems in the past, but all of the blame cannot be put on this.

“It’s still imperative for the bookstore to do their job,” Deutsch said. “What should be clear is that Validis owns up to their mis-takes…and that they’re addressing systemic issues.”

At the forum, Barton stressed two key ways to improve bookstore performance.

percent” for the upcoming spring and fall se-mesters by having a book on the shelves for each seat in each class, rather than make es-timations based on student use of online and other sellers. The other is for professors and the bookstore to communicate better during the ordering process.

Barton emphasized the responsibility of the professors to place their orders well in ad-vance.

“The sooner we get the information, the better prepared we can be. The cheaper the books are going to be, the better buyback pric-es the students are going to get, too, and every-body wins then,” he said. “Now, I can’t speak, again, for what happened this past semester, I can only tell you what’s going to happen in the future.”

Samantha Montagna, a fourth-year Eng-lish major who transferred last semester, said

to be her last.

bookstore,” Montagna said. “I transferred to New Paltz last semester, and usually rely on Amazon. I decided to order from the bookstore

Amazon. I will not be using the bookstore again. It is cheaper to order online anyway, with less frustration.”

Jessie Heine, a fourth-year English major and former employee of Mando books, said that both the closing of Mando and her three-year boycott of the campus bookstore led her to deal exclusively with private sellers online.

Heine said she had a lot of problems ob-taining her books this semester, citing the in-eptitude of USPS and recent tropical storms

while also acknowledging issues that come with transitioning to online purchases.

“I think another reason I had so much trouble is because students all over the country are wising up to the overpriced nature of their local campus bookstores,” Heine said.

Toward the end of the forum, Deutsch dis-cussed how he saw the future of the bookstore industry during the rebidding process that led to Neebo’s contract two and a half years ago.

“It’s the wild west,” Deutsch said. “You know, it’s changing so fast. The leaders, the devices are changing so quickly…the way consumers consume is changing every year.”

By Molly Hone

Copy Editor | [email protected]

Neebo District Manager Garrett Barton commented on the state of the bookstore.PHOTO BY ROBIN WEINSTEIN

During a recent senate meeting, Stu-dent Association (SA) Vice President Manuel Tejada proposed the idea of hav-ing the University Police Department (UPD) members use bicycles to patrol campus.

“With roadways and parking lots moving toward the exterior of the cam-pus, as part of the ongoing construction plan — as seen with the Mohonk walk-way for example — the use of bicycles as an alternative or equalizer seems to be the solution,” Tejada said.

Tejada said there is a problem with accessibility for patrol cars throughout the campus. He said the campus is mov-ing toward being a pedestrian-friendly environment, which allows the increased

such a transition.“This policy is one that is almost

necessary due to the transition of park-ing lots and roadways to the exterior,” Tejada said.

Tejada said while patrol cars may be more effective in emergency situations he thinks both bicycles and cars are ef-fective in their own way. He said bicy-cles are much safer for students and for everyone walking on campus, because they “provide closer interaction with police and students” because it allows students to be less intimidated by police and reduce the “fear factor.”

Although Tejada has recently sug-gested this policy to the student senate, Chief of Police David Dugatkin said the

patrolling the campus on bicycles has been going on for many years now.

Tejada said students have seen UPD members using bicycles, which means the policy has been in practice for a while. However, he would like to

-cycles. He said through this initiative, he wants students to understand their responsibilities, know their rights and know how to interact with the UPD members.

Second-year communication major Wendy Chiu said although she has not seen any UPD members using bicycles to patrol the campus, she thinks this is a positive change that will increase stu-dent interaction.

“I think it will make it more known that the UPD is there and we can notice

them more than we usually do,” Chui said.

Tejada said he plans on getting feed-back from students on their views. He said when he proposed the idea to the senate there was an array of views both positive and negative.

He said some senators were con-cerned about students being able to

-pecially at night but other senators were supportive because they thought the in-teraction between police and students would increase.

“There has been, so far, either posi-tive responses or mute responses, and even negative,” Tejada said. “The best we can do is make sure the policy seems

-ing students.”

Senate Discusses Increasing University Police Bicycle UseBy Clarissa Moses

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CAS Holds Bookstore Forum to Address Complaints

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Turkish jets on Wednesday forced a Syrian passenger plane to land at

Ankara airport on suspicion that it might be carrying weapons or other

military equipment.

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SPARKING PROTESTSPakistanis across the country held vigils Wednesday to pray for a 14-year-old girl who was shot by a Taliban gunman after daring to advocate education for girls and

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Following the 2012-13 budget cuts that removed most extra-curricular art programs from schools in the New Paltz district, community members, students and teachers decided to take action.

Kim Sturgis, an art teacher at the New Paltz Middle School, said the School Activities Are Vital to Education (SAVE) fund was created last spring to keep these programs intact.

Sturgis, along with teachers Kristen Conrad, Cindy Dubois and Fran Lamb, organized SAVE and raised more than $8,500 with the help of students and community members. The money was raised over the summer to reinstate the

cut the following semester. At the end of August, nine teach-

ers and community members created an association called The New Paltz Arts in Schools Association (NPASA). NPASA’s goal is to keep after-school art programs in the district for the long term Sturgis said.

were rescued for this year were All-County Band, All-County Chorus, Art

However, at Lenape Elementary All-County Band and All-County Chorus and at the high school Drama Club, All-County Band, All-County Chorus, Po-etry Club and Literary Magazine are still in need of funding to continue, accord-ing to Npasafund.org.

Organizer of NPASA, parent and youth basketball coach Steve Casa said it is important to have extracurricular art programs in schools so there is an equal opportunity for all students.

“I could get [my daughter] after school voice lessons or take her to the Hudson Valley Youth Chorale out in Kingston because I could drive her there and I could pay for it, but there are a lot of people in this community that couldn’t,” Casa said. “Public schools give these students opportunities that they couldn’t have before.”

Casa said there was no way to get this money other than the creation of NPASA. He said NPASA was necessary to further the funding raised by SAVE and to have one outlet for the community to donate to.

“The bottom line is that the arts after-school program is just as important as any other after school program such as sports, tutoring, anything,” Casa said. “It just became an imperative to raise the money for these programs. There was no other option than to try to get together and raise this money.”

Casa said this year’s goal is to raise $14,000 for the remaining clubs at Le-nape Elementary and the New Paltz High School for the fall and spring semesters.

“We’re hustling. We got a lot of stuff going on, we got a lot of good people en-gaged and trying to support this, but we haven’t been able to show the urgency,” he said. “People don’t realize that if we don’t make this goal by the end of the year, these programs are not going to run and that would really be a disservice to the kids.”

Casa said within the past two months NPASA has been planning several art-centered fundraisers throughout Novem-ber and December including a concert with Liam O’Maonlai of The Hothouse Flowers and another with Rhett Miller of the Old ‘97s.

NPASA is also planning to collabo-

money, Casa said. He said collabora-tions are going to be very prominent in

the future for NPASA and they already are planning a donation partnership with Dianova USA, a provider of education programs, to augment a literary maga-zine program in the schools.

New Paltz Professor of Educational Studies Nancy Schniedewind said al-though it is impressive that the commu-nity is donating, it is important to ques-tion the funding system of public school districts as a whole.

Schniedewind said budget cuts like these will keep coming and it should not be the responsibility of the community to make accommodations. She said they already pay taxes and an extra burden in

-fordable for all parents.

Casa said he believes NPASA is not setting a standard for club funding in the future, but they are working with their current situation and taking the inevi-table into account.

“People say if we raise the money, what we’re doing here is setting a prec-edent but that’s not what we’re doing here,” he said. “It’s not going to be in the budget there is no way — if you think about a decreasing tax levy and an in-creasing cost, just the fuel cost alone and the salary cost, they’re never going to go back in.”

Community Strives To SAVE The ArtsBy Maria Jayne News Editor | [email protected]

New Paltz Middle School students and teachers started a fund to keep art programs in school.PHOTO BY ROBIN WEINSTEIN



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time this semester on Tuesday, Oct. 9 to discuss current campus issues and senator goals.

Student Association (SA) President Josh Simpson began the meeting with his report on the Campus Auxiliary Service (CAS) board meeting held on Tuesday, Oct. 9. He said at the meeting a Pepsi Marketing Committee was created with a budget of $40,000, which CAS will decide how to spend.

Simpson said there are also two SA appoint-ed positions available on this committee, and he asked the senate to spread the word about it to bring in nominations for next week.

Simpson said during the CAS board meet-ing, the idea of placing hydration stations around

disposable bottles was dicussed. He also talked about the expansion of the use of Hawk Dollars in town. He also reminded the senate that Shop24, the 24-hour campus vending machine, will be

store in Hasbrouck will also remain open, he said.Simpson also said he will be meeting with

college President Donald Christian to discuss the “Let’s Talk About It” fora. He said he wants to start structuring the event as a series, rather than having it focus on one topic to save spending money.

“Terrell [Coakley] got a $10,000 grant last year,” Simpson said. “So why spend everything at once when we can actually be covering more than one topic?”

During his report, Simpson apologized for the remark he made last week about having pri-vate executive sessions where the media cannot be present, realizing that it is unconstitutional to silence them.

Executive Vice President Manuel Tejada spoke about expanding student presence at sen-ate.

Vice President of Academic Affairs and Governance Jonathan Espinosa talked about the book store forum that was held last Wednesday and said he met with the library dean on Wednes-day, Oct. 10.

President of Finances Youssouf Kouyo said since the start of the semester, the senate has only used $5,000. He also said he will be talking to Steve Deutsch from CAS about getting 16 HD channels to students on campus, which will cost $50,000.

Some members from the senate challenged this goal because they felt it wasn’t the best use of money. One senator suggested adding more channels to what students already have because movie channels such as Showtime and HBO are not included.

Vice President of Programming Esthephanie Peralta said there are three seats left on the SAP board. She also said she is hoping to meet with the seven current SAP members next week to talk about goals for the semester.

Senate Chair Yaritza Diaz told the senate she is working on having an open event on Election Day outside for all students to watch the presi-dential elections together.

Council of Organization Representative Rose Faber said the next council meeting is in SU 62/63 on Monday Oct. 15 and said club charters are due this Friday, at 11:59 p.m. She also said $8,000 were put aside for the Rainbow Commit-tee who is in charge of organizing Latino Week, Black Week, Carribash and Jam Asia.

Dr. Ordway from the Student Health Center came to address the requests to extend the cen-ter’s hours. He said the senate should be careful how they spend their money because extended evening hours will increase the student health

certain tests done during the day have to be sent out to labs and if those tests are done at night, they can’t be sent out to labs until the next busi-ness day.

Kenny Satterlee, a representative from

that 1,400 students signed up to vote and they are 100 people shy of their goal. He said if students

-tend Rock the Vote in Hasbrouck Quad.

Editor-in Chief of The New Paltz Oracle Andrew Wyrich spoke to the senate, reminding them that they represent the student body and their meetings are open to the campus commu-nity. He also expressed the power and freedom

reasons listed in their constitution that allows pri-vacy from the press at meetings, none of which have surfaced.

“This is an open meeting and my reporters

are here,” he said. “This is the way we get news stories, how we know what’s going on and let the student body know what’s going on.”

Following this, there were committee elec-tions during which two students were elected to the Judicial Board and one person was elected to the Budget and Goals Committee. Espinosa said there is also a seat open for the Constitution and Rules Committee.

The campus drug policy was then discussed. Senate members suggested moving from a two-strike policy to three-strikes, however, Director of Student Activities and Union Services Mike Patterson said the college council is hesitant to do this because they want to protect the college’s reputation.

Sen. Roberto Lo Bianco discussed Park Point housing, affordable luxury student housing for transfer students. He said the development will not be part of the college, but is through a private company, and they are going to work with

campus housing. The next senate meeting is Tuesday Oct. 16,

in SU 418.

Student Senate Discusses How To Spend FundsBy Caterina De GaetanoCopy Editor | [email protected]

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the Middle East denied Wednesday that he violated terms of his probation for a 2010 bank fraud conviction by lying

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The owner of a Texas microelectronics company instructed co-workers and as-sociates to cover their tracks as they con-spired to sell highly-regulated microelec-

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New York Public Interest Research Group’s (NYPIRG) chapter at SUNY New Paltz has en-couraged students to become interested and in-volved in areas concerning voter mobilization.

student-directed and run political empowerment group that has been organizing students at SUNY New Paltz since 1979.

Since the beginning of the semester, NYP-IRG has registered 1400 students, 167 of those on Sept. 25 (National Voter Registration Day). By the voting registration deadline, they hope to register over 1,500 students.

Eric Wood, NYPIRG project coordinator said NYPIRG’s Voter Awareness Program has three main goals: registration, education and mo-bilization. In an effort to increase voting mobili-zation, NYPIRG has made a commitment to be present on campus.

In hopes of reaching its 1,500 student goal by the voter registration deadline on Oct. 12, NYPIRG has been conducting a campus-wide registration blitz.

On Oct. 9, 10, and 11, NYPIRG set up tables in the student union (SU), residence halls, and in the lecture center (LC). They are also hosting a Rock the Vote concert in Hasbrouck Quad to raise awareness about the importance of voting and voter registration later this semester.

In addition, NYPIRG will be sponsoring

foreign policy on Oct. 22 at 8 p.m. viewing in LC 100. Wood said, this will help students make

more educated decisions on which candidates best represent them when they go to vote.

“On Election Day, NYPIRG will be direct-ing students to the polls and letting them know where and when they can vote through class an-

-ing,” Wood said.

Fourth-year graphic design major Rebecca Benedict said because NYPIRG sets themselves up in front of the SU and Humanities, where

both easily accessible and very approachable.“They are very present on campus and have

been since the start of the semester, bringing the upcoming election to everyone’s attention,” Benedict said. “It’s cool to see students that actu-ally care about watching and discussing the de-bates and are bringing awareness to voting and our role in the election.”

In the past few national elections, less than 25 percent of the 18 to 24 year old demographic attended the polls on Election Day. Wood said if that number was closer to 50 percent, it could decide the turnout of the election.

Wood said the reason politicians keep rais-

packages is because they are well aware of how low student turnout is.

“When students vote, politicians will cater

Similarly, Benedict said student voting is important because of the issues that affect us, in-cluding paying for school, paying back student loans and health care. We make up a population that needs to be heard, she said.

In addition to voting, students who wish to get involved on a volunteer basis and have their voices heard have the opportunity to join NYPIRG.

NYPIRG member Kenny Satterlee said the organization has given him an outlet to put into action the things about the world he wants to change.

“It’s empowering to do things that have a real impact,” Satterlee said.

Satterlee said NYPIRG has helped him learn a lot of different aspects of the political sys-tem students don’t normally look into. He said it has given him the tools to become a successful political activist and has increased his level of political awareness overall.

Wood said NYPIRG also makes students experts in grassroots organizing and campaign strategy, which provides them with the necessary tools to create the social change that they wish to see on their campus and in their local and global community.

The unique part of the NYPIRG chapter of SUNY New Paltz is the number of students in-volved in social justice campaigns, and the en-thusiasm and dedication that they have, Wood said.

“It is great to see so many students socially aware and determined to spread that awareness to their peers,” Wood said. “The passion that comes from these students is unparalleled.”

By Elyse Hennes


NYPIRG has various voter registration booths throughout the campus.

PHOTO BY ROBIN WEINSTEIN

NYPIRG Helps Raise Voter Registration Numbers

After a recent meeting of the Liberal Ad Hoc Education Committee, faculty members have de-cided to not increase student seats on the com-mittee.

-mester, Vice President of Academic Affairs Jona-than Espinosa said he wanted to add three student seats to the committee, raising the number from

“I wanted to have a student from each school on the committee, so there would have been someone from the business school and the science school and from each school,” Espinosa said. “I saw an opportunity to have more repre-sentation on the board. After the budget cuts a couple of years ago, what we wanted was trans-parency and ever since then I’ve been looking to seize every opportunity to create that.”

The current committee is made up of 18

faculty members, three representatives of faculty governance, the Interim Provost, two representa-tives from Student Affairs, two current students and two alumni, according to the SUNY New Paltz website. The purpose of the committee is to “review, analyze, and discuss recent develop-ments in undergraduate and general education, meet with faculty and departments to solicit cam-pus input;; and share information across campus about principles, assumptions and key factors that are the foundation of a strong undergraduate education program including general education,” the website said.

Associate Professor Stella Deen, who served as the chair of the committee last year, said the current amount of student representation is too much, and adding to it would not have been in the best interests of the committee.

“The new motion would have added to the committee, and we have been looking to down-size the current number we already have,” Deen

said. “We want to reduce the number of represen-tatives altogether.”

Espinosa said part of the problem the faculty has with student representation is that students come off as apathetic whereas academic commit-tees are concerned. He said he sees it as his job to make a difference in this matter.

“What I get is there’s some friction between the students and the faculty and to the faculty, the students are not as responsible as they should be,” he said. “...it would be my responsibility to

Paul Zuckerman, the current chair of the Liberal Education Ad Hoc committee, said the 150 faculty members who voted on the amend-ment had numerous reasons to keep the number of seats to two.

“There are a lot of reasons for us to keep the number at two,” Zuckerman said. “I think ev-eryone who voted on it could give you different reasons for why they voted ‘no.’”

Since the committee is only temporary, Es-pinosa said he isn’t sure he’ll be able to make changes in its student representation in the future.

take, but this semester it’s done for now,” Espi-nosa said. “They’re revamping the guidelines for GE’s this year, which is why I wanted to have student representation from each school.”

Espinosa said that more student representa-tion would improve the relationship between the student community and administration, and that committees such as the Liberal Ad Hoc Educa-tion Committee are the only way for students to be heard by the administration.

“The more seats for student representation, the better,” he said. “That’s the only way the administration hears our voice, that’s the only channel they hear us through. We can complain all we want, but if we don’t voice ourselves on those committees, then it’s like they don’t hear us.”

By Cat Tacopina

Sports Editor | [email protected]

Ad Hoc Committee Votes Down Increased Student Representation


Ulster County resident Doreen Peone is all too familiar with Lyme disease. In 2007, Peone, 47 at the time, began experiencing Bell’s Palsy (facial paralysis) and dizziness at work. This was the moment that began her tumultuous two-year battle.

She had been to several doctors and un-derwent several X-Rays, MRI’s, CT Scans and numerous blood tests. She had six Lyme tests, all of which came back a false negative.

“I was told I had MS, Lupus, Fibromyal-gia, a migraine syndrome, Transversmyaltis…and I was even told it was just menopause,” she said. “I was bedridden for a year— I lost my job, became disabled, fought for disability insurance and came close to losing my home.”

During the time she was going through all these tests, bacteria had entered her brain and affected her nervous system, ability to speak, walk, drive and perform normal daily tasks. She said she felt like a zombie.

Lyme disease is a tick-borne illness, transmitted to humans through tick bites. The microscopic insect carries the bacteria called Borrelia burgdorferi, which they pick up after

biting mice and deer, according to Pubmed-health.com.

After discovering she had Lyme, Peone urged her neighbor Robert Aiello, chair of the Ulster County Health and Personnel Commit-tee, to spread the word about the disease.

Aiello said he became so moved by Peo-ne’s illness that he started a Lyme Disease Ad-visory Committee (LDAC) in Ulster County

public and Lyme disease victims can meet and share their experiences with the disease and promote awareness.

-ease, I thought it was a simple matter of a tick bite, a rash and taking some antibiotics,” Ai-ello said. “Little did I realize how debilitating and insidious Lyme disease is until I saw my neighbor having to be assisted by two people to cross the street.”

The Ulster County LDAC, established by Resolution Number 55 on March 20, 2012,

-pointed Peone as a member of the commu-nity affected by Lyme disease because of her knowledge and intense research of the disease.

The LDAC report said their mission was

to study the spread of Lyme disease, review the county’s approach to policy decision and disperse information to physicians and the public. The committee’s goal was to go be-yond the normal preventative information which includes checking for a bullseye rash, tucking your pants into your socks and check-ing pets for ticks. The report said the commit-tee would look at all aspects of Lyme disease and “provide pragmatic recommendations to the Ulster County Legislature.”

Aiello said there are two schools of thought on treating Lyme disease. One is that people with Lyme should be treated through intravenous antibiotics (a 28-day IV injection of antibiotics directly into the bloodstream), or an oral course of Doxacillin that may need to be taken for more than one year.

Peone said there are also alternative treat-ments, such as integrative medicine, which in-cludes supplements like B-12 or Magnesium, in addition to antibiotics. However, main-stream medicine must follow government guidelines in terms of treatment, she said.

“According to the [Center for Disease Control] and [Infectious Disease Society of America], a short course of antibiotics help,”

she said. “Antibiotics brought me to a point where I could function, but I have never been 100 percent.”

The surrounding counties of Green, Dutchess and Orange have had higher rates of tick-borne illnesses than Ulster, but between 2007 and 2009 that changed, the LDAC Re-port and Recommendations said. Ulster Coun-ty saw 778 cases of Lyme disease in 2008, the

year 412 cases of Lyme were reported in the county.

and Aiello said the state has cut off funding putting them at a standstill. He said despite his requests to Sen. Charles Schumer and Con-

the committee did not receive it. Although the committee may have been

halted, Peone maintains her Lyme disease awareness website and remains an activist for those misdiagnosed and suffering from Lyme.

of Lyme disease,” she said. “This is too scary for words. Something has to change soon, or a population of people will become very, very ill.”

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After joining the SUNY New Paltz staff in 2008, Vice President for Admin-istration and Finance Jacqueline DiSte-fano will be leaving to take on a new job.

College President Donald Christian said DiStefano will begin her new posi-tion as Vice President for Finance and Business at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, N.Y. on Nov. 5.

During her time at New Paltz, DiS-tefano reported to Christian and served as a member of his cabinet, as senior non-academic administrator and chief

“I have been responsible for provid-ing leadership, vision and management

tions including development and man-agement of the annual operating bud-get, facilities planning and construction, auxiliaries, human resources and related business activities,” DiStefano said.

DiStefano said she was particularly proud of creating transparency, improv-ing communication and increasing cam-

and budget. Becoming a part of the col-lege administration at the peak of the economic recession when the college was receiving less taxpayer support, DiStefano said her work was heavily in-

“Given these realities and working with two college presidents and other campus leaders, we led a transparent and consultative process to achieve the nec-essary savings in our budget to realign planned savings with our diminished resources,” DiStefano said. “In our June 2011 Middle Sates re-accreditation, the campus was commended for its transpar-ent communication in its budget-reduc-tion process.”

The physical transformation of campus, such as the renovations to Old Main, Crispell Hall, currently Wooster and eventually the Sojourner Truth Li-brary, is another achievement DiStefano said she was glad to have helped with by directing the facilities team. However, she said she was especially “blessed” to have developed positive relationships with the whole campus community, which has given her support that she has

also returned.Christian said despite challenges,

he and DiStefano accomplished many things together, and her guidance has been valuable throughout his presidency.

“Jackie and I have been partners in

municating a $6.3 million budget reduc-tion, wading together through Hurricane

– planning the investment of increased tuition revenue and celebrating the com-pletion of critical construction projects,” Christian said. “Jackie’s adept steward-

shape.”

leadership of Administration and Fi-nance units, Christian said they will begin a national search for someone to “succeed” DiStefano, which he said was a more appropriate word as she would be

The search will follow the same pro-cedures used for all upper-level adminis-trators, but Christian said he will not de-cide on the responsibilities of the interim

VP until one is selected.There will be a farewell reception

this fall to honor DiStefano and her con-tributions and allow faculty and staff to say goodbye, Christian said.

While sad to see her go, Christian said DiStefano’s new position will give her a platform to show all that she is ca-pable of and hopes she is successful.

“St. John Fisher’s enrollments have been growing, their budgets are sound, and Jackie will have many opportunities to apply her talent, experience, and skills to new challenges and problems,” Chris-tian said.

Although excited to bring her 30 years of experience to her new role, DiStefano said she will miss the New Paltz community and helping the college progress.

“I will miss the people: our students, faculty and staff. They are incredibly di-verse, dedicated, caring and so believe in all that New Paltz is and can be,” she said. “The college is entering a very ex-citing time...and I’ll miss being part of these activities that are sure to ensure continued New Paltz success.”

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While some people may think of sum-mer jobs as a compulsory evil — an ex-change of precious free time for spending money — Daniel Torres found his future career through his summer job.

After participating in a local campaign when he was 17, Torres said he enjoyed the experience so much that the next summer he volunteered to work for President Barack Obama’s campaign. His experience work-ing for a national campaign at a local level sparked an interest he continued to pursue.

“I really felt like I was making a differ-ence in my community when I volunteered for the Obama campaign and when it was over I wanted to continue to be involved,” Torres said. “In a way, I think running for the school board was a part of that.”

Torres became the youngest member of the New Paltz School Board at 18. Prior to running, he served as the student representa-tive on the board of education and sat on the school board committee. Torres said he still felt that the board needed a new perspective.

Since his arrival, New Paltz schools have cut down on paper consumption by beginning to use electronic report cards, nu-tritional facts are now listed on all cafeteria foods and the board fought for green initia-tives to save tax payer dollars. Torres said he tried to make his decisions while keeping the diversity of New Paltz in mind.

“I thought [about] how a decision would

my parents and many other groups,” Torres said.

This year, Torres had the opportunity to serve as a delegate at the Democratic Na-tional Convention (DNC). He was asked by a former Ulster County Democratic chair-

an application. Torres said no one from Ulster Coun-

ty went to the convention in 2008 and he knew his chances of serving as a delegate

in January and said the experience was un-forgettable.

“I have to say it was one of the most amazing experiences of my life,” Torres said. “Just feeling the energy in the room when the president accepted his nomination and the confetti fell was something that I will simply never forget.”

Torres said he arrived a few days early to attend the College Democrats of America

DNC on Sept. 4. Torres said his favorite moment at the

“I made my way up to the front of the stage and moved up as people left,” Torres said. “By the time Michelle Obama took the stage I was in the front sitting next to a con-gresswoman from Texas and Jesse Jackson.”

The convention proceedings began at 5 p.m. and continued until 11 p.m. Torres de-scribed his schedule as “hectic” but enjoyed seeing the production behind the scenes.

Torres said he was able to see the speak-ers and performers preparing for the events and watched the Foo Fighters perform an acoustic set for 100 people. He said as he looked around at the crowd, it was obvious that because of his age he was the only one to recognize the band.

JoAnne Myers, a professor of political science at Marist College, said having Tor-

“Dan is the epitome of a political ani-mal,” Myers said. “His enthusiasm for all things political is actually catchy, so having him in a [political science] class is good for his fellow students.”

Myers also said his real world experi-ence allows him to make connections with the theories taught in class. Torres then shares these connections with the class to enhance the discussions.

As the Northeast Director for the Col-lege Democrats of America, Torres has spo-ken to students from all around the country. He said that the feeling of excitement many saw during the 2008 election is still present.

“No one believes that what was started

only four years ago is done, but people re-alize that so much of that can be undone quickly if we don’t actively participate in this election cycle,” Torres said.

Torres also said that this year’s election is not necessarily about either candidate, but instead about the values that dictate our country.

He believes students should ask them-

selves some fundamental questions to ef-fectively choose a candidate. He said he be-lieves that more young people need to voice their opinions and get involved in politics.

“I think it’s incredibly important for young people to get involved,” Torres said. “Our generation is so greatly affected by these topics and I would argue more so than any other demographic.”

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I’m Greek. Therefore, I love feta cheese. It’s good with pasta, potatoes (baked, fried or boiled), rice, salad and bread. Since the only feta cheese you can get here is located in Hasbrouck and tastes like absolutely nothing, I’m going to show you how to make the salty and delicious goat product (it tastes more ap-pealing than it sounds).

For the freshest feta cheese, you’ll prob-ably want to take a quick trip to Greece. You can also go to Titan Foods in Astoria, Queens

ingredient you’ll need is one gallon of goat’s milk. It might be easier to buy it at Titan Foods, but I like to make it the natural way.

A goat of Greek heritage obviously pro-duces the best milk but unless you took that trip to Greece, an American goat will do. Make sure you are gentle with the goat as you squeeze the milk from its teat. You can play some Greek music as you do the deed to calm the goat down. Notis Sfakianakis is always a goat favorite.

Other ingredients include yogurt, rennet (enzymes produced in a mammalian stom-

line — unless you have a spare mammalian stomach lying around in your freezer.

Now this is where it gets tricky. You’re supposed to cut the mixture in some elabo-rate circular way and use a strainer and mold.

Since I don’t really know what I’m talk-ing about, I recommend taking that trip to Greece while playing with a goat and enjoy-ing the feta cheese served to you by some waiter with a sweet Greek accent.

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

“Feta Cheese”By Angela [email protected]

Interim Director of the Honors Center Patricia Sulli-van and political science Professor Nancy Kassop hosted a public viewing of the Wednesday, Oct. 3 presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Gov. Mitt Romney.

The screening, formally called “Public Presidential Debate Viewing with Post-Debate Discussion,” was held in the Coykendall Science Building (CSB) Auditorium.

Sullivan said the event began at 8:45 p.m. with intro-ductions and suggestions for viewing the debate. Attendees were asked to follow claims made by candidates and the support they offered for those claims, relevant and irrel-evant comments, ad hominem attacks and red herrings.

The post-debate discussion, which went until 11:40 p.m., would happen if students were interested enough to stick around for it, Sullivan said. Depending on the au-dience size she said they were going to consider having people work in small groups to “process” the debate along the lines of the suggestions for the viewing.

During the discussion, Sullivan and Kassop asked the audience if the debate helped them differentiate between the two candidates, and whether those differences were based on the issues, Sullivan said. She said that a number

the part of both candidates. “There did seem to be agreement, however, that the

debate served the purpose of helping listeners distinguish between the two candidates based on values and philoso-phy,” she said.

Third-year sociology major Ashley Sanchez said she

“I feel as if the two candidates didn’t let the other speak,” Sanchez said. “There was a lot of back and forth within the debate, I feel as if they were on the same topic for extremely long.”

Sanchez said she would have normally watched the de-bate in her room, but decided to attend the viewing because she thought there might be some extra credit involved for one of her classes.

She said she was also interested in hearing the differ-

to why people had their minds set on a particular candidate to be elected.

“I wanted to see how everyone would react as the de-bate went on and I had never attended a debate in that fash-ion,” Sanchez said. “A lot of people were bashing Obama because he didn’t seem prepared and had his head down most of the time, which I disagree with.”

Sullivan said there were also discussions about the candidates’ debate styles. She said attendees seemed to agree that Romney was more aggressive in responding

there were some disagreements on whether Obama’s style seemed more “presidential” than Romney’s. Sullivan said students seemed engaged with the debate and the discus-sion.

The premise for public debate viewings, Sullivan said, is to avoid partisanship and focus on the substance of the event.

“That’s our aim during post-debate discussion,” Sulli-van said. “Nancy Kassop studies the presidency and I study political communication. The content of the debates and rhetorical strategies in the debates correspond with our re-search and teaching interests.”

Sullivan and Kassop decided not to use the term “Debate-Watch” in later publicity for the event to avoid confusion between what they were doing and the type of presidential debate-watches that took place four years ago. Sullivan said there used to be a formal set up for those pro-

ing the debate, and a requirement for groups to report back. “The group that handled ‘Debate-Watch’ four years

ago doesn’t exist,” Sullivan said. “Some educators have models for debate-watching but we’ve decided against do-ing this because the debates run so late on the East Coast.”

Sullivan said students need to watch the debates be-cause it is their responsibility to be informed. She said that it is important for all student debate-viewers to be critical thinkers.

“This means making every effort to ‘bracket’ their pre-dispositions and concentrate on the claims and substantia-tion of those claims made by the candidates,” Sullivan said.

Kassop and Sullivan will host another public debate viewing and post-debate discussion on Oct. 16, in the CSB auditorium.

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The rising cost of clothes can put college students on a spending freeze,

so many have learned to avoid the chill by

manufacturing their own garments. The process requires skill, patience and ded-ication, but it maintains — and in some

“I started making my own clothes sophomore year of high school,” Re-

with a concentration in costume design, said. “I was sick of all the clothes I found in regular stores so I started making my own. Clothes that were pretty and well-made were expensive, so I thought if I learned how to make clothes that were well-made, it could be more affordable and accessible.”

Anapol isn’t the only trendset-ter. Costume shop manager Eleanor Wolfe said the costume storage room in the Theater Department is full of secondhand garments.

Considering department budget constraints, recycling clothing saves money and the envi-ronment, Wolfe said. Buying garments from

secondhand shops and al-tering a size or a style isn’t

has the resources and the knowledge.Wolfe said she began making her

own clothing when she was 9 since it was cheaper to buy a pattern than it is to buy fabrics.

She said she spent years after col-lege professionally altering garments, working in university costume shops and eventually on Broadway.

Like Wolfe, students started manu-facturing their own clothes as childhood hobbies, but continue as a money-sav-ing, and for some, money-making tech-nique.

“Junior year, I wore most of my clothes to school and people would ask me to make stuff and I would make my friends dresses for birthdays and Christmas,” Anapol said. “I even made a few prom dresses and Halloween cos-

tumes. It was cool making money off my talents.”

What began as a thrifty hobby has turned into a career path.

Anapol said she originally wanted to be a fashion designer, but instead chose to pursue theatrical costuming because she prefers everyone working together to put on a show rather than competing against each other for the sake of their own line.

Julia Fell, a third-year theater ma-

sign said she has been making her own clothes since she was young, but has

cause she was self-taught.

before I actually got to study costume design and proper construction tech-niques,” Fell said. “There are so many little tricks that you may have no idea about if you aren’t learning from professionals.”

Self-manufacturing their own clothes keeps students

said, is that the process it-self is humbling.

“Everything that goes into putting a garment together is an experi-ence. In today’s world, with sweatshops and everything, people don’t know where their clothes come from,” Anapol said. “Making your own clothes, you know exactly what’s go-ing into the garment and what you wear.”

Thrifty Threads

with a concentration in costume design, said. “I was sick of all the clothes I found in regular stores so I started making my own. Clothes that were pretty and well-made were expensive, so I thought if I learned how to make clothes that were well-made, it could be more affordable and accessible.”

Anapol isn’t the only trendset-ter. Costume shop manager Eleanor Wolfe said the costume storage room in the Theater Department is full of secondhand garments.

Considering department budget constraints, recycling clothing saves money and the envi-ronment, Wolfe said. Buying garments from

secondhand shops and al-tering a size or a style isn’t

lege professionally altering garments, working in university costume shops and eventually on Broadway.

Like Wolfe, students started manu-facturing their own clothes as childhood hobbies, but continue as a money-sav-ing, and for some, money-making tech-nique.

“Junior year, I wore most of my clothes to school and people would ask me to make stuff and I would make my friends dresses for birthdays and Christmas,” Anapol said. “I even made a few prom dresses and Halloween cos-

chose to pursue theatrical costuming because she prefers everyone working together to put on a show rather than competing against each other for the sake of their own line.

Julia Fell, a third-year theater ma-

sign said she has been making her own clothes since she was young, but has

cause she was self-taught.

before I actually got to study costume design and proper construction tech-niques,” Fell said. “There are so many little tricks that you may have no idea about if you aren’t learning from professionals.”

Self-manufacturing their own clothes keeps students

said, is that the process it-self is humbling.

“Everything that goes into putting a garment together is an experi-ence. In today’s world, with sweatshops and everything, people don’t know where their clothes come from,” Anapol said. “Making your own clothes, you know exactly what’s go-ing into the garment and what you wear.”

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STUDENTS MANUFACTURE CLOTHES TO SAVE CASH

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Over Columbus Day weekend, the O+ Festival brought people together to heal through medicine, music and art.

The third annual O+ Festival took place in Kingston from Friday, Oct. 5 through Sunday, Oct. 7. The festival cel-ebrated the arts, provided access to health care and endeavored to aid the community’s well-being.

Joe Concra, a co-founder and co-direc-tor of the festival, said the event began after he spoke to a dentist who offered free den-tal work to a band he liked in exchange for their playing a show in Kingston. He said the idea started with one doctor and a group of artists and musicians huddled around a kitchen table.

-mittee levels [Art, Music, Health, Volun-teers and Sponsorship], but as we’re grow-

done,” Concra said. “We’re learning as we go.”

From the Kick-Off Parade on Friday to Sunday’s O+ Wrap Party at Stockade Tavern, the schedule was jam-packed with more than 40 musical acts, health and well-ness expos, yoga classes, art installations and workshops.

Mike Amari, BSP Lounge’s booking agent and guitarist of Lovesick, said the Lounge was one of the festival’s four ma-jor venues. The other major venues were Stockade Tavern, Keegan Ales and The Old Dutch Church.

“The O+ music committee went through over 150 band submissions, chose about 40 for the fest and scheduled who would play where,” Amari said.

Local performers included New Paltz bands The Felice Brothers, Breakfast in Fur, Nelsonvillains, The Sweet Clemen-tines and Tigeriss.

Danny Asis, guitarist of Tigeriss, said

band never had the opportunity to apply to

O+, but they were free this year and bass player and singer Lara Hope seized the op-portunity. He said the band played at the

-val was “killer.”

“It’s really great to see so many differ-ent people and organizations getting togeth-er...to make such an event happen,” Asis said. “No matter where you walked up-town, there was something going on, from the Stockade Tavern all the way to the Old Dutch Church. You don’t see something like that every day.”

Unlike at other festivals, O+ perform-ers aren’t compensated monetarily. Instead, they barter their artistic contributions for dental, medical and holistic services from health care providers.

Dr. Emily Bobson, O+ clinic comple-mentary subcommittee co-director, said she was in charge of chiropractic care as well as organizing and maintaining alternative

practices. She said the festival offers anoth-er way of approaching health care.

“[O+] is giving someone the opportuni-ty to heal the way they want to heal instead of being told how to,” she said. “It’s provid-ing services in that gray area, and [show-ing] it’s possible to have these services be provided without having to go through the medical chain of command. Bartering isn’t new. We just forgot about it.”

Amari said the idea behind O+ is pro-gressive and its message is important to the community. He said because he performed, the festival set up and paid for his dentist appointment during which he received X-rays and a full cleaning.

“Health care costs are out of control and most artists [like me] do not have any, and if they do it’s very basic . . . so the val-ue of O+ is tremendous and vital,” he said. “I saw this really strong, creative, Uptown Kingston community coming together for

what I eventually understood, and is a great cause — bartering the medicine of art for the art of medicine.”

The O+ Festival is important because it helps to foster both community and culture, Concra said.

“Artists and musicians...started [this festival] out of necessity, but it’s grown into something else which I think is great,” he said. “It’s showing the equal value between art and culture.”

Bobson said she liked the festival’s sense of community not only between health care providers and the public, but also between the allopathic [medical] and holistic doctors.

“The community building is what in-spires me the most,” she said. “[O+] pro-vides exposure to another way of approach-

healing process of music. It’s good for your soul.”

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WHAT’S YOUR INSTRUMENT OF CHOICE AND WHY?

WHO HAVE YOU BEEN LISTENING TO LATELY?

Drums, because they move music. They can be booming and dominating, but they also can be delicate and reserved, driving rhythm and building a song’s foundation.

The xx, Grizzly Bear, Flying Lotus, The Lon-don Souls, Elvis Costello, Nick Drake. The

Hold Steady, always.

WHO ARE YOUR BIGGEST INFLUENCES?The Clash’s Topper Headon because he brought subtlety to punk rock drumming. The National’s Bryan Devendorf because he’s constantly reworking the standard 4/4 rock beat. Prince and Sheila E. because I

like to dance.

ANY ADVICE FOR ASPIRING MUSICIANS?Play what you enjoy, play slow before you play fast and practice with a metronome.

WHAT ARE YOU INVOLVED WITH MUSICALLY?Young Neighbors

WHAT’S YOUR PLAN FOR THE FUTURE?Teaching English overseas. Recording an album with Young Neighbors. Graduating and reading all the books and listening to all the music and watching all the movies I’ve

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It’s that time of year again – it’s time to register to

vote.

We’ve written this editorial before, countless times

in fact, but now more than ever political fever is rush-

ing through the cold October air, and if you don’t act

fast you’ll be left behind in the barren wasteland of po-

litical unawareness.

We at The New Paltz Oracle feel that every stu-

dent, both on and off campus, should be registered to

vote locally and should make every effort possible to

secure their right as an American citizen before the

Oct. 12 registration deadline approaches for our NYP-

IRG chapter.

Last presidential election, young voters came out

to the voting booths in record numbers. In fact, the sec-

ond highest number of voters between the ages of 18

to 29 came out to vote in 2008. This needs to continue,

but unfortunately recent elections have not had such

lively outcomes.

We understand that this election cycle has left many

of those voters distraught and disillusioned with the po-

litical atmosphere — the feeling of hope and change

sense of standstill that is evident in almost any young

voter’s responses to the election this time around.

But, that means now our vote counts more than

ever. In election cycles since the 2008 presidential elec-

tions, on-campus voting has turned in dreadful numbers

and left volunteers in the Student Union Multi-Purpose

Room scratching their heads.

If we SUNY New Paltz students are as politically

conscious and progressive as we love to boast, then it

is time to reverse these numbers and have our voices

heard come November.

We have activist clubs across campus screaming

at every walking member of the campus community to

take the mind-numbingly easy second to register to vote

in New Paltz. If you are walking to class one morning,

take the extra second to register — these volunteers are

taking time out of their day to convince you to par-

take in the most basic form of American citizenship,

the least you can do is make their hard work worth it.

NYPIRG has done an excellent job in trying to get

students to register to vote. They said since the begin-

ning of the semester they have collected 1,400 newly

registered students and are now just 100 people shy of

their goal. This is certainly uplifting news, but register-

It is important to be politically aware, not only ev-

ery four years when it becomes trendy to talk politics,

but all year, every year. Please take the time to pick

up your local newspapers, read stories online, talk to

your fellow students and become aware of the issues

at hand.

We implore students to take a few moments every

day and learn how to not only become well versed in

the various plaguing issues that are constricting our

country, but also learn how to contextualize them.

While some students may have already registered,

we urge you to consider re-registering to allow you to

vote in New Paltz. Absentee ballots and reminders are

simply not enough to get many students to vote from

college. Registering in New Paltz will not only force

you to get up and vote, but will make you an active

member in the larger community voice — which is

something all students should strive for.

Editorials represent the views of the major-ity of the editorial board. Columns, op-eds and letters, excluding editorials, are solely those of the writers and do not necessarily represent the views of The New Paltz Oracle, its staff members, the campus and university or the Town or Village of New Paltz.

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It’s 1:17 a.m., the earliest hours of Oct. 10 and I have to be up for P.A. Reporting in less than seven hours. It’s useless to try sleeping now;; I have this weird theory that if I can’t get at least seven and a half hours of sleep in a night, I can sleep for only three hours. Anything longer will leave me unable to leave my sheets.

I stare at my dark ceiling as music plays softly and I try to clear my head. There are too many things going on, which isn’t by any means abnormal.

And then “Mr. Brightside” by The Killers comes on. I groan, run a hand through my hair and neglect to change it. The song was one of my favorites in middle school.

It also speaks to every romantic feel-ing I’ve had in my time at New Paltz.

It’s now 1:25 a.m. and I have no problems wallowing in my emotion-al volatility for a little bit, or for three hours. I’m used to the latter.

I’ve always been more intuitive than any normal person would want to be. Maybe some people want to be more so, but it can be really awful. If you’re me, you’ve known the exact second when the feelings someone had for you ended.

The feelings erode over time, but

there’s an exact moment when you know it’s over and there’s nothing you can do. You can’t help it if they like someone else more than you.

You can cling for dear life as much as you want, but there’s no stopping the person you like from having the feelings that they have. If they like someone else, that’s it. They may be insensitive about it and they may have betrayed every drop of trust you gave to them, but there’s no changing it.

And then it becomes a sport you’re a spectator in. They’ll try to be secretive about it, but it’s all blatantly obvious. A

long is the most freezing thing to the per-son who wasn’t meant to catch it.

It’s a little past 1:30 a.m. and the song is over. Then “Someday You Will Be Loved” by Death Cab For Cutie comes on.

The shade of it all, it couldn’t get any worse.

That song is one of the most beauti-

a certain amount of hate for it. How noble you must feel if you’ve

ever been that person. If you left some-one, and the reason you gave them wasn’t the truth and the only thing you leave them is unsure reassurance that

You should just tell them the truth. Oh sure, your reason may be painful, but it’s never going to be as painful as a lie

you told to try to ease their pain. Lies are so thin these days, and they only get more transparent as time goes by. You’ll never keep it for long.

I’ve never been in love. I know what the feeling of your heart

breaking is like. Being in love doesn’t require you to feel such pain. Some peo-ple with too much empathy (if there is such a thing, which I don’t think there is) experience heartbreak several times a week. Not being in love doesn’t mean you are unable to know the feeling of a bullet going through your chest and your heart exploding into glass-like shards in every direction.

I come back to reality feeling light as a feather and like a sinking anchor all at once. “Tin Man” by the Avett Brothers is playing now.

Sometimes I like to think about how much easier day-to-day life would be if you couldn’t feel anymore, and then I quickly decide that would actually be the most awful thing to be: emotionless.

Nothing feels better than knowing you’re moving on and that the pain you suffered is easing. Maybe that’s life’s greatest pleasure: knowing that mo-ments, no matter how long or short, are

you insane can’t once you realize that you’re not stuck and there is room to move forward.

It’s now 2 a.m. Maybe my theory is wrong and I’ll try getting some sleep.

Dear Editor:

I am writing in response to the ar-ticle titled “Bees, Bees, Everywhere,” which was published in the Oct. 4 edi-tion of the Oracle. The insects featured in photographs on both the front page and again in the article itself were not bees of any kind, but in fact yellow jacket wasps.

Now this may seem overly picky, but as an insect biologist and an edu-cator I am compelled to draw attention to this inaccuracy. More importantly, a major point made in the article was the potential public health hazard posed by these stinging insects to members of the campus community with venom aller-gies.

Individuals may react differently to different kinds of stinging insect ven-oms. It is possible that someone who is allergic to honeybee venom is not al-lergic to yellow jacket venom and vice versa. Garbage cans across campus are currently being visited by large num-bers of scavenging yellow jackets and not honeybees, and this seemingly triv-ial detail may be of great importance to students, staff and faculty who have

“The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names” – Chinese Proverb

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This week in NFL football, several of Sunday’s games ended with interest-ing outcomes. To celebrate the beginning of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the

pink ribbon stickers on their helmets to show their support.

The Giants made up for their loss against the Philadelphia Eagles last week with their win against the Cleve-

game, scored by WR Josh Gordon, put Cleveland on the board, but not for long.

touchdowns for the Giants shortly after. Other star players for the Giants dur-

ing this match were DB Stevie Brown, who managed two interceptions that turned the ball back over in favor of Big Blue as well as RB Ahmad Bradshaw, who scored another touchdown. The game-saving play was LB Chase Black-

burn’s interception in the end zone, which completely rejected Browns QB Brandon Weeden’s close attempt at another seven points.

The game ended with a score of 41-27 victory for the G-men. The team will be moving on to San Francisco to face the

time the two teams have seen each oth-er since last year’s NFL playoffs.

Also on Sunday, the In-dianapolis Colts played the Green Bay Packers in India-napolis. The Colts clinched the game

minutes, stunning Green Bay. Later on that night, the Denver Bron-

cos took on the New England Patriots in New England. This game certainly was an interesting quarterback showdown. Tom Brady and Peyton Manning are no strangers on the turf, and Brady and his team used their familiarity with Man-ning’s idiosyncrasies to their advantage.

Though Manning did his job on

team, the Broncos struggled to keep up with the Patri-ots’ defense, which gave

Manning

a run for his money throughout the en-

a 10-point lead over the Broncos, making

Though the Giants made an outstand-ing comeback this week against Cleve-

it up if they want to make headway this season, and QB Eli Manning will need to up his focus. For any NFL team, but especially the New York Giants, consis-tency—as well as execution—are key.

year veteran Bradshaw, need to keep up the good work, especially in the upcom-ing game.

in their game against a 49ers team look-ing for retribution after their last meeting? If the team can keep bringing their focus to games, they shouldn’t have a problem. It’s still too soon to tell.

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time the two teams have seen each oth-er since last year’s NFL playoffs.

Also on Sunday, the In-dianapolis Colts played the Green Bay Packers in India-napolis. The Colts clinched the game

ning’s idiosyncrasies to their advantage. Though Manning did his job on

team, the Broncos struggled to keep up with the Patri-ots’ defense, which gave

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On July 30, SUNY New Paltz’s Men’s Basketball program welcomed new Assistant Coach Keith Hack to the nest.

Hack joined second-year Head Coach Mike Rej-niak for the Hawks’ 2012-13 season. Hack will be re-sponsible for recruiting, game-day tasks and scouting duties in hopes of enhancing the New Paltz Basketball team for seasons to come.

The new assistant coach said a position like this has always been a dream of his.

“I knew I wanted to be a coach since the age of 10,” Hack said.

Growing up in Hopewell Junction, N.Y., Hack has a history of both coaching and playing basketball in the area. Hack spent two years as an assistant coach at Niagara County Community College (NCCC), where he helped recruit, scout, oversee academic achieve-ments of student-athletes, prepare the team and staff on game day and provide on-the-court instruction. During the 2011-12 campaign, NCCC went 19-9.

Also during that season, Hack served as the U-16 AAU boys’ head basketball coach with the 716 Bas-

ketball Crusaders.Coming out of his stint with NCCC, Hack said

his time there helped him gain the experience needed for a fruitful relationship with the SUNY New Paltz athletic program.

“Coach [Rejniak] and I have diversity in philoso-phy when it comes to the game and I think that that will really help our team on the court,” Hack said. “By joining forces we are capable of creating dynamic plays and my experience at NCCC gave me an arsenal of drills that I hope will help develop the team’s agil-ity and skill level.”

A Medaille College alumnus, Hack had an im-pressive career as a student athlete. He currently ranks among the program’s top 10 all-time in career scor-

career free throws made.With his university education focused on coach-

ing, extensive experience on the court and a sincere desire to create a successful team through qual-ity coaching strategies, Hack hopes he can help the Hawks soar to another level during the 2012-13 sea-son campaign.

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Wellness & Recreation Events and Activities

Registration for intramural sports include dodgeball, ra-quetball, volleyball and ping

pong. ~

Register online at Nphawks.com

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Contact Joe Deck for more information at

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INTRAMURAL SESSION IISIGN-UPS

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All students welcome.~

No registration fee.

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Contact Keith Kenney for more information at

[email protected].

SELF-DEFENSE WORKSHOP

Tuesday, Oct. 16, 7 p.m.

Gym Room 101

Event held in Elting Gym.~

Doors open at 12:30 p.m., registration at the door.

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$3 for students, $7 for fac-ulty and $10 for commu-

nity members~

Contact Christina Cordier for more information at [email protected]

ZUMBATHON TO SUPPORT BREAST CANCER

SATURDAY, OCT. 20, 1 TO 3 P.M.

The Annual Costa Rica Expedition Trip will be held during Spring Break

2013. ~

Even if you missed the GI meeting, there is still time to get information and register to go on the trip.

~Contact Keith Kenney for more information at

[email protected].

COSTA RICA 2013 EXPEDITION

Deadline to register is Monday, Oct. 15.

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No experience necessary.~

You can sign up in room 220 in the gym.

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Hockey has returned. Not only has it returned, but it made its return on ESPN2.

This past Tuesday, fans got to watch

playoffs. It was a breath of fresh air for

pleasure of grown men ramming each other into glass and skating up and down the ice at lightning speed.

Plot twist: it was a Kontinental Hockey

of seeing players like Washington’s Alex-

der both sides of the lockout. If it doesn’t, there’s a lot for hockey fans to worry about.

barrassed to see the league that’s considered my biggest competition for top-tier play-

to play wasn’t just a minor concern;; it was

in mind, especially after the question of

play in the Sochi 2014 Olympics was raised.

a galaxy in the league, which is something

being shown on ESPN. ESPN broadcast-

hopefully get some sort of talks rolling.

that there are other options to watch and fol-low hockey now that weren’t around during

accessible to North American audiences, and college hockey starts within the next

and Twitter makes it easier for people who

aren’t die-hard hockey fans or students at

suffers a little and there’s a pang of loneli-

and the ex is the one who ultimately misses

they had it.

tweet that a source close to ownership told him games will possibly be back by mid-

still.Fingers crossed.

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A recent post on Metsblog.com in-sists that the Mets are making it their

Wright “for life.”

editor of the popular blog, said that the Mets and General Manager Sandy Alderson will begin their negotiations with Wright by offering him a deal that would keep him in orange and blue until 2020.

this deal would send a strong message to the fan base and league that the Mets

the team for the foreseeable future.

According to the report, the Mets are getting ready to offer Wright a six-year deal that will guarantee the third

rone points out that he has been hearing that the team intends for the deal to start after Wright’s current contract — which is scheduled to expire at the end of 2013.

is the Mets. He has been the face of the franchise since he was called up all those seasons ago, and starting the negotiations with him for a deal similar to the one Nation-

The idea of Wright playing for an-other team is nauseating, and while the reports of the Mets’ potential offer is a step in the right direction, it is worth

noting that these are negotiations—

are based off of rumors, which always engulf the baseball offseason.

tiations will not resemble the debacle of Jose Reyes last season and a deal seems to be the desired endgame for both the team and Wright.

Reports around the league seem to suggest the Mets and Wright are hoping to reach an agreement by the end of the World Series. If not, things could get

If Wright and the Mets can’t see

Mets will begin to shop Wright to other

age of prospects in return.

as a de-facto captain and leader of this team.

likely, but baseball is a business and sometimes tough decisions need to be made.

by the end of the month, and they will

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