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Thursday, April 5, 2012

NEWS BRIEFS NATIONAL

President Barack Obama signed legis-lation Wednesday barring members of Congress, the president and thousands

nonpublic information learned on the job, calling it an embodiment of the fundamental American value of fair play.

On Wednesday, the theater was turned into a scene of screams, chaos and blood when a suicide bomber attacked another

wounding dozens and shattering a tenta-tive peace in the capital of Mogadishu.

LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD

TOO SOON TO STOP SUPPORTEuropean Central Bank President Mario Draghi said Wednesday that with unem-ployment rising and economies shrink-ing across the continent it is far too soon to discuss winding down its massive

IT’S PRICEY TO BE POPULAR A spokesman for the California Com-

is seeking advice from the state attorney

Southern California college to charge students more for popular classes is legal.

FLOCKING TO FAIRVIEW Among the graves of Fairview Lawn Cemetery, there is one that was a magnet for bouquets and weeping girls in the 1990s. The name on the tombstone:

J. Dawson.

AN EASTER MIRACLEYou thought Easter eggs don’t grow on trees? Check out Volker Kraft’s garden in eastern Germany, and think again.

A SUDDEN SOMALI STRIKE

Compiled from the AP Newswire

The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences has created a new scholarship program to sup-port low-paying or unpaid summer internships, according to Dean James Schiffer.

“[We’re] sending ambassadors out into the world of work,” Schiffer said.

According to a press release, the program offers two awards in the amount of $1,000 each. Schiffer said they’re merit-based rather than need-based and students must maintain a 3.3 grade point average (GPA) to qualify. The appli-cation will gauge the relevance and quality as it relates to the student’s academic major.

The funding for these awards will come from contributions made to the College of Lib-eral Arts & Sciences Dean’s Fund.

“[The] scholarship’s made available through the generous donations of alum, parents and friends of Liberal Arts & Sciences,” Schiffer said.

An advisory board was created to work with the program and Schiffer said it has served a number of useful purposes. He said the group provides programs, internship networking possi-bilities and works through fundraising and gifts.

Onika Jervis, chair of the advisory board of

the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, worked closely on funding for the program.

“I have had the opportunity to collaborate and give feedback on the development of the scholarship guidelines in addition to working with board members to raise the critical funds needed to get it started,” Jervis said.

Meanwhile, Schiffer said a potential prob-lem with the summer internship program is that it’s not endowed to the school. He said it’s based

between the years. “We hope that this will be sustainable and

create more scholarship opportunities,” Schiffer said.

Schiffer said the internship has to be rel-evant to a student’s major, but this caveat is broadly interpreted. He said liberal arts prepares students to do different things.

Still, Schiffer hopes to attract more web traf-

history major, create two-minute video clips to encouraging donations.

“Director of the Honors Program Patricia

New Paltz for the Honors Seminar, The Indi-vidual and Society,” Ward said. “After seeing

my work and capabilities as a student and vid-eographer, Sullivan passed along my name to Dean Schiffer when she heard about his idea for the campaign videos. Next thing I know, Dean

this would be a good match.” Ward said Schiffer acts as a “producer” and

gives feedback when necessary. Schiffer said the Dean’s Fund also applies

to other initiatives in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. He said it secures speakers, sustains scholarships and supports seed money for ex-perimental courses such as team teaching. When professors teach one course together. Schiffer

rollment, halving credits and examining a profes-sor’s current course load, still need to be worked out.

Schiffer said those interested in donating to the Dean’s Fund should access the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences website and click on the “LA & S” giving link.

The planning for this program started in

be applied to their internship this summer.“Its relationship-building for the future,”

Schiffer said. “We felt like it was a good area to explore.”

New Scholarship Aids Summer InternsBy John Brandi News Editor | [email protected]

The SUNY New Paltz Foundation recent-ly released the 2012-13 scholarship catalogue.

Every March the foundation publishes a catalogue with a wide variety of scholarship offerings for the upcoming academic year.

“Scholarships [for] New Paltz are fund-ed by generous gifts the foundation receives from its alumni, faculty, staff and friends of the college,” Sally Cross, executive director of the SUNY New Paltz Foundation, said. “This year there are 65 different funds with awards totaling more than $210,000.”

Danielle Mattina, a third-year public relations major, said she did not know that New Paltz had a scholarship book. She said that although she is not applying for a scholar-ship, she thinks others should.

“Many students do not have the money to get their way through school, so I think it’s important to offer scholarships,” Mattina said.

Students are encouraged to apply for all scholarships they are eligible for, Cross said.

“Scholarships are important to students as they can reduce the amount of loan debt they face after they graduate, and reduce the amount they pay for their college education,” Cross said.

Alongside scholarships, Marlene Pagen-

saving money as soon as possible. “The more time you have and the young-

er you are, the better off you’ll be,” Pagenrine

said. “You don’t have to be 40, 50 or 60 and start thinking about ‘Where is my nest egg?’ If you can [save money] while in school, it’s an excellent thing to do. It will be a useful habit for the rest of your life.”

Cross said even though the scholarships are for the next academic year, they will aid students in the long run.

“Even though a scholarship might not put money in your pocket today,” Cross said. “By reducing [your] student loan debt, that schol-arship will put a little more money in your pocket each month, once they start payments on those loans.”

The foundation starts to review the amounts available in its funds in January, Cross said.

“Many of the foundation’s donors con-tribute to a particular scholarship fund each year, and a few scholarships each year are only available that one time,” Cross said. “Other scholarships are established as large gifts to an endowed fund, in which the gift is invested, a portion of those investment earn-ings are awarded as scholarships.”

The foundation holds two major fund-raising events each year — the Celebrating New Paltz Gala and the Scholarship Golf Tournament — which many local businesses, as well as faculty and staff, support. These events help to raise funds for the scholarship endowment.

“Increasing the amount and types of scholarships for SUNY New Paltz stu-dents is a major fundraising priority for the foundation,” Cross said.

Foundation Publishes Scholarship CatalogueBy Carolyn Quimby Copy Editor | [email protected]

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NEWS BRIEFS WORLD

Instead of asking for “world peace” as she was crowned Miss Besieged Sarajevo in 1993, 17-year-old Inela Nogic unfolded a banner that read: “Don’t let them kill us.”

A Greek retiree shot himself dead in the busiest public square in Athens during morning rush hour Wednesday, leaving a note police said linked his suicide with the

BESIEGED BEAUTY IS BACK

A KILLER COMMUTE

BLOSSOMING INTO BLOODA suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed at least 10 people, including three American soldiers, at a park in a relatively peaceful area of northern Afghanistan on Wednesday, part of an increase in violence at the start of

The discovery of a giant meat-eating dinosaur sporting a downy coat has some scientists reimagining the look of

Tyrannosaurus rex.

A POLITICAL POEM German Nobel literature laureate Guenter Grass labeled Israel a threat to “already fragile world peace” in a poem published Wednesday that drew sharp rebukes at

home and from Israel.

THE NEXT BEST THING Fake versions of Britain’s young royals have prompted a real-life media scrum when they were unveiled at Madame

Tussauds.

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The 53rd student senate met with a So-dexo employee and representative, reviewed the budget and approved members to the Stu-dent Association Productions (SAP) board and the Academic Affairs Committee (AAC) during their ninth meeting of the semester.

Student Association (SA) President Terrell Coakley started off his report by com-mending the Budget and Finance Committee (BFC) for their performance at BFC weekend. He then urged the senators to remind students to vote on the activity fee during this year’s SA elections.

Coakley said he wants to depict the

possibly hosting a “blackout day.” He said SA might put up signs around campus that emphasize how essential the student activity fee is for school clubs and organizations.

He also mentioned that he is busy draft-ing the proposal for the $10,000 grant that SA

-sity, Equity and Inclusion at SUNY Central. The grant will be for the next SA president to host forums.

SA Vice President Eve Stern prefaced her report by handing out fact sheets explaining the way the judicial process worked. She said she thinks it’s important for senators to know the judicial process so they can educate other students about their rights.

Stern said she sent out the gender-neutral housing surveys on Monday. She said she has received nearly 850 responses and she hopes to receive about 1,000 or 2,000 responses by the end of this week.

She commended Sodexo on the recent changes they have made at Hawk Station. Stern said she and Vice President of Program-ming Laneesha Bacchus will be meeting with Sodexo again on Tuesday to go over further changes. Stern also informed the senate that a number of students have brought concerns to her about Sodexo, “not necessarily on our campus but as a corporation,” regarding human rights issues with workers around the country.

“I know that when their contract is up next year that’s going to be a concern in terms of who’s sitting on the CAS (Campus Auxil-iary Services) board and which different ven-dors [we’re looking at],” she said.

Vice President of Academic Affairs and Governance Ayanna Thomas said the AAC is putting together a few resolutions. They are trying to propose that each academic depart-ment on campus discuss ways to improve advising and get feedback from students. The committee wants a brief summary of the changes the department decided to make.

“I think it’s a really big step [in improv-ing advising on campus],” Thomas said.

She said there are guidelines regarding academic advising in the Faculty Handbook

but they are not updated and need revising so the AAC is proposing new guidelines.

During her report, Bacchus said tickets to Wale’s concert are free for students and $20 for the public. They will start selling tickets to SUNY New Paltz students from April 9 to April 20. Tickets for non-students will go on sale after April 20. She said they did this so New Paltz students can be the priority when buying their tickets.

Bacchus also talked about using media

the day of the concert. “We’re going to have people submit vid-

eos [where they’ll explain] why they should perform before Wale,” Bacchus said. “My board and I are going to choose what band or which artist opens for him.”

The videos have to be about three min-utes long where they explain why they want to perform before Wale and then demonstrate their talent.

Retail Director for Hawk Station Shariff Nickens was invited to the senate meeting on behalf of Sodexo to get an understanding of what the senators are looking for and to listen to their concerns.

concerns regarding the quality of the food served at Hawk Station and the prep time for food. He said it usually takes too long to make certain meals.

Sen. Lori-Anne Wallen said many students are concerned that there aren’t many healthy options at Hawk Station.

Nickens said he is looking into the is-sue. He also said in the “Grab and Go” cooler they’ve added some dipping sticks and lower

the entire cooler with healthier options.When one member of the legislative

body complained about customer service and the attitudes of the workers, Nickens said he is constantly coaching and developing staff.

“I’m a huge advocate of customer ser-

vice because if nobody came to the store, then what?” Nickens said. “Then there’s no Hawk Street, just an empty nest.”

He also refuted the ongoing rumor that Hasbrouck puts laxatives in their food.

Nickens said he will bring all of their concerns to the General Manager Robert Ness.

Sen. Manuel Tejada presented to the senate his research of the Sodexo company. Although the Sodexo workers at SUNY New Paltz are unionized, other Sodexo employ-ees around the country aren’t. Tejada said he found the company has committed human rights violations. He thinks students should be concerned since their purchases from Sodexo vendors add to the company’s revenue.

“It might not affect [SUNY New Paltz] personally,” said Tejada. “But I think it’s im-portant for us to stand in solidarity [with these workers].”

During his senate report, Vice President

BFC weekend but went into more detail during the senate discussion.

He said many changes were made dur-ing BFC weekend. One of these changes were student organizations that have a line item cannot request money from general program-ming. However, if there is a price for one of the items that the club was already approved for, they can.

Kouyo also mentioned he penalized a few clubs for not regularly attending council of organization meetings every Monday by not giving them a budget next year. The two clubs can appeal this decision.

Sen. Henry Lino said this was an effort to set a precedent for other student organiza-tions.

The senate approved Sen. Kaychelle English to SAP and Sen. Ramelle Pool was approved to AAC.

The next senate meeting will be on Tuesday, April 10 in SU 418.

Senate Speaks With Sodexo Representative

A representative from the on-campus food vendor Sodexo met and spoke with the student senate.

By Jaleesa Baulkman Copy Editor | [email protected]

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Students living in the Hasbrouck complex residence halls can expect to see the next resi-dence renovation project begin in fall 2013 as

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depend on the condition of the different halls in the complex to determine which hall is in most

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eight month period from December through the

following summer allows for more renovation time without displacing students from campus

us to have the remaining students living in the residence hall scheduled for renovation to move into one of the other student rooms that

made a home in the soon-to-be-renovated resi-

“Our goal is to have [the next hall] com-

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Lefevre To Be Renovated?

Shupe held an annual construc-tion update presentation on

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Construction Continues Around Campus

The Liberal Education Ad Hoc Committee has proposed

changes to undergraduate education that will see students’

learning process expand, and are asking for feedback from

the campus community.

“We are bringing our ideas to various bodies on cam-

pus including students to get their responses,” Stella Deen,

Liberal Education Ad Hoc Committee chair and associate

professor of English, said. “The changes have been proposed

because there is a national movement to renovate liberal edu-

cation so that students can be better prepared for the changing

world.”

The proposed changes include a required seminar for

courses, incorporating oral communication skills, ethical rea-

soning and service learning. Science, technology, engineering

and mathematics (STEM) skills will also be added to course

Deen said the movement to renovate liberal education is

fundamentally focused on helping students gain expertise in

skills they will need such as writing, oral communication and

critical thinking. The proposed liberal education plan would

assure that students have multiple opportunities to practice

these core skills.

the proposals — such as the addition of the required fresh-

men seminar and service learning — as positive changes, yet

she is skeptical about other proposals, like the new language

requirement.

“Something such as a four-semester language require-

ment seems a bit ridiculous for students who are not particu-

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new language and culture.”

Deen said the proposals will not be put into effect for

some time and they will “unlikely” affect current students.

She said if the faculty endorses the proposals, a committee

allow these new plans to be executed.

Deen has met with the Student Association senate and

the Residence Hall Student Association to gain feedback

fora including one that will take place on April 5 in Student

Union 409 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Students will have the op-

portunity to raise questions and comment on the proposal.

She said if students are unable to attend the forum they

can visit the Liberal Education Ad Hoc Committee website

(newpaltz.edu/leahc) to view the proposals and are welcome to send email responses.

Student Association (SA) President Terrell Coakley is

working on a proposal to receive a $10,000 grant from SUNY

central to support diversity initiatives. Coakley said the grant

would allow a series of programs to be held next year similar

“My intended goal is to make the “Can We Talk About

have more consistent forums, then people can know one an-

other as well as know the administrators on a personal level.”

Coakley said he does not expect the grant to remedy

all issues on campus, but rather serve as a tool for sparking

conversation and awareness.

The possible $10,000 grant will be used to host discus-

sions throughout the year that would focus on the various

aspects of campus climate.

“The grant is not supposed to solve any problems,”

these forums an easy thing to accomplish.”

President Donald Christian said he and Coakley would

like to host events similar to the TRANSaction program,

held on March 12. He said TRANSaction was “a remark-

generated great participation.

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terest and feedback in a campus forum on race that attracted

400 students and a campus forum on issues experienced by

102,” Christian said.

Due to the large amount of students the last campus

fora had attracted, Christian would like this money to help

fund more programs about issues in which students express a

strong interest. He said the grant would possibly be used for

advertising and travel costs for speakers.

Coakley said past programs have been self-sustained,

with Christian paying for most of the advertising. He said

this money will give SA the opportunity to do “a lot more,”

such as bring in keynote speakers and get the rights to watch

According to Christian, the deadline for the application

is mid-April, therefore the grant has not been submitted yet.

He said the submission process includes an abstract or execu-

tive summary and a clear statement of the goals, activities

and who would oversee the program.

behind exploring and talking about these issues,” Christian

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mission.”

Even though the grant is not assured, Coakley is work-

ing on another event for early April which will focus on cam-

pus safety, according to Christian.

The event will address concerns that “different people

with different identities” have about safety issues, including

sexual assault and harassment of people in the LGBTQ com-

munity. Attendees will also discuss the shooting of Trayvon

to someone in the graduate program to conduct a domestic

abuse forum.

“At the end of the day we are here for a collegiate pur-

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munal aspect of the campus only empowers both ends of the

spectrum as far as being a better academic university.”



New Paltz Vies For ‘Diversity’ Grant

Committee Proposes Changes To Undergraduate Education

By Clarissa Moses Copy Editor | [email protected]

Student Association President Terrell Coakley hopes to secure a $10,000 grant from SUNY Central to host diversity initiatives.


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-lege Terrace Tuesday for a United University Professions (UUP) forum on workload and other issues, showcasing speaker Gary Rhoades.

“Workload, Faculty Voice & Quality In Higher Edu-cation” featured Rhoades, who has conducted research on the restructuring of academic institutions and professions in the academy, science and technology policy, and com-parative higher education. UUP representatives said they felt the “dynamic speaker” would provide a good start for an event that also allowed faculty to break into small groups and discuss issues they were having with their own workloads.

Rhoades spoke about problems instructors face in re-gards to their workload and possible solutions that can be applied in front of the approximately 80 faculty members who were in attendance.

“This is something we’ve never attempted before,” UUP President Peter Brown said in his opening remarks. “I think it’s...time we discussed faculty workload.”

Rhoades began his presentation by stressing the im-portance of understanding the intersection of both faculty and other professionals on campus, something faculty and administrators need to take into account when discussing workload issues.

“There is just no way we can get to this big goal without [the] investment of revenue,” Rhodes said. “We

investment problem.”

-ing to workload — which can relate to the number of cours-es a professor teaches, the number of students and advisees they are responsible for, their personal research, their ser-vice on committees and more — are being discussed in colleges and universities across the United States.

-ulty at SUNY New Paltz will remain patient and under-standing if they are asked to take on more responsibility.

“There are some faculty that deans have asked to pick up heavier teaching loads because they’re not car-rying scholarly responsiblities, and naturally there’s some resentment about that,” he said. “Some of the con-versation has been about how we address inequities in

teaching loads.” Professor Patricia Noble, an adjunct who teaches in-

terpersonal communication and public speaking, said she attended the forum hoping to hear about issues regarding the workload and treatment of part-timers.

“I am wondering if they can make the point that ad-juncts need to be treated more fairly,” Noble said. “The more involved you are, the better it is for students.”

The presentation included statistics regarding the hir-ing of faculty and enrollment of students both throughout

campus. According to Rhoades’ presentation, there was a 13.3

percent increase in students versus a 9 percent increase in faculty from 2005-11 across the SUNY system.

On the SUNY New Paltz campus, the total full-time faculty dropped from 323 members in 2010 to 313 in 2011, where part time faculty dropped from 325 in 2010 to 293 in 2011. Rhoades also said the student-to-faculty ratio rose from 16-to-1 to 17-to-1 over the last year.

“The numbers might not be perfect,” Rhoades said. “It’s the trend line that matters.”

Rhoades ended his presentation by urging members

of the faculty to do a self-survey that would allow both administrators and professionals on campus to be on the same page about issues concerning those on campus.

Administrators said they are in the process of working on a survey to send out to faculty to evaluate their work-loads, while UUP sent out their own faculty survey online about three weeks ago.

UUP Vice President of Academics Jeff Miller said while he does not know what stage the administrative study is at, UUP members are trying to get some ideas about where faculty spend their time and on what.

“Different departments have different workloads,” Miller said. “Part of the trick is seeing where everyone is.”

Rhoades said it “made sense” if both the administra-ton and UUP worked together to tackle the faculty work-load issue.

Miller said he thought the turnout, both on the faculty and adminstrative side, was encouraging.

“It was more than we expected and more than who had previously signed up,” Miller said. “It’s important because it effects everyone on campus. For us, it’s where the rubber hits the road — we need to maintain quality in the class room which is hard to do when [workload] goes up.”

By Andrew Wyrich [email protected]

Union Hosts Workload Forum

students to several positions. Student Association Productions (SAP) elections were

-ing at this year’s spring concert and those on the SAP board will be helping with the concert.

There were two seats open for SAP and Sen. Kaychelle

event and make sure the concert goes smoothly.

must lead all council of organizations meetings as well as keep

to Bentley.Two people were nominated for the seat: one was Liz

Pinto of Dumbledore’s Army, and the other was Sen. Rose Faber. Faber, a fourth-year Women Studies major, said she

Plan for next semester. She said she wants to bring workshops and training sessions before council meetings for clubs to

Following this were E-board announcements. Bentley said organizations that missed all three council meetings so far or do not have a charter must speak with her.

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tee weekend. He said $1.5 million was allocated for next year and those with line items will not be able to receive money from General Programming.

Therefore clubs that requested small amounts of money for their budget were denied so they have a chance to request money from the $183,000 in General Programming in the future.

Kouyo said if a club misses three meetings, they will lose their line and as penalty will not be able to receive money from General Programming for at least one month.

He said a few clubs were denied line items for next year due to reasons such as poor council standing or a lack of char-

[email protected] and go to next week’s Senate meet-ing to discuss their budgets. The clubs currently on the list are Avant-Garde Magazine, Ice Hockey and SSDP/NORML.

Kouyo said other changes made to the budget for next year include clubs receiving two-thirds funding for travel and only receiving food for one organization meeting.

By Maria Jayne [email protected]

Council Of Organizations Hosts Elections

Town residents Howard Sachar and Chuck Silver are continuing work on their potential art-house cinema and have recently gone before the New Paltz plan-ning board to discuss their proposal.

Sachar said he and Silver submitted their current plan to the board in Febru-ary and the board expressed positive views about the idea of having an art-house cin-ema in downtown New Paltz.

“The overall reaction we have consis-tently received from the board and others in the community is that this could be an ex-citing addition to the village,” Sachar said.

While board members and residents of New Paltz have expressed support for the cinema, they also discussed how the cin-ema may impact merchants, residents and visitors.

Maurice Weitman, planning board chairman, said the board has expressed concern with the issuance of a Special Use

-ing and storm water retention.

Sachar said the board asked them to conduct a study which would examine the

-ing in the area surrounding the proposed site. He said at the planning board meeting on March 20, the scope of the study was agreed upon and is expected to begin within the next month.

“The proposed Water Street Cinema is a relatively complex project in the Gateway District of the Village,” Sachar said. “The board showed a willingness to work with

arise.”In addition to the possible effect on

would also reduce space for housing. An existing two-family dwelling at 12 Main St. will be converted into commercial use de-

Weitman said in regard to reducing housing there may be no legal requirement that they provide replacements for housing units converted to other uses but it will be one of the factors considered by the board during their evaluation of the State Envi-

ronmental Quality Review Act.Sachar said the cinema will be a “not-

driven art-house cinema.” Their intention is to become a 501(c)

(3) corporation and in order to attain this status they must receive approvals from both state and federal agencies.

Sachar and Silver said the planning board won’t be their last stop in trying to

develop 12 Main St.

cinema, we hope to collaborate with the village on ways to gain greater utility from existing parking such as encouraging more bicycling, walking and the use of public transportation,” Sachar said. “We think that these are all important in increasing the vitality of the Gateway district and New Paltz as a whole.”



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Students Discuss Martin MurderThe SUNY New Paltz Black Student Union

(BSU) hosted an event in the Student Union (SU) on Monday, March 26 titled “Young, Black Male and Under Attack.”

The event was held to discuss the recent murder of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin and the war against young black males in the United States, BSU group leaders said.

On Feb. 26, Trayvon Martin was killed by a 28-year-old Neighborhood Watch Captain George Zimmerman. Zimmerman called police when he saw Martin and told them he was “real suspicious” look-ing, according to the Orlando Sentinel. A police dis-

and not to pursue Martin.Zimmerman followed Martin as he was return-

ing home from a trip to a nearby 7-Eleven. Zimmer-man had a 9-millimeter handgun and Martin had a bag of Skittles and a can of iced tea. The confronta-tion turned into a physical altercation, leading to the death of Martin, according to the Orlando Sentinel.

According to The New York Times, Martin was buried on March 3. Zimmerman said he acted in self-defense. With no evidence to dispute this claim he had not been arrested or charged with any crimes.

More than 30 people sat in SU 407 to discuss the

case. Jada Young, a third-year Black Studies major and vice president of BSU, led the discussion illus-trating Martin’s death in correspondence with other young black men who she said have been “system-atically murdered.”

“Our main goal is to raise awareness,” she said. “This issue is indicative to a larger scale of what’s happening to Black men in all of society.”

Jonathan Espinosa, third-year Black Studies ma-jor and historian of BSU, said it’s a pressing issue that people need to be more aware of.

“We need to get the word out so we can orga-nize and mobilize people, and try to make sure these kinds of things stop happening,” Espinosa said.

Professor and Lecturer of Black Studies, La Ta-sha A. Brown, said Martin’s case struck home with some of her students because a lot of people can re-

violent groups and he was an innocent boy who just went to the store to buy some candy, she said.

“The appeal is that he looks like the ‘boy next door,’ so a lot of students can relate to him,” Brown said.

She said the event was a good way for the stu-

President of Student Association Terrell Coak-ley said it is important for Black parents to inform their kids of the dangers they face and to train them

accordingly. “Black parents need to train their kids with a set

of survival skills,” he said. “Also you’ve got to know your rights and know when to use them.”

The Constitution and Rules Committee (CRC) is pre-paring for the Student Association (SA) Constitutional Convention.

“We spent a lot of time on [the constitution],” CRC member Sen. Kaychelle English said. “It’s important for the student body to have an input.”

Students will be able to meet with the committee members and propose changes to the current SA constitu-tion, Ayanna Thomas, vice president of academic affairs and governance, said.

The point of the convention is for students to voice their concerns to the CRC. They will consider the feed-back for the SA constitution. Students will also be able to propose ideas and suggest changes in the constitution that may go into effect next semester.

Sen. Wendy Cohen said to prepare for the conven-tion, the committee divided the constitution into multiple sections before spring break.

Thomas said every two years they review the SA con-stitution and bylaws. The committee and student members of the CRC were given parts of the SA constitution and asked to suggest changes.

The SA Constitutional Conventional will kick-off on

April 21 with a discussion between CRC members and the student body about the constitution, which is a binding document for SA.

Committee members will have portions of the consti-tution and will host these meetings in several rooms on the

have to switch rooms if they want to review every part of the constitution.

On April 22, the CRC will meet up and revise the constitution. They will rewrite and possibly add to the constitution suggestions made by the student body, Thomas said.

Thomas said the committee is hoping to add some of the bills created this academic year into the constitution. Such bills include the ability of school clubs and organiza-tions to appeal to the Budget and Finance Committee be-fore the senate and another to create the Student Concerns Committee. They also hope to make it mandatory for the SA president to hold at least one forum each semester, similar to the race forum “Can We Talk About It?” con-ducted last fall.

Once the revisions are made, the CRC will then have to present them to the student senate and get their approv-al. For these changes to be added into the constitution, 10 to 12.5 percent of the student body needs to vote on it.

The changes made will only impact SUNY New Paltz. English said she thinks it’s important for students

to get involved since the constitution binds the student government to the student body.

“We have to represent the student body,” English said. “So the student body needs to represent themselves.”

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Students were asked to build a strong sense of self and to celebrate their natural sizes during Healthy Living Awareness Week, sponsored by the Eating Disorder Committee along with the Psychological Counseling Center, Campus Auxiliary Services, Fraternity/Sorority Life and Oasis/Haven.

The week-long series of events began Monday night with an eating disorder awareness program called “Celebrate our Natural Sizes Candle-Light Vigil,” and lasted until Fri-day afternoon with “Fearless Friday: All Foods Can Fit,” a program where healthy eating information and food samples were given out.

Dr. Gweneth Lloyd of the Psychological Counseling Center and committee chair said the week is normally held near the end of February in conjunction with annual Eating Disorder Awareness week. But this year, New Paltz decided to change it.

Tara Sestanovich, coordinator of the First-Year Program-ming Center for Student Development who was in charge of

-trayed a great message to students.

“Having an Eating Disorder Awareness Committee on campus allows students the opportunity to attend healthy liv-ing events and be provided with healthy living information and materials,” Sestanovich said. “Students are also given a chance to share their stories, hear from college counselors and learn how to help themselves or someone they know who may be struggling with living a healthy lifestyle.”

The week of programs was designed to educate students on preventative techniques, according to Lloyd. She said re-gardless of their size, students should be able to celebrate it and break free of society’s expectations.

Lloyd said advertisements and models are not realistic portrayals of the way the world is and how people should look. She said exposure to these images can be detrimental to a student’s self image. Lloyd said college students are the tar-get population for advertisements on television and in maga-zines;; therefore, it is important to have a week of awareness and information.

“It’s an interesting way of developing insight to our-selves and how we are so deeply affected by the media and images around us,” Lloyd said. “When you have a person caught up in their sense of self, looking at these images makes it harder.”

Tuesday night was dedicated to helping friends in need, Lloyd said.

“Many times students come and they have concerns about a friend with eating disorders,” she said.

She said students may be worried about their friends or roommates binging, purging, having restrictive diets or not eating, and the events were a way to make them not feel so helpless.

Lloyd said the true message of the week was to help students to not be so hard on themselves. She said college students are discovering autonomy, morals, world views and

educational expertise as well as combining everything they learned at home and applying it to their experiences. This re-sults in a tough transition that’s made even harder when body image is involved.

“We’re a society that does things to the extreme, so do things in moderation,” Lloyd said. “If you want a cupcake, have a cupcake.”

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Andrew W. Lehren, the 2012 James H. Ottaway Sr. Pro-fessor of Journalism at SUNY New Paltz, decided to take a break from some of his heavier investigative stories to cover one of his hobbies: marathon running. Then found a 25-year-old Italian man successfully ran the race and won - in the 61 and up age group.

Lehren said that examining documents and data like he did for this story and many others are important for journal-ists in his lecture, “The Art of Investigative Reporting” on Wednesday, April 4.

On Wednesday, April 4, the New York Times reporter spoke before a crowd of students, faculty and administrators in the Coykendall Science Building Auditorium.

haven’t stumbled upon. “There are more stories than reporters,” Lehren said. Lehren’s Ottaway seminar focuses on enterprise and

investigative reporting. Chair of the Ottaway Committee

approach data and documents to better their stories.“He’s taken them into another dimension of journalism,”

Phillips said. Fourth-year sociology major Alicia Loscalzo said she

found Lehren’s use of data and public documents in his re-porting to be particularly fascinating.

“It’s interesting that the information is out there,” Loscal-zo said.

Lehren was one of the lead reporters on The New York Times Wikileaks stories which detailed diplomatic cables, war logs from Afghanistan and Iraq and dossiers of Guantanamo Bay detainees. He holds a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri and is a graduate of Lehigh Uni-versity.

Reporter Shares SecretsOTTAWAY PROFESSOR SPEAKS ABOUT INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM

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COOKOFF:

For some reason, people think that just be-cause I am a girl I should know how to cook — as if some amazing cook gene is some-where mixed into my genetic makeup.

Unfortunately, I can’t really cook, but I guess I would call myself a simple baker. I can make one dessert, in one simple way and pass

called “Banana Pudding.”

This is the easiest dish anyone can make (besides cereal), and the result makes you look like a real baker even though you aren’t baking anything.

In order to make this dish you will need:-1 box of instant vanilla pudding-1 box of Nilla Wafers (cookies) -1 bunch of bananas

Pour two cups of milk and one box of pud-ding mix into a bowl, whisk it and let it set for a few minutes. Once the pudding has formed into a thick consistency, take your Nilla Waf-fers and line the bottom of an empty bowl or pan with the cookies. After you form an even layer of cookies, grab a banana and cut slices to place across the pudding. Make two even layers of bananas. On top of these two layers, pour some vanilla pudding into the bowl and

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A day in the life is all it may take to understand an entirely different culture.

This theory was tested on Tuesday, April 3 when La Unida Latina Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity and the Muslim Stu-dent Association held their fourth annual Muslim for a Day pro-gram as part of Islamic Awareness Week.

This program was created four years ago and has been an annual program since,” Jonathan Talmi, a member of La Unida Latina Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity, said. “The idea was to simulate a life experience that not many of us go through. As Muslim Americans are faced with a plethora of stereotypes and daily hardships, this program was designed to [give] those who never experienced bigotry the opportunity to do so.”

traditional Muslim headwear and go about their day, experiencing other people’s reactions. Participants were also forbidden from eating pork so they could better understand the life of a Muslim.

The program was held in Student Union 100, and included different stations for Arabic calligraphy writing, henna tattoos, Islamic prayers and Middle Eastern food from local restaurants.

where students would be able to talk about the reactions they re-ceived.

The previous year’s events have done enough publicizing for this year. Past and prospective participants have asked about the event, eager to experience being Muslim for a day.

Participant rules included a ban on pork eating. There was also a new station teaching participants about Muslim prayers.

Facilitators of the program hope that by giving other stu-dents the chance to see the world through the eyes of someone completely different, it will make them aware of the discrimina-tion still present today.

One of the ways the event was advertised was by holding a freeze mob on Friday, March 29 in front of the Lecture Cen-ter during which students dressed in hijabs and held up signs defending their right to do so.

“A lot of people don’t really know much about Islam and just learn what they see about it on television, so Muslims are seen as in a bad light,” Mudasser Javed, a fourth-year biochemistry major and member of the Muslim Student Association, said.“This program is an opportunity for people to step in our shoes and see how they go about their day and what types of reactions they get from other people.”

Walking In Another’s ShoesMUSLIM FOR A DAY EVENT HELD TO PROMOTE UNDERSTANDINGBy Suzy BerkowitzCopy Editor | [email protected]

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The Invisible Children club host-

ed a visit from the Roadies on April 2

in Lecture Center (LC) 100 at 7 p.m.

The Roadies are representatives

from the Invisible Children organiza-

tion who travel across the country to

discuss the group’s mission. A Ugan-

hand account of the Lord’s Resistance

Arm (LRA).

Invisible Children is an organiza-

tion that works to stop the LRA’s vio-

lence, and support war affected com-

munities in East and Central Africa.

Their movement gained media atten-

was released online on March 5.

This semester, the New Paltz

chapter of the club was optimistic that

movement would raise the event’s

attendance, Co-President Jaime

Albanese said.

She said she hoped the criticism

will get more people to come and ask

questions.

who may be confused about the video

a question and answer period host-

Wilson and Gabby Mooney.

Boni Akena, this year’s repre-

sentative from Northern Uganda,

released in 2005.

He spoke about his experiences

as a child soldier, and how he and

others tried to avoid being abduct-

ed by the rebels.

Akena said Invisible Chil-

dren’s efforts to convey their mes-

LRA is really helpful. Just a week

ago, Ugandan troops were sent to

him.

Funk said that the Roadies have

been responding to the controversy

-

ment in a positive way.

much spotlight, we wouldn’t want

it any other way. It is incredible

people are asking questions and

After the event, Matua said that

members of the club were pleased

with the evening’s outcome.

experiences as a northern Ugandan

Invisible Children will hold an-

other event in collaboration with

Amnesty International on April 12 in

LC 100. During this event, a panel of

professors and a member of the Invis-

ible Children club will participate in

an open forum so attendees can ask

-

ment and the organization.

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Hitting the

BooksKeep up with the latest

faculty writing projects!

Author: David Appelbaum, professor in the

philosophy department.

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Subject:

It examines the ethical thought of the fore-

most French philosopher of the last 100 years.

How long have you been working on this?

I’ve worked on the book for several years.

Publication date?

Press.

What makes this unique?

It’s a brand new, original look at the insights

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Do Your Feet Hurt? Can I Pick You Up?PROFESSOR CONDUCTS GENDER AND ROMANTIC RESEARCH

“Did it hurt when you fell from

heaven?”

A girl may hear this line, or at least

ones like it, once or twice in her life-

time. The curiosity of Assistant Pro-

fessor of Psychology Corwin Senko

brought him to research the phenom-

enon known as “pick-up” lines.

Before he came to New Paltz,

Senko was introduced to the topic of

pick-up lines while he was teaching

a research methods class at another

college.

A former student brought the orig-

inal study for the class to read and it

grabbed Senko’s attention. He said he

reviewed the research and brought it to

New Paltz.

Although this has been a topic of

interest for Senko, the research was an

aversion from his serious studies and

served as more of an entertainment

purpose for the professor.

Research topics on sexuality are

not taken seriously in the professional

world, Senko said.

“I don’t want to be known as the

pick-up guy. I don’t want to be mis-

understood. [The study] was just for

kicks,” Senko said.

In the fall of 2008, Senko teamed

up with a psychology student of his at

the time, Viviana Fyffe, and the two

began their study.

“I thought that the study would be

interesting and fun...I felt that the topic

would be interesting to the surrounding

college population,” Fyffe said.

In prior research, Senko analyzed

three types of pick-up lines: the humor-

ous line, direct line and the safe phrase.

Senko said that funny lines are less

direct and serious, while direct phrases

are more complimentary and display

Senko said a direct line may sound

like “I saw you across the room and I

knew I had to meet you. What’s your

name?” or, “I like your shoes. What’s

your name?”

The original study found that wom-

en felt humorous lines were ineffective

while men thought them to be effec-

tive. Senko said women were also more

likely to converse longer with a man

who had used a direct line, even in bar

settings.

“If I hear a good one, I’m amused,”

Grace Noto, a second-year English

major, said

Noto said she tends to try to men-

tally block out the cheesier lines she

hears.

Senko said he took the original

study and added a twist. He used physi-

cal appeal as the control and introduced

the variable of the type of relationship

women were interested in.

Senko said that his results proved

that when women wanted a short-term

commitment, they were drawn to at-

tractive men who used humorous lines,

where women who desired long-term

relationships gravitated toward men

using direct lines with less appeal.

Fyffe said 70 women were asked

to imagine scenarios through surveys.

Men were described as either attractive

or unattractive and the women were

asked to explain the type of relation-

ship they were seeking.

“[The study] is useful to both sex-

es. It’s good for men to know what’s

effective and not effective, misunder-

standings of being clever and social

cues,” Senko said. “I imagine women

already know all of this.”

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Kiwanis Circle To Service The CommunityCIRCLE K CLUB CONTINUES CHARITABLE TRADITIONS FROM HIGH SCHOOL

The key to service work and network-

ing is close to home with the SUNY New

Paltz chapter of Circle K, a continuation

of the high school organization Key Club.

Circle K is sponsored by the parent

organization Kiwanis club. The chapter’s

Facebook page said the mission of the group is to “develop college and univer-

sity students into responsible citizens and

leaders with lifelong commitment to serv-

ing the children of the world.”

Jean Jerussi, president-elect of the

club, said the members go to Windsor

Country Inn Nursing Home to do crafts

about once a month and help organize a

semester dance.

In the fall, the club organized a walk

Jerussi said will be an annual event.

She also said they are coordinating with

National Residence Hall Honorary

(NRHH) for National Prevent Child Abuse

Month and Pinwheels for Prevention.

The club members also volunteer at

soup kitchens, battered women’s shelters

and retirement homes.

Jennifer Pereira is a Circle K member,

who has been involved with the Kiwanis

organizations since high school.

“I love being part of the Kiwanis fam-

ily. Being in Circle K has been so much

fun and I’ve been able to meet a lot of cool

new people all while helping the commu-

nity,” Pereira said. “I continue to be a part

of it because I’ve made a lot of friends and

it’s just something that I really enjoy.”

Mary Jean Sprague, a member of the

Newburgh Kiwanis club that sponsors the

Circle K group, said she loves watching

the young leaders emerge from the group

and that she is proud of the satisfaction

that the community service provides club

members.

“I enjoy that I am a part of that, as for

sponsoring them, it is a goal of all Kiwanis

clubs, ours being Newburgh Kiwanis club,

is to assist in the development of emerg-

ing leaders and raise conspicuousness of

the needs of the community you live in,”

Sprague said.

Charlotte Cray, sergeant at arms for

the district level, is another member who

has continued with a Key Club from high

school. As a transfer, Cray said she chose

to transfer to New Paltz because of the

Circle K chapter.

Cray said the club has multiple divi-

sion areas, locally consisting of New Paltz

and Marist, and a district level which en-

compasses multiple states.

Cray said there is an annual conven-

tion where Circle K members can network

with their international peers.

“Circle K is an international club and

it is all over New York, central and South

America and Asia as well,” Cray said.

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Anne Osterlund’s “Aurelia” was something I stum-bled upon accidentally in the lost corners of the college bookstore. Hidden among the over-priced textbooks and baggy blue and orange sweatshirts lay one copy of this fabulous fantasy novel in the sale section.

Aurelia follows the tale of an eponymous princess who values her freedom only slightly more than she loves her people. She doesn’t want to be told where to be or who to marry. She wants to decide those things for herself. Unfortunately, being a princess doesn’t allow that freedom.

When Robert, one of Aurelia’s oldest friends, re-turns to court, it seems like the perfect opportunity to

-traction between the two of them is swiftly growing. Every romance has its glitch, and hers is a massive black carriage attempting to trample her to death.

-its on her freedom, so when Aurelia discovers that the king has been hiding assassination attempts from her,

-

ing him, she nearly swears to never speak to him again.

than she wants to be angry at him.

the careful reader. There are too many hints dropped too early on in the novel to leave mystery in the ending. And there’s no mystery with the romance, either. From the summary to the initial set-up, it’s obvious that Au-relia and Robert are going to end up together. There’s just enough world-building to get the idea that this is a fantasy world.

wonderful main characters to thank for that. While ev-

(and one of the side characters!) are so interesting and their dynamic is so entertaining that I couldn’t help but actually enjoy the story.

It’s like when you watch a terrible television show because one character is just so damn fabulous. Aurelia and Robert made the entire book worth reading, at least for me and Aurelia herself has crept up onto my list of favorite characters.

And trust me, that’s no small feat.

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Dylan Emmet knows what he wants, and he’s not going to stop until he gets it.

“I’ve literally always known what I’ve wanted to do since I was a baby,” Emmet said. “My mission in life is to be touring the world. I want to be rocking stadiums. That’ll be when I’m happy.”

The 22-year-old New Paltz-raised singer/songwriter,

-sion was Elliott Smith, started writing songs in high school. Emmet said he wanted to start a band back then, but everyone was too busy “trying to rock

-one to play his acoustic love songs.

Emmet headed to Ulster County Community College to study music, but dropped out. With a strong collection of material, he recorded his

Lost in Transit,

Lost in Translation, in Janu-ary 2011 with producer Tom Rosato. Still without a band, Emmet and Rosato brought in random musicians to play the accompaniment.

Over a year later, things are falling into place for Em-met. He is now the head of the Dylan Emmet Band (DEB). The current lineup — Emmet (vocals/guitar/songwriter), Eleni Reyes (violin/vocals) and SUNY New Paltz alum-ni Stephen Olenski (drums) and Ben Basile (bass) — will all be featured on Emmet’s sophomore full-length album, Here and Now, expected to be released this summer.

The upcoming album tells the story of Emmet’s discovery after a rough breakup.

“The morning of the breakup — it was literally in the middle of the argument — I went into another room and started writing a song, which is ‘Here and Now,’” Emmet said. “It’s crazy because the song is all about living in the moment, loving life, not getting caught up in your problems. Life is too short, don’t let it pass you by.”

Emmet said writing the song ‘Here and Now’ helped him recognize that he needed to make changes in his life.

“I realized that after a while the whole album is the actual process of me actually living here and now. I don’t live it. I do the opposite. I worry and stress about my career, con-stantly letting my life pass by. But it’s the story of how I’m getting there,” Emmet said.

The album is a combina-tion of angry and sad songs but “you can connect every song to an aspect to trying to be happy,” Emmet said.

The band has been play-ing songs from their past albums, including the July 2011 EP Collide, at venues in New Paltz, the Hudson Val-ley and around New York. They embody a culmination of sounds, sometimes as depress-ing as Smith to the groove of ‘60s Motown.

“We do everything from hip-hop to dirty-ass sly blues guitar to John Mayer love songs to sexy R&B to rock and metal,” Emmet said. “Imagine taking Drake with a live band and then two songs later we’ll

be The Allman Brothers. There isn’t a genre we don’t touch.”

This may be a problem

genre for the band, but Emmet said he doesn’t care.

“I just write what I want to write. As soon as you start try-

you start boxing yourself in,” Emmet said.

Besides full-electric rock shows, the DEB does all-acoustic acts. Emmet also per-forms acoustic and solo. Not only do these three set-ups grant versatility to all venues, but they also give Emmet the opportunity to play other, soft-er songs that wouldn’t work at a bar, he said.

Since the beginning of 2012, the band has released a video on YouTube every Mon-day focusing on something DEB-related. The group has released videos of beginning stages of songs, in-studio re-cordings, live shows and acous-tic versions of songs. The band has also covered songs includ-ing Amy Winehouse’s “Val-erie” and Maroon 5’s “Sunday Morning.” Through persistent promotion, videos like “Here and Now” have reached more than 15,000 views.

Emmet said the band is not looking for a label right now, unless a great opportunity aris-es. However, Emmet said he’s not willing to abide by any cre-ative limitations.

“I would never let anyone have those creative restric-tions. I just tell people to go fuck themselves,” Emmet said. “And with the way the music industry’s changed, you don’t

really need a label anymore.”After the release of Here

and Now, the DEB plans to get a tour started and begin to book bigger and better shows. As for Emmet, he said he can’t wait to be rich and famous.

“I want to be rich so that I can make my music the way I want to make it...and for the women,” Emmet said. “And I want to be famous because then more and more people will lis-

ten to my music...and for the women aspect of it.”

The Dylan Emmet band will be playing at Bacchus on Saturday, April 7 at 10 p.m.

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Making Music, Fame And FortuneTHE DYLAN EMMET BAND STRIVES TO DEFY GENRE STEREOTYPES

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“Into The Woods” is being per-formed by the Miami Theatre Players to show the side of fairy tale characters that audiences may not have seen.

A spin-off of classic fairy tale sto-ries, “Into The Woods” follows char-acters past their happily-ever-afters, winding them around a story of the Baker and his wife. Each character fol-lows one another into the woods to trade what they think will bring them happi-ness, but what they learn causes nothing but chaos.

the characters getting what they want,” Lauren Nimetz, a fourth-year English major and assistant director of the pro-duction, said. “It’s when the second act

starts that you see that you might not ac-tually want what you think you want.”

“Into The Woods” was a challeng-ing production to put on because of the amount of attention it deserved, Blake McGready, a second-year secondary education major and director of the pro-duction, said. The show runs two and a half hours long and contains numerous characters.

The Miami Theatre Players voted to put this production on with the consid-eration that all cast and crew members would be willing to put in the time and effort the show deserved.

“I hope the audience doesn’t forget that this is a student-run production,” McGready said. “That isn’t meant to be a disclaimer, but I think what we do en-tirely by ourselves is pretty impressive.”

Regardless of the time commit-

ment, Miami is a community organiza-tion consisting of those who truly want to be involved, members said. This ded-

-clared major, said.

“We all love theater and we’re all there because it’s our passion,” Bader said. “Since it’s not a requirement, I think it says something that we’re all there because we want to be and that we’re giving it our all.”

Bader plays Cinderella, a character that has always been seen in a certain light. “Into The Woods,” however, il-luminates a different side of the classic character. While getting into character, Bader studied other versions of Cinder-ella to learn all of the qualities of the fairy tale princess.

“People have their own perception

of who Cinderella is, but no one knows this Cinderella,” Bader said. “It’s been a challenge to embody her. I tried not to mimic what I saw in the movies. I wanted to make the character my own. All the characters in this show are not what they seem to be.”

“Into The Woods” is very commu-nity-driven, much like The Miami The-atre Players, McGready said. He said the message of the organization is mir-rored in the play, making their perfor-mance much more poignant.

“Act two is all about community. That’s what Miami is,” McGready said. “We’re a community organization, so if you want to be involved, we’re here for you.”

“Into The Woods” will run un-til Friday, April 6 at 7 p.m. in Studley Theatre.

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Out Of The Woods, Onto The StageMUSICAL EXPLORES UNTOLD SIDE OF CLASSIC FAIRY TALES

PHOTO BY DARRIAN AMAKER“Into The Woods” is a spin-off of classic fairy tale stories intertwining. The performances will run until Friday, April 6 at 7 p.m. in Studley Theatre.

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DJ’s Give You WingsTURNTABLES TAKE OVER P&G’S FOR RED BULL CHALLENGE

Three SUNY New Paltz DJ’s spun their way to the top in hopes of becoming the Red Bull DJ Master.

The 21-plus event was held on Tuesday, April 3, at P&G’s Bar and Grill from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. Sean Gar-ry (DJ Seany Shorts), Conor Mascola (DJ Red ScaRe) and Jake Freedman (DJ Snakes) each competed for the title.

Brittany Hunt, the SUNY New Paltz Red Bull stu-dent representative, said although the DJ Master event has been happening for a few years, this year was the

“It’s been all over the country,” Hunt said. “My manager now said that he has done this event hundreds of times and that it’s successful every time. People love it.”

Hunt said the three DJ’s were chosen by word of mouth.

that he really tries to be unique, so I totally took ad-vantage of that and I wanted him to be there,” she said.

Mascola, a fourth-year radio and television pro-duction major, said he has been spinning for two years and originally started DJing at house parties.

“I got involved in the event through the area Red Bull promoter who attends New Paltz [Hunt],” he said. “I was actually referred to her by a student who knew I had ability and who thought I’d enjoy this event.”

Each DJ was given about an hour of playing time and the order they performed in was chosen randomly at the beginning of the night.

“They take the top off of [Red Bull cans] and then they put it into a container designated to each DJ,” Hunt said. “That’s how they vote.”

been playing mostly progressive house music for about two years.

“I have always loved music, and EDM [Electronic Dance Music] is spreading faster than anyone really expected,” he said. “Being a part of festivals and live music helps you appreciate every aspect of it.”

Garry won the title of the Red Bull Master, along with a prize, Red Bull and “bragging rights,” Hunt said.

Later this month, Red Bull will be holding another event at SUNY New Paltz — the “Red Bull 5 Spot,” a

yet, but it is tentatively set for the end of April or the beginning of May.

“It’s not really competitive - it’s just for fun,” Hunt said. “It was so successful last semester that we wanted to do it again.”

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Master’s degree students at the Graduate Centerregularly take the same classes as doctoral students,taught by the school’s renowned doctoral faculty.

The Graduate Center’s innovative and flexible Masterof Arts in Liberal Studies (MALS) has eighteeninterdisciplinary specializations, providing anadvanced degree applicable to a wide range of fieldsin the arts and sciences. The specializations are:

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Don’t Sleep Through ‘Awake’NBC’S NEW DRAMA SERIES BLURS REALITY

Make sure you have an extra-large cup of coffee and take a nap Thursday because sleeping through “Awake” is simply unacceptable. NBC’s newest drama is mysterious, psychological, heartfelt and completely worth your time.

“Awake” is about detective Michael

living in two realities following a fa-tal car accident. In one reality, his wife Hannah (Laura Allen) survived the crash

and his son Rex (Dylan Minnette) died;; and in the other, his wife dies and his son lives. Issacs, arguably best known

masterfully balancing each reality with nuance and believability. Britten has a hard time keeping the worlds separate, and often he does not know whether he is awake or not (hence the show’s title).

It is easy to get confused watch-ing a show that seamlessly switches between realities, but the showrunners have solved this potential problem: color becomes the saving grace. Britten wears colored bracelets to keep himself and the realities straight, and the cine-matography matches. With Hannah, he wears a red bracelet and the scenes are full of warm reds, yellows and oranges. With Rex, he wears a green bracelet and the scenes have a deeper greenish-blue hue. This device does not seem heavy-

handed, but truly helps the audience avoid whiplash between scenes.

One of the most interesting aspects of the show are Britten’s therapy ses-sions where he has different therapists in each reality. In the red reality, his thera-pist is Dr. Lee (B.D. Wong) and in the green reality, Dr. Evans (Cherry Jones). Both therapists believe he has construct-ed another world as a coping mechanism for his grief. They also swear to Britten their reality is the real one. In the pilot and teaser trailers, Dr. Evans said, “I can assure you Detective Britten, this is not a dream,” and Britten replied with, “That’s exactly what the other shrink said.” In that one exchange, we begin to feel Britten’s quiet struggle and his in-ability to trust his own perception.

but they have all been fantastic. Without giving too much away, it has become

increasingly apparent that Britten’s life is only going to get more complicated throughout the season. The realities are overlapping and Britten’s confusion is steadily growing. This show has only scratched the surface of its potential.

“Awake” airs on Thursdays at 10 p. m. Please wake up and watch this show. I promise it will be worth the yawns Friday morning.

By Carolyn Quimby

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‘Mad Men,’ Happy AudiencesFIFTH SEASON RETURNS WITH A STRONG START

AMC’s celebrated 1960s drama about Madison Avenue advertis-

I’ve always appreciated the show’s approach to season pre-mieres: keep moving forward. There are no big wedding or birth episodes on “Mad Men.” Life happens off-screen and milestones

But boy, did it exceed my expectations. The show was on hia-

tus for 18 months, and watching the two-hour premiere, “A Little Kiss,” was like reuniting with an old friend — a friend that has shed a lot of his or her annoying habits.

The new sets are brighter and more colorful. There is only one advertising pitch scene. Betty doesn’t get screen time. As copywriter Peggy Olson said in one scene, Don Draper actually seems happy. Absent are the requisite yelling, brooding and binge-drinking that characterized the show’s fourth season, and frankly, left me a little exhausted.

and a lot has changed. I was pleased with the slow and thoughtful reintroductions of my favorite characters. Many scenes took place

changed world. Yes, I’m talking about how baby Kevin’s butt re-united us with Joan.

I was pleasantly surprised that the premiere also focused on newer characters. Megan (Jessica Paré), the young secretary who recently married Don, is becoming one of my favorite characters,

tive song-and-dance at Don’s party and her ensuing confrontation with him were two standout moments that broke up the premiere’s slow pace.

“Mad Men” usually refrains from addressing historical events, but the premiere took a thoughtful look at the Civil Rights Movement. The movement seems to be in full swing at the open-ing of the episode and in the end, the agency makes the decision to become an equal opportunity employer — but only to save face after running a joke ad that claimed they were doing so. I think it’s realistic that the bigoted executives I love to hate haven’t aban-doned their prejudice to keep up with the changing social climate.

As the show has consistently proven, the more things change, the more they stay the same. It’s likely Don will cheat on Megan, Peggy and Joan won’t get raises and Betty will continue to treat her children poorly…and get screen time. But this season of “Mad Men” is shaping up to be refreshingly different from the rest. The characters probably won’t change much during the next season, but the world around them will.

By Molly Hone

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‘Quitters’ Sometimes WinLATEST LAUREN O’CONNELL ALBUM: A LYRICAL TRIUMPH

MUSICIAN OF THE WEEK:CHARLES CULLEN

I have a weak spot for lyrical storytelling in my music. If a songwriter can weave just enough narrative into his or

the album. Lauren O’Connell is one of those artists and Quitters is one of those albums.

Same Things,” which O’Connell debuted on her YouTube channel almost a year ago. The original video featured sweet harmonies by Julia Nunes and the two unique voic-es somehow managed to blend perfectly. Though the song was stripped a bit on this track, giving it a more haunting quality, I still totally dig it.

Quitters is a generally somber album. Kicking off with

about what anyone deserves.” There’s a light resignation to her crooning that’s simultaneously sad and entrancing.

long to You.” I’m not one for the saccharine, but this track is incredibly sweet. It’s simple and clean without being simple-minded.

O’Connell’s voice has a gentle twang that’s fairly mature, lending itself well to her similarly-aged lyrics. There’s a masterful prose-like quality to her words;; they remind me of folktales. You get a sense of wisdom beyond her mid-‘20s experience in each track. She manages to conquer melancholy without moping and to be affection-ate without being insincere or gooey.

I also just can’t get over her mastery of different in-struments. Not only does she play the guitar, banjo and bass, but she also manages to play the instruments in inno-vative ways. In some of her videos she can be seen playing the guitar with a violin bow. It’s sick.

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WHAT’S YOUR INSTRUMENT OF CHOICE AND WHY?

WHO HAVE YOU BEEN LISTENING TO LATELY?

Guitar. I like playing guitar because I can compose on it. I’ve been playing for

seven years.

Spanish music, like El Gran Combo. At-las Sound. Radiohead. John Coltrane.

Miles Davis.

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WHO ARE YOUR BIGGEST INFLUENCES?The Beatles. Deer Hunter. Radiohead.

ANY ADVICE FOR ASPIRING MUSICIANS?Play live as much as you can. Make as many

connections as you can.

WHAT ARE YOU INVOLVED WITH MUSICALLY?I used to be in a band called Earth Hound.

Recently I’ve been playing solo.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 17WHAT’S YOUR PLAN FOR THE FUTURE?

To be a singer/songwriter and continuing composing. I plan on traveling and teaching

abroad for a couple of years.

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Major: Art Education and

Printmaking

Year: Fourth

Contemporary In!uences:

Dan McCarthy, Dallas Clayton,

Gemma Correll, Andrew Rae,

Terry Fan

Other In!uences: Francis Bacon,

Rene Magritte, Egon Schiele, M C

Escher, Hannah Hoch

“I’ve been working in printmaking

for two years now and I think it

became my favorite because of the

pure variety of techniques I can do. I

like working illustratively and often

depict narrative images. My dream

job would probably be working a

children’s book illustrator.”

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Recent proposals by the Liberal Ad Hoc Committee to change undergraduate requirements have us at The New Paltz Oracle both im-pressed by their forward-thinking attitude and concerned with the feasi-bility of enacting such change all at once.

The committee’s ideas are bold: they did not hesitate to think of new courses to add to a student’s requirements at SUNY New Paltz. While certain courses could offer a more well-rounded experience at SUNY New Paltz, other additions could delay graduation rates.

students to take a seminar. Committee members said they hope the course would foster an understanding in ethics, communication and community. We support this approach as it’s important for students to know how to carry themselves, whether they are applying for intern-ships, going on job interviews or handling other workplace situations.

The portion of this proposal highlighting ethical thinking is equal-ly important to the communication aspect of the idea. It almost goes without saying that as we grow into true adults, we should do so with an empathetic attitude.

However, we urge administrators to carefully consider how to or-ganize such a seminar to avoid redundancy. First-year students do not need another class similar to the one attached to the First Year Initiative (FYI). If they wanted to be in FYI, they would have signed up for it. A seminar should be distinctly different in curriculum and class discus-sion;; otherwise, the college would be wasting student and faculty time.

Other proposals could prove to be redundant — or it would seem so, when looking at the language of them at this point. The commit-

tee suggests that in addition to a math and two natural science courses

complete another two STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) enhanced courses.

This idea should not surprise anyone;; the job market demands peo-ple with experience in these disciplines, so it would be advantageous for

-er, is that this college is not fully equipped to handle this sort of change.

The proposal is fairly vague at this point and does not specify how STEM course will differ from natural sciences. Can students “double up” on requirements by taking one course? Will new courses be cre-ated? It is unclear.

One thing is for certain: students have trouble getting into science courses now. What would happen if they needed to take four courses in this academic unit, a comparatively smaller school in terms of the num-ber of courses offered and the faculty teaching in this area? New faculty would need to be hired to teach new courses or more sections of others if anyone on this commmittee wants students to graduate in six years.

However, SUNY New Paltz has recently come off a $6.3 million

overworked, and they need new people to relieve the load. Although the

funds to hire the faculty needed to teach so many courses in one aca-demic unit.

Furthermore, additional courses puts an unnecessary strain on the people who matter most on this campus — students. They will now

have to pack their schedules with a more-than-15-credit semester, and

year timeframe. If these demands aren’t met, then the six-year gradua-tion rate will become more commonplace.

We suggest that the committee clean up the language of the pro-posals and explain to the campus community in depth what these chang-es mean.

Another proposal from the committee also requests majors to in-

requirement is going to be enforced, we feel the committee should ex-plore possible partnerships with the town, village or other external, off-campus resources. This would ease the process of what could become a

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Members of the Liberal Ad Hoc Committee, in a campus wide email, have invited students to present their own ideas and to gauge their feedback on today 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Student Union 409. We encourage students to attend this meeting and express any concerns or questions they may have about these new changes, and we also push the committee to be transparent future changes dealing with the under-graduate education experience.

Editorials represent the views of the majority 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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Photography [email protected]

Think you’re a photographer? Think again. Just because you own some nice equipment, have a cool app or program to edit photos with or use “awesome” angles, doesn’t mean you know how to take a good photo. You’re just making an ass out of yourself to all of us real photographers.

Let’s start with the obvious: people with nice cameras who don’t know how to use them. Why even spend over $500 (or $1,000 if we’re talking really nice) if you’re going to use it like a point-and-shoot? Just get a $50 camera and call it a day. You don’t deserve a Digital Single

how to shoot on manual mode. (If you didn’t even know what DSLR stands for, please, for our sake, put the camera down.)

That being said, getting an antique camera, a Lomography-brand camera,

make you a photographer either. You all need to realize: the equipment doesn’t make the photograph. The photogra-

pher’s skill makes the photograph. I’ve been shooting with the same Nikon D50 for the past 10 or so years and I don’t have the best lens in the world, but I’m sure I take better photos than you and your D4 if you don’t know how to use it.

A good photo needs good composi-tion. No, the angles in your duck-face Myspace-esque photos do not have good composition. Generally, crazy angles: no-no. Straight horizons: yes. Feet cut off: awkward. Centered photos: some-times. Rule of Thirds: hell yes. The pho-to needs some kind of background and foreground;; ever heard of a thing called depth?

Another element that’s necessary: proper lighting. You’d think this is an obvious one, but it’s really not. Shad-owy places automatically give your photo a gray, boring tone. Don’t photo-graph a backlit subject unless you know what you’re doing. And please, for

Do. NOT. Use. Flash. Unless you’re in a studio using studio lights, or you’re a

work with low light using — guess what — manual mode!

You can’t just pop the camera in

photos right off the bat. In order to prop-erly use manual, you need to understand the functions of ISO, shutter speed and aperture, when it’s appropriate to use and the relationships between the vari-ous settings. The white balance is anoth-er important part of the image, but the camera makes it pretty easy to control. It takes years to learn this stuff. If you think manual mode is easy, you’ve prob-ably done a shitty job.

Another sad reality you have to face is knowing how to use basic tools on Photoshop doesn’t qualify you as a good photo editor. It pains me so much when I see an over-saturated, high contrast photo, especially when it could possibly be a decent photo.

If you don’t know what an HDR photo is, it’s a photo that’s compiled of

image. They look fucking beautiful when done subtly. However, most peo-ple don’t know how to create it well. The photos come out fake and cartoony, and I just cringe looking at it. Some people use it when it’s completely unnecessary, and it’s just like…why?

Photo editing applications have giv-

en a whole new opportunity to over-edit photos. “I Picnik’d my photo” is basical-ly the translation of “I turned my photo into a saturated, high contrast mess with

to it.” Instagram has given people the false encouragement that they really can take good pictures with just their phone. Yes, I use Instagram and like it quite a bit. However, you all ruin my feed if you take constant photos of yourself

Cat Tacopina because your photos are really fucking cute), take stupid photos just for the hell of it, or tag your photos with “instagood” or “instamood” just to get “likes.” If you actually do take good photos with Instagram, please give me your username, because I’m in dire need of some good photography on there.

I sincerely hope I scared you out of photography because the digital age has totally ruined it for me. I hate to sound pretentious, but don’t tell me you can take the same quality photos as me or use Photoshop as well as I can. Unless you work as hard as I do and have as

don’t take offense to this if you have an SLR and are now aware that it doesn’t make you a great photographer.

OP-EDThe Sad Role Of Silence and Indiffer-

ence In The Death Of Trayvon Martin

Let me begin by intimating that si-lence and indifference were just as dead-

gun that killed Trayvon Martin.Trayvon could be heard on his cell

phone on a call initially put in to his girlfriend, asking for help, pleading for someone to come to his aid as he hur-riedly increased his pace toward the home of his father’s friend at the far end of the inner backyard shared by two rows of low-lying homes straddling the yard, while clutching his Skittles and iced tea in one hand to his chest and pleading in the cell phone held by the other hand, all

Yet no one came - no one wanted to get involved, even though a part of them, their humanity, was crying out for help. The cold streak of silence and indiffer-ence was too overpowering — deaden-ing for the moment that element of our humanity that has linked and interrelated us back across the eons of time.

gun’s trigger, releasing the deadly force shattering the bottle of tea and renting the bag of Skittles, taking bits of them into the open wound in Trayvon’s chest

of us all — our humanity — died with him. He was our son, our little brother, our school mate, our friend, our child…he was us! Trayvon lay face down in the grass of the backyard lawn, and his

blood, bits of Skittles and pools of the tea seeped into Mother Earth whose mournful wail could be heard in the si-lence of the aftermath of death: another son gone…

Trayvon’s death — Trayvon’s lynch-

agenda that at all levels of state and fed-eral governments and in school systems across the country, there has been a re-fusal to face the role of race that blinds us to our common heritage of humanity, and through it to our interrelatedness.

as the Human Race;; and the rainbow of

sally a variation on a common theme: our Humanity.

So that Trayvon will not have died in

vain, and so that we may make amends for the silence and indifference that con-tributed to his death and makes allow-ance for that ongoing, growing trail of Trayvons that continues to haunt our

necessary to create a viable and sustain-able dialogue on race/racism that can be-gin the process of deconstructing it once and for all. Lest we forget, remember our children are our future;; and if we/they

then we must put a stop to the killings.

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SUNY New Paltz swimmer Yuka Suzuka was named All-American at the NCAA Div. III championships. PHOTO COURTESY OF SUNYAC OFFICE

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ALL-AMERICANBy Julie MansmannManaging Editor | [email protected]

Third-year swimmer Yuka Suzuka faced more challenges at the 2012 NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships than overcoming the competition, Coach Scott Whit-beck said. She was the only athlete from her

meet. While Whitbeck said other athletes had large groups of friends in Indianapolis, Ind. to support them in the races, Suzuka sat with her coaches and swimmers from Geneseo that she hadn’t met before.

She also couldn’t stop slapping herself in the face.

“[It] turns bright red,” she said. “But I need it to pump up and not to be scared of other fast swimmers and do my best.”

In spite of the mental and physical tests set before her at the IU Natatorium, Suzuka left Indianapolis and the championships with All-America honors.

On Friday, March 23, Suzuka was awarded

a New Paltz swimmer since 2008.Whitbeck said although Suzuka seemed

nervous at the beginning of the championship weekend, she settled in and began to relax and compete.

“I knew she had potential to improve this year, but I did not expect her to have dropped so much time and have been as fast as she did,” he said. “She’s always swam great at big meets —she’s actually won the 100 and 200 backstroke at the conference meet three years in a row, but her ability to compete at the National level really came through this year.”

Whitbeck said Suzuka swam stronger as the championships continued, picking up on “the little things” like turns, underwater dol-phins off walls and race strategy. The head coach of the SUNY New Paltz Women’s Swim-ming team said this allowed the “extremely valuable” member of the squad to advance her to the next level of performance.

in eighth place overall during Saturday’s 200 backstroke event.

with a time of 2:01.34. According to New Paltz athletics, Suzuka’s performance set a new pro-gram record for New Paltz in the event while ranking seventh among the morning swims.

eighth with a time of 2:02.66. Her morning swim eclipsed her former program and con-ference overall mark of 2:01.60, New Paltz Athletics reported.

Suzuka said she never expected to surpass her best time in that way, nor did she think she would earn national honors.

“Last year, I never thought about getting in All-American at all,” she said. “This year was a big surprise for me.”

The eighth place performance earned New Paltz 11 points in the Women’s team rankings

points.Suzuka is only the fourth individual in

program history to gain All-America recogni-tion, according to New Paltz Athletics. Clau-dine Gruver (1999), Joanna Masterson (2006)

other Hawk female swimmers that have placed among the top eight at the national meet.

In his four years as a coach, Whitbeck

where they had an All-American performance. “It’s been a great pleasure to coach her

“I was elated and excited for her. Yuka...pos-sesses a combination of a great athletic talent, tremendous work ethic and a great attitude for the sport.”

While she said she will never get used to being so nervous at meets like the champion-ships, Suzuka said she wants to swim fast and continue to improve in her senior season next year.

Whitbeck said he is proud of the entire women’s team this year, especially because they graduated six of 23 swimmers at the end of last season.

Although there were only 19 members of the squad in 2012, Whitbeck said they all stepped up — including Suzuka.

“She loves to race, and her focus and ex-citement for big races helps bring a calm and poise to my team in key moments, which has helped us succeed at the conference and nation-al level,” he said.

Among the SUNY New Paltz Baseball

team's 14 wins this season came a landmark

Hawk during the team’s 7-3 victory over

sixth season at the helm of the New Paltz

his most recent complete season saw a win-

the teams he has had in the past and the

team he has now is not only personnel

changes, but the type of players he wants

“Every coach has a certain system that

you want to run and for me it was about go-

to like guys who can execute the small part

While the team has always been strong

Second-year pitcher and recently named

SUNYAC Pitcher of the Week Andrew

Grann also said the team has improved in

this aspect, but can continue to be more

“The team’s changed as we’ve become

“We need to keep stealing bases and just

The Hawks’ pitching staff has been key

to the team’s success, as they had to “step

“The pitchers really had to perform on

short rest in most cases and did what was

out of that trip with nine games played in

pitching staff and the quality of the staff is

Two of the team’s pitchers, Grann and

Chris Chismar, have been named SUNY-

AC Pitcher of the Week, with Grann earn-

goal is to get ahead in the count, with the

“A few things we tend to focus on and

they’ve bought in is we try to be as consis-

When you get a hitter behind in the count

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ter, so it’s so important to win those little

With the season halfway done, Grann

said the team’s mindset of keeping con-

sistent and winning the small battles will

consistent and sticks to their game plan,

hopes will be high come the SUNYAC

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pires, we’re just trying to play our system to

the best of our ability and consistently, and

we’re not changing our game plan based

playoff teams are always the most consis-

click, but once we get to the conference

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Third-year SUNY New Paltz Base-

ball pitcher Chris Chismar was picked

as the SUNYAC Baseball Pitcher of the

University, while breaking his career

strikeout record by pitching seven shut-

out innings, giving him a career total of

This is Chismar’s third time receiv-

ing the SUNYAC Pitcher of the Week

award, with precedents on March 14,

Chismar said while he was hoping

for the award after his performance,

the accolades are always received with

whole team and the coaches gave me

Chismar began his baseball career

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high school, Chismar said New Paltz

-

is not surprised Chismar received the

commitment to improvement and refus-

al to become complacent encourages the

“He is the ace on a good staff who

has won some big games for us over the

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pect the same as what he expects from

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ciencies, in all aspects of his game, until

Chismar said the coaching during

his time on the New Paltz Baseball team

has been exceptional and the reason for

With no down time, he said, the

pitchers are being scheduled their own

time to condition, and the practices are

year starters at the conclusion of the aca-

the team’s anticipation for the remainder

never won before, so it’s what we are

SUNYAC title to New Paltz, the team

must play at the highest level they can

and they are now more focused on per-

fecting all aspects of their game during

Chismar’s personal goal — along

with continuing baseball post-gradu-

ation — is to win Pitcher of the Year

conference title, as he has in the past, he

The Hawks will return to the dia-

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2012 MLB PREVIEWAL EAST:

1. New York Yankees (93-69) – The team improved their rotation, which should supplement

2. Boston Red Sox (91-71) – Don’t be fooled, only a year ago this team was the talk of the league. If they get their ducks in a row, they could be just as good as we all thought. 3. Toronto Blue Jays (89-73) – This team has the potential to be scary. GM Alex Anthro-plous knows what he is doing, and has the beginnings of a perennial contender. 4. Tampa Bay Rays (85-77) – Their pitching is the best in the division, but the real question is whether their offense has what it takes to compete again. If it does, they could win the division. 5. Baltimore Orioles (63-99) – Not even Buck Showalter can save this team. Expect OF Adam Jones to be sought after come the trade deadline. It’s time to strip down and rebuild.

AL CENTRAL:

1. Detroit Tigers (95-67) – Big additions this offseason added to an already potent lineup. Coupled with their outstanding starting pitching, this team could be tough to beat come October.2. Kansas City Royals (81-81) –be seeing Kansas City’s royal blue in the playoffs...just not this year. 3. Minnesota Twins (80-82) – Last year they suffered some crippling injuries, but if they return to form this team could still make some noise. 4. Cleveland Indians (79-83) – They have some strong pieces in the rotation, and frankly they have a pretty decent lineup. But at the end of the day, they seem poised for disappoint-ment. 5. Chicago White Sox (67-95) – Ozzie Guillen had the right idea and jumped off this sink-ing ship. Large contracts are dragging down this team, and until they expire the Sox won’t be competitive.

AL WEST:

1. Los Angeles Angels (97-65) – The Angels are the team to beat in the AL, hands down. Their rotation is almost unhittable from top to bottom and Albert Pujols adds yet another slugger to an already devastating lineup.2. Texas Rangers (94-68) – They will battle the Angels until the very end, but at the end of the day they just are not as good as their rivals. Yu Darvish should become a strong rotation piece though. 3. Seattle Mariners (68-94) – Jesus Montero will grow as their DH, as will their young start-ing pitching prospects, but growth usually doesn’t translate to wins. Give them a few years. 4. Oakland A’s (64-98) – Until they get a new stadium this team is not going anywhere but

NL EAST:

1. Philadelphia Phillies (94-68) – The Phillies are getting older, and their stranglehold on the division should end within the next few seasons...but the end is nigh.2. Washington Nationals (86-76) – The Nats made some strong additions — especially to their pitching staff — this offseason which should give them a needed push to be competitive. 3. Miami Marlins (82-80) – decoration, the team screams disappointment. Too many hot heads being lead by a hot-headed manager never ends well. 4. Atlanta Braves (80-82) – This season won’t hold many tomahawk chops for the Braves, as their offense will ultimately lead to their demise in 2012. 5. New York Mets (75-87) – Another “wait ‘til next year” kind of year awaits the Mets. Though, next year could be brighter as some of the divisions most promising pitching prospects should see Citi Field at some point this season, giving fans hope for the future.

NL CENTRAL:

1. Cincinnati Reds (89-73) – Even without closer Ryan Madson, the Reds should have an easy time tackling this weak division.2. St. Louis Cardinals (85-77) – The Cardinals lost Albert Pujols to free agency, which will dent not only their offense, but mentality heading into this season. They don’t have the pieces to repeat their crown. 3. Milwaukee Brewers (83-79) – The Brew Crew replaced Prince Fielder with Aramis Ramirez, which won’t be anything close to the production they are used to expecting.4. Pittsburgh Pirates (70-92) – The Pirates are slowly but surely getting better. Their younger pieces are developing. Give them some time, they’ll make some noise. 5. Chicago Cubs (66-96) – Similarly to the Mets, the Cubs are rebuilding but wont admit it.

6. Houston Astros (55-107) – The team’s last year playing NL baseball will not be pretty.

NL WEST:

1. Arizona Diamondbacks (88-74) – This team is young, hungry and talented. If their pitching can produce like it did last year, they should easily take this division. 2. Los Angeles Dodgers (87-75) – The Dodgers should be better than everyone expects. The team’s solid offseason acquisitions, despite ownership struggles, patched holes across the board. 3. San Francisco Giants (83-79) – The Giants did not do much to replace their needs this off-season. To be competitive, the team needs a bounce back season from the aging Aubrey Huff. 4. Colorado Rockies (79-83) – The Rockies have some intriguing parts, but they won’t add up in the end. Other teams in the division are simply better equipped for the long haul. 5. San Diego Padres (70-92) – The Padres made a great deal in trading Mat Latos for a package of promising prospects, but they still need seasoning.

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Rugby: a fast paced, hard-hitting sport not meant for the faint of heart. Despite the lack of recognition from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the SUNY New Paltz Men’s Rugby team travels and competes vigor-ously with other school’s club teams.

Although their regular season end-ed in the fall, co-captains Inside Center Dean Hottum, Hooker Fred Salamone and Prop James Weston are still holding team practices. Spring season is develop-ment season;; a time to look for new re-cruits and to strengthen the team’s roster, Hottum said.

Nine out of the 15 starting play-ers are graduating this year. This leaves the captains with a squad of relatively new and inexperienced rugby players, Hottum said.

“It’s hard to have such a young team,” he said. “We’re probably going to have a pretty tough fall.”

Although Men’s Rugby teams are considered club sports teams at their re-spective schools, the play in this league is not to be taken lightly.

“You can’t be afraid of contact,” Hottum said. “You’re inevitably going to be hit, and probably hurt.”

The team takes their program very seriously, Salamone said. Practices are

in peak physical condition. Running, hitting drills and scrimmages keep their bodies strong and their endurance high.

The club plays rugby 15s (as op-posed to sevens, 10s or 13s), meaning each team has 15 active players on the

“For 15s you need bigger guys, higher stamina and more strength,” Salamone said.

With rugby’s fast-paced play along with the consistently high injury rate that accompanies the game, substitutions during gameplay need to be made fre-quently, Salamone said. Because of this, the team generally has a considerably large team. In the 2011 fall season, the club team had 59 students on its roster.

Weston said he wished the team could be recognized as an NCAA team. Salamone said this is unlikely and hasn’t already happened because of rugby’s lack of popularity in the U.S. It’s more popular and respected as a sport in other countries, he said.

Weston said if the NCAA would rec-ognize college rugby teams there would be a better chance of a professional league developing within the states.

The team is looking forward to a possible upcoming trip to SUNY Albany where they will compete in UAlbany’s Rugby Weekend Tournament, May 5 and 6. Their next game is at home against SUNY Maritime, Saturday, April 28 at 10 a.m.

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By Ben KindlonCopy Editor | [email protected]

The Men’s Rugby team will play a small amount of games this spring, but will continue to keep in shape. PHOTO BY ROBIN WEINSTEIN

NCAA Tournament:AnalysisThe Kentucky Wildcats captured their

eighth national title last Monday night when they took down the Kansas Jay-hawks in New Orleans.

phenom Anthony Davis, who put up a unique stat line, scoring only six points but grabbing 16 rebounds and blocking six shots. Davis took home Most Outstanding Player of the Tournament honors, to go along with his Naismath Player of the Year Award. It was Davis’ defense and length

altered countless shot attempts by Kansas. Queens native Doron Lamb poured in 22 points for Kentucky, including two huge three pointers in the midst of a Kansas second-half run.

Kentucky was in control of this one

the entire way, controlling the lead for all 40 minutes. They extended their lead to 16 with just 10 minutes left, but a furi-ous Kansas rally trimmed the lead down to

come. The game symbolized the type of sea-

son Kentucky had. There were stretches where they looked a bit sloppy, due to their youth, but were superior the majority

title since 1998.

ing career of John Calipari, a man whose recruiting tactics and one-and-done play-ers have been the root of controversy at times. Calipari is known for recruiting tal-ent that treats the school like a turnstile, staying for a year and then leaving for the NBA (see: Derrick Rose, Tyreke Evans,

John Wall, etc.). It will be interesting to see what hap-

pens to this Kentucky team in the next couple of weeks. Many expect Davis to take his talents to the NBA and he is projected to be the No. 1 overall pick in

years Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Mar-quis Teague and second-year Terrence Jones are all still up in the air. If there is one thing we know though, it’s that Cali-pari and Kentucky will have no problem reloading with talent, as they already have three high school commits from the ES-PNU Top 100 recruiting list.

The championship capped off a very exciting 2012 NCAA Tournament. While there was no surprise in the champion-

of upsets. Two 15-seeds knocked off the highly favorite 2-seeds, something that

has only happened four times prior to this tournament. Duke and Missouri both lost to Lehigh and Norfolk St. respectively, in shocking upsets that shook up the tour-nament perspective. Ohio, a 13-seed out of the MAC, reached the Sweet 16, and gave North Carolina all they could han-dle, losing in overtime to the Tar Heels. Indiana, one of the more proud programs in history, reached the Sweet 16 for the

inspiring run to the Final Four coming off their Big East Tournament championship, but wasn’t able to get past Kentucky in the

Another year came and another year

this season Kentucky was the best team in the country, and proved that throughout the tournament. We’ll have to wait till next March to see what madness comes next.

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The Playoffs And The Power PlayLet’s get down to business.I stand by the idea that the Rangers

could compete with anyone in the play-offs. They have the goaltending and the top-tier defending and the mentality to do it. If John Tortorella has done any-thing this season, he’s gotten everyone to buy into his system and believe.

But no one who puts on that Blueshirts jersey and a pair of skates and steps onto that ice is going anywhere if that power play doesn’t pick up.

I apologize that the power play is being brought up yet again. If I had a dollar for every time I’ve talked about it, I’d use that money to buy you a smoothie. However, for any and all of us who are serious about a deep postsea-son run, we need to talk about it.

There’s no sugar coating it any-more, it stinks. Yes, we have seen more shooting on the power play and a smidge more progress on setting up and getting a goal. But look at who they were playing against. It was teams like Minnesota and Winnipeg and Montreal they happened on. They’re teams who are not good at all and have no clue as

to what they’re doing.Sure, the game against Philadelphia

was great, but I’m sorry. That type of success is not consistent, and therefore not good enough.

The game against Boston on April 1 showed the Rangers don’t stand a chance against teams who know what to do on a power play and a penalty kill. I hope Tortorella is going to sit everyone on the team down and have them watch videos of the Detroit Red Wings setting up a power play. I was fortunate enough to see the Rangers defeat the Red Wings a couple of weeks ago, and watching the Red Wings set up gave me chills. It was

I know the Rangers are not going to be able to do that within two week’s

solution if they want to go anywhere. He may have all the talent to do it,

but Michael Del Zotto has to be taken off the point if he isn’t going to shoot and pose any sort of threat. He got a goal when he took the shot against Montreal, but 99 percent of the time he doesn’t take that shot and it’s unaccept-able for a team with serious postseason aspirations.

There are a couple of different op-tions worth experimenting now. The best and most likely option would be to put Marc Staal out on the point and take control. He isn’t 100 percent solid yet after the concussion, but he’s an in-timidating force against other teams and won’t get knocked off the puck as easily.

However, I hope the coaching staff is willing to give Derek Stepan a look as

well. Stepan has become a serious play-maker this season and may be the one who can deliver. He may pass the puck a little more than he should, but it’s worth a try and maybe it will click faster with him as well.

In any case, it’s time for the Rang-ers to start looking at their other options if they do want something more than an early exit from the playoffs.

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