Local journalist Mark McGuire, this semester’s selected writer for HVCC Reads, spoke in the BTC Auditorium on April 24. He discussed his experiences as a journalist and the importance of versatility in writing and in life.

“Journalism is about everybody and everything,” said McGuire. This was said to him many years ago at St. Bonaventure University by one of his professors, whom he refers to as his mentor.

McGuire discussed his parents’ reaction to his decision to major in journalism, his intense focus on news early in his career, and his gradual realization that journalism is all about adaptability.

“I never wanted to write the way I do. I am so grateful for the opportunities I’ve had,” said McGuire. After speaking, McGuire took questions from the audience and also spoke one-on-one with people during the reception following his lecture.

When he graduated from college, McGuire wanted nothing more than to be reporting only hard news. “I was going to write

HVCC has a two year program in place for students looking for

On April 26, the HVCC was host to a fire safety demonstration. Students, faculty, children and parents alike were given the opportunity to walk through a house fire scenario. The “house,” which was actually a camper decorated with a bedroom, living room, and kitchen, was set up to test users on knowledge of what could cause a fire.

D.A. Bastiani, director of this program sponsoring the demonstration explained how the “house” worked. “We have electrical wires under the carpet, extension cords; the oven is left on with flammables on it, candles left burning, and so forth,” said Bastiani. The goal of this part of the test is for users to point out problematic areas which could lead to fire.

The house is also complete with theatrical smoke and heating pads to teach users how to properly escape a burning room.

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low, [as smoke] rises, so the air is clearer,” said Bastiani. “What would [you] do if [you] woke up in the middle of the night [to the sound] of the fire alarm?”

Students sat through a demonstrational lesson in which they were placed in the bedroom area of the house. In the scenario, their goal was to escape the room. A smoke detector rang and smoke filled the space. As heating pads were used in the door out, students knew that they would not be able to go through, and the only option for escape was the window.

Students were instructed to climb out the window and find a meeting place Bastiani explained.

Parents of children who went through the demonstration spoke well of the lesson, and that it was very helpful.

Bastiani said, “Our goal is to prevent fires, and teach people what to do if these situations arise.”

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a career in the Media Arts. It enables a student to get traditional schooling on the HVCC campus and hands-on, real-world training at the New School of Radio and

Television.The program is set up for

the student to take their first year courses at the HVCC campus, offering a well rounded curriculum

with classes such as English Composition, Journalism, Media & Culture, Communications, Television Production I, Intro to

Broadcast Journalism major Sabrina Johnson on set at the New School.Courtesy of facebook.com

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Mark McGuire Speaks at HVCC Reads Eventabout the murder, the mayhem, the political corruption…I wasn’t going to write fluffy features. I had tunnel vision,” he said.

McGuire spent several years pursuing this passion, covering stories on crime, politics, and government. However, at some point along the way, he found himself making segues into sports and TV writing, neither of which he had previously taken seriously.

McGuire also spoke about the difficulties he faced early on in his career and his parents’ surprise at his decision to become a journalist. He said, “My mother…she cried. And I don’t mean tears of joy. My dad, he just shook his head.”

This response was not limited to McGuire’s parents. His first English Composition professor in college was convinced that he would never write well and suggested that he “quit school and seek manual labor.”

McGuire, however, stuck through all of these discouraging moments and went ahead with his plan. He advised his audience to do the same in his lecture, saying, “Don’t get down. Don’t get angry. Take those hard words…and use

them.”In spite of his decision

to stand by his chosen career, McGuire said that he did not, by any means, immediately experience phenomenal success.

“I was terrible. I did really bad,” he said. In reference to the music reviews he wrote for a while, he said, “[I was] offering up insights, like, ‘they rock, dudes!’ I was an idiot but I didn’t know it.”

McGuire shared several anecdotes about the mistakes he made as a budding journalist. He said that he falsely allowed himself to believe he did not need to learn and be good at certain things, such as interviewing for TV.

Commenting on one such interview, he said, “I asked this guy to ‘pacifically answer a question.’ He looks at me. He looks at the camera. He looks back at me, with sheer terror on his face, as he’s trying to figure out what the hell I meant when I asked him to pacifically answer a question.”

He urged the audience to learn from mistakes instead of being discouraged by them and to never assume that certain things

do not need to be learned.McGuire said that he first

moved to Albany in 1990, covered the presidential elections in 1995, and then suddenly took an unexpected turn in his career in 1998.

“I took a detour, one I never would have wanted or expected, but now I embrace. I became a TV columnist,” said McGuire. He said that although he had always wanted to be a columnist, he was

appalled at the idea of doing so for TV at the time.

After that experience, however, and after doing an internet-only column for the Times Union, McGuire said that his perspective on journalism began to alter. “That stubborn guy, that guy who was only going to do hard news? He was gone,” he said.

McGuire talked about how

he began to experiment with his writing, venturing into a much broader range of topics and toying with grammar and style. He said that nothing in his career went as planned, but instead took a “serendipitous path.”

He concluded his lecture by describing the best journalistic stories as being either “highly unique or universal” and capable of coming from any source.

Local journalist Mark McGuire speaking in the BTC Auditorium about his career and experiences.Hannah Brigida Infantado

On April 26, Scott Kellogg, developer of the Radix Ecological Sustainability Center in Albany, spoke in Brahan Hall to Environmental Science students about his organization and the importance of urbanizing sustainable agriculture.

“We have built an environmental education center,” said Kellogg, referring to the Radix Center.

Kellogg spoke about the features of the Radix Center and the many ways to promote sustainable agriculture in an urban setting, including composting, growing mushrooms, and raising small livestock.

“We don’t know how things are going to play out, but what we do know with a fair degree of certainty is that we need to make a fairly rapid and urgent transition into a more sustainable society,” he said.

Kellogg said that since half the population of America resides in cities, it is not practical to limit agriculture and sustainable living to rural areas. Bringing these things into cities is a way to reduce costs for everyone involved.

“If you can be growing food close to where people are living, you’ll have a constant demand for your product, and if you don’t have to be driving far to bring that stuff to your market then you’re in a great position,” said Kellogg.

He also said, “A lot of cities in Southeast Asia are growing about twenty percent of the produce for their citizens within the boundaries of the city, and we can be doing that here, too.”

Kellogg discussed the raising of animals he refers to as “micro-

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livestock,” especially chickens, as important aspects of increasing urban food production.

He said that Troy has no laws pertaining to keeping chickens, and although Albany currently has a ban enacted, the ban makes an exception for chickens raised for educational purposes, as in the Radix Center.

“Animals that are smaller, they don’t eat as much, they don’t produce as many wastes, they don’t compact the ground like a cow does. All these are factors that make them more appropriate to raise in urban environments,” said Kellogg.

One step being taken at the Radix Center is the use of aquaponics systems. These systems use fish tanks and hydroponics in unison to promote the thriving of both.

Kellogg said, “Fish [are] very efficient converters of protein. A fish only needs about one-and-a-

half to two pounds of protein for it to put on one pound of body weight. A cow requires about ten pounds of food to put on a pound of body weight.”

Throughout his lecture, Kellogg stressed the importance of thinking of ways to make sustainable agriculture work in modern cities.

“All the rooftop spaces where you could be growing food and all of the south-facing walls of buildings: if you were to add that all up, that’s a lot of area. In cities, we need to be thinking of food vertically, growing up over our heads,” he said.

In the Radix Center, Kellogg offers services for composting, sells fresh produces, and gives tours of the Radix Center greenhouse for students and visitors.

For more information on the Radix Center and Scott Kellogg’s work, visit www.radixcenter.org On April 18, HVCC held the

first of eight “Instant Admission Days” for the 2012 fall semester. The purpose of Instant Admission Day is for students to be accepted on the spot. On this day, the college waives the $30 application fee. Prospective students of HVCC went to the Guenther Enrollment Services Center from times ranging between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. to talk to Admissions and Financial Aid Counselors.

The college just recently started doing an Instant Admission Day on the 18. The first one was planned for the purpose of helping recent high school graduates get into the community college. The Admissions office serviced 119 potential students on this year’s first Instant Admission Day. Out of the 119 students helped out on the 18, 20 of them were recent high school graduates, while the remaining 99 were nontraditional students.

One incoming student came to the college with the hopes to

HVCC’s Instant Admissions DayGREG KLUSACEKSTAFF WRITER enter the Automotive Technical

Services Program at HVCC. He explained he wanted to enroll in the program because, “I’m already working on cars all the time but I saw that HVCC’s degree program includes a welding certification, and it’s not very expensive at all.”

Machelle, an accountant for more than 12 years in South Carolina came up to New York with the intent to enter the medical. After looking through the courses HVCC offers, she decided on the radiology program. “I’ve always wanted to get into the medical field but I just don’t want to deal with any of the blood and gore,” she said.

During his yearly address to the college, college President Drew Matonak set forward a goal to have 14,200 students enrolled in Hudson Valley’s student body for this upcoming fall semester.

Many incoming freshmen have said that HVCC’s a great starting school.

“In the past, April 18 has proven to be the slowest instant

admit day of the year and this year is no exception,” said Mary Claire Bauer, the Director of Admissions at the college. Bauer continued, “Perhaps the reason we’re having a historically low turnout right now is because the majority of our most popular courses are already filled.”

A percentage of incoming students were actually coming for the college’s 24 credit hour diploma, a high school equivalency program. Upon that realization, a recruiter was sent to the college’s next incoming Instant Admission Days.

Last year’s April 18 Instant Admission Day topped this one by 45 potential scholars, but that doesn’t mean that the college has no hope for next year. There are still another six instant admit days, two per month, one at the campus and the other on 175 Central Avenue in the Albany Extension Center. A schedule of the Instant Admission Days can be found at https://www.hvcc.edu/ admissions/ia.html.

May 28am: Summer Registration

begins. 9 am - Noon and 6 - 8 pm:

CASDA College Fair at the McDonough Sports Complex.May 4

3-5pm: Scholarship Appreciation Reception at the McDonough Sports Complex.

May 810am: Last day to purchase movie tickets.May 10

Noon: Last day for Free Pizza event. 4pm: Faculty Honors Convocation

May 14Start of Final Examination

on/off campus (ends May 17)4:30pm: Athletic Awards Banquet 6pm: Dental Hygiene Professional Awards and Achievement Ceremony

May 168am-6pm: Fall 2012 Instant Admission Day at the Guenther Enrollment Services Center

May 177pm: Hudson Valley Community College Student Honors Ceremony at the McDonough Sports Complex

May 1810am: Mandatory Commencement Rehearsal

May 19 8:30am: Commencement at the Joseph L. Bruno Stadium

(Graduates assemble at 7:30am) (Inclement weather: McDonough Sports Complex)

May 2110am: Final Grades Due

May 23Fall 2012 Instant Admission Day at Albany Extension Center

Important End of Semester Dates

Albany County Executive Dan McCoy proposed changes to the way the county funds HVCC in his State of the County address, protesting the amount of money spent for Albany County residents to attend the college.

In the speech delivered March 5, McCoy said that Albany County pays $9 million annually in “chargebacks” to the community college for its residents to attend the college paying the current resident tuition rate. The County Executive contrasts this with Rensselaer County capping its payments to the college at $3.2 million.

“We need to partner with other community colleges,” McCoy said. The County Executive indicated in the speech that he had spoke with SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher and had discussions with neighboring Schenectady County Community College about the chargeback issues.

In addition, McCoy mentioned the possibility of creating an “Albany County Community College” or regionalizing area community colleges.

New York State Education law

requires that counties contribute funds to pay for resident students’ attendance at community colleges outside the county. How much is paid by the county is determined by factors including the number of residents attending the neighboring county’s community college, tuition and the college’s operating budget.

Within the last 10 years, the number of Albany County residents attending HVCC has increased by 29.6 percent, while tuition increased from $2,350 for the 2002-2003 academic year to $3,700 in the 2011-2012 academic year. Between that same period of time, the costs to Albany County for students attending the college have ranged from approximately $4.7 million to $9.2 million.

Since Albany County does not have any community colleges of their own, a majority of its community college students attend HVCC. As a result, most of the chargebacks the county pays goes to HVCC.

This isn’t the first time Albany County has protested this funding.

Faced with closing a $40 million deficit for the 2011 budget year, Albany County legislators protested these payments as an

“unfunded state mandate” and saw an end to these payments as an easy way to eliminate $10 to $12 million from the deficit. The state law requiring this county contribution was enacted in 1973 to ensure those that low income students could have access to higher education, besides attending a four-year institution. As a county legislator, McCoy has suggested that the amount of financial aid available to students would render this contribution to be irrelevant.

Albany resident and HVCC student Tia Wright, freshman EMT-Paramedic major said, “I don’t want Albany County to cut its funding to HVCC.” Wright added, “I know my parents wouldn’t want to pay more in college costs and taking out more loans.”

“I don’t think [Albany] County should cut the funding HVCC gets,” said Laura Stella, freshman Biology major. “Education should be a priority [for the county] and Troy is a good location for the college.”

Stella, an Albany resident said, “HVCC is one of the best community colleges in the nation and I don’t think cutting spending to the school is the solution.”

Albany County Executive Protests “Chargeback” Payments to College

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Candidate Number of VotesStudent Senate PresidentKaren Wolcott 178Abstain 47Student Senate Vice PresidentSean Burns 54Hassan Murtaza 75Alexander Duerr 78Abstain 18Student Senate SecretaryAli-Haider Bhatti 173Abstain 52Student Senate TreasurerEugene Corlione 188Abstain 37

Scott Kellogg from the Radix Center discussing the ability of oyster mushrooms to grow anywhere in an urban setting.

Fatima Hussain

Candidate Number of Votes

Student TrusteeMatthew McPartlon 75Adam Sanzone 124Abstain 11

Senior Class PresidentMatt Whalen 97Abstain 26

Senior SenatorMaxwell Goodrnight 34Chad Coumbes 41Abstain 10

Student Senate Election Results

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Computer Graphics and Public Speaking.

After a student has acquired at least 30 credits and has completed all of their prerequisites, they are then eligible to go on and finish the remaining portion of the degree and certification program at The New School of Radio and Television.

The New School of Radio and Television was established 38 years ago by the Executive Director, Tom Brownlie, a well renowned radio personality, who previously held positions at KISS-FM in NYC, Chum Radio in Toronto, CLW in Detroit and was the program director for WBAZ, Kingston and WDOT, Burlington stations.

According to Brownlie, in the early years of the school’s development, he began to get discouraged, but after borrowing thousands of dollars from a relative to finish construction, he knew he had to make the school work.

The New School started out as just a school for radio, offered only in the evenings. Eventually, the school began to offer television and broadcast, and only three years ago started offering music and digital recording arts. The programs are listed as Radio & Television, Television and Video Production, Broadcast Journalism and Digital Recording Arts.

If someone wanted to attend the school without attending HVCC, they could enroll directly. The New School is a five- and-a- half month program that ends with a mandatory internship provided by the school. The cost to attend the New School is $10,000 and is broken into two semesters if you’re an HVCC student.

Although students can attend the New School directly, some feel the need to get traditional schooling before they go to the New School.

Assistant Director Cathy Taylor has been working for the New School for five years now and acts, among other things, in the capacity of a principal.

“There are so many options here it’s incredible… it all depends on what a student brings to the table,” said Taylor. She also

said that making the decision to go to college instead of going directly to the New School all depends on what you want to do and where you want to end up. “If you’re going to be a journalist on air, you’re going to need to go to college, you’re going to need to know how to write, have absolutely perfect English and grammar… no two ways about it,” said Taylor.

Hudson Valley Senior Andrew Balog is currently a Broadcast Communications Major and is enrolled in the Television and Video Production curriculum at the New School. Balog is an upstart independent film maker who’s company, Logs Leisure Entertainment, has two films currently under its belt.

“They teach you hands on everything there is to know about video production, everything down to the smallest detail,” said Balog. “The biggest advice I could give to someone coming into the New School is: don’t go in cocky. You will come out of it saying, ‘Wow I genuinely learned something.’ They give you a different perspective of film and television that you don’t have going in. They teach you a good sense of loyalty, a sense of friendship, brotherhood and respect. They don’t only teach you technical skills, they teach you life lessons in there; it’s a very good school,” said Balog.

Brandon Lewis, a current New School student in the Radio and Television arts curriculum decided to go directly instead of attending HVCC. Lewis claims the allure of the New School was the ability to learn hands on. “I think if you go to Hudson Valley, you get the book aspect out of it, but the New School prepares you for show prep, commercials, learning how to do shows, knowing what to say and knowing what not to say. I think the New School did a great job in my life by preparing me to the work at any radio station, “said Lewis.

Ovella Snow is a current Radio and Television Arts student at the New School. “I think with the experience and knowledge I gained from The New School of Radio and Television, I definitely

think I’m equipped to go out and find a job,” said Snow.

According to Taylor, one of the most important aspects of the New School is the teaching. Professor Michael Flynn, known in the Radio industry as “Jim Steele,” has been in the business for over 26 years. Professor Flynn, a graduate of Christian Brother’s Academy and Herkimer County Community College, has worked for 12 radio stations and has worked in every format except sports talk. In the early 90s, Professor Flynn attended The New School and graduated in 1986, which at that time was called The New School of Contemporary Radio. He started teaching in 1999, and with the exception of two years, has been teaching over the last 12 years.

“The great advantage to our program is that we are primarily hands on. We come across a lot of students that aren’t textbook learners. There are people that learn by reading and there are people that learn more by touching and doing, and we deal a lot more with the people that learn by touching and doing,” said Flynn.

“We provide the fundamental basis of radio broadcasting; we teach everything that there is to know about the fundamental aspects of broadcasting,” Flynn added. “We prepare people for the two year degree program and we absolutely prepare them to get right into the industry, “said Flynn.

Flynn believes the New School is growing rapidly and regularly and claims it is adding new programs and discussing new programs all the time. According to Flynn, The New School has program advisory meetings where they meet with industry professionals on a regular basis. “They’re telling us what they need from our students,” said Flynn. “[S]o it’s always changing and we are changing with the industry by adding new things and making sure that our students are able to proactively get themselves greatly involved in the industry.”

For more information about the New School visit their website at www.nsrt.org or call them at 518 438-7682.

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Hannah Brigida Infantado

Randy Hammond

The academic year is almost at an end. As students are working on their final projects, studying for their final exams, or even preparing for graduation, it’s once again time for The Hudsonian to end its run for the year.

The Editorial board believes that this year has been a crucial turning point for the paper as there have been some significant developments that mark a change from how people can check out the best in campus news and how the organization is viewed on campus.

First off, the paper had committed itself to the process of establishing a multi-media presence. Like many other print publications in the 21st Century, The Hudsonian rapidly built up its website, along with establishing a presence on Facebook and Twitter.

In addition to that, The Hudsonian News Network has found itself an audience of thousands of YouTube viewers looking to get a quick peek of what will be in that week’s paper.

Sponsoring and organizing charity events like “HVCC’s Got Talent” helped further a positive brand for the paper, in addition to helping to support good causes.

These are probably the most significant changes to the campus news organization since the change from The Technician to its current name. The new multimedia character of the newspaper that rapidly developed this year will ensure future successes of The Hudsonian.

However, these successes are not possible without support received from the college itself.

The Hudsonian would like to thank HVCC President Drew Matonak and Vice President of Enrollment Management and Student Development, Alex

With the start of May, a lot of things are coming to an end. Classes are winding down and beginning to make way for finals season, while the Student Senate has already completed its elections for the new year and most of our sports teams are wrapping up their seasons. In just a couple short weeks, the class of 2012 will be graduating, leaving a new class to make their own future in this school.

The Hudsonian isn’t immune to this, as we herald the coming end of the academic year with our final issue of the spring semester. More than the last issue of the semester, this will be the final issue many people in our staff will ever work on, as they join the graduating seniors later in the month and pass the torch on to another news team. It’s tempting to bemoan this change, to gnash our teeth and resist it as much as we can, but there is nothing inherently wrong with change. In its own way, change is life; we grow older and wiser with every passing day, adjusting to our changing circumstances, and every creature in nature knows life comes down to one choice: evolve, or die.

For almost 60 years now, The Hudsonian has kept the people on this campus informed and entertained, and it has been a privilege to work alongside the current staff to carry on this legacy, just as it will be to pick up from where they left off in the next academic year and continue the newspaper’s growth.

If there is anything working on the paper for the past two semesters has taught me, from my beginnings as a staff writer

I recently saw the documentary Bully, a story that follows a few families that have been affected by bullying. There are some very powerful stories in this film.

I liked that they focused more on the mental abuse of these kids rather than the physical, because that is the problem that is the hardest to fix. I wish they had shown some solutions that are out there for schools and even people out of high school to adopt, however.

Is this a heartbreaking and thought provoking film that will make you think differently? Yes. The camera work is beautiful throughout the film.The attention to detail with the camera is what really connects the stories.

There isn’t even a need for slow motion; it is captured so

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well. Director Lee Hirsch sets up a sequence of the stories that is easy to follow, and that makes a point that all the stories are connected and so are we.

The main person in the cast is Alex, who will win you over from the first conversation. Although he is speaking, you can tell his voice is stifled by how he is treated. Even when he is hurting, you can see that he just wants a friend.

The schools seem to do nothing to help, or refuse to see the problem even after there are deaths. The abuse is pretty bad, but it’s nothing most people haven’t seen before. They chose not to show the most extreme cases of abuse, but some of the actions young people do to each other will disgust you all the same. For instance, the day after one child hung himself, some of his peers went to school the next

day with ropes hanging from their necks, as a joke.

There is a scene where a father and mother walk to their son’s funeral, and it is haunting. The father says, “We’ll just tuck him in one last time”.

This film has had some controversy about whether children should see it or not. I think this film should be shown to anyone. There is swearing and a little violence, but it is done by very young people in the film. The subject of bullying is one that people are talking about a lot recently, in part because of this film. I don’t want this to be a public service announcement about how we should treat each other better, and that love is free, but there I said it.

The movie is good, and I recommend it. Not for date night, but if you want to feel something, it’s a solid choice.

“I Stand For The Silent” is the theme of Bully.Courtesy of komonews.com

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to being the current Sports Editor and primary movie critic, it’s that life isn’t about desperately resisting every new thing or doing unto others before they can do unto you, but about two things: being willing to roll with the punches thrown your way, and never giving up hope for the future.

Change is scary, particularly in these hard times, and especially for college students. Whether you’re graduating, transferring or just moving on to a new semester in HVCC, it’s a step into the unknown that’s always intimidating until you take the plunge. It’s important not to give in to despair when the obstacles start to look insurmountable, and hold yourself ready to not simply accept anything thrown your way, but latch onto it and use it to make yourself stronger. That is what makes a person truly grow, and the ability to see change not as something to dread but as an opportunity is vital to living a full life. When you climb into the ring that is your life, you have to accept that you’ll get hit, and be ready to keep pushing forwards anyway.

The Hudsonian is even now preparing for the changes to come, and I would like to thank every one of you reading this for making the past year’s journey with us. For all the talented staff we have, the paper would have been nothing without you guys. Our office will remain open, and we’ll be back next semester bigger and better than before, but until then, keep your hands up, your head high and finish strong this semester.

The Viking spirit will be with you, always.

Letter From The Editor

Popovics for their encouraging support of the paper. In addition, The Hudsonian would like to thank Alfredo Balarin, Louis Coplin, Sue Smith and those who work in the Student Activities office and the Student Senate for their assistance and support in dealing with the club’s internal matters.

The Hudsonian would also like to thank Dennis Kennedy and the college’s Communications Dept. in their assistance with helping to market the newspaper, along with working with us in reporting campus news.

However, major credit for The Hudsonian’s successful year goes to the writing and photography staff, and the Editorial Board that worked with them. The many hours spent in the newsroom and weeks of sleepless nights typing, editing, and working on a paper many on campus are clamoring for.

Most of the staff this year will be returning to the organization this year so expect to see the quality news and feature stories that highlight the character and culture of the community college.

It’s because of the work the staff put in that The Hudsonian placed in the top ten for “Best in Show” at the National College Media Convention last October.

More importantly, The Hudsonian would like to thank you, the reader. It is you that drove us to publish a quality newspaper each week and to expand our presence on the video and the web. Your support is what inspires The Hudsonian to be a great organization.

Check your favorite newsstand, The Hudsonian website and YouTube page next year for more of the best in campus news.

The final issue is upon us here at The Hudsonian, and we have come to the end of a very significant era. I take great pride in being a part of the first ever African American Editor-in-Chief and Managing editor team at The Hudsonian.

When I first got involved with The Hudsonian, I never thought I would be such an integral part of the growth of this club and publication. The Hudsonian went from just print media to a very strong online web presence, with thehudsonian.org website, our Facebook page, Twitter page and putting out web videos on YouTube weekly to support our publication.

I was chosen by Martin Robinson, the Editor-In-Chief, to develop and head the first ever Marketing Department here at The Hudsonian. As my first order of business in branding our club, I, along with the rest of the Marketing Team and Hudsonian staff, put on the club’s

The Final WordTEMBA “EVERY DAY” KNOWLESMANAGING EDITOR

first ever talent show, HVCC’S GOT TALENT, and it was a huge success.

I’ve witnessed The Hudsonian publication grow not only in membership, but in stature and respect as well. I’ve witnessed the growth of our staff writers and our editorial board and I can say that I’m truly proud to have a significant hand in all of their development. I look forward to seeing what The Hudsonian will become in the future.

I would like to thank President Drew Matonak, Vice President Alex Popovics, Director of Student Life Louis Coplin, Program Assistant for Student Activities Sue Smith, the Hudsonian advisers Mat Cantore and Rachel Bornn, and all of the rest of the faculty and students for your support of our publication over these past 2 years.

In closing, I would like to thank all The Hudsonian staff writers and editors I’ve had the pleasure of working with; it’s been a great ride. Good luck to everyone in their future endeavors. Go Vikings!

Upon becoming The Hudsonian’s Editor-in-Chief, I expected simply to run a weekly newspaper. As I end my tenure, I find myself the head of a campus news organization responsible for a newspaper, a website, social media pages, and the production of a weekly video.

I would like to thank the Editorial Board, staff writers, and photography staff in allowing this organization to blossom within a short period of time. All of these changes would not have been

possible without their support. I would also like to thank all

of the staff and faculty who have contributed to The Hudsonian having a sucessful run this year.

This organization has come far in its 57 years of its existence and it will continue to move forward.

I wish future staffs the rewarding experiences that I’ve had in running this long standing publication and serving the campus community as college journalists.

Thank you to all who read and support The Hudsonian.

MARTIN ROBINSONEDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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Star Boxing will be returning to the Times Union Center on Friday, May 18th for ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights, following up on February’s “K.O. at the T.U.”

“We are doing multiple shows at the Times Union Center, and we were planning on doing our second show up there, and we decided it would be fitting to bring in ESPN... [Friday Night Fights] is the top dog,” said Joe DeGuardia, CEO of Star Boxing. The promotion’s second show in Albany was originally going to be on April 28th, last Saturday, but the date was changed to accommodate ESPN’s weekly boxing program. “When I was able to negotiate to bring in Friday Night Fights from ESPN, it made all the sense in the world to move that date and bring this kind of level of show [to Albany].”

The May 18th show promises to bring an array of top-level fighters to Albany, and the feature bout will be a clash for the North American Boxing Organization’s junior welterweight title between undefeated prospects Ray “Tito” Serrano and Karim “Hard Hitta” Mayfield, both of whom have been featured on Friday Night Fights broadcasts before. “It’s harder to be an undefeated fighter, sometimes, because they don’t want to let go of that 0,” said DeGuardia about the matchup, which could open the winner to fighting on the world stage. “So now you’ve got two guys who are undefeated fighting each other in the main event, [and] it figures to really be one of those fights that’re rare to come by.”

In the co-feature, “K.O. at the T.U.” highlight Jason “Monstruo” Escalera (13-0-0, 12 KOs) will be returning to face Nick “Machine Gun” Brinson (9-1-1, 5 KOs) from Geneva, New York. The 27-year-old Escalera is coming off his Albany debut in February, when he scored a devastating fourth-round knockout against Marcus Brooks, and pits his power against the three-year-younger Brinson,

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“My goal before the season was to win the Conference Championship,” said Head Coach Joe Hayes. After defeating Herkimer 11-4 last Wednesday, the Vikings secured their third Mountain Valley Conference Championship in the last four years.

Hudson Valley is led by four captains, attacker Mason Agosto, defensemen Michael Carpenter and Sean Shaughnessy, and goalie Andrew Reilly.

All four of them had the same goal as their coach; “Win the conference championship, beat Herkimer, and have a better record than last year,” Carpenter said.

“For what we’ve accomplished this year, I’m extremely proud of these guys,” said Hayes.

The Vikings had a 2-1 lead after the first quarter and caught fire in the second, entering the

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half with a 9-1 advantage. “Once we were up by 6 we knew we had it, we just had to hold the lead,” Shaughnessy said.

“We started off slow, but we bounced back,” Agosto said.

Captains Agosto and Reilly led the way for the Vikings’ win. Agosto had four goals and three assists, and Reilly led the defensive charge, recording 15 in goal saves. David Wilber added five goals and Eric Plant chipped in three assists.

The team had a rough start to the season, with 17 freshmen in the roster, according to the captains. “The year started off sloppy with all of the freshmen, but we fixed it,” Agosto said.

The Vikings finished their regular season with a 10-5 record, and a Conference Championship to show for it. “They have been really a blue collar team, they work hard and play hard and get the job done,” said Hayes.

The 5 losses the team suffered were to 5 of the best teams in the nation. “We would’ve liked to win those games, but we made some freshmen mistakes,” Hayes said. “We jumped out to a 3-0 lead to the #2 ranked team in the nation but we just lost our focus.”

Despite their inexperience, the Vikings were quick to fix their mistakes. “Not too much has slowed these guys down,” Hayes said. “We’ve got a really good group of guys that are really close and they never give up.”

Hayes said, “I’m happy with what we have accomplished, but I’m pretty sure Hudson Valley could contend for a Conference Championship every year.”

The Vikings played Alfred State on Saturday, April 28, losing 11-10, and have earned the number 4 seed for the upcoming Region III tournament. They will be hosting SUNY Delhi this Wednesday at 4 p.m.

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who is riding a two-fight winning streak after his only loss in October 2010 and fights as more of a boxer-puncher.

The undercard, which is often not televised, will be featuring fights like former world title contender David Telesco (30-7-1, 25 KOs) facing off against Vincent Miranda (14-1-0, 8 KOs), a native of Puerto Rico who has adopted Albany as his home town. The heavy-handed Telesco, who has fought the likes of Roy Jones in the past, will be coming up against a talented prospect in Miranda, who already has a fanbase in Albany and looks to make his mark in a battle that will see its winner landing a contract with Star Boxing.

Bryan “The Brick” Abraham (6-11-2, 6 KOs) is also returning from February’s show, battling Rochester’s Kenny Abril (11-5-1, 6 KOs), as is Catskill’s Kevin Rooney Jr. (4-1-0, 2 KOs) in a fight against Nick Castaldi from Albany. “You’ve got Catskill vs. Albany, you’ve got Italian vs. Irish, all the types of things that say, ‘wow, this is a throwback to the ‘50s’,” said DeGuardia.

Schott’s Boxing’s Zach “The Little Freak” Smith (6-2-0, 1 KO), who studied Criminal Justice at HVCC and graduated in May of 2008, will also be on the card against a currently unknown opponent. “It’s like a dream come true,” said Smith about getting on the show and fighting at the Times Union Center. “If I do good on this show, this could open up a lot of doors... these are the guys who do Madison Square Garden, Yankee Stadium, you know... I want to put on a good show not only for my fans, but I want to show these promoters that, ‘hey, I’m a local talent too, don’t forget about me.’”

“It’s good to be part of a big show, locally,” said Andrew Schott, Smith’s trainer and a professor at HVCC. “These spots are hard to come by, because there’s a lot of fighters who want to get on these shows, and there aren’t too many spots available.”

Aside from the fights

themselves, there’s a lot of special entertainment planned for the live audience, including appearances from guests like famous heavyweight Gerry Cooney, who knocked out Ken Norton - the man who broke Muhammad Ali’s jaw - and fought Larry Holmes for the world title in the 1980s, giveaways during the fights and t-shirt tossings. DeGuardia urged college students to come see the event live if possible, especially given finals season. “It’s going to be fun, and it’s going to be much better live and at the arena,” he said. “Obviously, if you can’t make it you can watch it on television, but to be honest, this is something you want to see live. Come see it live, come watch it live, [and] you’ll have an exciting night.”

“I think [Friday Night Fights coming to Albany] is fantastic,” said Joe Hennessey, the Times Union Center’s Corporate Advertising Manager, who General Manager Bob Belber has put in charge of working with Star Boxing on organizing the event. “We hadn’t had boxing [at the Times Union Center] for over ten years before we brought the last fight back in February. I worked with Star Boxing then, and they did a great job, and we had a pretty good turnout, and it was well received by the community, and we’re going to try to do it as often as possible with Star Boxing. Now to have ESPN come in is great, because it highlights the fights even more, highlights the arena certainly, to a national television audience, [and] just in general adds another positive notch to the TU Center.”

Priced at $75, $50, $40 and $30, advance tickets will be available through Ticketmaster, (www.Ticketmaster.com, 800-745-3000) or at the Times Union Center Box Office, (1-800-30-EVENT), and at select Wal-Mart Music Centers. Tickets are also available by calling Star Boxing at 718-823-2000 or on their website at www.starboxing.com. College student discounts will be available.

Javy Martinez (center) with trainers Kyle Provenzano (left) and Andrew Schott (right) after his fight with Ray Velez.

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Javy Martinez: HVCC Alumnus, Boxer and Local Hero

HVCC graduate and professional boxer Javier “Javy” Martinez is more than a college student turned fighter, but a good example of the different kinds of people the school draws in, and what a person can accomplish

with enough dedication, rising from a troubled background to turn his life around and become something of a local celebrity.

Abandoned by his father before he was born, Martinez was in and out of trouble growing up, repeatedly getting arrested and at one point almost dying drinking.

“I made some really bad decisions in my life, and some very self-destructive decisions, because I just didn’t like myself,” he said.

Martinez set a record for the number of hours assigned to an offender by the Colonie Youth

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Court, at 302, and found himself failing school as well, but going through the negative side of the criminal justice system led him to find a passion for the field, the pursuit of which led him to boxing. Martinez began boxing in his Sophomore year of high school, training with Delmar’s Rick Sweeney, and had his first amateur fight at Herkimer High School six weeks later, fighting a much taller opponent and winning by decision.

“I said to myself, with my hand raised, ‘I love this feeling,’” said Martinez. “It was the first time I felt like I’d won anything, and I never wanted it to end, so I kept fighting.”

Over the course of the next three years, Martinez would have 31 amateur fights, graduating from Colonie High School in 2006 and taking three and a half years off from boxing to study for his Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice at Hudson Valley Community College.

“I loved Hudson Valley,” Martinez said of his time at the school. “I barely got out of high school, so Hudson Valley was a second chance for me to actually achieve anything scholastically; I just didn’t apply myself as well in high school as I should’ve, and at Hudson Valley I found my niche, and I found my passion - which is criminal justice - and I got to apply my passion... I just loved Hudson Valley. I loved the experience, I loved the small classes, I loved the personal one-on-one attention you got from teachers, and I just loved the quality of the education.”

Martinez graduated from HVCC in 2008, and returned to boxing after his three-year hiatus, losing his next amateur fight and deciding to go professional. “My dream was always to turn professional, my dream was to be 1-0 as a professional,” he said. Martinez signed with local boxing

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teamed up with Schott’s Boxing co-owners Andrew Schott and Kyle Provenzano to prepare for the fight. Martinez trained with Schott and Provenzano for three months straight, running 25 miles a day, training in the gym for 2 hours a day and doing Sunday morning workouts on their own, which paid off when Martinez won his first professional fight, then his second when he decided to keep working with the team.

Martinez’s most recent fight was also his most difficult, as he went up against fellow 2-0 prospect Ray Velez last December, and his grandfather died shortly before the fight. Martinez decided to go ahead with the fight, with the crowd chanting his grandfather’s name as he went to the ring. The fight was a tough four-round battle, but Martinez won a unanimous decision, and the crowd chanted his grandfather’s name again at the very end. Martinez’s victory not only earned him personal satisfaction, but a world ranking. “[The rank is] like 99 in the United States, 500 in the world... but a lot of fighters don’t get ranks, so we’re happy we earned a rank with our last fight.”

Martinez also earned his Bachelor’s Degree from SUNY Albany in 2011, and is currently applying to John Jay University to pursue his Master’s.

“You usually think of fighters, boxers as inner city, down on their luck guys, but a lot of fighters have degrees now,” said Schott, who cited this as an example of how the sport has changed. “Boxing was kind of like, ‘this is what you do if you don’t have anything else, if you don’t have any other options then you can fight your way out of the ghetto,’ but a lot of people, even in the past twenty or thirty years, boxing’s changed, where you can get people [who] do have options. They could be doing a lot of other

things, but they’re competitive, they love the sport, they want to challenge themselves, and they want to strive for greatness. It’s not a last ditch, last chance for them to find something in life [any more].”

Since starting his boxing career, Martinez has appeared in news broadcasts, television commercials, and is the subject of a boxing documentary centering around the buildup to his fight against Ray Velez, titled “Passion and Struggles.” Martinez works with the Colonie Youth Court as a program assistant for his day job, and has been an active part of the community, as he is a candidate for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Man of the Year award and teaches an adaptive fitness boxing program for students in Wildwood Programs’ physical education programs, a school that works with people who have developmental disabilities, on top of working as a coach at the gym on Fridays and Sundays.

Though Martinez isn’t sure how far he’ll pursue boxing, taking his career on a fight-by-fight basis, he credits the sport - and his mother and grandparents, who never gave up on him even when he was in trouble - with helping turn his life around. “Throughout winning in the ring, I started winning outside the ring,” he said. “The lessons that I learned that were instilled in me in the ring started transcending to outside the ring, meaning I started becoming much better in school, started applying myself, my relationships with my family and friends got much better, and I think I became a winner in every sense of the word... I went from the negative end to the positive end outside of becoming a college graduate and a professional athlete.”

Javy Martinez will have his next fight on June 16th, at the Convention Center under the Egg.