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Possession of Fake IDs Now a Criminal Charge in Hamilton
A DANGEROUSLY GOOD TIME: The Madison County District attorney is prosecuting falsified identifications more harshly. By Holly Rothbard Maroon-News Staff
In October 2010, the Hamilton Police Department welcomed a new chief, Rick Gifford, who was previously the sergeant of the Dewitt Police. In taking on this new role, Gifford also took on a new initiative: to crack down on the use of fake identifications by underage
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students and residents of Hamilton. Prior to Gifford’s arrival in Hamilton, persons caught with a fake ID were issued a ticket for a traffic violation; they would sign the back, pay a fine and the issue would be closed. Now, violators are being arrested and charged with criminal possession of a forged instrument, a class A misdemeanor that is punishable with up to a year
in jail or a $1,000 fine. According to the Madison County Courier, Gifford “has called on other agencies to help, including: BRiDGES, Madison County’s Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, Madison County’s district attorney and STOP-DWI coordinator, the sheriff’s department, state police, campus security and local law enforcement.” In the Courier article, Gifford connected the possession of a fake ID to even more serious crimes. “‘I don’t want kids to get hurt’… since most sexual assaults occur when one or more parties are under the influence of alcohol and intoxicated people destroy others property because they are disorderly,” Gifford said. Bill Gabor, the Madison County District Attorney, explained that although his office does not have the power to enforce Chief Gifford’s initiative, he and other Madison county law enforcement agencies fully support it. “We don’t tell police what charges to file but we certainly will prosecute what charges are brought … and we are seeing the most fake ID arrests in Hamilton than any other village in the county,” Gabor said. Gabor agreed with Gifford that traffic violations were not a serious enough offense for possessing or attempting to use a fake ID, and proper punishment would help prevent DWIs and keep people safe.
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B.o.B. to Headline Spring Party Weekend By Rebekah Ward Maroon-News Staff
The Spring Party Weekend (SPW) planning committee has decided this year’s headliner will be hip-hop artist B.o.B. The concert will take place on Whitnall Field, on the afternoon of Saturday April 16.
The planning committee is excited about this final decision. “He’s going to be performing with a full live band, which is different from other artists we’ve had in the past few years. It will be a real performance – it should be really good,” sophomore and co-chair Continued on A-2
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President Herbst’s Plans Spark Controversy and Rumors on Campus
Herbst’s Goals for Technology, Marketing and Greek Life Explored
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Union Members Picket Outside Colgate Inn
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By Sarah Baranes As accepted college students, it is easy to forget how nauseatingly stressful the college application process was. In the past three years, Colgate has spared 43 percent to 48 percent of the incoming class from the April angst with Early Decision admittance. Current students can only speculate as to how many of next year’s first-years are already on the Colgate Bookstore’s website buying Colgate sweatshirts, baseball hats and shot glasses. Although the Office of Admission will not publish the Class of 2015 profile until June 1 when the class is officially formed, the New York Times has already published statistics claiming that Colgate had a 1.37 percent decline in applicants since last year. Associate Dean of Admission Katryna Swartwout Ryan claims that the Times did not have
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By Jessica Blank Maroon-News Staff
Since Jeffrey Herbst’s inauguration on October 3, 2010 as the sixteenth president of Colgate University, the campus has been abuzz with questions and controversy over what its new leader has in store for Colgate. While many are excited by Herbst’s appointment, others are not as supportive of the new president. Whether it’s his plans to expand technology or his attitude
towards Greek Life, people on campus are talking and rumors are circulating. In an interview with the Maroon-News President Herbst set the record straight on many of these important issues. During the past semester at Colgate, Herbst has spent time getting to know students and listening to the opinions of alumni and professors. Some are getting anxious to see the changes that Herbst will ultimately initiate. “Everyone is kind of holding Continued on A-4
UNIONIZED MISCOMMUNICATION: Protesters outside the Colgate Inn picketed the renovations as workers continued on schedule for the March 13 opening.
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By Nathan Lynch Assistant News Editor
Members of the Empire State Regional Council of Carpenters, a union operating in upstate New York, picketed in front of the Colgate Inn on Wednesday and Thursday of last week before abruptly leaving without any substantive negotiations taking place. The picketing group did not involve workers from the Colgate Inn renovation project and work on the Inn has not been delayed. The Colgate Inn renovation
project is being managed by the Colgate Inn, LLC company, which is a business operated by Colgate University. The Colgate Inn, LLC hired Hayner Hoyt, a general contracting and constructing management business to perform the renovations. Hayner Hoyt, in turn, hired LeMoyne Interiors, an affiliated subcontractor of Hayner Hoyt, to work on the project. The Empire State Regional Council of Carpenters, an affiliate of the United States Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of Continued on A-4
THE PEOPLE’S PRESIDENT: Herbst holds regular office hours and will host a live Q&A session on maroon-news.com on March 1. Qiwa Tang`
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COLGATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS SAFETY REPORT Monday, 2/14
8:15 p.m.: Students at Stillman Hall were cited for possession of marijuana and smoking in a residence hall in violation of university rules and regulations. Case referred for disciplinary process.
Tuesday, 2/15 5:13 p.m.: An ill student at Starr Rink was transported to Community Memorial Hospital by SOMAC ambulance. 7:51 p.m.: A staff member was injured while playing volleyball at Huntington Gym and was transported to Reid Athletic Center by Campus Safety.
Wednesday, 2/16 11:11 a.m.: Received a report of suspicious activity at Gate House. 12:45 p.m.: Received a report of
a one car motor vehicle property damage accident at O’Connor Campus Center (The Coop).
Thursday, 2/17 3:13 p.m.: A campus safety officer on routine patrol observed a suspicious person on Broad Street. Person fled when officers approached and left a bag and its contents. Upon further investigation it appears contents of bag may have been taken from a Broad Street house. 8:30 a.m.: A staff member reported damage to a university vehicle. Location, date and time of damage occurred is unknown. 10:39 a.m.: A student was cited for failure to evacuate for a fire alarm at East Hall. Case referred for disciplinary process. 1:12 p.m.: A student was cited for having accumulated an excessive amount of parking fines. Case was referred for disciplinary action.
2:55 p.m.: Campus Safety was assisted by the Hamilton Fire Department with a fire alarm, unknown cause, at Olin Hall. 4:00 p.m.: A student was cited for having accumulated an excessive amount of parking fines. Case was referred for disciplinary action. 4:01 p.m.: A student was cited for having accumulated an excessive amount of parking fines. Case was referred for disciplinary action.
Friday, 2/18 2:40 a.m.: Hamilton Police reported an assault, involving students, which occurred at Nichols and Beal, Utica Street, Hamilton. 7:33 a.m.: A student was cited for possession of a fraudulent driver’s license at 88 Hamilton Street (Campus Safety Department). Case was referred for disciplinary action. 9:55 a.m.: A student was cited for having accumulated an excessive
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Saturday, 2/19 1:16 a.m.: A staff member at O’Connor Campus Center (the Coop) reported a student had taken food and failed to pay for it. Case was referred for disciplinary action. 1:19 a.m.: A student at the Townhouse Apartments was cited for intoxication and left in the care of a friend. Case was referred for disciplinary action. 3:21 a.m.: A campus safety officer on routine patrol, observed three students enter 40 Broad Street (Kappa Kappa Gamma) via a window, attempting to take food. Case was referred for disciplinary action. 4:15 a.m.: Hamilton Police on routine patrol of Broad Street observed three students carrying a composite they admitted to taking from a Broad Street house. Case was referred for
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HERE’S TO LIFE: Colgate students collaborated with the Shapna Tea Company for a better world. Simone Schenkel
velopment projects, 20 percent to the originating farming communities and 20 percent to communities in the U.S. where Shapna tea and coffee is consumed. Despite its large commitment to humanitarian aid in Bangladesh and Uganda, Shapna is also giving back to the Colgate community. “As Colgate alumni,” Tringali said, “we’re seeking ways to give back to our alma mater, as it has given us so much.” Thanks to their partnership with Sodexo, Shapna tea and coffee is offered at the Barge Canal Coffee Company as well as Frank Dining Hall. These revenues have allowed Shapna to support the work of the Upstate Institute, Center for Outreach, Volunteerism and Education (COVE), the Office of Sustainability, as well as local community initiatives including the Hamilton Film Festival and the Hamilton Food Cupboard. Shapna has also supported several Colgate student’s research on environmental and sustainability issues in the Central New York area. This
disciplinary action. 11:09 a.m.: A student was injured after falling near Olin Hall and was transported to Community Memorial Hospital by Campus Safety.
Sunday, 2/20 1:46 a.m.: Hamilton Police reported an intoxicated student was transported to Community Memorial Hospital by SOMAC ambulance after being found in a snow bank on Lebanon Street. Case was referred for disciplinary action. 1:48 a.m.: Received a report of an underage intoxicated student at West Hall who was left in the care of a friend. Case was referred for disciplinary action. 2:46 a.m.: Received a report of an underage intoxicated student at University Court Apartments who was left in the care of a friend. Case was referred for disciplinary action.
Students Overwhelmingly Choose Hip-Hop Artist
By Colin Sheridan Since its inception three years ago, “Making dreams come true” has been the motto of the Shapna Project, a tea and coffee company whose mission is to eradicate poverty through the sale of sustainably grown products. The Project began as a studentled initiative at Howard University School of Business and School of Law in Washington, D.C. to create a business model that used a 40 percent reinvestment strategy to initiate social and economic change. Among these students was Shapna’s President, CEO and co-founder Johny Chaklader ’03. Chaklader, whose family originates from Bangladesh, was familiar with the plight of independent small-scale tea farmers in the country who are forced to work under a form of indentured servitude on large corporate tea estates. Shapna works with these kinds of tea farmers in Bangladesh as well as coffee bean farmers in Uganda in a similar situation. “When Johny and members of our team traveled to Bangladesh in 2009 to approach the independent farmers with this idea, the word they used most frequently was ‘shapna’, which is a Bengali word for ‘dream,’ to describe what they wanted for their families and future generations, and so it seemed appropriate that “Shapna” become the name of the project,” Sales Coordinator Michael Tringali ’04 said. Shapna reinvests 40 percent of their net profits to community de-
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summer, Shapna plans to support junior and President of the Shapna Project at Colgate Caroline Anderson’s field research in Mbale, Uganda on the humanitarian and sustainable development issues facing Shapnaaffiliated coffee growers. “I want to understand the needs of the coffee-growing villages and in turn help the villagers improve their livelihoods by making the best use of the 20 percent of net profits which Shapna gives back to them,” Anderson said. Supporting Shapna’s mission, the Colgate chapter seeks to raise awareness about issues that coffee and tea farmers in these countries face daily. “We want to inform and empower students to choose to purchase socially conscious products which support small-scale independent farmers who use sustainable agricultural practices,” Anderson said. “I’m excited to be part of a project that gives these farmers a voice in the way their villages develop.” Contact Colin Sheridan at csheridan@colgate.edu.
for the Concert Committee of the SPW group Markie Cohen said. The process of choosing an artist for SPW is always long, and this year, it was shrouded with rumors and controversy. Many students were in an uproar when the first popular survey was sent around and there were no hip-hop artists included among the options. “I think that hip-hop is the only genre that helps match the energy, spirit and mentality of Spring Party Weekend,” senior Evan Librizzi said. This opinion seems to be shared among much of the student body. “We came up with the first survey because we wanted to see if the Colgate campus wanted a change from the past in terms of musical genres. It was more of a broad survey, and didn’t include any hip-hop,” Cohen explained. “We just really wanted to get a feel for what people were thinking. The response was overwhelmingly negative … so from there we went back to the drawing board.” “There’s a sizeable minority of students who would much rather have seen a live band and quality music than the most popular name,” sophomore Evan Hammond said. Cohen explained that the process has been as democratic as the committee could make it. First of all, any student interested in helping to organize the concert was welcomed to join the SPW planning committee. The group brainstormed musicians and then figured out which of their ideas were possible based on the artist’s availabilities and the school’s budget. Then, surveys were created using
SurveyMonkey and sent out to the entire campus through Campus Distributions e-mails. “In our second [and final] survey we kept O.A.R., which won the preliminary survey with an overwhelming majority, just to see if people really did want an alternative genre or if they wanted hip-hop instead. In the second survey, B.o.B. won by a landslide – all of the other votes combined didn’t even add up to the votes that B.o.B. got on their own” Cohen said. The second survey brought in a total of 1644 votes. For those who would have preferred a different musical style this time, Cohen pointed to the wide range of concerts that the Colgate Activities Board (CAB) brings to campus throughout the year. “The thing is, for SPW we have to take into account popular demand, and we checked opinions campuswide on two occasions with overwhelming results. There will always be people who are not happy, but everyone helps to pay for the concert in some part through their tuition money, so we have to at least make the majority happy.” This is the first year Colgate has had a committee assigned specifically to work on the SPW concert. In the past, CAB music has worked on bringing the main artist to campus. This Concert Committee is only one part of the larger SPW committee. Altogether the group has a budget of $80,000, and does everything from hiring the headliner to organizing food and venues to helping coordinate the overall concert schedule. Contact Rebekah Ward at rward@colgate.edu.
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Colgate Entrepreneurs Nick Kokonas ’90 Plans to Reinvent The Way We Eat... Again By Harry Raymond Managing Editor
show.” It is just another way Kokonas is re-imagining the fine dining experience as entertainment. When the Maroon-News first reached out to Kokonas for an interview, he was busy sampling 32 classic cocktails with 20 bar-chefs and staff for his third venture, a cocktail bar that he promises will “redefine the cocktail.” Kokonas got back to us to discuss his path to creating America’s Best Restaurant and how he plans to transform the way we eat.
Really, the overall liberal education provided so much that I have drawn on – from writing to a knowledge of psychology, theater and economics. I am a strong proponent of a liberal education and believe that ‘business’ schools are fine to teach people how to work in a very large company in middle management but do little to produce entrepreneurs and well rounded, educated people. I would never encourage anyone to study business.
How many restaurants sell tickets to tables? How many restaurants are announced with a Hollywood-style trailer? How many offer 28-course meal? The innovative restaurants created by Chef Grant Achatz and Nick Kokonas Class of ’90 do, as the pair continues to reinvent the way we dine. Last week’s New York Times says the duo “evoke a modern Michelangelo and Medici, bonded by mutual R: How does a business guy trust and now locked into a very Raymond: How did you decide strike a balance between what is public artistic endeavor.” to make the transition from deriva- creative and innovative and what Their first venture, Alinea, tives trader to restaurateur? What is practical? Is that an issue in the opened in Chicago in 2005 and is factors were behind this drastic ca- restaurant business? AN ENTREPRENEURIAL RESTAURANTEUR: Nick Kokonas ‘90 widely considered one of the top 10 reer change? Did your skills translate K: Intuition followed by rigor- has ventured into the restaurant business with great success. restaurants in the world. Gourmet or did you have to start over? ous analysis and detail work. I hate fastcompany.com Magazine called it America’s Best Kokonas: I didn’t decide really. I focus groups – I think they breed Restaurant and Forbes Magazine had left trading with no intention of mediocrity. We have a team of 3 than the early bird specials at din- Aviary, “a cocktail bar redefined.” called Achatz “one of the world’s ten doing anything too different. I had or 4 people at most on almost all ers – no one had ever tried to ac- Can you tell us anything? How do best chefs.” What makes Alinea so invested in Funbrain.com and a few of our creative endeavors. The best count for that. The pricing model you plan to reinvent the cocktail? good? Well, Alinea offers two fixed other web start-ups in the late ’90s art, the best businesses create some- is at this point a guess. Saturday is K: Think – a lounge with no price menus: the 12-course “lite” and did a bit of angel investing and thing that people didn’t even know the high point of the bell curve but bar or bartenders... a restaurant for option or the imaginative 28-course thought I would stick with that. they wanted. the slope of the pricing will vary. drinks. But lots to talk about there “tour” menu which takes four hours However, I met a very amazing chef I never worried about filling My guess is for the first menu that so get back to me. to eat. Don’t expect a bowl of pasta and person in Grant Achatz and felt Alinea because I knew that chef we want to average $85 per person and basket of bread either. Achatz, compelled to go in that direction. Achatz would produce amazing for food so Saturday will be about R: What advice do you known for his mechanical preparaI left trading simply because I food. I only concerned myself with $110 and Wednesday at 9:30 PM have for students interested tions and knowledge of chemistry, was 1) fairly burned out and 2) had the marketing... and we did that will be about $60. It will not, at in entrepreneurship? serves micro-cuisine that decon- a very rough year in 2001. My dad ourselves as well. Authenticity in first, be algorithmic or real-time, K: Start businesses. My first busistructs classic flavors in a Kokonas- died in February and 9/11 hap- marketing is sorely lacking and yet more for psychological reasons of ness of my own out of Colgate was created environment that is meant pened later in the year, which pro- the tools are there for everyone. the customers and marketing than selling posters to college students in to stimulate all five senses. For ex- duced a serious situation for many The ‘trailer’ for Next restaurant our ability to do that. the Midwest at semester changes. ample, one of Alinea’s signature of our employees and for the coun- was made by our designer and me I bet there are still the same postdishes is a pheasant with shallot try. I just felt that what I was doing in about 10 days ,start to finish... R: How difficult is it to change ers in many dorm rooms. I made a and cider topped with oak leaves was no longer that important to me. no prior experience. That has itself conventional wisdom? Are you reasonable amount of money with burning to give the aroma of au- So I quit. In all seriousness, I am not generated a great deal of press and concerned about alienating minimal work – but more importumn. Other dishes include ravioli quite sure exactly what my skill set even a few ad agencies that have your customers? tantly I learned the small things of filled with gelled truffle stock, dry is beyond being very curious and called asking who did the video K: It’s really hard and really easy setting up a business that were a bit caramel salt and bite-sized peanut- driven. I am a huge proponent of work so that they could hire them. at the same time. I think we have murkier back then, pre-Google and butter and jelly sandwiches filled a liberal arts education for just that Oddly, I don’t consider myself to be skeptics and frankly that fuels both pre- Internet. Now, there is just no with grapes. reason. I can dive in to a variety of ‘in the restaurant business’ because love and hate and the press as well. excuse for not being able to start Long before Alinea, Kokonas businesses and think of them clearly what we do is so different than a It’s a good story. Some people will something quick and lean. was a philosophy major at Col- and anew. normal restaurant. be alienated but I really think that I don’t think you can teach gate. After graduating, he became those are precisely the people you entrepreneurship and it isn’t easy. a very successful derivatives tradR: What courses or professors R: How did you decide on the don’t want as customers. 5 percent Back when I was a derivatives trader, but, as he said in a recent Fast at Colgate influenced the course of unique pricing for Next? What is of the customers cause 95 percent of er a friend told me the rule for risk: Company interview, “My wife your life or career? the difference between Wednesday the problems... this is our way of fir- if you wake up every morning and told me I was in real danger of K: Without a doubt Professor at 5PM and Saturday at 7PM? ing those customers and rewarding feel fine you are not taking enough becoming an asshole.” Balmuth was a key figure for me K: That stemmed from me the good ones. How many business- risk. If you wake up every morning Kokonas met Achatz at a bar while I was at Colgate, though I watching firsthand the fact that es offer coupons to new customers and puke you are taking too much where they hit it off and decided to had several other key professors in we could sell out Saturday night but treat their regulars like crap? It risk. If you have a nice, even queasy start Alinea. the Philosophy department, in- at 7:30 five times over every week should be the other way around. feeling throughout the day that is In March, Kokonas and cluding Professors Jacobson and but Wednesday not nearly as much. just about right. But you have to Achantz will open their new Chica- Clark. I loved Astronomy with Leveling that demand curve is pretR: There has been very little start something to know how it go-based restaurant called “Next.” Professor Aveni. ty basic but for some reason – other written about your other venture, works...talking about it, planning it A movie-like trailer announced out endlessly in business plans and that Next will have four different spreadsheets is a nice exercise, but, menus per year, each evoking the ultimately, pretty worthless. Find food of a particular place and year something you really, really want to in history: 1912 Paris, Sicily 1949, do and go do it. or even Hong Kong 2036. Even more radical, Next will sell tickR: The recent New York Times ets, not reservations, for each table piece referred to you as the Medici time slot. The price of tickets will to Achatz’s Michelangelo. What do be set depending on the supply and you make of that comparison? demand of a particular time slot. K: I thought it was absurd! First, If you want to eat at 7:00 p.m. on it’s kind of funny but I think they Saturday your meal ticket will cost meant it seriously. I work too hard considerably more than 4:00 p.m. to be a Medici and, unlike a patron on Wednesday. It is a pricing model of the arts, I hope and try to create that is used by airlines, Broadway a little of my own. shows and sporting events but has never been attempted in the fineContact Harry at hraymond@colgate. dining world. Kokonas says “Buy edu. 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A MAROON-NEWS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT JEFFREY HERBST
Herbst’s Academic Past, Plans for Colgate and Long-Term Goals Examined
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their breath,” Charles A. Dana Professor of Political Science Michael Johnston said. One issue that has made professors particularly anxious is President Herbst’s plans to improve technology on campus. While he has yet to reveal his overarching plans for technological advancement, Herbst did mention several areas of improvement which include uploading videos of campus events to iTunes U. “There are a lot of opportunities open to us to engage even more alumni. We recently opened up our spot on iTunes U, which is actually receiving a fair number of hits,” Herbst said. “And I think what we want to do is move down the road to see if we can have an organized set of lectures for alumni who are looking for things on the Internet.” Many alumni are pleased with President Herbst’s forward thinking about the digital future of Colgate. “By addressing the idea that Colgate may need to be more than just a physical place in the digital world, President Herbst has gotten me more engaged with Colgate than I have been in a long time,” Mark McLaughlin ’80 said. But some professors remain skeptical.“There is suspicion among the faculty that using technology might displace many of the elements of the type of interactive learning that we already use,” Russell Colgate Distinguished University Professor of Astronomy and Anthropology and Native American Studies Anthony Aveni said. Since President Herbst has yet to announce his plans for technology, faculty have been relying on rumors. Recently, one circulated among various departments suggesting that professors would be encouraged to record their lectures so students could listen to the lectures for homework, ensuring that class time would be reserved only for discussions. “We are operating on rumors here until we get a plan. I’ve heard it from various quarters,” Aveni said. “My understanding is that the suggestion had been made that we could tape our lectures. I think that would be a shame because there is a performing aspect of the lecture which promotes better learning.” Another long-time senior professor, who asked not to be identified, echoed Aveni’s opinions. “It is inconceivable that any university administrator would or should be in a position to dictate to faculty members how to teach their students. I hope that those are only rumors,” the professor said. When asked if he heard of this rumor, President Herbst said that he had. “It’s false,” Herbst said. “I have pointed out that one of the opportunities available to us is to push out some lectures on a variety of digital media platforms to allow more time for class discussion, but I took that as illustrative of the op-
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portunities that digital opportunities offer to us and that it was going to be required of no one.” Professors are also concerned about the ways in which Colgate is currently marketed. The Colgate website and pamphlets often display images of students having fun and enjoying the beauty of the campus. Some professors refer to this marketing technique as “Camp Colgate” and believe this is an inappropriate way to attract perspective students. However, President Herbst believes that the admissions office is equally stressing and reinforcing Colgate’s scholarly worth. “If you look at their [Colgate Admissions Office] communications flow to students, I think the overwhelming emphasis is on the extremely valuable liberal arts education that you can get from Colgate,” Herbst said. Professors across academic disciplines largely disagree. Many would rather see an emphasis placed on Colgate’s intellectualism and scholarly atmosphere. “I think we need to get away from the happy valley self-congratulation thing and grow up as an institution,” Johnston said. “It all comes down to the marketing.” One of the most pressing issues on Colgate’s campus is the role of Greek Life. Tensions between the Colgate administration and Greek Life have existed for many years. There are seven fraternities on campus, but only three sororities. During the recruitment process in the fall of 2010, sororities were forced to accept pledge classes of more than 65 members. Sororities may face a similar issue next year due to the larger size of the class of 2014. Despite these issues, President Herbst’s attitude towards Greek Life has been both supportive and measured. But since he has yet to reveal the ways in which
he intends to handle the current Greek Life situation, sorority and fraternity members are worried, including senior and Community Coordinator for Residential Life and House Manager of Gamma Phi Beta sorority Leslie Kessinger. “We are having these enormous pledge classes that we have to deal with, but if nothing is done to alleviate this concern in the future, we are going to start falling apart,” Kessinger said. President Herbst acknowledged Kessinger’s concerns. “Dean Johnson and I are well aware for the challenges posed by large classes. We think the sororities did an excellent job in managing those large classes this year,” Herbst said. When asked if he was for or against Greek life at Colgate, President Herbst made his position unclear. “I don’t think that’s the question. That’s not an issue. The Board [of Trustees] and the university have made very clear that Greek Life is one important option for residential life, and we want the fraternities and sororities to be as strong as possible,” Herbst said. However, Kessinger disagrees. “Greek life isn’t just a residential option. It is a lifestyle option at this school. Most women in the chapter will never live in the house. This is a group of women that fully supports the growth and development of strong character,” Kessinger said. Administration sources indicate that President Herbst is amenable to colonizing more sororities at Colgate, but when asked directly, Herbst declined to answer and referred to the actions of the Dean of the College’s Office. “I know the Dean of the College’s office will continue to work with the sororities as they face these large classes,” Herbst said. “The issue is being discussed and reviewed right now, and we are trying to work
out the best possible solution.” Prior to his appointment at Colgate, Herbst served as Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at Miami University since 2005. He was also a professor at Miami University and held many administrative posts at Princeton University, where he attended as an undergraduate. When asked what he was like at Princeton as an undergraduate, President Herbst smiled. “Well, I prefer to let others answer that question,” Herbst said. When his friend and colleague at Princeton University, Professor David Spergel, was asked this same question, he described Herbst as a serious intellectual. Spergel lived on the same hall as Herbst during his sophomore year at Princeton. “I remember having really good, deep discussions about a wide range of topics with Jeff. Looking back on it, I’m not surprised he became a university president. He had very broad academic interests,” Spergel said. “But I don’t want to portray him only as a serious academic student. He was fully engaged, had a girlfriend, went to parties and fully participated in the life of the university.” There is speculation that Herbst’s ultimate goal could be to return to Princeton as President of the university after his time at Colgate, but the question of the length of Herbst’s duration in Hamilton remains. In the past decade, Herbst’s predecessors have set a precedent of early resignation. Charles Karelis was president for only three years from 1999 to 2001. Rebecca Chopp served as president for seven years, but left in the middle of a capital campaign, “Passion for the Climb.” Professors were disappointed by her untimely resignation. “I really did not like the way in which she left the university. She was in the middle of a capital campaign. That’s bad form. Stick around and finish what you started,” Johnston said. President Herbst defended former President Chopp. “The ‘Passion for the Climb’ was the university’s project. It is actually not that unusual to have a presidential transition during fundraising campaigns,” Herbst said. However, now that the “Passion for the Climb” has reached its $400 million mark, President Herbst is determined to raise an additional $40 million dollars, which will provide funding for financial aid. “If we can really make a significant impact on the resources that we have available to financial aid and if we can some day get to need blind or close to need blind, I think that will have a very important effect on the long term future of the University,” Herbst said. “We are now at the very beginning steps of creating a new strategic planning process, which I think will take Colgate into the future.” Contact Jessica Blank at jblank@colgate.edu.
Colgate Inn Picketers Do Not Affect Renovations Continued from A-1
Con America (UBC), is a union representing 15,000 carpenters in New York State. According to their website, the union’s stated goal is “to promote and protect the interest of our members while elevating the ethical, intellectual and social conditions of all working men and women, encourage apprenticeship and a higher standard of skill, assist in securing employment, and endorse and maintain the highest standards of safety.” There appears to have been no communication between the contracting companies and the union. Associate Vice President for Community Affairs and Auxiliary Services Joanne Borfitz expressed the University’s involvement in the dispute. “The Colgate Inn, LLC hired Hayner Hoyt to complete the renovation project,” Borfitz said. “They employ their own employees and hire subcontractors to complete the work. The dispute is between Hayner Hoyt and the Carpenters Union; not the Colgate Inn, LLC or the University … [the union] is claiming that LeMoyne Interiors is not a union shop and does not pay the carpenter union standard wages and benefits. LeMoyne Interiors feels differently.” Borfitz also sought to distance the picketers from the workers on-site at the Colgate Inn. “This is an outside union, it’s not the workers on the site,” Borfitz said. “They have not stopped working. They are not affiliated with the project.” President of the Hayner Hoyt Corporation Jeremy Thurston was not contacted by the picketers and was unsure what their demands were. “We have absolutely zero issues with the union carpenters,” Thurston said. “I suspect the reason they are picketing is that there is no union contractor on site … but we did not receive a single bid [for the Colgate Inn renovation] from a union contractor. They have not contacted us at this point.” Both Borfitz on behalf of the University, and Thurston on behalf of the Hayner Hoyt Corporation expressed their previous record with union contractors and their policy to hire based on performance. “We have had a very longstanding relationship between union and open-shop contractors,” Borfitz said. “It is Colgate’s practice to select construction firms on their proven ability to deliver quality project work.” “LeMoyne Interiors … has been named one of the best companies to work for in New York State,” Thurston said. “Union contractors have worked for us on numerous occasions.” The Empire State Regional Council of Carpenters was not available for comment. Contact Nathan Lynch at nlynch@colgate.edu.
February 24, 2011
The Colgate Maroon-News
News A-5
Harsher Fake I.D. Policy Now In Effect Continued from A-1
“It is not our goal to have fake IDs become the first offense on these underage peoples’ records, but it is our goal to have more serious ramifications for those who use fake IDs with the sole intent of getting into bars or illegally buying alcohol,” Gabor said. He further explained that oftentimes the misdemeanor charge is reduced to a non-criminal offense depending on the record of the underage person who has been charged. Any reduction, however, is done at
the discretion of the law enforcement office that filed the charge. Four Colgate students were arrested in the last week of January alone and were to appear in the Village Court on February 14. One student, who was arrested in the fall when a Hamilton police officer found her to be in possession of a fake ID, is still currently dealing with her case. The student spoke to the Maroon-News with the hopes that other students would realize the severity of being caught with a fake ID, but wished to remain anonymous.
It was revealed that the officer performed an illegal search of said student’s belongings in order to find the fake ID. “He told me it would just be a ticket and that everything would be okay. I went to court, filed guilty because it was considered a traffic violation and I paid a fine and thought it was done. Fast forward to Thanksgiving break, I got a letter from my home state stating that my license was revoked for at least a year and that I had been convicted with a crime. Accord-
ing to my lawyer, my record has an equivalent to a DUI on it,” the student said. The student also said the Hamilton Police and judge failed to provide the proper information in terms of the situation and the charge. Hamilton Police, not Colgate Campus Safety, arrested each of the five students mentioned. According to Chief of Campus Safety Bill Ferguson, “Any incidents of fake IDs that occur on campus that we investigate are disposed of through the university’s disciplinary system. If
Campus Safety is made aware of students that are charged by the police for fake IDs, we will refer those students to the university’s disciplinary system.” However, even though his department does not have law enforcement powers, Ferguson stated that Campus Safety can and will “confiscate any IDs found to be fake or falsely altered.” Hamilton Police Chief Rick Gifford could not be reached for comment on this article. Contact Holly Rothbard at hrothbard@colgate.edu.
New York Times Reports a Drop in Applications to Colgate for Class of 2015; Admissions Denies Statistics Continued from A-1
the most up-to-date information, as the numbers continue to change as the Class of 2015 matriculates. The supposed 1.37 percent applicant decline, which Senior Associate Dean of Admissions Karen Giannino dismissed as a “little drop,” could have resulted from the $60 online application fee Colgate
implemented this year for all applicants with permanent mailing addresses within the United States. “We knew that would erode our pool a little bit; frankly, we were surprised it wasn’t more,” Giannino said. Despite the current economic crisis, Colgate has managed to maintain a consistently increasing applicant pool over the past three years.
The applications from students not applying for financial aid has increased. However, fewer students who need financial aid apply, perhaps deterred by what Giannino refers to as the “sticker shock” of Colgate’s tuition. Although the university cannot currently offer need-blind admission, they guarantee to meet 100% of demonstrated need for accepted students
and are dedicated to raising funds to continue increasing the university’s ability to offer financial assistance. Additionally, declining population growth rates of college-age students in Colgate’s major Northeast markets, as well as exhausting economic conditions threaten to further drain Colgate’s admissions pool. To compensate for potential
losses, the Office of Admission has employed a variety of demographic strategies to maintain a large and competitive applicant pool. Strategies include more follow-ups and focused reaching out into communities with desirable applicants. Contact Sarah Baranes at sbaranes@colgate.edu.
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Commentary
B-1
February 24, 2011
The Colgate Maroon-News Volume CXLIII, Number 19 February 24, 2011
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I was sitting at a table eating dinner with my close friends when one of them held up her Blackberry like Simba being presented over the Pride and announced that a new boy had texted her. The moment she explained that she and the boy had met at the Jug, the entire table burst out in laughter. Nobody meets at the Jug, let alone in person, past 10 at night without having had thoroughly unraveled every available detail to be excavated from their Facebook page. She blushed and tried to defend herself, “It’s not that weird!” prompting another bout of laughter and ultimate denial marked by eight vigorously shaking heads. My friend, call her Jane, took the flak and pressed on as she told us about her plans to meet the new boy somewhere that night. In her room, in his, a civil post-dinner coffee at the Coop: it didn’t matter. Any brand of this type of rendezvous, the kind entered into without having done the proper Facebook research, seemed absurdly awkward and downright idiotic. Then we started wondering: what did people do before Facebook? How in the world did anyone meet anyone without already having spent hours unearthing every last detail about his or her religion, relationship status, fraternity, sorority, hobbies, music taste or fashion sense? What did people do when the world wasn’t laid out for them? Even without Facebook, it is easy to ask a friend to get a background check on the hot slice that is always on the elliptical when you are waiting for a treadmill. Colgate makes it simple. There are only 3,000 of us and we don’t all run in the same social circles. Someone I know is bound to be well acquainted with the cute blonde boy I love, but know nothing about. So what happens when I move to New York or Washington, D.C. or Buenos Aires or back to San Francisco and have to go about maneuvering the dating world without any way to hedge my bets and secretly research the men that I meet? It seems as though the security of our not-so-private social world at Colgate has formed the perfect storm with Mark Zuckerberg to render me, or any of us for that matter, at least slightly socially inept when it actually comes to presenting ourselves well and being even the tiniest bit suave when we open our mouths to talk to someone to whom we are attracted.Let’s face it, a few years from now on some Friday night date when various Colgate alums find themselves sitting across from the potential Mr. or Ms. Right at a dimly lit table, we’re going to run out of cute anecdotes to recount and texting “Sorry, I was in the shower” to buy time isn’t going to cut it anymore. We will not be able to gather a group of eight friends to council us through our next BBM response, and there is no way of knowing whether that hot boy’s tattoos are ghettofabulous or super religious. We just won’t know until we get the courage to ask. The outlook of our generation is based on the assumption that we will always enter into meetand-greets having already had a little preview, and that we will always have as much time as we want to ponder the most adorable one-liners and spout them out as if we are some flirting gurus, but that just isn’t the case. So maybe my friend Jane isn’t going down such a bad path when she stops to talk to some cute guy at the Jug. Perhaps doing a little bit of training now while the dimly lit tables are beer-drenched counter tops and the only thing we have to lose is a buddy to sit with on the 2 a.m. cruiser home is a smart move. While I understand the occasional need to have a balls-out solo night, I am also afraid that one too many outings sans normal, personal interaction is going to make us all just a little too robotic. We need more Janes, and more Jacks for that matter too. The big issue, really, is getting everyone on the bandwagon. Nobody wants to be “that girl” who creepily approaches a target with the intentions of having a deep conversation and not all of us possess Jane’s mystical womanly wiles. And there is little we can do to eliminate the monstrous effects of Facebook on our social outlooks. So I guess it’s just all about compromise: Facebook me, let’s talk sometime. Contact Emma Barge at ebarge@colgate.edu.
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February 24, 2011
What’s Left
Commentary B-2
Being Right
By James Bourne
By John Lyon
Class of 2013
Class of 2011
Not an Export
Spreading Democracy
This Week’s Topic: Middle East Foreign Policy The people’s revolutions across North Africa are not about the United States. They are not In the past few weeks protests against totalitarian regimes have exploded in Northern Afeven really about Facebook or Twitter when you really look at it, as evidenced by their com- rican nations like Egypt, Libya and Tunisia. Dictators such as Hosni Mubarak and Muamtimuing success despite internet shutoffs and relatively low social-media penetration in coun- mar al-Gaddafi have used considerable amounts of force to defend their oppressive regimes tries like Tunisia, Libya and Egypt. I refer to these uprisings as “people’s revolutions” because and stifle democratic reforms. Student protestors have called for cross-class revolt against this what they are actually about is people. totalitarianism and seek to institute new forms of government. While the violence in these What we are seeing across North Africa and into parts of the Middle East is a grassroots, nations is often appalling, it is refreshing to see African nations making a push toward demobottom-up movement. Despite anything Libyan “Leader and Guide of the Revolution” (yes cratic government. However, it is not the role of the United States to sit idly by waiting for that is his title) Muammar al-Gaddafi says about foreign intelligence, hallucinogenic drugs or these citizens to overthrow power-hungry leaders. The U.S. has a responsibility to institute and Al Jazeera’s attempts to undermine his regime, this is not about the CIA, MI6 or the media. preserve stable democratic governments around the world. And this isn’t Brave New World, it definitely isn’t about drugs. This is a revolution of, by and In the past few decades, the United States has made some poor decisions to back quesfor the people. Gaddafi may be the self-titled Guide of the Revolution, but “the revolution” tionable leaders in areas like Africa, the Middle East and South America. We have, at various certainly isn’t this one. times, supported individuals like Augusto Pinochet, Saddam Hussein and Reza Shah Pahlavi. But we are Americans, and like good Americans, we are going to make the news about us. These decisions were billed as “pragmatic” and made in the name of stability and containment. How is Obama handling this? How are American social media sites shaping global politics? (If Yet each of these regimes proved brutal and yielded negative long-term consequences for the you don’t believe they are “American,” look at Twitter’s trend reports by city, or Facebook’s us- United States. The time to compromise and support the lesser of two evils in third-world ership by country numbers.) What is the United States doing? What should the United States nations is over. Leaders like Mubarak and Gaddafi are not worth the time for negotiation be doing? Which brings me to the sticky question of interventionism. and compromise. Instead, the United States needs to find ways, either through direct military Democracy is something that cannot be given; intervention or covert operations, to remove these it is something that must be taken by a people oppressive regimes and institute democratic govfrom its government. It is nearly undemocratic ernments. Regardless of the stated motives, the best to institute a democracy on the behalf of another explanation for the U.S.’s involvement in nations nation’s people. The very principles of democracy like Iraq or Afghanistan is to establish democratic itself insist that power and legitimacy come from governments and institutions in the Middle East. the people themselves, not from so-called nation As the world’s most powerful nation, it is the Unitbuilders acting on behalf of American interests. ed States’ responsibility to ensure that all peoples The United States, despite arguments made in have the same freedom as Americans. this week’s “Being Right,” has no responsibility By creating free governments throughout the to institute democratic regimes. Regime building world, Americans will become safer from the threat is expensive and by the best accounts out of Iraq of totalitarian attacks on the United States. Deand Afghanistan, only partially effective. Facing mocracy also leads to greater prosperity, and these record deficits and equally inadequate austerity prosperous nations will be more likely to cooperplans from both the President and his congressioate with the U.S. and other Western nations. Ulnal adversaries, the American people have agreed TRANSPLANTING DEMOCRACY: With recent uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt timately, democracy is a silver bullet to prosperon exactly one portion of the budget to cut: for- and Libya, the role of the United States and our doctrine of spreading ity in the modern world, and the U.S. should do eign aid.While this tiny crumb of our oversized democracy has come into question. Should the U.S. lead the structuring of everything it can to promote it. spending pie isn’t exactly the same thing as miliThe most difficult problem the U.S. faces when new democratic governments or let them form in the hands of the citizens? tary intervention (think water bottles and vaccidealing with conflicts like the ones in Egypt and publicradio.org nations versus tanks and F-22s), the underlying Libya is a radicalized citizenry. In Egypt, the stuprinciple is clear: the American people want our politicians (and taxpayer money) here in the dents organizing against the far-right Mubarak regime are aligned with far-left socialist poliUnited States. cies. Of course, neither far-right nor far-left agendas are desirable when trying to develop a At a time when nutrition programs to the poorest of the poor children are being cut here in new democratic government. the United States, we have no business to be building states abroad. Let’s build our own first. Therefore, in addition to providing military and economic service to institute democracy, The notion that we are in a position to transplant democracy is not only condescending, it the U.S. needs to give political aid as well. We should act as a moderate voice of reason bealso assumes an egregious level of American exceptionalism that isn’t supported by an objective tween the radical groups that rise during regime changes. The only way to bring about democlook at the state of the country. The health care bill is far from perfect, and with the rising costs racy effectively is to see the political process along every step of the way, rather than executing of health care, the debate is far from over. Infrastructure is literally and figuratively crumbling a military coup and leaving the nation to fend for itself. If the U.S. commits politically to away. On our current path, we can’t afford to run this country. How on earth does anyone new governments in places like Libya and Egypt, the efforts will yield peace and democracy in expect us to pay for yet another costly intervention on behalf of nebulous, if not nefarious, Northern Africa and will pay dividends in the long run. interests? To pay for the problems we face, we need to export something other than democracy. As part of the most prosperous nation in world history, Americans often take our nation’s For a country (and for some in the GOP, a party) so concerned with national sovereignty, it peace for granted and forget about the violent struggle for freedom in other countries. We is remarkable that conservatives advocate overthrowing that same notion for other countries. need to understand the political situations in these tumultuous nations and then act accordOh wait. Libya is a major oil producing nation and a member of OPEC … I guess exceptions ingly to institute democracy. Everyone deserves access to the basic rights and freedoms that are can be made. present in this country, and the U.S. has the power and responsibility to provide them. Contact James Bourne at jbourne@colgate.edu. Contact John Lyon at jlyon@colgate.edu.
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The Colgate Maroon-News
B-3 Commentary
February 24, 2011
Breaking the Bubble
Queer Corner
By Becca Friedland
By Lauryn McNair
Class of 2013
Class of 2012
Though the focus this past week has been on the uprisings in Yemen, Bahrain and Libya, one does not need to look much farther than a couple states over to see revolution knocking on America’s door. Currently there are protests going on in Madison, Wisconsin, outside the State Capitol against Republican Governor Scott Walker’s bill to cut collective bargaining in unions and alter benefits. Protests have been going on for over a week, with thousands of teachers and students standing with signs and camping out in front of the State Capitol. Interestingly enough, all 14 Democratic state senators in Wisconsin have “fled” the state. Even Obama has joined the parade. The main issue on the table is that last week Governor Walker proposed a bill that limited collective bargaining, the process of negotiations that goes on between employers and trade unionists, as well as required most public workers (excluding police, firefighters and state troopers) to pay for half of their pension costs and 12 percent of their health care costs. Though some (like Walker himself) argue that this measure will save the state 300 million dollars over the next two years and help close the budget gap, others see the bill as a way to stifle organized labor. It is this concern over stifling organized labor that really strikes at whether or not there are rights in question that need to be defended. Because if that is the case, there is much more of interest going on in Madison then a couple of petty fights over wages and costs. Many workers are getting up and doing something about this issue, and are taking a stand in ways that I believe our country has not seen in a long time. And though this issue is not particularly relevant to my everyday life (I am not a trade unionist;, I do not know any trade unionists, etc), it is important to remember that it is the kinds of people that work in places with unions, like teachers and factory workers, are who make this country run so smoothly, and that is why we all here at Colgate should care. My guess is it’s pretty obvious to most that this uprising has a direct correlation to the uprisings in the Middle East. Though smaller, and pertaining to less dire issues than entire government overhauls (oh, and, so far much more peaceful), this disturbance is significant and I would maybe argue a bit overlooked because of the current events in the Middle East right now. Compounded with the waning economy and the writing of the 2012 federal budget and potential government shutdown, Wisconsin is bringing attention to the problems of the working class that have been laying sleepily in the corner, unnoticed until now. Hopefully the matter will be resolved soon, and no violence will come of it as the situations in the Middle East have disintegrated into in recent weeks. It is times like these that I am proud to be American (and I unfortunately don’t say that as often as I would like to). Perhaps this is the year we wake the lion from its den, and learn to fight for what matters to us. We shouldn’t forget that though most reading this are busy studying and being full-time students, there is still always more we can do to change the way things are – whether on Colgate’s campus, regionally or wherever we should to expect more from our governments and our leaders, and instead of standing idly by, doing something about it. Contact Becca Freidland at rfreidland@colgate.edu.
I’ve got a queer friend. In fact, I have more queer friends than I can count, and every year it multiplies. It’s my “Queer Magnet Effect.” This could be a product of growing up in an extremely liberal part of America, or perhaps it’s just because people feel comfortable around someone who won’t judge them. (Well, at least on the basis of their sexuality, fashion is a different story.) Either way, it has never bothered me that I have an overwhelming number of queer friends; sexuality doesn’t define who you are as a person. Someone once asked me why I’m so passionate about gay rights because I am not “one of them.” That’s right, I’m not: I’m a heterosexual (gasp!). Yet that doesn’t mean I can’t care about something other than what immediately concerns me. Everyone should have the same opportunities, including the freedom to live however they choose without facing discrimination. Generally speaking, I believe that people here share my opinions (or if they don’t, they’re not so vocal about it). It’s one of the great perks of living in the Northeast. However, not every region has the same liberal ideas. I knew that, but I didn’t actually understand it until recently. I was fortunate enough to study abroad in Jamaica last semester, and I loved every minute of it. The food! The culture! The people! The homophobia! Wait … what? Jamaica is a very homophobic country. While there are a few places where it’s all right to be out, there’s a strong trend towards homophobic tendencies. Although my study group was warned about this beforehand (causing one of us to decide it was better to not go on the trip), it was an entirely different experience seeing it first-hand. I was taken aback after I got to know my flatmates. Once we were having a conversation about people who had lived in the halls previously. One made a comment that they heard a gay person had lived there before, to which another responded that they hoped it wasn’t their bedroom. It was said just like a general comment, as if they said they hoped there wouldn’t be a quiz in math today. The conversation continued to carry on like usual, but I couldn’t get over what my flatmate had just said. Why wasn’t anyone else insulted like I was? Why didn’t anyone say anything? It was then I realized it was because none of my queer friends were there with me, let alone other queers to befriend. I was an ally alone in a homophobic world. Scenarios like this happened all throughout the semester. Without fail, if there was a conversation in lectures about illustrating something absurd and outside the norm, that thing was homosexuality. In a course on Gender and Development, where one of the sections discussed gender norms in society, queerness came up a lot, but for some reason it always, always focused on gays. Maybe it was because of the inferiority complex of males, or their perceived threat to their masculinity? Many times I had to interject, asking about lesbians (answer: still wrong, maybe hot, but not as immoral as gays) or bisexuals (they don’t exist) or transgender/transsexuals (gross). Forget about people who don’t identify as cisgender, because the concept of gender neutrality was completely out of their field of understanding. I’m a pretty laid back person, but some things I can’t let slide. Despite being outnumbered in my opinions against the majority, I felt a need to inform people around me. At least if they were going to hate then they should do it with the right facts, instead of stereotypes. I frequently wrote emails to my friends back home about the uphill battle to fight the good fight with only marginal success. It was frustrating at times, and incredibly depressing, but in the end I learned an important lesson. Not everyone is going to be as open toward queerness as I am, and sometimes no matter what I say (or how obviously right I am), people aren’t going to change their minds. But most of all, I learned that I can still be friends with people who directly opposed major views of mine. I still want go back to Jamaica if I had the opportunity, because I’ve made a ton of wonderful friends. I gained more self-confidence and learned to be comfortable with who I am. There’s still going to be homophobia, there’s still going to be ignorance and there’s still going to be blatant discrimination mixed in with all the wonderful positives that made me love Jamaica. It’s just something I’m going to have to get used to. Until, you know, my growing entourage of queers takes over the world and turns everyone gay. Obviously. Contact Lauryn McNair at lmcnair@colgate.edu.
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February 24, 2011
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Commentary B-4
Minus the City
Open for Business By Eugene Riordan
same as hearing about your best friend getting it on and being excited for them; I just might want to high-five him and then kiss him afterward. Cue romantic music, right? Cruiser confession: I’m in an open relationship. The reThis certainly couldn’t work for everyone. We have a polaction I usually get from revealing my relationship status is icy that if anything more than physical feelings develop confusion. Once again, we crazy gays are proven to just be for someone else we talk about it most likely and end the sex-crazed fiends. In my case, this might actually be true: other relationship. It takes open and frank conversations, I’m a really terrible stereotype and I hate playing into it, which means me being comfortable with myself and my but I love my music dancey and I really like talking about boyfriend, or else this whole thing won’t end well. and having sex. My boyfriend and I sure are enabling Here is where some would shout that emotions are ineach other. This is our solution to the persistent problem of trinsically tied to the physical when it comes to sex, or the long-distance relationship, where we get to keep dating that we are supporting meaningless sex. Regarding the first while acting single-ish. criticism, sure, emotions can be, but having respect for Having an open relationship means that we’re comand communication with ourselves and our partners works mitted emotionally and that our faithfulness comes in the past that awkwardness. form of honest, open and direct conversation at all times. The second I know is just wrong: we have to be upWe already talk about everything without front and honest with our partners so that much of a censor because it’s incredibly they know that nothing more than one or important for us. two encounters could happen, thus sex beOur open relationship also means that I comes more meaningful because we are exhave no qualms about hitting on a guy at a pecting more from our partners and wanting bar or a club and realistically musing if I’ll to make those few times count. Hey, I might go home with him. Or, that in the middle of not want to date you, but I still want to rock our Skype date my boyfriend could tell me your world. We try to do right by ourselves about a guy he met and with whom he did and by our trysts, or else it’s just cruel. naughty things. We’re going to do what we You are welcome to call us freaks and we want, so I can attempt to romp around Colwill just ignore you: it has worked for us up gate’s campus for my last semester and hook to this point and I don’t see anything changup with a couple of open or closeted queers, ing. I’m sure nothing we do to make our reor simply not do anything at all. Carpe diem, lationship work is novel or earth-shattering; Raider fans. you’ve heard all of the “essential” ingredients It’s not that we aren’t dedicated to each for good relationships ad nauseam. other – we’re grossly romantic by anyone’s They actually do work, but that’s neither PIMPING ALL OVER THE WORLD: When a partner goes abroad, the question of standards, and frankly my pillow has been here nor there. Plain and simple, we get to whether or not the two of you will stay together, and what form that will take is working overtime as a cuddle device. have our cake(s) and eat it (them) too, and bound to arise. Considering being in an open relationship can allow for frank and I know we’re both hungry until we can bake But we’re also both college kids who aren’t ignorant to our desires for lots of sex, along honest discussions within a relationship, it can be a pretty viable option. These with each other again. with our interests in trying out new and discussions can in fact bring two people closer toegther. Contact Eugene Riordan at exciting things. Heck, I know a lot of tricks eriordan@colgate.edu. flickr.com Class of 2011
in the book, but I’d like him to be able to experience other guys and see what kinds of techniques they know. Maybe he’ll learn something new (thus, by consequence, I will too). We both benefit from keeping in practice rather than getting rusty from the lack of use, and we always play safe. Sharing STIs is not in the agreement. What about jealousy? It’s absolutely a possibility. I already know that I’m a little on the jealous side, so here is another important component for this to work: trust. Trust that he would tell me if he was getting as many conquests as colonial England did, though hopefully when he returns home to moi there won’t be so many angry men chasing after him, unless they wanted a three-way. There’s a present I’d be happy to get from his adventures abroad, though I’ll settle for Toblerone. It’s not as if we get off by hearing about each other’s sexual partners. It’s about the
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Portraits of War:
Tim Hetherington Talks on Photographing War By Andrea Hackett
During his time in Liberia, Hetherington became interested in the concept of young men in Living in the comfortable haven conflict, which was the central that is Hamilton, N.Y. can certainly focus of his next project photoseparate a person from the world at graphing American soldiers in large. On February 21, however, dozAfghanistan. His pictures were ens of students and faculty gained new not just of war and violence, but perspectives on critical issues around also depicted the personalities of the globe after attending the lecture “A the soldiers themselves. Photojournalist in War Zones: West “Often when you see the Africa and Afganistan,” featuring essoldiers fully dressed in their teemed photographer and filmmaker uniforms, we feel a distance Tim Hetherington. between them. They become a Hetherington is best known for symbol, though we don’t actualhis artistic depictions of both the ly know who they are. I wanted Liberian Civil War in the ’90s and to create a body of work that was the current conflict in Afghani- A PHOTOGRAPHER AMONG WARRIORS: Tim Hetherington, who personalized, that builds intimastan. Before embarking on either cy between the viewer and the photographed wars in Liberia and Afghanistan, spoke Monday. of these adventures, Hetherington Sean Guo soldier,” Hetherington said. began his career in publishing, though he was always interested in The most memorable pictures of the collection showed the solthe visual world. diers’ interaction with one another, illustrating the close relationship “I discovered pictures much later in my life,” he said. “Pho- formed between them. tography set me free and allowed me to get out of an office and “These men may have completely hated each other, but would ulactually meet people.” timately die for each other. We’re not talking about friendship, but Hetherington removed himself as far as possible from an office about brotherhood,” he added. setting, as he began his first international project photographing a Hetherington spent his time in Afghanistan not only photoLiberian soccer team. graphing the soldiers, but filming for a documentary as well, which Hetherington remained in Africa, moving north to Sierra-Leone included new responsibilities. and working at a school for the blind. Many of the students were “I became an investigator. Eventually I realized the experiences I victims of conflict and political unrest in the country, and had plas- witnessed in the field as a documentarian were really valuable because tic melted into their eyes by members of militias and rebel groups. it was all first-hand,” he said. Hetherington photographed these children and their tragedies. His footage was compiled to create the documentary Restrepo, which “Pictures do not just represent things on the surface. They have follows a specific platoon of soldiers, depicting their struggles overseas. The emotionality to them. I was trying to get inside these people, to get an film has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary. experience of what being blind feels like. These pictures have a visual Hetherington has experienced different forms of conflicts in different and emotional life,” he said. areas of the world, and provides his followers opportunities to understand Hetherington concluded his eight-year stay in Africa photograph- these events through visual outlets. However, Hetherington admits that it ing the Liberian Civil War. He presented disturbing pictures of young is ultimately up to us to determine how we will perceive a picture. boys holding guns in streets, groups of people looting and men from “Photographs have the amazing power to visually engage viewers. rebel groups assembling firearms. We all carry a visual library in our heads that is very complex, and seeing “Often pictures upset you because they show you something you did not new images can open up theses libraries,” Hetherington said. expect or something that you do not want to think about,” Hetherington said. Contact Andrea Hackett at ahackett@colgate.edu. Arts & Features Editor
In The Light Jason Cohen
By Stephanie Jenks Assistant Arts & Features Editor
Senior Jason Cohen has always found the perfect balance between his academics and extra-curricular life. The biochemistry major hailing from Newton, Massachusetts values the Colgate student body’s work ethic and activeness. “I love people’s motivation to work hard towards their future while enjoying the experiences we have here,” he explained. Cohen described himself as “very serious about his work, lighthearted and good-humored.” The senior’s interest in emergency medicine led him to become an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) for Southern Madison County Volunteer Ambulance Corps (SOMAC) at the beginning of his junior year. Cohen’s dedication promoted him to crew chief after just one semester. The senior has also been a Link since his sophomore year. “I saw it as a unique opportunity to have an impact on first-year students,” the senior said. Cohen is also a member of the fraternity Theta Chi and was their secretary during his junior year. He stands as a student representative on the Conduct Board and is currently a member of Konosioni. Cohen will always remember the beginning of spring weekends at Colgate. “It was always nice to come back from classes on Friday afternoons in the spring to see my friends at the fraternity hanging out on the lawn and enjoying the end of the week,” he said. Although the senior will be graduating in May, Cohen is excited to start his future in medicine and is ready to live life as an adult. Cohen plans to travel over the summer before he attends medical school in the fall, and he hopes to be a surgeon one day. During his four years at Colgate, Cohen enjoyed his human physiology class, for which he is now a Teaching Assistant in one of the lab sections. “The class was extremely interesting and related to what I want to do, especially when we did a lab that involved surgery on an animal,” the senior said. Looking back on his time at Colgate, Cohen wishes he took part in more comedy improv-related activities. “I did improv stuff in high school but never did it here. I always enjoyed it in high school and wish I continued it here,” he said. Cohen’s advice to other students is simply, “Don’t let having too much fun or working hard interfere with the other.” To nominate a senior for In The Light, e-mail af.maroonnews@gmail.com.
Women Speak from The Heart and Other Parts By Zoe Blicksilver
logues were extremely relatable for viewers. The actors received rapturous applause after every On Thursday, February 17 and scene, and the production was Friday, February 18, the annual provery well received. duction of The Vagina Monologues According to first-year Lizzy was presented at the Palace Theater. Blanchet, “It was extremely emThe Vagina Monologues is a play conpowering and “leaves you feeling taining a series of feminist-infused more comfortable with yourself.” monologues and scenes written by The play itself has gained global Eve Ensler. The performance conrecognition. It has been published tained a perfect mixture of humorin 45 languages and performed ous and serious monologues that in over 120 countries, proving its touched upon the topics of female deep impact on and popularity sexuality, sex and body image. with audiences worldwide. The vast enthusiasm for the various The event was supported elements expressed in the production, by various local and campus as well as the presentation of typiorganizations such as the cally taboo topics from the back of the A LAVISH PRODUCTION: The Vagina Monologues was staged at Sisters of the Round Table, program, which contained the phrase the Palace Theater. The play addressed an important part in the life the Center for Women’s “Learn It! Live It! Love It!” directly Studies and the Barge Canal of a woman through testimonial monologues. above a diagram of a vagina. manshibatia.com Coffee Co. Before the start of the play, audience The various monologues were performed The proceeds from the tickets went to members were invited to attend the “Clittail by a number of talented students of all class the Vera House shelter, advocacy and educahour” which offered a lovely assortment of years. Much of the content centered around tion center in Syracuse, as well as the V-Day shirley temples and soda, as well as coffee and the word “vagina,” and even went so far as to Initiative. The Vera House advocates for an a cupcake bar. It was an extremely lively and compare the organ to the Colgate Cruiser in “end to domestic and sexual violence [and] welcoming atmosphere. that “you never know when it’s gonna come.” assists families in crisis.” The V-Day initiaThe production itself drew a relatively They also talked a lot about the role that tive is a movement founded by Eve Ensler large crowd of Hamiltonians and students sex plays within relationships (both positive that raises awareness about violence towards of both genders. Casey Schmidt, the Colgate and negative) and the importance of sharing woman around the world. 10 percent of the senior who directed the play, introduced it feelings and celebrating the body. Some of proceeds also went to the Women and Girls by emphasizing its greater message of aware- the more serious monologues touched upon of Haiti. ness of the community as a whole concern- issues of rape and female genital mutilation. Contact Zoe Blicksilver at ing the important issue of sexual violence. It can most certainly be said that the monozblicksilver@colgate.edu. Maroon-News Staff
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Life in the Platoon: Restrepo By Margaretta Burdick
and just see the picture in my head,” says Specialist Miguel Cortez in an interview after his time in Korengal Valley has concluded. In the documentary film Restrepo, cinema-goers The filmmakers let us see how deeply affected are treated to an intimate journey with a platoon these soldiers are, both during and after their time of American soldiers in the Korengal Valley in Afin action. ghanistan. What sets Restrepo apart from other war Shown as part of the P-CON Film and Lecture Sedocumentaries, however, is there are no interviews ries, Restrepo concluded with a Q & A with one of the with politicians, diplomats or families of the soldirectors of the film, Tim Hetherington. He spoke of diers; there is no footage of anything other than the his experience filming, his choice in film style, and the soldiers of the platoon. It is simply the soldiers and film’s impact: “I think more than ever what we need to their experiences in, as Captain Kearney calls it in do is to close the gulf between not just our thanks and the film, “the deadliest place on Earth.” gratitude to [the soldiers] but our understanding of The documentary was filmed over the 15-month what they’ve been through. So watching this film is, I deployment of the platoon. The audience is subhope, a constructive thing to understanding that realmerged deeply into their happenings, as filming was ity because ultimately they have to come home and we almost always only one man with a camera followhave to make a place for them.” ing the platoon everywhere – at their outposts, during He also spoke how they chose what to put in the meetings with town elders and even on dangerous opfilm. He mentioned that the military did not censor erations under fire from the Taliban. Filmmakers Tim them at all while filming and they were free to put Hetherington and Sebastian Junger became essentially FILMED FROM THE FRONT: The documentary film Restrepo was screened whatever they wanted in the film. part of the platoon, experiencing the life of a soldier. on campus for the visit of its director, Tim Hetherington. Restrepo follows a “We’ve been pretty open-handed with what we lives. As a result of this, the audience also experiences what platoon in the Afghan War, offering a candid look at the soldiers’flavorwire.com chose,” he said. “We didn’t hide anything. We showed the the soldiers go through. Far away from their families, mutual yearning for home and the losses they experience. good and the bad. We did it without a political agenda.” from political forces, from arguments concerning whether or As Captain Kearney says in an interview, “It’s really like a This film, with its, at times, gritty camerawork and sound not they even should be fighting, the only thing that matters big family.” The name of the film comes from an outpost quality, gives the viewer a 90-minute experience of wartime to the soldiers in the Korengal Valley is survival. It is very they built and named after a comrade that died early in that makes you feel as if you are there with the soldiers. The reminiscent of last year’s Academy Award Best Picture winner the deployment, Juan “Doc” Restrepo. Deaths, such as Re- film achieves a deeply emotional journey with the platoon The Hurt Locker with one big exception – it is all real. strepo’s, stay with the soldiers far beyond their time spent at Korengal Valley, through laughter with soldiers as they This film viscerally conveys what these soldiers had to in the Valley. Along with footage in the Korengal Valley, dance giddily to a pop tune, through longing for home as a go through. These men, who are only 18 to 22 years-old, the film also includes interviews with the men after their soldier plays “I’ll Never Forget Where I’m From” on acoussaw more action than most in either Afghanistan or Iraq deployment concluded. Through this, we see not only the tic guitar and through heartbreak over friends lost in battle do. Throughout the film, we see the losses they suffer, the emotional impact of memories from their deployment, but right before their eyes. It is an intimate portrait of war that emotional strain on being far away from home and their also the psychological impact. young soldiers face every day overseas. Seeing Restrepo will loved ones. The film excellently conveys the camaraderie “I’ve been on about four or five different type of sleeping give you emotion and intimacy to put with the many faces that develops between the men of the platoon and the pills and none of them help. That’s how bad the nightmares in the media of soldiers overseas. February 3, as2011 A-5 friendships that grow they are united in their jobs, their are. I prefer not to sleep and not dream about it than sleep Contact Margaretta Burdick atNews mburdick@colgate.edu. Maroon-News Staff
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SENIOR NIGHT AT DONOVAN’S PUB Tollhouse Pie Eating Contest
Thursday, February 24. 8-11 p.m. Free Tollhouse Pie for All and a Cash Bar Must be a donor to attend. Donations will be accepted at the door.
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Still the King: Radiohead’s First Album Since 2007
February 24, 2011
Ten Bands Bound to Rock the Underground
By Brad Ramsdell
By Alanna Weissman
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I hesitate to write a review for Radiohead’s new album, The King of Limbs, for a few reasons. Firstly, writing anything on Radiohead is difficult, as there are no adjectives yet-unused to describe their perfect three-album run of The Bends, OK Computer and Kid A. Secondly, I have been a Radiohead fan for nearly as long as I have been a fan of music. I could write pages defending Hail to the Thief as the most underrated album of the past decade, or simply wax romantically about how magical it is to witness them live. Also, this album has only been out for a week as of the time of this publication and it seems unfair to give the new Radiohead album only a few days of listening before passing judgment. However, at the risk of my review being spoiled by everyone else in the industry first, here we go. There is a tendency to compare each Radiohead release with their previous albums, which makes sense considering how they have varied their releases in terms of genre, style, production and tone (but rarely quality). My initial comparison for this album was In Rainbows, for the somewhat deflated tone that both impress upon me. I know that some find In Rainbows to be a rocking good time, but I find it, on the whole, to possess neither of the features that transcend the best Radiohead albums to best-album-ever contention. These albums either feature immediately gripping songs that will never lose their shine (The Bends) or a shocking radicalization of sound that refuses to compromise (Kid A). Of course, OK Computer manages to begin with the crushing rock of “Airbag” and finds its way to the aural insanity of “Climbing of the Walls,” but that’s what makes it best rock album of the 90s. Returning to Limbs, even after three or four listens, I haven’t found myself humming a “High and Dry”-caliber melody or reeling from the brilliant audacity of, say, “The National Anthem.” The King of Limbs, the more I listen to it, is really most like Kid A; however, instead of these amps going to 11, the volume and songwriting have been turned down to about a seven. These songs follow no verse-chorus structure and instead of the exhilarating unpredictability that was produced in Kid A, the listener meanders throughout the album. There is something to be said for a cohesive album, but if not for the feedback or humming at the end of most tracks, I would find it difficult to figure out where one song ends and the other begins. Again, Kid A used this flowing cohesion to perfection, as it is an album filled with brilliant songs that reveal themselves to be greater than the sum of their parts. Limbs seems a bit too subdued, almost as if Thom and Johnny were a little timid in the studio. Radiohead have always worked best when they are blazing new territory not only for themselves, but for music as a whole. These guys have always challenged themselves and their listeners. Their songs have always featured enough subtlety for endless listens but have never been afraid to be bold at the same time. I believe this is what characterizes The King of Limbs best. This is an album that is subtle and interesting but seems to lack the wallop that is expected of this band. While it might sound like this review has been negative, it really isn’t. Even the most mediocre Radiohead recording promises to leap and bound ahead of most everything else released that year. I’m certainly not done listening to this album and I fully expect to enjoy it more and more each time I do; the problem lies in the conspicuous absence of something that drops my jaw. If you’re a Radiohead fan, you probably already have this album, but if not, go download it off their site; it is worth your time. If you have never listened to Radiohead (shame on you), this is not the place to start – that would be OK Computer. Overall, King of Limbs is a respectable release by what is probably the greatest rock band of the last quarter-century. Contact Brad Ramsdell at bramsdell@colgate.edu. blogspot.com
Every artistic genre has its next big things. Though in the music industry, such up-and-comers often fail to break through. There are countless bands, especially in the underground, who deserve far more recognition they receive – a few of these artists, however, hold far greater potential than their peers. Here is my list of ten underground bands we should expect big things from in the future. 10. Lannen Fall: Lannen Fall may have released their debut EP on Red Blue Records in 2007, but the Boston band never caught on. Though these now-unsigned melodic rockers played their last show as a band in June 2010 (the sole reason they are ranked last on this list), they leave behind a three-EP legacy that deserves – and, feasibly, still can acquire – a far larger audience than it currently has. 9. Eikostate: Formed from the remnants of the now-defunct metal band After-Feedback, Eikostate self-released their debut and have established a solid fan base; the primary problem for this band is going to be expanding from their home country, Spain, and breaking into the American scene. 8. Sound We Sleep: The only pop-punkers gracing this list, Florida’s Sound We Sleep has provided support for bands such as A Skylit Drive – no small feat for a largely-unknown band signed to an independent label. Thus far, SWS has shown two major strengths: catchy, guitar-driven songs and a penchant to be personable with fans. If they keep it up, their future looks bright. 7. Title Fight: This melodic hardcore/pop-punk hybrid band hails from Pennsylvania and have opened for the likes of Bayside and Senses Fail; though their EPs have been only so-so thus far, their songs show evidence of musical progression. If Title Fight continues to learn from experience – and their debut full-length, due for release in May, will hopefully provide proof – big things could be in store. 6. Tigers Jaw:These Scranton rockers (and friends of Title Fight) may have had to share a split CD with fellow Pennsylvanian up-and-comers Balance and Composure, but they are rapidly coming into their own; they have substantial listenership and have played shows as far away as Britain. 5. Ivoryline: Though Ivoryline are off to a good start –they are Warped Tour veterans, were an opener on the eight-band lineup on 2010’s popular Scream It Like You Mean It tour and have released a respectable number of EPs and full-lengths since their formation in 2003 – listenership has remained surprisingly small. Though SILYMI gave the Texas band a boost – the national tour featured headliner Silverstein and support from the likes of Emery and We Came as Romans, all of which have immense fan bases – they still have the potential to achieve much more than they have thus far. 4. Girl on Fire: This Seattle post-hardcore band is in good company; Aiden frontman Wil Francis produced the second of their two-volume debut EPs, and the influence of his band can clearly be heard. Though the group has had little touring experience outside the Northwest, their music has the potential to explode onto the national scene. 3. Hearts Under Fire: Any band that self-describes as striving to “mix the new wave of pop punk/rock (You Me At Six, The Audition) with the darker punk rock (Alkaline Trio, AFI)” is bound to attract attention. Though such standout bands are hard to match, Britain’s Hearts Under Fire surprises, indeed doing justice to every one of their muses. Additionally, HUF recently played the UK’s Next Big Thing Festival, cementing their right to the title. Not since the formation of Kittie has an all-female underground group held so much promise. 2. Requiem for the Dead: Though this band has only released two songs as of press time, they have one major asset: the star power of lead vocalist Steven Juliano, formerly of I Am Ghost (IAG). The band seems to stick roughly with the style that made Juliano successful, essentially functioning as IAG 2.0. That’s not to say that’s a bad thing, though; IAG was beloved in the scene, and a slightly-altered reincarnation is better than simply abandoning the band’s music. Though RFTD seems to be far less heavy than Juliano’s former band, two tracks is not enough to pass judgment. Only time will tell whether or not Juliano keeps his style fully intact and, regardless of whether or not he does, his name alone is almost guaranteed to propel RFTD to sizeable success in the underground. 1. Closure in Moscow: Closure in Moscow are well on their way to becoming successful; the Australian prog-rockers have played Warped Tour and opened for major acts including Coheed and Cambria, Saosin and Aiden. For a band whose first full-length dropped in mid-2009, it’s a promising start. Contact Alanna Weissman at aweissman@colgate.edu.
13 Beats for the Week By Brad Anglum Maroon-News Staff
1.“The Debtor” by Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson “Not sure that I want to stay alive ... it’s so expensive, it’s cheap to die,” sings Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson. While critics love to harp on the dark, morose side of his songs, it’s the humor in lyrics like these that stand out the most. 2. “Everlasting Light” by The Black Keys Heartland rock for hipsters? Just a thought, but it’s an interesting concept nonetheless. Regardless, I’m a big fan of the album and the 1,000 commercials that they licensed their songs to. 3.“Last Night at the Jetty” by Panda Bear The second single off of Panda Bear’s most recent solo album Tomboy is eerily similar (in a good way) to Animal Collective’s Merriweather Post Pavilion. 4. “Need You Now” by Cut Copy Someone’s been having some disturbing dreams lately, and I’m looking at you, Cut Copy. Check out the music video to the second single off their most recent album, Zonoscope, and you will see what I mean. 5. “Oh What a Night” by Cam’ron Ha ha ha, Cam’ron rapping over the 1975 pop classic “Oh What a Night” by The Four Seasons. 6. “Walk Like an Egyptian” by The Bangles (Bassnectar Remix)
Toppling 30-year-old dictatorship regimes every week on the “13 Beats of the Week.” 7. “Ready to Start” by Arcade Fire This is in commemoration of their recent Grammy for album of the year, beating out the likes of Katy Perry and Lady Gaga. 8.”Home” by LCD Soundsytem The astute rapper Lil Wayne once proclaimed, “You retire out when you die out,” and this is precisely why I’m not buying the impending end of LCD Soundsystem this April. They’ll be back, but for now let’s just be grateful for their body of work. 9. “NY Is Killing Me” by Gil Scott Heron Breath easy Knicks fans, Melo is indeed a Knick and so begins the three-year plan in which the Knicks win their first championship since 1973. 10. “TV Luv Song” by Wavves Coming in at a brisk minute and 44 seconds, the Ramones would be proud. 11.“Revolving Doors” by Gorillaz Pleasant surprise from Damon Albarn, mastermind behind Gorillaz. He made their most recent album on his iPad while touring across America this past Christmas. Very experimental, but what can you expect from an album recorded on an iPad. 12.“I’m Going Down” by Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend recorded a 6-track EP this past December for iTunes. Sort of sounds like the Fray, but it’s cool because, well, they’re not the Fray. 13. “Youth Knows no Pain” by Lykke Li Sounds like some messed up Janis Joplin and Jefferson Airplane revival, but I like it. Contact Brad Anglum at banglum@colgate.edu.
February 24, 2011
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Hollywood on the Hill Anticipated Winners at the Academy Awards By Josh Glick Maroon-News Staff
Anne Hathaway and James Franco will host the eightythird Academy Awards this Sunday night. Who will take home the statues and be immortalized as Hollywood legends? Without further ado, here are my Oscar predictions. Best Picture Nominees: Black Swan, The Fighter, Inception, The Kids are All Right, The King’s Speech, 127 Hours, The Social Network, Toy Story 3, True Grit, Winter’s Bone Winner: This is a clear-cut two-way race between The King’s Speech and The Social Network. David Fincher’s film won the Golden Globe for Best Picture, but the British film has been catching up lately, winning Best Picture at the last three award shows. The King’s Speech is great, but it is not the classic film that Fincher’s is and I see The Social Network taking home the statue at the end of the night. It is perfectly acted, directed, scored and most importantly, is a film that defines its generation. Best Director Nominees: Darren Arnofsky (Black Swan), David O. Russel (The Fighter), Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech), David Fincher (The Social Network), Coen Brothers (True Grit) Winner: David Fincher is almost a lock for this with only Arnofsky giving him any competition. Arnofsky’s Black Swan was incredibly well directed and kept viewers on the edge of our seats, but Fincher’s film is too perfect for him not to win. Best Actress Nominees: Annette Bening (The Kids are All Right), Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole), Jennifer Lawrence (Winter’s Bone), Natalie Portman (Black Swan), Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine) Winner: Natalie Portman should and will win. From learning how to dance ballet to making a ballerina into a monster, she had the female performance of the year. Best Supporting Actress Nominees: Amy Adams (The Fighter), Helena Bonham Carter (The King’s Speech), Melissa Leo (The Fighter), Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit), Jackie Weaver (Animal Kingdom) Winner: This is one of the most open races. Leo was
OSCAR PREDICTIONS: The Social Network is one of the leading contenders for the Best Picture prize, whereas Natalie Portman is expected to take home Best Actress for her performance in Black Swan. bscreview.com
getting most of the early buzz for her portrayal as a white trash mother in The Fighter, but the attention has now turned to the teenage Hailee Steinfeld who starred in True Grit. I see the Academy giving the award to
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Steinfeld as the Coen’s country film should not go home empty-handed. Best Actor Nominees: Javier Bardem (Biutiful), Jeff Bridges (True Grit), Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network), Colin Firth (The King’s Speech), James Franco (127 Hours) Winner: While I truly believe that either Eisenberg or Franco deserve the award for most outstanding performance, Collin Firth is a lock for his portrayal of the stuttering King of England. He has won at every other award show, and has had too great of a career to not win. Best Supporting Actor Nominees: Christian Bale (The Fighter), John Hawkes (Winter’s Bone), Jeremy Renner (The Town), Mark Ruffalo (The Kids are all Right), Geoffrey Rush (The King’s Speech) Winner: Christian Bale is a sure thing for his role as Dicky in The Fighter. He had the best performance of any actor or actress in Hollywood all year and secured himself as one of the best actors in Hollywood. He also lost 50 pounds for the role and convinced me that he was actually on crack. Best Animated Feature Film Nominees: How to Train Your Dragon, The Illusionist, Toy Story 3 Winner: Toy Story 3 will win out of respect for Pixar and for the fact that it was the only movie to make people cry all year. Best Original Screenplay Nominees: The King’s Speech, The Kids are all Right, Inception, The Fighter, Another Year Winner: Christopher Nolan’s screenplay for Inception is one of the most original and groundbreaking screenplays in Hollywood history. The film was the perfect summer blockbuster and had an incredibly cerebral script. Nolan will win this deservingly. Best Adapted Screenplay Nominees: Winter’s Bone, True Grit, Toy Story 3, The Social Network, 127 Hours Winner: Aaron Sorkin’s screenplay for The Social Network was fast paced, quick-witted, emotional and intense. Sorkin has been one of the best writers in Hollywood for nearly a decade and will win the Oscar. Contact Josh Glick at jglick@colgate.edu.
Hotel Solsville’s A.E. Dixon’s Irish Pub By Maggie Carey
with giant smiles. My roommate ordered the grilled buffalo chicken sandwich with sweet potato fries. The grilled chicken was sandOnce again, Mother Nature wreaked havoc on my plans to try wiched between a toasted homemade Kaiser out a restaurant in New Hartford. Due to the inclement weather, roll, lettuce, tomato and the ultimate buffalo my roommate and I postponed our plans in favor of a closer vensauce. Needless to say, this sandwich did not ue the following day. After a lengthy search on the Internet for a disappoint. The term “sweet potato fries” also restaurant that is open on a Sunday and located close to Colgate, does not do justice to the beefy wedges of we settled on Hotel Solsville’s A.E. Dixon’s Irish Pub (7243 Valley sweet potatoes that were piled high next to Rd, Madison NY). I never could have foreseen the evening that the sandwich. lay ahead of me during the 10-minute drive over. My cheeseburger received similar accolades When my GPS reported that we had arrived, my roommate as the hand-packed burger was succulent perpointed out that we were at a biker bar. However, we quickly fection. It was one of those burgers that was became aware that this was no ordinary biker bar, as 10 snowstacked so high you are unsure how to attack mobiles revved their engines and sped down the road, Central it. I paused for a second, then went with a New York’s version of a biker gang. My roommate and I entered A ROWDY MEAL: Hotel Solsville’s A.E. Dixon’s Irish Pub drew an classic maneuver. I cut it in half, pressed down the bar laughing to find a crowd of 20 people, all over the age interesting crowd on President’s Day, including several middle-aged on the toasted homemade Kaiser bun to make of 40, ripping shots, clapping and screaming the lyrics to the bikers. This had no effect on the food, however, as the entire restaurant the burger, melted cheddar cheese, lettuce, toblaring jukebox that apparently was programmed to play every experience was enjoyable. matoes and onions a more compact and manhotelsolsvilles.com classic country and ’80s karaoke song. We are talking about a ageable size. As I dug in, success never tasted medley of AC/DC, Michael Jackson, Kenny Chesney and Toby Keith. Our waitress later better. I would be lying if I said it took any convincing for my roommate to try the burger. Let explained that despite the fact that it was a Sunday night, none of them have work tomorrow the rave reviews continue. because it was President’s Day and they wanted to celebrate. Why does this group of 40-yearWhat started out as a relaxed Sunday night dinner out at a casual pub turned into an adolds have wilder plans than me, a second semester senior? venture filled with a snowmobile gang, a group of 40-and 50-year-olds reliving their college Comforted by the knowledge that “Jug behavior” does not have to end at our graduation glory days and some fantastic fried food. Simply put, A.E. Dixon’s Irish Pub offers the clasin May, my roommate and I made our way to the extremely casual dining area. Here we found sics done right. However, it is important to note that my roommate and I only looked at the a menu titled “Snowmobile Menu.” Struggling to keep a straight face, we looked over the list Snowmobile Menu. Hotel Solsville also has an impressive dinner menu that offers a medley of of fryer items ($1.99 to $8.99) and decided for the sake of providing a high quality review it beef, seafood and Italian favorites. After looking over the menu on our way out the door, my would be best if we ordered the Hodge Podge. This included a sampling of every fried piece of roommate and I have selfishly decided to try out the tempting dinner menu at a future date. deliciousness on the list, with sides of honey mustard, barbeque sauce, ketchup, ranch dressing We have also vowed to inquire about the “farm raised frog legs.” I will be sure to let you know and marinara sauce. The French fries, onion rings, fried mushrooms, chicken fingers, breaded how that adventure turns out! As for the pub menu, we highly recommend A.E. Dixon’s Irish ravioli, mozzarella sticks and jalapeno poppers were each delicious. We were delighted to find Pub for a lively friendly dining experience filled with satisfying bar classics (though I cannot that the appetizers were perfectly crispy without being too greasy. guarantee that my rowdy friends will still be there celebrating President’s Day). Even though our appetizer was large enough to be our entire meal, we greeted our entrees Contact Maggie Carey at mcarey@colgate.edu. Maroon-News Staff
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The Fashion-Forward Look Backward By Lisa Mischianti Maroon-News Staff
Fashion is dynamic and always changing. Yet this does not necessarily imply a strictly forward motion. It simply suggests that the industry functions by shaking things up just enough to make people a little shocked and uncomfortable, thereby keeping them interested. This effect is achieved not only by the creation of completely novel ideas, but also, and more often, by reaching into the past and resurrecting trends that people assumed were long gone. I sometimes like to think of trend patterns as similar to the path of a pendulum. In fashion, a concept will progress and develop to its fullest, at which point people have become so conditioned to it that it is no longer quite as intriguing. Then, the fashion world’s attentions slowly begin to swing back in the opposite direction, towards the other end of the spectrum, and everyone else (at first warily, but then enthusiastically) follows suit. This season, the hottest looks are a great example of this phenomenon, with a lot coquette.blogs.com of older trends resurfacing. This spring’s penchant for the wide-leg trouser is one case in point. For years now the skinny pant has reigned supreme, but, of course, there was a time before this style was even on the map. Thinking back on our youth, you will remember that our pants were not of a tapered cut at all, but rather flared. This look soon grew old (as all trends do) and people wanted something totally different. The slim silhouette was the answer, and thus the skinny jean
boom was born. When people became accustomed to the new fit and wanted to take it to the next level, they turned to the legging (a similar transition took place between the 70s to the 80s). The skinny style has had real staying power until now, as people are starting to crave something different; cue the wideleg pant. So, taste has swung from one extreme to the other and now it is going back again. This spring, the skinny look was conspicuously absent from the runways and in its place stood billowy, flared slacks. Dries Van Noten, Monique Lhuillier, Celine, Derek Lam, Marc Jacobs and Tory Burch all showed this type of trouser. Major retailers like Neiman Marcus and Bloomingdales are suddenly offering a large selection of “flare” and even “bell-bottom” styles. These pants come in all types of material, from cotton to crepe and denim to lamé. Some are high-waisted and some sit on the hip. They can be pleated or flow loosely. But no matter the particulars, it is clear that there is a “new” look in town. Another exciting blast from the past is the revival of the long maxi skirt trend. Admittedly, this hails from the more recent past, a major trend just about five years ago. I remember being a sophomore in high school and loving this look. Alas, it was soon overshadowed by a newer, more evolved interpretation. With the advent of the maxi dress, the maxi skirt was largely thrown to the wayside, a piece that was seldom found on the racks. Now, however, it is back with a vengeance. And a calf-length edition is even being added to the mix. Elegant silk or gauze are the new materials of choice for this piece. Check out examples from Rag & Bone or the Row to get a good idea. Pair it with a simple solid tee. Finally, one more trend that is a fun rerun this season is the bold and bright look. Vibrant colors for the spring is not a novel concept. It has been done for years and years to celebrate the season’s sentiments, but I think this spring we can have a particularly special appreciation for it. Of late, the talk has been about sand tones, beiges and tans. Thus, color’s return is twofold, not only reissued from spring of last year, but also rebounding after the neutral fad. So, perhaps the moral of the story is to not be too hasty to clean out your closet. You never know when it will come back to bite you. Contact Lisa Mischianti at lmischianti@colgate.edu.
Mélange á...Deux
by amy gould and sophie greene Maroon-News Staff
We’re still on our health kick and this is one of the easiest meals we’ve made to date. We both have fairly similar tastes but sometimes we both want different things. So this week we decided to take the same ingredient (tilapia) and cook it two different ways. We both agreed that we wanted sweet potato, and we decided that tilapia and sweet potato would go pretty well together. It’s our own twist on fish and chips! If you don’t like fish, you can do both recipes with chicken or even shrimp. Sweet Potato “Chips” 2 sweet potatoes 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil 1 tsp ground black pepper 1 ½ tsp salt 1 tsp thyme Preheat the oven to 375˚. Wash the potatoes and slice them into rounds about 1/4 -1/2 inch thick. We cut them in half to get more pieces, but you can keep them in rounds. Put the sweet potatoes in a large bowl and add the ingredients. Stir well. Line two baking sheets with tinfoil and spread the sweet potato pieces on the sheets. It is important that each of the pieces is lying flat and that there aren’t any that overlap. Touching is fine, but keep them single layered. Bake for approximately 40 minutes. The longer they are in the oven, the crispier they will be, so feel free to keep them in longer. (If you are planning on making the tilapia, keep the oven on).
Moroccan Inspired 2 tilapia fillets ½ tsp of coriander ½ tsp of hot madras curry powder (or plain curry) ½ tsp of paprika ½ tsp of salt ½ tsp of ground black pepper 2 tsp of brown sugar Preheat the oven to 375˚ if not already heated. Mix all of the ingredients together in a bowl until fully combined. Rinse the tilapia fillets and pat them relatively dry. Rub the dry spices over the fish, completely covering it. Repeat until both fishes are covered. Spray Pam in a pie dish or small pan and place the two fillets flat. Bake for 15 min until the fish flakes with a fork. Enjoy with the potatoes! Mediterranean Inspired 2 tilapia fillets 2 lemons (juiced) 4 cloves of garlic 3 tbsp butter ½ tsp thyme ½ tsp basil ¼ tsp oregano ½ tsp salt ½ tsp pepper Preheat the oven to 375˚. Mince garlic and juice lemons. Melt the butter in the microwave for about 20-30 seconds. Add to a small bowl along with the remaining spices. Mix well. Rinse the fillets and pat dry. Take a large piece of tinfoil and place fillets in the middle. Fold tinfoil up, making a kind of “bowl.” Pour the
bowl of ingredients over the fish and fold tinfoil over so that it forms a pouch around the fillets, keeping the liquid in. Place on a baking sheet or in a baking pan and bake for 14 minutes until the fish flakes with a fork. Both of these dishes were super simple and fresh tasting. Amy is usually not the biggest fan of fish, but Sophie convinced her that if she did it right, it can be delicious. Well, now Amy is convinced. The Moroccan version is good for someone in the mood for a meal with a bit of a kick. The Mediterranean version is a bit tangier and good for someone who doesn’t like spice, but definitely wants full flavor. The left over sauce from the pouch works very well as a dip for the sweet potato “chips,” and it even goes well as a dipping sauce for bread that can be paired with the meal. Put the fish and chips alongside some veggies and you have a colorful, balanced and nutritious meal! Enjoy! Contact Amy Gould and Sophie Greene at agould@colgate.edu and sgreene@colgate.edu.
Entertainment Update Your Week in Preview by Krutika Ravi Maroon-News Staff
LIVE MUSIC WITH CHASE Start the weekend with Chase Coy’s live performance at the Barge Canal Coffee Co. Thursday night at 7:00 p.m. Enjoy acoustic, indie and folk music with other residents of Hamilton as Coy performs his personal melodious collection.
COMEDY CENTRAL Don’t miss Charred Goosebeak perform on Friday, February 25 at the Barge at 8 p.m. Charred Goosebeak is Colgate’s oldest and only improv comedy group, so don’t miss the opportunity to watch your peers perform live.
SMUTCO SPRING CABARET Watch the performance of a collection of musical theater numbers from various Broadway and off-Broadway musicals. This once-in-a-semester musical theater performance is on Friday night at 8:00 p.m. and Saturday night at 7:00 p.m. at the Palace Theater.
WINTER OLYMPICS Kick-off Winterfest with the Winter Olympics. Come to Whitnall Field at 11:00 am on Saturday for tug of war, musical chairs, three-legged race, spoon races, wheel barrel races, human dog sled, dizzy bat and three-on-three soccer. Bring a team or meet new people and create a team once you are there.
ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION The Earlville Opera House is featuring an exhibition of Elizabeth Olsen’s “Let Them Be: A Celebration of Childhood” and an exhibition of Thea Ecks’s “Unbound: To Hope till Hope Creates” this Saturday from 12 to 3:00 pm. All art connoisseurs are welcome to come and look at Ms. Olsen’s works for free. COLGATE ORCHESTRA Craving for some music on Sunday? Join the Colgate University Orchestra at 3:30 p.m. on February 27 at the Memorial Chapel as they play under the direction of Michael Cleveland.
OSCAR MOVIES Come see the five Oscar-nominated animated short films at the Hamilton Theater. The films play on Friday and Saturday from 5:30 p.m. to 6:55 p.m.. The movies include Day & Night, The Gruffalo, Let’s Pollute, The Lost Thing and Madagascar, A Journey Diary. Tickets cost $7.75.
35MM FILM SERIES CONTINUES On Friday, February 25, The Colgate Film Society will be screening the critically acclaimed film Pan’s Labyrinth. Directed by Guillermo del Toro, the film blends fantasy and mythology with the grim realities following the Spanish Civil War. It will be showing in Golden Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. Admission is free. Contact Krutika Ravi at kravi@colgate.edu. suite101.com
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Go Cra-Z: DJ Whole-Z at the Palace
By Caitlin Whittemore
By Cambria Litsey
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Last Friday, February 18, the Barge Canal Coffee Co. held a release party celebrating the release of the non-profit CD Treasures in the Heart of New York. The CD, produced by Sean Nevison, features various tunes by local musicians and bands from the Hamilton and Central New York area. Some of the musicians include (but are not limited to): Pamme Swanne, Brendan O’Connor, Brian Rose and P.J. Will. “The CD is a mix of local musicians from around here,” says Nevison. “The music is an eclectic blend of jazz, acoustic, folk and rock music. It really represents the music that represents Hamilton, New York.” From 8:00 to 10:00 p.m., the open-mic style night featured almost all of the artists performing songs that were featured on the CD, as well as other local musicians. Songs performed were mostly ones on the CD, with a few extra tunes written by the groups. A few artists, such as Chris Eve and Kim Monroe, performed covers, as they ended their set with George Harrison’s “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” The performances attracted a decently large, lively and eclectic crowd of townspeople and Colgate students alike. Listeners seemed very pleased with what they heard. “I had no idea there were so many talented musicians in the Hamilton Area,” claimed Bruce Bern, a townsperson and fan of the local music scene. Nevison was selling copies of the CD at a stand inside the Barge. One hundred percent of the profits were dedicated to the Hamilton Food Bank, and each CD sold earned the customer one raffle ticket towards a basket of locally grown Hamilton foods, such as local honey and Irish Soda Bread. Contact Caitlin Whittemore at cwhittemore@colgate.edu.
Despite the large size of the venue, DJ Whole-Z managed to fill most of the Palace Theater during his performance on Saturday from 11:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. Doors opened at 10:30 p.m. and Colgate’s own senior Tom “DJ TCUP” Cuppernull opened for Whole-Z until about 11:30 p.m. The event was sponsored and organized by the Blue Diamond Society. The atmosphere was well received, with many attendees expressing their appreciation for a coat room, given the blizzard and freezing temperatures outside. In addition, many compliments were given to the quality of the light show and its integration with the music. Whole-Z pumped up the crowd by mixing and mashing up crowd favorites including Gwen Stefani’s “Hollaback Girl,” The Lonley Island’s “I Just Had Sex,” Yolanda Be Cool and Dcup’s “We No Speak Americano” and Cee Lo Green’s “F*** You.” Hailing from Norwich, Vermont, Andrew “DJ Whole-Z” Holzberger is currently a sophomore at the University of Vermont. He focuses on creating unique mashups, mixes, dubstep and original tracks. One of his signature tracks is called “Tik Tak Toe” in which he mashes Ke$ha’s “Tik Tok,” Five for Fighting’s “100 Years,” the Black Eyed Peas “Where is the Love” and Queen’s “Under Pressure.” Some of his other mashups include “Papersweet Walk,” “That Tree,” “Wanna Vida” and “Dirty Secrets.” Although he is currently unsigned, most of his tracks are available online. Whole-Z shows much promise and will likely have a successful future career given how popular his tracks were this weekend. All the proceeds from the event went to Keshet, an organization devoted to supporting “Jewish religious growth and encouraging community integration for individuals with developmental disabilities.” Based in Illinois, Keshet provides numerous programs including schools to help educate these children. In addition to proceeds from ticket sales (with tickets costing only $3), the Blue Diamond Society also accepted donations and managed to raise a total of $1,521 to send to Keshnet. Ultimately DJ Whole-Z’s performance was extremely well-received by the Colgate community, and he would likely be welcomed back for another performance on campus. Contact Cambria Litsey at clitsey@colgate.edu.
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Raonic Gives Men’s Tennis A New Hope By Radoslav Ivanov Maroon-News Staff
Have you noticed anything weird about the last Grand Slam men’s tennis champions? Here’s a hint: Djokovic, Nadal, Nadal, Nadal, Federer, Del Potro, Federer, Federer, Nadal, Federer, Nadal, Nadal, Djokovic. Ever since Marat Safin won the Australian Open in 2005, there have only been four different Grand Slam champions. It certainly seems like the status quo has remained unchanged for quite awhile now. Unlike previous decades in which teenagers were mainstays in the top 10, the 2000s and beyond have proved to be a noticeable exception. Currently, the only teenager in the top 100 is Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, comfortably sitting at number 81. Dubbed “Baby Federer” because of the striking similarities between his game and that of the great Swiss, Dimitrov is believed to be one of the leaders of the wave of young players that is about to attack Nadal and Federer’s throne. Did I say “about?” Yes, well it seems like it was yesterday when Dimitrov first appeared on the men’s tour in 2009 and took Nadal to three sets in the Netherlands. Yet his and his fellow youngsters’ progress has been slow, to say the least. Until this year. Surprisingly, the young player that impressed the most at the Aussie Open, and since, was neither of the usual “young” suspects. It was the 20-year-old, Montenegro-born Canadian Milos Raonic. Standing at 6’5”, Raonic not only fired the fastest serve in the tournament and served the most aces, but he also made an incredible run to the fourth round, beating tenth-seeded Russian Mikhail Youzhny and the 24-seed Frenchman Michael Llodra. In the end, it took the great resilience of Spaniard David Ferrer to break the will of the ambitious Canadian in four sets.
He did not stop there, however. Raonic later came to the U.S. in order to prepare for the final tournaments of the hard court season. After several great matches and multiple tiebreakers, he managed to win the title in San Jose by beating Spaniard Fernando Verdasco 7-6, 7-6 in the final. Verdasco claimed after the match that Raonic should not be competing in the same league as the rest. His serve was that discouraging. The Canadian could not be stopped in the next tournament in Memphis either. Win after win, ace after ace and he was facing a second title when he reached the final against Roddick. As dull and boring as that match was, given the endless aces and few rallies from the baseline, it was certainly one of the closest affairs this season. Having won the firstset tiebreaker 9-7, Roddick missed multiple match points in the second breaker, which he lost 13-11. At that point, however, it seemed that Raonic was finally beginning to tire, both mentally and physically, and it was one of the very few sets this year in which he got broken twice. Even so, he managed to take it to 5-5 until finally succumbing to Roddick’s increasing attacks from the baseline and from the serve. Thus, Raonic became the first of the new generation to finally make a breakthrough. The question remains, however: why is it taking these boys so long? After all, no period in tennis history has seen such a lack of fresh blood. Can it be that they are all so untalented that none of them deserves a place near the top? I certainly doubt it. It seems much more likely that the game has reached a state of slight stagnation. The past three decades were all marked by fast developments in technology; everything in the game changed, ranging from racket size and weight to players’s outfits and training schedules. Young players were always faster to adopt the new changes and thus gained
YOUNG GUN: 20-year-old Milos Raonic is one of the first young players to break through to early stardom in the twenty-first century. an advantage over the rest. The 2000s, however, were nothing like the recent past. Tennis racquets remained largely the same and the fitness of all players converged to a very high level that seems impossible for any newcomers. From this point of view, it seems only reasonable why Dimitrov, Raonic and the rest are taking so long to make it to the top. Talent is simply not enough; they need large teams of physical therapists, psychiatrists and tacticians just to have a chance of taking on some of the big guns. The game has almost turned into a kind of a physical chess. Whereas before it was possible for Pete Sampras to come out and win matches because of his big serve, it is now almost unthinkable to win against Nadal or Federer without an excellent game plan and a
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tenacity to stick to it despite the inevitable setbacks that will occur. As we know, however, consistency is one of youths’ biggest problems. Thus, even though Raonic has now made it to number 37 in the world, the rest are still well behind. Lithuanian Richard Berankis is 74th, Dimitrov is 81st, American Ryan Harrison is still far back at 150, while young Australian hope Bernard Tomic is even further behind at 187. It will probably take another year or two before they can finally be a part of the tennis elite. Until then, we can only gaze in wonder at Nadal’s and Federer’s magnificent skills and speculate as to how long they will be able to play at this spectacular level. Contact Radoslav Ivanov at rivanov@colgate.edu.
Dissecting the Sports Dynasty By Rebecca Silberman Maroon-News Staff
When Hank Steinbrenner commented recently on the apparent complacency of the New York Yankees, using a somewhat poorly chosen metaphor of players building mansions (don’t worry Jeter, he’s not talking about your new 31,000-square foot Florida shack, really), it got me thinking. No, not just about what I would do with 31,000 square-feet and Derek Jeter, but about the natural cycle of the rise and fall of sports dynasties. Much like political dynasties, there is really no conclusive cause-effect chart to determine why dynasties end (Professor Cooper, bonus points for using history?). Players get old,
competitors crop up with new, better talent and inevitably the crown is passed. But what about the dynamics within a championship team – does complacency really arise and end dynasties? Let’s find out. Of course, I am going to start my investigation with the Yankees for the very obvious reason that they have more experience with dynasty than just about any other team. Although there are a few dynasties to choose from, let’s look at the Yankees between 1949 and 1964, possibly the greatest era of the team. The victory streak, which included 14 pennant victories and nine World Series rings in 16 years, was inaugurated during Casey Stengel’s first season when the team bounced back from a disappointing
CLASSIC FALL: Though it is difficult to explain why, all dynasties, including the alwaysdominant New York Yankees, inevitably peak and decline. nydailynews.com
1948 campaign to win the World Series. The end of the dynasty is a little foggier. In 1964, the first year of Yogi Berra’s reign as manager, the club made it to the World Series, but lost in what would be their last championship birth until 1976. As nifty as it may be to claim that Berra was the team’s Yoko Ono, the team had also lost the Series the year before. Also, Stengel was ousted from the managerial post in 1960 after losing in the World Series in favor of Ralph Houk who won his own back-to-back rings in 1961 and 1962. So if it wasn’t a managerial change, and since Marris and Mantle were still around although aging, there must be some force other than roster changes working underneath all these statistics. I would also point out that dynasties are not the norm in baseball. After the Yankees dynasty dissolved in 1964 no clear successor stepped up to the plate, suggesting that the backdrop of year-to-year winning is perhaps more regular, or that at least success on the scale of grand dynasties is harder to come by than seasonal victory. Alright, since baseball isn’t giving us anything, on to football and the San Francisco 49ers of the 1980s. This is a much tougher example to work with, because the 49ers Super Bowl wins in 1982, 1985, 1989 and 1990 are less concentrated annually than the dynasties of other sports, though the dynasty is legitimate. More can happen and un-happen in four years, like the gap from 1985 to 1989. Plus, because players’ careers are generally shorter in football, this sport is harder to work with when trying to reconstruct clubhouse emotions or team characteristics. So, let’s abandon the 49ers and move to basketball and the utter domination that was the Chicago Bulls between 1991 and 1998. The team took home top honors six times during
that stretch during the era of the great and wondrous Michael Jordan. But again, basketball is a little tricky to work with because its history is built largely in units of dynasty rather than individual season wins. Indeed, between 1959 and 1966 the Boston Celtics won every single championship and the Los Angeles Lakers went three for three between 2000 and 2002 and have won the last two championships. Even in the back and forth of non-dynastic periods, a select group of teams are shown to always be at the top with few exceptions. So if dynasty is the natural state of the NBA, then it’s not really suited to this discussion since a single team’s dynamic is less prominent perhaps than the overarching system of dynastic replacement. As much as we could talk about the absolute monopoly of the Australian National Cricket Team who have won the ICC Cricket World Cup every year it has been played since 1999 or the Montreal Canadians from 1956-1960, I don’t think these examples are going to help answer our question on complacency and whether it really does affect a winning team’s continued success or not. In the end, I don’t know if there is a way to answer it without waltzing up to Yogi Berra and asking if his team became soft in 1964, hence their overwhelming failure to win. And, if we did, I have a feeling we would get one angry scowl and a comment on how every player on every team, regardless of their history, is in it to win. That being said, the wheel of history turns, players enter and leave the game and yet the same dynasties keep cropping up, only to fall again. And, frankly, if there was not some unseen emotional netting behind this game, sports psychologists would be out of a job and I would have little to speculate about. Contact Rebecca Silberman at rsilberman@colgate.edu.
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St. John’s Resurrection By Chris Dell’Amore Maroon-News Staff
In one of the most lackluster NCAA men’s basketball seasons in recent memory, few teams have provided me with enough evidence to watch their games. However, the resurgence of New York basketball has been able to captivate my attention long enough to not throw in the towel on college basketball this year. Madison Square Garden has been rejuvenated from the dungeon of basketball to its historic state as the Mecca of basketball in under one season. Although the fact that the Knicks being .500 at the All-Star break has helped sell tickets at MSG, the resurgence of the St. John’s University Red Storm (17-9) has also played a large role. Throughout the 1980s, St. John’s provided basketball entertainment with such greats as Ron Artest, Mark Jackson and Chris Mullin. The program is drenched in college basketball success, accumulating six NIT championships in an era before the NCAA Tournament came into existence. Despite an abysmal two decades of failure, the Johnnies are headed in the right direction in restoring the program to basketball dominance, as they have defeated No. 3 Duke, No. 10 UConn, No. 9 Georgetown, No. 9 Notre Dame and No. 4 Pitt in recent weeks. The dominant play of the No. 25 Johnnies has resulted in their first Top-25 ranking since the 1999-2000 season. In addition, St. John’s could earn a berth in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2002. In his first season as the Red Storm’s head coach, Steve Lavin, the former coach of UCLA for eight seasons, has convinced a senior-laden team to ascribe to the notions of selflessness and hard work. The ten seniors on the Red Storm have witnessed the resurgence of the program first-hand as the Johnnies were only able to beat one of eight Top 25 teams they
OPERATION RED STORM: St. John’s has won some impressive games on their way into the Top-25, including a triumph over then No. 3 Duke. faced their freshman year. Former coach Norm Roberts could muster only two winning seasons in six years with the program. This year, the Johnnies have already dethroned two likely number one seeds in Duke and Pitt and are showing no signs of letting up. The St. John’s team is not particularly talented and instead relies on gritty defense and transition baskets to stay in games with the top dogs of college basketball. The relentless full-court press that St. John’s implemented against Pitt allowed the Johnnies to squeak by in a 60-59 thriller. Their scrappy style of play and ability to defend the low-post, an area where the Johnnies are traditionally weak, have translated into success at crucial moments this season. The 6’7” Justin Brownlee was tasked with the arduous responsibility of defending Duke’s 6’11” Ryan Kelly and held him to just seven points. The ability of the Red Storm guards to double-down on the big men of Duke demonstrates that the
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team’s elite defense warrants enough credibility to play against the toughest competition in the NCAA. Although St. John’s has enjoyed a tremendous amount of success this year, the Johnnies have lost a number of easy victories to low-caliber teams. Perhaps the most notable of the losses would be the 84-81 setback against Fordham in December. Fordham’s current record is 6-18, and it has not beaten one Top 25 team. Another knock on the Johnnies this season has been that they cannot win road games. Three of their five conference losses have come from away contests, which has critics asking questions about the feasibility of St. John’s making a run at a Big East championship title. They currently stand in fifth place in the conference, one of the strongest in all of college basketball. Villanova, which has a 9-6 conference record, will be playing St. John’s on Saturday. The trip to the raucous Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia
will present the Johnnies with their final challenge of the regular season. St. John’s will have to rely on its grit and experience to defeat a youthful but talented 21-7 Villanova team led by senior guard Corey Fischer. The battle-hardened Johnnies have fared extremely well for playing the most difficult schedule in the country based on strength-of-schedule metrics. They played eight consecutive games against Top 25 opponents in which they managed to win three (Duke, Notre Dame and Georgetown). In all likelihood, the Johnnies should expect to capture that elusive NCAA Tournament bid this year. Nonetheless, this year is only the tip of the iceberg for Lavin’s quest to restore St. John’s to college basketball prominence. He has taken amazing steps in terms of recruiting, with St. John’s class ranked second. Lavin has scooped up six four-star recruits and one five-star center, Norvel Pelle, who is ranked as the nineteenth best player in his class. The signing of Pelle satisfies St. John’s need for a dominant “big man” and is vital to Lavin if he intends on chasing a Big East championship in the coming years. The restoration of St. John’s basketball has clearly come faster than expected, as Lavin has used this year’s hard-working and experienced team to sound the alarm of the arrival of the Red Storm in the Big East. The continued success of the Johnnies makes them a viable upset threat in the NCAA Tournament and should Lavin manage to excel in the tournament, UCLA is going to wish they had never fired him. Although St. John’s is a long way from producing the household names of Artest and Jackson, Lavin has taken some corrective measures to right the ship and will utilize the tri-state area to bolster upcoming recruiting classes and ensure that it’s not just Carmelo and Amar’e who keep the fans flocking to MSG. Contact Chris Dell’Amore at cdellamore@colgate.edu.
QUESTION OF THE WEEK: New York’s recent pickup of Carmelo Anthony was a big
one, but did the Knicks make the right decision?
By Charlie Balk Maroon-News Staff
No, it was not worth it. Don’t get me wrong – none of the players who moved to Denver mattered much to the Knicks’ future. The city of New York learned to embrace Gallo, Felton and Wilson Chandler, but all of these players are easily replaceable. What does matter is the cap space and the draft picks that New York gave up. Maybe it was Isiah’s horrible influence, allegedly pulling strings from Florida; maybe it was just a panic move. I don’t know what compelled the Knicks to trade the kitchen sink for a superstar who would have signed with them come free agency no matter what. The Nuggets, Carmelo and the Nets used a barrage of tactics to run up his price and the Knicks bit on all of them. Melo feigned interest in signing with the Nets to pressure the Knicks; the Nets played along. Anthony also suggested that he might be willing to sign an extension with the Nuggs if they failed to move him by the trade deadline: another strategic tactic to pressure Walsh and the Knicks. Melo wasn’t going to re-sign with the Nuggets because he did not want to play in Denver. Anthony had made this clear since the summer. He wanted to play with his boy, Amar’e. He wanted to play in Manhattan (sorry, Brooklyn). He wanted the extra year tacked onto his max deal, which is only possible when re-signing with the team that he’s inking the deal with – colloquially referred to as a player’s “Bird rights.” The Knicks gave him all of this, rather than waiting
it out and signing him in the summer when he would have come anyway. Then again, maybe everyone won. Denver got something in return for an exiting superstar. The Knicks overpaid to get a scorer to pair with Stoudemire. And Carmelo Anthony got everything and anything he wanted. But hey, it’s a superstar’s league, right? By Adam Settle Maroon-News Staff
For the Knicks, it was absolutely worth it. Does the Carmelo deal make them an Eastern Conference contender or even a championship contender? Absolutely not. The Knicks are looking to become the Miami of the North at the rate they are unloading role players and solid pieces to fill their starting lineup with as many scorers as possible. Like Mike D’Antoni’s Suns of the past, the Knicks will light it up with the best of them night in and night out, but at the same time will be subject to giving up points in bunches. Carmelo Anthony is a lot of things: a superstar, a scorer, a triple-threat, a clutch player and a face of the franchise. He is not a defender. The over/under for most Knicks games going forward should be upwards of 200. The addition of Carmelo and Chauncey Billups with the subtraction of Raymond Felton, Danilo Gallinari, Wilson Chandler, Timofey Mozgov, several picks, Donald Trump, Matt Lauer, the Chrysler Building and the cast of Law and Order makes the team marginally better in the short term. They are still miles from the Bostons, Orlandos and Miamis of the East, or even Atlanta or Chicago. However, the Knicks are now more marketable not just for the fans, but also for potential free agents coming out after next season (Chris Paul anyone?).
“MELO” DRAMA: Even though Carmelo Anthony and Amar’e Stoudemire are looking towards the future, fans across the NBA remain divided over Melo’s true value. The results may not come for a few years, but in the mean time Carmelo brings some of the swagger back to New York that has not been there since Latrell Sprewell and Allan Houston were in town. By Edouard Boulat Maroon-News Staff
Don’t let this question fool you – there is no right answer. Okay, well at least there is no one right answer. Short term, as in this season, you’d have to say that no, the Knicks move to get Carmelo probably wasn’t worth it. They gave up three young starters who combined for around 50 points per game and a first round pick for one star player and a 50-year-old guard. Their bench is now shorter and they are thinner than Paris
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Hilton at the center spot. Unless Ronny Turiaf has been pretending to be awful his whole career and is actually quite good, the Knicks are going to have a really tough time beating any of the elite teams in the East in a seven game series. Medium to long term, however, as in the next four to five years, this deal is absolutely worth it if you are the Knicks. By signing Carmelo Anthony you make it very clear to the rest of the NBA that you are after one thing and one thing only – rings. And guess what? In the summer of 2012, Chris Paul and Dwight Howard are free agents. If the Knicks were to add either of those big names, along with the usual crew of role players willing to take a pay cut to go after a championship, New York would become a huge favorite to win it all. That would make the Melo deal more than worth it.
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SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS Patriot League and ECAC Hockey Standings
Men’s Basketball Team Bucknell American Lehigh Lafayette Navy Holy Cross Colgate Army
League 11-1 9-3 6-6 5-7 5-7 5-7 4-8 3-9
Overall 20-8 19-8 15-12 10-17 10-18 6-20 7-20 11-16
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Women’s Hockey
Team League Overall Union 16-3-1 24-7-3 Yale 16-4-0 22-5-0 Dartmouth 11-7-2 15-9-3 Cornell 11-7-2 13-11-3 Rensselaer 11-8-1 19-9-4 Princeton 10-8-2 15-10-2 Clarkson 8-11-1 14-16-2 Quinnipiac 6-9-5 13-13-6 Brown 6-12-2 8-14-5 St. Lawrence 6-13-1 10-17-5 Harvard 5-14-1 7-19-1 Colgate 4-14-2 7-23-2
Team League Overall Cornell 20-1-1 26-2-1 Harvard 14-5-3 15-10-4 Dartmouth 15-7-0 19-9-0 Princeton 13-8-1 16-12-1 Quinnipiac 12-9-1 20-11-3 Clarkson 10-8-4 13-15-6 St. Lawrence 11-11-0 16-16-2 Rensselaer 8-12-2 10-16-7 Colgate 8-12-2 11-19-3 Yale 7-11-2 9-17-3 Brown 1-17-4 2-23-4 Union 1-19-2 2-29-3
Women’s Basketball Team American Navy Lehigh Bucknell Army Holy Cross Lafayette Colgate
League 9-3 8-4 8-4 6-6 6-6 5-7 4-8 2-10
Overall 19-7 15-11 18-9 9-15 12-14 9-18 11-16 7-19
Raider Results
Raider Action
Men’s Basketball: Colgate 94, Lehigh 90 (OT)*; Bucknell 77, Colgate 69* Women’s Basketball: Lehigh 72, Colgate 65*; Bucknell 79, Colgate 64* Men’s Hockey: Colgate 5, No. 16 Dartmouth 3*; Colgate 2, Harvard 1* Women’s Hockey: Harvard 7, Colgate 0*; Dartmouth 4, Colgate 3* Men’s Tennis: Colgate 7, Niagara 0 Men’s Lacrosse: Vermont 9, Colgate 4 Women’s Lacrosse: No. 5 Syracuse 19, Colgate 14 Men’s S&D: Fifth @ Patriot League Championships Women’s S&D: Patriot League Champions Men’s T&F: Seventh @ Patriot League Championships Women’s T&F: Fifth @ Patriot League Championships
Friday: 7 p.m. Men’s Hockey @ No. 3 Yale* Saturday: 11 a.m. Women’s Tennis vs. LeMoyne 2 p.m. Women’s Basketball vs. Navy* 2:30 p.m. Men’s Lacrosse @ Dartmouth 4 p.m. Men’s Basketball @ Navy* 7 p.m. Men’s Hockey @ Brown* Sunday: 1 p.m. Women’s Lacrosse vs. Vermont Tuesday: 4 p.m. Men’s Lacrosse vs. Robert Morris Wednesday: 4 p.m. Women’s Lacrosse @ Cornell 7 p.m. Men’s Basketball Patriot League Quarterfinals* * denotes Patriot League or ECAC Hockey opponent
Sports Spotlights Erin McGraw ’11
Eric Mihalik ’14
Sport: Women’s Swimming & Diving Hometown: Penfield, NY Major: Natural Science Why Erin? Erin was crucial in helping the Raiders obtain the Patriot League Championship last weekend by capturing three individual titles and serving as the team captain. 1. How does it feel to have contributed to this weekend’s success in winning the PL title with your record-breaking performance? It feels fantastic! Our new Coach Fernando Canales always reminded us throughout the season that “Life is Grand,” and this entire meet felt that way. Winning a Athletic Communications PL title and breaking two PL records were added bonuses to all the accomplishments and amazing swims the team had this past week! 2. Can you describe what it means to be leaving Colgate with your class as three-time Patriot League Champions? I am so incredibly blessed to have been apart of this team for my senior year. I couldn’t have asked for a better way to end my swimming career, with a win among the amazing girls on my team. The past four years swimming for Colgate has been a extremely fun journey and I love that it ended with this Patriot League Championship win! 3. What has the swimming and diving team meant to you during the past four years? This question is extremely hard to answer in just a few sentences. The team has been my second family. This team has provided me with support through the numerous ups and down of my colgate academic and athletic career. I can not put into words how much every single person on the team means to me. 4. You entered the season with a new head coach. What would you think has been his best attribute this year? I can not say nice enough things about Coach Fernando. He brought a positive attitude, positive reinforcement and a high standard of respect back to our pool deck. Our team needed a new outlook on swimming after last year, and Coach Fernando and Coach Derick went above and beyond providing what we needed. 5. What are your plans for after graduation? I was recently accepted into a Doctorate of Physical Therapy program at New York Institute of Technology, so I will be pursuing graduate school for the next three years for this! I am very excited and feel that Colgate has academically prepared me very well for my future.
Sport: Men’s Hockey Hometown: Avon Lake, OH Major: Undecided Why Eric? Eric stopped 60 of 64 shots faced throughout the weekend in Colgate’s sweep of No. 16 Dartmouth and Harvard. His performance earned him ECAC Goalie of the Week. 1. Colgate has now won four out of its past five contests. What explains the recent resurgence? We’ve just come out with great energy and worked hard for the full 60 minutes. We are starting to get some bounces going in our direction which we weren’t getting at the beginning Athletic Communications of the year. 2. You stopped 60 out of 64 shots over the weekend. What have you done to generate that type of success? I’ve just benn working on the same things with our goalie coach Jason Lefevre all year. The team played really well in front of me defensively all weekend and did a good job eliminating good scoring chances which allowed me to be aggressive and challenge the shooters. 3. With this past weekend being Senior Weekend, what does it mean to get a sweep? It meant a lot to get a sweep for the seniors in their last games at Starr Rink. They are a great group of guys so to get two wins during their last games there and send them out on a high note felt good. 4. You guys close out the regular season with road games against Yale and Brown. What do you expect from these teams, and what must the team do to keep up this recent success? They’re both very good teams and we expect them to come out hard, we just need to keep playing the way that we have been lately, working hard, making smart decisions, and getting to the net and we should be able to continue our success. 5.As a first-year goalie on a Division 1 hockey team, have there been any extra challenges for you to face? Not really, just getting used to the level of play and the speed of the game have been the biggest things for me this year.
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February 24, 2011
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Men’s Basketball Goes 1-1 on Weekend Edges Out Lehigh 94-90; Falls to Bucknell 77-69
By Jordan Plaut Sports Editor
After two tough losses, Colgate rebounded for a victory, but came up short on Senior Day. The Raiders (7-20, 4-8) split their games this past week against Lehigh (14-12, 5-6) and new league champion Bucknell (20-8, 11-1), dropping them into seventh place in the Patriot League. While ’Gate played competitive basketball throughout their games against two of the league’s top teams, they were only able to prevail on the road, beating the Mountain Hawks 94–90 in overtime on Wednesday. Unfortunately, the Raiders fell to the Bison, 77–69. In the first game, junior guard Mike Venezia dropped in a career-high 27 points (11 in overtime) to lead the Raiders to victory. Venezia hit five of Colgate’s season-high 12 three-pointers as the Raiders finished at 57 percent from downtown. The rest of the Colgate attack was led by junior forward Yaw Gyawu, who tallied 20 points, and sophomore guard Mitch Rolls, who added 18 points and nine assists. Lehigh opened the game on a 15–9 run, but Colgate answered right back with a 12–3 run of their own over the next three minutes. After a close backand-forth battle for the rest of the first half, ‘Gate went on another run to push the lead to 10 at 43–33. Gyawu had 14 at that point to lead all scorers. Lehigh, however, came storming back, starting the second half on a 14–3 run to grab a 47–46 lead. The Raiders responded again, retaking the lead until the final two minutes as the Mountain Hawks ended regulation on a 13–5 run, knot-
REACHING NEW HEIGHTS: Junior Nick Pascale goes up for the rebound and towers over his Mountain Hawk opponent. ting the game at 74. Rolls had a chance to win it as time expired, but his threepoint attempt did not find the bottom of the net. Colgate took control immediately in overtime, jumping out to an 86–75 lead. Though they gave up 15 points in the final minute, The Raiders hit eight free throws down the stretch to clinch the hard-fought game.
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The Raiders shot a very solid 55 percent from the field (32 of 58) in this game, holding Lehigh to just 42 percent (28 of 66). Next, the Raiders returned home on Sunday with hopes of an upset against the dominating Bison of Bucknell University. While the Raiders played with a great deal of intensity, the power of Bucknell was just a bit too much to overcome.
Junior Nick Pascale posted his second double-double of the season, putting up 18 points and 15 rebounds, but it was not enough as Bucknell bested Colgate 77–69 at Cotterell Court. Darryl Shazier and G.W. Boone had double-doubles as well to lead the Bison. Senior captain Joe Hoban added 16 points and seven boards for the Raiders, while Gyawu put up 13. In this game, the Raiders’ lead looked concrete as they took an early 28-18 advantage. With solid shooting, ’Gate maintained a five-point lead at the half. Unlike many previous contests, Colgate came out firing in the second half, pushing the lead back to 10. But the Raiders regressed, allowing the Bison to go on a 7–0 run and finally retake the lead at 55–51 with 11 minutes left. The Raiders kept it close and cut the lead down to just one point with over eight minutes left before Bucknell took control and pushed it up to nine. Colgate pushed back once again, going on a 7–2 run to make it 71–69 with less than a minute left. Unfortunately for the Raiders, Bucknell forced a turnover and hit their free throws down the stretch to seal their victory and the League title. The fact that the Raiders were able to keep the game close was incredible, considering they shot just 42 percent from the field (25 of 59), 26 percent from three (5 of 19) and 61 percent from the free throw line (14 of 23). Colgate will face off against the Knights of Holy Cross (6-20, 5-7) on Wednesday for their final home game before a Saturday clash on the road against the Midshipmen of Navy (10-18, 5-7). With victories in their final two games, Colgate could possibly secure a fourth or fifth-place finish. Contact Jordan Plaut at jplaut@colgate.edu.
Women’s Lacrosse Falls to Syracuse Orange Tilt Ends in 19-14 Tally at Carrier Dome
By Alexandra Silverman Maroon-News Staff
This past Thursday evening, the Colgate Women’s lacrosse team fell to fifth-ranked Syracuse, 19-14, at the Carrier Dome. Syracuse (1-0) shot out to quick 3-0 lead over Colgate, with goals from three different attack-men on three consecutive possessions. Junior midfielder Courtney Miller answered back with her third goal of the season on a free position shot. The Orange struck again less than a minute later when Lindsey Connell scored her second goal of the game. First-year Raider Monica White scored her first collegiate goal of the season with 17:33 left in the half, narrowing the gap in the score to 4-2. Senior midfielder Colleen Bubnack assisted White’s goal as she drove inside the eight-meter arc to draw in the defense and passed the ball off to White who was stationed at the far post of the goal. Just 33 seconds later, the Raiders regained possession of the ball after an illegal stick check. Bubnack was able to get back in the arc to score her first goal of night, assisted by Miller. Syracuse struck back with two straight goals in a mere 36 seconds of play to bump
the Orange’s up by to three goals to at 6-3. Raider senior Kate Bergstrom answered with an unassisted goal with 9:34 left in the first half to bring the score to 6-4. Syracuse received another free position shot on the 8-meter arc after an illegal call was made on Colgate’s defense. The Orange were able to finish on this free position. Once again, Bubnack took control on the offensive end, dodging two defenders to find the back of the net with her second goal of the game. In the final eight minutes of play in the first half, the Orange outscored the Raiders 4-1. Sophomore midfielder, Amanda O’Sullivan had the lone goal for Colgate, coming up successful on a free position shot. Syracuse came out to an intimidating start in the second half, posting four straight goals in the first six minutes of play to increase their lead to 15-6. Miller rejuvenated Raider spirits with a free position shot that landed in the back of the net with 23 minutes left of play. Bubnack made two straight goals for the Raiders to soften the Orange’s lead to 15-8. Her first goal was a free position, followed by an assisted goal from Greer Goebels. Goebels was the first player in the second half to score without a free position shot. In the span of the next four minutes, Syracuse had three straight goals. The
Raiders, however, did not lose momentum, and answered back with the final four goals of the game. Two of the goals came from Bergstrom, followed by two goals from first-year Alison Flood. The final score of the game was 19-14. Other notable accomplishments of the game go to Colgate’s defensive end which had 14 turnovers on the game. Also, junior goalie Christina Roa did all she could in goal with 12 saves on the night. Bergstrom was the key player of the night, tying her career best of five points, with four goals and one assist. “They are obviously an intimidating opponent.” Bergstrom said. “SU is a powerhouse and always has been. We haven’t had the best of luck against the Orange in my four years here, but we had a really good week of practice and were coming off a win against Stony Brook. Our new assistant coach, Melissa Pearsall who used to play for SU, gave us a great scouting report and so we were able to prepare ourselves for the way they were going to attack. We knew that they had a couple very quick and skilled attackers, but overall a young team with not much experience. We had a couple of our defenders face guarding their top scorers. As for attack, we knew that we needed to be smart and take time for each
of our possessions and only taking smart shots. We executed really well on both sides of the field.” Despite the final score, Bergstrom left the field feeling proud of her team’s efforts. “We were ready. In years past we have walked into the Carrier Dome feeling scared and hopeless, and we were already defeated. This year was different. The coaches had us pumped up and made us feel that we really could compete and take down SU. Even though the scoreboard was a loss, this was a huge win for the Colgate Lacrosse program, scoring double digits against such a competitive opponent, which is something we hadn’t been able to do in 12 years. Most importantly, as a team we now know that there is nobody on our schedule that we can’t beat. We can play with the best.” “We went into this game believing that we could win, and I think that really is what helped us to be so successful,” teammate Goebels added. “We have a lot of depth and talent on the team this year, our defense is working well as a unit and every player on attack is a contributor.” Next Sunday, the Raiders will face Vermont at 1 p.m. on Tyler’s field. Contact Alexandra Silverman at asilverman@colgate.edu.
february 24, 2011
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Men’s Hockey Sweeps Senior Weekend Matchups Defeats No. 16 Dartmouth 5-3; Trumps Harvard 2-1 By Jaime Heilbron Assistant Sports Editor
The Colgate men’s hockey team is officially sizzling. The Raiders have won four of their last five games, including two against nationally ranked teams. Last Friday night, Colgate knocked off No. 16 Dartmouth 5-3 and followed that effort with a 2-1 defensive shutdown of Harvard on Saturday. Senior assistant captain François Brisebois shined for the Raiders on Friday. Brisebois scored two goals, including the game-winner. Sophomore defenseman Jeremy Price scored a goal and added two assists, while sophomore forward put forth his second multipoint game of the last three, potting a goal and dishing a helper. On Saturday, sophomore forward Robbie Bourdon scored the game-winning goal and posted an assist. First-year goaltender Eric Mihalik had another strong couple of outings in net, stopping 60 of 64 shots faced. With the sweep, the senior class finished its career at Starr Rink riding a three-game home win streak. “It was nice to have such a successful weekend for our last couple of home games,” senior assistant captain Wade Poplawski said. “Anytime you win both games in a weekend it gives a good feeling, and even though it hasn’t really sunk in that I’ve played my last game at Starr, I’m sure when I look back on it a few years from now I’ll remember just how special this weekend was, especially given that my entire family made the trip down here to watch.” The first period saw the Raiders come out a little hesitant, which allowed the Big Green to take the initiative and gain control of the puck. Mihalik had several big stops in the initial minutes to keep Colgate from falling into an early hole. Halfway through the frame, however, ’Gate had found its groove and seized puck possession from Dartmouth. At 11:37, Brisebois netted his 11th goal of the season on a power play, assisted by Bartliff and Price, to give the Raiders a 1-0 lead. Five minutes later, Price added to Colgate’s lead with an unassisted tally and the hosts went into the first intermission holding a 2-0 lead. The Raiders remained in control at the beginning of the second stanza, maintaining puck possession in the Big Green defensive zone. At
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14:30, Bartliff scored on the man advantage off assists from Price and Poplawski to give Colgate a commanding 3-0 lead. A little over a minute later, however, Dartmouth quickly got on the scoreboard with a goal by Dustin Walsh to give the visitors a glimmer of hope. The third frame began with the Big Green having seized momentum and taking the play to the Raiders. Dartmouth pulled within a goal’s reach at 7:17 with a power play tally by Connor Goggin. Just when it seemed as if the Big Green was going to take complete control of the contest, Brisebois deflected a shot by sophomore defenseman Thomas Larkin into the net at 11:47. The goal was the eventual game-winner and gave Colgate a 4-2 lead. Dartmouth’s Adam Estoclet scored with three minutes left to make things interesting, but an empty-net tally by first-year forward Chris Wagner with 15 seconds left sealed Colgate’s vic-
tory. A crucial component for the Raiders’ victory was the man advantage, which converted at 50 percent. “We worked on a couple of different things on our power plays this past week in practice,” Poplawski said. “We concentrated on our movement without the puck to get open and the first couple of steps once you do get it. It seemed to open up a few more shooting lanes for us and we were getting to the net to jump on rebounds, which obviously paid off as well.” Saturday’s contest began similarly to the previous night’s game. Both teams came out hesitant in order to test the opponent’s strengths and weaknesses. It was the Crimson who would draw first blood, however, as Danny Biega converted on Harvard’s first power play opportunity at 10:27. A little over three minutes later, at 13:49, Colgate was on the board when Wagner put the biscuit in the basket for the second time
in the weekend, assisted by Bourdon and junior forward Nick Prockow. In the second stanza, Harvard’s Kyle Richter as well as Mihalik provided a goaltending clinic by stopping every shot they faced. Despite combining for 23 shots, neither the Raiders nor the Crimson were able break the tie. Colgate came out flying in the third frame, determined to close the season’s home slate with a victory. Colgate took command of the puck and maintained pressure in Harvard’s end. The Raiders had several golden opportunities to take the lead, including a two-on-one situation but saw their efforts frustrated by the Crimson’s net minder. Colgate’s patience paid off, however, when Bourdon tallied his ninth of the season at 14:02, assisted by Prockow and junior assistant captain Kevin McNamara. The goal was his third tally in four career games against Harvard. The Crimson attempted to send the game to the extra session by pulling the goaltender with under a minute left in the contest, but the Raiders stood strong and protected their lead and successfully shut down Harvard. “It takes a good team effort to shut down a team the way we did against Harvard,” Poplawski said. “I thought our forwards did a good job of getting back to help out defensively and that the defensemen kept most of their shots to the outside, but I think more important was the way that Mihalik played. He made some big saves for us in both games this weekend. He was the real difference for us.” This upcoming weekend, Colgate will hit the road to take on No. 3 Yale on Friday and Brown on Saturday. Both opponents defeated the Raiders earlier in the year at Starr Rink. “We’re on a bit of a roll right now, having won four of our last five, so we’re feeling pretty good about that,” Poplawski said. “We realize the importance of maintaining that confidence going into the postseason, and that in order to win a championship we will have to win some games on the road. Therefore, we will treat these games as if they are playoff games to make sure we’re as prepared as possible.” Both matchups are slated for 7 p.m. starts. Contact Jaime Heilbron at jheilbron@colgate.edu.
Women’s Tennis Drops Two, Men Shut Out Niagara By Julie Tarallo Maroon-News Staff
Despite two hard fought matches last weekend, the Colgate Women’s Tennis team was defeated by St. Bonaventure and Rochester in back-to-back matches Saturday and Sunday. The Raiders first travelled to St. Bonaventure, NY on Saturday February 12 and fell to the Bonnies in a close 4-3 loss. The next day, the women matched up against the Rochester Yellowjackets and were edged in a 5-4 heartbreaker. This moves the team to a 0-4 overall record this season with optimism for improvement as the spring season heats up. Victory was sweet for the men’s team, however, as they handily shut out Niagara twice in a row this past weekend in Sanford Field House. Saturday the Raiders found success early on in the competition, after winning three singles matches against the St. Bonaventure Bonnies. Rookie Alex Petrini won at No. 2 with a straight set win at 6-0 and 6-2 while classmate Beck Silvers was also victorious, defeating SBU freshman Meredith Haggerty 6-7 and 6-0 at No. 6. Senior Jen Marquit continued her winning streak at No. 5, winning two sets at 6-3 and 6-2. Despite the squad’s successes, they were unable to overcome three close losses in doubles.
The team next travelled to Rochester, NY on Sunday, where they faced the strong Yellowjackets in their home opener at Goergen Athletic Complex. Jen Marquit and Becky Silvers continued to play well, winning the third doubles match in a 9-7 nail biter. Unfortunately, their successes were insufficient to make up two earlier doubles losses, costing the Raider’s yet another important point for the win. In singles, Colgate picked up three key wins against Rochester. Freshman Kelsey Shea regrouped from a 3-6 loss in her first match to win the last two 6-3 and 6-2 in her first collegiate victory. Jen Marquit and Becky Silvers continued to dominate, defeating their opponents in just two matches. Despite Colgate’s victories, the Raiders were unable to make up the early doubles deficit and fell in a crushing 4-3 loss. “We lost some close matches but put up a really good fight.” Marquit explained. “We have a young team but we’re in every match and can do really well the rest of the season.” With a talented pool of underclassmen and an experienced class of veterans, the Raiders anticipate a successful spring season. The women also hope to improve upon their
Patriot League ranking, after being picked to finish sixth at the Championships later this spring. With strong leadership from senior captain Stephanie Bender and junior captain Stephanie Brown, the Raiders are poised for success For their part, the men’s tennis team demonstrated its strength this Saturday after winning two straight shutouts over Niagara at Sanford Field House in a decisive 7-0 victory. The Raiders defended their home turf with convincing force after falling to Niagara last spring. Colgate set the tone for the most of the competition, dominating doubles play with three straight victories, earning them an important doubles point. The sophomore duo of Alec Goldstein and Parker Lewis secured its second victory of the season, 8-5, while the pair of senior captains, Phil Bernasek and Ruslan Goussiatnikov demolished its Purple Eagle competitors in an 8-1 win. Securing the doubles point for the Raiders, rookie Luke Gensburg and junior Sean Spellberg took down their opponents in a decisive 8-2 finish. With momentum from the stellar doubles play, the men continued their winning streak, never giving up a set. Freshman Gensburg played at No. 1, winning in just two sets 6-4, 6-4. Classmate Bobby Berkowitz followed Gens-
burg’s lead, also winning two straight sets 6-2, 6-2. Goussiatnikov matched Berkowitz, taking down Niagara junior David Lemieux- Sarrasit 6-2, 6-2 while fellow captain Bernasek secured the singles victory for the Raiders in a 6-2, 7-5 win. With victory in place, junior Connor Feuille and sophomore John Beam captured two wins for the raiders in shortened eight-game pro sets. Feuille defeated his opponent 8-2, while Beam won 8-1. Head Coach Bobby Pennington was thrilled with the Raiders’ dominance, crediting the team’s success to its overall drive and heart. “After losing 6-1 last year to Niagara, Saturday’s shut out shows how far our guys have come. We were razor sharp and played with precision, focus and maturity.” The men rest this weekend and return to action Saturday, March 5 at 2 p.m. when they host the Siena College Lil’ Saints at Sanford Field House. They seek to continue their dominance on their home turf and improve upon their fifth place Patriot League ranking. The women will play next against Le Moyne at home this Saturday at 11 a.m. Contact Julie Tarallo at jtarallo@colgate.edu.
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Men’s Lacrosse Drops First Two By Brendan Gibney Maroon-News Staff
The Colgate Men’s Lacrosse team began their regular season on a tough note, suffering a loss on the road against ninthranked Hofstra 3-6 on February 15th and another at Vermont on the 20th, 4-9. The pair of losses marks the third time in four years that the Raiders have opened the season with two losses, so it is quite possible that the Raiders are merely experiencing a slow start and that they will be able to right the ship at Dartmouth on February 26. At Hofstra in the season-opener, the Pride scored the lone goal of the first quarter, but Raider first-year Brendon McCann countered with the first goal of the second quarter off a pass from junior attackman Patrick Campbell. Unfortunately, the Pride then launched a four-goal run, capped off by a tally put past Raider goalie Jared Madison with only 57 seconds remaining in the half. Although the Pride entered the second half with a comfortable 5-1 lead, Colgate senior attackman and co-captain Andrew Mould registered an unassisted goal that stood as the lone point of the third quarter for both teams. Mould found the back of the net again at the start of the fourth quarter off a feed from sophomore Peter Baum, but was unable to kick-start a Raider comeback. Hofstra registered one more tally mid-way through the fourth that would mark the final goal of the contest. Although the Raiders were successful with clears and controlled the faceoff circle— completing 13 of 14, and winning eight of 13, respectively—Hofstra scooped up 25 groundballs to Colgate’s 14. The two teams were nearly identical in every other statistical category, and had the Raiders stifled the Pride scoring burst in the second quarter and won more ground-
balls, the game may have had a very different outcome. At Vermont the following Sunday, the hometown Catamounts jumped out to an early lead, scoring three goals in the first seven minutes of the quarter. Mould countered the Catamount run a minute later with an unassisted marker. Vermont answered, making the score 4-1, but Baum found Mould for his second goal of the quarter. The Raiders found themselves with a man-advantage at the start of the second courtesy of a Catamount offside penalty, and sophomore attackman Michael Thomas capitalized off an assist from McCann. Vermont chipped in two more that quarter, though, establishing a solid 6-3 lead heading into halftime. McCann scored the lone goal of the third quarter, bringing the Raiders within two, but the Catamounts ripped off three unanswered goals in the fourth, securing a 9-4 victory. Colgate was once again very strong on faceoffs, winning 10 of the 17 draws, and picked up 26 groundballs to Vermont’s 24. The defense appears to be the area of primary strength after the season-opener, holding a high-powered Hofstra offense to only six goals. Moreover, given that the team has matched its opponents in most other categories, such as faceoffs and clears, it appears that the offense has to execute better if the team is to win games. Seven goals in two games may not seem much, but the offense has created scoring chances—they outshot Hofstra 23 to 19 in the first game—and should be able to convert these chances as the season progresses, making for a very well-rounded and capable team. Colgate faces Ivy League foe Dartmouth in Hanover, New Hampshire on Saturday at 2:30, in what will be the home team’s first game of the season. Contact Brendan Gibney at bgibney@colgate.edu.
Swimming Takes Patriot League Title
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McGraw rose to the occasion in the 100-yard butterfly as the Raiders had three women place in the top five to earn 50 points towards the team score. McGraw won her first individual title with a time of 54.36 seconds, just missing her record time of 54.02 seconds. Rebecca Murray and Maggie White also contributed to the team tally after finishing the 100-yard breaststroke at third and seventh, respectively. On the final day of competition, the Raiders’ spirits were high. Their times and scores could not be beat and their confidence could only contribute to more success. In the first swimming final of the day, Derlath won her third title of the week
and broke a Colgate record in the 1650 freestyle with a time of 16:24.83, breaking her personal record by an incredible 15 seconds. The time also broke the Patriot League record. Guyett also broke the previous record, but could not match the time of her teammate and finished second in the race. At the end of the three-day competition, Fernando Canales was named the Patriot League Women’s Coach of the Year, while McGraw was awarded the Female Swimmer of the Meet honors. Pilka was also recognized as the top diver with the Female Diver of the Meet title. All in all, the meet marked the victorious end of a successful season for the women. Contact Emma Barge at ebarge@colgate.edu.
February 24, 2011
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Women’s Hockey Gets Swept Out of the Playoffs Blanked by Harvard 7-0; Loses to Dartmouth 4-3
By Alexi Aberant Maroon-News Staff
Last weekend, the Colgate women’s hockey team saw its postseason hopes ended by getting swept on the road. On Friday, Colgate experienced its first setback of the weekend when it fell to Harvard 7-0 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The next day the Raiders were defeated by the Dartmouth Big Green in a close 4-3 game in Hanover, New Hampshire. Although the Raiders came close to tying the game with two goals in the second period and a third in the final period, Colgate could not catch up to No. 10 Dartmouth. The loss to the Big Green ends the Raiders’ 2010-11 season with Rensselaer clinching the final spot for the ECAC playoffs by winning a tiebreaker over Colgate and Yale, as the three teams finished tied for eighth place with an 8-122 ECAC Hockey record. First-year Shannon Doyle and Rachel Walsh as well as sophomore Jenna Klynstra each scored a goal in the game against the Big Green. In Friday’s game against the Harvard Crimson, Colgate was off to a good start, outshooting the Crimson 4-0 at the beginning of the first frame. However, in no time, Harvard soon came alive. The
Crimson began attacking the Raiders’ defense and went on an offensive surge, which led to Harvard’s first goal at the 10:34 mark. Through the remainder of the first period Colgate started to lose its rhythm and get a little careless with the puck. This led to a series of penalties called against the Raiders that helped the Crimson tally three more goals over the next seven minutes, two of which were during power plays, giving the Crimson a huge 4-0 advantage at the end of the first stanza. In the second frame, it was Harvard who came out to an explosive start, outshooting Colgate 7-3 in the first five minutes of play. Although both teams continued to battle it out hard on the ice, the Crimson created the majority of the scoring opportunities throughout the second period. Harvard’s hard work eventually paid off at the 10:38 mark, picking up a short-handed goal to extend its lead to five goals. Although down by a five-goal deficit, the Raiders gained momentum and attempted to make a comeback, firing a series of shots in the 15th minute of the second period. Unfortunately, it was Harvard that found success in the
Track Teams End Season At PL Championship By Matt Flannery Maroon-News Staff
This past weekend, the Colgate track and field teams traveled south to Annapolis to take part in the Patriot League Indoor Track and Field Championships held at Navy. The women’s squad competed well and earned 58 points en route to a solid fifth place finish. The men accumulated 20 points across the meet, and placed seventh overall. Despite the modest team placements, both squads ran performed well, and several individual runners and relay units earned All- Patriot League Honors. The women’s squad impressed on Friday and Saturday and asserted their strength in the long distance and medley events. The team also saw some measurable success in the longer of the sprinting events. For the second week in a row, senior Michele Miller turned in a dominant performance in the 400-meter dash. Miller posted a final time of 57.87 in the event- good enough for third place overall. The Raiders proceeded to nearly sweep the podium in the 500-meter dash, as first year Jamie King-Prunty and junior Alexandra Atkinson placed second and third overall, respectively. King-Prunty turned in a time of 1:16.55, and capped off a strong regular season, earning second team All- Patriot League for her efforts. Atkinson clocked in just behind her teammate, finishing the event in a very respectable 1:17.04. In the distance events, junior star Elise DeRoo reasserted her dominance after a several-week absence from team competition. The Colgate leader placed first overall posted a time of 2:53.85 in the 1000-meter run. The gutsy performance earned DeRoo first team All- Patriot League honors. In the 1 mile run, DeRoo turned in another dominant performance in placing third overall. She completed the race in a swift 4:48.44, and earned 6 points for the Raiders in the process. In the 5000-meter run, senior captain Julie Tarallo placed fourth overall, posting a final time of 17:37.97. Finally, the team performed exceptionally well in the distance medley, placing first overall and earning first team All-Patriot League honors. Colgate’s ‘A’ squad (junior Kelly Cat-
tano, DeRoo, sophomore Amy Sleeper, senior Hilary Hooley) posted a final time of 11:58.26 in the relay. DeRoo also commented on the effect of earning individual and team accolades in saying, “It’s always inspiring to see your teammates be successful and I think having such a solid group of All-Patriot League athletes will inspire everyone on the team to strive to achieve such honors in seasons to come.” The men’s squad didn’t experience quite the same level of success as the women, but there were several bright spots for the Raiders across the two-day meet. In the 200-meter dash, junior Grahm Tooker placed fifth overall with a time of 22.34. Tooker continued to contribute consistently in the 400-meter dash, where he posted a final time of 49.9 en route to another fifth place finish and another two points. In the middledistance events, the Raiders experienced even greater success. In the 800-meter run, seniors Jonathan Knowlton and Andrew Smith placed fourth and sixth, respectively. Knowlton snapped the tape in a quick 1:54.14, while his teammate and classmate flew across the finish line in 1:54.91. The event was a fitting regular season conclusion for the two runners, who were rock solid across the board in the middle-distance events this season. The squad experienced an uncharacteristic lull in the long-distance events, failing to score any points in the longer races at the meet. That said, the Raiders made up for their unforeseen drop by posting points in all three relay events. The most notable performance occurred in the 4x800 meter relay, where the team’s ‘A’ squad (senior Ed Boulat, junior Tim Metivier, Knowlton, and Smith) placed second overall. The foursome completed the event in just 7:34.78, and earned eight points for the men’s team- nearly half of their entire meet’s output. The dominant performance earned each of the runners second team All- Patriot League honors. Both the women’s and the men’s teams will have a week off before some members travel to Boston for the IC4A and ECAC Championships. Contact Matt Flannery at mflannery@colgate.edu.
last minutes of the second frame, giving the Crimson their sixth goal at the 17:02 mark. Harvard then went on to score once more in the final 20 minutes of play to win the game 7-0. During Saturday’s game against Dartmouth, Colgate came out to a productive start, quickly creating smart scoring opportunities in the first frame. However, within the first few minutes of play, the Raiders were called for a penalty. This allowed Dartmouth to find its game, leading the Big Green to outshoot Colgate 8-0 over the next several minutes of play and find the net at the 7:28 mark to take a 1-0 lead. Although the Raiders were feeling the pressure, they stayed in the game, firing a series of shots on their opponent’s net. Unfortunately, when time ran out in the period, ’Gate found itself trailing by a single tally. The second frame began similar to the first with Colgate creating the first two scoring attempts in the opening minutes. However, like before, it was the Big Green that found the net at the 3:06 mark and then again just three minutes later at the 6:16 mark, giving Dartmouth a three-goal advantage. However, the Raiders returned the favor just a minute later. With the help of sophomore defense Jessica Hootz and first-year forward Jocelyn Simpson, Doyle put Colgate on the board with a power play goal to close the gap to 3-1. With newfound energy and a surge of momentum from their first goal, the Raiders began to attack Dartmouth’s net aggressively, outshooting the Big Green
7-3 over the next few minutes. Colgate was soon rewarded for its hard work when it netted the puck at the 14:45 mark. Klynstra connected with junior defender Amanda Kirwan who blasted the puck into the net, putting the score at 3-2. Although the Raiders continued to carry their momentum forward, Dartmouth was determined to keep its lead. The Big Green answered back at the 18:05 mark to put the score at 4-2, giving them a two-goal cushion going into the final 20 minutes of play. In the third frame, both teams came out on the ice determined to win and play aggressive hockey. Colgate searched for scoring opportunities to reduce the scoring margin once again, while the Big Green looked to maintain their two-goal lead. The Raiders continued to play hard, which allowed them to put the biscuit in the basket at the 14:16 mark as Walsh, with assists from Kirwan and senior co-captain Jessi Waters, scored Colgate’s third of the game. However, despite their best efforts, the Raiders could not find an equalizer, leading to the Raiders’ 4-3 loss to Dartmouth. Junior goaltender Kimberly Sass had 26 saves for Colgate against Dartmouth.The Raiders end their season with an 11-19-3 overall record and an 8-12-2 conference record. With the win, No. 10 Dartmouth secured the third seed in the ECAC Hockey playoffs, with No. 2 Cornell, Harvard and Princeton taking the first, second and fourth seeds respectively. Contact Alexi Aberant at aaberant@colgate.edu.
Women’s Basketball Falls to Lehigh, Bucknell By Emma Barge Sports Editor
Women’s basketball took another twogame blow this weekend as they were toppled in the face of both Lehigh and Bucknell with final scores of 72-65 and 79-64, respectively. In the game against Lehigh, the Raiders maintained the lead throughout most of the game, but the team, disappointingly, was unable to secure the victory. Colgate put up the first tally of the match-up at the 19:06 mark, just two seconds before the Mountain Hawks evened the score. The teams continued to trade baskets and possessions, but by the 14 minute mark, Colgate had extended the Raider lead to 9-4. Lehigh fought back with three quick points to decrease the deficit, but Colgate’s ensuing offensive rampage took them on an 11-2 run over the next five minutes to set the score at 20-9 at the 7:27 mark. Naturally, the threatening Colgate surge put the Mountain Hawks back in gear and they began to tighten up screws in both their defense and offense. As time ran out, both teams continued to play well, but it was Colgate that ended the half with a one-point lead at 27-26. Rolling into a new bout of play with equal momentum, the Raiders and Mountain Hawks continued to spark. Colgate got on the board first with a 6-2 run less than a minute into play. Lehigh, with the prospect of loss at its feet, picked up with pace and began to take advantage of every
Colgate mistake. With a three-pointer at the 14:46 mark, the Mountain Hawks took the lead for the first time in the game at 42-41. Unfortunately, this would not be the last of Lehigh dominance and the game ended as they secured the win at 72-65. Three days later, the women were on the road again, this time at Bucknell in Lewisburg, PA. This time, the Bison hit the scoreboard first after a minute and a half of play. Colgate quickly responded, and both teams traded baskets as they warmed up to the competition. As the battle progressed, Colgate never fell out of a 4-point margin from the Bisons, but the half ended with Bucknell on top with 39 points to Colgate’s 27. In the second half, it was clear that the Raiders were out for blood, but even their desperation would not be enough to will them into victory. By the 12:25 mark, Bucknell had established a 53-36 advantage. Colgate attempted to make a comeback in the remaining time and picked up the pace, but their efforts proved to be too little too late and Colgate fell yet again to the tune of 79-64. “The battle of the boards went to Bucknell,” stated coach Pamela Bass. “We played hard but could not convert on some key possessions.” The Raiders will continue play when they travel to Holy Cross on Wednesday, February 23 at 7 p.m. in Worcester, Mass. Contact Emma Barge at ebarge@colgate.edu.
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February 24, 2011
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Women’s Swimming and Diving Takes Patriot’s By Emma Barge Sports Editor
Colgate’s women’s swimming and diving team are the stars of Raiders Athletics this week after handily clinching the Patriot League title at Bucknell over the weekend. The squad captured the lead after the very first day of competition and never let up, finishing with a team total of 862 points. The men’s team also traveled to the meet, but did not experience the same noted level of success. They finished fifth place overall with a final tally of 363 points. The men did, however, mark up the Colgate record books. Most remarkable was Casey Powers, who shattered a
35-year-old Colgate record in the 1650yard freestyle by an astounding 12 seconds with a time of 15:47.15. Senior Tucker Gniewek chipped in with a third place finish in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 44.92 seconds, .15 seconds below the previous Colgate record. Junior Costas Hadjipateras finished fifth in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 1:49.83, almost a minute under the Raider record. Raider teammate Devon Healy also broke his own personal record in the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 3:56.49, while the 400-yard freestyle relay unit composed of Dan Sweeney, Pat White, Sam Ellis and Gniewek just missed the team’s record by under a second. The real narrative is in the women’s Patriot League competition, where they
held onto the first-place spot for three consecutive days to completely dominate the meet. The team finished the first day of racing with 198 points and swept the top three positions in the finals. Erica Derlath swam brilliantly, finishing over a second earlier than teammates Caren Guyett and first-year Claire Hunter, who also contributed to the Colgate victory. Senior Erin McGraw added to the total point count by earning the 200-yard individual medley title as she beat her personal best time by just under a second. Sophomore Emma Santoro and first-year Megan Jex followed closely behind. The second day of competition marked a slew more of Colgate victories. Sophomore Kim Pilka shattered the old 1-meter
dive record with a score of 303.40 to blast Army’s Chelsea Haviland’s 2006 mark of 291.85. The 800-yard freestyle relay team set a new league mark to give the Raiders a comfortable margin above their trailing opponents. The relay team of McGraw, Hunter, Santoro and Guyett also shattered an old Colgate record by 1.5 seconds. Their time of 7:20.09 also became the new Patriot League, championship meet and Kinney Natatorium record. Guyett also did some personal record breaking on the second day of the competition in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:47.61, more than a second off both her own preliminary time and previous record-holder Lisa Marchi’s time of 1:48.93. Continued on D-6